The Iola Register, Aug. 12, 2023

Turning it up a notch

New Iola radio owners focus on community connections

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

With new owners, and a few tweaks to the station programming, Iola Radio will continue to strive to be one with the community, Chris Shank promises.

Shank is president and sales manager with Ad Astra Radio, which acquired Iola’s KIKS and KIOL radio stations from Tom and Monica Norris

July 1.

Shank and his family, as well as other Ad Astra crew members were in Iola last week to begin sorting through the equipment housed at the station as part of a planned upgrade for several components.

He spoke about some of the prominent changes — classic hit songs are back on the 1370 AM station, and Kansas City Chiefs games will now be broadcast on 101.5 FM — while stressing a commitment to “local radio.”

“We believe in local ra-

left’ after Maui fire

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP)

— Retired mailman and Vietnam veteran Thomas Leonard lived in the historic former capital of Hawaii for 44 years until this week, when a rapidly moving wildfire burned down his apartment, melted his Jeep and forced him to spend four terrifying hours hiding from the flames behind a seawall.

“I’ve got nothing left,” Leonard said Thursday as he sat on an inflatable mattress outside a shelter for those who fled the blaze that decimated the town of Lahaina. “I’m a disabled vet, so now I’m a homeless vet,” he added with a small laugh.

The fire that tore across the coastal Maui town and caught many by surprise has already claimed dozens of lives — a toll expected to climb — and burned more than 1,000 buildings. It has turned a centuries-old hamlet beloved by travelers and locals alike into a charred, desolate landscape.

The devastation has resonated worldwide in part because tourists from around the globe flock to Maui to enjoy its white sand beaches, including many who stop to visit the old whaling village and capital of the former Hawaiian kingdom.

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Helping

a recent cleanup session

dio,” Shank said. “When people turn into these stations, they’ll get the music they want to hear, and they’ll get local news, weather and sports.”

Ad Astra is based in Hutchinson, and owns stations there, as well as McPherson and now Iola. KIKS and KIOL are the 10th and 11th stations under the Ad Astra

umbrella.

In fact, a motorist could travel from the Missouri state line to west of Garden City and be within a radio signal of an Ad Astra station.

EVEN with the new ownership, several familiar faces will remain a part of the KIKS/ KIOL team.

Mike Sailor, who worked

part-time at the station in the 1990s, then served as Tom Norris’s assistant for about 18 months until being laid off in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, returns as the station’s new sales manager. He’ll also continue to serve as the voice of Iola High School for football

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Bearden retires from Farm Bureau

By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register

If it’s lucky, a successful business is known by its people.

In Allen County Farm Bureau’s case, that would be Debbie Bearden.

After almost 17 years, Bearden is leaving her position as its county coordinator.

A reception to acknowledge Bearden’s service was Friday afternoon.

That evening, she joined the Bureau’s elite group of Lifetime Achievement Award winners at its annual meeting.

As county coordinator, Bearden has kept the 835-member chapter on task. Duties include bookkeeping, collecting the $55 membership dues, keeping its roster up to date and members informed of activities, and registering members for conferences and meetings.

She also worked as an event planner, working with area schools and organizations like FFA and K-State Extension Service on myriad topics including Earth Day, Field Days, Farm City Days and class demonstrations.

One of her favorite activities is to teach elementary students the life cycle of animals, noting the awe of when the chicks begin to hatch.

“It never gets old,” she said.

Over her years, Bearden has become a whiz at writ-

ing grants to secure funds for such projects, typically tapping The Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.

“It may be for only $300, but jeepers, that will cover the cost of an incubator,” she said.

Bearden estimates she submitted 12-15 grants a year.

Bearden was a natural fit for the Farm Bureau job.

PrairieLand seeks water, sewer help

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Representatives of PrairieLand Partners plan to ask the Iola City Council for help building infrastructure for a new John Deere facility on recently annexed land.

The PrairieLand Partners representatives will attend a Council meeting at 6 p.m. Monday for a presentation about their planned development at the northwest corner of U.S. 169 and Oregon Road. They plan to ask the city to extend water and sewer services to the property boundary. Projected costs are $69,552.70.

The proposal will ex-

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PACT Act benefited

340,000

By ASHLEY MURRAY Kansas Reflector

She and husband, Duwayne, farm south of Iola where they raised goats and pullets in addition to a herd of cattle.

Over the last couple of years, they’ve winnowed their operation to just cattle.

Bearden understands the challenges and changing landscape of farming.

“We’ve been seeing a grow-

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WASHINGTON — One of the “most significant laws ever signed to help veterans” has already assisted over 340,000 former service members and their survivors seeking care for illnesses and cancers now presumed to be connected to open burn pits and other toxins, President Joe Biden said in Utah on Thursday as he marked one year since the law took effect.

There is no overall deadline to submit PACT Act-related claims, but the deadline to qualify for retroactive benefits

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at the KIKS and KIOL Radio south of Iola are, from left, Brandon and son Jonah, Mike Sailor, Aaron Napier and son Eli, Mike Russell, Chris Shank, his son Calvin, daughters Juliette and Clara, wife Jessica and son Jack. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Debbie Bearden joined Farm Bureau’s elite group of Lifetime Achievement Award winners. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN

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Obituaries

Mary Tush

Mary Kathrine Tush, age 59, of Iola, died on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, at St. Luke’s on the Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri.

She was born July 17, 1964, in Duluth, Minnesota, to Gene Becker, Sr. and Lois (Smith) Pierson.

She married Ronald Tush on Dec. 3, 1988, in Iola. They later divorced.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents; and infant son, Ronald Tush, Jr.

Survivors include daughters, Casey Tush, Iola, and Kathy Tush, Neosho Falls; three grandchildren, and one on the way; sisters, Linda Becker, Shari Nauertc, Kimberly Cox, Michelle Schneweis; brothers, Gene Becker Jr., Steve Becker, Mark Becker and Michael Becker.

A visitation will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, followed by a funeral service at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Garnett. Burial will follow in Garnett Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the Mary Tush Memorial Fund to help with funeral expenses. Checks should be made payable to Shari Nauertc. Memorials may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Garnett.

David Sherrill

David Lynn Sherrill, age 91, of Iola, died on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, at his residence.

He was born July 13, 1932, in Iola, to Ralph V. Sherrill and Bertha V. (Conover) Sherrill.

He married Jean L. Lilly in 1955. They later divorced. He married Karen Sue Swinford on June 15, 1974, in Iola.

David was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Karen; and brother, Robert Sherrill.

Survivors include daughters, Melinda Wymore, Gas, Debra LaGrande, Iola, Gloria Sherrill, Iola, Susan Burns, Lewisville, Texas; nine grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; one great-greatgrandson, and brother, RDee Sherrill, Estes Park, Colorado.

A graveside memorial service will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, in Highland Cemetery, Iola.

Memorials are suggested to Wings of Warriors, and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola.

Police news

Arrests and citations

On Aug. 7, Barbara Rush, 64, of Humboldt, was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct at the Allen County District Court.

On Aug. 7, Clyde Hoggatt, 36, of Iola, was cited for criminal damage to property at the Regency Inn, 14 N. State St.

On Aug. 7, Kristen Miller, 33, of Iola, was arrested on suspicion of driving while suspenced in the 300 block of West Madison Avenue.

Theft

On Aug. 9, Armand Pully of Chanute, formerly of Iola, reported that a FedEx shipment mistakenly went to his old address in the 700 block of North Walnut Street. The current residents said they know nothing about the delivery. FedEx provided a photograph showing it had been delivered.

Accidents

On Aug. 7, a vehicle

Tensions rise in Niger

NIAMEY, Niger (AP)

— Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered troops deployed to restore Niger’s flailing democracy. ECOWAS said it had directed a “standby force” to restore constitutional order in Niger after its Sunday deadline to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum expired. The announcement came hours after two Western officials told The Associated Press that Niger’s junta had said they would kill Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention.

