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State seeks a power balance for renters, landlords

By NOMIN UJIYEDIIN Kansas News Service

Mold. No heat in the winter. Leaking roofs.

The most common complaints Teresa Baker hears about rental housing in Kansas revolve around poor living conditions that violate state law.

As part of her job for the nonprofit Housing and Credit Counseling Inc., Baker serves as an advice guru for low-income residents in about 20 Kansas counties.

Tenants come to her if they’ve received eviction notices, forfeited security deposits or can’t get landlords to make repairs.

Sometimes, she counsels landlords, too.

“Of course, it’s the landlord’s business to understand what the law says and his obligations,” Baker said. “The tenants are coming at this blindly.”

Kansas law sets some rules for inevitable disputes between renters and property owners. Yet some tenants and advocates contend landlords too often end up on top because they have more money and familiarity with the rules. The imbalance is leading some tenants to take action.

Housing experts also say Kansas lacks protections that other states offer to

renters.

For example, state law prohibits cities and counties from establishing rent control and other rental regulations. Another tactic allowed by other states but banned in Kansas: withholding rent to force a landlord to make repairs.

State law allows a landlord to evict tenants for being three days late on the rent.

“That’s one of the Number One things that we deal with, with tenants,” Baker said. “They call us when it’s too late, but they withheld rent and they’re going to court tomorrow.”

Ed Jaskinia, a Kansas City-area landlord and lobbyist for the Associated Landlords of Kansas, says the laws fairly balance the interests of both sides — renters who need to be guarded from predatory landlords, and landlords who want to maintain their properties and make money.

“We’ve got the best laws in the country because it protects everybody equalSee RENTERS | Page A2

Jefferson Elementary School first-graders, from left, Colton Hall, Nickolas Trester and Landon Desmarteau check out the controls of an all-terrain vehicle Monday at Strickler Dairy, one of several stations set up to show the myriad aspects of life on the farm. Below, Isabella Peres tries her hand at a roping exercise. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Farm life fun

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

A pack of 175 first-graders learned firsthand about life on the farm Monday.

The annual Fall Ag Day event, hosted by Strickler Dairy, allowed students from Iola, Humboldt, Marmaton Valley and Yates Center schools to experience the many facets of farm life, from seeing how a full-fledged dairy operation runs to the many careers available in the agricultural community.

Winston Jordan takes a whiff of livestock feed at Strickler Dairy Monday.

The event was split into 11 stations, such as ATV safety, feed bins (to demonstrate the See FARM | Page A3

Close encounters of the fun kind

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

LAHARPE — TLC Garden Center plans to capitalize on the infamy of the internet’s hottest meme of the summer by hosting its “Area 51 Alien Plant Sale” from 4 to 8 pm. Friday.

The sale features unusual plants like carnivorous fly traps, twisted succulents and seeds to kick-start your plans for world domination by growing an alien garden.

TLC owner Savanna Flory said the otherworldly theme was inspired by a controversial Facebook event that encouraged millions of people to storm a military zone in Nevada. That event started as a joke that caught the attention of millions of fans — and the government — and was canceled for safety concerns.

Flory has no such concerns about her event.

“I wanted something that would get people excited and interested in plants.

Savannah Flory, owner of TLC Garden Center in LaHarpe, will host an alient plant sale this weekend. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS Vol. 121, No. 228 Iola, KS 75 Cents

State Fair Jackson Wilks and Levi Meiwes competed Saturday in the Poultry Judging Contest at the Kansas State Fair. Meiwes placed 10th in the state and Wilks took home 15th place. See additional State Fair photos on Page A3. PHOTO BY TERRI KRETZMEIER

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Obituaries

State meeting Members of the Cofachique Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, from left, Barbara McIntosh, Karen Gilpin, Linda Johnson, Deborah Jackson and Cynthia Geisler traveled to Lawrence over the weekend to attend the DAR’s state meeting. McIntosh was presented with an award for finishing the course for new members.

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Sandra Spillman Sandra D. Spillman, 77, Iola, formerly of Colony, passed away at her home on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019.

Sandy was born on July 8, 1942, in Garnett, to Clem Everett McGhee and Yvonne Helen (Bain) McGhee. She graduated from Colony High School in 1960. She then attended the Joplin School of Cosmetology. Sandy owned Sandra Spillman and operated the Iola School of Cosmetology for two-and-a-half years, where she taught 23 students. During the time she was a beautician, she owned and operated beauty shops in Iola, Blue Mound and Kincaid. Sandy retired in 1999, so she could help more on the family farm. Sandy married Willard Dean Hamm in June 1960. This union was blessed with two daughters, Terri and Melissa. They later divorced. Sandy then married Decker Spillman on March 19, 1970. This union was blessed with one son, Vance.

When Sandy’s children were small, she enjoyed sewing clothes for them and later making quilts for her grandkids and great-grandkids.

She also enjoyed gardening and she canned vegetables every summer. Sandy’s hobbies were reading, doing latch hook, crewel stitchery, and yard work. Every year, she looked forward to growing flowers for her numerous flower arrangements she entered at the Kincaid Fair.

She also enjoyed fishing, spending time with her family, and playing games. While Decker was working on the farm, Sandy taught Vance how to play baseball, even though she couldn’t catch or throw very well, which is something he still enjoys to this day.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Decker Spillman on Feb. 27, 2018, and her brother Gary.

Sandy is survived by her two daughters, Terri Jackman and husband, Greg, and Missy Strickler and husband, Jeff, of Colony; her son, Vance Spillman and wife, Barbara, of Flower Mound, Texas; nine grandchildren, Jessica Feuerborn and husband, Luke, of Garnett, Crystal Dunbar and husband, Andrew, of Richmond, Zachary Jackman and wife, Linsey, of Colony, Tanner Strickler of Lawrence, Katrina Strickler and fiance, Caylor Luther of Olathe, Tiffany Davidson and husband, Devin, of Colony, Kaden Strickler of Wichita, and Mayson Spillman and Ethan Spillman, both of Flower Mound, Texas; nine great-grandchildren, Kallie, Kamrie and Karlie Feuerborn, Arabella, Aydan, Mathew, and Calan Dunbar, and Emmilene and Vanorah Jackman; sister, Delores Showalter of El Paso, Texas; brother, Ronald McGhee, of Colony; two sisters-in-law, Darline Spillman of Kincaid, and Letha Spillman of Blue Mound; numerous nieces and nephews; and her beloved dog, King Kong.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday S at the Kincaid Selma United Methodist Church, Kincaid. Burial will follow in the Kincaid Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Iola. Memorial contributions may be made to the Colony First Responders and left in care of the funeral home.

Condolences to the family may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Dora Lou Clements Dora Lou Clements, 87, Humboldt, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at her home. Dora was born Sept. 28, 1931, in Iola, to Frank V. and Helen I. (Demoret) Folkner.

Dora was a homemaker, a stay-at-home wife, and grandma.

