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Iola loosens energy efficiency standards

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Energy efficiency standards for new construction projects in Iola will no longer be as stringent as they’ve been the past few years.

Iola City Council members on Monday voted, 6-2, to back away from using the International Energy Conservation Code’s 2012 standards, which regulate and govern me-

chanical, lighting and power systems on new residential and commercial structures.

Instead, the city will adhere to IECC’s 2006 standards.

The change came about after the city was approached by developers planning a new Community Health Center clinic on North State Street.

“There’s some significant

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Humboldt targets downtown lighting

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT – Humboldt council members authorized City Administrator Cole Herder to “do what needs done” to identify funds to pay for underground wiring for downtown lighting.

Herder said B&W Trailer Hitches and Monarch Cement “have spent tens of thousands of dollars, probably hundreds of thousands” for materials and labor for a Streetscape program to upgrade and beautify Humboldt’s business district.

Now, wiring needs to be extended under Bridge and New York streets to facilitate the project, including some extensions within the square where Westar has lights on wooden poles fed by overhead lines.

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5-member council proposed

costs to go from requirements from 2006 to 2012” standards, Iola City Administrator Sid Fleming said. “With this project, they’re looking at an additional $90,000.”

The added costs relate primarily to having additional light

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council may not last nearly as long.

City Councilwoman Beverly Franklin asked her fellow elected representatives Monday to consider downsizing Iola’s governing body to five members.

“We have tried eight mem-

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Skylar Hottenstein, a third-grader from Humboldt, is the state Elks Hoop Shoot free throw shooting champion for 8-year-old girls. She will advance to a regional competition in Denver in March, to vie for a bid at the national finals. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Third-grader takes home state free throw shooting crown

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Skylar Hottenstein has turned her competitive zeal into some impressive hardware on the hardwood.

Skylar, 8, took home first place Feb. 4 at the Kansas Elks Hoop Shoot competi-

tion in Wichita.

By winning state — she already had won the local competition hosted by the Iola Elks lodge and a district competition in Chanute — young Hottenstein advances to a regional event March 11 in Denver.

If she wins in Denver, Sklar will advance to the na-

tional finals later this spring in Chicago.

“Her goal was Chicago from the start,” her father, Rick said.

Even better, Skylar’s performance seems to be heating up as the competition grows more intense.

After struggling somewhat at the district level in

Chanute, her numbers improved markedly at the state competition. Skylar drilled 17 of 25 free throws to win in Wichita.

“Now, we’re starting to practice,” her father said.

“The other night, she hit 20 of 25 free throws. We figure See SHOOTER | Page A2

257 considers drug tests

By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

The USD 257 board of education heard information Monday evening about a potential random drug testing policy that could affect students at Iola High School.

According to Assistant Principal Scott Crenshaw, the testing pool would include any student involved

in “school activities” — athletics, dances, drama or other special events.

The parent/guardian and the student are required to sign a consent form and registration form prior to the See DRUGS | Page A2

HMS girls hoops coach resigns

By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

Iola seniors named to Kansas Honors Program High school seniors in the top 1 percent of their class were recognized by the University of Kansas Honors Program Monday night. From Iola, are, from left, Sydney Wade, Victoria Smith, Dacoda Settlemyer, Chase Regehr, Riley Murry, Kendall Jay, Alexis Heslop, and Benjamin Cooper. The evening included a dinner and speech by Saralynn Reece Hardy, director of KU’s Spencer Museum of Art. Students from Fort Scott, Humboldt, Marmaton Valley, Uniontown and Yates Center were also recognized. To see more photos, go to page B6. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN

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HUMBOLDT — USD 258 Board of Education members voted unanimously Monday to accept the resignation of Scott Brady as the middle school girl’s basketball and track coach effective the end of the 2016-2017

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school year.

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Obituaries Sherri Tucker

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Sherri Renee Tucker, 53, Taylor, Neb., passed to our Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Tulsa. She was born in Visilia, Calif., on Sept. 28, 1963, to the marriage of Michael E. Casper and Marilyn F. Jones.

She has two sisters, Michelle Baker and husband Tim, British Columbia, Canada, and Maggie Munoz, Portland, Ore..

She moved to Moran after attending school in Visilia, Calif.

She married twice, producing five children, John J. Covey and wife Christina, Wichita, Michael E. Covey and wife Mindy, Humboldt, of her first marriage; Ryus Tucker, Burwell, Neb., Katelyn Bennett, Kearney, Neb., and Shiann Tucker, Taylor, Neb., of her second marriage.

She is survived by her five children; husband Dewey Tucker; seven grandchildren; her father Mike Casper and wife Luverne; half-brother James Casper, Moran; her mother, Marilyn Richardson and husband Don; her half-brother, Brandon Richardson, Springfield, Ore.; and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. She was a devoted Christian, loving mother, and enjoyed gardening and canning, in addition to nurturing her family. She served her community.

After attending college in Allen County and Oklahoma, she served as a census agent, school substitute teacher and had very successful career with Tupperware Sales.

Sherri will be buried in Nebraska at her favorite church. The Hitchcock Funeral Home in Burwell, Neb., is in charge of her services. Her family wishes to thank all of you for your love and support. In lieu of flowers, any help given to the cure of cancer would be appreciated.

Lester Wolf Lester L. Wolf, 88, passed away Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola.

Lester was born April 17, 1928, near Uniontown, the son of Ora L. and Winnie (McVey) Wolf. He married Norma Jean Cline on Dec. 10, 1949 in Grandview, Wash. They later moved to rural lola to farm with his father. He also worked 19 years at Lehigh Portland Cement, in lola. They later moved to Emporia, where he worked 19 years at Iowa Lester Wolf Beef Packing Co. Lester retired in 1991, and moved to Colville, Wash., in 1992. They returned to Iola in 1996. During his retirement he loved to do woodworking, refinishing furniture and building all types of birdhouses.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his mother Winnie and father Ora l. Wolf, a brother, Harold Wolf, and a sister, Marie Ramsey.

Lester leaves his wife, Norma Jean, of the home; three children, Marsha E. Burris and husband Richard, Iola, Donna Troxel and husband Kerry, Adams, Wis., and son Gary L. Wolf and wife Dee, Emporia.

He’s also survived by seven grandchildren, R. Aaron Burris and wife Heather J., Topeka, Heather D. True and husband Brian, Le Roy, Chris Troxel and wife Audrey, Buffalo, N.Y., Bill Troxel, Coloma, Wis., Melissa Albright and husband Frank, Coloma, Wis., Tyson L. Wolf and wife Stacy, Olpe, and Niki Daniels and husband Rick, Sapulpa, Okla.; 14 great-grandchildren, Glenna, Emily, Brett, Dergan, Jordan, Kessia, Shonie, Reagan, Kyleigh, Frankie, Ashlyn, Daven, Colten and Wyatt; and a greatgreat-grandchild, Liam.

The family will have a private service at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service to the Alzheimer’s Association, Emporia Boy Scout Troop 157 or the Ronald McDonald House.

school year, explained Crenshaw. “Failure to register disqualifies students from participation in athletics, activities, dances, field trips, etc.”

If a student tests positive for an illegal substance, the parent or guardian will be notified, at which point the student will enter an “intervention program” involving a mandatory drug awareness course and the willingness to submit to “mandatory, future drug tests, at the discretion of the building principal, for up to a period of 12 months from the failed drug test.”

Crenshaw — who will take over as high school principal in the fall — was quick to stress that any punishment handed down to a student will be “non-academic” in nature and will only affect the student’s participation in extracurricular activities. For example, a first positive test result might prompt a twoweek suspension from school activities — not

an academic suspension.

This program, said Crenshaw — who pointed to similar policies at Chanute, Central Heights, Osawatomie and Santa Fe Trail — goes a long way toward undermining the effects of peer pressure by giving students an “out.”

“They will have a legitimate reason to refuse to participate in illegal drug use,” said Crenshaw, because, now, “they can blame the school!”

