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Extravaganza exceeds goals for CASA

By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

Local talent dazzled spectators at the second annual Bright Lights-Big Hearts charity talent showcase and silent auction Saturday night at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center in Iola.

Lara Megan Weber, owner of The Studio in Yates Center, said the show raised $4,842 through a combination of tickets, auction items, concessions and T-shirt sales.

“It went great, it went really good,” Weber said. “We met our goal. Our goal was $4,500. Last year we raised $2,800. We pre-sold 90 tickets and we had 93 walk-ins at the door.”

Weber’s own dance group, Opening Number Dance Company, performed a competition piece that the group started working on in August.

Three out of five of Weber’s own children performed in the talent showcase.

Her daughter, Abigail, 11, said she has been dancing and tumbling for five or six years. She said she practices at least three times a week and that it is a lot of hard work. It is all part of her higher aspiration to be a professional dancer someday.

Binni Means, Iola, said he started dancing nine years ago, and joined the group four years ago. He participates in six to eight events a year and assists in teaching the young dancers. Although he comes from a family of dancers, he said it challenges him and keeps him on his toes to be one of the few male dancers in the company.

“There is nobody else you can hide behind,” Means said.

States: Travel ban would ‘unleash chaos’

By ERIC TUCKER The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota have told a federal appellate court that restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries would “unleash chaos again.”

The filing with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco came early today after the White House said it expected the federal courts to reinstate the ban.

Washington and Minnesota said their underlying lawsuit was strong and a nationwide temporary restraining order was appropriate. If the appellate court reinstated Trump’s ban the states said the “ruling would reinstitute those harms, separating families, stranding our university students and faculty, and barring travel.”

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Above, Abigail Weber, left, and Alyssa Heffern, both of Yates Center, perform a dance routine Saturday at the BrightLights Big Hearts Charity Talent Showcase and Silent Auction at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Also performing, at far left, Hali Dawson, with an aerial silk routine, and Zury Burleson, Iola, on the saxophone. The event generated more than $4,800 for the Court Appointed Service Advocates program for the 31st Judicial District. REGISTER/SHELLIE SMITLEY

Weber believes Means is up for the challenge.

“He will be doing his first solo this year and he really has decided that he wants to dedicate his extra time to

dancing,” Weber said. “He definitely has made some giant gains in the last year-anda-half.”

Weber’s dance group was not the only group showcasing

In the basket of thorny issues facing Kansas lawmakers how to fund public education is certainly a m o n g the thorniest.

Lead by Gov. Sam Brownback and conservative Republicans, the old funding formula was scrapped two years ago in favor of a block grant scheme that expires July 1.

Staring this morning the House K-12 Budget Committee starts discussions on a new formula.

And with that comes some questions…

What is this K-12 Budget Committee?

their talents.

“I think there was some really great talent, a couple of really great ukulele players,”

The committee was created by new Speaker of the House Ron Ryckman to bring legislative expertise to bear on the problem in the 2017 session. For the first couple of weeks of the session the committee members nibbled around the edges, mostly talking about an efficiency study commissioned by the state last year. But now the real

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Groundhog feed marks Humboldt tradition

By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Although the famous Pennsylvania groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, that did not deter patrons from attending the 59th annual Groundhog Feed Saturday at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Humboldt.

Melvin Baker, 88, said he has attended the event, sponsored by the Lutheran Men’s Club, since the first year. His reason for attending the event 59 times is simple.

“I like pancakes,” Baker said.

Bob Coldwell, 90, said although he has missed a couple of the annual breakfasts, he estimated he has attended at least 50 times. He said he looks forward to the people and the food. In the past he attended the event with up to five generations of family members.

“A few years I took a vacation and went to Texas, “Coldwell said. “I haven’t been here for all of them, but I have been here for most of them. “ In addition to breakfast, the men’s group sells

Above, Melvin Baker, left, and Tim Baker, both of Humboldt, feast on pancakes and sausage at Saturday’s Groundhog Feed at Humboldt’s St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Melvin Baker has attended all 59 groundhog breakfasts. At left, Scott Baker, right, and Howard Epp, both of Humboldt, fix up a round of pancakes. Both Scott Baker and Howard Epp belong to the Lutheran Men’s Club, which sponsors the annual breakfast. REGISTER/

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— Moran Public Library meeting, 5 p.m., Moran Public Library — Moran City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Moran City Hall.

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— Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen County Regional Hospital.

— Iola Downtown Summit, sponsored by Thrive Allen County, 6 p.m., Allen County Courthouse assembly room.

— Knights of Columbus, 7 p.m., K of C Room, St. John Parish Center.

— Grief Support Group, 1 p.m., Allen County Home Health and Hospice.

— Jones Hardy American Legion Post No. 385, 7 p.m., Post Home, Moran.

— LaHarpe City Council meeting, 7 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

— Iola BPOE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

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— TOPS No. KS 880 5 p.m. weigh in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church.

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— Iola Community Theatre presents “The Canterville Ghost,” ICT Warehouse, 7:30 p.m.

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— Cancer Support Group, 10-11 a.m., Parish Hall at St. John’s Catholic Church.

— Hotel California, a tribute to The Eagles, 7:30 p.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

— Iola Community Theatre presents “The Canterville Ghost,” ICT Warehouse, 2 p.m.

— Grief Recovery Support Group, “Your Family and Grief,” 4 p.m., First Baptist Church.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian pro-government forces advanced today toward al-Bab, completing the encirclement of the Islamic State-held town which had been partially besieged by Turkeybacked opposition forces, state media and an activist group said.

