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Most riders go to stores, doctor visits

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Most of those who use the county’s general transportation program need to go to the store or medical appointments.

Allen County Clerk Sherrie Riebel last week gave commissioners an update on the transportation program, as the county is picking up more of the costs while waiting for a new van that is on back order. A grant that funds the program hasn’t yet paid its portion because of the new van’s status.

A large majority of riders use the service to buy groceries — a total of 1,044 such rides from when the program started in May 2021 until the end of the year. That breaks down to 879 rides to G&W Foods, Walmart and Dollar General, 45 to convenience stores and 120 to other stores.

The next most common need is to go to medical appointments, with 323 rides.

Many riders — 66 — need to visit government buildings.

Visits to restaurants and banks were also popular, with 63 and 58 rides, respectively.

A total of 42 riders were taken to their jobs.

Representatives of Thrive Allen County, which started the transportation program on the county’s behalf, have asked county commissioners to expand the program and extend hours so more people could use it to get to work. Local industries and health agencies were willing to contribute to the additional costs, but commissioners said they wanted to wait and see how useful the current See RIDES | Page A2

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Crews tamp down fire

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

GAS — Fire crews are investigating the cause of a fire in Gas that sent one person to the hospital for evaluation Sunday evening.

A neighbor saw flames through the window of a bedroom at 502 W. First St., Gas, and reported the fire at about 6:25 p.m, according to Lt. Eric B’Hymer of the Iola Fire Department.

When emergency responders arrived, two individuals who live at the residence were waiting in a front porch area of the home. Three people live at the home; one was not present.

Firefighters were able to tamp down the blaze in about 15 to 20 minutes and the fire was mostly contained to the bedroom. The fire did not

SEE INSIDE! Yates Center, SCC eliminated in substate Flames are seen shooting from a bedroom window at 502 W. First St. in Gas. The blaze was contained to the room and no one was seriously injured, though one person was taken to the hospital for evaluation. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS reach the attic and the home appears to be salvageable, B’Hymer said.

Agencies responding included the Iola Fire Department, Allen County Sheriff ’s

Department, Iola Police Department, an officer with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, and the Allen County rural fire volunteers for mutual aid.

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Senators seek ban on Russian oil imports Bill would make domestic violence felons give up guns

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — The U.S. senators from Kansas endorsed an embargo on importation of Russian oil and the adoption of federal policy expanding domestic production of oil and natural gas to moderate the rising cost of energy for American consumers.

Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall, both Republicans, said the action was warranted amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Moran voiced concern Russia’s brazen assault on a nuclear power facility in Ukraine suggested international sanctions might be insufficient to deter President Vladimir Putin from widening the conflict.

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U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, left, speaking Friday about Russia invasion of Ukraine during a news conference with KBI Director Kirk Thompson and Attorney General Derek Schmidt. (TIM CARPENTER/ KANSAS REFLECTOR)

sense to continue purchasing oil or oil products from Russia — 700,000 barrels a day, or less than 10% of U.S. petroleum imports — when additional U.S. troops were being

assigned to Europe in defense of NATO countries.

“It doesn’t come free. Increasing costs associated with the price of a gallon of See RUSSIA | Page A3

TOPEKA — Rep. Jo Ella Hoye is convinced someone convicted of domestic violence or subjected to protection from abuse order and prohibited from carrying a firearm shouldn’t be allowed to live in a residence stocked with guns and rifles.

Right now that felon busted for abuse or viewed by the court as a potential threat to others doesn’t have to temporarily surrender the guns stored in the home to law enforcement or a federally licensed gun dealer.

“Domestic violence continues to be a problem for Kansas families, especially women in Kansas and as well as children, and we know that the presence of a gun makes domestic violence situations become deadly,” Hoye said on the Kansas Reflector podcast.

“Once these individuals have been convicted, they should have to relinquish the firearms that they may already have for the time period that they are prohibited from having them.”

That’s the nut of Senate Bill 192, which received a chilly reception from several legislators and law enforcement representatives during See BILL | Page A3

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One person found Iola FFA students win district events dead after wildfire By the Register staff

RENO COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — One person was found dead Sunday as firefighters worked to contain a wildfire that burned 12,000 acres in south-central Kansas.

Reno County Emergency Management officials said one person who had been reported missing during the fire was found dead Sunday morning. The fire began Saturday and burned land east of Hutchinson in Reno and Harvey counties. Several injuries were also reported in

connection with the fire.

Another person who had been reported missing was found safe Sunday.

Several homes were destroyed in the fire that prompted some evacuations Saturday, but Hutchinson Fire Chief Steven Beer said he won't have a complete damage report ready until later this week.

Firefighters were continuing to monitor hot spots and work to ensure the fire was contained Sunday.

Man accused of stealing several parking meters TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man is accused of stealing more than two dozen parking meters from the downtown area.

Police say the 32-yearold suspect was arrested Monday and faces several charges.

Officers had been investigating the theft last week of 26 coin-op-

erated parking meters.

Around midnight Monday, a caller told police they saw someone walking with a shopping cart in an area of downtown and possibly stealing meters.

Officers arrived and arrested the suspect.

They say he was in possession of several recently stolen meters.

Public notices (Published in The Iola Register March 1, 2022) IN THE THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of PHYLLIS JACKSON, Deceased AL-2021-PR-000036 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Lori Evans, duly appointed, qualified and acting Administrator of the Estate of Phyllis Jackson, deceased, praying Petitioner’s acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Estate be assigned to

(Published in The Iola Register March 1, 2022) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of DAVID L. INGLE, Deceased AL-2022-PR-000009 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified a Petition was filed on February 23, 2022, in this Court by Elizabeth Donnelly, praying for the appointment of Elizabeth Donnelly, as administrator of the estate of David L. Ingle, and for the issuance of Letters of Administration.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 23rd day of March 2022, at 8:30 a.m. of said day, in the District Courtroom, at the

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the persons entitled to it; fees and expenses be allowed; costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; the Administrator be discharged and Petitioner and the Surety on Administrator’s bond be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before Friday, March 18, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. In the District Court, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Lori Evans, Administrator HEIM LAW OFFICES, P.A. 424 North Washington Avenue Iola, Kansas 66749 (620) 365-2222 Attorney for Petitioner (3) 1, 8, 15

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All creditors of the decedent notified to exhibit their demands against the estate within four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

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at 12:00 pm at the Silverado’s, Piqua, Kansas. The regular business to be transacted will be the election of one director to serve a three-year term.

Four Iola FFA members were named district winners in their respective supervised agricultural experience (SAE) categories at last week’s Southeast District Selection day.

Jenna Curry won Turf Grass Management.

“I enjoy keeping the lawns in my community looking nice, whether this is a business or a home,” she said. “I do my best to make it look the best it can. I often cut the grass to keep it healthy, green, and full as well as trimming away the weeds that grow around trees, shrubs, and other things that may be in the lawns. This keeps the yards looking very put together.

“I also often rake leaves, pick up branches, pull weeds, help plant flowers and even lay mulch to bring the full potential of the landscape out,” she continued. “I focus on running an efficient and effective operation all while keeping the health of the grass at its fullest. I look after about 25 yards on a regular basis, picking up a few more now and then.”

Chloe Sell won for Landscape Management.

“I manage a lawn care business, where

From left, Jenna Curry, Cody Wille and Chloe Sell were named district winners for their supervised agricultural experience projects. Not pictured is Carly Dreher. COURTESY PHOTO my main goal is to make the landscape as healthy and high-quality as I can,” Sell wrote.

