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County shifts $10K for economic development

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

County commissioners came up with a new plan to provide a little bit more money to Thrive Allen County for economic development, but it won’t change the budget.

Commissioners will allocate $30,000 for Thrive in 2023.

That’s $10,000 more than last year. The money is already in the budget, but in a different way.

In recent years, the county has budgeted $20,000 annually for Thrive, along with $10,000 for miscellaneous economic development efforts such as to pay for fees to conferences

or seminars.

Now, the entire amount will go to Thrive, as well as the nearly $10,000 or so left in this year’s miscellaneous economic development budget.

Commissioners voted to publish the budget with a very slight tax rate decrease, 0.019 of a mill. A public hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 23, where they likely will vote to finalize the budget.

COMMISSIONER Bruce Symes on Tuesday asked commissioners to reconsider the economic development budget.

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On your mark Poll worker Lori Moran, left, helps Art Lohmeyer check in for Tuesday’s primary election.

Turnout was expected to be higher than a typical primary election because of an amendment question that potentially would change the Kansas Constitution to say there is no right to an abortion, clearing the way for lawmakers to restrict or ban the procedure. Results were not available by the Register’s press time on Tuesday. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER

Veteran turns advocate after cancer

Red Devils carry high hopes

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

LAHARPE — It’s sobering to think of decisions you’d make if you’re certain you’re about to die.

Tim Farmer adapted a practical approach.

He’d pay his bills the moment they arrived. He’d cut his lawn to the lowest possible setting, to remove any extra burdens on his loved ones if they had to make due with him gone.

In fact, he kept his throat cancer diagnosis secret to many family and friends for years. Some still don’t know.

There was a smidgeon of selfishness in his thought process, he admits.

“I didn’t want my family worrying,” Farmer said. “And I couldn’t handle a bunch of phone calls. That way, if I died, I died, ya know?”

His outlook is considerably brighter since his original prognosis.

The throat cancer that ravaged his body for more than two years is now in remission. His last checkup in late June came back clean, giving Farmer some peace of mind until his next appointment in September.

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Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, defies Beijing

be the scariest aspect of them all, Farmer admits.

“I’ve been told before I should speak out, to be an advocate,” Farmer said. “I’d always said, ‘Nah,’ but here I am now.”

Farmer, age 63, is speaking

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China, which quickly announced that it would conduct military maneuvers in retaliation for her presence.

Taiwan’s foreign minister and other Taiwanese and American officials greeted Pelosi on the tarmac at Taipei’s international airport. Her visit

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Tim Farmer and girlfriend Carey Goodman discuss Farmer’s recovery from throat cancer, which doctors told him was related to his exposure to burn pits while serving in Iraq. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

His rebound — Farmer was given a 25% chance of survival by one doctor, 30% by another — also plays a role in his decision to speak out now.

That and the goings-on in Washington, D.C., have his rapt attention for more ways than one.

See, Farmer’s illness is suspected to be tied to his exposure to burn pits while serving in Iraq.

The fact that the symptoms didn’t arise until 15 years after he left Iraq with the Kansas Army National Guard’s 891st Engineer Battalion may

Traffic flow changes around former elementary schools

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola Police Chief Jared Warner discusses several traffic changes around Iola’s three old grade schools, including Jefferson Elementary School, now that those centers have closed. REGISTER/ RICHARD LUKEN

Traffic around Iola’s three former elementary schools will flow differently in the coming days as city crews revamp signage around each of the buildings.

Iola Police Chief Jared Warner provided a list of the changes that will take effect as soon as city crews can remove the signs.

Some have already occurred, including removal of stop signs near the former Jefferson Elementary School, along Broadway Street at its intersection with Sycamore.

Of note, north- and southbound traffic on Sycamore still has to stop at the intersection.

Meanwhile, one-block stretches of Madison Avenue and Breckenridge Street near the former Lincoln and McKinley school buildings, respectively, will no longer be one-way routes. Additional stop signs will be added for westbound traffic on Madison and eastbound drivers on Breckenridge as those routes are opened.

Most of the other changes involve removing school zone and no-parking signage near each of the buildings.

Warner said Iola’s Street and Alley Department workers will remove the signs as their schedule permits.

Meanwhile, he and Assistant City Administrator Corey Schinstock are talking with Iola-USD 257 school officials about monitoring traffic near the new Iola Elementary School, which opens its doors later this month.

Having a single elementary school will add to traffic congestion along Kentucky Street, but may result in fewer headaches in the long run, Warner noted, because officers will not be spread out to monitor three schools at once.

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Woman arrested in connection with Chanute death By the Register staff

taken to Neosho County Jail.

Fox also faces additional charges from an unrelated incident in Chanute July 6.

Blake A. Pearson, 34, Topeka, was found early the morning of July 25 in an alley southeast of 17th and Highland Avenue in Chanute with a single gunshot wound. He was transported by EMS to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Assisting with the investigation were the Chanute Police Department, Neosho and Shawnee county sheriff ’s departments, the Kansas Highway Patrol and the U.S. Marshal Service.

Nicole Fox, 41, Topeka, was arrested without incident in rural A l l e n County Monday evening in connection with the shooting death of Nicole Fox a Topka man in Chanute last week.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday morning that Fox was arrested near the intersection of Iowa Road and 2600 Street in southern Allen County for suspicion of first-degree murder.

The arrest occurred at about 9 p.m. Fox was

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Senate group addresses abortion ByJENNIFER SHUTT Kansas Reflector

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators released legislation Monday that would codify Roe v. Wade, ensuring pregnant patients throughout the country once again have the right to an abortion.

Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said the measure, called the Reproductive Freedom For All Act, would protect access to abortion and contraception.

The bill is a response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned a 1973 decision that established abortion as a constitutional right.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). (MANDEL NGAN/POOL/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

“For five decades, reproductive health care decisions were centered with the individual — we cannot go back in time in limiting personal freedoms for women,” Murkowski said in a written statement announcing the bill.

The proposal would prevent state governments from limiting abortion access before viability, often 22 to 24 weeks into a pregnancy — similar to

State tax receipts beat expectations — again

By NOAH TABORDA Kansas Reflector

15.6% more than expected, and retail sales tax receipts were $174.2 million. Compensating use tax collections were $53 million.

TOPEKA — Kansas brought in $127.6 million more in tax receipts than expected in July, for an estimated total of about $586 million collected.

Gov. Laura Kelly touted the 24th consecutive month during which Kansas topped expectations as an example of the state’s economic successes.

“That represents more money our state can use to continue fully funding our schools, improving our roads, investing in law enforcement, and expanding health care,” she said.

The revenue re-

Gov. Laura Kelly is all smiles at the news that the state’s economy continues to do better than hoped. (SHERMAN

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port indicated higher-than-expected corporate tax receipts, reflecting optimism that corporate profits will remain stable, Kelly said. Corporate income tax collections were $36.6 million, or 66.4%, over the estimate.

Tax collections for individual income tax were $300.5 million,

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what the law was before the Dobbs decision. It would allow state governments to limit or ban abortions after that point as long as there’s an exception for the pregnant patient’s life or health.

State governments would be allowed to “enact reasonable regulations to further the health or safety of a woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy,” as long as those regulations didn’t place an undue burden on people seeking an abortion before viability.

State restrictions on abortion would be

considered an “undue burden” if they placed “a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy before fetal viability.”

The bipartisan bill would likely elicit a stronger floor vote than an abortion rights bill Senate Democrats brought to the floor in May, though it’s unlikely to get the 60 votes needed to move past that chamber’s legislative filibuster.

Collins and Murkowski opposed the bill Democrats brought up earlier this year, saying it went further than codifying Roe v. Wade.

Ever since, they’ve been working with Kaine and Sinema to craft a bipartisan agreement.

