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By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

At a recent supervised visitation at Hope Unlimited, staff encountered an upset parent.

It happens sometimes.

The Child Visitation Center brings together children with parents or other relatives in a secure, supervised setting.

Such visitations may be needed because of a difficult divorce, an abusive situation, a

parent with a substance abuse problem or maybe just because of a situation where the parent has never been part of the child’s life before.

In this instance, the parent was isolated in a secured area. The child never saw the parent’s meltdown. There was no risk that the parent might try to leave with the child.

Three locked doors separated the child visitation center from the exit.

That’s the biggest advan-

tage of the new Hope Unlimited building at 406 N. Buckeye St., Dorothy Sparks, executive director, said. The center moved in September from its previous location downtown.

“It’s a much more secure building. We have a security system and we’re not on the square with all those windows,” Sparks said. “We were having a problem with space and confidentiality was beSee NEW HOME | Page A4

Hope Unlimited’s Sheila Newman, left, and Donita Garner give a tour of the Child Advocacy Center at their new building at 406 N. Buckeye St. In this room, officials can watch recorded interviews as a child talks in a safe room about violence or sexual abuse he or she may have suffered. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

WINTRY FUN

Barton snaps ACC’s winning streak

Taxes, abortion tops on agenda

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Area students earn college honors

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

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LaHarpe to host Winter Fest Wednesday For those feeling the winter blues, LaHarpe has some fun and games in store for folks of all ages.

LaHarpe’s second annual Winter Fest kicks off at 6 p.m. Wednesday at LaHarpe City Hall.

On top of feasting on a free soup dinner, attendees are invited to take part in board games, cookie decorating and other assorted arts and crafts.

Pickleball enthusiasts, who play regularly at LaHarpe City Hall during the winter months, also will be on hand to show how the sport works.

The fitness center — one of the centerpieces of City Hall — also will be open to the public.

Helping host the event with Thrive Allen County is a group of Kansas State University students in town this week as part of a community service project.

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A weekend snowstorm brought youngsters out in droves to enjoy a blanket of snow Sunday.

Above, siblings Atticus, left, and Selena Herrera laugh as they slide down the protective dike at Iola’s Riverside Park. At lower left, Axtin Christensen rides an inner tube down a snowy hillside. At lower right, Lennin Herrera chases a Register photographer with a snowball.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers expect a push to overturn a state Supreme Court decision protecting abortion rights, a contentious debate over income tax cuts and some bipartisan harmony on Medicaid expansion during this year’s annual session.

The GOP-controlled Legislature may also tackle medical marijuana after it convenes today for 90 days of lawmaking.

A look at some of the biggest issues: ABORTION

Top Republicans and the influential anti-abortion group Kansans for Life plan to push for an amendment to the state constitution to declare that legislators can regulate abortion as they See TOPEKA | Page A4

Trump says Senate should dismiss impeachment

By LISA MASCARO The Associated Press

the House prepares to transmit the charges to the chamber for the historic trial.

The Republican president WASHINGTON (AP) — is giving mixed messages President Donahead of the House’s landald Trump mark vote that will launch says the Senthe Senate proceedings in ate should sima matter of days, only the ply dismiss the third presidential impeachimpeachment ment trial in American hiscase against tory. Trump faces charges him, an ext r a o r d i n a r y Donald Trump that he abused power by pushing Ukraine to invessuggestion as

tigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and then obstructed Congress.

First Trump was suggesting his own ideas for trial witnesses, then he said almost the opposite Sunday by tweeting that the trial shouldn’t happen at all.

“Many believe that by the Senate giving credence to a trial” over charges he calls a hoax, Trump tweeted, “rather than an outright dis-

missal, it gives the partisan Democrat Witch Hunt credibility that it otherwise does not have. I agree!”

The idea of dismissing the charges against Trump is as unusual as it is unlikely. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signed on to an outlier proposal circulating last week among conservative senators, but he does not See TRUMP | Page A2

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Around Town Community Calendar

MONDAY — Iola USD 257 Board of Education meeting, 6 p.m., school board office. — Marmaton Valley USD 256 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school board office. — Humboldt USD 258 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school board office. — Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., New Community Building, Riverside Park. — LaHarpe VFW & Auxiliary, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting, 206 E. Hwy 54. — Humboldt City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Humboldt City Hall. — Crest USD 479 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school board office.

TUESDAY — Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse. — Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College. — Allen Community College Board of Trustees meeting, 6 p.m., ACC student center. — Gas City Council meeting, 6 p.m., City Hall. — American Legion Post No. 15, 7:30 p.m., First Christian Church. — American Legion, 7:30 p.m, 215 W. Garfield St.

WEDNESDAY — LaHarpe Winter Fest, 6 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

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Carlyle news Carlyle Presbyterian Church

Pastor Steve Traw discussed “His Return,� taken from Revelation 19, as part of the Jan. 5 church service.

In heaven a great celebration is in progress, Traw said.

Pianist Myrna Wildschuetz played “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow� and “Born Again.� The Rev. Tom Bevard played guitar and sang “In

of John at 3 p.m. Tuesdays.

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Joseph Traw, Pastor Traw’s grandson, celebrated his birthday Wednesday.

Pastor Traw leads Bible study on the book

June Odell hosted the Carlyle Ladies Country Club at her home.

Attending were Pauli Hawk, Joanne McIntyre, Rita Sanders, Leanne Brixey, Alice Dowell, Sharon Grisier, Phyllis Loomis, Naomi Chambers and Jeanice Cress.

