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PAGE B1 Allen County Regional Airport manager Robert Poydack and Thrive Allen County Economic Development Director Jonathon Goering are shown with an airplane in one of the hangars. The airport received a $3 million state grant to expand utilities and infrastructure for economic development. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Airport soars with $3M grant

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

When opportunity came knocking, Allen County was ready.

For almost two years, county leaders had been laying the groundwork to provide infrastructure needs at the airport — roads, water, electricity, natural gas and broadband internet.

A state grant of nearly $3 million, along with a 25% match from the county, will help turn those plans into reality.

It also will help the county attract new developments at the airport and new industries on the surrounding land.

When those opportunities come knocking, the airport will be ready.

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Caleb Coltrane, center, a project manager with Garver, a national aviation development company, works on the airport layout plan. Also shown at left are Allen County Commission Chairman Jerry Daniels, front, and Thrive’s Jonathon Goering; at right are crop duster Matt Orth, front, and Public Works Director Mitch Garner. They are picking a site for a hangar for Orth’s business.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State funds for Kansas’ public schools have been held up as Republican lawmakers push for policies critics say would punish educators for court rulings that forced the GOP-controlled Legislature to boost its spending.

A legislative proposal ties $6.4 billion in spending to policies pushed by conservative Republicans, including an “open enrollment” proposal to allow parents to send their children to any public school with enough space. Another provision would restrict surveys of students’ families, their beliefs, mental health, or drug See SCHOOLS | Page A4

IHS hosts state band

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Nearly 1,000 high school students visited Iola on Wednesday as the school hosted a state music contest.

Iola High School had a rare opportunity to serve as host for the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s large music ensemble state contest.

It included mixed choirs, treble choirs, tenor and bass choirs, bands and orchestras. In all, students from 21 schools offered 33 performances.

Iola band instructor Brandi Holt organized the event with the help of IHS faculty and staff.

“The purpose of this event is to primarily proSee MUSIC | Page A7

Rotarians Chelsea Lea, Donna Grigsby, Karen Gilpin and Dan Davis sort medical supplies donated by Allen County Regional Hospital to be shipped to Ukraine. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER

Rotarians collect supplies for Ukraine

By TIM STAUFFER The Iola Register

Iola High School band students practice before their state performance. IHS hosted the event. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Iola Rotarians used their meeting Thursday to sort medical equipment and supplies donated by Allen Coun-

ty Regional Hospital. Some of it will find its way to the front lines of Ukraine.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the war has created more than 4.1 million refugees, resulted in

at least 2,600 civilian deaths — likely a significant undercount, as official figures are impossible to ascertain — and fueled insecurity around the world. Barbaric accounts See SUPPLIES | Page A2

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Obituary Paul Catron Paul Richard Catron, age 63, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Loveland, Colo., on Sunday, April 13, 2022.

Paul was born on June 29, 1958, with his twin brother Terry. They were born to Ray and Lucille (Zornes) Catron of Iola. Paul graduated from Iola High School in 1977. Paul Catron He attended Pittsburg State University where he studied history. He was always so passionate about history and educated family and friends about it. He worked at Herff Jones in Iola as a machinist making yearbook and diploma covers.

On June 4, 1983, he married Lynn Boyer at Boyer Lake in Iola. Their marriage was blessed with the birth of three children, Erika, Matthew, and Shannen. Paul and Lynn raised their family in Iola. They moved to Burlington, in 2011. They then moved to Fort Collins, Colo., in 2015 and to Loveland, Colo., in 2016.

Paul enjoyed fishing, playing Pitch and Farkle with family and friends, listening to music, and traveling with his family then, later in life, with Lynn and her twin sister Lisa. They created many memories with their trips to Hawaii, San Diego, Monterey, Carmel, and Big Sur. After moving to Colorado, he enjoyed his herb garden. He enjoyed going to concerts and watching the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals and the Kansas Jayhawks. He was able to celebrate the recent National Championship of the KU men’s basketball team.

Paul is survived by his wife, Lynn; children, Erika and Matt of Loveland, Colo., and Shannen (Drake) of Kansas City, Mo.; sister Rosalie of Princeton, Texas; brothers George (Shirley) of Iola and Donald (Diane) of Topeka, sister-in-law Deb of Iola; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He also left behind his beloved Shelties, Apollo and Niko.

Paul was preceded in death by his parents and brothers Terry and Darrel.

A private gathering of family and friends to celebrate his life will take place in Iola at a later date.

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of Russian war crimes surface daily.

The need is clear. And so about a dozen Rotarians were busy unpacking boxes and sorting the medical materials into three groups: expired, in-date and battlefield supplies. Volunteers then color-coded the materials and created an inventory of each box’s contents.

The contents will be sent to Tulsa, Okla., the home of Medical Supplies Network, Inc., a service project of Rotary District 6110. The non-profit corporation sends free medical equipment and supplies to developing nations and crisis areas, both around the world and domestically. Around 80 Rotary chapters in the region, of which Iola’s chapter belongs, help maintain the project.

All battlefield supplies, which included wound care kits, firstaid equipment, respi-

Warsaw gives compound to Ukraine WARSAW (AP) — A disputed compound in the Polish capital of Warsaw administered by Russia’s diplomatic mission is being taken over by the city and will be made available to the Ukrainian community, the mayor said Monday.

Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski was at the site early Monday and said a bailiff had entered the two apparently empty, fenced buildings, nicknamed “Spyville” by Warsaw residents, to check on their condition and to mark them as seized by the city.

Trzaskowski said Warsaw was getting back the compound “unlawfully” occupied by Russia. Last month he said Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine added urgency to the decades-long procedure.

ration supplies and emergency medical equipment, will be loaded into a container and shipped to Ukraine. It is slated to arrive this summer. God willing, the war will be over by then. In the case it’s not, the supplies will certainly be welcome.

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Kansas offers liability protection to businesses engaged in high school work training programs

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law a series of bills Wednesday that created limited liability protection for businesses engaged in high school work programs, established a lifetime hunting and fishing license for children and authorized issuance of a handful of distinctive state license plates.

The contents of Senate Bill 91 granted injury liability protection for businesses, schools and municipalities offering work-based learning programs to students in high school.

A business would be exempted from claims arising from a participating student’s negligent act.

The school district of the work-program student would be responsible for loss due to bodily injury, sickness or death related to accidents caused by the student or business. There would be no immunity for the student or business when either gross negligence or willful misconduct was established.

“By providing some liability protection for our students and businesses involved, we open the door for additional community involvement and more opportunity for students to gain the skills needed to step out of the classroom and into the workforce,” Kelly said.

Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation Wednesday granting liability protections to businesses helping to train high school students and creating a child lifetime hunting and fishing license. (TIM CARPENTER/ KANSAS REFLECTOR)

Cynthia Lane, cochair of the Governor’s Council on Education, said the council supported work by the Legislature and Kelly to recognize the value of industry programs aimed at developing, recruiting and retaining talented students in Kansas. The bill was supported 116-0 in the House and 37-2 in the Senate.

“This bill is a testament to the years-long effort by our members to pass legislation that will allow more students to prepare for their future careers,” Lane said.

In addition, Kelly signed House Bill 2456 to create a lifetime combination hunting and fishing license for children. Under the law, a child 5 years or young and a Kansas resident

could get a lifetime pass for a fee not to exceed $300 and the comparable license for children 6 or 7 years of age and a Kansas resident would not be more than $500.

Rep. Ken Corbet, a Topeka Republican and owner of the Ravenwood Lodge, introduced the bill. He said the law was

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MONDAY — Biblesta committee, 6 p.m., Humboldt City Hall lobby, 725 Bridge St. — LaHarpe PRIDE Committee meeting, 7 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

— Humboldt Lions Club, 7 p.m., St. Peter’s Fellowship Hall, 910 Amos St., Humboldt.

— Bingo, American Legion Jones-Hardy Post No. 385, 237 N. Spruce, Moran. Early Bird at 6:15 p.m., regular Bingo at 7.

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

— Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, The Warehouse.

THURSDAY — Rotary Club, noon.

— TOPS No. KS 880 4:30 p.m. weigh in, 5 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church.

— Allen Community College Theatre presents “Spitfire Grill,” 7:30 p.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

FRIDAY — Bingo, early bird games, 6:30 p.m., regular bingo, 7 p.m., Willis J. Ross VFW Post, 205 E. U.S. 54, LaHarpe.

SATURDAY — Savonburg Recycling Day and city park open house, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., ribbon cutting at 11 a.m., Savonburg park.

— Crest FFA Chapter Banquet, 5 p.m., Crest High School gym.

— Allen Community College Theatre presents “Spitfire Grill,” 7:30 p.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

SUNDAY — Biblesta Chicken Dinner Fundraiser, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 910 Amos St., Humboldt.

— Allen Community College Theatre presents “Spitfire Grill,” 7:30 p.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

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warranted because the number of hunting and fishing licenses issued to Kansans 20 or younger had declined during the past 15 years. The lifetime license is an incentive to expand the next generation of anglers and hunters, he said.

Kelly also signed a bill enabling issuance of Silver Star and Bronze Star military medal license plates along with specialized plates for the City of Hutchinson and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Four plates associated with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks were created.

Her signature on House Bill 2476 also authorized individuals to submit a DD214 form available to military retirees or a Kansas veteran driver’s license as proof of veteran status for distinctive license plates.

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COVID cases are on the rise again in US

By LAURA UNGAR The Associated Press

Shock value Marmaton Valley students Mary Brown, from left, Payton Scharff and Madi Lawson take part in “Sticker Shock,” a national campaign to keep children alcohol-free during April, which is Alcohol Awareness Month. Students from Moran and Iola visited retailers in the area that sell alcohol, and placed stickers or bottle tags on each item to remind adults not to buy alcohol for minors. Participating stores included the Mildred Store, Pete’s Corporation, Allison’s Liquor, State Street Liquor, G&W Foods and O’Shaughnessy Liquor. The event was organized by the Allen County Multi-Agency Team (ACMAT) and the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center. COURTESY PHOTO

Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline.

