The Iola Register, July 18, 2024

Brocker, Kinder vie for county seat

By SARAH HANEY

In his bid for the open seat on the Allen County Commission, John Brocker hopes to rein in spending and improve communication between local, state, and federal government.

Brocker is facing Republican candidate Nickolas Kinder in the Aug. 6 primary for Commissioner District 3. The winner of that race will face

Independent Jon Wells in November. Growing up south of Paola, Brocker moved to Allen County after meeting his wife, Linda, while attending college at Emporia. The pair, who have two sons and five grandkids, have called the area home since 1973. Brocker owns and operates Allen County Realty in Iola. Through the years, Brocker has become increasingly in-

By SARAH HANEY

As the race for the open commission seat in Allen County gets underway, candidate Nickolas Kinder hopes to leverage “resources that are currently available” to tackle some of the county’s most pressing issues. Kinder takes on Republican candidate John Brokcer for Commissioner District 3 in the Aug. 6 primary. The

Order blocks rule to help LGBTQ+ kids

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge’s order blocking a Biden administration rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination applies to hundreds of schools and colleges across the U.S., and a group challenging it hopes to extend it further to many major American cities.

U.S. District Judge John Broomes’ decision touched off a new legal dispute between the Biden administration and critics of the rule, over how broadly the order

should apply. Broomes, who was appointed to the bench by then-President Donald Trump, blocked enforcement of the rule in Kansas, where he’s based, as well as in Alaska, Utah and Wyoming. In addition, he blocked it for any K-12 school or college in the U.S. attended by children of members of three groups backing Republican efforts nationwide to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Most Republican state attorneys general have sued to challenge the rule, which is set to take effect in August under the 1972 Title IX civil rights law that bars sex dis-

crimination in education. Broomes and other judges have blocked the rule’s enforcement in 15 states so far while legal cases move forward.

Broomes directed the groups challenging the rule in the Kansas case — Moms for Liberty, Young America’s Foundation and Female Athletes United — to provide a list of schools and colleges where enforcement would be blocked. On Monday, the groups submitted a list of more than 400 K-12 schools and nearly 700 colleges in at least 47 states and the Dis-

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winner of that race will face Independent Jon Wells in November. Kinder, a 34-year-old Garnett native who has called Iola home for the past nine years, brings both a personal and professional connection to the area. He earned his degree in political science from Fort Hays State University after attending Allen Community College, and currently works in cellular

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Yet another wave of severe storms pummeled a wide swath of the United States and Canada, causing flash floods that required rescues Wednesday in Arkansas, dropping a tornado that blew a B-52 bomber off its base in New York, and stranding drivers in high water around Toronto.

The relentless series of storms has caused deaths or damage from the Plains to New England this week. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost power

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Community College Trustee Corey Schinstock reviews a proposal Tuesday from ACCT, a national nonprofit educational organization that works with community colleges and offers executive recruitment services. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

If all goes well, Allen Community College could have a new president in place by January.

The board of trustees agreed to hire the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), of Washington, D.C., to recruit its next president. ACCT is a national nonprofit educational association founded in 1972. Since then, the organization has helped with the search for more than 750 chief executive officers, including chancellors and presidents. Allen is on the hunt for a new president after Bruce Moses’ resignation in June.

He had served nearly two years in the role, taking over after the retirement of longtime President John Masterson in 2022. Masterson was asked to return in an interim role until a new president is hired.

According to a proposal, ACCT will work with Allen trustees to form a local search committee and arrange meetings, interviews, campus visits and other services. The organization will recruit potential candidates using a variety of resources and advertising, and review candidates it forwards to the search committee. They also

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Machinery in action

Children’s Summer Theater Workshop students Tarra Sailor and Seattle Nagy, kneeling from left, join fellow CSTW members, standing from left, Wilder Schooler, Kalie Insley, Chloe Sincliar and Asher Collins as part of an exercise where they pretend to be components of the same machine. In this case, the students created an elevator. The CSTW classes run through next week before a public performance July 27 at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Hopefuls for county and state offices will answer questions from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the John Silas Bass North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye St. The event will air via the Iola Register’s Facebook page.

Paris mayor takes a dip in the Seine River

PARIS (AP) — Paris

Mayor Anne Hidalgo

took a dip Wednesday in the Seine River, fulfilling a promise to show that the long-polluted waterway was clean enough to host swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics as well as part of the opening ceremony, now only nine days away.

