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County makes it official Commissioners resolve three ties to certify election results

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Allen County Clerk Shannon Patterson holds a metal bucket as Commissioner Bruce Symes draws a name to resolve a tie vote for a seat on the Bassett City Council. Four write-in candidates tied for a council seat. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Three times on Tuesday morning, Allen County Commissioner Bruce Symes reached in and pulled a name out of a metal bucket decorated with a U.S. flag to determine the outcome of last week’s election races.

The names were drawn to resolve ties in three city races, bringing a bit of drama to what was otherwise a routine matter of certifying election results.

In one of those races, Election Day results showed Darcy Burton ahead of Lee Roberts by just one vote for a Moran City Council seat.

But when provisional ballots were added during this Tuesday’s official canvass, Roberts picked up one vote and ensured a tie.

Symes drew a name out of the bucket to resolve the tie.

Roberts prevailed.

In the other two races, no one filed for positions in small cities, so the winner was determined by write-in

candidates — and they tied.

In the race for Savonburg mayor, David Janssen and Charles Lacrone II each received nine write-in votes.

Janssen won the tie-breaker.

In a race for Bassett City Council, five seats were available and only three candidates filed.

The fourth seat was decided by write-in votes, but four people tied for the fifth seat.

They were Amanda Beeman, Dustin Beeman, Jaci Westervelt and Larry Crawford.

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Airport plan needs archeology study first

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

In the latest twist to infrastructure projects at the Allen County Regional Airport, commissioners learned they’ll need to conduct an archeological survey before they can start work.

The county plans to install water and sewer lines to the airport as part of an infrastructure project that could eventually encourage development of an industrial park.

The sewer line project will mostly follow Minnesota Road from the airport to the City of Iola’s sewage plant.

Starting near the Gates manufacturing plant, lines could go one of three ways.

The state identified an area around the sewer lagoons, west of Lake Bassola and the Lehigh Portland Cement Plant, and north of Cofachique as “potential for previously unidentified arSee COUNTY | Page A3

Dems help Speaker avoid shutdown WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Mike Johnson Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan.

Johnson’s proposal to temporarily fund the government into the new year passed on a bipartisan 336See FUNDING | Page A3 Vol. 125, No. 287 Iola, KS $1.00

Robin Griffin-Lohman and Nich Lohman purchased this house in the Meadowbrook Addition in hopes of creating an Oxford House for those in recovery from alcohol or drug misuse. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER

Good neighbors Oxford House approach inspires couple, raises questions

By TIM STAUFFER The Iola Register

Earlier this fall, Robin Griffin-Lohman and Nich Lohman purchased the home at 810 Meadowbrook Rd. Ever since, they’ve spent their weekends and days off there, fixing up, cleaning.

They’ve painted the exterior, put down new flooring in the basement, removed wallpaper, replaced an electrical panel, installed a storm door, trimmed limbs — all part of the process of making a house a home. Just not for them.

THE COUPLE are preparing the residence for Oxford House, a home for women recovering from alcohol or drug abuse.

Those unfamiliar with the world of recovery likely know little about Oxford House. The group’s impact is significant, its approach well-studied by those who work with substance abuse. But it is decidedly low-key.

Their concept is bare bones, but elegant: Offer residents a

Nich Lohman and Robin Griffin-Lohman take a break Saturday afternoon from fixing up the home. “realistic opportunity to get comfortable enough in sobriety to stay clean and sober forever.”

The non-profit began in 1975

with a single rented home for men in Silver Springs, Md. At the end of 2022, Oxford House included 3,450 residences in See HOME | Page A4

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Obituaries

An ethics code, but no means of enforcing it

Greg Ford William Gregory “Greg” Ford, age 63, of Colony, died on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at his home.

He was born on Jan. 29, 1960, in Cody, Wyoming, to William “Bill” George and Sondra (Smith) Ford.

He married Nancy Crisswell on Aug. 14, 1993, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She survives.

Survivors also include Nancy’s three children, Tyler, Krysta, and Tony; and mother, Sondra Ford.

Services are being planned for a later date.

Jerry Davis Gerald Allen (Jerry) Davis, age 87, of Iola, died on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, at Moran Manor.

He was born July 10, 1936, in rural Redfield, to Albert (Bert) Davis and Wilma (Boone) Davis.

He married Marilyn Stanley on Oct. 1, 1983, in Iola. She survives.

Survivors also include children, Gayla O’Dell, Steve Davis; and step-children, Teresa Ross, Tammie Cloud, Christina Bruner, Brenda Riedel.

Family will greet friends from 9 to 11 a.m. on Thursday in The Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery, Iola.

Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association, and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service.

Unity Club meets, reflects on the power of miracles Linda Johnson reviewed the book, “God led me through the flames and filled my life with miracles” by Leon Perry, a southeast Kansas native, at this Monday’s meeting. Twelve members were present and conducted a short business meeting before Johnson’s presentation.

The book is a true story about the author, who at the age of seven lost three family mem-

bers in a Fort Scott fire.

He overcame the tragedy and went on to experience great success in life. The book’s message, Johnson told members, is that when we accept Jesus into our lives, we are forgiven of our sins and receive everlasting life through him.

The club’s next meeting Dec. 11 at 1:30 at the home of Kit McGuffin.

Judy Arbeiter will deliver the program.

Solar panels in Ramona’s Cow Camp Inc., seen above, will supply 45% of the farm’s power. COURTESY PHOTO

Area businesses win grants for solar projects Cleaner Greener Future (CGF), a Parsons-based renewable energy consultancy, announced this week its role in securing U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development grants for five local businesses as part of a $4.21 million initiative to empower rural small businesses and agricultural producers.

Successful grants were awarded to: • Jock’s Nitch Inc. in Pittsburg: A grant of $50,668 for a 46.41-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system, expected to replace 97% of the company’s energy usage.

• Grow at Eden in Parsons: A grant of $54,885 for a 41.58-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system, anticipated to replace 115% of the child care facility’s energy usage.

• Carl’s Sales & Service in Thayer: A grant of $23,284 for a 21.56-kilowatt solar system, projected to replace nearly 100% of the company’s energy usage.

• Sunshine’s Diner in Thayer: A grant of $18,711 for a 17.32-kilowatt solar system, projected to replace nearly 90% of the restaurant’s energy usage.

• Cow Camp Inc. in

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Ramona: A grant of $19,656 for a 16.38-kilowatt solar system project to replace nearly 45% of the farm’s energy usage.

Clint Morris, owner at CGF, commented, “These grants are more than just financial aids; they’re investments in the heart of our rural communities. By significantly reducing operational costs, we’re not only helping businesses thrive but ensuring they continue to be the cornerstone of towns like ours.”

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a means of enforcement.

The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear to impose any significant new requirements and leaves compliance entirely to each justice.

Indeed, the justices said they have long adhered to ethics standards and suggested that criticism of the court over ethics was the product of misunderstanding, rather than any missteps by the justices.

“The absence of a Code, however, has led in recent years to the misunderstanding that the Justices of this Court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules,” the justices wrote in an unsigned statement that accompanied the code.

“To dispel this misunderstanding, we are issuing this Code, which largely represents a codification of principles that we have long

Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

regarded as governing our conduct.”

The ethics issue has vexed the court for several months, over a series of stories questioning the ethical practices of the justices. Many of those stories focused on Justice Clarence Thomas and his failure to disclose travel, other hospitality and additional financial ties with wealthy conservative donors including Harlan Crow and the Koch brothers. But Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor also have been under scrutiny.

