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By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

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Army Sgt. Dave Sterling was serving in the Sunni Triangle in Iraq in 2003 the day Saddam Hussein was captured by American forces.

Some Iraqis were dancing in the streets, celebrating the impending demise of a dictator. Supporters of Hussein, however, threw razor blades at the soldiers.

Now, 17 years later, Sterling reads and watches news reports of what appears to be an escalating conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Much of it is taking place in Iraq.

After an Iranian-led attack at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, President Donald Trump ordered a targeted missile strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian commander, as well as six others, including an Iraqi deputy commander. In response, the Iraqi parliament voted to expel U.S. military troops, although it’s not clear if that will happen.

Dave Sterling Trump vowed to hit Iraq with sanctions if troops are asked to leave. More than 3,000 additional troops were deployed to the Middle East over the weekend.

Sterling said he believes the U.S. was justified in the attack, but he won’t speculate about

Chase Martin what might happen next.

“If we leave, there will be consequences. If we stay, there will be consequences,” he said.

And just as he saw the different factions in Iraq react in different ways to Hussein’s capture, he sees a variety of

reactions to the current situation. Across the U.S. and even the world, opinions vary as to what steps to take.

“It’s just like with us. There are people on both sides,” Sterling said. “I can see both See VETERANS | Page A3

Cleanup on track at fertilizer site; costs minimal to affected cities

By ERIC SPRUILL The Iola Register

Cleanup continues at Mid-West Fertilizer in Iola, which was ravaged by a New Year’s Day fire. REGISTER/ERIC SPRUILL

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Pompeo decides against Senate bid, sources say

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO The Associated Press

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

MORAN — The Moran City Council kicked off 2020 by taking care of a loose end of the city’s 2019 budget.

Council members approved a $6,198.34 transfer from its fire mutual aid budget to a fire equipment replacement fund.

The transfer is necessary because the mutual aid budget must be at zero at the end of the year.

Former Mayor Phillip Merkel, who stepped down midway through the meeting when new Council member Jim Mueller was seated, noted the city has looked into whether the funds can be transferred automatically at year’s end. “Probably not,” Merkel said in response to

Crews have been hard at work cleaning the area of contaminants resulting from a New Year’s Day fire at MidWest Fertilizer.

Chemical run-off from the fire-fighting efforts into the nearby Neosho River forced Humboldt and Chanute to temporarily close their water plants.

Doug King, environmental health and safety director at Mid-West Fertilizer, is in charge of the cleanup effort.

King said remedial efforts are beginning to wind down and he expects the site to be finished in the next couple of

days.

“We got a good report from KDHE (Kansas Department of Health and Environment) yesterday on both the ground and the soil, and we have another round of tests we are going to do today,” King said this morning.

King said they were fortunate no precipitation has occurred in the past week to add to the runoff.

Humboldt City Administrator Cole Herder said the remediation costs “are very minimal when compared to what Mid-West Fertilizer lost in the fire. We may have paid a little more than normal to

Jim Mueller, who was sworn into office earlier at Monday’s Moran City Council meeting, speaks to his fellow Council members. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN his own proposition.

With the transfer approved, and books closed, the budget will now be reviewed by auditors.

One face was absent from Monday’s meeting.

Jerry Wallis, elected via See MORAN | Page A4

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he won’t run for an open Senate seat from Kansas this fall, two people close to McConnell said. Pompeo’s decision complicates Republicans’ chances of holding what should be a guaranteed seat in the deep red state as they battle to retain their slim Senate majority in November’s elections.

The news, disclosed on Monday, came days after the U.S. used an airstrike authorized by President Donald Trump to kill Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful general and leader of that country’s elite Quds Force.

Iran has vowed revenge on

Mike Pompeo the U.S., spurring an international crisis that makes this an awkward time for Pompeo to leave his post and seek elective office.

Pompeo indicated he will not run in a conversation with McConnell on Monday afternoon, the two people See POMPEO | Page A4

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Obituary Jesse Elrod Jr. Jesse Lee Elrod, Jr. was born May 18, 1936, in Marfa, Texas, to Jess Elrod, Sr. and LaVon (McClimans) Elrod. He entered Heaven’s gates on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, at 83 years, 7 months and 29 days.

Jess and family moved to Bronson when his father served in the United States Army. He attended and graduated from Moran High School in Moran.

After serving the U.S. Army, Jess returned home to attend Iola Junior College. He completed his bachelor of science degree in business at Emporia State University, Emporia, in 1960.

He and his college sweetheart, Wilma Irene Bedenbender, were married May 29, 1960, and started their home in Olathe. Jesse had several great careers: Pharmaceutical sales, lumber brokerage and finally owning his own door and window company.

Jesse’s hobbies included fishing and boating, especially on Table Rock Lake and Grand Lake. He enjoyed vegetable gardening, building and household projects. His joy was playing with his granddaughters and attending their activities. He was a member of Anthem Church (formerly Liberty Baptist).

Jesse is survived by his wife, Wilma; son, Jesse (Jay) Elrod III and wife, Shauna, Glenpool, Okla.; granddaughters, Abigail and Lily Elrod, Glenpool, Okla., and Miranda Elrod, Norman, Okla., greatgranddaughter, Emery Miller, Norman, Okla.; niece, Jeanne Stover, Broken Arrow, Okla.; sister, Sharon Jackson and husband, Bruce, Chanute; their children; sister-in-law, Marilyn Elrod, Littleton, Colo., and their children.

Graveside services will be at 1:30 pm Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott.

Memorials in Jesse’s name may be made to Meals On Wheels or your favorite charity.

Governor looks at pensions for budget breathing room TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly proposed Monday that Kansas give itself more breathing room in its budget by slashing annual payments to its pension system for teachers and government workers, offering a new version of a plan that the Republican-controlled Legislature spiked last year.

Kelly’s proposal would give the state an extra 10 years to close a long-term gap in funding for the state pension system. The move would free up tens of millions of dollars each year for more than a decade, money that could be used for schools and social services.

But it’s not clear if her new plan will fare any better than last year’s proposal — which was dead from almost the moment she presented it to lawmakers. The Kansas Public

Employee Retirement System projects Kelly’s proposal would increase the cost of closing the gap by a total of $4.4 billion — comparing it to extending the length of a home mortgage. “It is kind of like refinancing the mortgage on your house — you know, lower payments, but you’ve got to pay them longer,� said Alan Conroy, the pension system’s executive director.

Kelly contends giving the state more time to close the funding gap stabilizes the pension system by making the state’s annual payments more affordable. The state skipped payments when it faced budget shortfalls in recent years and still is trying to make up $268 million in missed payments, plus interest.

The governor’s office provided few details in announcing her proposal.

Iolans can assist residents in need each time they pay their utility bills by rounding up for CURB. Through the program, customers are allowed the option of rounding up their bills to the nearest dollar, and donate the rounded-up amount to the Community Utility Relief Board.

For example, a cus-

Carols class time Cofachique Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution members Karen Gilpin, Marcia Longberg, Nelda Cuppy and Judy Arbeiter pose at the Humboldt Public Library Dec. 21, where Arbeiter gave the program on the origins and meanings of Christmas carols. Not pictured is Cynthia Geisler.

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tomer whose bill is $69.21 would pay an extra 79 cents to make it $70 even.

The Round-Up proceeds are then handed over the Iola Area Ministerial Association to determine which residents are most in need.

Sign-up can be done at the Iola Utility Office, 2 W. Jackson Ave. For more information, call 365-4910.

Food to be distributed Food commodities will be available from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday at Wesley United Methodist Church, 301 E. Madison Ave., to

qualifying recipients.

Participants are asked to enter the east door.

First-time recipients must bring proof of income.

Report: Millennials have worse health than Generation X

By MAX FILBY between 1965 and 1980.

The Columbus Dispatch If the trend continues,

Millennials are on track to be in poorer health than the previous generation, and Ohio medical experts warn that the trend could translate into higher health care costs and shorter lives.

Millennials’ worse health is largely a result of an increase in behavioral issues such as depression and addiction, but also of hypertension and high cholesterol, among other factors, according to a report released by insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield.

The opioid epidemic also might be a factor, according to the November report.

The report raises a big red flag because “typically speaking, it’s the young people you expect to be healthier,� said Dr. Randell Wexler, a family medicine physician at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center. “It’s a big deal physically, financially and emotionally and a strain to a system that’s not ready to handle that many people at such a young age,� Wexler said.

Millennials are people who were born between 1981 and 1996, and Generation Xers were born

Wallace University in the Cleveland suburb the millennial mortal- of Berea. A depressed ity rate could increase person is not only more by more than 40% com- likely to suffer from subpared with that of Gen- stance abuse but also eration X at the same less likely to exercise, he age, according to the said. study.

