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Refuting bats’ bad rap

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Mention bats, and the first thing that comes to mind for most folks is rabies.

Dr. Merlin Tuttle cringes at the thought. At 75, the Kansas University graduate is one of the foremost authorities on the flying mammals and he’s quick on the draw when comes to their defense. He has been described by National Geographic Magazine as “the

world’s most famous bat biologist and booster, (having) … devoted his life to studying, demystifying and helping conserve bats.”

A motorist has a better chance of dying on a one-mile journey than contracting rabies from a bat, he said: “One or two people a year in the U.S. and Canada die from rabies they got from a bat. And, it’s from being stupid twice.

First, they pick up a bat that’s sick and can’t fly, and get bit-

ten. Then they don’t get treatment.”

Bats have a bad rap for being creatures of the night and sinister-looking in the eyes of many people. Tuttle refers to them as being “cool,” and notes that many, when viewed without prejudice, are among nature’s most attractive creatures They vary greatly in size, color and where they live, See BATS | Page A3

Steve Barlow, from left, Don Erbert and Dr. Merlin Tuttle, a bat expert, examine a bat house designed to hold 4,000 of the flying mammals. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON

Medicaid veto withstands override

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

Hearty helpers Teams of volunteers descended upon Humboldt Saturday to help clean up the Lander’s Carriage House and Neosho River Park.

Above, Elysia Kunkler clears off a shelf in the carriage house. At bottom left, Liz Cox sweeps dust off a set of wooden stairs. At bottom right, workers raked up fallen foliage, litter and other objects from the river park. The event was coordinated by Thrive Allen County. PHOTOS COURTESY OF DAMARIS KUNKLER

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas won’t be extending its health coverage to thousands of poor adults under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law after Democrats and moderate Republicans failed Monday to override conservative GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of an expansion bill.

The state House voted 8144 to override Brownback’s veto of the measure , which would have expanded the state’s Medicaid program to cover as many as 180,000 additional adults. But supporters needed three more votes, or 84 in the 125-member chamber, for the two-thirds majority necessary to overturn the governor’s action.

Brownback has been a vocal critic of the Affordable See VETO | Page A2

Humanity House project benefits foster children

By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

Humanity House Foundation donated handmade duffel bags to the Iola Police Department so that children in transition have something to pack their belongings in.

Oftentimes children who are removed from their homes in instances of abuse have to leave quickly. Not only do they have little time to think of what they should pack but also lack proper luggage, said Iola Police Chief Jared Warner.

To make due, big plastic trash bags are used.

The police department in conjunction with Department of Children and Families furnishes the children with clothes and toys the

police department keeps on hand.

“We can get pretty much whatever we need for a child,” Warner said. “It works out pretty good. We have a lot of people who truly care.”

Humanity House supplied 12 bags to the Iola Police Department. Warner said they will be provided to kids in need along with quilts donated by the Girl Scouts.

“Anything we can do to make it a little bit less stressful is good,” Warner said. “We are taking them from their home for a purpose, for their safety, so anything we can do to minimize the separation anxiety,” helps.

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Humanity House donates 12 duffle bags to the Iola Police Department so children in transition have an alternative to garbage bags to haul their belongings. From left are Iola Police Chief Jared Warner, Janice Porter, Jan Kress, Tracy Keagle, Georgia Masterson and Sabrina Greer. REGIS-

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Obituaries Bill Damron William Leon “Bill” Damron, 62, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017 at his home in Columbus.

Bill was born Sept. 20, 1954, in Colony, to Walter and Dollie (Loundenbarger) Damron.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1973 to 1977 during the Vietnam War aboard the USS John McCain in the Bill Damron South Pacific.

Bill is survived by his wife Claudette (Riker), son Brian Bubb, DeRidder, La., daughter Tracy Hutton and husband Chris, Salina; his mother, Dollie, Madison; three brothers, Steve Damron, Heyburn, Idaho, Wally Damron (Donna), Ascher, Okla., and Robert Damron, Madison; three sisters, Patty Gehring (David), Madison, Tammy King (Ed) Chanute, and Kim Hannon (Carl) Iola.

A service of remembrance will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at Derfelt Funeral Home, Columbus. Visitation follows until 8 o’clock.

A memorial service is at 2 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church, Madison. Burial will be in Virgil Cemetery.

Allen Community College’s academic challenge team members include, from left, Clarie Moran, Leah Hiebert and Adanna York pictured with coach Todd Francis. PHOTO COURTESY OF ACC

Allen squad shines The Allen Community College Academic Excellence Challenge Team brought home third place at the state finals in Salina at Kansas Wesleyan University.

The Allen squad

competed in seven rounds over two days.

Individually, Clarie Moran was ACC’s top individual scorer, answering an average of nine toss-up questions in each round.

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Norma Rosenberg Norma Ruth Rosenberg, 71, Richmond, Va., formerly of Iola, died Sunday, April 2, 2017, at Chippenham Hospital.

Services will be held for the family at Morrissett Funeral & Cremation Service, 6500 Iron Bridge Road, N. Chesterfield, Va. 23234 on 10 a.m. Wednesday. Interment will be private.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative state Sen. Steve Fitzgerald is running for the congressional seat that incumbent Lynn Jenkins will

vacate when her term expires.

Fitzgerald, of Leavenworth, filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission.

Morgan Delacruz, front at right, signs a letter of intent to attend Allen Community College. She’s with, front at left, Kayla Callahan, ACC cheer and dance coach; standing from left, Marielle Melvin, owner and instructor at Supernova, and Chelsea Layman Jackson, head of the ACC cheer and dance program.

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Iolans signs with ACC Morgan Taylor Delacruz signed a letter of intent to attend Allen Community College and dance with the ACC Firestarters Dance Team next year. She received a dance scholarship to do so.

Morgan is a senior at Iola High School and the daughter of Christopher and Kimberly Purl Delacruz.

Morgan studies both dance and cheer at Supernova Dance Authority.