Turkish troops and allied Syrian opposition fighters, known as Euphrates Shield, have been trying to seize the town for weeks in fighting that has killed dozens of Turkish troops.

The Syrian government and the Turkish-backed forces are not coordinating their operations.

The Syrian government condemned the incursion when Turkish troops crossed the border in August. But since then Turkey has joined with Russia and Iran to guarantee a cease-fire between the government and Syrian rebels.

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Both forces appear to be in a race to enter al-Bab, which lies at a strategic crossroads in northern Syria.

Turkey, which for years supported the Syrian opposition battling to overthrow President Bashar Assad, has recalibrated its priorities toward fighting IS militants.

Steven E. Phillips, Iola, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at Olathe Medical Center.

Service details will be announced later by Feuerborn Family Funeral Service and www. feuerbornfuneral.com.

John Mulkey John Mulkey died Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. Service details will be announced later by Feuerborn Family Funeral Service and www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Answers sought in skydiver’s death CUSHING, Okla.

(AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has been unable to determine why a Kansas woman became disconnected from her parachute and fell to her death in northern Oklahoma.

Sheralynn Neff, 26, of North Newton, had jumped with an instructor from 10,000

feet on July 24 and deployed her parachute at about 6,000 feet. The instructor continued falling to clear her path before deploying her parachute, but Neff could not be found.

Her parachute was later found in a tree and her body was found the next day near Cushing, about

five miles away.

FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford told The Oklahoman that the parachute appeared to have been packed properly and there was no obvious failure. He said an investigator “was unable to conclusively determine” how Neff separated from the parachute.

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vers by the two states were accompanied by briefs filed by John Kerry and Madeleine Albright, former secretaries of state, along with former national security officials under President Barack Obama. They said Trump’s ban would disrupt lives and cripple U.S. counterterrorism partnerships around the world without making the nation safer.

“It will aid ISIL’s propaganda effort and serve its recruitment message by feeding into the narrative that the United States is at war with Islam,” according to the six-page declaration filed in court.

“Blanket bans of certain countries or classes of people are beneath the dignity of the nation and Constitution that we each took oaths to protect,” the declaration later added.

The technology industry also argued against the ban, contending it would harm their companies by making it more difficult to recruit employees. Tech giants like Apple and Google, along with Uber, filed their arguments with the court late Sunday.

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conditions on entry of foreigners to the United States, and that power is “largely immune from judicial control,” according to the court filing.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, predicted the appeals court would not have the last word.

“I have no doubt that it will go to the Supreme Court, and probably some judgments will be made whether this president has exceed his authority or not,” she said.

In his ruling, Robart said it was not the court’s job to “create policy or judge the wisdom of any particular policy promoted by the other two branches,” but to make sure that an action taken by the government “comports with our country’s laws.”

The Twitter attacks on Robart — appointed

by President George W. Bush — prompted scolding from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats.

“We don’t have socalled judges,” said Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. “We don’t have so-called senators. We don’t have so-called presidents. We have people from three

different branches of government who take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.”

Trump’s order applied to Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen — Muslim-majority countries that the administration said raise terrorism concerns. The State Department said last week that as many as 60,000 foreigners from those seven countries had had their visas canceled. After Robart’s decision, the department reversed course and said they could travel to the U.S. if they had a valid visa.

The department also advised refugee aid agencies that refugees set to travel before Trump signed his order would now be allowed in.

The Homeland Security Department no longer was directing airlines to prevent visa-holders affected

by Trump’s order from boarding U.S.-bound planes. The agency said it had “suspended any and all actions” related to putting in place Trump’s order.

Feinstein spoke on Fox and Sasse was interviewed by ABC.

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to set aside immediately a Seattle judge’s ruling that put a temporary hold on the ban nationwide.

That ruling last Friday prompted an ongoing Twitter rant by Trump, who dismissed U.S. District Court Judge James Robart as a “so-called judge” and his decision “ridiculous.”

Trump renewed his Twitter attacks against Robart on Sunday. “Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system.

People pouring in. Bad!” He followed with another tweet saying he had instructed the Homeland Security Department to check people coming into the country but that “the courts are making the job very difficult!”

The government had told the appeals court that the president alone has the power to decide who can enter or stay in the United States, an assertion that appeared to invoke the wider battle to come over illegal immigration.

Congress “vests complete discretion” in the president to impose

Are there school funding plans already out there?

Yes. There are two.

Or may two-and-a-half depending on how you look at it. There’s a moderate plan, a more conservative plan, and then there’s another plan that’s a bit of a mystery.

What’s the moderate plan?

Legislators got their first look at the details over the weekend. It was written by GOP Rep. Melissa Rooker from Fairway with plenty of input from other moderates and Democrats.

They’ve been working on this plan since the summer.

It looks a lot like the old formula: a per-pupil allocation with additional money for English language learners, for students from small districts, for those who have to travel a long way on the bus, and based on a number of other fac-

tors.

The Rooker plan has a few new elements. It would include money for all-day kindergarten and put more into early learning. The plan would also boost state aid to districts to cover inflation for four years.

So what’s in the conservative formula?

Rep. Scott Schwab, a Republican from Olathe who is also Speaker Pro Tem, wrote it. This plan is actually an update to a bill Schwab filed last year. The most important thing to know about his plan is that it would extend block grants for a year while any new formula is tested in four districts, one in each of the Kansas’s congressional districts.

And it has some other provisions conservatives like, such as an accreditation system based on school performance, school site councils that would include parents and local busi-

nesses, and a mechanism that would allow voters to turn down any property tax increase.

