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County gets priority list for ARPA

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Allen County commissioners were given some clarity Tuesday on how much of their to-do list can be checked off by using federal COVID relief funds.

Lisse Regehr and Jonathan Goering with Thrive Allen County — which is administering more than $2.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds the county is receiving — presented commissioners a worksheet with rough figures on how much can be accomplished.

And while they are still awaiting cost estimates on such things as adding security measures in the courthouse, and creating a backup office for the 911 dispatch center, Regehr noted there are several projects that could be funded with the ARPA monies.

Topping the list is construction of a communications tower in central Allen County.

Regher encouraged commissioners to go ahead with the project using ARPA funds, because Thrive has See COUNTY | Page A4

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TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate completed Tuesday a rebuke of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a congressional redistricting map shifting moderate-voting Lawrence to the rural 1st District and realigning the 3rd District to weaken re-election prospects of the state’s lone Democratic U.S. representative.

The configuration crafted by the GOP-led Senate and House was rejected by Kelly, arguing it would improperly mangle the 3rd District of eastern Kansas by moving one-third of its Hispanic population and nearly half its Black population to the more rural 1st and 2nd districts.

The Senate failed Monday

Sen. Alicia Straub, R-Ellinwood, changed her vote Tuesday to support an override of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a new congressional redistricting map. (SHERMAN SMITH/KANSAS REFLECTOR) to muster the two-thirds majority required for an override. In the subsequent 24 hours, Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, secured the 27th vote to meet the minimum constitutional requirement for overriding a

governor’s veto. The question pivots to the House, which also would need a two-thirds majority in support of the map to complete the override.

The congressional map outlining new district boundaries for the state’s four rep-

resentatives — three Republicans, one Democrat — is expected to be the subject of a lawsuit.

“I am pleased that the Senate voted to override the governor’s veto,” Masterson said. “All in all, the Ad Astra 2 map will serve Kansas well for the next 10 years.”

Sen. Mark Steffen, R-Hutchinson, and Sen. Alicia Straub, R-Ellinwood, flipflopped from “no” to “yes” on the congressional map. Their decisions followed a Senate committee’s decision to endorse a bill sought by Steffen to derail the Kansas Board of Healing Arts’ investigation of doctors approving off-label treatments for COVID-19.

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ACC finds a new trustee

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola Area Chamber of Commerce Director Robin Schallie can add being an Allen Community College trustee to her resume.

Schallie was appointed to the board by the other five ACC trustees during their monthly meeting Monday.

A vacancy was created when Iola City Councilman Mark Peters, elected to the board as a write-in candidate, declined to fill the position after being notified that serving on the City Council and trustees board could be considered a conflict of interest.

Schallie is a former instructor, teaching at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wis., and most recently as an adjunct professor at Neosho County Community College.

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The trustees board of Allen Community College appointed Robin Schallie, Iola Area Chamber of Commerce director, to fill an open seat. She has taught at the college level for more than 30 years and recently taught as an adjunct professor at Neosho County Community College. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Accountant values soil conservation

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Phil Jarred, center, received the 2021 Bankers Soil Conservation Award. Presenting the award are Chad Guthrie, left, representing the Conservation District, and Heather Curry of Piqua State Bank.

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When Phil Jarred was young, his father, the late Dorrall Jarred, often offered a bit of advice: don’t ever farm ground without a terrace.

The lesson stuck, and proved true once again after Jarred bought about 200 acres of land on the east side of Humboldt Hill a few years back.

“We actually bought it for hunting,” Jarred said Tuesday, while receiving the Bankers Soil Conservation Award for 2021.

And while the high ground timber was ideal for seeking out trophy whitetail, the sloping areas leading up to the woods needed some work.

See, the slopes were riddled with sericea lespedeza, the invasive plant that has been a thorn in the sides of landowners for years.

Jarred, along with his brother, Jim, decided to tear up the farmland to get rid of the sericea lespedeza, but that led to another problem.

“The ground started washing away,” Jarred noted.

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Obituary Shelly McMurray Wendy Rachelle “Shelly” McMurray, 61, passed away Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at Salina Regional Hospital.

Shelly was born Aug. 22, 1960, in Iola, to Ralph James and Wilma Nadine (Boese) Reeder, Jr. On Sept. 25, 1993, Shelly married James “Jim” L. McMurray. He survives, as do daughters Valerie Gonzalez and Crystal Sicka (Shane); sons, Ben, Dennis (Rhiannon) and Andrew; and 14 grandchildren.

Son Scotty McMurray and parents, Ralph James Reeder Jr. and Wilma Nadine Reeder, preceded her in death.

Cremation has taken place. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Humboldt High School students making the honor roll for the first semester of the 2021-2022 school year are: Principal’s Honor Roll GPA 4.0 All A’s Seniors: Brooklyn Ellis, Landyn Reynolds, Madison Sinclair, Simon Stephens Juniors: Chloe Daniels, Maddox Johnson, Leah Mueller, Trey Sommer, Morgan Sterling, Raegan Trester, Anya-So-

phia Woods, Karley Wools, Elias Works Sophomores: Landon Bauer, Garren Goodner, Kayla Scott, Alejandro Vargas-Garcia, Freshmen: Sydnea Bumstead, Colden Cook, Gracie Dillow, Blake Ellis, Cassidy Friend, Aisley Galloway, Anna Heisler, Kyler Isbell, Shelby Shaughnessy, Avery Works Teacher’s Honor Roll GPA 3.5-3.99 Seniors:

House OKs spending bill to avert shutdown ByJENNIFER SHUTT Kansas Reflector

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a bill Tuesday night that would keep the U.S. government up and running through March 11.

The short-term funding bill, the third one of this fiscal year, is designed to give negotiators more time to reach a bipartisan agreement on full-year spending bills — a task they’ve so far been unable to accomplish more than four months past their deadline.

“It’s unfortunate that we’re here again today to pass another continuing resolution,” Minnesota Democrat Betty McCollum said. “I know that the appropriators on both sides of the aisle want to get a full, fiscal year 2022 omnibus done as soon as possible.”

The stopgap bill comes about 10 months after President Joe Biden sent Congress the first budget request of his presidency, proposing lawmakers increase domestic and foreign aid accounts by about

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16.5 percent while boosting defense spending by about 1.6 percent.

Republicans quickly rejected those funding levels, saying that ongoing threats from Russia, China and other hostile nations warrant a much higher defense spending level.

The House and Senate Armed Services committees agreed on a bipartisan basis in December to boost defense spending by 5 percent more this fiscal year, but the annual defense policy bill only authorizes the expenditure. It’s up to the Appropriations Committee to actually fund the Defense Department, as well as the vast majority of the federal government.

So far, appropriators haven’t been able to nail down an agreement on how much to increase spending on dozens of federal agencies, including the National Park Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Congress has leaned on temporary funding patches to avoid a government shutdown.

Lawmakers voted in September to begin the new fiscal year under a continuing resolution that lasted through Dec. 3. During that two-month extension, Democrats and Republicans didn’t make any significant progress, opting to use a second-short term spending measure to keep the lights on through Feb. 18.

Negotiations have picked up the pace during the last few weeks, but both political parties say they need more time to decide exactly how much to spend on federal programs this year. That is why the House voted 272-162 Tuesday to send the Senate a third, threeweek continuing resolution.

New, full-year appropriations bills are also needed to fully implement the bipartisan infrastructure bill Congress approved last year.

“It is essential that we enact an omnibus in order to unlock billions in more federal dollars for infrastruc-

ture projects,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday during floor debate. “While they were in the infrastructure bill, the money cannot be spent unless we pass the omnibus.”

Democrats and Republicans are in agreement they’d like this to be the last time they kick the can down the road, in part because these stopgap bills mostly bar federal departments from starting new projects and hold down federal spending to levels last agreed to in December 2020.