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Campanella said. “But “Exercise is the most if you’re glued to the important thing,� he cellphone, the social mesaid. “It’s the one thing dia or the video game, they can do that cuts you’re not out there doacross everything, and ing sports or exercispeople need to know that ing.� even walking (more) The Blue Cross Blue counts.�

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they get sick, both Wexler and Campanella said.

The survey also says that almost one-third of millennials do not have a primary care physician, which probably keeps many from getting preventive care.

If millennials’ health doesn’t improve, it could have serious economic implications, the study suggests. If they are home sick more often or unable to hold a job because they’re ill, they will contribute less to the economy and bring home less pay.

Millennials could see their income decline by $4,500 per year compared with Generation X at the same age because of health problems, according to the report.

Millennials also could end up paying 33% more to cover the cost of their health issues if trends continue, according to the study.

Those numbers alone should spur people to be more proactive on health care, Campanella said, “It’s a message to society that we need to be directing resources to initiatives that are focused on keeping people healthy,� he said. “It’s going to be a foregone conclusion if we just sit back and watch.�

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sides of the coin. It just depends which side you want to face up.”

STERLING is one of four Iola veterans who served with military forces in Iraq and shared their thoughts on the latest developments in the Middle East.

They don’t all agree about the extent of U.S. involvement in the region, but they know firsthand how the Middle East presents complex challenges unfamiliar to most Americans.

Watching the conflict unfold brought unsettling feelings for Cpl. Chase Martin. He served in Iraq in 2006 as part of a K-9 unit to hunt explosive devices with the Marine Corps.

“This happened really fast. Not much time was wasted,” he said.

“Do a little research on the Iranian general who was killed. He was a bad guy, a terrorist in a military uniform. He was plotting to kill Americans.”

“I think most people in the military are going to think it was the right move, but as I get older I realize there are ramifications,” he said.

The world is a different place than it was at the start of Operation Desert Storm in 2003.

The U.S. dove into Iraq on a wave of post-9/11 optimism. The march to Baghdad was swift, but troops soon found themselves fighting a sort of guerilla-style warfare against insurgents from neighboring countries and terrorist cells. The Middle East has struggled with con-

Mourners carry a picture of the slain Iranian General Qasem Soleimani during his funeral procession in the Tehran. ABACAPRESS.COM/SALAMPIX/TNS flict caused by religious extremism for hundreds of years.

“We went in and really turned things around,” Martin said.

“But this is the Middle East.”

Today’s youngest military recruits had not been born on 9/11.

They’ve grown up in a digital and divisive world. Information and images, good and bad, true or false, can spread like wildfire online.

Martin worries the next generation is not prepared for the sacrifices required of war.

“If something does happen, I don’t think you’ll see the same level of patriotism you saw in 2001, especially with how polarized society is today.”

Sterling said: “Everyone is so divided to the point people don’t trust each other enough to even have a conversation. People don’t stop on the highway to help each other out or even

I think most people in the military are going to think it was the right move, but as I get older I realize there are ramifications. ... If something does happen, I don’t think you’ll see the same level of patriotism you saw in 2001, especially with how polarized society is today.

— Chase Martin, Iraq war veteran

John Sheehan, left, and Brian Stewart hold open a door anymore. The same thing goes for politics and war. You can’t rely on the same old methods to work.”

Sterling, who lost an arm after he was shot by a rocket-propelled grenade, watches the conflict as both a veteran and a parent. His stepson is training to be a Marine.

“It’s very different.

There’s a level of anxiety that comes with the possibility of seeing your child go to war. I know what they’d be going into. Do I want that for my kid?” Sterling asked.

“I want him to be able to make that decision for himself. Our way of life is worth protecting.”

THOSE who served in Iraq developed a better understanding of the cultural differences.

During his time in Iraq, Sterling watched a convoy of vehicles pass by, with men sitting on top and shooting AK-47s into the air. Though troops were on high alert, he learned that was simply a tradition as part of a wedding ceremony.

“Trying to learn their culture was just as important as gathering intelligence,” Sterling said.

The veterans said they learned to view the war from the Iraqi perspective. No one wants war, they said. No one wants to see their country invaded.

“It would be like a country coming over here and trying to impose their beliefs on us.

We would do whatever we could to protect ourselves,” Martin said.

“They’re doing what they think is right. It took me a long time to come to terms with that.”

“That part of the world doesn’t function like the Western Hemisphere. Their view of the world and of life is based on religion,” Sterling said. “Something I heard once from a Vietnam veteran: You can fight an idea, but you can’t fight a belief.’”

VETERAN John Sheehan served in Iraq in 2005 as an assistant battalion chaplain with the Army National Guard’s 891st Combat Engineers.

He previously served four tours in Vietnam as an infantryman in the Army.

He sees parallels between the conflict in Vietnam and the current situation in the Middle East. The U.S. fought a losing battle in Vietnam and was forced to abandon the region.

He thinks the same should happen with the U.S. presence in the Middle East.

“End it. Bring everybody home,” he said.

“These problems have been going on there since before Christ.

There’s nothing we can do there that we haven’t already done.”

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technology like wind and solar energy, and look for other countries in places like South America as new sources of oil, Sheehan said.

“If you have something somebody wants, you’re going to be really friendly with them.

You’re going to pay for it one way or another,” Sheehan said. “I don’t see how Iran or Iraq have anything we need.

There’s nothing for us in the Middle East.”

THE VETERANS said they were proud of the work they accomplished during their service in Iraq, but the toll has been great.

“There has been a heavy price for both sides,” Sterling said. “I’d like to think changes we made will endure and we made a different to the Iraq people and allowed them to be in charge of their own country. If they choose to go back to someone like Saddam or worse that’s their choice,” Sterling said.

Sgt. Brian Stewart, who served in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 as an equipment operator, truck driver and construction engineer with the 891st, agreed.

“We helped them set up a government so they can decide what they want or not,” Stewart said. “There will always be fighting there, whether we’re there or not.

“There are going to be radical groups everywhere in the world. We can’t be the world’s police.”

Martin agreed, but only to a point. Countries like Great Britain and France have suffered terrorist attacks and contributed military resources to the fight against terror. Other countries need to step up and help more, he said.

The U.S. can’t just abandon the Middle East, he said.

“Since the 1990s, whether we like it or not, we’ve had a footprint in Iraq. The responsibility lies on our shoulders to some degree. There’s no way to ignore it and say we can’t police the world,” Martin said.

“It’d be great if we could sit in our little bubble and be completely safe, but unfortunately that’s not how the world works.

And that’s exactly what they want, windows where they can bomb an embassy or perform a terrorist attack.

“I’m not saying we should go full bore just yet, but for us to completely wash our hands of it would be disastrous.”

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treat the water but nothing major,” Herder said.

Herder said they were led to believe they would need to release 450,000 gallons of water they had stored on Saturday, but it was a misunderstanding.

Tests showed elevated levels of chemicals compared to their past tests, but they were still well below state and federal standards.

Chanute City Manager Jeff Cantrell said though costs were incurred, they were not out of the ordinary.

“We are going to have to pay some overtime, and we did purchase about $3,000 to $4,000 of bottled water for the community,” Cantrell said.

“However, we usually store water for events like this, so I guess you could say we were just replenishing our stock.”

Cantrell said Thursday’s 3-hour shutdown wasn’t a big deal, but Saturday was rough.

“Our supply was very low on Saturday, because we had not got it recharged yet. We were down for roughly 30 hours before we were able to begin treating water again,” he said.

“Fortunately for us, it happened when it wasn’t at the peak of demand. It was a weekend and most of the industrial plants that would be running full force during the week, were mostly closed.”

Cantrell said at first he couldn’t imagine how water could make it to the Neosho River from the store in Iola. On Monday, however, a trip to Iola proved how close the fertilizer plant is to the river.

Allen County Emergency Management also incurred some overtime with the event as they tried to provide resources such as water and support to the cities.

Angela Murphy, 911 services director, and Jason Trego, EMS director, said they stayed in contact with city officials and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment over the weekend.

Murphy said the level of contaminants fluctuated over several days.

“It was so back and forth.”

Murphy said the communications department assisted by issuing code red alerts to residents that lived in rural areas.

A press release Monday from KDHE said the water for Humboldt and Chanute is safe to drink.

As a precaution, KDHE will continue to sample the water in the Neosho River, particularly downstream from Chanute.

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There’s no place like (a safe) home Hearing the words “There’s no place like home,” takes a lot of us back to the movie “The Wizard of Oz” with Dorothy tapping her bright red heels together.

As we age, most prefer to “age in place” — referring to living at home.

Our homes are our safe havens as well as place that provide freedom, memories, and often financial advantages if the home is owned.

However, some features that once were easily navigated as part of everyday life — stairs, bathtubs and kitchens — can become a hazard.

