The Daily Union. January 07, 2014

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BY CHASE JORDAN
c.jordan@thedailyunion.net
After months of waiting, Geary
County School officials are looking
forward to building a new Fort
Riley Elementary School.
The Department of Defense
awarded the district with $16 mil-
lion for construction of a
500-student school to reduce
overcrowding and improve
facility conditions.
Superintendent Ronald
Walker said Unified School
District 475 is pleased to be
the recipient of funding to
replace the current school
located at 104 Morris Ave. on
post.
This is a project staff has
worked diligently on for the past 12
months, Walker stated after the
announcement. We are ecstatic to
see the very tedious and difficult
work resulting in a new facility for
our students, staff and parents who
call the Fort Riley Elementary Buf-
falos their home.
Funding for the grant is provided
under the Departments Public
Schools on Military Installations
Program.
Due to the increased number of
soldiers and families since 2006,
Fort Riley was placed on a priority
list for new funding.
According to a news release from
the Kansas Congressional
Delegation, the school is
the 20th school on the Dep-
uty Secretary of Defense
Priority List.
I am pleased Geary
County USD is getting the
funds it needs to improve
the education of the chil-
dren of those who serve,
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts stated
in a news release. These
new facilities are desper-
ately needed to address overcrowd-
ing and aging infrastructure.
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said fund-
ing for a new building is a great
way to begin the new year.
The Kansas Delegation has been
working to address the overcrowd-
ing and overall condition of Fort
Rileys schools, which are well-
beyond capacity, Moran stated.
The Junction City community and
the Geary County School
District have accommodat-
ed for population growth at
Fort Riley, so its encourag-
ing to see the federal gov-
ernment carry out its com-
mitment and prioritize edu-
cation for the children of
those who serve our
nation.
U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp
said its an exciting day for
soldiers and families on post.
With this grant we are honoring
the brave men and women who
protect our country, Huelskamp
said. I look forward to the contin-
ued tremendous support of Fort
Riley by the local communities,
counties, and region.
Community and military lead-
ers have been discussing the need
for another elementary school at
Fort Riley for a long time, and I am
pleased the Army is showing its
commitment to our soldiers fami-
lies and children with this project,
Rep. Lynn Jenkins stated. I look
forward to the expanded education
opportunities this new school will
bring to one of Americas finest
military bases.
Previously, Walker said plans to
begin construction are set for the
spring, with a completion time
frame of 2015.
If we can actually begin
moving dirt by the first or
second week in April, well
have that facility ready to
open in the fall of 2015,
Walker said.
Walker said the site will
be about three or four blocks
near Seitz Elementary
School.
Hes expecting the same
floor plan of Seitz, but the outside
design will be different.
Additional source of funding
USD 475 receives $16M in federal
funding for Fort Riley Elementary School
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BY ALIX KUNKLE
m.editor@thedailyunion.net
Below-zero temperatures
were to blame for several
closings throughout Geary
County Monday morning as
well as several water main
breaks in Junction City.
A cold arctic air mass
caused temperatures to dip
below zero Sunday night
into Monday morning, with
recorded values reaching as
low as 2 degrees below zero.
Wind chill values dipped to
15 below zero by nightfall.
A wind chill warning was
issued for the region Sun-
day night, and a wind chill
advisory was in effect until
9 a.m. Tuesday.
Sunday afternoon, Uni-
fied School District 475
announced that because of
dangerous temperatures,
all schools in the district
would be closed Monday.
USD 383 (Manhattan-Ogden)
likewise decided to cancel
Baby, its cold outside ...
Bitter weather forces
closures, causes problems
BY TIM WEIDEMAN
city.beat@thedailyunion.net
The Junction City Police Depart-
ment is investigating recent reports
of cars having been spray-painted by
an unknown individual or individu-
als.
Most of the reported incidents have
been in the southwest part of town,
Sgt. Trish Giordano said Monday.
Weve had six cars reported dam-
aged in the southwest part of town
and one in the 1700 block of North
Adams, she said.
The report from North Adams
Street may be related to the others.
Its basically the same type of
damage, Giordano said.
The cars arent being painted with
any specific markings.
Its nothing like gang graffiti or
words, Giordano said. There was
nothing like any words or symbols.
Police are asking for help from the
public in gathering more information
about the damaged cars.
Anonymous tips may be submitted
to Junction City-Geary County Crime
Stoppers by calling (785) 762-TIPS
(8477) or submitting a tip online at
www.gearycrimestoppers.com. Tips
also may be submitted to the Junc-
tion City Police Department by call-
ing (785) 762-5912.
Tips leading to an arrest may be
eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
JCPD investigating
recent spree of
vandalism to cars
If we can actually
begin moving dirt by
the first or second
week in April, well
have that facility ready
to open in the fall of
2015.
RONALD WALKER
USD 475
Superintendent
RONALD
WALKER
SEN. PAT
ROBERTS
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The Lyrics Arts Trio consisting of Elena Lence Talley, Sarah Tannehill Anderson, and Dan Velicer (not pictured) performed at
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Alix Kunkle The Daily Union
Junction City Public Works crews repair a water main break near the intersection of West Sixth
and North Garfield streets Monday morning.
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FORT RILEY
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Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy
High pressure will produce dry conditions over most of the East,
with very cold temperatures expected. Lake effect snow showers
will be likely over the Great Lakes. Most of the Plains states will
remain dry and cold.
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Forecast highs for Tuesday, Jan. 7
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Kansas City
36 | 2
Topeka
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Pittsburg
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Wichita
40 | 8
Liberal
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Salina
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January average .65
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BY JULIE FIEDLER
1st Infantry Division Public Affairs
Business and commu-
nity leaders in the Flint
Hills Regional Leadership
Program had the oppor-
tunity to learn about the
1st Infantry Division and
experience life as a Sol-
dier for a brief time dur-
ing a Dec. 19 visit to Fort
Riley.
This is always a fasci-
nating part of the pro-
gram, said Ailleen Cray,
executive director, Flint
Program. Its usually
one of the most memora-
ble days of the program.
Cray said most partici-
pants, whose professional
backgrounds vary from
banking to education to
public relations, dont
have much exposure to
the military.
Their visit to Fort Riley
began with two presenta-
tions by 1st Infantry Divi-
sion and Fort Riley lead-
ers, including Fort Riley
Garrison Commander
Col. Andrew Cole and Lt.
Col. Peter Shull, deputy
commanding officer, 2nd
Armored Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Divi-
sion.
Cole provided an over-
view of the installation
and discussed some of the
challenges in the current
fiscal climate.
Despite those challeng-
es, Fort Riley is prepared
to continue to upgrade
infrastructure, provide
world-class training for
soldiers and support fam-
ilies, he said, and regional
partnerships are part of
that plan.
(There are) challenges
ahead, but were putting
our best foot forward, he
said, as he welcomed
ideas of ways Fort Riley
can work together with
its neighboring communi-
ties for mutual benefits.
Cole also discussed the
Soldier for Life program,
which focuses on educa-
tion, employment and
health care opportunities
for soldiers separating
from the Army.
As we look at taking
care of those who took it
upon themselves to raise
their right hand and to
join our forces I want
to make sure that were
returning them to (civil-
ian life) healthy, giving
them those opportunities
to integrate in a positive
fashion, Cole said.
Shull expressed his pas-
sion for the Fort Riley
area and thanked those in
attendance for all they
and the community as a
whole have done for
the Soldiers and families
in the area.
Then, he shifted his
attention globally to pro-
vide an overview of the
Dagger Brigade s
regionally aligned forces
mission in Africa.
Its extremely complex
over there, he said. We
have a long-term commit-
ment to the continent of
Africa. We are trying to
be preventative in nature.
Hopefully, we also
develop some allies along
the way, Shull said.
Shull encourages his
soldiers to think of them-
selves as ambassadors, he
said, as they tackle four
imperatives: to be global-
ly available, focus on
operations, demonstrate
theater security coopera-
tion and integrate exer-
cises with local forces.
Our soldiers are
ambassadors to (these)
countries, he said. We
want to get out of the
business of solving other
peoples problems.
What we want to do is
identify some good part-
ners that we want to team
with and give them the
tools to solve their prob-
lems, Shull said.
After the overview
briefs, participants toured
Fort Rileys Regional
Training Campus to see
some of the state-of-the-
art technology at the
facility.
Participants got a look
at the Dismounted Soldier
Training System in action,
and got hands-on experi-
ence with state-of-the-art
simulators, like the Close
Combat Tactical Trainer.
That was kind of
stressful being a gunner,
said Jolene Keck, elec-
tions supervisor, Riley
County, as she exited one
of the training simula-
tors, adding, Its pretty
amazing.
Bill Raymann, chief,
Training Division, Direc-
torate of Plans, Training,
Mobilization and Securi-
ty, explained how the
facility s Integrated
Training Environment
incorporates three key
technologies: gaming, vir-
tual and constructive
technologies.
The simulators let Sol-
diers conduct multiple
iterations of training in a
controlled, efficient and
less costly environment
before going to the field,
Raymann said.
Having soldiers repeat
missions in simulators as
many times as necessary
gets them ready faster
and increases their learn-
ing curve, especially when
training as a team for the
first time.
Im absolutely amazed
and impressed at the tech-
nology level of our train-
ing, Keck said. We are
really lucky and blessed
to have this facility right
here in our own region ...
Most people dont get to
see this kind of stuff.
As part of the Flint
program, which runs
from September to Febru-
ary, participants visit
communi t i es, l i ke
Wamego, Junction City,
Manhattan, Pottawat-
tamie County and Topeka,
as well as Kansas State
University, Manhattan, to
gain exposure to a variety
of topics and fields, like
industry, economic devel-
opment and legislation.
Each class also com-
pletes a capstone project
by the end of June.
We try to show them
things that will either
pique their interest or
bring them back into the
community on their own,
Cray said. One of the
primary purposes is to
break down the barriers
between cities and coun-
ties, (and to work) with
one another more effec-
tively because we all have
a vested interest in this
area.
Not only does the pro-
gram encourage partici-
pants to think more
broadly, she said, but it
also helps them make
valuable connections in
the region.
Were making con-
tacts, Keck agreed. I see
these as long-lasting
friendships and contacts
throughout our careers.
For more information
about the Flint Hills
Regional Leadership Pro-
gram, visit www.fhrlp.
org.
Leadership members visit Fort Riley
Julie Fiedler Post
The 2013-14 Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program class poses for a group photo at the Global War on Terrorism Monument, along with
Fort Riley Deputy Garrison Commander Linda Hoeffner, second from right, during the groups Dec. 19 visit to Fort Riley. The groups visit
to Fort Riley included presentations by 1st Infantry Division, and Fort Riley leaders, as well as a tour of Fort Rileys Regional Training
Campus.
Despite those challenges, Fort Riley is
prepared to continue to upgrade
infrastructure, provide world-class training
for soldiers and support families, he said,
and regional partnerships are part of that
plan.
BY J. PARKER ROBERTS
1st Infantry Divison Public
Affairs
Despite the brisk
weather and early hour
Dec. 17, friends and fam-
ily members packed into
Building 1986 at Fort
Riley to welcome home
soldiers with the 1st
Combined Arms Battal-
ion, 63rd Armor Regi-
ment, 2nd Armored Bri-
gade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division.
About 200 Soldiers
returned at 4:30 a.m. to
post, following a six-
month deployment to
Djibouti, where they
conducted security
training.
The units colors also
were uncased, indicat-
ing the Dragon Battal-
ion had returned to
post.
It wasnt bad, said
Pfc. Thomas Keen, 1st
Bn., 63rd Armor Regt.,
2nd ABCT, 1st Infantry
Division, of his tour,
which he said wasnt dif-
ficult, aside from the
humidity.
Waiting in the stands
for Keen were his wife,
Brittany, and sons Trent,
2, Tobias, 4, and Thomas
Jr., 6.
It was great, Britta-
ny said about the rede-
ployment ceremony.
Im glad to have him
home.
Also glad to be home
was Staff Sgt. Josh Jen-
kins, 1st Bn., 63rd Armor
Regt., 2nd ABCT, 1st Inf.
Divison, whose girl-
friend, Hailee Trumbull,
was waiting to welcome
him home.
Its been OK, she
said about the deploy-
ment, with a mixture of
joy and relief.
Trumbull said she and
Jenkins had maintained
their nine-month rela-
tionship through online
video calls and text mes-
saging.
Dragon
Battalion
returns
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In brief
Curves workouts
Curves workouts with Jillian
Michaels now available at Curves of
Junction City
Curves of Junction City has
announced it is now offering Curves
workouts with Jillian Michaels,
workouts featuring Curves Circuit
strength-training machines in con-
junction with functional body-
weight-based exercises that ramp
up metabolism and transform phy-
sique.
The new workouts are designed
for women at every fitness level
and include simple modifications
for each movement.
The workout will be showcased
on a large screen television, set to
upbeat music, within each club, and
a Curves coach will be present to
ensure safety and effectiveness.
Class times will vary by location.
For more information, call (785)
762-0220 or email 97S8QY@cur-
vesmail.com.
Alida Upland
Cooperative Parish
to host presentation
The Alida Upland Cooperative
Parish will host a special presenta-
tion by David Carter, of Kansas State
University, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at
the church, located at 2243 3300
Ave.
Carter will present a handwrit-
ten, hand-illuminated fine art
reproduction of the original St.
Johns Bible, and share the process
of the original.
The St. Johns Bible is the first
completely handwritten and illumi-
nated Bible to have been commis-
sioned by a Benedictine Abbey
since the invention of the printing
press.
For information, call Jean Boyd
at (785) 238-3237, or visit www.
saintjohnsbible.org.
Register to vote
The Geary County Clerks Office
is offering additional time for resi-
dents to register to vote on Tuesday
from 5 to 7 p.m.
