The Iola Register, Dec. 13, 2022

Traditions every-Ware

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Favorite Christmas memories change over time, according to LaHarpe business owner Danny Ware.

“When you’re a kid, it’s homemade peanut clusters and fudge.

Stolen log splitters recovered

A pair of thefts, separated by three years, have been resolved.

Iola police officers said a log splitter owned by Iolan Ryan Sigg had been located after he reported the theft from a residence in the 500 block of South Jefferson Avenue.

An appeal for information via social media

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES

“When you’re a dad, it’s spending Christmas with your kids.

“When you get older, it’s spending Christmas with your grandkids.”

Every Christmas is special in its own way, he said. Some of them are poignant, as the holiday serves as a reminder of loved ones who have passed away and are no longer able to share in the joy.

“Sometimes you don’t appreciate what a great Christmas it was until the next year, because you’ve lost your Grandma or Dad,” he said.

“You knew Christmas was special, but you didn’t know how special it was because it was their last one.”

AS A child, Danny’s extend-

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Bowlus show will carry a local flavor

Wreaths on display

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

The Broadway Tenors will bring a bit of New York to Iola with a show on Saturday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

They’ll also be bringing some Kansas connections.

Music director Kimberly Grigsby is the daughter of Iolans Stan and Donna Grigsby, and one of the tenors, Brent Barrett, grew up in the small town of Quinter.

“It’s great that we have these sort of local connections,” Bowlus director Daniel Kays said. “It’s going to be a wonderful family Christmas show.”

KIMBERLY has never

lived in Kansas, but her parents moved to the area about 10 years ago.

Donna grew up in Moran and graduated from high school there. Stan is from Prescott.

Daughter Kimberly lived in California and Northern Virginia for most of her life, and then moved to New York where she worked on Broadway for a number of years.

Among her many Broadway achievements, she has worked on “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “The Light in the Piazza” and “Camelot.”

Kimberly Grigsby recently returned from London to

A team of two dozen volunteers gathered in Iola Sunday to place more than 250 wreaths on veterans’ graves at Highland Cemetery and the old Iola Cemetery to complete a “Wreath Blitz” project spearheaded by the Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Above, Auxiliary member Maggie Barnett helps with the effort.

Danny and Jenni Ware and their grandchildren Ella, left, and Prewitt Louk. COURTESY PHOTO

The Broadway Tenors will appear Thursday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Obituary

in Vietnam and was selected for Officers Candidate School, where he attained the rank of captain. He returned to his hometown of Iola in 1980 with his family. He operated three Daylight Donut stores before selling the franchise and returning to Pittsburg State University to pursue a degree in chemistry. In 1990, he moved with his family to Mountain Home, Ark., to work as a chemist at Baxter International. He relocated to Little Rock with his wife, Barbara, in 2003.

Mike loved tournament bass fishing, participating in veterans groups, and learning amateur astronomy.

He was a member of the Quad State Bass Club, the American Legion, and a past member of the Arkansas Astronomical Society.

Mike is survived by his wife, Barbara, of 55 years; daughter, Angeline McGuffin; sons, Matthew Baker and Aaron Baker; grandchildren, Nathan and Jen Wheeler.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2023, at Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock. Memorials may be made to the Green Grocers program at Christ Church.

Carlyle news

Carlyle Presbyterian Church, Dec. 11

For the third Sunday of advent, Jim and Myrna Wildschuetz lit the candle representing love. This season, even when the darkness in and around us can sometimes seem overwhelming, we, too, can look for the light of Christ to guide us to the source of love — God.

Pastor Steve Traw’s message “Faith Over Fear” was taken from Isaiah 12:1-6. During the Feast of Tabernacles, the high priest poured water on the altar which was a foreshadow of the coming of the Holy Spirit. Our faith in the Holy Spirit is our fortress of assurance over fear, said Pastor Traw. You can watch the church service, shortly after 10 a.m. Sundays, via its Facebook page under

Carlyle Presbyterian Church/Posts.

Pianist, Myrna Wildschuetz, played “The Little Drummer Boy” for the prelude and “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” for the offertory.

Ron Burns will celebrate his birthday on Friday, Dec. 16.

The church fellowship dinner will follow the morning worship services at noon on Dec. 18.

Pastor Steve leads a Bible Study, Tuesdays, 3 p.m. on the Book of Ezekiel.

Public notice

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Bands entertain at meeting

Allen County Area Retired School

Personnel met on Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the Mary Ellen Stadler room at ACC. There were 15 members in attendance.

The program was presented by Iola middle and high school jazz students under the direction of Brandi Holt, band director. A combined group performed several seasonal selections. To complete the program, the IHS students played a Christmas medley. The school district is fortunate to have some very talented students. It was a very enjoyable program.

Vice President Kathy Clements conducted the meeting during which the ACARSP members collected money to help support a community project. Members should continue to keep track of their community service hours which will need to be turned in at the April meeting.

The next meeting will be on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. All retired school personnel are welcome to attend.

Police news

Arrest reported

Iola police officers witnessed a disturbance Dec. 5 along East Breckendridge Street.

Upon further investigation, John Carper was arrested for suspicion of aggravated domestic battery and battery of a law enforcement officer.

Officers said a female victim suffered minor injuries. The officer was unhurt.

Hit-and-run reported

An unknown motorist struck a car owned by Jonna D. Bower the afternoon of Dec. 2 in the 800 block of North Sycamore Street, Iola police officers reported.

Marmaton Valley KAY Club donates

The Marmaton Valley High School KAY Club (Kansas Association for Youth) made the annual trip to Ronald McDonald House in Kansas City on Nov. 28.

The KAY officers delivered pull tabs collected over the year by Marmaton Valley students and the Moran

community.

While there, the officers toured the facility to learn about its daily operations, as well as how volunteers can help and donate throughout the year.

The Ronald McDonald House accommodates families while their ailing children re-

ceive medical services.

Kelci Botts, Kay Club sponsor, said, “I have such a happy heart when my students see the impact they make. We couldn’t have done it without our community, family and friends and for that we are grateful. Keep pulling those tabs!”

1988 bomb suspect in custody

By ADAM GELLER The Associated Press

The announcement Sunday that a Libyan man suspected in the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet has been taken into U.S. custody put the spotlight back on the notorious terrorist attack and longstanding efforts to pursue those responsible.

The suspect, Abu Agila Mas’ud Kheir AlMarimi, is accused of building the bomb that destroyed a Pam Am flight over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. The attack killed all 259 people aboard the plane and 11 on the ground. The majority of those killed were Americans.

Thirty-four years later, the public’s memories of the attack have largely faded, despite developments in the case that have intermittently returned it to the headlines. Here’s a look back:

HOW DID THE ATTACK HAPPEN?

on British soil. Investigators soon tied the bombing to Libya, whose government had engaged in long-running hostilities with the U.S. and other Western governments. About two years before the attack, Libya was blamed for the bombing of a Berlin disco that killed three, including two U.S. soldiers, and injured dozens of others. WHO

WAS HELD RESPONSIBLE?

