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By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Adam Lusker, a Democrat who represents the eastern third of Allen County in the Kansas House, warned efforts to increase farm land values still was on the mind of Sen. Jeff Melcher, RLeawood, who proposed the change last session.

“He’s still working on it,” Lusker said, during a session of the Allen County Commission, which he, Rep. Kent Thompson and Sen. Caryn Tyson attended Tuesday morning.

The bill Melcher introduced would have substantially increased the amount farmers and ranchers paid for property taxes. He claimed his proposal would make property taxes fair across the board, by appraising farm land by an “average of gross cash rental income.”

As it, farm land is valued through a use-value formula on a rolling eight-year average that takes into account commodity prices. Consequently, values increased in recent years when pric-

Jefferson Elementary School’s first- and second-graders played a medley of holiday tunes Tuesday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center with their winter concert “Fairytales in the Snow.” Above, performing a number from the opening song were, front from left, Talon Knight, Kaeden Vega, Brock Michael, Michael Maness; second from left, Keegan Hill, Dalton Stout, Lane Wagner, Layton Stowell, Eli Dunne and William Toland; and back from left, Dominik Newkirk, Brody Peters, Ricky Santiago, Ethan Sutterby and Wyatt Dickerson. Below, Lainey Oswald and Toland “play” their air guitars. In the background are, from left, Annabelle Fernandez, Madelynn McDermeit, Harlowe Rush, Abigail Jerome.

The Iola Middle School band will wrap up the USD 257 winter concert series tonight at 7 o’clock at the Bowlus. REGISTER/

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es rose, and have remained higher in the past year when prices dropped, Thompson Adam Lusker observed.

Tyson, who has agricultural interests in Linn County, said a significant concern was a rural-urban chasm in Topeka that could give more traction to such legislation as Melcher introduced.

“There are 26 representatives from Johnson County and six senators,” she noted, giving the populous county a strong — and urban — presence in the Legislature.

Another issue “close to my heart,” Tyson said, was talk that surfaced now and again about removing sales tax exemption from the sale of farm equipment. If that were to occur in Allen County, cost of a new combine costing $300,000 would soar by $25,000 when sales tax was added.

Thompson said a fear See COUNTY | Page A4

Debate: Bush strong, but it may not matter

Megan Klubek finds a pair of size 1 shoes during a shopping expedition this morning at Walmart by Iola High band members. Others on her team, from left, were Lois Weide, Karima Hall and Quentin Mallette. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON

Student Santas

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Dressed in full attire, 40 members of Iola High’s Marching Mustangs paraded into Walmart early this morning, intent on making a merrier Christmas for elementary school students.

They succeeded, in short order. Divided into groups of four, the high-schoolers dashed through the store scoring presents for a preselected group of kids.

The group of Megan Klubek, Lois Weide, Karima Hall and Quentin Mallette were charged with finding size 1 boy’s shoes. They wove their way through a couple of aisles until finding the appropriate section, then leafed through smaller sizes until one realized size 1 was larger than the 8’s and 9’s.

Next came a shirt and a coat. Then toys.

Mallette kept track as the See SANTAS | Page A2

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jeb Bush finally delivered a powerful debate performance. But it may not matter.

The former Florida governor repeatedly took the fight to front-runner Donald Trump in Las Vegas Tuesday night as the Republican Party’s 2016 class met on the debate stage for the last time this year.

Bush called the billionaire businessman “the chaos candidate,” insisted Trump couldn’t “insult his way to the presidency,” and dismissed Trump’s proposal to block all Muslims from entering the country as dangerous and “not serious.”

Yet with little more than six weeks before voting begins, Bush is struggling for relevancy in a presidential election that has begun to leave him behind. Trump, meanwhile, beat back repeated attacks from his Republican rivals in the primetime faceoff to ensure a central role in the 2016 contest, fueled by deep anti-establishment frustration among the GOP’s angry electorate.

Trump seized on Bush’s dismal standing in recent polls and largely shrugged off the criticism.

“I know you’re trying to build up your energy, Jeb, but it’s not working very well,” Trump countered.

“Donald, you’re not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That’s not going to happen,” Bush responded.

The exchange was recorded as the “top social moment” of

GOP presidential candidates Dr. Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R- Texas) and Jeb Bush on stage during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian in Las Vegas Tuesday. SIPA USA/RICCARDO SAVI/TNS

Steve Peoples An AP news analysis the debate on Facebook, according to the social media organization. It was the kind of moment Bush supporters had been desperate for in the year’s first four primetime debates. That it took several months to materialize highlights Bush’s weakness as a candidate, despite having every advantage money could buy.

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way.

Exactly one year ago, Dec. 16, 2014, Bush shook up the political world by declaring he would actively explore a presidential bid. Backed by much of the Republican establishment, the son and brother of former presidents quickly

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Donald, you’re not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That’s not going to happen.

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See related article on A4 amassed a mountain of campaign cash — more than $100 million — that was supposed to scare off potential rivals and offer an easier path to his party’s presidential nomination.

It didn’t work.

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Obituary

Debate: Bush challenges Trump

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Emma Jane DeMoss, 84, Walnut, passed away at 1:47 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in the Girard Medical Center.

Jane was born Nov. 29, 1931, in Dunlap, the daughter of Charles and Mildred (Lewis) Kendall.

She graduated from high school in Gas. Jane married Ben DeMoss on Nov. 2, 1979, in Alma. He survives of the home.

Jane served clerical responsibilities at the USDA Inspection office in Topeka, and she was the “Hostess with the Mostest” at the Topeka Holiday Inn. After moving to Berryton, she established a country home suitable for the perfect Tea Party with her regular gal pals.

Jane moved to Walnut and served as a board member for the Walnut Library, the Walnut Community Center and the annual Easter egg hunt. She was the director of the Senior Citizens Activity Program and Meals on Wheels, both in Walnut.

After moving to the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul, Jane made jewelry and crafts for her fellow residents. Jane loved the Prairie Mission staff and she had a constant stash of candy to hand out and she provided entertainment for all.

Jane loved to trail ride and attend covered wagon events, the country and small town living, her family and Jesus.

Survivors, in addition to her husband, are daughters Penny Payne, Mason City, Iowa, Piper McPherson, Topeka, Jan Madill, Overbrook, and Lori Virt, Fayetteville, N.C.; eight grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Jane was preceded in death by her brothers, Dale Kendall of Washington state and Don Kendall of Topeka; and her sisters-in-law, Alberta Kendall of Topeka and Darlene Kendall of Washington state.

A Celebration of Life service will be at 10 a.m.

Sunday at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. The community of Walnut will have refreshments to follow at the Walnut Community Center.

Memorials are suggested to the Jane DeMoss Memorial Scholarship Fund and these may be left at Farmers Bank, 200 Main, P.O. Box 129, Walnut, KS 66780 or the Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, 518 W. St. John, P.O. Box 258, Girard, KS 66743.

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more than a quarter of their massive fundraising haul running television ads for three consecutive months. Still, his weak poll numbers haven’t moved. And Trump, who has spent by far the least of the major presidential candidates, is firmly entrenched as his party’s front-runner.

With tens of millions remaining in the bank behind Bush, however, there were modest signs of optimism after Tuesday night’s debate performance.

“I think it’s interesting that none of the other candidates saw fit to challenge Mr. Trump,” Bush campaign manager Danny Diaz said after the debate. “From our perspective, we wanted to highlight the difference between the

candidates: one who is prepared, one who has a depth of knowledge for the job and one whose erratic behavior and reckless rhetoric raises real questions.”

Yet as the crowded 2016 Republican contest continues, Bush increasingly seems like a candidate whose time has passed.

As was the case Tuesday in Las Vegas, Bush’s rivals have adopted a more measured approach with Trump recently, declining to attack him too aggressively while embracing the anti-establishment sentiment fueling his candidacy. Bush, however, continues to take direct aim at Trump and his brash policies.

Most of the Republicans on the debate stage, for example, dis-

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Iola police officers were called to an alleged party Friday evening in the 300 block of White Boulevard.

There, Cooper Henriquez, 21, was arrested for suspicion of interfering with law enforcement; Cameron Pope, 19, Torey Jordan Jr., 19, Kuron Summons, 19, Dejawn Purnell, 19, and Lauren Korte, 19, were arrested for allegedly consuming alcohol as minors; Dylan Warner, 23, was arrested for suspicion of interfering with law enforcement and unlawfully hosting a party; Obed Quintana, 18, Angus Nelson, 19, and Haley Hunter, 19, were arrested for allegedly interfering with law enforcement and consuming alcohol as minors.

