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Worth the wait Fans rejoice as Chiefs take title

By SAM MELLINGER The Kansas City Star

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes kisses the Vince Lombardi Trophy in celebration after winning Super Bowl LIV, 31-20, against the San Francisco 49ers in Miami, Fla., Sunday. MIAMI HERALD/DAVID SANTIAGO/TNS

MIAMI — It’s not often that news stops you cold, and when it does it’s usually bad, so how’s this for something to savor: The Chiefs won the Super Bowl.

One more time: The Chiefs won the Super Bowl.

Lets do it in a different way: The Chiefs, the beloved franchise that for 50 years was exactly good enough to occasionally lift fans’ spirits and then crush them in dark comedy, are the NFL’s champion with a 31-20 win over the 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday.

Everything is different now with Kansas City’s most beloved institution.

This is a new era now, with playoff failure in the past tense. The NFL’s structure demands that every team has a fair shot but for as long as most adults can remember that’s meant an up close look at someone else’s celebration — John Elway’s, or Peyton Manning’s, or Tom Brady’s.

Now, the future looks like the rest of the league will watch a lot of the Chiefs’ celebrations — PatSee CHIEFS | Page A2

A bulldozer dumps raw material containing lamprolite into an underground storage container at Micro-Lite LCC near Silver City. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG

Silent monument of Silver City Gazing across the expanse of the open-pit mine at Micro-Lite LLC just north of the Woodson-Wilson line, at first all I saw was sand, immeasurable tons of it.

Trevor Hoag Just Prairie I then had to pause as an immense yellow bulldozer, dirty with grit, rumbled by.

I watched in subtle awe, unable to hear my thoughts, as the enormous scoop pivoted, dropping dusty material into a nearby grate.

“So what is it that you want, exactly?” the mine’s foreman had groaned in exasperation, clearly annoyed by the eccentric curiosityseeker who’d ask to check out the area. Though after a fumbling attempt to explain myself while feigning curiosity about gadgets in the control room, he eventually

gave in.

He even half-admitted that he knew why I was there, saying “Yeah, whenever we see something sparkle, we take a look.”

“Do I need a hard hat?” I asked.

“Ugh, I’m sure you’ll be fine,” he grumbled, then hastily jogged away toward a nearby building.

As I depart the mine’s processing area with its enormous rock tumblers turning incessantly, I recall that 90 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period a volcano began forming beneath this place. And as the nearby machines shook the earth, perhaps I gained some minute sense of that force.

Back in a dinosaur-inhabited world, molten rock bled its way up from a hundred miles below the earth’s crust, spreading like tree branches through fractures in the sediment, collecting in such great volumes as to cause the formation of dome-like hills throughout this area beSee SILVER CITY | Page A4

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St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Humboldt celebrated its 62nd Annual Groundhog Feed Saturday. The event brings about 500 people to the church to raise money to benefit local and state projects. This year’s event also brought an increase in volunteers, especially youth. At left, flipping pancakes were, from left, Benjamin Leo, Darrell Krone and David Avery. Krone said he has volunteered at the feed for about 58 years. Above, Scott Baker serves hot, steaming pancakes to Cooper Lucke of Chanute and Ethan Lucke of Humboldt. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

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Around Town Community Calendar

MONDAY — Moran City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Moran City Hall. — Iola Public Library board meeting, 5:30 p.m., Iola Public Library. — Everything About Checkbooks class, 6 p.m., Humanity House, 110 East St. — Auditions for Iola Community Theatre production of “What To Expect When You’re Expecting Your Inlaws,� 7 p.m., ICT Warehouse.

TUESDAY — Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse. — Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College. — Knights of Columbus, 7 p.m., K of C Room, St. John Parish Center.

WEDNESDAY — Community Blood Center blood drive, 1 to 5 p.m., John Silas Bass North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye St. — Utility Policy meeting, 6 p.m., Humanity House, 110 East St.

THURSDAY — Rotary Club, noon, Allen Community College. — TOPS No. KS 880 4:30 p.m. weigh in, 5 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church. — Beginning Knitting class, 6 to 7 p.m., Humanity House, 110 East St. — Beginning Spanish class, 6 to 7 p.m., Humanity House, 110 East St.

Trump looms large in Kansas GOP debate

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Hardline conservative Kris Kobach tried Saturday to reassure his fellow Kansas Republicans that if they nominate him for the U.S. Senate, they wouldn’t have to worry that he’d lose to a Democrat again because no one is closer than he is to President Donald Trump in a state that Trump is expected to carry easily.

Trump loomed large during a debate between Kobach and two of the three other leading Republican candidates seeking the Senate nod, with Rep. Roger Marshall, of western Kansas, and state Senate President Susan Wagle, of Wichita, also vowing to be in lockstep with Trump if elected this November.

It was an easy case to make for Kobach, who was the first prominent Kansas politician to back Trump in 2016, who served as vice chairman of a presidential commission on election fraud, and who he says he still advises Trump regularly.

However, Kobach lost the 2018 governor’s race to Democrat Laura Kelly after alienating GOP moderates with his takeno-prisoners style of conservatism and longtime

advocacy of tough immigration policies. And many Republicans fear that if Kobach is their nominee for the seat held by retiring four-term Sen. Pat Roberts, Democrats will have an opening to win their first Senate race in Kansas since 1932.

During Saturday’s debate at the statewide GOP convention in Olathe, Kobach sought to dispel those fears, arguing that the Senate race has a different dynamic than the governor’s race and will bring out more Trump voters who back the president’s immigration policies.

