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Still no answers in Iowa for Dems DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new mobile app was supposed to help Democratic officials quickly gather information from some 1,700 caucus sites throughout Iowa.

Instead, it’s being blamed for delays that left the results unknown the morning after the first-in-the nation nominating contest.

Glitches with a new mobile app Monday caused confusion, and some caucus organizers were forced to call in results for the state party to record manually, introducing delays and the possibility of human error. Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price said the delays were not the result of a hack or intrusion.

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Molly McEwan and her boyfriend, Tyson Carpenter, pose for a picture while on holiday in the Philippines. Both work as teachers in China. COURTESY PHOTO

Keeping virus in perspective MV grad preaches calm amid coronavirus scare

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

A Moran woman, who will be returning to China next week for her job as a teacher, said she isn’t worried about a new virus that has restricted travel to and from the country.

Molly McEwan teaches English and art in Cixi, a suburb of Ningbo, China, in the north Zhejiang province in eastern China. The population is about 1.5 million, but in China, that’s consid-

ered a relatively small village.

“It’s very quiet and cozy with no tall buildings,” Molly said.

Even so, its population density is a stark contrast to Allen County’s total population of 12,444.

The numbers of those affected by the coronavirus continue to rise. The latest estimates are that 20,500 people have become infected and the death toll is 425, with nearly all fatalities confined to China.

While that seems like a lot of people, it’s a tiny fraction of China’s 1.386 billion population, McEwan said.

She is concerned recent media attention is overlooking key details about the illness, though she agrees it is good to be cautious.

Those who have died from the virus tend to have underlying factors such as old age or other health issues.

And the U.S.’s Centers for Disease and Control estimates that so far this season there have been at least 19 million influenza illnesses, in general, with 180,000 hospitalizations and 10,000 resultant deaths.

“All that said, this new disease is very concerning and shouldn’t be taken lightly, especially because all of this happened with unfortunate timing: right before the Chinese New Year celebrations,” McEwan said.

“Almost all of China travels outside the country or to their hometowns during this holiday, and that was a huge contribution to its fast spreading.”

McEwan was among those who left the country during the holiday season. She and her boyfriend, Tyson Carpenter from Dodge City, are currently visiting the Philippines. They’re keeping in close contact with friends and fellow teachers in China. They’ve heard Chinese citizens are being turned away from customs and unable to enter other countries when traveling. Many flights to and from China have been canceled.

“When we arrived at customs and immigration in Manila, we had to walk through a body heat scanner, which was checking everyone’s temperature,” she said.

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Rising revenues fuel GOP anger over income taxes

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

Jerry Wallis, right, was sworn in as Moran mayor Monday at the Moran City Council meeting.

From far left is Kenneth Kale, appointed to fill Wallis’s unexpired Council term and Council members Corky Lynes and Jim Mueller. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Moran mayor back for another round

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

MORAN — Jerry Wallis is back in the saddle again.

Wallis was sworn in Monday as Moran mayor, the third time he’s assumed the title.

Wallis was elected to the seat in November, replacing outgoing Philip Merkel, who declined to run again.

Wallis has also served

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three terms on the Moran City Council.

In all, Wallis has served as either councilman or mayor for 28 of the past 40 years.

Wallis was unable to attend the January Council meeting.

His first official duty was to nominate Kenneth Kale as his replacement on the Council, which was quickly confirmed by the other Council members.

COUNCIL members voted to proceed with condemnation of a dilapidated house at 203 S. Elm St. The owners had notified city officials that they’d cleared their belongings from the structure.

Bruce Jackson, meanwhile, was given an additional 60 days to continue with his work to remove an old See MORAN | Page A3

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has collected more tax revenue than expected almost every month for more than two years, and Republicans are growing increasingly angry that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly still insists that the state can’t afford income tax cuts favored by the GOP-controlled Legislature.

The state Department of Revenue reported Monday that tax collections in January were nearly $60 million more than anticipated, a 9% surplus for the month. Since the current budget year began in July, tax collections have run nearly $111 million more than expectations —

and that’s after state officials and economists boosted revenue projections in November.

Kansas has seen tax collections beat expectations 31 of the past 32 months, dating back to June 2017, even as expectations have risen. Top Republicans believe a key reason is that some individuals and businesses are paying more in state income taxes because of changes in the See REVENUES | Page A3

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Nancy Frocks needed Paging Nancy Frock.

The Iola Public Library is looking for Nancy Frock dresses for a local history program on H. L. Miller and Son at 7 p.m. Feb. 11.

For more than 60 years the dress factory sold women’s clothing nationwide and employed hundreds of Allen Countians, mostly women.

It started in the 1930s with a good print dress selling for $1 and expanded with career-wear as times changed. But the mainstay was that simple cotton dress labeled “A Nancy Frock Made to Wear Anywhere.”

The dress was a staple in many wardrobes. The library would like to display examples. Anyone who has one is invited to bring it to the program or to call the library at 620-365-3262.

Factory owners Ed and Betty Miller and former employees will recount this chapter of local history.

Beer can helps locate lost dog BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida brewery that recently began placing shelter dogs’ faces on beer cans helped reunite a Minnesota woman with her dog, Hazel, who went missing three years ago.

Earlier this month, Motorworks Brewing in Bradenton teamed up with the Manatee County Animal Shelter to turn beer cans into adoption flyers for shelter dogs. Monica Mathis of St. Paul, Minnesota, told KSTP that she couldn’t believe it when she spotted Hazel’s face on a beer can that had been photographed and posted on social media.

Hazel, a terrier mix, was among the dogs featured on beer cans called “The Four Packs.”

Mathis saw the post

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return to China Sunday.

She’s not worried about encountering travel restrictions through the rest of their trip or upon their return to China.

So far, they haven’t faced any problems.

“But I am concerned about being in four airports and possibly a train station to get back home. That’s a lot of people to come into contact with,” she said.

Her friends in China report the city “is like a ghost town.”

“A lot of stores are closed. Public transportation is either shut down completely or running but deserted,” she said. “They also say that the government is closely monitoring Chinese communications apps in attempts to track down the source of rumors emerging.”

MOLLY never imagined she would have an opportunity to visit China, let alone live and work there.

Her first trip came through the University of Kansas, as part of a monthlong ceramics workshop in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Tyson was finishing his first year as a teacher in Ningbo at the time. Molly didn’t consider becoming a teacher until she visited him a year later. At that time, she was finishing her postbaccalaureate study at Southern Illinois University and started to consider her options after talking to someone who taught art in English in China.

“I began to search and think maybe I would do this crazy thing. When I found an art teaching position, I jumped on it!”

Last year, she moved to Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, just southwest of Shanghai.

“The city is beautiful, but having grown up in Allen County, it was too big, too loud, and almost entirely without birds or sunsets,” she said. “While I loved my life there, I was a bit lonely and ached for some sense of my home and nature.”

She and Tyson found a school in Ningbo and moved

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and something about one dog’s eyes caught her attention.

“Oh my gosh that looks like my dog, I think that’s my dog,’” Mathis said. But the featured dog’s name was Day Day. Mathis contacted the shelter, which needed proof that Day Day was in fact Hazel.

“I sent everything I could find — all the pictures so I could stop an adoption process from happening because I could’ve lost her again,” Mathis said.

Mathis said she was living in Iowa when Ha-

zel disappeared in 2017.

“She was on a leash outside and I went to get her and she was gone from our yard,” Mathis said. She searched, called shelters, but never found the dog.

She said she has no idea how the dog got to Florida.

Then, a new job took her to Minnesota. Several years went by until she saw the beer can campaign on Jan. 24.

The shelter confirmed that Day Day is Hazel.

“I was amazed, I was crying. An emotional wreck,” Mathis said.

Colony church COLONY — Larry Wittmer gave the Communion Meditation Sunday at Colony Christian Church, on “We Were Created For Victory.”

Just like with the Super Bowl, there is a certainty that someone will win, and fans are convinced theirs is the winning team. In Jesus’ final moments, all appeared lost, fans gave up hope and deserted him, never expecting a miracle.

Choose Jesus, choose victory. — Hebrews 11 Pastor Chase Riebel gave the sermon titled “We Believe in the Bible.” We believe God inspired the scriptures, and they are without error. The wisdom of the scriptures came directly from God through the Holy Spirit. We are called to share this wisdom with everyone. In 2

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Peter 1:12-21, Peter says he will remind us over and over again, that way the scriptures get deep into our minds. The writers of the scriptures had no special training. God made them bold in proclaiming the word.

We must do the same.

(Ref: 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:12-21, 1 Corinthians 2:13, Hebrews 6:18, John 1:4, Acts 4, Revelation 22:8, Mark 16:15, Romans 5:3-4) Hear this sermon in its entirety at http:// www.colonychristianchurch.orug.

Men’s Bible study is at 7 a.m. Tuesdays at the Church. Women’s Bible study is at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the CrossRoads. Wednesday night Bible study and youth groups meet at 7 o’clock. The Bible study is at the CrossRoads and youth group at the church.

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Molly McEwan and her boyfriend, Tyson Carpenter, work as teachers in China.

Molly is the daughter of Mike and Kathy McEwan of Moran. COURTESY PHOTO there last spring. She teaches English to grade one students, and also teaches art in English to grades two and three.

Tyson teaches two grade three classes.

“We really love this school environment and the people who run it are

very kind,” she said.

The experience has taught her a lot about patience and the ability to appreciate the small things in life.

“China doesn’t really operate with a set schedule or calendar. Even our school holidays can

change. We can never know everything, we just make the best of what we can,” she said.

“The most I’ve learned is to step back, have some perspective, and try to see the big picture of what’s really important.”