This is the last day residents may
register prior to the city of Grand-
view Plaza special election on Jan.
28.
Residents should register if they
have moved or changed their
names.
Advanced voting will begin Jan.
8.
The last day a voter may request
a ballot to be mailed is Jan. 24.
Advanced voting in person ends
at noon on Jan. 27.
Any questions should be directed
to the clerks office at (785) 238-
3912 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-
day through Friday.
The office is located at 200 E.
Eighth St.
New Year message
Evangelist Deborah will be speak-
ing a message for the New Year at
the next Aglow meeting on Jan. 9.
Fellowship is at 6:30 p.m.
Meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the
Hampton Inn, 1039 S. Washington.
All are welcome.
Hospice to hold annual
meeting Jan. 21
Hospice of Dickinson County is
hosting the Hospice Volunteers
annual meeting at 7 p.m. on Jan. 21
at Frontier Estates, located at 601
N. Buckeye in Abilene.
A year-end summary of Hospice
activities will be presented by staff
and advisory board members.
Light refreshments will be
served.
All Hospice volunteers and any
interested community members
are encouraged to attend.
This meeting replaces the regu-
larly-scheduled volunteer meet-
ings.
For information, call the Home
Health and Hospice of Dickinson
County office at (785) 263-6630.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Linda Rush
Check out the back roads near Milford Lake. The graders were worked hard, but they were blowing shut as fast as they went through.
Freeze lake
DAILY UNION
STAFF REPORTS
Reviving a past local tra-
dition, the 2014 Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Day obser-
vance will return to down-
town Junction City Jan. 19
to 20 with events at the C.L.
Hoover Opera House.
A Gospel Tribute and
Musical Celebration fea-
turing the Wiley College A
Cappella Choir from Mar-
shall, Texas will open the
MLK Day community cele-
bration at 5 p.m. Jan. 19.
The Wiley College Choir
under the direction of Ste-
phen L. Hayes is known for
its recorded excerpts of
music used in the sound-
track of The Great Debat-
ers, the 2008 film directed
by and starring highly
acclaimed actor Denzel
Washington.sThe choir is
making a repeat appear-
ance in Junction City fol-
lowing its performance last
year.
At 10 a.m. Jan. 20, the
MLK Commemoration and
March will be highlighted
by musical selections from
the Wiley College Choir
and a keynote address by
Dr. Jose Soto, a 1967 JCHS
graduate well-known for
his work in the areas of
mental health and educa-
tion. Dr. Soto holds a Juris
Doctor degree from the
University of Nebraska-
Lincoln College of Law.
His areas of professional
involvement have centered
on Civil Rights, Fair
Employment Law, Affir-
mative Action and Equal
Opportunity.
The MLK events will
conclude with the revival
of the traditional MLK
March, which was led for
many years by Ruby Ste-
vens, the founder of the
annual MLK observances
in Junction City. During
the two-day event, free-will
offerings will be taken to
establish a Ruby Stevens
Scholarship to honor her
many years of leadership
in the community.
Events to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
BY TIM WEIDEMAN
Junction City commissioners
will ring in the new year tonight
with a brief agenda for the first
meeting of 2014.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in
the board room at the Junction
City Municipal Building, 700 N.
Jefferson St.
Junction City Area Chamber
of Commerce CEO Tom
Weigand will present to
commissioners his annual
progress report on the
organizations consolida-
tion, which now has been
in effect for two years.
Weigand will detail the
accomplishments and
future goals of the cham-
bers sub-organizations
Chamber Activities, Junc-
tion City-Geary County Econom-
ic Development, Geary County
Convention and Visitors Bureau
and the Military Affairs Council.
Last week, Weigand told The
Daily Union the chamber is
working to develop a clearer
identity as a consolidated orga-
nization, but is prepared to
grow.
I think we will accomplish
more in 2014 than weve done in
the last two years, he said.
Funding public
transportation
In an effort to help ATA Bus
receive federal funds for
transit services in urban
areas, the Flint Hills
Regional Council is pro-
posing the creation of a
new public entity.
With the establishment
of the Manhattan Urban
Area, which includes
Junction City and Geary
County, up to $1 million
per year in federal funds
for urban transit are now avail-
able.
However, because ATA Bus is
not a public entity, it is not eli-
gible to directly receive those
funds. As a solution, the Flint
Hills Regional Council wants to
create the Flint Hills Regional
Transit Administration, a public
entity that could receive those
funds and have the authority to
provide them to regional transit
services through contracts or
grants.
Tonight, the commission is
expected to decide whether it
will enter an interlocal agree-
ment establishing the Flint Hills
Regional Transit Administra-
tion.
The transit administrations
mission would be to provide the
area with a cost-effective, pub-
lic transit system, according to
a draft of the agreement.
The Junction City Commission
has supported ATA Buss
attempts to receive these funds
in the past.
In June, the City Commission
issued a letter supporting the
direct use of urban transit funds
for nonprofit organizations such
as ATA Bus.
The agreement would be
between six members Geary,
Pottawatomie and Riley coun-
ties; Junction City, Manhattan
and Kansas State University.
Each member would appoint
one representative. Fort Riley
would have a nonvoting repre-
sentative.
The urban transit funds would
be a possible source of addition-
al federal dollars for ATA Bus,
which already is eligible for fed-
eral rural transit funds.
The service operates in Man-
hattan, Junction City, Fort Riley,
Riley County and parts of Potta-
watomie County.
City commission preview
TOM
WEIGAND
The Geary County Com-
missioners will be recog-
nizing several employees
for service milestones
attained during a ceremo-
ny beginning at 2 p.m. Jan.
13.
In total, 22 employees
will be recognized for years
of service; among those to
be recognized include Rod-
ney Christenson, public
works, 35 years of service;
Garry Berges, emergency
management, and Bertram
Mathis, Geary County
Sheriffs Department, 30
years of service; and Lisa
Eickholt, human resourc-
es, Margie Wildman, trea-
surer, Linda Caraballo,
treasurer, and Rudolph
Goetsch, Jr., GCSD, 25
years.
Those also to be recog-
nized include Florence
Whitebread, commission-
er, Teresa Mahieu, register
of deeds, and Richord Witt,
public works, 20 years of
service; Janet Lockwood,
court trustee, 15 years; and
Luisa White, attorney,
Tracy Sharp-Marion, court
trustee, and Catharina Bal-
lard, GCSD, 10 years.
Those to be recognized
for five years of service
include Lloyd Graham,
attorney, Vicky Budinas,
attorney, Joan Rairden,
GCSD, Lawrence Palmer,
community corrections,
LaRonda Graham-Smith,
GCSD, Jovina Moreno,
GCSD, Kristen Hallum,
community corrections,
and Suzan Smith, commu-
nity corrections.
Geary County employees
to be honored for service milestones
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Joseph Hammond
Nov. 11, 1952 Jan. 4, 2014
Joseph N. (Joe Baby) Hammond, 61,
of Topeka, passed away on Jan. 4, 2014
at Via Christi Village in Manhattan.
Cremation has taken place.
A memorial service will take place.
His life will be celebrated by a host of
family and friends
Joseph was born Nov. 11, 1952, in St.
Louis, the son of Joseph and Hazel
(Smith) Temple.
Joseph did home repair work in
Junction City and Topeka.
He was a great host and cook. He
enjoyed entertaining friends and fam-
ily.
Joseph is survived by two sons,
Joseph Hammond and his wife Dawn
of Junction City, and Nathan Ham-
mond of Augusta, Ga.
He is also survived by five brothers,
John H. Hammond of California,
McKinnley Hammond and his wife
Gloria of Ohio, Jesse Hammond and
his wife Carol Ann of Junction City,
Louis Hammond, and Earl (Ricky)
Temple, both of Topeka.
He is survived by two sisters, Vera
Lately of Topeka, and Shirley Temple
and her husband Tom of Wichita.
He is also survived by his father,
Joseph Temple of St. Louis. He is sur-
vived by a host of nieces, nephews
and grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his
mother, Hazel Temple; one brother,
Nathan Temple; and two sisters, Elno-
ra (Pigg) Duvernay and her husband
Wendell (Wimp), and Venetta (Nita)
Hammond-Ellis. He was also preceded
in death by his brother-in-law, Wiley
(Sonny) Lately; sister-in-law, Linda
Abbey; and nephew, Leslie Abbey.
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By The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO
Saul Zaentz, a music pro-
ducer whose second career
as a filmmaker brought him
best-picture Academy
Awards for One Flew Over
the Cuckoos Nest, Ama-
deus and The English
Patient, has died. He was
92. Zaentz (zants) died Fri-
day at his San Francisco
apartment after suffering
from Alzheimers disease,
Paul Zaentz, the producers
nephew and longtime busi-
ness partner told the Asso-
ciated Press. Zaentz was
never a prolific movie pro-
ducer, but he took on classy
productions, specializing in
complex literary adapta-
tions that Hollywood stu-
dios generally find too intri-
cate to put on film. Since
moving into film at age 50
with 1972s low-budget
country-music drama Pay-
day, Zaentz made just 10
movies, giving him a
remarkable three-for-10 bat-
ting average on best-picture
wins at the Oscars.
Zaentz dies at 92
NEWS TO KNOW
Headlines from around the world
Svaty: Aquifer
depletion affects
eastern Kansas
LAWRENCE Water
supply issues and depletion
of the Ogallala aquifer
arent just western Kansas
problems, a former Kansas
agriculture secretary told a
group of Lawrence envi-
ronmentalists.
Josh Svaty, a former
three-term state represen-
tative who was named sec-
retary of agriculture in
2009 by then-Gov. Mark
Parkinson, is now a vice
president at the Salina-
based Land Institute, an
agricultural and environ-
mental research center.
He told members of the
EcoTeam part of an
interfaith network of envi-
ronmental groups known
as Lawrence Ecology Teams
United for Sustainability,
or LET-US that water
levels in parts of western
Kansas have declined rap-
idly because of large-scale
irrigation that began there
in the 1970s, the Lawrence
Journal-World reported.
Think about the econo-
my that transfers to eastern
Kansas, coming out of west-
ern Kansas, Svaty said.
The beef industry obvi-
ously is very important to
Kansas, but a huge amount
of that industry is based, or
has large footprints, in east-
ern Kansas, especially
around Kansas City and
Johnson County.
The Ogallala aquifer is a
vast network of under-
ground water locked in the
porous limestone deep
below the surface in the
High Plains region of the
U.S., stretching from Wyo-
ming and South Dakota to
the Texas and Oklahoma
panhandle regions. It is the
primary source of fresh
water for the entire area.
Roughly 90 percent of the
water is used for irrigation
to grown corn, soybeans
and milo, which are used as
feed grains for the livestock
industry.
Central-west Kansas,
around Scott City and Tri-
bune, is already considered
a dead zone where irriga-
tion has all but ceased,
Svaty said. While there is
more water available for
feedlots and processing
plants in Gaden City, Lib-
eral and Dodge City in the
southwest, he said, farmers
are pumping vastly larger
amounts which consume
more energy because the
water is deeper below the
surface.
Few people in western
Kansas even speak about
stopping the depletion, he
said, but instead talk about
managed decline.
Some people out there
complain that they are the
only mining interest in the
state that is not allowed to
mine out all of their
resource, he said.
Pro-Hillary Clinton
group courts NH
politicians
CONCORD, N.H. She
has yet to decide her politi-
cal future, but a group
pushing Hillary Clinton to
run for president is already
working to strengthen her
support in New Hamp-
shire.
Its a small state where
personal relationships
mean a lot. And both Bill
and Hillary Clinton have
deep personal relationships
with a whole lot of people
in New Hampshire, Craig
Smith, a senior adviser for
the super PAC known as
Ready for Hillary, said
while visiting the state
Monday. That creates
opportunities for us here.
Ready for Hillary is build-
ing a national network to
benefit Clinton should she
decide to seek the presiden-
cy in 2016. As a super PAC,
the organization can raise
and spend unlimited
amounts of money but can-
not formally coordinate
with the Clinton family or
its representatives.
Smith, former White
House political director
under President Bill Clin-
ton, spent the day courting
local political officials,
including union leaders
and Democratic Party
chairman Raymond Buck-
ley.
The New Hampshire visit
is part of a broader effort to
expand the groups politi-
cal clout in key states ahead
of the 2014 midterm elec-
tions. Smith confirmed that
in recent days, Ready for
Hillary rented the 2008
Clinton campaigns list of
supporter email addresses.
He said his group would
likely phase out and give
its assets to another super
PAC should Clinton enter
the 2016 race.
Before then, he said his
organization would mobi-
lize thousands of volun-
teers in New Hampshire
and other states with com-
petitive contests in 2014.
Gov. Maggie Hassan and
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Dem-
ocrats and likely Clinton
supporters, both face re-
election.
In some places, the 2014
elections are really impor-
tant, like New Hampshire,
Smith said. We want to be
helpful.
The state is expected to
host the nations first presi-
dential primary contest in
2016. Smith said he would
visit Iowa later in the
month, the state that tradi-
tionally hosts the first cau-
cuses.
New Hampshire voters
have been good to the Clin-
tons in the past.
Hillary Clinton scored a
narrow victory in the 2008
presidential primary
against then-Sen. Barack
Obama. Her husband was
dubbed the comeback kid
after scoring a surprisingly
strong second-place finish
here in 1992.
UN: Half of Central
African Republic
needs aid
UNITED NATIONS
U.N. officials are warning
the Security Council that
Central African Republic is
on the brink of a catastro-
phe, with half the popula-
tion made homeless since
ethnic warfare broke out.
U.N. political affairs chief
Jeffrey Feltman told the
council Monday that about
2.2 million people through-
out Central African Repub-
lic need assistance, about
half the total population.
About half the people of
Bangui have been driven
from their homes, a total of
about 513,000, he said.
About 100,000 are jamming
a makeshift camp at the
airport near the capitol.
