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Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy performs “The Nutcracker “ Friday and Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Attendance was limited because of COVID-19 restrictions. At left, Clara is played by Kinsey Schinstock with Kalyn Baughn as the Nutcracker Prince. Above from left are Jenisis Harrison, Averie Sharon as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Aila Remboldt, and Chelsea Lea filling in as the Sugar Plum Prince. Bottom left, Candy Canes are, from left, Kynli Baughn, Reylynn Jones and Kylea Taylor. Bottom right, Dallyn McGraw, center, dances as the Snow Queen. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas considers meatpacking plant workers and grocery store employees essential workers, putting them just behind health care workers and nursing home residents for coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday.

The Democratic governor also said members of the Republican-controlled Legislature won’t get any special treatment. Individual lawmakers will See VACCINE | Page A4

‘Paradise’ for veterans hits snag

By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register

“I couldn’t get it out of my head,” remarked Silverio Garcia at the prospect of transforming the old Elsmore school into a therapy resort for veterans.

Not long ago, he found himself watching the sun rise over the property (built in 1935 by the Workers Progress Administration) as it seemed to almost mystically float in the air, calling him on a mission.

At first Garcia thought developing a technology training center might be in order, but eventually shifted gears and started envisioning “some sort of a retreat,” featuring everything from cabins and ponds to outdoor kitchens.

After triangulating with the Wounded Warriors Project and Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, therapist Doug Wright in particular, a more complete plan started to unfold and details began to crystallize.

“I want a place for healing, where families can heal,” remarked Garcia. That is, someplace where it’s possible for others to understand “what a vet is going through,” especially by having family members present during the therapeutic process so as to rebuild key bonds.

Garcia described such a capacity as involving “critically important” work, especially since rates of depression and suicide among veterans in Kansas are shockingly high.

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cluding working on windows and a roof damaged by tornadic activity.

“We’ve hit rock bottom,”

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — He was born as America was recovering from the Great Depression and about to enter World War II — periods of national sacrifice his son would recall decades later in an obituary lamenting his death from COVID-19 even as many people refused to wear “a piece of cloth on their face to protect one another.”

After Dr. Marvin James Farr of Scott City died Tuesday in isolation at a nursing home, his son penned an obituary in which he noted that his father was preceded in death by more than 260,000 Americans infected with the coronavirus.

The obituary written by Courtney Farr has been widely shared on social media and cited in newspapers. He wrote about how his father died “being cared by people dressed in confusing and frightening ways” and said “his final days were harder, scarier and lonelier than necessary.” He also recounted how his father, a farmer and a veterinarian, filled his life with an understanding of the science of

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Silverio Garcia of Iola shares his plans for building the Elsmore Sustainability Institute, a haven for veterans and their families. At right inside the old Elsmore school, built in 1935.

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And it is an effort that will have to be ongoing, which explains why Garcia has christened his project the Elsmore Sustainability Institute.

“If you do it right, it’ll last forever,” he said.

SO FAR, Garcia has invested around $380,000 and come quite a long way. However, things are currently at an im-

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There are simply too many structural changes left to make to the buildings and not enough cash to go around, in-

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Obituary Carl Stanley Carl Lewis Stanley, age 89, of Iola, passed away at his home on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Carl was born on July 30, 1931, at Fort Scott. He was the second of two sons born to Fred and Edith (Heckenliable) Stanley.

Carl grew up on his family’s farm near Elsmore, until his family later moved to a farm west of Moran. He Carl Stanley graduated from Moran High School with the class of 1949, before attending Allen County Junior College, where he played football for two years.

On Nov. 8, 1953, Carl was united in marriage to Mary Ellen Murrow in Moran United Methodist Church. Their union was blessed with one son, Steve, and four daughters, Carla, Connie, Paula and Vickie.

Carl and Mary Ellen first made their home on a farm southwest of Bronson, later moving to their farm west of Moran. In 1967 they moved to their farm south of Gas, where they lived for 42 years. Carl was a third-generation farmer, raising grain and cattle.

He began working with his father and grandfather as a young boy. Farming was Carl’s occupation and his hobby, he loved the farm and sharing the farm life with his children and grandchildren.

After retiring from farming the Stanleys moved into Iola in 2008. In his free time Carl loved water skiing and especially teaching his children to ski.

Carl enjoyed spending time with his friends, with some of his favorite activities being playing cards and shooting pool. He also enjoyed hunting quail and pheasant.

In his retirement Carl busied himself with countless puzzles, sharing many of them with his family.

He was a 50-year member of Masonic Lodge, and he was also a member of the Mirza Shrine, Pittsburg.

Carl will be remembered as a devoted husband and father. His jokes will be missed by those who knew and loved him.

Carl was preceded in death by his parents; grandson, David Lewis Stanley; and his brother, Jimmie John Stanley. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Mary Ellen of the home; his children and their families, Carla Hunt and husband, Ken, of Iola, Steve of Iola, Connie Rourk of Iola, Paula Wachholtz of Panora, Iowa, and Vickie Weilert and husband, Tim, of Chanute; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Jeannie Stanley of Prescott, Arizona; and many nieces and nephews.

