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Vol. 124, No. 238 Iola,$1.00KS Celebrate Life Services, Monuments & Events • 1883 US Hwy 54, Iola • feuerbornfuneral.com • 620-365-2948 Locally owned since 1867 Thursday, September 8, 2022 iolaregister.com One man’s junk is another man’s treasure, as Allen Coun ty’s Road and Bridge Director Mark Griffith says. County officials are hoping to organize an auction of sur plusMuchequipment.ofitcomes from the Public Works and road depart ments, and includes a lot of old equipment, such as trucks, motor graders, brush hogs and tractors. It would also in clude chairs, computer equip ment and other items. “We don’t need it. It’s stuff that just sits out here and wastes away. A lot of it is ob solete and no good to us any more but hopefully someone else can find a use for it,” Grif fithThesaid.auction has not yet been scheduled.

County wants to auction surplus property

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register Local auctioneer John Brocker discusses a proposal for an auc tion of surplus county equipment. MOSSSee

WASHINGTON — COVID-19 boosters shots are on track to become as frequent as the annual flu shot, though high-risk people may need more than one dose per year, Biden administration offi cials said Tuesday. “For a large majori ty of Americans, we are moving to a point where a single annual COVID shot should provide a high de gree of protection against serious illness all year,” White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha said during a briefing.Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to Pres ident Joe Biden and di rector of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, conveyed a similar message, saying that “in the absence of a dramati cally different variant, we likely are moving towards a path with a vaccination cadence similar to that of the annual influenza vac cine.”The move could pro vide clarity and possibly simplicity for people who have been trying to keep track of if and when they should get a COVID-19 booster.The most recent an nouncement about boost er shots came last week when the Centers for Dis ease Control and Preven tion recommended people 12 and older get another COVID-19 booster dose in the coming weeks. Jha said Tuesday he ex pects there may be updates on the booster for kids un der 12 at some point later

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Commission ers on Tuesday reviewed two bids from local auctioneers Ross Daniels and John Brock er.Brocker was on hand to discuss his proposal. He said costs will vary depending on how much preparation the county can do, and how much work is required on his end. Commissioners wanted time to review the bids. County Clerk Sherrie Riebel anticipated it will take about a month to set up the auction. If commissioners make a de cision next week, she expects

The Lions Club will re ceive a portion of advanced ticket sales. The money will be used to support local proj ects including an Easter egg hunt, a fishing derby, a fire works display and other ac tivities.

Skeeter the Clown teaches Iola Elementary School students Jocelyn Sandidge, above, and Brantley Hammer how to balance a peacock feather on the tip of their fingers at the first-ever all-school assembly at IES Wednesday morning. Skeeter was in town to pro mote a Sept. 18 circus in Hum boldt.

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If you want to entertain a school filled with kids fresh off a holiday weekend, just send in the clowns. Skeeter the Clown, repre senting the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus, visit ed Iola Elementary School for its first-ever all-school as sembly. About 600 students, along with teachers and fac ulty, gathered in the gymna sium for a show. The clown was in town to promote the Sept. 18 circus in Humboldt, sponsored by the Humboldt Lions Club. Skeeter gave students a brief music lesson, playing different types of instru ments such as a flute and kazoo. She even played them both at once, to the delight of the Then,crowd.she pulled out a peacock feather, which she balanced first on her finger, then her chin and finally on herTwonose.student volunteers joined her to learn the trick. Both Jocelyn Sandidge and Brantley Hammer tried to balance the feather on the tip of their fingers and found it wasn’t quite as easy as Skeeter made it look. Then, she taught them the trick: Keep your eye on the eye. The “eye” in the center of the top of the feather, that is.After that, both Jocelyn and Brantley were pros. Brantley was able to keep the feather in the air for about 30 seconds, earning free tickets to the circus. The students cheered theirThesupport.circus will offer shows at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 at the Humboldt Sports Complex. At 9:30 a.m., the community is invited to watch them put up the Big Top and tour the grounds. It’s been about 15 years since the circus has been in Humboldt, Cole Herder, city administrator, said.

COVID shot, like flu, may be annual

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

just after noon Mon day in Sichuan prov ince caused extensive damage to homes in the Ganze Tibetan Autonomous Region and shook buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million citi zens are under a strict COVID-19 lockdown. The restrictions have prompted pro tests online and in person, rare in Chi na’s tightly controlled society. China quake toll grows

NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Lori A. Holman, former spouse and natural mother of the heirs of Michael Eugene Holman, deceasedDescentrequesting:bedetermined of the following described real estate situated in Allen County, Kansas: That part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter (W/2 SW/4) of Section Thirty-six (36), Township Twenty-four (24) South, Range Twenty (20) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, de scribed as follows, to-wit: Commencing 32 rods West of the Southeast corner of Moran; thence West 115 feet, thence South 330 feet, thence East 115 feet, thence North 330 feet to the place of beginning, Allen County, Kansas.and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the Decedent at the time of death, and that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the Decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or be fore Friday, September 23, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, in the City of Iola, 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 theLoriPetition.A.Holman, Petitioner HEIM LAW OFFICES, P.A. 424 North Washington Avenue Iola, Kansas 66749 (620) Attorneys365-2222forPetitioner

Today Friday 87 Sunrise626:56 a.m. Sunset 7:41 p.m. 6389 6189 Saturday Temperature High Tuesday 86 Low Tuesday night 62 High a year ago 83 Low a year ago 59 Precipitation 24 hrs. at 8 a.m. Wednesday 0 This month to date 0 Total year to date 23.84 Defiency since Jan. 1 3.45 A2 Thursday, September 8, 2022 iolaregister.comThe Iola Register Subscription Rates Mail in Kansas Mail out of State Internet Only $149.15$174.75$162.74 $$$92.7694.0582.87 $46.93$55.60$53.51 $16.86$22.20$21.75 One Year 6 Months 3 Months 1 Month 302 S. Iola,POWashington,Box767KS66749(620)365-2111 Susan Lynn, editor/publisher Tim Stauffer, managing editor Periodicals postage paid at Iola, Kansas. Member Associated Press. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to use for publication all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches All prices include 8.75% sales taxes. Postal regulations require subscriptions to be paid in advance. USPS 268-460 Postmaster: Send address changes to The Iola Register, P.O. Box 767 Iola, KS 66749 iolaregister.com Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, except New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. ~~~ HELP WANTED ~~~ The City of Erie is accepting applications for the position of City Clerk until position is filled High school diploma/GED required Must possess knowledge of computers, office equipment, public relations, organ zational oral and written communication skills office management f nanc al accountability and reporting Record keeping problem solving and decision making skills are required Minimum 3 years experience in advisory position Salary negotiable with experience Excellent ben efits package EOE Send cover letter and resume to: City Hall, 101 N Main St , Erie KS 66733 or by email: c tyclerk@erieks com For complete job descript on call (620) 244 3461 Public notices (Published in The Iola Register Sept. 8, 2022)

Following Colony Days, the four church es of Colony held an outdoor community wide church service on Sunday morning. Music was led by the Christian Church and the Cowboy Church.Leonard Wools of the Methodist church read foodpotluckvicevicewrappedCommunityelsdorf,monChurch,tormunionchurch,pastorWayneScripture.Minkley,oftheCowboygavethecommeditation.ChaseRiebel,pasoftheChristiangavetheserandHenryWompastoroftheChurch,uptheserwithprayer.Followingtheserwasacommunitywithdeliciousandgreatcom radery.Continuing the theme of Colony Days, Pastor Riebel expounded upon what it means to be “Living the Sweet isgainedrewardtheofsuffersideringsuresgaveeloffindthingseroutwritingspointedpower.notbelief,ContraryLife.”topopularthesweetlifeisfoundinrichesorKingSolomonthatoutinhisinEcclesiastes.Zacchaeusfounditismuchsweettogivematerialawayonceyouthetruemeaningthesweetlife,Riebsaid.EvenMosesupallthetreaofEgypt,conitsweetertowiththepeopleGodbecauseofgreatereternalthatwillbeafterthislifeover.

