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Two separate remodel efforts for county-owned health care facilities might need to share a contractor, as local construction companies appear too busy to meet a tight schedule.

A hospital facilities board, which oversees maintenance and repair of county-owned buildings including Allen County Regional Hospital, said it plans to combine bids for work on two projects.

First is the remodel of the Medical Arts Building at 825 E. Madison St. The county wants to remodel part of the building and move its health clinic there.

The clinic currently is at 401 S. Washington but its lease ends June 30.

The other project is a ma-

The Medical Arts Building at 825 E. Madison St. is expected to get a remodel on the interior and exterior. FILE PHOTO jor remodel at ACRH, which will renovate the former labor and delivery unit into an outpatient clinic for special services such as surgery, pulmonology, wound care and more.

COSTS of those projects

aren’t yet known, but preliminary estimates of the outpatient clinic remodel at the hospital indicated it would cost about $838,628.

The facilities board members hoped the medical arts building project would be minimal, but the project is

likely to see higher costs than anticipated.

That’s because of two things: mold remediation and a more extensive remodel than expected.

The mold remediation is complete, but the process took several months. The cost at one time was projected to be as high as $80,000, but instead was approved at $9,411.39.

Board members also got their first look at drawings for the remodel of the building’s interior.

The plans include more rooms and therefore the building of more walls than expected, facilities board chairman Terry Spark said.

“You can see looking at the scope and diagram, this thing took on a new life,” he said.

The remodel will focus on the north side of the buildSee CLINIC | Page A4

130,000 Russian troops staged outside Ukraine

Bills introduced in the Kansas Senate would impose sweeping obstacles to wind farm developments in a state that has so far welcomed investments of $14 billion in the alternative energy source. (TIM CARPENTER/KANSAS REFLECTOR)

Lawmakers hear anti-wind testimony

By ALLISON KITE Kansas Reflector

A series of bills professing to protect rural residents from industrial wind claim to bring transparency, limit abuse and enact safety measures to protect against the supposed health hazards of turbines.

In reality, they would transform Kansas, one of the top producers of wind energy for two decades, into one of the most restrictive states in the nation, pro-wind experts say.

“This is punitive. This is not progressive,” said Kimberly Gencur Svaty, public policy director for the Kansas Advanced Power Alliance.

“This is not laying out a path of economic development or growth for the state of Kansas.”

Kansas has embraced renewable development for years. The expansion of wind energy in Kansas has been embraced by Democrats and Republicans alike — and the state’s status as one of the top producers in the nation is celebrated.

But opposition to wind energy has found an ally in the Vol. 124, No. 94 Iola, KS $1.00

Johnson County Republican of them introduced at his releading the Senate Utilities quest, enacting what the inCommittee. The struggle be- dustry claims are poison pill tween burgeoning resentment restrictions on wind farms. of industrial wind projects Thompson didn’t respond to and the state’s two-decade a request to comment for this history as the “Saudi Arabia story. of wind” received attention Last week, his committee all last week in Sen. Mike heard for two days from anThompson’s committee. ti-wind sources who claimed “He’s been proximity to very clear he is wind turbines very, very opcould cause This is punitive. This cardiovascular posed and would like to end re- is not progressive. This disease, sleep newable energy, is not laying out a path d i s t u r b a n c e and so he brings of economic develop- and headaches. these wolves-inThey cited ansheep-clothing ment or growth for the ecdotes and bills to say, ‘Oh, state of Kansas. disputed rethese are just search show— Kimberly Gencur meant to do reaing no evidence Svaty, Kansas Advanced sonable things,’ of significant Power Alliance when quite health harms clearly they’re from wind turnot,” said Alan bines.

There Claus Anderson, vice presi- is evidence wind farms can dent of the energy group at cause annoyance, but those Polsinelli law firm. sensations are often worse Thompson, in just his third for people who are opposed to session as a state senator, has wind energy as an underlying established a reputation as a cause for their frustration. frequent critic of wind ener“I thought and assumed gy and touts dubious science that wind turbines were quiabout the health effects of et, good for the world, and wind. His committee is spon- I assumed they were safe,” soring half a dozen bills, most See WIND | Page A2

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some airlines canceled flights to the Ukrainian capital and troops there unloaded fresh shipments of weapons from NATO members Sunday, as its president sought to project confidence in the face of U.S. warnings of possible invasion within days by a growing number of Russian forces.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to President Joe Biden for about an hour, insisting that Ukrainians had the country under “safe and reliable protection” against feared attack by a far stronger Russian military, aides said afterward.

The White House said both agreed to keep pushing both deterrence and diplomacy to try to stave off a feared Russian military offensive.

The Biden administration has become increasingly outspoken about its con-

cerns that Russia will stage an incident in the coming days that would create a false pretext for an invasion Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine.

U.S. and European intelligence findings in recent days have sparked worries that Russia may try to target a scheduled Ukrainian military exercise slated for Tuesday in eastern Ukraine to launch such a “false-flag operation,” according to two people familiar with the matter. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about it.

