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Alvamar dam set for $1.4M upgrade

By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com

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MAJOR C. EDWARDS JR., LEFT, CONFERS with an attorney Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Edwards was sentenced to 10 more years in prison for his role in the 2006 shooting death of Lawrence hip-hop artist Anthony “Clacc” Vital.

A new top, a wider spillway and broader base will be added to the Lake Alvamar dam during the coming year, fortifying flood protection for a major road, a state highway and recreational complex downstream.

King’s Construction Co. Inc. will handle the $1.4 million job to upgrade the dam, adjacent to the Jayhawk Tennis Center, 5200 Clinton Parkway. The vegetation-covered clay regulates the speed and amount of water flowing under Clinton Parkway, the Dick Stuntz, South Lawrence Trafficway and general manager through a nearby municipal rec- of Alvamar Golf reational complex. and Recreation Work on the dam is expected Facility, says, “If to begin in the coming weeks and the dam is not be finished next fall, in time to adequate … there allow the watershed lake to start is a chance for holding water again. The lake a great loss of effectively has been dry since property and a 2007, when it was drained for loss of life.” repairs but not allowed to refill because of safety concerns.

That’s because ongoing construction of homes, parking lots, roads and other hard surfaces upstream had led regulators to reclassify the dam Please see ALVAMAR, page 4A

Sentence likely brings end to 5-year legal When it comes saga stemming from ‘06 shooting death to meth, stats

By George Diepenbrock gdiepenbrock@ljworld.com

A Douglas County judge Tuesday sentenced Major C. Edwards Jr. to spend about 10 more years in prison for his role in the 2006 shooting death of Lawrence hip-hop artist Anthony “Clacc” Vital.

“I will be sentenced to prison,” Edwards, 32, of Lawrence, said in a short written statement he read aloud. “I hope and pray that Clacc’s family will be able to have peace.”

Chief District Judge Robert Fairchild followed the 2010 plea agreement in the case that called for Edwards to serve 14 years total in exchange for a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter. But he has already

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spent more than three years and six months in jail awaiting resolution of the case. Chief assistant district attorney David Melton said Edwards either shot Vital or led co-defendant Durrell Jones to his friend Vital that night.

“Anthony Vital found out what it is to be Major Edwards’ friend, and he is now dead,” Melton said. “He is dead di-

rectly due to the actions of the defendant in this case.”

A jury in March was not able to reach a verdict in Jones’ first-degree murder trial, and he is now free after prosecutors dropped charges against him because they said Edwards was not a credible witness.

Defense attorney Branden Bell on Tuesday had asked for an even lesser sentence, saying it was unfair to consider Edwards’ two felony convictions as a juvenile as part of his criminal history. But Fairchild ruled to enforce the sentence under the plea agreement that would have Edwards serve a 14-year sentence instead of 18.

Bell said after the hearing Edwards was grateful for that.

“Major wasn’t guilty of everything the state accused him of, and he was happy to receive a sentence that reflected that he isn’t a murderer,” Bell said.

The sentence likely brings an end to a legal saga that’s stretched over more than five years.

A rural landowner found the body of Vital, 28, on Oct. 15, 2006, in a driveway west of Lawrence, starting a lengthy investigation by Douglas County Sheriff’s investigators.

Edwards testified in the March jury trial that Jones shot and killed Vital to collect on a drug debt for PCP, and Edwards expressed remorse Please see EDWARDS, page 4A

Kansas schools prepare for retirements, shortages HUTCHINSON (AP) — School administrators across Kansas say they expect a mass exodus of teachers to retire after the economy gets better, raising concerns that there won’t be enough new teachers to take the veterans’ place.

Rural schools are expected to be hit hardest because they can’t afford to pay as much as districts in metropolitan areas, The Hutchinson News reported.

Five years ago, school resource officers were concerned that there wouldn’t be enough incoming teachers available to replace the large number of baby boomer teachers who were on the verge of retirement. Af-

ter the economy tanked, many ers to fill the state’s need. But of those older teachers decided they acknowledge that when to wait a few more years before the jobs do start opening up, leaving their classrooms. many new teachers will flock That, plus the inability of to metropolitan areas with betmany districts to fill ter pay rather than reopenings because of fimote areas with fewer nancial issues, led a glut resources. of new teachers in 2009 “It seems as though, and 2010. At Emporia while plenty of graduState University, the ates in whatever disciTeachers College saw pline wish employment its placement rate for in Johnson County, far SCHOOLS new graduates fall from fewer (are looking for the normal 95 percent to the low jobs) in many of our western 80s last year. and southeastern counties,” Deans of teaching colleges said Michael Holen, dean of the at public universities believe College of Education at Kansas their colleges will produce State University. “So, in educaan adequate number of teach- tion as much as in real estate,

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much of this is about location, location, location.”

Buhler Superintendent Dan Stiffler believes that because of the pay disparity, competition with bigger districts for new teachers will be fierce.

According to the Kansas Department of Education, teachers can make nearly $18,500 more per year in Johnson County — part of the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area — than they can in Buhler.

“I’m afraid it is going to be difficult to ward off an eventual decay if we don’t begin to receive more adequate funding and also prepare for that eventuality,” Stiffler said.

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By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

Look at the statewide numbers, and it’d be tempting to conclude that the methamphetamine scare has come and gone in Kansas.

Methamphetamine incidents, which include drug lab seizures and discoveries by law enforcement, have decreased in Kansas in the past decade: from 847 in 2001 to 159 so far in 2011. In DougMeth incidents las County, such in Kansas incidents are rare, averaging a little

2006: 168 more than three

2007: 97 per year since

2008: 153 2006, according to

2009: 121 the Kansas Bureau

2010: 143 of Investigation.

2011: 159 And while the state ranks 14th These numbers include nationally in such methamphetamine lab incidents, Kansas and dumpsite discoveris nowhere near ies and seizures and are neighboring Misprovided by the Kansas souri, which leads Bureau of Investigation. the country with more than 1,700 so far in 2011.

Talk to law enforcement agencies in southeast Kansas, and they’ll tell a different story.

“It’s just everywhere,” said Christopher Williams, a detective with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. “We’re just drowning in it.”

Montgomery County has seen methamphetamine incidents more than double so far in 2011 compared with 2010, which ranks it second in the state, behind Labette County.

It’s not just the incident numbers that reflect how big the problem is, said David Groves, sheriff for Cherokee County. Groves said he sees the effect Please see METH, page 2A

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DEATHS TOM BARKLEY HOBSON Funeral services for Tom Barkley Hobson, 82, Baldwin City, will be at 11 a.m.

Thursday at Worden United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Baldwin City.

Mr. Hobson died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born Sept. 4, 1929, in rural Baldwin City, the son of Donald Stephen Hobson and Mary Maria “Mae” Barkley Hobson. He graduated from Baldwin High School in 1947.

Mr. Hobson worked as a millwright for Farmland Industries for 37 years, retiring in September 1991. He was an active member of Worden United Methodist Church.

He married Marie Joyce Longstreth on Nov. 27, 1955, at Ives Chapel in Baldwin City. They shared 56 years of marriage. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include two daughters, Kim Heckathorne and husband John, and Kelly Schwartz and hus-

band Greg, all of Baldwin City; a brother, Steve Hobson, Jefferson City, Mo.; a sister, Donalda Lindholm and husband Duaine, Hobson Baldwin City; and five grandchildren, Kelsey Heckathorne, Charley Jo Schwartz, Colby Heckathorne, Camdon Schwartz and Hayley Schwartz.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, June Hobson; and a brother, Gene Hobson.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the Worden United Methodist Church, where the family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The family suggests memorials to the church, sent in care of Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home, 712 Ninth St., Baldwin City, KS 66006.

Online condolences may be sent at lamb-roberts.com.

Duane Melvin Brooks No organized funeral service planned for Duane Melvin Brooks, 67, Lawrence, he chose cremation and his family honored those wishes. A Celebration of Life Party and Cookout is planned for January 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at 4441 Freeman Rd in Manhattan, KS (call Anna for directions at home); all family, friends and co-workers are invited to come share his life. He died December 16, 2011 at his home.

Duane was born on November 26, 1944 in Westmoreland, KS and grew up in Olsburg, KS the son of Clinton and Betty Jean (Moore) Brooks.

He attended and graduated from Blue Valley High School. He worked in the automotive industry, he spent 10 years with Volkswagen and then 22 1/2 years at Jim Clark Motors in Lawrence, KS until it closed.

He was an avid hunter and fisherman, coffee drinker and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He was a member of Three Rivers

Branch of the National Wild Turkey Federation in Manhattan, KS. He married Anna Clark on May 24, 1996 in Lawrence, KS. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include one step-daughter, Susan K. Rogers and husband, Tim, Lawrence; one step-son, John Staples, Independence, MO; one brother Dwight, and wife, Linda, Topeka, KS; three sisters, Marla Brandon, and husband, Bryan, Wamego, KS, Marilyn Martin, Concordia, KS, and Maureen (Sue) McGathy and husband, Bill, of Phoenix, Arizona; three step-grandchildren, Breyanna K. Helm, Elyjah G. Helm, and Paizley M. Helm; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in his name to Lawrence Humane Society and may be sent in care of the mortuary.

Online condolences may be sent to www. warrenmcelwain.com.

JAMES TURNER Funeral services for James Turner, 63, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.

Mr. Turner died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at his home.

He was born April 19, 1948, in Hollandale, Miss., the son of A.D. and Annie Mae Turner Hicks.

He worked in the sanitation department for the city of Lawrence for 29 years.

Survivors include one son, James “J.T.” Turner, Lawrence; three brothers, Joseph Hicks and wife Carolyn, Lawrence, Christopher Turner, Wichita, and T.C. Hunter, Topeka; two sisters, Elizabeth Cooper and hus-

band Alfred, Lawrence, and Loretta Turner Cobbs and husband Otha, Topeka.

The family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 7:30 Turner p.m. Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

The family suggests memorials to Douglas County Visiting Nurses, Rehabilitation and Hospice Care, sent in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.

Online condolences may be sent at warrenmcelwain. com.

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HELEN PAULINE ‘PEG’ MARTIN Funeral services for Helen Pauline “Peg” Martin, 89, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced by

Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Mrs. Martin died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at her son’s home in Lawrence.

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of methamphetamine use in other crimes associated with the drug, such as sex crimes, burglaries and other thefts.

“It’s plagued our county,” Groves said. “We deal with it every day.”

‘They’re very crafty’ Law enforcement officials in several of the rural Kansas counties that lead the state in methamphetamine incidents attribute increases to the ease with which the drug can be made.

In the last few years, Labette County Sheriff Robert Sims said they’ve seen what is referred to as “onepot” or “shake and bake” methamphetamine-producing methods. Sims said you could drive around his county and in 15 minutes, legally obtain the needed ingredients, which are then added into a plastic bottle and shaken up, starting the chemical process to make methamphetamine.

“It’s revolutionized a lot of the process,” said Sims of advances in production, which no longer require sophisticated equipment or expertise in drug making. Sims also advises caution when examining the statistics, as one confiscated shake and bake bottle could be categorized as one incident, as could a large lab discovery that ARRY AMONT UD NDERSON would produce a large quantity of methamphetamine.

Services for Harry Sarasota, Fla. Regardless of the method, Lamont “Bud” Anderson, 69, Mr. Anderson died Saturmethamphetamine makers Sarasota, Fla., formerly of day, Dec. 24, 2011. still need a steady supply of Lawrence and Topeka, Kan., Friends may call one hour pseudoephedrine, an overwill be at 1 p.m. Thursday prior to the service at the the-counter cold medication, at Toale Brothers Funeral funeral home. and are finding ways around Home, Colonial Chapel, in a Kansas law that limits purchase of the substance. A 2005 law limits the amount AVID ONROE TALCUP of pseudoephedrine one person can purchase in a month, A Memorial Service for where he retired in 1992. and purchases are tracked by David Monroe Stalcup, 83, Wherever he lived he was pharmacies — who share inTonganoxie, will be at 7 p.m. always involved with his loformation with law enforceTuesday, Jan. 3 at the Toncal Church. ment. ganoxie Christian Church.

He married Clara Ward on Loretta Severin, drug stratMr. Stalcup died Monday, October 14, 1955, in Kansas egy coordinator for the KBI, Dec. 26, 2011, at the Veterans City, Kan. She survives of says that the pseudoephedAffairs Hospital in Leaventhe home. rine law has helped curb worth.

Other survivors include methamphetamine producHe was born July 25, 1928, two sons, Brian Stalcup, tion in Kansas. But the inin Harrisonville, Mo., the son Kansas City, Kan., and Doug crease in shake and bake and of Archie and Clara Rosalie and wife Janet, Basehor; one one-pot methamphetamine Hicks Stalcup. He was a 1947 daughter, Ruth Beggs and hus- production, which require graduate of Harrisonville band Richard, Tonganoxie; smaller amounts of pseudoHigh School. and five grandchildren, Brett, ephedrine, is a cause for conHe worked at the foundry, Ryan and Sarah Stalcup, and cern statewide. and then the local grocery Kayla and Nikole Beggs.

“It’s definitely starting to store.

He was preceded in death spread,” she said.

He enlisted in the U.S. Air by three brothers, Arthur Regardless of state laws, Force in January of 1951 and Wilton, Charles Hoover methamphetamine producserved through 1954 during and Archie Everett; one ers will get creative. the Korean War. He was sister, Rosalie Ruth; and his “They’re very crafty,” Sevstationed at Travis Air Force parents, Archie and Clara erin said. “They’re making do Base in California and atRosalie Stalcup. with what they can get.” tended advanced training in The family will receive It leaves law enforcement inventory control at Francis friends from 6 p.m. until the in a constant — and thus far E. Warren Air Force Base in service time Tuesday at the losing — game of keeping Cheyenne, Wyo. church. up with methamphetamine, He worked in the grocery The family suggests Sims said. business at Myers Buyway memorials to the Susan G. “I think it’s going to be a in Kansas City, Kan. He later Komen cancer fund or the continued problem,” he said. worked in the area grocery American Cancer Society, — Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached business for Kroger Comsent in care of Quisenberry at 832-7173. Follow him pany, Isis Foods Distributors Funeral Home, 604 E. Fourth at Twitter.com/shaunhittle. and Midcentral Sysco Foods, St., Tonganoxie, KS 66086.

Mary Ann Garvin, 63, Ryan and of Winchester, N.H., Makayla. died at her residence on Services Thursday following a pefor Ms. riod of declining health.

Garvin will She was born in Kansas be held at a City, Missouri on July later date.

1, 1948, the daughter of Fletcher Morris and Mary (LaCFuneral roix) Garvin.

Home & Garvin Ms. Garvin graduated Cremation from St. John High School Services, 33 Marlboro St., in St. John, Kansas, and Keene, NH is in charge of went on to attend the the arrangements.

University of Kansas.

In lieu of flowers, She was an accomthe family asks that plished artist and worked contributions be made in a number of mediums in Mary Ann Garvin’s including oil and water name to Free Tibet, 28 color painting, sculpting, Charles Square, London, photography, weaving England N16HT, or to and jewelry.

Heifer International, P.O. She enjoyed traveling Box 8058, Little Rock, and visited many places AR 72203 or to Doctors throughout the United Without Borders USA, States.

333 Seventh Ave. 2nd Ms. Garvin is survived Floor, New York, NY by her daughter Rachel 10001, Attn. Planned GivFlowers, and her husband ing.

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KU coach Bill Self said after the arrest, McLemore did not let anyone know he had been cited, otherwise team officials would have made sure he appeared in court. Self said discipline would be handled internally.

McLemore, of St. Louis, is ineligible to play in games this year after the NCAA declared him a partial academic qualifier. Self also has said McLemore was expected to begin practicing with the team in January after his fall semester grades are turned in.

A Tuesday afternoon court date for Ben McLemore, the Kansas University basketball player who faces a charge of minor in possession of alcohol, has been delayed.

According to court records, Lawrence attorney Al Lopes, also a former KU player, recently entered his appearance to represent McLemore, and District Judge Peggy Kittel granted a deARY OWE fense request to delay Tuesday’s arraignment until Jan. 19.

A visitation for Gary G. No suspects in Free McLemore was ticketed Rod, Lawrence, and Amy Howe, 62, Junction City, will Gaines and husband John, Nov. 4 after a state Alcoholic State bomb threat be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Des Moines, Iowa; five Beverage Control officer alThe Lawrence Police DepartFriday at Warren-McElwain grandchildren, Hannah, leged the 18-year-old freshman Mortuary in Lawrence. Priwas found with a Red Bull and ment is continuing its investiHope, Hunter, Riley and gation of a handwritten bomb vate family services will take Ruby; one sister, Judy Leav- vodka drink at Abe and Jake’s threat discovered just before place at a later date.

Landing, 8 E. Sixth St. On Dec. ens and husband Harold, classes were to begin Dec. 1 at Mr. Howe died Sunday, 13, McLemore was arrested Newton, Iowa; a sister-inFree State High School, a threat Dec. 25, 2011, at his home. law, Gladys Howe, Waterloo, and posted $500 bond on a that prompted an evacuation He was born April 19, 1949, Iowa; and long-time comwarrant after he failed to apand canceling of classes and in Newton, Iowa, the son pear in court Dec. 6. panion Una Helman. of GrayDon G. and Maye E. He was preceded in death Owens Howe. He attended by two infant sisters, three high school in Newton, Iowa. brothers, Larry McFarling, He served in the U.S. GrayDon Howe Jr. and Carl Army during Vietnam.

Howe, and his parents.

Mr. Howe worked as an The family suggests meauto mechanic and was a morials to the Gary G. Howe lifetime member of the NRA. Memorial Fund for the MilHe married Theresa ford State Park, sent in care “Terry” Ensley on Oct. 15, of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th 1970. They later divorced.

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No suspects have been identified at this point, Capt. Paul Fellers said Tuesday.

Anyone with information regarding the threat may provide police with tips through the Crime Stoppers hotline, 785-843-TIPS (8477). Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to caller ID, and information leading to an arrest can result in a $1,000 reward.

Information also may be reported to the police department at 785-832-7650.

There’s no word yet on precisely how or when Free State students will be making up class time lost because of the threat. Officials already have indicated that the school likely will be adding a few minutes of instruction into school days during the second semester, but details regarding how many minutes will be added and when the extended class sessions will begin remains undisclosed.

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Consumer confidence index surges Americans are gaining faith that the economy is on the upswing.

An improving job outlook helped the Consumer Confidence Index soar to the highest level since April and near a post-recession peak, according to a monthly survey by The Conference Board.

The second straight monthly surge coincided with a decent holiday shopping season for retailers, though stores had to heavily discount to attract shoppers.

The rise in confidence jibes with a better outlook for the overall economy. An Associated Press poll of three dozen private, corporate and academic economists projects U.S. economic growth will speed up in 2012, if it isn’t derailed by upheavals in Europe. But confidence is still far below where it is in a healthy economy. And Americans’ mood could sour again if the debt crisis in Europe deepens and spreads to the U.S. Shoppers still face big obstacles — higher costs on household basics and a still-slumping housing market.

2 | WASHINGTON, D.C.

First test of voter ID law coming up

By John Hanna Associated Press

TOPEKA — A southwestern Kansas town’s election next month on the financing of a new municipal swimming pool will be the first test of a much-debated state law that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls.

The law takes effect Sunday.

On Jan. 10, the 2,200 residents of Cimarron, about 175 miles west of Wichita, will decide whether to impose a 1.25 percent sales tax to help finance the new pool and cover its operating costs.

Gray County Clerk Bonnie Swartz said Tuesday that she’s

not anticipating significant problems, though she expects some voters will be frustrated if they forget to bring ID. She said if turnout Kobach is strong, 40 percent of registered voters, or about 480 people, may cast ballots.

“There are going to be some who say, ‘You know who I am,’” she said. “It’s harder to enforce this type of a law in a small community because everybody knows everybody.”

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Republican who pushed legislators earlier this year to enact the photo ID requirement as an anti-fraud measure, said he plans to travel to Gray County to observe the voting. He said his office is planning an education campaign ahead of the poll.

“It will give us some indicators of how the voters will respond to the new requirement,” Kobach said. “We’ll be collecting data on what percentage of people forget their IDs.” In pushing for the law, Kobach released a report showing that the secretary of state’s office had received about six

dozen reports of election irregularities involving more than 200 ballots from 1997 through 2010.

He took the reports as a sign of a bigger problem, but skeptics said the scanty count of complaints didn’t justify a voter ID law that could suppress turnout among poor, minority and elderly voters.

Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat, said he doubts an election on a local ballot question in a small town is a good test of how the law will work in the presidential election.

“I think we just have to do Please see VOTER, page 4A

New fee coming for medical research

Survey to assess water levels

It’s in the cards

Starting in 2012, the government will charge a new fee to your health insurance plan for research to find out which drugs, medical procedures, tests and treatments work best. But what will Americans do with the answers?

The goal of the research, part of a little-known provision of President Barack Obama’s health care law, is to answer such basic questions as whether that new prescription drug advertised on TV really works better than an old generic costing much less.

But in the politically charged environment surrounding health care, the idea of medical effectiveness research is eyed with suspicion. The insurance fee could be branded a tax and drawn into the vortex of election-year politics.

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North Koreans pay respect to Kim

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

Musicians in military garb played a mournful tune on state television in North Korea today as a funeral for late leader Kim Jong Il was believed to be taking place inside the palace where his body was lying in state.

Kim, who had led the nation with an iron fist following his father Kim Il Sung’s death in 1994, died of a heart attack Dec. 17 at age 69, according to state media. He is to be succeeded by his young son Kim Jong Un, already being hailed by state media as the “supreme leader” of the party, state and army.

Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans have made around-the-clock visits in freezing temperatures to bow and lay flowers at massive portraits of the late leader.

4 | BEIRUT

Protesters gather as monitors arrive Tens of thousands of defiant Syrian protesters thronged the streets of Homs on Tuesday, calling for the execution of President Bashar Assad shortly after his army pulled its tanks back and allowed Arab League monitors in for the first time to the city at the heart of the anti-government uprising.

The pullback was the first sign the regime was complying with the League’s plan to end the 9-month-old crackdown on mostly unarmed and peaceful protesters. Yet amateur video released by activists showed forces firing on protesters even while the monitors were inside the city.

Syrian tanks had been heavily shelling Homs for days, residents and activists said, killing dozens even after Assad signed on early last week to the Arab League plan, which demands the government remove its security forces and heavy weapons from city streets, start talks with opposition leaders and allow human rights workers and journalists into the country.

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Sen. Nelson announces retirement Democrats on Tuesday lamented Sen. Ben Nelson’s decision to retire rather than seek a third term in Nebraska, fearing the move sets up Republicans for an easy and crucial victory in their effort to reclaim control of the chamber next year.

Nelson, the lone Democrat in Nebraska’s fivemember congressional delegation, faced a tough reelection campaign against a large group of Republican challengers who have spent the past several months attacking his support for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and federal stimulus legislation.

Republicans must net four seats to take back the Senate in 2012, and Nebraska looks to be an easy pickup.

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DYANA KRZANOWSKY ASSISTS KENZIE HOOVER, 7, as the two play a card game called “Blink” during the Holiday Happenings on Tuesday at Holcom Park Recreation Center, 2700 W. 27th St. The day camp, which runs through Friday, is designed to keep children busy during the holiday break.

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Local Sears may be on closing list When a final determination is made, the list of affected On Tuesday, Sears Holdings stores will be posted online Corp. announced it would close at searsmedia.com.

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100 to 120 Sears and Kmart stores nationwide. The news came after a slow holiday season.

The company hasn’t said which stores are slated for closure, and a woman who answered the phone at the Lawrence Sears store wouldn’t comment on whether it was one of them.

Lawrence does not have a Kmart store.

When a final determination is made, the list of affected stores will be posted at searsmedia.com.

While much of the retail industry anticipated a boost in sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Sears Holdings Corp. saw a decline in consumer electronics, apparel and layaway sales at Kmart stores and a drop in consumer electronics and home ap-

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pliances sales in Sears stores.

“Given our performance and difficult economic environment, especially for big-ticket items, we intend to implement a series of actions to reduce ongoing expenses, adjust our asset base and accelerate the transformation of our business model,” CEO Lou D’Ambrosio said in a press release issued Tuesday.

According to The Associated Press, the closings are the latest and most visible in a long series of moves to try to fix a company that has struggled with falling sales and shabby stores as rivals like Walmart and Target spruced up their looks and

turned into one-stop shopping sources.

“There’s no reason to go to Sears,” New York-based independent retail analyst Brian Sozzi told the AP. “It offers a depressing shopping experience and uncompetitive prices.”

In 1998, the first full-size Sears department store opened in Lawrence at 2727 Iowa.

Six years later it underwent a $405,000 remodel.

In the past, Sears said it had been its practice to keep marginally performing stores open as the company worked to improve them.

“We no longer believe that to be the appropriate action in this environment,” the press release noted.

— Reporter Christine Metz can be reached at 832-6352.

— The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Next month, the Kansas Geological Survey will assist in an annual effort to determine the levels of groundwater far underneath the Kansas soil.

The publicly available data is used in several ways, including making decisions on local water use. In the west-central part of Kansas, ever since They’ve tapping into used well over the underground wa- 50 percent ter source of the water there in the 1960s, use there.” has been — Brownie Wilson, high.

“They’ve water level data manused well ager for the Kansas over 50 per- Geological Survey cent of the water there,” said Brownie Wilson, water level data manager for the KGS. That’s currently forcing some communities to adjust their water use, he said. Because as water levels go down, it’s more difficult to extract large volumes of water from the ground, he said.

While communities may still be able to draw water for residential use, large-scale crop irrigation has to be cut back.

Farmers may switch to crops that need less water, such as to wheat from corn, or they may irrigate smaller areas.

“It’s not your grandfather’s well anymore,” Wilson said.

The amount of available water can vary greatly across the state, he said.

The data is also used by a variety of people. The KGS gets inquiries from producers, tax accountants and engineers.

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With no fatalities from traffic accidents, the Kansas Highway Patrol is declaring that the Christmas holiday weekend was a fairly safe one.

In 2010, two people died during the holiday travel weekend. But there were no such incidents on Kansas highways between Dec. 23 and Dec. 26 of this year.

There also were fewer speeding tickets and warnings issued. Fewer people were ticketed or warned for failing to wear seat belts. And the number of motorist assists dropped.

The number of DUI-related crashes stayed the same as last year at three. And more people were arrested for DUIs this year — 22 in all.

Lt. Joshua Kellerman of the Kansas Highway Patrol said the snow that fell on much of the western half of the state

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as a “high hazard” structure, one requiring additional safeguards against dangers that weren’t present when the rural dam originally had been built to manage the flow of Yankee Tank Creek.

Upstream from the dam is the Lake Alvamar subdivision, site of a number of high-end homes, including one valued at more than $1 million overlooking the lake. Some vacant lots along the water command values of $200,000 or more.

