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Monday, January 16, 2017

King service tonight

The Rev. Linda Whitworth-Reed will deliver the message tonight at 7 p.m. at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. ceremony at Iola’s Wesley United Methodist Church.

The public is invited.

A Love’s travel center and Arby’s restaurant are scheduled to open in Chanute Feb. 6, one of several pieces of economic development taking place within Iola’s neighbor to the south. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

GROWING TO THE SOUTH Coming Tuesday

Editor’s note: Chanute is abuzz with the upcoming opening of a new travel plaza, a new plant that builds components for military and civilian aircraft, added shopping destinations.

Today and Tuesday, the Register will look at Chanute’s future, and how it relates to what’s going on in Iola.

David Toland, Iola’s economic development director, voices optimism.

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

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HANUTE — Matt Godinez is a natural optimist, which suits perfectly with his new job.

About 18 months ago the Chanute native returned home to head the Chanute Regional Development Authority, the city’s economic development arm.

Prior to that, Godinez had worked in sales in the Kansas City area.

“This is the biggest thing I live to do,” he said. “’I’ve always looked at everything this way. Everything is sales.

You have to sell yourself every day. I’m the salesperson for Chanute.”

With a series of recent and upcoming grand openings, Godinez’s bullishness and optimism appears to be wellfounded.

On Saturday, Chanute’s new Dollar Tree store will open its doors, the latest addition to a shopping plaza on South Santa Fe Street. The nascent plaza is anchored by

Matt Godinez, Chanute Regional Development Authority executive director Hibbett Sports, which opened in 2016.

A few weeks later, Feb. 6 will mark the opening of the Love’s Travel Plaza, a truck stop and fuel outlet for passing motorists, and accompanying Arby’s restaurant, at the intersection of U.S. 169 and 35th Street.

Then, sometime in August, a Holiday Inn Express will open next door to the travel center, completing Chanute’s most visible development project along 169 since the highway’s bypass was built more than 30 years ago.

Feds to probe National Guard TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The federal National Guard Bureau plans to investigate the Kansas National Guard at the request of the state’s adjutant general after an internal investigation found leadership problems.

The Kansas Guard on Friday released a memo from Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli requesting the review. The Guard also said it would not comment further until the review is completed.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported this week that the internal investigation

disclosed problems including instances of racism and enlistment document forgery. The two officers leading the internal probe concluded that the Kansas Guard suffered from “toxic” leadership.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is standing by Tafanelli.

The request for a federal review was dated Wednesday but was released after Kansas Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka said lawmakers should investigate if Brownback does not.

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All the while, construction continues for a new facility to accommodate Orizon Aerostructures, a manufacturer of components for civilian and military aircraft.

Orizon announced last summer it was coming to Chanute, picking Chanute over 48 other communities across three states (including Iola). By the time construction is complete — perhaps by May — Orizon is expected to have more than 110 highly paid employees.

Within a decade, the plant hopes to employ 500.

The projects have given Go-

dinez, CRDA and the Chanute community one of the most valuable commodities sought by those who deal in economic development — momentum.

Suddenly, Godinez is fielding calls on a daily basis from other companies interested in relocating to Chanute.

“Once you get that momentum, it creates a domino effect,” he said. “You say you’re creating 100 jobs, but really you’re creating more than that. If you’re bringing new employees to town, you need more nurses, more teachers, more housing, things like that. It trickles down and the local economy grows.”

Godinez spoke about his optimism while discussing Chanute’s economic climate, where the community goes from here, and ways he can envision working with Iola and Allen County on other endeavors.

PLANNERS have been working for years to put the pieces together in order for development to conSee CHANUTE | Page A4

A thin layer of ice covers tree branches Sunday in Iola. REGIS-

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Ice storm not as bad as feared

By JIM SUHR The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sleet and drizzle glazed swaths of the central U.S. on Sunday, extending icy weather that some meteorologists acknowledged fell short of dire forecasts.

Iola and Allen County avoided much ice-related damage, although pockets of Iola were without power through Sunday because of the icecovered electric lines. Power was restored by midday.

Much of the region remained under an ice storm warning on the eve of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday as stretches continued getting pelted by rain, often in areas where temperatures hovered around freezing. A National Weather Service ice storm warning for the Kansas City and St. Louis areas expired Sunday afternoon as temperatures exceeded freezing. An identical warning remained in effect until this morning to the north, as the storm pressed into Nebraska and Iowa.

The freeze made roads harSee STORM | Page A2

Humanity House takes over helpline Help available

By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

In the spring of 2015, a group of local volunteers created a helpline intended to connect needy residents with the vast — but often confusing — network of resources available in Allen County.

By dialing 620-228-5110, the caller would reach one of five or six volunteers who would then connect the caller with the service agency or charity group or individual that could best address his or her hardship.

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Already in its short life, the Allen County Connectors program, originally funded by the REACH Healthcare Foundation, has fielded more

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than 500 calls from residents who, usually after exhausting all of their other options and with nowhere else to turn, seek assistance with life’s basic needs — utilities, housing, food, transportation, medicine.

This month, Iola’s burgeoning Humanity House — whose See HELPLINE | Page A2

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Sixteen Sorosis Club members met at Donna Grigsby’s home Jan. 9.

Maxine Perkins was co-hostess.

Jeanne Creitz introduced Roger Carswell from the Southeast Kansas Library System and the Iola Public Library, who spoke about the library’s many functions and services.

One of the newest services is the Reader’s Advisory Center, which has leaflets on various books, such as the best

Kathy Marie Peters died Monday, Jan. 9, 2017.

Kathy was born in Iola on July 18, 1958, to Francis and Alvina Peters. She attended St. John’s Catholic School and graduated from Iola High School. She worked at Miller’s Dress Factory in Iola. After graduating she went to work for Kansas Department of Transportation in Olathe. She worked for Kansas De- Kathy Peters partment of Transportation for 32 years, retiring in 2011.

Kathy is preceded in death by her parents, Francis and Alvina Peters, and her brother, Joseph Peters.

She is survived by five brothers, Eugene Peters and his wife Karen, Broken Arrow, Okla., Dennis Peters and wife Nadine, Chanute, Mark Peters and wife Virginia, Iola, Francis Peters Jr. and wife Gracie, Morgan Hill, Calif., and Louis Peters and wife Cynthia, Grain Valley, Mo.; and one sister, Carol Ann (Peters) Wilson and husband Mark, Iola. She also is survived by her sister-in-law, Roxy Peters of Iola. She will be sadly missed by her several nieces and nephews, and her friends who were a big part of her life.

Kathy will be cremated according to her wishes.

