The Iola Register: Sept. 7, 2023

Preschool: A path for growth

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Preschoolers have big emotions.

They might feel happy or sad or anything in between. Helping them learn how to identify and react to those emotions is no easy task, but it’s important for young children to learn those skills before they enter a formalized educational setting in kindergarten.

The Iola school district’s preschool program, now in its fourth year, has proven successful at that task, curriculum director Jenna Higginbotham said.

In fact, it’s become so successful, she’s had to make difficult phone calls this year to tell a handful of parents there just wasn’t room for their child. The district now has a waiting list for its preschool program — and that’s after an additional room was designated for a combined 3- and 4-year-old preschool class.

“We knew eventually we’d have to close our doors to out-of-district kids. Luckily, most of them got into a program in their home district,” she said.

The Iola district partners with two private preschools, Munchkinland and Ready, Set, Learn. All teachers receive the same training and

use the same curriculum to prepare 3- and 4-year-olds for kindergarten.

And although the goal is to give young children a solid foundation for the rest of their educational career, preschool is a lot of fun.

“We do academics, but we kind of just hide them into play,” Higginbotham said.

Preschooler teachers focus more on teaching social-emo-

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The Mat opens doors

By TIM STAUFFER The Iola

There’s little idle time for Blake Boone these days. The Colony resident has teamed up with his mother, Jennifer Chester, as the new owners of The Mat, formerly Iola Soap and Suds, at 116 E. Jackson Ave., Iola.

It came about as many transactions do — a bit by accident. Former owner Donald Leapheart was working with Jennifer Chester, a real estate agent with Crown Realty, to sell his home. “I mentioned I was interested in selling the laundromat, too,” Leapheart told the Register. “And Jennifer said, ‘Hold on, let me talk with my son about that.’”

Russian strike on Ukraine market kills 17

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile struck an outdoor market in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The deadly attack came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv and was expected to announce more than $1 billion in new American funding for Ukraine in the 18-monthold war.

Associated Press journalists at the site of the attack in the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region saw covered bodies on the ground and emergency workers extinguishing fires at market stalls, with blackened and mangled cars nearby.

Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said 17 people were killed, and another 32 were wounded. The Defense Ministry said the market was hit by a ballistic missile.

Firefighters extinguished blazes that burned about 30 pavilions at the market, he added.

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Boone, who recently joined his mother at Crown Realty as well, got the call from his mother. In addition to the new career in real estate, would he be interested in owning a laundromat as well? The answer was obvious to Boone. Why not?

The rest happened quickly, with the deal closing two weeks ago. Boone and Chester have already started making improvements to the facility, upgrading to a new interior/exterior security system, installing free WiFi on the premises, and putting in two smart TVs for customers. The Mat is now open 24 hours a day.

And there’s more to come,

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A century in the making

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Life a century ago was changing by the day.

The Industrial Revolution was in full swing.

Telephones and cars, once considered luxuries for the very rich, were increasingly available for the common man.

As such, the demand for jobs was changing by the day as well.

No longer were young men destined for careers as farmers or laborers.

Technical know-how be-

came as important as brawn, especially in rural America.

Communities across the country were eager to adapt.

One of the most significant, if little publicized, was the need for instruction beyond high school.

By 1923, communities such as Iola, Parsons, Coffeyville were eager to catch up.

The surest way, educators agreed, was through junior colleges.

“The advantages of such a two-year college course given in the home town are numerous,” the Register wrote

in its Feb. 13, 1923, edition.

“The teaching will be better, as the freshmen classes in all of the colleges are so crowded that close supervision ... is impossible.”

A survey of local high school seniors confirmed the suspicions. Many would be willing to extend their education if such a program was offered.

By that fall, Iola Junior College — situated on the third floor of Iola High School — was born.

And while the world to-

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The Allen County Community Junior College Board of Trustees in 1967, when plans were accepted to construct a new campus in north Iola, consisted of, seated from left, Don Nelson, Alden Ensminger, Wendell Weatherbie, Lyndell Mosely, Ben Barfoot and Charles Brown; standing were T.C. Brown, ACCJC dean, Robert Eflin, architect, Dr. Paul Parker, ACCJC president, and Monty Robson, architect. The campus, with its track and baseball field, residence hall, academic building and unique parking lot design, was completed in 1969 with classes beginning January 1970. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Jennifer Chester, left, takes a quick break for a photo with son Blake Boone. The mother-son duo are the new owners of The Mat, formerly Iola Soap and Suds, at 116 E. Jackson Ave., Iola. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER

Preschool teacher Jalayne Nelson reads a book to 4-year-old students while others take part in play-based learning centers. Listening to Nelson, clockwise from left, are Phoenix Berry, Kyliah Gore, Ryleigh Ellis and Ty Carpenter. On iPads are Jaxon Onnen, left, and Byron Franklin. Emmet Duvall is taking a nap. Below, Rose Geiler, left, and Everleigh Pace get creative with Play-Doh. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Dunlap shares love of old cars with Kiwanians

By BRUCE SYMES Iola Kiwanis Club

Andy Dunlap treated his fellow Kiwanians to a visual retrospective of his years collecting and showing Hudson vehicles at Tuesday’s meeting. Hudsons were manufactured from 1909 until merging with Nash in 1954 to become part of American Motors. Through the years, Dunlap has owned six Hudsons and still owns a 1951 Hudson Hornet and another ’51 Hudson.

“I love all kinds of Hudsons,” Dunlap said.

With the help of his son, Doug, Dunlap showed photographs of international and regional meets from recent years in Wisconsin Dells (2018), Texas (2021), Salina (2022) and this year’s meet in Branson. Hundreds at-

Paxton impeachment trial underway

tend and show vehicles at the meets, and Dunlap has formed dozens of friendships with fellow enthusiasts in the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club over time. In recent years, Doug and two other sons, Chris of Alma and Bryan, Jefferson City, Mo., accompany their father to the events.

The Iola Kiwanis Club sponsored the Farm-City Days Car Show for many years, and the last two years, 2018 and ’19, it was named the Andy Dunlap Kiwanis Club Car Show in his honor.

The Dunlaps included in their presentation several advertisements from the Iola Register for Hudsons, including a 1919 ad from the White & Foster dealership, 1927 Bud White Motors, 1934 L.H. Reynolds Motors, and 1947 Hoffman Motors.

Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years

WASHINGTON (AP)

— Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 election, capping the case with the stiffest punishment that has been handed down yet for the U.S. Capitol attack.

Tarrio, 39, pleaded for leniency before the judge imposed the prison term topping the 18-year sentences given to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one-time Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean for seditious conspiracy and other convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

Tarrio, who led the neofacist group as it became a force in mainstream Republican circles, lowered his head after the sentence was imposed, then squared his shoulders. He raised his hand and made a “V” gesture with his fingers as he was led out of the courtroom in orange jail garb.

His sentencing comes as the Justice Department prepares to put Trump on trial at the same courthouse in Washington on charges that the then-president illegally schemed to cling to power that he knew had been stripped away by voters.

Rising to speak before the sentence was handed down, Tarrio

called Jan. 6 a “national embarrassment,” and apologized to the police officers who defended the Capitol and the lawmakers who fled in fear. His voice cracked as he said he let down his family and vowed that he is done with politics.

“I am not a political zealot. Inflicting harm or changing the results of the election was not my goal,” Tarrio said.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who was appointed to the bench by Trump, said Tarrio was motivated by “revolutionary zeal” to lead the conspiracy that resulted in “200 men, amped up for battle, encircling the Capitol.”

Noting that Tarrio had not previously shown any remorse publicly for his crimes, the judge said a stiff punishment was necessary to deter future political violence.

Prosecutor Conor Mulroe told the judge that the Proud Boys came dangerously close to succeeding in their plot — and noted that “it didn’t take rifles or explosives.”