Wait, the conservative formula would extend block grants?

Didn’t the courts rule those unconstitutional?

Yes. That’s a problem several lawmakers have pointed out.

What’s known about this mystery plan?

Not much but we do know a couple of things.

First off, it will be presented by Mike O’Neal who ran the Kansas Chamber of Commerce until a few months ago and is a former Speaker of the House. He’s a man who still has a lot of influence around the statehouse.

Those who follow school finance expect his plan (committee Chairman Rep. Larry Campbell from Olathe calls it a “concept”) to hew pretty closely to things the chamber has

championed in the past — supporting school choice, emphasizing efficiency and encouraging schools to spend down reserve funds first.

So when can we expect to see a formula lawmakers will vote on?

Well, before they get to that, lawmakers have to figure out how to close a $300-million budget gap before July 1 and that will take up an enormous amount of time and energy. They also have to tackle tax policy – to close or not close the LLC loop hole, whether to raise marginal income tax rates or hike cigarette and liquor taxes.

But the really big unknown in the timeline is when the state Supreme Court will decide on the adequacy portion of the Gannon school funding lawsuit. It seems impossible to complete work on a school funding formula until that ruling is out.

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Kobach’s proposals are burdensome, frivolous, and attention-grabbing The Kansas Highway sas.

Patrol came into being in Kobach is well-known for 1937, with the mission of his preoccupation with illedealing statewide with traf- gal immigration, including fic and highway laws. Two authoring tough immigrayears later, at the insistence tion laws for Arizona and of then Gov. Payne Ratner, Alabama. He also instituted the Kansas Bureau of In- more involved and complivestigation won legislative cated registration and votapproval, to give the state a ing requirements for Kancrime-fighting organization sans that are superfluous that wasn’t impeded by city, and conflict with federal county or state boundaries. laws.

Both have done admiraMicah Kubic, head of bly well and today are key the Kansas chapter of the components of public safe- American Civil Liberties ty in Kansas.

Union, told the Wichita Revenue cuts brought Eagle the bills were “ababout by the state’s budget surd and wrong. Diverting woes haven’t made either scarce resources from genuagency’s commitments to ine threats to public safety the state any easier. and into duplicating the job Now, Secretary of State of (U.S. Immigration and Kris Kobach wants to bur- Customs Enforcement) is den KHP troopers — and wrong-headed.” also make a He also little political noted, “Mulhay for himtiple court Multiple court deci- d e c i s i o n s self.

Last week sions have established have estabKobach, who that it is the federal lished that it seems bored is the federal by taking government’s job to government’s care of busi- enforce immigration job to enforce ness he was policy, not state and immigration elected to do, local government. policy, not asked legislastate and lotors to pass cal govern— Micah Kubic, ACLU bills designed ment.” to fight illegal W I T H immigration Lynn Jenby barring sanctuary cities and allow- kins, who represents the ing the KHP to enforce im- Kansas 2nd District in the U.S. House, having anmigration laws.

The second measure, in- nounced she is leaving polivolving troopers, is more tics, Kobach and Schmidt egregious. It would require no doubt are seriously the Kansas Highway Patrol considering the governor’s to join with the Department seat, or perhaps hers.

Each has designs on of Homeland Security to enforce “federal immigra- more than their current tion laws, detentions and offices, and 2018 will be an removals, and related inves- opportune time, with each in the middle of four-year tigations.” terms.

Two things stand out.

Actually, three positions If anyone were to make such proposals it should be are tantalizing for ambiAttorney General Derek tious Kansas politicians — Schmidt, whose responsibility the governor’s office, Jenis state law enforcement. The kins’ House seat and the U.S. secretary of state is expected House seat of Mike Pompeo, to oversee elections at all lev- who now is director of the els, as well as campaigns and Central Intelligence Agentheir finances, and various cy. Pompeo’s short-term other duties of a meaningful replacement in the 4th District will be decided in an nature to the state.

Also to the point, the April 11 election.

The chances of either Kansas Highway Patrol is strapped by spending cuts of Kobach’s immigration to do what is required of its proposals flying don’t seem good with troopers: Patrol highways particularly and make them as safe as more legislative moderapossible for citizens; watch tion, at least in the House, over commercial use, in- but they will give him ancluding violation of drug other opportunity for a puland other laws, of thor- pit from which to rail about oughfares; provide officers illegals and all the alleged to protect the governor and harm they do to Kansas.

Meanwhile, Schmidt the Capitol. KHP officers also may be called on to may be simmering a bit help local officers in special — though he’s gentleman enough to not make a fuss circumstances.

Putting them under the — over Kobach stepping thumb of a federal agency into his sphere of influence.

— Bob Johnson would be a net loss for Kan-

Today in history Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain’s King George VI, 56, died. He was succeeded as monarch by his 25-year-old elder daughter, who became Queen Elizabeth II. In 1973, Dixy Lee Ray was appointed by President Richard Nixon to be the first woman to head the Atomic Energy Commission.

In 1987, the Wall Street Journal reporter Gerald Seib was released after being detained six days by Iran, accused of being a spy for Israel; Iran said the detention was a result of misunderstandings.

Thought for Today: “Work is much more fun than fun.” — Sir Noel Coward, British actor, dramatist and songwriter (1899-1973).

Time to check levels of old-fashioned integrity America’s character has always been built upon fairness, concern for the oppressed, strength to protect our citizenry and open arms to welcome those who come to our shores.

This newspaper has no interest in the partisan battles of the past few days which largely consist of finger pointing and the generation of fear.

