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David Ingle, a member of the Iola Police Department, died Monday of complications related to COVID-19.

Ingle’s passing was announced via the IPD Facebook David Ingle page.

“It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we let the community know that Officer David Ingle passed away this evening,” the post read. “Officer Ingle has

Local legislators agree it’s time to end the sales tax on food.

But when it comes to expanding Medicaid, there’s no common ground.

Those differences spilled over Tuesday when local legislators gave Allen County commissioners an update on the coming legislative session.

But first, Reps. Kent Thompson and Ken Collins, and Sen. Caryn Tyson all spoke of their support to abolish a state sales tax on food, amid bipartisan support and new enthusiasm for the effort.

“This is a magic moment in time,” Thompson said. “I think it’s a good policy and I think we can afford it.”

He said estimates show it will cost the state about $545 million to end the 6.5% sales tax on food, but the state expects to have a large revenue surplus — as much as $2 billion — this year in part because of federal stimulus programs.

Exactly how such a measure will pass remains to be seen. The session is set to start on Jan. 10.

Thompson said he hopes lawmakers will resist the urge to pad the bill with other projects in an attempt to capitalize on its popularity.

“It sounds like a good idea in theory, but I want to see the bill. That’s where things get tripped up,” he said. “If we

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Allen County COVID-19 Case Count

Cases since 12/29....46 Total cases*............2,737 Deaths...................26 *Since the start of the pandemic Sources: Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments, Kansas Department of Health and Environment

COVID guidelines updated By the Register staff

The Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments issued new guidelines for COVID-19 protocols, after federal health officials announced changes to quarantine timelines.

The changes reduce the quarantine time to five days, down from 10, regardless of vaccination status.

Anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 should isolate and stay home at least five days and as long as symptoms continue. If you have a fever, stay home until the fever resolves.

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District 9 Rep. Kent Thompson speaks to Allen County Commissioners about the coming legislative session. Thompson and other local lawmakers said there’s a good chance the Legislature will pass some version of a bill to do away with a state sales tax on food. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS have a chance to get it done, it will be this year so let’s try to keep it a clean bill.”

Collins and Tyson also expressed concern as to what the final bill might look like.

Tyson pointed out there is some debate over what qualifies as a sales tax on food.

Does that mean anything edible, including fast food or meals prepared by a restaurant? Or does it just mean groceries?

“Anything we can get is going to be a win, but I’m going to push for food,” Tyson said.

“I’m very excited about it.

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District 2 Rep. Ken Collins, left, and Dist. 12 Sen. Caryn Tyson talk to commissioners. Paul Zirjacks is pictured in back.

Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers

By MARY CLARE JALONICK The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long after most other lawmakers had been rushed to safety, they were on the hard marble floor, ducking for cover.

Trapped in the gallery of the House, occupying balcony seats off-limits to the public because of COVID-19, roughly three dozen House Democrats were the last ones to leave the chamber on Jan. 6, bearing witness as the certification of a presidential election gave way to a violent insurrection.

As danger neared, and as the rioters were trying to break down the doors, they called their families. They scrambled for makeshift weapons and mentally prepared themselves to fight.

Many thought they might die.

“When I looked up, I had this realization that we were trapped,” said Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., a former Army Ranger who served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. “They had evacuated the House floor first. And they forgot about us.”

Bound together by circumstance, sharing a trauma uniquely their own, the lawmakers were both the witnesses and the victims of an unprecedented assault on

State tops tax revenue expectations

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ly the sights and sounds amid the chaos.

Vividly they remember the loud, hornetlike buzz of their gas masks. The explosive crack of tear gas in the hallways outside. The screams of officers telling them to stay down. The thunderous beating on the doors below. Glass shattering as the rioters punched through a window pane. The knobs rattling ominously on the locked doors just a few feet behind them.

And most indelibly, the loud clap of a gunshot, reverberating across the cavernous

TOPEKA — Supercharged revenue collections in December by the state Department of Revenue exceeded the monthly estimate by $64 million to expand the cash cushion available for tax reductions or spending investments by the 2022 Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly.

In the initial six months of the current fiscal year, the state treasury in Kansas deposited $4.28 billion from sources ranging from income and sales assessments to taxes on oil, tobacco and liquor. That has resulted in an unexpected mid-year addition of $83 million to the state treasury beyond the bullish estimate most recently updated in November.

Kelly has recommended lawmakers use the reserves to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries at an annual cost of at least $400 million to the state. She also proposed a

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Trump supporters try to force their way through a police barricade in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, hoping to stop Congress from finalizing Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election. (KENT NISHIMURA/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS) American democracy. Along with a small number of staffers and members of the media, they remained in the chamber as Capitol Police strained to hold back the surging, shouting mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump.

The lawmakers were finally taken to safety roughly an hour after the siege began.

Interviewed by The Associated Press before this week’s anniversary of the attack, 10 of the House members who were in the gallery talked of being deeply shaken by their experience, recalling visceral-

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Schools weigh masks; officials warn of ‘dangerous’ moment

Brenda Fudge-Bailey, 62, died Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington.

Private family services are planned for a later date.

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health officials warned of a “dangerous moment” as one school district reimposed masks and another eased up on them during a meeting so contentious that the audience was removed.

In the Manhattan-Ogden district, the school board voted Monday to reinstate a districtwide mask mandate, changing a policy that had been in place since Nov. 1 that made masks optional for high schoolers. The board will revisit the decision early next month.

Meanwhile, the board for the 27,000-student Shawnee Mission school district narrowly voted to allow a mask-optional policy to take effect for middle- and high-schoolers when classes resume today. The crowd interrupted so frequently that the board president twice shut the meeting down before kicking out

Police reports Arrest reported Matthew J. Wilson, who was wanted on multiple arrest warrants stemming from burglary and theft charges, was arrested in Iola Sunday.

Iola police officers and Allen County sheriff ’s deputies arrested Wilson in the 10 block of North Walnut Road East.

Wilson apparently was found trying to hide in a closet, deputies reported.

Wilson was booked into Allen County jail on three warrants, two from Iola for failing to appear in court, and one from Allen County related to the burglary and theft charges.

New officers kicked off a new year for the Allen County Multi-Agency Team (ACMAT).

The group met Tuesday via Zoom with a new chairman, Carol Olson, presiding.

Officers are Matt Stuckey, vice chairman; Kristin Wright, treasurer; and Vickie Moss, secretary. Other board members are Michelle Meiwes and Robin Griffin-Lohman.

Iola police officers arrested Jessica Waggoner, 36, Iola, for suspected interference with a law enforcement officer and a warrant out of Missouri for charges of delivery of a controlled substance and non-support.

Waggoner was arrested after officers were called to a disturbance in the 600 block of North Cottonwood Street Dec. 27. While at the scene, officers also arrested Millard Ferguson, 53, Iola, for suspected obstructed apprehension for prosecution.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay will ask the Kansas Supreme court to review a decision that overturned the conviction of a former prison dentist for having sexual relations with a female inmate.

The Kansas Court of Appeals last month overturned the January 2020 conviction of Tomas Co., who was accused of repeatedly touching the inmate at the Topeka

Iola police reported John Carper was involved in a suspected beer theft from Pump N Pete’s in the 700 block of North State Street on Christmas Day.

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The group heard results of a coalition assessment from Lisa Frey Blume with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Members discussed the survey, and focused on a few key areas for improvement.

The organization needs to better publicize its work and presence in the community, members said. Another priority is to develop strat-

egies for new member orientation.

In other business, the group voted to join both the Iola and Humboldt Chambers of Commerce.

ACMAT is a coalition of organizations and individuals that collaborate and share information to improve the lives of people in Allen County. The group meets at noon on the first Tuesday of each month, currently via Zoom.

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gled to find enough bus drivers, food service workers and substitute teachers. The situation is expected to get worse as omicron takes hold, she said.

“It’ll be all hands on deck for the next month,” she said. “There are times when the people at the district office have to roll up their sleeves and support our teachers so

the audience.

