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Low gas, oil prices have a cost

By DAN VOORHIS The Wichita Eagle

RUSSELL, Kan. (AP) — The sheer number of mudspattered pickup trucks says a lot about what people here do all day.

For a century, the people of this central Kansas town have built a life around the up-and-down businesses of oil and farming.

These days, that’s not a happy thing.

Russell, like most of rural Kansas, is in recession.

Plunging oil, gas and agriculture prices have forced businesses to lay off and families to cut back.

This is the start of the second year of a downturn following nearly a decade of bounty in oil and ag country, and people, employers and governments are trying to figure out just how deeply they need to hunker down, The Wichita Eagle reported.

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Tackling drug abuse before it starts

Support network works with youths, others in county

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Amy Karr and Lori Holman are well aware they don’t have all the answers.

They don’t expect to.

But they know their work as administrators of the Drug-Free Communities support network could provide keys to reducing, or preventing, alcohol, tobacco or drug abuse among local youths.

Karr, local administrator, and Holman, community mobilizer, have hit the ground running since they signed on in December.

They have two directives: increasing community collaboration, and reducing youth substance abuse.

They’ve worked nonstop to establish relationships with townsfolk young and old — particularly high school and middle school students — across Allen County.

Their goal is to increase collaboration with partners across different sectors of the population, from health care

Lori Holman, left, and Amy Karr are local administrators of Allen County’s newly formed DrugFree Communities support network. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN workers, government agencies, to the kids themselves, to come up with solutions to prevent kids from dangerous behaviors.

That’s because the most effective way to treat drug addiction is to prevent its use in the first place, Holman said..

The Drug-Free Communi-

ties network is funded by a federal grant acquired by the Allen County Multi-Agency Team (ACMAT), which started a local substance abuse task force.

Those groups teamed with Preferred Family Health to apply for the grant, which is good for five years, provided

certain benchmarks are met each year.

“This process started a year ago,” Karr said.

Allen County can reapply for the grant again after five years.

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Scalia’s death puts High Court in limbo

By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court abhors even numbers. But that’s just what the court will have to deal with, perhaps for many months, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Eight justices will decide what to do, creating the prospect of 4-4 ties.

Here are some questions and answers about the effect on the court of the death of its conservative icon and longest-serving justice:

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Q. What happens to cases in which Scalia cast a vote or drafted an opinion, but no decision has been publicly announced?

Several Allen Countians were among the participants Saturday at the Southwind District 4-H Day, hosted at Marmaton Valley High School. Above, Briar Grisier does a show and share presentation on setting a trap. From bottom left, Emilia Wilkerson takes part in a FACS judging contest; Ethan Weide plays the trumpet; and Katie Weide reads an excerpt from “Romeo and Juliet” in the senior readings competition. Those who earn top blue or above ratings advance to the Regional 4-H Day in Chanute March 5. A full list of local competitors will be in Tuesday’s Register. REGISTER//SARAH WEIDE

A. It may sound harsh, but Scalia’s votes and draft opinions in pending cases no longer matter. Veteran Supreme Court lawyer Roy Englert says that “the vote of a deceased justice does not count.” Nothing is final at the court until it is released publicly and, while it is rare, justices have flipped their votes and the outcomes in some cases.

Q. What happens if there is a tie?

A. The justices have two options. They can vote to hear the case a second time when a new colleague joins them or they can hand down a one-sentence opinion that upholds the result reached in the lower court without

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Antonin Scalia setting a nationwide rule.

When confirmation of a new justice is expected to happen quickly, re-argument is more likely. In this political environment, the vacancy could last into 2017.

Q. Why doesn’t the court like tie votes?

A. A major function of the Supreme Court is to resolve disputes among lower courts and establish legal precedents for the entire country. Tie votes frustrate those goals and they essentially waste the court’s time.

Q. How does Scalia’s death affect specific cases?

A. It deprives conservatives of a key vote and probably will derail some anticipated conservative victories in major Supreme Court cases, including one in which laSee COURT | Page A4

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Police reports Vehicle stolen Daniel Drago, 29, Le Roy, told Iola police officers Feb. 8 his vehicle was stolen while it was parked in the 1700 block of East Street.

Arrests reported Sandra J. Hurlock, 53, rural Humboldt, was arrested Saturday for suspicion of domestic battery and disorderly conduct.

Allen County sheriff ’s deputies arrested Randy J. Boyd, 51, Gas, Friday for suspicion of possessing methamphetamine, possessing marijuana and possessing drug paraphernalia.

Lauren E. Heslop, 28, Iola, turned herself in Thursday for a warrant out of Franklin County, Allen County sheriff ’s deputies said.

Richard Conness Jr., 30, Pittsburg, was ar-

rested for suspicion of illegal drug possession, possessing drug paraphernalia, driving while intoxicated, driving while suspended and not having liability insurance during a traffic stop in the 10 block of West Jackson Avenue Wednesday. Also arrested was Heather Heizman, 26, Neosho, Mo., for suspicion of illegal drug possession and possessing drug parapherna-

lia. All charges will be requested through the Allen County attorney’s office, officers said.

Timothy Toumberlin III, 20, Iola, was arrested Wednesday afternoon for suspicion of driving without a valid driver’s license and not having liability insurance, officers said. The arrest stemmed from a traffic stop in the 900 block of North Jefferson Avenue.

Julie Rife, 40, was

arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly driving while suspended and not having liability insurance during a traffic stop in the 1300 block of East Street.

Bike found Iola police officers recovered a silver Huffy bicycle in the 300 block of North Second Street Tuesday. The owner may claim the bike by identifying it at the Iola Police

Department.

Driver wrecks Nikolaos Z. Peterson, 17, was westbound on East Spruce Street, when he swerved to miss a small dog that he said ran in front of him near South Colborn Street Feb. 7.

His pickup bounced onto the curb and struck a guy wire attached to a utility pole.

He was uninjured.

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desperate and temporary cutbacks have to be made permanent.

Those who live in the state’s more populous, more prosperous cities may have missed the rural economic downturn.

Relatively few Kansans live in the countryside anymore. The number of people tied directly to farming is small, and the number in oil and gas production is even smaller. The state as a whole is growing, and jobs are increasing.

But starting around Hutchinson and heading south and west, property valuations and retail sales have fallen enough to cause many county tax bases to contract. Some have shrunk by a third.