Our nation is so much bigger than that, and it’s about time we checked our hearts and souls to make sure we still know who we are.

Each presidential administration must determine its own priorities and tactics to make sure the American people are protected. At the same time, we cannot stumble over our own freedoms, and those in the minority, to reach political goals.

Today, our country is divided over issues that should never separate us: Freedom of expression; open dialogue among those with opposing views; standing against international terrorism; and trying to keep the U.S.A. on course with its worldwide trade and

diplomatic relations.

Several members of the Kansas congressional delegation this week expressed their continued support for the Trump administration, but several have added a caveat: Slow it down. Seek wisdom from your advisors; Watch your words.

In other words, try to be Kansas polite.

It would be refreshing to see something so basic to America’s history woven back into our national tapestry.

— The Montgomery County Chronicle

Resist revenge on Court nominee

For more than four decades, presidential candidates have campaigned on promises to select jurists who will interpret the Constitution in ways that satisfy political supporters. Donald Trump delivered on that promise with true showmanship before a primetime television audience Tuesday night, when he nominated federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch to replace the late Antonin Scalia.

But Scalia’s seat, which became vacant after he died almost a year ago, wasn’t Trump’s to fill. In a travesty of American politics, the Republican-controlled Senate denied even a confirmation hearing to Merrick Garland, the highly qualified federal appeals court judge nominated by President Barack Obama in March 2016. The GOP feared that anyone less conservative than the very extreme Scalia — even a moderate like Garland — would change the court’s direction.

Even more brazenly, the Republicans used the open seat to rouse evangelicals, a key element of their support. Their stonewalling betrayed tradition and has dangerously sunk the nomination process into a toxic partisan brew.

Gorsuch has a stellar resume, and at least he will get

the courtesy of a Senate hearing to explain his theory of original intent when interpreting the Constitution. But that document is often vague, if not silent, on many of the contentious social issues that come before the court. While we worry that Gorsuch’s legal philosophy is just another way to justify decisions that are reliably conservative, he at least promises a streak of unpredictability, especially in reining in police and prosecutorial overreach.

In most cases, Trump’s nominee is likely to deliver the same outcome as Scalia, but he is potentially much more influential. Scalia was uncompromising, preferring to dissent alone. Gorsuch’s intellect, personality and skill in crafting cohesive opinions could swing justices. His views on religious liberty and other First Amendment protections should be explored.

He has not ruled in an abortion case, but supporters and opponents of his nomination describe him as prolife based on his rulings in contraception-funding cases and because he wrote a book opposing assisted suicide, an area of the law with little consensus and in which his expertise could be formative.

While only one sitting jus-

tice, Clarence Thomas, is on record supporting the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Gorsuch would help decide many state restrictions on abortion that are working their way through the courts.

Senate Republicans have 52 votes and will need Democratic help to get to the 60 votes needed to break a likely filibuster. Otherwise, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could invoke the “nuclear option” and enable Republicans to approve Gorsuch with a simple 51-vote majority. For the nation, this means the Senate would no longer have an institutional check on an unqualified or extremist Supreme Court nominee.

Democrats are being pressured to seek revenge for Garland. That anger is understandable. However, unless some new information arises that would disqualify Gorsuch, that impulse should be resisted.

Instead, Democrats should stand as a party of principle.

If they attempt to repeat the disgraceful process that sidelined Obama’s selection, the horrible divisiveness of our national politics could reach new depths and eventually erode the legitimacy of judicial review.

— Newsday

How potential Supreme Court nominees could affect the court Researchers in the fields of law and political science have attempted to give Supreme Court justices and federal judges numerical scores based on their ideology. The chart below uses idealogical scores of Supreme Court justices — based on judicial voting records — and the score of Judge Neil Gorsuch — based on the ideology of the appointing president and home-state senator* — to give a rough idea of how President Trump’s nominee might affect the balance of the court.

Center Sonia Sotomayor

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Elena Kagan

Stephen Breyer

Anthony Kennedy

John Roberts

Samuel Alito

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Antonin Scalia

Clarence Thomas

Neil Gorsuch

Conservative

*As a matter of “senatorial courtesy,” judicial nominees are approved by senators of their home state if those senators are of the same party of the president. In those cases, those senators’ idealogical leanings are factored into this data.

Source: “The Judicial Common Space,” The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization; Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis

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freshly processed bacon, sausage and ribs.

Although many of the patrons have attended for years, Darrell Krone, Humboldt, said a few things have changed during that time.

“In the past we actually had congregation members that raised hogs,” Krone said. “We tried to buy from them, giving them market price, which was good for us and good for them. Then as hog raising became more of a big farm activity all the locals just quit raising them, and so now we go to the locker plant itself and have them acquire the hogs.”

Krone said the group purchased eight hogs for this year’s event.

Pastor Timothy Roth said the pancake breakfast brings the community together, and is anticipated every year. He said the enthusiasm surrounding the event defines the congregation.

“That willingness to serve, that willingness to be there and be with one another, is truly a mark of who they are,” Roth said Scott Baker, Humboldt, said the proceeds from the event, which typically feeds between 500 and 600 local residents, support various Humboldt- area mission projects.

Area residents came to purchase hot pancakes and sausage, but as for the groundhog’s prediction of wintery weather, Melvin Baker, Coldwell and Scott Baker said they weren’t buying it.

Weber said. “I think that the talent was really strong this year. I think the show overall was really entertaining.”

Last year’s inaugural event took place at the Yates Center High School, but Weber said after only one year the show outgrew that venue. She believes the word is getting out that this event is a neutral territory for performers and groups to come together, not as a competition, but as an event to do something good.

