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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Tax bill emerges

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators on Monday saw their most aggressive proposal yet for increasing income taxes to fix Kansas’ budget and provide extra money for public schools, even advancing other proposals that would less-

en their need to roll back past tax cuts championed by GOP Gov. Sam Brownback.

The new proposal would reinstate the income tax laws that were in place in Kansas in 2012 before Brownback persuaded lawmakers to slash rates and grant an exemption to more than 330,000 farmers and business ownSee TAX BILL | Page A4

Instructor Shannon Harrison led 17 students through the inaugural construction trades course this year at the Regional Rural Tech Center in LaHarpe. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Tech school makes the grade

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

LAHARPE — Shannon Harrison wasn’t sure what to expect when he greeted roughly 20 high-schoolers last fall who barely knew how to read a tape measurer.

Nevertheless, the inaugural construction trades class has “significantly exceeded anything I thought we could do,” he said, referring to Al-

len County’s new Regional Rural Tech Center.

Harrison spoke Monday amid the sound of students nailing shingles to four cabins the classes constructed during the school year.

The cabins — built in much the same manner a home would be — will be sold via sealed bid by Fort Scott Community College, which offered the construction trades course.

The tech center, featuring students from Iola, Marmaton Valley and Crest high schools, offers college-level instruction to high-schoolers considering going into such careers as construction. Advanced welding classes will be added in the fall.

Graduating students will receive certification stating See TECH ED | Page A3

Trump defends sharing intelligence WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump today claimed the authority to share “facts pertaining to terrorism” and airline safety with Russia, saying via Twitter he has “an absolute right” as president to do so.

Trump’s tweets did not say whether he revealed classified information about

the Islamic State group, as published reports have said and as a U.S. official told The Associated Donald Trump Press today.

The White House has pushed back

against those reports, but has not denied that classified information was disclosed in the May 10 meeting between Trump and Russian diplomats. The Kremlin dismissed the reports as “complete nonsense.”

The news reverberated See TRUMP | Page B2

Page, left, and Kim King graduated Sunday from the Humboldt Virtual Education Program in a ceremony at Humboldt High School. REGISTER/SHELLIE SMITLEY

Sisters triumph, share the moment

By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Eighty-two students with the Humboldt Virtual Education Program transitioned from high school students to graduates in a ceremony Sunday at Humboldt High School.

Among the graduates were sisters Kim King, 18, and Page King, 16.

Kim and Page both attended Chanute High School; Kim up through her junior year and Page through her freshman year.

Neither sister said she was happy in the traditional school setting.

Kim, lacking only an English and a history class, which she was able to complete in a See SISTERS | Page A3

Calvary UMC 125th celebration set for Sunday

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Field Day fun Lincoln Elementary School fourth-grader Ethan Riebel competes in the cup stack relay at Monday’s Field Day, open to all USD 257 K-5 students. Additional photos are on A3. REGISTER/SHELLIE SMITLEY

Larry Robertson, dean of area brick masons, spent nearly an hour Monday carefully dislodging a cornerstone of Calvary United Methodist, at the corner of Jackson and Walnut. The block held a time capsule placed in 1962 in what was then First Evangelical United Brethren Church.

The name change occurred in 1968 when the congregation merged with the Methodist Church. This Sunday, members will recognize the church’s 125th anniversary as well as its 55th anniversary of the 1962 expansion and remodeling.

With chisel and hammer, Robertson opened the copper time capsule just enough so its contents could be removed as part of Sunday ceremonies. Services will start at 9:15 a.m., followed by a meal and program in fellowship hall.

Calvary members began meeting in 2016 with those at See CHURCH | Page A3

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Larry Robertson, left, is assisted by Paul Upshaw Monday as he attempts to open a time capsule at Iola’s Calvary United Methodist Church. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON

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Iola students excel at Kansas State Univ.

Obituary Elizabeth Pulley

By BEN YARNELL

Elizabeth Gale Pulley, 58, wife of former Iolan Tony Pulley, died Monday, May 8, 2017, in Kansas City, Kan. Cremation has occurred. Funeral services were Friday at Highland Park Funeral Home, Kansas City, Kan.

4-H club members shoot for the moon Prairie Rose 4-H Club held its May meeting Sunday at the Moran Methodist Church.

Ty LaRue and Sophia Heim led the members in the flag salute and 4-H pledge.

Roll call, “How Many Miles to the Moon,” was answered by 16 members, one Cloverbud and one leader.

“Happy Birthday” was led by Sophie and Ty for all who celebrated their birthdays in May. Minutes of the prior meeting were approved and officer reports given.

Leader Brenda Armstrong reported the club had been asked to assist with cleanup work Savonburg as a community service project. This will be done May 20.

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The Friends of 4-H Picnic is July 25. The Style Revue will be that day, as will photo and FACS judging.

The Favorite Food Show is June 10 in Moran. July 14 is entry day for the Allen County Fair, earlier than in years past.

Ty and Sophia led in singing “Grand Old Flag” to open the program. Austin Gardner gave a talk on variations of chocolate chip cookies, by substituting one ingredient. Ty Scharff talked about the stress of chickens.

Jenny Armstrong gave a talk about fun facts about Mother’s Day. The June 11 meeting will be at the Moran Senior Center for Junior Officers Night. The Hermann family will serve as hosts.

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Seeing students graduate at the end of the year is always a bittersweet moment. However, seeing them move on to achieve greater things is always worth the heartache. Three Iola graduates attending Kansas State University have done just that.

Jason Tidd, senior in journalism and mass communications, has had the opportunity to expand his experience in journalism wo rk ing at T h e Collegian, the KS t a t e Jason Tidd newspaper. Tidd started writing for The Collegian as a freshman, and since then has worked his way up to editor in chief. This year, he won the Bill Brown award for staff manage-

ment, after winning it last year for reporting.

Along with the Collegian, Tidd said the most impactful experience he’s had at KSU was being in the marching band. Out of the four years he played baritone for the K-State band, he was also able to provide leadership as a section leader.

This summer, Tidd will be interning in Washington, D.C. with the Institute on Political Journalism.

Clara Wicoff, freshman in agricultural economics, has also enjoyed a multitude of opportunities in her first year in college. This year Wicoff has balanced membership in Quest Freshman Honorary, the College of Agriculture Ambassadors, Ag Econ and Agribusiness Club, and her sorority Kappa Alpha Theta; all while also working as an intern for KSU Frontier Program where she conducts archival research

on the history of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.

Wicoff was glad for the opportunity to take classes for college credit through Allen County Community College while in high school at Iola. Wicoff said, “I was able to complete many of my general education requirements ahead of time, which allowed me to focus on Clara Wicoff taking classes within my major during my first year at K-State.”

Jordan Strickler, senior in medical biochemistry and microbiology–pre-medicine, is currently working on a research project in the KState insectary. He assists in maintaining a population of anopheles gambiae, a type of mosquito, for malaria research. In the past, he was also involved with a research

project where X - r ay crystallogr ap hy w a s used to de t e r- Jordan Strickler mine the structure of proteins at a molecular level.

