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Inmates All bets are off in Kansas (for now) sue over law book access

By STEPHEN KORANDA Kansas News Service

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Two inmates at the Allen County jail filed suit against Sheriff Bryan M u r p hy, accusing him of violating their civil rights by not having an up- Bryan Murphy dated law library at the jail.

Kyle J. Sutton and John P. Kent each filed handwritten civil lawsuits Jan. 21 in Allen County District Court, representing themselves.

The suits allege Murphy violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by blocking access to a law library, and by referring their requests to public defenders who do not practice civil law. They asked the court to require Allen County Law Enforcement Detention Center to maintain an “up-todate” 2020 or 2019 law library and pay their filing fees of $195 each.

The Allen County jail does not maintain a law library because of the costs of purchasing See SUIT | Page A7

TOPEKA — Kansans thinking about wagering a few bucks on the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl appearance this weekend would have to go to one of 14 states to do it legally.

But by later this year, sports betSee more ting could Super Bowl LIV be legal in Kancoverage sas. This year’s bill Page B6 is a compromise — allowing people over 21 to gamble on sports through the companies that run the state-owned casinos and via online apps. And it has some critical support.

“I feel confident that this year there will be a bill done, a solution passed,” said Republican Sen. Bud Estes, chairman of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee.

Lawmakers are taking another crack at the issue after

Kansas residents who want to bet on the Super Bowl have to go to another state, or will be doing so on illegal websites. KANSAS NEWS SERVICE/CHIEFS.COM/KCUR.ORG sports gambling legislation struck out at the end of the 2019 session, held up by disagreements over who’d run

the betting and manage mobile-gaming apps.

But a final agreement will need a key compromise be-

tween casino operators and state regulators with the Kansas Lottery, because those are See BETTING | Page A7

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Homeowners fret over property tax hikes

By JONATHAN SHORMAN and SARAH RITTER The Wichita Eagle

Wings of Warriors members Adelina Holloway, left, and Mary Ann Ritter show off the organization’s 2014 Kia Forte they use to transport cancer patients to medical appointments. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Wings of Warriors ready to roll

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

The Allen County Wings of Warriors Cancer Foundation is all revved up.

Now, the members are looking for someone to take along for the ride.

The Wings of Warriors assists local cancer survivors

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through a number of means, primarily by donating gift cards to help cover out-ofpocket expenses for such things as transportation or medication; or for unrelated items.

The organization received a bit of good news earlier this See RIDES | Page A5

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — When Mary Coffman and her husband moved to Overland Park from Oklahoma City in 2014, they found a comparable home — and expected their property taxes to be about the same, too.

They were wrong.

The retirees went from paying around $2,600 a year in Oklahoma to $3,200 in Kansas. Six years after their move, Coffman said they’re handing over $5,600 a year, more than double their Oklahoma tax bill.

Coffman said they’re lucky enough that they’re not dependent on Social Security. But they still have to watch their spending and have even talked about returning to Oklahoma.

“I think a lot of retirees look at that. Can I afford staying in Kansas?” Coffman told The Wichita Eagle.

Homeowners across the state are increasingly worried about their property taxes. Collections have risen by more than $1 billion over the past decade. Kansans now pay more than $5 billion in property taxes each year — the 18th highest burden among states, according to a 2019 analysis by WalletHub. Oklahoma ranked 49th.

The taxes fuel city and county governments across the state, as well as public schools.

Democratic Gov. Laura

Kelly and Republican lawmakers are pushing separate plans that offer a small amount of relief for taxpayers or slow down rising bills.

But they fall short of an overhaul that would dramatically shrink tax bills.

Kelly’s plan could give the owner of a $150,000 Sedgwick County home $30.90 in annual relief while a working group develops recommendations for future changes.

Republicans would restrict See TAXES | Page A4

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Barbara Works

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SEDGWICK — Barbara Anne (Gilstrap) Works, 85, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Her husband and children were by her side. Barbara was a strong Christian and is at rest with our Lord and Savior in Heaven.

Barbara was born on March 5, 1934 in Fairland, Okla., as the first Barbara Works child of James Andrew Gilstrap and Beatrice (Wood) Gilstrap.

After graduating from Wyandotte High School (Wyandotte, Okla.), Barbara graduated as a registered nurse from St. Joseph Nursing School (Tulsa, Okla.). Throughout her career, Barbara took special pleasure in pediatric nursing through which she helped and impacted the lives of many children.

Barbara met her future husband Paul through a mutual friend, and they were married on Nov. 4, 1956. Paul’s career with Eby Construction kept them busy – moving 10 times before they finally settled on a farm outside Sedgwick in 1972. In each location, Barbara worked as an RN in a local health care facility. Barbara was also an accomplished singer and she sang with multiple organizations, including the Denver Choir and the First Presbyterian Church of Wichita Choir. Barbara lived her entire life expressing the Christian example. She had great compassion and care for others. Everyone with whom she interacted retained the image of her joy and smile, and her kindness and generosity — and all have been influenced by her.

After Barbara’s and Paul’s children were born, Barbara concentrated on the home and made it a warm and safe place where everyone was welcome.

Taking after her mother and father, Barbara was an excellent cook – to this day her family remembers the family meals spent together and continue to make their favorites from Barbara’s creations. In the years after the children left for college, Barbara volunteered in positions in Sedgwick and Wichita; including multiple roles at the First Presbyterian Church of Wichita and as a substitute school nurse.

Barbara maintained her RN credentials and acted as a parish nurse for a number of years. Her deep empathy and kindness brought peace to many. Her firmness as an advocate enriched all their lives.

Barbara is survived by her husband Paul Wilson Works; her two children Paul Wilson Works Jr. (Patti) and Amy (Works) Nemeth (Louis); her five grandchildren Alexandra Puskas (Kyle), Anna Ehlers, Abbey Strunk (Philip), James Works, and Leota Works; and her three great-grandchildren Sophie and Charlotte Puskas, and Avie Strunk. Barbara’s brother Frank Gilstrap preceded her in death; she is survived by her brother Bill Gilstrap (Gaye) and her sister Mary Duncan.

Barbara’s family remembers her as a strong, shining example of love. Her grandchildren have many loving memories of their times spent with her. Barbara will be sorely missed, but her life and love will forever remain in our hearts. A service celebrating Barbara’s life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Chapel at First Presbyterian Church, 525 N. Broadway St., Wichita. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. at the same location. A graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery, Humboldt. Memorials to the Parish Nursing Program at First Presbyterian Church, Wichita, (firstchurchwichita.org/). Downing & Lahey West. www. dlwichita.com

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MAGISTRATE COURT Judge Tod Davis Convicted of no seat belt and fined $30: Heather R. Santiago, Iola Robert L. Cook, Moran Bradyn J. Cole, Colony Warren K. Gunlock Jr., Burlington Trentan H. Uttinger, Nevada, Mo. Anthony W. Ogle, Fort Scott Brandon D. Redman, Mindenmines, Mo. Darryl E. Anderson, Kincaid Steven D. Appling, Gas Convicted of speeding: Ivory J. Jackson, St. Paul, Minn., 82/65, $195 Gaven L. Walker, Raytown, Mo., 75/65, $153 Cora L. Squires, Broken Arrow, Okla., 75/65, $153 Cynthia C. Myers, Cummings, 75/65, $153 Guiseppe D. Mangrella, Iola, 101/65, $393 Kebrina L. Frates, Olathe, 75/65, $153 Blair J. Lasley, Kansas City, Mo., 65/55, $153 Carla S. Robinson, Toronto, 75/65, $153 Jamie S. Myers, Broken Arrow, Okla., 78/65, $171 Dimity E.M. Lowell, Iola, 75/65, $153 Richard V. Sudduth, Gravois Mills, Mo., 65/55, $153

Robert A. Beard, Fort Scott, 75/65, $153 Shelton J. Chavis Jr., Missouri City, Texas, 85/65, $213 Justin A. Hernandez, Parsons, 85/65, $213 Howard A. Oswald, Bartlesville, Okla., 80/65, $183 Mars Westgate, Iola, permitting unauthorized person to drive, $208 Eric W. Figurski, Chicago, Ill., 86/65, $222 Convicted as follows: Daniel Cisneros Martinez, Olathe, 75/65, no driver’s license, $273 Lucas R. Chandler, Raytown, Mo., 80/65, no registration, $303 Gregory D. Jackman, Colony, driving on left in no passing zone, $183 Jose M. Ibarra Aguilar, Iola, no driver’s license, 75/65, $273 Quintin J. Hammer, Parsons, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, $933 John I. Willard, Chanute, driving while suspended, 78/65, transporting an open container, $1,372, six months probation Steven J. Yates, Iola, possession of drug paraphernalia, $158 Criminal cases filed: Raymond J. Londagin, Iola, possession of marijuana Cassandra E. Geisler, Iola, domestic battery Joe A. Stevens Ill., Iola, possession of methamphetamine, domestic battery, criminal use of weapons

David R. Amos Jr., Topeka, possession of methamphetamine, interference with law enforcement, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of stolen property Jeremy J. Neal, Yates Center, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia Kimberly A. Taylor, Overland Park, criminal damage, no proof of insurance, no proof registration, driving while suspended William E. Trout, Tulsa, Okla., possession of marijuana, criminal use of weapons Theresa L. Walker, Iola, domestic battery Andrew M. Pratt, Chanute, possession of alcohol by a minor Orion Nicholas, LaHarpe, possession of alcohol by a minor Margo E. Doty, Iola, disorderly conduct Sarah E. Flynn, Iola, burglary Contract cases filed: GNBank, National Association vs. Timothy L. Genoble Evergy Services Inc. vs.

