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Senate to vote on ‘skinny’ coronavirus stimulus bill

By DAVE GOLDINER New York Daily News

Senate Republicans hope to vote next week on a so-called “skinny” coronavirus stimulus package even as the gap between the White House and Democrats remains as wide as ever.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., a close ally of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said the GOP wants to move quickly after Labor Day on a spending package worth about $1 trillion to aid hard-pressed Americans.

“That’s the goal,” Barrasso told PBS Newshour Tuesday.

Senate Republicans were huddling Tuesday morning with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to plot their strategy.

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Family inspires teacher’s return

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Kendra Britt, a new first grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, learned a lot about teaching from her aunt, Daryl Sigg.

Sigg is the library media specialist for McKinley NEW and Lincoln TEACHERS schools.

Britt grew up in Iola. As a student at Iola High School, she served as a mentor for younger students alongside her aunt.

In an effort to model her aunt, Britt said she was impressed with how she addressed students.

“It was always with respect.

Always calm,” Britt said. “I learned how to treat students and how to talk to them and how to get the best response from them.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, Sigg inspired Britt to become a teacher.

Britt began teaching second grade at Jefferson, but left the profession about five years ago when she moved out of state.

She’s back now, out of a desire to be closer to family and a love of teaching.

She’s also back in school herself, pursuing a master’s degree in library media.

Jefferson Elementary School first grade teacher Kendra Britt returned to her hometown of Iola to teach. Britt also is working toward her master’s degree in library media, following in the footsteps of her aunt, Daryl Sigg, and because she loves to read. In the classroom, she’s been reading the book “Shiloh,” about an abused beagle. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS Again, not surprisingly, she wants to be like her aunt.

FAMILY PLAYED a big role in Britt’s teaching style.

In addition to her aunt’s influence, Britt also was inspired by her parents, Michael and Vickie Britt.

They’re both accountants,

so it’s only natural that Britt grew up with a love of numbers and math.

That added up to incorporating a class “store” into her teaching methods. Students earn points each day for positive behaviors, and the points translate to dollars to spend for trinkets at a store on Fri-

days. Britt doesn’t like to take away points for bad behavior, but it can happen.

The store reinforces positive behavior, teaches math skills such as adding and subtracting, and also teaches life skills such as responsibility, obeying rules, and negotiatSee TEACHER | Page A3

Thrive announces another round of stimulus

By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register

Tuesday’s meeting of Allen County commissioners ranged over a number of topics, including grant opportunities for local businesses and nonprofits.

Lisse Regehr, CEO of Thrive Allen County, provided an update on various grants recently made available to local entities, as well as noted some changes to various awards.

For instance, SPARK/ CARES Act monies exist for small businesses and nonprofits, including food pantries, adversely affected by COVID-19.

Those interested in pursuing these funds should contact Thrive at 620-365-8128, and Regehr said that applications should be available on Thrive’s website (and the county’s) by the end of this week.

Before applying, Regehr said small businesses and nonprofits should note the following recently obtained details:

— Applications for these awards will not be evaluated on a first-come, first-served basis, but time is still of the essence.

— “Diversity” is a factor in relation to location in the county. Committees will attempt to spread award money around the area equally.

— Up to $7,500 is available per applying entity.

— Those businesses or nonprofits that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) or Emergency Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds are still eligible.

— Nonprofits must compose a “final report” as part of their application, but it is not extensive.

— The SPARK funds will

take the form of a reimbursement, so proper invoices or receipts must be collected and submitted.

— Funds must be spent on COVID-19 related items, but this can include anything such as working capital, website development and advertising.

MICHAEL Burnett and Tim Thyer of Iola Fire and Rescue said that crews had now fully moved into the new EMS stations at Humboldt and Moran.

“They’re beautiful,” remarked Thyer, who also announced his forthcoming retirement on Nov. 27.

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Kenosha visit exposes divides over race, policing

By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE The Associated Press

President Donald Trump tours an area affected by civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty

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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement, blaming “domestic terror” for the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and making no nod to the underlying cause of anger and protests — the shooting of yet

another Black man by police.

Trump declared the violence “anti-American.” He did not mention Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed after being shot in the back seven times by an officer last week in Kenosha.

Soon after arriving in the city, a visit made over the objections of state and local leaders, Trump toured the charred remains of a block besieged by violence and fire.

With the scent of smoke still in the air, he spoke to the own-

ers of a century-old store that had been destroyed and continued to link the violence to the Democrats, blaming those in charge of Kenosha and Wisconsin while raising apocalyptic warnings if their party should capture the White House.

“These are not acts of peaceful protest but, really, domestic terror,” said Trump.

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Vehicle damaged

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Kristin Coots-Duncan told Iola police officers

Friday her vehicle was damaged while it was parked in the 100 block of White Boulevard.

Road work delayed A highway resurfacing project along K-58 Highway east of Le Roy has been delayed.

The Kansas Department of Transportation reported Tuesday the 15-mile project will start sometime late Sep-

tember or early October.

Work originally was slated to begin this week.

The resurface project will extend from K-58’s intersection with U.S. 169 near Colony to the west edge of Le Roy, a 15-mile stretch.

Neosho County faces noteworthy COVID cases Neosho County has recently faced a series of more prominent COVID-19 cases, with a county commissioner and two students becoming infected with the virus.

Gail Klaassen, chair of the Neosho County Commission, was diagnosed with COVID-19 in late August, according to a recent report in the Chanute Tribune.

Klaassen told the Tribune she and her daughter underwent testing after her other daughter ran a temperature and was confirmed positive for the coronavirus.

Klaassen told fellow commissioners she had attended a gathering the previous weekend in Cowley County.

Klaassen said her symptoms were mild.

Two students at Chanute High School have also tested positive for COVID-19, according to The Tribune.

USD 413 officials have notified those potentially exposed to the students, the Tribune reported, including teachers and students who attended class with them.

Members of the volleyball team were included.

“Potentially, all programs could be affected,” Superintendent of Schools Kellen Adams told Tribune staff.

“One of the two positive tests today was directly related to volleyball.”

Each of the students attends seven classes, potentially exposing dozens of students.

Kansas man sentenced VINITA, Okla. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with the deaths of two people and the disappearance of two teenage girls more than 20 years ago.

Ronnie Busick, 69, was sentenced Monday in Craig County on one count of accessory to murder, said Oklahoma

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State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Brook Arbeitman.

Busick, who pleaded guilty in July, could have earned a reduction in his sentence by showing authorities where the bodies of Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman were located, but several searches have not recovered the teens’ remains, Arbeitman said.

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MORAN — Marmaton Market officials will show off several of the grocery store’s improvements Saturday during its grand reopening celebration.

Pulled pork sandwiches will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., to go along with several in-store specials, store manager Marilyn Logan said.

Customers will be invited to check out some of the upgrades, including new coolers, better signage, and perhaps most notably, a wider selection of merchandise, she added.

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Marmaton Market officials, from left, Karen Price, Marilyn Logan, Mary Ann Buller and Brenda Boyle visit with Allen County Commissioner Bruce Symes during a preview Tuesday of a grand reopening celebration planned for Saturday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

As a cooperative, Marmaton Market is Allen County’s only community-owned grocery store.

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tion will include a drive to gather in more investors as well, Logan noted. Shares are sold for $100 apiece.

Kansas Sen. Julia Lynn to retire, leave ballot

By SHERMAN SMITH Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Kansas Sen. Julie Lynn announced Tuesday she will retire from the Legislature to care for her ailing sister, and asked to remove her name from the November ballot.

The Olathe Republican has served in the Legislature since 2006 and was chairwoman of the Commerce Committee for the past eight years.

“Due to personal, family health reasons and the need to care for my sister’s severely declining health, I have asked for my name to be removed from the ballot as the Republican nominee for state Senate in District 9,” Lynn said in a statement. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve you.

I am eternally grateful for your support and allowing me to serve as your state senator.”

Kansas law limits the circumstances that allow a candidate to withdraw from the

general election ballot, and Tuesday was the deadline to request to be removed from the ballot. Lynn’s request caught Republicans by surprise, and raised the prospect that Democrats could win the seat.

Senate President Susan Wagle, a Republican from Wichita, empathized with her colleague. Wagle’s daughter died in March after a battle with multiple myeloma.

