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Humboldt ‘buys-in’ to broadband

By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — The city of Humboldt pledged $2,000 to KwiKom Communications in return for its commitment to expand the city’s fiber optic internet at no additional cost to the north section of town.

The sweetheart deal is contingent on KwiKom securing a $1.8 million Kansas Broadband Acceleration grant that would enable the Iola-based company to install a fiber optic system that includes the rural countryside between Humboldt and Iola.

The grant is a 50/50 match between the state and KwiKom, said John Terry, communications director for KwiKom. Community buy-in not only helps offset KwiKom’s share of the project but also its chances in securing the grant, Terry said.

“It shows the community thinks this is a good project.”

Though he did not suggest an amount, Terry suggested a “token buy-in” is customary. At the conclusion of the presentation Council member Cindy Hollinsworth suggested See HUMBOLDT | Page A6

One dead, 10-15 injured

day evening.

Aevidum members work to help incoming sixth-graders feel comfortable in the transition. They prepare mental health care packages, serve hot chocolate on the first day back from winter break, promote Suicide Prevention Week, and highlight the dangers of vaping and other drugs.

What seemed to catch many board members’ attention, though, was Mix it Up at Lunch Day. The national campaign, which as its name suggests, breaks up the typical cliques and makes students

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade left one dead and 10 to 15 injured while sending terrified fans running for cover.

Three of the injured were in critical condition as of Wednesday afternoon.

Police said in a news release that two people were detained. Fans were urged to exit the area as quickly as possible.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly was among those evacuated from the rally site, later posting on X that she was out of harm’s way.

Lisa Money of Kansas City, Kansas, was trying to gather some confetti near the end of the parade when she heard somebody yell “Down, down, everybody down!”

At first Money thought somebody might be joking until she saw the SWAT team jumping over the fence.

“I can’t believe it re-

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Iola Middle School students, from left, Piper Jordan, Eliana Higginbotham, Aaliyah Rhodes and Blayke Patterson present to USD 257 board members about their participation in Aevidum, a group dedicated to empowering students. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER

Empowering Iola students

By TIM STAUFFER The Iola Register

Most of us would identify our middle school years as some of life’s most uncomfortable. No longer in the cocoon of elementary school, middle school brings with it puberty, different teachers, and new social cliques.

There’s a huge building to navigate, passing periods, and school athletics. Parents can now monitor your grades, which suddenly matter more than they used to. It’s a lot of change, and quick.

Iola Middle School counselor Stacey Crusinbery understands this, and the need

to offer students support.

So in 2019, Crusinbery and a small but dedicated group of students launched Aevidum, a club dedicated to empower youth.

Aevidum, which is Latin for “I’ve got your back,” is a national non-profit. But here in Iola, a group of now around 14 students works to help students talk about what many are scared to mention: depression, suicide, bullying, and more. Members Eliana Higginbotham, Blayke Patterson, Piper Jordan and Aaliyah Rhodes joined Crusinbery to share some of their work with USD 257 board members Mon-

ACC considers Arkhaven units Former nursing home could be renovated as apartments for the college

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

A housing proposal that would allow Allen Community College to lease an apartment complex could be “the first domino” to resolve multiple needs.

Allen’s board of trustees heard a proposal from developer Shane Lamb Tuesday night. Lamb is in the process of renovating the former Arkhaven nursing home on North Walnut Street into apartments.

Those apartments could be leased to Allen for use as dorm rooms for about 120 students, with additional apartments for faculty and staff. Having apartments for faculty could help Allen recruit instructors and coaches, or to host guests.

That would allow Allen to vacate Horton and Winter Hall dormitories, which are older facilities that need a lot of maintenance. Horton could then be renovated to use for Career and Technical Education classrooms, as it likely would be less costly to make repairs for classrooms rather than housing.

And if Allen chooses to build new dorms, a new CTE building or both at some point in the future, they could end the lease with Lamb.

That gives Allen flexibility and time to decide the best

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Developer Shane Lamb talks about a proposal to lease the former Arkhaven nursing home to Allen Community College for student housing. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

John Terry, KwiKom Director of Government Affairs and Business, speaks to county commissioners about a proposed $1.8 million broadband project Tuesday morning. REGISTER/

“It opens up the opportunity where we can roll out six or seven new CTE programs and puts us in line for the maximum amount of funding from the state.”

Allen County signs on to KwiKom request

— Bruce Moses, ACC Board of Trustees President

path, President Bruce Moses said.

“If that first domino falls, it opens up the opportunity …. where we can roll out six or seven new CTE programs and put us in line for the maximum amount of funding from the state,” Moses said.

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divided on the matter.

The conversion of Arkhaven into apartments has been a long, contentious process.

The complex has been vacant since 2015. In 2019, developers approached Iola Council with plans for the apartments for the elderly. The plans were See ACC | Page A3

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By SARAH HANEY The Iola Register

A portion of Allen County may be a step closer to broadband internet access.

The county commission agreed Tuesday to give their support via a letter and a $1,000 pledge to a broadband grant application process with provider KwiKom Communications.

The $1.8 million broadband project will bring internet to the area between

Gas and Humboldt, as well as near the airport. Initiated in 2020, the Kansas Broadband Acceleration Grant program aims to allocate $85 million over a decade to narrow the digital divide within the state. The program plays a crucial role in Kansas’ strategy to eliminate broadband gaps. It focuses on directing funds to regions that are unlikely to have access to broadband See COUNTY | Page A3

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Rep. Heather Meyer pushed back against proposals that forbid food stamps to go for the purchase of soft drinks and candy. RACHEL MIPRO/KANSAS REFLECTOR

Lawmakers talk banning soft drinks, candy for food stamp purchases

By RACHEL MIPRO Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Legislation that would prevent Kansans from purchasing soft drinks and candy with food stamps met resistance Tuesday, continuing a series of hearings over what changes are needed to help the state’s most vulnerable residents.

Two Democrats on the House Welfare Reform committee said the committee, headed

by Rep. Francis Awerkamp, R-St. Marys, has been inundated by bills that are unhelpful at the least.

Rep. Ford Carr, D-Wichita, said he was “appalled and upset” by committee activities.

“It just seems like the members of this committee that are Republicans and most of the Republican party, instead of making efforts to do things that are going to be beneficial for the residents of this state, they pick on a small and select group of individuals and those individuals are the poor and underserved,” Carr said.

The latest bill, heard Tuesday, was requested for introduction by Awerkamp. It would have the Department of Children and Families secretary request a waiver from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program allowing the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance benefits. If the request was denied, the secretary would send annual requests asking for the change until the waiver is granted.

