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USD 257 BOARD OF EDUCATION

Changes at the top for Iola High

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Iola High School Principal Scott Crenshaw is leaving at the end of the year to serve as superintendent in another district, the school board announced Monday night.

Assistant Principal Scott Carson will take over as IHS principal.

C r e n s h aw joined the district five years ago, two years as the assistant principal Scott Crenshaw and the past three as principal. He will become superintendent of USD 298, in Lincoln.

C r e n s h aw said he appreciates the sup- Scott Carlson port of faculty and staff, especially on efforts to improve the Career See CHANGES | Page A3

Architectural renderings from SJCF Architects of Wichita show the front of a new elementary school to be built at Kentucky and Monroe streets. USD 257 board members on Monday watched a video presentation that showed what the interior and exterior of the building could look like. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

New school design unveiled

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Windows with glazing that protects from the heat of the sun. Bullet-resistant glass.

Sloping roofs. Mechanical systems under a roof instead of on top of it.

Walking paths and traffic studies.

Those were among the

highlights of a presentation on a new elementary school design unveiled Monday night at the USD 257 Board of Education meeting.

The board approved the design proposal by SJCF Architects, the Wichita firm guiding the district through a $35 million school bond project that will build a new elementary school, a new sci-

ence and technology building at the high school and replace heating, ventilation and cooling systems at the middle school.

The presentation included a video “fly through” of the design concept, as well as architectural renderings to show what the school will likely look like.

An update also was pro-

IOLA CITY COUNCIL

Iola agrees to help out with recycling efforts

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola City Council members Nickolas Kinder, from left, Carl Slaugh, Kim Peterson and Steve French are given the oath of office by City Clerk Roxanne Hutton at Monday’s Council meeting. REGISTER/ RICHARD LUKEN

Iola city crews will assist, on an interim basis, a cardboard recycling effort spearheaded by local Rotarians.

City Council members agreed Monday to a 90-day trial period, in which city crews will transport cardboard from a pair of dumpsters in town to the Rotary’s recycling trailers on North State Street.

The plan is to empty each of the dumpsters once a week, as long as trash collection crews have enough time, Council members agreed.

Rotarian Steve Strickler explained the genesis of the program. Through the county, See IOLA | Page A6

vided for the science and technology building, with changes based on community feedback from an earlier presentation. Mostly, those changes included more brick and less glass around the cafeteria. Concerns had been raised about safety and energy efficiency of floor-toSee 257 | Page A3

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HUMBOLDT

Council OKs outdoor concert

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Moran joins effort to dismiss impeachment charges WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran has joined other Republicans in cosponsoring a resolution that would allow senators to dismiss the House’s articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

Moran announced Monday that he is cosponsoring the resolution with Missouri GOP Sen. Josh Hawley. Fif-

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teen other Republicans also are cosponsors, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The resolution is Haw- Jerry Moran ley’s response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s delay in sending the

two impeachment articles to the Senate for a trial after the House approved them last month.

Pelosi sought to pressure senators into calling witnesses but plans to send the articles in coming days.

Hawley proposes to allow the Senate to dismiss impeachment articles if the House doesn’t send them

over within 25 days of its approval.

In a statement, Moran said Pelosi had used the articles “for political gain.”

“Our Constitution guarantees a fair and speedy trial to defendants, and Congress must provide these same guarantees to public officials facing impeachment,” Moran said.

HUMBOLDT — Camp Hunter Park at the southwest corner of Humboldt will come alive with music the middle of April.

Humboldt council members approved a contract Monday night to close the park for an admission-only concert, held the past two years at the Chanute Elks Club grounds under the direcSee CONCERT | Page A6

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Obituaries Darrel Catron Darrel Catron, age 71, of Iola, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020.

Darrel was born in Iola, to Clarence Ray Catron and Lucille Catron.

Darrel married Deborah Nilges Catron on June 8, 1985 in Iola.

Darrel graduated from Iola High School in 1966, ACCC in 1968, and Darrel Catron Pittsburg State University with a bachelor’s of science in 1984. He went back to Pitt State where he obtained his master’s degree in special education/behavioral disorders. Darrel was employed by Marmaton Valley from 1984 to 1986.

Darrel worked for ANW Co-op from 1985 until 2009, when he retired.

Darrel was a member of the Allen County Country Club, Iola Elks and St. John’s Knights of Columbus. He served on the USD 257 Board of Education for numerous years, and was recently serving on the Gas City Council, after being the mayor for over 20 years.

You could find Darrel at the golf course; either golfing or playing cards, or sneaking a margarita.

He enjoyed being outside whether he was fishing, hunting, or enjoying his grandchildren. In his earlier years he loved to play softball. He enjoyed watching KU basketball, the Kansas City Royals, and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Darrel was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Terry Catron.

Darrel is survived by his wife, his daughters and grandchildren; daughter Stephanie Craig and husband, James; their children, Andrew, Zachary, Emily, Alex, and Jacob; daughter Kim Boeken and husband, Michael; their children, Danny, Lukey, and Evan; daughter Jessica Bishop and husband, Casey; their children, Tillie and Reese; sister, Rosalie Straiton; brothers, George and wife, Shirley Catron, Donald and wife, Diane Catron, and Paul Richard and wife, Lynn Catron, as well as numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and close friends.

Funeral services for Darrel are at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday at St. John’s Catholic Church. Rosary will take place at 10 a.m. prior to the service. Family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in The Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service.

Memorials in honor of Darrel are suggested to Fees Park of Gas, Kansas and can be left with the funeral home. Condolences for the family can be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Jim Hill James “Jim� William Hill, age 74, of Colony, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Anderson County Hospital, Garnett.

He was born May 19, 1945, in Rockford, Iowa, to Myron C. and Yvonne (Clark) Hill.

He served in the U.S. Navy.

Jim married Jacquelyn (Sutton) Jim Hill Tush on Feb. 20, 1981 in Welda.

Jim was preceded in death by his parents; three stepsons, Chris Ernzen, David Tush and Terry Tush; and other relatives.

He is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn Hill of the home; one son, Myron Hill of Merriam; two stepsons, Ronald Tush of Iola, and Michael Tush of Savonburg; one stepdaughter, April Hackathorn; and other relatives.

Cremation is planned and no services will be taking place at this time.

Billy Culp, Jr. Billy Edward Culp, Jr., age 45, of Iola, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born Jan. 31, 1974, to Bill Culp, Sr. and Barbara (Allen) Culp.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include two sons Brandon and Alex; and other relatives.

Graveside inurnment will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at Mount Hope Cemetery in Humboldt.

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IHS announces second quarter honor roll Iola High School has announced its second quarter honor roll.

The honor roll is divided into three sections. All A’s which require a 4.0, Principal’s honor roll requiring 3.76 -3.99 average, regular honor roll requiring 3.00 - 3.75.

All A’s Seniors: Dongming Eason Cheung, Jayce Doolittle, Diamend McFadden, Kelsey Morrison, Adryan Nading, Carlie Payne, Paige Riley, Courtland Sager, Jada Stogsdill, Ella Taylor Juniors: Audrey Coltrane, Jada Cunningham, Thomas Fleming, Sidney Shelby, Dillon Slaven, Jessica Tidd Sophomores: Hannah Andersen, Braxton Curry, Jenna Curry, Ryker Curry, Heidi Hibbs, Colin Long, Reece Murry, Anna Plumlee, Cooper Riley, Karina Sanchez, Chloe Sell, Elanie Sturgeon Freshman: Caiden Cloud, Elsie Fleming, Macie Hoag, Hallie McDermeit, Cali Riley, Jesse Taylor, Luke Wicoff

Principal’s Honor Roll Seniors: Mayte Breithaupt, Rachel Bycroft, Isabella Duke, Cal Leonard, Lauren McDermeit, Alex Morris, Andre Quinn, Alexandria Vega, Shane Winner Juniors: Isaac Badders, Lorie Carpenter, William Francis, Hannah Gardner, Callie Murcko Sophomores: Drake DeLaTorre, Maci Miller, Miah Shelby, TJ Taylor, Ember Womelsdorf Freshman: Eli Adams, Joseph Barbarick, Thomas Chapman, Jarrett Herrmann, Abigail Hirt, Jadyn Kaufman, Olivia Tremain, Haily Wilson Regular Honor Roll Seniors: Noah Ashmore, Casen Barker, Lacey Brown, Haley Carlin, Mary Crites, Calvin Delich, Alexandra Fager, Danielle Fees, Ty Johnson, Jillian Keller, Dakota Knowles, Elysia Kunkler, Mark McCullough, Trevelle Means, Theresia Middleton, Dalton Muntzert, Naomi Neal, Mary-Jane Neises, Brody

EU rebukes Iran over nuclear violations, sanctions possible BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain, France and Germany ratcheted up pressure on Iran today to cease its violations of a landmark nuclear deal, stressing that they want to resolve differences through talks while starting the clock on a process that could result in a so-called “snapback� of United Nations sanctions.

