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The old Pinecrest Nursing Home has been vacant since the nursing home closed in 2011. COURTESY/GOOGLE MAPS

Nursing home company gets 10-year ban A Georgia nursing home company has been banned from doing business in Kansas for 10 years and fined $100,000 for failing to protect patient and employee records after the closure of Humboldt’s Pinecrest Nursing Home, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Friday.

Allen County District Court Judge Daniel D. Creitz handed down the judgment last week against

AltaCare Corporation, of Alpharetta, Ga. The company also was ordered to properly destroy all Pinecrest Nursing Home records at the company’s expense by shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal information in the records.

The judgment resolves a lawsuit filed by Schmidt in May 2017 alleging AltaCare, See BANNED | Page B2

For Moran native Molly McEwan and her boyfriend, returning home to China last week was like stepping into an apocalyptic movie set.

Their temperatures were taken repeatedly, both on and off the planes as they traveled from the Philippines to Taiwan and then to mainland China, a country trying to contain the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has sickened more than 71,000 and killed 1,775 as of this morning.

The airport stood eerily empty, with employees wearing protective suits and shielded helmets.

Tents and guards are posted on every street corner and apartment entrance to check the temperatures and papers of everyone who passes by.

“It was spooky and strange.

Even if we wanted to go out, there’s nowhere to go because every business is closed except supermarkets, and most of the stores are pretty much cleaned out,” McEwan said of her return to China. “They’re taking really big precautions

Molly McEwan visits with Register reporter Vickie Moss via Skype on Friday morning from China. to try and nip this in the bud.”

When news of the illness first broke, McEwan and her boyfriend, Tyson Carpenter, were out of the country on vacation. The two are teachers at a school in China, and it is common to leave the country during the month-long celebration of the Chinese New Year. McEwan talked about her experiences in China for an article in the Register published Feb. 4, while she was still in the Philippines. At that time, she wasn’t worried

Longing for Kalida’s Castle After months of waiting to gain access to the sandstone castle cave at the old townsite of Kalida, southeast of Yates Center on Osage Road, I sat beneath one of its multiringed towers, reveling in the bursts of cool air that dipped and swooped in front of the structure.

Trevor Hoag Just Prairie All of that waiting, anticipation and curiosity, and yet I only felt longing, bearing the burden of someone’s absence.

The architectural marvel, inspired by the Chicago World’s Fair and constructed on the Davidson Farm in 1893, loomed above me, its wide base stretching more than one hundred feet, yet it was my new love’s slender frame that singularly occupied my thoughts.

DAYS PREVIOUS, Vickie Pickering, who today owns Kalida Castle with her husband Roy, walked with me through the nearby dilapidated farmhouse that she grew up in as a child.

“I really don’t mind people comin’ out and lookin’ at it,” she said. “My folks loved it.”

Doves called in the heavy evening — be-uu, be-uu — as we entered the house. Vickie lamented that “when [her]

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A pink-orange fall sun sets behind Kalida Castle and utility barns on the Davidson Farm in central Woodson County. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG folks passed away, people started coming out here and vandalizing stuff.”

We had to watch our step to not lose footing and fall through the brittle wood floor. Vickie said the house didn’t have electricity when she was growing up, and that they “lived in the middle room” near the crumbling antique piano.

I WAS JUST NORTH of the house when I began to write — back on solid ground — and yet my feet still felt unstable, knees wobbly, as I reflected upon the excursion.

I feared my chest might collapse like the old red barn behind the castle.

Large elm trees stand guard over the cave’s front entrance, though I could see around the corner to where its white wood door was cracked open beneath an ornate carving in the facade.

In keeping with its original function as a cellar, Roy Pickering had placed boxes of sour green apples just inside the threshold. Whether the cave can shelter one from romantic confusions, I have yet to find out.

Behind me, the cave-struc-

ture sloped down into the earth, allowing one to stumble up the rugged hill from either side and stand on top.

Large sandstone blocks flank the ascent, and at the bottom are curved ornamental decorations of immense weight.

I had wanted, like a knightcrusader from some Medieval legend, to scale the walls to find my princess, rescue her from her proverbial dragon, and bring her home.

about the virus.

Now that she’s back in China, she sees firsthand how seriously the country is handling the outbreak. She’s relieved to be home safe and healthy, and she’s not worried about contracting the virus.

She uses a cellphone app to keep track of where the virus has spread; very few people in her area have been infected, and the overall numbers remain relatively small comSee MCEWAN | Page B2

Burglaries are down because of what now?

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A significant drop in methamphetamine prices led to a nearly 20% decline in Wichita burglaries last year, according to a police official.

Thanks to the low price of meth, the theft of guns and other items from inside vehicles also was down from 2018 to 2019, Wichita Police Department Deputy Chief Jose Salcido said last month at a Criminal Justice Coordinating Council meeting.

Meth now sells for $2,400 per pound, the lowest price in 20 years, Salcido said.

“The market is saturated.

There’s no incentive for criminals to go steal to finance their habits like in the past,” Salcido said.

The latest available state data show that the street value of meth is at $3,500 to $5,000 per pound, according to a 2018 Kansas Bureau of See METH | Page A4

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Paul Comstock Paul Wesley Comstock, age 36, of Humboldt, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2020.

He was born to Jeff and Tami (Sicka) Comstock on April 14, 1983, at Iola.

Survivors include partner Rhea Shay; two sons, Cameran and Wesley; step-daughter, Zoey; his parents, Jeff and Tami Comstock of Humboldt; and many other family members and friends.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Iola. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until the start of the service at the funeral home. Memorials in honor of Paul are suggested to the Paul Comstock Children’s Education Fund and may be left with the funeral home.

Church: Jesus was rejected in Heaven and on earth Bruce Symes gave the Communion meditation on the rejection of Jesus. It’s curious that with all the prophecies about the coming Messiah, that the Jews rejected him. Rejection was necessary so the Good News could be spread throughout the world, Symes said. During Communion, we should contemplate how Jesus was rejected by officials and friends alike.