Due to Covid-19, attendance to the services for Carl will be limited to immediate family only. The services will be available for viewing via livestreaming at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9, for additional family and friends. Viewing will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children or to the Kappa Alpha Sorority and left in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Clara Boyd inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Clara Boyd of Moran, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Boyd was initiated at The University of Kansas, where she is a junior.

She is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional

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Boyd is a 2018 graduate of Marmaton Valley High School. She is the daughter of Mark and Patti Boyd, rural Moran.

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TOPEKA — A group of more than 60 Kansas legislators signed a joint letter declaring the state at a tipping point in the battle against COVID-19 and urging people to intensify their response to the pandemic.

Members of the House and Senate, representing the Republican and Democratic parties, added their names to the letter making a case that widespread community transmission of coronavirus was jeopardizing the ability of hospitals across the state to care for the sick.

“It has been a long and hard 2020 and COVID-19 has affected all of us,” the letter says. “As we approach the New Year there is great hope. But we are still months away from turning the corner on this pandemic.

We all need to find the will and discipline to finish this fight.”

“We the undersigned commit to promoting and practicing the pillars of infection control and doing our part to slow and eventually stop the spread of the virus. We respectfully request you to join us in this fight.”

The letter issued Thursday included a photograph of more than three dozen legislators wearing masks and wrapped around text of the core message: “It’s not a COVID crisis … it’s a health crisis.”

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported Friday testing confirmed 168,295 cases of COVID-19 in Kansas as well as 1,786 fatalities linked to the pandemic since March.

The state had hospitalized 5,417 people with the coronavirus, which has infected Kansans ranging in age from newborn to 107 years. In Kansas, at least 86,438 women and 79,434 men have contracted the virus.

New statistics are to be released today.

Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore, a Democrat from Kansas City, Kansas, and Rep. Susan Concannon, a Republican from Beloit, were among instigators of the campaign to convince Kansans to collectively change

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their behavior and act quickly to curb spread of the virus “because our status quo is not working and the implications are dire.”

The legislators’ pleaded for people to follow basic tenets of public safety in a pandemic: wear a face covering, wash hands frequently, stay home if possible, avoid large gatherings, try to be socially distanced from others. It identified masking as a “critical step forward,” a reference to reality that many Kansans defy county or state recommendations on face coverings.

The letter raised the prospect of vaccines giving people legitimate hope about turning the COVID-19 corner in 2021, but warned steps had to be taken now to bend the infection curve to limit community spread and keep hospitals from being overwhelmed.

“It is critical we reignite a sense of duty and ownership to do all we can to slow the spread of this virus to protect the health and safety of individuals and their loved ones,” the letter says. “While we cannot change the hearts and minds of everyone, we each can take personal responsibility to make changes that will ultimately be lifesaving.”

Meanwhile, Gov. Laura Kelly said a public awareness campaign, “Stop the Spread. It’s Up to US, Kansas,” was initiated to spread information about the importance of COVID-19 testing, wearing masks and taking other health precautions through the holiday season.

The state’s campaign is financed with federal CARES Act funding and led to a partnership with the Kansas Hospital Association, Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Farm Bureau, the Kansas Leadership Center and other stakeholders.

“This campaign aims to reach every corner of our state with critical public health messages infused with some humor and holiday spirit to bring a smile and rally our strength,” Kelly said.

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Regional hospitals raise minimum wage to $15

By DAN MARGOLIES Kansas News Service

Two major regional hospital networks have announced they’ve raised their minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Stormont Vail Health in Topeka said its wage hike, which affects nearly 900 of its more than 5,000 employees, took effect last week.

And Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City said its wage increase took effect on Nov. 8. Nearly 2,000 of the health system’s more than 12,000 employees were affected.

The increases come as hospitals fight staff shortages while their workers deal with the stress and increased workloads caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Each Saint Luke’s employee plays a vital role in our mission of delivering excellence in health care,” Dr. Melinda Estes, president and CEO of Saint Luke’s, said in a statement.

“That has never been clearer than during these long months of the COVID pandemic.”

The wage hikes at both hospital networks had been in the works before the pandemic hit.

Stormont Vail raised its minimum wage from roughly $10 an hour to $12.45 an hour last year, with the goal of raising it to $15 this year.

Saint Luke’s also had been wanting to hike its minimum wage for a while, said Doris Rogers, a senior vice president and chief human resources officer for the health system.

“It’s always been a goal of our organization, and we’ve been

taking small steps towards this for some time,” she said. “And this just seemed like the right thing to do at the right time.”

Rogers said that while the pandemic was not the impetus for the increase, “this is a way to show our appreciation and support for all they’ve done during this pandemic and during this time, so that’s how it played into it.”

Darlene Stone, Stormont Vail’s director of human resources, said many of the affected hourly employees are entry-level workers who, before the wage hikes, were working other jobs.

“Before we did this, many of our team members were working two or three jobs to make ends meet,” Stone said.

“And I remember when I introduced this to our childcare center staff and they said, ‘What do you mean?’ When I explained over and over again that your new rate — $12.45 last year and $15 this year — there were tears in their eyes.