In 1991, the U.S. charged two Libyan intelligence officers with planting the bomb aboard the jet. But the country’s leader, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, refused to turn them over. After long negotiations, Libya agreed in 1999 to surrender them for prosecution by a panel of Scottish judges sitting in the Netherlands.

a settlement, formally accepting responsibility for the bombing, renouncing terrorism and paying compensation to the families.

Despite a rapprochement with the U.S. government, the pursuit of others responsible for the bombing largely stalled, until after Ghadafi was ousted from power in 2011.

WHAT LED INVESTIGATORS TO MAS’UD?

After Ghadafi’s fall, Mas’ud, a longtime explosives expert for the country’s intelligence service, was taken into custody by Libyan law enforcement. In 2017, U.S. officials received a copy of an interview with Mas’ud done by Libyan authorities soon after his arrest.

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On Dec. 21, 1988, a bomb planted aboard Pam Am Flight 103 exploded less than half an hour after the jet departed London’s Heathrow airport, bound for New York.

The attack destroyed the jet, which was carrying citizens of 21 countries. Among the victims were 190 Americans. They included 35 students from Syracuse University in upstate New York who were flying home after a semester abroad. To this day, the bombing remains the deadliest terrorist attack ever carried out

One of the men, Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, was convicted and given a life sentence. The other, Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, was found not guilty. Scottish officials released Al-Megrahi on humanitarian grounds in 2009 after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died in Libya in 2012.

The families of those killed, meanwhile, brought suit against the Libyan government, demanding the regime be held accountable. In 2003, Libya agreed to

In that interview, U.S. officials said, Mas’ud admitted to building the bomb used in the Pan Am attack and working with the two men charged earlier to plant it on the plane. He said the operation had been ordered by Libyan intelligence and that Ghadafi had thanked him and others after the attack, according to an FBI affidavit.

In late 2020, the U.S. Justice Department announced charges against Mas’ud. With Mas’ud in Libyan custody, though, his prosecution remained largely theoretical.

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The Marmaton Valley High School KAY Club delivers pull tabs to the Ronald McDonald House in Kansas City on Nov. 28. COURTESY PHOTO

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Thefts: Resolved

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helped break the case, officers noted, with a twist.

One of the suspects had called Sigg with information about the theft, purportedly to receive a reward offer.

The splitter was recovered last week and returned to Sigg.

Here’s where things get a little tricky, noted Bob Droessler of the Iola Police Department.

Roughly three years

Twitter takes another swing at subscription service

NEW YORK (AP) —

Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service, a month after a previous attempt failed.

The social media company said Saturday it would let users buy

subscriptions to Twitter Blue to get a blue checkmark and access special features starting Monday.

The blue checkmark was originally given to companies, celebrities, government

entities and journalists verified by the platform. After Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October, he launched a service granting blue checks to anyone willing to pay $8 a month.

But it was inundated by imposter accounts, including those impersonating Musk’s businesses Tesla and SpaceX, so Twitter suspended the service days after its launch.

The relaunched ser-

vice will cost $8 a month for web users and $11 a month for iPhone users. Twitter says subscribers will see fewer ads, be able to post longer videos and have their tweets featured more prominently.

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ed family would gather at his parents’ house on Christmas Eve.

Family members lived nearby, which made it easy. His grandmother lived just two doors down, his great-grandmother was down the street and aunts and uncles lived close.

“We’d have snacks and a big get-together. That was something I always looked forward to and still do,” he said

of the gathering, which now takes place at his own house.

“The family dynamics have changed a little bit with my parents, grandparents and great-grandparents gone, but we still do that.”

NOW, all the kids come home.

Danny and his wife Jenni have three children; one in the Kansas City area while the others are close by. They

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where she worked on “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

“When she started, she was one of the few female music directors,” Donna said.

But when Broadway went dark during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimberly was alone in New York. Her parents suggest she come stay with them for a few weeks.

During that visit, she was able to perform at the Wesley United Methodist Church.

Wesley’s Pastor Jocelyn Tupper introduced her to Kays.

“We sat and chatted,” Kays recalled. “She said she’d love to come back and do something for the community.”

When Kays was scheduling the 2022-23 season, he was intrigued by the show with The Broadway Tenors. He called the producers and asked if it would be possible for Kimberly to join them. She wasn’t able to confirm until June.

“At first we were going to do it as a surprise,” Kays said. “But she said, ‘I can’t keep this a secret from my parents. They’ll be on a cruise or take a trip somewhere.’”

It’s probably a good thing the Grigsbys were in the know. They’ve invited everyone they know, and family members are traveling from far and wide for the show.

“It’s kind of neat,” Donna said. “We’ve traveled all over to see her. Now she’s coming here.”

KAYS said each of the tenors brings something special to the performance, and he has his

own connection to one of them.

When he was working in California, Kays worked as stage manager for a production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” David Burnham played the lead.

At the time, the producers of the Broadway version were looking for someone to replace Donny Osmond in the role. It was a two-year search that ended when critics from Los Angeles saw Burnham at the show where Kays was working. Burnham soon followed in Osmond’s Broadway footsteps.

“I haven’t seen David in years,” Kays said. “It will be fun to have that little moment.”

A BIT about the Tenors:

Barrett, the Kansas native, recently reprised his role as Billy Flynn in the Broadway version of “Chicago: The Musical.”

His starring role in “Kiss Me, Kate” was nominated for an Oliver Award.

He made his debut as the Phantom in the new Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom — the Vegas Spectacular.”

Burnham was last seen on Broadway playing Fiyero in “Wicked.”

He is an original Broadway cast member of “The Light in the Piazza.”

John Cudia has the distinction of being the first and only actor to have performed both as the Phantom in “The Phantom of the Opera” and Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables” on Broadway.

TICKETS are available online at bowluscenter.org or at the door.

have two grandchildren.

Christmas dinner is filled with family and wonderful food including ham, scalloped potatoes, rolls and homemade pie.

Jenni runs a catering business. She stays busy during the holiday season. Just last week, her business catered for 200 people over the course of two days. Danny helped.

“When your wife is in the catering business, that means you help and she keeps all the money,” he joked.

CHRISTMAS is always a little bittersweet, as Danny reflects on how it has changed.

Danny’s stepmother passed away last

month. His father has been gone for seven years.

He tries to put a positive spin on it. Instead of being sad about the loss of his father, he thinks of how lucky he was to work alongside him for 23 years.

“There’s always some-

one, somewhere who has it way tougher,” he said. “You never know what tomorrow is going to bring.”

ago, sometime between Nov. 26 and Dec. 31, 2019, Sigg said another log splitter had been stolen.

As the investigation into the most recent theft unfolded, officers quickly surmised the same suspects were behind the first theft as well.

Sigg did not report the first theft, figuring he would never see the machine again.

“I figured I’d never see either one again,” Sigg told the Register. That log splitter was recovered Thursday, and soon will be returned to Sigg, Droessler said.

Officers are requesting a pair of burglary charges be filed against the suspects.

Iran executes protester

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has executed a second prisoner detained and convicted over crimes committed during the nationwide protests now challenging the country’s theocracy.

Authorities publicly hanged him on Monday from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others. The execution of Majidreza Rahnavard came less than a month after he allegedly fatally stabbed two paramilitaries after purportedly becoming angry about security forces killing protesters.