In those counties, households, businesses and government have cut back on spending.

That has meant a closed drilling pipe plant, a sold Harley-Davidson, a 10 percent cut in a government budget, a visit to the food pantry.

State officials point to the oil, gas and agriculture downturns to help explain why state government is facing a huge budget hole despite a relatively robust state economy.

According to the Kansas Department of Revenue, the oil and gas plunge has shaved nearly $1 billion off the $32.3 billion worth of assessed valuation statewide, pushing 40 counties into negative territory and cutting growth in most of the rest.

It certainly cut growth in the value of taxable property in 2015, trimming what might have been a 5 percent increase for the state, had oil stayed the same, to 1.74 percent.

Oil and gas leases are considered commercial property, just like a grocery store, and are taxed based on their market value. The market value is a function of how much income it is expected to generate.

As the expected income falls, the market value falls, and the taxes based on it fall.

Oil and gas are also subject to the severance tax, based on the actual amount of production.

And the loss of wealth from falling oil and gas production can be seen by falling retail sales in the big oil and gas counties.

That steep drop in property valuations and sales tax largely reflects the loss of the value of the produced oil and gas, rather than any kind of broad-based plunge in property values or sales. But it clearly points to a dramatic drop in the wealth generated in those communities.

It’s a key problem for

Employees who were getting 70 hours and now they’re getting 20, they’re not going to buy a $40,000 pickup. That’s all going to shut off.

— Dean Haselhorst, Ellis County commisioner

the cities, counties and school districts in those areas and, to a lesser extent, the state.

“It’s significant,” Nick Jordan, Kansas Secretary of Revenue, said of the oil bust and, to a lesser extent, the ag downturn. “If we focus on the sales tax receipts, income tax is going up because of the unemployment rate of 3.9 percent, but the sales tax has struggled since March.”

Haskell County, south of Garden City in the southwest part of the state, saw its property valuation drop by almost 40 percent. It saw its sales tax collections fall by 32 percent. Ness County, east of Garden City, saw its valuation fall 33 percent and its sales tax collections fall 34 percent.

Even in Ellis County, home of Hays, and one of the biggest and most diversified counties in western Kansas, the assessed value of taxable property fell 12.5 percent. It has meant budget cuts and tax increases.

And that loss of oil wealth and oil jobs will overflow into the broader economy.

Haskell County saw its property valuation drop by almost 40 percent and sales tax collections fall by 32 percent.

“Employees who were getting 70 hours and now they’re getting 20, they’re not going to buy a $40,000 pickup. That’s all going to shut off,” said Ellis County Commissioner Dean Haselhorst, a farmer and oilfield worker.

Farmers haven’t seen the bust that the oil patch has, but agriculture is an even larger part of the Kansas economy.

Crop farmers have enjoyed six years of high commodity prices, and cattle farmers a couple of years. It was a chance to reinvest in the farm, buy more land and, maybe, take a nice vacation.

But that ended a year or two ago with plunging

global prices, so even in counties with little oil or gas, there has been a drop.

“If you talk to any implement dealer today, they have been selling next to nothing,” said David Clawson, a rancher and farmer in Clark County.

Russell is small, 4,500 people, but it seems bigger out on the prairie by itself.

Anyone who travels on I-70 west of Salina has passed Russell. It has the usual assortment of restaurants, motels, convenience stores and repair shops clustered around the off-ramp.

A mural downtown shows some of its most famous citizens, Bob Dole and the late Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter. For a time in 1996, the town enjoyed a unique celebrity when both were in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

It’s also known as one of Kansas’ biggest oil-producing counties because it sits on top of the Central Uplift formation. A year ago, the farm fields of Russell County were littered with bobbing pump jacks. In 2014, drillers pumped nearly 2 million barrels of oil out of Russell County.

Tim Scheck is the long-time owner of Scheck Oil, which includes companies that drill for oil, operate the wells and provide a variety of well services.

It’s pretty quiet these days at his office on Front Street.

He said that as late as December 2014 the company moved four or five rigs a week, at $15,000 per move. Last year, it assisted with a few rig moves, generating $7,000 - for the entire year.

“That’s quite a drop in revenue,” Scheck said, dryly.

Those in the industry who borrowed a lot of money are long gone, he said. Only the most conservative players are

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If a pump is already set up and pulling oil out of the ground, the cost of bringing up a barrel of oil is $15 to $25 in Kansas, he said. The price for that oil, called Kansas Common crude, has mostly been around $20. In other words, producers may break even if absolutely no other costs are incurred.

Those who are still producing oil watch expenses like a hawk and may still be losing money, he said.

“There are a few people holding on, but it will come to a point where it depends on how far they want to go in the hole,” he said.

On the main eastwest drag through town, Wichita Street, there is a long series of metal and brick buildings belonging to the city’s oil services industry.

Some have pickups parked in front, but some parking lots are empty and the buildings locked. Here and there are “for sale” signs. Lots of pump jacks and oil pipes are stacked up.

Kevin Karst may have some of the trucks missing from those businesses.

The owner of Karst Kustom and Sales on Wichita Street buys, fixes and sells vehicles, especially trucks. He sold a lot of trucks to the oil industry when it was booming, and now he’s buying some of them back at a discount. They still command good prices if they are sold beyond the area.

He’s bought back a few of the “showboater toys,” $50,000 or $60,000 tricked-out pickups that oil workers bought when they were flush with overtime cash.

“A lot of guys overspent,” he said. “I had a guy I knew come in, he was about 60. I thought he had money. But he came in and was selling his truck, his boat.

His RV just got repossessed.”

While there may be a depression in the oil industry, it’s only a recession for the community of Russell.

The big White Energy plant on the northeast edge of town continues to produce ethanol and wheat gluten. There are schools, a medical clinic, insurance agents and restaurants. Travelers will continue to drive by on I-70. Hays continues to offer the chance of employment 30 miles to the west. Retirees continue to receive Social Security checks and Medicare.

The number of people out of work has risen slightly from a year ago, according to state figures, but the county’s latest unemployment rate is 3.6 percent.

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Cathy Berry, administrator for the Russell County Food Pantry, said demand for food has risen from 63 families in the county to 78, while donations have fallen.