A “Celebration of Life� is from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the McGilley & Frye Funeral Home, 105 E. Loula St., Olathe. A memorial service will take place in Iola at a later date. Inurnment will be at Iola’s Highland Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 6900 College Blvd. Suite 250, Leawood, KS 66211. Condolences may be offered at www.mcgilley-frye.com.

books of 2016, literary fiction, history and current events.

Anyone interested in a book or events at the library can sign up for the newsletter from the Iola Library or the SEKLS online at sekls. org or iola.kansaslibrary.org.

The library also has several programs throughout the year such has a Pinterest Party, book discussions, CPR classes and more.

The library hosts an Everything Chocolate fundraiser each February for Valentine’s Day. Carswell also spoke about the Friends of the Iola Public Library organization that helps raise funds for the library with an annual book sale. Memberships are offered to join the group to help support the library.

Canned goods for the Humanity House Blessing box were collected.

Alice Hood intro-

duced her guest, Charlotte Flener.

The next meeting will be Feb. 13 at First Christian Church with hostesses Alice Hood and Mary Joseph.

Janice Parker has the program and she has requested that anyone who went to school in a one-room schoolhouse to bring an item if possible or a story about their experience.

The meeting was closed with refreshments.

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rowing. In Kansas near Kansas City, two troopers escaped injury when their vehicles were struck while working a crash along northbound Interstate 635. And in central Nebraska, authorities believe icy conditions contributed to a fiery crash involving two tractor-trailers shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 80, forcing a three-hour closure of 15 miles of Interstate 80. There were no injuries.

The Nebraska State Patrol urged motorists to use extra caution as the freezing rain made several roads dangerous to travel.

Authorities say ice contributed to a southwestern Kansas wreck Saturday night that killed a 35-year-old Oklahoma man and injured several others.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said Thay Torres-Ocacio of Guymon, Oklahoma, died after the sport utility vehicle in which he was riding went out of control on an overpass and eventually overturned several times.

Some people lost power amid the storm. Nearly 11,000 electric customers were without power in Oklahoma, nearly all in northwestern part of the state.

Woodward County Emergency Management Director Matt Lehenbauer said Sunday that the county was likely the hardest hit. He said that as some power is restored, the ice that’s bent tree limbs begins to melt and the limbs snap back into place, sometimes knocking down additional power lines.

South of Kansas City, the latest round of storms dumped three-quarters of an inch of precipitation overnight, resulting

Public notice (First Published in The Iola Register, January 16, 2017) ORDINANCE NO. 66-3 SUMMARY On January 9, 2017, the City oflola, Kansas adopted Ordinance 66-3 adding Section 3 to Chapter 66 of the Code of the City oflola, designating areas for tobacco use in Riverside Park. with an effective date ofFebruary 1, 2017.

A complete copy of this ordinance is available at City Hall, 2 W. Jackson, lola, Kansas or may be viewed on the City’s website at www.cityofiola.com. This summary has been certified by Robert E. Johnson III, lola City Attomey.

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Raymond Barnhart spreads ice melt on a ice covered sidewalk in Mission over the weekend. KANSAS CITY STAR/JOHN SLEEZER/TNS

in about one-quarter of an inch of ice.

Jared Leighton, a National Weather Service meteorologist near Kansas City, Missouri, said Sunday that while the breadth of the ice accumulations fell short of expectations, “that shouldn’t distract from the impact of the storm.� “The amounts were never really the story; the impacts were,�

Leighton told The Associated Press. “The roads are still a mess, and the Highway Patrol

is having their vehicles run into.�

Becky Allmeroth, a state maintenance engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation, said ice is “the most difficult storm to fight.� “We are keeping up with the changing conditions, but it is a continual battle,� she said of the department’s around-the-clock scrambling to treat the glazed roads. “The precipitation is coming in waves, and we have to apply more salt.�

Many residents had prepared for the storms by stocking up on bread, milk and other necessities and by buying flashlights and generators to have on hand in case power gets knocked out.

The storm prompted the NFL to move the AFC divisional playoff game in Kansas City between the Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers to Sunday evening to allow more time to treat roads and parking lots at Arrowhead Stadium.

The game was scheduled to kick off at noon but was pushed back to 7:20 p.m.

Hours before that game, rain that continued falling didn’t dampen the tailgating that was in full swing outside of Arrowhead, where a gray tarp covered the field and hot air was being pumped under the tarp to keep the turf warm. The Chiefs put new sod on the field earlier this week.

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Earlene Kincheloe Earlene Kincheloe, 89, Iola, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 at Windsor Place in Iola.

Funeral services will be Saturday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service of Iola. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. with the service following at 2 o’clock. Burial will follow at Lone Elm Cemetery in Lone Elm. Memorial contributions in honor of Earlene may be made to Allen County Animal Rescue Facility in lieu of flowers, and left with the funeral home.

Online condolences may be left www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Al Gardner Al Gardner, 81, Moran, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at his home.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Moran. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Mildred. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the Masonic Scholarship Fund of Moran. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

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co-founders, Georgia Masterson and Tracy Keagle, were among the handful of original “connectors� — has assumed oversight of the helpline.

The founding ethos of Allen County Connectors was to make the process of finding help easier for the person in distress, which makes locating it under Humanity House’s roof a natural next step. “Humanity House,� said Masterson, “has now become what we hope is a one-stop shop for people looking for resources.�

(That shop, by the way, now has a permanent address — 111 S. Washington, the former site of John McRae’s insurance business — where interested citizens can deliver donations or volunteer their services.)

However, continued Masterson, “while we may now be the place where the calls are coming, the sources of help� — the churches, the non-profits, the medical experts, the small businesses, the pocket philanthropists — “will all stay the same.� “While I can admit that we’re underserved in some areas,� said 911 director, Angela Murphy — who, as the lead connector, has fielded the plurality of the group’s calls — “I definitely think that we don’t give ourselves enough credit for the resources that we do have, right here in Allen County.�

Anytime we hand anybody any money, we ask them to pay it back, whether in [money] or volunteer work. — Tracy Keagle, Humanity House

“It’s true,� agreed Susan Booth, an insurance agent and another of the founding volunteers, “we have a very, very generous community.�

The women — Keagle, Masterson, Booth, Murphy — recently met for lunch to discuss the helpline handover and to swap success stories drawn from the program’s first 22 months.

Keagle remembered a caller, a man, who was living in his truck during the bitter beginnings of winter. The connectors, after extensive legwork, were able to find the man an RV and deliver him utilities just before Christmas.

Another man was without running water.

After a period of carrying jug after jug of the stuff to the man, the connectors were able — with the help of a local plumbing company — to install a hydrant in the man’s yard.

Another man, who had previously been unable to work because of poor vision, lacked the resources to pay for eyeglasses. Murphy described the process of securing him a free eye exam and gaining assurances from another local organization that they’d pay for the man’s new

glasses.