Sinema said the “legislation protects the health and wellbeing of women across the country by ensuring all women — no matter where they live — can access the health care they need and have the ability to make their own decisions about their futures.”

Financial Focus

529 Plans: Underused But Valuable In just a few weeks, students will be heading off to college – and parents will be getting out their checkbooks. Without a college-bound student in your home right now, you might not be thinking much about tuition and other higher education expenses, but if you have young children, these costs may eventually be of concern – so how should you prepare for them?

It’s never too soon to start saving and investing.

Unfortunately, many people think that they have a lot of “catching up” to do. In fact, nearly half of Amer cans say they don’t feel like they’re saving enough to cover future education expenses, according to a 2022 survey conducted by financial services firm Edward Jones with Morning Consult, a global research company.

Of course, it’s not always easy to set aside money for college when you’re already dealing with the high cost of living, and, at the same time, trying to save and invest for retirement. Still, even if you can only devote relatively modest amounts for your children’s education, these contributions can add up over time.

But where should you put your money?

Personal savings accounts are the top vehicle Americans are using for their education funding strategies, according to the Edward Jones/Morning Consult survey. But there are other options, one of which is a 529 plan, which may offer more attractive features, including the following: • Possible tax benefits – If you invest in a 529 education savings plan, your earnings can grow federally income tax-free, provided the money is used for qualified education expenses. (Withdrawals not used for these expenses will generally incur taxes and penalties on investment earnings.) If you invest in your own state’s 529 plan, you may receive state tax benefits, too, depending on the state.

• Flexibility in naming the beneficiary – As the owner of the 529 plan, you can name anyone you want as the beneficiary. You can also change the beneficiary. If your eldest child foregoes college, you can name a younger sibling or another eligible relative.

• Support for non-college programs – Even if your children don’t want to go to college, it doesn’t mean they’re uninterested in any type of postsecondary education or training. And a 529 plan can pay for qualified expenses at trade or vocational schools, including apprenticeship programs registered with the U.S. Department of Labor.

• Payment of student loans – A 529 plan can help pay off federal or private student loans, within limits.

Keep in mind that state-by-state tax treatment varies for different uses of 529 plans, so you’ll want to consult with your tax professional before putting a plan in place.

Despite these and other benefits, 529 plans are greatly under-utilized. Only about 40% of Americans even recognize the 529 plan as an education savings tool, and only 13% are actually using it, again according to the Edward Jones/Morning Consult study.

But as the cost of college and other postsecondary programs continues to rise, it will become even more important for parents to find effective ways to save for their children’s future education expenses. So, consider how a 529 plan can help you and your family. And the sooner you get started, the better.

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

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Veteran: Throat cancer believed to be tied to work at burn pits Farmer said.

Such cancers are most often found with chronic smokers, or perhaps those who consume smokeless tobacco.

Farmer, however, had none of those vices.

“I’ve never smoked,” he said.

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out as federal lawmakers are debating a bill that would set up a permanent funding source for veterans suffering health issues stemming from exposure to burn pits.

Farmer expects the bill, which has drawn broad bipartisan support until screeching to a halt late last week, to pass, hopefully sooner than later.

“Most of us who went over were young, and probably in pretty good shape,” Farmer said Monday. “But some of us sacrificed, and now they’re getting sick.”

FARMER GREW up in Iola, and was a crackerjack athlete, “but I was too poor to focus much on sports,” he noted.

So instead, he’d work after school, or spend his idle time hunting or fishing.

It was after high school, and bereft of much of an opportunity to make a name for himself through college, that Farmer chose a logical route for those of his ilk. He enlisted.

“I really wanted to be a Marine,” he noted, but fate intervened when he trekked to a recruiter’s office in Independence.

See, the Marine recruiter was out of the office for the month, but a Naval recruiter next door was open for business.

It took some light-hearted back and forth before the recruiter convinced Farmer to give the Navy a try.

He agreed, even recommending the recruiter arrange to have him sent off to basic training immediately, “so I couldn’t change my mind.”

His original intention was to serve for four years and then go back to civilian life.

That four-year commitment turned into 12.

“I loved it,” he said.

“But I think they loved me more.”

Farmer developed a reputation, even listed in his evaluations, that “Tim volunteers.”

If a task needed doing, or a new project was about to unfold, he was usually first in line.

“They used to get mad at me,” Farmer laughed. “‘Tim, you’ve gotta quit doing that. We’re gonna lose you.’”

Farmer eventually did move on to a special program, where he would train reservists.

After a dozen years, however, he was ready to leave.

“They kept trying to get me to stay, and they got mad when I got out,” he recalled. “But I was done.”

But retirement didn’t last long.

Farmer befriended Don Dennis of Uniontown because both had an affinity for hunting and fishing.

“Next thing I know, I started getting calls from National Guard recruiters,” Farmer said.

That’s because Dennis was a maintenance supervisor for the National Guard in Iola.

Farmer relented, enlisted with the 891st, and again found military life enjoyable.

He was tasked as an AWOL recovery officer.

If a Guardsman failed to show when required, it was up to Farmer to

Veterans on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Saturday discuss the PACT Act, which would set up a permanent funding source for veterans suffering health issues stemming from exposure to burn pits. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS find them and haul them back.

Those duties changed in late 2004, when Farmer was part of the 891st Battalion’s yearlong deployment to Iraq.

The Battalion’s duties revolved around military and civil engineering projects in Iraq.

Farmer’s portion was a bit more specific.

“Everything we blew up, we rebuilt, or we let (the Iraqis) rebuild it,” he said.

For Farmer that meant first throughly inspecting every piece of equipment, from dozers to graders, to ensure they weren’t booby-trapped.

Then, he’d supervise as those same vehicles would move destroyed remnants of buildings, roads or anything else into city block-sized burn pits.

“We didn’t have time to clean things up, we’d just haul it off and burn it,” he said.

For up to 12 hours a day, in temperatures often soaring above 130 degrees, Farmer would be at the burn sites, rarely with any protection aside from the clothes he wore. He had no special gas masks or other apparatus.

“It stinks so bad over there,” both metaphorically and literally.

“They’d leave the fire burnin’ all day, let it smolder all night and cover it with dirt. Then the next day, they’d open it up all so it would start burning again.

“It was worse than miserable,” he said. “I don’t know why people

would want to extend their service just for the money.”

The time took its toll.

Farmer would vomit, sometimes daily, because of the searing heat.

“You couldn’t even think about drinking milk products,” he noted. “If I had to walk somewhere, that’s when I’d throw up. Then, I’d start shaking so badly.”

When the 891st returned in late 2005, Farmer knew it was time to retire, this time fully.

“They tried to promote me,” he recalled.

“But I turned it down.

I’d already done my time. Like I said, I loved the military, but they always seemed to love me more. I gave the best 25 years of life to the military.”

Farmer also declined a job offer to work in Iraq as a civilian contractor for more than twice his salary.

He carries high praise for those with whom he served, and many of whom are still in the 891st.

“Those guys are very unique,” he said.

“They’re the best of the best.”

Occasionally, often randomly, Farmer will bump into a former colleague. Their brief chats would turn into hour long discussions, he laughed.

Even better, those health ailments that plagued Farmer overseas went away once he returned stateside, though it still took some adjustment to get back

to civilian life.

“I was so wound up that many nights I couldn’t sleep,” he recalled. “I’d go out, go hunting, do things like that.”

Once back home, Farmer worked for a spell in the oil fields until retiring for good in 2015, intent on enjoying a more leisurely pace.

HE’S NOT SURE when exactly the symptoms began.

“At first, I just had a raspy voice,” he said.

“Then I’d start coughing.”

Perhaps more out of pride, or pure stubbornness, Farmer largely ignored the symptoms.

“I was always in super good shape, all my life,” he said. “I suspected something was wrong, but like a lot of people, I kept putting it off.”