“Senator Lynn has always been dedicated to her family, and I respect her decision to place them first during this time of hardship,” Wagle said. “Having recently lost a daughter to cancer, I know she will not regret fully committing her time to her sister and to the rest of her family.”

Lynn plans to finish her term, serving on interim committees for the remainder of the calendar year.

Her departure from the ballot will require Republican leaders in the Johnson County district to

Sen. Julia Lynn, R-Olathe, plans to serve out her current term but asked to be removed from the November ballot. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) choose a replacement.

Stacey Knoell, who has experience as an educator in public schools, is the Democratic nominee for the Johnson County district.

In addition to overseeing the Commerce Committee, Lynn is chairwoman of the Legislative Post Audit Committee and the 2020 Special Committee on Economic Recovery. She also served on panels for tax, judiciary and utilities.

Lynn’s influence as the commerce chairwoman was the subject of an investigative report last year by Gan-

nett Kansas, which raised questions about conflicts of interest.

Lynn worked for Allied Global Services, which won $13 million in contracts from the Kansas Department of Commerce under Republican administrations.

The company fired Lynn in response to questions for the story.

She referred to the report by Tim Carpenter, now the senior reporter for the Kansas Reflector, as a “witch hunt.”

The administration of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly terminated no-bid contracts that had been awarded to Allied Global Services.

KS foster families lack technology during COVID

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ments aren’t complete.

Logan hopes to have another new cooler in place to hold a wider selection of produce in the next few weeks, which then would allow her to move the existing produce cooler to the meat department.

The store’s new LED lighting makes for a brighter interior, and shows off recent pieces of artwork by Marmaton Valley High School senior Kaitlynn Morgan, who painted a Wildcat logo in honor of her school’s official mascot last week. She also painted Marmaton Market’s logo and other signs depicting the dairy and meat departments.

LAWRENCE, Kansas — When school buildings across Kansas shut down in March, parents and students had to adjust to shorter class times, Zoom sessions and take-home packets.

Meanwhile, families in the foster care system faced extra challenges: keeping up with training sessions, ther-

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School is already hard enough for many foster kids. They’re more likely to have mental health concerns that need treatment, and learning disorders or disabilities that require special education plans.

Many of those families found themselves struggling to take care of those needs online, Kansas foster care agencies report. Some families relied on their phones for internet access, while others used hotspots provided by schools. And kinship

families — they take in foster children who are relatives — are even more likely to struggle with finding the technology they need.

At first, many families struggled with having fast enough internet to access virtual classes and appointments, said Denise Cross, president and CEO of Cornerstones of Care, an organization that contracts with the state to provide foster care services.

On top of that, many parents taking care of foster kids didn’t have computers and had to rely on their cell-

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phones for internet access and potential costs for using more data.

Kinship families are especially likely to lack laptops or other devices for school because they tend to be lower-income. While the state has strict income requirements for foster families who aren’t related to the children they take care of, those requirements aren’t as strict kinship families.

“There’s a set of... relative homes that really do not have that consistent access,” Cross said.

The end result could be that children with high needs fall even further behind than their peers during a time of disrupted routines and limited social interaction.

“Our foster youth … tend to have widening learning gaps just because of the disruption and the trauma that they’ve experienced,” Cross said. “The platforms that everyone is pivoting and turning to, it just creates additional challenges.”

Adequate access to broadband is a prominent issue in the rural parts of Kansas, where some residents don’t have internet service fast enough to support video conferencing.

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Congo battles the plague, COVID-19, Ebola and armed militias KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is seeing an upsurge in cases of the plague, as the vast Central African nation also battles outbreaks of COVID-19 and Ebola.

Since June, Congo has recorded at least 65 cases of the plague, including at least 10 deaths, in the eastern Ituri province according to Ituri provincial chief of health Dr. Louis Tsolu.

While the plague is endemic in Ituri province, the number of cas-

which manifests in three different forms: Bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic.

The transmission of bubonic plague between humans usually occurs when people do not take preventive measures, especially in Congo when they follow traditional burial practices in which they wash and touch the corpses of those who died from the disease, authorities say.

This year health workers are finding it diffi-

es is increasing and has already surpassed the total recorded in 2019 which had 48 cases and eight deaths, according to WHO. The new plague outbreak appears to have started in June when a 12-year-old girl in the Rethy health zone died with symptoms related to the plague — headache, cough, enlarged lymph nodes, and a fever.

More deaths in that area were later recorded with symptoms of the plague,

cult to assist people in eastern Congo because of insecurity caused by armed militias. The plague cases have also increased while Congo is also fighting COVID-19, which has infected more than 10,100 people and killed at least 260. There is also an Ebola outbreak in the western Equateur province, which has killed 43 people, although in June Congo succeeded in bringing to an end a larger Ebola outbreak in the east

Protest: Trump pushes ‘law and order’ Continued from A1

eral enforcement assistance, claiming, “They just don’t want us to come.”

The city has been the scene of protests since the Aug. 23 shooting of Blake, who was shot as he tried to get into a car while police were trying to arrest him. Protests have been concentrated in a small area of Kenosha. While there were more than 30 fires set in the first three nights, the situation has calmed since then.

Trump’s motorcade passed throngs of demonstrators, some holding American flags in support of the president, others jeering while carrying signs that read Black Lives Matter. A massive police presence, complete with several armored vehicles, secured the area, and barricades were set up along several of the city’s major thoroughfares to keep onlookers at a distance from the passing presidential vehicles.

Offering federal resources to help rebuild the city, Trump toured a high school that had been transformed into a heavily fortified law enforcement command post. He said he tried to call Blake’s mother but opted against it after the family asked that a lawyer listen in.

Trump later added he felt “terribly” for anyone who suffered a loss, but otherwise only noted that the situation was “complicated” and “under investigation.” The only words acknowledging the concerns of African Ameri-

Supporters of President Donald Trump and a Black Lives Matter supporter face off as they wait for Trump's motorcade to pass in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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cans came from a pastor who attended Trump’s law enforcement roundtable.

Pressed by reporters, Trump repeatedly pivoted away from assessing any sort of structural racism in the nation or its police departments, instead blasting what he saw as anti-police rhetoric. Painting a dark portrait of parts of the nation he leads, the president predicted that chaos would descend on cities across America if voters elect Democrat Joe Biden to replace him in November.

Biden hit back, speaking to donors on a fundraising call after Trump left Kenosha.

“Donald Trump has failed to protect America. So now he’s trying to scare the hell out of America,” Biden said.

“Violence isn’t a problem in Donald Trump’s eyes. It’s a political strategy.”

The election is playing out in “anxious times,” with “multiple crises,” Biden said. He included police violence in the list, along with the coronavirus pan-

demic and its economic fallout, and said Trump refuses to address any of them honestly.

Trump aides believe that his tough-on-crime stance will help him with voters and that the more the national discourse is about anything other than the coronavirus, the better it is for the president.

Biden said after Trump’s Wisconsin visit: “The vast majority of cops are honorable, decent and real. But the idea that he wouldn’t even acknowledge the problem — and white nationalists are raising their heads all across the country.”

Trump condemned unrest in Portland, Oregon, too, where a supporter was shot and killed recently — and an increase in shootings in cities including Chicago and New York — and tried to take credit for stopping the violence in Kenosha with the National Guard. But it was Wisconsin’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, who deployed the Guard to quell demonstra-

County: Ambulance barns Continued from A1

station at Humboldt will be at noon, Tuesday, Sept. 8.

The grand opening for the station at Moran will be at noon, Tuesday, Sept. 15.

Burnett also noted that EMS had recently obtained new equipment for grain rescue, and outlined some of the department’s new cleaning policies based on COVID-19.

He also explained how procedures have been developed regarding vehicles that carry (potential) emergency patients with COVID-19.

ACCORDING to public works director Mitch Garner, crews continue repairs on the Elsmore/Savonburg road, and will start to do work south of LaHarpe as soon as the proper materials arrive.

County commission candidate Michelle Miewes chimed in to say that the county’s recent repairs to South Dakota Road created a “dramatic improvement” in the area where she lives.