Most of the calls, however, according to the data accumulated by the connectors, were from women, mothers usually.

And most (44 percent) of those callers were seeking assistance with utilities costs, which typically balloon during the winter months. Housing or rent assistance constituted almost 20 percent of the requests.

And requests for food accounted for 14 percent of the calls. “And these are not people who call and say ‘I’ve got a $400 utility bill. I need it paid,’� explained Keagle. “They’ll say ‘I have a $400 utility bill. I’ve managed to scrape together $275, but I can’t make the rest.’

That’s what we get. ‌ And anytime we hand anybody any money, we ask them to pay it back, whether in [money] or volunteer work.�

Last week, the man who received the hydrant was out on the courthouse lawn helping Keagle remove the town’s Christmas decorations. “We’ve received some of our best volunteers this way,� said Masterson.

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County grant writer John Robertson, and included, besides Murphy, Keagle, Masterson and Booth, Cyndy Greenhagen (from the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas) and Michelle Meiwes (from Hope Unlimited). “All of this started,� said Murphy, “with a core group of dedicated volunteers who would stop at nothing. If someone needed something, we would go as far as we could to find a resolution. That was always our goal. And, I know, it’s the goal of Humanity House, too.�

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Monday, January 16, 2017

~ Journalism that makes a difference

What’s at hand should be focus in DC, Kansas Caitlin Huey-Burns, a columnist who dwells on politics, recently had some thoughts on Democrats’ approach to the next four years, taking advantage of confirmation hearings for president-elect Trump’s cabinet appointees to make political hay.

She wrote: “Democrats can’t do much to block Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees from Senate approval, but the party is approaching the confirmation process as one of the first steps in its rebuilding effort following painful November losses.

“The effort includes getting opposition research and outside messaging groups into high gear, fundraising off of certain confirmation hearing highlights or controversies regarding some nominees, and coming up with a way to paint the administration they will run against in four years in an unflattering light. “... For Democrats especially, the Cabinet hearings serve as a reminder that elections have consequences, as do their own actions.”

Sen. Cory Booker, New Jersey Democrat, attacked Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican who is Trump’s choice for attorney general, saying Sessions had demonstrated a “hostility” against upholding equal rights for the “marginalized, most degraded, most unfortunate” of Americans. No U.S. senator before had spoken out against another of the chamber being considered for confirmation to a cabinet position.

Then, Cong. John Lewis, a Democrat who has served in the House three decades and is a civil rights icon, questioned the legitimacy of Trump’s election; promised to boycott his inauguration. Trump responded with tweets, his favored form of expression, by belittling Lewis and questioning his role in making America more inclusive.

Trump’s retorts, reports of which should have had “thoughtless” attached in analysis, only steeled the resolve of Democrats to take the measure of Republicans at every opportunity.

IN KANSAS, the rumor grows stronger Democrats plan to let Republicans stew in the fiscal 2017 budget’s red ink, rather than join in finding a solution that doesn’t involve painful cuts to any number of vital programs, or extraordinary ways to raise revenue that also are hurtful.

Adam Lusker, Democrat who represents the eastern third of Allen County in the House, has vowed not to join any boycott of a coalition that may be necessary for GOP moderates to overcome opposition from conservatives and Gov. Sam Brownback.

Democrats’ point is, nationally and in Kansas, if they make governing difficult and are able to point to Republican majorities as the cause, they will find advantage in mid-term and 2020 elections.

Temptation to adopt

such strategy is great, but it is wrong-headed, and a plague on constituents, regardless of party origin.

Being elected to office, at state or national level, carries grave responsibilities.

Foremost is to work diligently for the public good.

When Carol Mix led the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce years ago, she had a small plaque on her desk that said, “Just think what we can accomplish if no one cares who gets the credit.” That may be a difficult approach for many elected officials to accept.

They are hardened by long, expensive and contentious campaigns. But, they should in every case divorce that from their duties in representative governance and dismiss thoughts of personal advantage.

Good and helpful ideas may come from the domain of one party or the other, and when any surfaces they should be embraced, tweaked from thoughts that naturally arise, on both sides of the aisle, and be enacted if that is for the good of all, or at least most.

President Obama, in the little time he has left in the White House, would agree that some provisions of the Affordable Care Act can be improved. It was a start to an important aspect of federal reach in that it gave health insurance coverage to an additional 20 million Americans, who otherwise would be sitting on the sidelines and suffering. It also demanded pre-existing conditions not preclude a person from acquiring coverage, or have to pay an outrageously expensive premium.

Can Republican ideas improve Obamacare, with amendments or a new plan altogether? Very well within the realm of possibility.

Most important is that we have an adequate plan in place, redone to absolve missteps or a new and better one altogether.

Doing away with Obamacare without a substitute would be terribly wrong.

Another outcome of Democrats’ wrangles, not unlike and probably not as severe as Republicans fomented the past eight years, is designs on how to affect elections, and acquire majorities.

In Canada and other countries, where democracies are very much alive, campaigns don’t start within minutes after one election cycle ends.

Those elected have their hands and minds full with immediacy without posturing and maneuvering for two, four or six years hence, in their dedication to keeping a seat Republican or Democratic.

The Founding Fathers didn’t mean for government service to be a career, rather they expected citizens to give a few years to country or state before retiring in concession to new ideas and new approaches.

George Washington viewed with disdain his very real opportunity at monarchy. Those we enable to serve today should have the same attitude, and concentrate only on their elective responsibilities.

— Bob Johnson

Don’t repeal ACA without replacement President-elect Donald Trump and House and Senate Republicans are on a bullet train toward repealing the Obama administration’s centerpiece health care legislative accomplishment but are far from a quick consensus on what will replace it.

Congress this week cleared the way for new legislation with a series of votes that will make it tougher for Democrats to block repeal-and-replace efforts. But even those on the inside aren’t clear what repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act really means. Will the actions occur simultaneously? When? Or will repeal take place soon but implementation be delayed for months or even years? And most of all, what will change mean for the American health care system?

The ACA has both strengths and weaknesses. Any attempted fix must protect key benefits and reduce overall costs without reducing access. People with pre-existing conditions, for example, must not be excluded from affordable coverage. Adult children should be allowed to stay on family plans until age 26.

And GOP lawmakers who want to eliminate the mandate that Americans buy insurance must recognize that this a linchpin of comprehensive health care. It ensures a large enough pool of healthy people to keep overall prices manageable. And it decreases the effects of uncompensated care on the system. Unless they can find a suitable option, the mandate can’t be jettisoned without also jettisoning millions of Americans from insurance coverage, and that is unacceptable.

