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Tech center keeps growing second-year students, hoping to help them connect and even interview for jobs after graduation, Fager said.

“He’s reaching out to businesses to see if those students who want to stay local can help their community,” Fager said.

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Interest in the Regional Rural Technical Center in LaHarpe continues to grow, with a record 87 students taking part in five areas of study, and two new teachers who are familiar faces to Iola High School students.

Welding continues to be the most popular program at the tech center, USD 257 Superintendent Stacey Fager said.

In fact, the class has become so popular that it expanded to three sessions. Three adults also are taking classes.

“I think a lot of kids just like doing it. They like welding,” Fager said. “And I think it has caught on as a financial

consideration for a future career.”

Welders remain in high demand. The average annual salary is about $42,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Instructor Blaine Crellin already has visited with local businesses about some of his

HEALTH care programs also continue to bring high interest.

IHS science teacher Lisa Wicoff is teaching an anatomy and physiology class in partnership with Allen Community College. It’s a dual credit class offered at the tech center.

Of the 14 students enrolled, 11 come from IHS. “That’s going really well,” See RRTC | Page A3

number of clues will depend on how long it takes to find the medallion.

The medallion will be hidden somewhere on public property in Allen County.

The fall festival runs Oct. 14-17.

Gov. Kelly bypasses lawmakers to create child advocate office nor’s move to create the office by executive order bypasses the Republican-controlled Legislature.

It deadlocked on the issue earlier this year after some lawmakers pushed to put the new office under the GOP official expected to challenge Kelly’s reelection next year.

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Total cases*...............1,800 Deaths......................25 *Since the start of the pandemic Sources: Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments, Kansas Department of Health and Environment

COVID booster shots are now available here The Allen County Health Department now has the Pfizer COVID-19 booster dose available for those who qualify.

The booster shots are available for those who have received the complete series of Pfizer vaccine at least six months ago and meet at least one of the following conditions: • 65 years and older • Age 18+ who live in long-term care settings • Age 18+ who have underlying medical conditions • Age 18+ who work in high-risk settings • Age 18+ who live in high-risk settings To receive the booster shot, call for an appointment in Iola at 620-365-2191.

A walk-in clinic is available on Mondays.

To get the vaccine or booster at other area health departments in the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments system, in Anderson County, call 785-448-6559, Bourbon: 620-223-4464, Woodson: 620625-2484.

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday created an independent office to review complaints against Kansas’ foster care system and recommend changes in child welfare policies, a longtime goal of advocates for abused and neglected children.

The Democratic gover-

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Deadline nears for FCD medallion hunt Those wishing to take part in the Farm-City Days annual medallion hunt have until midnight tonight to register.

Participants must order a virtual button at farmcitydays.com — cost is $2 — and the first clue will be released in the Register and online at farmcitydays.com at 10 a.m.

Wednesday. Only those who have purchased a button are eligible for the prize.

Clues will be released once a day at 10 a.m. The

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Bee happy A bee visits a wild sunflower on 200 Road north of Iola. REGISTER/ VICKIE MOSS

COVID-19 vaccination rates in Allen County remain somewhat stagnant, though they have improved See COVID | Page A6

Women across Kansas march for abortion rights

By BAILEY BRITTON Kansas Reflector

MANHATTAN — Kansans marched Saturday in defense of abortion rights in cities statewide in coordination with a national response to attacks on women’s reproductive rights.

The marches were planned in Manhattan, Topeka, Hays, Salina, Lawrence and several locations in the Kansas City, Kansas, area. The Rally to Defend Abortion Rights is a nationwide event, with the main demonstration in Washington, D.C. Megan Hartford organized Vol. 124 No. 3 Iola, KS 75 Cents

the march in Manhattan, which included speakers and a walk through the Aggieville district.

“Our bodies are not here as an object to be controlled,” Hartford said. “Our bodies are not here to satisfy someone else’s need for power.

Our bodies are ours and ours alone. All bodies are good bodies. All bodies deserve full and complete autonomy.”

Hartford spoke about the new anti-abortion Texas law, which she said disproportionately affects poor and low-income people. The law bans the termination of pregnancies after six weeks, and ex-

poses those who assist women to $10,000 payouts if sued under the law.

“It’s not only the fine, but also the fact that to actually obtain an abortion, one would have to travel out of state, or find an alternative method, which is not feasible for most who are at a socioeconomic disadvantage,” Hartford said.

The law disproportionately affects women of color as well as nonbinary and transgender people, said Rachel Levitt, assistant professor in the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies department at See ABORTION | Page A6

Megan Hartford leads the march to defend abortion rights Saturday in Manhattan. She spoke about the relationship between reproductive rights and poverty. (BAILEY BRITTON FOR KANSAS REFLECTOR)

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Wind farms bringing big windfalls

James Malloy

By BRIAN GRIMMET Kansas News Service

James Michael “Mike” Malloy, 73, Baldwin City, passed away Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Wichita.

He was born June 23, 1948, in Iola, the son of Earnest David Malloy and Faye Vivian Michael Malloy. He was raised in Iola and was a graduate of LaHarpe High School in 1965. Mike was employed by Brady Trucking and had been a dedicated truck driver for more than 50 years.

He attended Living Water Fellowship Church in Gas, where he James Malloy became a born again Christian and gave his heart to the Lord.

Mike is preceded in death by his parents, Earnest David Malloy and Faye Vivian Michael Malloy; three brothers, Dale Malloy, Albert Malloy and Harvey Malloy; one sister, Beverly Ewing; along with a niece, Angela Maley; and a great-grandson, Jamarion James Garcia.

Mike is survived by his wife, Wanda Malloy; his three children, Shawn Malloy of Iola, Dawn Malloy of Lenexa, and Amanda Malloy of Topeka; as well as three stechildren, Natasha Hulett and Ashley Trout of Baldwin City, and Lauren Honas and husband Josh of Olathe; three brothers, Roy Malloy of Iola, David Malloy and wife Kathy of Humboldt and Dennis Malloy of Iola; three sisters, Wynona Leslie and husband Mike of Iola, Debbie Lindholm and husband John of Houston, Texas, and Sondra Malloy of Iola; along with a sister-in-law, Sharon Malloy of Wichita. Mike was the grandfather to 14 grandchildren and great-grandfather to six great-grandchildren; and uncle to several nieces and nephews.

When Mike was not behind the wheel, he enjoyed the simple pleasantries of fishing and watching old Western movies. He of course also enjoyed spending time with his multiple grand- and great-grandchildren. Mike had an infectious laugh and ornery personality. He is loved by many, including the many long-term friends he made during his career as a truck driver. Mike’s core friendships were strong and he could spend hours talking on the phone with them. His presence will truly be missed by a vast majority.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett, with burial to follow in the Richmond Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the James Malloy Memorial Fund.

Condolences may be sent to www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Vespers rehearsals on tap Iolan Jan Knewtson will begin hosting rehearsals Oct. 13 for the Christmas Vespers concert.

Rehearsals will begin at about 8:15 p.m. at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

The non-denominational choir offers a

musical gift to the community with a free concert during the holiday season.

A date and location for this year’s Vespers has not yet been announced.

