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By SHERMAN SMITH Kansas Reflector See RECOUNT | Page A6 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived at the White House promising to “build back” America, and legislation he’s signing Tuesday delivers a slimmer, though not insignificant, version of that once sweeping idea.Approved by the divided Congress, the bill brings the biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. Also in the legislation is a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients as well as a new 15% corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions will be left over to pay down federal deficits.All told, the Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act” may not do much to immediately tame inflationary price hikes. But the package, an election year turnaround after loftier versions collapsed, will touch countless American lives and secure longtime party goals. Democrats alone supported the package, as Republicans lined up against it. Republicans deride the 730-page bill as big government overreach and point particular criticism at its $80 billion investment in the IRS to hire new employees and go after tax scofflaws. Voters will be left to sort it out in the November elections, when control of Congress will be decided. Not as robust as Biden’s initial ideas to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems,

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PIQUA — Plans were slowly falling into place for repairs to begin on the damaged cross atop the iconic St. Martin’s Catholic Church steeple in Piqua. “We had plans,” noted Shelia Lampe, who serves on a church advisory committee. “But God has plans, too.”

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Don Lampe surveys the crumpled cross, which was damaged during a storm in December and fell to the ground overnight Tuesday. At right, the steeple needs multiple repairs.

An overnight wind storm blew the metal 6-foot cross from atop the steeple, where it crash landed a few feet from the front doors. Lampe and husband Don surveyed the damage TuesdayThemorning.fallencross likely will not change plans to fix the steeple, the Lampes said. It likely would have needed to be replaced altogether, anyway.But with the copper globe, which served as a support for the fallen cross hanging precariously from the top of the 135-foot steeple, the damaged roof does have an added sense of urgency. That should be repaired in short order, Don Lampe noted.In fact, the church advisory committee had been working persistently with area contractors to find one capable of fixing the damaged steeple.Thesteeple was damaged in December when torrential thunderstorms cracked the copper globe, and caused the cross to lean noticeably. As a wooden post connecting the tin cross to the globe continued to crack, that lean became more noticeable in recent“We’dweeks.been checking it quite a bit, and even talked about it (Monday) night,” Shelia Lampe Coincidentally,said.one work crew was slated to be at the church last week, but was unable to do so because of a medical emergency, the Lampes said. “It’s just been one thing after another,” Shelia Lampe said.The first order of business will be to safely remove the copper ball, which apparently still is being partially supported by a rope from inside the“Andsteeple.then we need to get it waterproofed,” Don Lampe added.Several damaged shingles along the steeple need to be replaced, and a restoration company will be on site to determine costs for tuck-pointing teh brick surface. “We used to do that every 20 years or so, but we really haven’t done that since the church closed,” Shelia Lampe said. The tuck-pointing will likely depend on how expensive repairs can be, and how much can be raised locally. Regardless, a fund-raising drive is almost certainly in the offing to pay for repairs. That’s because the CathoVol. 124, No. 223 Iola,$1.00KS S. ST., IOLA | (620) 228-5570 iola.gwfoodsinc.com owned since 1867 Wednesday, August 17, 2022 iolaregister.com

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TOPEKA — State Sen. Caryn Tyson on Monday dramatically scaled back her request to recount votes for the GOP nomination for state treasurer, targeting just six counties for a review of ballots by Statehand.Rep. Steven Johnson led Tyson by 452 votes as of 5 p.m. Monday with 102 out of 105 counties having certified their results, the Secretary of State’s office said. There were 836 provisional ballots left to beJohnson,reviewed. from Assaria, said he hoped to learn the final numbers late Monday and begin work on the general election“We’llcampaign.hittheground running as soon as we’re able to take that step and make sure the nominee is clear,” JohnsonTysonsaid. had requested a hand recount of ballots in 55 rural counties, which would have cost an estimated $46,000. On Monday, she narrowed her request to a full recount in Cloud, Harvey, McPherson and Ottawa counties, as well as a hand recount of advanced in Dickinson and Barton Counties and the city of Great Bend. The Secretary of State’s office said Tyson posted a bond of $2,570.54 and that counties could begin their hand recount. Tyson didn’t immediately respond to a call Monday seeking comment on the status of the race. Monday was the deadline for counties to canvass and certify results in the Aug. 2 election. Johnson, Sedgwick

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The communion med itation was given by Brant McGhee this Sun day at the Colony Chris tian Church. Brant ex horted congregants to not just focus on their sins and failures of the week, but to remember the Lord and His gift of grace and forgiveness. While Pastor Chase was backpacking in Wy oming with the Men on Fire group, Ben Prasko gave the message “Look At Me Now.” A song by the same title describes the scene at the Gate called Beautiful as de scribed in Acts 3 where a lame beggar caught Peter’s attention. Pe ter did not have money to give the man, but he gave the beggar some thing far greater, faith in Jesus, in whose name the man was healed. The man immediately did what so many of those who are healed by Jesus do; he praised God and began to testify. Hear this and all the church’s sermons by using your favorite pod cast app, the church’s Facebook page, or on the website at org.colonychristianchurch.www. Colony church

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WASHINGTON — The 2020 census missed the most households on Native American res ervations and in other rural areas, according to the latest Census Bu reau report released Tuesday.TheCensus Bureau missed more than one in 20 households on Native American res ervations and about one in 25 households in the most rural areas of the country, the report states.The report is the last in a series of agency es timates about the qual ity of the troubled 2020 count, which recorded historic misses of mi norityExpertspopulations.have said census miscounts will impact the distribution of the more than $1.5 trillion federal funds annually based at least in part on census re sults. Overall, the cen sus counted within 0.25 percent of the country’s estimated 331 million people.Tuesday’s report an alyzed census results based on the type of household counted and showed the census as largely accurate for owner-occupied housing as well as small multiunitButbuildings.thecensus missed people living in trailers and rural areas. While most of the country is counted through self re sponse, rural areas with out regular mail access are counted through a different process. There, census work ers went to individual households to drop off census forms or count residents themselves, but missed about 4 per cent of the people. Census officials have previously said they faced significant chal lenges in counting peo ple in rural parts of the country. The agency de layed in-person census operations for months due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and then cut them short in October.The results from Tuesday’s report came from the post-enumer ation survey, where the agency sends question naires to a sample of the nation’s households, asking them about de mographic information, as well as whether they responded to the 2020 census. Agency officials then compare those re sponses to census re sults to help estimate how many people it missed in 2020. The report also found the 2020 census over counted housing units in several states, accord ing to Tuesday’s report, including Massachusetts,Alabama,New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Utah. In a different measure of the 2020 count the agency released in a pre vious report, the agen cy estimated that there were overcounts over all in New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Utah. Previous reports on the 2020 count showed it missed significant por tions of the country’s minority populations, including almost one in 20 people identifying as Hispanic, the largest undercount for that pop ulation in decades. In 2010, the agency missed about 1.5 percent of that population, less than 1 percent in 2000, and almost 5 percent in 1990.The 2020 census missed about 3 percent of the Black population. In 2010, it missed 2 per cent of that population, less than 2 percent in 2000 and 4.5 percent in 1990. Thursday 82 a.m. 8:13 p.m. Low Low 8 a.m. 2.69

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So why do I ask if guns are locked up? Guns are a popular target of thieves. Any one can have a break in, and you don’t want to make it easy for the thieves to profit from the act, or worse still, hurt someone. More importantly, however, is the safety of people in theSometimeshome. parents tell me confidently their guns are well hidden from their children. They usually reconsid er when I ask, “Did you know where your par ents hid the Christmas presents when you were young?”Sometimes parents tell me their children have been taught not to touch guns. However, those same children, when asked at their well child visits, often tell me they would pick up an unattended gun to bring it to an adult. Research bears this out. Protecting children in the home from unin tentional injury is only part of the story. I also hope to prevent inten tional injury. Although guns are used in only about five percent of suicide attempts, they are involved in more than half of suicide deaths. In fact, nation wide, over 50 percent of gun deaths are suicides. The underlying caus es for suicide are com plex and many, but once a person decides to do it, there is often a very brief period before act ing on that decision. For many individuals, if they are unable to carry out their plan in those first few minutes, or if that plan involves a less lethal means, the moment of crisis pass es. People are far more likely to survive a sui cide attempt that does not involve a gun, while more than 80 percent of people who attempt sui cide using a gun die. Keeping guns un loaded and locked up, keeping healthicbeyoutheactionsistheremovingsomewhereammunitionseparate,thegunsfromhomeifsomeonestruggling:thesearethatcansavelifeofsomeonelove.Itcouldevenyourlife.Thistopisindeedintegraltopromotion.

