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The city of Wichita formed a Single-Use Plastic Bag Task Force last week to research possibly banning or taxing plastic bags. NADYA FAULX / KMUW

State bill would ban ban

By NADYA FAULX Kansas News Service

Call it a ban on plastic bag bans.

A new bill introduced this week in the Kansas House Commerce Committee would pre-emptively prevent state municipalities from enacting their own bans or taxes on plastic items, including shopping bags.

The push comes days after the Wichita City Council appointed a Single-Use Plastic Bag Task Force to See BAN | Page A3

Owen Sicka strums a few chords on his acoustic guitar, gifted to the fourth-grader from an anonymous donor. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Anonymous gift opens musical door

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Owen Sicka.

Tuck that name in your memory bank. Because some day, this 10-year-old might be a country music sensation.

Or, if his current dreams play out, you might catch a glimpse of Owen on a street corner strumming his worldweary guitar, “Old-Timer.”

“I kind of want this to be my side job. I’m going into the

Army,” Owen explains. But after his military service, “maybe I can make some money by going on the road or doing a little concert.”

“You’re going on the road?” his mom, Laci Sicka, asks him in surprise.

“Well, maybe by Walmart.

I’ll have my case open and people can give me money.”

Goals.

Owen has been writing songs for years… at least since the second grade. Now a fourth-grader at Humboldt

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Elementary School, he’s learning how to play the guitar and put his words to music.

The story of his budding music career is already full of twists and turns.

In fact, it’s the kind of story you might hear in a country music song.

It starts with an autograph.

IN JANUARY, Owen and his family, including dad, Garrett Catron, were eating dinner at Iola’s Los Potrillos

when Owen became mesmerized by the singing of Damaris Kunkler during the restaurant’s open mic session.

Something about Kunkler’s music touched a chord with Owen. When she finished, he grabbed a napkin and asked for her autograph.

“You sure were good,” Owen told her.

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Marmaton Valley, Uniontown to combine baseball teams

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From left, Don Solander, Jimmy Skaggs and Heath Womack receive awards from commissioner Bill King for their many years of service to the county. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG

Commissioners praise late sheriff

By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register

With a heavy heart, Allen County commissioners began Tuesday’s meeting by honoring the passing of former Sheriff Ron Moore, who Jerry Daniels said was “one

of the main reasons [he] became a law enforcement officer.”

Moore, who served as sheriff for 20 years before retiring in 2000, died Saturday at age 69.

The Commission then heard from Jessica Sager of CDL Electric Company,

which provides heating and air services to the region, including out of their new office in Humboldt.

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MORAN — When Marmaton Valley High School’s baseball players take the field this season, they’ll do so as Eagles.

The respective boards of education at Marmaton Valley and Uniontown school districts agreed this week to consolidate their baseball teams into one, with the MV players joining the Uniontown squad.

Details of the Eagle-Wildcat merger were being finalized today, with practice and game protocols being set.

Early plans are for the teams to follow Uniontown’s schedule, with games and practices split evenly between Uniontown and Moran, which lie 12 miles apart.

“We want to keep both

fields in playing shape with the hope that eventually the teams can play again on their own” when numbers improve, Marmaton Valley Principal Kim Ensminger explained. “We’re trying to split everything 50-50.”

Early projections were the Marmaton Valley squad would suit up only seven players this year — two shy of fielding a lineup — and Uniontown nine, Ensminger said.

“And both schools have weekly eligibility rules, See MV | Page A6

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Obituary Ron Moore Ronald “Ron” Dean Moore, 69, of Humboldt, passed away at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020.

In honor of his wishes, Ron will be cremated and a memorial service will take place at 2 p.m on Saturday in Humboldt, at the United Methodist Church. Ron Moore Visitation is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in The Venue in Iola.

Ron was born Feb. 15, 1950 in Emporia, and grew up in Parsons. He attended Labette County High School. During his law enforcement career he attended college courses to improve upon his career. On April 1, 1967, he married the woman that he dearly loved, Carolyn Joyce Shepard in Parsons. They were blessed with 52 years together.

Ron and Carolyn began their family life by working side by side in the store/cafe they owned in Galesburg. Ron took much pride in his law enforcement career and law enforcement family. He served for 28 years, in which 20 years was as Allen County Sheriff. He led with much integrity and fairness throughout those years and influenced many area law enforcement officers by his style of leadership. Many began their careers by serving with him. This in turn led into a very large extended family, because if you worked with him, family is what you became. A few years prior to his retirement from law enforcement in 2001, he bought into Iola Office Supplies and later bought the entire business and enlarged his family even more.

He loved working with the public and always greeting them with smiles. Even though he retired from law enforcement, he stayed involved with many law enforcement organizations and maintained the feeling of family with many of his officers throughout his life. Ron was a man that loved with all of his heart and if you worked with him or were his dear friends, you were family and loved by his family of the home. He loved making everyone around him laugh and his sense of humor was second to none. He maintained that humor right up to the day of his passing.

Ron enjoyed camping and boating with his family and friends early on but his favorite pastime became motorcycling around the United States with his beloved wife and friends. His greatest love was spending time with his family, doing anything, as long as they were together.

Ron was preceded in death by his parents, Buck and Margaret Moore; and sister, Sharon Stangle.

Ron is survived by his wife, Carolyn; daughters, Shannon (Shelley) Moore of Humboldt and Courtney (Jason) Bauer of Iola; grandchildren, Dillon (Kim) Aikins, Mykayla (Aaron Callahan) Moore, Jackson Aikins, and Nickolas Bauer; great-grandson, Mason Moore; brothers, Dale (Evelyn) Mishler, Jim Moore; sister, Carol (Steven) Renfro; numerous nieces and nephews, cousins, and life-long friends.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Ron Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund. Condolences for the family may be left online at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

The February meeting of the Square B 4-H club was held Monday at the Allen County Courthouse. There were two guests at the meeting.

The flag salute and the 4-H Pledge were led by Drake Mathew and Josh Wanker.

Since the club’s community service project is on recycling, members were encouraged to participate in the Rotary Club’s recycling program, which is held the first Saturday of every month from 8:30 to 11 a.m.

Carly Kramer gave a demonstration on how to break a horse. Travis Wanker gave an illustrated talk on what should be in a first aid kit in a vehicle.

The meeting was adjourned, and it was followed by recreation.

Club members were challenged to balance a cookie on their foreheads and then get it into their mouths without touching it with their hands. Bryce Culbertson showed the club how to make origami throwing stars.

The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. March 9 at the courthouse.