BEIJING (AP) — The death toll in this week’s earthquake in western China has jumped to 74 with another 26 people still missing, the gov ernment reported Wednesday, as frustra tion rose with uncom promising COVID-19 lockdown measures that prevented res idents from leaving their buildings after the quakeTheshaking.6.8magnitudethatstruck

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PUBLIC HEARING The City of LaHarpe, Kan sas will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 6:00 p.m. in City Hall 902 S. Washington, LaHarpe, Kan sas to present and discuss the proposed improvements for the sanitary sewer lift station improvements project. The improvements will be funded under the low interest State Revolving Loan Fund Program through the Kansas Depart ment of Health and Environ ment. The Loan application will include funding for the follow ingSanitaryimprovements:Sewer Lift Station Improvements consisting of : Replacement of pumps, con trols, equipment, etc. at lift stations 1, 2, 4, 5, 6; Rehabilita tion or replacement of existing structure at lift stations 1, 4, 5, 6; electrical and SCADA upgrades at all lift stations (6) with an es timated amount of $1,465,000. The anticipated amount of the loan application request will be $1,465,000 and the to tal project cost is estimated at $1,465,000. The anticipated in crease in sewer use charges will be discussed. The proposed im provements will be explained and comments by the public will be considered. Oral and written comments will be ac cepted. Any written comments will become a part of the City’s record of public hearing. (9) 8 (First published in The Iola Register, Sept. 1, 2022) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Michael Eugene Holman, AL-2022-PR-000066Deceased

NEOSHO FALLS — Internet access to Neo sho Falls residents was finally restored late Tuesday evening, after the township lost access over a week ago. Centu ryLink, the only inter net service provider for the rural area, re-estab lished service after the internet began to go out on Monday, Aug. 29. “This is the first time this has ever happened for this period of time,” said resident Betty Pe ters. “It’s ridiculous. We need more than one pro vider out here. Just think of the children who are supposed to do all their homework online.” Bridget Shaver, a Neo sho Falls resident, was also frustrated. “We need a tower for everyone out here,” said Shaver. Shawnna Puckett, also of Neosho Falls, report ed that her household finally got service re stored Tuesday evening. Representatives for Lumen theaccordingFallstownshipweremayorcallsablecompany,CenturyLink’sTechnologies,parentwereunavailforcomment,andtoNeoshoFallsRonGermannotreturned.TheofNeoshohas430residents,todatafrom2020U.S.census.

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The City of LaHarpe, Kansas will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in City Hall, 902 S. Washington, LaHarpe, Kansas to present and discuss the al ternatives for sanitary sewer lift station improvements project. The improvements will be fund ed under the low interest State Revolving Loan Fund Program through the Kansas Depart ment of Health and Environ ment. The Loan application will include funding for the follow ingSanitaryimprovements:Sewer Lift Station Improvements consisting of : Replacement of pumps, con trols, equipment, etc. at lift stations 1, 2, 4, 5, 6; Rehabilita tion or replacement of existing structure at lift stations 1, 4, 5, 6; electrical and SCADA upgrades at all lift stations (6) with an es timated amount of $1,465,000. The anticipated amount of the loan application request will be $1,465,000 and the to tal project cost is estimated at $1,465,000. The alternatives will be discussed at the public meeting.

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A beautiful slide show presentation as well as a memorial table of her favorite things was on display for all who knew her. Once again, the City of Iola came forward with memorials, condolences, memories, support and food. We appreciate it all and the Iola community for being her and our friends.

KELLY Klubek, pas tor of the Iola Com munity Church of the Nazarene, asked com missioners for permis sion to use the band stand on the courthouse lawn each evening from Sept. 18 to 24. The church has invit ed Pastor Victor Tuka kira of Uganda to speak during a church revival Sept. 11-18 at the church. They plan to extend that to the community start ing Sept. Tukakira18. is expected to talk about issues fac ing residents including alcoholism, depression and anxiety, and how to find spiritual guidance as well as community assistance programs. “He’s also going to talk about how he has seen the United States change from being a country that sends peo ple out into the mission fields, to being the No. 1 place to send missionar ies to,” Klubek Commissionerssaid. ap proved the request to use the bandstand and electricity.

• Heard an update on chip and sealing of county roads. A ma chine was down, which could delay the process.

er, he became a Demo crat shortly before the Aug. 2 election. He made sure he re turned to Kansas City from a business trip in time to drive to his hometown of Wichita to vote in person. Along the way, he picked up a friend, Hunter Picard, so that Picard could vote in Rose Hill, south east of Wichita. Picard, a 25-year-old chemist working in Lawrence, is unaffiliated.Bothsaid they thought of their sisters before voting against the proposed amend ment. But Picard said he hasn’t decided how he will vote in the gover nor’s race in November. Mandi Hunter, a 46-year-old real es tate attorney from the Kansas City suburb of Leawood, is a self-de scribed GOP moderate who voted against the proposed constitution al amendment. She, too, said she is unde cided about her vote in November, though she noted that there will be more than just abortion on the “Theyballot.can’t ignore the other issues,” Hunt er Somesaid.

A general view shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, situated in the Russian-controlled area of Enerhodar, seen from Nikopol in April 27, 2022. (ED JONES/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

in the CDCfall.director Rochelle Walensky said in a state ment about the boosters last week that the new bivalent shots are “for mulated to better protect against the most recent ly circulating COVID-19 variant.”“They can help re store protection that has waned since previous vaccination and were de signed to provide broad er protection against newer variants,” Walen skyDuringsaid. Tuesday’s briefing Walensky urged people to get the booster shot, noting that 375 peo ple on average are dying daily from COVID-19 within the U.S. That number, she said, is “well above the around 200 deaths a day we saw earlier this spring, and in my mind, far too high for a vaccine preventable disease.” Despite a lack of new funding from Congress to address COVID-19 do mestically and abroad, Biden administration of ficials stressed Tuesday that there are enough doses for all eligible peo ple to get a booster shot heading into the winter. But, Jha said that only happened after officials pulled money from other public health priorities to secure the vaccine doses. He also said it is “critical” U.S. lawmakers provide the White House with the $22.4 billion officials believe is needed to continue responding to COVID-19.“Congress is aware that if we do not contin ue to fund the response, things can easily go backwards,” Jha said.

— Shelling resumed near Ukraine’s Zapor izhzhia nuclear power plant with the warring sides trading blame again on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. atom ic watchdog agency pressed for a safe zone there to prevent a ca tastrophe.Russian forces fired rockets and heavy artil lery on the city of Niko pol, on the opposite bank of the Dnieper River from Europe’s largest nuclear plant, regional Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said. “There are fires, blackouts and other things at the (plant) that force us to prepare the local population for the consequences of the nuclear danger,” Reznichenko said. Offi cials in recent days have distributed iodine pills to residents to help pro tect them in the event of a radiation leak. In Enerhodar, where the power plant is locat ed, Dmytro Orlov, the pre-occupation mayor, reported the city com ing under Russian at tack for a second time Wednesday and was without power. “Em ployees of communal and other services sim ply do not have time to complete emergency and restoration work, as another shelling reduces their work to zero,” he said on the Telegram messaging app.The Russian side blamed the Ukrainians. Vladimir Rogov, the head of the Russia-in stalled Enerhodar ad ministration, said on Telegram that heavy Ukrainian fighting had caused the city’s blackout, and Rus sia’s Defense Ministry blamed the outage on Ukrainian forces at tacking a power substa tion.Russian rockets on Wednesday hit the vil lage of Mala Tokmach ka some 55 miles north east of Enerhodar, killing three people and injuring five, Zapor izhzhia regional Gov. Oleksandr Starukh re ported.It’snot possible to in dependently reconcile the conflicting reports of the fighting, which has caused internation al Thealarm.head of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, warned the U.N. Security Coun cil on Tuesday that “something very, very catastrophic could take place” at the Zapor izhzhia plant. The IAEA urged Russia and Ukraine to establish a “nuclear safety and se curity protection zone” around the plant. The fear is that the fighting could trigger a disaster on the scale of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986. Neither Moscow nor Kiev officials would immediately commit to the idea of a safety zone.Because of damage from the fighting, the plant is generating elec tricity only to power its safety systems, a senior Ukrainian official said. The plant normally re lies on external power to run the systems that keep the reactor cores cool and prevent them from melting down. Any further power disruption could force the plant to use back-up diesel generators, but that would entail bring ing four diesel fuel trucks a day through the fighting, said Oleh Korikov, Ukraine’s act ing chief inspector for nuclear and radiation safety.“We could potentially be in a situation where we run out of diesel,” he said. “And this can lead to an accident with damage to the active zone of the reactors and, accordingly, the release of radioactive products into the envi ronment.”Theplant also had to activate its diesel gen erators late last month because of damage, ac cording to Ukrainian officials.Authorities could consider shutting down the plant, Korikov said, without offering details about how that would work.