One big unknown?

“We don’t know how high that mountain’s gonna grow,” said Dr. Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University.

No one expects a peak nearly as high as the last one, when the contagious omicron version of the coronavirus ripped through the population.

But experts warn that the coming wave — caused by a mutant called BA.2 that’s thought to be about 30% more contagious – will wash across the nation.

They worry that hospitalizations, which are already ticking up in some parts of the Northeast, will rise in a growing number of states in the coming weeks. And the case wave will be bigger than it looks, they

say, because reported numbers are vast undercounts as more people test at home without reporting their infections or skip testing altogether.

At the height of the previous omicron surge, reported daily cases reached into the hundreds of thousands. As of Thursday, the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases rose to 39,521, up from 30,724 two weeks earlier, according to data from Johns Hopkins collected

by The Associated Press.

Dr. Eric Topol, head of Scripps Research Trans-

lational Institute, said the numbers will likely keep growing until the surge reaches about a quarter the height of the last “monstrous” one.

BA.2 may well have the same effect in the U.S. as it did in Israel, where it created a “bump” in the chart measuring cases, he said.

Keeping the surge somewhat in check, experts said, is a higher level of immunity in the U.S. from vaccination or past infection compared with early winter.

But Ray said the U.S. could wind up looking like Europe, where the

BA.2 surge was “substantial” in some places that had comparable levels of immunity. “We could have a substantial surge here,” he said.

Both experts said BA.2 will move through the country gradually.

The Northeast has been hit hardest so far — with more than 90% of new infections caused by BA.2 last week compared with 86% nationally. As of Thursday, the highest rates of new COVID cases per capita over the past 14 days were in Vermont, Rhode Island, Alaska, New York and Massachusetts.

Kelly signs tax cut bundle

By NOAH TABORDA Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — A Kansas bill signed into law Thursday spans the gamut of tax policy, packaging more than two dozen measures amending property, sales and income tax laws.

The massive House Bill 2239, backed by the Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly, included provisions from 29 different bills cutting taxes and will hack nearly $91 million from state tax revenue in the first year. The largest cost is the taxpayer-assessed 20 mill levy toward supporting K-12 public education.

In approving the changes to state tax laws, Kelly said she felt the opportunity to provide relief for Kansans was now, while the state experiences its first budget surplus in decades.

“Our fiscal responsibility has put Kansas back on track,” Kelly said. “We’ve been able to fully fund our schools, fix our roads and bridges, balance the budget and cut property taxes, providing relief for Kansans.”

The House voted 10310 to adopt the bill, while no senator opposed the measure. Before negotiations between the two chambers, House tax committee leaders said the bill drained close to $500 million.

In 2024, the package will sap $99.8 million in state tax revenue and an additional $119.6 million in 2025.

The changes increase the residential property tax exemption, provide homestead property tax refunds to eligible taxpayers and will broaden the property tax reduction authority of county commissioners for property destroyed by a disaster.

Rep. Adam Smith, R-Weskan, said the measure contains many noncontroversial measures so he was excited to see the governor approve it. In particular, he applauded the prop-

erty tax relief provided budget surplus in deand the homestead ex- cades, we can do both emption for qualifying — provide property tax elderly Kansans. relief and finally elim“A lot of senior citi- inate the state sales tax zens on fixed lower in- on food.” comes, are faced with increasing property values and property tax statements every year,” Smith said. “This essentially, once they hit the qualifying terms for the program, freezes their property tax bill, and that’s something they can count on for for the rest of their years is that the property taxes that are due will never be going up.”

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Mental health treatment complicated by shortage of professionals

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Psychologist Shawna Wright said only four of the state’s 105 counties have enough behavioral health professionals to meet demands of the population, and that shortage contributes to looping of mentally ill people in and out of the criminal justice system.

“We need quality behavioral health care in Kansas regardless of geography,” she said.

“We’re still very underserved.”

The Rural Health Information Hub, a statistical resource funded by a federal grant, indicated the cluster of Johnson, Wyandotte, Douglas and Shawnee counties in the northeast part of the state had sufficient personnel to serve community needs. In 2017, part of Sedgwick County was covered. Now, the entire county is considered underserved.

Wright, associate director of the University of Kansas Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth, told participants at the two-day Kansas Mental Health Summit in Topeka that telemedicine had potential to improve patient access to care, advance education of students and support continuing education of professionals. Telemedicine shouldn’t be viewed as a mental health panacea, she said, because it wouldn’t quickly change the workforce deficit.

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Psychologist Shawna Wright, far right, recommended the judicial system reforms aimed at helping individuals with mental illness should avoid reinventing the wheel in favor of modifying proven ideas to the target city or county. (TIM CARPENTER/KANSAS REFLECTOR)

ganized to focus on judicial and community implications to the high percentage of mental illness among incarcerated individuals.

“Mental illness impacts all of our court dockets,” said Patti Tobias, a court management consultant with the National Center for State Courts. “It impacts all our communities. It impacts all our families. It impacts all our friends and neighbors. It is pervasive and we need to do better.”

Marc Bennett, district attorney in Sedgwick County, said stability in the life of someone with chronic mental illness was related to treatment, housing and employment. The court system can help with each of these factors by reducing the number of people with suspended Kansas driver’s licenses so they can work on these priorities, he said.

In addition, he said, the court system could improve outcomes by

Public notices (Published in The Iola Register April 9, 2022) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of L. MARLENE WHITE, Deceased AL-2021-PR-000051 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on the 27th day of October 2021, a Petition for Appointment of Administrator was filed in this Court

(Published in The Iola Register April 16, 2022) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEANETTE K. OBERZAN, DECEASED. Case No. AL-2022-PR-000023 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of Kansas to all Persons Concerned: You are hereby notified that on April 12, 2022, a Petition for Probate of Lost Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in this Court by Mark V. Oberzan, the son and sole surviving heir at law, and Alternate Executor named in the “Last Will and Testament of Jeanette K. Oberzan,” deceased.

All creditors of the decedent

(Published in The Iola Register April 2, 2022) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HARRY EUGENE HUSKEY, DECEASED Case No. AL 2022 PR 000019 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed on March 28, 2022 in this Court by Corey Huskey, as Petitioner and heir-atlaw of Harry Eugene Huskey, Deceased, praying for the determination of descent of personal and real property in Kansas, or interest

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All creditors of the abovenamed Decedent are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

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are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice under K.S.A. 592236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, thirty (30) days after actual notice was given, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

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consolidating an individual’s cases to one jurisdiction. Someone with a mental health disorder will find it difficult to work with probation officers in a series of cities or counties, he said.

“A lot of people who are in trouble are in

trouble in multiple places,” Bennett said. “When you’re on probation in three, four or five different places, you’re likelihood of being successful is going to be highly diminished.”

Wyandotte County District Court Judge Michael Russell said the county’s post-sentencing behavioral health court showed promise with people diagnosed with persistent mental illness.

The special court in Wyandotte County was established in 2017 and required collaboration with defense lawyers, prosecutors, mental health therapists and substance abuse counselors, he said.

“They are considered to be high risk, high needs,” said Russell, who said community

Kansas will have to do more to increase the number of mental health personnel working across the state, Landwehr said. She said the state hadn’t recovered from departure of the renowned Menninger clinic from Topeka to Houston nearly 20 years ago.

“My goal is to put Kansas back on the map where it belongs,” the lawmaker said.

Wright, the psychologist with a background in rural service delivery, said cities and counties in Kansas should avoid reinventing the wheel when striving to enhance mental health services. She said the state’s experiment with placing counselors in public schools could be adopted to work in the justice system.

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alcohol abuse.

A third would expand a state-funded college scholarship program to students outside Kansas.

Republicans drafted the measure before lawmakers began their annual spring break earlier this month, to settle differences between the House and Senate.

When legislators reconvene April 25, they must decide whether to add more money for special education programs and whether to link dollars to policy changes.

Conservatives argue they are trying to make schools more accountable for how they spend state money. They’ve been linking money to policy since 2014, when the Kansas Supreme Court issued the first of seven rulings in an education funding lawsuit filed against the state by four school districts.

“It’s our responsibility to make sure that student outcomes are improving,” said state Rep. Kristey Williams, an Augusta Republican who chairs a House committee on education spending. “It’s important to always pair funding with an obligation on the schools’ part to provide back the accountability that they need to.”

But Democratic lawmakers, teachers and other educators see the bill combining funding and policy as imposing unnecessary new tasks that hinder teaching. Marcus Baltzell, spokesman for the state’s largest teachers union, sees policy proposals as the “heavy toll” that Republicans want schools to pay for winning the funding lawsuit.

Kansas is set to spend 57% more on direct aid

to its public schools during the 2021-22 school year than it did in 2011-2012, according to budget documents.

With the pending measure, that figure would increase again by more than 6% for the 2022-23 school year, to $5.3 billion, including funding for educators’ pensions.

“If these folks are actually interested in fully funding public schools, they should just do that,” Baltzell said. “They shouldn’t have to attach special interest policy in order for kids to have all the resources that they deserve.”

Even with the additional funds, some districts expect to have budget shortfalls because state funding is tied to student numbers, and those numbers declined during the pandemic.

Also, the measure before lawmakers wouldn’t hit the goal set in state law for funding special education programs. The State Department of Education is asking Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to support another $155 million for special education — 30% above the $520 million lawmakers had planned to spend for 2022-23.

“Because special education services are mandated by federal and state statute, school districts must make up this shortfall by reducing funding in their operating budgets for other necessary educational programs,” Deputy Education Commissioner Craig Neuenswander said in a letter to Kelly’s budget director.

It’s not clear yet how much policy will remain tied to funding.

While Williams argues that negotiators struck a deal and should keep

the package together, Senate Education Chair Molly Baumgardner, a Louisburg Republican, suggested that GOP leaders may separate some proposals from the money.