“There was a very real possibility we were going to wake up on Jan. 7 in a full-blown constitutional crisis,” Mulroe said.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP)

— Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton again stayed away from his impeachment trial Wednesday as one of his former aides who reported him to the FBI in 2020 testified that he confronted the Republican about why he appeared to keep going out of his way to help one of his donors.

“The problem is the office is being used for the benefit of one person,” said Jeff Mateer, who was Paxton’s second-in-command at the Texas attorney generals’ office.

Mateer is the first key witness in a trial that could last weeks in the Texas Senate and centers on allegations that Paxton, who has been shadowed for years by a criminal indictment and a separate ongoing FBI investigation, abused his office to help an Austin real estate developer named Nate Paul. Their relationship is central to the case led by Republican impeachment managers that Paxton should be removed from office.

Mateer is one of more than 100 people who have been identified as potential witnesses for the trial, according to a list obtained by The Associated Press. They include other former close Paxton aides and a woman with whom Paxton acknowledged having an extramarital affair and who worked for Paul.

But how much Paxton himself will take part in the historic trial is up in the air. Facing the gravest threat yet to his political future, Paxton left the start of the proceedings early and cannot be compelled to testify over ac-

cusations of corruption that have dogged one of Texas’ most powerful figures for years.

Paxton, who is not required to attend all of the trial, pleaded not guilty before his attorneys began their defense Tuesday by sharply criticizing the impeachment and urging Republican senators to acquit.

“I have one simple ask: Do the right things,” attorney Dan Cogdell said Tuesday. “And the right thing is to vote not guilty.”

The testimony of Jeff Mateer, an evangelical Christian lawyer who describes himself as far to the political right, underscores how Paxton’s impeachment is a rare instance of a party seeking to hold one of its own accountable in a bitterly partisan age.

If convicted, Paxton could be barred from elected office in Texas. Senators on Tuesday rejected numerous motions to dismiss the charges against Paxton, who is not re-

Anderson Co. leaders put a hold on solar

GARNETT — Anderson County commissioners have halted any decisions on industrial solar projects until August 2024, the Anderson County Review reported.

“There’s just so much we don’t know about it,” said Les McGhee, commission chairman.

The decision came after the county’s planning and zoning

commission adopted a host of restrictions on large-scale solar installments.

McGhee said the county has not received any inquiries regarding solar projects, according to the Review.

quired to attend all the proceedings.

Mateer took the stand with few onlookers in the Senate gallery for what is Texas’ first impeachment trial in nearly a half century. On Tuesday, a few dozen Paxton supporters came to watch the start of the proceedings, some of whom traveled hundreds of miles. But on Wednesday, fewer than 40 members of

the public looked on as the trial resumed.

For years, many Texas Republicans have resisted criticizing or facing head-on the litany of legal troubles surrounding Paxton, who has remained popular among the hard right by aligning himself closely to Trump and rushing his office into lawsuits that have halted priorities of the Biden administration.

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(Published in The Iola Register Aug. 24, 2023)

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, stands with his lawyers Tony Buzbee, left, and Dan Cogdell, right, as Buzbee responds not guilty to each article of impeachment during the first day of Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Texas Senate chambers on Tuesday. The Texas House, including a majority of its GOP members, voted to impeach Paxton for alleged corruption in May. (JUAN FIGUEROA/DALLAS MORNING NEWS/TNS)

More than 100 are expected to testify against the Texas AG

Attack: Ukraine war’s toll on children and civilians mounts

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damaged, according to the prosecutor general’s office. The attack was another grim reminder of the war’s civilian toll. “A regular market. Shops. A pharmacy. People who did nothing wrong,” Zelenskyy said on his official Telegram channel.

“Those who know this place are well aware that it is a civilian area,”

Zelenskyy said later at a news conference with visiting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. “There aren’t any military units nearby. The strike was deliberate.”

Blinken’s visit was aimed at assessing Ukraine’s 3-month-old counteroffensive and signaling continued U.S. backing as some Western allies express worries about Kyiv’s

slow progress in driving out Russian forces, according to U.S. officials.

“We want to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs, not only to succeed in the counteroffensive but has what it needs for the long-term, to make sure that it has a strong deterrent,” Blinken said. “We’re also determined to continue to work with our partners as they build and rebuild a

strong economy, strong democracy.”

Blinken was set to pledge more than $1 billion in new U.S. funding, a senior State Department official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the announcement before it was made.

Roughly $275 million will be military aid, including depleted uranium tank rounds that

had been a subject of internal administration debate until Tuesday, according to another U.S. official.

About $175 million of the total will be in the form of weaponry to be provided from Pentagon stockpiles. Another $100 million will be in the form of grants to allow the Ukrainians to purchase additional arms and equipment, the official said.

College: Centennial celebration planned for September 12

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day is a radically different place, those same tenets — an affordable, quality education in a cozier environment than a four-year university can offer — hold true.

Fast forward 100 years, and Allen Community College is ready for a party.

The college’s centennial celebration is planned from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the ACC Student Center.

Tours of the facility will be offered, before an 11:30 ribbon cutting.

Iola native David Toland, Kansas lieutenant

governor, will read Gov. Laura Kelly’s proclamation celebrating Allen’s 100th birthday. Rep. Fred Gardner, R-Garnett, will be on hand to deliver comments as well.

THE COLLEGE called Iola High School home for the better part of 40 years, but its success demanded change. By the mid 1960s, enrollment at both the college and the high school were well beyond what the building could hold.

The high school, built in 1917, was intended to accommodate 350 students. The average daily

attendance by 1962, was 600.

By 1965, Allen County voters overwhelmingly approved a bond resolution to build a new campus along North Cottonwood Street.

The cost, about $1.8 million, was mitigated by an $800,000 Department of Health, Education and Welfare grant.

The new campus opened its doors in the fall of 1970.

BECKY Nilges, a member of the Allen Centennial Committee, found several bits of interesting trivia about the college’s history.

• In the fall of 1924, enrollment at IJC was

104 students.

• The first graduating class, May 1925, had 27 students.

• The average operating cost per Iola Junior College student in 1931

was $101.45.

• Iola Junior College officially changed its name to Allen County Community College on June 1, 1965.

• In an ad appearing

in the Aug. 26, 1957 Iola Register, there are no tuition charges and the cost, exclusive of living expenses, averaged $25 a semester.

• In 1962, Iola Junior College enrollment topped 250 students. Eight years later, enrollment topped 500 students.

• Iola Junior College’s football team captured the Kansas Junior College football championship in 1924 with a record of five wins and a tie.

• In 1928, Iola Junior College football had an eight-game schedule, holding its opponents to a combined 14 points the entire season.

Preschool: District program growing by leaps and bounds

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tional skills, such as getting along with others, how to sit quietly during reading time, how to line up for recess “and just the routine of going to school,” Higginbotham said.

Students attend just a half-day, offering a more gentle transition to the rigorous demand of a full day of school.

“Even though the directions we give them are things like ‘We’re going to play at the kitchen’ or ‘We’re going to do puzzles,’ they still get very tired,” Higginbotham said. To make it easier for parents, the district provides transportation to licensed daycares and preschools throughout USD 257. Students who live more than two-anda-half miles away can be taken to their home, as well.

Typically, as many as 50 students take advantage of the transportation.

THIS YEAR, USD 257 has 155 preschool students. They are split between three morning and afternoon classes, with 8 to 10 students in the morning classes and 14 in the after-

noon. Each class has a teacher and a support professional, with other paraprofessionals who “float” between classrooms as needed.

“We want to provide the best for the kids, so in order to do that, we have to keep our class sizes small.”

In most cases, 3-yearolds attend morning classes and 4-year-olds in the afternoon. But because of the increased enrollment, particularly among 3-year-olds, IES added an additional classroom of combined 3- and 4-year-olds.

“Research says you can mix the age levels and there can be a benefit. So far, it’s been working,” Higginbotham said. “We still teach like we would if we hadn’t mixed the ages, but we adapt for the younger ones.”

WITH A growing understanding of the importance of early childhood education, USD 257 has joined a coalition of area child care providers, organized by Thrive Allen County.