Strickler has also been involved with the K-State improvisation team, On the Spot, throughout his college career. They perform at K-State every week for an audience ranging from 50 to 175 people.

“There are skills in improv that are applicable to life, and it’s almost like a new outlook on thinking of things,” Strickler said, “The No. 1 rule of improv is ‘yes, and’ and if you’re constantly saying no to things, you’ll be sitting around watching TV all your life.”

Ben Yarnell is a KSU student majoring in journalism.

Kansas prison planners face skeptics TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Even as Kansas corrections officials move ahead with plans to build a new prison to replace the state’s oldest and largest lockup, their project faces bipartisan skepticism from legislators worried that their oversight is being skirted.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration expects by the end of the week to have a list of qualified companies interested in building the new prison in Lansing. The project would cost up to $155 million; the cashstrapped state could finance it with bonds or lease the new prison from its builder for up to 40 years before buying it.

The Department of Corrections hopes to have a final contract by

October. Ahead of the project, it is moving a work program for inmates from the existing prison in Lansing to a newer prison outside El Dorado, transferring several dozen inmates.

Legislators must approve demolition of existing buildings and authorize any bonds.

Brownback’s administration can sign a leasepurchase agreement with a private company on its own, but lawmakers have considered requiring additional review of the project by legislative leaders.

“They may be moving forward, but we can certainly put on the brakes,” said Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairwoman Carolyn McGinn, a Sedgwick Republican. “We just want to be part of the process

and make sure we’re all heading in the right direction.”

Parts of the Lansing prison date to the 1860s, and legislators agree that the aging facility is not as efficient — or safe — as a modern prison.

The Corrections Department estimates it could run a new prison with 43 percent fewer workers, generating savings to pay for the new facility over time.

The state would mothball the prison’s most historic parts and tear down the rest. The new facility would have more than 2,400 beds and be slightly larger.

Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood said this past week that 20 firms initially expressed an interest, though the department is limiting bidding to firms that previously

built at least three prisons. Brownback said his administration will provide whatever briefings lawmakers need to feel comfortable.

“I think they have oversight, and I think this is an excellent project,” he said.

The governor said Norwood suggested replacing the Lansing prison, and Brownback told him, “It can't cost us any more money.”

“But he’s come up with a way to do it,” Brownback said.

Some Democrats worry that a lease-purchase deal would be a step toward privatizing the prison system — an idea the department rejects. Other lawmakers believe Brownback’s administration is rushing the project and not considering all potential alternatives.

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Sisters: Graduate Continued from A1

month’s time, kept her graduation date on target, while Page was able to graduate two years earlier than her graduating class.

“I worked every single day on it,” Page said, adding that she dedicated an average of eight hours a day, Monday through Friday, to her coursework as well as weekends.

Kim’s decision to enroll was based on her desire to work as a fulltime CNA at a nursing home. As not one of the “popular-morewealthy students,” Kim said she felt anonymous at CHS. “I told my mom I am done. I do not even want to go through with my senior year,” she said.

Enrolling in the virtual program allowed her to take only the credits she needed to graduate without filling up her time.

“I got my full 40 hours a week at work and was also able to do school,” she said. Since she finished her coursework in September, she has opened a licensed daycare facility in her home and is pursuing a nursing degree online.

Crude comments and bullying prompted Page to drop out of the traditional public school system. It was a family decision to allow Page to enroll in the virtual program. Their mother, Becky, supported the decision after addressing the bullying problems numerous times, Page said. Kim never faced those types of issues at school and did not want her sister to have to go through it alone.

Page is a little nervous about graduating so young, but intends to apply to college this summer. She is hoping to get a CNA certificate.

She said it was easier for her to get through the virtual program because she got the one-on-one assistance that she felt she was not able to get through the traditional method.

Tutoring in science and mathematics classes, subjects she struggled with, was readily available, she said.

“It was one of the best choices we made to do our education online,” Kim said.

Both young women walked the stage in honor of their mother for Mother’s Day.

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FIELD DAY FUN Iola elementary students in kindergarten through fifth grades had a field day Monday at Riverside Park. At top, fourth-graders maneuver the parachute. At left, fourth-grader Logan Yocham competes in the obstacle relay course. At right, Mason and Gage Skahan enjoy a day in the sun. REGISTER/

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Tech ed: Construction trades students cap ‘successful’ year Continued from A1

for next year’s project, buildings suited for recreational use at parks and playgrounds.

“It’s leaps and bounds above what we’re doing now,” he promised.

Preliminary counts indicate the construction class will have more than 20 students once again, with Uniontown High School students being added to the mix.

they are immediately employable for basic construction, but more than that, the students “have learned skills that they’ll keep for life,” Harrison said.

It’s a far cry from the first days of class, when Harrison realized a vast majority of the students lacked basic building skills.

“I was surprised at that,” Harrison said. “I figured being in a rural area, we’d have some students exposed to construction before this.”

Construction trades students, from left, Tyler Streeter, Austin Rehmert and Hannah Herfurd install shingles onto a cabin Monday at the Regional Rural Tech Center in LaHarpe. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

THE COURSE included extensive classroom preparation before students were allowed to pick up their first hammer.

“The first thing we focused on was safety,” Harrison said.

From there, the students learned basic carpentry skills, followed by more advanced course work on such things as roof construction.

By the time the projects started — several

months into the class — students had gone through two full textbooks of material.

But then the projects started in rapid fire succession.

The cabins, 17 foot long, by 11 foot wide, with small porches and ventilation fans, are built solidly, Harrison noted.

“They’re fireproof, treated for termites, mold, rot,” he said, all of which should add to the small structures’ life

spans. “You could add a window if you wanted.”

Each cabin also was designed to be outfitted with plumbing or electrical service if needed.

There’s one difference between the cabins and a home, Harrison said, in that walls and roofs were assembled with screws, not nails, to make it less susceptible to being damaged if it’s jostled around while being transported.

Harrison already has received blueprints

THE TECH center is a collaborative effort between area high schools and community colleges.

The colleges receive state funding to pay for the instructors, while the school districts are responsible for transporting students to the tech center at the old Diebolt Lumber site east of LaHarpe, and for “consumable” materials.

Harrison praised the teams that turned the tech center from a dream into reality.

“The schools and colleges have really allowed us to do what we need to to get these students ready for the

workforce,” Harrison said.

A Goppert Foundation grant purchased a series of welders and other equipment for when the welding classes start in the fall.

Other classes, such as nursing, also are being considered.

THE EFFORT continues to draw acclaim from across the educational and professional spectrum, Harrison noted.

“Everybody wants to see this succeed, and it has,” he said.

Ray Maloney, who purchased much of the old Diebolt property, then allowed it to be used for the tech center classes, already has agreed to hire at least two of the outgoing students.

Maloney also continues to press for the tech center to begin building miniature houses, offering to buy the first ones if they are manufactured there.

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“I’ve said what I can to support him,” Harrison said. “It’s still something they’re strongly considering.”

LIKEWISE, the program has drawn rave reviews from the students.

Iola High School junior Christian Jackson said the program has aided his dream of joining the Army, where he hopes to focus on construction trades.