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federal tax code at the end of 2017.

Kelly vetoed two GOP bills cutting income taxes last year, and she’s still urging lawmakers to hold off on making any changes in income tax laws this year. GOP lawmakers argue that she’s allowed an unlegislated tax increase.

“It’s obscene,” said Senate Vice President Jeff Longbine, a Republican from Emporia who serves on his chamber’s tax committee.

The extra dollars pour into the treasury and bulk up the state’s cash reserves unless lawmakers and the governor decide this spring to spend them.

The state began its current budget year in July with $1.1 billion in cash reserves — a little more than twice as much as what’s legally required.

Kelly has proposed using more than half of the state’s reserves to pay off bonds and other debts early. She also continues to argue that Kansas can’t risk returning to the budget shortfalls that followed

a nationally notorious experiment in slashing state income taxes under then-GOP Gov. Sam Brownback in 2012 and 2013.

Bipartisan legislative majorities reversed most of the Brownback-era cuts in 2017, the year before Kelly was elected governor. The nearautomatic surpluses in monthly tax collections date to the same month lawmakers repudiated Brownback’s policies.

Kelly spokeswoman Dena Sattler said lawmakers should wait for a council appointed by the governor to study the tax system to make its recommendations at the end of 2020, rather than pursue changes “that could potentially send Kansas right back into fiscal chaos.”

“Kansas needs a more thoughtful approach this time around,” Sattler said in an email Monday.

But unexpected individual and corporate tax revenues keep flowing into the state treasury.

Revenues from those two sources are 3.3% ahead of expectations

for the current budget year — and 9.2% higher than in the previous budget year.

“Returning some portion of those is more compelling,” said House Taxation Committee Chairman Steven Johnson, a Republican from Assaria.

Kansas expected to collect nearly $666 million in revenues in January but collected more than $725 million. Since July 1, the state has collected $4.3 billion in taxes, when $4.2 billion was expected.

State officials have no good figure for what Republicans call the “windfall” from the federal tax changes, outside of a $60 million-a-year estimate for the burden faced by individual filers who previously could claim itemized deductions on their state returns but now cannot.

The federal changes championed by President Donald Trump generally cut income taxes but included policies that discourage people from claiming itemized deductions. Kansas law prevents individuals from itemizing on their

state returns if they don’t itemize on their federal returns.

Republicans argue that middle-class families the hardest, because wealthy ones have high enough deductions to still itemize on federal returns. The bills vetoed

by Kelly contained provisions to address the issue.

“She increased taxes when she didn’t have to increase taxes. We want to roll that back,” said House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, a Wichita

Republican. “She’s just being disingenuous in what she’s doing. It’s not fair at all.”

Top Republicans also have sought to shield corporations’ foreign income from taxation — and that’s been a main talking point for Democrats as they’ve attacked GOP plans. Most Democrats so far appear likely to stick with Kelly if she vetoes another GOP tax bill, making it harder for Republicans to find the two-thirds majorities in both chambers to

override her action.

And House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, a Wichita Democrat, pointed to an announcement last month by aircraft parts supplier Spirit Aerosystems announced it was laying off 2,800 employees, or more than 20% of its Kansas workforce, mostly in Wichita.

“It’s a good thing we’ve got some good money right now because it could turn lean here pretty fast,” Sawyer said.

Moran: Dog clinic planned Continued from A1

house at 403 N. Pine St. DEWEY STOTLER,

who owns the old senor citizens center building on East Randolph Street, successfully appealed to the Council to have the city waive trash collection fees to his building. Typically, the city automatically assesses the fee once a resident signs up for water service. However, Stotler

told the Council he does not need trash collected from there; he disposes of it himself.

The city has waived the trash fee for others in similar situations, Council members noted.

THE CITY will host a dog clinic March 21 for animals to receive their vaccinations.

City Clerk Lori Evans noted the clinic is not limited to Moran residents.

If folks from elsewhere want to have their dog vaccinated, they are welcome to stop by City Hall that day as well.

Moran residents also would be expected to renew their dog licenses at the clinic.

As an aside, Police Chief Shane Smith reminded owners of golf carts or other utility vehicles that licenses must be renewed in the new year.

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release data later today after manually verifying its data against paper backups.

Des Moines County Democratic Chair Tom Courtney said he heard that in precincts across his county, including his own, the mobile app was “a mess.” When precinct leaders called Democratic Party headquarters, “they weren’t answering the phones,” Courtney said.

The problems were an embarrassment for a state that has long sought to protect its prized status as the first contest in presidential primaries and the nation’s first vetter of candidates. The delay was certain to become fodder for critics who argued that the caucuses — party meetings that can be chaotic, crowded and messy — are antiquated and exclusionary.

The Iowa Democratic Party pressed forward with the new reporting system amid warnings about the possibility of hacking and glitches.

Party officials said they took numerous security precautions and maintained that any errors

Supporters for presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren caucus Monday in Des Moines, Iowa. CHICAGO TRIBUNE/JOHN J. KIM/TNS would be easily correctable because of backups and a paper trail.

But organizers running precincts in Iowa didn’t get to test the app beforehand. Iowa party officials had said they would not be sending the new mobile app to precinct chairs for downloading until just before the caucuses to narrow the window for any interference.

Some precinct chairs said they had trouble downloading or logging into the app and didn’t use it.

The apps were barely working Monday night, according to a person

involved in processing the data who requested anonymity to discuss the party’s internal system. That forced party aides to record results from the precincts via phone and enter them manually into a database. Officials were left using photos of results to validate results and ensure accuracy.

Jonathan Green, who chaired a precinct in Lone Tree, said that when he tried to put the results into the reporting app, he kept getting a confusing error message: “Unknown protocol. The address specifies a protocol (e.g., “wxyz:??”.) the browser does not recognize, so the browser cannot properly connect to the site.”

He said he ultimately gave up and tried to call

in the results to the party. Like others, he was put on hold for an extended period of time. In the end, it took hours to report results from his small site, he said.

The slowdown was exacerbated by the fact that the party was for the first time attempting to report three different sets of data — an initial headcount of each candidates’ support, a count after supporters had realigned, and the state delegate winners.

“We found inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results,” the party said in a statement. “This is simply a reporting issue, the app did not go down and this is not a hack or an intrusion. The underlying data and paper trail is sound and will simply

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take time to further report the results.”

President Donald Trump’s campaign quickly seized on the issue to sow doubt about the validity of the results.

“Quality control = rigged?” Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted Monday evening, adding a emoji with furrowed brows.

Richard L. Hasen, an election expert and professor at University of California, Irvine School of Law, cautioned against jumping to conclusions about the integrity of the election.

“Most of the time when there is a problem with an election it turns out to be the result of administrative incompetence rather than someone cheating or some outside interference,” Hasen said.

Deploying new technology this close to an election is always a risky proposition, said Lawrence Norden, an elections expert with The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Norden said it’s akin to a major retailer using new cash registers for the first time on Black Friday.

“To roll out a new technology without really testing it and making it available as early as possible and giving folks the opportunity to challenge it and work out all the bugs is a highstakes decision which I think is proving to be problematic today,” Nor-

den said.

Norden said party officials were wise to slow down the reporting to ensure accurate results, given concerns of another round of election interference by Russia or other hostile governments seeking to undermine U.S. democracy.

“People aren’t going to remember in two weeks that these results were late, but you can bet if the results changed dramatically they would,” Norden said. “Those of us who work in the election space support accuracy over speed.”

Ruth Thompson, who chaired a precinct at Lincoln High School in Des Moines, said she did not use the app to report results because organizers had problems trying to download and test it.

“We just came to a consensus that nobody was happy with the app,” she said. She also did not try to report her site’s results over the phone after hearing reports of long delays in answering the line at state headquarters, she said.

Instead, veteran caucusgoers at her site used calculators to compute the delegate allocation and then texted a photo of the results to Polk County Democratic Party officials, who drove it to state party headquarters.

Thompson said the delays in results were unfortunate because the process went “remarkably smoothly” in other ways.

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Chinese leaders negligent in alerting public about virus That China let the initial spread of a new virus go unchecked is, ironically, symptomatic of its obsessive need for control.

President Xi Jinping’s insistence on secrecy and a facade of perfection has led to its mishandling of the coronavirus epidemic that has killed at least 425 and infected more than 20,000.

It was only after weeks of thousands of infections and scores of deaths that China’s leader admitted it had a public health crisis on its hands.

After its mishandling of the SARS outbreak in 2003, whose death toll reached 800, China had promised transparency and efficiency if and when a similar instance occurred. Sadly, it has done no better this time around. To date, more than three times the number of Chinese have contracted the new virus as compared to SARS. Public officials have downplayed the spread of the virus in their communities for fear it would cast a negative light in their leaders’ eyes, who prize stability above all else. Because the initial stages are critical to its containment, that muzzled information has been costly to fighting the virus’s spread.

Citizen journalists who have posted information about those who have contracted the disease have been warned to stop posting “rumors” that would “spread panic” online.

Increasingly, Chinese authorities are cracking down on activists’ attempts to investigate the severity of the outbreak, according to Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a nonprofit coalition that tracks human rights in China.

ONCE THE World Health Organization declared the coronavirus is nearing pandemic proportions — meaning its spread exceeds two continents — China lost the upper hand on messaging.

Besides a health crisis, it’s also becoming an economic crisis. Countries are preventing their citizens from traveling to China and quarantining those returning.

For the United States, it’s the first federally mandated quarantine since the era of smallpox in the 1950s.

The next shoe to drop is businesses cutting their orders from China. On Monday, Chinese stocks dropped 8%, signaling a major retrenchment, including its purchase of oil. Other signs of trouble are the cancellations of events. In Shanghai, a scheduled electronics convention that typically hosts more than 70,000 vendors was postponed.