It was just overwhelming.”

Stormont Vail’s hike to $15 an hour is more than double the Kansas minimum wage of $7.25.

And the increase at Saint Luke’s considerably exceeds Missouri’s minimum wage of $9.45.

It also surpasses the $12 minimum wage Missouri voters approved in 2018 and which takes effect in 2023.

Laurel Gifford, a spokeswoman for Saint Luke’s, was unable to say what the average hourly pay at Saint Luke’s was before the wage hike.

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Outsized outrage So much of what grabs the public’s attention or passes as news these days is just banal trivia.

I don’t mean to be too harsh because we Americans — and probably all the world — have always enjoyed the occasional diversion from our bigger, more difficult troubles.

In 1801, for example, President Thomas Jefferson created one of those “international incidents” at a diplomatic dinner by choosing to escort Dolley Madison to the White House dinner table, rather than the wife of the British ambassador.

By flouting etiquette, Jefferson aimed to make a point: America rejected not only British rule but also the protocols associated with British tradition. And, also, Jefferson just enjoyed snubbing British officials.

But, egad, it was just a dinner.

And then there was the time President Harry Truman threatened a newspaper critic who had panned the singing talents of Truman’s daughter, Margaret. Truman’s note to the Washington Post writer became a national to-do.

But the elevation of the trite to news of supposed national importance isn’t limited to presidents.

A year ago, actor Chris Pratt made national news after an incriminating photo of the actor was posted to the social media site Instagram.

Pratt issued a national apology, because in the photo, he is holding (insert gasp here) a single-use plastic water bottle.

Across the country, self-righteous environmentalists — including other actors — felt obligated to condemn Pratt for destroying the environment.

OK, they didn’t feel obligated.

What they felt was that this was an opportunity to shine a light on their own intelligence, passion, virtue or wit by finding fault with someone else.

Such demonstrations of outsized outrage have become our national pastime.

One reason that social media shaming is so popular is that it’s so easy. Cellphones come with cameras and are equipped to share videos and

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As a result, an unfortunate encounter with a mentally ill bigot can be turned into a viral sensation, creating a worldwide tirade about systemic racism.

Or a “Happy Holidays” greeting from a store clerk can be used to fuel attacks on all the godless lefties who — we are warned again and again — are trying to “do away with Christmas.”

These social media rants are at best an awful form of political theater. At worst, they ruin people’s lives and make us unwitting participants in campaigns that breed anger and hate.

Some of those campaigns are sponsored by foreign governments and domestic groups, as has been documented by U.S. intelligence agencies and the social media companies that give the campaigns a platform.

And while we can argue that the tech giants and the U.S. government should do more to facilitate healthy dialogue and civil engagement, the real problem is us — as participants, followers and consumers of information.

We ought to do more to ensure the information and news we share comes from reliable sources. We need to think about the consequences of sharing accusations about others. We should ask whether what we’re sharing serves a constructive purpose.

There’s nothing wrong with occasional distractions, or with appreciating the humor or irony in the words and actions of others.

But we should remain mindful of the difference between ranting and relevance, and between what is meaningful and what is just mean.

A native of Garden City, Julie Doll is a former journalist who has worked at newspapers in California, Indiana and New York, as well as across Kansas.

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Closing schools must be a last resort Since the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, teachers, principals, administrators and parents across the United States have worked mightily to help students keep learning. Schools developed new curriculums, provided children with portable computers and labored to give some semblance of structure to remote learning. Parents took on larger, unaccustomed roles, troubleshooting tech problems, helping their children understand what was being taught and calming them when they struggled.

Even with these efforts, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy remote learning has failed to and Infectious Diseases on Nov. 19. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/ TNS) provide anything approaching the quality of education the face of an unprecedent- Superintendents across the that can be delivered by a ed public health crisis, but country have sounded the teacher in a classroom. Evi- his thinking has appropri- alarm about failing grades, dence of the failures, partic- ately evolved as more has elementary school children ularly for children already become known about the vi- struggling with being in at risk, is matched by grow- rus. Schools have not been front of a screen all day, and ing evidence of the relative a major source of covid-19 teachers, parents and grandsafety of in-person learning spread; European countries parents stretched to the limwhen proper precautions — as well as states such as it.

We recently asked a top ofare in place. The combina- Rhode Island and private and public charter schools ficial in a Washington-area tion should spur officials to — have brought children jurisdiction, who insisted on devise plans to get students and staff safely back into the anonymity, why there wasn’t back in the classroom. classroom with strict safety more of a push to figure out “Close the bars and keep protocols including wearing ways to return children to the schools open,” Anthony S. Fauci, director of the Na- masks, social distancing and the classroom. The answer was that there is no political tional Institute of Allergy proper ventilation.

Also clear are the pernipressure. Parents of means and Infectious Diseases, told cious effects — academicalcan give their children the ABC last Sunday. In too many ly, socially and mentally — help and resources they need places, officials have pushed of keeping children out of or switch them to a private the reverse. Dr. Fauci was schools.