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Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” The governor argued in his veto message that expanding Medicaid would burden the state with “unrestrainable” costs even though the 2010 national law promised that the U.S. government would pick up most of the cost.

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who can’t afford to buy health coverage and help struggling rural hospitals remain open.

While some lawmakers said they could try to pass a revised expansion plan before the GOP-controlled Legislature adjourns later this spring, others were skeptical.

“I would love to have another go at it, but, honestly, I’m not sure that we’re going to make any real inroads until we have different people sitting in some of these seats,” said freshman Rep. Patsy Terrell, a Democrat from central Kansas.

A few rural Republicans whose support could have led lawmakers to override the veto questioned whether their struggling hospitals would have seen as

much benefit from an expansion as urban areas. They also worried that extra costs associated with an expansion would hinder efforts to close projected state budget shortfalls totaling more than $1 billion through June 2019.

“One of the ways we got into this problem in the first place is not taking care of our balance sheet,” said Rep. Shannon Francis, a western Kansas Republican. “I’m in favor of this if it’s not going to adversely affect other services.”

Thirty-one states have expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, including some with Republican governors.

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on fellow GOP conservatives who opposed Obama’s policies to block an expansion. But voters last year turned on him and elected more Democrats and moderate Republicans to the Legislature, forcing a debate.

The Kansas Hospital Association believes an expansion could keep several dozen rural hospitals open.

Kansas’ Medicaid program covers about 377,000 poor, disabled and elderly residents, but poor adults under 65 who aren’t disabled and don’t have children aren’t eligible.

Brownback and other critics argued that expanding Medicaid would have shifted the state’s priority from

helping vulnerable, disabled residents to providing health coverage for “able-bodied” adults.

Some said if state dollars were pinched, Kansas would be forced to cut in-home services for the disabled, such as help with chores and bathing.

“We don’t have the money to expand,” said Rep. Brenda Landwehr, a conservative Wichita Republican.

Supporters said an expansion wouldn’t shift funds away from services for the disabled. They also relied on projections from the Kansas Hospital Association saying extra federal dollars would ripple through the economy and result in a net plus for the budget.

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Bags: Effort gives aid to foster children Continued from A1

ten move around.

“This gives us something other than a trash bag to put all their belongings in,” Warner said.

The idea for the duffel bags came from Janice Porter, director of ACARF. She was inspired when she saw a Facebook post of a man buying luggage for foster children.

“I knew I couldn’t buy luggage but I thought maybe if we could sew up some kind of bag.

I just kind of saw the idea and passed it on,” she said.

Jan Kress is the seamstress who designed and sewed the first 17 bags.

Humanity House benefit Fifteen percent of all sales at Sam and Louie’s Pizza, 2150 N. State St., Iola, from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. April 15 will benefit the Humanity House Foundation. The fundraiser includes carry-

out, dine in and delivery orders, according to Ashley Shaughnessy, manager. The Saturday special includes two side salads, an order of cheese bread and a 16 inch one-topping pizza for $25.99.

“I am a quilter so I have a huge stash of material. The first dozen came from my stash of material,” she said.

“I made a prototype and Tracy (Keagle) had some people look at it and they gave me some ideas and tweaked it a little and I took it home and started making them.”

Kress made a variety of bags designed to appeal to age infants through 17 years old and for both male and female. Each bag has an inside pocket and a draw string.

“Each one is unique.

I think everyone needs something unique and special for themselves,” Kress said.

Humanity House filled each with a small fleece blanket, a comb, toothpaste and toothbrush and a composition book and pen. They are gladly accepting donated material so that more duffel bags can be crafted. Anyone who wishes to donate should drop it off at Humanity House. They are also looking for seamstresses who are willing to donate their time to help sew bags. Instructions on how to create the bags are available at Humanity House. Anyone wishing to donate composition books, pens or fleece blankets should drop off the donated items to Humanity House as well.

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Farmers’ Market gift certificates are available in denominations of $5 and $25. They can be purchased during any of the markets, at the Iola Chamber of

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Bats: Pesticides, other factors pose a threat, biologist says Continued from A1

but all have one thing in common, they eat insects, by the trillions every night. Tuttle’s contention, well-founded in research, he said, is the advent of universal use of pesticides after World War II was a huge mistake, that if praying mantises, frogs, lizards and particularly bats had been left to the task “we all would be better off.”

Tuttle also pointed out pesticides have become stronger and more deadly, as insects acquired immunity. He noted studies where insects are being controlled without pesticides in crop fields, with natural flora and fauna nearby, including bats that covet flying insects as a protein-rich source of sustenance.

It is common to find insects flooding the sky for an hour or so at dusk, and then retreating to ground cover when night falls and bats take flight, to sweep the air for fodder.

Bats, whom Tuttle thinks are among the most intelligent of wild

We’re getting more and more arrogant about thinking we can control nature with pesticides,” Tuttle said. “We’re not paying attention to bats declining greatly.”

—Dr. Merlin Tuttle, bat biologist

things, also recognize their need to position feeding flights where they’re most likely to find an ample supply of insects, and then protect those sites.

He cited moths that migrate from Mexico early in the year, with females burdened by hundreds of eggs. Bats’ internal calendars time their reception and save cotton, corn and other crops in Texas from being blighted by the moths and their hordes of offspring.

The moths continue on north, so, Tuttle reasoned, “what they eat in Texas, and along the way, saves crops all the way into Wisconsin.”

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TUTTLE was in Iola over the weekend to visit with Don Erbert and Steve Barlow, who build bat houses that can hold up to 4,000 bats. Their aim was to find ways to make the rest stops more attractive.

The Erbert-Barlow team started constructing bat houses a few years ago and at last count had ones with their brand erected in 15 states. With Tuttle’s assistance, they next will go international, shipping bat houses to Panama.

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so spacers. Bats, which sleep during the day hanging from their feet, usually in caves, on the undersides of limbs or in hollow trees, land on the edge of the plywood and scoot backward into the enclosure.

The local builders and Tuttle discussed whether roughing the plywood would be conducive, by giving bats’ tiny feet a better surface to grab hold. They also talked about whether ventilation along the sides would be helpful during hot summer days.