Construction throughout the broad drainage area upstream has sent more water moving faster into the lake, said Dick Stuntz, general manager of Alvamar Golf and Recreation Facility and a member of the Wakarusa Watershed Joint District No. 35, which is in charge of the project.

Because culverts beneath Clinton Parkway and the trafficway were designed and built with the dam in place — but before the significant development upstream — upgrading the structure became a priority, Stuntz said.

Nearly three years ago the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service agreed to spend spent $230,000 to come up with a plan for upgrades.

Now, the federal government is pumping $1 million into the contract with King’s Construction to:

Double the width of the dam’s auxiliary spillway, and strengthening it by covering

early last week kept many people off the roads. And the bad roads made it harder for laws to be enforced.

But by Christmas Day, the state’s roads were cleared, Kellerman said.

“It is always great no matter what weekend,” Kellerman said of the zero fatalities. “But over Christmas, which is a time for family, it is even better.”

As for the upcoming holiday weekend, Kellerman said to expect to see more troopers out. And several areas in the state will have saturation patrols.

His advice is for people who have been drinking to find a sober driver for the ride home and for everyone to wear seat belts.

“It’s the best protection if you are involved in a crash,” he said.

— Reporter Christine Metz can be reached at 832-6352.

the spillway with concrete or rock.

Broaden the base of the dam into portions of This Field and That Field, two former ball diamonds that had been managed by a previous owner, Sport2Sport.

Add 6 feet to the top of the dam itself.

To make the dam stronger and taller, crews will use clay removed while widening the spillway, said Dale Ping, an estimator for the Oskaloosabased firm. Bulldozers, backhoes, dump trucks and other equipment will be on site into the fall, with crews working some Saturdays to get the lake back into working order.

“We should be done in the fall,” he said.

While the bulk of project expenses will be covered by the federal government, several local sources also are being tapped. Among them:

A benefit district that includes Alvamar and about 30 other owners of property around and above the lake, $180,000.

City of Lawrence, $50,000.

Douglas County, $50,000.

Other contributors include the Kansas Water Office, Kansas Athletics Inc., the Kansas Department of Transportation and the watershed district itself, Stuntz said.

“If the dam is not adequate … there is a chance for a great loss of property and a loss of life,” said Stuntz, who noted that expanding culverts beneath the trafficway instead would have been expected to cost up to $10 million.

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our best to get the word out to people and make sure that it is a forgiving process for those who are trying to comply with the law and simply forget their IDs,” he said.

The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing a photo ID law in Texas and last week blocked South Carolina from implementing its new statute requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, during a speech in Texas earlier this month, called on political parties to “resist the temptation to suppress certain votes in the hope of attaining electoral success.”

Kansas legislators also approved a Kobach proposal this year to require people registering to vote for the first time in Kansas to produce proof that they’re citizens, but that requirement doesn’t take effect until January 2013.

Kobach, who served in the Justice Department under former Republican President George W. Bush, has criticized the Holder-led Justice Department for being overly political and has expressed confidence that the law won’t suppress turnout.

The law taking effect Sun-

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day lists eight forms of photo ID that will be valid at the polls, including a driver’s license, a state identification card, a military ID or a state permit to carry a concealed handgun. Also, if people forget ID, the law allows them to cast a provisional ballot, then provide ID to county election officials in the next few days, before results are certified.

Cimarron has one polling place, and Swartz said it will be staffed by seven experienced poll workers. Also, she said, it’s a 4-H building about a quarter-mile from town, and if voters drive there, they should have acceptable ID with them.

Swartz, also a Republican, said she doesn’t have a problem with the law but, “There’s not rampant voter fraud.”

Cimarron officials estimate the new sales tax will raise $215,000 a year, backing $2.3 million worth of bonds for the new pool’s construction, with money left over to cover annual operating costs.

The new pool would replace a 40-year-old one that is leaking.

Mayor Gilbert Benton said the city is timing the election so the new facility is ready by Memorial Day 2013, when the pool typically opens.

As for Cimarron providing the first test of the voter ID law, Benton said, “Honestly, we didn’t think about that.”

that is when levels are least likely to fluctuate.

“At this time of year we are also least likely to interfere with activities at or around the wells,” said Brett Wedel, manager of the water-leveldata acquisition efforts, in the statement.

This year’s data will likely be available in late February.

Crews from the KGS will be near Colby on Jan. 3, Goodland on Jan. 4, Syracuse on Jan. 5 and Liberal on Jan. 6, according to a KU statement, and plan to cover multiple counties in those areas.

Working with the Kansas — Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him Department of Agriculture’s at Twitter.com/LJW_KU. Division of Water Resources, about 1,400 wells in all will be measured.

The KGS measures at this time of the year because water levels are most likely to stay stable.

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ily did not attend the hearing but Fairchild read letters they wrote to him.

After the hearing, Edwards’ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A mother, Fannie Vineyard of for leading Jones to Vital that Lawrence, said she had urged night.

Edwards to take the plea in Officers had arrested Ed- 2010 because she told her son wards in Mississippi days af- that Vital’s family deserved ter Vital was shot, but Jones to know what happened to did not publicly come into him. She said she believed the picture until prosecutors Edwards was telling the truth filed charges against both when he testified at the trial. men in 2008.

Jones was released from Jurors were not able to federal prison Nov. 1 after reach a unanimous serving time on fedverdict against Jones, eral drug charges, and Douglas County according to the prosecutors in August Federal Bureau of dropped their case Prisons. against him. After the “It’s just like rubmistrial, Edwards unbing dirt in your successfully attemptface,” Vineyard said.

COURTS ed to withdraw his “He got away with guilty plea. Jones’ defense at- it. That’s how I feel. I just feel torney, John Kerns, had also like the state didn’t prove criticized Edwards’ credibil- their case, and Major was the ity at the trial. fall guy.”

Prosecutors then formally Edwards could be eligible sought to nullify the plea to receive another 15 percent agreement because they al- off his sentence for good beleged Edwards was not com- havior in prison. After he gets pletely truthful in his testi- out of prison, Edwards must mony against Jones. In an register as a violent offender.

October hearing they even “He either pulled the trigger put a jail mate, Joe Hunter, or helped get Anthony Vital on the stand because they into a position where that trigsaid Hunter had alleged Ed- ger could be pulled by Durrell wards told him he actually Jones,” Melton said. “But for shot Vital.

Mr. Edwards’ action, Mr. Vital But Hunter refused to tes- would be alive today.” tify at the hearing, and Fair— Reporter George Diepenbrock can be child held up the plea agreereached at 832-7144. Follow him ment. at Twitter.com/gdiepenbrock.

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Local nursing homes fail to make advocacy group’s positive inspection report

Westar Energy has a page on its website that allows users to enter their address

By Karrey Britt and get an approximate kbritt@ljworld.com date of when crews will be in the area. The website is Only 19 of the state’s 347 westarenergy.com. Click on nursing homes were identithe ReliabiliTree link on the fied by a state advocacy orhome page. ganization as having good inspection records over the past three years. None was from Lawrence.

Kansas Advocates for BetSOUND OFF ter Care recently released its If you have a question, call annual list of nursing homes 832-7297 or send email to that have had five or fewer deficiencies for each of its three soundoff@ljworld.com. most recent inspections by the Kansas Department on Aging.

The national average for deficiencies cited during an annual inspection is eight, and in Kansas the average is 14.

“This information is presented to help educate consumers who are shopping for nursing homes and for those who live in them or have famBy Alex Garrison ily in nursing homes,” said Lenette Hamm, office manRead more responses and add ager for Kansas Advocates your thoughts at LJWorld.com for Better Care, or KABC. How do you feel about “We believe this is one of several consumer informathe Lawrence crime tion tools to be used when rate? assessing potential long-term Asked at Dillons, care facilities.”

1015 W. 23rd St. The closest nursing home to Lawrence to make the positive inspection list was Hoeger House in Olathe, which had five deficiencies during its most recent inspection. There were six nursing homes that had no deficiencies: Dooley Center, Atchison; Pioneer Lodge, Coldwater; Emporia Presbyterian, Emporia; Frankfort Community Care, Frankfort; Medicalodges Kinsley, Kinsley; and Bethany Home Association, Tapan Maji, Lindsborg. doctoral student, Of those on the list, 14 were Lawrence operated by not-for-profit “I see no problem — I feel corporations and five were safe.” for-profits. Last year, 17 nursing homes made the list.

KABC is a nonprofit agency based in Lawrence and it has been advocating for high-quality, long-term care for frail and elderly residents since 1975.

A couple of weeks ago, KABC released a poor performance list of 81 Kansas nursing homes that exceeded the national average of 10 or more deficiencies, and Law-

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Paul Johnson, surveyor, Lawrence “I’m not sure of the rates, but I feel confident in law enforcement, and that gives me a feeling of safety. I grew up in a family of law enforcement officers and feel that the sheriff can govern, and I appreciate what they do.”

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FIRE INVESTIGATION Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical investigators are still looking into a fire they believe may have been intentionally set in a vacant west Lawrence house.

Division chief Eve Tolefree, a fire department spokeswoman, said there also was vandalism at the house at 3133 Creekwood Drive, near Princeton Boulevard and Peterson Road.

Fire investigators were called to the unoccupied home about 5 p.m. Monday after a neighbor believed someone was trying to set fire to the house. The small fire was out when crews arrived.

The Kansas Turnpike Authority said Monday morning’s icy conditions on Interstate 70 in Leavenworth County caused 12 accidents in a short period of time, but no major injuries were reported.

“It kind of just caused havoc out there I think for an hour or so,” said Jamie Miller, director of Leavenworth County EMS. Most of the crashes did not involve injuries. They occurred in an area east of the Tonganoxie and Eudora exit.

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Azure Sitting Up, case worker, Lawrence “I feel it has gotten more violent and would like to see it go down. I feel I’ve seen (the rate of crime) go up with the economy going down.”

rence’s Brandon Woods at Alvamar was on the list.

According to KABC, there are three nursing homes in Lawrence, and here is how many deficiencies were cited on each of their past three inspections, which are listed on Medicare.gov:

Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community: 7 in September 2010; 3 in August 2009; 4 in August 2008. In 2009, one of the deficiencies was for actual harm.

Lawrence Presbyterian Manor: 4 in September 2011; 0 in July 2010; and 7 in May 2009.

Brandon Woods at Alvamar: 20 in June 2011; 10 in May 2010; and 19 in March 2009. In June, two were for actual harm and two were for mistreatment, which can range from paperwork issues to actual physical harm. In 2010, one was for mistreatment, and in 2009 one was for actual harm and one was for mistreatment.

KABC looks at three years of inspections to identify trends in care versus a snapshot.

“Things can change in a heartbeat in a nursing home — both in good ways and in not so good ways,” Hamm said. “By observing three inspections, sometimes you can identify trends for consistent care whether it’s good or bad.

This can be especially helpful with citations as they relate to the person who needs the care. For instance, if a prospective resident is known to have problems with urinary tract infections, and the facility has consistently been cited for issues relating to UTIs, it might be a facility to avoid or be considered very cautiously.”

For more information about nursing homes or longterm care, contact the agency by phone at 800-525-1782 or by email at info@kabc.org, or visit its website at kabc.org.

— Health reporter Karrey Britt can be reached at 832-7190. Read her health blog at WellCommons.com, and follow her at Twitter.com/WellCommons.

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Brianna Hird, student, Lawrence “Overall, it’s a safe community. People need to be more responsible in the university community. It’s a vulnerable population — people get taken advantage of — but I feel Lawrence police does a pretty good job working in a college town.”

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A KTA dispatcher did say Tuesday morning that a 6-yearold girl, who had minor injuries, and her mother were taken to Overland Park Regional Medical Center. The accident report was not yet complete Tuesday, and further information was not available, but the dispatcher said the crash occurred at 9:20 a.m. Monday one mile west of the turnpike’s eastern terminal.

Miller said the icy conditions likely made it difficult for drivers traveling at high speeds to slow down, especially if they slammed on their brakes to avoid an earlier accident. As Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and emergency workers cleared the accidents from the area, it caused traffic congestion until noon, especially in the eastbound lanes.

HOSPITAL BIRTHS Ashleigh Spalding and Kayuktuq Oomittuk, Lawrence, a girl, Tuesday.

Jason and Elizabeth Koepp, Lawrence, a girl, Tuesday.

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Casino crowd In the season of hope, thousands of people flocked to a new casino near Wichita Monday in hopes of coming out a winner.

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aybe it was something about the holiday season that made hope spring eternal Monday in Mulvane. On the first Christmas, wise men and shepherds followed a bright star to Bethlehem to behold the birth of Jesus. On Monday, people were flocking to a different star, the new Kansas Star Casino, which opened its doors for the first time at 8 a.m.

According to news reports, 1,050 people entered the casino within the first 45 minutes it was open. In the first 90 minutes, that number rose to 1,600. Within a little more than two hours, the total was 2,415. Three hours after the opening, there was a waiting line stretching outside the casino for 100 yards and a 30-minute wait to get in. Vehicles were backed up almost all the way to the new Kansas Turnpike toll booths at the new Mulvane exit.

Even though they know the odds are against them, they came to the newest state-owned casino in hopes of coming out a winner. Most people understand that the state and the casino operators always come out ahead in a casino operation, but they also know that every once in a while some gambler wins big.

It’s an interesting psychology that makes people want to take their chances even though they know that, in the long run, they almost certainly will lose. Jack and Trudy Brown from nearby Bel Aire seemed to have exactly the attitude Kansas lawmakers had in mind when they approved state-owned casinos a few years ago. The Browns said they usually head to casinos in Newkirk, Okla., on the weekends, but, on Monday, “We decided we’d donate to Kansas instead,” said Jack Brown. “If I’m going to lose, I’d rather it go to my state.”

For some people, putting coins in a slot machine is just a less painful way to pay taxes. That’s good news for state legislators who are depending on increased gaming revenue to help balance the budget and perhaps fund some new initiatives, such as the jobs-creation plan proposed by Democratic leaders earlier this month.

In other gaming news, it was reported last week that the state has reduced its investment in programs to deal with problem gambling. That fund was an important part of selling the initial legislation to legalize casino gambling in the state, but fiscal demands caused legislators to pull back on that investment and divert more funds to other budget needs. For many people, visiting a casino is a simple entertainment choice, but for some it can be a devastating addiction, and the state has a moral obligation to maintain services to help problem gamblers.

We hope that all of the people who went to Kansas Star on Monday didn’t blow all of their Christmas cash or lose more than they could afford to lose. We hope they all had a wonderful time at the new casino and will come back soon to contribute some more disposable income to the state coffers.

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U.S. carefully offers political help in Iraq WASHINGTON — As the chaos mounts in Baghdad, some Republican politicians have been asking: Who lost Iraq? But that’s a foolish question. Iraq is hobbled by the same sectarian divisions that prevailed long before the Bush administration decided to invade in 2003 — and that were in some ways exacerbated

by Bush’s policies during the U.S. military occupation. President Obama didn’t fix the mess of Iraqi politics but he didn’t make it worse, either.

The best thing that could be said about America and Iraq at the chaotic end of 2011 is that the U.S. has moved from military occupier to mediator among feuding Iraqi political factions — a less costly but still frustrating venture.

A symbol of this transition is Gen. Raymond Odierno, the former commander of U.S. forces who returned to Baghdad Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his rivals.

The meetings were a sign of a continuing U.S. political role, but also its limitations.

Odierno discussed the volatile Iraq situation during an interview aboard his plane Friday as he flew back to the United States. He said his basic message was that all the Iraqi factions should try to work together in the country’s national interest.

He stressed to Maliki the importance of working with parliament, sharing power and following the Iraqi constitution.

These recommendations may

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The effort to work with Maliki has been consistent from the Bush to Obama administrations.

It perplexes some (like me) who doubt Maliki’s ability to break from his sectarian roots in the Dawa Party and become a unifying figure.”

sound blindingly obvious, but it’s precisely this lack of political compromise that has crippled Iraq since the U.S. overthrew Saddam Hussein. It has turned out that democracy has empowered sectarian politics: Maliki carries all the resentments and suspicions of the Shiite majority toward the Sunnis who formerly ruled the country. The Sunnis, chafing at their minority status, argue that Maliki is adopting Saddam-like dictatorial powers.

Odierno’s schedule in Baghdad illustrated the fragmented political situation — and also his ability to talk with all sides. In addition

to meeting Maliki, he saw Osama al-Nujaifi, the Sunni parliament speaker; Rafie al-Issawi, the Sunni finance minister and a leader of Iraqiya; and President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd. Odierno came away hoping that Nujaifi, the parliament speaker, can arrange a meeting soon of the factions.

The Iraqi political feuding neared the flashpoint last week, after the last U.S. troops had left the country. Maliki’s government issued an arrest warrant for Tariq al-Hashimi, the Sunni vice president, charging that he had plotted to assassinate Shiites in Maliki’s government. To escape capture, Hashimi fled to Kurdistan.

Odierno has had years of experience with this array of politicians. He served as Gen. David Petraeus’ deputy during the troop surge of 2007 that helped bring the country back from near civil war, and then as commander. Odierno is now Army chief of staff and, like Petraeus (who is now CIA director), he retains a strong personal relationship with Maliki that began during the nightmare years of violence.

Odierno’s theme with Maliki was that the U.S. and Iraq have come a long way — and spilled a lot of blood — and that cooperation between the two countries must continue. He warned that Iraq was in danger of becoming a country like Lebanon, where powerful neighbors wage proxy wars and exacerbate sectarian tensions. Unless Maliki pulled

the country together, Iraq would be exploited by regional powers Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

Odierno didn’t appear to make any headway in defusing the charges against Hashimi. Maliki believes that the case — based on a reported confession from a member of Hashimi’s security detail — must be resolved through the Iraqi judicial system. But the Sunnis, who fear that Maliki’s security forces are plotting their own assassination campaign, aren’t likely to defer to the courts.

The effort to work with Maliki has been consistent from the Bush to Obama administrations. It perplexes some (like me) who doubt Maliki’s ability to break from his sectarian roots in the Dawa Party and become a unifying figure. A measure of Washington’s support for Maliki’s government was that before the final troop withdrawal, the U.S. handed over a prisoner named Ali Mussa Daqduq, an Iranian-backed operative who allegedly plotted attacks on U.S. soldiers.

The U.S. concluded that under its security framework agreement with Iraq, it had no other choice.

Odierno offered only a brief comment for the record, which conveyed his theme that everyone should calm down: “I’ve learned to not overreact to what goes on politically in Iraq. They seem able to work through their issues. We should watch closely, but we have to respond carefully: It’s about Iraq.”

— David Ignatius is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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Tree tragedy

Taxpayers should be top focus According to the Mayan “long count” calendar, the final day on Earth is less than a year away, on Dec. 21, 2012.

While we wait to see if that apocalypse occurs, a more reliable prediction includes an end of a different sort. The economic stimulus pipeline from Washington to the states is about to run dry. This means many governors can be expected to ask their legislatures, or voters, to raise taxes for “essential” programs. To government, all programs are “essential.”

According to the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), Washington state is planning to put a taxincrease proposal on its ballot in March, while California voters are likely to vote in November on raising taxes. California is a certifiably insolvent state. It is in deep debt because Democratic politicians won’t stop spending, not because taxpayers aren’t paying their “fair share.”

We are hearing — or will soon hear — that state governments have cut spending to the bone and disaster will occur if more is cut.

It’s never true, but fear has always worked to squeeze more money out of the people who earn it.

True, Medicaid continues to be the main driver behind state spending, but that’s a reason for fixing what ails Medicaid, not pouring more money into it.

Consider construction projects, which are snarling traffic around the country. According to a study by 22 Gannett newspapers, published earlier this month in USA Today, “The federal government spends $40 billion a year on highway construction but does not track how many projects are over

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All governments should be regularly audited by outside auditors. Their sole interest should be saving taxpayers money.”

budget, how much goes toward overruns or whether the record is getting better or worse. The result is a patchwork pattern of planning lapses and design errors that sends some states back for more money again and again ...”

In Connecticut, what critics call the “busway boondoggle” finds Gov. Dan Malloy, a Democrat, doubling down on a half-billion-dollar project to create bus service between Hartford and New Britain.

Republican state Sen. Joe Markley notes buses between the suburbs and Hartford are “a lonely ride” and adds, “I don’t believe there is overwhelming need for more buses when the ones we have aren’t being used.” What a novel thought.

It’s that way in many states as politicians spend federal money on wasteful and unnecessary projects and when the money runs out claim granny will be thrown off a cliff if state taxpayers don’t pony up for “essential” programs.

Here’s one I’ll bet you didn’t know. Last week, the local news in Washington, D.C., showed pictures of a major water-main break in suburban Maryland. It seems to happen a lot, not only in the Washington area but, according to NTU, hundreds of times each year around the country. NTU estimates the breaks cost taxpayers $3 billion annually, not counting costs associated with traffic tieups, emergency equipment, lost time and depleted water supplies.

What could be done to save money when it comes to broken water mains? Corrosion is the main cause of the breaks due to old metallic pipes. NTU estimates the broken pipes are a $50.7 billion drain on the economy, not including the cost from lost water due to leaking or broken pipes.

Utilities have generally replaced old corroded pipes with new ones made of the same or similar materials, which also corrode. Other non-corrosive options are available, and NTU estimates they could save between 30 percent and 70 percent on capital improvement plans. Since localities spent $103 billion on water supply and sewerage programs in 2009, that’s a lot of savings. Read all about it at ntu.org.

All governments should be regularly audited by outside auditors. Their sole interest should be saving taxpayers money. Any program or agency that wastes money ought to be updated or eliminated.

If taxpayers don’t force big government at the state and federal levels to go on a diet, the bloating will only continue to the detriment of our economic health.

To the editor: It was a beautiful Christmas present to open the Dec. 24 issue of the Journal-World and see Joyce Kilmer’s poem “Trees” next to Mike Yoder’s photograph of the devastation caused by Westar’s new “proactive” tree policy (see Journal-World, Dec. 21). We thought we were the only ones who were feeling like Lawrence has lost (and will continue to lose) a piece of itself as Westar’s new policy removes hundreds of trees and halves hundreds more.

We are becoming acquainted with vistas of backyards and the glow of streetlights and piercing, outdoor spotlights that the now-goneforever trees in our yard and in the yards of our neighbors used to conceal. Come summer, we will miss the cool shade, the sound of the leaves in the wind and the songs of the orioles and wrens that used to nest in those trees. We already miss the winter birds that no longer come to our feeders because our backyard has more in common with a Los Angeles parking lot than the nature habitat it used to be.

Thank you, Mike, for your picture and thank you for the poem. Maybe other people in Lawrence will feel the same way.

Karen and David Brichoux, Lawrence

Timely message

To the editor: “Amahl and the Night Visitors” should have been shown widely in support of the protesters. While it is a Christmas story, it also carries in dramatic form a strong secular message about the inequality between the rich and the poor.

It is an operetta about the three wise men traveling across the desert to Bethlehem bringing presents to the Christ child. They stop to rest in the tent of Amahl, the crippled child, and his mother and display and talk about the gifts they are carrying to Bethlehem. Amahl is fascinated by the visitors and their story. His mother, however, cries out an anguished, heartbreaking aria, “My child, my child who is hungry and has only a tree branch for a crutch.”

While it is a Christmas story, it carries a secular message for the world, especially for those who could not participate in the frenzied buying of the season.

— Cal Thomas is a columnist for Lynn Mensch Anderson, Tribune Media Services.

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McCook 51/25 Oberlin 51/25 Goodland 49/27

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Hays 48/26

Manhattan Russell Salina 52/25 47/26 Topeka 49/28 50/30 Emporia 49/29

Great Bend 47/25 Dodge City 51/27

Garden City 47/24 Liberal 51/25

Chillicothe 47/30 Marshall 48/33

Kansas City 50/34 Lawrence Kansas City 47/32 50/27

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Hutchinson 53/24 Wichita Pratt 50/27 54/29

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Clarinda 50/26

Lincoln 51/26

Grand Island 50/29

Sedalia 48/32

Nevada 51/30 Springfield 52/32

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Thu. Lo W 72 s 36 sh 46 s 38 s 76 s 21 c 29 c 29 sh 70 s 52 s 26 sh 41 sh 34 r 61 s 41 s 20 pc 39 sh 30 s 45 pc 3 pc 21 pc 41 s 24 pc 42 r 69 sh 43 pc 21 pc 79 t 32 pc 61 pc 39 s 32 sn 39 r 33 pc 26 c 19 pc

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Most of the South will be dry and sunny.

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Brownsville, Texas, had 2 inches of snow on Dec. 28, 1880. As the storm moved eastward, Montgomery, Ala., got 5 inches of snow. Parts of South Carolina had over a foot.

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Red Dog’s Dog Days winter workout, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, Enter through the south doors and meet on the southeast corner of the second floor.

Blood Drive, 2-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Theology on Tap, discussion of a selected religion topic, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St. Poker Night, 8 p.m., Applebee’s, 2520 Iowa.

Team trivia, 9 p.m., Johnny’s West, 721 Wakarusa Drive.

30 FRIDAY

Te Parti, 6 p.m.-2 a.m., Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St. Open mic poetry night at The Mirth CafĂŠ, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 745 N.H. Josh Vowell & the Rumble, 9 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St.

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Kansas City 47/32

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29 THURSDAY

Final Friday events All events are 5-9 p.m. unless otherwise noted 1109 Gallery, 1109 Mass., New Year’s Eve party with L.A. Fahy, 7 p.m.

Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., Dave DeHetre will exhibit glass pieces; musician Gwyneth of Feral Flute will perform, 5-8 p.m.

The Lawrence Art Party, Hobbs Taylor Lofts, 740 N.H., music by the Heebie Jeebies, dance by the Lawrence Ballet Theatre, and art EJTQMBZT ø Love Garden Sounds, 822 Mass., Art For Skate’s Sake, a benefit show for $FOUFOOJBM 4LBUF 1BSL ø Teller’s Restaurant, 746 Mass., Adam Lott: “Excuse me, this is private.â€?

The Invisible Hand Gallery, 801 1/2 Mass., Jeremy Rockwell: “Intersection,� 6-9 p.m.

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1 SUNDAY

Conroy’s Trivia There’s plenty of trivia in Lawrence throughout the course of a week, most notably Smackdown! hosted every Sunday at the Bottleneck, 737 Mass.

But there is another weekly trivia party that, while lesser known, is host to some truly adamant, take-no-prisoners trivia lovers. Conroy’s Trivia, hosted at the pub of the same name at 7:30 p.m., 3115 W. Sixth St., features a great blend of offbeat questions that span pop culture, history, politics, biology and pretty much anything else host Tom Conroy can come up with. It costs $5 to play and is open to all ages, but bring your A game because the learning curve’s steep, and the teams take their questions gravely serious.

WapĂĄna: “balanced good life,â€? photography by Brett Ramey, 6-9 p.m., Global Cafe, 820 Mass.

