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ACC Board of Trustees candidates

Roger Campbell

Gena Clounch

Corey Schinstock

Clounch eager to serve Campbell runs as write-in

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Gena Clounch takes her role seriously as a trustee at Allen Community College.

With every vote, Clounch considers the ripple effects.

How will it affect the students? The faculty and staff? And just as importantly, what about the county’s tax-

payers and other constituents?

There are some particularly meaty decisions coming down the pike that Clounch hopes to be a part of in the coming months, provided she wins re-election to Allen’s trustees board in the Nov. 7 general election.

Clounch is one of five hopefuls, along See CLOUNCH | Page A4

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Roger Campbell wants to make sure the “Community” in Allen Community College remains a priority.

“One thing I learned quickly in taking the courses I did was there’s a big difference between what you call a ‘community college’ and a ‘junior college,’”

Campbell explained.

“A junior college is just what it sounds like.

It’s the first two years of a four-year college degree, where all you want to do is transfer.”

And that’s fine, he added.

But there’s a large segment, particularly in Allen County, that will never walk in ACC’s doors for whatSee CAMPBELL | Page A3

Schinstock seeks seat

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

It’s safe to say Allen Community College means a lot to the Schinstock household.

Corey Schinstock is a 1994 graduate; his daughter Kailey just finished school at Allen; and youngest daughter Kinsey, who’s still in Iola High School, is taking con-

current enrollment classes at ACC as well.

So the idea of serving on the college’s board of trustees just seemed to make sense. “And I like to stay busy,” he noted. “I figure this is something I can give back to.”

Schinstock is one of five hopefuls running for three seats on the ACC Board of Trustees.

See SCHINSTOCK | Page A3

County updates battery plan

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Staff at the Allen County Landfill continue to work on a collection site for discarded batteries, and have been temporarily setting batteries aside as the public becomes more aware of the need to separate them from other garbage.

Public Works Director Mitch Garner updated commissioners on plans at Tuesday’s meeting. He asked for guidance about what type of collection to establish, such as whether it should be limited to batteries or expanded to all electronic items, also known as e-waste. The state defines electronic items as anything that uses a cord and includes microwaves and even lamps, he said.

Commissioners said they

preferred to limit collection to just lithium ion batteries.

Garner said that includes laptops and cell phones in their entirety.

Garner said the plan is to set up barrels for disposal of lithium ion batteries. Each evening, staff will cover the batteries with sand to prevent them catching fire.

Lithium ion batteries have been blamed for at least three fires at the landfill this year.

Garner said the batteries are not supposed to be thrown away with other garbage, but most people simply toss them in the trash. Lithium ion batteries are found in rechargeable electronics such as computers, phones, vaping devices and even toys.

The battery collection site will require a permit from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The coun-

ty is in the process of securing permits for the battery collection as well as for a monofill site to collect used tires.

Commissioners asked Garner to create a “fact sheet” about battery recycling that can be published in the newspaper and website, and can be handed out to patrons of the landfill.

MEANWHILE, crews constructing a new cell for trash collection at the landfill will need to add bentonite clay, made from volcanic ash, for the base of the cell. The natural clay found at the site isn’t holding water.

Garner provided commissioners with cost estimates, which could add more than half a million dollars to the project.

Crews will construct two See DISPOSAL | Page A6

Dino-mighty Jace Clarke tries to control his T-rex while marching in the Iola Elementary School Halloween parade on Tuesday. Find more photos on page A6 and iolaregister.com/photos. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

MVHS tackles office politics with ‘Wage Warfare’

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

MORAN — If you’ve held an office job, but really wished you hadn’t, Marmaton Valley High School Drama Department’s upcoming production may hit a little close to home.

“Wage Warfare” brings the story of three female coworkers who constantly make life miserable for each other. Two can’t stand each other; the third is stuck in the middle.

But when a chance for a promotion suddenly appears, all three find themselves fighting for the job — and all is fair in love, war and office politics.

Halie Luken directs this madhouse free-for-all of See PLAY | Page A4

Humboldt gears up for 2A regional

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Emily Robertson, from left, Ava Newman, Brady Burton and Sophia Heim rehearse a scene from “Wage Warfare,” a production of the Marmaton Valley High School Drama Department offered at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Obituaries

Area news

Tony Rae LaCrone

CHC/SEK to open Chanute, Orizon third clinic in Pitt reach agreement

Tony Ray LaCrone, 61, of Iola, passed away at his home on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

VanArsdale Funeral Home of Le Roy is in charge of local arrangements.

Jim Smith James Gilbert Smith, age 77, of Iola, Kansas, passed away Oct. 25, 2023, at his residence. Jim was born April 21, 1946 in Iola to Eugene B. Smith and Jessie (Heldebrandt) Smith.

Jim was employed with T.G.&Y. Jim Smith in Iola, and then Pegues Department Store and Peel’s Beauty Supply in Hutchinson, before retiring back to Iola.

He was preceded in death by his parents; step-brothers, William (Bill) Smith, Robert (Bob) Smith, Richard (Ben) Spencer, Jesse (Roe) Spencer; and brother, Leonard Smith.

Jim is survived by a brother, Larry Lee Smith; cousins, Kay Southards, Jay Johnson; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Jim wishes to take time to remember those whom he held close and considered family, Christopher Britton, Lt. Governor David and Elizabeth Toland, Donna Houser, Levi Flory, Eddie Johnson, and Trey O’Hara.

Jim had a true love for all animals and, therefore, in his estate Jim left his Iola residence to Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF).

A celebration of life will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 at Derryberry Breadery, 20 W. Jackson Ave., Iola.

After the celebration, Levi Flory of TLC Garden Center in LaHarpe has graciously donated a “Golden Rain Tree,” in Jim’s memory, which will be planted at ACARF, 305 E. Highway 54, LaHarpe.

Memorials may be designated to Jim’s second love, the Iola Theatre Association, and sent to Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola, KS 66749.

Please, the family requests no flowers or plants.

Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

LaHarpe VFW needs volunteers The LaHarpe VFW and Auxiliary will be placing American flags on the graves of veterans on Saturday, Nov. 4, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the cemetery west of Iola, 11 a.m. at Highland Cemetery, and 1 p.m. at the LaHarpe cemetery.

If there is any veteran who does not have a flag marker, please contact Maggie Barnett at 620-380-1814 or Lonnie Henkle at 620-3650942 so that one may be put on. All extra help is welcome, especially at Highland Cemetery.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Allen County, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Nationstar Mortgage LLC Plaintiff, vs.

Shawn Sinclair, Jane Doe, John Doe, Kansas Department of Revenue, and Unknown Spouse of Shawn Sinclair, et al., Defendants Case No. AL-23CV42 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF KANSAS to the above named Defendants and The Unknown Heirs, executors, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability and all other person

Today

who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas by Nationstar Mortgage LLC, praying to foreclose a mortgage on the following described real estate: LOT TWENTY-ONE (21), BLOCK TWO (2), TWISS’ ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS. Parcel ID No. 07726-0-20-23-009.00-0. Commonly known as 819 N Washington Ave, Iola, KS 66749 (“the Property”) MS 216880 and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are required to plead to the Petition on or before December 6, 2023 in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff.

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PITTSBURG — The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) is converting a former dental clinic into a health clinic and pharmacy, according to The Pittsburg Morning Sun. The new clinic is expected to be more convenient for those living and working downtown, as well as students at Pittsburg State University.

It will be open seven days a week, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 924 N. Broadway.

CHC/SEK CEO Krista Postai said the new clinic will spread demand for services, as each day about 375 children and adults visit the two existing Pittsburg clinics.

A renovation of the facility is expected to be completed by late spring or early summer of 2024.

Parsons KLKC radio marks anniversary PARSONS — Parsons radio station KLKC Radio celebrated its diamond jubilee on Oct. 26. The original 1540 AM radio station was established by a group of local business people in 1948, then acquired

by Carol Combs in 1954. She later shared ownership with her son, Richard Combs, and Gene Joslin, according to The Parsons Sun. KLKC 93.5 FM went on the air in 1978.

CHANUTE — The City of Chanute and Orizon agreed to amend a development agreement that will continue to abate the company’s property taxes, The Chanute Tribune reported. The city issued industrial revenue bonds in 2017, which exempted the taxation for 10 years.