Dora was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a son, Steve Clements, and a brother, Albert Folkner.

Dora is survived by three sons, Bob Clements and wife Lana, Emporia, David Clements and wife Gail, Comanche, Iowa, and Craig Clements and wife Lori, Buffalo; and other relatives Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mount Hope Cemetery, Humboldt. The family will greet friends from 9 to 10 o’clock, before the graveside service in the Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Iola Memorials in honor of Dora can be made to First Baptist Church of Humboldt, and may be left with the funeral home. Condolences for the family can be left at www.feuerbornfuneral. com.

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ly,� said Ed Jaskinia, a Kansas City-area landlord and lobbyist for the Associated Landlords of Kansas. “It tells us what the rules and regulations are, what we can and can’t do.�

He says tenants should take up their proposed reforms to the cities they live in.

In the meantime, he says tenants already have protections. For example, if a landlord won’t make repairs, tenants can call their city’s code enforcement division to make an inspection. And state law prohibits landlords from retaliating against tenants who do so.

But it’s hard to prove retaliation in court, Baker said. “Even if they have some type of code on the books,� Baker said, “they don’t enforce it because they can’t.�

Legal Options

Another option for tenants is suing a landlord in small claims court for not completing repairs, exorbitant utility bills or not returning a security deposit.

State law requires landlords to return deposits within 30 days with an itemized list of charges taken out. Otherwise, tenants can sue for one-and-a-half times the amount of the original deposit. “It’s very common for landlords to keep your security deposit for expenses that I don’t think would be legal,� said Casey Johnson, an attorney for Kansas Legal Services who counsels low-income people on housing. “Those are some good protections

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But small claims lawsuits often turn out in favor of the landlord. “It’s very difficult to get evidence and time to present into a court case,� Johnson said. “Kansas, I would say, is fairly landlord-friendly.�

Tenant Activism

Some residents of Lawrence, Manhattan and Kansas City — where renting is more common than in the rest of the state — are trying to change that.

They say there’s a shortage of quality and affordable housing.

Data from the Census Bureau shows that the overall rental vacancy rate in Kansas in 2017 was 7.5%. In Kansas City, it was 8.5%, in Manhattan, it was 10.6% and in Lawrence, it was 6.7%. In the U.S. overall, 6.1% of rental units were vacant in 2017.

Generally, cities in Kansas have a higher proportion of residents who are rent-burdened — defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as spending 30% or more of their income on rent.

More than 53% of Lawrence and Manhattan residents are rent-burdened, compared to 44% of all Kansans and 50.6% of Americans overall.

A group called Renters Together, in Manhattan, formed earlier this year, holds weekly meetings with the goal of increasing the number of rental units that the city inspects. “We’ve noticed that landlords have been retaliating against tenants that do call code services here,� said Jonathan Cole, lead organizer for the group. “We’ve also noticed that people just

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don’t know that they can call.�

A similarly named group in Lawrence, Renters Together LFK, recently hosted a meeting to tell tenants how to get their security deposits back. The group has knocked on doors and spoken to hundreds of local tenants, said organizer Yoshi Stout. “At the end of the day,� Stout said, “the tenants need to have some sort of agency for themselves.�

The group encouraged Lawrence resident Kayla Marks to sue her landlord, Manhattanbased company McCullough Development, Inc., in Douglas County small claims court.

In August 2018, Marks and her boyfriend moved into an apartment in Lawrence that she says was a mess.

The place was dirty. A window was broken.

There was a hole in a bedroom door and the linoleum floor needed to be replaced.

She tidied up and let her landlord know about the repairs. A few months later, the floor and the window were fixed, but by then, she had to move out. She and her boyfriend had broken up, and she couldn’t afford the apartment by herself. Her depression

got so bad that she was hospitalized. She got a note from her doctor saying she could no longer live by herself.

In February 2019, Marks applied for a legally required accommodation for her disability, asking to move out of her apartment.

Her landlord granted it, but said she owed another month’s rent and sent her a bill for cleanup after she moved out.

The company charged her an additional $258, which she disputed.

McCullough Development, Inc., declined multiple requests for comment. “I’m a clean freak, so this place was spotless,�

Marks said. “So I just didn’t think that that was right.�

She sued, asking for money back on her rent and deposit. She didn’t get any money back, but a judge ruled that she didn’t owe her landlord money either.

Marks said she wouldn’t have known how or why to sue without the help of Renters Together. “I didn’t even know what the actual verdict was until I had to ask somebody,� she said. “But knowing that the verdict was that I don’t owe anything, I’m very pleased.�

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State Fair feats

Allen County 4-H’ers, Katie Weide, top from left, earned a purple ribbon in buymanship fashion at the Kansas State Fair Saturday, while fellow competitors Zoey Rinehart earned a blue ribbon in buymanship and Abby Rinehart earned a blue ribbon in clothing construction. At bottom, competing Saturday in the 4-H Dog Show Contest were Gabriella Sharp with Benny and George, Abigail Meiwes with Ace and Hallie Sutherland with Ellie. Sharp was a finalist in showmanship with Benny, Ace and Ellie receiving purple ribbons. George, being shown by Sharp, was Reserve Champion in Novice and received a blue in Rally.

Farm: Youngsters visit dairy Continued from A1

many ways animals get nourishment), Strickler’s milk and cow barns, a roping demonstration and an exhibit that details how working on the farm pro-

vides ample opportunities for physical fitness.

The collaboration included several workers from Strickler’s Dairy, Allen Community College ag students and FFA members from

high schools from each of the respective participating school districts.

The event coincides with National Ag Safety Week, which runs through Saturday.

Trial delayed in fatal accident OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska trial of a Kansas man charged with the collision deaths of four Iowa motorcyclists has been

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Iola High School FFA members Hannah Gardner, left, and Becca Sprague give a tour of the cow barn at Strickler Dairy Monday as part of a day at the farm field trip for area first-graders. PHOTO COURTESY OF ISABELLA DUKE

There were so many memes about Storm Area 51, we thought we’d take advantage of that,� she said.

Area 51 is the common name of a classified and heavily protected U.S. Air Force facility in Nevada. Conspiracy theorists believe the site to be a secret location the government uses to hide proof of alien life or UFO encounters. Those who attempt to venture into the territory are stopped by military officers.

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TLC customers, especially children, love fly traps, Flory said. Their intrigue is that they trap and consume animals and insects. Fly traps aren’t always the easiest plants to grow, she said.

Most owners “starve� the plant by tricking it into closing over something that isn’t food.

Succulent plants such as cacti also enthrall customers. Succulents retain water by storing it in leaves, stems and roots. Many owners “love them to death,�

Flory said, by watering them too often.

She hopes the strange

A twisted succulent plant at TLC Garden Center. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS offerings will especially appeal to an emerging generation of plant owners. “Houseplants are starting to make a comeback, especially with college students and Millennials,� she said, citing studies she had read.