There is also a risk for hospitals, which are legally required to treat patients whether they are insured or not. Uncertainty about what might come next also would send doctors, hospitals, insurers and patients into chaos. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that about 52 million Americans have medical conditions that could deny them insurance coverage without the current health care law’s protection.

The GOP must not rush to repeal a law that has, overall, improved our health care system without a replace-

ment that meets these basic standards. Right now, there are bits and pieces of policy changes floating through GOP circles but nothing concrete that would satisfy the concerns of patients and insurers.

It was easier to shout “repeal Obamacare” as a political slogan when House Republicans could count on Senate Democrats and President Obama stopping the legislation. Now Trump and Congress own health care reform; it is their responsibility not to undermine the parts that work in a rush to fulfill a campaign promise.

The way to fix the Affordable Care Act is not to reject it outright, but to focus on ways to better spread the risk. Among other things, that means attracting more healthy Americans, finding ways to address escalating drug costs, and not balancing the costs on the backs of vulnerable Americans.

Trump and other Republican leaders should follow the basic health care oath: First, do no harm.

— The Dallas Morning News

Letters to the editor Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to former Iolan Jay Bass in response to his letter to the editor that appeared in Tuesday’s Iola Register.

Dear Jay and all of your family,

Thank you for taking the time to write the Register about your recent terrible experience in Iola. It was upsetting and embarrassing to many who read the letter to think that happened here. We hate that it happened and we apologize.

We realize that you know that 99.9 percent of the people in your hometown would never do that. The Bass family does indeed have roots in Iola going back over 100 years.

Very, very few can say that and certainly few can have the pride you have in saying that.

There is nothing we can do to change what happened. We want you to know that your hometown still appreciates the Bass family and we want you to keep coming “home again” for as long as possible.

You will always have “family” here.

Most sincerely, Beverly Franklin, Iola City Council Mary Kay Heard, chairman Iola Industries

Dear editor,

The Affordable Care Act

has always been flawed, because it was based on profit, and not on saving people’s lives.

Donald Trump has said he will support Single Payer Health Care.

If he does, and does it quickly, it will benefit millions and millions of Americans.

The real question is, will Republicans do what’s in the best interest of the country, or will they simply do what they’ve always done — obstruct progress as a favor to the bloated insurance companies and big Pharma.

Tom Ellis, Iola, Kan.

A�look�back�in�time � Twenty-five years ago January 1982

15 — Iola didn’t try to buy the IMP Boats real estate when it sold at a tax sale last year. City Attorney Charles Apt said “enough red lights were flashing” about heavy metal and other hazardous substance contamination in the area that the city should avoid becoming entangled in ownership. *****

Construction of a sidewalk along Cottonwood Street through Meadowbrook park will begin at the end of January. The project was approved

by commissioners last year for the 1992 budget.

17 — Kansas should develop a recycling program on a payas-you-go basis. Walter Wulf, Jr. of Humboldt, chairman of the Kansas Commission on Waste Reduction, Recycling and Market Development, told Iola Rotarians Thursday. A summary of the recommendations the commission made in its final report to the Legislature and Gov. Joan Finney on Monday, is in this issue of the Register. *****

Lynda Saxton was elected president of the Iola Rotary Club for the 1992-93 organiza-

tional year, which begins July 1. She succeeds Mary Martin, who was the first woman to hold the office in the history of the club.

20 — The future of local obstetrics services is in doubt.

Drs. Richard Hull, Earl Walter and Wesley Stone stopped doing obstetrics in July 1991.

Drs. Brian Wolfe and Glen Singer will end the service in March and Drs. John Adkins, Yates Center, and Glenn Carney of Iola expect to stop delivering babies soon. Roger Pearson, ACH executive director, identifies financial, legal and lifestyle factors involved.

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nect Chanute with U.S. 169. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There have been a lot of people working on this,â&#x20AC;? Godinez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The highwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our hook. How else are we going to get people in here?â&#x20AC;?

Ground was broken for the Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Arbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stores last summer.

The travel center is ideally situated because of Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location, halfway between Kansas City and Tulsa, Godinez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Traffic between Kansas City and Tulsa is booming,â&#x20AC;? Godinez said, noting especially Tulsaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rapid growth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tulsa is growing by leaps and bounds.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interest to siphon off that traffic, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One feasibility study estimates that 70 percent of the customers who stop out there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be from Chanute,â&#x20AC;? Godinez noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting people from out of town to come to Chanute, get some gas, stay at a hotel, get a bite to eat. That helps our economy.â&#x20AC;?

The Holiday Inn will contain 75 rooms, a swimming pool and several meeting rooms.

The proximity to both Kansas City and Tulsa cannot be overstated, Godinez stressed.

He envisions companies from both metropolitan areas eventually considering Chanute as a logistics hub to help reduce shipping costs.

UNLIKE the Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s travel center, the effort to get the Orizon plant to Chanute occurred at lightning speed.

Early in 2016, Orizon officials â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who billed themselves as Project Blue Star â&#x20AC;&#x201D; announced their desire for a new plant in the Midwest, close to Kansas City and Wichita, with an existing facility available immediately, and space to expand with a new, state-of-the-art plant.

Forty-nine communities across three states wound up sending proposals to the company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe I was just foolishly optimistic, but I immediately thought Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chances were very good,â&#x20AC;? Godinez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For one thing, we had great properties available. They needed a 50,000 or 60,000-squarefoot building available now. And I really liked our locations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about the competition too much,â&#x20AC;? he continued.

Chanute had just such a facility with its old Hithchiker plant on West 21st Street, near the Martin and Osa Johnson Airport.

Secondly, the CRDA maintains a good working relationship with the Chanute City Commission, Chamber of Commerce and Main Street organizations.

By March, two finalists â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chanute and Grove, Okla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were identified. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was confident because I sent in our proposal, and within 36 hours weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d gotten a call back from them,â&#x20AC;? Godinez said.The community offered an incentive package nearing $3 million.

But more importantly, Orizon executives were impressed with the

Construction continues on a new plant to house Orizon Aerosystems on the outskirts of Chanute. The company, which manufactures components for military and civilian aircraft, already is in business next door at Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old Hitchhiker plant on West 21st Street. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Developers hope to see a new Holiday Inn Express completed at the intersection of U.S. 169 and 35th Street at the south edge of Chanute by August. The hotel and adjoining Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Travel Center marks Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most visible development alongside 169 since the highwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bypass was built more than 30 years ago. quality of employees available for hire in and around Chanute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they took a snapshot of the area, they looked in Chanute, and in places like Iola, Parsons and Fredonia,â&#x20AC;?

Godinez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When it comes to aptitude tests, people around here are well suited for that type of work.â&#x20AC;?

Then came word in June that Orizon had picked Chanute.

By fall, the company acquired Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing Spirit Aerosystems, and began production at the old Hitchhiker building.