Bats bear their young like other mammals and, depending on species, can have between one and four “pups,” as Tuttle calls the newborns.

Mating occurs in the fall with birth in early spring. To equip themselves for cold winter weather, “moms have to put on fat” for their sedentary time of the year.

A remarkable event is that female bats have the ability to control their gestation period, depending on nutrition and weather.

Bats also can abort

an embryo and absorb its nutrients if a harsh winter or poor feeding season occurs prior to hibernation.

They also move within a roost area, to congregate and to find a suitable temperature when a group effort isn’t possible.

While most feeding occurs during the runup to winter, Tuttle said he has seen bats returning to their roosts after searches for insects during blizzard conditions.

Males are a bat of another color when it comes to hibernation preparation. They burn up much of their reserves during mating — bats have been known to fly up to 100 miles an hour — and go on feeding frenzies when impregnated females, already fattened, snuggle in for hibernation.

The reverse also is a hibernation logarithm: While males hang and sleep in early spring, the females, who have depleted their fat reserves during their pregnancies, must focus on eating. Later, the males, aroused when their fat is depleted, join in.

Baby bats, imbued by heredity, follow their parents’ tendencies, including, when cold weather hangs on in the spring, drawing together to stay warm.

Very quickly they fly from the roost and instinctively begin to eat insects.

Bats also adjust their body temperature to fit circumstances.

Tuttle said that during a yearlong, once-every10-days survey to measure body temperatures, he found a bat that looked like an icicle, hanging asleep, with all but its nose covered with ice. He figured it was dead, but when he chipped away the ice found a 27-degree reading with a rectal thermometer and then,

when the bat warmed, watched it slowly come to life.

His supposition is that bats have the ability to produce a substance in their blood similar to antifreeze used in vehicle radiators.

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more and more arrogant about thinking we can control nature with pesticides,” Tuttle said.

“We’re not paying attention to bats declining greatly.”

He noted that Mammoth Cave, now a national park in Kentucky, once was home to huge numbers of bats, but now that it is a tourist destination, the bats have been ushered elsewhere, or killed.

The estimate is that 33 million pounds of pesticide are used annually in the United States, including a large portion for mosquito control in towns and cities. But, “people don’t realize that many of those chemicals can lead to dementia and Parkinson’s Disease, Tuttle said.

“Bats are our best hope for turning things around,” he said. “It’s incredible what bats can do to control insects. One cave with 10 to 20 million bats can eat up to 100 tons of insects a night,” with the bats often taking flights of up to 20 miles to preferred hunting grounds.

Not only does pesticide reduce bats’ food source, the chemicals themselves can have a debilitating effect on bats. Tuttle said the chemicals can kill a bat directly, and also build up in fat and migrate to the animal’s brain as fat is consumed.

“The best way for people to live in harmony with nature is to keep the bat population in balance” with insects, he said.

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Aging with Attitude expo Spring rain = summer weeds Approximately 70,000 Americans are 100 years or older and as this number is expected to rise, we are learning more about their secrets to longevity. Many healthy centenarians are teaching us that aging can be a positive, joyful and exciting experience. They demonstrate that each new year of life brings increased knowledge, wisdom and a greater ability to engineer a positive approach to the aging process. Many centenarians contribute their longevity to a positive attitude, nutrition, physical activity, mental and social stimulation, staying in-tune with the times, safety, medical literacy, financial security, sleep, and taking time for oneself. When given the necessary attention, such lifestyle choices can positively affect future health, well-being and

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The Aging with Attitude Regional Expo is a daylong event that promotes positive perspectives on aging. It takes place April 28 at St. John’s Parish center in Iola. Register for $15 by April 17 and enjoy lunch, a motivational speaker, educational sessions, vendor booths, and more.

Rebecca French, author of “Opa: From Hitler Youth to American Father and Farmer,” is this year’s keynote speaker.

Morning breakout sessions include: “Care and Preservation of Trea-

sured Photos” by Gary Palmer, “Tips on Driving Safe at All Ages” by Richard Powell, “Pain Management through Exercise” by Scott Fehr, “Volunteerism at its Best” by Donna Houser, and “Wills, Trusts, and Power of Attorney Documents” by Scott Taddikin.

Sessions in the afternoon are “Depression: NOT a Normal Part of Aging,” “Medication Myths” by Morgan Dieker, “Social Media Do’s and Dont’s” by Lesa Cole, “Take Charge! Help Prevent Health Care Fraud and Abuse!” By John White, and “Walking with Alzheimer’s.”

For more information or to register online, visit agingexpo.ksu.edu.

Registration forms are available in your local Extension office or contact me at 620-223-3720 or at joymiller@ksu.edu.

Use your head, keep your limbs

By JOHN SCHLAGECK Kansas Farm Bureau

With the unseasonably mild winter, it isn’t any wonder that daffodils, scilla and crocus plants have been shooting out of the cool Kansas soil.

While a cold snap could severely damage these plants, their emergence has many people thinking about spring gardening and the joys that accompany the blooming of future flowers.

Although mishaps are seldom equated with simple gardening tasks, injuries are never far away whenever man, materials and tools combine. While it usually results in no more than a simple scratch, painful or disabling injuries are possible.

By combining common sense and a few basic safety rules, many of these accidents can be prevented. Consider the following tips when using hand tools in your garden this spring.

While you might find it a bit uncomfortable, wearing safety goggles is a good idea. Goggles will prevent dirt, sand, rock chips or other flying debris from entering or hitting your eyes.

They will also prevent insects like an unhappy wasp or bee from heading for your eyes.

Steel-toed shoes or other protective footwear is another must for gardening success.

This will allow you to safeguard toes and feet by wearing sturdy shoes that will withstand an

errant swing or stab of your favorite hoe or spade.

Remember to choose the correct tool for the job. This means selecting the tool for the function intended. Pick a tool for its length and weight; make sure it fits your body size. If you don’t know, ask a professional. This may mean

Scout out areas that may contain thorns or dreaded poison ivy. Beware and stay clear.

