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Sgt. Lucas Hamlin told Saturday morning’s gathering that he joined the military at age 17 with one goal in mind, “to complete college.” “I didn’t grow up with money, I earned what I had at that time, and I knew how to put in the work to be successful,” the Marmaton Valley High School graduate said. That work ethic has been a good fit for the military. “I never went to college,” he said, but noted he has learned untold lessons in service to his country. HAMLIN, who serves with 891st Battalion Army National Guard as a medical readiness NCO, was keynote speaker for the Veterans Day ceremony on the Iola square, hosted by the local Veterans See VETERANS | Page A3

Republicans seek to avoid shutdown in two-tier plan WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled his proposal on Saturday to avoid a partial government shutdown by extending government funding for some agencies and p r o g r a m s Speaker Mike until Jan. Johnson 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2. The approach is unusual for a stopgap spending bill. Usually, lawmakers extend funding until a certain date for all programs. Johnson decided to go with the combination approach, addressing concerns from GOP lawmakers seeking to avoid being presented with a massive spending bill just before the holidays. “This two-step continuing resolution is a necessary bill to place House Republicans in the best position to fight for conservative victories,” Johnson said in a statement after speaking with GOP lawmakers in an afternoon conference call. “The bill will stop the absurd holiday-season omnibus tradition of massive, loaded up spending bills introduced right before the Christmas recess.” The bill excludes funding requested by President Joe Biden for Israel, Ukraine and the U.S. border with Mexico. Johnson said separating Biden’s See SHUTDOWN | Page A3

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Sgt. Lucas Hamlin visits with Lillian Orzechowski after Saturday’s Veterans Day service. “I would still be in a German labor camp if not for American soldiers,” Orzechowski told Hamlin, who delivered Saturday’s message. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN

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Iola native hits right note at Sabetha By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

SABETHA — Sabetha High School’s football stadium was crammed with football fans near and far for Friday’s Class 2A state quarterfinal showdown between Sabetha and Humboldt High. Sure, almost all of them were there to watch the football powers. (Spoiler alert: Sabetha wore down the Cubs in the second half to win 4918.) But Iolans Brian and Traci Plumlee were there to watch the band. More specifically, they were there to watch their son, the band instructor. Sabetha’s marching band is under the direction of Iola native Braden Plumlee. Plumlee, 24, is in his second year at Sabetha, and is in the midst of rebuilding its music program. With only 16 musicians, Plumlee’s squad relies upon some of the Blue Jays football players and cheerleaders to fill out their ensemble. Plumlee arrived at Sabetha in 2022, replacing a longtime band instructor who left with a group of about 35 members. “In the transition between getting a new teacher, they lost 27, and then they graduated a big senior class,” he

Braden Plumlee, at right, is the band director for Sabetha High School’s marching band. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

explained. But while the band is small in terms of numbers, Plumlee is pleased with their work. “I have a lot of really talented kids,” he said. “They have a good sound. Plus, we have a huge middle school group coming in, so we’ll be doing better in terms of numbers.” If there was any trepidation for Friday night’s performance, it’s that the band members hadn’t performed

for more than two weeks prior to the matchup. “We have our winter concert coming up, so they’re in concert band mode now,” Plumlee laughed. “We hadn’t done any marching band stuff up to tonight.” Plumlee, a 2022 Washburn University graduate, found a natural fit at Sabetha, which has another local tie. Former IHS band instructor Matt Kleopfer is from Hi-

awatha, just a stone’s throw from Sabetha. When Plumlee interviewed for the band director’s job, he stayed at the Kleopfer farm, just outside of town. In fact, one of the students under Plumlee’s tutelage is Kleopfer’s niece. “I like it here,” he said. “I was hoping to teach at a small school, like Iola’s, and this is a smaller, tight-knight community. People are really involved.”

Sen. Tim Scott abruptly ends 2024 presidential bid COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two Tim Scott

months before the start of voting in Iowa’s leadoff GOP caucuses. The South Carolina senator, who entered the race in May with high hopes, made the surprise announcement on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Night in America” with Trey Gowdy, one of his closest friends. The news was so unanticipated that one campaign worker told The Associ-

ated Press that campaign staff found out Scott was dropping out by watching the show. “I love America more today than I did on May 22,” Scott said Sunday. “But when I go back to Iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. I am suspending my campaign. I think the voters who are the most remarkable people on the planet have been really clear that they’re telling me,

‘Not now, Tim.’” Scott’s impending departure comes as he and the rest of the GOP field have struggled in a race that has been dominated by former President Donald Trump. Despite four criminal indictments and a slew of other legal challenges, Trump continues to poll far ahead of his rivals, leading many in the party to See SCOTT | Page A6

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Drive-thru Turkey Day Wednesday Wesley United Methodist Church, 301 E. Madison Ave., is planning its annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15. Meals can be picked up by driving through the east parking lot. The meals are available to everyone on a firstcome, first-served basis. Riley McGinnis, left, and Shakyia Trester after a Sunday morning spent cleaning up their old elementary school playground. COURTESY PHOTO

Kids’ play date turns into cleanup effort By the Register staff

A day of play turned into a cleanup effort for two Iola youth. Riley McGinnis, age 9, and Shakyia Trester, age 8, wanted to take advantage of Sunday morning’s nice weather and headed to a playground at the neighboring Jefferson Elementary School. The girls saw trash on the former school grounds, so after breakfast they grabbed a couple of trash bags and some gloves and spent their morning clearing garbage from the site. The trash included beer cans and vape cartridge boxes. It was an eye-opening expe-

rience for the girls and Riley’s mom, Jessica McGinnis, who is the Drug-Free Community Coordinator for Allen County Multi-Agency Team (ACMAT) and the Southeast Mental Health Center. She works with area high schoolers to conduct environmental scans to identify tobacco usage on public property where children are known to play, such as around Humboldt schools and the square, as well as the Iola Public Library. Jefferson has been closed since a new Iola Elementary School opened in the fall of 2022, but is still used as a bus stop.

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On Nov. 11, Iola Police took a report of theft of a front-loading Whirlpool washer, dryer, push mower and other items from a storage unit in the 1500 block of East Monroe Street.

Veterans were honored in the morning worship service. Shane Ray held the American Flag while the congregation sang “My Country ‘Tis of Thee.” Kyle Crites celebrated his birthday Monday, Nov. 13, and Wilma Morrison will celebrate her birthday Wednesday. The church Thanksgiving fellowship dinner will follow the

By SUSAN BARTON SciLine/University of Delaware

Autumn is the season to gaze at gorgeous leaves of gold, yellow and orange as they flutter from the trees and fall on our yards – but then, of course, comes the tedious task of raking them up and trying to decide what to do with them. Susan Barton, a professor of plant and soil sciences at the University of Delaware, says taking a lazy approach is actually a win for your garden and the critters that live there. Below are some highlights from the interview. Can leaves on a landscaped property ever be left as they are, or should they always be mulched? Susan Barton: A layer of leaves on the lawn will exclude light, which would be detrimental to the lawn. So when the leaves fall, either rake them up or chop them up with a lawn mower so they are finer and can sift down in through the grass blades. But if they fall in a landscape bed, or under trees, shrubs and larger plants, it’s fine to just leave the leaves without mulching them. What are the benefits of mulching leaves