Pastor Chase Riebel gave the sermon “Sin and Hopelessness.� Man was created by God, willfully sinned against God and consequently became lost and without hope apart from Jesus.

Sin brings hopelessness. We often find ourselves blaming others for our sins, or making excuses to justify what we’ve done wrong. If we submit to God, we’ll receive forgiveness and peace.

Hear this sermon in its entirety at http:// www.colonychristianchurch.org, or on your favorite podcast.

Men’s Bible study is at 7 a.m. Tuesday, followed by women’s Bible study at 8 o’clock.

Adult Bible study and Youth Group meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The next movie night is at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 29.

Doors open at 6.

Orangutan granted ‘personhood’ turns 34 WAUCHULA, Fla. (AP) — A orangutan named Sandra, who was granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina and later found a new home in Florida, celebrated her 34th birthday on Valentine’s Day with a special new primate friend.

Patti Ragan, director of the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida, says Sandra “has adjusted beautifully to her life at the sanctuary� and has befriended Jethro, a 31-year-old male orangutan.

Prior to coming to Florida, Sandra had lived alone in a Buenos Aires zoo. Sandra was a bit shy when she arrived at the Florida center, which is home to 22 orangutans. “Sandra appeared most interested in Jethro, and our caregivers felt he was a perfect choice because of his close age, calm demeanor, and gentle nature,� Ragan said in a news release. “Sandra still observes and follows Jethro from a dis-

tance while they are in the process of getting to know and trust each other. But they are living harmoniously in the same habitat spaces as they continue to gain confidence in their relationship.�

Judge Elena Liberatori’s landmark ruling in 2015 declared that Sandra is legally not an animal, but a non-human person, and thus entitled to some legal rights enjoyed by people, and better living conditions. “With that ruling I wanted to tell society something new, that animals are sentient beings and that the first right they have is our obligation to respect them,� she told The Associated Press.

But without a clear alternative, Sandra remained at the antiquated zoo, which closed in 2016, until leaving for the U.S. in late September. She was in quarantine for a month at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas before arriving in Florida.

War stories The Cofachique Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Humboldt Public Library Saturday. Deborah Jackson gave the program on the War of 1812 in the Champagne Valley in New York, where her ancestors fought.

Attending the meeting were, front row from left, Jackson, Barbara McIntosh, prospective member Natasha Hurst and Linda Johnson; second row, Marcia Longberg, Karen Gilpin, Judy Arbeiter and Nelda Cuppy. COURTESY PHOTO

GOP leaders’ fight over abortion, Medicaid escalates TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A political dispute between the Kansas Senate’s top two Republicans over abortion and Medicaid expansion has escalated.

Senate President Susan Wagle, of Wichita, distributed an editorial to newspapers across the state this weekend defending her decision earlier this month to block a bipartisan Medicaid expansion plan

drafted by Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, of Overland Park, and Demcoratic Gov. Laura Kelly.

Wagle moved after a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution failed in the Kansas House. She and other abortion opponents have vowed to block the expansion plan until the proposed amendment gets on the ballot for voters to

two factories reopened Monday with one of the usual two daily shifts working.

Volkswagen AG, Ford Motor Co., Mercedes Benz and Chinese brand Geely resumed some operations last week. General Motors Co. said a “staggered start� across its factories began Saturday. Nissan Motor Co. plans to restart this week.

Automakers say they are checking employees for the virus’s telltale fever, barring visitors and telling employees to stay home if they have been in Wuhan, the city at the center of the outbreak, or other areas that have imposed travel curbs.

The outbreak prompted the government to ex-

consider. The measure would overturn a Kansas Supreme Court decision last year declaring access to abortion a “fundamental� right under the state’s Bill of Rights.

Wagle opposes Medicaid expansion and contends that with the high court decision, it would lead to taxpayer-funded abortions if the constitution is not changed. “I needed to act,� she

wrote in her editorial.

Her editorial was published online after Denning emailed his Senate colleagues Friday morning, saying there is no link between the two issues because the expansion bill says pregnant women’s health coverage still would come under the existing Medicaid program. Denning supports the proposed antiabortion amendment.

Floods put Mississippi capital in ‘precarious situation’ JACKSON, Miss.

(AP) — With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi’s capital city and more rain on the way this week, the governor warned residents that it would be days before flood waters start to recede.

Gov. Tate Reeves said Sunday morning that the Pearl would continue to rise throughout the day, and he warned that the state faces a “precarious situation that can turn at any moment.�

In one Jackson neighborhood, residents paddled canoes, kayaks and small fishing boats to check on their houses, giving lifts to other neighbors. Some were able to get inside while others peeked into the windows to see what, if any damage, had been done inside. Outside floodwaters lapped at mailboxes, street signs and cars that had been left in driveways.

In a bit of good news, officials at a reservoir upriver of the capitol said Sunday that water levels in the reservoir had stabilized, allowing them to send less water downriver. The

National Weather Service, which had been anticipating the river would crest Sunday at 38 feet, on Sunday slightly reduced that to 37.5 feet. The river is now anticipated to crest Monday.

But even with that development, officials urged residents to pay attention to evacuation orders, check on road closures before traveling and stay out of floodwaters, warning that even seemingly placid waters could mask fast-moving currents and pollution.

Law enforcement officials went door to door in affected areas, telling people to evacuate, Reeves said.

Rescuers performed four assisted evacuations Saturday, although they said none were needed overnight. “We expect the river to continue to rise over the next 24 hours or so,�

Reeves said at a news conference in Jackson. “We are not out of the woods yet.�

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba said power had been shut off to 504 residences as a safety precaution. He said some city homes had been

Automakers in China slowly reopen after virus shutdown BEIJING (AP) — Automakers are reopening factories in China that were idled by anti-virus controls as they try to reverse a sales slump in their biggest market.

Local officials have orders from the ruling Communist Party to get businesses functioning again while still enforcing anti-disease curbs that shut down much of the world’s second-largest economy. “Local governments are putting their full weight behind helping businesses open,� the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, Ker Gibbs, said in a statement.

