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Manhunt ends with an arrest By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Teams of law enforcement officers descended upon Humboldt Wednesday afternoon for a manhunt that led to the arrest of a suspect in a Nov. 28 burglary in Iola. With use of a Kansas Highway Patrol aircraft equipped with infrared cameras, officers found Orion Nicholas, 24, Humboldt, hiding in a secluded area near the intersection of Sixth and Franklin Streets, Allen County deputies reported. The manhunt began not long after Humboldt Police Chief Shannon Moore and another officer spotted Nicholas at a local residence. As they approached the house, Moore said NichoSee HUNT | Page A6

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Looking west, the stands of cedar along Montana Road abutting Lehigh Portland State Park are being thinned to allow a better view of the lake from the road as well as help encourage development of native grasses. PHOTO BY DAN CARROLL/THRIVE ALLEN COUNTY

Clearing the way forward Crews have been removing unwanted trees and vegetation at the Lehigh Portland State Park By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register

State crews loaded with chainsaws and skid steers arrived at Lehigh Portland State Park this week to cull unwanted trees and vegetation. “We’re removing some cedars and other invasive species to let the good stuff grow back,” said John Leahy. Earlier this month, Leahy was tapped as the park’s grounds supervisor after Thrive Allen County successfully submitted a bid for the position. Leahy is also director of trails for Thrive, which includes the Southwind Trail among others. The work is in preparation for bigger things to come, including campgrounds and a

visitors’ center. Crews are currently focused on the south and east sides of the park, including its entrance off Montana Road. “Because the area has been basically untouched for 50 years, there’s a lot of overgrowth,” Leahy said. Crews are now thinning the clusters of cedars to not only provide more sunlight to other plants but also open up the view to the lake. “If you drive down 1650 Street right now, it’s pretty incredible because you can actually see the lake from the road,” he said of the road on the east edge of the park. “The big draw to the park is the lake. There are so few bodies of water in Kansas

John Leahy, left, and David Fontaine, center, discuss efforts to remove unwanted trees and brush with KDWP officials. with water this clear,” said Leahy. “Clearing enough trees so people can see the lake from the road is one goal.” In addition to local workers, employees with the Kansas Department of Wildlife

Humboldt welcomes new restaurant By SARAH HANEY The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — “If someone is eating our food and we’re staring at you, don’t be weirded out,” said Vanessa Vanezavgalso about her Filipino heritage. “We’re just trying to see if you like it — it’s all about making people around us happy.” Vanezavgalso’s restaurant — Shooky’s Good Eatz — marries two seemingly different cuisines: Filipino and New York-style pizza. “It’s kind of weird, I know — the pizza and the Filipino thing,” Vanezavgalso said. The idea for the restaurant was born out of a desire for Vanezavgalso and her husband, Mike Shook, to share their favorite native foods. Shook is from New York. “Originally, I was going to do a Filipino name for the restaurant. But, I don’t want to focus on just Filipino food because we like everything.” Vanezavgalso was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States when she

Vanessa Vanezavgalso’s restaurant, Shooky’s Good Eatz, 901 Bridge St., Humboldt, serves Filipino cuisine and New Yorkstyle pizza. REGISTER/SARAH HANEY was 6 years old. “I am definitely Americanized, I guess you could say,” she said. “My mother is a full-on Filipino who is always cooking.” Her mother not only cooked many of her native country’s dishes as Vanezavgalso was growing up, but a variety of other foods. “Filipinos love to feed peo-

ple,” Vanezavgalso said with a smile. “It’s in our nature.” Her Filipino heritage, coupled with a childhood spent moving across diverse locations due to her father’s Navy service, turned Vanezavgalso into a bona fide foodie. This love for culinary exploration is shared by her husband. After graduating high

school in Hawaii, Vanezavgalso relocated to New Orleans for a job opportunity. Three years after moving to Louisiana, she met her husband Mike at a gym. “He was always trying to talk to me,” she said. “I told my friend, ‘There’s this pretty cute guy, but I think he’s just trying to get me to train with him. I don’t want to pay for a trainer.’” She laughs now at her misinterpretation of his interest in her. The two hit it off and eventually moved to Mississippi before moving to Chanute six months ago. Vanezavgalso said she has been pleasantly surprised by the sizable Filipino community in Kansas, noting “there weren’t a lot of Filipinos in Mississippi.” Before opening Shooky’s Good Eatz, Vanessa visited her parents in Arizona to perfect some of her mother’s recipes. “I try to stay with the more popular dishes. I don’t want to shock Kansas right away,”

