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Governor taps Toland for top spot

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iolan David Toland, who has served as Kansas secretary of commerce for the past two years, has been tapped to become the state’s next lieutenant governor.

Gov. Laura Kelly announced her intention Monday to appoint Toland after Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers vacates the position in January.

“Replacing Lynn Rogers is no small task, but of all the candidates I considered, David is ready to hit the ground running in his new role,” Kelly said in a news release. “I have been impressed throughout his tenure as commerce secretary by his enthusiasm, energy, and commitment to economic development and business recruitment. I look forward to our continued partnership as he takes on his new responsibilities in the lieutenant governor’s office.”

The lieutenant governor vacancy was initiated by Kelly’s decision to appoint

Matthew Rehder, city administrator of Seneca, has been tapped to become Iola’s next city administrator.

City Council members voted, 5-3, to extend a three-year contract offer to Rehder. Matthew Terms of Rehder the contract were not announced.

According to Rehder’s LinkedIn profile, he’s been city administrator in Seneca since 2013. Prior to that, he worked for seven years as planning director for El

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David Toland will continue to serve as commerce secretary after filling the vacancy at lieutenant governor. SHERMAN SMITH/KANSAS REFLECTOR Rogers to become the Kansas State Treasurer.

Secretary Toland will be sworn in as lieutenant governor in January. He will con-

Dorado.

The Council’s 5-3 vote came at the conclusion of a 15-minute executive session, and caps a lengthy search process since Sid Fleming’s resignation in March. Council members agreed to terms of a contract with Garnett City Manager Christopher Weiner in August, but that offer fell through after Garnett City Commissioners agreed to rework his contract.

Opposing Rehder’s hiring were Ron Ballard, Gene Myrick and Kim Peterson.

REHDER’S contract was announced the same evening Council members got their first formal introducSee COUNCIL | Page A3

Humboldt to refinance bonds

By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Eager to take advantage of rock-bottom interest rates, Humboldt council members took the first steps at their meeting Monday evening to refinance an estimated $1.5 million in bonds.

The move will save the city about $339,000 in payments and shorten the schedule by six years.

The city is using Greg Vahrenberg of Raymond James in Kansas City, Mo., as the underwriter for the sale of the bonds and Tyler Ellsworth of Kutak Rock, Vol. 122, No. 288 Iola, KS 75 Cents

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also of Kansas City, Mo., to advise them on legal matters regarding the process.

“Your timing is really perfect,” said Vahrenberg, who spoke via an online platform. “Interest rates are back down to the all-time record low of August.”

Humboldt is currently paying an average 3.51% interest rates on its outstanding bonds, with the final payment due in 2051.

Refinancing can get the rate down to 2.43% with final payment due in 2045.

“That’s a 15% savings,” Vahrenberg said, adding, “It’s not very often we get See BONDS | Page A6

tinue to serve as commerce secretary.

“David and I have worked closely over the past two years on our shared initia-

tive to lead the Office of Rural Prosperity,” Rogers said.

“I am impressed by his work ethic and his commitment to See TOLAND | Page A6

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Steel and masonry work is well underway at the site of a new science and technology building, with cafeteria, at the Iola High School campus. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Concrete work underway

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

In the next few months, Iola residents will see a lot of concrete poured at the sites of two new school buildings.

Construction is well underway at the site of a new science and technology building at the Iola High School

campus. Steel and masonry work continues, with orange tents available that will allow masonry crews to continue working in cold weather.

Halfway across town, dirt work is complete and ready for construction to begin at the new Iola Elementary School at Kentucky and Monroe streets. Crews were ex-

pected to begin work on the building pad and concrete footers this week.

“You’ll see concrete pours almost daily for the next five months,” USD 257 Board President Dan Willis said. “You’re seeing a bunch of action on both sites.”

The elementary school site See 257 | Page A3

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Superintendent search begins

By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register

A bond designed to make improvements to five key district buildings has once again been stalled.

The board decided it would be best to wait until after a

new superintendent took the reins. Kay Lewis has said this will be her final year in the role.

“I don’t think this can be the first thing on the community’s mind,” said Kevin Heisler regarding the bond, and the board as a whole

seemed to agree.

THE BOARD tabled hiring an additional wrestling coach for the coming season, despite the fact the program has many new students, making See 258 | Page A6

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Electoral College confirms Biden’s win

Obituary Linda Weseloh

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

Linda Jo Weseloh, 68, of Chanute, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at Neosho Memorial Medical Center in Chanute. She was born on April 5, 1952, in Wichita, to Frank Roets and Betty (Hoepker) Roets. Linda and Jim Weseloh were married and have three children.

Linda was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Warren Roets; and one granddaughter, Danielle King.

Linda is survived by two daughters, Dawn Keener, Chanute, Lindsay Beal and significant other, Shawn Sexton, Erie; one son, Travis Weseloh and wife, Kathy, Iola; two brothers, Art Roets, Mountain Home, Ark., Richard Roets, California; 10 grandchildren, Ashley Wilson, Mackenzie and Levi Anstaett, Emma Weseloh, Easton Weseloh, Destiny Beal, Lieben Beal, Tibernay Beal, Jaron Sexton; four great-grandchildren, Justice Wilson, Jakoby Wilson, Tre Wilson, Isabella Wilson; and numerous other relatives and friends.

A visitation in Linda’s honor will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, in the chapel at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola. A private family inurnment will take place at a later date in Highland Cemetery, Iola.

Memorials are suggested to the scholarship fund at Mary Grimes School of Nursing, Neosho County Community College, Chanute, and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative stateby-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost.

The presidential electors on Monday gave Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same margin that Trump bragged was a landslide when he won the White House four years ago.

Heightened security was in place in some states as electors met to cast paper ballots, with masks, social distancing and other pandemic precautions the order of the day. The results will be sent to Washington and tallied in a Jan. 6 joint session of Congress over which Vice President Mike Pence will preside.

For all Trump’s unsupported claims of fraud, there was little suspense and no change as every one of the electoral votes allocated to Biden and the president in last month’s popular vote went officially to each man. On Election Day, the Democrat topped the incumbent Republican by more than 7 million in the popular vote nationwide.

California’s 55 electoral votes put Biden over the top. Vermont, with 3 votes, was the first state to report. Hawaii, with 4 votes, was the last.

“Once again in America, the rule of law, our Constitution, and the will of the people have prevailed. Our democracy — pushed, tested, threatened — proved to be resilient, true, and strong,” Biden said in an evening speech in which he stressed the size of his win and the record 81 million people who voted for him.

He renewed his campaign promise to be a president for all Americans, whether they voted for him or not, and said the country has hard work ahead on the virus and economy.