And the oil bust so far has had little impact on real estate: maybe a dip in home prices, but no increase in the number of people selling out, said Kendra Trueblood of About You Realty.

But it’s clear that the local economy has slowed considerably. It takes time for the loss to work its way through an economy, and oil and commodity prices may rebound before more damage is done to nonoil parts of the economy.

There’s nothing to do but hunker down and wait, said Jenae Talbott, executive director of the Russell County Economic Development and Convention and Visitors Bureau.

“We don’t know any other way than to live through it,” she said.

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Consumers, farmers ride hand-in-hand Wednesday evening the Allen County Conservation District will toot its horn when accomplishments of the past year are listed. Waterways, terraces, ponds, other things that help to conserve water and soil and make farmland in the county more productive will be mentioned.

Programs at work in Allen County are duplicated throughout the nation with funding through the U.S. Farm Bill. The current bill is a little different in that it doesn’t focus on subsidies, rather on stabilizing and shoring up what farmers earn from sale of commodities.

There’s much more. The farm bill has been compared to a Swiss Army knife. It has tentacles that reach into many areas, including nutrition through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps. SNAP is the largest safety net for the poor.

Farmers long have been beneficiaries of farm bill funding, but, at least philosophically, it’s a misnomer to limit discussion to just them and their allies. Much of what the farm bill does is help to ensure low food prices for the multitude of citizens who trek to a grocery several times a week.

Subsidies before, and payments now for whatever

reason in the agricultural arena, mean more to consumers than most probably realize.

To wit: U.S. consumers spend 6.8 percent of their disposable income on food, the lowest among the industrial nations. Across the borders, Canadians spend 9.1 percent; Mexicans 24.1 percent. In the U.K. its 8.9 percent and a bit farther to the east 29.1 percent in Russia.

In undeveloped countries and others on the cusp of development, the percentage soars to 50 percent or more. And, malnutrition is inversely proportional in just about every case to how much is spent on food.

ON AVERAGE an American farmer feeds 155 people worldwide, which makes it difficult not to refer to the U.S. as the land of plenty.

The step that begs taking is to find ways to be certain that those doing without or just getting by are brought into the fold. We should have no child go to bed at night hungry, or not have an education that gives them every opportunity to succeed as adults.

The second part of that equation is a states’ rights issue, one those gathered in Topeka right now should take to heart.

— Bob Johnson

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Letter to the editor Dear editor,

I write to you today in reference to Kansas House Resolution 5010 and Senate Resolution 1603. Both ask for Kansas representatives to approve by a super-majority that the State of Kansas support and approve a convention of states to amend the federal Constitution, as provided by Article V. There are seven Articles of our Constitution, each dealing with different aspects of our government; there are 27 Amendments to these Articles.

How the Constitution can be amended is defined in Article V. Simply put, 67 percent of the states have to agree, in exact terminology, that the Constitution should be amended. Once this agreement is reached, Congress is required to establish a date and place for such a convention to be held. Congress has no input, other than that.

When the convention of states is convened, each state is represented by a delegation of selected individuals, who only have one vote. It requires a 75 percent approval for an Amendment to be passed by

the convention to be submitted for approval by the voters of all 50 states. Then it requires passage in 38 states, by popular vote — simple majority rules.

Put another way, using the 2014 general election there were 115,000,000 citizens who voted in all 50 states; an Amendment would have required a minimum of 86,500,000 registered voters to agree on its passage.

This is why there is no need to concern yourself with a “runaway convention.” Simply put, there are too many stipulated requirements established in Article V to allow any negative action to our Constitution or its current Amendments.

Briefly, the Amendments being sought concern the following issues: 1. Fiscal restraints on the federal government such as no more unfunded mandates, establish a balanced budget, tax reforms, etc.

2. Restriction on the federal government powers in the matters dealing with state rights, enforcement of the 10th Amendment when state regulations are sufficient, and other such matters con-

cerning the unfounded and unwanted intrusion in intrastate affairs by the federal government, etc.

3. Term limits for all federal officials and representatives.

Putting it simply, do away with professional politicians.

As presented, this is a layman’s view of what is being proposed by these resolutions currently lying idle in both chambers. Be it noted that Senator Tyson is totally in agreement with the passage of these issues. Rep. Kent Thompson cannot find his way to support these actions due to the fact that he has not heard about these issues from many, if any, of his constituents. So, please let Mr. Thompson know what you think about big government, financial responsibility of our government and term limits. Call him at 620-365-3197 or email him at kent.thompson@house.ks.gov.

Stand up for your rights.

Help make our government work for us, instead of us working for it.

Respectfully, Larry H. Walden, Iola, Kan.

The sexist double standards hurting Hillary Clinton WASHINGTON — Much of Hillary Clinton’s difficulty in this campaign stems from a single, unalterable fact: She is a woman.

I’m not referring primarily to the Bernie Bros, those Bernie Sanders supporters who fill the Internet with misogynistic filth about Clinton.

What drags down her candidacy is more pervasive and far subtler — unconscious, even.

The criticism is the same as in 2008: She doesn’t connect.

She isn’t likable. She doesn’t inspire. She seems shrill. “She shouts,” Bob Woodward said on MSNBC this month, also suggesting she “get off this screaming stuff.”

Joe Scarborough, the host, agreed: “Has nobody told her that the microphone works?”

At that, Clinton supporters hollered — about the double standard that condemns her but not Sanders, who bellows at the top of his lungs. The episode was part of a stream of commentators (generally men) taking issue with Clinton’s demeanor and conduct in a way they don’t do with Sanders.

At a Clinton rally last week in New Hampshire I discussed the decibel dilemma with Jay Newton-Small, of Time magazine. “It’s very hard for a woman to telegraph passion,” she explained. “When Bernie yells, it shows his dedication to the cause. When she yells, it’s interpreted in a very different way: She’s yelling at you.”

That’s not about Clinton; it’s about us. “It is a subtle kind of sexism that exists

Dana Milbank Washington Post Writers Group that we don’t recognize,” said Newton-Small, who literally wrote the book on the matter: “Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works,” out last month, includes a chapter on Clinton. “When women raise their voices, people tend to get their hackles up. People I talk to at Clinton events put her in a maternal role: Why is she screaming at me? Am I in trouble?”

