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Tim Weideman • The Daily UnionEric Smith of Junction City grabs a pack of bottled water off shelves late Monday afternoon at Walmart. Water was a popularitem as shoppers stocked up for Tuesday’s projected snowfall. Forecasts Monday night called for snow totals of five to nineinches.

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Custer Hill Elementary Schoolis the center of a feasibility studyby USD 475, as officials will attemptto determine whether to close theFort Riley School.

During Monday’s meeting,board member Anwar Khouryexpressed his disappointment withthe proposal because he was notnotified in a timely manner.

“This was thrown at the board,”Khoury said. “I’m confused abouthow the decision was made.”

USD 475 officials said reasonsinvolve thefacility’s con-dition andusability.

Superinten-

dent RonaldWalker saidthe intent wasto get theboard’s per-mission onthe topic.Board Presi-dent Dr. Fer-rell Miller andVice President Kimberly Millesonpreviously discussed the closurewith Walker and other USD 475officials.

“We just needed permission tolook into it and come back with asolid recommendation,” Walkersaid.

Through the study, officials will

host town hall meetings regardingthe Fort Riley school’s closure.Those meetings will involve par-ents and staff members. No officialmeeting dates have been scheduled.

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In front of their constituents, four locallegislators tackled tough political issuesSaturday during a legislative breakfast.

Some of those matters discussed at theJunction City Area Chamber of Commerce-hosted event included the controversialconceal-and-carry weapon law, of mort-gage registration fees, and a projected lossin state revenue in upcoming years.

Legislators in attendance included Sens.Tom Hawk (D-Manhattan) and Jeff Long-bine (R-Emporia), and Reps. Allan Rothlis-berg (R-Grandview Plaza) and Tom Moxley(R-Council Grove).

Junction City Assistant City ManagerCheryl Beatty sparked the conversationabout conceal-and-carry after mentioningher concern about the safety of employeesand unruly customers.

The law allows people with conceal-and-

carry permits to take guns into public

buildings, such as the courthouse and otheroffices, if there are no metal detectors orsecurity guards at entrances.

On Jan. 1, all “no guns allowed” signswere removed from the entrances of build-

ings if no plan is established.Security upgrades are underway at the

courthouse, and plans are ongoing for thecounty’s municipal building.

Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf saidone issue is open-carry and the patchworkof different laws throughout the state.

He’s a supporter of conceal-carry,because there’s a system of checks to gothrough.

“With open carry, you do not,” Wolf said.“Anyone can strap that gun on and walkdown the street.”

Longbine said security was a delicateissue, and expressed concern about thefinancial cost of providing adequate secu-rity.

Many municipalities applied for a four-

Gun control among hot topics at legislat

Alix Kunkle • The Dai ly UnionSen. Tom Hawk (D-Manhattan) talks with residents following alegislative breakfast Saturday morning at the Dorothy BramlagePublic Library in Junction City. The event was sponsored by the

Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce.Please see Gun control , 8A

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A Junction City and GearyCounty cleanup program stillremains a priority for the JunctionCity Area Chamber of Commerce’sCommunity Image and AffairsCommittee.

However, almost a year after thecommittee formed, such a programfor community members to thecity of unsightly trash has yet to befinalized.

“We’ve been trying for about 10months to accomplish some typeof ideas,” Alan Bontrager saidMonday during the committee’smeeting.

The core of the idea is to improvethe appearance of Junction Cityand Geary County by giving resi-dents an opportunity to removetrash from their properties.

Geary County Public WorksAdministrator Dennis Cox was

invited to the meeting to discussthe logistics of a cleanup like whatthe committee envisions.

Cox said a community-widecleanup program could overwhelmthe county’s solid waste transferstation, which would be the desti-nation for all the trash.

The station provides municipalsolid waste removal for citizens of

Geary County. Cox said outsidecounties also use the station.

After the waste is compacted, anoutside contractor removes thewaste from the station for a fee.The county recovers that cost bycharging station users a fee based

on how much waste they drop off.

That fee is the one source of sta-tion funding, Cox said. If residentswere allowed to drop off trashwithout paying, the county couldincur a loss.

“There would be a substantialloss in revenue,” Cox said. “I’m notsaying (a program) isn’t doable,but I can tell you we’re very tightlybudgeted.”

Committee members told Coxsimilar programs have been com-pleted in Manhattan and Abilene.Bontrager said he’d contact thosecommunities to see how they oper-ate their cleanups.

Tom Silovsky recommendedtalking to county officials to see ifthey’d consider decreasing the sta-

tion’s fee for the program, orwhether the county’s contractorwould waive its fee, allowing theprogram to be free for residents.

“It might be worth a try,”

Officials still discussing cleanup program“I’m not saying (a program)isn’t doable, but I can tell

you we’re very tightlybudgeted.”D ENNIS C OX

Geary County Public WorksAdministrator

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Junction City may be onestep closer to having a new

municipal court scheduledfacility following tonight’sCity Commission meeting.

The Commission’s firstitem of new business is toconsider a firm to completethe architectural and engi-

neering services for themunicipal court project.

Municipal court has beenheld at 701 N. Jefferson St.since August, when a severe

mold problem was discov-ered in the court’s formerhome on West SeventhStreet.

In December, the Junc-tion City Commission voted4-1 to renovate the city-

owned building on NorthJefferson Street to convertit into a permanent homefor court services.

The Commission is

expected to consider accept-ing a proposal for architec-tural and engineering ser-vice submitted by BruceMcMillan AIA Architects.The cost is expected to beabout $100,430.

The overall project isexpected to cost $1.1 mil-lion. Renovating the formerbuilding on Seventh Streetwould cost the city roughly

$1.3 million, according toAssistant City ManagerCheryl Beatty.

Other items on tonight’sagenda include purchasingoptions for a new pumperfire apparatus for the Junc-

tion City Fire Departmentand a sanitation truck forthe Public Works Depart-ment.

The pumper apparatus is

expected to cost $480,816.The apparatus will be pur-chased using a lease-pur-chase program with IntrustBank for $1.2 million.

The remaining funds will

City Commission to discuss municipal couPlease see Cleanup , 8A

Please see Court , 8A

Please see USD 475 , 8A

CUSTERHILL INFOCuster Hill Elemen-

tary School was estab-lished in 1963, and isthe third-newest ele-mentary school onFort Riley, behindWare ElementarySchool (1983) andSeitz ElementarySchool (2012).

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1st Infantry Division Public Affairs

Instructors with the Fort Rileycombatives program trained themost senior-ranking enlisted sol-diers in the latest Modern ArmyCombatives Program tactical train-ing Jan. 22.

Command Sgt. Maj. TomekaNolen O’Neal, 1st Sustainment Bri-gade, 1st Infantry Division, was theonly female at the training, but shemade it known she was ready.

“I’ve faced this challenge beforewith the Special Operation guys,”O’Neal said. “It’s just a matter ofrefocusing and getting back into it.It is not something I truly enjoybecause it’s painful, but it’s a partof what we do, and it’s a part of usbeing able to handle hand-to-handcombat.”

The instructors in the Fort Rileyprogram are mostly military andprior military, and they all have aclear vision for developing FortRiley Soldiers’ combatives skills,according to one of its trainers.

“When you look at Soldiers, youare looking at unmolded metal, soyou have to forge them to makethem sharp. When they leave basictraining, they are a very dull edge.As they progress in ranks, they get

sharper and sharper,” said retiredStaff Sgt. Frank Portillo, seniortrainer, basic combatives course,and assistant trainer, tactical train-ing course.

Seasoned veterans tend to losetheir skills over time, so they needto knock that dust off in order tomaintain the same knowledge for-gotten over time, Portillo said.

“This instruction will open uptheir eyes to expand their knowl-edge on what we do here,” he said.

The course is formed from yearsof progression through actual bat-tlefield scenarios, and it is con-stantly being changed to fit themodern battlefield of today, saidSgt.

Bradley Cannon, combativesnoncommissioned officer in charge,1st Infantry Division.

During the event, sergeantsmajor had a rare opportunity tocome together for combatives train-ing, Cannon said.

The training was part of theTraining and Doctrine Commandand the United States Army Com-batives School.

“I think it was a great eye-openerfor everyone involved,” Cannonsaid. “A lot of these guys probably

have seen combatives when theywere young leaders, but the pro-gram has evolved from just basicsubmissions and fighting positionson the ground, to door kicking,weapons retention, weapons fight-ing and t ake downs.”

The program is meant to teacheveryone, from the complete noviceto the professional, he said.

“Modern Army Combatives pro-gram is one of the few things wehave in the Army, where soldiersare able to start from the crawl,

walk and run phase against a fullyresistant opponent every time,”Cannon said.

Many types of training rangesare all over the Army, but nonegive soldiers the type of real-worldtraining combatives provides them,Cannon said.

“The problems with those rang-es, no one is firing back at them,but with the combatives program,Soldiers are made to feel t he physi-cal demands of that close-quartersbattle scenario,” he said.

Combatives leaders train senior NCOs

Photo by Staff Sgt. John H. Johnson III • 1 st Infantry Div ision Public Affairs Fort Riley held a combative tournament Thursday and Friday at the Combatives Training Facility, where male and female com-petitors of all skill levels were invited to compete in the graduated-rules tournament at the individual or team level. Thursday’sevents included submission and grappling, and grappling with strikes took place Friday, along with the finals. Shown are twocompetitors on the final day of the tournament.

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Couples and groups can

enjoy a fancy evening outon the town, right on postduring the SweetheartDinner and Dance from 6to 9 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15 atRiley’s Conference Cen-ter.

“This is an annualevent we do here,” saidChris Downs, manager,Riley’s Conference Cen-ter. “The draw is (that)it’s something differenton post. Couples can comeand enjoy a night out onpost with great food andgreat entertainment.”

The evening will startwith a cocktail hour, fea-

turing light horsd’oeuvres, and the menuwill feature a four-coursemeal.

For the main course,patrons can selectbetween Cornish henwith rosemary and garlicor herb-crusted bone-inpork loin.

“I’m always excitedabout the menu,” Downssaid.

“It gives us an opportu-nity to put together somedishes that we don’talways get to put together – be a little bit more cre-ative.”

Sweetheartdance set

for Feb. 14,15 at

Riley’s

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A pair of pens squeakedas Col. Andrew Cole, garri-son commander, and Wil-liam Bryant, director, Direc-torate of Family and Morale,Welfare and Recreation,signed their names to a cov-enant, renewing their com-mitment to DFMWR employ-

ees and customers Jan. 23 atRiley’s Conference Center.

“It is important to under-stand that we made two cov-enants today – one with ouremployees, and one with our

customers,” Bryant said.“We re-committed today toproviding predictable, con-sistent, efficient, customer-focused quality products toour customers … Our cus-tomers are the best in theworld – the men and womenthat defend our country andtheir families. The covenantis our promise that we willdeliver to them excellentprograms and services thatare commensurate with thequality of their service toour nation.”

Bryant drew special atten-tion to the first line of thecovenant, which reads, “Tak-

ing care of our customersbegins with taking care ofyou, our employees.”

“We think taking care ofour customers begins withtaking care of our employ-ees,” Bryant said. “So, we –the management of(DFMWR) – recommittedourselves today to providingour employees with a strong,supportive environment,where they can thrive andtake care of our customers.”

Cole similarly expressedhis and the Fort Riley garri-son leadership’s commit-ment to DFMWR employees,products and services.

“Part of what we’re doinghere today is to reaffirm andto provide testament to thethings that we should bedelivering to allow for youall to do (what you do) forour customers,” Cole toldthe group of DFMWRemployees gathered for thesigning.

“We’re committed to it.”Cole expressed the impor-

tance of keeping the team’smission in mind, even dur-ing busy times, and recog-nized the employees for theirdaily contributions acrossall areas of DFMWR activi-ties.

“It matters what you do,”Cole said. “Be very proud ofthat … We are certainlythankful for what you do.”

Bryant agreed thatemployees make a differencein the community.

“In observing our employ-ees daily and in survey aftersurvey, there is one thingthat always stands out. Theyare totally dedicated to pro-viding the best service pos-sible to our Soldiers andtheir families,” Bryant said.“Without exception, that isthe one thing I’ve found istrue with every DFMWRemployee. They all love tak-

ing care of Soldiers and fam-ilies, and that’s what makesthem proud to be a DFMWRemployee.”

The covenant signing hasbeen an annual DFMWR tra-dition to renew the director-ate’s commitment to itsemployees and customers.

In addition to the covenantsigning, DFMWR employeesgathered for a town hall thatincluded highlights of sig-nificant achievements fromthe previous year and anawards presentation, recog-nizing individual contribu-tions and service mile-stones.

DFMWR renews commitment to customers



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In brief Barton CommunityCollege offering gas

measurementcertificate class

Barton Community College willbe offering a certificate program ingas measurement certification, a30-hour course beginning in lateFebruary.

Classes will be held from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at540 Grant Ave. in Junction City. Thefirst classes begin Feb. 24-28 andwill continue through late May.

The cost is $2,730 for non-BartonCounty residents.

For more information, contactTina Grillot at (620) 792-9325, [email protected].

Fort Riley soldiersto benefit from

Manhattan TownCenter event

Manhattan Town Center will beproviding a donation of Girl ScoutCookies to soldiers at Fort Riley.

Members of the community areinvited to purchase boxes of cook-ies to be included in the delivery.

Girl Scouts will be in the centercourt of the Mnahattan Town Cen-ter on Feb. 8.

All cookie donations will be dis-tributed to Fort Riley soldiers over-seas within the USO and the War-rior Transition Battalion.

Geary CountyCentral Committee

meetingA meeting of the Geary County

Central Committee will be held at6:30 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Tyme OutLounge in Grandview Plaza.

Those interested in dinner can

meet at 6 p.m.The purpose of the meeting is to

elect a new Chair and Vice Chair,and to discuss the Kansas Demo-cratic Party Field Plan.

All Democrats are invited toattend. Call Melody Saxton withquestions at (785) 375-1425.

Healing GearyCounty

The Geary County Historical Soci-ety has announced a new exhibit,Healing Geary County, which willopen Feb. 4.

The exhibit features local doctors

and objects from their practices.For example, did you know thatif a doctor had to use forceps duringa delivery, it would cost nearly dou-ble what a natural delivery cost?

The exhibit will run through2014, and is open from 1 to 4 p.m.Tuesday through Saturday.

Diabetes supportgroup meeting

The Geary County Hospital dia-betes support group will meet at 6p.m. Feb. 6 in the Fegan A meetingroom, next to the Thomas B. FeganDining Room.

Laurel Peterson, RN, certifieddiabetes educator at Geary Com-munity Hospital, will present a pro-gram on “fad diets.”

The support group is free andopen to all people with diabetes,and their support families.

For more information, or to signup for diabetes counseling, contactPeterson at (785) 210-3344.

Aglow fellowshipmeeting

Pastor Mary Somrak will bespeaking at the next Aglow Fellow-ship meeting Feb. 6 at the HamptonInn, located at 1039 S. Washington

St. Fellowship begins at 6:30 p.m.,and the meeting begins at 7 p.m. Allare welcome.

Cootie sweetheartdance

Military Order of the Cooties/Military Order of the Cooties Auxil-iary Scratch Me No. 6 will host acootie sweetheart dance from 9p.m. to 2 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Veter-ans of Foreign Wars Post 8773,located on South WashingtonStreet.

Tickets (donations) are $15 perperson, and $25 per couple. Therewill be door prizes, drawings and

snacks.

Submitted photoThe Board of Directors of the Geary County Food Pantry recently held a volunteer appreciation dinner to honor the many individualswho make the operation of the food pantry possible. Anyone wanting to help feed the hungry can call (785) 762-8830 for more infor-mation.

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The Flint Hills RegionalCouncil is in favor of a wel-come center for travelersand tourists to learn moreabout the region, but it’snot about to give an opin-ion where that centershould go.

During its monthlymeeting Friday, the coun-cil unanimously approveda resolution to support awelcome center. However,that support came withouta favored location, and ded-icated no council staff timeto be spent on the center.

In general, the council

appeared to believe thecenter would be a good ideato help promote the region.“It would point to the FlintHills,” said Deb Schwerdt-feger, Morris County Com-missioner and regionalcouncil member. “It wouldmake (travelers) aware ofthe Flint Hills.”

For the last five years, acommittee not associatedwith the regional councilhas been working to devel-op the welcome centeridea. The committee mem-bers included representa-tives from Riley, Pottawat-omie, Geary, Wabaunseeand Morris counties, aswell as Fort Riley. Thecommittee commissioneda study that looked at sixpossible sites for the cen-ter. The study concludedthe best site would be alongInterstate 70 in GearyCounty near the K-177 andI-70 intersection, about 20minutes south of Manhat-tan. The proposed site hascreated some controversyas to whether it’s the bestlocation.