But there was no concession from the White House, where Trump has continued to make unsupported allegations of fraud.

Trump remained in the Oval Office long after the sun set in Washington, calling allies and fellow Republicans while keeping track of the run-

Supreme Court won’t revive KS voter ID law WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Kansas that sought to revive a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. A federal appeals court had declared the law unconstitutional.

Kansas had been the only state to require people to show a physical document such as a birth certificate or passport when applying to register to vote.

The issue is distinct from state laws that call for people to produce driver licenses or other photo IDs to cast a vote in person.

The law was championed by former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who led President Donald Trump’s now-defunct voter

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fraud commission.

Kobach was a leading source for Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally may have voted in the 2016 election.

Roughly 30,000 people were prevented from registering to vote during the three years the law was in effect, and the state’s own expert estimated that almost all of those were U.S. citizens who were eligible to vote.

Dale Ho, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project who argued the case, said the Supreme Court’s decision not to review the case will “finally close this chapter on Kris Kobach’s sorry legacy of voter suppression.”

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ning Electoral College tally, according to White House and campaign aides. The president frequently ducked into the private dining room off the Oval Office to watch on TV, complaining that the cable networks were treating it like a mini-Election Night while not giving his challenges any airtime.

The president had grown increasingly disappointed with the size of “Stop the Steal” rallies across the nation as well as efforts for the GOP to field its own slates of electors in states. A presidential wish for a fierce administration defense led to TV appearances early Monday by Stephen Miller, one of his most ferocious advocates, to try to downplay the importance of the Electoral College vote and suggest that Trump’s legal challenges would continue all the way to Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.

Late in the day, he took to Twitter to announce that Attorney General William Barr was leaving the administration before Christmas. Barr’s departure comes amid lingering tension over Trump’s unsupported fraud claims, especially after Barr’s statement this month to The Associated Press that the election results were unaffected by any fraud.

In a Fox News Channel interview taped over the weekend, Trump said that “I worry about the country having an illegitimate president, that’s what I worry about. A president that

lost and lost badly.”

On Monday in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — the six battleground states that Biden won and Trump contested — electors gave Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris their votes in low-key proceedings.

Nevada’s electors met via Zoom because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump’s efforts to undermine the election results also led to concerns about safety for the electors, virtually unheard of in previous years. In Michigan, lawmakers from both parties reported receiving threats, and legislative offices were closed over threats of violence.

Biden won the state by 154,000 votes, or 2.8 percentage points, over Trump.

Georgia state police were out in force at the state Capitol in Atlanta before Democratic electors pledged to Biden met. There were no protesters seen.

Even with the Electoral College’s confirmation of Biden’s victory, some Republicans continued to refuse to acknowledge that reality. Yet their opposition to Biden had no practical effect on the electoral process, with the Democrat to be sworn in next month.

Republicans who would have been Trump electors met anyway in a handful of states Biden won. Pennsylvania Republicans said they cast a “procedural vote” for Trump and Pence in case courts that have re-

peatedly rejected challenges to Biden’s victory were to somehow still determine that Trump had won.

In North Carolina, Utah and other states across the country where Trump won, his electors turned out to duly cast their ballots for him. Electors in North Carolina had their temperatures checked before being allowed to enter the Capitol to vote. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes withdrew as a Trump elector and was in quarantine because he was exposed to someone with COVID-19.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whom Trump defeated four years ago, were among New York’s 29 electors for Biden and Harris.

In New Hampshire, before the state’s four electors voted for Biden at the State House in Concord, 13-year-old Brayden Harrington led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. He had delivered a moving speech at the Democratic National Convention in August about the struggle with stuttering he shares with Biden.

Following weeks of Republican legal challenges that were easily dismissed by judges, Trump and Republican allies tried to persuade the Supreme Court last week to set aside 62 electoral votes for Biden in four states, which might have thrown the outcome into doubt.

The justices rejected the effort on Friday.

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tion to another new face in town, incoming Fire Chief Chase Waggoner.

Prior to coming to Iola, Waggoner served as Girard fire chief for four years.

“I’m very lucky, in that normally when cities hire outside their agencies, it means you have a problem,” Waggoner told the Council.

“I’m fortunate to be walking into a situation where you’ve had two back-to-back chiefs who were long-term and retired.

Waggoner noted he’d worked with both former chiefs, Donald Leapheart and Tim Thyer, through the Southeast Kansas Fire Chiefs Association.

“I really want to build on what we’ve got going here,” he said. “I want to continue moving the department in the right direction, try to get some new equipment, fill a couple vacant positions and try to provide the best quality service I can.”

The Missouri native compared future encounters to that of meeting an undertaker.

“Nobody wants to see me professionally, because it means you’ve had a pretty bad day,” he joked.

COUNCIL members approved a $28,400 contract amendment to

was delayed for several weeks as the topsoil needed to be reworked.

Crews with Veterans Worldwide had to remove most of the soil at the site because of lead contamination dating back about 100 years from when the area housed industry like a zinc smelting plant. New soil was brought in from property east of Iola.

IN OTHER news, the school board: • Discussed the district’s early resignation and retirement incentives. The district benefits from early notification of a teacher’s intention to leave or retire, especially in terms of recruiting new staff.

If such notification is made by Jan. 22, a teacher will receive $1,000; or $500 if notice is given by Feb. 19.

• Heard an update on dyslexia training for teachers and staff. The state requires six hours of such training. The district completed three hours in October and will have the next three

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Burns & McDonnell to have the engineering firm conduct a series of core sample studies along U.S. 54 through downtown Iola.

Burns & McDonnell already has studied the highway at length to determine the best type of project needed to keep the road in tip-top shape.

The core samples will give the city a clearer picture of whether the street requires a fulldepth rebuild from State Street to the eastern city limits, or whether some areas will not require as much work.

A full-depth rebuild could cost as much as $13 million, engineers told the Council in November.

Along with the core study, which will be done in early 2021, Councilman Carl Slaugh encouraged his fellow Council members to

hours on Friday.

• Heard an update on math curriculum. It’s been several years since the district updated its math books and worksheets. Next semester, elementary teachers and students will serve as a pilot program for a new math curriculum to determine if it suits their needs.

• Heard updates about winter sports programs.

A limited number of family members or guardians are now allowed into events, and the district will keep close track of those attendees. Willis also asked for an update on the district’s online presence, which includes live-streaming games. The district is behind others in that area, Iola High School Principal Scott Carson and other administrators said, but they are working on improving their capabilities.