In September, Justice Elena Kagan acknowledged that there were disagreements among the justices over the contents of an ethics code, but did not spec-

Osage Mission-Neosho Co. Museum receives grant to fund SEK passport project The Osage Mission-Neosho Co. Museum received $3,000 in grant funding from Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area.

The award will help fund the SEK Museum’s passport, a project that includes 18 Freedom’s Frontier Partners, including the Allen County Historical Society. In addition to the Freedom’s Frontier Partners, the passport features an additional 17 Southeast Kansas museums.

The Osage Mission Museum has been an integral part of the SEK Museums Alliance since the alliance’s inception, in 2019 and is excited to see the return of the passport project. A similar project was created during the pandemic and released in 2021.

It proved to be a highly popular and successful endeavor. The 2024 passport will be similar to the 2021 passport and about

the size of a US Passport. It will contain the location of each of the museums, information on their special exhibits, hours of operation, and contact information. A map is included pinpointing each museum in the region.

Passports will be available for free from participating museums, area chambers of commerce, and regional visitors’ centers.

The Passport dubbed, “Small Town – Big Histories,” will encourage people to visit participating museums, explore the unique histories of the area, and engage people in regional tourism. Visitors may have passport pages stamped as a way to log their museum travels throughout Southeast Kansas.

ify what they were. The justices achieved unanimity Monday, but predictably offered no explanation for how they got there.

Liberal critics of the court were not satisfied, with one group saying the code “reads a lot more like a friendly suggestion than a binding, enforceable guideline.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., one of the loudest voices complaining about the court’s ethical shortcomings, was among several leading Democrats who mixed praise for the court with a call to do more.

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but a code of ethics is not binding unless there is a mechanism to investigate possible violations and enforce the rules. The honor system has not worked for members of the Roberts Court,” Whitehouse said.

A court ethics code proposed by Whitehouse that cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee without any Republican support would allow for complaints and investigation by lower-court judges.

Three justices, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Kagan have voiced support for an ethics code in recent months.

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County: Project could face delay for archeological study Continued from A1

cheological sites.”

Cofachique, located on the banks of the Neosho River near the mouth of Elm Creek, was the first town established in Allen County in 1855 and once served as its county seat. It was also the first town in the county to die a few years later.

Kurtis Russell, director of the Allen County Historical Society, said he’s not sure what, if any, discoveries could be made at the site identified by the state, as it’s some distance away from known points of historical interest.

STATE and federal funding is expected to pay most of the estimated $4 million cost of the infrastructure projects at the airport.

Over the past few weeks, though, commissioners got a bit of sticker shock when bids to install water lines came in 41% higher than expected. Engineers expected that project to cost around $464,148, but when bids were opened Oct. 24, the lowest came in at $756,228.

The higher costs were attributed to post-pandemic supply chain issues and inflation.

Costs to build sewer lines and other infrastructure were estimated at around $3 million.

Commissioners are concerned those costs will exceed expectations, as well.

THEN came notification from the state about the need for the archeological study.

Now, they’ll have to pay another $5,456 for the study. While that expense is relatively low compared to the overall scope of the projects, it’s an unplanned cost at a time when they are looking to trim the proj-

result in cost savings.

• Discussed the Local Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund, a program that sets aside 3.63% of state sales tax collections to distribute to counties for tax relief.

Lawmakers, however, have not given that money to counties for more than 20 years.

Commissioner Bruce Symes said Allen County has missed out on about $500,000 each year that could be used to lower the mill levy. He recently learned state lawmakers are not expected to address the matter in

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The map above shows an area, in red, identified by the state as in need of an archeological study. Lake Bassola and the Lehigh Portland Cement Plant are to the right. The yellow X shows the location of Cofachique. At right is a sketch based on an 1859 map of Territorial Kansas. ects to save money.

It also will add at least a couple months to the timeline. A consultant who was approved on Tuesday estimated it will take about two days of field work, followed by up to six weeks to submit a report. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, along with the Kansas State Historic Preservation Office, then has 30 days to approve the report.

If the archeological study were to find something of historical interest, that could complicate the matter.

On the bright side, if the study comes up clean, it might save the county money as construction crews could modify the methods needed to excavate the ground, Terry Call, zoning director, said.

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In a related discussion, Lisse Regehr, CEO of Thrive Allen County, said her staff has been looking at additional funding options for the projects. So far, they have not found any.

IN OTHER news, commissioners: • Heard an update on an agreement between the county and NextEra Energy Transmission Southwest, which is building electric lines to connect a substation near Wolf Creek to one in southwest Missouri. NextEra needs some county roads to be improved to be able to handle heavy equipment

for the project and will reimburse the county for expenses. Road and Bridge Director Mark Griffith said the state also planned to replace one of the bridges, so that will factor into the project.

• Discussed what to do about four competing proposals from brokers who want to handle the county’s health insurance plan. All would work with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, so employees would not notice a difference.

Commissioners weren’t necessarily looking to make a change, but they’re willing to see if the competition might

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95 tally, but 93 Republicans voted against it.

Kansas representatives were divided on the bill, despite the fact that it extends funding for the Farm Bill until September.

Jake LaTurner and Sharice Davids supported the measure; Ron Estes and Tracey Mann voted against it.

It was the first time the new speaker had to

force vital legislation through the House, and he showed a willingness to leave his rightflank Republicans behind — the same political move that cost the last House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, his job just weeks ago.

For now, Johnson of Louisiana appeared on track for a better outcome. His approach, which the Senate is expected to approve by

the next legislative session and encourages residents to write letters to their representatives and senators, asking them to reinstate the program.

• Approved a zoning request to allow 43 storage units to be built at 368 1600th Street, Humboldt.

• Learned tests to determine how to build a clay layer for a new cell at the Allen County Landfill will be delayed because a semi-trailer hauling equipment for the project was involved in a fatality wreck in Texas.

week’s end, effectively pushes a final showdown over government funding to the new year.

“Making sure that government stays in operation is a matter of conscience for all of us. We owe that to the American people,” Johnson said earlier Tuesday at a news conference at the Capitol.

The new Republican leader faced the

same political problem that led to McCarthy’s ouster — angry, frustrated, hard-right GOP lawmakers rejected his approach, demanded budget cuts and voted against the plan. Rather than the applause and handshakes that usually follow passage of a bill, several hardline conservatives animatedly confronted the speaker as they exited the chamber.

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Holiday Food Safety for your Pet

By Belinda Garten D.V.M.

We have turned back our clocks, now we are looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas!

While the youngsters are excited about gifts under the tree, many adults are excited about the meals that accompany the holidays. With so much food to prepare, we almost always have a few leftovers, right?

And why wouldn’t we share them with our four-legged friends? Let me give you a few reasons.

First, many people are unlikely to have a “carpet cleaner” on their wish list, but I can tell you that forking over a few leftovers may create that situation. Even when pets (dogs and cats) are used to getting a bite from the table occasionally, they will decide that it is no longer a good idea. Their bodies are not capable of digesting meals or treats that are high in fat, and will consequently deposit them on your floor, couch, or bed in the form of vomit or diarrhea.

Another reason to avoid offering table scraps and leftovers to your pets is that they may be dangerous and sometimes deadly. If you are attempting to reduce your calorie intake and opt for the sugar-free version of pie, cookies, cake, chocolate, etc. be sure to keep them out of your pet’s reach. A sugar substitute, xylitol, is particularly deadly to dogs. Even when the symptoms are caught very early, little can be done, and the outcome will likely be tragic. There is no treatment for xylitol toxicity. Plan another way to skip the calories and pass on anything that says “sugar-free” on the label unless you have dietary needs that require you to watch your sugar intake.