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Obituaries Wanda Henkle Wanda Lee Henkle, 87, retired printing press operator at the Sedgwick County Extension office, died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Private family services will be held. Wanda once was a school teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. She took many adventures with her fam- Wanda ily including lots of travels within Henkle the United States, Mexico and Ecuador. She was preceded in death by her father, Clinton Broom; mother, Vivian Broom; stepfather, Raymond Reiter; and husband, Donald L. Henkle. She is survived by her daughters, Marlene Henkle and Mindy (Jack) Johnson; grandchildren, Annie (Josh) Bagby, Jacque McLain, and Kristen (Gabe) Hadipour; great-grandchildren, Michael, Ashlyn, and J.J.; sister, Juanita Rix; and dear cousin, Donna Kary. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established with Allen County Historical Society, 20 S. Washington, Iola, KS 66749. Services are in care of Downing & Lahey Mortuary - West Chapel.

Leavenworth Board of Education members passed a revised policy Monday to get rid of “sexual orientation” references in district elementary curricula. Getty Images/Kansas Reflector

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Jan Church Janet Grace Lord Church, 75, of Iola, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the Medicalodges nursing facility in Iola. Jan was born on Oct. 29, 1948, to Ralph and Virgina Lord in Allen County. After she graduated from Kincaid High School in 1966, she worked in data processing and as Jan Church a bank teller before returning to school at the age of 48 at the Mary Grimes School of Nursing in Chanute. After graduating with a degree in nursing, she started her first job at Windsor Place in Iola as a registered nurse, kickstarting a 15-plus-year career in nursing. In 1968, Jan married Fred K. Church in Lone Elm. Jan and Fred had four children, Amy, Thomas, Adam, and Fred. They later divorced. In 2015, Jan retired and spent time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, reading, writing poetry, painting and sketching. One of her greatest travel adventures was going to India for a month with her sister, Judy Snavely. Her smile and laugh were contagious, and she gave the greatest back rubs. Janet is preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Virginia; her son, Adam; a nephew, Justin Snavely; and niece, Kelly Lord. She is survived by her children, Amy, Tom, and Fred; her brothers, Jim and John Lord; her sister, Judy Snavely; 15 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; along with many friends. Jan was a kind and loving mother, grandmother, and friend to so many people. A celebration of Jan’s life will be held at Calvary United Methodist Church on Saturday, Dec. 30, from noon to 2 p.m. in the fellowship hall, with a balloon release to follow. After the celebration, everyone is invited to join the family in the scattering of Jan’s ashes at her childhood farm in Kincaid. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Stroke Foundation or to the Medicalodges Iola Activity Fund. Services are entrusted to Countryside Funeral Home, 101 N. Highland, Chanute.

Unity Club members learn about ‘Sister Sleuths’ The Iola Unity Club met Dec. 11 at the home of Kit McGuffin to learn about the book “Sister Sleuths — Female Detectives In Britain” by Nell Darby. Judy Arbeiter gave the report. She explained how the 1857 Divorce Act paved the way for a new career for women: private detective. To divorce then, you needed proof of adultery. Men soon realized that women were adept at infiltrating households and befriending wives, learning secrets and finding evidence. Previously, women had been informal snoops in their communities. Now, they were getting paid for it, toeing a fine line between offering a useful service

and betraying members of their own gender for money. These were groundbreaking women, working in the shadows, often unnamed in press reports. Even today, they are something of an unknown. Even though there is intense interest in the public, their work largely has been an enigma. The new book seeks to shed light on the female detectives who worked over the past century-and-a-half to uncover wrongdoing and solve crimes. Unity Club will meet next at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 8 at the home of Donna Lower-Nord. Linda Brocker will provide the program.