“Managing the yards includes mowing, trimming, edging sidewalks and bushes, mulching, controlling weeds, installation of hardware, and landscape beautification. Another thing that I do in my business is lawn cleanup.”

Carly Dreher won for Small Animal Placement.

“My SAE involves working at a local dog grooming and boarding shop, Waggin' Tails,” Dreher wrote. “I have worked there in my free time for three years, and have learned many skills along the way.

“For my SAE I help work ground, haul seed to our John Deere 24-row planter, move fertilizer tanks, mow, rake, and haul hay,” Wille wrote for his entry.

“During harvest my responsibilities also include moving equipment from field to field, operating the combine and running the grain cart. Throughout a lot of our farm, work jobs change a lot depending on where we are and who can do what task.

When harvest has finished and before spring planting I’m busy helping with our cattle. I help feed grain and hay and take care of the cattle when needed.”

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program is before they would consider an expansion.

From May to December, 181 different individuals used the general transportation van.

In January and February of this year, 76 people have used the program, and about 16 are regular riders who use the service at least two or three times a week.

Currently, transportation is available from 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday. A schedule is available online at allencounty. org; go the bottom of the home page and click on the tab marked A-Z index and find “General Transportation.”

Commissioners last week approved a request from riders to modify the schedule.

Previously, the van picked up riders two mornings a week on the east side of the county (Gas, LaHarpe and Moran) and two mornings a week at Humboldt.

Now, the van will

stop in those areas one morning and one afternoon each week.

A GRANT from the Kansas Department of Transportation helps fund the program. That grant will provide a van, but the van did not arrive at the end of the year as expected.

It’s on back order, and it’s not known when it may arrive.

Because of that, KDOT has not yet provided funding to the county.

That left commissioners in a bit of a quandary.

They agreed to continue to fund the program, paying about $4,000 in January, February and March. That amount covers costs for fuel, a phone to schedule rides, and a driver’s salary.

Thrive offered the use of a van that had previously provided transportation for Allen County Regional Hospital.

Last week, Riebel

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“I have learned new skills such as trimming dogs’ nails, grooming dogs specific to their breed, and have learned many ways to promote biosecurity within the shop,” she said. “A daily routine could include washing and grooming multiple dogs, while still keeping the boarded dogs happy. Cleaning is also a big part of my tasks while working. All of the equipment must be sanitized in between using it on dogs, and the shop floors are mopped and disinfected at the end of the day.”

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Sheriff: 4 of 7 killed in Iowa Bill: Law enforcement uneasy about plan tornadoes from same family Continued from A1

By JOSH FUNK The Associated Press

Four of the seven people killed in devastating storms that tore through central Iowa were members of the same family who had sought shelter inside a home that was razed by a powerful tornado, authorities said.

Two children, their father and their grandmother all died when a tornado hit the grandmother’s home near rural Winterset on Saturday afternoon, Madison County Sheriff Jason Barnes told television station KCCI. The children and their parents, from Blue Springs, Missouri, were visiting their grandmother, Melissa Bazley, 63, when the tornado hit. The storm killed Bazley, 37-year-old Michael Bolger and two of his three young children, 5-year-old Kenley Bolger and 2-year-old Owen Bolger.

A GoFundMe page for the family says Kuri Bolger, who is the children’s mother and Bazley’s daughter, was hospitalized after being seriously injured. Other members of the family who had sought shelter in the home’s pantry also were injured.

Two others killed in the tornado — Rodney Clark, 64, and Cecilia Lloyd, 72 — lived in homes just down the street from Bazley that were also hit by the tornado. It was rated an EF-4, with peak winds of 170 mph, the National Weather Service said Monday. The tornado was on the ground for nearly 70 miles, leaving the longest path of destruction since a 1984

tornado that carved a path 117 miles long.

The seventh death came from Lucas County, about 54 miles southeast of Des Moines, when a separate tornado struck less than an hour later, injuring several other people. Officials there said Monday that Jesse Theron Fisher, 40, of Chariton, Iowa, died in the storm and another area resident remained hospitalized.

The state Department of Natural Resources said that Fisher was in an RV at a campground at Red Haw State Park near Chariton when the storm struck.

The storms that raked Iowa on Saturday were the deadliest to occur in the state since May 2008, when one tornado destroyed nearly 300 homes and killed nine people in the northern Iowa city of Parkersburg. Another tornado a month later killed four boys at the Little Sioux Boy Scout ranch in western Iowa.

Saturday’s storms damaged or destroyed other homes and downed power lines and trees, causing some power outages.

The tornadoes were followed by winter storms overnight Sunday into Monday that dropped about 5 inches of snow in central Iowa and 6.5 inches In Mount Vernon in eastern Iowa.

The snow prompted officials to cancel Monday’s planned storm cleanup efforts after hundreds of volunteers helped out on Sunday.

The cleanup was expected to resume Tuesday, but more snow is in the forecast for Thursday, which could cause additional delays.

Russia: Concerns

of Interior to issue new Continued from A1 gasoline, those things oil and gas leases on are going to occur,” Mo- public land, restart the ran said Friday of an Keystone XL Pipeline oil embargo. “It’s a rea- and expand natural gas sonable request to ask exports to Europe.

In terms of Russia’s the American consumer when we’re already ask- bombing of a nuclear ing American military facility in Ukraine, Momen and women to po- ran said Putin’s previtentially sacrifice their ous decision to place his lives in support of de- nuclear forces on alert should be viewed as mocracy and freedom.”

President Joe Biden more than an idle threat. has to set aside his poli- The senator said Ruscy objective of reducing sia’s reckless assault of or eliminating use of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility, fossil fuels which has by allowing six reactors, greater proThere is grow- raised fear duction of ing suggestion of a nuclear natural gas and oil, Mo- that Putin is not catastrophe.

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He said the conduct of station,” Marshall said.

Putin, despite interna“President Biden can tional sanctions, added to turn things around by immediately showing vigor of questions about strength on the world whether Russian military stage, putting a stop to forces would eventually reckless spending, un- move beyond Ukraine.

“There is growing leashing America’s ensuggestion that Putin is ergy independence and immediately banning not only evil, which we the U.S. purchase of know, but is also irrational. My concern for Russian oil.”

Marshall said it was this expanding beyond an opportune moment Ukraine has grown,” for the U.S. Department Moran said.

a hearing last week in the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee. More than one senator who views the Second Amendment as inflexible shared disdain for the bill’s creation of a system requiring relinquishment of firearms. At the same time, law enforcement officers pointed to practical shortcomings of the bill that would have county sheriffs take the lead on securing the guns and seizing concealed carry permits.

Hoye, a Lenexa Democrat, worked before elected to the Legislature as a volunteer with Moms Demand Action, a national gun safety organization. She said the poignant stories shared by mothers, fathers, siblings and friends who lost others to gun violence inspired her advocacy.

It’s from that foundation that Hoye found herself as a front-line lobbyist for a 2018 law signed by Gov. Jeff Colyer prohibiting people convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors from purchasing or possessing firearms. Under SB192, the issue of that person already owning a firearm would be addressed.

Existing Kansas law prohibits convicted domestic violence offenders from purchasing new weapons, but didn’t mandate relinquishment of the firearms already owned.