American intelligence officials believe targeting the military exercise is just See UKRAINE | Page A4

Broadband leaders tout initiatives, programs

By NOAH TABORDA Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Kansas state broadband leaders say federal and state funding established last year to improve connectivity across the state helped support nearly 100 projects, and they are optimistic additional funds are on the way.

During the pandemic, the SPARK task force earmarked $60 million in CARES Act funding for two broadband grant programs related to the pandemic response. Connectivity Emergency Response Grants totaling $50 million are

funding a total of 65 projects across the state and 25 Broadband Partnership Adoption Grants totaling $10 million helped facilitate internet access for low-income households, defraying internet subscription costs, funded hot spots, and provided devices to eligible households.

Stanley Adams, who leads the broadband development office at the Kansas Department of Commerce, said the programs are having a positive impact on communities.

“I am optimistic that this will represent a significant See BROADBAND | Page A4

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Ben Washburn, a retired cardiologist from Iowa who presented for an hour to the committee.

“The last few years I’ve witnessed the good, the bad, the ugly of wind turbines. The topic is massive, emotions are high, and distortion and corruption is in play.”

Washburn said to people who believe renewables are the only path forward, “I would ask you to carefully reconsider.”

And while Washburn and fellow wind critics’ testimony was supposed to be purely informational, one of them repeatedly voiced his support for Thompson’s bill requiring wind turbines to be sited at least a mile or 10 times the height of the turbine from the next property line.

After two days of hour-long presentations outlining supposed risks of wind energy, supporters of Thompson’s anti-wind bill got a third day in committee to speak directly about the legislation for five minutes each.

Only on Thursday did pro-wind forces and experts get to speak on Thompson’s bill — also for five minutes each.

An expert with his PhD in environmental health and a career studying the health effects of wind got his credentials questioned. And Thompson cut off another senator voicing his opposition to the legislation.

“If we move forward with this bill — we are now a net exporter of energy — we will no longer be an exporter of energy,” said Sen. Robert Olson, an Olathe Republican. “We’ll be an

Opponents of wind importer of energy. And energy have made nu—” Thompson cut him merous claims regardoff. “Are you testifying ing the potential health or are you asking a ques- consequences of living tion? We need to make near a turbine.

They say the whoosh—” “I’m making a com- ing sound can cause ment here, which I have stress, and infrasound a right, I believe,” Olson — sound waves too low for people said. to hear — Thompson can harm said he would The last few the body. limit Olson’s Wa s h time to com- years I’ve witment, and Ol- nessed the good, burn cited a 1970 son voiced his the bad, the ugly paper on frustration with the dayslong of wind turbines. pollution anti-wind testi- The topic is mas- that called mony. sive, emotions are noise a “scourge “You know, the we had people high, and distor- of all week say tion and corrup- m o d e r n world” what they want tion is in play. and said for an hour, and — Ben Washburn ambient I sat in here for n o i s e a long time,” Olc o u l d son said. atherosclerotic Thompson said, “This cause is my committee, and disease, or plaque buildI’m saying get a ques- up in the arteries, and death. tion in.”

He took issue with Gencur Svaty encouraged the committee wind turbines, too, not following her testimo- based on health but beny to ask questions so cause wind is an interthat pro-wind advocates mittent energy resource would get more time to that he called unrelispeak, noting the previ- able. He said moving to ous days of testimony. renewable energy only Thompson responded is “absurd.” And he that anti-wind groups recalled a public meettestifying on his bill the ing in Iowa where he day before were also lim- claimed a wind developer’s representative was ited to five minutes.

Anderson said the hesitant to say wind was informational hearings safe.

Research has shown held by Thompson’s committee were not a link between wind meant to compile infor- turbines and feelings of annoyance but that mation in good faith.

“I struggle to say in- there is not sufficient informational because formation to link wind they were obviously not turbines to disease.

The University of intended to give good information,” Anderson Iowa’s College of Pubsaid. “The people who lic Health, Iowa Policy presented are on the Project and the Iowa Environmental Council fringe of the fringe.” reviewed several pieces Health effects of wind of research and found

the consensus was there was little scientific evidence to support the idea that wind energy poses a threat to human health.

Another literature review published by researchers in Switzerland found in 67 peer-reviewed and web articles published between 2012 and 2017 that annoyance was the only symptom of wind turbine exposure that was backed up by science.

The article acknowledged people who live near wind turbines might experience anxiety or distress, which is highly dependent on their attitudes toward wind energy.

And the article notes there are known negative effects from the use of fossil fuels to create electricity. That includes climate change, but also asthma for individuals living near coalfired power plants.

“If you just want to have no wind turbines ever, well, then we’re going to have more coal-fired power plants and more disease,” said David Osterberg, lead researcher for the Iowa Policy Project and professor emeritus at the University of Iowa College of Public Health’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health.

