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Be prepared for severe weather By the Register staff

Warmer temperatures this week serve as a reminder spring — and spring storms — aren’t far behind.

Jason Trego, Allen County’s emergency management coordinator, noted Allen County will take part at 10 a.m. Tuesday in a statewide tornado drill.

All weekly storm siren tests will coincide with the drill instead of their regularly scheduled time.

In addition, the National Weather Service will return to Iola March 14 for its popular “Storm Fury on the Plains” presentation.

The presentation will See WEATHER | Page A4

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Johnathon Goering, economic development director for Thrive Allen County, talks about plans to develop the airport for industrial use. BG Consultants provided maps, shown above, for the infrastructure and utility needs at the property. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Soaring into the future Commissioners review plans for infrastructure, utilities at the airport

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Allen County leaders will struggle with a “chicken and egg” question as they consider how to best develop property surrounding the airport.

They want to invest millions of dollars — hopefully through grants — to provide infrastructure and utilities that will encourage industrial development at the site.

But the scope of utilities

they’ll need will likely depend on what type of industries they attract.

For example, consider water.

It might sound reasonable to build big. A 1.25 million-gallon water tower with a 10-inch main and pump station could service a major industry such as Russell Stovers Candies.

But if that customer never comes, the water will stagnate. Chemical treatments and resources will be wasted.

And that comes at a cost.

The same with sewage. If you build big for a customer that never comes and the system isn’t used as intended, it could potentially result in

sewage flowing back into the system.

Commissioners heard a presentation from BG Consultants, which conducted a massive engineering study of the airport’s infrastructure needs for economic development, on behalf of the commission and Thrive Allen County. Representatives of BG covered the highlights of the report at Tuesday’s meeting.

Bruce Boettcher of BG told commissioners the report offered three main phases for future expansion: • Phase 1, about 105 acres west of the airport.

• Phase 2, about 98 acres See AIRPORT | Page A3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, President Joe Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame soaring U.S. inflation and deal with the fading but still dangerous coronavirus.

Biden declared that he and all members of Congress, whatever their political differences, are joined “with an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny.” He asked lawmakers crowding the House chamber to stand and salute the Ukrainians as he began his speech. They stood and cheered.

It was a notable show of unity after a long year of bitter acrimony between Biden’s Democratic coalition and the Republican opposition.

Biden’s 62-minute speech, which was split between attention to war abroad and worries at home — reflected the same balancing act he now faces in his presidency. He must marshal allied resolve against Russia’s aggression while tending to inflation, COVID-19 fatigue and sagging approval ratings heading into the midterm elections.

Aiming to build on moSee BIDEN | Page A4

Russia, Ukraine ready for more talks KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia renewed its assault today on Ukraine’s second-largest city in a pounding that lit up the skyline with balls of fire over populated areas, even as both sides said they were ready to resume talks aimed at stopping the new devastating war in Europe.

The escalation of attacks on crowded cities followed an initial round of talks between outgunned Ukraine and nuclear power Russia on Monday that resulted in only a promise to meet again. It was not clear when new talks might take place — or what they would yield. Ukraine’s leader earlier said Russia must stop bombing before another meeting.

Seven days into the war, roughly 874,000 people have fled Ukraine and the U.N. refugee agency warned the number could cross the 1 million mark soon. The overall death toll was not clear, but Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said more than 2,000 civilians have died. It was impossible to verify that claim.

Countless others have taken shelter underground, as Russia continued its bombardment.

A soldier stands guarding the entrance to the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine. More than 2,000 Ukrainians have died from attacks. (MARCUS YAM/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS) Another attack came today on Kharkiv, a city with a population of about 1.5 million, and a reported strike on a hospital in the country’s north. A 40-mile convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced slowly the capital of Kyiv, while Russian forces pressed their assault on the strategic southern city of Kherson.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goals are not clear, but the West has warned he may be seeking to topple the government and install a Kremlin-friendly re-

gime.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has decried Russia’s attacks on civilian targets as a blatant terror campaign, while U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that if the Russian leader didn’t “pay a price” for the invasion, the aggression wouldn’t stop with one country.

A Russian strike hit the regional police and intelligence headquarters in Kharkiv, killing four people See RUSSIA | Page A4

Parks and education Barry Geertsen, a park ranger with the Fort Scott National Historic Site, speaks to Lincoln Elementary School students Tuesday about the fort’s history and other interesting tidbits as part of the ongoing Iola Reads program. This year’s Iola Reads selection is “Take Me With You,” a story about a teacher who takes two boys to various national parks across the country. Iola Reads is a cooperative project involving the Iola Public Library, USD 257 and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Joyce Mapp Joyce was born in Elsmore, on Aug. 16, 1928. She was the only daughter of James G. and Pearl Marie (Shelton) Ard. She passed away at 2:22 a.m on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at the age of 93.

Joyce graduated the eighth grade from Old Elsmore School in May 1942. At the age of 16, Joyce moved Joyce Mapp to Arizona to help her sister-in-law, Nell Lee, with her children when Joyce’s brother, Dewey, went to the Army. She graduated from high school in Arizona in 1946.

Joyce was joined in marriage to Lewis E. Denney on Aug. 31, 1946. This union was blessed with three sons: Lewis (known as Butch), James and Robert.

Lewis Denney passed away on Jan. 18, 1961. Joyce later married Burrell Mapp, who she met when they were both working for Rudolph Chevrolet in Arizona. Burrell Mapp passed away on June 7, 1974.

Joyce retired on June 5, 1995, and soon after returned to Elsmore, where she had lived as a child.

Moving to Kansas allowed her to be closer to her brothers and their families.

Joyce was a faithful member of Elsmore Methodist Church and loved quilting with the ladies of the church. She loved to make quilts, stuffed animals and dolls, and pillows. She made baby quilts for many of her great-nieces and nephews. Joyce was a gardener and loved to work outside in her yard.

Joyce was always active and for years she could be seen walking her dog around town. Joyce was close to her family and was like a second mom to many of her family members.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents; both of her husbands; and two of her sons, Butch and James. Also preceding her in death were her brothers and their wives: Dewey and Nell Lee, Melvin and Edith, Mervin and Beverley, Emerson and Helen, and brother Curtis.

It was Joyce’s wish to be cremated. Memorials in honor of Joyce are suggested to A.C.A.R.F. of LaHarpe, and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 U.S. 54, Iola, KS 66749. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Rodger Holland Rodger Dale Holland, 67, of Iola passed away on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Rodger was born on July 20, 1954, in Iola, the son of Roy and Lola Mae (Johnson) Holland.

Rodger was a lifelong resident of Iola. When he wasn’t busy driving his semi, Rodger loved to fish, watch NASCAR, and have a beer Rodger with friends and family. Rodger also Holland loved to restore classic cars; his pride and joy was a 1955 Chevy wagon that he took to car shows all over. On Feb. 4, 1984, Rodger married Melinda Kay Latta, they were married for 37 years until his passing.

Rodger is survived by his wife Melinda Kay Holland, son Derek Joe Holland, daughters Kylee Pitts and Shauna Saubers, son-in-law Cody Pitts, brother Roy “Butch” Holland, sisters Connie Shetler, Margie Masterson and Linda Overton and eight grandchildren.

Rodger was preceded in death by his mother Lola Mae Johnson and sisters Madalyn Varnell and Phillis Cook.

Cremation has been requested.

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A pair of local charities received a boost recently from the Iola Masonic Lodge No. 38.

The Iola lodge donated $400 to the Wings of Warriors Cancer Foundation, which provides assistance in the form of gift cards to local cancer patients, and $200 to the Iola Com- Iola Masonic Lodge No. 38 donated $400 to the munity Pantry to help Wings of Warriors Cancer Foundation and $200 to organizers there keep the Iola Community Pantry. their shelves stocked.

The Iola Lodge has ation Department and bers are usually leaders in the community nearly 100 members Kansas PRIDE. “Our lodge is com- and volunteer their efand supports various community organiza- mitted to helping make forts to various lodge tions and events, in- men better men, both projects,” said Iola cluding contributing in their community Lodge Secretary Curto the Iola Youth Recre- and lodge. Our mem- tis Utley.