Domestic violence survivor Janet Federico, of Wichita, said legislators reluctant to support the Senate bill may not understand what its like to have an abuser threaten them with a gun.

“I am intimately familiar with the barrel end of my ex-partner’s Heckler and Koch .45 semiautomatic pistol,” Federico said. “I’ll never forget him standing over me and watching his finger twitch on the

Rep. Jo Ella Hoye, D-Lenexa, spoke about pending Senate legislation compelling domestic abusers to temporarily relinquish firearms. (SHERMAN SMITH/KANSAS REFLECTOR)

trigger as he decided whether he was going to let me live or die.”

She said the scene played out on two other occasions. When she eventually escaped, she said, the ex-partner vowed to hunt her down.

The Senate legislation endorsed by Federico and Hoye would require a judge to issue relinquishment orders in conjunction with convictions for stalking, battery and domestic violence. The subject of the order would have 24 hours to voluntarily surrender the firearms to the sheriff or a firearm dealer.

The individual would be given 48 hours to submit a proof of relinquishment to the court.

If that didn’t occur, the sheriff would take a court order and go to the residence to secure the weapons. The firearms could be transferred back to the owner after completing the time designated by the court.

“If you don’t want to lose your firearms, don’t be a violent person,” Hoye said. “This is specifically relating to people who are not law abiding gun owners. This bill has immediate opportunity to save lives.”

Seventy percent of women killed by an intimate partner in Kansas die from gun wounds.

By last count, there have been 17 homicides in Kansas related to domestic violence in 2022.

Ten of these deaths involved firearms.

Critics said the bill was potentially in conflict with a U.S. Supreme Court decision, which outlined circumstances under which law enforcement may seize someone’s gun.

Questions were raised about escalating the risk of officers serving the gun warrants, about who paid for storage of so many firearms, whether the state could seize concealed gun permits issued by other states, and whether it was legal to seize a gun not used in a crime.

“In reality, a person who has their firearms confiscated under this bill who intends to cause harm to the victim or their family will find ways to obtain yet another firearm or simply to use another weapon,” said Ed Klumpp, a former Topeka police chief who lobbies for the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police and the Kansas Peace Officers Association.

Hoye said objections of law enforcement rang hollow because the purpose of the bill was to protect children and families from potential violence.

“I feel that we need to

stop, you know, nitpicking around and figure out a way to create this clear process so that we can keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers,” Hoye said.

Meanwhile, a report in the Journal of American Medical Association suggested “stand your ground” laws coincided with a national increase in firearm homicides. Stand your ground laws allow people who feel threatened to use deadly force in self-defense with no obligation to retreat.

Kansas and Missouri saw some of the nation’s most dramatic increases in gun homicides outside of the South.

From 1999 through 2017, Kansas documented a 27% increase in gun homicide. Kansas’ stand your ground law, also known as the shoot-first law, was implemented in 2010. Nearly 30 states have comparable statutes.

Hoye said residents always had the right to self-defense, but the stand your ground movement extended boundaries of that principle to the workplace, vehicles and the protection of property.

“This has really empowered and emboldened people,” Hoye said. “Really, the impact of this law is that we have seen people get away with murder.”

Ice-fishing shanty blown across Michigan bay MCKINLEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Three anglers are safe after a homemade ice-fishing shanty was blown about a mile across a bay in Michigan by winds that neared 50 mph, authorities said.

A person onshore called Huron County dispatchers about 8 a.m. Sunday after see-

ing someone struggling with the shanty as it was being blown across the ice on Saginaw Bay off McKinley Township, Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson said in a news release.

The shanty, which had been occupied by three men, was about 1.5 miles offshore when deputies arrived. Han-

son said a fire department airboat was taken to the site for a rescue, but the three men eventually were able to make it across the ice to shore on their own.

The men refused medical treatment. They told deputies that they spent Saturday night on the ice in the shanty and were aware of

an approaching storm, but apparently took for granted the power of the winds, Hanson said.

The men were making arrangements to return to shore when wind gusts began to push the shanty. McKinley Township is located in Michigan’s Thumb region, about 120 miles north of Detroit.

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Cow-calf producers often use self-insurance to manage risk

By JENNIFER RIFT Special from the Southwind Extension District

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Get ready for Walk Kansas Clara Wicoff Extension Agent for Nutrition, Food and Health

Spring is around the corner, and that means it’s almost time for Walk Kansas. This is a team-based health initiative program that will encourage you to lead a healthier life by being more active and making better nutrition choices.

Through Walk Kansas, you are part of a six-member team that selects a goal and then supports one another in reaching that goal during the course of the 8-week healthy lifestyle challenge. Teams can be made up of family members, coworkers, friends, community organization members, neighbors, or members of a faithbased community. You don’t have to be in the same town, county, state, or even country. If you don’t have a team, we can assign you to one or you can fly solo.

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Most cow-calf producers face price risk.

Likewise, most producers manage price risk, even if they do not have an explicit “price risk management strategy.”

Three major price risk management strategies are self-insurance, marketing flexibility, and formal price risk management tools. More than one strategy can be used.

The primary price risk management strategy used by most cowcalf producers is self-insurance.

While self-insurance might be perceived as “not managing price risk,” any producer who continues a cow-calf operation after a low-income year manages price risk. The primary method of self-insurance is income diversification, either through farm income diversification or off-farm income or both. For example, a producer may both produce crops and have a cow herd, with crop income typically being sufficient to absorb losses from low calf prices and (potentially) vice versa. Similarly, a producer and/or their family members may work off farm. In addition to the advantage of access to affordable health insurance, off-farm income can cover family

about what could happen next. If the war is prolonged, countries that rely on affordable wheat exports from Ukraine could face shortages starting in July, International Grains Council director Arnaud Petit told The Associated Press.

That could create food insecurity and throw more people into poverty in places like Egypt and Lebanon, where diets are dominated by government-subsidized bread. In Europe, officials are preparing for potential shortages of products from Ukraine and increased prices for livestock feed that could mean more expensive meat and dairy if farmers are forced to pass along costs to customers.

Russia and Ukraine combine for nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley exports. Ukraine also is a major supplier of corn

living expenses during low price years. A potential disadvantage is that opportunities for herd expansion and time spent on management may be limited.

A second strategy is marketing flexibility, in terms of both the type of market and the timing of marketing. Niche or value-added markets, such as direct-marketing, as well as marketing arrangements with breeders, processors or a feed yard are examples of types of markets that can be part of a price risk management strategy. More specifically, a marketing relationship with a feed yard might result in more predictable prices than with a sale barn. Some producers also use the

timing of marketing to manage price risk. For example, a producer might feed calves for a few months after weaning in hopes of stronger markets in the late fall or early winter. All of these marketing strategies have the advantage of shielding a producer from price risk in commercial markets. However, these strategies are not fail-proof or without risk: no market is guaranteed, or prices might not increase enough to cover additional feed or other costs.

The third strategy is using formal price risk management tools: specifically hedging or insurance. Both hedging (future and options) and insurance (Livestock Risk Protection-LRP)

allow a producer to protect themselves against unexpected declines in the market price. These strategies require some upfront costs and an investment of time into learning about commodity markets. An advantage is they can protect a producer who is expanding or highly leveraged or otherwise would be hurt by a decline in expected prices.

Cow-calf producers use various price risk management strategies that are tailored to their individual situation and needs. The next article in this series will cover hedging basics.

This article is the second in an 8-part series on price risk management for cow-calf producers.