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rather than removing them? Susan Barton: The leaves contain nutrients, and they also are a source of organic matter. So if you allow the leaves to go back into the landscape, you are providing nutrients for the plants to take up, and you are providing organic matter that will improve the soil structure. If you think about forest, where leaves just naturally return to the soil and decompose every year, it’s some of the richest soil we have. By allowing that to happen in your landscape beds, you’re getting the same benefits. What are the environmental benefits of not removing the leaves? Susan Barton: If you rake up your leaves, put them in a black plastic bag and have them

taken off to a landfill, then they never get to decompose and return those nutrients and organic matter back to the soil. Instead, you’re taking what could be a resource and making it a problem. Also, many insects spend the winter in leaf litter. And a lot of people might not want insects in their landscape, but only about 2% of all the insects in the world are considered pests. Most of them are either beneficial or of no consequence to humans, and they are very important food sources for birds and other animals. Birds feed the

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Veterans: Ceremony honors those who served Continued from A1

Day Committee. Hamlin pulled back the curtain on life in the military. “The days are longer than you’re used to. When deployed, you spend anywhere from just months to even years at a time away from your family and friends, missing birthdays, anniversaries, kids being born, first steps taken, first words being said, growing so fast you hardly recognize them and vice versa. “You never drink from a faucet, water is so scarce; you ration your food, and wear all of the gear that combat zones require. You take cover from indirect fire, bracing for the impact and digging in to hold your positions on the battlefield.” Hamlin served as a track vehicle mechanic when deployed twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2019; was stationed in Kuwait as part of the

families are called into service.” Hamlin said it’s an honor to serve in the military, quoting President Dwight D. Eisenhower: “Americans, indeed, all free men, remember that in the final choice a soldier’s pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner’s chains.” We can all help carry the load, Hamlin said, by being “more welcoming,” to veterans, and

better listeners. OTHERS lending their talents to Saturday’s ceremony were Jared Ellis of Fellowship Regional Church who gave the invocation and benediction; Becky French, who sang the Star Spangled Banner; Tom Nevans of the local VFW organization, Maggie Barnett of the VFW Auxiliary and the American Legion firing squad.

Maggie Barnett, left, of the VFW Auxiliary, releases balloons in recognition of soldiers missing in action. Above, from left, Doug Lewis, Moran, visits with Sgt. Lucas Hamlin, and Carl Slaugh. 16th Engineer Brigade support team, and most recently served as a military police officer at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. HAMLIN balances out the hardships with the rewards. “You get to travel the world, observing all the different ways life can be lived,” including different languages, reli-

gions, foods, customs and courtesies. “You get to create bonds with people as you go through struggles together. Bonds that no conflict can break.” Hamlin asked those gathered to consider the sacrifices made in service to their country. “Some never came back. Others came back changed mentally, physically, or both.”

Hamlin also asked that we take time to listen to their stories. For some, joining the military was the only way out of a bad childhood or home life. For others, it was the only way they could pay for school or escape poverty. “People just like you and me who wanted something better for themselves and their

Fire closes Shutdown: Republicans weigh two-step funding til Jan. 19. Veterans pro- diately began considLos Angeles request for an emergrams, and bills dealing ering appropriations with transportation, bills through regular This proposal is just a recipe for more Regency supplemental housing, agriculture order. Still, with just bill from the tempohighway publican chaos and more shutdowns — full and energy, would be days remaining before rary, stopgap measure Continued from A1

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles drivers were tested Monday during the first commute following a raging fire over the weekend that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown. Many commuters appeared to have heeded warnings. TV news helicopter views generally showed less traffic than normal on some freeways encircling downtown but exits and area surface streets grew very crowded at the height of the commute. “In looking at the traffic data earlier this morning, I am somewhat pleased to say that the congestion was a little bit lighter than normal,” said Rafael Molina, deputy district director for the division of traffic at the California Department of Transportation. “However, please — if you don’t need to be in downtown Los Angeles — please avoid those trips.” Cellphones blasted a predawn reminder for residents to plan alternate commuting routes and to expect significant delays. Hazardous materials teams were clearing burned material from underneath the elevated freeway to make way for engineers, who will ensure the columns and deck of the highway can support the 300,000 vehicles that typically travel that route daily, officials told a morning news conference. Temporary support structures were also being installed. “Remember, this is an investigation as to the cause of how this occurred, as well as a hazmat and structural engineering question,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a news conference Sunday. “Can you open a few lanes? Can you retrofit the columns? Is the bridge deck intact to allow for a few lanes to remain open again?”

“places our conference in the best position to fight for fiscal responsibility, oversight over Ukraine aid, and meaningful policy changes at our Southern border.” Hardline conservatives, usually loathe to support temporary spending measures of any sort, had indicated they would give Johnson some leeway to pass legislation, known as a continuing resolution, or CR, to give Congress more time to negotiate a long-term agreement. But some were critical in their reactions following the conference call. “My opposition to the clean CR just announced by the Speaker to the @HouseGOP cannot be overstated,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, tweeted on X. “Funding Pelosi level spending & policies for 75 days - for future ‘promises.’” The White House, meanwhile, panned the plan as “unserious,” unworkable and a threat to national security and domestic programs. “This proposal is

stop. House Republicans need to stop wasting time on their own political divisions, do their jobs, and work in a bipartisan way to prevent a shutdown. — Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary

just a recipe for more Republican chaos and more shutdowns — full stop,” said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, pointing to opposition from members of both parties. “House Republicans need to stop wasting time on their own political divisions, do their jobs, and work in a bipartisan way to prevent a shutdown.” The federal government is operating under funding levels approved last year by a Democratic-led House and Senate. Facing a government shutdown when the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, Congress passed a 47-day continuing resolution, but the fallout was severe. Kevin McCarthy was booted from the speakership days later, and the House was effectively paralyzed for most of the month while Republicans tried

to elect a replacement. Republicans eventually were unanimous in electing Johnson speaker, but his elevation has hardly eased the dynamic that led to McCarthy’s removal — a conference torn on policy as well as how much to spend on federal programs. This past week, Republicans had to pull two spending bills from the floor — one to fund transportation and housing programs and the other to fund the Treasury Department, Small Business Administration and other agencies — because they didn’t have the votes in their own party to push them through the House. A document explaining Johnson’s proposal to House Republicans, obtained by The Associated Press, said funding for four spending bills would be extended un-

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Disease concerns with new herd introductions Most Kansas producers have been impacted in one way or another by the drought over the past few years. With El Nino on its way, many producers are weighing the ins and outs of restocking as forage conditions allow. Anytime new additions are brought in from an The act of bringing a graft calf or a nurse cow from outside source, disease an outside source has the potential to cause major introduction potential control should be a key scour issues in the herd. PIXABAY part of any rebuilding Hunter plan. The source and type Nickell In an ideal scenario, of animal that is purnew purchases would chased will change the Extension come from a single management of the an- Agent for source with known imals when they arrive Livestock at the new operation. In Production herd and health manan ideal scenario, new agement. purchases would come from a single source from the rest of your or with no vaccination with known herd and herd for 30-45 days. This history, modified live health management. allows any animals har- vaccines (MLV) would However, many times boring common tranthat information may sient infections (virus- not be recommended. not be passed to the buy- es), to run their course. However, for open cows er, so caution should be This isolation or quar- or heifers, the MLV vacimplemented when in- antine time also gives cine might be recomtroducing them to the producers the oppor- mended if that is the herd program. Other home herd. tunity to introduce the herd health products There are several new animals to the new modes of disease trans- environment, feed and such as dewormers or should mission of particular watering situation, and parasiticides also be considered. Reconcern for the cow/ implement their own member, it only takes calf herd. Nose to nose herd health program contact, blood trans- on these new animals. one new addition that is mission, fecal/urine This is especially im- carrying lice during the exposure, or sexual- portant if the previous winter months to infest ly transmitted being management history is an entire herd, so comcommon routes. Each unknown. During iso- plete and consistent disease has a different lation it is important implementation of herd period of time between to monitor new ani- health requirements is exposure of a pathogen mals closely for disease. essential. The timing of introand signs of disease ap- Some symptoms of conducing new animals can pearance. This is known cern include abortions, also raise concern. One as the pre-patent or in- manure consistency, of the riskiest times of cubation period. During drop in body condition introducing new anithis period of time, cat- score, or looking demals is during calving tle can look complete- pressed. ly healthy but begin to When implementing season. The simple act shed pathogens and the herd health plan on of bringing in a graft calf transmit disease. For new additions, it is very or a nurse cow from an common viruses and important that produc- outside source has the bacteria, the time can ers discuss this with potential to cause mabe days to weeks, but in their local veterinarian. jor scour issues in the some circumstances the If previous vaccination herd. Another period of pre-patent period can history is unavailable, concern is during the even be years (Johnes veterinarians may sug- early breeding season. Disease, Bovine Leuko- gest specific types of This time of year is not sis). Depending on the products on animals often thought about as diseases of concern, it with unknown history. a key transmission time is a common recom- For example: Pregnant due to lush pastures, mendation to separate cows that have only vast space, and fresh or isolate new animals ever had killed vaccines air, but several common