To encourage young people to appreciate plants, she’s donating some to classrooms in local schools. For each plant sold during the event, she’ll donate one to a classroom. Her goal is to donate at least 51 plants.

Flory said she’ll select plants that are best suited for each particu-

lar classroom setting. “Studies have shown that students do better in classrooms that have plants. Plants improve the air quality and reduce anxiety. Students have better test scores and better concentration,� she said.

Flory promoted this weekend’s alien plant sale in the Lawrence and Kansas City areas in the hopes of making it a tourist event. Cosmic costumes are encouraged, with refreshments provided. Visitors can take pictures with weird plants or props like a life-sized version of “Audrey II,� that ruthlessly rooted star of the musical, “Little Shop of Horrors.�

Staff will be on hand to answer questions and give advice.

Flory said she understands some might find owning a plant as intimidating. “I’ve killed houseplants. Everyone does it,� she reassured. “Lots of things are temporary, like flowers, and as long as you get enjoyment out of it, it’s worth it. I want people to see that owning plants can be fun. You don’t have to be scared of plants.�

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Don’t let a fall ruin your day Ringing in autumn The first day of fall marks Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Sponsored by the National Council on Aging, the day is an opportunity to learn how to prevent fall-related injuries that affect older adults.

One in three adults over the age of 65 falls every year. The leading cause of injury-related death among the elderly is due to a fall.

These statistics are scary, but many accidents can be prevented.

People who fall often think it happened because of situations beyond their control.

However, risks have been identified that contribute to falls, especially among older adults. Following are some to consider: — Have you fallen in the last six months?

— Do you take four or more prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, or herbal supplements daily?

— Do you have to use your arms to stand up from a chair?

— Do you ever feel unsteady on your feet, weak, or dizzy?

— Has it been two years or more since you had an eye exam?

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— Has your hearing gotten worse?

— Do you exercise less than 30 minutes a day?

— Do you drink alcohol?

— Do you have more than three chronic health conditions (such as heart, lung problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, etc.)?

The more “yes” answers you have, the greater your risk of falling.

For those who drink alcohol, limit your intake to one drink per day. For the other risk factors, consult your health care provider about your concerns and possible remedies.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Council on Aging have identified four areas to reduce the risk of falling: • Increase physical

activity to improve physical strength and balance.

• Review and use medications safely.

Falls are one of the most common side effects of medicine.

• Identify and screen for vision problems.

• Increase home safety.

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Fifty percent of falls by older adults occur in the home.

Some home safety questions to consider include: Do you have to walk around furniture? Is there clutter on the floor or stairways, or cords to step over?

Are there throw rugs?

Do you have burned out bulbs or dim lighting in your home? Can you get in and out of your furniture easily?

Is the tub or shower floor slippery? Do you need support getting in or out of the tub or up from the toilet? Is the

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Riding mishap kills boy, 7 WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) — A 7-year-old Kansas boy has died after the pony he was riding flipped over on top of him.

Max Henderson of Winfield died Sunday at a hospital. He was a second-grader at Country View School, where counselors were on hand to help grieving classmates and staff.

Max’s family said in a statement that he was at home roping a calf sled when his pony flipped over on him. He died after emergency surgery.

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Thursday’s Allen County Farmers’ Market session features the second annual Fall Harvest Celebration.

An evening of pumpkin decorating, shopping and more are on the menu.

In addition, the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility will have caramel apples.

The Farmers’ Market runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. along Jefferson Street

on the east side of the courthouse square.

Vendors accept EBT and debit cards and participate in the Double Up Food Bucks Program.

Drugmaker files for bankruptcy NEW YORK (AP) — Purdue Pharma gets its day in court today after the OxyContin maker filed for bankruptcy and negotiated a potential multi-billion dollar settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits.

An initial hearing will be held in federal court in White Plains, New York, for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.

Purdue filed for bankruptcy protection late Sunday, the first step in a plan it says would provide $10 billion to $12 billion to help reimburse state and local governments and clean up the damage done by powerful prescription painkillers and illegal opioids, including heroin.

These drugs have been blamed for more than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. in the past two decades.

Two dozen states have signed on to the settlement plan along with key lawyers who represent many of the 2,000-plus local governments suing Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma. But other states have come out strongly against it.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THIS INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE?

These generally focus on housekeeping and ensuring that the company can keep paying the bills as an ongoing operation during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

According to the court docket, Judge Robert Drain will hear motions on authorizing payments of wages to employees, critical vendors, utilities and other key parties.

Fordham Law Professor Richard Squire said

put money in a giant pot to be divided fairly, and it would cut the costs of bringing separate cases through different courts.

“Everybody shares in some orderly manPurdue Pharma, maker of Oxyner,” he said.

Contin, filed for bankruptcy Without a protection. WIKIPEDIA.ORG big settlement, all the claimDrain will likely hear ants could wind up in from lawyers objecting a race to litigate in the to the filing and describ- other courts and get ing it as a “bad faith a judgment before the claim.” Drain may table company runs out of those arguments for an- money. other day.

WHO IS JUDGE DRAIN?

WHAT KEY ISSUES WILL THE JUDGE DECIDE?

Drain will eventually decide whether to approve or reject the settlement or seek modifications.

This is hardly a standard bankruptcy case.

Because so many states objected to the settlement, it could complicate the process. Members of the Sackler family, which owns Purdue, are still trying to get more states to sign on.

Drain will preside over whether the suits against the Sacklers in state courts will be able to move forward, and what will happen to the company itself. Under the tentative settlement deal, it would continue to operate, but with profits used to pay for the settlement. Another alternative? Drain could order the company to be sold.

A single large settlement often is seen as the best way to resolve cases like these, bankruptcy attorney Jerry Reisman said. He noted that it would essentially

Drain is a former bankruptcy attorney with a Columbia University law degree. He serves as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York.

He has presided over some high-profile Chapter 11 cases involving companies like Hostess Brands and Sears.

In the latter, Drain earlier this year gave hedge fund mogul Eddie Lampert a second chance to revive the iconic brand and save 45,000 jobs.

HOW LONG WILL THE BANKRUPTCY PROCESS TAKE?

A complicated case like this could take up to a year but legal experts believe the parties involved want a fast settlement.

The longer a company remains in bankruptcy, the more is spent attorney fees and other costs.

But a modification to the initial settlement to satisfy more cases could delay the case.

Purdue has said that finalizing the settlement could take at least six months.

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How to grow a new crop of professionals Unemployment in Kansas stands at 3.3%, according to the Kansas Department of Labor.

But before you jump for joy, take note that Kansas is on a long-term trend of losing jobs. Over the last decade, the state has lost 42,000 positions, dropping from 1.521 million to 1.479 million.

And increasingly, finance, engineering, computer science and health care fields are facing severe shortages.

These problems aren’t necessarily unique to Kansas, but with our population just holding steady, the challenges are all the more pressing.

Careers in medicine are a useful example of the problems our state must work to solve. Nationwide, we’re on course for a shortage of 52,000 primary care physicians by 2025, according to a report by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

The problem is two-fold.