Senators would vote first on the package, and Baumgardner said she’s heard from senators in both parties who who don’t want to open up the college scholarship program to people outside Kansas, given that scholarships are capped at $10 million a year.

Williams said the goal is to attract people to Kansas, but Baumgardner said, “That is a real sticking point for the Senate.”

Meanwhile, Republicans argue that it’s necessary to restrict surveys in which students are asked about their personal beliefs and lives, so the surveys don’t take time away from classroom lessons and parents know beforehand what their children will be asked. Educators say such surveys provide valuable data and can help schools find at-risk

children.

The open enrollment proposal split Republicans enough that one version barely passed the House last month.

The proposal would require districts to take students after determining how much space they have.

Williams and other supporters argue that the proposal would increase choices for parents. However, Mark Tallman, a lobbyist for the Kansas Association of School Boards, said that with decisions left to local officials, most districts take outside students and, “That system has worked well.”

Other critics said open enrollment could cause headaches for quickly growing school districts. And Rep. Jarrod Ousley, a Merriam Democrat, said better-off families in urban and suburban areas would benefit most, because parents would have to provide their own transportation.

“It creates the opportunity for — for lack of a better term — white flight,” Ousley said.

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awarded $2,905,095 from the Kansas Department of Commerce as part of the Building a Stronger Economy (BASE) program.

Earlier this week, Gov. Laura Kelly announced $100 million would go to 35 infrastructure and economic development projects across the state. The money is part of the state’s COVID-19 relief funds.

The grants require a 25% match, which means the county will contribute $726,000.

The airport project must be completed within two years. Half of the money is to be awarded in 2022, the other half in 2023.

Competition for the grant was intense, said Jonathon Goering, economic development director with Thrive Allen County.

The Department of Commerce received 446 applications, asking for a total of $1.8 billion.

“We knew going in, it was going to be tough and it would be a long shot,” Goering said.

That long shot paid off.

“One of the key factors for us was being ready to move,” he said.

“We had a utility expansion study just completed, so we could go to the state and say, ‘Here’s our plan. Here are our numbers.’”

The Allen County Regional Airport terminal is shown at left, with hangars at right near the runway. Two entities are interested in leasing land to build hangars. One is a crop dusting business. The other is an air flight museum now based in Topeka. of space, sits between two cities and is situated near a major highway.

Aviation brings $767,600 annually to Allen County, according to a KDOT aviation study.

An average of about 45 planes arrive or take off at the airport each day.

The airport is a bit of a hidden gem, Allen County Commissioner Bruce Symes said.

“When Allen Countians consider our work on the airport, which they might not use personally or even think about much, I hope they see it as a part of our county’s offerings as a whole,” Symes said.

“We have great school systems, a fine hospital, recreation and fine arts opportunities and a host of other pluses, and, yes, an expanding airport to make living here more enjoyable

IN THE FALL of 2020, Thrive Allen County and county commissioners learned the possibility of a massive federal infrastructure bill We had a utility expansion could trick- study just completed, so we le down to the local could go to the state and say, ‘Here’s our plan. Here are our level.

“It was numbers.’ at that time — Jonathon Goering, we decided Thrive Allen County to be ready for those dollars if they became availand fruitful and to, able,” Goering said.

What followed be- hopefully, attract new came an onslaught of residents, new businessstudies, plans and dis- es and new industries.”

The next advantage cussion on the best uses is transportation. With of that money.

Improving the air- the airport’s proximity port seemed ideal, for to a highway, it offers opportunities for two several reasons.

First, as airports go, types of transportation Allen County Regional — by land or air.

All of those ameniAirport has a lot going for it. It has one of ties make an airport the longest runways appealing for industriin Southeast Kansas at al development, which 5,500 feet and 100-feet bring jobs and expand wide, offers competitive the local tax base.

Commission Chairfuel prices, has plenty

man Jerry Daniels previously told the Register an example of how the local airport was passed over because it lacked appropriate infrastructure. Orizon Aerostructures, which specializes in manufacturing complex aircraft components, chose instead to locate in Chanute.

That example and others convinced county leaders they needed to be ready for the next opportunity.

“As we seek to develop some of the property surrounding the airport, we must have the utilities to supply those industries,” Daniels said.

GOERING set to work on a study that would examine how to best improve the airport infrastructure.

The county hired BG Consultants, a civil engineering firm based in Emporia, to complete the study at a cost of $19,000. It took nearly a year.

BG’s engineers made their first visit to the airport in June of 2021.

The plan was delivered to commissioners in March.

As the plan was being finalized, other projects also were being developed.

Goering and county officials looked at a variety of grants and funding opportunities that would help with the financing for various projects.

They received a grant from the Kansas Airport Improvement Program for $477,000 for pavement preservation of a runway and remarking.

Goering also submitted a grant to the FAA for $212,000 for runway development and other physical improvements.

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Garver, a national aviation design company, are working on a layout plan for future development.

Then, on Jan. 31, Thrive learned of the BASE grant opportunity. They had just a few weeks to submit the grant, which was due Feb. 28.

Goering asked commissioners if they were interested, considering the county would have to provide the 25% match if it were approved.

Commissioners told him to go for it, as they were committed to improving the airport one way or another.

Meanwhile, the county restarted an airport advisory board. A previous board had more or less disbanded after the FAA made changes in the way airports are administered, taking away much of the board’s power.

County commissioners realized such a board could still be useful, especially as momentum builds for improvement projects.

As they move forward, they decided it’s important to have input from those who are using the airport.

They appointed a six-member board composed mostly of pilots.

One member is a crop duster who uses the airport as a launch point.

Another member, Vince Hill, of Bucyrus, owns a hangar and several planes he keeps at the airport. He is expected to take a leading role for the group.

The group had its first meeting in March; the next happens today.

The group will meet at 3

p.m. on the third Saturday of each month.

WHEN BG Consultants unveiled their massive engineering study of the airport’s infrastructure needs, commissioners realized they’ll have plenty of decisions to make.

They’ll need to determine a list of priorities, as full development of the site could cost tens of millions of dollars.

BG Consultants laid out three phases of potential development, but mostly focused on the first phase. Providing utilities to that entire area could cost between $12 to $15 million.

That doesn’t all have to be done at once, and will largely depend on the types of industries Allen County hopes to attract.

The BASE grant will go a long way to make those projects happen.

“This will help everything at the airport,” Goering said. “It will help on the general aviation side, and it will prepare the airport for economic development.”

There are plenty of opportunities, as the airport has hundreds of acres available for development.

Already, efforts to improve the airport have spurred interest in building two new hangars with significant potential.

One is for an agricultural business, Central Ag Air, LLC. Matt Orth, a crop dusting pilot based in Marion, is working with airport and county staff, along with BG Consultants, to build an 80-foot by 80-foot hangar with small living quarters for his pilots.

Another proposal is to build a very large hangar, perhaps 150foot by 200-foot, for the

American Flight Museum to relocate much of its planes from Topeka.

Director Robert Rice envisions a living museum, with a fleet of historic, war-era planes that would be stationed in Iola. Visitors could come see the planes and take rides, turning the airport into a tourist destination. The planes also would travel to fly-in events across the state and nation, spreading the word about Allen County’s airport along the way.

Projects like those need infrastructure. For example, large hangars need access to water and sewer facilities for restrooms.

Another desire is to build a restaurant at the airport, perhaps a steakhouse or something that would attract patrons and meet the needs of those who fly into the airport for business or events.

But again, Goering said, a business is more likely to build when infrastructure is already available.

SO FAR, county, airport and economic leaders have been talking in fairly broad terms.

Now, the challenge will be to turn dreams into reality.

“Now we have options,” Goering said.

“It’s critical we continue to keep this discussion in the forefront.

That’s how we’re going to attract interest.”

Improving utilities at the airport is just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to economic development in the region, Goering said.

“We don’t know who might move out there and when, but that’s the fun part,” he said.

“This infrastructure will get us there. We have to be ready.”

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‘The rape exception’ and the politics of abortion access in Kansas Government regulation of women who become pregnant from rape has suddenly grabbed national headlines.

That’s because state legislatures around America are considering numerous controversial bills that would ban abortion access for these women.

In Kansas this year, a conservative lawmaker introduced House Bill (HB) 2746. It bans abortion except in very limited circumstances, with no exception for rape, incest, or many threats to a woman’s life or health. It also seemingly allows the prosecution of certain women who get abortions and their doctors.

HB 2746 didn’t get serious consideration, but the House Majority Leader did not rule out considering it next year when speaking to the Kansas City Star.

That “next year” part is key.

Right now, abortion is legal in Kansas but with significant limitations imposed by the legislature. However, that might soon change.

If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this year and if the abortion amendment on the August primary ballot in Kansas passes, then the Kansas legislature could pass something like HB 2746 and it could actually be enforced.

If that August amendment fails, then something like HB 2746 would likely not be enforceable in Kansas, no matter what happens to Roe. Put simply, the August abortion vote decides the future of abortion access in Kansas.

Since “the rape exception” is getting national headlines, let’s focus there. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reported 1,190 rapes in Kansas in 2020, though the real number is likely higher since sexual assault often goes unreported.

There is no consensus on how many rapes result in pregnancy, but 5% is often cited from a 1996 study. Given that, then at least 60 Kansas women likely became pregnant from rape in 2020. That seems small, unless it’s you or a loved one.

The rape exception has long bothered anti-abortion activists, dating at least to Eugene Quay’s famous 1961

Patrick Miller Insight Kansas Georgetown Law Journal article. These activists sometimes argue that women will just lie about being raped if rape exceptions to abortion bans are allowed. Some have also advanced junk science saying that rape cannot cause pregnancy, which inspired Todd Akin’s controversial “legitimate rape” comment in Missouri in 2012.

THE RAPE exception has

broad support in Kansas. The 2021 Kansas Speaks survey from Ft. Hays State University shows that only 20% of Kansas adults support banning abortion in cases of rape.

