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Trail volunteers irked by logging project The 2020 Biblesta celebration has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. REGISTER FILE PHOTO

Biblesta a no-go

HUMBOLDT — The coronavirus pandemic has claimed yet another cherished fall festival in Allen County.

Biblesta, Humboldt’s one-of-a-kind celebration of the Bible, announced via Facebook Thursday this year’s parade has been canceled.

The announcement came “with a heavy heart,” organizers posted.

Founded in 1958, the parade consists of floats telling the story of the Bible in chronological order, from Genesis to Revelation, and includes one of the region’s most iconic floats, “Jonah and the Whale.”

Biblesta typically is held the first Saturday in October.

The cancellation is one of several in the region to be called off due to COVID-19. Others include town festivals in Moran, Elsmore and Kincaid and the annual Cornstock celebration in Garnett.

Iola’s Farm-City Days celebration remains a go.

Organizers are seeking ways for festival-goers to enjoy a celebration while maintaining social distancing.

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

The recent removal of 13 large walnut trees along Elm Creek has caught the attention of users of the Lehigh Portland Trails — as well as the designers and volunteers who helped create the hiking and biking venue.

The trees were removed with the cooperation of Iola Industries, which owns the land containing the trail complex.

Getting to the individual trees required bulldozing a pathway into the landscape, roughly parallel to the trail’s eastern backbone — prompting some to wonder if a new feature was being added to the trail system.

“We really didn’t think it was going to be that big of a deal,” John McRae, Iola Industries president, said.

Problem was, nobody involved with the trail’s upkeep knew about the project until after the cutting started.

“I was completely blindsided by this,” Randy Rasa, one of the primary trail stewards, told the Register in an email. He described himself as “heartbroken” after seeing the landscape in the aftermath of the project “For a modest short-term monetary gain, Iola Industries has inflicted long-term damage on an important community asset,” Rasa wrote.

“This operation has potentially crippled a portion of our economic development potential.”

Iola Industries is a local group of investors that promotes economic development in and around Iola, including the amenities of the trails. executive group’s The board agreed to harvest the

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Several walnut trees were removed this week at the site of the Lehigh Portland Trails that left a path of destruction in its wake. Below are some of the harvested trees. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN trees as a moneymaker, splitting profits with a local logging company. The group has done so twice before, McRae noted, albeit before the trail system was started in 2014.

McRae apologized for the lack of communication.

“We definitely should have let Thrive know,” he said. “I took responsibility to notify them and I didn’t do it.”

Thrive, in this case, is Thrive Allen County, which along with Iola Industries and a team of hundreds of volunteers, has been key in building and maintaining the trail system.

Thrive Chief Executive Officer Lisse Regehr pointed to the cooperation between the three entities in the trail’s development. “We wouldn’t have these trails without any

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The existing one-quarter percent (0.25%) retailers’ sales tax collected would expire.

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Voters across Allen County will decide several contested races in Tuesday’s primary election. Several statewide races also are up for grabs, with candidates vying for seats on the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and Kansas House of Representatives. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY VICKIE MOSS Vol. 122, No. 193 Iola, KS 75 Cents

Rasa is a part of Thrive, but stressed his commentary about the tree removal was as a volunteer.

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of those three,” she said.

“Iola Industries has every right to harvest trees,” Regehr continued. “It’s their land.”

That said, she hoped future projects would include better commuication.

HUMBOLDT — A group calling for the loosening of alcohol laws in Allen County is hedging their bets to get the matter to voters in November.

Representatives of A Bolder Humboldt want to allow entertainment establishments to sell primarily alcohol, to

spur economic development.

Current liquor laws require establishments that sell A Bolder liquor by the Humboldt drink to derive 30% of their profits from food sales. A Bolder Humboldt’s plan would ask voters to elim-

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Trump, GOP soften opposition to jobless benefits extension WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and its GOP allies appear to be retreating from their opposition to a $600 per week supplemental unemployment benefit that has propped up both the economy and family budgets but was set to expire Friday.

President Donald Trump is plainly eager to extend the benefit, undercutting his GOP allies on Capitol Hill who have spent considerable effort on

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devising an alternative to it that could unite Republicans.

The unemployment insurance is a principle element as talks continue on a COVID-19 relief bill, which is expected to grow considerably from a $1 trillion-plus GOP draft released this week. The negotiations are continuing Friday after late-night talks at the Capitol failed to produce a See BENEFITS | Page A8

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Bernita Dawson Bernita Dawson, age 87, died Thursday, July 30, 2020 in Yates Center.

She was born June 19, 1933 to Kenneth and Mildred (Nutter) Stine in Uniontown.

She married Jack Dawson in 1967.

She was preceded in death by a son, Douglas Thompson.

Survivors include husband, Jack Dawson; and daughter, Sharon Roush.

Family will greet friends from 9 to 10 a.m.

Tuesday in The Chapel at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service. Graveside service and burial will take place at Uniontown Cemetery following visitation.

Nutrition classes coming to LaHarpe Want to get healthy?

Terri Kretzmeier, local nutrition expert, will lead a series of classes on nutrition and exercise over the next four Thursdays.

The classes are geared for adults with children at home and kick off at 7 p.m., Aug. 6 at LaHarpe City Hall, 902 S. Washington. They are free to the public.

Kretzmeier will teach participants how to plan, show and prepare healthy, lowcost meals and snacks

and how to make exercise a routine component of your life.

The classes follow guidelines provided

by K-State Research and Extension and the SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program.

For more information call the local Extension office at 3652242 or email Terri at takretz@ksu.edu.

Participants will be required to wear face masks to guard against the spread of COVID-19.

Kansas allocates $254M for pandemic, economy BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas State Finance Council has allocated more than $254 million of federal coronavirus relief funds mostly toward efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 and boost the state’s economy.

The group’s unanimous approval on Wednesday slated the federal funds for public health, education and economic development proposals as recommended by the executive committee of the Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas task force. The council comprises the governor and eight top legislative leaders, and its approval is needed under Kansas law for the money to be distributed.

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“I want to thank the State Finance Council for approving these funds that will provide aid to Kansans who need it the most, help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and accelerate our economic recovery,” Gov. Laura Kelly said Thursday in a news release. “Both rural and urban areas of our state will benefit from these dollars.”

More than $100.9 million is going toward public health.

Economic development proposals will get $78.6 million, education will receive about $74.9 million and connectivity — ensuring people can connect to the internet, especially as they turn to telecommuting and distance learning — will get $60 million.

This the second major allocation of the more than $1.03 billion Kansas has received.

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ber of confirmed cases has increased by 2,703 in the last week, for a total of 27,812. Deaths from the virus have gone from 326 to 358 in the last week.

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Fauci issues warnings to states with virus increases

By MURI ASSUNCAO New York Daily News

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned the governors of four U.S. states that they need to get new infections under control.

If they don’t, they could experience a situation similar to what has happened to some states in the South that are battling a dramatic new surge in infections.

Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke to “ABC News” during a 35-minute interview streamed live on Instagram Wednesday.

Speaking about an “alarming” increase in COVID-19 cases in states like Florida, Texas, California and Arizona — which came as a result of the reopening of the country’s economy — Fauci said that the nation’s health experts are focusing on “a bunch of

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci participates with President Donald Trump in a roundtable on donating plasma at the American Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS) other states” that have started to show a “very subtle increase in percent positives,” or the percentage of total tests that turned out with positive results.

Specifically, the nation’s top infectious disease expert said that Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana are some of the states that need to get the virus under control.

The increase in percent positives is “a surefire hint that you may be getting into the same sort of trouble with those states that the southern states got into trouble with.”

Fauci said that he and Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coordinator on the coronavirus task force, warned those states’ governors during a private call on Tuesday.

He said that they “made the point” in telling the governors that there are a few things they “need to do to prevent that.”

That includes encouraging people to wear face masks; avoid large crowds; practice social distancing; avoid going to bars and wash their hands frequently.

“If we do that, hopefully we’ll prevent multiple other states from becoming just like the southern states,” he said.

Fauci’s warning came just a day before the another grim milestone for the country.