And already, products are being shipped from Chanute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are projects that could take two years or more to put in place,â&#x20AC;?

Godinez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This one was done in a couple of months.â&#x20AC;?

The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workforce will grow slowly, by design.

Only eight new employees can be hired at a time, to ensure they are properly trained.

BUT AS development explodes in Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perimeter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a new building holding several state offices also is under construction on East 21st Street â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there is an ongoing concern about Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core.

Godinez, 37, recalled when the U.S. 169 bypass was completed in the

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mid 1980s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a kid, I was excited, but I remember hearing many people say a bypass like that could kill our downtown,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s task, Godinez stressed, is to entice those out-of-towners to venture even farther into Chanute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is an issue. Much like Iola has its great square, we love our Main Street,â&#x20AC;? he continued.

Still, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be fair to say our downtown is looking for its identity.â&#x20AC;?

A communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown, Godinez continued, is where it derives its identity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody has a Walmart,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What makes a community stand out?â&#x20AC;?

CORA Finley, who owns a high-end consignment store on Main Street, gives an impassioned plea for supporting downtown businesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Am I excited about a Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, or an Arbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or a Dollar Tree?â&#x20AC;? she asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heck yeah. But the people who help this community grow, who give back to the community, are the small business owners.â&#x20AC;?

Finley spoke Wednesday at a community meeting dedicated to economic development at Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Park Pavilion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to help people to be able to open a business and have it survive,â&#x20AC;? Finley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is nothing more heartbreaking than

putting everything you have into a business, and watching it go down the toilet.â&#x20AC;?

As part of Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, consultants from Emporia revealed results of an online survey completed last fall, in which Chanute residents voiced support for more â&#x20AC;&#x153;soft goodâ&#x20AC;? business, such as gift shops, clothing stores and specialty restaurants, such as a Brahmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Chipotle, or even a Dairy Queen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had so many businesses that have had those things, but they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t survive,â&#x20AC;?

Finley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much as offering what people want, as getting people to shop hereâ&#x20AC;? when those choices are available.

Finley pointed to one audience memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to see Chanute attract a Starbucks franchise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We already have a coffee shop in town that offers everything a Starbucks does, specialty teas, coffees, probably 15 more flavors of coffee than Starbucks does,â&#x20AC;?

Finley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m at the coffee shop almost daily, and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even drink coffee, because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re two doors down from

me, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m supporting a local business.â&#x20AC;?

But because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as well known as, say Starbucks, many are oblivious to its presence, Finley lamented.

Finley bought Consignment in downtown Chanute more than five years ago, even though banks denied her loan application, calling it â&#x20AC;&#x153;too risky.â&#x20AC;?

Instead, Finley received enough to purchase the shop â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d worked there the previous two years as an employee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through a CRDA revolving loan fund.

Since then, her business has taken root, and become a destination shop for local customers.

Still, she recognizes her story is considered the exception, rather than the rule.

WHEN

CHANUTE

was announced as one of two finalists for the Orizon plant, Godinez expected to field a number of calls as he prepared Chanuteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final push to draw the company to town.

The first call, he noted, came from David Toland, executive director of Thrive Allen County,

which has been hired as Iola and Allen Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic development tool on a part-time basis.

(Remember, Iola also put in a bid for Orizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember how graciously David reached out to congratulate us, and asked if there was any way they could help our bid,â&#x20AC;? Godinez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It meant a lot.â&#x20AC;?

The overtures illustrate how Iola and Chanute should perceive themselves as friendly neighbors, not high school rivals, Godinez said.

Godinez points out that several Chanute residents are employed at places like Gates Corporation or Russell Stover Candies in Iola, or Monarch Cement or B&W Trailer Hitches in Humboldt.

He notes many Allen Countians work at Ash Grove, and likely will find employment at Orizon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We live only 20 minutes apart,â&#x20AC;? Godinez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would love to see us really work together.â&#x20AC;?

Iola, like Chanute, offers business owners plenty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the square,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I always love going to Iola. I see places like Iolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown bakery, or Audacious Boutique, and see how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve maintained a downtown presence.â&#x20AC;?

Godinez expressed interest in developing a regional economic development effort, including Chanute, Iola and places like Parsons, Fredonia and Independence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While you always do what you can for your community, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think so locally,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need to set your peripheral vision a bit bigger, and look at the whole scope. How can we make sure weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all working together.â&#x20AC;?

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Jayhawk, Wildcat and Shocker results — B2

Monday, January 16, 2017

Women’s College Basketball: Pratt C.C. 71, Allen C.C. 54

Beavers roll past Red Devils

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

Allen Community College guard Tamera Shaver drives against Pratt Community College on Friday in Iola. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

M.S. Basketball:

Humboldt girls lose in Galesburg GALESBURG — The Humboldt Middle School varsity girls lost 27-24 in Galesburg on Thursday, but the game wasn’t without positives for Cubs’ coach Scott Brady.

“This was without question the best we have played this year,” Brady said. “Galesburg is undefeated and beat us by 25 points at the start of the year. We were in this game the entire 24 minutes and they just made a couple shots at the end and we missed ours.”

Maycie DeNoon led the Cubs with 11 points and eight rebounds. Kady Hart added six points and seven rebounds.

“If moral victories exist this was definitely one for us,” Brady said. “Obviously it would have been a huge win for us, but I told the girls after that if they can continue to play together like they did tonight we will have a successful second half to our season.”

Humboldt is now 3-5.

JUNIOR VARSITY The junior varsity beat Galesburg in overtime, 21-17.

“These girls slept through the first three quarters are were down 11-5 entering the fourth,” Brady said. “Thankfully, they played a great fourth quarter and overtime to keep a very successful season going.”

Zoey Wilson led the Cubs with 13 points.

“Zoey was the key,” Brady said. “She was very aggressive and got us back in the game.”

The junior varsity team is now 7-1.

UP NEXT Humboldt hosts Cherryvale on Monday.

Friday the 13th proved unlucky for the Red Devil women’s basketball team against Pratt Community College.

The Beavers were able to jump out to a 41-19 first half lead and cruised to a 71-54 win.

Allen Community College coach Todd Buchanan was very frustrated with his team’s performance.

“We are double-digits in

shooting air balls,” Buchanan said. “A college basketball team is in double digits in not even hitting the rim... I would feel guilty if we weren’t shooting every single day and we have even gone back to prepractice form-shooting stuff...

How we have gotten from the Dodge City win until now, I have no answer.”

At one point in the first half, Buchanan was compelled to play a five-guard lineup with his five smallest play-

ers Tamera Shaver, Chelsey Trautloff, Kendra Houston, Kamri Summons and Katelyn Swanson in an effort to create some sort of spark.

“We were down,” Buchanan said. “So I was trying to put a huge band-aid on it all at once.