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By thePressAssociated SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Cops usu ally have a prime sus pect. In this case it’s a primate suspect. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office believes it was a little Capuchin monkey that called 911 from a zoo last Saturday night. The call disconnected and dispatchers tried to call and text back but there was no response, so deputies were sent to investigate, the office said in a social media post. The address turned out to be the Zoo to You near Paso Robles, but the deputies found that no one there made the call.They finally deduced that a Capuchin mon key named Route had apparently picked up the zoo’s cellphone, which was in a golf cart used to move about the property.“We’re told Capu chin monkeys are very inquisitive and will grab anything and ev erything and just start pushing buttons,” the office’s post said. behind 911 call from California zoo

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The annual wellness exam is one of my fa vorite things to do as a doctor. It’s a chance to talk about one of my passions: health pro motion.Asmost patients expect, our health pro motion discussion in cludes smoking cessa tion, diet, and exercise. Perhaps more surpris ing is our conversation regarding personal safety. We talk about sunscreen, seatbelts, helmets, distracted driving or driving un der the influence. And I ask if their guns are locked up. I grew up in Iowa and I live in South Da kota. Both are states where hunting and guns are such a part of the culture, we don’t think twice about peo ple having guns in their homes. The same can be said about many states in our region.

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures an extreme drought, feder al officials announced Tuesday.The cuts planned for next year will force states to make critical decisions about where to reduce consumption and whether to prior itize growing cities or agricultural areas. The cuts will also place state officials un der renewed pressure to plan for a hotter, dri er future and a growing population. Mexico will also face cuts. “We are taking steps to protect the 40 mil lion people who depend on the Colorado River for their lives and live lihoods,” said Camille Touton, commissioner of the Bureau of Recla mation.The river provides water across seven states and in Mexico and helps feed an agri cultural industry val ued at $15 billion a year. Cities and farms are anxiously awaiting offi cial estimates of the riv er’s future water levels that will determine the extent and scope of cuts to their water supply. That’s not all. In ad dition to those alreadyagreed-to cuts, the Bu reau of Reclamation said Tuesday that states had missed a deadline to propose at least 15% more cuts needed to keep water levels at the river’s storage res ervoirs from dropping evenFormore.example, officials have predicted that wa ter levels at Lake Mead, the nation’s largest res ervoir, will plummet further. The lake is cur rently less than a quar ter“Thefull. states collective ly have not identified and adopted specific ac tions of sufficient mag nitude that would stabi lize the system,” Touton said.After putting last year’s burden on the ag ricultural industry, Ar izona officials will have to decide whether to spread additional pain to growing cities that rely on the river. The cuts are not ex pected to have a tangible effect on Nevada, which has already implement ed the region’s most aggressive conserva tion policies, including grass bans and rebate programs.Whilethe Bureau of Reclamation is “very focused on just getting through this to next year,” any cutbacks will likely need to be in place far longer, said Univer sity of Oxford hydrolo gist Kevin Wheeler. “What contribution the science makes is, it’s pretty clear that that these reductions just have to have to stay in place until the drought has ended or we realize they actually have to get worse and the cuts have to get deeper,” he said. The cuts are based on a plan the seven states as well as Mexico signed in 2019 to help maintain reservoir levels. Under that plan, the amount of water allocat ed to states depends on the water levels at Lake Mead. Last year, the lake fell low enough for the federal government to declare a first-ever water shortage in the region, triggering man datory cuts for Arizona and Nevada as well as Mexico in Officials2022.expect the falling lake levels to trigger additional cuts to Nevada, Arizona and Mexico next year. States with higher priority water rights are not ex pected to see cuts. RESERVOIR levels have been falling for years — and faster than experts predicted — due to 22 years of drought worsened by climate change and overuse of theScorchingriver. tempera tures and less melting snow in the spring have reduced the amount of water flowing from the Rocky Mountains, where the river origi nates before it snakes 1,450 miles southwest and into the Gulf of Cal ifornia.Already, extraordi nary steps have been taken this year to keep water in Lake Powell, the other large Colorado River reservoir, which sits upstream of Lake Mead and straddles the Arizona-Utah border. Water from the lake runs through Glen Can yon Dam, which produc es enough electricity to power between 1 million and 1.5 million homes eachAfteryear.water levels at Lake Powell reached levels low enough to threaten hydropower production, federal of ficials said they would hold back an additional 480,000 acre-feet (more than 156 billion gallons) of water to ensure the dam could still pro duce energy. That water would normally course to Lake UnderMead.Tuesday’s re ductions, Arizona will lose slightly more wa ter than it did this year, when 18% of its supply was cut. In 2023, it will lose an additional 3%, an aggregate 21% re duction from its initial allocation.Mexico will lose 7% of the 1.5 million acrefeet it receives each year from the river. Last year, it lost about 5%. The water is a lifeline for northern desert cities including Tijuana and a large farm industry in the Mexicali Valley, just south of the border from California’s Impe rialNevadaValley.also will lose water — about 8% of its supply — but most res idents will not feel the effects because the state recycles the majority of its water used indoors and doesn’t use its full allocation. Last year, the state lost 7%.

If you’re like most people, your work has been a central part of your life. So, wouldn’t it be nice to have the ﬂexibility to decide when you no longer want to work? Many people of retirement age have achieved this type of control. In fact, two thirds of workers ages 65 and older say they work primarily because they want to, not because they have to, according to a 2021 study by Edward Jones and Age Wave. But that means that one-third of workers in this age group feel ﬁnancially compelled to work. This doesn’t necessarily mean they dislike the work they do — but it’s probably fair to say they would have liked the option of not working. How can you give yourself this choice? You can start by asking yourself these questions:

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Ameri cans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-await ed rule finalized Tues day.The Food and Drug Administration said the new regulation cuts red tape by creating a new class of hearing aids that don’t require a medical exam, a pre scription and other spe cialty evaluations. The devices will be sold on line or over-the-counter at pharmacies and other retailThestores.devices are in tended for adults with mild to moderate hear ing problems. The FDA estimates that nearly 30 million adults could potentially benefit from hearing aids, but only about one-fifth of people with hearing problems use the devices current ly. “Today’s action by the FDA represents a signif icant milestone in mak ing hearing aids more cost-effective and acces sible,” Health and Hu man Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, told re porters Tuesday. The FDA first pro posed the rule last year and it will take effect in mid-October. The move follows years of pressure from medical experts and consumer advocates to make the devices cheaper and eas ier to Costget.is a big obstacle now. Americans can pay more than $5,000 for a hearing aid, between the device itself and fit ting services. Insurance coverage is limited and Medicare doesn’t pay for hearing aids, only diag nostic“Thetests.requirement to see a specialist was not only a burden and an annoyance for many consumers but it actual ly created a competitive barrier to entry,” said Brian Deese, a White House economics advis er.Deese cited govern ment estimates that Americans could even tually save as much as $2,800 per pair. But FDA officials cautioned against predicting the size of savings or how quickly they might ar rive, noting much will depend on when manu facturers launch prod ucts and how they price them.“It’s very hard to pre dict exactly what we’ll see and when,” said Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, the FDA’s medical device chief.Shuren said officials expect to see increased competition from new manufacturers as well as new products from existing hearing aid makers.The new over-thecounter status won’t ap ply to devices for more severe hearing loss, which will remain pre scriptionConsumeronly. electron ic companies for years have produced low er-cost “personal sound amplification” devices, but they do not under go FDA review and U.S. regulations bar them from being marketed as hearing aids. The new rule makes explicit that those devices are not al ternatives to FDA-vetted hearing aids. The FDA said it changed several parts of its initial proposal in response to public com ments, including clarify ing how the rule will im pact state regulations.