• Heard an update on work to repair the run way at Allen County Regional Airport. The runway was closed tem porarily on Tuesday for the repairs, and the work was expected to be completed by Thursday. • Approved represen tatives from the Repub lican and Democratic parties to observe the shredding of ballots from the 2020 election.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly wasted lit tle time after a decisive victory in Kansas for abortion rights before sending out a national fundraising email warn ing that access to the procedure would be “on the chopping block” if her party did not win in the November elections. But her message to voters at large as she heads into the fall cam paign is dramatically different, even as Dem ocrats in other states stress abortion access as anAissue.few days after her abortion-related fund raising email, Kelly’s team suggested she would be focusing her reelection campaign on the state’s now-healthy finances, robust funding for public schools and high-profile promises by businesses to create jobs.Democrats are split over whether it’s the best strategy in a tough race against Republi can Derek Schmidt, the three-term state attor ney general. Kelly still has to win over some independents and mod erate Republicans in her solidly red state, and al though abortion access can attract centrist vot ers and drive turnout, it’s the economy — and the pinch at the grocery store from inflation — that remains a big con cern for them. “She needs to pull people from all kinds of areas,” said Joan Wag non, a former Topeka mayor, state lawmaker and Kansas Democratic Party chair. While Kelly can use abortion as an issue to her advantage, Wagnon said, “I don’t think it’s the center piece of her campaign.” Voters on Aug. 2 over whelmingly rejected a proposed amendment to the Kansas Consti tution that would have removed protections for abortion rights. It was the first state referen dum on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. KELLY’S APPROACH heading into the gen eral election contrasts with how Democratic Govs. Tony Evers in Wisconsin and Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan have made support for abortion rights central to their reelection cam paigns. In Ohio, Dem ocratic nominee Nan Whaley is stressing the issue in her race against anti-abortion Republi can Gov. Mike DeWine. Some Democrats think Kelly is missing an opportunity if she doesn’t follow suit. “The only way you inspire young voters, which is who Laura Kel ly needs, is to make them feel like you understand the issues that they care about right now,” said Christopher Reeves, a suburban Kansas City activist, consultant and former Democratic Na tional Committee mem ber. “And the issue that they care about, espe cially young women vot ers, is abortion.” In winning her first term in 2018 by about 5 percentage points, Kelly wooed independent and moderate Republican voters by pitching her self as a turnedservativevember.intocation25-year-oldStephanabortionDonaldporterpoliciesforbach,conservativemajorityregainedforrunningbipartisancommonsense,leader.ButshealsowasinagoodyearDemocrats—theyaU.S.House—andagainstKrisKowhoadvocatedtoughimmigrationasamajorsupofthen-PresidentTrump.Kelly’sstanceonrightsbroughtSimmons,ahigheredurecruiter,firmlyhercampforNoOnceaconRepublicanunaffiliatedvot

Our sister, Robin Lyne e Hixon, passed on July 30, 2022. e "Celebration of Life" was made possible by the time and energy of her nieces and nephews.

IN OTHER news, commissioners:•Approveda plan to offer flu shots to county employees on Sept. 15.

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Republicans be lieve voters will remain far more focused on the economy than abortion. Kelly is campaigning as if she agrees, stag ing a “Prosperity on the Plains” tour to promote her waitingmentsimposingweekabortionstheistionKellywouldabortion.governor’smoreissuesnomicAndrus,spokesperson,efforts.businessadministration’sdevelopmentKellycampaignMadisonpivotedtoecoandeducationwhenaskedfordetailsaboutthepositiononThecampaignnotsaywhetherwantsmoreaboraccessthanwhatallowednow,withstatebanningmostatthe22ndofpregnancyandotherrequiresuchasa24-hourperiod.

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LOS ANGELES — A heat wave that has shattered temperature records nearly broke California’s overtaxed electric grid Tuesday evening, pushing it to the brink of rolling blackouts but narrow ly averting widespread power loss. But those extremes don’t do justice to what is shaping up to be the most brutal September heat wave in California history, expected to last nine days. Even at night, record-high low tem peratures are offering little relief to residents or power suppliers. And coastal areas — often a refuge from heat — were also hit with scorching temperatures.Italloffers a dis turbing preview of the state’s future battles with extreme heat amid a warming climate. “This will be essen tially the worst Septem ber heat wave on record, certainly in Northern California, and argu ably for the state over all,” said Daniel Swain, a UCLA climatologist. “It might be one of the worst heat waves on record period in any month, given its dura tion and its extreme magnitude. ... There really isn’t going to be substantial relief in that part of the state until at least Friday or Satur day.”The Bay Area and Sac ramento broke records Tuesday and saw swel tering lows overnight, remaining in the high 70s. Temperatures in the 100s set records across parts of Southern Cal ifornia, and humidity aggravated the already grueling conditions. The California Inde pendent System Opera tor, which runs the state power grid, upgrad ed emergency alerts Tuesday afternoon and warned residents to be “ready for rotating power outages,” after narrowly escaping that outcomeAccordingMonday.tothe ISO, the grid Tuesday eve ning hit a peak demand of 52,061 megawatts, “a new all-time record.” ISO officials said that despite the strain, they did not order “load sheds” that would have cut power, thanks to con servation efforts. But a few cities — including Alameda, Palo Alto and Healdsburg — report ed temporary losses of power in some areas, at the direction of the grid operator.The unprecedented demand and oppressive temperatures across huge swaths of the state have imposed continu ous stress on the power grid. The drought has diminished hydropow er, a low-cost resource used to quickly ramp up electricity. Solar energy levels off in the evening, when temperatures sub side, but Californians are continuing to crank their air conditioning.

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Northern Califor nia saw historic highs Tuesday, including downtown Sacramento, which hit 116 degrees, surpassing a nearly cen tury-old record. The low temperature at the Sacramento Exec utive Airport broke the record for September, at 73 degrees Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Lows in down town Sacramento and Stockton tied all-time records for warm tem peratures, at 77 and 75, respectively.“It’sareal big prob lem when the nighttime lows don’t cool down much,” said Bill Rasch, meteorologist at the Na tional Weather Service in Sacramento. “That adds to the heat risk, es pecially for taTuesday,Areacordblowinghitforecast,leveltemperatureshigher,daysforpectedday.dayacrosshistoriccommunities.”underservedHesaidheexpectedtemperaturestheregionTuesnightintoWednesSacramentoisalsoextobreakarecordthemostconsecutiveat100degreesorRaschsaid.IfreachthatthroughFriday,asthecitywill45consecutivedays,pasta1988reof41.SixcitiesintheBaysetall-timerecordsincludingSanRosaat116andNapa at 115, according to the National Weather Ser vice.In San Francisco, the conditions caused de lays for BART trains, which were forced to run at slower speeds, as hot tracks can cause dangers such as derail ment.Livermore, an inland city in Alameda Coun ty, topped out Tuesday at 116, tying the all-time record high set Monday, according to National Weather Service mete orologist Roger Gass. He said the Bay Area could see temperatures dip slightly Wednesday, but they would probably rise again Thursday. “This heat event is a marathon,” Gass said. Southern California is also bracing for a mid week spike. Burbank is expected to reach 110 on Wednesday, smash ing a record of 106 set in 1944. Woodland Hills is expecting 110 degrees Wednesday, beating the 109 degrees set in 1955. Lancaster is expected to tie its record of 109 de grees.Temperatures are ex pected to level off this weekend just as fore casters are preparing for the effects of Hurricane Kay, including scattered showers and increased humidity Saturday and Sunday. Mark Moede, a meteorologist at the Na tional Weather Service, said this will be an “ex traordinary” weather event: shifting from hot and dry to warm and wet in 48 hours or less. “It’s going to be a very dynamic end of the week regarding weath er,” Moede said. September and lunch while supplies last. Our deals will go through Sept. 9-10. Come see us!

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cups and sanitary nap kins would correspond to the state’s existing sales tax exemption for essential health items. Kansas law currently exempts prescription drugs, insulin, pros thetic devices as well as crutches, eyeglasses andKansaswheelchairs.isamong 28 states that tax diapers and feminine hygiene goods at the maximum 6.5% rate. The other 22 states exempt one or both categories of prod ucts from sales tax. Colorado and Iowa adopted the type of exemption sought by Schmidt, while Nebras ka is preparing to end its sales tax on femi nine hygiene products. Missouri prohibits col lection of state sales tax on diapers during its back-to-school tax holiday.Katie Sawyer, Schmidt’s lieutenant governor running mate and a former staff mem ber with U.S. Sen. Rog er Marshall, said the campaign’s proposal on sales tax reform was “pro-women, pro-moth ers and pro-family.” In a statement, Schmidt blamed Pres ident Joe Biden for the nation’s elevated infla tion rate. He also said Kelly’s “liberal spend ing,” which must be ap proved by the Legisla ture, was misguided.