Grisier will host the February meeting.

Recovery begins after storms kill 11 (AP) — Icy roads, deadly tornadoes, punishing waves — severe weekend weather has been blamed for 11 deaths and major damage in parts of the Midwest, South and Northeast.

Tens of thousands remained without electrical power Sunday as a result of the storms a day earlier. Officials in far-flung locations were assessing the damages while utility crews worked to restore power.

The storms toppled trees, ripped off roofs and, in some areas, re-

duced buildings to rubble. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado with winds of around 130 mph hit a high school in Kershaw County, South Carolina on Saturday, causing extensive damage.

The National Weather Service said it was a tornado packing winds of at least 134 mph that hit Alabama’s Pickens County on Saturday, killing three people. “I could hear everything just coming apart,�

Larry Jones, standing amid the rubble in Pick-

ens County, said in a video posted by The Tuscaloosa News.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey praised the state’s first responders in a statement Sunday expressing grief over the deaths. “This morning, I have reached out to both the county leadership as well as the legislative delegation to offer my deepest condolences in this terrible loss of life,�

Ivey’s statement said.

In northwestern Louisiana, three fatalities were blamed on high winds.

Scheckel on Dean’s List LEAVENWORTH — Iolan Paige Scheckel was named to the fall 2019 Dean’s List at the University of Saint Mary.

The honor goes to all students who maintain a gradepoint average of 3.5 or above, while taking at least 12 credit hours of classes.

Students honored

MANHATTAN — Several Allen Countians have earned honors for their academic performance in the fall 2019 semester.

Honors go to students who maintain a 3.75 grade-point average or above with at least 12 credit hours, along with commendations from their respective deans.

Iolans Madison Carlin, Cassandra Delich, Caitlin Dreher, Chassis Hoepker, Cole Regehr and Clara Wicoff were honored, as were Kira McReynolds of Humboldt and Mackenzie Tynon of Moran.

THURSDAY — Rotary Club, noon, Allen Community College. — TOPS No. KS 880 4:30 p.m. weigh in, 5 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church. — American Sign Language class, beginners 6 to 7 p.m., advanced 7 to 8 p.m. Humanity House, 110 East St.

FRIDAY — Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center.

SATURDAY — LaHarpe Home Fair, 1:30 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall. — Fred Moyer Jazz Trio, 7 p.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Alaska man rescued ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Weeks after an Alaska man’s remote cabin burned down, he was rescued by Alaska State Troopers who found him by a makeshift shelter with an SOS signal stamped in the snow.

Tyson Steele, 30, was picked up Thursday in what appeared to be good health at his remote homestead 20 miles outside of Skwentna, troopers said in a

dispatch.

A mid-December fire had killed his dog and left Steele with no means of communication, Steele told troopers. After his family members and friends hadn’t heard from him for several weeks, they requested a welfare check.

The trooper helicopter crew reached the homestead at about 11 a.m. and saw Steele waving his arms near the makeshift shelter.

Students recognized TOPEKA — Iolans Braden Plumlee and Addison Haar and Quentin Mallette of Humboldt have been named to Washburn University’s fall 2019 Dean’s List.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled in 12 hours while maintainting a gradepoint average of 3.4 or above.

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have enough support in the Republican-held chamber to actually do it. It would require a rare rules change similar to the approach McConnell used for Supreme Court confirmations.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Sunday that senators will “pay a price� if they block new witness testimony with a trial that Americans perceive as a “cover-up� for Trump’s actions. “It’s about a fair trial,�

Pelosi told ABC’s “This Week.� “The senators who are thinking now about voting for witnesses or not, they will have to be accountable.�

She said, “Now the ball is in their court to either do that or pay a price.�

Voters are divided over impeachment largely along the nation’s deeply partisan lines and the trial is becoming a high-stakes undertaking at the start of a presidential election year.

A House vote to transmit the articles to the Senate will bring to a close a standoff between Pelosi and McConnell over the rules for the trial. The House voted to impeach Trump last month.

Yet ending one showdown merely starts another across the Capitol as the parties try to set the terms of debate over high crimes and misdemeanors.

Democrats want new

testimony, particularly from former White House national security adviser John Bolton, who has indicated he will defy Trump’s orders and appear if subpoenaed.

Trump doesn’t want his brash former aide to testify. Republican allies led by McConnell, R-Ky., are ready to deliver swift acquittal without new testimony.

Trump first said Sunday it’s Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff who should both testify, which would be unlikely.

The president said he shouldn’t have to carry the “stigma� of impeachment because he’s done nothing wrong. Pelosi said the House vote last month means Trump will be “impeached forever� and “for life.�

McConnell is reluctant to enter a divisive Senate debate over witnesses that could split his party and prolong a trial that is already expected to consume weeks of floor time.

He is seeking a speedy acquittal and has proposed a process similar to the presidential impeachment trial of Bill Clinton in 1999, which would start the proceedings and then vote later on hearing new testimony.

One leading Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, has already predicted that the trial would end

“in a matter of days.″ Graham and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. are leading the effort to dismiss the charges against Trump.

Trump delayed nearly $400 million in aide as Ukraine battled Russia on its border while he pushed the country’s new president to investigate political rival Joe Biden.

Trump pays close attention to a conspiracy theory pushed by his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani about Biden and his son Hunter Biden, who served on the board of a gas company in Ukraine while his father was vice president. No evidence of wrongdoing by the Bidens has emerged.

Some GOP senators want to turn the impeachment trial away from the Democrats’ case and toward the theories being pursued by Giuliani.

GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said Sunday he

wants to hear from the Bidens “and find out — get to the bottom of that.�

At least one Republican up for reelection, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, said last week she was in talks with GOP colleagues on a process that would allow them to hear more testimony as Democrats want.

The Democratic-run House has not yet set the timing for this week’s vote to transmit the impeachment articles to the Senate. Pelosi will meet behind closed doors with House Democrats to decide next steps on Tuesday morning ahead of the party’s presidential primary debate that evening, the last before the Iowa caucuses Feb. 3.

Once the Republicanled Senate receives the charges, the trial is expected to begin swiftly.

While some Democrats have grumbled about the

delay, Pelosi and other party leaders defended the strategy, saying it produced new potential evidence and turned public attention on the upcoming trial. “One of the things that holding on to the articles has succeeded doing is fleshing out McConnell and the president’s desire to make this a cover up,�

Schiff, D-Calif., said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.�

Bolton’s remarks, which were recalled by witnesses in the House investigation, could cut different ways in testimony. He was said to have compared the Ukraine actions to a “drug deal� he wanted no part of and warned that Giuliani was a “hand grenade� about to go off.

Police news Bicycle found Iola police officers were notified Thursday morning of a recovered bicycle found in the 200 block of West Lincoln Street.

Death notices Freda Dreher Freda Dreher, age 88, of Iola passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020.

Funeral services are pending and will be announced by Feuerborn Family Funeral Service.

Ralph Romig Ralph Romig of Lone Elm passed away Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.

Funeral services are pending and will be announced by Feuerborn Family Funeral Service.

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No time to lose on expanding Medicaid We appreciate Gov. Laura Kelly’s cautious optimism that Kansas is on track to become the 37th state to approve Medicaid expansion.

“We’re not here to declare victory,” she said in a press conference Thursday.

“We need to think of this as more of a halftime pep talk.”

Standing beside the governor was Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, Overland Park Republican, who has spearheaded the recent bipartisan negotiations.

The compromise ensures those earning up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level — or about $35,500 for a family of four — will qualify for health insurance, covering an additional 150,000 Kansans. Currently, more than 350,000 disabled, elderly, and low-income Kansans depend on Medicaid, known as KanCare. If approved, the federal government would pay 90% of the additional cost, and Kansas the remainder, an estimated $35 million.

The plan also includes an effort to drive down the cost of health insurance premiums so more low-income Kansas could remain on their private plans.

DENNING’S significance is that he was the roadblock last year when a supermajority was needed to override Senate President Susan Wagle’s refusal to bring Medicaid expansion to a vote.

Denning’s defense at the time was that the fervor over expansion had turned it into an unappealing “emotional issue,” and “I base all my decisions on good policy.”

We contend that denying health insurance to 150,000 low-income Kansans for the last 10 years has been a terrible policy that has affected their wellbeing and livelihoods.

The expansion is also a lifeline to rural hospitals, especially, whose clientele are disproportionately poor and lack health insurance.

Today, an approximate 30 Kansas hospitals are teetering on the brink of insolvency, in part because of this denied funding.

Many feared Denning wouldn’t follow through

on his promise at session’s end that he would work on expansion for 2020.

Politics helped bring him to the table.

Democratic Rep. Cindy Holscher has filed to run against Denning this fall in what has become an increasingly progressive part of the state, making Denning vulnerable.

THOSE OPPOSED to Medicaid expansion have numerous arguments — all baseless.

“You know and I know there’s a recession coming,” said Rep. Brenda Landwehr, R-Wichita, in late November in justification of its defeat.

We’re not sure what to make of Landwehr’s gloomy prognostication, which likely comes as a surprise to GOP higher-ups.

In Kansas, income and sales taxes have exceeded expectations for 30 of the last 31 months, dating back to June 2017. And receipts for the most recent fiscal year were up 5.7%, or an estimated $193 million.

Abortion foes are tying their opposition to the newly crafted plan because it does not request a constitutional amendment rejecting abortion be on the November ballot.

Under Kansas law, no Medicaid funds can go toward abortion unless the pregnancy endangers the mother’s life.

To withhold health insurance for 150,000 people on such a tenuous premise seems beyond punitive.

Sen. Ty Masterson, an Andover Republican, points out the Kansas Republican Party’s platform opposes Medicaid expansion.

And Wagle likened Medicaid to socialism, the current catchphrase for anything Republicans don’t like.

EXPANDING Medicaid is the right thing to do fiscally and morally. The fewer people we have in desperate situations, the all-around healthier we are as a state.

The legislative session begins today. There’s no time to waste.

— Susan Lynn

Can legalization tame black market for weed?