That’s a tough realty for anti-abortion activists. If their true endgame is something like HB 2746 that bans abortion in Kansas even for rape victims, saying that publicly won’t win votes this August.

Instead, many amendment supporters are distorting the issue into something more palatable, falsely claiming that the 2019 Hodes ruling from the Kansas Supreme Court declared every abortion restriction in Kansas illegal and bans the legislature from regulating abortion.

But that’s not reality, and not what Hodes actually did.

Rather, it’s a hypothetical legal argument, unlike HB 2746 which actually exists. Three years after Hodes, abortion is still heavily restricted in Kansas. The sky hasn’t fallen on abortion regulations.

Borrowing a phrase from the late Republican Senator John Warner, the typical Kansan is “pro-choice with limitations, pro-life with exceptions.” The fate of abortion in Kansas is in our ambivalent hands this August. Kansans deserve forthright discussion about the complex reality here and the actual stakes of this abortion vote.

Patrick R. Miller is an associate professor of political science at the University of Kansas.

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Georgia Roberts of Iola became worried last week when her sister, Nellie Obendorf of Idaho, didn’t arrive for a promised visit. Obendorf, 65, and her 71-year-old husband Orville, were trapped in snowdrifts as high as their car roof for 13 days on a country road near Norton. They had made a wrong turn off U.S. 36 during a blizzard and got stuck in the snow. They were rescued by a farmer clearing the road 13 days later. Both are recovering from minor frostbite in the Norton hospital. They survived, they said, on two boxes of Girl Scout cookies, peanut butter, eight cans of diet soda, blankets they happen to have in the car, conversation, a copy of Good Housekeeping and prayer. ***** Harry Lee, Jr., LaHarpe, was promoted to colonel in

the Kansas Army National Guard in ceremonies at the State Defense Building in Topeka. Lee is also director of informational management for the Kansas Guard. Lee began his military career in 1956 when he enlisted in the Iola Guard unit. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1960, promoted to captain and then to major in 1972. He was made executive officer of the 891st Engineer Battalion here and became battalion commander in 1977 when he became lieutenant colonel. Lee is manager of the LaHarpe Telephone Co. ***** Robert Miller, an IHS senior and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller of Iola, has been named a Summerfield Scholar at the University of Kansas for the 1987-88 academic year. Miller has been named a Kansas Honors Scholar and received a National Merit Commendation.

This is what potential looks like. Currently, Allen County’s airport is a popular hub for refueling due to its extra long runway and cheaper fuel. Armed with recent grants, county officials are now looking to develop the airport’s infrastructure in order to attract new industries.

The site has more than 200 acres available for development.

Laying the ground for success Ever since Jonathan Goering moved to Iola in June 2020, he’d heard a recurring theme: the Allen County Regional Airport has untapped potential.

“Over and over people would tell me the airport is a wonderful asset and that we need to think about how to better utilize it,” he said Thursday afternoon.

“So, I knew it had to be a focus right off the bat.”

Goering is economic development director for Thrive Allen County, whose role is to bring industries, businesses and development to Allen County as well as to the communities of Iola and Humboldt, who each pay Thrive a stipend for the services of Goering and other Thrive staff members.

Over the years, county leaders have made sure the airport stands heads and shoulders above its neighbors. Its runway is wider and longer than Chanute’s and its fuel is cheaper. As a result, Allen County’s airport traffic is 10 times that of Chanute’s Martin Johnson Airport, which averages about five planes a day.

But other than being a great gas station in the middle of a 400-plus acre field, Goering took on the responsibility of discovering what else the site could provide.

Goering credits several factors to pursuing those possibilities.

First, was the knowledge in early 2020 that states were due to receive federal funds specific to infrastructure projects in response to the economic toll from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Without knowing when those funds would be released, Goering knew there was no time to lose in preparing for their application.

“You have to be ready to move when those dollars become available,” he said.

From there, he and county commissioners formed an airport planning committee, composed of Jerry Daniels, Allen County commissioner, Robert Poydack, airport manager, Mitch Garner, Allen County Director of Public Works, and Goering.

“That Jerry is a pilot has been an immense help,” Goering said. “He understands the significance of the airport to the county.”

Next was getting hard data confirming the cost of expanding utilities to the airport to accommodate any future development.

Commissioners hired Bruce Boettcher of BG Consultants to conduct a feasi-

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bility study.

“Boettcher knows Allen County well,” Goering said.

Among local projects, he’s overseeing Humboldt’s upgrades to its streets as well as replacement of its water system.

“When you’re competing for grants, there’s no flying by the seat of your pants.

We knew we would need hard data supporting our story, and these studies take months.”

It was spring 2021 that BG Consultants started the feasibility study. Its preliminary report was delivered to commissioners in December 2021.

“During the interim, they’d periodically give us progress reports and different scenarios for different industries. We’d ask, for example, what would a 250,000 square-foot building for light manufacturing require in terms of water and electricity. Before this study, no one knew exactly what to expect in terms of cost.”

“The report was good news, validating the airport has tremendous potential from an industrial development perspective as well as from a general aviation perspective,” Goering said.

“But then, it was like, what do we do next?”

In a matter of days they learned the answer.

Shortly after the first of the year, the $100,000 million Building A Stronger Economy program was announced, with grants to be awarded by the end of March.

“We got the infrastructure study done in the nick of time,” Goering said. “We couldn’t have timed it any better.”

Then it was a matter of telling the airport’s story.

“That’s where Rachel comes in,” Goering said, referring to newly hired grant writer Rachel Moore.

“It was a baptism by fire for her,” Goering said of Moore’s first job. “We had so many things to figure out, including the budget for the project, the scope, the data from the feasibility study, and then, most important, the narrative. How do we tell our story in a way that is compelling?

Jonathan Goering, economic development director for Thrive Allen County, was instrumental in pulling the pieces together for Allen County to win a $2.9 million grant to expand infrastructure at the Allen County Regional Airport.

“Rachel focused on the fact that the airport is a wonderful asset and that its potential could benefit the entire county.”

“From there, she worked her magic,” Goering said.

Goering’s next task was to ask county commissioners “how much do we want to chase?”

“These grants required a 25% match. I needed to know how much the county was willing to contribute.”

After several meetings, commissioners said “they were comfortable with $1 million,” Goering said. “So, we said OK, we’ll ask for $3 million. That was a Tuesday.

The application was due Monday.”

Because of the number of applications received, in excess of 400, the announcement of awards was postponed.

On Monday, April 11, the county learned of its success. It is due to receive $2.9 million, with the county contributing $726,000.

“I knew we had a good plan. BG Consultants gave us a good, solid study. And we weren’t asking for a lot,” he said. The cap on requests was $25 million.

“Also, hats off to the county commissioners to be brave enough to commit to this investment. That shows their keen interest in the development of not only the airport, but Allen County.”

THIS IS a prime example of the value the economic development position brings to Allen County. My feeling is that it’s just the tip of the iceberg of our possibilities.

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Evacuation lifted near gas plant rocked by blast

Kevin Kellim, Topeka, in front at right, was one of the choir ensemble judges at the KSHSAA State Large Ensemble Music Festival on Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church. The festival brought several hundred music students to Iola. The bands competed at Iola High School, choirs at the church. Groups practiced at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Pictured in the background are other choir judges Melissa Grady from the University of Kansas, and Steve Eubank of Topeka.

Music: Iola hosts state festival

Residents within a 2-mile radius of the plant were evacuated following the explosion.

The plant is located near Haven, which is about 33 miles northwest of Wichita.

Kansas Highway 96 near the plant was also closed but had mostly reopened by Friday morning.

State, county, and city emergency management teams and Haven Midstream personnel are evaluating the next steps, and an engineering forensics group from Houston, along with environmental health and safety experts and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are looking into the cause.

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vide feedback to performing ensembles so they can grow musically, and to work outside of our standard annual scheduled concerts,” she said.

Schools weren’t competing against each other, Holt noted. Rather, individual students compete to perform at “the highest level of musicianship” in a way that deserves recognition at the state level, she said.

Students faced three judges with various music backgrounds. The judges are trained to consider such things as timing, pitch and overall performance. They evaluate each ensemble by using a grading rubric.

Ratings are given from I to V, with I being the highest — Outstanding.

HAVEN, Kan. (AP) — Authorities were allowing people to return to their homes Friday near a Reno County gas plant a day after an explosion rocked the plant and led to a fire there.

Officials lifted the evacuation order Friday morning after about 90 people were evacuated Thursday and sent to hotels for the night, television station KSN reported.

Fire crews and emergency management officials were called to the Haven Midstream plant around 1:15 p.m.

Thursday for the explosion and fire. Two people suffered minor injuries and were taken to a Wichita hospital.

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Band students from Rossville prepare to enter the gymnasium for their performance.

Iola’s band, by the way, got a I rating at the event.

“This event is the culmination of what high school ensembles have learned their entire year in their respective large ensemble class,” Holt said.

“This event is to display how much everyone has grown as a team, as an ensemble,

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and individually.”

Holt said she was asked if Iola would be willing to host the event, as the usual site in Louisburg was unable to do so.

“I knew it would be a fantastic opportunity to flaunt just how great Iola is,” she said. “We hope we get to host the event again in the future.”

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Ukrainians find more bodies after Russian attacks KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 900 civilian bodies have been discovered in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following the withdrawal of Russian forces — most of them fatally shot, police said Friday, an indication that many people were “simply executed.”

The number of dead is double that announced

by Ukrainian authorities almost two weeks ago.

Andriy Nebytov, the head of Kyiv’s regional police force, said the bodies were abandoned in the streets or given temporary burials. He cited police data indicating that 95% died from gunshot wounds.

“Consequently, we understand that under the (Russian) occupation, people were simply executed in the streets,” Nebytov said.

More bodies are being found every day, under rubble and in mass graves, he added.

The largest number of victims were found in Bucha, where there were more than 350, he said.

According to Nebytov, utilities workers in Bucha gathered and buried bodies in the Kyiv suburb while it remained under Russian control. Russian troops, he added, were “tracking down” people who expressed strong proUkrainian views.

Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry promised to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine’s

Women clean in a building with a collapsed facade at the Vizar company military-industrial complex, after the site was hit by overnight Russian strikes, in the town of Vyshneve, southwestern suburbs of Kyiv, on Friday. TNS alleged aggression on Russian territory, an ominous warning that followed Moscow’s stinging loss of its flagship in the Black Sea. The threat of intensified attacks on Kyiv came after Russian authorities accused Ukraine of wounding seven people and damaging about 100 residential buildings with airstrikes in Bryansk, a region bordering Ukraine. Authorities in another border region of Russia also reported Ukrainian shelling Thursday.

“The number and the scale of missile attacks on objects in Kyiv will be ramped up in response to the Kyiv nationalist regime committing any terrorist attacks or diversions on the Russian territory,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

Russia issued the

warning while it continues to prepare for a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, locals in the pummeled southeastern city of Mariupol reported seeing Russian troops digging up bodies.

In Kyiv, a renewed bombardment could mean a return to the steady wail of air raid sirens heard during the early days of the invasion and to fearful nights sheltering in subway stations. Tentative signs of pre-war life have resurfaced in the capital after Russian troops failed to capture the city and retreated to concentrate on eastern Ukraine, leaving behind evidence of possible war crimes.

Ukrainian officials have not confirmed striking targets in Russia, and the reports could not be independently verified.

However, Ukrainian officials said their forces did strike a key Russian warship with missiles.

If true, the reported Wednesday attack on the guided-missile cruiser Moskva, named for the Russian capital, would represent an important victory for Ukraine and a symbolic defeat for Russia.

The warship sank while being towed to port Thursday after suffering heavy damage under circumstances that remained in dispute.

Moscow acknowledged a fire on board but not any attack. U.S. and other Western officials could not confirm what caused the blaze.

The Moskva had the capacity to carry 16 longrange cruise missiles. If Ukrainian forces took out the vessel, it was likely the largest warship to be sunk in combat since 1982. A British

submarine torpedoed an Argentine navy cruiser called the ARA General Belgrano during the Falklands War, killing over 300 sailors.

The sinking of the Russian warship reduces Russia’s firepower in the Black Sea, although military analysts disagreed on the event’s significance to the course of the war.

Either way, the loss was viewed as emblematic of Moscow’s fortunes in a seven-week invasion widely seen as a historic blunder following the retreat from the Kyiv region and much of northern Ukraine.

“A ‘flagship’ russian warship is a worthy diving site. We have one more diving spot in the Black Sea now. Will definitely visit the wreck after our victory in the war,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov tweeted Friday in a boast.

In his nightly address Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Ukrainians they should be proud of having survived 50 days under Russian attack when the invaders “gave us a maximum of five.”

Russia’s warning of renewed airstrikes did not stop Kyiv residents from taking advantage of a sunny and slightly warmer spring day as the weekend approached.

More people than usual were out on the streets Friday, walking dogs, riding electric scooters and strolling hand in hand.

US: Ship was hit by missile KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior U.S. defense official says the U.S. believes the Russian guided-missile cruiser that sank Thursday in the northern Black Sea was struck by at least one Ukrainian anti-ship missile, as claimed by the Kyiv government.

Pentagon officials had previously said they could not confirm the Ukrainian claim, but they also did not refute it.

The senior U.S. defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an intelligence assessment, said the Moskva was hit Wednesday by at least one, and probably two, Neptune missiles, creating the large fire aboard the vessel.

The official offered no further details beyond saying the U.S. believes the Russians suffered some number of casualties aboard the ship.

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Xander Sellman plays Tuesday in Pittsburg. COURTESY PHOTO

IHS golfers show off improvement PITTSBURG — Iola High’s golfers picked up a pair of top-10 finishes on a blustery day at Crestwood Country Club Tuesday.

Iola’s Chris Holloway took sixth overall with his 91, while Xander Sellman took 10th at 96.

Titus Jones carded a 126, good for 38th.

“Chris is coming into his form from last season and made great improvements from last week,” Iola head coach Jeremy Sellman said.

“His short game is getting on See GOLF | Page B7

GARNETT — Iola High’s Brett Willis logged his most successful track meet of the season Thursday, winning gold in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the long jump at the Anderson County Invitational.

Meanwhile, Mustang teammate Eli Adams showed off a flair for the dramatic in the 800-meter run.

Adams trailed Spring Hill’s Calen George for most of the race, but turned on the jets down the stretch, matching George stride for stride.

Adams’ sprint to end the race gave him the gold in 2 minutes, 10.98 seconds, beating George by .2 seconds.

Willis zipped past all contenders in winning the 100 in 11.67 seconds and the 200 in 23.5 seconds.

For perspective’s sake, Willis’s winning margin of .42 seconds in the 200 was twice the margin of Adams’s thriller.

Willis cleared 20 feet, 10 inches to win the long jump, while Kobe Lord was close behind in third at 19’9.5” and Gage Skahan was seventh at 18’11”.

Elsewhere, Iola’s Jesse Taylor notched fourth in the 3200 meters and seventh in the 1600.

ON THE girls’ side, Iola’s Sage Barney brought home fifth in the pole vault and 11th in the 1600 meters.

Karingten Hall continued to shine in the sprints, placing sixth in a loaded 100 meters field and eighth in the 200.

Ally Ellis took 12th in the javelin.

Results follow.

Girls 100 meters 6. Karingten Hall, 13.60; 200 meters 8. Hall, 28.81; 16. Ashtyn Aikins-Ansley, 30.53; 21. Jessica Kroenke, 31.49; 22. Abi Hirt, 31.51 16. Alyssa Williams, 3:26.31 1600 meters 11. Sage Barney, 6:31.63 4x100-meter relay 5. Iola (Hirt, Meiwes, Kroenke, Shelby Daniels), 55.87 4x800-meter relay 3. Iola (Abi Meiwes, Keira Fawson, Rebekah Coltrane, Barney), 12:43.50 Pole vault 5. Barney, 7’6: Shot put 30. Hailey Stogsdill, 21’1.5” Discus 32. Stogsdill, 56’8” Javelin See TRACK | Page B6

Iola High’s Eli Adams, left, races down the stretch with Spring Hill’s Calen George in the 800-meter run Thursday at the Anderson County Invitational. Adams stormed from behind to win gold by .2 seconds over George. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Competing Thursday at the Anderson County Invitational in Garnett are Iola High’s Japheth Rutoh, left, in the high jump, and Sage Barney in the 1600-meter run.

Lancers sweep past Marmaton Valley

Marmaton Valley’s Aly Ard fields a ground ball Thursday against Crest. PHOTO BY HALIE LUKEN/MVHS

Wildcats rally past Crest MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s softball team picked up a hard-earned sweep of visiting Crest Thursday, winning 16-6 and 10-6.

The wins lift the Wildcats to 4-6 on the season. Crest drops to 4-8.

The Lancers broke out to an early 2-0 lead in the open-

er, but Marmaton Valley scored two in the first to tie, and then took control with a four-run second inning and a nine-run fourth.

Crest rallied with four in the fifth, but could draw no closer.

Aly Ard and Madi Lawson each hit a single and double See CREST | Page B3

MORAN — Crest High’s baseball team kept its record spotless on the season with a pair of shutout victories over Marmaton Valley Thursday.

The Lancers improved to 8-0 with wins of 10-0 and 18-0.

The Wildcats fell to 3-7.

Avery Blaufuss pitched four hitless innings, striking out 11, to earn the victory. Jerry Rodriguez came on in relief, pitching a hitless fifth, with two strikeouts.

Stetson Setter was the main protagonist on offense, smacking a double and singling twice, while driving in three, but he was hardly the only contributor.

Rogan Weir doubled, Trevor Church singled twice, and Karter Miller, Ryan Golden, Holden Barker, Denton Ramsey and Jack White all had singles.

Crest’s batters also walked seven times, and four Lancer hitters were hit by pitches.

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Marmaton Valley High’s Ian Bostick fields a pop fly Thursday against Crest. PHOTO BY HALIE LUKEN/MVHS

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Two days after hosting the Terry Lower Invitational, the Mustang athletes were at the Jayhawk-Linn Invitational on Thursday.

Also taking part were Marmaton Valley Junior High and Yates Center Middle School.

Results follow.

(Editor’s note: All athletes are from Iola, unless otherwise noted.)

Seventh grade girls Team standings 1. Prairie View, 102; 3. Iola, 57; 9. Yates Center, 14; 12.

Marmaton Valley, 8 100 meters 5. Brooklyn Holloway, 15.13; 17. Abigail Jerome, 16.05; 20. Sheridan Byrd, 16.42; 23. Evva Sander, MV, 16.84; 25. Taylen Blevins, MV, 17.15 200 meters 3. Holloway, 31.47; 7. Dally Curry, 33.36; 8. McKynzee Burkholder, YC, 33.38; 16.

Addisyn Drake, MV, 34.56; 17. Lynsie Fehr, 34.79; 21.

Blevins, 35.70 400 meters 8. Fehr, 1:17.66; 11. Burkholder, 1:19.57; 15. Curry, 1:23.65; 16. Bailey Goble, 1:25.26 800 meters 1. Jaylynn Birk, YC, 2:59.25; 6. Keysha Smith, 3:12.15; 7. Chloe Griffith, YC, 3:13.17; 12. Goble, 3:26.91 1600 meters 4. Birk, 6:45.14; 8. Griffith, 7:26.21 100-meter hurdles 1. Smith, 19.80; 8. Drake, 22.83 4x100 relay 5. Iola (Curry, Byrd, Smith, Holloway), 1:01.94 4x200 relay 4. Iola (Elizabeth Maier, Zoie Hess, Bailey Goble, Fehr), 2:22.27 High jump 3. Byrd, 4’2”; Jae Beachner, MV, 3’10” Long jump 1. Holloway, 13’10.5”; 6.