Daily water quality tests in early June indicated unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria, followed by recent improvements.

Clad in a wetsuit and goggles, Hidalgo plunged into the river near the imposing-looking City Hall, her office, and the Notre Dame Cathedral. Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet and the top government official for the Paris region, Marc Guillaume, joined her, along with swimmers from local swimming clubs.

“The Seine is exquisite,” said Hidalgo from the water. After emerging, she continued to rave, “The water is very, very good. A little cool, but not so bad.’’ She also said today was “a dream” and a “testimony that we have achieved a lot of work,” referencing the city’s “swimming plan” that was launched in 2015.

They swam down the river for about 100 meters, switching between crawl and breaststroke.

“After twenty years of doing sports in the river, I find it admirable that we are trying to clean it up,” said Estanguet, who has three Olympic gold medals in canoeing.

It’s part of a broader effort to showcase the river’s improved cleanliness ahead of the Summer Games which will kick off July 26 with a lavish open-air ceremony that includes an athletes’ parade on boats on the Seine.

Swimming in the Seine has been banned for over a century. Since 2015, organizers have

invested $1.5 billion to prepare the Seine for the Olympics and to ensure Parisians have a cleaner river after the Games. The plan included constructing a giant underground water storage basin in central Paris, renovating sewer infrastructure, and upgrading wastewater treatment plants.

Originally planned for June, Hidalgo’s swim was postponed due to snap parliamentary elections in France. On the initial date, the hashtag ”jechiedanslaSeine” (“I’m pooping in the Seine”) trended on social media as some threatened to protest the Olympics by defecating upstream. That didn’t deter Hidalgo, who carefully entered the river Wednesday using a ladder on an artificial pond, set up for the event. Seven security boats were deployed for the occasion.

The upper banks were crowded with curious spectators.

“I wouldn’t have missed that for anything in the world,” said Lucie Coquereau, who woke up early to get the best view of Hidalgo’s up from the Pont de Sully bridge that oversees the swimming site.

Enzo Gallet, a competitive swimmer who has taken part in France’s national open-water championship, was among athletes invited to test the Seine alongside the Paris mayor.

The 23-year-old swam just a few meters from Hidalgo. “Her crawl form was pretty good,” he said, emerging from the water. “It’s pretty special to be among those who swam in the middle of Paris for the first time in a long, long time.”

After the officials had left the Seine river banks, many swimmers were still in the water, some playing catch with a ball and others practicing their dives from the artificial pond — all in a very festive mood.

Democrats to nominate president in early August

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats will look to hold a virtual vote to make President Joe Biden their party’s nominee in the first week of August, as Biden has rebuffed calls from some in his party to quit the race after his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. The Democratic National Convention’s rules committee will meet on Friday to discuss its plans, according to a letter sent to members obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, and will finalize them next week. The letter from co-chairs Bishop Leah D. Daughtry and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz states that the virtual vote won’t take place before Aug. 1 but that the party is still committed to holding a vote before Aug. 7, which had been Ohio’s filing deadline.

“We will not be im-

Davids, Schmidt revealed to be donation magnets

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Large cash donations to campaigns of Democrat Sharice Davids and Republican Derek Schmidt contributed to second quarter receipts of nearly $2.5 million among Kansas congressional candidates and set the stage for a surge in spending ahead of the August primary.

On Tuesday, Federal Election Commission filings showed U.S. Rep. Davids, who serves the 3rd District in the Kansas City area, took in $906,000 and spent $288,000 during the three-month reporting period to leave her with $2.8 million in cash as of July 1. Republican challenger Prasanth Reddy, who is seeking the GOP’s 3rd District nomination next month, raised $224,000, spent $130,000 and ended the quarter with $830,000 in cash.

Davids’ cash reserve surpassed totals of two other incumbents in Congress seeking reelection in Kansas. Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Estes of the 4th District had $1.67 million in cash, while Republican U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann of the 1st District reported $1.5 million in cash.

Five Republicans and two Democrats launched campaigns to replace GOP U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner, who declined to seek reelection in the 2nd District to a third term in Congress.

Schmidt, the former state attorney general and a candidate for the GOP nomination in the 2nd District, generated $430,000 in donations from April through June. He spent $103,000 during the quarter and was left with $326,000.

“Our team has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support on such short notice in this campaign,” Schmidt said. “We are thrilled to post such a great number with not even a full quarter passed since our announcement. We are just getting started. We look forward to a strong showing in the primary, and to keeping this seat in Republican hands come November.”