By CHABELI CARRAZANA Orlando Sentinal

President Donald Trump is calling for a 12% increase in NASA’s budget for 2021, a bump largely targeted at transforming the administration’s goal of landing people on the lunar surface by 2024 from ambitious dream to tangible reality.

The proposal requests $25.2 billion for NASA in 2021 — the agency got $22.6 billion in 2020 — with a dedicated $3.4

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Survey: Families worry less about medical bills (AP) — The proportion of people in families struggling to pay medical bills is down, but the number isn’t dropping like it used to, according to a big government study.

In a 2018 national survey, just over 14 percent of people said they belonged to a family struggling with those bills, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.

That’s a big drop from nearly 20 percent in 2011 but only slightly less than the proportion who reported the problem in

2016 and 2017.

Researchers cautioned against reading too much into the results, in part because the survey doesn’t show important details like income levels or the size of the bills that worry people.

But they said the smaller decline reflects broader health care trends. A big one is a slowdown in growth for the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions.

The ACA offers subsidized private insurance for people who don’t have access to a job-based

plan. It also expanded Medicaid coverage in many states. Those expansions started in 2014.

“The gains of the Affordable Care Act kind of plateaued over the past few years and actually, depending on the data source, look like they’re eroding a little bit,” said Dr. Benjamin Sommers, a Harvard professor of health policy and economics.

He noted that the two biggest factors that determine whether a family struggles with medical bills are insurance coverage and income levels.

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billion in funding for a human-rated moon lander system, the first time since the Apollo program in the 1960s that NASA could get dedicated funding for that kind of hardware. The space agency plans to return to the moon under a new program called Artemis that would put boots on lunar powder in four years.

“This is a 21st century budget worthy of 21st century space exploration,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a speech Monday.

Of course, Trump’s budget will have to go before the critical eyes in Congress, which means the final number will likely change.

“It’s a starting point of a process of negotiation and compromise,” said John Logsdon, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.

“I think at the end, it’s also a test of whether the country is serious about resuming human explo-

ration.”

There is no doubt the White House is committed to getting back to the moon “sooner rather than later,” Logsdon said.

Only one department got a larger funding increase than NASA under the president’s proposal: Veterans Affairs, another Trump area of focus, would see a 14% boost.

Trump’s budget projects increases that would top out at $28.6 billion in 2023, the year before the planned landing. NASA would get $28.1 billion in 2024 and $26.3 billion in 2025.

In the Apollo program, funding also ramped for the first several years, topping out at $5.3 billion in 1965 (more than $43 billion in 2020 dollars), before tapering off ahead of the 1969 moon landing. Today’s proposed increases are less dramatic than in the Apollo era, largely because much of the technology that got NASA to the moon still hadn’t been invented.

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NASA budget ballooned year-over-year by 84% in 1961, then 89% in 1962 and another 101% in 1963. By the mid-1960s, NASA budget took up more than 4% of the total budget. Today, it makes up less than half of 1 percent.

And financing is important. Prior administrations have called for a moon landing, but none have delivered the dollars needed to achieve it.

It’s been only 10 months since Vice President Mike Pence announced the administration’s new fast-tracked timeline of getting humans on the lunar surface by 2024, instead of 2028 as originally planned. The ultimate goal is to test out technologies that would get humans on the surface of Mars.

To achieve it, the budget also calls for cuts to programs NASA has previously tried to defund but Congress has saved. A STEM outreach program popular in Congress that got $120 million in 2020 would get nothing in 2021 and beyond, according to Trump’s proposal.

Experts say it’s unlikely that cut will pass Congress.

Seat belt enforcement event at IHS Motorists traveling near Iola High School soon will notice a higher-than-normal law enforcement presence.

Local officers will step up patrols around IHS as part of the Seat Belts Are For Everyone (SAFE) campaign.

The youth initiative, sponsored by the Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office, is funding programs targeting teens and traffic safety.

Local SAFE enforcement will run Feb. 24 through March 6.

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Moderates feel the Bern after NH primary

By JULIE PACE The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Bernie Sanders, not all victories are created equal.

In 2016, Sanders carried New Hampshire by 22 points, pummeling Hillary Clinton and setting the stage for a protracted fight over the Democratic presidential nomination. On Tuesday, he won the state’s primary by less than 2 points, raising questions about his ability to broaden his coalition beyond his most loyal supporters.

But the Vermont senator is benefiting from a crowded and fractured primary field, with several moderate candidates dividing up the rest of the vote. Taken together, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Joe Biden drew support from more than 50 percent of New Hampshire voters — twice as much as Sanders.

“It’s clear that a majority of Democrats do not want Bernie Sanders to be the nominee,” said Ben LaBolt, who advised President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.

“But if the more pragmatic candidates do not consolidate in the weeks ahead — especially those hanging by a

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) takes the stage during a primary night event Tuesday Manchester, N.H. GETTY IMAGES/DREW ANGERER/TNS

thread in the single digits — Sanders has a very real chance of winning the nomination.”

Sanders has energized young voters and liberals with his calls for a Medicare for All health care system and free college tuition. Yet his pricey policy proposals and his standing as a self-described democratic socialist have some in the party on edge, fearful he would struggle to defeat President Donald Trump and damage

Democrats’ prospects of holding or picking up congressional seats in more moderate parts of the country.

Yet the top tier of the Democratic field shows no signs of shrinking as the primary shifts to more diverse states. And it will only get more crowded as Mike Bloomberg, who is blanketing the delegate-rich states that vote March 3 with hundreds of millions of dollars in advertisements, starts showing up on ballots.

If anything, questions about Sanders’ strength, and uncertainty about which moderate is best to take him on, seem to be giving candidates incentive to stay in as long as they have money to fund their campaigns.

That fundraising challenge becomes more urgent for Biden, as well as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a progressive candidate who finished a disappointing fourth in New Hampshire.

Though the Democratic race is in its early stages — just two states have voted and the vast majority of delegates are still in play — the primary has echoes of the 2016 Republican primary. Trump consistently won contests with about one-third of the vote, while his competi-

tors split up the rest of the electorate.

In the 2016 New Hampshire primary, for example, Trump carried 35% of the vote, while more centrist competitors John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie divided up more than 40% of the electorate.

Those moderate Republican moderates faced the same dilemma now in front of their Democratic counterparts: How long do they stay in the race and allow Sanders to eke out victories and potentially deepen his support?

In 2016, some of the moderate candidates hung on for weeks, laboring under the expectation that Trump’s controversial candidacy would crater and some of his support might swing their way. Instead, Trump only grew stronger.