transient infections can wreak havoc on breed up rates as early embryos can be easily impacted by pathogens at this time. Unfortunately, the impacts of disease transmission during the early breeding season are not felt until pregnancy detection time. Disease testing is often discussed as a tool to utilize when purchasing new animals. Ideally female replacements and breeding bulls would already be tested for certain diseases prior to arrival, however that does not always occur. Two key diseases that are commonly tested for and should be considered due to the diseases’ potential for large economic loss are Trichomoniasis (Trich) and (BVD). At minimum, all new non-virgin bulls should be trich tested prior to breeding turnout. As for BVD, consider only purchasing BVD- PI negative tested animals, or have background information on home herd vaccination and background of the animals prior to purchase. There are a multitude of other diseases that can be tested for prior to purchase or during the quarantine period. However, to ensure the best investment of resources, the home herd disease status is an important consideration to know before large scale testing is conducted on new arrivals. Whether you are weighing the options of rebuilding your herd numbers, replacing yearly culls, or expanding your herd, these principles of biosecurity are good to keep in mind. As with any herd health decision, consulting with your local veterinarian is a critical step within the process.

Nitrate levels are often higher in the rural Midwest By NATALIE KREBS Harvest Public Media

Recent studies have found elevated levels of nitrate in drinking water correlates with health issues like cancer and thyroid disease — even below what current federal standards deem as safe. But health research necessary to take federal action is slow-going, and some environmental health experts are concerned officials aren’t acting fast enough. About a decade ago, a team of researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

started looking into the possibility of a connection between water quality and pediatric cancer. Nebraska has the highest rate of pediatric cancer in the Midwest. Eleanor Rogan, a public health researcher for the ongoing study at UNMC, said the center started looking at rural Nebraska watersheds, and found a correlation between pediatric cancer and higher rates of nitrate, which comes from farm fertilizer, as well an herbicide called Atrazine. The watersheds that correlated with higher cancer rates often had

nitrate levels below the U.S. Enivonmental Protection Agency’s current safe contaminant level of 10 parts per million. The nitrate standard was set decades ago to prevent methemoglobinemia, also known as blue baby syndrome. Even so, it is common for farming communities across the Midwest to have elevated levels of nitrate that still meet federal standards. Recent studies have linked nitrate with other health issues like colorectal cancer and thyroid disease. But Mary Ward, a senior investigator at the National Institutes of

Health and a leading expert on nitrate, said it’s still too early to make any firm conclusions.

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The holiday season is here. It can be a joyous time, but not always for everyone. For many, especially those feeling emotionally distant or those who have recently experienced a loss, it is a time of year that can leave us particularly vulnerable to feelings as we are pressured to “get in the holiday spirit.” While there is not any one best way to cope with these feelings, consider these tips for coping with loss and loneliness during the holidays: • Accept your feelings. Give yourself permission to feel how you feel. Whatever you are feeling is appropriate. • Do what feels right to you. Remember that you can opt out of a holiday event or tradition if it will be too much for you. Make a plan for comforting activities you can do

instead. Consider asking someone to check in on you. • Get support. Talk to loved ones about your needs. If you or someone you know is in crisis or seeking emotional support, call or text 988 to connect with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You can also chat with them online at 988lifeline.org. One year ago, K-State Research and Extension hosted a webinar about coping with loss and loneliness during the holidays. To learn more about this topic, view the webinar recording online at ksre.k-state. edu/fcs/ livingwellwed. You can also join Tara Solomon-Smith and me at the Iola Public Library on Dec. 7, at 6:30 p.m., for a free program on coping with loss and loneliness during the holidays. For more information, contact me at clarawicoff@ ksu.edu or 620-3652242.

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Allen County 4-H Council elects officers By KASON BOTTS Allen County 4-H Reporter

Allen County 4-H Council held their first meeting of the new 4-H year on Sunday, Oct. 29, after the Southwind District Officer Training event held at Marmaton Valley High School in Moran. All five clubs had member representatives and club leaders present.

In new business, officer elections were held for the new year. They are as follows: • President: Kyser Nemecek of City Slickers • Vice President: Sophia Barlow of Logan Pals • Secretary - Carly Kramer of Square B • Treasurer - Halle Klotz of Prairie Dell • Reporter - Kason Botts of Prairie Rose

The group also discussed ideas for the upcoming Christmas party to be held over Christmas break. Members are going to ask their clubs what they would prefer to do as well as get pricing and available dates for local options. Members will report back to Agent Jennifer Terrell for information to be printed in the December newsletter.

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Sitting all day is killing us The cure is suprisingly easy — and difficult By MANOUSH ZOMORODI and KEITH DIAZ Los Angeles Times/TNS

From head to toe, our bodies are adapting to accommodate our devices. A majority of U.S. workers spend most of each weekday seated and looking at screens. We’ve thereby put ourselves in the midst of a slow-moving health crisis marked by alarming rates of early-onset diabetes and hypertension. Plus, by the end of most days — though it’s not the preferred medical terminology — we just feel like crap. Many of us ignore our Apple Watches’ insistent, buzzing reminders to get up and move. Others work out before heading to our desks, mistakenly assuming an early-morning sweat makes up for the hours of sitting to come. And then there are the disciples of the standing desk, which unfortunately won’t fix our irregular blood sugar and lipid levels either. After setting out to pinpoint the minimum amount of movement needed to offset the harms of our sedentary lives, Columbia University Medical Center researchers found that five minutes of gentle walking every half an hour does the trick. That’s easy to do if you’re in a controlled study in a Columbia exercise lab, where a clinician taps you on the shoulder every 30 minutes and leads you away from your laptop to a treadmill set to 2 mph. But what about in the real world? Is it possible to add regular movement breaks to our deadline-filled days? Sure, we might be able to tolerate the exercise, but what about the interruptions? That’s what we tried to find out over three weeks this fall with an unusual project: We asked National Public Radio listeners to join a study run by the same Columbia researchers to see whether they could incorporate regular movement breaks or “snacks” into their day and report back on why they could … or couldn’t. More than 20,000 people signed up (nearly crashing the system). Here’s what we found out: Movement breaks improved mental health too. Participants were in a better mood on days when they took movement breaks, reporting more positive emotions and fewer negative feelings. They also felt more energized, reporting an average 25% reduction in fatigue. The breaks didn’t hurt job performance. Participants reported that they felt more engaged in their work and showed slight improvements in work quantity and quality on days when they took movement breaks. But making time for fre-

