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By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register Goal is to keep patientsERhere Dr. Pete Byers, left, and Dr. Laura Edgerley-Gibb are leading emergency and critical care at Allen County Regional Hospital as part of the Innova Emergency Medical Associates, based in Denver. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS Therese Yetzbacher, left, and Doug Northcutt of the Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6324 in LaHarpe will host a public forum Friday for area military veterans, their spouses and caregivers to learn more about eligibility for VA benefits.

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And though the physicians might travel to multiple hospi tals, they will become fixtures in those “We’recommunities.heretostay,” Byers said. “We’re not temporary. We’re not filling in a gap. We’re here for the long term to partner with these hospitals.”

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden charged in a prime-time address that the “extreme ideology” of Donald Trump and his adherents “threatens the very foun dation of our republic,” as he summoned Ameri cans of all stripes to help counter what he sketched as dark forces within the Republican Party trying to subvert democracy. In his speech Thursday at Philadelphia’s Inde pendence Hall, Biden un leashed the trappings of the presidency in an un usually strong and sweep ing indictment of Trump and what he said has be come the dominant strain of the opposition party. His broadside came barely two months before Amer icans head to the polls in bitterly contested mid term elections that Biden Biden sounds alarm on threat to democracy

At Allen County, Innova will provide seven physicians, including Byers, to cover the emergency room on a fulltimeHavingbasis.specialized ER phy sicians will improve scope of care, Edgerley-Gibb said. “We know how to manage really critical patients and a lot of our training is in trau ma, so if there’s a bad trauma — a gunshot wound or some one falls off a horse — they’re going to come here to be sta bilized. We can provide much of the level of emergency care that you might get in an urban center,” she said. That could mean some con ditions can be treated without patients having to be trans Every minute matters during an emergency. So when officials with Saint Luke’s Health Sys tem took over Allen Coun ty ly—seekchoseresidentsmanythatconcernedtheyHospital,Regionalweresolocaltocareespecialemergency care — at other places. It prompted Saint Luke’s to make a major change to the ER department by hir ing a national group that specializes in rural, emer gency“Wecare.were concerned with attrition. More and more people were choos ing to go elsewhere for care,” Steve Schieber, CEO for the Critical Access Re gion with Saint Luke’s and interim administrator for ACRH and ACH, said. When Saint Luke’s took over managing the hospi tal in July 2020, the group did an exhaustive review of services and found their initial assumption was correct. A report from the Hospital Industry Data Institute showed a signif icant decline in ER visits at ACRH, and an increase in such visits at other area hospitals over the previ ous two years. The Kansas Hospital As sociation’s latest annual report shows that in 2019, LAHARPE — Far too many veterans are eligible to re ceive healthcare services through the United States De partment of Veterans Affairs, but don’t for whatever reason, Therese Yetzbacher contends. For some, it’s the hassle of going through a frequently lengthy bureaucratic process of finding out which, if any, services are covered. But for many others, it’s the fact they may not be aware they’re eligible in the firstYetzbacher,place. a member of the LaHarpe Veterans of Foreign Wars, has organized a public forum for veterans from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 9, to learn about the ins and outs of VA benefits. Spouses, doctors and other caregivers are invited as well, Yetzbacher said. “And it’s not just for Allen County,” LaHarpe VFW Post Commander Doug Northcutt added. “It’s for any veterans from any Yetzbachercounty.”and Northcutt have assembled a team of ex perts specialized in knowing precisely how the VA works. On hand for Friday’s fo rum will be Allan Barnes, a certified VFW service officer who works individually with veterans to ensure they are receiving the proper care, through the VA or otherwise. Susan Fulton, who knows the ins and outs of commu nity care services for veter ans across southeast Kansas, will be on hand, as will Gina Trask, who specializes in is sues pertaining to female vet erans.Iolan Susan Booth of McIn tosh and Booth Insurance will speak about helping veterans navigate Medicare and other health insurance options out

Vol. 124, No. 236 Iola,$1.00KS Locally owned since 1867 Saturday, September 3, 2022 iolaregister.com Iola tennis invitationalhosts PAGE B1 Text scams target area residents PAGE A2 Some doctors enjoy work ing in a small town, where they can develop more per sonal relationships with their patients.Somedoctors specialize in a particular field, focusing their time and attention on a specif ic Somegoal. doctors thrive in the hustle and bustle of the emer gencyAndroom.some doctors enjoy traveling to different hospi tals, working in different envi ronments in a variety of com munities.Thedoctors with Innova Emergency Medical Associ ates enjoy all of the above. That’s what brought them to hospitals in Allen and An dersonStartingcounties.inJuly, a team of physicians specializing in ru ral emergency care took over the ER departments at Allen County Regional hospital and Anderson County Hospital. Dr. Pete Byers is the medi cal director for the ERs at both hospitals. He’ll be overseeing a team of physicians that spe cialize in ER care. Dr. Laura Edgerley-Gibb is Innova’s chief medical offi cer. She’ll be spending quite a bit of time at the hospitals in Iola and Garnett over the next year or so, although her job takes her to all the hospitals in the Innova system. Innova provides board-cer tified physicians who special ize in rural emergency and critical care. The group, which began in 2010, is based in Den ver and serves hospitals in Colorado, Arizona, New Mex ico and Michigan. The two lo cal hospitals mark the group’s first foray into Kansas.

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Cleta Zimmerman Cleta Irene (Weddle) Zimmerman, 90 years old of Centerville, entered into eternal rest peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, and has been reunited with her husband, Gerald, of 35 years and her son Randy as well as her parents, two sisters, Bonnie Wade and Mima Lou Storm, and a host of friends and relatives. She is survived by her two sons, Robert of the home and Ronald of Parker, and a daughter Sandra of Powell, Tenn. She was an active member of Centerville Community Church and a 72-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She had always been active in Centerville community activities and helped prepare Centerville Community Church funeral dinners. She enjoyed helping with preparing meals for the Betterment suppers, and she had been a Flying C 4-H leader when her children were young. Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City Chapel, with Eastern Star services at 6. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Centerville Community Church. Interment will be at Centerville Cemetery with escort by the Rusty Zippers Motorcycle Club. The family is requesting donations be made to Centerville Community Church, Kansas Order of the Eastern Star Grand Chapter, or Shriner’s Hospital in care of Schneider Funeral Home, PO Box J, Mound City, KS 66056. Online condolences may be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.

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TOPEKA — The state of Kansas collected $11 million more sales and income tax revenue in August than predicted by fiscal analysts, officials said Friday. Gov. Laura Kelly said the report indicated Kansas met or exceeded the revenue estimate for the 25th consecutive month.“We are providing businesses a stable economic environment to grow and succeed,” Kelly Thesaid. Kansas Department of Revenue reported the state had total tax receipts of $652.5 million in August. That represented $11.2 million more than projected. It was $23.5 million or 3.7% more than the state collected in August 2021. “It is because of strong revenues and fiscal responsibility that we have been able to cut property and grocery taxes, strengthen infrastructure, fund law enforcement and fully fund public education,” the governor said. The Department of Revenue said individual state income tax revenue last month reached $307.3 million, which was 2.4% beyond the estimate. Corporate income tax collections were 3.1% or $15.5 million above the projection.In terms of retail sales tax collected for the state, Kansas pocketed $239.6 million in August. That surpassed the official monthly estimate by 1.9%. The total was $13.1 million or 5.8% greater than AugustCompensating2021. use tax revenue paid on goods purchased from other states and consumed in Kansas was $63.3 million or $1.7 million less than the estimate. The August take in compensating use taxes was $4.8 million or 8.2% greater than in August 2021.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a healthy number of jobs last month, yet slowed their hiring enough to potentially help the Federal Reserve in its fight to reduce ragingTheinflation.economy gained 315,000 jobs in August, a still-solid figure that pointed to an economy that remains resilient despite rising interest rates, high inflation and sluggish consumer spending. Friday’s report from the government also showed that the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, up from a half-century low of 3.5%. Yet that increase was also an encouraging sign: It reflected a long-awaited rise in the number of Americans who came off the sidelines and started looking for work. “It’s a very positive report and still holds open the possibility for a soft landing,” said Ellen Gaske, an economist at PGIM Fixed Income, referring to the Fed’s goal of slowing the economy enough to cool inflation without going so far as to cause a recession.

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to all the friends and family who attended, brought food, made pies, and helped donate to my benefit auction. Thanks to the Elks Club of Iola for the use of their building, Eric and Julie for auctioning off items, and Marilyn Page for all the hard work she put in. Due to health issues, my surgery has been postponed for four weeks. Keep me in your prayers and God bless you all. Wouldn’t it be easier for them to get a job? Seems so. But the scammers are at it again, this time targeting cell phones in the 620 area code with a fake notification from the U.S. Postal Service. Several area residents have recently reported receiving theMelonietext.

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TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly won’t know for more than five months whether she wagered wisely by betting $15 on the Kansas City Chiefs to win Super Bowl LVII in SheFebruary.plunked down cash on 10-to-1 odds at Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kansas, in the first official sports wager in Kansas following passage of legislation creating the opportunity for people to make online and in-person bets. It was the “soft opening” of the sports gaming structure in Kansas, with broader application next week. “I hear from Kansans across the state who are eager to finally place legal wagers on sports,” Kelly said during Thursday’s ceremony. “I’m glad we were able to move quickly to get this bipartisan effort done in time for football season.” Kelly signed the bill in May designed to bring Kansas into step with other gambling states, create more gaming industry jobs and generate as much as $10 million annually in tax revenue. The compromise legislation required years of debate at the statehouse in Topeka, but led to formation of a state-regulated system that would draw casinos, restaurants, nonprofit fraternal and veterans organizations into the mix. The bill narrowly passed the Kansas Senate 21-13 and comfortably cleared the Kansas House 73-49.