“We’re looking for solutions not just for

preschool but for child care and education in general,” Higginbotham said.

She has ushered the district’s preschool program from its beginning in 2019, when the district received a $139,610 state educational grant. Before that, USD 257 operated a preschool program for students who met certain income criteria or have special needs.

The current program is open to all students in the district, with no cost to families. The district continues to

When we first started, we wanted to make sure all kids were getting an equal opportunity, no matter where they went to preschool.

— Jenna Higginbotham, USD 257 curriculum director

receive funding from the Kansas Preschool Program with a grant of $210,800.

The program’s success has caught the attention of other districts and education experts. Last year, the team was asked to speak at a conference of Kansas educators.

“When we first started, we wanted to make sure all kids were getting an equal op-

portunity, no matter where they went to preschool,” Higginbotham said.

“The opportunities have just grown. We’re exposing these students to so much before they go to kindergarten. The ladies who are on the front lines, working with these kids, are just amazing and they provide a loving space for their students. I’m super proud.”

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Preschooler Byron Franklin, left, uses an iPad for play-based learning. Also pictured is Phoenix Berry. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

This 2017 aerial photo, courtesy of Iolan Bob Hawk, shows the Allen campus. COURTESY PHOTO

Mat: New owners

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said Boone. The new owners plan to add vending machines, a restroom, arcade games, and possibly even a playground around back. They’re working on getting more machines up and running. Never a dull moment for Boone, who with his wife Kristin have three children, Rollin, 6, Lennie, 4, and Braven, 2. Kristin owns the Stay Grounded coffee shop in Colony.

The same goes for Chester. The Iola native has returned to the area after several years in Lexington, Neb. and carries her office — a laptop, cell phone, and paperwork — wherever she goes. As she looked around the space Tuesday morning, her excitement was palpable.

“We’d love to get a wash-and-fold service started soon,” said Chester as she walked around the laundromat. They’re also exploring options to bring a dry-clean service back to Iola. “We just need to figure out how to make it work.”

“I couldn’t sell it to any better people. They’re going to do great things with the business to benefit our community.”

— Donald Leapheart

She motioned for her son. “Come over here, Blake. This is where we can put the new window for drop-off service.” Opportunities, not obstacles.

Leapheart, who served 15 years as Iola’s fire chief, owned Iola Soap and Suds for over 15 years, but as he prepares for retirement, figured it was time to start downsizing. He sold a Humboldt laundromat last year.

“I couldn’t sell it to any better people,” said Leapheart. “They’re going to do great things with the business to benefit our community.”

One-woman exhibit opens in Chanute

Dr. Elena Samarsky is presenting a one-woman exhibit at the Chanute Art Gallery, the third time the gallery has showcased her talent.

In 2021, she joined Tim Tarkelly, local writer and poet, pairing her paintings with his poems. She presented works in the Neosho Valley Spring Art exhibit in

2022.

Samarsky is a self-taught artist who works primarily with bold colors in the style of expressive abstraction.

A Ukrainian-born Israeli, Samarsky has lived and studied in Austria, Germany, the UK and currently resides in the United States. She has held solo exhibitions in various coun-

tries and across the United States.

She currently is an artist in residence at the Red Barn Studio in Lindsborg.

A reception will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the gallery, 17 N. Lincoln, Chanute. Gallery hours are from noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

SEK Museum Alliance wins grant to promote area history

TOPEKA — Kansas

Tourism, a division of the Kansas Department of Commerce, recently announced $117,780 has been awarded in the 2023 Tourism Marketing Grant Awards Program. The grants are designed to assist local tourism organizations or attractions in new or first-time innovative marketing initiatives.

Kansas Tourism will provide funding for 22 projects to enhance and expand advertising efforts to attract new visitors to Kansas and to their destinations.

SEK Museum Alliance was awarded $3,640 to fund a professionally produced promotional video marketing the 50+ museums in Southeast Kansas. The SEK Museum Alliance and its member museums are an important part of the tourism industry.

This video, that can be used on many digital platforms, will advertise a unique Passport that descriptively lists all the participating museums in southeast Kansas. Websites of the SEK Museum Alliance, individual museums, area Chambers of Commerce, and other tourism marketing websites

will be able to link to a 5-6 minute video.

Additionally, several 15-30 second videos designed for social media and local TV Public Service announcement spots will be extensively circulated. This video will advertise a unique Passport that descriptively lists all the participating museums in southeast Kansas. This

Passport is the second component in the marketing strategy, and is being produced concurrently. Both the video and the Passport will highlight the unique stories to be found in southeast Kansas, using the slogan “Small Towns — Big Histories.”

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local events across the state just makes good business sense,” Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland said. “Kansas benefits greatly from the $11.2B in total economic impact that the travel and tourism generates annually,

and the Department of Commerce will continue providing marketing assistance that helps increase that impact.”

“We are proud to provide support to our dedicated tourism industry partners through these marketing grants,” Kansas Tourism Director Bridgette Jobe said.

“Increasing visitation to these exciting destinations boosts local economies in a variety

of ways.”

Applications were reviewed by a committee of Kansas Tourism representatives. Funding through this partnership with Kansas Tourism is intended to increase travel to tourism destination sites while enhancing the state’s image. This grant leverages Kansas Tourism’s resources and extends the marketing reach of local communities.

Areas of special education include birth through age 2 (infant-toddler), early childhood disability, developmentally delayed, visual impairments, including blindness, hearing impairments, including deafness, deaf-blindness, autism, traumatic brain injury, emotional disturbance, specific health impairments, speech or language impairments and gifted.

Parents are advised that all special education services are designed to offer the utmost in educational opportunities for each qualifying student, as well as to provide assistance and support in the are of physical, mental, emotional and social growth. State and federal laws are followed in providing each student with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.

from Dr. Elena Samarsky will be featured at the Chanute Art Gallery until Oct.

The works “Flower of Desire,” left, and “Courtship

From left, Gina McBride of the Caney Historical Museum, Ashley Hovell, director at Independence Historical Museum & Arts Center, Carrie Doud, Fiscal and Grants Manager of KS Tourism and Leanne Githens of Fredonia and Southeast Kansas Museum Alliance President stand outside the Wilson County Historical Museum. COURTESY PHOTO

City planners need to rethink housing needs, purposes

Kansas today is an increasingly urban state. More precisely, it is mostly suburban.

More than half the state’s population lives in just five counties — Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Wyandotte, and Douglas. In many of these communities, most people choose to live not in the city’s core, but rather in the suburban areas around it. The state’s most populated county, Johnson, is entirely suburban except for disappearing, rural southern and western edges.

In Kansas and all over the United States, suburban communities were established and grew based on restrictive zoning that strongly favored single-family houses on medium-sized or large lots, along with the Interstate highway system. The move to the suburbs often excluded lower income people and those of color, who

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had great difficulties getting home loans from bankers or cooperation from realtors. Many were simply told they were not welcome.

Later, when middle class people of color did seek to relocate, they were often steered to certain suburban locations and away from others by realtors, which is called “blockbusting.” This is what happened to the south Kansas City, Mo., community of Hickman Mills, where I grew up, along with nearby Grandview. Life was pretty good in our increasingly diverse community, until white families started mov-

ing out in droves. Today, the suburban model is being re-thought. Lawrence city officials are creating a new land development code emphasizing mixed-use neighborhoods, walking, cycling, and public transportation, and more multifamily housing.

In Wichita, the Sedgwick County commission recently rezoned a suburban area for duplexes amidst controversy. Topeka officials shot down a plan to rezone a parcel of land for a drug treatment facility. Opponents argued that a citywide development plan was needed first.

The rezoning fight turned particularly hostile in Prairie Village, a small suburb in northeast Johnson County.

It was originally developed in the 1940s by developer J.C. Nichols, who created Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza. Prairie Village is

comfortable, with plenty of trees and parks. It is accessible and walkable, has great schools, and is an easy drive to the downtowns of both Kansas Cities. Today, most homes there cost $300,000$500,000.