The bonds were paid off five years early, in 2022, and return Orizon to the tax rolls.

The city owes Orizon $1 million as part of an employment agreement. The new deal will repay half of that amount and issue new industrial revenue bonds to make Orizon’s real estate tax exempt. City commissioners said they were pleased with Orizon’s presence and expansion, creating new jobs and stimulating the local economy. They voted 3-1 for the change, with Mayor Jacob LaRue opposed out of concern for how other entities might be impacted.

Neosho to add auto tech program CHANUTE — Neosho County Community College will add an automotive technology program to the Mitchell Career and Technology Center, according to The Chanute Tribune. The construction is made possible by a pledge of $275,000 from Mike and CeCe Mitchell.

Fort Scott loses ER facilities FORT SCOTT — Ascension Via Christi in Fort Scott will close its emergency room effective Dec. 20.

Ascension Via Christi said the ER is being closed because of a steady decline in emergency room visits and economic challenges, according to a report from KOAM News.

Community residents told the TV station they are worried about the implications for those in need of urgent medical care. The next closest in-state emergency room is in Pittsburg, 34

miles away. The Nevada Missouri Regional Medical Center is about 20 miles away.

Kansas Gov.Laura Kelly, who recently completed a six-week state tour advocating for Medicaid expansion, voiced her criticism of the Fort Scott emergency room’s closure. In her statement, she expressed concern about the potential consequences of the decision.

“Now, even in emergencies, they’ll have one less place to turn, threatening their health and safety,” Kelly said.

Local wares on display at ACARF’s craft show The Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) and Second Chance thrift store volunteers will host its 8th Annual Craft Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Dr. John Silas Bass North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye St. The goal of the event is to raise money for the animal shelter.

ACARF will serve lunch.

Vendors from Iola, LaHarpe, Piqua, Neosho Falls, Stark, Rantoul and Gardner will offer a variety of items, such as handcrafted goods, beaded pens,

fabric, quilts, purses, tea towels, license plate signs, jewelry, personal care products, handmade soap, crochet items, seasonal decor and Christmas ornaments.

Baked goods will also be available, featuring pies, cinnamon rolls, jelly and jam, fudge candy, bread, cookies, dog treats, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, seasoning mixes and drink mixes.

Ona Chapman also will run an “all donation” booth with handmade craft items and Second Chance select store items.

Kiwanis members talk mental health

Public notice (Published in The Iola Register Oct. 26, 2023)

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Dawne Burchett and Megan Hageman of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center gave Kiwanis Club members an overview of services at their weekly meeting Tuesday plus highlighted a couple of new offerings created to promote mental and emotional health.

Hageman, manager of prevention and promotion, said SEKMHC serves seven cities and 15 school districts in its six-county region — Allen, Woodson, Neosho, Linn, Bourbon and Anderson. Jayhawk-Linn schools are the only ones not served in the area, and SEKMHC is working to rectify that.

In addition to school-based therapy, regular services are outpatient, substance use/addictions, crisis

intervention, psychiatric and medication management, and community support.

Treatment is available for depression, anxiety, anger, marital conflict, mood disorders, trauma care, substance use, impulse control, personality and psychotic disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and more.

Hageman noted the mental health center’s recent partnership with Ashley Clinic of Chanute and its satellite clinics, including Humboldt, provides mental health services in a doctor’s office environment.

“We want mental health and emotional care to be the same as how we tend to our physical care,” she

said. “It should be.

There shouldn’t be any barriers to getting our mental health care needs, just like we get our physical care.”

Burchett, human resources manager for SEKMHC, added the agency serves all ages regardless of ability to pay.

She highlighted the 988 Lifeline telephone and texting service for mental health and emotional needs, including suicide prevention and crisis management, and said all calls are handled locally.

The QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) class offered by SEKMHC is a one-hour tutorial on dealing with suicide prevention. Burchett said training is available to workplac-

es, schools, churches, clubs and any interested organization, and students learn signs and symptoms of suicidal tendencies, myths and facts, and how to communicate with those experiencing thoughts of selfharm.

SEKMHC in Iola can be reached at (620) 3655717 and at (620) 4732241 in Humboldt.

The Iola Kiwanis Club meets weekly, noon Tuesdays, at Allen Community College and welcomes interest in membership.

Email kiwanisiola@ gmail.com for more information.

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Campbell: Wants stronger connection Continued from A1

ever reason.

“I know it might sound a little bit old-fashioned, but we are not serving a good percentage of our own county,” Campbell contended. “I don’t want to impede our future, but we can’t forget about our past.”

Campbell, who taught for 38 years at Allen before retiring in 2019, is running as a write-in candidate for one of three seats on the ACC Board of Trustees. On the ballot are incumbents Gena Clounch and Vicki Curry along with challengers Alana Cloutier and Corey Schinstock.

Campbell’s name would have been on the ballot as well, but a fire at Rookies in downtown Iola, owned by Campbell’s daughter Carri and her husband Mike, shuttered the restaurant for several months.

“My whole concentration from then on was getting this place up and going,” Campbell said from the new Rookies location at 2402 N. State. The restaurant opened its new location in late October.

“About a week ago, I was reading about the election, and a couple of my friends suggested, ‘How about another write-in?’” Campbell said. “I thought, why not? This time I’ll do something.”

Campbell narrowly missed out on already being a part of the trustees board via write-in candidacy in 2020.

He lost by two votes, despite not lifting a finger or even expressing interest, for that matter.

Roger Campbell is running for the ACC board of trustees as a write-in candidate.

“A couple of friends said they were going to write in my name, and I just thought it was pretty cool,” he laughed.

CAMPBELL’S affiliation at Allen dates back to 1981, when he was hired as a social sciences teacher and track and cross country coach.

He was born in Oklahoma, and raised in California, before returning to Oklahoma to finish his college education at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.

From there, Campbell’s teaching career began at Navajo State Community College in Arizona.

But with wife Debi’s family still in the Midwest — Tulsa and Sedan — the Campbells were eager to return closer to their roots.

He found Iola much like his hometown in California, in that it’s close-knit, “where people knew everybody. It really was a great situation.

“I loved the place from when I first came to the interview,” Campbell continued. “I liked the college, I liked the administration, and I liked what the college was doing, which was serving not only transfer students but serving the people of the county.”

But his duties at the

college soon expanded to an assortment of teaching gigs. He routinely traveled to places like Yates Center or Burlington for outreach classes.

“A lot of times, the courses weren’t in my degree area, either,” he noted. “But I remember a time, where the college parking lot was full every night because of people taking night classes.”

Most of the classes weren’t to pursue degrees, mind you, “but because people found them interesting.”

Courses such as general carpentry, auto mechanics for novices, ceramics or art became big draws.

But soon, that focus shifted. Classes that were unable to bring in sufficient enrollment were dropped.

“I think I taught the final night class out there, ballroom dancing,” he recalled.

“My philosophy about community college is you have those things for the people,” Campbell continued.

“Yes, you might take a hit when only five people show up for a cooking class, but you balance that out with 85 people taking a general psychology course next door.”

And while Campbell fully understands the importance of meeting today’s changing educational tastes, particularly with career and technical education courses, it’s important to not lose sight of ways to draw locals to ACC. “We can’t forget our constituents, the people of Allen County,”

he said. “They pay a big chunk of money to keep that place out there. I know most of the money comes from tuition, but our taxes support a good percentage as well.”

The first 15 or 20 years were in the social sciences — primarily psychology and sociology, before Campbell moved on to health education and exercise science, until his retirement.

“Anyone who says they don’t miss teaching is crazy,” he said.

“I loved working with kids, and the camaraderie is the best in the world. It kept me alive and going.”

Nowadays, Campbell keeps plenty busy helping at Rookies. All three daughters, Nicole, Carri and Kelli, and his grandchildren live in the area as well. All of the family members attended Allen, aside from Roger.

“Why would anyone want to move away from here?” he asked, rhetorically.

He and fellow challengers Alana Cloutier and Roger Campbell (a write-in hopeful) are challenging incumbents Vicki Curry and Gena Clounch. (Profiles on Curry and Cloutier ran previously.)

Schinstock, a 28-year employee for the City of Iola, has worked for the past 12 years as assistant city administrator.

He recounted a recent discussion with neighbor Lonnie Larson, who sits on the board but declined to run again, who encouraged Schinstock to consider running.