Court news

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT

Judge Patti Boyd

Convicted as follows with fines as-

sessed:

Carl R. Hoggatt, Iola, theft, $315, probation

Candice M. Kent, Neosho Falls, theft,

$315, probation Isaac Lacerda Goncalvez, Iola, 45/35, $155 Marcelina A. Tetrealt, Colony, failure to report accident, $195 Dylan T. Willie, Iola, two counts of dog running at large, $195

Council: Agenda

Travis Robb, left, biological science instructor, and Frankie Chapman, administrative assistant to the athletic director, were selected as Allen Community College’s 2022-2023 League for Innovation Excellence Award recipients.

ACC faculty feted

Allen Community College kicked off its convocation Thursday morning by recognizing faculty and staff who have exceeded expectations.

Travis Robb, biological science instructor, and Frankie Chapman, administrative assistant to the athletic director, were among those honored. The pair were selected as Allen Community College’s 2022-2023 League for Innovation Excellence Award re-

cipients.

The award recognizes outstanding faculty and staff who have made a significant difference in their students’ lives and local communities. Nominees for the award are nominated by their peers and voted on by a committee of previous award winners. The award, one of Allen’s most prestigious, is given to selected community college faculty and staff across the United States.

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plain how the new facility will benefit the Iola economy and the potential for job growth.

THE COUNCIL also will consider a resident’s request to allow exceptions for certain types of garden fencing.

Myra Gleason will ask officials to consider amending the city’s code regarding fences to allow exceptions for gardens to include agriculture-type fencing such as T-posts and chicken wire.

Currently, the city’s

code prohibits agriculture fencing such as cattle panels, welded wire and chicken wire in residential districts. T-posts are not addressed. The item is set for discussion; action is not expected at Monday’s meeting.

ALSO on the agenda are setting hearings for the city’s 2024 budget and revenue neutral rate, discussion of bids for a new electric distribution bucket truck and requests from organizations regarding community events.

driven by Ty Reed collided with a vehicle driven by Denise Schomaker in the intersection of North Washington and West Monroe.

On July 31, a vehicle driven by Timothy Culver backed from a lumber yard entrance on South Walnut and struck a parked vehicle.

WORSHIP WITH US AREA CHURCH DIRECTORY

Radio: Many familiar faces, and voices, remain with station

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and basketball games, along with broadcast partner Gene Myrick. This season will be the duo’s fifth behind the mic.

As an aside, the pair’s debut came in September 2019, with their first-ever game, Iola’s historic 54-48 loss to Parsons in five overtimes.

“I remember the Parsons radio announcers came up to me afterwards, telling me how they’d been doing this for 30 years, and they’d never had a game like that,” Sailor said. “It took them 30 years to do the game of their lives, and it was my first game.”

TWO OTHER familiar faces will remain Tom Norris will continue to serve as morning host on KIOL from 6 to 8 a.m. weekdays.

And Mike Russell, who brought both KIKS and KIOL into the 21st century after acquiring the station 50 years ago this month, in August 1973, continues to work part-time in the office each morning.

“I’m so thankful they want to still be involved,” Shank said. “That continuity means everything.”

Russell, in turn, praised the folks at Ad Astra.

“They’ve been very welcoming,” Russell said. “They’re good people.”

Also remaining a part of Iola Radio under the new owners is Iola’s popular “Trading Post” broadcast, from 8 to 9 a.m.

THE BIGGEST change comes on the AM dial, with classic hit songs replacing talk radio.

“I know a few people were upset about losing talk radio, but a whole lot more people are excited about getting the music back,” Sailor said, with programming featuring hit songs exclusively from the 1970s through the 1990s.

The AM programming, including IHS and Kansas City Royals games, also will be simulcast on 99.3 FM, which also get a signal boost as soon as Shank can get a new transmitter installed.

“The goal is to get that here before the football season starts,” Shank said. Moving the Kansas City Chiefs games should be welcome news for listeners because a large portion of the games for the defending Super Bowl champions will kick off late in the day, when 1370 ratchets down its signal, as per FCC regulations.

At 11,500 watts, KIKS can provide a crystal clear signal from the Missouri state line to Eureka and from Ottawa to Parsons.

Outside of Chiefs games, KIKS will continue to program main-

stream country music.

AS ASTRA got its start in 1986 with KSKU Radio in Hutchinson, founded by Cliff Shank. The elder Shank had acquired a station in Lyons, then moved the base of operations to Hutchinson.

In fact, the Norrises, both of whom hail from Hutchinson, met there in the 1990s.

And it was there that Chris Shank, who started working at the station as a janitor while he was in middle school, cut his teeth as a young DJ.

“Even though my dad owned the company, Tom was my boss,” he recalled. “I reported to Tom.”

Young Shank had the Sunday night shift, a

time slot often filled with young up-andcomers learning the craft.

“I swore Tom must have listened 24 hours a day,” Shank laughed. “There was a song log that meant you were supposed to play certain songs, and every now and then I’d play a random song, then I’d stare at the phone, praying it wouldn’t light up. “ If more than a minute passed, it meant Norris likely wasn’t listening.

But more often than not, the phone would ring after a few seconds.

“Chris, was that song on the log?” Norris would ask.

“No…sorry,” he’d answer sheepishly.

“But the neat thing was I learned how to be

a DJ from Tom.”

AS THEY sorted through the rooms filled with old equip-

ment, Shank and his two tech gurus, brothers Aaron and Brandon Napier, couldn’t help but be caught up with a sense of nostalgia.

An old record turntable, reel-to-reel player and old soundboard caught their eye.

Shank also found several old records, and piles of CDs still filled some shelves.

“On Sunday nights, when I’d come in and do the countdown show, all I’d have to do is press play on the CD player,” Sailor added. “That gave me time to mess with the reel-to-reel. That reel-to-reel became my best friend.”

He became so skilled with the device that Sailor was tapped to help teach a broadcasting class while he was a

student. “He told us we’d never have to use it, but he brought it in,” Sailor said with a chuckle. “I told him I used it all the time. He finally just handed it over to me, and said, ‘Hey, you show them how it works.’”

Aaron Napier hopes to take some of the relics to make a small time capsule to capture the history of the station.

“Those CDs are great,” he said. “There’s a lot of old stuff that’s cool, but with technology, we don’t use it any more.”

“The important thing to remember is that while some of the equipment may be old, the on-air side of things has remained very good,” Shank said. “These people have been very dedicated to what they do.”

Aaron Napier, left, and Brandon Napier of Ad Astra Radio, clear cables from an operations control board at KIKS and KIOL Radio in Iola.

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~ Journalism that makes a difference

Rethinking landfill’s purpose

County commissioners voiced interest in recycling at their meeting Tuesday.

Of tires and electronics.

That’s certainly a blow to local volunteers who for the last year have been pleading with city and county officials to get behind some kind of widespread recycling program ever since Iola’s Rotary program stopped its 25-year collection effort.

Instead, officials have told volunteers they lack the funds, manpower and consensus to assist.

But Tuesday, they appeared to allow some exceptions to their opposition by voicing interest in recycling eWaste, such as discarded lithium ion batteries used in computers, vaping products, cell phones and the like.

They also discussed getting into the tire recycling business as a means to address the fast-growing mountain of shredded tires being dumped in the landfill.

As for the eWaste program, I’m all for it. When lithium ion batteries come in contact with each other or other metals, they can ignite. So far, three fires have occurred at the landfill in 2023, the most recent on July 28. According to Public Works director Mitch Garner and Jared Brooks, an engineer with Schwab Eaton of Manhattan, disposed batteries are the likely cause.

Because they are highly flammable, the batteries should be treated as hazardous waste, and as such never included in curbside trash.

So yes, both city and county leaders need to assume responsibility for educating the public about their dangers and create special receptacles for their disposal.

AS FOR tires, the county

Susan Lynn Register editor

has been willing to turn a blind eye as Shane Lamb of DeSoto dumps mountain after mountain of partly shredded tires at the landfill.