Garner pointed out that the county’s road reclaimer had been successfully repaired, and added he’d obtained a copy of the statute that states a company that damages roads with heavy truck traffic is liable to reimburse the county for repairs.

During the discussion on road repairs, commissioner Bill King noted that “once you finish a project, you’ve got to start thinking about the next one,” since repairs of this kind are a never-ending battle.

King and others discussed the possibility of having representatives from Prairie

Queen Wind Farm attend a meeting to discuss various questions.

Following the primary election, commissioners voted to officially approve the sales tax measure that had been on the ballot.

The measure enacts a quarter-cent sales tax over the next five years in order to support Allen County Regional Hospital/St. Luke’s.

Speaking of health, in October a flu-shot clinic will be set up for county employees, where family members can also be served for an additional fee.

Those interested in watching the county commission meetings online should note that the recording setup being used has recently been vastly improved.

Previous listeners had lamented being unable to adequately hear audio from the meetings.

tions in response to the Blake shooting, and he had pleaded with Trump to stay away for fear of straining tensions further.

“I am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing,” Evers wrote in a letter to Trump. “I am concerned your presence will only delay our work to overcome division and move forward together.”

Biden has assailed Trump as an instigator of the deadly protests that have sprung up on his watch. On the eve of his visit, Trump defended a teenager accused of fatally shooting two men at a demonstration in Kenosha last week, though he did not mention the young man Tuesday.

Claiming the mantle of the “law and order” Republican candidate, Trump insists that he, not Biden, is the leader best positioned to keep Americans safe. He said his appearance in Kenosha would “increase enthusiasm” in Wisconsin, perhaps the most hotly contested battleground state in the presidential race.

Blake’s family held a Tuesday “community celebration” at a distance from Trump’s visit.

“We don’t need more pain and division from a president set on advancing his campaign at the expense of our city,” Justin Blake, an uncle, said in a statement.

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less than what Democrats have proposed. But many GOP senators do not support any major stimulus package, complicating the Republican plan which would be unlikely to attract any significant Democratic support.

Talks between the White House and Democratic leaders for a new stimulus package collapsed last month.

Trump enacted some measures by executive action but he needs a deal to pump new stimulus into the struggling economy as the election nears.

Democrats passed a sprawling $3.4 trillion COVID-19 stimulus plan months ago.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered to split the difference between that plan and the White House proposal, but Trump’s allies rejected that out of hand.

Many insiders believe there is little chance of a deal before Election Day as the two parties focus on scoring political points instead of seeking potentially risky compromise.

that lasted for nearly two years and killed nearly 2,300 people.

The plague is initially transmitted to humans who are bitten by fleas living on rodents. Antibiotics are usually used in

treatment. The plague is mostly endemic in Congo, Peru and Madagascar, which saw a large outbreak in 2017 with more than 2,300 cases and 202 deaths, according to WHO.

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ing between wants and needs.

She started the store when she taught second grade, and wasn’t sure how well first-graders would understand the concepts.

“I’m impressed at how well they picked it up,” she said.

That’s one of the reasons she enjoys teaching the younger ages.

“They’re like sponges,” she said. “Anything you say or teach them, they’ll remember and bring it up the next day. You never know what they’re going to say.”

At last Friday’s store, for example, a student asked the price of a bouncy ball.

It was $10.

“Ten dollars?” the student exclaimed.

“Wow, that’s pricey.”

BRITT’S RETURN to teaching comes at a very unusual time,

during the coronavirus pandemic.

Students are facing new rules and regulations designed to protect their health and the health of others. That includes such things as social distancing, wearing masks, using hand sanitizer and frequently washing hands, and using plastic shields at their desks. Recess is limited to one class at a time. Students must spread out to eat lunch.

That’s where the adaptability comes in handy, Britt said.

“It’s been better than I expected,” she said. “Social distancing is still a struggle though, especially at recess.”

Because students aren’t able to socialize with other classes, Britt tries to arrange activities where they can talk with each other and maintain peer interaction.

Financial Focus Open Enrollment Choices Can Have Big Financial Impact It’s that time of year again, where, if you work for a medium-to-large employer, you’ve got some decisions to make because it’s open enrollment time. Of course, depending on your situation,you may have been working remotely for a while, but, even so, you will likely have the opportunity to review your benefits package and make changes. And you’ll want to make the right moves, because your choices can have a big financial impact on your life. So, take a close look at these key areas of your benefits program: Health insurance –Think about your health care needs over the coming year –will you or someone in your family be coping with a chronic illness or facing a surgery? Will you need to at least consider testing and possible treatment for COVID-19? In any case, make sure you’re choosing the right plan for your needs. And pay close attention to any changes in your health insurance, such as whether the plan’s provider networks have changed –you may want to make sure your own doctor is still in-network. Also, check to see if you can reduce your health care premiums by taking part in a wellness program or health-risk assessment.

Life insurance –Your employer may offer a group life insurance policy for free, or for a small amount. It’s probably worth your while to take this coverage, but it may not be enough for your needs. If you only had this group policy, but your family situation has recently changed through marriage or the addition of a new child, you may well need to add some private insurance.

Disability insurance –In addition to offering group life insurance, your employer may provide short-term disability insurance as an employee benefit. Like group insurance, this disability coverage maynot cost you anything, but it may not be adequate –typically, short-term disability only replaces part of your income for three to six months. And while you may never need to miss work for an extended period of time, you never can tell –after all, more than one in four 20-year-olds will become disabled before they retire, according to the U.S. Social Security Administration. You may want to consider purchasing your own long-term disability policy on top of the coverage offered by your employer.

Retirement plan –You can probably make changes to your 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored retirement plan at any time, but why not look at it now, when you’re reviewing all your benefits? If you can afford to increase your contributions, you probably should, because a 401(k), with its tax advantages and ease of contribution through paycheck deductions, is a great way to save for retirement. At a minimum, put in enough to earn your employer’s match. You’ll also want to review your 401(k)’s investment mix. Is it still providing you with significant growth potential within the context of your individual risk tolerance? Over time, you may need to make some adjustments, either because an investment is underperforming or because you’re getting close to retirement and you need to reduce your risk exposure. In any case, it’s a good idea to check up on your 401(k)’s investments at least once a year. Your employee benefits are an important part of your overall financial picture –so do what you can to get the most from them.

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

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Chancellor, governor fiddle while MU burns Add the University of Missouri in Columbia to the list of colleges making dangerous decisions during the COVID-19 crisis.

On Friday, Boone County-Columbia officials said that 44.6% of the people tested from Aug. 21 to Aug. 27 were positive for coronavirus — an absolutely shocking and alarming rate. Think about that: Nearly one of every two people tested.

The goal is to have a positivity rate of 5% or below.

The national positivity rate is about 6%. Anything higher than 15% is considered a serious hot zone.

So how is Missouri reacting?

“I didn’t expect this rise this fast,” Columbia-Boone County Public Health Director Stephanie Browning said. She announced a series of steps designed to curb the spread of the virus, including a ban on alcohol sales in bars after 9 p.m. and limited gatherings.

Not everyone is surprised by the numbers. Columbia is largely a college community, centered around the University of Missouri, where 30,000 students and 10,000 staff and faculty have recently returned to work.

The steps taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus on campus — masks and social distancing — aren’t working off campus. And we know why: Students go to bars and restaurants and homes late into the evening, without masks and without distancing. Voila — pandemic.

“That certainly is increasing our numbers,” Browning said. In the last week, COVID-19 cases for those 18 to 22 have jumped 220%, she said. Cases have doubled, then doubled again.

Mun Choi, MU chancellor and University of Missouri system president, seems unperturbed by these facts. “Students and young people in that age group do recover at a very high rate,” he said Friday.

What? The issue isn’t just how long it will take students to recover. COVID-19 can cause lasting damage to some, creating a lifetime of health problems. No one should pass off the coronavirus as a minor inconvenience, even for the young.

And students who catch COVID-19 can spread it to others — in Boone County, certainly, but to parents and relatives across the region. Note to Dr. Choi: Some students go home on weekends. Perhaps you’ve noticed.

Friday’s Boone County-Columbia coronavirus order caps attendance at sporting events at 100 people. Except for MU, of course, “which is an instrumentality of the state of Missouri,” the declaration says. Can’t forget football.