“I kind of laughed it off, but then I thought this is one place I could realistically run for,” Schinstock said. “With my daughters getting older, my evenings are becoming more free.”

Schinstock has coached both of his daughters’ traveling softball teams. But with both at or near college age, those days are in his rear view mirror.

“And I think I’ve got some experience on this side of the desk that I can offer some insight on certain decisions,” he said. “The idea of serving on the college board kept becoming more intriguing.”

Schinstock has spoken with ACC President Bruce Moses on multiple occasions — primarily on infrastructure-related projects — which gives him insight on upcoming discussions about the college’s facilities.

“This is just from me visiting with Bruce, and I’ve been on different boards with John (Masterson, former college president), and I know housing is going to be one of their biggest challenges,” Schinstock said. “They have some aging infrastructure as far as buildings go.

Their two dorms (Horton and Winter Halls) are pretty bad.

“I have some knowledge on utilities and things of that nature that might be helpful in that realm,” he continued.

That said, Schinstock acknowledges his first allegiance would remain with the city. He’d likely recuse himself from any decision-making on city-college negotiations.

“But, to be quite honest, I don’t see where there could be much conflict,” he said. “The college has always been very helpful for the city, when we’ve needed to use their facilities. But really, there’s not a lot of interaction.”

SCHINSTOCK went straight from the halls of Allen to City Hall, where he worked in the administrator’s office, primarily in drafting utility maps on a parttime basis.

The plan was to stay with the city until he completed his associate degree at ACC, and then transfer to a four-year school.

However, six months later, with his class-

I think I’ve got some experience on this side of the desk that I can offer some insight on certain decisions. I have some knoweldge on utilities and things of that nature.

— Corey Schinstock

es complete at Allen, Schinstock had found his fit. He was hired full time, “and that set me on the course for where I am today.”

A Yates Center native, Schinstock said he appreciates the environment Iola provides.

“My family’s from here, my kids have grown up here,” he said.

“I like being around here.”

IF ELECTED to the trustees board, Schinstock said he’s intrigued about the college’s direction, with advances in technology and an increased emphasis on career and technical education.

And in addition to the facilities and budget decisions, Schinstock sees the trustees’ key responsibility as ensuring quality employees are brought on board — and then letting them work without interference.

“In that position,

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K-State to lead hunger initiative

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Kansas researchers will turn their focus to wheat, millet and other crops in a federally funded attempt to tackle world hunger.

The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded Kansas State University $22 million to research how best to promote the growth of crops as climate change and global instability continues to derail the agricultural industry.

K-State will lead the Feed the Future Climate Resilient Cereals Innovational Lab, or CRCIL, focusing on sorghum, millet, wheat and rice as major world crops that need to be protected.

The university will partner with several other state universities including Cornell University and Louisiana State University, along with international partners in South Asia, Eastern and Western Africa and Latin America.

Jagger Harvey, director of CRCIL and a

CAMPBELL said his educational background, as well as his experience as a business owner — he ran a fitness center in town for about 20 years — provide him experience to serve the college well.

“I’ve been out there and know how it all works,” he said. “And I hear people all the time talk about taxes. I have some knowledge on that.

“And I have no axe to grind with anybody,” he said. “I just would like to have input on the direction we go. Sometimes my input is pretty good.”

Schinstock: Eager to offer time, insights Continued from A1

Kansas State University will use the $22 million on collaborative crop research. (PERRY BEEMAN/

you're an elected official and you've got to trust the people that bring you the data,” he said. “I'm not going out there to make any big or shattering changes.

John (Masterson) handed off a good product to Bruce, and I’m sure things always need to be tweaked.

“I’m not going out to run a big campaign,” he said. “I just figured I’d throw my name out there to give back to a place that’s special to me, and volunteer to serve a community that’s been so good to me for the past 28 years.”

research professor in the Plant Pathology Department at K-State, said the project will look at ways to make these crops more resilient, including researching seed modification to help double food production and crop durability as climate conditions worsen.

“Kansas farmers and researchers are no strangers to harsh climatic conditions impacting cereal production,” Harvey said.

“This makes K-State the perfect home for this new initiative.”

The funding will support collaborative research, along with using plant-breeding technology, such as DNA sequencing and genotyping, crop modeling and quicker growth methods, with the end goal of providing hardier crops to farmers around the world.

Dina Esposito, USAID’s assistant to the administrator for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security, said the initiative would help tackle problems of hunger and poverty.

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Why was Maine shooter allowed to have guns?

Marmaton Valley Drama students, from left, Emily Robertson, Brendon Newman, standing, Sophia Heim and Ava Newman portray office workers in the play “Wage Warfare.”

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of schemes, sabotage and unlikely alliances.

“This play has many, as I call them, Marmaton Valley quirks,” Luken said. “There are fun characters, a little exaggerated storyline, and endless laughs.”

“Wage Warfare” stars Emily Robertson, Ava Newman, Sophia Heim, Brady Burton, Lily Mynatt and Brendon Newman, and runs at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the MVHS old gymnasium.

General admission tickets sell for $5 apiece.

Dessert will be served at intermission.

Sophia Heim, left, tries to corral loose papers strewn about by Ava Newman’s character in the play “Wage Warfare.”

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A history of mental illness. An array of weapons. Numerous run-ins with police. But he was still able to own guns and commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history.

One week later, many in Lewiston and nationwide are asking: Why did he have guns at all?

Robert Card was identified by authorities as a person of interest about four hours after he shot and killed 18 people and wounded 13 others at a bowling alley and bar in Maine’s second-largest city. But Card, who was found dead two days after his rampage, had been well known to law enforcement for months.

The questions about how Card was able to own guns underscore the difficulty in seizing guns from potentially dangerous people with mental illness — especially when numerous states and jurisdictions are involved, as was the case with Card.

The police agencies

that responded to the mass shooting faced pressure to account for how Card could have owned guns after spending time in a psychiatric facility in New York. Card reportedly blamed Army Reserve officials for his hospitalization, according to a letter an unidentified member of the unit wrote to a Maine sheriff’s deputy.

The letter was included in the deputy’s Sept.

15 report about efforts to contact Card. It’s unclear when it was sent, but the writer describes getting a call from a friend of Card’s who was concerned Card was “going to snap and commit a mass shooting.”

Card threatened to shoot up the Army reserve drill center in Saco, Maine, and other places, and that he was going to get “them.”

“Since the commander and I are the ones who had him committed we are the ‘them,’” wrote the unidentified letter writer. “He also said I was the reason he can’t buy guns anymore because of the commitment.”

EPA restores regular water flow in creek devastated by pipeline break

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the creek near Washington, Kansas, inundated with 588,000 gallons of oil when a 36-inch pipeline ruptured nearly one

year ago was now flowing naturally.

The final visual inspection of Mill Creek in north-central Kansas on Oct. 13 led EPA to declare oil recovery operations completed in what has been categorized as the biggest U.S. oil spill in nine years.

The break in the Canada’s TC Energy pipe Dec. 7, 2022, was identified remotely due to a substantial pressure drop in the pipe. The rupture in the high-pressure line stained a hillside black and poured crude into the perennial stream, which carried oil three

miles downstream.

The pipeline was back in service within three weeks. Bulk oil recovery was finished in January, while submerged oil particles in the creek were removed until May. That allowed crews to focus on stream restoration.

“We will maintain a presence at site to progress long-term reclamation activities and environmental monitoring, supporting our commitment to full reclamation of the land,” the energy company said. “Again, we thank the Washington County community, landown-

ers, local responders and involved agencies for their sustained support as we managed this incident response.”

EPA said in a statement Tuesday that 650,000 gallons of oil from the Keystone pipeline was recovered, including oil from the pipeline following the rupture.

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with fellow incumbent Vicki Curry and challengers Roger Campbell, Alana Cloutier and Corey Schinstock, vying for three seats. (Campbell is a write-in candidate.)

Clounch discussed her philosophy, as well as her guiding principles that feed her decision-making as she completes her inaugural four-year term.

“A lot of it is common sense,” Clounch said, but with an ability to anticipate and shape coming trends.

Today’s ever-evolving educational climate is radically different from when Clounch and older sister Teresa graduated in the 1980s, and when her father attended what was Iola Junior College a generation prior, when the school was still on the third floor at Iola High School.