“Winning begets momentum, which begets people wanting to be on your team,” said Matt Gorman, who worked for Bush’s campaign.

“The more Trump won, the more people went over to him.”

Gorman’s advice to Sanders’ rivals? Move on quickly if you want to stop Sanders.

“For a coalescing to happen, it would need to

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look into the issue and possibly craft an ordinance regulating plastic bags in the city.

The task force includes activists, former and current city officials and business representatives.

“My goal, our goal, the ones of us who got this going, is to ban plastic bags in Wichita,” says Lori Lawrence, one of the group’s members and an organizer of Bag Free Wichita. “The goal of the task force, to me, is to write an ordinance.”

Wichita isn’t the first Kansas city to try to tackle the issue of single-use plastic bags, which have

a short lifespan and often end up in landfills — if they haven’t landed in a stream or a tree first.

The Lawrence City Commission last year began looking into ways to either ban or charge for single-use plastic and paper bags; some council members in Prairie Village, in Johnson County, also recently proposed a ban.

The Kansas Chamber of Commerce, which is pushing for the bill now in the state Legislature, says in its 2020 legislative agenda that it will oppose bans on plastic items, including bags and straws.

If a bill is passed, Kansas would join 15

other states that have already enacted pre-emptive laws against plastic bans; that’s compared to the eight states that have passed plastic bag bans, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Lori Lawrence says she understands why some opponents of a ban or tax worry the change wouldn’t go over well with shoppers.

“That’s a legitimate concern,” she says. “I have no doubt that it’s going to make a change for them. But it’s not an impossible change. It can be done.”

Lawrence says she hopes Wichita will have an ordinance passed by

the end of the year.

The task force has yet to meet, and Lawrence says a change, if any, wouldn’t happen overnight: Similar ordinances have been phased in, allowing stores time to make the switch.

“Most of the places … will do a gradual implementation, warn the businesses ahead of time so they don’t order any more plastic bags,” Lawrence says. “It’ll take a while.”

And, she says, any ordinance would likely only apply to bags of a certain thickness. She says those are among the details the task force will need to discuss when it meets later this year.

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and industry, and invited commissioners to reach out if the county needed any contract work done in the future.

At this juncture, commissioners paused to honor the careers of three employees.

Don Solander has worked for the county eight years as a landfill equipment operator.

Jimmy Skaggs has worked for the county 16 years as a trackhoe driver.

And Heath Womack has worked for the county 16 years running road-graders and other equipment.

They were each presented certificates of achievement by commissioner Bill King.

During his weekly update, public works director Mitch Garner said the county’s rock crusher is down again but that needed parts have been ordered.

Garner then presented four competing bids on tires for use on coun-

ty vehicles.

The Commission ultimately voted to approve the lowest bid provided

by J-D’s Automotive in Iola for $18,037.20.

Garner also confirmed that the public works team is currently patching potholes throughout the county.

Debbie Bearden and Calvin Parker of the Allen County Farmers’ Market approached the commission to again request use of the southeast corner of the Iola square during the upcoming market season.

Parker said that “every time we’ve had visitors in [town] they’re very impressed with the local market, and for a community this size how well it goes over.”

Bearden also thanked the Commission for serving as a fiduciary partner on the grant the market received from Health Forward Foundation, saying “we couldn’t do it without you.”

When the representative from Health Forward visited Iola it happened to be Harvest Fest, and Bearden mentioned how impressed she’d been by “the trailer full of pumpkins … [and] kids all over everywhere, coloring and decorating pumpkins,” not to mention the locally-sourced

honey the representative was able to purchase.

The commission then voted to again approve the southeast corner of the square for the market’s use.

The next Coffee with the Commissioners meeting is at 7:30 a.m.

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happen immediately,” he said.

There are structural differences between the way Republicans and Democrats pick their nominees that could make Sanders’ path to the nomination more difficult than Trump’s was in 2016, even if the field remains crowded.

Some GOP primaries are winner-take-all or winner-take-most delegate contests, which allowed Trump to quickly amass an insurmountable lead over his rivals.

Democratic contests are proportional, meaning that even if Sanders keeps winning, other candidates can stay within range and push the primary contest deep into the spring or early summer in hopes of a comeback.

There are also indications in voter surveys that Democrats are looking for a moderate candidate to step in. According to AP VoteCast, a majority of voters in both Iowa and New Hampshire self-identified as moderate or conservative ideologically.

Roughly 2 in 10 said they were “somewhat liberal” and about a quarter said they were “very liberal.”

Sanders, a favorite of liberals, has struggled to meet expectations in the first two contests, even with his victory in New Hampshire and his effective tie with Buttigieg in Iowa. He is more rigid ideologically than some of his rivals and has not yet indicated he can draw new voters into his coalition.

His moderate rivals still see a path to blunt his momentum, though their

realistic prospects vary.

Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who was virtually unknown nationally a year ago, is in the strongest position after the first two states. He’s proven to be a fundraising powerhouse and has energized voters with his calls for generational change.

Klobuchar surged to a surprise third-place finish in New Hampshire after a standout pre-primary debate. But she’s less well-known than some other candidates and has a scant operation in the states that come next on the primary calendar.

Biden is the moderate candidate who comes out of New Hampshire facing the most urgent questions about his future. After leading national polls for months, he finished a dismal fourth in Iowa and fifth in New Hampshire, undermining his case that he’s the most electable candidate in November.

Biden’s advisers insist he can turn his campaign around in South Carolina, the first state with a large population of black voters. But Wednesday is likely to bring questions from his financial backers and pressure from some Democrats to end his third bid for the White House.

That puts moderate Democrats on uncertain footing.

“Ultimately we’re going to have to coalesce around somebody,” said Matt Bennett of Third Way, a center-left think tank, one of the moderates warning against a Sanders nomination.

“But we’re not quite ready to do that.”

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Critics take cheap shots at Buttigieg’s military service

A recent column in the Wall Street Journal characterized Pete Buttigieg’s military service as a halfeffort.

After all, Buttigieg’s 2009-2017 stint in the Navy Reserves included only seven months in Afghanistan and he never was involved in active combat.

According to co-columnists Greg Kelly, a former pilot for the Marine Corps, and Katie Horgan, also a Marine who was deployed to Iraq, Buttigieg, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, hardly qualifies as a veteran.

The two also berate Buttigieg for taking “a shortcut” in becoming a commissioned officer.