Take breaks when you become tired. While it’s almost impossible to do, cut down on long stretches of repetitive motions. Vary tasks.

Like anything else, use proper technique.

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Goggles will prevent dirt, sand, rock chips or other flying debris from entering or hitting your eyes. They will also prevent... an unhappy wasp or bee from heading for your eyes.

Springtime rains bring lush grasses to farm fields and ranch lands. Unfortunately, as temperatures begin to inch up, so do pasture weeds. Serecia Lespedeza, blackberries and Broomsedge (commonly known as poverty grass) are three common southeast Kansas weeds.

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K-State Research and

Extension Area Agronomist Dr. Doug Shoup will be on hand to explain recommended treatment and control methods.

A $10 registration fee, payable at the door, will cover meal and materials. Pre-registrations are required by April 18 for an accurate meal count. To be included, call the Extension Office in Erie at (620) 244-3826.

House could debate guns, hospitals TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Opponents of concealed carry at Kansas hospitals and universities hope an eleventhhour gun debate will give them a chance to change the law that’s set to kick in this summer.

Some lawmakers started an effort in January to roll back the controversial concealed carry policy, but several bills never got a vote or were voted down in committees.

House members could hash out the options in a floor debate if they approve a motion to put another gun bill on the debate calendar.

The bill would require Kansas to recognize

concealed carry permits from other states.

It doesn’t address carrying in hospitals and college campuses, but both supporters and opponents of the concealed carry law could amend it on the floor.

The move comes as officials from the University of Kansas Hospital and the National Rifle Association struggle to find a compromise. The hospital doesn’t want to allow concealed guns in its facilities, and gun rights supporters contend it has to allow guns unless officials can ensure no one brings a gun in by stationing metal detectors and armed guards at entrances.

Republican Rep. Stephanie Clayton of Overland Park introduced a bill in January to exempt colleges and several types of medical facilities from the law indefinitely, but it never got a committee vote. She said lawmakers who oppose guns in hospitals and at colleges could attach amendments on the floor exempting the facilities.

Lawmakers passed a law in 2013 allowing concealed guns in public buildings that do not have security such as metal detectors, but they gave the colleges and medical facilities until July 1 of this year to comply.

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Today, there are special tools available for smaller garden spaces.

When buying tools, select ergonomic features that reduce strain and fatigue. They will also provide safety and may be easier to use.

Maintenance, maintenance and more maintenance. Keep your tools in tip-top condition. Make sure handles fit tight.

Replace any that are cracked or split. Replace tools that are chipped, bent or have battered heads. Sharpen spades, hoes and trowels. Clean them after each use.

Examine your yard.

Avoid hitting hard objects with your tools. Doing so could cause damage to them, but more importantly to you.

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March numbers put KS legislators up against a wall This isn’t good, no matter how it is spun.

The Kansas Department of Revenue announced Monday tax collections for March were nearly $12 million short of expectations, putting the shortfall for fiscal 2017, ending June 30, at about $293 million.

The spin: “Even with the shortfall in March, the state’s tax collections are still nearly $57 million ahead of expectations for the current fiscal year that began in July 2016.”

Be reminded, that came after estimates were lowered. However, this is the tip of the iceberg.

The test, which legislators must pass soon, is alleviating the $1.1 billion deficit heading into next two years, ending June 30, 2019, and whatever the new school funding formula demands.

Contact your legislators, Reps. Kent Thompson and Adam Lusker, and Sen. Caryn Tyson, and tell them to get with it.

At the same time you might want to put in a plug for how disappointing it is that the House failed to override Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of Medicaid expansion, after it passed both chambers with healthy margins before Brownback

put a black spot on the measure.

That means for the foreseeable future 130,000 good Kansans, who have the misfortune of living in poverty, will be without health insurance.

Also, it means that Allen County Regional Hospital, and every other public hospital in Kansas, will have to treat a goodly number of patients without being paid or, at best, receive a small portion of what’s due.

It’s easy to sit in an ivory tower and huff and puff about helping people whose livelihoods were harmed from a devastating wildfire, but what about the many others who desperately need assistance?

Burdett Loomis, a University of Kansas sage, was absolutely correct Saturday when he wrote a scathing column calling for Brownback to resign.

THE PURPOSE of government is to do collectively what can’t be done individually.

Obvious things, such as provide public education, build and maintain roads, give the poor and powerless safety nets and have law enforcement and emergency crews at the ready, need to be fully funded.

— Bob Johnson

Letters to the editor To the editor

A response to Don Erbert’s recent letter. Thank You! Your comments hit the current business issues square on the head. Finally, someone else recognizes the fact that Iola’s current economic growth model isn’t working.

Many of the past and present business leaders of both Iola and Allen County may publicly state they want growth.

Their actions, however, suggest they do not want new growth or a bigger population to support that growth.

Simple changes that would help draw potential businesses to Iola could be achieved with little expense or effort. Their lack of being addressed shows that Iola’s growth concept is incorrect. Instead, Iola and Allen County ignores them

Russian probe must be honest WASHINGTON — Forget about the House intelligence committee when it comes to investigating whether Russia stuck its snout into our election. The panel, as led by its Republican chairman, Devin Nunes of California, with the support of GOP leadership, has lost any credibility now and in the future.

Nunes has capitulated to President Donald Trump, in whose pre-election camp he was an early riser, and seems to have no intention of letting the Russian connection bring down his hero’s presidency. Meanwhile, Speaker Paul Ryan and others of the House Republican hierarchy have already poured enough whitewash on the committee to satisfy Tom Sawyer’s Aunt Polly for the rest of her life.

In 50-some years of watching the political passing parade in this town, I have never seen a more brazenly dishonest performance by a committee chairman. Even if he decides ultimately to recuse himself from leading the inquiry that now may or may not happen, the damage has been done, with the smell of dishonesty indelibly imprinted on the public nostrils.