Landscaping for hummingbirds program set for March 22 Feeding hummingbirds is an enjoyable summer backyard activity.

Watching them hover to feed and spar with other hummingbirds for feeder space is fascinating and fun.

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Russian aggression threatens food supply BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine also are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region — known as the “breadbasket of the world.”

Ukrainian farmers have been forced to neglect their fields as millions flee, fight or try to stay alive. Ports are shut down that send wheat and other food staples worldwide to be made into bread, noodles and animal feed. And there are worries Russia, another agricultural powerhouse, could have its grain exports upended

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Russia’s idea of middle ground sorely lacking It’s hard to settle disputes when one side doesn’t show up.

Such was the case Monday when Russia failed to appear before the World Court to defend charges it has falsely accused Ukraine of committing genocide against its own people.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has used the claim to justify invading Ukraine with the hope of seizing it, lock, stock and barrel.

After Adolf Hitler’s campaign murdered more than 6 million Jews in World War II, genocide was declared a humanitarian crime by the United Nations’ high court.

Russia has not a shred of evidence that Ukraine has committed such a crime against Russian separatists in the Donbas and Donetsk regions.

If anything, Russia is the guilty party in its unjustified attacks against Ukraine, in its 12th day on Monday. Video clips show Ukrainian civilians being killed in the streets as Russia continues to violate agreed-upon evacuation routes for residents.

One such instance was when a Russian mortar killed a mother, her two children and a family friend in their attempt to flee the embattled city of Irpin on Sunday. The children were wearing their backpacks. A blue suitcase

on wheels lay across the chest of another.

The video is bone-chilling as the smoke clears to reveal their bodies.

Ukraine’s goal with the appeal to the World Court is for it to insist Russia stop its invasion. Unfortunately, the 15 judges who sit on the International Court of Justice, nor the 193 countries they represent, will likely have much influence on Putin.

MORE THAN 1.7 million Ukrainians have fled their country in the last two weeks. More than 1 million have gone to Poland, with another 180,000 to Hungary, 128,000 to Moldova and lesser amounts to Romania and Slovakia, all of which border Ukraine. In the early days of the war, about 50,000 left for Russia.

On Monday, Russia said it would approve a cease fire for humanitarian corridors only to Russia and its ally, Belarus.

Ukraine, naturally, regarded sending its people into the jaws of death as unacceptable.

As should the world.

We realize Western nations are treading a fine line in their desire to help Ukraine defeat Putin without inciting more widespread conflict.

We wish them godspeed.

— Susan Lynn

A demonstrator holds a United Against Putin sign outside the White House in Washington, D.C., obn Sunday, March 6, during a rally in support of Ukraine. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/ TNS)

Ukraine war likely to get far worse

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60 Years Ago March 1962

An order for 800 boats to be delivered prior to June 30 for the Scott division of the McCullough Corporation will require the Iola plant of the Red Fish Boat Company to add between 40 and 50 men and women to its force, Ben Ellis, local manager, reported. This order is in addition to the 3,000 boats ordered by McCullough last fall. A large portion of the original order is being manufactured at the home plant, Clarksville, Texas. Ellis said two shifts will be needed and a building is being enlarged. To fill current orders, an average of 20 boats per day must be produced, doubling the local plant’s production during the same period in 1961. ***** Iola High senior Bill Lacy was named one of the 11 players on the Southeast Kansas League basketball coaches’ 1962 all-star team. *****

Following a meeting yesterday with Emerson Lynn, president of the Iola Library Board, and Charles Shetlar, chairman of the board’s building and grounds committee, the governing body authorized the library board to prepare an application for a grant under Public Law 560 to finance the planning of a new library building. ***** A fire caused extensive damage this morning to the Red Fish Boat Company’s factory west of the Pet Milk plant. The materials used in manufacturing the fiberglass boats are highly flammable, said Fire Chief Ray Chard. The fire spread rapidly and created a dense acrid smoke. Ben Ellis, plant manager, said it is thought smoking caused the fire.

John Franklin, plant operations manager, and Ellis believe the plant will be back in operation soon and the order of 800 boats will be filled by June 30.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin spent 90 minutes on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron, who asked him to declare a cease-fire in Ukraine.

Not interested, Putin replied.

“He refuses to stop his attacks,” Macron wrote on Twitter after the call.

A French official said Putin seemed determined “to take control of all of Ukraine.”

“The worst is yet to come,” the official added.

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is in its second week. Some Russian units are mired in mud, but the offensive is escalating overall.

As the invasion has escalated, so, too, have economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its allies. And, like Ukraine’s armed forces, the sanctions have had more punch than expected. The Russian ruble has plunged in value, and ordinary Russians have scrambled to ATMs to try to get their money out of endangered banks.

But the two escalations are far from equivalent.

The sanctions have clearly damaged Russia’s economy, but there’s no sign that they have affected Putin’s calculus.

More Russian units have moved into Ukraine. Russian missile and artillery strikes on civilian neighborhoods have stepped up. Ukraine’s three biggest cities — including Kyiv, the capital — are in danger of falling.

Ukraine’s defenders are fighting courageously, but they are slowly losing ground.

“Sanctions may influence Russian decision-making down the road,” said Richard N. Haass, president of the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations. “But they won’t stop the siege of Kyiv.”

The Russian president has waged war against cities before and has been rewarded with success.

Doyle McManus The Los Angeles Times Putin came to power in 1999 largely by waging a savage war against separatists in Russia’s mostly Muslim republic of Chechnya. The resulting campaign killed tens of thousands of civilians.

The lesson for Putin: Ruthless military action works.

“Every time you think, ‘No, he wouldn’t, would he?’ Well, yes, he would,” Fiona Hill, a former White House expert on Russia, said in an interview with Politico.

Putin’s intentions toward Ukraine should have come as no surprise. He has publicly demanded since 2007 that the country be returned to some form of Russian control. The CIA warned that he might invade Ukraine as early as 2008, Hill noted. (She was a CIA intelligence analyst at the time.)

“If he can, he is going to take the whole country,” she said.

Putin may not want to occupy all of Ukraine’s territory, she added, but he may want to divide it into “a fractured, shattered Ukraine.”

And he may be willing to fight for a long time. His war in Chechnya lasted almost 10 years.

The Western response is aimed at raising Putin’s costs until he — or Russia’s military brass, its oligarchs and the Russian public — decide that their losses from the war outweigh any benefits. That, too, could take a long time.

“Putin has shown no interest in a negotiated outcome that’s within the ZIP Code of reality,” Haass told me. “That could change, but only if three things occur: if his military suffers high battlefield costs, if the sanctions begin

to exact a real economic cost and if popular unrest grows.

“Our policy ought to be aimed at bringing about those three conditions.”

Sanctions hawks argue that in addition to punishing Putin in the near term, the measures serve a separate long-term U.S. interest by weakening Russia economically and militarily.

“Sanctions will worsen Russia’s position in its longrun competition with western countries,” Edward Fishman, a former State Department expert now at Columbia University, told me. “We have zero interest in enhancing Russian power.”

He predicted that the sanctions would stay in place “as long as Putin is in power, if not longer,” in “a long-term war of attrition.”

But an original goal of these sanctions was to persuade Moscow to change course. To accomplish that, the United States needs to offer Russians the prospect of at least some sanctions relief if they withdraw their forces.