“Our military commanders and their civilian bosses badly need our country to escape the hamster wheel of chronic continuing resolutions,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. “The urgent task of continuing to modernize and strengthen our military requires predictable budgeting and advance planning.”

The Kentucky Republican said his party would only back a spending deal if it provided parity, or equal percent increases, to the defense and nondefense accounts.

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Incentives plan for new industry nears passage TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are close to authorizing more than $1 billion in state incentives in hopes of attracting an undisclosed $4 billion project from an unnamed company.

The Republican-controlled House voted 80-41 on Tuesday to approve a bill that would set up a new program within the state Department of Commerce to offer such a big package of incentives to a single company this year and another firm again in 2023. The GOP-controlled Senate expects to vote on the measure Wednesday, and its approval would send it to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.

The bill also would cut the state’s corporate income tax by a half-per-

centage point with each deal.

Kelly pushed for a new incentives program in hopes of luring the $4 billion project to Kansas. Officials have said Kansas is competing with another state and that the company expects to make a decision on the site for its project within three weeks.

Lawmakers in both parties remained frustrated that details about the company or its proposed project haven’t been disclosed publicly.

Kelly’s version of the measure would have allowed more incentives over a shorter period of time. Republicans rewrote the bill to make it less generous, spread out the incentives over a longer time and require legislative leaders to sign off on a deal.

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Kansas regulators approve natural gas utility’s plan to recoup $366 million from customers

By ALLISON KITE Kansas Reflector

Customers of Kansas’ largest natural gas utility will see their bills go up in the wake of last winter’s deep freeze — but it’s still unclear by how much and for how long.

Kansas regulators on Tuesday approved an agreement with the Kansas Gas Service to recoup $366 million in excess natural gas costs, incurred to keep residents’ heat on when temperatures last February plunged below freezing for days on end and natural gas prices rose by 200 times almost overnight.

During the freeze, which resulted in deaths and dayslong outages in Texas, the Kansas Cor-

resented a settlement in which KGS agreed to trim some of its carrying costs on the sum from the storm. It brought the total Kansans will pay down from $390 million.

But KGS customers won’t know how much more they’ll pay — or for how long — until the gas utility files for securitization and issues bonds to be repaid over five to 10 years. The KCC estimated monthly bills would rise, on average, between $5 and $7.

In a statement, KGS said it was pleased with the order.

“We prioritize keeping our customers safe and warm during these extreme weather events and aim to recover the unprecedented costs from the high natural

The Calista Compressor Station serves the Kansas Gas Service’s network in Kansas. The utility received approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission to recoup $366 million from customers. (KANSAS GAS SERVICE)

poration Commission ordered utilities to do everything they could to keep providing gas and electric service and defer the costs.

“A lesser response could have resulted in catastrophic property damage and serious public safety implica-

tions, including potential loss of life,” the commission said in a news release. “When extraordinary costs are unavoidable and necessary to benefit the public, it is in the public interest to allow recovery of such costs.”

The agreement rep-

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against the coronavirus, is under investigation by the state regulatory board.

That same bill would allow children to sidestep vaccination requirements put in place by child-care facilities and schools, which is a provision endorsed by Steffen and Straub.

“I’ve never stood for anything really that our current governor has stood for,” Straub said.

“What I do stand for is freedom, and freedom from fear. This is not about standing with the governor. It’s standing for freedom.”

Another pair of “no” votes Monday on the map by Sen. Dennis Pyle, R-Hiawatha, and Sen. John Doll, R-Garden City, were changed to “present and passing.”

Sen. David Haley, a Democrat from Kansas City, Kansas, said he was disturbed GOP law-

makers were so intent on diluting communities of interest by breaking up Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids’ 3rd District of Wyandotte, Johnson and Miami counties. The map labeled Ad Astra 2 will harm representation of both urban and rural Kansans, he said.

In the new map, the top half of Wyandotte County would become part of the 2nd District held by GOP Rep. Jake LaTurner. To appease LaTurner, the new map swept Lawrence out of his 2nd District and into the 1st District served by GOP U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann. The 1st District stretches to the Colorado border.

Bottom line: The GOP nominee in the new 3rd District has a better chance of beating Davids.

“I hope that whomever got them to change their mind will get what it is they bar-

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ous effort to rebuild several terraces to stem the soil erosion, and reroute waterways through the parcel of land.

“It’s really made a difference,” Jarred said. “We’re pretty happy with it.”

Jarred, an accountant with Jarred, Gilmore and Phillips PA out of Chanute, was in Iola to receive the award from the Allen County Conservation District.

Typically, such an honor is recognized at the Conservation District’s annual meeting, but that meeting is being held virtually because of COVID-19.

In its stead was a de-

cidedly more low-key ceremony.

On hand for the presentation were Chad Guthrie, representing the Conservation District, and Heather Curry of Piqua State Bank.

Jarred, whose brother oversees the terrace work and other farming tasks, co-owns the land with daughter Janae, who lives and works in Owensboro, Ky. “She probably doesn’t have much interest in farm ground,” Jarred chuckled. “Her husband does, though.

That’s why we started it.”

Jarred and wife Karen have three daughters, all grown.

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ees picked Schallie over three others who had expressed an interest in the vacancy, former ACC instructor and trustee Larry Manes, Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center Executive Director Nathan Fawson and former Iola City Councilman Gene Myrick.

Three of the five

trustees, Gena Clounch, Jessica Thompson and Vicki Curry, voted for Schallie; Lonnie Larson and Jenny Spillman voted for Fawson.

Larson encouraged the other hopefuls to consider running for the board during the next election cycle.

“This was a difficult decision,” he said.

gained for,” Haley said.

“We have no desire to become more rural in the division that is in this map. Ad Astra clearly takes the values of an inclusive, broader community into a more rural, homogenized if you will, spectrum in our state.”

There was no full-throated Senate debate during Round Two of this redistricting conflict, but Democrats not pleased with the outcome voiced their criticism.

“This map is a trav-

esty,” said Sen. Cindy Holscher, an Overland Park Democrat. “It does not serve the people.

When we do things like this, democracy dies a little bit.”

Senate Democratic Leader Dinah Sykes, D-Lenexa, joined Haley in denouncing “backroom deals” struck by GOP leadership to find the 27th vote for an override.

“I am disappointed with this chamber and in the leadership on the other side of the aisle,” Sykes said.

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A separate settlement between KGS’ large customers, like school districts and manufacturers, is still to come and could reduce the burden on residential customers by as much as $50 million, said David Nickel, executive director of the Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board, which advocates for residential and small business customers of Kansas utilities.

Nickel said CURB supported moving quickly to reach a deal for customers to repay the funds with the hopes of getting low interest rates. He acknowledged “it seems

like a lot of money, and it is,” and said the board was concerned about potential manipulation or price-gouging in the natural gas market.

If ongoing investigations by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt or federal regulators reveal manipulation, the settlement says any recouped funds need to go back to ratepayers, something Nickel emphasized is important to CURB. Nickel said the negotiations also yielded a promise from KGS to develop a payment plan program for low-income customers by the end of this year.

Nickel said it’s significant that Kansans didn’t lose heat en masse or suffer deaths because of outages.

Sheriff: Man shot in Topeka after he drove toward deputy TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Shawnee County Sheriff ’s deputy fatally shot a man in Topeka because the suspect was driving a car toward the deputy, according to Sheriff Brian Hill.

Jason Ickler, 38, was shot at a Topeka Quality Inn on Sunday, Hill said in a news release.

Hill said deputies went to a hotel to arrest Ickler on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude police, interference with law

enforcement, and reckless driving after an incident in Topeka on Friday.

Ickler jumped out of a hotel window and got into a vehicle. When a deputy approached, Ickler accelerated and drove toward the deputy, who fired as he tried to avoid being hit, Hill said.

Ickler died at the scene. The deputy’s name has not been released.

An investigation is continuing.