Not all the talent was designed to entertain the audience. While performances like Hali Dawson’s aerial silk routine, Explosion Allstars’ Cheerleading and Zury Burelson on the saxophone took place, spectators simultaneously cast bids for donated items up until the show’s intermission. The winners of the silent auction were announced at the show’s end.

Amanda Dewitt is the dance company’s fundraiser chairperson. She said the silent auction included 43 items generously donated from area businesses and one business as far

Opening Number Dance Company, from The Studio in Yates Center, performs a dance routine Saturday at the Bright Lights-Big Hearts Charity Talent Showcase and Silent Auction at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. REGISTER/SHELLIE SMITLEY away as Wichita.

“And that has been condensed down,” Dewitt said.

“We have taken donations from here and donations from there and made baskets out of them. Last year we had about 20 items. We doubled it this year.”

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ing to Weber raised around $1,500 of the $4,842.

“Annika Wooton did a speed painting during one of the acts and that was then brought to the auction,” Weber said. “It was auctioned off and it went for $70.”

Weber said she hopes to see an increased audience at next year’s event.

“I can’t say for sure what our plans are next year,” Weber said. “But our hope is that we can keep it at the Bowlus or another larger theater next year.”

Proceeds from the annual talent showcase and silent auction benefit CASA of the 31st Judicial District.

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College Basketball: Iowa State 92, Kansas 89, overtime

Cyclones snap KU’s home streak

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Iowa State followed up a terrible practice with a terrific game.

One of its most satisfying in years.

Deonte Burton hit seven 3-pointers and scored 29 points, Monte Morris added 25 and made two crucial free throws in overtime, and the Cyclones rallied from a big

College Athletics:

Red Devil softball team opens season The Allen Community College softball team opened its season in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Cowtown Classic.

Despite ending their trip with an 8-7 eight-inning victory over North Central Texas College, the Red Devils finished with a 1-4 record in Fort Worth.

The Red Devils lost to Lamar State College-Port Arthur 6-4 in their opener. They fell to Weatherford College, 113, and Galveston College 11-2, to finish up their Friday slate.

On Saturday, the Red Devils lost to Midland College 10-1 before picking up the win over North Central Texas.

Allen’s top hitter for the weekend was Winter Henry, who went 7-for-14 and scored four runs. Sierra Thompson had the team’s only home run.

MEN’S BASKETBALL The Red Devil men’s basketball team lost at Barton Community College, 85-77, after a back-and-forth contest with 15 lead changes on Saturday.

Allen sophomore DaRon Mims was the game’s leading scorer with 28 points. Quentin Blaue was not far behind with 27 points on seven of nine shooting from three-point range.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Red Devil women’s basketball team fell to Barton 6250 on Saturday on the road.

Freshman guard Kamri Summons led the Red Devils with 17 points. Damonica Franklin added 11 points and Tamera Shaver had nine.

halftime deficit to beat No. 3 Kansas 92-89 on Saturday and end the Jayhawks’ 51-game winning streak in Allen Fieldhouse.

“This is just a special win, special day for these guys,” said Cyclones coach Steve Prohm, who lamented with a laugh that “terrible” practice Friday. “Yesterday was awful.”

Things were a whole lot better Saturday.

Naz Mitrou-Long added six 3-pointers and 22 points,

and the Cyclones (14-8, 6-4 Big 12) made a school-record 18 3-pointers while forcing the Jayhawks (20-3, 8-2) into 21 turnovers.

They also overcame a monster game by the Jayhawks’ Frank Mason III, who had a career-best 32 points while going 9 of 11 from the field, 4 of 5 from beyond the arc and 10 of 12 at the free throw line.

“They played with house See JAYHAWKS | Page B4

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National Football League: Patriots 34, Falcons 28, overtime

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the post-game ceremony for Super Bowl LI after the New England Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime on Sunday at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/TNS

SUPER COMEBACK Brady rallies for his fifth Super Bowl

By BARRY WILNER The Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — They looked old and outmanned. Their star quarterback was frazzled, their stingy defense was a sieve.

So what? Tom Brady and the New

College Basketball: Wichita St. 86, Illinois St. 45

England Patriots shrugged and did what they always seem to do: Win the Super Bowl.

Brady led one of the greatest comebacks in sports history highlighted by a Julian Edelman catch that was almost beyond belief. The Patriots pulled themselves out of a 25-point

Wichita State’s Landry Shamet, top, fights for a loose ball against Illinois State’s Phil Fayne during the first half on Saturday at Koch Arena in Wichita. Travis Heying/Wichita Eagle/TNS

Shockers blow out Redbirds the Shockers drew even atop the Missouri Valley Conference standing.

Illinois State beat Wichita State 76-62 on Jan. 14 and enSee SHOCKERS | Page B4

hole against the Atlanta Falcons to a 34-28 win for New England’s fifth NFL championship. It was the first Super Bowl decided in overtime.

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College Basketball: Kansas State 56, Baylor 54

Wildcats knock off No. 2 Bears

By JASON ORTS The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Conner Frankamp scored 18 points and Shaquille Morris had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Wichita State put a beat down on Illinois State in an 86-45 win on Saturday night as

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WACO, Texas (AP) — Three days earlier, Kansas State was about as low as a team can get after blowing a lead late in regulation and dropping a home game to TCU in overtime.

The Wildcats are back on top of the emotional rollercoaster that often results from playing in the Big 12.