What an unbelievable performance. Only a sap would swallow Nunes’ cloak-anddagger research, which is obviously aimed at helping the Donald show Barak Obama wiretapped his telephones — an allegation not supported by evidence, denied by everyone, and clearly designed to both back up the new president and obscure the Russian investigation. The congressman claims he had a secret nighttime meeting on the White House grounds with a source who said there

Dan K. Thomasson Tribune News Service was incidental surveillance of Trump by an official agency eavesdropping on someone else.

Was the meeting with one of the uniform Secret Service guards who prowl the grounds? Was it a bunny getting ready for the April Easter egg roll? Or has that too been canceled like so many other traditions? Maybe it was some guy with kind of orange, goofy hair.

What we do now know is that three well-placed White House aides compiled the material Nunes was presented.

The House, except for impeachment, never has been good in delving into possible scandals of this size. Members who face election every two years are too vulnerable to partisan influence. The Senate is a far better venue for getting at the truth and putting pressure on those who will. The leaders of the bipartisan Senate intelligence committee — Republican and Democrat — have pledged to put differences aside to work together on the disturbing allegations of foreign influence in our electoral process. That’s nice to hear, since things haven’t always worked that way in the Senate. (Democratic leaders notoriously successfully pulled every string possible in saving then Vice President Lyndon Johnson in the notorious Bobby Baker case

in the 1960s.) The six-year length of a Senate term provides a better cushion from partisan discipline and the ability to take a longer look at the evidence.

The model for modern bipartisan Senate investigations of this magnitude was the Watergate Committee with Democratic Chairman Sam Ervin of North Carolina and Republican Vice Chairman Howard Baker of Tennessee sharing responsibilities equitably. Although the target, Richard Nixon, was of his party, the most famous line came from Baker, who set the tone by stating that it was the committee’s responsibility to determine, “What did the president know and when did he know it?” Nixon’s ultimate resignation turned on that point.

The main complication of the Russian investigation, of course, is that it is considerably far more serious in its implications than anything yet seen. Even Nixon’s fall dealt with less threatening circumstances. That was a domestic challenge to the sanctity of the electoral process. These allegations, if true, would forever raise concerns about the security of our elections from disruption by a foreign power. To be a bit melodramatic, images of the “Manchurian Candidate” appear.

Even if a clear conclusion can’t be reached, Americans need to know that every attempt possible was fairly and honestly made to determine the truth.

Impossible?

Perhaps.

But with guys like Nunes around, perseverance and a proof of diligence are the only answers.

to spend money foolishly on business prospects that were not properly researched or thought out.

Iola’s economy is a microcosm of itself; not the real world. What may have worked for Iola in the past no longer applies. Iola cannot obtain new growth and economic prosperity by using the same business model concepts that worked 40 years ago. The world has changed; the economic concepts have changed. Iola needs to reevaluate the way business works in the real world versus how it works in Iola. Then, either fix the problems or accept reality and be left behind.

Dave Jackson Iola, Kan.

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The City of Humboldt will be celebrating its 160th birth-

day on Saturday, May 20, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

We are in the process of planning the activities and are looking forward to having a great time. At present we are planning on having free Mahaffie stagecoach rides, a vintage baseball game and hotdogs, etc. Other activities are being considered, too.

If you have a calendar of events, we would like to be included in this schedule and would appreciate your letting us know how and when to take advantage of it.

Would you please contact me — either email, phone, or letter — and let me know how to be included in your calendar.

Thank you very much.

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Kurds to the left of us; Turkey to the right There are still many questions pending — including the one of why the United States is involved — in the long, drawn-out campaign by various forces to take Raqqa, considered the Islamic State capital, in the interior of Syria.

Hundreds of U.S. Special Forces are engaged in the campaign, in principle training Kurdish forces in Syria. But at least part of the time, they are keeping Turkish and Turkishbacked forces from attacking the Kurds.

The Trump administration is either letting the Obama policy in Syria continue to be pursued or is itself hoping for at least a symbolic victory over the Islamic State in Raqqa, to justify some of the downsides of U.S. engagement in the multi-sided Syrian conflict.

One problem is that U.S. training and logistical support is going to the Kurds, the sworn enemy of NATO ally Turkey. The Turks are in no sense prepared to see the Kurds install themselves in Raqqa, 68 miles from the Turkish border.

American forces claim that the Kurdish forces are the most effective local combatants in the struggle to take Raqqa as the justification for U.S. aid to them.

Another problem follows from the first. Who will, in effect, take over the governance of Raqqa and its surrounding area if the Islamic State is driven out?

In addition to the Turkeyvs.-the-Kurds issue, there will also be large, expen-

sive humanitarian needs to be met. Raqqa is in the middle of territory that is still jurisdictionally part of a Syria ruled by President Bashar Assad, who is backed by Russia, Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah. That is relevant to the question of into whose hands ex-Islamic State Raqqa passes, if the attacking forces succeed, a not-yet foregone conclusion.

Given the fact that pieces of Syria are still in the hands of various ethnic and religious-based militias, as well as the Assad government, it is difficult to say that his government has won the now six-year civil and international war.

Nonetheless, it probably has, in defiance of the will of Obama’s government and a number of other parties. Evidence of this is that the Arab League summit underway in Jordan is considering readmitting Syria as a full member of the AL, after having been suspended from the group in 2011.

In terms of Mideast pushing and pulling, the victors are Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and the Assad regime. The U.S. is left with the Kurds and a ragtag group of Syrian opposition groups, not much of a consolation prize nor much more than America started with when the Syrian war began. A good estimate of what the affair has cost in terms of cash as well as prestige is lacking. So is a comprehensive Trump administration review of U.S. Mideast policy.

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Major League Baseball: Twins 7, Royals 1

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By DAVE CAMPBELL The Associated Press

Twins’ Max Kepler is safe at first on a bunt, as Royals’ Eric Hosmer waits for the ball in the seventh inning on opening day Monday at Target Field in Minneapolis. Jerry Holt/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For the Minnesota Twins, the memory of that 0-9 start and 59-103 finish last year was still uncomfortably fresh.

They couldn’t have asked for a better way to start the new season than this.