Superintendent Michelle Hubbard described the contentiousness of the meeting in a briefing Tuesday as “disappointing, to say the least” and noted that the board has been under tremendous pressure.

Hubbard said the district started the academic year 250 employees short and has strug-

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The appeals court said Co’s touching the inmate on her leg and thighs was inappropriate but did not meet the legal definition of lewd, which was required for a conviction on the charge he faced.

Kagey said if the Kansas Supreme Court doesn’t overrule the appeals court finding, he will seek a legislative

change to the relevant law, The Topeka Capital Journal reported.

Co supervised a dental lab at Topeka Correctional Facility, where the female inmates made dental products.

Prosecutors alleged that Co molested six inmates at the prison between 2011 and 2018 but he was found guilty on only one count.

Arrest made in Wichita stabbing WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An arrest has been made in the fatal stabbing of a man over the New Year’s weekend in Wichita.

Bryce Marc Johnston, 27, of Bel Aire, was booked early Monday into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder in the Sunday killing of 44-year-old Jayson Stalkup, of Wichita, police said.

Officers were called

at 5 p.m. Sunday to an apartment complex in north Wichita where they found Stalkup in the parking lot, investigators said. Stalkup had been stabbed repeatedly and died at the scene.

Around the same time, police were called to a vehicle crash involving Johnston. Responding officers determined Johnston was a suspect in the stabbing and took him into custody.

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that they can support kids in the classroom.”

She noted that the district’s policy allows the district to require masks if case numbers and quarantines in a school surpass 3%.

The board’s vote came after more than 200 local health professionals sent a letter asking Johnson County commissioners and school districts to keep in place a mask mandate. Commissioners in Johnson County, which is the state’s most populous,

are prepared to decide Thursday whether to scrap their mandate for elementary schoolchildren.

The letter noted that the U.S. has been “shattering” case records and said, “Now is not the time to let our guard down.”

The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas, is treating 120 COVID-19 patients, up from 40 on Dec. 1. Fifteen patients — all unvaccinated — are on ventilators.

“This is a dangerous moment for us,” said Dr. Steve Stites, the hospital’s chief medical officer, during a briefing Tuesday.

“There are a lot of kids who aren’t vaccinated. There are a lot of teachers who may not be vaccinated. And the problem is going to be that if you have too many kids out of the classroom, if you have too many teachers who can’t teach and not enough administrators, you can’t run the program. You’re going to struggle.”

Financial Focus

Should Inflation Affect Your Investment Moves?

As you know, inflation heated up in 2021, following years of pretty stable – and low – numbers.

And now, early in 2022, we’re still seeing elevated prices. As a consumer, you may need to adjust your activities somewhat, but as an investor, how should you respond to inflation?

First, it helps to know the causes of this recent inflationary spike. Essentially, it’s a case of basic economics – strong demand for goods meeting inadequate supply, caused by material and labor shortages, along with shipping and delivery logjams.

In other words, too many dollars chasing too few goods. Once the supply chain issues begin to ease and consumer spending moves from goods to services as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, it’s likely that inflation will moderate, but it may still stay above pre-pandemic levels throughout 2022.

Given this outlook, you may want to review your investment portfolio. First, consider stocks. Generally speaking, stocks can do well in inflationary periods because companies’ revenues and earnings may increase along with inflation. But some sectors of the stock market typically do better than others during inflationary times. Companies that can pass along higher costs to consumers due to strong demand for their goods – such as firms that produce building materials or supply steel or other commodities to other businesses – can do well. Conversely, companies that sell nonessential goods and services, such as appliances, athletic apparel and entertainment, may struggle more when prices are rising.

Of course, it’s still a good idea to own a variety of stocks from various industries because it can help reduce the impact of market volatility on any one sector. And to help counteract the effects of rising prices, you might also consider investing in companies that have a long track record of paying and raising stock dividends. (Keep in mind, though, that these companies are not obligated to pay dividends and can reduce or discontinue them at any time.)

Apart from stocks, how can inflation affect other types of investments? Think about bonds. When you invest in a bond, you receive regular interest payments until the bond matures. But these payments stay the same, so, over time, rising inflation can eat into your bond’s future income, which may also cause the price of your bond to drop – a concern if you decide to sell the bond before it matures. The impact of inflation is especially sharp on the price of longer-term bonds because of the cumulative loss of purchasing power.

However, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) can provide some protection against inflation.

The face value, or principal amount, of each TIPS is $1,000, but this principal is adjusted based on changes in the U.S. Consumer Price Index. So, during periods of inflation, your principal will increase, also increasing your interest payments. When inflation drops, though, your principal and interest payments will decrease, but you’ll never receive less than the original principal value when the TIPS mature. Talk to your financial advisor to determine if TIPS may be appropriate for you.

Ultimately, inflation may indeed be something to consider when managing your investments. But other factors – especially your risk tolerance, time horizon and long-term goals – should still be the driving force behind your investment decisions. A solid investment strategy can serve you well, regardless of whether prices move up or down.

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

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“I’ve heard a lot of gunshots in my time, and it was very clear what that was,” Crow said. “I knew that things had severely escalated.”

The shot was fired by Officer Michael Byrd and killed Ashli Babbitt, a Trump supporter from California who was trying to crawl through the broken window of a door that leads to the House chamber. Both the Justice Department and Capitol Police investigated the shooting and declined to file charges.

While the gunshot dispersed some of the violent mob, the lawmakers ducking in the gallery believed the worst was just beginning.

“I think all of us, myself included, had images of a mass-shooting event,” said Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., who posted video updates on Twitter as the chaos unfolded. “It was terrifying in the moment.”

Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., said he could tell the gunshot had come from the back of the chamber, in the Speaker’s Lobby just outside, and not from the main doors on the opposite side where they could see rioters trying to break through. In that moment he realized why they couldn’t leave — they were surrounded. “It was in stages that you realized the severity,” he said.

Their terror was compounded by knowledge of what the mob was after: stopping Congress from certifying the Electoral College votes that would make Joe Biden the 46th president of the United States. Mike Pence, as is customary for the vice president, had been presiding over the ceremony in the House chamber where lawmakers were gathered to hear the certified results from all 50 U.S. states and the territories.

Trump had other ideas.

Spouting lies about election fraud that were refuted by his own Justice Department, Trump pressured Pence to reject the electors — a move that would have bucked the Constitution and thrown the House, and potentially the country, into chaos.

Pence refused to do so, but Trump held a rally in Washington before the vote-counting began, telling hundreds of supporters at the Ellipse to “fight like hell.”

Members of the mob chanted “Hang Mike Pence” as they forced their way into the Capitol, brutally overpowering police who stood in their way. Dozens were injured, some seriously, and four officers who were there that day later took their own lives.

Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., was among those sheltering in the gallery. She tried to remain calm, drawing on what she learned as chief of the Orlando police. But she also felt powerless, lacking a gun or any of the other weapons she always had on the beat.

She shuddered when police said there had been a “breach” of the building.

“That is probably the word that I will remember about that day for the rest of my life more than any other,” Demings

Trump supporters breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, before 30 or so House Democrats could be safely evacuated from the House gallery. (KENT NISHIMURA/ LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS)

said. “I knew that meant that the police had somehow lost the line. And I also know, having been a former police officer, that they would have done everything in their power to hold that line to protect us.”

She says she told a colleague sheltering with her in the gallery: “Just remember, we’re on the right side of history. If we all die today, another group will come in and certify those ballots.”

Congress reconvened that night, certifying Biden’s election victory before sunrise.

In the days after the attack, many of the lawmakers who were in the gallery started connecting on a text message chain. It quickly evolved into therapeutic group sessions and even potluck gatherings where they tried to make sense of it all.

They dubbed themselves “the gallery group,” and the name stuck.

The Democrats were social distancing in the balcony as they waited to speak on the floor at the invitation of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and those interviewed said they don’t recall any Republicans sheltering alongside them. GOP Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota was in the gallery at the beginning of the insurrection and recounted the ordeal to a local news outlet that evening.

But he declined to be interviewed. A handful of other Republicans, including Reps. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma and Troy Nehls of Texas, helped police barricade the door below.

