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Allen County COVID-19 Case Count Current cases........... 73 Total cases*............. 466 Deaths..................... 1 * Since the start of the pandemic.

Sources: Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments, Kansas Department of Health and Environment

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Retirement offers a Second Chance

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

It didn’t take long for Jan Knewtson to get bored.

After 34 years as a downtown retailer, Knewtson retired in August. She expected she would relish sleeping in, maybe clean and organize her drawers and closets.

“That got pretty boring, pretty fast,” she said. “When you work all the time, you think about how much time you’d have if you could stay home all the time. But it was boring.”

Cue Ginny Hawk, who leads the board of directors for the Second Chance Thrift Store at 209 South St. The store’s proceeds support the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility.

Hawk called her with an offer to manage the store, fully expecting the recently retired retailer to say no. “If you want to hang up on me, you can.”

To Hawk’s delighted surprise, Knewtson said yes rather quickly.

“I couldn’t say no. It will give me something to do,” she explained. “It’s a not-forprofit. And my husband is a veterinarian, so I have to love animals.”

Knewtson ran three retail

Jan Knewtson is the new manager of the Second Chance Thrift Store, which supports the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF). Knewtson recently retired after 34 years as a retailer on the Iola square. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS clothing businesses, Sophisticated Rose, Tuxedo Junction and Sophisticated Rose Plus.

She also owned and rented several apartments in the same building, which has been sold.

She had been in the Second Chance thrift store a few times and was impressed by

the organization and friendliness of the volunteers. It seemed like a chance to continue to practice her retail skills, but in a more relaxed way. She also is the choir director and organist at Wesley United Methodist Church, and plans to help as a piano accompanist at Allen Commu-

nity College.

The opportunity to have someone with Knewtson’s experience was too good to pass up, Hawk said.

“Our store has gotten so busy and well-known. We have so many customers and See KNEWTSON | Page A3

No, the election results are not in doubt — Biden still the winner

By CALVIN WOODWARD The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s plenty of noise but no cause for confusion as President Donald Trump vents about how the election turned out and vows to subvert it even still.

This truth is self-evident: Joe Biden is on track to become president Jan. 20. The machinery of government and democracy is moving inexo-

rably toward that end despite Trump’s attempts to undermine the voters’ will.

Trump on Wednesday demanded an “OVERTURN” of the outcome in a collection of tweets arguing he could only have lost the election if it were “FIXED.” He attempted to support his case by saying odds-makers on election night heavily favored his reelection, “the so-called ‘bookies,’” as if a gambler’s bet mattered. It doesn’t.

Americans who don’t wish to get caught up in the nitty gritty of Trump’s attempts to undermine the election can take their cue from one of the many judges who have dismissed the complaints of his team or his allies that the voting or counting was corrupt.

“This ship has sailed,” said U.S. District Judge Linda Parker in throwing out a lawsuit challenging Biden’s win in See BIDEN | Page A3

Kansas joins effort to overturn vote

By NOAH TABORDA Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Kansas joined 16 states Wednesday in calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a lawsuit brought by Texas that calls for a review of voting procedures in the 2020 general election in four swing states.

The suit, filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, demands that Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin’s 62 total Electoral College votes not be counted when electors meet to vote Monday. The action would, in effect, invaliSee KANSAS | Page A3

Trustees review tumultuous semester

By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register

LaHarpe candy cane hunt Saturday LAHARPE — It’s hunting season for candy canes.

A candy cane hunt for folks of all ages, young or old, will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the LaHarpe City Park.

Different age groups will hunt separate locations in the park, with cash prizes for specially marked candy canes. The prizes are providVol. 122, No. 285 Iola, KS 75 Cents

ed by Ray’s Metal Depot in LaHarpe and MusicMax DJ Entertainment of Iola.

In case of inclement weather, the hunt will be moved to LaHarpe City Hall.

The event is funded by the LaHarpe Health and Wellness grant.

All Allen County residents are invited to participate.

Now that ACC students are home for the year, it’s possible to take stock of a semester plagued by COVID-19, but where the college continued to operate smoothly.

According to vice-president Cynthia Jacobson, the following COVID statistics were reported since Aug. 3, when the fall term began: Two hundred fifty students were quarantined in total, with all but 20 of those students being on the Iola campus.

74 students tested positive for the novel coronavirus, all of which but seven were in Iola.

Regarding the faculty and staff, 32 employees were affected across the semester, with 24 placed in quarantine and eight testing positive.

At multiple points throughout the fall semester, the ACC campus was designated a COVID “hot spot”

Allen Community College due to the total number of concurrent cases.

Moving forward, one issue that concerned president John Masterson was being able to continue a successful testing campaign.

Testing had been effective for the college in terms of preventing the spread of COVID-19, but it also carries a heavy price tag, and where it’s not clear where future funding for such efforts will come from.

Masterson added that he’d recently spoken with Sen.

Jerry Moran about funding for testing, and about where such funding might come from. Masterson said he’d especially emphasized removing certain restrictions on CARES Act/SPARK money to help attend to the situation.

In the meantime, ACC is still placing restrictions on the size of crowds and groups on campus, but it seemed the sentiment was to focus methods like these See ACC | Page A6

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Books get ‘twisty,’ highlight relationships

Obituaries Frederick Kuestersteffen Frederick T. “Fred” Kuestersteffen, 84, died of Covid-19 Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 at Newton Medical Center. He was born Nov. 28, 1936 in Piqua, Kansas to Gerhard and Margaret (Kreimer) Kuestersteffen.

He was married to his first wife Teresa (Estle) Harrington on April 15, 1961 in Iola at St. John’s Catholic Frederick Kuestersteffen Church. She preceded him in death on Jan. 8, 1996. Fred married Lorella “Lou” Israel Hendrickson on June 26, 1999 at St. Mary Church in Newton.

Fred served his country in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged Feb. 9, 1962. He was an active member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Newton. He faithfully served as head of the St. Mary Cemetery Committee for many years and continued serving on the committee until his death. In this ministry, he served the church by helping families pick out property and by caring for the cemetery grounds.

A special love of his was preparing the cemetery for Memorial Day weekend. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and American Legion Post No. 2 Fred retired from the tool crib at AGCO in Hesston. He enjoyed his poker club, gardening and fixing things around the house. He also enjoyed challenging jigsaw puzzles and playing solitaire or poker on his tablet. He had a special knack for “watching” ball games with his eyes closed, the same eyes which were suddenly wide awake when someone tried to change the channel. One of Fred’s greatest joys was spending time with his loving wife and family.

Fred is survived by his wife Lorella of the home; children Paul (Julie) Kuestersteffen; Lisa (Mike) Martin; Tom (Susan) Kuestersteffen; Karla Hendrickson and Terry (Lynne) Hendrickson; He is also survived by his brothers Joe, Bob and Charlie (Sheila) Kuestersteffen. Fred’s grandchildren are Jacqueline (Del) Hollis, Will (Esther) Potts, Corinne (Gerrell) Collins, Br. Isidore, Kristin, Elizabeth, David, Monica and Marianna Martin; Landon (Joelle) Sawaya, Holly, Miles and Meagan Kuestersteffen; Wesley and Kyle (Erin) Hendrickson. He is also survived by 11 great-grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.

Fred is preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Teresa, and five brothers and three sisters.

A private family graveside service with military honors will be at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery with The Rev. Nicholas Voelker presiding. A memorial Mass will be announced when we can all be together again. A register book will be available 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at Petersen Funeral Home for friends to sign.

Memorials may be made to St. Mary Catholic Church, Newton, or St. Jude Children’s Hospital in care of Petersen Funeral Home.

William Campbell William E. (Bill) Campbell, age 87, of Iola, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at his home. Bill was born Nov. 11, 1933, in Bethel, to Everett Campbell and Dora (Bailes) Campbell.

Bill and Gayle Scovill were married Sept. 4, 1966, in Nowata, Oklahoma. Bill and Gayle were married 54 years and had two sons.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Dora Lee Ingram.

Bill is survived by his loving wife, Gayle, of the home; two sons, Thomas Campbell and wife, Julianna, College Station, Texas, and Terry Campbell, Iola; one sister, Evelyn Calderwood, Wichita; two aunts, Alice Conn, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Betty Campbell, Emporia; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A visitation will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18, followed by a funeral service at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola. Burial with military honors will follow in the Colony Cemetery, Colony.

Memorials are suggested to the donor’s choice, and may be left with Feuerborn Funeral Service.

The word “twisty” keeps coming up in regard to “After All I’ve Done” by Mina Hardy.

That means it’s probably as apt a one-word description as any. After a reaction to anesthesia following a car wreck, Diana is left with no memory of several months of her life.

The “twisty” comes in as various truths begin to emerge. One is her former best friend’s affair with her husband.

Another is that the chance encounter with someone in the coffee shop is no chance, as Diana’s new acquaintance already knows much about her.

“The Cookbook Club” by Beth Harbison centers on food and friendship. Margo, dumped unexpectedly by her husband, answers a call for joining a cookbook club, where members can try out new recipes together. Trista, who just left a high-pow-

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ered job as a lawyer, is the one who issued the call. Aja is the only other person besides Margo to answer the call. The three women bond over their love of food and cooking. Will Margo find a way to support herself with food—and what about that guy renovating her old farmhouse?

Will Trista make a success of her new career?

How long can Aja hide her pregnancy from her two new friends and her boyfriend?

“Fox Crossing” by Melinda Metz is set in the remote town of Fox Crossing, Maine.

A local legend says that a town founder en-

LaHarpe to add stop signs in town LAHARPE — Motorists traveling through LaHarpe will have a few more stops along their route.