The turnout is expected to be much higher: About 1.23 million Kansans voted in the 2016 presidential race, or nearly 17% more than the 1.06 million who voted in the 2018 governor’s race.

Trump prevailed in Kansas in 2016 by nearly 21 percentage points. “The best Senate candidate who can capture all of the votes that go to President Trump is the candidate who aligns most closely with President Trump,� Kobach said. “I’m the only person who’s been advising the president. I’m the only person whose No. 1 issue has been President Trump’s No. 1 issue: immigration.�

Wagle argued that the best way to help Trump is to elect fellow conservatives. During Saturday’s debate before about 600 party activists, Wagle twice pointed at Kobach and suggested that he set the conservative movement back by losing to Kelly. Wagle also predicted that Kelly will help fellow Democrats fundraise to defeat conservatives in this year’s election. “I have a Democrat governor now who’s raising money and she is promoting liberal policy,� Wagle said the second time, her voice rising. “We need a proven fighter, folks. We need someone who can help Trump, help Kansas, and elect Republicans down-ballot.�

Many Republicans are nervous about Kobach because the leading Democratic candidate, state Sen. Barbara Bollier, a retired Kansas City-area anesthesiologist, raised almost $1.1 million in contributions in the last quarter of 2019, which was double the amount raised by the top four GOP candidates combined.

Kobach has raised less than $352,000 for his Senate race and began this year with about $190,000 in cash. Marshall had almost $1.9 million in cash, thanks to a large balance

brought over from his U.S. House campaign.

Wagle had about $523,000 in cash.

The fourth top GOP candidate, Dave Lindstrom, a Kansas City-area businessman and retired Kansas City Chiefs player, began the year with about $291,000 in cash. He did not participate in the debate because he had emergency kidney stone surgery on Friday, GOP leaders said.

In 2018, Trump tweetendorsed Kobach the day before the August primary for governor, helping Kobach narrowly defeat GOP Gov. Jeff Colyer.

The president has yet to endorse a candidate in the Senate race, though he met with Marshall in the Oval Office in January, and Kobach said they talked about the race the same day.

Marshall sought to undercut Kobach’s claim of a special relationship with Trump, noting that Trump invited him to a ceremony for the signing of a new trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Marshall also said Trump has thanked him for his support on trade and agriculture issues and for defending Trump against impeachment. He’s said he’s voted 98% of the time with Trump.

FRIDAY — Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center. — Cooking With Kids, 4 to 8 p.m., Humanity House, 110 East St.

SATURDAY — Iola Elks Lodge breakfast to benefit Pearl Harbor National Memorial, 7 to 10 a.m., Elks Lodge, 202 S. Jefferson Ave.

Iola UMW learns about food programs in the Middle East Gerry Uphoff discussed food programs in the Middle East, including an urban garden in Gaza, at the Jan. 23 meeting of Iola United Methodist Women.

Regina Woodworth will distribute information to women in the church with an emphasis on those who work during the day.

Members shared reasons for their involvement and belief in UMW’s purpose.

Gerry led a lesson on Deaconesses and Home Missioners all supported by programs

and funds provided

by UMW. She spoke of the characteristics of women of the Bible and early predecessors of UMW who worked to improve lives and conditions of those in need in some way.

Marty Meadows, David Meadows and Gwen Teftt served refreshments.

The next meeting is at 10 .m. Feb. 27 at Calvary. Regina will lead the program. Gwen Teftt and Donna Beebe will serve as cohostesses. All women are invited.

Blood drive is Wednesday The Community Blood Center will host its next blood drive in Iola from 1 to 5 p.m.

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Ania Bernacik, center, was one of thousands of Kansas City Chiefs fans at the Power & Light District Sunday who were there hours early to attend a Super Bowl watch party. The crowd was there to watch the Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Miami. WICHITA EAGLE/TRAVIS HEYING/TNS

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rick Mahomes’, Travis Kelce’s, Tyrann Mathieu’s. Andy Reid is no longer the best coach to never win a Super Bowl.

Now he’s the coach of the planet’s best football team.

Kids have been born to parents who wondered if this day would ever come, and the wonder lasted long enough for those kids to have kids of their own. Fifty years. Arrowhead Stadium isn’t even that old.

That’s long enough for, roughly, all the feelings.

All week, Chiefs alumni from Willie Lanier to Neil Smith and everyone in between came to parties and smiled and talked about memories.

Some of them regretted not being in uniform when this day came. All felt proud to be part of it, even a small part, a distant part.

This whole week felt a little like a coronation, the streets and beaches in and around Miami filling with far more Mahomes jerseys than Garoppolos. Maybe some of that is geography. Surely most of it is anticipation.

Back home, the living room at Power & Light filled before normal people finished breakfast. It had to be the biggest watch party in the history of Kansas City.

Heck, it was the biggest party in Kansas City of any kind since the last parade, outdone only by the next one, happening this week.

There are a hundred reasons to feel good for the Chiefs and their fans.

This is the franchise that waited so long for someone like Mahomes, and when the moment came, acted boldly, taking advantage of an infrastructure already built to maximize his superhuman talents.

The Chiefs spent the last 50 years chasing this feeling first with loyalty for those who won the championship after the 1969 season, then various lost causes, then a revival built on terrorizing quarterbacks, then a detour chasing points, then a series of starts and spurts that peaked with playoff heartbreak.