“I know that this hasbeen in the works for along time,” said Ben Ben-

nett, regional council chairand Geary County Com-missioner. “There’s been alot of emotion on the deci-sions that have beenmade.”

But the committee hadrequested the council’ssupport; otherwise, itwould appear as thoughthe council was against thewelcome center entirely.

“This is just, are we insupport of having a wel-come center within theconfines of our regionalcouncil’s footprint,” saidRick Jankovich, Manhat-tan City Commissioner

and council member.The council now willdraft a letter supportingthe general concept of thewelcome center.

FHRC supports welcome center

Volunteer appreciation dinner

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With a smile, City Manager GeraldSmith came up with a catchy name toreplace East Street — Big Red OneBoulevard.

“It seems like a golden opportuni-ty,” Smith said about a possibleexpansion project stretching fromInterstate 70 to Grant Avenue.

The idea is to expand East Street toGrant Avenue, with the hopes of alle-viating Fort Riley traffic and provid-ing another major street in town.

It came up several times duringmeetings, but no official action hasbeen taken.

During a recent joint meetingbetween Junction City and GearyCounty officials, it resurfaced.

But those improvements maydepend on the federal MAP-21 grant,which is short for Moving Ahead forProgress in the 21st Century.

One of the goals of the FederalTransit Administration program isto strengthen transportation safety.

There’s many aspects to the grant,but Smith said the East Street ideamay qualify because of the area’s

relationship with Fort Riley and itstraffic.

MAP-21 includes an 80/20 localsplit in funding.

Federal and state governmentswould pay for the 80 percent and theremaining 20 percent would be paidlocally.

“We’ll have to look over the grantand see what the details are,” Smithsaid. “It’s really goingto be in the state’shands to finalize thatprocess.”

Applications aredue in June. An offi-cial cost and time-frame has not beenestablished.

Ben Bennett, commission chair,said some downtown businesses areconcerned about less traffic on thebusy Washington Street.

“But there’s a lot more people infavor of it than those opposed,” Ben-nett said. “At certain times duringthe day, downtown traffic is a detri-ment in downtown.”

Commission Chair Larry Hickssaid people have to open up and havedialogue about the benefits andissues such as Washington Street.

“Those are all things that need tobe discussed and talked about in aforum so we can make a determina-tion in what’s going to best to repre-sent the biggest benefit to the generalpublic,” Hicks said. “This is not todismiss any of our businessesbecause they’re a part of the generalpublic. But when it’s all said anddone, you’re in business to cater to

the general public andwe have to do what’sbest for them.”

Bill Clark, executivedirector of the FlintHills Regional Coun-cil, said it can helpimprove safety.

“If you try to take 10,000 people outof one access point, it’s a problem,”Clark said. “If you have multipleways to get out, you decrease thesafety concerns. You also increasethe speed to where people can comeout or go into the post.”

He also said it’s an opportunity tobuild a needed corridor for the city.

“It will help alleviate some conges-tion on the post by diverting traffic toanother area,” Clark said. “Whenev-er you look at alleviating traffic con-gestion, it’s good for everybody.”

Officials still looking

at expanding East Street

“It seems like agolden opportunity.”

G ERALD S MITH

Junction City Manager

Submitted PhotoAshley Heuton (far right), winner of the Kansas Lions Club’s Peace Poster Contest isshown with (from left) Al Urich, District Governor of Kansas Lions from Belleville and“MO” and Bev Greenwood of the Milford Lions Club, who sponsored Ashley in thecontest.

In brief Rural Water

District meetingThe 33rd annual meeting of

Rural Water District No. 1 of Mor-ris County is scheduled for 7:30p.m. Feb. 10 at the Dwight Com-munity Building. Memberspresent will be brought up todate on the business of thewater district. Also, there willbe election of three boardmembers.

Spaghetti feedThe Chapman American

Legion Riders Chapter 240 will

host a spaghetti feed from 5 to 7p.m. Feb. 14. All proceeds willsupport the children and youth,veterans, and the communityprojects. Admission is $7 per per-son or $12 per couple. There willbe spaghetti, salad, bread, des-

sert, water and coffee availablewith meals. At 7 p.m., there willbe Lone Wolf Karaoke in the can-tine. The ALR will also be offeringdrawing tickets at $5 each, orfive for $20, for a patriotic quiltthat will be drawn after dinner.

To make advance reservations,call Barb Smith at (785) 307-2075.Reservations are not necessary,but are encouraged.

Special to The Daily Union

Ashley Heuton, a seventh-grade student at Junction CityMiddle School, has been namedthe Peace Poster Contest Winnerfor the state of Kansas.

The contest is a programoffered each year by the KansasLions Clubs, of which the Mil-ford Lions are a part.

Ashley’s original poster hasbeen sent to the InternationalAssociation of Lions Clubs head-quarters in Oakbrook, Ill. whereher entry will be judged in com-petition with 2,500 other winners

from around the world.The grand prize winner willbe announced at the LionsInternational Convention inToronto, Canada, scheduled forearly July.

Her winning poster carrieda message and described herthoughts as it related to thetheme of “Our World —

Our Future.”“The hand in my poster is not

colored to represent that thecolor of your skin doesn’t mat-ter,” Ashley stated in a newsrelease. “The lion representsstrength and respect for all ani-mals. The peace sign is betweenthe hand and the lion because itshows that humans and animalsshould be peace. The world inthe lion’s eye represents that ani-mals are important on our world,our future.”

Ashley is the 12-year-olddaughter of Andrew and JamieHeuton. Her father is in the mili-

tary and is stationed at FortRiley.She has lived in two different

countries and four differentstates. Her hobbies include draw-ing, running cross country, com-puters, her cat Garfield and herdog Carla.

Ashley’s goals are to be a vet-erinarian and to own a pet store.

JCMS student wins state poster contes

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OBITUARIES /NEWS4A The Daily Union. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014

L. Carrol Robertson July 26, 1916 — Jan. 27, 2014

Nicole WarrenApril 24, 1976 — Jan. 25, 2014

L. Carrol Robertson, 97, of Salina, passed away Jan. 27,2014.

He was born July 26, 1916 in Tyrone, Okla.He was self-employed as a plumber for over 65 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents,William J. and Elsie C. Robertson; wife,Hazel Robertson; and three brothers, War-ren Robertson, Ivan Robertson and ArloRobertson.

Survivors include his children, Leslie(Veronica) Robertson of Mountain Home,Idaho, Loretta Robertson of Salina, andLarry (Gloria) Robertson of Manhattan; 16grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; andthree g reat-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be an hour prior to funeralservice at 10 a.m. Feb. 6 at Roselawn Heights Memorial Cha-pel, 1920 E. Crawford, Salina.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Feb. 6 at the cha-pel.

Memorials may be made to Salina Twirlers Dixie Dudes,and flowers may be given in care of Roselawn Mortuary, POBox 2322, Salina, KS 67402. For online condolences contactRoselawn at www.roselawnsalina.com.

A funeral service will be held to celebrate NicoleDenitris “Nikki” Warren’s life at 6 p.m. Feb. 6 at thePenwell-Gabel Johnson Funeral Chapel at 203 N. Wash-ington St. in Junction City.

The family of Nikki Warren will receivefamily and friends at the funeral homefrom 5-6 p.m., prior to the service.

Nicole, 37, of Junction City passedaway at her Dwight home.

Nicole was born April 24, 1976 to Rob-ert E. Warren, Sr. and Dorothy M. Shep-hard Warren.

Both parents were graduating seniorsat New Brunswick Senior High School inNew Jersey.

Nicole was a kind-hearted young

woman who loved working with theelderly. She was generous and selfless, and she oftengave her last dollar.

Nicole loved living in the country and working in hergarden.

She was protective of her loved ones, and would go outof her way to help everyone.

Nicole made the best sweet potato pies, and made sureshe brought one pie for each family member at holiday

gatherings.She graduated from Junction City Senior High School

in 1995.She met Sarah (Liz) Dutton in 2002.Nicole is survived by her lifetime partner, Sarah (Liz)

Dutton; her parents, Robert Earl and Dorothy Mae War-ren; her honorary grandmother, Dorothy Bragg; uncle,Clyde ‘Skip’ Lovelace; her two brothers, Tremaine andRobert Jr. and their wives, Shelia L. Warren and CassidyJo Milton; her nieces, Leslie Janae, Allison Jo and Ani-yah Mae; her nephews, Jacob Laray, Jeremiah Lewis,Treyveon Nathaniel-Lee, Jordan Lawrence and DeShawnAnthony; her mother-in-law, Kathy Siska; and her grand-father, Walter Warren Jr, as well as an abundance ofaunts, uncles, cousins and other extended family.

Nicole was preceded by her grandfathers, Nathaniel

H. Shepherd and Thomas H. Dutton; her grandmothers,Dorothy Mae Shepherd II, Fanny Mae Pearl Warren andPauline (Peg) M. Dutton; uncle, Leon T. Shepherd; uncle,Jerome Shepherd; uncle, Karl (Buck) Dutton Sr,; uncle,Chad E. Butler; aunt, Gloria-Jean Shepherd; aunt, DebraLovelace; and nephew, Thomas Jarrod Dunkin. Maythey welcome her into heaven with open arms.

Condolences may be sent to 1816 Elmdale Ave., Junc-tion City, KS 66441.

N ICOLE W ARR EN

L. C ARR OL R OBERTSON

CAIRO — Al-Qaida’s cen-

tral leadership broke withone of its most powerfulbranch commanders in anapparent attempt to stem thedeadly infighting that haserupted in Syria among themilitant Islamic factions try-ing to bring down PresidentBashar Assad.

More broadly, theannouncement Mondayappeared to be a move by al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri to reassert the ter-ror network’s prominence inthe jihad movement acrossthe Middle East amid themushrooming of extremistgroups during the upheavalof the past three years.

The dispute is between al-Qaida’s central leadershipand a faction known as theIslamic State of Iraq and theLevant.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, thehead of al-Qaida’s branch inIraq, formed the IslamicState last spring to expandhis operations into neighbor-ing Syria, defying directorders by al-Zawahri not todo so. Al-Zawahri named adifferent group, the NusraFront, as al-Qaida’s branchin Syria.

Now, the break is likely tospark a competition forresources and fightersbetween the two sides inwhat has become a civil warwithin a civil war. The testfor al-Zawahri’s influencewill be whether his decisionleads fighters to quit theIslamic State.

In Washington, which hasviewed the increasing influ-ence of Islamic extremism inSyria’s rebel movement withunease, State Departmentspokesman Jen Psaki notedthat both the Islamic Stateand the Nusra Front are con-sidered terrorist organiza-tions. As for al-Qaida’s

attempt to distance itselffrom the Islamic State, shesaid: “There’s no way for meto evaluate what it will meanin the months ahead.”

In a conflict that has seenatrocities by all sides, theIslamic State has been par-ticularly vicious.

It is believed to be domi-nated by thousands of non-Syrian jihadi fighters, and isseen by others in the rebel-lion as more concerned withventing sectarian hatredsand creating a transnationalIslamic caliphate than with

toppling Assad.Since its creation, it hastaken over swaths of territo-ry in Syria, often imposingsevere Shariah law penalties.Its fighters have beheadedcaptured government fight-ers, carried out some of thedeadliest massacres againstpro-Assad minorities andkidnapped anti-Assad activ-ists, journalists and civiliansseen as critical of its rule.

It has increasingly clashedwith other factions, particu-larly an umbrella group ofSyrian rebels called theIslamic Front, which accusesit of trying to hijack the cam-paign to oust Assad. Eventhe group’s name, IslamicState of Iraq and Levant, wasseen as a declaration that thegroup was the only realIslamic movement in thecountry.

Those frictions eruptedinto outright warfare in Jan-

uary. Since Jan. 3, more than1,700 people have been killedin fighting between IslamicState and other factions,according to the London-based Syrian Observatoryfor Human Rights. At thesame time, al-Baghdadi has

brought his group back tothe forefront in his homelandIraq.

The past month, his fight-ers rose up and virtuallytook over main cities in Iraq’swestern Anbar province.That has made al-Baghdadi apowerful force in the jihadimovement.

With Monday’s statement,al-Qaida appeared intent onundercutting al-Baghdadi’sallure by making clear hewas not supported by thecentral leadership.

Al-Qaida’s general com-mand announced it has “noconnection” with the IslamicState, underlined that thegroup “is not a branch of theal-Qaida organization,” andsaid al-Qaida “is not respon-sible for its actions.”

Al-Qaida did not condonethe group’s creation “and infact ordered it to stop,” thestatement said. As for the

infighting in Syria, al-Qaidasaid: “We distance ourselvesfrom the sedition takingplace among the mujahedeenfactions.”

The authenticity of thestatement could not indepen-dently be verified, but it was

posted on websites common-ly used by al-Qaida.Charles Lister of the

Brookings Doha Center saidthe al-Qaida statementreflected its “attempt todefinitively re-assert somelevel of authority over the jihad in Syria.”

However, he said he doubtsthe Islamic State will backdown and stop attackingrival factions.

On militant websites,Islamic State supporterslashed out at al-Qaidas’sleadership.

“God as my witness, al-Qaida did not do right by thismujahed group. Instead, itstood with its enemies,” onesupporter with the usernameMuslim2000 wrote.

A spokesman for theIslamic Front vowed that itwill continue battling theIslamic State. Capt. IslamAlloush said the Islamic

State is now “without cover

or co-sponsor. It has beentotally stripped after al-Qai-da and the people abandonedit.”

Syrian airstrikes killat least 18 in

AleppoBEIRUT — The Syrian

government extended itsintense aerial campaignagainst rebel-held areas ofthe northern city of Aleppoon Monday, conducting aseries of airstrikes that killedat least 18 people, including

five children, activists said.President Bashar Assad’sair force has pounded oppo-sition areas of the dividedcity since mid-December,reducing apartment blocksto rubble and overwhelmingalready strapped hospitalsand medical clinics with thewounded.

On Sunday, governmentaircraft also targeted areasof east Aleppo under rebelcontrol, killing nearly 40 peo-ple.

Monday’s air raids hit thedistricts of Hanano, QadiAskar and Mouwasalat, theBritain-based Syrian Obser-

vatory for Human Rightssaid. The group, which moni-tors the conflict through anetwork of activists on theground, said helicoptersdropped crude bombs — bar-rels packed with explosives,fuel and scraps of metal —on the neighborhoods, caus-ing immense damage.

Amateur videos postedonline provided a window onthe carnage. In one clip fromHanano, residents franticallydig through the shatteredblocks of concrete and twist-ed metal strewn across thestreet in search of survivors.

A man stumbles as he car-

ries a wounded boy wrappedin a blanket, his arm andface covered in blood. Fur-ther down the street, thefacades of buildings havebeen torn off by the bomb.

In a second video, two menplace the shredded remainsof a body onto a carpet.

Another body covered in a

blanket lies in a pool of bloodon dusty pavement. Nearby,two women rock back andforth as they wail over a thirdbody.

The videos appeared genu-ine and corresponded toother Associated Pressreporting of the eventsdepicted.

The Syrian governmenthas not relented in its bom-bardment of rebel-held areasof Aleppo since launchingwhat appeared to be a con-certed aerial campaign therelate last year.

Over a two-week stretch inDecember alone, activistssay airstrikes killed morethan 500 people.

Syria’s opposition haspointed to the air raids asevidence that Assad has littleinterest in peace despitesending a delegation to Swit-zerland last week for U.N.-sponsored negotiationsaimed at ending the nearlythree-year uprising.

The first round of talksfailed to secure any mean-ingful agreement other thanto meet again later thismonth for more talks.

Since it began with largelypeaceful protests in March2011, the Syrian conflict haskilled more than 130,000 peo-ple, forced almost a third ofthe country’s prewar popula-tion of 23 million from theirhomes, and inflamed sectari-an tensions that have joltedthe entire Middle East.

Despite the immense suf-fering and terrific toll of thewar, the violence shows littlesign of abating.

On Monday, the Observa-tory said that January wasthe deadliest month of theconflict.

The group said it recorded5,794 deaths that it had evi-dence of last month, plusaround another 1,000 that itknew of but for which it didnot have names, photographsor video to provide final con-firmation.

The high death toll is atleast partly due to intenseinfighting among rebels innorthern Syria that brokeout on Jan. 3.

NATION/WORLD NEWS

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In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activistgroup, and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian citizens fill water in abucket to extinguish shops in flames caused by a Syrian government forces warplane attack, at al-Babneighborhood Saturday in Aleppo, Syria.