Campaigning While Female also deprives Clinton of the ability to make lofty promises. Sanders, for example, has

purse-string holders,” Newton-Small said. “It’s a very traditional role we are putting women into by making them the one saying, no, we can’t do all these really fun things.

This is a very stereotypical box she gets put into, which then makes it very hard for her to be inspirational.”

This is the essence of Clinton’s trouble: If she can’t plausibly offer pie-in-the-sky, and she can’t raise her voice, how does she inspire people? This hurts particularly with young voters — the same segment that shunned Clinton in 2008.

Clinton’s “likability” problem also has something to do with her lack of a Y-chromosome. It’s a direct consequence of the imperative that she demonstrate her toughness.

Men can be tough and warm at the same time — think Ronald Reagan — but for women,

It’s very hard for a woman to telegraph passion.

When Bernie yells, it shows his dedication to the cause. When she yells, it’s interpreted in a very different way: She’s yelling at you.

— Jay Newton-Small, Time magazine

a $15 trillion nonstarter of a health care plan. If Clinton floated such a plan, the media would mock it as patently absurd. But Sanders gets a pass.

WHY THE DOUBLE standard? “Men are the guys who want to go out and buy the motorcycle and women are the

it’s a trade-off.

In 2008, she played down gender and positioned herself as “ready to lead on day one.”

This time she took a softer approach but eventually found herself back in the position of arguing that she’d be a better wartime leader than Sanders. For Clinton, “it’s a really

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tough needle to thread to be tough enough to be a commander in chief and still be likable,” Newton-Small said.

I disagree with those who scream sexism every time somebody criticizes Clinton.

But there’s no denying that women are more often the victims of online savagery. That was true long before the Bernie Bros. Sanders objects to the Bernie Bros but may encourage them when he talks about the “drama” Clinton creates and her “shouting.”

It’s also hard to imagine a male candidate being faulted for his wife’s misbehavior the way Clinton is blamed for her husband’s.

There’s not much Clinton can do about this. But she can make the case that while Sanders talks “revolution,”

her presidency actually would be one, because the first female president would govern differently from her 44 predecessors.

Clinton has been at the vanguard of the women’s movement for decades, but the movement has been so successful that young voters, even women, don’t realize how much has changed — and how having a woman as president could complete that Quiet Revolution.

“Women in general are better listeners, are more collegial, more open to new ideas and how to make things work in a way that looks for winwin outcomes,” Clinton told Newton-Small in “Broad Influence.”

Now that’s something worth shouting about.

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Court: Scalia’s death leaves questions Continued from A1

labor unions appeared headed for a big defeat. Next month’s Supreme Court clash over contraceptives, religious liberty and President Barack Obama’s health care law also now seems more likely to favor the Obama administration.

Q. Unions have suffered a string of defeats at the Supreme Court. Is that likely to change?

A. Yes, at least in the short term. Many of the cases involving organized labor were decided on 5-4 votes, with the conservative justices lining up against the unions and the liberal justices in support.

The pending case seemed like more of the same. Public sector labor unions had been bracing for a stinging defeat in a lawsuit over whether they can collect fees from government workers who choose not to join the union.

The case affects more than 5 million workers in 23 states and Washington, D.C., and seeks to overturn a nearly 40-year-old Supreme Court decision.

Now, what seemed like a certain 5-4 split, with the conservatives in the majority and the liberals in dissent,

instead looks like a tie that would be resolved in favor of the unions, because they won in the lower courts.

Q. What other pending cases could be affected?

A. A challenge to the way governments have drawn electoral districts for 50 years now appears to have little chance of finding a court majority. The court heard arguments in December in a case from Texas on the meaning of the principle of “one person, one vote,” which the court has said requires that political districts be roughly equal in population.

But it has left open the question of whether states must count all residents, including noncitizens and children, or only eligible voters in drawing district lines.

Q. What will happen in the upcoming case over the Obama health care overhaul?

A. The Supreme Court will be looking at the health care law for the fourth time since its 2010 enactment.

This time, the focus is on the arrangement the Obama administration worked out to spare faith-based hospitals, colleges and charities from paying for contraceptives for women covered under their

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health plans, while still ensuring that those women can obtain birth control at no extra cost as the law requires.

The faith-based groups argue that the accommodation still makes them complicit in providing contraception to which they have religious objections.

A tie vote here would sow rather than alleviate confusion because the appellate courts that have looked at the issue have not all come out the same way.

That prospect suggests that Justice Anthony Kennedy will join the court’s four liberal justices to uphold the arrangement, Supreme Court lawyer Thomas Goldstein said.

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Q. Are there cases in which a tie would be a loss for the Obama administration?

A. The administration’s plan to shield up to 5 million people from deportation was struck down by lower courts and a Supreme Court tie would leave that ruling in place. On abortion, the administration is backing a challenge to Texas’ strict new regulations for abortion clinics. A federal appeals court upheld the regulations.

— LaHarpe PRIDE Committee, 7 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

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

— Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen County Regional Hospital.

— Allen County Historical Society winter meeting and presentation on World War II posters, 7 p.m., Frederick Funston Meeting Room, 207 N. Jefferson Ave., public invited.

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— Rotary Club, noon, The Greenery.

— TOPS No. KS 880 5 p.m. weigh in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church.

— “Storm Fury on the Plains” storm spotter training session, 6:30 p.m., Creitz Recital Hall, Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

— Injury Support Group, 7 p.m., First Assembly of God.

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— Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center.

Support: Drug-Free Communities network targets youths Continued from A1

— Lori Holman, Drug-Free Communities community mobilizer

THE PROGRAM is more than just a labor

of love for both Karr and Holman.

Karr has been a social worker for 16 years, and has seen firsthand the devastation drug abuse brings, particularly for families.

Such as Holman’s Holman, who has been a Mary Kay cosmetics dealer for the

MAT.” Most encouraging, she said, is the local participation.

School officials also have been ardent supporters, so much so that Iola High School officials have allowed Karr to set up an office in an empty IHS classroom.

Marmaton Valley High School has done the same for Holman.

“The kids have really bought into this,” Karr said. “That’s what it’s going to take.”

To be a part of the Drug-Free Communities support system, or to get more information, contact Karr at 363-0886, email akarr@phf.org, or Holman at 363-0216, email loholman@pfh.org.

hard for me. You have to be open for changing the way you look at it, the way you see it.”