Their breakthrough came largely because of Mahomes, of course, but also a shameless

collection of stars on both sides of the ball — Kelce, Chris Jones, Tyreek Hill, Frank Clark, Mitchell Schwartz, Mathieu.

They won games with overwhelming offense, then spent a month or so winning with defense, and spent the first two rounds of these playoffs winning out of a deficit.

They conquered the football world with a beautiful cohesion of

not just offense and defense and special teams, but of worldclass athletes who respect each other and their coaches, and with a stubborn belief that it was their turn.

They did it, here and finally, updating their franchise’s history in vivid color. Tonight, they celebrated. In a few days, the parade. After that, they move forward into a future very different than the past.

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Senate’s refusal to call witnesses a blow to democratic norms By evidence of Friday’s vote, Senate Republicans have essentially anointed Donald Trump their king. Though in theory they might acknowledge a president’s request for a foreign power to interfere on his behalf in a U.S. election as an abuse of his powers, Republicans refused to put their leader to the test. Instead, they blocked passage of a vote to allow documents and witnesses to appear in what was to be a trial on charges against the president.

The short-term damage in giving Mr. Trump a pass is negligible. After three years, Americans are desensitized to his theatrics.

The long-term damage, however, is acute. Allowing a president to flagrantly defile the U.S. Constitution sets a low bar for future administrations.

Our country has relied on a system of checks and balances to ensure leaders

uphold democratic values.

President Trump, it seems, is the exception, and as such, future presidents will be emboldened to exist outside legal and ethical boundaries.

Senate Republicans have said their decision to forego investigation into Mr. Trump’s alleged misdeeds was because their minds were already made up.

Their deciding factor?

Not the American people, of which 75% of registered voters said witnesses should be allowed to testify in the Senate impeachment trial.

Instead, Congressional Republicans have made their personal re-elections their criteria and as such have put their leader’s bidding above all else.

Such fealty to President Trump — and not the United States of America — is a frightening precedent.

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A look back in t me.

60 Years Ago February 1960

Over $500 in cash was stolen last night by skilled thieves who entered Dr. Leo Robinson’s office at 219 N. Jefferson, cracked the safe and pried open a filing cabinet. ***** Mr. and Mrs. L. Van De Mark and William “Bill” Barnes are the new owners of the J&D Market, Gas City, purchasing the business Feb. 1 from Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kleir who have operated it for several years. ***** A new bridge will be built across Little Deer Creek on the county road three miles east and a half north of Carlyle. It will replace an old bridge which sits at an angle to the roadway at the foot of

Bird Hill.

***** Iola’s beauty shops are closed today due to the operators and their assistants donating their services to the women in rest homes throughout the county as part of their observance of National Beauty Salon Week. Eula Griffith is chairman of the local organization. ***** Over 300 men and women attended the citywide Boy Scout Court of Honor in the junior high auditorium last night. Senior scouts John Conderman, Bill Middleton, Webster Golden and Jerry Ulrich, each illustrated one phase of Scout training, by relating a true story of a scout who saved the life of another boy.

KC & sports: A love fest The Kansas City Chiefs are world champions of professional football. That’s a sentence many Kansas Citians thought they’d never see again.

But it’s true, and it’s amazing. The Chiefs powered past the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday’s Super Bowl, bringing home a shiny trophy to swell the hearts of a million people.

In itself, this is not unusual.

All communities love their local teams. Sports unite people in strange and wonderful ways, and in this polarized era, that kind of unity feels special.

Yet Kansas City’s affection for the Chiefs — and for the Royals — seems especially intense. But why?

Winning helps. But here’s a better explanation: Both teams seem more like neighbors than big-time franchises.

They appear to love Kansas City as much as Kansas City loves them.

That is unusual. The Star regularly reports on businesses that are leaving our communities, or threatening to leave, unless taxpayers lubricate the wheels. That’s what the pointless Border War is all about.

Do we need to mention all the sports franchises that happily blackmailed their communities for better facilities?

Take a bow, Stan Kroenke. You too, San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders.

The NBA’s Phoenix Suns took a hard look at relocating to Las Vegas or Seattle. The NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins flirted with Kansas City to extort cash for a new stadium.

The Baltimore-ClevelandIndianapolis NFL dance was remarkable, and sad.

Au revoir, Montreal Expos.

Later, Houston Oilers. See ya, Seattle Supersonics.

The Oakland A’s might move. The A’s! They deserted Kansas City, which had lured the team away from Philadelphia. Doesn’t anybody stay in one place anymore?

Yes — the Chiefs and Royals.

“I sat through all of the lease negotiations in 2005 and 2006,” said Mike White, a development lawyer and onetime Jackson County execu-

Clark Hunt, owner and CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs, hoists the Vince Lombardi trophy after Sunday’s Super Bowl win. (Tammy Ljungblad/Kansas City Star/TNS)

tive. “There was never a direct Athletics. Like many cities, threat by either team to move, we have felt the slap of owner although we knew that the extortion, and the sting of reChiefs could easily have gone jection. to Los Angeles.”

And while the Chiefs and Jackson County Executive Royals have never threatened Frank White said, “We now to move, the vicious battle for have first-class organizations franchises has hinted at the that are committed to our possibility. Kansas Citians community and have not tried know what has happened in to leverage more public sup- other places. So do the teams. port by threatening to abanBut the franchises have don this great city.” always negotiated in good Chiefs owner faith for public Clark Hunt, support, and like his father The (Ewing) Kauff- Kansas Citians Lamar, appears man family set the have provided locked in on it. Today, as we Kansas City. Be- tone. And I suspect bask in Super fore his death, there’s a touch of Mid- Bowl glory, it former Royals western nice. sure seems like owner David a good deal for Glass secured everyone.