And what’s favored today likely will continue to evolve for future students.

And as higher education places added emphasis on career and technical education, Allen must be at the forefront, Clounch said.

In many ways, it already has.

The college is one of the educational partners involved in a $1.9 billion microchip manufacturing facility in the works in Coffey County.

In addition, Clounch points to the college’s

work to provide instruction for B&W Trailer Hitches in Humboldt, one of the county’s largest employers.

It’s also worth noting the college’s reach extends well beyond Allen County’s borders. The school this fall counts students from 39 states and 35 countries, as well as Puerto Rico.

CLOUNCH, who works at St. Luke’s Health Systems in the medical coding office, has had a hankering for public service for years.

She served on the board of directors for the Healthcare Foundation for Greater Kansas City, which is now the Health Forward Foundation, created by the sale of Health Midwest to HCA in 2002. (Health Midwest leased Allen County Hospital at its old site at the intersection of First Street and U.S. 54 until the HCA deal in 2002.) On top of that, Clounch served on the Iola Public LIbrary board.

She decided to set her sights on elective office at the encouragement of Spencer Ambler, a former college trustee who retired in 2019.

“He talked to me and asked if I’d be interested in it,” Clounch said.

Now, four years later, Clounch rattles off a list of her priorities, which are shaped in part by the college’s list of strategic goals and objectives for

the next four years.

The first, to ensure and advance student success, almost certainly will involve developing new career and technical education (CTE) pathways, Clounch said.

Additionally, Allen must continue to partner with business and industry for workforce credentials, while still fostering community involvement within Allen, Shawnee and Coffey counties. Shawnee County, one of the state’s most populous, lies within Allen’s outreach service area.

Likewise, Allen must strive to remain engaged with its faculty and staff, Clounch said, and establish a culture of organizational excellence.

SEVERAL facilities decisions will need to be made soon as well.

For starters, both Horton and Winter Hall are faced with some significant repairs. Would it be more feasible to repair both, or build anew.

And if new construction is necessary, should the college favor one structure or two?

And what sort of facilities are necessary to accommodate new CTE programs. (The college acquired a parcel of land north of the Iola campus earlier this year with expansion in mind.)

All the while, the college must continue to deal with declining

enrollment. In the last year, ACC enrollment has dropped 8%. In the last 10 years, 38% As one of five trustees, Clounch appreciates the diversity of the members.

“There are times where we agree to disagree, but when it comes to a particular topic or discussion, we try to do what’s in everyone’s best interest,” she said.

Clounch uncovered a quote from author Robin S. Sharma that she said fits her philosophy: “Leadership is not about a title or a designation,” Clounchy read.

“It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire teammates and customers.”

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No easy answers for Fort Scott The ink had barely dried before Tuesday’s news of the closure of Fort Scott’s emergency room was spun into political fodder.

Gov. Laura Kelly used it as another example that Kansas should expand Medicaid eligibility, providing hospitals, clinics and ERs across the states additional funding to care for the elderly and indigent.

Republicans Ty Masterson, Senate president, and Dan Hawkinson, House Speaker, said the fault lies with Ascension Via Christi, the ER’s parent organization, for its inability to get the ER designated as a rural hospital.

“The Governor has sadly chosen to make empty promises on a real solution to an actual problem,” the Republicans said in a press release.

FIRST THINGS first.

The Republicans’ response is disingenuous.

At this point, Fort Scott is unable to qualify its emergency room as a Rural Emergency Hospital — a relatively new designation crafted by Congress in 2020 and state lawmakers earlier this year to help rural communities better access healthcare.

Per law, only critical access hospitals that are foundering or have closed as of Dec. 27, 2020, qualify for the new designation.

Fort Scott’s ER fails on both accounts.

Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital closed in early 2019.

Its parent organization at the time was the St. Louis-based Mercy system.

Ascension Via Christi, which owns Pittsburg’s hospital, came to the ER’s rescue and reopened it with a two-year agreement, which it had extended up until now.

As a stand-alone emergency room, it has been losing almost $1 million a year, according to the Oct. 10 minutes of the Bourbon County Commission.

As with Fort Scott’s former Mercy Hospital, two key factors contribute to the ER’s financial woes.

First, the ER is not associated with a hospital that has a critical access designation, qualifying it for cost-based reimbursements by the federal government. The designation is designed for small, rural hospitals with 25 or fewer acute beds, with Medicare paying extra to compen-

sate for low patient volumes.

Mercy was never designated as a critical access hospital in part because it was too large of an operation and its multiple attempts to circumvent the guidelines set by the Center for Medicare Services were denied.

(Allen County Regional Hospital is a critical access hospital.)

Second, all Kansas hospitals are in dire need of the extra funding that would come if state legislators agreed to expand Medicaid.

Rural hospitals, especially, are in trouble because a greater share of their patients are poor and elderly and can’t pay their bills. It’s precisely this population that Medicaid is designed to cover.

Kansas is one of 10 states not to expand the federal program.

Expansion would mean an additional $66 million a month and provide another 140,000 Kansans Medicaid services.

To date, Kansas has rejected $6.6 billion had legislators embraced the expanded program. It also has witnessed the failure of eight rural hospitals in the same time period. The two are indisputably related.

Despite the pleas of hospital administrators across the state, Hawkins and Masterson have said they have no intention of bringing the measure for a vote.

In a recent poll conducted by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University, 70 percent of Kansans said they favor the program’s expansion.

In order to save Fort Scott’s emergency room, state and federal lawmakers would need to find a workaround, such as a special exception to current law. And in a hurry.

By all accounts, that’s an unfathomable stretch.

Even then, the designation is not a magic wand.

By themselves, ERs aren’t cash cows. But when coupled with a hospital, the referrals for additional services such as diagnostics and admissions, is what can make them profitable.

The “real solution”?

Every tool available, including Medicaid expansion.

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Dr. Morris O’Dell is opening an office at 6½ S. Washington over Edmiston’s where he will practice as a chiropractor. ***** The Allen County assessment equalization study committee, which gained front page publicity throughout the state with its report on assessment of real estate, turned to the field of personal property in a resumption of study sessions here last night.

Members quickly agreed

that household furnishings and personal effects should be exempt from ad valorem taxation and then turned to the more difficult question of taxes on automobiles. ***** The all-day parking in the business district is the crux of Iola’s entire parking problem. Move him away from the square with time limits on Fridays and Saturdays and the problem is virtually solved. This is the heart of the report made to the Iola Planning Commission by the survey team from Kansas University.

A picture taken from Israel’s southern city of Sderot shows smoke rising during Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Oct. 29. (FADEL SENNA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

Defending Israel is essential.

So is aiding civilians in Gaza On Oct. 20, President Biden requested funding from Congress that is vital to America’s national security.

Congress’s swift support will allow us to continue aiding Ukraine as it defends its democracy, its land and its people against Russia’s war of aggression. It will strengthen our hand in an intensifying strategic competition with China. And it will ensure we can help Israel defend itself, while aiding Palestinian civilians caught in a cross-fire of Hamas’s making.

Taken together, this investment will show the United States’ unwavering resolve in standing with our allies and partners, standing up to autocrats and terrorists, and standing for an international order that safeguards America’s interests and values.

Some in Congress are making the case to fund only parts of the president’s request, including proposals to cut out all humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.

That would be a grave mistake.

It will deepen the suffering of more than 2 million Palestinian civilians — including women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations — who have nothing to do with Hamas’s deplorable attacks. It will undercut Israel’s security and regional stability. And it will worsen problems and risks that will end up costing American taxpayers many magnitudes more over time.

From the moment Hamas slaughtered more than 1,400 people in Israel, including at least 35 U.S. citizens, and took more than 230 hostages, President Biden has consistently affirmed Israel’s right — indeed, its obligation — to defend itself and prevent Hamas from carrying out such an attack ever again.

The president has made clear that the United States will ensure Israel has what it needs to defend its people against all threats, including from Iran and its proxy groups. The security assistance in our supplemental request will allow us to deliver on that commitment.

At the same time, the way Israel defends itself matters.

Palestinian civilians are not to blame for Hamas’s atrocities or for the grave humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

They are its victims. As with civilians in any conflict, the lives of Palestinian civilians must be protected.