Phoenix Gallery, 825 Mass., demonstrating artist: Charles Gabel, Recycled Parts Jewelry Downtown Upstairs, 824 1/2 Mass., works by Traci Bunkers, Mike Wallace and Andy, joined by Wes McCauley and Chris and Sara Teasley.

The Lawrence Percolator, in the alley behind the Lawrence Arts Center, original stories by high school and college young artists, 3-4:30 p.m.; poetry readings from “Begin Again,� 6 p.m.

Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., Recent Works

by Stephen Sweigart and Acrylic Paintings by Jewell Willhite.

Copt/Feiden Gallery, 815 Mass., Kansas paintings and photography

by Louis Copt and Mark Feiden.

The Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St., “Te Parti� Atomic Photography featuring Foxy

By Proxy Revue Flora & Fauna Salon, 700 Mass. Suite 307, Fanciful Portraiture In Oil By Liberty Hollis, 6-9 p.m. “Lost Art� Flash Space, 845 Mass.

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Red Dog’s Dog Days, 7:30 a.m., meet in strip mall

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Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass.

The Crumpletons New Year’s at Nine, 7-9:30 p.m., 10 p.m., the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

Poker tournament, 7 p.m., Johnny’s Tavern, 410 N. Second St. Smackdown! trivia, 8 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Acoustic Open Mic Night, free entry, signup at 9 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

Karaoke Sunday, 11 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

2 MONDAY

Lecompton City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Lecompton City Hall, 327 Elmore St. Baldwin City Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 803 S. Eighth St. Dollar Bowling, 9:30 p.m., Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa.

ONGOING

The Territorial Capital Museum Christmas display, with three floors of vintage Christmas decorations including 21 trees with various period decorations; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 1, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton.

Watkins Community Museum of History exhibit: “It Happened on Mass Street: 150 Years in Lawrence,� featuring historic photographs and objects illustrating the growth of downtown Lawrence, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday, 1047 Mass.

Freedom’s Frontier exhibit, Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 1-4 p.m., Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St. Lawrence Arts Center exhibits: Yesnomaybe Exhibition, collaborative works by Kristi Arnold, Eric Conrad and Yoonmi Nam, through Jan. 14; Lived: Living, works by Isadora Stowe and Jordan Schranz, through Jan. 14; Learning is Remembering, works

by Amber Hansen, through Jan. 14; Constellation, an aerial installation by Juniper Tangpuz; 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, 940 N.H.

More information on these listings can be found at LJWorld.com and Lawrence.com.

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LAWRENCE ALMANAC Through 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, noon, 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 8437359.

Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Dark Times at The Granada with Jay Maus, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Free salsa lessons, 8:309:30 p.m., Taste Lounge, 804 W. 24th St. Pride Night, 9 p.m., Wilde’s Chateau, 2412 Iowa.

Dollar Bowling, 9:30 p.m., Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa.

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FSHS girls perfect — so far

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

As members of Free State High’s girls basketball team make the rounds to various holiday gatherings during their winter break and catch up with family members and friends, they’ll have nothing but good things to report about their season.

The Firebirds finished the December portion of their schedule with a perfect 5-0 record, winning four of those games by 17 points or more.

Coach Bryan Duncan said the team’s early success is significant, because the quick start has generated excitement among the players, amped up chemistry and even made it easier to get excited about going to practice. Plus, the five-game winning streak serves as evidence that the Firebirds have made progress from last year, when they finished 11-11.

“It really provides confidence for the players,” Duncan said, “to recognize the fact that they do have the ability to be successful.”

During an up-and-down 201011 season, with a young team, the coach knew there would be growing pains. This year, though, that experience has allowed Free State — with its top seven from last year still intact — to be more consistent in practices and games.

With seniors Lynn Robinson and Jackie Garcia, juniors Kennedy Kirkpatrick, Abbey and Chelsea Casady and A’Liyah Rogers, as well as sophomore Scout Wiebe all back, Duncan obviously liked the pieces FSHS had in place.

So far, the coach has been impressed with their ability to play together.

“It’s been really fun to watch them share the ball and make the extra pass,” Duncan said. “I John Young/Journal-World Photos think winning is the key ingredient for all of them. It’s just been ABOVE, FREE STATE’S LYNN ROBINSON (14) CONGRATULATES SCOUT WIEBE (22) following a basket against Lawrence High during their game Dec. 16 at FSHS. In top photo, Free State coach Bryan Duncan calls out a Please see FSHS GIRLS, page 3B play against the Lions.

Understanding the difference between a good shot and a bad shot has helped Kansas University’s women’s basketball team become one of the most effective shooting teams in the nation.

Field-goal percentage has been a point of emphasis for Jayhawks coach Bonnie Henrickson, and entering tonight’s home game — RIGHT a 7 p.m. nonBACK AT IT conference finale against Sam Houston Who: Kansas State — KU’s (10-1) vs. Sam 50.7-percent Houston State clip currently (4-4) ranks second When: 7 in NCAA Div. tonight I, trailing only Where: Allen M a r y l a n d ’ s Fieldhouse 50.9 percent.

Henrickson, TV: Knology who defined Cable chana “good shot” nel 6 as one a player can make unguarded six out of 10 times in a drill, said each player must know the kind of shots best suited for her.

“It’s about being a maker and not a taker,” the eighth-year Kansas coach said. “A good shot for me might not be a good shot for you.”

The Jayhawks whose shooting percentages best reflect an understanding of that concept are junior forward Carolyn Davis and senior forward Aishah Sutherland.

Davis ranks second in the country with 69 percent (Washington senior center Regina Rogers leads with 71 percent), and Sutherland’s 53-percent mark is 47th.

The key to KU’s hot start, Davis said, has been the team’s refusal to settle for the first available look.

“It’s just the fact that we take easy shots. We don’t try to rely on jump shots,” she said. “That’s not our type of game.”

Henrickson said Davis (17 points a game, 5.8 rebounds) works early to set herself up for quality looks, while Sutherland (13.9 points, nine boards) has improved her approach and has realized out-of-rhythm, off-balance shots often don’t fall.

From an individual standpoint, Davis said she posts up with the idea of creating a big target for her teammates.

“A lot of my seals and pins in transition have been a lot better from last year and the year before,” the 6-foot-3 forward said.

KU (10-1) also has benefited greatly, Henrickson added, from Please see KU WOMEN, page 3B

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Tharpe, Jayhawks return to fieldhouse for camp

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

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KANSAS GUARD TRAVIS RELEFORD GETS DOWN FOR “HOUND DOG PUSHUPS” next to 8-year-old Tyler Peterson, left, Topeka, during the Holiday Hoops Clinic on Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse. The pushups, which were ordered by director of basketball operations Barry Hinson, consisted of lifting one’s head up and howling like a dog.

It took Kansas University freshman Naadir Tharpe all day Friday to travel from Los Angeles — site of the Jayhawks’ 6347 victory over USC — to his hometown of Worcester, Mass.

“It was six or seven hours maybe (in the air). It was intense, but as long as I got home safe and sound is all that matters,” said the 5-foot-11, 170-pounder, who spent three nights at home before returning to Lawrence in time for practice Monday night.

“It was definitely worth it.

When you get to see your family and friends, it doesn’t matter how much time it is. Every minute is special with your family.”

Tharpe, who worked as a camp counselor in KU’s holiday clinic for boys and girls Tuesday

in Allen Fieldhouse, was willing to reveal his favorite Christmas gift.

“I just got a Blu-ray DVD. It’s probably one of my favorite movies. Don’t judge me on this, but, ‘Devil Wears Prada,’’’ Tharpe said with a smile.

Tharpe was raring to take the court immediately upon his return to camTharpe pus.

The former Brewster Academy point guard is trying to do all he can to contribute on this level.

“I’m definitely putting in a lot of overtime. I make sure I come in early with coach Dooley (Joe, assistant), before prac-

tice as well as after practice, getting up shots. He’s been working with me a lot,” said Tharpe, who has scored eight points and dished nine assists against six turnovers while logging 8.0 minutes a game in nine of KU’s 11 games.

“I need to work on everything — my shooting,” added Tharpe, who has made three of 16 shots, just one of 11 from three. “I knew it was going to be tough. Basically coming to Kansas University, you know it’s going to be tough. It’s a program with great players, a program with basically a lot of stars that came out of here. So I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. That’s why I wanted to take this challenge.”

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Pro Bowl loaded with Patriots, 49ers NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady is one of eight Patriots and Patrick Willis one of eight 49ers to make the Pro Bowl, the most on each roster.

Defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay (14-1), led by starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and Baltimore (11-4), led by veteran linebacker Ray Lewis, have seven apiece for the Jan. 29 game in Honolulu, the NFL announced Tuesday.

Brady is one of seven starters from New England (12-3). The others are receiver Wes Welker, tight end Rob Gronkowski, defensive tackle Vince Wilfork, defensive end Andre Carter, and guards Brian Waters and Logan Mankins all are starters for the AFC from the Patriots.

Special teamer Matthew Slater is the other New England representative.

Linebacker Willis, DE Justin Smith, cornerback Carlos Rogers

and tackle Joe Staley will start for the NFC from the 49ers (12-3), who had only Smith and Willis make the Pro Bowl last year.

Green Bay’s Rodgers is the starting NFC quarterback, backed by record-setting Drew Brees of New Orleans (12-3).

Four of the NFL’s biggest headline makers this season did not get voted in by players, coaches and fans: Lions DT Ndamukong

Suh, Steelers LB James Harrison, Panthers rookie QB Cam Newton, and Denver QB Tim Tebow.

Fifteen first-time Pro Bowlers made the NFC squad, including Rogers, Staley and safety Dashon Goldson of the 49ers. Thirteen AFC players were first-time selections, including Gronkowski, Carter and Slater of New England.

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Schools object to multi-year scholarship plan COLUMBIA, MO. — For the second time in less than two weeks, schools are objecting to a reform measure sought by university presidents and endorsed by NCAA president Mark Emmert.

More than 75 schools are asking to override a plan approved in October to allow multi-year athletic scholarships rather than the one-year renewable awards schools currently provide. That’s the minimum number of dissenters needed for reconsideration by the Division I Board of Directors when it meets next month in Indianapolis at the annual NCAA convention. The NCAA announced the change the Friday before Christmas.

On Dec. 15, the NCAA suspended plans to give athletes a $2,000 stipend for living costs not covered by scholarships after at least 125 schools objected. The higher number of protests allows the organization to put the change on hold immediately.

Both measures were pushed by Emmert and adopted as emergency legislation after a presidential summit in August. “The NCAA and presidents step up with this legislation and then the universities want to vote it down,� said Christian Dennie, a former compliance officer at Missouri and Oklahoma who now practices sports law in Fort Worth, Texas, and writes an NCAA oversight blog. “They say, ‘We don’t have enough money,’ and then the coach gets a $2 million raise,�

Dennie added, speaking in general terms rather than about a specific school. “It’s really a resource-allocation issue.�

The Division I Board of Directors now faces three options: scrap the two reform measures and operate under previous NCAA rules; modify the rule or create a new proposal that would go back to the schools for another 60-day comment period; or allow members to vote on the override, which needs a 5/8ths majority of the roughly 350 Division I members to pass.

A permanent reversal could force the NCAA and its schools to have two sets of standards, with an obligation to honor multi-year scholarship offers and stipend payments for some students but not others.

David Berst, the NCAA’s vice president of governance for Division I, said that most schools support the concept of multi-year scholarships but have concerns about how to enact such a change.

The list of schools objecting to the multi-year scholarship plan, obtained by Dennie and provided to the Associated Press, includes Boise State, Boston University, Indiana State, Marquette, Marshall, Rutgers, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming.

By Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times

Revenge is an overrated emotion in the NFL. Fans think about it, the media speculates about it, but for players many of whom spend time with multiple franchises over the course of their career - the game is more about paychecks than payback.

The upcoming game in Denver could be an exception.

The Broncos will play host Sunday to Kansas City, a week after the Chiefs were eliminated from the playoff picture.

This game is anything but meaningless to Chiefs quarterback Kyle Orton, though; he has an opportunity to spoil the party for a team that cut him five weeks ago. “We knew it was a possibility,� Broncos executive John Elway told the Denver Post of running into Orton again. “So, here it is. We have to go out there and play well. It was best for the team, bottom line. We made that decision knowing this was a possibility. Now we have to do it.�

That’s but one of the dramatic story lines heading into the league’s regularseason finales. A few years ago, the league worried about how to make these Week 17 games more interesting - hence the decision to make each a division matchup - but that’s not a concern this season.

Even a game between two of the worst teams - Indianapolis at Jacksonville - has some intrigue.

The Colts, who have won two in a row, are in danger of falling behind St. Louis in positioning for the first draft pick. The Colts and Rams are tied with records of 2-13. Indianapolis has the strength-ofschedule tiebreaker so would get the No. 1 pick if the teams finish with the same record, but the Rams close the season against a tough San Francisco team.

Although it’s unlikely the Rams would select Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck if they wind up with the top pick - they already have Sam Bradford - they could certainly trade away the right to draft Luck.

The Colts would take Luck regardless of whether Peyton Manning is ready to return, reasoning Luck could learn at the elbow of Manning the way Aaron Rodgers was groomed behind Brett Favre in Green Bay. So with the Colts-Jaguars game the question is, who really wants to win? Do the Colts want to win and possibly lose the Luck sweepstakes, or do the Jaguars want to win and deal with the possibility of facing Luck within the division for the next 10-plus years?

Back to the AFC West. If the Broncos win, or if Oakland loses to San Diego, Denver clinches the division.

But if both Denver and Oakland win, the Raiders can still grab the final wildcard spot if Cincinnati loses to Baltimore and Tennessee loses to Houston; or Cincinnati loses, and the Jets beat Miami.

If the Bengals win, they’re in as a wild card, meaning half of the conference’s playoff teams would be from the AFC North.

Pittsburgh and Baltimore are already in.

Tennessee and the Jets are mathematically alive for the wild card, but they both need a lot of help.

The Chargers, who are out of the playoffs for the second consecutive year, are reduced to the role of potential spoiler in a game that could be the last for coach Norv Turner.

They can end the season of the Raiders.

In the NFC, there’s one big game: Dallas at the New York Giants. The winner clinches the NFC East and plays host to a first-round game. The loser is out. The Giants advance with a tie.

In a radio interview Monday, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tony Romo would play. The quarterback was injured early in Sunday’s loss to Philadelphia when the back of his right hand hit the helmet of Eagles defensive lineman Jason Babin.

Jones told 1310 The Ticket in Dallas that the club will not pursue a veteran quarterback. Stephen McGee is the Cowboys’ backup quarterback, and John Phillips is the third option.

That’s the night game Sunday. So, just as the NFL hoped, the regular-season drama will be stretched all the way to the last minute.

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Gooden suspended for foul MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks forward Drew Gooden was suspended without pay for the team’s first home game Tuesday night for his flagrant foul in the season opener.

Gooden, a Kansas University product, was ejected late in the third quarter Monday for clocking Gerald Henderson in the head with his arm as the Bobcats guard attempted to make a driving layup in Charlotte’s 96-95 win.

Gooden scored four points off the bench before his ejection.

The 10th-year veteran averaged 11.3 points and 6.8 rebounds for the Bucks last season.

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Pitino plans to quit in 2017 LOUISVILLE, KY. — Rick Pitino said Tuesday that he won’t coach past the 2016-2017 season when his current contract ends at Louisville. “When you’re 59, you’re realistic that you don’t have a whole lot of years left,� Pitino said at a news conference before the No. 4 Cardinals play Georgetown on Wednesday. “My contract’s going to run out in 2017. I’m not coaching any more after that.�

The former Providence and Kentucky coach has guided the Cardinals to a 12-0 record so far this season.

REALIGNMENT

Judge denies WVU request PROVIDENCE, R.I.— A Rhode Island judge Tuesday denied a request by West Virginia University to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Big East Conference over the university’s bid to make a quick exit for the Big 12.

Providence County Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein rejected all of the university’s arguments for dismissal.

The school had argued the Rhode Island courts did not have the authority to decide the matter and should defer to the courts in West Virginia, where the first civil suit was filed in this dispute.

The Big East’s lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and an order that West Virginia stay in the conference for 27 months.

West Virginia accepted an invitation from the Big 12 in October and hopes to join in time for the 2012 football season.

Fight Hunger Bowl AT&T Park-San Francisco, CA. Illinois ..........................21â „2 (47) .................................Ucla Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium-Memphis, TN. Vanderbilt .................. 11â „2 (49).......................Cincinnati Chick Fil-A Bowl Georgia Dome-Atlanta, GA. Auburn...........................3 (49) ............................Virginia Monday, Jan 2nd.

Ticket City Bowl Cotton Bowl-Dallas, TX. Houston.......................61â „2 (57) ..........................Penn St Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, FL. Georgia........................31â „2 (50) ..................Michigan St Capital One Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, FL. South Carolina............2 (46) .........................Nebraska Gator Bowl Everbank Field-Jacksonville, FL. Florida............................2 (44) .............................Ohio St Rose Bowl Rose Bowl-Pasadena, CA. Oregon...........................6 (72) ........................Wisconsin Fiesta Bowl University Stadium-Glendale, AZ. Oklahoma St .......31â „2 (74) ...............Stanford Tuesday, Jan 3rd.

Sugar Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans, LA. Michigan ..................... 21â „2 (51)................Virginia Tech Wednesday, Jan 4th.

Orange Bowl Sun Life Stadium-Miami, FL. Clemson ........................3 (60) .................West Virginia Friday, Jan 6th.

Cotton Bowl Cowboys Stadium-Arlington, TX. Arkansas ...............8 (63) ...............Kansas St Compass Bowl Legion Field-Birmingham, AL. Pittsburgh ....................3 (47) ...................................Smu Sunday, Jan 8th.

Go Daddy.com Bowl Ladd Peebles Stadium-Mobile, AL. Arkansas St ............... 11â „2 (63)........................ N. Illinois Monday, Jan 9th.

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W. Ky. v. La.-Monroe 7:30 p.m.

Vanderbilt v. Marquette 8 p.m.

Oklahoma v. Cincinnati 8 p.m.

BYU v. St. Mary’s 10 p.m.

UCLA v. Stanford 10 p.m.

Howard v. KU replay 10:30 p.m.

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Champs Sports Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, FL. Florida St ......................3 (47) ....................Notre Dame Alamo Bowl Alamodome-San Antonio, TX. Baylor .................91â „2 (79) .......... Washington Friday, Dec 30th.

Armed Forces Bowl Gerald Ford Stadium-Dallas, TX. Byu ........................... Pick’em (55)...........................Tulsa Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium-Bronx, NY. Rutgers .................2 (45) ...................Iowa St Music City Bowl LP Field-Nashville, TN. Mississippi St ............61⠄2 (48) .................Wake Forest Insight Bowl Sun Devil Stadium-Tempe, AZ. Oklahoma .............14 (58)....................... Iowa Saturday, Dec 31st.

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1968 — Arthur Ashe leads the United States to its first Davis Cup title since 1963 with a 4-1 victory over Australia.

1988 — Division II Alaska-Anchorage, behind Michael Johnson’s 20 points, pulls the biggest surprise of the college basketball season by stunning No. 2 Michigan 70-66 in the opening round of the Utah Classic.

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Portalatin, a 28-year-old worker for an auto parts company, accomplishes the feat at Airport Lanes in Jackson, Mich.

2003 — Kansas City’s Priest Holmes sets an NFL record with his 27th touchdown of the season when he scores twice in a 31-3 victory over Chicago.

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KANSAS (10-1) G — Angel Goodrich, 5-4, jr.

G — Natalie Knight, 5-7, fr.

G — Monica Engelman, 5-11, jr.

F — Aishah Sutherland, 6-2, sr.

F — Carolyn Davis, 6-3, jr.

SAM HOUSTON STATE (4-4) G — Jasmine Johnson, 5-7, so.

G — Chanice Smith, 5-9, jr.

F — Sequeena Thomas, 6-0, jr.

F — Britni Martin, 6-0, jr.

C — Angela Beadle, 6-3, fr.

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junior point guard Angel Goodrich’s passing.

“What a great job she does of hitting all of those guys in stride, uncontested,” Henrickson said of Goodrich, whose 7.7 assists is second in the nation. Oklahoma State’s Tiffany Bias is tops at 8.8.

Jayhawks junior guard Natalie Knight, who has started all 11 games, said the team’s posts can finish inside, but Goodrich (11.6 points, 51 percent) is reliable, too.

The rest of KU’s perimeter players want to be equally effective shooters.

“We’re working on getting a lot of shots up everyday before and after practice, just any chance we get,” Knight said. “Getting shots up is the key to that.”

Kansas lost one of its best perimeter shooters, Keena Mays (56 percent), who transferred after playing eight games.

Still, Henrickson said there are ways for the Jayhawks to improve their already-stellar shooting numbers.

“We would help ourselves more if we could get more opportunities in transition,” the coach said, “because your defense still impacts your offense.”

Tonight’s game will be the first meeting between KU and Sam Houston State (4-4).

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Tuesday’s clinic, signing a batch of autographs.

“I love working with kids.

It’s fun,” Tharpe said. “They can’t wait to talk to you, shake your hand. No matter what you do for the kids, it puts a smile on their face.”

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“Conner has the crud, the definition of crud,” KU coach Bill Self said. “He’s on some IVs. Hopefully he’ll be able to go tomorrow.”

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PARENTS WATCH FROM THE SEATS as third- and fourth-graders get down on the floor for dribHappy birthday: Self on bling drills.

Tuesday celebrated his 49th birthday. “A lot of people said I looked like I was 49. growth removed from his couldn’t hide it from every- ard of the Mid-Eastern AthGood gosh, who could pos- forehead, which has given body one more day. I have a letic Conference (located sibly think that?” Self joked. him a temporary red rash- new appreciation for women in Washington, D.C.) enters “I really don’t know what I’m like mark. who actually put makeup on with a 4-9 record. The Bison going to do (Tuesday night “I am fine. I had some pre- every day, because it’s a little lost at Indiana, 107-50, and at following a late-afternoon cancer stuff the doctor told more time-consuming than I Georgetown, 62-48. KU beat trip to the dentist). It’ll prob- me I had to get taken care thought it’d be.”

Georgetown, 67-63, in the ably be something very elab- of. I tried to time it where O Maui Invitational. Howard orate and exciting, and I’ll it wasn’t as noticeable,” Self Next game: KU will meet will stay in the area to play probably be asleep by 10:30.” said, smiling. “I ran out of Howard University at 7 p.m. Kansas State on Saturday in Self recently had a makeup this morning, so I Thursday in Allen. How- Manhattan.

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very unselfish play and a team-first approach.”

Kirkpatrick, averaging a team-leading 21.5 points and six rebounds, said the Firebirds have been enjoying themselves.

“We expected to be pretty good having the same team as last year, but I didn’t expect to have blowout wins and be having this much fun,” she said.

In victories over Topeka Seaman, Shawnee Heights, Lansing, Lawrence and Platte County (Mo.), Free State has outscored its opponents, 315-173 (an average margin of 63-35).

Garcia said the team’s defense and its ability to turn defensive rebounds or steals into chances to get out and run have been crucial to the Firebirds’ success.

“Teams have difficulty keeping up with us,” she said.

It also helps, Garcia added, to have a rotation of seven guards who can fill different roles.

Kirkpatrick does a bit of everything. Robinson (11.5 points a game) can score and excels at pressuring opposing point guards. Chelsea Casady (11 points, five rebounds) operates well on the baseline. Abbey Casady defends the post well. Wiebe (eight points, six rebounds) can mix it up in the paint and grab boards. And Rogers has quick hands and feet on the perimeter.

As for Garcia, she said she just tries to drive whenever possible to force opposing defenses to collapse, so she can find open shooters like Kirkpatrick or Robinson.

The total team effort has propelled FSHS to a No. 4 ranking in Class 6A from the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.

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FREE STATE’S LYNN ROBINSON (14) LEADS A FAST BREAK off a turnover against Lawrence High on Dec. 16 at FSHS. Kirkpatrick said the Firebirds are having fun, and their coach wants it to stay that way.

“Duncan has been talking to us about keeping our composure, not being too cocky,” she said.

He also has let them know the schedule will get tougher.

“I think our players all realize that we’ve had a great start, but there’s a long way to go,” Duncan said.

Tougher competition (so far, Free State’s best victory is a 39-30 win over Class 5A No. 7 Topeka Seaman) is looming when the winter break ends.

FSHS returns to the floor Jan. 6, with a home game against No. 9 Olathe East. Following a Jan. 10 home game with Shawnee Mission South, the Firebirds travel to No. 1 Olathe Northwest Jan. 13.

Kirkpatrick thinks Free State’s 5-0 start should help it in the weeks to come, as the team makes its way toward the postseason.

“We now know we can go out and play with good teams,” she said. “I think we Kevin Anderson/Journal-World Photo knew it from the start, we just kind of put it all together FREE STATE SENIOR JACKIE GARCIA (10) GOES UP FOR TWO during the Firebirds’ game Dec. 6 against Topeka Seaman. in the last couple games.”

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Atlanta 106, New Jersey 70 Miami 115, Boston 107 Milwaukee 98, Minnesota 95 Portland 101, Sacramento 79 L.A. Lakers 96, Utah 71

Indiana at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Miami at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Denver, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

New York at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games

WESTERN CONFERENCE

San Antonio New Orleans Houston Memphis Dallas

Huskers hammered Today’s games

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Tuesday’s games

EASTERN CONFERENCE

New Jersey at Orlando, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 9 p.m.

New York at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

How former Jayhawks fared Mario Chalmers, Miami Pts: 4. FGs: 1-1. FTs: 1-2.

Drew Gooden, Milwaukee Did not play (suspended) Paul Pierce, Boston Did not play (heel injury)

Roundup had 17 points to lead the coldshooting Nets, who looked tired coming off a seasonHeat 115, Celtics 107 MIAMI — LeBron James opening win in Washington scored 26 points, rookie point on Monday night. guard Norris Cole came up ATLANTA (106) with 14 of his 20 points in the M.Williams 3-9 6-7 14, Smith 2-7 1-2 Horford 4-6 0-0 8, Teague 5-7 0-0 13, fourth quarter, and Miami 5, J.Johnson 4-11 2-2 11, McGrady 5-10 2-2 nearly blew a 20-point lead 12, Pargo 2-6 0-0 6, Radmanovic 5-9 4-4 before beating Boston on 17, Pachulia 5-8 3-3 13, Green 2-10 0-1 5, Stackhouse 0-1 0-0 0, I.Johnson 1-2 0-0 2.

Tuesday night.

Totals 38-86 18-21 106.