• Learned a soil test at the Iola football stadium had revealed lead contamination in one part of the field. The sod will be replaced there

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THE COUNCIL signed off on a request from USD 257 to have the city waive costs associated with moving a two-story house from south of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center to the corner of Jackson and Colborn streets.

Moving the house will require the city to temporarily remove the Buckeye-Madison traffic lights for up to three days, a handful of other streetlights and street signs.

The city’s costs — all considered in-kind labor — will total about $5,000, Interim City Administrator Corey Schinstock said.

The Council was eager to approve the request, noting the bene-

fits of keeping the house in the city’s housing stock. (It had been slated for condemnation if it wasn’t being moved.)

Additionally, Iola High School’s building trades classes will be utilized to help do repairs to the structure so it can be resold.

COUNCIL members also: — Approved year-end budget transfers for the city’s library, industrial and hospital improvement funds to finish off FY 2020. Monday’s meeting was the final one of the year.

— Approved a request from the Red Cross to continue allowing the organization access to the city’s community buildings in case the organization needed to respond to a local natural disaster, such as a tornado.

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but it won’t match the rest of the field, so an anonymous donor has agreed to foot most of the expected $35,000 cost to replace it. The district will need to match about $5,000 of the cost.

• Reviewed the district’s remote learning plan. Teachers and administrators have developed a two-week contingency plan if the district needs to go

all-remote, such as if the state or county enters another lockdown because of coronavirus infections.

Administrators also developed an application for remote learners.

Starting next semester, any student who wants to study remotely rather than attend in-person classes must apply and meet certain qualifications.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

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By association, Iola can take pride in Toland’s new post Iola’s David Toland was appointed lieutenant governor Monday by Gov. Laura Kelly.

Toland replaces outgoing Lynn Rogers, who last week was named state treasurer, replacing Congressman-elect Jake LaTurner.

For Rogers, it was a lateral move. For Toland, who for the last two years has served as Secretary of Commerce, it’s a promotion of untold proportions, speaking volumes about his potential to serve Kansas now and into the future.

“Of all the candidates I considered, David is ready to hit the ground running in his new role,” Kelly said in a press release. “I have been impressed throughout his tenure as Commerce Secretary by his enthusiasm, energy, and commitment to economic development.”

You don’t have to tell us.

As CEO of Thrive Allen County, 2008-2017, Toland turned a fledgling non-profit into a nationally renowned entity. Today, Thrive handles millions of dollars in grants that help communities across the state develop sustainable programs that improve their health and

wellness with things such as rail trails, community gardens and dog parks; fight addictions; help people sign up with the Affordable Care Act, and simply get people to communicate.

In 2017, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded Allen County its top honor, naming it a Culture of Health Prize winner for its advancement in county health rankings. Of note, the county’s rate of uninsured went from 21% in 2013 to 9%.

Allen County was the first in Kansas to win the prestigious designation.

Toland was also instrumental in economic development for Allen County, including bringing the necessary parties together in 2010 to construct a new hospital, completed in 2013.

Other development during his tenure included enticing a retail bike shop from Lenexa to set up a store here; converting Stub’s Market in Moran to the Marmaton Market, and bringing G&W Foods to town in 2017.

Key to Thrive’s success has been its intention to develop leadership wherever it goes, setting the wheels in motion and then letting area

people take over from there.

That philosophy is what made the transition from Toland to Lisse Regehr as president and CEO of Thrive so seamless in 2018.

Gov. Laura Kelly and David Toland, Secretary of Commerce, were in Iola in late October to celebrate Peerless Products opening a new manufacturing facility here.

AS COMMERCE Secretary, Toland has overseen $2.4 billion in new capital investments for 2020, double that of 2019. And that’s during a pandemic.

Locally, he was instrumental in helping bring Peerless Products to Iola, a $10.5 million investment with an expected 125 additional jobs.

Perhaps because he’s been so successful, Toland will keep on as Commerce Secretary, “blending” in the responsibilities of lieutenant governor.

With the new post, Toland, age 43, is second in command to the governor. He’ll serve not only as Kelly’s ambassador, but also as a crucial sounding board. Kelly said she looks forward to “having him by my side.”

“No one works harder or has more energy than Secretary Toland,” Kelly said. “We are lucky to have him as a state.”

Hear, hear.

— Susan Lynn

Vaccine ‘race’ is won thanks to years of extraordinary science

Let’s make mail-in ballots permanent Though it may be hard to imagine now, sometime in the not distant future, the emergency measures adopted this year to control the spread of COVID-19 will no longer be necessary. But California would benefit by keeping at least one of them in place for good: mailing a ballot to every active registered voter in the state.

When it became clear this spring that the pandemic was not likely to end before the Nov. 3 election, lawmakers acted to ensure that all active registered voters in California could participate without risking infection. Counties were directed to mail ballots to all voters, whether they requested one or not, and, with an onslaught of mail ballots expected, were allowed to start processing ballots extra early. The state also extended the grace period for mailedin ballots to 17 days.

It was a wise move that paid off. By all measures, the Nov. 3 election in California was held successfully, despite all the wild-eyed stories and false tales of mail ballot fraud spread by the president and his loyalists. (In the

end, the only potential largescale voting fraud in California was perpetrated by the California Republican Party, which set up dozens of phony ballot drop boxes in violation of state law. ) Nearly 18 million Californians voted in this election, more than ever before. So many Californians voted early — motivated, perhaps, by the stories about possible mail delivery delays — that election day was relatively calm, with only a few long lines reported around the state. This is exactly how every election should go, pandemic or not. Why backtrack now?

That’s what Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), chairman of the Assembly Elections Committee, thinks too. He has proposed legislation to require counties to automatically send mail ballots to all active registered voters (some already do) and to offer tracking services so voters can make sure their ballots are received. This wouldn’t end in-person voting for those who need assistance or enjoy casting their ballot in the company of oth-

ers, but it would let voters easily choose how and where they vote.

This change would only hasten a trend well underway in California. In the last four statewide general elections, most voters used mail ballots. Even without the emergency legislation this year, about 75% of the state’s voters would have been mailed a ballot, and about 90% of registered voters would be receiving a mail ballot in future elections, according to the Secretary of State’s office.

It just makes sense to standardize this clearly popular voting choice.

While we’re making an election reform wish list, Congress should use its authority over the “times, places and manner” of federal elections to standardize procedures for collecting and processing mail ballots. Ideally, those standards would look like those in California, where officials have gone out of their way to make voting easier and smoother — and are still looking for ways to do it better.

— Los Angeles Times

Much of the news about vaccines to combat the pandemic emphasizes speed: a “race” to approval, “Operation Warp Speed” and the truly record-breaking timelines. But speed is not the only remarkable aspect of the process that will soon result in vaccines reaching tens of millions of Americans. The first two that are expected to receive emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, from Pfizer and Moderna, rely on an extraordinary advance in technology, never before used on such a scale, with great promise for the future, and some uncertainties.