The 2020 Vespers concert was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MONTEZUMA, Kansas — As long as the wind has been blowing through the Kansas plains, people have been harnessing it to do their work.

But it wasn’t until 2001 that the first largescale, megawatt-generating wind farm took root outside this small town in southwestern Kansas and began to harness the power of breezes on a 21st-century scale.

For anyone with a wall socket, it began to change what turned on the lights. For the environment, the wind farm marked another step to lighten mankind’s footprint on the planet. For people in the shadows of those towering threeblade contraptions, it meant found money “I like them,” said Orville Williams. “They’ve been a very great economic boost for this area.”

Williams has lived in Montezuma in Gray County since 1961. He was one of the first people to lease part of his land to the company now known as NextEra Energy.

The turbines are now almost as common on a drive across Kansas as cattle, wheat and roadkill. But that’s all happened in the past 20 years.

As the call for transitioning away from burning fossil fuels to produce electricity grows and, with it, the push for more wind and solar farms, Montezuma’s experience hints at the money the giant pinwheels can bring — even if the industry now faces strong resistance in some corners of Midwest.

The Gray County Wind Farm is made up of 170 turbines capable of making enough electricity in a year to power about 35,000 homes.

In the 20 years of

Woman complains about advances TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Wyandotte County Republican leader has filed a battery complaint against a Republican leader in neighboring Johnson County saying he forcibly kissed her at an anti-abortion event in August.

Stephanie Cashion, the vice chair of the Wyandotte County Republican Party, told the Associated Press that she made a complaint to police last month accusing Fabian Shepard, the Johnson County Republican Party chairman, of kissing her without her permission at a Kansans for Life fundraising event in Bonner Springs.

“I was victimized at an event, unwanted advances, and just wanted to make sure that I documented it in case it became politicized,” Cashion said.

Shepard did not immediately respond to a request for comment but told The Kansas City Star that he denies the allegations.

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Turbines at the Gray County Wind Farm near Montezuma, Kansas. BRIAN GRIMMET/KSN farming around the ey is set aside for local towers, Williams said school districts. he’s never really had The Cimarron School any problems.

District, for example, Sure, you can hear got $3.6 million from them, he said, but wind farms in the past you’ve got to be real decade. close.

“There’s not anoth“(But) most people er place that I can go around here,” he said, to generate nearly half “I don’t think even no- a million dollars evtice them anymore.” ery single year,” said It’s been Cimarron valuable Superintenenough for There’s not an- dent Mike him that Waters. other place I can he recentThe disly signed a go to generate trict has new 20-year nearly half a mil- used the lease.

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Standing at the top of The Gray County the bleachers, you can Wind Farm, for in- see the wind farm that stance, meant $5.3 mil- helped pay for them. lion in payments to the But even with dozcounty. ens of positive experiAnd it’s just one of ences like Gray County four in the county that, to point to, it’s getting combined, meant $15 harder to sell wind million since 2001 for farms in some parts of a place that’s home to Kansas. barely 6,000 people.

“That’s something “Anytime you can get that caught us a little money, but you’ve got- off guard,” said Alan ten the money from an Anderson, an attorney outside source instead with the Polsinelli law of having to get it from firm which represents your local population, several of the state’s then it’s a win-win,” wind developers. “But said Williams, who’s I think the world was also currently a county changing faster than we commissioner. appreciated.”

In Gray County, at Starting around 2015, least, some of that mon- he said, the pushback

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moved beyond the typical local concerns all new development faces and into the realm of unfounded claims that wind turbines would cause cancer or change local weather patterns.

“It really was mirroring society,” he said.

“There was more misinformation flowing, social media was taking off so it allowed misinformation to flow widely and then the populace was more receptive to taking this information and adopting and even using it out in the public.”

The shift in attitudes has forced him and the companies he works for to lobby harder and more aggressively.

Beyond local efforts to keep wind farms out, there have also been a few unsuccessful attempts by a Kansas legislator to pass highly restrictive laws aimed at making it nearly impossible for new wind farms to come to the state.

One bill would have put statewide limits on how far wind turbines need to be from houses and property. Those limits are currently decided at a local level.

The limits in the bill would have been greater than any current local restriction.

Meanwhile, in Montezuma, Mayor Grant Salmans said he’s heard there’s a company looking to bring more turbines to the county south of town.

Like many of the people that live in places with several wind farms already, that’s fine by him.

“We hear somebody in a certain part of the state that doesn’t want one,” he said. “And we’re kind of like that doesn’t really make much sense to us.”

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By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY The Associated Press

Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours.

Facebook said late Monday that “the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change” and that there is “no evidence that user data was compromised as a result” of the outage.

The company apologized and said it is working to understand more about the cause, which began around 11:40 a.m. Eastern Monday.

Facebook was already in the throes of a separate major crisis after whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, provided The Wall Street Journal with internal documents that exposed the company’s awareness of harms caused by its products and decisions.

Haugen went public on CBS’s “60 Minutes” program Sunday and is scheduled to testify before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday.

Haugen had also anonymously filed complaints with federal law enforcement alleging Facebook’s own research shows how it magnifies hate and misinformation and leads to increased polariza-

tion. It also showed that the company was aware that Instagram can harm teenage girls’ mental health.

The Journal’s stories, called “The Facebook Files,” painted a picture of a company focused on growth and its own interests over the public good. Facebook has tried to play down their impact.

Nick Clegg, the company’s vice president of policy and public affairs, wrote to Facebook employees in a memo Friday that “social media has had a big impact on society in recent years, and Facebook is often a place where much of this debate plays out.”

The outage didn’t exactly bolster Facebook’s argument that its size and clout provide important benefits for the world. London-based internet monitoring firm Netblocks noted that the company’s plans to integrate the technology behind its platforms — announced in 2019 — had raised concerns about the risks of such a move. While such centralization “gives the company a unified view of users’ internet usage habits,” Netblocks said, it also makes the services vulnerable to single points of failure.

“This is epic,” said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis for Kentik Inc, a network monitoring and intelligence company.

The last major internet outage, which knocked many of the world’s

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top websites offline in June, lasted less than an hour. The stricken content-delivery company in that case, Fastly, blamed a software bug triggered by a customer who changed a setting.

For hours, Facebook’s only public comment was a tweet in which it acknowledged that “some people are having trouble accessing (the) Facebook app” and said it was working on restoring access.

Regarding the internal failures, Instagram head Adam Mosseri tweeted that it feels like a “snow day.”

Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s outgoing chief technology officer, later tweeted “sincere apologies.”

In Monday night’s statement, Facebook blamed changes on routers that coordinate network traffic between data centers. The company said the changes interrupted the communication, which had “a cascading effect on the way our data centers communicate, bringing our services to a halt.”

There was no evidence as of Monday afternoon that malicious activity was involved.

Matthew Prince, CEO of the internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare, tweeted that “nothing we’re seeing related to the Facebook services outage suggests it was an attack.”

Facebook did not respond to messages for comment.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday that Oct. 18 remains the date she is likely to run out of resources to stave off an unprecedented default on the nation’s debt without congressional action to raise the debt limit. She rejected the idea of minting a $1 trillion coin to avoid a default.