LaHarpe City Council members took their latest steps to control the speed of traffic along certain roads, particularly Harrison and Jefferson streets, which run parallel to Main Street on the east side of town.

Six new stop signs will be added in all, along Harrison Street at Fourth and Eighth streets; along Jefferson Street and Eighth Street; and at opposite ends of the driveway that dissects the LaHarpe City Park between Sixth and Seventh streets.

Council members noted the Harrison-Fourth Street intersection already has stop signs for the east-west drivers.

Those signs will simply be repositioned for the north-south drivers on Harrison.

The traffic flow saga has been an ongoing issue for years, with the Council adding several stop signs in town in late 2018, only to remove them a few months later after several complaints. (And even then, a handful were put back up after more residents

near City Hall complained traffic was going too fast.)

A decision earlier this year to reduce the speed limit to 20 mph along all residential areas was subsequently reversed after City Attorney Fred Works noted the city was required to do traffic flow studies prior to such a radical change.

Afterward, Council members asked Code Enforcement Officer Penny Miller and former police chief Mike Jewell to point out intersections considered traffic hazards.

Miller and Jewell singled out 26 spots, too many for the Council’s comfort.

That led to Wednesday’s compromise, but it was not unanimous.

Councilman Austin Lee questioned whether any new stop signs were needed. He was the only Council member to vote against the six.

Likewise Ray Maloney of Ray’s Metal wondered who would enforce the stop sign enforcement, now that Jewell has left his post.

He offered a tongue-incheek analogy to the question of whether a tree falling in a forest makes a noise if nobody is around to hear it.

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countered a distinctive looking fox, who still shows up from time to time and brings good luck. Annie doesn’t believe the legend, of course. But the fox recognizes Annie as the descendant of the woman who rescued it two centuries before and watches her. One day the fox appears to lead her to a hiker in need of help on the nearby Appalachian Trail. This encounter turns out to be very good for both of them.

Other people helped by the fox include a bartender who gets a visit from his estranged daughter and granddaughter, and a baker who finds purpose in rescuing an abused dog.

Scandinavian crime novels, sometimes called Nordic Noir, are a thing. While not as popular here as elsewhere, the “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” series did find a read-

ership. A new author from Finland in the genre is Max Seeck, whose debut novel is “The Witch Hunter.”

Jessica is a detective assigned to a gruesome murder which seems to be based on scenes from a book by the victim’s husband, a famous author. Soon other murders make it clear that the killings are somehow connected with witchcraft.

Wade Davis is Exp l o re r- i n - Re s i d e n c e with the National Geographic Society. In “Magdalena: River of Dreams” he returns to a river which first enchanted him as a young man. The Magdalena River is one of the defining geographical characteristics of Colombia. Davis traveled the entire length of the river by boat and land to write this book, which combines travelogue, history, geography, biology, and memoir.

Arrest followed incident with gun LAHARPE — LaHarpe residents Lisa Tice and Hollis Grewing were arrested Tuesday in an alleged domestic incident involving a gun.

Deputies fielded the report shortly before 3 p.m. of a car traveling eastbound on U.S. 54, with the driver and passenger fighting.

The vehicle was spotted going to a residence in LaHarpe,

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by Moran Police Chief Shane Smith, located the vehicle after it had left the scene. The female occupant, later identified as Tice, 54, was apprehended after officers used a taser to subdue her.

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By NOAH TABORDA Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Kansas’ broadband czar says a new grant initiative will infuse tens of millions of dollars over the next decade into projects working to close the digital divide in underserved areas across Kansas.

Stanley Adams, director of the office of broadband development at the Kansas Department of Commerce, said the Broadband Acceleration Grant Program will provide $85 million over the next decade to qualifying areas with low connectivity.

Presenting Tuesday to the Special Committee on Economic Recovery, Adams told legislators the initiative is a major step toward adequate broadband services across Kansas.

“What we know for sure is increasingly, not decreasingly, we all need to have access to these services,” Adams said.

“We knew that before the pandemic. Now, a lot more people know, and there is a glaring bright light on it, so it’s an opportunity for us to seize.”

Amid a crisis that exposed technology gaps in education, health and business, the grant program will address

Stanley Adams, director of the office of broadband development at the Department of Commerce, said the pandemic made exceedingly clear the need for significant federal funding toward bridging the technological divide. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

broadband priorities for underserved or economically distressed areas impacted most. Applications for the first round of these funds are now open to the public.

The idea for the grant initiative originated from a 2019 task force before passing through the 2021 Legislature as part of the Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program. Gov. Laura Kelly signed the plan into law in March before the legislative session was suspended.

Total funding from the program will last 10 years, beginning in 2021.

There will be $5 million available annually over the next three years, with $10 million available annually the following seven.

Rep. Jim Gartner, a Topeka Democrat, ex-

pressed excitement that the program was a product of a legislative task force. He also pinpointed one reason federal funds were key to addressing digital inequalities.

“Companies go out and try to make business cases, and they need X penetration rate, and they cannot get people for whatever reason — either cost or a lot of those folks feel like they’ll never utilize it,” Gartner said. “So it’s really, really been a struggle, and that’s where government money really needs to subsidize to make this happen.”

In addition to addressing underserved areas, the grants will be awarded to projects that work with community stakeholders and share information transparently.

Applications for the

grants will remain open through the office of broadband development until Jan.7. Staff then will review the applications and facilitate public comment to allow providers to address any challenges or issues before the department announces recipients Feb. 25.

Projects chosen for the initial round of grant funding should reach completion on or before Feb. 28, 2022.

“It is an aggressive timetable, but I think that this year highlights the need for us to be able to get those grants out the door,” said David Soffer, the legislative and policy director for the commerce department.

In a release announcing the launch of the program last month, the governor said this marked the first time in Kansas history there has been a statewide, bipartisan effort to fund increased broadband access.

“These grants are a critical part of my administration’s work to provide underserved Kansans with the highspeed internet they need to compete economically and to improve access to health, education and commercial tools,” Kelly said. “We are working quickly to ensure our communities, no matter their ZIP code, are adequately equipped for prosperity and growth, as Kansas continues to rebuild its foundation.”

so many donations.

We need somebody to oversee it,” Hawk said.

Knewtson’s responsibilities will include supervising volunteers, making schedules, setting up displays and helping clean and price donations.

The coronavirus has presented several challenges for the thrift store. It has closed a couple of times to protect the volunteer staff and customers.

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date President-elect Joe Biden’s projected Electoral College victory.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt called on the nation’s highest court to review whether these states departed from statutory requirements and violated the U.S. Constitution.

“These are important and potentially recurring constitutional questions that need an answer to guide states,” Schmidt said.

“Kansas ran its elections honestly and by the rules that are supposed to apply evenly to all of us. Texas asserts it can prove four states violated the U.S. Constitution in an election that affects all Americans, so Texas should be heard.”

Later Wednesday, Trump filed a motion to intervene in the case in his capacity as a presidential candidate. He joins the 17 states, all of which Trump won last month, urging the U.S.

Biden: Election victory locked in (again) Continued from A1

in Michigan this week.

Not only has the ship sailed but it has reached safe harbor and dropped anchor.

Biden’s victory was essentially locked in Tuesday by the so-called safe harbor deadline set by federal law for states to finish their certifications and resolve legal disputes.

It’s an insurance policy to guard against Congress trying to manipulate the electoral votes that will be cast next week and sent to the Capitol for counting on Jan. 6.

These steps — the deadline, the convening of the Electoral College in state capitals, Congress’ count in early January — are rituals that are routinely ignored by the public at large. They became less ignorable when Trump began ex-

ploring any and all avenues to stay in power.

But the election is over and has been for weeks.

Here’s why: — Biden won a decisive majority of electoral votes in states that certified their results.

— The Democrat is set to finish with even more electoral votes, 306, a total Trump called a landslide when he won the same in 2016.

— No systemic fraud or even consequential error has been established in an election that state monitors and courts have repeatedly found was run fairly. More than that, the election played out with striking efficiency given that it was held in the middle of a deadly pandemic.

— Trump’s attempts to browbeat Republican officials in Georgia and

Michigan into upending Biden’s victory in those states came to nothing.

— Trump’s legal arguments in favor of overturning the result have been shredded by judges across the country, including by some he appointed and hoped would therefore side with him.

Trump reshaped much of the federal bench with his own nominees during his term and placed three justices on the Supreme Court. None of that has helped him reverse his defeat by Biden.

Altogether, Trump’s campaign or his allies have seen more than 35 of their court cases fail.

Trump has won one, concerning deadlines for proof of identification for certain absentee ballots and mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, and it did not change the out-

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Schmidt’s decision to include Kansas in this effort was announced just hours after former Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer called on him to join the lawsuit on behalf of the 770,000 Kansas voters who cast a ballot in favor of Trump.

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Two names all Kansans should know

By CJ JANOVY Kansas Reflector

It was a popularity contest of sorts on Monday at the Capitol when Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature decided who will be their leaders when the session starts next month.

This means a couple of things for Kansans. They’ll keep seeing some familiar names in the news, for example. Ron Ryckman, the Republican from Olathe, will still be Speaker of the House, and Dan Hawkins, the Republican from Wichita, will still be Sen. Ty Masterson, above, a House Majority Leader. conservative Republican from But some things will be Andover, will be the new presdifferent. No longer will the ident of the Kansas Senate. words “Senate President Su- He will replace retiring Sensan Wagle” appear in State- ate President Susan Wagle, a house news stories. Instead, Wichita Republican, when the Ty Masterson, a Republican 2021 session starts in January. from Andover, will be filling At right is Ron Ryckman of those big shoes.