Toyota Motor Co. said

HUMBOLDT — The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilters Guild is Feb. 24 at Humboldt United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth. The board meeting is at 9:30 a.m.; the Guild meeting follows at 10 o’clock.

Joyce Roah will demonstrate paper piecing for the program.

tend the Lunar New Year holiday to keep factories and offices closed and workers at home.

The government has told employees who can work from home to

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stay there, but China’s vast manufacturing industries that supply the world with smartphones, toys and other goods need workers in factories.

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flooded but officials do not yet know how many.

About 30 people are at a shelter that has been set up in Jackson, he said.

Nearly 2,400 structures across the three counties closest to the river and the reser-

Around Town Community Calendar

MONDAY — Discussion on proposed Allen Community College activities center, 6 p.m., Stadler Conference Room, ACC. The public is encouraged to attend. — LaHarpe PRIDE Committee meeting, 7 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

TUESDAY — Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse. — Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College.

THURSDAY — Rotary Club, noon, Allen Community College. — TOPS No. KS 880 4:30 p.m. weigh in, 5 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church. — American Sign Language class, beginners 6 to 7 p.m., advanced 7 to 8 p.m. Humanity House, 110 East St.

FRIDAY — Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center.

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U.S. dairy farmers can expect to see a 1.1% increase in exports once the agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico is fully implemented over the next six years, according to federal estimates. THOMAS CORDY/PALMBEACH POST.COM

U.S. farmers happy to go back in time Regardless of whether you support President Donald Trump, recently announced trade agreements are good news for Kansas.

For the most part, the agreements hyped by the White House restore trade relationships that existed before Trump started trade wars with much of the world, including the nation’s three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China.

Given the harm caused, getting back a measure of stability in international markets is good news for farmers and Kansas businesses.

The new NAFTA — called USMCA — offers that, but not much more.

It certainly does not qualify as a “huge, huge Christmas present,” which is how Rep. Roger Marshall, R-First District, described USMCA in December.

Rather, USMCA is expected to increase farm exports by 1.1% once the deal is fully implemented in six years, according to official federal estimates. A piece in the Wall Street Journal said most of that growth will come from “small increases of U.S. dairy, poultry, wheat and alcohol exports to Canada.”

The deal with China has similarly been oversold by Trump and his supporters.

For example, the president claims that China has agreed to buy $50 billion more every year in U.S. farm goods, but that’s not what the agreement says. The actual agreement

Julie Doll A Kansas contributor includes much lower numbers, according to Factcheck. org, and only for a couple of years. Further, the agreement gives easy outs to China (and to the United States) if it can’t or won’t keep those commitments.

For farmers — and for manufacturers and other businesses — the deals are still better than the destructive and volatile policies of the past couple of years. But they fall short of trade agreements, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that Trump wrecked.

Granted, foreign trade is complex, and no one should expect too much from any pact.

Trade agreements should establish a framework through which U.S. companies do business overseas, and through which international companies do business here.

Factors beyond that framework also affect export and import markets. For agriculture, the factors include commodity prices, weather and diseases that affect crops here and elsewhere, the relative value of the dollar compared to foreign currencies, and the ability of consumers overseas to purchase U.S. goods.

For manufactured and oth-

er goods, the picture grows even more complex, as components and raw materials often pass through numerous stages and countries before ending up in a final product.

Trump is the first president in more than 50 years whose policies don’t aim to ease trade barriers and promote free trade for U.S. businesses.

Instead, his deal with China is short-term and unsustainable.

It’s vital that the success of U.S. policies be measured by real numbers, not boasts and bullying.

For the past year, here’s what the numbers tell us: Overall, imports into the United States dropped in 2019.

So did exports of U.S. goods and services to foreign nations.

The trade deficit dropped last year, but it’s still substantially higher than before Trump took office.

Agricultural exports in 2019 were down, compared to 2018, while agricultural imports were up, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The nation’s agricultural trade surplus — it’s one of the few sectors in which the United States exports more than it imports — has dropped from more than $20 billion a few years ago to $5.6 billion last year.

A native of Garden City, Julie Doll is a former journalist who has worked at newspapers in California, Indiana and New York, as well as across Kansas.

A free society cannot ficult pitch. There’s a huge function without vibrant difference between serious professional newspapers. In professional journalism oflight of that truism, the lat- fered by newspapers and est dire news for the news the unreliable or irrelevant business — that McClatchy (or worse) noise that fills so newspapers, publisher of much of cyberspace under The Kansas City Star and the “news” label. An inforalmost 30 other newspapers mation-inundated public in 14 states across America, doesn’t always see the difis filing for bankruptcy — ference. should worry every AmeriA president who routinecan who cares about our ly denigrates real journaldemocracy. In this era of ism while promoting interpoliticians who too often net lies doesn’t help, but this see accurate information as crisis long predates Donald the enemy, real journalism Trump. According to a reneeds all the public support port last year by PEN Amerit can get. ica, weekday U.S. newspaThe good per circulation news is that since 2008 has McClatchy, a fallen by about The consolidation 36%. Think 163-year-old family-owned of thousands of previ- about that: company that ously separate, often How many inalso publishdustries could es The Miami family-owned news- absorb the loss Herald, The papers under a rela- of more than a S a c r a m e n t o tive handful of corpo- third of their Bee and a rate owners raises dire core business host of other in a little over legacy news- questions about jour- a decade? papers, says nalistic independence.