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Scheduling regular movement breaks into your workday improves your physical and mental health. Study participants reported feeling more energized throughout the day as well as more positive emotion. PHOTO BY RENÉ RANISH/ UNSPLASH

quent breaks is hard. Many participants struggled to take movement breaks from their daily routines every half an hour. Only 50% reported being able to take movement breaks that often. The commonly cited barriers were pressure to be productive at work, feeling too busy to take a break and concerns about disrupting workplace cultural norms. Participants found that taking movement breaks every hour or two was more realistic and less disruptive to their daily lives, with 70% to 80% of participants reporting taking regular breaks at these intervals. However, feeling too busy and work performance pressures were still regularly reported as barriers even to these less frequent breaks. Our findings show that public interest and participation in research are critical to identifying the barriers to movement breaks and developing real-world solutions. But we hope this project also fast-tracks a broader conversation about a cultural reset, one that would require collective effort. We shouldn’t accept sacrificing our general mental and physical well-being just because society has come to regard constant sitting as the norm. Now that everyone knows sitting too much is bad, what if it were acceptable to stand up in the midst of an endless Zoom meeting and shuffle side to side? Instead of admonishing kids about their screen time, what if we asked them whether they

got their “stroll time” each day? We used to accommodate smoke breaks, and these days few of us bat an eye if someone in a meeting looks at their phone. Behaviors, good and bad, are often contagious, but we need workplaces and schools to be willing collaborators in making time and space for movement. Our institutions need to encourage anyone who wants to change their relationship with their chair and devices. The World Health Organization estimates that if we stay this sedentary, nearly 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases this decade, costing governments $27 billion annually. Just as important, we’ll be condoning the disembodied way so many of us are living right now, denying the next generation the simple joys of feeling strong, healthy and mobile. About the authors: Manoush Zomorodi is the host of NPR’s “TED Radio Hour,” the creator of its “Body Electric” series and the author of “Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self.” Keith Diaz is a certified exercise physiologist, an associate professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and the director of the Exercise Testing Laboratory at Columbia’s Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health.

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Stephanie Quincy, a senior at Iola High School, has been named the school’s Century III leader. She will compete with other students around the state for a $1,500 scholarship and a trip to the Century III Leaders national conference in Williamsburg, Va.

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***** Iola physicians Tell Copening, Glen Singer and Brian Wolfe will open a clinic at 610 Bridge St. in Humboldt on Nov. 7. It will be staffed five days a week. Two people will work full time. Mary Ellen Stanley will be receptionist and Kimberly Adams the nurse.

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er that you never know what people are privately dealing with, especially in places of A small town in east Al- worship, where heartache abama is saying goodbye comes to find healing. We can’t ask Bubba Copeto someone they shouldn’t land what was going through have lost. By all accounts, F.L. “Bub- his mind. But we do know ba” Copeland Jr. was loved what’s been going on in this by thousands in Smiths Sta- nation: a disturbing wave of tion, a community of about hatred and violence toward 5,400. He was mayor. He was LGBTQ+ people. In July in New York, a gay a small business owner. He was a pastor. And yet when man was killed for dancing. he was dealing with fallout Outside of Los Angeles, a from his community believ- straight woman was killed ing he was queer, he decided the next month for hanging a rainbow flag. This week, a to kill himself. A conservative publica- man in Dallas was sentenced tion had posted pictures of to 48 years in prison for Copeland wearing a wig and murdering a trans woman women’s clothing. He ad- in 2019 just weeks after she dressed the issue from the had been beaten by a group pulpit on Nov. 1, saying the of other men. And now the article did not reflect who mayor of a small town in he was and that “sometimes the Bible Belt takes his own people stumble” in their life. Senseless homophobic and transphobic violence faith walk. On Nov. 3, after days of across the country, hurting public ridicule, police said, Americans from very differCopeland shot himself in ent walks of life, sometimes front of them. Former Ala- people who aren’t even bama Sen. Doug Jones crit- LGBTQ+. Jars of Clay, one of my faicized the publication for outing Copeland, posting vorite Christian bands, has a on social media “we live in a song called “Shelter,” which mean and bitter world where is rooted in the communal the self-righteous tend to spirit of Psalms. The lyrics are a reminder to be kind: throw the largest stones.” “God has given I had not us each other, heard of Copeand we will land prior to Whether through never walk his death, but I do empathize legislation or rheto- alone.” When about with much of ric, we just keep find- asked it, lead singer his story. ing ways to push each Dan Haseltine I was closeted while work- other away. To “other” said: “There is ing in the min- one another. To hurt no power in love, no gravity istry for years. one another. in forgiveness, At one point no consuming in life, I too light in darkconcluded that ness, no insuicide was my only choice. I was blessed to have sur- comprehensibility of joy if vived my attempt. For far too we forget we belong to each many, that is not the case. other.” A recent political poll This is why organizations such as the Trevor Project found 76% of Americans and the Ali Forney Center believe the country is headare needed — to provide ref- ed in the wrong direction. I uge and help for those strug- happen to be one of them. gling with sexual orienta- We are headed in the wrong tion and gender identity. direction: apart from one It’s gut-wrenching to know another. Whether through legislasomeone as cared for in his community as Copeland tion or rhetoric, we just keep was still did not believe that finding ways to push each same community would other away. To “other” one love him if they believed he another. To hurt one another. was queer. This is particularly harmFOR HIS FINAL sermon, ful when it comes to faith Copeland turned to the Book communities and places of of Psalms and its many pas- worship, where we are supsages about life’s challenges posed to gather and find fellowship. If faith leaders and God’s protection. “Even though I walk are wondering why Amerithrough the valley of the ca’s church attendance is at shadow of death, I fear no a historic low, I would start evil,” he said at his church’s there. A small town in east AlaWednesday evening service last week. “For you are with bama is saying goodbye to me; your rod and your staff, someone it shouldn’t have lost. The hope is that some they comfort me. “When you’re down, other person struggling scared, worried, remem- with similar issues will find ber who has you. Whose the reassurance and love to rod, whose staff guides you, know they are not walking who takes care of you. The alone. That instead of ridonly opinion that matters is icule and shame, there is what’s God’s opinion of you.” shelter. About the author: LZ And then two days later he Granderson is an Op-Ed colkilled himself. He was 49. His funeral was umnist for the Los Angeles Nov. 9. His death is a remind- Times.

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Iceland evacuates town; volcano could erupt LONDON (AP) — Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region. Police decided to evacuate Grindavik after recent seismic activity in the area moved south toward the town and monitoring indicated that a corridor of magma, or semi-molten rock, now extends under the community, Iceland’s Meteorological Office said. The town of 3,400 is on the Reykjanes Peninsula, about 31 miles southwest of the capital, Reykjavik. “At this stage, it is not possible to determine exactly whether and where magma might reach the surface,” the Meteorological Office said. Authorities also raised their aviation alert to orange, indicating an increased risk of a volcanic eruption. Volcanic eruptions pose a serious hazard to aviation because they can spew highly abrasive ash high into the at-

mosphere, where it can cause jet engines to fail, damage flight control systems and reduce visibility. A major eruption in Iceland in 2010 caused widespread disruption to air travel between Europe and North America, costing airlines an estimated $3 billion as they canceled more than 100,000 flights. The evacuation comes after the region was shaken by hundreds of small earthquakes every day for more than two weeks as scientists monitor a buildup of magma some 3.1 miles underground. Concern about a possible eruption increased in the early hours of Thursday when a magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit the area, forcing the internationally known Blue Lagoon geothermal resort to close temporarily. The seismic activity started in an area north of Grindavik where there is a network of 2,000-yearold craters, geology professor Pall Einarrson, told Iceland’s RUV. The magma corridor is about 6.2 miles long and spreading, he said.