Danny and Jenni Ware

City Hall was abuzz with activities Saturday as the LaHarpe Day Committee hosted a volleyball tournament. Teams from as far away as Chanute took part. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Low-cost tree and shrub seedlings now available

These seedlings are

be used in conservation plantings, such as home/livestock windbreaks, living snow fences, Christmas tree plantations, firewood lots, habitats for game birds and wildlife, barriers to reduce noise pollution, blocking ugly views, marking property lines and creating habitat for songbirds.

These plants are 1 or 2 years old, and their sizes vary from 12 to 18 inches, depending on species. Most of the trees are bare-root seedlings, however some are available as container-grown seedlings such as Ponderosa pine and Southwestern white pine. Some of the de-

Krista Harding Extension Agent for Agriculture

ciduous trees that are available include: bald cypress, black walnut, bur oak, cottonwood, hackberry, redbud, and sycamore. Shrubs available include American plum, chokecherry, lilac, and sand hill plum. This is not a complete listing of available trees and not all trees are recommended for this area.

The Kansas Forest Service also offers tree “bundles” for purchase.

The Quail Bundle offers a variety of shrubs designed to attract quail, including American plum, fragrant sumac, golden current and

Peru president proposes moving up elections

LIMA, Peru (AP) —

Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte gave in to protesters’ demands early Monday, announcing in a nationally televised address that she would send Congress a proposal to move up elections after thousands of protesters again took to the streets demanding she resign.

The protests turned deadly Sunday, with at least two deaths in a remote community in the Andes, officials said. The protesters want elections to replace not only Boluarte but all members of Congress.

But Boluarte’s announcement did not placate protesters. Hours after her address, demonstrators blocked access to an international airport in southern Peru and occupied its runway.

Boluarte said she would propose general elections for April 2024 — a reversal of her earlier assertion that she should remain president for the remaining 3 1/2 years of her predecessor’s term.

“My duty as president of the republic in the current difficult time is to interpret, read and collect the aspirations, interests and concerns ...of the vast majority of Peruvians,” Boluarte said. “So, interpreting in the broadest way the will of the citizens... I have decided to assume the initiative to reach an agreement with the Congress of the republic to advance the general elections.”

Many protesters were also demanding the release from custody of ex-president Pedro Castillo, who was ousted Wednesday by lawmakers after he sought to dissolve Congress ahead of an impeachment vote.

The protests have been particularly heated in rural areas, strongholds for Castillo, a former schoolteacher and political newcomer from a poor Andean mountain district. Protesters set fire to a police station, vandalized

a small airport used by the armed forces, and marched in the streets.

A 15-year-old boy died of an injury suffered during a protest in the remote Andes community of Andahuaylas, Congresswoman Maria Taipe Coronado said as she made an impassioned plea from the legislative palace for Boluarte to step down.

“The death of this compatriot is the responsibility of Mrs. Dina for not submitting her resignation,” said Taipe, who is affiliated with the party that helped Castillo and Boluarte win election before both were kicked out of that party.

“Since when is protesting a crime?”

chokecherry. It was created in cooperation with Quail Forever to provide excellent food and habitat for upland bird species in eastern Kansas.

Another popular favorite is the pollinator bundle. Designed to improve the habitat for a diverse array of pollinating insects, it pri-

marily focuses on native bees, honey bees, butterflies and moths. This bundle is composed of seven species of shrubs and small trees – American plum, chokecherry, golden currant, false indigo, elderberry, buttonbush and eastern redbud.

Not certain what you

would like to order? Stop by the Extension office and pick up a brochure that has color pictures of various trees and shrubs at maturity.

Orders for conservation trees are accepted December 1st through the first full week of May, with shipments beginning in March.

However, I recommend that you order early to ensure availability of trees.

Krista Harding is a K-State Research and Extension Agricultural agent assigned to Southwind District. She may be reached at kharding@ ksu.edu or 620-244-3826.

Missouri man seeks exoneration in ‘94 murder

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A hearing begins Monday in a case that will decide if the conviction should be overturned for a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder that two other people later confessed to committing.

Lamar Johnson has long maintained his innocence, and St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is backing his request to vacate his conviction. However, the Missouri attorney general’s office maintains Johnson

was rightfully convicted in the 1994 slaying of 25-year-old Marcus Boyd and should remain in prison.

The hearing in St. Louis Circuit Court is expected to last up to five days.

Johnson was convicted in 1995 of fatally shooting Boyd over a $40 drug debt and received a life sentence. Another suspect, Phil Campbell, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in exchange for a seven-year prison term.

Johnson claimed he was with his girlfriend

miles away when Boyd was killed. Years later, the state’s only witness recanted his identification of Johnson and Campbell as the shooters. Two other men have since confessed and said Johnson was not involved.

Gardner launched an investigation in collaboration with lawyers at the Midwest Innocence Project. Their investigation found misconduct by a prosecutor, secret payments made to witness, falsified police reports and perjured testimony.

Feeling festive

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as evidenced with a stroll through downtown Iola. Above, the Allen County Courthouse is awash in red and green colors, while city crews were able to add strands of lights along neighboring buildings around the square. Lighted trees and a snowman complete the ensemble.

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Nothing replaces our physical presence on Moon — and beyond

Come Wednesday, it’ll be 50 years since humankind walked on the moon.

The United States’ Apollo space mission initially began as a race against the Soviet Union to secure our position as a world leader.

Thankfully, both countries emerged with the much broader purpose of space exploration.

After 12 years, NASA mothballed the walks, turning its efforts to space stations to prepare for longer-term human spaceflight.

On Sunday, the first leg of returning an American to the moon was successfully completed when the Artemis I rocket safely returned to Earth after a month-long flight that tested the technology needed to take astronauts back to the moon.

Launch date: 2025.

Russia has dropped out of the race. Now, it’s the United States and China.

If it takes another rival to spur the United States to once again set foot on the moon — this time in new regions — so be it. But in truth, exploration of this magnitude requires an international collaboration and scientists are hoping there can be a sharing of results to avoid expensive duplication.

What scientists have learned is that even the most sophisticated technology sometimes cannot replace an in-person experience.

For instance, on NASA’s last lunar mission in 1972, astronaut/geologist Harrison Schmitt noticed a rusty patch of soil, as noted in the Dec. 3, 2022 issue of Science News. Schmitt contemplated the surrounding area and realized he was at the site of a volcanic eruption. Schmitt scooped up the orange soil which later revealed evidence of a “fire fountain” some 3.7 billion

years ago.

Schmitt’s quick grasp of the significance of the discolored soil supports the idea that not only did the Moon once host volcanoes in its youth but also that the Moon and Earth are of an approximate age.

“The ultimate field tool is the well-trained human,” said Jose Hurtado, who trains astronauts in geology, as quoted in the Science News report.

Scientist Steven Squyres, who led the Spirit and Rover missions to Mars, added, “The unfortunate truth is that most things our rovers can do in a perfect [Martian day], a human explorer on the scene could do in less than a minute.”

TODAY’S astronauts are a class apart from those of 50 years ago.

It used to be that only military fighter pilots were considered for the job. And yes, they were all white men.

In 1964, a few years into the program, NASA recruited its first class of “scientist-astronauts,” much to the derision of the pilots.

Some called the aforementioned astronaut Schmitt, “Dr Rock.”