Dwyane Wade finished NEW JERSEY (70) James 0-4 0-0 0, Humphries 4-8 3-4 11, with 24 points and eight as- Petro 0-2 0-0 0, D.Williams 3-11 2-2 10, sists for Miami, which got 18 Morrow 1-5 0-0 3, Gaines 3-5 2-3 8, Okur 1-6 0-1 Brooks 5-12 7-8 17, She.Williams from Chris Bosh and twice 2-3 3-4 7,3, Sha.Williams 1-4 0-0 2, Stevenson saw its lead cut to three in the 0-4 2-2 2, Farmar 1-4 0-0 3, Horner 1-3 2-2 4.

22-71 21-26 70. final minutes. Cole delivered Totals Atlanta 28 24 25 29—106 the answer both times with New Jersey 11 19 25 15— 70 3-Point Goals-Atlanta 12-23 (Teague 3-4, a pair of jump shots, and the Radmanovic 3-5, Pargo 2-3, M.Williams Heat escaped.

2-4, Green 1-2, J.Johnson 1-3, Smith Ray Allen scored 28 points 0-1, Stackhouse 0-1), New Jersey 5-24 2-3, Farmar 1-2, Morrow 1-3, on 8-for-12 shooting for the (D.Williams Okur 1-4, Gaines 0-1, Horner 0-1, Sha. Celtics, while Rajon Rondo Williams 0-2, Stevenson 0-4, Brooks 0-4).

Out-None. Rebounds-Atlanta 60 finished with 22 points and Fouled (Pachulia 11), New Jersey 45 (Humphries 12 assists, and Keyon Dool- 6). Assists-Atlanta 23 (Radmanovic 5), New ing scored 13 off the Boston Jersey 9 (Gaines 4). Total Fouls-Atlanta 23, New Jersey 22. Technicals-I.Johnson. bench.

A-18,711 (18,711).

Through two games, Miami (2-0) has trailed only Bucks 98, once — by two points, for all Timberwolves 95 of 14 seconds.

MILWAUKEE — Rookie Jon BOSTON (107) Leuer converted a threePavlovic 2-4 0-0 5, Garnett 6-12 0-0 12, O’Neal 0-1 0-0 0, Rondo 7-15 7-11 22, Allen point play with 1:17 left, help8-12 6-6 28, Bass 5-10 3-5 13, Daniels 4-8 ing the Bucks hold off Minne1-1 9, Wilcox 0-0 0-0 0, Dooling 5-10 4-4 18, sota in their home opener.

Bradley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-72 21-27 107.

Brandon Jennings scored MIAMI (115) James 9-14 8-9 26, Bosh 8-11 1-4 18, 24 points and Stephen JackAnthony 2-2 0-0 4, Chalmers 1-1 1-2 4, Wade 8-15 8-10 24, Haslem 1-9 2-2 4, Battier 1-2 1-2 son added 16 for the Bucks, 4, Cole 8-16 4-6 20, Howard 1-2 0-0 2, Jones who were playing without 3-3 0-0 9. Totals 42-75 25-35 115.

Boston 27 27 29 24—107 forward Drew Gooden beMiami 30 39 22 24—115 cause of a suspension and 3-Point Goals-Boston 12-19 (Allen 6-8, Dooling 4-6, Pavlovic 1-2, Rondo 1-3), Miami several other key players be6-10 (Jones 3-3, Bosh 1-1, Chalmers 1-1, cause of injuries.

Battier 1-2, Cole 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Kevin Love had 31 points Rebounds-Boston 34 (Rondo 8), Miami 50 (Haslem 12). Assists-Boston 20 (Rondo 12), and 20 rebounds for the TimMiami 22 (Wade 8). Total Fouls-Boston 27, berwolves, whose late rally Miami 22. Technicals-Boston Coach Rivers, Rondo, Boston defensive three second, came up just short.

Miami defensive three second 2. A-20,166 Minnesota was without (19,600). coach Rick Adelman, who was attending funeral servicHawks 106, Nets 70 es for his mother-in-law. AsNEWARK, N.J. — Marvin sistant Terry Porter, a former Williams had 14 points and head coach in Milwaukee, nine rebounds, and Atlanta filled in for Adelman. opened a double-digit lead MINNESOTA (95) early and cruised to a vicBeasley 6-13 2-6 15, Love 6-18 19-24 Milicic 2-4 0-0 4, Ridnour 7-10 1-2 17, tory over the sluggish Nets 31, Johnson 3-9 0-0 8, Barea 1-9 6-6 9, Williams in their final home opener in 1-3 1-2 3, Rubio 2-3 2-3 6, Tolliver 0-1 2-2 2.

Totals 28-70 33-45 95.

New Jersey.

(98) Jeff Teague added 13 MILWAUKEE Dunleavy 2-9 1-1 5, Ilyasova 3-5 0-0 6, Bogut 7-20 1-2 15, Jennings 7-14 9-10 24, points, Joe Johnson had 11, 7-20 1-3 16, Sanders 2-5 0-0 4, Leuer and the Hawks got big games Jackson 5-7 4-4 14, Livingston 2-6 0-0 4, Udrih 4-6 0-0 off the bench from Zaza Pa- 8, Brockman 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 40-94 16-20 98.

30 18 20 27—95 chulia (13 points and 11 re- Minnesota Milwaukee 32 28 19 19—98 bounds) and Vladimir Rad3-Point Goals-Minnesota 6-14 (Ridnour Johnson 2-4, Barea 1-1, Beasley 1-2, manovic (17 points) in finally 2-2, Williams 0-1, Love 0-4), Milwaukee 2-16 opening the lockout-delayed (Jennings 1-5, Jackson 1-6, Udrih 0-1, season by embarrassing the Sanders 0-1, Dunleavy 0-3). Fouled OutBogut. Rebounds-Minnesota 61 Nets in a game in which the Milicic, (Love 20), Milwaukee 51 (Bogut 9). Assistscrowd was booing the Brook- Minnesota 14 (Barea, Rubio 4), Milwaukee (Dunleavy 8). Total Fouls-Minnesota lyn-bound team by halftime. 24 24, Milwaukee 28. Technicals-Bogut, Rookie MarShon Brooks Milwaukee Coach Skiles. A-17,352 (18,717).

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Blazers 101, Kings 79 PORTLAND, ORE. — Gerald Wallace had 25 points, eight rebounds and five assists, leading Portland to a victory over Sacramento.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points and eight rebounds for the Blazers (2-0). Nicolas Batum added 15 points and five rebounds off the bench.

SACRAMENTO (79) Salmons 1-3 0-0 2, Hayes 2-5 0-0 4, Cousins 7-18 2-5 16, Evans 2-8 0-0 4, Thornton 5-15 3-4 14, Hickson 4-6 2-3 10, Fredette 4-10 1-1 10, Outlaw 0-5 2-3 2, Thompson 5-6 1-2 11, I.Thomas 1-6 3-4 6. Totals 31-82 14-22 79.

PORTLAND (101) Wallace 8-11 8-9 25, Aldridge 10-15 4-6 24, Camby 0-3 2-4 2, Felton 2-8 0-1 5, Matthews 4-14 0-0 8, Crawford 2-11 2-2 6, K.Thomas 3-4 0-0 6, C.Johnson 1-1 0-0 2, Batum 4-12 6-6 15, N.Smith 2-2 0-0 4, C.Smith 2-4 0-0 4, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Babbitt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-85 22-28 101.

Sacramento 25 21 19 14— 79 Portland 23 23 28 27—101 3-Point Goals-Sacramento 3-16 (I.Thomas 1-2, Thornton 1-5, Fredette 1-5, Outlaw 0-2, Evans 0-2), Portland 3-18 (Felton 1-3, Wallace 1-3, Batum 1-4, Crawford 0-3, Matthews 0-5).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Sacramento 57 (Hayes, Cousins 11), Portland 55 (Camby 9).

Assists-Sacramento 11 (Thornton, Evans 3), Portland 25 (Felton 6). Total FoulsSacramento 27, Portland 23. TechnicalsWallace, Portland defensive three second.

A-20,350 (19,980).

Lakers 96, Jazz 71 LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol added 22 points and nine rebounds, and the Lakers avoided just the fourth 0-3 start in franchise history with a victory over Utah.

Metta World Peace scored 14 points for the Lakers, who had much more life than the Jazz despite playing their third game in three nights to open the season.

Los Angeles ran away with a dominant third quarter, making a 27-8 surge out of halftime in the club’s first win for new coach Mike Brown.

Paul Millsap had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Utah, the last NBA team to open its regular season.

UTAH (71) Hayward 3-8 1-1 7, Favors 4-7 0-0 8, Jefferson 2-16 0-0 4, Harris 2-6 0-0 5, Bell 3-7 0-0 6, Millsap 7-15 4-6 18, Miles 1-8 2-4 4, Howard 4-9 2-2 10, Watson 0-3 0-0 0, Kanter 1-7 3-4 5, Burks 0-2 0-0 0, Evans 2-2 0-0 4, Tinsley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-90 12-17 71.

L.A. LAKERS (96) Ebanks 0-4 6-6 6, McRoberts 3-7 0-3 6, Gasol 6-11 10-12 22, Fisher 3-4 3-3 9, Bryant 8-17 7-8 26, Murphy 0-3 0-0 0, World Peace 5-9 4-5 14, Blake 3-9 0-0 8, Kapono 2-6 0-0 5, Goudelock 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-71 30-37 96.

Utah 17 14 15 25—71 L.A. Lakers 18 23 30 25—96 3-Point Goals-Utah 1-13 (Harris 1-2, Watson 0-1, Millsap 0-1, Howard 0-2, Hayward 0-2, Bell 0-2, Miles 0-3), L.A. Lakers 6-16 (Bryant 3-5, Blake 2-5, Kapono 1-3, Ebanks 0-1, World Peace 0-2). Fouled OutMurphy. Rebounds-Utah 56 (Kanter 11), L.A. Lakers 58 (Murphy 11). Assists-Utah 20 (Harris 6), L.A. Lakers 17 (Bryant 5).

Total Fouls-Utah 28, L.A. Lakers 21. A-18,997 (18,997).

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NU opens Big Ten with 64-40 loss The Associated Press

No. 11 Wisconsin 64, Nebraska 40 LINCOLN, NEB. — Nebraska’s scouting report apparently didn’t put much emphasis on Ryan Evans. Other Big Ten teams probably won’t make the same mistake.

Evans scored a career-high 22 points, and No. 11 Wisconsin defeated injury-plagued Nebraska, 64-40, in the Big Ten opener for both teams Tuesday night.

Evans came in as the Badgers’ No. 4 scorer at 9.9 points per game, and he had made just two of seven threepoint attempts in 13 games.

The junior forward hit two of three from long range against the Huskers and finished 9-of-11 overall after going 1-for-6 for five points against Mississippi Valley State on Friday.

“I’m sure they overlooked me,” Evans said. “I wanted to get conference play off to the right start and I ended up hitting a few. Teammates were finding me.”

The Huskers (8-4, 0-1) had scored the game’s first seven points, but Evans’ swirling three-pointer tied it 10-all — and the Badgers (12-2, 1-0) were off on a 19-2 run.

Toney McCray’s steal and lay-up just before the buzzer pulled the Huskers within 33-26 at the half, and it was a five-point game after he made a couple of free throws early in the second half.

Then the Badgers broke it open again by holding Nebraska to two field goals over 11 minutes, and with Jordan Taylor, Evans and Josh Gasser combining for three 3s in a 27-5 run.

Taylor added 15 points as the Badgers (12-2, 1-0) won their ninth consecutive conference opener.

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said Evans’ production was a pleasant surprise.

“He was open. He got himself open. He had some open looks,” Ryan said. “You always like that because it sends a message to other teams you’re going to play that you can’t play off of him too much. That was very welcome.”

Nebraska forward Brandon Ubel said Evans wasn’t totally neglected in preparation for the game.

“Our scouting report, he hadn’t shot very many threes on the year,” Ubel said. “We were still playing him close out, get a hand in his face, don’t let him tee it up. He hit the shots.”

McCray led the Huskers with 16 points and nine rebounds. But like almost everyone else that plays Wisconsin, points were at a premium.

Wisconsin extended its streak of holding opponents to 65 points or less to 18 games. The nation’s top de-

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NEBRASKA’S COREY HILLIARD (12) FOULS Wisconsin’s Jordan Taylor late in the first half. No. 11 Wisconsin beat the Huskers, 64-40, in the Big Ten opener for both teams Tuesday in Lincoln, Neb. fensive team, Wisconsin has held 12 of 14 opponents to season lows in points.

Nebraska’s previous low was 51 against Florida Gulf Coast.

WISCONSIN (12-2) Evans 9-11 2-2 22, Bruesewitz 2-4 0-0 5, Berggren 2-8 0-0 6, Taylor 5-12 2-2 15, Gasser 1-3 0-0 3, Brust 3-7 1-1 9, Jackson 1-1 0-0 2, Dukan 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 1-1 0-0 2, Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Kaminsky 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-47 5-5 64.

NEBRASKA (8-4) McCray 6-15 2-2 16, Ubel 3-7 2-4 8, Spencer 2-12 0-0 5, Walker 3-7 1-1 7, Richardson 1-6 2-2 4, Rivers 0-1 0-0 0, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Hilliard 0-1 0-0 0, Niemann 0-0 0-0 0, Fox 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-49 7-9 40.

Halftime-Wisconsin 33-26. 3-Point GoalsWisconsin 11-21 (Taylor 3-6, Evans 2-3, Berggren 2-3, Brust 2-5, Bruesewitz 1-2, Gasser 1-2), Nebraska 3-13 (McCray 2-5, Spencer 1-4, Walker 0-1, Ubel 0-1, Richardson 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsWisconsin 30 (Evans, Gasser 6), Nebraska 28 (McCray, Ubel 9). Assists-Wisconsin 13 (Taylor 5), Nebraska 9 (Spencer 5). Total Fouls-Wisconsin 11, Nebraska 10. A-11,422.

Notre Dame 72, No. 22 Pittsburgh 59 SOUTH BEND, IND. — Alex Dragicevich hit four threepointers and scored a careerhigh 22 points to lead Notre Dame over Pitt in the Big East opener for both teams.

Jerian Grant added 15 points and nine assists, and Eric Atkins also scored 15 points for the Fighting Irish (9-5, 1-0), who trailed 26-25 at intermission but rallied with a 18-for-25 performance from the field in the second half.

The loss was Pitt’s second straight after a 59-54 loss to Wagner at home Friday, while Notre Dame extended its home winning streak to 28 games.

Talib Zanna had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Panthers (11-3, 0-1).

PITTSBURGH (11-3) Taylor 2-3 0-0 4, Robinson 5-12 2-4 12, Wright 2-4 1-2 5, Gibbs 5-10 2-2 12, Patterson 3-8 2-2 8, Woodall 0-5 0-0 0, J. Johnson 2-5 0-0 5, Zanna 5-10 3-4 13, Moore 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 24-60 10-14 59.

NOTRE DAME (9-5) Cooley 3-7 2-4 8, Atkins 5-8 5-7 15, Dragicevich 8-13 2-4 22, Martin 2-7 0-0 4, Grant 5-12 2-3 15, Connaughton 1-1 0-0 2, Knight 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 27-53 11-18 72.

Halftime-Pittsburgh 26-25. 3-Point GoalsPittsburgh 1-14 (J. Johnson 1-4, Gibbs 0-2, Patterson 0-2, Moore 0-3, Woodall 0-3), Notre Dame 7-19 (Dragicevich 4-7, Grant 3-7, Atkins 0-1, Martin 0-4). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Pittsburgh 39 (Zanna 12), Notre Dame 30 (Cooley 14). Assists-Pittsburgh 14 (Gibbs 5), Notre Dame 18 (Grant 9). Total Fouls-Pittsburgh 20, Notre Dame 14. A-8,231.

No. 23 Virginia 69, Md-E. Shore 42 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Mike Scott scored 10 of his 17 points during a 12-point spurt early in the second half to help Virginia overcome a sluggish start.

Darion Atkins added 13 points and Joe Harris had 10 for Virginia, off to an 11-1 start for the first time since the 2000-01 season. The Cavaliers were playing their first game since KT Harrell and James Johnson announced last week they were transferring.

MD.-EASTERN SHORE (3-10) Spencer 3-6 3-3 9, Hines 2-3 0-0 4, Pitt 2-7 0-0 4, Woods 0-8 0-0 0, Haley 4-13 0-0 11, Bell 0-6 0-0 0, Womack 0-1 2-2 2, Robertson 1-2 0-0 3, Anderson 2-2 0-0 4, Guillaume 1-6 3-4 5. Totals 15-54 8-9 42.

VIRGINIA (11-1) Scott 8-12 1-1 17, Sene 2-4 0-0 4, Evans 1-2 0-0 2, Harris 4-9 0-0 10, Zeglinski 1-5 0-0 3, Browman 1-1 0-0 3, Jesperson 2-6 0-0 5, , Brogdon 1-7 0-0 3, Ak. Mitchell 4-6 1-2 9, Rogers 0-1 0-0 0, Atkins 6-7 1-3 13. Totals 30-60 3-6 69.

Halftime—Virginia 30-20.

3-Point Goals—Md.-Eastern Shore 4-18 (Haley 3-6, Robertson 1-1, Womack 0-1, Pitt 0-1, Bell 0-4, Woods 0-5), Virginia 6-20 (Harris 2-5, Browman 1-1, Brogdon 1-4, Jesperson 1-4, Zeglinski 1-5, Rogers 0-1). Rebounds—Md.Eastern Shore 29 (Guillaume, Spencer 7), Virginia 41 (Ak. Mitchell 9). Assists—Md.Eastern Shore 4 (Woods 2), Virginia 22 (Zeglinski 6). Total Fouls—Md.-Eastern Shore 11, Virginia 11. A—8,661.

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Tolbert sparks Texas Tech, 74-58 LUBBOCK, TEXAS (AP) — Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie said freshman forward Jordan Tolbert is going to be a special player one day.

Scoring 27 points in a 7458 win against Cal State Bakersfield on Tuesday — his fourth consecutive game with at least 20 points — was a good way for the freshman to showcase his growing abilities.

Gillispie insists there is still plenty of growth to be had.

“He’s gonna be something else, but he’s not perfect; he only got six rebounds, and that’s not enough, especially with how our team rebounded tonight,” Gillispie said.

Tolbert’s point total matched the best of his young career, in a 75-69 loss at TCU on Dec. 6. He was 10-for-12 from the field and 7-for-9 at the free-throw line.

Despite the 16-point victory, Gillispie said the Red Raiders (6-5) could have put

BOX SCORE CS BAKERSFIELD (6-7) White 0-4 0-0 0, Savage 1-1 0-0 2, Young 3-7 2-3 11, Grayson 4-11 2-2 12, Carter 7-12 3-6 17, Matip 0-0 0-0 0, Hayes 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 6-7 1-2 13, Lamb 0-2 0-0 0, Hughley 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 22-46 9-15 58.

TEXAS TECH (6-5) Crockett 0-1 0-0 0, Minnis 0-0 1-2 1, Lewandowski 3-5 4-5 10, Willis 5-11 2-2 16, Tolbert 10-12 7-9 27, Adams 0-1 0-0 0, Nurse 2-4 4-4 9, Gotcher 0-0 0-0 0, Petteway 3-4 1-2 9, Wagner 0-0 0-0 0, Nash 1-2 0-4 2. Totals 24-40 19-28 74.

Halftime-Texas Tech 31-27. 3-Point GoalsCS Bakersfield 5-12 (Young 3-5, Grayson 2-4, Johnson 0-1, White 0-2), Texas Tech 7-14 (Willis 4-6, Petteway 2-3, Nurse 1-3, Adams 0-1, Nash 0-1). Fouled Out-Young.

Rebounds-CS Bakersfield 23 (Johnson 4), Texas Tech 20 (Tolbert 6). Assists-CS Bakersfield 7 (Grayson 3), Texas Tech 12 (Minnis 5). Total Fouls-CS Bakersfield 22, Texas Tech 14. A-NA.

the hurt on the visiting Roadrunners early on if it attacked the glass better.

Tolbert, who led all players with six rebounds, was the only Red Raider with an offensive board. Bakersfield (6-7) outrebounded Texas Tech 23-20.

“This may be the second time I looked at a stat sheet and we have only one guy on

the team secure an offense rebound,” the first-year Texas Tech coach said. “We only had 20 rebounds on the game, and that’s not gonna cut it.”

Texas Tech (6-5) has one final tuneup — against Southeastern Oklahoma on Friday night — before opening Big 12 action Jan. 4 at Oklahoma State. Gillispie wasn’t happy with most of his team’s play on Tuesday.

Texas Tech was leading 55-50 when Cal State Bakersfield’s Donald Johnson was called for a technical foul after he taunted a Texas Tech player when Johnson threw down a two-handed dunk.

“I thought it was the turning point of the game,” said Cal State Bakersfield coach Rod Barnes.

The Red Raiders converted the resulting free throws, and bench player Terran Petteway hit a game-sealing three-pointer to put the Red Raiders up 10 with less than eight minutes to play.

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SCOREBOARD College Bowls NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 12 3 0 .800 464 N.Y. Jets 8 7 0 .533 360 Buffalo 6 9 0 .400 351 Miami 5 10 0 .333 310 South W L T Pct PF y-Houston 10 5 0 .667 359 Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 302 Jacksonville 4 11 0 .267 224 Indianapolis 2 13 0 .133 230 North W L T Pct PF x-Baltimore 11 4 0 .733 354 x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0 .733 312 Cincinnati 9 6 0 .600 328 Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 209 West W L T Pct PF Denver 8 7 0 .533 306 Oakland 8 7 0 .533 333 San Diego 7 8 0 .467 368 Kansas City 6 9 0 .400 205 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 363 Dallas 8 7 0 .533 355 Philadelphia 7 8 0 .467 362 Washington 5 10 0 .333 278 South W L T Pct PF y-New Orleans 12 3 0 .800 502 x-Atlanta 9 6 0 .600 357 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 389 Tampa Bay 4 11 0 .267 263 North W L T Pct PF y-Green Bay 14 1 0 .933 515 x-Detroit 10 5 0 .667 433 Chicago 7 8 0 .467 336 Minnesota 3 12 0 .200 327 West W L T Pct PF y-San Francisco 12 3 0 .800 346 Seattle 7 8 0 .467 301 Arizona 7 8 0 .467 289 St. Louis 2 13 0 .133 166 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Monday’s Game New Orleans 45, Atlanta 16 Sunday, Jan. 1 Chicago at Minnesota, noon Carolina at New Orleans, noon Detroit at Green Bay, noon San Francisco at St. Louis, noon Tennessee at Houston, noon Buffalo at New England, noon N.Y. Jets at Miami, noon Indianapolis at Jacksonville, noon Washington at Philadelphia, noon San Diego at Oakland, 3:15 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 3:15 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 3:15 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 3:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 3:15 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.

PA 321 344 385 296 PA 255 295 316 411 PA 250 218 299 294 PA 383 395 351 335 PA 386 316 318 333 PA 322 326 384 449 PA 318 342 328 432 PA 202 292 328 373

Chiefs

Buffalo, L 7-41 (0-1) at Detroit, L 3-48 (0-2) at San Diego, L 17-20 (0-3) Minnesota, W 22-17 (1-3) at Indianapolis, W 28-24 (2-3) BYE at Oakland, W 28-0 (3-3) San Diego, W 23-20 (OT) (4-3) Miami, L 3-31 (4-4) Denver, L 10-17 (4-5) at New England, L 3-34 (4-6) Pittsburgh, L 9-13 (4-7) at Chicago, W 10-3 (5-7) at N.Y. Jets, L 10-37 (5-8) Green Bay, W 19-14 (6-8) Oakland, L 13-16 (OT) (6-9) Sunday — at Denver, 3:15 p.m.

Monday’s Game Independence Bowl at Shreveport, La. Missouri 41, North Carolina 24 Tuesday’s Games Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Detroit Purdue 37, Western Michigan 32 Belk Bowl at Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina State 31, Louisville 24 Today’s Games Military Bowl at Washington Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Holiday Bowl at San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl at San Antonio Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl at Dallas Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl at New York Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl at Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 5:40 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl at Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 9 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 31 Meineke Car Care Bowl at Houston Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 1 p.m.

(CBS) Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl at San Francisco UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 2:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 6:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl at Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), 11 a.m. (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), noon (ESPN) Outback Bowl at Tampa, Fla. Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), noon (ABC) Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), noon (ESPN2) Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.

Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 4 p.m.

(ESPN) Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Ariz.

Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl at New Orleans Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl at Miami West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl at Arlington, Texas Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 7 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl at Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl at Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship at New Orleans LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN)

2012 Pro Bowl Rosters

Sunday, Jan. 29 at Honolulu AFC Offense Wide Receivers — s-Wes Welker, New England; s-Mike Wallace, Pittsburgh; A.J. Green, Cincinnati; Brandon Marshall, Miami.

Tackles — s-Joe Thomas, Cleveland; s-Jake Long, Miami; D’Brickashaw Ferguson, New York Jets.

Guards — s-Logan Mankins, New England; s-Brian Waters, New England; Marshal Yanda, Baltimore.

Centers — s-Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh; Nick Mangold, New York Jets.

Tight Ends — s-Rob Gronkowski, New England; Antonio Gates, San Diego.

Quarterbacks — s-Tom Brady, New England; Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh; Philip Rivers, San Diego.

Running Backs — s-Ray Rice, Baltimore; Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville; Arian Foster, Houston.

Fullback — s-Vonta Leach, Baltimore.

Defense Ends — s-Dwight Freeney, Indianapolis; s-Andre Carter, New England; Elvis Dumervil, Denver.

Interior Linemen — s-Haloti Ngata, Baltimore; s-Vince Wilfork, New England; Richard Seymour, Oakland.

Outside Linebackers — s-Terrell Suggs, Baltimore; s-Von Miller, Denver; Tamba Hali, Kansas City.

Inside/Middle Linebackers — s-Ray Lewis, Baltimore; Derrick Johnson, Kansas City.

Cornerbacks — s-Darrelle Revis, New York Jets; s-Champ Bailey, Denver; Johnathan Joseph, Houston.

Free Safeties — s-Ed Reed, Baltimore; Eric Weddle, San Diego.

Strong Safety — s-Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh.

Specialists Punter — Shane Lechler, Oakland.

Placekicker — Sebastian Janikowski, Oakland.

Kick Returner — Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh.

Special Teamer — Matthew Slater, New England.

Long Snapper — TBA. NFC Offense Wide Receiver — s-Calvin Johnson, Detroit; s-Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona; Steve Smith, Carolina; Greg Jennings, Green Bay. Tackles — s-Jason Peters, Philadelphia; s-Joe Staley, San Francisco; Jermon Bushrod, New Orleans.

Guards — s-Jahri Evans, New Orleans; s-Carl Nicks, New Orleans; Davin Joseph, Tampa Bay. Centers — s-Ryan Kalil, Carolina; Scott Wells, Green Bay. Tight Ends — s-Jimmy Graham, New Orleans; Tony Gonzalez, Atlanta.

Quarterbacks — s-Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay; Drew Brees, New Orleans; Eli Manning, New York Giants.