In a point echoed emphatically by Superintendent of Schools Jack Koehn, Crenshaw said the random drug testing policy also fits with the district’s strategic plan in that it prepares students for a work world in which employers routinely lament their inability to find a reliably sober labor force.

The policy discussion is in its early days yet and will receive a fuller airing, and a board vote, at a future meeting.

IN OTHER news: — The board heard

Richard D. Fry, 58, Olathe, died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 at Olathe Medical Center.

A 5 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will follow visitation from 4 to 5 Thursday at Church of the Ascension, 9510 W. 127th St., Overland Park. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church, Iola.

Inurnment will follow at Highland Cemetery, Iola. The family will greet friends for a celebration of Richard’s life following the inurnment at Millers on Madison, 415 W. Madison Ave. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dean Fry Education Fund or Scout Troop No. 201, Overland Park.

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the donation of land located at 512 Osage St., for their next building trade site.

During discussions, Kay Lewis, superintendent of schools, said there is a large amount of surplus building materials in the board’s basement and in the shed of the elementary school. She said she would like to see the items auctioned in a silent auction.

“It is like a hoarder’s house in the basement,” Lewis said.“There is a lot stuff in there.”

A list of items will be presented to the board at a later date.

Board members also unanimously agreed to adopt a K-12 suicide manual upon Lewis’s recommendation that it

was well written by counselors employed by the school district. She said it is mandated by law that all staff participate annually in one hour of training in suicide awareness and prevention.

Lewis said she contacted 365 Energy, Lawrence, regarding problems with the underground heat source.

After an evaluation, options for repair will be discussed at a future board meeting.

Dunlap Industries contacted Lewis regarding the board’s potential purchase of a floor cover for the new gymnasium. The floor covering retails for $11,000, but according to Lewis the board can purchase it for $2,800 through the Facility Hope Program.

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high school principal Stacey Fager on the benefits of moving toward a virtual driver’s education program facilitated by Greenbush. The online program would center on the mandatory classroom portion of driver’s ed, of course; students would continue to receive regular in-car instruction in Iola.

— The board, in their role as Bowlus Trustees, voted to approve Hofer & Hofer & Associates, Inc. (Humboldt) as construction managers of the Bowlus Fine Arts Cen-

ter’s building addition.

— The board accepted the resignations of music teacher, Karly Mayfield; elementary counselor, Anne Marie Strobel; athletic director, Martin Bambick; fourthgrade teacher, Scott Riebel; and high school secretary, Shellie Regehr.

Retirements were: ag instructor, Charlie Kerr; high school basketball coach and PE teacher, Becky Carlson and guidance secretary Terri Anderson. The board hired Brad Crusinbery as IMS principal (2017-18).

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it’ll take at least that to go on to Chicago.”

Skylar’s mother, Andrea, attributes her daughter’s competitiveness to athletic endeavors with two older siblings.

“She’s always been pretty competitive,” Andrea said.

“She’s a good ath-

lete,” Rick added.

But her strongest suit may be her unflappable nature, her father said. She rarely changes expression , even after missing.

“It’s fun and exciting,” Skylar said. “I like competing.”

She is a third-grader at Humboldt Elementary School.

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Lewis said it has been a week of audits. On Tuesday, the school district did well on a federal food service audit, Lewis said.

“We just had some minor things to fix and actually they have all pretty much been fixed,” Lewis said.

On Wednesday a safety audit, which according to Lewis deals with building safety and security, marked a few minor things that needed attention.

“The fire extinguisher needed to be attached to a wall and there were cords that were on a floor by a desk that

needed to be covered,” Lewis said.

Then Lewis said a fiscal audit went well but for “one small hiccup.”

“We duplicated the number of driver’s ed students from 16 to 32,” Lewis said.She said there will be a deduction in November’s payment due to this error.

Lewis discussed with members the passing of Erin’s Law by the Kansas State Legislature.

She said it presented an opportunity for additional training for students and pointed out that parents may opt their children out of it, if they so choose.

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noted. Cost facing the city is $20,000 to $25,000, he said, with about $14,000 available in community development and downtown action funds. The remainder may be taken from gas reserves, he added.

The city’s obligation to the project has been extending electricity as well as water. Downtown sidewalks have a new look, including cutouts where trees will be planted, as well as new hydrants and new light fixtures.

Council members also agreed with Police Chief Brian Dillow to find a new pickup truck and SUV to replace two police cars that have 140,000 and 170,000 miles on each. Dillow has $26,000 sequestered and the remainder, estimated at $34,000, will come from a lease-purchase agreement Herder will arrange.

The department has replaced a vehicle every two years, but with two purchases this year will postpone making another until 2021. The

other two cruisers on hand are a 2015 Taurus with 25,000 miles and a 2013 pickup with 21,000 miles.

Dillow also said the department’s 10-session DARE program would start in Humboldt schools soon; a DUI class will be provided at the high school; and a bike rodeo will be in early May. IN OTHER BUSINESS, council members:

— Signed off on sewer system improvements that have been in the planning stage for some time. Nearly 55,000 feet – better than 10 miles – of mains will be lined, as well as 276 vertical feet of manholes. Also, 530 service taps will be repaired. The project will cost $6.2 million, including design work and engineering. A $500,0000 Community Development Block Grant will pay a portion, with the rest coming from an interim Kansas Department of Health and Environment loan and, when all is completed, a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Devel-

opment loan. Loans will be repaid through sewer service revenue. Sewer rates will increase by 5 percent this year and in 2018 and 2019.

— Water rates were raised 3 percent in the city and 4 percent for rural users for this year and in 2018 and 2019, to pay for a survey of the water system and whatever repairs should be required.

— Approved a request from Sean McReynolds, chief of the volunteer fire department, to seek a $2,199.60 grant from USDA-Rural Development to help purchase eight sets of breathing apparatus and other gear for fighting structure fires. Cost will be $14,664. A $10,998 grant is in hand from the state fire marshal’s office, and the remainder, $1,446.40 is available in the department’s budget.

— Learned a Re-Imagine Humboldt Down Summit, sponsored by Thrive Allen County, will be at the Room on the Square, 806 Bridge St., starting at 5:30 p.m.

March 1. Discussion will follow dinner. “Ask

people to come,” Herder admonished council members. “It’d be great if we had 100 or more.”

The event will focus on what residents would like seen done to improve Humboldt.

— Were told Weide Monuments had moved from the old City Hall, which it had rented.

“We need to consider what our options are with the building,” Herder said, allowing repairs to bring it up to code and good condition “probably would cost more than it is worth.”

— Learned a pet clinic will be Feb. 23 at the Camp Hunter (south park) cabin. Red Barn

Veterinary Service, Iola, will offer rabies and other vaccinations for dogs and cats, $25 for one shot, $28 for two. Licenses for each species will be $5.

— Were told Humboldt Lions will have an Easter egg hunt on the square at 10 a.m. April 15.

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bers, and I believe five members would do just as good,” she said.

Her vision would have a single council member in each of Iola’s four voting wards with one “floating” at-large member. The current eight-member council features two representatives from each ward.

“I want to toss that out as something for everyone to think about,” she said.

Her comments resonated with fellow Councilman Aaron Franklin, who said

he’s been approached “by quite a few people” asking him to consider a smaller governing body.

City Administrator Sid Fleming said Iolans have mentioned the idea to him as well.

He suggested the Council consider a strategic planning session if members feel further debate is warranted.

Iola voters in 2009 approved a referendum to wipe away the city’s charter ordinance that established the threemember commission.

An advisory com-

mittee was split on what kind of governing body could replace the commission, however, and the three city commissioners — Bill Maness, Bill Shirley and Craig Abbott — eventually approved a charter ordinance setting a five-member commission.

That ordinance, too, was rejected by voters in 2010.

The resulting default governing body established by state law — an eight-member council — was put into place in April 2011.