Al-Qaida breaks with Syria group in mounting fe

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THE D AILY UNION.

To the Public“W e propose to stand by the progressive

movements which will benefit thecondition of the people of these United States.”

John Montgomery and E.M. GilbertJunction City Union

July 28, 1888

John G. MontgomeryPublisher Emeritus

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Another viewPutting the middle class inan even deeper hole

B Y S TEPHEN M OORE

The Heritage Foundation

T he great Obama contradiction on the econo-my is this: he takes credit for the improvedeconomy, but openly admits that in this

recovery almost all of the gains have gone to thevery rich.

Here is the disturbing passage from Obama’sState of the Union speech that I refer to:

“What I believe unites the people of this nation ...is the notion that if you work hard and take respon-sibility, you can get ahead.

“That belief has suffered some serious blows. ...Today, after four years of economic growth, corpo-rate profits and stock prices have rarely beenhigher, and those at the top have never done better.But average wages have barely budged. Inequalityhas deepened. Upward mobility has stalled. Thecold, hard fact is that even in t he midst of recovery,too many Americans are working more than ever

just to get by — let alone get ahead. And too manystill aren’t working at all.”

What a downer. This is hardly morning in Amer-ica stuff. Obama likes to ridicule “trickle-downeconomics” but under Obamanomics, almost noth-ing has even trickled down to the poor. He’s bru-tally honest in admitting that this has been effec-tively a non-recovery for a whole large segment of

American society. It’s not clear how Democratsthink they can leverage that message of futility totheir political advantage in November.

An alarming Fox News poll found that more thanhalf of Americans still think the recession is stillwith us. Ironically, those who have seen the leastprogress tend to be single women, the young,blacks and Hispanics. These were the very groupsthat voted in 2012 in large majorities to re-elect Mr.Obama.

But whose fault is it that inequality has widenedand the middle class has lost ground? Sorry, there’sno blaming this half-baked recovery on George W.Bush or Ronald Reagan or the Republican House orbad weather. The recovery is weak, and the middleclass has lost $2,000 in income because Obamanom-ics failed to create a rising tide that lifts all boats.

In other words, his poll-tested focus on inequali-ty and a struggling middle class is an indictment ofhis own policies. Debt, stimulus, Obamacare, wel-fare expansions, green energy, and higher tax rateswere all supposed to lift the middle class and poorfrom this funk. This was supposed to be a sharedprosperity and we have gotten just the opposite.

This middle-class malaise is a departure fromthe previous recoveries that began under Reaganin 1982 and the early 1990s expansion under Clin-ton. In both of these booms the middle classenjoyed strong gains in income and job opportuni-ties. Census Bureau data reveal that from 1982through 2005 real middle-income families gainedabout 25 percent to 30 percent in income.

Upward income mobility was the hallmark of the1980s and 1990s. To be fair, the stall out began in the2000s under George W. Bush, but it has become acrisis under Barack Obama.

This is because almost all of Obama’s economic

strategies have obsessed over “sharing the wealth,”rather than creating it. But history proves thatgrowth is the best antidote to poverty.

What exactly are the growth policies that Obamais pursuing? Raising the minimum wage? Extend-ing unemployment benefits? More shovel-readyinfrastructure projects financed with debt? Thesemay temporarily help the poor put food on thetable, but they won’t ignite robust growth thatreaches all households and helps lift those at thebottom into the middle class.

Obamanomics has produced the weakest andmost unbalanced recovery in 50 years. Obama’sown words in his State of the Union address onlyhighlighted the stunning failure. His solution wasfull speed ahead on Obamacare, debt spending,renewable energy and Robin Hood redistributionschemes.

This will only put the middle class in an evendeeper hole — and Obama’s own words and recordprove it.

S TEPHEN M OORE is chief economist for The Heritage Foundation.

Kansas Legislature charming ... ?You have to wonder, sometimes,

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Kansas Legislature to consider thiselection-year session.

That’s part of the wonder of thebuilding, seeing ideas, good or bad or just surprising, that show up.

Like the one that gives property own-ers the first right of refusal of deerantlers seized from illegal hunting ontheir property.

Or the one that would allow podia-trists, who are, of course, foot doctors,to also treat problems in the ankle.Which is probably a little like farmingon some health care professional’sproperty.

Or one that would exempt motorcy-cles from Turnpike tolls.

And, of course, the bill that wouldprohibit re-ticketing of an illegallyparked car more than once each fourhours.

If there’s one relatively charmingthing about the Kansas Legislature, itmay be that its members come up withideas for — or maybe to end a grocerystore aisle conversation with a constit-uent agree to introduce — some rela-tively novel legislation.

Now, of course, there are seriousbills introduced, lawmakers have to

approve a budget and deal with crimi-

nal activities and protect the childrenand the poor and such, but then, thereare those bills that legislators who arepaid $88.66 per day introduce.

But part of the fun of the Legislature — for those who aren’t all fu ssy aboutlawmakers just dealing with earth-moving ideas, cutting taxes, paringexpenditures and guaranteeing enoughrain for the crops — are those littlebills that probably aren’t going any-where but are fun to listen to for a littlewhile.

And remember that most folks whodon’t live in the Statehouse have littlereason to know details about the widerange of issues that are brought to theStatehouse for decision, or at least con-sideration. Why would a downtownlegislator know about agriculturalfence law, or a rural legislator havemuch background about urban zoningtechnicalities?

The melting pot of backgrounds and

specialties, the regional differences,the level of education — remember,you don’t quiz out for a seat in the Leg-islature, you just get elected — proba-bly means on most issues that commonsense prevails ... as long as it isn’t acampaign contribution killer.

Somewhere, in even the bills thatsound a little flaky, there’s an attemptto accomplish something.

If illegal hunters don’t get to keepthe deer antlers, maybe they’ll makesure they have legal permission to hunton some farmer’s land, or maybe it’snot quite right for an illegal parker toget a new ticket based on how fast park-ing police can circle the block and dis-cover ... that car is still there.

Still wondering about the toll-freeTurnpike for motorcyclists, but we’regetting an idea of why no one has comeup with a bill that would authorize dis-tinctive license plates for members ofthe Kansas Legislature ...

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The Daily Union. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 5A

OPINION

‘Wussification’ — An idea whose time has come

B Y G EORGE N IXON S HULER

Special to The Daily Union

A ll societies change in one way oranother, over time, and it’s fasci-nating to discover how changes

occur and when. One fellow, Ravi Batra,

more of a literary man than a disci-plined historian, looked at cycles inhistories of nations and found an “Ageof Warriors” and similar ages of labor-ers, acquisitors, and intellectualscycled through and repeated.

One of the most fascinating develop-ments lately has been the decline of the“macho man” in recent decades. I’veloved it because I’ve often maintainedthose most full of bluster and aggres-sion are those most worried about theirown manhood, or the lack thereof.

Politicians schooled in wanting toplease everyone have been at a loss todeal with it. Thus we’ve had one gaffeafter another about “legitimate rape,”“binders full of women,” and so on,from those who while not necessarilyregarding women as inferior tend tothink of them as dependent and/or tobe placed on a pedestal if they’re politi-cally correct.

The gender gap in politics — where

women vote Democratic at a muchhigher rate than men — has left thosewho think society should be ruled bymen or if not by women devoted to thewarrior cult, in the cold as well.

It’s been a little less than a hundredyears since women were even allowedto vote. Women’s suffrage was institut-ed together with another great socialexperiment, prohibition, and some saythat’s no coincidence. Women were thedriving force of the movement to pro-hibit the sale of alcohol. Interestingly,prior to prohibition, the saloon was amale-only enclave not counting itsstaff, but prohibition led to speakeasieswhich led to more female consumptionof alcohol. This didn’t change after thatbrief travesty was ended.

Men who believe all women areeither exalted Madonnas or dishonor-able slatterns are unsure which way togo, and inevitably make the gaffeswhich end their political careers.

At the same time, artistry, sensitivi-ty, and compassion in men is encour-

aged. It’s about time. Boys are morethan sets of muscles. The Age of War-riors is clearly over for now, as if thefact we’ve run out of opportunities forfake wars hadn’t already told us that.

The President recently entered thefray with the pronouncement hewouldn’t let any son of his play football

— a pretty safe statement for a politi-cian with daughters only. Of course,that threw the rough tough cream puffsinto convulsions. It’s not “masculinity”which the far right loves — it’s bully-ing. Those who lead us into wars onfalse pretenses and encourage the bul-lying of people who are different arenot exercising any masculine virtueworth anything.

Bullying’s no masculine virtue —standing up to bullies is. The extrem-ists enjoy bullying and have a hardtime where it’s no longer valued.

One particularly addled fellow insist-ed the American right-wing is the onlything that’ll protect us from Islamofas-cists so we must accept rule by the for-mer to escape rule by the latter. I had aready rejoinder. We don’t have to acceptrule by either of those two sets of bul-lies or any other, because all of themhave got to sleep sometime.

G EORGE S HULER is a resident ofJunction City and native of Texas. He regularly cont ributes hisviewpoints to The Daily Union.

About this pageThe Opinion page of The Daily Union seeks to be a community forum of ideas. We believe that the civil exchange of ideas enables citizens to become better informed and to make decisions that

better our community. Our View editorials represent the opinion and institutional voice of The Daily Union. All other content on this page represents the opinions of others and does not necessarrepresent the views of The Daily Union.

Letters to the editor may be sent to The Daily Union. We prefer e-mail if possible, sent to [email protected]. You may also mail letters to the Editor, P.O. Box 129, Junction City, KS 66All letters must be fewer than 400 words and include a complete name, signature, address and phone number of the writer for verification purposes. The Daily Union reserves the right to edit lettefor length. All decisions regarding letters, including whether a name withheld letter will be honored, length, editing and publication are at the discretion of the managing editor.

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POLICE & RECORDS6A The Daily Union. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014

Junction City

Police DepartmentThe Junction City Police Depart-ment made 20 arrests and reported137 incidents during the 72-hourperiod ending 6 a.m. Monday.Detailed reports for Friday, Satur-day and Sunday were not receivedas of Monday afternoon.

Friday• 8:45 p.m. — Theft, 521 E. Chest-

nut St.Saturday

• 2:27 p.m. — Disturbance, 521E. Chestnut St.

Sunday• 1:54 a.m. — Battery, 130 W.

Seventh St.• 1:59 p.m. — Domestic, 200

block of Grant Ave.• 9:44 p.m. — Motor vehicle theft,1810 Caroline Ave.

• 10:03 p.m. — DUI, 1000 Grant Ave.

Monday• 3:05 p.m. — Damage to prop-

erty, 127 E. 10th St.

Grandview PlazaPolice Department

The Grandview Plaza PoliceDepartment made two arrests andresponded to four calls in the24-hour period ending 12 a.m.Monday. Reports for Friday and

Saturday weren’t received.

Sunday• 8:49 p.m. — Damage to prop-

erty, 1103 Cannon View Drive

Junction CityFire Department

The Junction City Fire Depart-ment made seven transports andresponded to 23 calls in the 72-hourperiod ending 8 a.m. Monday.

Geary CountySheriff’s DepartmentThe Geary County Sheriff’s

Department made one arrest and

responded to 59 calls in the 48-hourperiod ending 7 a.m. Monday. A

report for Friday wasn’t received.Saturday• 10:49 a.m. — Accident, 1200

block of Washington St.• 7:24 p.m. — Accident, K-57 mile

marker 24• 10:18 p.m. — Accident, K-57

mile marker 15

Geary CountyDetention Center

The Geary County DetentionCenter booked the following indi - viduals during the 24-hour periodending 7 a.m. Monday. Reports forFriday and Saturday weren’t

received.

Sunday• 10 a.m. — Justice Kennedy,

probation violation (recommit)• 11:03 a.m. — Frank Rhyne Jr.,

failure to appear• 12:23 p.m. — Sean Doyle, fail-

ure to appear (2)• 2:10 p.m. — Tamaris Loving,

aggravated battery • 9:42 p.m. — Gregory Hawkins,

obstruction, theft• 11:23 p.m. — Nicholas Wood,

speeding, driving while suspended,no insurance, refusal to submit topreliminary breath test, drivingunder the influence

KANSAS NEWS

TOPEKA — A KansasSenate committee hasindefinitely postponed itshearing on a bill barringcities and counties frombuilding broadband net-works for Internet service.

Senate Commerce Com-mittee Chairwoman JuliaLynn said Monday she can-

celed the hearing on the billinitially scheduled for Tues-day.

The Olathe Republicansaid telecommunicationsindustry officials agreed totake more time to get inputabout the proposal.

The Kansas Cable Tele-communications Associa-tion sought the measureand said it wanted the hear-ing canceled so interestedparties could discuss themeasure further.

The bill would restrictcities and counties to build-ing broadband networksonly for underserved areas.

Critics say the definition isso narrow that no placewould qualify, leaving con-sumers with slow service.

The association said itwants to prevent unfaircompetition from taxpayer-subsidized networks.

Lansing inmates onrestrictions after

disruptionLANSING — Maximum-

security inmates at a north-east Kansas prison havebeen placed on restrictions

after what officials called aweekend “disruption.”Kansas Department of

Corrections spokesmanJeremy Barclay said Mon-day that maximum-securityinmates at the Lansing Cor-rectional Facility wereinvolved in a disruption inthe yard Saturday night.Barclay says he doesn’tknow how many inmateswere involved, but that noserious injuries werereported.

In response, the wardenplaced the maximum-secu-rity section of the prison onlimited movement, whichmeans inmates can’t, forexample, go to their prison

jobs or to the exercise area.Barclay says prison offi-cials on Monday werereviewing whether to con-tinue the restrictions.

The Lansing prison hous-es minimum-, medium- andm a x i m u m - s e c u r i t yinmates.

Its current population is2,407 inmates, two morethan its capacity.

Lawrence murdersuspect having first

court hearingLAWRENCE — Prosecu-

tors plan to seek a “Hard50” prison sentence against

a 19-year-old womancharged with killing a Law-rence businessman.

The announcement wasmade Monday as SarahBrooke Gonzales McLinnmade her first appearancein Douglas County DistrictCounty.

McLinn is charged with

first-degree murder in thedeath of 52-year-old HaroldSasko.

Prosecutors also haveadded a vehicle theft chargeagainst McLinn.

Her attorney, Carl Corn-well, says a “Hard 50” sen-tence would be like thedeath penalty.

Sasko owned pizza res-taurants in Lawrence andTopeka. McLinn was anemployee, and Sasko’s rela-tives have said he let hermove into his home whileshe was having personalproblems.

She was arrested in Flor-

ida but declined to fightextradition.

She is being held in theDouglas County jail on $1million bond.

Probe of Kansasinmate’s deathdraws questions

WICHITA — A northwestKansas police chief isdefending his department’sinvestigation of a Missouriwoman’s death at a county jail amid questions over theimpartiality of the detec-

tive who handled it.The Goodland PoliceDepartment last week gavethe Sherman County attor-ney the results of its inves-tigation into the Jan. 22death of Brenda Sewell.

The 58-year-old KansasCity woman died in custodyafter being arrested forhaving a small amount ofmarijuana.

Police Chief CliftonCouch said Monday he’sheard concerns about apossible conflict of interestgiven that the detective whoinvestigated the death ismarried to the ShermanCounty undersheriff.

But Couch says localauthorities were left withfew options after the Kan-sas Bureau of Investigationrefused to investigate thedeath.

Second earthquakein weeks hits

KansasWICHITA — A light

earthquake has hit south-central Kansas for the sec-ond time in weeks.

The U.S. Geological Sur-

vey says a 3.9 magnitudeearthquake was recordedearly Monday.

The epicenter was about11 miles northwest of

Caldwell, which is on theKansas-Oklahoma stateline in Sumner County.Officials say no damagewas reported.

A 3.8 magnitude earth-quake also shook the samevicinity Dec. 16.

Paul Caruso, a USGS geo-physicist, told The Wichita

Eagle it’s very unusual tohave two earthquakes in ashort amount of time inthat area.

Small earthquakes insouthern Kansas havebecome more common,with more than two dozenrecorded over the past twoyears.

The area has been thesite of increased oil and gasdrilling since 2011.

Scientists disagree onwhether that causes theearthquakes.

USPS selling Topeka

downtown office,parking lotTOPEKA — The U.S.

Postal Service has told cityofficials it intends to sell itsoffice building and parkinglot in downtown Topeka.

In a letter addressed toMayor Larry Wolgast andCity Manager Jim Colson,Angela S. Kuhl, a USPS realestate specialist, said ser-vices will be relocated to anew location that hasn’tbeen determined, The Tope-ka Capital-Journal report-ed.

The facility was consoli-dated earlier with a pro-cessing center in KansasCity, Mo., cutting 133 of the150 jobs at the Topeka loca-tion.