Roy Lenardson, lobbyist for Florida-based organization Opportunity Solutions Project, which is the lobbying arm of the Foundation for Government Accountability, was the first to endorse the bill.

Lenardson said the legislation would tackle obesity in Kansas.

“What is nutritious about Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, Cheetos and Twinkies?” Lenardson asked. “And

how are sugary drinks and candy helping the issue of food insecurity?”

Because Kansas law defines “candy” as a preparation of sugar, honey or other natural or artificial sweeteners that does not contain flour, Twinkies and Cheetos would not be included on the list of banned foods.

Rep. Susan Humphries, R-Wichita, said the sugar ban would lead to healthier choices, and that she didn’t let her own children drink pop when they were growing up.

“I don’t want the people using SNAP to make unwise choices if we can help them make wise choices by buying milk instead of pop or water,” Humphries said.

Carr, along with Rep. Heather Meyer, D-Overland Park, said the legislation could hurt Kansans living in food deserts. Meyer, a social worker who previously used SNAP, pushed back on Lenardson’s characterization of sugar causing obesity.

“As a fat person, I can guarantee you that the reason why I am fat is not because I eat candy and soda,” Meyer said.

“As someone who was previously a recipient of SNAP benefits, the purchase of candy and soda did not lead to my obesity. … Please do not make those assumptions and don’t bring us evidence that is not from medical professionals.”

Multiple organizations, including a representative from the area’s food banks and a child advocacy group, spoke against the legislation, warning the proposal would create administrative burdens for the state government and would damage hungry Kansans’ ability to choose their food without limitation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback.

The evening roll call proved tight, with Speaker Mike Johnson’s threadbare GOP majority unable to handle many defectors or absences in the face of staunch Democratic opposition to impeaching Mayorkas, the first Cabinet secretary charged in nearly 150 years.

In a historic rebuke, the House impeached Mayorkas 214-213. With the return of Majority Leader Steve Scalise to bolster the GOP’s numbers after being away from Washington for cancer care and a Northeastern storm impacting some others, Republicans recouped — despite dissent from their own ranks.

President Joe Biden called it a “blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games.”

The charges against Mayorkas next go to the Senate for a trial, but neither Democratic nor even some Republican senators have shown interest in the matter and it may be indefinitely shelved to a committee. The Senate is expected to receive the articles of impeachment from the House after returning to session Feb. 26.

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happened. Who in their right mind would do something like this?

This is supposed to be a day of celebration for everybody in the city and the surrounding area. and then you’ve got some idiot that wants to come along and do something like this,” she said.

Kevin Sanders, 53, of Lenexa, said he heard what sounded like firecrackers and then people running. After that initial flurry, calm returned, and he didn’t think much of it. But he said 10 minutes later, ambulances started showing up.

“It sucks that someone had to ruin the celebration, but we are in a big city,” Sanders said.

Lisa Augustine, spokesperson for Children’s Mercy Kansas City, said the hospital “is receiving patients from the rally.” She didn’t know how many or immediately offer any details about their injuries.

The University of Kansas Health System was treating one person wounded in the shooting, said Jill Jensen Chadwick,

Tuesday’s information on the Lenten breakfasts included a mixup on locations.

The Wednesday, Feb. 28 breakfast will be held at Calvary Life Center. On March 27, the 7 o’clock meal will be served at Wesley United Methodist Church.

news director for the health system. She didn’t know the person’s condition.

“When you have this many casualties, it’s going to get spread out among a lot of hospitals so that you don’t overwhelm single ER,” she said.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and the first lady were at the parade when shots were fired but are safe, Parson posted on X. “State law enforcement personnel are assisting local authorities in response efforts,” Parson posted. “As we wait to learn more, our hearts go out to the victims.”

Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said he was with coach Andy Reid and other coaches and staff members, and the team was on buses and returning to Arrowhead Stadium.

Areas that had been filled with crowds were empty after the shooting, with police and firefighters standing and talking behind

an area restricted by yellow tape.

Throngs lined the route, with fans climbing trees and street poles, or standing on rooftops for a better view. Owner Clark Hunt was on one of those buses, holding the Lombardi Trophy.

Former “Modern Family” star Eric Stonestreet was part of the mob.

Players rolled through the crowd on double-decker buses, DJs and drummers heralding their arrival.

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The city and the team each chipped in around $1 million for the event commemorating Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs becoming the first team since Tom Brady and the New England Patriots two decades ago to defend their title.

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service without financial support from the state or federal government.

If awarded, the grant would be a 5050 matching grant between KWIKOM and the statet. Any county contribution will offset KwiKom’s share of the project. John Terry, KwiKom Director of Government Affairs and Business, clarified to the commissioners that if other companies were to come before them requesting the same co-investment, they wouldn’t be on the hook for all of them. “Only one will actually get it,” he said. “Co-investment doesn’t happen if the grant doesn’t happen.”

Co-investment is required from the state for the grant application process. Terry added that he had received letters of support from Humboldt and the Iola school superintendents and that Humboldt Council members approved $2,000 for the project.

Letters of support have also been submitted by a fair amount of residents in the affected area, he added.

“We’re basically just trying to check a box for the state,” said Terry.

“They want us to show that the community believes this project has merit. It’s not necessarily just to offset the cost.”

He specified that funds were not solicited from the school districts — just support letters.

Commissioner Bruce Symes suggested the commission submit a letter of support and pledge $1,000. “If that’s what the county is

comfortable with, that checks the box and that does help,” Terry said.

IN OTHER NEWS, Thrive Director of Community Engagement Marcia Davis spoke to the commission about the recent Carlyle community conversation.

She noted that 10 residents were in attendance as well as commissioner David Lee and Road and Bridges Director Mark Griffith.

“All these things are doable and things that we can work on.”

— Marcia Davis, Thrive Director of Community Engagement

“Some of the things they thought that could be improved were potholes, roads, and speeding through town,” she said. “All these things are doable and things that we can work on.”

Concerns were also aimed at the lack of stop signs on Texas Road.

“They’re really concerned with where the Prairie Spirit Trail crosses Texas and how people may not know that it’s there,” said Davis. “It is a prime spot for someone to get hurt and they don’t want to wait until someone gets hurt for something to be done.”

Commissioners agreed to install two stop signs at Texas and Adams in Carlyle, creating a fourway stop intersection.

Jeff Keithly, director of ART, and Jessica

Thompson, Deputy Director of Thrive, discussed the two public transportation services in the county. Allen Regional Transportation (ART) is a non-profit service started by Thrive Allen County that provides public transportation to all Allen County residents.