That means the flow of food, water, medicine, fuel

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and other essential humanitarian aid into Gaza must increase — immediately and significantly. It means Palestinian civilians must be able to stay out of harm’s way. It means every possible precaution must be taken to safeguard humanitarian sites.

And it means humanitarian pauses must be considered for these purposes.

Abiding by these standards is difficult in any conflict, much less when confronting an enemy that cynically and monstrously uses civilians as human shields and launches rockets from hospitals, schools and residential buildings.

Despite these challenges, preventing a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is vital to Israel’s security.

Without swift and sustained humanitarian relief, the conflict is much more likely to spread, suffering will grow, and Hamas and its sponsors will benefit by fashioning themselves as saviors amid the very desperation they created. And the deepening crisis will undermine the possibility of further integration between Israel and its neighbors.

Providing immediate aid and protection for Palestinian civilians in the conflict is also a necessary foundation for finding partners in Gaza who have a different vision for the future than Hamas — and who are willing to help make it real. We can’t find those partners if they are consumed by a humanitarian catastrophe and alienated by our perceived indifference to their plight.

In sum, protecting Palestinian civilians and facilitating humanitarian assistance are not only the right things for Israel to do — but they will also advance its longterm security. That’s why Israel’s leaders have made clear to President Biden and to members of Congress alike that they support the United States’ provision of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.

Addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza also aligns with our nation’s most deeply held principles, including our belief that every civilian life is equally valuable and equally worthy of protection

— no matter what his or her nationality, ethnicity, age, gender or faith. A civilian is a civilian is a civilian.

This is what we would expect if we were to find our own civilians — and our own families — trapped in a conflict. We, too, would want to be able to feed our loved ones, care for our sick, have safe water to drink and be protected from attacks. We should demand no less for Palestinian civilians.

All are reasons that the United States has been working relentlessly with Israel, Egypt, the United Nations and other partners to find ways to allow sustained humanitarian assistance to flow to civilians in Gaza, while putting in place rigorous monitoring and inspection measures to prevent the diversion of aid to Hamas or any other terrorist group. No humanitarian assistance is going into Gaza without first being inspected.

Ensuring the robust flow of humanitarian assistance was a key focus of my travel in the region, and that of President Biden, who secured agreement with our partners to establish the mechanisms that are allowing aid to get into Gaza again.

President Biden appointed one of America’s most senior diplomats, ambassador David Satterfield, to accelerate our humanitarian efforts on the ground.

While America has a profound stake in addressing these crises, we cannot and should not shoulder this burden alone. That’s why we are rallying others to step up with us. In the case of Gaza, more than 30 governments have already committed to join us in supporting the humanitarian response. And we will bring more on board, leading by the power of our example.

We don’t have to choose between defending Israel and aiding Palestinian civilians. We can and must do both. That is the only way to stand firmly by one of our closest allies, protect innocent lives, uphold the international rules of the road that ultimately benefit the American people, and preserve the sole viable path to lasting peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians: two states for two peoples.

Any member of Congress who cares about Israel’s enduring security — or America’s, for that matter — should support both defense and humanitarian assistance to address this conflict.

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All treats, no tricks Bitterly cold temperatures didn’t stop area youth from celebrating Halloween on Tuesday. At Iola Elementary School, students paraded to the delight of a large crowd of parents, grandparents and others. The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce brought more than three dozen decorated vehicles and stations for the annual Trunk or Treat event on the downtown square. More photos can be found at iolaregister.com/photos

Above, Tammy Spillman, left, serves up a witch’s brew (a.k.a hot apple cider) at a booth in front of Derryberry Breadery during the Trunk or Treat event. Hayley Derryberry is to her right.

Above right, the Wehnert family stops for a photo with Barbie (Chelsea Lea of Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy, in back). From left are Gabriella, Brooke, Jim and Jennifer.

At right, a slew of Spidermen are on the lookout for any troublemakers at the elementary school parade.

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Dozens allowed to flee Gaza as war rages on RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of dual passport holders and dozens of seriously injured Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza on Wednesday after more than three weeks under siege, while Israeli airstrikes destroyed apartments in a densely populated area for the second straight day.

The group were the first people to leave Gaza — other than four hostages released by Hamas and another rescued by Israeli forc-

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two tests, one with a 3% bentonite mixture and one with 4%.

Depending on which one meets KDHE requirements, it will add either $470,971.40 or $577,771.40 to the cost of the cell construction.

Regardless, the project still comes in under original estimates. Garner expected the cost of the cell would be around $5 million, but the winning bid came in at $2.36 million.

es — even as bombings have driven hundreds of thousands from their homes, and food, water and fuel run low. It remained unclear whether more people would be allowed to leave Gaza in coming days.

Al-Jazeera television, one of the few media outlets still reporting from northern Gaza, aired footage of leveled apartments in the densely populated Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City, and of several wounded people, including children, being brought to a nearby hospital. The Hamas-run government said airstrikes killed and wounded many people, but the exact toll was not yet known.

The Al-Jazeera footage showed nearly identical scenes as the day before; dozens of men dug through the gray rubble of demolished multistory buildings in search of survivors.

The toll from Tuesday’s strikes was also unknown, though the director of a nearby hospital said hundreds were killed or wounded. Israel said those strikes killed dozens of militants,

including a senior Hamas commander who was involved in the militants’ bloody Oct. 7 rampage that ignited the war, and destroyed militant tunnels beneath the buildings.

In a sign of increasing alarm over the war among Arab countries, Jordan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador from Israel and told Israel’s ambassador to remain out of the country.

Jordan, a key U.S. ally, signed a peace deal with Israel in 1994, the second Arab country after Egypt to do so.

Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Ayman al-Safadi, said the return of the ambassadors is linked to Israel “stopping its war on Gaza … and the humanitarian catastrophe it is causing.” He warned of the potential of the conflict to spread, threatening “the security of the entire region.”

Israeli ground forces pushed to the outskirts of Gaza City, days after launching a new phase of the war that Israel’s leaders say will be long and difficult. Internet and phone service was cut for several hours Wednesday, a replay of the temporary communications blackout

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Great expectations Humboldt, Riverton bring high hopes into 2A showdown

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — A pair of potent ground attacks will be on display this week when Humboldt ventures to Riverton for their Class 2A Regional football game.

The Cubs (8-1) churn out more than 240 ground yards a game. Riverton, despite playing a brutal schedule featuring some of the top teams in southeast Kansas, came in at 214 yards per contest.

So it’s not much of a stretch to say that whoever controls the line of scrimmage will have a significant advantage in Friday’s Class 2A Regional football game.

“They’re obviously a good ball club that won a lot of games in their CNC league,” Humboldt head coach Logan Wyrick said. “They’ve got seniors in key positions, and a lot of kids who helped build up their program. They’ve got talent on both sides of the ball, all over the place.”

The Rams enter Friday’s tilt with a 6-3 record, a mark that’s a bit mislead-

Humboldt High’s Mason Sterling breaks off a long run in the Cubs’ Class 2A playoff opening win against Cherryvale Oct. 26. The Cubs will travel to Riverton Friday for their regional playoff game. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE MYER ing. Riverton’s three losses, to Frontenac, Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan and Parsons, are against teams with a combined 25-2 record.

“Any team you play from here on out is going to be tough,” Wyrick said.

The Rams enter Friday’s

showdown on a four-game winning streak, a cumulative score of 176-11.

Riverton sports a stable of talented runners led by the one-two punch of Lane Crowder (707 rushing yards and nine touchdowns) and Loch North, (683 yards and

12 scores.) Their senior classmate Ryan Goodman handles the quarterbacking chores, having thrown for 854 yards and six touchdowns.

HUMBOLDT’S offense isn’t limited to its ground game.

Junior Blake Ellis is the

latest in a long line of dual-threat Humboldt quarterbacks. On top of leading the Cubs in rushing, with 984 yards and 10 touchdowns, Ellis has thrown for nearly 150 yards a game and 18 touchSee CUBS | Page B3

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By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Jerome Tang reflected upon last season, when the firstyear Kansas State coach led what was nearly an entirely rebuilt roster to within a couple of buckets of the Final Four, and decided that the

remarkable turnaround was pretty good.

This year, he wants to the Wildcats to be great.

That meant time spent talking with other people who have achieved greatness, and that led to a trip to Colorado and a meeting with See KSU | Page B6

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Bill Self walked around T-Mobile Center last week with two broken ribs and a smile on his face.