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“Corruption can flourish, The chain’s bankruptcy taxes can rise, public ofplan would give it breathing ficials can indulge their room from $700 million in worst impulses.” We’re seedebt to strengthen its digi- ing those worst impulses tal business while operating today from Washington to under the control of its long- Jefferson City — but we’re time creditor, hedge fund only seeing them because of Chatham Asset Manage- professional journalism. ment. Hedge fund control of newspapers is a concerning WE WISH the best for our trend, given the funds’ pen- competitor-colleagues at chant for slashing labor- McClatchy and we encourintensive journalism opera- age their readers to keep tions to goose short-term reading — and subscribing. profits. Meanwhile, the con- McClatchy’s problems, and solidation of thousands of those of the entire newspreviously separate, often paper industry, are unlike family-owned newspapers other evolutionary market under a relative handful changes because of their of corporate owners raises unique threat to democradire questions about jour- cy. When the horse-drawn nalistic independence. buggy gave way to the auAt the root of the prob- tomobile, craftsmen lost lem lies the internet, which their livelihoods and a way has flooded society with so of life disappeared, but it much free information that didn’t endanger the healthy getting people to pay for it functioning of our republic. via newspaper subscrip- This does. tions is an increasingly dif— St. Louis Post-Dispatch

How sex education in our schools can save lives

By ANNERIEKE DANIEL Tribune News Service

When Abba M. learned that a sexual partner had exposed her to the human papillomavirus, commonly known as HPV, she did “a bunch of Googling.” The 21-year-old Alabama resident knew very little about it.

Turning to her friends proved unhelpful. Most, like Abba, had never learned about the virus in school.

“HPV isn’t really a thing,” a friend told her. “You have it, but you don’t have it, so don’t worry about it.”

To the contrary, HPV is something people, especially girls and women, ought to worry about. In fact, it’s the most common sexually transmitted infection in America, and it leads to around 35,000 cases of cancer annually.

HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer, which kills around 4,200 U.S. women each year.

Mortality rates are higher

for black women, poor women and those who lack health insurance.

Abba is just one of many Alabaman girls and women I’ve spoken with over the past year, in my role with the nonprofit group Human Rights Watch, who knew little or nothing about HPV and the vaccine that can lower their risk of cervical cancer. Previous research in 2017 and 2018 also showed that women in Alabama lack information on HPV and reproductive health, contributing to the state’s high cervical cancer mortality rates.

Only 29 states and the District of Columbia mandate the teaching of sex education in schools. And while voluntary teaching of sex ed in Alabama is allowed, it must be abstinence-focused. By not providing students with comprehensive knowledge about their sexual health, many schools are omitting information that could save lives.

The HPV vaccine, first ap- ministration approved the proved by the U.S. Food and vaccine for adults up to the Drug Administration in 2006, age of 45. protects against most HPV But despite its life-saving infections that can lead to ab- potential, the vaccine is unnormal changes in cervical derutilized. HPV vaccine cells and evenrates trail far tually cancer. It behind those is an effective of other recomOnly 29 states — mended adolescancer-prevention tool when not including Kan- cent vaccines, administered approxisas — mandate the and before a person mately 50% of becomes sexu- teaching of sex educa- girls ages 13-17 ally active. tion in schools. By not have completed The Centers providing students it. Vaccination for Disease rates are even with comprehensive lower for U.S. Control and P r e v e n t i o n knowledge about their boys, though currently rec- sexual health, many men experience ommends that schools are omitting H P V- r e l a t e d all adolescents cancer rates ages 11 and 12, information that could nearly as high boys and girls save lives. as women’s. In alike, receive Alabama, HPV two doses of vaccination the vaccine, rates are much although it can be given to lower than national rates, children as young as 9. It was and according to the Alaoriginally approved only for bama Department of Public those 26 or younger, but in Health, around 20% of ado2018 the Food and Drug Ad- lescents have completed the

series.

One factor contributing to low vaccination rates is the stigma that sexually transmitted infection still carries.

Another culprit is medical providers’ failure to strongly recommend the vaccine and bring awareness to its important role in cancer prevention.

And then there are our nation’s schools, which have a responsibility to protect students. They should be educating students on how to prevent HPV and additional steps they can take to lower their risk of cancer. Yet many don’t.

Young people deserve schools that will help them thrive. Students seeking to make sense of a deadly but preventable virus shouldn’t have to turn to Google or misinformed friends.

About the writer: Annerieke Daniel is a fellow in the women’s rights division at Human Rights Watch.

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Investigation report. An ounce costs between $250 and $500. In 2014, however, meth prices were about three times as much at $13,000 to $15,000 for a pound and $800 to $1,200 for an ounce. “Now it’s so cheap that there’s still theft, but they (meth users) actually get enough to buy more meth,� Salcido told The Wichita Eagle.

In 2019, the city reported 255 stolen guns from vehicles, a 17.5% drop from the year prior. Theft of items from inside a car fell by 19% from 2018 to 2019.

The police department also is attributing the crime decline to public education campaigns focusing on crime prevention.

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in the afternoon, the crickets were chirping nearby, their hymn a fitting reminder of my own drowsiness.

Had I dozed off I would have dreamt of her: the color of her hair, her tiny wrists, the way she laughs with her whole body, eyes closing with the effort.

A single black cricket leapt from the grass and began to scale the castle wall, climbing straight up, then stopping. Suddenly, the ebony insect changed paths and in doing so increased the struggle destined in its ascent.

Perhaps it was searching for its mate as well.

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Above, the sandstone gates near Kalida Castle bar entry into the Davidson farm. Below, the entrance to the storage cave at Kalida Castle, and bottom, the rear wall, bask in the spring morning after standing for over 125 years. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG moved inside the cave itself and sat beside the boxes of apples, recalling how Vickie said her parents used to grow strawberries nearby.

Three vents are cut in the cave roof, and

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the original stone floor remains intact.

There’s a rusting toolbox nearby and several antique bottles for prescription medicines. A cure for whatever ails you.

A short-handled broom stood against the newly resurfaced wall, and through the rear entrance of the cave I watched the cattail stalks swaying lazily in the breeze.

Their drunken movement gave the scene a sense of activity, and for a moment I could almost imagine the several hundred people who once lived here, frequenting their businesses, hotels, churches and leisure-spots like the pool hall and tavern.

Not long ago, Kalida Castle was also a favorite party-spot for young people. But after such shenanigans, Roy said, “that’s when we shut it down, put signs up, started locking it up.� “[People] got no respect for nothin’,� he’d angrily shot, looking up toward the sandstone gates plastered with countless scene-marring “No Trespassing� and “Smile, You’re On Camera� signs.