Appearing on CNBC Yellen said that if a default were to occur “I fully expect it would cause a recession as well” along with preventing the government from paying benefits to 50 million Social Security recipients and meeting the government’s other bills.

She said it would be “catastrophic” if the government did not have the resources to pay its bills.

Yellen flatly rejected a novel idea that has been put forward to mint a $1 trillion coin and use that to avoid a default on the debt.

“I am opposed to it and I don’t be believe we should consider it seriously,” she said.

“The platinum coin is the equivalent of asking the Fed to mint money to cover the debt,” she said.

She said what needs to be done is for Congress and the administration to show they can be trusted to pay the country’s bills.

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Fager said.

CNA classes also continue to be popular, with 10 signed up for the program this fall.

ANOTHER familiar face has taken over the wind tech program, now in its third year.

For the first two years of the program, Dan Cyre taught the class for Cloud Community College in Concordia.

But from the beginning, Cyre said he would soon retire.

Paul Miller, a fulltime substitute for USD 257, has taken over the program. Miller is a student favorite, Fager said.

“Paul just has a way with these high school students. He’s very engaging and a good fit for that program,” Fager said. “I think he will help with the popularity of that program.”

C O N S T RU C T I O N trades is the class that started it all at the RRTC, and it continues to attract interest.

Most recently, students have been con-

structing a shed for Thrive Allen County under instructor Brett Dawson.

Once that project is complete, they’ll start work to remodel a house located between Iola Middle School and IHS. The older, two-story home was moved from its original site near the Bowlus Fine Arts Center last year, and district officials have been preparing the property in anticipation for the students to remodel it this year.

OVER THE past few years, Fager has watched districts come together through their technical education programs.

Previously, tech classes were offered on school campuses. That created a competitive environment, as students who participated in those classes would be counted as part-time for financial reasons.

But with regional tech centers working in partnership with community colleges, those students can remain under a full-time status

with their respective high schools but travel to a nearby tech center for training.

That has created a cooperative approach.

The RRTC’s expenses are shared proportionately between the school districts of Iola, Moran, Uniontown and Colony.

But they sometimes attract students from Erie and Chanute, as well. Humboldt students have indicated interest in the program at times.

Iola students will sometimes travel to other communities to take advantage of programs offered there.

For example, three students are taking an automotive technology class in Garnett.

Another student is taking an aerostructures class in Chanute as well as an internship there.

Chanute also offers a dietary and nutrition

program that attracts students interested in a culinary career, but no IHS students are currently attending those classes.

Fager also gave credit to LaHarpe businessman Ray Maloney, who purchased the former Diebolt Lumber property and donated a building to the district to use as a tech center.

In other communities, numerous industries have contributed financially to their tech centers.

“In our situation, it was one entity. And that was Ray,” Fager said.

Maloney also is working with the district for future programs, potentially helping to develop a class on CNC (computer numerical control) machines.

For now, though, the tech center’s focus is to continue to develop and grow its current programs.

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Democrats debate: A sign of success, not capitulation When Democrats failed last week to call a vote on President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, many took it as a sign his agenda was doomed.

After all, if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi couldn’t round up the votes in two days, it must be a no-go.

That Democrats are stepping back to ensure they have consensus on such major legislation should be of comfort. It also highlights a stark difference between today’s Democrats and Republicans. Whereas Republicans appear to be in lockstep no matter the issue, Democrats have distinct moderate and progressive factions who can and do exercise substantial clout.

Last week, both sides dug in their heels.

Progressives said they would not vote on infrastructure unless moderates agreed to support the president’s Build Back Better Act that specifically targets poor and middle-class families and senior citizens.

Among the hallmarks of the legislation — which has yet to be finalized and is referred to as the budget reconciliation bill — is making education from preschool up through community college free; expanding Medicare eligibility and making prescription drugs affordable; addressing climate change, and seeing that paid leave is provided to employees in the cases of prolonged illnesses or family emergencies.

Moderates balked at its $3.5 trillion price tag.

Several days later, it appears both sides are willing to meet somewhere in the

middle by whittling down their priorities and, in some cases, limiting their scope from 10 to five years.

The impetus to keep at the table is that Democrats know three things: With Republicans uniformly opposed to the budget bill, they need every Democrat for it to pass; they have little time before the 2022 midterm campaign season begins, and they are united in their purpose of leveling the playing field for Americans.

This is what got “working class” Joe Biden elected. It is in Mr. Biden’s every fiber to see that those who have been left behind receive help. And he knows that sky-high healthcare costs, wages that have not kept pace with inflation and tax cuts that favor the wealthy continue to keep the disadvantaged pushed down.

OUR HOPE is that Dem-

ocrats get to yes, sooner rather than later.

But we are reminded that the Affordable Care Act took eight months of deliberations, which, in our opinion, is President Barack Obama’s most singular achievement. Today, 31 million additional Americans are not only covered by health insurance because of the ACA, but it has also worked to reduce insurance rates. Such things save lives.

That moving the needle to benefit the greater good is so difficult for this Congress and those of recent years, should give every American pause come Election Day. — Susan Lynn

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65 Years Ago October 1956

Fifty members of the Allen County Historical Society had a dinner meeting at the Kelley Hotel last night to elect a board of directors and to discuss society programs and affairs. The new board members are L. T. Cannon, W. C. Caldwell and Lewis Drake of Humboldt; Stanley Harris of Colony and R. L. Thompson Jr. of Moran; and Spencer Gard, Mrs. R. H. Carpenter, Mary Hankins and Angelo Scott of Iola. The bylaws provide that at least two of the directors shall be from each commissioner district in the county. *****

Scott Stores will start its “self-service” operation tomorrow morning, manager Ray Metcalf announced today. It will be a unique venture, the first store in Iola outside the grocery field to adopt a full self-service system. Customers will select their own purchases, then go through a checkout aisle, just as in a grocery store, where the purchases will be tabulated and paid for. ***** Enrollment at St. John’s School Parochial school this fall is 163, an increase of 27 over a year ago. Both the kindergarten and the freshman class have larger enrollments.

Teachers are not workforce trainers Recent surveys and presentations from the Kansas State Department of Education’s “Kansas Can Success Tour” demonstrate that Kansas educators are doing more for students than ever.

Graduation rates are higher than ever, and more students are seeking post-secondary education or training.

This is cause for celebration.

However, we see a widening gap between students who display post-secondary readiness and students who are working behind grade level in reading and mathematics.

It is misguided, then, for the State Department of Education to seek the input of businesses and corporations that don’t see the value in promoting language and mathematical literacy, but prefer our students to have corporate “soft skills” instead. What an insult to our students, and what nerve businesses have to ask schools to be workforce trainers rather than educators.

The fact that KSDE has asked businesses what education can do for them, rather than what businesses can do for education, is an absurdist joke.

I’m not being facetious. It’s absurd to outsource workforce training to education.

It’s ironic that businesses and corporations that lobby for tax breaks — breaks from financially supporting the full funding of education — are allowed any input on how best to train students. It’s obscene that they’re allowed input on how to train workers for them. Why is KSDE, an organization whose sole existence is to support teachers and students, siding with corporate interests? Why is it, in effect, criticizing teachers for producing underdeveloped workers?