Arrests reported Paul Paredes, 33, was arrested Monday in the 100 block of South Ohio Street for allegedly interfering with law enforcement after Iola police officers attempted to serve warrants on him from Iola Municipal Court.

Zachary Stoll, 25, Chanute, was arrested Sunday for allegedly driving while intoxi-

cated, disobeying a stop sign and not wearing a seat belt in the 100 block of East Monroe Street.

Stoll had made it to the 300 block of West Lincoln Street before officers were able to initiate the traffic stop.

Citations issued Justin Westerman, 34, Iola, was cited for a total of eight counts of alleged criminal use of a financial card and theft after Iola police officers were summoned Friday evening to the 800 block of North Street.

Driver injured Andrew N. Regan, 33, LaHarpe, was injured Saturday when the pickup he was driving crashed on U.S. 54 in rural Bourbon County Saturday.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Regan was westbound, about 2 miles east of Bronson, when his vehicle crossed the center line and entered the south ditch. The pickup went through a barbed wire fence and struck a tree.

Regan, who was wearing a seat belt, was taken to Mercy Hospital in Joplin.

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costs mounted.

The shopping blitz started about 8:15 and by 8:30 the band members were done.

All the while Matt Kleopfer, their director, kept tabs with a video camera, making a permanent

record of the kids’ charitable venture.

Money for the shopping spree came from stipends the band earned from participating in parades during the fall semester.

Middle school students will wrap the gifts.

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burglary Saturday in the 300 block of West Bruner Street. A Husqvarna chainsaw was stolen, and numerous windows and a garage door were damaged.

Theft reported Allen County sheriff ’s deputies reported Monday they investigated a theft and criminal damage to property in Petrolia. The total loss was estimated at $18,000. No other details were available.

Cell phone stolen Nicholas Adams, 28, told Iola police officers Saturday his cell phone was stolen from the 1900 block of Marshmallow Lane.

Vehicle hit A vehicle owned by Selina Wallace was struck Friday afternoon while it was parked in the 800 block of North Buckeye Street. The other driver left without reporting the accident.

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all but ignored his Florida rival and instead aimed his most pointed barbs at Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

With precious little time remaining before voting begins, the CruzRubio dynamic seems far more likely to define the next phase of the contest than a Bush comeback.

And Trump seems more than happy to engage with Bush.

“This is a tough business to run for president,” Bush charged early on in the debate.

“Oh, I know. You’re a tough guy, Jeb. I know,” Trump slapped back before pointing out Bush’s sharp fall from frontrunner status.

“You’re moving over further and further,” Trump continued.

“Pretty soon you’re going to be off the end.”

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agreed with Trump’s recent call to block all Muslims from entering the United States to help combat terrorism.

But no one condemned the plan more pointedly than Bush.

“Look, this is not a serious proposal. In fact, it will push the Muslim world, the Arab world, away from us at a time when we need to reengage with them to be able to create a strategy to destroy ISIS,” Bush charged, calling Trump “a chaos candidate.” ‘’And he’d be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.”

At the same time, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio showed little sign he was concerned about Bush, considered his chief Republican opponent not long ago. Rubio

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Financial Focus Time for Some New Year’s (Financial) Resolutions

The countdown to 2016 has just about begun. If you’re like many people, you might be mulling over some New Year’s resolutions, such as hitting the gym more, learning a new language or taking a cooking class. All are worthy goals, but why not add some financial resolutions as well?

For example … … Pay yourself first. Even if you aren’t living “paycheck to paycheck,” you probably don’t have much trouble spending your money – because there’s always something that you or a family member needs, always a repair required for your home or your car, always one more bill to pay. But if you are going to achieve your long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement, you need to invest consistently. So before you pay everyone else, pay yourself first by having some money automatically moved from your checking or savings account each month into an investment. … Take advantage of your opportunities. If you have a 401(k) or similar plan at work, take full advantage of it. Contribute as much as you can afford – or at least enough to earn your employer’s match, if one is offered – and choose the mix of investments that give you the potential to achieve the growth you need at a level of risk with which you are comfortable. … Focus on the long term. In the short term, you might be excused for not wanting to invest. The headlines are typically scary, the financial markets are frequently volatile and the future often looks murky. Yet, if you can look past the uncertainties of today and keep your focus on tomorrow, you will find it easier to follow a disciplined investment strategy that gives you the opportunity to meet your long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement. …. Don’t be driven by fear. When the market is down, investors tend to react with fear. Specifically, they rush to sell their investments, afraid that if they don’t “cut their losses,” they might sustain even bigger ones. If you can get past this feeling, you may find that a down market can offer you the chance to buy quality investments at good prices. … Forget about the “hot stocks.” You’ll hear friends, co-workers and talking heads on television tout today’s “hot stocks.” But by the time you might hear about them, they may have cooled off – and, in any case, they might not be appropriate for your needs.

Forget about “getting rich quick in the market” – it probably won’t happen. True investment success requires patience and persistence. … Cut down on your debts. It’s easy to pile up debts, but a lot harder getting rid of them. Yet, if you can reduce your debt load even moderately, you’ll free up money you could use to invest. So look for ways to conserve, cut back and consolidate – it will be worth the effort.

Making these resolutions – and sticking to them – can help you as you work toward achieving your financial goals.

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Scripture presented Sunday was from Isaiah and Mark. Pastor Andrew Koll presented the sermon, “Emmanuel: The True Servant.”

Women’s Celebrate Recovery will not meet until January. Bring items Sunday to send to Cookson Hills for Christmas gifts for the children; Dec. 24- Christ-

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mas Eve service at 5 p.m. at the Colony Christian Church.

UMC

Scripture presented Sunday at United Methodist Church was Psalm 100, Malachi 3: 1-4, Isaiah 12:1-6, Philippians 1:3-11 and Luke 3:1-6.

Pastor Dorothy Welch presented the sermon, “Again I Say, Rejoice!”

Crest scholar

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation named Colton Strickler of Crest High School as one of 16,000 semifinalists in the prestigious scholarship program, placing him among the top 1 percent of all high school seniors in the country.

A semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. Congratulations to Colton.

Crest Lancers

Congratulations also to eight members of the Crest Lancer football team who earned Three Rivers League All-League honors.

Senior Evan Godderz was Crest’s only firstteam recipient at defensive back. Senior Hunter Frazell and sophomore

Gage Adams received honorable mention both on offense and defense.

Seniors Brandon Brallier, Kellen Ramsey, Kyle Riblett, Garrett Sipe and Colton Strickler all received honorable mention, Brallier and Riblett on defense, Ramsey and Strickler on offense. Sipe was honorable mention kicker.

The Lancers ended the season with a 5-4 record and were district champions.

Christmas Cards

Crest Fellowship of Christian Athletes sent Christmas cards to hospitalized military personnel. Patricia JuAire helped with this most deserving project.

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Myrtle Francis is Living at Greystone Assisted Living in Iola, formerly Fountain Villa.

She formerly lived at Iola Rehab which closed in November.

Myrtle’s daughters, Janilla Preston and Kloma Buckle, moved her to Greystone. Two of Myrtle’s friends also moved to Greystone, which has helped with the ongoing adjustment.

Recent visitors of Morris Luedke at Windsor Place were A.J. Richardson, Delores Strickler, Stanley Luedke, all of Colony, Pastor Randy Johnson, Iola, and David Ensminger, Moran.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A plan outlining how concealed weapons will be allowed on Kansas college campuses appears poised to advance toward adoption despite mounting opposition from some campus groups across the state.

The Kansas Board of Regents’ four-member governance committee today is expected to approve in Topeka the newest draft governing concealed guns that by state law will be permitted at Kansas’ colleges and universities by mid-2017, said Breeze Richardson, a spokeswoman for the regents.

The draft’s latest revisions will be made public during Wednesday’s

meeting, though the full board likely will sign off on the policy during its next scheduled meeting in January, Richardson said.

Kansas law enables gun owners to carry concealed weapons without a license, including in many public buildings.

Public universities in the state also by law must allow such weapons on their campuses beginning in July 2017 in buildings that don’t have security measures including metal detectors — an option broadly considered cost-prohibitive.

Opponents have argued that such easing of firearm regulations could hinder classroom discussions because students may worry an

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armed student or educator who disagrees could react violently, or that a firearm could accidentally discharge or make it easier for the suicidal

cators to carry guns on campus is bad policy. But as moderator of discussions about the topic on campus, “it’s important to know that I’m not go-

The basic premise is that in terms of a 180-degree shift in concealed weapons, that’s not going to happen. Certainly universities are moving forward with the notion that change in the law isn’t likely.