First, it’s about what type of medicine today’s physicians want to practice. Only about one-third of the physician workforce focuses on family care, with the other two-thirds heading into specialty medicine such as dermatology, cardiology, surgery, etc.

A better balance, according to the AAFP, is for 40% of physicians to focus on general care.

The second problem is that today’s general practitioners are retiring faster than we can replace them.

THE BEST WAY for Kansas to get more family doctors is to train them here.

Evidence indicates that family physicians are more likely to practice in the states in which they complete their residencies — typically three years of on-hand experience in a hospital and office setting.

Kansas currently has four such training programs scattered among Kansas City, Wichita and Salina, with a fifth program to begin in 2021. The upcoming program is to be a partnership between the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas based in Pittsburg and KU Med

School. With a residency program in SEK, it’s not out of the question to expect — or at least hope — some of those graduates stay and practice here.

Between 2011 and 2017, these medical programs produced 272 family physicians in Kansas. Of those, 48% remained in state. The Midwest ranks in the lower half of its counterparts in losing new physicians to other states. Missouri was able to retain only 42% of its new grads; Nebraska 39%, Oklahoma, 48% and Colorado, 50%.

To help offset these declines, the region has worked to attract out-ofstate physicians, according to a report by the Robert Graham Center.

About 43% of Kansas’s family physicians are female, with more on the way. Consistent with national trends, the percentage of females enrolled in medical school is higher than that of males.

WHILE not everyone is cut out to pursue an advanced education, it’s more than a little worrisome that high school educators seem to focus more these days on a fast-track education that gets kids out the door and into the workforce.

Careers such as medicine, computer science, engineering, law, and business require years of training. Medical school alone is four years of postgraduate work, followed by a residency. Law school is three years of post-graduate work, basic engineering and education are fiveyear programs and CPAs, seven years.

So yes, it’s a long haul.

But most would say the return is for very rewarding careers and lives — which is the very purpose of education.

IT’S BY promoting education and its rewards that we turn the corner on losing professionals. Around the dinner table, in the classroom, at the ballgame, start the discussion about the value of a good education.

And talk up the beauty of living in Kansas!

— Susan Lynn

We’re now immune to the crassness of cussing Cussing is cool. More precisely, people who cuss are cool. At least, that’s what those doing the cussing want us to think.

Beto O’Rourke, one of the 20 or so Democrats running for president, flings about the f-word to show how frustrated and angry he is about mass shootings and government’s failure to do anything to reduce their toll.

His campaign even started selling T-shirts incorporating an O’Rourke quote with the fword.

Cool, right? And edgy.

Except that it’s hard to view anything that has become as common as cussing as edgy.

Most of us have heard admonitions from parents, teachers and others in authority, telling us that using offensive language is a sign of laziness and a limited vocabulary.

I never bought that argument completely, but I would argue that cussing does nothing to elevate discussion of a controversial topic. Nor does crass language edify the people who, presumably, the speaker or writer wants to persuade.

Supporters might argue that when people such as O’Rourke use of the f-word and other objectionable language, it shows just how passionate they are.

They have feelings. They’re concerned. They’re mad. They are compelled to speak frankly.

But cussing doesn’t denote any of that. Not anymore.

Cussing is more likely to involve someone missing a free throw than murder. That robs it of any use it might have had

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language. Back in the 1970s, he became internationally known with his bit about the seven dirty words you can’t say on television.

A Kansas That comedy routine evencontributor tually ended up before the Supreme Court, but the ruling was less important than the once as a gauge of deep feel- message it sent. Not only by ings.

Carlin but also by other comeIt’s commonly overheard on dians and radio “shock jocks” TV (except on old-fashioned who followed. Their message broadcast networks), at sports was that nothing — no words, venues, in the workplace no insult, no degradation — and even on children’s play- was off limits. grounds.

Their low standards seeped Resorting to cussing once into other aspects of enterdid count as a measure of an- tainment, and after 30 or 40 ger or passion. I mark the end years, low standards stopped of that time as 2004. That was being edgy. when then vice president Dick I still find cussing in profesCheney, fed up with attacks on sional or public venues a matHalliburton, the ter of bad mancompany that ners. It shows a made him rich, lack of respect I still find cussing in for those who told a Democratic critic to professional or pub- might be offend“(expletive de- lic venues a matter of ed. I mean, just leted) himself.” because you That was on bad manners. It shows can do somethe floor of the a lack of respect for thing in public U.S. Senate, and those who might be of- — passing gas, the target of the cleaning your fended. suggestion was toenails, pickSen. Patrick ing your nose Leahy. It was — doesn’t mean uncommon and untoward, you should. and news stories expressed So as much of America surprise that Cheney would adopts — and celebrates, reresort to foul language in such ally — what were once consida setting. ered dirty words, some of us Consider it the last gasp of continue to consider cussing sincere indignation. Cultural crass … and oh so common. trends had been leading us to A native of Garden City, Jusuch a point for a long time. lie Doll is a former journalist Comedian George Carlin who has worked at newspapers was among the many people in California, Indiana and in entertainment pushing us New York, as well as across toward common use of foul Kansas.

Attack on Saudi Arabia demands united response The attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas facilities in Abqaiq, which has suspended half of the kingdom’s processing — corresponding to 6% of world supply — is a blow to one of the main arteries of the global economy.

The Trump administration should use the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York to marshal a global response.

Responsibility for the attacks has been claimed by the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who say they used a swarm of drones to inflict great damage. But there’s also suspicion that Shiite militias in Iraq were the culprits, and that they used cruise missiles.

In geopolitical terms, it might not make much difference: The Houthis and Iraq’s militias are both proxies for

Iran, which supplies them with money and materiel, including weapons capable of striking deep into Saudi territory. The Islamic Republic denies any role in the attacks, but it has a long history of using proxies and cutouts to attack its regional rivals. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has put the blame squarely on Iran, adding that there “is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen.”

The Trump administration should act swiftly to present proof of Iran’s culpability before the international community, and press for a unified response, especially from the other major world powers: China, Russia, Germany, France and Britain.

These nations were, along with the U.S., signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran. They have tended

to be sympathetic toward the Islamic Republic since President Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to abrogate that deal last summer. They have indulged Iran’s recent attacks on shipping in the Persian Gulf, and its decision to accelerate enrichment of uranium.

However much they disapprove of the Trump administration’s policies, these countries need to recognize that a regime that willfully endangers the global economy deserves no sympathy. In word and deed, they should put Tehran on notice that its behavior will no longer be tolerated.

THE GENERAL Assembly this week provides the perfect platform from which to do this. A resolution from the Security Council condemn-

ing Iran’s actions would be a good start. The other signatories should also reimpose economic sanctions on the regime, and be prepared to join a U.S.-led naval force protecting the Persian Gulf.