Keithly submitted a letter to the commission last week that he had received from the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT).

In the letter, KDOT said that either the county or ART would need to cease operations of their transportation service. Commissioner Jerry Daniels expressed concern that the county had not received a letter from KDOT. Thompson explained that KDOT told Thrive that when counties provide transportation for the elderly or disabled they must submit an affidavit stating that no non-profits in the area are providing a similar service.

“That was news to us as well,” said Thompson.

“The state really just wants to fund one such service in Allen County,” Thompson said. “We don’t want to be in conflict with you guys on this. If you want to keep the senior bus, we won’t do these services. But, if you want to merge with us, then we would take that over.”

Daniels said this was a decision they wouldn’t be able to decide right away, but would reach out to KDOT for more information. Commissioners agreed to revisit the subject once they have more information.

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Jeff Keithly, director of ART, and Jessica Thompson, Deputy Director of Thrive, discussed the two public transportation services in the county. Thompson explained that when counties provide transportation for the elderly or disabled, they must submit an affidavit stating that no non-profits in the area are providing a similar service. REGISTER/SARAH HANEY

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rejected.

In 2022, Lamb and a partner who has since retired, approached the city again. This time, Council members agreed to rezone the property to use as apartments despite a recommendation against it by the planning commission. Neighbors repeatedly spoke against the development plans, citing concerns about property values and traffic.

Lamb started construction on the two smaller buildings this summer, with plans to start work on the larger H-shaped building after Jan. 1.

ACC trustee Rebecca Nilges lives in the area and has been an outspoken critic of development plans from the beginning. Now chairman of the board of trustees, Nilges had several questions about the project.

Board member Vicki Curry also has lived in the area and had concerns about traffic.

To address their questions, Lamb talked about plans for funding, traffic control and parking. He has the money needed to do the work and has secured a line of credit. He also plans to seek grants to reduce his costs but needs to know about Allen’s intentions because he won’t be able to apply for those grants if the project becomes a joint venture with the college.

As for traffic, he

would build a driveway around the north side of the property, creating a sort of loop that would add parking and give two points of entry on Northwestern Street and Walnut Street. The property would become gated, with secure entry and surveillance.

There’s also a question of distance from campus. There’s no direct path to get to Allen, even though the campus is due east of the complex as the crow flies with residential areas, a cemetery and other apartment complexes between them.

The units would have kitchenettes but not a

cafeteria. Students on meal plans would need to eat on the main campus.

Jessica Thompson, a board member who also works for Thrive Allen County, said she believes it would help the college recruit professors and staff. It can be challenging to find housing in Iola, so they might be able to stay on the campus as they seek a more permanent solution.

“It gives them time to look for a place to live.

Housing is a problem across the county regardless of who’s hiring, but this gives us some flexibility,” she said.

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Japan’s space agency studies moon’s origin TOKYO (AP) — An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon, a Japan space agency official said Wednesday.

For four days, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM — which landed on the moon last month — has used its multi-band spectral camera to study rock composition, and worked on examining lunar rocks, said Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project manager Shinichiro Sakai.

The lunar mission is Japan’s first.

The spacecraft made a historic precision touchdown on Jan. 20, though it landed the wrong way up, with its solar panels initially unable to see the sun and was turned off after a brief communication with Earth.

But on the eighth day, it started working, allowing it to successfully reestablish communication with the command center at JAXA on Earth.

A black-and-white photo transmitted soon after SLIM was reactivated showed the bumpy lunar surface, including six rocks.

The craft eventually obtained data from 10 rocks altogether, all of which have been given the names of dog

Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy recently competed in St. Louis. Front row from left, BriElla Drybread, Brynnan Jones, Kynli Baughn, Drew Remboldt, Kinsley Isbell, Bethany Croisant, James Olson, Olivia Appling, Ellisyn Kent, Pexleigh Lowell, Emersyn Higginbotham, Sydney Johnston; middle row, Kinsey Schinstock, Cara Porter, Baylie Crooks, Gabriella Wehnert, Sydney Ebberts, Eliana Higginbotham, Evie Schooler, Lucy Neely, Tarra Sailor; back, Aila Remboldt, Blayke Patterson, Reylynn Jones, Kylea Taylor, Kalyn Baughn, Bethany Miller, Jenisis Harrison, Brandi Taylor, Laney Hull, Tessa Brutchin, Shelby Peters. COURTESY PHOTO

Miss Chelsea’s dancers bring home awards By the Register staff Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy traveled to a dance competition February 2-4 at St. Louis. It was the first competition of the season.

Students took classes from celebrity teachers from different industries including a Broadway performer from the original cast

of Hamilton.

The group brought 33 routines and 33 dancers. Students took home five judges’ choice awards for storytelling, passion, presence, energy, and technique. Four dancers won scholarships to attend again next year.

Senior Cara Porter received the senior age Standout Dancer of the

weekend.

The studio took home 13 Platinum awards, 18 Double Platinum awards, and 2 Diamond awards, with 17 routines scoring in the top 10 of their division.

Dancers scored one 10th place finish, one 9th, two 5th, two 4th, three 3rd, three 2nd and five 1st place awards.

Vilsack: Aging farmers, fewer farms a ‘wake up call’

By KATE GRUMKE Harvest Public Media

The average age of farmers in the U.S. is continuing to increase while the number of farms declines, according to new numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture.

“This survey, in addition to all the amazing work and data that it contains, is a wake up call,” said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at an event for the census release on Tuesday.

The average American farmer is now 58.1 years old, which is an increase of about half a year compared to the last census conducted in 2017.

Farmers who are 65 and older increased by 12% in this census, while farmers aged 35-64 decreased by 9%. The department found farmers are generally younger in Midwest states and older in Southern states.

At the same time, farms are growing bigger on average and declining in number.

That’s a sign of consolidation, said Brad Summa, director of the Heartland Regional Field Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

“We’re just becoming more efficient,” Summa said. “But that efficiency kind of comes at a cost.

To be a really big, large, producing farm, there’s a lot of overhead. And it’s tough to break into that if you are a new and beginning farmer.”

That consolidation is especially apparent when you look at changes in different sizes of farms, Summa said. Between the 2017 census and the 2022 census, every size of farm saw a decline in total numbers, except for the largest size — farms with 5,000 acres or more.

In the new census, the total number of farms decreased 6.9%, to 1.9 million. Farms now cover 880 million acres, which is a 20 million acre decline in five years. Vilsack said that is like losing all of the Northeastern states except Connecticut.