THE TRAIN began distorting the air as its weight thundered past to the east, and I wondered if the sound was reminiscent of when the first frame buildings here were loaded onto enormous ox-carts and wheeled into nearby Yates Center.

You can still find the drag-marks clawed in a nearby field.

Kalida is the place

where Yates Center was born, and although the castle was constructed 20 years after the town moved, inside the cave you almost get the sense that you’re sitting inside a womb.

Like a smooth belly one stretches out one’s hands across, reaching around from behind.

When you stand in the kitchen rocking back and forth, a chin on a shoulder, dancing to a melody only the two of you can hear.

It was then I noticed there were several apples in the cave so ripe they’re starting to rot.

Withered and brown, I wondered if their seeds would ever fertilize the earth.

IN ANCIENT Greek, the word “kahlos� roughly means “beautiful,� and indeed it is, this uncanny architec-

tural marvel. Yet the beauty I sensed there was a ghost’s.

I remember her standing in the cave with me, surveying the parapet, ramparts and squarecut blocks limning the castle’s upper walk.

I remember the delicate rasp in her voice as she whispered, “let’s get out of here and away from all these people.�

My reminiscing abruptly ended, though, as Roy fired up the lawnmower and began circling another part of the property, retracing the rows of once-cut grass.

He’s far enough in the distance that only the grinding echo of the machine is audible, much like the distant train.

And so my thoughts returned to her.

When I came to the castle, I knew the place would bare her haunting imprint, and that with indescribable melancholy I would write her form in words across the sandstone walls, the cellar cave and surrounding farm.

Like this place touches all who visit it, I knew I would be moved by the spirit of something at once both present and absent.

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Allen Community College: Weekend roundup

Red Devils struggle on the road

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

Allen Community College basketball and baseball were both in action over the weekend. ACC’s hoopers traveled to Cowley County, while the Allen sluggers were at Carl Albert State College in Oklahoma.

Here is how the Red Devils performed:

PAOLA — Humboldt’s Cheyenne Harris is the first of her kind. The 143-pound wrestler was the first Lady Cub to reach state in girls wrestling.

Over the weekend, Harris competed in Paola at the KSHSAA Girls East Regional in Paola.

In her first match, Harris won by fall over Lauren Hooser of Lansing High. Harris cruised through the second round to advance to the quarterfinals, earning a win by fall over Holton High’s Ally Beard.

After a loss in the quarterfinals, Harris captured two consecutive wins by fall in the consolation side of the bracket to be placed in the consolation semi-final round.

Harris lost that match, and her fifth-place match by fall to finish sixth in her weight class, a spot good enough to punch her ticket to state.

The first ever girls state wrestling tournament will take place on Feb. 27 in Salina. Be sure to check out Tuesday’s Register to learn how Humboldt’s history-maker made her way to state.

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After starting 7-0 in the Jayhawk Conference, ACC is now 2-9 in its last 11 conference games, losing to Cowley 123-98.

The Red Devils enjoyed an early lead through the first 10 minutes of the game before the Tigers got in their groove.

Cowley’s full-court press forced ACC into mistakes that translated to easy transition buckets, and helped the Tigers lead 46-36 at halftime.

In the second half, ACC couldn’t keep pace with Cowley. Allen outrebounded the Tigers by one, and attempted 52 free throws, but 29 turnovers in the contest was a number the Red Devils could not recover from.

Malik Hardom finished as ACC’s leading scorer, posting a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds. Also fishing in double figures were Joel Boyce with 17, Jalen Sasser scoring 12, and Shaikim Jenks adding 11.

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Wichita State:

Shockers blast Tulane WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Dexter Dennis scored a career-high 21 points with a game-high nine rebounds and Tyson Etienne added 20 points as Wichita State beat Tulane 82-57 on Sunday.

Dennis hit 8 of 10 shots, including 4 of 6 on 3-pointers, while Etienne shot 7 of 9, including 6 of 8 from the See SHOCKERS | Page B4

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ACC’s Courtney Crippen weaves through a wave of Cloud County defenders on Feb. 7.

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The Lady Devils trailed by one at the break, but couldn’t take control in the second half, losing 85-65 to Cowley County.

After only scoring nine points in the first quarter, ACC outscored the Tigers by three in the second to trail 31-30 at intermission. Ariel Walker was superb for the Lady Devils, scoring 24 points on 50% shooting, and raining in six 3-pointers. Walker was the only Lady Devil to finish in double figures.

In the second half, Cowley outpaced ACC 25-15 in the third quarter, and the doubleSee ACC | Page B4

Daytona 500:

Great American Race put on hold; will race today

The Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway went green for a short time following a rain-delayed start before another round of showers brought out the red and sidelined the cars at Lap 21. NIGEL COOK/N-J

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Daytona 500 has been postponed by rain for the first time since 2012, dampening NASCAR’s season opener that started with a ballyhooed visit from President Donald Trump.

The race was postponed after two lengthy delays totaling more than three hours. The race will now begin at 4 p.m.

Monday and be broadcast live on Fox. It’s the second time in 62 years that “The Great American Race” will finish on a Monday.

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Trump’s armored limousine nicknamed “The Beast” exited Daytona International Speedway, and the sky opened for a brief shower that forced drivers back to pit road.

The start already had been pushed back 13 minutes to accommodate Trump’s trip.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. eventually led the field to the green flag and was out front for the first 20 laps before heavier rain soaked a racing surface that takes hours to dry.

NASCAR called drivers back to their cars around 6:40 p.m. EST, hoping to get more laps in before more show-

ers hit again. Some drivers showed, but the heaviest rain of the day forced a postponement.

It no doubt choked some of the excitement out of an event that had been a raucous celebration for hours, some of it prompted by Trump’s dramatic entrance. Thousands cheered as Air Force One performed a flyover and landed at Daytona International Airport a few hundred yards behind the track. Trump’s motorcade arrived a few minutes later, eliciting another loud ovation. Both entrances See DAYTONA 500 | Page B4

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pared to the total population.

But the coronavirus certainly has disrupted life in China.

“When all of that happened, I was pretty nonchalant,” she said.