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fixture controls with dimmer switches, Fleming said.

The city has heard other similar complaints, Fleming added.

He noted other communities Iola’s size tend to use the 2006 standards.

The differences between the two standards do not justify the cost, he concluded.

Councilman Aaron Franklin, who cast one of the two dissenting votes, said he preferred to see Iola keep the 2012 standards and allow exemptions on a case-bycase basis.

“Focusing on energy efficiency is important for the longevity of our planet,” Franklin said.

Councilman Bob

Shaughnessy cast the other dissenting vote.

As a licensed contractor, he cited strengths and drawbacks from switching efficiency standards.

“The more efficient you can make it, the better off you’ll be in the long run,” Shaughnessy said.

Conversely, “I don’t like having somebody telling me what I have to do. It’s probably not necessary.”

Nevertheless, he voted alongside Franklin in favor of the tougher standards..

Voting in favor of using the older, less stringent standards were Don Becker, Beverly Franklin, Nancy Ford, Austin Sigg, Jon Wells and Sandy Zornes.

“This issue has come up before,” Fleming

said. “Now we can say we’re following code, rather than making exemptions we don’t have authority to make.”

COUNCIL members voted 8-0 to assist the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility’s “trap-neuter-release” campaign to help control the feral cat population in Iola.

Armed with a $5,000 grant from The Petco Foundation, ACARF has asked the city help increase its trapping efforts.

The felines would be given a quick health evaluation, neutered (or spayed), and after a 24-hour observation period, released back in the same area in which it was trapped.

To make the program run smoothly, ACARF has asked the city to acquire several new live animal traps.

The traps will be the city’s to keep, but will be used by ACARF during the TNR project.

“Our (trap) supply is kind of low, anyway,” Fleming said.

Additionally, the city will chip in $1,000 out of its animal control budget to help pay for additional neutering operations for the feral cats.

Such a cost now should pay off in the long run, Wells agreed.”It’s the only way to keep the cat population in check.”

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Council members approved the restaurant’s CMB license for 2017.

The license lapsed Dec. 31 because firefighters weren’t allowed access for an inspection prior to the end of 2016, one of the prerequisites for a license to sell beer.

That access for an inspection was granted in late January, Fleming said. Firefighters found a couple of “minor issues,” but otherwise gave the restaurant a passing grade.

A COMMUNITY resource guide will better assist residents in dire need of quality housing.

Damaris Kunkler, program director at Thrive Allen County, told Council members about the resource guide’s development through the Allen County Connectors and now through Humanity House.

The need for such a guide was proven last summer in LaHarpe, when occupants of a condemned house had to find a new place to live in short order, Kunkler said.

She and Georgia Masterson, who works through Humanity House, worked with the family for about four months before a new place to live could be found.

“We worked alongside them to get quality housing as fast as possible,” Kunkler said, “and it still took four months.”

The resource guide will feature a list of agencies and organizations available to help families in need. They’ll be available at each city clerk’s office in Allen County, Kunkler said.

Kunkler also hopes to work with city code officers to help them better information notifying occupants of available resources if they are ordered out of a condemned structure.

THE CITY will dial back its efforts to rid its water supply of cryptosporidium.

Fleming explained how using three sepa-

rate treatment processes removed the cryptosporidium above and beyond what are set by state and federal clean water standards.

One component — increasing ozone levels in the water — has resulted in increased levels of bromate, Fleming said.

While the bromate levels (and ozone and cryptosporidium for that matter) are all well within compliance, Water Plant Superintendent Toby Ross has recommended using less ozone to curb the bromate levels.

Council members agreed, voting 8-0 to hire Professional Engineering Consultants (PEC) to oversee the new treatment process, and to determine if any other remedies should be deployed.

Cryptosporidium is a microscopic parasite found primarily in water, and is considered by the Centers For Disease Control as a leading cause of waterborne disease among humans in the United States.

The parasite is protected by an outer shell that allows it to survive outside the body for long periods of time and makes it difficult to remove through chlorine disinfection.

SEVERAL personnel changes were approved.

Jacqie Spradling, assistant Allen County attorney, was hired as the city’s prosecuting attorney for the Iola Municipal Court.

Also hired were Darrel Chester in the code enforcement office, Ryan Eisenbart within the Street and Alley Department and Trevor Beyer in the Parks Department.

Tom Nevans is retiring from the Parks Department.

Jason McManus has resigned from the Fire Department, while firefighter Kevin Seabolt’s contract was terminated. As per city’s personnel policy, the reason for the termination was not made public.

Dane Byerley was promoted within the Fire Department.

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By KATHY MCEWAN Southwind Extension

Love is in the air this week and there is no better time to show a little love for yourself than by taking care of your own heart! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, but heart disease is preventable and controllable.

We can start by taking small steps every day to bring our loved ones and ourselves closer to heart health.

As you begin your journey to better heart health, keep these things in mind: • Don’t become overwhelmed. Every step brings you closer to a healthier heart. • Don’t go it alone. The journey is more fun when you have company. Ask friends and family to join you. • Don’t get discouraged.

You may not be able to take all of the steps at one time. Get a good night’s sleep and do what you can do again tomorrow. • Reward yourself. Find fun things to do to decrease your stress. Round up some colleagues for a lunchtime walk, join a singing group, or have a

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High blood pressure often has no symptoms, so be sure to have it checked regularly. You can do this at home, at many pharmacies, or at your doctor’s office.

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If youth are planning to do farm work, and it is for someone other than a parent or guardian, and youth are 14 or 15 years of age, a tractor safety course is required following the U.S. Department of Labor requirements before youth can be employed at certain hazardous farm tasks. This includes operating a tractor over 20 horsepower.

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ty Training Course in Iola at the Courthouse Assembly Room. The course will begin at 5 p.m. and should conclude by 8:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per student to cover the safety manual, supplies and pizza.

Transportation will be coordinated through the Extension Office as to encourage parents to carpool.

The registration deadline is March 3 at your local Extension Office.

Police reports Arrests reported Iola police officers executed a search warrant early Sunday morning at 914 N. Buckeye St. There, they arrested Harmony Clark, Clarence Garber, Justice Boll and Cortney Sczuka, all of Iola, for suspicion of possessing marijuana and drug

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Be wary of turning to private prisons Several years ago there was a move afoot in Yates Center to build a private prison. The thought was it would be an economic boost for the town, which then and today is known as the Hay Capital of Kansas.

Derek Schmidt, a Kansas senator at the time, gave his support. The Department of Corrections was amenable to taking a look. Private prisons in Texas were cited as examples of efficiency and cost-savings. To fill security positions, residents of Woodson and nearby counties were assured they would finds jobs waiting.

The idea eventually drifted away.

The Associated Press reported Feb. 3 DOC Secretary Joe Norwood announced the state would solicit proposals from private companies to build a new prison in Lansing, on the promise it would be safer and cheaper to maintain.

A lease-purchase agreement would pay for the facility, which didn’t resonate with all legislators: “This is a back door to privatization of our corrections system,” said Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka. Her suspicions may have been fertilized by Norwood’s announcement that didn’t make clear how Kansas would finance the project, only that it would be “budget neutral” for the DOC. John Hanna, veteran AP Statehouse reporter, said Norwood’s announcement was a bolt from the blue for legislators, who are tackling not only a $320 million budget shortfall that must be closed by June 30, but also close to $1 billion that must be made up through June 2019.

The Lansing prison, dating to the Civil War, would be razed, except for a small original part preserved for history’s sake. The prison has long rows of tiered cells rather than the modern pod concept, which gives security advantages, and is rated at 2,405 male inmates; usually its population is near capacity.

THE MOST notable of Kansas privatization efforts has been KanCare, a program that has three private insurance companies administering Medicaid for 415,000 residents. By many accounts KanCare’s success has been underwhelming. Kansas Medicaid has been beleaguered by Gov.

Sam Brownback’s refusal to accept more than $1 billion in federal funding to expand coverage.