By late 2019, those symptoms were worsening, to the point his girlfriend, Carey Goodman, started to notice. “He just didn’t sound right,” she said.

Then he noticed the knot in his neck.

He finally relented, knowing what the doctor was going to say.

“Tim, there’s something wrong with you.”

“Actually, I was prepared for them to say it was too late.”

A Veterans Affairs doctor referred Farmer to an ear, nose and throat specialist, who immediately took a biopsy from his neck.

Tumors were found in his throat, neck and tongue.

“And then it was on,”

A TRACHEOTOMY followed his diagnosis.

On Jan. 5, 2020, he began radiation treatments.

Doctors inserted a feeding tube, which became infected. Another surgery followed.

Farmer received permission from the VA to seek treatment wherever he could, from Tulsa to Wichita or Kansas City, even Chanute.

The prognosis was grim, but Farmer was resolute.

“Tim, I can take care of you,” one doctor said.

“We can make this happen.”

“You do your job, Doc, and I’ll do mine,” Farmer replied.

While he kept his illness largely secret from family and friends, word still began to creep out.

He once recalled seeing an acquaintance while he was waiting to see a doctor.

Farmer immediately began doing jumping jacks, more as a stubborn facade of virility than anything.

But as the treatments continued, Farmer grew weaker. He suspects he came down with COVID-19 early on in his illness, “but this was before we had even known what COVID was,” he recalled.

For most of his adult life, Farmer weighed a solid 210 pounds, and was as strong as a proverbial ox.

But as he ate less, and the pain increased, he lost weight at an alarming pace.

At his lightest, Farmer weighed 136 pounds.

“My neck was so burned up and crusted,” he said. “I’d have to wear a special thing around my neck, but I’d still pick off scabs.”

If it wasn’t for Carey, or Farmer’s younger sister, Tammy, he’s convinced he wouldn’t have survived the treatment.

“I know there are some guys who would take this on themselves,” he said. “I couldn’t have done it.”

As others learned of Farmer’s illness, they, too, stepped forward to lend a hand however they could.

His medical treatment costs are being covered by the VA —

more on that later — but incidental expenses also needed to be covered.

“I have to tell you, the Allen County community is wonderful,” he said. Friends would stop by with gift cards to cover transportation costs. “I’ve got a lot of friends,” even more than he realized ever knew his name.

SLOWLY but surely, the tables turned.

The cancer was blasted out of existence — for now — and Farmer has adjusted well to his post-illness recovery.

He weighs about 170 pounds, and understands he’ll likely not come close to his former physical condition.

“My taste buds have only been back a little while,” he said. “I have to eat little bitty things, because a lot of things still don’t taste right. If it doesn’t taste right, I can’t eat it. We’ll have to go to smorgasbords, so I can try little things, sample stuff.”

He’s rarely without a bottle of water, to help soothe his aching throat.

It’s an inconvenience he’s happy to live with.

“I’m lucky to be alive.”

FARMER considers himself lucky, yet rueful because he delayed seeing a doctor for so long.

That’s why he’s speaking out now.

In retrospect, Farmer knows of at least five other Guardsmen with whom he’s served who at one point or another were diagnosed with cancer.

“I’m the only one still living,” he noted.

It’s with that sense of urgency that Farmer is encouraging others to see doctors, even for seemingly benign symptoms of a sore throat or a stiff neck.

And he’s also watching as lawmakers hammer out legislation to cover medical care costs for burn pit exposure.

Farmer said his doctors at the VA have confirmed to him his throat cancer was almost certainly linked to his work around burn pits.

They’ve already begun the lengthy paperwork process for his costs to be covered when (or if) the legislation is approved.

“That’s why I’m speaking up now,” he repeated. “Hopefully, this helps other veterans step forward. Nobody dead can do anything for us.”

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After the rain comes the heat in flooded Kentucky towns FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The rain that unleashed massive floods in Appalachian mountain communities was diminishing on Tuesday, leaving survivors to face a new threat: baking in the heat as they try to recover.

“It’s going to get really, really hot. And that is now our new weather challenge,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said at his morning briefing on the disaster.

The death toll stood at 37 on Tuesday after more bodies were found Monday in the ruined landscape, and while more than 1,300 people have been rescued, crews are still trying to reach some people who remain cut off by floods or mudslides.

Hundreds were unaccounted for, a number that should drop as cellphone service is restored and people can tell each other they’re alive, the governor said.

“It is absolutely devastating out there,” Beshear said. “It’s going to take years to rebuild.

People left with absolutely nothing. Homes that we don’t know where they are, just entirely gone. And we continue to find bodies of our brothers and sisters that we have lost.”

The National Weather Service warned that slow-moving showers and thunderstorms could provoke more flash flooding through Tuesday morning along waterways swollen by Sunday’s heavy rain, a dismal coda to last week’s historic floods.

That includes communities just across the state line in Virginia and West Virginia, where some people also remain without power.

Cooling stations are being set up in buildings that were spared the floods as more than 9,600 customers remain without electricity in eastern Kentucky, Beshear said.

“They have been set up in time, in fact before this heat. We may, for the first time, be ahead of the weather,” he said.

“I know you may be out there working to salvage whatever you can. But be really careful Wednesday and Thursday when it gets hot,” the governor said. “We’re bringing in water by the truckloads. We’re going to make sure we have enough for you. But you’re going to need a cool place at least to take a break.”

For hundreds of people whose homes were damaged or destroyed, that place was an emergency shelter.

As of Tuesday, nearly 430 people were staying at 11 such shelters, and 191 more were being housed temporarily in state parks, Beshear said.

Meanwhile, the flooding has forced some eastern Kentucky districts to delay the start of school.

Several schools in the region were damaged, officials said, and the focus now is on helping families whose homes were damaged or destroyed.

“Just that in and of itself is going to take time before we can even start the conversation with the community about where kids are going to go to school,” said John Jett, superintendent in Perry County, where classes were supposed to start Aug. 11 but have been delayed.

Allen County Commissioners, from left, Chairman Jerry Daniels, David Lee and Bruce Symes decided to allocate the entire $30,000 economic development budget to Thrive Allen County, rather than dividing it into two funds as they have done in previous years. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

County: Commissioners discuss budget Continued from A1

process two weeks ago, commissioners hoped to provide more money to Thrive. The county’s valuation increased by about $10 million this year, which means tax dollars will stretch further.

Their goal was to hold the line or even decrease the tax rate, which they did.

But increases such as from general inflation, higher fuel, insurance and other costs as well as a 6% wage increase to county employees meant commissioners needed to pare the budget. Each department that asked for an increase was asked to accept a smaller amount.

The end result was no new money for economic development.

“We worked really really hard to get to a number and I think we’ve done a good job,” Symes said.

However, he added, he was concerned about the amount given for economic development.

The county, Thrive and other communities have worked hard in that area in recent years. Their efforts led to new grocery stores in multiple communities, infrastructure improvements at the airport, and recruitment of industries such as Peerless.

“We’re taking the lead in a lot of ways.

I’m proud of what we’ve done,” he said.

“I also think of all the work we’ve done to get to that mill levy, but what does it mean if we don’t try to sustain ourselves as a county, stop the bleeding as far as population loss and maybe even grow? It’s an investment. It’s a leap of faith, but we’ve got momentum.”

He asked his fellow commissioners to take another look at the bud-

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over $100,000 a year, so I think we’ve made a very significant investment.”

Daniels suggested giving Thrive the $30,000; the other commissioners agreed. Commissioner David Lee said he was comfortable with the decision and would like to review the matter again next year.

CITY administrators in Iola and Humboldt raised the issue of a financial boost for economic development in recent weeks, saying Allen County pays much less than surrounding counties.

In addition to the county’s contribution, the City of Iola also gave $20,000 annually to Thrive. Humboldt gave $10,000 starting last year.