Seems Buttigieg’s background as a Rhodes scholar and whiz kid at the global management firm of McKinsey & Co., caught the attention of higher-ups who put him on the fast track for the direct-commission officers program, bypassing the more traditional routes.

In short order, the 32-year-old Buttigieg was working in Navy intelligence with a mission to disrupt the flow of money among terrorist organizations as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The WSJ contributors refer to Buttigieg’s efforts as “paperwork.”

IN OUR VIEW, anyone who volunteers for military service deserves credit — no matter their responsibility.

Trying to take Buttigieg down a peg because his service was primarily behind a desk is not only a cheap shot but also an insult to the thousands of others who serve in similar ca-

pacities. Like Pete, they served their country and as such should be accorded the same respect as those who saw active combat.

LESS THAN two months ago, the U.S. appeared posed on the brink of war with Iran when President Donald Trump alleged we were under “imminent threat,” though the facts have yet to bear that out.

The United States has been at war in the Middle East for almost 20 years, where we’ve invested millions of dollars and lost thousands of lives.

Perhaps the biggest benefit of Buttigieg’s service is the insight it’s given him of the role of the United States as a defender of peace and how fragile that hard-earned respect is.

Buttigieg’s critics contend he’s using his military credentials to leapfrog to the presidency.

We know from the campaigns of Sens. John McCain and John Kerry those calling cards open only so many doors. And, in fact, can invite criticism, which both McCain and Kerry experienced. In 2004, Kerry’s presidential run was doomed by malicious rumors doubting his service in the Vietnam War. And in 2015, President Trump said the fighter pilot McCain was “a loser” for being caught after his plane crashed in North Vietnam. McCain served five-and-a-half years in a POW camp.

We think Buttigieg’s military service speaks volumes about not only the kind of person he is, but the leader he would be. He signed up and served honorably. Right there, he’s in elite company.

— Susan Lynn

Afghan war continues without a clear aim The U.S. military marked its 18th year in Afghanistan last year and, in the process, set a depressing new record by dropping 7,423 bombs in the country, the highest number since U.S Air Forces Central Command began tracking the figures in 2006.

This number comes on the heels of the December publication of internal government documents by the Washington Post. These documents, which came from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, confirmed what millions of Americans already knew: The war in Afghanistan, costing more than $1 trillion in taxpayer dollars as well as the lives of thousands of U.S. soldiers, is a war without a mission.

The upper echelons of the federal government don’t know what purpose a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan serves.

So why, then, does the U.S. government continue to drop nearly 7,500 bombs on Afghanistan, killing hundreds of civilians each year?

Who are the targets supposed to be? What purpose does the destruction serve?

What is the objective?

Getting answers to such questions is practically impossible. Those responsible for U.S. policy in Afghanistan will not explain their decisions. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper refused to attend a congressional hearing on the war in Afghanistan last month. President Donald Trump has long said he wants to wind down the conflict, yet it persists.

The American people deserve to know why the war in Afghanistan continues, in spite of what is plainly obvious to most citizens, soldiers and veterans. This conflict has gone on unabated for nearly two decades.

Children born just after the initial invasion are now old enough to fight the same battle. Who can justify the unjustifiable?

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., may have said it best: “Our young men and women that we send to war, our best and our brightest, they deserve better.” An explanation is the least we are owed.

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Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate, at Drake University in Des Moines. [Robert Scheer/ Indianapolis Star]

Online voting: All eyes on Washington state The problems with an online app that led to an embarrassing delay in tabulating the results of the Iowa caucus votes for Democratic presidential candidates should serve as a not-so-subtle reminder that online voting is not quite ready for prime time.

Still, there is a test program for online voting in the state of Washington that could prove useful in identifying what works and what areas need more work. By experimenting with a small election, the risks are greatly reduced.

In the Seattle area, more than a million registered voters can use a smartphone or computer to cast a ballot in a relatively obscure election for an open spot on the King County Conservation District board. Registered voters can access a ballot by logging into a specially created portal using their name and birth date.

They have the option of printing a ballot and returning it by

mail, or submitting it online with an electronic signature.

The elections board will verify the signature and print a secure copy before processing the ballot.

This is only a test program and, because of security concerns, the nation is a long way from making online voting the norm, but it’s a worthwhile project that could lead to making voting more convenient for more citizens.

Election security experts are taking a cautious approach to the pilot program, and for good reason. There are numerous security risks in transmitting ballots over the internet, given the ongoing data breaches and hacking attempts that have affected companies with much more intense security protocols.

There remains widespread concern over election integrity stemming from foreign interference efforts uncovered in the 2016 elections.

Still, there are benefits to the test program. Having a ballot available online, even if it has to be mailed back rather than submitted electronically, makes it more convenient for voters and saves local governments the cost of mailing them.

The voting period in this election lasted until Feb. 11, giving voters more than two weeks to return a ballot rather than limiting voting to one specific day. And election officials are optimistic that voter turnout will increase because of the convenience factor.

Internet voting may be inevitable, but there’s a lot more testing and analysis that needs to be done, as evidenced by the technology snafus that delayed the Iowa caucus results.

In the meantime, experiments such as this in Washington should continue in hopes of finding ways to improve voter participation.

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Land mines not a good tactic for combat

By LESLEY WEXLER Los Angeles Times

Before the global land mine ban in 1997, as many as 25,000 civilians lost their lives each year because of the explosive devices and thousands more were permanently injured.

Far too often, those victims were innocent children walking to school, retrieving water, playing near these silent sentinels.

Since the ban, casualties have been cut by about 75%, but they still average around 6,500 a year.

The U.S. never fully participated in the global ban, and now the Trump administration has reversed a policy that kept U.S. forces from using anti-personnel land mines outside of the Korean peninsula.

The new policy, issued Jan. 31, permits combat commanders to once again use the weapons in other areas of potential conflict because the restrictions had put American forces “at a severe disadvantage,” according to a White House statement. The U.S. has not deployed new land mines since 1991.

Expanding land mine use could reverse decades of progress by causing more civilians to be maimed or killed.

The policy broadens the use of land mines, with some caveats. Although the U.S. military can now employ self-destructing land mines around the globe, only four-star generals can include them in war plans and the Defense secretary must personally approve deploying the mines, Task & Purpose reported.

Land mines — even “smart” ones capable of destroying themselves — put our troops as well as innocent civilians at risk, with minimal potential

benefits to our armed forces.

High-level U.S. commanders have long argued that land mines are not a weapon worth keeping in our arsenal, borne out by the reluctance of many to use them during the Gulf War. A comprehensive study of anti-personnel land mine use demonstrated that the risks of losing troops to your own land mines outweighs their potential value.