On Wednesday the coronavirus death toll passed the 150,000 mark in the U.S., according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

As of Thursday afternoon, that number has increased to 151,650 deaths, among more than 7.4 million cases of COVID-19.

Bahamas, Florida brace as Hurricane Isaias bears down SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters declared a hurricane watch for parts of the Florida coastline on Friday as Hurricane Isaias drenched the Bahamas on a track for the U.S.

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Officials in Florida said they were closing beaches, marinas and parks in Miami-Dade County beginning Friday night. Mayor Carlos Giménez said the county

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“We still don’t think there is a need to open shelters for this storm, but they are ready,” he said.

But authorities in North Carolina ordered the evacuation of Oracoke Island, which was slammed by last year’s Hurricane Dorian, starting Saturday evening.

Isaias had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph Friday afternoon and was expected to re-

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Portland protests relatively calm after US drawdown

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and ANDREW SELSKY The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Leaders in Portland, Oregon, caught their breath and moved forward with cautious optimism Friday after the first nightly protest in weeks ended without any major confrontations, violence or arrests.

The dramatic change in tone outside a federal courthouse that’s become ground zero in clashes between demonstrators and federal agents came after the U.S. government began drawing down its forces under a deal between Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and the Trump administration.

As agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement pulled back, troopers with the Oregon State Police were supposed to take over.

There were no signs of any law enforcement presence outside the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, however, where a protest lasted into early Friday. “Last night, the world was watching Portland.

Here’s what they saw: Federal troops left down-

town. Local officials protected free speech. And Oregonians spoke out for Black Lives Matter, racial justice, and police accountability through peaceful, non-violent protest,� Brown said in a tweet Friday.

Mayor Ted Wheeler also struck an optimistic tone but cautioned that there was much work to be done after more than 60 days of protests — and not just in cleaning up downtown Portland.

Local and state leaders are taking action on calls for racial justice reform, he said. Brown and regional and local leaders are pushing for a raft of measures that would address systemic racism in everything from policing to housing. Those proposals could be fast-tracked for consideration in a special legislative session later this summer.

Portland’s City Council also voted this week to refer a ballot measure to voters in November that would create a police review board independent from any elected official or city department. “We need the time to heal. We need the time to allow people to come back downtown and experience the great downtown that people remember from just a few months ago,� said

Police use tear gas and stun grenades on a group of protesters in downtown Portland on June 3. Brooke Herbert / Staff Wheeler, a Democrat. “The mass demonstrations that we’ve seen over many, many weeks, those demands have been heard. The demands have been understood.�

The scene outside the federal courthouse stood in sharp contrast to the two weeks of violent clashes between protesters and the agents sent

by President Donald Trump to quell the unrest in Oregon’s largest city.

Protests have roiled Portland for more than 60 days following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

And while thousands have marched and rallied peacefully over the past two months, Port-

land’s federal courthouse became a target for some protesters.

Smaller numbers of demonstrators tried to tear down a fence erected to protect it, lit fires at the courthouse entryway and hurled fireworks, flares and bricks at the agents holed up inside. Most nights, the agents responded by firing tear gas.

But at the protest that began Thursday night, there was little violence and few signs of confrontation as several thousand people gathered near the courthouse .

A handful of protesters pointed lights and lasers at the building, but state troopers remained inside and did

not respond. Soon afterward, hundreds of demonstrators gathered about a block from the courthouse to listen to speeches, with little sign of a law enforcement presence. The mood remained calm into early Friday as the crowd dwindled to about 500 demonstrators.

In preparation for the handover from federal authorities to state troopers, the local sheriff and Portland police met and agreed not to use tear gas except in situations with a threat of serious injury or death, the mayor said.

Wheeler, who was gassed when he joined protesters outside the courthouse last week, added that tear gas “as a

tactic really isn’t all that effective� because protesters have donned gas masks and often return to the action after recovering for a few minutes.

He apologized to peaceful demonstrators exposed to tear gas used by Portland police before federal officials arrived.

Under the deal announced by the governor, the agents will withdraw in phases. But federal officials insisted that the agents will not leave the city completely and will be kept on standby.

Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell said he believes the new collaboration between local law enforcement agencies will be seen “as a victory in many ways.� “A lot of people came out to express their displeasure of folks from the federal government here and engaging in crowd control with members of our community,�

Lovell said. “So I’m hoping that on many levels that people are happy in this development.�

The U.S. government had arrested 94 people as of Wednesday, the most recent accounting.

Since the protests began, Lovell said local police made more than 400 arrests and tried many strategies to deescalate the confrontations.

Students return to campus amid virus growth in some states RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren’t finding the typical mobs of students and parents.

What they found Friday were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where virus infections are growing in dozens of states.

North Carolina State University staggered the return of its students over 10 days and welcomed the first 900 students to campus, where they were greeted Friday by socially distant volunteers donning masks and face shields.

The rite of passage was a well-organized, but low-key affair, as boxes were unloaded, luggage was wheeled and beds were hauled. “It’s just odd not seeing anybody. You expect it to be hustle and bustle and all that around, but there was nothing.

It was pretty empty,� said Dominick DePaola, an incoming freshman from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Across the country, students are jumping through additional hoops by getting tests, navigating travel quarantines, and abiding by strict rules.

Elon University in North Carolina, mailed testing kits to all 7,000 students ahead of their arrival in a few weeks.

Maine’s Colby College will require students to be tested every other day for two weeks at a cost of $5 million.

The University of Rhode Island is scaling back campus housing to abide by distancing requirements, causing a scramble for some students.

At N.C. State, the university usually houses 10,000 students but will have 6,700 on its Raleigh campus this fall, said Chancellor Randy Woodson. And those students

were arriving over an extended period instead of all at once over a single weekend as they normally would. “Just like the rest of the world, we have to figure out how to carry on,� said Betsy Flanagan, who was sending her freshman son, Arch, off to college. “This virus isn’t going away and it’s going to be with us for quite a while, so we all have to figure out how to safely exist and that includes continuing to educate our future.�

In West Virginia, one university put out the welcome mat Friday for students and their families, only to temporarily pull it away.

Over an eight-day stretch, students at West Virginia State University, a small historically black college, were given staggered, two-hour time slots to unload belongings into their residence halls, then were sent home until the start of the fall semester on Aug. 10. “I don’t have anything

to worry about,� said Jihad Shockley, a sophomore resident assistant from Columbus, Ohio, and a member of the Yellow Jackets’ men’s basketball team. “It’s like, if you get it, quarantine for two weeks (and) hope for the best. I guess I’m not really too scared about it.�

Nationwide, it appears that the second surge of confirmed virus cases appears to be leveling off. But scientists warn that trend is driven by four big, hardhit places — Arizona, California, Florida and Texas — and that cases are rising in more than two dozen other states.

Students appeared to be ready to accept the risk, and move on.

Freshman Nicholas Cecil, of Hilliard, Ohio, missed his senior season of baseball and his high school prom, called off due to the virus. He’s ready to put that behind him at West Virginia State University, where he’s on the baseball team.

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“Honestly, it’s a new chapter in my life,� Cecil said. “It’s meeting new people, getting out, and playing baseball at

a high level. It’s kind of the first step to being an adult. You’re living more so on your own.�

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students were happy to be on campus, even if it was a bit subdued, compared to the normal, frenetic move-in process.

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Kansas primary election could determine Medicaid expansion

By JIM MCLEAN Kansas News Service

TOPEKA, Kansas — Control of the Kansas Legislature could turn on dozens of down-ballot races in the Aug. 4 primary election, in which many of the contests, particularly for the Kansas Senate, pit conservative Republicans against moderate incumbents.

In Republican Senate primaries, moderates facing their first re-election test since 2016 can no longer use former Gov. Sam Brownback as a foil. And while taxes remain an issue, two perhaps counterintuitive issues are at the core of this year’s legislative contests: Medicaid expansion and abortion. “Medicaid expansion definitely hinges on this election and there’s no doubt that women’s reproductive rights also hinge on this election,� said Michael Poppa, executive director of the Mainstream Coaltion, a Johnson County group formed in the 1990s to counter “extremism� in politics Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and a majority of lawmakers support expanding Medicaid health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of low-income Kansans.