“I’ve already had that idea, so I think it’s a great idea,” Kelly said. In the Legislature, several House Demo crats have introduced bills that would accom plish comparable re forms.“Iam glad to see Der ek Schmidt got behind the House Democrats’ plan to eliminate the sales tax on hygiene products,” said House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, leaguesencouragessupportmonthscommitteewhoRepublican“ConsideringD-Wichita.itwasleadershipkilledthebillinonlyafewago,Ihopehisofthispolicyourcoltorethinktheir

The challenges are a test of how the state can balance the system when it’s under pressure, said Jan Smutny-Jones, exec utive director of trade group Independent En ergy Producers and for mer chair of the ISO’s governing board. “Our resource base has changed, how it op erates has changed. We don’t have a lot of excess in the system that if something goes wrong, we’ve got other resourc es that we can skate on,” Smutny-Jones said. “I think this is why you’ve got the ISO pretty con cerned about the ability to meet the demand.”

The West has long ex perienced episodes of extreme temperatures, but studies have shown that human-caused cli mate change is making heat waves more pro longed, frequent and in tense.Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency to buoy energy supplies by tem porarily allowing power plants to work overtime and deploying backup generators. And, in a first for the state, the ISO requested the ac tivation of temporary emergency power gen erators deployed by the Department of Water Resources in Roseville and Yuba City. An excessive heat warning remains in ef fect for much of Califor nia through Friday, with temperatures expected to reach the triple digits in many regions. Fore casters predict that the heat will begin to break over the weekend, as the system shifts east.

TOPEKA — Republi can gubernatorial can didate Derek Schmidt urged legislators Tues day to adopt a state sales tax exemption for purchase of diapers and feminine hygiene products.Schmidt, the state attorney general chal lenging Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on the November ballot, said he was motivated by high rates of inflation on consumer products. The U.S. inflation rate of 8.5% in July was a slight improvement from June’s 9.1%, which was a 40-year high. “Other governors in our region, both Dem ocrat and Republican, have stepped up and made this a priority to provide relief to young women, mothers and families,” Schmidt said. “Kansas ought to be making their daily life more affordable, too. That’s what our plan will do.” KELLY SAID Schmidt’s proposal is part of a trend in which he repackages things she has proposed.

examples: Abortion: Sixty-one per cent of Americans think abortion should be legal in all or most cases (Pew Re search Center, June 13). Gender issues: Gallup notes in a 2022 report that 71% of Americans support marriage between people of the same sex. Gun control: Background checks are favored by 89% of the public. Banning as sault weapons has 63% sup port, while 64% want to ban high-capacity magazines and 60% want a nationwide data base to track gun sales (ABC News, May 27).

About two-thirds of states are planning for nuclear energy, in one form or another, to re place some fossil fuels.

The June 12 headline from a NBC News article sums it up: “Americans agree on one thing: DC isn’t getting the job done.”Thanks to tainted social media, prejudice-laden cable news, biased left- and rightwing think tanks and the disinformation and misin formation provided by poli ticians and their parties, one can only surmise Americans are greatly divided. The surprising reality is Democrats, Republicans and independents agree on more issues — about 150 — than theyHeredisagree.aresome

Taxes: An Oct. 16, 2021, Vox article notes 71% of voters support raising taxes on the wealthiest 2% of Americans. The Program for Public Consultation at the Univer sity of Maryland released an Aug. 7, 2020, report iden tifying nearly 150 issues on which the majority of Repub licans and Democrats agree, including: Social Security: Raising the cap on income subject to the payroll tax to $215,000 or more. Poverty programs: In creasing funding for the Sup plemental Nutrition Assis tance Program.

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Our leaders need to prove they are pro-child

According to the most re cent data from Pew Research Center, National Election Studies, Gallup, ABC/The Washington Post, CBS/New York Times and CNN polls, only one-fifth of Americans say they trust the federal gov ernment to do what is right.

Cannabis: NORML reveals from its Apr. 8 research that 69% of Americans support legalizing cannabis plus 60% favor expunging cannabis-re lated convictions. Racial justice: Eighty-six percent of citizens agree that racism is a problem and 87% believe books that discuss race or slavery should never be banned (CBS News, Feb. 22).

Energy and environment: Reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2% a year and providing tax incentives to promote clean energy. Government reform: Overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United de cision and regulating cam paign financing. International trade: The United States should con tinue participating in the World Trade Organization and rejoin the Trans-Pacif ic Partnership that former President Donald Trump abandoned in 2017. Federal budget: Roll back the tax cuts from Trump’s 2017 tax bill, impose a 4% surtax on income over $5 mil lion and add a 1% surtax on corporate income over $100 million.

By DENA HUBBARD For The Kansas City Star

As a neonatologist based in Kansas City, I have recent ly witnessed the debate over what occurs during pregnan cy from many points of view in Missouri, Kansas and across the country. However, caring for newborns every day, I feel we do not discuss often enough the health of children who have already been born. I see the stark con trast: Policy efforts to sustain pregnancy at all costs quickly transform into “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” as soon as the umbilical cord is cut.Last month, Kansans took to the polls and sent our law makers a resounding mes sage: It is time to stop attack ing reproductive rights and instead focus on protecting the health and well-being of children after birth. As a pe diatrician, I would like to of fer up some ways we can be champions of pro-child poli cies.Pro-child policies should include improved access to quality primary, subspecial ty, mental and behavioral health care for children and families, including Medicaid expansion. The Affordable Care Act allows states to opt in to an expanded Medicaid program that provides afford able coverage to millions of families. Yet Kansas lawmak ers continue to reject expan sion. And even after Missouri voters passed expansion, the General Assembly had to be forced by the state Supreme Court to allow low-income families to apply for the pro gram.Worse still, mental health does not have coverage equal to that for physical health. This is just one of the signif icant barriers in our current pediatric mental health cri sis. Pro-child policies would include comprehensive, af fordable coverage for phys ical and mental health care for children and families. Pro-child policies should include maternal health. With the significant maternal mortality rates in Missouri and Kansas — ranking 12th and 17th highest in the nation respectively, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation — exacerbated by racial dis parities for both mothers and infants — pro-child policies would include extension of Medicaid postpartum cover age from 60 days to 12 months. This was just recently includ ed and passed in the Kansas budget, and will include ac cess to physical and mental health care services during a critical time that direct ly impacts mothers, babies and families. We must build on this accomplishment and ensure coverage for all new families.Pro-child policies should enhance food security. Fed eral child care nutrition pro grams are designed to sup port children’s and families’ access to healthy and nutri tious foods. Healthy food is the fuel for the developing brain and is foundational for child development, education and health outcomes. This begins with maternal health and nutrition prior to concep tion. Being pro-child means ensuring children have the nutrition they need to thrive. Pro-child policies should focus on injury prevention, including protection of chil dren from gun violence. Children should feel safe in the places where they learn, grow and play through com monsense public health ap proaches, similar to those required for prevention of motor vehicle accidents. This includes policies that ensure that firearms are traceable, their owners educated and their impact on our commu nities measurable. Crucial ly, these pro-child policies should include all children and mitigate systemic rac ism, discrimination and dis parities. Pro-child policies would be equitable, regard less of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual ori entation, gender identity or pregnancy), national origin, age, disability and medical history.Many aspects of our chil dren’s health and growth are set in the first three years of life, when their brains are developing faster than any other time in life. The return on investment in children is immeasurable. Policies that support injury preven tion and basic needs such as health care, food, education and early intervention go a long way toward reducing ill ness and health disparities in theEnactingfuture. pro-child poli cies focused on the health and well-being of our chil dren is cost-effective and the right thing to do. It is time we prioritize the health of all children and families in Kan sas, Missouri and across the country. About the author: Dena K. Hubbard is a pediatrician and neonatologist in Kansas City and board member of the Kansas Chapter of the American Academy of Pedi atrics.

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law.It’s understandable that climate activists want to re place oil- and gas-fired plants with wind, solar, geothermal and other green sources, a transition we wholehearted ly support. But the limited capacity of those technolo gies and a growing appetite for grid-fed energy mean that we need every nuclearcreditsnificantincludesductionInflationgetsgovernmentsion.cludingonenergyzero-emissionreliablesourcedeck,infisThefederalit.TheReActsigtaxforener gy production, and another boost for next-generation ze ro-emissions power plants, of which smaller, newfan gled nuclear reactors are a leading type. In a survey by The Associ ated Press earlier this year, about two-thirds of states said they plan for nuclear, in one form or another, to take the place of some fos sil fuels. That would mean increasing reliance on a source that, through about 93 aging reactors, now pro vides about a fifth of the na tion’s electricity, and about half of its zero-carbon en ergy.New York must decisively join states that see nuclear with clear eyes: as part of the future. — New York Daily News flash: Citizens are united; but legislators don’t represent us

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Immigration: Sixty-two percent of Americans feel immigrants strengthen the country; a complete reversal of the position expressed in 1994 (Pew Research Center, Jan. 31, 2019).