Lamb owns FMS/United Tire. The business is at the former Lehigh Cement Plant and occupies seven acres of which the southern portion abuts the Lehigh Portland Trail.

Since mid-February, Lamb’s business has hauled almost 2,000 tons of tires to the landfill, averaging 330 tons a month.

If you combine the totals of the five other businesses who haul tires to the dump, it amounts to 117 tons — a far, far cry from Lamb’s haul.

On Tuesday, engineer Brooks warned county commissioners that the area designated for tires is fast-approaching its limit, estimating there’s less than 10 feet before it reaches its maximum permit level.

Brooks also said dumping the tires next to everyday waste is unwise because they are highly flammable and once they catch fire are a beast to extinguish.

The hard rubber is also difficult to compact, Brooks said, and “has a tendency to float up,” exacerbating the effort to cover the pit once it’s full.

Brooks recommended the county apply for a permit to build an entire new pit dedicated for tires, to which commissioners agreed. No price tag was included in the discussion.

Commissioners also expressed interest in digging up the tires and selling

A look back in time

40 Years Ago August 1983

A new product line has been added at Intercollegiate Press. Bob Hessel, plant manager, said the line includes announcements, thank you notes and memory books. They will be sold to college graduates through-

Hostile architecture

them.

WHICH BRINGS us back to Lamb, the recycler/hauler.

In 2021, Iola officials granted Lamb a special use permit for the Lehigh land.

According to a March 2021 Register article, Lamb said he envisioned processing thousands of discarded tires for use at playgrounds. All that he needed was a super shredder.

On Tuesday, Lamb said he also needed a dedicated building for the operation.

Neither are on the immediate horizon.

Today, Lamb said he recycles about 30% of those he collects.

Lamb is no dummy.

It’s clear he makes more money as a hauler of tires than as a recycler of tires.

Recycling doesn’t “pay” in terms of dollars and cents. Its benefit is that it helps save the environment by repurposing paper, plastic, metals and glass as well as save our landfills from filling up at an inordinate rate and creating excess methane.

Discouragingly, commissioners’ response to the situation was to accuse Lamb of abusing the system by taking advantage of the county rate of $5.50 a ton as compared to the out-ofcounty rate of $130 a ton.

On this point, I side with Lamb. His business is in Allen County, no matter that he collects tires elsewhere.

The commission’s current trajectory is to make Allen County the discarded tire pit of the state, rather than a goal of economy.

Commissioners should set a limit of how many tires the landfill will accept. If Lamb were limited to the average use of the other haulers, that would be 20 tons a month.

The goal should be to stretch our resources, not exploit them.

When Georgia O’Keeffe moved to New Mexico in 1929, she spent a month at the Taos ranch of novelist D. H. Lawrence. For portions of each day, she lay down on an old bench beneath a large ponderosa pine. In an interview years later, O’Keeffe spoke warmly of that bench where she daydreamed and soaked in the sky. Her early painting The Lawrence Tree, depicting stars poking through the tree’s branches at night, is now in the permanent collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Connecticut.

If you visit, you may notice that the tree appears upside down. The museum originally showed the painting in the other direction but later flipped it over, noting that O’Keeffe considered the orientation to be ambiguous. It’s hard to know what’s upside down and right side up when reposing on a bench and looking skyward.

Outdoor benches in American life have often served as stress relievers and relaxation havens. Forrest Gump could tell his whole life story from one to anybody willing to sit and listen. My wife and I travel to a Lake Michigan island every summer, where we end each day on a bench along the shore, watching the sun descend into the water. A park bench can also be a safe place for a young or awkward couple to get acquainted without having to look too frequently into each other’s eyes.

In metro areas today, park benches are becoming an endangered species. Hostile architecture is the name urban engineers give to public space designs that discourage people from settling in. Examples include sloped window sills, retaining walls with spikes, skateboard-inhibiting metal slugs, and benches with multiple armrests to deter those looking for a bed.

One rainy night last spring, I stayed at work later than usual. As I was leaving my church office close to midnight, I realized I had parked on the far side of our facility. That’s a football field’s distance away from the security system keypad.

I knew I had 45 seconds to

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wind my way through our network of buildings before motion detectors would trigger the alarm. I carefully rehearsed the shortest path. Clutching my book bag in one hand and my briefcase in the other, I set the alarm and took off running.

Through pitch-dark corridors I verbally counted off the seconds. When I finally hit the crash bar of the windowless exit door, it barely opened. A man, it turns out, was sleeping immediately outside.

He sat up, disoriented.

“I’m so sorry,” he said. “I was just trying to get some sleep.” Pointing across to the city park, he added, “I can’t sleep on those benches. Not allowed after dark.” I apologized profusely for smacking his back so hard. We visited briefly. I encouraged him to try to fall back asleep. He said he was fine, though I still wonder if I didn’t crack some vertebrae that night. I headed into the rain and drove off.

When someone enthusiastically exclaims to Jesus one day, “I’m going to follow you wherever you go,” Jesus replies, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere”—more literally, “no ‘where’ ever”— “to lay his head” (Matt. 8:19–20). As much as he is describing his personal circumstance, Jesus is also warning a wannabe disciple that following him is rough business. There’s discomfort, privation, and limited security. Followers may not always or often be able to get a good night’s sleep, for there’s no assurance that a secure “wherever” even exists.

I didn’t sleep well that rainy night, disappointed in myself for having mistaken a commitment to Jesus from the “wherever” of my own warm bed for the duty of tending more helpfully to him there in our church doorway.

out the U.S. Sales volume for the Iola plant is expected to double, reaching $5 million annually, as a result of the expansion. Five employees will be hired, bringing permanent employment to 55.

*****

John Fontaine retired from the Miller and Son dress

plant after 37 years of service there without taking a single day off for illness. He doesn’t ever remember being ill and thinks he also had a perfect attendance record at school. He spends his time now fishing, his favorite hobby. *****

A tour of the IMP Boats

kicked off the three-day Farm-City Days. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Stephenson, representing the city, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sutherland, representing the rural community, will be the grand marshals of the Saturday afternoon parade. A tour of the Sutherland farm will close

out the celebration.

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A new dormitory is a visible sign of growth at Allen County Community College. Through yesterday afternoon, there were 443 students enrolled as full-time day students, an increase of 114 over last fall.

Crews fight a 12-hour fire at the Allen County Landfill July 2, 2022. For 2023, three fires have occurred there. PHOTO BY JASON TREGO/ALLEN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR

In metro areas today, park benches are becoming an endangered species. Hostile architecture is the name urban engineers give to public space designs that discourage people from settling in, including benches with multiple armrests.

PHOTO BY LOU BATIER/UNSPLASH

PACT Act: Fo far, $1.85 billion distributed to veterans, families

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dating back to the law’s enactment, which earlier had been set for Aug. 9, has been extended until Aug. 14.

Biden signed the Sgt 1st Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, or the PACT Act, last August, expanding health care eligibility for up to 3.5 million post-9/11 veterans, and for those who served during the Vietnam and Cold War eras. So far, $1.85 billion for PACT Act-related claims has been distributed to veterans and families, according to the administration.

The law also opened eligibility for Gulf War era, Vietnam era and veterans of earlier wars and military projects who were potentially exposed to a host of tox-

ic substances, including tactical herbicides like Agent Orange, radiation from nuclear device testing or cleanup and contaminated drinking water.

“We’re determined to address this problem, come hell or high water, and compensate these veterans and their families who have suffered the consequences of this tragedy,” Biden said during remarks at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

The stop was the last of a multi-day Biden trip to Western states, including both official events and fundraisers, to tout the administration’s accomplishments ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

‘It’s personal for my family’

During his remarks,

Biden described burn pits the size of football fields, 8-to-10-feet deep, where “everything you can imagine is thrown,” including tires, chemicals, and jet fuel, he said.

Biden’s son Beau Biden, a veteran, suffered from a rare form of brain cancer and died in May 2015, years after being deployed to Iraq.

He spent a portion of his deployment in living quarters about 400 yards from a burn pit, Biden said.