Fairfax County, one school; parents of minority not advocating a wholesale, one-size-fits-all approach of the nation’s largest (and or disadvantaged students for the country to reopen wealthiest) school districts, with the most to lose have schools but instead stressed issued a report showing how the least clout. Vaccines are the need to take into account online learning has caused on the horizon, but students local health conditions and a drop in academic perfor- already have lost too much capabilities. Dr. Fauci was mance. Those who have time. Dr. Fauci is right: initially more cautious about been hurt the most are chil- “Close the bars and keep the what schools should do in dren with disabilities and schools open.”

English-language learners.

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Obama: ‘Defund the police’ — no way to achieve reform The Democratic Party’s left flank, including Rep.elect Cori Bush of St. Louis, is pushing back at former President Barack Obama for his suggestion that the party should ditch the phrase “defund the police.” Bush and others should listen to the party’s most popular figure — and heed the lessons of Nov. 3, when moderate voters nervous about perceived leftwing radicalism thwarted what otherwise could have been a Democratic landslide in Congress.

The defund movement gained national prominence following the police killings of George Floyd and other Black citizens. What the phrase means depends on who is doing the talking, which is part of the problem. At its least radical, it means addressing the root causes of crime by diverting some public funding away from traditional

Former President Barack Obama Joe Raedle/Getty Images policing and toward poverty relief, social programs, mental health interventions and other efforts.

That isn’t an unreasonable approach to crime, but doing it at the expense of police funding threatens to further victimize residents of highcrime areas. And the “defund the police” slogan itself, how-

ever it’s defined, scares political moderates and gives fuel to right-wing demagogues — especially when coupled with other radical ideas such as Bush’s “defund the Pentagon” tweet.

That’s no way to achieve reform — and it’s likely a big part of the reason Democrats last month lost House seats

and have probably failed to take the Senate, even though voters overwhelmingly unseated a Republican president.

Obama was spot-on in his comments about that slogan during an interview Wednesday. “You lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you’re actually going to get the changes you want done,” he said. “The key is deciding, do you want to actually get something done, or do you want to feel good among the people you already agree with?”

Bush, like others on the party’s left, pushed back.

“With all due respect, Mr. President — let’s talk about losing people,” Bush tweeted, referencing Black victims of police killings: “We lost Michael Brown Jr. We lost Breonna Taylor. We’re losing our loved ones to police violence.”

The defund issue, she wrote, is “not a slogan. It’s a mandate for keeping our people alive.”

The argument falls apart the moment anyone looks at St. Louis’ escalating numbers of murders — committed not by police, but by criminals, almost entirely against Black victims. How does depriving police of funding solve that problem? And how does it help reform the police, with reduced staffing and fewer resources for training and oversight? And how does it aid police reform to lose ground in Congress to a Republican Party that doesn’t prioritize the issue at all?

The need for police reform is real. Addressing the root causes of crime is a valid endeavor. But the “defund” movement is counterproductive and self-sabotaging to Democratic objectives.

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he explained. “It’s our retirement money. It’s not meant to break us.”

Once construction is taken care of, funding for health and other staff will come, but renovation isn’t moving forward much beyond what Garcia is able to do by himself.

“Right now, I’m a one-man band,” he explained.

Garcia therefore estimates needing around $800,000 before the Sustainability Center can become a reality.

Whether it’s public dollars, grant money, multiple donations or a benefactor, the project is currently mired and looking for a way forward.

“I need a white knight,” Garcia explained. “I need a lot of community support.”

He’s already got quite a bit a manpower in the form of volunteers, but nonetheless needs donations or other financial means to continue.

But Garcia is increasingly seeing light break through cracks in the concrete.

For instance, just this week he entered into a partnership with

Former president Jimmy Carter on Sept. 30, 2018.

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Four ex-presidents support vaccine Silverio Garcia provides a tour of the old Elsmore school, laying out his vision for the Elsmore Sustainability Institute.

Grizzly Tools, who agreed to supply $20,000 in hardware for the ESI’s workshop. And not long ago, Walmart donated an impressive collection of young evergreen trees.

The list goes on in terms of potential community players.

AS FOR his first community, Garcia is originally from Spain, came to the U.S. at 14,

Silverio Garcia at the Elsmore Sustainability Institute.

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The original boiler for the old Elsmore school. and went on to the University of Oklahoma to study engineering.

As an oil and gas engineer, “I traveled all over the world,” he explained.

His last gig was at British Petroleum, who eventually convinced him to retire with a “thrilling” package.

During his last year at BP, he began looking at properties for various projects, when he came across the life-changing words: “Abandoned school in Elsmore for sale.”

As for why Garcia came to envision the project in relation to veterans, this is not

only because three of his four children are officers in the military (all four of whom he described as “incredibly awesome”).

“Everything I am today, I owe to this country,” he said. “I want to do what’s right.”

Garcia is animated by an unflagging belief in the American Dream and what it’s possible to accomplish here.

Hopefully some of that same spirit will drive others to share his vision and help transform his dream of a veterans initiative, the Elsmore Sustainability Institute, into a reality.

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vaccinated at different times, based on the risk outside of their political lives of being exposed to COVID-19 or developing serious complications once infected, she said.