Is a teacher’s job to produce employees? I don’t see that anywhere in the English standards given to me by KSDE. What I see is that I am to produce literate readers and

Aaron Schwartz The Kansas Reflector writers who can adapt their thinking to a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes.

Why, then, do we give businesses and corporations the title “stakeholder,” as if they should expect a return on an investment that they aren’t fully making? Corporations aren’t people; they have no stake in our students. They exist to keep existing by increasing profits. It’s that simple.

Effectively outsourcing workforce training to the education system by saying “we won’t hire them because they aren’t as employable as we’d prefer” is a hostage situation, not an amicable partnership.

That KSDE so desperately seeks the input of corporations is a PR stunt, not a productive dialogue that supports educators.

KSDE effectively joining the criticism of educators not training better workers is a betrayal of trust on the part of the governing body to which educators answer. The department should not stand shoulder to shoulder with corporations in criticizing the performance of the system of education; it should stand face to face with them in defense of the system it represents.

Businesses don’t want to pay for the education of the future workforce or their training, don’t want to train these workers themselves, and then have the gall to call students “unemployable.”

Please. Of course they’ll employ our students. They have to. And they’ll be glad to know that our students, while not as compliant as they may like,

are thinkers who, when respected and given equitable opportunities and compensation, can provide greater value to their businesses than the malleable drones they imagine they want.

Business and education should be separated like church and state, or perhaps should be separated as far as businesses want to be from taxation. That’s not to say that businesses can’t be productive partners with education; many small businesses are incredibly generous toward students and educators with their time, resources, and support. However, it’s important that educators, and foremost KSDE, not mistake philanthropy and generosity for funding in the form of taxes. We are grateful for sponsors, but sponsorship is not a substitute for civic duty.

We need less philanthropy in the place of funding and more funding in the place of philanthropy.

Let me give some education advice to businesses that want better workers: When my students lack a skill that I think they should have, and whether or not I believe they should have already acquired that skill, it is incumbent on me to train them in that particular skill if I want them to exhibit mastery.

It is no different with adult learners. If you want better workers with better “soft skills,” then train them, but do it on your own dime and in your own time. I train writers and thinkers. Employers have the rest of their lives to make them compliant and productive earners.

About the author: Aaron Schwartz is a writer and teacher in the Kansas City area. He has taught high school English in two districts for fourteen years and served as an adjunct English instructor at the college level for four of those years. He was a 2016 Kansas Teacher of the Year nominee.

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Attitude is not just a little thing Barbara Stockebrand

Connie Thompson gives a demonstration on how to make cherry cheesecake during Grandparents’ Night at the Seekers-Not-Slacker 4-H Club meeting in September. Helping her were Owen Thompson, left, and Nora Thompson.

Parents, grandparents take over 4-H Club

By BLAINE KING Seekers-Not-Slackers

The September meeting of the Seekers-Not-Slackers 4-H club was “Parent’s Night.” All parents assumed the duties of the club and their children, in order to show the reversal of roles and how to run an orderly meeting.

Roll call was “What do you like best about the Kansas State Fair?”

The most popular answer was food.

Club leaders reminded everyone that record books were due to the Extension office for judging as well as pin applications.

Countywide Achievement Night will be at 6 p.m. Nov. 10 in Garnett with a soup supper and awards to follow.

Program was given

by Blake Thompson

on the importance of herd vaccines and how to use a dart gun when doctoring cattle. Special grandparent guest speaker was Connie Thompson who gave a cooking demonstration on how to make Kincaid Fair Cheesecake, which she shared as part of refreshments after the meeting.

It was also the election of officers night.

2021-2022 Officers are as follows: President, Logan Walter, Vice President, Gunner Ellington, Secretary, McKenna Powell, Treasurer, Owen Thompson, Reporter, Blaine King, and Historian, Lizzie Ellington.

The meeting was closed by members saying the 4-H Motto. The next meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at the King house.

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“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

— Winston Churchill We’ve heard it before — attitude is everything.

There are a lot of things that can contribute to a long, happy life.

Our hope is that our bodies will age with us in good form as we grow older. We reinforce that concept by encouraging the need to take care of ourselves through a healthful diet, keeping physically active, and challenging ourselves over the lifespan – our minds in particular.

By the time we have reached the last third of our life we have seen and experienced a lot of changes. Along the way, we will learn to compensate in order to attain our goals. We may not bend and move like we once did, but we will still get the job done one way or another. Even if it involves asking for help, we will likely achieve the task.

What does attitude have to do with the aging process? Research shows that going about

life with a more positive outlook can add 7½ years to your life, according to K-State Research and Extension specialist on aging, Erin Yelland. When you consider the average U.S. life expectancy is 78.5 years, that calculates to your attitude having an almost 10% effect on your life span.

That is a considerable factor!

How can we go about fostering a more positive attitude?

• Start your day on a positive note. Think about what you are grateful for when you first wake up. If there is something you find particularly uplifting, spend a few moments with that.

• Focus on the good.

Bad things happen at times, but if we real-

ly take time to look at those instances, we can usually find something positive from each situation.

• Embrace life’s challenges. Our personal aging process may not always be the process we would like — being more difficult at times than others. We can be okay with that if we adjust our expectations and take advantage of that compensation or assistance I mentioned earlier.

• Surround yourself with positive people.

The outlooks and attitudes of those we hang around with often rub off on us in subtle ways. What better way to infuse positivity in your life?

• Choose to be happy. Happiness is what we all ultimately strive for. It’s a deep need in

Don’t be afraid to reach out to that lifeline Imagine yourself in a blizzard so thick and cold and blinding that you could not see your hands right in front of you. Such blizzards were common 150 years ago on the upper great plains. Without much for houses and trees, the wind blew the snow with such force that the little ice crystals were more like little knives making it hard to keep one’s eyes open even if there was something to see. Thus, to get safely from the house to the barn, farmers often hung a rope between the two, to not get lost. It was literally a lifeline. Otherwise, one wrong turn and perhaps nothing would stop you from wandering across

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the frozen prairie.

As a sixth generation South Dakotan, I cannot imagine some of the hardships my forefathers had to endure to survive. How did they feed themselves when the rains did not come, or when the fires did?

How did they heat the house when the wood or coal had run out? How did they fight the boredom of months in a single room, not to mention

Charter fishing for red snapper reopening BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With nearly 24% of the for-hire recreational red snapper catch target still in the Gulf of Mexico, charter vessels can take anglers to try to catch the fish in federal waters from Oct. 15 until Nov. 6, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says.

For-hire boats with federal reef fish permits caught nearly 2.2 million pounds of red snapper from June 1 to Aug. 3, NOAA Fisheries said. But landings data indicate that 670,000 pounds (nearly 304,000 kilograms) of the catch target remain, the agency said in a news release Thursday.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Monday that this applies to trips in federal waters on vessels with the federal permit. State charter vessels without that permit may only fish in state waters during an open state season, the department said Monday.

Louisiana’s state recreational red snapper season reopened Sept.

24 and will run until department surveys indicate that the state is nearing its total recreational quota of nearly 832,500 pounds.