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In approving more than $50 billion to move away from energy sources that spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the na tion’s largest state just took a significant step forward in the battle to curb climate change. Good for Califor nia’s targetshardergy,ongrownanddioxide.outcity’sfiedIndianrection,movedbonofbillions,mentbeyondofthatstituteandtiststheballplansaheadthanalivenuclearthemix,sionszero-emispoweredlatorsgoodgovernmentDemocrat-dominated—anddoublethatindoingso,legisincludnuclearintheenergykeepingstate’slastplantrathermovingwithtomothitby2025.TheymadewisemoveafterscienatStanfordUniversitytheMassachusettsInofTechnologyfounddelayingtheretirementDiabloCanyon’sreactorstheirplannedretirewouldsaveCaliforniareducethechancesbrownoutsandlowercaremissions.Notlongago,NewYorkintheoppositedisayingsayonaratoPoint,whichsatisaboutaquarteroftheelectricityneedswithemittinganycarbonSincethen,asweotherspredicted,we’veincreasinglyrelianthigh-emissionsenermakingitallthatmuchtosatisfyambitioussetbyastateclimate

Voting: Data for Progress reveals 66% of voters want to prevent state lawmakers from overturning elections, while 60% support universal vote-by-mail and a majority want to make it easier to vote (Sept. 24, 2021). Health care: Providing Medicare for all Ameri cans to ensure everyone has health care coverage garners 69% support (The Hill, Apr. 24, 2020).

LET’S FACE IT. Polariza tion has largely been brought on by political parties want ing to be in control and — let’s not forget — ego-driven and power-hungry politicians. Examine the 15 issues identified above and note if your legislator is working counter to the will of the peo ple. If so, vote the bums out. If your legislator’s voting record is in accordance with the majority of Americans, do your level best to insure theirAmericansre-election.of all political persuasions are together on over 150 issues. But, now — more so than ever — we must have legislators who repre sent us before their party. For them to do otherwise is a der eliction of duty.

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By RACHEL MIPRO Kansas Reflector Kansas Lt. Gov. David Toland. TOR)SMITH/KANSAS(SHERMANREFLEC

NEW YORK (AP) — The 31,000-year-old skel eton of a young adult found in a cave in Indo nesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new Scientistsstudy.say the am putation was performed when the person was a child — and that the “patient” went on to live for years as an amputee. The prehistoric surgery could show that humans were making medical advances much earlier than previously thought, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal ResearchersNature.were ex ploring a cave in Borneo, in a rainforest region known for having some of the earliest rock art in the world, when they came across the grave, said Tim Maloney, an archaeologist at Griffith University in Australia and the study’s lead re searcher.Though much of the skeleton was intact, it was missing its left foot and the lower part of its left leg, he explained. After examining the re mains, the researchers concluded the foot bones weren’t missing from the grave, or lost in an accident — they were carefully removed. The remaining leg bone showed a clean, slanted cut that healed over, Maloney said. There were no signs of infection, which would be expected if the child had gotten its leg bitten off by a creature like a crocodile. And there were also no signs of a crushing fracture, which would have been expect ed if the leg had snapped off in an accident. The person appears to have lived for around six to nine more years after losing the limb, eventually dying from unknown causes as a young adult, research ersThissay. shows that the prehistoric foragers knew enough about medicine to perform the surgery without fatal blood loss or infection, the authors concluded. Researchers don’t know what kind of tool was used to amputate the limb, or how infection was prevented — but they speculate that a sharp stone tool may have made the cut, and point out that some of the rich plant life in the region has medicinal properties.Also,the community would have had to care for the child for years af terward, since surviving the rugged terrain as an amputee wouldn’t have beenThiseasy.early surgery “rewrites the history of human medical knowl edge and developments,” Maloney said at a press briefing.Before this find, the earliest example of am putation had been in a French farmer from 7,000 years ago, who had part of his forearm re moved. Scientists had thought that advanced medical practices devel oped around 10,000 years ago, as humans settled down into agricultural societies, the study au thorsButsaid.this study adds to growing evidence that humans started caring for each other’s health much earlier in their history, said Alecia Schrenk, an anthropolo gist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who was not involved with the study.

“We want them to be highly skilled, highly trained, with a job so the chance of recidivism is greatly reduced and they can become productive taxpaying citizens that stay in the communi ty,” Kelly said. Kelly and Toland’s emphasis on job re tention and training pushes back against criticism from Kel ly’s rival, highgienepertaxaSchmidtly’sduringlostpandemic,frombusinesseswithrespondsayingCOVID-19foronhaspro-jobonSchmidtdategubernatorialRepublicancandiDerekSchmidt.isrunningapro-economic,platformandcriticizedKellymultipleoccasionsherresponsetothepandemic,shefailedtoadequatelyhelpingsmallrecovertheimpactoftheaswellasthousandsofjobsthepandemic.JustaheadofKelnewsconference,announcedproposedstatesalesexemptionondiaandfemininehyproducts,citinginflation.

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ACARF employees pose outside their shelter Wednesday with a donation from the Iola Register for $678. Pictured from left, Chelsea Kinder Ives, director Brittni Dilley, Kaitlyn Bartholomew and Nikki Westpfahl. They are joined by Summer, a puppy just 9 weeks old, and Cinderella, a 4-month-old kitten eligible for adoption. The donation comes thanks to the sponsors of “Pet of the Week,” a weekly feature in the Register highlighting two pets up for adoption at the shelter. “We’re happy to make this donation on behalf of our Pet of the Week sponsors,” said Tim Stauffer, managing editor at the Register. “Their support made this possible. We thank them, and we’re thankful for all the good ACARF does in our community.” Current sponsors of Pet of the Week are: Alpha Dog Supply Co., Boren’s Roofing, Heim Law Firm, Red Barn Veterinary Service and RNs Farms. G&W of Iola has been a past sponsor. Pet of the Week appears every Thursday. See today’s ad on page B6.

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TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly created the Office of ondinincludingbyingtionedconference,tionsleveltoproblems,we“Thislifetime,”dentedelsallandphy.nearlyandinlandeconomicficeTheKelly’sated50,000uaryvateinlionTolandmerceties,”ourskilledhighlytodifferentlydifferently,legethewilldentssignedprogram,newsshipregisteredofannouncedWashburnoffice.tentialtureaerospacehealthticeships.registeredandevaluatingprogram,theworkbyprenticeships.ognizedtheregram.apprenticeshipsansbusinesses,”Kansansissueopment,ofwebyveryeducations.thosepeopleincarceratedingforcenontraditionalsans,opportunitieswouldnortheburnmenttionunderwideday,ApprenticeshipRegisteredTuesemphasizingstateeconomicgrowthheradministraandnewemployopportunities.StandinginaWashTechautogarage,DemocraticgoversaidthenewofficeexpandtrainingforKanespeciallyforworkmembers,includwomen,formerlypeople,ofcolorandwithhighschool“Thisisreallyvery,important,andsodoingthis,justlikedidwiththeOfficeBroadbandDevelweelevatetheandreallyserveandKansasKellysaid.Currently3,400KanareinaregisteredproAcrossthestate,are212activerecregisteredapTheoffice,createdexecutiveorder,willonmodernizingapprenticeshipaswellasthescopeimpactofcurrentapprenKellycitedcare,education,andagriculbusinessesaspotargetsfortheMikeStrohschein,Techdean,thelaunchtheschool’sownapprenticeprogramattheconference.Thewhichisdetoconnectstuwithemployers,startattheendofmonth.“Wehavetodocoldifferently,workandtraintocontinueproduceandrecruittechnicalandemployeestoKansascommuniStrohscheinsaid.Lt.Gov.andComsecretaryDavidsaid$13.5bilhasbeeninvestedthestatebytheprisectorsinceJan2019,withnearlyjobseithercreorretainedunderadministration.newlycreatedofwillhelpfocusthisgrowth,Tosaid.“Weareboomingnearlyeverysector,weareboomingineverygeograUrban,suburbanruralplacesareseeinggrowthlevthatareunprececertainlyinmyTolandsaid.meansasastatehavesomehappywhichrelatehowwemanagethisofgrowth.”AnsweringquesafterthenewsKellymenotherjobtraineffortsundertakenheradministration,investmentstheJAG-KandSecChanceprograms.Kellysaidsheis currently working to expand the JAG-K pro gram into the juvenile correction system, as well as working with the private sector to build training centers at correctional facili ties to improve recid ivism rates for incar cerated people.

for a score in a 69-10 win over Albany. Holmes is a sixth-year wideout who missed all of last season with a foot injury. The Bears averaged more than 10 yards per return on five other punts.“We talk about hidden yard age and we talk about trying to attack on that phase of the game,” Aranda said. “I think when we look at the tape, I think there’s going to be a lot of yards being gained by ath leticism and quick decisions and instincts and all of it.” Derius Davis gave TCU a spark when he ran back a punt 60 yards for a TD. He also scored on a 27-yard reverse to give new coach Sonny Dykes his first win, 38-13 over Col orado. Dykes said the sec ond-quarter punt return kept TCU in the game until the Horned Frogs could get going onDavisoffense.