“I sincerely hope that we take this information very seriously, and that we understand that it need not be that every five years we report fewer farms and less farmland,” Vilsack said. “It doesn’t have to be.”

There are some signs of growth in the census. The number of young farmers, less than 35 years old, increased slightly in the 2022 census. The number of beginner farmers with less than 10 years of experience also increased. That’s despite the difficulties that new farmers can face, especially in finances, said Mark Schleusener, the Illinois state statistician for the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

“It can be difficult to gather enough capital and, in particular, access to land, whether you own it or rent

gi, the American Hospital Association’s cybersecurity adviser.

“Unfortunately, the unintended consequence of the use of all this network and internet connected technology is it expanded our digital attack surface,” Riggi said. “So, many more opportunities for bad guys to penetrate our networks.”

The assailants often operate from American adversaries such as Russia, North Korea and Iran, where they enjoy big payouts from their victims and face little prospect of ever being punished.

In November, a ran-

somware attack on a health care chain that operates 30 hospitals and 200 health facilities in the United States forced doctors to divert patients from emergency rooms and postpone elective surgeries. Meanwhile, a rural Illinois hospital announced it was permanently closing last year because it couldn’t recover financially from a cyberattack. And hackers went as far as posting photos and patient information of breast cancer patients who were receiving treatment at a Pennsylvania health network after the system was hacked last year.

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it,” Schleusener said.

“That’s very difficult for a young person to do.

It’s expensive.”

High land prices also show there is still demand to get into agriculture, Summa said.

“It’s not because there aren’t people who want to farm,” Summa said.

“It’s not like we have vast acreages of farms out there that nobody wants to farm because everybody in the area is too old, or just doesn’t want to do it. We’re continuing to see record prices of farmland when it goes up for sale.”

The federal government has been taking a regular census of farmers since 1840 and the surveys are now conducted every five years.

The census released Tuesday was collected in 2022 and had a 61% response rate.

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Farmworkers pick strawberries in May 2023 on the Ramos Farm outside of Watsonville, California, a few miles from the Buena Vista Migrant Center. The center is one of California’s 24 farmworker housing centers, which provide state-subsidized housing for workers, who are critical to success of seasonal harvests. (XAVIER MASCAREÑAS/THE SACRAMENTO BEE/TNS)

Immigrants get the work done Foreign-born nationals crucial to our country’s fiscal stability and growth

By MATTHEW YGLESIAS Bloomberg Opinion

Last week, smack in the middle of a series of congressional meltdowns over border security, the Congressional Budget Office dropped the latest edition of its 10-year budget and economic forecast. It’s the kind of report that ought to — but won’t — shake up the immigration debate on Capitol Hill.

According to the latest numbers, the next 10 years of federal budget deficits will amount to about $20 trillion, with the debtto-GDP ratio at 114% by 2033.

That sounds scary. But it’s actually an improvement from last year’s report: This year’s projection sees the US gross domestic product as $7 trillion higher over the next decade than last year’s, with $1 trillion in additional revenue.

More revenue and a larger economy equals a lower debt-to-GDP ratio that, while not necessarily out of the danger zone, is at least closer to sustainability.

So what explains the good news? The answer, in a nutshell: Immigrants get the job done.

To quote the report: “CBO now expects the labor force to have 5.2 million more people in 2033 than the agency projected last year. Most of that increase results from additional foreign nationals in CBO’s new population projections.”

NONE OF THIS should be taken as an excuse for lax border security. The current situation, in which the asylum system is overwhelmed and people who enter the country and claim asylum status end up being scheduled for court dates years in the future, is unfair to people with legitimate claims and an enormous loophole for people just looking for a chance to work under the table.

Nobody is happy about this.

Democrats were right to come to the table and offer to make substantive changes to asylum law as part of a solution, and House Republicans were wrong to pull the plug, on Donald Trump’s orders, for craven political reasons.

But the unruly border politics and policy just make the CBO’s findings all the more remarkable.

Immigrants and immigration are so economically beneficial that even a chaotic, somewhat lawless influx that was not even slightly designed for economic or fiscal benefit nonetheless has large economic and fiscal benefits.

Imagine how much better the

cause skilled workers earn higher incomes.

That said, population growth is on some level a short-term fix.

THE BIG FISCAL crunch in the US concerns the burden of meeting the government’s commitments to the elderly. And it’s here that a role for less-skilled workers — the kinds of people currently clogging the asylum system — clearly suggests itself.

Let them come to the US and work for a year (or two or three) and then go home. While here on a temporary spell, their employers will pay employer-side payroll tax and help cover the cost of

The big fiscal crunch in the US concerns the burden of meeting the government’s commitments to the elderly. And it’s here that a role for less-skilled workers — the kinds of people currently clogging the asylum system — clearly suggests itself.

US could do with a properly designed and properly managed immigration policy, which would deliberately select those who would advance the national interest.

What would that look like?

Of course it’s politics, so these things need to be negotiated. But one obvious place is with skilled workers. A major flaw in the current situation is that while it’s relatively easy to come to the US to work illegally, it’s very hard to practice a skilled profession without a legitimate visa. Giving more visas to foreign-born doctors, dentists, computer programmers and engineers would have a directionally similar impact on macroeconomic variables — GDP and tax revenue up, debt-to-GDP ratio down — as the current influx of asylum-seekers. But the magnitude would be much larger be-

Social Security and Medicare, but the employees won’t actually collect any benefits.

Worker-side taxes could be held in escrow, forfeited if these workers overstay their visa and returned as a bonus as an incentive to follow the rules. Congress could create a commission to determine which industries would benefit from additional workers — child care, agriculture and construction might be a good start — and restore restrictions during periods of rising unemployment.

WORRIES about immigrants “taking jobs” are, after all, on some level an artifact of the weak labor market of years past. In today’s economy, a smaller workforce would simply mean higher interest rates from the Fed in an effort to cool demand. When

unemployment is low, extra foreign-born workers not only improve the long-term fiscal outlook, they support lower interest rates, which drive higher investment and long-term productivity.

Last but not least, any new immigration program should allow for more local choice. Some parts of the US are suffering from acute, long-term housing scarcity due to their own poor zoning choices.

But other areas are suffering from chronic long-term population loss.

St. Louis, for example, has 550,000 fewer residents than it had in 1950. New Orleans is down 250,000 since 1960. Buffalo has lost 300,000 residents. Chicago, a much larger city, still manages to have nearly one million fewer residents now than it did 70 years ago, despite a much more modest decline in percentage terms.