Not surprising given the wringer he’s been through the last seven months.

It began when the coach of top-ranked Kansas had chest pains on the eve of the Big 12 Tournament, landed in the hospital and wound up needing a valve replaced in his heart. The procedure caused him to miss not only the conference tourney but also the entire NCAA Tournament, or at least as long as the Jayhawks were around — which was the second round.

Six months later, the Jayhawks were stripped of their 2018 Final Four appearance and enough wins to fall behind Kentucky as the winningest program in men’s college basketball. But the punishments from an independent panel, which wrapped up a yearslong case that ensnared several other schools, could

Kansas head coach Bill Self =visits with senior Kevin McCullar during the Jayhawks’ recent media day at Allen Fieldhouse. THE KANSAS CITY STAR/RICH SUGG/TNS have been worse, and for the most part Self was cleared of wrongdoing.

So yes, Self was smiling midway through fall practices despite his latest injury.

“I actually broke two ribs the other day chasing my 5-year-old and my 3-yearold granddaughter around Allen Fieldhouse right before Late Night,” he said.

“One of the least athletic moves of my life, and cer-

tainly the definition of feeling old.”

The 60-year-old Self was speaking tongue-in-cheek, and the truth is, he has every reason to feel young. The Jayhawks brought back the core of their team — Dajuan Harris Jr., Kevin McCullar and KJ Adams — while landing a top-10 recruiting class and filling their biggest holes with big wins in the See JAYHAWKS | Page B4

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Bedlam rivals get one final round NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will meet one last time as conference rivals in their “Bedlam” series on Saturday.

Oklahoma will leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference after this season, ending the annual matchups in a series that began in 1904 –- three years before Oklahoma became the 46th U.S. state.

Oklahoma leads the series 9119-7. But Oklahoma State has been competitive enough for stretches in the past 50 years for some to call it a rivalry.

Former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer said Mike Gundy’s current run of success as Oklahoma State’s coach has helped make the series better the past two decades. But though Gundy has a 162-77 overall record, but he is 3-15 against Oklahoma.

“The problem he’s always got is Oklahoma,” Switzer said. “You know, Oklahoma’s is Oklahoma, and good players want to come here because more good things have happened here than there have in Stillwater. Kids want to be a part of championship teams and win national championships.”

Former Oklahoma State coach Pat Jones coached at Oklahoma State from 1984 to 1994 and never beat the Sooners. He coached when Gundy was Oklahoma State’s quarterback and believes the field at Boone Pickens Stadium should bear Gundy’s name.

Even with all that, Jones said the gap in resources has always made competing with Oklahoma difficult.

“Is it a rivalry or a series?” he said. “The numbers attest that it’s a series. I personally think it’ll do Oklahoma State good to get out of it.”

Switzer went 15-1 against Oklahoma State, but he remembers the 1983 win as though it happened yesterday. Oklahoma State led 20-3 in the fourth quarter before “Sooner Magic” happened.

Oklahoma scored two touchdowns and trailed 20-18 in the closing minutes. After Oklahoma’s second touchdown of the quarter, Switzer initially called for an onside kick. He changed his mind, but kicker Tim Lashar didn’t get the memo, so he kicked a line drive that ricocheted off the helmet of Oklahoma State’s Chris Rockins and into the hands of Oklahoma’s Scott Case. Lashar kicked the game-winning field goal with 1:14 remaining.

Oklahoma’s band made its presence felt that day in Stillwater. Director Gene Thrailkill told his band to play the school fight

song non-stop to the point that he was escorted off the field for not having a sideline pass. It was so noticeable that Switzer gave the band the game ball.

“They just had to listen to them keep playing, and they never shut up,” Switzer said with a laugh. “And we ended up winning the game.”

Here’s a look back at other memorable games in the series:

1976 Oklahoma State 31, No. 5 Oklahoma 24

Oklahoma was the two-time defending national champion, and Oklahoma State had only beaten the Sooners twice since 1945.

Terry Miller ran for 159 yards, including a 72-yard touchdown run early in the game.

“They had a great running back named Terry Miller, who we had tried to recruit too -- a kid from Colorado Springs,” Switzer recalled. “Well, Terry ended up making a long run for a touchdown right in front of me. He went about 80 yards, and he went by me and said ‘Hi coach.’ “ The game helped vault Miller into the national spotlight. He finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting that season and second the next season.

It was Oklahoma’s first loss of the season, and only Switzer’s second loss in 41 games as head coach.

1988 No. 8 Oklahoma 31, No. 12 Oklahoma State 28

Oklahoma’s Mike Gaddis and Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders had a running back duel for the ages.

Gaddis ran for 213 yards and two touchdowns on just 18 carries.

“I’ll tell you something, Mike Gaddis is the most underrated player who ever played at Oklahoma,” Switzer said. “Totally underrated. People don’t even mention his name, and I’ll tell you, he was a great, great player.”

Sanders ran for 215 yards and two touchdowns on 39 carries in one of the highlights of his Heisman Trophy-winning season.

Jones said Sanders was already well established at this point, but his success against Oklahoma further legitimized his previous numbers.

An 18-yard option keep for Charles Thompson gave the Sooners the lead with 2:33 remaining, and Oklahoma State couldn’t score on its final drive.

2011

No. 3 Oklahoma State 44, No. 10 Oklahoma 10.

Joseph Randle ran for 151 yards and two touchdowns and Jeremy Smith added 119 yards and two scores, and Oklahoma State claimed its largest victory margin in the series since 1945.

The win came one week after the previously unbeaten Cowboys lost 37-31 at Iowa State. The Iowa State game was played a day after Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke was one of four people killed in a plane crash.

Once the Cowboys regained their focus the next week, they were dominant, but it wasn’t enough. Oklahoma State just missed playing in the BCS title game. The Cowboys beat Stanford and star quarterback Andrew Luck in the Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 3.

2014 Oklahoma State 38, No. 18 Oklahoma 35, OT

Tyreek Hill’s electrifying 92yard punt return for a touchdown in the final minute of regulation plus the extra point tied the game at 35 and forced overtime.

Hill’s return could have been avoided -- the ball was re-kicked because of a penalty against Oklahoma State. Coach Bob Stoops –- who went 13-4 against Oklahoma State – said he regretted his decision.

Ben Grogan hit the game-winning 21-yard field goal in overtime to make the Cowboys bowl eligible.

2017 No. 8 Oklahoma 62, No. 11 Oklahoma State 52.

The teams combined for 114 points and more than 1,400 yards as Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield and Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph made their cases for the Heisman Trophy.

Mayfield passed for a school record 598 yards and five touchdowns, and Marquise Brown had school-record 265 yards receiving, including touchdown receptions of 84 and 77 yards. Oklahoma gained 785 yards.

Rudolph threw for 448 yards and five touchdowns, Justice Hill ran for a career-high 228 yards, and James Washington caught seven passes for 128 yards and a touchdown for Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma State had the ball trailing 55-52 in the closing minutes but couldn’t score, and Oklahoma tacked on a touchdown in the final minute.

Mayfield eventually won the Heisman.

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downs for the season.

Fellow junior Cole Mathes and sophomore Mason Sterling have added eight touchdowns apiece, while senior Sam Hull remains the Cubs’ top receiving playmaker. He’s hauled in 42 catches and nine touchdowns, averaging more than 17 yards per reception.

The Cubs also have a

knock for forcing turnovers, nearly three a game, or 24 for the season.

RIVERTON’S success is a product of upperclassmen buying into a program, even through tough times, Wyrick noted. The Rams saw the other end of the spectrum in 2022, limping to a 1-8 finish.

Humboldt has been able to avoid any such

“valleys” in Wyrick’s 10 years at the helm, having never finished with fewer than four wins in a season, and making multiple extended playoff runs.

Some of that is talent, he acknowledged, but much also hinges on staying committed.

“They see an opportunity to put the paw on the side of their helmets.”

Wyrick noted this year’s seniors won

a single game their eighth-grade season.

Last year’s senior class had the same experience in middle school.

Neither class let that stall their commitment on and off the field.

“The kids understand the expectations,” Wyrick said.

“They’re not just happy to be here. They put in the work in the weight room and on the field.

Honestly, there are

clean bill of health.