— Charles Euchner, sports author new local own“There is ership. that true con“ K a n s a s nection,” said City’s sports franchises cer- Kansas City Mayor Quinton tainly have a long history of Lucas. “You see this real love civic commitment to the local for the community, which is area,” said Charles Euchner, impressive.” who wrote “Playing the Field: The relationship will be Why Sports Teams Move and tested in the years ahead. The Cities Fight to Keep Them.” fate of our teams’ stadiums “The (Ewing) Kauffman will be a prominent issue in family set the tone,” he said Kansas City politics for the in an email. “And I suspect next decade. Good faith on all there’s a touch of Midwestern sides will be essential. nice.”

At the same time, if the Yes, the story is compli- Chiefs can win a Super Bowl, cated: The Chiefs moved here anything is possible. Hail to from Dallas, after all. We did the Chiefs, and thank you. See lose the NBA Kings and the you next season.

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Volunteer mourners uplift an unclaimed veteran — and themselves Funerals aren’t always riproaring outpourings of grief and remembrance, especially for folks who are a little older and don’t have a large family.

This can be true even for people who had robust ties through most of their lives.

By a certain age, a person’s peers may be dead, in poor health or living far away. Affiliations that supply scores of friends and acquaintances, such as work, volunteering or attending religious services, recede with advancing age and declining health. Personal relationships may deteriorate over time and be tough to shore back up.

Yet most of us intuitively understand that when the end comes, no one should be buried with only morticians and gravediggers looking on.

John James Murphy, 71, was a decorated Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War who lived in Elgin’s River View Rehab Center in suburban Chicago before his death on Dec. 18. He was believed to have relatives including siblings, a child and grandchildren, but no one stepped forward to claim him as kin or loved one, reports Rafael Guerrero in the Elgin Courier-News. An unattended funeral is not unheard of. Fu-

Roger Treend of Oswego, Ill., stands and salutes the body of Vietnam veteran John James Murphy on Wednesday in Elgin, Ill. Murphy died at age 71 on Dec. 18, 2019, and authorities were unable to reach any relatives after his death. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS) neral homes often deal with them quietly.

Not this time. SymondsMadison Funeral Home owners Daniel and Joy Symonds decided they would hold a service fitting of a military veteran. The Daily Herald published a story in which Murphy was described as

friendly, polite and helpful.

“Funeral for unclaimed veteran Wednesday in Elgin,” the headline read. Word about his potentially lonely funeral spread on social media.

And so things turned around for the remembrances of Murphy. When Wednesday arrived, the line to pay re-

spects stretched out the door.

“Many of you have come for a funeral for an unclaimed veteran,” the Rev. Tim Perry said. “What we would like for you to think about is this man is no longer unclaimed — he is ours.”

Americans are divided in many ways, but kudos to

those who gave their time to respect Mr. Murphy, in a week when, much more famously, the country weighed another grief: the shocking deaths in a helicopter crash of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others. In Elgin, the volunteer mourners not only honored and uplifted a veteran’s memory, but also themselves.

Gathering to mark the passing of a life is among the most profound of human acts. If the life belonged to a complete stranger, the act becomes selfless.

John James Murphy, a native of Chicago, was president of his rehab center’s resident council committee. He previously worked as a Dominick’s grocery store manager and as a welder. For his service to his country, he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Presidential Unit Citation and Vietnam Service Medal.

He was buried with military honors, including flag-draped casket, uniformed pallbearers, bagpipes, funeral car processional and the playing of taps.

His mourners numbered in the many hundreds.

— The Chicago Tribune

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Untouched prairie draws a crowd

Dem is top fundraiser

WAMEGO, Kan. (AP) — A group of volunteers has transformed an expanse of untouched native prairie grass into a destination for those who want to walk across the tallgrass that greeted settlers.

The Mount Mitchell Prairie Guards hope to preserve, protect and promote this area a few miles south of Wamego and east of a bend in the Kansas River as one of the few places left in the world to walk through untouched native prairie grass, The Manhattan Mercury reported.

“That’s an experience you can’t get anywhere else,” said Michael Stubbs, a member of the volunteer group. “That, to me, is one of the best attractions — actually being in the tallgrass.”

The property includes a hill that was was considered

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The leading Democratic candidate for the Senate in Kansas raised twice as much money in contributions during the last three months of 2019 as the top four Republicans combined, campaign finance reports showed Friday.

But state Sen. Barbara Bollier’s nearly $1.1 million in contributions couldn’t overcome Republican Rep. Roger Marshall’s advantage in cash at year’s end because of funds the western Kansas congressman carried over from his House campaign account.

Marshall ended 2019 with $1.9 million, despite collecting less than $218,000 in contributions during the previous quarter. Bollier, a retired Kansas City-area anesthesiologist, ended the year with about $810,000 in

sacred by the land’s original inhabitants 1,500 years ago. It overlooks the homestead where Captain William Mitchell and his sister Agnes, abolitionists from Connecticut, sheltered freedom seekers as they hid from slave hunters during the state’s bloody origins in the mid-19th century.

Mitchell’s son gave the land to the Kansas Historical Society in 1953 with the condition that the site be turned into a public park. The local volunteers took on the project in 2006 after the Historical Society was unable to create the park.