The total quota for anglers on their own is nearly 4.3 million pounds.

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There are many who still face those questions. Farming still carries great risks with drought, floods, or financial stress. There is the chance of failure, of losing the family farm, of choosing the wrong crops or the wrong time to plant in unpredictable markets with trade wars, changing weather patterns, and other factors. One little mistake

may ruin a million-dollar piece of equipment or result in a lifetime disabling accident.

Given these pressures, it may not come as any surprise that farming has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, which has been rising over the last decade. Of course, you do not have to be a farmer to face financial, physical, or mental pressures that may contribute to feelings of helplessness, failure, loss of hope, and depression. You may be easily irritated and feel like sleeping all day, lack energy, and no longer enjoy what you once did.

If you or someone you know needs help, please reach out. Call this ho-

Fall harvest underway MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Fall harvest is well underway in Kansas with farmers already bringing in more than half of this year’s corn crop.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that the 51% of the corn crop has been cut, well ahead of the 43%

average for this time of year.

Kansas growers have also harvested 19% of their sorghum crop, along with 14% of the soybean and 10% of the sunflower crops, the agency said.

Winter wheat planting is running about average with 42% now planted.

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Just as that rope was a lifeline from the barn back to the farmhouse years ago, a simple phone call can be a lifeline for those in need of help today. No matter your occupation or stage of life, please reach out if you need help. Even if it feels like you are in a blinding blizzard with nowhere to go, reach out and take hold of that rope, that lifeline, and make that phone call.

Andrew Ellsworth, M.D. is part of The Prairie Doc® team of physicians and currently practices family medicine in Brookings, South Dakota.

our being. not only for ourselves, but for those around us. Remember those positive people in your circle.

• Be gracious, helpful and kind. We have a need to feel needed — something that gives us purpose in life. What is your reason for getting out of bed? Having a positive impact on someone else could help you change your own outlook. Acts of kindness can boost your mood and help in creating a more optimistic attitude.

It takes practice to develop positivity. However, if we keep striving for positivity, we are more likely to make changes and implement healthy behaviors that will help us be more successful in the aging process.

I’m reminded of a Peanuts© cartoon quote: “Attitude is contagious… is yours worth catching?”

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Oil spill: Coast Guard investigating whether ship anchored at wrong location

By The Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard is investigating whether a large commercial ship set anchor in the wrong location, damaging an oil pipeline and causing a spill that threatens Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and other Orange County coastal cities, an official familiar with the investigation said Monday.

The pipeline was dragged as much as 150 feet by the anchor, the official said. Vessels are given anchor points to ensure pipelines are avoided. Coast Guard investigators are examining whether the ship’s captain was aware of the dragging.

Earlier Monday, Martyn Willsher, president and chief executive of the pipeline operator’s parent company, said

A dead fish at the mouth of the Santa Ana River, where sand berms and oil booms are in place to contain an oil spill in Huntington Beach Monday morning. (ALLEN J. SCHABEN/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS)

that a ship’s anchor striking the pipeline was “one of the distinct possibilities” for the spill.

No additional details were provided.

At the time, the Coast Guard said it was investigating that as one possible scenario, but officials did not present ev-

Office: Foster kids Continued from A1

Kelly issued an order to create the Division of Child Advocate within the state Department of Administration, whose head reports to the governor. The governor would appoint the new division’s director for a five-year term.

“We want this to be an office that works on behalf of our children and on behalf of our families,” she said after signing the order at a children’s museum in Topeka.

Kelly said that even though she would appoint the director of the child advocate’s division, that person’s fiveyear term would make the office “about as independent as you can get.”

Many Republican legislators have argued that the governor shouldn’t appoint the child advocate or have a hand in the appointment because the new office monitors state agencies under the governor’s direct control.

GOP senators pushed for putting the child advocate in the attorney general’s office.

Republican Sen. Molly Baumgardner of Louisburg said the child advocate’s office is likely to be handling material from whistleblowers.

“We felt that was appropriate because of all of the confidential materials that move into the attorney general’s office on a daily basis,” she said.

Baumgardner called Kelly’s arguments about her division’s independence “disingenuous” and noted that a future governor could rescind the order creating it.

The Republican-controlled Senate in March approved a proposal for a child advocate in the attorney general’s office, only to see it stall in the GOP-controlled House. Many Democrats saw the measure as partisan because Attorney General Derek Schmidt is widely expected to be the GOP nominee for governor next year against Kelly.

A House committee approved its own, bipartisan plan to have the governor and Kansas Supreme Court chief justice appoint the child advocate, with the Legislature directing the work of the advocate’s office. But GOP leaders never scheduled a full House debate.

idence suggesting an anchor could be the cause.

“We have examined more than 8,000 feet of pipe and we have isolated one specific area of significant interest,” Willsher, the Amplify Energy Corp. executive, told reporters. “We did this primarily through [remotely operated vehicles] to this point, but we are sending divers down now to verify what we were seeing. There’s more information to come, but I think we’re moving very closely to the source and the cause of this incident.”

An anchor was the culprit in another large oil spill in Huntington Beach in 1990. An oil tanker punctured by its own anchor released some 400,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off the beaches in February that year. The spill killed about 1,000 birds

and shut down nearly 15 miles of beaches on the coast for three weeks, the state’s attorney general said in a 1999 announcement of a $16-million settlement with the company, Attransco. Cleanup costs reached as high as $35 million.

Environmentalists have long criticized the general safety and maintenance of aging offshore oil platforms and have pointed to those factors as possible causes for the massive leak.

Cargo ships heading to the ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach frequently pass through the area where the spill occurred, officials said.

During the pandemic, the Southern California coast saw gridlock as dozens of container ships at a time waited to get into the ports. It was unclear, however, how close those containers

got to the offshore oil systems.

The spill, first reported Saturday morning, originated from a pipeline running from the Port of Long Beach to an offshore oil platform known as Elly. The failure caused roughly 126,000 gallons of oil to gush into the Catalina Channel, creating a slick that spanned about 8,320 acres. The spill has left striations of crude along stretches of sand in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Huntington Beach, killing fish and birds and threatening ecologically sensitive wetlands in what officials are calling an environmental catastrophe.

The oil will likely continue to encroach on Orange County beaches and environmentally sensitive habitats for the next few days, offi-

cials said.

Coast Guard officials are flying over the spill three to four times a day to map the oil’s direction and compare it with tides, currents and winds to project the potential impact on beaches south of Laguna in the coming days. County and local officials say they’re poised to close more of the coast and the Dana Point harbor, if necessary.

“It really is dependent on the prevailing weather conditions, but the oil continues to move in a southerly direction,” said Capt. Rebecca Ore, commander of the Coast Guard’s Los Angeles-Long Beach sector.

“What we’ve seen is oiling just down to Dana Point ... and the trajectories indicate that trend could continue if the weather continues in the current fashion.”

Abortion: Women march across state Continued from A1

Kansas State University.

Levitt said 50% of transgender and nonbinary people will experience sexual violence in their lifetime. In contrast, one in five cisgender men and one in three cisgender women will experience sexual violence.