Caysha Adams Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Amanda Bain Sigg Financial Services LLC vs. Blake A. and Kandyce D. Cox Sigg Financial Services LLC vs. Travis L. and Gerri D. Gray Sigg Financial Services LLC vs. Dalton A. Hurst Sigg Financial Services LLC vs. Jeffrey V. and Lati-

sha M. Stokes Sigg Financial Services LLC vs. Anthony D. Kelley and Lauretta L. Bresee IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Arisbei B. Black, Lenexa, possession of alcohol by a minor, $315 Alana J. Brown, Topeka, possession of alcohol by a minor, $315 Stacy L. Dietrich, Colony, theft, $655, probation ordered Chloe E. Hageman, Iola, failure to yield, $195 Gregory L. Jennings, Chanute, interference with law enforcement officer, no insurance, no registration, failure to wear seat belt, $815, probation ordered John H. Maier, Iola, DUI, $1,575, probation ordered Robert A. Peterson Jr., Iola, improper parking, $175 Roy L. Poffenbarger, Iola, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, $992.50, probation ordered Justin C. Roberts, Iola, pedestrian under the influence, $315 Anthony S. Sanchez, Chanute, DUI, 38/25, $1,823, probation ordered Nickolas L. Trester, Iola, no registration, failure to wear seat belt, $469 Devon Tukes, Chicago, Ill., possession of alcohol by a minor, $315 Brandon W. Yohe, Chanute, no insurance, no registration, $545

Police news Arrest reported Benjamin Lewis, 36, Iola, was arrested Wednesday for suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct after Iola police officers were called to a disturbance in the 500 block of Briarwood Drive.

Officers arrested Jason Sinclair, 30, Iola, for suspicion of theft, interfering with law enforcement, battery of a law enforcement officer and criminal damage to

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property after officers were called Monday to investigate an incident in the 200 block of North Elm Street.

Citation issued Melissa McCann, 36, Iola, was cited for harassment by telephone after Iola police officers investigated an incident in the 500 block of North State Street Tuesday.

No injuries A school bus driven

by Verna J. McKarnin, 74, struck the rear end of a Suburban driven

by Scott A. Doolittle,

39, at the intersection of Monroe and Jefferson streets Jan. 24.

Doolittle was stopped at a stop sign when the accident occurred.

Neither driver was injured, nor were 11 juveniles riding the bus, all between the ages of 6 and 9.

Stop sign struck Brandi Chapman, 27, was westbound in the 1800 block of East Street in the predawn hours of Jan. 22, when her vehicle slid off the roadway and struck a stop sign. She was unhurt.

Threats alleged Allen County Regional Hospital employees told police Thursday morning a subject came into the emergency room and became verbally abusive, making threats against the employees.

Tag taken Breanna Primeaux told Iola police officers Wednesday morning somebody removed a temporary tag from her vehicle without permission while it was in the 300 block of South Washington Avenue.

Elks want to help Pearl Harbor memorial The Iola Elks Lodge is joining a nationwide campaign to raise funds for the Pearl Harbor National Memorial.

Elks members will host breakfast the second Saturday of May, beginning Feb. 8.

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Biscuits and gravy, hash browns, coffee and milk will be served from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Elks Lodge, 202 S. Jefferson Ave. Future meal dates are March 14, April 11 and May 9.

Meals will sell for $5 apiece, explained Elks member Tom Nevans.

All proceeds will be forwarded to the Pacific Historical Parks, a World War II-focused, tax-exempt benefit organization that oversees the Pearl Harbor National Memorial.

The idea for the proj-

ect came after Mike Luhr, the outgoing Grand Exalted Ruler for the Elks, and his wife visited the Pearl Harbor site.

They noted many of the displays and signs at the memorial had begun to show signs of wear and tear.

Many were weatherbeaten and outdated, Luhr reported.

The Elks organization announced last summer a campaign to raise more than $783,000 for necessary repairs.

As of Dec. 31, roughly $243,000 has been raised.

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Lawsuit: Kansas Highway Patrol targets out-of-state drivers

By ROXANA HEGEMAN The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Ninety-three percent of the Kansas Highway Patrol’s traffic stops in 2017 involved cars with out-of-state plates, according to a lawsuit challenging the practice as an infringement on motorists’ constitutional rights.

In an amended lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of three plaintiffs, including two Oklahoma brothers who initially filed the complaint, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and a Kansas City, Missouri, law firm contend that the traffic stop statistics show that the Kansas Highway Patrol specifically targets out-of-state drivers, including many on the main highway connecting Kansas with neighboring Colorado, because that state’s legalized marijuana.

The case began as a hand-scrawled complaint filed last December by the two irate brothers, but it got sig-

nificant legal backing when the ACLU and the law firm, Spencer Fane LLP, joined their cause.

The lawsuit, which lists the Kansas Highway Patrol, its superintendent Herman Jones, and two troopers as defendants, argues that specifically targeting out-of-state drivers infringes on such drivers’ constitutional protection from illegal searches and seizures.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said it cannot comment on pending litigation.

The revised complaint, which also seeks class-action status, contends that the highway patrol has had a laserlike focus on drivers traveling Interstate 70, which the agency has designated a “drug corridor.� Out-of-state motorists driving on that interstate constituted 96% of all of the agency’s reported civil forfeitures from 2018 to 2019, the lawsuit contends.

Two-thirds of those motorists were either drivers of color or they had passengers of color in

the vehicle.

The complaint also challenges a law enforcement practice known as “the Kansas Two Step,� a maneuver used to detain drivers for canine drug searches. The maneuver, which is included in the agency’s training materials, is a way to break off an initial traffic stop and attempt to reengage the driver in what would then be a consensual encounter.

The way the “Kansas Two Step� works is this: A trooper stops a vehicle with out-of-state plates under the pretense of a minor traffic violation.

The trooper issues the driver a ticket or warn-

Governor: Abortion measure would put Kansas in ‘Dark Ages’

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly declared Thursday that a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution would return the state “to the Dark Ages� and called it a political attack on women’s rights that will hurt the state’s business climate.

Kelly, a strong supporter of abortion rights elected in 2018, has no formal role as the Republican-controlled Legislature considers putting the proposed amendment on the ballot for possible approval by voters. The measure would overturn a Kansas Supreme Court decision last year declaring access to abortion a “fundamental� right under the state’s Bill of Rights.

The Democratic governor had a Statehouse news conference a day after the Senate approved the measure and sent it to the House. It’s not clear that abortion opponents have the twothirds majority needed there to get the measure on the ballot in the August primary election as planned.

Kelly said the proposed amendment attacked “fundamental American freedoms that should never be subject to a vote.� “They are foundational to who we are as a state and as a nation,�

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Republicans and antiabortion groups pushing the amendment immediately called their own news conference to answer the governor.

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Kelly did not say whether sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d take steps other than publicly expressing her opposition to the proposed amendment and urging lawmakers to vote against it. But her comments could help solidify Democrats against the measure, making it trickier for GOP leaders to get it through the House.

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ing for the infraction, then turns around and takes a couple of steps away from the vehicle before turning around and asking the driver to agree to answer additional questions.

When the driver denies transporting anything illegal, the trooper requests consent to search the car. If the driver declines to consent to a search, the trooper detains the driver for a canine drug search.

The federal lawsuit was filed by Joshua Bo-

sire, a black man who lives in Wichita, where he works as an engineer in aviation. He travels on I-70 twice a month to visit his 4-year-old daughter, who lives in Littleton, Colorado.

On a return trip from visiting her last February, Bosire was driving a rental car that had a Missouri license plate when he was stopped for driving 6 mph (9.7 kph) over the speed limit. Bosire was detained for 36 minutes before a drug dog arrived. No drugs were found.

The two other named plaintiffs are Elontah Blaine Shaw and Samuel Shaw, Native American brothers who live in Oklahoma City. Elontah Shaw works as an Uber driver and travels I-70 through Kansas several times per year to visit family and friends in Colorado. They were subjected to a drug dog search during traffic

stop for speeding in December 2017. They were released from detention after an hour and a half.

Troopers did not find any illicit drugs.

Lauren Bonds, legal director for the ACLU of Kansas, said in a news release that the detained drivers endured canine unit searches and that one was subjected to a personal pat down on the side of the highway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The standard for this kind of invasion of privacy has to be higher than out-of-state plates, a Colorado destination and minority status,â&#x20AC;?

Bonds said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This practice is unconstitutional on many levels.â&#x20AC;?

An average of more than 10,000 motorists and their passengers drive through Kansas on I-70 each day, according to the complaint.

The state estimates that about 7,820 of them each day are traveling to or coming from Colorado.

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Johnson hails ‘new beginning’ as Brexit arrives at UK LONDON (AP) — Britons counted down the hours Friday to their country’s departure from the European Union — some joyous, some sad, many just hopeful the divorce would mark the end of an anguished chapter in their country’s history.

The U.K. officially departed the EU at 11 p.m. local time, (5 p.m. CST).

The move comes 3½ years after the country voted by a margin of 52%-48% to walk away from the club that it had joined in 1973.

Throughout the day, bands of ardent Brexit backers draped in Union Jack flags gathered outside Parliament in London to celebrate, their numbers growing and volume increasing

An anti-Brexit protester speaks to Mark Francois in Westminster, London, ahead of the UK’s exit from the European Union Friday. PA PHOTOS/KIRSTY O’CONNOR/ABACA PRESS/TNS

as the time grew closer.

Nearby, pro-Europeans waving the bloc’s blue and yellow flag came to

commiserate.

Whether Brexit makes Britain a proud nation that has re-

claimed its sovereignty, or a diminished presence in Europe and the world, will be debated

for years to come.

The now 27-member EU will have to bounce back from one of its biggest setbacks in its 62year history to confront an ever more complicated world as its former member becomes a competitor, just across the English Channel.

While Britain’s exit is a historic moment, it only marks the end of the first stage of the Brexit saga. When Britons wake up on Saturday, they will notice very little change. The U.K. and the EU have given themselves an 11-month “transition period” — in which the U.K. will continue to follow the bloc’s rules — to strike new agreements on trade, security and a host of other areas.

French President Emmanuel Macron called Brexit a “historic alarm signal” that should force the EU to improve itself.

“It’s a sad day, let’s not hide it,” he said in a televised address. “But it is a day that must also lead us to do things differently.”

Inside the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, Britain’s flag was quietly removed from the group of member flags, a moment that was not observed by any of the bloc’s leaders. An official simply folded it and walked away.