Kelly’s comments about vaccines came shortly before the state Department of Health and Environment reported record seven-day spikes in both COVID-19 deaths and coronavirus hospitalizations.

The governor emphasized during a conference call with local officials and legislators that details about how the vaccines will be distributed remain fluid.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will consider this month whether to grant emergency authorization for

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vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, but doses of both will be rationed at first and it’s likely to take months for vaccines to be available for everyone.

Kansas’ vaccine plan calls for the first shots to go to frontline health care workers with a high risk of coronavirus exposure, including workers in nursing homes, as well as nursing home residents, Kelly said. In the second phase of distributing the vaccine, she said, the state will focus on essential workers, using definitions developed early in the pandemic.

“Those were, you know, obviously, our first responders, our meatpacking plant workers, grocery store workers and others,” Kelly said, adding that

phase three will be vaccinating people 65 and older and younger people at high medical risk.

The state health department added 107 COVID-19 deaths to the state’s tally since Wednesday, bringing the pandemic total to 1,786. The state reported 37 additional deaths a day for the seven days ending Friday, surpassing the previous record of 27 a day, set in late November.

The department also said Kansas averaged a record 57 new coronavirus hospitalizations a day during the seven days ending Friday, beating the previous record of 53 for the seven days ending Wednesday. The state’s total for the pandemic increased by 127 since Wednesday to 5,417.

ATLANTA — A day after America witnessed its worst day in coronavirus-related deaths, Jimmy Carter joined three other living former presidents Thursday in encouraging Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccination shot as soon as it becomes available.

In a statement, Carter, 96, said that he and his wife, Rosalynn, “are in full support of COVID-19 vaccine efforts and encourage everyone who is eligible to get immunized as soon as it becomes available in their communities.”

Rosalynn Carter, who is 93, was a staunch advocate for vaccines as Georgia’s first lady and subsequently co-founded Vaccinate Your Family in 1991 to ensure equitable access to immunizations.

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The health department reported another 6,234 confirmed and probable coronavirus cases since Wednesday, increasing the state’s count 3.8% to 168,295.

The state averaged 2,182 new cases a day for the seven days ending Friday.

The state’s prisons and nursing homes have been hit hard. And state hospitals for the mentally ill in Larned and Osawatomie and states hospitals for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Parsons and Topeka have together seen nearly 400 cases, with 119 still active.

Earlier Thursday, former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all agreed to get vaccinated — in front of television cameras if they had to — to instill confidence in Americans who have watched more than 270,000 people in the country die from the coronavirus.

As of Sunday, more than 282,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, a grim record. But in a November Gallup poll, 42% of Americans said they didn’t plan to receive a coronavirus vaccine.

Earlier this week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisers voted 13-1 to recommend that health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities be first in line for any coronavirus vaccines that get emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

life.

“The science that guided his professional life has been disparaged and abandoned by so many of the same people who depended on his knowledge to care for their animals and to raise their food,” the obituary said.

Courtney Farr posted on Facebook that he was in shock at the number of people who have seen the obituary.

“It’s resonated with a lot of people, and that warms my heart,” he wrote. “Often when we experience loss, pain or trauma, we feel so alone. And there’s such incredible power to learning that you are not, that someone else also knows.”

He also hit back against claims that he had made his father’s obituary political.

“Well, his death was political,” he posted.

“He died in isolation with an infectious disease that is causing a national crisis. To pretend otherwise or to obfuscate is also a political decision.”

Health officials have reported 391 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and five deaths in rural Scott County, which has a population of fewer than 5,000 people.

Statewide, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Friday reported 168,295 cases of COVID-19, up 6,234 since Wednesday, and 1,786 deaths, up 107.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 318 yards and a touchdown, Harrison Butker was perfect on five field goals, and the Kansas City Chiefs overcame some red-zone woes and big mistakes that cost them two more scores to hold off the Denver Broncos 22-16 on Sunday night.

Travis Kelce had eight receptions for 136 yards and the go-ahead TD grab late in the third quarter, and Tyrann Mathieu twice picked off Broncos quarterback Drew Lock — the second with 24 seconds left to seal the win — as the Chiefs clinched a playoff berth by improving to 11-1 for the second time in franchise history.

It took some defense to do it.

The Broncos (4-8) forced the Chiefs to punt after a holding call wiped out See CHIEFS | Page B4

Iola High’s Sam Fager (10) and Nathan Look (12) scramble for a loose ball with Anderson County’s Dallas Keuser (22) Friday. The Mustangs emerged with a 46-44 victory. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Mustangs muscle past Anderson Co.

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Luke Bycroft entered a subdued Iola High Mustang locker room Friday.

Even though Iola had gutted out a 46-44 win over a taller, more physical bunch from Anderson County, the Mustang players knew they hadn’t played well, Bycroft noted.

“I asked if they thought I was mad,” he recalled. “They said, ‘Yeah.’”

After all, Iola was stagnant on offense, made a few too many blunders on inbound plays, and struggled throughout from the line.

“We didn’t play smart and we didn’t play sharp.

We couldn’t score to save our lives,” he said. “But we played hard. I can be happy and proud about that.”