In the past, vaccines were largely based on an inactivated or weakened form of a pathogen that was used to train the body’s immune system to fight an infection.

Such vaccines have been remarkably successful in fighting diseases such as measles and polio, but they have also taken many years and sometimes decades to develop.

By contrast, the pair of new vaccines rely on a tiny piece of synthesized genetic material known as messenger RNA. In nature, mRNA serves to convey instructions inscribed in DNA and deliver them to the protein-making parts of a cell.

The new vaccines use the synthesized mRNA to deliver instructions to the cell to produce the spike protein that the coronavirus uses to latch on to a cell and infect it. When the spike proteins are produced by the cell — on instruction from the mRNA — they then train the body’s immune system to go after them.

Reaching this point is the culmination of many years of work by scientists, often

outside the limelight. As The Post’s Carolyn Y. Johnson reported Monday, scientists have known since 1961 about mRNA, but exploiting it for medicine was a complex task. One of the early problems was that, when injected, it could cause an inflammatory reaction. But Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, working at the University of Pennsylvania, figured out in 2005 how to modify the mRNA so that the body did not react with inflammation, overcoming a key hurdle and paving the way for today’s vaccines. A second hurdle that vexed scientists was how to fortify the fragile mRNA particles for delivery to the cell. The solution was to encase it in small bubbles of fat known as lipid nanoparticles.

One of the most promising outcomes of the research is the development of nucleic acid-based “platforms” that may be reused to design vaccines for different diseases, starting as soon as the genetic sequence of a pathogen is known, and also using processes that are scalable and reproducible for rapid response to an outbreak.

So far, clinical trials suggest that the vaccines are safe and provide protection from covid-19, but longer-term monitoring of those who get the vaccine is essential. How long will the immunity last? Are there unknown side effects, in particular for people with immune system disorders?

Fortunately, other vaccines using more traditional methods also are nearing readiness. Given the catastrophic scope of the pandemic, every vaccine that works will be needed, down to the very last dose.

— Washington Post

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Stay connected, virtually Food keeps traditions alive Just because COVID-19 continues to plague our communities, does not mean the good work done by community organizations and clubs needs to come to and end.

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It is suggested we avoid face-to-face gatherings, and the Southwind Extension District is making it possible your group to convene and continue important community activities.

K-State Research & Extension in the Southwind District is offering virtual meeting hosting and collaboration services to any business, club or organization.

We will establish your meeting through Zoom and be as involved as you choose.

We respect your privacy and understand this is your meeting.

The basic zoom license gives you unlimited time for oneon-one meetings, but group meetings are limited to 40 minutes.

The Southwind District utilizes the pro license with unlimited group meetings up to 100 people and can collaborate as long as you need, without worrying about time limits or having to start another meeting. Recording op-

tions are also available at your request.

My zoom meeting experience has grown immensely over the past year, and I have found it to be a useful way to collaborate with groups and individuals from across the state and in my own community. Our 4-H club has meet by zoom several times, and the members have found fun and creative ways to practice parliamentary procedure, sing songs and even play games in recreation! Sometimes just seeing someone’s face is just as important as hearing their voice, and with zoom you can do both.

I have helped a wide variety of organizations meet via zoom, and I can assure you that it gets easier each time you use it. Smartphones, tablets and computers with webcams work best, but if you only have a phone, a number is always provided to call into the meeting.

With a vaccine making its way across the country as I write this

column, I am hopeful the pandemic is nearing an end. However, until we receive the all-clear from health officials it is our responsibility to remain diligent about our health, wear masks and practice social distancing whenever possible. Social distancing doesn’t mean the good work your businesses, clubs or non-profit organizations must come to an end and that is why I hope you will consider the offer to help you meet through virtual means.

If you are interested in this free service offered by the Southwind Extension District, please give me a call at 620-365-2242 or send an email at cnemecek@ ksu.edu. For more information about programs and services offered by the Southwind Extension District, go to our website at www. southwind.k-state.edu.

I wish you the very best during this holiday season, and may the 2021 prove to be a year of recovery, peace and prosperity for all.

Knowing this Christmas season may look a lot different from Christmas past, we may be struggling to find ways to carry on some of our traditions. Previously, I had written about simplifying our holiday festivities this year, and that may involve starting some new traditions.

Traditions help to explain our family stories.

They give meaning to our family culture and explain where we came from.

Those stories need to be passed on.

Our sense of smell can often bring back memories in a matter of seconds. What better way to activate our sense of smell, and recall some of those memories and stories, than with food?

Specific foods are closely tied with family traditions. Those foods, of course, will be different for each of our families. I mentioned last week that some of those favorite foods might be able to be sent through the mail to family members to help maintain some traditions this Christmas.

Keep food safety in mind when shipping homemade food gifts through the mail. Why is this an issue? Foodborne pathogens grow faster between 40°F and 140°F, potentially doubling every 20 minutes, in what is often referred to as the temperature danger zone.

Food products requiring refrigeration should be frozen solid and packed with a cold source prior to shipping. Double-check the

Patriotism praised Three Iola Middle School students were recognized for their essays “What Patriotism Means To Me,” by the LaHarpe Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 6324. Kinsey Jelinek, second from left, was named the schoolwide winner. Her essage will be judged at the district level, with a chance to advance to the state and national levels. Jelinek, second-place winner Madelyn McDermeit and third-place winner Raiden Kern each received certificates, medals and a cash prize. Pictured are, from left, Auxiliary President Pat Spencer, Jelinek, McDermeit, Kern and Auxiliary member Maggie Barnett and Kodi Barnett. COURTESY PHOTO

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shipping method is adequate for your gift to arrive timely, ideally overnight. Make sure the recipient knows a perishable item is coming their way, so it can go straight to the refrigerator. It’s important to take the extra precautions to ensure recipients of your food package feel the love and not the effects of food poisoning when they receive their gift.

Sending only non-perishable foods through the mail is a good set of rules to follow. Non-refrigerated foods stay fresher longer and are safe at room temperature. Some examples of non-perishable foods include: Dried meats, dense and dry baked goods such as fruitcakes and biscotti.

Chocolates, hard candies and homemade sweets, such as pralines and toffee, are safe to send either cold or at room temperature.

Cookies and crackers are safe to mail, but should be shipped in airtight packaging.

Non-perishable ingredients that are already measured can be sent for specific food products. Food items such as cookies, hot teas or drink mixes, favorite

dip mixes, and snacks, like trail mix, can easily be shipped through the mail. Don’t forget to include the recipe!