The Central African
Republic has been plunged
into chaos as the countrys
Christian majority seeks
revenge against the Muslim
rebels, who seized power in
a coup in March. Fighting
between Christian and
Muslim militias intensified
in December.
An attack on Bangui by
the Christian militia call-
ing itself the anti-Balaka
on Dec. 5 triggered heavy
unrest in the capitol, Felt-
man said. A report in late
December by Secretary-
General Ban Ki-moon
reported 600 deaths in Ban-
gui in those attacks, and
Feltman put the current
total at 750 casualties in
the capital.
The death toll outside
Bangui is likely to be sub-
stantial, he said.
Killings in Bangui and
the rest of the country con-
tinue every day, and the
population remains divided
along religious affiliation,
Feltman said.
The U.N. Childrens Fund
warned at the end of
December, that children
are being recruited into the
militias, and verified the
killings of at least 16 chil-
dren since Dec. 5 two of
whom were beheaded.
In December the Security
Council authorized a multi-
national African peace-
keeping force, which is
expected to increase its
troop strength from about
2,500 to 3,500, to keep a lid
on the violence. France sent
in about 1,600 troops on
Dec. 9 to back them up.
US moves to stop
airplane engine
export to Iran
ISTANBUL The United
States Commerce Depart-
ment has issued an emer-
gency order using U.S. anti-
terrorism export control
laws against a Turkish
company in an attempt to
stop it from exporting two
Boeing airplane engines to
Iran.
Commerce Department
officials say that such
orders are used rarely to
prevent the imminent
export of restricted U.S.
items to certain countries.
The order posted online
was issued Friday because
U.S. officials believed that
an Iranian cargo company
was set to pick up the sec-
ondhand engines Tuesday.
The order also targeted the
Iranian company, Pouya
Airline.
H. Engin Borluca , the
director of the Turkish
company, 3K Aviation &
Logistics, says that he was
unaware that U.S. restric-
tions applied to transac-
tions outside of the U.S.,
and that the company is
trying to resolve the mat-
ter.
Argentina: new
price controls to
fight inflation
BUENOS AIRES
Argentinas government is
launching its latest price
control program to curb
high inflation.
The one-year program
started Monday sets prices
on 194 supermarket items.
They include staples like
milk bread and meat as well
as other items like canned
goods and cleaning prod-
ucts.
Consumer prices are one
of the most pressing wor-
ries for Argentines.
The government says
inflation is running around
10 percent a year. But inde-
pendent economists say the
rate is really more than
double that.
The International Mone-
tary Fund also says the offi-
cial statistics agency under-
reports inflation. The IMF
is now working with the
government on a new
index.
President Cristina Fer-
nandez must also deal with
low economic growth and
dwindling reserves. Argen-
tinas union leaders are
expected to demand pay
raises in line with the high-
er inflation rate.
Terror group
threatens France
over Mali
DAKAR, Senegal A
terror group active in West
Africa has threatened to
target the interests of
France and her allies in
retaliation for Frances mil-
itary intervention in Mali
last year, according to a
Mauritanian website fre-
quently used by local jihad-
ists to communicate with
the outside world.
The statement from the
Mourabitounes group, sent
Saturday to the Nouakchott
Information Agency, also
detailed terrorist opera-
tions carried out by the
groups members last year,
including attacks in Niger
and Mali, and the killing of
foreign hostages at a natu-
ral gas plant in southeast-
ern Algeria.
Mourabitounes was
formed in August, when the
one-eyed terror leader
Moktar Belmoktar official-
ly joined forces with the
Movement for Oneness and
Jihad in West Africa, a rad-
ical al-Qaida-linked jihadist
group that once controlled
part of northern Mali and
has claimed responsibility
for a series of attacks in the
Gao region since France
intervened.
In a statement last month
designating the Mourabi-
tounes group as a foreign
terrorist organization, the
U.S. State Department said
it constitutes the greatest
near-term threat to U.S. and
Western interests in Afri-
cas Sahel region.
France intervened in
Mali in January 2013 after
the countrys northern half
fell under the control of
Islamic extremists follow-
ing a March 2012 military
coup. Later that month,
Belmoktar staged his most
notorious operation target-
ing the Algerian natural
gas facility at Ain Amenas,
taking hundreds hostage
before the army attacked,
killing nearly all the mili-
tants. At least 40 hostages
died in the standoff.
The State Department
has said three U.S. citizens
were killed in the attack
and that seven Americans
escaped.
More recently Belmoktar
and the Movement for One-
ness and Jihad in West
Africa claimed joint respon-
sibility in May for attacks
in Niger. Suicide bombers
detonated two car bombs
simultaneously there, one
inside a military camp in
the city of Agadez and
another in the remote town
of Arlit at a French-operat-
ed uranium mine, killing a
total of 26 people and
wounding dozens.
The latest message from
the Mourabitounes group
accused France of killing
peaceful children, women
and old men during its
operations in northern
Mali.
The mujahedeen will
not rest with arms crossed
facing this situation, even
if, today, the voice of injus-
tice prevails, the Nouak-
chott Information Agency
website quoted the message
as saying.
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From the News Editor
Welcome to Kansas,
six states later
O
ne of the first things to appear on my
desk was a tin of Christmas cookies. Its
filled with all kinds of goodies roasted
almonds, fudge, peanut butter cookies, and
just about everything in between.
That tin had quite the journey getting to my
desk, and it never left my side the whole time.
See, the cookies were all baked at home, in
Latrobe, Pa., a city slightly smaller than Junc-
tion City. Home is where I spent Christmas,
with my family and closest friends.
From Pennsylvania, that cookie tin was
crammed into a suitcase and stuck on an air-
plane from Pennsylvania to Louisiana, with a
stop in Atlanta. There were a few casualties
along the way, but with bumpy plane rides,
thats to be expected.
From Louisiana, the cookie tin then sat shot-
gun in a U-Haul as I traveled through the night
from Louisiana to Junction City, by way of
Texas and Oklahoma. At times, those cookies
were the only thing keeping me awake during
that trip, especially at 5:30 a.m. as I was
attempting to navigate extremely narrow lanes
through Dallas.
But the cookies made it, and thus, so did I.
Kansas marks the 10th state Ive stepped foot
in, not counting states I passed
through.
Being from Pennsylvania, this
cold weather weve had isnt new
to me Ive just had to get used
to it again, having spent the last
few years in sunny Louisiana.
You probably learned quite a
bit about me in Thursdays
paper, when I formally intro-
duced myself. But here are five
more things you probably did
not know about me.
I have an ever-growing collection of Pitts-
burgh Pirates jerseys. I bought my first Pirates
jersey approximately 10 years ago two of
them, actually. Since then, Ive tried to pick up
authentic (preferably game-worn) jerseys
when I have an opportunity. The only caveat ...
I dont go after the big names. The more
obscure the player, the more intriguing for me.
My highlights thus far include a Chance San-
ford black alternate jersey and a Britt Reames
spring training jersey.
My favorite bands include some youve
probably never heard of. Out of my top five all-
time favorites, only one is well known (Jimmy
Eat World), two are somewhat known (Ari
Hest and Ingram Hill), and two are Pittsburgh-
based bands (The Clarks and Donora). The
funny thing is, all five are of a different
genre.
My other passion is historical railroad
research. I grew up a mile away from an aban-
doned railroad tunnel and my interest in that
area quickly expanded. Since then, Ive tried
to acquire as many documents and books as
possible concerning railroads in the south-
western Pennsylvania area. My goal is to write
at least one book on the subject, but I believe
theres plenty of work left to do to accomplish
that. Speaking of which ...
I am also working on a novel. I wont reveal
what its about, because I like to keep that
information close to the vest, but I have been
working on it for more than 10 years. It evolved
out of a movie script, which I will admit was
pretty awful. But I think Im a year or two
away from evolving from the writing phase to
the getting published phase, which may be a
new adventure in itself.
And finally, my favorite movie/television
character is Horatio Caine, of CSI: Miami.
Sure, the one-liners might be cheesy, but I
loved them. If you asked me, CSI: Miami ended
much too abruptly. A close second is Ron Bur-
gundy from the Anchorman movies.
That is me in a nutshell, I guess. Feel free to
stop in and say hello. Id love to meet as many
of you as I can, if nothing else just to say hello.
There are some cookies left, too, if youd like a
few. Theyre really good, I promise.
ALIX KUNKLE is the new news editor at The
Daily Union and he may be contacted at m.
editor@thedailyunion.net.
Trying to get re-elected
J
ust a week from now, 165 Kansans
will be savoring lunches, dinners
and drinks bought by someone
else ... and trying to figure out how to
make themselves irreplaceable to their
legislative constituents, their campaign
contributors and enough voters that
they get to come back in 2015.
The 2014 Kansas legislative session
starts Jan. 13. Theres plenty to do, but
the key this election-year session for
statewide elected officials and mem-
bers of the Kansas House is to get re-
elected. Keep the state operating, of
course, but primarily, get re-elected.
So, dont look for massive changes in
the face of the state or major new ini-
tiatives by the Legislature on behalf of
how do we say this politically cor-
rectly? Kansans who either dont
vote in primary elections or from the
standpoint of legislators vote wrong.
There is really just one issue that
may or may not confront the Legisla-
ture with dramatic effect a decision
by the Kansas Supreme Court on
financing of K-12 public education that
could trigger more than $400 million in
additional spending for schools.
Thats the biggie out there, and law-
makers will likely get the decision early
in the legislative session.
Thats the decision which could
range from a scolding of lawmakers for
cutting taxes instead of making suit-
able provision for finance of public
education to a demand by the court
that lawmakers actually appropriate
the money to better provide for the cost
of public education.
It comes down to that.
And the Legislatures reaction is
likely to range from just grumbling
about separation of powers and pony-
ing up the money the court demands
(dont bet on that) or rejecting the deci-
sion and turning the education of chil-
dren into an us vs. those folks in black
robes.
Besides education funding, things
get ... well ... scattered.
Theres just how much information
you have to provide to vote to where
else people can carry concealed weap-
ons to those electric cigarettes and
where they can be smoked.
And, of course, talk about examin-
ing, but probably not doing anything
memorable about, tax rates for busi-
nesses and individuals because law-
makers typically are not interested in
election year tax changes that dont
show up on your paycheck before you
vote.
Booze in grocery stores? That might
heat up, and there are always the puppy
mill regulations and abortion prohibi-
tion expansion measures that are good
for quotes in newspaper stories.
But earthshaking? Nope. Look for
this to be a relatively low-key session
if the Supreme Court doesnt shake
things up.
Look at it as the legislative equiva-
lent of comfort food ... and just wish
you were a legislator, that unique breed
of Kansans who never have to double-
check to make sure they have lunch
money
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OPINION
Common Core
M
y TV producers asked our
Facebook audience to vote for
a topic theyd most like to hear
discussed on my year-end show. The
overwhelming winner, for some rea-
son: the education standards program
Common Core.
Most Americans dont even know
what that is. But they should. Its the
governments plan to try to bring the
same standard to every government-
run school.
This may sound good. Often, states
dumb down tests to try to leave no
child behind. How can government
evaluate teachers and reward success-
ful schools if there isnt a single nation-
al standard?
But when the federal government
imposes a single teaching plan on 15,000
school districts across the country,
thats even more central planning, and
central planning rarely works. It brings
stagnation.
Education is a discovery process like
any other human endeavor. We might
be wrong about both how to teach and
what to teach, but we wont realize it
unless we can experiment compare
and contrast the results of different
approaches. Having one plan makes
it harder to experiment and figure out
what works.
Some people are terrified to hear
education and experiment in the
same sentence. Why take a risk with
something as important as my childs
education? Pick the best education
methods and teach everyone that way!
But we dont know what the best way
to educate kids is.
As American education has become
more centralized, the rest of our lives
have become increasingly diverse and
tailored to individual needs. Every
minute, thousands of entrepreneurs
struggle to improve their products.
Quality increases, and costs often
drop.
But centrally planned K-12 education
doesnt improve. Per-student spending
has tripled (governments now routine-
ly spend $300,000 per classroom!), but
test results are stagnant.
Everyone who has children knows
that theyre all different, right? They
learn differently, observed Sabrina
Schaeffer of the Independent Womens
Forum on my show. In the workplace,
were allowing people flexibility to tele-
commute, to have shared jobs. In enter-
tainment, people buy and watch what
they want, when they want. Having
one inflexible model for education is
so old-fashioned.
No Child Left Behind programs were
an understandable reaction to atro-
cious literacy and graduation rates
but since school funding was pegged to
students performance on federally
approved tests, classroom instruction
became largely about drilling for those
tests and getting the right answers,
even if kids did little to develop broader
reasoning skills. So along comes Com-
mon Core to attempt to fix the problem
and create new ones.
Common Core de-emphasizes cor-
rect answers by awarding kids points
for reasoning, even when they dont
quite get there.
A video went viral online that showed
a worried mom, Karen Lamoreaux a
member of the group Arkansas Against
Common Core complaining to the
Arkansas Board of Education about
complicatedly worded math problems
meant for fourth-graders. She read to
the Board this question: Mr. Yamatos
class has 18 students. If the class counts
around by a number and ends with 90,
what number did they count by?
Huh?
But I could be wrong. Maybe this is a
clever new way to teach math, and
maybe Lamoreaux worries too much.
Unfortunately, though, if Lamoreaux
is right, and the federal government is
wrong, government still gets to decree
its universal solution to this problem.
Promoters of Common Core say,
Dont worry, Common Core is volun-
tary. This is technically true, but
states that reject it lose big federal
money. Thats Big Governments ver-
sion of voluntary.
Common Core, like public school,
public housing, the U.S. Postal Service,
the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration, etc., are all one-size-fits-all gov-
ernment monopolies. For consumers,
this is not a good thing.