NASA’s current roster of candidates include those with backgrounds in engineering, medicine, geoscience, physics, biology and chemistry. “The right stuff,” also includes women and different races.

What scientists learn when they next set foot on the moon will help guide its mission farther out, with the ultimate goal of landing on Mars, in our effort to learn how humans can have a lasting presence on another celestial body.

No doubt we’ll get there. And the journey will remain incredibly fascinating.

— Susan Lynn

A look back in t me. A look back in t me.

30 Years Ago December 1992

HUMBOLDT — The Christmas Homes Tour will feature the homes of Frank and Dorothy Hemphill and Phil and Karen Jarred and the First Baptist Church. *****

The Allen County Community College Endowment Association is sponsoring a Christmas tour Sunday afternoon. The tour features Wesley United Methodist Church and the homes of Leonard Smith and Duane and Judy McGraw will be toured. Also on the tour is the Boyer Museum which includes a collection of items purchased at public auctions over the past 30 years. Owner Marvin Boyer has several antique cars in the museum which is located on his home property. *****

Webb Mechling, Iola High School senior, was named to the All Class 4A All-State team by the Topeka Capital-Journal as a running back. Mechling set rushing records in his play on the

Mustang team. Mechling also recently learned he has been appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is the son of Jim and Nancy Mechling. *****

Burglars broke into Iola High School and the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday night and stole about $1,200 in cash. *****

YATES CENTER — Mary Lee Edwards, home economics instructor at Yates Center High School, has been named Vocational Teacher of the Year for the northwestern region of the United States. She received the award at the annual American Vocational Association in St. Louis. *****

Mandy Specht of Iola was nominated to fill the unexpired term of Tim Emert on the Kansas Board of Education during a caucus of Republican leaders in Independence Saturday. Emert was elected to the Kansas State Senate in November.

US-China conflict is over chips

Most Americans are unaware that the United States is already fighting a war with China that involves Taiwan.

This war isn’t yet being fought with weapons. Instead, it is a battle to control the world’s most critical technology: the design and production of microchips — on which virtually everything in our modern world depends.

From microwaves to smartphones to cars, from the stock market to missiles — our economy and military run on the tiny silicon chips that power computer systems. “We rely on them for all aspects of our daily life,” I was told by Chris Miller, author of the important new book “Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology.” “Our society can’t function without chips.”

The United States used to be the global leader in designing and building the fastest chips, but its edge is slipping. China is investing billions in chip production for civilian and military uses in order to surpass us, while the Biden administration is moving to block Beijing’s efforts. Meantime, the island of Taiwan — whose freedom Beijing constantly threatens — is the world’s largest producer of the most advanced chips, which China would love to control.

So I recently did an InquirerLive video interview with Miller to discuss how the U.S.-China Chip War is likely to play out.

When the chip industry first developed in the 1960s and 1970s, it was located almost entirely in the United States. But over the last five decades, as chips grew more complex, countries began to specialize in separate parts of the chip-making process. “The U.S. remained the leader in designing and producing machine tools for making chips,” Miller told me, “but when it comes to manufacturing chips, we have fallen behind.”

In the early 1980s, Morris Chang, a Taiwanese American graduate of Stanford and MIT, was passed over as potential CEO at Texas Instruments — a snub that Miller called “one of the biggest business errors of the 20th century.” Chang went on to accept an invitation from the Taiwanese government and established the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), which now manufactures 30% of the world’s overall processor chips and 90% of the most advanced chips that power iPhones and computers.

The only companies potentially in position to compete with TSMC in chip manu-

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facturing are South Korea’s Samsung and the U.S. semiconductor company Intel. Russia isn’t even in the game. China, still far behind in designing sophisticated chips, “has been spending more money on importing chips than importing oil,” Miller said.

This poses a critical threat to future U.S. security. Modern warfare, Miller said, “will be more reliant than ever on chips.” The military requires ever faster computing power for everything from autonomous (or unmanned) vehicles — such as drones and attack submarines — to radar systems, to communications and data processing, to other crucial systems.

“America is now betting the future of its military on a technology over which its dominance is slipping,” Miller said. China and its army have been able to “buy foreign chipmakers, stealing their technology, and providing billions to subsidize Chinese chip firms and evade U.S. restrictions.”

To thwart Beijing, the U.S. Commerce Department issued draconian export restrictions in October that block China from buying sensitive technologies for chip production, including advanced software and the machines needed to produce the chips. The Biden administration is also pressing reluctant allies, such as the Netherlands and Japan, not to sell China other key elements of the chip-making process. It is also discouraging Taiwan from selling advanced chips to Beijing.

island by force.

“The nightmare scenario,” Miller said, “in terms of global economic impact, is if there would be a war in the Taiwan Straits. It is hard to think that chip production would not be affected, especially if production comes to a halt.

“Production of smartphones would be devastated, also PCs, data centers, cell phone towers” — along with cars and home appliances — and military operations.

“There would be a massive long-term effect.”

Aware of the danger, the Biden administration pushed through the CHIPS and Science Act that will provide $52 billion in support for semiconductor companies to build high-end chip fabrication plants in the United States. In addition, the Inflation Reduction Act provides huge amounts for innovative research.

And in a major win, the administration has persuaded Taiwan’s TSMC to move some of its chip production to the United States, as a hedge against Chinese intervention. On Tuesday, TSMC announced it will substantially expand a small production plant it is already building in Phoenix, which will now produce chips more advanced than originally planned.

Clearly, TSMC is nervous about China’s future moves.

But the Phoenix hub will make only a small dent in U.S. needs — and won’t come on line until 2024 at the earliest. This leaves the United States still dependent on factories in Taipei.

The nightmare scenario, in terms of global economic impact, is if there would be a war in the Taiwan Straits. It is hard to think that chip production would not be affected, especially if production comes to a halt.

Said Miller: “The Biden moves mean China will be unable to access the next generation of faster chips” that it needs for advances in artificial intelligence — including for its military.

Caught in the middle is Taiwan, whose biggest trading partner is China but which depends on Washington to prevent Beijing from seizing

Meanwhile, China’s president, Xi Jinping, might get impatient and try to squeeze sophisticated chips out of Taiwan through economic or even risky military pressure. “Xi sees China’s chip industry as vulnerable to the U.S., because his military systems are evermore dependent on sophisticated chips,” Miller said. And Xi’s attention is focused on “reunifying” Taiwan with the Chinese mainland.

This means that Americans should pay closer attention to the Chip War and its potential to spark a real war. These tiny silicon wafers, and who will control them, will shape the future of our computer-driven world.

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President Joe Biden, right, and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali on Nov. 14. (SAUL LOEB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

— Chris Miller, author of ‘Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology’

Orion returns to Earth to complete Artemis I mission

By MARCIA DUNN The Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s

Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.

The incoming capsule hit the atmosphere at Mach 32, or 32 times the speed of sound, and endured reentry temperatures of 5,000 degrees before splashing down west of Baja California near Guadalupe Island. A Navy ship quickly moved in to recover the spacecraft and its silent occupants — three test dummies rigged with vibration sensors and radiation monitors.

NASA hailed the descent and splashdown as close to perfect, as congratulations poured in from Washington..