In June, the Mount Mitchell guards purchased 125 additional acres of the original Mitchell Farm property and expanded the park to 165 acres.

In addition to adding walking trails and reserv-

able prairie land to the park, Stubbs said the group hopes to build a interpretive center, with exhibits on the native flora and fauna, the Native American roots, the hill’s role in the Underground Railroad and other bits of the area’s history.

Stubbs hopes that the site is eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hill is already a National Park Serviceauthenticated Network to Freedom Underground Railroad site and a stop along the National Stone Scenic Byway.

Schools, scouting groups, hikers, geologists and birders already trek out to the property, and the Mount Mitchell Prairie Guards work with docents at the Flint Hills Discovery Center to bring people interested in tallgrass out to the hill.

cash.

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach trailed Bollier and other top Republicans in both categories. Kobach, the unsuccessful GOP nominee for governor in 2018, raised about $102,000 in contributions and ended 2019 with about $190,000 in cash.

Dave Lindstrom, a Kansas City-area businessman and ex-Kansas City Chiefs professional football player, raised $104,000 in contributions during 2019’s final three months and ended the year with $291,000 in cash.

Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita raised $103,000 in contributions during the last quarter and ended 2019 with $523,000 in cash after loaning herself $275,000 earlier in the year.

Silver City: Mineral deposits often carry a unique sheen Continued from A1

tween Buffalo and the little village of Rose.

After noise from the heavy machinery and dozer finally thundered only in the distance and I was able to regain my focus, I noticed something glimmering nearby. I bent down and lifted a chunk of brownish-red material, then crumbled it in my hands.

When the sun’s light reflected just right, I saw it again. Those bronze-colored flakes that look as if a penny had been shredded and dispersed through the rock. The mineral is called peridotite or lamprolite, the residue of magma having cooled and hardened.

This igneous formation is one of the rarest and strangest substances on the planet.

The only other known lamprolite deposit in Kansas, the Rose Dome intrusion, is located just a few miles to the northeast.

In other places where deposits like these exist, such as the Kimberly region in western Australia, diamonds have been found. Murfreesboro, Arkansas, is

At left, tiny flakes of igneous crystal gleam in the light on a pile of stone near Silver City in Woodson County.

At right, exposed silver-blue quartzite bakes in the sun on the surface of the open-pit mine at Micro-Lite LCC near Silver City. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG one such place, home to Crater of Diamonds State Park, where tourists pay a few dollars to try their hand at prospecting for a day.

At Murfreesboro in 1990, a woman named Shirley Strawn found the world-famous Strawn-Wagner Diamond, a colorless, internally flawless stone valued at almost $35,000.

The undiscovered wealth lurking beneath Woodson County may be immeasurable, a seemingly wild supposition, though one geologists from Emporia State University even support.

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It was a belief shared by prospectors in the late 1870s, who swarmed the area in droves when it seemed they’d discovered a paradise rich in gold, silver, precious metals and stones, recalling the fervor of the California Gold Rush and sites like Deadwood, South Dakota.

The sandstone that’s morphed into blueishpurple quartzite, which litters the mine floor and dyes the soil an inky hue, must have captured their imaginations as well.

As one countian, Eva Cox Depew, put it at the time: “Rumors of this newest El Dorado had spread like wildfire and daily through Yates Center by covered wagon, horseback and afoot, battered old prospectors shared the road with young fellows heeding the call of adventure for the first time.”

“No need to speculate on the destination of a man with a few posses-

sions wrapped in a bandana and tied to the end of a stick carried over his shoulder,” she wrote in a letter a hundred years back.

Indeed, even though I knew better, I felt an uncontrollable giddiness as I scanned across the wall of the mine, where my own shifting movement seemingly caused the entire world to glint.

Every few feet as I traced a slow path around the mine’s rugged outline, I had to stop and touch a new surface, photograph another formation, break off another jagged fragment of amethyst or some other crystal.

Despite no town or even a post office having ever manifested, it became absolutely clear how this place earned its nickname, Silver City.

Yet it is a name shrouded in scandal, one spit with a curse from the tobacco-encrusted mouths of those who once uttered it. Around

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1878-1879, poor farmers and naive investors threw away untold fortunes in the area in order to invest in mining operations with names like “Yellowjacket.”

Seems those poor fellows were the ones to get stung, though.

As I stood atop the hill overlooking the minepit, just south of where the tents and shanties stood so long ago, I could almost sense the ferocious ghosts of the place, the frustration and despair felt when it was eventually discovered there was no silver, no gold, no words of comfort to be uttered for those who had thrown away their livelihoods.

Although the mine shafts dug deep in the earth are all long filled in and covered over today, as I swam through the tall brittle scrubgrass near the old camp area, almost crawling while upright, I imagined falling, breaking my leg, and thinking this must

have been how those prospectors had felt: shattered and alone.

It’s a revelation that so often comes too late: the blind pursuit of material wealth is a trap.

And the deadfall of Silver City is one into which many have stepped over the years.

Around 1943-1944, the Sante Fe railroad failed to repurpose the site in order to mine ballast material.

In the 1950s, one entrepreneur tried to market the lamprolite as a kind of energy-efficient insulation. Another unsuccessfully tried to get folks to purchase it as a food additive for human consumption.

Since 1961, however, the company Micro-Lite LLC has found a niche market by mining the mineral rich in magnesium, iron, and potassium in order to produce fertilizer and a gooey nutritional supplement for cattle and chickens.