We get all our shooters on the floor at the same time, we are smaller so we should be able to play more man defense and then we can press. We had See WOMEN | Page B4

National Football League: Steelers 18, Chiefs 16

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill is stopped by Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker Ryan Shazier for three yards to bring up second and seven yards to go in the fourth quarter during the AFC Divisional Playoff game on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/TNS

BENT AND BROKEN Steelers can’t get into end zone, but still topple Chiefs

By TEREZ A. PAYLOR The Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The weather was cold and rainy; the sky overcast, dark and foggy. The backdrop for the Kansas City Chiefs’ AFC divisional playoff game against Pittsburgh on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium was classic January football, the kind of weather old-school football lovers could only dream of.

And appropriately enough, the Chiefs and Steelers — two of the NFL’s storied franchises — played a game befitting that backdrop. Run the ball. Stop the run. Control the clock. Win the turnover battle. Those would be the keys, and players on both sides knew it.

Unfortunately for the Chiefs, the Steelers — a battle-tested group led See CHIEFS | Page B4

Men’s College Basketball: Allen C.C. 95, Pratt C.C. 79

Three-point barrage sparks Red Devils in win over Beavers

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

Allen Community College sophomore forward Ithello Cross puts up hook shot against Pratt Community College on Friday in Iola.

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Without their starting point guard, the Allen Community College Red Devils turned to their shooters to lead them past Pratt Community College on Friday in Iola.

The Red Devils rolled to a 95-79 victory.

“It felt good to get back into the win column,” Red Devil coach Andy Shaw said.

Sophomore sharp-shooter Jah-Kobe Womack triggered a three-point onslaught and he

scored 19 first-half points in just 12 minutes on the floor. He hit 6-of-11 shots and had four three pointers and added five rebounds.

“He was really, really big for us,” Shaw said. “He made shots, but also got to the rim and converted.

Womack finished the game with 21 points.

With E.J. Garnes out with a concussion he suffered on Saturday at Cloud County Community College, the Red Devils needed other players to step up and fill the scoring

punch left by Garnes. As their 95 points indicate, the Red Devils found those scoring threats.

“It was good for us,” Shaw said. “Obviously we need E.J. moving on, but it was good for us to see other guys step up.”

Cordy Winston and JaMarkus Dawn took over the point guard duties with Garnes sidelined.

Sophomore DaRon Mims joined Womack in double figures with 13 first-half points See MEN | Page B4

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Kansas (16-1, 5-0 Big 12) rallied for its 16th straight win and could move into the top spot when the AP poll comes out on Monday. No. 1 Baylor lost 89-68 to West Virginia on Tuesday.

When the Jayhawks fell behind early on against the Cowboys, Mason took over. He scored in transition. He connected from long range. He dished the ball around to open Jayhawks on the floor. “(Mason’s) bulldog mentality, he’s getting that thing to the rim, he’s going to make the stop, he’s gonna sit down and guard,” Oklahoma State coach Brad Underwood said. “He’s gonna do whatever it takes for that team to win. There’s not many people that have that.”

Devonte’ Graham scored 21 points for Kansas, and freshman Josh Jackson added 20 points and 11 rebounds.

Svi Mykhailiuk scored 14 points, and Landen Lucas grabbed 12 rebounds.

The Jayhawks grabbed their first lead when Graham burst down the lane for a layup with 14:10 left. Graham also had a key 3-pointer and Mason got loose in transition to help Kansas to the tight victory.

Kansas went 5 for 20 from 3-point range.

“We didn’t shoot the ball well at all today,” coach Bill Self said. “Devonte’ made three and everybody else was pretty cold.”

Wildcats fall to Baylor M A N H AT TA N, Kan. (AP) — Trailing midway through the second half, topranked Baylor suddenly surged to avoid a second straight loss.

Manu Lecomte scored 26 points despite early foul trouble, Ish Wainright and Al Freeman had key baskets down the stretch and the Bears outlasted No. 25 Kansas State 77-68 on Saturday.

Wainright and Freeman each had 15 points as Baylor (151, 3-1 Big 12) bounced back from a lopsided loss at No. 10 West Virginia in their first game as the nation’s No. 1 team.

“We were able to get some stops and get into transition and get some good looks and make a couple of 3s,” coach Scott Drew said.

Kansas State held a two-point lead with 10 minutes to go. From that point, Baylor outscored the Wildcats 32-21.

Johnathan Motley was held to seven

points and nine rebounds before fouling out with 4:34 left and the Bears leading 62-55. But they managed to hang on down the stretch without their most dependable player.

D.J. Johnson had points to lead the Wildcats (13-4, 2-3), including two free throws after Motley fouled out to get within 62-57 with just over 4 minutes to go.

But the Wildcats were unable to make key stops the rest of the way, and the trio of Wainright, Freeman and Lecomte seemed to will the Bears to victory.

“They’re good,” Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber said.

“They’re steady and smart. They executed, they made plays and we didn’t have an answer for them,” he said.

Freeman scored with just over 3 minutes left to make it 66-58, and Wainright had a putback with just over 2 minutes left that gave the Bears a 68-60 advantage.

Barry Brown finished with 13 points, Xavier Sneed added 12 and Kamau Stokes had 10 for

the Wildcats.

BIG PICTURE Baylor: Answered a lot of critics after its poor showing in Morgantown by beating the Wildcats on the road. The Bears have won six of their last seven against Kansas State.

Kansas State: Has lost three of its last four games, including a last-second defeat at No. 2 Kansas and a loss at Texas Tech where the Wildcats also led late. Those defeats coupled with a weak nonconference schedule could haunt the Wildcats when the NCAA Tournament field is set.

UP NEXT Baylor: Heads home to face Texas on Tuesday night.

Kansas State: Goes to Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.

POLLS Despite being the top-ranked team, Baylor is virtually certain to fall because of its loss at West Virginia.

Jeffrey Carroll scored 23 for Oklahoma State (10-7, 0-5), and Mitchell Solomon had 16 points.

Jawun Evans finished with 15 on 6-for-22 shooting.

The Cowboys got off to a nice start, holding the Jayhawks to 10 points in the first 12 minutes.

Oklahoma State ran out to an 11-point lead over that same span, aided by early buckets from Evans and Carroll.

QUOTABLE “Not one second in my 30 years have I ever thought any game wasn’t winnable,” Underwood said. “You’re damn straight. I don’t care who we play. I think we got a chance every single night to fight and to win. I expected to win tonight. If for one second I don’t ever do that, Oklahoma State should quit paying me.”

POLL IMPLICATIONS Kansas looks set to ascend to No. 1, but Self doesn’t care very much about the rankings right now.

“I don’t know what’ll happen, if we’ll be 1, if Villanova’ll jump us or whatever,” Self said.