That kind of offer isn’t likely to change Putin’s mind, but it could help increase pressure on him from his military and his oligarchs, as well as the Russian public.

“I can imagine putting out — with the Ukrainians participating — some definition of a negotiated outcome that could produce some sanctions relief,” Haass said. “But we’re not there yet.”

President Joe Biden, for one, isn’t there yet. His spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said last week that sanctions relief isn’t on the table.

“We’re in the middle of an invasion, so I don’t think now is the moment where we are giving anybody that sort of an offramp,” she said.

Translation: For now, both sides are still escalating.

That French official was probably right. The worst is yet to come.

How to contact your elected officials

President Joe Biden, (Democrat) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; (202) 456-1414; (comments): (202) 456-1111

Gov. Laura Kelly, (Democrat) Capitol, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; (785) 296-3232; www. governor.ks.gov/comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; (202) 224-4774; www.marshall.senate. gov.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; (202) 224-6521; moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

Rep. Jake LaTurner, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; (202) 225-6601; LaTurner.house.gov/ contact/email

Sen. Caryn Tyson, (Republican) State Capitol-236 E Topeka, KS 66612 (785) 296-6838; caryn.tyson@senate. ks.gov

Rep. Kent Thompson, (Republican) House District No. 9, (620) 496-7200 State Capitol, Room 050-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, kent@iolare.kscoxmail. com

Rep. Kenneth Collins, (Republican) House District No. 2, (785) 296-7698;State Capitol, Room 043-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612 Ken.Collins@house. ks.gov

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Crisis deepens, Ukraine accuses Moscow of ‘medieval’ tactics LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deepened Monday as Russian forces intensified their shelling and food, water, heat and medicine grew increasingly scarce, in what the country condemned as a medieval-style siege by Moscow to batter it into submission.

A third round of talks between the two sides ended with a top Ukrainian official saying there had been minor, unspecified progress toward establishing safe corridors that would allow civilians to escape the fighting. Russia’s top negotiator said he expects those corridors to start functioning Tuesday.

But that remained to be seen, given the failure of previous attempts to lead civilians to safety amid the biggest ground war in Europe since World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces continued to pummel cities with rockets, and fierce fighting raged in places.

In one of the most desperate cities, the encircled southern port of Mariupol, an estimated 200,000 people were hoping to flee, and Red Cross officials waited to hear when a corridor would be established.

The city is short on water, food and power, and cellphone networks are down. Stores have been looted as residents search for essential goods.

Police moved through the city, advising people to remain in shelters until they heard official messages broadcast over loudspeakers to evacuate.

HOSPITALS in Mariupol are facing desperate shortages of antibiotics and painkillers, and doctors performed some emergency procedures without them.

The lack of phone service left anxious citizens approaching strangers to ask if they

Ukrainian soldiers man their trenches in anticipation of a Russian assault on Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv on Sunday. (MARCUS YAM/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS) knew relatives living in other parts of the city and whether they were safe.

In the capital, Kyiv, soldiers and volunteers have built hundreds of checkpoints, often using sandbags, stacked tires and spiked cables. Some barriers looked significant, with heavy concrete slabs and sandbags piled more than two stories high, while others appeared more haphazard, with hundreds of books used to weigh down stacks of tires.

“Every house, every street, every checkpoint, we will fight to the death if necessary,” said Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, heavy shelling slammed into apartment buildings.

“I think it struck the fourth floor under us,” Dmitry Sedorenko said from his Kharkiv hospital bed. “Immediately, everything started burning and falling apart.”

When the floor collapsed beneath him, he crawled out through the third floor, past the bodies of some of his neighbors.

Klitschko reported in a Telegram video address that fierce battles continued in the Kyiv region, notably around Bucha, Hostomel, Vorzel and Irpin.

In the Irpin area, which has been cut off from electricity, water and heat for three days,

witnesses saw at least three tanks and said Russian soldiers were seizing houses and cars.

A few miles away, in the small town of Horenka, where shelling reduced one area to ashes and shards of glass, rescuers and residents picked through the ruins as chickens pecked around them.

“What are they doing?” Vasyl Oksak, a rescue worker, asked of the Russian attackers.

“There were two little kids and two elderly people living here. Come in and see what they have done.”

Russian forces also continued their offensive in Mykolaiv, opening fire on the city some 300 miles south of Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s military. Rescuers said they were putting out fires caused by rocket attacks in residential areas.

At The Hague, Netherlands, Ukraine pleaded with the International Court of Justice to order a halt to Russia’s invasion, saying Moscow is committing widespread war crimes.

Russia “is resorting to tactics reminiscent of medieval siege warfare, encircling cities, cutting off escape routes and pounding the civilian population with heavy ordnance,” said Jonathan Gimblett, a member of Ukraine’s legal team.

Russia snubbed the court proceedings, leaving its seats in the Great Hall of Justice empty.

Efforts to set up safe

passage for civilians over the weekend fell apart amid continued Russian shelling. Before Monday’s talks began, Russia announced a new plan, saying civilians would be allowed to leave Kyiv, Mariupol, Kharkiv and Sumy.

But that offer was quickly dismissed by Ukraine and others as an empty and cynical gesture, since most of the evacuation routes headed toward Russia or its ally Belarus, which has served as a launching pad for the invasion.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk blasted the proposal as unacceptable.

“I don’t know many Ukrainians who want to seek refuge in Rus-

sia. That’s hypocrisy,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview on French news broadcaster LCI. Ukraine instead proposed eight routes allowing civilians to travel to western regions of the country where there is no shelling.

The battle for Mariupol is crucial because its capture could allow Moscow to establish a land corridor to Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014.

The fighting has sent energy prices surging worldwide and stocks plummeting, and threatens t he food supply and livelihoods of people around the globe who rely on crops farmed in the fertile Black Sea region.

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SALINA — It’s only fitting that a magical season for Allen Community College’s basketball team came down to one of the craziest, nail-biting, stomach-churning wins in school history.

The Red Devils on Saturday nailed down their first regional title in 98 years — yes, 98 — by storming from behind to stun Johnson County Community College, 74-72, to secure Allen’s first-ever trip to the NJCAA-Division II national tournament The national tournament begins March 15 in Danville, Ill. “I keep trying to pinch myself to make sure the outcome was the same,” head coach Andy Shaw said. “I’m a little bit still in shock, waiting for it to fully settle in.”

Allen made up a five-point deficit in the final 48 seconds, including Ed Wright’s three free throws with 12.5 seconds left to give ACC a 73-72 lead.

The Red Devils’ Ahmed Mahgoub followed with the defensive play of the game, drawing a charge from Johnson County’s Desi Williams, who was streaking upcourt to attempt a layup with 7.3 seconds on the clock.

With Allen getting possession, Cedric Rollerson was fouled with 5.9 ticks remaining. He hit the first free throw, but missed the second to set the stage for the heart-stopping finish.

Johnson County’s Tymer Jackson corralled the missed rebound and raced upcourt.

He released a 3-point attempt from the right elbow with about 2 seconds showing.

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Clockwise from top left, Allen Community College President John Masterson was among the Red Devils to cut down the nets following a 74-72 win over Johnson County to secure the school’s first ever berth in the NJCAA-Division II National Tournament. At top right, ACC head coach Shaw, right, celebrates with former long-time coach Neil Crane. Below, the team revels in victory. PHOTOS COURTESY OF MARSHA BURRIS AND ANDY SHAW

Lebo tops SCC Lady Titans in 1A-II LEBO — Southern Coffey County High’s girls had few answers for Lebo Friday in their Class 1A-II substate semifinal.