Olathe, who will continue as Let the record show that Speaker of the House. (Noah everyone in the Republican Taborda/Kansas Reflector) leadership group is a white man.

Among Democrats, Dinah ors.

I have no data to back up Sykes of Lenexa replaces my sad theory and would be long-serving Senate Minority happy if someone proved me Leader Anthony Hensley of wrong.

But I’m betting I could Topeka, who was ousted in a walk around any town in one November surprise. Let the of the state’s 105 counties askrecord show that Sykes was ing people over 18 who reporiginally a Republican. The Democrats’ slate was diverse resents them in the Kansas Legislature and more than in other ways as well.

My Kansas Reflector col- half would not know.

I already did that once this league Tim Carpenter did a year, in Wyandotte County, good job summarizing why where most people on the these leadership positions street stared blankly or apolmatter: “Republicans holding positions of House speaker ogized for not being familiar and Senate president control with the names Stan Frowncommittee appointments, as- felter and Aaron Coleman, signment of bills to commit- despite heavy local and even tees, the calendar of legisla- national news coverage of tion debated on the floor and the same two candidates running for have a larger the same office platform to adtwice, including vance a legislaone who’d been tive agenda.” there for more It pains me to say Most Kansans favor le- this, but I’d lay down than a decade.

Let’s back up galizing recre- money that most Kanfor a moment ationalmarijuana. sans don’t know the and consider Good luck even some math. names of their own getting a hearEach meming, even if state senator and repber of the Kansome brave soul resentative. sas House repintroduces such resents roughly fantasy legisla22,000 people; tion. Long-sufsenators repfering advoresent around cates of Medicaid expansion can offer a shoulder to cry on. 71,000 (not all of these constitBut besides the winners uents are of voting age).

The Dumpster-fiery Frownof Monday’s mini-elections, felter-Coleman race for Kanthere are two even more imsas House District 37 was deportant names each Kansan cided by a grand total of 5,491 should know: their own senavoters, out of nearly 16,000 tor and representative. people of voting age who live I’d lay down money that in that district. most Kansans don’t know More than 15,000 people of those names.

It pains me to say that. It’s voting age live in the adjacent my job to try to make the House District 32. Just 3,780 machinations of state gov- of them weighed in on who ernment interesting, after should represent them in the all — and sometimes the dra- Kansas Legislature (2,822 for ma really does approach pop- the Democratic incumbent, corn-worthy junior high soap Rep. Pam Curtis, and 958 for Republican challenger Greg opera levels.

Politigeek entertainment Conchola).

I’m being hard on Wyanaside, the stakes are high. Dedotte County here, but chalk cisions made by state reprethat up to tough love. Admitsentatives and senators argutedly, most House races saw ably touch more people’s lives higher vote totals. But not on a daily basis than those high enough to make me lose made by presidents and mayany money walking around

President Donald Trump is rushing to auction drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Getty Images/

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It’s a ‘going out of business’ sale up in the Arctic

asking people who represents them.

We could do the same exercise for Senate races. To be fair, last month saw chart-toppers like the one in Johnson County between Democrat Ethan Corson and Republican Laura McConwell for Kansas Sen. Barbara Bollier’s old seat, where more than 47,000 people voted in a district with more than 56,000 people over 18. (Corson won.)

IF YOU’VE READ this far, chances are high you’re an engaged, high-information voter who knows your state senator and representative.

That’s great.

But we’ve just been through an election that might represent a reprieve for our threatened and fragile democracy.

More important and difficult work lies ahead.

If you made sure your friends and neighbors voted in November, it’s time to make sure they know who represents them in Topeka and that they’re writing letters and making phone calls to those senators and reps (arguing with them and their supporters on their official Facebook pages might be cathartic, but it isn’t enough).

Of course this might seem futile. But don’t take it from me. Take it from departing Rep. Don Hineman, a Republican from Dighton, who once held the job of House Majority Leader.

“Pay attention,” Hineman told me in August. “There are a lot of issues that touch the Kansas Legislature that the average citizen is really not aware of, and that’s unfortunate. It’s supposed to be a representational form of government, but if the people aren’t paying attention and in active communication with their representatives, that representational aspect is diminished.”

And someday, I’d like to lose my person-on-thestreet-doesn’t-know-who-represents-them bet.

By DANNY WESTNEAT The Seattle Times

In 40 years of chronicling life in the Alaskan interior, Dermot Cole has seen no end of hustles and grand plans play out in America’s last frontier.

He wrote a column for decades for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, and has penned six books on the rambunctious history of the region — including an oral history of the stampede that first brought the black gold rush north, the building of the Tran-Alaska Oil Pipeline. So my ears perked up when he said he’d never seen a scheme quite like this.

“It’s like they’re holding a going out of business sale,” Cole told me from his home in Fairbanks.

What’s going out of business is the Trump administration. And what they’re trying to sell as they get pushed out the door are oil-drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

TAPPING INTO the country’s largest wildlife refuge is a goal that has eluded industry and Alaskan politicians ever since the otherworldly sweep of river canyons and tundra along the Arctic Ocean was first protected back in 1960.

But the rush is sure on now.

After slipping authorization for drilling into a tax cut bill a few years ago — a tactic used because it wouldn’t have passed as a standalone bill — the Trump administration now is scrambling to jam through a sale as a sort of grand finale giveaway to the extraction industries.

Cole, who says he isn’t for or against drilling in the refuge (many Alaskans support it, for the jobs), says the bumbling and the haste here at the end threatens to turn a big deal into a joke.

Example: On Nov. 17, the agency overseeing the project, the Bureau of Land Management, announced a 30day comment period, which

was supposed to be followed by another 30-day period for the agency to review the comments.

But somebody must have done some high-level math and figured out that two 30day periods equals 60 days from Nov. 17, which, accounting for holidays and weekends, happens to be the day before Joe Biden’s inauguration.

“They couldn’t have a sale on the very last day, it looks sleazy, but also they wouldn’t even have time to review the bids,” Cole says.

So on Dec. 3 the agency abruptly announced, with the comment period only half over, that it had already made up its mind to hold a sale, on Jan. 6.

“They obviously don’t care what the comments say,” Cole said. “They effectively just admitted the process they’re running is a sham.”

Another example: Major banks have been announcing that they no longer will finance oil-drilling projects in ANWR, mostly due to climate change and concern about bad publicity. Trump said this amounted to “discrimination against these great energy companies,” so in late November he imposed a new fiscal rule to bar the banks from boycotting ANWR projects based on the environment.

“So now the oil companies, among the richest and most powerful companies in the world, are victims of discrimination?” Cole said. “It’s laughable. People are laughing at this.”

Yet the fate of ANWR remains a serious issue. Will this going out of business sale succeed?

“They could have done a deliberative process a year ago, without all this flimflam at the end,” Cole said.

“The sham process just gives the environmental groups a toehold to challenge the drilling down the road.

America’s last great wilderness hangs in the balance.

How to contact USD 257’s elected officials

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Teen’s death changes town’s view about COVID-19

By SARA SHIPLEY HILES Kaiser Health News (TNS)

WASHINGTON, Mo. — In August, local officials in this small city an hour west of St. Louis voted against requiring residents to wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

On Nov. 23, with COVID-19 cases surging and the local hospital overflowing, the City Council brought a mask order back for another vote. As protesters marched outside, Councilman Nick Obermark, an electrician, was the sole member of the nonpartisan council to change his vote, causing the mandate to pass.

One of his many reasons? He has a child the same age as Washington Middle School student Peyton Baumgarth, 13, who on Halloween became the youngest person in Missouri to die of COVID-19 complications. “That hit pretty hard,�

Obermark said later.

Though the councilman doesn’t like wearing a mask, he said it’s worth it if we can keep one or two people from getting COVID-19.

Washington became the latest community to flip its stance on masks and other restrictions while the coronavirus ravages the country.

As America enters a dark winter without national directives to curb the pandemic, numerous cities, counties and states must decide: enact more restrictions

now or leave people to buildings and quaint their own will? Some shops. The Missouri in this tightknit city of Meerschaum Co. still 14,000 have discovered produces corn cob pipes that the answer — and on Front Street. Its motthe key to changing to: “Over 150 Years & hearts and minds — lies Still Smokin’.� in how close and real the In the months bedanger seems. fore the election, yards After a spate of nurs- sprouted signs for Presing home fatalities early ident Donald Trump, on in Franklin County, who has downplayed where Washington is lo- the threat of COVID-19 cated, two months this since the start of the summer passed without pandemic. a death from COVID. But the virus crept Some residents saw the closer in September virus as a big-city prob- when 74-year-old Ralph lem and rejected preven- Struckhoff died of the tive measures. disease. The Missourian Families attended newspaper published a weddings with hundreds story describing him as of guests. a healthy man D o w n who had just town merWe tried noth- done a day of chants held ing and it isn’t construction “Thirsty work at his Thursday,� working. So we church bewith par- have to try some- fore he fell ill. t i c i p a n t s thing. “Please wear a mingling mask in memover drinks. ory of Ralph,� — Nick Obermark, WashingEven as offihis widow, ton, Mo., city cials at the Jayne Struckcouncilman city’s hoshoff, wrote in pital urged a letter to the C OV I D - 1 9 editor. “If this restricvirus can take tions, 356 people signed Ralph, it can take down a letter to the local paper anyone.� vowing their opposition Some locals began to being “forced to cover asking: What would it our mouths in public.� take for this town to Republican Missouri change?

Gov. Mike Parson has In November, Mayor declined to enact a state- Sandy Lucy noticed that wide mask mandate. attitudes were evolving.