Although it has been said repeatedly in our clinic, it is a good reminder - never give your pets any bones. Not only can they cause an obstruction, like choking or becoming lodged in the intestines, but the sharpened edges can cause tears anywhere between the nose and the tail. While some will dispute that they never give “sharp” bones to their pets, they will chew up the bones and create sharp edges before swallowing.

It is a good idea to place all the bones in a plastic bag after the meal and take the trash out immediately.

Secure the lid to the trash can so that pets and other animals will not knock over the trash can and find the bones. Few things are worse compared to picking up your trash when it has been scattered all over your yard and trails down the street.

Finally, spend your money on your family, travel plans, or cute toys or outfits for your pets. If you plan to share your table food or scraps with your pets, you can also plan on spending some money on a pet emergency. Vomiting and diarrhea often cause dehydration that is treated with intravenous (IV) fluids. Xylitol consumption is almost always fatal, and obstructions or perforations usually require surgery.

Each of these will require a full exam, bloodwork, radiographs, and hospitalization, and it is necessary to decide on a treatment plan that is best for your pet.

We all look forward to spending time with our families, but we also understand that emergencies happen, and they are never planned. Do yourself and your pet a favor and follow these tips to a happier holiday season and a safer new year!

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Home: Oxford House has zero-tolerance policy on using says she has had no problems.

The experience led her to push for establishing a women’s residence in Iola. The need is clear; there’s no Oxford House within an hour’s drive, and she sees distinct advantages here.

“As rural as we are, we have strong support services,” she says, listing the SEK Mental Health Center, Hope Unlimited, a variety of healthcare providers, and the 31st District Court’s drug court program, based in town.

For husband Nich, the vision is just as clear — and just as personal.

“For me, I adopted my oldest two daughters because their mother had a substance abuse disorder. And the trauma was really hard for them,” said Lohman.

“It impacted my life a lot. It was hard. They’re both doing really well now, but the neglect — they lived with people who just didn’t take care of their needs. If their mother had gotten the help she needed, that trauma may not have happened,” said Lohman.

Lohman sees Oxford House as a way to help close the same cycles of trauma he knows all too well. “You hear the phrase ‘invest in your community,’” he says.

“Usually, that’s figurative speech — investing means volunteering or getting involved. But this is a literal way for us to take the money we’ve earned and invest it here. We’re putting our money where our mouth is — investing in our community.”

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47 states and housed more than 80,000 individuals. In Kansas, there are 152 Oxford Houses; the closest to Iola are in Pittsburg and Lawrence.

To establish a new home, each residence obtains a charter with three clear rules: the house must be democratically run, support itself financially, and residents must agree to immediately expel anyone who uses alcohol or illicit drugs. Houses are separated by gender.

INITIALLY, Griffin-Lohman and Lohman planned on informing neighbors and educating them about the non-profit before it got up and running.

They were beaten to the punch when several Meadowbrook residents protested the idea at Iola City Council’s Oct. 23 meeting.

Though the pushback was harsh, the couple continues to prepare the residence for Oxford House, with plans for occupancy around January 2024.

THE INSPIRATION

Griffin-Lohman can be hard to read. One could almost confuse her reserved nature with a tendency to acquiesce. But speak with her, and it becomes clear her motivations for establishing an Oxford House run deep, her convictions firm.

“I care about safe housing for women,” she said simply. “And I believe in recovery.”

Griffin-Lohman, who works as the interim Intellectual/Development Disability manager for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, also currently serves as co-chair on a capital campaign for Hope Unlimited, an organization that serves survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. (Husband Nich is the other chair.) She is also a board member for USD 257 Over the years, she’s gained an acute understanding of how the right type of recovery programs can alleviate trauma – and how the wrong kind merely delays healing. She’s no stranger to the Oxford House model; Griffin-Lohman owns a Pittsburg residence that Oxford House rents as a recovery home for men.

It’s been two years now, and Griffin-Lohman

‘JARRING’

Griffin-Lohman describes the Oct. 23 city council meeting as “jarring.”

Beforehand, the couple had received little feedback about Oxford House; they’d only spoken with a handful of neighbors and had encountered minimal opposition. All of a sudden, it felt very different. “I remember sitting there,” she says.

“I don’t even remember what I said. A lot of inner emotions. It was pretty emotionally charged.”

Griffin-Lohman recalls hearing Dennis Skahan, who lives across the street, talk to the council about the neighborhood’s pickleball courts, the park, and the family envi-

You hear the phrase ‘invest in your community.’ Usually, that’s figurative speech — investing means volunteering or getting involved. But this is a literal way for us to take the money we’ve earned and invest it here. We’re putting our money where our mouth is — investing in our community.

— Nich Lohman

ronment that Meadowbrook offers. “All that stuff,” she remembers saying, “just reinforces what a great neighborhood this would be for Oxford House.”

Indeed, Oxford House looks to establish homes in neighborhoods that offer stable, safe places for recovery. Before buying the house in Meadowbrook, both Griffin-Lohman and Lohman thought they had a much better option. A bigger space, more bathrooms, close to downtown. Representatives from Oxford House disagreed, however. They wanted a home in a neighborhood, a place where residents would feel safe and comfortable.

All homes have a zero-tolerance policy; if residents are found to have used drugs or alcohol, they must leave immediately. Children may visit, but can not be residents in the Meadowbrook home. Any adult in recovery can apply for membership; 80% of a home’s current residents must vote to accept them.

THE NUMBERS

Few seem to oppose the idea of an Oxford House. And with good reason. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports around 29.5 million Americans abuse alcohol; data from the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics shows about 37 million Americans are current illegal drug users, meaning they used within the last month.

Yet about 87% of Oxford House residents stay clean and sober.

Residents can stay as long as they need (the average stay is 325 days), and the organization’s 2022 annual report is full of testimony of lives changed, put back together again. Women who recover are more likely to reunite with children, thus avoiding the perils of the foster care system. Research

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shows neighbors view the recovery homes more positively than those who are unfamiliar with Oxford House.

But some Meadowbrook residents worry about city zoning restrictions that limit the number of non-related tenants to five. For Oxford House to establish a home, six residents are needed.

“We’ve spoken our piece,” said Skahan, a representative of the neighborhood’s homeowners association.

“We aren’t pursuing legal action. We’ve given up on trying to prevent Oxford House from coming.”

(A 1995 US Supreme Court Decision, City of Edmond v. Oxford House, ruled that municipalities cannot use single-family zoning restrictions in an attempt to bar group homes, including those which house those recovering from substance misuse.)

“All we can do is ensure city codes are followed,” said Skahan.

“Oxford House rules state a residence can only be charted if there are six or more residents. Are they going to abide by the city’s residential zoning code?

The Meadowbrook Homeowners Association would like to see a public response.”

When asked, Griffin-Lohman declined to offer a public response or enter into specifics.

City administrator Matt Rehder confirmed

to the Register that the city’s residential zoning code limits five non-related tenants to a single home. Any proposed changes to the zoning code regarding the number of non-related tenants would require several steps, he said, including a public hearing, a vote from the planning commission, and a vote from the city council.

‘REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS’

Nationally, however, it seems well established that government entities must make reasonable accommodations to help individuals deal with their disability, a protection that extends to people with addiction to alcohol and people in recovery from opioids and other drugs.

The Fair Housing Act, originally part of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, was amended by Congress in 1988. According to the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, those amendments make it illegal for local government entities to deny “reasonable accommodations in land use and zoning policies and procedures where such accommodations may be necessary to afford persons or groups of persons with disabilities an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing.”

A 1999 joint statement of the Dept. of Justice and the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development offers further context, stating: “Even though a zoning ordinance imposes on group homes the same restrictions it imposes on other groups of unrelated people, a local government may be required, in individual cases and when requested to do so, to grant a reasonable accommodation to a group home for persons with disabilities.”