Patrick Miller

With Illinois legalizing recreational marijuana, Kansas is increasingly an island of weed Puritanism in the Midwest. As more states create legitimate marijuana econoInsight mies, what do we know about Kansas the black market marijuana economy in Kansas? Could legalization tame it? timates, 45% of American The marijuana economy in adults reported trying mariKansas includes those who juana at least once. Further, produce, sell, or purchase 12% of Americans adults weed here. Many of us know reported that they currently Kansans who participate in “smoke marijuana,” skewit. Among Kansans I have ing toward youth of all races, encountered: A suburban men, and lower income Amerbusinesswoman who drives icans. If that 12% translates marijuana back from Colo- to Kansas, that’s about 260,000 rado for herself and friends. adults in our underground A veteran who smokes to deal pot economy. with stress. And yes, some steTaxing legal weed sales reotypical “potheads.” Maybe can be a significant source some of you are part of this of revenue for states. Many underground Kansans hapeconomy. pily spend their The financial money in Colovalue of this Every state with le- rado dispensablack market in gal recreational weed ries, bloating Kansas is units state and loknown. Howev- still has a vibrant black cal government er, priceofweed. market that accounts coffers. Undercom crowd- for most marijuana standably, marisources data sales and unlicensed juana advocates to estimate the have promoted street price of production. legalization as marijuana. Selfa potential solureported data tion to the long like this have term financial problems that obvious flaws, but it beats no Sam Brownback created for data. Based on over 3,000 re- Kansas. ported purchases in Kansas, But, those advocates overit estimates that an ounce simplify this argument, as if of “high quality” marijuana legalization magically eradicosts about $340 here versus cates the marijuana black $283 for “medium quality” market and creates a problemmarijuana. Medium to high free revenue Valhalla. Every quality joints run $6-$8. state with legal recreational No public survey has asked weed — and Canada — still Kansans about their marijua- has a vibrant black market na use, but Gallup has asked that accounts for most marithat in national surveys. In juana sales, not to mention the most recent Gallup es- unlicensed production.

Legalizing marijuana was half the battle; banking the profits remains a big hurdle Winning passage of laws legalizing marijuana use in Missouri and Illinois might have been the easy part. For businesses involved in growing and dispensing marijuana, sales are booming but they have yet to figure out what to do with all that cash.

Unlike other businesses, they can’t just deposit their proceeds in the local bank.

Regardless of how many states like Illinois have legalized recreational marijuana or medical marijuana, as Missouri has done, pot remains a Schedule I illegal drug under federal law. Depositing the proceeds from pot sales into the federally regulated banking system remains illegal, which means sellers and growers have to find creative alternatives. In other words, they must learn how to launder effectively enough to avoid a federal

crackdown.

Money laundering conjures all kinds of nefarious images attached to the luxury condominiums and fast boats purchased by drug traffickers during the 1980s cocaine craze. Colombian cartels hired Ivy League financial wizards specifically to help them invest their drug earnings in legitimate enterprises.

Today, federal authorities seem much more relaxed when it comes to marijuana profits that remain within states where sales are legal — as long as they don’t overtly enter the federal banking system. Nevertheless, the American Bankers Association warns, “banks potentially face criminal prosecution if they provide financial services to these businesses, their employees or service providers.” The result is that

a multibillion-dollar legal industry spanning 33 states is forced to operate on a cashonly basis.

Some states have developed informal banking systems where cannabis businesses can make deposits provided they don’t reveal the names of the bankers helping them. It’s a workaround but not a solution.

For border cities like St. Louis, the risks remain high because any transfer of proceeds from legal recreational sales that cross state lines from Illinois remains prosecutable. If a new cannabis store opens in East St. Louis, the owner is likely to have a hard time finding billboard companies or media outlets to help advertise the business because they would then potentially have to declare the source of that revenue.

In Washington, the House

has recognized the growing problems posed by legalization, including the weird requirement that cannabis businesses pay federal taxes on their income even if that income is regarded as illegal under federal law. They have to pay their taxes — totaling $4.7 billion in 2017 — in cash.

The situation is downright silly. In September, the House passed the Safe Banking Act to protect banks and ancillary businesses that do business with legal cannabis operators. But the measure stalled in the Senate.

Conservatives like Missouri GOP Sens. Josh Hawley and Roy Blunt should recognize the chance to expand job-creating entrepreneurship and boost personal freedoms — values their party once stood for — by supporting this bill.

— St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Why do these black markets persist? High state and local taxes on marijuana and hefty dispensary markups balloon consumer costs. Local control laws allow clusters of localities to ban dispensaries, creating “marijuana deserts” in the legal market. And neighbors like Kansas, whose unmet internal demand for weed strains limited legal production, encourage unlicensed growth and illegal export.

Yes, these states still collect substantial revenue from marijuana, though most have seen lower than expected revenue over time given the persistence of the underground market.

Nor does legal weed eliminate policing and prosecution around marijuana. Every state with legal marijuana still polices illegal growth or distribution, and possession beyond legal limits. States regulate their marijuana industries tightly (though see Oregon for a case of underregulation crashing the weed market).

For now, individuals who feign shock at the suggestion that any “normal” Kansan uses marijuana dominate the Kansas legislature. We lack even medical marijuana.

Change will inevitably come, though. FOX News and Kansas Speaks polling shows that most Kansans support legal recreational marijuana. Legalization might even pass were it on the Kansas ballot.

Kansas may eventually change its marijuana laws, but at that future date we should not do so blindly. There will be benefits, yes, but legalization is not the panacea that many imagine.

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70 Years Ago January 1950

Iola will not install parking meters in the near future, Mayor T. O. Waugh assured a group of businessmen who attended this morning’s session of the city commission.

Early in December a small group of businessmen met with the commissioners to urge that some steps be taken to relieve the parking problem which many believe to be critical. It was suggested then that parking meters might be a solution. ***** At their meeting last night, approximately 30 members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce indicated they favored parking meters on the city square. The informal poll followed a discussion of metering by Morris Willis, city engineer, who has been presenting the subject to civic clubs.

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see fit.

It’s a response to April’s ruling by the state Supreme Court that the Kansas Constitution protects access to abortion as a fundamental right. The decision blocked enforcement of a ban on a common second-trimester procedure. Abortion opponents fear that the ruling could lead courts to overturn a raft of restrictions enacted over the past 10 years.