“I’m overwhelmed,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said from Mission Control in Houston. “This is an extraordinary day ... It’s historic because we are now going back into space — deep space — with a new generation.”

The space agency needed a successful splashdown to stay on track for the next Orion flight around the moon, targeted for 2024 with four astronauts who will be revealed early next year. That would be followed by a two-person lunar landing as early as 2025 and, ultimately, a sustainable moon base. The long-term plan would be to launch a Mars expedition by the late 2030s.

Astronauts last landed on the moon 50 years ago. After touching down on Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17’s Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent three

Ukraine appeals for more weapons

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister is appealing for Patriot missile batteries and other high-tech air defense systems to counter Russian attacks, as more Russian shelling was reported on Monday in the eastern regions of Ukraine where Moscow is trying to make battlefield gains.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told French broadcaster LCI that Russia wants to swamp Europe with a new wave of Ukrainian refugees by its targeting of infrastructure in Ukraine that has caused electricity and water outages for millions during freezing winter weather.

The interview was broadcast on Sunday night, ahead of meetings in Paris this week to raise and coordinate more international aid for Ukraine.

days exploring the valley of Taurus-Littrow, the longest stay of the Apollo era. They were the last of the 12 moonwalkers.

Orion was the first capsule to visit the moon since then, launching on NASA’s new mega moon rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 16. It was the first flight of NASA’s new Artemis moon program, named after Apollo’s mythological twin sister.

“From Tranquility Base to Taurus-Littrow to the tranquil waters of the Pacific, the latest chapter of NASA’s journey to the moon comes to a close. Orion back on Earth,” announced Mission Control commentator Rob Navias.

While no one was on the $4 billion test flight, NASA managers were thrilled to pull off the dress rehearsal, especially after so many years of flight delays and busted budgets. Fuel leaks and hurricanes conspired for additional postponements in late summer and fall.

In an Apollo throwback, NASA held a splashdown party at Houston’s Johnson Space Center on Sunday, with employees and their families gathering

to watch the broadcast of Orion’s homecoming. Next door, the visitor center threw a bash for the public.

Getting Orion back intact after the 25-day flight was NASA’s top objective. With a return speed of 25,000 mph — considerably faster than coming in from low-Earth orbit — the capsule used a new, advanced heat shield never tested before in spaceflight. To reduce the gravity or G loads, it dipped into the atmosphere and briefly skipped out, also helping to pinpoint the splashdown area.

All that unfolded in spectacular fashion, officials noted, allowing for Orion’s safe return.

“I don’t think any one of us could have imagined a mission this suc-

cessful,” said mission manager Mike Sarafin. Further inspections will be conducted once Orion is back at Kennedy by month’s end. If the capsule checks find nothing amiss, NASA will announce the first lunar crew amid considerable hoopla in early 2023, picking from among the 42 active U.S. astronauts stationed at Houston’s Johnson Space Center.

“People are anxious, we know that,” Vanessa Wyche, Johnson’s director, told reporters. Added Nelson: “The American people, just like (with) the original seven astronauts in the Mercury days, are going to want to know about these astronauts.”

The capsule splashed down more than 300 miles (482 kilometers)

south of the original target zone. Forecasts calling for choppy seas and high wind off the Southern California coast prompted NASA to switch the location.

Orion logged 1.4 million miles as it zoomed to the moon and then entered a wide, swooping orbit for nearly a week before heading home.

It came within 80 miles of the moon twice. At its farthest, the capsule was more than 268,000 miles from Earth.

Orion beamed back stunning photos of not only the gray, pitted moon, but also the home planet. As a parting shot, the capsule revealed a crescent Earth — Earthrise — that left the mission team speechless.

Nottingham Trent University astronomer Daniel Brown said the flight’s many accomplishments illustrate NASA’s capability to put astronauts on the next Artemis moonshot.

“This was the nail-biting end of an amazing and important journey for NASA’s Orion spacecraft,” Brown said in a statement from England.

The moon has never been hotter. Just hours earlier Sunday, a spacecraft rocketed toward the moon from Cape Canaveral. The lunar lander belongs to ispace, a Tokyo company intent on developing an economy up there. Two U.S. companies, meanwhile, have lunar landers launching early next year.

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NASA’s unmanned Orion spaceship comes in for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico, on Sunday. CAROLINE BREHMAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/TNS

Iola defense shuts down Santa Fe Trail

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

RICHMOND — The Iola High boys played their best defensive game so far this season to knock off Santa Fe Trail at the Central Heights tournament Friday night, 4339.

The Mustangs (2-2) outrebounded the Chargers and forced a number of turnovers which they were able to turn into points on the other end of the court.

“We really worked our tails off defensively,” said Iola head coach Luke Bycroft. “We rotated, talked, moved and helped early on dribble drives. These guys will get better as the year goes on. They (Santa Fe Trail) put a lot of pressure on our defense. It really was a much better defensive performance.”

Eli Adams was an Energizer bunny all over the court for Iola as he knocked down a three-pointer and a two in the first quarter. Adams was joined by Mac Leonard’s three and some two’s from Preston Hurst, Cortland Carson, Grady Dougherthy and Lucas Maier.

Iola held Santa Fe Trail’s offense to eight points in the

first quarter, led by Chad Robert’s three-pointer and Luke Edwards’ pair of two-pointers. Iola led Santa Fe Trail at the end of the first quarter, 16-8.

Landon Weide and Dougherty each went for two points in the second quarter with the

Mustang defense holding Santa Fe Trail to 10 points.

Iola led Santa Fe Trail at halftime, 21-18.

“You win games with toughness and attitude,” said Bycroft. “Eli Adams had a little fire to him tonight. He played great defense. He was

scrappy and got after the ball. We sped up the pace and made it tough on them. Eli is a huge part of that because he can play full speed the whole game. He’s just one of those guys who doesn’t stop.”

Adams continued his tear with a layup to begin the sec-

ond half, accompanied by a Hurst layup for the only four Mustang points of the third quarter. The Mustang defense sputtered in the third quarter, allowing the Chargers to take the lead.

The Chargers’ third-quarter scoring surge was highlighted by a Kemper Spoonemore trey and two-pointer as well as a trio of two’s from Workman, Robert and Edwards. Iola trailed Santa Fe Trail by 30-28 to close the third.

“We have to understand the possession is so valuable, the ball is so valuable and we have to make good decisions with our shot selection,” Bycroft said. “We let them back in the game by getting ourselves in a hurry. That’s one thing we’re still trying to learn — the right shot selection at the right time.”

Iola’s Adams scored a trio of layups and Weide got a layup and hit a few free throws to secure the fourpoint victory.

Adams led with 15 points, Weide nine points, Carson five points. Hurst, Leonard and Dougherty four points apiece.

Iola hosts Burlington on Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.

Humboldt Cubs improve to 4-0

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High boys got behind their front court scoring and a hard defensive effort to beat Erie on Friday night, 50-40.

Pair of Mustangs wrestle at Anderson County Invite

GARNETT — The Iola High wrestling team finished in last place with only two wrestlers competing at the Anderson County Invitational on Saturday morning.