With the future riding on young peo-
ple consuming better forms of educa-
tion, Id rather leave parents and chil-
dren (and educators) multiple choices.
Despite Common Core, Schaeffer
pointed out that this year did bring
some victories for educational free-
dom. We saw new education tax credit
programs and expansion of tax credit
programs in numerous states Ala-
bama, Indiana, Iowa and others. Edu-
cation Savings Accounts expanded in
other states; voucher programs expand-
ed.
This is good news. Vouchers, Educa-
tion Savings Accounts and tax credits
create competition and choice.
JOHN STOSSEL is host of Stossel on
the Fox Business Network.
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POLICE & RECORDS
Junction City
Fire Department
The Junction City Fire Depart-
ment made 21 transports and
responded to 30 calls in the 72-hour
period ending 8 a.m. Monday.
Junction City
Police Department
The Junction City Police Depart-
ment made nine arrests and
responded to 194 calls in the
72-hour period ending 6 a.m. Mon-
day.
Friday
1:55 p.m. Damage to prop-
erty, 1309 Highland Drive
3:23 p.m. Theft, 1802 N.
Washington St.
3:44 p.m. Accident, Wash-
ington St. and Madison St.
4:31 p.m. Theft, 1033 S.
Washington St.
4:34 p.m. Domestic, 1800
block of Caroline Ave.
4:43 p.m. Disturbance, 223
E. 15th St.
6:26 p.m. Theft, 521 E. Chest-
nut St.
11:27 p.m. Assault, 210 E.
Ninth St.
Saturday
2 a.m. Shots fired, 1515 W.
Ash St.
2 a.m. Shots fired, Valley
View Drive
4:32 a.m. Shots fired, 300
block of Grant Ave.
erty, 316 W. Walnut St.
12:29 p.m. Accident, 521 E.
Chestnut St.
erty, 505 Sheridan Drive
erty, 425 W. Second St.
9:23 p.m. Accident, US-77
and I-70
Sunday
6:05 a.m. Domestic, 200
block of S. Jefferson St.
9:56 a.m. Accident, 1810
Caroline Ave.
11:23 a.m. Accident, US-77
and Ash St.
11:52 a.m. Accident, 419 W.
14th St.
erty, 1001 E. Sixth St.
erty, 410 W. Chestnut St.
11:09 p.m. Domestic, 100
block of E. Elm St.
11:45 p.m. Battery, 607 W.
Spruce St.
Grandview Plaza
Police Department
The Grandview Plaza Police
Department made one arrest and
period ending 12 a.m. Monday.
Geary County
Sheriffs Department
The Geary County Sheriff s
Department made no arrests and
period ending 7 a.m. Monday. A
report for Friday wasnt received.
Saturday
10:03 p.m. Accident, US-77
and Old Highway 77
Geary County
Detention Center
The Geary County Detention
Center booked the following indi-
viduals during the 24-hour period
ending 7 a.m. Monday. Reports for
Friday and Saturday were not
received.
Sunday
6 a.m. Dakota Wagenblast,
probation violation (recommit)
11:25 p.m. Kimberlyn
Chaney, driving while suspended,
driving without headlights
News from around Kansas
NEWS TO KNOW
Ranchers brave
deep freeze to care
for cattle
WICHITA Kansas cat-
tle rancher Debbie Lyons-
Blythe actually rejoiced
Monday when school was
cancelled for her twin
teenage sons, because it
meant she would have
extra help on the family
farm in the Flint Hills
amid the frigid tempera-
tures.
The kids are pretty
excited about it too, but it
means they are not sitting
by the TV playing video
games, she said. They
are outside working with
us.
High school seniors
Tyler and Eric Blythe,
both 18, were helping
water and feed cattle and
rolling out straw so the
animals would have a
warm place to lay down.
They got help from a
19-year-old brother, Trent
Blythe, who was home
from college.
Temperatures at the
farm dipped to minus 9
degrees overnight, cold
enough to freeze even
some of the electric water-
ing troughs. As long as
cattle have fresh water to
drink they can survive,
even if it is icy cold water,
Lyons-Blythe said. Cattle
have a thick hide and hair
that helps protect them
from the cold, particularly
when there is not much
snow on the ground to get
them wet.
When the farm pond
freezes over, the family
chops the ice to make sure
there is a hole where their
cattle can drink. To thaw
out the water in their fro-
zen electric troughs, the
teens made lots of trips
back and forth from the
house to the pens carrying
5-gallon buckets of hot
water.
It makes the kids
understand the responsi-
bilities on the farm,
Lyons-Blythe said, adding
that her children have
bundled up and come in
from time to time to warm
up and make sure nobody
gets frostbite.
They still have that sat-
isfaction at the end of the
day that weve got some-
where around 500 head of
animals here and they
took care of everything
that was needed, Lyons-
Blythe said.
She said she put on three
layers of clothing to try to
keep warm, bulky enough
that it made it difficult
maneuvering into and out
of a tractor. But the extra
help from her children
allowed her to come in
from the cold earlier so
she could fix a big pot of
beef enchilada soup for
lunch and start on the
chicken and dumplings the
family would have for din-
ner.
The coldest places in
Kansas on Sunday night
into early Monday morn-
ing were in Garden City
and Cottonwood Falls
where the temperatures
dipped to a minus 12
degrees, said Vanessa
Pearce, a meteorologist
with the National Weather
Service. Temperatures
varied widely, with south-
east Kansas and northeast
Kansas seeing low temper-
atures hovering around
minus 11 degrees. It was
minus 5 degrees in Wichita
at 6:25 a.m. Monday.
In north-central Kansas,
Jon Ferguson ventured
outside Monday to check
on the calves he is raising
at his ranch in Kensington
near the Kansas-Nebraska
border. Temperatures
overnight had fallen to
minus 10 degrees. He made
sure he had on insulated
boots and his usual heavy
coat, but he wasnt plan-
ning on doing a whole lot
of outside chores. What
little snow there was had
melted away, so the calves
were dry and weathering
the cold well.
Most of us in the cattle
business, as least in this
part of the world I live in,
understand you have to
deal with these kinds of
temperatures, Ferguson
said.
While having little snow
on the ground is good for
cattle when temperatures
dive, it leaves winter wheat
without an insulating
cover and can lead to crop
loss.
But Ferguson was not
giving much thought to his
winter wheat right now,
and he wont know until
spring the extent of the
freeze damage. He hoped
his wheat was not dam-
aged, but took comfort in
the fact he could still get
some income from it
thanks to crop insurance.
Wheat has nine lives.
There is absolutely no
point in worrying, you
cant do anything about
it, Ferguson said. It is
not one of those things I
am going to sit and worry
about.
Chilly temperatures
closed schools across
northeast and north-cen-
tral Kansas, including in
the Kansas City area,
Topeka, Lawrence, Man-
hattan and Salina. Schools
were open in Wichita.
In Topeka, the Rescue
Mission had four people
out searching for home-
less people. Its director,
the Rev. Barry Feaker, said
the team goes out regular-
ly to help the homeless,
connecting them with ser-
vices and helping them
find shelter, but the arctic
weather is making the job
more urgent.
He said the team began
making the rounds of
homeless camps last week
to warn their residents
that the severe cold was
coming,
Some will just hunker
down and stay there,
Feaker said.
He said the team will
ensure that people who
insist on staying on the
street have warm, dry
clothing or tents.
He said the mission was
housing more than 300
people.
Stephen Kmetz, the
executive director of the
Salina Rescue Mission,
said the shelter added
three or four people over
the weekend as its popula-
tion climbed slightly to 82
people.
They know to come to
us, Kmetz said.
Officials confirm
cause of illness
outbreak
GARDEN CITY State
health officials have con-
firmed the cause of an ill-
ness that struck patrons of
a southwest Kansas restau-
rant last month.
The Kansas Department
of Health and Environ-
ment said Monday the gas-
trointestinal upset among
people who ate food from a
Jimmy Johns Gourmet
Sandwiches in Garden City
was caused by norovirus.
County and state agen-
cies began investigating the
outbreak Dec. 18.
KDHE says it found that
209 people came down with
norovirus symptoms such
as vomiting and diarrhea
within three days of eating
the restaurants food
between Dec. 10 and Christ-
mas Eve.
The Jimmy Johns closed
for three days in late Decem-
ber for a special cleaning
and disinfection. State offi-
cials say no new cases of
the illness have been report-
ed since the restaurant
reopened on Dec. 27.
Wichita police
frustrated over four
unsolved killings
WICHITA Though
Wichitas 16 homicides in
2013 were among the lowest
recorded in a decade, police
officials are frustrated by
the four that remain
unsolved, saying witnesses
arent coming forward to
help bring the killers to jus-
tice.
Two of the unsolved
homicides were gang-relat-
ed, said police spokesman
Lt. Todd Ojile, while the
other two involved gang
members. Solving those
cases remains stubbornly
elusive, he told The Wichita
Eagle.
We know someone out
there holds the key to solv-
ing these cases, Ojile said.
Either we havent found
them, or they havent given
us the information we need
on them.
James Gary Jr., 27, was
shot to death early on the
morning of July 14 during a
fight outside a warehouse,
while Kolby Hopkins, 25,
was killed when someone
opened fire in a parking lot
in the citys Old Town dis-
trict early on the morning
of Sept. 22.
In both of those cases,
the victims were shot in the
midst of large crowds, Ojile
said.
We do believe there are
people out there who saw
what happened, he said.
The other two victims
were Lemmie Alford, 25,
who was shot in the street
July 24, and Damon Wil-
liams, 47, who was shot in a
parking lot Oct. 29 and later
crashed his car.
In addition to bringing
the killers to justice, Ojile
said, finding the gunmen
would help families of the
victims.
Its almost impossible to
start the healing process
until you know whos
responsible for it, said
Aaron A.J. Bohannon,
who was with Hopkins
when he was shot to death.
Its disheartening, really,
to lose somebody that close
to you and for somebody
not to be held responsible
for that.
Even though all four
unsolved homicides have
connections to gangs, Ojile
said, he doesnt blame the
gang culture for the lack of
information needed to solve
the cases. Instead, its a
reflection of society in gen-
eral, he said.
I think sometimes peo-
ple are scared to get
involved, he said. They
dont know what it entails,
and theyre scared to get
involved.
Associated Press
Cattle feed out of the wind in a pasture Monday near Lecompton.
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Dear Annie: When I was a
freshman in high school, I
became friends with Agnes,
who was (like me) something
of a social outcast.
Agnes still considers me to
be her best friend.
That was 10 years ago.
We have both grown up to
be very different people.
I am repelled by Agnes life-
style of promiscuity and high-
risk behaviors.
Although she is free with
praise and is loyal in an odd
sort of way, she is incredibly
narcissistic and often conde-
scending.
Add to that a volatile and
sometimes violent temper, and
she is a person I no longer
want in my life.
Still, we have a history.
When she says I am the
only one who has stuck with
her, I feel a responsibility to
maintain the friendship.
I am also fond of her 5-year-
old son.
I dont want to be dishonest
by pretending that her deci-
sions, her manner and her
lifestyle dont bother me.
It seems dishonorable. But
if I tell her any of this, I know
it will lead to a nasty confron-
tation.
The truth about my feelings
would crush her.
She considers friendship
and loyalty to be sacred and
would take my disapproval as
a betrayal of her trust.
Should I tell her the truth
for my sake or continue the
deception for hers? Con-
flicted
Dear Conflicted: It depends
on what you want.
If your goal is not to see
Agnes anymore, go ahead and
let loose.
People outgrow friendships
all the time.
You dont have to maintain
this one, although it means
you would not be around to
show her son what a stable
person looks like.
You also could slowly make
yourself less available to
Agnes so there is no confron-
tation at all while the relation-
ship withers.
But a true friend would tell
Agnes gently and kindly that
you are worried about her.
In turn, Agnes, while not
pleased, would accept your
concern and not cut you out of
her sons life.
Dear Annie: My husband
and I have been married for
two years, and we have been
together for 16.
This is my third marriage
and his second.
He is 61, and I am 58.
I work out of the home, and
he is now semi-retired.
I would appreciate some
help with cooking or cleaning,
but he always says I wouldnt
be happy with the way he does
it.
Ive told him this is a cop-
out
I honestly do not care how
well he does, only that there is
effort and validation of my
feelings.
Im exasperated.
We get along great other-
wise, but he is such a horses
butt about this.
Just yesterday, he made
himself a sandwich for dinner
and never even asked whether
I wanted anything.
He doesnt pressure me to
cook.
I do it because I know he
likes to have dinner and I enjoy
cooking.
But I would certainly never
eat in front of him and not
offer something.
Am I being overly sensi-
tive?
Is it too much to ask for help
with cleaning and cooking or
to have my feelings taken seri-
ously? Hurt and Exasper-
ated
Dear Hurt: We think your
husband is a little lazy and has
been trained to be waited on.
He needs to step up and be
more of a full partner.
Separate the household
chores and assign specific
tasks for each of you.
If you enjoy cooking, you
could do more of that, and he
could do more cleaning.
Ask what hed prefer.
If he doesnt follow through,
do NOT pick up after him.
Or, if you can afford it, hire
someone.
Dear Annie: Ms. Bit said
she was having trouble reach-
ing certain body parts to clean
them.
I suggest she upgrade her
toilet to a bidet toilet that pro-
vides a warm water bath and a
drying fan for the parts in
question.
My elderly parents had one
installed years ago, and it
served them well. A Fan of
Being Clean
ANNIES MAILBOX is written
by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy
Sugar, longtime editors of
the Ann Landers column.
Please email your questions
to anniesmailbox@comcast.
net, or write to: Annies
Mailbox, c/o Creators
Syndicate, 737 3rd Street,
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
Garfield
Peanuts
Beetle Bailey
Blondie
Baby Blues
Wizard of Id
Hi and Lois
Dennis the Menace Marmaduke
Zits
ARIES (March 21 April 19). If you
see it every day, its not strange -- and if its
not strange, then it cant be beautiful.