The three countries, which signed the international agreement in 2015 along with the United States, Russia and China, said in a letter to the European Union’s foreign policy chief that they had no choice but to trigger the deal’s “dispute mechanism,� given Iran’s ongoing transgressions.

The three said they rejected Tehran’s argument that Iran was justified in violating the deal because the United States broke the agreement by pulling out unilaterally in 2018. “We have therefore been left with no choice, given Iran’s actions, but to register today our concerns that Iran is not meeting its commitments,’’ the countries said in a joint statement.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who coordinates the agreement on behalf of the world powers, said the pressure on Iran from Europe does not mean international

sanctions will automatically be slapped on the Islamic Republic.

The aim of the move

by France, Germany and Britain is “to find solutions and return (Iran) to full compliance within the framework of this agreement. he said.

Hours later, Iran’s Foreign Ministry warned of a “serious and strong response� to the European move.

However, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Iran was is “fully ready to answer any good will and constructive effort� that preserves the nuclear deal. He was quoted today by the official IRNA news agency.

The Europeans stressed that they want to “resolve the impasse through constructive diplomatic dialogue� and made no threat of sanctions in their statement.

They also specifically distanced themselves from sanctions imposed by the U.S., which Washington has said is part of a “maximum pressure� campaign against Tehran. “Our three countries are not joining a campaign to implement maximum pressure against Iran,� they said. “Our hope is to bring Iran back into full compliance with its commitments.�

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Iola High senior contests decision to change mascots

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

A debate over the district’s multiple mascots continues, despite the USD 257 Board of Education voting to consolidate all schools under the “Mustangs” mascot. The change would be phased in over the next few years, doing away with the current system that has Colts as the mascot for elementary schools, Ponies for middle school students, Mustangs for boys sports and Fillies for girls sports.

Sadrie Overall, an Iola High School senior, expressed her disappointment Monday with

Tony Leavitt, a past president of the USD 257 Board of Education, has rejoined the board. Next to him is board member Nancy Toland. Leavitt replaced Mary Apt, who did not run for re-election. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

the board’s decision.

Overall wears the Marv the Mustang costume at sporting events. She

also has been designing a Fran the Filly costume for girls’ events.

IHS is the only high

school in Kansas that has distinct mascots for its boys and girls teams, she said.

“That makes us unique,” she said.

She argued that special designation gave IHS girls a sense of pride, and several students were upset about the change.

Historically, the student council approved using the Fillies mascot in 1974, when Kansas allowed for the first female sports teams. The first girls sports team at IHS was basketball.

Laura CaillouetWeiner, a second grade teacher and former IHS student, served on the student council when

that decision was made.

“We had a choice. Did we want to be the Mustangs or not? We saw the elementary school had the Colts and the middle school had the Ponies, and we wanted to establish something different,” Caillouet-Weiner said.

“Now, it’s 46 years later and we have one elementary building and it’s kind of logical to come together and unify ourselves.”

Lincoln Elementary School principal Andy Gottlob also spoke in favor of the change. He talked of other districts where he had worked that had one mascot for all students, kindergarten through 12 grade.

He said one mascot

helped foster a sense of pride and unification that carried all students through their entire school career.

USD 257 school board member Jennifer Taylor assured Overall the district would send the Fillies out to pasture with honor, perhaps with some sort of retirement ceremony similar to the way sports teams retire a player’s jersey.

Superintendent Stacey Fager said he understands the passion students and others feel about the Fillies, but ultimately the board looked toward the future and decided to unify all students under one mascot.

257: Designs for elementary school, science building shared Continued from A1

ceiling windows so the architects added more brick to the bottom, metal at the top and vertical brick sections between windows.

The elementary school features a long central corridor, with a gymnasium, cafeteria and administrative offices to the west.

Long rectangular pods branch off to the north, with one for kindergarten and first grade students, another for second- and third-graders and a third for fourthand fifth-graders. Art, music and special education classrooms run along the south side of the main corridor, with a large library and media center in the center of that side of the building.

Areas designated for preschool and special education are also designed to serve as storm shelters.

The new elementary school is projected to open in the fall of 2021.

The only hitch depends on efforts to clean up the soil, which was the site of an ironworks foundry and zinc smelting company about 100 years ago. SJCF Vice President Darin Augustine and architect Allison Le have been working with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Terracon on the soil remediation project, which seems to be on track.

They said they would know more about its progress after a meeting later this week, but anticipated some work — like demolition of existing buildings on the site — could start in February.

Above, modifications to a new science and technology building at the Iola High School campus included scaling back the floor-to-ceiling windows, but keeping large windows to allow natural light and an outdoor seating area near the cafeteria. Below, this architectural rendering shows what the new elementary school will look like from the south. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

features of the new elementary school met the audience’s approval, which included a handful of those on a committee that saw the project from conception to voter approval in April.

In particular, the sloped roof and mechanical systems pleased Ray Maloney. He supported plans to consolidate the district’s three elementary schools into one, in large part because of promises of increased energy efficiency that would result in longterm cost savings.

The sloping roof would allow water to run off and extend the life of the roof. The mechanical systems, like air conditioning chillers and boilers for the heating system, would be contained in the building.

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not sit on top of the roof, so it would not be subjected to the elements and storm damage.

“I love that the mechanicals are under a roof and not on the roof,” Maloney said.

“We’re looking at an incredibly efficient system,” Le said.

Maloney and others expressed concerns about the large amount of windows, but Le assured him the windows would be coated with a special glaze that would reduce the transfer of

heat into and out of the building. The windows also will feature blinds to protect against sunlight.

The building features a special type of glass that is resistant to bullets and missiles, to better protect against an active shooter or other type of incident.

Becky Nilges, another member of the steering committee, asked about plans for buses and parents to drop off students.

Buses will turn west onto Monroe Street from

Kentucky Street

Monroe Street

Kansas Drive, into a designated bus lane. Parents will use a separate lane, entering from Kentucky Street.

The architects met recently with city officials to discuss things like the need for a traffic study.

The city officials shared plans to develop a walking trail, extending the former Missouri-Pacific Railroad trail along the north side of the school complex. The city also discussed a possible renovation project to a storm drainage ditch on the north side.

Augustine predicted an adjustment period for traffic patterns around the school when it opens. Traffic will increase in the area, but just for 15 or 20 minutes every morning and af-

IN OTHER news, the board: — Learned the district received a grant for $37,500, renewable for three years, to establish a work-based learning program in partnership with Chanute High School. The program would work with area industries, including Precision International in Iola, to train students for careers.

— Tabled a proposal to repair a roof over the commons area and gymnasium at IHS, in order to seek more information.

— Hired Jenna Higginbotham to serve as the curriculum director.

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The site plan of the new elementary school shows how buses would enter from Monroe Street, and parents would enter into a large parking lot and drop-off lane from Kentucky Street.

ternoon, he said. It will take parents time to adapt to the new system.

Morgan Dieker, a member of the steering committee, said she was excited to see the concept come to life with the architectural renderings and the video presentation.

“It’s so surreal. It’s really neat to see it come together now that we have a visual representation,” she said.

and Technical Education program.

“We had a lot of common goals and made some great strides in the last couple of years,” he said.

Carson has served as assistant principal for three years. He previ-

ously worked as a math teacher at Labette County High School.

“I’m very excited but I hate to see Mr. Crenshaw leave,” Carson said. “When I first got hired, Mr. Crenshaw said he wanted us to be like co-principals. He’s been very helpful.”

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K-State Extension offers plenty of resources Getting a good Kansas State Univer­ sity provides you with research-based infor­ mation through many avenues. Locally, your contact is the South­ wind Extension District in Erie, Fort Scott, Yates Center and Iola.

Hundreds of publi­ cations and fact sheets written by K-State researchers and spe­ cialists are available through the university’s Publications Library, w w w. b o o kstore.ksre. ksu.edu.

Another alternative is to research the in­ formation provided on the Southwind website, www.southwind.k-state. edu.

In 2020, we are work­ ing toward making more information and re­ sources available to you in a digital format — but that initiative is a work in progress.

Not all of our services can be found on the in­ ternet. One of the most utilized resources is soil testing. K-State Research & Extension can test soil for $12 per sample or $10 apiece for two or more. Soil testing is rec­

Carla Nemecek

Extension Agent for Agriculture

ommended for garden­ ers, farmers, testing for lawn and turf problems, or pasture management.