Unfortunately, Nichols also included the notorious restrictive deed covenants, which held that “none of said land may be conveyed to, used, owned, or occupied by Negroes as owners or tenants.”

These cannot be enforced today due to court rulings, federal, and state laws, but they remain in the property deeds.

With property costs rising, Prairie Village Mayor Eric Mikkelson and allies propose reforming one of the most protected aspects of suburban life — property zoning. They seek more multifamily housing such as apartments

The perils of single-party control

America’s sharp partisan divide means that more state governments are run by a single party. This can lead to unchecked corruption unless parties police their own. The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that began Tuesday will show if Lone Star State Republicans are up to the task.

The Texas Senate convened in Austin to consider evidence after the state House voted in May to impeach Mr. Paxton and suspend him from office temporarily. Mr. Paxton is disputing all 16 impeachment articles. But he’ll be removed from office if at least 21 of the state’s 31 Senators vote to convict on any of the charges.

Mr. Paxton’s path to impeachment began in February when he approached the Legislature with an odd request. He wanted $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by whistleblowers, yet he declined to discuss the case. Puzzled legislators believed the request might be related to a corruption story first reported in 2020, and they launched an investigation.

Their report in May affirmed and fleshed out allegations about Mr. Paxton’s dealings with Nate Paul, a real-estate developer. Mr. Paul donated $25,000 to the Attorney General’s 2018 re-election campaign. In exchange, the House report claimed, Mr. Paxton intervened in a 2019 federal investigation into Mr. Paul’s business, releasing law-enforcement re-

cords he hoped would aid his supporter’s defense.

The report also claimed that Mr. Paul funded a renovation of Mr. Paxton’s home and hired a woman with whom the Attorney General “was having an extramarital affair.”

The story became public later that year when seven of Mr. Paxton’s employees alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the alleged misconduct. Mr. Paxton fired the four who didn’t resign, which prompted the lawsuit he tried to settle this year. These details spurred the House impeachment vote, in which 121 of 149 members voted in favor, including 60 Republicans. All 12 Senate Democrats

will likely vote to convict Mr. Paxton at trial, leaving the chamber’s 18 voting Republicans as the deciding votes. Sen. Angela Paxton, the AG’s wife, is barred from voting on the case.

A VOTE to convict carries political risk. Mr. Paxton has developed a national following as a conservative firebrand, filing high-profile lawsuits on immigration, abortion and healthcare that lose as much as they win. He was re-elected last year with 53% of the vote, and Donald Trump has defended him and attacked his impeachers. The Texas GOP has held both legislative houses since 2003. The trend reflects voters’ preferences, but one-par-

and condominiums, plus allowing property owners to construct “granny flats”–small auxiliary housing that owners rent out for extra income.

Prairie Villagers are also concerned about “teardowns” — well-to-do people buying older, smaller houses just for the lots, tearing them down, and building a larger house. These push up property assessments for the whole community, crowding out neighbors with modest incomes who can no longer afford the property taxes.

The inevitable backlash came with Prairie Village United. They want all rezoning decided parcel by parcel, rather than a citywide growth plan. They also want to limit the mayor’s powers. A PV United supporter recently won a city council seat. Tensions run high at public meetings.

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60 Years Ago

September 1963

Celebrating the 62nd anniversary this week of the opening of Globe Clothing Store in Iola, Louis Schlanger, who founded the store in 1901, at the age of 19, well remembers the gas boom days of Iola’s early history. At that time there were no electric lights in Iola, no paved streets and no sewage system, but some 4,000 more people than there are today. The store’s two employees, Clark Huber and Eddie Lewman, have been on staff for more than 40 years. Mr. Schlanger’s son, Louis Joseph Schlanger, has managed the store for the past 18 years.

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ty control also makes it easy to ignore corruption. Politicians in one-party states sometimes survive for years despite credible allegations. Exhibit A is former Speaker Mike Madigan in Democratic-dominated Illinois.

Mr. Paxton’s defenders say the impeachment vote was motivated by a political vendetta among House members, while his detractors fear his longtime Senate allies will be intimidated by outside pressure, no matter the evidence. Credit so far goes to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who seems intent on running a fair Senate trial that could be an example of how a party in power can hold its own accountable.

— Wall Street Journal

Howard Gilpin, chairman of the Allen County School Unification Committee, reported to the Kiwanis Club that in his opinion the county could not be divided into more than three unified school districts to meet qualifications provided by law. Gilpin said the law’s idea is not to consolidate schools but to create taxing districts which would contain enough pupils and enough assessed valuation to make sensible and economical administrative units. The law provides that each new “unified” district must contain certain minimums in numbers of pupils, grades taught, square miles of area, and assessed valuation.

Increasingly, lower- and middle-class homeowners are being displaced by gentrification, the practice of developers buying up older homes and replacing them much larger — and more expensive — homes that raise the property assessments for the entire neighborhood. Suburbs often lack mixed use neighborhoods that cater to all income levels. PHOTOS BY BLAKE WHEELER/ UNSPLASH AND WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, sits with his lawyers on the first day of his impeachment trial on Tuesday. The Texas House, including a majority at the of its GOP members, voted to impeach Paxton for alleged corruption in May. (JUAN FIGUEROA/THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS/TNS)

Livestock

Area 4-H’ers land reserve championship at state competition

MANHATTAN — A group of area 4-H’ers hit the sweepstakes jackpot once again with their livestock judging skills.

Members of the Southwind Extension District, from Allen, Bourbon, Neosho and Woodson counties, took home the reserve championship in the Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes Aug. 19 and 20 at Kansas State University.

Participants from the Southwind Extension District were MaKinlee Bloesser, Hailey Shadden, Marley Sutton, McKinley Sutton, Kendyl Bloesser, Emery Yoho, Chanlynn Wrestler, Carly Dreher, Kyser Nemecek, Brady Hurt, Tate Crystal, Carla Nemecek (coach), Byron Fry, and Reegan McDaniel.

The sweepstakes award blends scores in four contests, with three Southwind members, Crystal (third), McDaniel (fourth) and Dreher (ninth) placing among the top 10 individual scores. Southwind had a pair of livestock Quiz Bowl teams fare well.

The Southwind No. 1 squad) (Crystal, Dreher, Hurt and Nemecek) was seated first after the test and was later named the third overall Quiz Bowl team. Southwind No. 2 (Fry, Yoho, McDaniel and Wrestler) took sixth.

THE LIVESTOCK Judging contest consisted of nine judging classes and four sets of in reasons with 212 contestants and 41 teams from across Kansas.

Southwind No. 1 (Dreher, Crystal, Hurt and Nemecek) was crowned the champion team overall, placing first in sheep, first in hogs, third in cattle and first in reasons.

INDIVIDUAL SCORES

∙ Brady Hurt – High Individual in reasons; second in sheep; sixth Swine; third overall

∙ Kyser Nemecek – second in reasons; High Individual sheep; High Individual Swine; fifth overall

∙ Carly Dreher – third in reasons; sixth sheep; third Swine; eighth overall

∙ Tate Crystal – ninth in reasons; 10th Beef; 10th overall

The Meats Judging contest was based on identification of thirty retail cuts, six placings classes and three sets of in reasons. The In-

termediate Meats Judging Team continues to shine and were named Champion Team for the second consecutive year. Members include Hailey Shadden, Marley Sutton, Kendyl Bloesser and MaKinlee Bloesser and they were first in Placings; and first in retail ID. Individual intermediate meats judging results are as follows:

∙ Marley Sutton –fourth in retail ID; fifth Placings; third overall

∙ Hailey Shadden –first in retail ID; fourth overall

∙ MaKinlee Bloesser – fifth retail ID; seventh Placings; fifth overall

∙ Kendyl Bloesser –sixth retail ID; fourth Placings; sixth overall

∙ McKinley Sutton – third Placings; ninth overall

SENIOR Meats Judg-

ing results: Southwind #1 (Fry, Crystal, McDaniel, Dreher) was fourth in Placings, third in reasons, fourth in retail ID and Third Team overall.