“For many (nonbinary and transgender people), we can still get pregnant, whether we’re on hormones or not,” Levitt said. “So for those of us that are on high dose hormones or gender-neutral kind of level hormones, some of us will still ovulate. Some of us will ovulate but not have periods. So if we do get pregnant after either consensual sex or non-consensual sex, we don’t have periods to indicate whether or not we’re pregnant.”

Because some women don’t know they are pregnant at six weeks, the Texas law presents challenges to getting an abortion legally, Levitt said.

“This is a structur-

The Manhattan march coincides with rallies across Kansas and nationwide in response to a restrictive new Texas law and other attacks on reproductive rights.

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al issue in which the same people who are trying to limit access to abortion are the same people who are trying to ban access to gender-affirming care,” Levitt said.

To make sure this doesn’t happen in Kansas, the march organizers encouraged people to vote and remain educated on laws, politi-

cians and elections in their areas.

During the August 2022 primary, Kansans will have the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment that would reverse a Kansas Supreme Court ruling and make clear there is no right to an abortion in the state constitution.

“Restrictive abortion

laws rarely have any effect on reducing abortion rates, but do have an effect on making women’s lives more difficult,” Hartford said.

“If the pro-life crowd was really interested in protecting the sanctity of a child’s life. They would fully support universal health care and equal access to quality education.”

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slightly.

Just 44.32% of all county residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 40.46% have been fully vaccinated. Those numbers are up slightly from the last time the Register checked in, when they were 43.16% with one dose and 38.97% fully vaccinated.

Still, the county has improved compared to others in the state, but it remains near the bottom in terms of vaccinations and cases.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ranked Allen County 84th out of 105 counties. That’s an improvement from three weeks ago, when the county was ranked 90th.

The county’s total number of positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began rose to 1,800 on Monday, up from 1,789 on Friday.

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Postseason beckons for area athletes

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola High’s girls tennis team will travel to El Dorado Saturday for their Class 4A Regional Tournament, with berths for the upcoming state tournament on the line.

The top six singles and doubles teams will earn state bids. The Class 4A State Tournament is scheduled for Oct. 15 and 16 at Winfield’s T.H. Vaughan Tennis Center.

Meanwhile, local cross country and volleyball participants have a clearer picture of where their postseasons are destined now that the Kansas High School Activities Association has announced regional and substate assignments.

At left, Iola High’s Keira Fawson and her Mustang teammates will be in El Dorado Saturday for the Class 4A Regional Tournament. Above Iola High’s cross country varsity runners are, from left, Drake DeLaTorre, Travis Wanker, Cole Moyer, J.J. Rutoh, Kaster Trabuc, Eli Adams, Jesse Taylor, Elanie Sturgeon and Sage Barney. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN Cross Country Regional meets Oct. 23 State meets Oct. 30

Iola’s harriers will be in Baldwin Oct. 23 for the Class

4A Regional Meet, for a shot at being in Wamego for state the following week. The top three teams will be statebound, as well as the top 10 individual

runners, with the possibility of additional individual qualifiers.

Humboldt’s runners will be at the Fredonia Golf Course

for their Class 3A Regional.

The Class 3A State Meet also will be in Wamego Oct. 30.

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ACC: Volleball

Iola Middle School: Volleyball

IMS eighth-graders show growth

Iola Middle School’s India Barney, foreground, goes down to receive the ball in a match Thursday against Royster. Standing by is teammate Madison Hall. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Iola Middle School’s eighth-graders ended 2021 on a higher plain than when they started the volleyball season in August.

After hosting Chanute’s Royster Middle School Thursday, the Mustangs were in Osawatomie Saturday for the Pioneer League Tournament.

The A team dropped a 25-12 and 25-9 decision to Royster Thursday.

Madison Hall and India Barney each had an ace serve.

Barney had several nice diving passes, head coach Terri Carlin said. Ariana Werner had an assist and a kill. Lily Lohman had a kill, while Bella Rahming added a block.

Madilyn Ashworth gave the team a spark off the bench with her passing, Carlin said.

The B team fell, 25-17 and 25-16 Lohman had a pair of ace serves. Stephanie Fees and Faith Warden each had an ace.

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Seventh grade hauls in tournament victories Iola Middle School’s seventh-graders ended 2021 with a bang.

Following a pair of hotly contested matches against Royster on Thursday, the Mustangs ended the season at the Pioneer League Tournament in Osawatomie with a pair of three-set victories “The girls did such a good job playing as a team,” head coach Aubrey Westhoff said.

“I’m so proud of them. We wish we had another week to watch them develop and mature more as a team. We had such a great season.”

The Royster matchup had Iola’s A team falling, 25-9 and 25-21.

Dally Curry led the way with six aces, followed by Sheridan Byrd with five, Brooklyn Holloway three and Zoie Hesse two. Hesse and Holloway both had three attacks.

“Dally and Sheridan did an amazing job of setting their teammates up,” Westhoff said. “The girls looked so good against the Rockets.

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Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade volleyball team capped a 2-0 day to end the season Saturday at the Pioneer League Tournament in Osawatomie. Team members are, front row from left, Zoe Warner, Abigail Jerome, Sheridan Byrd and Annie House; second row, Kinsey Jelinek, Zoie Hesse, Dally Curry, Breighlynn Rutherford (manager), Brooklyn Holloway, Kaydra Scheibmeir and Coach Ann Pomatto. Not Pictured are Emma Michael, Jayden Leavitt, Bayleigh Scheibmeir (manager) and Coach Aubrey Westhoff. COURTESY PHOTO

Allen Community College’s Madison Saia goes up for a kill in a match earlier this season. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Allen caps 1-3 road trip SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Allen Community College salvaged a tough road trip with a victory in its fourth and final match of the weekend Saturday.

The Red Devil volleyball team was in Illinois Friday and Saturday for doubleheaders each day.

On Friday, Allen dropped straight-set defeats to Haper Community College, 25-20, 25-14 and 25-13 before falling in two to Lincoln Land Community College, 25-20, 25-12 and 25-14.

Saturday started with a 25-14, 25-19 and 25-14 setback at the hands of Sauk Valley Community College.

In danger of coming home winless, the Red Devils rebounded in the finale, defeating Frontier Community College in four sets, 25-22, 2125, 27-25 and 25-18.

Allen’s stat leaders: Madison Saia, 29 kills, 10 digs and two blocks.

Bethany Williams, 28 kills, 10 digs, two blocks.

Gabriela Dominguez, 26 kills, one assist, two digs, two blocks.

Lauryn Holloway, 10 kills, eight digs, seven blocks.

Karsyn Smith, one kill, five set assists, four service aces, 34 digs.

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Humboldt JV pitches shutout HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s junior varsity football team kept its record spotless at 5-0 Monday with a 34-0 romp over West Franklin.

A balanced approach led the way.

Cole Mathes led the rushing attack with 107 yards and three touchdowns, while Logan Page added 59 yards

rushing and a touchdown, along with 14 receiving yards. Colden Cook had 50 yards receiving. Blake Ellis completed 6 of 7 passes for 85 yards and had a rushing touchdown, while Sam Hull completed 3 of 5 for 27.

Hull also rushed for 22 yards.