Embracing freedom That’s when residents and tradition is as ex- heard about Peyton, the pected here as following middle schooler, who dedeer hunting season or clined rapidly and died attending the Washing- days after being admitton Town & Country ted to the hospital. AcFair. The city’s down- cording to his obituary, town, within view of he was known for his the swirling brown Mis- love of Pokemon Go, souri River, is lined with flag football and the St. historical red-brick Louis Blues. “He loved

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Lucy said, “and you think, maybe this virus is more vicious than I give it credit for being.�

Peyton’s mother, Stephanie Franek, pleaded in a TV interview: “Wear a mask when you’re in public, wash your hands and know that COVID is real.�

Meanwhile, cases skyrocketed. In the week ending Nov. 23, 25% of COVID-19 tests returned positive results. Overall deaths to the virus rose to 75.

Mercy Hospital Washington was running out of space. Hospital President Eric Eoloff tied rising hospitalizations and deaths to the absence of safety measures. “As a

hospital administrator, I knew we would be on the receiving end of the choices not to wear the masks and not social distancing,� he said.

IN A SURPRISE move Nov. 19, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners enacted a mandatory mask order.

Presiding Commissioner Brinker told The Missourian that he had spoken to local doctors and the St. Louis regional pandemic task force, and the numbers “speak for themselves.�

Although the order already applied to the city, the Washington City Council went further and approved its own mask rule four days later. Unlike the county order, which expires Dec. 20, the city’s mandate will stay in force based on metrics related to the new COVID-19 case rate, hospital admissions and deaths.

Dozens of protesters wielded flags and signs against mandatory masking outside City Hall the evening of the vote. “I’m here because I feel my freedom is being violated,� Ali Whittington said.

Councilman Obermark later said that he had lost a lot of sleep over his decision. “It wasn’t one thing,� he said. “It was several things that made me change my mind.�

The high positivity rate, the lack of capacity at the hospital. Knowing healthy people whom COVID-19 “knocked down� for days. His wife having to quarantine.

And Peyton’s death.

He said he knows masks aren’t a cure-all, but they could help reduce the spread until vaccines arrive. “We tried nothing and it isn’t working,� he said, “so we have to try something.�

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rather than, say, not holding sporting events at all.

And the culture cultivated at ACC, encouraging having students protect themselves with masks, social distancing and more, has also been effective.

Special thanks were also given to new ACC theater instructor, Trevor Belt, for his innovative, socially distanced approach to performances during COVID-19.

Right now, though they are not returning again in person, students are preparing for finals across a number of disciplines.

And some new data shows that when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion, ACC is performing better than its aspirant peers.

Another interesting data study involves the question as to whether co-curricular activities impede or bolster academic success, with the results of the study still forthcoming.

Speaking of activities, it’s looking increasingly likely that ACC will lose perhaps a dozen of its athletes this spring to due COVID. This is not from students testing positive, but rather from other countries placing travel restrictions on the U.S. due it having one of the most severe outbreaks in the world.

“Some students,” explained Jacobson, “their countries won’t allow them to travel to the U.S.” On a more positive note, the trustees received a letter from a student/parent about the affordability of the college.

The writer lauded that Composition I only costs

$372 at ACC, whereas at a neighboring school it’s almost $500.

“Thank you for keeping costs reasonable for our students,” they said.

There has also been a recent uptick in action regarding trying to draw increasing numbers of students to the Burlingame campus.

A marketing plan has been developed for promotion, and the Kansas Department of Transportation is helping to have signage installed to help people navigate to ACC’s Burlingame campus.

The city of Burlingame has also been getting involved in productive ways.

DURING a discussion with ACC’s auditors from Jarred Gilmore and Phillips, the representative said it’s been “a pretty positive year” for the college.

“You’re sitting physically stable and actually improved things over the year,” they added, and paid homage in particular to the college’s financial aid team.

All told, it seems Allen has mostly been able to successfully weather the financial storms caused by COVID-19, even if significant adjustments have had to be made.

Auditors noted that 32% of all dollars spent were spent on supporting instruction, which is to be suspected, and that this totals around $4.5 million of the $14 million that the college spends yearly.

After it was reiterated that the audit revealed nothing problematic, the board of trustees granted it their formal stamp of approval.

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State toughens nursing home testing rules

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday imposed stronger coronavirus testing rules for several hundred state-licensed nursing homes that will have most of them testing their employees twice a week.

The executive order on testing comes as Kansas waits to receive its first shipments of a vaccine made by Pfizer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to consider within days whether to authorize emergency use of the two-dose vaccine. If it does, the state expects the first shipments by the end of next week.

The order affecting nursing homes applies to more than 470 facilities and imposes the same testing requirements already faced by about 360 homes in Kansas licensed by the federal government. The rules require greater testing of employees if a county’s rate of positive tests grows.

“Now that we have broader testing capacity in the state, it’s really a commonsense measure,” Laura Howard, the top administrator at the state Department for Aging and Disability Services, said during a Statehouse news conference.

The federal government imposed its testing rules this summer, and Howard said the state is moving now because it can handle the additional testing. Kelly in late September announced plans for a “unified” strategy to boost total testing and Kansas hired 11 contractors last month to help.

The governor’s executive order came a day after the State Board of Education recommended that elementary schools continue in-person

classes even if the spread of the coronavirus in their communities is so great that schools otherwise would close.

During the seven-day period that ended Wednesday, Kansas had a daily average of 2,535 new confirmed or probable coronavirus cases, 52 new COVID-19 hospitalizations and 37 deaths from the disease, according to state Department of Health and Environment data.

Nursing homes have been hit hard. The health department said as of Wednesday, they accounted for 478 clusters of two or more cases since the pandemic reached the state in early March, or 33% of the state’s total of 1,479.

Those nursing home clusters resulted in more than 8,500 confirmed or probable coronavirus cases as of Wednesday, or 4.7% of the state’s pandemic total — but 873 deaths, or 45% of the state’s total of 1,941.

The state’s vaccine distribution plan calls for giving shots first to health care workers who are deemed at high-risk of contracting the disease, including nursing home workers, as well as their residents.

If the FDA authorizes Pfizer’s vaccine, the state expects its first shipments to include the first of two doses for 23,750 people. Meanwhile, Kansas expects to receive the first doses of Moderna’s twodose vaccine for 49,000 people if the FDA approves it. It’s likely to be months before vaccines are available to everyone.

Kansas added 5,778 coronavirus cases and 85 deaths to its pandemic tally since Monday. It also reported a net increase of 145 hospitalizations over those two days, bringing

the total to 5,654.

The State Board of Education on Tuesday updated its pandemic guidance, which many local school districts are following closely, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. Education Commissioner Randy Watson cited research showing younger students do not get as ill when infected.

“The chance for the virus impacting elementary schools, both from a teacher and student standpoint, is so low that the risk of not being in school is higher than being in school,” Watson said.

As of Wednesday, 3.3% of the state’s nearly 180,000 coronavirus cases and none of its more than 1,900 COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic were in children 9 years old or younger, according to the state health department.

But the department also reported that there have been 109 clusters of two or more cases in schools among students and staff, with nearly 1,300 cases, 15 hospitalizations and a staff death. The state’s largest school district, Wichita’s, reported last month that it had more than 600 cases between Aug. 1 and mid-November, with 61% of them among staff. It also reported that more than 200 staffers entered quarantine last week because of potential exposure to the virus.

The state board also voted Tuesday to allow local districts to subtract up to 20 hours of professional development for staff from required hours of classroom instruction.

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Former Crest standout shines on the sidelines

The architect of one of the most surprising upsets in the young NCAA college basketball season is a familiar name to local sports fans.

Todd Johnston, a 2009 Crest High graduate, is an assistant coach at Fort Hays State University.

The traditional Division II college basketball power had fallen on hard times to start the 2020-21 campaign. The Tigers have been plagued by injury and COVID-19 protocols that left FHSU at 0-3 and headed to Manhattan for an exhibition with Kansas State University.

Even with the Wildcats’ struggles this year, an easy victory was assumed.

Fort Hays State had other plans.

The Tigers led from start to finish in an 81-68 victory, the first for FHSU over K-State since 1938.

The story is even more remarkable under closer examination.

Fort Hays State already was without a pair of key guards due to injury. Then Monday, the Tigers learned head coach Mark Johnson and associate head coach Jeremy Brown would miss the KSU game because

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Todd Johnston Johnson had tested positive for the coronavirus. Brown has not tested positive, but was held out as well, quarantining as a close contact.

That left the 29-year-old Johnston calling the shots on Tuesday.

It didn’t take long for Fort Hays State to take control.

The Tigers scored eight straight early on to take the lead, then turned on the jets after halftime.

Fort Hays State led by as many as 21 down the stretch.

“I’m just excited for the guys,” Johnston told reportSee JOHNSTON | Page B6

A blow to baseball’s heartland Minor leagues take hit as MLB plays hardball

By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

Minor league baseball hasn’t been able to take the field in more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

When it finally returns, it will look a whole lot leaner.

That’s not an encouraging development for a sport that desperately needs to develop new fans at the grassroots level.

In a classic game of hardball, Major League Baseball essentially forced its will on

the game’s crucial developmental levels, eliminating highly sought affiliations with 43 franchises — about a quarter of its sprawling minor league system.

D-Day came Wednesday, with MLB teams extending invitations to a lucky group of 120 teams — four for each of the 30 big league franchises — while barely seeming to care about teams that were left in the dust.

The Tri-City ValleyCats, for instance, learned their disappointing fate from a chart posted on the Baseball

College Football: Big 12

Big 12 squads play makeup to wrap up season

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Some things to watch in the Big 12 on Saturday, when three conference games are scheduled to make up earlier postponements because of virus issues. No. 10 Iowa State has completed its regular season and can start prepping for the Big 12 title game Dec. 19 against five-time defending league champ Oklahoma, which has another game to play.