Feed and forage testing is also offered. The only way to know for certain the quality of the feed is to get a lab analysis of it, to take a forage test.

A forage test may run from $12-$24 per sample, depending on what you want the sample tested for. Other tests that are available include Radon Test Kits ($6) and Water Quality Testing resourc­ es.

Have you ever won­ dered what that uniden­ tified pest or plant lurk­ ing around your home may be, or even how you can get rid of it? The Ex­ tension office has exper­ tise and resources avail­ able to identify pests that are common to our area and in Kansas. This includes home and crop

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One of our “best kept secret” products that we offer are odor neu­ tralizers. Ecosorb ($28) is used in numerous homes, farm and indus­ trial/commercial ap­ plications. Most of our clients seek this prod­ uct to control the odor from fuel spills, mold smell, or skunk sprays.

Neutroleum Alpha ($35) is a concentrated prod­ uct utilized in a similar fashion to control strong odors. Because it is a concentrate, it can be used in a larger area.

This time of the year, we sell quite a few Farm and Family Account Books ($4.50 - $8.50). If you haven’t made the transition to computer­ ized record keeping, this resource allows for an accurate accounting of your finances in a form that makes completing taxes easier.

Extension publica­ tions are very accessible to the public, and most are free if you pick them up in the Extension of­ fice. The Kansas Garden Guide is a new publica­ tion that is available for only $6. If you are looking for resources on planning a garden, seeding & planting, or details about a specific crop, this publication is a must-have. Exten­ sion offers many, many publications on home gardening so please stop by if you are looking for something specific.

Area farmers and ranchers often utilize the Kansas Performance

Tests for various crops to determine which va­ rieties will grow best in this area of the state.

Next month, the 2020 Hy­ brid Reports for Corn, Soybeans, and Grain Sorghum will become available in the Exten­ sion Office. This is in addition to the Wheat Seed Book that is always available in late summer after wheat has been harvested and data col­ lected.

The 2020 Chemical Weed Control Guide will be published in January and provides sugges­ tions for chemical weed control in several major crops. It offers recom­ mendations, and guide­ lines for crop specific chemicals.

If you are involved in a club or organization that requests presenta­ tions, the Southwind District offers a “Speak­ ers Bureau” brochure, which contains the pub­ lic speaking topics of­ fered by the Extension Agents.

We try to mail this to civic and social orga­ nizations on an annual basis, but you are also welcome to pick up a copy in any of our four offices.

As a consumer, you have many options for finding the answers to your questions. By choos­ ing to use the Extension Service, you can be sure you are getting researchbased, unbiased informa­ tion. We encourage you to use the Southwind Ex­ tension District Offices in Erie, Fort Scott, Yates Center and Iola to help answer your questions.

Or you can find us on the web, www.southwind.kstate.edu.

read on radon January is both Kansas Radon Action Month and National Radon Action Month (sponsored nationally by the EPA).

Radon is a natural, tasteless, odorless, col­ orless, radioactive gas produced from the de­ cay of uranium found in nearly all soils. Ra­ don gas moves from the ground under and around your home through cracks and other holes in the foun­ dation.

Nearly one out of every 15 homes in the U.S. is esti­ mated to have elevated radon levels. The only way to know the radon level in your home is to test.

Radon testing re­ sults in Kansas show there is a need for more testing. Current data indicates that one in four houses in Kan­ sas may have elevated levels. In some coun­ ties this rate may be higher.

Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers.

Given the increased potential for lung cancer the radon haz­ ard brings, Kansans should be asking them­ selves, “Have we tested our home yet?”

Nationally, radon contributes to about 21,000 deaths per year from lung cancer. The risk of developing lung cancer increases as the concentration and length of exposure to radon increases.

Many scientists be­ lieve children may run

Kathy McEwan

Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences

an even greater risk from radon exposure than adults, and smok­ ers are definitely at greater risk than non­ smokers.

The Surgeon Gener­ al’s Office, the Ameri­ can Lung Association, the American Medical As­ sociation, and the U.S. Environmental Pro­tection Agency (EPA) recognize that indoor radon consti­ tutes a substantial health risk. They have publicly advised that all homes be tested.

Winter is an excel­ lent time for Kansas residents to test their homes for radon.

Radon is an envi­ ronmental health haz­ ard that you can act against. Why ignore it? Why not remove all doubt? Test for radon now. Affordable radon test kits are available in each of the South­ wind Extension Dis­ trict offices for $6 per test kit.

For more informa­ tion, call Kathy in the Southwind Extension District’s Iola Office at 620-365-2242.

You can also call the Kan­ sas Radon Program at 1-800-693-5343, or visit their Web site at http://www.kansasra­ donprogram.org.

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EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a truck hauling cattle overturned in thick fog this morning.The crash happened around 3:20 a.m. on U.S. 54 less than 10 miles east of El Do­ rado.

Loose cattle were be­ ing corralled and taken offsite. Other than cattle, there are no known inju­ ries.

Tafanelli announces retirement TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli plans to retire in March, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Mon­ day.

Tafanelli has been adjutant general since 2011. The office’s re­ sponsibilities include overseeing the Kansas Army and Air National Guard. He also directs the Kansas Division of Emergency Manage­ ment, Kansas Home­

land Security and has budgetary and adminis­ trative responsibilities for the Civil Air Patrol.

Tafanelli was com­ mander of the 891st En­ gineer Battalion head­ quartered in Iola. He led the battalion to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005.

Tafanelli, who has been in uniform for 39 years, was a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representa­ tives from 2001 to 2004.

After a year of deploy­ ment in Iraq, he served again in the House un­ til resigning to become adjutant general.

The governor said his scheduled depar­ ture March 31 was a “planned resignation.”

“His efforts have aided Kansans in many ways,” the governor said in a news release.

A succession plan for the Kansas Guard will be made public later in January, she said.

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By ROBERT B. REICH Tribune News Service

Ex-smokers get credit for record drop in cancer death rates Cancer remains a dreaded diagnosis, but there’s heartening news. America is showing great progress against some of the most deadly forms of the disease, particularly lung cancer and the aggressive skin cancer melanoma.

Researchers have reported the largest-ever one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop of 2.2% between 2016 and 2017, according to the American Cancer Society. The rate has fallen resoundingly — nearly 30% — from 1991 to 2017, affecting nearly 3 million lives. Anyone who lost a loved one to cancer in that quarter-century can applaud this progress.

What drove the improvement? Both personal choices and medical advances contributed, researchers say.

Lung cancer is by far the biggest killer of the cancers, and smoking — which is also implicated in other types of cancer — has been declining for decades. There are powerful new ways to diagnose and treat lung cancer, and even patients with advanced disease are living longer. “It’s an exciting time,” Dr. Jyoti Patel, a Northwestern University lung cancer expert, told The Associated Press.

Skin cancer death rates dropped even more dramatically, falling 7% annually in recent years, thanks to improved drug treatments, the report said.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, behind heart disease. It still claims too many lives and strikes at our hearts in personal or public life. (We’re rooting for you, Rep. John Lewis and “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek.)

While treatments have improved, in many cases their toll on patients remains too harsh.

The report came with some cautions: Death rates have increased for some cancers linked to obesity, including those of the thyroid, pancreas and uterus, The New York Times reports. Declines in death rates from prostate, breast and colon cancer are slowing, though that follows massive drops of 40% to more than 50%. There are geographic and racial disparities in death rates.

On the positive side, the decline in smoking cigarettes, not-that-affectionately known as cancer sticks, should continue to pay off for years to come. The HPV vaccine will continue its march against cervical cancer. Immunotherapy shows great promise.

And researchers keep chasing innovations in treatment. The Wall Street Journal reports on an approach harnessing ideas from evolution and — stay with us here — pest control. The approach aims to reduce tumors by just 25% to 50% and make the cancer manageable and leave some in place, but without empowering the bad cells that manage to survive.

It’s a philosophy similar to that used in exterminating bugs. “I think pest managers are about 30 years ahead of the oncologists,” Carlo Maley, an evolutionary cancer biologist, told the Journal.

Cancer is complicated, and the solutions are too.

Bad habits, pollution and complex risk factors like obesity won’t just go away.

But this record year of improvements shows that better choices and investment in more effective — and less destructive — ways to diagnose and heal are making a dent. Wouldn’t it be nice to see The Big C downgraded from nemesis to nuisance?

— The Chicago Tribune

Donald Trump’s “phase one” agreement with China, expected to be signed this week, is intended partly to slow China’s move into new technologies like electric cars by protecting the intellectual property of American corporations.

Which lends a certain irony to Tesla’s Model 3 electric sedans now coming off assembly lines at the firm’s new multibillion-dollar plant in Shanghai.