Junior Logan Page, who missed Humboldt’s 54-12 win over Cherryvale last Thursday because of illness, will be back in the lineup.

“He’s obviously a key player for us on both sides of the ball,” Wyrick said. “It’s never good to see guys go out, but it gives our younger players a chance to step up, and that pays huge dividends.”

times where you may not be as talented, but our expectations are still high, and that’s half the battle. When you have success, confidence goes a long way to keep that momentum going.”

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Raiders clean house, fire head coach, GM HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — When the Las Vegas Raiders hired Josh McDaniels in January 2022, he said he had learned from his first stint as an NFL head coach.

But McDaniels’ record actually was worse the second time around than it was with the Denver Broncos in 2009 and 2010, and late Tuesday night, the Raiders announced that owner Mark Davis fired McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler.

McDaniels became the first non-interim coach in the Super Bowl era to be fired by two

E n g l a n d ’s front office, and between the former teammates at John Carroll University, they transformed the Raiders into Patriots West by signing several players with ties to Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels speaks to media that organi- during a news conference on Sept. 27 in Henderson, Nevada. zation.

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL/HEIDI FANG/TNS But despite tak2021 before losing to Raiders have failed to ing over a team that the Cincinnati Ben- score at least 20 points made the playoffs in gals in the wild-card in eight of their past round, the success nine games dating to Davis so badly wanted last season, and offense never made its way is his specialty. The one to Las Vegas. game Las Vegas reached The Raiders un- that figure came beder McDaniels went cause of a fourth-quar6-11 in 2022 and are ter safety in a 21-17 vic3-5 so far this sea- tory over the Patriots son for a .360 win- on Oct. 15. ning percentage.

Perhaps just as damHis record at Denver aging was the pubwas 11-17 (.393 per- lic displeasure some centage). of his players have Even so, Davis has shown. Star wide restood by McDan- ceiver Davante Adams, iels, and the timing in particular, has been of this dismissal is vocal since the offsurprising. McDan- season about his coniels met with the cerns regarding the media early Tuesday direction of the franafternoon and was chise. scheduled for anothRunning back Josh er news conference Jacobs when asked afWednesday morning ter Monday night’s to discuss facing the loss to the Detroit LiGiants. ons about what might But McDaniels had spark the offense, said, some things work- “I don’t know, that ain’t Kansas’ Dajuan Harris (3) drives against Missouri’s Nick Honor (10) during the ing against him. The my job.” first half at Mizzou Arena on Dec. 10, 2022, in Columbia, Mo. THE KANSAS CITY

franchises before the end of his second season.

“After much thought about what the Raiders need to move forward, I have decided to part ways with Josh and Dave,” Davis said in a statement. “I want to thank them both for their hard work and wish them and their families nothing but the best.”

The Raiders announced linebackers coach Antonio Pierce will take over as the interim coach. His first game will be Sunday at home against the Giants. He played for New

York from 2005-09.

Las Vegas also announced assistant general manager Champ Kelly will be the interim GM. The team will conduct searches for replacements for McDaniels and Ziegler after the season.

McDaniels was the Raiders’ play caller, so offensive coordinator Mick Lombardi might take over those duties.

Davis had hoped to bring the New England’s success westward when he hired McDaniels, the longtime Patriots offensive coordinator.

Ziegler worked in New

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transfer portal, none bigger than 7-foot2 Michigan transfer Hunter Dickinson.

All that made them the runaway choice for No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 and a national championship contender.

“I think the expectations are there that we should be pretty good, and I do think we’re fairly talented,” Self said. “I’d just as soon be ranked there than not ranked there.

It makes for energy, and it makes for maybe — hopefully — some positive recruiting STAR/RICH SUGG/TNS mail and those sorts of things. But it means win a national champiabsolutely nothing (in onship.” that) it will have no RETURNING CORE bearing on how good a Harris is not only the team we have.” reigning Big 12 defenThat will be proven sive player of the year on the court, where the but also led the conferJayhawks face perhaps ence in assist-to-turnthe toughest schedule over ratio last season. in the country.

McCullar made a someThe grind begins what surprising deciwith No. 17 Kentucky at sion to return for anoththe Champions Classic er season, while Adams three games into the should be able to slide season and includes a over to his more natural trip to the loaded Maui power forward position Invitational along with now that Dickinson has dates with defending arrived at center. champion and sixth- PORTAL PRIZES ranked UConn, longDickinson, a preseatime rival Missouri and son All-American, could Indiana. have gone just about Oh, and the Big 12 fig- anywhere after averagures to be harder than ing more than 18 points ever with No. 7 Houston and nearly nine rejoining fellow newcom- bounds each of the past ers UCF, BYU and Cin- two seasons. In landing cinnati. at Kansas, the versatile “The past is motiva- big man not only found tion, of course,” McCul- a place where he could lar said. “You want to be the focal point on a win a national champi- national title contendonship here at Kansas, er, but he also filled the which is what you came biggest hole in the Jayhere to do. And that’s hawks’ roster last seawhat I really want to do:

son.

“For me,” the outspoken and often unfiltered Dickinson said, “as long as we can buy into what coach is saying, as long as I’m playing hard and playing with intensity things should just fall into place.”

The Jayhawks also landed Nick Timberlake from Towson to fill their other big need: 3-point shooting. The sixth-year senior shot over 40% from beyond the arc each of the past two seasons.

DEPTH CONCERNS The Jayhawks planned to have Texas transfer Arterio Morris off the bench, but he was kicked off the team last month when he was charged with rape. And with Zach Clemence expected to redshirt, the Jayhawks could be in trouble if injuries crop up.

FRESHMEN IN FOCUS Elmarko Jackson was the highest-rated of the

three freshmen that arrived this season, and the 6-foot-3 guard from Connecticut should push Timberlake for a spot in the starting lineup. Jamari McDowell, another 6-3 guard from Texas, could see minutes off the bench.

But the big surprise has been late signee Johnny Furphy, a 6-7 swingman from Australia who had a breakout performance at NBA Academy events.

SCHEDULE SITUATION Unlike some years, when the Jayhawks opened with a tough opponent in the Champions Classic, they get North Carolina Central and Manhattan as warm-up acts before facing the Wildcats.

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Dear Carolyn: So, I work in an industry with a lot of physical challenges (think: construction). Unbearable hot summers, cold winters, unstable job opportunities and not-fair pay. I am fortunate to be senior enough not to suffer physically from the demands of the industry.

However, all my friends, siblings, etc. complain CONSTANTLY about going back to work. They all work in fancy offices with free hot drinks, perfect ambient temperature and options for lunch. These people all make six figures, and their jobs are secure — stable, competitive job options, lots of perks, etc.

In a way, I enjoy the same working conditions (yay!), but I cannot stop seeing how many people don’t have the options we have. And it makes me mad. I want to scream, “Put up with the commute! Get headphones if it’s noisy!”

You get the gist.

Why does it make me SO mad? I want to bite my tongue because these people are my friends,

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relatives, parents of my kids’ friends — but isn’t anyone watching when they drive past a construction site? Is it so bad to work from an office? How can I word an answer that says, “I hear you, but you have cushy life, enjoy it”? — Fortunate Fortunate: Please don’t word that in any way. Because certainly not all the office-jobholders you know are afflicted by unrelenting pressure, unmeetable expectations, “sick building” exposures, stolen ideas, backstabbing, abusive hours, abusive bosses, windowless rooms, discrimination, arbitrary pay discrepancies or soul-crushing boredom, to name a few — all possible at a mild and wellfed 72.5 degrees — but some of them are so afflicted, or have been.

Therefore, your com-

plaint risks sounding to them as devoid of perspective as their complaints sound to you.

Meanwhile, the conditions in, say, a meatpacking plant can make those construction jobs you’re citing sound downright plush. And conditions in countries where employment and environmental laws are virtually nonexistent can make any U.S.based job sound like winning the lottery. And people who can’t secure work of any kind might have some thoughts for all of you. As may the people who think “desk job” equals “death while breathing” and choose, eyes open, to take on physical challenges for pay.

My point is, you do have a good point about counting one’s blessings — but it will land badly if you make it a suffering contest with you as sole arbiter of what constitutes being blessed.