Mark Saturday, Sept. 10, to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Elsmore Ruritan Club. Activities begin at 10 a.m. at the Elsmore Community Building. A bake sale will include cornbread, cookies, and various other baked goods. Concession items will include hot dogs, polish sausage, nachos, chili pie, iced tea, canned pop, as well as homemade ice cream.John Barker with Uncle John's Backyard Entertainment will provide music throughout the day. The parade starts at 11 a.m. with a theme of "Elsmore Ruritan Come Grow with Us." From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. lunch is available in the Community Building for $5. A choice of various sandwiches, chips, cookies, and iced tea or water will be available. A variety of kids games will start at 12:30 on Main Street. Bingo will begin at 1:30 in the Community Building. The merchant drawing is at 3 p.m. Registration is open during the day and you must be present to win prizes that have been donated courtesy of local businesses and supporters. Tickets will also be sold at $1 apiece for cash prizes of $100, $50, and $25. The free bean feed begins at 4 p.m. People should bring a kettle or table service. Other activities include a horseshoe pitching contest in the morning, an exotic animal display; cornhole boards will be set up; a baby contest, and a number of silent auction items will be displayed for bidding at the concession stand. This is the Elsmore Ruritan's largest fundraiser. Proceeds will go toward a number of projects, including donations to Marmaton Valley school activities, church group activities, college scholarships, Christmas gift bags for school children and seniors, sponsoring Allen County Fair trophies and a dog and cat vaccination clinic. They also assist in food distribution for the Humboldt Ministerial Alliance, as well as provide a second food distribution from various grant funds that we have received. Area families can also be included in holiday food box distributions. A donate.foratcollectionnon-perishableboxwillbetheconcessionstandpersonswishingto

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2010.“People who were left were lower income,” said 2CMississippi’s Parry, and the result was “a shrinking population and a shrinking amount of money available for investments in theWithcity.” White ﬂight came the contraction of Jackson’s overall tax base and of customers paying into the water system. So as the water infrastructure worsened — adults who grew up in Jackson recall boil-water advisories from childhood — the city had less revenue to make ﬁxes. (Some of the suburbs that White former residents moved to incorporated as their own cities, and did so explicitly to create their own water systems.) Fast forward to today and it’s clear that even if reliable water quickly returns, another rainstorm or winter storm could trigger problems anew. There’s also the issue of the city not having enough people working in the water-treatment plant. The likely remedy is a massive overhaul of the city’s water system. That will be expensive, and it’s unclear who willLastpay.

storm that knocked out electricity in Texas, resulting in hundreds of deaths — utilities in Mississippi were socked with both power failures and natural-gas supply problems. Water utilities were hit especially hard: Statewide, boil-water notices were issued in 40 counties. Jackson was unable to lift its boil-water notice until March 17, a month after the ringmostoverfrompopulationcades.ﬂofresidentscontributedtionfurther.rootscityRepublican,areStateaddressedic-runLeadersstorm.inDemocrat-Jacksonplead-for$47milliontothesituation.lawmakers,whomostlyWhiteandgavethe$3millioninstead.ButthecrisishasgoingbackmuchDesegrega-effortsinthe1950stoWhitemovingoutJackson,andWhiteightcontinuedforde-Thecity’sWhitedropped52%in1980tojust16%today,withofthatdropoccur-between1990and

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— The water crisis unfolding in Jackson, Mississippi, was decades in the making: the culmination of crumbling infrastructure, systemic racism and more extreme weather. It’s also a stark warning of trouble to come as climate change piles new stress onto the essential services Americans rely on every day. In addition to warming up the planet by nearly 1.2° Celsius compared to pre-industrial times, climate change is making precipitation events more intense, and therefore more likely to overwhelm strained systems. Lower-income and minority communities such as Jackson — which is 82% Black and where a quarter of residents live in poverty — bear the brunt of the impacts. “The situation in Jackson isn’t new,” said Dominika Parry, president of the climate activism group 2CMississippi and an environmental economist. “It’s a consequence of many, many decades of disinvestment in water infrastructure, in general infrastructure in the city of AfterJackson.”heavy rainfall caused the Pearl River to ﬂood, the main water-treatment plant in Jackson, which has a history of pump problems, failed. The rain wasn’t record-setting or even as bad as initially predicted. But the outage left thousands without safe drinking water forMayordays. Chokwe Antar Lumumba declared an emergency on Monday, after the underfunded, understaffed water plant started to fail. The next day Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency, calling on the state National Guard to distribute water for drinking and other Bypurposes.Wednesday, President Joe Biden had declared a federal emergency. Jackson residents have been waiting in line to get water, and restaurants and other businesses have had to source additional bottledWhilewater.the situation in Jackson is acute, its problems aren’t unique. “Jackson quickly has become symbolic of everything that we’re talking about when we talk about environmental and climate injustices,” said Katherine Egland, who serves on the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, but “this is happening all over the nation.” The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country’s drinking water infrastructure a C- in its annual report card last year, describing the need for public investment as “staggering.” Water systems across America were built for a climate that no longer exists, says Jesse M. Keenan, an associate professor at Tulane University and an expert in how climate change affects cities. Their upkeep is getting more expensive by the day, and for infrastructure that’s already deteriorating, the problems and costs are even higher: Keenan estimates the backlog of capital investments “far exceeds” the $550 billion in President Biden’s infrastructure“Underinvestmentlaw. in everything from maintenance to capital improvements, combined with the increased costs of climate impacts, means that for cities like Jackson — clean and reliable water is not guaranteed,” he wrote in an Accordingemail. to NOAA, Mississippi has experienced ruarywinterson.upuresfecting”unprecedentedsoingperiencedwinter.andpectedtotion1970s,precipitationabove-averagesincetheanditsprecipita-patternsarelikelychange,withlessex-inthesummermoreinthefallandThestatehasex-littlewarm-fromclimatechangefar,but“historicallywarm-isprojectedtoaf-itthiscentury.Criticalwaterfail-havebeenbuildingovertimeinJack-FollowingaseverestorminFeb-2021—thesame

December, the U.S. dramaticcitiesstatefortemwater$1banotintotofundingwastewaterwater,toAmerican$450islatureininjectionandstructure5topimillionThat’sprojectswatermillionnouncedProtectionEnvironmentalAgencyan-nearly$75infundingforinfrastructureinMississippi.partofthe$429thatMississip-residentscanexpectreceiveoverthenextyearsfromtheInfra-InvestmentJobsAct.AnotheroffundscameApril,whentheleg-directedsomemillionfromtheRescuePlancarryoutdrinkingstormwaterandprojects.YetevenifallofthemadeavailablethestateweredevotedresolvingtheproblemJackson,itstillmightbeenough.Lumum-saidthatitcouldcostbilliontorepairthedistributionsys-andbillionsmoreacompletefix.Withoutfederalorintervention,ifraisecapitalforoverhaulsof their water systems, most of it will come from the bond market and utility ratepayers, Tulane’s Keenan says. That could mean a huge increase in water bills for millions of Americans — and one in 6 U.S. households is already struggling to pay their utilityOtherbills.impacts of climate change besides drinking water outages are already “very clear” in Jackson, says Parry. “We have extreme heat that happens and the urban heat island effect in formerly redlined districts,” Parry said, referring to the higher temperatures that scientists have recorded in urban areas subject to real-estate discrimination. “We have flash floods.”Inthe past, powerful people “had no interest in making the city better for its largely Black, mostly poor African American citizens who now populate Jackson and Mississippi,” said Beverly Wright, the executive director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice and a member of Biden’s White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

forts to convict her have been complicated by the absence of evidence connecting her to the crime scene. The district attor ney at the time of the killings, Robert Hecht, declined to file charges because he believed lack of evidence would make it difficult to secure a conviction.In2009, newly elect ed District Attorney Chad Taylor welcomed CBS’ “48 Hours” to spot light the unsolved case and publicly identify Chandler as the prime suspect. In 2011, Taylor brought a film crew and news reporters with him to arrest Chandler in Duncan, leadedChandlerOklahoma.wasconvictatatrialin2012afterprosecutorJacqie

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There is no physical evidence that places Chandler in the state of Kansas at the time of the killings. Her alibi is that she was driving through the mountains of TheColorado.trialended with a controversial witness — a neighbor who emerged after 20 years of silence to claim that she heard gunshots from her apart ment a block and a half away and saw Chandler leaving the crime scene. Police reports show that an officer ques tioned the neighbor, Terri Anderson, after the victims were discov ered. At the time, An derson said she didn’t see or hear anything on the night of the shoot ings. On the stand, she claimed to hear gun shots around 11:30 p.m., when Sisco and Hark ness were still at a ca sino north of Topeka. The waxing crescent moon and absence of a streetlight would have made it difficult to iden tify someone that night, and Chandler may have needed to scale four 6-foot-tall wooden fences to take the path Ander sonBathdescribed.saidthe eyewit ness account was “in sulting.”“Thatshould not hap pen in the United States of America,” Bath said. “It’s really like out of a movie. If it wasn’t so se rious, it would be laugh able.”

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The Asso ciated Press last year — when FBI agents seized her phone as part of the Jan 6 investigation — that she had no knowl edge of or involvement in the Capitol breach. She called the seizure of her phone “unethical” and the investigation “a witchSoRellehunt.”made an ini tial court appearance in Austin, Texas, and was released pending a vir tual hearing scheduled for Tuesday before a Washington, D.C., feder al court judge, a spokes person for the U.S. At torney’s office in D.C. said. It wasn’t immedi ately clear if she has an attorney to speak on her behalf.SoRelle was photo graphed with Rhodes outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 and was present at an underground ga rage meeting the night before the riot that’s been a focus for investi gators.The meeting includ ed Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, who is charged separately with sedi tious conspiracy along side other members of the extremist group that describes themselves as a politically incorrect men’s club for “Western chauvinists.”Publiclyreleased vid eo of the meeting doesn’t reveal much about their discussion and prosecu tors have said only that one of the meeting’s par ticipants “referenced the Capitol.”SoRelle was also on a call with Rhodes and other Oath Keepers days after the 2020 election during which Rhodes rallied his followers to prepare for violence, according to a tran script made public in court.SoRelle is also charged with obstruc tion of an official pro ceeding, obstruction of justice for tamper ing with documents and a misdemeanor charge for entering Capitol grounds. The indictment says she persuaded others to destroy and conceal records sought by in vestigators.SoRelle told the AP last September that agents seized her phone and provided her a search warrant that said it was related to an investigation into seditious conspiracy, among other crimes. The indictment against SoRelle made public Thursday does not in clude a charge of sedi tiousRhodesconspiracy.and four co-defendants scheduled to go on trial starting Sept. 26 have said there was no plot to attack the Capitol and that their communications in the run up to Jan. 6 were about providing securi ty for right-wing figures such as Roger Stone or preparing for attacks from left-wing antifa ac tivists.Rhodes, a former U.S. Army paratrooper, founded the Oath Keep ers in 2009. The group recruits current and former military, police and first responders and pledges to “fulfill the oath all military and police take to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and do mestic.”