2 die in garbage truck wreck KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A second Kansas City worker has died from injuries after a trash truck crashed and caught fire, police said.

The crash happened Tuesday morning as the trash truck tried to exit Interstate 435 onto Front Street in northeast Kansas City, police said.

Investigators said the driver of the truck lost control on the exit ramp, causing the truck to overturn and hit a concrete barri-

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A three-person crew was inside the wreckage. One was able to escape, police said in a news release, and a passing police officer helped pull the critically injured driver from the truck. The third city worker died at the scene.

Police said Wednesday that the injured driver later died at a hospital. The third injured worker was hospitalized with serious injuries.

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Police have not released the names of the workers.

Michael Shaw, the city’s public works director, said he and his department are “absolutely devastated.”

Inspiring choir Iola Middle School student James Hunt participated Friday in All-State Middle School Level Choir Friday at the Century II Concert Hall in Wichita. He was one of 160 students from across the state — out of 663 applicants — chosen for the honor.

Hunt is the son of Erica and James Hunt and is a student under IMS vocal music instructor Elizabeth Cunningham.

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Financial Advisors Can Help Reduce Anxiety The long-running coronavirus pandemic has fueled a lot of anxieties – including financial ones. But some people have had far fewer worries than others.

Consider this: Among those investors who work with a financial advisor, 84% said that doing so gave them a greater sense of comfort about their finances during the pandemic, according to a survey from Age Wave and Edward Jones.

Of course, many people experience investment-related fears even without a global health crisis, and that’s probably not surprising, given the periodic volatility of the financial markets. But financial guidance can come in handy during relatively normal times, too.

A financial professional can help you … … Look past the headlines – Inflation, interest rates, pandemics, elections – there’s always som thing in the news that could affect the investment world in the short term. But by helping you construct a portfolio that’s built for the long term and reflects your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon, a financial advisor can enable you to look past the headlines. … Avoid emotional decisions – Many people let their emotions drive their investment choices. When the market goes through a downturn and the value of their investments drops, they sell to “cut losses,” even though these same investments may still have good business fundamentals and promising futures.

Conversely, when the market is on an uptick, some poeple chase after “hot” investments, even when they become overpriced and may have very little room to grow. But a financial advisor can help keep you from making these fear- and greed-based actions by only recommending moves that make sense for your situation. … Work toward multiple goals – At various times in your life, you may have simultaneous financial goals. For example, you could be investing for a retirement that’s decades away, while also trying to save for a child’s college education. A financial professional can suggest ways you can keep working toward both objectives, in terms of how much money you can afford to invest and what types of savings and investment vehicles you should consider. …Prepare for the unexpected – Most of us did not need a pandemic to remind us that unexpected events can happen in our lives – and some of these events can have serious financial impacts on us and our loved ones. Do you have adequate life insurance?

How about disability insurance? And if you ever needed some type of long-term care, such as an extended stay in a nursing home, how would you pay for it? A financial advisor can evaluate your protection needs and recommend appropriate solutions that fit within your overall financial strategy. …Adapt to changing circumstances – Over time, many things may change in your life – your job, your family situation, your retirement plans, and so on. A financial professional can help you adjust your financial strategy in response to these changes.

Achieving your financial goals may present challenges, but it doesn’t have to cause you years of worry and distress – as long as you get the help you need.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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east of the runway and existing airport facility.

• Phase 3, about 99 acres south of the airport facility.

The report considered needs for potable water, wastewater, streets and roadways, electrical, natural gas and communications.

The report primarily focused on Phase 1, which included up to $15 million to develop large buildings to the west of the airport. Those sites would be close to U.S. 169, making them appealing for industrial development.

The sites could accommodate a variety of buildings, from standard-sized ones of about 15,000 square feet up to a massive 580,000 square feet. That’s larger than Allen County commissioners, foreground, listen to a presentation from BG Consultants about infrastructure any existing local indus- needs for industrial development at the Allen County Regional Airport. tries; Russell Stover’s building, for example, Symes asked if they and outfitted for use.

He also submitted commissioners: is about 360,000 square needed to determine a Jonathon Goering, a grant to the FAA for • Learned there is feet. sort of priority list for Thrive’s economic de- $212,000 for runway de- some problem securBut even smaller development. Perhaps velopment director, gave velopment and other ing a site for an emerbuildings would still some improvements commissioners an up- physical improvements; gency storm shelter at require a costly invest- would be independent date on grants he has he hoped to hear wheth- Carlyle. The county apment in infrastructure, of how it could poten- submitted on behalf of er it was approved with- proved the purchase of around $12 million. tially be used, such as the airport. in 45 to 60 days. six storm shelters, with “Obviously, you’re not roadway improvements, Thrive submitted a The county also re- one each in northern going to have four large natural gas lines and grant application that ceived a grant from the Iola, Elsmore, Mildred developments at once, so electrical substations. would cover infrastruc- Kansas Airport Im- and Petrolia, and two how do you get it startIt could take a couple ture improvements of provement Program for in Savonburg because ed?” Boettcher asked of years for infrastruc- about $4 million. It’s a $477,000 for pavement it is divided by railroad It’s a question com- ture improvements to be competitive grant, but preservation of a run- tracks. missioners kept coming completed. the awards should be an- way and remarking.

However, the state reback to.

It would also take time nounced around the end jected a request to put a Commissioner Bruce for facilities to be built of March.

IN OTHER news, storm shelter near the

Prairie Spirit trailhead, and they haven’t been able to find a landowner willing to accept one on their property.

The shelters will be installed this month.

• Decided to continue to fund the general transportation program using federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. The state provides funding for the program through a grant, but the funding doesn’t start until the county receives a van.

That van has not yet arrived because of supply chain issues.

Thrive offered the loan of an older van, and the state agreed to give the county some money for the program if the van passes inspection.

However, it’s not known how much funding will be provided and if the van can pass inspection.

• Heard the county was approved for accreditation for its emergency fire dispatch service, making it only the 61st agency in the world to earn that level of accreditation.

• Got an update on the Humboldt Senior Center. The food pantry had requested to use a garage on the property, and commissioners are considering the request.

COVID cases, deaths continue Car stolen with baby inside to fall globally, WHO reports GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections, according to figures from the World Health Organization.

In its weekly report on the pandemic issued late Tuesday, the U.N. health agency also said that deaths fell by 10%, continuing a drop in fatalities first seen last week. WHO said there were more than 10 million new cases and about 60,000 deaths globally.

The Western Pacific was the only region where COVID-19 increased, with about a third more infections than the previous week. Deaths rose

by 22% in the Western Pacific and about 4% in the Middle East, while declining everywhere else.

WHO said the omicron variant remains overwhelmingly dominant worldwide; among virus sequences shared with the world's largest publicly accessible database, more than 99.5% were omicron while only 0.3% were delta.

In the last month, none of the other worrying variants — including beta, gamma, lambda or mu — have been reported, although WHO said there were surveillance challenges in many countries.

Numerous countries across Europe including Britain, Sweden

and Denmark, have released nearly all their COVID-19 restrictions as cases have fallen dramatically while immunization campaigns have progressed. In the U.S., scientists have estimated about 73% of the population is now immune to omicron and that any future spikes of disease will require far less disruptive interventions to control epidemics.

Still, WHO has repeatedly said it is too early to declare the pandemic over and warned that if the coronavirus is allowed to continue spreading, it will have further chances to mutate into a potentially more deadly or transmissible version.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two off-duty police officers in Wichita found a baby unharmed in the back seat of a car that had been stolen from a business parking lot, according to authorities.

The theft happened Tuesday afternoon from a Walmart parking lot, television station KAKE reported. The officers were off-duty and working

at a business on Pawnee Street when they learned of the car theft with the 11-month-old baby still in the car's back seat.

The officers began patrolling the area looking for the car and found it abandoned a

short distance away with the baby still in the back seat, police said.

No arrests have been reported in the case, but police have a description of a man suspected of stealing the car.