THE GOOD news, is that

the mortality rate of the pneumonia-like coronavirus is about 2% as compared to the 9.6% mortality rate for SARS. The coronavirus is thought to be a close cousin to SARS, which originated in bats which proceeded to infect animals.

Though there is no vaccine yet for the coronavirus, those of us in wealthy countries such as the United States have little to fear.

That’s because the medications and public resources necessary to help combat such viruses are easily available. During the SARS scare, only eight cases were reported in the U.S., and all survived.

So the focus should not be on us, but on how we can help those in harm’s way.

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Sarah Chong, middle, who is visiting from Shanghai, and her family wear masks in precaution of the coronavirus while shopping at San Gabriel Square on Wednesday in San Gabriel, Calif. She and her family are visiting the U.S. for a month. (Gina Ferazzi/Los AngelesTimes)

GOP is big on government A common notion in politics is that Republicans decrease the size of government and reduce its interference in our lives. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats advocate government action as a means to improve the lives of people and society as a whole.

But current policy and recent history indicate both Democrats and Republicans want bigger, more intrusive government. It’s just a matter of where and how.

On the Democratic side, many candidates and their supporters advocate for government-operated health insurance for all Americans and for government financing of higher education for the entire nation.

Those are two of the more expensive ideas advocated by Democratic presidential candidates such as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

Republicans and their allies also advocate for bigger government and more government intervention — even as they ridicule Democratic proposals.

For example, President Donald Trump’s tariffs are a form of big government intervention. Another example is his insistence on a new branch of the military, the Space Force, while increasing military spending elsewhere as well.

Yes, Trump has eliminated some regulations approved by President Barack Obama, but he also is issuing many new regulations, especially ones that restrict foreign travel and immigration.

Julie Doll A Kansas contributor One might argue such new rules are needed, which is the same argument those on the left use to justify their programs and policies.

It’s also the argument the Trump administration uses as it seizes Americans’ private property.

To clear the legal and funding path for a border wall, Trump declared illegal immigration a national emergency. And then, even though no credible study shows a wall would benefit the nation, his administration began the process of taking private land from American ranchers, farmers and others.

Republicans went ballistic when Obama attempted to further regulate land already owned by the federal government by establishing a new national monument in Utah.

But they have remained quiet as the government seizes the private property of U.S. citizens.

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between preaching and practice also is seen on the state level.

Republicans in Topeka and other state capitals clamor frequently about government overreach when it comes to issues such as Medicaid and the

Affordable Care Act. But when it comes to abortion, they are willing to impose government mandates everywhere, going so far as to dictate the width of office corridors and to require doctors to provide misleading information to patients.

And it’s not just abortion that prompts calls for more government intervention.

With the support of ranchers and the Kansas Livestock Association, Rep. Ron Highland, Wamego, wants Kansas to require plant-based foods that imitate meat to carry disclaimers.

The move comes as fauxmeat produced by brands such as Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods gain popularity. Many companies have made big bucks turning environmental trends into businesses, so it’s no surprise a new industry is growing up around those who vilify the consumption of meat.

Again, one can argue that consumer labeling is good, and such mandates help ensure Americans are informed about what is in their food.

But it is added regulation.

This campaign season, the political propaganda will be unceasing, as politicians and their dark-money supporters malign their opponents. It’s worth taking time to examine whether candidates’ rhetoric jibe with their actual policies and proposals.

A native of Garden City, Julie Doll is a former journalist who has worked at newspapers in California, Indiana and New York, as well as across Kansas.

Want a revolution? It’s easy: Vote in primaries, Election Day I’m talking about a revolution.

Not the kind that gets you tear-gassed in the streets of Hong Kong, tortured in a Syrian prison or guillotined in the Place de la Concorde.

All we have to do for this revolution is show up to vote, first in our primaries, and then Nov. 3.

All of us.

Easiest. Revolution. Ever.

This surge at the polls would indeed be a revolution because it’s a given that so many won’t show up on Election Day. Estimates vary, but data from the U.S. Census Bureau and research from the Sentencing Project indicate that 60.4 million eligible Americans haven’t bothered to register to vote. That’s a huge number of citizens sitting on the sidelines. That’s almost the same number of people who voted for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Are you one of those nonvoters? Then the pollsters and media pundits have already counted you out.

You’re not part of their polling, because they only count registered or likely voters. You’re not part of their electoral calculus. You’re not part of their plans. And you’re sure not a part of their budget.

That’s because they’re certain you’re not going to vote. So, they look right past you. You don’t matter. If you don’t vote, you’re invisible.

But, what if our voting habits changed overnight?

What if those 60 million adults who’ve been sitting out showed up Nov. 3?

Wait, you say, voting is pointless.

Politicians do what they want, you argue.

Democracy is broken, you shrug. Well, it’s only broken in the way that your dustcollecting exercise bike or rowing machine doesn’t work.

It doesn’t work because you’re not using it.

When huge swaths of the

American people don’t vote, we cede outsize power to the people who actually do vote.

When you are silent at the ballot box, the shouts of a small minority fill the void.

If we as an entire nation vote, things in Washington (and in our state and local governments) will be transformed. Here’s how: * The candidate a true majority of us decide is the best will win, not the candidate whom a loud minority wants. * The power of special interests will diminish as their funding can no longer work to motivate a small group of voters with outsize power. * Policies that the majority of Americans say they want will finally start to happen.

The best part of this revolution is that it’s easy for each of us to pull our weight.

The only thing each of us needs to do is to check a box.

If we each go vote, and bring a

few others with us to vote, we will all win.

If we all register, and the number of registered voters starts to swell meaningfully over the next several weeks and months, change will start to happen even before our elections. Candidates will notice and the narratives will begin to change. I guarantee it.

This is how we can ensure we have the power to choose whom we want to be as a nation. This is how we can remove the anxiety and fear for our futures. This is how we can determine the direction of the country we love for decades to come.

This is how we win the easiest revolution ever.

— About the writer: Russell Glass is a board member of Rock the Vote, CEO of Ginger, an on-demand mental health company, and co-author of the children’s book “Voting With a Porpoise.”

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DALLAS — Two women were fatally shot and a toddler was wounded Monday at a Texas A&M UniversityCommerce residence hall.

The child, who is about 2 years old, was hospitalized in stable condition, campus police Chief Bryan Vaughn confirmed at a news conference Monday afternoon.

Authorities declined to answer questions at the news conference, and they did not release the victims’ names or say whether the women were students.

All classes, programs and events have been canceled through Wednesday, the university announced.

The university said counselors would be available at the Halladay Student Services building for anyone who needed assistance.

Darius Myers, a freshman studying nursing at A&M-Commerce, said the feeling on campus Monday wasn’t new to him.

“It’s kind of like deja

vu,” he said, recalling a similar gloomy feeling cast over the campus in October, when two people were fatally shot at a party celebrating the school’s homecoming week in nearby Greenville.

Law enforcement officials had cordoned off the dorm with yellow police line, and the students left through a side door, saying they weren’t allowed to use the main entrance.

Brittney Davis, a junior, and Carrie Banks, a freshman, said they were anxious to learn more information about the shooting.

Davis said they’re worried they could know one of the victims.

“Right now, we don’t have a good feeling,” she said. “But I’m still trying to keep hope and prayers for her family, at least.”

Davis said the campus will need time to grieve.

“We just need to get everybody’s mind right, because right now, we’re all shell-shocked,” she said. “We want information — I know it’s sensitive information — but you have to let us know

something so we know what move to make.”

Banks and Davis said they know violence can happen anywhere, but they wished the campus was less accessible to the public so that students would feel safer.

“If it can happen anywhere, why not try to reduce the amount of access people have to us?”

Davis said.

“I understand it’s a public school, but there needs to be more safety precautions,” Banks said.

The university allows handguns in campus dorms, and licensed individuals may carry concealed handguns on campus, with some exceptions including the campus counseling and health centers, certain science labs and sporting events.

A student who wants to store a handgun in a dorm must provide a safe that only he or she has access to, according to the university’s policy.

The firearms policies are designed to comply with the state’s Concealed Campus Carry law, which went into effect in 2016.

Farm bankruptcies trend up

By ADAM BELZ Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Farm bankruptcies across the U.S. rose again in 2019, as a prolonged slump in commodity prices, poor weather and the ongoing trade war with China squeezed farmers.

Farm bankruptcies rose 20% nationally in 2019 and 16% in the Upper Midwest, according to data released by the federal court system.

While the absolute numbers are small, they have been rising steadily since 2013, a year after the most recent peak in farm profits. Farm bankruptcies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota were three times greater last year than in 2013. Small dairy farms have led the way.

Chapter 12 filings are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to farm financial troubles.

Some farmers file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and liquidate their holdings. Farmers with more than $4.2 million in debt cannot file for Chapter 12, and corporations or partnerships in which no single farmer owns more than 50% of the farm more often file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The extended downcycle since the 2012 peak has led farmers to take on more debt and lenders to demand more collateral. Alternative lenders fill some gaps.

“The situation is just kind of dragging out and wearing people down,” said Kevin Klair, director of the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota Extension. “The big difference between this and the 1980s is we’re not falling off a cliff. It’s a slow, painful grind.”

Winter is when row crop farmers go to the bank for a new line of credit to pay for seed, fertilizer and other

planting expenses for the year. That requires demonstrating to a lender that they can pay back the money.

More than half of Minnesota bankers surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in the fall said fewer farmers were able to repay their loans.

“Maybe 10% to 15%” of farmers are struggling to find a lender right now, said Aaron Brudelie, a farm business management instructor in Welcome, Minn.