Kamau Stokes scored 15 points and Kansas State held off a late rally to snap a three-game losing streak and hand No. 2 Baylor its first home loss of the season, 56-54 on Saturday.

Stokes made both of the Wildcats’ field goals in the final 6:29, including a baseline jumper with 1:40 to go off an inbounds pass with 1 second left on the shot

clock that made it 55-51.

“Great screen by D.J. (Johnson). He gave me the opportunity,” Stokes said. “He gave me the opportunity against TCU, and it fell short. This one, I knew I was going to make this one.”

That made it a two-score game at 55-51, but Baylor still had chances. Manu Lecomte missed a jumper with 20 seconds left that would have given the Bears the lead, and Johnathan Motley missed two shots in the final seconds with a chance to tie the score. The first was a point-blank look that fell off the rim, and Johnson blocked the latter for Kansas State (16-7, 5-5 Big 12) as time ran out and the Bears lost their second straight game. “(Motley), front of the rim, we’re all taking that,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said.

“That one play didn’t cost us

the game. We trust him, we trust Manu. People are going to miss shots, and we have to control what we can control.

That’s the offensive rebounding, it’s our turnovers, which again was a problem. We’re going to focus on those things.”

Motley led Baylor (20-3, 7-3), which lost 73-68 at No. 3 Kansas on Wednesday, with 17 points and 14 rebounds, but he was 6 for 17 from the field.

Kansas State was in control most of the game. The Wildcats shot 50 percent in the first half, and their 15-0 run over a 4-minute span pushed its lead to 37-18 with 4:05 to go before halftime.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has long expressed a desire for improved relations with Moscow, but his latest comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin and the U.S. are leading some fellow Republicans to take a step back from the president — on this issue at least.

Told by Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly during an interview that the Russian leader is “a killer,” Trump said the U.S. has killers, too.

“What do you think?

Our country’s so innocent?” Trump said during the taped interview broadcast during Sunday’s Super Bowl pregame show.

Trump has praised Putin and signaled that U.S.-Russia relations could be in for a makeover under his leadership, even after U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign to help Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton.

During Putin’s years in power, a number of prominent Russian opposition figures and journalists have been killed.

Trump says in the interview that he respects a lot of people, including Putin “but that doesn’t mean I’m going to get along with him. He’s a leader of his country. I say it’s better to get along with Russia than not. And if Russia helps us in the fight against ISIS, which is a major fight, and Islamic terrorism all over the world — that’s a good thing,” Trump said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group.

“Will I get along with him? I have no idea.”

O’Reilly then said about Putin: “But he’s a killer, though. Putin’s a killer.”

Trump responded: “There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What do you think? Our country’s so innocent?”

When O’Reilly says he doesn’t know any

U.S. government leaders who are killers, Trump said “take a look at what we’ve done, too. We’ve made a lot of mistakes” and then he referenced the Iraq war.

The Kremlin voiced anger over O’Reilly’s characterization.

Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, refused to comment on Trump’s reply but lashed out at Fox, calling O’Reilly’s remarks “unacceptable and offensive.”

“We would like to re-

answer directly, but shifted to assert that immigrants in the U.S. illegally and dead people are on the voter rolls.

“It’s really a bad situation, it’s really bad,” Trump said.

There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the Nov. 8 election. Trump won the Electoral College vote but lost the popular vote by nearly 2.9 million votes to Clinton.

Trump recently announced on Twitter that he would call for a “major investigation”

Putin’s a former KGB agent.

He’s a thug. He was not elecgted in a way that most people would consider a credible election.

— Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

ceive an apology to the president from this respected organization,” Peskov told reporters today, referring to Fox News.

At home, Republicans and Democrats took exception to Trump’s comparison of Russia and the U.S. “Putin’s a former KGB agent. He’s a thug.

He was not elected in a way that most people would consider a credible election,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told CNN’s “State of the Union. “The Russians annexed Crimea, invaded Ukraine and messed around in our elections.

And no, I don’t think there’s any equivalency between the way the Russians conduct themselves and the way the United States does.”

Added Sen. Ben Sasse, of Nebraska, one of Trump’s Republican critics: “There is no moral equivalency between the United States of America, the greatest freedom living nation in the history of the world, and the murderous thugs that are in Putin’s defense of his cronyism.

O’Reilly also asked Trump to back up his claim that some 3 million to 5 million illegal votes were cast in the election. Trump didn’t

into voter fraud. He said during the Fox News interview that he will set up a commission to be headed by Vice President Mike Pence and “we’re going to look at it very, very carefully.”

Asked earlier about Trump’s promised investigation, McConnell said he saw no federal role because states historically have handled voter fraud investigations. “I don’t think we ought to spend any federal money investigating that,” he said on CNN. On other issues, Trump said: — California’s consideration of legislation to become a statewide sanctuary for people living in the country illegally is “ridiculous.” He suggested withholding federal funding as a possible punishment.

— Plans to enact a complete replacement for the Affordable Care Act could slip into next year. “I would like to say by the end of the year, at least the rudiments, but we should have something within the year and the following year.”

— Living in the White House is “a surreal experience in a certain way, but you have to get over it, because there’s so much work to be done.”

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Be firm with an out-of-bounds in-law Dear Carolyn: My mother-in-law has zero respect for boundaries.

On a recent visit, she told us we were raising our newborn child incorrectly, criticized our marriage, told my wife that her personality was awful and brought up things that she was mad about that my wife had done as a child.

When we challenge her statements, she turns into a guilt martyr and says we don’t want a relationship with her, and she brings up her own awful childhood. At what point is it appropriate to agree with her and cut ties?