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to harm themselves.

Supporters of concealed carry on campus counter that gun-free zones attract mass shootings.

Kansas is among eight states that allow carrying a concealed weapon on a college campus, according to a National Conference of State Legislatures database. Missouri and 18 other states ban carrying a concealed weapon on a college campus, although two Republican lawmakers in Missouri recently proposed legislation to lift that state’s ban. Twenty-three other states leave the decision up to the individual college or university.

The University of Kansas chancellor and 70 of the school’s distinguished professors this month spoke out against concealed carry of guns on campus, generally insisting universities should have authority to restrict firearms considered incompatible with the campus’ function.

About the same time, Kansas State University professors recently signed a letter to the state Legislature opposing weapons on campus.

At Kansas, Mike Williams — an associate journalism professor and president of the University Senate — said allowing students and edu-

ing to go down the path of no guns to the exclusion of people who think it’s a good idea” to be armed on campus.

His bottom line: Even though there are two legislative sessions between now and mid-2017, it’s unlikely the law will be scrapped, though modifications of it are possible.

“The basic premise is that in terms of a 180-degree shift in concealed weapons, that’s not going to happen,” he said.

“Certainly universities are moving forward with the notion that change in the law isn’t likely.”

State Rep. Brett Hildabrand, a Shawnee Republican, believes the measure is a matter of fairness, noting that “these mass shootings always happen where lawabiding citizens (with concealed carry permits) are at a disadvantage” in gun-free zones.

“I think firearms, by and large, are very accepted (in Kansas), and I don’t think the mood of the Legislature has changed,” he said. “I think it’s important for folks to feel secure and know that, God forbid something like (a campus mass shooting) happens, they have a right to defend themselves and others rather than being just helpless victims.”

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pate in either program.

Company officials also wouldn’t say if there would be involuntary layoffs if it was not satisfied with the results.

The programs come after the company made a recruitment effort in July that included a job fair coordinated by the company seeking to hire up to 500 people, mostly as assembly machinists.

AeroSystems says it is still hiring as it prepared for production rate increases on the Boeing 737 and 787. Spirit expects to increase its production rate on the 737, of which it manufactures the fuselage and other components, from 42 to 47 airplanes a month, followed by a jump to 52 by 2018.

The production rate of the Boeing 787 will increase from 10 to 12 a month by spring 2016.

“We are still hiring critical skills to meet the need of the business,” Spirit said in its e-mail Monday.

Spirit AeroSystems has about 11,000 employees in Wichita.

Proposal goes awry HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man risks a jail term after he stopped traffic on a busy freeway to propose marriage to his girlfriend.

Vidal Valladares was charged Tuesday with obstructing a roadway, a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $2,000.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An aerospace company has offered a voluntary retirement and layoff program to employees in Wichita.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Spirit AeroSystems announced Monday that the programs are being offered to eligible executive, management and salaried employees in Wichita and Oklahoma.

Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace’s Midwest director Bob Brewer says he was surprised by the announcement because company officials had indicated in earlier conversations that there were no plans to offer an early retirement program this year.

“To me it’s kind of dangerous path to go down because these programs will only affect the people with the most knowledge and skills,” Brewer said.

The company says it does not have a target for the number of people who will partici-

A video of the Sunday stunt posted online shows Valladares on one knee in the middle of Interstate 45, proposing to Michelle Wycoff amid a cacophony of angry shouts and truck and car horns.

(She said yes.)

Valladares does not have a published telephone number and couldn’t be reached for comment.

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GOP: Some claims go astray EDITOR’S NOTE — A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast complexities of a dangerous world were cast in toosimple terms in the latest Republican presidential debate.

In addition, Chris Christie pledged to make common cause with a Jordanian king who’s actually dead and Rand Paul wrongly stated that all terrorist attacks in the U.S. since 2001 have come from the hands of legal immigrants.

Here’s a look at some of the claims Tuesday night and how they compare with the facts: TED CRUZ: “You would carpet bomb where ISIS is, not a city.”

THE FACTS: The Texas senator’s conviction that the Islamic State group can be routed with an air campaign of overwhelming force is hard to square with the reality on the ground. IS fighters are holed up in a variety of cities, amid civilians, raising questions about how he could direct a carpet bombing that only singles out the enemy.

He was asked in the debate if he’d be willing to cause civilian casualties in Raqqa, a major Syrian city that has become de facto capital of the Islamic State group’s so-called caliphate. ISIS is also in control of the Iraqi city of Mosul. ___

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TRUMP:

“Our country is out of control. People are pouring through the southern border.”

THE FACTS: Arrest statistics are widely regarded as the best measure, if an imperfect one, of the flow of people crossing illegally into the U.S. And Trump’s suggestion that illegal immigration is increasing at the border is not sup-

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ported by arrest statistics discussed in recent months by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

Johnson has said that during the 2015 budget year that ended in September, about 330,000 people were caught crossing the Mexican border illegally, a near 40-year low in border arrests. During the 2014 budget year, roughly 486,000 people were arrested.

In recent months there has been a spike in the arrests at the border, but primarily of children traveling alone and families, mostly from Central America. ___

JEB BUSH: “We need to embed our forces, our troops, inside the Iraqi military.”

THE FACTS: The U.S. is already doing that.

U.S. special forces are working side by side with Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State militants and American military advisers and trainers are working with Iraqi troops in various locations. To be sure, Bush has called for an intensification of the military effort in a variety of ways, but debate viewers would not know from his comment that U.S. troops are already operating with Iraqi and Kurdish forces.

His comment fits a pattern in the Republican race as a number of candidates criticize President Barack Obama’s course against IS while proposing largely the same steps that are already underway. ___

PAUL: “Every terrorist attack we’ve had since 9/11 has been legal immigration.”

THE FACTS: Not so.

One of the San Bernardino, California, attackers was 28-year-old Syed Farook, who was born in Illinois. Nidal Hasan, who perpetrated the 2009 Fort Hood shootings that killed 13 people, was not only an

American but an Army major. ___

CHRISTIE: “When I stand across from King Hussein of Jordan and I say to him, ‘You have a friend again sir, who will stand with you to fight this fight,’ he’ll change his mind.”

THE FACTS: He won’t, because he died in 1999. Jordan’s king now is Abdullah II. ___

CRUZ: “And even worse, President Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing bringing tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to this country when the head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those refugees.”

THE FACTS: Cruz repeated inflated estimates of how many Syrian refugees the Obama administration plans to admit to the United States. Obama has announced plans to resettle about 10,000 refugees in the next year.

The vetting process for refugees takes, on average, about two years and is routinely longer for refugees from Syria and Iraq.

The administration has said refugees being considered for resettlement in the United States are subject to additional scrutiny. ___

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speaking of security threats to the U.S.: “We need the private sector’s help because the government is not innovating, technology is running ahead by leaps and bounds...They must be engaged and they must be asked. I will ask them.”

THE FACTS: They’ve been asked.

The Obama administration has been in discussions with technology companies, especially in Silicon Valley, over the last year about the use of encrypted communications and how the government can penetrate them for national security purposes.

Commission OKs training schedule Angie Murphy, 911 director, was given the go-ahead to take a certified public manager course two days a month throughout 2016 at the University of Kansas.

Allen County commissioners approved Murphy spending $3,300 from her budget for the training. Chairman Tom Williams and Jim Talkington voted in favor, Jerry Daniels against. Daniels said he thought it better for Murphy to wait until the course is offered in southeast Kansas.

Talkington was enthusiastic, saying his research since Murphy proposed the course a week ago led him to think it was “a great class and a good opportunity” for her and would provide dividends for the county. Williams said he hoped other department heads would come forward and pro-

pose taking the course.

“It has lots of positives,” Murphy said.

The course received high marks from Humboldt Administrator Cole Herder, who completed it this year.

Mitch Garner, director of Public Works, said Kansas Department of Transportation finally approved installation of lights at the intersection of U.S. 169 and Oregon Road, a mile northeast of Iola, and it would be done as soon as materials were ordered. “It shouldn’t take long once we have the stuff,” Garner said.

He also will check into cost of adding rumble strips on Oregon Road to alert motorists of the upcoming stop sign at its intersection with the highway.

Commissioners chatted about a plan being advanced by USD 257, Allen Community College and others districts and col-

leges in the area to form a consortium to provide a broad range of vocational training. A similar center in Pittsburg involving several districts has drawn rave notices.

They discussed the former Diebolt Lumber southeast of LaHarpe as a possible site for a votech center, with part, perhaps, being reserved for county use. “Just in the talking stage,” said Williams.