This is why updating your style or chang-
ing the way you relate to people will be
worth the effort and expense.
TAURUS (April 20 May 20). A messy
room and an organized mind seldom go
together, though the untidy person in
your life will claim they do. Use negative
examples as inspiration to get your own
room/act/head together.
GEMINI (May 21 June 21). If you
accused someone close to you of being
out of touch with what you need, you
would be right. But what good would that
do? Instead, dont make anyone guess.
Say what you need.
CANCER (June 22 July 22). There
are the people who say, What can I do to
help? and there are the people who just
get in there and help. The problem is
pretty obvious now, so join the latter cat-
egory.
LEO (July 23 Aug. 22). When the
conversation gets awkward or boring,
you will be aware enough to change the
subject. You dont think of this as a talent,
but you should. Your astute socializing will
save the day.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 Sept. 22). Of all the
things you compare, comparing yourself
to another person is the most unfair. You
know all of your flaws and shortcomings;
whereas, they are doing their best to
mask theirs. Focus exclusively on being
your best you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 Oct. 23). Go down
the list of your many blessings, and
remind yourself that your life right now is
pretty great. If you dont appreciate your
assets, its impossible to present them in
such a way that others will.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 Nov. 21). Youll be
meeting new people. The tone you set
will be a starting place. If you start out too
seriously, people will be frightened of
whats next. Thats why its best to keep
things light while making a first impres-
sion.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 Dec. 21). To
manage the full range of your emotions,
you must first embrace the full range of
your emotions. Losing your temper
doesnt always mean you lose the situa-
tion. Some effectively use temper out-
bursts as a tactic.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19).
Change occurs because you focus all of
your energy on building a new way of
doing things. You dont have to waste
time tearing the old way down. It will
crumble on its own.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 Feb. 18). If it is
at all possible to lower your defenses
while raising your standards, youll do it.
You have excellent taste, and whats even
better is that you dont feel like you have
to constantly prove that to people.
PISCES (Feb. 19 March 20). If you
do it first, youre the leader. Those who
merely instruct others to do it first may
have the title of leader, but the one who
will be respected and followed is the one
who did it first.
Horoscope
Agnes is no longer
a best friend
Annies mailbox
Kathy Mitchell
Marcy Sugar
7A/Comics
Youll see some differenc-
es on the outside, Walker
said. We dont like to build
all of our schools alike, so
well have some unique differ-
ences to that facility.
Other plans include LEED
(Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) certi-
fication. Created by the U.S.
Green Building Council, the
program is intended to help
increase environmental
responsibility and use
resources efficiently.
SCHOOL
Continued from Page 1A
classes Monday.
USD 475 announced
Monday evening that
classes would resume
Tuesday.
Three water main
breaks were reported in
Junction City Monday
morning, all attributed to
the cold weather.
Two breaks one at the
intersection of Oak and
South Jackson streets, and
one near Hale Drive and
West 17th Street were
repaired by 9:30 a.m. Mon-
day, according to city offi-
cials.
A third, at the intersec-
tion of West Sixth and
North Garfield streets, left
customers in the 900 and
1000 blocks of West Sixth
Street to be without water
for much of the morning.
NWS forecasts expect
temperatures to reach the
mid-30s throughout the
remainder of the week,
with highs to approach 50
degrees by Monday.
WEATHER
Continued from Page 1A
FROM PAGE ONE/NEWS
BY CHASE JORDAN
The Geary County Sher-
iffs Department recently
implemented security
changes at the courthouse.
During a recent depart-
ment head meeting, Geary
County Sheriff Tony Wolf
said everything is running
smoothly.
We got that up and
going, Wolf said.
Securing the historic
courthouse and Kansas
House Bill 2052 has been an
ongoing topic since the
early months of 2013.
It allows conceal-and-
carry permit holders to
carry guns into public
buildings, such as the court-
house and other offices, if
there are no metal detec-
tors or security guards at
entrances.
Wolf believes the court-
house should be secured
because of the emotional
decisions taking place
inside.
Now, the only entrance to
the courthouse is the west-
ern portion of the building,
on ground level.
Security includes the
installation of metal detec-
tor devices and deputies to
monitor the entryway.
About five deputies will
be assigned to handle secu-
rity Monday through Fri-
day, or anytime court is in
session.
With a bigger docket and
more people coming to the
courthouse in upcoming
days, Wolf expects their
skills to be put to
work more.
Everybody knows it a
work in progress, Wolf
said. Were going have to
keep plugging away it.
Officials also plan to
secure the Geary County
office building as well with
different entrances for the
public and employees and
the installation of security
cameras.
Wolf recently sent docu-
mentation requesting a
four-year extension with
the assistance of other
county officials.
Fire calls down in 2013
The Geary County Rural
Fire Department received a
total of 141 calls in 2013.
That amount is 69 less than
2012.
Fire Chief Garry Berges
presented a report to Geary
County Commissioners
during a Monday session.
Officials believe the
decrease is weather relat-
ed.
We were in a drought
last year, Bennett said.
We had a little more mois-
ture this year so we didnt
have near the grass fires we
had a year ago.
The total amount of grass
and brush fires dropped
significantly to 40 incidents.
The total in 2012 was 85.
Medical assists toppped
the list with 55.
According to the depart-
ment, the average response
time was 7 minutes, 33 sec-
onds, and the total amount
loss was more than $292
million.
Safety measures continue to improve at courthouse
By The Associated Press
BAGHDAD Iraqs prime min-
ister urged Fallujah residents on
Monday to expel al-Qaida militants
to avoid an all-out battle in the
besieged city, a sign that the gov-
ernment could be paving the way
for an imminent military push in
an attempt to rout hard-line Sunni
insurgents challenging its territo-
rial control over the western
approaches to Baghdad.
The militants seizure of Fallu-
jah and parts of nearby Ramadi,
once bloody battlegrounds for U.S.
troops, has marked the most direct
challenge to Prime Minister Nouri
al-Malikis government since the
departure of American forces two
years ago.
Both the U.S. and its longtime
rival Iran view the escalating con-
flict with alarm, with neither want-
ing to see al-Qaida take firmer root
inside Iraq. Washington has ruled
out sending in American troops but
recently delivered dozens of Hell-
fire missiles to help bolster Iraqi
forces.
Tehran signaled Monday that it
is willing to follow suit, saying it is
ready to help Iraq battle al-Qaida
terrorists by sending military
equipment and advisers should
Baghdad ask for it. It is unclear
whether Baghdad would take up
the Iranian offer, made by Gen.
Mohammad Hejazi, the Iranian
Army deputy chief-of-staff, in com-
ments to Iranian state media. He
ruled out the sending of ground
troops across the border.
Any direct Iranian help would
exacerbate sectarian tensions fuel-
ing Iraqs conflict, as Iraqi Sunnis
accuse Tehran of backing what
they say are their Shiite-led govern-
ments unfair policies against them.
Iran has the power to sway al-Mali-
kis political fortunes ahead of
upcoming elections through its
deep ties to Iraqs major Shiite fac-
tions, which have dominated gov-
ernment offices and security forces
since the U.S.-led invasion toppled
Irans arch-foe Saddam Hussein in
2003.
Iraqi government troops have
surrounded Fallujah, which was
overrun by fighters from al-Qaidas
Iraq branch last week.
The city is just 40 miles west of
the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
It is located in the vast Sunni-
dominated and largely desert prov-
ince of Anbar, which borders Syria,
where al-Qaida-linked groups are
among the most formidable fight-
ers among the rebels trying to top-
ple President Bashar Assad.
Al-Maliki did not say how he
expects Fallujah residents and pro-
government tribesmen to push out
the militants. In his message, broad-
cast over state TV, he also urged
Iraqi troops to avoid targeting resi-
dential areas. Dozens of families
have begun fleeing Fallujah to
nearby towns, crammed in cars
loaded with their belongings.
Ahmed Ali, an Iraq researcher at
the Washington-based Institute for
the Study of War, cautioned that a
military assault on Fallujah would
likely lead to civilian casualties and
possibly invoke other violent trib-
al responses. It could also give al-
Qaida a chance to launch attacks in
other parts of the country given the
concentration of forces in Anbar.
It is important to recognize that
(al-Qaida) cannot be decisively
defeated in Anbar. The (Iraqi mili-
tary) presence in Anbar is therefore
likely to be long-term, which
increases the opportunities for (al-
Qaida) to exert control elsewhere in
Iraq, he wrote.
The Iraqi al-Qaida group, known
as the Islamic State in Iraq and the
Levant, also took control of most
parts of the Anbar provincial capi-
tal of Ramadi last week.
Iraqi troops have been trying to
dislodge the militants from the two
cities. On Sunday, fighting pitting
the militant extremists against gov-
ernment forces and allied tribes-
men in Anbar killed dozens of peo-
ple, including 22 soldiers, 10 civil-
ians and an unknown number of
militants.
U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry said Sunday that Washing-
ton was very, very concerned by
the recent fighting but would not
send in American troops.
Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon
spokesman, said Monday that the
U.S. is expediting the delivery of 10
Scan Eagle drones and 100 Hellfire
missiles, and expects they will get
to Iraq in the spring. He said the
U.S. is not participating in any mis-
sion planning.
Vice President Joe Biden called
Iraqs prime minister and parlia-
mentary speaker Monday to dis-
cuss the escalating sectarian vio-
lence and its ties to al-Qaida. The
White House said Biden told al-
Maliki that the U.S. stands with
Iraq against the local al-Qaida
branch that has overrun Fallujah.
The White House said al-Maliki
affirmed it was important to work
with Sunni groups to isolate extrem-
ists.
Biden also spoke with Parliament
Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a Sunni
leader. The White House said the
two discussed ways to sustain coop-
eration between Sunni communi-
ties and the Shiite-led government,
and that Al-Nujaifi said hes com-
mitted to fighting terrorism.
Fallujah residents said clashes
continued into Monday along the
main highway that links Baghdad
with neighboring Syria and Jor-
dan.
Al-Qaida fighters and their sup-
porters maintained control of the
city center, spreading out over the
streets and surrounding govern-
ment buildings. Al-Qaida black
flags have been seen on govern-
ment and police vehicles captured
by the militants during the clashes.
Iraq calls on Fallujah residents to expel al-Qaida
Associated Press
Basra riot police unit convoy returns to its headquarters from the clashes between Iraqi army and al-Qaeda fighters Sunday in Anbar province, in Basra.
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SPORTS
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Local Sports
Tip-off times
changed for JCHS
games at
Highland Park
The tip-off times for Junction
City High Schools girls and boys
basketball games on Friday have
been changed due to a dedica-
tion ceremony where Highland
Park will dedicate its main court
gym in honor of retiring coach
Ken Darting.
The boys game will start
after the ceremony at 7 p.m.
and the girls game will follow,
with an estimated start time of
8:30 p.m.
NCAA Basketball
K-States Foster
named Big 12 rookie
of the week
Kansas State freshman guard
Marcus Foster was named Phil-
lips 66 Big 12 rookie of the week
on Monday after averaging 16
points per game against George
Washington and No. 6 Oklaho-
ma State last week.
Foster became the first
K-State true freshman to win
the award since teammate
Thomas Gipson earned the
honor on Dec. 12, 2012.
Foster is one of just two Wild-
cats to start every game this
season. The native of Wichita
Falls, Texas is the teams leading
scorer, averaging 14 points per
game.
MLB
Free agent OF Jeff
Francoeur agrees
with Indians
Veteran outfielder Jeff Fran-
coeur has agreed to a minor-
league contract with the Indi-
ans.
Francoeur, who turns 30 on
Wednesday, will report to spring
training camp in Arizona, where
hell try to win a job on Cleve-
lands 25-man roster. A .263
career hitter, Francoeur nearly
signed with the Indians four
years ago.
He played with Kansas City
and San Francisco last season,
batting a combined .204 with
three homers and 17 RBIs in 81
games. Francoeur has driven in
at least 75 runs four times, and
he won a Gold Glove with Atlan-
ta in 2007.
Francoeur has 140 career
homers and 618 RBIs in 1,227
games for the Braves, Mets,
Rangers, Royals and Giants. He
was drafted in the first round in
2002 by Atlanta.
NCAA Football
Baylor RB
Seastrunk entering
NFL draft early
Big 12 rushing champ Lache
Seastrunk is bypassing his senior
season at Baylor to enter the
NFL draft.
Seatrunk said in a statement
Monday that hes fully prepared
to take the next step toward
realizing his goal of playing in
the NFL.
Coach Art Briles says he
appreciates the dedication and
energy that Seastrunk brought
to the team.
The Oregon transfer played
two seasons at Baylor, and was
the first player in school history
with two 1,000-yard rushing
seasons. He ran for 1,177 yards
and 11 touchdowns in 11 games
this season, missing nearly three
full games because of a groin
injury.
The Big 12 champion Bears
return Shock Linwood, who ran
for 881 yards and eight TDs as a
freshman this season.

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Orlin Wagner The Associated Press
Kansas State guard Jevon Thomas races Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart for the ball in Manhattan on Saturday.
Hustling to the top
Kansas State upsets then No. 6 Oklahoma State 74-71,
takes nine-game win streak on road to TCU tonight
BY ETHAN PADWAY
MANHATTAN A boisterous
cheer rang through Bramlage Coli-
seum and the student section threw
its torn newspaper shreds up in the
air like confetti moments after the
last-second three by Oklahoma
States Marcus Smart ricocheted
off the rim.
Spurred by a late 8-0 run, the
Kansas State basketball team (11-3,
1-0) upset then No. 6 Oklahoma
State (12-2, 0-1) 74-71 Saturday.
We called it a bar fight in the
locker room, Kansas States Nino
Williams said after the game. We
felt it was one of the toughest games
weve played so far. And for us to be
young and come out and get a huge
win against the No. 6 team in the
nation, that feels real good because
now we have extreme confidence in
ourselves.