But conservative Republicans refused to bring the issue to a vote in the 2020 legislative session because lawmakers didn’t agree to put a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion before Kansas voters.

The amendment was

a priority for anti-abortion groups seeking to counter a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is a protected right under the Kansas Constitution.

And the proposed amendment’s defeat is at the heart of Republican primary battles across the state.

The Senate and the chamber

The race between Sen. John Skubal and conservative challenger Rep. Kellie Warren is among the most closely watched in the primary.

Skubal, a moderate from Overland Park, defeated conservative Jeff Melcher in 2016 by calling for the repeal of tax cuts that triggered a budget crisis under Brownback.

The Mainstream Coalition, the Kansas National Education Association and Stand Up Blue Valley are backing Skubal’s bid for re-election.

Warren, in addition to the anti-abortion group Kansans for Life, has the support of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, a powerful group that includes Koch Industries among its most influential members.

For the chamber, though, taxes and regulations, not abortion, are most important.

President Alan Cobb said in a recent column published in the Topeka Capital-Journal that the organization is backing conservative challengers because current members of the legisla-

Marine sea tank sinks with 16 aboard, 1 dead and 8 missing SAN DIEGO (AP) — A seafaring tank with 15 Marines and a Navy sailor aboard sank near a military-owned island off the coast of Southern California, leaving one of the Marines dead and eight missing, authorities said Friday.

They were traveling

in the amphibious assault vehicle from the shores of San Clemente Island to a Navy ship Thursday evening when they reported that the vehicle was taking on water, said Lt. Cameron H. Edinburgh, a Marine Corps spokesman for Camp Pendleton.

Two of the Marines who were rescued were injured, with one hospitalized in critical condition and the other in stable condition, a Marine Corps statement said.

Military ships and helicopters on Friday were searching choppy seas for the missing amid moderate to strong winds. The Navy-owned island is about 70 miles offshore from San Diego.

All of the Marines involved were assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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nies that operate wind farms in Kansas.

Conservatives are also running to unseat moderate incumbents in a handful of Kansas House races, including a Johnson County district that includes parts of Leawood and Overland Park.

Rep. Jan Kessinger was one of four Republicans whose vote against the proposed constitutional amendment on abortion kept it from passing. And while he has the support of the KNEA, Stand Up Blue Valley and the Mainstream Coalition, challenger Jane Dirks has the backing of the state chamber and Kansans for Life.

The 8th House District is another pivotal race in Overland Park and Olathe. Republican Rep. Chris Croft was elected in 2018 and has endorsements from the chamber and Kansans for Life. His opponent, Clay Norkey, is backed by the same organizations supporting other moderates.

Moderate Republicans are facing a dual threat, said Miller, the KU political scientist.

They are vulnerable to conservatives in the primary, especially in rural districts, and to suburban Democrats in the November general election.

Depending on how things play out, Miller said, the legislature could end up â&#x20AC;&#x153;more Democratic, but also more conservative.â&#x20AC;?

Double trouble for moderates?

State Sen. John Skubal, seen here on the Kansas Senate floor on the final night of the 2020 session, is one of several moderate Republicans facing primary challenges from more conservative Republicans. JIM MCLEAN/KANSAS NEWS SERVICE

ture have not reduced taxes on some companies doing business in Kansas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need legislative champions who understand the fundamental role that business plays in the economic health of Kansas,â&#x20AC;? Cobb wrote.

Recent changes in federal tax laws, Cobb said, raised state taxes for some individuals and companies by a combined total of more than $1 billion. Kelly vetoed attempts to roll back some of those increases, and Republican leaders could not muster the votes to override her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These actions are not reflective of what most Kansans want from their state elected leaders,â&#x20AC;? Cobb wrote.

The chamber and other conservative groups are most active in state senate races because it is their first opportunity to retake seats lost to moderates in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;anti-Brownback electionâ&#x20AC;? of 2016, University of Kansas political scientist Patrick Miller said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Conservatives are very much on the offensive,â&#x20AC;? Miller said, adding that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an open question whether moderates can withstand the challenge â&#x20AC;&#x153;without the boogeyman of Sam Brownback to run against.â&#x20AC;?

The chamber is backing challenges to incumbents in seven GOP Senate primaries. In addition to the Skubal/ Warren race, those are: â&#x20AC;˘ Michael Fagg vs.

Sen. Bruce Givens in a district that includes portions of seven counties in southeast Kansas. â&#x20AC;˘ Virgil Peck, a former member of the Kansas House, vs. Sen. Dan Goddard in a district that covers the three southeast Kansas counties of Labette, Montgomery and Neosho. Goddard defeated Peck by fewer than 200 votes in the 2016 primary. â&#x20AC;˘ Rep. J.R. Claeys vs.

Sen. Randall Hardy in a district dominated by the city of Salina. Claeys, a four-term member of the Kansas House, managed Re-

The moderate/conservative dynamic is in play in a Johnson County district that covers parts of Overland Park, Merriam and Shawnee.

Conservative Republican Mike Thompson is trying to hold off a challenge from moderate two-term Rep. Tom Cox. Thompson, a former TV weatherman, was selected to replace former Sen. Mary Pilcher Cook when she resigned in January with a year left in her third term.

Another member of the Kobach circle faces a challenger in the Topeka-heavy 20th District.

Conservative Sen. Eric Rucker was a former top aide to the ex-secretary of state and was selected to fill the remainder of former Sen. Vicki Schmidtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s term when she was elected insurance commissioner in 2018. Rucker is being challenged by moderate Rep. Brenda Dietrich, the former superintendent of the Auburn-Washburn School District.

Dietrich, like many other moderate Republicans, is getting support from American Energy Action, a political action committee formed just this month by compa-

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE You are hereby required to file OF DARRELL L. CHESTER, your written defenses thereto on DECEASED or before the 14th day of August 19 PR 60 2020, at 8:30 a.m., in said District Court in Iola, Kansas, at which NOTICE OF HEARING ON time and place said cause will PETITION FOR FINAL be heard. Should you fail thereSETTLEMENT in, judgment and decree will be (Chapter 59) entered in due course upon said petition.

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State of Kansas Special District The governing body of 2021 Watershed #102 Bourbon County will meet on August 17th, 2020 at 8:00 am at Ag Engineering, 1000 Promontory Dr., Uniontown, KS 66779 for the purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed use of all funds and the amount of tax to levied.

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SUPPORTING COUNTIES Bourbon County (home county) Allen County, Crawford County BUDGET SUMMARY Proposed Budget 2021 Expenditures and Amount of 2020 Ad Valorem Tax establish the maximum limits of the 2021 budget. Estimated Tax Rate is subject to change depending on the final assessed valuation.

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Picture Allen County minus a hospital, then vote for its support It’s hard to believe the “new” hospital is seven years old, which I view as a testament to its timeless design and good upkeep.

A walk inside still catches my breath, it’s so pretty.

So when I cast my primary ballot — I couldn’t wait for Tuesday — I voted to renew the quarter-cent sales tax dedicated for the upkeep of Allen County Regional Hospital.

Even with Saint Luke’s Health System assuming the hospital’s management through a 10-year lease agreement, the county is still responsible for the physical property.

For the last 10 years, Allen County has directed one-fifth of its 1.25% sales tax to the hospital.

Initially, the funds were used to get the hospital up and running.

The tax, which garnered $504,460 for 2019, sunsets at the end of the year. Its renewal would be for another five years.

Saint Luke’s officials estimate it will require about $450,000 a year for the hospital’s maintenance.

If the measure fails, the money will come from our property taxes. One way or another, it has to be paid.

I have confidence the money will be shepherded wisely by members of the newly created hospital facilities board. Serving on the board are Terry Sparks, chairman, Loren Korte, vice chairman, John Brocker, Ryan Coffield, Jim Gilpin, Jeff Johnson and Mona Hull.

Two immediate projects are remodeling the hospital’s pharmacy followed by repairs to the radiology department.

FEW THINGS anchor a community like a hospital.

It’s a calling card for prospective industries, especially of a larger size.