Is rebuilding Lansing Correctional Facility a progenitor for privately operated prisons in Kansas? At this point that is anyone’s guess. DOC spokesman Todd Fertig told the AP if (emphasis added) the department leases the new prison, workers would remain state employees.

Private prisons, housing somewhere over 10 percent of U.S. inmates, have not proven conclusively to be a high-growth enterprise.

Not all have been successful.

According to an investigation by National Public Radio’s All Things Considered: “Critics have long questioned quality of private prisons and the promise of economic benefits …” A 464-bed, $27 million private prison in Montana completed in 2007 went nine years without occupants and at the most has had 250 in the last year. Benefits to Hardin, where it was built, have been grotesquely negative.

In Arizona, the auditor general found it “might be more expensive to hold Arizona prisoners in private, for-profit facilities than in public ones.”

Private prison safety and security also are concerns, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. An ACLU study claims “violence is actually higher in private prisons.”

What are we to think?

Trump rails about government inefficiency and cost overruns, and such glaring revelations as $100 claw hammers and $150 toilet seats send taxpayers into frenzies.

We must remember that if Kansas were to follow Texas’ lead and start turning prison construction and operation over to private companies, each has stockholders and a board of directors all of whom hang on profit-and-loss statements.

We think until private prisons elsewhere categorically prove they can operate without doing so on the cheap and exacerbating security problems brought about by being driven by the bottom line, we’re better off in Kansas to give the responsibility to the DOC and state employees.

— Bob Johnson

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Judicial pay point of concern One of the ironies from the small government crowd is that there exists two competing and irreconcilable realities.

On one hand, they want government to shrink, to have fewer employees and to cost less. On the other hand, they typically expect the government to do for them the things they expect government to do. Like clear the streets after a snowstorm, maintain a system that delivers potable water to homes and provide for the public safety of its citizens.

Perhaps nowhere does that conflict exist more than in the world of law enforcement and public safety. People expect criminals to be captured, tried and incarcerated, and support for the legal system and, in particular, law enforcement is always among the low-hanging fruit of political stances.

Yet that legal system designed to provide for the public’s safety requires money, and moreover, it requires money to pay its employees, without whom the system would not be able to function

well at all. But as Ellis County District Court Clerk Amanda Truan told lawmakers last week, the legal system is suffering thanks to an ever-present desire to make government more affordable.

Truan pointed out that employees starting out at retailer Hobby Lobby can earn a higher salary than employees of the state of Kansas who are tasked with managing the state’s legal proceedings. Roughly a quarter of the state’s judicial employees make less than the poverty level for a family of four, and many hold additional jobs to make ends meet.

In the past, efforts to realign employee salaries to make them more competitive with better market rates have been met with resistance from lawmakers, who often cite a desire by the voting public to restrict and restrain public spending. Yet those same voters expect — even demand — that the state continue to perform its functions as it always has without a reduction in service or an increase in expense.

“We are in trouble,” 25th

Judicial District Chief Judge Wendel Wurst told lawmakers, adding that positions remain unfilled because potential employees can secure higher wages elsewhere.

Despite the prevailing thought among many Kansans, government isn’t a monolithic beast that exists outside of the real world.

Government, especially at the state and local level, is made up of people who are tasked with carrying out the business of the people. They file paperwork, help people navigate a complicated system, clear roads, repair systems and maintain order. These things require people, and people require money.

While arguments can be made about the scale and cost of government overall, the truth is that people will have to decide what functions they deem worth paying for, and if they expect those functions to continue, they’ll have to be willing to put up enough money to make it a viable and attractive career for the people capable of doing the work.

— Salina Journal

The Yemen mess: Take the hint and extract U.S. forces Two new developments related to Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the world, raise again in stark terms the question of why the United States continues to participate in the effort led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to pound that Middle Eastern country of 27 million into uninhabitable rubble.

The first of these, a result of years of extensive U.S.supported bombing, drone attacks and other military action against one of the factions in Yemen, is that a formidable level of famine is threatening the population of the country, including an estimated 2.1 million children.

Humanitarian donors estimate that 12 million Yemenis are already suffering from malnutrition. The United Nations gauges that $2.1 billion will be needed to prevent a crisis of dying Yemenis. It also estimates that donors will respond only feebly, given other

demands on resources from other war-damaged economies, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Southern Sudan and Syria.

The second development is that even the Yemeni government that the United States and Saudi Arabia support —that of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, contested by Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen, former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (a Sunni Muslim) and other elements — decided in the wake of a disastrous U.S. Special Forces attack in Yemen Jan. 29 that it will agree to no further U.S. raids and other ground operations in Yemen.

U.S. Special Forces assaulted a village deep inside Yemen with President Donald Trump’s approval. In addition to one American soldier, a number of Yemeni civilians including women and children were killed, and the intelligence harvest, the alleged object of the exercise,

the total of which remains to be revealed, seems to have been meager. One acquisition which the Department of Defense first vaunted, then backed away from, was a copy of a 10-year-old training film that had already been on the internet.

Here is a chance for Mr. Trump’s new national security team to save some money and stop perpetuating America’s participation in what are atrocities in humanitarian terms by ending U.S. military activities in Yemen, as its government has requested. This could include the expensive bombing which has the United States knee-deep in an intra-Islamic struggle between Sunnis and Shiites, Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Osprey aircraft lost in the most recent raid alone cost $71 million.

Let the Yemenis, Saudis and Emiratis fight it out if they feel the need to. America should not be involved.

— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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President Donald Trump, (Republican) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; phone (switchboard): (202) 456-1414; (comments): (202) 4561111

Gov. Sam Brownback, (Republican) Capital, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; phone: (785) 2963232; www.governor. ks.gov/comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-4774; Email: www.roberts. senate.gov/public/index. cfm?p=EmailPat

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-6521; Pittsburg: 306 N. Broadway, Suite 125, Pittsburg, KS, 66762; (620) 232-2286. Email: moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; phone: (202) 225-6601; Pittsburg: 701 N. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762; phone: (620) 231-5966. Email: lynnjenkins.house.gov/ contact-me/

Sen. Caryn Tyson, (Republican) State Capitol-236 E Topeka, KS 66612 phone: (785) 2966838; e-mail: caryn. tyson@senate.ks.gov or 19984 County Rd. 1077 Parker, KS 66072 phone: (913) 898-2366

Rep. Kent Thompson, (Republican) House District No. 9, phone: (620) 496-7200 State Capitol, Room 050-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, or phone: 620-496-2255 1816 2800 St., LaHarpe, KS 66751 email: kent@iolare. kscoxmail.com

Rep. Adam Lusker, (Democrat) House District No. 2, phone: (785) 2967698 State Capitol, Room 043-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, email: adam.lusker@ house.ks.gov

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Neighboring Pittsburg has identified six confirmed cases of mumps so far this month and the number is expected to rise, according to Janis Goedeka, director of the Crawford County Health Department. Five of the confirmed cases are related to non-vaccinatedpatients and in the one remaining case, the person is fully vaccinated, Goedeka said.

Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma are all experiencing an onslaught of the virus characterized by puffy cheeks, a swollen jaw and a fever.

Goedeke said she attributes the rising cases to those infected traveling between the states and said investigations are taking place at a state level to identify whether the current strain is a “variation of the virus” that may not be affected by current vaccination processes or the possibility of waning vaccination protection.

According to the Center For Disease Control and Prevention’s website, “MMR vaccine prevents most, but not all, cases of mumps and complications caused by the disease. People who have received two doses of the MMR vaccine are about nine times less likely to get mumps than unvaccinated people who have the same exposure to the mumps virus.”

Through Jan. 27 states in the U.S. reported a combined total of 495 mumps cases.

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By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hall of Fame coach Bill Snyder has been diagnosed with throat cancer, though treatments are going well and he expects to be on the field when Kansas State begins spring practice next month.