TOPEKA — A Shaw nee County District Court jury reached an impasse Thursday on whether to convict Dana Chandler of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of her ex-hus band and his fiancee. Judge Cheryl Rios brought deliberations to an end after six men and six women of the jury had met for six days without agreement on whether evidence proved Chandler was re sponsible for the shoot ing deaths of Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness. Rios dismissed the jury and set a status confer ence for Sept. 29. Two jurors who spoke with reporters said the jury split 7-5 in favor of convicting Chandler. “The prosecution nev er proved beyond a rea sonable doubt that she committed the crime,” said juror Carrie Kimes. “I mean, that was the core for me.” Ben Alford, who served as foreman and opposed conviction, said jurors thought a lot about Chandler and Sis co’s kids, who both testi fied for the prosecution.

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A lawyer for the farright Oath Keepers ex tremist group has been charged with conspir acy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol, author ities said Thursday. Kellye SoRelle — gen eral counsel for the an ti-government group — was arrested in Texas on charges including conspiracy to obstruct the certification of Pres ident Joe Biden’s elec toral college victory, the Justice Department said.

“This is not a case that science can solve for us,” Kitt said. “This case is about obsession with Mike Sisco. Jealou sy that Mike Sisco was able to move on with his life. Jealousy about the new relationship that Mike Sisco had formed. Jealousy about the rela tionship that Mike Sisco had with his kids. Rage because of all of that.” Evidence showed Chandler was furious with her ex-husband, who won custody of their children and child support after a divorce in the late 1990s. Fami ly and friends testified about Chandler’s exten sive harassment in the years leading up to the killings. Police found no sign of theft at the duplex where Sisco and Harkness were shot a dozen times with a 9-mm gun. In a phone call with her daughter three months after the shoot ings, Chandler said she had thought about kill ingDefenseSisco. attorney Tom Bath pointed to mis takes made by police during the investiga tion, and their refusal to consider any other sus pects. They destroyed and ignored DNA evi dence. DNA found on a shell casing at the scene didn’t match Chandler or the victims, and po lice never entered it into a database to see if there was a match.

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Michelle Polston, a veterans rep resentative for Sen. Jer ry Moran in southeast Kansas, will answer questions as well. It will be up to the vet erans who attend to dic tate how the discussion will lead, Yetzbacher said.“I’m sure people have questions,” she said. “How does the VA work? How do you go from your primary care phy sician to a specialist? What about VA hospi tals? If you have ques tions, they’re gonna ex plain cuttandwho’sbody“Weeverything.”triedtogeteverywecouldthinkofreallygonnahelpbeinvolved,”Northsaid.Theformatwillbeset up as a panel discussion, although folks wary of asking questions in pub lic will be able to meet individually with the panelists afterwards.

One topic both Yetz bacher and Northcutt assume will be dis cussed heavily is the potential closure of community-based out patient clinics through the VA in Garnett, Fort Scott and “What’sChanute.thisgoing to mean for those pa tients?” Yetzbacher asked.Friday’s forum should be of particular interest in Allen County, which has a higher concentra tion of veterans than other neighboring coun ties. Northcutt said. “It’s really just a mat ter of getting informa tion to the people who need it,” Yetzbacher said. “We don’t know how many people will show up. We hope it’s a lot, and we hope to get their questions an swered.”

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Spradling repeatedly lied to the jury about evidence, and lead De tective Richard Volley provided false testimo ny about a protection from abuse order that didn’t exist. The state Supreme Court set aside Chandler’s guilty ver dict and subsequently disbarred Spradling for herThemisconduct.retrialat Kagay’s direction began with jury selection a month ago. That followed sev eral years of arguments about evidence and frequent changes in de fense counsel. The jury began deliberating Aug. 25.Prosecutor Charles Kitt told jurors in open ing and closing argu ments that this case was about rage and jealousy.

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SoRelle, 43, is a close associate of Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keep ers’ leader who is head ing to trial later this month alongside other extremists on seditious conspiracy charges. After Rhodes’ arrest in January, SoRelle told media outlets she was acting as the president of the Oath Keepers while he’s behind bars. Prosecutors have ac cused Rhodes and his militia group of plotting for weeks to stop the transfer of power and keep former President Donald Trump in office, purchasing weapons, or ganizing military-style trainings and setting up battleSoRelleplans.told

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Biden calls a crossroads for the “Toonation.much of what’s happening in our coun try today is not nor mal,” he said before an audience of hundreds, raising his voice over pro-Trump hecklers out side the building where the nation’s founding was debated. He said he wasn’t condemning the 74 million people who voted for Trump in 2020, but added, “There’s no question that the Re publican Party today is dominated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans,” using the acronym for Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slo gan.The explicit effort by Biden to marginalize Trump and his followers marks a sharp recent turn for the president, who preached his desire to bring about national unity in his Inaugural address.Biden, who large ly avoided even refer ring to “the former guy” by name during his first year in office, has grown increasing ly vocal in calling out Trump personally. Now, emboldened by his par ty’s summertime leg islative wins and wary of Trump’s return to the headlines, he has sharpened his attacks, last week likening the “MAGA philosophy” to “semi-fascism.”Wadinginto risky political terrain, Biden strained to balance his criticism with an appeal to more traditional Re publicans to make their voices heard. Mean while, GOP leaders swiftly accused him of only furthering political divisions.

Delivering a pre emptive rebuttal from Scranton, Pennsylva nia, where Biden was born, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said it is the Democrat ic president, not Repub licans, trying to divide Americans.“Inthepast two years, Joe Biden has launched an assault on the soul of America, on its peo ple, on its laws, on its most sacred values,” McCarthy said. “He has launched an assault on our democracy. His policies have severe ly wounded America’s soul, diminished Amer ica’s spirit and betrayed America’s trust.” Asked about McCar thy’s criticism, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said earlier Thursday that “we understand we hit a nerve” with the GOP leader, and quoted the Republican’s prior state ments saying Trump bore responsibility for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump plans a ral ly this weekend in the Scranton area. White House officials said the sharp tenor of Biden’s remarks re flected his mounting concern about Trump allies’ ideological pro posals and relentless de nial of the nation’s 2020 election“Equalityresults.and de mocracy are under as sault” in the U.S., Biden charged, casting Trump and his backers in the GOP as a menace to the nation’s system of gov ernment, its standing abroad and its citizens’ way of Trumplife.and the MAGA Republicans “promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence,” he said. They “are deter mined to take this coun try“Backwardsbackwards.” to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love,” he said, referenc ing the social issues that Democrats have looked to place front-and-cen ter for voters this fall. Biden’s appearance was promoted as an of ficial, taxpayer-funded event, a mark of how the president views defeating the Trump agenda as a policy aim as much as a political one. Red and blue lights illuminated the brick of Independence Hall, as the Marine Band played “Hail to the Chief” and a pair of Marine sentries stood at parade rest in the backdrop. Still, the major broadcast televi sion networks did not carry the address live. The president ap pealed for citizens to “vote, vote, vote” to pro tect their democracy. “For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democ racy is guaranteed. But it isBidennot.”harked back to the 2017 white suprem acist protest in Charlot tesville, Virginia, which he said brought him out of political retirement to challenge Trump. Biden argued that the country faces a similar crossroads in the com ing months, and he cast defending the “soul of the nation” as “the work of my presidency — a mission I believe in with my whole soul.” But Iowa GOP chair Jeff Kaufman said in a statement that Biden was using the tactics of an authoritarian re gime, “trying to turn his political opponents into an enemy of the state.” Larry Diamond, an expert on democracy and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, said calling Trump out for attacks on democra cy “can be manipulat ed or framed as being partisan. And if you don’t call it out, you are shrinking from an im portant challenge in the defense of democracy.”

The White House has tried to keep Biden re moved from the legal and political maelstrom surrounding the De partment of Justice’s discovery of classified documents in Trump’s Florida home. Still, Biden has pointed to some Republicans’ quick condemnation of federal law enforce ment, to argue “you can’t be pro-insurrec tionist and pro-Ameri can.”His trip to Philadel phia was just one of his three to the state within a week, a sign of Penn sylvania’s importance in the midterms, with competitive Senate and governor’s races. How ever, neither Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democrats’ Senate nom inee, nor Attorney Gen eral Josh Shapiro, their pick for governor, at tended Thursday night.

The White House in tended the speech to unite familiar themes: holding out bipartisan legislative wins on guns and infrastructure as ev idence that democracies “can deliver,” pushing back on GOP policies on guns and abortion that Biden says are out of step with most people’s views.The challenges have only increased since the tumult surrounding the 2020 election and the Capitol attack. Lies surrounding that presidential race have triggered harass ment and death threats against state and local election officials and new restrictions on mail voting in Republi can-dominated states. County election officials have faced pressure to ban the use of voting equipment, efforts gen erated by conspiracy theories that voting ma chines were somehow manipulated to steal the election.Candidates who dis pute Trump’s loss have been inspired to run for state and local elec tion posts, promising to restore integrity to a system that has been undermined by false claims.There is no evidence of any widespread fraud or manipulation of voting machines. Judges, including ones appointed by Trump, dismissed dozens of lawsuits filed after the election, and Trump’s own attorney general called the claims bogus. Yet Associated PressNORC Center for Public Affairs Research polling has shown about twothirds of Republicans say they do not think Biden was legitimately elected president.

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If you knew Wichita Rep. Gail Finney at all, you likely knew her from her work in the Kansas Legislature try ing to help people with sus pended driver’s licenses, try ing to help children trapped in our foster care system, trying to get the state’s util ity company to remove 105foot towers from people’s frontHeryards.servant leadership set her apart. She really seemed to take her constitu ents’ needs and hardships to heart. Sadly, she died Aug. 20 at In63. her memory, Kansans should expand Medicaid. She fought for the policy, and it offers a great way to honor such a great and hon orable person. This wouldn’t be a new fight, but her name and reputation can give it re newed purpose and focus. Gail loved to laugh. She used to put out a magazine. She loved history. She also produced a Black Expo. In the Legislature, she pushed legalization of medical mar ijuana, the restoration of classroom funding, return ing to annual state budgeting and revisiting tax credits. But more than anything, the issue that might have been closest to her heart was Medicaid expansion. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has pushed this idea during her administration, aiming to provide more than 150,000 Kansans with access to af fordable health care. The measure also would create more than 23,000 new jobs, helping to shore up the Kan sas“It’seconomy.timeto work togeth er to deliver for Kansans and get this done once and for all,” Kelly said, accord ing to the Kansas Reflector. “Expansion would inject billions of dollars into our state, create thousands of jobs, help retain our health care workers in Kansas and help rural hospitals’ bottom lines.” When Gail died, Kelly de scribed her aptly as a “war rior.”Gail proved to be the best kind of warrior, too. Not a weekend warrior, but the daily kind who never wor ried about the size of the opponent, only the depth of her constituents’ need. She took on the biggest, tough est opponents with the same focused tenacity that she brought to any task.