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TOPEKA — A northeast Kansas school board has taken wide-ranging action against books that mention nudity, gender identity, sexual orientation, sexuality and other topics, a move critics say is meant to target LGBTQ+ books, but may impact a wide scope of educational materials in the district. The Leavenworth School District Board of Education voted 4-3 on Monday to pass revisions to an education policy that bans “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” references in the district’s elementary library books, despite objections from parents and students in the district. “This policy is just a backhanded way to continue attacking members of the LGBTQ community and their allies by suggesting no age is appropriate to recognize the very existence of a portion of our student body and society,” said Leavenworth resident Eric Price during the Monday board meeting. “Don’t be surprised when you get complaints about everything from Shakespeare to the Bible,” he added. The policy states elementary curriculum and other materials should not contain any visual or written description of sexual acts, implied nudity or visual depiction of nudity. The policy also states that “no materials in elementary libraries shall contain materials referencing or providing instruction on gender identity or sexual orientation.” Under this broad criteria, stories such as “The Emperor’s New Clothes” wouldn’t be allowed, as well as books featuring LGBTQ+ characters. When asked if this broad wording could subject all books at the elementary level to scrutiny and potential removal, district spokesman Jake Potter said he couldn’t speak to the specific language of the policy. “As I read it and interpret it, it does appear that it’s more restrictive at the grade levels, at the younger levels, and gets a little less restrictive as it gets to young teen and young mature audiences of middle school and high school,” Potter said. A transgender Leavenworth High School student who spoke during the board meeting said he felt “utterly disappointed and let down by our elected leaders.” “I sit in this desk every day, seven hours a day, five days a week,” the student told the board. “I hope that you all realize tonight that you are on the wrong side of our school’s history and our country’s history.” At the middle school level, the policy bars visual and written depictions of sexual acts and visual depiction of nudity, except for classical works of art and educational health and science diagrams. At the high school level, the policy states curriculum and other media collections should not contain written or visual depictions of sexual acts or “simulations of such

acts.” Potter acknowledged the new language could increase the number of book challenges in the district. He said the biggest impact of the revised policy would likely be increased scrutiny on future library book purchases. The policy was supported by departing board member Mike Powell, who previously has spoken against Scholastic book fairs because he believes they promote “sexualized content.” Leavenworth resident Brandi Bond, who has been a parent in the district for more than 20 years and formerly served as a library aide for the district, said the policy put the district in a bad light. “We’ve told a whole group of students that they don’t deserve representation in their libraries, that they don’t deserve to see characters that reflect who they are, that they don’t deserve to have their stories told,” Bond said. In the past year, book challenges because of LGBTQ+ content have plagued libraries and schools nationally and locally. In St. Marys, LGBTQ+ children’s books were taken off shelves. Republican lawmakers in the Legislature have announced their intent to remove “woke” and “sexualized content,” a talking point that critics said has been used to encourage skepticism of classroom instructional materials and incite book bans. State Board of Education member Danny Zeck railed against “smut,” using LGBTQ+ books such as “Rick,” a book about an asexual middle-schooler, as examples of material that parents need to be warned about. “Censorship in school libraries is meant to control what our young people can know and learn. Students deserve better,” said Kansas Library Association President Sean Bird. “Students deserve to be able to voluntarily seek information to discover the world around them.” “There has been an epidemic of book banning across the nation over the past couple of years, and Kansas is not immune,” he added.

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Deputies investigate ‘swatting’ call By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Michelle Foster brings her six-piece band for “What Christmas Means to Me.”

Bowlus offers Christmas show with rising star Michelle Foster Rising star Michelle Foster with her sixpiece band will bring “What Christmas Means to Me” to Iola this weekend. The show begins at 7 p.m. at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. It combines Foster’s love and appreciation for artists such as Carole King, Karen Carpenter and Joni Mitchell with songs of the holiday. It’s a mix of new and old holiday songs and stories. Foster has been touring and performing

professionally since age 14, when she was chosen to perform as a soloist at Disney’s Hollywood Studios for an audience of thousands. As a pianist, she has played with twotime Grammy Award winner Gloria Gaynor, Tony Award winner Laura Benanti, 1976 People’s Choice Awards Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Tony Orlando, The Tokens’ Jay Siegel, famous doowop acts including The Duprees, The Clovers, The Tymes and many

more. In the summer of 2019, Foster was cast in her first professional musical at Axelrod Performing Arts Center in New Jersey. Months later, Foster was selected to perform as vocalist/ keyboardist with the Mercury World Tour, produced by Terry Barber, at The Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, California. Foster now tours internationally with Barber as a collaborative pianist and vocal soloist.