The Model 3 marks a huge milestone for Elon Musk’s company as it rapidly expands in the world’s largest electricvehicle market. But it’s not a milestone for America.

The people who are learning how to make electric cars ever more efficiently in Tesla’s Shanghai factory are Chinese.

The Chinese are intent on learning as much as they can from Tesla and other leading global corporations. And the corporations don’t care as long as their investments in China pay off.

Trump is demanding that China provide stronger patent and copyright protections.

But the Chinese, who are gaining valuable experience with firms such as Tesla, will take what they learn and apply it elsewhere regardless.

To the extent that those better protections increase the profits of American firms in China, American firms will invest even more in China.

Trump doesn’t understand a basic reality of today’s global economy: The profitability and competitiveness of American corporations aren’t the same as the well-being and competitiveness of Americans. American corporations have no particular obligation to the United States. They’re obligated to their shareholders.

About 30% of the shareholders of large American corporations aren’t even American. As global money sloshes ever more quickly across borders, that percentage is growing.

The 500 largest corporations headquartered in the United States are steadily becoming less American. Some 40% of their employees live

Tesla EVs charge at the City of Palo Alto EV charging station in a public garage in Palo Alto, Calif. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group/TNS) and work outside the United States. They sell and buy components and services all over world. They do research wherever they find talented engineers and scientists.

China’s share of global research and development already tops America’s. One big reason, according to the National Science Foundation, is that American firms nearly doubled their research and development investments in Asia over the last decade.

They did so because China is a huge and growing market, with an increasing number of talented researchers and welleducated workers.

In 2017, General Electric announced it was increasing its investments in advanced manufacturing and robotics in China, which it termed “an important and critical market for GE.” Google has opened an artificial intelligence lab in Beijing, headed by Google’s chief scientist for AI and machine learning.

Even when it comes to technologies linked to national security, American firms have no particular allegiance to America. They’ll make and sell anything, anywhere, unless U.S. law stops them.

Last July, the U.S. Senate held hearings on Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency, “Libra.” Facebook executives insisted it be allowed to create the currency or “some other country will.”

But Facebook’s motive for developing Libra has nothing to do with stopping China from creating its own cryptocurrency. Facebook wants to be free to make as much money as it can, wherever. After all, Facebook has spent much of the last decade trying to curry favor with the Chinese in hopes of opening China to Facebook.

Not even the worldwide association Facebook established for Libra is based in

the United States. It’s in Switzerland, home of famously lax banking laws.

The reality is that leading global corporations such as Tesla, GE, Google and Facebook will create good, highwage jobs in the United States (or in Britain, Australia or anywhere else you may be reading this) only if their inhabitants are clever and productive enough to make it profitable for them to do so.

This means that the real competitiveness of the United States depends on the creativity and productivity of Americans. That in turn depends on Americans’ education (including the basic research that’s done in national labs and universities), health and the infrastructure connecting them to one another.

But the American workforce is hobbled by deteriorating schools, unaffordable college tuitions, decaying infrastructure, soaring healthcare costs and diminishing basic research.

All of which is putting most Americans on a path toward second-rate jobs in the global economy.

Big American-based corporations don’t see it as their responsibility to fix this. They certainly don’t want to pay for it. To the contrary, they’ve lobbied for and received tax cut after tax cut.

Yet they have an iron grip on American politics through their campaign donations, lobbying and public-relations campaigns.

Trump isn’t helping. His economic nationalism continues to champion American corporations, not American workers.

This, not China, is the real source of America’s competitive woes.

— Robert Reich’s latest book is “The Common Good,” and his newest documentary is “Saving Capitalism.”

Australia’s fires: The future we are writing for ourselves If a Hollywood producer ordered up these images, they might be dismissed as too dramatic: orange skies; ash-filled rain; fire tornadoes; flames jumping as high as 230 feet; people huddling for shelter on the beach. Australia’s wildfires are a disaster on a scale hard to fathom, charring an area roughly the size of West Virginia. California’s massive 2018 blazes hit a sixth as much land as Australia’s have so far this fire season. Government officials report that a third of the koalas in New South Wales might be gone. The nation’s eucalyptus forests may be damaged for good.

This is the future humanity is writing for itself, right now, every day world governments waste failing to respond to climate change. Yes, not every natural disaster has a climate-change link. And, yes, there are forces at work around Australia that preex-

isted climate change. But the context in which every natural variation in temperature or precipitation now plays out is hotter, making dangerous conditions and deadly results more likely.

Specifically, southern Australia’s temperatures have risen about 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit since 1950. Conditions over the past 20 years have been hotter and drier than in the 20 years before that, and the 20 years before that, and the 20 years before that, and so forth. December saw the nation’s hottest day on record, an average of more than 107 degrees — a threshold surpassed just the next day. Heat and drought have toasted the land, turning Australia’s countryside into a tinderbox.

A major factor worsening Australia’s fire season is a natural cycle known as the Indian Ocean Dipole, which can make water in the western In-

dian Ocean warmer and in the eastern Indian Ocean cooler.

This results in less rainfall over Australia. This phenomenon has dried out the nation for two years. Though it is too early to quantify any link between climate change and the dipole’s recent behavior, scientists have warned that

global warming is shifting the cycle, making extended Australian drought more likely.

AUSTRALIA has become a poster child for the ill-effects of breakneck fossil-fuel burning. Its iconic Great Barrier Reef is in peril as ocean temperatures rise and atmospher-

ic carbon-dioxide emissions acidify the seas. Its sky-high temperatures and raging fires are a warning that land and sea are vulnerable to climate disruptions. And yet it is the world’s largest coal exporter, and its government has dragged its feet on curbing planet-warming emissions.

Even without human help, Earth can be at times inhospitable. All the more reason to avoid priming the planet for worse — extreme weather, intense heat waves, more drought, more flooding, rising seas, species die-offs, disease proliferation, and more foreseeable and unforeseeable consequences. Australia, which has profited off fossil fuel extraction and use, has a responsibility to help lead the world. So does the United States, which under the Trump administration is every bit as complicit.

— The Washington Post

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Researchers link Russian hackers to Ukrainian gas company BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. cybersecurity company says Russian military agents have successfully hacked the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the scandal that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment.

Russian agents launched a phishing campaign in early November to steal the

login credentials of employees of Burisma Holdings, the gas company, according to Area 1 Security, a Silicon Valley company that specializes in e-mail security.

Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. vice president and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden, previously served on Burisma’s

board.

It was not clear what the hackers were looking for or may have obtained, said Area 1’s CEO, Oren Falkowitz, who called the findings “incontrovertible” and posted an eight-page report. But the timing of the operation suggests that the Russian agents could be searching for material that damaging

to the Bidens.

The House of Representatives impeached Trump in December for abusing the power of his office by enlisting the Ukrainian government to investigate Biden, a political rival, ahead of the 2020 election. A second charge accused Trump of obstructing a congressional investigation into

the matter.

“Our report doesn’t make any claims as to what the intent of the hackers were, what they might have been looking for, what they are going to do with their success.

We just point out that this is a campaign that’s going on,” said Falkowitz, a former National Security Agency offensive hacker whose com-

pany’s clients include candidates for U.S. federal elected offices.

In an earlier interview, he told The Associated Press that the campaigns of top candidates for the U.S. presidency and House and Senate races in 2020 have in the past few months each been targeted by about a thousand phishing emails.

Iola: Recycling Continued from A1

Rotary acquired a pair of 8-cubic-yard dumpsters — “the biggest ones we could find that we could dump with trash trucks,” he said — and gave local businesses keys to allow them to take their excess cardboard.

Rotary also recently acquired a cardboard bailer to further facilitate the recycling effort.

“We’re trying to run this with volunteers,” Strickler said of the countywide effort. Strickler noted the investment some communities have put toward recycling in terms of equipment, has not paid off.

“I’ve seen many towns buy expensive dumpsters and trucks and found out it’s not worth it,” he said.

The city’s primary concern, City Administrator Sid Fleming said, centers on the size of the dumpsters.

At 8 cubic yards, they are too large for all but Iola’s oldest trash truck to lift.

The old truck, which is used as a backup for trash collection, has a cable and winch system to lift the large dumpsters.

Fleming anticipated the cost for the city at about $100 a week.

Street and Alley Superintendent Dan Leslie said his concerns were centered on how to schedule time for collecting the cardboard within the framework of Iola’s regular trash service.

Councilman Carl Slaugh wondered if the city utilized smaller dumpsters. The two Rotary dumpsters are situated at Jump Start Travel Center and Endurance Lift Solutions.

Perhaps, Strickler responded, but the county and Rotary have already invested in the larger ones.

It was Slaugh’s idea for a trial period, to “get some feedback, and move on from there.”