KARR understands the Drug-Free Communities program must be highly malleable and flexible to serve all of Allen County.

“This isn’t, and can’t, be a cookie-cutter program,” Karr said. “Local programs demand local solutions.”

Karr and Holman applauded ACMAT for getting Drug-Free Communities off the ground.

“We’re only the second county in the state to get this,” Karr said.

“There’s no way any of this would have been possible without AC-

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The Council eventually endorsed an ordinance that will ban the sale of tobacco products to adults under 21, even though the statewide law sets the age limit at 18.

The youth spoke out against the ban, sparking an extended conversation about the new ordinance.

The youth relented, and even agreed, with the Council after members explained the law does not pertain to tobacco possession.

Adults 18 and older still can possess cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or electronic cigarettes.

“I applaud him just for speaking,” Holman said. “It showed a lot of guts, even though this was a touchy subject.”

Ideally, she’ll see more youngsters step forward and voice their concerns with the community.

“Part of what I want to do, and Amy does to, is to help kids understand things better, so they can make better choices. That way, when they do have opinions, they’re educated opinions. I really wish someone would have helped me think about things like that when I was younger. I would have formed different attitudes about a lot of things.

“But we have to go about it the right way,” she continued. “Shoving it in (the kids’) faces won’t work. When kids feel like they’re being talked at, and not talked with, then the doors close quick. And they’re thick.”

past 25 years, lost her son, Jesse, to a drug overdose in 2012, just as he was finishing his senior year in high school.

“I thought I knew a lot,” she said.

Instead, she realized too late that her common forms of discipline — groundings and other corporal forms of punishment — were woefully ineffective.

“You can’t just discipline away addiction,” she said plainly. “It’s only one piece of a very large puzzle.”

She suspects others are in the same boat.

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“Some of the statistics are mind-boggling,” Holman said.

“We have amazing hopes, even though we’re just getting started,” Holman added.

“People are full of wonderful ideas, strong ideas, good ideas about what their communities need. They just don’t always have a way to go about it.”

Especially youngsters.

“We want kids to know these meetings are a safe place, where we’re not preaching or judging. We’re just educating. We’re here to help them think. We’re here to give them a chance to have a voice in the community.”

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“These kids then are tasked with reaching out to their peers,” Karr said. “Instead of peer pressure, this is the positive type of peer pressure.”

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Friday’s Marmaton Valley girls’ result — B4

Monday, February 15, 2016

Wildcats fall in overtime to Cowboys STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State was determined not to let another close game slip away.

After losing three straight and nine of its previous 11, with five of those defeats decided by five points or fewer, the Cowboys found a way to win this time.

Tavarius Shine came off the bench to score 11 points, five in overtime, to lead Oklahoma

State to a 58-55 victory over Kansas State on Saturday.

Leyton Hammonds led the Cowboys (12-13, 3-9 Big 12) with 13 points, while adding six rebounds, while Jeff Newberry contributed 10 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season.

“I’m just really proud of our team’s effort, really proud of the fight, the grit we played with,” said OSU coach Travis

Ford. “We played with a winning attitude.”

Ford wasn’t sure the team’s experience in close games was the difference, but he was happy to see his team win one for a change.

“It helps, there’s no doubt you learn out of them, but it doesn’t guarantee you anything,” Ford said. “We’ve been through a lot of close games this year, and to be able to pull

one out, obviously, our guys are very excited. I’m just really proud of them for sticking together and staying positive.”

Justin Edwards scored 14 points and posted 13 rebounds to lead Kansas State (14-11, 3-9), which fell to 0-3 in overtime games this year.

“I don’t know where our See K-STATE | Page B4

Kansas State’s Wesley Iwundu drives for a basket at Bramlage Coliseum, Feb. 10. Bo Rader/ Wichita Eagle/TNS

Sorry, Buddy: Jayhawks still control Big 12

Yates Center freshman Aaron King drives through the Cedar Vale/Dexter defense on his way to a one-and-one opportunity.

King finished with 15 points in the Wildcats’ 85-44 win on Saturday. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Kansas’ Devonte’ Graham stole the show from Buddy Hield.

Graham scored a careerhigh 27 points and did a tenacious job defending the nation’s No. 2 scorer to help the sixth-ranked Jayhawks defeat No. 3 Oklahoma 76-72 on Saturday.

“I just tried to make every shot tough on him,” Graham, a sophomore guard, said of defending Hield. “He still knocked down five trey balls.

He still got his shots off. He had a good game. I just tried to lock up and play the best defense I could.”

It was only the third time in Graham’s career that he scored at least 20 points. He made 6 of 9 3-point attempts for the Jayhawks (21-4, 9-3 Big 12).

“All the stuff he did was big-time,” Kansas forward Landen Lucas said. “He was a man today. He carried the team. We all just tried to do our part, and he finished it for See KU | Page B4

LOVE AND BASKETBALL Yates Center’s Holloway gets win and ‘yes’ in same day

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

Members of the Yates Center basketball team help ask Kayla McDougald a question for senior Brett Holloway during Saturday’s blow out win over Cedar Vale/Dexter. See Kayla’s answer on page B4. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

YATES CENTER — Sometimes it just is your day.

Yates Center senior Brett Holloway had one of those days Saturday, but it wouldn’t have been possible without his teammates.

It started with a basketball game against Cedar Vale/Dexter.

The Wildcats were out for revenge against the Spartans after the Spartans had beaten them last season.

The Wildcats (10-7) also came in with a three-game

Panthers bite Shockers WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The better the opponent, the better Northern Iowa seems to play.

That was the case when the Panthers beat then-No. 1 North Carolina in November.

Same thing when they knocked off then-No. 5 Iowa State in December.

It was certainly the case Saturday, when Klint Carlson and Wyatt Lohaus led them to a 5350 victory over No. 25 Wichita State, ending the Shockers’ nation-leading 43-game home winning streak.

“You saw nine guys that wanted it more than they did,” said the Panthers’ Matt

Bohannon, who had a critical 3-pointer late in the game. “We played pretty tough today.”

The Panthers (16-11, 8-6 Missouri Valley) blew a 15-point second-half lead before pulling back ahead on consecutive baskets by Lohaus with about 6 minutes left in the game.