The Mustangs seventh grade B team was unsuccess ful in their pursuit of victory, falling in four sets to Wells ville, 25-18, 27-25, 25-10 and 25-9.Olivia Mathews led the way with four aces while Jor dyn Potter recorded two aces and Aaliyah Lawrence hit one“Oliviaace. Mathews and Kh loe Martin did an amazing job of leading their team with passes,” said Westhoff. “The girls continue to show a lot of improvement with every game but we still have plenty of room for improvement.” The eighth grade teams also suffered defeat. The JV team fell in four sets, 25-11, 25-15, 25-12 and 25-18. LaCarea Eads led the way with two aces while Zoe Wer ner registered a lone ace. Lili Hart also made several suc cessful serves. “We were missing several girls tonight but we worked hard against a good team,” said Iola head coach Stacy Sprague. “Zoe Warner, Kay dra Scheibmeir, LaCarea Eads were leaders on success ful passing tonight.” The eighth grade varsi ty team lost three games to Wellsville with set scores of 25-13, 25-15 and 25-13. While Brooklyn Holloway notched a lone kill, Dally Curry, Eads and Zoie Hesse each ripped one“Weace.lost tonight to a great volleyball team. This was a tough night as we struggled with serve, receiving. Brook lyn Holloway stepped up as a leader on the team diving af ter balls and working hard,” said Sprague.

Humboldt splits Tuesday Humboldt’s Karley Wools goes up for a hit against an Oswego defender on Tuesday.

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Mizzou, K-State rivalry renewed this Saturday

The Iola Middle School volleyball team hosted Wells ville Tuesday evening. The Iola seventh grade A team fell in three sets with scores of 25-8, 25-14 and 2517. Tierce Moore led the way in aces while Shaylee Karns and Addilyn Wacker each had three aces. IMS head coach Aubrey Westhoff lauded the play of the“Shayleegirls. Karns had some amazing passes. She was hus tling and making sure the ball wasn’t hitting the floor,” said“BellaWesthoff.Wilson, Addilyn Wacker, Tierce Moore, Kali Joy, and Jordan Spillman did a great job of passing as well.”

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A Baylor football helmet displaying the Big 12 logo at Big 12 conference football media day in Arlington , Texas on July 13. TNS See BIG 12 | Page B6 MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Chris Klieman remem bers when Missouri and Kansas State played every year in football, back before money-grabbing universi ty administrators ushered in an era of conference re alignment at the expense of deep-seated rivalries that in some cases stretched back a century.TheTigers and Wildcats met for the first time in 1909, then found themselves to gether in the Missouri Val ley Conference, where they would be joined at the hip as the league went through changes and expansions be fore becoming the Big 12. It was in 2012 that the Tigers joined Texas A&M in leaving for the SEC, es chewing tradition, geogra phy and shared culture for a spot in a more lucrative league. And for more than a decade, the Tigers and Wildcats — schools separat ed by about 4 hours of driv ing on Interstate 70 — have yet to play another game on theThatgridiron.ends Saturday, when the Tigers finally head back to Manhattan. “To me it does,” Klieman said Tuesday, when asked whether it still feels like a rivalry. “To the players, we’re having some of the older guys reach out and talk to them about the ri valry game, because I think it is.”One of them is likely to be current Kansas State offensive coordinator Col lin Klein, who scored three touchdowns to lead the Wildcats to a 24-17 victory over Missouri when the schools last met during the 2011 season. “I remember as a kid growing up and watch ing Kansas and Missouri, K-State and Missouri, Ne braska and Missouri,” Klie man continued. “I thought those were great rivalries.

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The Big 12 held a block par ty during the opening week of the season with multiple touchdowns scored on special teams.There were four punt re turns for touchdowns, includ ing two after blocked punts. A blocked field goal turned into a fifth score. And anoth er blocked punt led to a quick TD one play later. Granted, half of the oppo nents were members of the Championship Subdivision, but it does show what the Big 12 is capable of on special teams this Accordingseason.tothe league, it’s the second time in its 27year history that there were four TDs scored off of punts in the same week. The other occurred in 2002. Nationally, it’s the most among FBS con ferences since the ACC had five punt-related TDs in one week in 2018. “I hope that’s a weapon for us,” Baylor coach Dave Aran daArandasaid. watched Gavin Holmes return a punt 72 yards

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tied KaVontae Turpin’s TCU record of four career punt returns for TDs. Combined with a 100-yard kickoff return against West Virginia last season, Davis has five career special teams scores.“Ifyou give him some room to run, he knows how to fin ish,” Dykes said. Kansas State’s Seth Porter blocked a South Dakota punt and teammate Desmond Pur nell picked it up and ran 17 yards untouched into the end zone in the Wildcats’ 34-0 win. “Those are things that are hard to recover from,” South Dakota coach Bob Nielson said. “I think 80% in college football if you get a blocked punt for a touchdown, you lose a football game. We spent a lot of time on our kicking game so we understand that, and we knew it was a lot to overcome.”Noone was having more fun than West Virginia’s CJ Donaldson. The 240-pound freshman certainly had quite a debut in a 38-31 loss to Pitts burgh.Donaldson wasn’t even on the depth chart for West Vir ginia’s opener. He arrived on campus as a tight end, and it was discussed that he would get some action at wide re ceiver and running back. He ended up being all over the place.

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HUMBOLDT — The Lady Cubs volleyball team hosted an invitational with Neode sha and Oswego on Tuesday night, going 1-1 in the two matches.Humboldt lost against Neodesha in three sets, 25-18, 20-25 and 19-25. The Lady Cubs then bounced back and took their second matchup over Oswego in two sets, 25-12 and 25-21. Lady Cub Karley Wools lead the way offensively against Neodesha with 11 kills and four aces. Shelby Shaughnessy had five kills and Ella Lassman and Ken isyn Hottenstein recorded three kills apiece. On defense, Humboldt’s Skylar Hottenstein and K. Hottenstein registered 15 and 14 digs, respectively. Wools and Shaughnessy also finished in double fig ure digs with 13 and 10 digs, respectively. Shaughnessy also had two blocks in the loss.“We came out with a lot of energy and played re ally well throughout the match. Toward the end we had a few more errors than we would like, but they all competed all night,” said Humboldt head coach Ter ry AgainstMeadows.Oswego, Wools led the way with nine kills, followed by Lassman’s five kills and Shaughnessy’s four kills. Wools, Lassman and K. Hottenstein also each ripped two aces apiece in the Whilewin.Shaughnessry led the way with two blocks, she also led with 15 digs while S. Hottenstein tacked on 14 digs. K. Hottenstein knocked eight digs while Natalie Wells ripped six digs.Humboldt volleyball fac es Cherryvale and Baxter Springs on Sunday at 5 p.m.

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A Maryland man affil iated with the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where he en countered Senate Dem ocratic Leader Chuck Schumer as his armed security detail led the New York Democrat to safety.Joshua Pruitt, 40, was one of the few Capitol rioters to come face-toface with a member of Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters, according to federal prosecutors.

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U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sen tenced Pruitt to four years and seven months of imprisonment fol lowed by three years of supervised release, ac cording to Bill Miller, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of acountertheer’stheandatingmemberanTheyerhasMaryland,Pruitt,prisonommendedProsecutorsColumbia.hadrecafive-yearsentenceforaSilverSpring,residentwhoworkedasabartendandpersonaltrainer.describedhimasaspiringProudBoyswhoseintimifiguremadehim“idealrecruit”forgrouponJan.6.TheleaderofSchumsecuritydetailtoldFBIthattheirenwithPruittwasharrowing,unforget table moment. Pruitt was advancing and only seconds from reaching Schumer when the se curity detail turned and ran with the senator away from an elevator and back down a ramp, detail members said. “At the end of the ramp, officers closed and locked the doors. The security detail and (Schumer) pursued a secondary evacuation route. Once the doors were being closed, Pruitt turned around and retraced his steps,” LoebPruittwrote.and other pros pects and recruits of the local Proud Boys chap ter often used encrypt ed communications to discuss storming the Capitol, civil war and confrontations with po lice, according to prose cutors. They said Pruitt wanted to stop Congress from certifying the Elec toral College vote on Jan. 6.