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CenturyLink participates in a government benefit program (Lifeline) to make residential telephone or broadband service more affordable to eligible low-income individuals and families. Eligible customers are those that meet eligibility standards as defined by the Federal Communications Commission and state commissions. Residents who live on federally recognized Tribal Lands may qualify for additional Tribal benefits if they participate in certain federal eligibility programs. The Lifeline discount is available for only one telephone or broadband service per household and can be on either wireline or wireless service. Broadband speeds must be 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload or faster to qualify.

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Schools’ mask mandates ease as states see ‘inflection point’

By ELISE YOUNG and NIC QUEROLO Bloomberg News/TNS

Some U.S. governors are taking broad steps to discontinue school masking, saying the pandemic precaution is outweighed by widespread vaccination, lower transmission and the need for unimpeded instruction.

Governor Ned Lamont late Monday recommended that Connecticut end its mask mandate for schools and daycares on Feb. 28. New Jersey, where more than 1-in-9 residents is a public-school student, will end its order next month for 1.3 million in kindergarten through high school. Similar moves may come soon in New York and California.

“We’re not going to manage COVID to zero,” New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Monday. “We have to learn how to live with COVID as we move from a pandemic to the endemic phase of this virus. We are finally nearing this inflection point.”

Masks in schools have been among the most politically charged COVID policy issues as officials attempt to balance public health with growing cries for normalcy. Parents, teachers and politicians have debated whether masks cause more harm than good

Students arrive wearing masks to Kozminski Community Academy in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood on Monday. (JOSE M. OSORIO/CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS) for children and whether mandates overstep government authority.

New Jersey’s schoolmask mandate will lift March 7. In Connecticut, mayors and school superintendents will be able to make decisions on masks themselves to reflect local conditions, Lamont said in a news conference. “We’re in a very different place than we were six months ago,” said Lamont, a Democrat.

Delaware Governor John Carney Jr., another Democrat, will end an indoor mask mandate on Friday and one in schools at the end of March.

In California, which is easing COVID rules as omicron tapers, officials

will consider revising broad school mask rules in the coming week, the Department of Public Health said late Monday.

“Vaccines for children under 5 are around the corner, and access to COVID-19 treatments is improving,” Tomás J. Aragón, the state public health officer, said in a news release.

“With things moving in the right direction, we are making responsible modifications.”

Challenges from mask foes are spawning legal rulings that have some districts puzzling over how to conduct lessons.

In Virginia, the state’s highest court on Monday backed Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s order to allow

parents to ignore classroom mask mandates.

In Illinois, a Feb. 4 ruling by a Sangamon County judge bolstered anti-masking parents and led Governor J.B. Pritzker to criticize what he called a confusing order.

The “ruling is out of step with the vast majority of legal analyses in Illinois and across the nation,” Pritzker said at a Monday news conference, where he outlined steps to appeal. Districts such as Chicago with masking as part of labor agreements should continue the practice, he said.

With the pandemic in its second year in the U.S., masking children strikes nerves like few

other measures. Schoolboard meetings have erupted with parents arguing that masks infringe upon First Amendment rights, quash communication, stunt social development and otherwise interfere with lessons.

Mask backers, meanwhile, point to risk among young children who aren’t yet eligible for shots and data showing that masks reduce transmission. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends universal indoor masking for all students ages 2 and up and all staff, teachers and visitors to schools, regardless of vaccination status.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the White House continued to advise school districts to abide by federal health guidelines, even as the Democratic governors changed their policies.

“We recommend masking in schools,” Psaki said.

Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, told CBS’s “Face the Nation” just two weeks ago that it was too soon to lift school mandates. This past weekend, his message had changed.

“A lot of kids haven’t known a normal school day for two years,” Got-

tlieb said. “We need to try to lean forward aggressively to try to restore that.”

As of Feb. 2, COVID cases in the U.S. were down 53% from their peak on Jan. 15, according to the CDC. In the week ended Feb. 5, new hospital admissions for COVID were 40% below their record high.

Fifteen states, including California, New York and Illinois, have broad school mask mandates, while eight, including Republican-led Texas and Florida, forbid them, according to the National Academy for State Health Policy, a Washington-based nonpartisan policy group. As the nation’s overall transmission rate wanes, even health experts remain divided on whether it’s time to trash masks in schools.

“Scientifically speaking, without question, transmission is still high right now,” said Anna Bershteyn, an assistant professor of population health at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine.

Less than a third of children 5-11 are vaccinated with at least one dose, according to data from the Mayo Clinic.

“For virtually anywhere right now, this moment is not a time to relax those layers,” Bershteyn said.

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been unsuccessful in securing other grants to help with the project.

The problem is because the communications tower is not dedicated to adding broadband internet access, Regehr explained, a point of emphasis across the country.

The communications tower is more for safety and communications services, Regehr said.

“The grants are primarily for fiber and broadband” projects.

The project could cost as much as $969,000, although Regehr noted the actual cost would be lower. In fact, the county already has a bid from Hayden Tower service for $875,000.

Regehr said the team that looked over the to-do list intentionally overshot cost estimates to ensure the county wouldn’t be surprised by cost overruns down the road.

Also ranking high on the worksheet is improving the water service to Rural Water District No. 8, which includes Allen County Airport.

Regehr estimated such a project would cost about $640,000, but could also utilize other grant or loan monies.

She also will reach out to others in the water district and from Iola to determine if either entity could be a part of the project.

Other items the county could consider, and their expected costs: • Adding restroom facilities at three county barns ($82,000) • Extending the county’s transportation service through June ($34,000) • Updating restrooms in the Southwind Extension Building (7,200)

• Employee premium pay for county workers during the COVID-19 pandemic ($159,000) • Purchasing additional personal protective equipment for county employees $22,000 Funds already have been earmarked for placing storm shelters in Petrolia, Mildred, Elsmore, Savonburg and north Iola ($254,000); another $11,000 for a labor study for economic development, $2,354 to architect’s designs to remodel the Allen County District Courtroom; and the administrative fees to Thrive to oversee the ARPA grant ($96,101, or 4% of the total ARPA grant.)

All told, the project list would account for nearly all of the $2.4 million, with about $123,000 left over, but that does not include the inflated projections, Regehr noted.

Commissioners Bruce Symes and Jerry Daniels both noted the list gives some guidance to the county.

“I wonder about the placement of an item or two, but some of that will be determined by timing,” Symes said.

“Some will just be set by our discussion.”

“What order we do this as far as timing, and when the dollars are spent, I don’t think is going to be an issue,” Daniels added.

And while commissioners previously decided to in-house projects with the ARPA funds — they were deluged with requests from governmental units across the county — one item may still remain to help another group.

Daniels noted residents from the Elsmore and Savonburg area were seeking county help for its water infra-

structure. The difference for them is that a portion of the district also lies in Bourbon and Neosho counties.

Getting that project accomplished is requiring a group effort, Daniels said.

“If other entities are in, and it may not happen because we’re not involved, then we need to look at that,” Daniels said.

IOLAN RANDY Riebel, who has expressed concerns about voting integrity for local, state and national elections, returned to relay testimony offered to state legislators about voter registration issues facing the state.

Riebel rattled off a list of peculiar items including two names on voting lists from people who were two centuries old, and thousands of voters using initials for their first names; while others have no street addresses.

He also questioned how registration rolls are so much larger than they should be. He said more than 95% of Allen County’s population is registered to vote, despite the fact that some elections have less than 20% voter participation.

Riebel said his biggest concern was that registration and voting is done via computer, and using voting machines makes Kansas prone to abuse.

“Our problem is being on the internet, using voting machines,” Riebel said. “We should be going back to paper … Get off of the internet.”

His suggestions were rebuffed by County Clerk Sherrie Riebel, who spelled out the security measures with voter information, and

how that information connects all 105 counties with the Secretary of State’s office.

Anybody able to hack that system will have done their homework, Riebel said, because the measures are being constantly upgraded.