Councilman Steve French agreed with Slaugh’s proposal.

French praised the Rotarians for their efforts.

“Accolades to all of you for making this happen, regardless of the cost,” French said, while suggesting other potential solutions, such as modifying trailers that could be used to pick up the cardboard.

“I don’t know what it’s going to take,” Strickler replied.

“We’re going to try like heck to do this.

I’m willing to try anything. There’s gotta be a better way of doing it than handling it two or three times.”

COUNCIL members also agreed to a preliminary gas utility engineering study with Burns & McDonnell to conduct a flow analysis of the city’s gas southern complex, at a cost of $12,000.

Burns & McDonnell has done master plan research for Iola’s water and wastewater programs already.

MONDAY’S meeting was the first for Slaugh, French and Nickolas Kinder as Council members since last November’s election. They, along with incumbent Kim Peterson, were sworn into office at the outset of the meeting.

Stepping down from office were Aaron Franklin, Chase Martin and Daniel Mathew.

Councilman Nancy Ford, the longest-serving Council member, was voted once again as Council president, and will oversee meetings in Mayor Jon Wells’s absence.

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By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Monday was a good day for a rodeo.

But rather than bucking broncos, steer rasslin’ or raging bulls, the focus instead was on tennis ball drive-through stations, parallel parking and mixer truck bowling.

Such was the setting for Monarch Cement Company’s inaugural driver challenge truck rodeo.

Eleven drivers from across Kansas and Missouri, all from Monarchowned subsidiaries, took part in the skills course, Each was judged on their ability to maneuver a large cement truck through a series of ob-

stacles: backing through a line of tennis balls, then driving forward through the same lane; re-enacting pulling up to a railroad crossing; parallel parking; positioning both the front and rear axles on a target as

they parked; and positioning the truck’s chute as close as possible to an egg without touching it.

The final event drew the most attention — mixer truck bowling.

Drivers attached a bowling ball to the end

of the truck’s extension chute, then drove past a line of bowling pins, first going forward, then again in reverse, in an attempt to knock over as many as possible with the bowling ball.

Each obstacle was worth up to 50 points for the driver.

By the end of the competition, the top two point-earners — Nick Stine of City Wide Construction Products, Ozark, Mo.; and Matt Hudson of Springfield (Mo.) Ready Mix — were named champion and reserve grand champion.

Both, and their spouses, won a shot at a national truck rodeo competition in Colorado in the fall.

Concert: Set for April in Humboldt Continued from A1

tion of Jeff Barnett.

Barnett, who lives west of Humboldt, had wanted the concert in Humboldt previously but was thwarted by time constraints when he approached the city.

Not so this year.

The agreement is for $500 to lease the park April 16-19, a Thursday through midday Sunday. He also will pay a refundable $500 deposit.

The contract also allows participants to consume beer.

The concert — which consists primarily of blues, bluegrass and country music — is scheduled to conclude by 11 p.m. on Friday and

Saturday so as not to be a nuisance to neighbors.

On April 18, several hours of free music will be offered on the downtown square to encourage attendance at the park as well as draw out-of-towners to the downtown district. When in Chanute, the concert drew upward of 450, Barnett said. He thinks the change of venue may suppress that number a tad this year, but expects the concert to grow as it becomes a Humboldt fixture.

He will announce particulars later, including admission costs.

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sewer project that consumed more than a year of working days. The contract was for expenditure of $7.65 million, and ended under budget by $337,300. Funding came from a $6.565 million U.S. Department of Agriculture loan and a $500,000 Community Development Grant. In addition to sewer mains being lined and improved, many manholes were upgraded.

— Agreed to sponsor an application for a grant from the Health Forward Foundation of Kansas City, proposed by Damaris Kunkler, a Bolder Humboldt representative. Called a Happy Community Grant, Kunkler will work with two council volunteers, Sunny Shreeve and Paul Cloutier, and others to decide projects that would fit within the grant’s scope.

She said such things as B&W’s Humboldt Fitness emporium and local golf course may be focal points.

— Learned from Chief of Police Shannon Moore that Enbridge Pipeline would give the city a pickup truck for use by Sheri Modlin.

Modlin, who had worked abbreviated hours, was approved for full time in animal control and code enforcement duties at the meeting.

BEFORE agenda items were discussed, incumbents Mayor Nobby Davis and council members Shreeve and Cloutier and newly elected Otis Crawford and Jeff Bowman were sworn in. Crawford and Bowman replaced Vada Aikins, a 17-year veteran of the council, and Sarah Lassman.

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College Football: National Championship

LSU stays perfect to claim ultimate prize

LSU Tigers wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. (6) celebrates with running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire (22) after scoring a touchdown against Clemson on Monday. MARK J. REBILAS/USA TODAY

HS Basketball:

Fillies beat Chanute

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — From small-town Ohio kid to Louisiana legend, Joe Burrow capped his record-breaking, Heisman-winning season by bringing a national championship to LSU. Burrow threw five touchdown passes, ran for another score and finished off one of the most accomplished seasons in college football history by leading the top-ranked Tigers to a 42-25 victory against No. 3 Clemson on Monday night in the playoff final.

“He’s one of the greatest players in LSU history,” Tigers coach Ed Orgeron said.

“He’s done so much for the state of Louisiana and LSU. We are so grateful to Joe Burrow.”

The senior quarterback from The Plains, Ohio, deliv-

ered the Tigers (15-0) their first national title since 2007 and fourth overall, breaking a few more records along the way in what was already an historic season. His five TD passes and 463 yards passing are the most for a BCS or College Football Playoff title game. So were his six total touchdowns.

“This is what I wanted to do from the time I was 5 years old, was hoist this trophy.

And bringing it back to Louisiana,” Burrow said, then caught himself. “I guess we’re in Louisiana, but staying in Louisiana, we weren’t going to let someone come in here and steal this from us in our home state.

“We have a great fan base that came out and supported us. We were going to keep this

thing right here.”

Under a shower of sparkling white, gold and purple confetti, Burrow raised the CFP championship trophy toward the Superdome roof. The party was on — no doubt already raging on nearby Bourbon Street.

Burrow became the first major college quarterback to throw 60 touchdown passes in a season and LSU snapped defending national champion Clemson’s 29-game winning streak. For the first time in his college career, Clemson star quarterback Trevor Lawrence was on the losing team.

“I hate how it finished,” the sophomore said. “But man, we did some really amazing things.”

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Allen Community College: Men’s Basketball

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

The Iola Fillies freshmen and sophomore team earned a clutch one-point victory over Chanute last night. The Fillies sneaked past the Blue Comets 35-34.

Doing the scoring often and early for the Fillies was Chloe Sell, who notched six of her nine points in the first period. But the story of the game for Iola was the performance of freshmen Aysha Houk. Houk connected on three 3-pointers, and led the Fillies with a team high 15 points.

Also scoring for the Fillies was Maci Miller with eight points, and Reece Murry with one point.

NFL: KC Chiefs

Chiefs survive hazardous bye week

By ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press

The San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers used their bye week to rest, relax and recharge.

Now they'll meet in the NFC championship for the first time since 1997, when Reggie White, Brett Favre and that Pack bested Steve Young and Ken Norton Jr. The R&R from the firstround bye proved more like rust, ruin and rubbish in the AFC, where the Ravens and Chiefs, the top two seeds, fell into 22-point and 24-point holes, respectively, in their return to action over the weekend.

Kansas City overcame the 24 points they spotted Houston thanks to last season's NFL MVP, Patrick Mahomes, and some debatable decisions by Texans coach Bill O'Brien in a wild 51-31 win.

Baltimore didn't bounce back, bowing to Tennessee 28-12 with its first loss since Sept. 29, rendering See CHIEFS| Page B3

Malik Hardmon stands at the three-point, and looks at his options to find a way to the basket. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

HARD-NOSED HARDMON

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Chicago is known as a factory for producing some of basketball’s top stars. Lakers’ Anthony Davis, former Miami Heat guard Dwayne Wade, and league MVP Derek Rose are a few that come to mind.

But Coach Andy Shaw has

some of Chi-town’s top talent right here at Allen Community College.

Windy City product Malik Hardmon has arguably been the prestigious Jayhawk Conference’s top player for 201920. The sophomore forward is averaging just over 18 points along with 9 rebounds per contest.

But before Hardmon became a star on the court for ACC, he had to find his way to Iola.

“I was able to go NCAA D-II or D-III if I wanted to,” Hardmon said. “I could have walked on at a D-I, but I just wanted to go the JUCO route.”