Maybe some of these cities don’t want more people. But Congress should give them the option of allowing foreigners to move in. This would be different than having asylum-claimants bused in, with no work permits and nowhere to live; it would be a properly organized flow of people with legal permission to live and work in the city that sponsored them. It would help the US economy grow without bothering people who live elsewhere and have a different view of the situation.

Not everyone will like these ideas. Some opposition to immigration is grounded in ugly racism, while some is just a preference for simplicity and homogeneity.

But the concrete material impacts of migration matter — and as the CBO confirmed last week, they are strongly positive. Voters shouldn’t have to put up with chaos at the border, and neither should they be denied the economic benefits of a more deliberate and orderly immigration policy.

How to contact your elected officials

President Joe Biden, (Democrat) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; (202) 456-1414; (comments): (202) 456-1111

Gov. Laura Kelly, (Democrat) Capitol, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; (785) 296-3232; www.governor. ks.gov/comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; (202) 224-4774; www.marshall.senate.gov.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; (202) 224-6521;

Rep. Jake LaTurner, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; (202) 225-6601; LaTurner.house.gov/contact/email

Sen. Caryn Tyson, (Republican) State Capitol-236 E Topeka, KS 66612 (785) 296-6838; caryn.tyson@senate. ks.gov

Rep. Fred Gardner, (Republican) House District No. 9, State Capitol, Room 512J 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, fred.gardner@house. ks.gov

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From left, Iola Middle School students Evan Boeken, Jeep Harper, Blayke Patterson, Kyleigh Chapman-Burris, and Joshua Glukowsky participate in Mix It Up, which encourages students to step out of their comfort zone during lunchtime. COURTESY PHOTO

Library sweets Mary Joseph holds a plate of chocolate-covered strawberries and Roger Fogleman a basketful of popcorn treats at the annual Valentine’s Day Chocolate Sale sponsored by The Friends of the Library. Proceeds benefit the Iola Public Library. “Every year, Roger Carswell makes a chocolate cheesecake, and every year Kim Peterson is there first thing in the morning to buy it,” Joseph said.

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the $2,000 amount, to which all Council members present agreed.

Terry said the purpose of the grant “is to basically encourage private companies to invest in building fiber optics in areas where it’s pretty expensive to build otherwise” such as rural areas.

In return for Humboldt’s cooperation, Terry said KwiKom “would be willing to build out your industrial park with fiber optic internet.” The industrial park lies within Humboldt city limits.

That appealed to Council members. “It would make the business park more marketable as well as benefit those on the north side of town,” said Paul Cloutier.

The possibility of increasing downtown Humboldt’s bandwidth was also discussed. KwiKom leases the top of a downtown water tower for a communications system tower.

“There have been discussions on how we can increase the bandwidth at our city parks to improve surveillance there,” as well as boost public Wi-Fi, said City Administrator Cole Herder.

Currently AT&T provides fiber optic in Humboldt, “but as far as I know, it has no plans to extend that outside of the few locations that exist,” said Terry.

Terry said the company has been successful securing grants “in every round we’ve applied for. The state trusts our ability to do these projects and do what we say we’re going to do in the timeframe.”

KwiKom is facing a March 11 deadline for the grant application, Terry said.

HOPING TO find an answer as to why many Humboldt households are not receiving their utility bills in a timely fashion, the city will begin sending the statements in addressed envelopes, Herder said.

City Clerk Staci Johnson and Assistant City Clerk Dana Peters “have been inundated with calls about people not getting their utility bills on time,” Herder said.

“We’ve been having trouble for months, if not years.”

Last month, even Herder’s bill had not arrived until after the pay-

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Johnson assured Council members that the bills are posted by the end of the month, even when cold weather requires extra meter readings to ensure they are correct.

“We got last month’s bills posted on January 31. First class mail is a three- to five-day delivery,” she said. “Households should have received them by the 5th or 6th.”

Bills are due by the 15th.

Even though its destination may be across town, mail sent from Humboldt is first directed to Kansas City, where it may be delivered the next day, or sit for a week or more.

Herder also suspects that because the bills are similar to a postcard, “the machinery doesn’t handle them as well as regular envelopes.”

“It’ll increase our cost, but it may be worth it,” he said of the change, which again is on a trial basis.

Fred Works, city attorney, said many rural cities and rural electric cooperatives have skirted the problem by using mandatory withdrawals from customers’ financial accounts to ensure

timely payments.

IN OTHER news:

• Herder said the city weathered the Jan. 12-21 cold spell dubbed Winter Storm Gerri in fine fashion. Humboldt is a member of the Kansas Municipal Gas Authority, which recently changed natural gas suppliers. The change has allowed municipalities to lock in fixed rates rather than having to rely so much on the daily price market, Herder said. “KMGA estimates we saved about $70,000 to supply our extra unplanned demand,” he said.

• Council members approved the completion of an almost $500,000 project to chip and seal 44 blocks of downtown streets. It was noted that sections of Pecan and Charles streets were not completed.

“That was an oversight,” Herder said.

“We’ll have to pick those up on a subsequent project. But we got what we paid for.”

• Council members approved the use of Camp Hunter for the Middle of Everything Music Festival on Labor Day weekend. A Bolder Humboldt sponsors the event.

eat lunch with peers they normally wouldn’t, was hard for everyone — even Aevidum’s leaders at IMS. “A lot of students are very uncomfortable with Mix it Up,” Crusinbery told the board. “In fact, several of our Aevidum members are reluctant. Although most of them, after they do it, see the value in it,” she noted.

That drew praise from Superintendent Stacey Fager, who was appreciative of the group trying something “even when it challenges your leadership group.”

The group, which meets monthly in Crusinbery’s office, is preparing for an upcoming Youth Take Down Tobacco conference in Topeka, a Chill Out Challenge next month, and a Sticker Shock campaign to highlight the dangers of buying alcohol to anyone under 21.

“This is fantastic,” said board member John Masterson of the group’s efforts. “I don’t know if you realize right now, but you will, how important it is to show kindness to people. For some people, you all might be the first to show kindness to them in quite some while.”

MONDAY’S meeting also gave board members a chance to ap-

Board member John Masteron voiced his support for Aevidum. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER prove the 2024-2025 school calendar. The first day of school for K-6 and 9th graders will be Aug. 14, with district enrollment on July 31 and Aug. 1 at the elementary school.

The calendar’s biggest change includes a different schedule for Parent-Teacher Conferences, which will be reduced to one afternoon and one evening. The spring conferences will be moved to the week of March 10, right before spring break, resulting in a head start to the spring vacation, as classes will not be held that Thursday and Friday.

The reduced time for Parent-Teacher Conferences will result in an extra instruction day.