They proposed allocating $50,000 in Iola and $17,000 in Humboldt; however, neither council has yet approved those amounts.

Doctor: Biden’s COVID symptoms return WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s “loose cough” has returned as he faces a rebound case of COVID-19, his doctor said Tuesday, though he “continues to feel well.”

White House physician Kevin O’Connor provided the update on the president’s condition as he continues to test positive for the virus. He said Biden “remains fever-free,” and

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“If we stay where we are, I’m afraid we’ll lose the momentum.”

Chairman Jerry Daniels agreed the county had made significant investments in economic developments in recent years, well beyond the $20,000 that goes to Thrive.

After he joined the commission about eight years ago, one of the first projects the county agreed to fund was the recruitment of G&W Foods, contributing $80,000. Other communities followed with requests for their grocery stores, including Moran and Humboldt.

He estimated the county had given at least $820,000 to various economic development efforts during his tenure.

“When projects required funding, this county stepped up,” he said. “We’ve been paying

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Still, Biden is required to remain in isolation through at least Thursday under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines — and perhaps longer under tougher White House protocols if he continues to test positive.

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New budget deal would be a big win for country Lower drug prices would save Americans hundreds of billions Rather unexpectedly, the 117th Congress is shaping up to be one of the most productive in recent memory. A new compromise reached by Sen. Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer could prove to be its most significant achievement yet.

After months of often-acrimonious debate over President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan, Democrats have apparently ditched the sobriquet in favor of the substance. The new deal, intended to be passed along party lines in accordance with the Senate’s budget reconciliation rules, would accomplish nearly all of the most important goals of Biden’s initial proposal without its most controversial baggage.

It would offer some $433 billion in new spending, bring in $739 billion in revenue and reduce deficits by $300 billion over a decade.

Promisingly, the proposed spending is well focused. A summary of the deal Democrats put out on Wednesday says it would offer fully $369 billion for climate and energy proposals, the most urgent parts of Biden’s original $3.5 trillion proposal.

That should turbocharge the administration’s plans to reduce carbon emissions and lay the groundwork for a clean energy economy, while avoiding some of its less defensible outlays. The new bargain would also put $64 billion toward extending COVID-era subsidies for Obamacare health insurance, thus helping millions of Americans avoid signifi-

cant premium increases.

More or less true to its grandiose name — the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 — the proposal also takes budgetary restraint more seriously than its predecessors in this Congress. To raise revenue, it would establish a 15% corporate minimum tax for large companies, allot $124 billion to the IRS for enhanced tax enforcement, and close the so-called carried interest loophole, which allows investment fund managers to pay income taxes at a preferential rate. Realistically, such reforms will be subject to plenty of gamesmanship and gimmickry going forward. But this is a sober attempt at fiscal responsibility.

Perhaps more consequentially, the plan would remove a legal prohibition that has long prevented Medicare from bargaining with pharmaceutical companies on behalf of the 49 million Americans in its drug insurance program. This barrier has kept U.S. drug prices the highest in the world — $1,300 per person per year, on average. A previous proposal along these lines was expected to save taxpayers almost $290 billion through 2031, with greater savings in subsequent years as more drugs become eligible for negotiation. Advancing this reform alone would’ve been a momentous achievement.

Plenty of details remain to be ironed out, of course, and serious pitfalls still lie ahead. But all told, this compromise would be big win for Democrats, for the White House and — not least — for the U.S. taxpayer. As America’s loquacious president once said in another context, it’s a big effing deal.

— Bloomberg News

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A beloved butterfly is in peril It’s one of nature’s most incredible sights: Millions of monarch butterflies, clustered together across the tree line, moving their wings in near unison. As the temperature warms, the butterflies take flight, cascading through the forest in a sea of orange, white and black. No wonder these swarms are, evocatively, also called kaleidoscopes.

Every year, monarch butterflies undertake the arduous 3,000-mile journey from the Great Lakes to winter in California and Mexico.

They have followed this migratory path for centuries, pollinating flowers across the continent and inspiring awe in generations of Americans. Now, these creatures — an indelible part of many childhood memories — are under threat.

In July, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) placed the species on its “Red List,” designating it “endangered.” Estimates suggest that the monarch population has declined between 22 percent and 72 percent in the past decade alone; the population in the west has shrunk by an estimated 99.9 percent since the 1980s.

Some variation in butter-

fly numbers is normal. But looking at 10-year averages, it is clear the population is fluctuating around a mean well below the range of the 1990s and 2000s. Experts attribute the decline to habitat loss and climate change.

As North American farms increasingly use herbicides associated with genetically modified corn and soybeans, milkweed plants — the sole diet of monarch caterpillars — are disappearing. That, coupled with urbanization and the extreme weather events of the past few years, has imperiled monarch breeding.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spent years assessing whether it should list monarchs as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. It eventually decided that, though monarchs met the criteria for protection, many other species were at higher risk and had greater need of federal intervention. It is a sad reflection on the state of the world that so many species merit this designation, with limited resources on hand to help them.

The recent IUCN classification does not trigger any legal or regulatory responses. Still, the news should

drive attention to the pressures facing monarchs — and other flora and fauna affected by deforestation, global warming and other threats to biodiversity. This includes creatures that are less recognizable and beloved. A 2019 scientific review found that a third of insect species were endangered, with a rate of extinction eight times higher than reptiles, birds and mammals. Data suggests that the total mass of insects worldwide is declining by more than 2 percent annually.

PLANTING MORE milkweed and nectar-producing flowers could help monarchs. But, as with all forms of conservation, individual efforts can only do so much.

Policies that address climate change, maintain protected lands and curb cultivation on marginal land with little commercial value would have far greater impact — for butterflies and many other forms of wildlife.

Our natural world is full of marvels. We should do what we can to preserve them for future generations — and ensure our planet’s ecosystems can survive and thrive.

— The Washington Post

Anchors aweigh and fingers crossed; Ukraine ships wheat Laden with 26,000 tons of corn, the Razoni, a cargo ship registered in Sierra Leone, set sail from the Ukrainian port of Odessa on August 1st. The transit, Ukraine’s first maritime export since Russia invaded in February, was made possible by a deal the two countries reached in July. “I understand what war is,” the ship’s Syrian captain, Mohammad Abdoh, told Ukrainian officials a few days earlier, “and I am ready to go.”

The Razoni is headed to Lebanon. At least 10 other ships, among the dozens trapped in Ukrainian ports since the start of the war, are loaded and ready to follow.

But concerns remain. On July 23 — only one day after António Guterres, the UN’s secretary-general, and Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had brokered the deal to allow the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports — Russia bombed the port in Odessa. Days later a Russian missile killed Oleksiy Vadaturskyi, the head of one of Ukraine’s biggest grain exporters, and his wife, in Mykolaiv, another port city. An adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky, the country’s president, said Vadaturskyi had been deliberately targeted.

Under the export scheme, cargo ships sailing to and from Ukraine will pass

through a safe corridor in the Black Sea. The process will be administered by a “Joint Coordination Center” (JCC) in Istanbul, staffed by representatives from Ukraine and Russia as well as Turkey and the UN. They will oversee the transit routes and inspect ships headed to Odessa to make sure they are not carrying any weapons.

When Russia’s invasion began, Ukraine’s army dropped mines in their own waters to impede an amphibious assault. But it has now already cleared enough of them to create a corridor for commercial ships. This was enabled by a

breakthrough in late June, when Ukraine retook control of Snake Island from Russian occupiers. This made it easier for the Ukrainian navy to defend the country’s southwestern coastline.

The ships stuck in Ukraine’s ports since the start of the war will be the first to leave. Whether grain traders have enough faith in the agreement to send new ships to Ukraine is unclear. Three vessels are scheduled to reach Ukraine by the middle of August, says Oleksandra Azarkhina, the country’s deputy minister of infrastructure. Many more may follow if the first

shipments proceed without incident. “My phone has not stopped ringing,” says a UN official involved in the talks.