Individual senior meats judging results:

∙ Byron Fry – fifth in retail ID; fourth overall

∙ Reegan McDaniel –seventh in reasons

∙ Brady Hurt – 10th in reasons

IN THE Livestock Skillathon, 4-H members rotated individually through stations that addressed six areas of animal science. Those included feedstuffs, breed identification, equipment identification, meat identification, wool evaluation and a written test.

There was also a team component where members worked together on

evaluating quality assurance protocols, and judging wool. Out of 30 teams and 156 individuals, Southwind #1 (Crystal, Dreher, Hurt, Nemecek) was fourth in Exam, second in Practicum; and Reserve Champion Team overall. Southwind #2 (McDaniel, Wrestler, Yoho, Fry) was third in Exam, fourth in Practicum; third Team overall. Southwind #3 (Sutton, Sutton, K. Bloesser, Shadden) was sixth in Practicum and 11th overall Team. Individual Skillathon results are as follows:

∙ Reegan McDaniel – fourth Exam; fifth Practicum; fourth overall

∙ Tate Crystal –fourth Practicum; sixth overall

∙ Hailey Shadden –ninth overall

4-H members from the Southwind Extension District — Allen, Bourbon, Neosho and Woodson Counties — had the opportunity to participate at the annual Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes at Kansas State University. Their skills and knowledge were challenged by participating in Livestock & Meats Judging, Livestock Quiz Bowl and

Skillathon contests. Those attending were, from left to right, MaKinlee Bloesser, Hailey Shadden, Marley Sutton, McKinley Sutton, Kendyl Bloesser, Emery Yoho, Chanlynn Wrestler, Carly Dreher, Kyser Nemecek, Brady Hurt, Tate Crystal, Carla Nemecek (volunteer/coach), Byron Fry, and Reegan McDaniel. COURTESY PHOTO

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Lady Cubs split wins at Oswego

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

The Humboldt High volleyball team looked like two different teams when they split a couple of matches at Oswego Tuesday.

The Lady Cubs (3-5-1) took their first match over Oswego, 25-9 in both sets.

Shelby Shaughnessy led from the serving line for Humboldt with two aces and a 95.2% serve rate. Ricklyn Hillmon and Shaughnessy led the team with seven kills apiece while Chanlynn Wrestler had three kills.

Kenisyn Hottenstein led Humboldt with 20 assists.

Wildcats compete at Eureka

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

EUREKA — Marmaton Valley and Yates Center’s volleyball teams met at the Eureka tri-meet Tuesday night.

Yates Center (6-4) came out on top in both their matches against Marmaton Valley and Eureka while Marmaton Valley (0-5-6) is still seeking their first win of the season.

Marmaton Valley v Eureka

Eureka downed Marmaton Valley, 25-19 and 26-24.

Eureka secured the win by going on scoring runs of five points at a time including when the Tornadoes scored their fourth through ninth match points.

In the first set, Janae Granere led the Wildcats with a team-high six kills while Piper Barney had four. In the second set, Payton Scharff led with a team-high seven kills while Barney had five.

“The team keeps improving every game and they’re working hard. They’re playing to be an aggressive team,” said Marmaton Valley head coach Megan Blythe. “I like that they’re willing to take the risk even when the score is close or the other team has a lead. They’re still willing to hit the ball and willing to be aggressive which does win us a lot of points.”

Yates Center v Marmaton Valley Yates Center took down

Marmaton Valley, 25-17 and 25-23.

Kinley Morrison led the YC Wildcats with eight kills while Kamdyn Trahan and Mylin Tidd each had four. Kylah Sander, Barney and Scharff each had four kills.

“She (Scharff) is a solid player, she’s a pillar and I trust her to cover a lot of things and she gets the job done,” said Blythe.

In the second set, Yates Center’s Peyton Petit and Adison Morrison each scored a team-high seven kills. Marmaton Valley’s Brooklyn Adams, Granere and Scharff each scored a team-high four.

Yates Center v Eureka

Yates Center took down

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JV Mustangs take court at Parsons

PARSONS — Iola finished in fourth place as a team at the Parsons JV tennis meet Tuesday.

Iola’s Madeline Wanker secured a first place finish in singles play. Bethany Miller also took second place in singles play for the Mustangs.

“Overall, the team played really well and almost got third place as a team, but lost to a coin toss due to a threeway tie,” Iola head coach

Chris Belknap said. Wanker defeated Labette County’s Brooklyn Farmer, 6-3, before shutting down Neodesha’s Callie Parrett, 6-0. Wanker then matched up with Labette County’s Sierra Hill and earned a 6-1 win.

Miller lost to Pittsburg’s Makayla DeLuna, 6-2. She then toppled Labette County’s Makayla Lunsford, 6-2. She then lost to Labette

County’s Lucy Pearson, 6-3. In doubles action, Kennedy Maier and Jenevive Ward fell to Labette County, 6-4, Fort Scott, 6-4, and Neodesha, 4-1. Marlee Westhoff and Madelyn Ashworth were taken down by Pittsburg, 6-4. The duo defeated Labette County, 6-1. In pool play, Westhoff and Ashworth knocked down Neodesha, 1-0, due to rain

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Skylar Hottenstein led the Lady Cubs on the defensive end with 12 digs. Cassidy Friend recorded five digs and Kinley Tucker and

Wrestler each had four digs.

Humboldt dropped their second match to Neodesha, 25-14 and 25-22.

“We played well against Oswego,” Humboldt head coach Terry Meadows said.

“We came out flat against Neodesha in the first set. They played harder and better than we did. The second set we started to play our game and our serve received was much better, but we still have some things to work on.”

Skylar Hottenstein led the Lady Cubs at the serving line with one ace. Offensively, Shaughnessy led the way with 10 kills and Hull added five. Wrestler and Hillmon also each had two kills.

On defense, Skylar Hottenstein had 12 digs followed

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Crest gets behind serving, takes down Burlingame

BURLINGAME — Strong serving propelled Crest’s Lady Lancers to sweep Burlingame Tuesday.

The Lady Lancers (8-2) won by scores of 25-27, 25-9, 25-14, 26-28 and 15-5 with an 89% serving rate.

Having a full varsity squad on the floor helped immensely, said Crest head coach Abigail Hermreck.

“For the first time we had our full squad, I am beyond excited,” said Hermreck. “We still have work to do, but I am confident that the girls are willing to push even harder toward team goals. They are playing for

each other and that is pretty special.”

All the girls had strong serving games, Hermreck said.

“Burlingame was scrappy and had several hitters that could get a hold of the ball,” said Hermreck. “We stayed focused on getting the pass and feeding our hitters. We had a few moments of overthinking, but overcame mistakes quickly and stuck to the things we do best.”

Crest will match up at the Iola Invitational volleyball tournament on Saturday at 9 a.m.

Humboldt JV football blows by Fredonia, 40-0

FREDONIA — The Humboldt High JV Cubs took down the Fredonia Yellowjackets 40-0 on Tuesday evening.

Humboldt scored eight points in the first quarter, 24 points in the second and eight points in the fourth for the lopsided victory. Mason Sterling led the Cubs with a team-high four touchdowns.

Sterling started at quarterback, running for 224 yards on 11 carries. He also had a two-point conversion run.

Layne Wagner also scored a touchdown, and went for 59 yards and 11 rushes.

Kage Daniels carried the ball one time for seven yards and had a couple of two-point conversion runs. Gavin Gunderman had one carry for nine yards and Brody Gunderman had two carries for 21 yards, including a couple of two-point conversion runs.

Brody Gunderman led the Cubs defensively with nine

tackles and one tackle for a loss. Mark McCullough made seven tackles, including five tackles for a loss. Daniels made six tackles, Wagner had four tackles and one tackle for a loss.