The EU flag and Union Jack were also lowered outside Britain’s EU office. Starting Saturday, it will become an embassy, with just the British flag flying.

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increases by requiring cities and counties to vote on collecting additional property tax dollars.

Kelly has embraced an incremental approach, envisioning a multi-year tax reform process. A council she created to recommend changes won’t issue its final report until the end of 2020, setting up additional debates in 2021.

The governor wants to take a first step this year by reactivating a property tax relief program dormant since 2003. Her budget would provide about $54 million to local governments in hopes of reducing their reliance on property taxes.

“As funding for schools, cities and counties was cut over the last decade, local units of government were left with few options to make ends meet. Increasing property taxes was one of them,” Kelly said in her State of the State address in January. “This left local communities frustrated, and put a desperate strain on working Kansans and Kansans living on fixed incomes — especially our seniors.

They need relief, and we can give it to them in 2020.”

Meanwhile, Republicans are promising to improve property tax transparency. Sen. Caryn Tyson, a Parker Republican who chairs the Senate Tax Committee, said GOP lawmakers plan legislation that would require local governments to vote if they want to collect more property tax dollars than last year.

The change would prevent cities and counties from collecting more simply by increasing property valuations. Tyson contends most property taxpayers aren’t as concerned about the valuation or mill levy as they are about the bottom line amount they pay.

“By changing the process, this will require transparency in property tax increases and keep the public informed of proposed property tax changes before an increase occurs,” Tyson said in a statement.

In some parts of Kansas, rising tax bills have been driven in part by soaring property values.

Some Johnson County homeowners have seen valuation spikes of 15% or more in recent years.

The situation is less volatile in Sedgwick, the second-largest county.

Still, nearly 80% of residential property rose in value last year. The typical change, according to the county, is 4.5%.

Statewide, assessed valuation of all property jumped 5.19% in 2018 — the largest single-year increase since 2006, according to data published last year by the Kansas Association of Counties. Overall, the statewide assessed valuation has risen $5.4 billion over the last decade.

In some cases, the rising property values mean more revenue for local governments — a reality critics condemn as backdoor tax hikes.

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didn’t raise the mill levy.’

That is very true. Taxes keep going up because the County Appraiser continues to raise property values,” Steve Holloway, a Wichita retiree, wrote in an email.

Holloway said he lives on a fixed income and noted many states either freeze or eliminate property taxes for retired people and those on fixed incomes. He said he’s not looking for a handout but has paid taxes on his home for 40 years.

“Please stop raising my taxes and reducing benefits,” he wrote.

As Kansas enters an election year, calls for action are growing.

Kelly’s plan would reinstate the Local Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund, or LAVTRF. The program hasn’t been funded since 2003, even though it remains on the books.

Under state law, Kansas is supposed to send a share of its sales tax collections to cities and counties each year through the program.

The state would pay local governments approximately $100 million a year if funding was fully restored.

The governor’s budget includes $54 million to restart the revenue sharing arrangement.

Erik Sartorius, director of the League of Kansas Municipalities, said in a statement he was pleased by the plan. Since lawmakers stopped funding the LAVTRF, more than $1.36 billion have been withheld from local governments.

The unfunded program is just part of a larger history of the state reneging on commitments to localities, Sartorius said.

Cities haven’t received any transfers from a separate program, the County-City Revenue Sharing Fund, since

2003 — shorting cities by more than $1 billion.

And a city-county highway fund hasn’t been entirely funded since 2008, he said.

“The state’s track record for being a straight player with local governments is abysmal,” Sartorius said.

Conservatives contend Kelly’s plan won’t do much. They say that when the property tax relief program was in place, cities and counties often used the dollars to pad budgets rather than hold down bills for property owners.

“Bureaucrats just pork up their budgets knowing money’s coming in,” Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican also running for the U.S. Senate, told reporters.

If Kelly’s plan is approved, homeowners would likely only see modest relief. In Johnson County, someone with a $150,000 home could see about $20 in property tax relief under the restarted LAVTRF, according to an analysis of the plan provided by Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat. In Sedgwick County, the same homeowner could save about $31.

Kelly spokeswoman Dena Sattler said in a statement that restarting the LAVTRF is “just a start” to a tax reform effort that will last multiple years.

“One year of progress cannot undo the severe damage done in recent years, but reinstating LAVTRF transfers is a meaningful stride in the right direction,” Sattler said.

For their part, Republican lawmakers promise legislation clamping down on property tax increases and say they want to make the process more transparent to homeowners. A cornerstone of their plan

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would require local governments to recalculate their mil levy so that they collect the same revenue as the previous year. If a city or county wants to collect more, they would be required to hold a public vote.

Tyson said the change would “require public officials to vote on a property tax increase rather than increasing valuations that automatically raise property taxes.”

Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple, a former state representative, said he would need more details on both Kelly and the Republicans’ plans before weighing in on their merits.

“Any changes at the state level could have consequences for us locally,” Whipple said.

“We want to make sure that we maintain our local control while also considering the realities of our budget and the burden placed on taxpayers.”

The Senate Tax Committee also recently held a hearing on a bill that would require homeowners to be provided a property tax estimate when they receive their annual notice of valuation. Dave Trabert, CEO of the free-market oriented Kansas Policy Institute, said the lack of transparency is a consistent complaint from taxpayers.

“Giving people a little bit more information is a big step in the right direction,” Trabert told lawmakers as he spoke in support of the bill.

Coffman, the Overland Park homeowner, fears the Republican plan too closely resembles Proposition 13 in California, a law dating back to the 1970s that limits growth in property taxes and requires the state legislature to approve higher tax rates or revenue collections.

“I think if we do that … in the future we’ll see increases in sales tax, in income tax and other things like that to replace that lost revenue that may occur if a county doesn’t vote to increase property taxes when they need to,” she said.

Some officials in Johnson County are seeking assistance targeted to seniors on fixed incomes, who must grapple with skyrocketing property valuations in the state’s wealthiest

county.

“People in Prairie Village have seen our appraisals double,” Johnson County Commissioner Becky Fast said. “It’s getting harder and harder for people to stay in Johnson County, and especially hard for seniors to stay in their homes.”

Fast and other officials support a freeze on property tax rates for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans.

A plan introduced last session by Sen. Tom Holland, a Baldwin City Democrat, would provide tax refunds from increased property tax assessments.

To qualify, residents would need to be 65 or older, with a home appraised at $350,000 or less and an annual household income less than $50,000.

House Republican leaders recently unveiled their own plan to reduce taxes on seniors.

While it doesn’t deal with property taxes, the proposal would raise the amount of annual income an individual could make without having Social Security benefits taxed by the state. The proposed exemption cutoff would rise from $75,000 to $100,000 under the proposal.

Lawmakers said the change would affect about 80,000 people.

House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, suggested many people leaving Kansas are retirees.

“Why are they going somewhere else? Because things are less expensive when it comes to a tax situation in other states,” Hawkins said.

Coffman said she and her husband would probably decide in the next five years whether to move back to Oklahoma. Over there property taxes are lower, the sales tax on food is lower and there’s no income tax on Social Security benefits.

“I feel this state is taxing everybody to death almost,” Coffman said, referring to Kansas. “I know we’re making up for the Brownback disaster and it’s going to take probably a decade to get back where we were, but I think they need to look at it from a perspective of how do we bring people back to this state and retain people.”

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nities to help people at Humboldt’s food pantry. “I don’t know who they are. That doesn’t matter. I just like helping them.”

While working in Uniontown schools — 31 years total — three kids were living with their parents in a camper. They seldom had a chance to bathe and their clothing was far from new, usually unwashed.

Vicki arranged for showers at the school and helped get them new underwear and socks. “The little boy, in kindergarten, pulled on a pair of new socks. He asked me to feel the socks. He said, ‘I’ve never felt anything this soft before.’”

She also gave hugs when students asked, figuring “they’d just have to fire me if that caused a problem,” with concerns nowadays about touching a child.

She reserves a good portion of her giving spirit — more in love than tangible things — for her family.

“Family is what you make of it,” Vicki said. For her it is the world.

VICKI WAS born at the tiny hamlet of Waynoka, Okla., about 70 miles west of Enid. Her parents, Ernest and Hazel Lord, raised turkeys and some cattle on a 500-acre spread. The turkeys, 100,000 each year, ended up at a Tyson processing plant.

Dad thought he could do better with cattle.

One sweltering summer day much of what the family

owned was sold at auction and they packed up for Kansas, a trying experience for 13-year-old Vicki. “I didn’t want to leave my friends. I cried all the way.”

Destination of the Lords’ grain truck and car, loaded to the gills with kids and possessions, was near Uniontown. They had a large herd of cattle on grassland for years.

Everything her dad did quickened Vicki’s love of family.

All the while, before and after the move, Mom was keen on saving money. She gardened, canned, cooked daily and, skilled with needle and thread, sewed the kids’ clothes.

“I didn’t have a storebought dress until I was 18,” Vickie recalled. “It was kind of a square dance dress” colorful with all the frills. “Prettiest thing I’d ever seen.”

Marriage came right after high school. One day, when she was 32, her first husband burst into the house. “I want a divorce,” he declared.

“Here I was with bills, and no income,” she lamented.

Over the next several years she often worked three jobs, at the school from early morning until late afternoon and sometimes on Saturdays, as well as at an elevator — “until the owner went a little too far” — and the night shift at a bar in Bronson for $3 an hour. In her “spare time” she kept books for a restaurant.

In 1989 she married Kenneth Wood, a contractor, and moved to Hume, Mo. Times

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were good.

In 2009 Vicki fixed coffee one morning and joined Kenneth for their ritual of watching “Gunsmoke.” “I put his coffee down and he didn’t touch it. I reached over and his arm was cold.”

A heart attack.

Not long after that daughter Mindy McCall, who lives with husband Travis east of Humboldt, “told me you’re going to move to Humboldt.

I didn’t want to leave my friends, but family was more important.”

She bought at house, in her words, “a dump.”

Travis, son Ty Lord, also in Humboldt with wife Nichole, and anyone else who could swing a hammer chipped in.