— No Boundaries No Boundaries: When she says any of these things — that you’re raising your kid wrong, that your marriage stinks, that your wife is awful, anything along these lines, be completely clear: “I will not tolerate your saying things like that about me/us/my wife.”

It’s not just a lack of boundaries, it’s emotional abuse, and it’s so important for witnesses to step in.

This part you need to discuss in advance with your wife, but an impor-

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tant element of drawing a line on the abuse is enforcement. As partners and co-parents, please empower each other to say to her, when she doesn’t back down on her abuse, “This visit/ conversation is over.”

And to follow through on it by showing her the door/changing the subject/leaving her home.

Let her wail till she’s blue about her awful childhood. This is all you give her: “I’m sorry about your awful childhood. No one deserves to be treated as you were.

That’s why we’re drawing the line with you now. Unkindness is not welcome.” No negotiating.

As necessary, encourage your wife to keep her distance from Mom for a period of time (depending on how often you all typically see her — think in terms of skipping a couple of regular visits) to let her know you are serious.

If/when she humbles herself to approach you,

or if you’re both game to try again, then set up another visit. Repeat steps as needed until your mother-in-law gets the message that hostility will gain her nothing but an empty room.

Of course, she might never get the message, in which case the only option might be to cut the tie.

If this were your parent, you would be able to take the interim step of visiting solo to keep your wife and kids out of her reach, since protecting them would be paramount.

But as the spouse, the road is tougher. You can make the suggestions to your wife that I did; you can stand up for your family at every opportunity, though your wife gets the last word on the pack-up-and-leave/kickher-out decision (sell it well — it’s important); you can urge your wife to cut the tie either temporarily or permanently, depending on the damage her mother is doing.

You can also start refusing to be present for these visits, but that’s problematic given that your wife probably is Victim Zero of her mom’s hostility. To opt out is to stand up for

yourself, which is indeed necessary sometimes, but your wife might need you to stand up for her more than you need to protect yourself.

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Dear Carolyn: My brother-in-law recently confessed to me that my sister is abusing him.

From his description, the abuse is emotional, psychological and sometimes physical. And their young children often witness these things.

I tried to broach the topic with her by asking how her marriage is doing and she just gave me the generic, “It’s fine.”

I’m not sure where to go from here. — Approaching Possible Abuser Approaching Possible Abuser: Urge him to get help. He can call 1-800-799-SAFE to find out where he can go locally for counseling, just him to start — this is not the time for couples’ counseling. As soon as he gets his bearings he’ll need to get help for the kids, too.

It sounds as if you believe him and believe your sister is capable of this. Tell him so, and treat this as the emergency it is. Encourage him to do the same.

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NFL: Patriots rally past Falcons win Super Bowl Continued from B1

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Shockers Continued from B1

tered Saturday’s game with a one-game lead in conference.

Wichita State led 3522 at halftime and used a 19-2 run to start the second half pushing the lead to 30 points in less than six minutes. Wichita State (21-4, 11-1) shot 8 for 9 from the floor during that span.

The Shockers shot 57 percent from the floor (30 for 53) to 33 percent (18 for 54) for Illinois State (19-5, 11-1). The Redbirds were a paltry 4 for 22 from behind the 3-point line and didn’t have one player in double-figure scoring.

Markis McDuffie added 16 points for Wichita State and Zach Brown chipped in 10.

Phil Fayne led the Redbirds with nine points.

Wildcats Continued from B1

said. “When you’re talking about playing one of the top two, three teams in the country on their court, and you’re up 16, 18 points, you’ve got to be pretty impressed. But I told them, defense is the only way we’re going to win. I was very disappointed in our defense the last three games.�

Dean Wade added 12 points for the Wildcats and Wesley Iwundu had 10.

which one is going to be the Super Bowl winner,� said Brady, who earned a record fourth MVP award and a fifth Super Bowl ring, the most for a quarterback. “There were probably 30 of those plays tonight and (if) any one of those were different, the outcome could have been different.�

But down 28-3 in the third quarter, Tom? “It’s hard to imagine us winning,� the 39-yearold Brady said. “It took a lot of great plays and that’s why you play to the end.�

The Patriots scored 19 points in the final quarter, including a pair of 2-point conversions, then marched relentlessly to James White’s 2-yard touchdown run in overtime after winning the coin toss. White scored three touchdowns and a 2-pointer. “We knew we had a shot the whole game,�

White said. “It was an amazing comeback by our team. It’s surreal right now. You couldn’t write this script.�

Brady guided the Patriots (17-2) through a tiring Atlanta defense for fourth-quarter touchdowns on a 6-yard pass to Danny Amendola and a 1-yard run by White, which came with 57 seconds remaining in regulation. White ran for the first 2-pointer and Amendola did the deed with a reception on the second.

Brady finished 43 for 62, the most attempts in Super Bowl history, for 466 yards, also a record, and two touchdowns.

Before the stunning rally — New England already held the biggest comeback in the final period when it turned around a 10-point deficit to beat Seattle two years ago — the Falcons (13-6) appeared poised to take their first NFL championship in 51 seasons.