Their anticipated use impedes our ability to effectively cooperate with our military allies because of their obligations under the land mine ban treaty. And worst of all, this new policy may reopen a Pandora’s box, essentially giving a greenlight to those deterred by the existing strong norms against land mine use and possibly encouraging those who comply with the international ban to join the U.S. in reversing course.

When the United States openly proclaims the acceptability and advisability of land mines, other countries can defend themselves for using the weapon because it has the explicit U.S. stamp of approval. However smart our land mines may be, the land mines of most others will be much dumber. And truly dumb land mines — those that remain lethal for an indefinite amount of time — can lie in wait forever for their next, often unintentional, victims.

For most of the last 20-plus years, the U.S. has been moving in the direction of the land mine ban. President Clinton was a strong initial proponent, even placing a $3 land mine on his Oval Office desk in 1993 to remind himself of the issue’s importance. His administration assisted global efforts by imposing a unilateral moratorium on land mine use, trans-

fers and exports and actively participated in the Ottawa process, a series of talks that generated the international land mine ban treaty signed by more than 120 nations.

The U.S. was not among them — officials said they needed to be able to keep land mines along the border between North and South Korea.

By 2014, the Obama administration explicitly limited the use of land mines to the Korean peninsula, banned the acquisition and production of all land mines and committed to ongoing research efforts to eventually allow the U.S. to join the international land mine ban.

The decision to allow land mines causes more problems for the U.S. military than it addresses.

U.S. military operations often rely on the active cooperation of other nations, and the ability to operate side by side with allied militaries is often vital to success. When military forces disagree about the lawfulness of weapons, it can complicate or even prevent specific operations.

If the United States wants to use land mines, some allies may refuse to join a military operation and others may decline any role related to land mine use. In an era when garnering allied support has become increasingly difficult, the decision to expand the use of land mines creates a needless additional obstacle. This is not the kind of American exceptionalism that protects American troops.

Lesley Wexler is a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law. She has published scholarly articles on the land mine ban and teaches a course on the laws of war.

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‘Megxit’ spurs Brits to address race, class & privilege

By ERIN B. LOGAN Los Angeles Times

LONDON — It has been a month since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they would “step back” as senior members of the British royal family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex can no longer use their “royal highness” titles and will no longer receive public funds for their royal duties. The couple — he is 35, she 38 — and their 9-month-old son, Archie, have been relaxing on the west coast of British Columbia. They were recently spotted in Miami, where they attended a private function for JPMorgan and dined with Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez. There are reports that the couple are looking for a house in Los Angeles.

The British have a lot on their minds — it was only last month that the nation formally exited the European Union, ending a tumultuous 47year affair with the Continent — but it is clear, at least from recent conversations with Londoners, that the royal couple’s departure is still fresh in people’s consciousness. For a nation that has long grappled with its identity, and with its former status as an empire, the question of race looms large.

In 2018, when Markle, a Los Angeles-born divorced former actress whose mother is African American, married Harry, the sixth in line to the British throne, some observers heralded it as a “post-racial” moment. An African American minister, the Most Rev. Michael Curry, delivered a stirring sermon. The Kingdom Choir, a British gos-

pel group, performed “No matter how beau“Stand by Me,” a tune tiful you are, whom you made famous by the Af- marry, what palaces rican American singer- you occupy, charities songwriter Ben E. King. you support, how faithInevitably, their mar- ful you are, how much riage appears to have money you accumulate revealed complex di- or what good deeds you mensions of race, class, perform, in this society power and privilege, racism will still follow rather than resolving you,” Hirsch wrote. them.

In an interview, Slavery helped build Hirsch said that in the modern Britain; at its United States, “people peak, the British Empire acknowledge that race covered a fourth of the is a thing,” whereas in world’s land mass. Over Britain, “all of our enthe past 75 years, since ergy is expended trying the end of World War to prove it exists.”

II, Britain has struggled Hirsch said that some to change from empire Britons maintain a to commonwealth, and sense of moral superiorfrom colossus to mere ity because Britain was country; its debates over not home to the chattel how much it should in- slavery that existed in tegrate with the rest of societies from Brazil Europe have been em- to Cuba to the United blematic of States.

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1807 that May they until In an the British o p i n i o n shame the public Empire abolessay last and live together ished the slave month in till death do they trade, and The New British merpart. Leaving was chants York Times, and A f u a right. They need l a n d o w n e r s Hirsch, a freedom. I’m glad operated planblack Brit- the’re free. tations across ish journalthe Caribbean ist who also well into the — Londoner Amy Francis, teaches 19th century. age 73 journalHirsch’s ism at the narrative University touched off of Southern Califor- debate. Writing in the nia, said the reasons conservative newspafor Markle’s departure per The Telegraph, colfrom the royal system umnist Sherelle Jacobs were of no surprise to argued that Hirsch black Britons, noting “conveniently overlooks racist headlines in The the overwhelmingly Daily Mail, a tabloid, fawning coverage that about Markle being the duke and duchess “(almost) straight outta enjoyed, from their enCompton” and having gagement to their wed“exotic” DNA. Even be- ding day,” and the harm fore the couple married, the couple might have they complained of vi- done to their own repucious treatment by the tations. “Emotional bagpress; in an extraordi- gage from our country’s nary 2016 statement, the legacy of aristocratic royal family condemned privilege has endowed “the racial undertones” Middle England with of commentary directed the kind of stridently at the couple. meritocratic values that

are a complete anathema to judging people by their color,” Jacobs argued.

In recent interviews, a number of black Londoners said the role of race could not be denied.

“In British society, people want to say racism doesn’t exist,” said Esther Adjepong, a 35-year-old musician who lives in Brixton, a South London neighborhood with a historically large Afro-Caribbean community. She said that addressing race is like “banging your head against a brick wall,” adding: “You can be a black person in this country screaming out ‘I’m discriminated against,’ and you’ll just be told, ‘No, you’re not.

What are you talking about?’”

The reality Markle has endured is familiar to Adjepong. “We recognize that as being racially motivated because it’s how we are treated and have to navigate society,” she said. “People aren’t willing to just be honest and open their eyes to see what’s right in front of them.”

Amy Francis, 73, a retiree who lives in the borough of Wandsworth in southwest London, said the couple’s departure should serve as a rebuke to British society. “May they shame the public and live together till death do they part,” she said. “Leaving was right. They need freedom. I’m glad they’re free.”

She added: People don’t “love Meghan, because she’s black.”