To get an amendment on the ballot for voters to consider, supporters need two-thirds majorities in both chambers.

ANOTHER TAX FIGHT

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly last year vetoed two Republican proposals for cutting income taxes, arguing that the measures would decimate the state budget.

But Kansas officials in November issued a new fiscal forecast for state government that boost-

ed revenue projections and undercut her argument.

Kelly said in a recent Associated Press interview that she still wants to hold off because making changes in income tax laws “out of context” could make it harder to change the entire tax system next year.

But Republicans are determined. Their proposals were designed to provide relief to individuals and businesses that are paying more to the state because of changes in federal tax laws at the end of 2017.

MEDICAID EXPANSION

Kelly and Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, an Overland Park Republican, have outlined a compromise plan for extending the state’s Medicaid health coverage to as many as 150,000 additional people.

Their bipartisan bill is sponsored in the Senate by 22 of the

chamber’s 40 members, enough to pass it.

The House passed an expansion bill last year, but Denning and other top Republicans managed to bottle it up in committee, despite majority support. Denning’s deal clears the way for a plan to pass, though conservatives are still going to fight it as potentially too expensive.

AVIATION LAYOFFS

The state received an bad economic jolt just ahead of lawmakers’ session when Wichita’s largest employer, Spirit Aerosystems, announced that it was laying off 20% of its Kansas workforce, or 2,800 employees. Spirit produced about 70% of the troubled 737 Max aircraft for Boeing, which suspended its production.

The layoffs could affect lawmakers’ decisions on budget and tax issues, and they and Kelly face questions

about how best to help laid-off workers.

STALEMATE ON GUNS

Mass shootings across the nation continue to fuel interest among some Kansas legislators for gun-control measures, particularly a measure to allow relatives and law enforcement officials to petition courts to have guns taken away from people deemed a risk to themselves and others.

But the Legislature still has gun-rights majorities, and proposals for a “red flag” law have spurred a backlash over concerns about whether people’s right to due legal process would be respected. The House and Senate each have a proposal to ban such laws at the local level and to bar state and local officials from helping to enforce gun-confiscation orders issued under a federal law.

House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican,

said he can see the antired flag proposals advancing. Kelly said she won’t push gun-control measures this year.

Senate seats and 125 House seats will be on the ballot, and lawmakers inevitably will consider how their votes on hot-button issues play with conservative GOP primary voters or more centrist general election voters.

Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican, is running for the U.S. Senate in a crowded race that has her emphasizing her conservative bona fides. But Denning, facing a potentially tough general election race in a county that Kelly carried easily in 2018, has political incentives to move to the center.

In the House, Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., an Olathe Republican, has been considering for months attempting in 2021 to break a tradition against serving more than two, two-year terms in the Legislature’s most powerful position. That creates pressure on him to deliver big on GOP goals.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA

With conservative neighbors Missouri and Oklahoma authorizing the medical use of marijuana, Kansas lawmakers are under increasing pressure to consider doing the same.

They’ve taken steps with laws to create an industrial hemp research and production program and to protect people who use cannabidiol oils to treat children with debilitating medical conditions from criminal prosecution.

But allowing wider use of marijuana for medical person faces opposition from law enforcement groups.

SHADOWED BY POLITICS

Politics will cast a shadow on the Legislature’s session. All 40

New Home: Hope Unlimited workers speak about changes Continued from A1

coming an issue.”

Hope Unlimited provides a variety of services to help those in abusive or violent relationships, and to help those who have suffered from sexual abuse.

“We live in a small rural area where clients do know one another. Clients don’t want to run into someone they know if they’re not ready to talk about their circumstances,” Sparks said.

THE BIGGEST advan-

tage to the new building is providing more space for children’s services.

The new space includes dedicated rooms for the Child Advocacy Center and the Child Visitation Center.

The Child Advocacy Center brings together a multi-disciplinary team including law enforcement, prosecutors, mental health workers, the Department of Child

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and Family Services, and Hope Unlimited staff, who meet when a report is made of physical or sexual abuse of a child. A trained professional interviews the child in a comfortable room, as members of the team watch from a nearby room. The interview is recorded.

Donita Garner works for Hope Unlimited as the Child Advocacy Center coordinator, seeing that children feel safe and comfortable. Although she is trained for the interview process, it typically is conducted by someone else. Garner said it’s important to build a rapport to encourage the child to communicate, without leading them in one direction or another. How long the interview takes depends on things such as the child’s maturity and verbal skills. An interview with a very young child may take just 10 minutes, while an interview with a teenager could last an hour.

Sheila Newman works with parents or guardians, explaining the process, helping them with paperwork and answering their questions while the child is interviewed.

“Not every case is prosecuted, so we all come together to try to

and the child has a copy here, so they can read a book together.”

Hope Unlimited’s new building offers a much larger space for the Child Visitation Center, including a video conferencing system donated by the Allen County Sheriff’s Department to allow children to visit with an incarcerated parent. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS figure out what is best for the child,” Garner explained.

Garner told of a story where a young child tied a piece of yarn to his wrist, with the other end tied to the parent’s wrist so the child would “feel attached” even while separated during the interview.

“Kids need to feel safe, and then they can tell their story,” Garner said.

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“When they are there visiting, that room is home,” Sparks said.

“When they come back, their favorite game or toy is right in the same spot where they left it.

That sense of continuity is very important for a child.”