Having never been in

such a pressurized environment, their previously staunch pass rush disappeared, they stumbled on offense and Brady tore them apart. “There’s nothing you can really say,� Ryan said. “That’s a tough loss, obviously very disappointing, very close to getting done what we wanted to get done.�

It wasn’t difficult for Patriots owner Robert Kraft as he accepted the Lombardi Trophy from Commissioner Roger Goodell, who naturally drew a flood of boos from New England fans on hand. Yes, “Deflategate� might be far behind Kraft and Brady, but it’s not forgotten. “Two years ago, we won our fourth Super Bowl down in Arizona and I told our fans that was the sweetest one of all,� owner Robert Kraft said. “But a lot has transpired over the last two years and I don’t think that needs any explanation. “I want to say to our fans, our brilliant coaching staff, our amazing players who were so spectacular, this is unequivocally the sweetest.�

Brady and coach Bill Belichick won their 25th postseason game, by far a record. The Falcons added to Atlanta’s long history of pro sports frustration.

Belichick became the first coach with five Super Bowl crowns.

The Patriots won the coin toss for overtime, and by then it was no contest. Brady completed six passes against an overmatched Falcons secondary. A pass interference call took the ball to the 2, and White scooted to his right and barely over the goal line.

His teammates streamed off the sideline to engulf White as confetti streamed down from the NRG Stadium rafters.

The comeback includ-

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ed dozens of huge plays, including Ryan’s fumble on a sack, Edelman’s catch off of a defender’s shoe and Brady’s passing.

White had 14 receptions for 110 yards, but Brady hit seven different receivers.

Until the Patriots took charge with their late surge, league MVP Ryan was outplaying Brady and NRG stadium rocked with Falcons’ fans chants of “A-T-L!�

In a game that started as a defensive struggle, the Falcons went sackhappy, getting two on the Patriots’ second drive in what would be a scoreless opening quarter.

It sure looked as if the Patriots would get on the board immediately in the second period as Brady and Edelman connected twice for 40 yards. But LeGarrette Blount’s fumble turned the momentum to the Falcons, who then took their biggest lead in a Super Bowl — yeah, we know, they have been here only twice — on Freeman’s 5-yard run to cap a quick 71-yard drive on which Jones came alive.

Jones showed why he is an All-Pro receiver with a tough leaping

catch over the middle for 19 yards, then got open on the sideline for 23. Freeman did the rest.

Before New England could catch its breath, Ryan had the Falcons up 14-0. Using the no-huddle attack to perfection, he threw for 51 yards on a 52-yard drive, hitting Hooper with a pinpoint pass in the left side of the end zone.

Then Brady was victimized by his own poor decision, a rarity on the big stage. Atlanta was

called for defensive holding three times on third downs to keep the drive alive. From the Falcons 23, under pressure Brady tried to squeeze a throw to Danny Amendola.

Alford stepped in and sprinted, then glided 82 yards for the secondlongest pick-6 in a Super Bowl — and Brady’s first.

Shockingly, it was 21-0.

New England gathered its wits for a 52-yard drive to Stephen Gostkowski’s 41-yard field goal. Still, it was 21-3 when Lady Gaga took the stage.

There was smoke hanging over the field when both teams had three-and-outs to open the third quarter. The Falcons looked in control when Ryan and Co., marched 85 yards to Coleman’s 6-yard TD catch on a swing pass.

New England scored the next nine points on James White’s 5-yard TD reception — the extra point was missed by Gostkowski, who later made a 33-yard field goal.

The Patriots kept coming, the Falcons kept flopping, and soon Brady and his buddies somehow had No. 5.

Jayhawks: Cyclones snap streak at Phog Continued from B1

money today,� Kansas coach Bill Self said. “I’m sure Steve would say the same thing. They came in here with a free mind and said, ‘Let’s just let it go.’�

It was 82-all at the end of regulation, but a basket by Morris and Burton’s final 3 gave the Cyclones a cushion. The Jayhawks closed to 87-86 on a free throw by Josh Jackson, but Morris answered with a deft baseline pass to Donovan Jackson, whose 3 with 26.7 seconds left silenced the crowd.

Devonte Graham hit a 3-pointer with 10.1 seconds left to give Kansas a chance. But after Morris hit both free throws at the other end, Svi Mykhailiuk’s long 3-pointer at the buzzer missed badly.

The Cyclones ran off their bench to celebrate

a stunning victory — one that came after back-toback losses for Iowa State and back-to-back wins by Kansas over No. 8 Kentucky and No. 2 Baylor. “We got hit with adversity,� Morris said, “and Coach said, ‘Man, respond.’�

Mykhailiuk finished with 17 points for the Jayhawks, while Jackson added 15 points and 10 rebounds for his third straight double-double.

Landen Lucas added a career-high 18 rebounds. “We don’t lose at home,� Lucas said, “so it’s something that’s hard to digest.�

Indeed, the Jayhawks looked as if they would roll to yet another win over the Cyclones in the Phog, where they had not lost to them since 2005. They shot better than 70 percent from the field in the first half, grabbed the rebound on

just about every miss and led by 15 in the closing minutes.

But the Cyclones fought their way back the best way they know how: the 3-pointer.

Mitrou-Long and Burton caught fire from beyond the arc over the final 20 minutes, and it didn’t matter that the Jayhawks were still scoring at the other end.

Point by point, the Cyclones closed the gap on the Big 12 leaders, until Burton hit the second of consecutive 3s with 6:24 to go.

By the time MitrouLong added a third consecutive 3 a minute later, the Cyclones had put together a 9-0 spurt that turned a four-point deficit into a 78-73 lead with about 5 minutes to go.

Iowa State proceeded to miss five straight shots before Morris hit a 3-pointer for an 82-81

lead with a minute to go. Mason was fouled at the other end and made the second of two free throws to knot the game, and that’s how it ended in regulation when Mason’s jumper at the buzzer clanked off the rim.

It was Mason’s first missed shot from the field all game.

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