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Battles between Israel and Hamas around hospitals forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last perceived safe places in northern Gaza, stranding critically wounded patients, including newborns, and their caregivers with dwindling supplies and no electricity, health officials said Monday. The Israeli military has urged Palestinians to flee south on foot through what it calls safe corridors. But its stated goal of separating civilians from Hamas militants has come at a heavy cost: More than two-thirds of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have fled their homes. Thousands fled Gaza’s Shifa Hospital over the weekend as Israeli troops encircled it, but hundreds of patients and displaced people remain, officials say. Shifa “is not functioning as a hospital anymore,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. After power went out for Shifa’s incubators, the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza released a photo on Monday it says shows about a dozen premature babies wrapped in blankets together on a bed to keep them at a proper temperature. Otherwise, “they immediately die,” said the health ministry’s director general, Medhat Abbas, who added that four of the babies had been delivered by cesarean section after their mothers died. The Red Cross was attempting Monday to evacuate some 6,000 patients, staff and dis-

British PM taps Cameron LONDON (AP) — With his country mired in economic doldrums and his party trailing in the polls as an election nears, U.K. leader Rishi Sunak rolled the dice and shook up his government on Monday, appointing former Prime Minister David Cameron to the post of foreign secretary. The move came in a Cabinet overhaul that saw Sunak jettison his powerful but controversial interior minister, Home Secretary Suella Braverman. In a highly unusual attack on the police last week, Braverman said London’s police force was ignoring lawbreaking by “pro-Palestinian mobs.” She described demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in the Is-

rael-Hamas war as “hate marchers.” She repeated the claims in an article for the Times of London. The government hailed Cameron’s experience, acquired as U.K. leader between 2010 and 2016. But Sunak is taking a risk in giving a new political life to the leader responsible for the most divisive issue Britain has faced in years: Brexit. The government said Cameron had been appointed to Parliament’s unelected upper chamber, the House of Lords, alongside his new job. “I know it’s not usual for a prime minister to come back in this way,” the now-Lord Cameron acknowledged. “But I believe in public service.”

“I hope that six years as prime minister, 11 years leading the Conservative Party, gives me some useful experience and contacts and relationships and knowledge that I can help the prime minister to make sure we build our alliances, we build partnerships with our friends, we deter our enemies and we keep our country strong,” Cameron, 57, told broadcasters. As prime minister, Cameron backed a NATO-led military intervention in Libya in 2011 that toppled Moammar Gadhafi and deepened that country’s chaos. In 2013, he tried and failed to gain Parliament’s backing for U.K. airstrikes against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Syria.

Reservist soldiers, settlers and volunteers from Israel and the United States take part in weapons training. MARCUS YAM/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS placed people from a second hospital, AlQuds, after it shut down for lack of fuel, but it said its convoy had to turn back because of shelling and fighting. Both sides have seized on the plight of hospitals, particularly Shifa’s, as a symbol of the larger war, now in its sixth week. The fighting was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise attack into Israel, whose response has led to thousands of deaths — and much destruction — across Gaza. For Palestinians, Shifa evokes the suffering of civilians. For weeks, staff running low on supplies have performed surgery there on war-wounded patients, including children, without anesthesia. Up until days ago, tens of thousands of people driven from their homes by airstrikes lived in and around the complex, hoping it would be safe. International law gives hospitals special protections during war. But hospitals can lose those protections

if combatants use them to hide fighters or store weapons, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Still, there must be plenty of warning to allow evacuation of staff and patients, and if harm to civilians from an attack is disproportionate to the military objective, it is illegal under international law. In

an editorial published Friday in Britain’s The Guardian newspaper, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said the attacker must meet a high burden of proof to show that a hospital has lost its protections. After the exodus of people from Shifa over the weekend, about 650 patients and 500 staff remain in the hospital, along with around 2,500 displaced Palestinians sheltering inside the complex, said Mohammed Zaqout, the director of hospitals in Gaza. The Health Ministry said 32 patients, including three babies, have died since Shifa’s emergency generator ran out of fuel Saturday. It said 36 babies, as well as other patients, are at risk of dying because life-saving equipment can’t function.

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conclude the race is effectively over, barring some stunning change of fortune. Scott, in particular, has had trouble gaining traction in the polls, despite millions spent on his behalf by high-profile donors. In his efforts to run a positive campaign, he was often overshadowed by other candidates — particularly on the debate stage, where he seemed

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Scott said he wouldn’t immediately be endorsing any of his remaining Republican rivals. “The voters are really smart,” Scott said. “The best way for me to be helpful is to not weigh in on who they should endorse.” He also appeared to rule out serving as vice president, saying the No. 2 slot “has never been on my to-do list for this campaign, and it’s certainly not there now.”

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Lancers earn gridiron honors COLONY — Six Crest High football players earned postseason recognition for their work on the gridiron this fall. Leading the way was senior Jerry Rodriguez, who earned unanimous first-team All-Three Rivers League and firstteam all-district honors as a defensive back. Rodriguez also brought in first-team all-district and honorable mention TRL honors as a kick returner, and honorable mention honors as a wide receiver. He was joined by lineman Logan Kistner, who earned unanimous firstteam All-League and all-district honors as a defensive lineman, and honorable mention AllLeague and all-district recognition on the offensive line. Rogan Weir, despite playing only five games due to a collarbone injury, earned honorable mention All-League and See CREST | Page B4

forced, and recovered, a second Sabetha fumble in the waning seconds of the second quarter. Cub quarterback Blake Ellis found receiver Jacob Harrington streaking down the sideline two plays lat-

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Will Howard became the all-time leader in touchdown passes in Kansas State history, leading the Wildcats past Baylor 59-25 on Saturday afternoon. “It’s an unbelievable honor,” he said. “If you would have told an 18-year-old Will Howard who threw three picks at West Virginia that he’d be standing here (in this position), he would have told you you were crazy. “It still really hasn’t sunk in yet. It’s crazy to think about.” Howard was 19-of-29 for 235 yards and three touchdowns. He moved past Josh Freeman with 45 career touchdown passes. It was Howard’s fifth game this season with at least three TD passes, tying Freeman for the school record. The fact that Howard is in this place is a testimony to perseverance. He was booed frequently early in his career when he backed up Skylar Thompson and

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Humboldt High’s Sam Hull, right, lunges for extra yardage Friday against Sabetha in the Class 2A state quarterfinals. Sabetha ended Humboldt’s season, 49-18. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Senior Sam Hull ran a Jay fumble 52 yards Cubs fall to Sabetha, 49-18 Blue for a touchdown. Then he By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

SABETHA — For two quarters, a hotly contested Class 2A state quarterfinal matchup between Humboldt and Sabetha had a little bit of everything to keep

fans entertained. Between wild momentum swings fueled by fumbles and huge pass plays, host Sabetha had threatened to pull away. But Humboldt pulled some magic out of its hat as well.

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Crosby trey in final seconds lifts Red Devils By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Allen Community College’s Randy Crosby, top, is lifted by his teammates after his 3-pointer with .6 seconds left gave ACC a 77-75 win over Southeast Nebraska. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Patrick Nee isn’t necessarily prone to hyperbole. But his first reaction to Saturday’s stunning “c o m e - f r o m - b e h i n d from-ahead” 77-75 win over Southeast Nebraska was to speak of his mortality. “I think this game just took six years off my life,” Nee said afterward. Allen’s Randy Crosby drilled a 3-pointer from the corner with .6 seconds left on the clock to give Allen the win. That came after Southeast stormed back from a 27-point deficit to take a 75-74 lead with 10 seconds showing. Allen called timeout, but a 3-point attempt See PHEW | Page B3

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ACC women move to 5-0 By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

If one thing has emerged from the young 2023 basketball season, it’s that Allen Community College’s women have the potential to make some serious noise in the Jayhawk Conference.