“I still stand by what I said, that there aren’t a lot of cases around us and you have to keep it in perspective. But maybe I took it a little more lightly than I do now.

It’s super contagious.

It’s still growing and we don’t know anything about it or when it will stop.”

BECAUSE McEwan and her boyfriend had been out of the country, they will be under a minimum 14-day quarantine. But even then, the entire country is essentially in lockdown, with travel restricted and schools closed until officials are satisfied there is less risk of spreading illness.

McEwan and Carpenter live in the village of Cixi, near the larger city of Ningbo, which issued a list of 12 rules “to win this battle and ensure people’s health and safety.”

Among those rules: — Everyone must wear a mask and submit to temperature checks when they enter or exit public places.

— Only one person per each family can leave their homes to shop every two days.

— It is forbidden for people to gather together or visit each other.

— All air conditioners in public places are shut down, and eleva-

This cell phone app monitors the number of coronavirus cases in China. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

tors must be sterilized daily.

— All public places and businesses not providing daily necessities (supermarkets, pharmacies, etc.) must be closed.

— All symptoms such as fever and cough must be reported immediately.

McEwan and Carpenter are lucky to live in an apartment complex with a courtyard, allowing them an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. Two of the three gates of the complex are closed, with a fulltime guard posted at the only open gate. They’re also lucky because the school for which they work has taken good care of them, having groceries and supplies delivered on a regular basis. Their landlord also is a police officer, who provides extra reassurance.

When one of them leaves, they must present a slip of paper that will be used as authorization to be out on the streets.

“I’m appreciative of what they’re doing,” McEwan said.

“Tyson went to the store and he said it’s pretty much what we’ve

been hearing. Most of the shelves are cleaned out. Dairy products, fresh fruits and vegetables are pretty scarce.

Frozen food supplies are pretty much empty.

I went on a walk inside our complex and the weather was quite nice, so there were a lot of people out but nobody was socializing with each other and everybody was wearing masks.”

She and Carpenter were on vacation for three weeks, now followed by at least two more weeks of quarantine. That’s a lot of time to spend together, she said, and they’re finding ways to entertain themselves, like playing a lot of board games, putting together a puzzle, reading books and practicing their culinary skills.

They don’t watch a lot of television because they don’t understand much of the Chinese language, but they’re able to keep up with English news sources and use online technology like Skype or FaceTime to visit with friends and family.

The start of the school semester has been pushed back by at least a couple of weeks.

McEwan filmed a couple of videos so her students can continue with their schooling, but she isn’t sure how long it will be before she and Carpenter can return to the school. She hopes the quarantine will not force an early end to the semester, or to her time teaching in the country.

But even then, travel to and from the country is restricted. Would she

even be able to find a flight home if it came to that?

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has given McEwan time to reflect on how such an epidemic might be handled in the United States, particularly in small, rural areas like Allen County.

Her mother, Kathy McEwan, is a family and consumer sciences agent for the Southwind Extension District, so it’s natural for Molly to think about the impact on food supplies. Some area communities are considered “food deserts” because they lack grocery stores or access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

“Imagine if a large part of Allen County shut down. What would we do? It’s scary to think about.”

She’s seen how fear can bring out the worst in people, such as a tendency to hoard groceries and supplies. She’s heard stories of people entering supermarkets with suitcases.

She and Tyson struggled to find masks, which are required for travel in public.

They finally found some at an airport, which restricted purchases to one mask per person.

“People turn so selfish in situations like this. Maybe in places like back home, there are a lot of hunters and those families would be OK, but in a small town it doesn’t take much before all the eggs and all the milk are gone. What would happen?”

the records to make them unreadable.

The judgment resolves a lawsuit filed

by Schmidt in May 2017 alleging AltaCare, as the manager of Pinecrest Nursing Home, violated Kansas data-protection laws “by failing to implement and maintain reasonable procedures and practices to protect personal information and by failing to take reasonable steps to destroy or arrange for the secure destruction of records containing personal information when the records no longer are to be used.”

Investigators with the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division learned Pinecrest Nursing Home was unsecured and was broken into and vandalized multiple times after the facility closed in 2011.

Records containing personal information had been left observable and accessible in plain sight, according to the press release. Although Humboldt city officials notified AltaCare that the records were not secure within the Pinecrest building, the company failed to take action to protect those records and the personal information they contained.

The attorney general’s office secured the records to prevent further potential unauthorized disclosure of personal information.

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tion such as a Social Security, driver’s license, financial account or credit or debit card numbers that can be misused to commit identity theft or otherwise harm the person whose information is compromised. It also includes any information, such as medical records, for which a security obligation is imposed by federal or state statute.

Under Kansas law, businesses that collect the personal information of others have a duty to safeguard it.

In addition, AltaCare agreed to pay a $100,000 fine and to reimburse the attorney general’s office for the cost of the investigation. An additional fine of $125,000 is suspended on condition that the company remains in compliance with the terms of the judgment.

The consent judgment and assurance of voluntary compliance entered this week resolve the state’s claims against all remaining defendants in the case.

The attorney general’s office previously obtained a default judgment in the case in January 2018 against Florida Senior Housing Council, Inc., as the owner of the Pinecrest Nursing Home property. That company was ordered to pay $750,000 in civil penalties and nearly $20,000 in investigative fees and expenses and is permanently enjoined from violating Kansas consumer protection laws.

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Moving in together gets girlfriend in a lather Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend and I have been together for three years and moved in together a year ago. I really do love him, but living with him has been driving me crazy and I don’t know if I’m reasonable or being a jerk.

I grew up in a family where everyone had their own things. My sister and I shared a bathroom, but I had a different shampoo and she would never use mine and I would never use hers. There were always snacks in the cupboard that were specifically for kids’ lunches — my parents would never eat them — and I would never eat anything I knew my parents had bought specifically for themselves. We only ever shared personal items with permission: You would always ask first.

My boyfriend is an only child and everything they had was shared. He and his parents used the same shampoo, soap, tooth-

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax paste. If he needed to borrow a shirt, he could just grab one from his dad’s closet.