Board members also: • Extended Superintendent Fager’s contract for the 2024-2025 school year •Agreed to change the location of their

Feb. 26 meeting to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center • Heard from Kandy Rushing, owner of Grow at Eden, a child care facility in Iola, who requested a change to the district’s transportation policy.

Rushing has an employee who must leave the facility to pick up her child from school, which disrupts instruction time and forces staff to cover her absence. She requested the district amend their policy to provide transportation from school to a licensed daycare facility in Iola, regardless of the student’s home address.

Rushing noted the district already operates buses that drive by her facility. Board members took no action, but member Dan Willis agreed it was likely time to consider changes to a policy that outdates most, if not all, board mem-

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OSAWATOMIE — With all apologies to Bachman Turner Overdrive, Iola High’s girls made their goal of “taking care of business” come to fruition Tuesday.

The Mustangs took control against an outmanned Osawatomie squad and didn’t look back, winning 54-12.

The win lifts Iola to 6-12 with a week off until the girls wrap up the regular season next week with home games against Wellsville next Tuesday and a road tilt at Santa Fe Trail on Feb. 22.

“I don’t love having Friday off, because it gets us out of our routine,” Iola head coach Kelsey Johnson said. “Sometimes we need a game in there, but hopefully this gives us more time to prepare. We’ll have a week to prepare for Wellsville, and then one day of practice before it’s Sante Fe Trail.”

Johnson’s message to her players before tip-off against Osawatomie was to stay focused, and avoid trying to do too much against a team that Iola High’s Bethany Miller (34) puts up a field goal attempt between Osawatomie defenders Callie Mersman (3) and Sydney Powell Tuesday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Cubs snap streak HUMBOLDT — Ball control and clutch free throw shooting proved to be just what the doctor ordered for Humboldt High’s girls Tuesday.

The Lady Cubs outscored visiting Bluestem 13-6 to break open a 19-19 halftime deadlock.

Humboldt then maintained that advantage down the stretch, hitting 7 of 11 free throws to seal a 49-41 victory.

The win snaps a fourgame losing streak for Humboldt (10-8) which plays its final home game of the year Thursday against Fredonia. The Lady Cubs wrap up the regular season next Tuesday at Yates Center.

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Humboldt High’s Kage Daniels races up the court Tuesday against Bluestem. PHOTO BY MIKE MYER

Humboldt erupts late HUMBOLDT — A few halftime tweaks and a renewed vigor on defense paid off handsomely for Humboldt High Tuesday.

The Cubs outscored visiting Bluestem 19-11 through the third quarter to extend a 12-point lead, and then slammed the door completely down the stretch.

Humboldt ended the game with 17 straight points to

turn a tussle into a 70-33 blowout.

The Cubs (16-2) remain atop the standings in their Class 3A Sub-State bracket, one game ahead of West Franklin and 1.5 games head of Wellsville.

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OSAWATOMIE — Iola High’s mental toughness paid off again with a victory Tuesday.

The Mustangs took an early lead against Osawatomie, but the host Trojans bounced back every time Iola thought it had things under control.

Osawatomie’s Jasper Sallee drained a long 3-pointer to slice Iola’s lead to 59-55 with just over two minutes left before the Mustangs slammed the door down the stretch.

Iola’s Grady Dougherty scored on a putback beforeNick Bauer got loose for a basket with just about a minute on the clock. Landon Weide’s steal turned into a pair of free throws from Cortland Carson, and suddenly Iola’s lead was back at double digits with 40 seconds left, sealing the 65-55 victory.

The win keeps Iola in the upper echelon of the Class 3A Sub-State bracket at 11-7, with a home game against Wellsville set for next Tuesday and a road tilt at Santa Fe Trail two nights later to wrap up the regular season.

“Right now, I’m happy to get a few more days of practice,” Iola head coach Luke Bycroft said. “We’ve got a lotta things to clean up.”

The tone was set early on.

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Marmaton Valley High’s Brooklyn Adams (left) and Maria Forero (0) dive for a loose ball against Jayhawk-Linn Tuesday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Short-handed Wildcats fall MOUND CITY — A short-handed Marmaton Valley High girls team fought to the bitter end, but could not get over the hump Tuesday in a 40-36 loss at Jayhawk-Linn.

The Wildcats, still without leading scorer Janae Granere because of an ankle injury, dropped to 12-6, and is in fifth place in their Class 1A-I Sub-State bracket, one game behind Crest (13-5).

“It looks like, as of right now, we’ll play at Crest,” Marmaton Valley head coach Becky Carlson said.

The top four seeds will host their firstround game. The teams split their two games against each other earlier this year. Marmaton Valley won, 27-19, in their War on 54 Midseason Tournament showdown on Jan. 19; Crest returned the favor Feb. 1 with a 40-33 victory at home.

Carlson praised her team’s effort.

“The girls did not

want to lose this game,” she said. “I’m just so proud of their effort.

Jayhawk-Linn was much bigger than us, but we gave it everything we had.”

Jayhawk-Linn’s Brenlyn Brogan proved to be the decisive factor. The sophomore scored 18 points, 12 after halftime as the Jayhawks overcame a 21-16 deficit at the break.

Jayhawk-Linn led 2826 after three periods.

The Jayhawks took advantage at the freethrow line, hitting 10 of 14 attempts, compared to Marmaton Valley’s 4 of 7.

Still, the Wildcats did not go away easily.

Payton Scharff scored 14 and Maria Forero 13 for Marmaton Valley.

Piper Barney chipped in with seven.

“Payton has really stepped up, and Mira has been tough. She really took charge. Piper Barney played tough, too.”

Carlson also pointed to the efforts of fresh-

man Taylen Blevins, who earned her first career start. While Blevins did not score, “she really held her own,” Carlson said. “All of the kids did what they were supposed to. As a coach, you just want to see your kids give everything they have. They did that tonight.”

The Wildcats wrap up the regular season on Friday at home against Chetopa on Senior Night.

FG/3pt FT F TP Marmaton Valley (9-12-510-36) Haynes 1 0 1 2 Barney 3 1 3 7 Scharff 6 2 2 14 Forero 6 1 4 13 Adams 0 0 3 0 Totals 16 4 13 36 Jayhawk-Linn (12-4-1212—40) C. Holt 2 0 0 4 Wade 0 1 2 1 Bre. Bogan 7 4 0 18 Bri. Bogan 0 1 2 1 Kempinger 0 0 0 0 Dawson 3 3 5 9 Bro. Bogan 1 1 4 3 McGrew 2 0 0 4 Totals 15 10 14 40

MOUND CITY — Marmaton Valley High’s boys clamped down nicely on defense after a tough start Tuesday.