EXTRA MONEY TO PAY DOWN DEFICITS With some $740 bil lion in new revenue and around $440 billion in new investments, the bill promises to put the difference of about $300 billion toward deficit reduction.Federal deficits spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic when federal spending soared and tax reve nues fell as the nation’s economy churned through shutdowns, closed offices and other massive changes. The nation has seen deficits rise and fall in recent years. But over all federal budgeting is on an unsustainable path, according to the Congressional Budget Office, which recently put out a new report on long-term projections.

HOW TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS? One of the biggest revenue-raisers in the bill is a new 15% min imum tax on corpora tions that earn more than $1 billion in annu al It’sprofits.away to clamp down on some 200 U.S. companies that avoid paying the standard 21% corporate tax rate, including some that end up paying no taxes at Theall. new corporate minimum tax would kick in after the 2022 tax year and raise more than $258 billion over theTheredecade.will also be a new 1% excise tax imposed on stock buy backs, raising some $74 billion over the decade. Savings from allow ing Medicare’s nego tiations with the drug companies is expected to bring in $288 billion over 10 years, accord ing to the nalalswithmentalbillionnue$203ismodernization,vices,mentescheats.theraised$400,000esfamiliesnotBiden’sOffice.Congressionalnon-partisanBudgetThebillstickswithoriginalpledgetoraisetaxesonorbusinessmakinglessthanayear.YetmoneyisalsobyboostingIRStogoaftertaxThebillproposan$80billioninvestintaxpayerserenforcementandwhichprojectedtoraisebillioninnewreve—anetgainof$124overthedecade.Sinemawasinstruindoingawayothertaxproposandshapingthefiplan.

The bill would ex tend the subsidies provided during the COVID-19 pandemic to help some Americans who buy health insur ance on their own. Under earlier pan demic relief, the extra help was set to expire this year. But the bill would allow the assis tance to keep going for three more years, lowering insurance premiums for some 13 million people who are purchasing their own health care policies through the Affordable Care Act.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Explosions and fires ripped through an am munition depot in Rus sian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian at tack on the peninsula in just over a week, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people. Russia blamed the blasts in the village of Mayskoye on an “act of sabotage,” without nam ing the mentroadplant,firesfenseheard.ofMayskoye,overcolumnsciallaforcesvoweding,forofognizemandedcloseRussia’searlierageblewUkrainianrityquotedsia’sactonweakenplementingcupieddeeplyareUkrainiancouldthenificantwouldsionsweresixwaragainstusedinsulaseizedbaseanothernineinganyingshorteyskoye.basealsoplumesedpersianSeparately,perpetrators.theRusbusinessnewspaKommersantquotresidentsassayingofblacksmokeroseoveranairinCrimea’sGvardUkrainestoppedofpubliclyclaimresponsibilityforoftheblasts,includthosethatdestroyedRussianplanesatCrimeanairlastweek.RussiatheCrimeanPenin2014andhasittolaunchattacksUkraineinthethatbegannearlymonthsago.IfUkrainianforcesbehindtheexploinCrimea,thatrepresentasigescalationinwar.SuchattacksalsoindicatethatoperativesabletopenetrateintoRussian-octerritory,supattemptstoMoscow’sforcesthefrontlines.Inanotherreportedofsabotage,RusTassnewsagencytheFSBsecuagencyassayingoperativesupsixhigh-volttransmissiontowersthismonthinKurskregion,toUkraine.TheKremlinhasdethatKyivrecCrimeaaspartRussiaasaconditionendingthefightwhileUkrainehastodriveMoscow’sfromthepeninsuontheBlackSea.VideospostedonsomediashowedthickofsmokerisingragingflamesinandaseriesexplosionscouldbeTheRussianDeMinistrysaidthedamagedapowerpowerlines,railtracksandapartbuildings.“Wecameouttotake

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The bill would infuse nearly $375 billion over the decade in climate change-fighting strat egies that Democrats believe could put the country on a path to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030, and “would represent the single biggest cli mate investment in U.S. history, by far.” For consumers, that means tax rebates to buy electric vehicles — $4,000 for used ve hicle purchase and up to $7,500 for new ones, eligible to house holds with incomes of $300,000 or less for cou ples, or single people with income of $150,000 or Notless. all electric ve hicles will fully qual ify for the tax credits, thanks to requirements that component parts be manufactured and assembled in the U.S. And pricier cars cost ing more than $55,000 and SUVs and trucks priced above $80,000 are excluded.There’s also tax breaks for consumers to go green. One is a 10-year consumer tax credit for renewable energy investments in wind and solar. For businesses, the bill has $60 billion for a clean energy manu facturing tax credit and $30 billion for a produc tion tax credit for wind and solar, seen as ways to boost and support the industries that can help curb the country’s dependence on fossil fu els.The bill also gives tax credits for nuclear power and carbon cap ture technology that oil companies such as Exx on Mobil have invested millions of dollars to advance.Thebill would im pose a new fee on excess methane emissions from oil and gas drill ing while giving fossil fuel companies access to more leases on feder al lands and waters. A late addition pushed by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and other Democrats in Ar izona, Nevada and Col orado would designate $4 billion to combat a mega-drought in the West, including con servation efforts in the Colorado River Basin, which nearly 40 million Americans rely on for drinking water.

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lic Diocese — which owns the building — dropped the proper ty insurance for the church after they de clared St. Martin’s an oratory instead of a full-service church years“It’sago.gonna take some love — and some mon ey,” Shelia Lampe said. Still, the Lampes are bullish that folks are willing to lend a hand. “You would not be lieve the amount of messages, phone calls, texts, Facebook posts we get from people ask ing ‘How can I help? What can we do?’” She lia Lampe said. “Even people not from the parish have reached out to us, people from the community and beyond. I think it’s be cause this church is so iconic.”Ideally, the repairs will be complete in time for the church’s centennial celebration Nov. 22, which will in clude a bishop from the Catholic Diocese and congregations from both the Iola and Piqua churches.“Withplans already in place, we’re hopeful we can get this done in time,” Shelia Lampe said.“Or at least get the cross back up,” Don Lampe added. Don Lampe took the fallen cross and put it in storage for safekeep ing, “so that nobody would think of it as an heirloom and take it,” he said.

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Continued from A1 President Joe Biden speaks on the lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 9. (YURI GRIPAS/ABACA PRESS/TNS)

Bill: A look at what’s in Biden’s new law

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LOWER PRESCRIP TION DRUG COSTS Launching a longsought goal, the bill would allow the Medi care program to nego tiate some prescription drug prices with phar maceutical companies, saving the federal gov ernment some $288 billion over the 10-year budget window. The result is expect ed to lower costs for older adults on med ications, including a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap for older adults buy ing prescriptions from pharmacies.Therevenue raised would also be used to provide free vaccina tions for seniors, who now are among the few not guaranteed free access, according to a summary document. Seniors would also have insulin prices capped at $35 a month.