“(Troops) breathe that toxic material for months at a time, in the case of my son and his buddies for an entire year, causing headaches, numbness, dizziness, cancer,” Biden said.

“This is not about my son, but it’s an example of how close it was … It’s personal for my family, but it’s also personal

for so many of you,” he said. The bill’s namesake, Sgt. Robinson, died of lung cancer in 2020. He served with the Ohio National Guard in Iraq in 2006 and 2007, and later attributed his cancer to breathing in emissions from burn pits where he was stationed.

Robinson was among many veterans denied VA coverage for their illnesses because they couldn’t definitively prove the health issues were service related.

At the bill’s signing ceremony in August 2022, Biden told Robinson’s daughter that his grandson’s “daddy lost to the same burn pits.”

Under the PACT Act, veterans who served in numerous geographical locations and who now suffer from one of the 23 diseases or illnesses added by the law are eligible for health cover-

age. Among those 23 are chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma diagnosed after service, and several cancers, including brain, gastrointestinal, kidney, neck, pancreatic, respiratory and reproductive.

Glioblastoma, the brain cancer that Beau Biden died from, is among those listed.

The U.S. military uses open burn pits to manage several types of waste in foreign nations. Concerns about burn pit emissions heightened during and after the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, Iraq and other locations, triggering restrictions and ongoing studies of the health effects from airborne hazards.

The Department of Defense identified nine locations where burn pits were still being used by the military in 2019

— seven in Syria, one in Afghanistan and one in Egypt. The incinerated waste was not limited to medical waste, hazardous waste, tires and plastics, according to the Pentagon’s burn pit report to Congress.

Several of Congress’ recent annual defense policy bills have included provisions to monitor health effects and restrict and phase out burn pits.

For vets who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam era, the PACT Act now presumes high blood pressure, also called hypertension, as a service-connected disease. Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, which causes irregularities with antibody-producing cells, is another disease added to the list for Agent Orange-exposed vets.

ALLEN COUNTY FOOD RESOURCE GUIDE

FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

SNAP/EBT Food Assistance

• The Food Assistance Program serves as the first line of defense against hunger. It provides crucial support to elderly households, low-income working households and other low-income households that include the unemployed or at disabled and to households transitioning from welfare to work. Food assistance customers can spend their benefits to buy eligible nutritious food and plants and seeds to grow food for their household to eat.

• Apply online here: cssp.kees.ks.gov/apspssp/sspNonMed.portal

Application Assistance

• Thrive Allen County Greta Ingle

620-365-8128

8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• Humanity House Georgia Masterson

620-380-6664

8:30 a.m.- 3 p.m.

Monday-Friday

Monday-Friday

FOOD PANTRIES

Some pantries need documents on the first visit. Call the pantry for questions.

Iola

• Allen County Food Pantry 16 W. Broadway, Iola Tuesday 5-7 p.m. Thursday 9-11 a.m. OPEN to ALL

• Humanity House 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday-Friday 110 East St., Iola 620-380-6664 OPEN to ALL

• Community Health Center Southeast Kansas 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Monday-Saturday 2051 N. State St., Iola

620-380-6600

OPEN to ALL

Humboldt

• Humboldt Community Food Pantry

718 Bridge St., Humboldt

Tuesday 5-6 p.m.

Call any area pastor for more info

Proof of residence in USD 258 needed on first visit

LaHarpe

• Light of LaHarpe Church

901 W. Main, LaHarpe

3rd Friday, 4-5 p.m.

Call 620-228-1829

Must provide proof of residency in LaHarpe on first visit

SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PROGRAMS

Applications for free and reduced-lunch are available for all students. Call your school district office for more info.

• Iola USD 257: 620-365-4711

• Humboldt USD 258: 620473-3121

• Marmaton Valley USD 256: 620-237-4250

• Crest USD 479: 620-852-3540

WIC (Women, Infants and Children)

• Allen County Health Department

411 N. Washington Ave., Iola

620-365-2191

USDA Commodities

• Wesley United Methodist Church, Iola

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Fire: Maui residents had to flee quickly from burning town

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Thousands fled Maui after the fires rousted them from their resort hotels and sent them scrambling from their sun chairs on Tuesday. But for thousands of people who call Lahaina home, there is no flight to catch and no home to return to. They’ve simply lost everything.

On Front Street, Lahaina’s main thorough-

fare, Deborah Leoffler lost a home that has been in her family since 1945. Five generations stayed there, starting with her grandfather, who was a Lahaina police sergeant. Her youngest son had been planning to move home from the mainland to live there. She evacuated so quickly she left her debit cards on her night-

stand and now can’t access her bank account.

“But I still have my family, and that’s what counts,” she said.

Myrna Ah Hee’s home is in one of the few subdivisions in Lahaina spared destruction. But she and her husband, Abraham, haven’t been able to find his brother, a Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who has

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ing number of small farms,” by way of farmers either bequeathing or selling their land.

“It could be 160 acres here, 320 there, and 400 acres somewhere else. It all gets pieced out,” either to their heirs or another buyer, she said.

“A young couple may be able to buy 80 acres to get started with some pigs or goats,” she said, but that also presents the need “to diversify,” as in find another source of income.

Rarely does farming provide a comfortable lifestyle.

“If the farmer himself doesn’t work off the farm, then the wife does,” she said.

And yes, it’s a long day.

“You do the chores before you go to work and when you get home in the afternoon you do the evening chores.”

Bearden bemoans this year’s drought.

“It’s been rough here,” she said. “A lot of farmers are dipping

into their grass supplies that they usually save for winter. They’re already feeding their herds hay.”

The price of hay has jumped from about $65 to $110 a bale, Bearden said, noting that recent yields are down anywhere from 30% to 50%.

Recent rains are appreciated. “I look at every rain as a gift. We’ll take every drop that falls, but it’s awfully late in the season.”

A big proponent of education, Bearden encourages today’s youth to pursue college and go out into the world.

“There's valuable experience to be gained by working with other employers before they come home,” she said with a smile.

She stresses that a good work ethic is imperative, no matter the field.

“I’ve always thought the most important thing we do is customer service,” she said. “If the phone rings and nobody is around to answer it, I answer it. Same with if

someone walks in the door. Though I can’t deal in insurance in any fashion, I can at least be courteous and helpful.

“If it weren’t for the people, then we wouldn’t have an organization,” she said.

FROM HERE, Bearden, age 64, intends to work as a substitute teacher for the Iola and Humboldt school districts. She homeschooled her own children.

“It was my favorite job, next to here at Farm Bureau,” she said.

Bearden has a degree in animal science with a minor in journalism from Kansas State University.

Her last day at Farm Bureau is Monday.

Since mid-July, Bearden has been training her successor, Sara Hutchinson of Stark, for the job, which is part-time. Hutchinson's schedule will have her at the office four hours a week. Otherwise, she plans to work from home.

been living in Lahaina’s homeless shelter.

The Ah Hees spent Thursday scouring evacuation shelters across the island from Lahaina to see if he might have made it out. Her extended family was hit badly: Her parents lost their home, as did her son, one of her uncles and a cousin. Her son-in-law was staying in a house that had long been in her husband’s family, but that burned down too. She said those born and raised in Lahaina like her and her husband have to “stand up and make it what it was.”

“Where do you begin?” she asked rhe-

torically. “It’s town we have to bring back — but also families, classmates, friends.”

Leonard, the retired mailman, said he didn’t know about the fire until he smelled smoke from his apartment on Front Street and went outside to investigate. He had been in an information vacuum all day after the power had gone out early Tuesday morning, leaving him and neighbors without electricity, internet and cellphone service. The county’s emergency sirens — which warn people of the need to evacuate for tsunamis and other natural disasters — didn’t sound.

He grabbed his wallet, keys and credit cards

and jumped in his car to leave, only to find a traffic jam. He waited, in hopes the line of vehicles would move, until the cars ahead of him started exploding one by one.