Beachner, 12’4”; 11. Curry, 11’9”’ 13. Blevins, 11’3.5”; 24.

Sander, 9’1” Shot put 2. Hess, 29’5.5” Shyla Preston, 29’2”; 14. Lainey Oswald, 24’7”;19. Burkholders, 22’; 20. Drake, 21’10.5”’ 26. Mirandi Sorenson, YC, 19’10.5”; 31. Natalie Weber, YC, 17’3.5” Discus 3. Drake, 60’10.5”; 5. Preston, 59’9”; 8. Oswald, 59’1”; 9. Hess, 56’9”; 27. Sorenson, 37’1’: 28. Weber, 30’9” Eighth grade girls Team standings 1. Jayhawk-Linn, 83; 4.

Iola, 49; 6. Marmaton Valley, 43; 12. Yates Center, 6 100 meters 2. India Barney, 14.28; 4.

Kylah Sander, MV, 14.54; 12.

MaHailie Genoble, 15.65; 13.

Kaya Boone, MV, 15.70; 19.

Iola Middle School’s Sheridan Byrd bolts out of the starting blocks in the 4x100-meter relay at Tuesday’s Terry Lower Invitational. Byrd also competed Thursday at the Jayhawk-Linn Invitational.

Naya Williams, MV, 16.16; 23. Kandrella McCullough, 16.72 200 meters 2. Barney, 29.54; 4. Sander, 29.92; 10. Genoble, 31.83; 12. Boone, 32.64; 22. Gabby Briggs, MV, 36.06; 23. Tessa Brutchin, 36.46 400 meters 4. Shelby Sprague, MV, 1:12.66; 7. Bella Rahming, 1:15.74; 14. Stephanie Fees, 1:26.50; 15. Briggs, 1:26.62 800 meters 8. Aubrey Chambers, YC, 3:13.78; 13. Brutchin, 3:41.83 1600 meters 3. Chambers, 6:57.71; 4.

Sophia Heim, MV, 7:05.52 3200 meters 1. Heim, 15:07.87 100-meter hurdles 2. Barney, 16.98; 4. Genoble, 20.00; 6. McCullough, 21.22; 8. Braelyn Sutton, MV, 21.70; 9. Williams, 21.71; 12.

Briggs, 26.78 4x100 relay 8.

Marmaton Valley (Boone, Briggs, Heim, Sprague), 1:04.99; 9. Iola (Fees, Madelyn Ashworth, Marlee Westhoff, Bethany Miller), 1:12.62 4x200 relay 2. Marmaton Valley (Sutton, Sprague, Mattox, Sander), 2:10.54; 8. Iola (Brutchin, Ashworth, Fees, Miller), 2:37.07’ Medley relay 3. Marmaton Valley (Williams, Jacee Mattox, Sutton, Sprague), 2:17.60 High jump 6. Rahming, 3’10” Long jump 1. Barney, 14’7.5”; 6.

Sander, 12’10.5”; 7. Sutton, 12’10.5”; 11. Williams, 12’6.25”; 15. Rahming, 11’4.5”; 17. McCullough, 11’2” Shot put 2. Rahming, 32’5”; 5. Mattox, 29’11’; 6. Miller, 29’8.5”; 10. Chambers, 27’1”; 18.

Ashworth, 23’4” Discus 8. Miller, 65’7”; 9. Mattox, 64’1.5”; 14. Ashworth, 55’; 21. Navaeh Hancock, 44’1.5” Seventh grade boys

Team standings 1. Wellsville, 95.5; 3. Iola, 62; 5. Marmaton Valley, 52.5; 11. Yates Center, 2 100 meters 2. Cooper Scharff, MV, 13.26; 5. Kale Pratt, 13.89; 7. Jase Herrmann, 14.27; 12.

Ethan Lawson, MV, 14.86; 19. Asher Arnold, YC, 15.96; 20. Eud Nicolas, 16.12; 26.

Kameren McClenning, MV, 16.74; 27. Jeremiah Jones, YC, 16.78 200 meters 2. Scharff, 27.36; 4. Pratt, 28.04; 7. Herrmann, 29.84; Lawson, 30.64; 9. Broderick Peters, 30.73; 13. Arnold, 32.47; 14. Brendon Newman, MV, 32.57 400 meters 1. Scharff, 1:02.13; 4. Herrmann, 1:07.88; 10. Layton Stowell, 1:13.13;11. McClenning, 1:13.59; 16. Arnold, 1:16.77; 20. Colin Ard, MV, 1:22.97; 22. Marcus Cummings, YC, 1:27.25 800 meters 6. Colton Burkholder, YC, 2:51.17; 7. Stowell, 2:51.84; 10. Tucker Sutton, MV, 2:54.53; 11. James Hunt, 2:55.46; 12. Thomas Allee, MV, 2;57.64; 13. Keegan Hill, 2:58.15; 17. Ard, 3:11.50; 18.

Isaac Stoll, YC, 3:13.48; 21.

Cummings, 3:18.98 1600 meters 4. Hunt, 6:16.89; 6. Burkholder, 6:21.98; 10. Ard, 6:55.30; 11. Kaden McVey, MV, 7:02.25; 14. Stoll, 7:11.30 3200 meters 1. Sutton, 13:02.15; 2.

Allee, 13:12.85; 4. Stowell, 13:16.22; 5. Hill, 13:24.07; 8.

Amos Rutoh, 14:17.30 100-meter hurdles 1. Pratt, 17.86; 8. Dagan Barney, 21.12; 13. Brady Burton, MV, 23.43; 14. Hill, 25.54 4x100 relay 8. Marmaton Valley (Burton, Hunter Doolittle, Barney, McClenning), 1:12.39 4x200 relay 4. Iola (Nicolas, Rutoh, Cadin Peres, Peters), 2:16.23; 6.

Marmaton Valley (Newman, McClenning, McVey, Burton), 2:27.13 Medley relay 6. Iola (Hunt, Peres, Stow-

ell, HIll), 2:16.82; 8. Marmaton Valley (Ard, McVey, Sutton, Allee), 2:28.24 High jump 1. Pratt, 5’2”; 3. Herrmann, 4’4”; 5. Lawson, 4’4” Long jump 3. Scharff, 13’11”; 8. Lawson, 12’8”; 19. Hunt, 11’4.5”; 20 Newman, 11’3.5”; 23. Rutoh, 9’10”; 26. Cummings, 9’4.5” Shot put 4. Nicolas, 29’9”; 5. Peters, 28’6”; 7. Wyatt Burnett, MV, 26’10”; 8. Mason Ferguson, MV, 26’1.5”; 19. Doolittle, 20’1”; 20. Jones, 19’8”; 26.

Coltan Crumrine, YC, 14’9” Discus 3. Peters, 77’5”; 11. Michael Schields, YC, 65’2”; 13.

Nicolas, 63’8.5”; 16. Burnett, 58’11; Ferguson, 58’9.5”; 20.

Barney, 53’5”; 27. Crumrine, 29’9.5” Eighth grade boys Team standings 1. Iola, 101; 8. Marmaton Valley, 20; 11. Yates Center, 6 100 meters 4. Tyler Lord, MV, 13.04; 18. Maddox Riley, 14.45; 21.

Trapper Boren, 14.84; 23.

Gannon Hutton, 15.66; 25.

Eli Hess, YC, 17.72 200 meters 3. Lord, 26.36; 5. Henry White, 26.94; 10. Nick Bauer, 27.94; 17. Clayton Culver, YC, 29.19; 18. Maddox Riley, 29.63; 20. Garrett Morrison, MV, 30.59 400 meters 1. Noah Schowengerdt, 57.62; Todd Stevenson, MV,

Iola Middle School’s Mason Lampe runs down the stretch in the 400-meter dash Tuesday in Iola.

Lampe and his Mustang teammates were at the Jayhawk-Linn Invitational Thursday.

1:07.44; 10. Mason Lampe, 1:07.45; 13. Brody Thompson, 1:09.82; 17. Morrison, 1:13.29 800 meters 1. Schowengerdt, 2:20.65; 2. Jakolby Hill, 2:24.12; 6.

Jayden Beene, 2:34.32 1600 meters 1. Hill, 5:17.49; 2. Bauer, 5:36.38; 5. Beene, 5:51.29; 6.

Jarrad Jamison, MV, 5:54.53 3200 meters 2. Jamison, 13:06.15; 3.

Culver, 13:09.81; 4. Ricky Rowe, 14:33.18 100-meter hurdles 2. Riley, 16.77; 4. Tre Wilson, 17.56; 7. Boren, 19.56 4x100 relay 2. Iola (Schowengerdt, White, Bauer, Wilson), 51.11 4x200 relay 6. Iola (Beene, Brody Thompson, Mathew Drago, Gannon Hutton), 2:02.99 Medley relay 1. Iola (White, Bauer, Hill, Schowengerdt), 1:51.46; 6. Marmaton Valley (Lord, Morrison, Stevenson, Jamison), 2:05.29 High jump 4. Wilson, 5’2”; 10. Stevenson, 4’10”; 15. Beene, 4’4” Long jump 5. White, 14’11”; 7 (tie).

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ued their fun with a five-run first inning and 12-run second in the 18-0 romp.

Setter and White each had a single and double to pace the offense. Setter drove in a pair of RBIs. White drove in one. Church and Tucker Yocham also had singles.

Lancer batters earned 13 walks to help aid their cause.

Meanwhile, Yocham allowed one hit over three innings of pitching work. He struck out two.

Statistics from Marmaton Valley were unavailable.

Crest hosts Northeast on Monday; Marmaton Valley returns to action Monday at home vs. Chetopa.

for the victors. Tayven Sutton added a triple. Payton Scharff doubled, and Brooklyn Adams had a single.

Kendall Scharff handled the pitching duties, allowing three hits and 10 walks, while striking out four.

Andie Burnett had a double for the Lady Lancers, while Lili Blaufuss and Vivian Noah added singles.