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Leahy said. “They’re already asking when they can come back. I’ve never seen a happier group of guys out working.” Picture-perfect weather has been the icing on top. In addition to the cedars, crews are clearing Trees of Heaven, native to China and Thailand, and Bush honeysuckle. Yes, the ones with the pretty, fuchsia-colored berries. Leahy clarified the cedars are not actually an invasive species. “They were naturally existing, but their primary habitat was around bodies of water,” and have been allowed to overtake grasslands. Before the area became settled, fires, whether instigated by lightning or by humans, were allowed to burn, Leahy said. A benefit of the fires was that they controlled the promulgation of invasive species, “which don’t deal well with fire, whereas the native species have learned that fire actually helps them propagate,” he said. “Even 50 years ago, this was more like the Flint Hills than people realize,” he said of its

expansive grasslands, whereas today the local area is inundated with swaths of evergreens. “People have an interesting relationship with trees,” he said. “I love trees, but we’re also in the Great Plains, which is a quickly disappearing ecosystem that people don’t appreciate.” AS FOR infrastructure work at the park, Leahy and Dan Carroll, Thrive’s communications director, said they are unaware as to when it will begin. People can get permission to camp at the park by completing a form that is approved by the Department of Wildlife and Parks. The forms are available at the Thrive office. Most recently, a Boy Scout troop was allowed to camp along the lake. Permission is “really up to the discretion

of the regional managers,” Carroll said. Lehigh Portland State Park falls within Conner O’Flannagan’s district. He can be reached at Conner.O’Flannagan@ ks.gov. For those itching to get involved with activities at the park, they can participate in the monthly trail workdays to help clear brush and refuse. This Saturday is the next one scheduled. Meet up at 9 a.m. at the east trailhead. Leahy said they will begin to target specific trash sites that pose hazards, but not items like the rusted-out cars, which have been deemed “positive points of interest” to the trails’ unique design. “The trails there are going to stay exactly the same,” he said, adding that more will be added on the south section of the park.

were preparing to respond as well. In addition, the children in the home were unnecessarily traumatized, and we don’t know what long-lasting effects that could have on them.” Swatting is described as an action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.

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Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy said Thursday that deputies were sent to a residence in Gas early Wednesday evening for what they said amounted to a “swatting” report. The incident occurred after officers received a report of a man threatening his wife and brandishing a gun, Murphy said. A few minutes later, it was reported that the man was holding his wife hostage at gunpoint, saying he was going to kill her at a certain time. When the first deputy arrived, he found nothing amiss, and as Murphy and more officers arrived, it was found that the call was allegedly made by the woman’s mother in Sacramento, who does not like her daughter’s husband, deputies said. One person was temporarily de-

tained while the initial investigation was done. Murphy said there was never anyone in danger and that he was looking into possible charges against the woman in California. “We take swatting issues very seriously,” he said in a press release. “Not only does a situation like this waste emergency responder time and resources for not just our department but for other agencies that

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The Iola Middle and High School orchestras performed a variety of tunes at a concert on Wednesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Above, Clayton Johnson, Parker Pfaff and Logan Thompson-Belknap perform with the beginning orchestra. At right, Piper Weilert gives a cello solo. Far right, Maddie McDermeit offers a violin solo. Below, high school students play “Rondeau No. 3,” front from left, Zed Pruett, Maddox Riley, Keira Fawson, Izzy Tyson, back, Clarie Moran and Bella Rahming. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

From Doc and Kathy Monfort- Once again we come to year’s end. 2023 has flown by and we turn our thoughts and thanks to the blessings in our lives, our family, friends, co-workers, clients, community, and all of the beloved pets that enrich our days. We wish all of you the happiest of holidays and Bow-Meow to the puppies and kittens. Leon and Diane LaGalle- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Leon, Diane, and Elsa. Kristen Ulrey- May you all have a joyous Solstice, full of rest, renewal, and new stars to follow. Be Safe, Be Merry, Be Hopeful towards the New Year to come, and remember all the wonderful times this past year has brought us. Happy Holidays from my family to yours! Tiffany Hurlock- The cold is a beautiful reminder to offer warm wishes for a happy holiday season. May your holidays be bright. Much Love, The Hurlocks

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away,” she said with a laugh. To this end, she explained that she likes to alter and make personalized recipes. For example, she adds peas and carrots to her curry — an uncommon practice in Filipino culture — to give it a balance to the heat of the spiciness. The Filipino side of the menu offers classics like lumpia, marinated pork, and adobo. Vanessa Vanezavgalso Vanezavgalso hopes to someday incorpo- different options, rangrate Vietnamese or Thai ing from a slice of pizza to a full Filipino meal,” dishes. “The community has she said. “We hope it already expressed its helps bring more peogratitude for providing ple to Humboldt.”