What makes an accommodation reasonable, however, is determined on a case-by-case basis. Questions, certainly, this article can’t answer.

GOOD NEIGHBORS

Life in a small town can be curious. Neighbors disagree, then see each other around town and turn the page. Yard signs for elections go up, come down, and we learn to bury the hatchet. What’s the use of getting mad? We’ll see them in church on Sunday, anyway.

With Oxford House, the case may very well be the same. Good people all around, relationships that go back years.

Who here doesn’t know someone who deserves a second chance? Who has never said something they regret? No matter what happens, we all still have to learn to get along.

Strangely enough, that’s how Griffin-Lohman sees things in Meadowbrook.

“Right now, neighbors may be upset and worried, but they likely are just trying to protect their neighborhood,” she says. “But they all have loving hearts. I know many of them, and I know they have good hearts. This is a defense mechanism.

They see this as a way to protect their homes.

“That’s a good feature for this community, for any community,” she notes. “And I believe, I hope, they will also come to respect the people in this home.

And once that happens, my hope is that they’ll be just as protective of the people here. I think they’ll find that Oxford House residents are good neighbors.”

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How to steer the U.S.-China talks

By JACOB DREYER Guest opinion for The New York Times

CHINA’S STRENGTH is not always easy to digest for Americans, who are used to being No. 1. It’s troubling to see the A couple of weeks ago, a rise of a society of comparable young crowd in Shanghai power, operating under a valcame out in force to celebrate ue system that seems so difHalloween. The street where ferent from America’s.

I live filled with revelers Yet America retains endurdressed in a range of elaborate ing strengths that China encostumes — as the white-clad vies: the U.S. dollar, the dynaenforcers of China’s Covid mism of American science, its lockdowns, as Chinese courcultural, military and diplotesans or simply as a watermatic clout and the resilience melon. Halloween allows us of its economy. This means to dress up as something that that U.S. leaders can afford to we can’t otherwise be. continue reaching out to ChiIt’s a strong impulse right na, to look past differences now in China, which remains over those rules and boundarstuck in a post-pandemic ies laid down decades ago, to malaise marked by job shortresist posturing for their elecages, a trend of disillusioned torates back home and start 20-somethings dropping out working together on things of the work force and society, that matter to young people in and a general yearning for a both countries. Those things different way to be. include economic stability, These young people in Chijob creation, healthy compena are much like their Amertition instead of decoupling, ican counterparts. Many feel scientific collaboration and, they are living in a world that above all, climate change. worked well for their parents Each moment that we spend but isn’t working as well for mired in distrust makes the them. Young people in Amerworld a little bit hotter. Raised ica view China as less of a under the threat of climate threat to the United States change, younger generations than their parents do and in both countries intuitively worry more about things that understand that we need new, affect all of us. This includes transformative approaches climate change, which canand that yelling at each other not be adequately addressed solves nothing. Californians, without cooperation between plagued by wildfires, know China and the United States, that there are more immedithe two largest emitters of ate threats to their way of life greenhouse gases. than China. Shanghai’s peoThe cover of Scribner’s magazine in October 1895, depiciting the anti-Chinese Yet, as the aging leaders of ple, living in a shallow river sentiment of the time, by illustrator George M. Reevs.

China and the United States delta, could see their home meet on Wednesday in San washed away in a few decades.

BUT THE SONS and daughters of to be friendly with governments Francisco, there is the usual The resources that Beijing and talk of unavoidable rivalry, intrac- those builders are growing up in with which America is not, such Washington expend on an unwintable disputes on trade, technol- a world very different from their as Russia, Iran and North Korea, nable geopolitical standoff could ogy and Taiwan, and low expec- parents’. They inherited the basic means that American diplomats be far better used in our energy tations for the meeting. It is as if structure — of a nation that is ris- increasingly ask Beijing to use transition or bringing better lives conflict between the two coun- ing once again, ready to make its its leverage, including in the cur- to people in the developing world. tries is something preordained, mark on the world — but they will rent Middle East turmoil. And in My wife, who is Chinese, and I like an asteroid moving across inevitably want to fill in how it frontier technologies like artifi- have a son who recently celebrata fixed path in the sky. But nei- looks and feels, and will challenge cial intelligence, experts agree ed his first birthday. He has a little ther the United States nor China older mores in the process. There that a discussion without China sister on the way. My mother-inis a static entity; both are rapidly is widespread and growing dis- amounts to the West talking to it- law is looking forward to visiting cussion, for instance, of how to self. changing. my home state Virginia — it will China is perhaps the greatest be her first trip outside China — America and its hawkish poli- make Chinese society more equiticians must stop viewing China’s table, green, urban and scientific. rival America has faced. As U.S. during Chinese New Year in FebCommunist-led system as some China is undergoing a profound Ambassador Nicholas Burns put ruary. Our families are blending immutable, monolithic foe to be transition to a high-tech, highly it, China “is infinitely stronger together, facing the future. Our vanquished; intergenerational educated, prosperous and power- than the Soviet Union ever was,” countries can do the same. As transformation in China is well ful nation that its “builder gener- thanks to its economic, scientif- Gov. Gavin Newsom of California ic and technological power, its said during a visit to China last underway. When I first moved ation” could only imagine.

Live in China for a while and capacity for innovation and its month, “Divorce is not an option.” to China in 2008 at age 21, most Americans still harbored clichéd you realize that it’s not collaps- global ambition. But rather than a So it’s encouraging that Mr. Xi images of China, of a faraway land ing any time soon, despite what foe, we should see in China — and and Mr. Biden — 70 and 80 years where the masses clogged streets hawks in the United States might its many strengths — a powerful old, respectively, and members on their bicycles or toiled away hope. Despite China’s unsteady potential partner to work with in of the Cold War generation — are manufacturing the world’s goods. transition away from low-cost la- solving the world’s biggest prob- meeting for the first time in a year.

Some of those old tropes are root- bor and manufacturing toward lems. Investing huge amounts But it’s what we do afterward that ed in reality. China’s older genera- innovation and consumption, its of American money and effort in matters. Nobody lives forever. The tions were, in fact, “builder” gen- economy is still growing, albe- a struggle for global supremacy disputes of today are fleeting, but erations like the Americans of the it more slowly than in the past. does not always lead to the desired their consequences for families 1950s, laying down rules, roads Even as China builds coal plants, outcomes: America supposedly like mine will last. and lines on the map en route to it has become a global renew- won the Cold War, outlasting the turning China into the world’s ables superpower, an exporter Soviet Union, but did that result About the author: Mr. Dreyer, factory. By China’s own admis- of electric vehicles, solar panels in a democratic Russia, friendly an American editor and writer, and wind turbines. Its tendency to U.S. interests? sion, it is still modernizing. wrote from Shanghai.

Meet the new Speaker; same as the old Speaker Pop quiz: What’s the difference between the bipartisan stopgap funding bill that passed the House Tuesday under new Speaker Mike Johnson, and the September equivalent passed under former leader Kevin McCarthy? Answer: Nothing but the self-defeating Republican drama.

Mr. Johnson took a big step toward avoiding a government shutdown when the House passed a continuing resolution that extends current spending levels into early next year. The House Freedom Caucus opposed the bill for lack of spending reductions and money for the border. But the bill passed 336-95 with the help of Democrats.

Note that the GOP backbenchers aren’t threatening to depose Mr. Johnson for

Like Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker Mike Johnson, above, had no choice but to rely on Democrats to keep the government open. (ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES/TNS) relying on the minority for passage — which was their excuse for ousting Mr. McCarthy and three weeks of leaderless pandemonium. So much

for the claim that their goal was electing a more “committed conservative” as Speaker.