Some of the Democrats who sheltered in the gallery are planning to spend time together at the Capitol this week, not only to remember their own experiences and honor those who protected them but also to reflect on the country’s narrow escape from a coup.

“We were the last people in the chamber,” said Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, a former Navy helicopter pilot. “I think we saw the whole thing play out in a way that is very different from anybody else on the Hill.”

Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state helped organize the first virtual session the Sunday after the insurrection. She received multiple texts from colleagues after she spoke up on a Democratic caucus call about what the group went through and how they felt forgotten.

“It ended up being a three-hour Zoom,” Jay-

apal says. “It was deeply personal. People shared a lot of things about what they were going through. There were a lot of tears. There was a lot of anger. There was a lot of, you know, just how could this be? How could we be in America and have this happen in our Capitol?”

Many of the members went on to seek therapy.

Some were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress, their struggles exacerbated by the raw tensions on Capitol Hill and an increasing number of death threats.

Others said they have been more traumatized by the growing tendency among Republican lawmakers, and some in the public, to downplay or ignore the violence than they were by the attack itself.

Lawmakers said the gallery group has been a refuge through it all.

“I think it really saved my mental health,” says Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif. “It just seemed like every time somebody posted something, we were all awake, no matter what time of day or night, and we were all responding to each other. So that was really powerful.”

Rep. Annie Kuster, who sought treatment for post-traumatic stress, says the gallery group connects almost daily on the text message chain, which moved to an encrypted app after some members raised security concerns. “Sometimes it’s to get a ride to a vote.

Sometimes it’s, ‘Who’s cooking, and can you bring a bottle of wine to a dinner together?’ And sometimes it’s talking about our treatment for trauma and how we can preserve our democracy.”

Kuster, D-N.H., was

one of the first to be let out of the gallery on Jan. 6, escaping through the doors along with three other members just before the remaining lawmakers were locked inside.

When Kuster’s group reached the hallway, a group of rioters was rushing toward them.

“We ducked into the elevator,” Kuster said.

“And I said to this incredible policeman — I said, oh, my God, what if the elevator doors open, and they kill us?

And I will never forget this moment ... he said, ‘Ma’am, I am here to protect you.’ And he was there to protect our democracy.”

For those still in the gallery, fear was escalating. Crow was tending to Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., who was in distress after talking to a family member, while also communicating with Mullin on the floor below as he helped barricade the door. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., was shouting a prayer for peace and healing. Jayapal, who had knee replacement surgery just a few weeks earlier and was using a cane, was trying to figure out how she would escape if she had to run. She held hands with some of her female colleagues crouching beside her.

Eventually, Capitol Police determined the upstairs area was clear, even as insurrectionists kept trying to break through the doors below. The lawmakers and others were rushed out of the chamber and down a warren of staircases and hallways.

When they left, they could see police officers holding five or six rioters flat on the ground, guns pointed at their heads.

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Poll: Less than half of GOP say 1/6 siege was violent WASHINGTON (AP) — The fighting — so primitive and ferocious that one Capitol Police officer described it as “medieval” and another as a “trip to hell” — left more than 100 law enforcement personnel injured, some beaten with their own weapons.

Video cameras captured the violence live, with rioters clubbing officers with flag polls and fire extinguishers, even squeezing one between doors as he begged for his life.

Yet nearly a year after the Jan. 6 siege only about 4 in 10 Republicans recall the attack by supporters of then-President Donald Trump as very violent or extremely violent, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

About 3 in 10 Republicans say the attack was not violent, and about another 3 in 10 say it was somewhat violent.

Their views were a distinct minority as overall about two-thirds of Americans described the day as very or extremely violent, including about 9 in 10 Democrats.

The findings reflect the country’s political polarization, with a false portrayal of the siege taking hold despite extensive footage that shows the ransacking of the building in harrowing detail.

Trump and some allies in Congress and conservative media have played it down, falsely characterizing the attack as a minor civil disturbance.

It’s a view that is shared by many Republicans, though few go so far as to defend the rioters themselves.

“My understanding was that a lot of it was pretty peaceful,” Paul Bender, a self-described conservative from Cleveland, told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “I’ve seen some video of the people just like marching in through a velvet rope.”

Bender, who said he didn’t keep up with the news coverage, added, “There were certainly outlier people who were not peaceful and were breaking through the windows and stuff like that, but I wasn’t aware of overt violence.”

Meanwhile, the percentage of Americans who blame Trump for the Jan. 6 riot has grown slightly over the past year, with 57% saying he bears significant responsibility

for what took place. In an AP-NORC poll taken in the days after the attack, 50% said that.

The uptick is seen among Republicans as well, even as relatively few think Trump bears significant responsibility.

Twenty-two percent say that now, up from 11% last year. Sixty percent say he had little to no responsibility.

“I don’t believe that he actively was like promoting people to do anything other than a peaceful protest,” Bender, 53, said.

“However, once things got out of hand, I think that it would have been appropriate for him to have reacted sooner, whether that was a statement or going on the radio or TV or whatever.”

The insurrection was the closing act of Trump’s desperate effort to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden.

After Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud were soundly rejected in the courts, he shifted his focus to the Electoral College certification on Jan. 6, publicly pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to stop Congress from naming Biden the winner. Pence did not have that power under the law, as the vice president’s function is largely ceremonial.

Trump promoted the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the attack, predicting it would be “wild,” and in a speech that day urged his supporters to “fight like hell” as Congress convened to certify the election results. The attack halted that process for hours as rioters occupied the building.

Still, while few Republicans blame Trump, Republicans and Democrats alike overwhelmingly say that the individual rioters had a great deal or quite a bit of responsibility for their actions during the riot.

“I think there were strong supporters of President Trump that were there, but I think the people that caused the attacks might not have been true Trump supporters,” said Mary Beth Bell of Jacksonville, Florida. “Because I know a lot of Trump supporters, and they see what happened on Jan. 6 as disgusting as I do.”

About 7 in 10 Americans also say a House select committee should continue its investigation of the attack, while about 3 in 10 say it should not.

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I’ve been fighting for this for years.”

Collins said he also prefers to see an exemption for all food, including prepared meals.

Some legislators also have discussed offering a tax rebate rather than doing away with the tax at the point of purchase, but Collins said he also hopes to keep it simple.

THE DISCUSSION turned a bit tense when Commission Chairman Bruce Symes asked the lawmakers if there was any chance to pass Medicaid expansion this year.

Not very likely, they said.

Kansas lawmakers have repeatedly refused to expand Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor and disabled supported by the state and federal government.

Kansas is only one of a dozen states that have yet to expand the program so that more fall under its umbrella.

That’s resulted in about $6.5 billion in federal aid that Kansas has not received. About $1 million a year would go to Allen County Regional Hospital, Symes said.

Thompson supports Medicaid expansion, and noted the House has passed bills in support on multiple occasions but those efforts were blocked by the Senate.

Any future effort will need to start in the Sen-

Allen County Commissioners, from left, Bruce Symes, David Lee and Jerry Daniels meet with legislators, seated in center from left, Rep. Kent Thompson, Rep. Ken Collins and Sen. Caryn Tyson. ate, he said.

And that’s not likely, Tyson said.

Tyson said it would take “a Kansas solution” to pass Medicaid expansion. She’d rather see other local solutions, such as Allen County’s decision to partner with Saint Luke’s Health System to keep its hospital viable in the long term.

She called Medicaid expansion “Obamacare,” as the initial legislation was passed during President Obama’s administration.

That caused Iolan Bob Franklin, an audience member, to take issue.

“It’s not Obamacare.

It’s the Affordable Care Act and it’s the law of the land,” he said.

Thompson then asked Sheriff Bryan Murphy how much the county pays for inmate health

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one-time, $445 million tax rebate delivering $250 each to about 1.2 million Kansans.

“Over the past three years my administration has taken steps to restore the Kansas economy, and that fiscal responsibility has paved the way to provide direct tax relief to Kansas taxpayers,” said Kelly, a Democrat seeking re-election in November.