Chase DeMerritt rushed for 47 yards and

Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Volleyball team finished off a busy flurry of activity.

On top of their games Thursday, the Wildcats were in Uniontown Saturday for a tournament before taking on Pleasanton and Southeast of Cherokee in a triangular Monday.

On Saturday, the Wildcats went 2-2, defeating Uniontown, 2516 and 25-11, and Jayhawk-Linn, 25-13, 23-25 and 15-10; and losing to Yates Center, 25-15 and 25-17 and Crest, 25-20 and 25-21.

Leading scorers for the Wildcats were Jacee Mattox, 35 points, Kylah Sander, 24, Shelby Sprague, 22, Braelyn Sutton, 15, Andie Carr, nine and Taelyn Blevins, seven.

On Monday, the Wildcat A team defeated Southeast after dropping the first set, 25-10. Marmaton Valley prevailed in sets 2 and 3, 25-9 and 15-9.

Sander had 14 points, while Mattox had seven, Sprague 3, Sutton, two and Carr and Blevins one each.

Sutton also had a number of key blocks and tips, head coach Bren-

had 11 yards receiving.

Conner Sallee and Jacob Harrington chipped in with 19 and 18 yards receiving, respectively.

Kyler Isbell paced the defense with seven tackles, followed by Tristan Ballin with four and Ellis with three and Mathes with two. Sallee had a tackle and interception. Asher Hart also hauled in a pick.

Meyer apologizes for ‘just stupid’ actions JAC K S O N V I L L E , Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer apologized to his family, his team and owner Shad Khan for actions he called “just stupid.”

A video surfaced Saturday night showing a woman dancing close to Meyer’s lap, a clip that quickly went viral and made headlines across the country. Another video appears to show Meyer touching the woman’s behind.

Meyer called a team meeting Monday and vowed to “own it,” the motto he uses daily and has plastered all around the Jaguars facility.

“I just apologized to the team and staff for being a distraction,” Meyer told reporters afterward. “Just stupid and so I explained everything that happened and owned it. Just stupid. Should not have put myself in that kind of position.”

Meyer didn’t fly back with his winless team following Jacksonville’s 24-21 loss at Cincinnati on Thursday night. The three-time collegiate national championship-winning coach remained in his home state of Ohio to see family members and went to dinner Friday at his restaurant/bar in Columbus, Urban Meyer’s Pint House.

“I stayed to see the grandkids and we all went to the dinner that night,” he said. “There was a big group next to our restaurant and they wanted me to come over and take pictures, and I did. They were trying to pull me out on the dance floor, screwing around, and I should have left.”

The 9-second video showed a young blond woman dancing between the 57-year-old Meyer’s legs as he was sitting on a bar stool.

“I’ve always been so defensive of (my players),” he said. “I remember when (rookie quarterback) Trevor

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(Lawrence) told me he was going to go to Vegas for his bachelor party. I was just like, ‘My gosh, man, be careful and surround yourself because I’ve seen this happen.’

“The team, I spoke to a bunch of leaders one on one, spoke to all the players. They’re good.

They’re focused on Tennessee. I apologized again for being a distraction. A coach should not be a distraction.”

Meyer said he also apologized to his family.

“Yeah, yeah, of course I did,” he said.

“That’s not me. Oh, yeah, they’re upset.”

The Jaguars (0-4) have lost 19 consecutive games, seven shy of tying the NFL record set by Tampa Bay in 1977. Meyer insists they have shown dramatic improvements since Week 1.

But the epic losing streak ranks fairly low on the list of embarrassing missteps for the franchise since it coaxed Meyer out of retirement in January: — Meyer hired strength coach Chris Doyle in February despite accusations of racist behavior and then had to let him go a day later because of a pending lawsuit.

— Jacksonville was fined $200,000 and Meyer docked $100,000 on July 1, a punishment that stemmed from an early June practice in which the league deemed receivers and defensive backs had too much contact during 11on-11 drills.

— Meyer signed 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow to play tight end, an experiment that ended with Tebow looking lost in the preseason opener against Cleveland.

— Meyer held a fake QB competition between Lawrence, a generational prospect, and Gardner Minshew in training camp. Meyer since traded Minshew

to Philadelphia, where he’s a third-stringer behind Jalen Hurts and Joe Flacco and inactive every week.

— The NFL Players Association launched an investigation after Meyer said vaccination status factored into the team’s roster decisions.

— Jacksonville’s social media team started unfollowing longtime fans critical of the team’s performance following a 3721 debacle at Houston in the season opener.

— The Jaguars traded starters linebacker Joe Schobert and cornerback CJ Henderson for little in return. Henderson was the ninth overall pick in the 2020 draft.

Meyer said he’s concerned his latest issue could have long-term ramifications with players he hopes buy into his ways to make the team’s rebuild work.

“I have a very good relationship with our players,” he said. “I’ve dealt with this, not on the other side but with staff members and with other things, and I’ve dealt with it. So to say I’m concerned, yeah, I am concerned. But I just got to do right.”

Marmaton Valley Junior High’s JaeLynn Beachner passes the ball in a match Saturday against Uniontown. PHOTO BY HALIE LUKEN da Mills said.

“The girls stepped up and came back and played some good ball,” Mills said. “It was a team effort.”

Marmaton Valley’s B team also played Monday, defeating Pleasanton, 25-23 and 25-22

before losing to Southeast, 25-12 and 25-15.

Individual statistics were unavailable, but top servers for the Wildcats were Gabby Briggs, Addisyn Drake, Mayla Beal, Layla Cook and Jetta Mathews.

Yankees-Red Sox open MLB playoffs New York Yankees (92-70, third in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (92-70, second in the AL East), today 7:08 p.m.

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Gerrit

Cole (0-0, 3.23 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 243 strikeouts) Red Sox: Nathan Eovaldi (0-0, 3.70 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 195 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Red Sox will face the Yankees in the onegame wild-card playoff.

The Red Sox were 4932 on their home turf in 2021. The Yankees were 46-35 on the road.

TOP PERFORMERS: Rafael Devers

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Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with 39 home runs and is slugging .536.

LAST 10 GAMES:

Red Sox: 5-5, .255 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs Yankees: 7-3, .238 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs

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KDHE County COVID Ranking

Rankings summed for total score considers vaccinations, cases, and testing • Lowest risk county has #1 ranking (highest vaccination rate & avg. tests; lowest avg. cases) • Highest risk county has #105 ranking (lowest vaccination rate & avg. tests; highest avg. cases) Overall Rank in State (total of 105 counties)

As of Sept. 29, 2021 Allen Bourbon Cherokee Crawford Labette Linn Montgomery Neosho Wilson Woodson

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Contact Kansas Works Office, NCCC 800 W. 14th Street, Chanute, KS (620) 431-2820 Ext. 634 Please mail or deliver cover letter, application and resumé to: Corporate HR Department The Monarch Cement Company PO Box 1000 Humboldt, KS 66748 Or Email cover letter, application and resumé to: hr.dept@monarchcement.com

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Salary will be DOQ. The Monarch Cement Company is an EOE. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions.

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Salary will be DOQ. The Monarch Cement Company is an EOE. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions.

A Workready Certificate is preferred.