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WHAT YOU MAY not have known was how she suffered from illnesses and chron ic pain, and how difficult it was for her to finally get that kidney transplant she need ed. This gave her the willing ness to pick up a sword and shield and enter political arenas as often as she did, with even greater grandeur. She likely did her best work in pain and agoniz ingly fatigued. Don’t let her smile and her glam fool you. Gail was tough. But the fight for expansion in this state, and the fight for universal health care nationally, also have proven extraordinarily tough. An August 2019 story in New York Times Magazine, titled “Why doesn’t the Unit ed States have universal health care? The answer has everything to do with race,” argued that America’s bru tal brand of “low-road cap italism” and its racial caste system routinely thwarted suchTheefforts.article draws a line roughly from the end of the Civil War to today. A 2019 book, “Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing Amer ica’s Heartland,” makes similar arguments. Many Americans would rather die than share health care with “undeserving” people. But expansion benefits everyone. In fact, it likely would help the red, rural ar eas that seem most opposed to the measure. If the pan demic taught us anything, it was just how interconnected we remain despite efforts of a powerful minority to main tain an arbitrary separate ness and to hoard resources. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called health care injustice inhuman.Well,Gail fought on this front with her trademark dignity and the effortless way she rose above petti ness. Politicians like Bill Clinton turned the phrase “I feel your pain” into a cliche, but I’d never heard anyone question Gail’s sincerity as she advocated for her con stituents.Weshouldn’t allow our loved ones to dissolve into piles of meaningless papers and documents once they die. We should try to fash ion some enduring meaning from their lives and assem ble our memories of them into colorful mosaics of pur pose.Hopefully, one of her leg islative colleagues picks up this cause, affixes her name to a bill and rallies expan sion support statewide and across party lines. Some times, important issues need a face to help close the emo tional distance on matters that are practical but come with tons of wonky detail. Gail deserves the recog nition, and as she said, so many Kansans need and de serve the coverage.

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The song “I Am Woman” seems to be making some thing of a comeback, as de bates rage and elections turn on the issue of abortion and women’s rights. Singer Helen Reddy re leased what would be an enor mous hit 51 years ago. But ini tially the song was ignored. When it was released as a sin gle in 1972, it was culturally and politically divisive, even as it gained popularity. The same could be said of Reddy.Given current talk of can cel culture and political divi sions – and claims our coun try has never, ever been this bad – you might think we all once lived in blissful harmo ny.That’s nostalgic bunk. The course of history has always beenAnd,bumpy.also, we Americans tend to get histrionic about our place in history. Like so much of our social and scientific progress, gains in women’s rights are mostly incremental. Each generation of women has benefited from and built on the work and achievements of the genera tions before. It was roughly 100 years ago that women, after a battle of several decades, finally won the right to vote nationwide. It was a mean and demean ing fight – one that succeed ed when it did primarily be cause the forces that wanted a Constitutional amendment to ban alcohol saw political ad vantage in collaborating with those fighting for women’s suffrage.Itwas no coincidence that the 18th Amendment (Prohi bition) and the 19th Amend ment (women’s suffrage) were approved about the same time. Gaining access to the polls, however, was just oneSocial,step. educational and eco nomic discrimination contin ued. It was not just tolerated. It was the norm. Women couldn’t get credit cards, couldn’t work in cer tain professions, and were fired from jobs they could get to make room for men. They were typically paid less, and they were refused promotions and managerial roles. As a boomer, I benefit ed greatly from the women who fought for their rights throughout the 20th century. And that includes many wom en who didn’t even know they wereForfighting.example, when I be came editor and publisher of the Hays, Kansas, newspaper in 1984, the group that owned the paper proudly announced that I was the first woman publisher in the group. That was true, but The Hays Daily News had benefit ed from a woman boss years before I ever came on the scene (and before it was pur chased by the group I worked for). Leota Motz, the wife of the paper’s founder, Frank Motz, served capably as pub lisher for more than a decade after her husband’s death in 1958.Her work was mostly ig nored because, well, she was a woman.Inever knew her, but from what I could learn, she was smart, competent and tradi tional, always giving way to the men, or pretending to. The country benefited mightily from countless, sim ilar women who stayed out of the limelight. Just as it bene fited from those who publicly championed women’s rights in the workplace, in educa tion, and elsewhere. This year in Arizona, the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor are women, a circumstance about which voters care hardly at all. That’s a marvelous point of Butprogress.it’sprogress that hap pened because generations of Americans worked to make it happen. No one song, or one person, or one law garnered women the rights they have today. And there are no guar antees that the ground gained can’t be That’slost.something I keep in mind as I think of my nieces and other women who have so many more choices than did the women of 1922, or even 1972. Helen Reddy got it right when she told us: I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore And I know too much to go back an’ ‘CausepretendI’veheard it all be foreAnd I’ve been down there on theNofloorone’s ever gonna keep me down again About the writer: A Kan sas native, Julie Doll is a for mer newspaper journalist who now lives in Tucson, Ar izona.

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INNOVA’S ER physicians are passionate about rural communities, Edgerley-Gibb said. Many of them, like her, come from small towns. She grew up in a rural community in western Colorado.She earned cineDoctorfollowedradoversitydegreeundergraduateherattheUni-ofColo-atBoulderbyherofMedi-fromStanford University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Stanford, where she worked at Stanford University Hospital and San Francisco General Hospital among other sites.She joined Innova in 2011 and was named chief medical officer in 2015.“At one of my sites, I’ve been there 11 years so everyone knows me,” she said. “I take care of multiple generations of families. I like going to the grocery store and seeing people I know.” The COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, exposed the need for smaller hospitals to have a higher level of expertise when it comes to caring for very sick people, she said.“During COVID, we had patients who often had to wait for a long time before a bed became available,” she said. “It’s much better than it was. Primarily the issue I see now is staffing shortages throughout the country.”Edgerley-Gibb said she will spend quite a bit of time on site when Innova takes on a new hospital, and she’ll get to know patients and staff at the Iola and Garnett locations. “I like to be heavily involved. Then as our physicians take over the shifts, I get pushed out,” sheShesaid.still visits each hospital at least once a quarter.Byers has been working in emergency medicine since 2012 and joined Innova in 2015. In addition to Iola and Garnett, he also works at a hospital in Michigan. He was born and raised in a tiny town in Nebraska just miles from the Kansas border “but I never made it to Kansas until a few weeks ago.” He earned his Doctorate of Medicine from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine with a focus on Leadership in Medicine for Vulnerable and somewherework.mythenpitalsphysiciansAfrica.workedoon.asPeaceHepitalsinNorfolk,giniatrainingcycompletionPopulations.UnderservedFollowingofemergen-medicineresidencyatEasternVir-MedicalSchoolinVa.,heworkedurbanandruralhos-inNewMexico.volunteeredwiththeCorpsandservedateacherinCamer-HehastraveledandextensivelyinHelivesinColorado.Typically,Innova’straveltohos-forafewdaysandgohome.“IneverwakeupinownbedandgotoIalwaystravelforwork, and then when I go home it’s like I’m on vacation,” Byers said. “It’s a different way of Andworking.”though the hospitals in Iola and Garnett are both managed by Saint Luke’s and share some administrative staff, they’re also distinctly different facilities.“Working within two different places is really two different places. They’re different hospitals and different staff. There’s really not a lot of overlap,” he said. Innova’s physicians understand the need for expert care in rural areas where it can be difficult to attract and keep specialists.“Thatis certainly the draw and the honor,” he said. EVERY CHANGE is also an opportunity, ByersBringingnotes. in a team that specializes in rural emergency medicine at hospitals across the country offers a fresh set of eyes, he said. “We can identify things that maybe nobody else has seen. We’re always looking for ways to improve,” he said.Emergency services previously were provided by The Family Physicians group of local primary care doctors. The transition to Innova was smooth, Edgerley-Gibb said. “We’ve been welcomed with open arms by the medical staff here,” she Maintainingsaid. good relationships with primary care physicians is important, she said. Emergency room physicians need to communicate with a patient’s primary care doctor. They can discuss medication, conditions and treatment protocols. They also encourage patients to follow up with their primary care doctors for any further medical care that may be needed. “Of course, some people come in for something really simple, like a cut finger, and we don’t need to bother their primary care physician. We’re also a safety net, as many of our patients don’t have a physician,” she“Theresaid. really does seem to be a strong family physician presence here, which is nice.”

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PREVIOUSLY, emergency room services were provided by The Family Physicians, a group of local primary careNotdoctors.everyone was happy to see that group displaced. The Family Physicians in July sent messages of thanks to those who supported theirSchieberservices said he understands why patients prefer to be seen by their local, primary care doctor during an emergency.Whenapatient seeks emergency care, the Innova physicians will communicate with that person’s primary care doctor as necessary. A patient can also request to see a local provider at the emergency room, if available.“Werespect that we have some great local care providers who are an intricate part of our medical staff. Certainly we will partner with them in any way we can,” Schieber said. However, healthcare is evolving, he said. The COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, exposed the challenges rural hospitals face as the illness faced many larger, urban hospitals to turn away or delay taking in transferred patients as their beds were full.

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Continued from A1 Allen County Regional Hospital. just 28% of Allen County residents sought inpatient care in their home county and 56% sought outpatient care. “Frankly, the data backed up our concerns,” Schieber said. That led to a recent change in emergency roomAftermanagement.askingfor proposals from emergency room groups across the nation and an exhaustive review of five finalists, Saint Luke’s hired Innova Emergency Medical Association. The group took over in July at both Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola and the Anderson County Hospital in Iola; both are managed by Saint Luke’s.“Innova is uniquely focused on rural emergency services with board-certified physicians. They have the passion for rural healthcare, as well as national resources to bring in the best of the best,” Schieber said. The group also was selected because they believe in becoming part of the communities they serve, he said. “These are physicians who are dedicated to rural health. They live in rural America, and they’re going to be contributing to the community when they are here,” Schieber said.