While you don’t need to worry about the temperature of non-refrigerated foods, you should protect the original packaging. Sturdy packaging helps keep it undamaged for the bumpy ride ahead.

If you would like to add a new twist to your holiday traditions involving food, choose one or two favorite family recipes that everyone can make. Set a time when you can meet by Zoom or some other virtual option, have the food prepared ahead of time, and let everyone enjoy that favorite dish or snack while on the virtual meeting. Conversation always goes better with food!

A virtual process of sharing foods from different locations reminds me of the progressive dinner concept that is a lot of fun.

In that process, participants all enjoy the same meal, but travel from house to house to consume a different part of the meal.

We may not be able to physically travel to other homes this year, but technology gives us options to still ‘visit’ each other’s homes.

For more information on food products that ship well, contact the Southwind Extension Office in Yates Center at 620-625-8620.

Brief outage hits Gmail, YouTube NEW YORK (AP) — Google users in the U.S., Europe, India and other parts of the world were briefly unable to access their Gmail accounts, watch YouTube videos or get to their online documents during an outage Monday.

Tens of thousands of complaints popped up around 7 a.m. along the East Coast of the U.S. The vast majority of those people, about 90%, could not log in, according to the site Downdetector.

The inability to sign

in prevented users accessing other platforms through Google, including mobile video games.

The disruption was an early jolt on the East Coast for parents who were waking children up for school Monday. Millions of students are relying on Google for online instruction during the pandemic, including platforms like Google Docs.

The problem appeared to cleared up just before 8 a.m.

“The problem with

United Auto Workers reaches settlement with Feds DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers and the U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit say they have reached a settlement with the goal of reforming the union in the wake of a wide-ranging bribery and embezzlement scandal.

Terms of the agreement were to be announced at a Monday afternoon news conference in Detroit.

The agreement likely will stop short of a full federal takeover of the 400,000-member union.

But it’s expected to include an independent monitor and a change in the way union officials

are elected.

The union has been in the throes of the scandal for over five years as the government probed corruption in its upper ranks. The investigation has led to 11 convictions, including that of two former presidents. Many of the officials were accused of conspiring with others to cover up the use of union cash for boozy meals, premium cigars, golf and lodging in Palm Springs, California.

Details of the civil settlement weren’t available. But it is likely to include an independent monitor to watch

the union’s finances and possibly allow members to directly elect union leadership.

U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider, who has called for the reforms, and current UAW President Rory Gamble are

scheduled to attend Monday’s announcement.

In June, Schneider and Gamble discussed a monitor to make sure union corruption is rooted out for good. The two men met as the union tried to reform itself and

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A RESOLUTION recognizing the city’s response to the “uncontrolled spread of COVID-19” was adopted.

The measure urges residents to guard against the virus by staying home; limiting contact with those not in their “COVID bubble;” practice “sound decision-making” in gathering with friends and family during the holidays; report to others any possible exposure to COVID-19, and to fully comply with quarantine guidelines

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if they contract the virus.

The resolution “shows we support and care for our community,” said Nobby Davis, mayor.

IN OTHER news: • Ashleigh Dooley, council member, will be prematurely vacating her seat in January due to her moving out of town.

Dooley’s term expires at the conclusion of 2021. Candidates must live north of Bridge Street. Those interested should contact Cole Herder, city administrator, at 620-473-3232.

• Cereal malt beverage licenses were approved for Estrellita Mexican Restaurant, two Pete’s convenience stores (Pete’s 48 and Pete’s 31), TJ’s BBQ and Dollar General.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is departing amid lingering tension over the president’s baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son.

Barr went Monday to the White House, where Trump said the attorney general submitted his letter of resignation.

“As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,” Trump tweeted.

Trump has publicly expressed his anger about Barr’s statement

William Barr to The Associated Press earlier this month that the Justice Department had found no widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the election. Trump has also been angry that the Justice Department did

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improving the lives of Kansans statewide. I know he will make an excellent lieutenant governor and that he will smoothly transition into the new role.”

The lieutenant governor works with state commissions and on issues most important to the governor. In the

event that the governor cannot perform his or her duties, the lieutenant governor takes on the role of the governor.

The office of the lieutenant governor is on the ballot at the invitation of the governor and serves four years, elected during midterm years.

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it challenging to provide one-on-one coaching.

An additional item of interest is that the board was notified, following a meeting of the ANW Coop, that virtual students will continue to be treated as full-time equivalent status.

Lewis presented her monthly report in writing, since she was having to remain in quarantine due to possible exposure to COVID-19.

Without Lewis present, the board took the opportunity to discuss hiring a new superin-

tendent.

THE BULK of the meeting involved Dr. Britton Hart consulting with the board, “coaching them,” so as to make a successful superintendent hire.

Hart had already collected a lot of data from community surveys and a focus group (some of which came from students), and he collected additional data from the board members themselves.

Much of the data collected had to do with the values of the Humboldt

community, and in turn the values and personality of a potential candidate.

For instance, Hart and the board talked about community pride, creativity, experience, communication, morale-building, honesty, accountability and more.

One key feature that board members also returned to, along with integrity, was the importance of being student-centered in one’s approach.

Hart further spoke with the board about le-

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veraging things like the new sports complex to make the district look attractive, and encouraged them to consider ahead of time what an appropriate salary range for the superintendent’s position might be.

That said, it appears the contract for the incoming superintendent will be very similar to that of the current one.

not publicly announce it was investigating Hunter Biden ahead of the election, despite department policy against such a pronouncement.

Barr told the AP that U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been working to follow up specific complaints and information they’ve received, but “to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.”

Barr’s resignation leaves Trump without a critical ally as he winds down his final weeks in office, and it throws into question open Justice Department investigations, especially the probe into Hunter Biden’s taxes.

In his resignation letter, Barr said he updated Trump Monday on the department’s “review of voter fraud allegations in the 2020 elec-

tion and how these allegations will continue to be pursued.” He added that his last day on the job would be Dec. 23.

Trump said Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, whom he labeled “an outstanding person,” will become acting attorney general. As the current second in command at the Justice Department, Rosen’s appointment is not likely to change much in the final weeks before the administration departs.

Trump spent much of the day watching the Electoral College tally and calling allies but broke away to meet with Barr. His tweet about the Attorney General’s exit was a sober message from a president who is notoriously cold to his departing staff and quick to name-call and deride them once they say they are leaving.

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The bulk of the payments are for three general obligation bonds approved in 2011 that went for the renovation of city hall and for water projects.

A bond for $450,000 was issued in 2008 to make renovations to Humboldt’s municipal pool.