“They’re either needing to put up more collateral to get a renewed operating note, or they’re having to sell something,” Brudelie said.

The first thing a farmer will sell is underused farm equipment, Brudelie said. Selling land is “the last resort,” he noted, in part because bankers often demand land as collateral.

Low interest rates, high land prices and the trade war bailout from the U.S. Department of Agriculture helped farmers withstand a poor year in 2019 brought on by the trade war and wet spring. But the downward trend is unmistakable and without an elusive rebound in corn and soybean prices it will continue.

“We have fewer farmers now than we did five years ago that can selffund their operation,” said Keith Olander, a farm business management instructor in Staples, Minn.

Off-farm jobs have been a financial lifeline for thousands of Minnesota farmers, Olander said.

Median farm income in the state was $26,000 in 2019, and Olander said when family living expenses and debt service are calculated, that median farm came out $31,000 in the hole for the year. This isn’t an abstraction for Olander.

He has a database of 2,600 real farm’s financials.

“Average family off-

farm income was over $30,000 so that’s how they make it work,” he said.

Farm debt in 2019 was projected to hit $415 billion, a 24% increase since 2012 but not, adjusted for inflation, as much debt as in the early 1980s, and the debt-to-equity ratios for farmers are much more reasonable now than heading into the 1980s farm crisis.

What’s changing is who farmers are borrowing from. Large banks are pulling back from farm lending. The nine banks in the country with more than $250 billion in assets — including Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank and Bank of America — have cut their farm lending portfolios by a combined 14% since 2016, or roughly $2 billion.

“When farming is good, they want to get in, and as soon as it gets tough they want to get out,” said Gary Wertish, president of the Minnesota Farmers Union.

GOP succeeds in blocking new evidence, witnesses

By JENNIFER HABERKOR Los Angeles Times

WA S H I N G T O N — President Donald Trump’s lawyers and House impeachment managers issued their closing arguments Monday, with Democrats arguing the Senate has a “duty” to convict Trump and the president’s legal team saying senators would “vindicate” the right to vote by leaving the matter to voters in November.

With Trump’s acquittal all but assured on Wednesday, both parties did their best to limit defections from their side of the aisle and pick off votes from the other.

“Is there one among you who will say: ‘Enough’?” asked Rep. Adam B. Schiff, telling GOP senators that even a single vote for conviction from one of them would make an important statement.

He said anyone who doesn’t vote to convict Trump will see their name “tied to his with a cord of steel for all of history.”

“A man without character or ethical compass will never find his way,” said Schiff, D-Calif. “You are decent. He is not who you are.”

The House impeached the president in December for withholding military aid and a White House meeting from Ukraine while pressuring that country’s leadership to announce an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden. No Republican supported impeachment in the House — and the White House is hoping that no Republican does so in the Senate, ensuring the effort will go down in history as one backed only by Democrats.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, seen as one of the few Republicans who might break with her party, announced Monday evening she would not support removing Trump from office, though she called his actions “shameful and wrong.” She said Trump degraded the office of the presidency, but that ultimately she could not vote to convict.

Trump’s lawyers reiterated that Trump didn’t do anything

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) discusses the Senate impeachment trial on Thursday. (Michael Brochstein/ Sipa USA/TNS)

wrong and condemned the House for imposing a partisan impeachment on the country, playing a video of some House Democrats calling for impeachment shortly after the president was elected in 2016.

“The president has done nothing wrong and these types of impeachments must end,” said White House counsel Pat Cipollone. “You’ll vindicate the right to vote. You’ll vindicate the Constitution. You’ll vindicate the rule of law by rejecting these articles.”

Friday’s vote to block subpoenas for witnesses and documents was the most significant point of suspense in the twoweek impeachment trial. Republicans blocked that motion, meaning there is nothing left to do but wind down the trial and hold the final vote on whether the president should be removed from office.

“Your duty demands that you convict President Trump,” Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., another House manager, said.

“Today you have a duty to perform with fidelity, not without a sense of surrounding dangers, but also not without hope.”

Trump’s lawyers focused in on the idea that the Senate should leave the decision of Trump’s fate to the voters, tapping into the conclusion

reached by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.

Alexander, who was considered a possible swing vote on the question of witnesses, said Sunday that Trump’s actions amounted to “crossing the line.” But he also said the conduct did not rise to the level of removing the president from office.

“Our founding documents provide for duly elected presidents who serve with ‘the consent of the governed,’ not at the pleasure of the United States Congress,” Alexander said in his statement Thursday. “Let the people decide.”

Following closing arguments Monday, senators began giving speeches on the Senate floor to explain their vote, a process that will continue for the next two days. The final vote on conviction or acquittal won’t take place until Wednesday afternoon.

Democrats were cynical about the upcoming acquittal vote, echoing what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has been saying since the beginning of the impeachment inquiry: no one is above the law.

Republicans were generally split on whether they believe Trump did nothing wrong or whether Trump’s actions in Ukraine were wrong but didn’t rise to the level of impeachment.

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Walgreens settles OAKLAND, Calif.

(AP) — Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after an employee was criminally charged with impersonating a pharmacist and illegally filling more than 745,000 prescriptions in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Kim Thien Le has pleaded not guilty to felony impersonation charges.

Prosecutors said that from late 2006 through 2017, Le used the license numbers of registered pharmacists in order to impersonate them and dispense prescriptions at Walgreens stores in Santa Clara and Alameda counties.

The prescriptions allegedly included more than 100,000 for opioids such as fentanyl, morphine and codeine.

Hail to the Chiefs Iolan Tim Osborn snapped this photo of the aftermath of Super Bowl LIV Sunday evening in Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, in which the Kansas City Chiefs defeated San Francisco, 31-20, for the Chiefs’ first NFL title since 1970. Osborn, a lifelong Chiefs fan, had been a season ticket holder for 25 years, and still attends several games a year. “This was the ultimate away trip,” he said in an email. Osborn went solo after wife Barbara was unable to go because of work commitments. “To be honest, I thought we were in trouble after the second interception,” he wrote. “The 49ers defense was giving us a lot of trouble. After the third-and-15 pass to Hill I thought we couldwin if we scored on that drive, which we did. I guess I should have known we would after the two previous playoff games.” Kansas City became the first team in NFL history to come back from double-digit deficits in three straight playoff games to win a Super Bowl.

Trump likely to paint picture of optimism in address WASHINGTON (AP) — Who’s clapping now?

On the brink of his Senate acquittal, President Donald Trump will be unleashing “relentless optimism” during his third State of the Union address, a speech designed to pivot from his impeachment to his drive for reelection.

Trump is speaking from a position of strength, with nearly complete control of the Republican Party. The theme of his speech: “The Great American Comeback.”

It’ll be a different experience for Democrats, nearly all of whom

voted for Trump’s impeachment in the House. Where Trump will point to GOP unity ahead of the 2020 elections, Democrats and their difficult nomination will be on display after a long night of uncertainty in Iowa’s kickoff caucuses.

The contrast with Trump’s State of the Union address last year will be stark. Then, Democrats were triumphant just a few days after taking control of the House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi had forced Trump to reopen the government. Her smirk-

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What to watch during Trump’s speech tonight at 8 o’clock: TRUMP AND PELOSI

They haven’t spoken since Pelosi stood up, pointed at Trump across a table at the White House and bluntly suggested he is controlled by the president of Russia. “All roads lead to Putin,” she said, before stalking out.

The extraordinary moment last October was captured in a nowfamous photograph that Trump released and Pelosi slapped across the top of her Twitter page.

At other times, she’s questioned his “manhood” and he’s called her “crazy.”

Impeachment has only inflamed things.

Pelosi last week said Trump will never have a true acquittal because the Senate did not hold a real trial with witnesses.

But, she’s said with relish, “He’ll be impeached forever.”

Trump, meanwhile, is poised to claim vindication in yet another “witch hunt” by Democrats who, he says, just wanted to overturn the 2016 election.

Watch them for any spark of civility. Pelosi and many Democratic women are expected to wear suffragette white to the speech.

TONE

The White House said last week to look for “can-do optimism in the face of unjustified pessimism we are hearing from some in Congress.”

But officials would not guarantee that Trump will stick to his speech.

The president will be in the same room as his accusers at a moment of impending victory. He has a strong and oftenstated sense of grievance and is known for going off-script.

Look for roaring applause and cheers from Republicans, who have almost completely stuck with the retribution-loving president.

THE BIG PICTURE

Trump is sure to use the speech to try to remind the country of what he’s accomplished.

The White House would not say whether it is modeling Trump’s speech on President Bill Clinton’s in 1999, amid his own impeachment trial. Clinton never mentioned the I-word.

Look for Trump, like Clinton, to promote a strong economy. Trump is expected to lead with talk about what the White House calls a “blue-collar boom.”

There have been gains in blue-collar wages under Trump, though some of those gains have faded as Trump’s trade war hurt manufacturing.

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“Let it be said of us then that we were thinking not only of our time, but of their time; that we reached as high as our ideals. That we put aside our divisions and found a new hour of healing and hopefulness; that we joined together to serve and strengthen the land we love.”

At the time, some said his rhetoric was over the top.

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UKRAINE?

Will Trump even mention Ukraine? Republicans have started to come out and agree that the president had “inappropriately” tried to get political help from that country while he held up military aid.

The House impeached him for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for his actions in response to the House investigation.

The issue clearly puts Republicans in a bind. Several have said that House prosecutors proved their case, but even so, the wrongdoing didn’t rise to the level of impeachment or removal from office.

CORONAVIRUS

Will he make any mention of the new coronavirus?