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mentum from the speech, Biden will head to Wisconsin on Wednesday in an effort to show Americans that his domestic agenda is working. His vice president and Cabinet members will fan out around the country to amplify the message.

Biden heads again to an old bridge set to be repaired — increasingly a symbol for his administration, tangible evidence of the nation that he’s working to update. This time, it’s a wrought-iron bridge that connects Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, across the St. Louis Bay. The bridge will be replaced using funds from the massive infrastructure plan signed into law last year, a signature piece of bipartisan legislation and proof — Biden says — that the GOP and Democrats can still work together.

In Tuesday’s speech, Biden highlighted the bravery of Ukrainian defenders and a newly reinvigorated Western alliance that has worked to rearm the Ukrainian military and cripple Russia’s economy through sanctions.

He acknowledged costs to the American economy, as well, but warned ominously that without consequences, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression wouldn’t be contained to Ukraine.

“Throughout our history we’ve learned this lesson — when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos,” Biden said. “They keep moving. And, the costs and threats to America and the world keep rising.”

As Biden spoke, Russian forces were escalating their attacks in Ukraine, having bombarded the central square of country’s second-biggest city and Kyiv’s main TV tower, killing at least five people.

The Babi Yar Holocaust memorial was also damaged.

Biden announced that the U.S. is following Canada and the European Union in banning Russian planes from its airspace in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.

He also said the Justice Department was launching a task force to go after Russian oligarchs, whom he called “corrupt leaders who have bilked billions of dollars off this violent regime.”

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol House Chamber on Tuesday, in Washington, D.C. (SAUL LOEB/POOL/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

“We are coming for your ill-begotten gains,” he said, pledging that the U.S. and European allies were after their yachts, luxury apartments and private jets.

Biden pivoted in his speech from the troubles abroad to those at home.

Even before the Russian invasion sent energy costs skyrocketing, prices for American families had been rising, and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hurt families and the country’s economy.

Biden outlined plans to address inflation by reinvesting in American manufacturing capacity, speeding supply chains and reducing the burden of childcare and eldercare on workers.

“Too many families are struggling to keep up with the bills,” Biden said. “Inflation is robbing them of the gains they might otherwise feel. I get it. That’s why my top priority is getting prices under control.”

In one sign of national progress on the pandemic, Biden entered the House chamber without a mask, as coronavirus cases decline and new federal guidance tries to nudge the public back to pre-pandemic activities.

But there was evidence of ongoing tension as well: The Capitol was newly fenced due to security concerns after last year’s insurrection.

Set against disquiet at home and danger abroad, the White House had conceived Tuesday night’s speech as an opportunity to highlight the improving coronavirus outlook, rebrand Biden’s domestic policy priorities and show a path to lower costs for families grappling with soaring inflation. But events took a turn toward world affairs with last week’s Russian invasion of Ukraine and nuclear saber-rattling

by Putin.

As is customary, one Cabinet secretary, in

this case Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, was kept in a secure location during the address, ready to take over the government in the event of a catastrophe.

The State of the Union is typically an address targeted to a national audience, but this year’s had the world watching. In an interview with CNN and Reuters, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Biden to deliver a strong and “useful” message about Russia’s invasion. In a show of unity, Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova joined first lady Jill Biden in the House gallery for the speech.

In a rare discordant moment, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado yelled out that Biden was to blame for the 13 service members who were killed during last August’s chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

“You put them in.

Thirteen of them,” Boebert yelled as Biden mentioned his late son Beau, a veteran who died from brain cancer and served near toxic military burn pits, used extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Biden is pursuing legislation to help veterans suffering exposure and other injuries.

While the crisis in Eastern Europe may have helped to cool partisan tensions in Washington, it didn’t erase the political and cultural discord that is casting doubt on Biden’s ability to deliver.

A February AP-NORC poll found that more people disapproved than approved of how Biden is handling his job, 55% to 44%. That’s down from a 60% favorable rating last July.

Biden, used his remarks to highlight the progress from a year ago — with the majority of the U.S. population now vaccinated and millions more people at work — but also acknowledged

that the job is not yet done, a recognition of American discontent.

“I have come to report on the state of the union,” Biden said.

“And my report is this: The state of the union is strong — because you, the American people, are strong. We are stronger today than we were a year ago. And we will be stronger a year from now than we are today.”

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, selected to give the Republican response, said Biden’s address came as a blast from the past with rising inflation, rising crime and a resurgent Russia making it feel more like the 1980s than today.

“Even before taking the oath of office, the president said that he wanted to — quote — make America respected around the world again, and to unite us here. He’s failed on both fronts,” she said.

Biden used his speech to nudge the country back “to more normal routines” after the coronavirus reshaped American life.

“It’s time for Americans to get back to work and fill our great downtowns again,” he declared. He said people will be able to order another round of free tests from the government and that his administration was launching a “test to treat” initiative to provide free antiviral pills at pharmacies to those who test positive for the virus.

Where his speech to Congress last year saw the rollout of a massive social spending package, Biden this year largely repackaged past proposals in search of achievable measures he hopes can win bipartisan support in a bitterly divided Congress before the elections.

The president also highlighted investments in everything from internet broadband access to bridge construction from November’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law as an example of government reaching consensus and delivering change for the nation.

As part of his pitch to voters, he also put a new emphasis on how proposals like extending the child tax credit and bringing down child care costs could bring relief to families as prices rise.

He was said his climate change proposals would cut costs for lower- and middle-income families and create new jobs.

sites could be targeted and called on Jews around the world to protest the invasion.

“This is beyond humanity,” Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, said in a speech posted on Facebook. “They have orders to erase our history, our country and all of us.”

Even as Russia pressed its assault, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that a delegation would be ready later in the day to meet Ukrainian officials.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also said his country was ready — but noted that Russia’s demands have not changed and that he wouldn’t accept any ultimatums. Neither side said where the talks might take place.

As the war wears on, Russia finds itself increasingly isolated, beset by the sanctions that have thrown its economy into turmoil and left the country practically friendless, apart from a few nations like China, Belarus and North Korea. There have been some reports that Belarus is preparing to send troops into Ukraine, but Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has no such plans.

Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, acknowledged the global economic punishment hitting Russia and Russians now is “unprecedented” but said Moscow had been prepared for all manner of sanctions, and the potential damage had been taken into account before launching the invasion.

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Meteorologists from the National Weather Service office in Wichita will present information to help prepare storm spotters and weather enthusiasts for the upcoming storm season.

The presentation teaches observers the different types of storms, the individual storm features to help recognize their potential severity, how to properly report hazardous weather conditions, and severe weather safety.

Kharkiv, killing four people and wounding several, the state emergency service of Ukraine said. It added that residential buildings were also hit, but did not provide further details.

A blast blew the roof off of the five-story police building and set the top floor alight, according to videos and photos released by the service. Pieces of the building were strewn across adjacent streets.

In the northern city of Chernihiv, two cruise missiles hit a hospital, according to the Ukrainian UNIAN news agency, which quoted the health administration chief.

Serhiy Pivovar said and authorities were working to determine the casualty toll.

The attacks followed a day after one in Kharkiv’s central square that shocked many Ukrainians for hitting at the center of life in a major city.

A Russian strike also targeted a TV tower in the capital of Kyiv on Tuesday — and caused damage at the nearby site of the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial.

Zelenskyy, who called the strike on the square in Kharkiv a war crime that the world would never forget, expressed outrage Wednesday at the attack on Babi Yar, where Nazi occupiers killed more than 33,000 Jews over two days in 1941.

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Slim pickings On Saturday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene walked out on stage to the chants of “Putin!” “Putin!” “Putin!”

The Georgia Republican was at an event in Orlando sponsored by the America First Political Action Committee, the brainchild of Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist behind the 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Va., and other anti-democratic forums.

To drum up the crowd’s enthusiasm for Taylor-Greene, Fuentes asked the predominately white male audience, “Can we get a round of applause for Russia?” The crowd answered by chanting the dictator’s name.

Taylor-Greene, unfortunately, is not a political outlier. The Congresswoman is the top Republican fundraiser in the House. In the last year, she has raised $7.5 million.