A unanimous vote led to distribution of remaining alcohol tax funds, sent the county’s way by the state, to Southeast Kansas Mental Health ($7,500) and Drug Court ($2,500).

Hope Unlimited had asked for additional funding, but “that is all the money we have,” Williams said, pointing out a small amount would be drawn from the general fund for the $10,000 total.

County: Lawmakers talk issues Continued from A1

with increased sales tax — including the measure that did so effective July 1 this year to fill a budget shortfall — was slippage, or Kansans living near enough to state lines to buy in another states to save on taxes.

Medicaid expansion may get more attention this year, Thompson said, if for no other reason than many hospitals, including Allen County Regional Hospital, would benefit from not having to write off so many bad debts incurred by the indigent.

Though the “governor and leadership said ‘no’” last session to its expansion, Thompson said they might be more receptive this coming session, which begins Jan. 11. “The governor did say a while back it may need another look.”

By virtue of the Affordable Care Act, the federal government would have picked up 90 percent of expanded Medicaid costs. Gov. Sam Brownback turned

down the offer.

Tyson said she would be willing to look into some of the possibilities for Kansas, perhaps with what was done in Utah and Indiana as models (which she didn’t expand on), but with it being a political hotbed, “I’d have to do what was best for my district and also for Kansas.”

“We need to be openminded,” she said, “and see what numbers we can afford. I think we (the state) have accepted a lot of federal dollars we didn’t need to accept.

“Kansas is not in great shape, but the sky is not falling.”

However, he added, “legislation can be changed and we have to be patient,” in regard to laws, such as one that soon may limit tax levy increases at the local level without a successful referendum.

Otherwise, all three legislators spent much time talking about the mechanics of the Legislature.

Oftentimes, “it’s a game,” Thompson said of everyday machinations.

LUSKER’S time with commissioners was limited by a commitment elsewhere in his large geographical district, which includes part of four counties.

He recognizes problems at the local level, he said, pointing out that what is done with the state budget “affects local government at some point. “

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Keeping U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay a threat to U.S. security For all it’s worth, our military prison at Fort Leavenworth is perfectly able to keep behind bars any murderer, rapist or terrorist without putting Kansas at risk.

But if you listen to our elected officials, accepting detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guatánamo Bay, Cuba, is way out of our league.

“We don’t want Guantánamo Bay terrorists living next door,” said Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins.

What an insult to the Fort’s ability to keep the surrounding community safe.

“Kansans ... have very real fears about this security risk being forced into their communities,” said U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts.

We do?

Last we heard, not one prisoner had escaped from the maximum security prison built in 2002.

Such fear-mongering

gets us nowhere.

MEANWHILE, extremists use the Cuba-based prison as a recruitment tool to wage war against the United States.

They are not without cause.

For 14 years we have imprisoned terrorist suspects without due process of law, including those who have been cleared of any offenses.

It is a stain on our character to which terrorists are only too happy to exploit time and time again.

Continuing to hold the 107 prisoners — down from more than 600 — at Gitmo poses more of a threat to our national security by jihadists than moving them into our federal prison system.

So far, the human rights aspect has failed to sway legislators from doing the right thing. Maybe national security will.

— Susan Lynn

A�look�back�in�time � 40 Years Ago Week of Dec. 13, 1975

T.O. “Todd” Canatsey, piano tuner and a mainstay of the Iola Municipal Band during his active life, died this morning at Sterling Heights Manor at the age of 86. He had been in failing health for the past two years. ***** Iola’s volunteer firefighters, who go where city trucks cannot go under city law and also back up the city department when needed, is still going strong. John Womack is chief of the group, which consists of 32 men, almost

all of whom have responsible jobs in the community. Their pay is not docked when they are off fighting a fire. Allen County Bank and Trust has purchased the two used trucks they operate and also has purchased other equipment the volunteers need. When a Kansas state instructor came to Iola in November to give firemen a workshop-simulator program, he told Fire Chief Tince Little that Iola had the only setup in the state that had a volunteer fire department financed by private enterprise that used the city’s fire station for housing and training.

Medicaid expansion vital to Kansas’ health If Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas Legislature care about the long-term health of the state and its citizens, they will heed a letter from the executives of six health care foundations.

The authors note that the state recently hired a consultant for $2.6 million in hopes of wringing more efficiencies out of a decimated budget, while shunning a solution within its grasp.

They shared a new analysis

by Manatt Health Care Solutions, a national consulting firm, that concludes the state would benefit financially by expanding Medicaid eligibility to low-income, mostly working Kansans.

“Expansion, in fact, may generate savings and new revenue in excess of the costs of expansion,” the report states.

About 150,000 Kansans fall into a coverage gap. They earn too little to purchase insurance in the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace, but they make too much to meet Kansas’ very low eligibility threshold for Medicaid.

Adults without dependents aren’t eligible at all.

If Kansas were to approve an expansion, the federal government would pay 95 percent of the cost next year, and never

less than 90 percent. The consultants estimate the state’s cost at $53 million a year, or a total of $264 million through 2020. But savings would cancel out that expense.

Kansas currently spends $75.3 million a year to finance mental health services, for instance. Many of the people

ers, nor the ripple effect from hundreds of millions of federal dollars flowing into the state’s economy,” it states.

If any state should be looking at Medicaid expansion, it is cash-strapped, economically stagnant Kansas, where one rural hospital recently closed and others are struggling. But

If any state should be looking at Medicaid expansion, it is cash-strapped, economically stagnant Kansas, where one rural hospital (Independence’s Mercy) recently closed and others are struggling.

who use those services could be covered under a Medicaid expansion.

Likewise, the state would save money on reimbursements it pays to hospitals and clinics for treating uninsured patients. And much of the $9.3 million a year it spends on inpatient care for prison inmates could be picked up by Medicaid. Also, Kansas would be expected to save millions of dollars from citizens shifting from disability payments to Medicaid.

Manatt notes that its report is limited. “It does not consider the impact on the finances of hospitals or other provid-

key lawmakers have cited irrational opposition to “Obamacare” to avoid a meaningful discussion. Brownback disingenuously tries to entwine Medicaid expansion with other priorities.

Thirty states have decided that Medicaid expansion makes sense for them. Surely Kansas lawmakers can find a model that would work here.

“We call upon legislators to give KanCare expansion serious consideration and an open debate,” the foundation executives wrote.

Good call.

Lawmakers would be foolish to ignore it.

— The Kansas City Star

Pope’s comments on global warming tops notable quotes list NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Pope Francis’ comments that human activity is mostly to blame for global warming top a list of the most notable quotes of 2015, as compiled by a Yale Law School librarian who also included several sound bites from the U.S. presidential campaign.

Fred Shapiro, an associate librarian at the law school, said the 10th annual “Yale Book of Quotations” list of most notable quotes, released Tuesday, doesn’t necessarily contain the most “eloquent or admirable quotations,” but rather ones that were chosen because they were famous, important or particularly revealing of the spirit of the times.

Making the list is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders saying how “sick and tired” the American people are of hearing about the emails of Hillary Clinton, his rival in the Democratic presidential race.

Donald Trump made the list twice for disparaging comments about fellow Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina and Arizona Sen. John McCain. Trump’s call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. did not make

the list, Shaprio said, because it was presented in a statement that referred to Trump in the third person and did not lend itself to being quoted.

The yearly list is an update to the “Yale Book of Quotations,” which was first published in 2006.

The list: 1. “Scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to the great c o n c e n tration of g reenhouse gases ... rePope Francis leased mainly as a result of human activity.”

— Pope Francis, “Laudato Sí” encyclical letter, June 18.

2. “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails.” — Bernie Sanders to Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential Bernie Sanders debate, Las Ve-

gas, Oct. 13.

Ames, Iowa, July 18.

3. “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right?

But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select c o m m i t t e e. Kevin McCarthy What are her numbers today?” — Congressman Kevin McCarthy, Fox News Network “Hannity” show, Sept. 29.

6. “A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight, and when they come out, they’re gay. So, did something happen while they were in there?”

— Ben Carson, Re p u bl i c a n presidential candidate, on Ben Carson whether homosexuality is a choice, CNN “New Day” show, Mar. 4.

4. “Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?” — Donald Trump on fellow Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, quoted in Rolling Stone magazine, Sept.

24.

Donald Trump

5. “He’s not a war hero. ... He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.” — Donald Trump on John McCain, interview at Family Leadership Summit,

7. “These men and women ... ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” — Justice Anthony K e n n e d y, U.S. Supreme Court opinion on gay marriage in O b e r g e f e l l Anthony Kennedy v.

Hodges, June 26.