In the days preceding the annual UN gathering, President Trump seemed of a mind to soften his posture on Iran, even considering easing some sanctions in order to facilitate a meeting in New York with President Hassan Rouhani. It seems the Iranians have acted in manifestly bad faith, rejecting several offers of negotiations. The attacks on Abqaiq — and by extension, on the global economy — should clarify Trump’s thinking. This is the moment to rally the international community to deal with the threat from Iran.

— Bloomberg News

A look back in t me.

55 Years Ago September 1964

The second annual Colony Hi-Point Rodeo will be next week. More than 5,000 visitors are expected to attend.

The area was built and is owned by Dale Nichols. Floyd Rumford, Jr. of Abbyville will furnish the stock and be in charge of entries. ***** Dale Creitz, coordinator of music in the Iola public schools, was named coordinator of fine arts for the new Bowlus Fine Arts Center last night at a meeting of the board of education. Creitz will schedule all fine arts events and activities in the new building and will be in charge of student groups and teachers using the facilities.

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Study focuses on bird species in northeast Oklahoma Pittsburg State University studies return of native birds where remediation efforts are occurring PICHER, Okla. (AP) — Birds are more than just winged messengers that can carry a tune or soar through the sky — bird species also can act as indicators of environmental health.

The feathered creatures are useful in determining overall changes in environmental conditions and habitat quality. This is why they’re the primary focus of a study analyzing different species of birds living around the Tar Creek Superfund site in Northeast Oklahoma.

The goal is to find out how large-scale changes in habitat resulting from remediation efforts and environmental cleanup can affect bird communities over time. Christine Brodsky, an assistant professor of biology at

Pittsburg State University, and her graduate biology students and student volunteers have teamed up with tribal officials with the Quapaw Nation Environmental Department for the past three years to study the long-term effects the changing landscape has on different bird species, the Joplin Globe reported.

THE TAR CREEK Superfund site, one of the largest mining contamination locations in the U.S., spans more than 40 square miles. The area is littered with toxic heavy metals, giant chat piles and more than 1,000 abandoned mine shafts left behind from the lead and zinc mining era.

Many bird populations such as bank swallows

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nest in the chat piles, Brodsky said.

“Bank swallows, historically, nest on the banks of rivers with nice clay, so they like to take advantage of all of the chat piles there,” she said. “With that changeover, we’re probably going to see less of those species because we’re taking away where they nest. What we’re seeing is we’re attracting more birds and more species with the remediation, but we’re shifting what birds we see.”

The Quapaw Nation signed a cooperative agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency in 2012 to perform cleanup action at Tar Creek, making the tribe the first to lead and manage cleanup of a Superfund site. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality also has been assisting the EPA and the tribe.

The tribe has remediated about 358 acres of land and removed more than 2.6 million tons of chat since 2013, including work done in partnership with the state, said Summer King, environmental scientist with the Quapaw Nation Environmental Office.

“I was excited and in-

terested about the study because, as far as I knew, there was nobody else out here doing any kind of wildlife research,” she said. “Any kind of additional information we can get on the birds or the wildlife that’s on-site using the contaminated site, how they react to our cleanup process and if they come back, that’s really valuable data for us.”

Over the summer, Brodsky and her team visited 24 sites across Tar Creek, including locations that have already been cleaned up and others that remain untouched.

“We have a gradient from no remediation to complete remediation, so some of the sites are currently in construction and others have been seeded,” she said, describing the project. “We wanted to see with that remediation gradient how it’s affecting the birds.

“A site that had no remediation done in 2017 can be now completely remediated,” she added. “Year one of complete remediation may be different from the five-year complete remediation. We’re trying to do a long-term study on how the birds are changing.”

With the help of King,

who guides them in navigating the Superfund terrain, Brodsky and her students can rotate among the 24 sites. The groups then listen, watch and record every bird that they find during five-minute surveys while also monitoring their location and weather conditions. Brodsky said they do this three times at each site to get an adequate average.

“We do this very early in the morning, so we start at 6 a.m. and go on until about 11 a.m.,” she said. “Then later in the season, we sample the vegetation in the area. That’s just a good way to connect the remediation with what plants are actually on the ground. We’re seeing some sites with no remediation have some trees or shrubs, completely bare with construction and then over time it becomes more of a grassland.”

Morgan Smith, 22, a PSU student majoring in biology, has served as an intern assisting Brodsky with her research.

Smith said they’ve found a couple of new species this year that they haven’t found previously, including green herons.

“Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect to get from

the opportunity,” she said.

“I’m from Welch, so I’ve grown up driving through Picher and seeing it. I didn’t know a lot about the history, but working with Dr. Brodsky and Summer, I learned so much. I was happy with what I got out of it.”

As cleanup progresses, it attracts more species to the sites, according to their findings. They’re seeing fewer birds that are reliant on forest habitats, such as cardinals, and more members of a grassland bird community, such as meadowlarks.

More birds were found in completely remediated sites compared to sites without remediation and bare sites, according to their results.

Brodsky estimates they’ve recorded at least 70 different bird species.

“They’re still native to that region of Oklahoma, but now that we’re changing the habitat, they’re literally flocking in,” she said. “It’s not good or bad that we’re leaving the forest bird community behind in favor of the grassland bird community, but these species, they’re common. If we can create more habitat for them, that’s even better.”

Former treasurer sentenced to federal prison WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The former treasurer of Fontana has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for stealing money from the town and spending taxpayer money at a casino.

The U.S. Attorney’s office in Wichita says 56-year-old Deborah Sell of Fontana was sentenced Monday.

She had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return.

Sell admitted embezzling more than $174,000 from Fontana, a town of about 220 people.

Federal prosecutors say Sell issued city checks to pay personal expenses, withdrew

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MLB: KC 6, OAK 5

Middle School Volleyball: Iola Ponies

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Men and women fall at Neosho

Royals playing spoiler to A’s OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — There was plenty of blame to go around after Oakland’s stunning loss to Kansas City, one that prevented the Athletics from adding on to their lead in the AL wild-card race.

A costly error in the ninth inning by center fielder Ramon Laureano. Manager Bob Melvin’s decision to lift hothitting first baseman Matt Olson for a pinch-runner an inning earlier.

Liam Hendriks pointed the finger at himself.

Brett Phillips hit a tying home run off Hendricks in the ninth, Adalberto Mondesi followed with an RBI double and the Kansas City Royals beat Oakland 6-5 on Monday night to end the Athletics’ six-game winning streak.

“It felt like I was making some pitches when I needed to but not enough,” Hendriks said. “I fell behind a couple times and had to kind of groove them a fastball. At the end of the day I didnt get the job done and the team paid for it.”

Oakland’s lead over Tampa Bay for the top AL wild card was cut to one game.

Cleveland is 1 1/2 games behind the Rays.

Khris Davis’ RBI single off Kevin McCarthy (4-2) gave Oakland a 5-4 lead in the eighth.

Phillips homered on a 2-0 fastball from Hendriks (4-3) with one out in the ninth, Hendriks’ sixth blown save in 28 chances.