The Allen County Sheriff ’s Department donated a video conferencing system to allow children to visit with parents who are incarcerated at the county jail. Children under 12 are not allowed in the jail at all, and going to the jail can be intimidating even for an older child, Garner said.

“This allows them to continue having that bond with parents,” she said. “We plan to add books, where the parent who is in jail has a copy

THE NEW building offers double the space of the former location.

That’s great for providing privacy and expanding services.

Just last week, Sparks and staff learned they had received a grant from the Victims of Crime Act that will allow them to hire a parttime, on-site therapist.

That’s been a goal of the center for years, and will allow Hope Unlimited to provide immediate therapy for families in crisis. Sparks anticipates there will be enough need to take the position full-time, and she is grateful to have the space now to allow that service.

“We have a great relationship with Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center and they give us priority to schedule appointments, but when a family is in crisis, they can’t always wait,” she said. “It’s traumatic for parents and kids. If you’re struggling, you need skills to help you cope.”

Staff now have individual offices, allowing for greater privacy when working with clients. On the first day Hope Unlimited moved to its new offices, staff processed five protection from abuse orders.

The clients were able to spread out in separate, private rooms to talk about their circumstances and fill out the appropriate paperwork.

“It’s been great for client services,” Sparks said.

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STREAK SNAPPED

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

ACC coach Andy Shaw knew it was only a matter of time before the fairy-tale start to the Jayhawk conference would come to a close.

The Red Devils sat atop the Jayhawk East with a 7-0 record in the conference, and were riding high on an 11-game winning streak that featured a signature win over No.5 Hutchinson Community College.

It could have been the snowy weather on Saturday, but the Red Devil shooters ran abnormally cold. ACC shot 3/23 from 3-point territory, and saw its winning streak snapped by Barton in a narrow defeat, 93-89.

“I thought we missed a lot of layups around the rim that we normally make, and going 3/23 on 3-pointers is going to be tough to win,” Shaw said.

“It seems every season there are a couple of games where this happens. I knew at some point the winning streak was going to end, but my message to the team was that streak is over, and it’s time to start another.”

ACC controlled the opening minutes of the match. A strong and-one finish from Malik Hardmon put the Red Devils ahead 11-7 four minutes into the game. Hardmon was at his best on Saturday, posting a double-double consisting of 34 points on 10/21 from the field along with 10 rebounds.

The Red Devil bench was unable to keep pace midway through the first half as Barton took a 23-18 lead. The Cougars outpaced the Red Devils in the final 10 minutes of the half, racing to a 47-34 lead at the break. ACC failed to connect on 10 3-point attempts in the first half.

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Lancers battle Wildcats

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

While the threat of inclement weather ran high on Friday evening, that didn’t stop Crest and Marmaton Valley from battling it out on the hardwood. The Wildcats earned a comefrom-behind win over the Lady Lancers, but the Marmaton Valley boys were not able to replicate the girls’ success.

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Crest held a 29-25 advantage at the end of the first half. Leading the way for the Lady Lancers was Aubree Holloran, who finished with 18 points, 15 rebounds, and four assists.

The strong effort by Holloran was not able to keep the Lady Lancers afloat.

Marmaton Valley outscored Crest 19-12 in the final period to capture the 54-50 win. Bailey Griffith and Mykayla Ard led the Wildcats offensively, finishing with 22 and 15 points respectively.

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Trez Hankins goes up for a layup against Barton Community College on Saturday. The Red Devils’ 11-game winning streak came to an end in the 93-89 loss. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

Allen CC: Women’s Basketball

Kobey Miller shot 5/13 from beyond the arc, scoring 23 points in Crest’s 6725 victory over Marmaton Valley. The Lancers dominated the young Wildcats from the beginning, earning a 21-6 lead after the first period.

The Wildcats failed to take care of the basketball, turning the ball over 28 times. The sloppy offensive play turned to easy baskets for the Lancers in transition. Lancer Head Coach Travis Hermreck was left with nothing but positives in the 42-point victory.

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Strong first quarter not enough to lift Lady Devils past Barton

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

A hot start was not enough for the Allen Community College Lady Devils on Saturday afternoon. Despite holding a 15-point advantage after the first quarter over Barton Community College, the Cougars roared back to win 87-82.

“We got stagnant,” head coach Rachel Janzen said.

“We saw that it was 23-8, got relaxed and stopped attacking. They chipped away, did what they were supposed to do, and made it a game in the second half.”

After Brandi Jordan nailed a 3-pointer from the corner, Barton called a timeout with 4:03 left in the first period as ACC began the game with a 19-2 run. The Lady Devils’ red-hot shooting in the first period helped them hold a 23-8 lead at the end of the first.

The momentum from ACC’s stellar first quarter spilled over to start the second. Jordan and Masie Schroeder connected on back-to-back treys, to give ACC a 19-point lead, its largest of the contest.

Barton responded with a 11-0 run to cut the deficit to single digits with four minutes remaining in the period.

After a layup from Ariel Walker to stop the run, Barton engineered a 7-0 run to close the quarter, and trail 31-29 at the break.

“At halftime I told the girls to not settle,” Janzen said.

“From the first quarter to second quarter we were settling for the wrong shots. Our defensive intensity dropped because they went on a little bit of a run, so I told them we need to come out with momentum.”

To start the second half, Barton took up Janzen’s request to build momentum. A 9-0 run to start the quarter put the Cougars ahead by six, and the Lady Devils would never recover. Barton’s Michelle Turney converted back-toback 3-pointers to stretch the lead to double digits. The Lady Devils were outscored 33-16 in the third period.