The Shockers (18-7, 12-2) got within 53-50 when Shaq Morris made the second of two free throws with 40.2 seconds left, then got the ball back when Wes Washpun had his shot blocked with 10 seconds to go.

See WSU | Page B4

losing-streak. The Wildcats were looking to regain their mojo.

“We were looking to snap our losing streak and last year we led most of the game and they came back and got us right at the end.

That had been on our mind for a year,” Holloway said.

“We weren’t going to let up on them.”

Guard Mikey Bruner made sure of that in Yates Center’s 85-44 win. Bruner poured in 25 points. The Wildcats led 51-24 at halftime and were never chalSee HOLLOWAY | Page B4

Kansas’ Devonte’ Graham picks off a pass on Feb. 3, at Allen Fieldhouse. Rich Sugg/Kansas City Star/TNS

Garber takes Pioneer title

Wichita State’s Ron Baker drives to the basket at Koch Arena, on Feb. 3. Fernando Salazar/Wichita Eagle/TNS

Iola’s Andrew Garber made quick work of the field in Saturday’s Pioneer League wrestling championships.

The 195-pounder pinned his way to the top of the podium and didn’t allow a single match into the third period.

Garber (29-3) wasn’t the only Mustang who made his way to the podium. Colton Toney, Chandler House and Tavon Blazek each took second place in their respective weight classes to help Iola to a fifth place finish in the league.

The Mustang’s heavyweight Toney (17-9) was able to win his way to the finals with three wins by fall before hav-

ing the tables turned on him as Santa Fe Trail’s Jake Hastings pinned him in 5 minutes, 2 seconds to take first.

Blazek suffered a similar fate as he pinned his first two opponents before Prairie View’s Jesse Henry pinned him in the final.

Prairie View and Henry took the team-title with 147.5 points.

House was also pinned in the 220-pound final. Bryce Smith of Wellsville was able to top the Iola grappler in just under 4 minutes.

Iola will next be on the mat starting Friday at the Class 4A regional action in Columbus.

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The lawsuits against school districts in Wyandotte and Butler counties come as the union and the state prepare for a showdown before the state Supreme Court over the law.

The union contends in a brief submitted Friday that the decision to remove the teacher protections is unconstitutional.

Oral arguments have not been scheduled.

The lawsuits, filed by the Kansas National Education Association, say three teachers were incorrectly denied due process, The Topeka CapitalJournal reported.

Kansas has more than 36,000 school teachers.

The Legislature is considering expanding its tenure repeal to community and technical colleges, which employ another 5,000 teachers.

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The KNEA lost a lawsuit filed in 2014 in Shawnee County District Court and has appealed.

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Kansas Senate president ousts committee chair TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Senate president has removed a fellow Republican colleague as chair of the chamber’s health committee, saying she showed “complete disrespect� by trying to bring a Medicaid expansion bill to the floor for the purpose of voting it down.

Sen. Mary PilcherCook disclosed that Senate President Susan Wagle had removed her as chair of the Public Health and Welfare Committee in a statement Friday. “Instead of allowing members to stand on principle and vote their conscience, she seeks to push conservative principles aside and push her own political agen-

statement had shown “complete disrespect� for the Senate and its rules by bringing the amendment in that manner. “Breaking the rules of the Senate and putting senators unnecessarily in a position of choosing between upholding the rules of the body or being seen as supporting Obamacare is unacceptable for any committee chair. It showed complete disrespect for the body and its rules,�

Wagle said. “I hope that Senator Pilcher-Cook’s removal makes that point very clear.�

Under Pilcher-Cook’s leadership, the committee approved bills opening teachers to misdemeanor charges if they fail to protect students

Breaking the rules of the Senate and putting senators unnecessarily in a position of choosing between upholding the rules of the body or being seen as supporting Obamacare is unacceptable for any committee chair. — Senate President Susan Wagle, after ejecting Mary Pilcher-Cook as head of the health committee

da,� Pilcher-Cook said.

During a debate over legislation to require the use of step therapy for Medicaid patients, Pilcher-Cook offered the Medicaid expansion amendment, saying the House needed to know where the Senate stood on Medicaid expansion, which has not made it to the House floor.

The Senate Rules Committee ruled the amendment out of order, which Pilcher-Cook appealed, forcing a vote over whether to allow debate on the amendment.

Wagle said the vote on the rules challenge gave the appearance among some members that they were casting a vote on whether or not they support Medicaid expansion.

Wagle responded Saturday to Pilcher-Cook’s

from obscene materials and restricting welfare eligibility. She also held hearings on legislation to ban surrogate pregnancies that included a live sonogram of a pregnant woman, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

Wagle’s removal of Pilcher-Cook from the committee and PilcherCook’s reaction bring into focus long-running tensions within the Senate GOP caucus.

Pilcher-Cook said Wagle “will soon learn that power plays of this scale against conservatives do not work.�

Wagle has tapped Sen. Michael O’Donnell, a fellow Wichita Republican, to head the committee on an interim basis. On Saturday, Wagle also promised a Senate debate on Medicaid expansion soon.

Lawmakers want to limit release of police video TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are working to restrict public access to law enforcement body camera footage in an effort to protect the privacy of people caught on camera.

A bill introduced by the House judiciary committee last week would limit release of the video to the people in the footage, their attorneys and their parents if they are minors. The public would have access to footage only through a court order. A judge could release the recordings if it is in the public’s interest or if it wouldn’t interfere with a police investigation.

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Kansas is one of about 20 states in which lawmakers have introduced bills limiting or blocking access to video recordings of police encounters with the public, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

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Why rock a detox if your body’s a clean machine?

Dear Dr. Roach: It’s a new year, and many of my friends are embarking on a detox or cleanse. Is there such a thing as beneficial detoxing and cleansing?

If so, how is it done properly, and what are the benefits?

— D.M.H. Answer: The body has its own mechanisms for removing toxins. The kidneys excrete them, and the liver chemically converts them to safe compounds. So when you see someone offering a “detox,” he or she is almost never referring to getting rid of significant toxins. I see many procedures and supplements recommended to “detox,” and while they may be relaxing or may make you feel well, they are not necessary for proper bodily function. Similarly, the body has its own self-cleaning functions, and you should worry only about keeping your skin and mouth clean, not your intestines.

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health Of course, there are toxins that cause harm.