“The shipping companies are equally excited and anxious.”

Some intangible impediments are being removed. Ascot and Marsh, a pair of insurance companies based in London, recently announced the creation of a “marine cargo and war facility” that will insure ships using the grain corridor for up to $50 million.

Many potential exporters remain on the fence, however.

Buyers may be ready to pay the high premiums required to insure ships, costs that will inevitably be passed on to Ukrainian farmers in the form of lower prices for their grain. But they still worry about the potential for disruption. “Even if you find a ship and a seller, who guarantees the loading takes place, and who pays for it if it doesn’t?” asks a veteran grain-trader.

“It will take time before people believe this is a feasible option.”

Any Russian aggression would sabotage the deal. “It’s not even Ukraine who will decide,” says Ms. Azarkhina.

“No company would want to send ships. It would be game over.” That would also spell disaster for Ukrainian farmers. Ukraine must swiftly export 20 million tons of grain

currently in storage to make space for up to 60 million from the upcoming harvest.

Unless exports resume on a big scale, much of the new crop may rot. That, in turn, would have further baleful effects. “If the shipments do not start, the sowing for next year’s harvest will not start,” says Anatoliy Haivoronsky, a grain producer from Dnipro.

“It would mean bankruptcy for the industry.”

Ukraine has been able to export 2.5 million tons of grain and oilseeds a month by alternative routes, via road, rail and barges on the Danube river, says Mykola Solskyi, the agriculture minister. But this is not nearly enough to compensate for the closure of its ports on the Black Sea. It recently took three weeks for Mr. Haivoronsky to send 64 tons of corn to Greece by truck. “At that rate,” he says, “I would need two or three years to sell my stock.”

Russian security guarantees may not be worth the paper they are written on. But Ukrainians, and many of the 50 million people around the world who the UN says are on the brink of famine, have no choice but to hope. “We can agree on everything, we can make all the arrangements” says Mr. Solskyi, “but everything depends on the war.”

— The Economist

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house intensified global scrutiny Tuesday of Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and further undermined their efforts to secure international recognition and desperately needed aid.

The Taliban had promised in the 2020 Doha Agreement on the terms of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan that they would not harbor al-Qaida members or those seeking to attack the U.S. Yet a mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks, who has called for striking the United States in numerous video messages in recent years, lived for months apparently sheltered by senior Taliban figures.

The safe house where al-Zawahri was staying in Kabul’s upscale Shirpur neighborhood was the home of a top aide to senior Taliban leader Sirajuddin Haqqani, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official. Haqqani is deputy head of the Taliban, serves as interior minister in its government and heads the Haqqani network, a powerful faction within the movement.

Still, there have been persistent reports of unease among Taliban leadership, particularly tensions between the Haqqani network and rivals within the movement.

The Taliban initially sought to describe the strike as America violating the Doha deal, in which the U.S. committed not to attack the group. The Taliban have yet to say who was killed in the strike.

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Ayman al-Zawahri has raised many questions,” said one Pakistani intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press as he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly to reporters. Al-Zawahri took over as al-Qaida’s leader after Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in 2011, in an operation by U.S. Navy SEALs. “The Taliban were aware of his presence in Kabul, and if they were not aware of it, they need to explain their position,” the official said.

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry issued a very carefully worded statement, which referred to a “counter-terrorism operation by the United States in Afghanistan” but did not mention al-Zawahri. “Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” it said. Pakistan has been lobbying for the world to give greater recognition and support to the Taliban government.

The strike early Sunday shook awake Shirpur, once a district of historic buildings that were bulldozed in 2003 to make way for luxury homes for officials in Afghanistan’s Western-backed government and international aid organizations. After the U.S. withdrawal in August 2021, senior Taliban moved into some of the abandoned homes there.

The targeted safe house is only a few blocks from the British Embassy, which has been closed since the Taliban takeover in August. Taliban officials blocked AP journalists in Kabul from reaching the damaged house on Tuesday.

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has ratcheted up tension between China and the United States because China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and it views visits by foreign government officials as recognition of the island’s sovereignty.

The speaker, who arrived aboard a U.S. Air Force jet, has sought for decades to focus attention on Chinese democracy movements.

She traveled to Tiananmen Square in 1991, two years after China crushed a wave of democracy protests.

The Biden administration did not explicitly urge Pelosi to call off her plans. It repeatedly and publicly assured Beijing that the visit would not signal any change in U.S. policy on Taiwan.

Soon after Pelosi’s arrival, China announced a series of military operations and drills, which followed promises of “resolute and strong measures” if Pelosi went through with her visit.

The People’s Liberation Army said the maneuvers would take place starting Tuesday night in the waters and skies near Taiwan and include the firing of long-range ammunition in the Taiwan Strait.

“This action is a solemn deterrent against the recent major escalation of the negative actions of the United States on the Taiwan issue, and a serious warning to the ‘Taiwan independence’ forces seeking ‘independence.’”

China’s official Xinhua News said the army planned to conduct livefire drills from Aug. 4 to 7 across multiple locations. In an image the news agency released, the drills were to take place in six different areas in the waters surrounding Taiwan.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Washington’s betrayal “on the Taiwan issue is bankrupting its national credibility.”

“Some American politicians are playing with fire on the issue of Taiwan,” Wang said in a statement. “This will definitely not have a good outcome ... the exposure of America’s bullying face again shows it as the world’s biggest saboteur of peace.”

Back in the United States, 26 Republican lawmakers issued a statement of rare bipartisan support for the Democratic speaker. The statement called trips by members of Congress to Taiwan routine.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s sharp turn to the right is reflected in new opinion polls that show Republicans to be overwhelmingly in favor of the court’s work and Democrats even more strongly opposed.

Last month, 74% of Republicans who were surveyed by the Gallup Organization said they approved of the high court, while only 13% of Democrats agreed.

Democrats’ approval rate was lowest ever recorded by the group for either political party, the polling firm said.

For most of the past 20 years, opinion polls found most Americans approved of the Supreme Court, even as they looked unfavorably on the work of Congress and the president.

That support however has become more partisan. In 2015, after the court upheld the constitutionality of same-sex marriages, approval among Democrats shot up to a historic high of 76%, while only 18% of Republicans approved, a historic low at that time.

The partisan gap this year is the highest recorded so far, Gallup said.

It follows a term in which six justices appointed by Republicans handed down conservative rulings on abortion, guns, religion and climate change. The three liberal justices appointed

by Democrats dissented each time.

The decision to over-

Man caused wildfire by burning spider SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he started a wildfire while trying to burn a spider with his lighter.

Cory Allan Martin, 26, told deputies that he spotted the spider Monday while he was in a hiking area in the foothills south of Salt Lake City near the city of Springville, shows a probable cause statement. He acknowledged starting the fire, but didn’t explain why he was trying to burn the spider.

Deputies found a jar of marijuana in his belongings, but he didn’t appear to be high, said Utah County Sheriff ’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon.

There is no evidence to suggest he intentionally started the blaze, said Cannon, but he called it a reckless and puzzling decision. This area and most of Utah are bone dry amid extreme drought conditions.

“What led him to stop and notice a spider and decide to try to burn it, we don’t know,” Cannon said.

“There may not be a why. He might not even know a why.”

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on the final day of its term on June 30, in Washington, DC. The Court issued its final opinions for the term, West Virginia v. EPA and Biden v. Texas. (KEVIN DIETSCH/GETTY IMAGES/TNS) turn Roe vs. Wade and the right to abortion was met with disapproval by most Americans. The Pew Research Center surveyed a sample of 6,100 adults in the week following the June 24 ruling and found 57% said they disapproved of it.