It’s because the county has a hospital that now-international companies such as Gates Manufacturing and Russell Stover Candies first located our way and continue to stay.

The other benefit of local healthcare facilities, much like those of higher education, is that they pay good wages and bring those with advanced educations. How does that benefit everyone else? Not to be crass, but good wage-earners are able to invest in real estate, support our local merchants and restaurateurs and buy

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big-ticket items like automobiles and lawn mowers.

They also help attract new talent and make us more diverse as communities.

I HAVE a couple of fears that like Fort Scott and Independence, we may lose our hospital. In the last 10 years, 120 U.S. rural hospitals have been shuttered, with 2019 being the worst.

According to a recent study by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, the most reliable predictor for a hospital’s demise is if its state does not expand Medicaid.

That would be Kansas.

The most hospital closures since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 have occurred in Texas, Tennessee, Missouri and Georgia — states that have refused to expand Medicaid. Of the 216 hospitals currently deemed vulnerable, 75% are in non-expansion states.

By expanding Medicaid, an additional 150,000 low-income Kansans would be covered. For a hospital, that means Medicaid will pay for the cost of their care, instead of having to write it off as bad debt.

So when you vote, especially come November, please ascertain that your prospective candidate supports the expansion of Medicaid.

Fort Scott’s experience also provided the valuable lesson that the loss of local patronage sank its ship.

Instead of using their local hospital for routine scans or X-rays, procedures and outpatient therapies, more and more Fort Scott citizens flocked to the bigger hospitals in Olathe and Pittsburg, sometimes because their employers arranged cheaper healthcare plans there.

If we want our hospital to succeed, then we must use it.

Like most things in life, we have more control over events than we realize. But sitting back won’t get us there.

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Though I am gone, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe.

— Rep. John Lewis, 1940-2020

Together, you can redeem the soul of our nation

By JOHN LEWIS

While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me. You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story when you used your power to make a difference in our society.

Millions of people motivated simply by human compassion laid down the burdens of division. Around the country and the world you set aside race, class, age, language and nationality to demand respect for human dignity.

That is why I had to visit Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, though I was admitted to the hospital the following day. I just had to see and feel it for myself that, after many years of silent witness, the truth is still marching on.

Emmett Till was my George Floyd. He was my Rayshard Brooks, Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor. He was 14 when he was killed, and I was only 15 years old at the time. I will never ever forget the moment when it became so clear that he could easily have been me.

In those days, fear constrained us like an imaginary prison, and troubling thoughts of potential brutality committed for no understandable reason were the bars.

Though I was surrounded by two loving parents, plenty of brothers, sisters and cousins, their love could not protect me from the unholy oppression waiting just outside that family circle.

Unchecked, unrestrained vi-

olence and government-sanctioned terror had the power to turn a simple stroll to the store for some Skittles or an innocent morning jog down a lonesome country road into a nightmare. If we are to survive as one unified nation, we must discover what so readily takes root in our hearts that could rob Mother Emanuel Church in South Carolina of her brightest and best, shoot unwitting concertgoers in Las Vegas and choke to death the hopes and dreams of a gifted violinist like Elijah McClain.

Like so many young people today, I was searching for a way out, or some might say a way in, and then I heard the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an old radio. He was talking about the philosophy and discipline of nonviolence.

He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice. He said it is not enough to say it will get better by and by. He said each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out. When you see something that is not right, you must say something. You must do something. Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.

Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaran-

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40 Years Ago July 1980

There is a nationwide shortage of nurses and Iola is not immune. Karen Gilpin, director of nursing services at Allen County Hospital, said when contacted by Jacque Conner, Register reporter, that she had just spent three hours on the phone trying to hire a nurse without success.

Gilpin assures the public

that nurses are covering their shifts at the hospital, but some are pulling double-duty. Nursing schools are graduating record numbers of nurses, but more fields are being opened to nurses and many nurses are staying in school to obtain advanced degrees, Gilpin said. Some nurses are going into other fields, due to better pay and better hours, she added.

teed. You can lose it.

You must also study and learn the lessons of history because humanity has been involved in this soul-wrenching, existential struggle for a very long time. People on every continent have stood in your shoes, through decades and centuries before you.

The truth does not change, and that is why the answers worked out long ago can help you find solutions to the challenges of our time. Continue to build union between movements stretching across the globe because we must put away our willingness to profit from the exploitation of others.

Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.

When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war. So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide.

Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights leader who died on July 17, wrote this essay shortly before his death, to be published upon the day of his funeral.

This appeared in Thursday’s New York Times.

Letter to the editor Dear editor,

I once again had to shake my head in disbelief at the absurdity of a Register editorial (“Schmidt weaponizing state constitution” July 27 edition).

What you glibly dismiss as “weaponizing” our constitution most of us call “respecting” or “defending” it. That’s in my job description, and your readers can rest assured I will keep doing it.

Respectfully, Derek Schmidt, Kansas Attorney General

How to contact your elected officials

President Donald Trump, (Republican) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; phone (switchboard): (202) 456-1414; (comments): (202) 456-1111

Gov. Laura Kelly, (Democrat) Capitol, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; phone: (785) 2963232; www.governor. ks.gov/comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-4774; Email: www.roberts. senate.gov/public/index. cfm?p=EmailPat

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-6521; Email: moran.senate. gov/public/index.cfm/email-jerry

Rep. Steve Watkins, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; phone: (202) 225-6601; Email:watkins.house. gov/contact/email

Sen. Caryn Tyson, (Republican) State Capitol-236 E Topeka, KS 66612 phone: (785) 2966838; e-mail: caryn. tyson@senate.ks.gov

Rep. Kent Thompson, (Republican) House District No. 9, phone: (620) 496-7200 State Capitol, Room 050-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, email: kent@iolare. kscoxmail.com

Rep. Kenneth Collins, (Republican) House District No. 2, phone: (785) 296-7698;State Capitol, Room 043-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612,

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the mature walnut trees went straight through one of the trail’s newest features, a pump track utilized by young dirt bike racers. A series of the pump track’s berms and small hills were plowed under.

The bulldozed pathway also intersects at different points with the Creekside Path, another popular route for mountain bikers.

Rasa was uncertain how much work would be necessary to remediate the land, which he noted was not limited to the pump track.

The logging work “destroyed many hundreds of trees, and devastated a high-quality old-growth riparian forest environment,” he wrote. “I can’t speak for any other volunteers, but for myself, I love this place, and I’m willing to work to try to put things right again, or at least as right as possible given the deep and long-lasting scars inflicted on this property.”

McRae said the Iola Industries board likely would have passed up on the logging request had it anticipated the harsh reaction. “This was not at all what we expected.”

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Heavy machinery tore up the wooded area south of Elm Creek to harvest 13 large walnut trees near the Lehigh Portland Trails.

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acquired the land containing the trails after the old Portland Cement plant closed its doors in 1970. The southernmost parcel was used a few years later to house what became Gates Corporation.

The rest of the property sat largely undisturbed, quickly becoming overgrown with vegetation, until Thrive approached Iola Industries about developing the area into an outdoor recreation area.

Armed with a number of grants, the volunteers slowly but surely converted the site into what Rasa describes as “a jewel of southeast Kansas.”

“Iola Industries has, up to now, been a great partner in the development of the Lehigh Portland Trails,” Rasa said. “They shared Thrive’s vision of the property as an opportunity to turn an eyesore into an asset, to create a space for healthy outdoor recreation, a much-needed public nature area, a centerpiece of our community’s economic revitalization, and an amenity that we can be proud of.”

The lack of communication in this case, Rasa continued, was a breach of trust “of the hundreds of volunteers who have contributed their energy and passion, along with many, many thousands of hours of their time, into this project.”

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Petition: Push continues; deadline near Continued from A1

Florida teen arrested in massive Twitter hack MIAMI (AP) — A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin, authorities said Friday.

The 17-year-old boy was arrested earlier Friday in Tampa, where the Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office will prosecute the case. He faces 30 felony charges, according to a news release.

The hacks led to bogus tweets being sent out July 15 from the accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Celebrities Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, were also hacked.

The tweets offered to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to an anonymous Bitcoin address.