The Mustangs scored 22 points between Wyatt Westervelt and Korbin Cloud. Santa Fe Trail, Anderson County and Frontenac rounded out the top three team places while Osawatomie and Cherryvale grabbed fourth and fifth place.

Westervelt took home seventh place in the boys 190-pound weight class after toppling Cherryvale’s Mason Bruggman in a major decision victory, 14-2.

Cloud earned seventh place in the boys 138-pound weight class. He knocked over Cherryvale’s Caleb Slane on a fall over 1:13 into the match.

Iola will wrestle at the Erie Invitational on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

SCC snatches first win

MELVERN — The Southern Coffey County High boys earned their first victory of the season in overtime on Friday night at Marais des Cygnes Valley, 52-44.

The Titans (1-3) relied on their veteran experience,

spread the ball more offensively and limited Marais des Cygnes shots from the floor to take the eight-point win.

“We gave a great effort, but we are struggling with production because of our

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The Cubs (4-0) began the matchup with momentum on their side and outscored the Red Devils in the first quarter, 16-5. Colden Cook led the first quarter attack as he swished a three-pointer, put up a layup and made a couple of free throws for seven early points.

“We shot the ball well, probably around 50%,” said Humboldt head coach David Taylor. “That was key. We got off to a really good start, got out in transition, got some easy buckets and set

the tone.”

Humboldt’s defense held Erie to only five points in the opening quarter on a three from Eli Montee and a two-pointer off the fingers of Gavin Reissig.

Sam Hull continued the Humboldt scoring surge in the second quarter when he banked in some two-pointers and a couple of free throws. Blake Ellis and Cook also went for layups to extend the Cubs’ lead over the Devils at halftime to 26-13.

The Cubs allowed Erie back into the game in the second half but never let their lead dip below 10 points. Humboldt’s defense surrendered six points to Ethan Dillinger and a three to Logan Ewan in the third quarter.

Hull went underneath for

another trio of two-pointers while Ellis hit a two and a free throw to give Humboldt a 36-25 advantage heading to the fourth quarter.

“I think the key is that the group as a whole is playing unselfishly,” Taylor said.

“Sam doesn’t score 17 points if there isn’t someone there to pass him the ball. Most of the stuff we do in our offense is somebody else helping another person score. Between the three of them (Sommer, Hull and Cook) they’re really unselfish.”

Humboldt got most of its fourth quarter scoring from Trey Sommer who banked in three two-pointers and Cook who put in a pair of two-pointers.

For Erie, Dillinger scored eight points in the fourth

Allen sweeps Neosho Classic

CHANUTE — The Allen Community College men won both of their matchups at the Neosho Classic this weekend, extending their winning streak to five games.

The Allen men (11-5) ran through Bethany College JV on Friday night, 94-62, before they went on another scoring rampage and knocked off Oklahoma Wesleyan JV on Saturday, 95-59.

The Red Devils played inspired basketball on the offensive end of the floor to total more than 90 points, the third time this season.

Allen had four players finish in double figures. Donovan Seamster racked up the most points for the third straight game, going fourof-six from three-point distance.

“Early on I thought this team would be more balanced in scoring than the year before,” said Allen head coach Andy Shaw. “We have had several guys step up on different nights to help us win games. I think this will make us harder to scout because we have different guys who can step out and provide a spark scoring.”

The three-point shooting was there for the Devils. Ahmed Mahgoub and Brycen Dean each knocked down two-of-three from distance.

Seamster led the Devils with 20 points, followed by Mahgoub’s 17 points, Chris Dixon’s 16 points and Dean’s 10 points for the four Allen scorers in double figures.

Seamster finished eight-of-10 from the floor while Mahgoub went six-for-10 in shooting.

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Iola’s Wyatt Westervelt wrestles against a Santa Fe Trail Charger at the Anderson County Invitational on Saturday. REGISTER/ QUINN BURKITT

Mustang Eli Adams (2) drives into the lane against Central Heights in the Central Heights Tournament last Tuesday, Dec. 6. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

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DENVER (AP) —

The Kansas City Chiefs own the Denver Broncos — even when Patrick Mahomes throws three interceptions and a 27-0 lead turns into a nail-biter.

Mahomes counterbalanced his mistakes with a trio of touchdown passes and the Chiefs (10-3) outlasted the Broncos 34-28 on Sunday. Russell Wilson left with a concussion early in the fourth quarter as Denver (3-10) lost to Kansas City for the 14th consecutive time.

“Just three bad decisions,” Mahomes said. “Luckily for me, the rest of the team stepped up. Defense made a lot of stops in some critical moments when we were putting them in some bad situations. Even my special teams. (Punter) Tommy (Townsend) flipped the field a couple of times for us.”

Mahomes improved to 10-0 against Denver, becoming the fourth QB to ever beat one team 10 times without a loss. The Chiefs reached double digits in wins for the eighth straight season and they inched closer to their seventh consecutive AFC West crown.

The Broncos, well, they came up short again and lost a onescore game for the seventh time this season under rookie coach Nathaniel Hackett.

“We never finish the way we want to,”

Broncos receiver Jerry Jeudy said after a career-best three-touchdown day, “but the one thing I can say for sure is that we never quit.”

The Broncos, who have lost five straight overall and eight consecutive AFC West games for the first time since divisional play began with the 1970 AFLNFL merger, turned their 27-0 deficit into a ballgame by scoring three touchdowns over a 3 1/2-minute stretch spanning halftime.

Jeudy’s third TD came from backup Brett Rypien, making it 34-28 shortly after the Broncos lost Wilson to a concussion on a 14-yard scramble to the Chiefs 2.

Rypien had a chance

to put the Broncos ahead following linebacker Josey Jewell’s second interception of the game with just under six minutes left.

But Rypien was hit by Chris Jones just as he released a deep throw toward Jeudy, and cornerback L’Jarius Sneed picked off the high pass with 4:21 remaining.

A personal foul on Frank Clark after that interception pushed the Chiefs back to their 15yard line, but Mahomes & Co. chewed up the rest of the clock, never letting the Broncos get another crack at the upset.

Mahomes threw for 352 yards and one of his three touchdowns was a no-look hook pass to Jerick McKinnon, who

had two TD catches.

Mahomes was scrambling for a first down when he shook defensive lineman D.J. Jones and flung a pass across his body to a wide-open McKinnon, who raced down Denver’s dejected sideline for a 56-yard touchdown and a 13-0 lead.

“I was committed to running,” Mahomes said, “and I saw I was about to get hit like I did last week in Cincinnati, so I just kind of flicked it. I was just trying to get it to him whatever way possible.”

Mahomes and McKinnon connected on a more traditional 10-yard TD on Kansas City’s next possession. At that

point, Mahomes had 224 passing yards to Wilson’s 33, but things would get even worse for Denver’s scuffling quarterback before they got better.

On fourth-and-2 at his own 45-yard line, Wilson tried to throw a screen pass to Brandon Johnson but didn’t get it high enough. Linebacker Willie Gay reached up and deflected the throw, corralled the ball in his left hand and stiff-armed Wilson with his right, sending him tumbling as he raced 47 yards for the touchdown.

“I was an athlete all through high school,” Gay said, “so I knew I was going to be able to get that.”

His pick-6 put the Chiefs in charge at 27-0 with 4:32 left in the half.