Oklahoma State at Baylor.

With the Cowboys out of contention for the Big 12 title, they are still a slight favorite going on the road to play Baylor. The game previously scheduled Oct. 17 is now the season finale for first-year

Bears coach Dave Aranda.

Baylor has won five of six in the series and in a 27-14 loss last week played a tighter game against the Sooners than the Cowboys did in Bedlam. Baylor held the Sooners to 278 total yards, their fewest since 2015. The Cowboys

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An Oklahoma win Saturday would be the 44th for fourth-year coach Lincoln RiSee BIG 12 | Page B4

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Oklahoma defensive lineman Marcus Stripling (33) and linebacker Brian Asamoah (24) will be among the Sooners taking the field Saturday against West Virginia in a game postponed from Thanksgiving weekend. DALLAS MORNING NEWS/TOM FOX/TNS BEST MATCHUP

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo praised the “amazing” moves the Milwaukee Bucks have made to improve the team, but the two-time reigning MVP stopped short Wednesday of saying he would sign a supermax contract extension offer.

“Right now I’m not focusing on that,” Antetokounmpo said during his first preseason discussion with reporters. “I know my agent, Alex (Saratsis), and (general manager) Jon Horst and the Bucks ownership are focusing on those discussions. I’m just trying to focus on myself and how I can get better, how I can help my teammates be better, how I can be ready Saturday to play our first preseason game.”

Antetokounmpo, who turned 26 last week, would be able to receive up to 35% of the salary cap with an 8% escalation each year of the deal under a supermax extension.

The Bucks were able to offer a five-year deal worth over

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No. 13 Oklahoma at West Virginia. The Sooners earned their title game slot by winning six games in a row since their first 0-2 start in league play since 1998. They still have a makeup date at West Virginia, a game that was pushed back two weeks from Thanksgiving weekend due to COVID-19 issues in the Sooners program. The Mountaineers (5-4), trying to clinch a winning record in coach Neal Brown’s second season, are coming off a 45-6 loss at Iowa State. West Virginia is 0-8 against Oklahoma since joining the Big 12, and the four Morgantown matchups have had an average score of 53-42 with more than 1,000 yards of total offense in each game.

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Rick Murphy, president and part-owner of the Troy, New York-based franchise, had no idea why his team in the now-defunct New YorkPenn League failed to make the cut.

“It’s disappointing and surprising at the same time,” Murphy told the Times Union.

“I think operationally, we did everything you could expect.

We hit all the metrics.”

The ValleyCats were a short-season affiliate of the Houston Astros for 18 seasons, winning three league championships and drawing

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Doing a Christmas special in summer in Los Angeles had to be a bit surreal, no?

Yeah, I mean I don’t think it was quite as crazy as Sofia’s (Wylie) Christmas in the Arizona desert.

I think she was doing hers – I believe it was like in the triple digits. I think she was like well into a hundred degrees in the middle of the desert shooting her stuff at like 6 a.m. So I give mad props to her and the crew that pulled that off because her number looks fantastic.

But no, it was really, really fun. Interesting to have Christmas stuff in the middle of summer. It was fun though. I love Christmas and I love the holidays and I could be down to have holiday stuff all year round.

Do you get to go home to Arkansas for the holidays and do you see snow?

Oh my gosh, yeah. So not nearly as much as here in Utah (the series is shot in Salt Lake City) but that’s the cool thing about Arkansas, is like I got to grow up in a place that gets like all four seasons. So in your summertime, you are really hot and humid and in your wintertimes you’re really cold, dry and snowy, so it’s amazing.

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ley. Bob Stoops, his predecessor, had 43 wins in his first four seasons, which included a national championship in 2000. ...

West Virginia junior Leddie Brown is 55 yards shy of joining Iowa State’s Breece Hall as a 1,000-yard rusher in the Big 12 this season. ...

TCU, which hosts Louisiana Tech in a game added just last week, is 5-0 this season and 100-8 in coach Gary Patterson’s 20 seasons when rushing for 200 yards in a game.

ORDINANCE NO. 1142 SUMMARY On December 7, 2020, the City of Yates Center, Kansas, adopted Ordinance No. 1142, an ordinance increasing the water user rates by 2% for customers within the City limits and commercial customers, which raised the rate from $4.96 per thousand gallons used to $.005171 per gallon used; and amending Ordinance No. 1124 of the Code of the City of Yates Center. A complete copy of this ordinance may be obtained or viewed free of charge at City Hall, 117 East Rutledge, Yates Center, KS 66783, and at www. cityofyatescenter.com.

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$220 million.

He has until Dec. 21 to sign the extension, or else he will be eligible to become a free agent after the 2020-21 season.

Antetokounmpo said he is letting his agent handle any contract discussions.

“I’m not going to lie to you,” Antetokounmpo said. “I’m not the type of player who talks with his agent five times a week or seven times a week.”

The Bucks spent the offseason trying to upgrade their roster, with mixed success, after they posted the NBA’s best regularseason record in each of the last two years only to fall short in the playoffs.

The Bucks acquired veteran guard Jrue Holiday as part of a fourteam trade in which they gave up guards Eric Bledsoe and George Hill and a package of picks.

But a widely reported

sign-and-trade with Sacramento that would have brought sharpshooting swingman Bogdan Bogdanovic to Milwaukee fell through as the NBA investigated whether the teams reached an agreement earlier than allowed by league rules.

Milwaukee followed that up by re-signing guard Pat Connaughton and agreeing to terms with free-agent guards D.J. Augustin and Bryn Forbes and forwards Torrey Craig and Bobby Portis.

“I think their moves have been amazing,” Antetokounmpo said.

“All the guys we got, they can help the team, they can defend. Having Holiday on the team is big time. He’s a great leader. He’s a great human being. He can defend. He can score the ball. He’s going to bring that edge that we need.

The rest of the guys, I think they’re going to help us, too.”

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News Weakest Link Dateline NBC News Tonight Show News Wheel MacGyver Magnum P.I. Blue Bloods News Late-Colbert Family Family The Christmas Caroler Challenge Seinfeld Seinfeld Creek Creek Gold PBS NewsHour Wash McLaug. Washburn Holiday Vesper I’ve Got. World The Day Aman News ET Olaf’s Shrek (8:01) 20/20 News Jimmy Kimmel Pac-12 Preg College Football Pac-12 Championship: Teams TBA. Fox 14 News Court TV Live Court TV Live Court TV Live Chicago Chicago P.D. Mod Mod Mod Movie: ››› “Ant-Man” (2015) Paul Rudd.

Seinfeld Seinfeld Movie: ››‡ “Central Intelligence” ELEAG Movie: ›› “Let’s Be Cops” (2014) Grinch Grinch Movie: ›› “Jingle All the Way” (8:58) Movie: “Shrek Forever After” Jungle “The Boss Baby” Movie: ››‡ “Despicable Me 3” Pixels Movie: ››‡ “Minions” (2015) ‘PG’ Football College Football MAC Championship: Teams TBA. NBA Preseason Basketball NFL Live NBA Preseason Basketball: Nets at Celtics SportsCenter Backs To Be Announced To Be Announced Deli Deli Deli Deli Deli Deli Ridic.

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“Merry Liddle” Movie: “Christmas on the Menu” (9:03) “A Christmas in Tennessee” Christ Dream Dream Dream Dream Christmas Christmas Hunters Hunters Christ Diners Diners Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners Diners Diners, Drive Diners The First 48 First 48-First Live Rescue “Live Rescue -- 12.18.20” Rescue Gold Rush Gold Rush Gold Rush Gold Family Chantel 90 Day Fiancé “Shame on You” 90 Day Family Chantel 90 Day 90 Day Movie: ››‡ “The A-Team” (2010) Liam Neeson.

Movie: ››‡ “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” ‘R’ Raven Raven Raven’s Home Music Raven Magic Quest Raven’s Home Music Astro Danger All-Star Nickmas Sheldon Sheldon Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends “Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause” Movie: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” ‘PG’ Movie: ››‡ “The Star” Andy G. Andy G. Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray King King King Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens Aliens Fturama Fturama Fturama Movie: ›››‡ “Shrek” (2001) ‘PG’ Movie: ›››‡ “Shrek” (2001) ‘PG’ Jokes Jokes Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Videos Jokes Last Last Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom “Best Yrs-Lives” “Remember the Night” ‘NR’ (8:45) Movie: ›››› “The Apartment” (1960) DeskSet “Polar Express” Movie: ›› “Four Christmases” Movie: ››› “Love Actually” (2003) ‘R’ River Monsters River Monsters River Monsters: Deadliest Big Cat Tales Monster T. Perry’s Sistas Payne As. Liv Martin Movie: ›‡ “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son” Office Office Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Dunham South Over Movie: ›› “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” Movie: ››‡ “Last Holiday” (2006) ‘PG-13’ Football NFL WWE Friday Night SmackDown Talking Smack Fri. Night SmackDown “It’s Com” Movie: ›› “Fifty Shades of Grey” (2015) ‘R’ Movie: ›› “Fifty Shades Darker” Paranormal Ca. The Osbournes Want to Believe Paranormal Ca. Paranormal Ca. Os Teen Teen Apple Apple Burgers Amer. Amer. Rick Family Guy Chicken

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

KSNF 0 ^ _ KOAM * CWPL K30AL > + , KODE .

KFJX 3 KPJO < USA = TBS > TNT ?