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The package, no where near the sweep ing Build Back Better program Biden once en visioned, remains a siz able undertaking and, along with COVID-19 relief and the GOP 2017 tax cuts, is among the more substantial bills from Congress in years. While Congress did pass and Biden signed into law a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastruc ture bill for highways, broadband and other in vestments that was part of the White House’s initial vision, the Dem ocrats’ other big prior ities have slipped away. Gone, for now, are plans for free pre-kin dergarten and commu nity college, as well as the nation’s first paid family leave program that would have provid ed up to $4,000 a month for births, deaths and other pivotal needs. Also allowed to expire is the enhanced child care credit that was providing $300 a month during the pandemic.

THE BATTLE over sex ed ucation in Texas, which has historically had one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country, is being fought by people like Abril Vazquez, whom I first met while work ing on my 2018 documentary “Reversing Roe.” Vazquez grew up in a Texas commu nity where public schools and the local government emphasize abstinence-only education over comprehen sive sex edu cation. After becoming an unwed moth er twice while still in her teens, Vazquez has spent much of her adult life working to have Texas provide more complete sexual educa tion to high school students in the Whilestate.the U.S. birth rate for teens has been declining since 1991, it remains sig nificantly higher in Amer

~ Journalism that makes a difference Anti-abortion activists are forcing a recount of the Aug. 2 referendum on abortion in nine counties. The request was granted by the Kansas Secretary of State’s office when the pro ponents put forth almost $120,000 to go toward the laborious effort of recount ing the votes by hand. The activists’ initial goal was a statewide recount of all 105 counties, which required raising $229,300, which they failed to do by Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline. The targeted counties are the most densely popu lated and include Shawnee, Douglas, Johnson, Craw ford and Sedgwick, which represent more than half of the 922,321 votes cast. The Aug. 2 primary elec tion tally went heavily in favor of keeping a woman’s right to abortion under the state constitution. Kansas law bans abortion after 22 weeks and includes a host of other stipulations. The “Value Them Both” ballot measure would have amended the state consti tution to say it does not protect abortion rights and would have given law makers license to further restrict or ban abortion. The measure failed by 18 percentage points, or 165,000 votes.

Election workers in Renton, Wash. accept ballots retrieved from ballot boxes. (STEVE RINGMAN/THE SEATTLE TIMES/TNS)

Sex education lacking in schools By KELLI GOFF Los Angeles Times

A look back in t me.A look back in t me. 35 Years Ago August 1987 Don Erbert makes his liv ing in the oil business. He sings for personal satisfac tion. “I started to sing when oil reached $11 a barrel,” he quips. Erbert enjoys singing oldies, particularly songs made popular by Elvis Pres ley. He has been singing pro fessionally for about a year, but donates his talents to fund-raising events. He will be singing Presley favorites from the bandstand in the courthouse park Sunday at 8 p.m. to pay tribute to the rock star on the 10th anni versary of his*****death. Iola artist Rick Barkdoll recently won Best of Show honors at the Dodge City Annual Western Art Show. Barkdoll continues to sell his pencil sketches, almost all with western themes, at art shows, cattlemen’s con ventions and similar ven ues. Provisions*****inthe will of Katherine Winslow, who died Saturday at 93, will benefit Moran-area and oth er students by as much as $70,000, according to Fred Apt, Iola attorney. Apt said Winslow’s estate amounted to $700,000 in cash and in come of more than $20,000 a year from the 400-acre Winslow farm and the oil wells on it. The will stipu lates that students from Mo ran will be given priority on the scholarships provided and that other Allen Coun ty students will come next. The Moran Presbyterian and Methodist churches were each given $10,000 be quests. The Winslow farm is located a mile west of Mo ran. They raised registered Herefords and were known for their flower*****garden. Glenn and Ginger Rob erts of rural Savonburg will be the grand marshals rep resenting the farming com munity of Allen County in this year’s Farm-City Days celebration.

— Susan Lynn

Recently, Kansas voters soundly rejected a referen dum that would have en sured more abortion restric tions in the solidly red state. This led to predictions that conservatives may pay a price in upcoming elections for the Supreme Court’s de cision in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organiza tion, which undid the consti tutional protection for abor tion rights long established by Roe v. Wade. But while abortion debates grab head lines, for many women, es pecially poor ones, the battle for reproductive justice be gins in the classroom, with the fight for comprehensive sexOnlyeducation.29states, and Wash ington, D.C., require that sex education be taught, accord ing to the Guttmacher Insti tute. Only 16 states require that the information taught in sex education be medi cally accurate. Meanwhile, 39 states mandate that sex education must cover absti nence, with 28 of those states requiring that abstinence be stressed. Before the Dobbs ruling, that meant that plen ty of young people were not being provided with suffi cient tools and resources to avoid unplanned pregnan cies. In a post-Roe world it means students will have increasingly limited options should an unplanned preg nancy occur.

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THOSE IN THE an ti-abortion camp aren’t buying it and have charged county election officials with fraud. In her request for the recount, Melissa Leavitt of Colby claimed she had “seen data” suggesting “ir regularities” in the vote totals, despite a lack of ev idence.Leavitt and Mark Giet zen of Wichita are spear heading the recount effort. Both are known for their election conspiracy stanc es that maintain “dark” forces are pulling the le vers. In the run-up to the Aug. 2 election Gietzen filed a lawsuit in Sedgwick County District Court challenging the state’s use of ballot drop boxes, alleg ing they encourage illegal voting. In a follow-up inter view with the Wichita Ea gle, Gietzen acknowledged he has no evidence of vot er fraud at the ballot drop boxes.Gietzen, who is presi dent of the Kansas Repub lican Assembly, an offshoot of the state Republican Party, as well as director of the Kansas Coalition for Life, maintains this week’s recount will change the outcome of the Aug. 2 vote. Kansas law says those seeking a recount pay for the expense unless it changes the outcome, in which case counties do. Gietzen picked up the bulk of the $120,000 fee af ter his initial offer to use his house as collateral was rebuffed. WITH NO PROOF to back their claims, the re count request by Leavitt and Gietzen is specious at best, and at its worst, an in sult to all those who work to protect the integrity of ourElectionelections.officials are re quired to conduct the re count by Friday afternoon. In Johnson County alone that’s more than 250,000 ballots to be individually handled; another 150,000 ballots in Sedgwick Coun ty. Declaring election fraud has become a knee-jerk reaction of sore losers. Indulging them with re counts should come with the stipulation that they take remedial classes in U.S. history and its consti tutional democracy. It’s from ignorance that these people continue to perpetuate the lies that our elections are rigged, sewing doubts that work to weaken our democratic foundation.