Indeed, the Mustangs can easily build upon this win, Bycroft surmised. “We can get better at all those things, and we will.”

Friday’s win was anything but easy.

Even with senior Landon Carson’s hot outside shooting, the Mustangs struggled to get much of an advantage.

Part of that was Anderson County’s defense. The Bulldogs’ 1-3-1 zone defense forced Iola to rely on crisp

passing, good decision-making and sharp cuts without the ball.

That didn’t exactly happen.

“We weren’t very good against it,” Bycroft admitted.

Complicating matters further, Iola had to contend with Anderson County’s imposing front line — the Bulldog starters measured 6-3, 6-4 and 6-8 — without the services of last year’s leading rebounder, Bradyn Cole, who’s out of action because of a COVID-19-related quarantine for the next 10 days.

So Bycroft turned to reserve Cooper Riley to fill the gap.

Cooper came up huge,

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Humboldt has a rough night on the hardwood EUREKA — A similar refrain plagued Humboldt High’s basketball teams Friday.

Both the Cubs and Lady Cubs started out on the right foot, but second- and third-quarter doldrums did them in.

For Humboldt’s boys, host Eureka turned a 14-11 deficit into a 31-25 halftime lead that swelled to 55-38 by the end of the third quarter.

By the time the dust settled on Eureka’s 64-46 victory, Humboldt head coach David Taylor saw room for improvement and some encouraging signs.

“We did some good things early,” he said, but noted Humboldt’s inexperience likely played a role in the mid-game swoon.

pulling down several key rebounds against the towering Bulldog sequoias.

“I told Cooper before the game that he had to rebound,” Bycroft said. “Doggone if that’s what he did.”

Riley racked up nine boards on the night to lead Iola, and pulled in a crucial steal off of a deflected pass with 30 seconds on the clock and Iola up, 43-42.

That led to Dillon Bycroft’s two free throws with 30 seconds remaining — he’d been 1 of 4 from the line up to then — to push the lead to three.

Anderson County’s Derek

“We played hard, but we’re gonna struggle a bit,” Taylor said.

Turnovers (32) and cold shooting (35%) also played a significant role, Taylor said, as did the performance of Eureka’s Blake Rucker, who poured in 30 points on an array of drives to the hoop and outside shooting to lead the Tornadoes.

Humboldt’s Gavin Page led the Cubs with 16 points and four rebounds, while Trey Sommer added seven points and 10 rebounds. Drew Wilhite added three assists and three steals. Thane Meadows pulled in four boards as well.

“I thought Gavin Page had a nice game for us,” Taylor said.

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girls led

6-4 after one period and 10-9 midway through the second quarter when things went cold.

Very cold.

Eureka scored the next 34 points over the 15 minutes or so of game time.

With less than 6 minutes left in the game, Jada Dangerfield’s basket ended Humboldt’s scoring drought in a 50-14 defeat.

Dangerfield and Jessica Myers shared Humboldt’s scoring lead with six points apiece.

Ava Perrier scored 13 to lead Eureka.

Humboldt’s teams will be at home this week for its own preseason tournament.

The Cubs quads will take on Uniontown Tuesday, with the girls starting at 6 p.m.

Girls Humboldt (6-4-0-4—14): Myers 3-0-2-6, Wilson 0-1-1-1, Dangerfield 3-0-2-6, Murrow 0-0-2-0, Haviland 0-0-4-0, Wools 0-1-1-1, Ellis 0-1-0-0. TOTALS: 6-2-13-14.

Eureka (4-18-18-10—50) (FG/3pt): Ash. Singhateh 3-3-1-9, Hilton 1-0-1-2, Ca. Ptacek 1/1-0-1-5, Ch. Ptacek 0/3-0-3-9, Ab. Singhateh 3-2-1-8, B. Ptacek 1-0-0-2, Perrier 6-1-1-13, Rupert 1-0-2-2, Noll 0-0-10. TOTALS: 16/4-6-12-50.

Boys Humboldt (14-11-13-8—46) (FG/3pt): McGowen 0-2-0-2, Sommer 3-1-2-7, Wilhite 3-1-5-7, Meadows 1-4-0-6, Harrington 1/1-0-5-5, Page 5/1-3-3-16. TOTALS: 14/2-1215-46.

Eureka (11-20-24-9—64) (FG/3pt): Samuels 0-0-3-0, Casper 1/3-0-4-11, Mead 4-3-3-11, Coulter 0-2-5-2, Rucker 8/3-5-4-30, McCoy 0/2-0-6, Campos 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 14/8-1-21-64.

YC squads drop a pair YATES CENTER — Yates Center High’s boys and girls opened the 2020-21 season on a sour note Friday.

The Wildcat boys fell behind 15-10 after one quarter and 30-15 at halftime of a 5637 defeat.

Sean Hurst scored 13 to lead Yates Center, followed

by Carter Burton with nine, Blake Audiss with seven and Austin Moffet, Cash Cummings, Jack King and Taven Smoot with two apiece.

The Wildcat girls, meanwhile, struggled offensively in a 31-18 defeat.

Yates Center will host Leon-Bluestem Tuesday, Cherryvale Thursday and Olpe Friday as part of the Wildcats’ preseason tournament.