House and Senate GOP leaders indicated they were interested in considering bills featuring broad tax rate reductions.

The Department of Labor reported total tax collections in December were $890 million. That was 7.8% higher than projected for the month by economists and state officials on the Consensus Estimating Group.

The state’s December tally was $120 million or

15% greater than collections in December 2020.

The three largest categories of state tax revenue exceeded expectations in December.

In terms of individual income taxes, the state took in $355 million, which was $35 million more than anticipated for the month. Corporate income tax payments tallied $132 million for the month, $22 million above the projection. Sales tax revenue to the state reached $224 million last month to climb $4 million over the prediction.

The revenue department documented a 23% surge in cigarette tax collections of $10 million in December.

Liquor taxes met expectations of $10 million.

The severance tax on oil and gas generated nearly $6 million in revenue — about $1 million more than projected for the month.

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Full vaccination is considered for those who have been vaccinated and boosted, or those who received the complete Pfizer or Moderna series within the last six months, or those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine within the past year.

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For those who are not fully vaccinated or

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Allen County has reported 2,737 cases since the pandemic began, with 46 new cases reported since Dec. 29.

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care, a financial burden that could be eased under Medicaid expansion.

As Thompson attempted to talk about that issue, Tyson interrupted and talked over him, to which Thompson said, “Would you… just, stop.”

“Excuse me?” Tyson said.

“Stop,” Thompson said.

Symes interjected and promised Tyson she would have a chance to speak.

ASIDE from that brief interlude, the legislators took turns sharing their thoughts on other matters.

Tyson added to the discussion on the food sales tax, saying she’d also like to see an exemption for manufacturer’s coupons.

Most consumers don’t

realize they pay a tax on the value of a coupon, she said. For example, a manufacturer’s coupon for $1 off doesn’t exactly equal $1 off your bill, because that coupon is taxed.

While that might not seem like a lot of money, it adds up. It especially adds up on things like a manufacturer’s rebate at a car dealership, which is why that industry received an exemption.

Tyson said she’d like to see an exemption for all of those types of coupons.

LAWMAKERS will redraw legislative boundaries this year, a process required every 10 years following the Census.

A shift in population from rural to urban areas is likely to result in the loss of some rural

representations, the local legislators said. All expressed concern about fewer voices being heard on issues that matter to Allen County, though it’s not yet known what will come from the redistricting process.

ENERGY issues also received quite a bit of attention.

First, Commissioner David Lee asked Tyson for more information about the pending closure of coal-fired plants.

Tyson said she hopes lawmakers can reverse a decision from last session that allows plants to take out a loan in order to pay for the costs associated with closing.

Since then, Evergy — which owns three of the state’s four coal-fired plants — announced plans to close them over the next several years.

Tyson said she is concerned Kansas will be unprepared, and renewable sources like wind and solar will not be able to keep up with demand during events like winter storms.

She also pointed to last year’s February freeze.

That led to an extensive discussion on natural gas prices and the attorney general’s investigation into whether a spike in gas prices last February was illegal. During a cold snap, prices spiked from about $2.20 per unit to $622 per unit.

Some cities, including Humboldt, were left with millions of dollars in unexpected gas bills.

Tyson said she believed it was a mistake for the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency to purchase a third of its gas on a long-term contract, a third shortterm and a third in what amounted to a day-today manner.

Humboldt’s city administrator, Cole Herder, was on hand to talk about the issue. The city now is saddled with a loan of $150,000 a year for 10 years, but he thanked lawmakers for their quick efforts to help the cities as much as they could.

He also defended the way KMEA purchased gas, as it’s difficult to store natural gas and difficult to predict how much gas a city will need.

Rescuers praise dog’s care for injured mountaineer ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — And it wasn’t a Saint Bernard.

Croatian rescuers are praising a dog who protected his injured owner from freezing high on a snowy mountain, keeping him warm for 13 hours in the dark until he could get medical attention.

“Friendship and love between man and dog know no boundaries,” the county’s mountain rescue service wrote on Twitter Tuesday, with a photo of the dog lying

on top of his master on a stretcher.

The accident occurred late on Jan. 1 more than 5,600 feet up Mount Velebit, that stretches along Croa-

tia’s Adriatic Sea coast.

Rescuers say both man and dog — an Alaskan Malamute called North — slipped and fell about 500 feet.

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New housing report is a call to action The long-awaited state housing and marketing report brought some pretty dismal news for Southeast Kansas.

It takes two incomes to afford a house here — if you can find one. Our housing stock is old with little to no new construction occurring.

And with Allen County’s major industries clamoring for more employees, the timing couldn’t be worse.

The jobs are waiting, but people gotta have a place to live.

Is it a death sentence?

Only if we don’t do something about it.

RENTERS have it the hardest. Typically, apartments and houses are overpriced for what tenants can afford.

Wages in Allen County are significantly lower than the state average. The median income here is $45,333, compared to the state’s median of $50,597.

Affordable rentals here are often in disrepair.

Updated building codes, with teeth, would help ensure safe and clean living conditions. It’s untenable to think neighbors should worry about roaches because of one ill-kept abode, but there you have it, right here in Iola.

The same goes for the lack of inspections for plumbing and electricity.

We have entire blocks where people are living in homes without adequate, or worse, dangerous utilities, only because their landlords’ feet aren’t held to the fire.

As for available housing, it’s slim to none as the city continues to tear down eyesores. That may be a remedy to an unsightly building, but empty lots are nothing to crow about. A depleted inventory also means reduced income to the city from lost utilities and property taxes.

The better practice is to not let our housing stock get in such disrepair by letting vacant homes sit idle for years on end before they are finally put up for public auction.

In Allen County, such auctions are held every few years. Rain coming in a roof can do an awful lot of damage in that amount of time. More frequent sales would help make the prop-

erties not only more attractive, but more valuable.

Also, the current practice of expecting prospective buyers to pay the past due property taxes and utility bills of the previous owner is penny wise and pound foolish. Do you want to see these houses back on the tax rolls or not?

IT’S ALSO TIME for some creative thinking on how to beef up Iola’s housing stock and keep it looking attractive. Some cities, for example, make it a point to set aside funds for people to make small home repairs such as to repair broken windows or a dilapidated porch. Others have reserves dedicated to help pay for accessibility modifications for those with disabilities.

Some put skin in the game by providing tax abatements for improvements to homes as well as a means to spur new development.

In Lawrence, there’s a request on the table for the city to put $300,000 toward a new subdivision that would have 38 houses and duplexes. The project would include 20 affordable homes for purchase and 10 rentals, with the remaining more high end. The city would see a return on its investment in no time.

Simply put, the more people who pay utilities and taxes, the lower the burden for everyone. The best tax cut around is a growing community.

CITIES MUST also be willing to change their zoning codes that discriminate against the construction of tiny homes that often better suit the needs of single homeowners. The current minimum square footage makes such construction impossible. Such homes are also perfect for the smaller lot sizes of yesteryear, which are now forbidden to accommodate single dwellings.

And building a mobile home park can be a near-impossible task if laws require certain street layouts, setbacks or special-use permits. The same goes for an apartment complex.

We need to make it easier, not harder, to expand housing here.

Let’s get the ball rolling.

— Susan Lynn

Letter to the editor Dear editor,

The county’s Economic Development Director, Jonathan Goering, reported at the Dec. 21 meeting of Allen County commissioners that Allen County is one of eight communities to receive a Moderate Income Housing Resource grant. The $50,000 grant will allow the county to purchase properties they can give or sell at a low cost for housing development.

I have serious doubts that any builder would consider a free or low cost vacant lot enough of an incentive to build a house on it.

The first job would be to hire an architectural firm to design a low cost and energy efficient house of maybe 1,000 square feet that can be built for less than $100,000 if that is possible. The mon-

ey saved on utilities plus no more rent payments would probably make the monthly house payment. The builder might have to be subsidized with some public or grant money to give him the profit the company expects.

If all of the above can be worked out, I am sure there are plenty of lots that would be available where old houses have been torn down over the years. Then the MIHR grant money could be used to purchase the necessary lots.