Monday’s action allows Vahrenberg to establish a bond rating through Standard & Poors in the next week.

By late January, the bonds will be ready for investors to peruse, Vahrenberg said.

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Gridiron success nets state honors MV hoops a no-go this week

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola High’s Logan Brown and Tyler Boeken are among the high school standouts recognized by the Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital-Journal, which released their all-state football teams this month.

Brown, reigning Class 4A state wrestling champion, shined on the gridiron as a senior defensive lineman.

He registered 24 tackles, seven for losses, and blocked a punt for the Mustangs to earn honorable mention by the Capital-Journal.

Boeken, a junior, registered a team-high 62 tackles on defense, including five tackles for loss and two sacks.

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Iola High senior Tyler Boeken, top, earned all-state honorable mention as a linebacker for the Mustangs this season. REGISTER FILE PHOTOS

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s basketball teams are getting an early COVID-mandated holiday break.

The school announced on Monday that tonight’s ball games against Humboldt and Friday’s against Uniontown have been postponed due to coronavirus protocols.

Humboldt will wrap up its pre-Christmas schedule Friday at Neodesha.

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the state to extend its moratorium for practices and competitions from Dec. 23 through Jan. 7.

Showdown coming (we hope)

By AARON BEARD The Associated Press

Earning honorable mention all-state recognition this football season were, clockwise from top left, Humboldt High offensive lineman Blake Walker, Iola defensive lineman Logan Brown, and Humboldt linebacker Trey Sommer.

Third-ranked Iowa has put up big offensive numbers and lopsided wins behind a potential national player of the year in Luka Garza.

The next test — assuming everything stays on schedule amid the coronavirus pandemic — is to keep rolling against top-ranked Gonzaga.

The Hawkeyes (6-0) are set to face the Bulldogs on Saturday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in the week’s biggest game on the AP Top 25 schedule. But Gonzaga — which remained atop an unchanged top 5 in Monday’s latest poll — hasn’t played since beating West Virginia on Dec. 2 due to COVID-19 protocols, with five straight games being canceled or postponed.

That list included a matchup with No. 2 Baylor, which had to pause team activities Saturday.

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YC splits YATES CENTER — A strong finish propelled Yates Center High’s boys to victory Friday.

The Wildcats outscored visiting Hartford down the stretch, turning a two-point deficit into a 41-34 victory in their third and final round of the Wildcat Winter Classic.

A balanced scoring attack led the way, with Blake Audiss scoring nine, Sean and Preston Hurst adding eight apiece and Jack King scoring six. Taven Smoot chipped in with four, while Austin Moffet, Cash Cummings and Jayston Rice had two each.

Yates Center’s girls fell, 59-10, to Hartford to wrap up tournament play.

Yates Center travels to Uniontown today and Jayhawk-Linn on Friday.

NFL won’t cut in line to get vaccines

By ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press

The NFL won’t be cutting in line to get the coronavirus vaccine.

“No one should be thinking about the vaccine going anywhere other than our first responders and the most vulnerable people right now,” said DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association.

“We’re in complete harmony with the union in that we feel that it’s vital that frontline healthcare workers and another essential service workers are at the front of the line,” said Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s chief medical officer.

“The rollout of the vaccine is going to be driven by public health concerns

and what medical and government officials determine to be the most efficacious for risk reduction across society as a whole. We’re prepared to support that effort,” Sills said.

The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history got underway Monday with health workers rolling up their sleeves for the first shots on the same day the nation’s COVID-19 death toll hit a staggering 300,000.

High-risk health care workers and some nursing home residents were among the first in line for the shots that could finally conquer the outbreak that has upended life across the globe.

While the U.S. hopes for enough of the two approved vaccines to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of the month, and 30 mil-

lion more in January, there won’t be enough for the average person to get a shot until spring.

The NFL will continue spending millions of dollars on daily COVID-19 tests, combined with social distancing and contact tracing to mitigate infections so they can get all 256 regular season games and 13 playoff contests in the books culminating in Super Bowl 55 on Feb. 7 in Tampa, Florida.

On a recent media conference call, Smith and NFLPA president JC Tretter emphasized that football doesn’t deserve any favors or special treatment when it comes to COVID-19 inoculations.

“Football is not an essential business,” Smith said.

“While JC and I have a fiduciary duty to our players, I

don’t think either of us for a nanosecond forget that we’re fortunate enough to be playing a game while millions of people are out there trying to keep up safe, and that’s where the focus should be.”

Added Tretter, an offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns, “We as players understand. We don’t expect to jump the line. We know as a community there are people we need to take care of first: the elderly, the most vulnerable and our first responders. So, I don’t think we have any expectation to cut the line in any way.”

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Flaws and all, Kansas City still the team to beat

By SAM MELLINGER The Kansas City Star

The tempting thing here is to go negative about a big lead diminished or let this win wash away with the tide of the Miami Dolphins being young and the New Orleans Saints up next.

But for a moment, at least, let us resist temptation.

Because the Chiefs showed every bit of why they are the NFL’s Super Bowl favorite in Sunday’s 33-27 of the Dolphins in Miami Gardens, Fla. Explosive: Tyreek Hill running past two defenders, and a game plan clearly built around stopping him, for a 44yard touchdown, and Mecole Hardman executing a wellblocked 67-yard punt return for a score.

Relentless: The first 20 minutes included two Patrick Mahomes interceptions, a dropped fumble, a 30-yard sack and a 10-point deficit … and the Chiefs still pushed the score to the brink of a blowout.

Versatile: They scored 30 straight points with some highlights, and then they protected the lead with another 4 minutes of execution.

Tough: No team routinely comes from behind this well.

“I feel like this team plays better with their backs up against the wall,” Mahomes said. “That’s a good thing to have about a football team.”

This is a good spot for the weekly airing of grievances. The Chiefs won their fifth straight AFC West championship — that streak is older than Mahomes’ professional career — but they do have flaws that could ruin a postseason.

The most immediately pressing might be the defense’s inability to close. They gave up 17 points on three fourth-quarter possessions, turning a 30-10 brink-of-ablowout score into the Chiefs needing to convert a fourth down and get Harrison Butker to make a 46-yard late field goal in order to secure the win.

The defense did some really good things. Four sacks, lots of pressure, an interception and a safety. But they’ve given up 45 points in three recent

Miami Dolphins linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill (51) takes down Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) in the first quarter Sunday. MIAMI HERALD/CHARLES TRAINOR/TNS fourth quarters — against the Raiders, Bucs and Dolphins — which is a good way to be on the wrong side of a comeback.