“We’ve offered China help, but we can’t have thousands of people coming in who may have this problem, the coronavirus,” Trump said Sunday. At the same time, the president has tried to avoid angering China by being too outspoken, according to confidants.

Under new rules, U.S. citizens who have traveled in China within the last 14 days will be re-routed to one of 11 designated airports, where they will undergo enhanced health screening procedures.

MIDEAST PEACE

Trump is focused on re-introducing himself to Americans as a president who has made the country — and voters’ lives specifically — better. So listen for any

mention of foreign policy and national security issues.

Trump’s Mideast peace plan is a good test. Trump said that his efforts to solve the long-running conflict between Israel and the Palestinians would gain support because it’s a “win-win” for both sides. In fact, Trump’s plan favors Israel on key contentious issues and attaches nearly impossible conditions for granting the Palestinians their hoped-for state. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the plan as “nonsense.”

If Trump says nothing about the plan during the speech, that could signal that Trump knows it’s in trouble.

IRAN

Listen for how harsh Trump is on Tehran in the wake of Iran’s bombing that injured U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The attack was retribution for the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

In the month since, an uneasy quiet has settled over the region.

Will Trump suggest he’ll eventually want to sit down and talk with the Iranians, signal the door is closed for talks, or poke Tehran?

The White House said to expect Trump’s tone to be “determined” and “forceful.”

AFGHANISTAN

Will Trump announce a troop withdrawal?

The Taliban want U.S. and other coalition forces to leave. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says a deal is close, but it won’t happen without a reduction in violence and a pathway for talks between the Taliban and other Afghans about a peaceful way forward for the nation.

IN THE ROOM

There’s always some suspense over who shows up and who stays away.

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s campaign said late Monday it was unlikely that the Massachusetts senator will attend Trump’s speech, coming the day after the Iowa caucuses. Another Democratic contender, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, has an event in New Hampshire scheduled this evening.

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Allen Community College: Men’s Basketball

Red Devils earn 15th win of the season

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

The Allen Community College Red Devils earned their 15th win of the season with a 86-61 thomping of the JV team from Oklahoma Wesleyan.

ACC never trailed in the contest, and led 7-0 in the opening minutes. From there, the Red Devils would lead by as many as 19 before the Eagles climbed back, cutting the deficit to seven after a barrage of 3-pointers.

Oklahoma Wesleyan con-

nected on six first-half 3-pointers, accounting for 18 of their 33 first-half points. On the other hand, ACC dominated the inside, converting 19 of 36 in the first half to take a commanding 50-33 lead at the half.

Joel Boyce followed up his 23-point Saturday performance with another strong showing on Monday. Boyce finished with a near double-double, scoring 19 and collecting 9 rebounds.

Also finishing in double figures for the Red Devils were Brandon Gray with 14 points,

and Malik Hardmon scoring 10.

Shaikim Jenks and Jalen Sasser both finished with 14 points a piece.

The Red Devil offense didn’t flow as seamlessly as it did in the first half, but the Red Devils connected on 48% to come away with the 25-point victory.

ACC will be back on its home court this Saturday to restart the Jayhawk East cycle, and host Butler at 4 p.m. Last time around, the Grizzlies got the better of the Red Devils, winning 93-90 in overtime.

Tyus Jeffries looks for room to dribble past a Neosho defender on Saturday. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

Allen Community College: Baseball

Devils gear up for season

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Last season went according to plan for ACC baseball head coach Clint Stoy. The Red Devils posted their best performance in Stoy’s five-year tenure, finishing with a 31-21 record.

While last season’s roster was littered with talent across the board, this year the Red Devils have a few holes to fill.

Stoy pinpoints the Red Devils’ lack of depth on the mound, and it doesn’t help that key starters Jacob Davenport and KJ McCrea were lost to season-ending injuries before the year even commenced.

“We are going to have to fill in the gaps as far as pitching goes,” Stoy said. “I think Connor Clark is going to be good on the mound for us, he was a freshman last year, and Alex Kafka coming out of the bulpin could be huge for us.”

On the offensive end, Stoy is also dealing with injuries.

The Red Devils will be without All-Conference center fielder Lucas McCain for the duration of the 2019 campaign. Luckily for ACC, AllConference catcher Lukas Rich returns to the lineup.

Rich batted .383 with four homeruns a season ago.

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College Basketball:

No. 1 Baylor tops K-State for 19th straight victory MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Baylor wasn’t dominant, just good enough to lead Kansas State throughout and maintain its roll.

Jared Butler scored 20 points and the No. 1 Bears extended their schoolrecord winning streak to 19 games, beating Kansas State 73-67 on Monday night.

MaCio Teague added 15 points and Davion Mitchell scored 13 for the Bears (201, 9-0 Big 12), who are off to the best start in league play by any Big 12 team since 2011.

“We have a bunch of glue guys,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said. “We have blue collared, hard-working guys that live in the gym, and most of them have just gotten better and better.”

Xavier Sneed tied a career high with 23 points, Cartier Diarra scored 11 and Makol Mawien had 10 for the Wildcats (9-13, 2-7), who lost to Baylor for the first time since 2017.

Baylor went 24 of 48 from the floor, including 9 of 22 from 3-point range, while the Wildcats were 22 of 48 from the field and 8 of 21 from deep.

The Bears’ struggles from the free-throw line helped Kansas State get

ACC head coach Clint Stoy surveys the field at Monday’s practice session. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

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College Basketball: Kansas Jayhawks

NFL: Kansas City Chiefs

Azubuike, Dotson lead No. 3 Kansas to 69-58 win over Texas

Parade coming to Kansas City on Wednesday

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Udoka Azubike came off the bench for Kansas for the first time this season. Coach Bill Self didn’t explain exactly why.

Nonetheless, Azubike finished with 17 points to lead the third-ranked Jayhawks to their seventh straight victory, 69-58 over Texas on Monday night.

“We didn’t have a great day yesterday,” Self said of the decision not to start Azubuike. “We’re going to keep that in the house, but his attitude was good and I was actually very proud of him. I thought he came out and showed some maturity and responded in the way you’re supposed to.”

Devon Dotson added 16 points and Marcus Garrett scored 11 for the Jayhawks (19-3, 8-1 Big 12). Four of Kan-

sas’ seven straight wins have come since an ugly brawl in the closing seconds against rival Kansas State.

Matt Coleman III scored 20 points to lead the Longhorns (14-8, 4-5), who stayed within a possession of the lead for much of the game.

“The majority of the first half, I thought our guys did a really good job being at least even on the aggressiveness battle, physicality battle, for much of the half having an edge there,” Texas coach Shaka Smart said. “I thought the second half they really flipped that.”

Azubike was replaced in the starting lineup by David McCormick as both schools got off to slow starts.

Building off a strong out-

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs returned to Kansas City on Monday as fans celebrated their Super Bowl championship.

Coach Andy Reid, carrying the Super Bowl trophy, led the team off its plane Monday afternoon before they boarded a bus caravan to return to Arrowhead Stadium. Fans were discouraged from meeting the Chiefs at the airport. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was not with his teammates because he flew to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, to lead a Super Bowl celebration parade as part of his duties as MVP. A parade through downtown Kansas City, Missouri, is set for 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, followed by a

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ing against Texas Tech on Saturday, McCormack tallied four early points, a block and a rebound before Azubuike checked in after nearly four minutes. The Longhorns (14-8, 4-5 Big 12) shot 3 of 14 from beyond the arc in the first half, but a 3 from Andrew Jones at the buzzer gave Texas a 33-31 edge entering the second.

A lob from Garrett to Azubuike fueled an 8-0 run for Kansas midway through the second half, building a 52-42 lead for the Jayhawks that allowed them to pull away.

Kansas outscored Texas 40-22 in the paint.

By BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press

It is the time of year when every injury report causes eyebrows to raise.

D'Angelo Russell, not in Golden State’s lineup at Washington on Monday?

Hmmm.

Tristan Thompson, scratched by the Cleveland Cavaliers for their game against New York the same night?

Interesting.

That’s because it’s the week of the NBA trade deadline, when teams need to be careful with the health of players they might be trying to deal.

The deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m. It arrives quickly now, once the NBA moved it from its longtime spot on the calendar after the All-Star break to its current one the week before.

It allows traded players to use the break to acclimate themselves to a new situation, rather than returning to a team that might deal them a couple days later.

Russell could be making that adjustment. He’s been considered a trade possibility since virtually the moment the Warriors acquired him from Brooklyn in July in the sign-andtrade transaction that sent Kevin Durant across the country. He’s a point guard coming off his first All-Star season, is under contract for a few Former Golden State Warriors guard Andre Iguodala (9) shoots as he is defended more years, and plays by Dallas Mavericks forward Maximilian Kleber (42) in 2019. in a backcourt where SHABAN ATHUMAN/DALLAS MORNING NEWS/TNS the Warriors will how quickly injuries al players.” of recent years, more eventually have Stecame pop up and wreck A former Kerr player, teams who believe they phen Curry and Klay things. the NBA Finals MVP are contenders could be Thompson again.

They hadn’t made a from his fi rst season, enticed to swing a deal.

So it was hardly a A player like Tristan surprise when word trade during the season could be available by came Monday that under coach Steve Kerr trade. Andre Iguodala Thompson, with NBA Russell wouldn’t play. until dealing Willie is still on the roster of Finals experience but The depleted Warriors Cauley-Stein to Dallas the Memphis Grizzlies, now a veteran on a losknow as well as anyone last month. The buzz re- who haven’t played him ing team that’s commitmains around Russell, this season. ted to youth, is the type leading Kerr to have The Grizzlies made a of player who teams conversations with his deadline deal last year could call about. And a players he never had to that made a massive im- team like the New York consider before. pact on the champion- Knicks, with a number “It feels different this ship chase, when they of veterans on shortyear obviously, because traded Marc Gasol to term contracts but of the circumstances Toronto. He became the mired near the bottom @IolaSports that we find ourselves starting center on their of the standings, could in,” Kerr told report- first NBA title team. have reason to be active ers in Washington.