“But that’s the thing,” ACC head coach Leslie Crane said. “Potential and a buck will get you a cup of coffee.” Allen capped a spotless weekend at the Red Devil Classic, fending off Mid America Nazarene, 61-51, on Friday before steamrolling See ACC | Page B6

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Inflation is slowing, turkey prices are dropping and yet, somehow, Thanksgiving dinners will still cost more than they did last year. “Don’t expect tremendous savings,” a new report from Wells Fargo’s Agri-Food Institute warns, noting that foodat-home prices are still up 2.4% compared with last October. “This year’s celebration will not be less expensive.” Still, not all Thanksgiving mainstays are going to cost more, and the price of the traditional roasted-turkey centerpiece is falling. Retail prices for whole fresh turkeys were down 9% the week of Oct. 23, when the report was written, but have dropped even more since then, down 13% as of Oct. 30, said Michael Swanson, the institute’s chief agricultural economist. “We expect those prices to fall even more.” While turkey prices are falling, consumers aren’t getting the full benefit of the lower price tag retailers are seeing: Wholesale prices are down 30%, according to the report. “The retailer has more expenses,” said Swanson, one of the report’s authors, citing high labor costs as an example.

Swanson also pointed out that low prices on turkeys hurt the farmers who raise them. Not everyone is so optimistic on the cost of gobblers. Lower turkey stocks as a result of avian flu could hurt supply and support prices, said Justin Barlup, an analyst at Bloomberg’s Green Markets. Ham prices, mean-

while, have gone up 5.2% since last year, according to the report. Canned foods are way up, too, Swanson said, with canned pumpkin up 30% and green beans rising 9% compared with a year ago. Canned cranberries are up 60%, but those willing to spend more time cooking can save some money: Fresh cranberries are down

20%, year over year. Cream supplies are tight across the country, pressuring milk and dairy prices, according to the latest U.S. Foods Farmer’s Report. The report, from Oct. 27, also says that green beans from Georgia have seen crop damage due to hurricanes and rains over the past couple of months — crimping

supplies headed into the Thanksgiving holiday. Swanson attributes the variability to a range of factors: Farmers put a lot of turkeys into their barns over the summer, so supply is high and retailers are competing with each other to bring down prices. Packaging and transportation costs are still making canned items more expensive.

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er for a 79-yard touchdown pass on the final play of the half. Sabetha’s tenuous lead looked anything but secure. Alas, the Blue Jays took full advantage of their superior depth in the second half, scoring on all five of their possessions in the third and fourth quarters to pull away, 49-18. The defeat ends Humboldt’s season at 9-2. Sabetha (10-1) travels to unbeaten Nemaha Central on Friday with a berth in the state championship game on the line. “They definitely

wore us down,” Humboldt head coach Logan Wyrick said. “They’ve got 23 seniors. We’ve got six. Nobody can doubt our effort. We just didn’t execute a few things in the first half.” Humboldt threatened to take the lead on its initial possession, chewing up half of the first quarter before losing a fumble at the Blue Jay 15. The teams traded punts from there before the Cubs struck first, when Hull scooped up the Blue Jays fumble for the long touchdown. Undaunted, Sabetha responded with a wallop, marching 73 yards

on 12 plays, capped by a 22-yard touchdown pass from Mitchell Kramer to Christian McAfee. Then, after Humboldt punted again, Kramer found Nate Menold open down the middle for a 70-yard touchdown pass. Humboldt’s hurry-up offense failed to get a first down, allowing Sabetha another chance to extend its lead. But Hull’s strip tackle of a Blue Jay ball carrier gave Humboldt possesion with time for a snap or two. That was all it took. Harrington’s bomb gave the Humboldt

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Phew: Late trey wins it Continued from B1

was blocked out of bounds, giving ACC a final play with 3 seconds showing. Nee drew up a play designed to create a lane to the basket for a layup on the inbound play. But Southeast’s players didn’t bite, leaving Crosby cutting to the corner for the pass from David Teele. Crosby didn’t hesitate, sending the Allen bench into a frenzied state of jubilation when the attempt hit nothing but nylon. “It was nothing I drew up or we discussed,” Nee said. “Randy just made a big-time shot at a big-time time.” The trey marked a coming out of sorts for the sophomore Bronx, N.Y. native who transferred to Allen this season from Tyler (Texas) Community College, but missed the first week of the season due to injury. “The more we see him, the more electric big-time plays we’ll see,” Nee predicted. “He gave us a shot in the arm tonight.” Few would have predicted Saturday’s outcome was anywhere close to in doubt after the Red Devils took a 19-point lead into the break, and then opened the second half with a 10-2 run to lead 59-32. But the lead came at a cost, primarily in the form of expended energy and foul trouble. The Coyotes pulled to within 16 by the 10-minute mark, and was within single digits on a Colin Tarver steal and layup with 7 minutes remaining. “We just got stag-

nant,” Nee said. “We’re still a young team, and we don’t have the killer instinct to put people away. We got to a 27-point lead and just relaxed. They jumped to a zone and we got really stagnant.” Allen’s Dirk Johnson and Dante Jackson were both eliminated due to fouls by the time Southeast completed a 19-6 run, capped by Tarver’s free throw with 10 seconds remaining. “We’re very grateful to win,” Nee said. “I don’t think I did a good coaching job down the stretch. The guys bailed me out.” He admitted a loss on Saturday, Allen’s fourth night of action in five days, would have been a tough blow for his still-maturing squad. “But a win’s a win,” Nee added. “If you’d have told me in June and July that we’d be 4-2 after six games, I’d take it.” Killian Spellman added 12 points, while Jackson and Grayson Ryan scored nine apiece. Spellman also had eight rebounds. David Teele dished out six assists. Saturday’s theatrics was a nice salve after Friday’s 80-63 defeat at the hands of visiting Cowley. The Tigers, one of two NJCAA-Division I schools on Allen’s schedule this year, jumped out to a 40-25 lead at halftime. Allen stayed within arm’s length down the stretch, but was unable to mount a comeback. Spellman scored 20 with six rebounds, and Crosby scored 14 for Allen. EJ Lewis had three assists and three steals

to go with eight points. “I made the schedule very tough on our guys,” Nee said. “I wanted to challenge them. When I drew up the schedule, I thought if we’d be 4-2 or 5-2 going into Thanksgiving I’d be happy with that.” Southeast won’t have long to wait for a rematch. Allen visits the Coyotes on Dec. 1. “I’d rather learn from wins than learn from losses,” Nee said. Allen hosted Bethany Monday evening. Results will be in Wednesday’s Register. Cowley 40-40—80 Nwankwo 2/3 3 Dallas 6/2 2 Smith 0/1 1 Owens 6 1 Thomas 3/1 1 Hugie 2 0 Nichols 3 5 Ziegler 1 0 Brown 0 1 TOTALS 23/7 13 Allen 25-38—63 Lewis 1/1 3 Teele 1 1 Jackson 2 1 Spellman 5/2 4 Johnson 2 2 Crosby 3/1 5 Hill 0 1 Ryan 0/2 0 Scott 0 0 TOTALS 14/6 17

faithful a jolt, although the Cubs came up dry on the two-point attempt. The second half became the Colin Menold show. One week after rushing for 370 yards in a win over Silver Lake, Menold scored on runs of four and 15 yards to extend Sabetha’s lead to 28-12. Another Cub punt led to Kramer’s third touchdown pass of the game, a 5-yarder to yet another of the Menold family, this one Tyler. (Side note: Sabetha’s roster of 57 players features seven Menolds.) Humboldt’s full roster of 27 players had one final show for the Cub faithful. Ellis hit Hull twice late in the fourth quarter to sustain a 68-yard scoring drive, setting up an Ellis 1-yard keeper. Unofficially, Ellis was 20 of 29 passing for 249 yards while rushing 12 times for 58 yards. Hull had 95 yards on nine catches. Carpenter had 79 yards on his sole catch. Mason Sterling added 42 yards on three receptions. Cole Mathes rushed for 28 yards. Kramer completed 10 of 15 passes for 202 yards. Colin Menold wound up with 111 yards and two scores. WITH THE LOSS, Humboldt bids adieu to seniors Hull, Garren Goodner Byron Westbrook, Sam Jennings, Caleb Gunderman and Mateo Miller. “I’ve known Sam and Garren since they were little,” Wyrick said. “I coached their brothers, and watched them grow up. Sam is as talented as they get. He hasn’t missed a workout in six or seven years. Garren is a three-time cap-