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though negotiations continue on a bill to aid Ukraine and Israel and boost border security. The spending called for represents about a 3% increase from the prior year. The bill serves as a blueprint for programs Congress will seek to fund through follow-up spending bills. Lawmakers have been negotiating a final defense policy bill for months after each chamber passed strikingly different versions in July. Some of the priorities championed by social conservatives were a no-go for Democrats. Negotiators dropped them from the final version to get it over the finish line. That did not go over well with some Republican lawmakers, though most did end up voting for a bill that traditionally has broad, bipartisan support. About twice as many Republicans voted for the bill as voted against it.

“You almost feel like a parent who’s sent a child off to summer camp and they came back a monster,” Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said in opposing the bill. “That’s what we’ve done. This bill came back in far worse shape.” Washington Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, chided the bill’s critics for what he described as an unwillingness to compromise.

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Powell pivots on inflation We thought Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell would be wary of declaring victory over inflation on Wednesday, but he was wary in formal declaration only. Everything else about his press conference after the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting suggested that the Chairman’s Paul Volcker era is over. Easier money is on the way. “The committee is proceeding carefully,” he said. The Fed still wants to see “ongoing progress” toward the Fed’s 2% inflation target, “we still have a ways to go,” and “no one is declaring victory” over inflation. The financial markets didn’t believe a word of it. Stocks soared to new heights, with the Dow industrials breaking 37000 for the first time. Bond yields plunged, as the 10year Treasury note fell to 4.025%. It was nearly 5% in late October. Investors were no doubt looking at the Fed’s famous “dot plots,” which track the estimates of Fed governors and bank presidents about future inflation and interest rates. The monetary mavens think inflation is conquered, even if Mr. Powell won’t say it. The Fed eminences are now forecasting three interest rate cuts in 2024 from the current policy target of 5.25%-5.5%. They see personal-consumption expenditures inflation, the Fed’s favorite measure, falling to 2.8% this year, a full half a point lower than they projected in September. Markets may also have spotted the doves between the lines of Mr. Powell’s hawkish words as he extolled the anti-inflation progress made so far. In response to one question, he pointedly said the Fed is getting close to the point when unemployment and inflation have equal priority in monetary calculations. Is this pivot warranted? Mr. Powell is right that he has made anti-inflation progress, but his performance Wednesday will go far to easing the tighter monetary conditions that have produced this progress. The FOMC didn’t change policy this week, and it can always postpone its rate-cutting for longer. But it would be a shame to declare victory too soon. — The Wall Street Journal

Today in history In 1939, the Civil War motion picture epic “Gone with the Wind,” starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, had its world premiere in Atlanta. ***** In 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris. ***** In 2016, a federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina, convicted Dylann Roof of slaughtering nine Black church members who had welcomed him to their Bible study.

Flames rise from a car and a bus in Dublin on Nov. 23, as people took to the streets in protest following a knife attack earlier in the day. (PETER MURPHY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

Ireland thought it was immune to the far right. It was wrong By UNA MULLALLY Guest opinion for The New York Times

A little after 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 23, a man stabbed three children and a woman outside a primary school in downtown Dublin. The woman and one of the children, a 5-yearold girl, were seriously injured. The suspect — who was injured while being subdued, and has yet to be interviewed — is originally from Algeria, a naturalized Irish citizen who has been here for two decades. The motive for the attack is still unclear. Messages speculating about the man’s nationality quickly started to circulate on the social platforms X and Telegram. Other messages called for people to descend on the city center. One widely shared voice message from a Telegram group called Enough Is Enough encouraged people to go downtown at 7 p.m. and just “kill them,” referring to anyone perceived as a foreigner. What happened afterward left police officers injured, more than 30 arrested so far, buses, a tram and police cars burned, and a country reeling from the realization that there are far-right agitators here, too. Ireland has frequently been cited as an outlier in Europe for not lurching toward the far right in any significant way since the 2008 economic crash and the austerity that followed. The country does have far-right parties, like the National Party, but these exist on the fringes and have never won seats in the Dail, the Irish Parliament. Instead, in the last decade and a half, large progressive movements emerged, fighting and winning referendums on marriage equality (in 2015) and women’s reproductive rights (in 2018). When people wondered how Ireland had resisted the pull of far-right populism the usual reply was that a nation of emigrants would never demonize immigrants.