Although the case was investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice, Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren explained that his office is prosecuting the teen in Florida state court because Florida law allows minors to be charged as adults in financial fraud cases such as this when appropriate.

“This defendant lives here in Tampa, he committed the crime here, and he’ll be prosecuted here,” Warren said.

Twitter previously said hackers used the phone to fool the social media company’s employees into giving them access. It said targeted “a small number of employees through a phone spear-phishing attack.”

“This attack relied on a significant and concerted attempt to mislead certain employees and exploit human vulnerabilities to gain access to our internal systems,” the company tweeted.

After stealing employee credentials and getting into Twitter’s systems, the hackers were able to target other employees who had access to account support tools, the company said.

The hackers targeted 130 accounts. They managed to tweet from 45 accounts, access the direct message inboxes of 36, and download the Twitter data from seven. Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders has said his inbox was among those accessed.

Spear-phishing is a more targeted version of phishing, an impersonation scam that uses email or other electronic communications to deceive recipients into handing over sensitive

information.

Twitter said it would provide a more detailed report later “given the ongoing law enforcement investigation.”

The company has previously said the incident was a “coordinated social engineering attack” that targeted some of its employees with access to internal systems and tools. It didn’t provide any more information about how the attack was carried out, but the details released so far suggest the hackers started by using the old-fashioned method of talking their way past security.

British cybersecurity analyst Graham Cluley said his guess was that a targeted Twitter employee or contractor received a message by phone asking them to call a number.

“When the worker called the number they might have been taken to a convincing (but fake) helpdesk operator, who was then able to use social engineering techniques to trick the intended victim into handing over their credentials,” Clulely wrote Friday on his blog.

inate that requirement.

The group collected signatures for a petition to add a question to the general election ballot. As of mid-morning Friday, they had more than 400 signatures and expected to meet the minimum requirement of 442 by the end of the day.

But the petition is just their backup plan.

Earlier in the week, the group asked Allen County Commissioners to pass a resolution that would add the question to the November ballot. Commissioners expressed support for the matter, but stopped short of passing a resolution. They expected to take it up again at their meeting Tuesday.

The deadline to add a question to the general election ballot is Wednesday. If commissioners fail to approve the request, A Bolder Humboldt can submit the petition instead. A petition would require the county clerk to certify signatures.

“We plan to have this in our back pocket just in case,” A Bolder Humboldt’s Josh Works said. “We’d like the commissioners to take care of it, and that’s the path of least resistance.”

A Bolder Humboldt has at least three projects in the works that would benefit from the change.

One is a bar in a building on the downtown square.

The

Organizers are continuing a petition drive to force a public vote on loosening Allen County’s liquor-by-the drink laws. COURTESY OF DAMARIS KUNKLER building has been entirely gutted, including removal of brick walls and a facade.

The liquor law question could make a difference in how the building is designed, such as if a kitchen is needed.

But the question could benefit other business owners, too, Works said.

“Certainly many people are of a mindset that government regulation makes it hard for small business owners,” he said.

“And more businesses mean more tax revenue for the county, which allows the county to make life better for everyone.”

If commissioners agree to add the question to the November election, Works said he still appreciates the effort of collecting sig-

natures for a petition. A Bolder Humboldt representatives were able to gauge support for the issue, and found many residents agreed with

their position.

“It gives us a head start on our ground game to get this approved in November,” Works said.

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The two sides took their case to the media Friday morning, with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows appearing before reporters on short notice at the exact moment House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared at her weekly news conference.

Meadows accused Democrats of refusing to negotiate, saying Trump has instructed him to be “aggressive and forward-leaning” in trying to extend the supplemental jobless benefit.

“Democrats have made zero offers over the last three days,” said Meadows, an inexperienced negotiator and former tea party lawmaker. He said Democrats are “willing to play politics” and are acting

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“Clearly they did not understand the gravity of the situation,” Pelosi said. She said a shortterm extension only makes sense if the two sides are close to a deal.

“Why don’t we just get the job done,” she said.

An aide familiar with the talks said Pelosi rejected an administration offer of a four-month extension of the benefit at $400 per week, combined with additional provisions for particularly hard-hit businesses and a shield against lawsuits for businesses, schools and other entities that reopen as the pandemic continues to rage.

Pelosi, brimming with confidence, offered a tutorial on negotiating on Friday.

“There are two things to remember. One is the person you’re negotiating with has to want something” for the American people, Pelosi said. “And they have to know you will walk” if you don’t get a good enough agreement.

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next coronavirus package, but their resolve weakened as the expiration of the popular benefit drew near — and as Trump undercut their position by signaling he wants to keep the full $600 benefit for now.

“We want a temporary extension of enhanced unemployment benefits,” Trump said at the White House on Thursday. “This will provide a critical bridge for Americans who lost their jobs to the pandemic through no fault of their own.”

The sides agreed to talk again Friday and into the weekend. There continues to be agreement among Washington’s top power players that Congress must pass further relief in the coming days and weeks.

“Do we want to continue to come to an agreement? Absolutely,” said top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer.

“But it’s got to meet the gravity of the problem.”

Trump is eager for another round of COVID relief, and it’s also a priority for GOP allies like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as well as Pelosi and Schumer.

Democrats hold a strong negotiating hand — exploiting GOP divisions over whether more aid is even needed — and they are expected to deliver a necessary trove of votes.

Both sides say the talks have not produced much progress but they could be nearing a critical phase over the weekend and into next week.

The pending COVID rescue bill, the fifth since the pandemic has struck, is likely the last one before the November election.

Republicans controlling the Senate have

kept the relief measure on “pause” in a strategy that aimed at reducing its price tag. But as the pandemic has worsened in past weeks — and as fractures inside the GOP have eroded the party’s negotiating position — Republicans have displayed some greater flexibility.

“The Democrats are playing for Nov. 3, and we’re playing for the good of the people. It is a disgrace that they are not negotiating,” Trump said Friday. “I think it’s a bad political game. I think it hurts them.”

Also at issue in the negotiations is an almost $1 trillion Democratic demand for funding for state and local governments, a second $1,200 direct payment to most American adults, more than $100 billion to help schools reopen, and a liability shield measure that is essential to McConnell.

Meadows played a role in killing an increase in food aid during talks on a $2 trillion relief bill in March, but Democrats are pressing hard for a boost to food stamp benefits.

Republicans added $20 billion for agribusinesses but nothing for greater food stamp benefits.

“Traditionally we’ve had a partnership between farms and families and they’ve consistently broken that,” said top Senate Agriculture Committee Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.

“And so I’m not going to even talk to them about (farm subsidies) until we know we’ve got a (food stamp) increase.

We’re just not going to do it. We’re just not going to do one more round of ignoring the hardships and the hunger of millions of families.”

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Big 12 considering new football options as other leagues make conference-only plans

By KELLIS ROBINETT The Wichita Eagle

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby speaks during the Big 12 Conference Media Days event at the AT&T Stadium on July 15, 2019. LYNDA M. GONZALEZ/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Just when it seemed like the Big 12 was ready to push all its chips to the center of college football’s metaphorical poker table and bet everything on the hope of pulling off a full-fledged season of 12 games during a pandemic this fall, the conference must now re-evaluate its strategy.

Too many other conferences may have already walked away from the table

for the Big 12 to make an aggressive play.

The Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC will only play conference games this season. The ACC is shooting for a conference-only model that allows each of its member schools to play one non-conference game of its choosing, so long as the game is played within that team’s home state and both parties agree to adhere to the ACC’s coronavirus testing protocols.

Teams within the Big 12 have done an impressive job

of replacing games that have been canceled thus far (Kansas traded New Hampshire for Southern Illinois, Iowa State traded Iowa for Ball State and TCU is close to announcing a replacement for California, perhaps UNLV).

But things just got a lot harder for any team with an opening on its schedule.

It’s possible that every Big 12 team could find enough replacement opponents from the FCS ranks or smaller FBS conferences to fill out their

High School Baseball: Iola Mustangs

Latta ready to start legacy

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Born and bred in Iola, Ryan Latta now has his dream job as the Iola High Mustangs head baseball coach.