I’m reminded of a family member who returned home from a hospital stay. Due to weakness, a walker was required for a short while. All of a sudden walking paths needed reworked, either by rearranging furniture or removing clutter. It wasn’t a concept that any of us had thought much about before his return home.

Changes in abilities, regardless of how they occur, do not need to prevent people from living life to its fullest potential. Most aspects of the home can be altered to make them safer and easier to use while maintaining independence.

Some modifications can be minimal in cost.

Adding a well-placed grab bar or removing a few throw rugs can de-

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crease the chances of a person falling. Placing a chair at the end of a hallway is simple and inexpensive. Putting a handrail along the length of a hallway is a simple modification. Don’t forget to consider upgrading lighting in the dimmer areas, especially around spaces where steps are involved.

Costly modifications can include a bathroom remodel or constructing a ramp entrance to the home. Major renovations are often dismissed as an option, due to their cost. However, when compared with the cost of care services, the dollars spent on the home become easier to accept.

For instance, the cost for assisted living care services averages $3,950 per month in our more rural areas of Kansas.

Nursing home care services for a semi-private room are in the $5,400 per month range. Also, assisted living accommodations are not always available in our rural Kansas communities.

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of a home is an easy first step. Going through the house room by room can keep the process from being too overwhelming.

Ask yourself, “What adjustments can be made to make that space safer and more accessible.”

To jump start the assessment process, contact your Southwind District Extension Office or go to www.bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu and look for “Simple Home Modifications for Aging in Place” MF 3058. A simple assessment form is included with a fact sheet.

Prairie Dell 4-H talks bylaws “Gone with the Wind,” “Toy Story” and “White Christmas” were listed as some of the favorite movies of Prairie Dell 4-H club members at their Monday meeting.

Annika Hobbs talked about the importance of having bylaws and a constitution for her parliamentary procedure.

Club members discussed plans for 4-H Day on Feb. 1.

Luke Wicoff reported that he rang the bell for the Salvation Army on Dec. 7.

During new business, club members voted to accept the new club constitution and bylaws. All members were asked to bring ideas for the club’s educational tour to the February meeting.

The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Riverside Park Community Building.

Prior to the meeting Prairie Dell members will meet at Heartland Meadows to hand out Valentines.

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write-in vote as Moran’s next mayor, was not in attendance because of illness.

In his stead, Councilman Bill Bigelow administered the rest of the meeting.

Because of Wallis’s ascension to mayor, his old Council seat is now vacant.

The mayor will appoint a new member, subject to confirmation by the other Council members.

OTHER TOPICS of discussion: — Council members agreed to host a dog tag clinic in March for dog owners to renew their licenses and vaccinations. The date will be announced later.

— Approved a resolution maintaining the city’s support of the

Moran PRIDE-Thrive organization. The resolution aids PRIDEThrive in various grant applications, City Clerk Lori Evans noted.

— Approved a request from Police Chief Shane Smith to attend a training conference hosted by the Lyon County Sheriff ’s Department. Cost is $60, and goes toward Smith’s continuing education as part of his law enforcement certification.

— Heard a plea from Smith for either discarded carpet remnants, mud flaps or similar materials to be used for the city’s dog pound. The materials are ideal for protecting the kennels from exterior elements, Smith explained.

— Discussed briefly with Assistant City

Superintendent Craig Miller the condition of city streets along blocks subject to a higher-than-normal amount of heavy truck traffic.

While some over-theroad drivers park their trucks near the city’s old grain elevators, Moran has no designated parking area for trucks, Mueller noted. Miller said he would continue to monitor the condition of the streets.

— Heard a suggestion from Mueller that Moran periodically send a representative to County Commission meetings on Tuesday mornings to keep open better lines of dialogue between the city and county. With three retirees in elective office, Mueller suggested they rotate visits to Iola during the Tuesday morning county meetings.

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said.

The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private talk. Others familiar with the matter said Pompeo met with McConnell, R-Ky., on Capitol Hill.

A former congressman from Kansas, Pompeo has traveled repeatedly to the state in recent months, and many Washington Republicans had expressed a belief that he would be a candidate.

If he ran, he was considered all but certain to prevail in the Aug. 4 GOP primary and the November general election. Can-

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didates have until June 1 to file for the Kansas Senate race, leaving a theoretical door open for Pompeo to reconsider.

Republicans worry that without him, former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a polarizing conservative with hard-right immigration views, could win the GOP nomination. GOP officials say that if Kobach is the party’s choice he would alienate moderate voters and lose the general election, repeating the defeat he suffered in 2018, when he was the Republican candidate for governor. Trump carried the state by nearly 21 percentage points in 2016.

Republicans consider retaining the Kansas seat crucial in this fall’s voting, when they will defend their 53-47 Senate majority. GOP senators in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and North Carolina face potentially tight reelection contests, while Doug Jones of Alabama is the Democrat in greatest danger of defeat.

The Kansas seat is being vacated by GOP Sen. Pat Roberts, 83, who’s served in the Senate since 1997 and, before that, in the House since 1981.

Pompeo, 56, finished first in his class at West Point, served in the Army and earned a law degree from Harvard.

He was in his fourth House term when he resigned in 2017 to become Trump’s first CIA director. In 2018, he replaced

the fired Rex Tillerson atop the State Department. He has evolved into one of Trump’s most trusted advisers.

McConnell and other top Republicans have been eager for Pompeo to run for the Senate. Just last month, Trump called Pompeo “a tremendous guy doing a tremendous job” and said if he thought the Kansas seat were in peril for Republicans, “I would sit down and talk to Mike.”

To many, that suggested Trump had given Pompeo a green light to run. Feeding the buzz, Pompeo kept his old House campaign committee alive, and it had nearly $1 million at the end of June that could be used for a Senate race. That’s a significant amount to start with in an inexpensivemedia state like Kansas.

But one person said Pompeo had never signaled to his State Department colleagues that he wanted to run and told several that he didn’t want to.

Kobach’s opponents in the GOP primary include Rep. Roger Marshall, state Senate President Susan Wagle and Dave Lindstrom, a businessman and former Kansas City Chiefs football player. The leading Democratic candidate is state Sen. Barbara Bollier, a retired Kansas Cityarea anesthesiologist who switched from the GOP at the end of 2018.

Pompeo’s conversation with McConnell was first reported by The New York Times.

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Society owes a debt of gratitude to foster parents For all of the recent reporting about challenges in the Kansas foster care system — and make no mistake, there are gigantic ones — we should take a moment as this year begins to acknowledge those who step up to be foster parents.

So many children in the system come from difficult and trying circumstances. Their stories vary, but can include physical and sexual abuse, neglect or other unspeakable harms. What they need most is a caring, stable, loving environment. And those who open their doors to these kids are doing a wonderful thing.

Foster care isn’t meant to be — nor should it be in the vast majority of cases — a permanent solution. Families can be strengthened and reunited.

Especially in cases where simple poverty is at the base of the problem, the state should step in with needed resources.

But as these solutions are being implemented, as environments are being made safe and welcoming, children need a place to flourish.

But we shouldn’t just praise foster parents for stepping up.

We also want to recognize all of those who mentor for a variety of support and mentoring programs, such as Foster Grandparents and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Their contributions may only amount to a few hours a week. But for those in the programs who need a helping hand or a friendly ear, those

hours can make a lifelong difference. The relationships built can last a lifetime.

Caring for other people can be difficult. We are so wrapped up in our own families, lives and careers. We sometimes look at those apart from us — those in need — as unwelcome reminders of the unfairness of life, of the inequities of our system. Sometimes we blame them for the problems they face, rather than empathizing with them.

WE SHOULD ALL take a step back, withhold judgment, and put ourselves in others’ shoes. Does that mean we truly understand what it’s like to be them? Of course not. But it allows us to begin a journey that’s focused on others, not ourselves.

In other words, we start by empathizing. Then some of us move to engagement. Fully confronting the challenges faced by those in the child welfare system by becoming a foster parent? That’s a noble act.

The system needs fixing, there’s no question about that. And not everyone who becomes a foster parent is necessarily admirable. But the system exists. The need exists. Children are being separated from their families and need loving homes now. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but right now.

For those who answer the call, thank you.

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Dennis Guenther, an IHS junior, took first place in the national Junior Olympics annual track meet for the 100-yard dash. In June of last year the Olympic state tournament was held at Kansas University. Guenther took first there with a time of 10.2 seconds. No other Iolan, and few from Kansas, have ever achieved national honors in this meet.

***** Ernie Fults, owner of City Taxi Service, has his new ambulance on display at his office, 124 E. Jackson. The vehicle is fully equipped and ready for duty. Since the Mercy Ambulance closed Aug. 1, Iola has had no local service and has depended on firms in Moran, Humboldt or Colony for the transportation of the ill or injured. Fults will operate his ambulance in connection with his taxi business.