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How do you grieve for a total jerk?

Dear Carolyn: My husband’s father died last weekend. He was my husband’s hero and the beloved patriarch of the whole family, but for reasons it would take me 20 pages to cover, I did not like him at all. (Near the top of the list, he believed men should control women, and that philosophy pervaded every single thing he did and said in my presence.) My husband is not a misogynist, but he sympathized with his dad’s way of thinking.

I don’t know how else to explain how I’m feeling right now other than extreme fatigue at having to keep feigning sadness that he’s gone.

I have always been very concerned about my husband’s love for this awful person. I was worried about the impact he would have on our kids, and I’m relieved that he died while they were still young enough not to understand all his blustering. But I will have to attend a service and endure a lot of conver-

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sation about how dearly missed he is. How do I get through all of that?

— Grieving a Jerk Grieving a Jerk: Make a concerned face, nod at appropriate times, find graceful ways to deflect questions back onto your questioner — “It’s my husband I’m concerned about,” “Thank you for asking,” “Aw jeez, how are you doing,” etc.

And, when this is all behind you and your attention is back on yourselves and your child-rearing, watch very closely for signs of your own wishful thinking about your husband’s philosophical bedrock. I want to believe you, but when a man’s hero is “this awful person,” there just seems to be a lot more

of this story waiting to happen.

This part is not for you, obviously — especially since I don’t even know how much of your opinion you shared with your husband — but for others in the formative or pre-formative stages of committed relationships: If you have serious objections to a person’s key family member, then it’s best to be honest about that early, and to say why. It may seem kind or just pragmatic to make nice, but this situation shows how intertwined and far-reaching these issues can be.

Readers’ thoughts: • This is similar to my experience with my stepfather. What helped me was not to focus on the person who passed but on the people who felt the loss deeply. It sounds kind of meta, but I mourned for their loss, not for mine, and was able to get through the memorial and subsequent family gatherings

Surprise: You now have herpes...

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A recent partner did not tell me he had HSV2, and now I have it in my throat. I cannot find what precautions I need to take to, unlike this unscrupulous person, to protect other partners.

A nurse practitioner I spoke with suggested it could be passed by saliva, so even kissing and sharing forks, for example, are risky. I’m not saying I don’t believe that, but it is gloomy news that I have been unable to verify.

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health HSV-2 in the throat is apparently pretty unusual, and finding information specific to it is a real challenge. Can you help me, please? Do you have any advice about finding a specialist? — J.A. Answer: Herpes simplex virus 1 normally is passed orally and causes cold sores. HSV-2 is normally passed genitally and causes genital lesions. However, either virus may infect either location, so I have often seen genital HSV-1, but

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gracefully.

• Be busy at funerals or wakes. Corral your kids and any other kids. Take them on walks. Check on the snacks. Sit quietly with someone quiet.

Put flowers in vases.

This is a way to support the grieving while avoiding the uncomfortable conversations.

• My stepmother died and I could not stand her. She was married to my father for over 30 years and never showed his children an ounce of kindness.

Whenever my father talks about how lucky he was to be married to such a wonderful woman, I just respond I am happy she brought you so much happiness.

You are a saint.

Write to Carolyn Hax at tellme@washpost. com. Get her column delivered to your inbox each morning at wapo. st/haxpost.

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Mustang JV, freshmen prevail Iola High’s junior varsity and freshman teams upped the defensive pressure late to secure season-opening victories Friday.

The Mustang JV held visiting Anderson County without a field goal in the fourth quarter, turning a 2523 deficit into a 38-33 victory.

The Mustangs ended the game on a 7-0 run.

Eli Adams led Iola with 10 points, followed

by Sam Fager with eight and Landon Weide with seven. Cooper Riley scored five; Jake Skahan and Cody Wille added four apiece.

The C team contest followed the same pattern, with Iola outscoring Anderson County

Iola High’s Cody Wille, left, jostles for position with an Anderson County’s Garrison Martin in the Mustang junior varsity’s 38-33 win. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN 16-4 in the fourth quarter of a 40-28 victory.

The teams were knotted at 24-24 after three quar-

ters.

Isaac McCullough scored 12 and Gage Skahan 11 for Iola’s fresh-

men. Weide chipped in with seven, Korbin Cloud had six and Mac Leonard had four.

Iola: Rallies late to topple Anderson Co. Continued from B1

assists and two steals, while Boeken had six points.

Rockers scored 18 to pace the Bulldogs, all coming from 3-pointers. Katzer and Jarred scored eight apiece.

Rockers, who had been lethal from 3-point range up to the end, was off the mark on the Bulldogs’ next possession.

This time, senior guard Jack Adams was there to corral the rebound. He went 1 of 2 from the stripe with 10 seconds left to essentially put the game out of reach, 46-42. The four-point lead was the largest of the game for either team.

Anderson County missed another trey in the waning seconds, with Dallas Kueser converting a short putback as the buzzer sounded for the final margin.

“We weren’t that good at rebounding, but we got the ones that counted,” Coach Bycroft said.