FX @ ESPN A ESPN2 B FXSP D MTV F LIFE G HGTV H FOOD I A&E J DISC K TLC L PARMT M DISN N NICK O FREE P TVLD Q HIST R SYFY S TRUTV T CMT V TCM W AMC X ANPL Y BET Z COM [ E! ¨ FS1 ≠ BRAVO Æ TRAV Ø TOON

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News Christmas Saturday Night Live News Tonight Show News Wheel Amazing Race SEAL Team S.W.A.T. News Late-Colbert Family Family Devils Penn & Teller Seinfeld Seinfeld Creek Creek Gold PBS NewsHour Nature NOVA Mark Twain World The Day Aman News ET The Great Christmas Light Fight For Life News Jimmy Kimmel Last Theory Masked Singer Masked Singer Fox 14 News Mod Theory Two Ashleigh Banfield Court TV Live Court TV Live NCIS WWE NXT (9:08) Movie: ››‡ “San Andreas” (2015) Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Full Conan Full Seinfeld “The Equalizer” All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite Movie: ››‡ “The Equalizer” (2014) ‘R’ “Maze Runner” Movie: ›› “The Equalizer 2” (2018) ‘R’ Movie: ›››‡ “The Revenant” ‘R’ College Basketball College Basketball SportsCenter SportCtr College Basketball Teams TBA. College Basketball NFL Live E60 Polaris Snow Sports Sports Strongman Strongman World Poker Poker Deli Deli The Challenge Deli Deli Ridic.

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“Candy Cane” Movie: “Twinkle All the Way” (2019) (9:03) Movie: “My Christmas Inn” Twinkle Home Town Home Town Home Town Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Home Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Grocery Court Court Court Court Court Court Rescue Rescue Court Court Court Expedition X Josh Gates Expedition X Expedition Un. Expedition Un. Josh My 600-Lb. Life My 600-Lb. Life My 600-Lb. Life My 600-Lb. Life: Where My 600Movie: ››› “A League of Their Own” (1992) ‘PG’ Movie: ››› “Pretty Woman” (1990) ‘R’ Raven Raven Stuck/Middle Liv-Mad. Cali Big City Big City Raven Raven Jessie “SpongeBob Movie” Sheldon Sheldon Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends (5:25) Movie: “The Santa Clause 2” “Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause” The 700 Club Black Andy G. Andy G. Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray King King King Forged in Fire Forged in Fire Forged in Fire Forged in Fire Forged in Fire Forged “Tim Burton” (5:30) Movie: ››› “The Goonies” Movie: ›› “The Last Witch Hunter” (2015) Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Last Last Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Reba “Where Eagles” Movie: ›››› “Vertigo” (1958) ‘PG’ (9:15) Movie: ››› “Marnie” (1964) ‘PG’ (5:00) “Scrooged” “National Lamp. Christmas” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” North Woods Law North Woods Law: Uncuffed North Woods Law North Woods Law Un “Holiday Heart.” Payne As. Liv T. Perry’s Sistas Games- Play T. Perry’s Sistas Payne South South South South South South South South Daily South South Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Dating Dating Dating Nightly Dating College Basketball Boxing PBC Fight Night.

NFL Break Sports Housewives/OC Housewives/OC Housewives/OC Real Housewives Watch Housewives/OC Unexplained: C Unexplained: C Unexplained: C True Paranormal True Paranormal Unex Teen Teen Gumball Gumball Burgers Burgers Amer. Amer. Family Family Rick

FRIDAY EVENING

KSNF 0 ^ _ KOAM * CWPL K30AL > + , KODE .

KFJX 3 KPJO < USA = TBS > TNT ?

FX @ ESPN A ESPN2 B FXSP D MTV F LIFE G HGTV H FOOD I A&E J DISC K TLC L PARMT M DISN N NICK O FREE P TVLD Q HIST R SYFY S TRUTV T CMT V TCM W AMC X ANPL Y BET Z COM [ E! ¨ FS1 ≠ BRAVO Æ TRAV Ø TOON

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News The Voice The final artists perform.

(9:01) Nurses News Tonight Show News Wheel Neigh Bob All Rise Bull News Late-Colbert Family Family iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Whose? Seinfeld Seinfeld Creek Creek Gold PBS NewsHour Washburn Holiday Vesper Cmas-Choir Midsomer Mur. Murder World News ET The Bachelorette “The Men Tell All” The Shot: Race News Jimmy Kimmel Last Theory L.A.’s Finest Cosmos: Possible Fox 14 News Mod Theory Two Court TV Live Court TV Live Court TV Live Chicago P.D. WWE Monday Night RAW Miz & Mod Mod Family Family Family Family Family Family Amer. Amer. Conan Seinfeld Seinfeld “A Star Is Born” Movie: ›››‡ “Crazy Rich Asians” (2018) “Miss Congeniality 2” “Book Club” Movie: ››‡ “Bad Moms” (2016) Movie: ››› “Girls Trip” (2017) Regina Hall.

Monday Night NFL Football Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns.

SportsCenter W/Van Pelt SportsCenter UFC Reloaded UFC Archival UFC The Ten College Football Icons To Be Announced Poker Deli Deli Ridic.

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“Christmas in” Movie: “Lonestar Christmas” (2020) (9:03) “Inn Love by Christmas” (2020) Christ Property Brothers Celebrity IOU Celebrity IOU Flip Flip Bargain Mansions Celeb Holiday Wars Holiday Baking Holiday Baking Christmas Cookie The Big Bake Baking (5:00) The First 48 The First 48 The First 48 (9:01) The First 48 The First 48 First 48 Street Outlaws Street Outlaws: Fastest in America Outlaws: Fast Outlaws Family Chantel Family Chantel Family Chantel HEA Strikes Back! Family Chantel Chantel Movie: “Dashing in December” ‘NR’ Movie: “50 First Dates” Movie: ›› “50 First Dates” (2004) Grinch Raven Jessie Jessie Jessie Jessie Jessie Sydney Sydney Jessie Sheldon Sheldon Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Movie: ››› “Despicable Me” ‘PG’ “Home Alone 2” “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” The 700 Club Perfect Andy G. Andy G. Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray King King King Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars (9:03) Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Fturama Fturama Movie: ››‡ “Hancock” (2008) Movie: ››› “Signs” (2002) Mel Gibson.

Jokes Jokes Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Movie: ››‡ “Old School” (2003) Old Schl Last Last Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Reba Reba Reba (6:10) “Scram!” Movie: “Way Out West” ‘G’ “Block-Heads” (9:45) “Our Relations” ‘NR’ Bonnie “Four Chris” Snow Movie: ››› “Elf” (2003) Will Ferrell. Movie: ››› “The Polar Express” Last Alaskans Homestead Rescue: Survival Shelter Insane Pools: Off the Deep End XL Ho (5:00) “Bringing Down the House” Martin Movie: ››‡ “Beauty Shop” (2005) Queen Latifah.

Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Daily Office South Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Nightly Dating College Basketball College Basketball 2020 World Series Below Deck Below Deck Below Deck Watch Below Deck “Monster-in-Law” Mysteries- Unk. Mysteries of the Unknown Dark Tales with Dark Tales with Myster Teen Teen Gumball Gumball Burgers Burgers Amer. Amer. Family Family Rick

WEDNESDAY EVENING

KSNF 0 ^ _ KOAM * CWPL K30AL > + , KODE .

KFJX 3 KPJO < USA = TBS > TNT ?

FX @ ESPN A ESPN2 B FXSP D MTV F LIFE G HGTV H FOOD I A&E J DISC K TLC L PARMT M DISN N NICK O FREE P TVLD Q HIST R SYFY S TRUTV T CMT V TCM W AMC X ANPL Y BET Z COM [ E! ¨ FS1 ≠ BRAVO Æ TRAV Ø TOON

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TUESDAY 7 p.m. on K30AL Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas With Vanessa Williams Vanessa Williams is both host and a featured vocalist in this new onehour music special that pays tribute to one of the most iconic Christmas albums ever released by jazz great Ella Fitzgerald.

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Premier Soccer PGA Champions Alpine Skiing FIS Paid News Basket College Basketball Inside Basketball College Basketball Paid black- blackMovie: ›› “Noel” (2004) ‘PG’ Movie: ››‡ “My Girl 2” (1993) Cook Lidia Paint Painting Artsy Quilting Bee Gees: One Night Only Week Journey College Football Coll. Football College Football ACC Championship: Teams TBA. College Football Update College Football Teams TBA. FBI Ashleigh Banfield Ashleigh Banfield Crimes Crimes Crimes Crimes A Killer A Killer Chicago Chicago P.D. Movie: “Ant-Man” Movie: ››› “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017) “The House” ‘R’ (1:45) Movie: ››› “Dumb & Dumber” (1994) “Talladega Nights: Ricky Bobby” Jungle (1:01) Movie: “Shrek Forever After” (3:02) Movie: “Jingle All the Way” “Smallfoot” ‘PG’ (12:00) “The Boss Baby” Movie: ››‡ “Minions” (2015) ‘PG’ Movie: ››‡ “Despicable Me 3” College Football Scores College Football Teams TBA. Scores Basket College Basketball Teams TBA. College Football Teams TBA. (11:30) College Football Tennis Classics TBA Football Ridic.

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Santa “Let’s Meet Again” Movie: “A Sugar & Spice Holiday” “Too-Christmas” Bones Good Bones Good Bones Good Bones Good Bones Good Bones Grocery Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Diners Diners Court Shockwave Shockwave Shockwave Shockwave Most Daring Moon Moonshiners Moonshiners Moonshiners Homestead Homestead Unex Unexpected Unexpected Unexpected Unexpected Unexpected Movie: ››› “Bad Santa” (2003) ‘R’ Movie: ››› “Coming to America” (1988) ‘R’ “Sweet Home” Jessie Jessie Jessie Jessie Bunk’d Bunk’d Bizaard Bizaard Jessie Raven TBA Sponge. Sponge. Sponge. Sponge. To Be Announced Loud Loud Home (1:15) Movie: ››‡ “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” Frosty Rudolph Grinch Rose.