We’ve criticized decisions at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University to continue on-campus teaching and living. Several fraternity and sorority houses at KU are under quarantine. At K-State, athletes and students have tested positive, and the overall positive rate is nearly 10%.

The University of Missouri is not exempt from these concerns. It should transition to remote learning only, and consider closing dormitories and restricting off-campus fraternity and sorority housing. Football games should be postponed, and certainly crowds should be banned. ... Gov. Mike Parson should show leadership at this moment. He should publicly ask the school to shut its doors to in-person instruction until the virus is more under control.

He won’t, of course, because it would be politically difficult. University officials may not act because it would be financially difficult. As a result of that timidity, the health and safety of students, and every person they meet, are at risk.

— The Kansas City Star

Recent actions by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hint that rules are for everybody but him.

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Pompeo: Rules are for suckers Hello there, Mike Pompeo.

It’s time for us to talk again, because once again it seems like you can’t keep your private political ambitions separate from your public duties as Secretary of State.

We talked to you about this back in May. That was when we heard mutterings about your possible use of government employees to do personal chores, and about the exclusive dinner parties you threw with your wife. Apparently you hired a harpist, Mike. Remember?

But now you’ve gone and done something even more problematic. On Tuesday, you gave a speech at the Republican National Convention. That’s a partisan political event, you know, and your job as secretary of state is to represent the entire United States of America — not just the Grand Old Party.

Politico put it this way (we expect you’ve seen the article, but we’ll repeat part of it here): “Pompeo’s pre-recorded appearance at the partly virtual convention is a break with decades of norms in which the chief U.S. diplomat has avoided participating in explicitly partisan events.

The argument for avoiding then. such gatherings has been that the United States needs LET’S GET DOWN to to speak with one voice over- brass tacks, Mike. We’ve seas, and that the Secretary known you here in Kansas of State needs to be seen as for quite a few years now. representing the country, not Folks here elected you as a a political parcong ressman, ty.” and you always Yet, get this, struck us as Mike.

Your You get this, Mike. a straightforown State Your own State De- ward kind of Department guy. But you’re issued guid- partment issued guid- really disapance earlier ance earlier this year pointing us this year say- saying ‘Senate-con- these days. The ing that “Sen- firmed Presidential ap- harpist was ate-confirmed bad enough, Presidential pointees may not even but trading on a p p o i n t e e s attend a political party your office for may not even convention.’ the president’s attend a pore-election litical party campaign? You convention or can do better. convention-reThink of it lated event.” this way. How would you Does that mean there’s have reacted if Hillary Clinone set of rules for you and ton appeared at the Demoanother set of rules for ev- cratic National Convention eryone else? hailing Barack Obama when Yes, yes, we know. Your she was serving as Secretary aides have told the news me- of State? But guess what? dia that you’re appearing as She didn’t do it. an individual, not in your Shouldn’t you at least try official capacity. And the fact to match the ethical example you delivered your remarks of Hillary Clinton? from Israel? We guess that — The Topeka was just a lucky coincidence, Capital-Journal

Social media companies must be held responsible for their content America basically has turned into an outrage machine, which makes it odd to say that there is one topic that is not producing enough outrage in American discourse.

It is Facebook. The enormously profitable company has evolved from a dumpster fire to an all-out blaze with flames that are creeping up the country’s foundations.

This should be a sentiment that both Republicans and Democrats can agree upon.

Take, for instance, what has happened in the small city of Weatherford, Texas, about 60 miles west of Dallas. President Donald Trump won Weatherford’s home county of Parker with more than 80% of the vote in 2016, so it seems unlikely that the police chief of Weatherford is a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party.

That town’s police chief, Lance Arnold, recently told the Washington Post that Facebook was helping create real violence in his community of about 25,000 people.

Heavily armed groups are showing up in the community to confront protesters. The groups have been larger and better armed than the town’s police force.

“It’s extremely worrisome, because it creates a level of

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS) fear,” Arnold told the Post.

“And it creates an environment that is rife for violence between various groups.”

Arnold said it was clear what was stoking the fear. He said there have been numerous “fake social media accounts.” They spread false reports about how a particular community is facing imminent danger, complete with false photos showing such violence. Some falsely claim that the police are asking residents to “come assist us,” Arnold told the newspaper.

If a police chief in one of the reddest counties in America can see the recklessness of Facebook and its cohorts, why can’t more of us?

Friends, this is the equivalent of a print newspaper publishing an anonymous letter to the editor advocating lynchings or destroying people’s property. Why aren’t we as mad as hell about this?

The fact it shows up on a computer screen rather than on a piece of pulp makes some sort of difference?

If that doesn’t raise your anger enough, perhaps Facebook’s most recent statement on the unrest in Kenosha, Wis., will. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg publicly acknowledged on Friday that his company should have removed a page for the “Kenosha Guard,” which had been promoting an event listing

for “Armed Citizens to Protect our Lives and Property.”

Come to find out, that page promoted violence. Facebook ultimately recognized that and took the page down, but by the time that happened two protesters had been killed in Kenosha. Zuckerberg called Facebook’s failure to remove the page earlier an “operational mistake.”

That is one way to describe a system that monitors content for violent and hateful material after the content already has been published.

There is a reason in the newspaper business we edit our articles and letters before we publish them.

Yes, you would be correct in noting that many newspapers, however, take the same backward approach with their online comment sections. There certainly have been hateful and violent statements published in those comment sections too.

That should change as well.

The reasons it doesn’t are varied, but can be summarized by stating that companies and individuals often find it difficult to change, even when such change would be good for the country.

That’s where government can help. Let’s not overthink this. We simply need to pass

a law that makes Facebook and its ilk — including online comment sections of newspapers — legally responsible for any content that shows up on their sites. Newspapers have lived with that law for their print editions for generations.

Whether Facebook could remains to be seen. Its business model is based on a high volume of garbage. It makes its money off of numbers, not quality, and such a new standard would reduce the amount of content on its site.

Facebook’s actual financial value would decline.

That could be financially painful for the entire U.S. economy.

Facebook and similar entities make up a very large part of the stock market’s success. But that financial pain likely only gets larger the longer we wait to address this issue. It would have been better to address this problem yesterday. It will be worse to address it tomorrow.

It would be a radical change for the internet. But letting monetized rumor machines operate unregulated seems a bit radical too. Some might even say it is an “operational mistake.”

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Big Pharma in the dark about ‘negotiations’

By ANNA EDNEY and JUSTIN SINK Bloomberg News

An EMS medic checks the temperature of a possible COVID-19 patient before transporting him to the hospital on Aug. 13, in Houston, Texas. (John Moore/ Getty Images/TNS)

Health workers first in line for vaccine

By ANNA EDNEY Bloomberg News

The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine should go to front-line health-care workers and first responders, followed by people at higher medical risk from the virus, said a group of scientists and academics advising the U.S. government.

The draft guidelines released Tuesday were developed by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. Their recommendations will help U.S. health officials come up with a final plan to distribute a vaccine, once one is available.

“The primary goal of the committee’s allocation framework has a dual focus: maximization of benefit through prevention of morbidity and mortality and through reduction in transmission,” the panel said in the report.

The recommendations break the population into four groups, with the goal of targeting people both at high risk from the virus, and at risk of spreading it to others.

Group one includes front-line health workers and first responders, followed by people with health conditions that put them at risk as well as older adults in dense living settings. The group includes about 15% of the U.S. population, according to the report.

“Front-line health care workers are particularly important in stemming the pandemic and preventing death and severe illness,” according to the report.

“Vaccinating these individuals not only enables them to provide these services, but also reduces the risk that they will spread the infection as they work in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care, and group homes, or return to their own homes.”

Group two includes essential workers, teachers and school staff, people in jails, prisons or homeless shelters, and people with moderate-risk conditions as well as older people not in group one.

The third group includes young adults and children, and other workers in key industries at risk of exposure. The fourth group includes everyone else in the U.S. who didn’t get the vaccine.

Doses of any vaccine are expected to be limited in the months after one first becomes available, making it important to prioritize who gets them. For ex-

ample, if two vaccines are cleared for use in October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects that at most 10 million to 20 million doses will be available in November, Kathleen Dooling, an epidemiologist with the agency, said at an Aug. 26 meeting of CDC advisers.