None of this is meant to criticize Mr. Johnson, who,

like Mr. McCarthy, has to deal with the tyranny of legislative numbers. The government is due to shut down Saturday, and neither chamber has passed all of its appropriations bills. Mr. Johnson could have tried a Republican-only bill that required deeper cuts as the price of keeping the government open. But he had no guarantee his right flank would support even that. GOP holdouts tanked two of Mr. McCarthy’s GOP-only resolutions that contained conservative priorities.

Mr. Johnson’s bill varies little in substance from the one that cost Mr. McCarthy his job. It contains a two-step approach (extending some funding to Jan. 19 and some to Feb. 2), eliminates the Senate’s ability to jam through

another year-end “omnibus,” and gives House GOP negotiators more time to leverage gains in bicameral appropriations conferences.

The decision to maintain current funding levels made the bill acceptable to Democrats and likely guarantees Senate passage. Such political compromises are the price of governance with a narrow House majority and Democratic control of the Senate and White House.

The lack of a rebellion this week from the Republican rump is welcome, and apparently deposing two speakers in a few weeks was too much even for them. But it further exposes the hollow claims the McCarthy Eight made for their October exhibitionism.

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When names were drawn, Crawford won.

Ironically, Crawford had filed for the mayor’s race and won unopposed. Now, he’ll have to decide which seat he wants to keep. The Bassett City Council will decide who will fill the position he declines.

Tie votes can be decided by a coin flip or by a random name draw.

Because one race was a four-way tie, commissioners decided to draw names.

Tuesday’s canvass finalized the election results and otherwise brought no surprises.

County Clerk Shannon Patterson presented commissioners with 22 provisional ballots, which are those given to voters when there is some question about eligibility. Some reasons for a provisional ballot would be if a voter has moved or changed their name since the last election.

Commissioners rejected nine ballots; seven were not properly

Above, Allen County Commissioners, from left, Bruce Symes, Chairman David Lee and Jerry Daniels, open provisional ballots during a canvass of Tuesday’s city and school board election. At right, County Clerk Shannon Patterson writes results. registered, one did not provide a photo identification and the other one filled out a second ballot because he believed he received the wrong ballot the first

time (the first ballot was counted but not the second).

Commissioners approved 13 provisional ballots, mostly because of address changes.

Israel searches for Hamas in raid of key Gaza hospital KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops on Wednesday stormed into Gaza’s largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of other patients have suffered for days without electricity and other basic necessities as fighting raged outside.

Details from the raid remained sketchy, but officials from Israel and Gaza presented different accounts of what was happening at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City: The Israeli army released video showing soldiers carrying boxes labeled as “baby food” and “medical supplies,” while health officials talked of terrified staff and patients as troops moved through the buildings.

After encircling Shifa for days, Israel faced pressure to prove its claim that Hamas had turned the hospital into a command center, using the patients, staff and civilians sheltering there to provide cover for its militants — part of Israel’s broader accusation that Hamas uses Palestinians as human shields.

Hamas and Gaza health officials deny militants operate in Shifa. Palestinians and rights groups say Israel has recklessly endangered civilians as it seeks to eradicate Hamas.

The war between Israel and Hamas erupted after the militant group killed some 1,200 people and seized around 240 captives in an Oct. 7 attack that shattered Israelis’ sense of security. Israeli airstrikes have since killed thousands of Palestinians and unleashed widespread destruction in Gaza.

More than 11,200 people, two-thirds of them women and minors, have been killed in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah. Another 2,700 have been reported missing, with most believed to be buried under the rubble.

The ministry’s count does not differentiate between civilian and militant deaths.

As Israel tightens its hold on northern Gaza, leaders have talked of expanding the ground operation into the south to root out Hamas. Already, most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have

crowded into the territory’s south, where a worsening fuel shortage Wednesday threatened to paralyze the delivery of humanitarian services and shut down mobile phone and internet service.

Israeli forces launched their raid into the large Shifa compound around 2 a.m. and appeared to remain there more than 15 hours later. It was not possible to independently assess the situation inside.

Munir al-Boursh, a senior official with Gaza’s Health Ministry inside the hospital, said Israeli forces ransacked the basement and other buildings, including those housing the emergency and surgery departments.

“Patients, women and children are terrified,” he said by phone to The Associated Press. Another doctor there, Adnan al-Bursh, told Al-Jazeera TV that the troops removed displaced families who had been sheltering in the basement.

Neither the Palestinians nor the military reported any clashes inside the hospital. The military said its troops killed four militants outside the hospital at

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the start of the operation. Throughout days of fighting in the surrounding streets, there has been no report of militants firing from inside Shifa.

The Israeli military said it was carrying out a “precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area in the hospital,” adding that it was separate from where patients and medical staff are located.

The military said the soldiers were accompanied by medical teams bringing in incubators.

It shared footage of them unloading equipment inside the hospital compound.

It added that forces are searching for hostages. The plight of the captives, who include men, women and children, has galvanized Israeli support for the war. Families and supporters of the hostages are holding a protest march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The raid drew condemnation from Jordan and the West Bank’s Palestinian Authority, which called it a violation of international law. U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said he was “appalled” by the raid, saying the protection of civilians “must override all other concerns.”

At one point, tens of thousands of Palestinians seeking safety from Israeli bombardment were sheltering at the hospital, but most left in recent days as the fighting drew closer.

The fate of premature

babies at the hospital has drawn particular concern.

The Health Ministry said 40 patients, including three babies, have died since Shifa’s emergency generator ran out of fuel Saturday. Another 36 babies are at risk of dying because there is no power for incubators, according to the ministry.

Hours before Israel’s raid, the United States said its own intelligence indicated militants have used Shifa and other hospitals — and tunnels beneath them — to support military operations and hold hostages.

With its troops inside Shifa, the burden will shift to Israel to prove its claim that the facility was being used by militants and that it was a big enough military target to justify the siege against it.

Army plans to overturn old convictions of Black soldiers HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Army is overturning the convictions of 110 Black soldiers — 19 of whom were executed — for a mutiny at a Houston military camp a century ago, an effort to atone for imposing harsh punishments linked to Jim Crow-era racism.

U.S. Army officials announced the historic reversal Monday during a ceremony posthumously honoring the regiment known as the Buffalo Soldiers, who had been sent to Houston in 1917, during World War I, to guard a military training facility.

Clashes arose between the regiment and white police officers and civilians, and 19 people were killed.

“We cannot change the past; however, this decision provides the Army and the American people an opportunity to learn from this difficult moment in our history,” Under Secretary of the Army Gabe Camarillo said in a statement.

The South Texas College of Law first requested that the Army look into the cases in October 2020, and again in December 2021. The Army then received clemency petitions from retired general officers on behalf of the 110 soldiers.

At the secretary of the Army’s petition, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records reviewed records of the cases and found that “significant deficiencies permeated the cases.” The proceedings were found to be “fundamentally unfair,” according to the Army’s statement.

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MORAN — In her 3½ years at Marmaton Valley High, Janae Granere has secured her legacy as one of the most decorated athletes to ever don the orange and black.

Next year, the Wildcat senior will take her talents to Pittsburg State University to join the Gorilla track and field team.

Granere signed a letter of intent Tuesday to attend PSU. “When I went there, it felt like home,” Granere said. “The team chemistry is amazing.”