Miguel Sano homered and drew the third bases-loaded walk during a dreadful sev-

enth inning for Kansas City’s bullpen, as Ervin Santana and the Twins beat the Royals 7-1 on Monday for their first opening victory in nine years.

“We didn’t try to overemphasize anything about today other than the fact that we’ve been on a little bit of a mission in spring training to try to come out and play a little bit better,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said.

Santana (1-0) gave up just

two hits and two walks while striking out three over seven innings, aided by two diving catches of sinking line drives by center fielder Byron Buxton that highlighted a stellar afternoon of defense by the Twins.

Mike Moustakas homered leading off the fourth for the Royals, but Sano came back in the bottom of the inning with See ROYALS | Page B4

High School Softball: Humboldt 8, Bluestem 2; Bluestem 11, Humboldt 9

ERIE — The Yates Center golf team got its season started on Monday and faced an interesting challenge on an extremely wet Erie course.

Reece Solander was able to perform the best in the elements, finishing in fourth place overall with an 87, just two strokes behind first-place finisher Trevor Watson from Caney Valley.

Wildcat senior Jon Barnes finished in 25th with a 113 and James Hess was in 37th with a 125.

“With this being Reece and James’ first high school tournament, I am pretty satisfied with their scores, though all three players should be able to shed some strokes off their scores as the season progresses,” Yates Center coach Kevin Barnes said.

Cubs’ junior starting pitcher Rylan Wilhite throws a pitch on Monday against Leon-Bluestem at the Humboldt Sports Complex. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

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HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Cub softball team had a new experience on Monday evening at home against Leon-Bluestem.

For the first time in four years, the Cubs lost a regular season game after the Lions won 11-9 in game two.

A loss in the fourth game of the

season isn’t going to derail the expectations for the Cubs this season, but during the defeat, a much more damaging loss occurred.

In the fifth inning, the Cubs were mounting a rally when sophomore center fielder Aricah McCall raced toward first base to beat out an RBI infield single. McCall beat the Lions’ See SOFTBALL | Page B3

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H.S. Baseball: Bluestem 2, Humboldt 0; Humboldt 2, Bluestem 1

Humboldt’s aces post strong starts as Cubs settle for split

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HUMBOLDT — Monday’s doubleheader between LeonBluestem and Humboldt could be just the first installment in a season-long battle for supremacy in the Tri-Valley League.

“Those are regional championship type games,” Humbolt coach Mike Miller. “For us to pick up the split, I’ll take it.”

Both clubs are top contenders for the league crown this

season and if Monday’s results are any indication, pitching is going to set the tone for the entire league race.

In the first game of the evening, the two squads battled to a scoreless tie through five and a half innings of play, but a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the sixth off Humboldt senior Daylon Splane gave the Lions all the margin they needed.

“He got ahead of that kid and we had two strikes on him,” Miller said. “But we had a little miscommunica-

tion between the catcher and myself about what we wanted to throw. That is on me, I’ll take the blame for that, but it wasn’t the pitch I wanted and the kid put a barrel on it and hit it well.”

Humboldt scratched out two hits in the top of the seventh but it didn’t result in any runs as the Cubs fell 2-0 in game one.

Despite the loss, Miller was impressed with the way Splane threw the ball.

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Wind farm developers optimistic in Kansas WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wind energy officials said the push for more wind farms in Kansas won’t slow down despite the biggest wind energy buyer halting for now.

Various local, state and corporate officials, as well as local landowners will gather Wednesday in Kingman County to dedicate the Kingman and Ninnescah wind farms, the Wichita Eagle reported.

Westar, the company generating about 40 percent of all Kansas wind power, recently increased operations on its 280-megawatt capacity Western Plains wind farm near Dodge City. Westar spokeswoman Gina Penzig said that for the time being, the company is done purchasing.

Bryan Garner, spokesman for wind farm developer NextERA, said the wind energy market is still strong. NextERA developed the Kingman County wind farms.

“We don’t foresee a slowing,” he said. “We are very bullish about renewable energy and continue to invest in Kansas.”

Wind is considered attractive to utility companies because of the low cost and the fact that the cost is locked in for up to 20 years by contract. New wind plants receive a $23 per megawatt inflation-adjusted production tax credit over the plant’s first decade of service if they were under construction before the end of 2016.

That tax credit would decline each year until it disappears by 2020.

Kansas wind power generation grew 18 percent last year, making it the fifth-highest state in the nation.

“The biggest role is the technology has gotten significantly more efficient,” Infinity Renewables Vice President Matt Langley said. “You get more megawattage out of the same gust of wind.”

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Tar Heels win title over Gonzaga in ugly game

By EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz.

(AP) — It’s OK, Carolina, you can open your eyes.

An unwatchable game turned into a beautiful night for the Tar Heels, who turned a free-throw contest into a championship they’ve been waiting an entire year to celebrate.

Justin Jackson delivered the go-ahead 3-point play with 1:40 left Monday and North Carolina pulled away for a 71-65 win over Gonzaga that washed away a year’s worth of heartache.

It was, in North Carolina’s words, a redemption tour — filled with extra time on the practice court and the weight room, all fueled by a devastating loss in last year’s title game on Kris Jenkins’ 3-point dagger at the buzzer for Villanova.

“I wanted to see this confetti fall on us and we’re the winners,” said Carolina’s Joel Berry II, who led the Heels with 22 points. “We came out here and we competed.

It came down to the last second, but we’re national champs now.”

Berry, along with most of Roy Williams’ players, returned for another run. To say everything went right for them at this Final Four would not be the truth.

The Tar Heels (33-7) followed a terrible-shooting night in the semifinal with an equally ice-cold performance in the final — going 4 for 27 from 3-point land and 26

North Carolina’s Justin Jackson (44), Isaiah Hicks (4) and Joel Berry II (2) celebrate with seven seconds left during the second half of UNC’s victory over Gonzaga in the national championship game on Monday at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Ethan Hyman/Raleigh News & Observer/TNS for 73 overall.

Gonzaga, helped by 8 straight points from Nigel Williams-Goss, took a 2-point lead with 1:52 left, but the next possession was the gamechanger.