It used to be that politicians shied away from people like Fuentes, a professed anti-semite who disputes the atrocities of the Holocaust, says women should be denied the right to vote, and yearns for the days of Jim Crow.

But Taylor-Greene appears nonplussed, as do her Saturday sidekicks, Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida, and Rep. Paul Gosar, Arizona.

ON TUESDAY, Putin ordered Russian troops to begin “Phase 2” of the assault on Ukraine. According to Russian military ex-

perts, this means a shift to unrestricted warfare that will be bloody and brutal.

On Tuesday evening, a 40-mile-long caravan of Russian tanks and heavy artillery was headed toward Kyiv.

Though the stomach-turning news about Ukraine tests our physical limits, it should embolden our moral resolve to stand firm against such despots.

Though Taylor-Greene seems to have no compunction about aligning with Putin, others are backpedaling.

Former President Donald Trump is now saying he has stood by Ukraine all along.

In Tuesday’s Washington Post, columnist Greg Sargent succinctly recounts the timeline of Trump’s transgressions to Ukraine, including his attempt to shift the blame from Russia to Ukraine for interfering with the 2016 election and then threatening to withhold military aid unless its president, Alexander Zelenskyy, “investigated,” the conspiracy theory.

It was Trump’s efforts to coerce Zelenskyy in exchange for aid that led the House to vote for his impeachment in 2019.

Trump remains the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.

It’s a toss-up.

Taylor-Greene’s outright treason or Trump’s weaselly rewrite.

— Susan Lynn

Five issues for Kansans to follow The Kansas Legislature has returned! You’d be forgiven for not knowing it was gone in the first place, but the House and Senate took most of a week off after turnaround. That’s the (largely hypothetical) date when each chamber finishes work on its bills and sends the legislation to the other chamber. So what should you be paying attention to over the next few weeks? Here are my five picks.

Clay Wirestone Kansas Reflector Livestock Association and the Kansas Corngrowers Association — standing in opposition to the bill.

Education bills

Amendment frenzy

Both chambers have been working on “parents’ bill of rights” legislation, which would impose various transparency measures on schools, setting the stage for clashes over controversial library books and lesson plans. This is the logical outcome after fact-free hysteria on the right over critical race theory and diversity education.

There are a lot of moving pieces here, and the proposals are cobbled-together wish lists from national conservative organizations hoping to press their advantage in fall elections. Kansans love and stand up for their schools, though, so these bills could be contested to the bitter end.

Even more maps

New approach to water

Water policy doesn’t wake folks up or overly excite them.

Yet the future of rural farms and communities could be at stake if we don’t tend to our water resources.

The House Water Committee has been working on an ambitious plan to both invest more in state water management, and restructure who oversees it.

Passage is no sure thing with several of Kansas’ major agricultural groups — the Kansas Farm Bureau, Kansas

With an anti-abortion amendment already set for the August primary ballot, legislators have been busy on other potential additions to the Kansas Constitution.

The House has passed amendments that would give the Legislature oversight of executive branch regulations and require the election of sheriffs.

Both proposals move on to the Senate, where President Ty Masterson has indicated he would like to pass some amendments of his own. He mentioned tax increases and judicial selection as the subjects. Expect a feisty debate on both topics.

After plentiful wrangling, Republicans got the congressional redistricting map they wanted. They also got dual lawsuits over that map. That’s only the beginning, however.

Both chambers will still need to pass maps outlining new district borders for state senators and representatives.

Keep watch for how legislative leaders dole out those districts.

Which legislators will have an easy re-election, and which will face unfamiliar constituents? This can be a

way to punish lawmakers who haven’t fallen into line or high-profile members of the opposing party. The obvious prediction here: Lots of outage muttering, eventual passage of the maps, a veto from Gov. Laura Kelly and another override extravaganza.

Taxes and budget

At the most basic level, Kansas collects and spends money. That’s what state governments do. Many years that causes pain and consternation, but not this time around.

As I wrote last week, we have a nearly $3 billion budget surplus. That’s a lot of cash burning a giant hole in the state’s wallet.

Legislators have examined eliminating the state sales tax on food and expanding our standard deduction. They’ve also passed a $1 billion-plus incentive package for a mystery business’ megaproject.

Meanwhile, we’ve also seen a proposal to send $1 billion from the surplus to the state’s retirement fund.

How much of a surplus will be left after spending all this money? What about giving state employees a raise or making their health insurance more affordable?

Other directions

These five issues will take time and energy, but I’d fully expect to see legislators go in some other directions, too. While an anti-vaccine bill hit a wall recently, the usual suspects in the Senate and House will keep pushing dangerous proposals. Secretary of State Scott Schwab will probably have to weigh in on “Big Lie”-fueled election proposals. Sadly, someone will likely target transgender schoolkids, too.

Biden hits right note of building unity in face of evolving threats On the midwinter evenings when presidents go to the U.S. Capitol to speak before a joint session of Congress, the state of the union is almost always said to be strong, even when it doesn’t seem so. The line was delivered again Tuesday, near the very end of President Joe Biden’s first formal State of the Union address, despite the frayed condition of the union and the peril around the globe.

The SOTU event, with its special guests of honor, gratuitous rounds of generally partisan applause and (wink) oratorical rules of three, has become so predictable as to court irrelevance. Yes, the coming year’s policy priorities are presented and correlate to a budget proposal, but the general shape of those things is known in advance, with battle lines well-etched.

Even so, the address felt acutely consequential this year. A presidency is what happens when the leader of the free world is busy making other plans. Though Biden’s purported torpor is an overused trope of his detractors, every president must demonstrate the intellect and energy to adapt to the whirl of events, and the State of the Union is a prime opportunity to do so.

On Tuesday, Biden rose to the occasion in his way. As is typical of his speeches, he stumbled over the connective tissue and rushed the transitions in his enumerated lists, but presented moments of true conviction with a patented combination of certitude and sotto voce.

Biden won election in this tribalized nation due to voters’ exhaustion from the

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. (JIM LO SCALZO/POOL/GETTY IMAGES/TNS) scorched-earth style of his predecessor and the common enemy of COVID, yet for many his own style already has worn thin. One reason is the administration’s withdrawal last year from Afghanistan — an outcome the public wanted, but not in the botched manner in which it occurred. Another is the high inflation souring the experience of an otherwise strong economic economy.

Meanwhile, the fast-moving and fearsome developments in Russia’s war on Ukraine have supplanted it all, forcing Biden’s speech to undergo a late restructuring and compelling Americans to grapple with a change in dynamics for which they may not be truly prepared.

Our brief assessment of what was transmitted from the halls of government on Tuesday: • On Russia and Ukraine: The events of the last week have affirmed the importance of Biden’s efforts to repair relations with America’s global allies. In short order, the world has built a substantial response to Russia’s aggression, including economic isolation for that country and humanitarian aid and weaponry for Ukraine, whose sovereignty Russia has violated. Going forward, Biden urged Congress to approve more such support from the United States. He vowed to make Russian leader Vladimir Putin pay a price in order to deter further transgres-

sions. Putin’s comeuppance is as yet, however, a hopeful outcome — despite Ukrainians’ inspiring resilience — with Russian troops amassed near Kyiv and given global disinterest in direct military engagement with a nuclear power. Biden did not engage Americans on the full costs they may one day incur.

• On the economy: Inflation is, in many ways, beyond the president’s ability to alter, even if the political consequences are his to suffer. It was important for Biden to acknowledge the pain, and he did. But while he outlined plans to encourage fairness in pricing and taxation, and to strengthen supply chains and manufacturing in America, the presto-chango factor

is open for debate. Inflation is most effectively influenced by the decisions of the independent Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

• On the pandemic: That the president and most of his audience in the House chamber were maskless for the duration was a show of progress against the pandemic. Yet the administration’s responses have sometimes been behind the curve, and it might merely be said that Biden has been present as the pandemic has continued to evolve. Looking forward, the president promised a continued emphasis on vaccines for the U.S. and the world and due preparation for the inevitability of new variants. Perhaps surprisingly, he came down firmly in favor of people returning to work in person, refilling America’s downtowns. Workers’ concurrence may vary.