Running Backs — s-LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia; Matt Forte, Chicago; Frank Gore, San Francisco.

Fullback — s-John Kuhn, Green Bay. Defense Ends — s-Jared Allen, Minnesota; s-Jason Babin, Philadelphia; Jason Pierre-Paul, New York Giants.

Interior Lineman — s-Justin Smith, San Francisco; s-Jay Ratliff, Dallas; B.J. Raji, Green Bay. Outside Linebackers — s-DeMarcus Ware, Dallas; s-Clay Matthews, Green Bay; Lance Briggs, Chicago.

Inside/Middle Linebackers — s-Patrick Willis, San Francisco; Brian Urlacher, Chicago.

Cornerbacks — s-Charles Woodson, Green Bay; s-Carlos Rogers, San Francisco; Charles Tillman, Chicago.

Free Safeties — s-Earl Thomas, Seattle; Dashon Goldson, San Francisco.

Strong Safety — s-Adrian Wilson, Arizona.

Specialists Punter — Andy Lee, San Francisco.

Placekicker — David Akers, San Francisco.

Kick Returner — Patrick Peterson, Arizona.

Special Teamer — Corey Graham, Chicago.

Long Snapper — TBA.

College Men

St. John’s 91, Providence 67 Georgia 92, Winthrop 86, OT Southern Miss. 93, Belhaven 48 Virginia 69, Md.-Eastern Shore 42 Illinois 81, Minnesota 72, 2OT Notre Dame 72, Pittsburgh 59 Saint Louis 71, Texas Southern 39 W. Illinois 73, Eureka 52 Wisconsin 64, Nebraska 40 North Texas 78, New Orleans 47 Texas Tech 74, CS Bakersfield 58 BYU 79, CS San Marcos 51

AP Top 25 Fared

Tuesday 1. Syracuse (13-0) did not play. Next: vs.

Seton Hall, Wednesday.

2. Ohio State (12-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Northwestern, Wednesday.

3. Kentucky (11-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Lamar, Wednesday.

4. Louisville (12-0) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 12 Georgetown, Wednesday.

5. North Carolina (11-2) did not play. Next: vs. Elon, Thursday.

6. Baylor (12-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 15 Mississippi State, Wednesday.

7. Duke (10-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Pennsylvania, Sunday.

8. Missouri (12-0) did not play. Next: at Old Dominion, Friday.

9. UConn (10-1) did not play. Next: at South Florida, Wednesday.

10. Florida (10-2) did not play. Next: at Rutgers, Thursday.

11. Wisconsin (12-2) beat Nebraska 64-40.

Next: vs. Iowa, Saturday.

12. Georgetown (10-1) did not play. Next: at No. 4 Louisville, Wednesday.

13. Indiana (12-0) did not play. Next: at No. 16 Michigan State, Wednesday.

14. Marquette (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. Vanderbilt, Thursday.

15. Mississippi State (12-1) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 6 Baylor, Wednesday.

16. Michigan State (11-2) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 13 Indiana, Wednesday.

17. Kansas (8-3) did not play. Next: vs.

Howard, Thursday.

18. Michigan (10-2) did not play. Next: vs.

Penn State, Thursday.

19. UNLV (13-2) did not play. Next: vs.

Central Arkansas, Wednesday.

20. Murray State (13-0) did not play. Next: at Eastern Illinois, Friday.

21. Creighton (10-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Missouri State, Wednesday.

22. Pittsburgh (11-3) lost to Notre Dame 72-59. Next: vs. Cincinnati, Sunday.

23. Virginia (11-1) beat Maryland-Eastern Shore 69-42. Next: vs. Towson, Friday.

24. Harvard (10-1) did not play. Next: at Boston College, Thursday.

25. San Diego State (11-2) did not play.

Next: vs. Redlands, Friday.

Big 12 Men

Conf.

Overall W L W L Missouri 0 0 12 0 Baylor 0 0 12 0 Kansas State 0 0 10 1 Oklahoma 0 0 9 1 Texas 0 0 9 3 Iowa State 0 0 9 3 Kansas 0 0 8 3 Texas A&M 0 0 8 3 Oklahoma State 0 0 6 5 Texas Tech 0 0 6 5 Sunday’s Game Kansas State 77, Long Beach State 60 Tuesday’s Game Texas Tech 74, CSU Bakersfield 58 Today’s Games Oklahoma State vs. SMU at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Baylor vs. Mississippi State at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Howard at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Arkansas Tech at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma at Cincinnati, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)

Kansas Men

Exhibition Pittsburg State, W 84-55 Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 101-52 Regular season Towson (first-round Maui Invitational), W 100-54 (1-0) Kentucky in New York (Champions

Classic at Madison Square Garden), L 65-75 (1-1).

Georgetown (Maui Invitational), W 67-63 (2-1) UCLA (Maui Invitational), W 72-56 (3-1) Duke (Maui Invitational), L 61-68 (3-2) Florida Atlantic, W 77-54 (4-2) South Florida, W 70-42 (5-2) Long Beach State, W 88-80 (6-2) Ohio State, W 78-67 (7-2) Davidson, (M&I Bank Kansas City Shootout), L 74-80 (7-3) USC, W 63-47 (8-3) Thursday — Howard, 7 p.m., JTV. Saturday — North Dakota, 3 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 4 — Kansas State, 7 p.m., Big 12 network.

Jan. 7 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 11 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 14 — Iowa State, 3 p.m., Big 12.

Jan. 16 — Baylor, 8:30 p.m., ESPN. Jan. 21 — at Texas, 3 p.m., CBS. Jan. 23 — Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPN. Jan. 28 — at Iowa State, 1 p.m., ESPN/ ESPN2.

Feb. 1 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m., ESPNU. Feb. 4 — at Missouri, 8 p.m., ESPN. Feb. 8 — at Baylor, 6 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2.

Feb. 11 — Oklahoma State, 3 p.m., Big 12.

Feb. 13 — at Kansas State, 8 p.m., ESPN. Feb. 18 — Texas Tech, 7 p.m., Big 12.

Feb. 22 — at Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPN2.

Feb. 25 — Missouri, 3 p.m., CBS. Feb. 27 — at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m., ESPN. March 3 — Texas, 8 p.m., ESPN. March 7-10 — Big 12 championship, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.

College Women

Stony Brook 54, Youngstown St. 47 Indiana 80, Texas A&M-CC 58 Toledo 75, Northwestern 56 W. Illinois 73, William Woods 52

Kansas Women

Exhibition Emporia State W, 83-61 Pittsburg State W, 68-43 Regular season Western Michigan W, 76-64 (1-0) Creighton W, 73-59 (2-0) at Wake Forest, W 74-73 (3-0) Lamar in Basketball Traveler’s, Inc. Tipoff Classic, W 90-40 (4-0) IUPUI in Basketball Traveler’s, Inc. Tipoff Classic, W 71-50 (5-0) FAU in Basketball Travelers, Inc. Tipoff Classic, W 82-63 (6-0) SMU, W 75-52 (7-0) at Alabama, L 76-80 (7-1) Wisconsin, W 73-44 (8-1) UMKC, W 77-52 (9-1) Oral Roberts, W 85-68 (10-1) Tonight — Sam Houston State, 7 p.m.

(Knology) Jan. 4 — at Texas, 8 p.m. (Longhorn) Jan. 7 — Kansas State, 7 p.m. (Metro) Jan. 11 — Iowa State, 7 p.m. (Knology) Jan. 15 — at Missouri, 11:30 a.m. (FSN) Jan. 18 — at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 21 — Texas A&M, 7 p.m. (Knology) Jan. 25 — Texas Tech, 7 p.m. (Knology) Jan. 28 — at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Oklahoma, 7 p.m. (Metro) Feb. 4 — at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

Feb. 8 — Texas, 7 p.m. (Metro) Feb. 12 — at Kansas State, noon (FSN) Feb. 15 — at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 18 — Missouri, 1 p.m. (Metro) Feb. 21 — at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 — Baylor, 6:30 p.m. (FSN) Feb. 29 — Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. (Metro) March 4 — at Oklakhoma, TBA March 7-10 — Big 12 championship at Kansas City, Mo.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA-Suspended Milwaukee F Drew Gooden one game one game for a his Flagrant Foul Two against Charlotte G Gerald Henderson.

NEW YORK KNICKS-Claimed G Jeremy Lin off waivers from Houston.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS-Signed OL Michael Jasper from the practice squad. Placed TE Mike Caussin on injured reserve. Signed WR David Gilreath and OL Jake Vermiglio to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS-Placed QB Jay Cutler and RB Matt Forte on injured reserve.

Signed DT Jordan Miller from the practice squad. Signed G Mansfield Wrotto.

CINCINNATI BENGALS-Placed WR Andre Caldwell on injured reserve. Signed WR Armon Binns from the practice squad.

Signed WR Vidal Hazelton to the practice squad.

DETROIT LIONS-Signed RB Joique Bell.

Released RB Aaron Brown.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Signed CB Trumaine McBride. Signed DE Jammie Kirlew from the practice squad. Waived LB Mike Lockley.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Signed FB Lousaka Polite. Signed DB Malcolm Williams to the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS-Waived WR Eron Riley.

PHOENIX COYOTES-Recalled C Andy Miele from Portland (AHL).

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS-Released WR Braylon Edwards.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Released RB Ryan Torain. Signed WR Aldrick Robinson from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS-Recalled F Joakim Andersson from Grand Rapids (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS-Recalled F Gabriel Bourque from Milwaukee (AHL).

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 34 22 8 4 48 102 72 Philadelphia 35 21 10 4 46 119 104 Pittsburgh 36 21 11 4 46 118 93 New Jersey 35 19 15 1 39 97 103 N.Y. Islanders 34 11 17 6 28 77 111 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 33 23 9 1 47 119 63 Toronto 36 18 14 4 40 113 118 Ottawa 37 17 15 5 39 113 128 Buffalo 35 17 15 3 37 96 103 Montreal 37 14 16 7 35 94 103 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 37 19 11 7 45 99 101 Winnipeg 36 17 14 5 39 100 105 Washington 34 17 15 2 36 100 105 Tampa Bay 35 15 17 3 33 95 117 Carolina 38 12 20 6 30 97 127 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 36 23 9 4 50 122 103 Detroit 36 23 12 1 47 118 81 St. Louis 36 21 11 4 46 94 80 Nashville 36 18 14 4 40 96 103 Columbus 36 9 22 5 23 87 123 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 36 22 12 2 46 120 88 Minnesota 37 20 12 5 45 88 86 Calgary 37 18 15 4 40 92 99 Colorado 38 19 18 1 39 101 111 Edmonton 35 15 17 3 33 96 96 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 33 19 11 3 41 97 80 Dallas 35 20 14 1 41 95 101 Phoenix 36 18 15 3 39 95 96 Los Angeles 36 17 14 5 39 80 88 Anaheim 35 10 19 6 26 83 115 Tuesday’s Games Calgary 2, Columbus 1, SO Pittsburgh 4, Carolina 2 Montreal 6, Ottawa 2 Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 1 Florida 5, Toronto 3 Detroit 3, St. Louis 2 Winnipeg 4, Colorado 1 Today’s Games Buffalo at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

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Purdue gambles, wins ————

N.C. State survives in Belk Bowl The Associated Press

DETROIT — Purdue quarterback Caleb TerBush took the final snap, sprinted to the sideline and handed the football to coach Danny Hope.

“It’s a moment that we’ve been waiting for the last three years,” Hope said.

Perhaps empowered by getting a contract extension recently, Hope made the gutsy decision to go for two onside kicks in the first half, and both gambles paid off for the Boilermakers in a 37-32 victory over Western Michigan on Tuesday night in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

“We were going to do a third one, but they changed the way they lined up,” Hope said. “I’m serious.”

In a game that seemed more silly than serious at times, 46,177 fans inside the home of the Detroit Lions were thoroughly entertained.

“It was a wild one, that’s for sure,” Hope said. “There’s a saying in football, ‘We’re all here because we’re not all there.’”

The Boilermakers (7-6) almost didn’t win despite having a double-digit lead for two-plus quarters.

Raheem Mostert returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown, third-string running back Reggie Pegram scored the first two TDs of his career and Carson Wiggs made two field goals to give Purdue a 27-15 lead at halftime.

Wiggs also recovered one of his onside kicks, both of which he tapped toward a sideline after running at full speed as if he was trying to boot the ball deep.

“Two onside kicks really hurt us,” Western Michigan coach Bill Cubit said. “We never got a break on defense in the first half.”

Purdue had another 12-point lead early in the fourth quarter, but the Big Ten team had to hold on for the win against the Mid-American Conference program.

The Broncos (7-6) got the ball with a chance to go ahead, but their comeback hopes ended when quarterback Alex Carder fumbled for his fifth turnover with just under two minutes left.

Ryan Russell forced the final fumble and Bruce Gaston recovered to seal the win.

“It was nerve-racking,” Purdue linebacker Joe Holland said. “But as a defender, you want the game to come to you.”

The Boilermakers played in a bowl for the first time since 2007, when they beat Central Michigan — also in Detroit.

Western Michigan, meanwhile, fell to 0-5 in postseason play.

“I thought we’d win and walk out of here happy,” Cubit said.

Purdue’s Akeem Shavers ran for a career-high 148 yards on 22 carries, filling in for the injured Ralph Bolden, and was named the game’s MVP. TerBush was 8-of-13 for 101 yards with a 33-yard touchdown pass to Gary Bush midway through the third quarter that put Purdue up 34-18.

Robert Marve was 6-of-7 for 76 yards with a one-yard scoring pass to Pegram in the first quarter.

Purdue defensive end Gerald Gooden had two of his team’s four interceptions, and gave back one of those two turnovers back to the Broncos in a game filled with miscues and missed opportunities for both teams.

Western Michigan’s star receiver, Jordan White, who drew at least one NFL scout to watch him, caught 13 passes — including a one-handed grab — for 249 yards and a score.

He was given a sixth season of eligibility this year because of injuries.

“We’re about 10 points from being 10-3,” said White, who set MAC marks for yards receiving in a season and career. “I think we had all the pieces to the puzzle but we didn’t make it happen on the field.”

Belk Bowl North Carolina State 31, Louisville 24 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mike Glennon threw for 264 yards and three touchdowns, and David Amerson returned an interception 65 yards for a touchdown as North Carolina State defeated Louisville.

T.J. Graham made the most of his final game at N.C. State with seven catches for 116 yards and two touchdowns, including a 65-yard score on a nifty catch-and-run, as the Wolfpack (8-5) overcame a series of special-teams blunders to hold off a late charge from the Cardinals (7-6).

Amerson had two more interceptions to give him 13 for the season, the most in the country.

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Microwave cooking has pros, cons Q:

Are the quality and safety of food affected by microwave cooking?

Cooking Q&A

A:

It is not an easy answer because microwave cooking affects various types of foods and nutrients differently. Several studies have shown that microwave cooking, if properly used, does not change the nutrient content of foods to a larger extent than conventional heating. In fact, research suggests that there is a tendency toward greater retention of many micronutrients with microwaving, probably due to the shorter preparation time. The most heat-sensitive nutrients are water-soluble vitamins, such as folic acid and vitamins B and C, which are common in vegetables. Because microwave ovens often use less heat and water than conventional methods and involve shorter cooking times, they generally have the least destructive effects.

For example, using only 1 to 2 tablespoons of water to microwave broccoli can minimize vitamin C loss as compared to stove-top boiling or steaming (unless the cooking water is saved and consumed).

A newer concern may be the effect on antioxidants.

One recent study demonstrated significant flavonoid loss in microwaved broccoli as opposed to steaming or boiling. Bottom line: Because there are pros and cons of any cooking method, a good solution is to vary your cooking methods, minimize the amount of cooking water used, avoid overcooking, and include some raw fruits and vegetables in your diet. Make sure you microwave in glass or other materials specifically designed for use in the microwave.

Q: We are going skiing in Colorado after the first of the year and staying in a condo. What are the guidelines for cooking and baking at high altitude?

A: A good place to start is www.ext.colostate.edu/safefood. Click on High Altitude.

Susan Krumm skrumm@oznet.ksu.edu

For general guidelines, Colorado State University High Altitude Food Preparation Guide can be downloaded from www.ext.colostate. edu/pubs/foodnut.

Other publications with more detailed information and recipes are available for purchase from the Extension Resource Center. The direct link is www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs.

Q: What is the difference between stone ground wheat flour and whole wheat flour?

A: Several kinds of wheat flour are available for sale, with the most popular being enriched and bleached allpurpose flour. The differences between flours come down to the type of wheat, the parts of wheat included, the processing of the wheat, and any additives made to the flour.

Whole-wheat flour contains the germ (the embryo of the wheat kernel) and is more flavorful than regular all-purpose flour which does not include the germ.

Because whole-wheat flour contains the germ and bran, it contains more nutrients and fiber as compared to enriched flour. Whole-wheat flour should be stored in the refrigerator to prevent the germ oils from becoming rancid.

Almost all the flour sold is steel ground, meaning a large machine with steel hammers or rollers crushes and grinds the wheat kernels down.

This is a very efficient means of producing flour, but the steel surfaces heat up with the high speed and volume of wheat being ground. This heat causes some of the vitamins in steel-ground flour to be destroyed during the

grinding process.

Alternatively, stoneground flour is produced by the relatively slow grinding of large stones together (with the wheat in the middle). This type of flour is harder to find and almost always leaves the germ intact when producing whole-wheat flour. There is no heat buildup, so all the nutrients stay intact as the flour is made.

Look for the words “Stone Ground Whole Wheat” on the front of the package, and the very first ingredient on the back should read “wholewheat flour.”

one look at the lengthy ingredient statement can make a consumer question whether it is “natural.” Other possible definitions of “clean label” include sustainable production practices.

How well consumers respond to these foods depends on the product. Some don’t mind seeing artificial sweeteners on the package as they are deemed healthier than sugar. Yet, others want to see simple ingredients statements such as for one brand of ice cream — milk, cream, sugar, eggs and a flavor.

What shows up on package labels is consumer-drivQ: Is there an artificial en. And more shoppers are sweetener healthier than wanting “simple,” “natural,” others? “pure,” and “real” foods as A: There are four popular Mother Nature intended. artificial sweeteners: saccha— Susan Krumm is an Extenrin (Sweet-N-Low and Sweet sion agent in family and consumer Twin), aspartame (NutraSweet and Equal), acesul- sciences with K-State Research and Extension-Douglas County, 2110 fame-K (Sunette and Sweet Harper St. She can be reached at One) and sucralose (Splen843-7058. da). There is no one artificial sweetener considered healthier than others. Artificial sweeteners vary in taste; some taste more bitter than others. Artificial sweeteners also differ in their ability to withstand high temperatures.

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Beer for the holidays? Why not? It’s certainly in the right spirit. Kindly old Ben Franklin once said: “Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”

Beer is cheap. Beer is festive. And with all the fancy craft beers out there these days, you can be as much of a snob about beer as about wine. Beer has lots of technicalities about it — yeast strains, hops varieties, International Bitterness Units, Plato gravity scales — you can drone on about it at parties when your wine friends are nattering about vintages and malolactic fermentation.

Brewers, more than winemakers, get into the holiday spirit. There are lots of beers crafted just for that Christmas. Brewers call them seasonal beers, put pictures of Santa on the label and spice them with things like cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, even dried fruit.

In fact, Sugar Plum Brown Ale, made in Tampa, Fla., with several of those ingredients, advertises that it goes well with fruitcake. Did you ever hear a winemaker make that claim?

If you want to go all out, you can serve a different beer with each course of a meal — a German wheat beer as an aperitif, an India Pale Ale with the fish, a hearty brown ale with the goose and a raspberry lambic from Belgium with dessert.

For after dinner, Sam Adams makes Utopias, a beer that’s fermented so aggressively it’s 27 percent alcohol and tastes more like Cognac, to go with the nuts and cigars.

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By Chef Alli

A gift of food is a gift of so many things — it’s an extension of yourself. An expression of love, care and friendship. And it’s a precious gift of time from the kitchen that is priceless these harried, crazy days.

I love giving and receiving food gifts for all seasons, so I am always on the lookout for special recipes that create unique holiday gifts. This year, my friends and family will be receiving holiday nourishment in the form of a specially prepared pork roast: butterflied, pounded, stuffed, tied and magnificent — all ready to be roasted.

When giving a gift of food, I’ve learned how important it is to include the recipient in a part of this food ritual.

By allowing them the opportunity to cook their gift, it gives each one ownership in the final outcome and they are simply delighted, proud to be included in the cooking process. This holi-

day season won’t be any dif- inch thickness all across, when ferent — I know each one laid out flat will thoroughly enjoy roastKosher salt and freshly ing their own pork roast, ground black pepper, to taste my homemade gift of sustenance.

Bring all ingredients except pork roast to a simmer in a medium saucepan over mediumChef Alli’s Fruithigh heat. Cover saucepan and Stuffed Roast Pork reduce heat to low, cooking ingredients until fruits are 1 cup apple cider quite softened, approximately 1/2 cup cider vinegar 20 minutes. Strain this mixture 3/4 cup packed dark brown through a fine-mesh sieve, sugar reserving the liquid to use as a 1 large shallot, peeled, thinly basting glaze. sliced Meanwhile, preheat oven to 1/2 cup dried apples, packed 450 degrees. Place prepared lightly roast out onto a clean work 1/2 cup golden raisins surface and cover with plastic 1/2 cup chopped dried wrap. Using the smooth side of apricots a mallet, pound out the thick 1/3 cup dried cranberries parts of pork loin until pork loin 1/4 cup dried cherries feels even all across. Season 1 tablespoon grated fresh to taste with kosher salt and ginger freshly ground black pepper.

1 tablespoon yellow mustard Spread prepared filling out seeds over seasoned roast, leaving 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice a 1/2-inch border around the 1/4 teaspoon red pepper edges like a picture frame. flakes Starting with one short side of 2 1/2 - 3 pounds boneless the roast, roll it up tightly. Secenter-cut pork loin roast, cure rolled roast with kitchen double-butterflied by your twine at 1-inch intervals. butcher to approximately 1/2-

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APPETIZER RECIPES The Oread Warm Baked Brie

sheets halfway through, until the gougères are puffed and browned. Turn off the oven, 1 large (1 kilogram) wheel propping the door ajar with of brie Season outside of roast with a wooden spoon. Let the 1/2 cup roasted garlic paste gougères rest in the oven for kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Place roast onto (recipe follows) about 30 minutes longer, until 1 cup hazelnuts, coarsely a foil-lined baking sheet that crisp on the outside but still chopped has been coated with a bit of steamy within. Serve warm or 1/2 cup pure maple syrup canola oil. Roast, uncovered, at room temperature.

Preheat oven to 350 defor 15-20 minutes or until roast For smaller bites: Transfer is nicely browned. Reduce heat grees. the dough to a pastry bag Remove the rind from the to 350 degrees and continue fitted with a 1/2-inch round top of the brie wheel by scrap- tip and pipe tablespoon-size to cook until internal teming across the top ONLY with a mounds onto the baking perature of roast is 130-135 sheets, 2 inches apart. Sprinkle sharp knife. degrees. with cheese and bake for 22 Place the brie on baking Remove roast from the oven sheet. Smear the roasted garlic minutes, or until puffed and and tent with foil, letting rest golden brown. Serve hot, or let across the top. Layer with the for 15-20 minutes to let roast cool and refrigerate or freeze. hazelnuts. continue to raise in temperaReheat in a 350-degree oven Place in oven for 10 minture. While roast is resting, until piping hot. utes or until the cheese is just warm reserved basting glaze.

Make Ahead: The gougères warmed through.

Slice roast and slather with can be frozen for up to 1 Transfer to serving platter. warm glaze to serve. month. Defrost in a 350-deDrizzle the syrup on top.

Garnish with favorite crack- gree oven for about 8 minutes.

Recipe from Cook’s Illustrat— Ken Baker, executive chef and ers, artisan sliced breads and/ ed, September 2007, by way proprietor, Pachamama’s, 800 N.H. or seasonal fresh fruits. Serves of Rob Russell, Ace of Hearts 10 to 12.

BBQ Specialties, tweaked by Chef Alli Cotechino with Lentils Roasted Garlic Paste —Chef Alli Winter is the founder 1 cup peeled garlic cloves 2 pounds Cotechino sauand CEO of Chef Alli’s Inc. She is a 1/2 cup good-quality olive oil sage or other Italian sausage, certified chef who teaches private Place the peeled cloves in a cooked and public cooking classes and hosts sauce pan with enough olive 1 1/2 cup of French lentils the weekly culinary segment “Now oil to cover the garlic. Over me1/4 pound pancetta or baYou’re Cooking” on WIBW 13 News dium heat, cook the garlic until con, diced small at 4. golden brown. Remove from 1 small onion, diced the heat; strain off the olive oil.

1 small carrot, diced Place garlic in a bowl. Using a 4 cups chicken stock fork or back of a spoon mash 1 tablespoon olive oil the cloves to the consistency 1 bay leaf of a paste.

Salt and pepper — Recipe by Molly Myers, execuRinse lentils and drain. In tive chef, The Oread, 1200 Oread a 6-quart saucepot, add oil Ave. and pancetta and cook until up to 2 weeks.

Ingredients: pancetta is crispy. Add onions, 1 cup whole wheat flour (5 carrots and bay leaf and cook Gougères until vegetables are soft, about ounces) 1 cup milk 3 minutes. Add drained lentils 1 cup all purpose flour (4 3/4 and stir until evenly mixed. Add 1 cup water ounces) 6 tablespoons unsalted but- chicken stock to just cover the 1/3 cup flax seeds lentils. You will need to add ter, cut into tablespoons 1/3 cup sesame seeds more once lentils absorb liquid.

3/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon Cover and simmer until soft, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking about 20 to 30 minutes. Seaall-purpose flour powder son with salt and pepper. Slice 1/2 teaspoon Piment 3 tablespoons olive oil sausage and serve over lentils. d’Espelette/or hot smoked 6 1/2 ounces water We add sauerkraut to add acidSpanish paprika ity to the dish. Serves 4.