“I’d gone through carpentry classes, and I figured I’d try it,” he said. Jackson plans to enroll again at the tech center in the fall to continue his construction education.

“It’s been about what I expected,” he said. “I just like being constructive, building things.”

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Wesley United Methodist Church, 301 E. Madison Ave., following the 2015 merger with the Trinity and Wesley Methodist congregations in Iola.

CALVARY’S history may be traced to the early days of Iola. In 1855, three classes made up the Iola circuit. In 1892, Rock Creek School and some of the Salem class organized the United Brethren Church, 20 members strong.

Some of the present building was constructed from pine timbers that once were part of the Santa Fe depot, which congregants bought for $50.

In 1946, two denominations, the United Brethren and Evangelical merged to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

Major improvements in 1961-62 were among many the church underwent.

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Student debt: A trillion dollar industry Join the pondweed powwow in June

By JOY MILLER Southwind Extension

Going to college means going into debt for a majority of American college students and the total amount of student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion. Students may feel they have no other choice but to borrow money to secure a better future.

A recent study used data from online focus groups to understand college students’ decision-making process when borrowing money to finance their education.

Results suggest that students relied heavily on advice from parents, guidance counselors, and friends; attending college was not possible without student loans; and students knew very little about the loans they would be responsible for repaying.

College campuses are addressing finances with students and alumni as part of their services.

Young adults may not be ready or knowledgeable to handle personal finances as they enter college or proceed into the workforce. At a recent training in Manhattan, we toured the Powercat Financial office at Kansas State University. The campus has the Wildcat Wellness Coalition and financial wellness is one

of their wellness efforts for the campus community. Financial wellness can be defined as “satisfaction with current and future financial situations.”

Powercat Financial provides K-State students and alumni with free financial education for their current situation and for the future.

Trained peer financial counselors provide individual sessions, online help sessions and educational workshops for student groups. Areas include: • Preparing a step-bystep college financial plan to reduce debt.

• Determining longand short-term financial goals.

• Preparing a spending plan.

• Organizing your finances and spending.

• Exploring the importance and use of credit.

• Obtaining and reviewing your credit report.

• Analyzing your job offer and employee benefits.

• Avoiding identity theft.

Powercat Financial works closely with the nonprofit Salt, another financial resource. Salt helps students plan for, pay for, and repay the cost of a degree while preparing for a successful financial future. The benefits of SALT include: • Receive advice about student loans.

• Score a scholarship, internship, or job.

• Snag money-saving deals.

• Take control of your money.

• Free online financial courses.

Another website resource is eXtension, which includes 10 fact

sheets and resources to help students and parents understand student loans, identify other ways to pay for college, and manage student debt.

A financial plan is important not only to obtain your college or technical training, but also after you have received your degree and are meeting your debt obligations.

Financial education resources for handling finances during the college years and beyond: SALT: www.saltmoney.org Powercat Financial: http://www.k-state.edu/ powercatfinancial/ eXtension: www.eXtension.org For more information or questions, call the Fort Scott office at 620-223-3720 or email: joymiller@ksu.edu.

Square B 4-H club gathers for meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Square B 4-H Club was held on May 8 at the Allen County Courthouse at 7 p.m.

President Jacob Riebel called the meeting to order. The Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H Pledge was led by James Brown and Klair Vogel. Song leader, Lexy Riebel, led the club in singing “Red River Valley.” Roll call was answered by “Are you going on a family vacation this summer?”

There were 17 members,

two leaders and nine parents present.

Secretary Abby Riebel read the minutes from the last meeting. Treasurer Levi Miewes gave the treasurer’s report.

Acting reporter Katelyn Hicks told the club that last month’s report was published in the Iola Register on April 18. President Jacob Riebel told the club of the changes that were discussed at the 4-H Council meeting.

Club Leader Wade Vogel informed everyone

about the Friends of 4-H picnic and what our club was in charge of.

In unfinished business, we discussed the Exchange Meeting.

Square B is exchanging with the East Fort Scott 4-H Club on June 14 in Fort Scott at 7 p.m.

In new business, Levi Miewes made the motion to have a raffle as a fund-raiser for the club and Klair Vogel seconded the motion.

In the program, Anna Reibel gave an illus-

trated talk on her trip to the Royals game. Levi Miewes gave a presentation on the game he invented about poultry.

Square B members, leaders and parents enjoyed recreation and refreshments that were brought by the Klubeck family.

The next meeting of the Square B 4-H Club will be June 12 at the Allen County Courthouse at 7 p.m.

— Katelyn Hicks, acting reporter

Tax bill: New plan emerges in Topeka Continued from A1

ers. The plan would raise $1.4 billion over two years.

Kansas faces projected budget shortfalls totaling $887 million through June 2019, and the Kansas Supreme Court ruled in March that the state’s education funding is inadequate. While Democrats and GOP moderates have been working together on increasing income taxes, they’ve yet to come up with a plan with the two-thirds majorities in both chambers necessary to override a Brownback veto.

Republicans pushed a bill through the House on Monday that would raise $110 million over two years by impos-

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ing the state’s sales tax on some services that are now untaxed, including towing and pet boarding. A GOPcontrolled House committee whittled down a school funding plan and approved phasing in a $280 million increase over two years — a modest amount that even some backers saw as inadequate.

With those actions as a backdrop, the House and Senate restarted negotiations on tax issues that had stalled. Rep. Steven Johnson, a moderate Assaria Republican and the House’s lead negotiator, floated the $1.4 billion income tax plan, stunning senators who’d thought lawmakers’ work was head-

ed toward something less aggressive.

“We’re looking for a number of plans that different folks are behind,” Johnson said later. “This is one that has been talked about.”

Monday was the 91st day of an annual session that was scheduled to last 100 days and end May 24.

The state’s budget problems arose after the income tax cuts in 2012 and 2013, touted

by Brownback as progrowth policies. They persisted following economic slumps in agricul-

ture and energy production.

Legislators already were looking at big tax increases when the court ruled in an education funding lawsuit filed by four school districts in 2010, directing lawmakers to pass a new school finance law by June 30.

The House’s school finance committee on Monday began with a plan phasing in a $783 million increase over five years. But some Republicans doubted that lawmakers would increase taxes enough to pay for it.

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If you have concerns about the health of your pond, join the Southwind Extension District of K-State Research and Extension on June 8 at 6 p.m. in the 4-H Building of the Bourbon County Fairgrounds in Fort Scott.

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City Slickers 4-H talks tags The monthly meeting for the City Slickers 4-H Club met May 4 at the Riverside Park Community Building with President Brody Nemecek calling the meeting to order. Secretary Carly Dreher took roll by having 19 members answer what their favorite thing in the summer was.

Rohan Springer and Roper Curry led the group in song with “Yankee Doodle.” Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H pledge were led by Rowan Grisier and Kolton Hanson.

Discussion took place over license plate designs club members liked for a 4-H license plate that 4-H alumni could purchase. Discussion was followed by a vote. The spring livestock show was May 6 and members were

asked to sign up to work the concession stand as well as bring concessions. The club was asked to help plant flowers around the square with a date to be decided on later.