• And the rest: Of note, Biden struck the only balance that can reasonably be struck on public safety, police funding and accountability: “Let’s not abandon our streets. Or choose between safety and equal justice.”

Biden was the candidate deemed most likely among Democrats to evolve the country’s direction and demeanor away from the recklessness and disunity of President Donald Trump. Only half of that necessary change has been achieved, and only tenuously.

Biden’s address on Tuesday made at least some progress toward the goal.

— The Minneapolis Star-Tribune

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First, we will no longer publish a Monday paper and instead publish from Tuesday to Saturday, returning a Friday edition.

Second, you will receive your paper through the mail.

Over the past six months, it has been increasingly difficult to find a steady cadre of paper carriers, so much to the point that it has affected the paper’s timely delivery. So, we’ve decided to use those who make it their full-time job, the U.S. Postal Service. For most subscribers, this will mean you will receive your newspaper earlier in the day than presently and at a more predictable time.

On the back end, this affects when the paper is printed at a facility in Hutchinson. So instead of being printed mid-morning with an afternoon delivery to Iola, the paper will be printed in the evening and distributed to area post offices at the crack of dawn, guaranteeing you same-day delivery.

Monday’s paper is being eliminated because that new printing schedule would mean we go to press on Sunday night, and that’s something we’re not keen on.

Also, we’ve never been happy with Monday’s paper being only 8 pages, but that’s all we’ve been able to crank out with an abbreviated schedule.

Publishing a Friday paper will allow us to provide four 12-page papers Tuesday through Friday and a 16-page paper on Saturday.

That’s more news for your dollar!

With the switch, we’ll also be able to deliver papers in a more timely manner to local distributors.

The change doesn’t mean we stop reporting on news that occurs on weekends, but only that it will first appear on our website, just as we do now with Friday night sporting events.

We hope to pull this off without a hitch but ask for your patience if there’s a hiccup or two.

Our goal with these changes is to make the Register’s delivery more timely and its content more robust.

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Baseball whiffs; lockout continues MLB cancels Opening Day

Major League Baseball stadiums will remain shuttered on what would have been Opening Day March 31. PIXABAY.COM

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball’s financial fight cost regular-season games for the first time in 27 years when often acrimonious talks to end a management lockout collapsed Tuesday and Commissioner Rob Manfred scrapped March 31 openers.

With owners and players unable to agree on a contract to replace the collective bargaining agreement that expired Dec. 1, Manfred can-

celed the first two series for each of the 30 teams, cutting each club’s schedule from 162 games to likely 156 at most. A total of 91 games were erased.

“We exhausted every possibility of reaching an agreement before the cancellation of games,” Manfred said during a news conference in the left-field corner of Roger Dean Stadium as fans outside the spring training home of the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals chanted: “We

want baseball!”

Five miles away and 90 minutes later, the players’ association held its own news conference at a hotel, with union head Tony Clark and chief negotiator Bruce Meyer flanked by pitchers Max Scherzer and Andrew Miller — both members of the union’s eight-man executive subcommittee — and Noah Syndergaard seated among about a dozen players in the audience.

“This has been making in See MLB | Page B3

YC advances; Lady Cubs ousted TCU YATES CENTER — A quick start propelled Yates Center High’s boys to victory Tuesday.

The Wildcats jumped out to a 15-6 lead over visiting Jayhawk-Linn High after one quarter and never looked back in a 48-37 win.

The victory, coming in the first round of the Class 2A Substate Playoffs, puts Yates Center in Friday’s semifinal matchup against Southeast, a 61-50 winner over Uniontown. The Wildcats are seeded third in the tournament; Southeast second.

The winner will face either top seed Erie or St. Mary’s Colgan in Saturday’s championship round for a berth in the upcoming 2A State Tournament next week in Manhattan.

The Wildcats’ Sean Hurst was his typical dominant self in the win, scoring 18 and pulling down nine rebounds. Meanwhile, Emmett Brittan drained five 3-pointers to follow with 15.

The Wildcat lead swelled to 27-12 by halftime.

The Jayhawks kept pace through the second half,

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Yates Center High’s Jayston Rice drives to the hoop in a game earlier this season. REGISTER/RICH-

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but not enough to dent much into the lead.

Jack King accentuated Yates Center’s attack with six points and three steals.

Cash Cummings scored four, Canon Cavender and Blake Audiss two apiece, and

Jayston Rice had one point and two steals.

ELSEWHERE, Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs saw their season come to an end with a 78-38 loss at Frontenac to end the season with a 6-14 record.

The Raiders blitzed their way to a 46-15 lead at halftime.

Additional details were unavailable.

Frontenac advances to take on Girard in the semifinals Friday

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU is off to a good start in March, and the Horned Frogs pretty much know for sure now that they will be part of the madness of the NCAA Tournament.

Sixth-ranked Kansas has consecutive losses for the first time this season while still trying to clinch a Big 12 title.

Mike Miles Jr. had 19 points and six assists as TCU solidified its onceshaky tournament resume with a second consecutive win versus a top-10 team, 74-64 over the Jayhawks on Tuesday night.

“It means everything. ...

This gives us momentum,” Miles said.

“I’m really glad for our players, they really bought in,” coach Jamie Dixon said, pointing out that it was March 1. “You could see it See KU | Page B4

Russia excluded from more sports as sanctions mount GENEVA (AP) — More and more sports are following the appeal of the International Olympic Committee and banning Russian athletes from competing in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russia was barred from competing in international ice skating, skiing, basketball, track and some tennis events Tuesday, a day after being kicked out of soccer competitions and hockey — Vladimir Putin’s favorite team sport. The decisions follow the IOC’s request to international sports federations to keep Russian athletes out of events they organize.

The International Skating Union, the body that runs the sport around the world, said no athletes from Russia

or Belarus “shall be invited or allowed to participate” in events until further notice.

Belarus has been a key ally of Russia in its attack on Ukraine.

The world figure skating championships are scheduled for later this month in Montpellier, France. The ISU decision means Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova and 15-year-old teammate Kamila Valieva, who was the focus of a still-unresolved doping dispute at last month’s Winter Olympics, will be excluded from the competition.

The sports restrictions have drawn sharp criticism from Russia.

“Our country has always adhered to the principle that See RUSSIA | Page B3

In the swing of things While high school basketball still has a ways to go (hopefully) for area schools, it’s not too early to think about the spring sports season, with practices for track and field, golf, baseball, softball and tennis beginning this week. Here, Iola High students Kendall Glaze, left, and Luke Wicoff take part in tennis practice Tuesday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Exxon halts production in Russia over Ukraine TNS News Service

NEW YORK — U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil Tuesday said it will discontinue its current operations in Russia over that country’s invasion of Ukraine.

“We deplore Russia’s military action that violates the territorial integrity of Ukraine and endangers its people,” ExxonMobil said in a statement.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of innocent lives and support the strong international response. We are fully complying with all sanctions.”

“ExxonMobil supports the people of Ukraine as they seek to defend their freedom and determine their

own future as a nation,” the statement added.

The U.S. concern operates the Sakhalin-1 gas project on behalf of an international consortium of Japanese, Indian and Russian companies.

“In response to recent events, we are beginning the process to discontinue operations and developing steps to exit the Sakhalin-1 venture,” the statement added.

ExxonMobil has been in Russia for decades and holds 30% of the Sakhalin-1 project.

Given the current situation, ExxonMobil will not invest in new developments in Russia, the U.S. firm said further.

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the years, seeing things that have happened over the course specifically of this last CBA,” Scherzer said, “things that have happened to different players in certain situations, that we absolutely have to have corrections.”

Manfred vowed players will not receive salary or major league service for games missed, exacerbating already visceral anger of the roughly 1,200 players locked into a contest of will against 30 controlling owners. Manfred maintained daily interleague play made rescheduling impossible.

“To say they won’t reschedule games if games are canceled or they won’t pay players for those games that are canceled is solely their position,” Meyer said.

“We would have a different position.”