Granere had plenty of options. She picked PSU over the University of Central Missouri. And it was

Marmaton Valley High’s Janae Granere, shown with her assortment of track and field medals she’s earned as a high-schooler, has signed a letter of intent to run collegiately at Pittsburg State University. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRENDA MILLS an easy decision to pick track and field as her collegiate pursuits over either basketball or volleyball, even though Granere is a four-year all-league

performer in volleyball and a three-year all-league performer (and counting) in basketball.

“My sophomore year, I got

involved with my summer track team, and that’s when my love for the sport sparked,” Granere said. “And I don’t know why, but jumping was

was the first thing I went to.

Maybe, I thought it was gonna be easy. It’s not, but it’s been a lot of fun learning.”

On hand for the event were Granere’s family members, her high school coaches Steve Smith, Dan Uhlrich and Rachel Blevins and coaches Nate Clevenger and Morgan Samuels with the Warriors Track Club, based out of Girard.

“She’s obviously been a big part of our program since she was a freshman,” MV head track coach Steve smith said.

“She provides leadership, and is a good role model with our younger kids. She’s always hard-working with a positive attitude.

“She’ll definitely be missed, but we’ve still got one more year,” he continSee GRANERE | Page B4

Iola High’s Drayden Reiter (44), Danny Boeken (67) and Tre Wilson (15) each earned first-team All-Pioneer League football honors this season. Boeken earned first-team honors as an offensive lineman and second-team honors as a defensive lineman. Reiter earned his all-league honor as a tight end, while also earning honorable mention as a linebacker. Wilson was honored for his work as a defensive back. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Mustang standouts honored

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Ben Kerr, Sr. 2T All-League RB 2T All-League LB

Briggs Michael (40) Sr. 2T All-League LB

Kolton Greathouse (58), Sr. 2T All-League DL

Iola High’s Mustangs showed improved play on the football field in 2023.

Their four wins seem modest until you peel back the layers a bit.

Iola tied for first place in its district, but were relegated to the third seed in the Class 3A playoffs due to point tiebreakers, and had to play a brutal schedule with teams like Parsons (twice) and Wellsville on the slate.

“This was a successful season,” head coach David Daugharthy said. “From a coach’s perspective, you always want more, but this year’s senior class left its See MUSTANGS | Page B3

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has extended by four months a sanctions waiver that will allow Iraq to continue to purchase electricity from Iran and gives Iran limited access to the proceeds to buy humanitarian goods.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed the 120-day waiver extension and it was transmitted to Congress on Tuesday, U.S. officials said. The move is likely to draw criticism from Iran hawks on Capitol Hill and elsewhere who believe the extension will reward Iran at a time when it is coming under increasing pressure to end its support for proxy groups, including Hamas, that are destabilizing the Middle East.

There is roughly $10 billion in Iraqi payments for Iranian electricity currently being held in escrow accounts in Iraq, and

the waiver will allow Baghdad to maintain its energy imports without fear of U.S. penalties for violating sanctions on Iran.

It will also keep in place a provision — included in the last 120day waiver — under which portions of the electricity proceeds can be transferred to accounts in Oman and then converted to euros or other widely traded currencies for Iran to buy non-sanctioned products.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the decision-making process, said Blinken signed the waiver mainly because the administration doesn’t want to cut Iraq off from a critical source of energy.

But, they said the administration is confident Iran will not be able to use any of the money for nefarious purposes. They said a rigorous vetting process is in place to ensure that the cash can only be used for food,

medicine, medical equipment and agricultural goods.

Blinken visited Baghdad on Nov. 5 and met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani during the course of a Middle East trip focused on the Israel-Hamas war and efforts to prevent it from spreading into a broader regional conflict.

The officials added that only a small amount of the money held in Iraq had been transferred to Oman during the past 120 days and that none of the money now held in Omani banks had yet been spent.

However, Iran hawks point out that the waivers can allow Iran to free up domestic revenue it would have otherwise spent on humanitarian goods to fund proxies like Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen.

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The Kansas Fights Funds come from Addiction Grant Review the state’s Board has settlements given a subwith pharstance abuse As of Oct. 31, maceutical treatment organization there were 10,280 companies, $594,519 for suspected over- pharmaceutical disuse in three p r o j e c t s doses document- t r i b u t o r s throughout ed so far this and related the state. year, according companies.

The orThe settleg a n i z a - to public health ments have tion, DCCA, analyst DJ Gering. resulted in will use the approxifunds to Naloxone was ad- mately $340 i m p l e m e n t ministered in ap- million over a Doug- proximately 1,614 the next 18 las County years for s c h o o l - of these cases. preventing based preand treatvention ing opioid program, distribute naloxone in addiction. Sunflower Johnson, Shawnee and Foundation, a statewide philanthropy Wyandotte counties health and increase men’s res- based in Topeka, adidential and outpatient ministers the grant protreatment services. gram.

Naloxone is medicaAs of Oct. 31, there tion that can be used to were 10,280 suspected quickly reduce or re- overdoses documented verse the effects of an so far this year, accordopioid overdose. ing to public health ana“This is a wonderful lyst DJ Gering. Naloxone way for us to expand our was administered in prevention resources and address substance approximately 1,614 of use disorders,” DCCCA these cases, Gering said Chief Community Based in a Nov. 3 presentation Services Officer Chrissy to board members.

“There’s not an area Mayer said. “These projects will engage com- of Kansas that’s not remunity partners across ally touched by an overthe state to help create dose,” Gering said.

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mark, not just in wins or losses, but in how to play the game and how we approach practice.

They imposed that on our underclassmen.

Their impact will be left, for sure.”

Opposing coaches took notice, honoring several Mustangs for All-Pioneer League recognition.

Leading the way were seniors Danny Boeken and Drayden Reiter and sophomore Tre Wilson, each of whom brought home first-team AllLeague honors.

Also earning recognition were seniors Ben Kerr, second-team at both running back and linebacker, Briggs Michael, senior linebacker, Grady Dougherty, senior defensive lineman.

Dougherty also earned honorable mention as an offensive lineman.

Meanwhile, Reiter also earned honorable mention for his work at linebacker, as did senior quarterback Landon Weide, senior offensive lineman Jaydon Morrison and Korbin Cloud at both wide receiver and defensive back.

Boeken earned firstteam honors on the offensive line and second-team honors for his work on the defensive line.

“He’s been our rock, our true and steady guy the past two years,” Daugharthy said. “If we wanted to run the ball behind somebody, we were going to run behind Danny. He was good at moving people.

He had good footwork and was a great leader.”

Defensively, Boeken’s ability to draw double-teams from opposing offensive linemen freed up Iola’s other defenders to make tackles closer to the line of scrimmage.

He had 37 tackles with a sack.

WILSON, the team’s only underclassmen to earn Pioneer League honors, helped solidify Iola’s defense from the free safety position.

“He’s one of the most athletic safety/defensive backs, or really players, I’ve ever coached,” Daugharthy said, praising his ball-hawking ability. “His ability to go up and get the ball at any given high point, meant that if he’s in good coverage, he’s probably going to come away with the interception or pass deflection.

“He’s good at pass coverage, and he took a big step forward in our run coverage,” Daugharthy said. “His progression really helped our defense.”

Wilson wound 2T All-League LB up with 54 tackHM All-League OL les, ranking second on the team, testament to what with three interceptions and two forced Dayden was able to do.”

Reiter switched pofumbles. sitions without comREITER’S emer- plaint, Daugharthy said.

“He just said he gence at tight end — he switched positions liked hitting people,” from running back mid- Daugharthy laughed. “I way through the season said, ‘This will be a great — paid immediate divi- spot for you.’”

While used primarily dends as Iola’s running as a blocker, Reiter also game quickly became the team’s calling card became a key receiver for the Mustangs, catchdown the stretch.