“Electricians, plumbers and others who worked for my husband came to Humboldt to help,” Vicki said. They gutted the house, extensively remodeled it.

Today, its interior would make a nice magazine photo spread.

Her third child, Shelby, joined the family in Humboldt a couple of months ago.

Not long ago, “I woke up one morning and decided I’d worked at schools long enough,” most recently as a cook at Humboldt Elementary. “I talked to Nobby (Davis, Opie’s owner) and he gave me a job.”

Vicki, 68, isn’t ready for full retirement.

“I’m blessed,” she said, hint of a quiver in her voice.

“My family and the people in Humboldt have been so kind to me.”

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The Health Forward Foundation has awarded an $11,000 grant to Wings of Warriors to help cover maintenance, fuel and other costs for the organization’s newly acquired 2014 Kia Forte.

The car was purchased last fall, and will be used to take cancer patients to and from area doctor’s appoints.

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description of the work they did at UNH and the work that (Julia) has done, DOT approved the request as long it could be tied to normal bridge maintenance operations,” said Eileen Meaney, communications officer for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. “They were super cute, and we wish them the best” Del Tufo says he had to make the proposal on Saturday as special as she is. He brought their families to surprise Kallmerten after the proposal.

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A pair of civil engineers took their relationship to new heights atop a New Hampshire bridge.

Dan Del Tufo arranged to have the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth lifted to its maximum height, and that’s where he surprised Julia Kallmerten with a marriage proposal — so she could, in his words, “aggravate me for the rest of my life.”

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We owe our proud tradition — one that dates back to 1867 — to the vision of our founders and their commitment to Iola and Allen County. But our future… that we must entrust to our own hard work and to you, our readers. Your support means the world to us, and we labor every day to honor it by covering the news and telling stories that matter.

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It’s tempting to label elections as “the most important” in decades, our lifetime, etc. Sometimes, as Kansans discovered in 2010, 2016, and 2018, elections do have real consequences.

Moreover, nationally, the 2020 prospect of re-electing Donald Trump makes the election important, to say nothing of his impeachment (and expected acquittal). Kansas, absent some 8.0-level political earthquake, will vote solidly Republican for president.

Nevertheless, 2020 does shape up as a significant year on both policy and political fronts in Kansas, with a hotly contested U.S. senate seat and legislative battles over abortion and Medicaid expansion.

Indeed, these major issues are already on the table. Somewhat surprisingly, Republican Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning (Overland Park) and Democratic Governor Laura Kelly reached a solid deal to expand Medicaid.

After obstructing expansion in 2019, Denning fulfilled his promise to Kelly to develop a package in 2020.

Although some uncertainties linger, with 22 senate co-sponsors and a history of House support, the package should hold together. Moreover, Denning has a history of making big-deal compromises, most notably with the 2017 tax legislation.

Less surprisingly, Republicans are pressing hard for a constitutional amendment

Insight Kansas to overturn the Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling that guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion. Almost certainly, a well-crafted amendment could muster the necessary two-thirds majorities in both houses to place an amendment on the ballot. But the wording and timing of the vote — either the August primary or the November general election — remain in doubt.

The 2020 primary, even without a constitutional ballot issue, is shaping up as a watershed in Kansas GOP politics. Open U.S. Senate seats rarely come up in Kansas, and Republicans have held both seats for more than 80 years. But any primary that includes the caustic, unapologetic Kris Kobach presents a major problem for Kansas Republicans. While he has a solid base in a multicandidate primary, Kobach has a low general election ceiling, per his 2018 gubernatorial showing.

Kobach on the ticket would guarantee a highly competitive November general election, with Democrat Barbara Bollier, offering her party a once-in-a-century opportunity to capture a senate seat.

Right now, First District Representative Roger Marshall is likely a slight primary-election Senate favorite.

Largely because of his support from Republican elites and national funding sources, he has the most realistic chance to defeat Kobach.

Marshall would be favored to defeat Bollier as well, but his deep conservatism and lockstep support for Trump might make this race surprisingly competitive against a female Johnson County Republicanturned-Democrat.

If one Republican primary race is not enough, there is a another, in the Second district, where state treasurer Jake LaTurner is challenging first-term congressman Steve Watkins. Watkins, the surprise winner in 2018, has not consolidated Republican support, and LaTurner represents the GOP establishment’s desire to maintain control of the seat. Although Topeka mayor Michelle De La Isla might produce a competitive general election race, either Republican would be favored.

So, as we look ahead to the rest of 2020, the presidential campaign will take up much of our attention, but the most important decisions that will affect us all as Kansans will take place this spring in the Legislature and at the ballot box in August and November.

Burdett Loomis is an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Kansas.

Coronavirus outbreak’s other infection is misinformation

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al Saud, left, receives a present from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, second from right, during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in October. RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS AND ADMINISTRATION/ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/TNS

Yet another assault by Saudi crown prince Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, seemingly knows no limits in his quest to quash critical media coverage of the kingdom.

Most famously (infamously, really) was the brazen, brutal kidnapping, killing and dismemberment of dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was a U.S. resident writing for the Washington Post at the time of his murder. Five Saudis were sentenced to death (likely by beheading) and three to prison, while the man most experts, including the CIA and a U.N. panel, believe was behind the killing rules with impunity.

Now comes the news that even before the Khashoggi killing the crown prince may have been directly involved in hacking the cellphone of Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post and the founder of Amazon, with the intent to “influence, if not silence” criticism, according to two U.N. human-rights experts. The allegations are relevant to the “ongoing evaluation of claims about the crown prince’s involvement” in the Khashoggi case, Agnes Callamard, who led the U.N. analysis of the journalist’s

killing, said in a statement.

Media freedom organizations have similarly sounded the alarm. The Committee to Protect Journalists, pointing out that Saudi Arabia is the world’s third-worst jailer of journalists, echoed the U.N. experts’ call for an investigation. And Dokhi Fassihian, executive director of Reporters Without Borders USA, told an editorial writer in an email exchange that her organization is “deeply disturbed” by the hacking allegations. “This, along with the unresolved murder of Jamal Khashoggi, underscores the urgent responsibility of U.S. lawmakers and the international community to rein in the Saudi crown prince and to establish controls over the sale and transfer of surveillance technologies to states that target journalists and dissidents,” Fassihian said.

Others, including U.S. business and government officials, are at risk of similar digital intrusions. And that in turn exposes Saudi Arabia to economic and geopolitical risk that might undermine the kingdom’s quest to modernize its economy — although not necessarily its society.

If the allegations, which Riyadh denies, prove true, “the crown prince has put at risk his relationships with foreign business, which may well be more cautious, or not want to do business with him,” Simon Henderson, director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told an editorial writer.

Disappointingly, President Donald Trump has not agreed with the bipartisan congressional consensus condemning Saudi Arabia for the Khashoggi killing and for its complicity in the war in Yemen, which has devolved into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

A new administration, Congress or both may challenge that dynamic, however.

A Democratic White House “would still probably need and want to work with Saudi Arabia, but it would really be tougher,” Henderson said.

It shouldn’t take a new president to press the kingdom. Trump should reassess the relationship with the crown prince and join Congress in a concerted effort to hold him accountable.

— Minneapolis Star Tribune

Scattered in with the legitimate news headlines circulating on social media regarding the deadly coronavirus outbreak are a worrisome number of fake news items and outright hoaxes.

Here’s are a few egregious examples: The outbreak is much worse than the government is admitting. Millions have been infected and thousands of people are literally keeling over in the streets of China. Bill Gates’ foundation predicted this outbreak (maybe even created it) and projects that it will kill 65 million people. You won’t be one of them if you have oregano oil on hand, because it can prevent coronavirus infections.

It’s scary enough that despite intensive efforts to stop it, this infection has spread so far and wide since it was first identified in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 9. But the last thing public health officials need as they work to track down and treat new cases is to have to address all the fake news that whips up unfounded fear and seems to be spreading faster than the virus itself.

Though rumors and misinformation have been a side effect of viral outbreaks for as long as humans have been plagued by them, social media networks now amplify irresponsible and hysterical memes that might otherwise remain on the fringes.

A tweet or post with dubious information can spread to all corners of the internet in minutes. Facebook, Twitter and Google have taken steps to steer people toward legitimate information and sites such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Wuhan coronavirus fact page, but misleading items are still available online.

No doubt some of the people who share bad information do so unwittingly and truly intend to be helpful. But those who make up stories or

peddle obvious untruths amid a public health crisis for their own sick purpose or to make a buck deserve a special place in hell. Scaring people with false information or soothing them with fake remedies puts them in real danger. Just look at the harm done by people sharing false information about the risks of childhood vaccinations. Parents shied away from immunizing their kids, and measles — a deadly disease once declared eradicated — roared back to life.

So far, the new coronavirus has mostly been contained in China. But it is spreading.

Though its movement has probably been slowed by the steps China and global health officials have taken to isolate Wuhan’s inhabitants, limit travel to the region and screen travelers from affected areas, new cases are cropping up across the globe. On Wednesday, public health officials announced that the coronavirus cases have reached 6,165, with 133 deaths connected to the infection. Most of the cases, and all the deaths, are in China, which has now logged more cases than were seen with SARS — another deadly coronavirus that originated in China in 2002. There are five coronavirus cases in the U.S., including two in Southern California.

Clearly, the risk posed by the coronavirus is real. And there is no vaccine for it yet, though researchers are working to develop one. That means the best defense in the early stages of the outbreak is solid, trustworthy, sciencebased information. Kudos to the journalists, public health officials and social media platforms that are working to disinfect the false outbreak memes and inoculate the information channels with authentic and helpful information from actual health professionals.

— Los Angeles Times

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groups with the largest interests. Under the state constitution, the Lottery must ultimately run Kansas gambling.

“There’s a lot of players involved, excuse the pun,” Estes said after Wednesday’s session.

Millions of dollars in state revenue are at stake, though no one expects sports gambling to solve Kansas’ budget problems. Under the plan, the state would levy a 7.5% tax on revenue from in-person bets and 10% on online bets.