8. “What, like with a cloth or something?” — Hillary Clinton, response to a report-

er’s questions about whether she wiped her server, North Las Vegas, Nevada, Aug. 18.

9.

“Three things happen when they (female scien- Hillary Clinton tists) are in the lab. You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry.” — Nobel medicine laureate Tim Hunt, remarks at World Conference of Science Journalists, Seoul, South Korea, quoted in The Guardian, June 10.

10. “He’s, of course, one of the real leaders on this team and he earns it and he earns it with respect from all of his teammates and that’s the Jerry Jones kind of thing that inspires a football team.”

— Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on controversial player Greg Hardy, remarks to reporters, East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 25.

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Murder fuels author’s success The Unity Club met Monday at B&B Cafe.

Helen Ambler was the hostess.

Charlene Levans presented the program about best-selling author Anne Perry, and the book “The Search For Anne Perry,” by Joanne Drayton.

Perry has penned 44 mystery novels set in Victorian England, featuring either police detective Thomas Tipp, his wife Charlotte, or crime investigator William Monk and his partner, Hester Latterly. Perry also has written historical novels, Christmas novellas and two fantasy-based books. She has averaged writing two books a year since 1977.

Perry didn’t become a writer, however, until after serving time in pris-

on — she changed h e r n a m e f r o m Juliet Hulme — after she Anne Perry and her friend, Pauline Parker, conspired to kill Parker’s mother in New Zealand in 1954. Drayton tells what led the two girls to commit the

murder, how Perry’s two mystery series use her experiences and emotions during her trial and imprisonment, and how she’s overcome her previous life to become a successful writer.

Seventeen members attended Monday’s meeting.

The next meeting will be Jan. 11 with hostess Carolyn Krohn. Glenda Helton will present the program.

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Fillies dominate Lady Vikings

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RICHMOND — After scoring just 10 points in the first two quarters combined, Iola needed a change.

So Jay Applegate made a big one.

The Mustangs’ firstyear head coach sat his entire starting lineup during the second half,

instead opting for his bench players to try and jumpstart a sluggish offense.

The shift in strategy turned out to be too little, too late as Iola lost 46-29 to Central Heights on Tuesday night. However, Applegate stood by his decision to let his subs finish out the contest. “(The bench players) wanted to play, I think,”

Applegate said. “They wanted to do what we wanted them to do.”

When asked if the starters had that same desire, the veteran coach didn’t mince words.

“No,” Applegate. “I think that was pretty evident by the third quarter.

The subs played harder, they See BOYS | Page B3

RICHMOND — When Iola opened its season against Girard fewer than two weeks ago, the offense couldn’t seem to find a rhythm.

Frantic shots and errant passes led to turnovers, which led to points for the Trojans,

which led to more frantic shots and errant passes by the Fillies in an attempt to close the gap.

So when Iola jumped out to a 21-2 advantage over Central Heights on Tuesday, it looked like coach Becky Carlson fielded a completely different team than the one that put up just 28 points in the season opener.

The Fillies ended up routing the Lady Vikings, 45-16, in order to improve to 2-3 on the season.

“That’s what we’ve got to do, just make teams think there’s not a doubt that we can win,” Carlson said. “I felt like we did right away.”

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Lancers blow out Blu-Jays

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Evan Godderz (12) dribbles past a Pleasanton defender Tuesday night in Colony. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

COLONY — At one point, all Travis Hermreck could do was turn his head and shrug, as senior guard Hunter Frazell put on his best Steph Curry imitation.

Frazell was red-hot from beyond the 3-point arc, draining seven of them, on the way to a 37-point performance.

Even more pleasing, according to Hermreck, was Crest’s energy on both ends of the court.

The Lancers wore down visiting Pleasanton High with its high-octane attack, rolling to a 67-37 win.

The victory sends Crest into the Christmas break with a 3-2 record. The win also erased the bitter taste of defeat from last week’s preseason tournament in Humboldt. There, Crest lost a hard-fought game to Humboldt on Thursday before blowing a seven-point, fourth-quarter lead in a loss to Uniontown.

Frazell, and his backcourt colleague Evan Godderz, made sure there would be no

such relapse.

The speedy duo repeatedly penetrated deep into Pleasanton’s defense, then either dished off to open teammates or scored themselves on layups.

Crest opened a 17-7 lead after one quarter. The margin stayed at about 10 points until Frazell ended the half with a steal and layup, followed by a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give the Lancers a 34-17 halftime lead.

Just as it seemed PleasanSee LANCERS | Page B3

Lady Lancers lose late 33-25

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

COLONY — By the midpoint of the second quarter, Crest High’s Lady Lancers had been whistled for only three fouls as a team.

Unfortunately, all three fouls were on Miranda Golden, Crest’s primary inside scoring threat. Golden was relegated to the bench for the remainder of the half.

Visiting Pleasanton High took full advantage with an 11-2 run that gave the Blu-Jays

the halftime lead.

The Blu-Jays fended off a potential Lady Lancer rally by hitting 6 of 10 free throws down the stretch to win, 33-25.

Even though the loss keeps the Lady Lancers winless on the season, head coach Elaine Holloway was still pleased with her team’s efforts.

“It was a good game,” she said. “I mean, we’re just so young, and we haven’t played with that kind of pressure.

They’re still giving all that I ask.”

Crest forged ahead, 8-4, early in the second period,

as both teams found baskets hard to come by.

“None of our shots were falling,” Holloway said. “Both Miranda and Laurel Godderz, who usually get scoring inside, had trouble getting their shots to fall.”

Pleasanton’s run late in the half put the Blu-Jays on top, 15-10.

Godderz picked up the pace in the third quarter, scoring six of Crest’s nine points bringing Crest to within 2319 by the start of the fourth See L. LANCERS| Page B3

Jewel Armstrong (5) runs for the loose ball on Tuesday in Colony. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Humboldt boys, girls win on road

By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

Makaylah McCall during Humboldt’s win over Yates Center on Tuesday night. REGISTER/RICK DANLEY

YATES CENTER — The Humboldt High boys basketball team held on to defeat Yates Center Friday night, improving their unblemished record on the year to 5-0. But it wasn’t easy.

The visiting Cubs controlled the first two quarters, establishing a 10-point cushion going into half-time, helped largely by an aggressive defense in the half court set and a balanced scoring attack from upperclassmen Rhett Smith, Jake Haviland and Rayce Hoepker (who ended the night with 13, 15 and 15, respectively.)

But the opening possession of the second half — a long-

drawn-out play which found Yates Center freshman Aaron King open for a three-pointer at the top of the key — should have hinted to the Cubs what was in store.

Yates Center outscored Humboldt 18 to 11 in the third quarter, narrowing Humboldt’s lead to three (41-38) to start the final period. And it was more of the same through much of the fourth quarter.

The Wildcats’ late surge arrived in the shape of the 6-1 King, who led all scorers on the night with 20. The slashing King was able to find the basket at will and, in the game’s final minutes, proved to be, as his name would suggest, a royal pain in Humboldt’s neck.

With 4:15 left in the fourth

quarter, the Wildcats finally took the lead 47-46, and then scored again on their next possession down the court.

But a key three-pointer from Humboldt senior Rhett Smith, and a pair of important steals perpetrated by the Cubs in the final two minutes, meant the difference, and the visiting Humboldt team returned home still undefeated.

They play Neodesha at home on Friday.

The Humboldt Lady Cubs burnished their unbeaten record Tuesday night by defeating the hometown Yates Center Wildcats by nearly 60 points. Final score: 71-14.

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David Slover, 42, was sentenced Monday. He had pleaded guilty to one count of criminal threat and three counts of interference with law enforcement by falsely reporting

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School threats highlight worries in NY, LA LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to assessing threats, New York City and Los Angeles schools likely have more experience than most other districts in the country.

But their reactions were dramatically different Tuesday to the same threat of a large-scale jihadi attack with guns and bombs — LA dismissed all its classes while New York dismissed the warning as a hoax.

The divergent responses from the nation’s two biggest K-12 public school systems reflected what many in school security know: That deciding whether or not a threat is credible is hardly a mathematical process and the stakes in staying open or closing are high. It is one that school district officials around the country have weighed heavily in the wake of school shootings and threats.

Across the nation, small and large districts regularly encounter the challenge of deciphering threats, complicated today by more sophisticated technology that can make them harder to trace.

Even when a threat is determined to be a hoax, the consequences can be a severe, with the safety of thousands of children, millions of dollars in school funding, and the message each decision sends on the line.