Osterberg said in an interview he doesn’t doubt people who live near turbines experience symptoms, but that it doesn’t come from sound. It could be a result of annoyance or stress from a large project they don’t want moving in near their home.

“But that is not a health effect that we can

fix by moving the turbines back half a mile … so what they’re asking for does not take care of their symptoms,” Osterberg said. “They’re still going to be mad.”

Christopher Ollson, an environmental health scientist with Ollson Environmental

Health Management, acknowledged a link between environmental noise and health concerns. But he told senators on the committee 20 years of research has shown noise from wind turbines isn’t loud enough to create those concerns.

Around Town Community Calendar

Events may be canceled, postponed or modified because of the coronavirus crisis. Check with organizers.

MONDAY — Iola USD 257 Board of Education meeting, 6 p.m., school board office.

— Marmaton Valley USD 256 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school board office.

— Humboldt USD 258 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school board office.

— Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., New Community Building, Riverside Park.

— LaHarpe VFW & Auxiliary, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting, 206 E. Hwy 54.

— Bingo, early bird games, 6:15 p.m., regular bingo, 7 p.m., American Legion Jones-Hardy Post #385, 237 N. Spruce, Moran.

— Humboldt City Council meeting, 6 p.m., Humboldt City Hall.

— Crest USD 479 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school board office.

TUESDAY — Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse.

— Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, The Warehouse.

THURSDAY — Rotary Club, noon, Los Potrillos, 1303 N. State St. — TOPS No. KS 880 4:30 p.m. weigh in, 5 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church.

FRIDAY — Bingo, early bird games, 6:30 p.m., regular bingo, 7 p.m., Willis J. Ross VFW Post, 205 E. U.S. 54, LaHarpe.

Public notices (Published in The Iola Register Jan. 31, 2022) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, for the holders of the CIM Trust 2021NR2, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2021-NR2 Plaintiff, vs.

Mary K. Butler a/k/a Mary Kathy Butler; Unknown spouse of Mary K. Butler a/k/a Mary Kathy Butler; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant) Defendants.

Case No. AL-2021-CV-000029 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 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 Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on February 23, 2022, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot Four (4), and all of Lots Five (5) and Six (6), and the East fifty (50) feet of Lots Seven (7), Eight (8), and Nine (9), Block Ten (10) and that part

of Reserve No. 2 lying immediately east of the above described tract being south 150 feet of said Reserve; also, the North 30 feet of vacated Chestnut Street south of the above described tracts in Signor’s Addition to the City of Humboldt, except the North 12 feet of Lot 4 and the North 12 feet of the East 50 feet of Lot 9, Block 10, Signor’s Addition to the City of Humboldt, and the North 12 feet of the south 150 feet of the Reserve No. 2 in Signor’s Tract, all in Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 902 N 8th St, Humboldt, KS 66748 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.

Southlaw.com Bryan J. Murphy, Sheriff Allen County, Kansas Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Blair T. Gisi (KS #24096) 13160 Foster, Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66213-2660 (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (228006) (1) 31 (2) 7, 14

(Published in The Iola Register Feb. 14, 2022) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of Harvey Lloyd Peck, Deceased Case No. AL-2022-PR-000004 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on February 8, 2022, a Petition was filed in this Court by Janice Garcia, as Executor named in the Will of Harvey Peck, deceased, dated August 12, 2013, requesting that the instrument attached thereto be admitted to probate and record as the Last Will and Testament of the decedent; Letters Testamentary under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act be issued to Executor to serve without bond.

You are further advised under the provisions of the Kansas Simplified Estates Act the Court need not supervise administration of the Estate, and no notice of any action of the Executor or

other proceedings in the administration will be given, except for notice of final settlement of decedent’s estate.

You are further advised if written objections to simplified administration are filed with the Court, the Court may order that supervised administration ensue.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before March 8, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, in Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Janice Garcia Petitioner COFFMAN & CAMPBELL, LLC 112 EAST 7TH – P. O. BOX 250 LYNDON, KANSAS 66451-0250 PH: 785-828-4431 (2) 14, 21, 28

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Letters to the editor Dear editor,

The Iola City Council will soon vote on the future of the old Arkhaven Nursing Home. Like many times in the past, the decision is not an easy one. Anytime your friends, family, and neighbors are passionately opposed to something, it is natural to be inclined to join them. This would be a permanent change but still a change that comes with many unknowns. As humans, we are wired to fear change, especially when that change is close to home. Although the anxiety in this decision is normal, I want to urge the council to try to make this decision with a clear head, removing the emotion from the situation.

Facts at hand: We have an old building that has been in decline for many years, getting worse every single day. It’s not only an eyesore but also a liability to this community. A vote against rezoning will guarantee the same course for the future.

We have a private sector businessman willing to invest his own money in revitalizing the building so that it can once again be an asset to our community. An asset that could be a nice, safe, and comfortable home for people in our community.

There is currently a housing shortage in the Iola area. Adding housing units has been considered by many, priority number one for the future of Iola.