“Ball was down the middle to Phillips and Mondesi hit a pretty good pitch the other way for a double,” Melvin said. “He’s been absolutely fantastic for us. Every now See ROYALS | Page B4

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Eighth-grader Jackie Fager steps behind the line for one of her nine aces on Monday afternoon.

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Reaching new heights

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

After starting winless, the Iola Middle School volleyball team found the perfect formula for A-and-B team wins on Monday evening over Osawatomie.

The B team played four sets, winning 25-18, 25-11, 2517, and dropping one set by a score of 12-25. The B bombers were led by Maddy McVey,

who picked up eight aces, two assists, and two kills.

“Maddy has improved her game so much this season in both her skill and confidence,” assistant coach Terri Carlin said.

Rylie Olson also had a superb night, chipping in six aces, along with a serve that handed the Ponies a match win. Jennica Churning and Jordan LaCrone added two aces, and Jaiden Emmons

also picked up an ace serve.

Kennedy Maier, Khyrei Anderson, and LeeAnn Maloney also got in the attack with providing one kill apiece.

On the A team side of things, the Ponies won all three sets by scores of 25-18, 25-21, and 25-17. Ten girls contributed to the three-set wins, with each girl finding their rhythm in the system.

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The men’s and women’s Allen Community College soccer teams played in Chanute Saturday against Neosho County Community College.

Neither side was able to find the winning formula.

The men lost 5-1, and the women gave up an early lead to lose 2-1.

It was a rough day for head coach Doug Desmarteau. The men allowed two early penalties in the 2nd and 5th minutes, to start in an early 2-0 hole. Neosho added to its lead in the 12th minute off a perfectly executed set piece. The Red Devils got themselves back in the game when Roshod Nembhard set up Jordan Mase to bring ACC within two.

The Red Devils started to pressure Neosho when they were on the ball, but were unable to find a flow as Neosho added two more goals before halftime making the score 5-1.

ACC came out with a more attack-minded attitude in the second half, but were not clinical in front of goal. Ajay Murray and Zakk Wilce both featured in front of goal, and had two saves each.

The Lady Devils, meanwhile, delivered the first punch courtesy of a goal from Lexi White with two minutes left in the first half. Neosho was able to find an equalizer in the See SOCCER | Page B4

NFL: Kansas City Chiefs

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Truex Jr. overcomes slump in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. clearly had one of the best teams this season as he rolled to four victories before the end of June.

Then he hit a slump of sports, nearly three months without a win, but his Joe Gibbs Racing team remained confident it would challenge for the championship.

A win in the opening race of NASCAR’s playoffs solidified their beliefs.

Truex won for the fifth time this season Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and earned an automatic berth into the second round of the playoffs. He’s won the playoff opener in three of the last four seasons, including 2017 when he won the Cup title.

“Welcome back,” Truex screamed to his team over his radio as he crossed the finish line. He later added “I feel awesome” about his chances to make the final four and race for the championship in the November finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

“If we can get to Homestead, we are going to be tough to handle. But we’ve got to get there first,” he said.

The Truex victory on an up-and-down day for Joe Gibbs Racing still cemented the Toyota team as the organization to beat for the Cup

in this 10-race playoff series.

JGR has 14 wins this season through 27 races.

Truex chased down Kevin Harvick, who was slowed by traffic, to cut into Harvick’s lead and eventually make the pass for the win — and the automatic second-round spot — on the outside with 20 laps remaining.

“I was able to hustle the car there at the end and get the lead and drive away,” Truex said. “These next two weeks are all about bonus points.

This is big today to get six (points). Those are really important to get to (the finale).”

Las Vegas was a brutal opener for a handful of title contenders, including Kurt Busch, who crashed when his tire went flat and he finished last in the field. Erik Jones had an earlier mechanical issue and finished four spots higher in 36th.

The top 10 finishers were all playoff contenders as Truex was followed by Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, William Byron, Kyle Larson, reigning series champion Joey Logano and Ryan Newman.

Harvick credited his Stewart-Haas Racing team with See TRUEX JR. | Page B3

A general view of the game between the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs during the second half at RingCentral Coliseum on Sunday. DANIEL SHIREY/GETTY IMAGES/TNS

Chiefs say goodbye to Coliseum

By SAM MELLINGER The Kansas City Star

The familiar face will be there on the other side of the chain link fence. She always is. She wears black, of course, head to toe in Raiders gear as far as you can see.

She screams.

She’s proud of her Raiders, even now that they’re ditching Oakland and the Coliseum that long ago turned into a dump. It’s a charming dump, and the dateline for some of the wildest stories in the NFL. Those stories de-

serve to be remembered. Like this one, about the woman in the apron.

She really is loud. She’ll grab the fence and pull it and push it and scream until you have no choice but to look over. She’s developed impeccable timing over the years, a true pro, so just when she sees enough faces the apron flies up and out pops a very, very, very large sex toy.

“A big tomahawk,” Chiefs punter Dustin Colquitt said, approximating its shape.

The Chiefs played their 43rd and final game in the

old hellhole on Sunday. On account of them sharing a division with the Raiders, plus two playoff games (more on that in a minute), they’ve played there more than any other visiting team in the NFL. If they win, they will have done so more than any other opponent.

It will be the last NFL game played on dirt. The Raiders’ next home game is Nov. 3, and the grounds crew replaces the infield dirt with grass after baseball.

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SPORTS CALENDAR IOLA

HS Football Class 3A Substate Friday: Varsity @ Chanute, 7p.m.

Monday: JV V.S. Chanute 4:30 p.m.

Cross Country Thursday: at Parsons Volleyball Today: V.S. Wellsville and Osawatomie, 4 p.m.

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Martin Truex Jr. (19) and Erik Jones (20) compete during the Consumers Energy 400 NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway on Aug. 11. MARY LEWANDOWSKI

Truex Jr. starts playoffs strong with win Continued from B1

making massive gains all weekend to get him to a second-place finish.

“We were way off when we got here this weekend. They just kept working. We qualified well,” Harvick said.

“I knew the Gibbs cars would be tough. Martin was just so much better on the second half of the run. He made up that ground there, was able to stay close enough to us. My car started to get loose and push the front. It was just in kind of a four wheel drift. We really had OK speed at the first stage, but I still felt like the Gibbs cars were better than us.”

Kyle Busch hit the wall just five laps into the race and dropped two laps off the pace while his car was repaired. The regular-season champion finished

18th but was on track to finish fourth until he ran into the lapped car of Garrett Smithley nearing the end of the race.

“We are the top echelon in motorsports and we’ve got guys out here who have never won late model races, it’s pathetic. They don’t know where to go,” Kyle Busch said. Smithley has 11 career Cup starts, but has never won a race in a national series, including ARCA. Busch in later postrace interviews repeated several times “I’m just here so I don’t get fined,” — a nod to celebrity pace car driver Marshawn Lynch, who used that line throughout his NFL career.