The 77-year-old Snyder addressed his health in a statement Monday, shortly after rumors began to circulate

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that he was seeking treatment for an undisclosed illness.

Snyder said he has been receiving outpatient treatment for about three weeks at The University of Kansas Hospital with consultation from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

He said specialists at both medical centers “projected a positive outcome.”

“I feel bad having to release this information about my health in this manner prior

to sharing it in person with so many personal friends, distant family, players and their families, past and present, and many of the Kansas State football family so close to our program,” he said. “But with so much talk presently out there, I certainly owe it to everyone to make them aware of my condition.”

Snyder did not describe the severity of the cancer, nor did See SNYDER | Page B4

Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder rides on the shoulders of his players as he is carried off the field after a 34-19 win against Kansas for his 200th career victory, at Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan on Nov. 26, 2016. Bo Rader/Wichita Eagle/TNS

College Basketball: Kansas 84, West Virginia 80, overtime

By RUSTIN DODD The Kansas City Star

SURPRISE, Ariz. — In the days before camp, they hung a large black banner over the front exit to the Royals clubhouse. This is the first sign that this spring training will be different.

The memorial cloth stretches close to three feet across and two feet high. On the front, in big white block letters, is the same tribute that you will see covering the shoulders of Royals jerseys this season: “ACE 30.”

Across the room is an empty locker where Yordano Ventura used to dress. In another corner, there are young teammates he used to laugh with.

All around are reminders large and small, little memorials to Ventura, the righthanded pitcher who died on Jan. 22 in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic.

“It’s not something we’re going to get over,” first baseman Eric Hosmer said, standing in front of his locker on Monday morning. “It’s not something we’re going to forget.”

Ventura is gone now, and the season is here, and those two realities collided once more on Monday morning as the Royals’ pitchers and catchers officially reported to spring training. In all, 31 pitchers and eight catchers were set to arrive Monday. Those players will take the field for the first time on Tuesday morning.

The rest of the roster will officially report Thursday before the first full-squad workout Friday.

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Kansas point guard Frank Mason III cruises to the basket for two against West Virginia on Monday night in Lawrence.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Frank Mason III and Devonte Graham never felt as though the game was over, even when they huddled around coach Bill Self with less than four minutes to go and Kansas trailing West Virginia by 14 points.

“We just talked about staying in it.

‘We can do it.’ Coach kept telling us we were going to step up and make plays,” Graham said later, “and everybody stepped up and made plays.”

The two starting guards made the ones that mattered most.

Mason poured in 24 points, including the two free throws that forced overtime, and Graham hit two of his five 3-pointers in the extra period and

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By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A person familiar with the deal says the Kansas City Royals and left-hander Travis Wood have agreed to a $12 million, two-year contract.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal is pending a physical.

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Outfielder Jorge Soler arrived in a trade for closer Wade Davis and right-hander Jason Hammel agreed to a $16 million, two-year contract.

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By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

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We are only two weeks from determining who will be heading to the state basketball playoffs.

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By STEPHEN BRAUN and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fired by one American commander in chief for insubordination, Michael Flynn has now delivered his resignation to another.

President Donald Trump had been weighing the fate of his national security adviser, a hardcharging, feather-ruffling retired lieutenant general who just three weeks into the new administration had put himself in the center of a controversy.

Flynn resigned late Monday.

At issue was Flynn’s contact with Moscow’s ambassador to the United States. Flynn and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak appear to have discussed U.S. sanctions late last year, raising questions about whether he was freelancing on foreign policy while President Barack Obama was still in office and whether he misled Trump officials about the calls.

The center of a storm is a familiar place for Flynn. His military career ended when Obama dismissed him as defense intelligence chief. Flynn claimed he was pushed out for holding tougher views than the Obama administration about Islamic extremism. But a former senior U.S. official who worked with Flynn said the firing was for insubordination, after the Army lieutenant general failed to follow guidance from superiors.

Once out of government, he disappeared into the murky world of midlevel defense contractors and international influence peddlers. He shocked his former colleagues a little more than a year later by appearing at a Moscow banquet headlined

by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Given a second chance by Trump, Flynn, a lifelong if apolitical Democrat, became

a trusted and eager confidant of the Republican candidate, joining antiHillary Clinton campaign chants of “Lock Her Up” and tweeting that “Fear of Muslims is RATIONAL.” As national security adviser, Flynn required no Senate confirmation vote or public vetting of his record, and his tenure was brief but turbulent.

The Washington Post and other U.S. newspapers, citing current and former U.S. officials, reported last week that Flynn made explicit references to U.S. sanctions on Russia in conversations with Kislyak. One of the calls took place on Dec. 29, the day Obama announced new penalties against Russia’s top intelligence agencies over allegations they meddled in the U.S. election process to help Trump win.

While it’s not unusual for incoming administrations to have discussions with foreign governments before taking office, the repeated contacts just as the U.S. was pulling the trigger on sanctions suggests Trump’s team might have helped shape Russia’s response. They also contradicted denials about such discussions of the sanctions by several Trump administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence.

Flynn later backed off his adamant denials. On Friday, he said he “no recollection” of discussing sanctions policy but “can’t be certain,” according to an official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity.

He apologized to Pence, who, apparently relying on Flynn’s denials, vouched for him on television. In his resignation letter, Flynn said he held numerous calls with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. during the transition and gave “incomplete information” about those

discussions to Pence.

For days, Trump was publicly and unusually quiet on the matter. While his aides were declaring the president had confidence in Flynn, Trump privately told associates he was troubled by the situation, according to a person who spoke with him recently.

INSUBORDINATION:

Flynn’s sparkling military resume had included key assignments at home and abroad, and high praise from superiors.

The son of an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean war, Flynn was commissioned as a second lieutenant in May 1981 after graduating from the University of Rhode Island. He started in intelligence, eventually commanding military intelligence units at the battalion and then brigade level. In the early years of the Iraq war, he was intelligence chief for Joint Special Operations Command, the organization in charge of secret commando units like SEAL Team 6 and Delta Force.

He then led intelligence efforts for all U.S. military operations in the Middle East and then took up the top intelligence post on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon.

In the spring of 2014, after less than two years on the job, he was told to pack his bags.

According to Flynn’s telling, it was his no-nonsense approach to fighting Islamic extremist groups that caused the rift.

A former senior Obama administration official who was consulted during the deliberations disputed that account. Flynn was relieved of his post for insubordination after failing to follow guidance from superiors, including James Clapper, Obama’s director of national intelligence, said the official, who asked for anonymity to discuss personnel matters.

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Column: Substate playoffs begin in two weeks for local teams Continued from B1

are right on the Wolves’ heels at 8-8 and are led by a pair of double-digit scorers with junior Meagan Wright scoring 12.9 points per game and senior Cambri Conrad at 12.7.

Southern Coffey County will likely face the Hornets in the first round.

Burlingame is 4-13 this season and is in line for the sixth seed.

substate locations. Here are the potential matchups for all of the teams.

with their Three Rivers League schedule and have challenged themselves with playing several bigger schools outside of league play.

Forward Brandon Gray will be a matchup problem with his size and athleticism for whomever the Jayhawks face.

Cherryvale will be a middle-seeded team at substate, but has shown they can play with the top teams with a win over Erie this season.

They played within 10 points of Humboldt last week.

Senior Garrett Vigil is their leading scorer averaging 13.8 points per game.

Cherokee-Southeast, Riverton and NortheastArma will likely be seeded sixth though eighth.

In the girls bracket, Humboldt will be a favorite with its 15-2 record, but with no ranked teams in the substate, it should be a very competitive field.

Erie is only 9-7 this season, but has delivered Humboldt one of its losses this season.

Galena is 10-6 this season and will likely be one of the top-three seeds. They are a possible finals matchup for the Cubs.

Northeast Arma is 8-9 this year and may be set for a four-five matchup with Three Rivers League rival JayhawkLinn in the four-five matchup for the right to face Humboldt.