In summation, arranging all this will require some hard work and imaginative thinking to come up with solutions and lay the groundwork for building some new homes that would be affordable for potential buyers.

Paul Zirjacks, Iola, Kan.

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump clash with police and security forces as people storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (BRENT STIRTON/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

Global legacy of Jan. 6: US is in decline The global impact of the Jan. 6 insurrection is still growing one year after the attack.

Most Americans don’t realize the shock felt by our foreign friends, and the glee of our adversaries, at watching mobs of MAGA vandals storm the Capitol of the world’s greatest democracy.

Even when European and Asian allies disagreed with American policies, they still looked to the United States as the leader of the community of democratic nations.

Especially given the growing strength of China and the muscle-flexing of Russia.

The coup attempt on Jan. 6, along with its continuing reverberations, has shaken our allies’ faith in America’s future. Despite the Biden administration’s success in strengthening alliances Trump rebuffed — and building new ones in Asia — foreign officials now worry about the stability of the United States.

They watch with astonishment as the former president continues to promote his Big Lie about election fraud in 2020 — and as most GOP leaders support his falsehoods.

They wonder whether Trump will try again to steal the election in 2024, and whether more of his supporters will use violence.

No NATO ally could have conceived of such a scenario before Trump incited the coup attempt at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

“This is a year in which the crisis of American democracy has become incredibly visible to all,” the noted British columnist Martin Wolf told a Financial Times podcast in late December.

“And that is a singularly disturbing fact for those of us who live in what we used to think of as the free world.”

Wolf ’s colleague Gillian Tett, the Financial Times’ editorial board chief, added: “When it comes to the question of American democracy right now, there’s a huge amount of uncertainty. Yes, the potential insurrection on Jan. 6 was suppressed. Yes, we have a new figure sitting

Trudy Rubin Philadelphia Inquirer in the White House as a result of an election. But one of the signs of just how dazed and confused everyone is, is that when everyone talks about what could happen in 2022, with the important midterms coming up, there’s a lot of discussion about whether or not people will actually believe the results.

“And what’s even more remarkable is that the person who is seen as being behind this insurrection ... is being deemed a significant contender for the 2024 presidential race.”

European and Asian leaders wonder whether the partisan madness eating away at America’s democratic institutions will undercut any effective U.S. foreign policy.

This is a time when our country needs to be united against China’s advances and Russia’s aggression. Moreover, NATO allies know they can’t handle these threats alone, and are looking for solid U.S. leadership in pushing back against Moscow and Beijing.

Instead, foreigners watch with amazement (or glee in Beijing) as Trump, his congressional acolytes and proTrump media shatter the most sacred principle of democracy: the commitment to free and fair elections in which the candidate who gets the most votes wins and the loser steps aside.

Never mind that audit after audit, court decision after court decision, debunks GOP claims that votes were altered, voting machines fixed, or absentee ballots misused. Never mind that a monthslong study by The Associated Press of every potential case of voter fraud in six key battleground states found fewer than 475 individual cases of potential fraud out of 25.5 million votes cast.

Despite the clear facts,

nearly two-thirds of self-declared Republicans say the 2020 election was stolen. And state GOP leaders are trying to pass laws that will enable state legislatures to override the popular vote and choose their own slates of electors.

This is only one of many openly discussed schemes to ensure no Democrat can win the 2024 presidential ballot, no matter the number of votes cast in their favor.

IN FOREIGN capitals, they are already imagining the domestic U.S. political chaos if the GOP refuses to accept the results in the 2024 presidential ballot. They also worry about bitter U.S. domestic conflicts in the long run-up to 2024 elections, especially if the GOP wins a House majority in 2022 and makes clear its plans to upend 2024 results it dislikes.

No wonder America’s friends wonder whether our country is on its way to destroying itself. No wonder our adversaries believe this to be the case.

“Trump has handed authoritarians such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping a huge gift: a United States divided, internally preoccupied, and contradicting its own democratic ideals,” writes the noted Stanford political scientist Francis Fukuyama in Foreign Affairs.

Indeed, Chinese state media, and political leaders, point to the chaos of Jan. 6 at the Capitol as proof their system of governance is superior to America’s. The divisiveness that paralyzes American politics increases their self-confidence in their authoritarian order, and their conviction that the United States is in decline.

Trump’s Big Lie, which keeps the legacy of Jan. 6 boiling, is the gift that keeps giving to America’s adversaries. So long as Republican leaders refuse to rebuff that lie in public, they are handing China and Russia a compelling advantage by helping rip up American democracy at its roots.

Today in history Today is Wednesday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2022. There are 360 days left in the year. ***** In 1914, auto industrialist Henry Ford announced he was going to pay workers $5 for an 8-hour day, as opposed to $2.34 for a 9-hour day. (Employees still worked six days a week; the 5-day work week was instituted in 1926.)

***** In 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge. (Work was completed four years later.) ***** On Jan. 5, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression in what became known as the Eisen-

hower Doctrine. ***** In 1972, President Richard Nixon announced that he had ordered development of the space shuttle. ***** In 1998, Sonny Bono, the 1960s pop star-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing. He was 62.

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Colorado fire evacuees aided by good road access DENVER (AP) — A late-season wildfire pushed by hurricane-force winds tore through two densely populated Denver suburbs and seemed destined to leave a trail of deaths. Yet, only two people are unaccounted for out of some 35,000 forced from their homes.

It’s a remarkably low number of possible casualties, according to disaster experts and authorities, all the more so because a public alert system did not reach everyone and the wintertime blaze caught many people off-guard.

Several factors broke in favor of the evacuees: The blaze came during daylight and over the holidays when many were at home, in mostly affluent neighborhoods where most people have easy access to vehicles.

It also might have helped that the area has seasoned emergency management personnel who have worked other recent wildfires, major floods in 2013 and a supermarket mass shooting last March.

“In terms of the big picture it’s a really miraculous evacuation,” said Thomas Cova, a University of Utah professor who researches emergency management and wildfire evacuations. “So close to a populated areas ... spot fires everywhere and 100-mile-per-hour winds

In this aerial view, burned homes sit in a neighborhood decimated by the Marshall Fire on Jan. 4, 2022, in Louisville, Colorado. (MICHAEL CIAGLO/GETTY IMAGES/ TNS)

— I think it’s incredible that’s there’s only two people missing.”

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said the fire that destroyed almost 1,000 homes and damaged hundreds more stands as a warning: “When you get a pre-evac or evacuation notice, hop to it.”

Officials have not said exactly how many people were contacted through the emergency system, which sends a recorded alert or text to phones. The alert undoubtedly saved lives, but some residents affected by the fire complained in the aftermath that they never received it.

Neil Noble, who fled his Louisville home Thursday, said the first

he heard of the fire was from a FedEx delivery driver who knocked on his door to drop off a package. After setting out for an errand and seeing gridlocked traffic as the smoke plume grew, he decided to leave with his three teenage children.

“I’ve talked to dozens of people, even those whose houses burned down, and nobody seems to have received any kind of notification,” he said.

Alerts went out to people with landlines because their numbers are automatically enrolled in the system and those with cellphones and VoIP phones who enrolled online, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said. He also noted that

people with landlines might not have received the evacuation order because those very lines had been burned by the fire.

According to Everbridge, the company that created the notification system, more than half of households in the country rely entirely on cellphones and don’t have landlines.

Noble, who does not have a landline and didn’t know he had to sign up for the alerts on his cellphone, said it would be an uphill battle to get tens of thousands of people to manually sign up for the service, causing unnecessary risk.

“We were fortunate enough it happened in the daytime, you

know. You could see the plume getting worse and worse,” he said. “At night this would have been deadly with this lack of communication.”

Past fires have shown that wildfire alert system subscription rates can be as low as 30% to 40%, Cova said. But not every household needs to receive an emergency alert for it to be effective, since people will quickly share the news with their neighbors and friends, he said.