This project could add 50+

Dear editor,

Some of you remember my mother, Grace Fulks Myers. She contracted diphtheria, known as “the Strangler,” in about 1916 or 1917 at age 5 or 6 years.

In 1890, Koch proteges Behring and Kitasato were able to demonstrate that they could prevent tetanus.

However, in 1890 in Germany was the first attempt to cure a disease with an antitoxin.

In 1894, Emile Roux of the Pasteur Institute summarized the experiments of the diphtheria antitoxin at the International Congress on Hygiene in Budapest with each delegate returning home with a bottle of the curative agent, Diphtheria Antitoxin. This marked an epoch moment in the history of medicine.

Also in 1894, American chemists William Park and Anna Williams discovered a way to make a toxin 500 times more potent which increased the efficiency of the antitoxin simulation.

This resulted in antitoxin available around the world.

Truly a miracle.

Fast forward to 1916 and my mother was about 5 years old and quite ill with diphtheria. She recalled the acute fatigue and the airway obstruction as her half-sister held her.

Grace had been the first of three to survive infancy of my grandfather’s second marriage, following the death of the mother of

units, which is something we have not experienced for many years.

This is not a question of whether the developer’s plan meets our city regulations. There will be requirements for the developer to comply with after this zoning decision. If he is not willing to comply, our city government has many backstops in place to address them.

This is not a question of tax dollars funding private projects. They have not asked for incentives or other handouts.

I believe the neighbors in the Walnut addition acknowledge these facts to be true. The reason for the opposition is that it’s easier to see an old building continue to decline than to accept change when it’s this close to their home. Their feelings are understandable and normal, but as a council I want to encourage you to remove the emotion from the situation and have the courage to make the right decision here.

Change can be scary but what is more scary is allowing fear to stop our chance of progress. As a city council, you’ve done a great job listening to the citizens but now it is time to represent the entire community and pass the rezoning request. The facts and majority are overwhelmingly in favor of rezoning.

Rooting for my hometown!

Ryan Sparks, Lawrence, Kan.

his nine children. Grace was given the diphtheria antitoxin as a “last ditch effort,” and she recalled difficulty breathing, then coughing up a glob of phlegm that subsequently opened her airway.

She was fatigued for a longer period during her recovery, but was bribed to try walking with a new pair of high-button shoes, black patent on the bottom and red on the uppers.

They would not let her try them on until she demonstrated an attempt to walk, which she resisted. She later was the first of her family to receive a college diploma, majoring in piano and organ at Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater.

Grace Fulks Myers survived diphtheria, World War I, The Influenza Epidemic, The Great Depression, WWII, the Korean War, McCarthyism, Watergate, etc., and died at age 100½ in 2012 of pneumonia.

Her physician stated, “There is not a lot of documentation on the treatment of 100-year-old diphtheria survivors!”

My father also survived gangrene, but that is another story.

The world may not have been affected either way, but due to vaccines, my siblings and I are still here.

This is only one reason why I believe in immunizations.

Jeanne Myers, RN, Iola, Kan.

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Sending public funds to private schools would harm Kansas Proposed legislation to allow state tax dollars for parents to send at-risk students to private schools is a disaster trying to happen.

Enacting the Student Empowerment Act would shift the foundation of Kansas public education. If parents were allowed to claim the per-pupil base state aid and use it for private school tuition, textbooks and other educational expenses then private citizens could direct use of public tax dollars for their private desires.

Parents who see the SEA as an off-ramp from declining statewide student achievement scores have little conception of what could happen if this ill-conceived legislation becomes law. While there are strong private schools in Kansas, the SEA would hinder K-12 education and violate three basic purposes of American public education.

The first is protection for free, public education. SEA, would set up a second school system and the state would pay to administer the program.

State funding this year is set at $4,846 per student.

High school tuition plus fees at private schools range from $9,000 to near $20,000. Families reaping the most benefits of the bill would be those who can afford tuition or are near that level. Per student funding could cover tuition at many private elementary schools although some charge as much as $10,000 per

Sharon Iorio Insight Kansas year. With the SEA, most families would need some supplemental out-of-pocket funds for private schooling.

Judging by similar programs in other states, Kansas management costs could run as much as $2 million per year; moreover, the state treasurer’s office predicts costs to implement the act at more than $1 million.

A second purpose of public schools is to provide equal opportunity for all students.

Private schools, by definition, do not operate for the common good. Only those students chosen are admitted. Private schools are not required to undergo state accreditation or inform parents of data they collect.

A third purpose of public education is to bring together a diverse population of students and prepare them for democratic citizenship.

Multiple private schools that teach numerous, dissimilar ideologies and religious beliefs may fulfill parents’ desires for their children’s education, but the public school is the single, significant force in American society inspiring respect for others, citizenship responsibilities and

unity.

Parents receive countless, unreplicated research reports showing that students in private schools achieve at higher rates than public schools.