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Two Two Aliens Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens “Harry Potter” “Harry Potter” (1:25) Movie: ››› “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” Tammy Jokers Jokers Jokers Videos Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes (11:00) Movie: “Tombstone” Movie: ››‡ “Con Air” (1997) Nicolas Cage.

Movie: ››› “Top Gun” Fitzwilly Movie: ›› “Susan Slept Here” ‘NR’ Movie: ››› “Desk Set” (1957) ‘NR’ “Bishop’s Wife” (11:30) Movie: “Gremlins” Movie: ››› “Scrooged” (1988) Movie: ›› “Four Christmases” The Zoo The Zoo The Zoo Mega Zoo Mega Zoo Mega Zoo Big Movie: ››› “Rush Hour” (1998) Jackie Chan. ‘PG-13’ Movie: ›› “Rush Hour 2” (2001) Office Office Office Office Office Movie: ››› “The Wedding Singer” (1998) Grwn (12:00) Movie: “Sister Act” Movie: ›› “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” Movie: “Last Holiday” The Long Game College Football Teams TBA. Update Football Below Deck Below Deck Below Deck Movie: ›› “Fifty Shades of Grey” (2015) ‘R’ Unex Unexplained: C Unexplained: C Unexplained: C Unexplained: C Unexplained: C Gumball Gumball Gumball Teen Teen Teen Teen “Teen Titans Go” “Teen Titans Go”

WEDNESDAY 7 p.m. on CWPL Devils Massimo (Alessandro Borghi) uses the dossier to stop Dominic (Patrick Dempsey), discovering who the killer is in the process, in the Season 1 finale. Once Dominic is banished back to the United States, Massimo steps into the role of CEO.

TUESDAY EVENING KSNF 0 ^ _ KOAM * CWPL K30AL > + , KODE .

KFJX 3 KPJO < USA = TBS > TNT ?

FX @ ESPN A ESPN2 B FXSP D MTV F LIFE G HGTV H FOOD I A&E J DISC K TLC L PARMT M DISN N NICK O FREE P TVLD Q HIST R SYFY S TRUTV T CMT V TCM W AMC X ANPL Y BET Z COM [ E! ¨ FS1 ≠ BRAVO Æ TRAV Ø TOON

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Today Paid Paid VetsEarth Earth New Cham Voyager Premier Soccer CBS This Morning: Saturday Lucky Innova Mission Hope- College Basketball Paid MyPil Wild Wild Wild This Old Jewels TailRescue Paid World Pink Molly Red ... Street Motor Old House Woods. Wood Crafts Garden Good Morning Good Morning Ocean Sea Hearts Rock- College Football Life 2.0 Weird Planet Space Big Noon Kickoff College Football A Killer A Killer A Killer A Killer The FBI Files The FBI Files The FBI Files FBI Paid Paid Chicago P.D. Chicago P.D. Chicago P.D. Chicago P.D. Chicago Ray Ray Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Wipeout Wipeout House NCIS: N.O. NCIS: N.O. NCIS: N.O. NCIS: N.O. Movie: “The Jungle Book” “Ice Age-Course” Movie: “The Angry Birds Movie” ‘PG’ Movie: “Penguins of Madagascar” Boss SportsCenter College GameDay College Football Live NFL SportsCenter SportsCenter SportsCenter College Basketball Paid Paid To Be Announced Kayak MidWest Wild TBA Football College Football Fresh Out Playlist Ridic.

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Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid “Four Christmases” “Becom Santa” Windy City Rehab Windy City Rehab Windy City Rehab Ty Breaker Good Bones Bones The Kitchen Holiday Holiday Pioneer Pioneer The Kitchen Feasting-Stars Grocery Flipping Vegas Flipping Vegas Zombie Flip Zombie Flip Rescue Rescue Court Fishing Rocket-Tree Rocket-Tree Moonshiners Moonshiners Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Unexpected Unex Bar Rescue Movie: ››› “Coming to America” (1988) ‘R’ Movie: ›› “Bad Santa 2” (2016) ‘R’ Big City Big City Big City Ladybug Ladybug Ladybug Raven’s Home Raven Raven Music Rangers Sponge. PAW Baby Sponge. Sponge. Loud Casa To Be Announced “Nightmare-Christmas” Movie: ››‡ “The Star” (2017) ‘PG’ (10:45) Movie: ››› “Home Alone” Rose.

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(6:00) Grant Grant Grant Grant serves as president.

Aliens Movie: “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (9:58) “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” World Dumbest World Dumbest World Dumbest World Dumbest Movie: ›‡ “Tammy” ‘R’ CMT Christmas Hot 20 Countdown Movie: ››› “Tombstone” “Alias Boston” (8:15) “Bush Christmas” (9:45) A Night at the Movies Movie: ››› “Fitzwilly” (6:00) “Love the Coopers” Movie: ››› “Love Actually” (2003) Hugh Grant. ‘R’ “Gremlins” (1984) The Zoo The Zoo The Zoo The Zoo The Zoo The Zoo Prince Prince Payne Payne Prince Prince Movie: “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son” Office Office Office (8:45) The Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Sister Movie: ››‡ “Overboard” (1987) ‘PG’ Movie: ›› “Stepmom” (1998) Julia Roberts.

College Football Big Noon Kickoff To Be Announced Below Below Deck Below Deck Below Deck Below Deck Below Deck UFOs: The Lost UFOs: The Lost UFOs: The Lost UFOs: The Lost Unexplained: C Unex Teen Teen Teen Total Craig Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball Gumball

SATURDAY EVENING

KSNF 0 ^ _ KOAM * CWPL K30AL > + , KODE .

KFJX 3 KPJO < USA = TBS > TNT ?

FX @ ESPN A ESPN2 B FXSP D MTV F LIFE G HGTV H FOOD I A&E J DISC K TLC L PARMT M DISN N NICK O FREE P TVLD Q HIST R SYFY S TRUTV T CMT V TCM W AMC X ANPL Y BET Z COM [ E! ¨ FS1 ≠ BRAVO Æ TRAV Ø TOON

8:00

News “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” Dateline NBC News Tonight Show News Wheel Sheldon B Posi Mom Unicorn Star Trek: Disc News Late-Colbert Family Family Dogs of the Year Animals Animals Seinfeld Seinfeld Creek Creek Gold PBS NewsHour Working I’ve Got. Journey Saman Death in Paradise Old House World News ET Station 19 Grey’s Anatomy Million Little News Jimmy Kimmel Last Pre NFL Football Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders.

Fox 14 News Court TV Live Court TV Live Court TV Live Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Miz & Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Conan Seinfeld Seinfeld Bones Geos Movie: ›› “A Christmas Carol” Movie: ›› “A Christmas Carol” “The Equalizer 2” FX’s A Christmas Carol Scrooge has a dark night of the soul.

Christmas Carol College Basketball NBA Preseason Basketball: Warriors at Kings SportsCenter SportsCenter 2020 Spikeball UFC Reloaded E60 Tennis Classics 2020 ATP Rome Semifinal.

Shogun Fights World Poker Kickbox Deli Deli Jersey Shore Deli Deli Ridic.

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“Christmas Vine” Movie: “The Christmas Setup” (2020) (9:03) “A Sugar & Spice Holiday” Christ Flip Flip Flip.-America Flip Flip Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Flip Beat Beat Beat Beat Beat Beat Beat Beat Beat Beat Beat The First 48 The First 48 The First 48 (9:01) Killer Cases The First 48 The (5:00) BattleBots BattleBots “Stop! Hammer Time!”

Rocket-Tree Rocket-Tree Battle Stories of the ER Stories of the ER Stories of the ER Stories of the ER Stories of the ER Stories Movie: ››‡ “Con Air” (1997) Nicolas Cage.

Movie: ››‡ “The A-Team” (2010) Liam Neeson.

Raven Raven Raven Bunk’d Jessie Bunk’d Bunk’d Bunk’d Sydney Sydney Jessie Top Elf All That Un Sheldon Sheldon Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends (4:50) Movie: “Home Alone” (7:20) “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” ‘PG’ The 700 Club LifeAndy G. Andy G. Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray King King King Swamp People: Swamp People: Swamp People: Swamp People Swamp People: Swamp (4:55) Movie: “Red 2” (7:29) Movie: “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004) Movie Movie: “Red 2” Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Videos Jokes Jokes Jokes Last Last To Be Announced Movie: ›‡ “Gone in 60 Seconds” Escape MGM Movie: ›››› “Going My Way” (9:15) Movie: ››› “King of Kings” (1961) Santa Santa Movie: ››› “The Polar Express” Movie: ››› “Scrooged” (1988) Gold Rush: AK Gold Rush: AK Gold Rush: AK Gold Rush: AK Gold Rush: AK Gold Martin (5:00) Movie: ›› “Daddy Day Care” Movie: ›› “Meet the Browns” (2008) Tyler Perry.

Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Daily Office South Total Bellas Total Bellas Total Bellas Total Bellas Nightly Sex-City Sex-City College Basketball College Basketball Fri. Night SmackDown Southern Charm Southern Charm Southern Charm Watch Real Housewives Southern Charm Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures The Holzer Files The Holzer Files Ghost Teen Teen Gumball Gumball Burgers Burgers Amer. Amer. Family Family Rick

SATURDAY MORNING

KSNF 0 ^ _ KOAM * CWPL K30AL > + , KODE .

KFJX 3 KPJO < USA = TBS > TNT ?