Asked whether abortion should be legal in all or most cases, 62% said yes.

However, among Republicans, 70% said they approved of the decision overturning the right to abortion.

Both surveys also found a gender divide regarding the court and its abortion ruling.

Last month, 61% of women surveyed by Gallup said they disapproved of the court’s work, as did 49% of

men.

When Pew asked for their views on the abortion decision, 62% of women said they disapproved of it, while 52% of men did.

Gallup also described public confidence in the Supreme Court “dropping to a record low in June,” although its findings show a sharp decline began last year.

About 58% expressed approval of the court in 2020 after a year in which the justices handed down a mixed set of rulings, including a major civil rights decision to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This year, overall approval of the court fell to 43%.

The Marquette Law School does regular na-

tional surveys of opinion on the Supreme Court throughout the year, and it too found a steep and steady decline in the court’s approval.

In July 2021, 60% said they approved of the work of the court, while 39% said they disapproved. By November, after the court had allowed a Texas antiabortion law to go into effect, the approval rate fell to 54%.

In May, after a draft opinion that would overturn Roe vs. Wade was leaked, the approval rate fell to 44% in the Marquette survey.

In early July, Marquette did another national survey and reported that only 38% said they approved of the court, while 61% said they disapproved of it.

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A deep bench of returning players has ACC women’s soccer coach Jeremy McGinnis in high spirits.

Last year, the Red Devils were crowned conference and regional champions, finishing with a 15-4-1 overall record and 8-0-1 in the Jayhawk conference.

With the Allen Community College fall sports season fast approaching, the veteran coach gave a heads up of what fans can expect.

Ten players return on this year’s squad. McGinnis discussed his returners and the leadership they will bring to the team.

“We’re bringing back our player of the year, Claudia Zahui. She’s very athletic, very strong, she was a second team All-American so she brings it,” said McGinnis. “Kate Giblin, she’s from See ALLEN | Page B3

Claudia Zahui (10) anchors a strong returning core of players for Allen Community College women’s soccer team in 2022. REGISTER FILE PHOTO

July was a big month at the Allen County Country Club. On July 22, Dan Berg drilled a hole-in-one on the 135-yard ninth hole. Witnesses were Pat Tynon, Larry Nelson and Darrell Dix. Berg used a pitching wedge for his ace.

Nancy Lassman, who turned 83 on July 26, celebrated her birthday a day later with a hole-in-one on the 144-yard second hole.

She used a driver. Witnesses were Lela Hurlock, Paula Sutherland and Janet Sager.

The Country Club capped July with its annual Club Championship on Sunday.

Tim Stinnett had the top score, shooting 4-under par over 27 holes.

Russell’s legacy extended far beyond titles

By GREG COTE Miami Herald

William Felton Russell made his living in a profession that judges success by an unequivocal bottom line: Winning. How much of that did you do?

Bill Russell by that measure was simply the greatest, most accomplished professional athlete in the history of North American team sports. There were not enough fingers and thumbs for his 11 NBA championships including eight in a row as the centerpiece of the dynastic Boston Celtics from 1956 to 1969.

Add an Olympic gold medal, two NCAA championships and two high school state titles and see the most gilded winner of them all.

All sports. All time.

So it seems impossible to say this truth about Russell as we reflect on an epic life

that ended peacefully Sunday at age 88, wife Jeannine by his side at their Seattle-area home: Basketball wasn’t what he did best.

Winning wasn’t what needs to be mentioned first when his greatness and importance is parsed.

He would become an NBA star, but was never that first or only.

He was a Black man in America, first and always, hardened by the injustice around him and fighting it all his days. He was never a greater champion than as a champion of social justice.

“Today, we lost a giant,” tweeted former President Barack Obama on Sunday.

From the family’s statement announcing his passing: “For all the winning, Bill’s understanding of the struggle is what illuminated his life. From boycotting a 1961

exhibition game to unmask too-long-tolerated discrimination, to leading Mississippi’s first integrated basketball camp in the combustible wake of Medgar [Evers’] assassination, to decades of activism ultimately recognized by his receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Bill called out injustice with an unforgiving candor that he intended would disrupt the status quo...”

Oh yeah: He also was a five-time NBA MVP who averaged 22.5 rebounds a game in his career.

As a kid in South Florida but born in Massachusetts, I latched on to those dynastic Celtics as my first favorite basketball team, some three decades before the Heat came along. Russell and John Havlicek were my guys, along with Sam Jones, who had that sweet bank See RUSSELL | Page B3

Pat Seller throws a horseshoe at a Saturday tournament in Iola’s Riverside Park. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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The Iola Riverside Horseshoe club hosted the ninth Roy Karr Memorial Horseshoe Tournament Saturday in connection with the Allen County Fair.

The state-sanctioned qualifying tournament is part of the Iola’s club’s rebuilding effort after membership dwindled during the COVID-19 pandemic, a pair of recent floods in Riverside Park, and the loss of several members who have since hung up their horseshoes.

Intermittent rain showers did little to slow the action,

organizers noted.

Jerry Dugan of Galena won the Class A competition with a 5-1 record. Russell Clodfelter, Cameron, Mo., finished second with a 3-3 record.

Terry Johnston, Bronson, was tops in Class B with a 6-0 mark. Don Lake of Topeka took second with a 4-2 record.

The Iola Riverside Horseshoe Club is resuming open league play at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Members are welcome to throw as many games as they like, and attendance is not mandatory.

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The NFL has suspended Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and fined him $1.5 million for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton following a sixmonth investigation stemming from Brian Flores’ racial discrimination lawsuit against the league.

The league’s investigation found the Dolphins

did not intentionally lose games during the 2019 season but the team had impermissible communication with Brady and his agent, Don Yee. The league announced the findings of the investigation on Tuesday.

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Dolphins vice chairman/limited partner Bruce Beal was fined $500,000 and may not attend any league meeting for the remainder of the year.

shot of the glass.

The boy in me was seeing just the great defender, shot blocker and rebounder in Russell, not the struggle, not the man who had such a complicated relationship with Boston for its racist side. He’d sometimes hear slurs shouted to him from fans.

Celtics fans.

Russell lived then in Reading, a suburb just north of Boston.

“Police cars followed me often,” he wrote for SLAM Magazine in 2020. “I looked into buying a different house in a different neighborhood, but people in that neighborhood started a petition to persuade the seller not to sell to me.”

To the star of the champion Celtics.

Russell took on the cause of outspokenness, of civil rights; he marched with Martin Luther King Jr., because those were his rights he was fighting for, the rights of the oppressed.

Russell’s journey that ended gilded in gold and wrapped in championships began born in deeply segregated West Monroe, Louisiana in 1934.

He sat in the back seat of his father’s car in a filling station to hear his Dad refused service until after all of the white customers were served first. When Charles Russell attempted to leave the line and find another station, the gas jockey stuck a shotgun in his face and ordered

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him to stay.

Young Bill also recalled walking outside once with his mother, who wore a fancy white dress. A white policeman accosted her, and ordered her to go home and change out of what the cop called “white women’s clothing.”

That was his childhood, growing up without much in housing projects.

That was still his life years later, as an NBA champion, waiting for the next racial slur that might tumble anonymously from somewhere in the home crowd at a time, and in a city, struggling with the idea of desegregation.

Russell in his life would become the greatest champion American team sports has ever seen, but he was never that more than he was a man of untiring social activism and high and unflinching principles.

Old age mellowed him. He became softer of nature, known for that distinctive raspy laugh of his, and an easy smile. But the scars that drove his lifelong activism were never something he tried to hide, or pretend weren’t there.

When being a Hall of Fame athlete and an all-time champion isn’t even what you did best or where your legacy should start, you have had a monumental life worthy of not just praise, but also thanks.

Bill Russell, 1934-2022, R.I.P.