4 large eggs Heat the oven to 450 — Recipe from Michael Beard, 2 cups shredded Gruyère degrees. Whisk together both executive chef, 715, 715 Mass. flours, the seeds, salt and bak- cheese Fleur de sel and cracked ing powder in a bowl. Add the black pepper oil; stir until combined. Stir in Grilled Eggplant and Preheat the oven to 400 dethe water until the dough just Gorgonzola Pastichio grees. Line two baking sheets comes together. with parchment paper. In a Knead dough four or five 2 eggplant, peeled and sliced large saucepan, combine the times on a floured surface. into 8 pieces each and salted milk with the water, butter and Divide into eight equal pieces; 4 large red bell peppers, salt; bring to a boil over modcover with a kitchen towel. roasted or grilled until skin is erately high heat. Add the flour Rest, 15 minutes. loose enough to remove all at once with the Piment For a thin snacking cracker: 2 ounces butter d’Espelette and beat vigorously Roll out one piece of the 4 ounces white wine with a wooden spoon until the dough to 1/16 inch thick on a 1 pound gorgonzola cheese flour is thoroughly incorpolightly floured surface. Place (sliced or crumbled) rated. Reduce the heat to low, on a parchment-lined bakRemove skin and seeds return the saucepan to the ing sheet. If there is room on of peppers and puree in a burner and cook the gougère the pan, repeat with a second food processor. In sauce pan, dough, stirring constantly, until piece of dough. Bake on the reduce the wine by half. Next, middle rack, 4 minutes. Flip the the dough pulls away from add pepper puree and heat. Stir the side of the pan, about 3 cracker(s); bake until golden in butter and season with salt minutes. brown, 2-3 minutes. Place on and pepper. Set aside and keep Remove the saucepan from cooling rack; when cool, break warm. the heat and let stand at room into desired pieces. Repeat Coat eggplant with olive oil temperature, stirring occawith remaining dough. and grill on both sides, cook For a thicker dipping cracker: sionally, until the dough cools until tender but not falling slightly, about 5 minutes. Add Roll out the dough as above, apart, about 4-6 minutes. Coat the eggs one at a time, stirring but to 1/8 inch thick. Bake, the bottom of four oven-safe briskly between additions to 6 minutes. Flip the crackers; gratin dishes with sauce, put thoroughly incorporate each bake 4-6 minutes. Cool and a slice of grilled eggplant on egg. break up crackers as before. sauce, coat it with more sauce Drop 3-tablespoon mounds Repeat with remaining dough. then add some gorgonzola. Reof dough onto the baking Nutrition information: peat until eggplant is gone and sheets, 2 inches apart. Top Per serving: 172 calories, 8 finish with sauce and generous each round with 1 tablespoon g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg amount of cheese. Place in of cheese; sprinkle with fleur cholesterol, 22 g carbohy450-degree oven until cheese de sel and pepper. drates, 5 g protein, 407 mg on top melts, 5-7 minutes.

Bake the gougères for 15 sodium, 3 g fiber.

Serves 4. minutes. Reduce the oven — Recipe from Matthew Micheltemperature to 350 degrees Cox, executive chef, Alvamar Counand bake for 30 minutes try Club, 1809 Crossgate Drive. to mention more personal. longer, turning the baking I think the people on my Christmas gift list can rest assured they’ll be getting similar gifts, if not exact replicas of them, for many years into the future. I really do love Christmas traditions, much as I bah and humbug around, and a day of cooking to prepare my annual pasta gifts seems like a great tradition to instigate.

Here’s hoping everyone had a safe and happy holiday.

And here’s to the upcoming new year. May it be full of happy hearts and full stomachs for all of us.

Cracker bites provide unbeatable flavor

By Joe Gray Chicago Tribune

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The crunch of a cracker is a happy thing, whether it lifts up a gooey blue cheese or floats atop tomato soup or is eaten right out of the box.

With the endless varieties competing on store shelves, from your favorite wellknown brands to smallbatch artisan flatbreads, there’s no need even to consider making crackers yourself, right? Except that when you serve up a batch of crisp crackers you’ve made, the reward will be in your guests’ faces and in watching them disappear.

Chef Chester Hastings, author of “The Cheesemonger’s Kitchen” (Chronicle Books, $35), compares the satisfaction of cracker making to that of its flour-based cousin.

“It’s like bread — why make bread at home?” says Hastings, cheesemonger of Joan’s on Third in LA. “There’s something about making it at home, and controlling the flavor and texture and saltiness of things, that is so rewarding.”

“It’s also about the smell of baked things in the oven,” he says.

But crackers are much easier to make than bread; if you bake cookies, you can make crackers.

Hastings includes three cracker recipes in his book, all tempting, but we fell in love with red chili and cheddar diamonds — fiery, addicting little bites.

“The cheddar diamond thing came about from a bar snack perspective,” says Hastings. “When I started

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groceries, but if that is not an option (and why would it be?) just go to Costco or Checkers and buy your materials in bulk.

I also made garlic confit.

This is so simple it’s ridiculous, and I hope the people I gave it to don’t read this so they can go on thinking I slaved over the stuff. For a “regular” batch, here are the measurements. I more than quadrupled it.

Garlic confit 2 cups fresh garlic cloves, peeled 3 cups olive oil 3 springs rosemary 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon kosher salt

playing with it, I couldn’t stop making them. Good quality cheddar when it cooks is mesmerizing.”

And that’s a key tip in making crackers. Because the ingredients are so few and the technique simple, you’ll want to use the best quality.

A cracker of a different strip, a seed-studded flatbread from Alton Brown of “Good Eats,” provides a nutty flavor that will stand on its own or cozy up to cheeses or soups or dips.

Red Chili And Cheddar Diamonds Prep: 25 minutes Chill: 1 hour Bake: 12 minutes Makes: About 180 small crackers Note: In “The Cheesemonger’s Kitchen,” Chester Hastings calls for rolling the dough 1/8-inch thick and cutting the crackers just 1/2-inch wide.

The bitty bites were devoured by tasters, but we also found success with a slightly larger version, 1-inch wide and 1/4inch thick. It’s very important to keep the dough cold, Hastings says. We found that chilling the rolled out dough 15 minutes in the freezer helped them puff up when baked.

Using a quality aged cheddar is key. Store crackers in an airtight container up to 1 week. Serve with wine, beer or cocktails.

Ingredients: 1 cup flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon crushed red chilies 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, chilled, diced 8 ounces aged cheddar but if you think you (or your gift recipient) would be able to use it up in a week or two, it can be kept in the refrigerator without being canned.

(Pro tip: for this, I bought the giant container of already peeled whole garlic cloves.

Give yourself a break. Peeling all that garlic is for suckers.)

Garlic confit is amazing stuff. You can mash it with its oil to make a great spread for bread. I like to tuck a few cloves inside a grilled cheese sandwich. Use it in pasta sauces (I put some in a white wine cream sauce recently with jaw-dropping results).

The choices are limitless. I think I’ll go have some now.

Lastly, I infused some olive oil. Again, here are the measurements for an amount of infused oil a reasonable person would make. I made about 10 times this amount.

Infused olive oil 6 cups olive oil 3 large sprigs fresh rosemary 10 cloves of garlic, peeled 10 large basil leaves 3 large sprigs of fresh oregano a pinch of salt

Combine all the ingredients in a sauce pan (or, if you are doing a large amount, a stock pot) and simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

That’s it. I mean, it could be it. I canned mine (a boiling water bath for about 25 minAgain, just simmer this utes) because I fear botulism, over low heat for about half

cheese, grated 3 to 4 tablespoons water 1. Whisk the flour, salt and chilies together in a bowl.

Place in a food processor along with the butter; pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the cheese; pulse to combine.

2. Add 3 tablespoons water, a tablespoon at a time, pulsing until the mixture comes together in a ball. Pulse in an additional tablespoon water if needed to get the dough to hold together. Wrap dough in plastic wrap; chill, 1 hour.

3. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Roll the dough out to 1/8-inch thick directly onto a baking sheet.

4. Cut the dough into 1/2inch diamonds (or other shape) using a cookie cutter, sharp knife or fluted pastry cutter.

Place in freezer, 15 minutes.

Spread out the cut pieces onto parchment-lined baking sheets, leaving just enough room so that they are not touching.

Bake until deep golden brown and crunchy, 12 minutes. Cool completely before serving.

Nutrition information: Per serving: 10 calories, 1 g fat, 0.4 g saturated fat, 2 mg cholesterol, 1 g carbohydrates, 0 g protein, 18 mg sodium, 0 g fiber.

Seedy Crisps Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 6 minutes per batch Makes: 10 servings Note: From “Good Eats 3: The Later Years,” by Alton Brown (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $37.50). Brown calls for poppy seeds, but we’re subbing with flax seeds, which we like better. The crackers store in an airtight container an hour, and then strain.

Ladel or funnel the oil into a receptacle. I just used mason jars, but it would be fancier to put it in olive oil pourers with cork stoppers.

Each gift box had a jar of sauce (or two), a jar of garlic and a jar of oil. I labeled each one and I enclosed a sheet of paper with storage instructions and suggestions for use for each item.

I hope everyone liked them.

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A recipe for giving gifts in good taste

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CHEF MOLLY MYERS’ OREAD WARM BAKED BRIE covers a wheel of cheese with garlic paste, hazelnuts and maple syrup.

NEW YEAR’S NIBBLES

It’s all in the presentation ————

Elevate appetizers to elegant hors d’oeuvres

By Sarah Henning sarah@lawrence.com

Maybe it’s just the champagne talking, but New Year’s Eve seems like a time when it’s extra fun to pull on nice heels, break out the pantyhose and beg the hubby to wear the “nice” tie.

If you’re planning on having a holiday party at your home or going to another person’s abode to count down until midnight, it’s still possible to keep the dressy theme going and not succumb to enjoying Cheetos in your best little black dress.

There are several ways to make a more “upscale” holiday spread without breaking the bank or signing up for an expensive French cooking class.

“The problem that I see is that most people think ‘high end’ costs more, not necessarily the way that it looks or the way that it’s presented, it’s just how much money we spend on it that makes it ‘high end,’” says Matthew Michel-Cox, executive

Poached Egg And Truffle With Brioche Eggs (one per guest) Truffle shavings Cracked black pepper 1 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar per egg Brioche Poaching each egg: Using a nonstick pan, add 1 inch water and 1 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar and bring to a boil slowly. Add your egg, turn off the heat and cover for about two minutes. (You still want your yolk to be runny.)

To assemble: Using a slotted spoon, take the egg out of the poaching liquid and serve it with shaved truffles, cracked Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo black pepper and brioche. Chef Todd Schneekloth’s — Recipe by Todd poached egg and truffle with Schneekloth, executive chef, brioche.

The Eldridge, 701 Mass.

chef at Alvamar Country Club. “A lot of people equate price or cost with the quality of the food, and that’s not necessarily

true sometimes.”

In fact, several local chefs agree that what most often makes a dish fancy comes free — presenta-

tion. Dressing up nearly any appetizer can elevate it to a level worthy of a dressy outfit.

For example, Molly Myers, executive chef at The Oread, says it’s easy to class up a wheel of brie with some unexpected layers and make it a fabulously fancy and exciting New Year’s dish.

“Who would put maple syrup on brie? And garlic and then nuts? The layers — that’s what I enjoy so much about food is it’s open to so much interpretation,” says Myers, who is putting that brie dish on her New Year’s menu.

“I think that’s what makes food exciting.”

Myers and Michel-Cox, along with 715’s Michael Beard, The Eldridge’s Todd Schneekloth and Pachamama’s Ken Baker, were kind enough to share an appetizer recipe perfect for New Year’s Eve. Myers shared her brie recipe, Michel-Cox used eggplant and gorgonzola, Beard chose an Italian version of blackeyed peas, Schneekloth

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went egg-based and Baker chose an upscale version of what is basically a cheese puff. Baker says having an easy, customizable recipe like his “gougères” (even the name sounds elegant) can make it easy to end the year on a high note — no breaking the bank required.

“They are easy to knock out in no time,” Baker says. “Gougères can be filled with mushrooms, truffle-scented cheese fondue, potted ham, smoked salmon, lobster mousse, or whatever the individual may desire. Toppings such as a sustainable caviar, more grated cheese, apple butter or chutney are easy ways to take something so simply delicious to even loftier heights.

“One could choose to splurge, or be frugal, and still come up with something that will knock peoples socks off.”

— Staff writer Sarah Henning can be reached at 832-7817.

Well, it’s over. How’s your back? Mine is tired, and it hurts.

But dang if our tree hasn’t already found its way to a trash can outside, and all but a few straggling remnants of Christmas have been stowed in the garage, This year, I simplified things, and still I was tired after it was all said and done. For example, I did the lion’s share of my shopping online, and Internet, blessed be thy name. Also, I found a way to knock out a large portion of the people on my list with the same gift, which makes life infinitely simpler than it used to be when I had a list a mile long of wine and earrings and pens and various and sundry items specifically picked out for each teacher, friend, coworker and loved one.

Instead, I decided to really give a gift from the heart. Most of the people on my list, this year, received things I made in my kitchen. I’m not crafty, so cooking is really all I have to offer in the “handmade” arena.

And I didn’t want to show up with the usual tin full of cookies and candies because, let’s face it, everyone is up to here with the sweets by the end of Christmas.

I wanted something a little different, but that still said “Hey, The Flying Fork loves you.”

I’ll be honest — the experiment was not a total success, but I learned a few things along the way. Like, I planned to give everyone homemade fettucini noodles that I had nested and dried, and I was just sure that when I put them in the bags and stowed them in the pantry they were dry as a bone, but when I pulled them out in order to assemble my gift boxes, they were a moldy mess. #pastafail But the rest of my goods were beautiful and lovely, and this is what a nice girl I am: I’m going to tell you how I did it, so next year, if you so desire, you can do the same.

Each box included a jar or two of what we like to call “Sunday Gravy” and the recipe is found on my blog, if you’re curious. I did this meatless, so that people could use it in vegetarian cooking or add their favorite kind of meat. I canned it so it can be used whenever the recipient pleases. I just let the sauce simmer for several hours, stirring regularly, and then I ladeled it into quart-sized jars and processed them for 45 minutes.

I was lucky enough to be able to tag along to Restaurant Depot in Kansas City to get most of my Please see FORK, page 7B

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Baldwin City

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Bonner Springs

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785-843-2140

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Heating & Cooling

Origins Interior Design

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General Services

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Family owned and operated since 1992 For Your Holiday Cleaning Needs

Sue Bee’s Cleaning 785-841-2268

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Viruses/Malware?

Troubleshooting? Lessons?

Computer Questions, Advise?

We Can Help — 785-979-0838

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Haul Free: Salvageable items. Minimum charge: other moving/hauling jobs.

Also Maintenance/Cleaning for home/business, inside/out plumbing / electrical & more. www.a2zenterprises.info 785-841-6254

Accessible and General Public Transportation We provide door-to-door transportation as well as many additional services to residents of Douglas County living with disabilities.

Call to schedule a ride: 843-5576 or 888-824-7277 Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 3:30 pm We ask for $2.00 each way.

Even if you don’t have a disability and you live outside the Lawrence City limits, we can help.

Funded in part by KDOT Public Transit Program

Air Conditioning Heating/Plumbing

Insurance

930 E 27th Street, 785-843-1691 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/chaneyinc

Air Conditioning/ & Heating/Sales & Srvs.

Music Lessons

785-842-3030 Free Quote

Roofing I COME TO YOU!

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Call Calli 785-766-8420

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Plumbing

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Free Estimates on replacement equipment! Ask us about Energy Star equipment & how to save on your utility bills.

Roger, Kevin or Sarajane

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Commercial &Residential 24 hour Service

Plan Now For Next Year • Custom Pools, Spas & Water Features • Design & Installation • Pool Maintenance (785) 843-9119

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Serving the Douglas & Franklin county areas

785-331-8369

A. B. Painting & Repair

Int/ext. Drywall, Tile, Siding, Wood rot, & Decks 30 plus yrs. Refs. Free Est.

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Inside - Out Painting Service

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Salon & Spa

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Professional Painters Home, Interior, Exterior Painting, Lead Paint Removal Serving Northeast Kansas 785-691-6050 http://lawrencemarket place.com/primecoat

Riffel Painting Co. 913-585-1846

Specializing in new homes & Residential interior and exterior repaints Power Washing Deck staining Sheet Rock Repair Quality work and products since 1985

Supplying all your Painting needs.

Serving Lawrence and surrounding areas for over 25 years.

Locally owned & operated.

Green Grass Lawn Care

Pet Services

Free estimates/Insured.

MAGILL PLUMBING • Water Line Services • Septic Tanks / Laterals 913-721-3917 Free Estimates Licensed Insured.

RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work.

Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Taking Care of Lawrence’s Plumbing Needs for over 35 Years (785) 841-2112 lawrencemarketplace.com /kastl

Recycling Services 12th & Haskell Recycle Center, Inc. No Monthly Fee - Always been FREE! Cash for all Metals We take glass!

1146 Haskell Ave, Lawrence 785-865-3730 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/recyclecenter Lonnie’s Recycling Inc. Buyers of aluminum cans, all type metals & junk vehicles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, 501 Maple, Lawrence.

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Lawrence First Class Transportation Limos Corporate Cars Drivers available 24/7

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Home Repair Services Interior/Exterior Carpentry, Vinyl siding, Roofing, Tearoff/reroof.

35 yrs. exp. Free est.

913-636-1881

Free Estimates

Insurance Work Welcome

785-766-2785

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

15 yrs exp, Mowing, Yard Clean-up, Tree Trimming, Snow Removal All jobs considered. 785-312-0813 785-893-1509

Home Improvements

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www.ah-air.com

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Painting

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Landscaping

For all the things you do not know whom to call.

I get it done!

www.independenceinc.org

15yr. locally owned and operated company.

Professionally trained staff. We move everything from fossils to office and household goods.

Call for a free estimate.

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Interior/Exterior Painting

785-843-2244

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• Mold or Mildew on your house?

• Is winter salt intrusion causing your concrete to flake?

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Flea & Tick Solutions

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Adorable Animal Designs

Moving-Hauling

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• Garage Doors • Openers • Service • Installation Call 785-842-5203 or visit us at Lawrencemarketplace.com /freestategaragedoors

Repairs and Services

KEYS of JOY

Quality work at a fair price!

Mudjacking, Waterproofing. We specialize in Basement Repair & Pressure Grouting.

Level & Straighten Walls & Bracing on wall. BBB .

Free Estimates Since 1962

Pet Services

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Specializing in Carpet, Tile & Upholstery cleaning.

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Light Up The Season!

Financial

Garage Doors

Cleaning

Bird Janitorial & Hawk Wash Window Cleaning.

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JASON TANKING CONSTRUCTION New Construction Framing, Remodels, Additions, Decks Fully Ins. & Lic. 785.760.4066 http://lawrencemarket place.com/jtconstruction

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Electrical

Hilltop Child Development Center, 1605 Irving Hill Road Lawrence, Kansas 785-864-4940 hilltop@ku.edu twitter.com/HilltopCDC Serving Lawrence since 1972.

Medical-HealthTherapy

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FOUNDATION REPAIR

Serving KC over 40 years 913-962-0798 Fast Service

Kansas Carpet Care, Inc.

Your locally owned and operated carpet and upholstery cleaning company since 1993!

• 24 Hour Emergency Water Damage Services Available

By Appointment Only

Looking for Something Creative?

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Harris Auto Repair

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Decks & Fences

Family Owned & Operated

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Home Improvements

913-488-7320

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On-Site Cooking Available

For All Your Battery Needs

General Services

Year round storage

Stacked Deck

Catering

Child Care Provided

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Driveways, Parking Lots, Paving Repair, Sidewalks, Garage Floors, Foundation Repair 785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

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BUDGET TREE SERVICE, LLC. 913-593-7386

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Jeep 2005 Liberty RENEGADE model with tons of fun options. Nice silver color, clean condition and history.

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Hyundai 2011 Elantra GLS 4 cyl, Auto, white, Carfax 1 owner, $17,988.

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Hyundai 2011 Elantra GLS 4 cyl, Auto, white, Carfax 1 owner, $17,988.

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Nissan 2010 Versa 1.8 S 30K, Brilliant Silver etallic, Swear By Your Car, Not At It! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Toyota 2009 Corolla XLE 46K, Capri Sea Metallic From Your Partner in On-Line Car Buying! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

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KIA 2006 AMANTI. Stk#T6622A. Sale Price $13,999

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2008 Mazda6 4cyl., Auto., Carfax 1 owner $14,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com Mazda 2008 Mazda3 Hatchback. FUN car with heated seats! Dark Gray color, BOSE audio, BRAND new tires, and much more. Super nice condition, lots of options, and a great looking car. Drive Fun. See wbsite for photos.

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2008 Mercedes R350 4Matic (AWD), panorama roof, Navi, Harman Kardon, 6disc, heated. seats, 54K, $30,900 View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

2008 Toyota Yaris 5spd. manual, white Carfax 1 owner $10,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Porsche 1999 Boxster.

ONLY 32K miles! Local car kept in garage by a meticulous professional. Guards Red is very shiny. Excellent condition with all keys and books. Would make a great Christmas present!

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2008 Mini Cooper S, 2 Door, 6speed manual, heated seats, cloth, Moon, CD, Bluetooth, Trac, Spoiler, 25K, $19,900.

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Mitsubishi 2008 Ecplise GS 48K, Sunset Pearl Metallic You Have the Right to a Fear-Free Car-Buying Experience! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

2010 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4Cyl, Auto,7,000 mi Carfax 1 owner $14,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2006 Mitsubishi Lancer ES V6, 5speed manual Silver $7,495 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Volvo 2009 V50 Wagon.

ONE local owner, super clean, silver, and a long lit of options. Priced way below comparable Volvos.

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Toyota 2007 RAV4 Limited, V6, FWD, 3rd row seat, DVD, 79K, Excellent Condition. $15,500.

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Chevrolet 2006 HHR LT, running boards, alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, power seat, and more, stk#631502 only $10,850.

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Chevrolet 2011 Traverse, Nobody beats us on selection! We’ve got 7 to choose from starting at $22,774 and GM certified!

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Buick 2008 Enclave FWD 4dr CXL Stk#D8742 Sale Price $24,918

Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

2009 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4x4, V6, Auto, Carfax 1 owner $29995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Dodge 2007 Nitro SLT 4X4, 61K, Brilliant Black Metallic Perfect for Today’s Busy Family! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Honda 2009 Pilot EXL 4wd, 2nd row bench, 3rd row, alloy wheels, CD changer, leather heated seats, and more!

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Hyundai 2010 Santa Fe GLS 4 cyl. Auto, Blk, Carfax 1 owner $18,998 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

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2011 Jeep Liberty 4WD Black, 1 Owner, auto, alloys, power, tint, remainder of factory warranty, 22K, $17900.

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JEEP 2007 WRANGLER UNLIMITED X. Stk# T96620A Sale Price $21,999

2006 Toyota 4Runner SPORT, 4WD, Moon, tow, CD, PL, PW, cruise, spoiler, 120K, new tires, clean! $14,900 View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

GMC 2008 DENALI AWD SUV Stk#D8782 Special Price $40,000 Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

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Volkswagen 2011 TIGUAN SEL 4Motion w/Pre SUV AWD Stk#T97237A Sale Price $28,000

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2010 Mitsubishi Endeavor LS V6, Auto, white $15,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com Ducati 2004 1000 DS only 1K miles on multistrada like new.

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2004 DODGE DURANGO LIMITED

Kia 2008 Sportage, All wheel drive, in excellent clean condition. Light neutral color with light interior. Very nice late model small SUV for a great price! See website for photos.

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2007 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic Fire Fighter Special Edition 6 Speed manual, Sharp! $14995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Jeep 2005 Cherokee Laredo 4WD, alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, sunroof, leather heated seats, tow package.

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Toyota 2000 Camry LE Automatic. 4cyl. 198K, Runs great! Non-smoker. Very clean interior & exterior.

Timing belt & water pump were changed at 153k.

Newer brakes & tires. 2006 Acura MDX Touring, Heater & AC work great! V6, AWD, 2-Owner, Power driver seat. Sun well-maintained, leather, Roof. Factory radio & CD. Moon, 3rd row, Bose, Power windows & mirrors. 92K, $17,900.

Cruise control. Excellent View pictures at gas mileage. $4,200. Conwww.theselectionautos.com tact AJ 913-568-2981 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

2007 Toyota Camry XLE Auto, gray, Carfax 1 owner $15,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Ford 2008 Edge Limited AWD, ultra sunroof, leather heated seats, power liftgate, navigation, very nice!

Stk#414381 only $25,887.

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2009 Audi Q7 Premium 3.2 Quattro, AWD, panoramic sunroof, lthr, 3rdrow, htd seats, Bose, Navi/Back U cam, pwr liftgate, 43k $39900 View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Pontiac 2006 Grand Prix GT, this is a fantastic luxury sedan, plenty of room for the family and power for the driving enthusiast!

Stk#424761 only $9,412.

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Scion 2009 XD, 35K Silver, 4 Door Hatch-back,

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Ford 2006 Escape Limited - a nice ride. Be the Envy of all your Friends in this fully loaded Escape.

82,000 miles, leather, sunroof. All the Goodies! $13,995.

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2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportsback GTS Auto, Black, Carfax 1 owner $14,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS DIVISION 5 CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Plaintiff, vs.

LISA J. McCUNE a/k/a LISA J. PULLIAM; KRIS M. KRAMER; RODGER W. McCUNE; STATE OF KANSAS, EX REL., SECRETARY, SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES; STATE OF KANSAS, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, DIRECTOR OF TAXATION; SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE, LP; CAPITAL ONE BANK, A BANKING ASSOCIATION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF LISA J. McCUNE, a/k/a LISA J. PULLIAM; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF KRIS M. KRAMER; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF RODGER W. McCUNE; and The unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased.

Defendants.

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(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 14, 2011)

By: Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 Case No. 11 CV 325 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) Pursuant to K.S.A. 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 Chapter 60 Title to Real Estate Involved St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: (314) 991-0255 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Fax: (314) 567-8006 Email: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN sscharenborg@km-law.com that under and by virtue of Attorney for Plaintiff ________ an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, (First published in The MirKansas, on the 14th day of ror, Wednesday, December November, 2011, in the case 14, 2011) above numbered, I will offer for sale at public auc- IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF tion and sell to the highest LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, bidder for cash in hand at KANSAS the Judicial & Law EnforceCIVIL DEPARTMENT ment Center in the City of Lawrence, in said County Bank of America, N.A. and State, on the 5th day of Plaintiff, January, 2012, at ten o’clock vs. a.m. on said day, the fol- The Unknown Heirs of Franlowingdescribed interest in ces L. King Carl aka Frances real estate situated in Carl, deceased and The UnDouglas County, Kansas, known Heirs of Robert A. to-wit: Carl, deceased, et al.

Defendants.

Lot 18, in Meadows Place, an Addition to the City of Case No. 10CV126 Lawrence, in Douglas Court Number: County, Kansas (commonly known as 2736 Meadow Pursuant to K.S.A. Drive, Lawrence, Kansas Chapter 60 66047).

NOTICE OF SALE together with all fixtures, appurtenances, etc., there- Under and by virtue of an unto pertaining; said inter- Order of Sale issued to me est in real property is lev- by the Clerk of the District ied upon as the property of Court of Leavenworth Defendant, Gloria S. Land- County, Kansas, the underman, and all other alleged signed Sheriff of Leavenowners and will be sold worth County, Kansas, will without appraisal to satisfy offer for sale at public aucsaid Order of Sale. tion and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at Dated this 14th day of De- the Justice Center, 2nd cember, 2011 Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the folCOUNTY, KANSAS lowing real estate: James B. Biggs, #14079 CAVANAUGH & LEMON, P.A. Lots Thirteen (13), Fourteen 2942A SW Wanamaker (14) and Fifteen (15), Block Drive, Suite 100 Twenty-Seven (27), LeavenTopeka, KS 66614 worth City proper, Leaven(785) 440-4000 worth County, Kansas, Attorneys for Plaintiff commonly known as 224 ________ Osage, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”) (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World to satisfy the judgment in December 28, 2011) the above-entitled case.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Donald Agustus Emanuel Spencer and Nualsri Noelle Spencer aka Noelle Spencer, et al., Defendants.