There are about 20 million health-care workers in hospitals, long-term care facilities, pharmacies and other settings around the country, Dooling said. In addition, there are about 60 million to 80 million people in “essential worker” roles such as food and agriculture, education and law enforcement, according to Dooling.

States have been asked to get a plan for distributing vaccines to the federal government by the start of October, according to health officials with the states of California and North Carolina.

Most Americans likely won’t be able to get a vaccine until sometime next year, according to Anthony Fauci of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and others. How widely a shot is given will also depend on how clinical trials are faring. The FDA could first authorize use of a vaccine in a narrow, high-risk group while more data are collected, only allowing it to be given to the general public after wider trials are complete.

“Full approval for the general population, where people can go to CVS and get a shot, that’s really a 2021 event,” former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. CVS Health Corp. is one of the U.S.’s biggest drugstore chains, and pharmacies are often used for administration of vaccines like the flu shot.

The non-profit National Academies was charged by the National Institutes of Health and the CDC with creating a framework for how to fairly and equitably distribute a vaccine. The group advises the U.S. government on matters of science.

The National Academies panel will meet Wednesday to listen to public comments on the draft.

Changes could happen. It’s possible that a vaccine will work better in one population versus another, or have storage and transport requirements that limit its use.

Final-stage trials of the leading vaccines are underway.

WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry’s leading lobby group said Tuesday it did not know of a meeting at the White House to discuss lowering prescription drug prices, after President Donald Trump said executives were coming in this week to negotiate.

“We are not aware of any meeting,” said Nicole Longo, a spokeswoman for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Trump told reporters before departing to Kenosha, Wisconsin, that drug companies were coming in to see him “this week” to broker a deal “substantially” reducing drug prices. White House officials subsequently declined to comment when asked when the meeting is scheduled and who would participate.

“We’re working on drug companies on substantially lowering drug prices,” Trump said. “I’ve put out a favored nations clause, I’ve signed it. That

means we get the lowest prices anywhere in the world, and we match whoever gets the lowest and the drug companies are having a real problem with that and they are coming in to see me, and we expect to get a very substantial price reduction of prescription drugs which has never been done before.”

Trump has previously claimed drug executives were ready to negotiate over his “favored nations” executive order, which purports to require drugmakers to sell medicines in the U.S. at prices comparable to those in countries with more stringent price controls.

Trump signed the order in late July, saying he would give drug companies a month to negotiate a less severe deal before it took effect and that he planned to meet with executives the following week.

The order hasn’t been published and no meeting has happened.

The industry instead is running an advertising campaign criticizing Trump’s proposal.

The president,

though, has repeatedly boasted of the executive order as if it was a done deal, including during remarks to the Republican National Convention last week.

The White House has refused to release the actual text of the executive order.

“I did a favored nations clause, meaning we pay the same price as the lowest country that has the best deal, the companies are going crazy, the drug companies,” Trump told convention delegates last Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Drugmakers did provide the White House with a counterproposal to avert the favored nations executive order last week, according to Politico. The plan reportedly would cut prices for a narrow slice of medicines — physician-administered drugs paid for by Medicare Part B — by 10%.

That’s about a third of the cuts that might be realized if prices were fully pegged to international rates.

It is expected that if the administration does push forward on Trump’s executive or-

der it could involve months of rulemaking at various federal agencies.

The order is also expected to be limited in scope, applying only to drugs administered at a doctor’s office, not prescriptions filled at an outside pharmacy by consumers. Still, the effort has unleashed a fierce lobbying effort by the pharmaceutical industry.

Trump has taken notice of the advertisements and now frequently mentions them during campaign events, saying they are evidence that his efforts are impactful. And the president’s campaign has begun airing television ads of its own, labeling Democratic nominee Joe Biden as the drug industry’s preferred candidate.

“When you see a commercial where drug companies are taking commercials against your president, President Trump, that’s me, the only reason they’re fighting me is because I instituted very strong reforms,” Trump told supporters during a North Carolina tele-rally earlier this month.

news release Monday.

— CQ-Roll Call

third-highest number of deaths worldwide.

And unlike the U.S. and Brazil, India’s case growth is still accelerating seven months after the reporting of its first coronavirus case on Jan. 30. The pathogen has only just penetrated the vast rural hinterland where the bulk of its 1.3 billion population lives, after racing through its dense mega-cities.

As the world’s second most-populous country, and one with a relatively poor public health system, it’s inevitable that India’s outbreak becomes the world’s biggest, said Naman Shah, an adjunct faculty member at the country’s National Institute of Epidemiology.

News in brief McCloskeys appear in court in St. Louis gun case ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Mark and Patricia McCloskey made their first appearance in a St. Louis courtroom Monday after being charged last month with brandishing guns at protesters outside the couple’s Portland Place home in June.

The St. Louis couple gained national attention even before they were featured last week at the Republican National Convention.

The McCloskeys were charged with one felony count each of unlawful use of a weapon.

Charging documents state that Mark McCloskey, 63, pointed an AR15 rifle at protesters and Patricia McCloskey, 61, wielded a semiautomatic handgun, placing protesters in fear of injury, authorities have said.

Charges said investigators conducted “numerous” witness interviews and relied on video footage and the McCloskeys’ own state-

ments about the June 28 incident.

— St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Postmaster General faces subpoena WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will be subpoened in order to get documents that were to be provided last week to the House Oversight and Reform committee regarding a slowdown in mail delivery.

DeJoy testified before the committee last week that delivery times were improving after disruptions caused by temporary restructuring, but provided no documentation by the Aug. 26 deadline.

DeJoy sent a letter Friday saying his staff is “working with the oversight committee to identify and provide materials requested.”

The letter did not say when the documents would be released.

“DeJoy has not produced a single additional document since the House and Senate hearings were held,” the committee said in a

India is becoming world’s new virus epicenter India is fast becoming the world’s new virus epicenter, setting a record for the biggest single-day rise in cases as experts predict that it’ll soon pass Brazil — and ultimately the U.S. — as the worst outbreak globally.

As many as 78,512 new cases were added Monday taking the total tally to over 3.6 million.

On Sunday, India reported the highest ever one-day surge among all major countries. With 971 reported deaths, the Asian country pushed past Mexico for the

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SYDNEY, Australia — The venom from European honeybees has been found to be “remarkably effective” at killing hard-to-treat aggressive breast cancer cells, according to researchers in Western Australia.

The study conducted by the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research used the venom from 312 honeybees and bumblebees to investigate its anti-cancer properties.

The team found that

the venom and its major component melittin not only rapidly induced the death of “triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells,” it did so at concentrations that do not harm normal cells.

Triple-ne g ative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for 10% to 15% of all breast cancers, the institute stated. There is currently no clinically effective targeted treatments for TNBC. “The venom was extremely potent,” lead researcher Ciara Duffy

said in a post on the institute’s website today.

“We found that melittin can completely destroy cancer cell membranes within 60 minutes.”

Western Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Peter Klinken said the observation that melittin can suppress the growth of the cells is “incredibly exciting.”

Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women worldwide.

The study, published in the Nature Precision Oncology journal, also

tested whether melittin could be used in combination with existing chemotherapy drugs to treat highly aggressive types of breast cancer.

Duffy said they found that melittin formed holes in breast cancer membranes, potentially enabling treatments to enter the cell and enhance the cell death.

This technique of combining “melittin and docetaxel (a chemotherapy medication) was extremely efficient in reducing tumor growth in mice,” Duffy said.

Dr. Fauci defends Feds beef up crowd-control arsenals death toll tally

By CHARLIE MCGEE Bloomberg News

ers prepare to render a verdict on his turbulent presidency.

Trump criticized FauDr. Anthony Fauci ci on Monday, remindhas a message for Amering Americans that ica: A lot of people have he did not appoint the died from coronavirus pandemic expert, who and you don’t have to be a deep state bureaucrat has worked under presidents of both parties. to believe it.

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By DAVE GOLDINER New York Daily News

Federal agencies are bolstering arsenals of tear gas, spongetipped bullets and other crowd-control gear after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agents to assume new policing powers in cities to quell protests that he said threatened government monuments, statues and property.