More conclusive research was conducted by Martin Carnoy of Stanford University who studied 25 years of research projects and found that voucher programs, which are nearly identical to the SEA, do not significantly improve test scores.

The Brookings Institution compared voucher programs in Indiana and Louisiana using rigorous research designs. Data collected show private school students scored lower on reading and math compared to similar students in public schools.

Parents already have the right to be heard, the right to know what’s being taught, the right to protect their child’s privacy and the right to request opt-out of classes or services.

There is an enormous difference between parental rights and parental control of education tax dollars.

In a democracy, representatives of the public oversee public dollars, in this case the representatives are educators.

It is deeply disturbing that a vital safeguard of democracy might decline if education shifts from public to private institutions. The goal should be to improve public education, not weaken it.

A look back in t me.

45 Years Ago February 1977

Five Iola High students have been chosen, based on their class ranking, to begin a six-week Kansas Honors Symposium, according to Harry Lee Jr., assistant principal. These seniors are Nolen Hodges, Bruce Mentzer, Jay Miller, Lisa Specht and Kerri Willis. The five, along with other high school students across the state, will listen to closed-circuit television lectures by authorities in widely varying fields. They can then ask the authorities questions via the TV network. The Iola five will take the course at the Neosho County Community Junior College. *****

Iola High School seniors Debra Conger and Vicky Ritter spent last week living at Osawatomie State Hospital, attending therapy sessions, talking to staff psychologists and working with patients.

The program is run every year, but Iola is one of the few high schools in the state that participates, IHS psychology teacher Norman Shire said.

Most of the other live-in student volunteers are college students. ***** Ulrich Furniture, on the west side of the square, is a chaotic tangle of machinery and men, and will continue to be for as much as a month more. The building is getting a facelift, with tin sheeting

to cover the aging brick on the east and north sides. On Valentine’s Day, the Ulriches will have been in business 40 years. ***** Merle Smith, a native of Colony who amazed neighbors with his barnstorming feats in the early days of the airplane, has been named to the Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame. Smith built his first plane in a Colony field in 1923 and was an airplane mechanic until 1932, when he joined the Inman Brothers Flying Circus. In 1937, he went to Cordova, Alaska, and formed Cordova Airlines. He was president of the airline until 1967, when it merged with Alaska Airlines.

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ing and includes eight clinic rooms, two procedure rooms, office space for two physicians, a lab area, a reception and waiting room, and general office and meeting rooms.

Mostly, though, the increased scope of the project is due to meeting specifications for rural health clinics, Sparks and hospital CEO Elmore Patterson said.

“When it had to go through the St. Luke’s design and engineering, it got a lot more complicated,” Sparks said. “You can’t just go out and buy any type of flooring. It has to be a certain type. I learned a lot through this process.”

Patterson said the facility has to be in compliance with federal, state and local building requirements.

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clinic project has been sent out for bids, and the medical arts building is ready to do the same.

But efforts to find a local contractor to handle the medical arts building have fallen short.

Everyone Sparks has talked to has said they couldn’t get to it for nine months or a year.

Ideally, the project would be done in June, before the lease on the current health clinic space expires.

Because of that, Sparks talked to one of the contractors who is expected to bid on the hospital’s outpatient clinic project. Yes, that contractor could do both projects and likely could complete the medical arts building in about three months.

The board decided to

Plans to remodel the Medical Arts Building show eight exam rooms and two physician offices, among other improvements on the north side of the building. see if they could combine the two projects in the bidding process.

IN OTHER news, the board: • Heard a financial report that showed the county received more sales tax for the hospital facilities than expected in December, about $74,000. In a typi-

cal month, the county’s quarter sales tax generates between $50,000 and $55,000. January was more typical, at $53,000.

• Approved a contract with Larry Peterson to continue to provide accounting and financial services on behalf of the county facilities board.

• Heard an update on

of multiple options that Russia has weighed as a possibility for a falseflag operation.

The White House has underscored that they do not know with certainty if President Vladimir Putin has made a final determination to launch an invasion.

Moscow’s forces are massing on Ukraine’s north, east and south in what the Kremlin insists are military exercises.

A U.S. official updated the Biden administration’s estimate for how many Russian forces are now staged near Ukraine’s borders to more than 130,000, up from the more than 100,000 the U.S. has cited publicly in previous weeks. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the administration’s conclusions.

Zelenskyy has repeatedly played down the U.S. warnings, questioning the increasingly strident statements from U.S. officials in recent days that Russia could be planning to invade as soon as midweek.

“We understand all the risks, we understand that there are risks,” he said in a broadcast Saturday. “If you, or anyone else, has additional information regarding a 100% Russian invasion starting on the 16th, please forward that information to us.”

But while Zelenskyy has urged against panic that he fears could

completed all projects.

The deadline for applications for the second year of the program was Friday.

While these programs continue to address the broadband dilemma, some legislators on the House panel had an eye to the future.

“At some point SPARK funding will be exhausted and doled out,” said.