ica than in other Western nations. Girls from a low-in come background are at greater risk of becoming young mothers, and data show that close to 20% of teen moms give birth to more than one child before they reach the age of 20. Becom ing a teen parent decreases the chance of rising above one’s economic circumstanc es.Before Roe became the law women of means had better access to abortion, partly be cause they had connections and the money to pay for procedures. Without these options, poor women’s fu tures were at greater risk, of ten choosing between unsafe providers, if they could find one, or having a baby with out the means to support it. With abortion access now significantly diminished, and inconsistent and incom plete sex education available to help young people prevent unwanted pregnancies, poor women will be less likely to escape this cycle of poverty. Federal education policy can have a significant effect on teenage motherhood. Many studies have found abstinence-only education to be largely ineffective, yet federal funding for such in struction increased under the Trump administration. This was to be expected, as funding for sexual education programs tends to shift de pending on the political par ty of the president, rather than being decided based on the research of what is most effective and best serves our young people. As someone who has inter viewed count less pro-choice and pro-life ac tivists, I know good people can disagree over abortion policy. Howev er, it is hard to understand why anyone would consider it humane to deprive young people of the tools and re sources they need to avoid an unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease and then limit their options when they end up with ei ther.At a bipartisan gathering of Southern women legis lators, I was once asked to address concerns that teach ing comprehensive sex edu cation would increase sex ual activity, something data have consistently shown is not true. I noted that we teach driver’s education be fore kids can legally get be hind the wheel to make sure they’re prepared and will be as safe as possible. Shouldn’t the same care and concern be applied to sexual educa tion since it is also a matter of life and death? IN LIGHT OF the Dobbs decision, sex education should be viewed as a defin ing reproductive justice is sue and should be a priority for candidates in upcoming elections. Regardless of po litical party, those running for office could elevate the discourse on sexual health in our country by prioritiz ing this important issue in theirForplatforms.onetotruly care about reproductive rights, getting more schools to support com prehensive sex education should elicit just as much ac tivism, advocacy and finan cial support as abortion pol icy and other reproductive health issues. While Republi cans, Democrats, evangelical leaders and irreligious ac tivists battle over the future of abortion in America, they should all be able to find com mon ground around the idea that we should be providing young people with the tools that will make them less likely to have an unplanned pregnancy in the first place — regardless of the circum stances and communities in which they are born. About the writer: Keli Goff was nominated for two Emmy Awards for produc ing “Reversing Roe.” She is a contributor to KCRW’s “Left, Right & Center.”

Close to 20% of teen moms give birth to more than one child before they reach the age of 20.

Abortion amendment recount vote an insult to election officials

As someone who has interviewed countless pro choice and pro-life activists, I know good people can disagree over abortion policy. However, it is hard to understand why anyone would consider it humane to deprive young people of the tools and resources they need to avoid an unplanned preg nancy or sexually transmitted disease and then limit their options when they end up with either.

State attorneys general unite against robocalls

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suits, the attorneys gen eral make it more expen sive for the robocaller companies, which ear lier had calculated the cost of individual court cases into their cost of doing business. “The key thing you want to do is raise the cost for the robocaller,” he said. As an example, North Carolina Attorney Gen eral Josh Stein in Janu ary sued telephone ser vice provider Articul8 for allegedly facilitating illegal and areHoosierrobocallslease,traffic,”ityresponsibleniesrequestsissuedtaskigationinglumbia)(plusproviderslareffortofIndianageneralcrat,incallssentallegescallstelemarketingfraudulentphoneinhisstate.Steinthecompany65millionfraudtohisconstituentsjustafewmonths.Now,Stein,aDemoandGOPattorneysToddRokitaofandDaveYostOhioareleadingthetocoordinatesimisuitsagainsttelecomona50-statetheDistrictofCobasisbyformanAnti-RobocallLitTaskForce.Asitsfirstact,theforcethismonth20investigativeto20compathatare“allegedlyforamajorofforeignrobocallSteinsaid.Rokita,inanewsrepointedoutthat“aren'tjustaproblem.Theyanationwideprob lem.” He put the telecom industry on notice that if it “won't police itself, this unprecedented task forceStatewill."attorneys gen eral have taken some coordinated actions in the past few years, such as calling on inter net resellers like eBay Inc. to stop selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and raising con cerns about illegal al cohol sales online. And together, they’ve pushed companies to beef up anti-robocalling tech nology.Butmostly the attor neys general have split along party lines. The Republican AGs associ ation, for example, was on the winning side in its “friend of the court” brief supporting a law suit in Pennsylvania arguing that religious institutions that ban same-sex foster parents should be allowed to take part in Philadelphia’s foster care system. And the Democratic AGs issued a statement this month praising President Joe Biden’s executive order aimed at protecting some abor tionButrights.they all hate rob ocalls.“Ithink we can give all the credit to the rob ocallers,” said former Maine Attorney Gen eral James Tierney, founder of StateAG.org, an educational group. “They have been able to do the politically im possible feat: They have been able to unite the attorneys general when they don’t unite on any thing else. I don’t know who they are, or what country they are in, but everybody hates robo callers.

All 50 state attorneys general have created an anti-robocall task force to go after the bad actors.

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Recount: Treasurer’s race close Continued from A1 Nothing has been able to kill scam robocalls — not federal regulation, not individual state law suits, not private soft ware. Each effort has made a dent, but the unwanted calls keep on coming, much to the con sternation of Americans on the receiving end. Now, all 50 state at torneys general, Repub licans and Democrats, have come together through a newly formed task force to go after byallyimpact.that50courtgoinger,”AG…mission)CommunicationsbeeningkeepssoftwareMail,AlexingcomAGsvancedgyExpertsers,goscamthatcompaniesAGslarlytriescallscustomers.overseasrobocallscompaniestelecommunicationsU.S.thatalloworiginatingtoreachtheirStoppingnuisancefromforeigncounhasbeenparticuchallenging.Thehaveputtelecomonnoticetheymuststopthecallsbeforetheythroughtocustomorfaceprosecution.saythatstratejustmightwork.“Technologyhasadtothepointsocanseewhentelecarriersarecarryillegaltraffic,”saidQuilici,CEOofYouarobocall-blockingcompanythattrackofrobocallintheUnitedStates.“Theproblemhasthatthe(FederalComfinessomeoneoneatatime,oroneshutsdownacarrihesaid.“Now,it’s50afterthemand50proceedingsandfines.I’moptimisticthiswillmakesomeEnforcementreiskey.”Further,Quilicisaid,coordinatinglaw

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“I am forever grateful for every opportunity I have been given, every obstacle I’ve overcome and every second I’ve been a “However,”Tiger. Brennan added, “it is time for me to start a new chapter in my life.”

The adrenaline of bull-riding is what keeps Luke Mast of Hutchinson coming back. Mast was recently this way where he came in second place in the bull-riding competition at the Allen County Fair. He has been competing in at least three competitions every single week this summer. The cowboy got his start in bull-riding at a very young age when his family first put him on steers and calves to see if Mast would enjoy the thrill. Once he turned 17, Mast got on his first real bull and never looked back. “We had a farm growing up and I got on steers, calves and stuff when I was a kid. We all got fired up about it. I started on the small stuff then when I got older I started getting on bulls. So it kind of grew from there,” said Mast. “I didn’t get into rodeos until I was 17 but I did get on

LSU quarterback Myles Brennan makes a pass in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl against Oklahoma in 2019. ZUMAPRESS/TNS LSU quarterback calls it quits a er h year