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BIG PICTURE

Texas: Coming off close victories against TCU and Iowa State, the Longhorns stayed close to the No. 3-ranked Jayhawks through the first half. Poor 3-point shooting set Texas back.

Kansas: With Silvio DeSousa still serving a 12-game suspension for the brawl against Kansas State, foul trouble down low again was a problem for the Jayhawks as McCormack and Azubuike each picked up their third foul only minutes into the second half. However, adjustments by both bigs kept Self from having to turn to a fiveguard lineup.

ROLE PLAYER

Garrett’s contributions were important as usual for the Jayhawks.

“Like every game, he does a little bit of everything out there,” Dotson said.

“He did play well and he impacted the game in a big way on both ends,” Self said of Garrett. “If he’s productive like that game in and game out, we’re going to have a pretty good chance.”

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Texas hosts Texas Tech on Saturday.

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four-game week includes games at Denver and Utah, two of the best in the West.

Good thing for the Trail Blazers they have basketball’s hottest player to lead them there.

Damian Lillard averaged 45 points and 11 assists in leading Portland to a 3-0 record last week. He finished that stretch off with 51 points and 12 assists against the Jazz on Saturday, giving him three 50-point games in his last six outings.

Lillard has made at least six 3-pointers in six straight games, setting an NBA record, and has been the Western Conference player of the week the last two weeks.

The All-Star guard insists he's not doing it alone. The Blazers have won four straight to pull within a couple games of the final playoff spot in the West.

“Of course everybody is going to look at the crazy numbers and what I’m doing because that’s a story, but you don’t win a game scoring 50 points," Lillard said. “We’re scoring 130 points.

“So I think maybe outsiders might overlook it, but we watch film and we talk and we know what’s going on with our team and we’ve just got to continue to do that."

GAMES TO WATCH THIS WEEK

Milwaukee at New Orleans, Tuesday.

With Giannis Antetokounmpo and Zion Williamson, there might not be this much athleticism again in one place until the Olympics.

Portland at Denver, Tuesday. Lillard needs just 45 points and 10 assists to match his average of the last six games.

Golden State at Brooklyn, Wednesday.

Will DÁngelo Russell play in the arena where he became an All-Star?

Indiana at Toronto, Wednesday. Opener of a home-and-home series for a couple of tough Eastern Conference teams.

Houston at Lakers, Thursday. Local AllStars James Harden and Russell Westbrook play in Los Angeles for the first time since Kobe Bryant’s death.

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“But it is what it is. And you know me, I’m the mayor of Realville,” he said.

“My intention is to come here every day I can. And to do this program as normally” and competently as usual.

He said he considers his listeners to be to be part of a “family type relationship” with him, adding that his job has given him the “greatest satisfaction and happiness” he’s experienced.

Limbaugh’s announcement comes at a tumultuous political time, as the conclusion of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial nears.

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BALTIMORE — Calypso, a 500-pound green sea turtle who had delighted millions of visitors over nearly 20 years as the unofficial “queen” of the National Aquarium in Baltimore, died unexpectedly Sunday, the aquarium announced Monday. The cause of death is unknown.

The roughly 22-yearold female turtle was particularly recognizable for her missing front left flipper, which was amputated in a lifesaving operation after becoming infected when she was stranded in the Long Island Sound in 2002. Weighing just 6 pounds at the time, she was rescued by the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, according to the aquarium.

Because of the operation, Calypso was deemed “nonreleasable”

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and was relocated two years later to the aquarium, where she spent the rest of her life.

Calypso, who had been in good health throughout her life, “displayed no clear signs of illness or distress in the days leading up to her death,” the aquarium said.

A necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.

“Calypso will be profoundly missed by Aquarium staff, volunteers, and visitors alike,” the aquarium said on Twitter. “For years, Calypso has been an Aquarium icon who encapsulated the wonder of the ocean for the millions who had the opportunity to see her — and did the same for the staff who saw her daily.

She has always inspired love, affection and deep respect. We thank you for your compassion and well wishes as we mourn her passing.”

Hands crushed; woman dials for help with toes

By SIMONE JASPER The State (Columbia, S.C.)

A driver used her toes to call 911 after she was trapped along a South Carolina interstate, officials say.

The 54-year-old Charlotte woman was driving north on Interstate 95 when her car had a flat tire on Sunday night, Colleton County Fire-Rescue said in a news release.

“She removed the flat tire and was replacing it with the spare, when the jack slipped causing the car to fall, crushing both of her hands between the tire and the fender,” the news release said.

Amid the “excruciating pain,” a clever thought came into her head, firefighters say.

She took off her shoe and got a grasp on

her cellphone, according to rescuers. After about 35 minutes, she managed to dial 911 with her foot, according to officials.

Rescuers rushed to the scene, a “rural stretch” of interstate in Colleton County, part of the state’s Lowcountry region, WCSC reports.

To get the woman’s hand from underneath the car, rescuers used lifting tools and deflated her tire, according to the news release. She was taken to a hospital with serious hand injuries, the release said.

While changing tires, AAA encourages drivers to avoid putting their body parts “under the wheel while it is on the car or between the wheel and the car in the wheel well.”

Must have been the Chiefs, don’t you think?

NEW YORK (AP) — The Super Bowl put a halt to a four-year decline in viewership, with an estimated 99.9 million people watching the Kansas City Chiefs come back to defeat the San Francisco 49ers in what is annually the most-watched television event of the year.

The Nielsen company said viewership rebounded slightly from the 98.5 million who watched in 2019.

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Halftime show performer Jennifer Lopez led all personalities with 2.2 million interactions on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, according to Nielsen.

Mahomes, the Kansas City quarterback, was the top player with 514,000 interactions.

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Fox estimated that Sunday’s game had 102 million viewers in total, when people who streamed the game through Verizon or watched on the Fox Deportes Spanish-language network are taken into account. The halftime show had 103 million viewers, Fox said.

Fox also said that 23.7 million people watched the episode of “The Masked Singer” following the game, in what is always the most-coveted time slot on television.

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(Published in The Iola Register Jan. 21, 2020) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS

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County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the South Door entrance of the Allen County, Courthouse, Kansas, on February 19, 2020 at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate: ALL OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ALLEN, STATE OF KANSAS, TO WIT: LOT TEN (10), BLOCK ONE (1), BRIARWOOD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA IN 25-24-18., Parcel ID No. 001-077-25-0-30-13011.00-0. Commonly known as 306 Kansas, Iola, KS 66749 (“the Property”) MS174778 to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.

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deceased; the unknown spouses of the defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such defendants as are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown guardians and trustees of such of the defendants as are minors or are in anywise under legal disability; and all other persons who are or may be concerned:

STATE OF KANSAS TO WIT: LOTS THIRTEEN (13), FOURTEEN (14), AND FIFTEEN (15), BLOCK FOUR (4), CLINTON PLACE, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA. Commonly known as 1260 Bennett Street, Iola, Kansas 66749 and you are hereby required to plead to said petition in said Court at Iola, Kansas on or before the 9th day of March, 2020.

Should you fail therein judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

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You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, by Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Fsb, As Trustee Of Stanwich Mortgage Loan Trust A for judgment in the sum of $33,547.23, plus interest, costs and other relief; judgment that plaintiff’s lien is a first lien on the said real property and sale of said property to satisfy the indebtedness, said property described as follows, to wit: ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF ALLEN AND THE PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on January 15, 2020, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in this Court

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The historical oddity shows Edward, the uncle of Queen Elizabeth II, before he relinquished the throne in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.

The buyer was a private collector who wanted his identity kept secret. He told the BBC it was a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity.

Rebecca Morgan, head of collector services at the Royal Mint, said the record price was not surprising.

“The Edward VIII sovereign is one of the rarest and most collectible coins in the world,” Morgan said Friday.

The 22-carat gold coins were never released to the public. The Royal Mint says only a handful are known to exist.

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Kansas City streets ready for parade Continued from B1

rally at Union Station.

Several schools in the area canceled Wednesday’s classes, and the Kansas Legislature canceled that day’s session.

Officials announced the celebration Sunday night, shortly after the Chiefs defeated San Francisco 31-20.

The celebration started before the game, with an estimated 20,000 people showing up at the Power & Light District in downtown Kansas City to watch the Super Bowl on a massive screen.

Police said Monday 14 people were arrested and 45 were ejected from the entertainment district, and fire officials responded to 24 medical incidents. The Westport entertainment district also was packed and police reported several disturbances, but none were serious.

One man died when he tried to light commercial-grade fireworks in an improvised mortar and one of them exploded shortly after the game

ended, police said in a statement. No other information was released.

Officers also will be following up on 163 reports of celebratory gunfire from 5:30 p.m.

Sunday to early Monday, police said.

A newly installed sign inside Union Station proclaimed the Chiefs “World Champions!”

Among those lining up to take a picture Monday were Mark and Karie Teetor, of the St. Louis area, who described a scene of pandemonium and dancing as they watched the game with friends.

“I was crying pretty much,” Karie Teetor said.

Her husband said he was just happy to see the Chiefs in the Super Bowl after a 50-year drought.

“To win is icing on the cake,” he added.

The city installed generators and a temporary cellphone tower near the site of the rally, while area businesses made plans to close or operate on a reduced

Red Devils baseball Continued from B1

their weight in the middle of the ACC batting order.