“It’s really not a big deal.

I’d much rather be 5-0 in the league than be No. 1.

At least we have that.”

BIG PICTURE Kansas remains the lone undefeated team in Big 12 play, but a difficult stretch is looming at the end of the month.

The Jayhawks visit West Virginia and Kentucky and host Baylor over a span of nine days. If the Jayhawks want to keep their hopes alive for their 13th straight Big 12 title, they’ll have to find a way to give their starters adequate rest.

UP NEXT Kansas travels to Ames, Iowa to take on the Iowa State today.

Still in search of its first Big 12 win, Oklahoma State hosts No. 25 Kansas State on Wednesday.

Illinois State knocks off Wichita State NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — MiKyle McIntosh scored 20 points, Deontae Hawkins added 14 more and Illinois State took sole possession of first place in the Missouri Valley Conference with a 76-62 win over Wichita State on Saturday night.

Illinois State (14-4, 6-0) got a layup from DJ Clayton with just over five minutes left in the first half to spark a 12-3 run that gave the Redbirds a 36-27 halftime advantage and the lead for good.

Clayton finished with 11 points, while Evans and Paris Lee had 10 points apiece for the Redbirds, who shot 54 percent from the field.

Wichita State (15-4, 5-1) cut the deficit to a single point in the second half with a 3-pointer from Brown that made it 43-42 before the Redbirds pulled away again with an 11-2 run and held on down the stretch.

Landry Shamet and Darral Willis Jr. led Wichita State with 14 points each.

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Even the best medication and treatment have limitations Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent response to a woman who, later in life, experienced “people talking to me” was that she was having auditory hallucinations and that she should go to a doctor right away, “as there is very effective treatment to stop the voices and get your life back.”

If there really is such treatment, what is it?

My son, diagnosed with schizophrenia at 18, has had voices screaming at him for 25 years now.

He has had excellent medical attention, taken every drug known and

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never has had any relief. Promising effective treatment (for anyone and everyone) seems like a stretch. But if there really is a magic cure, would you mind sharing this info with me (his mother)? —Anon.

Answer: I am very sorry to hear about the difficult time your son

has had. I also am very sorry for implying that schizophrenia always can be successfully treated. Unfortunately, “very effective” treatment is not the same as perfectly effective treatment; there are people whose schizophrenia cannot be successfully controlled. There is no “magic cure.” There are treatments that help the majority of people with schizophrenia, but I can’t suggest anything that hasn’t probably been tried in 25 years of doctors who know more about him, and more

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about schizophrenia, than I do.

There are conditions that current medical science is able to successfully treat or even cure in the majority of people — even in the vast majority. Unfortunately, I have seen people die from cancers that should have been curable, and from infections that people aren’t “supposed” to die from.

It is a humbling experience.

If I have made it seem like I have all the answers, I apologize, as I don’t.

Love life on one coast, loved life on other Hi, Carolyn: A year ago, my boyfriend moved across the country for a job and a needed change of scenery. While he made that decision unilaterally, we agreed that we’d do long-distance for a while until I could join him, if things continued to work.

Well, the time is nowish, and I just get so upset thinking of leaving my fantastic, supportive community and the job I love, even if the former is temporary — the plan is to move back in a couple more years.

So I say, “OK, maybe I shouldn’t.” But then I think of losing my relationship with my boyfriend, and I can’t fathom that either. I’ve been going around in circles like this for months, making and remaking the decision to move, trying to come up with outside-the-box solutions, waiting for something to change to make the decision easier, and I’m just stuck. The men-

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tal anguish of spinning gears could power a small city at this point.

Any different angles or thoughts you could provide? — Paralyzed by Indecision Answer: Moving is hard. Staying is easy.

(Logistically speaking, at least.)

And this is true whether you’re doing or undoing: It’s a hassle to move — emptying your home, packing your stuff, leaving your income source and finding another, leaving friends, making new ones, etc. — and it’s a hassle to change your mind after a move. You either have to redo the whole move hassle to get yourself back where you want

to be, or you have to force yourself to think smileyface thoughts about a place you don’t want to be.

Now compare these hassles with staying put: no packing, no lifting, no selling, no transit, no applying, no interviewing, no security deposits. And if you decide that staying was a terrible idea, then you just undo it by moving.

So for the person who is truly torn, as in, so incapable of choosing one as to be paralyzed by the choice, the only decision that makes sense is to stay right where you are.

Until you don’t want to anymore.

Give yourself a time limit if that makes you feel better — say, decide that you’re not going to stay put without even thinking about a move for another six months, mark the calendar and everything — then live fully during that time without the burden of an unmade

decision.

Once those six months pass, see if you can think any more clearly about it.

One alternative possibility — can you arrange a temporary move? It’s really job-dependent, I know, but some employers will allow sabbaticals, temporary transfers to a different office or branch, a semester so you can get career-related education or training (then you pick a program where your boyfriend lives), etc. That way you can keep all your roots in place and just live away from them for a defined period of time, giving you a better look at the reality of this potential new home than a visit could ever provide. I’d be surprised if that reality didn’t make your decision — one way or the other — for you.

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Men: Deep ball fuels Red Devils Continued from B1

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— he finished with 18 total.

“DaRon did a little bit of everything for us,” Shaw said.

The Red Devils shot a scorching 70 percent from three-point land and built a 49-35 lead at halftime.

In the second half, another guard stepped to the forefront with Shon Sanders scoring 15 of his team-high 22 points in the final 20 minutes.

“Shon picked up the slack for us in the second half and was efficient,” Shaw said. “We needed that and he needed that.”

Sanders has cooled off after starting the season as the team’s most prolific shooter, but has been replaced in the starting lineup by Mims in recent

weeks.

Sanders caught fire from beyond the arc by going 4-of-4 from deep and he was 8-of-10 overall.

“Over the last few games, teams have been denying Quentin Blaue and when team’s are doing that we have to find other guys,” Shaw said.

“Two of those main guys and Jah-Kobe and Shon.

Shon has been in a little bit of a slump. He still is playing well, but not shooting it a well, so maybe tonight can be a little bit of a turning point for him and he can finish the season strong.”

FUTURE COACH? Garnes was still very involved in the game despite having to be on the bench.

The sophomore took the third seat on the bench, where a second assistant coach would sit if the Red Devils had one and spent much of the game providing insights to his teammates on the floor.

“I like having him on the floor much more, but I told him before the game that this is his addition for three or four years from now when he could become my assistant coach,” Shaw said.

“He is smart and he is a point guard so when he’s playing, I pick his mind to see what he sees or wants to run. When he is off the court, he is seeing things out there and talking. He didn’t take the injury and pout. He wanted to help us win.”