A POPULAR POEM by Imelda May, “You Don’t Get to Be Racist and Irish,” summed up the idea: “We emigrated/We immigrated/We took refuge/So cannot refuse/When it’s our time/ To return the favor.” But anyone who has been paying attention to the far right online in recent years knew that this was not a sentiment shared by everyone. Aoife Gallagher, a Dublin-based senior analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue who focuses on far-right extremism, disinformation and conspiracy theories, told me that “the number of channels and chat groups on Telegram associated with the Irish misinformation and disinformation ecosystem increased by 326 percent since 2020.” A housing crisis is perhaps the country’s main political issue. Rents are rising, homelessness is increasing, and Ireland has one of the largest generation gaps in homeownership in Europe. Housing, a cost of living crisis and stretched public services have been fodder for those who want to blame immigrants for all the country’s ills. RUSSIA’S INVASION of Ukraine has increased the number of Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers coming to Ireland, and many Irish people have welcomed them into their homes. But the sense of national pride in that solidarity was undermined by mobs that showed up, outside refugee accommodation centers, chanting, “Get them out.” In May of this year, a row of tents where homeless asylum seekers were sleeping in south Dublin was burned. When the Dail returned from its summer break in September, far-right groups organized a rally in which a mock gallows with photos of prominent politicians was erected. On Nov. 22 Conor McGregor, an ultimate fighting champion star with a large and fervent fan base, posted “Ireland, we are at war” on X. The following day, in the hours after the

knife attack, it felt as if something that had long been simmering was finally boiling over. It started with a small, loud group gathered near the crime scene. Someone carried an “Irish Lives Matter” placard. As more people arrived, the violence quickly escalated. Sporting goods stores were looted of clothes and expensive sneakers. One widely shared video showed a young man throw a flaming box inside a police car and closing the door, the protesters around him cheering as the vehicle caught alight. As awful, odd and opportunistic as the riots were, it’s worth remembering that the scale of the problem in Ireland, compared with many other countries, is still small. Ireland is not the “powder keg” that Steve Bannon described to Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host, on an episode of Mr. Tucker’s show on X. We have an opportunity now to have a conversation about immigration, housing and the cost of living that manages to avoid the demonization of “the other” that Irish people are intimately familiar with. There are reasons to worry we won’t, like Mr. McGregor writing last week, in a reply to Elon Musk on X that he’s mulling a run for president in 2025. But there is cause for optimism, too, like the GoFundMe to buy “a pint” for Caio Benicio, a Brazilian Deliveroo driver who intervened in the attack, to which people have donated almost $400,000. Many people in Ireland were comfortable in the knowledge that the far right couldn’t exist here — until they watched the far right instigate a riot in the capital. Now, at least, we can acknowledge we have a problem. What happens next depends on which version of the national psyche — empathic or exclusionary — wins out. About the author: Una Mullally is a columnist for The Irish Times. She wrote from Dublin.

Kansas Supreme Court Justices now say they hope to restore most functions of the state’s court computer system, shut down for nearly two months by an “evil, criminal” cyberattack, by the end of this month. The system serves 104 of the state’s 105 counties. Johnson, the largest by population, has its own computer system, but is set to join the state network next year. The computer network handles nearly everything for the state courts, from scheduling to filings to case records and public access. This is good news for the courts and the public, and it goes without saying that we all should breath a sigh of relief that the damage wasn’t worse, or harder to fix. Cyberattacks are made to be difficult to reverse. Criminals usually imbed their software and booby trap all corners of a system before they spring their surprise. Backups typically are mined to reinfect the computers if installed, and would have to be carefully cleansed before they could be used. That alone could have occupied two months. Hackers usually demand payment, but there’s no indication the state paid anyone. The justices said they were proud to have upheld “the rule of law.” Not playing the criminals’ game can make recovery more difficult and last longer. It is, we think, by far the better course than the one often taken by some private businesses bent on curbing costs and damage. So, if that is the case, we applaud the justices. We think, however, that the courts have been a little disingenuous in avoiding reference to the criminal nature of this attack for as long as they did. The attack was pretty obviously intentional from the start; entire computer systems seldom just go “poof’ and stop working on their own. Nonetheless, the attack, which has been a major and costly inconvenience to all involved, from lawyers and litigants to courts and court workers, will have been cleared up in fairly rapid fashion if indeed it is done this month. Other than a bit more openness on the part of the courts, we think it has been well-handled so far. We are certain as well that the justices will expect their experts to make certain that something like this never happens again. No one can guarantee that, but some thought should be given to compartmentalizing and safeguarding multiple backups several times each day. And of course, we hope the FBI, KBI and whoever else is investigating will track down the foreign hackers and make things difficult for them. Information gathered from the case might well point out changes needed to protect other government and business software. And that could make the cost of this crime — which might run in the millions — a lot more bearable. — The Oberlin Herald