After falling asleep for the two quarters, ACC awoke in the fourth. Walker fired from beyond the arc to inch ACC within nine with 4:23 remaining in the contest. After another basket from Walker, ACC trailed only by seven.

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce celebrate after Kelce scored his second touchdown in the second quarter on a pass from Mahomes on Sunday.

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4 second-quarter touchdowns lead KC comeback KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes stalked up and down the sideline like a field marshal rallying his troops, the brilliant young quarterback imploring the Kansas City Chiefs to stay together even as the Houston Texans were on the verge of taking them apart.

The Chiefs already faced a 24-0 hole, bigger than any

deficit they had overcome in franchise history.

“The biggest thing I was preaching,” Mahomes said later, “was, ‘Let’s go do something special. Everybody is counting us out. Let’s go out there and play by play put it out there.’ And play by play, we did what we were supposed to do.”

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MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — The Postal Service booth did a brisk business Saturday among the street food stalls, vendors and carnival rides that filled Garvey Avenue in Monterey Park during the city’s popular Lunar New Year Festival.

“First day of issue!

Lunar New Year stamps, get ‘em right here,” said Rob Lindbloom, a local post office official who waded into the crowd holding a sheet of new postage stamps high above his head. “Commemorate the Year of the Rat!” The Year of the Rat stamp is the first in a new series the Postal Service is launching to celebrate Lunar New Year, which occurs each year on the second new moon after the winter solstice. The rat is the first animal in

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The U.S. Postal Service on Saturday formally unveiled the stamp with a phalanx of local officials and sponsors at the opening ceremony of the two-day festival.

It marks the third time the Postal Service has launched Lunar New Year stamps, having released a series of them from 1992 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2019.

William Chan, himself a postal clerk who lives in Pomona, was in a cheerful mood as he bought some of the new stamps in anticipation of a special occasion later this month, when he will celebrate his 64th birthday, on the day the Year of the Rat begins.

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Michael Henry, left, and Charles Williams of the U.S. Postal Service with a replica of the Year of the Rat stamp at the Lunar New Year Festival in Monterey Park. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS) year. It’s a double celebration.”

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KELLY ROUSE, and HAZEL L. JONES, Two single persons, and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any defendants which are existing, dissolved, or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors, and assigns of any defendants who are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators, and trustees of any defendants

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NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed on January 2, 2020 in this Court by Loree Curbow, as Petitioner and heir-atlaw of Rosa Lee Shay, Deceased, praying for the determination of descent of personal and real property in Kansas, or interest therein, owned by the decedent

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at the time of her death. You are hereby required to file your written defenses to such Petition on or before the 31st day of January 2020 at 8:30 a.m. of said day in said Court, in the City of Iola, in Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard.

Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon such Petition. /s/ Loree Curbow, Petitioner ROBERT E. JOHNSON, II, #18223 JOHNSON SCHOWENGERDT, PA P.O. Box 866 Iola, Kansas 66749 (620) 365-3778/(620) 380-6230 Fax Attorney for Petitioner (1) 6, 13, 20 at the time of his death. You are hereby required to file your written defenses to such Petition on or before the 31st day of January 2020 at 8:30 a.m. of said day in said Court, in the City of Iola, in Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard.

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BRYAN J. MURPHY, Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas JOHNSON SCHOWENGERDT, PA Robert E. Johnson II P.O. Box 866 Iola, Kansas 66749 (620) 365-3778 Attorney for Petitioner (12) 30 (1) 6, 13

(Published in The Iola Register Jan. 13, 2020) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of HOWARD E. RUSSELL, Deceased

Case No. 2020 PR 000003 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on January 8, 2020 a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in this Court by Susan Ellis and Riley Ellis, heir, devisee and legatee and/or co-executors named in the Last Will and Testament of HOWARD E. RUSSELL, Deceased. All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the estate within four months from the date of first publication of this Notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

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picked up a technical foul that led to four successful attempts at the charity stripe for Barton. ACC would come within two points on multiple occasions, but the Cougars were clinical at the foul line down the stretch en route to a 87-82 victory.

Jordan finished as ACC’s leading scorer with 30 points, converting 5/14 attempts from 3-point range. Walker scored 24 points on an efficient 9/16 from the floor.

“They were unbelievable,” Janzen said.

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ishness going on, but we didn’t have any of those issues tonight.”

The loss makes it six defeats in a row for the Lady Devils. But with losing comes growth, and Janzen believes her Lady Devils can make things right against Butler Community College on Wednesday.

“Against Northwest Tech on Wednesday, we were down 20 but we never fought back,” Janzen said. “So they have learned that you can make it a ball game even if you are down, you just can’t quit. If that is the lesson we learned from the game, then great, because tonight we were a different team, and that is all I can ask for.”

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cruising the rest of the way to a 51-31 victory Sunday that propelled Kansas City back to the AFC championship game for the second consecutive season.

In doing so, the Chiefs (13-4) became the first team in NFL history to win a playoff game by at least 20 points after trailing by at least 20. They matched the fourth-biggest comeback in playoff history while winning a postseason game in back-to-back seasons for the first time. Travis Kelce and Damien Williams scored three touchdowns apiece, joining the 49ers’ Jerry Rice and Ricky Waters in Super Bowl 29 as the only teammates to score that many times in a postseason game.

Meanwhile, Mahomes led by example as much as by voice. He finished with 321 yards passing, becoming the first player in postseason history with at least 300 yards passing and five touchdowns while running for at least 50 more yards.