Jackson took a zinger of a pass under the basket from Theo Pinson and converted the shot, then the ensuing free throw to take the lead for good. Moments later, Williams-Goss twisted an ankle and could not elevate for a jumper that would’ve given the Bulldogs the lead.

Isaiah Hicks made a basket to push the lead to 3, then Kennedy

Meeks, in foul trouble all night, blocked WilliamsGoss’ shot and Jackson got a slam on the other end to put some icing on title No. 6 for the Tar Heels. Williams got his third title, putting him one ahead of his mentor, Dean Smith, and now behind only John Wooden, Adolph Rupp and Mike Krzyzewski.

“I think of Coach Smith, there’s no question,” Williams said. “I don’t think I should be mentioned in the same sentence with him. But we got three because I’ve got these guys with me and that’s all I care about right now — my

guys.”

Berry recovered from ankle injuries to lead the Tar Heels, but needed 19 shots for his 22 points.

Jackson had 16 on a 6-for19 night and, overall, the Tar Heels actually shot a percentage point worse than they did in Saturday night’s win over Oregon.

Thank goodness for free throws. They went 15 for 26 from the line and, in many corners, this game will be remembered for these three men: Michael Stephens, Verne Harris and Mike Eades, the referees who called 27 fouls in the second half, completely

busted up the flow of the game and sent Meeks, Gonzaga’s 7-footers Przemek Karnowski and Zach Collins and a host of others to the bench in foul trouble.

Most bizarre sequence: With 8:02 left, Berry got called for a foul for (maybe) making contact with Karnowski and stripping the ball from the big man’s hands.

But as Karnowski was flailing after the ball, he grabbed Berry around the neck and, after a long delay, got called for a flagrant foul of his own.

That resulted in four straight free throws, a 52-all tie and booing

from every corner of the massive Phoenix University Stadium.

Zags coach Mark Few handled it with class, calling the refs “three of the best officials in the entire country.”

He might have wanted further review on the scrum with 50 seconds left. The refs were taking heat on social media for calling a held ball, which gave possession to the Tar Heels, on a pile-up underneath the Carolina basket. It set up the Hicks layup to put Carolina ahead by three. One problem: Meeks’ hand was out of bounds.

“That was probably on me,” Few said. “From my angle, it didn’t look like an out of bounds situation or I would have called a review. That’s tough to hear.”

The Bulldogs, the Cinderella-turned-Godzilla team from the small school in the Northwest, tried to keep the big picture in mind. Twenty years ago, this looked virtually impossible.

With less than 2 minutes left, they had the lead in the national title game.

“We broke the glass ceiling everyone said we couldn’t break,” Johnathan Williams said.

And North Carolina got over a hump that, at times this season, felt like a mountain.

“They wanted redemption,” Williams said. “I put it on the locker room up on the board — one of the things we had to be tonight was tough enough. I think this group was tough enough tonight.”

Softball: Aricah McCall injured Continued from B1

throw to first, but after stepping on first base, she crumpled to the ground.

Aricah’s sister Makaylah McCall — who scored on the play — and Humboldt coaches Brad Piley and David Taylor rushed

Humboldt senior shortstop Makaylah McCall throws to first base during Monday’s game with Leon-Bluestem at the Humboldt Sports Complex. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

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to her side and Taylor and Makaylah helped her to the dugout.

“When she was running, she stomped it pretty good when she hit the bag,” Piley said.

“I don’t even think she rolled her ankle, she just came down really hard and maybe popped a bone.”

On the field, Aricah’s RBI cut Bluestem’s lead to 8-6.

In the sixth inning, the teams exchanged runs

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with Wilhite picking up an RBI. Bluestem added another two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to extend the lead to four.

Kira McReynolds and Tilar Wells led off the Cubs’ seventh inning with doubles and Sydney Houk singled to cut the margin back to two runs and bring the tying run to the plate.

Bluestem was able to buckle down and recorded three straight outs to end the game and hand the 11-9 loss to the Cubs.

“We haven’t had very much practice with state basketball and rain outs,” Piley said. “It has been busy so far so maybe now we can settle in.

“The more games we get to play, the better we are going to be.”

The Cubs picked up a 6-2 victory in the first game.

Humboldt scored three runs in the fourth inning to take the lead and they added another run in the sixth when Snyder tripled before later scoring.

Each team tacked on two runs in the seventh inning to provide the final margin.

MCCALL INJURY After a trip to the emergency room, it was revealed that Aricah McCall broke her ankle.

The loss of their center fielder and lead-off hitter leaves a big hole in the Cubs lineup and defense.

Stay up to date with the Register over the next few days as to how the Cubs will attempt to compensate for the loss.

UP NEXT The Cubs have a week off before hosting Eureka next Monday.

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Royals: Bullpen struggles in loss to Twins Continued from B1

a tying 425-foot drive into the second deck off Danny Duffy. Six straight balls by Santana to start the seventh gave Molitor pause, but he responded to the mound visit with three straight outs to finish the frame.

“I try to get him to stay positive,” Sano said.

“Let’s go. You’re the man over there.”

After signing a $65 million, five-year contract to assume the role as the ace of the rotation, Duffy’s first career opening day start was a dazzler with eight strikeouts over six innings with three hits and three walks.

Then manager Ned Yost turned to Matt Strahm (0-1) for the seventh, and the Royals unraveled while the Twins rallied with two bunts and four walks.

“Just one bad game.

We have 161 left,” Duffy said. “Our bullpen is great, and I have ultimate confidence in them.”

The key play was Max Kepler’s hustle to beat out a sacrifice attempt for a single, following a replay reversal of the initial out call. Brian Dozier was intentionally walked to load the bases with no outs, and Robbie Grossman, Joe Mauer and Sano all forced in runs with unintentional walks.

Jason Castro tacked on a two-run single, and Jorge Polanco followed with an RBI single as Molitor’s new-look, new-age lineup with Buxton batting third and Mauer in the cleanup spot worked well for the first try.