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The former prized recruit out of St. Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, briefly entered the transfer portal last offseason before deciding to return to LSU in hopes of competing for a starting job once more. However, he fell out of the early running for that spot in recent days, behind redshirt freshman Garrett Nussmeier and Arizona State transfer Jaden Daniels.“Myles is a great leader who has made a tremendous impact on this program, and he has earned the respect of ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Former first-round pick Danny Shelton began his latest fresh start with the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday, hoping to earn a place in the middle of their defensive line after agreeing last week to a contract for the upcomingTheseason.28-year-old Shelton appeared in 13 games for the Giants last year, when he rotated up front as primarily a run-stuffing defensive tackle. That came after a season with the Patriots, two with the Lions and Shelton’s first three with the Browns, who made him the 12th overall pick in the 2015 draft after a standout career at Washington.“He got some good work in,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said after the Chiefs began their final week of camp at Missouri Western. “We’re kind of monitoring him like we did Carlos (Dunlap) and the other guys that came in. We gave him part of practice. He’s a big body that’s a good athlete. He’s had a lot of good downs in this league.”The Chiefs have dramatically remodeled their defense after last season, when it let them down in the second half of an AFC title game loss to Cincinnati. Most newcomers arrived via the draft, including firstround picks Trent McDuffie and George Karlaftis, but Chiefs general manager Low expectations rarely disappoint.That’snot to say your favorite team will fail to live up to the promise that comes with landing a spot in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll presented by Regions Bank that was released Monday. But numbers suggest it is best to sprinkle a healthy amount of caution on that optimism as you gear up for the 2022Learseason.year was especially volatile for the Top 25, with 14 teams that started the season ranked finishing unranked. From 2010-20, on average, 9.5 teams that appeared in the preseason Top 25 finished unranked — about 38% of the picks. During that time, the most was 12 in 2010. In the preseason top 10 last year, three teams (Texas A&M, Iowa State and North Carolina) failed to make it into the final poll. That’s double the average (1.5) from 2010-2020. Time to temper expectations for the preseason Top 25 this season — except for Alabama. No. 1 Alabama (13-2 last season) Opener: vs. Utah State, Sept.Reality3. check: The surest bet in sports is the Crimson Tide, which has only missed the playoff once. Alabama has not finished outside the top 10 since 2007, coach Nick Saban’s first season. No reason to think it’s happening this season. No. 2 Ohio State (11-2) Opener: vs. No. 5 Notre Dame, Sept. 3. Reality check: The Buckeyes hired former Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to fix a defense that was badly exposed against their best opponents. QB C.J. Stroud, WR Jaxson Smith-Njigba and a potent offense probably make Ohio State flop-proof, though. No. 3 Georgia (14-1) Opener: vs. No. 11 Oregon in Atlanta, Sept. 3. Reality check: Most of last season’s all-time great defense is now in the NFL.

Pouring caution on that optimism

Alabama fans pull the Crimson Tide through a 20-14 thriller against LSU in Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. RALPH D. RUSSO

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU quarterback Myles Brennan has decided to end his college football career after five seasons with the Tigers.The 23-year-old Brennan, who announced his decision on Monday, spent his first three years at LSU as a backup. He was named the starter in 2020, only to have that season cut short by an abdominal injury after three starts in which he passed for 1,112 yards and 11 touchdowns. Brennan then missed all of last season because of a non-football arm injury that occurred during a fishing outing at the end of August camp.“Over the last five years, I have given all of my body, heart and soul to LSU football,” Brennan said in a statement posted on social media.

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The NBA will be off on Election Day. The league’s schedule for the coming season will have all 30 teams playing on Nov. 7, the night before the midterm elections. The NBA is hoping teams use that night as an opportunity to encourage fans to get out and vote, plus amplify the need for civic engagement.Buton Nov. 8, which is Election Day, no NBA teams have games scheduled. Teams are being encouraged to share election information — such as registration deadlines — with their fan bases in the weeks leading up to Nov. 8. “The scheduling decision came out of the NBA family’s focus on promoting nonpartisan civic engagement and encouraging fans to make a plan to vote during midterm elections,” the league said Tuesday.All435 U.S. House seats will be up for grabs on Nov. 8, along with more than 30 U.S. Senate seats and gubernatorial races.“It’s unusual. We don’t usually change the schedule for an external event,” James Cadogan, the executive director of the NBA’s social justice coalition, told NBC, which ﬁrst reported the league’s Election Day schedule plan. “But voting and Election Day are obviously unique and incredibly important to our democracy.”

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By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press Tiger Woods watches his drive from the third tee during his opening round on the rst day of The 150th British Open Golf Championship July 14. GETTY IMAGES/ AFP/PAUL ELLIS/TNS CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Well hello, Happy. Welcome to NASCAR’s championship race.Just when it seemed time to write off Kevin Harvick, at least for this season, the 46-year-old has figured out how to win again. He has two victories in eight days — after snapping a 65-race losing streak dating to 2020 — and all the momentum headed into the playoffs.Ifyou counted Harvick out, he’s now demanding a correction. “It’s kind of like when they put those small boxes in the newspaper where they have to correct their story and you can’t hardly read them. I feel like a lot of you should put those at the bottom of your story. I get great gratification out of that,” Harvick said after winning Sunday at Richmond Raceway.His resurgence has saved his season. After winning a career-high nine races in 2020, Harvick disappeared. He went winless last season for the first time since 2009 and only the fourth time in 22 Cup seasons.Thisyear, he seemed slow to grasp NASCAR’s new Next Gen car as a slew of new faces raced their way to victory lane. The Cup Series so far has five first-time winners this season, the playoff grid filling fast with fresh new names, and Harvick found himself in a vulnerable spot headed into the final month to qualify for one of the 16 playoff berths. His much-needed first win came Aug. 7 at Michigan, followed by Sunday’s win at Richmond, making Harvick the only back-to-back race winner this season. “At this point, a win’s a win, right? I think we were 0-for-65 and we’ve done nothing different and here we are two weeks in a row. That’s racin’, right?” Harvick grinned.The60th Cup victory of his career tied Harvick with Kyle Busch for ninth all-time in NASCAR. Next up on the list? The late Dale Earnhardt in eighth at 76 careerTovictories.haveEarnhardt in reach brings Harvick full circle: He replaced Earnhardt following Earnhardt’s fatal 2001 crash in the Daytona 500. “As you start your career, it’s easy to say, ‘I want to win 70-some races’ and then you start doing this on a week-toweek basis,” Harvick said. “It’s just a lot harder because everyone in this garage is just a killer, from the crew chief to the drivers to the guys changing the tires. It’s the best of the best, and it’s not easy to keep your team and everybody within your organization competitive, keep yourself competitive.” Now that he’s proven to still be competitive, Harvick is a serious threat for a second Cup championship.Andthat’svery good forHarvickNASCAR.is one of the few throwbacks remaining in the Cup garage. A former West Coast racer nicknamed “Happy” when he got to NASCAR, the stress of replacing Earnhardt turned Harvick’s nickname into unintentional satire. It was fitting, though, as he scrapped on and off the track and proved over two decades he would not be pushed around. It’s a younger man’s game now — the average age of this season’s first-time winners is 27 — and the tricks Harvick mastered seemingly no longer applied with the Next Gen car. But the No. 4 team at Stewart-Haas Racing began to figure out the car long before the wins finally came. A crash at Gateway in June dropped Harvick to 13th in the standings and on the bubble of not making the Crewplayoffs.chief Rodney Childers kept the team calm knowing that a win was within reach. “Two months ago it was like, ‘We ran better and this is better and this was better and this was better.’ The two months before that we would have those meetings and it was like, ‘Well, this was worse, this was worse, this was worse, this was worse,’” Childers said. “It started two months ago, and you could just see — the communication and the confidence and the cars we were building, all that stuff just got better.” The late push forces the competition to take note of Harvick’s potential. And the first round favors Harvick, who has a combined nine career victories at Darlington, Kansas and Bristol, the first three tracks in the playoffs.Howhe plans to attack the postseason isn’t for public“Look,discussion.we’re boring. We don’t ever look ahead,” said Harvick, who noted his approach helped the No. 4 team weather its losing streak. “Obviously we’d all rather win, but I’ve been through longer losing streaks. You can fall right into that trap and let it suck you in,” he said. “It was really nothing that ever affected us. It’s no different than what we’ve done the last two weeks. We haven’t done anything different, but the cars have run good for a couple months, and now a few things went right and now we’ve won twice. “That’s just the way this deals goes.”