Crest again took the upper hand in the nightcap, leading 5-0 after 2½ innings, but Marmaton Valley closed the gap to 5-2 in the bottom of the third, and then took the lead for good with an eight-run

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fifth. Payton Scharff had a single and triple to lead the way, while Adams had a single and double. Ard, Kendall Scharfff and Khiana Haynes all singled twice. Sutton and Bailey Larue both had singles.

Sutton also handled the pitching duties for Marmaton Valley. She struck out 16, allowing three hits and walking 10.

Crest hosts Northeast on Monday; Marmaton Valley returns to action Monday at home vs. Chetopa.

Kayla Hermreck had a double for Crest. Noah and Kaylee Allen singled.

Crest hosts Northeast on Monday; Marmaton Valley is at home vs. Chetopa.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, increasing the number of survivors who’ve reached settlement agreements to nearly 290.

The payouts by the university have now reached just under $60 million to former athletes and other men who alleged Strauss carried out the abuse at campus athletic facilities, a student health center, his home and an off-campus clinic.

The latest settlement announced Friday ends lawsuits brought by 57 survivors whose cases had been dismissed by a federal judge who last year ruled that the legal window for such claims had passed.

Dozens of men whose cases were dismissed have appealed that decision and have yet to reach settlements.

The hundreds of survivors who have sued the university said it failed to stop Strauss despite students raising concerns during his 20 years at Ohio State as far back as the late 1970s. No one has publicly defended Strauss, who died in 2005.

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Late rally spoils Allen’s plans for sweep A funny thing happened on the way to the win column Thursday.

Allen Community College’s Red Devils had already claimed a 10-6 victory over visiting Coffeyville, and were well on the way to a doubleheader sweep.

But a nine-run Red Raven rally in the top of the eighth erased a 4-1 ACC lead.

Allen mounted a comeback attempt of its own in the bottom of the ninth, when Nathan Bach blasted a threerun home run to cut the deficit to 10-7.

But Allen drew no closer, falling to 19-15 on the season and 8-10 in Jayhawk Conference play.

The teams are in Coffeyville Saturday for two more games to wrap up the four-game series.

The setback spoiled solid pitching from ACC starter Logan MacNeil and Caleb Patterson.

MacNeil struck out five over four innings, while allowing just three hits and a fourth-inning run.

Meanwhile, Allen’s Levi Bennett’s RBI double gave Allen a quick 1-0 lead in the first.

Allen Community College’s Lucas Banta stops en route to second base in the Red Devils’ 10-6 victory over Coffeyville Thursday. Banta was able to make it safely back to first on the play. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN Christian Altamirano made it 2-0 with a twoout single in the second.

Then Josh Prinner and Bennett singled to kick-start a two-run rally to make it 3-0 in the third. Tanner Strickland’s bunt single made it 4-0.

But Allen stranded two baserunners in the sixth, and had a runner gunned down at third to end the seventh, opening the door for Coffeyville to take control in the eighth.

Jack Neil and Luke Carter also pitched in

relief for the Red Devils.

Neil gave up five hits, while Carter surrendered two.

Bennett and Strickland each went 3-for-4 with a double to key the offense. Bach’s home run capped a 2-for5 performance with

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Stogsdill, 51’9” Boys 100 meters 1. Brett Willis, 11.67; NA. Kobe Lord, 12.46; NA. Gage Skahan, 12.75; 200 meters 1. Willis, 23.50; 12. Kobe Lord, 25.20; 37. Griffin Westervelt, 27.67; 400 meters 9. Willis, 57.00; 15. Drake Mathew, 59.45; 24. Japheth Rutoh, 1:01.38; 28. Griffin Westervelt, 1:03.15 800 meters

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Raiden Kern, 21’1” Discus 19. Morrison, 104’8”; 21. McGee, 97’8”; 26.

Greathouse, 90’6”; 43.

Kern, 59’6:; 45. Anderson, 57’1; 46. Keaton DePaola, 54’6: Glaze, 53’10” Javelin 14. Morrison, 114’6”; 19. Sage Shaughnessy, 97’5”

four RBIs. Altamirano singled twice. Fraai Roangeraud, Prinner, Ayden Blachowicz and Lucas Banta added singles.

A PAIR of five-run rallies — the second starting with nobody on and two out in the sixth — did the trick for Allen in the opener.

Prinner’s one-out triple got things started for the Red Devils in the first inning. Bennett followed with an RBI single, Bach smacked a single to put runners on the corners and Bennett made it 2-1 on a wild pitch. Sean Gomez Jr. poked a single through the right side to make it

3-1, and two more runs came home on Banta’s pop fly that Coffeyville’s first baseman misplayed for an error.

But Kyle Carver was thrown out at the plate trying to score on the same play, which loomed large after the Ravens slowly chipped away at the lead, and then took a 6-5 lead in the top of the sixth.

But a leadoff error off Banta’s hard grounder to third preceded an RBI single from Roangeraud to knot the score at 6-6 in the bottom of the sixth.

Roangeraud was picked off first base for the second out.

Undaunted, Allen kept things going when Bennett walked, moved to second on Bach’s single and scored on Blachowicz’s single up the middle to push the Red Devils ahead, 7-6.. Gomez followed with an infield single to load the bases and Beau Brown worked a walk for another run. Brady Wiggin’s single plated another and Gomez scampered home on a wild pitch to make it 10-6.

Jacob Shope, pitching in relief of Sawyer Rolland, picked the win.

He scattered three hits over three innings, allowing no earned runs, and striking out five.

Rolland pitched four innings, allowing four hits with two strikeouts.

Prinner went 2-for-3 with a triple. Bach and Gomez each singled twice. Roangeraud, Bennett, Blachowicz and Wiggin all had singles as well.

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Red Devils pick up road sweep at Indy INDEPENDENCE — Some clutch pitching from Madelynn Collins and timely hitting made for a pair of victories for Allen Community College’s softball team.

The Red Devils snapped a five-game losing streak with 5-0 and 9-8 victories over host Independence.

The Game 2 victory came in a wild, backand-forth affair that wasn’t settled until Mikayla Long doubled and scored on an error in the top of the eighth inning.

The rally gave Collins her second win of the day, after she came on in relief with runners on first and second with nobody out and ACC ahead, 8-7.

An error allowed the Pirates to knot the score, but Allen threw out an Independence runner at third for the first out.

Collins then walked the next batter, but slammed the door with a strikeout and fly ball to center.

Independence took the upper hand in the second with a grand

Allen Community College’s Madelynn Collins pitches in a game earlier this season. On Thursday, Collins pitched a complete game shutout, and then came on in relief to earn the win as the Red Devils rallied late to complete a sweep over Independence. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN slam home run before Allen rallied with two outs in the third to make things close.

Long and Lizzy Hipp singled, and Alayna Brown walked to load the bases. Chloe Rogers

and Bella Gravatt each followed with an RBI single to pare the lead to 5-3, and Morgan Baska

was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to pull ACC to within 5-4.

Brown singled in the fifth, and Rogers hit an RBI double to knot the score, but Indy retook the lead with a two-out solo blast in the fifth.

But Long’s single brought home Haley Gedrose, and Hipp drove a two-run home run over the right field fence to push Allen on top, 8-6.

The Pirates returned the favor with a single, error and sac fly in the sixth to pull closer, setting up the dramatic finish.

Long went 3-for-4 with a double to lead the way.

Hipp went 2-for-5 with a home run. Rogers singled and doubled. Brown and Baska both singled twice. Gedrose added a single.

Rogers got the start, giving up eight hits over six innings, with three strikeouts.

COLLINS shut down the Pirate offense in the opener, scattering five hits and striking out six.

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Meanwhile, Hailee Lundine’s RBI double put ACC on top, 1-0. She then scored on an Independence fielding error to make it 2-0.

Collins answered every Pirate charge from there. She left the bases loaded in both the third and sixth innings, and twice left two runners on base.

A pair of Pirate errors and a walk to Aubrey Willis loaded the bases with nobody out for Allen in the top of the seventh.

Stamper’s sacrifice fly made it 3-0. Gravatt scored on an error, and Lundine smacked an RBI single to make it 5-0.

Able to work with a little more breathing room, Collins retired Indy in order in the seventh to end the game.

Lundine went 3-for-4 with a double to spark the offense. Long had a pair of singles. Raven Warren also singled.

Allen returns to action Thursday at home against Highland.

Warriors hope to have healthy Curry back for playoffs SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson planned to turn on the highlight reel and revel in some of Golden State’s past playoff runs while preparing for this next one, which has been a long time coming for him.

He’s healthy again at last, ready for the

postseason stage and to stand behind that “championship or bust” declaration he made months ago.

Thompson cherishes the five straight NBA Finals he experienced.

Now, on Saturday night, the Warriors hope to have their four veter-

ans from those deep playoff runs back together again at last: Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala and Thompson.

“It’s very special, it’s very rare in pro sports,” Thompson said. “We’ll definitely lean on it, I’ll definitely watch old foot-

age of the best games.

I’m just so excited ... to be a participant in playoff basketball again.

I’m not going to take it for granted, I’m going to play my hardest, I’m going to lead. We’ll definitely have to rely on each other’s chemistry, which will be fine. We’ve

Golf: Iola squad shows improvement Continued from B1

Iola High’s Chris Holloway hits a shot Tuesday at a tournament in Pittsburg. COURTESY PHOTO

pace with where it should be at this part of the season and I expect to see him continue to improve every week.

“Mentally, this week was better for him as he accepted the conditions and that the course was not going to give many birdie chances. This is the toughest course we will play all season. The fairways were tight and the greens were punishing with tough pin locations.”

The elements also were a factor, Coach Sellman noted. The day started with calm conditions, but quickly turned windy and cool as the day progressed.

“Xander battled all day and pushed through a couple of mistakes that cost him several strokes,” Coach Sell-

man said. “His approach game was really good this week. It is nice to see that practice is paying off. He struggled on the green this week having several opportunities slip by him costing him a better finish in the tournament.