Having physicians who specialize in emergency and critical care, particularly at the rural level, could help ACRH treat more patients locally with less need to transfer to a larger hospital.“Change is challenging for everybody,” he said.“And particularly in rural America, we have our challenges in healthcare. I think we’ve found a very solid partner for both our hospital and our community.” IN OTHER hospital news, Schieber announced at a hospital facilities board meeting on Thursday that Saint Luke’s had offered a contract to a new administrator for the hospitals in Allen and Anderson counties. That contract is still being ﬁnalized, but he expects an announcement next week. If all goes well, that new administrator could start on Sept. Schieber19. has been acting as interim administrator for the two area hospitals since Elmore Patterson’s resignation in June. ER group is keep more patients at ACRH thing ever seen could be pulling up to the door right now. Pete Byers can provide much of the level of emergency care that you might get in an urban center.

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“If you wait a little more time, you get a better immunologic re sponse,” said CDC ad viser Dr. Sarah Long of DrexelThat’sUniversity.because some one who recently got a booster already has more virus-fighting an tibodies in their blood stream. Antibodies gradually wane over time, and another shot too soon won’t offer much extra benefit, ex plained Wherry, who wasn’t involved with the government’s deci sion-making.

HOW DO WE KNOW THEY’RE SAFE? The basic ingredi ents used in both omi cron-targeting updat ed vaccines are the same. Testing by Pfizer and Moderna of their BA.1-targeted versions proved safe in human studies and CDC’s ad visers concluded the additional small recipe change should be no dif ferent.Flu vaccines are up dated every year with out human trials.

John Wherry will wait until later in the fall to consider getting an updated COVID-19 booster. The University of Pennsylvania immu nologist knows it’s too soon after his shot late this summer, especially since he’s not at high risk from the virus. It’s the kind of cal culation many Ameri cans will face as boost er shots that target currently circulating omicron strains become available to a population with widely varying risks and levels of im munity.Here are some things to know: HOW ARE THE NEW BOOSTERS DIFFER ENT? They’re combination or “bivalent” shots that contain half the origi nal vaccine that’s been used since December 2020 and half protection against today’s domi nant omicron versions, BA.4 and BA.5. It’s the first update to COVID-19 vaccines ever cleared by the Food and Drug Ad ministration. WHO’S ELIGIBLE? Updated shots made by Pfizer and its part ner BioNTech are au thorized for anyone 12 and older, and rival Moderna’s version is for adults. They’re to be used as a booster for anyone who’s already had their primary vac cination series — using shots from any U.S.cleared company — and regardless of how many boosters they’ve already gotten.

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It’s still important to get vaccinated even if you’ve already been in fected -- but timing mat ters here, too. The CDC has long told people to defer vaccina tion until they’ve recov ered but also that people may consider waiting for three months after recovering to get a vac cination. And several CDC advisers say wait ing the three months is important, both for potentially more bene fit from the shot and to reduce chances of a rare side effect, heart inflam mation, that sometimes affects teen boys and young men.

No. The FDA set the minimum wait time at two months. But advis ers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it’s bet ter to wait longer. Some advise at least three months, another said someone who’s not at high risk might wait as long as six months.

HOW MUCH BENE FIT WILL THE NEW BOOSTERS OFFER? That’s not clear, be cause tests of this exact recipe have only just be gun in people. The FDA cleared the new boosters based in large part on human studies of a similarly tweaked vaccine that’s just been recommended by regulators in Europe. Those tweaked shots target an earlier omi cron strain, BA.1, that circulated last winter, and studies found they revved up people’s vi rus-fighting antibodies. With that earlier omicron version now replaced by BA.4 and BA.5, the FDA ordered an additional tweak to the shots — and tests in mice showed they spark an equally good immune response.There’s no way to know if antibodies produced by an omi cron-matched booster might last longer than a few months. But a booster also is supposed to strengthen immune system memory, adding to protection against serious illness from the ever-mutating virus.

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CAN I GET A NEW COVID-19 BOOSTER AND A FLU SHOT AT THE SAME TIME? Yes, one in each arm. WHAT IF I WANT TO WAIT? People at high risk from COVID-19 are en couraged to get the new booster when they’re due. After all, BA.5 still is spreading widely and hospitalization rates in older adults have in creased since spring. Most Americans eligi ble for an updated boost er have gone at least six months since their last shot, according to the CDC — plenty of time that another shot should trigger a good immune response.Butthe original for mula still offers good protection against se vere illness and death, especially after that all-important first boost er. So it’s not uncommon for younger and healthi er people to time boost ers to take advantage of a shot’s temporary jump in protection against even a mild infection, like Wherry did. A healthy 51-year-old, Wherry said he post poned the second boost er recommended for his age for seven months, until late summer -- just before an international trip that he knew would increase his risk from unmasked crowds. With the updated boosters now rolling out, he plans to evaluate in four or five months — when presumably his antibody level starts waning and he’s plan ning holiday gather ings, whether he’d bene fit from another shot. you get a new COVID booster? If so, when?

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The Iola High School tennis team earned four victories at its home invitational meet with Columbus and Independence Thursday afternoon.The day began with the no. 1 singles matchup of Iola’s Keira Fawson defeating Columbus’ Liz Welch and falling to Independence’s Alex Rodriguez in her second match.Iola’s Rebekah Coltrane went up against Columbus’ Brooklyn Lima in no. 2 singles action. Coltrane secured the victory before falling to Independence’s Jade Umlauf.

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FREDONIA — The Humboldt Cubs football team hit the road and held off Fredonia for its ﬁrst win of the season Thursday, 20-12. Humboldt spotted Fredonia an early touchdown but responded quickly. Kreed Jones scored on a 16-yard touchdown rush, before quarterback Ty Shaughnessy found receiver Broc Ivy open for a 29-yard touchdown.

The Iola Middle School football teams began their seasons on high notes Thursday. 7th Grade The seventh-grade Mustangs took care of Osawatomie in a 38-0 blowout which saw the Mustangs score 24 points in the opening quarter. The second quarter was an eight-point score for Iola. The Mustangs tacked on a touchdown in the third quarter to finish off the scoring. “The boys played well tonight on their first outing,” Iola head coach Scott Ellis said. “The backfield of Reed Clift, Reginald Davis III and Kevon Loving ran hard and made some big plays for us. Our defense shut them out, which is all you can ask for. I am proud of our start and hope to continue to get better.”On the Mustangs offensive side of the ball, Davis rushed in for three touchdowns while gaining 128 yards on the ground. Loving also added 70 rushing yards while Noah Anderson went for 14 yards and Clift had eight rushing yards. Clift, Iola’s quarterback, tossed for 52 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown to Davis.On the defensive side of the ball, Davis collected eight tackles followed by Rohan Springer’s five and Clift’s four. Clift and Springer also scooped up fumbles. 8th Grade After the seventh grade took it to Osawatomie in the first game, the eighth grade didn’t show any signs of slowing down, taking a 44-0 victory. Iola broke open the game with a 28-point second quarter.“Itwas a great start for our eighth-graders as well,” Ellis said. “Oz had a good team and played well at the start but ran out of steam, which I credit to our guys’ relentless effort. Our defense played tough. We gave up a couple big plays, but the kids kept their heads up and kept fighting.”All of Iola’s touchdowns came on the ground. Kale Pratt took in three scores, while Jase Hermann and Broderick Peters also toted the rock for touchdowns. Pratt led the way with 197 yards.Peters followed suit, rushing for 55 yards, while Herrmann carried the ball for 51 yards and one touchdown.

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The first no. 1 doubles matchup of the day pitted Iola’s Genevive Ward and Kennedy Maier against Columbus’ Macee Allison and Meagan Hosier. Ward and Maier were able to secure the victory but fell later in the duo’s second match to Independence’s Jordan Wilson and Kaylea Goad. Finally, the no. 2 doubles team of Molly Riebel and Melanie Palmer took down Columbus’ Chloe Ash and Georgia Messer. The duo fell to Independence’s Ava Gustin and Kenna Romine. “As a team, we did really well,” Iola head coach Chris Belknap said. “This was the first year we played both our varsity and JV players at our home meet, mostly due to having a full team for the first time. Keira Fawson’s serve was on fire. I was hearing comments from multiple people about how she was serving.”Independence took home first place, securing eight victories, followed by Iola’s four wins. Columbus was winless.

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By halftime, Humboldt led,After14-6. a scoreless third quarter, Fredonia struck with a touchdown to make it a 14-12 ballgame to open the fourth.Humboldt found the end zone again on a Remington Strickler 58-yard touchdown rush.Fredonia got into the end zone two more times, but both would-be touchdowns were called back due to penalties.The Humboldt defense stood up from there and sealed the victory. Kage Daniels recorded three sacks and a forced fumble. Strickler collected one sack and a number of tackles. Shaughnessy also picked off a pair of FredoniaHumboldtpasses. travels to Galesburg next Thursday.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas added an additional year to football coach Lance Leipold’s contract Thursday that will keep him on the sideline through the 2027 season, a reward for a twowin ﬁrst year that raised hopes for a long-awaited turnaround.Leipoldwas hired last year, shortly after the Jayhawks parted with Les Miles following a winless season and amid sexual harassment allegations from his time at LSU. And despite never having an opportunity to put together a full recruiting class or working with his team in spring football, Leipold’s progress was evident in a late-season upset of Leipold’sTexas. original contract was a $16.5 million, six-year pact that paid him $2.2 million in its initial season with annual $200,000 increases. He also would earn $50,000 for ﬁnishing in the Top 25, earning Big 12 coach of the year or winning seven regular-season games; $75,000 for reaching a certain academic benchmark; $100,000 for qualifying for a bowl game; and $500,000 if See KU |See