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Oh, what fun it is to sing… Preschoolers at Iola Elementary School serenaded their parents and teachers Thursday morning with a medley of holiday songs. Thursday marked the final day of classes for USD 257 students before the Christmas break. Classes for students resume Jan. 3. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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las fled the house. Other officers, as well as sheriff’s deputies, and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers took part in the search, canvassing the neighborhood house by house. Because of their proximity to the manhunt, Humboldt schools were put on a “soft” lockdown, USD 258 announced via Facebook, which meant student recess periods were held indoors, and middle-schoolers taking part in afternoon activities rode a bus instead of walking to their des-

Palestinians urge steps for two-state solution RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian prime minister said in an interview Thursday that the Biden administration must now “walk the walk” and take specific steps toward what has been an elusive two-state solution, including by applying pressure on Israel. M o h a m m e d Shtayyeh spoke to The Associated Press as U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met in Tel Aviv with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to discuss the course of the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month. Gallant said Israel’s aim of destroying Hamas will take several more months. The United States has shielded Israel against growing international calls for an immediate cease-fire, but is publicly disagreeing with its close ally on a postwar scenario. Washington eventually wants to see the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza under a unified Palestinian leadership, as a precursor to Palestinian statehood. Israel’s right-ing government opposes Palestinian statehood and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects any role in Gaza for the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority, a West Bankbased autonomy government.

tination. There was no threat to the schools, district officials noted. The KHP airplane dispatched from Wichita detected movement in a heavily wooded area near Sixth and Franklin streets. Officers on the ground spotted Nicholas at about 3:10 p.m. He was arrested without further incident. Nicholas was the second suspect taken into custody from the Nov. 28 burglary. On Dec. 8, deputies arrested Payton Craft, 23, at his home on South Third Street in Iola. While he was being taken into custody,

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YC celebrates girls hoops history YATES CENTER — Yates Center High School will celebrate the trailblazers who brought girls sports to life 50 years ago. Kathe Hamman, a former YCHS student and coach, has invited players and coaches from the early Wildcat girls teams to attend Friday evening’s basketball games at Norris Gymnasium The attendees will be introduced during a ceremony between the girls and boys games against Jayhawk-Linn. Hamman, who also works as a photographer and writes up sports stories, penned an article about the history of the Lady Wildcats in the Dec. 7 edition of the Yates Center News. What few people realized was that girls basketball was a part of Yates Center High School more than 100 years ago — 1912, to be exact, Hamman wrote. A group of young ladies formed what became known as the EOW Club Team. The “EOW’’ name came about as a form of protest against a

Members of Yates Center High School’s first-ever girls basketball team in 1912 wore uniforms with “EOW” emblazoned on the back, as a mocking tribute to a school superintendent heard saying he’d heard “enough of women” wanting to compete in high school athletics. Today, more than 100 years later, girls athletics are more popular than ever across the country. PHOTOS COURTESY OF KATHE HAMMAN

school superintendent who declined their request to form a team. He had been heard remarking he’d heard “Enough Of Women” wanting to play. “It is not recorded who their competition was during that year, but they most certainly paved the way for the

Lady Wildcats of today,” Hamman wrote. The first “official” YCHS ladies team was allowed in 1915, Hamman noted, under slightly different rules than ones set up for the boys. Teams were composed of six-player lineups — three