Larelle Benjamin, 24, a paralegal who lives in Croydon, in South London, said that too much emphasis had been placed on the duchess.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during a reception in Edinburgh, during their visit to Scotland on Jan. 23, 2018. (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/Abaca Press/TNS) stepped out of tradition but Meghan is getting the backlash. People are blaming her for leaving, but it’s a joint decision.”

While people of African ancestry have lived in Britain for centuries — and an 18th-century queen, Charlotte, might have had African ancestors — most modern black Britons are descended from immigrants who made their way to the British isles in the last century, particularly after 1948, when Parliament opened the door to people from colonies in the West Indies and Africa to settle in Britain.

Despite that increasing diversity, Markle was never going to fit into the royal family because it “globally signifies whiteness,” according to Kehinde Andrews, a black studies professor at Birmingham City University.

In Britain, the doc-

trine of scientific racism was refined and deployed to support the colonization of much of Africa, the Caribbean and Asia. The royal family no longer has much political power today and serves a largely symbolic function, but, Andrews said, it still represents an imperialist past that tortured, starved, killed and raped to dominate other countries.

“This backlash was always going to happen because blackness doesn’t fit in this mold,” he said. “It was inevitable. Particularly now that Brexit is done.”

The nearly four-year process of leaving the European Union triggered a “massive resurgence of English white nationalism,” he said.

The number of reported hate crimes in England and Wales has more than doubled since 2013.

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tracked down his mother through mutual friends and hooked up with Owen.

“I write songs.” he told her, adding that he writes under his bed covers when he’s supposed to be sleeping.

“It helps me go to sleep at night. It calms me down.”

Owen’s preference for country music comes through in his songs.

He writes about chopping wood, riding in big trucks, girls and God. One of his songs, called “Budget,” says: “I got no money. I got no patience. Working all day. I still have no money.”

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She posted a story and photos about Owen on social media. Immediately, donations poured in.

ON JAN. 31, Owen was called to the principal’s office.

“I thought I was in trouble. Everyone does when they’re called to the principal’s office,” Owen recalled.

Instead, Owen was given a Yamaha acoustic guitar, the gift of an anonymous donor.

With the guitar came this note: “Dear Friend, “This is a special gift from me to you. It was my first ‘Grown Up’ guitar, and I learned to play

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That first lesson was a tough one. Kunkler taught him four chords: E, G, A and D. His little fingers strain to reach their necessary mark. G is the most challenging.

“I really have to stretch my fingers out to get that one. I have to put one up top, one all the way over here and the other all the way down here.”

With the optimism of a child, Owen thinks he’s learned enough: “Most people only use those four chords.”

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“Old-Timer,” Owen decided.

“Because it’s been all over the world. I believe that because there’s, like, some dents.” He points to a few dings here and there, clearly in awe as he imagines what escapades the instrument must have already seen.

If he could talk to the anonymous donor, he’d say: “Thank you and I’m going to take care of it.”

“It’s really special. I’m going to keep it forever,” he vows, head down, lost in the sounds he coaxes from his guitar.

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He casually stated, “I got a guitar.” His voice already has a country rasp to it.

Since that fateful day, the guitar has rarely left his arms. The smell of oil pervades the family’s home, as Owen rubs it into the guitar’s body every day with a care that borders on obsession.

He teases his mom that he’ll probably stay up too late, writing songs and playing his guitar when he should be sleeping. He’s already planning a jam session with a couple of his friends. Perhaps they’ll start a band.

The gift came with a handful of guitar picks.

Owen’s favorite is a marbled red-and-brown pick that looks like it’s on fire.

His second favorite is solid red. The logo is nearly worn off. “I like this one. It feels softer.

Like free-er.”

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Each school will have its own coach. Ensminger said John Adams, who has coached youth baseball for years in Moran, likely will be pegged to lead the Marmaton Valley contingent.

By combining the teams, the new squad likely will be bumped up a couple of classifications to Class 3A for postseason play.

“It won’t affect the regular season schedule,” Ensminger said.

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Girls will not be affected. Both schools will suit up their own softball teams.

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Lady Devils split with Eagles

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Allen Community College softball traveled to Bartlesville, Okla. for a doubleheader with Oklahoma Wesleyan’s JV team on Tuesday evening.

The Lady Devils took the lead in the fifth in game 1 to earn the 5-4 victory, but couldn’t muster the same result in the second, losing 6-8.

ACC trailed 2-1 heading into the fifth inning when catcher Meg Kirk stepped up to the plate. She belted a double that scored two Lady Devil runs to take the 3-2 lead. Two batters later, Macie Cervantes singled a ground ball to short, scoring Kirk, and giving ACC a tworun cushion.

The Lady Devils added an insurance run in the top of the seventh with Cervantes picking up another RBI and bringing Kirk home once more.

Brooklyn Floyd pitched the first six innings and earned the win, allowing two earned runs and five hits. Jo-Elle Natividad received the save for her efforts in the final innings.

The win was ACC’s first of the season.

The Lady Devils had another chance to capture a win in the second leg of Tuesday’s doubleheader. ACC led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the third after a four-run top half of the inning.

The Eagles replied with eight unanswered runs spanning over four innings. The Lady Devils got one back in the seventh, after an RBI from Maddi Thompson, but it wasn’t enough to complete the sweep.

Allen travels to Fort Worth for the Cowtown Classic on Friday and Saturday.

Iola’s Kelsey Morrison drives to the basket through a sea of Prairie View defenders. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

FILLY FIGHT NOT ENOUGH

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Iola Fillies head coach Becky Carlson didn’t pull any punches when describing Tuesday’s 50-45 loss to Prairie View.

“You can’t blame standing around, throwing bad passes, and those kinds of things on

the referee,” Carlson said.

“It wasn’t the referee’s fault we didn’t win this game. We weren’t smart.”

After a three-game winning streak, including a win over No.10 in class 4A Chanute, the Fillies have flipped the script.

“I thought we should win this one, but we just didn’t

execute very well,” Carlson said.

Prairie View held a 12-7 edge after the first quarter, but in the second, the Fillies awoke. Becca Sprague hit Kelsey Morrison and Elysia Kunkler on two quick cutters to the rim, and Lauryn Holloway knocked down both free throws, giving Iola the one-

point edge.

Later in the period Morrison caught fire, connecting from 3-point land and converting two tough contested layups. She led the Fillies with 17 points on the night.