The next fastest runner was sophomore Cole Moyer who finished with a time of 19:18 to finish in 10th on his birthday.Senior Kaster Trabuc ran a time of 19:54 and finished 18th. Senior Travis Wanker ran to the tune of a 21-minute time to place 36th while freshman Brennan Coffield finished with a time mark of 21:55 to finish 42nd. “Kaster is a runner who has always run with some grit and strong finishes, and he continued that last night,” said Iola head coach Brit Daugharthy. “Travis had a goal for a time to beat, and he was able to do that. This was Brennan’s first time running varsity and wow! He had a great time for his first competitive 5k.” The lone other varsity runner to compete at Anderson County was freshman Alejandro Escalante who ran a time of 22:58 to finish at 50th “Thisplace.was a great time for his first 5k of the year,” Daugharthy said. “With Brennan and Alejandro being new additions to our varsity team, I know they will continue to grow and improve.”Another newcomer is freshman Jayden Silvey, who competed at the beginners race. He placed fifth in the 2-mile beginners race with a time of 16:46. Sophomore Griffin Westervelt ran in the JV meet and finished the 5K with a time of 26:57 for“The30th.beginners race is a great opportunity for those who are new to the sport to get used to it with a shortened race of 2 miles versus the K,” said Daugharthy. “Griffin was able to make a big improvement on his race from just a year ago.” In the middle school ranks, the eighth-grade runners included Keegan Hill and Josh Wanker. Hill finished in 10th at 14:30; Wanker ran a time of 17:47 to finish 33rd. “This is Keegan’s first year running cross country and Josh’s second year,” Daugharthy said. “Josh had a huge improvement on his time from last year. Both of these guys have been pushing themselves at practice and it paid off tonight.” A pair of seventh-grade runners to compete were Mosiah Fawson, who finished his 2-mile trek in 17:29 for 23rd, and Cameron Palmer, who had a time of 23:44 for 43rd place. Both runners were running in their first ever cross country meet on a hot and sunny day.

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The Iola Register Iola’s Keira Fawson on Thursday. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT GARNETT — The Iola High cross country team began its season at the Anderson County Invitational Thursday.Thevarsity boys came in second overall, with runners placing all over the board. The best time of the day went to senior Mustang Jesse Taylor, who took seventh in 18 minutes, 51 seconds.

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MORAN — Mar maton Valley Junior High’s football team gave the scoreboard operator a good work out severalScharff,thekeepthiscontinuedisplayed.thusiasmturnoversnotavoidingdownfieldthisaUhlrichwell,”weeksomecampaign.94-78,ingsingleworthpackedTheThursday.Wildcatsaseason’sofscoresintoacontest,defeatvisitingSt.Paul,toopenthe2022“TheteamfacedadversitythisandhandleditheadcoachDansaid.“Wehadlotofpositivesfromgame,likeourblocking,penalties,havingoffensiveandtheentheathletesWehopetodisplayingenthusiasmandimproving.”UhlrichlaudedplayofCooperwhoranintouchdowns,

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MORAN — Mar maton Valley Junior High’s volleyball team wrapped up a success ful night on the court Thursday, sweeping visiting St. Paul in A, B and C team matches. “We are so proud of the effort from each player on every team,” head coach Brenda Mills said. “Teamwork was key. Our teams cameThetogether.”Ateam won a three-set thriller, 25-22, 22-25 and 15-11. “The A team made several awesome saves and hits,” Mills said. Emma Michael led the way with seven points, followed by Taylen Blevins with six, Jae Beachner with five, Alayna and Layla Cook with four each and Ad disyn Drake with three. The Wildcat B team rolled to a 25-16 and 25-5 win. Andie Carr poured in 16 points, followed by Mahala Burris with 13, Evva Sander with three and Adisyn Pirtchard and Reagan Marshall with one each. Like with the A team, the B team match was filled with several clutch saves and hits, MillsThesaid.Cteam made it a clean sweep with a 25-14 win. Marshall scored six points, Harlie Cook four, Bella Winner three and Myleigh Eslick two. “Our plan is to keep working hard every practice, so we can im prove as our season pro gresses,” Mills said. Marmaton Valley re turns to action Thurs day at Yates Center.

Valley travels to Yates Center next Thursday, which will offer a challenge, he said, “Yates Cen ter does things much differently than most teams, so we will need to really focus on a short week.”

Bella Sneed moves to block a St Paul player for Marmaton Valley Junior High Thursday. MVHS/KAIT LYN DRAKE

Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Hunter Berntsen blocks a St. Paul player Thurs day. MVHS/TAYVEN SUTTON

MVHS/KIER STEN SANDER ATLANTA (AP) — Rookie Spencer Strider set an At lanta record with 16 strikeouts while allowing two hits in eight innings to lead the Braves to a 3-0 win over the Colora do Rockies on Thurs dayStridernight. fanned his last two batters with two runners on base in the eighth — with his fastball still hit ting 98 mph — to complete his master ful 106-pitch outing. Austin Riley and rookie Michael Har ris II hit solo home runs for StriderAtlanta.threwonly 42 pitches threw his first four innings, setting a pace that al lowed him to log his longest career start. He did not walk a batter.Hall of Famer John Smoltz held the previous Atlanta re cord with 15 strikeouts against the New York Mets on April 10, 2005 and against Montreal on May 24, Kenley1992.Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for his 31st save in 36 chances. The Braves won two of three against Colora do and remained three games behind the NL East-leading New York Mets.

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lossed a long scoring strike to Kaden McVey and recovered a fumble. Chris McVey added a fumble recovery. “The offensive line blocked very well,” Uhl rich said. “Dagen Bar ney, Mason Ferguson, Kaden McVey, Bella Sneed, Hunter Doolit tle, Chris McVey and Brady Burton really did a nice job of block ing that led to many big scores.”Barney added a twopoint conversion on of fense and a number of key sacks on defense. Still, allowing 78 points shows there’s room for improvement, he“Wecontinued.willneed to be come more fundamen tal tacklers,” Uhlrich said. “We will continue to work on our condi tioning.“Itwas a very nice start to the year,” Uhl richMarmatonsaid.

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Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Mahala Burris re ceives a serve from St. Paul in a C team game Thurs day. MVHS/MADISON ROBERTSON

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He pulled out of the Xfinity event Sat urday at Darlington due to continuing soreness in his neck, ribs and back.“It feels like I got beat up in a bar and someone was kicking me in the ribs while I was on the ground,” Hamlin said of the wreck Thursday. “The whole right side, it just felt smashed.” The issue of driver safety has taken center stage since Kurt Bus ch’s qualifying crash at Pocono. He suffered a concussion and missed the final six regular-sea sonBusch’sraces. condition led him to surrender his playoff spot, and his 23XI co-owner Hamlin is unsure when he will re turn. Hamlin said Bus ch had “plateaued” in his“Herecovery.gotto about 80% (recovered) and stayed there,” Hamlin said. “I think the rest is going to take a little bit of time.” The Next Gen car was rolled out this season to provide a durable, competitive car that can hold down costs and bring more excitement to the track by looking like something consum ers could buy at a deal ership. It has certainly brought parity with 16 winners this year, including first-timers Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez. Still, the buzz among the haulers and in team meetings is the average hits and accompanying pain don’t feel so aver age“Itanymore.seemslike a recur ring topic,” said Chase Elliott, the 2020 Cup Series champion and top playoff seed. “And I don’t necessarily think that’s something every body is just making up, right?”More evidence came in Hamlin’s radio ex change with his team moments after the acci dent. He is heard moan ing, telling them he “hurts” preceded by an expletive.“Certainly, from my standpoint body-wise, it took a much harder hit than what I’ve had in the past in any other wreck,” Hamlin said. NASCAR’s ongoing crash analysis agrees with drivers: The hits are harder than in the past.“We’ve heard similar things about their expe riences in the car that it crashes harder or the crashes are worst,” said Dr. John Patalak, man aging director of safety engineering.“Thereally short an swer is yes, the drivers are experiencing more severe crashes than in the past,” he continued. “But there’s more to it thanPatalakthat.” said analy sis shows some drivers at high speeds are hit ting the wall at steeper angles. While cars in the past would hit at angles of about 14 to 16 degrees, some Next Gen crashes are registering in the high teens or low 20s.“When you look at it on paper, you think, ‘Well, what’s the big deal, 14’s really close to 19?’” he said. “But it’s a massive difference with the amount of energy that’s going into the wall, not parallel to it.” Two-time series champ Kyle Busch is skeptical. “The wrecks don’t look as bad be cause the drivers are carrying the brunt of it and the car isn’t,” the Joe Gibbs racer said. There’s more work ahead on safety con cerns, but Elliott be lieves NASCAR is pay ing“Youattention.never want to take a step backward,” Elliott said. “It’s been great conversations (with NASCAR) and I think it will end up making a difference.” The car, Patalak said, was never designed as a final draft. There al ready have been mod ifications in the safety foam surrounding the driver’s head. More ana lytics could lead to addi tional“Therechanges.are certain solutions that can’t be implemented immedi ately,” he said. “There are other solutions that can.”That likely means in creased costs for finan cially conscious race teams, according to 2017 NASCAR champion Joey“Here’sLogano.the bottom line, safety is expen sive,” he said. “I hate saying that, but it’s true.”Logano, too, has felt the hits more this sea son than others. He and others have said the car is too rigid. But it’s not all bad. “In some ways, it’s safer than the old car,” he Loganosaid.is confident the car won’t cave in on the cockpit on a signifi cant accident or rollover crash. “It’s the everyday hits that are more se vere than they used to be,” he said. “It depends on how you want to look at it.”

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KU: extends Leipold contract

By HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press A Serena Williams painting.

There was a single pass play in the game which saw Austin Crooks connect with Pratt downﬁeld for a 19-yard“Kalegain.Pratt led offensively and defensively for us,” Ellis said. “He played a heck of a game on both sides of the ﬁeld. But all around, it was a group effort. I’m very proud of our start.”Pratt also led the way on defense making 13 tackles while Beau Erickson and Eud Nicholas each collected four. Crooks grabbed the only interception of the day and Gabriel Robertson picked up a fumble recovery.