Gavin Gunderman had two interceptions and one tackle while Matthew McCullough registered two tackles and one blocked kick.

Humboldt’s JV team will host Caney Valley next Monday at 5 p.m.

Yates Center’s Kamdyn Trahan, left, goes up the net against Marmaton Valley’s Piper Barney at Eureka Tuesday. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

The Humboldt Lady Cubs in action last season.

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Royals get balk off win over White Sox

KANSAS CITY, Mo.

(AP) — Gregory Santos balked with the bases-loaded as the Kansas City Royals rallied from a six-run deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Tuesday night.

It was the Royals first series win since Aug. 1-3 against the Mets, ironically a series that included the first balkoff win in franchise history. They entered the ninth trailing 6-5. Nick Loftin reached on an error and went to second on a single by Michael Massey.

Maikel Garcia hit into a fielder’s choice before Bobby Witt Jr. singled in the tying run. With two outs, Santos intentionally walked MJ Melendez to load the bases, bringing up Edward Olivares.

Santos was called for a balk on his first pitch to Olivares.

“I don’t know what he was trying to do,” Olivares said. “Maybe he was trying to speed me up.”

The Royals had never won on a game-ending balk prior to this season, and now they’ve done it twice. The first was against the Mets on Aug. 1.

“Prior to this year I can only remember it happening two other times total (in MLB history),” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “It was definitely not in the same season.”

Jackson Kowar (10) earned the win, the first of his three-year career.

“You usually don’t think you’re going to back-door one like that,” he said. “As soon as Salvy (Salvador Perez) lined out (for the

The Chiefs have won eight straight openers. Now they’re chasing history

second out), I thought that was just bad luck. But it kind of flipped back for us.”

“I just wanted to get the sticks back up there. (Angel Zerpa, who pitched three scoreless innings of relief) did a really nice job of bridging the gap. That’s a really good lineup. We were running into balls all night. I knew if I held them right there we’d have a chance.”

Santos (2-2) took the loss.

“They kept battling and creeping up,” disappointed Chicago manager Pedro Grifol said. “We had a couple of opportunities to tack on runs, but we didn’t, and you saw the ending.”

Neither starter factored in the decision. Chicago starter Dylan Cease allowed five runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. Brady Singer, in his first action since becoming a father for the first time on Sept. 1, allowed six runs on nine hits in five innings.

A night after not scoring until the eighth inning Monday, the White Sox scored five runs in the second inning. Andrew Vaughn beat out an infield hit leading off and Yoan Moncada followed with a 430-foot home run to right center. After Elvis Andrus and Oscar Colas hit one-out singles, Korey Lee hit his first career home run in the second. He came into the game with one hit in his first 25 MLB atbats, and he broke an 0-for-23 slump.

Vaughn led off the third with a 437-foot

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lowed by Shaughnessy, eight, and Friend, Wrestler and Tucker with two apiece..

K. Hottenstein had a team-high 17 assists.

Southern Coffey County The SCC Lady Titans hosted Pleasanton, St.

Paul and Liberal on Tuesday.

The Lady Titans defeated Pleasanton in three sets, 25-20, 16-25 and 31-29.

Southern Coffey then lost to St. Paul in two sets, 13-25 and 24-26.

SCC matched up with Liberal last and fell in two sets, 13-25 and 8-25.

Iola: JV tennis

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By JOSH DUBOW The Associated Press

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have been fast starters to the NFL season.

The defending-champion Chiefs head into their opener Thursday night at home against Detroit having won eight straight regular-season openers, which is tied for the fifth longest streak of the Super Bowl era.

Kansas City last lost in Week 1 back in 2014 with Alex Smith at quarterback when they fell 26-10 to Tennessee in a game played before Mahomes had even made his college debut at Texas Tech.

They won the next three openers with Smith at QB and then all five since Mahomes became the starter, scoring at least 33 points in the last seven Week 1 games.

They have a long way to go to catch the longest streak ever as the Cowboys won 17 straight openers between 1965-81. The last team to win more than eight straight was the New England Patriots, who won 10 in a row from 2004-13.

Mahomes has been particularly sharp to start the season, throwing at least three TD passes in all five season-opening starts in his career for the longest streak ever. The only QBs to have more than five career

Week 1 games with at least three TD passes are Tom Brady (nine), Dan Marino (seven) and Drew Brees (six).

In fact, only nine teams other than the Chiefs have had five Week 1 games with at least three TD passes in the last 20 seasons. The Bengals have the longest drought of that kind with none since Boomer Esiason did it in 1988.

On the other end of the Week 1 dominance is the Indianapolis Colts, who ended a eight-game losing streak in season openers with a 20-20 tie vs Houston last year. The only team that has a longer streak without winning a season opener in NFL history is the Browns, who went 0-16-1 from 200521 before beating Carolina 26-24 last year. The Colts open the

season at home against Jacksonville on Sunday.

QB SHUFFLE

Another season, another Week 1 starting QB in Washington and Indianapolis.

The Commanders and Colts are set to become the fourth and fifth teams in the Super Bowl era to have a different starting QB in seven straight season openers. Sam Howell will join Kirk Cousins, Alex Smith, Case Keenum, Dwayne Haskins, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Carson Wentz to start in Week 1 for Washington since 2017.

Rookie Anthony Richardson follows Matt Ryan, Wentz, Philip Rivers, Jacoby Brissett, Andrew Luck and Scott Tolzien to do it in Indianapolis. The only other teams with seven Week 1

starting QBs in seven seasons are Cleveland (2013-19), Baltimore (1997-2003) and Chargers (1987-93).

With Derek Carr having left Las Vegas for New Orleans and Aaron Rodgers with the Jets after starting 15 straight openers in Green Bay, Dak Prescott will have the longest after streak of Week 1 starts at QB with the same team when he makes his eighth straight start in the season opener. MOVING TIME Baker Mayfield has been a well-traveled quarterback during his short time in the NFL. Mayfield is set to start for his fourth team since being picked first overall by Cleveland in 2018. He also spent time in Carolina and with the Los Angeles Rams last season.

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Eureka in three sets, 25-20, 25-27 and 25-22.

Lauren McConaghie led Yates Center in the first set by scoring a team-high six points, followed by Trahan and Kinley Morrison’s five points apiece. In the second set, Addison Morrison led the

Wildcats with a teamhigh six points. In the final set, Petit led the Wildcats with a team-high nine points and Trahan added five.

Marmaton Valley hosts Marais des Cygnes, Peabody-Burns and Yates Center next Monday.

Yates Center’s Mylin Tidd goes for a hit at Eureka. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates with wide receiver Kadarius Toney. NICK WAGNER/THE KANSAS CITY STAR/TNS

College football AP Top 20 reality check: Colorado?

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

The Week 1 result that seems really meaningful but turns out not to be is a time-honored tradition in college football.

The gold standard of this category is the infamous “Texas is back” game in 2016 when the Longhorns beat Notre Dame in overtime.

Shelton tops Frances Tiafoe at US Open for semifinal

NEW YORK (AP) —

Ben Shelton is still just 20, still new to this whole professional tennis thing. He is equipped with a tremendously good serve, but don’t think he can’t come through in other ways when it matters the most.

On a muggy night in which, yes, he hit 14 aces but also hit 11 double-faults, Shelton used one blink-andyou-missed-it booming return to save a set point in the pivotal tiebreaker and reached his first Grand Slam semifinal by edging Frances

Tiafoe 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 at the U.S. Open in a back-and-forth contest filled with huge hitting by both.

“Sometimes you’ve got to shut off the brain, close your eyes and just swing,” Shelton said about his forehand return winner off an 83 mph second serve that prevented Tiafoe from taking a two-sets-toone lead. “Some may say ‘clutch,’ but I don’t know about all that.”

Tiafoe’s take?

“An unbelievable return from way back there,” he acknowl-

edged. “Come on. That’s unheard-of stuff.”

Two missed shots by Tiafoe later, that set belonged to Shelton. He broke to begin the fourth and never looked back.