The Jayhawks beat Northeast Arma earlier this year, but Northeast Arma features one of the top scorers in Southeast Kansas with senior Kelsea Choate averaging 17.5 points per game.

Riverton, Cherryvale and Cherokee-Southeast will round out the rest of the bracket.

CLASS 2A Yates Center and Marmaton Valley will share a substate location at Uniontown this season.

Pittsburg-St. Marys C o l g a n will enter the tournament as the f avo r i t e s on the boys side with Yates Center representing a possible upset pick.

Colgan is 11-4 this season and the No. 5 ranked team in the state.

The host school Uniontown should also find its way to the semifinals.

The Eagles lost by only five points to Yates Center earlier this season and have proven an ability to match up with anyone.

West Elk also enters the tournament with a winning record at 12-5 with an 11-point loss to Yates Center earlier this season.

Oswego, Pleasanton, Madison-Hamilton and Marmaton Valley will round out the field with Oswego likely being the fifth seed and Pleasanton the sixth seed.

Marmaton Valley appears to have the inside track on Madison-Hamilton for the seventh seed.

On the girls side of the bracket, no team cracks the state rankings which should provide for an interesting battle for the state spot.

Colgan currently has a 10-5 record and would appear to be the leading contender for a trip to Manhattan.

West Elk has put together an 11-6 season so far and also looks like a contender to make the final and earn its way to state.

Oswego is 11-5 and will battle for one of the top seeds in these final weeks of the regular season.

Senior Madison Sheddrick leads the Indians with 11.7 points per game.

Uniontown will hope their home-court advantage will lead to some upsets. The Eagles currently are 9-8.

Madison-Hamilton is also above .500 with an 8-7 record.

Pleasanton looks to be in line for the sixth seed with a 7-8 record.

Yates Center will be the seventh seed and Marmaton Valley will likely be the eighth seed.

CLASS 1A-I Southern Coffey County will have a difficult road as its teams will travel to Olpe for substate.

The boys bracket features the fifth-, sixthand tenth-ranked teams in Kansas.

No. 5 Olpe is 12-5 this season, but two of their losses are to Southern Coffey County, No. 10 Burlingame and No. 6 Lebo.

Lebo is 13-3 this sea-

son.

The wild card is Burlingame.

Burlingame isn’t ranked as highly as the other two squads in the bracket, but they have wins over both and will likely be the top seed on the strength of a 15-2 record.

Southern Coffey County and St. Paul will likely do battle in the four-five game of the six-team tournament with Chetopa rounding out the field as the sixth seed.

The girls side would appear to be more clear cut.

Olpe is the No. 2

ranked team in the state with a 16-1 record and the host-school would seem to be a very heavy favorite as the only ranked team in the substate. Their only loss this season is to Waverly, the No. 1 ranked team in Class 1A-II. Other than games against Waverly, no team has played Olpe closer than 28 points.

St. Paul is looming though. They have losses to Frontenac and Columbus, but are 13-2 overall and haven’t lost to a Class 1A-II squad.

Lebo is the front-runner for the three seed with a 9-6 record.

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CLASS 1A-I Crest will be going to Waverly for its substate.

On the boys side Hartford is the clear favorite.

The Jaguars are 13-4 and ranked as the No. 2 team in the state.

Crest will likely be the No. 2 seed and face threeseeded Waverly in one semifinal.

The host Bulldogs are 5-11 this season.

Marais des Cygnes Valley and AltoonaMidway have combined for one win this season — coming when the Trojans beat the Jets. They will face off again for the right to play Hartford in the other semifinal.

The girls side of the bracket features the No. 1 ranked team in the state. Waverly currently is 15-1 and has two seniors averaging over 16 points per game with Bailey Massoth and Payton Meador.

Hartford is 9-8 this season and led by junior Morgan Bolen and her 15.3 points per game average. They will be the two seed and face Crest in the semifinals.

Marais des Cygnes Valley and Altoona Midway will be the four-five matchup.

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On the boys side, the Cubs will likely be the favorites going in.

Humboldt is currently the No. 3 ranked team in the state and holds a 16-1 record.

The rest of the field at Erie includes: Riverton, Jayhawk-Linn, Galena, C h e r o ke e - S o u t h e a s t , Northeast Arma, Cherryvale and Galena.

The only other ranked team in that field is Galena, who is 14-1 and ranked No. 6 in the state.

The host school Erie has saddled Humboldt with its only loss this season and carries a 13-4 record.

Jayhawk-Linn will also be a team to watch as they have excelled

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CLASS 4A-II Iola will be heading to Parsons for its four-team substate along with Anderson County, Burlington and Parsons.

On the boys side of the bracket, the top seed will almost certainly be Burlington.

The No. 7 team in the state looks to be the heavy favorite to advance to Emporia, the site of the state tournament.

The Wildcats are led by high-scoring guard Brogan Nordstedt and currently have a 12-4 record this season including a pair of wins over both Anderson County and Iola.

The Bulldogs currently are 4-12 this year, but are coming off their best win of the season when they defeated Iola on Friday.

Anderson County is almost a certainty to be the four-seed and face Burlington in the semifinals.

The two-three matchup will likely pit Parsons against Iola.

The Vikings currently hold an 8-8 record and will likely end up as the No. 3 seed.

Parsons has shared three common opponents with the Mustangs.

The Vikings split its games with Labette County while Iola defeated them. The Vikings have also split with Independence, but Iola lost to them. Both squads have lost to Chanute.

On the girls side, Burlington is again the heavy favorite with an 11-5 record and the No. 7 ranking in the state.

The Wildcats have swept both Iola and Anderson County this season.

Iola will likely be the No. 2 seed and may be matched up with Parsons in the semifinals.

Parsons is 4-13 this year with losses against Chanute and Girard, the only opponents they have shared with the Fillies.

Iola also lost to Girard, but has a win over Chanute.

Anderson County could beat the Vikings in the race for the threeseed and that would appear to be a good thing for Iola, who has a pair of victories over Anderson County already.

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Snyder: Cancer

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and finished with 18 points as the thirdranked Jayhawks stormed back to stun the No. 9 Mountaineers 84-80 on Monday night and assume control of the Big 12 race.

Josh Jackson also had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Jayhawks (23-3, 11-2), who avenged a loss in Morgantown while extending their lead over fourth-ranked Baylor to two games in the league standings.

“It was huge to play that hard and compete that hard and not have anything good happen for so long, and the guys just hung in there,” Self said. “I still don’t know how we did it.”

Esa Ahmad scored 20 points and Tarik Phillip had 18 for the Mountaineers (20-6, 8-5), who appeared to have the game locked up when they led 64-50 with 2:58 left in the second half.

Kansas answered with some more Allen Fieldhouse magic.

Spurred on by their own version of a fullcourt defense, the Jayhawks began forcing turnovers and turning them into easy baskets.

And by the time Graham curled in a 3-pointer, Phillip threw the ball away and Mason made a pair of free throws, it was 71all with 21.6 seconds left in regulation.

The Mountaineers called a timeout with 16.1 seconds to go to set up a final play, and they managed to get Phillip isolated on the wing. But his long 3-pointer clanked off the iron as the buzzer sounded.

“I was just trying to keep positive,” Ahmad said. “I was just trying to keep fighting.”

Any fight the Mountaineers had left withered away as Kansas scored the next eight points.

“We just didn’t take care of the ball like we normally do,” West Virginia’s Nathan Adrian said.

The Jayhawks had their 51-game winning streak at the Phog snapped by Iowa State just more than a week

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Kansas guard Devonte Graham shoots over a West Virginia defender on Monday night in Lawrence. LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD/NICK KRUG ago, but they still have not lost consecutive home games since February 1989. They also have never been swept in the regular season by a Big 12 foe in 14 years with Self on the sideline.

It helped that they got to the foul line 44 times, making 33 of them.

“That’s what our season is going to come down to — when it matters most, free throws,” said Mason, who was 16 of 18 at the line. “That’s what Coach tells us. We just have to keep working hard.”