FX @ ESPN A ESPN2 B FXSP D MTV F LIFE G HGTV H FOOD I A&E J DISC K TLC L PARMT M DISN N NICK O FREE P TVLD Q HIST R SYFY S TRUTV T CMT V TCM W AMC X ANPL Y BET Z COM [ E! ¨ FS1 ≠ BRAVO Æ TRAV Ø TOON

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SATURDAY 7 p.m. on KSNF Global Citizen Prize John Legend returns to host this one-hour special that honors leaders who are shaping the world in positive ways. The program contains several video segments spotlighting stories of taking action against major problems.

News The Voice The Voice The winner is revealed.

News Tonight Show News Wheel Play On-Music NCIS FBI News Late-Colbert Family Family Swamp Thing Tell Me a Story Seinfeld Seinfeld Creek Creek Gold PBS NewsHour Ella Wishes You Washburn Holi Frontline World The Day Aman News ET The Bachelorette (9:01) Big Sky News Jimmy Kimmel Last Theory Cosmos: Possible NEXT “FILE 7” Fox 14 News Mod Theory Two Court TV Live Court TV Live Court TV Live Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Mod Mod Mod Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Misery Conan Misery Misery Horrible NBA Basketball NBA Basketball “Office Party” Movie: ›‡ “Baywatch” (2017) ‘R’ Movie: ›‡ “Baywatch” (2017) ‘R’ Playoff Top 25 ESPN Films To Be Announced SportsCenter W/Van Pelt SportCtr College Basketball College Basketball UCF at Houston. ESPN Films Snow Polaris Epic Tennis Classics Tennis To Be Announced Poker Deli Deli Teen Mom 2 Catfish: The TV Deli Deli Ridic.

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“Every Day Is” Movie: “Christmas Pen Pals” (2018) (9:03) Movie: “A Taste of Christmas” Christ Fixer to Fabulous Fixer to Fabulous Fixer to Fabulous Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Fixer to Chopped Chopped Chopped Supermarket Chopped Chop Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Moonshiners Moonshiners (8:01) Moonshiners: Outlaw Cuts Ballad of Jim Tom Moon Welcome Fat Fabulous Fat Fabulous Welcome Cmas Lights Fabu Movie: ›››‡ “The Help” (2011) Viola Davis. ‘PG-13’ Movie: ›››‡ “The Help” (2011) Raven Raven Good Luck Jes. Bunk’d Raven Raven Raven Sydney Sydney Jessie Sheldon Sheldon Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Movie: ››› “Despicable Me 2” “Dr. Seuss’ How-Grinch” (7:25) “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” Prep & The 700 Club Jingle 2 Andy G. Andy G. Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray Ray King King King Curse-Island Digging Deeper Curse-Island Beyond Oak Is. Curse-Island Digging Fturama Fturama (5:35) Movie: ››› “Signs” (2002) Movie: ››› “The Goonies” (1985) ‘PG’ Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Jokers Movie: ››› “Dumb & Dumber” Dumb Last Last Last Last Last Last Cheerleaders Mom Mom Mom “The Big Cube” Movie (5:00) Movie: “Elf” Movie: ››› “Scrooged” (1988) Movie: ›› “Fred Claus” (2007) Vince Vaughn.

Walking The Nile Walking with Walking with Walking with Lone Star Law Walking Martin (5:00) Movie: ››‡ “Beauty Shop” Movie: ››‡ “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” (2008) Office Office Office Office Drunk Drunk Drunk Drunk Daily South South Speed Movie: ›››‡ “Speed” (1994) ‘R’ Game Face Nightly Game Face NFL NFL College Basketball The Spring League Football Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Chrisley Tardy Don’t Be Tardy ... Watch Housewives The Dead Files The Dead Files The Dead Files The Dead Files Dead Teen Teen Gumball Gumball Burgers Burgers Amer. Amer. Family Family Rick

THURSDAY EVENING

KSNF 0 ^ _ KOAM * CWPL K30AL > + , KODE .

KFJX 3 KPJO < USA = TBS > TNT ?

FX @ ESPN A ESPN2 B FXSP D MTV F LIFE G HGTV H FOOD I A&E J DISC K TLC L PARMT M DISN N NICK O FREE P TVLD Q HIST R SYFY S TRUTV T CMT V TCM W AMC X ANPL Y BET Z COM [ E! ¨ FS1 ≠ BRAVO Æ TRAV Ø TOON

THURSDAY 8:01 p.m. on KOAM Mom Bonnie (Allison Janney) is apprehensive about Adam’s (William Fichtner) safety when he stubbornly insists on going skiing for the first time since his accident in the new episode “Sober Wizard and a Woodshop Workshop.”

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ers after the game. “I’m happy for them. We are 0-3, but we are talented.

We are young and inexperienced…..

I’m extremely excited for them. I hope this carries over and helps us win games in the future. I think for confidence and mentally for these guys, to see that, and pull it off is huge.”

K-State head coach Bruce Weber said of Tuesday’s loss, “This was very, very disappointing and sad for our program. I knew the season was not going to be easy. Obviously, I didn’t think it would be this tough.

We’ve had to go through COVID, injuries, all that, but there’s no way this should happen.”

Nevertheless, Weber was complimentary of Fort Hays State.

“Hats off to Fort Hays State,” Weber said. “They played unbelievable, made shots maybe they’ve never made in their career. It’s unbelievable. That’s the special thing about college basketball: Every game is different. You make some shots, get on a ‘magic level’ and you have amazing things. So credit to them.”

Johnston was a standout athlete at Crest in both football and basketball, leading the Lancers to extended playoff runs in both sports.

From there, he played college basketball at Cloud County Community College, then Baker University, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in secondary education and history. Johnston averaged 10 points per game his senior year at Baker and helped the program to an appearance in the NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Tournament in his junior season.

After his playing career concluded, Johnston served as an assistant coach at Missouri Southern, Benedectine and Cloud County before moving to FHSU in 2019-20.

This is his second year at Fort Hays State.

The game counts as an official loss in K-State’s record books, but will not be considered an official victory for FHSU because Fort Hays State counted the game as an exhibition. That’s because Fort Hays State cannot exceed 22 regular season games, as set

by NCAA Division II limits.

more than 4,000 fans per game for 11 straight seasons from 2008-18.

In their most recent season, Tri-City had the third-highest attendance in the 14-team league, averaging more than 3,869.

The only two teams that were higher, Brooklyn and Hudson Valley, both survived with moves to a new league.

“You look at the facility, the attendance, you look at the fan base, you look at the geography,” Murphy said, pointing to a metropolitan area of more than 1.1 million residents that includes the nearby cities of Albany and Schenectady. “You look at the market size and what we’ve been able to do for the last 18 years, and you would think it would have put us in a good position to be part of the 120.”

Tri-City wasn’t the only team that had cause to gripe.

The Lexington Legends, long one of the better-drawing clubs in the Class A South Atlantic League, were cast aside in the contraction.

Ditto for the Kane County Cougars, a Class A Midwest League team based in the Chicago suburbs for nearly three decades.

Despite ranking in the top three in attendance every year but one over their long history, the Cougars didn’t get the call from the big leagues.

Now, they’ll have to carry on as an independent franchise in one of the “affiliated leagues” that MLB is partnering with to supposedly help find landing spots for at least some of the spurned teams.

The American Associa-

A view of Toyota Field in Madison, Ala., home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas, which will play its inaugural season in 2021. PAUL GATTIS/TNS tion or the Frontier League seem the most likely destination for a relaunch that the team’s owners bravely called “Kane County Cougars 2.0.”

“At this point, we’re not sure where we’re going to end up,” Curtis Haug, the Cougars’ vice president and general manager, told the Chicago Tribune. “The baseball landscape has changed quite a bit.”

Even some of the teams that survived the purge got the short end of the bat.

Take the Wichita Wind Surge, a team that has yet to play its first game. Formerly the New Orleans Baby Cakes of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, the team was lured to Kansas by the promise of a $75 million, 10,025-seat stadium.

Well, the stadium was built, but the team couldn’t play in 2020 because MLB shut down the minor leagues in the midst of the pandemic.

Now, while still waiting to take the field in their new home, they have been demoted to the Double-A Texas League as part of a

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reorganization that MLB also imposed to enhance regionalization between big league clubs and their affiliates.

Not surprisingly, getting sent down without ever playing a game in Triple-A did not go over well with some Wichita fans.

“I know there are people who had their hopes set on Triple-A,” Mayor Brandon Whipple told The Wichita Eagle, though he insisted there wouldn’t be much of a difference.

“It all comes down to fan experience,” he said. “And we have one of the best stadiums in minor league baseball and our fan experience will be second to none.”

The Fresno Grizzlies took an even greater fall than the Wind Surge.

MLB essentially gave the team an ultimatum: Agree to shift from the Triple-A PCL to the California League — which will be at the lowest level of the new four-class alignment — or be dumped from affiliated baseball altogether.

With few other options, the city signed off on a deal late Thursday to al-

low the Grizzlies to drop down. The bitterness over the forced move will likely linger for years to come and surely have a major impact on fan support.

It will also be a big blow to Fresno’s finances.

The city still owes some $32 million in debt on its downtown stadium, 10,650seat Chukchansi Park.

“We inherited this beautiful stadium,” Mayor Lee Brand told The Fresno Bee. “It’s an amenity we have that we don’t want sitting vacant.”

There has been lofty talk from MLB about contraction actually being a step toward improving conditions at the minor league level, from stadium upgrades to less travel to improved pay.

But we all know this was mainly about improving the owners’ bottom lines, which have taken a huge hit during the pandemic.

At the moment, they’re surely pleased to have fewer minor league teams to support in the years to come.

They may come to regret the fans they left behind, as well.

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