No project talks or demonstrations were given. The Parliamentarian, Rohan Springer, gave a lesson on “How to Vote.”

Recreation was outside and was lead by Kyser Nemecek and Isaac Hopkins who introduced the game, “Stuck in the Mud.” The next meeting is Parents Night, with parents taking on the roles of their children. The meeting date is June 1 at the Riverside Park Community Building at 7 p.m.

— Shelby Shaughnessy, Reporter

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Legislators’ challenge: A veto-proof budget Seven months ago voters told Kansas legislators they were tired of being Gov. Sam Brownback’s income tax guinea pig by booting out several of his stalwart supporters in the Nov. 2 election.

The swamp, however, still remains mired with those who have pledged their fealty to Brownback and those who pull his strings, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and ALEC — ultraconservatives associated with the American Legislative Exchange Council, which crafts legislation for those who lack a moral compass.

Despite knowing the state faces a mountain of debt, these legislators still are unable to muster the courage to raise the necessary funds to keep doors open.

Last week, a bill to raise an additional $500 million annually was defeated 22-18 in the Senate.

Though the Register acknowledges the bill’s salient points — restoring a third income tax bracket with increased rates and repeal of the LLC loophole — its weaknesses, failing to fully fund the budget or to distinguish how it would fund education, warranted its defeat.

Unfortunately, about half of those who voted against the measure, including Sen. Caryn Tyson, R-Parker, did so because they thought the measure too generous.

“How can you expect the economy to grow?” lamented Sen. Rob Olson, ROlathe, at the thought of rolling back the income tax cuts — as if the state just needs more time for Brownback’s “race to zero” tax plan to work.

The fact is, our sad state of affairs is all self-inflicted. Had Kansas not cut taxes in 2012, this discussion would not be necessary.

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Kansas revenue is projected to be $900 million short of budgeted expenses for the next two years.

Still not included in the expense side of the ledger is additional school funding. A modest proposal being bandied about is $279 million over the next two years.

Former state Sen. Jeff King, now in the employ of the state education department, warns that may be too little, too late to satisfy the Kansas Supreme Court’s criteria, suggesting $850 million with larger initial allotments would be more reasonable.

The other shoe to drop is the $200 million payback to KPERS that the state reneged on to meet this year’s budget with the expectation the state would — wait for it — raise taxes later. Never mind that Brownback’s proposed budget for 2018 conveniently omits the payback.

KPERS, the state’s retirement fund for teachers and state employees, has about 65 percent of what is needed to meet its obligations. The ideal level is 80 percent. If Brownback has his way, the state’s responsibility would drop to 50 percent — undoing any progress of the last several years.

ALL THIS goes to show that whatever legislators arrive at in terms of crafting a new budget, it needs to be veto-proof of a governor that doesn’t know the meaning of responsibility.

Monday marked Day 91, the first day of an already extended 100-day session.

If the goal is to serve Kansas in its entirety, the decisions are few and simple: Restore income taxes and eliminate tax loopholes so state functions and services are adequately met.

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Mr. Trump, please stop talking about Russia Since President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey last Tuesday, the White House has offered an evolving series of rationales for the decision. Trump himself offered a new one on Thursday — several, actually — but he didn’t exactly clarify things.

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In an interview with NBC News, after making the implausible claim that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had been in turmoil under Comey’s watch, Trump said: “And in fact when I decided to just do it” — that is, to fire Comey — “I said to myself, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story.

It’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should’ve won.”

Both congressional intelligence committees and the FBI itself are investigating the “Russia thing,” and clearly don’t think it’s made up. In fact, the bureau’s acting director testified that same day that the probe — which is examining whether Trump’s associates colluded with Russia to sway the election — is a “highly significant” one. Trump’s refusal to accept this reality is

Don’t give up on healthy school lunches Getting kids to eat, as any parent will attest, can be a struggle. Getting them to eat healthy foods can be even harder. But the solution is not for adults to give up on good nutrition and let them eat whatever they want. That is the unfortunate message sent by the Trump administration’s decision to slow implementation of stricter nutrition standards for school meals that were championed by then-first lady Michelle Obama. With obesity a critical problem for millions of American children, efforts to make school menus healthier should not be delayed.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced this month, one week after being confirmed, a rollback of some nutrition regulations mandated as part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

Schools won’t be required to lower the sodium content of breakfasts and lunches served to some 31 million schoolchildren until 2020, waivers will continue to be given to schools to let them opt out of having to serve whole-grain enriched foods, and they will be permitted to serve chocolate and flavored milk as long as it’s reduced-fat.

“We have to balance sodium and whole grain content with palatability,” Mr. Perdue said.

He said schools should give

unnerving. paralyzed. The politics of More worrying still is that simply finding a replacement the president’s statement for Comey look increasingly comes awfully close to admit- grim. ting that he fired Comey with Yet the world hasn’t stopped the intent of impeding that turning. U.S. leadership is still investigation. Trump has un- needed from North Korea to usual syntax and patterns of Syria to Afghanistan. Amerithought, so he may well have cans would like some reassurmeant to convey ance about their something less health-care sinister. Surely, The ‘Russia thing’ plans, and busithe White House nesses would will be clarify- is impeding progress like some clar... it is threatening to ity about their ing.

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students more of what they like to eat and that too much school food ends up in the trash. Waste is an issue, but that is a long-standing American problem not unique to school cafeterias. Moreover, some peer-reviewed studies have found, contrary to widely circulated anecdotal assertions, that the revised meal standards and policies appear to have lowered, not increased, food waste. In any event, as Ken Cook of the Environmental Working Group pointed out, “Just because children would rather eat heavily salted processed foods at school doesn’t mean they should.” There are strategies that have proved successful at encouraging better eating habits, from cutting up fruit and setting up salad

bars to involving children in food preparation to simply giving them more time to eat.

The changes ordered by the Trump administration — and reflected in a policy rider inserted by House Republicans in an appropriations bill — thankfully still leave in place most of the Obama administration’s nutrition rules, including requirements to serve fruits and vegetables to students. We hope that Mr. Perdue — who did add a salad to the chicken nuggets he lunched on at the Loudoun County school where the May 1 announcement was made — doesn’t plan to backtrack further on the progress that has been made in getting kids to eat healthier.

— The Washington Post

Moran High School will graduate 24 seniors on Wednesday evening. Ten Elsmore High School seniors will graduate Thursday, May 23. Seven members of the LaHarpe High School will graduate on May 22. ***** Iola High School will graduate 100 seniors and the Iola Junior College 38 sophomores this evening in Memorial Hall. Miss Wanda M. Vinson, state director of the Kansas Association for Youth, will give the address.

She is believed to be the first woman to speak at an Iola High School commencement. ***** Julian Pinkney “Pink” Copening, 92, retired Iola businessman, died in Wichita last night. He came to Iola with his two brothers in 1905 and established the Iola Wholesale Fruit Co. Leaving the wholesale company in 1917, he built a home and started a dairy northeast of Iola in an area he called Sterling Heights. It was the first home in that suburban area. After several years he retired from the dairy business and moved to Wichita.