The letter said peoplewho disapprove of the deci-sion can appeal in writingthrough March 3.

Topeka’s postmaster SamGonzales said at a publicmeeting on the proposedsale last month that therewould be no layoffs underthe plan, which moves posi-tions to other locations inTopeka.

Gonzales said about one-

fifth of the 113,000 squarefeet of building space isused by the postal service,which only uses the groundfloor.

The two tenants rentingspace on the second andthird floors — two roomsand three rooms, respec-tively — will leave by May5, he said.

City Councilman ChadManspeaker, who tweetedan image of the letter Mon-day, also said on Twitterthe building once served asa courthouse, where thehistoric Brown v. Board ofEducation was tried.

Dave Smith, superinten-dent of The Brown v. Boardof Education National His-toric Site, said the organi-zation had discussed hold-

ing educational programsin the former federal court-room.

“Anything that we canlegally do to ensure thepublic has access to thatsite would be desirable,”Smith said after hearingabout the sale.

State insurancedepartment seekingincreased fees

TOPEKA — The KansasInsurance Department isasking the Legislature forpermission to raise feespaid by insurance compa-nies because the state hasdiverted millions of dollarsfrom its regulatory fundfor other purposes.

Zachary Anshutz, assis-tant commissioner ofinsurance, said the regula-tory fund is likely to bedown to $200,000 in Decem-ber if revenues don’timprove.

The fund used to hold$24 million but the statediverted $15 million inJune and another $5 mil-lion in July. Another $5million is scheduled to beused in July and Gov. SamBrownback has proposeddiverting $3 million morein March 2015, The TopekaCapital-Journal reported.

Since income tax reduc-tions were enacted in 2012,the state has been divert-ing funds, called “feesweeps,” from agenciessuch as the insurancedepartment, the highwayfund and a tobacco litiga-tion settlement for pro-grams that usually arepaid for by the state gener-al fund.

“The sweep of fee fundsfrom the insurance depart-ment is just one moreexample of this governor’sattempt to fill the holes inthe Kansas budget createdby his reckless and irre-sponsible income tax cuts,”said Sen. Laura Kelly,D-Topeka.

Previous administra-tions also have used the fee

sweeps to fill budget holes.Brownback’s predecessor,Democrat Mark Parkinson,was sued by former HouseSpeaker Mike O’Neal in2010 over diversions hisadministration used.

The lawsuit, whichclaims some industrieswere essentially double-taxed, remains in litiga-tion after the Kansas Courtof Appeals reinstated itlast September.

Brownback’s spokes-woman, Sara Belfry, saidthe insurance departmenthas the necessary cashflow to operate.

“The budget office isworking closely with them,and as the actual moneycomes in over the next fewmonths, we will make

adjustments if required,”Belfry said.

The department’s feeson insurance companiesare capped at $25,000.

A proposed bill wouldlift that ceiling and tie theassessment fee to the agen-cy’s budget.

It would specify that the

total assessments couldnot exceed 125 percent ofthe total budget for theinsurance company regu-lation program.

Insurance companiespaid an estimated $440 mil-lion in premium taxes intothe state treasury over thelast three years.

Anshutz also said thatbecause Kansas InsuranceCommissioner Sandy Prae-ger isn’t running for re-election in November, thelegislative change wouldgive more flexibility to thedepartment’s next admin-istration to deal with

depleted funds.

Teen, police sparover videotaping in

CapitolTOPEKA — A Topeka

teenager has had anotherconfrontation with lawenforcement over hisattempt to use a videocamera to record interac-tions between police andthe public.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Addi-son Mikkelson was at theStatehouse on Wednesdayto participate in the Kan-sas Day activities plannedin the building, whichincluded the dedication ofthe Capitol.

The 17-year-old saidwhile at the site he noticedpeople jaywalking in thepresence of CapitolPolice.

“He didn’t do one thing,”Mikkelson said of an offi-cer.

Mikkelson says he thenstarted videotaping theactivity and asking theofficer why he didn’t inter-cede.

The teen returned to theStatehouse on Thursdaywith his camera running

and had a discussion withan officer before beingescorted from the build-ing.

Capital Police declinedto comment about theincident Friday whenasked by The AssociatedPress.

The teen has made other

attempts to videotape lawenforcement officers inTopeka doing their job inrecent months, includingone that led to his arreston Christmas Day forobstruction. Mikkelsonwas taken to a juvenilecenter before beingreleased.

He had his cellphoneconfiscated by the KansasHighway Patrol after aNew Year’s Day incidentat a Topeka store.

His videos, includingthe latest incident at theStatehouse, have been

posted online.In the clips, Mikkelson,who has been praised byfree speech proponents,says that he is exercisinghis First Amendmentrights.

During the incidentThursday, Mikkelson’svideo shows footage of thesecurity area near theentrance to the new State-house visitor center.

He is met by an officer,who informs Mikkelsonthat he is not allowed totake video of the securitymeasures.

The officer can be heardtelling the teen where hecan film in the buildingand telling him to turn hiscamera away from theentrance.

After the two debate thelegality of Mikkelson’sfilming, the officer escortsMikkelson out of thebuilding.

“This is corruption, andI want everyone here tosee it,” Mikkelson says ashe was walking out.

Mikkelson told the Cap-ital-Journal that the policewere making more out ofhis videotaping than nec-

essary, adding, “It’s obvi-ously a constitutionallyprotected right.”

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Dear Annie: Last sum-mer, I gave birth to twinswho were several weeks

early.Throughout the time theywere in the hospital, we hadfamily support.

My husband and I madethe decision that for thefirst day home, we’d haveno visitors.

This enraged my mother.She felt we stole away her

joy of bein g a gran dma andthat we were very rude.

Since that day, I’vereceived letters and emailsstating just what she thinksof me.

In fact, many familymembers have turned theirbacks on us due to the situ-

ation.I’ve made attempts to fix

things, but it only getsworse. This has been goingon since August.

What should I do? —Mom of Twins

Dear Mom: Your familyis incredibly nervy toexpect parents of newborntwins to want family mem-bers in their home the firstday out of the hospital.

While we trust youthanked them for their ear-lier support, once you werehome, you needed time toadjust. You asked for oneday, and they resented it.

Your mother sounds likethe type who could under-mine your authority as aparent, so hang tough.

Tell her that you andyour husband needed a dayto recuperate and somequiet time as a family, andyou hoped they wouldrespect that.

Add that they are wel-come to visit, provided theycan stop insulting you andcreating a negative envi-ronment for the children.

The rest is up to them.Dear Annie: We are

retired and consider our-selves to be hospitable.

We maintain a guest bed-room, as well as two sofabeds for overnight guests.

In addition, we hostfriends and families formeals, especially aroundthe holidays.

My wife struggles withseasonal allergies, as wellas an allergy to animal dan-der, and so we try to limither exposure.

She has undergone aller-gy shots and uses two pre-scription nasal sprays.

She can tolerate shortvisits with pets if she hasplenty of tissues.

Recently, we hosted over-night stays of our adultchildren and their families,as well as our siblings.

We told them their petswere welcome, but the ani-mals would have to sleep inthe laundry room on thelower level.

Unfortunately, theseguests said they couldn’tsleep without having theirpets next to their beds and

insisted on bringing themto the upper floors.

It’s been two weeks sincethe last guests left, and mywife still has a cough fromthe build up of her pet aller-gies.

We had to purchase a n ewblanket for one of the sofabeds because a guest dogslept on it.

Every time we vacuumthe carpet, it brings up thedander.

We want our family mem-bers to feel welcome, buthow can we get them tocomply with the boundar-ies we set?

Do we have to pay forthem to stay at a hotel or

board their pets? — HelpDear Help: No, but youneed to be more assertiveabout enforcing yourboundaries.

Tell the family that youlove having them, but yourwife’s allergies make itimpossible for the dogs tostay anywhere but the laun-dry room at night.

If they cannot abide bythat simple request, youwill be happy to recom-mend nearby pet-friendlyhotels and boarding ken-nels.

Dear Annie: I’d like toaddress your senior drivingrespondent from Salem,Mass: So you are the onedriving too slowly with hisfoot on the brake You’reimpeding the flow of traf-fic.

Worse yet, if your foot isalways on the brake, thenyour brake lights are alwayson.

So how am I supposed toknow when you’re actuallystopping?

It is time for you to turnin your car keys.

Not because you’re 93,but because you’re a baddriver. — Baton Rouge,

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TAURUS (April 20—May 20). Many ofthe world’s ills are caused by the love ofpower. This kind of love also has been themother of progress. Much will depend onthe context of the day. Stay aware of theego’s needs and keep them in check.

GEMINI (May 21—June 21). Justbecause you have a right to do somethingdoesn’t mean you should. Base your deci-sions on what might bring about thehighest and best for all involved.

CANCER (June 22—July 22). You may

find it difficult to know when someonehas fudged the facts or stretched thetruth, but the falsity you’ll detect rightaway is in pretending that something isthere when nothing is there.

LEO (July 23—Aug. 22). In today’scase, your best gift is you, showing upwhere you’re needed with a smile onyour face. Make sure your gift arrives ontime, because you’ll be best received bythose who aren’t worn out from waiting.

VIRGO(Aug. 23—Sept. 22). You won’tlike everyone you have to be around, butbecause of your stellar character, you finda way to get along, be respectful and dothe job at hand. You’ll set a precedent.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22—Dec. 21).Mae West said you’re never too old tobecome younger, and that’s how you feeltoday as you make the decisions that willkeep you fresher and more vital thanyesterday.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22—Jan. 19). Putyour apprehensions to rest. People willtreat you exactly as you treat them. In therare case in which you don’t get your due,it will be made up to you tomorrow.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20—Feb. 18). It’s thepeople who don’t have time to relax whoneed relaxation the most. What can youdo to fulfill this essential need in your ownlife? Give relaxation a high priority status— that’s a start.

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Silovsky said. “If (the contractor) needs write-offs, theymay be willing to do it.”

Bontrager suggested asking the city if any funds wouldbe available to help cover the station’s fees.

Other ideas included contacting area commercial wastehaulers to see if they would donate a roll-off garbage con-tainer for a cleanup program.

Cox said he would speak to the Geary County Commis-sion about what the committee was trying to accomplish.

“We’ll start the dialogue as to what you’re looking into,”he said.

CLEANUPContinued from Page 1A

go toward replacing anoth-er outdated fire appara-tus.

Monies for the purchaseof the pumper apparatusare available through thefire equipment reservefund, according to anagenda memo from city

staff to the commission.The new pumper appa-

ratus likely will be deliv-ered by May 2014.

The Public WorksDepartment is requestingapproval of the purchaseof a used sanitation truckto replace one of its cur-rent vehicles that recent-ly has seen an increase inmaintenance needs. Thecity has been renting a

unit in place of the cur-rent truck.

In an agenda memo tothe commission, city staffrecommends commission-ers approve the purchase

of a used sanitation truckat a cost not to exceed$104,050. The memo statesfunds are available for thepurchase via the city’ssanitation fund.

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year extension to produceplans.

During that time span, hehopes Kansans becomemore comfortable and makedecisions about conceal andcarry.

Legislators were alsoquestioned about an idea toeliminate mortgage regis-tration fees.

The Kansas BankersAssociation and Kansas

Association of Realtorsclaim the fee puts a burdenon borrowers, and is repeti-tive due to other fees paid tothe register of deeds.

Geary CountyC o m m i s s i o n e rLarry Hicks saidmore than 100counties areopposed because ofless revenues forservices.

According toGeary County offi-cials, more than$500,000 in mort-gage registration fees were

collected in 2012.All four legislators

agreed that, right away theywere not in favor of thebill.

“I will not supportit, unless that moneyis made up to thecounties in someother way,” Moxleysaid.

Longbine saidthere’s plenty ofwork and negotia-tions still on the hori-zon.

“In its presentform I would say no, but I

reserve the right to seewhat it may end up being inthe end,” he said.

Rothlisberg and Hawkalso were against the idea,based on current assump-tions.

The state budget also wasa hot topic, and Moxley pre-sented a report of a six-year total of Kansas receiv-ing $3.7 billion less, due totaxing incentives and otherissues.

Rothlisberg spoke abouteconomic development andunemployment in GearyCounty.

According to a recentreport, the unemploymentrate in the area is at 5.9 per-cent.

He’s working on a bill todeter discrimination fromemployers when it comes topeople who have beenemployed for a long time.

In addition to economicdevelopment, he also dis-cussed his proposal to bringa casino to the Flint Hills.

He indicated there aretwo bills in the legislatureconcerning casinos; onewas introduced this year,and would allow the possi-

bility for a fifth casino inKansas to be built in theGeary County area.

A second bill was intro-duced last year, and wouldmove the fourth casinofrom the Southeast Kansasarea to the Geary Countyarea, since a casino has yetto be built in that area, andincludes an amendment toprovide Southeast Kansaswith economic develop-ment funds.

Neither bill has beenheard by the Federal andState Affairs Committee,Rothlisberg said.

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“I’m glad we’re doing the

feasibility study, but itwould have been nice if theboard discussed it during aspecial meeting,” Khourysaid.

Board member BrianField made a request forboard members to attendthe community meeting.

“This is a big decision,he said.

Meetings or delibera-tions with Fort Riley offi-cials and the district havenot yet occurred.

Walker said most of thestudents from Custer Hillwould attend Ware, Jeffer-son and potentially Morris

Hill Elementary schools ifCuster Hill Elementary isclosed.

The board is scheduled todiscuss Custer Hill during aFebruary work session.

In March, the district isscheduled to make a deci-sion to close it or keep itopen.

Walker said the issuecame about when the capac-ity and condition of FortRiley schools were beingexamined.

After the recent construc-

tion of Seitz Elementaryand additions to Ware Ele-mentary, the capacity mat-ter was addressed.

He said every school onFort Riley is on a federal listfor future improvements.

The remaining schoolsare Morris Hill, Jeffersonand Custer Hill.

Walker said it could beyears before they considerCuster Hill ElementarySchool for improvements.

USD 475Continued from Page 1A

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Freedby a recent legal deal withgovernment lawyers, majortechnology firms releasednew data Monday on howoften they are ordered toturn over customer informa-tion for secret national secu-rity investigations — figuresthat show that the govern-ment collected data on thou-sands of Americans.

The publications disclosedby Google, Microsoft, Yahoo,Facebook, LinkedIn andTumblr provided expandeddetails and some vented crit-icism about the govern-ment’s handling of custom-ers’ Internet data in counter-

terrorism and other intelli-gence-related probes. Thefigures from 2012 and 2013showed that companies,such as Google and Micro-soft, were compelled by thegovernment to provide infor-mation on as many as 10,000customer accounts in a six-month period. Yahoo com-plied with governmentrequests for information onmore than 40,000 accounts inthe same period.

The companies earlierprovided limited informa-tion about governmentrequests for data, but a newagreement reached last week

with the Obama administra-tion allowed the firms to pro-vide a broadened, thoughstill circumscribed, set offigures to the public.

Seeking to reassure cus-tomers and business part-ners alarmed by revelationsabout the government’s mas-sive collection of Internetand computer data, the firms

stressed details indicatingthat only small numbers oftheir customers were target-ed by authorities. Still, eventhose small numbers showedthat thousands of Ameri-cans were affected by thegovernment requestsapproved by judges of thesecret Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Court.

The data releases by thefive major tech firms offereda mix of dispassionate graph-ics, reassurances and pro-tests, seeking to alleviatecustomer concerns about

government spying whilepressuring national securityofficials about the compa-nies’ constitutional con-cerns.

The shifting tone in thereleases showed the precari-ous course that major techfirms have had to navigate inrecent months, caughtbetween their public com-

mitments to Internet free-dom and their enforced rolesas data providers to U.S. spyagencies.

In a company blog post,Microsoft General CounselBrad Smith scolded the U.S.and allied governments forfailing to renounce thereported mass interceptionof Internet data carried bycommunications cables. Toplawyers and executives formajor tech firms had previ-ously raised alarms aboutmedia reports describingthat hacking by U.S. and UK

spy agencies and cited themduring conversations withU.S. officials during Presi-dent Barack Obama’s inter-nal review of planned chang-es to the government’s spy-ing operations.

“Despite the president’sreform efforts and our abili-ty to publish more informa-tion, there has not yet been

any public commitment byeither the U.S. or other gov-ernments to renounce theattempted hacking of Inter-net companies,” Smith saidin a Microsoft blog release.Smith added that Microsoftplanned to press the govern-ment “for more on this point,in collaboration with othersacross our industry.”