“I think any time we have the opportunity to kind of close the coffin on teams we’ve gotta do that,” safety Tyrann Mathieu said. “We’re getting into January football, and a lot of these games are going to come down to whether or not we can finish the game defensively. So that’s really my focus, so I think we’ll be a motivated group this week.”

We can go through some other concerns quickly: The offensive line continues to struggle in the run game, and Mitchell Schwartz’s injury continues to show up in pass protection. They missed too many tackles, gave up too many third downs and gave up touchdowns on both of Miami’s goal-to-go possessions.

Obviously, Mahomes has some mistakes to clean up, too. He threw three interceptions, dropped a snap and took a 30-yard sack — some of it was because of bad decisions, some of it was due to aggressive plays you have to live with, and some of it was about inaccurate throws. But, come on. He also threw for 393

yards and two touchdowns.

He’s going to be fine.

So, yes. There are imperfections. Flaws, even, including some that could prevent the Chiefs from enjoying another Super Bowl-victory celebration.

But football prohibits perfection, NFL rules dictate parity, and in that context 12-1 as the Super Bowl favorites is a remarkable thing. This is a better win than it will be considered nationally, too.

Because the Dolphins are good. Tanking can work if you draft well, and the Dolphins appear to be drafting well. Talent can win with the right coach, and Brian Flores appears to be the right coach.

The Dolphins are still a year or two away from being a true Super Bowl contender, but they’re playoff ready right now, and even with the gift of one of Mahomes’ sloppiest games and a drop-your-jaw interception by Xavien Howard one-on-one with Tyreek Hill, they still found themselves down 20 at home.

The Dolphins have one of the league’s best defenses, with a combination of scheme and personnel that in theory should give the Chiefs fits.

They still gave up 7.3 yards

per play.

Here’s another way to look at it. We can talk a lot about the Chiefs’ flaws, and we do.

But it’s nonsensical to do that and ignore the plain fact that their strengths — their many and varied strengths — are enough that the only team to beat them in the last 13 months then lost to them at home a month later.

That’s part of what makes this group different. The Steelers are probably the NFL’s next-best team, and nobody should be surprised if they win the Super Bowl. But their offense is too often meh, and the NFL has never tilted harder against meh offenses.

A year ago, the Ravens were the league’s best regular-season team, but they relied heavily on winning turnovers, gaining steady yardage on the ground and playing from ahead. That plan imploded in the postseason.

The Chiefs have weaknesses. We know this. Their pass rush has to get home for the rest of the defense to be effective, and their linebackers can be exploited when isolated.

Their offensive line is soft in the middle and Mahomes can make things more difficult than necessary if he starts ex-

pecting pressure.

But the biggest difference between the Chiefs and other teams is that they possess a better set of strengths to nullify their specific weaknesses than anyone else in the league.

We talk about football preventing perfection, and that’s true, which is usually fine with the Chiefs because they are built to win without needing to be perfect. We’ve seen them struggle. Seen them get down big, face third and 12s, stall a bit on offense, look lost on defense. And we’ve seen them overcome it all, almost without exception.

Just to make quadruple sure: This team can be beat, and in a year when the league appears more top-heavy than usual, the Super Bowl champion will need a heightened combination of precision and fortune.

But the Chiefs just beat a playoff-caliber team on the road after opening with their worst 20-minute stretch of the season.

So we can talk a lot about how they can be beat. But if we do, just remember that the view on that is much different from the opponent’s perspective.

Second-half comeback propels Marquette past Creighton OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — D.J. Carton scored a career-high 20 points, and Greg Elliott and Dawson Garcia combined for 23 of their 28 in the second half to lead Marquette past No. 9 Creighton 89-84 on Monday night.

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The Scarlet Knights (5-0, 1-0) broke open a tight game with a 10-0 run that made it 50-38 with 11:49 left. Myles Johnson started and ended the spree with dunks, and Harper

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After Donta Scott stemmed the surge with a long-range jumper, Harper connected from behind the arc and Jacob Young scored in the lane to give the Scarlet Knights a 14-point cushion.

This is the first time since 1934-35 that Rutgers has opened with

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Scott scored 20 and Eric Ayala added 12 for Maryland (4-2, 0-1), which finished in a tie atop the conference last season.

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NFL: Will wait to get players vaccinated Continued from B1

from flareups in Nashville and Baltimore, teams have in most cases been able to tourniquet the outbreaks through ever-evolving COVID-19 protocols.

Players will have to continue daily testing, socially distancing through remote meetings, and wearing their masks and contract tracers as they try to make it through the pandemic season without access to the vaccine. “I would just simply say that we’re proceeding along as if we’ll

have to operate the rest of this season through the Super Bowl without a vaccine,� Sills said. “And if circumstances change and it appears appropriate and indicated again from a public health standpoint that we are in a place to offer that, then we’ll have to reconsider that again jointly with the union, but for the present time we’re not counting on that to be impactful into the current season or postseason.�

Once the league crowns a Super Bowl champion in this strang-

est of seasons, the league will turn its focus to how it will handle the offseason, beginning with free agency, the pro scouting combine and college pro, all of which very well could be virtual with vaccines still being distributed. “As far as what happens after the vaccine becomes available to the general public, I’m sure that’s going to be a conversation that we’re going to have going forward, and how the vaccine gets rolled out to individual people in our country,� Smith said.

Zags: Showdown nears Continued from B1

KenPom’s top two offenses, with the Hawkeyes ranked first in efficiency by averaging 118.9 points per 100 possessions followed by the Zags at 117.7.

Iowa hasn’t scored fewer than 93 points nor won a game by fewer than 13 points so far, with both marks coming in last week’s win against No. 22 North Carolina. The Hawkeyes followed by scoring 105 points against Iowa State and 106 points against Northern Illinois while shooting 55% and making 23 3-pointers over the two games. “Kids dream about this game growing up,� freshman guard Ahron Ulis said after Sunday’s Northern Illinois win. “We’re going into the game with a lot of confidence.�

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Big Ten meeting that afternoon in Cleveland between No. 20 Ohio State and UNC in the annual CBS Sports Classic, a doubleheader that also features unranked Kentucky and UCLA. That night, No. 7 Villanova and No. 17 Virginia are scheduled to meet in New York, though the Cavaliers had to pause team activities last week due to COVID-19 concerns within the program.

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The Big Ten and Big 12 each have league matchups between a pair of ranked teams this week. On Thursday, fifth-ranked Kansas visits No. 14 Texas Tech after winning both meetings last year by a combined seven points.

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Oklahoma State (60) was one of the top vote-getters among unranked teams after winning at Wichita State on star freshman Cade Cunningham’s contested 3-pointer with 9.8 seconds left.