You’re also in social peril when you speak from a place of anger that you yourself don’t fully understand — because then all kinds of

verbal surprises come out. I can’t tell you why white-collar complaints make you “SO mad,” for obvious reasons, but I’m confident you know enough to figure it out.

Is entitlement, for example, your pet peeve?

Were people dismissive of your experience as you climbed the ranks to relative comfort? Are you angry at yourself for wasting your precious and finite social minutes on soft, self-pitying bores? Is this proxy anger for something else?

You’re the one who’s upset, so it’s on you, not the complainers, to fix it.

I suspect tracing your anger flares to their origin will help you frame some healthier responses — humor, shared experiences, empathy, sincere invitations to a larger discussion or just some civil distance from the more persistent whiners. Whatever you settle on, it’ll be reasoned and authentic — which always beats reflexive and high-horsey, no matter how tempting that is.

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Changing how we talk about dementia By the Mayo Clinic News Network

One of the challenges in addressing Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, cognitive impairment and aging is not related to the conditions themselves but rather the terminology. That’s according to Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, who suggests a new framework for dementia nomenclature is needed. Inconsistent use of terms such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia has compromised progress in clinical care, research and development of therapeutics.

Dementia-associated

stigma further contributes to inconsistent and imprecise language.

“We sometimes use these terms inconsistently. That confuses us as scientists, and clinicians. It confuses our patients and our families.

So we decided to take a look at that whole issue and see if we could understand the problem, and then make some recommendations,” says Dr. Petersen.

In a recently published paper authored

by Dr. Petersen, the Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease authorized a committee to

help bring consistency to the use of the terms.

“Dementia is a clinical syndrome, which means that it has a set of clinical features of the disease. Alzheimer’s disease, though, implies that there’s an underlying biological cause of the dementia. Often we get these two terms confused,” says Dr. Petersen.

The initiative is organized into three groups: researchers and scientists, clinicians and public stakeholders.

Focus groups, which included people from underrepresented groups, also were asked to look at the various cultural issues surrounding this language.

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Prosecutors: Woman used fitness app to track, kill cyclist AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The murder trial of a woman accused of gunning down rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson and fleeing the country began Wednesday with Texas prosecutors telling jurors they would hear Wilson’s final screams and the shots that killed her.

Kaitlin Armstrong, 35, has pleaded not guilty to murder and faces up to 99 years in prison in the May 2022 slaying of Wilson, a competitive gravel and mountain bike racer.

Wilson had been shot several times when she was found at a friend’s home before a race that she was among the fa-

vorites to win.

“The last thing Mo did on this earth was scream in terror,” Travis County prosecutor Rickey Jones told jurors in opening statements.

He said nearby surveillance equipment captured the screams.

“Those screams are followed by ‘Pop! Pop!’” Jones said, punching his fist into his hand for emphasis. “You won’t hear any more screams after that.”

Seconds after those shots, Jones said, “Kaitlin Armstrong stood over Mo Wilson and put a third shot right into Mo Wilson’s heart.”

In a short opening statement, defense attorney Geoffrey Pur-

KSU: High hopes Continued from B1

Deion Sanders. Tang had known Ray Forsett, the chief of staff for the Hall of Famer-turned-college football coach dating to his days at Baylor, when Forsett was a prep coach and Tang was recruiting one of his players, Isaiah Austin.

“I wanted to expand what I was doing because there’s a fine line between going from good to great,” Tang said. “Ray opened the opportunity for me to meet with Deion and find out about roster management, staff management, things like that from him.”

Tang also spent time with Constance Schwartz-Morini, who along with Michael Strahan founded the sports branding company SMAC Entertainment, and who helped him learn what it would take to expand the Kansas State brand.

“Not just make it national, because it already is, but make it global,” Tang explained, “because I believe that I’m in the best place in the world to compete for national championships every year. I want to do my part to put us in that position.”

Rebuilding a roster that lost Keyontae Johnson and Markquis Nowell to the NBA is a good place to start.

Tang started that process by landing two of the nation’s top transfers, high-scoring guard Tylor Perry from North Texas and Creighton swingman Arthur Kaluma. Then he put the finishing touches on one of the best recruiting classes in school history, featuring a trio of four-star guards in Dai Dai Ames, Macaleab Rich and R.J. Jones.

Six-foot-10 forward Nae’Qwan Tomlin, versatile David N’Guessan and breakout candidate Cam Carter are back from last year and, coupled with the new additions, have the expectation to get right back to where they finished — and a step farther.

“New season,” N’Guessan said, “new goals.”

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS Perry’s arrival at Kansas State is the latest stop on a slow climb through college basketball. The 5-foot-11 guard nearly committed to play at Division II Central Missouri before landing at Coffeyville

Community College, where he caught the eye of North Texas — and now Texas Tech — coach Grant McCasland.

Together they won the NIT title last season.

“I used to pray to be here. Used to dream to be here,” Perry said. “I can’t help but be grateful that I’m here.”

REPLICATING SUCCESS Tang still isn’t quite sure how Kansas State went on such a successful late-season run, but he has an idea: “We had 10 state championships on our team last year,” he said, referring to high school titles his players had won. “We had guys who had won.

They’d won the last game in their career at some point in time.”

RECRUITING TRAIL Kansas State’s recruiting success, both with its incoming class and 2024 class, is a byproduct of the way the team performed last season. The more the Wildcats won, the more attention they got and the more prospects were able to see them.

“Last year, we recruited 75 guys. We did 75 Zooms with video and everything to sign 11. So 61 guys told us no,” Tang recalled. “During the NCAA Tournament, I got a lot of text messages from 61 guys saying, ‘Coach, I messed up.’

Or, ‘Congratulations.’

My message to the new guys is you can either send me a congratulatory text or you can enjoy it with me.”

TAKING THE NEXT STOP Tomlin was a big part of the Wildcats’ postseason run, and his performance on the NCAA Tournament stage suddenly made him an NBA prospect. But to take the next step, Tang said, his athletic big man needs to stay out of foul trouble. Tomlin fouled out of four games, and finished with four fouls in eight more, and that limited the minutes he could be on the floor.

SCHEDULE SHAKEDOWN Kansas State will be tested right out of the gate by No. 21 USC on Nov. 6 in the Hall of Fame Series in Las Vegas. After games against Bellarmine and South Dakota State, the Wildcats head to the Baha Mar Hoops Championship in the Bahamas. They also have non-conference games against Providence, No. 22 Villanova and Wichita State.

year said Armstrong was caught in a “web of circumstantial evidence.”

No video evidence or witnesses can put Armstrong at the scene of the shooting, Puryear said.

Police have said Wilson, a 25-year-old Vermont native, had previously dated Armstrong’s boyfriend, Colin Strickland, who also was a competitive gravel racer, and had gone swimming with him earlier in the day. The trial began three weeks after authorities said Armstrong tried to escape from custody.

Prosecutors said they will show that Armstrong tracked Strickland’s communications with Wilson — as well as Wilson’s whereabouts — in the weeks and days before the shooting.

Armstrong was able to track Wilson’s location because Wilson had not turned on a safety feature on a phone app.

Armstrong’s SUV was seen at the apartment where Wilson

was staying the night she was killed. Police also said shell casings found at the scene matched a gun found at Armstrong’s home.

Investigators quickly cleared Strickland. Prosecutors said Wednesday that video and cellphone calls, texting, and location data will confirm that he was nowhere near the shooting.

Among the first witnesses was Caitlin Cash, the friend who found Wilson covered in blood and not breathing when she returned home from dinner. The jury heard a recording of Cash’s emergency call and the sound of her counting through chest compressions on Wilson.

The case drew international headlines when Armstrong fled the country after her initial meeting with police, leading to a 43-day search.

Investigators said she sold her vehicle for $12,000 and fled the country using her sister’s name, email, credit card and passport.

Federal authorities tracked Armstrong to

Costa Rica, where prosecutors said she spent $6,425 for surgery to change her appearance and used several aliases while attempting to establish herself as a yoga instructor.

She also had cut and darkened her hair, and had a bandage on her nose and discoloration under her eyes when arrested at a beachside hostel.

Armstrong told police when she was arrested that she was injured in a surfing accident.

Armstrong’s attorney

suggested the sudden flight out of the country was not an attempt to escape justice.

“She would have no reason to know about any (arrest) warrant, You will hear Kaitlin is passionate about travelling and passionate about yoga,” Puryear said.

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