It’s extremely rare for a major U.S. city to close all its schools because of a threat and it reflected the lingering unease in Southern California following the attack that killed 14 people two weeks ago in San Bernardino. “If this was not ISIS, not a terror organization, they’re nonetheless watching,� Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Meet the Press Daily.� “And if they come to the conclusion that they can literally mail it in, call it in and disrupt large cities, they’re going to take advantage of that.�

A 2014 analysis by National School Safety and Security Services, a Cleveland-based con-

sioner William Bratton said that it looked like the sender had watched a lot of the Showtime terrorism drama “Homeland.�

Los Angeles officials announced Tuesday evening that schools would reopen Wednesday, with all city police officers ordered to be in uniform and extra patrol at schools.

If this was not ISIS, not a terror organization, they’re nonetheless watching. And if they come to the conclusion that they can literally mail it in, call it in and disrupt large cities, they’re going to take advantage of that. — Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California

sulting firm, found a 158 percent increase in the number of threats schools received over the previous year. About 37 percent of the threats were sent electronically and nearly a third resulted in schools being evacuated. Nearly 10 percent of the threats closed school for at least one day.

Ken Trump, president of the firm, said schools leaders faced with a threat they don’t believe is credible sometimes let community anxiety rule the decision to evacuate or close, even though children might be safer in school than sent home where they could be left unsupervised. “It’s often better to keep them in school,� he said.

In LA, the threat came in the form of an email to a school board member. Authorities in New York reported receiving the same “generic� email and decided there was no danger to schoolchildren. Mayor Bill de Blasio concluded the threat contained “nothing credible.�

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Officials in LA defended the move to shut down its entire district, with that city’s police chief dismissing the criticism as “irresponsible.� “We have suffered too many school shootings in America to ignore these kinds of threats,� Chief Charlie Beck said.

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Professor unearths rare audio of Naismith LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A University of Kansas researcher has discovered what is believed to be the only audio recording of basketball inventor James Naismith, during which he describes the first game he organized 124 years ago this month as a bit of a disaster.

Michael J. Zogry, an associate professor of religious studies, obtained the nearly 3-minute audio in November from the Library of Congress. It was part of a radio show from New York station WORAM called “We the People.� During the Jan. 31, 1939, program, Naismith explained how he set up the game with two peach baskets at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, in December 1891.

Naismith said he had been given two weeks to devise a new indoor activity for his gym class. The work was hurried along by what he described as

a “real New England blizzard� that had the youngsters climbing the walls with little to do. “We tried everything to keep them quiet,� Naismith said on the recording, but the students were bored with a “modified� form of football tried in the gym. Naismith figured it was time to try his new idea using an “old soccer ball� and two teams of nine players each. “I told them the idea was to throw the ball into the opposing team’s peach basket,� he said. “I blew a whistle and the first game of basketball began.�

It didn’t go smoothly.

Naismith said the players almost immediately started tackling each other — and worse. Two young men suffered black eyes while another was knocked out, and he had to pull players apart, he said. “I didn’t have enough (rules), and that’s where I made my big mistake,�

Naismith said.

Naismith’s description of that first game helps shed light on the process that led him to draft the 13 original rules of the game, Zogry told The Associated Press on Tuesday. It appears that he wrote the new rules shortly after the first game, although the exact timeline isn’t clear, he said. Zogry intends to research his findings with other research on that topic. “That I was able to find something like this in this day and age, when the media is ubiquitous, to actually find a form of media that had been lost to history and be able to share it with the public through the KU archives is very exciting,� he said.

The University of Kansas, where Naismith worked for 40 years and was the first basketball coach, has obtained the 13 original rules and is building a structure to house them.

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Girls: Fillies improve to 2-3

Boys: Mustangs fall to 1-4

Ashlie Shields helped give Iola an early lead with their offensive output. Macha opened the game with 4 straight points before Shields rounded out the first quarter by adding 10 points.

After a Mikaela Platt basket and a Sydney Wade three-pointer, there was no doubt the Fillies were in control offensively out of the gate. But it was Iola’s defense that impressed Carlson.

“We played great defense,” the 10th-year Iola head coach said.

“We knew who to stop.

They really didn’t know what to do about that.”

Even after the break, the Lady Vikings seemed lost. The Fillies held them to just 3 points in the third quarter and zero in the fourth.

Meanwhile, Macha, Shields and the rest of Iola’s offense continued to pour it on. After taking a 25-13 advantage into halftime, the Fillies had a 20-3 run to close out the contest.

Shields led Iola with 16 points and Macha was just behind with 10 of her own. Although the senior and junior were

played with more intensity, more heart and they’ll get more playing time.”

Iola’s starting lineup, which is composed of one senior, three juniors and one sophomore, sunk just three field goals during the first half. Ethan Holloway made two of them and Isaiah Fawson made the other to combine for 6 points. The remaining 4 came from the free throw line.

Although the Mustangs (1-4) were still very much in the game as they held the Vikings to 16 points at the break, Applegate wasn’t pleased with how his veterans were running the offense.

So when Iola returned to the court, he gave the reins to a group of subs and JV players.

At first, the change seemed effective.

In the third quarter alone, Iola put up 16 points. Behind the scoring of Cale Barnhart, Braden Plumlee and Mason Ingle, the Mustangs were able to tie the game at 26 late in the third quarter.

Iola hadn’t led Central Heights since going up 2-0, but the subs had

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Ashlie Shields wins the jump ball on Tuesday at Central Heights. REGISTER/JONATHAN CZUPRYN the Fillies’ most effective scorers on Tuesday, Carlson said the beauty of her team is that the point production can come from anyone.

“That’s the nice thing about our team, you’re not going to know who to stop,” Carlson said.

“One night, Sydney had 16 and Mikaela had 12.

So you can stop one and somebody else steps forward.”

And even in the short amount of time between Tuesday’s victory and the season opener, Carlson said she has seen

her team progress and evolve into a more successful group.

“I think we’ve just grown some confidencewise,” she said. “And (we’re) learning to play together.”

BOX SCORE

Wade 1-2-1-5 Murry 0-0-1-0 Shields 6-4-1-16 Lohman 3-0-0-6 Sell 0-2-0-2 Platt 3-0-0-6 Macha 3-4-0-10 Sutterby 0-0-2-0 TOTAL: 16-12-5-45

Lancers: Crest 3-2 on year Continued from B1

ton would make a game of it, opening the third quarter with a 9-5 run, Frazell was there to slam the door.

He ended the third period much like the second, with a driving layup, and another trey at the buzzer, to push the Lancers back in front, 43-26.

The rest was all Frazell.

He opened the fourth quarter with a series of 3-pointers, each seemingly from farther beyond the arc.

His 37 points were a career high.

Garret Sipe’s trey with 3 1/2 minutes left capped a 26-8 Lancer run and pushed the margin to 30, 64-34 to trigger a running clock the rest of the way.

“Hunter had a great game from the field, but what I liked more

... What I liked more than anything was the fact we played with energy, we played together, we played with a purpose.

— Travis Hermreck

Crest head coach

than anything was the fact we played with energy, we played together, we played with a purpose,” Hermreck said.

“We were missing that in Humboldt. It was good to bounce back like that. Pleasanton’s not a bad team.

They hung around for a long time. We finally wore them down and broke their spirit.”

Godderz wound up with 9 points, followed

by Brandon Brallier with 8 and Sipe with 7.

Ronnie Duncan’s 9 points paced Pleasanton.

Crest resumes play

Jan. 5 at home against Northeast-Arma.

BOX SCORE

Pleasanton (7-10-910—36) (FG/3pt-FTF-TP): Sabine 2-0-0-4, McKee 1/2-0-0-8, Duncan 1/2-1-2-9, Kimlin 0-1-0-1, Ralle 3-0-1-6, Laver 3-0-5-6, Secrest 1-0-0-2, Cunningham 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 11/42-10-36.

Crest (17-17-9-24—67) (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Frazell 8/7-0-2-37, Godderz 3/1-0-0-9, Strickler 0-01-0, Hermreck 0/1-0-13, Brallier 3-2-5-8, Sipe 1/1-2-2-7, Ramsey 1-1-23. TOTALS: 16/10-5-1367.

Continued from B1

the team on the brink of a comeback.

Ingle was the spark for the group of bench players as he scored 9 of the team’s 16 in the third quarter. Plumlee added 5 more while Barnhart’s 2 points at the beginning of the period jumpstarted the rest of the team.

“The bench was patient,” Applegate said. “They ran our offense instead of just giving up. We may have found a remedy.

That whole second half, they played hard.

That’s what we want.

Hard and smart. That makes up for a lot of things.”

The Vikings ended up going on a 20-3 run to close out the game as the Mustangs’ bench eventually fizzled out offensively just as the starters did. But Applegate said his subs showed that they deserved more playing time in the future.