Shaw heard word of Hardmon’s skill through another

JUCO coach. That coach didn’t have any remaining scholarships available, so Shaw jumped on the opportunity to bring Hardmon to ACC. While Hardmon had never set foot in Iola before the start of the fall semester in 2018, See HARDMON | Page B3

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Every three weeks, Mo Perry would retreat to her bathroom, don thin plastic gloves and apply Clairol Nice ‘N Easy in shade 4G, turning her gray roots a Dark Golden Brown to match the rest of her hair.

It was a ritual the Minneapolis actress and writer came to resent.

She didn’t like the time and money she spent (or the chemical smell of the dye), but she hated how anxious she felt when her roots were showing and she worried that the slowly widening stripe of gray would make it harder for her to land roles.

Still, two years ago in January, Perry made ditching the dye a New Year’s resolution — one that she actually kept.

And made public.

As she gradually went gray, she posted a series of selfies on social media. To her delight, she was inundated with messages of support from other women.

“I’m so glad I did it,” said Perry, 38, who noticed her first gray hairs before she turned 30.

“I still like to get pedicures. I wear makeup to varying degrees. And those things feel like augmenting the truth or decorating the truth.

That (dye) really felt like hiding the truth.”

Minneapolis actress/writer Mo Perry ditched her hair dye two years ago. (ALEX KORMANN/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

More women are embracing that “truth,” in part because of a rapidly growing online community that supports and celebrates going gray.

But to Perry and plenty of others, going gray is about more than looks.

“It feels like resistance and celebration and liberation,” Perry said.

Perry credits the #metoo movement and the attendant exploration of gender norms for helping her to finally stop dyeing her hair.

“I was seeing women across the culture dig deep to examine the assumptions that we’ve all internalized, about gender roles and what’s appropriate and what’s not appropriate to expect of ourselves and each other,” she said.

“The way beauty standards work, it’s not something that we all go into a room by ourselves and come up with what we think is beautiful,” she said. “It’s real-

ly a collectively decided upon set of standards.

So when you see a shift starting to happen, I think it’s inherently a cumulative cultural collective process. And then it starts to ripple out.”

COOL GRAY

According to a 2018 AARP survey, a majority of women continue to dye their hair, either at home or at a salon: 69% of women ages 3853 and 65% of those 5472. But there’s a notable change in how women think about naturally graying hair and their willingness to challenge a beauty standard that has held firm since Clairol’s at-home hair color kits hit the market in the 1950s.

Linda Rodin, a stylist and skin care entrepreneur, has long worn her silvery white hair in ads for J.Crew and H&M. Now she’s amassed more than 260,000 followers on Instagram, where she’s peppered with questions about

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her hair (which she admits she cuts herself and keeps looking bright with Clairol’s Shimmer Lights shampoo).

Gray hair got a cool boost several years ago when young women (including singers Ciara and Ariana Grande) first sported silver “ice queen” locks. Red carpet appearances, like the one by silver-haired artist Alexandra Grant and boyfriend Keanu Reeves, have also been garnering plenty of positive buzz.

STOPPING, NEVER STARTING

Most women say they start coloring their gray hair because they equate the color with being old or unfashionable. But the reasons for going natural vary widely — from saving money to making a social statement to concerns about the risks of dyeing.

Grant posted on Instagram that she stopped dyeing her hair because she didn’t want to expose herself to potentially dangerous chemicals.

While past studies on the safety of dye were conflicting or inconclusive, new research from the National Institutes of Health released last month found an increased chance of breast cancer among women who regularly used permanent dye to color their hair.

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Hardmon: Has led ACC to a 7-1 start in the Jayhawk Conference Continued from B1

he had no issue trading in the big-city lifestyle for the rural plains of southeast Kansas. In fact, he considers it a perfect fit.

“I feel like it matched my personality because I am more of a laid-back, quiet person,” Hardmon said. “Even though I was in Chicago, I was still always to myself. With Iola kind of being a smaller town, it really fit well because I wasn’t really looking to go out of my dorm too much, or go to places, or party a lot.”

Last season as a freshman, Hardmon made his mark averaging 13 points and eight rebounds per contest.

“He does a lot of things that don’t show up in the box score,” Shaw said. “He just plays relentlessly, and we saw it last year. He

was kind of that quiet leader because we had Perry Carrol, Darius Love, and Wesley Anderson, who were the vocal voices for the team. This year, I challenged him and said that his leadership role was going to have to increase.”

Usually one who leads by example and uses few words, Hardmon reflects that of NBA superstar Kawhi Leonard.

“It is funny that you say that because when I was in high school, everyone always told me that I look like Kawhi Leonard,” Hardmon said. “Everyone tells me that I look like him, act like him, and sound like him.”

Just as Leonard has taken vocal ownership of his Los Angeles Clippers this season, so has Hardmon for ACC. “This year it is his

team, and he has gotten out of his comfort zone, and started speaking probably more than he wants to,” Shaw said.

“He has always led by example by how hard he plays, and he reallys sets the tone for us. He has been getting a lot of compliments from every coach that we’ve played over the course of the whole game.”

Hardmon’s signature performance so far this season came against No. 5 Hutchinson Community College, when he recorded a career high 39 points in the victory.

“When I heard about how good Hutchinson was, I just wanted to beat them,” Hardmon said. “I came out with the mentality that I’m going to go at these guys, and not back down because I don’t like to feel overwhelmed from the

competition. I want to go at the competition.”

Shaw wishes Hardmon had two more seasons with ACC, but such is the plight of every community college.

With a strong two years in the scarlet and black, Hardmon is generating a buzz that most likely will further his basketball career.

“I have heard from Portland State, North Carolina Central, and Malik has heard from Eastern Illinois,” Shaw said. “So the D-I schools are starting to give some interest, and I believe it will only grow from there.”

The 6-5 Hardmon has been deployed as a post player throughout his career, but may be considered undersized for the power forward position at higher levels. So, Hardmon is keen on in-

creasing his versatility to play any position on the court.

Over the off-season, Hardmon made it a point to improve his longrange shooting. Firing at 25% from beyond the arc a season ago, Hardmon has bumped that up to nearly 35%. During this season, ACC assistant coach Stedman Allen has helped Hardmon improve his ball handling.

Although the 3-point sniping and flash handles aren’t there yet, Hardmon is trending in the right direction.

“When I go to my next school, I’m aiming to play in a guard position,” Hardmon said. “I also want to be able to play the three, get to the rim, shoot off the dribble, and be a consistent threat from the outside.”

At the moment, Hard-

mon has bigger fish to fry than deciding his future. The Red Devils are coming off a 93-89 loss to Barton Community College on Saturday that ended an 11-game winning streak.

With the loss, ACC is now tied with Cowley County at 7-1 for the top spot in the Jayhawk East. Hardmon highlights that the Red Devils plan to recover, and build a new winning streak starting at Butler on Wednesday.

“I’m going to lead by example, but at the same time I’m letting these guys know that this conference is always competitive,” Hardmon said.

“I feel like last year we might have gotten a little complacent, and started to take for granted what we had accomplished. So this year, we just need to do what we need to do.”

Ground-and-pound Titans await Chiefs at Arrowhead Continued from B1

moot a fantastic season and calling into question quarterback Lamar Jackson’s playoff panache.

Behind Derrick Henry, who’s on the greatest eight-game stretch by any running back in the history of a league that’s celebrating its centennial season, the Titans are in their first conference championship game in 20 years.

The Chiefs reached their second straight AFC title game at Arrowhead Stadium thanks to a 51-7 run engineered

by Mahomes and helped along by O’Brien’s decisions not to go for it on fourth-and-inches from the Kansas City 13 and then to try a fake punt on fourth-and-4 from his own 31 minutes later

while still ahead 24-7.

BALTIMORE BOWS OUT

Now the Ravens know how the Broncos felt eight years ago when Baltimore upset Denver in double overtime on its way to winning Super Bowl 47.

Riding Peyton Manning’s successful comeback from neck fusion surgery that led to his release from the Colts in 2012, the Broncos entered the playoffs riding an 11-game winning streak and earned the AFC’s top seed with a 13-3 record. But they lost for the first time in 98 days thanks in large part to safety Rahim Moore’s ill-timed jump that allowed Jacoby Jones to haul in a 70-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flac-

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with two timeouts and 31 seconds remaining, playing for overtime instead of a last-second retort.

The 2019 Ravens went 14-2, the best regular season in franchise history, earned a No. 1 seed for the first time, and received a record-breaking performance from Jackson, their secondyear QB who turned the NFL upside down with his unmatched mobility and improved pocket presence. They had 12 players picked to the Pro Bowl, tying a record, and five All-Pros.

And they lost in the divisional round.

“This game is going to be the one that we’ll remember because it’s the last one,” coach John Harbaugh said. “I told them, in the end, there’s only one team that gets to be the one true champion — and that’s not going to be us this year.”