***** Commencement exercises for St. John’s Parochial School will be Sunday evening. Diplomas will be awarded to those completing the elementary grades and 12 boys and girls who are graduating from the junior high school. ***** The city commissioners agreed to extend water, gas and electric lines to the northeastern portion of Meadowbrook Addition this spring but warned that in the future Iola may be forced to charge for such expansions. Ben Ellis, mayor, said the water and gas departments have been placed in a financial squeeze since the Meadowbrook and Stalnaker additions have been opened because the initial investment is substantial compared with the income to be gained. ***** The Allen County extension service recently organized a livestock sanitation committee which will strive to eradicate livestock diseases in this vicinity. Its first objective will be the elimination of brucellosis, or Bang’s disease, in dairy and beef cattle.

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High School Golf: Regional Tournaments

Wildcat team, Cubs’ Sellman head back to state tournament

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

Yates Center’s golf team, left to right, coach Kevin Barnes, Reece Solander, Jon Barnes, Remi Wagner and James Hess are all smiles in Cottonwood Falls after qualifying for the state tournament as a team. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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COTTONWOOD FALLS — The Yates Center golf team was able to accomplish a season-long goal by qualifying for the State Sand-Greens Tournament as a team.

The Wildcats took third overall in Monday’s regional tournament at the Chase County Golf Club in Cotton-

wood Falls.

Yates Center shot a fourman score of 377, Riley County won the tournament with a 334 and Chase County took second with a 366.

“We knew going in that Chase County and Riley County had some good players and would be tough to beat,” Wildcat coach Kevin Barnes said.

“I am very pleased to have been able to have been within

11 strokes of Chase County on their home course.”

Freshman Reece Solander led the charge for the Wildcats by shooting an 80 and taking third individually.

Senior Jon Barnes stood tall for Yates Center with one of his best days of the season and shot a 92 to take 10th.

Remi Wagner shot 97 to finSee GOLF | Page B3

High School Baseball: Marmaton Valley 17, Yates Center 14

Cubs’ Kline earns trio of league titles

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

LEON — Humboldt’s Joe Kline owned the long-distance events in his final Tri-Valley League meet on Friday in Leon.

The senior took first in the 800-meter run, 1600-meter run and the 3200-meter run to lead his Cubs to a second-place finish overall.

Kline finished with times of 2:08.88 in the 800 meters, 5:01.9 in the 1600 meters and 11:23.35 in the 3200 meters. The Cub standout showed his versatility by taking fourth in the shot put.

Humboldt also picked up three first-place marks in the field events to boost the team’s score.

Colin Gillespie won the high jump title by clearing 5’11”. He also finished sixth in the triple jump and fourth in the 300-meter hurdles.

Tucker Hurst won the discus competition with a 132’4”.

He also placed fifth in both the shot put and triple jump.

Colton Riebel rounded out the individual champions for the Cubs by winning the shot put with a 41’2”.

Zach Korte was second in the discus.

The 4x800 relay team of Isiah Coronado, Miah Schiemann, Caleb Coronado and Seth Barlow finished second.

Caleb Coronado took third in the 1600-meter run and Seth Hegwald was third in the javelin to round out the top-three place earners for Humboldt.

Marmaton Valley freshman Lane Bahnsen slides safely into third base for a triple in the first inning of Monday’s regional first-round win over Yates Center at Allen Community College’s McLean Field. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

SHOOTOUT WIN Marmaton Valley breaks playoff-victory drought

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

Marmaton Valley junior Justice Pugh pitches on Monday against Yates Center at McLean Field. REGISTER/JON

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Justice Pugh had been waiting all year for a moment like this.

The Marmaton Valley junior has been a team leader for the Wildcats throughout his junior year with the team short on seniors. Coupled with a lack of experience, the Wildcats have suffered in the win-loss columns across sports.

Pugh, though, has been the one constant. Whether it was on the football field as the team’s quarterback, or the basketball court as point guard and leading scorer, or on the baseball diamond as the team’s top pitcher and leading hitter, Pugh has

been a leader.

And at least on Monday night, it resulted in a win. The Wildcats advanced to the regional semifinals with a 17-14 victory over Yates Center.

“We’ve been struggling a lot this season, but today everyone was hitting pretty good,” Pugh said.

The win is a big step for the baseball program specifically, which has been in a recent drought of playoff success.

“It has been a long time since we had a playoff win and it feels good to finally get one,” Pugh said. “It was always a goal.”

After the game, longtime coach DerSee WILDCATS | Page B3

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Stenerud’s extraordinary story should eclipse one bad day

By VAHE GREGORIAN The Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fifty years ago this month, an exotic curiosity named Jan Stenerud signed a lease at the El Camino Real apartments on The Plaza.

Soon, the Norwegian who came here by way of a skiing scholarship at Montana State prepared for his first Chiefs camp by kicking with coach Hank Stram as his personal holder at the team’s facility in Swope Park.

If that scene sounds absurd by today’s standards — imagine Andy Reid doing the same for Cairo Santos — this was about more than Stram’s endless innovations and eccentricities.

“Sure it helped. But it was me it helped, not Jan,” Stram told Sports Illustrated in 1968 as he rummaged through files for charts of those kicks. “I didn’t know the first thing about a soccer-style kicker.”

Few did at a time Pete Gogolak and Garo Yepremian were the only so-called sidewinders

in the professional game.

But that was about to change profoundly because of Stenerud, who revolutionized a major part of the game.

In making field goals and kickoffs forces they never had been, with consistent excellence for nearly 20 years, Stenerud became the first — and for decades, only — pure kicker in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

He was such a transformative presence as to become a factor in rules changes and led a wave that ultimately rendered obso-

lete the traditional straight-on kickers, a fact underscored by the 1.2 million patented tees and instructional books sold in his name.

More tangibly, at a time goalposts still were at the goal line, he suddenly made any excursion into the opponent’s side of the field a threat to score.

He did just that with three field goals in the first half of Super Bowl IV that in themselves would have been enough to beat the Vikings. After the 23-7 victory, Minnesota defensive end

Carl Eller pronounced Stenerud the true most valuable player of the game.

While Stenerud remains anguished — and unreasonably stigmatized in some circles — by a miserable day in 1971, it’s time to help him let that go by commemorating his improbable story a half-century after it began here.

Stenerud, the middle of Johan and Klara Stenerud’s three children, was skiing since beSee STENERUD | Page B4

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around the world as countries started second-guessing their own intelligence-sharing agreements with the U.S. A senior European intelligence official told the AP his country might stop sharing information with the United States if it confirms that Trump shared classified details with Russian officials. Such sharing “could be a risk for our sources,” the official said.

The official spoke only on condition that neither he nor his country be identified, because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly At the White House, Trump said in his tweets, “I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining ... to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.”

Trump shared details about an Islamic State terror threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, a senior U.S official told AP. The classified information had been shared with the president by an ally, violating the confidentiality of an intelligence-sharing agreement with that country, the official said.

Trump later was informed that he had broken protocol and White House officials placed calls to the National Security Agency and the CIA looking to minimize any damage.