He added that he isn’t sure if Tuesday night’s loss will affect Iola’s starting lineup come Thursday when it hosts Prairie View, but Applegate proved he isn’t afraid to make dramatic changes in

Cale Barnhart. REGISTER/ JONATHAN CZUPRYN order to find success.

As for the starters, Applegate said “they’ll figure it out, one way or the other.”

BOX SCORE

Zimmerman 0-2-0-2 Fawson 1-1-0-3 Plumlee 2-1-5-5 Regehr 0-1-0-1 Barnhart 1-0-2-2 Holloway 2-2-0-6 Ingle 3-3-3-9 Cokely 0-1-3--1 TOTAL: 9-11-13-29

L. Lancers: Crest wins

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quarter.

Crest limited Pleasanton’s offense down the stretch, allowing only two fourth-quarter baskets, but the Blu-Jay free throws ended any hope of a Lady Lancer comeback.

“It’s just a learning process,” Holloway said. “We’ve definitely improved, especially from last week in

Humboldt.”

Godderz wound up with 10 points to lead Crest. Golden added six.

Pleasanton’s Sydney Dent scored 10 of her game-high 14 points after halftime to the lead the BluJays.

Crest (0-5) resumes play Jan. 5 at home against NortheastArma.

BOX SCORE

Pleasanton (4-11-810—33): (FG-FT-F-TP): Sabine 1-1-4-3, Dent 4-6-1-14, Lowe 1-0-0-2, Dixon 0-0-1-0, Fountain 1-1-0-3, Mattingley 1-0-3-2, Marshall 4-0-3-8, Spencer 0-1-31. TOTALS: 12-9-15-33.

Crest (4-6-9-6—25): Strickler 0-0-5-0, Armstrong 0-0-1-0, R. Godderz 1-1-5-3, Bowen 1-2-1-4, L. Godderz 4-2-2-10, Jones 1-0-1-2, Golden 3-0-4-6. TOTALS: 10-5-19-25.

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Humboldt benefited hugely from having two more McCalls than the other team.

Sisters Makaylah and Aricah McCall deposited a combined 30 points and forced a number of Wildcat turnovers on the opposite end.

“Those girls are both good, and they sort of balance each

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“Makaylah makes some great passes and Aricah really looks to drive.

They both crash the boards hard. They’re both solid players. It’s nice to have two of them.”

Junior Annalise Whitcomb was the night’s second leading scorer with 16 (behind Aricah’s 17).

Any danger of complacency for the Lady Cubs, however, is removed by the exacting standards applied

by their head coach.

“They know better than that,” laughed Jones, who found in her team’s lopsided win still more room for improvement.

“Our free throws tonight just weren’t up to par. We were 10 of 24, and that’s just not going to cut it. I don’t care that we won by darn near 60; I want to make sure that we’re taking care of the ball and doing what we’re supposed to be doing.”

Jones smiled. “But, yeah — we had a good night tonight.”

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Rams’ highlights in St. Louis ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Rams host Tampa Bay on Thursday night in what could be the team’s final home game in St. Louis as NFL owners weigh the possibility of allowing the franchise to move back to Southern California.

A rundown of the good, bad and ugly for the Rams over 21 seasons in St. Louis: Winning seasons — 4 Coaches — 8 (counting interim coaches Joe Vitt, Jim Haslett) Best seasons — 1999, Super Bowl championship; 2001, lost in Super Bowl Worst seasons — 1-11 in 2009; 2-14 in 2011 Best first-round pick — Orlando Pace, 1997 Worst first-round pick — Lawrence Phillips, 1996 Worst trade — Jerome Bettis to Steelers for draft picks in 1996 to make room for Phillips.

Three best home games:

— RAMS vs. VIKINGS, Jan. 16, 2000: The stadium has seldom been louder than the first playoff game in St. Louis in the Super Bowl title year, when the Rams blew out the Vikings behind the offense dubbed “The Greatest Show on Turf.” The Rams led 49-17 before letting off the gas and the Vikings made it look semi-respectable with three late TDs in a 49-37 final.

— RAMS vs. BUCCANEERS, Jan. 23, 2000: Ricky Proehl made a clutch 31-yard touchdown catch down the sideline, cradling the ball in his arms, for the go-ahead score in an 11-6 victory over Tampa Bay in the NFC championship game. The Rams sacked Shaun King five times, had two interceptions and forced a safety in a defensive struggle.

The defense picked up Kurt Warner, who threw three interceptions before making the key toss.

— RAMS vs. PACKERS, Jan. 20, 2002. In the 2001 playoffs leading up to the second Super Bowl, the Rams intercepted Brett Favre six times, returning three for touchdowns, in a 4517 rout over the Packers. Aeneas Williams had two of the returns, a 29-yarder to open the scoring and a 32-yarder to help seal it in the fourth quarter.

Three worst home games: — RAMS vs 49ERS, Oct. 22, 1995. San Francisco linebacker Ken Norton Jr. punctuated a 44-10 rout at Busch Stadium in 1995 by punching goal posts, then criticized his opponents as the “same old, sorry (expletive) Rams.” The Rams had been 5-1 in their new city, often relying on trick plays, but lost eight of their last 10 including the last three at home.

— RAMS VS. PANTHERS, Jan. 10, 2004.

Steve Smith was untouched on a 69-yard TD pass in double-overtime in the division round of the playoffs, ending the Rams’ last winning season on a somber note. St. Louis erased an 11-point lead in the final 2:39 and played for a tie to get it to overtime. “I was very sure about the decision and don’t regret the decision,” Mike Martz said.

Fans sat in stunned silence after Smith broke free.

— RAMS VS. VIKINGS, Sept. 7, 2014.

Last year, great hopes for a turnaround season were immediately muted when the Rams got whipped 34-6 by the Vikings in the opener.

Minnesota led from start to finish, intercepted Shaun Hill and Austin Davis once apiece and had five sacks. Hill started in place of Sam Bradford, who was lost for the second straight year with a knee injury, this one coming in the preseason.

Panthers sticking with starters CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Ron Rivera faces a difficult decision over the next three weeks: rest key players in preparation for the postseason, or go all-in to match the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only NFL team to finish unbeaten.

For now, he’s sticking with his starters because there is still more at stake.

Carolina can clinch NFC home-field advantage this week with a win over the New York Giants combined with an Arizona loss to Philadelphia. If both Carolina and Arizona (11-2) win, the Panthers will have to wait another week before trying to wrap up the No. 1 seed.

“You can’t play scared,” Rivera said. “...

This week coming up is important. We would love to be able to have home-field advantage all of the way through.”

Rivera said he may re-evaluate his stance on whether to play key players if the Panthers clinch home-field advantage.

The Panthers (13-0) wrapped up a first-round bye with a resounding 38-0 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, but the game was a reminder of the inherent dangers that come with playing a physical sport.

Carolina lost starting cornerback Bene Benwikere to a broken leg in the fourth quarter and he’s out for the season.

Quarterback Cam Newton, tight end Greg Olsen and running back

Ryan Vermillion, Carolina Panthers Head Athletic Trainer, helps lift the leg of Bene Benwikere (25) during the fourth quarter on Sunday. Benwikere suffered a broken bone in his leg. DAVID T. FOSTER III/CHARLOTTE OBSERVER/TNS Jonathan Stewart — the team’s three offensive stalwarts — all had injury scares. Olsen injured his left knee and Stewart his left ankle, prompting Rivera to sit both for the entire second half with the Panthers leading 28-0. They were set to undergo “precautionary MRIs” on Monday, but Rivera said after the game both could have gone back in.

Newton banged his funny bone, causing his hand to go numb briefly, but returned after sitting out one play and later threw his third touchdown pass of the game.

“Trying to win football games there is always a risk,” Newton said after Sunday’s win.

“When you are out there on that field, any of the

11 people there is at risk.”

If the Panthers lock up the No. 1 seed, Rivera isn’t sure if he’ll continue to play his top players, as Bill Belichick did in 2007 season during New England’s quest for perfection, or rest them, as Jim Caldwell and the Indianapolis Colts did in 2009 after starting 14-0.

Both teams wound up losing in the Super Bowl, so there’s no proven theory on how to approach the situation.

Rivera rested most of his starters in the fourth quarter on Sunday with a huge lead, relying on the team’s backups to complete the franchise’s sixth shutout.

That didn’t sit well with everyone.

Charles Johnson, the

team’s highly competitive defensive end, took to Twitter to express his displeasure with Rivera’s decision to take him out in the fourth quarter.