Talks that began last April went nowhere, and MLB locked out players Dec. 2 in the sport’s first work stoppage since 1995. There were just six economic negotiating sessions over the next 2½ months in New York, but more intensive talks began Feb. 21 in Florida.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has canceled the first two series of the 2022 season. TNS FILE PHOTO

After 13 negotiating sessions over 16½ hours Monday, the sides recessed at 2:30 a.m. having made progress but still far apart on key economic issues.

Tone changed with the daylight, and the league sent the players what it termed a “best offer” on the ninth straight day of talks.

The union held a Zoom call of 30-40 players and reacted angrily with a rejection. Both sides said they were leaving town, and there was no date scheduled for bar-

gaining to resume.

At 5:07 p.m. of the lockout’s 90th day, Manfred declared the opposite of play ball!

“Against that backdrop of growing revenues and record profits for owners of the league,” Clark said, “players seek and deserve nothing more than fundamental fairness.”

Baseball’s ninth work stoppage will be the fourth causing regular-season games to be canceled, leaving ballparks quiet from Fenway Park to Dodger Stadium.

Caught in the crossfire of the money fight, players said they would only discuss — but not commit to — possible on-field changes that Manfred says are needed, such as pitch clocks and the elimination of defensive shifts. An expanded postseason was another casualty — for now.

“Manfred gotta go,” tweeted Chicago Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman.

The bulk of fan ire on social media was aimed at Manfred, who was spotted practicing his golf swing between bargaining sessions

by an Associated Press photographer Tuesday.

Others were upset that Manfred was laughing and jovial with reporters at his news conference announcing the cancellation.

“Have no clue how he has the ability to laugh about anything right now,” Los Angeles Angels pitcher Michael Lorenzen tweeted. “Mind is blown.”

Players are angry payrolls decreased by 4% from 2015 through last year and many teams jettisoned a portion of high-priced veteran journeymen in favor of lower-priced youth.

“The game has suffered damage for a while now. ... The game has been manipulated,” Clark said. “The value inherent and how players are respected and viewed has changed.

Players have been commoditized, monetized in a way that is really hard to explain.”

Some clubs gave up on competing in the short term to better position themselves for future seasons.

“We have been screaming for years about competition issues,” Miller said.

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Russia: Sports world reacts to invasion Continued from B1

sport is beyond politics, but we are constantly drawn into the politics, because they understand the importance of sport in the lives of our Russian people,” Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, who was stripped of an IOC honor for organizing the 2014 Sochi Olympics, said Tuesday at a Sports Ministry meeting.

Russian and Belarusian tennis players including top-ranked Daniil Medvedev, who is Russian, can play on the ATP and WTA tours, but without national flags, and at the Grand Slams.

The countries are barred from team competitions like the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup until further notice. Russian players won both last year and are already qualified for this year’s finals as defending champions.

In Norway, Russian cross-country skiers — who won 11 medals at the Beijing Olympics — were heading home after being excluded from competition by the International Ski Federation, known as FIS. The decision came after a three-day standoff with Norwegian ski officials, who said they would refuse to let Russians and Belarusians race if FIS maintained its previous policy of allowing them to compete as neutral athletes.

“Firstly, I am glad that FIS has taken this decision,” said Norwegian ski federation president Erik Røste, who also sits on the governing body’s ruling council. “Then I have to be honest and say it has taken too long.”

The FIS position shifted Tuesday morning after its president, Johan Eliasch, took part in a conference call hosted by the IOC with the governing bodies of Olympic sports.

In track and field, Russia has been sus-

pended since 2015 for doping violations but allowed to compete as “Authorized Neutral Athletes.” On Tuesday, the sport moved to a blanket ban on Russia and Belarus.

The governing body of track is run by Sebastian Coe. As an athlete, Coe defied calls to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics because of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan and won a gold medal in the 1,500 meters.

“I have railed against the practice of politicians targeting athletes and sport to make political points when other sectors continue about their business,” Coe said. “This is different as governments, business and other international organizations have imposed sanctions and measures against Russia across all sectors. Sport has to step up and join these efforts to end this war and restore peace. We cannot and should not sit this one out.”

Russia was suspended by the International Basketball Federation.

That will hit Russia’s bid to qualify for next year’s men’s World Cup. Russia already had one qualifying game against the Netherlands called off last week. The Russian women’s team has qualified for a place at the World Cup in September.

The International Volleyball Federation stripped Russia of hosting the men’s world championships in August. Volleyball also suspended Russian teams and clubs from international events, while rowing, badminton, canoeing and triathlon decided to exclude Russian athletes from their competitions.

Other sports like swimming, cycling and auto racing haven’t followed the recommendation from the IOC to ban Russians.

Swimming’s gov-

erning body, known as FINA, said Tuesday it would allow Russian and Belarusian swimmers to take part “as neutrals, competing under the FINA flag and with the FINA anthem.”

Russia is hosting the world short-course championships in December. FINA said it had withdrawn a federation honor awarded to Putin in 2014.

Cycling will allow Russian riders to compete as neutrals but will bar Russian and Belarusian teams and sponsors. Auto racing’s international body, the FIA, said Russian drivers like Nikita Mazepin can still compete but a block on having cars in national colors would stop Mazepin’s team Haas bringing back the Russian flag-stripe livery it removed during last week’s testing. The Russian Grand Prix was cut from the calendar on Friday.

The World Games, a multisport competition set to be held this summer in Birmingham, Alabama, banned athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus from taking part in the 11-day event featuring sports and disciplines that aren’t on the Olympic program. Organizers said they were following the direction of the IOC, which provides support for the World Games.

Russia and Belarus combined to send more than 150 athletes to the last World Games, held in Wroclaw, Poland in 2017.

Russian athletes have already arrived in China for the Winter Paralympics, which open Friday. They are scheduled to compete as RPC, short for Russian Paralympic Committee, after the IOC offered a possible exemption for events starting at short notice. The Ukrainian team isn’t yet in Beijing, but organizers said they expect the country’s athletes to arrive

in time.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee opposes the Russian team competing.

“As the world watches in horror while Russia brazenly attacks the innocent people and athletes of Ukraine, this is the only acceptable action to be taken until peace has been restored,” the USOPC said in a statement.

The governing bodies of three Olympic sports — fencing, shooting and boxing — are led by Russians. So far, only shooting has barred Russian athletes from competing.

The billionaire president of the International Fencing Federation, Alisher Usmanov, said Tuesday he would “suspend the exercise of my duties ... until justice is restored” after being sanctioned by the European Union.

The invasion has also led to some sponsors and companies cutting ties.

Adidas, the maker of the Russian national soccer team jerseys, said it was suspending its partnership with the federation with immediate effect.

ended by its second shortened season in three years following a 2020 schedule cut to 60 games because of the pandemic. The disruption will create another issue if 15 days are wiped out and stars such as Shohei Ohtani, Pete Alonso, Jake Cronenworth and Jonathan India would be delayed an extra year from free agency.

Players would lose $20.5 million in salary for each day of the season that is canceled, according to a study by the AP, and the 30 teams would lose large sums that are harder to pin down.

The first 86 games of the 1973 season were canceled by a strike over pension negotiations, the 1981 season was fractured by a 50day midseason strike over free agency compensation rules that canceled 713 games, and a strike that started in August 1994 over management’s attempt to gain a salary cap canceled the final 669 regular-season games and the World Series. It also led to a three-week delay of the 1995 season, when schedules were cut from 162 games to 144.

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Players asked for $238 million this year, $244 million in 2023, $250 million in 2024, $256 million in 2025 and $263 million in 2026.

“We’re seeing it act as a salary cap,” Scherzer said. “The San Diego Padres have the higher payroll than the New York Yankees.”

MLB offered $25 million annually for a new bonus pool for pre-arbitration players, and the union $85 million this year, with $5 million yearly increases.

“There’s dollars to be allocated toward them that would fairly compensate their contributions on the field, more so than what’s on the table,” Scherzer said.

MLB proposed raising the minimum salary from $570,500 to $700,000 this year, with increases of $10,000 annually, and the union asked for $725,000 this year, $745,000 in 2023, $765,000 in 2024 and increases for 2025 and 2026 based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners.