If these are taken in sufficient quantities, your body cannot get rid of them. In this case, they are more properly termed “poisons.” The best treatment often is to stop ingesting them, but the hard part may be recognizing what they are in order to stop. In a very few instances, medical treatments are necessary to remove actual toxins from the system. One example is lead, where removing the toxin from the environment is key and occasionally medication is used to remove lead from the body.

So my advice for healthy people is to avoid any products or supplements recommended as

“detox” unless they are designed only for relaxation. A day at the spa, for example, might help you get rid of some “toxic” thoughts or behaviors.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am unable to take any prescription pain meds, either narcotic nor morphine based. I have a negative reaction. Instead of doing what they are supposed to do, I get hyper, shaky and feel nauseated. Instead of calming me down, they prevent me from sleeping. I am supposed to have knee surgery, but cannot because of this. It must have something to do with the way my brain processes these pills. I am a 76-yearold woman, very active and healthy, and I take no meds. My knee situation is preventing me from being as active as I am used to. Can you shed some light on this?

— G.S. Answer: It’s not rare to see paradoxical reac-

tions to medications, but what concerns me is that this reaction is preventing you from getting your knee taken care of. There are several ways to approach this problem. One is to try to find an opiate that doesn’t have this side effect (which may be doserelated). I would recommend finding a surgeon who is willing to work with you without using opiates at all. A combination of long-acting local anesthetics and non-opiate pain medications usually provides good pain relief without the attendant risks of opiates, which, in addition to the idiosyncratic reaction you have, often include constipation, sedation, physical dependence and less drive to breathe. Opiates are neither safe nor effective in long-term use for most people, so all need to be prescribed with caution and with a clear plan for how and when to discontinue.

April, 2016.

A citizen of the United States who is 18 years of age and upwards, or will have attained the age of 18 years at the next election, must register before he or she can vote. Registration closes 21 days prior to every election.

Voters must bring Valid ID with them to vote.

When a voter has been registered according to law, his or her registration shall continue to be valid until one or the following occurs: (1) The voter changes residence, outside of their voting precinct boundary (2) The voter fails to vote in two consecutive state general elections.

If any of the above has occurred, you must re-register.

Any person may apply in person; request an application by mail or telephone to the county election officer to be registered.

Application forms shall be provided by the county election officer upon request in person or in writing by an individual applicant.

Such application shall be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 12th day of February 2016.

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KU: Graham leads KU to win, keeps Jayhawks in Big 12 lead Continued from B1

Kansas won the first meeting 109-106 in triple overtime on Jan. 4, despite Hield’s 46 points.

This time, Hield scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half, but he went without a field goal in the first half and made 5 of 15 field goals overall.

“I had good shots in the first half, and I wasn’t able to put them down,” Hield said. “They guarded me really well and threw a lot of bodies at me.”

Graham scored 17 points in the second half to help Kansas keep

pace.

“He was great,” Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said. “He made big plays when they needed them, especially when we had a little bit of a lead, and we couldn’t get a stop — he probably scored two or three of those. Good player. Talented guy.

Stepped up there and made key buckets for them.”

Kansas notched its fifth straight win and snapped Oklahoma’s 19-game home winning streak. The Jayhawks were coming off a victory over No. 10 West

Virginia on Tuesday.

Isaiah Cousins added 21 points for the Sooners (20-4, 8-4), who fell out of a tie for the conference lead. Oklahoma matched a season-low by shooting 33.3 percent from the field. The Sooners, who entered the game leading the nation in 3-point percentage, made just 10 of 32 from beyond the arc.

“That’s about as good as we can play defensively,” Kansas coach Bill Self said.

Even with that, it almost got away from the Jayhawks.

Oklahoma trailed 7371 and called a timeout with 32.1 seconds remaining. Hield made the first of two free throws with 25.3 seconds to go, and Kansas rebounded the miss.

Graham made two free throws with 19 seconds to play to put Kansas up three. Oklahoma’s Cousins shot a quick 3-point attempt that missed, and Kansas’ Jamari Traylor made the second of two free throws with 10 seconds remaining to put it out of reach.

Kansas ran out to a 20-6 lead as the Soon-

Holloway: Yates Center notches win Continued from B1

lenged by the overmatched Spartans.

“Mikey is a really big facilitator,” Holloway said. “If he’s on, we notice that as a team.”

The game was just a precursor to the grand finale for Holloway, who scored eight points.

Yates Center coach Tanner Davis came over to his senior, as the clock ticked down on their victory to ask if he was ready.

Holloway gave his approval and with just 10 seconds left in the game, Davis signaled for a timeout.

The bench — which contained mostly Wildcat starters at this juncture — reached behind their chairs as the P.A. announcer began to speak.

Over the gym’s loud speaker, he summoned Kayla McDougald to the court and as she made her way down, Holloway’s teammates grabbed large signs behind their seats. Each sign contained a letter.

“I think of the team as my family so I saw the chance to do something,” Holloway said.

“I knew coming in that we had a rivalry against (Cedar Vale/Dexter) and we were looking to score quite a bit on them so I was just hoping my team-family could help me.”

Together the signs spelled out ‘P.R.O.M.?’ and as Holloway and McDougald met at midcourt

ers made just two of their first 19 shots. Hield didn’t score until 9:04 remained in the first half.

Perry Ellis committed his second foul with 4:51 left in the first half and went to the bench with the Jayhawks leading 32-19. Oklahoma closed the half on a 14-6 run to make it 38-33.

The Sooners shot just 26.7 percent from the field in the first half and made 2 of 13 3-point attempts, but they made 15 of 18 free throws. Kansas shot 53.6 percent in the first half but committed eight turnovers.

WSU: Shockers fall Continued from B1

Yates Center’s Nolan Jones drives the basketball against the Cedar Vale/Dexter defense in Saturday’s 85-44 win. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA and embraced, he got the answer he had been hoping for.

According to Davis, the only way he was going to allow the stunt was in a lopsided game like it was on Saturday.

“He asked me the other day and I said if we get up by a decent lead I’d help him out, but it it’s a close game, he can forget about it,” Davis said.

In addition to Bruner’s 25, freshman Aaron King scored 15 and sophomore Kobe Forsyth added 12.

“Those guys are our future,” Davis said of his younger players.