And this has carried over to our living together. If he runs out of soap? He uses mine. If he has no clean socks?

He borrows mine (and stretches them out!)

If he’s hungry, he eats whatever he can find — even if it’s something I purchased specifically to take to work. He needs change for the laundry?

He’ll go into my wallet and take some. All without asking.

We’ve talked about this, and his attitude is: “What’s mine is yours and what’s yours is mine and everything in the house is shared.” This sounds unreasonable to me, and I don’t think it has to be this way just

because you share space.

Is he right? Am I being unreasonable? — Respect My Things Please Respect My Things Please: “[H]is attitude is … everything in the house is shared”?

And that’s it? He’s right, conversation over?

Why does his ethic take complete precedence over yours?

It doesn’t matter whose household-of-origin culture is the “reasonable” one. (Mine falls between yours and his, full disclosure.) What matters is that you have yours and he has his and they’re not dovetailing naturally into a culture you can both embrace as “ours” — and neither of you seems to be trying.

People who love each other and hope for a lowconflict future together (which I heartily recommend) will be eager to reconcile these differences. For example: He learns to ask for things not clearly communal, you lighten up about soap, you both learn

where you draw the line between reasonable accommodations of each other’s way of living, and soul-sucking ones.

But that’s only if you both stop thinking your way is the righteous path, and better than trying to: • work things out; • see what’s good about the other’s culture; • respect each other’s limits; • understand and articulate where you won’t budge.

To your credit, at least you’re (a wee bit) willing to hear you’re in the wrong. As described, however, he sounds too entitled to consider anything except that he’s 100 percent right. Not a trait that breeds great roommates.

He might not be the guy worth adapting to, but, unless you intend to live alone, do rethink your hard lines around your stuff. No one wants to live in mortal fear of making the wrong kind of toast.

Traumatic events can affect health Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 63-year-old male with well-controlled coronary artery disease. I also have chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

Last June, I was in a horrific automobile accident where a person hit me head-on. It took an hour for responders to extract me from my car.

I was in intensive care for eight days, suffering from multiple fractures and requiring several surgeries, with more to come. The day before my second surgery, my father passed away unexpectedly. Naturally, I temporarily postponed the surgery. Thirty-two days after my father’s passing, my mother passed away, also unexpectedly. During the wake for my mother, a well-wisher told me that due to the stress and trauma as well as

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health my underlying medical conditions, my life will be shortened. I am having difficulty, but I am dealing with everything.

I could find no information about this. Have you ever heard of this?

— D.F.P. Answer: I am sorry to hear about your difficulties and wish you a steady recovery.

It amazes me what even well-meaning people can say. This person’s intentions may have been good, but it was neither wise nor kind to say it.

The research shows that life-changing events — such as death of a

parent or spouse, serious accident or injury, or other similarly traumatic event — do indeed raise the risk of mortality in the near term.

More than one event has an even greater effect. However, the excess mortality risk is mostly in the year following the stressful life events. In other words, if you can get through the surgeries and this next year after your parent’s passing, there is not likely to be long-term risk.

Sometimes severe trauma and surgeries can affect a person’s mobility. Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are other issues you are at risk for.

It’s particularly important for you to exercise as best you can with your injuries, be very aware of your mental health and get professional help if needed.

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Team LeBron wins All-Star Game in tribute to Kobe Bryant CHICAGO (AP) — Players were taking charges, bodies were hitting the floor, calls and non-calls were being screamed about on both ends. The fourth quarter of the NBA All-Star Game was as intense as the final moments of a playoff game, the biggest stars in the league holding absolutely nothing back.

And in the end, Anthony Davis was a hometown hero by making a free throw.

Kobe Bryant — ever the competitor — would have simply loved the way this night went.

“That was pretty damn fun,” a sweatsoaked, exhausted LeBron James said at the end.

Davis made a gameending free throw to give Team LeBron a 157-155 win over Team Giannis in the revamped NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night, the format overhauled to put in elements for charity and ensure that someone was going to hit a shot to end the game.

That someone was Davis, the Chicago native who missed the first free throw and made the second to end the NBA’s midseason showcase that went down as the closest All-Star Game since the Eastern Conference topped the Western Conference 141-139 in 2010.

Kawhi Leonard, the game’s MVP and the first recipient of the trophy now named for Bryant, scored 30 points for Team LeBron, while James — his team’s captain — and Chris Paul each scored 23, and Davis finished with 20.

“This one’s for him,” Leonard said, speaking of Bryant afterward.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, who captained his team, led his squad

get score was set: 157.

The game clock was off.

The shot clock stayed on. The stage for drama was perfectly set, and the All-Star Game — oftmaligned in recent years for a lack of competitiveness — was entertaining again.

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Jennifer Hudson sings a tribute to Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, before the NBA All-Star Game at the United Center on Sunday. JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE with 25 points, Kemba Walker had 23 for Team Giannis, Joel Embiid scored 22 and Rudy Gobert added 21.

“I think it was really interesting,” said Team Giannis coach Nick Nurse of the NBA champion Toronto Raptors.

“It was really fun, each and every quarter, from a coaching standpoint.”

The finish was frantic, and then some. James tried a layup that would have put his team one point away — it was blocked by Antetokounmpo, called a goaltend at first but ruled a clean block after review.

Team LeBron controlled the resulting jump ball and James tried a 40-footer to end it but missed.

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arc. The Shockers made 13 of 24 3-point tries for 54%, better than the 48% they shot overall and nearly matching the 55% they shot at the free-throw line (11 of 20).

Jaime Echenique added 10 points for Wichita State (19-6, 7-5 American Athletic Conference) while Jamarius Burton added seven assists to go with nine assists.

The Shockers’ 30-point halftime lead

(50-20) tied for the fifthlargest in program history.

Christion Thompson had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Green Wave (10-15, 2-11), who have now lost nine consecutive games. Jordan Walker added 14 points. Teshaun Hightower had 10 points. The Green Wave shot 34.5 percent and made only 2 of 18 from the 3-point line.