Riebel also explained how having paper-only registration could be worse, because then a voter could more easily register in multiple counties.

The best way to keep registration lists up to date is for Kansans to return registration cards when they’re sent in the mail each year.

That way, if somebody has moved, county election officers would know to remove that person from the list.

And while Riebel monitors obituaries locally, there’s often no way to know if a registered voter has died out of state.

The only way Riebel, or any other elections officer, will remove a voter from the rolls is if the voter has not cast a ballot in consecutive general elections.

“There’s a reason we send out those little blue cards each year,” Riebel said. “When people don’t send them back in, we can’t do anything about it.”

The commissioners thanked Riebel for his comments, noting that any further complaints he had would be better served if voiced to state lawmakers.

“We get our marching orders from the Secretary of State’s Office,” Daniels noted. “I feel good about the integrity of our local elections.”

IN OTHER business, commissioners: • Heard from 911 director Chelsie Angleton, who provided a comparison of what en-

try level dispatchers get paid in other countries, compared to Allen. She hopes to see new dispatchers see a bump in pay from $15.45 an hour to $17 per hour.

• Were told by Sheriff Bryan Murphy that he, too, is boosting entry pay for new employees.

New deputies will receive $17 an hour; jailers $15 an hour, and office workers $14 an hour.

Those add-ons will be absorbed into his budget, Murphy said.

• Approved the purchase of a $719 stove and $699 refrigerator from Flynn Appliance to outfit the kitchen area of the new Senior Center in Humboldt.

• Approved the purchase of a $925 bypass filter feeder for the courthouse HVAC treatment system. The filter should extend the life of the HVAC system, grounds superintendent Ron Holman said.

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Letters to the editor Dear editor,

I agree with the previous letters to the editor published in the Register that the old Arkhaven Nursing Home should be voted for rezoning to R-2 at the Feb. 14 city council meeting.

We need this housing for the future growth of Iola.

I believe the public greater good overrides personal complaints of the residents of that area of Iola. In fact, I have felt this way for quite a while.

Here is a quote from a letter I wrote to the editor that was published on April 25, 2017: “The former Guest Home Estates on North Walnut Street is slowly falling into disrepair. Could these be remodeled and turned into low-income apartments? The building seems to be structurally sound.”

I had in mind income-based rents, but these proposed today are market-based. In any case, we still need what Mr. Rocky Meo of Meo Development is offering.

I would hope that a legally binding contract would be written for Meo Developments to sign for what would

cover possible loopholes to protect the city of Iola.

I still feel we need to continue to pursue a plan through Thrive to replace the many houses that have been condemned and torn down in Iola and around the county over the years.

Sincerely, Paul Zirjacks, Iola, Kan. To Mayor French and members of the Iola Council,

Iola needs to change the zoning on North Walnut. Our town needs affordable housing.

We lost so many homes in the 2007 flood. Many older homes have been removed and not replaced and now stand as empty lots.

Please do not let a handful of people stop Iola’s progress.

Thank you, Mrs. Rosemary Bass, Iola, Kan. Dear editor,

A few weeks ago after the Iola Planning Commission decided not to rezone the old Arkhaven nursing facility I went up there and drove

around all the buildings and came to this conclusion: The buildings are all brick and appear in good shape on the outside. On one building, there are a few bricks that need some repair but that should be easy.

When I was there a young man pulled up into the parking area on the south side and began to work on his car. There were several cars needing attention on the south side of the street.

The man who wants to renovate the building into apartments should be welcomed with open arms. This is the answer to our prayers.

He will put a new roof on all of the buildings. He plans to remodel the insides and install all new plumbing and electricity.

Each apartment will have an outside door to their parking. There will be no inside hallways like motels.

Some will be one bedroom and some two bedrooms. No doubt each will have a living room, kitchen and separate meters.

There is a real need in Iola for decent housing. The jobs are here. Russell Stover can

Masterson muscles thru override

hire more than one hundred right now. There are jobs at Gates and maybe Peerless.

You can drive all over Iola and see places that really need to be torn down but Arkhaven isn’t one of them.

On Facebook a few weeks ago some of the neighbors near Arkhaven were complaining. There are always a few who are determined to throw a monkey wrench into someone else’s plans for improvement.

I do not understand why when opportunity knocks, the city will not open the door and welcome new people. Someone mentioned traffic. Traffic. Give me a break.

But if it is so bad, build a road to the west to connect with State Street.

Remember when Dave Yokum sold his funeral home to Reuben Feuerborn and he bought and remodeled the church east of Iola? People griped about the traffic, and how pulling out onto the highway would be so dangerous and cause accidents.

That has not occurred.

And the funeral home is a lovely addition to Iola.

Thrive has done wonders

for Iola and several small towns in Allen County. And their economic development director knows what he is doing by helping people see that Iola is a great place to do business.

Some people just like to grumble.

I have lived in Allen County since 1944 and grew up in Moran and have owned land in Allen County since 1955.

Let’s give this man a chance. He can afford to do all he has promised, things that you and I can’t or won’t.

I sincerely hope Iola Council members vote yes to rezone the property.

When opportunity knocks, it won’t stand there and break down the door. It will move on to where it feels welcome.

Moran was a lovely place from the 1940s until the 1980s.

But it didn’t welcome new business and people to town and it breaks my heart to remember when it was thriving.

Iola has lost business to Humboldt and Chanute. Let’s not let that happen again.

Norma Sager Stahl, Iola, Kan.

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And with it legislation that exempts children of all vaccinations

By CLAY WIRESTONE Kansas Reflector

It took a day, and the possible reintroduction of polio and measles to Kansas schoolchildren, but Senate President Ty Masterson got the redistricting map he wanted.

On Monday evening, after a brutal multi-hour lockdown, the Senate failed to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of their egregiously gerrymandered “Ad Astra 2” map. End of story, right? Wrong. Masterson, who had forced the map through committee with his usual oily smarm, made sure to reserve the right to reconsider it Tuesday.

Then the miracles began to happen.

Notoriously anti-vaccine Sen. Mark Steffen, R-Hutchinson, had been one of the votes against the map, concerned about including deep-blue Lawrence in the rural 1st District. He’s a dangerous crank, but Masterson needed his vote.

So on Tuesday morning, we witnessed the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee passing out a Steffen bill that would “give doctors free range to use any drug for COVID-19 treatment and require pharmacists to fill the prescription, while remov-

ing protections for both doctors and pharmacists from civil liability if patients are harmed by the treatment,” according to reporting from Kansas Reflector’s Sherman Smith. “Lawmakers also added language from another of Steffen’s bills that would allow children to opt out of any kind of vaccine requirement at day care facilities and schools without being questioned.”

The panel then jammed both bills into the “shell” of a measure already passed by the House. That means that no further hearings on the dangerous contents would be needed.

Don’t worry, though, if that sounds shameful and undemocratic. It’s just the way things work!

“For those of you listening online that are getting an impression that this is something unique in committees, it is not,” said Sen. Richard Hilderbrand, a Galena Republican. “This is something done every session. This just happens to be on this certain bill. So I don’t want you to be misled that this is something unique.”

Sure enough, a bit before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, the full Senate reconvened and voted to reconsider the veto override. Steffen switched his

vote, as did Alicia Straub, R-Ellinwood, who explained she was in favor of “freedom.” The governor’s veto was overridden, and the map lives to see another day.

More ominously, though, Steffen’s bill on childhood vaccinations opens the door wide to weaken one of the most impressive public health achievements of our time. Think of once-common childhood illnesses — polio, measles, whooping cough, chicken pox — that have been all but eliminated thanks to safe and effective vaccines.

As Kansas Action for Children’s Heather Braum pointed out on Twitter, our state already has a religious exemption for childhood vaccines. This bill creates a “philosophical” exemption that could all but eliminate hard-won victories against needless childhood deaths.