“My Jeep had a soft top, and I knew it was going to go. And I just said, ‘I’m out of here,’” Leonard recalled.

The 74-year-old ran over to the seawall that shields the town from encroachment from the ocean, joining about 70 others. About 20 of them jumped in the water to get away from the flames. Leonard said he felt safer crouched down next to the wall on the ocean side, where he could let the wind carry hot ash over him.

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Daugharthy brings family mentality to Iola

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

Iola High head football coach David Daugharthy knows a thing or two about Iola football.

The former Mustang heads into his seventh year as the head coach at Iola after spending three years as an assistant. Iola came up short in a road playoff game to Frontenac last season but the team returns a number of players with starting experience this fall.

Daugharthy is hoping he can spark some of the magic he felt when he played for the blue and gold.

“It’s been cool to still get to experience the football aspect of it because in high school it seemed like I poured everything I had into the team,” said Daugharthy. “It’s always had a huge place in my heart and to come back and be a part of it and lay even more out there for the program, school and community is awesome. I’m proud of where the Mustangs are headed.”

Daugharthy was a running back and linebacker while playing at Iola.

His coaching philosophy includes spreading the ball out offensively and letting the skill players take over while the defense is a 3/3 stack.

“When I first came in I brought some freshness

and a keep your nose to the grindstone-type mentality,” Daugharthy said. “I spread it out a bit on both sides of the ball, got the skill positions out and got the athletes involved.”

One of the best parts about coaching back in Iola for

Daugharthy has been coaching alongside his twin brother, Dana. Dana serves as the track and field head coach and was an assistant for the football team the last few years before stepping down this year.

“It’s been really cool to

Word Cup: Spain edges Netherlands 2-1

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Jorge Vilda was more interested in the aftermath back in Spain if his team won its Women’s World Cup quarterfinal than he was about a rattling 5.0 magnitude earthquake that shook Wellington an hour before kickoff against Netherlands.

Salma Paralluelo was unshaken by the tremblor or the high-pressure stakes, scoring late in extra time Friday to give Spain a 2-1 victory and a place in the

Women’s World Cup semifinals for the first time.

“We were so concentrated,” Spain coach Vilda said, recalling how his team prepared for the game even as the ground shook. “Yes, it was a middle (moderate) shake, an earthquake, but not today. The earthquake was the victory of Spain.”

The 19-year-old Paralluelo started the match on the bench for the first time at this World Cup and made her entry just in time to make history. Spain dominated a

scoreless first half and 2019 finalist Netherlands had a penalty scrubbed out by the VAR in the 62nd minute after a tussle between Irene Paredes on Dutch forward Lineth Beerensteyn.

Mariona Caldentey scored from the spot in the 81st minute after defender Stefanie van der Gragt was penalized for hand ball as a cross was fired into the area. Then van der Gragt, mov-

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C.J. Stroud struggles in preseason debut

FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

(AP) — C.J. Stroud wouldn’t change much about stepping on the field for the first time against an NFL opponent.

Except for one play.

Stroud had a short and at times shaky debut that included an interception, Davis Mills threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to rookie Tank Dell and the Houston Texans beat the New England Patriots 20-9 in the teams’ preseason opener Thursday night.

Stroud, drafted second overall out of Ohio State, played the first two series and went 2 of 4 for 13 yards. He rushed twice for 6 yards and was sacked once.

“I’m critical of myself,” Stroud said. “But that is

coach with him (Dana) because we bounce ideas off each other,” said Daugharthy. “We think pretty similarly about different things so having somebody there that shares the passion for coaching and Iola has been awesome.”

Daugharthy graduated from Bethel College where he played on the football team for four years as a safety. After college, Daugharthy taught math for three years at a high school in Olathe for at-risk teens.

Daugharthy then taught and coached track and baseball at Yates Center High School. During his time there, Daugharthy became an assistant coach at Iola before moving to Iola in 2014.

“The reason I got into teaching was to build relationships with kids and to make an impact on their lives,” Daugharthy said. He teaches high school chemistry, while brother Dana teaches high school physics.

“I think I’ve had opportunities to build relationships on the football field as well. It’s rewarding because that’s why I was getting into the profession anyway.”

Daugharthy still credits his father, Jim, along with his high school football coach, Dean Taylor, for making a big impression on him at a young age. He credits his father for teaching him life lessons and how to be part of a team.

The reason I got into teaching was to build relationships with kids and to make an impact on their lives.

— David Daugharthy, football coach

Daugharthy credits Taylor for his approach to both football and life. He believes Taylor was the main reason he got the chance to play college football at Bethel.

“I grew up with people who still own local businesses around here,” said Daugharthy. “I know it’s just a football program but I do take a sense of pride being a part of this community and trying to do the very best I can. Not just for the high school but I want the community to get involved and be prideful of what we have in terms of athletics at the school.”

The Mustangs will play five home games this season, up from last year’s three home games.

“It’ll be exciting just to get to play in front of the hometown crowd five times and the field is looking nice too,” Daugharthy said. “We’re hoping to get a few more wins and pack it out a bit better this year.”

what being a quarterback and a rookie quarterback is.

Big 12

realignment

driven by youth sports economics

Get ready, Big 12 sports fans, for Kansas State vs. Utah and the University of Kansas vs. Arizona. The new Big 12 is coming in next year.

In the aftermath of the PAC-12 crumbling — and losing four of its teams to the Big 12 — you might wonder why the schools migrated toward our conference, centered on the plains.

How did the PAC-12 lose the two most prestigious teams in their conference to the Big 10? Announced last year, the departure of the University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles signaled the leverage that the football-fueled Big 10 had over the PAC-12.

How could PAC-12 conference leadership have delayed signing a media deal that would have reassured other schools who were likely to flee? Simply securing a firm television contract may have slowed (if not secured) the nervous schools.

How could the conference have allowed the University of Colorado to return to the Big 12? How could they have essentially surrendered an entire geographic quadrant of their conference, losing Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and the University of Utah?

Eric Thomas Kansas Reflector

The answer: Athletic conference commissioners should have studied the brutal economics of youth sports.

I am not talking about college-sponsored athletics or even high school sports.

These big-time league commissioners should have known the stuff that every parent in competitive youth sports knows.

Because my son has played competitive soccer for the last few years, I have seen these economics first hand. I also chat with other parents: baseball dads, basketball moms, softball parents. Their stories of youth sport echo one another and provide lessons, even for college sports co

In many ways, holding together a college sports conference is like holding together a team of young athletes. Most teams and conferences contain the same number of participants, whether it’s a dozen boys in shin guards or a dozen insti-

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Iola head football coach David Daugharthy, right, talks with brother Dana, left. REGISTER FILE PHOTO

Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud, left. STEVEN SENNE/ AP PHOTO

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dozen institutions of higher education.

So, where did the PAC-12 go wrong in gifting the Big 12 four more teams this summer?

And what should the Big 12 be nervous about as conference realignment keeps rolling?

‘Follow the leader’

Alarm bells sound on a youth sports team anytime the best player leaves. The standout point guard might leave for a team that offers bigger showcase tournaments or nicer uniforms. The starting pitcher might be lured away by a former professional Major Leaguer as a coach.

The motivations of these stud players for leaving are important, especially for the players and families left behind. The remaining families are likely to stay put with the same team if they see the star player’s exit as being for a more elite opportunity, rather than fleeing an incompetent team.

When USC and UCLA left the PAC-12, you could see their departure as a step up to prestige rather than an escape from disaster. After all, they were joining one of the top two football conferences with a TV deal far more lucrative than their PAC-12 deal.

But losing a key team member — or two — also can reveal a crisis.

‘Travel be damned’

In past decades, “travel sports” used to mean jumping in the back row of the family minivan for a tournament out of town once

or twice each season. The local kids from the neighborhood or your town would make up the roster.

As any sports parent these days knows, “travel” now applies to all parts of youth sports.

Practices are 40 minutes away. The “local” kids are now from the wide-flung metro area and almost certainly will not attend the same high school. Even a team pool party means gassing up the car.