Rep. Mark Schreiber, an Emporia Republican. “Are there thoughts from your department as to what happens after that? Once that initial glut of funding expires, what is next?”

Adams said the SPARK committee is already planning for additional federal funding expected down the road. In addition, the state broadband office applied for $13.4 million to fund 10 more projects from the National Information and Telecommunications Administration’s Broadband Infrastructure Program.

“The formulation for that and the details for how it will flow to our state or to all states is still being worked out,” Adams said.

Cort Buffington, executive director of KanREN, or Kansas Research and Education Network — an organization serving the unique connectivity needs of education and research — urged legislators to consider the needs of anchor institutions like universities, hospitals and other organizations that play a vital role in their local communities when distributing future funds.

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a walking trail on the hospital grounds.

Thrive Allen County is building the trail and mapped out the route. Construction likely will take place in the spring or summer.

opportunity to help Kansas close the digital divide so all Kansans can have robust broadband and are able to fully participate in our ever-growing digital economy,” Adams told legislators on the House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee on Thursday.

The nonprofit Kansas Appleseed reported 165,000 Kansans did not have wired high-speed internet service available at their home. In addition, about 300,000 Kansans were plagued by slow internet speeds.

About that same number had only one service provider in their area.

In April 2020, the Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly approved a measure dedicating an additional $85 million to broadband infrastructure through 2030 to aid in addressing this digital divide. The funding through the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program offers grants totaling $5 million per year for the first three years followed by a $10 million per year for the next seven years.

The maximum amount for a single grant is $1 million, and there is a 50% matching contribution component meaning the initiative can support projects costing up to $2 million in total to improve connectivity. This is the first state-funded broadband infrastructure grant program.

In the first year, 14 awardees have nearly

undermine Ukraine’s economy, he and his civilian and military leaders also are preparing defenses, soliciting and receiving a flow of arms from the U.S. and other NATO members.

A military cargo aircraft carrying U.S.-made Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and ammunition from NATO member Lithuania landed Sunday, bolstering the country’s defenses against any attack by air.

Zelenskyy wore military olive drab at a drill with tanks and helicopters near Ukraine’s border with Russian-annexed Crimea this weekend. In the nearby city of Kalanchak, some expressed disbelief that Putin would really send his troops rolling into the country.

“I don’t believe Russia will attack us,” said resident Boris Cherepenko.

“I have friends in Sakhalin, in Krasnodar,” he said, naming Russian regions. “I don’t believe it.”

In Kyiv, others expressed uncertainty whether any Russian move would be economic, military, or happen at all. One woman, Alona Buznitskaya, speaking on a central street of the capital bearing a few signs declaring, “I love Ukraine,” said she was calm.

“You should always be ready for everything, and then you will have nothing to be afraid of,” she said.

The U.S. largely has not made public the evidence it says is underlying its most specific warnings on possible Russian planning or timing.

“We’re not going to give Russia the opportunity to conduct a surprise here, to spring something on Ukraine or the world,” Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security adviser, told CNN on Sunday, about the U.S. warnings.

“We are going to make sure that we are laying out for the world what we see as transparently and plainly as we possibly can,” he said.

The Russians have deployed missile, air, naval and special operations forces, as well as supplies to sustain an invasion. This week, Russia moved six amphibious assault ships into the Black Sea, augmenting its capability to land on the coast.

Putin denies any intention of attacking Ukraine. Russia is demanding that the West keep former Soviet countries out of NATO. It also wants NATO to refrain from deploying weapons near its border and to roll back alliance forces from Eastern Europe — demands flatly rejected by the West.

Biden and Putin spoke for more than an hour Saturday, but the White House offered no suggestion that the call diminished the threat of an imminent war in Europe.

by Catherine Ryan Hyde, is about a burned-out teacher who rises above his grief and transforms the lives of two young boys, forever.

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — In a venue built for champions, the Los Angeles Rams carried off the crown jewel: a Super Bowl trophy.

It took a precise 79-yard drive capped by Cooper Kupp’s 1-yard touchdown reception with 1:25 remaining for a 23-20 victory Sunday over the Cincinnati Bengals to give the Rams their first NFL title since the 1999 season — and their first representing Los Angeles since 1951.

They did so in their home, the $5 billion SoFi Stadium,

making the Rams the second consecutive host to win the championship after Tampa Bay became the first a year ago.

The winning series, during which game MVP Kupp’s 4-yard touchdown reception was negated by offsetting penalties, ended soon after with the NFL Offensive Player of the Year easily beating Eli Apple in the right corner of the end zone for the winning score.

Kupp had four receptions See RAMS | Page B4

Cubs stay red hot HUMBOLDT — The pieces are falling into place nicely for Humboldt High’s boys.

The Cubs registered their third straight lopsided victory Friday, taking control early against Fredonia and not looking back in a 63-23 victory.

In girls action, Humboldt defeated Fredonia, 43-29.