Latta took the reins from Mark Percy who had been in charge of the program since its beginning in 2005.

With Percy’s retirement this spring, it only made sense for his top assistant to succeed him.

“I’m really happy,” Latta said. “I really care about baseball in this community, and after playing here for four years and coaching the last four years, it is really what I like doing. I have a passion for baseball.”

Ever since he was a kid, baseball has had a special place in Latta’s heart. In fact, it was a cornerstone of his youth.

“It was something that Dad has always loved, and is something he passed down to me and my brothers. We played it every summer, my brothers, friends and I. We played all sorts of games in the backyard involving baseball.”

Latta competed in the rec baseball/softball league for his dad, Randy.

For Latta, a day without baseball was half-lived.

“Any time it would rain and the games were canceled, I would just lose it,” Latta said. “I couldn’t take it because I loved being out there so much.”

Latta graduated from Iola High School in 2010, starting three years on the Mustangs See LATTA | Page B2

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That, of course, comes with the major caveat that there might not be a college football season at all as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to climb across the country.

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It has been very difficult for me to say my goodbyes to many of you the past 10 days or so. The last 14 months truly have been a blast with many sporting highlights in the Allen County area that will be remembered for a long time.

For starters, my first high school football game to cover was a five-overtime thriller between the Iola Mustangs (much love) and Parsons.

Parsons came back from two scores in the fourth, but I know this season head coach David Daugharthy will have the boys fired up and ready to play.

So many other special memories came in the fall, and some outside of the office for me. Getting to coach the Piqua State Bank flag football team with Heath Curry at the Iola Recreation Department was a blast. The kids were great, and I can’t wait to see what athletes they grow into.

The winter was filled with a lot of basketball, but despite all the games, one night stood out among the rest for me. Forever Fillies night orchestrated by Becky Carlson was a special sight to see, and really put on display the sense of pride here in Iola.

Toward the tail end of the winter, wrestling came to the forefront. Iola wrestling was not well known, but Downtown Logan Brown put it on the map when he became the 285-pound heavyweight champion. I can’t wait to see where head coach Jason Bates takes the program from here! Getting to tell your story was one of my favorites.

In the spring, we got robbed of baseball, softball, track, boys tennis, and gold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a rough patch for everyone, but it has been so beautiful to see how this community has each other’s backs through this rough patch in everyone’s lives.

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varsity squad.

Still growing as a program, the Mustangs achieved back-to-back over .500 seasons in Lattaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior and senior seasons.

Latta earned firstteam All-League honors in his final season with the Mustangs before attending Allen Community College for one year to play ball. After one season at ACC, Latta headed to the University of Kansas to obtain his bachelor's degree.

Latta admits coaching baseball never crossed his mind until a ring from his old coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Growing up, I always knew that I loved the game, and I think coaching is the next best thing to playing,â&#x20AC;? Latta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just thankful

Coach Percy gave me a call four years ago to be on the staff. If it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for that, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I would have gotten into coaching high school baseball.â&#x20AC;?

In his four years as an assistant, Latta has witnessed the highest of highs with the Mustangs 4A-II state championship in 2018. The key to becoming a championship program is investing quality time with your players â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a trait he learned from Percy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He really cares about every one of those guys he coaches,â&#x20AC;? Latta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has a relationship with them, patience, and is always extremely fair. He has a ton of experience throughout the years coaching football and playing baseball in

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college. He knows how to inspire kids without knocking them into the ground.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is kind of just getting passed on to each age group,â&#x20AC;? Latta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will see kids hitting off the tee on Facebook, and their parents tell me they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pushing them to do it. They just want to do it. It is awesome, and I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it any other way.â&#x20AC;?

Latta knows he will have to set his own set of ground rules. As a 28-year-old, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Lattaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favor that he has the ability to relate to his players in ways older coaches might not.

And though friendly relationships allow for a more relaxed environment, Latta wants his players to understand that Iolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baseball standards will remain high. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want to have a good culture, it comes down to the small things like running off the field, putting up equipment after games,â&#x20AC;? Latta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach always knew what to say in certain situations. He knew when to joke around, but when it was time to get to business, it was time

to get to business. I know a bunch of the kids, and have watched them grow up.â&#x20AC;?

Percy has full confidence that Latta will keep the Mustang baseball cruiser at full steam ahead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he is prepared,â&#x20AC;? Percy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he has learned a lot, and he has the right mentality. He has what it takes. The biggest thing for him is to have confidence in himself and to not doubt himself. He is good enough to do it, so he has to go out there and do it and not listen to what anybody says. I think he is ready, and he has told me he is ready.â&#x20AC;?

Latta serves as the assistant recreation director for the Iola Recreation Department. Along with his many different tasks relating to his position, organizing the summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rec baseball/ softball league is one of them.

The time spent is well worth it, as it gives Latta the opportunity to scout Iolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future ballplayers. With success for Mustang baseball in the rearview mirror, Latta believes more triumphs are on the journey ahead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I see in rec ball how it is being passed down to each age group, and it's awesome,â&#x20AC;? Latta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll look on Facebook and see kids hitting off the tee, and their parents tell me donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t force them but they just go out there and do it. I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

We were lucky to have baseball this summer, but it was unlucky the senior or junior Iola American Legion Baseball squads couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t chase a state championship.

Legion baseball was my first event to cover, and maybe my favorite. I made so many relationships with many of you involved with both the A and AA Indians. There are too many to name, but players, coaches, and parents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all of you made me feel at home in rural Kansas.

My final Legion game to cover was a crazy one. The A Iola Indians down seven runs in the final inning came back to score 10 runs to topple rival Chanute in a twogame sweep on a beautiful Thursday night.

It was a special night for me, and my

Kelly makes sure cheating Astros get some payback

By TIM DAHLBERG The Associated Press

The fake crowds and phony noise were tolerable, at least for a few games. Empty ballparks, too, because it was worth it to have baseball back in some form to provide a few hours of escape from a pandemic that seems increasingly hard to escape from.

Still, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been hard to completely enjoy this, a baseball season like no other. Reality keeps intruding, especially as the coronavirus ravages the Marlins and forces Major League Baseball to scramble even more what was a makeshift shortened season to begin with.

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Kelly took the mound in Houston and gave everyone who cares about the integrity of the game a reason to cheer once again.

A few errant pitches. A few choice words.

Then an old-fashioned bench clearing where no punches were thrown but lots of droplets were probably sprayed.

And just when we needed it most, a reminder that even during a pandemic cheaters need to pay.

Of course, this is baseball and the one paying the worst price apparently will be Kelly himself. He was given an eightgame suspension by ever-clueless Commissioner Rob Manfredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office for throwing in the vicinity of a few Astros on Tuesday night in Houston.

No big deal. The Dodgers are loaded in the bullpen and, besides, it seems Kelly needs to work a bit on the command of his pitches.

That was evident after the fastball that Alex Bregman had to duck under in the sixth inning. And then there was a curveball that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite curve as it headed toward Carlos Correaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head.

Maybe Manfred didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like Kelly sticking out his tongue after striking out Correa. Or maybe he was put off by words that were fairly easy to hear, thanks to the absence of fans at Minute Maid Park.

First, someone who sounded suspiciousSee KELLY | Page B3

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A decision will be made soon. Multiple Big 12 teams, including Kansas and Oklahoma, begin preseason camp Friday just in case they are given the green light to play non-conference games on Aug. 29. The conference will also hold a Virtual Media Day with Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and coaches Monday morning.

Then, in a poorly timed sequence of events, the Big 12 presidents are scheduled to meet and choose a scheduling plan Monday evening.

Here are a few options they will consider: CONFERENCE-ONLY SEASON

There are two main perks to playing only Big 12 football games this fall.

1. A reduced schedule of only nine games would give each team some flexibility should they need to postpone a game because of a COVID-19 outbreak across its roster. It will be easier for Big 12 teams to re-schedule conference games over the course of the fall than it will be for them to move around non-conference games.

2. Only playing conference opponents means every game will adhere to Big 12 testing protocols. No team will have to deal with the headache of making sure a FCS opponent properly tested its roster before a game. In short: It would theoretically create a safer playing environment.