West Virginia has never beaten the Jayhawks at the Phog in five tries.

The Mountaineers scored the game’s first 10

points to silence a recordbreaking crowd, only for the Jayhawks to answer with a 16-0 run spanning nearly five minutes. Lagerald Vick was the catalyst, hitting back-to-back 3s when nobody else in a Kansas uniform could hit much of anything.

The Mountaineers soon regained their composure and took a 39-32 lead into the locker room, then kept the Jayhawks at arm’s length throughout much of the second half.

But it wasn’t the Mountaineers’ vaunted Press Virginia defense that caused problems for Kansas. It was some stingy half-court defense, which prevented the Jayhawks’

guards from getting open looks on the perimeter or finding creases to get to the basket.

That is, until the final few minutes of regulation.

“It was a toughness win because there certainly wasn’t much going right,” Self said, “and they had everything going right. But we’ve never won a game down 14 with 2 1/2 left or whatever.”

UP NEXT Kansas visits No. 4 Baylor on Saturday for a top-five tilt.

West Virginia begins a two-game homestand Saturday against Texas Tech.

UConn women win 100th-straight game STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Add 100 consecutive wins to the UConn Huskies’ long list of milestones.

Given the team’s glitzier numbers linked to national championships, 11 titles and counting, it may seem ho-hum with no added significance.

Geno Auriemma’s squad already owns the longest winning streak in Division I college basketball history. UConn beat its own record of 90 consecutive wins earlier this season with little fanfare.

“I hope we can focus on the season and what’s coming up next and whatever’s in store for this team,” Auriemma said. “Let’s get it over with and move onto the next thing which is more important in the big scheme of things for these players anyway.

This 100-win streak isn’t theirs but if they win a national championship that’s all theirs.

“That means a lot more if we’re able to do that down the road.”

Getting No. 100 was a little tougher than many of the previous 99, which UConn won by

an average 38.7 points.

Gabby Williams scored a career-high 26 points and Napheesa Collier added 18 to help the topranked Huskies beat No. 6 South Carolina 66-55 on Monday night in front of a sellout crowd of 10,167 that included past greats Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Tina Charles and Breanna Stewart, who helped the Huskies to the first 75 wins of this streak.

“They carried the torch across the finish line to 100, Auriemma said. “If it’s a relay, they took the last baton to 100. If we win a national championship it’s all theirs. I want to focus on trying to do that instead of worrying about the other stuff.”

The current group of Huskies (25-0) had to work for this win. South Carolina (21-3) used its stellar interior game of A’ja Wilson and Alaina Coates to take a 29-28 advantage late in the first half. The Huskies responded scoring the final seven points before the break. Collier and Williams had all of them, including a steal and layup

by Collier with 3 seconds left that made it 35-29.

“They are opportunistic,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said.

“They wait for you to make the mistakes and don’t foul a whole lot. ...

You have to execute it for 40 minutes, if you don’t they’ll make you pay.”

South Carolina cut its deficit to 40-37 midway through the third quarter, but Williams had consecutive layups to start an 11-2 run to close the period and basically seal the win.

“We just tried to stay poised and keep our composure, and just be more confident than the other team,” Williams said.

After the game ended, fake hundred dollar bills dropped from the roof of the arena with Auriemma’s face on them. The student section spelled out 100.

Auriemma never thought his team would come close to reaching the century mark, let alone break the previous record set by the Huskies from 2008-10. The Hall of Fame coach set up the most difficult nonconference schedule in the country, playing five of the top eight teams in

the AP before Monday, including road games at No. 2 Maryland, No. 4 Florida State and No. 7 Notre Dame.

UConn came away victorious in each one.

“There were a lot of wins up in the stands tonight and a lot of championships,” Auriemma said. “If this would have been done by last year’s team, I think it would have been less heroic. ... For this team to do it, given where we started and where people projected us to be, given who we had coming back and given who everybody else had coming back, for them to do it I think is very appropriate.”

The game against the Gamecocks may be the Huskies’ last challenge before the NCAA Tournament. They are 75-0 in the American Athletic Conference since joining in 2013.

Considering they most likely won’t leave the state of Connecticut until the Final Four in Dallas with the first two rounds on campus and then a regional in Bridgeport, the streak may not end anytime soon.

he discuss what types of treatments he has been receiving. But he did say that treatments are scheduled so that he can be in the office on a regular schedule through the first week of March.

Kansas State begins spring practice March 29. The spring game is April 22.

Snyder said that his son Sean, his associate head coach, has been working with the rest of his assistants to ensure the offseason program runs smoothly. Most of his staff has been with him for several years, and some of them have been with him for decades.

“I’m very grateful to those who have responded over the past 24 hours via calls, texts, emails, etcetera with such kind thoughts and words,” he said. “And again, my apology to each of you whom I did not have the opportunity to reach personally before this release.”

Snyder was hired by Kansas State in 1988 to take over one of the worst programs in major college football, and in a span of a few years had the Wildcats regularly contending for league titles.

He briefly retired in November 2005, announcing at the time that he wanted to spend more time with his family. But the pull of coaching only kept him away for three years, and he returned to the sideline after the program that he had built had begun to fall on hard times.

His second go-around has been nearly as successful as his first. The

Wildcats have been to seven consecutive bowl games, beating Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl this past season, and earned a piece of the Big 12 title following a 2012 season that included a No. 1 ranking and Fiesta Bowl appearance.

The Wildcats went 9-4 this past season, and with a number of starters back on both sides of the ball, many believe they are poised for Snyder to make a run at a conference championship. Kansas State opens the season Sept. 2 against Central Arkansas.

“Coach Snyder’s health is of the utmost importance, and he has our full support during this time,” Kansas State athletic director John Currie said. “We will provide all of the necessary accommodations he and his family need to ensure a smooth treatment process. He will remain our head coach during this treatment period, and we look forward to seeing him on the field this spring.”

Snyder signed a $14.75 million, five-year contract extension in January 2013, but it includes an automatic rollover provision that essentially provides him with indefinite job security.

“Coach is one of the most determined individuals I have ever met,” Kansas State President Richard Myers said in a statement, “and I know he will successfully complete this treatment program and be on the field with our student-athletes in no time.”

Chiefs promote Nagy KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have promoted Brad Childress to assistant head coach and announced that Matt Nagy will take over as the sole offensive coordinator in a minor shake-up of Andy Reid’s staff.

Childress and Nagy served as co-offensive coordinators last season. Their new roles were announced Monday.

Childress takes over from David Culley, who served as assistant head coach and

wide receivers coach last season. Culley left in the offseason to be the quarterbacks coach in Buffalo.

The Chiefs already have hired Greg Lewis to work with wide receivers.

Nagy began his coaching career with Reid in Philadelphia, then followed him to Kansas City as the quarterbacks coach.

Last year was his first as co-offensive coordinator.

Texas Tech beats Baylor, 84-78 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Keenan Evans and Texas Tech didn’t have to wait long for another chance against a top-five team at home.

This time, the Red Raiders came out on top with a late rally after blowing a big early lead.

Evans scored 23 points, Niem Stevenson had 21 and Texas Tech toppled fourthranked Baylor 84-78 on Monday night, two days after a one-point loss at home to Big 12-leading and thirdranked Kansas.

“We’ve known the whole time that we can beat these teams,” Evans said. “Especially Kansas, we let that

one slip away. But, we knew coming in it was going to be a battle. We knew that we could come out with a win.”

Texas Tech (17-9, 5-8 Big 12) rallied in the second half after squandering an early 12-point lead. The Red Raiders opened the game with an 11-0 run and used an identical spurt late in the game to go ahead to stay.

“People look at a number and they see (No. 4) and they see non-ranked and they think there’s a big difference,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said.

“Coaches know there’s not a big difference.

These are one-possession games. A one-possession league.”