Jeudy caught his first two touchdown passes, from 18 and 5 yards out, after Mahomes uncharacteristically threw interceptions — to Josey Jewell and Patrick Surtain II — on consecutive possessions, making it 27-14 at the half.

On the opening drive after halftime, running back Marlon Mack caught a short pass from Wilson and raced 66 yards for the end zone to pull Denver within 27-21.

Mahomes countered with a 4-yard TD strike to JuJu Smith-Schuster.

“Luckily we got the win,” Mahomes said.

“But you don’t win a lot of games when you’ve got three interceptions.”

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By improving to 10-0 against the Broncos, Mahomes joined Andrew Luck, who started 11-0 against the Titans; Tom Brady, who went 10-0 against the Falcons; and John Elway, who won his first 10 against the Patriots.

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Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Mahomes had a difficult day connecting, but coach Andy Reid said, “you’ve got to give a couple of shoutouts to Kelce” after he caught four passes (out of nine targets) for 71 yards.

That made Kelce the first tight end in NFL history to record seven straight 1,000-yard seasons, and he became the fifth tight end to top 10,000 yards, joining Tony Gonzalez, Jason Witten, Antonio Gates and Shannon Sharpe.

“Honestly,” Kelce said, “right now the winning means more than any of those stats.”

INJURIES

Broncos LG Dalton Risner (back) missed his first game of the year. RB Mike Boone (ankle) and WR Kendall Hinton (hamstring) couldn’t finish.

UP NEXT Chiefs: At Houston next Sunday. Broncos: Host Arizona next Sunday.

stepped up for us lately,” Shaw said. “He has been playing with great confidence. His ability to stretch the defense has helped us a lot and we hope he can continue his hot streak into conference play.”

Defensively, Allen forced 26 Bethany College JV turnovers and snatched 16 steals. Brayden Thompson led the Red Devils on that end with four steals while Mahgoub collected three steals and Killian Spillman notched two steals.

“Our defense has been solid for the most part,” said Shaw. “Our goal is to always hold our opponents into the 60s or below to give us the best chance to win. We were successful doing that this weekend against a couple JV’s.”

The key to the victory was that ACC outrebounded Bethan College JV, 51-31.The Red Devils held Bethany to only two offensive rebounds.

Christian Arndt led on the glass for Allen after he brought down seven rebounds, followed by Zabriel Boozer, Xavier Evans and Spellman’s five re -

bounds apiece off the bench.

ALLEN took care of Oklahoma Wesleyan JV on Saturday, 95-59.

Chris Dixon led four Allen scorers in double figures again as he went for 22 points, after hitting four-of-six from three-point distance.

Brayden Thompson scored 16 points after going seven-of-nine from the floor and Seamster knocked down 14 points.

Freshman Eimon Galloway also bucketed 13 points after hitting four-of-six from the hardwood.

Allen’s defense forced 13 turnovers as the Devils collected eight steals, led by Nick Whittick’s three. Mahgoub, Thompson, Galloway and Dean also collected one steal apiece. The Red Devils only turned the ball over seven times and created more opportunities.

Thompson also helped the Red Devils out rebound Oklahoma Wesleyan JV after hauling in seven boards, all of them on the defensive end of the floor.

Dixon and Galloway also made six rebounds while Mah -

goub brought down four rebounds.

“It is nice to finish off our non-conference slate with a fivegame win streak,” Shaw said. “Hopefully this momentum will carry over into January when we begin conference play. I am pleased with where we are and we are excited about the upcoming games. We will look to take it one game at a time to try and repeat as conference champions.

Allen will next play at home against Labette Community College on Saturday, Jan. 14.

Patrick Mahomes (15) of the Kansas City Chiefs looks to pass in the second half of a game against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field At Mile High on Sunday in Denver. JAMIE SCHWABEROW/GETTY IMAGES/TNS

Soccer journalist Grant Wahl’s body returned to United States

WASHINGTON (AP) — The body and possessions of soccer journalist Grant Wahl were repatriated to the United States on Monday after his death last week while covering the World Cup in Qatar, a senior State Department official said.

The official said Wahl’s remains and his belongings arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport around 8:30 a.m. ET. They were accompanied by a consular official from the U.S. Embassy in Doha who had had custody of Wahl’s remains since shortly after he collapsed during Friday’s match between Argentina and the Netherlands and later died.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of privacy concerns, had no additional details but said the embassy in Qatar had been working with Wahl’s family to ensure the repatria-

tion went smoothly. Wahl, an American journalist who helped grow the popularity of soccer in the United States and reported on some of the biggest stories in the sport, was 49.

Tributes to Wahl have poured in since his death and on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken added his voice to the chorus of appreciation.

“I so appreciated Grant Wahl, whose writing captured not only the essence of the beautiful game but also the world around it,” Blinken wrote on Twitter about an hour after the repatriation was complete.

“I send my deepest condolences to his family, and thank our embassy team and Qatari partners who worked together so effectively to fulfill their wishes,” Blinken wrote.

Wahl, who had complained of respiratory

problems earlier in the week and had been treated for a possible case of bronchitis, fell back in his seat in a section of Lusail Stadium reserved for journalists during extra time of the game, and reporters adjacent to him called for assistance.

Emergency services workers responded very quickly, treated him for 20 or 30 minutes on site and then took him out on a stretcher. The World Cup organizing committee said he was taken to Doha’s Hamad General Hospital, but it did not state a cause of death.

Wahl wrote for Sports Illustrated for more than two decades and then started his own website. He was a major voice informing an American public of soccer during a time of increased interest after the United States hosted the 1994 World Cup.

He also brought a critical eye to the international organizing bodies of the sport.

Cubs: improve to 4-0

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and Reid Duff hit four free throws.

The black and orange forced 16 turnovers and combined for 26 rebounds in the win. Hull led the way on the boards with 10 rebounds, followed by Cook’s eight rebounds and Sommer’s five boards.

Sommer led the pack defensively after forcing four turnovers and snatching a steal and

a block as well. Asher Hart was also solid defensively when he forced six turnovers and one steal. Ellis also nabbed a turnover and made two steals and one block.

“Anyone would be happy to be 4-0 and get off to a good start but the kids need to understand that we need to keep building because it’s going to be tough to get out of our substate if we don’t keep improv-

ing,” said Taylor. “It’s early and I’m happy with where we are.”

Offensively, Hull led the way after hitting seven-of-11 shots from the floor while Sommer hit four-of-seven shots from the floor and Cook hit six-of-12 shots on the hardwood. Hull led with 17 points, followed by Cook’s 14 points and Sommer’s 10 points.

Humboldt tips off at Marmaton Valley on Tuesday night.

SCC: snatches first win

Continued from B1

youth,” said Southern Coffey County head coach Brian Rand.

AJ DeAnda, SCC’s lone senior, carried the Titans in the first quarter against the Trojans when he sank four two-pointers and a free throw. Trey Winn also hit a two-pointer while Hank Newton knocked down a free throw.

The Titans held the Trojans to only two shots from the floor in the opening quarter as Dallen Flatin hit a two and Dominic Knight buried a three. Mason Ruso also hit a pair of free throws.

Southern Coffey headed into the second quarter ahead 12-10.