Case No. 10CV774 Division 5 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 10CV774, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 01/05/2012, the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center building, 111 E. 11th St., Lawrence, Kansas, the following described real estate located in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas, to wit: THE WEST 40 FEET OF LOT 123 AND THE EAST 40 FEET OF LOT 125, ALL ON INDIANA STREET IN THE CITY OF BALDWIN CITY, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS

Respectfully Submitted, By: Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. Case No. 10 CV 875 (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 Pursuant to K.S.A. St. Louis, MO 63141 Chapter 60 Phone: (314) 991-0255 Title to Real Estate Involved Fax: (314) 567-8006 Email: NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE sscharenborg@km-law.com Attorney for Plaintiff NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ________ that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by (First published in the Lawthe Clerk of the District rence Daily Journal-World Court of Douglas County, December 14, 2011) Kansas, on the 2nd day of November, 2011, in the case IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, above numbered, I will ofKANSAS fer for sale at public aucDIVISION 1 tion and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the Judicial & Law Enforce- CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK ment Center in the City of Plaintiff, Lawrence, in said County vs. and State, on the 5th day of DENNIS GROVER, MARY J. January, 2012, at ten o’clock GROVER, and PEOPLES a.m. on said day, the following described interest BANK, ; and The unknown heirs, executors, adminisin real estate situated in Douglas County, Kansas, trators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of to-wit: any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of Lot 155, in Country Club any defendants; the unNorth, an Addition to the known officers, successors, City of Lawrence, Douglas trustees, creditors and County, Kansas (commonly known as 215 Yorkshire assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved Drive, Lawrence, Douglas or dormant corporations; County, Kansas 66049). the unknown executors, together with all fixtures, administrators, devisees, appurtenances, etc., there- trustees, creditors, succesunto pertaining; said inter- sors and assigns of any deest in real property is lev- fendants that are or were ied upon as the property of partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, Defendants Lisa J. McCune a/k/a Lisa J. Pulliam and conservators and trustees Rodger W. McCune, and all of any defendants that are other alleged owners, and minors or are under any lewill be sold without ap- gal disability; and the unpraisal to satisfy said Order known heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, of Sale. trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged Dated this 14th day of Deto be deceased. cember, 2011 Defendants.

SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS Case No. 11 CV 193 COUNTY, KANSAS James B. Biggs, #14079 Pursuant to K.S.A. CAVANAUGH & LEMON, P.A. Chapter 60 2942A SW Wanamaker Title to Real Estate Involved Drive, Suite 100 Topeka, KS 66614 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (785) 440-4000 Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ________ that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, December 21, 2011) Kansas, on the 7th day of IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF November, 2011, in the case DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS above numbered, I will offer for sale at public aucThe Bank of New York Mel- tion and sell to the highest lon f/k/a The Bank of New bidder for cash in hand at York as successor to the Judicial & Law EnforceJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., ment Center in the City of as trustee for the benefit of Lawrence, in said County the Certificateholders of and State, on the 5th day of Popular ABS, Inc. Mortgage January, 2012, at ten o’clock Pass-Through Certificates a.m. on said day, the following described interest Series 2005-5 in real estate situated in Plaintiff, Douglas County, Kansas, vs.

John H Knowles AKA John to-wit: Mills AKA John Hawley Lot 4, Oakwood Estates, a Knowles, et al., Subdivision of Douglas Defendants.

County, Kansas (commonly known as 1104 East 1284 Case No. 10CV564 Road, Lawrence, Kansas Division 5 66047).

K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure together with all fixtures, (Title to Real Estate appurtenances, etc., thereInvolved) unto pertaining; said interNOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE est in real property is levied upon as the property of Under and by virtue of an Defendants Dennis Grover Order of Sale issued by the and Mary J. Grover, and all Clerk of the District Court other alleged owners, and in and for the said County will be sold without apof Douglas, State of Kansas, praisal to satisfy said Order in a certain cause in said of Sale.

Court Numbered 10CV564, wherein the parties above Dated this 14th day of Denamed were respectively cember, 2011 plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS Sheriff of said County, di- COUNTY, KANSAS rected, I will offer for sale James B. Biggs, #14079 at public auction and sell to CAVANAUGH & LEMON, P.A. the highest bidder for cash 2942A SW Wanamaker in hand at 10:00 AM, on Drive, Suite 100 01/12/2012, the Jury Assem- Topeka, KS 66614 bly Room of the District (785) 440-4000 Court located in the lower Attorneys for Plaintiff ________ level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center (First published in the Lawbuilding, 111 E. 11th St., rence Daily Journal-World Lawrence, Kansas, the fol- December 14, 2011) lowing described real estate located in the County IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF of Douglas, State of Kansas, DOUGLAS COUNTY, to wit: KANSAS DIVISION 5 LOT FOUR (4), BLOCK ONE (1), IN SCHWARZ ACRES, AN CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF BANK LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS Plaintiff, COUNTY, KANSAS. vs.

GLORIA S. LANDMAN, SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF COUNTY, KANSAS ANY, OF GLORIA S. LANDMAN; and The Respectfully Submitted, unknown heirs, executors, By: administrators, devisees, Shawn Scharenborg, trustees, creditors and KS # 24542 assigns of any deceased Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 defendants; the unknown Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 spouses of any defendants; Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. the unknown officers, suc(St. Louis Office) cessors, trustees, creditors 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 andassigns of any defendSt. Louis, MO 63141 ants that are existing, Phone: (314) 991-0255 dissolved or dormant corFax: (314) 567-8006 porations; the unknown exEmail: ecutors, administrators, sscharenborg@km-law.com devisees, trustees, crediAttorney for Plaintiff tors, successors and as________ signs of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defenants that are minors or areunder any legal disability; and the unknown heirs,executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditorsand assigns of any

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011 5 Tonganoxie Tonganoxie

Lawrence

person alleged to be deceased.

Defendants.

In accordance with the statutes governing adverse possession, the West parking lot at 3101 W. 6th, Lawrence, KS, will be closed January 1, 2012. HD Lewis _______

Tonganoxie (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 21, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Dean A. Davis , et al., Defendants.

Case No. 09CV676 Court Number: 4 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved)

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.

David Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Kansas

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (110801) _______ (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 28, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Loans Servicing, LP Plaintiff, Under and by virtue of an vs.

Order of Sale issued by the Elaine M. Nitz, et al.

Clerk of the District Court Defendants. in and for the said County of Leavenworth, State of Case No. 10CV489 Kansas, in a certain cause Court Number: 4 in said Court Numbered 09CV676, wherein the parPursuant to K.S.A. ties above named were reChapter 60 spectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the unNOTICE OF SALE dersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer Under and by virtue of an for sale at public auction Order of Sale issued to me and sell to the highest bid- by the Clerk of the District der for cash in hand at Court of Leavenworth 10:00 AM, on 01/12/2012, County, Kansas, the underTHE JUSTICE CENTER ON signed Sheriff of LeavenTHE 2nd FLOOR LOBBY worth County, Kansas, will (street level), 60 01 S. 3rd offer for sale at public aucStreet, Leavenworth, KS tion and sell to the highest 66048, the following de- bidder for cash in hand, at scribed real estate located the Justice Center, 2nd in the County of Leaven- Floor Lobby, Leavenworth worth, State of Kansas, to County, Kansas, on January wit: 19, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOT 2, CEDAR LAKE ESTATES PHASE I, A SUBDIVI- A tract of land in the South LEAVENWORTH 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of SION IN COUNTY, KANSAS, AC- Section 27, Township 11 CORDING TO THE RE- South, Range 22 East of the CORDED PLAT THEREOF. Sixth P.M. in the City of Bonner Springs, LeavenSHERIFF OF LEAVENWORTH worth County, Kansas, deCOUNTY, KANSAS scribed as follows: Commencing at the Southeast Respectfully Submitted, corner of said Section 27; By: _________________ thence North 89 degrees, 54 Shawn Scharenborg, minutes, 12 seconds West KS # 24542 (assumed) 660.00 feet along Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 the South line of Section 27 Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 to the point of beginning of Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. this tract; thence North 89 (St. Louis Office) degrees, 59 minutes, 12 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 seconds West 300.00 feet; St. Louis, MO 63141 thence North 00 degrees Phone: (314) 991-0255 East 1,324.12 feet to the Fax: (314) 567-8006 North line of the South 1/2 Email: of the Southeast 1/4 of said sscharenborg@km-law.com Section 27; thence South 89 Attorney for Plaintiff degrees, 59 minutes, 37 seconds East 303.21 feet _______ along the North line of the (First published in The Mir- South 1/2 of the Southeast ror, Wednesday, December 1/4 of Section 27; thence South 00 degrees, 08 min21, 2011) utes, 20 seconds West IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 1,324.16 feet to the point of beginning of this tract, less LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, any part thereof taken or KANSAS used for road purposes., US Bank National Associa- commonly known as 15930 Road, Bonner tion as successor Trustee Linwood 66012 (the to Wachovia Bank, National Springs, KS Association as Trustee for “Property”) the holders of MASTR Alternative Loan Trust 2004-6 Plaintiff, vs.

Beth Lynne Tilton AKA Beth L Rampton, et al., Defendants.

Case No. 09CV753 Division 4 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 09CV753, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 01/12/2012, THE JUSTICE CENTER ON THE 2nd FLOOR LOBBY (street level), 601 S. 3rd Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048, Leavenworth County Courthouse, the following described real estate located in the County of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, to wit:

Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 11CV148, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 01/19/2012, THE JUSTICE CENTER ON THE 2nd FLOOR LOBBY (street level), 601 S. 3rd Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048, the following described real estate located in the County of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, to wit: LOT 22, BLOCK 3, SHERWOOD FOREST SUBDIVISION, IN THE COUNTY OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. SHERIFF OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS Respectfully Submitted, By: Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: (314) 991-0255 Fax: (314) 567-8006 Email: sscharenborg@km-law.com

Attorney for Plaintiff ________

(First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 28, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS Lawson Bank, Plaintiff, v.

Joseph E. Vogel, et al., Defendants.

Case No. 2011CV173 Division: KSA Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Judge of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the case above numbered, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendants, and to me the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, directed, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the front door of the Leavenworth County Justice Center, 601 South Third, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048, on the 24th day of January, 2012, at 10:00 am of said day, the following described real estate situated in the County of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, to wit: The Northwest ¼ of Section 1, Township 11, Range 21 AND a portion of the Northeast fractional ¼ AND a portion of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 1, more fully described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Section 1; thence South 00 degrees 48 minutes 15 seconds West, along the West line of said Section, 1883.99 feet to the Southwest corner of said Northwest ¼; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 05 seconds East, along the South line of said Northwest ¼, 2641.97 feet to the Southeast corner of said Northwest ¼; thence South 00 degrees 27 minutes 16 seconds West, along the West line of said Southeast ¼, 1376.04 feet to a point, being 1266.33 feet Northerly of the Southwest corner of said Southeast ¼; thence South 86 degrees 25 minutes 18 seconds East, 379.79 feet; thence North 46 degrees 43 minutes 47 seconds East, 150.63 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 31 seconds East, 234.50 feet; thence North 02 degrees 11 minutes 50 second East, 117.90 feet; thence North 37 degrees 27 minutes 31 seconds East, 411.63 feet; thence South 77 degrees 51 minutes 37 second East, 510.23 feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes 52 seconds East, 193.26 feet; thence North 33 degrees 38 minutes 36 seconds East, 108.95 feet; thence North 01 degrees 58 minutes 48 seconds East, 551.82 feet; thence North 21 degrees 54 minutes 05 second West, 456.96 feet; thence North 32 degrees 51 minutes 34 second West 784.57 feet; thence North 03 degrees 19 minutes 40 seconds West, 381.47 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds West, 649.46 feet to the point on the North line of said Section 1; thence North 89 degrees 31 minutes 24 seconds West, along the North line of said Section 1, 1074.74 feet to the Northeast corner of said Northwest ¼; thence North 89 degrees 31 minutes 24 seconds West, along the North line of said Section 1, 2636.44 feet to the point of beginning, Subject to that part used for public road, in Leavenworth County, Kansas.

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the And except for that portion approval of the Court. For of the property described more information, visit immediately above as: www.Southlaw.com.

A tract of land in the fracDavid Zoellner, Sheriff tional Northwest ¼ of SecLeavenworth County, tion 1, Township 11 South, Kansas Range 21 East of the 6th P.M., described as follows: Prepared By: Commencing at the NorthSouth & Associates, P.C. west corner of the fracKristen G. Stroehmann tional Northwest ¼ of said (KS # 10551) Section 1: Thence South 89 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 degrees 31’ 24” East, 990.00 Overland Park, KS 66211 feet to the point of beginn(913)663-7600 ing of this tract; Thence (913)663-7899 (Fax) South 89 degrees 31’ 24” Attorneys For Plaintiff East 330.00 feet; Thence (102419) South 00 degrees 28’ 36” ________ West 1320.00 feet; Thence (First published in The Mir- North 89 degrees 31’ 24” ror, Wednesday, December West 330.00 feet; Thence North 00 degrees 28’ 36” 28, 2011) East 1320.00 feet to the IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF point of beginning of this tract, less any part thereof LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, taken or used for road purKANSAS poses, in Leavenworth Bank of America, N.A., as County, Kansas.

successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP Plaintiff, vs.

Terri N Traul AKA DePriest P Traul AKA Terri DePriest AKA Terri T DePriest AKA Terri Traul-DePriest , et al., LOT F, WALLACE LAMBIE Defendants.

REPLAT OF A PART OF LOT 8 AND ALL OF LOTS 9, 10, 11, Case No. 11CV148 12, 13 AND 14, OF HENRY`S Division 4 ADDITION TO THE CITY OF K.S.A. 60 LEAVENWORTH, ACCORDMortgage Foreclosure ING TO THE RECORDED (Title to Real Estate PLAT THEREOF. Involved)

Said real property is levied upon as the property of Defendants Joseph E. Vogel and Darcey L. Vogel, et. al., and all other alleged owners and will be sold without appraisal to satisfy said Order of Sale.

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY SHERIFF

Attorney for Plaintiff: Daniel L. Fowler Collins Fowler LLC 7501 Tiffany Springs Parkway SHERIFF OF LEAVENWORTH NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Suite 200 Kansas City, Missouri 64153 COUNTY, KANSAS Under and by virtue of an (816) 880-0811 ________ Respectfully Submitted, Order of Sale issued by the

6 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011 Tonganoxie Tonganoxie (First published in The Mir- SCRIBED AS: ror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) A tract of land the Southwest 1/4 of Section 11, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Township 12 South, Range LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, 20 East of the 6th P.M., in KANSAS Leavenworth County, KanCIVIL DEPARTMENT sas, described as follows: Beginning 412.50 feet North JPMorgan Chase Bank, of the Southwest Corner of National Association s/b/m said Southwest 1/4 and to Bank One, N.A. running thence east 415.30 Plaintiff, feet; thence North 37 devs. grees 06’ East 711.2 feet; Melinda R. Felix and thence West 844.50 feet; John M. Felix, Jr., et al. thence South 567.50 feet to Defendants. the place of Beginning, less any part thereof taken or Case No. 11CV299 used for road purposes.

Court Number: And also less the following tract: Pursuant to K.S.A. Commencing at the SouthChapter 60 west Corner of said Section 11, thence North on the NOTICE OF SALE West line of said Section 11, a distance of 412.50 feet to Under and by virtue of an a point of beginning; Order of Sale issued to me thence East a distance of by the Clerk of the District 415.30 feet thence North 37 Court of Leavenworth degrees 06; 00” East a disCounty, Kansas, the under- tance of 64.76 feet; thence signed Sheriff of Leaven- West a distance of 454.36 worth County, Kansas, will feet to the West line of said offer for sale at public auc- Section 11; thence South on tion and sell to the highest the West Line of said Secbidder for cash in hand, at tion 11 a distance of 51.65 the Justice Center, 2nd feet to the point of beginnFloor Lobby, Leavenworth ing County, Kansas, on January , commonly known as 25323 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the fol- Chieftan Road, Lawrence, lowing real estate: KS 66044 (the “Property”) Lot Two (2), Block One (1), JAHN’S REPLAT of a part of Lots or Blocks 5, 6, 7 and 8, TANNER’S ADDITION to the City of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, commonly known as 2840 Broadway Terrace, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”)

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.

David Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Kansas

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) David Zoellner, Sheriff Attorneys For Plaintiff Leavenworth County, (132233) Kansas ________

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (125096) ________

(First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC (First published in The Mir- Home Loans Servicing, LP ror, Wednesday, December fka Countrywide Home 28, 2011) Loans Servicing, LP Plaintiff, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF vs.

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Mary Arizmendi, et al.

KANSAS Defendants.

CIVIL DEPARTMENT Case No. 11CV455 GMAC Mortgage, LLC Court Number: Plaintiff, vs.

Pursuant to K.S.A. Heather N. Pate and Chapter 60 Shaun C. Pate, et al.

NOTICE OF SALE Defendants.

Case No. 11CV443 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 19, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: The West 1/2 of Lots 11 and 12, Block 2, BENZ’S SUBDIVISION, a subdivision in the City of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, commonly known as 788 Charles Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”)

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot 25, SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS THIRD PLAT, a subdivision in the City of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, commonly known as 3810 Richmond Drive, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”)

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit to satisfy the judgment in www.Southlaw.com. the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made David Zoellner, Sheriff without appraisement and Leavenworth County, subject to the redemption Kansas period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For Prepared By: more information, visit South & Associates, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann www.Southlaw.com.

(KS # 10551) David Zoellner, Sheriff 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Leavenworth County, Overland Park, KS 66211 Kansas (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff Prepared By: (134008) South & Associates, P.C. _______ Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (First published in The Mir(131560) ror, Wednesday, December ________ 14, 2011) (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, 14, 2011) KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Bank of America, N.A., sucKANSAS cessor by merger to BAC CIVIL DEPARTMENT Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Bank of America, N.A. Loans Servicing, LP Plaintiff, Plaintiff, vs. vs.

Robert J. Welsh and Errol P. Clark, et al.

Alice B. Welsh, et al.

Defendants.

Defendants.

Case No. 11CV447 Court Number:

Case No. 11CV459 Court Number:

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

A tract of land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 11, Township 12 South, Range 20 East of the 6th P.A.L., described as follows: Beginning 412.50 feet North of the Southwest Corner of said Southwest 1/4 and running thence east 415.30 feet; thence North 37 degrees 06’ East 711.2 feet; thence West 844.50 feet; thence South 567.50 feet to the place of Beginning, less any part thereof taken or used for road purposes.

And also less the following tract: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of said Section #1, thence North on the West line of said Section 11, a distance of 412.50 feet fro a point of beginning; thence East a distance of 415.30 feet thence North 37 degrees 06; 00” East a distance of 64.76 feet; thence West a distance of 454.36 feet to the West line of said Section 11; thence South on the West Line of said Section 11 a distance of 51.65 feet to the point of beginning

LOTS TWENTY-NINE (29) AND THIRTY (30), IN BLOCK NUMBERED FIVE (5) IN EWING, ROELOFSON AND COMPANY’S SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS, commonly known as 1022 Ottawa St, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”)

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to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.

David Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Kansas

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff DE- (133948) _______

Sister’s wedding presents dilemma Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell anniesmailbox@comcast.net

Dear Massachusetts: When you take a stand, you must be willing to live with the consequences: Avoid the wedding and take your lumps from the relatives, or attend and hope your sister will behave. But we also think you should tell your sister how much it hurts when she bullies and belittles you, and ask why she finds it necessary to treat you this way. If you can get to the root of her animosity, perhaps things could improve.

Dear Annie: I recently moved in with my boyfriend, “Beau,” and his roommate, “Scott.” Scott is usually at his girlfriend’s house, so Beau and I pretty much have the place to ourselves. Scott splits the bills with us while unofficially living with his girlfriend.

Scott makes the payments, and we reimburse him in

Less than bowled over by the season It never fails to amaze me this time of year how the urge to “brand” everything takes the magic out of college bowl games. Or at least their names. Perhaps I’m admitting my age, but I recall when they were named for simple things, like sugar, oranges and roses. Even the most hard-bitten capitalist will have to admit there is a generic lack of charm to the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl (7 p.m., ESPN). For the record, California and Texas tangle for the honors, live from San Diego.

Bleacherreport. com recently compiled a list of humbler, less marketing-driven bowls from the middle of the 20th century that included the Cigar Bowl, the Salad Bowl and the Refrigerator Bowl.

The Cigar Bowl may not pass muster with today’s health police, but it’s a whole lot less of a mouthful than the GoDaddy. com Bowl.

With “X Factor” out of the way, Fox offers multiple chances to catch reruns of “Raising Hope” (7 p.m., 7:30 p.m.) and “New Girl” (8 p.m., 8:30 p.m.), two comedies bounced all over the schedule to make room for that talent show.

And it seems that without “Factor” to play the wind beneath its ratings wings, the wretched comedy “I Hate My Teenage Daughter” has been yanked from the schedule. In a vague announcement, the network informed us it would return sometime in spring.

Cable’s love affair with Cajun country shows little sign of cooling. The brackish waters of the Bayou run neck and neck with all things New Jersey for viewers’ affections. The documentary series “True Life” (9 p.m., MTV) returns to familiar territory with “The Theriot Family: The Riot in the Bayou 2.”

Another side of the Jersey Shore provides the setting for “According to Greta” (7 p.m., CW), a low-budget independent drama from 2009. Hilary Duff stars as a rebellious teen sent to spend time with her grandparents (Ellen Burstyn and Michael Murphy). Melissa Leo also stars as Greta’s indifferent mother.

A gritty little film shot on a shoestring, this is a far cry from “Gossip Girl.” For the record, much of “Greta” was filmed in Ocean Grove, N.J., once best known as a prim, religious summer colony located right next to the more honky-tonk Asbury Park, a faded boardwalk town long celebrated by Bruce Springsteen. Ocean Grove was also the setting for Woody Allen’s surrealist comedy “Stardust Memories” (1980).

Tonight’s other highlights

A former prosecutor faces justice on “Harry’s Law” (8 p.m., NBC).

Phil walks a fine line on “Modern Family” (8 p.m., ABC).

A killing inspires too many confessions on “CSI” (9 p.m., CBS).

A hotel maid makes a serious accusation against an Italian diplomat (Franco Nero) on “Law & Order: SVU” (9 p.m., NBC).

A shocking video makes the Graysons suspect an inside job on “Revenge” (9 p.m., ABC).

cash. The problem is, on more than one occasion, I’ve noticed he has been late. I just found out that the water bill is three months past due and they are ready to shut it off. We have already paid Scott our share, but I think he expects us to pay two-thirds of the past-due amount.

I refuse to pay for this again but don’t know how to say it. Should we let it go?

Do we ask him to write a receipt? That seems extreme, and Scott is a close friend.

Moving out is not an option.

What do we do? — No Way, I Won’t Pay

— Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker December 28, 2011

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You know what you want.

Tonight: Working late.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Deal with people directly. Your eye contact and gestures tell them when you are not kidding. You might be taken aback by what is going on. Tonight: Follow the music.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Others seek you out en masse. You might not be able to follow through on your plans because of the constant interruptions. Tonight: Talk time.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) Get as much done as possible. Yes, you are overwhelmed by everything you have to do.

Tonight: Midweek break!

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) With everything that is going on around you, you might have difficulty settling down.

Suddenly, someone who is distant wants to pull in close. Tonight: Have a talk with a key partner.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your ability to see a situation through someone else’s eyes could be important. Yet your first reaction is to pull back

from what this person expresses. Tonight: Kissing goodbye to 2012 as only you can. Isn’t it a little early?

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) Stay centered, knowing you have a lot to accomplish. You could feel overwhelmed by everything that appears.

Tonight: Head home.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) A boss or someone you look up to could be down on what you think is a good, workable idea.

Know that you might need to instrument this project or do it on your own. Tonight: Let your imagination choose.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Use the daylight hours to the max, and finish up as much work as you can. Do you feel overwhelmed by what is going on? Tonight: Your treat.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You might not be comfortable with others in the morning. Isolate yourself. Tonight: Happier and ready to greet the world.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

BIRTHDAYS Comic book creator Stan Lee is 89. Former United Auto Workers union president Owen Bieber is 82. Actor Martin Milner is 80. Actress Nichelle Nichols is 79. Actress Dame Maggie Smith is 77. Rock singer-musician

BRING IT DOWN A BIT By Harper Dantley

12/28

Dear No Way: It is unfair to pay twice for the same bill.

But it’s also unfair that Scott pays a third of the costs for a place he rarely uses. Offer to restructure your rental arrangements with Scott, and then perhaps you or Beau could take over the bill paying and let Scott reimburse you. And make sure he gets a receipt.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Wednesday, Dec. 28: This year your ability to adapt and grow comes to the forefront. Many changes could greet you.

If you are single, remind yourself that time is an ally. Use it. Don’t decide on a commitment until next year. If you are attached, the two of you have different opinions. Respect the differences, and your bond will grow closer. Aquarius can offend your sensibilities by their very nature.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) Read between the lines with a friend. At first you might feel this is unnecessary, as this person generally is forthright.

Tonight: Others wonder if you are Houdini the way you vanished.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) A lot drops on you out of the blue. You handle responsibility well, but that doesn’t mean it knocks your socks off. Tonight: Where the fun is.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Do needed research — now is the time to ask a question, not later.

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Charles Neville is 73. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., is 67. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., is 65. Rock singermusician Edgar Winter is 65. Actor Denzel Washington is 57. Country singer Joe Diffie is 53.

Country musician Mike

ACROSS 1 Quibbling quarrels 6 After-dinner wine 10 Not at all bright 14 Shop talk 15 Olympic weapon 16 Sported 17 Madame Curie 18 Take in a paper 19 ___ mater 20 “It’s a ___ after all” 22 Vintage Speed Wagons, e.g.

23 Moon goddess 24 Earnest attempt 26 One of the three wise men 30 Trucking factors 32 Suit to ___ (fit perfectly) 33 Songwriter Silverstein 35 One day at ___ 39 Purplish shade 41 Homes of the rich and famous 43 Novelist Harriet Beecher ___ 44 Strongly advise 46 Alternative to stairs 47 Two under, on the links 49 Go to a better place, so to speak

51 Judge’s chamber 54 Nisan preceder 56 No way to run?

57 Johnny Carson impersonator of note 63 Garment that sounds apologetic?

64 Pooch on the yellow brick road 65 Scattered, as seed 66 College on the Thames 67 Chemical compound 68 Heavy-duty thread 69 Minor dent 70 Pink, to a chef 71 “Uncle Vanya” playwright Chekhov DOWN 1 ___ Club (Wal-Mart offshoot) 2 Baby carriage, across the pond 3 Pearl Mosque site 4 “Bubble, bubble, ___ and trouble ...”