The Justice Department, Homeland Security, and other agencies outside of the military have paid private contractors at least $28.6 million for “less lethal” weapons and armor since May 25, when the death of an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis police custody sparked racial justice protests nationwide.

The spending through Aug. 19 marked a 114% increase over the same period last year, according to contract data analyzed by Bloomberg Government.

The purchase of gear — including some lasers and “tactical robots” — coincided with the dispatch of federal agents to protests throughout the U.S. that, while largely peaceful, at times included property damage and violence. The latest unrest has unfolded in Wisconsin after police shot an unarmed Black man in Kenosha and the National Guard was mobilized Monday.

The actions of some agents in Portland, Oregon, which included reports of intelligence monitoring of journalists and protesters and intercepts of electronic communications, is the subject of an investigation by the Demo-

Police officers in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during a protest on May 31, 2020. (John McCall/Sun Sentinel/TNS) cratic-controlled House Intelligence Committee and has raised questions about federal authority.

“For there to be that large of an escalation in budget for crowd-control devices and less lethal devices shows that there is an effort afoot to create a force of federal law enforcement that is geared toward public suppression,” said Wayne McElrath, former director of forensic investigations for the Government Accountability Office from 2011 to 2019. “The vast majority of federal organizations are not designed or trained for crowd control.”

McElrath, now a senior investigative adviser with the Project on Government Oversight, which lobbies for government transparency and reduced military spending, said divisions between federal and local police forces are being unnecessarily blurred over property damage issues that should be addressed at the local and state level.

The death May 25 of

George Floyd in Minneapolis and a video of a police officer kneeling on his neck touched off widespread demonstrations, and Trump on June 1 threatened to deploy the U.S. military to end “riots and lawlessness.”

Pentagon officials distanced themselves from his warning the following day, saying that it would be better to rely on the National Guard for law enforcement where needed.

Trump issued an executive order on June 26 directing heads of the Defense, Justice and Homeland Security departments to send agents into cities upon request for six months “to assist with the protection of federal monuments, memorials, statues, or property.”

Between Floyd’s death and Aug. 19, the federal government made more than 275 purchases of “less lethal” and crowd-control equipment such as chemical irritants, Tasers and ballistic armor, according to an analysis using

Bloomberg Government’s Contracts Intelligence Tool. The spending was more than double that of the same time frame in 2019.

The Department of Defense was excluded from the analysis as were purchases of deadly weapons, such as firearms, live ammunition and tactical knives.

The CIT database may not capture every federal transaction with a private contractor, and this analysis may not encompass all purchases relevant to its criteria.

The Justice Department deployed special teams from the Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Marshals Service to Washington and elsewhere starting June 1 “to protect federal property and personnel.” In less than three months, the department bought at least $9.3 million worth of weapons and armor for law enforcement situations in which the stated goal isn’t to kill — more than three times the $3 million it spent on such contracts in the year ago period.

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HOWARD — Yates Center High’s volleyball team split its opening matches of the season Tuesday.

The Wildcats traveled to West Elk for a triangular meet. Yates Center fell in straight sets to host West Elk (25-15, 25-8) before bounding back in the finale against Fredonia to win in three sets (25-18, 21-25, 25-21).

Yates Center travels to Eureka next Tuesday to take on the host Tornadoes and Marmaton Valley.

NEED FOR SPEED AFC West rivals look to pick up the pace to catch Chiefs

By ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press

W

ith Tom Brady leaving New England for Tampa Bay, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have supplanted the Patriots as the biggest bully on the NFL block.

While Kansas City’s four consecutive AFC West crowns aren’t anywhere close to New England’s string of 11 straight AFC

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East titles, not even the Patriots have dominated their division like the Chiefs have ruled theirs over the last five seasons.

In that span, the Patriots are 24-6 despite an ordinary 6-4 mark against Miami, and the Chiefs are 27-3 with 9-1 marks against every one of their division rivals.

If not for these last-minute heroics, the Chiefs would be perfect in that stretch: — The Broncos scored two touchdowns in the final 36 seconds to snare a 31-24 win in 2015, the last time they beat the Chiefs.

— The Raiders scored a touchdown with no time left for a 31-30 win in 2017.

— The Chargers scored a TD with 4 seconds left for a 29-28 win in 2018.

The Chiefs used their blazing speed on offense to end five frustrating decades

Marmaton Valley Junior High seventh-grader Braelyn Sutton plays Monday against Yates Center. PHOTO COURTESY OF HALIE

without a Super Bowl title.

So their AFC West rivals all added speed to their rosters this offseason in hopes of reining in the champs.

“Every move and signing we make we have to have them in mind,” Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said of the Chiefs, who raced past San Francisco with a 21-0 blitz in the final six minutes of the Super Bowl.

“Let’s be honest, the entire league is chasing the Kansas City Chiefs,” said Raiders GM Mike Mayock.

“But we’re in the same division. They keep getting faster and more athletic, more dynamic every time you turn around. Other teams have to do the same.”

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zach Plesac returned to the Indians with six solid innings after being punished for breaking coronavirus protocols, and Cleveland beat the Kansas City Royals 10-1 Tuesday night.

The right-handed Plesac (2-1) allowed a run and four hits, striking out six and walking none. The 25-yearold has a 1.33 ERA in three starts this season.

Plesac hadn’t pitched since Aug. 8 after being caught breaking curfew with rotation-mate Mike Clevinger.

Plesac and Clevinger were placed on the restricted list and later demoted to the alternate site as punishment.

Clevinger returned and made one start last week before being traded to San Diego on Monday, opening a spot for Plesac.

“I definitely had butterflies,” Plesac said. “I wanted to come in and give these guys a chance to win.

“This group of guys are special. There has been a lot of learning for myself and my teammates. I think it’s something we can look forward and know that we have each other’s backs.”

Plesac also apologized for a video he posted to social media days after being sent home from the team, in which he complained about his public portrayal and claimed his night out with eight friends wasn’t irresponsible. He filmed the video driving a car and not wearing a seatbelt.

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Marmaton Valley starts on high note MADISON — Their season is just starting, but Marmaton Valley High’s Volleyball team is “clicking” in midseason form already.

The Wildcats won their first two matches of the night, defeating Hartford and Crest, before falling in a thriller to host Madison.

“I was extremely proud with the way our team played tonight,” Marmaton Valley head coach Tara Kegler said. “The girls had a lot of energy, and their attitudes stayed positive.”

The Wildcats opened the night by defeating Hartford (25-21, 28-26). Raveyn Kegler had seven points,

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Marmaton Valley: Volleyball YATES CENTER — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s volleyball team kicked off its season on a winning note Monday, winning two of three matches.

The Wildcats, competing in a quadrangular set of matches, defeated host Yates Center (25-12, 25-15) and Pleasanton (25-13, 25-17), before losing to Thayer (25-23, 25-16) Braelyn Sutton led the way with 24 points, three kills and two spikes. Dani Deer followed with eight points, six spikes and three kills. Lexi Lowder was next with 13 points and three spikes.

Shelby Sprague also had 13 points, to go with three spikes. Khiana Haynes had 11 points. Jacee Mattox had three points and two kills.

The Wildcats will be at home Thursday to take on

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Lady Cubs earn split MOUND CITY — Humboldt High’s volleyball team shined in spots, struggled in others and came away with a split Tuesday.

The Lady Cubs defeated host Jayhawk-Linn in three sets (25-18, 21-25, 25-20) and lost in straight sets to Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (2518, 25-14).

“We were not very consistent against Jayhawk Linn, but we fought hard and got the win,” Humboldt head coach Terry Meadows said.

“I thought our passes were a little better, but still an area we need to work on. Serving was much better tonight.

“Against Colgan, we were able to keep the ball in play better, but we just could not put it away very easily,” he continued.

Jada Dangerfield and Jessica Myers led the way against the host Jayhawks.

Myers had 10 kills, four blocks, two aces and a pair of digs. Dangerfield also had

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NEW YORK — Serena Williams posted a record 102nd win at the US Open with a 7-5, 6-3 first-round victory over fellow American Kristie Ahn on Tuesday, and Britain’s Andy Murray

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MIAMI — Carnival Corp.’s Princess line canceled some early 2021 voyages, the latest sign that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to weigh on the cruise industry for many more months.