The Cowboys have a chance to play their way into next week’s AP Top 25 with a pair of Big 12 games. The first comes Wednesday against TCU at home, followed by a road game against No. 11 Texas on Sunday.

Richmond, which fell out of last week’s poll from No. 19, has a busy week, too. Coming off a loss to No. 8 West Virginia, the Spiders (4-1) visit Vanderbilt from the Southeastern Conference on Wednesday then face Loyola-Chicago in Indianapolis on Friday.

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“All I can tell you is I’m far more focused on how the vaccine gets to the people who need it in our country right now,� Smith added. “As long as we continue to wear masks, socially distance, aggressively engage in contact tracing and handle our business as players and as staff and we keep ourselves around this (latest .11 percent) positivity rate, then I think that should be our focus.�

GAMBLING MAN

Broncos kicker Brandon McManus missed two extra points in Denver’s 32-27 win at Carolina, and he had another PAT that his coach wiped off the board when the Panthers jumped offsides. With the ball going from the 2 to the 1, Vic Fangio decided to go for 2 just as he did last season against Kansas City.

Like last year, the conversion attempt failed, this time leaving Denver ahead 25-10. “I figured it was a good opportunity to go up 17 and make it a three-score game, but it didn’t work out,� Fangio explained. “So, it’s a 50-50 decision.

I chose the wrong one at that time.�

MOUTHING OFF

Patriots coach Bill Belichick had a bit of a malfunction with his double mask in New England’s loss to the Rams that kicked off Week 14. Cameras caught Belichick on the sideline adjusting his face covering and it looked like he had a hole cut out for his mouth.

That prompted all sorts of snark on social media, including one poster who cracked Belichick was cutting his mask “like it’s a hoodie sleeve.�

CLEVELAND (AP) — Lamar Jackson’s only thought was to rescue his teammates.

Like any other superhero.

Jackson emerged from the locker room, saved the game and maybe Baltimore’s season with a 47-42 win over the Cleveland Browns in a wild, back-and-forth Monday night game in which the teams combined to tie a 98-yearold NFL record.

Back on the field after being sidelined by cramps, Jackson threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Brown and then set up Justin Tucker’s 55-yard field goal with two seconds left as the Ravens (85) stayed in the playoff picture.

A game dripping with playoff intensity delivered with endless drama and numerous twists, none bigger than Jackson running back onto the field for a fourth-down play after his backup, Trace McSorley, had suffered a knee injury.

Jackson, who missed a recent game with COVID-19, said he received fluids in the locker room and was getting stretched when he saw McSorley get hurt. “I’m still stretching and I’m like, ‘We gotta go out there,’� he said. “It was fourth down, my guys were making great catches and we came out with the victory. As soon as I saw him go down, I came out of the locker room.�

Jackson first hit Brown for the TD and then, after getting the ball back with 1:04 left, got Baltimore in position for Tucker, who made 70 straight field goals inside 40 yards before missing last week. He made this one look pretty routine, providing an uplifting moment for the Ravens after they spent the past two weeks dealing with a virus outbreak and numerous scheduling changes. “It’s definitely good that we made that kick, given everything this team is going through right now,’� Tucker said. “It keeps us in the playoff picture.

We definitely needed to have this one. What the world saw on Monday Night Football was a Ravens team playing

with guts.�

It was a gut punch for the Browns (9-4), who had rallied from a 14-point deficit to take the lead while Jackson was out.

The Browns had one last chance after Tucker’s kick, but a series of laterals on the final play ended with a safety that affected gamblers all over the country. The Ravens were favored by three on the opening line. “There can either be good or bad to come from this,� said Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, whose 22-yard TD pass to Kareem Hunt with 1:04 left tied it. “You can start pointing fingers, but that’s not this team. We know that we need to fight and make the plays to win when we need to.�

The NFL’s top two rushing teams combined for nine rushing touchdowns, tying a league record set in 1922 by Rock Island and Evansville and then Racine and Louisville.

Jackson rushed for two touchdowns and 124 yards. He completed just 11 passes, but five of them came after he returned from the cramps.

With the Ravens down 42-35, Jackson came running back onto the field after McSorley suffered what looked like a serious leg injury when he slipped on a slick FirstEnergy Stadium field that was tough for players to cut on all night.

Jackson spent the first half slipping all over the place before changing cleats.

With no margin for error on fourth-and-5, Jackson calmly rolled to his right — and after getting the Browns to think he was going to run — he found a wide-open Brown in the middle of the field. “That was a big-time play. We needed that,� tight end Mark Andrews said. “It’s hard to describe this game because everyone was doing their thing. Just a lot of fun.�

The reigning NFL MVP completed two straight passes to Andrews, who missed the past two games with COVID-19, for 28 yards and moved the Ravens in range for Tucker, one of the most accurate kickers in league history.

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Humboldt’s Blake Walker and Trey Sommer also earned honorable mention all-state recognition as a defensive lineman and linebacker, respectively, by both papers.

SOMMER racked up a team-high 72 tackles, including 52 solo stops, five tackles for loss and a sack. He also forced a fumble, pulled in an interception and had a fumble recovery.

On offense, Sommer rushed for a team-high 827 yards and nine scores, while throwing for 473 yards and two more touchdowns and hauling in 109 receiving yards with three more scores.

Walker’s 48 tackles were good for third on the team, with a teamhigh nine tackles for loss. He also had a sack, a forced fumble and fumble recovery. He also blocked two punts.

THREE Crest High Lancers were part of the mix as well.

Senior defensive back and quarterback Jacquez Coleman, defensive back Stratton McGhee and sophomore linebacker Holden Barker were all recognized by both newspapers.

Coleman earned firstteam honors as a defensive back by The Eagle.

Crest High’s Stratton McGhee, clockwise from top left, Jacquez Coleman and Holden Barker all received state honors for their work on the football field this fall, leading the Lancers to an undefeated regular season. REGISTER FILE PHOTOS Offensively, Coleman sparkled on the ground and through the air. He rushed for a team-high 1,154 yards on 90 carries (a mind-boggling 12.8 yards-per carry) with 17 rushing touchdowns. He also completed 61% of his passes (36 of 59) for 11 touchdowns and only one interception.

Defensively, Coleman led Crest with four interceptions, defended eight other pass attempts and had 37 tackles.

Despite battling injuries midway through the season, Barker ranked second on the

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Barker ranked second on the Lancers with 88 tackles, 21 of which were behind the line of scrimmage. He also registered five quarterback sacks and led Crest with three fumble recoveries.

McGhee’s 101 tackles led the team, including 73 solo tackles. He also had 17 tackles for loss, two sacks and two forced fumbles.

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