The Wildcats fell behind host Jayhawk-Linn, 18-8, after one quarter, but surrendered only 19 points the rest of the way.

Meanwhile, Marmaton Valley’s Brayden Lawson erupted in the second period to wind up with 21 points in MV’s 53-37 victory.

The victory wraps up the regular season for Marmaton Valley, which will receive a forfeit victory over Chetopa on Friday because of a numbers crunch with the Hornet roster.

Next up is the Class 1A-II Sub-State playoffs, which begin late next week.

Marmaton Valley (8-11) is in line to be the second seed.

Lawson took over in the second period, after Jayhawk-Linn raced to an 18-8 lead.

The burly junior scored 12 of Marmaton Valley’s 14 points.

But the Wildcats still trailed, 28-22.

Marmaton Valley spread the wealth offensively after the break. Six players scored as the Wildcats went ahead, 4135, after three.

The Wildcat defense took it from there, limiting Jayhawk-Linn to a single field goal in the fourth quarter, and ending the game with a 12-2 run.

Lawson’s 21 points led the way. Dominic Smith and Jaedon Granere followed with eight and seven, respectively.

Bryton Spencer scored 11 and Jacen Taylor 10 for the Jayhawks.

Jayhawk-Linn pre-

Marmaton Valley High’s Jaedon Granere, left, drives upcourt against Jayhawk-Linn Tuesday. Below, Marmaton Valley’s Hunter Doolittle possesses the ball in a junior varsity game. PHOTOS BY HALIE LUKEN/MVHS

vailed, 62-28, in junior varsity play.

Dominic Smith paced the Wildcats JV with 10 points. Brendon Newman followed with six. Brevyn Campbell and Kele Michael both scored four, while Cooper Scharff and Dagan Barney chipped in with two apiece.

2—37) Johnson 3 R. Broyles 0/1 T. Broyles 0 Nichols 0 Cochran 2 Spencer 3/1 Champlin 0 Taylor 5 Totals 13/2

0 2 6 1 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 4 2 3 11 0 1 0 0 3 10 5 17 37

FG/3pt FT F TP Marmaton Valley (8-14-1912—53) Campbell 0 0 3 0 D. Smith 2 4 1 8 Stevenson 3 0 1 6 Morrison 1 3 3 5 Scharff 1 0 2 2 Lawson 10 1 5 21 Barney 1 0 0 2 Fewins 1 0 1 2 Totals 21/1 8 17 53 Jayhawk-Linn (18-10-7-

TWO WAYS TO Humboldt High’s Sam Hull, center, is flanked by his parents, Leland and Mona Hull, Tuesday as he is formally invited by members of the Mirza Shrine to participate in the Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Game June 24 in Emporia.

Hull, an all-state receiver in football, has signed to play football at Emporia State University. Tuesday’s ceremony took place during Humboldt’s basketball games against Bluestem. Proceeds from the all-star football game go to the Shriners’ children hospitals across the country. PHOTO BY MIKE MYER

Humboldt: Tops Bluestem Continued from B1

against Fredonia (116) and next Tuesday at Yates Center (2-16).

The key to victory Tuesday came as Humboldt adjusted its defense to slow Bluestem’s outside shooting. The Lions hit five 3-pointers, Cub head coach David Taylor noted.

And stop us if you’ve heard this before, but Humboldt’s imposing post players, Sam Hull and Colden Cook, controlled the action close to the basket.

Both pulled in double-doubles to lead the way. Hull had 21 points and 10 rebounds; Cook had 20 points and 10 boards. He also had four assists and three steals.

But their offense was made possible by Humboldt’s defense, which in turn fed to a devastating transition game.

Mason Sterling came off the bench to score eight points, with five rebounds and four steals. Blake Ellis scored seven, with six assists and two steals.

Asher Hart also proved integral to the process, with five assists and five steals.

Logan Page and Avery Works both had two steals, as did Hull.

“The guys did a nice job of making adjustments,” Taylor said.

“We were able to come out in the third quarter and control the tempo.”

Brayson Mohr scored 10 to pace Bluestem.

Kage Daniels had a monster game in the junior varsity contest, pouring in 30 points in the Cubs’ 64-58 victory. Collin Cook added 17, Thatcher Mueller eight and Keith Gomez seven.

Jack Works added two.

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FG/3pt FT F TP Bluestem (11-11-11-0—33) Kieffer 0/3 0 2 9 Bro. Mohr 2/1 0 1 7 Hebb 0 1 3 1 Bra. Mohr 2/1 3 1 10 Jimenez 3 0 5 6 Veatch 0 0 5 0 Totals 7/5 4 17 35 Humboldt (17-17-19-17—70) Sterling 2/1 1 1 8 Ellis 2/1 0 2 7 Hull 9 3 2 21 Coll. Cook 0 1 0 1 Works 1 0 1 2 Page 2 0 3 4 Hart 1/1 0 2 5 Cold. Cook 9 2 2 20 Daniels 1 0 0 2 Totals 27/3 7 13 70

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Iola High’s Cortland Carson (13) is challenged by Osawatomie’s Jaxon Stevenson Tuesday as Carson puts up a field goal attempt. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Mustangs: Fend off Trojans Continued from B1

pep in their steps, closing the period with an 11-3 run.

“We started out well, but then we relaxed,” Bycroft said.

“We thought it’d be easy. We’ve got to get past that point where we think teams will lay down and quit. They want to win, too.”

The lead veered between three and nine points for the balance of the half before Iola went into the locker room holding a 33-28 advantage.

“We got a little stagnant on offense against their zone,” Bycroft said. “Then we started forcing shots, which is what they wanted.”

Osawatomie scored to open the third quarter to pare the deficit to two. Iola’s Lucas Maier and Grady Dougherty both had traditional 3-point plays in the Mustangs’ next two possessions.

Weide’s steal and layup pushed the Mustangs ahead by six, and Carson drained a trey to push Iola’s lead to 44-35.

Leonard and Carson both connected from deep early in the fourth quarter as the margin swelled to 52-42.

Maier’s putback with 2½ minutes left made

it 59-50 before Osawatomie rattled off five straight points.

But that was as close as the Trojans could get.

“They started getting the ball deep in the paint,” Bycroft said.

“We just weren’t disciplined with how we guarded and helped on the ball.”

Likewise, the Mustangs struggled in stopping backside passes, leading to open looks from up close and 3-point range.

BUT, Iola found its defensive intensity just when it was needed most, Bycroft said.