The new figures werereleased just a week aftermajor tech firms announceda legal agreement with theJustice Department. Butlawyers and executive for

the companies openly ventedtheir discomfort with thegovernment’s continuinginsistence that they couldonly provide broad rangesinstead of the actual num-bers of governmentrequests.

The companies said theywould press for narrowerdata ranges that would offer

more details. “We will alsocontinue to advocate for stillnarrower disclosure ranges,

which will provide a moreaccurate picture of the num-ber of national security-related requests,” said ErikaRottenberg, LinkedIn’s gen-eral counsel.

A spokesman for the Officeof the Director of NationalIntelligence declined to com-ment on the companies’releases and comments. Thespokesman pointed to a lateJanuary statement by DNIJames Clapper and AttorneyGeneral Eric Holder thatsaid the agreement wouldallow the firms to “disclosemore information than everbefore to their customers.”

Google and all the othercompanies denied that theygave any government unfet-tered access to their users’info.

The companies are wor-ried more people will reducetheir online activities if theybelieve almost everythingthey do is being monitoredby the government. A declinein Web surfing could hurtthe companies financially bygiving them fewer opportu-nities to show online ads andsell other services.

The companies can onlyreveal how many total

requests they receive everysix months, with the num-bers in groupings of 1,000.And even those generalnumbers must be concealedfor at least six months afterany reporting period ends.That restriction means theFISA requests for the finalhalf of last year can’t beshared until July, at the ear-

liest. The data coming outMonday indicated the U.S.government is digging deep-

er into the Internet as peoplespend more time online.Most of the companies

showed the number of gov-ernment requests fellbetween 0 and 999 for eachsix-month period. But thenumbers of customersaffected by those searchesranged more widely.

Google, for instance, hasseen the number of peopleaffected by FISA court ordersrise from 2,000 to 2,999 usersduring the first half of 2009to between 9,000 and 9,999users during the first half oflast year.

The company showed anunusual spike in the numberof Americans whose datawas collected between Julyand December 2012. Duringthat period, metadata wascollected from between12,000 and 12,999 users.

Under the restrictionsimposed by the government,no explanation was providedfor that anomaly.

Yahoo listed the highestnumber of people swept upin FISA requests for onlinecontent during the first halfof last year. The orders seek-ing user content spanned30,000 to 30,999 accounts,

according to the company.The requested contentcould have included emails,instant messages, addressbooks, calendar items andpictures.

All the companies alsoreceived FISA requests thatweren’t aimed at scoopingup online communicationsor photos.

Internet firms release data on NSA spy reques

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[email protected] receiving federal funding for a Fort

Riley school, USD 475 officials are looking for-ward to construction, but the board is ques-tioning where that money is going.

The Board of Education postponed a deci-sion to approve the guaranteed maximumprice to Hutton Construction to build the newFort Riley Elementary School in the amount of$18.41 million.

During Monday’s meeting, board membersrequested a breakdown of the $20.12 millionproject and wanted to know how much HuttonConstruction is actually receiving.

“How can someone do a project and not tellyou what their fees are,” board member AnwarKhoury said.

Hutton Construction has built several

schools in the district. USD 475 was recentlyawarded more than $16 million from the U.S.

Department of Defense. The district will pro-vide a match of more than $4 million.The state provided about $3 million and the

other $1 million will come from Impact Aid,which is federal dollars designed to replace lostlocal taxes because of the presence of a federalbody.

From the $20.12 million, $18.41 is expected forconstruction and $900,000 will be used forarchitectural and engineering fees.

The remaining $810,000 will be used for fur-nishing. The architect for the project is SchaeferJohnson Cox Frey Architecture. Khoury alsobrought up the lack of a landscaping plan.

Superintendent Ronald Walker said it wasnot a liable expense under the grant and it’ssomething they’ll have to examine down theroad.

“This is going to come up later and we’regoing to be criticized for it,” Khoury said.

Fort Riley Elementary contract postpo

Associ ated P ress

The National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md.

“I’m glad we’re doing the feasibilitystudy, but it would have been nice if the

board discussed it during a specialmeeting.”

A NWAR K HOURY

Board member

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Local Sports JCHS basketball atEmporia rescheduled

Due to inclement weather,the Junction City varsity and JVboys basketball games as well asthe girls freshman game havebeen rescheduled for Saturday,Feb. 8.

The game times will remainthe same, with the freshmangirls starting at 4:30 p.m., boys junior varsity at 6 p.m. and boysvarsity tipping off at 7:45 p.m.

American LegionBaseball breakfastAmerican Legion Post 45 is

hosting a breakfast fundraiserFeb. 8 to support its summerbaseball program.

The menu includes biscuitsand gravy, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns and sausage. Tickets are$6 and $3 for children under 10years old.

Breakfast will be held at Post45 on Franklin and Fourth

streets.For more information, con-

tact Heath Gerstner at [email protected].

MLB

Storm halts RoyalsCaravan stops in NE

KansasThe Kansas City Royals have

canceled Tuesday’s Royals Cara-van visits to Manhattan and FortRiley because of the impendingwinter storm.

The team said Monday it’snot certain if the trip will berescheduled.

Tuesday’s northeast Kansastrip was billed as a Salute to theMilitary. The Royals have beenpartnering with USO chapters atFort Riley and in Missourithroughout the caravan to col-lect items for service membersoverseas and returning fromduty.

The Royals Caravan has visit-ed 18 communities throughout

the Midwest. Tuesday’s north-east Kansas trip was the last legof the tour.

NCAA Football

Big 12 switchesdates of 3 football

gamesThe Big 12 has made three

changes to its 2014 footballschedule.

Two Oklahoma game dateshave been switched. The Soon-ers’ game at Tulsa has been

moved up two weeks to Sept. 6,the second Saturday of the sea-son. That game had been set forSept. 20, when Oklahoma willnow play at West Virginia in agame that was originally sched-uled a week later.

SEC champion Auburn’s gameat Kansas State has been movedto Sept. 18, a Thursday night, fora national ESPN broadcast. Thatgame had been set for two daysafter that.

More changes are possible.

Television selections for the firstthree weeks of the season andspecial dates aren’t due to theconference until June 1.

In brief

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Andrew Ferguson • The Associated PressWest Virginia’s Juwan Staten shoots over Kansas State’s Jevon Thomas Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — JuwanStaten had a career day with 35points as West Virginia knocked offKansas State 81-71 on Saturday.

It was the second straight league

win for the Mountaineers (13-9, 5-4Big 12) and third in the last fourgames. Kansas State (15-7, 5-4) lostfor the third time in four contests.

Staten had four rebounds and fiveassists, and connected on 8 of 13field goals and 18 of 21 from the line — both free throw marks careerbests. Terry Henderson had 13

points, Eron Harris scored 11 andRemi Dibo had 10.

“I just wanted to win, that’s all,”said Staten. “I saw opportunitiesand I took them. We kind of ran alittle bit of a different offense thisgame than what we have in the past.And it really worked for us, it reallyopened up the driving lanes, espe-

cially since Kansas State plays thepassing lanes. We knew that they’dbe open to back cuts and drivinglanes, and that’s what we did.”

The Wildcats got 20 points fromMarcus Foster and 19 from ThomasGipson.

Those two KSU players connectedon 18 of 27 shots, but Staten provid-

ed much of what the Mountaineersneeded to avenge a 78-56 defeat inManhattan on Jan. 18, which hasproved to be West Virginia’s worstloss of the season.

Staten’s previous career-high inpoints (28) and free throws made/attempted (14 of 19) was againstDuquesne on Nov. 17, 2003.

His 18 made free throws broke aschool record held by Rod Thorn,set against George Washington in1963.

Staten was just 1 of 6 from thefree throw line in his last gameagainst Baylor.

Padway:Loss to

WVU couldprove costlyto K-State

tournamenthopes

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Regret.It’s a unifying emotion all of

humanity can relate to becausewhether or not a person admitsto it, each member of our spe-cies is forced to live with a deci-sion they made at some point intime they wish they could takeback.

A momentwhere a differ-ent action couldbe made, a dif-ferent choicemade.

When the Kan-sas State basket-ball team looksback on the 2013-14 season, the81-71 loss at WestVirginia couldcertainly standout as a game full of regret.

The biggest glaring omissionfrom the Wildcats’ tournamentresume is a quality road win.

West Virginia — even though just a game above .500 in con-ference play — was coming offof its own confidence-boostingwin at Baylor.

With the loss coming the daybefore Punxsutawney Phildelivered his annual forecastfor the end of winter, K-Statecoach Bruce Weber finds histeam caught in a cycle when itcomes to away games that close-ly resembles the plot of an early

E THAN P ADWAY

B Y J IM V ERTUNO

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — No. 6 Kansas was roll-ing. The Jayhawks had won seven consecu-tive games to move to the top of the Big 12.They looked ready to cruise to anotherleague title.

So much for that idea. One trip down toNo. 25 Texas showed the conference race isfar from over.

Wayne Selden Jr. scored 21 points, butKansas struggled for much of an 81-69 lossto the Longhorns on Saturday.

Isaiah Taylor scored 23 points and Jona-than Holmes had 22 as Texas earned itssixth consecutive win and pulled within agame of Kansas about halfway through theBig 12 schedule.

“It was pretty much a dominating perfor-mance by the Longhorns over us today,”Kansas coach Bill Self said.

The Longhorns (17-4, 6-2), who lost theirtop four scorers from a 16-18 squad a yearago, have been the surprise of the Big 12this season.

Texas thumped the Jayhawks (16-5, 7-1)with suffocating defense that held the Big12’s best shooting team to 39 percent fromthe floor. Kansas freshman Andrew Wig-gins, who averaged 24 points over the previ-ous three games, scored seven before foul-ing out late.

The Longhorns outshot and outrebound-ed the Jayhawks, had 12 blocks, and oncethey built a double-digit lead, never leftKansas an opening to rally.

“We didn’t come with a lot of energytonight. That was the result,” Jayhawksforward Perry Ellis said.

Taylor, a freshman guard who scored 27a week earlier against Baylor, continued toslash his way through the Jayhawks forlayups and floating jumpers, while Holmeshit from inside and outside. Holmes alsowent 9 for 10 from the free-throw line.

Cameron Ridley added nine points, 10rebounds and four blocks for Texas, win-ning his battle under the basket with JoelEmbiid, Kansas’ 7-foot center. Prince Ibehalso had four blocks.

“We know it’s a long season,” Seldensaid. “We’ll get back to Lawrence,

regroup.”The first half was pure frustration for

the Jayhawks, who came in shooting 51percent as a team. Nothing, not even theopen shots, seemed to find their way in thebasket.

Texas’ zone defense held the Jayhawks to8-of-31 shooting in the half. Taylor and Hol-mes each scored 11 points and Ridley usedhis powerful body to push around the slen-der Embiid.

When Holmes blocked a shot, grabbedthe loose ball and raced up the court for alayup, the Jayhawks’ Frank Mason methim at the basket with a hard foul and thetwo players had to be separated. Kansas’Brannen Greene was then whistled for a

Eric Gay • The Associat ed Pres sKansas’ Naadir Tharpe is blocked by Texas’ Jona-than Holmes as he tries to score Saturday inAustin, Texas.

Seattle Super Bowl win buoys a city

used to losingB Y G EN E J OHNSON

Associated Press

SEATTLE — For a cityaccustomed to losing not just games, but teams, theSeattle Seahawks’ domi-nant Super Bowl win pro-vided a long overduecatharsis, buoying thespirits of a fan base thathasn’t always had much tocheer about.

Fans poured into theSeahawks team store onMonday at CenturyLinkField to buy championshipT-shirts and hats, parentsmade plans to pull theirkids out of school forWednesday’s parade, andstaff at The Seattle Timesdonned aprons to helphawk some of the extra106,000 copies printed with

“Champs!” emblazoned onthe front page.

“I spent a little bit ofmoney this morning, butit’s priceless,” said JulieKeim, who bought 11shirts at $28 apiece and 11hats at $35 apiece for the

staff at her maritime-training school in thenorth Seattle suburb ofEdmonds. “There’s somany players to be proudof on this team.”

The Seahawks’ 43-8manhandling of the Den-ver Broncos on Sundaygave the city its first majormen’s sports champion-ship since the SuperSon-ics won the NBA title in1979 — and helped erasesome of the lingering bit-terness over the Sonics’

Kansas’ 7-game win streakends in Texas, 81-69

Erika Schultz • The Seattle Times/Associated PressThousands of Seattle Seahawk fans celebrate in the PioneerSquare neighborhood in Seattle after the Seahawks Super Bowlwin Sunday.

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SCOREBOARDTV Sportswatch

Today

MEN’S COLLEGEBASKETBALL

6 p.m.ESPN — Ohio St. at Iowa

ESPN2 — Kansas at BaylorESPNU — Mississippi at KentuckyFS1 — St. John’s at Providence8 p.m.ESPN — Missouri at FloridaESPNU — Wake Forest at DukeFS1 — Butler at Marquette

NHL6:30 p.m.NBCSN — N.Y. Islanders at Washington

Wednesday

MEN’S COLLEGEBASKETBALL

6 p.m.ESPN2 — Boston College at VirginiaESPNU — Oklahoma at West Virginia8 p.m.ESPN2 — Stanford at CaliforniaESPNU — Louisville at Houston10 p.m.ESPNU — Wyoming at New Mexico

NBA7 p.m.ESPN — Portland at New York9:30 p.m.ESPN — Miami at L.A. Clippers

NHL6:30 p.m.NBCSN — Pittsburgh at Buffalo

College Basketball PollsAssociated Press Top 25

Record Pts Prv 1. Syracuse (65) 21-0 1,625 2 2. Arizona 21-1 1,517 1 3. Florida 19-2 1,482 3 4. Wichita St. 23-0 1,447 4 5. San Diego St. 19-1 1,370 5 6. Villanova 19-2 1,252 9 7. Cincinnati 21-2 1,182 13 8. Kansas 16-5 1,141 6 9. Michigan St. 19-3 1,136 710. Michigan 16-5 949 1011. Duke 17-5 940 1712. Creighton 18-3 790 2013. Saint Louis 20-2 728 1914. Louisville 18-4 723 1215. Texas 17-4 719 2516. Iowa St. 16-4 717 1617. Iowa 17-5 669 1518. Kentucky 16-5 653 1119. Oklahoma St. 16-5 420 820. Virginia 17-5 364 —21. Oklahoma 17-5 361 2322. UConn 17-4 252 —23. Gonzaga 20-3 237 —24. Memphis 16-5 114 2225. Pittsburgh 18-4 110 18

USA Today Top 25 Record Pts Pvs 1. Syracuse (32) 21-0 800 2 2. Wichita St. 23-0 745 3 3. Arizona 21-1 725 1 4. Florida 19-2 720 4 5. San Diego St. 19-1 680 5 6. Villanova 19-2 596 9 7. Cincinnati 21-2 570 15 8. Michigan St. 19-3 546 6 9. Kansas 16-5 498 710. Louisville 18-4 474 711. Duke 17-5 409 1612. Creighton 18-3 404 2013. Iowa 17-5 377 1214. Kentucky 16-5 372 1115. Saint Louis 20-2 362 2116. Michigan 16-5 328 1417. Iowa St. 16-4 290 1818. Texas 17-4 287 —19. Oklahoma St. 16-5 227 1020. Gonzaga 20-3 214 2421. Virginia 17-5 197 —22. Pittsburgh 18-4 99 1723. Oklahoma 17-5 94 2524. Wisconsin 17-5 72 1325. Ohio St. 17-5 67 23

Others receiving votes: Memphis 58,UConn 47, VCU 26, Southern Miss. 25,UMass 24, UCLA 20, New Mexico 16, SMU10, Baylor 7, California 5, Harvard 4,

George Washington 2, Saint Joseph’s 1,Stephen F. Austin 1, Toledo 1.

Women’s Top 25 Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (36) 23-0 900 1 2. Notre Dame 21-0 863 2 3. Stanford 21-1 827 4 4. Louisville 22-1 775 5 5. Duke 21-2 766 3 6. South Carolina 20-2 707 7 7. Baylor 18-3 680 9 8. Tennessee 18-4 647 10 9. Penn St. 17-4 595 1210. Maryland 17-4 545 811. Arizona St. 19-3 465 1512. Oklahoma St. 18-3 464 1113. North Carolina 17-5 453 614. NC State 19-3 436 1815. Kentucky 17-5 435 1316. LSU 17-5 354 1417. West Virginia 19-3 344 2018. Vanderbilt 17-5 298 1619. Texas A&M 17-6 243 1720. Gonzaga 20-3 194 2221. Middle Tennessee 18-3 134 2522. Nebraska 15-5 102 —23. California 14-7 93 2124. Michigan St. 15-7 88 —25. Purdue 15-7 85 19

Others receiving votes: Iowa St. 68, St.John’s 28, Rutgers 22, Syracuse 17, FloridaSt. 16, Wichita St. 14, Oklahoma 12, Bowl-ing Green 7, Chattanooga 6, DePaul 4,James Madison 3, Michigan 3, SaintMary’s (Cal) 3, Texas 3, Iona 1.