In their three-game winning streak, the Cubs have won by an average of 45 points.

While head coach David Taylor is quick to point out Humboldt has faced some young, undermanned teams in those three games, he’s also just as quick to say the Cubs’ intensity is something to behold.

“The last three games they’ve had really good intensity, almost to a fault,” Taylor said.

To wit, the Cubs committed 12 turnovers against Fredonia, many coming as they’ve

attempted to get out in transition.

“We’re getting in such a hurry that we’re not waiting to secure some things first,” he noted. “We’re not waiting for our teammates to get into the right passing lane. But their effort, man. They’re working hard right now.”

Humboldt, 11-4, outscored Fredonia by a cumulative 40-8 over the second and third quarters to break open what had been a 17-7 lead.

One key has been getting senior Gavin Page back into the lineup after he missed the early portions of the season with a knee injury.

“That gives us two guys to run the point, along with Drew (Wilhite),” Taylor said.

“We’re starting to find our identity. The guys are learning to play to their strong suits, and our freshmen are getting adjusted to the speed of the game. We’re doing See CUBS | Page B4

By REESE BECKER The Iola Register

Iola High’s boys picked up their second win in a row the hard way Friday, defeating Anderson County 50-48.

The Mustangs led by 16 in the second half, but it took a pair of Landon Weide free throws with 12 seconds left and a defensive stop in the waning seconds to secure the win Iola was propelled by 14-point games from Cortland Carson and Tyler Boeken but got behind 4-0 early.

Once Iola scored, the Mustangs went on a 10-0 run, capped by a Weide 3-pointer. The Bulldogs scored, but Iola came back again. Eli Adams hit a jumper at the first quarter buzzer to put the Mustangs up 14-8.

Iola dominated on the boards and stretched to a 21-8 lead with 5 minutes left in the half. Anderson County tried to mount a charge as the half came to a close but Iola held on 2411 at the break.

Iola dominated to start the second half and opened up a 42-26 lead but Anderson County would not be denied and went on a 10-3 run to make the game 45-40 in the fourth quarter.

Anderson County’s Reese Katzer scored the next four for the Bulldogs to bring Iola’s lead to a single point, 45-44.

Boeken went to the line with about a minute left and made one of two free See MUSTANGS | Page B4

Iola High’s Eli Adams puts up a field goal attempt Friday in Iola’s 50-48 victory over Anderson County. REGISTER/REESE BECKER

Bulldogs rally past Iola girls

By REESE BECKER The Iola Register

A late swoon did in Iola High’s girls against Anderson County on Friday. The visiting Bulldogs ended the game with a 12-4 run to defeat the Mustangs, 39-32.

The game started rough for Iola. The Mustangs were held scoreless for the first three minutes until Aysha Houk hit a 3-pointer, one of her three on the night, to put Iola on the scoreboard.

Iola tied the game 8-8 after Jenna Curry sank a jumper late in the quarter, and took an 11-10 lead when Tatum Boyd hit a trey midway through the second quarter. Anderson County came storming back, going on a 6-0 run to pull ahead 16-11.

Iola came back and tied it at 18 when Houk hit a jumper at the halftime buzzer.

Anderson County opened the second half with a 7-3 run to lead 25-21. Neither team pulled away more than a few points.

At the start of the fourth, See IOLA | Page B4

SCC girls, YC boys earn wins YATES CENTER — A fourth-quarter explosion propelled Southern Coffey County High’s girls past Yates Center Friday.

The Lady Titans, having scored 22 points through three quarters, hit five 3-pointers in the final stanza to storm from behind and defeat Yates Center, 45-37.

In boys action, Yates Center took the lead early and never looked back in a 63-25 victory.

Yates Centers’ teams have a busy week, starting tonight at home against Jayhawk-Linn, followed by road games Tuesday at Altoona-Midway and Friday at Crest.

Southern Coffey County hosts Canton-Galva tonight and travels to Lebo Friday.

Josie Weers was the main protagonist for SCC in the girls finale. She hit a pair of treys and went 3-for-4 from

Iola High’s Tatum Boyd looks for a teammate against Anderson County Friday. REGISTER/REESE BECKER

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Iola: Falls short Continued from B1

Iola’s Reese Curry went 1-2 from the free throw line to put the Mustangs up 28-27 but the Bulldogs took control late, mostly due to turnovers by Iola and poor play down the stretch.

Houk led with 12 points; Boyd scored 11.

“Another hard loss for us,” Iola head coach Kelsey Johnson said. “It just comes down to turnovers. We did all the little things right tonight but we had 12 turnovers in the second half and that’s tough to come back from. But we were patient on offense.”

Iola’s junior varsity

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won, 25-20. Keira Fawson and Karingten Hall led the Mustangs with six apiece. Boyd had three. Jackie Fager, Elza Clift, Reese Curry, Kaysin Crusinbery and Alana Made each had two.

The Mustangs are at Osawatomie Tuesday.

for 39 yards, and a 7-yard run on fourthand-1 from the Rams 30 on the championship drive.