I wanted to share with Russia which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining ... to terrorism and airline flight safety.

Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.

— President Donald Trump

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly, would not say which country’s intelligence was divulged.

The disclosure put a source of intelligence on the Islamic State at risk, according to The Washington Post, which first reported the disclosure on Monday.

The U.S. official said that Trump boasted about his access to classified intelligence in last week’s meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak. An excerpt from an official transcript of the meeting reveals that Trump told them, “I get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day,” he said.

Kislyak has been a central player in the snowballing controversy surrounding possible coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.

The revelations drew strong condemnation from Democrats and a rare rebuke of Trump from some Republican lawmakers.

White House officials denounced the report, saying the president did not disclose intelligence sources or methods to the Russians, though officials did not deny that classified information was disclosed in the May 10 meeting.

“The president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation,” said H.R. McMaster, Trump’s national security adviser. “At no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known.”

The revelations could further damage Trump’s already fraught relationship with U.S. intelligence agencies. He’s openly questioned the competency of intelligence officials and challenged their high-confidence assessment that Russia meddled in last year’s presidential election to help him win. His criticism has been followed by a steady stream of leaks to the media that have been damaging to Trump and exposed an FBI investigation into his associates’ possible ties to Russia.

The disclosure also risks harming his credibility with U.S. partners around the world ahead of his first overseas trip.

The White House was already reeling from its botched handling of Trump’s decision last week to fire James Comey, the FBI director who was overseeing the Russia investigation.

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Wildcats: Marmaton Valley advances to semifinals man. “Not a lot of people can do that in that situation.”

Pugh finished the game as the team’s leading hitter going 3-for-3 day with four runs scored.

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ek Scharff could not pinpoint when the team’s last regional victory had occurred.

Monday’s win did not come easily for Marmaton Valley. Yates Center — a hot-hitting team entering the game — continued to be a strong offensive club.

“It has been the M.O. for the end of the season really,” Yates Center coach David Daugharthy said. “We have been swinging the bats really well. We even had a few that we hit right on the screws and right at people, unfortunately. I was really pleased with how we swung the bats.”

After Marmaton Valley opened the game with two runs in the first inning, Yates Center responded with a five-run inning off of Pugh to take the lead.

Marmaton Valley then answered back in a big way.

“It was huge,” Scharff said. “We’ve been waiting for the (offensive consistency) all year, so it was a good time to put it together.”

The orange Wildcats from Moran posted 10 runs in the second inning to stake Pugh to a big 12-5 lead as they capitalized on a multitude of walks.

“I think four of the seven innings we started with a lead-off walk. Those were the big innings for them,” Daugharthy said. “We can’t do that.”

Pugh settled into the game plan and was able to work ahead of batters for a majority of his outing.

“You still have pressure, but it isn’t as much pressure as you would have in a closer game,” Pugh said. “You are able to have fun and it isn’t as stressful.”

Pugh surrendered two

Yates Center senior Gavin Dillow slides safely into third base for a triple on Monday at Allen Community College’s McLean Field against Marmaton Valley. REGISTER/

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runs in the second and shutout the blue Wildcats in the third.

“He did great,” Scharff said of Pugh.

“He did what he was asked to do.”

Marmaton Valley extended its lead to 15-7 with a three-run fourth inning and it seemed as though they could runrule Yates Center.

But Daugharthy’s club has too much pride to allow that to happen. They rallied with five runs in the bottom of the fourth to claw back to within 15-12 and the game appeared to be a toss-up once again.

Pugh then settled his team down and after Marmaton Valley scored a run in the fifth inning, the junior threw his second shutout frame of the night.

Another Marmaton Valley run in the top of the sixth made the score

17-12.

Yates Center was finally able to work Pugh out of the game with two outs in the sixth inning. After they scored to get within 17-13, Pugh reached his 105 pitchcount limit.

After riding his most experienced player as far as he could, Scharff turned to one of his youngest players to close the deal.

Freshman Lane Bahnsen took the mound and was able to pick up right where Pugh left off. He filled up the strike zone and didn’t beat himself with walks.

Bahnsen quickly got out of the sixth inning with no more damage done.

Yates Center senior Gavin Dillow threw a shutout inning in the seventh to maintain the 17-13 margin for his Wildcats and give the

team a chance in the bottom of the seventh.

Daugharthy admitted afterward that he had been trying to save Dillow for the potential semifinal game today and that is why he didn’t pitch earlier.

“Maybe that was just me getting ahead of myself, but our goal was to come in and win the tournament,” Daugharthy said. “We wanted to save Gavin for tomorrow, but things didn’t work out that way.”

Yates Center was able to score a run and bring the potential game-tying run to the plate in the inning, but Bahnsen buckled down to end the threat and fittingly Pugh — now playing second base — tagged a Yates Center runner for the final out.

“It took a whole lot of pressure off my back,” Pugh said of the fresh-

SENIOR FAREWELL Monday was the final game for Yates Center seniors Gavin Dillow and Logan Tidd.

“I told them that try have started this thing,” Daugharthy said. “Gavin has been involved the last four years and he has bled everything he has got into it. Logan has been here the last two years with me and he has done everything he can. They have laid the foundation for this program to build on. There is a bright future ahead.”

UP NEXT Marmaton Valley will play St. Mary’s Colgan today at 3 p.m. at Allen County’s McLean Field.

Bahnsen will get the start on the mound for the Wildcats.

SOFTBALL The Marmaton Valley softball team also advanced to the regional semifinals.

They knocked off St. Paul by a 17-2 score in a run-ruled game to earn a date with Oswego.

The Indians are the top seed, but the Wildcats earned a split with them last week in Moran.

The teams will renew the rivalry today at 3 p.m., in Pittsburg.

Yates Center earned a bye in their regional and will host Flint Hills at 3:30 p.m. today.

Jayhawk forward Coleby decides to transfer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas forward Dwight Coleby announced he will transfer Monday. As a graduate transfer, he will be eligible to compete next season.

The 6-foot-9 Coleby

joined Kansas in 2015 after playing two years at Ole Miss. He played in 24 games last season, averaging just 1.7 points and 1.8 rebounds in nearly 6 minutes a game. He tied his career high with 12 points against Texas on

Feb. 25.

“In talking with Coach (Self) about my future, I feel that this is what is best for my potential opportunities,” Coleby said. “I would like to thank the coaching staff for allowing me to come

here.

“I’d like to thank my teammates for their support the past two years.

I’d like to thank the fans for cheering me on and believing in me. KU is a part of my heart. It’s my alma mater and I am

proud to have earned my degree from KU. I will always be a Jayhawk.”

Coleby said he feels the move could potentially help his postcollege professional options.

Golf: Regionals Continued from B1

ish 12th while James Hess shot a 108 to capture 17th.

Yates Center will compete at Monday’s state tournament hosted by Riley County.

HUMBOLDT The Cubs brought four golfers to Monday’s 3A regional tournament in Erie and came away with a state qualifier.

Sophomore Ryan Sellman is now two-for-two in qualifying for the state tournament after he shot an 82 to finish third individually.