One hopes the bill won’t make it through the Senate, House and collision with Gov. Laura Kelly. But hopes can wither quickly when faced with political necessity.

Masterson achieved his goal. He bent the Senate to his will.

All it took was his fellow senators’ willingness to sacrifice the health of future generations of Kansas school kids.

Richard Pearman loved music. Of his 26 instruments, the fiddle was his favorite. Pearman recalled his father had to hide his fiddle in a hollow log because his family considered fiddle-playing sinful. Pearman never learned to read music. He died at age 98 in 2016.

How to contact Iola’s elected officials Yet to be determined

Iola Mayor Steve French steve.french@cityofiola. com

Iola City Council Ward 1 Josiah D’Albini josiah.dalbini@cityofiola.com

Iola City Council Ward 1 Nickolas Kinder nickolas.kinder@ cityofiola.com

Iola City Council Ward 2 Joel Wicoff joel.wicoff@cityofiola. com

Iola City Council Ward 2 Carl Slaugh carl.slaugh@cityofiola. com

Iola City Council Ward 3 Kim Peterson kim.peterson@cityofiola.com

Iola City Council Ward 3 Nich Lohman nich.lohman@cityofiola. com

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Chief Justice John Roberts’ grip slips as SCOTUS conservatives curb voting rights

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R- Ky., speaks during a press conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon on Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C. (ANNA MONEYMAKER/ GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

McConnell denounces censure of Republicans

By MELANIE MASON McConnell, who and SEEMA MEHTA gave his first remarks Los Angeles Times/TNS about the resolution

WASHINGTON — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said it was “not the job” of the Republican National Committee to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the House investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, which he described as a “violent insurrection” in contrast to the party’s resolution characterizing it as “legitimate political discourse.”

His blunt rebuke of the RNC’s actions on Friday contrasted sharply with House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who declined to say whether he supported the move, and a fellow member of House Republican leadership who said the party acted within its rights.

The resolution’s continuing reverberations laid bare the unresolved tensions within the Republican Party, between those who want to keep the focus solely on Democrats in the run-up to this year’s midterm elections, and former President Donald Trump and his loyalists who are fixated on punishing his political opponents and relitigating the 2020 presidential race.

Cheney, of Wyoming, and Kinzinger, of Illinois, especially have been targets of the former president’s ire for being the only two Republicans to serve on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, in which a mob of Trump supporters overran the U.S. Capitol in hopes of preventing the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.

The RNC censure slammed the panel as a “Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.”

Trump cheered the resolution on Friday, disparaging Cheney and Kinzinger as “RINOs,” for Republicans in Name Only, and stating that “the Republican Party would be far better off without them!”

But the censure was almost immediately denounced by some Republicans as whitewashing the horrors of that day, stoking divisions within the party and distracting from the GOP’s mission to make 2022 a referendum on Democratic governance.

on Tuesday, was pointed in describing what happened on Jan. 6.

“It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent a peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election from one administration to the next,” he said at his weekly Capitol Hill news conference.

He said the RNC’s move to single out Cheney and Kinzinger was a break from the norm of the party not involving itself in primary fights.

“Traditionally, the view of the national party committee is that we support all members of our party, regardless of their positions on some issues,” he added.

McCarthy, stopped in the Capitol hallways by a CNN reporter Tuesday, said the party resolution was not referring to those who committed violent acts. (The text of the censure has no specific denunciation of the day’s violence.)

“Everybody knows anybody who broke in and caused damage that was not called for — those people, we said from the very beginning, should be in jail,” McCarthy said. “What they were talking about is the six RNC members who (the Jan. 6 committee) subpoenaed who weren’t even here, who were in Florida that day.”

He later speedwalked away from an ABC News reporter asking about the resolution, saying she should make an appointment with his office.

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts was once in the vanguard as the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the Voting Rights Act. But as his more conservative colleagues showed this week in restoring a Republican-drawn Alabama congressional map, Roberts is no longer in control.

Roberts joined the three liberal justices in dissent as the court blocked a lower court ruling that said the landmark 1965 law required Alabama to have a second heavily Black district.

It’s the latest order from a court whose bold reshaping of the law is leaving its chief justice on an island, often backing his fellow Republican appointees on their general direction but trying unsuccessfully to slow them down. Roberts was similarly in dissent last year when the same five-justice majority let Texas’ six-week abortion ban take effect.

“The chief justice’s opinions signal that while he doesn’t necessarily disagree with the direction in which his conservative colleagues are going, he does not agree with how they’re getting there,” said David Strauss, a constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago law school.

“They are moving too quickly, without paying enough attention to the proper role of the Supreme Court, and, in the Alabama voting rights case, without the respect due to very conscientious lower court judges.”

The Alabama dispute is the first Supreme Court test for the new districts being drawn around the country to govern the next decade’s elections. The case could affect Texas, where President Joe Biden’s administration is challenging the state’s voting maps, and potentially other states whose district lines are under scrutiny from civil rights groups.

Although Roberts said the court was right to accept the case for review, he would have left the lower court ruling in effect for the November election. In all likelihood, that would have given Alabama a second

Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Standing from left: Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (ERIN SCHAFF-POOL/ GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

secret of his distaste for what he sees as racial categorizations. “It is a sordid business, this divvying up by race,” he wrote in a 2006 redistricting case. The following year, he wrote in a school integration case that “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

And he wrote the court’s 2013 decision gutting a Voting Rights Act provision that required jurisdictions with a deep history of discrimination to get federal clearance before changing their voting rules. “Things have changed dramatically” in the South since the law was enacted in 1965, he wrote in that case, Shelby County v. Holder.

But the decision Monday was less about sweeping legal principles than proper litiga-

Black — and Democratic — representative in the House next year.

His stance could change once the court takes up the case on the merits. Given his track record in voting and race cases, Roberts, 67, is likely to be sympathetic to Alabama’s contention that it shouldn’t have to carve out a second Black district. The state, which is 27% Black, says it didn’t consider race in drawing its seven districts and shouldn’t have to elevate race over traditional redistricting criteria.

Roberts said Monday that past Supreme Court decisions governing so-called vote dilution claims “have engendered considerable disagreement and uncertainty,” suggesting he was prepared to take a fresh look at those precedents.

Roberts has made no

tion procedures. Two of the justices in the majority, Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito, said it was too close to the November election — and Alabama’s May primaries — to force the state to change its voting districts.

They pointed to a 2006 Supreme Court decision that said federal courts shouldn’t change voting rules just before the election. Kavanaugh said the lower court order “would require heroic efforts by those state and local authorities in the next few weeks — and even heroic efforts likely would not be enough to avoid chaos and confusion.”

Dissenting Justice Elena Kagan assailed that reasoning, saying the election was months away and the three-judge panel had moved with “astonishing speed.”

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Iola gallops past Buffalos

By REESE BECKER The Iola Register

One night after a hard loss to Wellsville, Iola High School’s boys basketball got back in the win column on Tuesday, dominating Prairie View 67-53. Three Mustangs, Eli Adams, Landon Weide, and Tyler Boeken scored in double digits.

Iola was sluggish early, turning the ball over and letting the Buffalos run out to an 8-4 lead in the first. Iola quickly tied it when Weide hit a jumper to bring it even at 8-8. The Mustangs went on a run and were out to a 19-12 lead in a flash.

While the defense forced turnovers, the offense limited them to 10 all game, a huge improvement from the norm this season.

Iola took advantage of the turnovers and converted them into points on fast breaks.

At the half, the Mustangs led 28-21.

Iola opened after the break on a 4-1 run and went up 3222. Iola continued to dominate on defense, preventing the Buffalos any open looks and attacking the basket on the defensive end by blocking shots and rebounding. On offense, Iola got to the paint with ease and drove points to the bucket.

Prairie View cut the lead to

44-31 late in the third. A few shots late in the fourth by Prairie View made the game closer on the scoreboard than it was on the floor.