Even with that brilliant, decisive march to the Lombardi Trophy, it was LA’s “fearsome fivesome” that made the difference. Led by Aaron Donald and Von Miller, they sacked Joe Burrow a Super Bowl record-tying seven times, shutting down the Cincinnati offense after a 22-second spurt to start the second half gave the Bengals the lead.

Fittingly, Burrow was under pressure on

IOLA (8-10-9-4—31) Houk 1/3-1-3-12 Plumlee 0-1-5-1 Boyd 1/3-0-0-11 Miller 0/1-0-5-3 Jenna Curry 1-0-3-2 Reese Curry 0-1-0-1 Sturgeon 1-0-0-2 TOTALS: 4/7-3-17-32 ANDERSON COUNTY (810-7-14—31) Edgecomb 1-0-0-2 Fultz 1/1-3-1-8 Kurts 2/1-0-2-7 Fudge 1-14-3 Disbrow 8-1-2-17 Overstrut 0-2-0-2 TOTALS 13/27-11-39

fourth-and-1 and threw incomplete, setting off a football fiesta this city has not seen since the LA Raiders won the 1983 championship.

The 10 quick points at the outset of the third quarter put Cincinnati ahead for the first time. Tee Higgins’ 75-yard score made it 17-13 and was followed one play later by Chidobe Awuzie’s pick. Evan McPherson tied Adam Vinatieri’s postseason record with his 14th field goal, a 38-yarder.

Higgins beat All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey on the first play of the second half -- the receiver clearly tugged

Ramsey’s face mask on the play. After Matthew Stafford was intercepted on the next play, the Bengals got McPherson’s field goal.

Then they tried to hold on as all of southwest Ohio held its breath.

But LA’s relentless

pass rush, led by its two biggest stars, Donald and Miller with two apiece, allowed nothing more.

Then came the 15play march in which Kupp also converted the fourth down with his run.

Mustangs: Free throws seal home win Continued from B1

throws to put the Mustangs up 46-44 but Anderson County tied it again.

The lead flip-flopped once more before the Bulldogs fouled Weide with 12 seconds left.

Weide hit both free

throws to put Iola up 5048. The Mustang defense took care at the other end of the floor to give Iola its first winning streak of the season.

“We did a good job in the first three quarters battling and rebounding,” said Iola head

coach Luke Bycroft. “We were just bad with the ball in the fourth quarter. We would throw it to them, let them rip the ball out of our hands.

We let them back in it. The players can see the difference between when we take care of the

Cubs: Continue hot streak Continued from B1

some really good things.”

Trey Sommer led the way with 16 points on 8 of 11 shooting — the Cubs shot a scorching 65% as a team — to go with seven rebounds

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the line in the fourth quarter to wind up with 15 points. Rylee Mattheis also connected three times from downtown — twice in the fourth quarter — and wound up with nine points. Not to be outdone, Karley Ohl hit four 3-pointers, including one in the fourth quarter to end up with 14. Ross Snovelle scored four and Jalea True had three.

The Lady Titans racked up 10 3-pointers in the contest.

Yates Center’s Morgan Collins showed off some early marksmanship as well. She connected for a pair of 3-pointers as the Wildcats put together a 14-0 run spanning the second quarter to take an 18-8 lead. The Wildcats led 30-22 after three.

Collins wound up hitting four treys to score 16 points. Addison Solander hit two 3-pointers in scoring six. Callyn Miller added seven points, and Allison Chrisman scored eight.

IN BOYS action, Sean Hurst put forth another sterling effort, leading the way with 21 points, 10 rebounds, six assists, three steals and two blocks.

The Wildcats led 16-6 after one period, 32-12 at the break and 47-21 after three quarters.

Cash Cummings followed with 14 points, Emmett Brittain added eight points and three steals. Jayston Rice scored six, Jack King had six points and three blocks, Blake Audiss scored four and Canon Cavender and Emmit George scored two each.

Statistics for SCC’s boys were unavailable.

and four steals.

Wilhite was right behind with 15 points on 7 of 9 shooting, five assists, four rebounds and four steals. Colden Cook hit all four of his field goal attempts and scored nine points.

Levi McGowen had five points, four assists and four steals.

Gavin Page scored eight points and three assists, while Logan

Page scored six points and Colton Slocum and Asher Hart scored two points each.

The Lady Cubs’ victory lifted their record to 5-9.

A busy week awaits Humboldt. They travel to Bluestem on Tuesday, host Caney Valley in a makeup contest Thursday and hit the road again Friday at Fredonia.

ball and rebound versus when we don’t.”

Iola’s junior varsity also won 42-21. Kolton Greathouse led with 10 points. Kyser Nemecek had seven. Ben Kerr had six. Lucas Maier had five. Jeremy Adair, Gavin Jones and Kaiden Rutherford had two.

Iola is 4-13 and travels to Osawatomie on Tuesday.

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