So it is with recent conference realignment. The Big 12 sprawls from West Virginia, through Cincinnati to the epicenter of Kansas and then down south toward Texas, Arizona and Utah. (One university athletic director apologized this week for a comment that poked at the absurdity of some of the destinations.)

Big 12 football and basketball teams will rely mostly on chartered flights and private planes to zip them nonstop to distant schools. Their travel times will only increase a bit in the air.

However, travel time will explode for socalled Olympic sports: track and field, volleyball, gymnastics, and others. These smaller teams often rely on commuter flights or buses. Travel from Tempe, Arizona, to Morgantown, West Virginia, would be a challenge to do in less than 12 hours with flights and transfers included. Not to mention the physical toll of time changes.

With a dark chuckle, Arizona State Universi-

ty president Michael M. Crow hinted at the possibility — and absurdity — of using buses. The absurdity comes from packing physically large athletes into small bus seats for hours before asking them to compete at their best.

The time and discomfort of more Big 12 travel will impose a tax on their bodies, and certainly their academics.

‘The middle must hold’

When players leave a competitive youth team for another team that is not more prestigious, every family starts to talk. Why would a player from the middle of roster’s depth chart leave? In some ways, this departure signals more problems than the elite player leaving.

“Sure, Emma left for the academy team because she is incredible,” a parent will say. “But something must really be wrong if Ingrid left to play for the Falcons.”

The University of Colorado wasn’t the most elite school in the PAC12, academically or athletically. So, its late July departure signaled the greatest discord in the conference even if the Buffaloes were returning to a familiar group of schools.

If Colorado was willing to leave for the Big 12, which is now the third- or fourth-most powerful conference in college sports, the PAC12 was in true crisis.

‘Follow the money’

It’s more cynical than following the top player, but following the money in youth sports is common. Direct pay-

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ments to amateur youth players or families are rarer than the popular imagination suggests, even as name, image and likeness deals grow.

Instead, young players often follow the teams with the most money. In its most wholesome form, clubs forgive annual fees for families who cannot pay. Young athletes are also drawn by fancy uniforms, sophisticated practice facilities and top coaches (who can hop from club to club for bigger paychecks).

Of course, money is king in college athletics.

CBS Sports reported this year on the revenue earned by each conference and distributed out to schools. The chart embedded in the story reads like winloss standings, with the Big 10 at the top. School presidents and athletic directors can see that Big 12 schools earned between $5 million and $8 million more per school during 2022 than a PAC-12 school. A transparent difference like that must have drawn the four new schools to the Big 12.

All of these lessons from youth sports to college sports — and vice versa — suggest that elitism, money and travel are driving both individual and collective decisions.

What’s missing? Concern for the athletes, of course.

About the author: Eric Thomas directs the Kansas Scholastic Press Association and teaches visual journalism and photojournalism at the University of Kansas.

Stroud: Struggles in preseason opener

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I hold myself to a different standard and I know that the guys in the locker room aren’t going to hold me down for this. ... One mistake on national television blows it all up. But, it’s cool, I’II just keep growing.”

Mills — who started 15 games last season — took over for Stroud and finished 9 of 12 for 99 yards while playing the balance of the opening half. His touchdown pass capped a seven-play, 62-yard drive that ended with Dell juggling and pulling in the score from his back.

Dalton Keene added a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quar-

ter. Case Keenum had a 5-yard TD pass to Alex Bachman in the fourth. Dell ended his night with five catches for 65 yards.

The Patriots gave most of their projected starters the night off, including quarterback Mac Jones.

Backup Bailey Zappe started in his place and went 12 of 14 for 79 yards, playing the entire first half and one series in the third quarter. His best throw of the night was a 27-yard dart to Tyquan Thornton.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick said coming in with several offensive linemen dealing with injuries contributed to the offense being

unable to finish some drives.

“It’s tough for the backs. It’s tough for the quarterback,” Belichick said. “We didn’t have a lot of space on the offense for the most part tonight.”

Rookie quarterback Malik Cunningham, who went undrafted out of Louisville, added a late 9-yard touchdown run. Patriots rookie cornerback Christian Gonzalez had three tackles and forced a fumble.

Stroud is vying with Mills to be Houston’s starter. The Texans have mostly split first-team snaps between the two during training camp.

Mills, despite a record of just 5-29-1 as a starter

ing up front, scored in stoppage time to equalize at 1-1 and send the match into extra time.

Paralluelo broke down the left off Jennie Hermosa’s pass in the 111th minute, swiveled past one defender, propped and sent her left-foot shot into the far corner of the net. Spain will meet either No. 3-ranked Sweden or 2011 champion Japan in the semifinals.

“It was a unique moment, great euphoria to have lived through that,” Paralluelo said.

Vilda rode the roller-coaster of emotions that fans in Spain and the Netherlands, watching a match that for them kicked off at 3 a.m., and the 32,000 fans in the stadium experienced.

“They played an extraordinary level, all players, and there was a match with a lot of emotions,” Vilda said.

“And the goal from Salma, it was sheer joy. We had to wait for a few minutes to get the end result of the whistle in the end, and I’m extremely happy.”

Vilda was confident that fans who watched in the early would not have been disappointed.

“It’s a great day for

Spanish women’s football,” he said. “We’ve reached somewhere we’ve never reached before, and done it playing a good game as well, with a team that is convinced that we can go even further.”

He praised Paralluelo, a student athlete who specialized at running the 400-meters before turning to soccer, for filling her role so expertly, particular at a time when superstar Alexia Putellas’ playing time has been limited.

“She helped us with what we wanted to achieve,” he said.

The Dutch were unusually passive in the first half, at their most dangerous when they sent long balls forward.

For Netherlands, the penalty that was awarded and then overturned was difficult to come to terms with.

“Well, look, I think the VAR didn’t do their work properly, but they (Spain) deserved to win,” Netherlands coach Andries Jonker said. “It’s just that this decision was wrong. It was wrong.” Netherlands lost 2-0 to the United States in the 2019 World Cup final and this was another hard loss to take, coming by such fine margins.

the past two seasons, looked much more comfortable Thursday. Meanwhile, Stroud spent most of his limited snaps under nearly constant pressure from the Patriots defense.

Starting on his own 25 following a game-opening touchback, Stroud came out throwing and completed an 8-yard pass to Nico Collins on the Texans’ first play from scrimmage. After a few short runs by Devin Singletary gave Houston a new set of downs, Stroud was dropped for a 15-yard sack when he was unable to avoid the grasp of Daniel Ekuale.

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the Big 12 be nervous about as conference realignment keeps rolling?

‘Follow the leader’

Alarm bells sound on a youth sports team anytime the best player leaves. The standout point guard might leave for a team that offers bigger showcase tournaments or nicer uniforms. The starting pitcher might be lured away by a former professional Major Leaguer

as a coach.

The motivations of these stud players for leaving are important, especially for the players and families left behind. The remaining families are likely to stay put with the same team if they see the star player’s exit as being for a more elite opportunity, rather than fleeing an incompetent team.

When USC and UCLA left the PAC-12, you could see their departure as a step up to prestige rather than an

escape from disaster. After all, they were joining one of the top two football conferences with a TV deal far more lucrative than their PAC12 deal.

But losing a key team member — or two — also can reveal a crisis.

‘Travel be damned’

In past decades, “travel sports” used to mean jumping in the back row of the family minivan for a tournament out of town once or twice each season. The local kids from the neighborhood

or your town would make up the roster.

As any sports parent these days knows, “travel” now applies to all parts of youth sports. Practices are 40 minutes away. The “local” kids are now from the wide-flung metro area and almost certainly will not attend the same high school. Even a team pool party means gassing up the car. So it is with recent conference realignment. The Big 12

sprawls from West Virginia, through Cincinnati to the epicenter of Kansas and then down south toward Texas, Arizona and Utah. (One university athletic director apologized this week for a comment that poked at the absurdity of some of the destinations.)