The Wildcats hope to continue their momentum on Tuesday when they travel to Neodesha.

“We got a tough road ahead,” Davis said. “We needed to get back on

track.”

THE YATES CENTER girls dropped their game to Cedar Vale/Dexter 45-29 on Saturday and could not seem own way late in the game.

“We made a ton of mistakes, they shot a ton of free throws,” Wildcat coach Jason Graf said.

“Our kids played hard and we did some things well, but we just couldn’t get a break.”

The Wildcats were outscored 10-2 in the third quarter and 16-9 in the fourth.

Senior Jessica Rossillon led Yates Center with nine points. Freshman Allie Pringle added eight for the home team.

The Spartans were paced by freshman Emma Speer with 16 points and Ellie Boatman and MacKenzie

Glasse with 11 and 10, respectively.

Yates Center senior Brett Holloway used Saturday’s blow out win to ask Kayla McDougland to Prom.

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Hield’s first field goal, a 3-pointer with 18:28 remaining, put the Sooners up 39-38. Consecutive 3-pointers by Hield put the Sooners ahead 52-48.

Kansas rallied to take a 59-57 lead on a 3-pointer by Wayne Selden Jr. with just over 7 minutes to play, and the game was close the rest of the way.

“Our guys kept working, kept clawing to get within reach, then made a good run there in the second half to get the lead,” Kruger said.

“But with the lead, we couldn’t get a stop or two.”

Ron Baker missed a potential tying 3 at the other end, but the ball bounced off a Northern Iowa player out of bounds. Given another chance, the Shockers got the ball to Connor Frankamp in front of his own bench, but his 3-pointer bounced off the rim as the buzzer sounded.

“What they’ve done to get to 43 straight at home is to be commended,” Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson said.

“That’s a difficult thing to do. Everybody knows that.”

Carlson had 12 points and Lohaus had 11 for the Panthers, who won their second game over a ranked team in the road in the same building as their first: They beat the Shockers on Dec. 30, 2006.

Baker finished with 12 points and six assists, but he was just 5 of 16 from the field and 2 of 10 from beyond the arc.

Fred VanVleet had eight points on 3-for-15 shooting.

“It was hard to score,” said coach Gregg Marshall, whose Shockers shot just 30 percent from the field as a team. “They came in and held us to 50 points. That doesn’t happen very often.”

The game was nipand-tuck through much of the first half, but Northern Iowa’s zone eventually slowed down the Shockers.

They missed 10 of their next 11 field goal attempts, in-

cluding a blown layup in the final minute, and the Panthers closed with a 12-0 run for a 38-27 halftime lead.

It was the first time Wichita State trailed at the half since Nov. 29, 2015, in a loss to Iowa.

The Panthers pushed their advantage to 42-27 in the opening minutes of the second half before the Shockers, usually so poised playing Koch Arena, mounted their big comeback.

Markis McDuffie hopped off the bench to start a 17-2 run with a 3-pointer, and VanVleet — who had missed his first four shots — curled in two 3s. Anton Grady and Rashard Kelly added buckets at the rim, VanVleet made a nifty layup and McDuffie capped the surge with another basket.

Even after all that, the score was still 44-all.

Both teams fell into a prolonged offensive slump, but the Panthers were the first to break out of it. Lohaus hit consecutive jumpers to give Northern Iowa the lead, and Matt Bohannon — his school’s top 3-point leader — knocked down his third of the game to make it 51-44 with 5 minutes to go.

The Shockers made one last run that eventually ran out of time.

“Obviously guys are disappointed.

Upset,” VanVleet said. “It’s one thing to play your best and play really good and lose. It’s another thing not to play good.”

K-State: OT loss SCC girls’ late surge beats Marmaton Valley Continued from B1

In a low scoring contest on Friday evening, SCC was able to nip Marmaton Valley for a 29-28 win.

Despite leading for most of the second half, SCC was able to get the one-point victory.

Maramaton Valley was paced in the scoring column by Mackenzie Tynon with 12 points.

Makayla Brooks and Kyla Dake each added five points for the Wildcats, who struggled offensive with a SCC defense intent on closing off the paint.

Maramaton Valley takes the court again Tuesday when they host Chetopa.

Crest boys get ‘W’ Crest was able put a smile on coach Travis Hermreck’s face after a hard-fought 45-37 victory on Friday night over Oswego.

“I am very happy with this win and very proud of the boys and their effort,” Hermreck said. “It was good to see us win the hustle plays again.

They showed what they were made of.”

Hunter Frazell led the Lancer cause with 17 points and his backcourt-partner Evan God-

derz chipped in 13.

“Offensively, we had moments where we were impatient and careless, but we were better than we have been the last few weeks,” Hermreck said.

Holding Oswego to 37 points is something Hermrick hopes to build on.

“Moving forward, (our defense) is something we are going to have to bank on,” Hermreck said.

emotion is right now, it’s disappointing,” said K-State coach Bruce Weber. “I tried to get them riled up, I was trying to get some fire in them.

We’ve had a lot of bad things happen, but so have they. We didn’t play well enough to win.”

Oklahoma State nearly won it at the end of regulation, as it appeared that Newberry hit a 3-pointer from half court just as the buzzer sounded. The officials called it good, but a video review showed that Newberry released the ball a split second after the clock expired, overturning the verdict.

“What made a big difference, I didn’t think it counted, and even Newberry came over to the huddle and said, ‘Coach, it didn’t count,’” Ford said.

“I think it got our guys back to, ‘Okay, let’s move on.’ Because if you think it did, and all of a sudden they say no, it can be tough, but I was already

talking to our team as if it did not count. I think that helped us a little bit as far as the mental aspect.”

In overtime, Shine connected on a 3 from the right corner with 3:06 left, then sank two free throws with 1:10 to go, giving the Cowboys a 57-52 advantage.

After missing three consecutive free throws, K-State pulled to within 57-55 on Edwards’ layup with 22.2 seconds remaining, but a free throw from Newberry gave OSU a three-point lead with 21.6 to go.

The Wildcats had three attempts from 3-point range in the final 10 seconds, two by Edwards and one at the buzzer by Stephen Hurt, but none would fall.

“It was very frustrating,” Edwards said of the loss. “I feel like we came out slow, and if we came out with a little more aggression and effort it could have been a different scenario, but I guess it is what it is.”

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