Legislative session promises to get ‘sticky’ The second Monday in January. That’s the day Kansas legislators officially get to work, although a lot of preparations and behind-thescenes lobbying take place before then.

As our state senators and representatives head to Topeka, Kansans should consider whether their elected officials are serving the interests of constituents or following partisan leaders to further their own political ambitions.

It’s through that lens that voters should judge how well legislators address some of the tougher issues facing the state.

The thing about government is that there’s never a shortage of problems — prisons, education funding, foster care, Medicaid expansion, rural communities, tax policies and so on.

To hear special interests and some politicians, you might think that just one bill or new law or funding decision can make a problem disappear. For example, advocates of Medicaid expansion imply expansion will save troubled hospitals and make health care affordable for everyone.

It won’t.

Health care is a huge issue for Kansans, and especially rural Kansans. Medicaid expansion would provide additional resources for low income families and financially troubled hospitals. But it will treat only some of the symptoms; it’s not a cure.

Of more concern is the

3 easy ways to preserve your serenity

By ERIC ZORN The Chicago Tribune

Over the years, I’ve changed a number of minds arguing politics with readers over email.

That number is zero.

Not that I’m a lousy debater or am usually wrong — far from it! But that, in my experience, no one ever admits defeat at the conclusion of email squabbles.

Cultural psychologists could tell us why it’s so rare for anyone to back down and confess ideological error. Altering your views can look and even feel like weakness.

The wrong sorts of people take advantage of it.

But that’s beside the point today.

The point today is that it’s worse than a waste of time to argue with aggressive, angry people online. Not only does it get you nowhere, but it also risks throwing more kerosene on the raging partisan fires certain to burn hotter than ever in 2020. It can make you part of the problem.

Presidential election years understandably bring out the worst in us. As the stakes increase, so does the vehemence of our rhetoric. In the last few cycles, social media and email have made our ex-

changes louder, more rapid and more toxic.

So here’s my three-word prescription, adapted from my own New Year’s resolution to reduce the number of hours I spend on fruitless online wrangles to zero, the same number as above: — Ignore. The rhetorical bomb throwers with their pejoratives and profanities crave attention more than anything else. Your response _ reasonable or rash, it doesn’t matter _ validates them. Deny them that and ruin their day.

— Delete. It’s not strictly necessary to consign unpleasant messages to the trash folder — archiving them serves the same practical purpose — but quick deletion is a cleansing ritual, a symbolic spitting out of the poison that makes it difficult for you to give in to the undeniable temptation to counterpunch.

When attacks appear in your social media feeds, delete them from the thread and then ...

— Block. Build that wall.

Unfriend, mute or otherwise erect an electronic barrier against snide provocateurs who are trying to yank your chain. Autodirect all further correspondence from them

to your spam folder. Use the “mute” feature on Twitter if you’d like the additional satisfaction of imagining them continuing to holler at you into a void. One strike and they’re out.

Ignore. Delete. Block.

Make these your watchwords of the year ahead.

But at the same time, don’t stop listening. Don’t mistake all expressions of disagreement with trollery and retreat into a comforting silo where only like-minded people cluster in orgies of selfcongratulation.

When those with other views offer reasonable disagreements, engage them on the field of ideas. It’s a long shot, but maybe you’re not absolutely right about absolutely everything. Maybe there are arguments you haven’t fully considered, data you haven’t seen, lessons from history that somehow eluded you.

For your own sanity if nothing else, think discussion, not debate in the months ahead.

Hope to understand, not to persuade.

Listen more and react less.

And when worse comes to worst, as you know it will, ignore, delete and block.

Repeat as necessary.

Julie Doll A Kansas contributor very structure of the health care system, especially in rural areas. Affordability, a shortage of providers, and access to specialized care all loom large in communities outside major urban-suburban areas.

If the state’s rural communities are to remain viable, Kansas will need to be resourceful and innovative. It will need to take some risks.

That applies not only to health care, but other facets of rural life.

Those trying to re-create populations and institutions — churches, schools, etc. — that existed 100 years ago have it all wrong. The way things used to be is no more a factor in rural survival than hog oilers and threshing machines.

High-speed internet; accessible transportation options, affordable and decent housing, clean water sources, agriculture-based, value-added manufacturing — those are the kinds of assets that will attract people and resources to rural Kansas.

LEGISLATORS will need to think big. But it’s more likely that they will muck around in the usual sticky issues.

Abortion rights, for ex-

ample. Republicans could tie support for any form of Medicaid expansion to a complete ban on abortions. Anti-abortion groups and legislators already have signaled that they want the state’s constitution amended to outlaw all abortions.

That likely means a stalemate on abortion and Medicaid expansion.

Tax reforms and tax relief also will be sticky, as Republicans and Democrats argue about whether the state can afford to reduce tax revenue, and who should benefit from reforms.

As we have seen on the state and federal levels, Republicans have abandoned all restraint on debts and deficits. And Democrats’ sense of fiscal responsibility is iffy.

So it will be interesting to see how tax issues play out in Topeka.

Less pressing this session — but always a major issue — is funding for education, including universities.

About half of the state’s budget goes to support education for Kansas students.

Some of the state’s richest special interests think that’s too much. Education, however, is the best investment Kansas can make in its people and itself.

But more isn’t always better. In education and elsewhere, smart investments require that Kansas ensures that taxpayers’ funds are used effectively to improve public programs and services across the state.

Letter to the editor Dear editor,

I hope you are all aware the Allen Community College men’s basketball team is undefeated in their conference games. They have a 10game winning streak. Malik Hardmon, who was the Register’s November Athlete of the Month, had a career high game Saturday night with 39 points. However, the most outstanding accomplishment Saturday night was when they defeated the Hutchinson Blue Dragons who are ranked No. 5 in the nation.

Thanks to modern technology, I was able to watch the women’s and men’s basketball games at Hutchinson on my computer and listen to the sports commentators on my phone. I was very impressed with what they had to say about Allen Community College! They spoke very highly of ACC’s head coaches Rachel Janzen and Andy Shaw.

They remarked how last year when the ACC women played Hutchinson only five women suited up and played all 40 minutes. This year, Coach Janzen has a deep bench of good players.

As for Coach Shaw, they recounted his days of playing basketball at OSU to current times. They wondered if his team would keep their winning streak going. They found

out before the night was over what Coach Shaw has put together for his team at Allen.

We as citizens of Iola, Allen County, Kansas, owe Coach Rachel Janzen, Coach Andy Shaw and the team players of the Allen Community College men and women’s basketball teams our highest respect!

We should be proud of the contribution Coach Janzen and Coach Shaw are making to our community. We need to show them and their athletes our pride for what they have developed this year.

You ask how can I support them and show our pride in their contributions to our community? The answer is by attending their games at Allen! You can start by attending their home games next Saturday, Jan. 11 at 2 and 4 p.m. The basketball gym stands should be filled with us there supporting these athletes.

In my opinion these two teams are the best I have seen at Allen in a while. I hope you will join me in supporting the Allen athletes by attending their home games and making them feel our appreciation for choosing Allen Community College, Iola, Allen County, Kansas to further their education!

You will be glad you did!

Marsha M. Burris, Iola, Kan.

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Despite plea, congressman still in line for pension More misery; quake hits Puerto Rico

By CHARLES CLARK and MORGAN COOK S.D. Union-Tribune

SAN DIEGO — Last month Rep. Duncan D. Hunter pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy for converting campaign funds to personal use, but that doesn’t mean taxpayers will be off the hook for supporting the congressman after he retires.

Hunter, an Alpine, Calif., Republican who was sworn into office on Jan. 3, 2009, has garnered at least 11 years of service that counts toward the congressional portion of his pension, meaning he’ll still likely receive thousands of dollars in retirement benefits related to that service in addition to benefits from prior military service.

The amount of money in Hunter’s congressional pension is not publicly known, and the Congressional Research Service and the Office of Personnel Management both declined to provide The San Diego UnionTribune with information regarding the congressman’s benefits.

Hunter remains in Congress, although he said he would step down “shortly after the holidays.” He is to be sentenced March 17.

Based on formulas outlined in a paper released by the research service earlier this

year, it is estimated that Hunter, 43, would receive an annual payment of at least $32,538 due to his congressional pension, which he can begin accessing when he turns 62.

“I do not have any information to provide regarding Congressman Hunter’s personal finances, including the status of his retirement or pension,” said Michael Harrison, a spokesman for Hunter.

Legal and policy experts interviewed by the Union-Tribune said Hunter will most likely keep his taxpayer funded pension even though he violated the public’s trust.

“Corrupt members of Congress deserve time in prison not taxpayer-funded federal pensions,” said Adam Andrzejewski, CEO of OpenT heBooks.com, a project of the open government group American Transparency. “However, the rules are so lax, no member has ever been stripped of their congressional pension.”