Big 12 football and basketball teams will rely mostly on chartered flights and private planes to zip them nonstop to distant schools. Their travel times will

only increase a bit in the air.

However, travel time will explode for socalled Olympic sports: track and field, volleyball, gymnastics, and others. These smaller teams often rely on commuter flights or buses. Travel from Tempe, Arizona, to Morgantown, West Virginia, would be a challenge to do in less than 12 hours with flights and transfers included. Not to mention the physical toll of time changes.

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Chiefs: Bieniemy’s intense style will pay off eventually

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP)

— Patrick Mahomes and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs have heard about some of the concerns coming out of the Washington Commanders camp about the intensity of their new offensive coordinator, Eric Bieniemy.

Chiefs players who spent the past five years playing for Bieniemy think they’re better for having endured it.

“He’s going to really try to get the best out of you every single day,” Mahomes said after Friday’s practice. “He’s going to hold you accountable even when you don’t want to hold yourself accountable, and he made me a better player.”

Bieniemy joined the Chiefs as running backs coach when Andy Reid took over as head coach in 2013, then was promoted to offensive coordinator when Matt Nagy left to become the head coach in Chicago in 2018. He helped the Chiefs win seven consecutive AFC West titles, host five straight AFC title games, reach three Super Bowls and bring home two Lombardi Trophies.

That’s the track record of success Bieniemy took to Washington in a bid to revamp coach Ron Rivera’s offensive system.

But the way Bieniemy has gone about it was thrown into question this week when Rivera let slip that some of his players were concerned about Bieniemy’s intense style — remarks that Rivera spoke to Bieniemy about and attempted to clarify a day later.

Many of Bieniemy’s former players support-

ed him on Twitter, including Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill and former running back Jamaal Charles. But perhaps nobody’s voice carries more weight in the NFL these days than that of Mahomes, the reigning league MVP, who was responsible for running Bieniemy’s offense on a daily basis the past five years.

“EB is going to be harsh on you,” Mahomes said, but “he’ll go to war with you like any other guy on the team. You have to know that. You have to know

Preakness officials considering changing the schedule of race

By STEPHEN WHYNO The Associated Press

Preakness officials say they are considering moving the second Triple Crown race back to four weeks after the Kentucky Derby instead of two weeks later, which would change the timing that has been in place for decades.

Aidan Butler, CEO of 1/ST Racing, which owns and runs Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore where the Preakness is run, said it’s necessary to take a close look at making changes.

“Discussion around spacing out the schedule of the Triple Crown is nothing new, and we believe the time has come to advance those discussions to the next step,” Butler said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Friday. “Allowing ad-

ditional time between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes would give horses a greater opportunity to prepare and be ready between the Derby and the second leg of the Triple Crown.”

Butler, who floated the possibility most recently during an interview with Thoroughbred Daily News this week, acknowledged moving the Preakness would have implications around the industry.

“We look forward to engaging with all stakeholders to work through questions and concerns,” Butler said. “The future of the Triple Crown is best decided collectively, but we are committed to seeing this conversation through to a positive result.”

Other stakeholders are not willing to make

a change right now.

The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes have been run over a span of five weeks beginning with the first Saturday in May since 1969, with the exception of 2020 when the races happened out of order because of the pandemic.

A spokesman for Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, home of the Derby, said the track had no comment.

New York Racing Association vice president of communications Pat McKenna said the organization, which runs the Belmont “has concerns about fundamental changes to the structure of the Triple Crown.”

“We have no plans to move the date of the Belmont Stakes,” McKenna said in an email to the AP.

that when he’s talking to you on the football field, he’s trying to get the best out of you. He’s not trying to put you down. He’s trying to push you to be even better than you think you can be.

“So that’s something I think they’ll understand when they go out there and start winning football games.”

Bieniemy, the former University of Colorado standout, teamed with Duce Staley in Philadelphia as running backs

for the Eagles under Reid. Staley is now the assistant head coach in Carolina, and like Bieniemy, coaches with a no-nonsense style.

“They’re going to love you but they’re going to tell you the truth. That’s the thing I appreciate about them,” Reid said. “They know what it takes to play at this level, a championship-caliber level, and there’s a difference. Nothing comes easy.”

The Commanders finished .500 last season, going 8-8-1, but they haven’t had a winning season since 2016. And a big part of the problem was an offense that was in the bottom half of the league and averaged just 18.9 points per game.

Bieniemy’s decision to head to Washington could be viewed as a lateral one — he was the offensive coordinator in Kansas City, too. But he also had been passed over numerous time for head coaching jobs, and many believe a big part of the reason was that front offices elsewhere viewed Reid as the play-caller and offensive mastermind.

Bieniemy has an opportunity to put his own imprint on the Wash-

ington offense. And he apparently intends to do it his way.

“That’s his personality. Nothing wrong with that. Guys play for him and he’s had great success,” Reid said. “You always talk about letting your personality show, and I think that’s an important part of that. I think when it’s all said and done, guys (in Washington) are going to appreciate that. He’s going to challenge you, but the guys are going to appreciate it when they’re winning.”

NOTES: Reid said the starters, including Mahomes, would play most of the first quarter in Sunday’s preseason opener in New Orleans. Backups will go the rest of the way. ... DT Tershawn Wharton (knee), CB L’Jarius Sneed (knee), WR Kadarius Toney (knee) and RB Isiah Pacheco (hand, shoulder) will not play against the Saints. ... DE Charles Omenihu will play Sunday. He was suspended for the first six games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, but he is eligible to participate in all three preseason games.

Former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, now offsenisve coordinator for the Washington Commanders, speaks to the media after practice at training camp on Aug. 2, 2021 in St. Joseph, Missouri. (RICH SUGG/THE KANSAS CITY STAR/TNS)

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Holiday Bowl still features Pac-12 and ACC teams, but changes coming

By KIRK KENNEY The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS

The latest round of conference realignment, which came to a boil with last week’s implosion of the Pac-12, will not impact the 2023 Holiday Bowl.

This year’s game will pair Pac-12 and ACC teams Dec. 27 at Petco Park as scheduled.

Next year?

That’s another matter.

“Next year, yes, there are going to be changes,” said Mark Neville, CEO of Sports San Diego, which produces the Holiday Bowl. “With what has happened with the Pac-12, we’re going to explore all of our options.

“We have good relationships around the country with conferences. We’re going to work this out where the bowl game continues to thrive for years and years.”

Neville emphasized in a recent email to the bowl’s RedCoat volunteers that the Pac-12’s situation has “zero impact on this year’s Holiday Bowl.”

A Pac-12 team has participated in every Holiday Bowl since 1998,

Oregon players celebrate with the trophy after the Ducks defeated North Carolina, 28-27, in the Holiday Bowl at Petco Park on Dec. 28, 2022, in San Diego.

(MEG MCLAUGHLIN/THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE/TNS)

na State, Colorado and Utah to the Big 12 for the 2024 season leaves the Pac-12 with only Cal, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State.

For the moment, anyway. The final four are exploring all of their options, which include anything from finding other landing spots themselves to recruiting additional new members to the 108-year-old conference.

The Holiday Bowl is exploring its options as well.

It would have been able to renegotiate its tie-ins regardless of what happened last week.

One stipulation in-

vised by Fox. According to bowl officials, it was the fourth-most watched game among the 37 non-College Football Playoff bowl games.

Though the Holiday Bowl has a long relationship with the Pac-

12, that association was strained two years ago when UCLA pulled out of the 2021 game against North Carolina State, citing COVID-19 issues within the program.

In May, the Holiday Bowl sued the Pac-12 and UC Regents to recover more than $3 million in losses suffered when the Bruins bowed out five hours before kickoff.

The lawsuit was not expected to impact the bowl game’s ongoing contract with the Pac-12.

The Holiday Bowl has past tie-ins with both the Big Ten and Big 12 and both conferences, as well as the Mountain West, could figure in its future.

“Those three make

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total sense with us to explore moving forward,” Neville said. “At this point, we’re very open-minded about future conference relationships.