Wichita State plays South Florida at home on Thursday.

Lowry taking a charge against the NBA’s scoring leader. James got a dunk not long afterward to make it 156-153, and Embiid made two free throws to cut Team LeBron’s lead to one.

With that, it was nextbasket-wins time.

“Really cool,” Nurse said.

Davis was fouled on the next trip, got the free throw to win it, and that was that.

“I told my team I was going to miss the first one to put a little more pressure on myself here at home,” Davis said.

James’ team wore blue jerseys, all with the No. 2 for Gianna Bryant.

Antetokounmpo’s team wore red, every player wearing No. 24 on the back for Kobe Bryant.

And on their right shoulders was a black circular patch with nine stars, one for each victim of the helicopter crash that took the lives of Bryant, his daughter and their seven friends on Jan. 26.

“His presence was felt,” James said.

And with the new rules, the teams went at it in the fourth: Antetokounmpo got out to block a shot by James, Lowry took a charge from his former Toronto teammate in Leonard, elbows got up in collisions for rebound positioning, Paul was screaming encouragement to Team LeBron teammates in a time-out — all adding up to an intensity hardly ever seen in All-Star Games.

“To me, probably the best All-Star game ever,” Embiid said. “Guys competed, it came down to basically the last shot, but I don’t think you should be able to win on a free throw. But overall it was a lot of fun.”

It was the first All-Star Game with a new format: The teams played a mini-game in each of the first three quarters, the scores starting at 0-0 in each of those periods and the winning

team in each one earning $100,000 for their Chicago-area children’s charity.

James’ team won the first quarter 53-41, Antetokoumpo’s team won the second quarter 51-30.

The third quarter had down-to-the-wire, big-money drama with $100,000 on the line. But the teams finished the quarter tied 41-41, putting $300,000 — the undecided $100,000 from the third and $200,000 more for the win — at stake in the final period.

The cumulative score at that point was Team Giannis 133, Team LeBron 124 going into the untimed fourth quarter — with another new twist. The NBA decided, as part of the series of Bryant tributes, that the winner of the All-Star Game would be the team that added 24 points, a nod to his jersey number, to whatever the leading total score was after three quarters.

That meant the tar-

Team LeBron: Paul threw down an alleyoop dunk from Russell Westbrook in the second quarter. According to Basketball-Reference, Paul’s last dunk in a regular season game came in December 2015. He had two playoff dunks since. ... Arvydas Sabonis, who was never an All-Star during his career, was in attendance to watch son Domantas Sabonis’ All-Star debut.

Team Giannis: Trae Young, no stranger to shooting from very deep, connected on a halfcourt shot to end the second quarter. ... Eight of Antetokounmpo’s first 10 field goals were dunks — and he also missed a pair of slams in that span.

RECORDS

Team LeBron tied a single-quarter record with 53 points in the first quarter, James set the record by starting a 16th All-Star Game (breaking a mark he shared with Bryant), and James moved past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most AllStar minutes in a career.

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Among the stars of stage in screen in attendance to watch basketball’s All-Stars: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Metta World Peace, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Common, Chaka Khan (who performed the national anthem pregame), Chance the Rapper, DJ Khaled, Donnie Wahlberg, Bad Bunny, Guy Fieri, Jon Stewart, Jose Andres, Katelyn Ohashi, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Patrick Mahomes and Spike Lee.

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were broadcast on giant video boards around the superspeedway.

At least a dozen drivers were escorted from the pre-race meeting to a private introduction with Trump.

“I got to meet the president! How cool is that?” driver Aric Almirola said.

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Daytona 500 and gave the command for drivers to start their engines.

Trump, with first lady Melania Trump by his side, addressed the crowd and called the opener “a legendary display of roaring engines, soaring spirits and the American skill, speed and power that we’ve been hearing about for so many years.”

“For 500 heart-pounding miles, these fierce competitors will chase the checkered flag, fight for the Harley J. Earl trophy and make their play for pure American glo-

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complaining while waiting hours to get through security.

Former NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France, who was replaced following his August 2018 arrest on DUI charges, was on Air Force One with the president and first lady. They traveled from West Palm Beach.

Among those who met them at the airport: current NASCAR chairman Jim France and fellow top executives Lesa France Kennedy and Ben Kennedy.

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digit deficit was too much to overcome in the fourth. The Tigers shot an overly efficient 49.2% from the field versus ACC’s 43.9%. Ball security was also a factor in ACC’s loss, the Devils committed 16 turnovers, and Cowley eight.

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ry,” Trump said. “That’s what it is: pure, American glory.”

Trump and his wife then got in the limousine and turned a lap.

They avoided the highbanked turns at Daytona and stayed on the apron through the corners.

The president’s visit was widely welcomed by NASCAR fans. Trump 2020 flags flooded the infield, and some fans wore them as capes in the garage area.

His presence also created huge lines at entrances, with many fans

ACC went 1-3 against Carl Albert State College, earning a split on Saturday, and dropping both games on Sunday.

In game 1 on Saturday, Jakota Sainsbury led the way on the mound, going six innings while allowing seven hits,

three runs, and striking out three. The Red Devils never trailed, and saw six different players earn RBIs. Jonah Weisner finished with two hits and two RBIs to help ACC capture the 7-3 victory.

ACC’s pitching did not have an answer for Viking batters in game 2, allowing 14 hits that turned 13 runs. Offensively, the Red Devils couldn't find a way to get runners across the plate as 12 ACC hits turned into only three runs, resulting in the 13-3 loss.

On Sunday, the Red Devils lost game 3 of the weekend by a hair. Al-

len tied it at 10-10 after Devon Tukes’ fielder’s choice allowed Kurt Golubski to cross home plate in the top of the ninth. The Vikings answered in the bottom half with a walk-off home run to earn the 1210 win.

In the final game of the weekend, ACC simply couldn’t keep pace with the Vikings. The Red Devils trailed 6-5 entering the bottom half of the sixth inning, but then the Vikings erupted for seven runs in the inning to take control.

The 13-5 loss now puts ACC at 2-5 on the season.