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Mustangs drop second straight league game

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Landon Carson goes up for a layup in Tuesday’s game against Prairie View. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

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Iola High’s Dillon Bycroft inbounded the ball from the far sideline with 1.5 seconds to go and the Mustangs trailing Prairie View by one in the fourth quarter.

Bycroft found Landon Carson atop the key, but his 3-point attempt clanked the front of the rim while the final buzzer rang. The 52-51 loss was Iola’s second consecutive Pioneer League loss, moving them to 4-4 in league play.

“We couldn’t get defensive stops,” head coach Luke Bycroft said. “It didn’t matter what we tried to run defensively, we didn’t stop the ball.

And when we did, we wouldn’t rebound the ball. We got a lot of rebounds, but we didn’t get the key rebounds after they missed a shot.”

Iola took an early lead after

a dazzling up-and-under reverse layup from Cal Leonard followed by a pull-up jumper.

The Mustangs led 12-10 heading into the second quarter in a back-in-forth affair.

Earlier in the season at Prairie View, Iola trailed by two after the first, and outscored the Buffaloes by 16 in the second to take a huge lead into the break, and went on to win 65-45. That wasn’t the case Tuesday.

The Mustangs’ largest lead came at 22-16 after Calvin Delich went coast-to-coast for the easy bucket with 2:30 left in the second. Delich led the Mustangs with 8 points in the first half, and remained neckand-neck with a slim 24-22 lead heading into halftime.

In the third quarter, Prairie View’s Brock Heide exploded for 12 points in the period to help Prairie View draw even at 33-33 with a quarter to play.

Heide finished with 17 points.

“We played behind him and let him catch the ball,” Bycroft said. “We teach front to post, front to cutter, and how many times did he catch it with a man on his back? He was just bigger than us.”

Iola led 48-46 after Bradyn Cole converted both attempts from the charity stripe with 2:30 remaining in the fourth.

The Buffaloes responded with a three to retake the lead, and added a pair of free throws to lead by three, forcing an Iola timeout.

Out of the huddle, Leonard rattled home a catch-andshoot to even the score at 5151. After the defensive stop, Leonard did his best Patrick Mahomes impression with a full-court pass just ahead of Carson, who threw the ball back into play off a Prairie View defender to keep possesSee MUSTANGS| Page B2

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was when she dove — I don’t know how far — and took the ball out of another girl’s hands on a rebound,” Carlson said.

Lauryn Holloway fired from long range, giving Iola its largest lead at 25-18. The Fillies led 25-20 at the half, but couldn’t take control in the third quarter.

The Buffaloes battled their way to even the score at 28-28. Josie Plumlee brought needed energy off the Filly bench, scoring five points to help Iola regain its five-point lead, but once again Prairie View responded. The Buffaloes evened the score heading into the fourth at 33-33.

Becca Sprague received a technical foul after the stop-and-pop deuce from Plumlee.

The Buffaloes hit 1 of 2 technical free throws, and added another pair

of charities on the ensuing possession to take a 44-41 lead.

The Fillies didn’t go away quietly, and inched within one after Kunkler knocked down a pair of free throws.

After the basket, Ella Taylor collected a stripsteal, and pushed the ball forward to Kunkler, who mishandled it on her way to the rim, turning possession back over to Prairie View. But the Buffs then handed the back ball right back to Iola after an inbound violation with less than a minute remaining.

Kunkler received an open look for a corner trey, but couldn’t knock it down, forcing the Fillies to foul. Prairie View stayed steady at the line in the final minutes while the Fillies couldn’t convert from the field to stay alive.

The Fillies defeated Prairie View earlier in

the season 51-45, but appeared to show signs of regression in Tuesday’s loss.

“We are just going to have to figure it out,” Carlson said. “Even though we didn’t win, and it wasn’t pretty, we played really hard. The effort is always there, but right now the mental effort is not where I want it to be.”

Iola hosts another Pioneer League opponent on Friday in Anderson County. The Fillies lost 54-37 last time around against the Bulldogs, and will be keen to get one over their league rivals.

Box Score

Iola (7-18-8-12—45) (pts): Gardner 2, Morrison 17, Plumlee 9, Holloway 5, Kunkler 6, Sprague 6.

Prairie View (12-8-1317—50) (pts): Kirkpatrick 12, Kellerman 9, Moore 3, Stainbrook 2, Paisley 24.

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sion.

Cole received a wide open look underneath the rim, but couldn’t get it to fall. Heide converted 1 of 2 from the line, taking a one-point lead with 1.5 seconds remaining, and leading to Carson’s missed attempt at the horn.

“Until we learn how to handle success, and on the other end, respond to adversity, we are going to struggle,” Bycroft said. “If we don’t learn how to play some defense again

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soon, we might not win another game.”

Iola will host Anderson County in a league match-up on Friday in an attempt to get back on track and end its two-game slide.

Box Score Iola (12-12-12-15—51) (pts): Bycroft 4, Leonard 17, Louk 3, Cole 9, Carson 2, Delich 8, Boeken 8.

Prairie View (10-12-1614—52) (pts): Bloodgood 4, Scott 6, Wears 8, Robbisons 15, Heide 17, Partida 2.

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COLONY — The Crest Lancers put to bed a five-game losing streak with a 44-35 win over Hartford.

For head coach Travis Hermreck, it wasn’t pretty, but he’ll take it.

“It was an ugly win to most, but coming off a five-game losing streak, it was a beautiful win to us. We got really tight in the last half of the fourth quarter,” Hermreck said. “I'm happy for the boys. The past few weeks it’s been one heartbreak after the other, but they stayed with it and stayed together. I hope this kickstarts a little streak of the other kind.”

Zach Beckmon led the Lancers with 22 points on 8 of 18 from the field. Kobey Miller was the only other Lancer landing in double figures with 11, including a pair of 3-pointers. The Lancers shot 50% inside the arc while Hartford fired a measly 22%.

The Lady Lancers were also in action on Tuesday, and were outscored by 12 in the first half en route to a 47-28 loss against Hartford.

The Lady Lancers scored only 9 points in the first half.

Rylee Beckmon and Aubree Holloran finished as Crest’s leading scorer with 9 points each. The Lady Lancers battled in the second half, but couldn’t cut into Hartford’s lead as they were still outscored each period in the second half.

Crest still has a busy week ahead. The Lancers host Pleasanton on Thursday, and Oswego on Friday.

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The departures on Tuesday raised immediate questions over whether Trump, who earlier in the day had blasted the original sentencing recommendation as “very horrible and unfair,” had at least indirectly exerted his will on a Justice Department that he often views as an arm of the White House.