In the end, Iola held on for its third win of the season.

One big key for the Mustangs was accuracy from the free throw line. The Mustangs made 14 of their 17 foul shots compared to Prairie View’s 5-16 from the line.

Iola’s junior varsity team won 50-7. Cortland Carson led with 12 points. Ben Kerr had seven. Eli Adams had six.

Travis Wanker, Japheth Rutoh, Lucas Maier, and Gage Skahan had four. Mac Leonard had three. Jake Skahan, Grady Dougherty, and Cody Wille had two.

Iola is 3-13 and is back in action Friday against Anderson County.

IOLA (10-18-21-18—67) FG/3pt FT F TP Weide 3/1 3 3 12 Adams 5 1 3 11 Fager 2 1 3 5 Carson 2 3 2 7 Riley 2 2 1 6 Leonard 4 2 0 10 Morrison 1 2 1 4 Boeken 6 0 4 12 TOTALS: 25/1 14 17 27 PRAIRIE VIEW (10-11-16-16—53) Pugh 2/1 1 3 8 Walker 7 3 3 17 Murrilo 1/1 0 2 3 Konitzer 1/1 0 0 3 Theis 3/1 1 4 10 Robbins 3/2 0 3 12 TOTALS: 15/6 5 15 57

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Iola High’s Tyler Boeken (25) muscles up for a shot Tuesday against Prairie View. REGISTER/REESE BECKER

Cubs keep on rolling NEODESHA — February is shaping up to be a mighty fun month for Humboldt High’s Cubs.

On Tuesday, Humboldt blasted out to an 18-2 lead over host Neodesha and never looked back in a 67-21 romp.

And while it’s probably too soon to declare February a trend, it’s not too early to note the Cubs have upped their level of play, head coach David Taylor said.

“We’ve talked about stringing a couple of good practices together, and not taking steps back,” Taylor said.

“We’ve had two good games this month, and hopefully we can keep stringing things together. We just want to keep getting better.”

Teams would be hard pressed to improve on what Humboldt has shown this month, outscoring its two opponents by a collective 126-31.

And, as it usually does for Humboldt, the Cubs’ success was keyed by their defense.

“Our defense and rebounding allows us to get out in transition,” Taylor said. “We See CUBS | Page B3

Heartbreak at home

By REESE BECKER The Iola Register

Iola High’s Miah Shelby chases down the basketball Tuesday against Prairie View. REGISTER/REESE

Iola High School’s girls basketball team fought tooth and nail Tuesday against Prairie View, but after digging a hole, it was too little too late for the Mustangs. The Buffalos won 39-37.

Both teams struggled to get going. Iola’s three first quarter points came off two free throws from Josie Plumlee and one from Maci Miller.

The Mustang defense held serve, limiting Prairie View to three in the first. After two free throws from Aysha Houk to open the second, the Mustangs opened a 7-4 lead but Prairie View quickly tied the game. The lead changed hands back and forth until the break.

Iola and Prairie View were tied at 16-16 at the half.

Iola opened the second half on fire, jumping out to a fourpoint lead. Continued trips to the line for the Buffalos kept Prairie View in the game and allowed them to tie it at 23-23 early in the fourth.

Iola regained the lead when Reese Curry hit a jumper to put the Mustangs up 27-26 with 4:30 left but the Mustangs kept giving Prairie View chances and the Buffalos capitalized on them.

Prairie View hit 25 of 39 free throws, ultimately giving them a four-point lead with less than two minutes left.

Iola, on the other hand, made only nine of 21 free throws.

Iola allowed Prairie View to stretch the lead but fought back hard. In the end, turnovers and fouls cost the Mustangs a chance to win, one See IOLA | Page B3

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Yates Center basketball squads earn split with St. Paul YATES CENTER — Yates Center’s basketball teams got a split against St. Paul on Tuesday night. The boys won 58-28. The girls fell 47-25.

A big night from Sean Hurst led the Wildcats to a big win, along with help from Canon Cavender and Jack King, all of whom scored in double digits.

The boys team leaped out

to a big lead early, propelled by great defense and a tenacious attack on the boards.

The Wildcats led 32-12 at the half.

After the break it was much of the same with Yates Center dominating on both sides of the floor. Once the Wildcats opened up a 30-point lead in the fourth quarter, the running clock hit and took care

of the work down the stretch.

Sean Hurst led the Wildcats with 17 points. Cash Cummings had 16. Jack King had 10. Emmit George had eight. Blake Audiss and Canon Cavender had four. Jayston Rice had one and seven boards.

THE GIRLS started sluggishly, plunging them into a

deep hole. They trailed 28-7 at the half.

The Wildcats improved on both ends of the floor in the second half, holding the Indians to 19 points down the stretch. Offensively, they didn’t have enough to make up the difference.

Yates Center showed a lot of fight and grit, staying in the game until the buzzer.

Morgan Collins led the way with 12 points. Allison Chrisman had five. Hannah Jones had four. Callyn Miller had two. Addison Solander and Krystina Hurst had one.

The boys are 9-5, while the girls are 3-12. Yates Center is back in action on Friday against Southern Coffey County.

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Marmaton Valley’s Dreden Ellis puts up a shot Tuesday in a win over Northeast. PHOTO BY HALIE LUKEN/

MORAN — Struggles early and late spelled trouble Tuesday for Marmaton Valley High’s girls.

The Wildcats fell behind 12-7 after one quarter against visiting Northeast, then scored only two points in the fourth quarter to fall, 36-26.

The defeat drops Marmaton Valley to 8-6 on the season.

The visiting Vikings extended their lead to 24-17 at halftime and 32-24 after three.

Aly Ard paced the Wildcats with 10 points. Tayven Sutton added six and Janae Granere five.

Liberty Sigmon scored 13 and Kenzie Jackson 10 for Northeast.

In junior varsity action, Marmaton Valley fell, 16-6, in two quarters.

Madi Lawson, Brynn Newman and Brooklyn Adams

Marmaton Valley High’s Pauline Thery possesses the ball against Northeast Tuesday. PHOTO BY SARA HARRISON/MVHS each had two points for the Wildcat JV. Marmaton Valley travels to Altoona-Midway Friday.

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MV drops Vikings MORAN — Marmaton Valley’s boys defeated Northeast-Arma 39-32 on Tuesday night, a pleasant bounce back from a 70-42 loss on Monday night to Cherokee-Southeast.

The teams were tied 15-15 at the half, but a 13-point third quarter put the Wildcats in front and they never looked back. The Wildcats shot 10-22 from the free throw line, compared to Northeast’s 4-12 from the line.

The Wildcat defense stepped up to hold the Vikings down in the second half.

“I’m really proud of the boys’ defensive effort tonight,” said Marmaton Valley head coach Gavin Cole. “Offensively, we turned the

ball over too much and struggled from the free throw line and outside shooting. With that being said, the boys were gritty, worked extremely hard, and made the plays down the stretch to get the win.”

Drake’s 12 points led the way. Quincy Adams scored 10. Carter Burton scored four. Jaedon Granere scored three.

Chase Smith, Dredon Ellis, Garrett Henderson, Brayden Lawson, and Wyatt Are scored two.

For a team that had endured a long losing streak coming into the season, Marmaton Valley has begun to turn things around.

The Wildcats are 4-9 and go to Altoona-Midway on Friday.

NBA swap: Pacers deal Sabonis to Sacramento INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers will look completely different when they return home later this week, while the Sacramento Kings are getting a two-time AllStar.

The teams agreed to a six-player trade Tuesday that will send star forward Domantas Sabonis to Sacramento and emerging point guard Tyrese Haliburton to the Pacers.

The Pacers confirmed the deal following Tuesday night’s 133-112 loss at Atlanta.

The Kings will get Justin Holiday, Jeremy Lamb and a second-round draft pick in addition to Sabonis.

Indiana is adding Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson.