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto 26 22 .542 —Brooklyn 21 25 .457 4New York 19 29 .396 7Boston 16 33 .327 10 1/2Philadelphia 15 34 .306 11 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami 34 13 .723 —Atlanta 25 21 .543 8 1/2Washington 24 23 .511 10Charlotte 21 28 .429 14Orlando 13 37 .260 22 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBIndiana 37 10 .787 —Chicago 23 23 .500 13 1/2Detroit 19 28 .404 18Cleveland 16 32 .333 21 1/2Milwaukee 9 39 .188 28 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 35 13 .729 —Houston 32 17 .653 3 1/2Dallas 28 21 .571 7 1/2Memphis 26 21 .553 8 1/2New Orleans 20 27 .426 14 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct GBOklahoma City 39 11 .780 —Portland 34 14 .708 4Denver 23 23 .500 14Minnesota 23 24 .489 14 1/2Utah 16 32 .333 22

Pacific Division W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 34 17 .667 —Phoenix 29 18 .617 3Golden State 29 19 .604 3 1/2L.A. Lakers 16 31 .340 16Sacramento 15 32 .319 17

Sunday’s GamesBoston 96, Orlando 89Monday’s GamesIndiana 98, Orlando 79Washington 100, Portland 90Brooklyn 108, Philadelphia 102Miami 102, Detroit 96Oklahoma City 86, Memphis 77Milwaukee 101, New York 98San Antonio 102, New Orleans 95Dallas 124, Cleveland 107Denver 116, L.A. Clippers 115Toronto 94, U tah 79Chicago at Sacramento, Late

Today’s GamesIndiana at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Chicago at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Charlotte at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Detroit at Orlando, 6 p.m.Boston at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.San Antonio at Washington, 6 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Cleveland, 6 p.m.Phoenix at Houston, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.Dallas at Memphis, 7 p.m.Atlanta at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Portland at New York, 7 p.m.Milwaukee at Denver, 8 p.m.Toronto at Sacramento, 9 p.m.Miami at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GABoston 54 35 16 3 73 164 119Tampa Bay 55 32 18 5 69 162 137Toronto 57 30 21 6 66 170 176Montreal 56 29 21 6 64 137 139Detroit 56 25 19 12 62 146 158Ottawa 56 24 21 11 59 159 178Florida 55 21 27 7 49 133 174Buffalo 55 15 32 8 38 107 164

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 56 39 15 2 80 178 133

N.Y. Rangers 56 30 23 3 63 145 140Columbus 55 28 23 4 60 163 154Philadelphia 56 27 23 6 60 152 163Carolina 54 25 20 9 59 137 151Washington 56 25 22 9 59 164 172New Jersey 57 23 21 13 59 133 142N.Y. Islanders 57 21 28 8 50 159 191

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 57 33 10 14 80 200 158St. Louis 54 37 12 5 79 185 125Colorado 55 36 14 5 77 167 143Minnesota 57 29 21 7 65 140 144Dallas 55 25 21 9 59 158 160Nashville 57 25 23 9 59 142 172Winnipeg 57 27 25 5 59 161 166

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 57 40 12 5 85 189 139

San Jose 56 35 15 6 76 168 134Los Angeles 57 30 21 6 66 134 122Vancouver 57 27 21 9 63 142 149Phoenix 55 26 19 10 62 159 164Calgary 55 21 27 7 49 132 173Edmonton 58 19 33 6 44 150 196

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point forovertime loss.

Sunday’s GamesWashington 6, Detroit 5, OTWinnipeg 2, Montreal 1

Monday’s GamesEdmonton 3, Buffalo 2Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1, OTDetroit 2, Vancouver 0Colorado 2, New Jersey 1, OT

Columbus at Anaheim, LateChicago at Los Angeles, LatePhiladelphia at San Jose, Late

Today’s GamesVancouver at Boston, 6 p.m.Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.Winnipeg at Carolina, 6 p.m.Calgary at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 6:30 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 6:30 p.m.Ottawa at St. Louis, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesPittsburgh at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.Chicago at Anaheim, 9 p.m.Dallas at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s SportsTransactions

MLB American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to termswith INF Alex Gonzalez on a minor leaguecontract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to termswith 3B David Freese and RHP KevinJepsen. Signed INF Chad Tracy to a minor-league contract.TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms withRHP Daniel Bard, RHP Che-Hsuan Lin andRHP Armando Galarraga on minor leaguecontracts. Released RHP Tyler Tufts.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Signedmanager Kirk Gibson and general manag-er Kevin Towers to contract extensions.COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to termswith RHP Manny Corpas and RHP NickMasset on minor league contracts.NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms withRHP Kyle Farnsworth on a minor-leaguecontract.SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Named FredStanley special assistant, player person-nel; Russ Morman manager for Richmond

(EL); Lenn Sakata manager for San Jose(Cal); Andy Skeels hitting coach for Fresno(PCL) and Todd Linden hitting coach forAugusta (SAL). Promoted Shane Turner todirector of player development; SteveDecker to coordinator of minor leagueinstruction and hitting; and Carlos Valder-rama to manager of the Dominican Sum-mer League Giants.

NBALOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed G SashaVujacic to a 10-day contract.PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Recalled G Loren-zo Brown from Delaware (NBADL).

NFLOAKLAND RAIDERS — Named Joe Woodsdefensive backs coach and Marcus Rob-ertson assistant secondary coach.

Durant and Ibaka lead Thunder past Grizzlies 86-7B Y M URRAY E VANS

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY —Kevin Durant had 31 points,eight rebounds and eightassists, Serge Ibaka had 21points and 12 rebounds andthe Oklahoma City Thun-der continued their homedominance, beating theMemphis Grizzlies 86-77 onMonday night.

Oklahoma City (39-11)had a 10-game winningstreak snapped Saturday atWashington, but the Thun-der moved to 21-3 at homewhile winning their seventhstraight game at Chesa-peake Energy Arena.

Zach Randolph had 13points and 13 rebounds andMarc Gasol added 13 pointsfor Memphis (26-21), whichlost for the second time in13 games. The Grizzlies hadwon six straight games, theNBA’s longest winningstreak entering Monday.

Coming off a remarkableJanuary during which heaveraged 35.9 points pergame on 54.9-percent shoot-ing, Durant finished 11 of21 from the field.

Ibaka posted his 19thdouble-double of the sea-son, going 10 of 17 from thefield. He also teamed withKendrick Perkins and Ste-ven Adams (who had fourblocked shots) to slow Mem-phis’ potent frontcourt ofRandolph and Gasol. Mem-phis couldn’t counter withoutside shooting. The Griz-zlies went 2 of 16 from3-point range.

Memphis, which trailedby 17 points late in the first

half, pulled within threepoints three times in thefinal 6:45, the last time at78-75 after Courtney Lee’sdriving 5-foot jumper with4:54 left.

Durant answered with a14-foot jumper, then afteran exchange of empty pos-sessions, Thabo Sefoloshaswished a 3-pointer andDurant followed with a stealand layup to give OklahomaCity an 85-75 cushion with2:54 left.

The Thunder managedonly one point after that,but the Grizzlies couldn’ttake advantage, scoringonly on a follow shot by

Randolph with 1:12 left.The Thunder used an 18-2run near the end of the f irsthalf to take a 51-36 halftimelead. By halftime, Ibakaalready had a double-dou-ble with 12 points and 10rebounds. Durant scored 10of his 16 first-half pointsduring the final 5:35 of thehalf.

Fueled by six points byGasol, Memphis opened thesecond half on a 15-5 run topull within 56-51 midwaythrough the third quarter,but Durant hit a 3-pointerwith 52 seconds left in thequarter to help rebuild

Oklahoma City’s lead tonine points at 68-59.

With a lineup of reserves,Oklahoma City didn’t scorefor almost three minutes tostart the fourth quarter,causing coach Scott Brooksto reinsert Durant with9:41 left. Durant promptlydrew a foul on James John-son and hit 1-of-2 freethrows, then swished a14-foot jumper from the leftwing to put the Thunder up72-63.

Reggie Jackson startedthe game with two airballsbut eventually finishedwith 12 points for Oklaho-ma City. Lee and Mike Mill-er had 11 points each forMemphis.

Notes: With Conley out,Memphis signed G Darius

Morris to a 10-day contracton Monday. Morris aver-aged 4.2 points and 1.6assists in 22 games this sea-son with the Philadelphia76ers and Los Angeles Clip-pers. He was waived byPhiladelphia on Nov. 20before signing a pair of10-day contracts with theClippers . Memphis had asix-game road winningstreak snapped. BeforeMonday, the Grizzlies’ last

road loss was on Jan. 3 atDenver . The Thunderrecorded its 113th straightregular-season sellout,although there were someempty seats visible in thelower sections of Chesa-peake Energy Arena . Mem-phis coach Dave Joergerwas named as the WesternConference coach of themonth for January, beatingout Oklahoma City’s Brooksfor that honor. Memphiswent 12-3 in January, com-pared Oklahoma City’s 13-5mark . At least twice, Joerg-er complained about thevolume level in the arena

Alonzo Adams • The Associ ated Pr ess

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant shoots over Memphis Grizzlies forward James JohnsonMonday in Oklahoma City.

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technical foul. Holmes made threeof four free throws and Texas led38-23 at halftime.

Texas blew it open early in thesecond half with an emphatic bas-ket by Ridley: a one-step, two-hand-ed dunk over Embiid. Ridley con-verted the three-point play andTexas led 47-27.

Kansas finally answered withconsecutive 3-pointers but the Jay-hawks couldn’t piece together a runthat could pull them close. Texassimply wouldn’t let them. Holmeshad a key 3-pointer and followed itwith another tough layup.

Demarcus Holland had the taskof guarding Wiggins most of thegame and despite giving up six inch-es, did a masterful job of frustratingthe freshman into a rough shootingnight. Wiggins fouled out with justover two minutes left, ending a 2-for-12 performance from the field.

Holland also grabbed a team-high11 rebonds.

“I tried to box him out everyopportunity,” Holland said. “Camand Prince were scaring him and hewas settling for jump shots.”

KUContinued from Page 1B

Eric Gay • The Associa ted Pres sKansas’ Naadir Tharpe looks to pass around Texas’ Cameron Ridley Saturday in Austin, Texas.

2008 departure for Oklaho-ma City, where the teambecame the Thunder.

In fact, before Sunday,Seattle’s two major profes-sional championships werein sports in which the cityno longer competes — hock-ey and basketball. TheSeattle Metropolitans wonthe 1917 Stanley Cup beforefolding in 1924.

Unlike fans of some otherchampionsh ip - s t a rvedteams — say, the ChicagoCubs or the pre-2004 BostonRed Sox — Seahawks faith-ful haven’t had the Bulls,Celtics, Blackhawks or Bru-ins to cheer for.

Fans launched fireworks,

blared horns and partiedacross the city as the finalseconds of the Super Bowlticked away. The celebra-tion lasted into the night.

“I can’t make you under-stand what this means tome!” shouted lifelong Seat-

tleite John Caro, who, withhis wife Corina, both 59,whooped their way downLake City Way in NorthSeattle and high-fived pass-ersby. “We have waited sofreakin’ long for this!”

Thousands of peoplepacked the city’s oldestneighborhood, PioneerSquare, and the Fire Depart-ment reported about a half-dozen bonfires around thecity, mostly involvingcouches and mattressesburned in streets.

The biggest blaze wasnear the University ofWashington, where one

person was arrested forinvestigation of recklessburning. Two shootingsalso were reported but theinjuries weren’t life-threat-ening.

The celebration, howev-er, was mostly harmless,

even though there wereabout a half-dozen arrestsSunday night, and policedispersed the PioneerSquare crowd after somerevelers began smashingwindows and throwing bot-tles at officers.

Videos of fans waitingpolitely for a light to changebefore crossing a streetspread quickly on the Inter-net, demonstrating that onedoesn’t jaywalk in Seattle,even amid a Super Bowlcelebration.

Seattle’s sports historyhas been mostly sad. Asidefrom the SuperSonics’ relo-

cation after 41 years, base-ball’s Mariners — whostarted playing in 1977,seven years after the Pilotsmoved to Milwaukee —have been woeful, losing101 games in 2008 and 2010,and 91 last year.

But there have beenbright spots.

The Seahawks made it tothe Super Bowl in 2005,where they lost to the Pitts-burgh Steelers amid com-plaints about the officiatingthat Seattle fans continueto voice.

In 1994, the SuperSonicshad the best record in the

NBA during the regularseason then became thefirst No. 1 seed to lose to aNo. 8 seed in the opening

round of the playoffs. Twoyears later, the Sonicscouldn’t overcome the72-win Bulls in the NBAfinals.

The Mariners made theplayoffs with a feel-good,late-season run in 1995,

before losing to the NewYork Yankees. And in 2001,the home team tied a majorleague record with 116 reg-ular-season wins but hadno answer for the Yankeesin the postseason.

There were the champi-onships of the WNBA’sSeattle Storm in 2004 and2010. Suggestions that theSeahawks’ win was thecity’s first championshipoverall since 1979 struck anerve among some in thecity, including Storm Presi-dent Karen Bryant, whowondered about the reports

on Twitter even as theStorm congratulated theSeahawks on the win.

But even Keim, a Stormfan who welcomed theirchampionships, said theSeahawks win resonatedmore. She reserved a 56-pas-senger bus to take all of thestaff and students at hermaritime school, CompassCourses, and some friends,to the upcoming parade,which is slated to cover aroute of about 2 milesthrough downtown beforeending a CenturyLinkField.

“I hope it’s just crazy,”she said. “Just being in acrowd where people have somuch love for the team isgoing to be exciting.”

SEATTLEContinued from Page 1B

Elaine Thompson • The Associated PressFans start a cheer as they wait to greet Seattle Seahawks playersand coaches on the team’s arrival Monday at Seattle-Tacoma Inter-national Airport in Seattle.

WSU ready for toughest week of seasonB Y D AVE S K R E T TA

Associated Press

WICHITA — There aren’t awhole lot of statement games onWichita State’s schedule this sea-son.

Two of them are coming up in a

matter of days.The unbeaten Shockers areheaded to Indiana St ate on Wednes-day night, followed by a trip toNorthern Iowa on Saturday. Thosetwo teams are the closest contend-ers behind the fourth-rankedShockers in the Missouri Valleyrace.

Perhaps more important, they’rearguably the two teams with thebest chance of dealing WichitaState (23-0, 10-0) a defeat beforethe start of the conference tourna-ment March 6.

“It’s the week that everyone’sbeen talking about and pointingat, arguably two of the best teamsin our league, back to back, on theroad,” Shockers coach Gregg Mar-shall said. “I know they’ll be greatatmospheres coming up and we’llhave to play really good basket-ball.”

They might want to avoid spot-ting their opponents a big earlylead, too.

Wichita State allowed Evansvilleto race out to a 15-point first-halfadvantage on Saturday before ral-lying for an 81-67 victory. Whenthen-No. 1 Arizona lost to Califor-nia later that night, it left only theShockers and new No. 1 Syracuseas the nation’s undefeated teams.

To put that into perspective, theonly other team from the Missouri

Valley to win its first 23 games

was Larry Bird’s Indiana Stateteam, which went 33-0 before los-ing to Magic Johnson and Michi-gan State in the 1979 NCAA cham-pionship game.

The last team to enter the NCAAtournament undefeated was UNLVin 1991.

“Nobody in this program feelslike we’re at our best our reachedour peak,” guard Fred VanVleetsaid. “Besides, we don’t worryabout what the outside world istalking about. We know everygame in the Valley is a chal-lenge.”

Poll voters have been largelyunimpressed by the Shockers’ rel-atively weak schedule, which iswhy they remained No. 4 this week — behi nd th e Wi ld cat s, whodropped to second, and Florida,which has already lost twice thisseason.

Wichita State has only one vic-tory against a c urrent Top 25 team,beating No. 13 Saint Louis before

the Billikens were ranked. Other-wise, the Shockers have beenpounding away on a schedule thatoffers very few chances to pick upmarquee victories.

It’s not entirely the Shockers’fault, of course. Marshall hasfound it increasingly tough toschedule games against high-pro-file opponents after their run tolast year’s Final Four — many ofthose teams don’t want to risk los-ing to a so-called “mid-major” pro-gram.

Then there’s the fact that theMissouri Valley has weakenedconsiderably this season.