“We’re fortunate that we’re one of the few established bowl games, with great history and traditions and a big part of the college football landscape, especially being out here on the West Coast.”

With the Rose Bowl becoming part of the playoff, the Big Ten will be looking for a West Coast presence.

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Also, conference expansion will make both the Big Ten and Big 12 look for more bowl slots.

The Mountain West makes sense for the Holiday from a regional perspective. The conference had a tie-in with the Poinsettia Bowl before that bowl was discontinued after the 2016 game. Securing new bowl tie-ins is not expected to be completed until late this year or early in 2024 — after the realignment wheel finally stops spinning.

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Castroneves on the chase for fifth Indy 500 win

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Helio Castroneves will continue chasing a record-breaking fifth Indianapolis 500 victory with a new perspective — winning one for his team. Meyer Shank Racing announced Friday that the popular 48-year-old Brazilian will become a minority co-owner with the Ohiobased organization. He also will be the team’s third driver in next year’s 500.

Defending IMSA champion Tom Blomqvist will leave the sports car circuit and replace Castroneves as MSR’s second full-time driver as Castroneves begins his post-racing career as a driver coach.

“I want to be very clear: I am not retiring, OK? I just want to make sure people understand that,” Castroneves said. “Actually, my line is open now to do other series. Obviously, the main focus is IndyCar, and also the Drive for Five. I still have a lot of fire inside me, a lot of energy that I want to burn, but now I’m going to focus that burn on the Indy 500.”

It’s the second time Castroneves has scaled back his IndyCar schedule.

Team Penske’s longtime anchor driver competed in only one IndyCar race in 2019, the 500, after switching to sports cars. He started two

IndyCar races in 2020, both at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Arrow McLaren, before making the jump to MSR in 2021.

But Castroneves’ record-tying 500 victory in 2021, the first for MSR, rejuvenated the driver’s career. He ran five of that year’s final six races before returning to full-time status the past two years.

Jim Meyer and Michael Shank said Castroneves will continue racing on Indy’s historic 2.5-mile track for at least a couple more years though his primary focus will be on other facets of his position.

“He will be joining our

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ownership group as a minority partner, which I think is the first in a long, long time a driver coming into the ownership group,” Jim Meyer said. “Helio will also take on a role — it’s bigger than an ombudsman — it’s driver coach, it’s ambassador, and frankly it’s providing and helping us get to this next level.”

MSR made its IndyCar debut with Jack Harvey driving the No. 50 car in the 2017 Indianapolis 500. Harvey competed part-time with the team in 2018 and 2019 before MSR went to a full-time schedule during the shortened 2020 season.

The organization expand-

ed to two full-time cars in 2022 with Castroneves and his former Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud, the 2016 series champ and 2019 Indy winner.

Now the team is making another major move by adding Blomqvist, the British sports car driver who began his professional career in the Formula One ladder series. In his first season with MSR, he captured his second career points title — his first since taking the 2010 Formula Renault UK crown. Blomqvist is sixth in this year’s IMSA standings, 164 points behind the leaders with three races left.

CUP BONUS PHOTO: NASCAR Track Drying Team works during a weather delay Sunday, with the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan eventually delayed to Monday. (Meg Oliphant/Getty)

In an extended, dramatic, nail-biting green-flag run to the finish, Chris Buescher held off hard-charging Martin Truex Jr. to win his second straight Cup Series race.

Buescher: Why not me, two weeks in a row?

BROOKLYN, Mich.—After the completion of the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway, we can hold the follow truths to be selfevident:

Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing is officially “back.”

Chris Buescher is rapidly gaining elite status as a driver.

Ford maintained its dominance in the Irish Hills.

Chase Elliott will have to win one of the next three races to make the Cup Playoffs.

The fastest car didn’t win Monday’s race.

In an extended, dramatic, nail-biting green-flag run to the finish, Buescher held off hard-charging Martin Truex Jr. to win his second straight Cup Series race.

With team co-owner Brad Keselowski finishing fourth and Buescher winning—the ninth straight victory for Ford drivers at the 2.0-mile speedway—RFK can claim bragging rights as the top Ford team in the Cup garage, at least for now.

When the race resumed at Lap 75 on Monday after a postponement from Sunday because of rain, Chase Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet wasn’t on the track, having crashed out in 36th play on Lap 35 the day before.

Elliott’s deficit to the Playoff cut line grew to 55 points; realistically, the 2020 series champion will have to win one of the next three races to avoid missing the postseason for the first time in his career.

Eight days after winning his first race of the season on the .75-mile Richmond Raceway short track, Buescher proved himself a formidable competitor lap after lap in holding off Truex, whose No. 19 Toyota arguably was the fastest car in the race.

With Truex closing the distance between the cars over the final six laps, Buescher roared off Turn 4 and crossed the finish line .152 seconds ahead of the runner-up.

“This Castrol Mustang was so good in practice, qualifying,” said Buescher, who picked up his fourth career victory. “Gave me a great car again. Had to work for that one too, hard racing at the end.

“Martin was very clean with me. I appreciate that. Get to go to Victory Lane two weeks in a row. That’s pretty awesome.”

With 13 laps to go, Truex had his best chance. Buescher slipped slightly off Turn 4, and Truex pulled alongside. The No. 19 Camry edged ahead to the inside, but Buescher doggedly kept Truex beside him for nearly two laps.

Rounding Turn 4 on Lap 188 of 400, Buescher held Truex’s car to the bottom of the track, forcing Truex to slip and lift off the gas. Truex also had to clear the lapped car of Michael McDowell as Buescher opened a gap of 10 car lengths.

That gave Buescher enough of a margin to hold off Truex for the win over the final 11 circuits.

“I think we needed maybe a little bit longer run to wear the

Chris Buescher, driver of the #17 Castrol Edge Ford, takes the checkered flag and celebrates with a burnout after winning the Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan Intl. Monday. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)

tires some more,” said Truex, who swept the first two stages and increased his series lead to 57 points over second-place Denny Hamlin, who finished third on Monday. “I feel like we were a little better. It’s hard to pass the leader on equal tires.

“We had an unbelievable car today. Hats off to everybody that puts in the work on these things… It was a rocket. The leader in clean air is really, really hard to pass. Just didn’t quite have enough. All in all, a good day.

“Tough to get a win here. We’ve been really good in the past. Just can’t get it done. Hopefully, I don’t know, maybe next year.”

Kyle Larson finished fifth, followed by Daniel Suarez, Ross Chastain, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Blaney and Erik Jones. Ty Gibbs came home 11th and supplanted McDowell in the 16th and final Playoff-eligible position. McDowell trails Gibbs by three points, with Suarez five points back.

With Buescher winning his second race and qualifying for the postseason, all the single-race winners this season also clinched Playoff berths on Monday: Christopher Bell, Chastain, Blaney, Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Bell, the Michigan pole winner, damaged his car severely with a spin into the wall on Lap 65 on Sunday, but after repeated trips to pit road for repairs, he salvaged a 13th-place result.

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HoF REPORT

4 set for induction in ’24

NASCAR announced the inductees who will comprise the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2024. The three-person group – the 14th since the inception of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010 – consists of Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus and Donnie Allison. In addition, Janet Guthrie was named the recipient of the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR.

Ten nominees appeared on the Modern Era ballot, which was selected by the traditional Nominating Committee. The same committee selected the ve Landmark Award nominees. The Pioneer ballot, which included ve nominees whose careers began in 1964 or earlier, was selected by the Honors Committee. Beginning with the Class of 2021, each Hall of Fame class features two inductees from the Modern Era ballot and one from the Pioneer ballot.

Johnson received 93% of the Modern Era ballot votes; Knaus received 81%. Harry Gant nished third, followed by Ricky Rudd and Carl Edwards. Donnie Allison received 53% of the Pioneer ballot votes. Banjo Matthews nished second.

The Class of 2024 Induction Ceremony is set for Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame and Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tickets for the Induction Ceremony are on sale at NASCARHall.com.