“The reason for ing eight passes on the that was because we season with a touchwere running behind down.

Danny and Drayden,” KERR’s development Daugharthy explained. at both running back “You could see two people dominating at and linebacker was emthe line, and that gave blematic of Iola’s imus huge lanes to run proved play.

“He’s perhaps the through. That’s a huge most deceptively good running back I’ve ever seen,” Daugharthy said.

“I figured he’d be pretty good, but to see his patience and vision, it was pretty amazing to see

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Grady Dougherty, Jr. what he was able to get out of his runs.”

Kerr took over as Iola’s front-line running back down the stretch, ending the season with three straight 100-yard games. He rushed for 497 yards and four touchdowns on the season.

Defensively, Kerr’s ability to chase down ball carriers earlier in plays stemmed from his ability to read and react, Daugharthy said.

“His progression at linebacker was very good,” Daugharthy said.

“He went from where he was tackling people for gains of five yards, to gains of two yards and finally for gains of zero.”

MICHAEL’S importance to IHS became clear in the fall of 2022, when he was one of the

few linebackers to make it through the season without injury, Daugharthy noted.

“This year, he picked up right where he left off,” he said. “He was good at meeting those blockers at the line of scrimmage and getting tackles for loss. His progression from last year was phenomenal.”

Michael also had a nose for turnovers. He recovered three fumbles, pulled in an interception and forced two fumbles.

DOUGHERTY, a junior, moved to the line from the tight end position this season.

“We needed somebody with his work ethic on the line,” Daugharthy said. “He’s a great kid, a vocal leader who likes to push the people around him. And he backs up everything he says. He’s got a motor that just won’t quit.

He’s not afraid of contact, and is just a tough football player. I’m glad

we’ll have him back next year.”

GREATHOUSE almost saw his season derailed before it started due to a back injury.

“We were just pleased to have him on the field,” Daugharthy said.

“He worked hard in the offseason, and then the back issues came up.

We were anticipating him not being able to play at all.

“Thankfully, he did,” Daugharthy continued. “Last year, he was strong, but he just didn’t know how to use that strength. This year, the work he put in really showed.”

EARNING honorable mention were Weide, who threw for 1,100 yards and 14 touchdowns and ran for 519 yards and five scores.

Cloud had a teamhigh 35 receptions for 410 yards, while scoring three touchdowns.

Defensively, he had three interceptions, blocked a field goal and wound up with 25 tackles.

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Dickinson shines; Jayhawks rally past Kentucky

By JAY COHEN The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self delivered a relatively simple pitch to Hunter Dickinson. He told the big man he would get the ball a lot. He told him he would get to play with some great players, and have a chance to win a national championship.

“I think he’s been truthful so far,” Dickinson said.

So far, so good.

Dickinson had 27 points and 21 rebounds, and the top-ranked Jayhawks outlasted No. 17 Kentucky for an 89-84 victory in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night.

The 7-foot-2 Dickinson, who announced in May that he was transferring from Michigan to Kansas, went 8 for 12 from the field and 10 for 11 at the line.

The young Wildcats, playing without a pair of injured centers, fought hard inside, but Dickinson was just too much to handle.

“What he does is he

Kansas Jayhawks guard Kevin McCullar Jr. (15) fights for a rebound against Kentucky Wildcats forward Tre Mitchell (4) during the State Farm Champions Classic in Chicago Tuesday. LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER/SILAS WALKER/TNS

takes pressure off everybody else by having everybody else focused on him,” Self said. “So that’s a big bonus.”

Dajuan Harris Jr. scored 23 points for the Jayhawks, who trailed

by as many as 14 in the second half. Kevin McCullar Jr. had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the third triple-double in the history of the program.

Kansas (3-0) closed

the game with an 11-1 run. Harris opened the decisive stretch with a 3-pointer and two foul shots. Dickinson then put the Jayhawks in front with two free throws that made it 85-

Marmaton Valley High School senior Janae Granere is flanked by her father, Joshua, and brother, Jaedon, as she signs a letter of intent Tuesday to compete in track and field at Pittsburg State University next year.

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ued. “We expect good things this year, hopefully special things.”

For Granere, special has become almost commonplace.

She’s earned seven track and field medals at the state meet, three each for long jump and triple jump. And when Granere decided to dabble in running last year as a junior, all she did was reset the school record in the 400-meter dash and earn a state medal in that as well.

Granere, who also owns the MV school record in the triple jump, has had her eyes set on the long jump mark.

“I’ve always wanted to PR in every single event I enter,” she said.

“That’s been my focus.”

If things go according to plan, Granere will continue to improve this year. She’s gunning for the elusive 18-foot threshold in the long jump, “and I’d really like to get to the 38s or 39s in the triple jump, if possible,” she ssaid.

BUT WHILE track and field is in her future, Granere’s present focus is on basketball. Practices began Monday for the upcoming high school

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And she would never consider eschewing the other sports seasons to focus solely on track and field.

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Kentucky (2-1) had a couple chances to tie the game in the final 1:02, but came up empty each time. After Reed Sheppard missed a 3 with 6 seconds left, Jamari McDowell made two foul shots to help close it out for Kansas.

Antonio Reeves scored 24 points for Kentucky, but he went 3 for 17 from 3-point range. Adou Thiero finished with 16 points and 13 boards.

“It feels good to have this type of performance, but when you don’t walk away with a W it doesn’t really feel the same,” Thiero said.

Rob Dillingham, part of another stellar freshman class at Kentucky, scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half. He was whistled for his fourth foul midway through the second half and eventually fouled out.

“To come in this environment with this, you know, everything that goes with this, the bells and whistles, and they perform like they did, I couldn’t ask for much more other than make some free throws and a shot down the

stretch and win,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said.

It was Kansas’ first game in Chicago since it stopped in the Windy City on its way to the 2022 NCAA championship. The Jayhawks beat Miami 76-50 in the Midwest Region final at the United Center that year.

Kansas had a 25-21 lead before Dillingham began to take over. The flashy guard made 3-pointers on four straight Kentucky possessions and then dished to Reeves for another 3, giving the Wildcats a 36-30 lead with 4:37 left in the first half.

The Jayhawks were staring at a double-digit halftime deficit before Dickinson hit two foul shots and a 3, making it 48-41 at the break.

Dickinson had 13 points and 10 rebounds in the first half.

BIG PICTURE Kansas: While Dickinson had a big night, it’s clear the Jayhawks have some work to do when it comes to getting used to each other.

They finished with 14 turnovers, and a couple of them occurred when they tried to force the ball inside to their new center.

Kentucky: It was the first big test for the new kids on the Wildcats, and there was a lot to like. They had just eight turnovers. If Calipari can teach them how to finish close games, they could be in line for a big season.

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Daughter has a lot to unpack when Mom dies Dear Carolyn: My widowed, healthy, vibrant mom lives alone.

Selling her huge house and the furniture, and going through my parents’ belongings, will be a massive undertaking one day. She says that “someone else” can take care of it, that it’s too painful for her.

The “someone else” is me and a semi-estranged sibling. My sibling lives far away and has been absent for decades. I live in the same town as my mother.

I don’t want her things or her house, only special letters and photographs. I can’t understand why or how she could saddle me with this. I feel like I have for much of my life: that she doesn’t consider how her actions directly affect me.

Still, it is her house, her life and her choice.

I feel trapped, and I can’t enjoy the present with my mom without feeling anger over the

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future. — Home, Alone Home, Alone: I am sorry. That is a heavy emotional saddle.

I’m not sure the house is as physically burdensome as you think, though. As long as you’re okay with handing over control of where the stuff ends up, you can hire a company to clean out the house: all the paper, all the clothes, all the toxic cleaning solutions, every stick of furniture.