Jackson set an NFL record for yards rushing by a quarterback (1,206) and led an offense that compiled more yards on the ground (3,296) than any in league history.

Although he accounted for more than 500 yards of offense against the Titans, Jackson committed three turnovers and was twice stuffed on fourthand-1 runs in falling to 0-2 in the playoffs.

In addition to finishing sixth in the league in rushing, Jackson threw for 3,127 yards and 36 touchdowns with only six interceptions. But he was picked off twice and lost a fumble against Tennessee.

“I need to improve on everything, whether it’s running, throwing the ball, pocket poise, everything,” Jackson said.

TEXANS TUMBLE

For a while Sunday it

appeared as though the fourth-seeded Texans would be hosting the AFC championship next weekend. But they imploded after jumping out to a big early lead and O’Brien faced the heat for his fake punt that Daniel Sorensen sniffed out in time to stop Justin Reid shy of a first down, giving the Chiefs a short field for a quick touchdown en route to scoring 41 consecutive points.

“We felt like we had to manufacture some points, manufacture some yards and it just didn’t work out. When you’re playing a team that is that explosive on offense, you’ve got to try and keep scoring,” said O’Brien, who also took heat for kicking a short field goal on fourth-andinches rather than going for the first down and potentially a 28-0 lead.

The Texans became the first team in NFL history to lead a playoff game by at least 20 points and then lose by at least 20, and the 24-point lead they squandered tied for the fourth-biggest in playoff history.

Houston quarterback Deshaun Watson came to his coach’s defense when asked if he’s the right man to lead the Texans.

“You might have doubt, but I don’t,” Watson said. “I love that man, and I’ll always play hard for that man.

You all can say what you want to say in the media, but as long as I’m at quarterback, he’s cool with me. He’s got my heart.”

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Burrow leads LSU to National Title Continued from B1

The Tigers (14-1) had won Lawrence’s first 25 starts.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve stood in front of a team after a loss,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.

On this night, Lawrence (18 for 37 for 234 yards) was no match for Burrow — the Ohio State transfer who threw all of 16 TD passes last season with LSU. His ascent has been dizzying and unprecedented. Running a version of the New Orleans Saints’ offense brought to LSU by 30-year-old assistant coach Joe Brady, Burrow and an array of talented receivers transformed these Tigers into one of the most prolific offenses college football has ever seen.

The Saints’ Drew Brees, Burrow’s idol growing up, could not have done it better.

This was Orgeron’s vision for LSU when he was promoted from interim coach in 2016.

There was plenty of skepticism about the Cajun who had failed in his first crack as a head coach with Mississippi.

Orgeron has proved to be the perfect fit for LSU. Just like Burrow.

After tossing his fifth touchdown pass of the night, a perfectly placed jumped ball to Terrace Marshall Jr. from 24 yards out to make it 4225 with 12:08 left in the fourth, Burrow signaled TD and strolled to the sideline.

The Superdome is LSU’s dome away from home, about 80 miles from the Tigers’ Baton Rouge campus — and it was rocking.

The LSU band broke out its unofficial anthem, “Neck,” and as the Tigers bounced and waved towels on the sideline, Burrow just sat on the bench, bobbing his head and waving one

arm.

Joe Cool. Just doing his thing. Next stop: The NFL draft, where he will likely be the first pick in April.

The final score was lopsided, but it was far from easy for LSU and Burrow.

Clemson pushed LSU into the deepest hole it had to climb out of this season in the first half.

Two weeks after Lawrence ran for a careerbest 107 yards against Ohio State, he opened the scoring with a 1-yard jaunt around right end in the first quarter.

After B.T. Potter kicked a career-long 52yard field goal for Clemson to make it 10-7, the Tigers sprung receiver Tee Higgins on a 36-yard reverse for a score to make it 17-7 in the second quarter.

It took LSU 5:19 to wipe that out and take the lead, with Burrow and his favorite receiver, Ja’Marr Chase, doing most of the damage. The Heisman winner hit the Biletnikoff Award winner with a long ball to set up a quarterback draw from 3 yards out to make it 17-14.

Burrow and Chase hooked up for a 14-yard touchdown with 5:19 left in the second quarter and LSU fans erupted as their Tigers took the lead for the first time, 21-17.

They never looked back.

Chase finished with nine catches for 221 yards.

The SEC Tigers weren’t done. Burrow led LSU on a 95-yard drive, taking a hard shot on a long run before finding Thaddeus Moss, son of former NFL star receiver Randy Moss, standing alone in the end zone. That made it 28-17 with 10 seconds left in the half.

Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables flummoxed LSU for most of the first

Tennis: Australian Open

Australian Open qualifying continues despite bad air

By JOHN PYE The Associated Press

The air was considered hazardous for outdoor workers, and described as among the worst in the world.

For professional tennis players, though, it was deemed to be OK for business.

A thick haze enveloped Melbourne as smoke from devastating wildfires drifted over Australia’s southeast.

Fine particles in the air early Tuesday hit the worst of six levels on a scale from good to hazardous, before dropping into the second-worst category, “very poor.”

While public health warnings were regularly being broadcast, some players preparing for the Australian Open were outdoors trying to qualify for the first Grand Slam event of the decade.

There’s long been policies in place for tournament organizers to mitigate for the brutal heat that can be a factor in the Australian summer, and for rain. But problems with air quality are new, and Australian Open organizers are scrambling to deal with it amid the bush fire crisis.

"This is a new experience for all of us in how we manage air quality, so we have to listen to the experts," Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said.

Victoria state’s Chief Health Officer, Brett Sutton, said “overnight for Melbourne it did reach the worst in the world.”

The noxious haze triggered false alarms from hundreds of smoke detectors. Conditions improved as the temperature increased.

Predictions are for air quality to remain poor until Wednesday night.

Monitoring equipment has been installed at various locations within Melbourne Park, and Australian Open organizers have devised an air quality policy for players. They'll consult with medical experts, the weather bureau and scientists from the Environment Protection Authority about whether it’s unsafe to play, Tiley said. Matches would be stopped if conditions became unsafe on medical advice.

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quarter, with tight coverage and hard-to-decipher blitzes. Burrow, Chase and Co. put up 269 yards in the second quarter.

“Coach Venables is great at what he does, it just took us a while to get it figured out,” Burrow said.

Did they ever. LSU dropped 628 yards and six touchdowns on a Clemson team that came in allowing 264 yards and 11.5 points per game.

“Weapons all over the field. We’ve been seeing it all year,” LSU safety Grant Delpit said. “Just seeing how many weapons we had on offense is just crazy.”

Over the last three games of his spectacular season, against Georgia in the Southeastern

Conference championship game and Oklahoma and Clemson in the playoff, Burrow passed for 1,305 yards and 16 touchdowns. LSU won those games by a combined score of 142-63.

When it was all over, Burrow puffed on a victory cigar as he made his way from the locker room to the postgame news conference. No one was about to tell him he couldn’t smoke inside.

This season, LSU’s newest football hero has done just about whatever he wants.

“I don’t know about the whole hero thing,” Burrow said, “but I know this national championship will be remembered for a long time in Louisiana.”

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Boys Basketball Friday: @ Wellsville, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball Friday: @ Wellsville, 6 p.m.

Wrestling Friday: @ Burlington

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Saturday: vs. Coffeyville, 2 p.m.

Boys Basketball Wednesday: @ Butler, 1 p.m.

Saturday: vs. Coffeyville, 4 p.m.

HUMBOLDT Girls Basketball Today: @Fredonia, 6 p.m.

Friday: @ Cherryvale, 6 p.m.

Boys Basketball Today: @Fredonia, 7:30 p.m.

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N MARMATVO ALLEY Girls Basketball Today: vs. St.Paul, 6 p.m.

Friday: @ Pleasanton, 6 p.m.

Boys Basketball Today: vs. St.Paul, 7:30 p.m.

Friday: @ Pleasanton, 7:30 p.m.

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Boys Basketball Friday: @ Jayhawk-Linn, 7:30 p.m.

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Boys Basketball Friday: @ Altoona-Midway, 7:30 p.m.

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Professor gets $800K settlement

(Published in The Iola Register Jan. 14, 2020)

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Newman University professor who alleged the university discriminated against her because she was a woman should receive more than $800,000 in damages and be reinstated, a federal jury ruled Monday.

The jury found in favor of Cindy Louthan, former assistant professor of elementary education at Newman, who sued the private Roman Catholic university in Wichita in 2018.

Cindy Louthan alleged a supervisor was hostile toward women and harassed and discriminated against her because she is female. She also contended the university did not investigate her concerns and punished her when she complained about the supervisor, ending in her losing her job, The Wichita Eagle reported.