Contact the Chanute Workforce Center (KansasWorks) Office, NCCC 800 W. 14th Street, Chanute, KS (620) 432-0358 or Suzanne.ellis@ks.gov Please mail or deliver cover letter, application and resumé to: Human Resource Department The Monarch Cement Company PO Box 1000 Humboldt, KS 66748

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five service aces, seven digs, three blocks.

Ariana Compean, two kills, 59 set assists, four service aces, 21 digs.

Andrea Maldonado, one kill, seven set assists, thre service aces, 33 digs.

Alexis Hafenstine, one set assists, three service aces, 67 digs.

Sofia Otero, 38 set assists, two service aces, nine digs.

Hailey Treadway, two kills.

Aurivette Santos, 25 digs.

Patricia Rodriguez, three kills, one dig.

Kayleigh Rausch one kill, one block.

(Published in The Iola Register Oct. 5, 2021) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the 26th of October at 5:30 p.m., at City Hall, 2 W. Jackson in Iola, Kansas; the Board of Zoning Appeals of Iola, Kansas will hold a public hearing on the written application of Larry Macha for a variance to the Unified Development Code Section 16-703, (a), (8), in specific he is requesting a variance to the maximum total size of an accessory structure permitted in a residentially zoned

district on the following property: SOUTHVIEW ADD, S23, T24, R18, ACRES 5.8L BEG 1030’ N & 922’ W SE COR NE4, S 330’ TO NW COR LT 8, W 642’, N 135’, W 120’, S 155’, W 60’, N 350’, E AKA: 2805 FUNSTON Said application is being filed for under the provisions Article 4, Section 16-413 of the City of Iola Unified Development Code.

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IMS: Seventh grade success

Postseason: High Schools

Continued from B1

Continued from B1

It just came down to some little things.”

The B team started out like gangbusters, winning 25-21, before dropping the second 25-10. Royster edged Iola in the tiebreaker, 15-12.

Kaydance Frame, Annie House and Lacarea Eads led the way with five aces apiece. Maddie McDermeit and Zoe Warner both had four aces.

Warner had one attack, set up by House.

“To start off the first set, the girls did a great job of following the ball to the end line and calling it out.” Westhoff said. “The girls had some amazing volleys as well.” fun began with a 23-25, 2523 and 15-7 win over Osawatomie.

Byrd had 10 aces.

Kinsey Jelinek, Holloway and Curry had five aces apiece. Hesse and Abigail Jerome had three aces apiece.

Kaydra Scheibmeir SATURDAY’S

runners will head to Wichita’s Cessna Activities Center for the Class 1A Regional. The top four teams and 10 individual runners from that meet will go to the state meet at Sand Plum Nature Trail in Victoria.

Volleyball Substate tournaments Oct. 23 State tournaments Oct. 29-30

Iola Middle School’s Brooklyn Holloway returns a hit Thursday against Royster. had two aces. Hesse, Holloway and Curry each had a pair of attacks. Byrd and Curry each had three assists.

The season ended with a nailbiter over Prairie View.

Iola won the first set, 25-23, dropped set 2, 2518, and rebounded to

win the third, 15-12.

Byrd led with nine aces, while Holloway had six, Curry five and Jelinek three. Hesse had two, Jerome two and Scheibmeir one.

Hesse, Holloway and Curry each had two attacks. Byrd and Curry also had three assists.

Iola’s Class 4A Substate destination won’t be known until after Oct. 18.

Class 4A is split into eastern and western divisions, with the top four teams in each division serving as substate hosts. Seedings will be doled out accordingly.

Winners of each substate move on to the State Tournament in Hutchinson.

Humboldt will host the Class 3A Substate Tournament, with Eureka, Fredonia, Anderson County, Prairie View, Neodesha and Osawatomie a part of the action.

Growth: Iola eighth-graders end season Continued from B1

some of Iola’s best volleyball of the season, Carlin said.

“They really worked together and set the ball up great,” Carlin said.

“We didn’t win any matches, but the girls fought hard and took both matches to three sets.”

Iola fell, 25-18, 23-25 and 15-3 to Wellsville.

After a solid first set, Iola had confidence that carried into the second set.

“The girls knew they were playing great,” she said. “Lots of things were going right. It was so great to see them excited and really having fun.”

Passing issues derailed Iola in the third set.

Warden had one of her best matches of the year, with four kills and an ace.

Barney had five passes that were set up for kills, to go with two aces and a kill. Lohman had four aces and two kills.

Arianna Werner, one of the team’s best allaround players, had

two assists, two aces and two kills. Madison Hall had a kill and three aces. Kandrella McCullough had four assists.

Iola started quickly against Prairie View, winning 25-23, but mistakes derailed the last two sets, 25-13 and 15-11.

McCullough had nine assists and Werner nine kills.

“Kandrella was able to put the ball in the right spot for Arianna,” Carlin said. “Arianna was able to get good swings at the ball.” Both had an ace. Hall had two assists and an ace.

Warden added a pair of kills. Lohman had a kill. Barney served up several nice passes.

“This was a great bunch of girls to coach,” Carlin said. “Most people look at a team’s record to determine the success of a team. Our record isn’t indicative of the success this team had. When I think back to August when we first started, they have all come so far. They have improved and learned so much throughout the season.”

The winner will go the state tournament, also in Hutchinson.

Yates Center will be in Lyndon for the Class 2A Substate, along with Northern Heights, Mission Valley, Bishop Seabury Academy, Kansas City Christian, Central Heights and Maranatha Christian Academy.

The winner advances to state the following weekend in Dodge City.

Marmaton Valley will host Crest, Burlingame, Madison/Hamilton, Olpe, Oswego and St. Paul for the Class 1A-I Substate Tournament.

Both the Class 2A and 1A-I state tournaments are in Dodge City.

Southern Coffey County, meanwhile, is at the Class 1A-II Substate hosted by Waverly, along with Altoona-Midway, Chetopa, Hartford, Lebo, Marais Des Cygnes Valley.

The winner will go to Emporia for state.

Football

Ongoing district play will determine the postseason fates for each high school in the state.

Iola’s Mustangs are currently tied for third with Prairie View in Class 3A, District 2 at 1-1 with a huge showdown

looming on Friday, with two more regular season games to follow.

The top four district teams — Frontenac, Girard, Anderson County and Burlington are the others — will advance to the postseason tournament.

The bottom two teams will play out the season the following week.

Humboldt is tied with Osage City and Wellsville at 2-0 in Class 2A, District 2 action. (It so happens the Cubs will wind the up season with games against the aforementioned schools).

Eureka, Jayhawk-Linn and West Franklin are winless in the district at 0-2.

The top four district teams will move on.

Yates Center and Sedan sit at 2-0 in Eight Man I, District 1, while Marmaton Valley and West Elk each are 1-1.

Oswego and Cedar Vale-Dexter are winless.

In Eight Man-II, District 1 play, Crest has some work to do. The Lancers are 0-2, along with Altoona-Midway, while Southern Coffey County is 1-0 after a victory over Chetopa Friday. St. Paul leads the pack at 2-0, while Waverly also is unbeaten at 1-0.

Football playoff rounds begin Oct. 28.

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