The top-seeded Wolves, who entered with a 21-1 mark, rolled to a 71-27 victory.

The defeat ends SCC’s record at 10-12 on the year.

Josie Weers paced the Lady Titans with 11 points and six rebounds, followed by senior Rylee Mattheis with five points, Karley Ohl and Jalea True with four each and Ross Snovelle with three. Snovelle also had three assists; Ohl had two steals.

With Friday’s win, coupled with a 53-33 win over Waverly Saturday, Lebo advances to this week’s state tournament in Hays.

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Yates Center bows out at substate semi

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UNIONTOWN — For more than a quarter, Yates Center was able to slow Southeast’s lighting fast transition game to a crawl.

The Wildcats were content to work the ball around the perimeter for minutes at a time, hoping to prompt an eventual defensive breakdown.

Heck, it took 4 minutes for Yates Center to even attempt its first field goal. (It was successful, by the way, and Jack King’s bucket put the Wildcats on top 2-0 midway through the first quarter.)

But Southeast didn’t flinch. The Lancers slowly took control of the game in the second quarter, putting together a 12-0 run to

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The Big 12 announced their season awards Sunday night, a day after the regular season ended with Baylor and Kansas sharing the conference title.

Baylor’s Scott Drew was selected by his peers as the Big 12’s top coach for the third season in a row. The Bears won another Big 12 title this season despite the departures of three top guards and a five-year forward after winning their first national championship last year.

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McCormack shines as Jayhawks claim share of Big 12 title LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Texas coach Chris Beard made the calculated decision to take away the flotilla of Kansas sharpshooters in their showdown at Allen Fieldhouse, where the sixth-ranked Jayhawks were trying to clinch a share of the Big 12 title Saturday.

It worked for 40 minutes.

It didn’t work for the 5 minutes of overtime.

With few other options on offense, the Jayhawks turned to bruising big man David McCormack, who responded with a memorable senior night sendoff. He poured in 22 points with 10 boards, going 10 for 10 from the foul line and throwing down the clinching dunk in the extra session, as Kansas persevered for a 70-63 victory.

“You can’t take away everything,” Beard said. “If you double McCormack, the shooters are ready. There were a couple possessions we’d like to have back, but give him a lot of his credit. A lot of his field goals were just tough March baskets.”

Jalen Wilson had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Christian Braun had 13 points and 11 boards, helping to make up for an off game from Ochai Agbaji and help the Jayhawks (25-6, 14-4) clinch the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Tournament.

They will play the Kansas State-West Virginia winner in Thursday’s quarterfinal round in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Jayhawks tied the game 61-all when Agbaji, who was 0-for-10 shooting at that point, hit his only field goal with 2:37 left in overtime. Courtney Ramey came up empty at the other end for Texas, and McCormack made

Kansas’ David McCormack dunks in overtime against Texas at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday. GETTY IMAGES/JAMIE SQUIRE/TNS two foul shots to give Kansas the lead before Wilson added two more to provide some breathing room.

McCormack’s dunk punctuated a big performance on senior night for the bruising big man.

“It was definitely a battle throughout the game,” he said. “They fought hard. We’re playing at home. We knew the stakes on the line.

We did what we were supposed to do. It’s just a great feeling, all the practices and workouts we put in.”

Ramey finished with 18 points for the Longhorns (21-10, 10-8), who will be the No. 4 seed and open against fifth-seeded TCU in the league tourney. Andrew Jones added 12 points while Timmy Allen had nine on 2-for-15 shooting.

“I’m a big believer in

March you need to have three or four special performances,” Beard said.

“We get big games from Ramey and Jones and we’re kind of missing that third guy today.”

The Jayhawks nearly won the game in regulation.

They drew up the final play for Agbaji, their national player of the year candidate, but he was bottled up and had to call timeout with 2.2 seconds left. Kansas got the inbound to him, too, but the ball was ripped away and ended up with Jalen Coleman-Lands, whose swish from the corner in front of his own bench came just after the buzzer.

The Jayhawks didn’t let it come down to the final seconds in overtime.

“We battled one of the best teams in the country,” Ramey said, “and

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the All-Big 12 first team. They were joined

by Iowa State senior guard Izaiah Brockington, Baylor senior guard James Akinjo and Kansas State sophomore guard Nijel Pack.

Akinjo, Brockington and Williams are all seniors who transferred to their current schools and are in their first Big 12 seasons.

control of a game trending toward a rock fight.

That was reflected in the Longhorns’ rapidly worsening foul trouble.

By the time Christian Bishop picked up his fourth with 5:21 left, sending Kansas to the double bonus, coach Chris Beard had three on the verge of fouling out: Marcus Carr, his No. 2 scorer, and 6-foot6 Brock Cunningham, who’d been forced to battle in the paint all game.

It was only fitting that a game nobody led by more than six in regulation came down to the wire.

Jones hit his only 3-pointer to knot it 55all, then the teams traded free throws, with Ramey making the first of his two with 54 seconds left, putting the game all square and eventually into overtime.

The Jayhawks took care of things from there.

“We needed to beat Texas,” Braun said. “It didn’t matter if it was ugly.”

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Texas sent the Jayhawks to the foul line 36 times, where they made 28 shots, and that proved to be the difference. The Longhorns also committed 15 turnovers and were outrebounded, 49-42.

Kansas was playing for the third time in five days thanks to a rescheduled game against TCU, but the Jayhawks managed to gut out another senior night win.

They’ve won 39 straight since the 1983-84 season.

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Agbaji

just ran out of time.”

Texas controlled most of the first half, going 5 of 8 from beyond the arc after a 3-for-20 performance against the Jayhawks in February. And the Longhorns held Agbaji, the Big 12’s leading scorer, to an 0-for-6 effort from the field.

Not exactly the farewell to Allen Fieldhouse that Agbaji had in mind.

Still, the Jayhawks closed on a big run to take a 35-33 lead into the break.

Braun did most of the work: He drilled a tying 3-pointer with just over 2 minutes to go, then knocked down another with a minute left, and should have added a couple free throws if not for a questionable offensive charging foul.

In fact, the officials spent most of the second half trying to wrestle

stretch their 6-5 lead to double digits the rest of the way in a 44-28 victory.

Friday’s loss, coming in the Class 2A Substate Semifinals, ends Yates Center’s 2021-22 campaign at 14-7. Southeast, the tournament’s second seed, bowed out in Saturday’s title game in a loss to Pittsburg St. Mary’s-Colgan..

Wildcat head coach Jeremy Neville pointed to Southeast’s defense as the key.

“Southeast is probably one of the better

pressing teams in the area,” Neville said.

“They are quick and they use their hands well. They gave us problems at times and really sped us up.

“We wanted to keep the game in the 30s and 40s,” he continued. “We were able to do that tonight. We just weren’t able to score enough.”

The Lancers also focused much of their defense on keeping Yates Center senior standout Sean Hurst out of the lane. Hurst wasn’t able to attempt his first field goal until hitting on

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Hurst, King and fellow senior Blake Audiss played their final games in a Yates Center uniform.

“Sean Hurst is a special kid,” Neville said.

“He’s played for me the last three years, giving us everything he had.

He trains hard. He’s a great role model, a great leader, a great example, and a really good basketball player.

I’m sad to lose him.”