Andrzejewski provided the Union-Tribune with an Oct. 9, 2019, email in which an official with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management stated that no members of Congress have been stripped of their retirement benefits due to a conviction.

For example, former Rep. Corrine Brown, a Florida Democrat

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convicted on 18 of 22 corruption charges including mail fraud and filing a false federal tax return in 2017, is collecting pension benefits from prison, as is former Pennsylvania Rep. Chaka Fattah, who was convicted on 23 counts of racketeering, fraud, and other corruption charges in 2016.

Former San Diego Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, a 78-yearold Republican who was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud in 2005, is also reportedly still eligible or currently receiving his congressional pension.

Legal and policy experts said Hunter is unlikely to be the first member of Congress to have his congressional retirement benefits stripped away because, while conspiracy is among the crimes that can cause lawmakers to lose their pension, the law only covers conspiracy to commit 29 specific types of acts — and all of them relate to conduct as an officeholder or involving the federal government, federal employees or public property.

Hunter’s conspiracy crime was related to campaign finance activity that is not among the specified types of acts.

“He pleaded to a single felony but not one that is specifically included in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act,” said Beth A. Rotman, an at-

torney who is the money in politics and ethics program director for the good government group Common Cause.

That 2007 law, which was sponsored by former Democratic Nevada Sen. Harry Reid in the Senate and by former Democratic Michigan Rep. John Conyers in the House, amended parts of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 in an attempt to reduce how frequently lawmakers and staff shuffled between federal jobs and the private sector. Hunter’s father, former Rep. Duncan L. Hunter, voted in favor of the law prior to retiring from Congress the following year.

Rotman noted that while the law includes many more crimes than it did 20 years ago, “It’s not everything. In cases like this, the desire to keep the pension could be one of the reasons someone accepts a plea that is only a portion of the charges.”

Of the 59 counts prosecutors dropped as part of Duncan and Margaret Hunter’s respective plea deals, dozens of counts are for felony wire fraud, allegedly committed after the federal law governing stripping of pensions was updated in 2012 with passage of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. Felony wire fraud is among the specific crimes listed in the law as offenses for which a conviction would cost members of Congress their pension.

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PONCE, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn today, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings.

The quake was followed by a series of strong aftershocks, part of a 10-day series of temblors spawned by the grinding of tectonic plates along three faults beneath southern Puerto Rico. Seismologists say it’s impossible to predict when the quakes will stop or whether they will get stronger.

The 6.4-magnitude quake cut power to the island as power plants shut down to protect themselves. Authorities said two plants suffered light damage and they expected power to be restored later today. Puerto Rico’s main airport was operating normally, using generator power.

“I’ve never been so scared in my life,” said Nelson Rivera, a 70-year-old resident who fled his home in the city of Ponce, near the epicenter of the quake. “ I didn’t think we would get out. I said: ‘We’ll be buried here.’”

Teacher Rey González told The Associated Press that his uncle was killed when a wall collapsed on him at the home they shared in Ponce. He said 73-yearold Nelson Martínez was disabled and that he and his father cared for him.

Eight people were injured in Ponce, Mayor Mayita Meléndez told WAPA television. Hundreds of people sat in the streets of the city, some cooking food on barbeque grills, afraid to return home for fear of structural damage and aftershocks.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 4:24 a.m. just south of the island at a shallow depth of six miles (10 kilometers).

It initially gave the magnitude as 6.6 but later adjusted it. At 7:18 a.m., a magnitude-6.0 aftershock hit the same area. People reported strong shaking and staff at a local radio station said live on air that they were leaving their building A tsunami alert was issued for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after the initial quake, but was later canceled.

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In the historic district of Ponce, authorities evacuated more than 150 people from two buildings they said are in danger of collapsing. Among them were more than two dozen elderly patients from a nursing home who sat in their wheelchairs in silence as the earth continued to tremble.

Amir Señeriz leaned against the cracked wall of his Freemason Lodge in Ponce and wailed.

The roof of the 1915 building was partially collapsed and dust and debris lay around him.

Outside, he had already carefully placed 10 large historic paintings. The earth continued trembling as he went back into the building to recover more artifacts.

Helping him was artist Nelson Figueroa, 44, who said he slept in his street clothes.

“It was chaos,” he said, adding that there was a traffic jam in his coastal neighborhood as terrified people fled.

Albert Rodríguez, who is from the southwest town of Guánica, said the tsunami sirens went off before officials canceled the alert. He said there is widespread damage in his neighborhood.

“The road is cracked in the middle and it lifted up,” he said.

The mayor in the southwest town of Guayanilla, Nelson Torres, told NotiUno radio station that the church in the public plaza of his town collapsed.

Puerto Rico’s governor, Wanda Vasquez, ordered government offices closed for the day and urged citizens to remain calm and not check damage to their homes until daylight.

A 5.8-magnitude quake that struck early Monday morning collapsed five homes in Guánica and heavily damaged dozens of others. It also caused small landslides and power outages. The quake was followed by a string of smaller temblors.

The shake collapsed a coastal rock formation that had formed a sort of rounded window, Punta Ventana, that was a popular tourist draw in Guayanilla.

Residents in the south of the island have been terrified to go into their homes for fear that another quake will bring buildings down.

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Osaka shines in Brisbane BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Naomi Osaka got an extended workout in her opening match at the Brisbane International, just two weeks away from the defense of her Australia Open title.

Osaka defeated Greece’s Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 today to set up a secondround match with American Sofia Kenin.

The two-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1 took more than two hours and had 16 aces to beat Sakkari.

In other matches today, eighth-seeded Madison Keys beat Czech qualifier Maria Bouzkova 6-2, 6-3. Keys will now face local favorite Samantha Stosur in the second round.

“Sam’s always tough,” Keys said. “I think she’s beaten me every time we have played. It’s also hard to play someone who is going to be playing at home and have the crowd and all that.”

Russian qualifier Liudmila Samsonova had the upset of the tournament so far by defeating American Sloane Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

In later matches, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 and American qualifier Jennifer Brady beat wild-card entry Maria Sharapova 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4).

WTA tennis player Naomi Osaka of Japan talks with the media at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 7.

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Head coach Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 talk during a timeout in the second quarter of the game against the Chicago Bears on Dec. 22. STEVE REVERE/GETTY IMAGES/TNS

Working on the same page KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A mind-meld between Chiefs coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes was engaged from their first meeting, before the NFL draft in 2017. And what the offensive mastermind and his revolutionary disciple have conjured together since could leave you wondering where one imagination ends and the other begins.

Or even if they’re now, say,

completing each other’s sentences.

“It’s funny you say that,” Reid said with a chuckle Monday in a conversation with The Star. “He knows me better; I know him better. He can about call the play before I call it.”

More specifically, as they emerged from a quarterback meeting the previous Friday, Reid began to say something to Mahomes that he recalled

wasn’t even related to football.

Just then, Mahomes uttered the very words for which Reid was reaching.

“Exactly the same,” said Reid, re-enacting the moment with a playful recoil and turn of the head. “I go, ‘Wait a minute.’ “ Which happens to be the right term to provide anyone shallow enough to think the reduction in Mahomes’ sta-

tistical output this season is an indication of some sort of regression.

Wait a minute: Mahomes is a better quarterback in virtually every way, and no one understands the substance and nuances and alignment of that better than Reid.

Yes, he went from throwing for 5,097 yards and 50 touchdowns in 2018 to throwing for See CHIEFS | Page B3

NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder

Westbrook set for OKC return

By BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press

Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook (0) passes the ball against the defense of Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic (7) and James Johnson (16) on Nov. 3. DAVID SANTIAGO/MIAMI HERALD/TNS

Once Russell Westbrook headed to Houston, the Oklahoma City Thunder were supposed to be headed toward a rebuild.

The team Westbrook returns to face this week doesn’t look like a team headed for the lottery. It’s playing like one Westbrook might see again in the postseason.

The Thunder welcome back their former point guard Thursday, with both doing just fine since going their separate ways last summer.

That’s not a surprise for Westbrook, given that he was sent to join former MVP —

and one-time Oklahoma City teammate — James Harden on a high-scoring contender. He has scored 20 or more points in 12 straight games, with three straight of at least 30 late last month, and averaged 27.8 in that span to raise his average to 24.1.

He said his return would be emotional because of how much Oklahoma City and the organization meant to him, but he didn’t want to detail much leading into it.

“I don’t want to get that much into before the game and on and on, but after the game we can discuss whatever you like,” he said Monday at practice.

With Harden seemingly running away toward another

league scoring title, the Rockets went into the first full week of 2020 tied for second place in the Western Conference.