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Further evaluation needed for blood in stool

By DR. KEITH ROACH To Your Good Health

ther cause a false report?

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Dear Dr. Roach: In December 2014 and again this fall, my stool specimens have shown blood. I’ve had a colonoscopy and endoscopy both times. Results show no abnormalities or bleeding. I do drink an energy drink in the morning and have non-troubling hemorrhoids. Could ei-

Answer: A stool test is looking for evidence of blood in the stool. Hemorrhoids can cause a stool test to be positive. But even though it’s a true positive (it IS showing blood), it is not the kind of positive we dread: colon cancer, nor a polyp, which is how colon cancer usually begins.

A false-positive means that there is no actual blood, and the test mistakenly states that there is. Eating raw vegetables before taking the stool sample is the most common cause of a falsepositive test. I looked up the ingredients in your energy drink, and do not think it should cause a false-positive.

Experienced clinicians have learned not to

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accept a history of hemorrhoids (or even seeing hemorrhoids on physical exam) as the sole cause of a positive stool blood test, because people can have both hemorrhoids and colon polyps or colon cancer. A thorough evaluation, such as a colonoscopy, is still called for in people with stool testing positive for blood, even in those with a history of hemorrhoids.

Public notices (First published in The Iola Register, February 7, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS J. P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP. PLAINTIFF -vsCOLLIN WILLE, et. al.; DEFENDANTS No. 2016-CV-000070 Div. No. K.S.A. 60 (First published in The Iola Register, February 7, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Ditech Financial LLC Plaintiff, vs.

John Harrison aka John J. Harrison II, and Sheree Harrison aka Sheree E. Harrison, et al., Defendants Case No.17CV5 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF KANSAS to the above named Defendants and The Unknown Heirs, executors, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of (First published in The Iola Register, January 31, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT EMPRISE BANK, a banking corporation, Plaintiff, vs.

CHERRI RAE UPPERMAN; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Acting By and Through the Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service; and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Acting By and Through the Small Business Administration, Defendants.

Pursuant to Chapter 60 of K.S.A. Case No. 2016-CV-000055 TITLE TO REAL ESTATE INVOLVED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the District Court

Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Allen, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 2016CV-000070, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability and all other person who are or may be concerned: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for Mortgage Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas

by Ditech Financial LLC, praying for foreclosure of certain real property legally described as follows:

of Allen County, Kansas, in the above entitled action, I will, on the 22nd day of February, 2017, at 10:00 A.M., on the main floor of the Courthouse, 1 North Washington Avenue, in the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas, offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand all of the right, title and interest of the Defendant above named in and to the following described real property located in Allen County, Kansas: All that part of the NE/4 NW/4 of Section Twenty-six (26), Township Twenty-four (24) South, Range Eighteen (18) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, described as follows: Commencing at a point Forty feet North and Four Hundred Eighty-three feet East of the Northwest Corner of Lot Seven (7), Block Three (3), Hankins Addition to the City of Iola, thence North Two Hundred (200’) feet, thence East Seventy (70’) feet, thence South Two Hundred (200’) feet, thence

the South door of the courthouse in the City of Iola in said County, on March 1, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., of said day the following described real estate located in the County of Allen, State of Kansas, to wit: LOT EIGHT (8), BLOCK FORTYEIGHT (48), ORIGINAL PLAT, CITY OF HUMBOLDT, IN ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS. Commonly known as 508 Cherokee St., Humboldt, Kansas 66748 This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

LOT 6, BLOCK 28, ORIGINAL PLAT, CITY OF HUMBOLDT, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS. Tax ID No.: 172-03-0-3010-003.00-0-01 Commonly known as 1303 Osage St., Humboldt, KS 66748 (“the Property”) MS179370 for a judgment against defendants and any other interested parties and, unless otherwise served by personal or mail service of summons, the time in which you have to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure in the District Court of Allen County Kansas will expire on March 20, 2017. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Chad R. Doornink, #23536 West Seventy (70’) feet to the point of beginning, Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 224 East Jim, Iola, Kansas 66749 Said real property is levied on as the property of the Defendant above named and will be sold without appraisement to satisfy said Order of Sale. The Defendantowner has no rights of redemption; however, the USA retains its rights of redemption pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410, for both the SBA and USDA, for a period of one year from the date of sale.

Bryan J. Murphy SHERIFF OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS SHAPIRO & KREISMAN, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite 418B Fairway, KS 66205 (913)831-3000 Fax No. (913)831-3320 Our File No. 16-009693/jm (2) 7, 14, 21

cdoornink@msfirm.com 8900 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 180 Overland Park, KS 66210 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) By: Christina E. Carr, #27514 ccarr@msfirm.com Michael E. Boyd, #21325 mboyd@msfirm.com Aaron M. Schuckman, #22251 aschuckman@msfirm.com 612 Spirit Dr. St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110 (636) 537-0067 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. (2) 7, 14, 21 (316) 262-2671 Attorneys for Plaintiff (1) 31, (2) 7, 14

NOTICE This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

BRYAN J. MURPHY, Sheriff Allen County, Kansas Karl R. Swartz, #12532 MORRIS. LAING, EVANS, BROCK & KENNEDY, CHARTERED 300 North Mead, Suite 200 Wichita, KS 67202

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Kyla Drake, Marmaton Valley High School. Not pictured, Jesse Gardner.

Students in the top 1 percent of their graduating classes were recognized Monday night by the University of Kansasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Honors Program. Students received dictionaries.

Above left, are Humboldt High School students, from left, Rayce Hoepker, Kira McReynolds and Annalise Whitcomb.

At left are Uniontown High School students Ty Covey and Colton Sutterby. Not pictured are David Bradbury and KaitLynn Sampson.

Royals: Spring Training begins Continued from B1

In truth, many of the Royalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; regulars have been in town for days or even weeks. A group of position players, including Hosmer, Salvador Perez, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain and newcomer Jorge Soler, took batting practice on the main practice field Monday morning. They did the same thing on Sunday, too. Some were doing this for a week.

Maybe they needed it.

On Monday, they came together for another unofficial day.

Moustakas, back from a season-ending knee injury, laughed and talked about feeling like a freshman again. Perez sported a new hairdo, a curly fauxhawk of sorts with frosted blonde tips.

Hosmer stepped into the batting cage sometime after 10 a.m. and took a few rounds of healthy cuts, providing the soundtrack for a quiet morning in the desert.

In most years, this scene would not have seemed especially poi-

gnant. For years, this core of Royals players started spring training early, making the extra work part of their routine. But in the days after arriving last Wednesday in Surprise, Ariz., manager Ned Yost realized the early start was more than extra reps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get through these things like this â&#x20AC;&#x201D; these types of tragedies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you get through them together as a group,â&#x20AC;? Yost said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it takes time. But I think our guys are really focused on just being here with each other.â&#x20AC;?

On Monday, the group continued to balloon.

In addition to the pitchers reporting to camp, infielders Whit Merri-

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field, Christian Colon, Cheslor Cuthbert and Raul Mondesi joined the veterans inside the clubhouse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just shows you that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re rarinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to go,â&#x20AC;? Yost said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good sign.â&#x20AC;?

So now it begins. For more than six weeks, the Royals will be together in Arizona, preparing for another run at the postseason, hoping to bury the memory of a frustrating, injuryplagued 81-81 finish in 2016. But now this baseball season will also be defined in other ways, of course, and for the moment the Royals are still processing the death of a friend, still grieving a loss that feels fresh.

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His high school highlight came in his last football game of his senior season, when Anthony scored his one and only touchdown.

Jake Kale Jake is the son of Ken and Stacey Kale.

He has been active all four year of school in football, FFA and SkillsUSA, while playing baseball for three years.

Jake enjoys hunting, fishing and spending time with friends.

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He has been active in SkillsUSA. Outside of school, he plays guitar, writes music, cooks and goes to the gym. He also works at China Palace.

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His highlights have been spending time with his friends and classmates.

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