“If you put it on your tomatoes,” said the foreman, betraying a slight hint of enthusiasm, “they’ll grow up all big and shiny.”

Yet perhaps also a bit blinding — like sunlight reflecting on the blueblack surface of Hill’s Pond near the original mining area.

Like the mine itself, the pond survives as a reminder of past blindness and a memorial to loss.

Or as one fictional account of Silver City puts it, “When the sun suddenly peers forth after a shower, that same hill sparkles as it has for thousands of years, as though studded with millions and millions of diamonds: now a silent monument to a thwarted dream.”

Not only a monument to the dream of unimaginable wealth, but something more, something haunting that whispers to us like wind on the vacant hill once occupied by a joyous tent city full of hopeful prospectors.

Silver City returns us to those moments in each of our lives when we placed our faith in the value of something ultimately revealed as valueless, those horrible epiphanies when we felt like fools, when it seemed life was laughing at us, taking from us something that we never really possessed in the first place.

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Allen Community College: Men’s Basketball

January winners announced

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Your voices have been heard and the decisions have been made, so it's time to announce the winners for January’s Allen County Area Athletes of the Month.

Here are the winners: Trent Jones — Iola’s 145-pound wrestler has continued where he left off from his state appearance a season ago as a freshman.

So far this season, Jones sits at 15-2 and is ranked sixth in his weight class in 4A. Last week, Jones defeated the number-one wrestler in his class at the 3A level at the Eureka Invitational.

This week, Jones claimed silver in Fredonia, earning a 3-1 record in the tournament.

Bailey Griffith — Griffith has been a key cog for the Marmaton Valley Wildcats this season. A three-sport athlete, Griffith has excelled on the basketball court this winter.

Her signature performance came during the Pleasanton Blu-Jays Mid-Season Tournament, when she knocked down two 3-pointers while scoring 16 points and led MV to a 34-29 win over Pleasanton. On Friday at home versus Yates Center, Griffith finished as MV’s second leading scorer with 13 points.

For the winners, expect a visit from one of our owners and I in the coming weeks.

There, we will distribute a certificate for achievement along with an award from one of our sponsors.

As for February, nominees will be decided by our staff and released on the last Tuesday of the month. But if you have an athlete that you believe is worth watching, go ahead and email the sports desk at sports@iolaregister.com to make sure no athlete goes unnoticed in the Allen County area.

Malik Hardmon battles his way through the paint through a swarm of Neosho defenders on Saturday. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

DEVILS OUT-DUEL RIVALS

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

An injury-riddled Allen Community College roster shook off its recent struggles, and battled through a back-and-forth affair against rival Neosho, winning 81-70.

“We are a little different than when we started the year,” ACC head coach Andy Shaw said. “Canaan (Daniels) and Trez (Hankins) are our two best shooters from the perimeter by far, but we don’t have them right now due to injury. We are just down bod-

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ies right now. We started the year with 17 guys and looked like we were going to have an army going across the baseline. Yesterday I was sitting there wondering, ‘where did everybody go?’”

Basketball may be a game of runs, but neither the Red

Devils or Panthers could carve a lead early on. Both teams remained deadlocked at 11-11 five minutes through the contest. With Malik Hardmon and Joel Boyce on the bench for ACC due to foul See ACC MEN | Page B4

High School Wrestling: Fredonia Invitational

Hot shooting leads Neosho past Lady Devils Mustangs and Cubs tussle in Saturday tournament

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

A 13-point Allen Community College lead soon evaporated after a flurry of 3-pointers from Neosho in the second quarter. The long-range assault continued after intermission, and the Panthers powered to a 79-74 victory over the Lady Devils.

A win would have moved the Red Devils past Neosho in the Jayhawk East standings, but ACC remains the bottomdweller at 2-12, two games behind its rival.

“That was even written on the board before the game, that we were one game behind them. But, it is what it is,” ACC head coach Rachel Janzen said.

See LADY DEVILS | Page B4

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Iola and Humboldt High traveled to Fredonia on Saturday for an all-day wrestling tournament.

Here is how each individual performed from their respective schools: Iola

Zariah Sango at the free-throw line late in the fourth quarter against Neosho on Saturday. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

Ryan Wools placed fourth in the 106-pound division.

Wools received a bye in the first round before earning a quarterfinal win by fall. He then fell short in the semifinals, losing by fall to Erie’s Drayton Kennedy. Wools finished with a win in the consolation semis by decision (9-6), advancing to the third

place match where he lost by a 4-3 decision.

After losing his quarterfinal matchup, TJ Taylor rebounded for three straight wins in 113-pound action.

Taylor won by fall in the first consolation round, an 8-6 decision in the next round, and by fall in the third-place match to claim silver.

Landon Nading finished 2-1 on the day to finish second in the 120-pound division. Nading earned a win by decision (8-4), and fall to capture a position in the championship bout where he lost by a 7-3 decision.

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Wenzhou, a city of 9 million on China’s east coast, is some 435 miles from Wuhan, the city in Hubei where the virus first broke out in December.

Families will only be permitted to send one family member out of the house every two days to buy necessities, according to city authorities. Residents have been advised not leave their homes except to seek medical treatment or related reasons.

Wenzhou in Zhejiang province joins the 14 cities in Hubei that remain on lockdown as deaths from coronavirus reached more than 300 nationwide on Sunday.