5 “A Streetcar Named Desire” heroine 6 Argentinian president 7 Emulate Christiaan Barnard 8 Actual

40 Practically touching 42 Part of a calyx 45 Nuclear plant feature 48 Harmless snake 50 Label founded by Clive Davis 51 Checked out 52 Celebrated Italian violinmaker 53 Definitely no Einstein 55 Wild dog of Asia 58 Macbeth’s burial place 59 It’s larger than a village 60 Bozo, in Bath 61 Last name in late night TV 62 Biblical paradise

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

YORRS ©2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

EECFN YALVEL OITTUF Answer here:

McGuire is 53. Actor Chad McQueen is 51.

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Dear Annie: My sister is snide and competitive and makes hateful comments whenever we’re together.

She’s a bully who has made my life difficult for the past 10 years. I tried to make things right for my parents’ sake, until I realized they were too spineless to say “no” to her.

These days, I rarely speak to her.

Her wedding is in three months, and I told her I would not be attending. After all, if she dislikes me so much, why would she want me there anyway? Now, of course, she is furious, calling me all sorts of names.

My parents are hurt that I won’t attend, and my grandmother says she doesn’t know what’s gotten into me.

Frankly, I don’t care what they think. But I do care what my aunts, uncles, cousins and mutual acquaintances will believe about me if I don’t show up. If they ask what’s going on, I will tell them, but I’m sure my sister will come up with an alternate version, and who knows which one of us they will believe? They never notice how she treats me.

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(First published in The Mir- (First published in The Mir- (913)663-7600 ror, Wednesday, December ror, Wednesday, December (913)663-7899 (Fax) 28, 2011) Attorneys For Plaintiff 28, 2011) (134828) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ________ IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS KANSAS (First published in The MirCIVIL DEPARTMENT CIVIL DEPARTMENT ror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) Bank of America, N.A., sucBank of America, N.A. cessor by merger to BAC IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Plaintiff, Home Loans Servicing, LP vs.

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, fka Countrywide Home Taney T. Coberly and KANSAS Loans Servicing, LP Kerin L. Coberly, et al.

CIVIL DEPARTMENT Plaintiff, Defendants. vs.

The Bank of New York MelStephen R. Anderson, et al. lon fka The Bank of New Case No. 11CV460 Defendants.

Court Number: York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWABS, Case No. 11CV477 Pursuant to K.S.A. Inc., Asset-Backed CertifiCourt Number: Chapter 60 cates, Series 2005-14 Plaintiff, NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to K.S.A. vs.

Chapter 60 Kimberly M. McCarbrey and Under and by virtue of an Robert A. Reed, et al.

NOTICE OF SALE Order of Sale issued to me Defendants. by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth Under and by virtue of an Case No. 11CV483 County, Kansas, the under- Order of Sale issued to me Court Number: signed Sheriff of Leaven- by the Clerk of the District of Leavenworth worth County, Kansas, will Court Pursuant to K.S.A. offer for sale at public auc- County, Kansas, the underChapter 60 tion and sell to the highest signed Sheriff of Leavenbidder for cash in hand, at worth County, Kansas, will NOTICE OF SALE the Justice Center, 2nd offer for sale at public aucFloor Lobby, Leavenworth tion and sell to the highest Under and by virtue of an County, Kansas, on January bidder for cash in hand, at Order of Sale issued to me 19, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the the Justice Center, 2nd by the Clerk of the District Floor Lobby, Leavenworth Court following real estate: of Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January County, Kansas, the underAll of that part of the North- 19, 2012, at 10:00 , the fol- signed Sheriff of Leavenwest Quarter (NW1/4) of lowing real estate: worth County, Kansas, will Section Nine (9), Township offer for sale at public aucNine (9), Range Twenty-One The North 208 feet of Lot 4, tion and sell to the highest CORLETT’S REPLAT, bidder for cash in hand, at (21) which lies North of the THE Glesen Road; except, how- City of Leavenworth, Leav- the Justice Center, 2nd ever, the East 2.04 acres enworth County, Kansas, Floor Lobby, Leavenworth thereof in Leavenworth commonly known as 1911 County, Kansas, on January County, Kansas, commonly Shawnee Street, Leaven- 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the fol66048 (the lowing real estate: known as 21688 Limit Road, worth, KS Easton, KS 66020 (the “Property”) “Property”) ALL OF LOTS 35, 36, 37 AND to satisfy the judgment in A PART OF LOT 38, BLOCK above-entitled case. 16, CENTRAL SUBDIVISION, to satisfy the judgment in the the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made CITY OF LEAVENWORTH, The sale is to be made without appraisement and LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, without appraisement and subject to the redemption KANSAS, MORE FULLY DEsubject to the redemption period as provided by law, SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEperiod as provided by law, and further subject to the GINNING AT THE NORTHand further subject to the approval of the Court. For WEST CORNER OF SAID LOT information, visit 35, SAID POINT ALSO BEING approval of the Court. For more more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.

THE SOUTHEAST CORNER www.Southlaw.com.

OF THE INTERSECTION OF David Zoellner, Sheriff 1OTH AND CHEROKEE Leavenworth County, STREETS; THENCE SOUTH David Zoellner, Sheriff Kansas 89° 47’ 20” EAST FOR A DISLeavenworth County, Kansas TANCE OF 125.00 FEET Prepared By: ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF South & Associates, P.C. Prepared By: SAID LOT 35; THENCE Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) South & Associates, P.C. SOUTH 00° 00’ 00” EAST FOR 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 A DISTANCE OF 94.00 FEET Kristen G. Stroehmann Overland Park, KS 66211 (KS # 10551) ALONG THE EAST LINE OF 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 (913)663-7600 SAID LOTS; THENCE NORTH (913)663-7899 (Fax) Overland Park, KS 66211 89° 47’ 20” WEST FORA DISAttorneys For Plaintiff (913)663-7600 TANCE OF 125.00 FEET TO (133359) (913)663-7899 (Fax) THE WEST LINE OF LOT 38; _______ Attorneys For Plaintiff THENCE NORTH 00° 00” 00” (91871) (First published in The Mir- EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF ________ ror, Wednesday, December 94.00 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOTS TO (First published in The Mir- 14, 2011) THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ror, Wednesday, December known as 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF commonly 303-305 South 10th Street, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF KANSAS “Property”) LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, CIVIL DEPARTMENT KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Bank of America, N.A., suc- to satisfy the judgment in above-entitled case. cessor by merger to BAC the BOKF, NA dba Bank of Home Loans Servicing, LP The sale is to be made without appraisement and Oklahoma, NA fka Countrywide Home subject to the redemption Plaintiff, Loans Servicing, LP period as provided by law, vs.

Plaintiff, and further subject to the Chase A. Smock, et al. vs. approval of the Court. For Defendants.

Yvette S. Mullies, et al. more information, visit Defendants. www.Southlaw.com.

Case No. 11CV467 Court Number: Case No. 11CV478 David Zoellner, Sheriff Court Number: Leavenworth County, Pursuant to K.S.A. Kansas Chapter 60 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 Prepared By: NOTICE OF SALE South & Associates, P.C. NOTICE OF SALE Megan Cello (KS # 24167) Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me Under and by virtue of an 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 by the Clerk of the District Order of Sale issued to me Overland Park, KS 66211 Court of Leavenworth by the Clerk of the District (913)663-7600 County, Kansas, the under- Court of Leavenworth (913)663-7899 (Fax) signed Sheriff of Leaven- County, Kansas, the under- Attorneys For Plaintiff worth County, Kansas, will signed Sheriff of Leaven- (134754) _______ offer for sale at public auc- worth County, Kansas, will tion and sell to the highest offer for sale at public auc- (First published in The Mirbidder for cash in hand, at tion and sell to the highest ror, Wednesday, December the Justice Center, 2nd bidder for cash in hand, at 28, 2011) Floor Lobby, Leavenworth the Justice Center, 2nd County, Kansas, on January Floor Lobby, Leavenworth IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the fol- County, Kansas, on January LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, lowing real estate: 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the folKANSAS lowing real estate: CIVIL DEPARTMENT The West 75 feet of Lot 9, Block 3, PROGRESS, a Sub- LOT 5, HUNTERS RIDGE SUB- Bank of America, N.A., Sucdivision in the City of Lans- DIVISION PHASE NO. 2, CITY cessor by Merger to BAC ing, Leavenworth County, OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAV- Home Loans Servicing, LP Kansas, commonly known ENWORTH COUNTY, KAN- FKA Countrywide Home as 305 East Kay Street, Lan- SAS, commonly known as Loans Servicing LP sing, KS 66043 (the 3600 Winchester Drive, Plaintiff, “Property”) Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the vs.

“Property”) Ronald R. Tucker and to satisfy the judgment in Jennifer L. Tucker, et al. the above-entitled case. to satisfy the judgment in Defendants.

The sale is to be made the above-entitled case. without appraisement and The sale is to be made Case No. 11CV507 subject to the redemption without appraisement and Court Number: period as provided by law, subject to the redemption and further subject to the period as provided by law, Pursuant to K.S.A. approval of the Court. For and further subject to the Chapter 60 more information, visit approval of the Court. For www.Southlaw.com. more information, visit NOTICE OF SALE www.Southlaw.com.

David Zoellner, Sheriff Under and by virtue of an Leavenworth County, David Zoellner, Sheriff Order of Sale issued to me Kansas Leavenworth County, by the Clerk of the District Kansas Court of Leavenworth Prepared By: County, Kansas, the underSouth & Associates, P.C. Prepared By: signed Sheriff of LeavenMegan Cello (KS # 24167) South & Associates, P.C. worth County, Kansas, will 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Megan Cello (KS # 24167) offer for sale at public aucOverland Park, KS 66211 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 tion and sell to the highest (913)663-7600 Overland Park, KS 66211 bidder for cash in hand, at (913)663-7899 (Fax) (913)663-7600 the Justice Center, 2nd Attorneys For Plaintiff (913)663-7899 (Fax) Floor Lobby, Leavenworth (134365) Attorneys For Plaintiff County, Kansas, on January ________ (133527) 19, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the _______ (First published in The Mirfollowing real estate: ror, Wednesday, December (First published in The Mir14, 2011) Lot Ten (10), Block Two (2), ror, Wednesday, December LARKIN ESTATES REPLAT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 28, 2011) PHASE I, City of LeavenLEAVENWORTH COUNTY, worth, Leavenworth IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF KANSAS County, Kansas, commonly LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, CIVIL DEPARTMENT known as 2015 Cambridge KANSAS Street, Leavenworth, KS CIVIL DEPARTMENT The Bank of New York Mel66048 (the “Property”) lon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Bank of America, N.A., suc- to satisfy the judgment in CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed cessor by merger to BAC the above-entitled case.

Home Loans Servicing, LP Certificates, Series 2007-1 The sale is to be made fka Countrywide Home Plaintiff, without appraisement and Loans Servicing, LP vs. subject to the redemption Plaintiff, Becca Ayne Burgess and period as provided by law, vs.

Tatjon A. Burgess, et al. and further subject to the Jeremiah M Zachariah and Defendants. approval of the Court. For Jennifer Zachariah, et al. more information, visit Defendants.

Case No. 11CV474 www.Southlaw.com.

Court Number: Case No. 11CV482 David Zoellner, Sheriff Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Leavenworth County, Chapter 60 Kansas Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) Order of Sale issued to me 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Under and by virtue of an by the Clerk of the District Overland Park, KS 66211 Court of Leavenworth Order of Sale issued to me (913)663-7600 County, Kansas, the under- by the Clerk of the District (913)663-7899 (Fax) of Leavenworth signed Sheriff of Leaven- Court Attorneys For Plaintiff worth County, Kansas, will County, Kansas, the under- (117532) signed Sheriff of Leavenoffer for sale at public auc________ tion and sell to the highest worth County, Kansas, will bidder for cash in hand, at offer for sale at public auc- (First published in The Mirthe Justice Center, 2nd tion and sell to the highest ror, Wednesday, December Floor Lobby, Leavenworth bidder for cash in hand, at 28, 2011) County, Kansas, on January the Justice Center, 2nd 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the fol- Floor Lobby, Leavenworth IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF County, Kansas, on January lowing real estate: LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, 19, 2012, at 10:00 , the folKANSAS LOT 14, BLOCK 3, STONE- lowing real estate: CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT CREEK ADDITION NO. 1, The East 1/2 of Lots 7,8,9 LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, METLIFE HOME LOANS, KANSAS, commonly known and 10, Block 3, in the ORIGA DIVISION OF METLIFE TOWN OF TONas 2141 Rock Creek Drive, INAL BANK, N.A., Tonganoxie, KS 66086 (the GANOXIE, in the City of TonPlaintiff, ganoxie, Leavenworth “Property”) vs.

County, Kansas, commonly CHAD W. SPEER, et al., to satisfy the judgment in known as 513 E 2nd St, TonDefendants. ganoxie, KS 66086 (the the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made “Property”) Case No. 11 CV 534 without appraisement and subject to the redemption to satisfy the judgment in Title to Real Estate Involved above-entitled case. period as provided by law, the and further subject to the The sale is to be made NOTICE OF SHERIFF`S SALE without appraisement and approval of the Court. For more information, visit subject to the redemption NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, period as provided by law, www.Southlaw.com. and further subject to the that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by David Zoellner, Sheriff approval of the Court. For the Clerk of the District information, visit Leavenworth County, more Court of Leavenworth Kansas www.Southlaw.com.

County, Kansas, in the case above numbered, wherein David Zoellner, Sheriff Prepared By: Leavenworth County, the parties above named South & Associates, P.C. were respectively plaintiff Kansas Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) and Defendant, and to me, 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 the undersigned Sheriff of Prepared By: Overland Park, KS 66211 Leavenworth County, KanSouth & Associates, P.C. (913)663-7600 sas, directed, I will offer for Kristen G. Stroehmann (913)663-7899 (Fax) sale at public auction and (KS # 10551) Attorneys For Plaintiff sell to the highest bidder 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 (134581) for cash in hand at the JusOverland Park, KS 66211 ________

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tice Center on the 2nd floor lobby (street level) at 601 S. 3rd Street, Leavenworth on January 19, 2012, at 10:00 AM of said day, the following described real estate situated in the County of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, to-wit:

cree will be entered in due KS 66086 (the “Property”) course upon the Petition. and all those defendants NOTICE who have not otherwise Pursuant to the Fair Debt been served are required to Collection Practices Act, 15 plead to the Petition on or U.S.C. §1692c(b), no infor- before the 31st day of Janumation concerning the col- ary, 2012, in the District lection of this debt may be Court of Leavenworth given without the prior con- County,Kansas. If you fail sent of the consumer given to plead, judgment and dedirectly to the debt collec- cree will be entered in due tor or the express permis- course upon the Petition. sion of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt NOTICE collector is attempting to Pursuant to the Fair Debt collect a debt and any in- Collection Practices Act, 15 formation obtained will be U.S.C. §1692c(b), no inforused for that purpose. mation concerning the collection of this debt may be Prepared By: given without the prior conSouth & Associates, P.C. sent of the consumer given Megan Cello (KS # 24167) directly to the debt collec6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 tor or the express permisOverland Park, KS 66211 sion of a court of compe(913)663-7600 tent jurisdiction. The debt (913)663-7899 (Fax) collector is attempting to Attorneys For Plaintiff collect a debt and any in(62674) formation obtained will be used for that purpose. _______ Prepared By: (First published in The Mir- South & Associates, P.C. ror, Wednesday, December Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 14, 2011) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (913)663-7600 LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, (913)663-7899 (Fax) KANSAS Attorneys For Plaintiff CIVIL DEPARTMENT (99920) _______ Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (First published in The MirFKA Countrywide Home ror, Wednesday, December Loans Servicing LP 14, 2011) Plaintiff, vs.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Kit Coggburn; John Doe LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, (Tenant/Occupant); Mary KANSAS Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Unknown spouse, if any, of PHH MORTGAGE Kit Coggburn; Bank of CORPORATION America Home Loans, Plaintiff, Defendants. vs.

WHITNEY E. FOLEY, Case No. 11CV631 Defendants.

Court Number:

LOTS 9 AND 10, BLOCK 5, STILLINGS` SECOND SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF (“Property”) said real property is levied upon as the property of Defendant Chad W. Speer and all other alleged owners and will be sold without appraisal to satisfy said Order of Sale.

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY SHERIFF Submitted by: MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & FRITZLEN, P.C. Beverly M. Weber KS #20570 Sara N. Faubion KS #24865 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & FRITZLEN, P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. (Speer, 5135.747) ________ (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 28, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT

Pursuant to K.S.A. FIRST HORIZON HOME Chapter 60 LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOTICE OF SUIT Plaintiff, vs.

THE STATE OF KANSAS, to JOSEPH W. HUME, et al., the above-named defendDefendants. ants and the unknown heirs, executors, adminisCase No. 11 CV 591 trators, devisees, trustees, Title to Real Estate Involved creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; NOTICE OF SHERIFF`S SALE the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, known officers, successors, that under and by virtue of trustees, creditors and asan Order of Sale issued by signs of any defendants the Clerk of the District that are existing, dissolved Court of Leavenworth or dormant corporations; County, Kansas, in the case the unknown executors, addevisees, above numbered, wherein ministrators, the parties above named trustees, creditors, succeswere respectively plaintiff sors and assigns of any deand Defendants, and to me, fendants that are or were the undersigned Sheriff of partners or in partnership; Leavenworth County, Kan- the unknown guardians, sas, directed, I will offer for conservators and trustees sale at public auction and of any defendants that are sell to the highest bidder minors or are under any lefor cash in hand at the Jus- gal disability; and the untice Center on the 2nd floor known heirs, executors, addevisees, lobby (street level) at 601 S. ministrators, 3rd Street, Leavenworth on trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged January 19, 2012, at 10:00 AM of said day, the follow- to be deceased, and all ing described real estate other persons who are or situated in the County of may be concerned.

Leavenworth, State of KanYou are notified that a Petisas, to-wit: tion has been filed in the LOT 2, BLOCK 2 IN WILLIS District Court of LeavenCounty, Kansas, PARK, IN THE CITY OF TON- worth GANOXIE, ACCORDING TO praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the folTHE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, IN LEAVEN- lowing described real estate: WORTH COUNTY, KANSAS (“Property”) Lot 9, Walnut Grove, City said real property is levied of Leavenworth, LeavenCounty, Kansas, upon as the property of De- worth fendants Joseph W. Hume commonly known as 1717 Michael Street, Leavenand Patricia L. Hume and 66048 (the all other alleged owners worth, KS and will be sold without ap- “Property”) praisal to satisfy said Order and all those defendants of Sale. who have not otherwise LEAVENWORTH been served are required to COUNTY SHERIFF plead to the Petition on or before the 24th day of January, 2012, in the District Submitted by: Court of Leavenworth County,Kansas. If you fail MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS to plead, judgment and de& FRITZLEN, P.C. cree will be entered in due Beverly M. Weber KS course upon the Petition. #20570 Sara N. Faubion KS NOTICE #24865 Pursuant to the Fair Debt ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF Collection Practices Act, 15 MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & U.S.C. §1692c(b), no inforFRITZLEN, P.C. IS ATTEMPT- mation concerning the colING TO COLLECT A DEBT lection of this debt may be AND ANY INFORMATION OB- given without the prior conTAINED WILL BE USED FOR sent of the consumer given directly to the debt collecTHAT PURPOSE. tor or the express permission of a court of compe(Hume, 5135.864) tent jurisdiction. The debt 12/28, 1/4, 1/11 collector is attempting to ________ collect a debt and any information obtained will be (First published in The Mir- used for that purpose. ror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) Prepared By: IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

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Fax: (636) 447-8505 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 12/14, 12/21, 12/28

wherein the parties above-named were, respectively, RES-KS Junction City, LLC, as Plaintiff, and Corvan ________ Properties, LLC, as Defendant, to me the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth (First published in The Mir- County, Kansas, I will offer ror, Wednesday, December for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bid21, 2011) der for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor THE DISTRICT COURT OF Lobby (Street Level), 601 S. LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, 3rd Street, Leavenworth, KANSAS CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT Kansas 66048, on the 12th day of January, 2012, at RES-KS JUNCTION CITY, LLC, 10:00 a.m., the following described real estate situated Plaintiff, in the County of Leavenv. worth, State of Kansas, to CORVAN CONSTRUCTION wit: INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants.

Tract 1: Tract A, Pinehurst South, a Subdivision in the Case No. 2010-CV-776 City of Basehor, LeavenDivision 2 worth County, Kansas.

NOTICE OF SALE Tract 2: Lots 2, 3, 5, 11, 16, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 33, that pursuant to an Order 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40 and 42, of Sale issued to the Clerk Pines of Pinehurst First of the District Court of Plat, a Subdivision in the Leavenworth County, Kan- City of Basehor, Leavensas, in the above action, worth County, Kansas.

Tonganoxie The sale is to be made without appraisement. The sale is subject to the approval of the Court.

David A. Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Kansas Submitted by: LEWIS, RICE & FINGERSH, L.C. By: Kyle M. Binns KS #23616 1010 Walnut, Suite 500 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 Telephone: (816) 421-2500 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF LEWIS, RICE & FINGERSH, L.C. AS ATTORNEYS FOR RES-KS JUNCTION CITY, LLC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. _______

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Case No. 11CV644 Court Number: K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF SUIT The State of Kansas to: WHITNEY E. FOLEY, A/K/A WHITNEY ERIN FOLEY, A/K/A WHITNEY FOLEY; JOHN DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); MARY DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); ST. LUKE’S SOUTH HOSPITAL, INC.; WHITE STAR CONSTRUCTION, INC. and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such of the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown spouses of the defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such defendants as are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown guardians and trustees of such of the defendants as are minors or are in anywise under legal disability; and all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, by Phh Mortgage Corporation for judgment in the sum of $159,551.93, plus interest, costs and other relief; judgment that plaintiff’s lien is a first lien on the said real property and sale of said property to satisfy the indebtedness, said property described as follows, to wit: LOT 5, BLOCK 1, PEAK SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LINWOOD, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS. Commonly known as 208 East 5th Ct, Linwood, Kansas 66052 and you are hereby required to plead to said petition in said Court at Leavenworth, Kansas on or before the 30th day of January, 2012.

Should you fail therein judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED HAT WILL BE USED FOR TH PURPOSE SHAPIRO & MOCK, LLC?Attorneys for Plaintiff?6310 Lamar - Suite 235?Overland Park, KS 66202?(913)831-3000?Fax No. (913)831-3320 Our File No. 11-003111/dkb _______

South & Associates, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 (First published in The MirOverland Park, KS 66211 ror, Wednesday, December (913)663-7600 14, 2011) (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (131197) LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, _______ KANSAS

The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-6 (First published in The MirPlaintiff, ror, Wednesday, December vs.

21, 2011) Sheila K. Kelly a/k/a Sheila J. Kelly; Ronald K. Kelly, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Defendants.

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS Case No. 11CV605 CIVIL DEPARTMENT Court Number: BAC Home Loans Servicing, Pursuant to K.S.A. L.P. fka Countrywide Home Chapter 60 Loans Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff, NOTICE OF SUIT vs.

Kevin Kurre a/k/a W. Kurre; THE STATE OF KANSAS, to Kimberly Kurre, the above-named defendDefendants. ants and the unknown heirs, executors, adminisCase No. 11CV635 trators, devisees, trustees, Court Number: creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; Pursuant to K.S.A. the unknown spouses of Chapter 60 any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, NOTICE OF SUIT trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants THE STATE OF KANSAS, to that are existing, dissolved the above-named defendor dormant corporations; ants and the unknown the unknown executors, ad- heirs, executors, adminisministrators, devisees, trators, devisees, trustees, trustees, creditors, succes- creditors and assigns of sors and assigns of any de- any deceased defendants; fendants that are or were the unknown spouses of partners or in partnership; any defendants; the unthe unknown guardians, known officers, successors, conservators and trustees trustees, creditors and asof any defendants that are signs of any defendants minors or are under any le- that are existing, dissolved gal disability; and the un- or dormant corporations; known heirs, executors, ad- the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, ministrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and as- trustees, creditors, successigns of any person alleged sors and assigns of any deto be deceased, and all fendants that are or were other persons who are or partners or in partnership; may be concerned. the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees You are notified that a Peti- of any defendants that are tion has been filed in the minors or are under any leDistrict Court of Leaven- gal disability; and the unworth County, Kansas, known heirs, executors, adpraying to foreclose a real ministrators, devisees, estate mortgage on the fol- trustees, creditors and aslowing described real es- signs of any person alleged tate: to be deceased, and all other persons who are or Lot 26, ROLLING MEADOWS may be concerned.

SUBDIVISION NO. 2, City of Leavenworth, Leaven- You are notified that a Petiworth County, Kansas, tion has been filed in the commonly known as 1901 District Court of LeavenEvergreen Street, Leaven- worth County, Kansas, worth, KS 66048 (the praying to foreclose a real “Property”) estate mortgage on the following described real esand all those defendants tate: who have not otherwise been served are required to Lot 9, Cedar Crest Estates plead to the Petition on or Subdivision, a subdivision before the 24th day of Janu- in Leavenworth County, ary, 2012, in the District Kansas, according to the Court of Leavenworth recorded plat thereof, comCounty,Kansas. If you fail monly known as 18675 to plead, judgment and de- 206th Street, Tonganoxie,

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CIVIL DEPARTMENT

HSBC Bank USA, N.A. as Trustee for the registered holders of the Renaissance Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Plaintiff, vs.

Justin E. Oshel, et al.

Defendants.

Case No: 2011CV378 Division: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, to me, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, I will, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-2410, offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at 10:00 a.m. on January 5, 2012, in the 2nd Floor Lobby of the Justice Center, 601 S. 3rd Street, in the City of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, the following described real located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, to wit: LOTS ONE (2), BLOCK TOWN OF ENWORTH SAS.

(1) AND TWO EIGHTEEN (18), EASTON, LEAVCOUNTY, KAN-

More commonly known as: 201 Kickapoo St, Easton, Kansas 66020; to satisfy the judgment, fully or partially, in the above-entitled case.

The sale is made without appraisement and is subject to the redemption period as provided by law and is further subject to approval by the Court.

FROM: THE SHERIFF OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS BY: THE BOYD LAW GROUP, L.C. Michael E. Boyd, #21325 Keli N. Robertson, #23399 300 St. Peters Centre Blvd., Ste. 230 Saint Peters, MO 63376 Telephone: (636) 447-8500