But there is also one big drawback to only playing conference games. It would mean that each team will only play nine games.

The ACC is aiming for 11 games. Other conferences are thought to be eyeing 10-game schedules.

Playing fewer games could put the Big 12 at a disadvantage come playoff time.

PLUS-ONE MODEL

This is a scheduling model that had some support from Big 12 athletic directors before the ACC and SEC forced their hand this week.

By playing just one non-conference game, each Big 12 team would play 10 games and preserve an early-season game that would help in preparation for conference play.

This model has merit, but if none of the other power conferences are willing to play games against the Big 12 it won’t help the conference preserve marquee games like Texas at LSU. There is still value in warm-up games, but not nearly as much as blockbuster non-conference games.

FULL 12 GAMES

This scheduling philosophy is growing more unlikely by the day, but it remains a possibility as long as some athletic directors and school presidents have the stomach for playing as many games as possible.

Iowa State, for example, has a 12-game schedule lined up that will feature home

games against South Dakota, Ball State and UNLV before conference play begins. For now, it seems all those games could be played.

Some teams have also created extra wiggle room in their non-conference schedules by moving games up to Week 0.

But will every Big 12 team be able to line up a full slate of three non-conference opponents? And how much appetite will there be for replacing a game like Texas at LSU or Tennessee at Oklahoma with a random FCS team at Texas or a directional FBS team at Oklahoma?

It is also unclear if smaller schools will be able to follow the Big 12’s testing protocols in advance of games.

NOTRE DAME PLAN

The ACC cleverly found a way to schedule 10 conference games for all of its members by annexing Notre Dame into its league for the upcoming season. The traditionally independent school will be eligible for both a conference championship and the league’s Orange Bowl tie-in.

Could the Big 12 strike up an arrangement with another independent?

It’s a longshot, but it’s possible the conference could agree to a one-year partnership with a team like BYU or Army. That would allow every Big 12 team to play its nine traditional conference games and round out a 10-game schedule with a known opponent that could add value to the league on a short-term basis.

Partnering with BYU would be particularly appealing, as the Cougars have been an expansion candidate in the past.

The problem with adding an independent to the mix is that it would create some long road trips for the Big 12’s teams and expose players to other parts of the country when they would normally stay within the Big 12 footprint.

The league would also likely have to split its TV revenue 11 ways instead of 10. Without sellout crowds filling stadiums, money will be at a premium this season, and sharing revenue with an outside team might make this a non-starter.

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ly like Astros manager Dusty Baker suggested from the dugout that Kelly might think about returning to the mound more quickly after covering first base. Then, after striking out Correa, Kelly complimented him on his swing before adding a word that had nothing to do with his hitting abilities.

For one night, at least, the most meaningless of regular seasons had at least a tiny bit of meaning.

The message was a long time coming, but finally it was sent: Cheat if you must, alleged 2017 World Series champions, but eventually there will be a price to pay.

Unfortunately, the message that came back from baseball was that cheating is fine.

“Wasn’t my best pitch, obviously,” Kelly said.

“I guess they didn’t take too kind to a curveball. It is what it is.”

Nobody, of course, wants to see Bregman, Correa or any other player hurt, and the good news is they weren’t. Nobody was even hit, which makes a suspension for the equivalent of 22 games of a real season a bit mystifying.

It seems Kelly, as anyone who watched the video of him breaking a window at his house on

No suspension, no fine, no nothing.

The price they paid Tuesday night wasn’t much, but it was something. The Astros were exposed for the cheaters they are, Baker got a fine and fans everywhere were reminded that the Astros didn’t deserve their world title.

Give Kelly — who

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Meanwhile, after the field cleared, it was back to the same new normal.

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an errant pitch, sometimes struggles with his control.

Ironically, the pandemic is partly to blame for the dust-up even happening this year. The Astros and Dodgers weren’t supposed to meet on the original 2020 schedule, something that upset Dodger fans so much they had planned to go to Anaheim and boo the team when they played the Angels.

Just as upsetting has been the lack of contrition on the part of the Astros, who offered half-hearted apologies during spring training for a scheme that won them a World Series. At first defiant, they later said they were sorry if anyone was offended by what they had done, though they didn’t seem terribly sorry about anything.

And while the scheme cost both the team’s manager and general manager their jobs, it’s important to remind everyone that the players — unlike Kelly — never paid a price at all.

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Both times, I suffered severe liver disfunction, turned yellow, lost weight and had dark urine and abnormal ALT, AST and bilirubin counts, etc.

My doctor said the reaction was caused by the sulfonamide base, or “excipient,” in Celebrex, and not by the active ingredients. Is sulfonamide used as an excipient in many other drugs? Should I be wary of them as well?

Is there any advice you can share other than just steering clear of all drugs with sulfonamide excipients? — T.R. Answer: An excipient is a substance used in a medication that is not an active ingredient. This includes fillers to make a tablet

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hold its shape, a dye or a preservative. An ideal excipient does not cause side effects.

However, no excipient is perfect.

I reviewed the reports of liver damage with Celebrex and found rare accounts of people with elevations in the ALT and AST enzymes made in the liver. High levels of these in the blood represent damage to liver cells. Your reaction to Celebrex is unusual, and I can’t say whether the sulfonamide group has anything to do with it. However, even though the drugs are quite different, avoiding sulfonamide antibiotics might be prudent.

Other drugs to be concerned with include the diuretics hydrochlorothiazide and furosemide; sulfonylurea diabetes drugs like glipizide; the “triptan” anti-migraine drugs like sumatriptan (Imitrex); and a few others.

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Boyfriend craves non-monogamy Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend of five years, “Max,” misses “novelty” in our relationship. We are in our mid-20s with career-oriented lives, and we make quality time together a priority.

We have explored hobbies, traveled and share many friends. He says I’m perfect for him and he could see married life together in the future but is not ready to settle down yet.

He seeks novelty by meeting other women for one-night stands under the pretense of ethical non-monogamy, since I know what’s going on. However, I don’t like it, and I have told him so. He states this is a need I cannot fulfill and he cannot be happy without. He would stop if I demanded it, rather than break up.

I don’t like ultimatums. We’re still together because he says this desire for novelty is “just a phase,” and I could see myself with him long-term in a monogamous relationship.

I also don’t want to be closed-minded about relationships involving multiple partners.

Should I believe him and stick it out? Or am I enabling immature, selfcentered behavior?

— Confused Confused: I have no idea whether you should believe him. It does appear that doing so breaks in his favor about 100 percent to 0, which would explain why he sees you as “perfect” for him, but maybe that’s just me.

Here’s the more urgent question: Should you believe yourself ?

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“Don’t want to be closed-minded”?

You can be open-minded about something and still not be a hypocrite for not taking part in it.

You, not a sociopolitical board, set the terms of your own heart.

So. If you don’t like the terms of your relationship, change them.

If that’s not possible, break up.

That’s it. Maybe it seems drastic, but since you made no mention of his being perfect for you, or what you really want in life, it’s possible trying to make it work is too generous to him.

Even if I’ve misread you and you’re in cleareyed love with Max, then you still don’t actually have to commit to him now to hold the spot for him to commit to you later, when the novelty wears off and his hypothetical settling-down phase begins.

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BALTIMORE — The most high-profile offseason of Lamar Jackson’s young NFL career was defined, in one sense, by what he did not or could not do.

There was the footage of the Ravens quarterback eluding would-be defenders on a South Florida beach last month, only to end up tumbling over an idling Jet Ski. He emerged dripping but unscathed.

“I did not run into a Jet Ski,” he said Wednesday, chuckling. “I jumped over the Jet Ski, fell in the water.”

There was the $500 million-plus contract signed this month by Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and NFL champion Patrick Mahomes, who’d preceded Jackson as the league’s Most Valuable Player. “I’ve just got to win me a Super Bowl,” said Jackson, who’s not eligible for an extension until 2021. “I don’t really focus on what he has going on, because I still got to prove myself.”

And there was the coronavirus pandemic that kept him mostly holed up in Broward County, a summer without organized team activities or “Madden” video game photo shoots or many of the luxuries afforded one of the NFL’s most outstanding players.