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Outside China, more than 100 people have fallen ill with the virus in about two dozen countries across the globe.

Coronavirus cases near 10,000 The virus has infected almost 10,000 people globally in just two months, which prompted the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a global emergency. China as of Jan. 31 counted 9,692 confirmed cases with a death toll of 213.

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Sri Lanka 1 Malaysia 8 Singapore 13

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Australia 9 Source: AP, BBC Graphic: Staff, TNS

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Husband’s ‘help’ sounds a lot like gaslighting Dear Carolyn: My husband recently said he thinks I’m annoying and arrogant. For example, when I meet someone new or we are out with his friends, I try to connect by sharing information on the subject matter we’re discussing.

My husband interprets that as trying to show off how smart I am. I told him that’s not my intention, but he insists it is. What I thought was regular back-and-forth, he says the other person finds annoying and would never tell me that.

He went on to say my storytelling is erratic and leaves out details, and he knows our friends find me annoying because of it.

But when I was trying to tell him something about work later on, he called this an example of me leaving out context and details . . . except I had told him that stuff. I don’t think he was listening.

Anyway, I’ve dialed my conversations with him way back at home,

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax

and I try to keep my thoughts to myself. I don’t know what to do about socializing with his friends and family.

I’d really rather bow out, but my husband wants me to get better, not give up.

Except every time I open my mouth now, I have to stop myself and calculate everything. I try to keep my responses to one-word answers even when asked about something.

The most frustrating thing is being around people who claim to like me and ask me about my life but find me annoying behind my back. It’s so fake.

Another double date is coming up. Do I have a right to get out of it? I’m crying as I type this. — Anonymous

Anonymous: Oh no!

Wait — who says your husband is right? Who says he speaks for your friends?

You say “people who claim to like me . . . find me annoying behind my back” as if it’s a fact that everyone, or even anyone, finds you annoying.

It sounds like your husband is gaslighting you.

You’re certainly responding in a textbook way: doubting yourself, clamming up, taking his word as gospel.

That’s what gaslighting is about: A gaslighter undermines/criticizes/ ridicules you until you doubt yourself so completely, you depend on your gaslighter as your one source of truth.

You’ve described that exactly. He’s telling you your intentions!

But let’s say, for argument’s sake, he’s genuinely trying to help. Why are you taking his one opinion as the entire truth? Why isn’t the cruelty of his criticism disqualifying?

I urge you to do the

following, soon: 1.

Counseling — SOLO, because abuse and gaslighting can corrupt the counseling process. If therapy isn’t accessible (ask your primary care doctor), then, hotline — 800-799-SAFE. 2. Tell your people — siblings, friends prehusband — what’s going on, and ask their perspective.

3. Stand up to your husband. “Sure — we can all improve. I should ask more questions. But telling me I’m ‘annoying and arrogant’ is just mean. I wouldn’t treat you that way. And I am not your student.”

Skip 3 if you must, but not 1 or 2. Outside perspectives are your lifeline, no exaggeration.

Don’t let shame shut you down.

From readers: • That you are reflecting on this suggests you are not at all the arrogant one.

• Please, please, please get an attorney. This is gaslighting. Protect yourself.

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Lynch syndrome could link family’s cancers Dear Dr. Roach: On my mother’s side of the family, all four sisters out of seven children were diagnosed with cancer and have died from the disease. Their ages at the time they passed ranged between 60 and 70, and the type of cancer was different for each of them (lung, gallbladder, uterus and stomach). The men in the family do not seem to be affected even though all were raised in the same household with the same parents.

Clearly the vulnerability lies with the women.

Is there any genetic test or other proactive step that female (or male?) children can take to detect predisposition to cancer? My family doctor tells me that since the cancer was different for each, the best advice is to stay current with normal screenings,

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health such as mammograms and Pap smears.

Is there anything else you would recommend?

Does this maternal family history typically reoccur with each new generation? — O.N. Answer: There are many cancers that run in families, but fewer syndromes that increase the risk for multiple cancers. One to be concerned with in your family’s situation is Lynch syndrome, also called hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. People with Lynch syndrome may get cancers of the stomach and gallbladder as your family members have, in addition to the

colon cancer, which is common. Less common are cancer of the small intestine, urinary tract, brain and skin. Women are at risk for ovarian cancer as well as uterine cancer.

Not everyone with Lynch syndrome will develop these types of cancer, nor necessarily cancer at all. It is often unrecognized. I am not at all sure your family is affected by this syndrome caused by specific genetic mutations; the lung cancer does not fit the pattern. However, given your family history, I would ask your doctor about referral to a licensed genetic counselor with experience in this condition.

I’m not as sure as you are that the vulnerability lies only with the women. It’s possible it was just chance that the men were not affected.

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Lady Devils: Let early lead slip Continued from B1

After a loss in the midweek at Independence, the Lady Devils were hoping to rediscover their groove that helped them earn a win over Cowley last Saturday. In the first quarter, the Red Devils did exactly that.

Brandi Jordan and Ariel Walker led the way in the early goings, scoring 9 and 6 points respectively to help ACC carve a 22-9 first-quarter advantage.

But in the second, the Panthers outscored the Lady Devils 23-11 to cut the lead down to 33-32 at halftime.

A trey from Walker gave the Red Devils a 4037 lead, but it would be their last. The Panthers orchestrated an 11-0 run

featuring four 3-pointers to take a 10-point lead before an ACC timeout with three minutes left in the third.