“One of the things I’m proud of, is that when things got tight, some of our teams in the past couldn’t get out of that funk,” Bycroft said. “We would give them a window.

“But this team realizes we still can take control,” he continued. “It wasn’t pretty. It was a very physical game. Our mental toughness is better than what we’ve had in the past. Now, we just have to clean up some execution stuff.”

Carson poured in 24 points to go with two steals. Weide had 10 points, seven assists, six rebounds and five steals. Dougherty had

nine points and five boards. Leonard scored eight. Nick Bauer had six rebounds and two steals.

IOLA’S junior varsity pulled home a 47-34 victory.

Gavin Jones led the way with 13 points.

Hayden Kelley chipped in with nine, while Jayden Beene and Kyser Nemecek added seven apiece. Brennen Coffield scored five, Austin Crooks four and Nick Bauer two.

Osawatomie won the C team game, 40-24.

Crooks scored nine and Keegan Hill eight for Iola’s C team. Nemecek and Coffield followed with five and two points, respectively.

FG/3pt FT F TP Iola (18-15-11-21—65) Weide 5 0 2 10 Bauer 1 0 2 2 Dougherty 4 1 4 9 Beckmon 1 0 1 2 Leonard 1/2 1 2 8 Carson 2/6 2 1 24 Maier 2 5 2 9 Totals 16/8 9 14 65 Osawatomie (15-13-1017—55) Dela Cruz 1 0 2 2 Calderwood 1 2 0 4 Fennel 5/1 4 4 17 Anderson 0 2 2 2 Sallee 3/1 0 4 9 Burchett 0 0 1 0 Peterson 5 1 1 11 Stevenson 5 0 4 10 Totals 20/2 9 18 55

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said he went too far when he bumped into coach Andy Reid and screamed at him during the Super Bowl.

Kelce addressed the situation Wednesday on New Heights, his podcast with his brother, longtime Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.

“Big Red, sorry if I caught you with that cheap shot, baby,” Travis Kelce said.

During the second quarter of the game on Sunday, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed a long pass to Mecole Hardman and Reid took Kelce out of the game for the next play.

The play resulted in a fumble by Isiah Pacheco that San Francisco recovered. After the play, a fuming Kelce caused Reid to stumble.

After the game, Kelce joked that he was just telling Reid how much he loves him. But the

Travis Kelce, right, of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts at Head coach Andy Reid in the first half of Super Bowl LVIII Sunday. GETTY IMAGES/JAMIE SQUIARE/TNS

criticism rolled in, so the brothers talked through it on the podcast as they discussed Kansas City’s 25-22 overtime win over the 49ers.

“People are all over this, and I mean, I get it,” Travis Kelce said.

“You crossed a line,” Jason Kelce said. “I think we can both agree on that.”

“I can’t get to the point where I’m that fired up that I’m bumping coach and it’s getting him off balance and stuff. When he stumbled, I was like ‘Oh (expletive)’ in

my head,” Travis Kelce said.

“Or even, let’s be honest, the yelling in his face, too,” Jason Kelce said. “I think there’s better ways to handle this retrospectively.”

“Yeah. I know,” Travis Kelce said. “I’m a passionate guy. I love coach Reid. Coach Reid knows how much I love to play for him, how much I love to be a product of his coaching career.”

Travis Kelce said he and Reid have discussed it and “chuckled” about it.

Humboldt High head coach Aubrey Jones addresses her players during a timeout Tuesday against Bluestem. PHOTO BY MIKE MYER

Lady Cubs: Rally late to win Continued from B1

needing this win,” Humboldt head coach Aubrey Jones said. “We took care of the ball much better and got more aggressive in the third quarter.”

Kenisyn Hottenstein, the lone senior on the Humboldt roster, helped keep things under control in the second half, particular-

ly with her free throw accuracy. She wound up hitting 7 of 8 charities to finish with 17 points.

Shelby Shaughnessy added 16 points. Skylar Hottenstein was next with nine.

Mallory Potter scored 14 to pace Bluestem.

FG/3pt FT F TP Bluestem (7-12-6-16—41) Potter 3/2 2 4 14 Emmons 2 0 1 4

Korte 1 0 4 2 Eagleson 0/1 0 3 3 Mohr 3/1 0 2 9 Lovesee 1/1 2 4 7 Carleton 0 0 3 0 Worrell 1 0 1 2 Totals 11/5 4 22 41 Humboldt (12-7-13-17—49) S. Hottenstein 2 5 4 9 Wrestler 0 0 2 0 K. Hottenstein2/2 7 3 17 Shaughnessy 6 4 1 16 Hillmon 2 1 3 5 Hull 1 0 2 2 Totals 13/2 17 15 49

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Iola High’s MaHallie Genoble gets a rebound Tuesday against Osawatomie. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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has won just once this season, and lost previously to Iola, 64-6.

“There were a few things we could have done better, and the girls did a good job after halftime,” Johnson said.

Elza Clift gave Iola an early lift, with a 3-pointer in the first quarter as the Mustangs raced to a 17-3 lead. The margin was 34-5 at intermission and 48-10 by the end of the third quarter.

Johnson emptied her bench to give her younger players some valuable playing time.

That allowed youngsters like Bethany Miller to score her first-ever varsity points with an inside bucket in the second quarter.

“That’s what I love about this team,” Johnson said. “It’s never all about me. They pull for each other to do well, to make big shots.”

Alana Mader led a balanced scoring attack with 14 points.

Harper Desmarteau was close behind with 12. Clift and Reese Curry chipped in with 10

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“They did a good job of working together and playing as a team,” Johnson said.

Iola’s junior varsity also won in lopsided fashion, 55-4.

Miller led the Mustang JV with 17 points.

Desmarteau followed with 11 and Dally Curry scored nine. Clift scored seven, Kaysin Crusinbery chipped in with five, Brooklyn Holloway three, Zoie Hesse two and Jenna Morrison one.

The postseason begins the week of Feb. 26.

FG/3pt FT F TP Iola (17-17-16-6—54) Bycroft 1 0 0 2 Fager 0 0 2 0 Clift 2/1 3 0 10 Mader 5/1 1 0 14 Desmargeau 3/2 0 0 12 Curry 5 0 0 10 Hesse 1 1 2 3 Crusinbery 0 1 0 1 Miller 1 0 2 2 Totals 19/4 6 7 54 Osawatomie (3-2-5-2—12) M. Barnett 0 0 2 0 Brown 1 0 0 2 Mays 0 0 3 0 Palmer 1/1 2 0 7 L. Barnett 0 0 1 0 Powell 0 3 1 3 Totals 2/1 5 9 12

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