Humboldt High’s Blake Ellis throws a pass against Sabetha Friday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN tain. The only other player I’ve had do that was his brother (Dagen.) “I’ve coached Byron and Mateo since they were young, too,” Wyrick continued. “I haven’t been around Caleb and Sam as long, but I’ve had good relationships with all of those guys. We’re gonna miss their leadership.” That said, Humboldt’s bevy of talented juniors and underclassmen could make 2024 another special year for the Cubs, who have won a regional championship four of the past six years. “I don’t want to look ahead, but we’ve got big expectations,” Wyrick said. “Next year is no different.” Humboldt 0–12-0-6—18) Sabetha 0-14-21-14—49) Second Quarter Humboldt — Sam Hull 52 yard fumble return (pass failed) Sabetha — Christian McAfee 22 yard pass from Mitchell Kramer (Nate Menold kick) Sabetha — N. Menold 70 yard pass from Kramer (N. Menold kick) Humboldt — Jake Carpenter 79 yard pass from Blake Ellis (PAT failed)

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Third Quarter Sabetha — Colin Menold 4 yard run (N. Menold kick) Sabetha — C. Menold 15 yard run (N. Menold kick) Sabetha — Tyler Menold 5 yard pass from Kramer (N. Menold kick) Fourth Quarter Sabetha — Kramer 5 yard run (N. Menold kick) Humboldt — Ellis 1 yard run (run failed) Sabetha — Kellen Wenger 1 yd run (N. Menold kick) Statistics (unofficial) Rushing Humboldt — Mason Sterling 1-0; Blake Ellis 12-58; Logan Page 2-3; Cole Mathes 7-28; Sabetha — Aiden Lang 4-40; Mitchell Kramer 5-56; Cole Hinton 1-4; Chase Frey 8-48; Colin Menold 20-110; Kellen Wenger 3-10 Passing Humboldt — Blake Ellis 2029-249 Sabetha — Mitchell Kramer 10-15-102 Receiving Humboldt — Mason Sterling 3-42; Logan Page 2-18; Jacob Carpenter 1-79; Cole Mathes 2-7; Sam Hull 9-95; Asher Hart 2-9; Brody Gunderman 1-2 Sabetha — Aiden Lang 1-20; Brody Deters 1-9; Nate Menold 2-91; Marcus Bauman 2-38; Christian McAfee 1-22; Tyler Menold 1-5

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1st team Unanimous All League DB 1st team All District DB 1st team All District KR HM All District KR HM all District WR 43 tackles, 8 pass deflections, 2 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 TD 2 punt returns, 58 yards, 1 TD 21 KO returns, 456 yards, 1 TD 12 Rec. 227 yards, 4 TDs 16 carries, 117 yards, 1 TD

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Adrian Martinez. Now he’s the unquestioned leader of the K-State offense. “With all the stuff I’ve had to deal with here, I’m privileged to be in the position I’m in,” he said. “It means the world. I’m floored.” Kansas State (7-3, 5-2 Big 12) has scored at least 40 points in all six home games (6-0) this season. “A great performance by our guys today,” coach Chris Klieman said. “Our guys came to play today. “We had two defensive touchdowns. We had four stops on fourth down and four turnovers. When you have eight (takeaways) it’s hard to beat you.” Blake Shapen was 22of-45 for 253 yards and four touchdowns for Baylor (3-7, 2-5 Big 12). “I’m just way frustrated and upset,” Baylor coach Dave Aranda said. “My comments to the team were, ‘This is bottom. You can’t get any worse than this, with the score and the feeling you have.” K-State extended its 35-13 halftime lead early in the third quarter on a 33-yard field goal by

Chris Tennant. Shapen hit Drake Dabney for a 63-yard touchdown. After a pair of laterals, Shapen found Dabney, who eluded the K-State defense. The Wildcats responded with a nine-play, 73yard touchdown drive, capped by Treshaun Ward’s 4-yard run. Keenan Garber then picked off Shapen and returned it 45 yards for a pick-6. “I never would have thought my first one would come on defense,” said Garber, who began his career as a receiver but never scored a touchdown before Saturday. “Once I saw the quarterback come my way, I knew (the ball) was coming my way. I made a good read on it and followed through with the catch.” K-State took the opening kickoff and scored on a 19-yard screen pass from Howard to DJ Giddens, capping a 12-play, 81-yard drive. But Baylor responded immediately with a five-play, 72yard drive to tie it when Shapen found Dawson Pendergrass for a 13yard touchdown. Howard found Ben Sinnott in the end zone for a 14-yard touchdown

as the Wildcats regained the lead, 14-7. Desmond Purnell scored a defensive touchdown to extend the lead to 21-7. Cody Stufflebean hit Shapen from behind, forcing a fumble that Purnell picked up and ran 15 yards untouched into the end zone. Howard then plunged in from the 1-yard line on fourth down early in

the second quarter to add to the lead. Things only got worse for Baylor. Palmer Williams fumbled the snap on a punt and was tackled at the 2. Howard then found Christian Moore on a 2-yard pass for a 35-7 lead with 13:07 left in the half. Howard’s third TD pass of the game gave him the career mark.

all-district honors at quarterback. Gentry McGhee earned honorable mention All-league recognition at running back, while Ryan Golden earned second-team all-district recognition at tight end. Crest went 4-5 in

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Couple wants to quit the family Christmas Dear Carolyn: My spouse and I are facing a dilemma with how to handle holidays this year. We live quite a distance from both our families; it’s an eighthour drive to my inlaws and a four-hour drive to my parents’ place. For six of the last seven years — 2020 being the exception — we have dedicated every bit of our personal time off and travel budget to attending family holidays. In addition to the direct costs of travel, we have also had to pay to board our dog each time, and have added significant mileage to our aging car. We feel it’s unfair that we are the ones who consistently make the effort to attend family gatherings while others rarely travel to see us. This has left us feeling unbalanced, and we want to opt out of the family holidays this year. How can we communicate our decision to our families without causing unnecessary hurt or misunderstanding? We value and love our family, but we feel