Sellman won a playoff hole to earn his bronze medal after tying for third through 18 holes.

Also competing for the Cubs were Roni Bulk with a 125, Drake Hottenstien, 128, and Reid Smith, 137.

Sellman will compete in Monday’s State Tournament at Independence Country Club at 8:30 a.m.

IOLA The Mustangs and Fillies did not compete in Monday’s 4A regional

Humboldt sophomore Ryan Sellman displays his regional thirdplace medal in Erie on Monday. SUBMITTED PHOTO

tournament in Fort Scott.

The lowest score shot this season by any Iola golfer was a 96, so coach L.C. Lacy determined that Iola would forgo the regional tournament.

With the golf season concluded, the team looks forward to next season when they are slated to return the entire team for the second year in a row.

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Mahomes robbed at gunpoint

By JIM SUHR The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rookie Kansas Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes escaped injury after being robbed outside a Texas home after attending a college baseball game, authorities said Monday in describing the holdup as random.

Mahomes and the three other people were stepping from a vehicle on a home’s driveway outside Tyler on Friday night when a suspect approached, gestured he had a handgun in his waistband and took unspecified items from the victims before speeding away, the Smith County (Texas) Sheriff ’s Office said.

Deputies later arrested two suspects in the reported getaway car and recovered items taken during the holdup.

Michael Pinkerton, 34, was charged with aggravated robbery, while Billy Ray Johnson, 58, was accused of two counts of possession of a controlled substance and with tampering with evidence involving one of the items taken during the holdup, sheriff ’s Sgt. Darrell Coslin said.

It was not immediately clear Monday whether Pinkerton or Johnson had an attorney.

Coslin said Pinkerton “has a long criminal history and is known to us” and randomly robbed Mahomes and the others as the four returned to a residence after attending a baseball game at the University of TexasTyler.

“We have no reason to believe (Mahomes) was being targeted,” Coslin told The Associated Press. “This appears to have been a crime of opportunity.”

Mahomes, 21, played at Texas Tech and last month was selected by the Chiefs with the 10th overall pick in the first round of the NFL draft.

Kansas City sent firstand third-round picks this year and their firstround pick next year to Buffalo, climbing from the 27th overall pick to acquire the heir apparent to veteran Alex Smith.

“I can’t really get into the details,” Mahomes told the Tyler Morning Telegraph. “I’m just glad me and my friends are safe and the cops got the suspects.”

Last season, Mahomes threw for more than 5,000 yards and 41 touchdowns at pass-happy Texas Tech. He already has earned gunslinger comparisons to another protege of Chiefs coach Andy Reid during his days in Green Bay — Brett Favre — and his big arm and gaudy numbers have Chiefs fans energized after years of quarterback mediocrity.

Ted Crews, the Chiefs’ vice president of communications, told media outlets that the franchise was aware of the robbery and “is thankful Patrick and everyone involved are safe because that’s what’s most important.”

Mahomes’ hometown, Whitehouse, is about 10 miles from Tyler and about 100 miles southeast of Dallas.

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Stenerud: Hall of Famer’s journey to NFL Continued from B1

fore he can remember: from the jumps his father built outside their house in Fetsund (population approximately 7,000) to the improvised ones he’d contrive like other local kids or at any of a half-dozen venues that lit the town at night.

He’d become all the more enchanted with the sport after attending the nearby Oslo Olympics in 1952. By the time he was 20, he was among the best jumpers in the nation and performing in front of 80,000 people at Norway’s most imposing skiing site, Holmenkollbakken.

This and his excellent academics explain how Stenerud came to be offered a skiing scholarship to Montana State — and why his parents insisted he accept it, particularly because they could not afford higher education in Norway at the time.

A free education in what his father considered “the greatest country on Earth” couldn’t be passed up.

Then came the real twists: One day, Stenerud was running stadium steps as part of his ski training and paused to kick a ball around with Bearcats kicker Dale Jackson.

Stenerud loved soccer as a child, and played it well, but he was baffled by football and its odd pace.

But here he was, kicking with Jackson more and more, when one day basketball coach Roger Craft saw how far the ball was going and alerted football coach Jim Sweeney.

Soon, Stenerud was running steps during a football practice when he heard Sweeney’s gruff voice: “Skier, get your butt down here. Heard you can kick!”

As Stenerud recalls it now, after badly topping his first attempt, he boomed several some 70 yards.

Then Sweeney put his arm around Stenerud and offered him a place on the team, a moment frozen in Stenerud’s mind. “ ‘This is the land of opportunity,’ “ Stenerud remembered thinking. “ ‘If you are ready for it and some kind of occasion presents itself, who knows what can happen?’ “ Weeks after his collegiate debut in 1965, Stenerud kicked a then-NCAA record 59-yard field goal — also 3 yards longer than the then-NFL record.

His range stoked interest around the nation, and the Chiefs notified Stenerud by telegram that they had selected him in the 1965 AFL “Redshirt Draft” — future dibs — since he had a year of eligibility left.

A year later, the Chiefs won a bidding war of sorts with the Atlanta Falcons when they signed Stenerud to a five-year, $250,000 contract that featured a no-cut provision.

With no agent to represent him, Stenerud scoffs now at how the no-cut might have worked out if he hadn’t produced.

But from virtually the time he made his first attempt with the Chiefs (from 54 yards away) to stints with the Packers and Vikings before the end of his career in 1985, Stenerud was the best kicker in the game.

While his field-goal percentage of 66.8 (373 of 558) might seem pedestrian today, he was a revelation in the context of the times.

Field conditions generally weren’t as accommodating, and the ball wasn’t as aerodynamic.

Few games were played

in domes, and there was scant specialized coaching or equipment taken for granted today.

When the professional average was 50 percent, Stenerud hit better than 70 percent in his first four years with the Chiefs, and his deep kickoffs were part of a movement to push them back to the 35 (and later the 30).

“As a 24-year-old, I would love to line up against anybody in the league (now) and kick the football,” Stenerud said, smiling as he recovers from a broken kneecap from a recent fall. “Is that dumb talk when you’re 74 or 75?”

During the 1969 season, Stenerud made a then-record 16 field goals in a row and 27 of 35 overall as the Chiefs went 11-3 and beat the Jets and Raiders to get to the Super Bowl.

In a game better known for Stram being miked and “65 Toss Power Trap” and Len Dawson being chosen MVP and dominant defense, Eller would later say Stenerud “psyched” us out.

“He makes you feel you can’t give up a thing because he is so dangerous from anywhere inside the 50,” Eller told Pro Football Weekly, adding, “I think (Stenerud) was most valuable player in the game.”

The Chiefs returned to the playoffs in 1971 to play the Dolphins in the Christmas classic double-overtime loss that remains so poignantly alive to Stenerud that he can’t help but bring it up himself.

Yes, he is aware who the Chiefs are playing on Christmas Eve. “Couldn’t they have picked another team?” he joked.

There were many fac-

tors in the 27-24 defeat in the last game at Municipal Stadium: The Chiefs committed four turnovers to the Dolphins’ two, and the defense couldn’t keep Miami out of the end zone in the final minutes after taking a 24-17 lead.