“It’s an exciting trade and it changes the landscape significantly,” said Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, who described Haliburton as “an elite young point guard that affects the game positively in many, many ways.

“We’re getting three players who are good now and in the case of Tyrese, he has a chance to continue to grow. ... Finding a franchise-caliber point guard at age 21 is extremely difficult to do.”

The trade was made after Sabonis, Holiday and Lamb participated in a practice before Tuesday night’s game.

Carlisle said he spoke with all three players at the team’s hotel and was the first person to tell Sabonis of the trade.

“I just thanked him for an amazing few months from my perspective and several great years from the Pacers’ perspective,” Carlisle said.

The Pacers were left with eight healthy players against Atlanta.

Guard Malcolm Brogdon (right Achilles soreness) and forward Isaiah Jackson (right ankle sprain) were held out.

Sabonis gives the Kings an immediate up-

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night after to Wellsville, in a similar fashion.

“Last night we shot free throws really well, but tonight we were 9-21,” said head coach Kelsey Johnson. “They were making everything free-throw wise and at the half we said it would come down to

free throws and it did.

We shouldn’t have put ourselves in that position. To bounce back after last night’s hard loss, I’m proud of the girls.”

Iola’s junior varsity team lost 28-25. Keira Fawson led with 10 points. Tatum Boyd had five. Alana Mader and Hallie McDermeit had

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were able to get out like gangbusters.”

Even a mixup with the scorebook to start the game did little to stop Humboldt’s momentum.

Taylor noted he erred when filling out the scorebook, which inadvertently meant he had to start the game with what was essentially his junior varsity lineup.

But Mateo Miller, Blake Ellis, Asher Hart, Jacob Harrington and Kyler Isbell more than held their own.

“They came in and played well,” Taylor said. “They just rolled with the punches and did a good job the first couple of minutes.”

The lead swelled to 39-8 at halftime and 59-

18 after three to trigger a running clock down the stretch.

Trey Sommer scored 17, Levi McGowen 16 and Drew Wilhite 10 to pace the victors. Gavin Page and Logan Page both dished out five assists. Wilhite corralled eight rebounds and McGowen five; Wilhite and McGowen each had four steals, Ellis and Wilhite each blocked a shot.

“Gavin, Drew and Levi did a nice job seeing the floor in transition,” Taylor said. “We got a lot of layups.”

Triston Arnold scored seven and Mason Springer six for Neodesha.

Humboldt prevailed, 44-34, in junior varsity action, behind Ellis’s 12 points. Keith Gomez

scored 11 in the Cubs’ 44-22 C team victory.

Humboldt, 9-4, hosts Fredonia on Friday.

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grade in the paint. He averages 18.9 points, 12.1 rebounds, and 5.0 assists, and has become a double-double machine.

Sabonis could make a difference for a team that already has some young, talented players such as point guard De’Aaron Fox and Davion Mitchell. Sabonis also could serve as mentor to other young players — or his arrival could free up the Kings to make even more moves.

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Jacobellis strikes Winter Olympic gold (finally) BEIJING (AP) — Lindsey Jacobellis is finally an Olympic gold medalist.

Let that sink in for a moment because Jacobellis has been trying for 16 years.

Jacobellis helped make the wild sport of snowboardcross famous. Who could forget her premature celebration as she approached the finish line in the 2006 Turin Games, an ill-timed board grab that sent her tumbling out of the lead? In a way, she became one of the best-known silver medalists of all time.

Now Jacobellis will be remembered as the first American gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics. She reached the top of the podium hours after Mikaela Shiffrin had another stunning early exit on the Alpine ski hill.

Jacobellis rode hard to the finish of the snowboardcross final on Wednesday, beating Chloe Trespeuch of France and covering her heart with her hands as she slowed.

Jacobellis was 20 when she made the mistake in Turin. Now 36 and in her fifth Olympics, she became the oldest U.S. woman to win a gold. The 16 years is also the longest gap between medals for any U.S. woman.

She never stopped reaching for a gold med-

Lindsey Jacobellis, shown here in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, took gold in the snowboardcross at the 2022 Beijing Olympics today. TNS FILE PHOTO al.

“They can keep talking about it all they want because it really shaped me into the individual that I am,” Jacobellis said. “It kept me hungry and really kept me fighting in this sport.”

A glum Olympics for the Americans actually began to brighten a few hours earlier when California snowboarders Chloe Kim and Shaun White, the defending gold medalists, had joyful rides through the halfpipe. Kim earned the top spot in women’s qualifying while White, a three-time gold medal-

ist in his fifth and final Olympics, was fourth in the men’s qualifying.

Jacobellis’ performance lit up the Genting Snow Park.

“This feels incredible because the level that all the women are riding at today is so much higher than it was 16 years ago,” Jacobellis said.

Jacobellis said she’d advise young riders to not let mistakes define them. “Especially if you’ve made it to this stage, you’re a winner.

And look at what you’ve learned from the experience and take that with you later in life.”

SHIFFRIN’S LETDOWN

Mikaela Shiffrin arrived in Beijing heavily favored to add to her collection of two Olympic gold medals but instead

is 0 for 2, a shocking development that has left her shaken.

She skidded out just a few seconds into the slalom, a quicker exit than two days earlier when she crashed out of the super-G. “I’ve never been in this position before and I don’t know how to handle it,” said the tearyeyed Shiffrin, who won the slalom at the 2014 Sochi Games and the giant slalom at the 2018 Pyeonchgang Games.

The seventh racer on Wednesday, she began losing her balance and teetering out of control just four seconds and four gates in. She swerved too far as she veered to her right and she ended up way wide of the fifth gate.

“I was pushing and maybe it was past my limit.”

There was nothing left to do but ski to the side of the course known as the Ice River, click out of her skis and sit on the ground, her head resting in her arms.

“GS and slalom, those were my biggest focuses.

So it really feels like a lot of work for nothing,” she said.

Shiffrin had planned on entering all five individual Alpine races. Her next opportunity could come Friday in the super-G, but she raised doubts about that.

“It would be a pleasure to ski. But I also have some teammates who are really fast, and we have the athletes who can fill the spaces. So if I’m going to ski out on the fifth gate, like, what’s the point?” she said.

Petra Vlhova won the gold, Slovakia’s first Olympic medal in Alpine skiing. Katharina Liensberger of Austria took silver and Wendy Holdener of Switzerland got the bronze.

GOLDEN STATE SHREDDERS

Shaun White failed on his signature trick on his first run down the halfpipe, the Double McTwist 1260, and was in 19th place in men’s qualifying. But the defending Olympic champion came back in his second try and nailed the same run to make it through to the medal round.

The 35-year-old stomped every landing

and when he reached the bottom, he tore off his goggles and let out a “Yeahhhh.” He qualified behind two-time silver medalist Ayumu Hirano, 2018 bronze medalist Scotty James and Hirano’s Japanese teammate, Ruka Hirano.

“I can’t tell you the relief I felt off that last hit,” White said. “It was just the thrill and excitement to be going to finals.”

Defending women’s Olympic champion Chloe Kim breezed through qualifying with a score of 87.75. The 21-year-old cranked it up in her second run but fell on her switch backside 720. She raised her hand as if to say, “Oh well” and playfully stuck out her tongue while waiting for her score.

Mitsuki Ono of Japan was second in qualifying and Cai Xuetong of China was third. American Maddie Mastro finished just outside of the top 12 who advanced to Thursday’s final.

EMOTIONAL WIN

Birk Ruud of Norway won the gold medal in the Olympics’ first men’s freestyle big air event and then honored his father, who died of cancer last year.

After landing at the bottom of Big Air Shougang and unfurling a Norwegian flag, the 21-year-old pulled down his sleeve to reveal a gold bracelet, a gift from his father.

“Papa, you’re with me,” he said, tapping his heart.