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Dear Carolyn: My parents, married for 30 years and now divorced for 15, last saw each other intentionally at my wedding 14 years ago.

They still live in the same town, and ran into each other at the theater several years back.

Whereupon, from both accounts, my dad willfully ignored my mom in the lobby as she tried to greet him. His version is that he will not be berated into talking to her.

And he hasn’t!

I’ve accepted this and see it as generally out of my control. While the fact that my brother and I are geographically dispersed also heavily contributes, my parents have never shared a holiday, grandchild event, etc. My dad is a hard person to be emotionally close to, but he does try in his way to be a parent and grandparent. My mom has a much stronger relationship with her kids and grandkids.

But! The bar and bat mitzvahs of their grandchildren are approaching. I recently received the date for my son’s bar mitzvah, for 2022, and shared it with extended family.

I reminded him of a decision I made years ago after the theater incident: Civility is the price of admission. I want him there and my son does, too, but I will not host a momentous event where my father willfully ignores my mother. I told my dad he was welcome if he demonstrated his

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He has declined, specifically and in writing, to do this and asked if he can still come.

I feel both strong in my conviction to say no to his attendance given the circumstances, and heartbroken over doing it. Am I missing some angle here? — Stuck in the Middle Stuck in the Middle: You have every right to insist on civility.

You have cause to want some assurance beforehand that your parents can pull this off. Fifteen years and he won’t say “hello”? That’s the hill he wants to die on? Clearly the wrong person is feeling bad here.

You also have wiggle room, though, if you really want it: Hostile disengagement is less volatile than hostile engagement.

If your mom is happy to ignore him right back — big if — then they could conceivably attend without interacting and without dragging the party down with them.

Suspenseful for you, obviously, so choose that stress only if exclusion stress feels worse.

I’d balk at rewarding Dad’s sour intransigence, for sure. But to make decisions solely on rewards and punishment

risks a nose-dive to your dad’s “You can’t make me!” level of emotional functioning.

So here’s something to consider: The standard you’re asking him to meet — “to demonstrate his ability to be civil to my mom” — is vague, and 2022 isn’t soon. Why not invite both parents to every non-“momentous” occasion until then? Some even held in their town?

Tell your dad they’re all low-stakes practice runs for the many, bigger grandkid occasions to come; he can attend all or some or none, his choice, of course. But you hope he’ll choose one soon to get it over with.

Meantime, decide not to decide yet on the bar mitzvah. See what your dad does with two years to grasp what he stands to lose. See whose certainty solidifies, softens or breaks.

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NCAA’s Emmert presses Senate for ‘guardrails’ on athlete pay WASHINGTON (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert urged Congress to put restrictions on college athletes’ ability to earn money from endorsements, telling a Senate committee Tuesday federal action is needed to “maintain uniform standards in college sports” amid playerfriendly laws approved in California and under consideration in other states.

The NCAA last fall said it would allow players to “benefit” from the

use of their name, image and likeness and is working on new rules it plans to reveal in April. Under the NCAA’s timeline, athletes would be able to take advantage of endorsement opportunities beginning next January.

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last year that gives broad endorsement rights to players and it will take effect in 2023. Other states could grant those rights as soon as this year.

The NCAA’s concern, echoed by Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who also testified Tuesday, is that endorsement deals for athletes would have a negative effect on recruiting, with schools and boosters in states with athlete-friendly laws using money to entice players to sign with certain schools.

“If implemented, these laws would give some schools an unfair recruiting advantage and open the door to sponsorship arrangements being used as a recruiting inducement. This would create a huge imbalance among schools and could lead to corruption in the recruiting process,” Emmert said. “We may need Congress’ support in helping maintain uniform standards in college sports.”

Emmert’s comments were similar to what the NCAA, the Big 12 and

the Atlantic Coast Conference have been communicating to Congress through well-paid lobbyists. The Associated Press has found that the NCAA and the two conferences spent $750,000 last year lobbying on Capitol Hill, in part to amplify their concern that “guardrails” are needed on endorsement pay for athletes to avoid destroying college sports as we know it.

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The ability for Congress to do that is, that’s a challenge,” Moran said in an interview after the hearing. “The next step is to see what the NCAA is capable of presenting to us in April.”

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MLB flirts with playoff format change NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is considering expanding the playoffs to nearly half the 30 teams and allowing higherseeded wild-card teams to choose opponents.

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The Bulls had won four straight versus Washington.

SPURS 114, THUNDER 106

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and the Spurs stopped a fivegame slide.

Dejounte Murray also scored 25 points for San Antonio, which had dropped eight of 10 overall. Patty Mills had 20 points, and fellow reserve Derrick White finished with 17.

Led by Aldridge and Murray, the Spurs made 25 of 27 foul shots.

Oklahoma City dropped its second straight after a stretch of nine wins in 10 games.

Chris Paul scored 31 points for the Thunder, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 17.

San Antonio played without leading scorer DeMar DeRozan, who was sidelined by back spasms.

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MLB long restricted its postseason to just the pennant winners facing each other in the World Series. Postseason teams doubled to four with the split of each league into two divisions in 1969, then to eight with the realignment to three divisions and the addition of a wild card in 1995, a year later than planned due to a players’ strike.

The postseason reached its current 10 with the addition of a second wild card and a wild-card round in 2012.

A postseason of 14 teams would mean 47% of franchises reach the playoffs, which could cause some clubs not to go into rebuilding mode. The players’ association has criticized teams for what it calls “tanking.”

Twelve of the 32 NFL teams (38%) reach the playoffs, along with 16 of 30 in the NBA (53%) and 16 of 31 in the NHL (52%), which expands to 32 franchises next season.

Expanded playoffs would create more content for broadcasters. MLB’s contracts with ESPN and Turner run through 2021 and its deal with Fox goes through 2028.

HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden scored 42 points, Russell Westbrook had 36 and the Houston Rockets snapped Boston’s sevengame win streak with a 116-105 victory over the Celtics on Tuesday night.

Houston broke it open with a 15-2 run that made it 116-98 with about two minutes left. Harden scored six points during the decisive stretch, and Danuel House had five.

Boston had two turnovers and missed numerous shots to allow the Rockets to turn the close game into a one where coach Mike D’Antoni cleared the bench for the last minute with the game well in hand.

Harden had eight rebounds and seven assists, and Westbrook finished with 10 rebounds and five assists.

Gordon Hayward had 20 points in Boston’s first loss since Jan. 26.

Jaylen Brown scored 19, and Jayson Tatum had 15 on 5-for-15 shooting.

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