State budget staff estimated at least $500 million in sports bets, which would ultimately leave $25 million for taxes, fees and profit. In the end, that would put $2.25 million in state coffers.

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Sports betting apps are critical, according to Jeff Morris, vice president of public affairs and government relations for Penn National Gaming. That company runs the Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kansas.

The new bill would allow only people physically located in Kansas — wherever that might be — to gamble through an app. The casino companies would have the

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those materials and for security reasons, Murphy said.

When inmates ask for information about case law, jail staff refer them to attorneys or look up the requested documents online and print the information for the inmates. Such requests typically come from inmates who seek information related to their criminal cases, he said.

“We help as much as we can,” Murphy said.

The Supreme Court has ruled that prisons must provide some form of assistance to allow inmates the right of access to the courts, either through law libraries or access to law professionals. Other rulings extend that same access to jails.

Larger detention centers, like those in Wyandotte, Johnson or Sedgwick counties, typically maintain law libraries but smaller facilities may or may not.

Jails in Coffey and Neosho counties do not maintain law libraries and refer inmates to their attorneys, the same as Allen County.

Anderson County’s jail maintains a law library with about 25 or so books, but they are more than five years old and inmates are not allowed to take them to their cells.

HEARINGS ON the cases filed by Sutton and Kent are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. March 10.

Sutton was held at Allen County for a couple of weeks on behalf of Wyandotte County because of overcrowding issues at the jail there, and has since been returned to Wyandotte to attend court hearings on his case. Kent is a local inmate since Nov. 18, 2019, and remains in Allen County’s jail.

option to run the apps. If they declined, it would fall to the state lottery.

Currently, Kansans can gamble on the Super Bowl (or other sporting events) in other states like Nevada or Iowa.

They also can wager through illegal gaming websites based in other countries.

“Those players are still going to be wagering illegally,” he said, “and you miss out on a significant piece of sports betting across the country.”

Local governments say the proposal is missing one thing: shifting some revenue to cities and counties.

Under current law, local governments get a cut from the state-owned casinos to help pay for the roads, infrastructure and services leading to the casinos.

The League of Kansas Municipalities argues sports gaming revenue should be no different.

“It is foreseeable that more people will be making their way to these facilities, increasing the burden on local

government entities,” said John Goodyear, the group’s staff attorney.

The National Council on Problem Gaming doesn’t oppose the bill, but wants some of the money to go toward treatment and restrictions that could help limit gambling addictions, such as barring messages that encourage players to bet higher amounts.

Notably absent from this week’s testimony: professional sports leagues. Last year, a sticking point was that Major League Baseball and other leagues wanted a cut of any gaming revenue because they’d have to spend money monitoring for cheating related to gambling.

Estes said payments to sports leagues didn’t materialize in other states that have legalized gambling, so it likely won’t be part of the discussion this year.

“That question is off the table,” he said. “That simplified it a lot.”

Royalty Iola High School will celebrate its homecoming with basketball games against Burlington Friday. Candidates, front from left, are Noah Ashmore, Shane Winner, Cal Leonard, Trevelle Means, Adryan Nading, Calvin Delich; back row, Mayte Breithaupt, Elysia Kunkler, Kelsey Morrison, Haley Carlin, Rachel Bycroft and Allie Fager. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

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The story was first reported Friday by The New York Times.

In a statement on Friday, Trump denied the account in Bolton’s manuscript.

“I never instructed John Bolton to set up a meeting for Rudy Giuliani, one of the greatest corruption fighters in America and by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, to meet with President Zelenskiy,” Trump said.

“That meeting never happened.”

Meanwhile, voting on the witness question was expected late Friday after hours of debate, with other Senate votes stretching well into the evening.

Democrats contended the outcome won’t mean a true acquittal for Trump but a cover-up.

“They’re about to dismiss this with a shrug and a ‘Who cares?’” said the Senate’s third-ranking Democrat, Patty Murray of Washington. “The full truth will come out.”

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Another Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, announced Friday that she, too, would oppose more testimony, wary of creating a tie vote that would drag Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the rare trial, into the fray.

“I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate,” she said. “I don’t believe the continuation of this process will change anything.

It is sad for me to admit that, as an institution, the Congress has failed.”

Protesters stood outside the Capitol as senators arrived on Friday, but few visitors have been watching from the Senate galleries.

Despite the Democrats’ singular, sometimes-passionate focus on calling witnesses, the numbers are now falling short. It would take four Republicans to break with the 53-seat majority and join with all Democrats to demand more testimony.

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By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

ERIE — Humboldt High’s girls were able to claw their way back from an early lull Friday.

But the second offensive drought, spanning the third and fourth quarters, proved too deep to escape.

Host Erie High took control with a 9-0 run, then fended off a final Lady Cub charge to win, 49-41.

“We relaxed for a second and then we got a little panicky,” Lady Cub head coach Aubrey Jones said. “Made another little push, but it’s one of those ‘too little, too late.’ We’ve gotta take care of it earlier.”

The Red Devils led by as many as 11 down the stretch before Humboldt’s Carsyn Haviland hit a bucket and then a free throw. Zoey Wilson then drained a pair of charities to close the gap to 44-38 with a minute left in regulation.

Emma Johnson’s 3-pointer with 27 seconds remaining sliced the deficit to four, 45-41, but the Red Devils sealed the win by hitting four straight free throws in the waning moments.

Humboldt was without the services of senior catalyst Winter Snyder, who suffered a head injury in an earlier game.

With Johnson the only other senior on the roster, the youthful Lady Cubs had their share of scoring droughts.

“That’s something that goes with being a young team,” Jones said. “We’re still learning. Give the kids credit. They fight every time.

Trailing at the break, the Iola Mustangs rallied for a 26-point third quarter to power past the Osawatomie Trojans 64-44 in Friday night’s Pioneer League contest.

For Mustangs head coach Luke Bycroft, Friday was another example of his team’s growing maturity.

“I think we are growing up a little bit,” Bycroft said.

The Mustangs took an early 11-5 lead after back-to-back 3-pointers from sharp-shooter Cal Leonard, but the Trojans had a response of their own.

Osawatomie connected on three first-quarter treys to draw even with Iola heading into the second.

Osawatomie’s hot shooting from deep continued in the second. The Trojans knocked down two straight 3-pointers to start the period, and led by as many as five in the second. But the Mustangs battled back, and regained the lead at 23-21 after a 3-pointer from Landon Carson.

Iola trailed 27-25 at intermission.

“In the first half we made some shots, but we were pretty flat defensively and offensively,” Bycroft said. “We weren't getting out on shooters nearly as well as we did (Thursday) night, so they knocked down some shots.

On the offensive end, we were too compact and too on top of each other. Our spacing was bad. I don’t know if some of it was because we were heavyfooted from playing hard last night and needed to get the blood flowing.”

While Iola’s offense failed

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Cal Leonard shoots a 3-pointer against Osawatomie on Friday. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

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Cubs withstand late Erie Kunkler’s fourth quarter leads Fillies to win charge to claim 63-62 win

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

ERIE—The Cubs prevailed 63-62 Friday, exactly seven weeks to the day of one of the team’s most perplexing losses of the season, a 32-point defeat to this same Erie squad.

“This was way different,” Humboldt senior standout Conor Haviland said. “We were way more prepared.”

Haviland’s 24-point night included an inside bucket with 31 seconds left on the clock for what proved to be the clincher.

The last half minute had fans, and coaches, on the edges of their seats.

Erie’s Tyler Duling missed the front end of a 1-and-1 on the Red Devils’ next possession. Humboldt corralled the rebound, but Isaiah Coronado, having to contend with a trap at midcourt, whistled the ball past a pair of teammates

Still on cloud nine from Thursday’s win over rival Chanute, the Iola Fillies stepped on the floor without the same pep in their step during Friday’s Pioneer League matchup with Osawatomie.

Nonetheless when it came down to crunch time, the Fillies answered. Iola earned its third consecutive victory 4135 over the Trojans.

“We were just a little flat coming off a big win, so that's what I’m attesting it to,” head coach Becky Carlson said.

“They came out fired up, and I’m sure it’s a great motivation speech with them saying ‘they just beat Chanute.’”

Osawatomie raced to a 9-0 lead in the early going. Hannah Gardner got the Fillies on the board by converting 1 of 2 from the line, and seconds later, Kelsey Morrison converted a three-point play. It

into the stands for the turnover.

Erie came up empty on its possession, however, with three straight misses underneath. Haviland snared the ball, and was fouled with :06.3 on the clock.

He, too, missed the front end of a 1-and-1, giving Erie possession one final time.

The Red Devils took the ball the length of the court, but Matthew Vail’s runner bounced off the back rim as time expired, sending a roster filled with elated — and relieved — Cubs home with the win.

“That was a good win against a quality team,” Humboldt head coach David Taylor said.

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Mustangs spoil Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homecoming

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Cal Leonard pulls up for a jump shot against the Chanute Blue Comets on Thursday. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

CHANUTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Avenging a loss in the finale of the Wilson County Classic last week was on the Iola Mustangsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mind Thursday evening. And there was no better way to do it like beating rival Chanute, and spoiling its homecoming.

The Mustangs led early, handcuffing the Blue Comets with its hardnosed defense, and running away with the 60-40 victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were doing a better job of what we do,â&#x20AC;? head coach Luke Bycroft said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were active, and we had to get out on shooters because they can shoot if they are unguarded. And most of the shots they took, we had a guy coming at them, and that changes everything.â&#x20AC;?

After a Blue Comet bucket to start, Cal Leonard fired from

deep and Dillon Bycroft found Bradyn Cole under the rim to give Iola the early 5-2 advantage.

The Mustangs rattled of a 12-0 run before a Chanute timeout halfway through the first, but the Blue Comets responded.

Chanute rattled off seven straight points, including a 3-point buzzer beater. Iola led 12-9 heading into the second.

Chanute inched within one to start the second, but the Mustangs soon regained their lead. Leonard connected on back-to-back step back 3-pointers, giving Iola back its double-digit lead. Iola continued to control the second, and led 25-15 at the halftime buzzer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fine offensively when we slow down, and make smart decisions,â&#x20AC;? Bycroft said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to go fast in transition and slow in the half-court. We can do that, but we have to fix

the defensive end, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we did tonight.â&#x20AC;?

Iolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dominance continued in the second half. Leonard scored seven of his team-high 15 points in the third period, and the Mustangs continued to steadily grow their lead. Iola led 40-23 at the end of three.

In the fourth, Chanute attempted a full-court press defense to slow down the Mustang attack, but its efforts were too little too late. Calvin Delich sunk 6 of 8 from the line in the fourth, and the Mustangs coasted home with the win.

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Iola (12-13-15-20â&#x20AC;&#x201D;60) (pts): Bycroft 6, Leonard 15, Cole 12, Carson 4, Delich 15, Boeken 7.

Chanute(9-6-8-17â&#x20AC;&#x201D;40) (pts): Williams 5, Erbe 2, Almond 12, Bowman 8, Koester 11, Coombs 2.

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gineered a 12-0 run through the second quarter to take a fivepoint lead. Chanute was forced to take a timeout after Elysia Kunkler connected from long range.

The Fillies continued to add to their lead in the period with a trey from Hannah Gardner and easy deuce from Lauryn Holloway, growing Iolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead to 13.

Becca Sprague led the charge in the first half with 12 points, but all Fillies played a part in the 32-19 lead. The offense seemed to flow like poetry in motion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We moved the ball, and looked for stuff inside. And when we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have it, we kicked it out and made some 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;? Carlson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t back off tonight.â&#x20AC;?

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Humboldt HIgh’s Drew Wilhite, center, looks for a teammate in the Cubs’ 63-62 thriller over Erie Friday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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feat, came down to the basics.

“One, we were a lot bitter defensively,” Taylor said. “Two, we got out in transition. Three, we made some bunnies, something we didn’t do the first time.”

Humboldt’s other seniors were key contributors.

Josh Hull had 10 points and 14 rebounds against the lanky Erie squad.

“I’m happy for him,” Taylor said.

And Coronado’s night included one of the more dazzling steals you’ll see on a high school basketball court.

Erie had sliced a sixpoint deficit to two, 5250, and had corralled a rebound and a chance to tie or take the lead.

But Coronado pounced when the Red Devils hesitated, diving head first — parallel to the floor — between a pair of Erie players. He landed in a fetal position, with the ball. Taylor, standing a few feet away, quickly called timeout to preserve the possession.

Drew Wilhite’s subsequent jumper pushed Humboldt in front, 54-50.

It was that kind of night, a far cry from Dec. 13, when Humboldt went scoreless against Erie in the first quarter and trailed 30-4 at half-

time.

“We were in the driver’s seat, and we got a little reckless,” Taylor said. “But, you know, being a little reckless kept us in the ball game. We were a little reckless on defense, and sometimes a little reckless on offense, because our skill set is probably not as high. Our athleticism sure is.”

Wilhite chipped in with 13 points and three assists. Haviland also had seven boards. Coronado wound up with three steals.

The Red Devils prevailed 58-24 in junior varsity action. Trey Sommer led the Cub JV with seven, followed by Levi McGowen with six.

Erie edged the Cubs in C team action, 47-45.

Sommer led Humboldt with 19; McGowen scored nine.

Box Score

Humboldt (19-10-1717—63) (FG/3pt): Orth 1-0-2-2, Wilhite 5/1-0-3-13, Coronado 2-3-3-7, Haviland 9/2-0-3-24, Page 2-12-5, Hull 2-6-3-10, Lassman 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 22/3-1016-63.

Erie (16-12-13-21—62) (FG/3pt): Vail 6/1-2-0-17, Bogner 2/ 3-1-1-14, Duling 0-0-2-0, Pasquarelli 3-4-0-10, Johnson 1-0-3-2, Dillinger 5-3-2-13, Lehman 3-0-4-6. TOTALS: 20/4-1012-62.

was a low scoring first period for the Fillies, who trailed 9-4 heading into the second.

Rachel Bycroft entered the game in the second, and brought the needed juice to swing the game in Iola’s favor. Bycroft connected on back-to-back 3-pointers, giving the Fillies their first lead of the game.

Elysia Kunkler connected on both free throws to send Iola into the break ahead 19-15.

Bycroft’s boost off the bench, and tougher defense was the difference for Iola in the second.

“She (Rachel) is a great shooter, and if she is left open she can drain it,” Carlson said. “Our defense just worked well.

We made them work awfully hard for some baskets, and they made us work hard, too. Some of the shots we took last night weren’t falling, or we weren’t taking them at first, but we came through.”

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to take flight in the first half, it soared in the second. The Mustangs engineered a 16-3 run capped off with 3-pointers from Leonard and Carson.

The pair led Iola in the third, combining

points to close the game for the Fillies, including a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left in the game to put the final nail in the coffin.

The 16-point fourth quarter propelled the Fillies to their third consecutive victory.

Kunkler finished as Iola’s leading scorer with 12 points followed by Morrison with 7. Carlson highlighted the play of Gabby Richards, who chipped in three points along with key passes and rebounds down the stretch.

The win moves Iola above .500 at 7-6 on the

for 15 of the Mustangs’ 26 points. Iola’s blistering pace offensively put them in control 51-34 as the game entered the final period.

“We went to a little more aggressive manto-man defense in the

Youth leads Lady Cubs They never quit.”

A pair of freshmen, Haviland and Karley Wools, led the scoring attack. Haviland had 12 points and Wools 8.

“I like our freshmen,” Jones said. “By the time they’re seniors, those two are going to be so dangerous, because they’ve had trial by fire.”

The game was knotted at 23-apiece in the early moments of the second half before Humboldt’s offense stalled, plagued by a number of missed buckets and turnovers.

Erie took control, pushing out to a 32-23 lead by the waning seconds of the third period.

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“At the beginning of the year, we had some inexperienced players. We had some older girls, but girls who haven’t been put in this situation,” Carlson said. “Some old guy told me one time, ‘after Christmas there is no experience, and you ought to be going,’ and right now I think we are going.”

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The freshman/sophomore Fillies defeated Osawatomie 42-24. Aysha Houk led with 24 points and was followed

by Reece Murry with 11.

Box Score Iola (4-15-6-16—41) (pts): Gardner 2, Bycroft 6, Morrison 7, Holloway 6, Kunkler 12, Taylor 2, Sprague 3, Richards 3.

Osawatomie (9-6-1010—35) (pts): Lagasse 10, Booe 3, Dempsey 4, Ballou 8, Kaempfe 5, McGinnis 4, Johnson 1.

Mustangs: Rally past Oz in second half

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Humboldt High’s Karley Wools, from left, grapples for the ball with Erie’s Molly LaForge and Heaven Ellis in the Lady Cubs’ 49-41 defeat. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Gabby Richards drives to the basket against Osawatomie on Friday.

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to the first half, in which Erie led 15-4 before the Lady Cubs clawed back to within 21-18 at the break.

Johnson’s 3-pointer to open the second half knotted the score at 21-21.

Box Score

Humboldt (4-14-8-15— 41) (FG/3pt): Murrow 1-0-12, Myers 3-0-1-6, Johnson 0/2-0-4-6, Wilson 0-3-1-3, Dangerfield 1-2-1-4, Haviland 4/1-1-2-12, Hart 0-01-0, Wools 2-4-5-8. TOTALS: 11/3-10-16-41.

Erie (15-6-13-15—49) (FG/3pt): VanLeeuwen 3-01-6, LaForge 3/1-4-2-13, Clevenger 6-1-1-3, Stark 2-0-2-4, Ellis 0-0-1-0, Brant 0-0-4-0, Kramer 4-5-3-13.

TOTALS: 18/1-10-14-49.

second half, and that led to some easy buckets in transition,” Bycroft said. “We run out of man so much better than when we are in a zone defense. Going to man was one of the things we needed to do so we could get up and down the floor a little bit, and that sparked us.”

A little razzledazzle from Dillon Bycroft brought the Mustang crowd to its feet with a sly crossover move that led to a foul. The foul sparked a loud jeer directed toward officials from the Iola faithful as tensions increased in the building over the Trojans’ overly aggressive style of play.

Leonard received a technical foul near the game’s conclusion after questioning a call, but received no explanation from the referee to why he was penalized. The Mustangs felt that perhaps they weren’t being dealt justice by

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Bycroft complimented his team for pushing through the game’s physicality.

“We handled physicality well because there wasn’t a whole lot that was being called.

This was a very physical game,” Bycroft said.

“We still got to handle our attitudes a little better here and there, but I don’t think the technical foul was deserved.”

Next week, the Mustangs will play host to Santa Fe Trail on Tuesday and Burlington on Friday. Iola will be keen to add to its two-game winning streak.

Box Score

Iola (11-14-26-13—64) (pts): Dillon Bycroft 12, Leonard 24, Cole 8, Carson 13, Delich 7.

Osawatomie (11-16-710) (pts): Pursley 13, Smith 4, Cole 8, Timblin 4, Carver 2, Fields 4, Jones, 9.

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What to say to friend who may be contemplating an affair Hello, Carolyn: I have a good friend who has experienced several life disappointments in recent years. Currently, work has separated her from her husband, exacerbating some of their ongoing and unaddressed issues. She is also clinically depressed.

In our two most recent conversations, she has mentioned how frequently men hit on her, and has also discussed how vulnerable she is right now.

The two aren’t mentioned side-by-side, but it’s clear she is aware of vulnerabilities and temptations — and that the attentions of other men can be attractive. She also rationalized extramarital affairs when we were discussing a movie we watched together, saying few people are entirely faithful.

I would hate to see her make a choice she cannot reverse while in a period of depression, frustration and vulnerability . . . but this feels out of my depth.

What should I be doing to support her? She is see-

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ing a therapist, and I often ask about that but do not know what else to do. — Long-Distance Friend Long-Distance Friend: You can reflect back to her what you’re hearing: “You’ve said affairs are common and that men are hitting on you.

Are you trying to tell me something? Are you asking my opinion?”