Down in seventh place were the Thunder, who had won five in a row before losing 120-113 in Philadelphia on Monday.

Before that, they were on a 14-4 surge after a 6-11 start. Billy Donovan was Western Conference coach of the month in December after the Thunder went 11-4, and nearly saw his team rally for another win Monday.

“We dug ourselves a little bit of a hole, and we’ve had that happen before where we’ve gotten down, but these guys always fight back,” Donovan See WESTBROOK | Page B3

NASCAR: Penske Racing

Team will shuffle crew chiefs for all three of its Cup Series teams MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Team Penske has overhauled the crew chief assignments for all three of its Cup Series teams.

Joey Logano, the 2018 NASCAR champion, will now be paired with Paul Wolfe; 2012 champ Brad Keselowski has Jeremy Bul-

lins; and Ryan Blaney was assigned Todd Gordon.

Keselowski and Wolfe had been paired together since the 2010 Xfinity season.

They were paired together in Cup in 2011 have won 21 races since then. Their split leaves 2014 champion Kevin Harvick and Rodney

Childers as the longest active paired driver/crew chief combo (since 2014) in the Cup Series.

Logano and Gordon had worked together since 2013, winning 21 races and the Cup title. Blaney had Bullins as his crew chief for all 162 career Cup starts and

three wins since 2014.

“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,” team owner Roger Penske said. “We are fortu-

nate that we have three very strong leaders in Paul, Todd and Jeremy, who work with experienced and talented crews. Pairing each of these winning teams with different drivers and cars should provide new energy and a fresh approach for the 2020 season.”

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Stampede kills 40 at funeral for slain Iranian general TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A stampede broke out today at a funeral for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 40 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as thousands thronged the procession, two Iranian news agencies reported.

The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as the procession began.

There was no information as to what had set off the stampede.

News agencies gave the death toll of 40, with 213 injured.

Soleimani’s burial was later delayed, with no new time given. Authorities cited concerns about the massive crowd that had gathered as a reason for the delay, the semi-official ISNA news agency said.

A procession in Tehran on Monday drew over 1 million people in the Iranian capital, crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets in Tehran.

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Iranian mourners carry the coffin of General Qasem Soleimani during the funeral procession in the capital. (Mohammed Sawaf/AFP via Getty Images/TNS) ter President Donald Trump threatened to hit 52 sites in Iran.

Earlier in the day, Hossein Salami, the new leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, vowed to avenge Soleimani’s death.

“We tell our enemies that we will retaliate but if they take another action we will set ablaze the places that they like and are passionate about,” Salami said.

Salami was referencing President Trump’s claim on Sunday that the U.S. would target Iranian historical and cultural sites such as ancient tombs, mosques and temples that are thousands of years old.

Such destruction is considered a war crime according to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

The funeral processions in major cities over three days have been an unprecedented honor for Soleimani, viewed

by Iranians as a national hero for his work leading the Guard’s expeditionary Quds Force.

Soleimani’s slaying already has pushed Tehran to abandon the remaining limits of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers as his successor and others vow to take revenge. In Baghdad, the parliament has called for the expulsion of all American troops

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In his eulogy to the crowd, Salami said Soleimani’s martydom represents an even greater threat to Iran’s enemies.

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The report quoted Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, as saying that even the weakest among them would be a “historic nightmare” for the U.S. He declined to elaborate, “If the U.S. troops do not leave our region voluntarily and upright, we will do something to carry their bodies horizontally out,” Shamkhani said.

The U.S. Maritime Administration warned ships across the Mideast, citing the rising threats. “The Iranian response to this action, if any, is unknown, but there remains the possibility of Iranian action against U.S. maritime interests in the region,”

it said.

Oil tankers were targeted in mine attacks last year that the U.S. blamed on Iran. Tehran denied responsibility, although it did seize oil tankers around the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world’s crude oil travels.

The U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said it would work with shippers in the region to minimize any possible threat.

Meanwhile, Iranian Gen. Alireza Tabgsiri, the chief of the Guard’s navy, issued his own warning.

“Our message to the enemies is to leave the region,” Tabgsiri said.

Iran’s parliament, meanwhile, has passed an urgent bill declaring the U.S. military’s command at the Pentagon and those acting on its behalf in Soleimani’s killing as “terrorists,” subject to Iranian sanctions. The measure appears to be an attempt to mirror a decision by Trump in April to declare the Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist organization.”

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Westbrook: Set for OKC return this Thursday on primetime Continued from B1

said.

The Thunder had already sent Paul George to the Los Angeles Clippers when they dealt Westbrook to the Rockets for Chris Paul and four firstround picks. Paul has been combining with super sub Dennis Schröder and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, acquired along with Danilo Gallinari from the Clippers, for nearly 60 points per game during the 18-game stretch.

Westbrook fell one as-

sist shy of a triple-double in October in his first meeting against Oklahoma City.

OTHER GAMES TO WATCH THIS WEEK

Denver at Dallas, Wednesday. Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic might both throw a couple incredible passes en route to triple-doubles.

Houston at Atlanta, Wednesday. With James Harden and Trae Young, the game features two of the NBA’s top four scorers and a chance to turn into

a shootout.

The struggling 76ers could use a good win, and on national TV against one of their biggest rivals would be a good place to get it.

Cleveland at Detroit, Thursday. The teams aren’t any good, but with Kevin Love and Andre Drummond in the trade rumor mill, at least there’s something to talk about.

San Antonio at Toronto, Sunday. DeMar DeRozan returns again to his old home, where an NBA

championship now hangs.

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TOUGH TRAIL FOR BLAZERS

The Trail Blazers spent New Year’s Eve in New York, though they certainly weren’t in a celebratory mood.

Portland is a frustrated team, one that thought it left its troubles behind last month, only to see them get worse to start 2020.

The Trail Blazers lost to the Knicks in the opener of a long trip, giv-

ing them a five-game skid immediately after they’d won four in a row and appeared headed in the right direction.

“You start slow, you’re like, ‘All right, it’s just the beginning, it’s going to take some time,’” point guard Damian Lillard said, “and then you play better, it don’t work out and then you have another rough stretch.

“So that part is the most frustrating. But I think we’ve got to be prepared for even if it’s this way, up and down the

whole season, we’ve got to make sure that we’re in it to continue to fight. Just because, even though it’s like this, we’re in a playoff race. So that’s a reason for us to keep fighting.”

The Blazers reached the Western Conference finals last season but are just 15-22 heading another tough game on their trip Tuesday at Toronto.

They are lucky the bottom of the West has so many struggling teams, or they might have fallen way back in their quest for a playoff spot.

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4,031 and 26 in 2019.

But let’s step back and put that in context, starting with the text Reid sent Mahomes after the Chiefs beat the Chargers, 31-21, in the regular-season finale last Sunday.

“I just go, ‘For you to be able to have back-toback seasons like you have, I mean, that’s a sign of being a tremendous football player,’” Reid remembered writing to Mahomes. “‘Because these great defensive minds have had a whole offseason to study you. “‘It’s one thing when you’re fast onto the picture, and guys are scrambling to put a game-plan together. (But) this is now. You’ve been tested here with time and effort by these great minds (trying) to stop you. And

you’ve answered that, right?’”

In fact, there are ample other answers to any questions the diminished numbers and even stylistic tweaks might evoke.

First, the statistical baseline was fundamentally altered when Mahomes missed two and a half games with a mangled knee (OK, “dislocated kneecap”) that could have had season-ending implications. He also was impaired much of the first half of the season with ankle issues, at times affecting the range and scope of plays Reid called.

Beyond that, his injury-riddled offensive line was in flux much of the season. And the broader capacity of the offense at times was hampered by injuries to star receiver Tyreek Hill (out

four games) and starting running back Damien Williams (five games), among others.

Plenty more goes into this blender, of course, including the notion of playing complementary football given the vast improvement of a defense that has given up a total of 69 points in the Chiefs’ current six-game winning streak.

As the team has gone from allowing 26.3 points a game last season (24th in the NFL) to 19.3 this season (seventh), the scoring has gone from an NFL-best 35.3 to 28.2 (fifth).

At least in a certain sense, that’s by design.

“Absolutely,” Reid said. “As we’ve gone on, that’s taken place.”

A more complete team makes for a better team, of course, but perhaps isn’t as conducive to the

NFL: Brady, Brees make quick exit Continued from B1

three-year run to the Super Bowl end — along with their eight consecutive appearances in the conference championship — and the Saints lost on the final play for the third consecutive year.

Two years ago, it was on the Minneapolis Miracle and last year it was in overtime to the Rams after the infamous noncall on a blatant pass interference, which led to a rules change in 2019.

This time, it was on a tight end Kyle Rudolph’s touchdown grab in overtime that gave Minnesota a 26-20 win moments after Cousins hit Adam Thielen for 43 yards to the Saints 2-yard line.