U.S. Rep.

D-Kansas, raised $906,000 in the second quarter of 2024, which far exceeded the flow of cash to any of more than a dozen other Kansas congressional candidates signed up for the August primary.

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filings. Kahrs reported $106,000 in donations, $39,000 in expenditures and a $300,000 personal loan to his campaign. The bottom line of his quarterly report showed $366,000 in cash in the account.

“We will spend it,” said Kahrs spokesman Rob Fillion. “We are on the air now. Mailers are getting ready to hit. We have a ground game. We’re all in.”

And, Boyda v. Kleinmann Tiffany, a former president of the Kansas Livestock Association, reported donations of $178,000, expenditures of $63,000 and $114,000 in cash at close of the second quarter. However, Tiffany filed an amended FEC quarterly report Tuesday to say the campaign actually raised $272,000, spent $160,000 and had $112,000 cash on hand.

“Shawn’s impressive fundraising haul this quarter is a sign that voters are ready for a change,” said Ben Davis, Tiffany’s campaign manager. “While Derek Schmidt cashed checks from the political donor class that have been funding him for more than 20 years, Shawn brought in numerous first-time donors who are excited about sending a cowboy to Congress.”

Democrats running in the 2nd District, have conducted more austere campaigns.

Boyda, a Baldwin City resident who served in the U.S. House from 2009 to 2011, took in donations of $7,700 and spent $8,300 during the second quarter. Her FEC report indicated she made loans of $49,000 to her campaign and had $48,000 in cash at close of the reporting period.

Kleinmann, who worked with community health organizations in Wyandotte County, informed the FEC he raised $32,000 during the quarter and expended $3,800. He had $28,000 in cash reserves ahead of the Aug. 6 primary.

Accounting for the rest Paul Buskirk, a Lawrence Democrat running for the 1st District seat held by Mann, said in the FEC filing that he accepted $13,600 in donations during the second quarter. He also spent nearly $9,000 in the quarter, which left $12,000 in his campaign account.

Estes, the Republican who has served the 4th District in Congress since 2017, said he took in $269,000 in donations, including $208,000 from political action committees, and spent $126,000 in the reporting period. He had $1.67 million available to the campaign at the outset of July. His Democratic chal-

Public notice

(Published in The Iola Register July 18, 2024)

IN THE THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS

In the Matter of the Name Change of Tyrone Wilson, An adult Case No: AL-2024-CV-000021

plementing a rushed virtual voting process,” Daughtry and Walz wrote, “though we will begin our important consideration of how a virtual voting process would work.”

His 2nd District primary rivals, former LaTurner staff member Jeff Kahrs and feedlot co-owner Shawn Tiffany, trailed Schmidt in the FEC’s updated

Public notice

(Published in The Iola Register July 18, 2024)

Tiffany’s initial FEC report contained incomplete or inaccurate information on a portion of donors. The document raised questions about whether certain contributions were labeled properly or exceeded limits. Tiffany didn’t appear to have filed the financial disclosure report required of candidates for U.S. House.

Nancy Boyda and Matt Kleinmann, the

NOTICE OF SUIT To all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are notified that a petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas by Tyron Wilson praying for an order granting an adult name change and such other relief as the court deems just and proper.

You are hereby required to answer or plead otherwise to the petition or pleading filed in this matter, on or before August 6th, 2024, on which date this matter shall be heard at 9:30 a.m. in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas at 1 N Washington, Iola Kansas 66749, or the petition or other pleading filed will be taken as true, and judgment will be rendered accordingly.

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Christopher D. Phillippy #27289 Younger Law Office 107 Grant Avenue Garden City, KS 67846 Phone: 620-315-4642 Fax: 620-765-6391 Email: coleman@youngerlawyer. com Attorney for Petitioner (7) 18, 25 (8) 1

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KU recognizes local honor roll students

Simon Stephens, Humboldt, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Macie Hoag, Iola, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

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or roll. Allen County students include: Carsyn Haviland, Humboldt, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Jadyn Kaufman, Humboldt, School of Business

Henry Lohman, Iola, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Elanie Sturgeon, Iola, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Journalism & Mass Communications

Daniel Wall, Iola, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

William Wall, Iola, School of Journalism & Mass Communications

Athena Bradshaw, Moran, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

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Judge’s order dismissing Trump case won’t be final word

WASHINGTON (AP) —

A judge’s stunning decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump brought an abrupt halt to what experts have considered the strongest and most straightforward of the prosecutions of the former president. But it’s hardly the final word.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s planned appeal of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order is expected to tee up a court fight that might reach the U.S. Supreme Court and could result in the reinstatement of the indictment and

even conceivably the reassignment of the case to a different judge.

