¢ Al Bohl, the former Kansas University athletic director who was fired in 2003, has been honored with a Gallery of Achievers award from his hometown, the Sandusky (Ohio) Register reports._Allen Bohl upgraded the sports programs at three different universities while serving as athletic director for the University of Toledo, Fresno State University and the University of Kansas. A professor of sports management at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., he recently published his first novel, “Back Porch Swing.” Bohl, a 1966 Vermilion High graduate, said he’s particularly pleased to represent his old school. He introduced the school’s principal, Michael Colatruglio, and superintendent, Bruce Keller, who sat at his table._¢ Yesterday, the Washington Post did a story about Scott Bloch, the former Lawrence attorney who now leads the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. Today, the Los Angeles Times takes its turn. Bloch’s office is investigating the political operations of Karl Rove and others in the Bush administration._At first glance, Scott J. Bloch seems to fit the profile of the “loyal Bushie,” the kind of person the White House salted through the Washington bureaucracy to make sure federal agencies heeded administration priorities._But Bloch, 48, is a man who defies expectations.¢ KU running back Jon Cornish’s decision to turn down free-agent offers in the NFL to play in the Canadian Football League is generating quite a bit of press north of the border. Here’s one story in the Calgary Sun_”I’m Canadian through and through,” said Cornish from Lawrence, Kan., where he is finishing his psychology degree. “My friends and I came up with a different acronym for the CFL: The Cool Football League. I will be an hour away from home and playing football. It will be great to be that close to my family again. They are really excited.”_¢ The challenge to Lawrence’s citywide smoking ban got a mention on the Web site LeganNewsLine.com._A Lawrence nightclub owner’s challenge to the city’s three-year-old smoking ban is now before the Kansas Supreme Court. And the case could decide the fate of either about a dozen similar city anti-smoking ordinances, or of hundreds of bars, nightclubs and restaurants across the state._