“End of that third set is when I really had to dig deep,” said Shelton, the youngest man from the United States in the U.S. Open semifinals since Michael Chang was 20 in 1992.

The matchup, which began in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday evening and ended after midnight on Wednesday, was the first major quarterfinal between two African-American men in the Open era, which dates to 1968.

“It’s great with two people of color going at it. Obviously a historic moment,” Tiafoe said. “But ultimately, once you get out there, you just want to win.”

It was also the first U.S. Open quarterfinal since 2005 between two men from the host country, which hasn’t claimed a Slam trophy in men’s singles since Andy Roddick won at Flushing Meadows two years prior to that.

The crowd seemed to have a tough time deciding for whom to cheer, prodding both players at various points of the often even matchup.

Shelton will face Novak Djokovic on Friday for a berth in the final. Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, reached his record 47th Grand Slam semifinal, breaking a tie with Roger Federer for the most by a man, by defeating Taylor Fritz 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

Asked whether he knew whom he’d play next, Shelton smiled and said, knowingly, “He’s won maybe 23 of these? Something like that?” — referring to Djokovic’s total number of major championships. “It doesn’t get much better than that.”

Both the unseeded Shelton and No. 10 seed Tiafoe, a 25-year-old from Maryland who was a semifinalist at Flushing Meadows a year ago, wore sleeveless muscle shirts. Shelton’s was mostly black with fuchsia down the left side; Tiafoe’s was green with a multi-colored mix of colors on the front that

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home run to center, stretching the lead to 6-0.

The Royals were able to cash in a leadoff triple in the third. Garcia lined one to the wall in right center. He scored on a two-out single by Melendez. The Royals added a pair of runs in the fourth, the first one on a home run by Nelson Velazquez. It was Velazquez’ 11th home run of the season, but his eighth in 22 games with the Royals and

second in as many games. Massey also hit 11th home run with two outs. It traveled 441 feet, the longest blast of Massey’s career.

“I knew I hit it well,” Massey said. “I still haven’t figured out how to not sprint out of the box on a homer.”

Melendez hit his 14th homer of the year in the fifth to cut the deficit to 6-4. Massey then drew the Royals within one run with an RBI groundout in the sixth.

TRAINING ROOM:

Royals: OF Kyle Isbel, who was held out of Monday’s game with hamstring tightness was available, according to KC manager Matt Quatraro, though he was not in the starting lineup.

UP NEXT:

The White Sox and Royals will play the final game of the threegame series Wednesday night. Chicago RHP Touki Toussaint (2-7, 4.87 ERA) will face RHP Jordan Lyles (4-15, 6.29 ERA) for KC.

The victory pushed coach Charlie Strong’s team from unranked in the preseason to No. 11. There was a lot of excitement — and then Texas and Notre Dame went on to finish the season a combined 9-15.

Whoops.

No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado rode big upsets in high-profile games this past weekend to spots in the first regular-season AP Top 25 Tuesday.

There is especially a feeling of uncertainty that lingers around Deion Sanders’ Buffaloes, who were stunningly competent and explosive in beating TCU with an almost completely new roster, a substantial chunk of which arrived after spring practice.

TCU was last season’s biggest surprise. Coming off a losing season, unranked in the preseason and with a new coach, the Horned Frogs rode a

string of comebacks and close victories to the CFP championship game.

As fun as it was catching Saturday’s game in Fort Worth, Texas, it’s probably fair to wonder: Did we just watch a couple of 6-6 teams?

It should be noted, if Coach Prime can take a program that has been about the worst in Power Five for about a decade and get it to a bowl game in Year 1, he should be in the running for AP coach of the year.

There is no shame for a program that has been down-trodden for so long to reach the rankings in September before leveling off. Kansas reached as high as No. 19 last season before finishing 6-7 and unranked. It was still a resounding success for the Jayhawks.

So Reality Check asks the question: Have Sanders and CU already peaked? Or are they just getting started?

No. 1 Georgia (1-0)

Next: vs. Ball State, Saturday.

Reality check: We can start paying attention to the Bulldogs in Week 3 when South Carolina visits.

Ranking: Just right. No. 2 Michigan (1-0)

Next: vs. UNLV, Saturday.

Reality check: QB

J.J. McCarthy threw 30 passes against an East Carolina defense that seemed determined not to just get run over. Leaning on McCarthy against weak opponents might pay dividends in the long run.

Ranking: About right.

No. 3 Alabama (1-0)

Next: vs. No. 11 Texas, Saturday.

Reality check: When was the last time Alabama played a big game in which the Crimson Tide came in as a team trying to prove itself? Feels like that’s the case this week.

Ranking: This is fine.

No. 4 Florida State (1-0)

Next: vs. Southern Miss, Saturday.

Reality check: The Seminoles combination of seasoned dual-threat quarterback, myriad playmakers and creative play-calling should terrify the rest of Atlantic Coast Conference way more than the FSU board of trustees’ threats to leave the league.

Ranking: Three AP voters had the Seminoles No. 1. That’s fair. No. 5 Ohio State (1-0)

Next: vs. Youngstown State, Saturday.

Reality check: More troublesome for the Buckeyes: Play of the new starting quarter-

Chiefs: Seek another opening win

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Mayfield is set to start the opener for his fourth team of his career, Tampa Bay on Sunday against Minnesota. No other top pick QB in the common draft era since 1967 started for more than two teams in his first six seasons.

Mayfield will be the sixth quarterback in the Super Bowl era to start the season opener for three franchises in three seasons after doing it in Cleveland in 2021 and Carolina in 2022. He will join Carson Wentz (202022), Donovan McNabb (2009-11), Brett Favre (2007-09), Kurt Warner (2003-05) and Jim Harbaugh (1997-99).

DO IT AGAIN

The Philadelphia Eagles are trying to pull off the rare NFC East repeat.

Philadelphia is trying to become the first repeat division winner in the NFC East since the Eagles won it from 2002-04 in the first years of the current division format.

The Eagles are also looking to become the fourth team to win the Super Bowl the year after losing the title game, joining the 1971 Dallas Cowboys, the 1972 Miami Dolphins and 2018 New England Patriots.

The only other Super Bowl losers even to make it back to the big game are the 1974 Minnesota Vikings,

1987 Denver Broncos, 1991-93 Buffalo Bills. FALLING OUT

Seven teams made the playoffs last season after missing the postseason in 2021, marking the 33rd straight season when at least four teams pulled off the trick.

Four teams that are prime candidates to fall out of playoff position are the teams that made it last season despite getting outscored: Minnesota, the Giants, Tampa Bay and Miami.

The last nine teams to make the playoffs despite being outscored missed the postseason the following year with the 2015 Carolina Panthers the last to make it.

Ben Shelton Tuesday night during a match against Frances Tiafoe during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships. AP PHOTO/CHARLES KRUPA

Today in history

The Associated Press

On Sept. 7, 1940, Nazi Germany began its eight-month blitz of Britain during World War II with the first air attack on London.

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In 1977, the Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.

***** In 1986, Bishop Desmond Tutu was installed as the first Black clergyman to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.

***** In 2005, police and soldiers went house to house in New Orleans to try to coax holdouts into leaving the city shattered by Hurricane Katrina.

***** In 2008, troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship.

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In 2020, India’s coronavirus caseload was second-worst, behind the United States.

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Thought for the day: “The best way out is always through.” ~ Robert Frost

Alaskans lost their home to flooding caused by melting Mendenhall Glacier

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacialoutburst flood and their cat went missing.

Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River on Aug. 5, it would be Leo, the couple’s resilient big-eyed, black-andwhite cat who shows no fear of bears.

“I knew that he’s pretty smart, and so I felt pretty confident that he would escape and be OK somewhere,” she said.

That faith paid off 26 days after the flood when Tonya Mead posted a photo of Leo to the Juneau Community Collective Facebook page. Wilkins immediately knew it was Leo, the “COVID kitten” they rescued in 2020. She

rushed to meet Mead.