Jackson addressed Baltimore-area reporters for the first time in over three months Wednesday from a team studio over a Zoom conference call, his face mask and

bottle of hand sanitizer at the ready. It didn’t feel like the second day of training camp, even though, technically, it was. Teammates were mostly scattered around Baltimore, awaiting test results. Padded practices were still more than two weeks away.

That is the environment into which Jackson steps, an unprecedented quarterback approaching an unpredictable season. It is a “Super Bowl or bust” kind of year in Baltimore, and yet Jackson has had less power than ever to change the narrative around him. After two straight playoff losses to open his career, Jackson can’t control what people say about him any more than he can the public health crisis that’s kept him from strapping on a helmet.

“I’ve just got to go out there and do my job,” Jackson said. “I’m going to go out there and win games, make it to the playoffs. But our job is to focus on the Cleveland Browns (in Week 1) right now. I can’t really dwell on the playoffs. …

“My rookie season, people didn’t expect us to go to the playoffs at all, and last year, none of us expected us to lose (to the Tennessee Titans). They came out. They played well. We didn’t. But now, we’ve just got to focus on the Cleveland Browns, and then when we get back to the playoffs, we’ll go from there.”

The bridge between here and there is still being built. The NFL officially canceled preseason games Monday — “I’m

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson leaves the field after a 28-12 loss to the Tennessee Titans in the playoffs last season. KARL MERTON FERRON/BALTIMORE SUN/TNS cool with it,” Jackson said — and two Ravens have already opted out of the 2020 season. No more than 14,000 fans will be allowed inside M&T Bank Stadium if and when the regular season kicks off in mid-September. Even with proactive testing expected to limit COVID-19 transmission, social distancing will be impossible in a full-contact sport.

Jackson doesn’t know what 2020 will look like because nobody does.

His first step toward a strange season was a novel but important one: testing negative for the coronavirus. “And (I’m) going to keep it that way,” he said. “I’m the new ‘Bubble Boy.’ “ Jackson does know,

though, where he must improve: on downfield and sideline throws. He even offered a suggestion for how the front office could help him there. “It was nice throwing to Antonio Brown” in Florida, Jackson said, referring to his offseason workouts with the embattled but talented wide receiver. “I was hoping we would get him. I’m still hoping, a little bit.”

But Jackson mostly held back from any predictions for how his third season would unfold. Would he run less after setting the NFL’s single-season rushing record for a quarterback?

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Philadelphia jumps to early lead, ousts Sporting KC 3-1 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jamiro Monteiro and Sergio Santos scored two minutes apart midway through the first half, Santos added a second goal just before halftime and the Philadelphia Union reached the semifinals of the MLS is Back tournament with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Thursday night.

Philadelphia’s perfect run in the tournament continued thanks to its first-half scoring blitz.

The Union had two wins

and a draw in the group stage then beat New England in the round of 16.

Philadelphia will face either New York City FC or Portland in the semifinals next Wednesday.

“It’s a really tight knit group right now,” Philadelphia coach Jim Curtin said. “Very confident, not afraid of anybody, respectful of every opponent, but we’ll go toe-to-toe with anybody.

And we think we can come out on the top after 90 minutes.”

Santos had the only goal in the victory over

New England and was responsible for giving Philadelphia a 3-0 lead.

Moments after Monteiro finished a cross from Alejandro Bedoya for a 1-0 lead, Santos caught Kansas City being overly aggressive on a free kick in Philadelphia’s end. A bad pass

by Kansas City’s Luis Martins sent Santos free in a footrace behind the defense and finished the long run by chipping goalkeeper Tim Melia for a 2-0 lead.

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promising 19-year-old midfielder Brenden Aaronson saw Santos unmarked and his diagonal pass perfectly set up the striker for the finish.

“Sergio’s commitment to get in the box is always there. I think it’s just finding him,” Aaronson said. “He made a great run back post and it was just up to me to find him. I think that’s my role on this team. I want to get assists for them and try and help them out as much as I can scoring goals.”

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Russell’s goal off the rebound was disallowed as Russell was offside.

“As the whistle blew the other team wanted the game. And we as a team, we didn’t. We were not in the game,” Kansas City coach Peter Vermes said. “It took three goals to wake us up. And that’s the simple thoughts on the game. By the time we woke up, unfortunately things didn’t fall our way. And we deserve that based on the fact that they wanted them more than us.”

NASCAR THIS WEEK THROUGH THE GEARS

Hamlin, Harvick in two-man Cup Series race

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W

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After a wild and wacky schedule at Kansas, which included all three national series, featuring a Thursday night Cup Series race, there is only one race on NASCAR’s entire schedule on the near horizon.

We can throw it into idle a bit before we mash the clutch …

FIRST GEAR: If there was any doubt the 2020 Cup Series is a twoman race, look no further than last week’s race at Kansas Speedway.

Denny Hamlin took the checkers and now leads the series in wins (five) and playoff points (28), edging ahead of Kevin Harvick, who has four victories and leads the overall points standings.

Hamlin passed Harvick for the lead with 14 laps to go at Kansas, making that win all the more sweeter. “(Harvick) got loose there and when you get in clean air, I think it was probably the first time he was in clean air all day,” said Hamlin, who emerged from a rough patch of finishes. “I saw him get loose and I saw kind of blood in the water there, so we just ran him down.”

Harvick, 44, is having one of his best seasons and running his No. 4 Ford with swagger.

He finished fourth at Kansas.

SECOND GEAR: NASCAR ran four Cup Series races before the coronavirus shut everything down in March. Since racing resumed on May 17 at Darlington Raceway, the Cup Series has staged in 15 points

Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers

You OK with the continued nixing of practice and qualifying?

No, but I understand the reasoning, and given how the darkest days of March and April felt, it’s something we can live with for just this one season … hopefully. If you have practice and qualifying, you need a backup car, and at a time when cost-cutting is needed, teams save money by not preparing and bringing a second car. However, you wonder how the opening laps will unfold during the drivers’ first-ever look at Daytona’s road course on Aug. 16.

Again, is midweek racing doomed?

Denny Hamlin is No. 1 in NASCAR Cup Series wins this season after nabbing his fifth checkered flag at Kansas. [NASCAR GETTY IMAGES/JARED C. TILTON]

races and the All-Star Race.

Competitors have run backto-back races at Darlington, Charlotte Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway in an effort to sync up to its original schedule heading into the playoffs.

In Pocono’s case, those Cup races were held on consecutive days in order to help accommodate NBC and its planned Summer Olympics coverage. The Olympics, which would have started on July 23, were postponed to next year.

This is a quiet week. There is only one NASCAR race this week, The Foxwood’s Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire.

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his last four starts, he has finished last three times and been involved in three wrecks.

His crash at Kansas looked horrifying, but he escaped unscathed.

“It’s frustrating for all of us at JTG Daugherty because we’ve been working really hard and probably had a top-10 car there at the end,” he said after emerging from the care center. “I’m alright, just ready for this year to turn around.”

FOURTH GEAR: Two passings to note. Master motor builder Maurice Petty, 81, and brother of Richard Petty, died Saturday.

Maurice built the crazy horsepower engines that Richard enjoyed during his heyday in NASCAR. A few days earlier Bob Bahre, who founded New Hampshire Motor Speedway, died at the age of 93.

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Probably not doomed, but certainly not the winner some had assumed.

Last Thursday night’s Kansas race drew a 0.9 rating, the lowest number anyone could find since at least 2001. That continued the run of unimpressive weeknight TV numbers during the revamped schedule.

However, the race was on NBCSN, and for the cable sports networks, a 0.9 still puts food on the table, so maybe weeknights will live on in 2021.

Ken Willis, ken.willis @news-jrnl.com

GODWIN’S PICKS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE WINNER: Kevin Harvick REST OF TOP 5: Martin Truex Jr., Erik Jones, Alex Bowman, Brad Keselowski FIRST ONE OUT: Daniel Suarez DARK HORSE: Aric Almirola DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: If Harvick answers the bell after Hamlin’s win at Kansas last weekend.

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