The cancellations affect world cruises on the Island Princess from North America and some South America voyages on the Pacific Princess, the company said Tuesday. The actions reflect border and port-access restrictions, according to Princess.

The cruise industry shut down in mid-March after a series of highprofile and deadly outbreaks at sea. Among the myriad questions facing

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But a world cruise could present a whole new set of logistical challenges in the COVID-19 environment.

Carnival shares were down 1.3% in after-market trading following the announcement.

Earlier Tuesday, Carnival’s Cunard line said it would extend its pause in cruise operations until next year. Its sailings, starting with the Queen Elizabeth, will resume in March.

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Friend wants to keep ex-girlfriend a secret Dear Carolyn: I’m one of those rare people who actually stayed friends with an ex-boyfriend. We do much better platonically than we did in the year-plus we were together romantically, and I consider him pretty much my best friend. We now live over an hour apart so we don’t see each other as often, but we text, DM or talk on the phone almost daily and meet for dinner several times a month.

I knew my ex was seeing someone, and next weekend at a party we’ll finally get to meet.

My ex says “right now” he doesn’t plan to tell his girlfriend that he and I ever dated but wants to break it to her gradually. I don’t understand what there is to “break” to her. We weren’t engaged or anything and have been over as a couple for years now.

This makes me really uncomfortable, but as long as I don’t have to tell any out-and-out lies, I guess I should go along with it.

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax

Thoughts?

— Lie of Omission Lie of Omission: No no no, please be his friend, and badly needed spokesperson for his spine, and tell him this is a terrible idea: “Lying to her by omission is a stupid way to start a relationship. Show her enough respect to be honest. If she freaks out that you’re friends with an ex, then she’s probably not someone you’d want to be serious with anyway, because the friends you choose are about your values.

“Besides — how is she going to like it when she finds out you kept this from her?”

He plans to tell her “gradually.” That is unintentionally hilarious.

Really. Don’t let him

slide into a completely idiotic decision; at least make him actively choose and defend it.

Dear Carolyn: My partner and his brother have decided to go in on a new car for their sister, who has been driving around in an unsafe jalopy for a while. She can’t afford to buy her own for a number of reasons that all boil down to poor financial management.

This is really generous and brotherly of them, and I would support it, but I’ve been driving a crappy old car for years and can’t quite believe my partner is prioritizing his sister’s need over mine. Granted, there is a big difference between unsafe (her car) and simply embarrassing (mine), but there is also a big difference between one’s duties to one’s sibling and one’s partner. Right, or am I being a jerk?

— Family of Creation

Masks: uncomfortable, not dangerous Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 85-year-old working 20+ hours a week in retail. I have just returned to work after being furloughed because of the pandemic. My associates and I are required to wear masks, averaging seven hours daily. We feel as if our breathing is being compromised, as we are breathing in our own air, with no outside fresh air. Our masks get damp inside and some masks show the wearer to be inhaling the fabric itself as they breathe in. Is this safe?

Are our lungs safe?

Thank you for any reassurance you can offer.

— P.L.

Answer: Wearing a mask for a prolonged time can be uncomfortable, but not dangerous.

I have seen a lot of misinformation about supposed dangers of mask wearing, so I am glad you wrote.

There is a space between your face and the mask that will be filled with exhaled air.

Exhaled air has more carbon dioxide and less oxygen than fresh air.

However, the amount of that air is relatively small compared with the amount of air you breathe in, so you get a little exhaled air and a lot of fresh air — the space in your nostrils and upper airways have the same issue.

Your lungs will com-

pensate for the mask by breathing just a little deeper without you being consciously aware of it. Surgeons wear face masks for many hours without problems, and numerous recent studies have shown no drop in oxygen levels nor increase in carbon dioxide levels associated with masks.

When health providers see patients suspected of having coronavirus, we wear an N95 mask, a surgical mask on top, and a face shield. This provides the most protection, which is especially necessary when performing procedures on people with COVID-19.

Family of Creation: Do you two have joint finances?

Are you life partners?

If so, then you have absolute standing to say that while you recognize the generosity of this gift to his sister, you’re uncomfortable with him not running it by you first — especially given that your own car is an accidental monument to fiscal restraint.

Even if you have separate finances and n o t - ye t - d e t e r m i n e d roles in each other’s futures, then you can make the same case if such a big expenditure affects you both — for example, if it impinges on his ability to contribute to your shared expenses.

Or you can just say your “can’t quite believe” line out loud and sort it from there.

Better that than silent resentment.

Write to Carolyn Hax at tellme@washpost.com.

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Serena: Opens latest bid for Grand Slam record with romp Continued from B1

of the Open Era record for most match-wins in New York, surpassing Chris Evert’s tally of 101.

As she kicked off her quest for a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam crown and chased a seventh US Open win, Williams fired 28 winners, including 13 aces, to overcome Ahn, who had a breakthrough run to the US Open fourth round last year.

“I was really happy with how I fought for every point, no matter how I was playing,” said the 38-year-old Williams, who next faces Russian Margarita Gasparyan.

Earlier on Center Court, Murray rallied back from two sets down and defeated Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka.

The former world No.

Andy Murray WIKIPEDIA.ORG 1 was contesting his first singles match at a major since the 2019 Australian Open and his first since undergoing hip resurfacing surgery.

Murray was down a break in the third set, saved a match point late in the fourth, and

trailed by a break in the fifth before battling his way to a 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium after nearly five hours of play.

“I think at the beginning of the match I was apprehensive about

Royals: Indians roll past KC Continued from B1

came out as clear as I would have liked them to,” Plesac said.

Francisco Lindor and Franmil Reyes homered in the first and Roberto Perez homered in the second, all off Kansas City starter Matt Harvey. Reyes, who had never had a four-hit game, went 5 for 5 with two doubles and a homer.

“I’m seeing the ball well,” Reyes said. “I decided to not guess up there. Hopefully I recognize the pitch early.”

He did acknowledge that he was thinking about the cycle in his last two at-bats with a homer, single and double.

“Right before the inning started I went to stretch my legs,” he said, “just in case.”

Harvey (0-2) had failed to get out of the third in his first two starts with the club, but this was his shortest outing yet.

He gave up five runs and six hits in 1 1/3 innings, with all the runs coming on home runs.

“They were taking pretty good swings today,” was all Kansas City manager Mike Matheny would say about the Indians’ offensive attack.

Cleveland’s Cesar Hernandez led off the first inning with an infield single, and with one out, Lindor ripped one just inside the foul pole for a tworun home run. One out later, Reyes launched a shot to right center for

a 3-0 lead.

Perez extended Harvey’s trouble with a tworun home run into the right field bullpen. After allowing another hit and a walk, Harvey was done for the night.

Plesac continued to cruise. He retired 12 straight and faced one over the minimum through four innings.

The Indians added a run in the sixth. Delino DeShields reached on a single and went to second on a wild pitch. Jose Ramirez hit a sharp single off the glove of first baseman Ryan O’Hearn, and DeShields scored.

The Royals finally got a run off Plesac in the sixth when Hunter Dozier lined a home run into the bullpen in right field.

Cleveland got three more runs in the seventh, and one in the eighth on Ramirez’s eighth home run.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals SS Adalberto Mondesi was not in the starting lineup for the first time this season, but it’s for a “mental break,” according to manager Mike Matheny.

“You give a guy a day off without him feeling like he’s been grounded.”

Mondesi has the lowest OPS in Major League Baseball among players who qualify at .451.

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The Indians will send RHP Triston McKenzie (1-0, 2.70 ERA) to the mound in the series finale. McKenzie had a spectacular debut, striking out 10, but struggled a bit in his second start. He gave up two runs on three hits in four innings against St. Louis.

Jakob Junis (0-0, 4.26) will get the start for the Royals. Junis gave up two runs on four hits over 3 2/3 innings in his last start in St. Louis.

He struck out six.

playing a long match because I haven’t played one for a while and I felt like I was kind of pacing myself,” said Murray, who plays Canadian No.15 seed Felix Auger Aliassime in round two.

“Once I got two sets down I had to start putting the afterburners on and managed to get through.”

Williams, who played mixed doubles with Murray at Wimbledon last year, paid tribute to the Scot’s fighting spirit.