“Just keep grinding out at-bats,” Mauer said.

“That was pretty fun out there.”

UNFAMILIAR FALTER After finishing in the top five in the major leagues in relief ERA in each of the last two seasons, using a lights-out bullpen to win the World Series in 2015, Royals relievers had a rather ominous debut. Peter Moylan struck out Buxton with the bases loaded, his only batter, but Strahm and Travis Wood each allowed four runners while retiring only one batter.

“That’s not Woody. I didn’t anticipate that.

He’s a strike thrower,” Yost said. “He’s a veteran strike thrower. He’s not a guy that gets frazzled.”

FOR STARTERS The Twins won their first game of the season for the first time since 2008, delighting a sellout crowd announced at 39,615. This was only the second time in eight years since Target Field opened that the schedule put them in Minnesota to start the season.

“There’s just something about opening day,” Molitor said, “that I think kind of tingles everybody’s spine a little bit differently than the rest of the season.”

Mauer made his 13th opening day start, tying Harmon Killebrew for the most in Twins history.

TRAINER’S ROOM Royals: Paulo Orlando was in RF for Jorge Soler, who began his first season with Kansas City on the 10-day DL with a strained left oblique muscle. Soler, who did some light work in the field before the game, is eligible to return on Sunday.

Twins: Santana, who reached 30-plus starts last year for the eighth time in his career, became Minnesota’s second two-time opening day

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UP NEXT Royals: After the scheduled off day on Tuesday, RHP Ian Kennedy will take the mound for Kansas City in the middle game on Wednesday afternoon, followed by new RHP Jason Hammel in the series finale.

Twins: LHP Hector Santiago comes up next in the rotation for Minnesota, with Kyle Gibson on tap for Thursday afternoon.

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Taking steps to head off Alzheimer’s disease Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 64-year-old male in excellent health. My mom and dad both developed dementia. Dad died from a stroke at 76, a few months after diagnosis.

Mom is 85 and has severe short-term memory loss and sudden-onset dementia. She will be evaluated for Alzheimer’s disease soon.

If genetics might be an indicator for dementia, should I be on something like Aricept now?

I’ve read that AD takes about 20 years to develop fully. — C.C.J. Answer: Many people are justifiably afraid of developing Alzheimer’s.

The strategies with the best evidence for prevention are the following: Diet: Eat a diet low in saturated fat from meat and high in fruits and vegetables, whole

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. Fatty fish is likely to reduce incidence of dementia and slow its progression if it occurs.

Exercise: There may be a limited role for exercise in prevention of dementia.

Alcohol: Small amounts of alcohol may have a protective role, but more than moderate use does not, and is not recommended.

Puzzles and mind games: There is good evidence that these can improve function. Different types of mental exercises, such as word-based

puzzles (crosswords, etc.), number-based puzzles (like Sudoku or KenKen), memory exercises and visual/spatial exercises (coloring books are a recent trend) can have multifaceted benefits.

It’s not proven that these actually reduce dementia, but they seem likely to keep older people functioning at a higher level for longer.

As far as medications go, based on my current reading of the vast amount of literature, I think that medications like donepezil (Aricept), although they can slow progression, are unlikely to prevent the brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease. I don’t recommend it for people with no evidence of dementia. There is better evidence that statin drugs may influence dementia, but not enough that I

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Dear Dr. Roach: You wrote that carbonated water has a small risk of damaging teeth. If all the carbonation has gone out (I drink tonic water), does that lessen the problem? — P.K. Answer: Carbonated water contains dissolved carbon dioxide, in equilibrium with carbonic acid. As the carbon dioxide bubbles away, the water also becomes less acidic. Plain carbonated water (club soda or seltzer) becomes regular water. Tonic water, on the other hand, contains quinine, and many brands also add sugar.

Although it remains a better choice than cola, plain water is still your best choice.

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Baseball: Cubs split with Leon-Bluestem Continued from B1

“He pitched a great game,” Miller said. “I haven’t seen him throw a game quite like that, especially this early in the season.”

Splane threw six innings and allowed just three hits and walked five while striking out eight.

In game two, Humboldt was afforded a luxury that few teams have.

They trotted out their second senior ace of the day and leaned on Rayce Hoepker to salvage the split against the Lions.

“He was cruising through five innings with fewer than 50 pitches,” Miller said. “That is one of the best games I’ve seen him throw. He kept them off balance and threw strikes.”

The senior threw all seven innings and didn’t allow an earned run while giving up just three hits and three walks.

“I was throwing strikes and trusting the defense,” Hoepker said.

“I was pretty much just letting them hit it. My defense did most of it tonight.”

The Cubs were also able to provide Hoepker with the run support that was lacking in Splane’s start.

With two runners on in the third inning, Splane laced a double over the left fielder’s head to open the scoring.

Humboldt added an insurance run in the top of the sixth when Josh Vanetta grounded out.

Wyatt Seufert was able to score on the play to give Humboldt a 2-0 advantage.

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Humboldt senior starting pitcher Daylon Splane bare-hands a bunt attempt by Leon-Bluestem before throwing the runner out during Monday’s game one at the Humboldt Sports Complex. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA That run proved valuable when a passed ball allowed a run to score in the bottom of the sixth to tighten the game back up.

Hoepker was able to hold the damage to just one run, however, and the Cubs escaped with a 2-1 win and a series split with the Lions.

The offense is still a concern for the Cubs.

They managed just six hits between the two games, but the stellar pitching from Bluestem

certainly played into that.

“A lot of it is about approach right now,” Miller said. “Their pitchers are filling up the zone and throwing strikes and we are watching first pitch fastballs down the middle. It is about having the mindset to be ready to hit.”

Although it is just four games into the season, it is never too early to look at league races and at the end of the year. Humboldt’s game two victory

could be the difference between a league championship or a runner-up showing.

“It was big to get the split, because when it comes down to it, that is probably the league championship,” Hoepker said. “That was a big game.”

UP NEXT The Cubs will welcome Eureka to the Humboldt Sports Complex next Monday for a doubleheader.

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