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The PGA Tour is in Delaware for the ﬁrst time and the buzz still surrounded Tiger Woods, even if he didn’t have clubs and might not be Woodsseen.was scheduled to come to Wilmington Country Club on Tuesday for a private meeting of top players to discuss the threat of Saudi-funded LIV Golf, according to two people aware of the plans at the BMW Tour.directionmoreGolf,samesaidinvitedthecauseditionsociatedTheyChampionship.spoketoTheAs-Pressoncon-ofanonymitybe-oftheprivacyofmeeting.OnepersontothemeetingitwastogetonthepageagainstLIValongwithtakingownershipintheofthePGAThemeetingledtoa

er Jay Monahan would be involved. He met with the players informally last week following a hearing in which a federal judge denied a request by three LIV Golf players seeking to play in the PGA Tour postseason.Monahan also met with the players a week after the U.S. Open to details plans for big increases in prize money on the PGA Tour, qualifying changes and a new schedule that will return to a January start to the season in 2024. Woods has been a strong opponent of LIV Golf. The rival league’s leader, Greg Norman, conﬁrmed in an interview with Fox News last month that Woods was offered in the range of $700 to $800 million to take part. Norman said that was before he was hired to run LIV Golf. Norman and Woods have never been close, going back to when Woods arrived on the PGA Tour and instantly became the biggest star golf had seen in generations.Woods was particularly forceful at the British Open last month when he said of Norman not being invited to festivities around the 150th Open, “Greg has done some things that I don’t think is in the best interest of our game.” He said he disagreed with players getting enormous signing bonuses to defect to LIV Golf, saying they have turned their backs on the tour that made them famous.ThePGA Tour has reacted to the depth of Saudi funding with a $50 million bonus pool called the Player Impact Program that pays 10 leading players based on how much attention they get. Some players, such as defending FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay, don’t like theAlsoprogram.inthe works is a series of overseas tournaments at the end of the year that will reward the top performers. The tour hasn’t announced set details or a sponsor. LIV Golf has played three events offering $25 million apiece in prize money to a group of players that include Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau. It resumes its Cupscheduleeight-tournamentaftertheFedExendsnextweek.

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Shelton: Former rst-round pick lands with KC Chiefs Continued from B1 steers and calves when I was a kid.” As of late, Mast has been competing in bull-riding with both the BRI and PRCA as well as other associations, including the KPRA (Kansas Professional Rodeo Association). Mast said he enjoys riding for BRI the most because the winners receive belt buckles.Toride bulls for fun may seem like a madman’s idea to a lot of people. However, it’s the rush of those qualifying 8 seconds that’s got him hooked.“The rush. Even when you are just practicing, every time you nod it’s a rush. It’s kind of like an addiction. Making money is just a bonus if you do good,” saidMastMast.has found a good amount of success riding bulls this summer, in particular. With over five years of experience he is beginning to feel more comfortable on bulls and has some winning buckles to show for it. Along with placing second at the Allen County Fair, Mast has won three other bull-riding events this summer. “I won the Ottawa bull-riding, Lyon County Fair and the first round of Cheney last Wednesday,” Mast said. Mast has even gone five days in one week traveling to different bull-rides and rodeos as he continues to chase the rush of riding. “Last week I was in Mound City at a PRCA rodeo. Ottawa, Mount Hope, Cheney, Dodge City, Abilene, those were just the recent ones. I stay pretty busy, I can go five days a week if I want to. It’s kind of hard to remember all the places,” said Mast. Mast works with his brother doing construction work as his fulltime job but practices for many hours in his free time on his own farm. Mast prefers to use a barrel to practice his“I’vemoves.got a barrel here and then I’ve got a couple bulls I get on for practice. A barrel is just a drop barrel that kind of goes up and down and gets your form to where you want it to be. It’s all muscle memory. If you get it stuck in your head, what you need to do, it will make it a lot easier,” Mast said. Mast’s recent successes make him all the more excited for what lies down the road.

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Brett Veach has plugged a couple of other holes with veterans in camp. Dunlap, a two-time Pro Bowl defensive end, was brought in to help a pass rush that was among the league’s worst last year, and Shelton is now expected to help stop the run alongside Pro Bowl defensive tackle Chris Jones. He’ll likely rotate with Derrick Nnadi and Tershawn Wharton, who appear to have a leg up on Khalen Saunders and Taylor Stallworth heading into the Chiefs’ second preseason game Saturday against Washington.“Brett wanted a little more in there and brought him in,” Reid said of Shelton, who has started 72 of the 100 games he has played over his ﬁrst seven seasons. “He was a good addition.”Theaddition of Shelton came the same day that Kansas City waived offensive lineman Evin Ksiezarczyk, cornerback Lonnie Johnson and wide receivers Omar Bayless and Gary Jennings, who was dealing with a concussion that he sustained when he ran into a door during an indoor practice. Jennings was waived with an injury designation. The Chiefs still need to cut two players by Tuesday’s deadline to reach the 85-man limit for this point in training camp.Johnson was a somewhat surprising cut given the Chiefs once thought highly enough of him to trade a conditional seventh-round pick to Houston for him. But Johnson quickly fell behind McDufﬁe and rookies Joshua Williams and Jaylen Watson on the depth chart, and the return of Rashad Fenton from the PUP list only pushed him further behind.“We have to keep getting better,” Reid said, “but we do see the potential there for that. I think that’s important. And Lonnie will hook on with somebody else. It gives him a chance to get on another team and do his thing there.”

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The Chiefs practiced without both of their specialists Monday because kicker Harrison Butker is dealing with a sore ankle and punter Tommy Townsend was excused for personal reasons. But it led to the most entertaining part of camp, where the ﬁeldgoal unit lined up with Juan Thornhill providing the holds and fellow safety Justin Reid doing theReidkicking.wound up hitting seven of nine attempts with a long of 45 yards sailing wide right. Reid made a PAT in the preseason opener at Chicago.Notes: TE Blake Bell was out after sustaining a hip ﬂexor injury in last weekend’s preseason loss in Chicago. “They’re still going through it,” Reid said. “This particular (injury) is a little unusual. They’re looking at it and seeing where they go with it.” ... Reid has not announced how long starters will play against the Commanders, but acknowledged “we normally take it up to a half, a quarterand-a-half, that type of things. We’ll see how it goes.” The starters got a series in Chicago. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers (17) is hit by Detroit Lions defensive tackle Danny Shelton (71) after throwing a pass in Detroit, in 2020. Shelton is now a member of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Adapted from a recent online conversation. Dear Carolyn: I’m fairly introverted and weathered the worst of the pandemic OK, other than missing my grand children desperately. Now I can see them again — they’re young, 4 and 9. But as life keeps opening up for others, there’s so little for me. I’m just not close to any one, despite desperately wanting to be. I have no siblings, thus no nieces or neph ews, nor do I have a best friend. I have a few cousins but all are 3,000 miles away. I have a few friends but none who are really close confi dants. All my friends are far more likely to plan activities with oth ers than with me. My husband is low-key and pleasant enough, but he is not loving physically or in any other way — just emotionally con stricted.Asfriends and cous ins start posting travel or just socializing plans with each other, I am developing more and more FOMO anxiety and sadness. Not sure exactly what question I have, maybe more of a comment. Life return ing to “normal” isn’t necessarily going to be a panacea for a lot of us. — “Normal” Is Even More Lonely “Normal” Is Even More Lonely: I think there is a question in your comment: What to do about this loneli ness?To which the answer is, as always, unsatis fyingly, that you either make peace with what you have or you make changes to what you do. You obviously can’t put “Get a best friend” on your to-do list, but you can change the ways you circulate among others. You can reach past your secondguessing and out to these friends. You can put new,

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Meet the team that makes it happen: everyone here,” firstyear LSU coach Brian Kelly said. “Myles has always embodied the traits required to fulfill our mission to graduate champions, and we have full confidence those traits will help him succeed at every step in his journey as he moves forward.”Brennan appeared in 20 career games for LSU, passing for 1,712 yards and 13 touchdowns. He appeared in eight games as Joe Burrow’s backup during the Tigers’ 2019 national championship season, when they went 15-0 — the winningest campaign in the 128year history of the program.He graduated from LSU with a degree in sports administration in May 2021.