Creighton proved to be theShockers’ toughest rival, but they

moved to the Big East and left few

contenders for conference superi-ority. The Sycamores (17-5, 8-2)may be the closest thing, but eventhey were routed by Wichita State68-48 when they met Jan. 18.

The Shockers beat the Panthers67-53 in their first meeting thisseason.

“It’s something a lot of peoplehave talked about, and I thinkwe’re excited about it,” forwardRon Baker said of the two-gametrip. “We’ll be prepared just likewe always are. No games are agiven on the road. It’s going to behostile and we’re looking forwardto it.”

Even with a weak schedule,Wichita state is still firmly in thetop 10 of the RPI, a key factorwhen the NCAA selection commit-tee begins to seed teams. But theirschedule also means that any slipalong the way would likely dashthe Shockers’ chances of earninga No. 1 seed.

It would help if they continuedto dominate their opponents.

The Shockers are the only teamin the nation to lead their confer-ence in scoring offense anddefense. They also lead the leaguein scoring margin, offensive anddefensive rebounding, turnovermargin, rebounding margin,blocked shots and, well, just aboutevery other statistic.

“We’re trying to win a confer-ence championship and get intothe NCAA tournament with thebest seed we can get, and justremain relevant nationally,” Mar-shall said. “We’re pleased to go to23-0 and looking forward to thisweek. I know it’ll be a big chal-

lenge.”

No. 16 Iowa St. beats No. 19

Oklahoma Statein 3OT

B Y C LIFF B RUNT

Associated Press

STILLWATER, Okla. — DeAndre Kane had 26 points,10 rebounds and nine assists to help 16th-ranked IowaState defeat No. 19 Oklahoma State 98-97 in triple over-time on Monday night.

The win was Iowa State’s first in Stillwater sinceMarch 2, 1998 — a span of 18 games.

Melvin Ejim had 22 points and 12 rebounds, GeorgesNiang scored 17 points and Dustin Hogue added 10points and 13 rebounds for the Cyclones (17-4, 5-4 Big12), who have beaten six ranked teams this season.

Le’Bryan Nash scored 26 points, Marcus Smart had20 points and eight assists and Markel Brown added 19points and 10 rebounds for Oklahoma State (16-6, 4-5),which lost its third in a row. Oklahoma State was with-out guard Stevie Clark, who was kicked off the teamMonday after his second arrest of the new year.

Monte Morris hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 43seconds left in the third overtime to put Iowa State up96-95.

Nash misconnected on a pass to Williams, and Okla-homa State turned the ball over with 22 seconds left.Naz Long made two free throws with 21.8 seconds toplay, extending Iowa State’s lead to three.

Brown dunked, then Williams stole the ball to givethe Cowboys a shot at the win. Smart missed a fade-

away, and Oklahoma State retained possession on atie-up on the rebound. Nash missed a baseline jumperas time expired, and the Cyclones celebrated.

Kane committed his fourth foul with 1:40 left in thesecond overtime and Oklahoma State leading 87-86.Nash scored in close to bump the Cowboys’ lead tothree.

Iowa State’s Matt Thomas and Kane missed shots,and Smart pulled in the rebound. Oklahoma State hada chance to put the game away, but Brown missed amid-range fadeaway, and Iowa State called a timeout,down 89-86 with 15.9 seconds remaining.

Thomas missed a three, but Kane rebounded, andLong’s 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds left tied the game.

Iowa State had a chance to win at the end of the firstovertime with the scored tied at 83. Morris drove to thehoop, but Brown blocked his shot from behind to forcethe second extra period.

Niang fouled out with 1:05 left in regulation and IowaState leading 74-73. Brown made the two free throwsafter the foul to give Oklahoma State a 75-74 lead.

Ejim missed the first and made the second of two freethrows to tie the score at 75 with 44 seconds to play.

Nash’s shot down low was blocked by Dustin Hogue,giving Iowa State another shot. Kane missed a 3-point-er, and a putback dunk by Ejim came after the buzzer.

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DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki was watching when the Dal-las Mavericks took a double-digit lead for good againstthe Cleveland Cavaliers.

The steady progress of Devin Harris had a lot to dowith the surge.

Nowitzki scored 23 points, Harris had a season-high 16and the Mavericks pulled away from Cleveland 124-107Monday night, handing the Cavaliers their fifth straightloss.

Nowitzki was on the bench for most of a key third-quarter stretch led by Jose Calderon, Brandan Wrightand Harris, who was playing his eighth game after miss-

ing the first 41 following offseason toe surgery.“Just trying to get comfortable out there,” Harris said.

“I am trying to make the most of my minutes.”Harris had seven points on a 9-2 run that gave the Mav-

ericks their first 15-point lead, and Wright scored nine ofhis 14 points in the third. Jose Calderon had four of hisgame-high 10 assists in the quarter and hit a pair of3-pointers.

“We’re just passing the ball and trying to get a reallynice pace,” said Calderon, who scored 11 points. “I thinkit was good for us.”

Kyrie Irving had 27 to lead the Cavaliers, who havedropped seven of their last eight.

Anthony Bennett, Cleveland’s rookie No. 1 pick averag-ing just 2.8 points per game coming in, had eight in thesecond quarter and finished with 11.

“There were a few instances in this game where wegave ourselves a legit chance to get into the game, but we just couldn’t get over the hump,” said Irving, who scoredat least 20 for the ninth time in 10 games.

Dallas’ Monta Ellis started fast after going most of thefirst half without scoring Friday against Sacramento andfinished with 22 points and seven assists.

Harris had his previous season high of 14 points inthree straight games before getting seven in Friday’s winover Sacramento. He finally broke the 14-point mark withtwo free throws, and then assisted on a dunk by SamuelDalembert that gave Dallas its biggest lead at 106-87.

Dalembert had 18 points — two off his season high —and two blocks after not even attempting a shot and get-ting three rebounds when the Mavericks held on to beatthe Cavaliers last month in Cleveland, despite a com-bined 37 points and 31 rebounds from Tristan Thompsonand Anderson Varejao.

“I can’t guarantee you the offense because some daysthe ball is coming to me and some days I only take onefield goal,” Dalembert said. “What I’m trying to do is

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFGEARY COUNTY, KANSAS

DIVISION NO. 5Case No. 14-CV-7

TITLE TO REAL ESTATEINVOLVED

CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK,Plaintiff,vs.KENDRA L. WEDDING; JOHN DOE(REAL NAME UNKNOWN; TENANT/ OCCUPANT); JANE DOE (REALNAME UNKNOWN; TENANT/OC-CUPANT); AND THE UNKNOWNSPOUSES OF ANY OF THE DE-FENDANTS, Defendants. _____________________________

(Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60)NOTICE OF SUIT

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-DANTS AND ALL OTHER PER-SONS WHO ARE OR MAY BECONCERNED:You are hereby notified that a Peti-tion to Foreclose Mortgage (“Peti -tion”) has been filed in the District

ourt of Geary County, Kansas, byCentral National Bank, praying forforeclosure of a real estate mortgageon the following-described real es-tate:LOT EIGHTEEN (18), BLOCK NINE(9), WESTWOOD HEIGHTS SEC-OND ADDITION TO JUNCTION

ITY, GEARY COUNTY, KANSAS, which has a common street addressof 1216 Downtain Street, JunctionCity, Kansas 66441, and you arehereby required to answer or other-

ise plead to the Petition on or be-fore Monday, March 10, 2014 in saidCourt. If you fail to answer or other-wise plead, the Petition will be takenas true, and judgment and decreewill be entered in due course uponthe Petition.PREPARED BY:Michael R. Munson, #22585Luke P. Sinclair, #23709Erin A. Beckerman, #25147Ty A. Patton, #25331GAY, RIORDAN, FINCHER,MUNSON & SINCLAIR, PA3500 SW Fairlawn, Suite 210Topeka, Kansas 66614(785) 783-8323; (785) 783-8327(Fax)[email protected] for Central National Bank

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Public Notices 310


Case No. 13CV266K.S.A. 60

Mortgage Foreclosure(Title to Real Estate Involved)

U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for RicePark Financing Whole Loan GrantorTrust 2012-1 by Green Tree Servic-ing, LLC.Plaintiff, vs.J. W. Ward and Minnie R. Ward , etal.,Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

Under and by virtue of an Order ofSale issued by the Clerk of the Dis-trict Court in and for the said Countyof Geary, State of Kansas, in a cer-tain cause in said Court Numbered13CV266, wherein the parties abovenamed were respectively plaintiff anddefendant, and to me, the under-signed Sheriff of said County, di-rected, I will offer for sale at publicauction and sell to the highest bidderfor cash in hand at10:00 AM, on02/19/2014, at the front door ofGeary County Courthouse, the fol-lowing described real estate locatedin the County of Geary, State of Kan-sas, to wit:

LOT NINE (9), BLOCK TEN (10),UNIT #1 CREST HILL ADDITIONTO JUNCTION CITY, GEARYCOUNTY, KANSAS.

SHERIFF OF GEARY COUNTY,KANSAS

Respectfully Submitted,By: _____________________________ Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542Eric M. Lemp, KS # 26178Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. LouisOffice)12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555St. Louis, MO 63141Phone: (314) 991-0255Fax: (314) 567-8006Email: [email protected] for Plaintiff

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Public Notices 310


CIVIL DEPARTMENT

Case No. 13CV203Court Number: DJ4Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLCPlaintiff,vs.Carlos C. Villarreal and La Donna N.Villarreal, et al.Defendants.

Notice Of Sale

Under and by virtue of an Order ofSale issued to me by the Clerk of theDistrict Court of Geary County, Kan-sas, the undersigned Sheriff ofGeary County, Kansas, will offer forsale at public auction and sell to thehighest bidder for cash in hand, atthe Front Door of the Courthouse at

Junction City, Geary County, Kan-sas, on February 19, 2014, at 10:00AM, the following real estate:Lot Four (4), Block Nine (9), DocHargreaves Hilltop Addition, UnitNo. Three (3) to Junction City,Geary County, Kansas, commonlyknown as 1638 Olivia Dancing Trail,Junction City, KS 66441 (the “Prop-erty”)to satisfy the judgment in theabove-entitled case. The sale is tobe made without appraisement andsubject to the redemption period asprovided by law, and further subjectto the approval of the Court. Formore information, visit www.South-law.com Tony Wolf, Sheriff Geary County, Kansas

Prepared By:South & Associates, P.C.Megan Cello (KS # 24167)6363 College Blvd., Suite 100Overland Park, KS 66211(913)663-7600(913)663-7899 (Fax)Attorneys For Plaintiff (156991)

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Public Notices 310


No. 13CV191Div. No.K.S.A. 60

Mortgage Foreclosure

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FORNOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN,INC., HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST,

ERIES 2007-3 ASSET-BACKEDERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-3

PLAINTIFF-vs-

EVIN GORTON, et. al.;EFENDANTS


Under and by virtue of an Order ofSale issued by the Clerk of the Dis-trict Court in and for the said Countyof Geary, in a certain cause in saidCourt Numbered 13CV191, whereinthe parties above named were re-spectively plaintiff and defendant,and to me, the undersigned Sheriff ofsaid County, directed, I will offer forsale at public auction and sell to thehighest bidder for cash in hand at thefront door of the courthouse in theCity of Junction City in said County,on February 19, 2014, at 10:00 a.m.,of said day the following describedreal estate located in the County ofGeary, State of Kansas, to wit:

LOT NINETEEN (19), BLOCK FIVE(5), WALLER ADDITION TO THECITY OF MILFORD, KANSASCommonly known as 211 Whiting

treet, Milford, Kansas 66514

his is an attempt to collect a debtnd any information obtained will be

used for that purpose. Tony Wolf SHERIFF OF GEARY COUNTY, KANSAS

HAPIRO & MOCK, LLCttorneys for Plaintiff220 Shawnee Mission Parkway -uite 418B

Fairway, KS 66205913)831-3000

Fax No. (913)831-3320ur File No. 13-006363/jm

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Public Notices 310


No. 13CV144Div. No.K.S.A. 60

Mortgage Foreclosure

WELLS FARGO BANK, NAPLAINTIFF-vs-MICHAEL QUINN, et. al.;DEFENDANTS


Under and by virtue of an Order ofSale issued by the Clerk of the Dis-trict Court in and for the said Countyof Geary, in a certain cause in saidCourt Numbered 13CV144, whereinthe parties above named were re-spectively plaintiff and defendant,and to me, the undersigned Sheriff ofsaid County, directed, I will offer forsale at public auction and sell to thehighest bidder for cash in hand at thefront door of the courthouse in theCity of Junction City in said County,on February 19, 2014, at 10:00 a.m.,of said day the following describedreal estate located in the County ofGeary, State of Kansas, to wit:

A TRACT OF LAND IN A PORTIONOF LOT 15, BLOCK 7, DOC HAR-GREAVES HILLTOP ADDITIONUNIT #2 TO JUNCTION CITY, KAN-SAS , BEING MORE PARTICU-LARLY DESCRIBED AS FOL-LOWS: BEGINNING AT THENORTHEAST CORNER OF SAIDLOT 15; THENCE SOUTH 00 10'12" WEST ALONG THE EAST LINEOF SAID LOT 15, SAID LINE ALSOBEING THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAYLINE OF BROOKE BEND, 37.49FEET TO A POINT ON THE CEN-TERLINE OF A PARTYWALL ANDEXTENSIONS THEREOF; THENCENORTH 89 DEGREES 48' 29"WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE,120.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THEWEST LINE OF SAID LOT 15;THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 10'12" EAST ALONG SAID WESTLINE, 37.44 FEET TO THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 15;THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 49'48" EAST ALONG THE NORTHLINE OF SAID LOT 15, 120.00FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING. Commonly known as 2310Brooke Bend, Junction City, Kan-sas 66441

This is an attempt to collect a debtand any information obtained will beused for that purpose. Tony Wolf SHERIFF OF GEARY COUNTY, KANSASSHAPIRO & MOCK, LLCAttorneys for Plaintiff4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway -Suite 418BFairway, KS 66205(913)831-3000Fax No. (913)831-3320Our File No. 13-006299/jm

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CIVIL DEPARTMENT

Case No. 12CV175Court No.4

CitiMortgage, Inc.Plaintiff,vs.Brenda D Harrison, et al.Defendants,

Title to Real Estate Involved

Pursuant to K.S.A. §60

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, thatunder and by virtue of an Order ofSale issued to me by the Clerk of theDistrict Court of Geary County, Kan-sas, the undersigned Sheriff ofGeary County, Kansas, will offer forsale at public auction and sell to thehighest bidder for cash in hand at theLobby of the Geary County Court-house, Kansas, on February 26,2014 at the time of 10:00 AM, the fol-lowing real estate:LOT ELEVEN (11), BLOCK TWO(2), SPRING VALLEY ADDITION,UNIT NO. ONE (1) TO JUNCTIONCITY, GEARY COUNTY, KANSAS.Tax ID No. 042810, Commonlyknown as 1419 Overbrook Dr, Junc-tion City, KS 66441 (“the Property”)MS145404

to satisfy the judgment in the aboveentitled case. The sale is to bemade without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as pro-vided by law, and further subject tothe approval of the Court.

________________ Geary County Sheriff

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLCBy: Chad R. Doornink, #[email protected] Tomahawk Creek Parkway,Ste. 300Leawood, KS 66211(913) 339-9132(913) 339-9045 (fax)ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS AT-TORNEYS FOR Nationstar Mort-gage LLC IS ATTEMPTING TOCOLLECT A DEBT AND ANY IN-FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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2 bedroom apt. tenant pays electric.Located 642 Goldenbelt Blvd.238-5000 or 785-223-7565.

n urns e aparmen n coun-try, 3miles South on Kansas River.1Bath, A/C, Stove, Refrigerator,W/D, Dishwasher, Basic Cable, Car-peted, utilities included.NO SMOKING and NO PETS.SMOKERS NEED NOT APPLY.$950.00month 785-477-8969

5 minutes from post. Military housingapproved. 2BR apartment, ADT sys-tem, $595/Mo. No Pets785-375-3353 or 785-461-5343.

Nice 2 bedroom, full carpet,CA/CH, W/D hookups. $525rent/deposit, Off street parking.No pets. 785-762-2400.

ONE BEDROOM HOME3310 Fair Road,

$550 rent/deposit, water, trash paid,total electric

20x40 attached garage.Call 785-223-2713.