What the Red Devils lack in experience, Stoy expects them to make up for with a hard-nosed mentality.

“The one calling card for this team is toughness,” Stoy said. “We are not as talented as we were last year, and the guys on our club are fully aware of that, but this group is tougher.

They are going to have to rely on some grit and toughness to win some ball games, and they know that.”

With the season set to begin this Saturday at home against Iowa Lakes, Stoy already has a few key areas of focus in mind, and it starts with patience at the plate.

“We are really trying to focus on having team at-bats, and understanding that we are not going to get out of the way pitches,” Stoy said.

“We are going to get hit, going to walk, work counts, and are going to try to have long halves

of our innings to give out pitchers rest.”

ACC’s practice Monday was cut short due to the sudden drop in temperature. Practice time the rest of the week appears to be in doubt as snow threatens to soak the field this afternoon and Wednesday.

“We can get a lot done in our indoor facility, and are fortunate to have it. We try to simulate things the best we can for outdoor situations. We can’t hit fly balls in there, so fly balls are sometimes fun the first game of the year because guys aren’t used to seeing them,” Stoy said. “Last year we didn’t get outside one day until we played, and this year we’ve gotten out six or seven.”

Stoy knows the Red Devils will likely not see the field again until game day, but is not one to make excuses.

“We are playing a team from Iowa, so they probably aren’t going to see the field either. So, it is a level playing field if you ask me,” Stoy said.

Bears gash K-State Continued from B1

closer, even though the Wildcats were never a threat to win. Baylor was 16 of 29 on free throws while Kansas State was 15 of 19.

Kansas State gave the ball up 16 times, including four in the first three minutes as Baylor jumped out to an 8-0 lead and never trailed.

“It’s tough to spot them that many points and work your way back,” Wildcats coach Bruce Weber said. “I just challenged them in the timeout and they responded well.”

Baylor is 5-0 on the road in conference play and holding opponents to an average of 59 points in those contests.

“We lock in defensively and we really focus on our scout before the game,” said Teague, who shot 4 of 9 and grabbed four rebounds.

“We help each other out when someone gets beat.”

After starting Big 12 play slow, Teague has

scored in double figures the past four games and has just one turnover in that span.

The Bears led 44-39 in the second half and a 12-2 run, started by a 3-pointer by Butler, pushed the lead to 16.

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Baylor made every big shot to stop any momentum by the Wildcats. When the Bears step on the court Saturday against Oklahoma State, it’ll be exactly three months since their lone loss to Washington.

Kansas State started out slow, creating a deficit it couldn’t overcome.

“It’s a loose ball here or a long rebound, a turnover and boom, they get it all right back,” Weber said. “They made big buckets and we were scrambling.”

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schedule.

At Children’s Mercy Kansas City, the emergency room at the main downtown campus will be open, but appointments and some surgeries were being rescheduled or moved.

When the Royals won the World Series in 2015, an estimated 800,000 people flocked to the victory parade, shattering expectations in a city with a population of about 470,000 and a metropolitan area of about 2 million. Cellphone towers were overwhelmed by the throngs, and buses couldn’t get through.

City spokesman Chris Hernandez offered no specifics on the expected crowd size for the Chiefs’ celebration, saying only that “we are prepared for a massive crowd of

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fans wearing red and celebrating a Super Bowl victory that’s been 50 years in the making.

So please dress warmly and come downtown to enjoy a family-friendly celebration.”

Christie Bernard, 45, of the St. Louis suburb of St. Peters, brought her 12- and 19-year-old sons to Union Station for a picture Monday. She said her husband — a “huge, huge Chiefs fan” — died unexpectedly a few months ago.

“We wished he could have seen it. But we feel like he helped them out a little bit last night.

We kind of feel like that fourth quarter, he knew that they needed some help, so he gave them a little boost,” she said of the Chiefs’ come-frombehind win.

SPORTS CALENDAR IOLA

Girls Basketball Today: vs. Santa Fe Trail, 6 p.m.

Friday: vs. Burlington 6 p.m.

Boys Basketball Today: vs. Santa Fe Trail, 7:30 p.m.

Friday: vs. Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Wrestling Thursday: @ West Elk/Oz

ACC ALLEN Women’s Basketball Saturday: vs. Butler, 2 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Saturday: vs. Butler, 4 p.m.

HUMBOLDT Girls Basketball Tuesday: @ Eureka, 6 p.m.

Friday: vs. Caney Valley ,6 p.m.

Boys Basketball Tuesday: @ Eureka 7:30 p.m.

Friday: vs. Caney Valley 7:30 p.m.

Wrestling Saturday: @ Burlingame

N MARMATVO ALLEY Girls Basketball Tuesday: vs. Altoona-Midway, 6 p.m.

Friday: vs. Central Heights, 6 p.m.

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Friday: vs. Central Heights, 7:30 p.m.

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Route 1 — LARRY MORRISON, 620-363-2829

(S. State St., 400 W. Madison Ave., 500-600 West St., Bruner St., Campbell St., Scott St., Park St., Acres St., High St., Davis St., S. Walnut St., S. Chestnut St., and W. Neosho St.)

Route 3 — SUE KELLER, 620-228-0631

(S. Washington Ave., part of Acres St., W. Broadway St., W. Neosho St., and W. Spruce St.)

Route 4 — SAMUEL KARHOFF, 620-363-2228

(S. Jefferson Ave., S. Sycamore St., South St. 300 block on, 100-200 E. Irwin, E. Calhoun, 206-1/2 E. Broadway Apts.)

Route 5 — MACEN FISCHER, 785-259-0017

(S. Buckeye St., S. Cottonwood St., 300-400 E. Irwin St., 200-400 E. Broadway)

Route 6 — SARHA PETERSON, 620-228-0387

(S. Colburn St., S. Oak St., S. Elm St., S. 1st St., 400-700 E. Spruce St., 500-800 E. Broadway St.)

Route 7 — ASHLEY TRAINOR, 620-228-8238

(S. 3rd St., S. 4th St., 900 E. Broadway St., 1019 E. MadisonS. Kentucky St., S. Ohio St., S. Tennessee St., S. Vermont St.)

Route 8 — BARBARA BERRY, 620-228-7341

(N. State St., N. Chestnut St., W. Madison 200 block on)

Route 9 — DOMINQE MENDOZA, 620-228-7148

(10-1100 N. Walnut St., 200 W. Jackson Ave., 200 W. Douglas St., 113-201 W. Lincoln St.)

Route 10 — ALEX MORRIS, 620-228-7479

(N. Walnut St. 1200 block on, W. Garfield St., Guest Home Estates, Northwestern St., Northwestern Cir., Prairie Dr., Timber Dr.)

Route 11 — DEVON WILSON-WING, 620-363-0839

(N. Washington Ave., North St. to Buchanan St., 2 E. Buchanan St., 10-20 W. Buchanan, and Monroe St.)

Route 12 — DEVON WILSON-WING, 620-363-0839

(200-600 N. Jefferson Ave., 200-523 N. Sycamore St., 100-500 N. Buckeye St., 100-300 E. Monroe St., 400 block E. Douglas St., 200-506 N. Cottonwood St., 202 E. Jackson Ave., 410-519 N. Oak St.)

Route 13 — LETICIA GARDNER, 620-228-7148

(600-1400 N. Jefferson Ave., 4-102 E. Buchanan, 4-116 W. Edwards)

Route 14 — MACEN FISCHER, 785-259-0017

(217 North St., Townhouse East and 217 N. Washington Ave., Townhouse West)

Route 15 — DEVON WILSON-WING, 620-363-0839

(E. Garfield St., Garfield Rd N., Windsor Place, White Blvd., E. Alamosa Cir., W. Alamosa Blvd., 1200-1400 N. Cottonwood St., Mustang Cir.)

Route 16 — MICHAEL STOLL, 620-778-9747

(600-1300 N. Buckeye, 700-1110 N. Cottonwood St., 321 E. Buchanan St., 600-1300 N. Sycamore St., E. Jim St., 120 E. Garfield St.)

Route 17 — ALISHA TRAINOR, 620-228-8238

(500-700 E. Lincoln St., N. Oak St., N. Elm 300 block on, 400-710 N. Colburn St.)

Route 18 — BARBARA BERRY, 620-228-7341

(N. 1st St., N. 2nd St., 800 block of E. Jackson Ave., part of E. Lincoln St., 818 E. Carpenter)

Route 19 — TINA CRAFT, 620-365-7979

(N. 3rd St., N. 4th St., 900-1110 E. Carpenter St., 902-1101 E. Douglas St., 1105 E. Lincoln)

Route 20 — DOMINQE MENDOZA, 620-228-7148

(The Square, 100-300 South St., 100-220 S. Jefferson Ave., 1-102 N. Washington Ave., 9-19 N. Jefferson Ave., 110 East St., 1-108 E. Madison Ave., 1-115 E. Jackson Ave., 2-224 S. Washington Ave., 9-120 W. Madison Ave.)

Route 22 — SARHA PETERSON, 620-228-0387

(Low numbers on N. Buckeye, 200-700 E. Jackson Ave., 8-19 N. Sycamore St., East St. thru 700 block, 200 N. Elm St., 200 N. Colburn St., 400-500 E. Monroe St., 100 N. Cottonwood St.)

Route 23 — LETICIA GARDNER, 620-228-7148 (Meadowbrook Rd. East and West)

Route 24 — JUDY BRANSTETTER, 620-228-2535

(N. Kentucky 700 block on, E. Buchanan St., Redbud Ln., Kenwood Cir., Sterling Heights Addition)

Route 25 — JUDY BRANSTETTER, 620-228-2535

(N. Kentucky thru 600 block, N. Ohio St., N. Tennessee St., 1200-1300 block E. Carpenter St., 1100-1300 E. Lincoln St., 1100-1321 E. Douglas St., 1200-1300 E. Breckenridge)

Route 26 — BARBARA BERRY, 620-228-7341

(N. Vermont St., Kansas Dr., 1500 E. Carpenter St. on, Eisenhower Dr., Wilson Ln.)