Megan, born and raised in Iola, joined The Iola Register in early 2022 as advertising manager. Her career path includes over 11 years at Sonic Equipment as director of marketing, and most recently, as marketing associate at Peerless Products. Megan’s marketing background has helped bring new ideas to the Register’s advertising department and how we can better serve our Meganclients. sees her job as more than selling. “I like helping other businesses grow by bringing visibility to their products and services,” she said. “We’re a small community and we need to encourage each other. By participating in our publications that highlight our youth, schools, businesses, the county fair or the Bowlus, others can say ‘good job!’, bringing us closer as a Megancommunity.”loves fashion, working out, camping and spending time with her husband, Ron, and two daughters, Chloe and Mylie.

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QB: Calls it quits Continued from B1 The Bulldogs are too talented to take a big step backward, but assuming Alabama-level consistency from any team is a lot to ask. No. 4 Clemson (10-3) Opener: vs. Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Sept. 5. Reality check: Coming off their first nonACC championship season in seven years, the Tigers are maybe the most intriguing team in the country. Clemson has two new coordinators and a former fivestar quarterback (D.J. Uiagalelei) trying to recover from a puzzlingly poor season. Voters are leaning toward last season being a blip for Dabo Swinney’s team and not the start of a trend. No. 5 Notre Dame (11-2) Opener: at No. 2 Ohio State, Sept. 3. Reality check: The Fighting Irish have established lofty standards with five straight 10win seasons, but coach Marcus Freeman’s first season as Brian Kelly’s replacement has a lot of transition-year vibes. No. 6 Texas A&M (8-4) Opener: vs. Sam Houston, Sept. 3. Reality check: The Aggies won the offseason with the No. 1 recruiting class and coach Jimbo Fisher going off on his former boss, Saban. They are also a team relying heavily on sophomores and those five-star freshmen and one with no established starting quarterback or big-play receivers. No. 7 Utah (10-4) Opener: at Florida, Sept.Reality3. check: The Utes are coming off their first Pac-12 title and Rose Bowl appearance, and have enough pieces back to do it again. But repeating a magical season is difficult for the vast majority of programs that don’t regularly sign top10 recruiting classes. No. 8 Michigan (12-2) Opener: vs. Colorado State, Sept. 3. Reality check: The Wolverines broke through for coach Jim Harbaugh with a Big Ten title and victory over Ohio State in 2021. Now, with two new coordinators and a defense replacing three firstround draft picks, a repeat seems unlikely. An experienced offense and accommodating schedule gives Michigan a high floor. No. 9 Oklahoma (11-2) Opener: vs. UTEP, Sept.Reality3. check: New coach (Brent Venables), new quarterback (Dillon Gabriel) and more uncertainty in Norman than there has been in years. The Sooners have been one of the most reliable teams in the country for two decades, finishing unranked only twice. But turnover often comes with volatility. No. 10 Baylor (12-2) Opener: vs. Albany, Sept.Reality3. check: Another one of 2021’s surprise breakout teams, the defending Big 12 champions hope to keep it up with strong line play. Still, the Big 12 is all about winning close games and the difference between playing for the title and finishing fourth is thin. No. 11 Oregon (10-4) Opener: vs. No. 3 Georgia in Atlanta, Sept.Reality3. check: Another highly ranked team with a new coach and quarterback. Former Georgia DC Dan Lanning inherits the most talented roster in the Pac-12. Transfer Bo Nix will try to bring stability to the quarterback position, which was not really his thing at Auburn. No. 12 Oklahoma State (12-2) Opener: vs. Central Michigan, Sept. 1. Reality check: The Cowboys, a team buoyed by super seniors — especially on defense — in 2022, will need to lean heavily on its experienced offense. QB Spencer Sanders has had a long career filled with peaks and valleys. No. 13 North Carolina State (9-3) Opener: at East Carolina, Sept. 3. Reality check: The Wolfpack enter one of the most highly anticipated seasons for the program in recent history, with a loaded defense and star quarterback in Devin Leary. This is also program that has one double-digit victory season — ever. No. 14 USC (5-7) Opener: vs. Rice, Sept. 3. Reality check: The star power at USC has not been this bright in a while with coach Lincoln Riley, QB Caleb Williams and WR Jordan Addison providing hope for an immediate turnaround. But the game is still about blocking and tackling and there are plenty of questions about the Trojans’ ability to do either well. No. 15 Michigan State (11-2) Opener: vs. Western Michigan, Sept. 2. Reality check: Coach Mel Tucker parlayed the Spartans’ surprising surge last year into an enormous contract and the elevated expectations that go with it. Will regression come for the Spartans in 2022? No. 16 Miami (7-5) Opener: forthisDykepectpast.backhelpherobroughtSept.Bethune-Cookman,vs.4.Realitycheck:TheU.backhometownMarioCristobaltobuildtheprogramtoitspowerhouseHe’sgotapropros-inQBTylerVantoworkwith,butisalotofoptimismateamthathasonly finished ranked once in the last four seasons. No. 17 Pitt (11-3) Opener: vs. West Virginia, Sept. 1. Reality check: Coming off an ACC title, the Panthers are hoping USC transfer Kedon Slovis can replicate Kenny Pickett’s stellar 2021. He will have to do it without the departed Jordan Addison. Pitt hasn’t finished consecutive seasons ranked since 1983. No. 18 Wisconsin (9-4) Opener: vs. Illinois State, Sept. 3. Reality check: In three of the last four seasons, the Badgers have started the season ranked and finished it unranked. The formula of star running back (Braelon Allen) and staunch defense appears to be in place again, but can QB Graham Mertz finally find his blue-chip form? No. 19 Arkansas (9-4) Opener: vs. No. 23 Cincinnati, Sept. 3. Reality check: Life in the SEC West is hard. The Razorbacks were overachievers last year, but things can flip fast. Especially facing a schedule that also includes Cincinnati and No. 25 BYU with a rebuilt defense. No. 20 Kentucky (10-3) Opener: at Miami (Ohio), Sept. 3. Reality check: Kentucky has found success in bullying teams up front. Turnover on both lines could make that tougher this season, even while QB Will Levis’ NFL prospect status rises. The last time the Wildcats finished ranked in consecutive seasons: 1977. No. 21 Mississippi (10-3) Opener: vs. Troy, Sept.Reality3. check: After the first 10-win regular season in school history, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin dived back into the transfer portal to rebuild his offense with QB Jaxson Dart, RB Zach Evans and OT Mason Brooks. Do the pieces come together again for the Portal King? No. 22 Wake Forest (11-3) Opener: vs. VMI, Sept. Sept. 1. Reality check: The Demon Deacons have 13 starters returning from one of the best teams in school history. But as good as Wake was last year, the defense fell apart late and now the Deacs will have to make do for an indefinite stint without QB Sam Hartman. No. 23 Cincinnati (13-1) Opener: at No. 19 Arkansas, Sept. 3. Reality check: Any remaining doubts about last year’s Bearcats were buried on NFL draft night. Cincinnati had nine players selected, including five in the top 100. That’s a mountain of difference-makers for any program not named Alabama to replace. No. 24 Houston (12-2) Opener: at UTSA, Sept.Reality3. check: The Cougars filled the promise of the Dana Holgorsen hire last year by playing for the American Athletic Conference title and are poised to be this season’s G5 King. They also face a tricky early schedule that includes Texas Tech, and have to replace two bigtime playmakers in DB Marcus Jones and DL Logan Hall. No. 25 BYU (10-3) Opener: at USF, Sept. 3. Reality check: The Cougars won 10 games with a young team last year, which bodes well for this season. But, oh that schedule. BYU’s last season as an independent before joining the Big 12 includes games against No. 10 Baylor, No. 11 Oregon, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 19 Arkansas, Boise State and Stanford.

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