If “no” and “no,” then you’re done. Even if you don’t believe her entirely.

It’s still her life.

If “yes,” then that’s enough of an invitation for you to say what you said here, which is excellent: “This feels out of my depth. I’m concerned you’ll make a choice you cannot reverse while in a period of depression, frustration and vulnerability.

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RESULTS OF THE MARKET STUDY ANAYLSIS FOR ALLEN COUNTY FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2020 JANUARY 1, 2020

PURSUANT TO K.S.A. 1995 SUUPP. 79-146a RESIDENTIAL MARKET: “A study of the residential real estate market of newer houses, i.e. built after 1945, indicated that there is an overall inflationary trend of 3% per year.”

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(Published in The Iola Register Jan. 25, 2020) NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ALLEN COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT

To all qualified electors residing within the boundaries of the Allen County Conservation District, notice is hereby given that pursuant to K.S.A. 2-1907, as amended, on the 8th day of February, 2020, at 6:30 p.m., an annual meeting of the Allen County Conservation District will be held at the Bass Community Building.

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I hope you’re talking to your therapist about it.”

Or husband, if abuse isn’t one of their issues.

Something else you can do? Don’t get so distracted by her maybe-possiblepotential infidelity that you forget how powerful friendship can be for those who feel vulnerable. Love her, care about her, listen to her without judging. All that enables is strength.

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While I understand her concerns, I don’t feel threatened. Mainly I don’t look forward to the considerable work of going through our possessions, moving and fixing up whatever new place we might find. I don’t do well with change.

She says marriage entails compromise, but I fail to see what compromise lies between moving Dear Carolyn: I am 74, and not moving. Can you and my wife is 63. We live please offer me some adin the house we bought vice? — J. when we married 24 years J.: “Compromise” sugago. My wife says she loves gests two equally worthy our house and immedi- positions, but the two ate neighbors but has felt claims you present here unsafe and scared for sev- are not equal. eral years. She cites pawnYour discomfort will be shops and liquor stores temporary — gone as soon that have moved into the as you’re resettled. Given area, and declining prop- your neighborhood’s traerty values. Of the three jectory, however, your closest shopping malls, wife’s discomfort looks to one has been razed, one be unceasing. sits abandoned and one I’m not saying you must is down to one or two ten- defer to your wife — just ants. There have also been that you see your thumb of at least three shootings self-interest on the scale. within two miles of us in Remove it, then consider Want your paper what’s fair. recent months.

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By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Super Bowl LIV is a day away, and Chiefs fans far and wide are in full preparation for the big game. One of those fans is Iola High Athletic Director Scott Carson.

“When I was in second and third grade, my dad coached in Kansas City, so we lived there,” Carson said. “We’d go to the games every year. And then when I had my own kids, we would go once a year to a Chiefs game.”

The visits to Arrowhead are far less frequent, but Carson has made the trip to some of the Chiefs’ most important games in recent memory. One of those trips was a Wild Card game against Tennessee in 2017 when the Chiefs saw a 21-3 first-half lead evaporate in the second half.

We were sitting by some Tennessee fans, so me and my boys were just talking trash the whole first half,” Carson said. “Then the second half swung around and they beat us.”

When Carson isn't sitting in the Arrowhead seats, he is supporting from home. One of his game-day traditions is serving up some scrumptious chicken wings.

Carson says they are unbelievable.

“They are really delicious, I can’t even describe how good they are,” Carson’s daughter Ellie said.

The game-day eats have tasted even better this season. Kansas City is in its first Super Bowl since 1969, and has done it with a high powered offense led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Although Carson had not witnessed Mahomes’ gunslinging ability at Texas Tech, he has the inside scoop that he would become something special.

Carson’s cousin, a Chiefs season ticket holder, alerted hom of Mahomes’ ability back in the 2017-18 season when the quarterback was still second-fiddle to Alex Smith. Now, Carson believes Mahomes is the edge to lift KC to another Super Bowl title.

“I honestly feel like they are going to walk away with it by two or three touchdowns,” Carson said. “The 49ers quarterback is a second string quarterback. I mean he has been doing good, but he is not a Mahomes. Their defense is good, but I don’t think they can keep up with Tyreek Hill, and Kelce.

The Chiefs have too many weapons.”

A Chiefs victory may be Carson’s Super Bowl prediction, but as a fan, he has a part to play himself.

“When they beat Houston, all my kids were there. So when they played Tennessee, everybody came back wearing the same clothes and sat in the same chair,” Carson said. “When my son Landon stood up to try and get more popcorn during the quarter, my two older boys were just like ‘sit down.’”

Carson plans to wear his lucky Chiefs shirt on Sunday. So if Kansas City does off the win, you can thank Carson for playing his part with his superstition.

Remembering the days of old

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Few Chiefs fans can vividly remember when owner Lamar Hunt elected to move the Dallas Texans to Kansas City, but former Iola Mayor Bill Shirley does.

“They came into competition with the Cowboys, and the way the story goes is both teams weren’t going to be able to survive in the Dallas area,” Shirley said. “So Lamar Hunt figured, I’ll take another town to go to, so he picked Kansas City and it worked out great.”

When the Chiefs arrived to Kansas City in 1960, Shirley recalls premier talent on the sidelines at the old Municipal stadium. But among the stars stood head coach Hank Stram, one of the franchise’s iconic figures.

Stram led the Chiefs to an AFL Championship in 1962, and two Super Bowl appearances in 1966 and 1969. While the Chiefs fell short against Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers, Shirley recalls how the biggest stage in sports got its name.

“The way I recall it but I could be wrong, but I think the tickets sold for $4 a ticket, or something like that,” Shirley said. “That’s when Lamar Hunt came up with the idea for something to call the game. And I guess his young son, Clark, who is the owner of the Chiefs now had a rubber ball that bounced and bounced everywhere that they called the super ball. When Lamar was talking with the other owners, he said why don’t we just call it the Super Bowl instead of the World Championship.”

Shirley’s fandom with the Chiefs goes far beyond reminiscing on history. In fact, when the Chiefs played Minnesota in 1969, Shirley listened to the game by radio while stationed in Korea during his time in the military.

“The AFL had won it the year before when the Jets had beaten Baltimore, yet Minnesota was still huge favorites over the Chiefs, but they went out there and won the game,” Shirley said.

“I’ve watched film of it over the years, but all we

could get in Korea was radio where we were stationed. The game came in the middle of the night, and all the guys that were Chiefs fans got together and we enjoyed it.”

Stationed in Korea, Shirley and his fellow soldiers had few avenues of entertainment, but the Chiefs’ triumph gave Shirley and his fellow patriots something to cheer about.

“We were very excited.

Back in those says in Korea we didn’t have a lot of entertainment, especially in the mountains,” Shirley said. “We had clubs that we could go to, the military always had clubs where we could drink beer. Our colonel made the arrangements for the game to get up and going.”

With another big game on the horizon this Sunday versus San Francisco, Shirley is just as excited as he was all those years ago in Korea.

“At my age I better not get too excited,” Shirley said with a smile. “But I’m looking forward to it, and I hope we get off to a good start.”

Len Dawson led the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs to a victory in Super Bowl IV in 1970, defeating the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings 23-7. CANTON REPOSITORY ARCHIVES

Chiefs believe fate is with them MIAMI (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have perhaps the best quarterback in the NFL in Patrick Mahomes, the fastest wide receiver in Tyreek Hill, one of the premier tight ends in Travis Kelce and one of the elite coaches in Andy Reid.

They have plenty of other playmakers, too.

Damien Williams has had starring turns at running back, Sammy Watkins had a monster AFC title game, and a defense anchored by Frank Clark and Tyrann Mathieu has been downright stingy.

Those are all compelling reasons for why the Chiefs could win their first Super Bowl in 50 years on Sunday, but it’s not the biggest one.

No, most fans back in Kansas City are pinning their hopes on something far less tangible: fate.

The Chiefs overcame a plethora of injuries just to reach this point, including a potentially serious knee injury to Mahomes midway through the season.

They won their regular-season finale as the Patriots were losing to the Dolphins, a stunning set of results that gave them a first-round playoff bye. They rallied from a 24-point hole against Houston, avoided top-seeded Baltimore, then overcame an early

10-point deficit to beat Tennessee for the conference championship.

It’s not just the confluence of events that have folks believing in destiny, though.

They point to Reid, one of the best coaches of his era, who finally gets a chance to add a Super Bowl title to his resume. It was 15 years ago that his Eagles lost to the Patriots in the only other trip “Big Red” made to the big stage.

They point to the Hunt family that owns the Chiefs. It was their founder, Lamar, who coined the term “Super Bowl,” and his wife Norma has been to all 54 games played. Their son, chairman Clark Hunt, has been instrumental in league affairs.

They point to the players themselves, most of whom were part of a team that came within an offside penalty of reaching the Super Bowl last season.

Much like the Kansas City Royals came within a whisper of winning the World Series in 2014, only to get the job done the following year, folks back in the snowy Midwest have a feeling that the Chiefs are simply due.

Of course, there are more palpable reasons the Chiefs believe they will triumph Sunday.

While the 49ers have

one of the NFL’s best defenses, they have yet to face an offense with the sheer volume of playmakers that Mahomes has at his disposal. Hill, Kelce and rookie returner Mecole Hardman were all voted to the Pro Bowl, Watkins has been a breakout performer in the postseason and Williams is dangerous in the backfield and out of it.

Take away one. Or two. Or even three. But good luck taking away all of them.

It’s not just the skill positions that give the Chiefs an offensive edge.

Their line, anchored

by All-Pro right tackle Mitchell Schwartz, allowed the third-fewest sacks in the NFL this season and just nine total over their final eight regular-season games.

That means they are well-equipped to deal with the ferocious San Francisco pass rush..

The Chiefs overhauled that side of the ball under coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, and a pass defense that was second-to-last in the NFL last season was the eighth-best this season.

The Chiefs were fifth in the league in interceptions, Clark and Pro Bowl defensive tackle Chris Jones form a formidable pass rush, and Mathieu has proven to be a game-changer at safety.