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this last week and you could just kind of see things coming.”

The Horned Frogs (19-9, 8-8 Big 12), who had never had consecutive wins over ranked opponents, secured the game during a stretch when Miles made a strong move around KJ Adams Jr. for a layup, and then made a 3-pointer to extend the lead to 59-49 with 7:44 left.

After a Kansas miss, Xavier Cork had a slam dunk that sent the full-house crowd into a frenzy. Students swarmed the court when it was over.

Kansas (23-6, 12-4) went from a half-game Big 12 lead to a halfgame behind thirdranked Baylor (25-5, 134) with an extra game to play.

The Jayhawks, who play TCU again Thursday at home before facing No. 21 Texas on Saturday, missed a chance to clinch at least a share of their 20th Big 12 title in 26 seasons when they lost 80-70 at thirdranked Baylor last Saturday — the same day the Frogs won at home 69-66 against then-No. 9 Texas Tech.

Kansas will now go to the final day of the regular season before the title is settled.

“Baylor was a game in which we played well in stretches and we played poorly in stretches, but they’re good. And it was on the road. ... I mean, sometimes that happens,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “Tonight was more bothersome to me because we had everything to play for, but they did too. And it looked like to me, they were the quicker, more aggressive team, hands down.”

Emmanuel Miller added 11 points for TCU, which has won three of four since a three-game losing streak that had its NCAA hopes in jeopardy. The Frogs were last in the tournament in 2017-18, only their second appearance since their last tourney win in 1987 when Dixon was a senior guard for them.

“It just proves we can beat anybody,” Miles said. “We just want to play our best basketball, and that’s what

we’re doing .”

Ochai Agbaji, the Big 12 leading scorer at 20.4 points per game, had 13 points for Kansas on 4-of-17 shooting, with three 3s. Jalen Wilson also had 13 points and David McCormack scored 11. Agbaji and McCormack both had eight rebounds.

The Jayhawks took a 35-34 halftime lead after scoring the last six points. Agbaji swished a 3 from the right corner in front of the TCU bench and Jalen Coleman-Lands put them ahead with a 3 from the right side.

After McCormack made two free throws in the opening minute of the second half, TCU scored the next six points — including layups by Miller and Cork — to go ahead for good.

LONE STAR LOSSES Kansas finished 0-4 in Big 12 road games in Texas. Before the back-to-back losses to Baylor and TCU, the Jayhawks lost Jan. 8 at Texas Tech and Feb. 7 at Texas. There are some projections that have Kansas opening the NCAA Tournament in Fort Worth, at Dickies Arena that is only a few miles from the TCU campus. There is also a regional semifinal and final in San Antonio.

BIG PICTURE Kansas: The Jayhawks hadn’t lost consecutive Big 12 games since losing three in a row on the road in January 2021. Their last consecutive double-digit losses had been in February 2004, Self ’s first season with KU, on the road against Oklahoma State and Nebraska. ... Kansas is 107-16 in games following a loss in Self ’s 19 seasons. They had been 4-0 this season.

TCU: The Horned Frogs have four wins against AP Top 25 teams this season, the first time they have ever done that. They are 4-3 against ranked teams, 3-1 at home.

UP NEXT Kansas and TCU play again Thursday night, this time in Lawrence, Kansas, in the makeup of what was supposed to be the Big 12 opener for both teams on New Year’s Day. That game was postponed because of COVID-19 issues in TCU’s program.

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By KEITH POMPEY The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

PHILADELPHIA — Doc Rivers was 140 days old at the time. His players were multiple decades away from being conceived.

But all of the 76ers are aware of what happened on March 2, 1962.

That’s when Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks at Hersheypark Arena.

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the record that may never be broken. Heck, it’s never been broken by two teammates in the same game.

“That’s impossible,” Rivers said. “I mean, you can lock some of these guys in a gym with grade schoolers, and they’re not getting 100. The fact that

he scored 100 points with other NBA players to me is one of the greatest feats, if not the greatest feat. I don’t ever see that happening again.”

Chamberlain, a product of Philadelphia’s Overbrook High School, was later traded by the Warriors, who had moved to San Francisco in 1962, to the Sixers on Jan. 15, 1965. It’s quite a coincidence that a Philadelphia team is playing the Knicks, when the Sixers (37-23) entertain New York (25-36) on Wednesday, the night of the anniversary.

Arguably the NBA’s greatest player, Chamberlain led the Sixers to the 1967 NBA title. The late Hall of Famer was a four-time MVP, seven-time scoring champion, 10-time All-NBA selection, 13-time AllStar, 11-time rebounding champion, and two-time All-Defensive

selection.

Yet, his most memorable accomplishment came 60 years ago in a game played before 4,124 people in Hershey.

Chamberlain made 36 of 63 field goals and 28 of 32 foul shots. He scored 31 points in a quarter and 59 points in a half.

“I don’t even see that happening again,” Rivers said of an NBA player scoring 100 points.

Kobe Bryant’s 81 points against the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 22, 2006 is the closest anyone has come to Chamberlain’s record. David Thompson scored 73 points. David Robinson and Elgin Baylor each scored 71, and Devin Booker had a 70-point performance.

“Kobe had what, 81?”

Rivers said. “Think about it; if you score 19 points a game that’s a lot. Kobe was 19 points short of [100] and ex-

hausted.

“Wilt’s numbers are crazy. If you ever just set time and look at his numbers, they’re nuts.

I don’t know if he ever got his due.”

Chamberlain averaged 30.1 points, 22.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 45.8 minutes played over his 14-year career.

He averaged 50.4 points, 25.7 rebounds, and 48.5 minutes during the 1961-62 season. Regulation NBA games are 48 minutes.

But on this day, the focus will be on the 100-point game.

“That’s just a conditioning, a focus, a locked-in type of situation, I’ve never seen before,” Danny Green said. “My career-high ever is maybe 40-something. And it was fatiguing to shoot that many shots. Guys that even score 50 or 60 that’s a big thing because it’s hard to do.”

Duke rolls in Coach K’s final road game PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski’s final true road game at Duke ended like so many that came before it: with the fourth-ranked Blue Devils quickly quieting the crowd on their way to another blowout win.

Freshman guard Trevor Keels scored a career-high 27 points, Paolo Banchero add-

ed 21.

Duke clinched at least a share of its 13th Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title under Krzyzewski with an 86-56 win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

The Blue Devils (26-4, 16-3) wasted little time making sure Krzyzewski would pick up his ACC-record 201st road

win, taking a 13-point lead before the game was four minutes old and cruising.

Krzyzewski improved to 272-154 in road games with the Blue Devils. Two of the losses have come at the Petersen Events Center since Pitt (11-19, 6-13) joined the ACC in 2013, including a stunning upset by the Panthers a

year ago.

Not this time. The Blue Devils are bigger, deeper and more talented than Pitt and locked up the top-seed in next week’s ACC tournament with ease.

John Hugley led the Panthers with 19 points as Pitt dropped its third straight following a three-game winning streak.

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COVID could cause changes in saliva Dear Dr. Roach

I am an 82-year-old woman in good health.

I tested positive for the COVID virus in December 2020 and was hospitalized but did not need a ventilator. I needed oxygen for about two weeks after release.

Four or five weeks ago, I noted thicker saliva in my mouth. The liquid hardens in the morning, and I have to pry my lips from my teeth. No pain; it’s just extremely aggravating. My dentist, family doctor and an ear, nose and throat doc-

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tor gave me no answers.

Have you come across this strange malady? — J.M. Answer: There have been many reports about changes in saliva during and immediately after COVID-19 infection. The virus attacks,

among other places, the lining of the mouth.

However, since it started more than a year after the infection, I think it’s unlikely to be related to the active COVID infection.

What is possible is that the virus has triggered an autoimmune attack on the saliva-producing cells in the three dif- ferent salivary glands, a condition known as Sjogren’s syndrome. There are reports of dramatically increased rates of autoimmune disease, including Sjogren’s syn-

drome.