“I just started walking down the street calling for him, and he just ran out and was like, ‘Oh hey, here I am, you know, like, where have you been?’ ” she said.

The river flooding was caused by a major release of water from Suicide Basin, a Mendenhall Glacier -dammed lake in Juneau, that eroded the river bank.

Wilkens and her partner, Tom Schwartz, moved into the home shortly before the flood hit, but they were away on a mountain biking trip to Bend, Oregon.

Friends called and sent videos, warning their house was in danger of being washed away.

Ultimately, several homes were destroyed or partially destroyed, with others condemned or flooded. None of the destruction was as famous as the house being rented by Wilkins and Schwartz, with video of it collapsing into the river going viral.

The couple returned to Juneau three days later to sort out new liv-

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Stranded couple at least have their cat

ing arrangements and to look for Leo.

They returned to the site of the house, calling out Leo’s name and leaving food for him in the chicken coop.

By then, it seemed like everyone in Juneau was looking for him. There were plenty of sightings of Leo, but Wilkins said it appears that there are just many black-and-white unhoused cats in Juneau.

When he did turn up, he appeared to be in good health.

“Leo was a little thinner, but otherwise totally fine,” Wilkins said. “He ate four cans of tuna and went outside to kill a mouse. I imagine that is how he survived.”

She said it is amazing to have Leo back, though he currently is staying with a friend while they look for another place to live.

“It’s super joyful because everyone in their community was looking for him, and it’s nice to have some good news,” she said.

And just like Leo, some of their other possessions are finding

their way back to them, but not in as good of condition as the cat.

“People have been finding some things, like some of our clothes and pictures were in 4 feet of silt in someone’s yard down the Mendenhall River,” Wilkins said.

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BEETLE BAILEY by Mort Walker

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE by Chris Browne

BLONDIE by Young and Drake

MUTTS by Patrick McDonell

HI AND LOIS by Chance Browne

by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

MARVIN by Tom Armstrong

CFB: Top 20 check

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back in the opener or play of the new starting offensive tackles?

Ranking: Buckeyes earned their slight slide. No. 6 Southern California (1-0)

Next: vs. Stanford, Saturday.

Realty check: Cardinal were good enough offensively in their first game under coach Troy Taylor that this should be a solid test to determine if USC is making real progress on defense.

Ranking: A touch high.

No. 7 Penn State (1-0)

Next: vs. Delaware, Saturday.

Reality check: QB Drew Allar mostly lived up to the hype in his first start, but the bigger development for the Nittany Lions might be KeAndre Lambert-Smith flashing No. 1 receiver skills.

Ranking: Tad low.

No. 8 Washington (1-0)

Next: vs. Tulsa, Saturday

Reality check: Something to keep an eye on with the Huskies’ overwhelming offense: The running game. They lost their top running back to an injury and had only 13 rushes for 60 yards from their top two ball carriers last week.

Ranking: Little low. No. 9 Tennessee (1-0)

Next: vs. Austin Peay, Saturday.

Reality check: Vols defense was dominant against a Virginia offense that really couldn’t match up. Still, good sign.

Ranking: Just right. No. 10 Notre Dame (1-0)

Next: at North Carolina State, Saturday.

Reality check: The Fighting Irish defense has faced 113 plays and allowed 110 yards passing in two games. It’ll get a lot tougher than Navy and Tennessee State, but it’s a fun stat.

Ranking: Too high.

No. 11 Texas (1-0)

Next: at No. 3 Alabama, Saturday.

Reality check: How tough is Texas? Let’s find out Saturday.

Ranking: Bit high. No. 12 Utah (1-0)

Next: at Baylor, Saturday.

Reality check: Winning its opener without QB Cam Rising and several other key starters was a testament to Utah’s stability and identity. And Florida having neither of those.

Ranking: Too low.

No. 13 Oregon (1-0)

Next: at Texas Tech,

Shelton: Defeats Tiafoe at US Open

Saturday.

Reality check: The Ducks have scored 151 points in two games against FCS opponents the last two years under coach Dan Lanning, who clearly is not concerned about being accused of running it up.

Ranking: This is fine.

No. 14 LSU (0-1)

Next: vs. Grambling, Saturday.

Reality check: The portal-patched secondary got exposed against Florida State. That might be tough to fix or hide the rest of the way.

Ranking: Too high.

No. 15 Kansas State (1-0)

Next: vs. Troy, Saturday.

Reality check: The DJ Giddens-Treshaun Ward running back combo could make the departure of Deuce Vaughn go down a lot easier.

Ranking: Too high.

No. 16 Oregon State (1-0)

Next: vs. UC Davis, Saturday.

Reality check: QB DJ Uiagalelei’s redemption tour started with 20-for-25 and three TDs passes against San Jose State. Oh, and something happened at Clemson.

Ranking: Little low. No. 17 North Carolina (1-0)

Next: vs. Appalachian State, Saturday.

Reality check: The Tar Heels had 17 sacks last season, and nine in the opener against South Carolina.

Ranking: After winning one of the few meaningful games in Week 1, Tar Heels are a little low.

No. 18 Oklahoma (1-0)

Next: vs. SMU, Saturday.

Reality check: No offense to the Sooners but the biggest takeaway from their opener was that it looks real bad for Arkansas State coach Butch Jones in Year 3.

Ranking: Little high. No. 19 Wisconsin (1-0)

Next: at Washington State, Saturday.

Reality check: A couple of interceptions and 6.1 yards per pass from QB Tanner Mordecai was a discouraging first start for the SMU transfer.

Ranking: About right. No. 20 Mississippi (1-0)

Next: at No. 24 Tulane, Saturday.

Reality check: Louisiana Tech transfer WR Tre Harris debuted with four touchdown catches for the Rebels.

Ranking: Too high.

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the front that Coco Gauff described as “confetti.”

Both were soaked by sweat throughout, because although the temperature had slid from the 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) of the afternoon to about 82 F (28 C) by nighttime, the humidity rose to 70%.

“I’m thinking to myself as I’m walking to get my towel in the fourth set, and it’s like, ‘This is the greatest moment on the tennis court of my life, and I’m in a lot of pain physically,’” Shelton said. “But I’m loving it. I think that was just kind of the story of today.”

Both hit the ball hard. So hard. But Shelton was the one

drawing “ooohs” and “aaahs” from the crowd with his every-bit-ofstrength lefty forehands that topped 100 mph and serves that zoomed even faster.

An ace at 138 mph — he reached 149 mph twice in a fourth-round win against another American, No. 14 Tommy Paul — generated a loud reaction from spectators, as well as a “Yeah!” from the excitable Shelton himself.

“He was able to hit through the ball better than I was,” Tiafoe said.

It was Tiafoe, the one with a tad more experience, whose game was littered with mistakes early. A double-fault here, a flubbed overthe-shoulder volley that bounced way in front of the net there.

Maybe he just was unaccustomed to being the one in the favorite’s role at this stage of a Slam.

“It’s a different seat to be in. Obviously Ben really wanted to win. Ben came out and played with a lot of energy,” Tiafoe said. “Obviously a lot of times (when) I play late in tournaments, I’ve been the underdog, so I just go out and play. Kind of like how Ben did — play and swing and do whatever you want.”

When Tiafoe pushed a forehand long to cede the match’s first break, Shelton yelled and looked over at his guest box, where his father — former pro Bryan, who coached Ben to NCAA team and individual titles at the Universi-

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ty of Florida and now coaches him on tour — jumped to his feet.

A 127 mph service winner off Shelton’s racket ended the first set, and he again stared at his box and held the pose for a few seconds.

Shelton celebrated taking the third set by leaning over and pointing to his ear, asking for more noise from the fans, then tapped his chest as he walked to the sideline. Soon enough, he was breaking to get going in the fourth set. In all, he won seven of Tiafoe’s service games. And when the match ended, Shelton used his hand to pretend it was holding a phone and pantomimed chatting, before hanging up the “call.”

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