Members of the Yates Center High School 1974-75 girls state-qualifying basketball team are, front row from left, Nancy Sherman, Vanessa Theobald and Rita Bishop; second row, Cynthia Voight, Susan Peters, Sherry Corkery, Sue Hash, Joni Sievers, Debbie Stevens and Kathe Hamman; third row, Coach Robert Balerio, Lori McGregor, Mary Zaring, Leslie Dodd, Betsy Light, Jodi Chesick, Nancy Zaring, Lynette Doeden, Marsha McKinsey, Rubina Stockebrand, Mercedes Leis and coach Nancy Mansfield. on offense, and three on defense — and were prohibited from crossing the half-court line. And rather than playing teams from other schools, Yates Center’s squad played against other classes from the school. The Lady Wildcats played

for several years in a remodeled barn, on maple floorboards, until the high school built a new gymnasium in 1949 — it became the school’s “old gymnasium” nearly 50 years later when Norris GymSee HISTORY | Page B6

Judge: Two-time transfers can return to competition, for now classmen to transfer once without havCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ing to sit out — College athletes who were a year. But an denied the chance to play im- a d d i t i o n a l mediately after transferring transfer as an undergraduate a second time can return to generally requires the NCAA competition — for now — af- to grant a waiver allowing the ter a federal judge issued a athlete to compete immedi14-day temporary restraining ately. Without it, the athlete order Wednesday against the would have to sit out for a year at the new school. NCAA. Last January, the NCAA U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey in northern implemented stricter guideWest Virginia issued the or- lines for granting those waivers on a caseder against the by-case basis. NCAA from Bailey wrote enforcing the I’m in the gym ev- that the transtransfer rule. A lawsuit filed by ery single day with the fer rule “is the West Virginia team, with the blood, exact kind of and six other sweat and tears with unreasonable restraint of states alleged them. When the ball trade within the rule’s waiver process violat- is thrown up and that labor markets ed federal an- tipoff starts, I’m not that the reletitrust law. The suited up. That’s what vant antitrust laws prohiborder clears the hurts me the most. it” and that way for athletes the plaintiffs to play during — RaeQuan Bat“have a strong the two-week tle, West Virginia likelihood of period and also success.” ensures that The states schools won’t involved in be punished for seeking the restraining order allowing it. The NCAA said in a state- were Colorado, Illinois, New ment it would comply with York, North Carolina, Ohio, the order and notify schools. Tennessee and West Virginia. It wasn’t immediately clear The ruling comes while the transfer window is open whether any of the affected for football and creates an players would try to compete opportunity for players who during the 14-day window. West Virginia basketball have already transferred using their so-called one-time player RaeQuan Battle transexception for immediate el- ferred this season from Monigibility to enter the portal tana State after previously again and be cleared to com- playing at Washington and has been sitting out. pete next season. “I’m in the gym every sinA hearing on the restraining order is scheduled for gle day with the team, with Dec. 27. See NCAA | Page B6 NCAA rules allow underBy JOHN RABY The Associated Press

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KC moves on after Buffalo loss By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andy Reid had no interest Wednesday in reliving the Chiefs’ controversial loss to Buffalo last weekend. Reid curtly batted away continued questions about the 20-17 defeat, where a rare offside penalty on wide receiver Kadarius Toney negated what would have been the go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes. Reid took issue with the fact that officials tend to give warnings when a player lines up offside, and that flags are rarely thrown for such an infraction. “We brought the guys in yesterday and they understand all our focus is straight ahead on the Patriots, and every day we have to practice for this game is important,” Reid said before practice. “I felt that way after the game.

They know the importance of it.” The Chiefs (8-5), who have lost four of their past six, visit New England on Sunday. “You always got to move forward,” Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones said. “It happens so fast: You have one game, you have one day off, and then you start focusing on the next team. You don’t have time to linger on a loss. It’s all about moving forward.” Earlier in the day, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce railed at critics of their struggling offense on his “New Heights” podcast with his brother and Eagles center Jason Kelce. Most of the criticism has been directed at Kansas City wide receivers, who lead the NFL in dropped passes by a wide margin, and more recently Toney, whose penalty against Buffalo proved to be so costly.

“We’re not rolling like we have in the past. I know there’s a lot of media pointing fingers at some of the skill players that we have,” Kelce said. “All this that I hear in the media right now about who the Chiefs are, it’s only building that beast that we’ve been trying to create this entire year. It’s only going to keep making us better and better, going through these learning experiences and going through these tough games.” The Chiefs have had plenty of those lately. Four of their past five games have been decided by one possession, and three have been losses, including another in Green Bay in which officials took some heat. They didn’t throw a flag for a potential defensive pass interference penalty on the Packers, so rather than See CHIEFS | Page B6

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