Continued from B1 a national title. “This is a statement about our exceptional confidence in Lance, his outstanding staff and the unlimited potential of Kansas football,” said Jayhawks athletic director Travis Goff, who was hired shortly before he chose Leipold as his coach.“When you consider he and his staff did not arrive until May (2021), and therefore did not have a chance to coach our guys until August last year, the 2021 season could be considered ‘Year 0,’” Goff explained. “Given the progress that’s been made both on and off the field in such short order, I could not feel more strongly about the trajectory of this program.”Kansas opens this season Friday night against Tennessee Tech. Leipold was a popular pick among Kansas fans because of his Midwest pedigree, smalltown roots and ability to build a program. He won six Division III national championships in eight seasons at Wisconsin-Whitewater, then proved he could win at the Division I level when he spent three years rebuilding Buffalo, followed by three straight bowlAlonggames.with upsetting the Longhorns last season, the Jayhawks put a scare into Oklahoma and lost one-possession games to TCU and West Virginia — further evidence that the culture Leipold was trying to build had taken root. Earlier this week, Leipold showed his affinity for the Jayhawks by announcing an endowment fund established along with his wife to provide financial support for an on-field graduate assistant for the football program. “It shows, I think, our commitment and our appreciation,” Leipold said. “We’re going to need a lot from everybody and you have to do it yourself sometimes. We’ve tried to do certain things at each stop because we think it’s important. The timing of the year, that didn’t play a part in our thought process at all. We’re just happy we could do it.”

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you looked up to before you turned pro yourself, someone you admire to this day. “Oh, it factors in a lot. When I was young, I knew I had to beat members of a certain generation to move up. And Serena’s always been the one to beat,” said Billie Jean King, the Hall of Famer who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles in the 1960s and 1970s, plus another 27 in women’s doubles and mixed doubles. “It can work in your favor if you thrive on playing the best player ever and you know it’ll help your career if you win,” King said in a telephone interview Thursday. “But the other side of the coin is, ‘Oh, no! I have to play her?’ And with the crowd, the history, you really have to try to embrace the situation and the occasion.” That certainly is not easy.Especially when Williams is playing as well as she did against Kontaveit, particularly in the moments that mattered the most in the 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 victory — the first-set tiebreaker and the third “Well,”set.Williams said with a laugh, “I’m a pretty good player.” Sure is. And her opponents sure know it, of course. Back when Williams and her older sister Venus — who lost in the first round of doubles together Thursday night — were swapping the No. 1 ranking the way other siblings might share clothing and meeting each other in nine all-in-the-family finals at Grand Slam tournaments, they often took the court with something of an advantage that went beyond their considerable talents.Some other players were simply in awe. So even though Williams plays less, and wins less, nowadays than she used to in her heyday — her 2022 record was 1-3 before this week — listen to what Kovinic had to say about learning she was drawn to face the American at Flushing Meadows: “I was happy. I won’t lie. I’m honored to play against her, never mind whether I win or lose. It’s a privilege to share the court with Serena.”Howdid that go? Williams won 6-3, 6-3. Here is what Kontaveit’s thoughts were when her matchup against Williams was assured: “I’m really excited. I was really rooting for her to (advance to the second round). I’ve never played against her. I mean, this is the last chance. Better late than never.”Kovinic and the 46thranked Tomljanovic expressed similar sentiments.Jessica Pegula, a 28-year-old American who is seeded No. 8 in New York and won Thursday to reach the third round, played Williams once, losing to her in the final of a tournament at Auckland, New Zealand, in January 2020. “I knew it was a big moment. ... I felt OK, but then once we started playing and you could kind of feel her power — and feel her hitting a winner, coming at you, serving — I think that’s when you’re like,

all-important guaranteed portion of his contract, Wilson comes in with the third-most lucrative deal in the NFL, behind Deshaun Watson’s fully guaranteed $230 million deal with Cleveland and the $189.5 million in guarantees that Kyler Murray received in his five-year, $230.5 million deal with Wilson’sArizona.decision to take less will presumably affect Lamar Jackson’s negotiations with the Baltimore Ravens on a contract extension and could have ripple effects when rising stars Justin Herbert and Joe Burrow come up for new deals in the years ahead. “I had such an amazing first decade of my career, and the next decade I’m really excited about,” Wilson said. “To me, what it was really about was being able to win championships and being able to have enough space in the salary cap so George can make his magic ... “We want to make this a destination location. We have an amazing tradition, amazing football team, we have a lot of amazing new faces” in the owner’s suites and front office. “These are world class visionaries and world class executors and winners. At the end of the day, you want to be surrounded by that. And what’s important, too, is making sure you surround yourself with amazing players.” Wilson’s new deal comes three weeks after the league approved the $4.65 billion sale of the team to the Walton-Penner ownership group that represented the largest amount ever paid for a professional sports franchise anywhere in the world. Led by Walmart heir Rob Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and son-in-law Greg Penner, it’s by far the wealthiest ownership group in the NFL. “I’ve worked closely on this over the last three weeks,” Paton said. “And Greg rolled up his sleeves and he was a big help: his support, his communication, his responsiveness and, of course, the resources were instrumental into us getting this deal done.” Penner called Wilson “a dynamic leader whose positive impact is felt throughout our entire team and community. Our organization is fully committed to winning and competing for Super Bowls with Russell as a Bronco for many years to Wilson, Broncos deal

Continued from A1 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Russell Wilson’s five-year, $245 million extension includes a $50 million signing bonus, $77 million in the first eight months and a whopping $165 million in guarantees — all before he takes his first snap for the Denver Broncos.Wilson left money on the table, however, declining to reset the NFL’s Bay.yearlionhisonmillioneragetookaroundasmanagertoinoneinIt’ssonthroughcontractWilson,reallywehowaboutsaidnecessarily,”allyquarterbackstratosphericmarket.“Forme,itwasn’tre-abouthowmuch,WilsonThursday.“Itwashowmany—manySuperBowlswin.Andthatwasthefocus.”Theextensionkeeps33,underinDenverthe2028sea-for$296million.thebiggestcontractBroncoshistoryandofthelargestevertheNFL.Wilsondidn’twanthandicapgeneralGeorgePatonhebuildshisrosterhim.So,he$49milliononav-innewmoney,$1lessthanAar-Rodgersdidwithfour-year,$200mil-dealearlierthistostayinGreenIntermsofthe

Williams facing admirers

NEW YORK (AP) — The next woman who must deal with the daunting task of playing Serena Williams at the U.S. Open, Ajla Tomljanovic, considers herself an admirer of the 23-time Grand Slam champion.“I’vebeen a Serena fan,” Tomljanovic said, “since I was a Tomljanovic,kid.”an Australian who is 29, will face Williams, who turns 41 next month, for the ﬁrst time on Friday night — in front of what is sure to be another exuberant and partisan full house — in the third round at Arthur Ashe“SheStadium.kindof has that aura, like Roger (Federer), Rafa (Nadal), and deservedly so,” Tomljanovic said. “I always get happy when she says ‘Hi’ to oh-so-familiar,onetohurt.reer,tournamentpectedcontestsliams27.Dankaﬁer26.AnettWednesday,theerOpenmatchfromneveroverphies.liamswatchingTomljanovicme.”recalledonTVasWil-wonmajortro-Alsotuningintheyears—butacrossthenetWilliamsinauntilthisU.S.—wastheplay-WilliamsbeatinsecondroundonNo.2seedKontaveit,who’sSamefortheplay-WilliamsbeatintherstroundonMonday,Kovinic,who’sThisisnotwhyWil-iswinningtheseinwhatisex-tobethelastofherca-butitsurecan’tMustnotbeeasytrytodefeatsome-whosesuccessissomeone

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He moves the needle. I think the players like him. A lot of fans like him. There’s a lot of talk about him. He’s an in credible“Almosttalent.all athletes have that fear of failure, and the question is not whether or not you have that. It’s how you han dle it. Can you go out there and consistently give the effort that’s ex pected of a professional athlete who’s getting re warded handsomely for their services? That’s the only issue that I’ve had with Nick over the years. I tried to model myself after [Jimmy] Connors, giving that type of effort. How hard did I try? Did I give it my best? And I think for the most part I feel like I did that, and I feel too often Nick just mails it in. And that’s just not good for him or good for the sport.”Pushed by his father, John, who was his man ager and billed him by the hour for those ser vices, McEnroe grew up in a family of per fectionists. By his count he has seen 37 psychol ogists and psychiatrists “through court orders and my own free will” in a quest to understand himself and his behav ior.He jammed with the Rolling Stones, partied at Studio 54 with rival Vitas Gerulaitis and dabbled in recreational drugs and harder stuff, which contributed to the bitter and public end of his marriage in 1994 to actress Tatum O’Ne al, the mother of his three oldest children. He knew he was sabo taging his career. But he couldn’t“Thesestop.days, ath letes are doing ayoursoingcizeme,documentary.drugs,”performance-detractingdrugs.formance-enhancingperWeweredoinghesaysinthe“That’s,tothedifference.Critimeifyoulikefordothat.Maybeit’sgoodyoucouldappreciatelifealittlemoreforperiodoftime.”

It’s also a reminder of how badly he some times reacted to living in a strange adult world and the pressures that left him feeling doomed even while he dominat ed the men’s tour. “I think I was right most of the time. That doesn’t mean I went about it in the right way,” he said of his be havior toward officials. “Knock on wood, I feel like I’m in a pretty good place now. The ef fort that I’ve made to get there, that’s been like a roller coaster in a lot of ways, but it’s been a hell of a ride. So I look at it that way and I feel like I’m in a pretty good place in my life right now.”The current bad boy of tennis, Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, differs from McEnroe in one key area: McEnroe al ways played all-out. “Each time he does something I go, ‘Did I do that?’ “ McEnroe said. “I like Nick as a person. I think he’s a smart kid.