For most of the game, the Wild-
cats managed to hang around but
whenever they came close or took
the lead, Oklahoma State came
right back.
The Cowboys didnt let the home
team sleep for a single moment.
Kansas State freshman Jevon
Thomas put in a two with less than
eight seconds remaining, and it
seemed like the Wildcats would take
a slim lead into the locker room.
But Oklahoma States Markel
Brown had a different idea. He
raced down the length of the court
and laid the ball in under pressure
to give Oklahoma State a 38-37 lead
entering the break.
Seminoles rally to beat Auburn for BCS title
KU jaded as they begin Big 12 play
BY DAVE SKRETTA
Associated Press
LAWRENCE The
admission that came from
Kansas coach Bill Self was
brutal in its honesty, which
everyone should have
expected. Self rarely sugar-
coats any of his teams
shortcomings.
It came Sunday, just a
few minutes after San Diego
State had ended the Jay-
hawks 68-game non-con-
ference winning streak in
Allen Fieldhouse, after Self
was asked whether his
team was as far along as he
expected with Big 12 play
starting up this week.
Candidly? No, were not
as good as I thought wed
be, and our players know
that, Self said. I still think
well be good, its just tak-
ing longer than I thought.
Time is running out, too.
The No. 18 Jayhawks
(9-4) begin pursuit of their
10th consecutive Big 12 title
with a trip to Oklahoma on
Wednesday night. Its the
first stop in a five-game
meat-grinder against teams
that are a combined 60-8, a
stretch that could decide
early on whether Kansas is
a contender.
After playing Oklahoma,
the Jayhawks face No. 25
Kansas State, ninth-ranked
Iowa State, No. 11 Oklaho-
ma State and seventh-
ranked Baylor all at
home but the Sooners and
the Cyclones.
That just about makes
the Jayhawks non-confer-
Dream
season
ends in
nightmare
fashion
BY DAVE SKRETTA
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. In
many ways, it was a dream,
going from 2-14 and the first
overall pick in the NFL draft to
11-5 and a spot in the playoffs.
Yet it ended in just about the
most nightmarish way possible,
a second-half collapse and
another round of postseason
heartache.
No wonder the Kansas City
Chiefs had such a hard time
summarizing their season in
the minutes and hours after a
gut-wrenching 45-44 loss at
Indianapolis on Saturday.
You know, I certainly think
you use this as drive, Chiefs
quarterback Alex Smith said
Sunday between wrap-up meet-
ings. I think its good to be
playing in these types of games.
I think these types of games are
contagious. You go back to play-
ing in just regular-season
games, you want that itch. You
have that urge to try to get to
these types of games.
I certainly think that foun-
dation has been laid for next
year.
The Chiefs have lost a record
eight straight postseason
games, their last victory com-
ing after the 1993 season. Most
of the current members of the
team were in grade school,
some of them still in diapers,
the last time Kansas City tasted
any success in games that truly
matter.
It appeared for most of three
quarters Saturday that things
would be different. Kansas City
had raced to a 31-10 halftime
lead, and then took advantage
of an interception early in the
third quarter to tack on a touch-
down that several Chiefs would
say later should have sealed the
game.
The problem was that they
started playing as if the game
was in hand, while Andrew
Luck and the playoff-tested
BY RALPH D. RUSSO
Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. Jameis Winston
and Florida State faced down adversity
for the first time this season, and showed
they could take a punch if thats what it
took to win a national championship.
The Heisman Trophy winner threw a
2-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benja-
min with 13 seconds left and No. 1 Flori-
da State beat No. 2 Auburn 34-31 to win
the BCS championship game on Monday
night.
Theres a lot of heart and guts down
in Tallahassee, too, coach Jimbo Fisher
said.
The Bowl Championship Series went
out with a bang, with one of the best
championship games in its 16-year his-
tory. And the Southeastern Conferences
seven-year winning streak in college
footballs biggest game was snapped.
Winston struggled much of the night
but was near perfect when the Semi-
noles (14-0) needed it most, going 6 for 7
for 77 yards on the game-winning 80
yard drive. A pass interference penalty
on Auburns Chris Davis gave Florida
State a first-and-goal at the 2 and on the
next play Winston hit his big receiver,
Benjamin, for the touchdown in traffic.
There was no miracle finish this time
for the turnaround Tigers. They tossed
the ball around on one final play, but it
ended with Florida State jumping on a
fumble, and the Seminoles sprinting
onto the field under a storm of garnet
and gold confetti.
Tre Mason had given Auburn (12-2) a
31-27 lead with a 37-yard touchdown run
with 1:19 left after Kermit Whitfield had
put Florida State in the lead for the first
time since the first quarter with a 100-
yard kickoff return to make it 27-24 with
Darron Cummings The Associated Press
Kansas City Chiefs running back
Jamaal Charles walks on the side-
line after being injured against the
Indianapolis Colts Saturday.
Charlie Riedel The Associated Press
San Diego States Josh Davis gets past Kansas Joel Embiid to
dunk the ball Sunday in Lawrence.
Please see K-State, 6B
Please see Chiefs, 6B
Please see Jayhawks, 6B
Chris Carlson The Associated Press
Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher kisses The Coaches Trophy after
the BCS National Championship game against Auburn Monday in
Pasadena, Calif.
Please see BCS, 3B
1B/Sports
2B The Daily Union. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014
SCOREBOARD
TV Sportswach
Today
MENS COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
6 p.m.
ESPN Tennessee at LSU
ESPN2 Baylor at Iowa St.
8 p.m.
ESPN Ohio St. at Michigan St.
FS1 Creighton at DePaul
NBA
7 p.m.
WGN Phoenix at Chicago
NHL
6:30 p.m.
NBCSN Philadelphia at New Jersey
Wednesday
MENS COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
6 p.m.
ESPN2 Kansas at Oklahoma
FS1 Georgetown at Providence
8 p.m.
ESPN2 Miami at North Carolina
NBA
6 p.m.
ESPN Dallas at San Antonio
8:30 p.m.
ESPN Phoenix at Minnesota
NHL
7 p.m.
NBCSN N.Y. Rangers at Chicago
College Basketball Polls
AP Top 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Arizona (60) 15-0 1,620 1
2. Syracuse (5) 14-0 1,550 2
3. Ohio St. 15-0 1,470 3
4. Wisconsin 15-0 1,427 4
5. Michigan St. 13-1 1,378 5
6. Wichita St. 15-0 1,203 8
7. Baylor 12-1 1,169 9
8. Villanova 13-1 1,141 11
9. Iowa St. 13-0 1,076 13
10. Florida 11-2 1,052 12
11. Oklahoma St. 12-2 934 6
12. Louisville 13-2 825 14
13. San Diego St. 12-1 823 21
14. Kentucky 10-3 808 15
15. Colorado 13-2 752 20
16. Duke 11-3 745 7
17. Oregon 13-1 715 10
18. Kansas 9-4 367 16
19. UMass 12-1 364 23
20. Iowa 12-3 261 22
21. Missouri 12-1 247 25
22. Gonzaga 14-2 241 24
23. Illinois 13-2 178
24. Memphis 10-3 126 18
25. Kansas St. 11-3 112
Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 103,
Creighton 82, N. Carolina 79, UCLA 79,
Pittsburgh 44, Harvard 41, UConn 41,
Saint Louis 19, Oklahoma 15, Michigan
11, George Washington 9, SMU 9, Notre
Dame 3, Xavier 3, Toledo 2, Arkansas 1.
USA Today Top 25
Record Pts Pvs
1. Arizona (30) 15-0 798 1
2. Syracuse (1) 14-0 761 2
3. Ohio St. (1) 15-0 741 3
4. Michigan St. 13-1 687 4
4. Wisconsin 15-0 687 5
6. Wichita St. 15-0 632 7
7. Iowa St. 13-0 543 12
8. Louisville 13-2 503 10
9. Baylor 12-1 488 11
10. Villanova 13-1 476 14
11. Florida 11-2 473 13
12. Okla. St. 12-2 446 6
13. Duke 11-3 399 8
13. Oregon 13-1 399 9
15. San Diego St. 12-1 379 19
16. Kentucky 10-3 362 16
17. Colorado 13-2 272 24
18. Gonzaga 14-2 253 21
19. UMass 12-1 225 22
20. Kansas 9-4 151 17
21. Missouri 12-1 113 25
22. Memphis 10-3 108 18
23. Iowa 12-3 90 23
23. Creighton 12-2 90
25. UCLA 12-2 66
Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 65, N.
Carolina 40, UConn 35, Saint Louis 25,
Oklahoma 17, So. Miss. 15, Illinois 14,
Cincinnati 13, George Washington 11,
Kansas St. 5, Michigan 5, Toledo 5, New
Mexico 3, Texas 3, Harvard 2.
Womens Top 25
Record Pts Prv
1. UConn (36) 15-0 900 1
2. Notre Dame 13-0 842 2
3. Duke 14-1 826 3
4. Stanford 13-1 810 4
5. Louisville 15-1 737 7
6. Maryland 13-1 722 8
7. Baylor 12-1 671 9
8. Tennessee 12-2 641 5
9. Kentucky 13-2 602 6
10. S. Carolina 14-1 538 13
11. Iowa St. 13-0 525 14
12. LSU 12-2 505 16
13. N. Carolina 12-3 464 10
14. Penn St. 10-3 411 15
15. Oklahoma St. 12-1 385 11
16. Nebraska 11-2 328 18
17. Colorado 11-2 307 12
18. Florida St. 13-1 281 21
19. California 10-3 186 23
20. NC State 14-1 164
21. Purdue 10-3 145 17
22. Indiana 14-0 140
23. Arizona St. 12-2 103 24
24. San Diego 15-0 91
25. Georgia 12-3 88 19
Others receiving votes: West Virginia 74,
Oklahoma 51, Syracuse 39, Rutgers 32,
Arkansas 29, Iowa 17, Georgia Tech 11,
Gonzaga 10, Middle Tennessee 7, Vander-
bilt 7, Florida 4, UTEP 4, Texas 2, Ohio St.
1.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 16 16 .500
Brooklyn 13 21 .382 4
Boston 13 21 .382 4
Philadelphia 12 22 .353 5
New York 11 22 .333 5 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 26 8 .765
Atlanta 18 17 .514 8 1/2
Washington 14 17 .452 10 1/2
Charlotte 15 20 .429 11 1/2
Orlando 10 23 .303 15 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 27 6 .818
Chicago 14 18 .438 12 1/2
Detroit 14 20 .412 13 1/2
Cleveland 11 23 .324 16 1/2
Milwaukee 7 26 .212 20
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 26 8 .765
Houston 22 13 .629 4 1/2
Dallas 19 15 .559 7
New Orleans 15 17 .469 10
Memphis 15 18 .455 10 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 27 7 .794
Portland 26 8 .765 1
Minnesota 17 17 .500 10
Denver 16 17 .485 10 1/2
Utah 11 25 .306 17
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Golden State 23 13 .639
L.A. Clippers 23 13 .639
Phoenix 20 12 .625 1
L.A. Lakers 14 20 .412 8
Sacramento 10 22 .313 11
Mondays Games
Minnesota 126, Philadelphia 95
Brooklyn 91, Atlanta 86
Orlando at L.A. Clippers, Late
Todays Games
Toronto at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Washington at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
Detroit at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Golden State at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Denver, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Utah, 8 p.m.
Portland at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 42 28 12 2 58 124 89
Montreal 44 25 14 5 55 114 103
Tampa Bay 42 25 13 4 54 119 100
Detroit 43 19 14 10 48 114 121
Toronto 43 21 17 5 47 119 127
Ottawa 44 19 18 7 45 126 141
Florida 43 16 21 6 38 102 136
Buffalo 42 12 26 4 28 74 118
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 44 31 12 1 63 142 103
Philadelphia 42 21 17 4 46 111 116
Washington 42 20 16 6 46 128 128
Carolina 43 18 16 9 45 105 124
N.Y. Rangers 44 21 20 3 45 108 119
New Jersey 43 17 18 8 42 101 110
Columbus 43 19 20 4 42 117 126
N.Y. Islanders 44 15 22 7 37 119 146
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 45 29 7 9 67 167 124
St. Louis 41 29 7 5 63 150 95
Colorado 41 26 11 4 56 120 104
Minnesota 44 22 17 5 49 106 113
Dallas 42 20 15 7 47 123 131
Winnipeg 45 19 21 5 43 123 135
Nashville 43 18 19 6 42 102 129
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 44 31 8 5 67 146 111
San Jose 43 27 10 6 60 142 111
Los Angeles 43 26 13 4 56 113 89
Vancouver 44 23 13 8 54 117 108
Phoenix 41 20 12 9 49 123 127
Calgary 41 14 21 6 34 96 128
Edmonton 45 14 26 5 33 117 156
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
Mondays Games
Columbus 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO
N.Y. Islanders 7, Dallas 3
Montreal 2, Florida 1
Calgary at Colorado, Late
Tuesdays Games
Carolina at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.
San Jose at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Boston at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
Minnesota at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Mondays Sports
Transactions
MLB
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS Agreed to terms
with RHP Scott Atchison and OF Jeff
Francoeur on minor league contracts.
HOUSTON ASTROS Promoted Kevin
Goldstein to director of professional
scouting, Stephanie Wilka to specialist of
international operations and associate
counsel and Paul Putila coordinator of
baseball operations.
SEATTLE MARINERS Agreed to terms
with C Humberto Quintero on a minor
league contract.
TAMPA BAY RAYS Agreed to terms
with OF James Darnell and SS Ray Olme-
do on minor league contracts.
National League
NEW YORK METS Agreed to terms
with C Taylor Teagarden on a minor
league contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES Agreed to terms
with OF Chris Dickerson on a minor
league contract.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Claimed OF
Rafael Ortega off waivers from Texas.