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it’s high time we prioritize our needs. — Unbalanced Unbalanced: The best argument for securing your own Christmas, and peace of mind, isn’t the punishing length of the drives. Or the number of years you’ve made them. Or your limited vacation-day allotments, or your inflexible budget, or the mileage on your car or dog. It’s not fairness, or effort, or balance, or how much you do or don’t love your family, or how hurtfully misunderstood you are or aren’t in your campaign to stay home. Your best argument is the one you prove you’ve embraced by not bothering to trot out any of these arguments or defenses, to anyone. (Certainly not to me.) It’s your life. That’s your best argument. You stay home if you

want to stay home. This is how you say it to your families: “We’re having Christmas at home this year.” That’s it. I swear. No apologies. I’m not saying they won’t push back, flip out, rend garments or revise wills. I’m saying the moment you believe your holidays are yours to celebrate as you see fit, and start speaking like someone who can’t be guilt-tripped out of that belief by anyone, the matter is closed. Though if they’re welcome to come celebrate with you, then cushion the blow by inviting them, of course. Dear Carolyn: My fiancé and I have hit a roadblock while planning our wedding. This will be my first marriage and his second. I have a very clear vision about what I want the wedding to be like. My fiancé is fine with allowing me to take the lead, as he has already had one wedding. I would like a small, sophisticated, adultsonly wedding. The difficulty is that my fiancé

has three elementaryage children. The kids mostly live with their mom, but I get along with them fine. I thought “adults only” meant just that, but my fiancé thought it meant “adults only except for the kids.” We’re really at a crossroads. We’ve put deposits down on places that are not kid-friendly at all. He is adamant that the kids be there. How do we move forward from here? — Snagged Snagged: You include the kids, and forfeit deposits as needed. Oh, my goodness. “Roadblock.” I’ve spent 26 years defending couples’ prerogative to have no-kid weddings, but apparently that’s only because no one has ever tried to exclude a groom’s own children against the groom’s own wishes. If your view of what you want your marriage to be like is as fixed and rigid as your wedding vision, then please reconsider, for everyone’s sake. As Ferris warned us, life moves pretty fast.

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Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, is an abnormal growth of cells that begins in the stomach. It can affect several areas of the stomach, including the main stomach lining or where the esophagus meets the stomach. November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month, and experts at Mayo Clinic say there is hope for patients with the disease as treatments continue to improve. Stomach cancer is relatively rare in the U.S. It’s often diagnosed at

later stages in the disease, when symptoms like nausea, heartburn and feeling bloated are more pronounced. “In general, when we talk about gastric cancer, we usually talk about a cancer that’s arising from the lining of the stomach,” says Dr. Mohamad Sonbol, a Mayo Clinic oncologist. Early signs of stomach cancer vary, and can include abdominal pain, blood in the stool or just feeling tired. “If you have a cancer in the stomach, it might ooze blood very slowly, and that can cause anemia, or low hemoglobin, and that can lead to fatigue,” says Dr. Son-

bol. If you’re a man, you’re at higher risk for stomach cancer than a woman. Other risk factors include obesity, smoking and drinking alcohol. “And then there are other risk factors, such as there are some hereditary syndromes or things that we inherit from our parents that put us at higher risk of developing gastric cancer, stomach cancer,” says Dr. Sonbol. Treatment options depend on the cancer’s location in the stomach, its size and stage, but can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy.

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Late Texas Tech field goal sinks Jayhawks, 16-13 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Gino Garcia hit a game-winning 30-yard field goal with 3 seconds to play and Texas Tech upset No. 19 Kansas 16-13 on Saturday as the Jayhawks struggled after losing quarterback Jason Bean in the first half. Behren Morton completed passes of 16, 14 and 32 yards as Texas Tech went 63 yards in 20 seconds to set up the game-deciding kick. “Those were day one installs,” Morton said. “Jerand (Bradley) went up and got that last ball and I just tried to put it where only he could get it.” Tahj Brooks ran for 133 yards and a touch-

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down as the Red Raiders (5-5, 4-3 Big 12) came back after Kansas (7-3,

4-3) tied the game on a 22-yard field goal by Seth Keller with 26 sec-

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Kansas Wesleyan 88-61 on Saturday. The wins pushed Allen to 5-0 on the season, with the 10-point win over MidAmerica Nazarene the closest of the bunch. Still, Crane sees room for improvement. “We had a good test with MidAmerica,” she said. “We didn’t play very well, but we did the things necessary to win. It was a win, but it didn’t really feel like a win.” That changed on Saturday, when Allen scored the game’s first nine points, forcing a shot clock violation on Kansas Wesleyan’s first possession of the game. Then, after Allen’s only real lull of the night, the visiting Coyotes embarked on a 9-2 run to take an 11-10 lead. Allen responded in dominating fashion, outscoring Kansas Wesleyan 42-8 over the rest of the first half. The Red Devils received contributions from up and down the lineup, with only one

player, Khamille Warr, playing more than 25 minutes. She went 8 of 11 from the field to score a game-high 22 points to go with five assists. Starting guard Noa Muranaka was perfect from the field, going 7 of 7, including both of her 3-point attempts, to score 16. Kelsie Lantz scored nine and Sarang West had eight. Sara Otiz led with 10 rebounds. Allen out-rebounded Kansas Wesleyan 43 to 19 and limited the Coyotes to 26% shooting from the field. “We out-rebounded them, which led to extra shots,” Crane said. “On Friday, we didn’t share the ball that well. Tonight, we did a much better job of getting in the flow, which all came from our defense and rebounding. “I’m proud of the kids for their effort.” Khassidy Warr led the Allen contingent on Friday, scoring 12 points and pulling down 14 rebounds. Khamille Warr followed with 16 points and seven boards. Mu-

ranaka added seven points and four assists. Allen continued its frenetic start to the season with a home game Monday against Bethany. Results from that game will be in Wednesday’s Register. Friday Mid-America Nazarene 8-1712-14—51 Allen 19-10-14-18—61 Allen Muranaka 2/1 0 4 7 West 0/2 0 5 6 Jones 1 0 3 2 Khass. Warr 2/2 2 1 12 Kham. Warr 5/1 3 1 16 Hambelton 0/1 0 0 3 Chambel 1 0 5 2 Maden 0/1 0 1 3 Lantz 2 0 0 4 Smith 0 0 1 0 Ortiz 3 0 4 6 TOTALS 16/8 5 25 61 Saturday Kan. Wesleyan 11-8-7-6—32 Allen 23-29-17-19—88 Muranaka 4/3 0 1 17 West 2/1 1 1 8 Jones 3 0 2 6 Khass. Warr 2 2 0 6 Kham. Warr 8 6 1 22 Hambelton 2/1 0 2 7 Chambel 1 0 0 2 Maden 1/1 0 0 5 Lantz 4 1 1 9 Ortiz 3 0 0 6 TOTALS 30/610 10 88

onds left in regulation. “We go up against our defense every day so I had faith they’d do the job,” Brooks said. “They came up big for us with those stops.” Texas Tech stopped Kansas after they had several chances to score inside the 10yard line and take the lead. “We battled and found a way to tie it up late but credit them for driving down the field,” Kansas coach Lance Leipold said. “Our defense found a way to get stops and responded well when challenged. Offensively, I don’t think we ever fully got set today.” Texas Tech opened a 10-0 lead in the first quarter as Brooks scored early in a 5-yard TD run. Garcia added a 32-yard field goal late in the quarter. The Red Raiders extended their lead to 13-0 early in the third quarter on Garcia’s second field goal before Kansas got back in the game on a Devin Neal 60-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter. The Jayhawks marched 71 yards later in the fourth quarter and got within three points on a 24-

yard field goal by Keller. He tied the game late but Texas Tech found a way to win as Morton was 19 of 25 for 176 yards. Bean went down with an injury in the second quarter and returned for just one drive the rest of the game. Cole Ballard finished up and was 9 of 20 for 124 yards and an interception. Texas Tech is a win away from being bowl eligible. “We haven’t been able to win on the road this year, we’ve played well, but haven’t got many

wins to show for it,” Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire said. “Kansas is a good team and now we need one more win to make it to a bowl.” THE TAKEAWAY Texas Tech: Their run game was too much for the Jayhawk defense to handle in the first half, but their offense struggled in the second half before the winning drive in the final minute. Kansas: Without their quarterback, Kansas struggled to move the ball and had its Big 12 Conference hopes smashed.

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