“Good game overall as a TEAM!!?” Johnson tweeted from his account. “(W)hat’s the point of having good pass rushers if u sit them at the beginning of the 4 quarter #KeepPounding.”

Rivera said Monday he wasn’t upset with Johnson’s comments, adding that he appreciates the veteran’s competitiveness and desire to be on the field. But Rivera said he wishes Johnson had talked to him first rather than discussing his thoughts on social media.

FIFA reports 1.01 billion viewers for 2014 ZURICH (AP) — More than 1 billion people watched the 2014 World Cup final, according to FIFA figures published on Wednesday.

A total of 1.013 billion saw at least one minute of Germany’s 1-0 win over Argentina in extra time at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, according to research by FIFA and Kantar Media.

Television audiences at home and people watching in public spaces are counted, but

not online viewers and mobile phone users.

FIFA reported a seven percent rise in a TV rating that is often seen as the broadcasting industry’s most accurate.

The 2014 final had an “average in-home global audience” of 570.1 million. It was 530.9 million for the 2010 World Cup final.

Germany’s 7-1 rout of host Brazil in the semifinals got an in-home average audience of 390.2 million viewers.

The average in-home

audience across each live match was 186.7 million, FIFA said.

In total, 57 of the 64 matches topped 100 million viewers.

FIFA claimed that 3.2 billion people watched at least one minute of a match. The total was the same in 2010 due mainly to the time zone.

“The Asian market observed a decline in audience reach due to the less favorable kick off times,” FIFA said.

FIFA reported record viewing figures in the

United States.

The ESPN broadcast of the U.S. team’s 2-2 draw with Portugal got an average audience of 18.2 million, and a 10.4 million average for Univision coverage of Mexico’s round of 16 loss to the Netherlands was the most-watched Spanish-language program ever.

More than 105 million American residents watched at least 20 minutes of a match, FIFA claimed.

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Route 6 — Elaine Stiffler, 523 S. Oak St., Iola 620-363-0549 — (S. Colburn St., S. Oak St., S. Elm St., S. 1st St., 400-700 E. Spruce St., 500-800 E. Broadway St.).

Route 7 — Katie Weide, 1303 2200th St., Iola, 620-794-0759 — (S. 3rd St., S. 4th St., 900 E. Broadway St., 1019 E. Madison- S. Kentucky St., S. Ohio St., S. Tennessee St., S. Vermont St.).

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Your puff habit may disqualify you for surgery Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 55-year-old white male who was diagnosed with spinal stenosis this summer. I was given physical therapy, an MRI and an epidural injection in my back.

Less than 48 hours before I was scheduled to have surgery, the insurance company denied the surgery because I smoke. The surgeon was aware of this, and felt it was important that I quit smoking AFTER the surgery to let the bones heal. None of his staff or any health care professionals I have talked to since the denial have ever heard about a surgery denied for this reason. The epidural worked for less than a week, and my back went back to hurting as much as before the epidural. Are there any nonsurgical treatments for this?

Or do you have any advice on how to get the

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health insurance company to change its mind? I was willing to quit after the surgery, and the surgeon said it would take one to two weeks to heal properly.

Answer: I also had never heard of a surgery being denied due to smoking, but have read that this is occurring more frequently, especially in Canada, and that it has become policy in some parts of the U.K. for non-urgent operations.

I have consistently argued as passionately as I know how to try to persuade smokers to quit. It is certainly the most important step most people can

take to improve their overall health and life expectancy. I have had patients try medication, group classes, acupuncture, hypnosis and electronic coaching programs to try to quit. There is no doubt that quitting smoking at least four weeks before a procedure enhances wound healing and recovery from surgery. However, denying someone health care for being a smoker is ethically troubling to me.

Physical therapy is the mainstay of nonoperative treatment for spinal stenosis, but there are some people who require surgery to get better. You certainly can appeal to your insurance company, but maybe quitting now would be the fastest way to get treatment.

Dear Dr. Roach: My doctor has prescribed

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progesterone at 100 mg a day to help with mood swings. Is this safe to take, and if so, for how long? Does it increase my risk for cancer?

I’m 77, in great shape, do lots of exercise and never had any surgeries, nor took hormone replacement. — A.B. Answer: There are several forms of progesterone, and I am going to assume you are taking natural micronized progesterone, based on your dose.

This dose protects against uterine cancer and does not appear to increase risk of breast cancer or heart disease. So, it seems to be safe for long-term use.

However, its benefit for mood swings isn’t completely clear, although I am seeing it used more commonly for this. Please let me know how well it works.

Public notice (First Published in The Iola Register, Dec.16, 2015) IN THE DISTRICT COURTOF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS The Board of County Commissioners of Allen County, Kansas Plaintiff vs.

No. 14CV 74 Advantage Enterprises, Inc., et.al.

Defendants NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the following described tracts of real estate were offered up for public sale for delinquent taxes on June 24th, 2015 and on August 12th, 2015 but were left

unsold. Notice is further given that pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2803a, the Allen County Commissioners have unanimously agreed to sell said tracts to Charles R. Wilson and Lyndsay D. Wilson for the sum of $5.00 each.

Cause of Action no: Property Description and Persons Having an Interest Therein: Total Due as of May 7th, 2015: 27. Lot (3), Block (4), Orchard Place Addition to the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas. 427 S. Second, Iola, KS 66749. $5,902.13, Travis Kastl 29. Lot (14), Block (4), Edward’s

East Addition to the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas. 321 S. Kentucky, Iola, KS 66749. $2,197.81, Ron Lamb 47. Lot (2), Block (15), Brooklyn Park Addition to the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas. 408 S. Third, Iola, KS 66749. $7,730.93, John L. Wiley & Linda J. Wiley You are hereby notified that a hearing on the proposed sale will be held before the Board of County Commissioners in the Allen County Commissioner’s room at the Allen County courthouse, 1 N. Washington, Iola, KS on Tuesday, December 29, at 10:00 a.m.

Except as otherwise provided in the judgment entered herein, the above described real estate is taken as property of the respective defendants designated herein as the owners thereof and is to be sold without appraisement and without right of redemption to satisfy the liens thereon.

Witness my hand at Iola, Kansas, this 11th day of December, 2015.

Thomas R. Williams Chaiman, Board of County Commissioners (12) 16

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Rose holds out hope for Hall of Fame

From left, Alicia, Morgan, Mylan, Mason and Layne Sterling.

Sterlings earn distinction The Layne and Alicia Sterling family of Allen County were named the District 3 farm family of the year at the Dec. 7 annual meeting of the Kansas Farm Bureau.

The Sterlings have three children, Mor-

gan, Mason and Mylan.

Layne and Alicia raise grain, cattle and hay as well as row crops.

Layne has served on the Allen County Farm Bureau board for eight years and as its president for six years.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pete Rose believes he still has a chance to one day get back in baseball. In the meantime, he’s turning his attention to the Hall of Fame.

Rose said Tuesday he is a changed person even if he still likes to bet on an occasional baseball game. And while commissioner Rob Manfred rejected his bid to get back in the game partly because Rose still bets legally in this gambling town, he says he still has a lot to offer the sport.

“All I look forward to being some day is a friend of baseball,” Rose said. “I want baseball and Pete Rose to be friends. I want to say I’m not an outsider looking in. I have grandkids, and they want their grandpa to be associated with

Kansas schools get grant to retrofit buses LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — Three Kansas school districts are getting a total of $220,000 in federal funds to replace or rework older diesel school buses.

The regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency said in a release Monday that the Turner, Altoona-Midway and Maize school districts will get the funds to replace or retrofit 11 older diesel buses. The

EPA says older diesel engines emit large amounts of pollutants.

Maize is getting $120,000 for six buses, Turner gets $80,000 for four buses and Altoona-Midway receives $20,000 for one bus.

The EPA says the awards are part of more than $7 million in rebates to replace or retrofit 400 older diesel school buses throughout the U.S.

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baseball.”

Baseball’s career hits leader said he was disappointed at Manfred’s decision not to end a ban that has stretched more than a quarter century. But he held out hope he could still one day be inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining teammates such as Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan from the Big Red Machine of the 1970s.

At a news conference fronting his restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip, Rose said he couldn’t rewrite history but still believes even at age 74 that he can one day be back in baseball. He said he was sorry for his mistakes of the past, which included betting on games while with the Cincinnati Reds at a time he said his gambling habit was out of control.

His Great Love Let us live it and share it as we take this moment to remember the joy of that first Christmas Day.

Those days are over, he said, though he still bets on sports and horse racing.

“I don’t live in Las Vegas because I gamble,” he said.

“I live in Las Vegas because it’s where my job is.”

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