Help Wanted 370BAYER CONSTRUCTION

COMPANY, INC.An Employee Owned Company

Bayer Construction Company, Inc.currently has a job opening forHeavy Equipment Service Tech. Ex-

perience in servicing Heavy Equip-ment and CDL drivers’ license is re-quired. Wages are based on experi-ence. Women and minorities are en-couraged to apply. Applications willbe accepted through February 28,Monday-Friday, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PMat our office, 120 Deep Creek Road,Manhattan, KS (785)776-8839. Ap-plications are kept on file for 30days. Bayer Construction is an EqualOpportunity Employer.

-ANCE service person. Must have ex-perience. 785-258-3355 Herington.OTR Drivers needed for Solo &Team Positions. Midwest and WestCoast Traffic Lanes, Competitivepay, Assigned 2013 and 2014 Ken-worths. Safety/Productivity Incen-tives, Consistent Miles, Call800-645-3748“Partners In Excellence” OTR Driv-ers APU Equipped Pre-PassEZ-pass passenger policy. 2012 &Newer equipment. 100% NO touch.Butler Transport 1-800-528-7825www.butlertransport.comPARTS PULLER WANTED: MUSTHAVE KNOWLEDGE OF AND APASSION FOR THIS AUTOMOTIVEINDUSTRY. YOU MUST HAVEYOUR OWN TOOLS. MUST HAVEHIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION OREQUIVALENT, VALID DRIVERS’ LI-CENSE AND PASS A DRUGSCREEN. BENEFITS AVAILABLE.APPLY IN PERSON BETWEEN 8:00& 4:00 AT 1209 N. PERRY, JUNC-TION CITY. NO PHONE CALLSPLEASE.

Receptionist/Property Manager. Must be computer literate, havegood communication skills, and reli-able. Experience with Microsoft Ex-cel a must and QuickBooks a plus. Please fax resume to 785-210-0300or e-mail to [email protected].

Steel & Pipe CompanySystems Analyst

Steel and Pipe Supply has an imme-diate opening for a Systems Analystin our Manhattan office. Position isresponsible for performing serverand network administration as wellas providing help desk support to lo-cal and remote employees. Requiresstrong knowledge of Microsoft oper-ating systems and software, ActiveDirectory, Group Policy, and net-working protocols and fundamentals.Experience with virtualization andproject management is preferred.Must possess excellent customerservice, communication, and prob-lem-solving skills, high attention todetail, and be able to work independ-ently. Please e-mail resume andcover letter [email protected] Drivers: Up to 5,000Sign-On Bonus! Up to 51cpm plusadditional pay for HazMat loads,pump offs, mileage bonuses! 1-yearOTR. Call 877.882.6537 www.oak-leytransport.com

Situations Wanted 380Looking for a room for a Barton stu-dent from India. Need until finishing

school at Barton in 4m.785-320-6878

Kid’s Korner 390Christian Daycare has full-time open-ings now, ages 2 and up. LovingCare & pre-school activities. Experi-enced. 762-2468.

Business Opportunities 400 For Sale! J.C. Cigar BarEstablished & Turnkey

912 N WashingtonSerious Inquiries Only

POC Mr. Richard Pinaire785-238-3126

Musical Instruments 440PIANO OF THE WEEK: Like-newEverett Console, cherry. Comparablenew, over $6,500. SPECIAL: $2488!

View online at piano4u.com.Mid-America Piano, Manhattan.800-950-3774.

Misc For Sale 530Cakes, cookies, party trays, pies,tarts, tortes and cheesecakes. Giveme 2 days advance notice and I de-l i v e r. 7 8 5 - 4 6 3 - 2 1 5 6 o [email protected].

Pets & Supplies 560Purebred Golden Retriever Puppies

born 12/18/13, 3males 3females.Ready after 02/05/14.

For information call 931-220-3100.

Boats & Motors 590Get ready for summer fun- deck boatfor sale. 2011 Lowe SD190, 115HP

mercury outboard motor (low hourswith transferable extended warranty),fish finder, stereo, bimini top, drinkholders, boarding ladder, ski tow,boat cover, tandem axle trailer,safety gear, watersports equipmentand much more amenities. Asking$23,995. Contact Beacon Marine at785-210-2628.

Help Wanted 370B&B BUSING

Hiring bus driversfor daily routes.

Experienced preferred•Alcohol and drug testing

•Paid holidays•25 years old and older

•$13.25/hour or more depending onexpericence.

•Raise after 90 days2722 Gateway Court

238-8555Call for apppointment

EOE

ea oo , ooRock Springs 4-H Center, located 8miles south and 4 miles west ofJunction City, is accepting applica-tions for a full time lead cook as wellas a part time cook. We are a 4-Hcamp as well as a facility for confer-ences, retreats, weddings and familyreunions. Benefits are offered for theFT Lead Cook position. Successfulcandidates will have 3-5 years of ex-perience preparing great food andshould have knowledge of safe foodhandling regulations. ServSafe certi-fication a plus.Applications are available online at www.rocksprings.net and must beubmitted with a cover letter to: 1168wy K157, Junction City, KS 66441,ttn Bev Knopp. Questions regard-

ng the positions should be for-arded to Andra Thurlow, Foodervice and Hospitality Directort [email protected]. Nohone calls, please.

Full Time Manufacturing OperatorVentria Bioscience, Junction City, islooking for a full time ManufacturingOperator to manufacture productsutilizing chromatography, filtration,microfiltration and freeze dryingequipment in a safe manner. Previ-ous manufacturing experience in achemical or pharmaceutical plant isdesirable but is not required. Salarywill be commensurate on experi-ence. Please email resume and acover letter to [email protected] phone calls please.

B&B Busing is now hiring transporta-tion monitors for Headstart routes.Obtain job description from B&BBusing, 2722 Gateway Court. Junc-tion City. 238-8555. EOE

Help Wanted 370Local Construction and Remodelingcompany seeking laborers. Musthave a valid drivers’ license. Paycommensurate with experience andability. Apply in Person 9am-5pmM-F. 1734 N. Washington, JC.

Drivers - MORE MONEY &HOMETIME $$ Reg iona lRuns-Owner Operator and Co. Driv-ers - Earn GREAT BENEFITS - CallKevin 877-325-4996 ext 211 - Cen-tral Transportation Services, Inc.www.ctsco.com

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xper ence c eaners or movein/out cleans. Also part time wood re-finisher. Voice/vehicle must.785-263-9871, leave message.

Now accepting applications for expe-rienced groomer. Resume and port-folio a plus. Apply in person at 106N. Eisenhower. No Phone Calls.

Field Representative FT position withbusy non-profit agency. Responsibili-ties: provide training, technical assis-tance, presentations and informationto volunteers, community groups andservice providers in 18-county area.Requires excellent organizational, in-terpersonal and communicationskills, computer experience andgenuine concern for older Kansans.Experience with nonprofit organiza-tions and aging network preferred.Requires daytime travel and validdriver's license. Also BA or BS incommunity education gerontology,family studies, communication or re-lated area or at least four years rele-vant work experience. Send coverletter, resume and three referencesby 5 p.m. February 14, 2014 to theNorth Central-Flint Hills Area Agencyon Aging, 401 Houston St., Manhat-tan, KS 66502. EOE/AA.

Announcements 330Cox Communications

and Cox BusinessCox is currently negotiating

with LIN TV, owner of KTKA – ABC channel 9, 2009 in HD; ABCWeather Now channel 675; CWchannel 5; KMJT - FOX channel6, KTMJ – FOX HD channel 2006;KSNT - NBC channel 7, 2007 inHD and KSNG – Telemundochannel 308 to receive theirsignals on our video channellineup. We are optimistic newagreements will be reached priorto their current expiration datesso that there is no disruption toour customers. However Cox isproviding this required notice tocustomers of potential changesto the channel lineup.

C.O.O.S.Invites you to meet at

The Fountain for food and fellow-ship. Bible studies.

Sundays at 10:00am,Worship at 11:00am.

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Free Pallets behind Daily Union.222 W. 6th St. HELP YOURSELF.

Help Wanted 370

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Various ShiftsContact Jodi Nelson

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Academic AdvisorAcademic Advisor , Kansas StateUniversitY, Manhattan, KS, Collegeof Education; seeks applicants withMA/MS. For more information on po-sition description and application pro-cedures, please go to the followingw e b s i t e :http://coe.ksu.edu/about/employ-ment/index.html EOE. Backgroundcheck required.

a e s eve o pmen a r e ngposition with busy non-profit agency.Requires stong initiative, outgoingpersonality and excellent organiza-tional and communication skills. Du-

ties include marketing Agency serv-ices including recruitment of eventsponsors and ad sales. Requires at-tention to detail, computer skills, in-cluding Excel and word. In-designskills and sales experience a plus.Position open until filled. Pleasesend cover letter, resume and threereferences to: Search Committee,NC-FH AAA, 401 Houston St., Man-hattan, KS 66502. EOE/AA.

BAYER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

An Employee Owned Company

Bayer Construction Company, Inc. isexpanding its operations into asphaltand concrete paving. We are lookingfor full-time candidates with experi-ence in all phases of asphalt andconcrete paving operations. Womenand minorities are encouraged to ap-ply. Applications will be acceptedthrough February 28, Monday-Fri-day, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM at our office,120 Deep Creek Road, Manhattan,KS (785)776-8839. Applications arekept on file for 30 days. Bayer Con-struction is an Equal OpportunityEmployer.

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“I must have watched those freethrows about 20 times. Watchingthem, disappointed in myself, and Ifelt like I needed to come out andreally prove that I can make freethrows, cause that’s something Iwork on every day. So that factoredin a little bit, as far as trying to drivethe ball and get to the rim, trying toget fouled. I knew they didn’t have atypical rim protector in there, so Iknew that I’d be able to at least getmy shot off or get a good look,”Staten said.

Free throws were important toWVU, which connected on 29 of 37 ofthe foul shots, even after Statenmissed his first two of the game.

WVU’s 78.4 percentage from theline far surpassed the 8 of 19 (42.1)percent effort by Kansas State, as theWildcats missed key free throws andclose-in shots throughout the game.

“You have to make free throws, wedidn’t get many, they got a bunch,”said Kansas State coach BruceWeber. “And when we didn’t makethem, it makes it tough. Staten is aheck of a player. And when he gets tothe line 35 times or whatever it was,it’s tough to deal with. We justcouldn’t guard it.”

WVU built an 8-point first halflead, but the second half saw twomajor runs. K-State rattled off eightstraight points to knot the score at 53with 12:17 to go. But Staten scoredsix of the next seven points to putWest Virginia ahead 60-53 with 9:30

showing.Kansas State whittled it down toone at 68-67 with 3:09 left on a 6-0 runconcluded by a jumper from Foster,

who posted his second league 20-pluspoint game of his first season.

However, Gipson flicked the ballout-of-bounds on KSU’s next posses-sion and Dibo followed with a3-pointer. Henderson added two freethrows to push the lead back to six at73-67.

After Foster canned one-of-twofree throws, teammate Shane South-

well let another ball get out-of-bounds. The Mountaineers connect-ed on six straight free throws, then adunk by Staten, to close out the

game.Staten entered the game with

deluxe Big 12 statistics, within thetop seven in the conference in sixdifferent categories, including fourthin scoring with 17.2 ppg.

“They kind of embarrassed usdown at Kansas State — did a lot oflaughing and joking and celebratingand that really got to us. We defi-

nitely didn’t play our best basketballdown there so we needed to comeout and really show them what wehave,” Staten said.

K-STATEContinued from Page 1B

‘90s Bill Murray movie.Weber even referenced it

in his postgame remarks bysaying, “It’s GroundhogDay for us.

“We keep repeating thesame mistakes on theroad,” he said. “We do notplay very well in the firsthalf, but are able to battlein the second half to giveus a chance.”

Right now, the Wildcats’only true road win came ata TCU team that frankly isstill a few years away fromcompeting in the Big 12.

More importantly,K-State could’ve used theroad win as a momentumboost as it enters perhaps

its toughest three-gamestretch of the season. It’sbeginning to look like theWildcats will need to win atleast one of those threegames.

First, a rejuvenatedTexas team comes to Bram-lage S aturday.

Not only are the Long-horns riding a six-gamewinning streak (which canbecome seven if they wintonight at TCU), but theywon four consecutivegames against rankedteams.

Giving the Wildcats hopeis that it took a last-second3-pointer to down them inAustin, Texas.

K-State knows it canhang with Texas.

Then in-state rival Kan-sas — who has won 13 ofthe last 14 meetings —comes to town.

The Wildcats finish offthe week at Baylor the fol-

lowing S aturday.Given their less-than-stellar start to conferenceplay, Baylor is the mostsusceptible to a loss.

But Baylor’s size and ath-leticism can never be takenlightly.

One thing that does playinto the Wildcats’ favor istheir tenacity at BramlageColiseum. Since the open-ing night hiccup againstNorthern Colorado, KansasState has been an extreme-ly formidable opponent infront of its home crowd,

especially on the defensiveend.

The Wildcats are far fromdead in the water.

The team opened confer-ence play with a strongenough run to entrenchthem in the tournamentdiscussion.

But by losing to West Vir-ginia, the trail curved upthe mountainside a littlebit.

Kansas State will need towin a big game — especial-ly one on the road — beforethe clock strikes midnighton the season.

Or any chance of becom-ing a Cinderella in Marchwill vanish.

TOURNEY HOPESContinued from Page 1B

Andrew Ferguson • The Associated Pres sWest Virginia’s Nathan Adrian blocks Kansas State’s Marcus Foster Saturday in Mor-gantown, W.Va.

SERVICEDIRECTORYLANDSCAPING

BLUEVILLE NURSERY, INC.Complete Landscape Service

4539 AndersonManhattan, KS 66503

785-539-2671www.bluevillenursery.com

AUTOMOTIVE

LANDSCAPING

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Overseeding • Spinkler Maintenance • Snow Removal Mowing • Landscape Clean-up • Locally Owned & Operated

L A W N C A R E

LIMO SERVICECelebrity Limousine Service

R&R auto detailing& Window TintWeddings, Parties, Funerals

Trips out of town

1023 N. Washington St. JC, KS785-762-2560

APPLIANCE REPAIR

785.320.2116www.eliterepairllc.com

I n - h o m e a p p l i a n c e r e p a i r

MOVING/HAULING

MOVING/HAULING Personal or Business.

Senior/College/ Military DiscountsCOMPARE OUR RATES & SERVICE

200 SW Jackson, Topeka KS 66603785-236-0003

3 Men with a Truck & Trailer

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PLUMBING & HEATING

237 W. SPRUCE • 785-762-4582

PLUMBING & HEATING

(785) 761-5260 130 W. 9th

AUTO DETAILINGFlorida Boys Det

ailing Full details: Cars $85-$100, trucks, vans,

S.U.V.’s $100-$150 depending oncondition.Wash-N-Vacs $15-$20

“No one bring back the new like we do”375 Grant Ave

At Dick Edwards Mark 785-210-4079

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785-776-7799

2600 Auto Lane • Manhattan, KS [email protected]

AUTO SALES

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Sales, Service, Parts and Body Work.

375 Grant Ave. 238-5114

SEWER & DRAIN CLEANING

ANDERSON

Sewer & Drain Cleaning Fast & Friendly Service

785-307-1253STORAGE

785-238-3477

1838 Old Highway 40Junction City, KS 66441

Fax: 785-238-0774

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STORAGEAztec Storage

Open 7 days a weekAll Sizes, RV & Boat, Competitive Prices

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AUTO REPAIR

ROSE M UFFLER H OUSE

“Our Business is Exhausting” 2329 Sky-Vue Ln. • Manhattan, KS 66502(785) 776-8955 • 1-800-439-8956

CHIMNEY SWEEPAllen’s Chimney Sweep

Josh Allen Junction City, KS785-317-9400

DRY CLEANING

Same day / Next day cleaning Available

Expert Alterations119 Grant Ave (785)223-6165

STORAGE

Safe Secure Various Sizes 24/7 Access

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800-362-60282618 Central DriveJunction City

THRIFT STORE

Help Us Keep Our Prices Low. Donate Your Gently Used Store Hours Are Mon-Sat 9 AM - 5:30 PM

Truck Is Available For Pick-Ups.

785-238-1430

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VETERINARIAN

Meet our friendly staff; we offer, exams, vaccinationboarding, professional grooming, adoptions

and now treating exotics. 511 S. Caroline Ave • 238 - 1510

www.animaldoctorks.com

Animal Doctor Veterinary Clinic

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CORYELLINSURORS , INC .

All forms of insurance120 W. Seventh

Office 238-5117

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806 E. 8th Street

210-0481Tune-up – Brakes – Engine

Repairs

REAL ESTATE

222 W. 6th, Junction City (785) 762-5000

AUTOMOTIVEProgressive

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785-238-7700124 W Flint Hills BlvdGrandview Plaza KS, 66441Behind Stacy’s Restaurant

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