Pole-sitter Clint Bowyer started the race by leading all four Stewart-Haas Racing drivers to the green flag, but he

never could clear the traffic and eventually dropped to a 25th-place finish.

“We just weren’t very good tonight. We were just off. Off in all areas,” Bowyer said.

Kurt Busch, Bowyer and Jones are now the bottom three drivers in the 16-driver field and in danger of being eliminated in two weeks.

It was 100 degrees when the race began, hours later than it did last season because NASCAR felt it was too hot for fans in attendance.

BIG HENDRICK DAY:

Hendrick Motorsports had a strong day with all three of its title contenders — Elliott, Bowman and Byron — inside the top 10. Byron pulled it off despite a tire rub that caused him to spin and bring out a caution during the third

stage. Jimmie Johnson, who missed the playoffs this year for the first time since the format began in 2004, was the highest non-playoff driver at 11th.

DECENT RACE FOR TEAM PENSKE:

Although defending race winner Brad Keselowski struggled through the first two stages, he still managed a third-place finish. But teammate Joey Logano, despite leading a racehigh 105 laps, had some damage to his Ford that dropped him to ninth.

Ryan Blaney, the third Team Penske title contender, was a quiet fifth.

UP NEXT: Saturday night at Richmond Raceway in Virginia.

Kyle Busch is the defending race winner.

The field will then be cut by four drivers after the Sept. 29 race at Charlotte.

China trade war could impact NBA fans NEW YORK (AP) — That LeBron James jersey could get a little more expensive.

Companies that make clothing and shoes for the National Basketball Association players are in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s escalating China trade wars.

So, the question is, will American fans of sports stars like Los Angeles Lakers’ James be willing to pay higher prices for the gear?

The stakes are high as U.S. sales from sports licensed merchandise including NBA items rang up $21 billion last year, according to Licensing International, a trade group. Sales on NBAStore.com rose 15% during the 12-month period through August,

according to the league.

And many of the sports brands ranging from Adidas to Puma rely on China for at least some of their sourcing.

Moreover, experts worry China could impose penalties on Western brands who sell there at a time when business in that country is exploding. Some also believe U.S. fans might turn to counterfeit merchandise if they don’t want to pay higher prices.

“When you raise prices on legitimate goods, you encourage the production of illegitimate goods,” said Steve Lamar, executive vice president of The American Apparel and Footwear Association, a trade group. “We’re definitely seeing pressure on brands. We’re just wait-

ing for the other basketball shoe to drop.”

Until now, consumers were largely spared from higher prices in Trump’s previous round of import taxes. That has changed.

Starting Sept. 1, the U .S. government began collecting 15 percent on $112 billion in Chinese imports, on a wide array of merchandise including basketball jerseys, basketball shoes, basketballs and even hoops. Higher tariffs are set to hit another batch of Chinese products — $160 billion worth on Dec. 15 and include other sports products, according to the American Apparel & Footwear Association.

President Trump tweeted Wednesday that planned tariff increases on another $250 billion in

Chinese imports, which would include sports bags, would be delayed until Oct. 15, from Oct. 1.

Tariff increases are set to go from 25% to 30%.

Many sporting goods companies, including Adidas, Under Armour and Spaulding declined to comment on how their business is being affected by the China trade wars.

But like many companies, sport brands have been diversifying their sourcing away from China to factories in Vietnam and Bangladesh for the last several years even before escalating tensions between the U.S. and China.

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Royals: Start series strong against A’s Continued from B1

and then you’re going to blow a save.”

Whit Merrifield reached when Laureano allowed his drive to pop out of the pocket of his glove at the front of the warning track for an error. Mondesi sliced an opposite-field double to left.

“Just looked like he turned around and once he turned back around he just picked it up a little late,” Melvin said.

Marcus Semien singled leading off the bottom half for Oakland but Ian Kennedy retired his next three batters for his 30th save in 35 chances, giving the Royals’ Ned Yost his 1,200th win in 16 seasons as a major league manager.

Kennedy struck out Chad Pinder to end it.

Pinder had replaced Olson in the batting order.

At 56-95, the Royals are trying to avoid their second straight

100-loss season.

“That’s a good team over there,” Yost said.

“It’s hard to fall back four runs early because you knows runs are going to be tough to come by.”

Jorge Soler homered leading off the fourth, tying injured Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout for the AL lead with his 45th home run.

Alex Gordon had two RBIs. DEFENSIVE DIMES

Laureano made backto-back strong throws to the plate in the first, including one on the fly, to keep Mondesi at third after Mondesi’s RBI triple.

ONE MORE THAN RICKEY

Semien’s home run was his 29th while batting first in the order, breaking the A’s record he shared with Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, who watched the game in lower box seats. “I thought it was cool that he was here today, too, just sitting right behind home plate,” Semien said.

ROUGH STARTS

Oakland starter Tanner Roark struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings but allowed four runs and seven hits. Kansas City’s Glenn Sparkman also had a short night and allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings. He threw two wild pitches and hit a batter.

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END

There were concerns the game might be postponed due to field conditions following an NFL game Sunday and rain Monday. The infield still had football markings and there were large dark patches of dead grass in center field, which bore the weight of stands that were removed overnight. It’s the final time the A’s will have to deal with the situation after having shared the Coliseum with the Oakland Raiders since 1995. The Raiders won’t play at the Coliseum again until Nov. 3, well after the A’s season has ended, and are moving to Las Vegas next year.

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Both the men and women will be without a midweek game, which gives them time to prepare for a match against Kansas City Kansas Community College on Saturday.

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The Wildcats traveled to Yates Center to face YC along with Pleasanton and Crest.

The Wildcats went 3-0 on the afternoon, with the top three scorers in points being Raveyn Kegler (34), Janae Granere (26), and Payton Scharff (23).

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Jackie Fager provided nine aces, and two kills. Fager’s presence was complimented perfectly by Rio Lohman, who was a force at the net with six kills. Piper Aronson did a little bit of everything for the Ponies, accumulating four aces, one assist, and two kills.

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CHICAGO (AP) — A pigeon apparently didn’t think much of a lawmaker’s ideas to address a messy situation at a Chicago Transit Authority stop known by some as “pigeon poop station.”

One of the birds did its business on the head

of Democratic state Rep. Jaime Andrade as he was discussing the problem with a reporter outside of the Irving Park Blue Line station.

During the interview, Andrade rubbed his head and said, “I think they just got me.” They did.

Sidewalks outside the station are covered in bird waste and feathers.

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is to provide a standardized public offense ordinance to regulate criminal conduct within the jurisdiction of the City of La Harpe, Kansas.

A complete copy of this Ordinance may be obtained or viewed free of charge at the Office of the City Clerk, 902 S Washington, La Harpe, Kansas 66751 or at https:// www.cityoflaharpe.org/.