Saints fans argued that Rudolph pushed off defensive back P.J. Williams on the gamewinning catch.

Many TV commentators and NFL rules ana-

lysts said offensive pass interference should have been called on the field or by the league office in New York. But officiating chief Al Riveron said that while there was contact by both players, “none of that contact rises to the level of a foul.”

ESPN rules analyst John Parry disagreed.

“Nineteen years in this league, I’ve got it as OPI,” Parry said. “I mean, I have a right arm that’s extended. There’s clear separation. And at the end there is a push, which creates the advantage based on the defender’s body going back into the field of play. So, the receiver can take advantage and get up and get the football. I have it as offensive pass interference.”

Wil Lutz kicked a 49-yarder at the end of regulation to tie it at 20, but the Saints blew a

chance to take another shot or two at the end zone and avoid overtime altogether.

Brees lamented a false start penalty that triggered a 10-second runoff shortly before Lutz’s game-tying kick.

If not for the penalty, the Saints would have had a second-and-10 from the Minnesota 26 with 21 seconds left. Instead, the ball went back 5 yards and there were 11 seconds remaining.

Brees threw an incompletion and Lutz trotted out for the field goal.

“That was costly,” Brees said, noting that without the penalty, the Saints might have taken a couple of more shots at the end zone.

The Saints also could have avoided the 10-second runoff by calling their last timeout, which they ended up not using.

gaudy stats Mahomes amassed in his first full season as a starter. In three of the last five games, for instance, the Chiefs basically were just draining clock in the second half.

Not surprisingly, Reid and Mahomes seem in sync on that.

“I realized this year that it’s just better to try to find ways to win than putting up all these numbers and (trying to) win that way,” Mahomes said Sunday before being asked to elaborate Monday. “I think it’s just a different variety of ways of winning is the biggest thing this year.

We’ve won games obviously putting up points and doing those different things this year. But we’ve also won games when the defense has stepped up and controlled the games for us.

“For us, it’s about when you get to the playoffs not every game is the same.

And we’ve found ways to win in different ways.”

But most distinctly, in all the ways that matter most to Reid, Mahomes has done nothing but grow.

“Well, he is better,” the ever-understated Reid said, smiling.

Here’s how: “His decisionmaking is a lot better,” said Reid, who

credited Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka with helping Mahomes.

“Knowing the offense, getting in and out of the huddle, there’s no delays.

There’s nothing. I mean, he just gets up and goes.

Complete control of it.

“Understands the (pass) protections 100 times better and knows how to move in the pocket better. You see him stepping up now and doing all that. That’s full trust in knowing what your guys are doing up front.

“His arm’s the same, but teams are playing us different. They’re playing us to (defend) the shot plays.”

With that, Mahomes’ inherently uncanny ability to “know where everybody is” and keep everybody involved in the game has been sharpened all the more, Reid said.

“And you’re still looking at a guy who doesn’t turn the ball over; that’s not his deal,” said Reid, whose protege threw five interceptions (in 484 attempts) this season after throwing 12 (in 580 attempts) a year ago. “He’s utilizing his checkdowns better.”

Accordingly, Mahomes has become more patient and less inclined to force plays even while retaining his dynamism and on scan to pounce.

Case in point: To offset

the deep threat of Hill, the Chargers last week aligned almost every play with a single safety in the middle, Reid said, “and playing so deep.”

With one exception, Reid said, that resulted in a 47-yard pass to Hill that set up the gameclinching touchdown.

“If you look at that, they tried one snap of Cover 2,” Reid said, smiling. “And (Mahomes) destroyed it.”

The play, incidentally, was one Mahomes had been nagging him to run: “I probably should have (gone) to that sooner,” Reid said after the game. “He was feeling that one.”

All of which helps explain why Reid feels the same way about Mahomes as he did from the start. Only more so from seeing what he imagined turn into a reality, from their relationship to Mahomes’ general grasp to the sort of leadership that affects everyone around.

“He came in as a great leader, right from the getgo, but that’s time-tested, too,” said Reid, noting Mahomes had been unchanged by earning NFL MVP honors in 2018. “So it’s now a show. This is what he is and who he is.”

And an affirmation of who they are together — completing each other, in some ways.

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By ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press

Suddenly, the old guard looks rather old.

Tom Brady, who wants to keep playing next season at age 43, was overshadowed on wild-card weekend by a QB who threw for just 72 yards.

Drew Brees, who turns 41 this month, followed up what might have been his best season ever with a dud that featured his first multiple-turnover game of the season on a day he wasn’t even the best QB on his own team.

Now, Brady and Brees join fellow graybeards Eli Manning, Phillip Rivers and Ben Roethlisberger as spectators to these playoffs, which feature the likes of greenhorns Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Deshaun Watson and Jimmy Garoppolo.

The Patriots’ 20-13 loss to the Tennessee Titans at Gillette Stadium marked New England’s earliest exit from the playoffs in a decade.

Only twice in Brady’s two decades in New England has his season ended earlier. In 2002, he missed the playoffs at 9-7 and in 2008 he blew out a knee in the opener and watched the Patriots miss out again despite going 11-5.

Without his usual weaponry on offense, Brady faded down the stretch. The defending Super Bowl champs looked unbeatable over the season’s first half, dominating opponents whom they outscored 250-61 through eight games.

That all changed beginning with a 37-20 loss to Jackson and the Ravens on Oct. 27 in Baltimore. From that point on, the Patriots won just four of nine games and were outscored 184-183.

It was during one of those early-season blowouts that Patriots coach Bill Belichick exploited another loophole in the NFL rule book that came back to haunt him in the playoffs.

Belichick realized he could just eat up game clock with a series of delay-of-game or falsestart penalties prior to a punt and oddly he exposed this loophole late in a 33-0 blowout of the Jets on Oct. 21.

“It was just the way the rules are set up,” Belichick said after that game. “We were able to run quite a bit of time off the clock without really having to do anything. It’s a loop-

hole that’ll be closed and probably should be closed. But right now, it’s open.”

While Belichick was smirking on the sideline when he was the one doing it to the Jets, he was furious Saturday night and yelled at the officials when Titans coach Mike Vrabel employed that same strategy -and at a much more opportune time.

Tennessee was ahead 14-13 when Vrabel had the Titans run nearly two minutes off the clock before punting the ball to New England with four minutes left.

The Patriots went threeand-out and didn’t get the ball back until 15 seconds remained, still down by one.

Brady forced a pass that was intercepted and returned for a touchdown, sealing the loss in what could be Brady’s final game for New England if he decides to play elsewhere in 2020.

“We’ve talked about this,” Belichick said afterward. “It’s the same thing we’ve talked about before. It’s the same.

Nothing’s changed.”

Except that he was the one who paid the price.

Brady finished with a 59.1 passer rating, throwing for 209 yards with no touchdowns and an interception.

His counterpart, Ryan Tannehill, only completed 8 of 15 passes for 72 yards but one of those was for a touchdown and another was a 22-yarder to Derrick Henry, who also rushed for 182 yards.

In New Orleans on Sunday, Brees completed 26 of 33 passes for 208 yards but he threw a costly interception that led to a Vikings touchdown and committed his first fumble of the season on one of his three sacks. The Saints had set an NFL mark with just eight turnovers in the regular season.

Brees was outplayed not only by Minnesota’s Kirk Cousins but also by his own teammate, do-everything backup Taysom Hill, who became the first player in the playoffs with 25 or more yards rushing, receiving and passing.

Hill’s 50 yards rushing on four carries led the Saints, who got just 21 yards rushing from Alvin Kamara. Hill also threw a 50-yard pass and had two receptions for 25 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown.

(Wondering if Jerry Jones asked Mike McCarthy about the Packers cutting Hill in 2017 after the former Brigham Young star first flashed his skills in Green Bay that summer).

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Husband needs time to accept fatherhood Hi, Carolyn: A few weeks ago, we found out I was pregnant. I was thrilled. My husband had come to the conclusion — after several years of trying — that we were better off without a child. He’s genuinely doing his best to adjust to this new reality, be supportive and be excited about the process. How can I best help him in adjusting to what will (hopefully) be a very different future than what he imagined?

— Expecting Expecting: The best I can suggest is to give

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax

him room to still feel he doesn’t want to be a father. He is a father now, so that’s really hard, but when a thought or feeling becomes unspeakable, it can get so heavy. Listen, listen, listen, and let him know you won’t shout him down or shame him for expressing tough thoughts as he

processes all this.

Acknowledge, if you haven’t already, that it’s hard to do an emotional 180 and that you do understand. Maybe just once, clearly, then move on.

It took him years to embrace the old reality, so his needing to embrace this one in under nine months is actually a quick turnaround. Especially given that even people who want kids fully can have moments of “What the what have I gotten myself into?”