Chiefs: Steelers knock KC from playoffs Continued from B1

by a two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback and a Super Bowlwinning coach — were more prepared to win that type of battle.

The Steelers protected the football, for the most part (they won the turnover battle 2-1), patiently pounded between the tackles and suffocated both the Chiefs’ running game and quarterback Alex Smith in an 18-16 victory that sent Pittsburgh to the AFC championship game against New England.

The loss continues the Chiefs’ divisional round suffering. They’ve lost five straight divisional round games (four at home), and dropped to 2-8 all-time in this round.

They’ll also have to wait another year to reach the AFC Championship Game, which they haven’t done since 1994.

The Chiefs only have themselves to blame.

Playoff games are often won and lost up front, and the difference was the Steelers’ ability to run on even boxes _ six blockers on six defenders in the areas roughly between the tackles — versus the Chiefs’ inability to do the same against Pittsburgh.

The Steelers racked up 171 rushing yards total, with star running back Le’Veon Bell patiently churning out 170 yards in 30 carries, an absurd average of 5.6 yards per run. The Chiefs finished with 61 rushing yards in 14 carries. When the Steelers weren’t running at will, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger connected enough to keep the defenders honest, finishing 20 of 31 for 224 yards.

Yet, the Chiefs’ defense did its job, clamping down in the red zone and holding a potent Pittsburgh offense that ranked 10th in the NFL in scoring to nothing but field goals. This was a victory against a team like Pittsburgh, but it put the onus on the Chiefs’ offense to put some points on the board against a beatable — but physical and rapidly improving — Pittsburgh defense.

The Chiefs were, ultimately, not up to the task. The aforementioned running game was impotent, and the passing game was plagued by penalties, drops and a general failure to execute. Never was this more evident than late in the fourth quarter, when they had a 2-point conversion that would have tied the score at 18-18 wiped out

Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Cortez Allen tips a two-point conversion away from Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Jeremy Maclin in the fourth quarter during the AFC Divisional Playoff game on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. John Sleezer/ Kansas City Star/TNS

due to a hold by tackle Eric Fisher.

The ensuing passing attempt fell incomplete, and the Steelers — who moved the ball on the Chiefs all day — churned out enough yards to convert a first down and run out the clock.

It was a fitting ending, in a way, considering the way the Steelers opened the game by moving the ball.

After the winning the toss, they came out throwing from threewide sets, passing five times before mixing in a few Bell runs. The Chiefs’ defense held firm in the red zone, however, and forced Pittsburgh to settle for a 22-yard field goal.

The Chiefs came back firing. Smith completed his first four passes against a Pittsburgh defense that was seeking to take the run away.

Smith’s fourth completion, a 5-yard touchdown throw to a wide-open Albert Wilson, came on a bootleg to his left out of a creative inverted wishbone formation, with three running backs lined up in a triangle behind Smith.

The scoring drive, the first touchdown the Steelers have surrendered on an opening drive all season, gave the Chiefs a 7-3 lead with 6:09 left in the first quarter. It amounted for 55 of the Chiefs’ 106 first-half yards.

Pittsburgh’s offense, however, continued to roll, racking up 108 yards on its next two drives, both of which ended with field goals.

But given the Steelers’ offensive might, you could almost consider the result of those drives victories for the Chiefs, who trailed 9-7 early in the second quarter.

The Chiefs didn’t help themselves on their next drive. Bud Dupree beat Jah Reid, in the game as a sixth lineman, drilled

Smith — who finished 20 of 34 for 172 yards, a touchdown and an interception — and forced a floating pass that was intercepted by Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier.

After Berry was beaten for a big gain by tight end Jesse James, he responded by intercepting a pass tipped by Frank Zombo in the red zone.

The Chiefs did nothing on their ensuing drive. Pittsburgh, on a short field, picked up another field goal from kicker Chris Boswell and took a 12-7 lead into the break.

The second half brought more of the same, as the Chiefs continued to concede the run, before locking down on their side of the field. Boswell drilled another field goal to open the third quarter, but after a defensive stand, the Chiefs — who found themselves down eight points — found themselves in a prime position to potentially tie the game, as their next drive started at Pittsburgh’s 46-yard line.

The offense, however, started to self-destruct when tight end Travis Kelce dropped a catchable deep ball in the red zone, and a few plays

later, shoved a Steeler to the ground after the play, resulting in a brutal 15yard penalty.

Then receiver Jeremy Maclin saved the day, making a tough contested catch near the sideline on third and 20 to keep the drive alive.

Kicker Cairo Santos ended the quarter with a 48-yard field goal that cut the deficit to 15-10 entering the fourth.

The Steelers, as they did all day, would answer. Boswell drilled another field goal — his sixth of the day, an NFL playoff record — to give Pittsburgh an eightpoint lead.

But the Chiefs weren’t done yet. They proceeded to mount a clutch 13play, 75-yard drive that included a fourth-down conversion by Smith and was capped by a short touchdown run by Spencer Ware.

That set up a 2-point conversion, which was good when Smith found tight end Demetrius Harris in the end zone.

But a holding penalty on Fisher wiped it out, and the ensuing pass attempt fell incomplete, leaving the Chiefs down 18-16 with 2 minutes and 43 seconds left.

The stadium fell silent after the incompletion, though the Chiefs had some life left. They just needed to force a punt, and convert a field goal, and they’d get the win.

But given the way the Steelers moved the ball all day — they outgained the Chiefs 389-227 — it just wasn’t in the cards.

Roethlisberger completed a clutch third-down pass to Antonio Brown that could have got the Chiefs off the field, and proceeded to run out the clock from there to set up a showdown in New England, ruin the Chiefs’ Super Bowl hopes and extended the Chiefs’ misery in the divisional round.

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Women: Struggle Continued from B1

some spurts with that, but we just kept turning the ball over.”

The loss is especially painful because Pratt has struggled mightily this season and entered the game with a 3-13 record overall and 2-10 in the Jayhawk Conference.

Allen falls to 5-12 this season with a 4-9 Jayhawk Conference mark.

The Red Devils only shot 31 percent from the field and only one player shot over 50 percent percentage.

That player was Tamera Shaver, who led the team with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting.

Shaver has been a coach on the floor for the Red Devils and repeatedly got her team-

mates in the right spot on Friday when they weren’t lined up correctly.

“Tamera does a great job of being our voice,” Buchanan said. “She is our orchestrator out there.”

Buchanan said that it has been difficult with such a young team to install all his offensive packages.

“I’ve got another probably 30 sets of quickhitters and stuff that we could run,” Buchanan said of his team’s struggles with learning the offense. “We have struggled, but their basketball I.Q. isn’t terrible.”

The bottom line is simple.

“There are no excuses,” Buchanan said.

“There is no reason for us ever to play the way we did today.”