The Panthers notched eight long-range bombs in the period. And when they didn’t fire from deep, they appeared to attack the paint with ease as ACC defenders failed to collapse on the dribble-drive. Neosho led 63-48 heading into the final period.

“Our third quarter killed us. They went on that little run and we looked like we kind of stopped playing,” Janzen said. “That's one thing we have been fighting with this team is just keeping our heads up. When stuff starts going wrong, we need to keep on fight-

ing.”

Janzen applauded the Devils’ fight in the fourth. An and-one finish from Maisie Schroeder brought the Devils within single digits at 66-57. Unfortunately for the Lady Devils, the deficit remained too big of a hindrance to overcome.

The closest ACC came was after Zariah Sango converted 1 of 2 free throw attempts to bring the Devils within four in the final two minutes. But ACC failed to come any closer, losing 79-74.

ACC will take on the Oklahoma Wesleyan’s JV team tonight at home before restarting the conference cycle on Saturday against Butler.

Trent Jones rests beneath Fredonia’s Matt Weilert in the Eureka Invitational on Jan. 25. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

Wrestling: Rumble in Fredonia Continued from B1

with a second-place finish in the 145-pound weight class. Jones cruised through the first three rounds, winning by fall in each, but in the championship match he faced a familiar foe. Last week, Jones toppled Fredonia’s and 3A’s number-one wrestler, Matt Weilert, but this week Jones found himself on the short end of the stick. Weilert earned the slim victory by decision (4-2) to claim the top spot over Jones.

Adam Atwell managed a 1-3 outing in the 152-pound division. The sophomore received a bye to start before losing by fall in the quarterfinals. Atwell responded for a win by fall in the consolation semis, but couldn’t repeat the winning formula in the next round.

Gary Lower placed fourth in the 220-pound weight class, finishing 2-2 on the afternoon.

Lower received a bye in the first round before earning a win by fall in the quarterfinals.

After falling short in

the semifinals, Lower picked up a win by fall in the consolation semis, but fell short in third place match, losing by fall.

Crystal Lindsey’s solo win was good enough for fourth in the girls’ 235-pound division. After receiving a bye in the quarterfinals, Lindsey was defeated by fall in the semifinals. Lindsey recovered for a win by fall in the consolation semis, but came up short in the third-place match, losing by fall.

For the second week in a row, Logan Brown was the only Mustang to finish with a gold medal around his neck. Brown won all four matches by fall to finish first in the 285-pound division.

Wrestlers Ashtyn Aikins and Dominic McGhee both finished winless at 0-2 on the day.

Humboldt

Colton Johnson secured one win in his three matches in the 138-pound weight class.

Johnson won by fall in the first round before losing by the same result in the quarterfinals

and consolation round.

Gunner Elder was the only Cub wrestler to finish first in his respective weight class. Elder won by fall and an 11-1 decision in his first two rounds, advancing to the 138-pound semifinal match. There he won by fall, and decision (9-5) in the match for gold.

Cheyenne Harris finished third in the girls’ 143-pound division.

Harris won by fall in the quarterfinals before losing by the same result in the semifinals.

Harris recovered for two consecutive wins by fall to earn bronze. Harris is a January Allen County Area Athlete of the Month nominee.

Alayna Johnson finished 1-2 in girls’ 155-pound action. Johnson’s solo triumph came in her first consolation match where she won by fall. The only other girl to compete on the mat from Humboldt was Anna Goforth, who finished 3-2 to earn fifth in the 170-pound weight class. All three of Goforth’s victories came by fall.

Andrew Watts posted the next best Cub performance behind Elder, earning silver in the 285-pound division. After receiving a bye in the first round, Watts picked up two wins by fall, claiming a spot in the championship bout.

There he ran into Iola’s Brown, who topped Watts by fall to cement first place.

Saturday’s leading scorer Joel Boyce sheds a smile late in the game while the Red Devils control the scoreboard. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

ACC men: Rally past rival Neosho Continued from B1

trouble, the Panthers engineered an 8-0 to take a 25-17 lead and force an ACC timeout.

Out of the break, Boyce helped lead ACC on a 14-4 run to retake the lead. Boyce finished with 13 points in the first half, including a pair of 3-pointers to help ACC regain a 3734 lead at the halftime buzzer.

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Three straight 3-pointers from Neosho helped the Panthers take a 49-48 lead, but a trey from Hardmon helped the Red Devils regain their edge seven minutes into the second half. Boyce extended ACC’s lead to five with a crafty and-one finish.

As the Red Devils continued to inch ahead, they took firm control of the offensive and defensive boards. ACC out-rebounded Neosho 62-30 in the contest.

“That was one of the keys to the game,” Shaw said. “We wanted to control the paint with our scoring and rebounding.”

A floater in the lane from Shaikim Jenks made the score 71-62 in

the waning minutes.

The Red Devils stood composed at the free throw line down the stretch to hold on for the 81-70 victory.

Boyce finished with a double-double, scoring 23 points and capturing 16 rebounds. Jalen Sasser also earned a double-double with a 16-point, 13-rebound performance.

“Its’ good to win that one, and big for our confidence too,” Shaw said. “We have kind of been struggling a little bit, and have lost five of our last six, and needed to get back on the right track.”

With the win, ACC stands in a three-way tie for third with Independence and Coffeyville at 9-5. The Red Devils will host the JV squad from Oklahoma Wesleyan tonight before starting the repeat of the conference cycle on Saturday versus Butler at home.

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