I also would caution against coaching or cheerleading, in case

you’re tempted. Just say plainly how you feel — “I am so excited about X” — instead of, “Isn’t X exciting?” Express your own doubts and fears, too, when you have them; you don’t have to be the PR rep for child rearing.

Once you’ve said the bit about understanding and giving him room, really give him room. Let him come to where you are on his own. His being a good sport takes away a lot of the worry you might otherwise have had about doing that.

Public notices (First published in The Iola Register Jan. 7, 2020) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, for the CIM Trust 2016-2, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-2 Plaintiff, vs.

Amanda M Hall, et al.

Defendants, Case No.19CV39 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the South Door

entrance of the Allen County, Courthouse, Kansas, on January 29, 2020 at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOT FORTY-FIVE (45), COUNTRY ESTATES ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NE1/4 NE1/4 OF SECTION TWENTYTWO (22), TOWNSHIP TWENTY-FOUR (24) SOUTH, RANGE EIGHTEEN (18) EAST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN ALLEX [ALLEN] COUNTY, KANSAS. SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS RESTRICTIONS AND RESERVATIONS WHICH MAY BE OF RECORD. [THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN BRACKETS HAS BEEN ADDED TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.], Parcel ID No. 001-07522-0-10-01-024.00-0. Commonly known as 2821 Dodge Drive, Iola, KS 66749 (“the Property”) MS199505 to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption

period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.

Allen County Sheriff MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com Jason A. Orr, #22222 jorr@msfirm.com 8900 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 180 Overland Park, KS 66210 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR THE CIM TRUST 2016-2, MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2016-2 IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

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Doncic’s big night leads Mavs; Spurs top league-best Bucks SAN ANTONIO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan had 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs hit a season-high 19 3-pointers to beat Milwaukee 126-104 on Monday night, snapping the Bucks’ fivegame winning streak.

Patty Mills added 21 points, shooting 6 of 10 on 3-pointers, for San Antonio (15-20). LaMarcus Aldridge and Rudy Gay added 18 points each.

The Spurs finished 19 for 35 on 3s and shot 51% overall.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 24 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for Milwaukee.

Donte DiVincenzo added 16 points.

The Bucks, whose previous loss was on Christmas at Philadelphia, maintain the NBA’s best record at 32-6.

Milwaukee defeated San Antonio 127-118 on Saturday at home but could not maintain its early momentum in a rare home-and-home set of back-to-back games.

76ERS 120, THUNDER 113

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid scored 18 points while playing with a dislocated left ring finger, Ben Simmons had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and Philadelphia ended a fourgame losing streak by beating Oklahoma City.

The 76ers lost all four games on a trip that knocked them down the Eastern Conference standings and raised questions about how far this team can go in the playoffs.

They usually last in the postseason as long as a healthy Embiid can take them. The All-Star center dislocated his left ring finger in the first quarter, an injury so gnarly that the bent finger stretched across his pinkie and the sight did a number on gag reflexes for those watching at home. Embiid made a

brief stop in the locker room, got the finger taped and returned to start the second period.

The Thunder, who had won five straight, closed within two with three minutes left before the Sixers scored nine straight points to put the game away.

Steven Adams had 24 points and 15 rebounds for Oklahoma City, and Chris Paul scored 18.

Josh Richardson scored 23 points for the Sixers, and Simmons fell two assists shy of a triple-double.

JAZZ 128, PELICANS 126

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 35 points, Joe Ingles added 22 and Utah extended its winning streak to six games by holding off New Orleans.

Brandon Ingram had 35 points for the Pelicans but could not convert a driving layup attempt at the horn while being defended by Rudy Gobert. The Utah center was chasing Ingram down the right side of the lane and appeared to make body-to-body contact that forced Ingram over the baseline as he attempted to take the final shot.

As the horn sounded, Pelicans players leaped off the bench pleading for a foul call while Utah players celebrated Gobert’s defensive play and quickly disappeared down the tunnel. Officials briefly went to the scorer’s table to check if there should be any time left and then ruled the game over, eliciting a cascade of boos from the crowd.

Gobert had 19 rebounds and Donovan Mitchell capped a 19-point night with a driving floater in the lane that broke a 126all tie with 1:12 left and wound up being the winning basket in a game that had 18 lead changes

Dallas Mavericks forward Luka Doncic (77) is blocked as he goes up for a shot past Chicago Bulls guard Kris Dunn (32) on Monday. RYAN MICHALESKO/THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS/TNS

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MAVERICKS 118, BULLS 110

WASHINGTON (AP) — Missing star guard Kemba Walker, the Boston Celtics became the latest NBA contender to surprisingly come up short against one of the league’s worst teams, losing to the Washington Wizards as Ish Smith scored 27 points to lead a depleted lineup.

Walker sat out his third game in a row with the flu, and while the Celtics won the previous two -- against also-rans Atlanta and Chicago -they couldn’t overcome poor shooting, a slow start and a whole lot of Smith.

One game after pouring in a career-high 32 points as a reserve, Smith again came off the bench to pace the Wizards. The 31-year-old guard even heard “M-VP!” chants in the fourth quarter, when he scored 14 points, including 10 straight for the Wizards during one 5-for-5 shooting stretch.

That allowed Washington to regain an edge after an 11-point halftime lead had dwindled to zero when Jaylen Brown’s 3-pointer made it 80-all with eight minutes left.

Brown scored 23 points but shot 7 for 22.

Marcus Smart was 3 for 14, Jayson Tatum went 8 for 20 and Gordon Hayward was 4 for 11, including an air ball on a wide-open 3 attempt with under 90 seconds

DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 21 of his 38 points in the third quarter and had his NBA-leading 11th tripledouble of the season to lead Dallas past Chicago.

Doncic scored 17 of the Mavericks’ 19 points in the final 5:35 of the third to break open what had been a tie game. His 3-pointer gave Dallas a 72-69 lead it did not relinquish.

The 20-year-old added 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the Mavs, who played without Kristaps Porzingis for the fourth straight game because of right knee soreness.

Dwight Powell added 16 points for Dallas on 6-for-6 shooting from the floor and 4-for-4 from the line.

The Bulls lost forward Wendell Carter Jr. to an apparent right ankle injury with 8:25 left in the third quarter. He was taken off the court in a wheelchair.

Lauri Markkanen led the Bulls with 26 points, starting the game despite spraining his left ankle Saturday night against Boston.

NUGGETS 123, HAWKS 115

ATLANTA (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored a career-high 47 points, Will Barton added a seasonbest 28 and Denver held on to beat Atlanta.

The Nuggets, coming off a surprising loss at Washington two nights

earlier, have won four of six to improve to 25-11, second-best in the Western Conference. Atlanta, worst in the NBA at 8-29, has dropped 11 of 13.

Trae Young finished with 29 points and Kevin Huerter had 22 for the Hawks.

Jokic surpassed his previous career high of 41 points with a putback that gave Denver a 114-109 lead with 3:14 remaining.

MAGIC 101, NETS 89

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Markelle Fultz scored a career-high 25 points, including seven straight during a 15-1 run in the fourth quarter that sent Orlando past slumping Brooklyn.

Nikola Vucevic had 24 rebounds and 11 points for his 300th career double-double, and the Magic pulled away in the final seven minutes after going 9:20 without a field goal.

Joe Harris and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 16 apiece for the Nets, who lost their sixth straight game after charging back from a 16-point deficit to take a lead in the fourth quarter.

Seven players scored in double figures for the Magic. D.J. Augustin came off the bench to contribute 16 points and five assists.

Fultz, the top pick in the 2017 NBA draft, shot 11 for 20 with four assists and two steals.

PACERS 115, HORNETS 104

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(AP) — T.J. Warren scored 30 of his seasonhigh 36 points in the second half and Indiana topped Charlotte to halt a two-game skid.

Domantas Sabonis added 18 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and Miles Turner had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Pacers, who had lost four of five.

The Pacers, who are 15-4 at home, improved to 8-10 on the road.

Indiana outscored Charlotte 37-21 in the third quarter behind 13 points from Warren to open a 14-point lead.

Warren finished 15 of 24 from the field.

Terry Rozier had 28 points for the Hornets, whose two-game win streak ended. Devonte Graham added 22 points and six assists.

KINGS 111, WARRIORS 98

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(AP) — De’Aaron Fox had 21 points and seven assists, Buddy Hield also scored 21 and Sacramento thumped Golden State.

Trevor Ariza added a season-high 18 points for the Kings, and Harrison Barnes scored 18 as well. Sacramento led by 31 on the way to winning for only the second time in 11 games, allowing coach Luke Walton to rest most of his starters in the fourth quarter.

It was the Kings’ second lopsided win over the Warriors this season, having beaten Golden State 100-79 on the road Dec. 15.

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