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MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats earned a split on the home volleyball court Tuesday.Marmaton Valley dropped a tough match to visiting Eureka, 26-24, and 25-16, before rallying to knock off Yates Center, 25-22 and 25-14. The loss to Eureka was particularly painful. Marmaton Valley led 2422, one point from winning the first set, before the Tornadoes rattled off five straight points to steal the Roslynwin.Houk’s serving helped pave the way for Marmaton Valley’s win over Yates Center. She served the final four points in the final set to seal the Eurekamatch.also defeated Yates Center in straight sets, 25-10 and 25-14. Marmaton Valley (65) hosts a junior varsity tournament Saturday before the varsity returns to action next Tuesday at Yates Center.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams, you might have heard, played what’s expected to be her last match at the U.S. Open. Rafael Nadal lost in the fourth round. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer (more on them later) weren’t even in the tournament.Thosefour players dominated, and were the main draws, in tennis for decades, collecting a total of 86 Grand Slam singles titles, each with at least 20. And so, as the quarterfinals began at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday without any member of that quartet present, it made sense to ask: Is this the end of an era? The 36-year-old Nadal sounded a philosophical note about the topic after he was bounced by 24-year-old American Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday. “Some depart, others come and the world keeps going. It’s a natural cycle,” said Nadal, who noted that his wife is pregnant with their first child and so he isn’t sure when he will play next. “It’s always the same. The same one have been up there several years; others are coming and we will be leaving. It’s logical.” Folks have been wondering — and, perhaps, worrying — about when someone new would emerge to take on the mantle in both women’s tennis and men’sThistennis.U.S. Open, whether merely symbolic or truly portentous, offers a glimpse at the current and future states of the game. Of the 16 singles quarterfinalists across the women’s and men’s brackets, 15 never have won so much as one major championship anywhere (the exception is Iga Swiatek, a 21-yearold from Poland who is No. 1 on the WTA Tour and owns two French OpenAccordingtitles). to the U.S. Tennis Association, this is the first time in the professional era, which dates to 1968, that its Grand Slam event featured fewer than at least two past major title winners at this stage. Looking just at the men’s bracket, none of the four quarterfinalists who will play Wednesday — No. 22 seed Tiafoe vs. No. 9 Andrey Rublev, and No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 11 Jannik Sinner — has even reached a major semifinal. Rublev, who turns 25 next month, is the oldest of the“It’sbunch.cool,” Tiafoe said, “to see a new era.” And consider: It’s been nearly 20 years since there were zero previous Slam champs in the quarterfinals of a major. That last happened at Wimbledon in 2003. Who won the trophy? Federer, claiming the first of his 20, which shattered the old men’s mark of 14 established by Pete Sampras, and now has been surpassed by Nadal’s 22 and Djokovic’s 21 (as well as Williams’ 23, the most for any tennis player in the pro Federer,era). 41, hasn’t played since Wimbledon in July 2021 and had a series of operations on his right knee. He is slated to return at an event in Switzerland in October, and says he hopes to play at the All England Club in 2023, but not much is known beyond that about what he has left. There is no reason to think Djokovic, 35, will not remain a Slam contender for some time — when he can get into the country hosting the tournament, that is. He did not get vaccinated against COVID-19 so he was kicked out of Australia in January and barred from entering the United States, too. Djokovic and Nadal combined to win this year’s first three major titles and 15 of the past 17 overall. Add in the other member of the so-called Big Three, Federer, and it’s 20 of the last 22. Take it back further, and it’s 63 of 76. The only other men with more than one in that span are Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka, with three Federer’sapiece.first triumph came less than a year after Sampras won the U.S. Open in what would be his final match.“Before this generation, we lost another great generation. Obviously, there will not be a Rafa or a Roger or a Serena. We know that. There are always ups and downs. But there were great champions in the past and there will be again. I’m not worried. It’s part of sports. It’s part of life,” said Caroline Garcia, a 28-year-old from France who beat 18-year-old Floridian Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night. “Great champions leave and others arrive,” Garcia said. “You have to give young players the time to get to the top of the game and get mature and everything. The fans have to be ready for a new generation, as well.”Whether or not TV executives and tournament ticket-sellers agree, that is a popular sentiment among current players: Tennis will be“Unfortunatelyfine. for all of us,” Murray said, “the sport moves on.”

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— Caroline Garcia never really let Coco Gauff — or the crowd — get fully involved in their U.S. Open quarterfinal on Tuesday night. From early on, Garcia played high-stakes tennis and put strokes where she wanted, sometimes right at Gauff’s feet, sometimes well out of reach. In contrast to the early success Gauff, still just 18, has experienced, it’s been a long journey for Garcia, who now gets to play in the first Grand Slam semifinal of her career at age 28. cia took charge at the start and never relented in a 6-3, 6-4 victory over the 12th-seeded Gauff at Arthur Ashe Stadium. “I just go for my shots,” Garcia said, “even when I’m stressed.”Shehad lost both of her two previous matches against Gauff, who was the runner-up at the French Open in June, but was by far the better player this time. Garcia, who is from France, hasn’t ceded a set at Flushing Meadows so far this year and stretched her winning streak to 13 matches status as someone playing as well as anyone in women’s tennis at the moment.Shefinished last season ranked 74th, but now is projected to rise into the top 10 next week.“The last couple of months.” Garcia said, “I feel healthy again.” She will face Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur of Tunisia on Thursday with a berth in the final at stake.

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ELSWHERE, Nick Kyrgios could not quite follow up his victory over defending champion Daniil Medvedev and lost in the quarterﬁnals to Karen Khachanov 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 at a rowdy Arthur Ashe Stadium.The match began Tuesday night and concluded at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. Early in the match, two spectators were kicked out after one gave the other a haircut in the stands. Khachanov will face No. 5 Casper Ruud on Friday for a berth in the championship match.

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— Annoyed Annoyed: This is me lightly suggesting you worry less about light ness and more about saying what you mean, and less to friends and more to your husband: “I think it’s fair to say I am not one to get jeal ous or accuse people of flirting with you.” This is true, right? (Because if it isn’t, then I need to build a different flow chart.)Then: “Would you agree with that?” He would say yes, right? If so: “Thank you, I appreciate that. Now please show me the courtesy of taking me at my word when I say the rector was crossing a line with you. If noth ing else, recognize that I felt uncomfortable — and I hope that is reason enough on its own to be mindful of boundaries with her.” It is okay to play the trust-me-on-this card where it’s warranted — and, in fact, that is why you want to keep this card playable in the first place. That means choosing a trustworthy partner, being a trust worthy partner and let ting those two realities handle the vast majority of your concerns with out reacting or saying a word.It’s also okay not to play the trust-me-onthis card here — not yet. This seems to have happened only once, so maybe a lonely person let her guard down and a kind but oblivious per son failed to pick up on that? So you can choose not to speak up, or even give it another thought, unless it happens again.

Yesterday’s Cryptoquote: A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song. — Maya Angelou Dear Carolyn: What do I do if the recently divorced female rector of my church is openly flirting with my hus band at a church re treat? I have described to several close friends her comments to my husband, and they agree that the comments ap pear to be flirtatious and areMyinappropriate.husbandisa hand some, kind man who re ally likes to be liked, but he’s also incredibly loyal and loving and is a wonderful husband. He doesn’t “see” any thing inappropriate, as a general matter, when I’ve lightly brought it up. I’m thinking I need to get confirmation from a third party who at tended the retreat and approach them lightly to see whether they no ticedAnotheranything.church is al ways an option, but he is a member of the vestry, so it’s a little complicat ed. Or I could ignore it and continue to be hap pily married, but it is annoying. Any advice would be much appreci ated.