King led Yates Center with 10 points. Au-

diss wound up with six.

Cade Burdette and Nate Jacobs paced a balanced Southeast scoring attack with 12 apiece.

While the Wildcats are losing three seniors, Neville noted the cupboard isn’t exactly bare when eying Yates Center’s future.

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A look at baseball’s lockout from on-the-fence fans It’s happening, in real time, on my text chain — and perhaps on yours, too? In just the first week after Major League Baseball canceled some 2022 games, casual fans are second-guessing the sport. During the lockout, they’re testing their allegiances, they’re asking tough questions, they’re wondering why they truly care about a sport that only cares for them when it’s convenient.

In my group text conversations, buddies normally discuss Mizzou hoops or college memories or who Josh is currently dating. But on Saturday, the text chain talked baseball — and it was thoughtful and passionate.

And revealing.

It captured the state of the game per the modern sports fan. Here are the texts, followed by my after-the-fact thoughts I wrote for this column: Brian (8:21 a.m.): What’s gonna save baseball after the lockout, short of something like the McGwire-Sosa HR battle? Seems like there’s too many casual fans that will be apathetic when MLB comes back. May have to go 7 innings for all games.

NFL is leaving MLB in the dust after how entertaining the last football season was.

Hochman thoughts: Even if baseball owners and players completely agreed on finances, the game itself is at a crossroads. I just think about

Benjamin Hochman The Associated Press the current kids. Are they following teams and collecting cards with the voracity that we did? Are they getting to go to games (since the games are longer and costlier than ever before)? And are they even playing the game (since it’s more expensive than ever, with all the specialization and private coaching and pay-toplay leagues)?

Andrew (8:23 a.m.): Baseball is just boring.

The ball is never in play.

Strikeout, walk, HR. That’s about all that happens. I don’t know that there is much you can do to change that from a rules perspective.

I guess if you outlaw the shift that could help, but other than that, I don’t really know.

Hochman thoughts: There are still moments that aren’t boring, just fewer. Baseball needs to revamp the way it promotes its players — guys such as Shohei Ohtani, Fernando Tatis Jr., Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Juan Soto should be as famous as their NBA or NFL counterparts.

Josh (9:02 a.m.): Baseball is (screwing) themselves. It’s sad. Especially with a war going on,

A baseball sits on a practice field at the Chicago Cubs’ 2021 spring training site in Arizona. CHICAGO TRIBUNE/ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/TNS it’s a very bad look and they will lose many casual fans, I agree. Yes it’s boring, but it’s a vibe to be sitting in the bleachers drinking beer or bopping around the ballpark bars.

Hochman thoughts: No question. That’s the best thing baseball has going for it — the unique experience of going to the ballgame.

Also, I wonder if Josh is still dating that one woman?

Andrew (9:11 a.m.): Baseball is great to go to, but sitting at home watching a game is lame.

I love baseball, but rarely do I sit on my couch and watch. There are just so many other options. And I was thinking about something the other day. Does baseball suffer from fantasy

(popularity) in other sports? Baseball was the original and I wonder how many people paid attention to it 10 years ago, but can play (and immerse themselves in) every other sport now?

Hochman thoughts: This makes me think about the power of gambling in our country.

So many people follow sports because they’re betting on the sports.

Perhaps baseball will benefit in popularity once it makes gambling part of the in-game fan experience — and gambling becomes legal in all states with MLB teams.

Brian (11:31 a.m.): I cut the cord on cable a while ago. Go to a half dozen Cards and Blues games a year and it is mostly fun in-person.

Tar Heels spoil Coach K’s farewell DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina spoiled the emotional home finale of retiring Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski, beating fourth-ranked rival Duke 94-81 on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The day that was all about the coach who has 1,196 career victories and five NCAA championships abruptly turned into a season-defining performance for the Tar Heels, who played fearlessly in an extra rowdy arena and shot 59% after halftime.

By the final minutes, the Tar Heels (23-8, 15-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) were stretched the lead to double figures, hitting clinching free throws and leaving the “Cameron Crazies” in disbelief that Krzyzewski’s final home game after 42 years at the helm of Duke would end this way.

Krzyzewski could only watch from his seat at the end, with UNC in firm control.

And when the horn sounded, the Tar Heels mobbed each other to celebrate on the court, while Caleb Love — who overcame an 0-for-8 shooting start to score 15 of his 22 points after halftime — jawed at the Crazies.

Armando Bacot scored 23 points to lead UNC. Freshman Paolo Banchero scored 23 points for the Blue Devils (26-5, 16-4), who shot just 42%.

Krzyzewski’s Cameron farewell was highly anticipated since he announced his plan last June: A final season that would become a

farewell tour of sorts, a last championship run with another talented team featuring highend NBA-caliber talent.

He has spent the better part of that time deflecting questions about his looming retirement — even eschewing the use of the word “last” — and trying to avoid being a distraction or creating additional pressure on his team.

That began to change more in recent days as the moment drew near for a coach who has long taken a live-in-themoment approach on everything.

Even then, he knew he would have to prepare for the emotional spectacle, saying he’d “have a meeting” to give himself the kind of chat he had given so many of his players be-

fore their final game.

More than 90 former players were in attendance, including some of the program’s biggest names like Grant Hill, Shane Battier, J.J. Redick, Jay Williams, Danny Ferry and Christian Laettner.

They gathered to create two lines on the court — several motioning to the student section for more noise or capturing video with their cellphones — to make an aisle for Krzyzewski to walk to midcourt to join them for a group photo captured from the rafters.

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Hochman thoughts: And that’s the issue, right there. Baseball isn’t going to lose the Hochmans — I’m hopelessly devoted to the game in perpetuity — but it might lose the Brians. And the Brians’ kids. And their kids.

And generations of would-be fans (and money-spenders).

Josh (11:50 a.m.): It’s idiotic business.

Hochman thoughts: Ticking off the customer … and then, in due time, begging the customer to come back and spend a bunch of money? I hear ya, man.

Andrew (11:56 a.m.): I am not going to pre-

tend I give a (crap) about the financial issues in the sport. Players get (screwed) out of money in every sport. I just think watching baseball isn’t as fun as watching other sports.

Hochman thoughts: Sure, some fans are paying close attention to the business demands of each side of the table. What is agreed upon will ultimately affect the trajectory of baseball finances. But a lot of fans, such as Andrew, don’t give a (crap) about who’s making what — they just want baseball to be played.

Brian (12:16 p.m.): History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

This may turn out worse than the mid 90’s. Baseball was more popular then.

Hochman thoughts: Exactly. The modern American has so many more options to fill their time — and spend their dollar. There are so many shows to stream and channels to change.

And the newest movies are experienced in your living room. And these days, you can see any game of any major sport. And soccer is way more popular now than it was in the 1990s (and St. Louis is getting an MLS team). Oh, and there’s the pandemic, which has changed the way some people approach public events — and spend their tight dollar.

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Shiffrin shines LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin stretched her lead in the overall World Cup standings Sunday by finishing fourth in a giant slalom after closest rival Petra Vlhová failed to finish the first run.

Shiffrin seemed to ski more cautiously in the second run, after being second-fastest in the first leg, and ended 0.77 seconds behind the winner Tessa Worley.

Worley, a two-time world champion, finished 0.29 ahead of Federica Brignone. Olympic champion Sara Hector let her first-run lead slip to finish 0.31 behind Worley.