The Boulder County fire ignited shortly after 11 a.m. on Dec. 30, when schools were closed and many people were either home from work or working from home due to the pandemic.

That avoided a scenario in which anxious parents scrambled to find their children rather than flee immediately, said Lori Peek, director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Most people in the suburban neighborhoods that burned likely had access to vehicles, a contrast with other disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, where a quarter of New Orleans’ population had no personal transportation, said Peek, who lives and works just miles from the burned area.

And while the emergency notification system didn’t reach everyone, Boulder-ar-

ea residents have seen enough fires along the Front Range communities at the foot of the Rocky Mountains to react quickly when smoke appears on the horizon, she said.

Sharpening that awareness of danger is a growing understanding that climate change is making wildfires worse even as subdivisions creep deeper into fireprone areas.

“I think one of the shifts that is going to follow this fire is that people are going to start thinking, ‘Am I at risk?

I thought I was safe, living in a suburban area,’” she said. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing to question that. Anything that can help people to get more prepared for the hazards we face is a good thing.”

Cova credited local officials for not hesitating to order evacuations once the fire began to spread.

“If we had evacuation speed records, this would be up there in the top 10,” he said. “I don’t think anybody dropped the ball.”

He contrasted the Colorado response with California’s 2018 Camp Fire that killed 85 people and destroyed the town of Paradise. The evacuation order for Paradise came after the fire already was in town and there was only one remaining route out of the community.

Chicago teachers union demands remote learning; classes canceled CHICAGO (AP) — Leaders of Chicago Public Schools canceled classes today after the teachers union voted to switch to remote learning due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the latest development in an escalating battle over pandemic safety protocols in the nation’s third-largest school district.

Chicago has rejected a districtwide return to remote instruction, saying it was disastrous for children’s learning and mental health. But the union argued the district’s safety protocols are lacking and both teachers and students are vulnerable.

Students had returned to class Monday in Chicago after a twoweek winter break with COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations fueled by the omicron variant at record levels. School

districts nationwide have grappled with the same issue, with most opting to stay open while ramping up virus testing, tweaking protocols and making other real-time adjustments in response to the shifting pandemic.

The Chicago Teachers Union’s action, approved by 73% of members, called for remote instruction until “cases substantially subside” or union leaders approve an agreement for safety protocols with the district. Union members were instructed to try and log into teaching systems today, even though the district said there would be no instruction and didn’t distribute devices to students ahead of the union votes, which were announced just before 11 p.m. Tuesday.

“This decision was

made with a heavy heart and a singular focus on student and community safety,” the union said in a statement.

However, district officials blamed the union for the late cancellation, saying despite safety measures, including a high teacher vaccination rate, “our teachers are not willing to report to work.”

“We are deeply concerned about this decision but even more concerned about its impact on the health, safety, and well-being of our students and families,” the district said in a statement.

The status of instruction for the rest of the week remained in limbo, while district leaders said a plan to “continue student learning” would come later Wednesday.

School officials deemed the union action a “work

stoppage” and said those who did not report to schools Wednesday would not be compensated. Last year during a similar debate, the district punished teachers who did not come to schools.

Contentious issues in the roughly 350,000-student district include metrics that would trigger school closures.

The district proposed guidelines for individual school closures, saying safety measures like required masks, availability of vaccines and improved ventilation make schools among the safest places for kids to be. But the union has proposed metrics for districtwide closure, citing risks to students and teachers.

While the union has characterized their action as a way to get better safety protocols in schools, district leaders

called it an “illegal work stoppage.” A fierce battle took place last January over similar issues causing a bumpy start to the district’s return to in-person instruction after first going remote in March 2020.

Schools CEO Pedro Martinez said buildings would remain open for administrators, staff and “essential services,” but not instruction for students in the district that is largely low income and Black and Latino. District officials said schools would offer food service from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and COVID-19 testing would continue as scheduled, but afterschool activities would be canceled. The district also provided a list of city sites with available daycare.

In response to union concerns, the district said it has provided

200,000 KN95 masks to teachers, would allow schools to bring back daily health screening questions for students and building visitors that were required last academic year, and would spell out metrics for closing individual schools.

For instance, the district said it would switch to remote learning at an elementary school if 50% of its classrooms had more than 50% of its students instructed to isolate or quarantine.

The union, with roughly 25,000 members, had sought the same metrics to close schools from an agreement last year, which expired before the new school year started. That includes a districtwide two-week pause on in-person learning if the citywide COVID-19 test positivity rate increases for seven consecutive days.

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The Iola High School girls hit the court for the first time in 2022, ending the holiday break.

The girls struggled in a 73-16 loss.

The Mustangs were never able to find a rhythm against the Panthers. The

Mustangs waited six minutes to score their first points when Aysha Houk hit a 3-pointer, but by then, the score was already 24-3.

The Panthers, thanks in part to a size advantage, controlled the boards, out-rebounding the Mustangs by a wide margin earSee IHS | Page B3

A short-handed Iola High boys team came out sluggish against St. Mary’s, and were unable to find open shots early in a 57-37 loss Tuesday to Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan.

Missing Tyler Boeken, their key cog in offense with his size and physicality, the Mustangs suffered.

Sam Fager got the Mustangs on the board, scoring four points in the first quarter.

St. Mary’s forced the Mustangs to take shots from outside and used their size to get rebounds, often turning them into points.

Travis Wanker stepped up in the second quarter to spark the Mustangs with four points. Iola hung around early, but faded as the half came to a close. The Mustangs trailed 37-19 at the half.

A surge to begin the second half went in St. Mary’s favor as they almost completely shut down Iola’s offense, allowing only six points.

Iola’s defense was solid, but was no match for St. Mary’s

Iola High’s Cortland Carson looks for an opening against Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan Tuesday. REGISTER/REESE BECKER pace as they went up and down the court. Iola was plagued by turnovers all night, giving the ball to St. Mary’s 23 times.

Iola heated up toward the end of the game, getting more players involved in the offense and taking advantage of trips to the free throw line.

Iola made five of their six free throws in the fourth but it wasn’t enough. St. Mary’s had pulled away by that point.

“We did a decent job of protecting the paint but they hit some outside shots early to See MUSTANGS | Page B3

Wildcats find winning combo UNIONTOWN — The Marmaton Valley High School boys’ basketball team defeated Uniontown 47-36, snapping a prolonged losing streak dating back to the 2018-2019 season, kicking off the second portion of the season in style.

Uniontown struggled to score, while Marmaton Valley took advantage of outstanding rebounding to create extra possessions and second-chance shots.

When it was all said and done, Marmaton Valley had 30 rebounds and 13 steals.

With production like that, your chances of winning go up, giving your shooters extra shots and keeping your opponent out of the paint.

I am extremely proud of these boys,” said Wildcats See WINNER | Page B3

Marmaton Valley’s Jaedon Granere, center goes up for a layup Tuesday against Uniontown.

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MV girls beat Uniontown UNIONTOWN — Marmaton Valley High’s girls turned on the jets after halftime, and opened 2022 with a win in the process.

The Wildcats broke open an 8-7 halftime lead with a 13-3 third-quarter run to defeat Uniontown, 29-23.

The victory lifts Marmaton Valley to 3-1 on the season.

Four Wildcat players scored baskets in the pivotal

Marmaton Valley High’s Tayven Sutton (13) is surrounded by a pair of Uniontown High defenders as she puts up a shot Tuesday in the Wildcats’ 29-23 victory. Sutton scored four points. PHOTO

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third quarter as Marmaton Valley forged ahead, 21-10.

Uniontown rallied behind standout Danielle Howard, who scored 10 points in the final quarter, but it wasn’t enough to make up the deficit.

Marmaton Valley’s Janae Granere led the victors with 14 points, followed by Tayven Sutton and Kendall Scharff with four each.

Howard paced Uniontown with 15.

In junior varsity action, Marmaton Valley prevailed, 15-9, in two quarters.

Piper Barney led with eight points, Kaitlyn Drake, Brynn Newman and BrookSee MV | Page B3

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YC sweeps past Oswego Yates Center High School’s basketball teams swept Oswego High School Tuesday night. The girls got their first win, 35-15, while the boys prevailed 44-19.