It’s not cheap but can be cheaper than you’d expect, especially if the projected sale of some contents can offset the final price. Get a few estimates — ask real estate agents for names — pull those treasured photos and letters out for yourself, then drop

the proverbial match.

I do wonder, though, whether the other mom burden — “that she doesn’t consider how her actions directly affect me” — is even heavier than you think?

A nagging, lifelong sense of not mattering to your own mother is much harder work than a houseful of unwanted stuff. And it would make “the present with my mom” a mixed-enjoyment experience at best.

I sincerely doubt her thoughtlessness is something she intends personally and does to you; from here, it looks like self-absorption, which would be, aptly, entirely about her and her emotional limitations. If you haven’t gotten to the point of accepting this as who she is — and, consequently, treating her as unable vs. unwilling to engage with your feelings in a meaningful and restorative way — then that is

Reducing risk of Alzheimer’s disease

By DEB BALZER Mayo Clinic News Network/TNS

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes memory loss and other cognitive decline due to brain cell degeneration. It’s the most common cause of dementia — a clinical syndrome characterized by a collection of symptoms that affect cognitive abilities, memory, thinking behavior. Dementia is not a specific disease itself.

It’s estimated that more than 55 million people worldwide live with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. And that number continues to grow.

Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Mayo

Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, says Alzheimer’s disease, like many other conditions, can be passed down through families.

“In terms of family traits, Alzheimer’s disease has two main types. There’s one form that’s truly inherited in what’s called an autosomal dominant fashion,” says Dr. Petersen.

In this type, each child of a parent with Alzheimer’s has a 50% chance of inheriting the mutated gene which leads to early-onset Alzheimer’s, but that is only 1% of all Alzheimer’s disease.

“The vast majority, though, still has some hereditary influence.

Like many other diseases, Alzheimer’s disease can run in families. If

you have first-degree relatives with Alzheimer’s disease, your risk may be up three or fourfold over the general population,” Dr. Petersen says.

While the risk increases, it doesn’t mean you’ll develop the disease.

Dr. Petersen says to stay involved in intellectual activities, such as reading and playing chess. Be socially active.

“Don’t withdraw.

Don’t avoid going out.

Stay involved,” he says.

Follow a healthy diet, get plenty of rest and find ways to reduce stress.

“The combination of all these factors may improve your quality of life, and perhaps could postpone any cognitive impairment,” says Dr. Petersen.

the unpacking I suggest you do.

Finally, I’m not sure where your sibling fits in, and whether the issue there would be under- or over-involvement in your mom’s eventual estate. But maybe that’s something your mom would be willing to address in your favor now. “I understand your choice to age in place. If you have an attorney draw up papers for X, then that would help me help you.” Your own appointment with an estate attorney to determine what X looks like, given your family’s circumstances, sounds like money well spent.

I meant what I said about being ready to let go of your mom’s stuff, though. Meaning can seep into a junk pile when you’re adjusting to the death of the person who chose it, used it, washed it by hand.

Sending it on a dumpster ride is not for the faint of heart, even when you know it’s the only way to keep Mom’s possessions from owning you.

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Formula One series hits the Las Vegas Strip

By MARK ANDERSON The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — When the world’s best Formula One drivers speed down the Strip this weekend, it will mark the latest step in the evolution of Las Vegas as an international sports city.

The transition from a city that no pro leagues would touch to a global sports destination has its roots in the 1950s, when Las Vegas began hosting major boxing matches that attracted fans and media from all over the world. In more recent years, Las Vegas has added NHL and NFL franchises with international appeal and hosted more international competitions, including soccer, rugby and now F1.

“Recent years have seen a perception shift from LV being seen as a party and gambling city where anything goes, to a more well-rounded destination,” Jason Doyle, sport management discipline advisor at Australia’s Griffith University, said in an email. “It seems this has been a deliberate move and sport has played a central role in that. The entry of the (NHL’s) Golden Knights and later acquisition of the Raiders (of the NFL) have put Vegas on the map in this sense and lent credibility to the city’s new positioning.”

It’s very clear this is a much different Las Vegas from the one half a century ago that relied almost exclusively on casino revenue and where resort operators offered prime rib at hamburger prices just to get customers in the door to gamble.

The first signs the area could become known for sporting events came in 1955 when boxing champion Archie Moore beat Nino Valdes by decision. The sport began to truly take off in Las Vegas in 1960, and over time the city became known as the Boxing Capital of the World.

“I think that was a real starting point for putting Las Vegas on the map,” said Steve Hill, CEO and president of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. “It was a place where you could come and not only watch the match, but watch boxers train for a few weeks. That excitement would build toward the match on the weekend.”

Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard further helped raise the city’s profile but from a sports perspective it was limited largely to boxing and the UNLV basketball program under Jerry Tarkanian. The Rebels appeared in four Final Fours and won the 1990 national championship.

As the metropolitan population continued to grow, expanding to 1 million in the 1990s to around 2.3 million now, so did the idea of Las Vegas turning into a major sports city. Now Las Vegas is home to three professional franchises. The Knights and WNBA’s Aces have won three championships combined in the past 13 months.

The arrival of Formu-

Between Formula One and the Super Bowl, you can’t find events that bring more focus to a city than those.

— Steve Hill, Las Vegas Convention and Tourism Bureau

la One puts an even bigger international stamp on Las Vegas since the sport is more popular globally, and that ties into the city’s strategy of attracting more visitors from abroad. The city has nonstop flights to the United Kingdom, Germany and South Korea among other countries, but is constantly looking for ways to become even more attractive to foreign tourists.

An F1 race is one way to do that. The Super Bowl, which will be played in Las Vegas in February, is another.

“Between Formula One and the Super Bowl, you can’t find events that bring more focus to a city than those,” Hill said. “Because F1 is outside, because it is going to be running down Las Vegas Boulevard, just from a pure spotlight marketing standpoint, you can’t replicate that.”

Maybe the race Saturday — the first of a scheduled 10-year deal in Las Vegas — will exceed expectations and overshadow what has been a rocky start. Locals have become frustrated with construction that has caused significant traffic delays, and some tourists were put off by high ticket and hotel prices.

A failure likely wouldn’t affect Las Vegas’ ability to draw more high-profile international events. But it’s still not the kind of publicity the city wants, especially as it tries to lure other events.

There are two notable events that probably won’t ever come here.

Las Vegas did not bid on the 2026 World Cup, which will be played in North America, because Hill said Allegiant Stadium’s field dimensions couldn’t meet FIFA’s strict requirements without making major changes. He said a number of solutions were explored, such as removing rows of seats.

“We put a together a plan to do that,” Hill said. “That plan would’ve caused Allegiant Stadium to be out of commission for about nine months out of a 15-month stretch in order to have three to six World Cup matches in it, and that for the city doesn’t make sense.”

The Summer Olympics also aren’t likely because of the city’s size and the fact the nation’s second-largest media market — and seasoned Olympic host — Los Angeles is so close by. But the infrastructure is there with many venues already in place and a large number of hotel rooms should a bid ever be made.

F1 isn’t the Olympics but much of the world will still be watching.

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“I’m sure Las Vegas looks at it (F1) twofold,” said University of Delaware professor Matthew Robinson, an expert in international sports.

“No. 1, are we going to get unique visitors that otherwise would not be in Vegas in November and they came because

of Formula One? That’s true economic impact.

The other part of it is you’re talking about increasing awareness about a destination that is broadcast back to Europe and Asia: ‘Now I’m seeing Vegas on TV. It looks like a pretty cool place to go.’”

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