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Prior to the game, Marmaton Valley head coach Gavin Cole said the team was “looking for progress” and especially to “take care of the ball,” after remaining winless in the season thus far.

However, Cole’s team struggled with turnovers throughout the game, resulting in a 64-8 loss to Yates Center.

That Yates Center’s group is indeed a team, rather than being led by specific standouts, was evident with 10 different players scoring throughout the game.

Excellent outside shooting from Reece Solander gave him 17.

That Yates Center had two different injured players, Tytan Smoot and Taven Smoot, did not seem to negatively affect the team’s overall performance. Yates Center leapt out to an early 10-0 lead and didn’t look back.

Quincy Adams scored 8, Marmaton Valley’s only points, mostly near the middle of the game.

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Late free throws propel Yates Center girls

By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register

MORAN — Clutch free throw shooting from Yates Center’s Morgan Collins down the stretch gave the Wildcats a 36-34 win over Marmaton Valley.

According to Yates Center head coach Abbie Collins, “we played hard in the fourth, though it wasn’t pretty.

But late free throws, yeah, that was the difference.”

Though both teams showed a lot of hustle, significant fouls and turnovers led to a lowscoring first half. Mar-

maton Valley scored 11 points, while Yates Center scored 12.

Low scores were likely also due to both groups playing aggressive man-to-man defense.

Stand-out players for both teams, such as Marmaton Valley’s Bailey Griffin and Yates Center’s Madelynn Collins, were likewise held below their usual averages.

The game’s second half, however, was a different story, with both teams playing much more cleanly.

The score continued to stay close, and both

teams did a much better job protecting the ball and moving their feet on defense.

Marmaton Valley’s Kaylee Becker stepped up big to score 14 points

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Chanute came within five, but Morrison gave the Fillies a 42-35 cushion with a fast-break finish to close the third.

The Blue Comets climbed within one, connecting on two 3-pointers to electrify the gym in hopes of a comeback.

The Fillies, had other plans. The Fillies went punch-for-punch with Chanute, relentlessly not willing to give up its lead.

But nerves ran high after Chanute’s Kori Babcock converted 2 of 2 from the line to bring the Blue Comets within three. She carried the Blue Comets throughout, and finished with 25 points, including six 3-pointers.

Fillies’ hopes ran on pins and needles after Iola turned the ball right back over to Chanute off the inbound pass with less than 20 seconds remaining.

Babcock received a look from deep, but failed to hit, and Iola escaped with the 51-48 upset victory.

“I have always felt like we are this close,” Carlson said. “We just can’t stop playing, and let this be the end of our season. It just can’t be ‘Hey, we beat Chanute,’ because we have the potential.”

18-11 -- 34) (pts): Griffith 13, Mykayla Ard 4, Alyson Ard 1, Becker 16.

Yates Center (12-6-14-6 -- 36) (pts): Morgan Collins 9, Cavender 4, Solander 7, Madelynn Collins 12.

after a slow first half.

Madelynn Collins led Yates Center with 12. Morgan Collins had nine.

HALF-TIME SHOW

BOX SCORE Marmaton Valley: Adams 8.

Yates Center: Reynolds 4, Griffith 12, Solander 17, Graham 8, Rice 2, Sean Hurst 8, Moffet 5, Preston Hurst 4, King 2, Burton 2.

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seconds remaining, Maci Miller earned the rebound off a Blue Comet missed free throw. She pushed the ball up the court to Aysha Houk, who beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer from 30 feet. Houk finished with a team high 13 points, followed by Miller with 6. Also getting on the score sheet was Reece Murry with

4, Jadyn Kaufman pitching in with 2, and Miah Shelby scoring 2.

Iola (12-20-10-9—51) (pts): Gardner 4, Morrison 15, Holloway 7, Kunkler 8, Sprague 13, Richards 4.

Chanute (15-4-16-7— 48) (pts): Lewis 11, Catron 2, Waggoner 3, Babcock 25, Cranor 2, Schoenhofer 5.

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Katie Sowers trailblazer as 1st woman coach at Super Bowl MIAMI (AP) — Katie Sowers answered questions on topics ranging from whether it hurt getting her ears pierced (no) to if she wants to be an NFL head coach one day (yes).

For the full 60 minutes of the San Francisco 49ers’ portion of media night on Monday, Sowers talked with reporters from around the world on making history as the first woman and first openly gay coach to work the Super Bowl.

Being the first woman to coach in the Super Bowl may be surreal.

Sowers makes very clear she hopes she’s blazing a path for many more to follow.

“I feel like a broken record, but what I want to continue to say is that even though I’m the first, the most important thing is I’m not the last and we continue to grow it,” Sowers said.

Simply attending a Super Bowl was Sowers’ dream growing up in Hesston, Kansas, and playing football in the yard with her twin sister, Liz. Sowers played in the Women’s Football Alli-

ance and for USA Football’s national team, including her best game ever where she intercepted five passes at safety against Germany.

Injuries such as a separated shoulder and a torn labrum ended her playing career, leading her to Kansas City, where she earned a master’s degree at Central Missouri.

“I knew that I had a long road ahead of me if I wanted to be an NFL coach because I didn’t have the opportunity to play on a college team,” Sowers said. “I didn’t

have the opportunity to break down film like a lot of these (coaches). ...

I didn’t have the opportunity to network like a lot of people did. But I was up for the challenge, so I bought every book I could and started doing it myself.”

In Kansas City, Sowers also had a part-time job coaching a youth basketball team with thenChiefs general manager Scott Pioli being one of the parents. After being fired by the Chiefs, Pioli was assistant GM in Atlanta when he helped Sowers into the Bill

Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship in 2016 with the Falcons working through the offseason and training camp before spending nine months as a scouting intern.

That same fellowship took her to San Francisco in June 2017, working with wide receivers.

Kyle Shanahan, who had been offensive coordinator in Atlanta, hired Sowers as an offensive assistant in 2018, and she’s gone from breaking down film and working on practice scripts to helping wide receivers

coach Wes Welker and other offensive coaches.

“She’s been tremendous,” 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo said. “Katie was here before I was. What she does with the receivers, all the skill position guys, how she interacts with them, it’s special.

She’s feisty, man. Katie is awesome out there.

She’ll get after the guys.

It’s fun to be around.”

Wide receiver Kendrick Bourne says Sowers draws up more than she talks on the field and does more behind the scenes.

NASCAR THIS WEEK

Timing and scoring Keselowski aces fatherhood, but wants a Daytona 500

By Godwin Kelly godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

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rad Keselowski has impeccable timing. Just consider the birth of his second child.

NASCAR Cup Series drivers are constantly on the move during the 38-week season, which begins this year with the Feb. 16 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

Just two weeks after the end of the 2019 NASCAR season, Keselowski’s wife, Paige, gave birth to Autumn, now little sister to 4-year-old Scarlett. The season ended on Nov. 17.

The baby was born on Dec. 2, which gave Keselowski the rare opportunity to spend time bonding with the new addition to the family.

“It’s been interesting for sure,” he said in a recent interview. “Have a baby and be in the middle of the offseason and get to go through Christmas stuff and the holidays, it sure made life a little easier.”

There is only one fact Keselowski would not share. How many diapers has he changed during the offseason?

“A man never tells,” he said with a laugh.

Quiet family time will soon end.

NASCAR teams will report to Daytona on Feb. 7. Keselowski will be back behind the wheel on Feb. 8 for the first practice of Speedweeks.

The next day, Cup Series teams qualify for the Daytona 500 front row, and about half of them, including Keselowski’s No. 2 Ford, will compete in the Busch Clash. There’s no transition.

“You put your game face on,” Keselowski said. “You don’t get a choice.

Brad Keselowski, driving the No. 2 Ford, leads the 2018 Daytona 500 field over the 2.5-mile tri-oval. [NEWS-JOURNAL/STEVEN NOTARAS]

They start the season whether you’re ready or not.”

Keselowski will arrive at Daytona working with a new crew chief. For reasons not fully explained, team owner Roger Penske decided to do a crew chief swap between his three Cup teams.

After years of working with Paul Wolfe, Keselowski was paired with Jeremy Bullins. Wolfe will be working with Joey Logano while Todd Gordon, who was Logano’s crew chief, will be calling the shots for Ryan Blaney.

“As we do after the completion of each season, we evaluated what we can do to better achieve our goals and we felt it was time to make these changes to better position us to reach our potential,” Penske said.

“Pairing each of these winning teams with different drivers and cars should provide new energy and a fresh approach for the 2020 season.”

When Keselowski was asked about the realignment, he tiptoed into the

answer like entering a nursery occupied with a sleeping baby.

“The expectation is we go out and win races and contend for a championship and hopefully win it,” Keselowski said of the shake-up. “I can’t share any more on that subject. But I think it’s healthy. You have to set the bar high.

“As far as the change and rationale behind it, Roger Penske felt it was the right move and I support him and his decision. He’s a very successful man and he’s a pretty hard guy to argue against.”

Maybe it will change Keselowski’s Daytona 500 luck. He’s been crashed out in the “Big One” several times in recent years.

“The only thing you can do is run the race,” he said. “I haven’t been able to do that. Shoot, last year I got caught in three separate wrecks.

What can do you do about that?

“I didn’t cause a single one of them. You try to be honest with yourself and control the things you

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can control, but a lot of things are out of your control.”

NASCAR’s races at Daytona and Talladega Superspeedway are far different from any other track on the Cup Series schedule. The cars have reduced power, and with the steep banking, drivers don’t let off the gas.

The cars run in huge packs and use tricks, such as side drafting, to make passes. Since they run so close together for long periods of time, multicar wrecks are the norm.

Still, Keselowski says he needs to win a Daytona 500 to round out his racing legacy.

“I need to get that Daytona major,” he said. “I’ve been so close but different things have taken it out of our reach. It’s hard to quantify how bad we want it. How do you explain that?

“It’s important for me (to win) and for others. It hasn’t come together yet. I wish I could tell you why. If I knew why, I’d fix it. We’ll have a good shot to win it this year. You got to survive all those wrecks.”

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