NBA
DALLAS MAVERICKS Recalled G-F
Ricky Ledo from Texas (NBADL).
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Recalled Gs
Lorenzo Brown and Elliot Williams from
Delaware (NBADL).
NFL
CINCINNATI BENGALS Signed WR Cobi
Hamilton, C T.J. Johnson, DE David King,
CB Onterio McCalebb, LB Bruce Taylor
and C Scott Wedige to reserve/future
contracts.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Placed DE Fili
Moala and CB Greg Toler on injured
reserve. Agreed to terms with WR Deion
Branch. Signed WR Josh Lenz from the
practice squad. Released DT Christian
Tupou from the practice squad.
MIAMI DOLPHINS Fired offensive
coordinator Mike Sherman.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Placed LB
Brandon Spikes on injured reserve.
Iowa State hires Mangino as
offensive coordinator
BY LUKE MEREDITH
AssociatedPress
AMES, Iowa Mark Mangino
is getting another shot in the Big
12. Iowa State thinks Mangino can
help engineer a turnaround simi-
lar to the one he keyed at Kansas
before it all went wrong with the
Jayhawks.
Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads
announced Monday that Mangino
has been hired as offensive coordi-
nator. Mangino replaces Courtney
Messingham, who was fired after
the Cyclones finished 3-9 last sea-
son.
Mangino coached Kansas for
eight seasons, winning national
coach of the year honors in 2007
and leading the Jayhawks to a win
in the Orange Bowl. But Mangino
left after the 2009 season amid
accusations that he treated his
players poorly.
Rhoads, whose passionate
defense of his players has put him
in the national spotlight more than
once, said Monday he was confi-
dent Mangino was the perfect fit to
help Iowa State revive a languid
attack.
As I speak of recruiting being
very important, I think whats
always at the top of my list is some-
body that cares about the welfare
and the well-being of our student-
athletes, Rhoads said. There
wasnt a player, an administrator, a
coach, a colleague that I talked to
that had anything negative to say
about Mark in that regard.
Manginos ugly split with the
Jayhawks remains the most mem-
orable moment of his career. But
his departure from Lawrence
and subsequent three-year hiatus
obscured a largely successful
career as an assistant and head
coach in the Big 12.
Mangino got his collegiate
coaching start at Youngstown State
(1985-86), working for Jim Tressel.
Three years later, he was hired by
Bill Snyder at Kansas State and the
Wildcats won at least nine games
his final six seasons in Manhat-
tan.
Mangino joined Bob Stoops first
staff at Oklahoma in 1999. He was
promoted to offensive coordinator
the next year and helped lead the
Sooners to a national title.
His eight-year tenure at Kansas
included a remarkable renais-
sance. Inheriting a program with
six consecutive losing seasons,
Mangino turned a two-win team
his first season into Orange Bowl
champions five years later.
After Mangino went 12-1 in 2007,
he was given a big raise and con-
tract extension through 2012 and
honored as APs national coach of
the year.
He brings 19 years on Big 8/Big
12 experience, first of all, Rhoads
said. This is a guy who was part of
turnarounds at Kansas State. A
guy who was the play caller for a
national championship team at
Oklahoma and took Kansas to
unprecedented heights. ... He
knows how to run it. He knows
how to pass it. He knows how to
take advantage of the personnel he
has in place.
Mangino resigned in 2009 with a
50-48 mark at Kansas and four
years left on his contract, worth
$2.3 million per year, or a total of
$9.2 million. He and the school
reached a $3 million settlement.
Mangino walked away from
football after that, most notably to
help his wife successfully fight
breast cancer.
Rhoads believes the chance to
get back into the Big 12 will light a
fire under Mangino and the
Cyclones could certainly use some-
one with his expertise.
Iowa State scored 24.8 points a
game last season.
I think that time of reflection,
that chance to evaluate and observe
some other things (helped quite a
bit), Rhoads said. I think hes at a
very good point in his life because
of those three years.
BY DAN GELSTON
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA Nikola Pekovic
had to chuckle on the bench as fans
held a pair of gigantic cutouts of his
head right over him.
His Minnesota teammates were
certainly amused, laughing at the trio
of Pekovic heads.
When you look at the heads, then
you hold it up to close to him, theyre
actually the same size, Kevin Love
said, smiling.
The T-Wolves could afford some
levity after a romp on a night when
the basket had to look as large as one
of those oversized heads.
Love scored 16 of his 26 points in a
dominant third quarter and Pekovic
had 16 points and 14 rebounds to lead
the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 126-
95 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on
Monday night.
Minnesota made 16 of 26 3-pointers
(62 percent) to put this one away in a
hurry and moved back to .500 (17-17).
Kevin Martin scored 18 points and
Corey Brewer had 15 to help the Tim-
berwolves win for the fourth time in
six games.
Thaddeus Young scored 20 points
for the Sixers, who entered the night
having won the final four games of a
six-game road trip.
The Timberwolves ended any threat
of Philadelphia extending its streak
by the second quarter. They led by 16
at the half and Love hit a pair of 3s in
the third to build a 31-point lead.
The Timberwolves had seven play-
ers score in double figures.
Matt Slocum Associated Press
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T-wolves top 76ers 126-95
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Scary end in KU womens
75-55 loss at Baylor
BY STEPHEN HAWKINS
Associated Press
WACO, Texas Kansas coach Bon-
nie Henrickson could see the fear on
the faces of her players while their
teammate was face-first on the floor.
Late in the Jayhawks 75-55 loss at
No. 9 Baylor on Sunday, freshman
guard Keyla Morgan had a seizure
following a collision into the shoul-
der of a teammate after taking a
shot.
Its scary for all of us, Henrick-
son said. At least I get to be out
there and I can hear her talk, see that
shes squeezing her hands and she
can move her toes a little bit.
Surrounded by medical officials
and staff from both teams, Morgan
was tended to for several minutes, at
one point wildly kicking both legs,
before being put on a stretcher and
taken off the court.
Kansas spokeswoman Theresa
Kurtz said in a text to The Associated
Press that Morgan was released from
the hospital and traveled home with
the team Sunday night.
Ive never seen nothing like that,
Baylor guard Odyssey Sims said. It
was shocking, and I just couldnt
believe it. But were keeping her in
our prayers. ... Hopefully everything
will go OK and shell be fine.
While Morgan had multiple sei-
zures while in high school in Califor-
nia, Henrickson said it is the first
time Morgan has had any such issues
with the Jayhawks. It came with 1:18
left in the game, and it was unclear if
Morgan would be able to travel home
with her teammates.
It wasnt on the shot, it was when
she came off the shot and just ran
into one of our players, Henrickson
said. Just a freak, freak accident. ...
Its nobodys fault.
Sims scored 30 points while match-
ing the Baylor record for career
3-pointers and the No. 9 Lady Bears
(12-1, 2-0 Big 12) stretched their home
winning streak to 68 games.
All of those home wins span the
career of Sims, the All-American
senior point guard. The Lady Bears
have also won 42 consecutive confer-
ence games, and the conference
streak is 51 in a row when including
their three consecutive league tour-
nament championships.
Freshman Nina Davis had 19 points
and seven rebounds for Baylor.
CeCe Harper led Kansas (7-7, 0-2)
with 15 points and seven assists,
while Asia Boyd had 12 points.
Kansas was within 17-15 when
Harper had a steal and a breakaway
layup after stealing a pass intended
for Sims, the national scoring leader
with 30 points a game. But Sims
ended the mini-run by the Jayhawks
with a tough layup.
Sims, whose 195th 3-pointer earlier
had matched the Baylor record,
missed two in a row from long range
in one short stretch. She was clearly
frustrated after the second shot rico-
cheted off the rim, but then respond-
ed by scoring seven straight points.
4:31 left.
Mason ran for 195 yards
and Nick Marshall threw two
touchdown passes for the
Tigers.
Winston was 20 for 35 for
237 yards and two fourth-
quarter touchdown passes.
Florida State hadnt been
challenged like this all sea-
son, winning by an average of
42 points. The Seminoles were
down 21-3 in the first half,
and wobbling, but never fell
over.
And now Florida State is
national champion for the
first time since 1999, the first
team to win it after being
down at halftime.
Winston was jumpy against
a strong Auburn pass rush,
led by Dee Ford. He was
sacked four times.
The Seminoles cut it to
21-10 with a late touchdown
in the second quarter and
chipped into Auburns lead
with a 41-yard field goal by
Roberto Aguyao with 6:05 left
in the third.
Meanwhile, Florida State
had found some answers to
Auburns spread offense. A
holding penalty that wiped
out a long pass also helped
keep the Tigers scoreless in
the third quarter, and the
Seminoles began the fourth
with P.J. Williams intercept-
ing Marshalls pass and set-
ting up Florida State at its
38.
When Winston tossed in
the flats to Chad Abram, who
hurdled over a tackler on the
way to an 11-yard touchdown
the lead was 21-19. Florida
State was considering going
for two to tie, but Devonta
Freeman was flagged for
unsportsmanlike conduct and
that pushed the extra point
back 15 yards and forced the
Seminoles to kick and make it
21-20.
Auburn responded with its
best drive since the second
quarter, mixing runs by
Mason and Marshall with one
big pass to Ricardo Louis.
But it stalled at the 6 and
Cody Parkey added a 22-yard
field goal to make it 24-20 with
4:42 left.
During Winstons record-
breaking season, filled with
blowouts and fourth quarters
spent watching from the side-
line, he never faced a situa-
tion in which he had to drive
his team to a winning score.
Now he had a chance to add
that last line to his remark-
able resume until Whit-
field handled it for him.
Whitfield broke through a
seam around the 30 and hit
the sideline at full speed.
Fisher ran down the other
sideline yelling Go! Go!
with Winston chasing behind
pumping his arms and slap-
ping his coach on the back.
BCS
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Public Notices 310
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
GEARY COUNTY, KANSAS
Case No. 13CV296
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage Foreclosure
(Title to Real Estate Involved)
Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association
Plaintiff
vs.
John M Velazquez , et al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of
Sale issued by the Clerk of the Dis-
trict Court in and for the said County
of Geary, State of Kansas, in a cer-
tain cause in said Court Numbered
13CV296, wherein the parties above
named were respectively plaintiff and
defendant, and to me, the under -
signed Sheriff of said County, di -
rected, I will offer for sale at public
auction and sell to the highest bidder
for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on
01/22/2014, at the front door of
Geary County Courthouse, the fol-
lowing described real estate located
in the County of Geary, State of Kan-
sas, to wit:
LOT TEN (10), BLOCK FOUR (4) IN
A. C. DEVELOPMENT ADDITION,
UNIT NUMBER ONE, JUNCTION
CITY, GEARY COUNTY, KANSAS.
SHERIFF OF GEARY COUNTY,
KANSAS
Respectfully Submitted,
By:
Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542
Sara Knittel, KS # 23624
Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851
Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis
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St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 991-0255
Fax: (314) 567-8006
Email: sscharenborg@km-law.com
Attorney for Plaintiff
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Public Notices 310
CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT
Case No. 13 CV 254
Court No. 5
Title to Real Estate Involved
ASPEN NPL, II, LLC,
Plaintiff,
vs.
JAVIER RAMOS, et al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
under and by virtue of an Order of
trict Court of Geary County, Kansas,
in the case above numbered,
wherein the parties above named
were respectively plaintiff and Defen-
dant, and to me, the undersigned
Sheriff of Geary County, Kansas, di-
for cash in hand at the steps of the
Geary County Courthouse, 138 E.
8th St. in Junction City, Kansas on
January 15, 2014, at 10:00 AM of
said day, the following described real
estate situated in the County of
Geary, State of Kansas, to-wit:
LOT SEVEN (7), BLOCK TWO (2),
REPLAT OF BLOCKS TWO (2),
THREE (3), FOUR (4), AND SEVEN
(7) LOVELACE ACRES ADDITION
TO JUNCTION CITY, GEARY
COUNTY, KANSAS. ("Property")
said real property is levied upon as
the property of Defendants Javier
Ramos and Rebecca Ramos and all
other alleged owners and will be sold
without appraisal to satisfy said Or-
der of Sale.
______________________
GEARY COUNTY SHERIFF
Submitted by:
MARTI N, LEI GH, LAWS &
FRITZLEN, P.C.
_____________________________
Beverly M. Weber KS #20570
Dustin J. Stiles KS #25152
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
FRITZLEN, P.C. IS ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY IN-
FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
(Ramos, 5833.013)
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Public Notices 310
CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT
Case No. 13 CV 253
Court No. 5
Title to Real Estate Involved
CITIMORTGAGE, INC.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
CURTIS CLARK, et al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
under and by virtue of an Order of
trict Court of Geary County, Kansas,
in the case above numbered,
wherein the parties above named
were respectively plaintiff and Defen-
dants, and to me, the undersigned
Sheriff of Geary County, Kansas, di-
for cash in hand at the steps of the
Geary County Courthouse, 138 E.
8th St. in Junction City, Kansas on
January 15, 2014, at 10:00 AM of
said day, the following described real
estate situated in the County of
Geary, State of Kansas, to-wit:
LOT NINETEEN (19), BLOCK FIF-
TEEN (15), REPLAT OF UNIT NO.
TWO (2) OF THE FIRST ADDITION
TO LAWNDALE PLAZA ADDITION
TO JUNCTION CITY, GEARY
COUNTY, KANSAS ("Property")
said real property is levied upon as
the property of Defendants Curtis
Clark and Kelly Clark and all other al-
leged owners and will be sold with-
out appraisal to satisfy said Order of
Sale.
______________________
GEARY COUNTY SHERIFF
Submitted by:
FRITZLEN, P.C.