Of course, this is just a guess on my part. Sjogren’s syndrome can be diag- nosed only after a comprehensive eval- uation, including blood tests that look for evidence of autoimmune disease. A rheumatologist is one expert who might provide additional insight. Dry eyes are extremely common in Sjo- gren’s syndrome, so that would be a supporting historical finding, which could be confirmed by an eye specialist.

Beach house causes familial brouhaha Dear Carolyn: My wife and I have a beach house. When we bought it 12 years ago, we established one firm rule — no one could use it when we’re not there.

And we’re very cautious about inviting relatives or friends to stay with us; no one gets invited for more than two days.

My wife suggested these rules because she saw how people took advantage of her parents’ vacation home when she was growing up, and the rules have served us well.

My younger sister is getting married soon and she and her fiance have a very limited budget. They’ve asked to honeymoon at our beach house for a week and I’d like to make an exception for them. My wife is dead-set against it, saying that if we make this one exception, the dam will break and we’ll be pestered by everyone.

I have a very large family who have asked over the years why we’re so “stingy” with our second home, but I think we can make this one exception and still hold firm with everyone else. My wife disagrees.

Carolyn Hax Tell Me About It We’re sick of arguing about it so we’ve both agreed to ask you and stand by your advice.

— Beach house owner Beach House Owner:

Normally I’d side with your argument here, because I think gifts are lovely and flexibility is even lovelier; rigid rules and ideologies that allow no room for discretion are my Voldemort.

However: Your “very large family” has spent “years” showing zero respect for your boundaries and calling you two “stingy”! Inexcusable. Your wife sounds rightly concerned that one attempt to be kind would invite a fresh new, years-long cycle of abuse. And it also seems possible, if not probable, that she’s already worn to a nub by the 12-year effort to “hold firm” under rude pressure from your family.

So, I’m on Team No. Unfortunately, your rejecting their request

will probably touch off more criticism and pressure anyway. Because, rude.

I bet there’s a creative solution available here, though. Would it be worth it, for example, for you and your wife to write a nice check for their honeymoon fund?

Do you know anyone else wellll outside the family who owns a vacation home they can use, which you can obtain for them through barter of your home with this other person’s? I’m just throwing these out as examples — and doing so with full knowledge that it’s not your responsibility to give this couple a honeymoon. I suggest it only because sometimes it’s worthwhile to buy your way out, principle be damned, of an otherwise no-win situation.

Re: House: I’d rent them another beach house before opening these flood gates. The wife is right about the consequences.

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Mickelson may not have time to recover PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Phil Mickelson was one of the louder voices on the Ryder Cup Task Force that reshaped the American blueprint and created so much continuity it was easy to predict the next captain.

Doug Ferguson The Associated Press

Zach Johnson, a fourtime Ryder Cup player and a vice captain on the previous two teams, is the choice for the 2023 matches in Italy.

That was easy.

The next choice for Bethpage Black in 2025 should have been just as predictable, except that now it isn’t.

All signs had pointed to Mickelson.

Never mind that Mickelson is a six-time major champion who has been part of every Ryder Cup team since 1995, before Collin Morikawa was even born. New York loves Mickelson despite — or maybe because of — his five close calls in the majors, two of them at Bethpage.

But now?

Lovable Lefty has an entirely different reputation.

Becoming golf ’s oldest major champion at age 50 by winning the PGA Championship now seems a lot longer than nine months ago.

Fresh on the mind are his comments to longtime golf writer Alan Shipnuck, who is writing an unauthorized biography on Mickelson.

While flirting with a Saudi-funded rival league, Mickelson referred to the Saudis as “scary mother(expletives) to get involved with.”

“We know they killed (Washington Post reporter Jamal) Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights,” Mickelson was quoted as saying. “They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Be-

Phil Mickelson reacts during a 2021 golf tournament in Detroit. GETTY IMAGES/GREGORY SHAMUS/TNS cause this is a once-ina-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.”

He also said he didn’t care if the rival league succeeded as long as it provided him leverage against the “dictatorship” of Commissioner Jay Monahan and the PGA Tour.

If that wasn’t enough, Mickelson said he and three other top players paid attorneys to write the operating agreement for the rival league.

Four of his corporate partners — KPMG, American Express, Amstel Light and Workday — no longer want to work with him. Callaway Golf said it was pausing the relationship.

As for the Ryder Cup? Johnson was prepared for the topic when he was introduced as captain on Monday.

The four times he was asked about Mickelson as a vice captain, or the threat of the Saudi league Mickelson has promoted, Johnson offered a vague response about unknowns and hypotheticals.

Repeatedly asked about Mickelson in a Sky Sports interview, Johnson offered little more than to say without elaboration, “Phil

Mickelson is a friend of mine.”

The last anyone has heard from Mickelson was a 500-word statement a week ago that only made him look more self-absorbed. The statement contained the words “apologize” once and “sorry” twice. He never mentioned Monahan or the PGA Tour. He said his only motivation was for the good of the game and the players, even if it meant being the fall guy.

It was a fall, all right.

Mickelson mentioned the pressure and stress of the last 10 years and said that he “desperately” need time away. And that’s the problem as he tries to recover from the mess he created.

Time is what Mickelson doesn’t have.

The swift and stunning downfalls of Mickelson and Tiger Woods are nothing alike except for the damage to their public image. Woods sabotaged his personal life. Mickelson tried to sabotage the tour that made him rich and famous.

Woods was 33 and at the peak of his game when he was exposed for having multiple extramarital affairs at the end 2009. Four years later, he was voted PGA Tour player of the

year for the 11th time.

Then, after four back surgeries that left him fearful he might never play golf again, he won the 2019 Masters for his 15th major title.

It was as much a comeback as redemption. Woods is as popular as ever.

Once revered among his peers, he now is adored by them.

Mickelson is 51, and friends inside the ropes suddenly are hard to find.

WHILE HIS PGA victory at Kiawah Island last May was historic, Lefty is beyond the twilight of his career. In his 12 starts on the PGA Tour since then, he has missed the cut five times and finished among the top 25 just once — a tie for 17th in a limited-field event.

He also has four wins on the PGA Tour Champions. But while the 50-and-over league is as competitive as

ever, it’s not the road to recovery.

Time can heal wounds. Unknown is how deep these go and if more will follow.

Shipnuck’s book is due to be released in May. Another book is planned for the fall by noted sports gambler Billy Walters, with whom Mickelson was linked in an insider trading episode. It ended with Mickelson, a relief defendant, repaying the government the $1 million he made in the stock deal and Walters going to prison.

The next Ryder Cup in Italy is 19 months away. Bethpage Black is two years after that, and given how Woods will now play a limited schedule at best, he makes the most sense as the U.S. captain in 2025.

Where does Mickelson fit in?

That depends how quickly he can recover, if at all.

Baylor defeats Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Baylor spoiled Texas’ going-away party for the Longhorns’ old arena.

Adam Flagler and James Akinjo each scored 19 points and No. 3 Baylor pulled away late for a tough 68-61 win over No. 21 Texas on Monday night, quieting a raucous sellout crowd of more than 16,000 in the final men’s basketball game at the 45-year-old Frank Erwin Center.

Flagler scored 16 in the second half behind four 3-pointers, while Akinjo provided the scoring punch and key ballhandling late for the Bears (25-5, 13-4 Big 12). Akinjo also had eight rebounds and seven assists.

Arena security was braced for another attempt by Texas fans to rush the court after a win, only to watch them start heading for the exits throughout the final minute.

“This is a really tough team. ... It feels good whether it was the last game or not,” Akinjo said after Baylor earned a regular-season sweep in the rivalry. “It’s always tough to win on the road in the Big 12.”

Baylor also got 13 points from Kendall Brown and 12 from Flo Thamba.

Flagler made consecutive 3-pointers to give Baylor its first lead of the second half at 40-39.

Texas (21-9, 10-7) tied it 54-all on Christian Bishop’s tough layup in traffic with just over five minutes to play before Flagler answered with a twisting layup, then a 3-pointer to push the Bears’ lead to five.

“I just had to make the shots at the end of the day. I got a lot of wide-open looks,” Flagler said.

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