The girls raced out to a 17-5 lead at the half, propelled by Grace Westerman’s and Morgan Collins’ six points. The Wildcats shut out Oswego in the first quarter to start the game with momentum.

Collins continued to be the offensive spark in the third quarter, scoring six more points, part of a 12-point third quarter for the Wildcats. The Oswego offense was See YC | Page B3

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Georgia eyes payback in SEC grudge match

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

The last time No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia played, things could not have gone much better for the Crimson Tide.

Alabama dropped 41 points on the Bulldogs, more than double the next-highest total they have allowed this season, in the Southeastern Conference title game on Dec. 4. Bryce Young

shredded Georgia’s otherwise dominant defense for 421 yards passing, essentially locking up the Heisman Trophy.

So it’s back to the drawing board for Georgia and just run it back for ‘Bama, right?

“I don’t think you do everything the same, but I also don’t think you can make a lot of changes that the players are not going to go out and be able to play and execute with confi-

dence,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said earlier this week.

Both teams are expecting a few new wrinkles — within reason.

“They’re not going to change up and go all Arkansas on us,” Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett said. “They’re not going to do that.

They’re going to be Alabama. And we’re going to be Georgia. And we’re going to see who executes better.”

Yates Center High’s Morgan Collins, left, drives to the hoop in a game earlier this season. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

YC: Sweeps past Oswego Continued from B1

held to minimal points by a dominant Yates Center defense. The Indians struggled moving the ball, no player scored twice in any quarter for Oswego, while the Wildcats got points from five players, with two in double digits by the end of the game.

Collins finished with 13 points. Westerman had 10 points and five rebounds. Callyn Miller scored six points, had

seven rebounds, and five steals. Addison Solander scored four. Hannah Jones scored two and had seven rebounds and four steals.

“The girls came out and played good defense,” said head coach Abbie Collins. “It feels good to get the win to start 2022.”

The girls are 1-5.

The boys ran out to a 17-14 halftime lead propelled by stout defense and good shooting. The

stellar shooting continued for Yates Center in the second half with two more double-digit quarters to pull away from the Indians with a 17-point fourth quarter clinching the win.

Jack King scored 15 points. Emmit George and Cash Cummings had 12. Sean Hurst had five. The boys are now 3-2 The Wildcats are back in action next Tuesday at Southeast.

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build a lead,” said Iola head coach Luke Bycroft. “We scraped back in the game but we couldn’t take care of the ball. When you have fewer rebounds than turnovers you aren’t going to win many games.

We need to play through those things. We threw a lot of passes away.”

Iola’s JV boys lost 5341. Casey Rowe led the way with seven points.

Gage Skahan and Cortland Carson scored five.

Japheth Rutoh and Cody Wille scored four. Eli Adams and Ashton Heese scored two. Ben Kerr scored one.

The Mustangs are back in action on Friday when they host Osawatomie.

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ly and used those chances to create successful second-chance shots.

Houk was the entire offense for the Mustangs early on, scoring eight points in the first half.

At the half, Iola trailed 45-10. The second half went much like the first. Iola was limited on offense, scoring only two points in the third quarter as St. Mary’s pulled away. The Panthers shot the ball like pros, everything seemed to go in with ease as they controlled the court on both ends.

The Panther defense silenced what offense Iola did muster in the first half by focusing

on Houk. Tatum Boyd stepped up hitting a three midway through the fourth quarter as she tried to provide a spark for the Mustangs.

Maci Miller stepped up to go 1-2 on free throws in the final quarter.

The Mustangs were 5-9 from the free throw line against the Panthers.

“I knew Colgan was going to be good,” said Iola head coach Kelsey Johnson. “I expected our girls to be a little more ready to go. We need to get back in the gym and back to work so we can improve before Friday’s game. We need to work on the basics and make sure our fundamentals

are sound.”

The JV girls lost 44-30.

Reese Curry led the way with 12 points. Tatum Boyd scored five. Elza Clift and Alana Mader scored four. Keira Fawson scored three. Jenna Fager scored two.

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Arkansas was one of four SEC teams that lost to both Georgia and Alabama this season.

Razorbacks coach Sam Pittman, along with ESPN analysts Greg McElroy and Cole Cubelic, help break down the matchups that could determine Bulldogs-Crimson Tide II. WHAT TO DO ABOUT WILL?

Alabama outside linebacker Will Anderson Jr. is the best defensive player in the country.

The sophomore has 17.5 sacks among 33.5 tackles for loss. Both totals lead major college football.

Georgia should feel good about its offensive tackles, especially left tackle Jamaree Salyer, who was key in shutting down Michigan star pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson in the semifinals.

But Anderson presents a different kind of challenge.

“The thing I like about Alabama is all the different things they do with him,” Pittman said.

Defensive coordinator Pete Golding likes to use Anderson on stunts and slants to get him attacking different parts of the line of scrimmage.

“I think he’s best when he’s on the move,” Cubelic said.

Anderson is a game-wrecker on an Alabama defense that’s a little underrated, and it will take a team effort by Georgia to neutralize him.

ATTACKING ALABAMA’S CORNERS

The Tide have shown some vulnerabilities in their secondary all season, and then senior cornerback Josh Jobe

was lost for the playoff with a foot injury.

Jalyn Armour-Davis, who had been dealing with a hip problem, returned to start against Cincinnati in the Cotton Bowl but was in and out of the game.

Without them, freshman Kool-Aid McKinstry and Khyree Jackson are Alabama’s main cornerbacks.

If Georgia can hold off Anderson and the Alabama rush, it should find some holes in pass coverage, but can Bennett and the Bulldogs receivers take advantage?

Bennett, the former walk-on, has proved over and over that while he is no Heisman Trophy winner, he usually can get the job done.

Georgia’s receivers are talented, but their best weapons are tight end Brock Bowers, who had 10 catches for 139 yards in the first game against Alabama, and running back James Cook, who had four catches for 128 yards in the Orange Bowl.

The 230-pound Bowers often lines up in receiver spots.

“That guy is a problem,” McElroy said.

“And there’s not really anybody that you can put on him that is going to disrupt what he can contribute to the game.”

It might not be a matter of whether Georgia has the players to attack Alabama’s secondary, but it’s in the Bulldogs’ DNA to play that way.

“Kirby likes to play physical football and get big with people and bully them, and it’s hard to bully Alabama,” said Pittman, who was Georgia’s offensive line coach for four seasons under coach Kirby Smart before taking over at Arkansas in

Winner: ’Cats Continued from B1

head coach Gavin Cole.

“This win has been a long time coming and despite our struggles over the past couple years the kids have continued to show up every day with a good attitude and continue to work. I am glad that work could finally be rewarded.”

Quincy Adams scored 16 points. Jaedon Granere scored 12 and had seven

rebounds.

Brayden Lawson had six and 10 rebounds. Chase Smith scored four.

Dylan Drake, Robert Cook, Bryce Ensminger, and Wyatt Ard each scored two.

Drake and Granere each had four steals as well. Granere, Adams, and Lawson also contributed two assists each.

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HOW HEALTHY IS ALABAMA’S O-LINE?

The story of the first Alabama-Georgia matchup was the Tide’s offensive line.

“Their offensive line played better in that game than they had possibly all year,” Pittman said.

The Bulldogs’ defense has 45 sacks this season and the SEC title game was the only one in which it was shut out.

Cubelic said it seemed as if Georgia didn’t have a well-thought out plan for pressuring Young the way LSU and Auburn did.

Smart was Saban’s defensive coordinator before becoming coach at Georgia, and Pittman said their defensive schemes still have a lot in common. The Bulldogs and Tide mostly play straight up on second and third down, with lots of pressures and more exotic looks on third down. Especially those twists and blitzes that attack the middle of an offensive line.

The Tide tinkered with their line this season and found a combination they liked late but could be forced to make more changes in the title game. Right guard Emil Ekyior (shoulder) and right tackle Chris Owens (ankle) both left the Cotton Bowl with injuries.