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Colorado and is probably going to be voted as our captain, she’s a very strong leader.

Autumn Wyatt, she was a big time player for us, she was the second-leading goal scorer and in one game against Highland she had five goals.”

ALONG WITH many of the other sports teams at Allen Community College, the women’s soccer team has players from all over the world including the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark and South Africa. This influx of nationalities can affect team chemistry as well as their style of play.

“The biggest thing is a difference in athleticism. As far as Americans, we’re very athletic while the soccer IQ of the internationals is much higher. I think the biggest learning curve for the internationals coming in is just the athleticism and of course, being away from home,” said McGinnis of his experience with his international players.

McGinnis bases his training on four pillars: technical, tactical, physical and mental.

“Within those four pillars, that’s what we are implementing in our training. The tactical side of things, that’s the classroom sessions. The technical side of things, when we’re pinging the ball around and getting lots of touches on the ball.

The physical part of it is the fitness testing and the mental side of it where we do our team bonding and talk about our mindset.”

After every game he also hands out “match analysis sheets” in which his girls fill out three things the team did well, three things individuals did well and three things that the other team gave up.

With every g o o d t e a m comes g r e a t expectations w h i c h McGinniss are usually broken down into every practice, every film session, every meal and every game. McGinnis said his high expectations for the girls helps raise their level of intensity. This in turn will hopefully sharpen the team’s discipline and skills to be the best team they can possibly be.

“I hand out the leadership code: Be on time.

Don’t whine. It’s good to vent but come with a solution. Do it when you are asked, not when you think you should.

“I don’t like to hand out rules, I like to talk more about expectations,” said McGinnis.

The ACC women’s soccer team will kick off its season in a scrimmage on Aug. 10 against Butler Community College at 6 p.m.

McGinnis has been

at the steering wheel of the team for the past 10 seasons. Since taking over, he has impressed while winning the most games out of any coach in the two decades of the team’s existence including a 13-4-2 record in 2013.

MCGINNIS’S deep background of playing and coaching soccer has allowed him to be as successful at Allen Community College as he has been over the past eight years. He also coached at Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska as well as assisting for both the women’s and men’s teams at Ottawa University in 2010.

He was also a coach at the high school level before he came onto the junior college scene after assisting as a coach at Topeka West High School, going to the 5A state championships a number of times. He is also currently the goalkeeping coach with Sporting Kaw Valley soccer club and helps out with the U16 United Elite Sporting Kaw Valley team as well on

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top of his main duty of head women’s soccer coach at ACC. “I got to see different levels and see different ways coaches are doing things because it’s not all about reinventing the wheel. You see different things and say

‘hey I’m going to put that in my pocket’ and make it mine and tweak it,” said McGinnis. “It’s a lot about knowing your program, knowing what best fits your program.”

In 2021, McGinnis’ team finished fifth

in the nation, being crowned conference and regional champions before losing in the district game, one match before nationals.

The year prior saw his team reach nationals in Georgia for the first time in school history.

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The Juan Soto sweepstakes come down to the wire, with baseball’s 6 p.m. EDT trade deadline fast approaching.

Soto is the biggest name on the block, with Washington considering bids for the 23-year-old slugger after he turned down a $440 million, 15-year deal to stay with the team. Soto can be a free agent after 2024, and the St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers are considered among the clubs most likely to offer a trade package that could persuade Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo to unload his franchise cornerstone.

Willson Contreras, J.D. Martinez and Josh Bell are some other dangerous hitters likely available, while the starting pitcher pool could include Giants lefty Carlos Rodón, Marlins right-hander Pablo López and Red Sox righty Nathan Eovaldi.

The trade market got busy Monday as several teams made big moves, with the Yankees acquiring Athletics starter Frankie Montas, the Padres picking up AllStar closer Josh Hader from the first-place Brewers, and the Astros obtaining slugger Trey Mancini from the Orioles.

WELCOME BACK

New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom finally returns from a string of injuries to make his season debut in Washington. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner has not pitched in the majors since July 7, 2021.

“I’m definitely excited,” deGrom said Sunday. “It’s been a long time. This has been

a pretty slow process of coming back, so excited to be out there.

Nerves haven’t really set in yet, but I’m sure Tuesday I’ll be pretty nervous and I have a feeling it’s going to feel like my debut.”

The 34-year-old righthander was sidelined the final three months of last season with right forearm tightness and a sprained elbow, then was shut down late in spring training because of a stress reaction in his right scapula.

Even without deGrom, the Mets have won a season-high seven straight. They’ve spent nearly the entire season in first place in the NL East and hope his return can help them hold off defending World Series champion Atlanta.

CATCHING ON

Veteran catcher Yadier Molina is expected to rejoin the St. Louis Cardinals for the opener of a three-game series at home against the Chicago Cubs.

The 40-year-old Molina, sidelined since June 16 with knee inflammation, has played only 38 games in his final major league season.

He’s been on a rehab assignment recently at Triple-A Memphis.

Adam Wainwright (7-8, 3.28 ERA) pitches for the Cardinals.

HIS TURN

Trea Turner tries to extend his hitting streak to 20 games when Tyler Anderson (11-1, 2.61 ERA) and the Los Angeles Dodgers take on the rival Giants in San Francisco.

Turner homered Monday night in an 8-2 victory as the NL West leaders won for the fifth time in six games to improve to 23-5 since June 30.

San Francisco is 3-9 since the All-Star

break. Alex Wood (7-8, 4.11) pitches for the Giants against his former team.

Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford (left knee inflammation) is scheduled to start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento and could join the team as soon as Thursday.

Dodgers rookie James Outman is 5 for 6 with a home run and a double through his first two major league games.

“It’s pretty rare and good to see a young player just not let the emotions get to you and speed the game up,” manager Dave Roberts said.

HERE TO STAY

While teams all around the majors were looking to bring in new talent ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline, the Atlanta Braves locked up one of their own stars for the long haul.

All-Star third baseman Austin Riley and the defending World Series champions agreed Monday to a $212 million, 10-year contract that starts in 2023, the most lucrative deal in team history and a surprise given he had three additional seasons under club control.

The deal with the 25-year-old includes a $20 million club option for 2033 with no buyout, which could make the agreement worth $232 million over 11 seasons.

Riley hit .423 with 11 homers, 25 RBIs and 21 runs in July. His 26 extra-base hits in July were the most by a Braves player in any month, passing Hall of Famer Hank Aaron’s previous record set in July 1961.

The big month left Riley leading the majors with 61 extra-base hits.

Tiger Woods turned down an offer that Greg Norman says was “somewhere in that neighborhood” of $700 million to $800 million to take part in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series.

During an appearance on Fox News with Tucker Carlson that aired Monday night, Norman confirmed what he told the Washington Post in a story two months ago.

Norman told the Post in June the offer was “mind-blowingly enormous; we’re talking about high nine digits.”

Woods has been opposed to LIV Golf since late last year, and he delivered his strongest comments at the British Open when he said players who took the money funded by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund had “turned their back” on the PGA Tour that made them famous.

When an offer was made to Woods was not clear.

“That number was out there before I became CEO. So that number has been out there, yes,” Norman said in the Fox News interview, which took place Sunday at Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey, where the third LIV Golf Invitational was held.

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It includes a $20 million club option for 2033 with no buyout, which could make the agreement worth $232 million over 11 seasons.

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Riley capped the memorable month by delivering the winning double in the ninth inning of Sunday’s 1-0 win over Arizona, driving in Matt Olson to cap a three-game sweep.

Riley is earning $3.95 million this year after losing in arbitration. He would have been eligible for arbitration ahead of the 2023, ‘24 and ‘25 seasons, then could have become a free agent.

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“I really don’t care,” Norman said. “I just love the game so much and I want to grow the game of golf and we at LIV see that opportunity not just for the men but for the women.”