This summary is certified as legally accurate and sufficient pursuant to KSA 12-3001, et.seq. by Fred Works, City Attorney.

standardized and comprehensive ordinance to regulate traffic within the jurisdiction of the City of La Harpe, Kansas.

A complete copy of this Ordinance may be obtained or viewed free of charge at the Office of the City Clerk, 902 S Washington, La Harpe, Kansas 66751 or at https:// www.cityoflaharpe.org/.

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You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 25th day of September, 2019, at 8:30 o’clock A. M. of said day, in this Court, sitting in the City of Iola, Allen County Courthouse, Magistrate Courtroom, One North Washington Avenue, Iola, Kansas 66749 at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

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allowed; costs be determined and No. 2019 PR 21 ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; the AdNOTICE OF HEARING ON ministrator be discharged and PePETITION FOR FINAL titioner be released from further SETTLEMENT liability.

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Ordinance No. 1907 On September 11, 2019, the City of La Harpe, Kansas, adopted Ordinance No. 1907 incorporating by reference the Uniform Public Offense Code, Edition of 2019. The purpose of this Code (Published in The Iola Register, Sept. 17, 2019.)

Ordinance No. 1908 On September 11, 2019, the City of La Harpe, Kansas, adopted Ordinance No. 1908 incorporating by reference the Standard Traffic Ordinance For Kansas Cities, Edition of 2019. The purpose of this Ordinance is to provide a

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of CAROLYN J. MURPHEY, deceased Case No. 2019-PR-000042

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Robert Cicale pleaded guilty Friday in Suffolk County court.

Prosecutors say Cicale, 50, had several pairs of worn women’s underwear stuffed into his jacket and raincoat when he was arrested in March 2018 after leaving a neighbor’s home.

He admitted that he had entered the home on several occasions and stolen panties from a hamper.

Cicale was removed from the bench after his arrest. He is expected to be sentenced Nov. 15 to five years of probation with sex offender status.

Cicale’s attorney said Cicale is a changed man. Brown says Cicale has dealt with “his mental illness issues.”

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Chiefs: End playing days in Oakland Coliseum on high note Continued from B1

The Coliseum has gone through two iterations of the Raiders, seven names (technically, it is now RingCentral Coliseum, but come on), 321 football games, more than 4,000 baseball games, the last ever Led Zeppelin concert and more Grateful Dead shows than anywhere else on the planet.

It is the fourth-oldest stadium in the NFL, and might have more stories to tell than any of them.

Some of them are directly tied to great teams and games — the Raiders have more Hall of Fame players than any team but the Bears.

Others are more about a stadium that has become one of the most

colorful characters in the league — from leaky pipes to a field that smells of sewage to balloons full of urine.

The Raiders are scheduled to play their games in Las Vegas next year, next to a casino, in a $1.8 billion stadium with retractable windows facing the Strip. There will be no urine balloons, and something real will have been lost forever.

“Can’t say I’ll miss the Coliseum,” Chiefs long snapper James Winchester said. “But I’m glad I’ve had the opportunity to play there.”

The Chiefs and Raiders hate each other, always have, but more than that they love to hate each other. You probably know this if you live in

Kansas City or Oakland, but you’re here already so we present a quick story from the Coliseum that encapsulates the whole thing.

The Chiefs beat the Raiders 17-7 in the AFC Championship Game after the 1969 season. It was the first time the Raiders lost a home playoff game, and it would be five years before they lost another. Even today, the Raiders have lost just three playoff games at the Coliseum.

But the win is mere setup for what Hall of Famer Len Dawson will tell you is one of the greatest moments in Chiefs history.

In those days, just one week separated the conference title games and the Super Bowl. The Raiders had beaten the Chiefs twice that season already, so the plan was to win once more, then travel directly from the Coliseum to the Super Bowl site in New Orleans.

So as the Chiefs’ bus pulled out, the players encountered a sight they wouldn’t soon forget.

“We saw them come out with their suitcases and put them in their wives’ cars,” said Jan Stenerud, the Chiefs’

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“Yes, I remember that very clearly.”

The Coliseum parking lot can be a bit like the Star Wars cantina scene.

Fans wear helmets and face paint and spiked shoulder pads. Random hoods are pounded on, even (or perhaps especially) with drivers inside the car. Drug deals happened in broad daylight long before California legalized marijuana.

Once, a reporter from Kansas City arrived at the press box early in the second quarter. He’d come to the stadium in plenty of time but ended up having to give a statement to police about a stabbing.

You’ve probably heard about batteries being thrown from the stands — some of them D-cells.

Golf balls, too. Tim Grunhard, the former Chiefs Pro Bowl center who played six times in the Coliseum, said he once was hit by a .30-06 bullet shell (at least it was thrown?).

Some players simply stop going to the bench.

Better to stay near the sideline with a water bottle than hear about your mother. So many middle fingers, too, and from all shapes and ages.

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Trent Green remembered a woman in her 60s or 70s who sat behind the bench and flipped off players. Grunhard remembered the same treatment from a very different set of fans.

“We can put it this way,” Grunhard said.

“They weren’t going to junior high anytime soon.”

Bob Moore, then the Chiefs’ media relations man, remembered the bus passing a doubleamputee in full Raiders gear one day in the 1990s.

From the comfort of her wheelchair, she recognized the opposition and offered the double-bird salute.

“You know,” said Art Shell, then a Chiefs assistant and a longtime Raiders player and coach, “I don’t remember these people here when I played.”

Right. The games. The games are something else entirely.

The question came and Andy Reid had an answer right away.

What will you miss about the Coliseum?

“Well, the bathrooms flooded last year,” he said. “So I won’t miss that.”

This is how it often goes with the Coliseum.

Asked for the best and worst part of playing there, two Chiefs players in separate conversations each said a version of this: Let’s start with the worst.

They play AC/DC’s Hell’s Bells as players come onto the field, and Grunhard remembers telling teammate Dave Szott: “I don’t know if this is hell, but it’s close.”

Player after player referenced the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium as the closest comparison in terms of crappy playing conditions.

Cleveland took a wrecking ball to that place more than 20 years ago.

Current Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes still has not publicly said anything negative about anything, so he mentioned how cool it would be to play on the exact same field where his father once pitched. Mahomes Sr. did pitch there nine times, but it’s telling that the last time a Major League Baseball and NFL team shared a stadium was in Miami eight years ago.

Before that, it was 2003, in Philadelphia and San Diego. Mahomes turned 8 that year, and even back then the multipurpose stadium was a relic.

The Raiders and A’s have held on so long (not by choice, but still) that Mahomes will be the reigning MVP and in commercials during the broadcast of the last-ever NFL game on dirt.

We used the word “crappy” a few paragraphs earlier on purpose, by the way. The field sits below sea level, so it’s always wet, even in a drought. The moisture has a way of producing a distinct stench. The stadium has been known to have sewage backups, too, which opponents have often thought of as appropriate.

“The Raiders had a smell to them, too, that we didn’t like,” Grunhard said. “They fit their field.”

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