Washington player charged in fatal accident LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Washington Football Team safety Deshazor Everett turned himself in to a Virginia jail on an involuntary manslaughter charge after an investigation found he was speeding before his sports car slammed into

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Everett, 29, was treated for serious injuries after the Dec. 23 crash.

His passenger, Olivia S. Peters, 29, of Las Vegas, died at a hospital.

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Everett, a special teams captain in 2018 who was in his seventh season with the team, was placed on injured reserve after the crash.

Peters, an occupational therapist from Montgomery County, Md., was his longtime girlfriend, The Washington Post reported.

Her family announced the Olivia S. Peters Pediatric Therapy Foundation after her death, saying in a statement that “her passion and sole focus in life was treating special needs and underprivileged children.”

The Post reported that Everett was released after posting $10,000 bond according to a statement from his lawyer, Kaveh Nourishad, who said “we intend on vigorously defending Mr. Everett against these allegations.”

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Hog wild: Unranked Arkansas beats No. 1 Auburn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Auburn came onto the Bud Walton Arena court acting like a No. 1 team, dancing on the Arkansas logo before the game.

When it was over, the Razorbacks and all their fans were the ones doing a victory stomp — led by a shirtless coach going hog wild.

JD Notae scored 28 points and unranked Arkansas used clutch foul shooting in overtime to knock off top-ranked Auburn 80-76 Tuesday night.

“We didn’t like them dancing on our logo,” said Jaylin Williams, whose late basket forced the extra session.

“That was disrespectful to us.

That added fuel to the fire.”

The Razorbacks (19-5, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) hit

11 of 14 free throws in the final 1:52 of overtime in front of a raucous record crowd of 20,327.

Arkansas students stormed the court after the final buzzer sounded, turning the floor into a sea of white. Several Razorbacks players stood on a table on the sideline twirling towels.

Arkansas coach Eric Musselman ripped off his shirt — as he’s occasionally done in the past — and joined the celebration. No matter that his arm is still in a sling after rotator cuff surgery last month, he wasn’t going to miss this pulsating party.

“There won’t be a better crowd than that in the next 50 years,” Musselman said.

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not have fun unless maybe an Auburn fan.”

It was the first time an Arkansas team had beaten a No. 1-ranked team since 1984 against North Carolina.

Auburn (22-2, 10-1) had won 19 straight since a double-overtime loss to Connecticut in November.

Jabari Smith scored 20 points and Wendell Green Jr. had 19 for the Tigers. Walker Kessler finished with 16 points and 19 rebounds.

“I was proud of being No. 1. Gosh, we haven’t lost since some time in November,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said.

“We understand we have a price on our head. It’s very difficult on the road. We worked really hard to put ourselves in this position. It was

Record amount estimated to gamble on Super Bowl

By WAYNE PERRY The Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 31.5 million Americans plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl, according to estimates released Tuesday by the gambling industry’s national trade group.

The American Gaming Association forecasts that over $7.6 billion will be wagered on pro football’s championship game set for Sunday.

Both the amount of people planning to bet (up 35% from last year) and the estimated amount of money being bet (up 78% from last year) are new records.

Bettors include people making casual wagers with friends or relatives, entries into office pools, wagers with licensed sportsbooks, and bets placed with illegal bookmakers.

“Americans have never been more interested in legal sports wagering,” said Bill Miller, the group’s president and CEO. “The growth of legal options across the country not only protects fans and the integrity of games and bets, but also puts illegal operators on notice that their time is limited.”

When the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals begin the game Sunday evening in the Rams home stadium, 30 states plus Washington D.C. will offer legal gambling.

Since last year’s game, 45 million additional people will be able to bet on the Super Bowl because their states have legalized sports betting over the past year: Arizona, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

The association predicted that: — 18.2 million American adults will place traditional sports wagers online, at a retail sportsbook or with a bookie, up 78% from 2021.

— 18.5 million plan to bet casually with friends or as part of a pool or squares contest, up 23%. The association said there is some overlap among those two groups.

— 76% say it is important for themselves to bet through a legal operator, up 11% from last year.

— 55% plan to bet on the Rams, with 45% backing the Bengals.

That contradicts data from numerous individual legal sportsbooks that shows more bets and total money being wagered on Cincinnati thus far.

FanDuel, the official odds provider for The Associated Press, says 59% of spread bets are on Cincinnati to cover the 4-point spread as an underdog. Among moneyline bets that do not involve a points spread, 76% of bets predict the Bengals will win the

tough,” he said.

Arkansas led by as many as 12 points in the first half before the Tigers rallied within 28-25 at the break.

Auburn took a 64-59 lead on a 3-pointer by Green with under three minutes left.

But Arkansas came back to tie it at 66 when Williams scored underneath in the final half-minute of the second half.

The Tigers had the ball with 20 seconds left but could only get a long 3-point try by Green at the buzzer.

“We had a play set up. Wendell could have gotten downhill with a ball screen, but instead he chose to pull,” Pearl said. “He makes, it we win.”

In overtime, Auburn took a 68-66 lead on an putback

by Allen Flanigan, then later went ahead 70-69 when Dylan Cardwell picked up a loose ball in the lane and scored.

The Razorbacks scored the next seven points, all on foul shots by Williams and Notae. Williams finished with 13 and 11 rebounds.

Chris Lykes also hit a pair of clutch free throws for the Razorbacks.

Smith kept the Tigers close with a pair of 3s, the last pulling them within 78-76. But Arkansas nailed down the upset at the foul line.

“I give our players a lot of credit,” Musselman said.

“The last couple days in preparation, shootaround, they truly believed tonight that they were going to win the game.”

Serena Williams expresses joy in upcoming Super Bowl commercial

game outright. Other sportsbooks report similar breakdowns on bets received thus far.

The Super Bowl is also one of the most perilous times of year for people with a gambling problem.

Harry Levant, a public health advocate from Philadelphia and a recovering gambling addict, is an official with the group Stop Predatory Gambling. He said the ongoing wave of sports betting advertising, and numerous incentives to get people to bet, is reminiscent of the tobacco industry’s efforts to get people to smoke and continue to do so.

He said legal sports betting is increasing a public health crisis in America involving problem gambling.

“One out of two people struggling with a gambling problem contemplates suicide, and one out of five will attempt suicide,” he said.

“I am one of those one out of five.”

Levant said the rapid rise of in-game betting feeds into a compulsive gambler’s desire for more and faster opportunities to bet.

“No longer is gambling limited to who’s going to win the game,” he said. “Now gambling is on every play. Keep them gambling, keep chasing action.”

There is a national help line for people with a gambling problem, or who think they might have one: 1-800-GAMBLER.

By JONATHAN LANDRUM The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Serena Williams is normally the one participating in a major championship matchup, but the seven-time Wimbledon winner will look forward to watching the Super Bowl along with her commercial.

“It’s always good to see other athletes just go out and do their thing on such a big stage,” she said in a recent interview. “I’ve been on the big stage so many times, it’s so cool to experience other athletes being on that stage.”

Along with watching the Bengals-Rams game, Williams will be on the lookout for her Super Bowl ad.

The tennis great stars in a Michelob ULTRA commercial along with several other superstar athletes such as Peyton Manning, Jimmy Butler and Nneka Ogwumike for a competitive game of bowling.

Williams’ commercial is part of Michelob’s three-ad series.

She wants it to express the meaning of joy.

“It’s critical for us to continue to have that,” said Williams, who starred in a Bumble commercial in 2019 and last year’s Miche-

lob ULTRA ad, which preached joy.

“I believe a big factor in success is joy,” she continued. “I go back and look at the tournaments that I’ve invested — like the ones I’ve never lost a set in – I was so joyful.”

Williams, who is a Compton, California, native, said the Super Bowl will help the growth of Inglewood, where Sunday’s game will be played.

“It’s so big for the community,” she said.

“With the L.A. Rams in it, it’s just like ‘How does this happen?’ It’s going to be an intense game. I think it’s going to be one that will go down in history.”

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