_____________________________
Beverly M. Weber KS #20570
Dustin J. Stiles KS #25152
FRITZLEN, P.C. IS ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY IN-
FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
(Clark, 3009.679)
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Public Notices 310
Case No. 12CV275
Div. No.
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage Foreclosure
Deutsche Bank National Trust Com-
pany, as Trustee for J.P. Morgan
Mortgage Acquisition Trust
2007-HE1, Asset Backed
Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2007-HE1
Plaintiff,
vs.
Dwayne A. Bozarth, Jennifer L.
Bozarth,
Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of
trict Court of GEARY County, Kan-
sas, to me the undersigned Sheriff of
GEARY County, Kansas, I will offer
for sale at public auction and sell to
the highest bidder for cash in hand at
the Court steps of the GEARY
County Courthouse at Junction City,
Kansas, at 10:00AM on January 15,
2014, the following real estate:
LOT TWO (2), BLOCK SIX (6),
SAINT MARY'S ADDITION TO
JUNCTI ON CI TY, GEARY
COUNTY, KANSAS.
more specifically described as 1007
Skyline Dr., Junction City, KS 66441
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.
If the sale is set aside for any rea-
son, the Purchaser at the sale shall
be entitled only to a return of the de-
posit paid. The Purchaser shall have
no further recourse against the Mort-
gager, the Mortgagee or the Mortga-
gees attorney.
Sheriff of GEARY County, Kansas
PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY:
SINGER JONES & LOCK, P.A.
Kennet h C. Jones #10907
kjones@stlaw.net
Jonah W. Lock #23330
jlock@stlaw.net
10484 Marty
Overland Park, KS 66212
Phone: (913) 648-6333
Fax: (913) 642-8742
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BHS Construction is accepting appli-
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If you are energetic and have the de-
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quired. Sign-on bonus for full time
employment will be discussed during
interview. Our ideal nurse must have
strong leadership, management, and
long term care experience. Current
opportunities are for full time evening
and night shifts. Valley View Senior
Life is an equal opportunity em-
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Please send your application to the
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Public Notices 310
U.S. Government Requires Space
To Lease in the Junction City
Approximately 10,000 - 12,000
square feet of space to be used for a
Medical Clinic that will improve pri-
mary healthcare access for DoD per-
sonnel. The medical clinic will be in
support of the MEDCOM Community
Based Medical Home Campaign.
This clinic is to be located in an area
that contains businesses and other
establishments that are of a compati-
ble nature . The facility should have
all public utilities and municipal serv-
ices available, provide good access
and have secure/lighted parking to
accommodate employees and pa-
tients. The space is required as soon
as possible.
Interested parties should provide the
following in writing:
Map of facility location
Address
Current zoning
Primary base rent before any altera-
tions
Owner/agent name, address, and
daytime telephone number
Interested parties should respond no
later than January 31, 2014 to:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Attn: CENWK-RE-M (Darren Jones)
601 East 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106-2896
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
WOOD, DONALD #105294 sen -
tenced to 54 months for Forgery,
Burglary Motor Vehicle, Aggravated
Battery, Aiding a felon, Identity Theft,
Identity Fraud, Theft Obtain or exert-
ing unauth control over Property;
value less than $1000 X 2 in Geary
County, Kansas, has applied for Ex-
ecutive Clemency. Persons wishing
to comment should send information
in writing to the Kansas Prison Re-
view Board, Landon State Office
Building, 900 SW Jackson, 4th Floor,
Topeka, KS 66612-1220 within fif-
teen (15) days after the date of pub-
lication.
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Public Notices 310
CIVIL DEPARTMENT
Case No. 13CV373
Court Number: DJ5
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association
Plaintiff,
vs.
J W Ward; Minnie R. Ward; JW
Ward, as Trustee on behalf of The
JW Ward & Minnie R. Ward Trust
dated 1/21/2002; Minnie R. Ward, as
Trustee on behalf of The JW Ward &
Minnie R. Ward Trust dated
1/21/2002; Benjamin J. Ward; John
Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe
(Tenant/Occupant); Unknown
Spouse, if any, of Benjamin J. Ward;
Johna Ward,
Defendants.
Notice Of Suit
The State Of Kansas, to the
above-named defendants and the
unknown heirs, executors, adminis-
trators, devisees, trustees, creditors
and assigns of any deceased defen-
dants; the unknown spouses of any
defendants; the unknown officers,
successors, trustees, creditors and
assigns of any defendants that are
existing, dissolved or dormant corpo-
rations; the unknown executors, ad-
ministrators, devisees, trust ees,
creditors, successors and assigns of
any defendants that are or were part-
ners 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, ad-
ministrators, devisees, trustees,
creditors and assigns of any person
alleged to be deceased, and all other
persons who are or may be con -
cerned.
You are notified that a Petition has
been filed in the District Court of
Geary County, Kansas, praying to
foreclose a real estate mortgage on
the following described real estate:
Lot Nine (9), Block Ten (10), in
Unit One (1) of Crest Hill Addition
to Junction City, Geary County,
Kansas , commonly known as 1121
South Garfield Street, Junction City,
KS 66441 (the Property)
and all those defendants who have
not otherwise been served are re-
quired to plead to the Petition on or
before the 3rd day of February,
2014, in the District Court of Geary
County, Kansas. If you fail to plead,
judgment and decree will be entered
in due course upon the Petition.
NOTICE
Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 1692c(b),
no information concerning the collec-
tion of this debt may be given without
the prior consent of the consumer
given directly to the debt collector or
the express permission of a court of
competent jurisdiction. The debt col-
lector is attempting to collect a debt
and any information obtained will be
used for that purpose.
Prepared By:
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Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551)
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Junior forward Thomas
Gipson felt the main prob-
lem the Wildcats had defen-
sively was with help on
defense.
I would have to help and
one of the guards or who-
ever wouldnt get on the
inside and they got easy
dunks, he said. And I feel
like we take some of those
dunks away and some of
the easy layups that Mar-
cus Smart, LeBryan Nash
and Markel Brown had and
we win this game by six-
eight points.
The Wildcats golden
opportunity to finally make
a move came midway
through the second half.
Going up for an authori-
tative dunk with 13:05 left,
Smart took a hard shot to
the head in midair. He com-
pleted his dunk, swung his
legs high as he held on the
rim then reached out with
his left hand and forcibly
slapped the backboard.
Smarts antics cost him a
technical and sent him to
the bench with four fouls.
He wouldnt re-enter the
game until shortly before
the final media time out.
We just kind of hung in
there and then hoped,
Kansas State coach Bruce
Weber said. The crowd
made a huge difference. We
had great poise and execut-
ed down the last eight min-
utes, which the rest of the
game we didnt seem to
do.
Kansas State couldnt
take advantage of his
absence, but Smart was a
little out of rhythm when
he returned.
But freshman Marcus
Foster found Thomas Gip-
son down low for a two to
bring the Wildcats within
one, 60-59, with five minutes
left.
And K-State closed the
door at the free-throw line,
making 7-8 shots to keep
the game out of range,
including two huge ones
with six seconds left by
Nino Williams.
It was an exclamation
point on Williams 15-point
contest. He held the Wild-
cats in the game early, scor-
ing 10 points in the first
half.
Coach was talking to me
a lot but I was just thinking
like it was the first five min-
utes of the game, he said.
I was relaxed, I wasnt
really thinking much.
The win extends the
Wildcats winning streak to
nine games. Its the longest
streak since the 2009-10 sea-
son when Kansas State had
a 10-game streak.
The Wildcats travel to
Fort Worth to play TCU (9-4,
0-1) today for their first true
road game of the season.
After the George Wash-
ington win on New Years
Eve, Weber wrote the Wild-
cats next three opponents,
Oklahoma State, TCU and
Kansas on the white board.
He asked his players
which game was the most
important.
Most players shouted
back about just worrying
about going 1-0, someone
shouted Kansas.
But Weber pointed at
TCU.
I knew win or lose wed
have to get ready for TCU
and theyre much improved
and this will be important,
Weber said. (Gipson) went
through it last year, Marcus
(Foster) will go, (Wesley
Iwundu) back to Texas.
They go home to Texas and
(Gipson) last year struggled
at TCU and they have to
keep focused and stay on
task, and the next game is
just as important at TCU if
were going to stay in the
race.
K-STATE
Colts started to play as
though they had nothing to
lose.
The result was a furious
second-half rally, one made
possible by unconscionable
breakdowns by a defense
that was spectacular dur-
ing a 9-0 start. Luck torched
a secondary that wilted
when it faced premier quar-
terbacks such as Peyton
Manning and Philip Rivers,
and his 64-yard touchdown
pass to T.Y. Hilton with 4:21
left finished off the second-
biggest comeback in NFL
playoff history.
I sat there and talked to
them this morning and
there were a lot of long
faces, Chiefs coach Andy
Reid said Sunday. They
had their hearts ripped out.
I can work with that.
They should hurt, Reid
said. Thatll make us bet-
ter.
The last time the Chiefs
won a playoff game, Joe
Montana was the quarter-
back and the Titans were
still the Oilers. Since then,
there have been all manner
of playoff heartbreaks:
The Chiefs missed
three field goals against
Indianapolis after the 1995
season, when they had gone
13-3 during the regular sea-
son and harbored champi-
onship aspirations.
Two years later, the
Chiefs lost a 14-10 heart-
breaker to the Denver Bron-
cos, who would go on to
beat the Green Bay Packers
and win the Super Bowl.
After the 2003 season,
the Chiefs lost again to the
Colts in a game featuring
two of the leagues premier
offenses and in which
nobody punted.
But the way that Kansas
City melted down Saturday
may trump all of those dis-
appointments.
Its hard to put in words,
to lose a game that we clear-
ly had control over, said
linebacker Derrick John-
son, who is now 0-3 in play-
off games in his nine-year
career.
Coming from having the
first pick last year to mak-
ing the playoff this year, we
did accomplish some
things, Johnson said. At
the same time, our standard
is very high and this one
hurts.
While players were going
through final meetings
Sunday, Reid met briefly
with reporters at the teams
practice facility. He said
that no changes are planned
for his coaching staff,
though he did acknowledge
that some of his assistants
would be pursued by other
teams.
Reid also said it was too
early to discuss personnel
issues.
The Chiefs have most of
their key players already
under contract for next sea-
son. Their biggest loss fig-
ures to be left tackle Bran-
den Albert, whom they gave
the franchise tag to this
season. But even he may be
allowed to leave in free
agency with viable replace-
ments already in house.
Theyll be seeking help
at wide receiver and in the
defensive backfield in free
agency and the draft, but
for the most part, the
Chiefs should return intact
next season.
When they make anoth-
er run at ending two
decades of playoff futility.
CHIEFS
Michael Conroy The Associated Press
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck dives in for a five-yard fumble recovery touchdown
against the Kansas City Chiefs Saturday in Indianapolis.
Orlin Wagner The Associated Press
Kansas State guard Marcus Foster and Oklahoma State forward
Kamari Murphy go to the floor after a ball in Manhattan Satur-
ence schedule look easy.
Its a joke. I mean, its a joke, Self said.
This is the one thing I wish they could
change, and theres no way they could, and
this isnt me complaining this is just a fact
I think if the Big 12 schedule came out
earlier, that you could impact how you
schedule your games.
Sure, the Jayhawks knocked off then-No.
4 Duke in Chicago early this season, but
theyve mostly stumbled against premier
teams. They lost to No. 8 Villanova in the
Battle 4 Atlantis, dropped back-to-back road
games to No. 15 Colorado and No. 10 Florida,
and then lost to the No. 13 Aztecs in a game
that San Diego State controlled nearly start
to finish.
Its the first time Kansas has lost four
games this early since the 2005-06 season,
Selfs third in Lawrence. The Jayhawks lost
four of their first seven that year, but went
22-4 and won the Big 12 title before getting
upset by Bradley in the NCAA tournament.
The last time Kansas lost four non-confer-
ence games was 2008-09, when they fell to
Michigan State, UMass, Arizona and Syra-
cuse. The Jayhawks didnt lose their fourth
last year until Feb. 9.
Our first portion of the season wasnt
that good, but the second portion, we have to
become a better team, become better on
defense. The real season is starting now,
said point guard Frank Mason, one of four
freshmen playing regular minutes.
We just have to move on as a team, and
as individuals, Mason said. Dont worry
about the mistakes you made the last game,
just try to learn as much as you can.
Self has had other teams that relied heav-
ily on newcomers, but never to this extent.
Those four freshmen are among the Jay-
hawks six leading scorers, topped by
Andrew Wiggins, the consensus No. 1-rated
recruit and an expected lottery pick in
Junes NBA draft.
Even when hes had freshmen before,
Selfs teams have usually been balanced by
juniors and seniors who had been in the
program. There were role players who had
weathered everything that Self could lob at
them. They had become indoctrinated in his
gritty man-to-man defense, and become so
adept at his high-low motion offense that
there was little for Self to say on the side-
line.
These days, Self is usually jumping up
from his seat and barking orders in the
opening seconds of games, even burning a
timeout after two possessions in a lackluster
win over Toledo.
I think weve learned a lot, things thatll
help us down the road, rebounding in the
clutch, last-second shots, Wiggins said, try-
ing to put a positive spin on the season. We
just a learned a lot of stuff, and were young,
so thats good. You can only learn.
Self has preached patience from the first
day of practice, insisting to anyone who
would listen that the Jayhawks were talent-
ed but green. They might still be a work by
March, but they also just might have the
highest ceiling of any team hes ever had.
He underscored that belief Sunday, one
breath after Self finished lamenting how
slow progress had been and how much far-
ther his team still had to go.
We played a monster schedule, no excus-
es, but I wish wed done it a little different,
he said. We know now exactly who we are
and where were at and what we have to do
to try and get better.
JAYHAWKS
Charlie Riedel The Associated Press
Kansas Joel Embiid and San Diego States Winston Shepard battle for a rebound Sunday in Lawrence.
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