Dear Dr. Roach: My brother-in-law (age 78) re cently developed demen tia. Everything after the age of about 20 is gone for him, and he lives in the past, though he does still connect with my sis ter. For some time now, he has taken a psycho pharmaceutical (Zoloft) for PTSD, stemming from earlier experiences. My question is, what is there to do in cases when past trauma(s) may have been erased from memory? Is there still a need to con tinue the medication? Is there any research on this matter? And, what about afflictions such as schizophrenia or bipolar and anxiety disorders that many presume to be attached to chemical problems in the brain? Do these, too, “disap pear” when the memory of earlier life disappears? —U.T. Answer: That’s an in teresting question that I couldn’t find a lot of writing on. I don’t think that past trauma entirely disappears from memory, even in people with de mentia. Furthermore, years of learned behav iors due to past trauma, or to mood disorders like anxiety and depression, will not change very eas ily. Still, in people with very severe dementia, psychiatric medications a person has used should be re-evaluated to see whether they are still needed.Schizophrenia may be a structural brain prob lem: Although schizo phrenia is probably not just one disease, there is evidence that schizo phrenia may be caused by abnormal “pruning” of neurons during ado lescence. People with schizophrenia and de mentia usually do ben efit from medication. Similarly, bipolar disease has clear evidence for ab normal gene expression, suggesting an underlying brain issue, which may need continued treat ment even in people with dementia.Theidea that depres sion and anxiety are caused by a chemical imbalance — specifi cally with the brain neu rotransmitter serotonin — may be an oversimpli fied explanation of a very complex issue. However, the medications we have remain moderately effec tive for depression.

Tell AboutMeIt HaxCarolyn Trust me on this, the church lady is flirting

— Anonymous Anonymous: It’s a re ality check, not a rule. It says, “These feelings are influenced in some part by novelty, which will go away.” That information can be used responsibly in many ways. As can the knowledge that you’ll still have the husband even if the kids don’t happen. So if you trust your judgment, then trust your judgment. (Con grats!)

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In the third quar ter, Donaldson blocked a punt deep in Pitts burgh territory. He lined up right of center and made a beeline to the left as Pitt’s Sam Vander Haar, a redshirt freshman, took several steps to his right. “We’d been practic ing it all week,” Don aldson said. “We’d been seeing they had a new punter and a new snapper, so their tim ing was not as perfect as it would be. So we called a ‘full-go’ call. And I saw him running out to the right and he was holding it.” West Virginia recov ered and Donaldson scored on a 5-yard run on the next play, car rying several Panthers into the end Donaldsonzone.had been inserted at running back early in the second quarter as a change-ofpace option for starter Tony Mathis and back up Justin Johnson. His first carry was a 44-yard run that set up West Virginia’s first touchdown. Donaldson finished with seven carries for 125 yards, the second-best perfor mance among Big 12 backs behind the 126 yards by Deuce Vaughn of Kansas State. “When my number was called, Tony told me to focus in and just live in the moment. And I was just living in the moment,” Donaldson said. “When the oppor tunity came, I took it. It was very eye-opening. I wasn’t expecting to see 75,000 people out there. I’m from high school. The most I ever played in front of was proba bly max 2,000. It was a very great experience.” Other special teams gems included: — D’Shawn Jamison of Texas blocked a Lou isiana-Monroe punt and teammate Keilan Robinson returned it 12 yards for a TD. Jami son later scored on a 69-yard interception return off a tipped pass in the 52-10 win. — Jereme Robinson of Kansas blocked a field goal try and team mate Jacobee Bryant scooped up the ball and returned it 61 yards for a TD in a 56-10 win over Tennessee Tech. It was the first such touch down for the Jayhawks since Patrick Brown did it against Oklaho ma in 1996.

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Wed. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Thurs. - Fri. 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. rivalries. And I’m ex cited to play a regional game. We played Stan ford, we’ve played Mis sissippi State. To have a regional game for our fans and our players, I think it’s really excit ing. And it’s really ex citing for all our fans who saw Mizzou come in here for all those years.”What makes their reunion Saturday so intriguing is that the stakes happen to be ex ceptionally high. The Tigers, who are coming off a losing sea son, welcomed an influx of transfers that played well in a season-open ing romp over Louisi ana Tech, raising hopes that Eli Drinkwitz can finally break through in his third year in charge. “We ain’t done noth ing. We’re 1-0, which is exactly what we want, but what happened last week — they don’t carry any of that over,” said Drinkwitz, who was a young quality control coach at Auburn the last time the Tigers and Wildcats met. “This is a whole new week with a new set of challenges,” Drinkwitz said. “They have a lot of really good players, and we’re on the road in a tough environment. We have to have a mature mindset.”TheWildcats wel comed back most of their key players, and the one they lost — quarterback Skyler Thompson — was re placed by prolific Ne braska transfer Adrian Martinez. The result was an as-expected 34-0 blowout of South Dako ta last Saturday night, which built some mo mentum that Kansas State intends to carry into Saturday’s show down.It’s not just the pros pect of a 2-0 start that makes the game import ant,Thethough.Tigers and Wild cats keep tangling on the recruiting trail, es pecially when it comes to the Kansas City metro area, which sits smack-dab between the two campuses. And win ning their long-awaited showdown will provide one of the programs some extra ammunition when it comes to sway ing top prep prospects. “Our guys are pumped,” Martinez said. “We started talking about it after our win. We’ll be ready for those guys.” The fact that Mar tinez already under stands the ramifications of the old rivalry speaks volumes: He grew up in California, about as far from the Heartland as possible, and played the past four years for Ne braska in the Big Ten. The same goes for Kansas State safety Kobe Savage, who like Martinez arrived on campus earlier this year. He grew up in Tex as and played two sea sons of junior college football before joining the Wildcats yet already is well aware of the his tory that his new pro gram shares with the one situated just across the border in Missouri. “I’m excited to be playing some SEC foot ball. I’m going to treat Mizzou like they’re Al abama,” Savage said. “I’m going to treat them like they’re the best team in the conference. There’s not going to be a drop-off from our game against South Dakota. “There’s probably go ing to be more juice,” he added, “but it’s not go ing to be anything less.”

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Big 12: Block party this past weekend

Meet Kubrick!Stanley

Despite his imposing name, Stanley Kubrick is quite a goofy and sweet boy. This 3-month-old kitten is in every way a classic kitten – he loves to explore, can be mischievous, and would love a good lap to snuggle in. He gets along with other cats, is litter trained, and loves to play with feather toys. His adoption fee is $75, including his neuter, current vaccinations and microchipping. Meet Kali Marie!

Love III took two other new comers to team compe tition with Max Homa, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour last season and Cameron Young, a 25-year-old who near ly won two majors as a rookie.The other picks went to three-time major champion Jordan Spi eth, two-time major champion Collin Mori kawa and Kevin Kisner, who thrives in match play and contended at Quail Hollow in the 2017 PGATheChampionship.PresidentsCup is Sept. 22-25 at Quail Hol low in Charlotte, North Carolina, and these matches would seem to be as lopsided as any since the event began in 1994 to give players from outside Europe a chance to play team competition like the Ryder wouldplayersImmelmanSaudi-fundedleavecertaintydelayedTuesday,outTrevorInternationalCup.captainImmelmanfilledhis12-manteamonpicksthatwereaweekoverunofwhowouldthePGATourforLIVGolf.lostfourwhootherwisehavebeenonthe team, including British Open champion Cam eron Smith and Louis Oosthuizen.Former Masters champion Hideki Mat suyama of Japan is the highest-ranked player on the International team at No. 16. The Americans counter with nine play ers from the top 15 in the world, and no one ranked lower than Kis ner at No. 26. “These guys, this is their 12-man team that has never played togeth er before,” Love said. “So they want to win for this team. So I don’t think we have to do too much messaging or mo tivation. Certainly you don’t want to be on a los ing team ever. And we know we are up against it. “Trevor is going to have a team that’s got a chip on their shoulder and that’s motivated and wants to prove that they can still be compet itive. We have to be care ful. Certainly these guys are not going to take it lyingHorscheldown.” played in the Walker Cup when he was in college, re nowned for his fiery matches with Rory McIlroy. But he never made it through quali fying or was picked for a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, usually a case of badHetiming.wonthe FedEx Cup in 2014 with a runner-up finish and two wins. But the two wins came after the captain’s picks were decided. Horschel won the Dell Match Play a year ago but was outside the qualifying and was not selected as a Ryder Cup pick. He won the Memorial this year and finished 11th in the U.S. standings.“I’vebeen around Bil ly a lot over the years and I haven’t figured that out, how to rein him in. You ride his wave a little bit,” Love said. “He can certainly be over the top sometimes. But that’s what we want.” Horschel is playing the BMW PGA Cham pionship at Wentworth this week, the Europe an tour’s flagship event that he won last year. Homa won his first PGA Tour title at Quail Hollow in the Wells Far go Championship and made no secret that get ting on the Presidents Cup was a chief goal. The leading six qual ifiers were Masters champion and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, PGA cham pion Justin Thomas, Sam Burns and Tony Finau. Thomas won his first PGA Champion ship at Quail Hollow in 2017.Love went down the standings for all the picks except Kisner, who finished behind Tom Hoge and J.T. Poston, both of whom won this year, neither of whom have played in a cup. Kisner went 2-0-2 in the 2017 Presidents Cup at Liberty National.

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