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Allen: Red Devils storm from behind to win Region VI title Continued from B1

back as the buzzer sounded, to send the game into overtime.

But the officiating crew, which originally ruled the bucket beat the buzzer, took a second look at the replay, which is allowed in the regional championship round After about 30 nerve-wracking seconds, the refs waved off the basket and took the points off the scoreboard.

Allen was the winner.

“They made the right call,” Shaw said. “I saw zeros before he got it off.

But it was close. It was a millisecond too late.”

The ruling sent the sizable contingent of Allen fans into a state of delirium when they realized what the Red Devils pulled off.

“It was a little bit of shock, a little bit of surprise, a little bit of everything,” Shaw said.

THE ENDING was perhaps only too fitting for what already had been a memorable year, in which the Red Devils secured their first conference title since 1989, in large part by sweeping this same Johnson County team twice in a matter of three days to wrap up the regular season.

But as Shaw noted before the game, the Cavaliers had been without the services of Jackson, one of the best guards in the conference during the earlier matchups.

Nevertheless, the Red Devils took control over a five-minute stretch in the first half. Wright scored 10 straight for Allen at one point, part of a 14-3 run to push ACC’s lead to 30-19.

Johnson County rattled off six straight points from there before Wright’s tip-in at the buzzer extended Allen’s lead to 32-25.

But the tenor changed in a big way after the break, led by the aforementioned Williams and Jackson.

“Their guards just went crazy on us,” Shaw said. “We couldn’t get a stop, and we couldn’t score.”

Jackson scored the Cavaliers’ first eight points out of the break and 10 of the first 16 in a 16-3 run to push Johnson County ahead 48-35 with 12:37 left.

“At that point, I was just hoping we wouldn’t get embarrassed,” Shaw said.

But as they’ve done multiple times all sea-

ACC head coach Andy Shaw helps cut down the nets following the Red Devils’ 74-72 win over Johnston County Saturday in Salina, to secure the school’s first regional championship since 1924. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARSHA BURRIS son, the Red Devils began to claw their way back.

Allen’s Tyren Shelley responded with a 3-pointer to slice the deficit to 10 before Wright converted a traditional 3-point play and added four free throws to pull the Red Devils to within 50-47 with 8 minutes left.

But every time the Red Devils looked to be over the hump, Johnson County responded.

Wright’s 3-pointer with 5:10 left pulled Allen to within 54-53. But Jackson’s floater and free throw re-established a four-point Cavalier lead.

Zabriel Boozer and Wright scored on consecutive possessions — both on putbacks — to even the score at 5757, but Jackson scored again for JCCC. Boozer knocked down a short jumper with 3:11 left, answered by Johnson County Jaland Whitehead’s free throws to put the Cavaliers back on top 51-51.

The back and forth continued when Wright converted two more charities to even things

up with 2:42, but Jackson got free inside once again for a layup and a free throw to make it 6461 in Johnson County’s favor.

Brayden Thompson hit 1 of 2 free throws on Allen County’s next possession, and the Red Devils caught a break on the Cavaliers’ next possession.

Dixon was whistled for a foul, sending Williams back to the line for two free throws.

Making matters worse, a technical foul was called on ACC for contesting the call, meaning JCCC would get four free throws.

Williams missed two, keeping Allen within shouting distance at 6662 with 2:02 left.

Wright followed by going 1 of 2 from the line with 1:46 left.

Johnson County’s Sovanni Love missed on a jumper, giving possession back to Allen, but a Williams steal turned into two more free throws and a 68-63 Johnson County lead with a minute left.

Wright was fouled on ACC’s next possession,

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THiS IS where the tide slowly but surely tilted in Allen’s favor.

Rollerson streaked upcourt, and scored on a layup and subsequent free throw to pull Allen to within 69-67 with 41 seconds left.

Williams broke the Red Devil press and scored on a layup to make it 71-67 with 37 seconds left.

That’s when Shelley responded with his sec-

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but went only 1 of 2 from the line to slice the deficit to 68-64.

As you may have guessed by now, free throw shooting was a major factor.

Lo and behold, Jackson was sent back to the line, but again missed one of his two charities, making it 69-64 at the 48-second mark.

ond 3-pointer of the half, “One of the last things from straight away with I told them was to be us, 26 seconds left, to slice be Allen,” he said. “Don’t the Cavalier lead to 71- try to be somebody we’re 70. not. Do what got you to It was a sense of dejà this point. Don’t try to vú for Allen’s 6-5 sopho- do things differently more out of Piper High now that we’re on a big School in Kansas City. stage.

Shelley was a high “We knew it was goschool junior when he ing to be a different ball drilled a 3-pointer at the game with both of Johnsame Tony’s Pizza Event son County’s guards,” Center in Salina on the he continued. “They’re way to Piper’s 2019 state both great players. They championship. tried to will their team “That was at the other to victory. Give those end of the gym,” Shaw guys credit.” chuckled. “But he has a little bit of history in WRIGHT wound up that gym now.” scoring 34 points, inThe Red Devils sent cluding 14 of 16 from the Williams back to the line line, to go with seven rewith 23.9 seconds left, bounds. where he again missed Rollerson followed 1 of his free throws, to with 15 points and five open the boards, door for w h i l e some late Shelley One of the last s c o r e d magic.

W r i g h t things I told them was seven off d r o v e to be us, be Allen. the bench. for what Jackson w o u l d wound up — ACC head coach Andy Shaw have been scoring 20 a tying for Johnshot, but son Couna Cavalier ty, which defender was there to converted only 19 of 32 knock it out of bounds. free throws in the conWright took full ad- test. vantage of his second ACC had the largest chance on the inbound contingent of supportpass. He was in the right ers of any of the schools corner, and attempted a over the weekend. fadeaway 3-pointer but Shaw heralded the was fouled as he landed fans that made the threeon the floor, giving him hour trek to Salina to three free throws. cheer on the Red Devils.

He calmly swished the “We’ve received a lot first two to tie, and then of support the entire after a Johnson County year, but the last two timeout, did the same on months have been spehis third attempt to give cial,” he said. “I’m super Allen its first lead since proud of these guys.”

Johnson County (25-47—72) the 16:19 mark.

FG/3pt FT F TP That set the stage for 2 1 4 5 Mahgoub’s defensive Jones 7 6 4 20 play against Williams, Jackson 0/1 0 5 3 sending the Johnson Love Williams 13 10 5 26 County standout to the 2 5 4 bench with his fifth foul. Whitehead 1 Huang 1 0 1 2 “It was a huge Buckner 0 0 4 0 charge,” Shaw agreed.

Chargois 0 0 2 0 “We had big plays from Davila 1 0 1 2 several players today.”

Totals 25/1 19 31 72 It’s no surprise that Allen (32-42—74) Wright, Rollerson, ShelFG/3pt FT F TP ley and Mahgoub are Dixon 0 1 1 1 all sophomores, battle- Wright 4/4 14 3 34 tested with a number of Rollerson 4/1 4 3 15 games that went down to Whittick 1 2 4 4 the wire.

Thompson 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 2 “They really stepped Meyer 0 0 1 0 up,” Shaw said. “When Lawrence 3 0 5 6 things got tough, and Boozer 0 2 1 2 it wasn’t looking good, Sylvester 0/2 1 1 7 they didn’t pout. They Shelley 1 0 2 2 didn’t start complain- Mahgoub Totals 13/7 27 25 74 ing.

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