“Titus Jones put his head down and ground out a good finish,” Sellman continued. “For his first season golfing, he is doing remarkably well considering his limited experience in the game.

He is the hardest worker on the team and it shows in his ability on the course. I’m proud of him and proud of the whole team.

“This week will be a lot of putting drills for the boys,” Sellman continued. “Like they say, drive for show, putt for dough.”

been playing together for so long it’s like clockwork.”

Curry is expected to play Saturday, a month to the day after he injured his left foot on March 16 at home against Boston and missed the final 12 regular-season games.

The Nuggets are counting on seeing No. 30, and they know what that means for Golden State’s transition game

and pressure from the perimeter.

“They’re a great running team. They averaged 18 fast-break points a game against us. We know that 3-point shooting is prolific,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “... We know we’re going to see a healthy Klay, a healthy Steph and a healthy Draymond.

And that’s a team that’s won multiple world championships.”

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Humboldt SB earns split with Burlington; Cubs sweep BURLINGTON — Humboldt High and Burlington High traded late, winning rallies Thursday.

The host Wildcats scored three in the bottom of the sixth to rally for a 6-5 win in their opener, before Humboldt’s Lady Cubs returned the favor by scoring two in the top of the fifth to break a 4-4 tie in a 6-5 win.

The split puts Humboldt at 10-2 on the season.

Humboldt had control early in the opener after Kirstyn Murrow doubled and Karley Wools lined a single to put runners on the corners.

Brooklyn Ellis smacked a sacrifice fly and Emily Ross reached on an error to push

the Lady Cubs ahead, 2-0.

Wools then drove in Morgan Sterling with a single to make it 3-0 in the second.

But Burlington tied the score at 3-3 in the third.

Sterling singled, stole second and advanced to third on a passed ball in the fourth.

Wools hit a sac fly to push the Lady Cubs back on top, 4-3.

Carsyn Haviland walked and scored on Laken Hunter’s two-out triple in the top of the fifth to extend Humboldt’s lead.

But a double, triple and sacrifice fly allowed Burlington to tie the score in the sixth.

Two more singles and an error then pushed the Wildcats into the lead.

Ross singled with one out in the seventh, but Humboldt’s bats fell silent from there.

Murrow went 2-for-3 with a double, while Ross singled twice. Hunter had a triple, and Wools and Sterling both had singles.

Ellis and Shelby Shaughnessy shared pitching duties.

Ellis surrendered five hits over three innings with a strikeout. Shaughnesy gave up four hits over three innings with a strikeout.

HUMBOLDT left the nightcap in a better mood after Ellis singled, stole second and third and scored on an error to break a 4-4 deadlock in the fifth. A second error brought

RACING

Shaughnessy home for an all-important insurance run.

Back-to-back Lady Cub errors threatened to spoil the fun in the bottom of the inning when Burlington closed the gap to 6-5.

But Ellis ended the threat with back-to-back strikeouts.

Shaughnessy came on in relief and worked around a hit batter in the sixth and a seventh-inning walk to seal the win.

Ellis struck out five and gave up 10 hits to earn the win. Shaughnessy struck out one over her two hitless innings of work.

Murrow singled and Wools walked to set up a first inning rally. By the time the dust set-

tled, Humboldt batters had worked Burlington’s pitchers for three runs, three walks and two hits.

Burlington rallied for a 4-3 lead in the third.

But Sterling sparked a twoout rally with a single and stolen base. Murrow’s single brought her home to tie the score.

Sterling went 2-for-3 with a double. Murrow singled twice.

Ellis, Ross and Haviland added singles.

IN BASEBALL action, Humboldt improved to 12-0 with 5-4 and 13-4 wins over the Wildcats. No additional information was available by press time.

Xfinity Victory Lane: Brandon Jones, driver of the #19 Menards/Lyons Toyota, and crew take a selfie after winning Friday’s Call 811 Before You Dig 250 at Martinsville.

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he first night race for the Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway was a cakewalk for Hendrick Motorsports — until a late caution sent the race to overtime, that is.

But William Byron survived a final restart and a mistake on the white-flag lap to win Saturday night’s BlueEmu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at the 0.526-mile short track.

Byron led 212 of the 403 laps. Teammate and pole winner Chase Elliott led the first 185 circuits, as Hendrick Motorsports surpassed 10,000 laps led at Martinsville, becoming the first Cup organization to hit that prodigious number at a single track.

At the end of the two-lap overtime, Byron crossed the finish line 0.303 seconds ahead of runner-up Joey Logano, who couldn’t get close enough to Byron’s No. 24 Chevrolet in the final corner to make a move for the win.

Byron, who also won Thursday night’s Camping World Truck Series race, is the first driver to win two events this season. Saturday night’s Cup victory was his first at Martinsville and the fourth of his career.

With his parents on his pit box for the entire race, Byron dedicated the win to his mother.

“When that last caution came out (for Todd Gilliland’s brush with the Turn 4 wall on Lap 393), I thought everyone behind us would pit,” Byron said. “Luckily, we stayed out — we were aggressive. We felt like we could refire on the tires and be OK. “You’ve got one of the most aggressive guys behind you with Logano. I chattered the tires in (Turns) 3 and 4 (on the white-flag lap) and left the bottom open, but I was able to kind of block my exit to get a good drive off (the corner).

“This one’s for my mom. This same weekend last year, she had kind of a mini-stroke and was diagnosed with brain cancer. It means a lot to have her here, and it’s been a crazy year, but she’s doing great, and thanks, everybody, for the support. I kind of felt like she was riding in there with me. It’s cool to have her here, and I’m definitely going to enjoy this one.”

Logano had mixed emotions after the race. The strong second-place run was gratifying, but it was second place, not first, and it extended his winless streak to 37 races.

“That final restart—there had a front row,” Logano said.

“That’s what you can ask for. Got cleared to second, and Willy kind of messed up off of (Turn) 4 and let me get to him, and he did a really good job of brake-checking… He did what he was supposed to do, and kind of got me all stuffed up behind him, and I couldn’t accelerate off the corner and be as close as I needed to be down into 3 to execute the ol’ bump-and-run.

“Couldn’t get quite to him, but his corner entry was really strong, too, which I think allowed him to get in there pretty strong. Overall, the Shell-Pennzoil Mustang had a solid run. Just hate being that close to winning and not making it happen. But big points today, and it just stings. Second just sucks sometimes, that’s all.”

Austin Dillon ran a strong third behind Logano, with Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain claiming the fourth and fifth positions, respectively.

Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Aric Almirola, Chase Briscoe and Elliott completed the top 10. Elliott leads the series standings

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by three points over second-place Blaney. Byron is third, 12 points back.

Elliott won the first two stages, but Byron won the race off pit road under caution at the second stage break and remained out front for 118 laps until he came to pit road during a cycle of green-flag stops midway through the final stage.

Blaney held the top spot for five laps before making his final stop, and Byron regained the lead when Blaney came to pit road on Lap 308.

After completion of the green-flag cycle, NASCAR called the third caution of the race when Denny Hamlin’s ill-handling car stopped on pit road. Byron retained control of the race after the subsequent Lap 325 restart, with Austin Dillon moving past Joey Logano into the second position.

That was the last yellow flag until the final caution on Lap 393. The four cautions total—with two for stage breaks—were the fewest in a Cup race at Martinsville since 1997. Then again, Saturday night’s race was shortened from 500 to 400 laps.

Nominees for Hall of Fame Class of 2023 NASCAR last week announced the 15 nominees for its Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023, a group that will comprise the first Hall of Fame ballot in two years following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Modern Era Ballot Neil Bonnett, Tim Brewer, Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards, Harry Gant, Harry Hyde, Matt Kenseth, Larry Phillips, Ricky Rudd and Kirk Shelmerdine.

Pioneer Ballot Sam Ard, AJ Foyt, Banjo Matthews, Hershel McGriff and Ralph Moody.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel will vote for the Class of 2023 May 4. The 63rd vote is via NASCAR.com Fan Vote. The ballot is at www.nascar.com/halloffame and is open until April 29.

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• Bristol hosts races in several NASCAR touring series, highlighted by two major NASCAR Cup Series weekends. The biggest names in NASCAR, including Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, Rusty Wallace, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Bobby Allison have earned victories at the legendary track.

• Food City is celebrating its milestone 30th anniversary of sponsoring the spring Cup race at BMS and is NASCAR’s second longest running race entitlement sponsor in the sport. Food City has been involved in the event since 1987 through their hosting of one of the most popular fan events on the NASCAR circuit, Food City Family Race Night.

NEXT GEN ON DIRT

The Next Gen car has been praised by many drivers during the season’s first eight races, all of which have taken place on superspeedways or longer short tracks.

Next for Next Gen is Sunday’s Food City Dirt Race at the dirt-transformed Bristol Motor Speedway. The surface alone is an enigma to competitors who have risen through the NASCAR racing ranks solely on asphalt.

Throw a new car into the mix, and the majority of drivers have no idea what to expect when they turn on the lights at The Last Great Colosseum on Easter Sunday night.

“I don’t know,” last year’s winner Joey Logano said.

“I’ve never seen a dirt car with independent rear suspension before. So that will be different. The track is a little different, right? You’ve got a little progressive banking up top, so that may change it up a little bit.

“We’re racing at night, so that should help the dust factor a little bit. We’ll just kind of wait and see. Over time, we’ll kind of be able to put all that together.

Beats me. I’ll figure it out.”

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• The iconic half-mile bullring in Northeast Tennessee will be transformed into a state-of-the-art dirt racing facility for the Food City race.

• Known as The Last Great Colosseum, Bristol Motor Speedway’s stadium-like structure serves as a versatile multi-use venue that hosts major auto races, football games, concerts and many other captivating events.

• The very first NASCAR race at BMS, held on July 30, 1961, was won by Jack Smith with relief help from Johnny Allen.

• While enjoying racing at the iconic oval, fans are offered a unique viewing experience courtesy of Colossus TV, the world’s largest outdoor center-hung four-sided video screen.

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