But the most glaring and, thus, lingering elements were three field goals that Stenerud didn’t make, something that over the years he has alternately attempted to joke about, expressed incredible pain over or declined comment.

Now, he will simply call the day “a horrible experience,” one that he suffers more from because he believes it’s often referred to with little balance about his broader career.

Meanwhile, even his troubles that day are routinely oversimplified in the shorthand of scapegoating.

One of the field goals was blocked, for instance.

And that first-half miss from 29 yards out?

It was supposed to be a fake, with the ball snapped directly to Stenerud.

Over the years, Stram and Dawson (the holder) and Bobby Bell (the snapper) have told a handful of interviewers about the miscommunication: Stenerud was so intent on selling the fake that Bell worried he didn’t know it was on.

So he snapped it to a surprised Dawson, and the out-of-rhythm Stenerud tried to adjust but missed.

In a perfect world, Stenerud would have scored a touchdown behind the two guards who had pulled.

To this day, Stenerud rather nobly declines to comment on that play.

Then, alas, there’s the

32-yarder he missed with 35 seconds left.

“Why I could miss that kick, I don’t understand it ... If I can make a goddamn 31-yard field goal, we win the game,” he said, “So I hold myself completely accountable for that. Always have, always will.”

It wasn’t easy to overcome a game he still says “kills me” adding, “I didn’t want to play any more.”

But Stram reassured and convinced him that he had much left to give.

He also looked within and told himself that everyone gets knocked down, but some people don’t get back up, and that he would have been ashamed of himself if he had been so weak as to surrender before a career that was just beginning and would continue to flourish.

Now, he knows his legacy is so much more.

Especially here in Kansas City, where he became a U.S. Citizen in 1976 with his two children walking alongside carrying little American flags, and has long been a gracious part of the community.

After living in Colorado working in business development for HNTB Architecture, he and his wife, Patty, returned a few years ago, and it’s been a remarkable life even if he dwells more than anyone ought to on one dark moment.

Considering he still blames himself, he can’t blame you if you think of him for that missed kick.

Still, maybe it’s not a lot to ask to remember the rest of his story, too — one that stretched the imagination, changed the game and helped the Chiefs to their only Super Bowl.

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Creaks and cracks may be due to arthritis Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 83-year-old man in reasonably good health.

About six months ago, I started hearing a cracking noise when I turned my head sideways or up and down. Sometimes it would happen every 15 seconds. No one can hear it but me, which is why I haven’t gone to my family doctor. I also have had some light headaches. — R.P. Answer: The cracking noise could be coming from one of the joints in your neck. Most people at age 83 have some degree of arthritis in the neck, and I think that’s the most likely cause.

Sometimes there can be a snapping noise or sensation as tendons move over a bony prominence. Other times, there can be a cracking noise, such as cracking knuckles, for the same reason, with nitrogen bubbles forming in the joint with pressure changes. But a crunch-

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health ing or cracking noise most often comes from the joint itself, and often represents some degree of arthritis. If it’s not bothering you, nothing need be done. A set of Xrays could confirm and determine the severity of arthritis.

The headaches may have nothing to do with the sound, but there are headaches that can be triggered from neck arthritis.

Dear Dr. Roach: If a person has lower than optimally functioning kidneys, and protein is hard for kidneys to process, is it easier for kidneys to process plant protein or animal protein? — S.H. Answer:

Plant pro-

tein definitely is better for the kidneys. Switching from a meat-based diet to a plant-based diet has been shown to slow the progression of kidney disease from many different causes. A plantbased diet has probable benefits in terms of heart disease as well, compared with a diet high in animal protein, especially red meat.

Reducing animal protein is only part of what needs to be done for kidney disease. Depending on how advanced the kidney disease is, some people need to reduce the amount of potassium they take in. It also may be appropriate to look carefully at medication doses, which often need adjusting in people with kidney disease.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 85-year-old man who has been bothered with trigger finger for a number of years. My doctor says I’m in good health for my age. Several years ago, a doctor said

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he could give a cortisone injection but would not guarantee it to work over a long period. I had three, and they did not work. What are my options now? — B.K. Answer: A trigger finger is a condition where a finger (or the thumb, which is considered a finger) gets stuck in the bent position, requiring it to be pulled back into place again. It is caused by one of the tendons getting caught in a pulley system inside the finger. Treatment usually includes modification of activity, shortterm splinting and antiinflammatory drugs, or cortisone injection if that doesn’t work. Only people who have failed to get relief from injections should be considered for surgery. That’s the choice you have to make now. The surgery is very effective (about 94 percent success rate), and most people are back to near-normal activities in a week or two.

Public notices (First published in The Iola Register, May 16, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

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Defendants.

Case No. 17CV14 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

fer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on June 7, 2017, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate: A tract of land situated in the NW/4 of Section Four (4), Township Twenty-six (26) South, Range Eighteen (18) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Allen County, Kansas, described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot One (1), Block (1), Young’s First Addition

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com

as amended, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. In accordance with the Federal law and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs).

The person responsible for coordinating this organization’s non-discrimination compliance efforts is Craig R. Wilbert, General Manager. Any individual, or spe-

cific class of individuals, who feels that this organization has subjected them to discrimination may obtain further information about the statutes and regulations listed above from and/or file a written complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 202509410, or call (202) 720-5964 (voice or TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will of-

(First published in The Iola Register, May 16, 2017) Statement of Non-Discrimination Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative, Inc. is the recipient of Federal financial assistance from the Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is subject to the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,

to Humboldt; thence West along the North line of Lot One (1), 420 feet to the center line of Second Street; thence North along the center line of Second Street, projected, 370 feet; thence East 420 feet to the East line of the Northwest Quarter; thence South along the East line of the NW/4 370 feet to the point of beginning., commonly known as 919 North 2nd, Humboldt, KS 66748 (the “Property”)

Bryan J. Murphy, Sheriff Allen County, Kansas

Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Mark Mellor (KS #10255) 245 N. Waco, Suite 410 Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 684-7733 (316) 684-7766 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (197954) (5) 16, 23, 30

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a third-place finish for Humboldt.

Bailey Goodell anchored teams that took home league titles in the 4x400 and the 4x800 relays.

Annalise Whitcomb, Kaylie Johnson and Lizzie Myers joined Goodell on the 4x400 relay team which ran a 4:40.92.

Britnee Works, Brianna Baker and Padyne Durand teamed up with Goodell to run an 11:42.12 in the 4x800 relay.

Johnson won the team’s other gold medal with a leap of 15’2.5” in the long jump. She also took third in the triple jump.

Works took second in the high jump and fifth in the pole vault.

Durand finished second in the 100-meter hurdles, fifth in the 300-meter hurdles and sixth in the pole vault.

Myers picked up a pair of bronze medals in the high jump and 800-meter run. She also finished sixth in the 100-meter run.

Savanna Puckett had a strong day in the sprinting events with a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash, a fourth in the 200-meter dash and a fifth in the 100-meter dash.

UP NEXT Humboldt will now hope the rain holds off to get ready for its 3A regional meet on Friday at 3 p.m., in Fredonia.

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