“You saw him going up and down the bench, he was talking to everybody, — ‘Just settle down,’” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “As a head coach, you can’t ask for more than that.

When he’s the leader of your team and he’s going, ‘Hey, we’re going to be fine. Let’s not wait for the fourth quarter. Let’s go!’ And he did that.”

Now, after losing to the Patriots in overtime in last year’s conference title game, the Chiefs are back on the brink of their first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years.

They will host Tennessee next Sunday in a rematch from earlier this season after the Titans upset Lamar Jackson and the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night.

“We’ve already played them and we know they’re a tough team,” Mahomes said. “They’re a team that battles all the way until the end.

They’re a team that’s really hot, playing really good football right now, so we know it’s going to take our best effort. And, whatever way, we’ve got to find a way to win.”

Deshaun Watson, meanwhile, threw for 388 yards and two touch-

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“I definitely thought we were going to have to score more than 24,” said Texans coach Bill O’Brien, who made a series of debatable calls during the collapse. “I think that they’re, obviously, a very explosive team and it just didn’t work out.”

The Chiefs certainly gave Houston a chance to end their frustrating playoff streak in the first quarter.

On defense, Kansas City blew coverage on Kenny Stills on the opening possession, allowing him to walk into the end zone from 54 yards.

On offense, they wasted timeouts, dropped a series of easy passes and managed just 46 yards.

And on special teams, the Chiefs had a punt blocked for a score and fumbled a return that set up another touchdown.

Indeed, the Texans kept humming right along after finishing on a 22-3 run to beat Buffalo last week, while the mountain of miscues made by the Chiefs made them only the fourth home playoff team to trail 21-0 after the first quarter.

Things turned around on a series of plays — and a call by O’Brien in particular — that will be debated for a while.

After the Texans stretched the lead to 24-0 early in the second quarter, the Chiefs began to nip into their deficit with a quick touchdown drive. And the comeback really gained momentum when O’Brien called for a fake punt at the Houston 31-yard line and the Chiefs stuffed it, giving them a short field and setting up another easy touchdown.

“We had that play ready for a variety of different teams and situations,” said the Texans’ Justin Reid, who took the snap and was stopped short of the first down. “Credit to them, they made the play.”

As the Chiefs continued to take off, the Texans continued to stumble.

On the ensuing kickoff, Houston return man DeAndre Carter had the ball pop loose and into the arms of Darwin Thompson, whose recovery set up a second Mahomes-toKelce touchdown in a matter of seconds. And their third came after the Chiefs forced a punt — a successful one, for a change — and they drove 90 yards to take a stunning 28-24 halftime lead.

“I mean, it was an amazing thing. Everything was working,” Mahomes said. “The play calls were open, everybody was getting open against man-coverage which we’ve been preaching all season long, and guys were making plays.”

The comeback became a clobbering by the time the third quarter ended.

The Chiefs breezed downfield to start the second half, and Williams finished the drive with his first TD run.

Their overhauled defense under coordinator Steve Spagnuolo sacked Watson on fourth down to get the ball right back, and Mahomes and Co. required just six more plays to position Williams for another TD run and a 41-24 lead.

The 41 consecutive points, spanning most of the second and third quarters, were the most since the Jets had the same against the Colts in the 2002 wild-card round.

Even when the Texans finally cracked the scoreboard, when Watson scrambled to his left and dived over the pylon, the Chiefs rendered the touchdown moot. In four plays they went 72 yards to set up the fifth TD pass by Mahomes, the strike to little-used tight end Blake Bell giving coach Andy Reid’s team a postseason-record seven straight TD drives.

It also gave a festive crowd that turned out early in freezing weather and a slight drizzle a chance to celebrate early.

“We’ve got full confidence not only in the players but the game plan going into it. Just got to deal with what’s going on in the game — what’s real and what’s not — and what was real was we were hurting ourselves early,” Kelce said. “With that, you just rally the troops, lean on the leaders of this team and make plays. That’s what we did.”

ACC Men: Barton snaps winning streak Continued from B1

“We have to come out with more urgency,” Shaw said. “I don’t know if was because we were 7-0, but they came out and punched us in the mouth and were able to finish it off in the end.”

In the second half, Barton grew its lead to 45-66. With one second left on the shot clock, Brandon Gray fired from half-court on an

inbound pass that kissed the glass on its way in.

The miracle effort was ACC’s first 3-pointer of the game. From there, the comeback was on.

Trez Hankins inched ACC within 10 with his first 3-pointer of the game. A reverse layup from Shaikim Jenks brought the deficit down to 78-70. Another trey from Hankins brought ACC within three, but

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for every ACC basket, it seemed Barton had an answer.

After Hardmon posterized a Cougar defender and converted the bonus bucket, Barton responded with a 3-point play to hold a 88-82 lead.

The Red Devils battled in the final minutes, but couldn’t come up with a crucial defensive stop to get over the hump. The Cougars held on for the 93-89 victory, snapping ACC’s 11-game winning streak.

“My overall message was that we need to stay together,” Shaw said.

“We proved that we be-

long with good teams.

Barton was ranked 24th, and it took a heck of an effort to hold us off there in the end. The message was about togetherness, and we’ve had that throughout this streak.

We can’t let a little bit of adversity make us fall apart.”

With the loss, ACC now sits at second in the Jayhawk East behind Cowley. Both teams rest at 7-1 in conference play, but Cowley holds the better overall record. The Red Devils will be keen to start a new winning streak when they travel to Butler on Wednesday.

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