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(First published in The Iola Register Jan. 7, 2020) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, for the CIM Trust 2016-2, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-2 Plaintiff, vs.

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Defendants, Case No.19CV39 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the South Door

entrance of the Allen County, Courthouse, Kansas, on January 29, 2020 at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOT FORTY-FIVE (45), COUNTRY ESTATES ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NE1/4 NE1/4 OF SECTION TWENTYTWO (22), TOWNSHIP TWENTY-FOUR (24) SOUTH, RANGE EIGHTEEN (18) EAST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN ALLEX [ALLEN] COUNTY, KANSAS. SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS RESTRICTIONS AND RESERVATIONS WHICH MAY BE OF RECORD. [THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN BRACKETS HAS BEEN ADDED TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.], Parcel ID No. 001-07522-0-10-01-024.00-0. Commonly known as 2821 Dodge Drive, Iola, KS 66749 (“the Property”) MS199505 to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption

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at Melbourne’s Monash University, suggested tennis organizers either delay the tournament, or stage matches only indoors.

“Absolutely. It’s very serious at the moment in Melbourne,” Guo told the Associated Press in a telephone interview. “A low level of air pollution is a real hazard for human health ... so, such high levels in Melbourne is very serious for personal health.

“In general, Melbourne has very good air quality,” Guo added, but at “this stage, air pollution is very serious — terrible.”

Players have previously raised concerns about the health impacts of playing tournaments in parts of China, India and other venues where air quality is at hazardous levels.

“I think the air pollution here because of the bush fires is much worse than Beijing, Mumbai or Delhi,” Guo said.

Novak Djokovic, who has won a record seven Australian Open men’s titles, expressed concerns about the conditions in Melbourne while he was playing at the ATP Cup further north in Brisbane and Sydney last week His Serbia team won the ATP Cup, beating Rafael Nadal’s Spain in the final. Both top-ranked players are part of the men’s player council, which will meet this week to discuss air quality issues.

The Australian Open starts on Monday, and play in the qualifying tournament can potentially continue until Sunday. There are contingencies for all ex-

tremes.

But players have already been affected. At the Kooyong Classic exhibition event, former No. 1 Maria Sharapova struggled in the heat and smoke before her match against Laura Siegemund was called off in the second set.

In Australian Open qualifiers, Dalila Jakupovic was leading against Stefanie Voegele when she dropped to her knees with a coughing spell.

She had breathing difficulties and had to retire from the match.

“I was really scared that I would collapse,” Jakupovic told Australian Associated Press.

“I never had breathing problems. I actually like heat. But ... I just couldn’t breathe anymore and I just fell on the floor.”

Jakupovic said it was “not fair” she’d been asked to play.

Other players, including Alize Cornet, took to social media to say it was a bad idea to be playing.

Eugenie Bouchard, the 2014 Wimbledon finalist, needed medical assistance during her first qualifying match before beating You Xiaodi in almost three hours. Bernard Tomic was rubbing his eyes before his match and needed a medical timeout for breathing issues before losing to Denis Kudla.

Guo advises people to stay indoors, and use air-conditioning and purifiers if accessible.

When going outdoors, he recommends people wear appropriate masks.

Melbourne has three stadium courts with retractable roofs and air-conditioning. There are eight indoor courts

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at the National Tennis Centre, adjacent to the Melbourne Park site.

Those could be used for the Australian Open in extreme circumstances, and are already heavily booked for practice. Organizers are concerned, but not in a panic about the impact of the air quality on the tournament.

Fires have raged in large parts of Australia, but the metropolitan areas of Sydney and Melbourne have been relatively fire free.

The air quality problem is caused by the wind, which has even spread the smoke across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand.

Sports events have been postponed or moved — including an Australian Open tuneup event in Canberra that had to be moved from the capital last week because of air quality issues.

Guo said sports organizers Down Under should be considering long-term strategies for dealing with it.

“Maybe they need to make a plan for the future — Plan B or Plan C,” he said. “Some studies have already been done that show because of climate change, the bush fires will be more and more frequent, last longer and (be) more intense. So the bush fire air pollution will be a very serious problem.”

At least 27 people are dead, including four firefighters, from the fires in four states which have destroyed more than 2,000 homes, killed millions of animals, and scorched an area larger than the U.S. state of Indiana since September. Tennis stars including Serena Williams and other athletes and celebrities have contributed to the fundraising effort for victims of the fires and the volunteers fighting the blazes.

From Monday, there’ll be 128 players in each of the men’s and women’s singles draws, plus others in doubles, juniors and wheelchair events.

And a small army of volunteers, ballkids, umpires and line judges, and catering staff.

Then, of course, there’s the fans. The 2019 Australian Open hit a record 796,435 for attendance, including more than a half-million in the first week.

So there’s more than a match schedule to consider.

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The Astros have fired manager AJ Hinch after a penalty came down for the team’s electronic sign-stealing. ERIK WILLIAMS/USA TODAY SPORTS/TNS

MLB hammers down Houston

By TIM DAHLBERG The Associated Press

AJ Hinch won’t be managing in the big leagues any time soon, if at all. Alex Cora will soon join him in the unemployment line, and it’s hard to believe anyone will ever give him another job that involves being a leader of men.

The punishments — technically Cora’s is still to come — fit the crime, and for that baseball commissioner Rob Manfred deserves a pat on the back. Give another one to Astros owner Jim Crane, who did his part to clean up an increasingly smelly mess in Houston by immediately firing both his manager and general manager.

But that doesn’t bring real justice. It can’t.

Not to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are now at 32 years and counting without a World Series title Not to Clayton Kershaw, whose postseason failings were magnified in game 5 at Minute Maid Park when the Dodgers ace was raked for six runs and didn’t make it out of the fifth inning.

And certainly not to Yu Darvish, whose reputation — and nearly his career — got trashed when he was routed by the Astros in two games of the 2017 World Series.

Yes, the official record shows the Houston Astros are still your 2017 World Series champions and that’s not going to change regardless of the outcry from Southern California.

But does anyone really believe it?

Watch the second inning of Game 3 once again and then decide.

That’s when Darvish was touched up for four runs and the Astros took a 2-1 lead in the series.

It was almost as if the hitters knew what

was coming — which, of course, they did.

If you’re still not convinced, Game 5 should be evidence enough.

Like Game 3 it took place at Minute Maid Park, where the cameras were rolling, the dugout trash can was booming and the Astros bats were blazing.

All with arguably the best pitcher in baseball since the turn of the century on the mound for the Dodgers. Kershaw didn’t make it out of the fifth inning, surrendering six runs in a wild game that saw the Dodgers score a dozen times — and still lose.

It turns out what really happened is the Astros cheated. Cora, their bench coach at the time, concocted a scheme to steal signs that made an already good team even better.

To make matters worse, they celebrated on the field at Dodger Stadium like they had earned every moment of it.

The bitter taste still lingers for both Dodger fans and players.

“We were close, but we did it the right way,’’ National League MVP Cody Bellinger told ESPN before the results of MLB’s investigation were released.

It didn’t help that the Dodgers would make the World Series the next year, too, only to see the visiting team celebrating a championship once again at Dodger Stadium. And who was the manager jumping up and down with his players and spraying champagne with his players for the second year in a row at Chavez Ravine?

That would be Cora, who at least for the moment is still the manager of the Red Sox. Manfred didn’t discipline him Monday but only because MLB is still investigating to see if Cora cheated in Boston as much as he did

in Houston.

And cheat he did as the bench coach of the Astros, setting up the system that fed sign sequences to a monitor near the dugout. Manfred’s investigation put Cora at the center of it all, and the guess is he will eventually be kicked out of baseball, never to return.

So now the Astros will go down in baseball infamy for being cheaters on a level never seen before. They’re not quite the Black Sox of 1919 but the damage they’ve done to the sport is not insignificant.

Their reputation is in tatters, the feel good story of a city recovering from Hurricane Harvey obliterated. There’s an asterisk attached to their championship, and no way for their fans to feel good about anything from the 2017 season.

There’s also no way to make things right for the Dodgers, who were the real victims in all this.

Baseball isn’t about to vacate a title from three years back, and you can’t claim a championship you didn’t win on the field anyway, even if you were cheated.

In the end, the Dodgers never got to hold the World Series trophy.

They sat and shed tears in their clubhouse after Game 7 instead of celebrating with 55,000 faithful fans.

There’s one other thing they missed out on, as Darvish — who was pretty much run out of town by angry Dodger fans after the series — reminded everyone on Twitter after the news broke.

“If the Dodgers are planning a 2017 World Series parade, I would love to join!’’ Darvish tweeted. ‘’So if that is in the works, can someone make a Yu Garbage Jersey for me?’’

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