Route 27 — BARBARA BERRY, 620-228-7341

(Dodge Dr., Holiday Ln., Kansas Ave., Holiday Cir. North and South)

Route 28 — MIGUEL MENDOZA, 620-228-4633

(1800-2600 N. Cottonwood St., E. and W. Miller Rd., Funston St., Pryor St., Canary Ln, Cardinal Dr.)

Rural Motor Routes

Route 29 — IOLA REGISTER DRIVER, 620-365-2111

(Burris Addition, Country Club Addition, Bennett St. Addition)

Route 32 — IOLA REGISTER DRIVER, 620-365-2111 (North side of Gas)

Route 38 — IOLA REGISTER DRIVER, 620-365-2111 (South side of Gas)

Route 33 — GINA VEERKAMP, 620-852-3479 (Colony) Route 34 — TAMMY BUNCE, 620-333-2861 (Moran) Route 39 — ADISYN PRITCHARD, 620-224-6209 (LaHarpe)

Humboldt Routes

Route 41 — CADEN VINK, 620-363-4432

(Northwest Section - 300-800 Bridge St., 500 Osage St., 200-800 Central St., 300 Neosho St., 200-800 Charles St., 600-1200 Franklin St., 300-1100 N. 2nd St., 200-500 N. 4th St., 400 N. 5th St., 100-500 N. 6th St., 300-1100 N. 7th St., 100-800 N. 8th St., 400-1200 N. 9th St.)

Route 42 — CADEN VINK, 620-363-4432

(Northeast Section - 900-1300 Bridge St., 1200 Osage St., 900-1700 Central St., 1200-1700 Neosho St., 1000-1600 Charles St., 1200 Elm St., 600-1600 Signor St., 100 Amos St.,1000 Kansas St., 400 N. 9th St., 300-1000 N. 10th St., 100-900 N. 11th St., 200-600 N. 12th St., 500 N. 13th St., 400 N. 14th St., 300 N. 16th St.)

Route 43 — LEXI BLACK, 620-228-4259

(Southeast Section - 900 Leavenworth St., 400 Pine St., 900-1200 Sycamore St., 1300 Pecan St., 1000 Mulberry St., 900-1200 Cherokee St., 900-1300 New York St., 900 Bridge St., 200-1100 S. 9th St., 500-1200 S. 10th St., 500-800 S. 11th St., 300 S. 12th St., 200 S. 13th St.)

Route 44 — LEXI BLACK, 620-228-4259

(Southwest Section - 600 Ohio St., 300-1100 Pine St., 100-700 Sycamore St., 400-900 Pecan St., 200-800 Mulberry St., 1-900 Cherokee St., 100-800 New York St., 1-500 Bridge St., 500-700 S. 3rd St., 200-600 S. 4th St., 400 S. 5th St., 300-1400 S. 8th St., 200-1100 S. 9th St., 500-1200 S. 10th St.)

Register Routes

Route 100 — IOLA REGISTER DRIVER, 620-365-2111 Everything west of Highway 169

Route 102 — IOLA REGISTER DRIVER, 620-365-2111 Everything east of Highway 169

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The Iola Register

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NFL: Kansas City Chiefs

Reid’s first Super Bowl win was for late son, Garrett

By JEFF McLANE Philadelphia Inquirer

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — As the clock struck zero, Andy Reid thought about his son Garrett.

Reid had just won his first Super Bowl as head coach, and while his mind must have been racing with countless thoughts, the memory of his son, who died tragically 7½ years ago, lingered.

“You can’t help but think of him,” Reid said Sunday after his Chiefs had rallied past the 49ers, 31-20, in Super Bowl LIV. “Absolutely.”

For Reid and his wife, Tammy, and their four living children, Garrett was with them at Hard Rock Stadium. After Reid had hoisted the Lombardi Trophy, and taken part in the obligatory postgame ceremony, his family gathered together on the confetticovered field.

The four Reid children — Britt, Spencer, Crosby, and Drew Ann — and their spouses, along with Reid’s eldest grandson — 6-year-old Maverick — joined their parents near the assembled stage and embraced for a long group hug.

“It was a moment with our family where we all got to cry and really feel my brother looking down on us,” Crosby said. “Garrett’s spirit was there. It was a huge family moment seeing my Dad’s dream finally come true.”

Tammy said she wore a ring on Sunday her children had once given her in honor of Garrett.

When the others had married, they each gave her one, she explained, but they had decided at some point that she should have one for Garrett, as well. She wore

the sapphire-encrusted piece along with her wedding rings.

“The fact that we were all here, that was amazing,” Tammy said.

“Except for ‘G.’ So sad, but I know he’s watching us.”

Andy said he kept his emotions at bay.

“I’m all right there.

I think of the good things,” the 61-year-old coach said. “I try to. Always the good things.”

Garrett died of a heroin overdose on Aug. 5, 2012, during his father’s last training camp with the Eagles, at Lehigh University. He was only 29 but had been addicted to drugs for about a decade. The Reids had him in and out of rehab for years, but it was a disease that could not be cured.

Andy took only two days off before returning to the team, but many of those close to him have since said his quick return was the best medicine. His work ethic is legendary. Allnight sessions haven’t been out of the ordinary during his 38 years in coaching. But that meant that he would have to sacrifice time with family for football.

Tammy, his wife of 38 years, has been there from the beginning.

She and Andy met at Brigham Young University and married around the time he became a graduate assistant at the college. From there, she followed him to stops at San Francisco State, Northern Arizona, Texas El-Paso, Missouri, Green Bay, Philadelphia, and finally Kansas City.

“I’ve been … with her for about 40 years now,” Reid said. “Every day is a special day. I’m telling ya. I call her my girlfriend for that reason.

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His last 21 years have been at only two stops, but the hours only grew longer with his coaching elevation.

“Just seeing all the hard work he puts in, I’m just so happy for him,” Tammy said. “I’m happy for the Hunts (the Chiefs’ owners), and the players, and the coaches, and the city of Kansas City. But mostly for him because I see all the hard work he does.

“I see the time he spent away from us, the kids, and not coming home, and sometimes skipping date night.”

Friday is date night for the Reids, but Reid had been burning the past-midnight oil at his office more and more this season.

“This year it kept getting later and later,” Tammy said. “And I’m

just like, ‘Do it. You do whatever you need to do to get us to this.’ And we got there.”

Britt was the first of the family to embrace his father after his Gatorade bath. He joined the Chiefs staff in 2013 and is now linebackers coach. Britt had his own struggles with drugs. He and Garrett were arrested in drug-related incidents on the same day in 2007 and served time in prison. But Britt, now married and a father of three, turned his life around through coaching.

Crosby and her husband rode in the golf cart as Andy and Tammy jetted to and from interviews and news conferences. Before Andy finally joined his team in a celebratory locker room, he reflected on Garrett and what his first title meant to his family.

“I think it’s great for them. It sure can’t hurt,” Reid said. “It’s a

positive. With the loss of Garrett, he was there for us, with us.”

Many have said that Reid didn’t need to win a Super Bowl to cement his legacy or secure a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He’s seventh all-time in wins and has a coaching tree second to only Bill Walsh.

Reid had deflected all the attention he received the last few weeks onto his team and the Chiefs organization. He knew that much of America, even Eagles fans who had soured on the coach late into his 14-year tenure in Philly, wanted to see him finally win the big one. But he downplayed its significance.

His daughter said that deep down he, too, really wanted it.

“If you could imagine your dad fighting to win the Super Bowl, and to witness him lose it by three points in 2004, it was crushing,” Crosby said. “Our big-

gest dream was that he would be able to come back and before his career ends — and who knows when that will be, because even I don’t know that — that he would be able to achieve that accomplishment.”

But he wasn’t just doing it for himself.

“It wasn’t just about winning, it was about doing it for his family,” said Crosby, who had a football with the initials ‘AR’ embroidered on her shirt. “But it was also about doing it for his players. It was just so cool to see the team, tough football players, look at him with such deep admiration and love and respect.

“You could tell they wanted this for him.”

And the Reids wanted to win in the memory of Garrett.

“I felt his spirit there,” Crosby said. “I knew he was there looking down and he was a part of the celebration with us.”

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TOKYO (AP) — Sumo is coming — well, almost coming — to the Tokyo Olympics.

Knowing it may have the world’s attention, the Japan Sumo Association and local Olympic organizers are planning a sumo tournament on Aug. 12-13, just days after the Olympics end.

The event was announced today and is designed to bring more at-

tention to the Japanese sport. It will be part of a local cultural festival and will take place at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena, sumo’s spiritual home in east Tokyo.

Event organizers say the tournament will give visitors from overseas an opportunity to watch the sport. The venue is the same one in Tokyo attended by U.S. President Donald Trump last

year.

The roots of sumo can be traced back to the Shinto ritual for a good harvest in the 8th century. It later was used as martial arts training for samurais before becoming entertainment for ordinary people during the Edo period, 1603 to 1868.

The Edo period brought the introduction of stylized rules including the art of enter-

ing the ring, the use of loin cloths, topknots and kimonos, as well as fighting regulations.

Sumo rituals are some of the most traditional in Japan, and the sport is highly cloistered and mostly closed to outsiders.

The yokozuna — the grand champion rank of rikishi, or wrestler — has a special place in the customs.

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