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‘A hell of a ride’: Reflections from the original bad boy of tennis

The documentary, which was delayed for COVID-related reasons, has some match footage but is most effective in giving voice to obser vations from McEn roe’s brothers, Patrick and Mark, his former doubles partner Peter Fleming, tennis great Billie Jean King, and Björn Borg, who was McEnroe’s nemesis be fore he became a friend. There’s also an ap pearance from Rolling Stones co-founder and guitarist Keith Rich ards because why not? McEnroe seems truly thoughtful while walk ing the streets near his home in the Doug laston neighborhood of Queens. He’s the typi cal don’t-make-eye-con tact New Yorker when someone recognizes him in Chinatown. The New York scenes work. But director Barney Douglas’ computer-gen erated elements are gimmicky and advanc ing the plot by having McEnroe answer a ring ing phone in a phone booth — apparently the only two phone booths left in New York — feels artificial.McEnroe’s honesty carries the film. Four of his five kids appear on camera, plus Smyth’s daughter from her first marriage. He wanted to be more affectionate with his kids than his father was to him. That could be his most sig nificant feat. “I married a bad boy who turned out to be a really good man,” Smyth says. That was McEnroe’s favorite moment. “I get goosebumps. It’s just a wonderful thing,” said McEnroe, who has homes in New York and Malibu. “Twenty-eight years later it’s nice to feel that I was able to get that second chance. Thankfully I was ma ture enough and smart enough to realize that here was an opportuni ty in front of me that if you blow this, you’re a moron.”Thefilm ends with him embracing Smyth as the sun rises over New York. Complete peace might elude him, but his journey has been compelling, and this documentary tells it well.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal cut him self on the bridge of his nose with his own rack et when it ricocheted off the court on the fol low-through from a shot, leaving himself blood ied and dizzy during his second-round victory at the U.S. Open. Play was delayed for about five minutes during a medical tim eout in the fourth set of what would become a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 win against Fabio Fognini at Arthur Ashe Stadium in a match that began Thursday night and fin ished after midnight on Friday.Itmade for a bizarre, and briefly scary, scene, as Nadal immediately grimaced, dropped his racket, put a palm to his face and then placed both hands on his head. He said at his postmatch news conference he thought right away that he might have bro ken his nose, which kept swelling.Hesaid it was a “shock” when it hap pened and he felt “a lit tle bit out of the world.” Still, Nadal man aged to joke about it all. Asked during his oncourt interview whether he’d ever had that hap pen before, he mustered a chuckle and replied: “With a golf club but not with a tennis racket.” How was he feeling? “Well, just a little bit dizzy at the begin ning,” said Nadal, who has won four of his 22 Grand Slam titles at the U.S. Open, most recently in 2019, the last time he entered the hard-court tournament. “A little bit painful.”

By HELENE ELLIOTT Los Angeles Times Tennis legend John McEnroe is photographed at the Malibu Racquet Club in Malibu, Calif., in 2021. LOS ANGE LES TIMES/ALLEN J. SCHABEN/TNS

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Xfinity bonus photo: Jeremy Clements, driver of the #51 One Stop/ASE Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag under caution to win the Wawa 250 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona Friday. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)

• Length: 1.366 mi (2.198 km) • Capacity: 47,000 • Surface: Asphalt • Opened: 1950. Darlington contractor Harold Brasington attended the Indianapolis 500 in 1933 and dreamed of building a similar track in his hometown.

Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet, which had been damaged in a wreck off Turn 4 on Lap 125—and ended its slide facing backward on pit road—was the first to emerge from the Lap 138 chaos at cautious pace and shortly thereafter was confirmed as the race leader by NASCAR.“Weran into rain in the middle of Turn 1 and just lost it,” Hamlin said of the 13-car pileup. “We had rain down the front. So about 10 seconds before we got into Turn 1, it was raining. I’m sure the fans felt it, and then they watched us all pile in there.” NASCAR opted to wait out the rain, dried the track and lifted the red flag at 3:54 p.m. The resumption didn’t change the winner, but it enabled Blaney to move up the leaderboard past wrecked cars to a 15thplace finish, enough to eliminate eight-place finisher Truex from the Playoff. Cassill ctook fourth, followed by Noah Gragson, as only 10 drivers finished on the lead lap, and only 17 were running at the end. Early in the race, Blaney got a serious scare, as far as his Playoff hopes were concerned. On Lap 31, Blaney’s No. 12 Team Penske Ford was third in line in the bottom lane behind Erik Jones and Denny Hamlin when Jones’ No. 43 Petty GMS Chevrolet got loose and lost momentum off Turn 2. Blaney slammed into the back of Hamlin’s Toyota, turning the No. 11 Camry toward the infield. As the bottom lane compressed, Christopher Bell’s No. 20 Toyota spun behind Blaney, shot across the track and knocked Blaney’s Mustang into the outside wall, severely damaging the right-front quarter of Blaney’s car. The eight-car accident knocked Bell and Brad Keselowski out of the race, denying Keselowski a Playoff spot for the first time since 2013.

Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 BREZTRI Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the weather-delayed Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway Sunday. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

Former Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji, a first-round pick of the Cleveland Cava liers in the 2022 NBA draft, is headed to the Utah Jazz in a blockbuster trade just weeks before the start of preseason training camp. Utah on Thursday trad ed high-scoring shooting guard Donovan Mitchell to Cleveland for Agbaji, Lau ri Markkanen, Collin Sex ton and three unprotected first-round picks, accord ing to ESPN’s Adrian Wo jnarowski.

CUP PLAYOFF 1ST: SOUTHERN 500 Darlington Raceway 6 p.m. ET Sunday, USA • Location: 1301 Harry Byrd Hwy., Darlington, SC • Nicknamed “The Lady in Black” and “The Track Too Tough to Tame.” These two titles provide some indication of the respect and awe NASCAR drivers and fans have for Darlington, the oldest superspeedway hosting Cup events.

Dillon’s victory knocked Martin Truex out of the Playoff and handed the final berth to Ryan Blaney, who finished three points ahead of Truex in the final regularseason standings.

NBA’s Agbaji on the move

Kansas’ Ochai Agbaji throws down a dunk over TCU’s Micah Peaby during a Big 12 Tourament game in Kansas City, Mo. THE KANSAS CITY STAR/ RICH SUGG/TNS

• All postseason drivers point totals reset to 2,000, with their playoff point totals then added in ahead of the three-race Round of 16 that includes Darlington Raceway, Kansas Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway. Any playoff-eligible driver who wins a Round of 16 race is automatically locked into the next round. Following the Bristol race, the drivers with the four lowest point totals (who haven’t won in that round) will be •eliminated.Tostartthe Round of 12, all postseason drivers will see their point totals reset to 3,000, with their playoff point totals then added in ahead of the three-race round that includes Texas Motor Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway and the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. Any playoff-eligible driver who wins a Round of 12 race is automatically locked into the next round. Following the Charlotte race, the drivers with the four lowest point totals (who haven’t won in that round) will be •eliminated.Tostartthe Round of 8, all postseason drivers will see their point totals reset to 4,000, with their playoff point totals then added in ahead of the three-race round that includes Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Martinsville Speedway. Any playoff-eligible driver that wins a Round of 8 race is automatically locked into the Championship 4. Following the Martinsville race, the drivers with the four lowest point totals (who haven’t won in that round) will be •eliminated.TheChampionship 4 will see their point totals reset to 5,000, only playoff points will not be added in and these drivers will not be awarded stage points in the nal race on Nov. 6 at Phoenix. The title winner will be the highest nishing driver among the four Championship-eligible drivers. Since this format was adopted in 2014, the championship winner has also won the nal race.

Fourteen drivers had clinched postseason berths heading into Daytona by virtue of wins, leaving two spots up for grabs. Austin Dillon won and took one spot with Ryan Blaney grabbing the other. The following drivers will compete for the Cup Series Championship over the 10-race playoffs: Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, Kevin Harvick, Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch, Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suárez, Austin Cindric, Alex Bowman, and Austin Dillon.

Cavs have traded draft picks — lottery picks — out of Kansas in the past. In 2014, the Cavs se lected Andrew Wiggins No. 1 then traded him to Min nesota in a deal for Kevin Love and Accordingothers.to SI.com, Sexton, 23, who was still a restricted free agent, is signing a four-year, $72 mil lion fully-guaranteed deal to be included in this trade. Mitchell, 25, has made the All-Star Game three straight seasons.

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Agbaji, a first-team All-American who was the 2022 Big 12 player of the year, will join former KU teammate Udoka Azubui ke in Utah. Azubuike and Agbaji played together in 2018-19 and 2019-20. Agbaji was taken by the Cavaliers with the No. 14 pick in this year’s draft. Azubike was selected by the Jazz with the 27th pick in the 2020 NBA draft. Agbaji and Azubuike will be part of a major re build in Utah. The Jazz also traded Rudy Gobert this offseason. Agbaji aver aged 18.8 points per game for KU in 2021-22, helping the Jayhawks win a nation al Thetitle.

By GARY BEDORE The Kansas City Star

With a huge assist from Richard Childress Racing teammate Tyler Reddick after a rain delay of more than three hours, Austin Dillon forced his way into the Cup Series Playoff and broke Martin Truex Jr.’s heart. Dillon’s victory in Sunday’s rain-delayed Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway—his first of the season and his second at the track—needed the convergence of several different circumstances to fall into place. After avoiding serious damage in a wreck off Turn 4 on lap 125, Dillon survived a subsequent 13-car melee in Turn 1 and took the lead before rain halted the race. After a red-flag period of 3 hours, 19 minutes, 57 seconds, Dillon fell behind 2022 Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric and trailed him from the restart on Lap 145 of 160 until he made the race-winning move on Lap 158. As the cars reached Turn 1, Dillon tapped Cindric’s No. 2 Team Penske Ford, and the Chevrolets of Dillon, Reddick and Landon Cassill moved past as Cindric made a magnificent save on the apron. Reddick, the race runner-up, closed up to the bumper of Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet and drafted with his teammate to the finish line, holding off a last-ditch run from Cindric, who finished third, just .140 seconds behind the winner.“There was a lot going on there. I knew that if we got to the white (final lap), I was afraid somebody would—if I waited too long, I was afraid somebody would wreck behind us, so I wanted to go ahead and get the lead. We were able to get it. “I had a big run to him, and then I had my teammate, the 8 (Reddick), back there. I knew we were in good shape there to the end. He did a good job checking up any kind of run. Just a little too much push there and got him (Cindric) loose.”Cindric said the bump was fair game, give what was on the line for Dillon. “I think that’s fair game any race of the season, but that meant a lot for him to win that race,” Cindric told Fox Sports. “I feel like he got the run too late, and then he hit me straight on the entry to the corner. Just glad I saved it, glad I got a shot to still come back up through the field—but I hate losing.” Dillon’s victory knocked Truex out of the Playoff and handed the final berth to Ryan Blaney, who finished three points ahead of Truex in the final regular-season standings. When heavy rain stopped the action 21 laps from the finish, it looked as if Dillon might be awarded the victory. As the cars sped toward Turn 1 on Lap 138, a sudden rain began to fall. The cars of Justin Haley, Daniel Hemric and Denny Hamlin broke loose at the front of the field, and the cars behind them were unable to stop on the slick asphalt and plowed into the wreck.