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By VAHE GREGORIAN The Kansas City Star

Friday was another beautiful day at, and for, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. So much so that even by his gleaming standards NLBM president Bob Kendrick radiated a certain surplus glow still basking in Buck O’Neil’s long-awaited induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

In the wake of that triumph last week (albeit 16 years since Buck’s death months after he was excruciatingly omitted from election by a special committee on the Negro Leagues), the NLBM launched its “Thanks A Million, Buck” campaign at the epicenter of a celebration brought home to Kansas City from Cooperstown.

Much like Kendrick announced Buck’s new plaque would be transported here on Aug. 12 as part of the Salute to the Negro Leagues weekend with the Royals, who will display the plaque at Kauffman Stadium on Aug. 13 when they take on the Dodgers.

(On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier with the then-Brooklyn Dodgers, the Dodgers will wear uniforms from the 1947 season; the Royals will be clad in 1945 Kansas City Monarchs jerseys to commemorate the pivotal year Robinson played for them on the way to making history.)

The event in Buck’s honor Friday also provided something that was conspicuously missing at his induction in Cooperstown: the voice of Kendrick, who was born for many things, but few more than to have been Buck’s presenter for the Hall of Fame. While Buck’s niece, Angela Terry, provided a sweet family perspective, Kendrick is a dynamic orator who could have lent

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deeper context to Buck’s enshrinement.

But Kendrick at least would have been heard some if the Hall of Fame hadn’t canceled elements of the program because of the threat of inclement weather. The cuts included a fourplus minute video about Buck narrated by Kendrick.

“The charm. The charisma. The gentle spirit …” it begins. “You can feel his spirit when you come here to the Negro Leagues Baseball museum. There would not be a Negro Leagues Baseball Museum if it were not for the tireless leadership of Buck O’Neil.”

All of which brings us to yet another irresistible and clever fundraising endeavor from the NLBM as it seeks to harness this moment to perpetuate its mission just as Buck would have wanted.

And, as we’ll get back to, in ways Buck may not even have foreseen.

So … thanks a million, Buck, it is.

“Thanks a million for the humility,” Kendrick said. “Thanks a million for the gentleness and the kindness that he dis-

played just all the time.

Thanks a million for the smiles and the laughter and the songs. Thanks a million for teaching us about the heroes of the Negro Leagues. …”

And thanks a million-plus, he hopes, for a concept based on the idea of a million or more people giving one dollar — “at least one dollar,” Kendrick quickly and subtly added — by linking to ThanksAMillionBuck.com.

“We want you all to be at least one in a million,” he said, “celebrating someone who was indeed one in a million.”

The most tangible target of the campaign is to raise at least $1 million for the Buck O’Neil Education and Research Center at the site of the Paseo YMCA, where the Negro Leagues were founded in 1920.

Vital as that cause is in itself, though, the makings of something else could be bubbling here, too.

Speaking during the news conference, Kendrick said that target looms as “just one aspect of growth that is on the horizon.”

“I’m sworn to secre-

cy,” he added with a smile, “and you know I can’t keep a secret.”

Kendrick has long dreamed of building a new NLBM, it should be noted. But up until now, that’s been tempered by the matter of first things first … like, in fact, the Buck O’Neil Education and Research Center that was catastrophically vandalized in 2018.

After the news conference, I pried and asked Kendrick to elaborate on the secret. He put it this way: “Well, it’s no mystery that we’ve outgrown our current home,” he said.

“And it is leading us to now explore possibilities for growth.”

Indeed, its need for more space and modernization is evident, as Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Costas inadvertently reiterated last week in Cooperstown: “Square foot for square foot, (the NLBM) is about as good as it gets.”

He didn’t say it needed more square footage.

But … it does.

The first wave of this campaign, which will ramp up into another tier at the Buck O’Neil

Hall of Fame Induction Gala on Nov. 12 timed to the 111th anniversary of Buck’s birth a day later, could be the foundation or catalyst toward that vision.

Over the last few weeks, Kendrick largely has reconciled the mixed feelings he had about Buck not being recognized in 2006 and even come to consider that this time is more right in certain ways.

Like the rest of us, obviously he would have preferred that Buck had lived to see this.

But part of Kendrick’s thought process has been that because it went as it did, we saw the most indelible of majesty from Buck, whose grace after the snub Kendrick considers one of the most selfless (and uplifting) acts in the history of sports.

We then saw him venerated with a lifesized statue in the Hall of Fame, greeting all who visit, and the Hall of Fame appending his name to Major League Baseball’s lifetime achievement award.

Perhaps the greatest reason Kendrick has come to see it this way, though, is because he knows any recognition

Buck ever might have hoped for was simply to amplify the cause of the NLBM. If Buck was an “American treasure,” as Costas put it last week, the living, breathing reflection of that was the museum. Its everyday quest essentially is to do what Buck did in Cooperstown 16 years ago, when he spoke on behalf of the 17 former Negro Leagues players and contributors being honored posthumously.

So that they will all be remembered.

So that the crucial and compelling history, including its place in civil rights annals, won’t be forgotten.

The museum is “a national attraction and a huge asset to everything we bring to our city,” said Kathy Nelson, president of the Kansas City Sports Commission and Visit KC. “Its cultural and historical value really can never be overstated.”

Just like Buck, whose autobiography was called “I Was Right On Time” and whose legacy is the NLBM … two concepts merging in a new way now.

You could call that fateful, as Kendrick thought about it, or call it poetic.

But just as the NLBM needed it most in the aftermath of the pandemic that sabotaged not only a year-long 100th anniversary celebration but a monumental fundraising opportunity, the door to Buck’s election to the Hall unexpectedly reopened.

And with that came a new frontier of opportunity to tell Buck’s story, as Kendrick intends to extend via a number of forums in the weeks to come.

And, with that, perhaps will come a new frontier on the horizon for the museum as we know it.

Stay tuned. And in the meantime …

“When we say every buck counts,” Kendrick said, “we mean it.”

In this case, especially in the name of one Buck in particular.

Venus Williams falls in return to singles play WASHINGTON (AP) — Venus Williams lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino on Monday in her return to singles play after more than a year away, a defeat the seven-time Grand Slam champion chalked up to being rusty Williams lost 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Citi Open in Washington in her first singles match since last August.

“I didn’t think I played well a lot of the times,” Williams said.

“Just trying to shake off some rust. That’s just to be expected. All I can do is just play another tournament and play better.”

Before the hard-court tune-up for the U.S. Open, Williams last played singles in Chicago on Aug. 23, 2021, when she lost to Su-Wei Hseih. Williams played mixed doubles with Jamie Murray at Wimbledon.

Williams practiced with sister and former doubles partner Serena leading up to the tour-

nament which is not routine for them.

“I think it was a real thrill for the crowd to see us hit together,” Venus said. “I think more than anything, it was just very exciting for the tournament.”

In other action on the women’s side, top-seeded Jessica Pegula and former top-ranked Simona Halep advanced.

Pegula beat fellow American Hailey Baptiste 6-2, 6-2. Halep defeated Cristina Bucsa of Spain 6-3, 7-5 after adjusting to a different surface following grasscourt season.

“I had a good run in Wimbledon, so it’s always tough to start,” Halep said. “But I’m really happy I won the match and I can play another match here.”

On the men’s side, former No. 1 Andy Murray lost his opening match 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-1 to Swede Mikael Ymer.

Murray started cramping at the end of the first set and struggled to recover.

“It was disappoint-

ing, obviously,” Murray said.” I thought there was some good tennis in the first set. After that, both of us were struggling a bit physically.

The level of the tennis

was not great.”

Countryman Kyle Edmund defeated qualifier Yosuke Watanuki 6-4, 7-6(8) to win his first ATP Tour-level singles match since October 2020.

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