NEITHER team was able to take control, with Carson trading buckets with Rockers and Anderson County’s other sharp-shooters.

Carson scored 15 of Iola’s 23 first-half points, while Rockers hit from deep three times. The teams had four ties and eight lead changes before Iola took a 23-20 advantage into the locker room.

A similar tone continued after the half. Rockers hit a trey to start the third quarter to knot the score, but for the most part both teams’ offenses went into a funk.

Carson’s 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter knotted the score at 36-36. Rockers gave the lead back to Anderson County with another trey.

Iola’s Tyler Boeken, saddled with foul trouble from the get-go, converted an old-fashioned 3-point play of his own for the equalizer.

The Bulldogs’ Reese Jarrett followed with a 3-pointer at the 2:30 mark, pushing the visitors back on top, 42-39.

But Carson was there once again, hitting from beyond the arc to tie the score for the 10th time.

The Bulldogs came up empty on their next trip, with Boeken hitting 1 of 2 free throws to give Iola a 43-42 lead with 1:13 left.

That set up the game’s decisive final moments.

“We had to get our heads out and play a little smarter down the stretch and we did that when it counted,” Bycroft said. “That’s why it’s a big win for us.”

Carson led the way

THE OPENER to the 2020-21 season was in front of a nearly desolate IHS gymnasium, because the state’s high school sports governing body has barred spectators from attending athletic events this winter.

That may change after Tuesday, once the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s Board of Directors decides on an appeal of its earlier decision, particularly after hearing from legions of parents across the state asking for the prohibition to be lifted.

That could play a factor on whether Iola has an audience when it travels to Central Heights Tuesday evening.

The Fillies will be out of action regardless because of the COVID quarantine.

They’re scheduled to return Dec. 14, IHS athletic director Matt Baumwart said.

Iola High’s Landon Carson, center, shoots against Anderson County Friday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN with a game-high 26 points, but it was his performance at the other end of the court on defense that stuck with Bycroft.

On one occasion, his quick reaction on defense thwarted an easy layup for the Bulldogs as he tapped the ball out of the shooter’s hands.

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He also forced a tie-up after Anderson County pulled in a rebound off a missed Mustang free throw.

“Hustle plays,” Bycroft called them. “When he’s playing this hard, it makes such a huge difference for us.”

Dillon Bycroft added seven points, seven

Anderson County (13-714-10—44) (FG/3pt): Rockers 0/6-3-0-18, Belcher 1/1-0-1-5, Kueser 1-0-0-2, Katzer 4-0-18, Justin Stifter 0-0-2-0, Josh Stifter 1-0-4-2, Jarrett 2/3-25-8, Kellerman 0-0-4-0, Peine 0-1-4-1. TOTALS: 7-9-3-24-44.

Iola (12-11-10-13—46) (FG/3pt): Bycroft 2-3-1-7, Adams 0-1-3-1, Fager 1-0-1-2, Louk 0-3-1-3, Riley 0-1-3-1, Carson 2/6-4-2-26, Boeken 2-2-4-6. TOTALS: 7/6-14-1546.

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Chiefs: Hang on Continued from B1

Tyreek Hill’s 48-yard touchdown reception — he also missed out on a TD because of a coaching gaffe earlier — and Denver managed to move to midfield before stalling.

But rather than going for it on fourth-and-3 with 6 minutes to go, coach Vic Fangio elected to punt the ball away.

The Chiefs melted most of the clock before Butker kicked a 48-yard field goal with 1:06 remaining, and the Kansas City defense forced Lock into a wild fourth-down throw that Mathieu intercepted to put the game away.

Lock returned after missing last week’s game against New Orleans, along with the rest of Denver’s quarterbacks, because of COVID-19 positive tests and contact tracing. The local boy finished with 151 yards passing and two touchdown throws to Tim Patrick, while Melvin Gordon ran for 131 yards on just 15 carries.

The Broncos built a 10-9 halftime lead thanks in part to a strange, tide-turning sequence of series.

It began with the Chiefs facing thirdand-10 at the Denver 40 early in the second quarter.

Mahomes found a wide-open Hill deep downfield, only for him to appear to drop the certain touchdown. But replays clearly showed the ball trapped between Hill and a defender, never

touching the ground, for what should have been the go-ahead score.

Hill never argued when it was called incomplete, nor did Chiefs coach Andy Reid throw the red challenge flag. Instead, he quickly sent his punt team out and tried to pin the Broncos deep in their own territory.

Seven plays later, the Broncos had marched 90 yards the other direction, and Lock’s short scoring pass to Patrick finished off the wild swing — rather than trailing 10-3, they were suddenly leading by the same score.

The Chiefs finally took the lead on Butker’s fourth field goal early in the second half, then answered the second Lock-toPatrick touchdown connection with a TD of their own. With a defender hanging on his jersey, Mahomes tossed a 15-yard scoring pass to Kelce, ending their streak of seven straight red-zone trips without a touchdown.

The Chiefs defense made sure that the only touchdown they scored in the game would be enough.

INJURIES

Chiefs: CB Antonio Hamilton had to be helped off the field after blocking on a punt return early in the fourth quarter.

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