M e a n w h i l e , All-America nose tackle Jordan Davis and the Georgia defensive front reverted back to regular-season form against Michigan.

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Mayfield to miss Cleveland season finale due to injury Ben Roethlisberger (24 (AP) CLEVELAND of 46 for just 123 yards) — Baker Mayfield’s broand Pittsburgh’s offense ken fourth season with work for everything. the Browns has mercifully ended with one WHAT NEEDS HELP game left.

Got an hour? There His time in Cleveland problems everyare short running be could where, with perhaps as well. the biggest a disconMayfield is sitting out the season finale nection between Mayagainst Cincinnati so field and Stefanski, he can undergo surgery the coaching staff and on his left shoulder, an Cleveland’s perhaps injury that affected his front office. The team’s performance, contribdecision to stick with uted to the Browns’ fallan ineffective Mayfield ing way short of expec— injury aside — for tations and may have weeks is both puzzling altered the path of his and troubling.

NFL career.

Mayfield, who played STOCK UP with a torn labrum Except from an insuffered in Week 2 personal excusable and a fracture in his foul for pulling off and non-throwing shoulder Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield throws a pass during warm ups throwing Steelers refor most of the season, prior a game. TNS ceiver Chase Claypool’s was sacked nine times shoe, defensive end out a Week 7 win longa about agents in Monday night’s 26-14 Jadeveon Clowney had over Denver) if it dam- WHAT’S WORKING which extension, term loss to the Pittsburgh Clevebut lot, a Not another strong game seemed almost a cer- aged his standing with Steelers. despite defense, land’s with two sacks, six tackthe Browns. the tainty after he led them Afterward, secinjury-ravaged an les (one for loss) and was game Monday’s 26-year-old said he “was to the playoffs last seato two QB hits. continues ondary, Mayof microcosm a pretty damn beat up” son. play at a playoff-caliber Clowney has reBrowns field’s aimless season. the But and planned to consult He started 1 of 10, level. The Browns made their to up live didn’t with his family and threw a league seaagents about whether hype, and were elimison-high 10 incomplepostseathe from nated to play against the AFC tions in one stretch to traveling while son North champion Benand took a pounding.

Pittsburgh on Sunday. gals.

However, he also made over, Even though it’s Coach Kevin Stefanssome nice throws and to not chose Stefanski ki said conversations his two TD passes had unMayfield’s assess Tuesday between MayMELBOURNE, Aus- win in Melbourne, the Browns within five which season, even field, his representatralia (AP) — Naomi Osaka said she’d set points in the final mintives and the team led ended with him throwOsaka is back in a herself one major goal utes. to the decision to have ing six interceptions place where she’s won for this year: to enjoy “I kept swinging,” the operation as soon as in his final two games. two of her four Grand the game. possible so he has more It also concluded with said Mayfield, who finSlam singles titles and “I’m the type of time to recover ahead him questioning the ished with 17 TDs, 13 she’s feeling good vibes person that cared a coaching staff ’s deci- picks and 3,010 yards. of next season. after some time off try- little bit too much “Obviously frustrat- sion not to give rookie “That’s who I am and ing to rediscover her about the results and ing for him, but we felt right tackle James Hud- that’s who I’ll continlove for the game. the rankings and I this was the best thing son more help blocking ue to be.” need to find a way to The Australian Stefanski said he for him right now,” said Steelers superstar T.J. enjoy the game again Open champion Stefanski, who did not Watt. trusted the team’s because that’s the reaopened her 2022 seaMayfield was sacked medical staff to keep have a timeline for reson I played the game son with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 four times by Watt, covery. turning to Mayfield in the first place,” she win over Alize Cornet While the operation, who also had one of said. and did not lament on Tuesday in one of which has yet to be the five passes batted playing him.

“It’s not like it ever the Summer Set of scheduled, ends this down by Pittsburgh dethose of one completely went away Each “ tournaments in Melseason for Mayfield, fenders. days those and but it got overshadweeks bourne.

There were junctures there’s no certainty those made owed by a lot of emowe when Osaka was returnon where he’ll take his earlier in the season are you tions that I was feeldecisions, ing to Rod Laver Arena when the Browns could next snap. the of off ing just by constantly going just for the first time since The Browns picked have rested Mayfield. information that is winning the Austra- playing year after playon insisted he But up Mayfield’s fifth-year, he you,” to available lian Open title in Feb- year,” Osaka said. $18.8 million contract ing while wearing a Osaka was up a set informaruary. It was also her “That’s harness said. option for 2022, but cumbersome and a break before first tour-level match shoulder his kept that medical our from tion his erratic and often Cornet went on a fivesince a third-round out. popping from from Baker, from staff, poor play this season game roll to force the loss to Leylah Fernancreda was it While and opinions second has raised doubts as to match into a third to dez at the U.S. Open in toughness his to it things of type those whether the team wants set.

The former No. September. pain, the through push how on based then and to go forward with him.

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She also took time but countered that off earlier last year, a with 51 winners. She mental health break faced only three break that began when she points.

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It is required that prospective buyers provide a written letter of intent/development of the property and present it with the bid(s) submitted by Monday, January 31, 2022 to the board of Education Office at 305 N. Washington, Iola, KS. USD #257 reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any condition of sale, to negotiate further, with any bidder or bidders and to sell to the bidder it deems in the best interest of the District, which may or may not be the highest financial bid.

The Board is interested in a development plan which will add value to the community surrounding USD #257, Iola, Kansas and predict a well maintained and attractive development into the future. The bidder must submit a detailed written description along with its bid detailing its proposed use in light of current zoning (or proposed change in zoning) including plans for renovation and/or demolition, timeline, for implementation of its plan, project financing, prior experience relating to projects similar to the proposed project, maintenance plans for the property and building after construction and any other factors the bidder deems important. USD #257 plans to choose the bid and bidder which it wishes to work with toward potential sale at the Board of Education meeting to be held Monday, February 14, or within 20 days thereafter.

USD #257 Board of Education, Iola, Kansas

Georgia gov. aims to ease gun laws “world’s largest gun store.”

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Unified School District #257 Board of Education invites public offers to purchase District owned property including McKinley Elementary School (located at 209 South Kentucky Street, Iola, Kansas), Jefferson Elementary School (located at 300 South Jefferson Street, Iola, Kansas), and Lincoln Elementary School (located at 700 North Jefferson Street, Iola, Kansas).

The property(s) are expected to be available for transfer of possession on Monday, October 3, 2022.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will push for a new state law that would loosen requirements to carry a handgun in public, as he aims to blunt a primary challenge from fellow Republican David Perdue in this year’s governor’s race.

Kemp and his wife are scheduled to join state lawmakers and gun rights advocates at a gun shop outside Atlanta today to announce his support for legislation that would do away with the need for a license to carry a handgun in public — either openly or concealed on one’s body. The shop in Smyrna, Adventure Outdoors, bills itself as the

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families,” Kemp’s draft remarks read. “In the face of rising violent crime across the country, lawabiding citizens should have their constitutional rights protected.”

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Public notice (Published in The Iola Register Jan. 5, 2021) NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR ZONING VARIANCE NOTICE is hereby given that an application has been filed by Heritage Holdings, LLC requesting a zoning variance for property located in Allen County, Kansas.

The property is currently zoned Residential.

The applicant requests that the variance be granted in order to permit: The operation of the retail sales office for the purpose of selling cemetery monuments and headstones with signage for the promotion of the business.

Following is the description of the property for which the vari-

ance is requested: W2E2 & E2W2 LT 2 EX RD Located in the East Lawn addition, Section 31, Township 24, Range 19, Allen County, Kansas. Also known as 1889 US Hwy 54, Iola, KS. A public hearing before the Allen County Planning and Zoning Board will be held on Thursday, January 27th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Assembly Room at the Allen County Courthouse, 1 N. Washington, Iola, Kansas, at which time written and oral presentations and comments will be considered by the Board. For further information, contact the Allen County Zoning Administrator at 1 N. Washington, (620) 365-1432.

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