“Usually when you’re waiting for a match, someone is down two sets, you root for the person that’s ahead so you can get on the court and get off. I was rooting for Andy the whole time.

“I love his grit. I always said he reminds me a lot of myself. I felt like it was a real gutsy win for him and I was really happy.”

Venus Williams suffered her first-ever opening-round defeat

at the US Open, in a record 22 appearances, crashing out to Karolina Muchova 6-3, 7-5.

The Czech No.20 seed won the last four games of the match and celebrated with her friend, Australian actress and comedian Rebel Wilson, who spoke to her via the digital fan wall placed courtside this tournament.

Second seed Dominic Thiem advanced to the second round when his opponent, Spain’s Jaume Munar, retired from their match while trailing 7-6 (8-6), 6-3. His round-two opponent is India’s Sumit Nagal, who claimed his first-ever victory at a Grand Slam 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 over American Bradley Klahn.

Last year’s semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria was untroubled in his 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 win against American Tommy Paul and gets Hungarian Marton

Fucsovics in round two.

Two-time major winner Garbine Muguruza recovered from a slow start to post a third win in three encounters with Japan’s Nao Hibino 6-4, 6-4 at Louis Armstrong stadium.

The Spanish 10th seed dedicated her win to her good friend, Fed Cup team-mate and former doubles partner Carla Suarez Navarro, who revealed earlier in the day that she has been diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma.

“I want her to feel that we are behind her, that I am behind her, and I will go and see her at some point when it is fine,” Muguruza said.

A runner-up at the Australian Open in January, Muguruza moves into the second round where she faces Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, who returned to competition for the first time since 2017, and giving birth to a son in 2018.

MV: Wildcats win 2 of 3 Continued from B1

while Aly Ard had six points, eight kills and a block. Janae Granere and Kayla Ard each had four kills. Kayla Ard also had a block.

The run continued against Crest, with MV prevailing in straight sets (25-17, 25-9). Aly ARd had 14 points and four kills, followed by Granere and Kayla Ard with nine and four kills, respectively. Kendall Scharff had seven points.

Hopes for a sweep

fell agonizingly short in the finale.

The Wildcats took the first set, 25-16, before Madison rallied to take sets two and three, 25-22, 25-21.

Aly Ard had five points, seven kills and a block. Granere had five points, eight kills and two blocks.

Scharff had eight points, followed by Raveyn Kegler and Haylee Meiwes with five points each.

“We have some things to tweak, which

will help a lot, “ Coach Kegler said. “I know this group is going to be competitive in each game they play. They want to win.

“Raveyn did a good job delivering the sets to our hitters,” she continued. “Aly and Janae had a good night of swinging. All of the girls were clicking.”

Marmaton Valley hits the courts again next Tuesday at Eureka. Yates Center also will be a part of the triangular.

Lady Cubs: Split Continued from B1

10 kills and two service aces to go with a pair of blocks. Isabelle Murrow had five aces and two blocks. Kirstyn Murrow had 19 set assists, followed by Kenisyn Hottenstein with eight. Kirsten Kobold had a team-high three digs.

Kirstyn Murrow had three assists

against Colgan, and shared team-high honors with Dangerfield with two kills each.

Hottenstein also had three assists to go with the team’s only ace.

Dangerfield provided six digs and Humboldt’s only block.

Humboldt travels to Oswego next Tuesday in a triangular meet with Neodesha.

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Wednesday, September 2, 2020

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Speed: AFC West rivals add to speedy arsenals Continued from B1

bine; the Broncos selected receiver Jerry Jeudy; and the Chargers added fleet-footed linebacker Kenneth Murray.

“We just feel like we had to add that explosiveness,” Broncos GM

John Elway said.

The Broncos even bypassed a big need at tackle to select another speedy receiver, KJ Hamler, in the second round. That strategy took on greater scrutiny when right tackle

Ja’Wuan James opted out of the 2020 season over coronavirus concerns and Hamler spent much of training camp sidelined by a hamstring injury.

The Chiefs didn’t stand still.

In addition to grabbing standout LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire in the first round, they spent the draft getting their defense up to speed to complement all the burners they have on offense.

Second-round pick Willie Gay Jr. ran the second-fastest 40-yard dash among linebackers at the combine, and fourth-round pick L’Jarius Sneed not only had the fastest time among safeties at 4.37 seconds, but was the fourth fastest of any player that ran during the week in Indianapolis.

“They keep getting faster and keep raising the bar,” Mayock said.

Other subplots to watch as the Chiefs defend their second Super Bowl title: NO FANS

Although the Chiefs hope to have about 16,000 fans at each of their games, their division rivals won’t have any spectators until further notice. The Broncos got a taste of what that will be like when they held a stadium scrimmage at empty Empower Field.

“It was sad,” said guard Dalton Risner, a Colorado native. “I love Denver. I love the fans. ... I was fake pointing up into the stands all day acting like I saw a few 66 jerseys.”

The Broncos pumped in crowd noise and they’re selling cardboard cutouts of fans for $100, which will go to charity.

“We’d rather have real fans there obviously,” QB Drew Lock said, “but it’s something we have to adjust to.”

NO RIVERS

For the first time since 2006, someone other than Philip Rivers is the Chargers’ starting quarterback. Tyrod Taylor gets first crack but he looks like a placeholder for Justin Herbert, whom the Chargers selected with the sixth overall pick as their QB of the future.

Rivers, now with the Colts, led the AFC with 4,615 passing yards and had 23 touchdown throws. But he also threw 20 interceptions, led an offense that committed six red-zone turnovers and twice gave away the ball on downs.

NO PROBLEM

The Chiefs begin defense of their crown and kick off a season like none other Sept. 10 against the Houston Texans.

Kansas City was due to return 20 of its 22 starters before guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and running back Damien Williams opted out. “If you’re going to have a year where bringing a lot of guys back that are experienced — not having rookie minicamps, OTAs — this would be the year to have it,” Chiefs GM Brett Veach said.

NO BLACK HOLE

The Raiders have left Oakland and the famed Black Hole behind for the glamour and glitz of Las Vegas. But did they leave behind their middling offensive performances?

With Ruggs, breakout tight end Darren Waller, versatile back Josh Jacobs and slot receiver Hunter Renfrow, the Raiders have their most complete offense since coach Jon Gruden returned in 2018.

“The opportunities are limitless,” QB Derek Carr said.

PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH

Chiefs, Broncos, Chargers, Raiders.

Nuggets win thriller LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jamal Murray helped a heartbroken Donovan Mitchell off the floor for a handshake and hug, a show of respect between players who had a memorable battle in the bubble.

They traded historic offensive fireworks for six games, before Game 7 turned into an old-fashioned defensive struggle.

“It was a great battle. I don’t know what else to say. I’m speechless,” Murray said.

The ending left everyone out of words.

Nikola Jokic made the tiebreaking basket with 27 seconds left and the Nuggets advanced to the second round of the playoffs, beating the Utah Jazz 8078 on Tuesday night when Mike Conley’s 3-pointer spun out at the buzzer.

The Nuggets became the 12th team in NBA history to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a series, but only after they blew a 19-point lead in this game.

“A lot of teams would have just given in, especially when you consider we’ve been here 57 days away from our families,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.

After Jokic’s basket, the Jazz got the ball to Mitchell following a timeout. The Nuggets stole it from him and raced down for a fast break, but Torrey Craig missed the layup.

Utah rebounded and pushed the ball up the floor to Conley, whose jumper looked good all the way until it fell out.

“It looked good, man.

Sometimes, it’s just the way it works,” Mitchell said.

“We fought hard and came back. I’d go to war with any one of these guys in the locker room, any one of these coaches. We could’ve easy chalked it up in the first half. We have grit and fight.

That’s all you can really ask for.”

Jokic had 30 points and 14 rebounds and Murray scored 17 points.

No. 3 seed Denver advanced to face the second-seeded Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference semifinals.

“Before the series started I felt it was going to be an interesting series.

But after 3-1 I didn’t think it was going to be this interesting,” Jokic said. “So I’m glad that we won the game and I’m glad that we won the series.”

Mitchell scored 22 points and Rudy Gobert finished with 19 points and 18 rebounds after a huge second half for the Jazz.