Winn continued his scoring for SCC in the second quarter, hitting a two and a three-pointer as well as a pair of free throws. Thomas Nickel went underneath for a layup and a free throw and Newton also banked in a layup.

Southern Coffey County led Marais des Cygnes at halftime, 2517.

The Titans held strong in the second half, but so did the Trojans.

SCC kept passing the ball inside, resulting in points in the paint. Winn scored two more layups and Glue and Nickel each went for two-pointers in the third quarter.

The Trojans’ Corey Criss scored a pair of two-pointers and a trio of free throws while Ryan Baker knocked down a three and a free throw and Flatin also hit a three.

By the end of the third quarter, the Titans led by 34-33.

“We are young and made young mistakes,” said Rand. “We need to focus on every area with us being so young and fighting sickness.”

The Titans’ eight fourth quarter points weren’t enough as the

Trojans were able to knot the score by the end of regulation.

Jayden McClintic led the Marais des Cygnes offense in the final quarter after he buried a three and a pair of two-pointers.

Southern Coffey County and Marais des Cygnes were tied at the end of the fourth quarter, 42-42.

The Titans turned to their most experienced players in DeAnda and Nickel to carry them to an overtime victory. DeAnda scored five points on a two and some free throws while Nickel put in a pair of two-pointers and a free throw to snatch the 52-44 victory.

DeAnda led SCC offensively with 29 points, followed by Nickel’s 14 points and Newton’s three points. The Titans had six players on the scoreboard.

Southern Coffey County hosts Olpe on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Yates Center ousted by Cherryvale

YATES CENTER —

The Yates Center High boys was upended by Cherryvale at home on Friday, 57-31.

Yates Center (1-3) was hurt by their poor shooting from the floor and their inability to halt Cherryvale’s top scorers.

Cherryvale’s Chargers jumped out to a 17-6 lead by the end of the first quarter, led by Stetson Schafer’s pair of three’s and Brock Robertson’s pair of two-pointers.

“We had a slow start again, which put us in a position that was difficult to fight back from,” said Yates Center head coach Lane Huffman. “Cherryvale has a great offensive team, and we struggled to stay in front.”

To start the game, Emmett George put up a couple layups for Yates Center, four of the only six opening quarter points for the Wildcats.

In the second quarter, Yates Center’s Cash Cummings rolled in a couple of layups while Shane Weber, Jayston Rice and George each put up layups to get the Wildcats to 16 points at half.

Cherryvale was led in the second quarter by Devonta Grief, Schafer and Robertson’s six points apiece. Yates Center trailed Cherryvale at halftime, 31-16.

“Slow rotation on the defensive side and failing to get rebounds on both ends is what kept us from getting back in the game,” Huffman said. “We gave up too many second chances, and didn’t give ourselves any second looks at the basket.”

The Wildcats’ Cummings was the only player to score in the third quarter, a three-pointer and a pair of two’s for seven points.

Schafer led Cherryvale in the third when he dropped in a pair of two-pointers.

The Chargers then outscored the Wildcats in the fourth quarter, 15-8. Cherryvale’s

Briggham Knight and Gage Putman scored a basket apiece and Schafer scored a two-pointer and a free throw in the fourth.

Cummings paced

the Yates Center offensive attack in the fourth quarter after he knocked down a three and a two-pointer while George hit a two-pointer and a layup.

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Sometimes, things are just over

Dear Carolyn: When someone is nearly certain that a partner has lied to them about fidelity, and also kept an STD secret while not protecting the unknowing partner, is it okay to look at their phone to verify a communication that would prove the suspicions are true? The partner suspected of lying has a temper and (ironically) believes looking at someone’s phone is an unforgivable transgression on par with stealing or cheating. —

Anonymous

Anonymous: Why do you need to prove the fidelity lie when you already know — if I read you correctly — about the STD-related secrecy and reckless disregard, and you certainly already know about the temper, and you seem pretty confident in the irony of the offense taken at snooping, and the trust tank in this relationship is plainly down to fumes?

In other words, why do you need any newer, better or black-andwhiter reasons to relieve yourself of this person’s presence in your life?

There’s no minimum standard of misery you have to meet to “qualify” for breaking up.

There’s also this: You might not find your proof. What then? Will the absence of proof of your partner’s wrongdoing count as proof of their right-doing? Will it make you feel loved and valued? Make the STD, the temper, the irony and the fundamental distrust glow in the warm light of loving acceptance?

Sometimes things are just over and waiting for us to see that. Instead of snooping, spend some thought on what more you really need to know.

Dear Carolyn: Any advice for how to find the willpower and discipline to eat and drink less, exercise more? I need to

Hax

slim down and I know that’s the formula for success. I am exercising more. I know the right foods to eat … just can’t get the mind-set to make the right decisions. —

Finding Willpower Finding Willpower: What works is liking your life the way it is. Willpower and discipline work only if they feel good to you. If they don’t, then you either won’t adopt them or you’ll be tempted out of them often.

So, you will keep exercising if you enjoy it enough to trade some couch time for it. That’s why working out with friends can be so effective or “working out” as a byproduct of a beloved activity such as hiking or dancing or gardening.

You will stay “on” your “diet” only if it is a way of eating — content, portions, timing — that feels good enough for you not to have to force it. If those “right foods” don’t beckon to you or satisfy you, then find different ones. Or maybe just smaller, less frequent portions of the “wrong” ones.

Upshot: We do what we want. To make peace with yourself and your body, make adjustments toward your goals that are either comforting in themselves, or small enough not to feel like a slap on the wrist, and build — if you want to! — from there.

Dear Carolyn: What is the boundary between genuinely caring for vs. managing for someone?

My wife, for example, thinks reminding me to take my vitamins is not her responsibility. I tend to forget, and I feel that since she takes hers, she

can just remind me (out of love or genuine care).

In return, for example, on numerous occasions, I have gone out late at night and put gas in her car, knowing she was too tired to do so, and recognizing her mornings are hard, and a detour for gas will make her late for work.

I don’t think of this as “managing for her,” but caring for her knowing she’ll struggle otherwise. Her point is that this is my choice and she never asks for this. I can always choose not to, but then it’s going to add to her morning stress, which I have seen.

What is the difference between a genuine caring marriage where spouses look after one another vs. living with a roommate? — Caring vs. Managing Caring vs. Managing: Specific examples have emotional impact, but out of context they can be short on truth. The context makes the marriage. Are you always as thoughtful toward your wife as you are with the fill-ups? Is she always as dismissive of you as she is with the vitamins?

If your specific examples do reflect the general state of your marriage now, then did they always?

Or are you throwing extra attention at a fear she’s slipping away?

Or is she extra prickly as an expression of fatigue? Stress is a known, coldblooded tenderness-

killer.

I could ask so many questions like this. I don’t know where you started or what happened to bring you here. I don’t really know what “here” looks like beyond your two examples.

But you do. You know how your wife shows love, her way. You know whether she has shown it steadily, let it dwindle, stopped altogether. I’d guess you know a lot of the why.

And you know where to find her at a nonstressed time to share what you both need, and want, of this life you chose together.

Saturday’s Cryptoquote:

As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was going to happen.

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A.A. Milne, “Winnie the Pooh”

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