There’s no scenario in which a revived prosecution could reach trial before the November election — and it presumably won’t take place at all in the event Trump is elected president and orders his Justice Department to dismiss it. Still, Cannon’s order ensures many more months of legal wrangling in a criminal case that became snarled over the last year by interminable delays.

“The only good thing about this is that it is finally a decision,” said

Nancy Gertner, a former federal judge in Massachusetts who was nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. “The difficulty with Judge Cannon has been that she has made no decisions. She has simply sat on the case. And since she has made no decisions, there was nothing to appeal.”

The judge’s 93-page order held that Smith’s selection as special counsel violated the Constitution because he was named to the position directly by Attorney General Merrick Garland instead of being

appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Prosecutors vigorously challenged that argument when it was raised by Trump’s lawyers.

It’s impossible to say whether the opinion will stand or be reversed on appeal, though other judges in other districts in recent years have reached opposite conclusions of Cannon, upholding the constitutionality of special counsels who were appointed by Justice Department leadership and funded by a permanent indefinite appropriation.

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trict of Columbia. About 78% of the K-12 schools and many of the colleges are in states not covered by any judge’s ruling.

But in a filing last week, attorneys for Moms for Liberty called compiling a list of schools for its 130,000 members “an impossible task” and asked Broomes to block the rule in any county where a group member lives. Co-founder Tiffany Justice said in a court filing that the group doesn’t ask members to list their children’s schools to protect their privacy.

“Individual members of Moms for Liberty are regularly subject to threats, both general and specific,” Justice

said in her statement.

In seeking a broader order from Broomes, Moms for Liberty included a list of more than 800 counties where members live, from every state except Vermont and the District of Columbia. Should Broomes approve the group’s request, the rule would be blocked in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco and New York City, except for the Bronx.

Biden administration attorneys said the request would apply to dozens of schools without children of Moms for Liberty members for every school with such students.

“Thus, granting relief at the county level in-

stead of the school level could increase the scope of the injunction by perhaps a hundred-fold,” the attorneys said in a court filing.

Broomes called the rule arbitrary and said it exceeded the authority granted to federal officials by Title IX. He also concluded that it violated the free speech rights and religious freedom of parents and students who reject transgender students’ gender identities.

The Biden administration has appealed Broomes’ ruling to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. LGBTQ+ youth, their parents, health care providers and others say restrictions on transgender youth harms their mental health.

The administration has said the rule does not apply to athletics, but Republicans argue that the rule is a ruse to allow transgender girls and women to play on girls’ and women’s sports teams, which is banned or restricted in at least 25 states.

The Biden administration attorneys also worry that Moms for Liberty can expand the scope of Broomes’ order by recruiting new members online. On Monday, they asked Broomes not to apply his order to a school if a student’s parent joined after Monday.

The website for joining the group said that joining by Monday ensured that “your child’s school is included” in Broomes’ order.

The Supreme Court, in a 50-year-old opinion involving President Richard Nixon, held that the Justice Department had the statutory authority to appoint a special prosecutor.

And even though Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas raised questions this month about the legality of Smith’s appointment, no other justice signed onto his concurring opinion in a case conferring broad immunity on former presidents.

The Smith team is likely to point to all of those court holdings in casting Cannon to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as an outlier who made not just a bad decision but one requiring swift reversal, said Michael Gerhardt, a University of North Carolina law school professor.

A spokesman for Smith’s office, in announcing Monday that the Justice Department had authorized an appeal, said

the opinion “deviates from the uniform conclusion of all previous courts to have considered the issue that the Attorney General is statutorily authorized to appoint a Special Counsel.”

But Jesse Panuccio, a former associate attorney general in the Trump administration Justice Department, said anger over Cannon’s opinion — which he called a “careful and scholarly” analysis — was misplaced.

“If you took out of the equation the derangement that comes from anyone analyzing anything that has to do with Trump and you just asked legal scholars 10 years ago, ‘Hey, are there any issues involving independent counsels, special counsels?’” he said, the answer would be yes.

Panuccio added: “I think this is a very serious issue, and it’s an issue frankly that when I was at the Justice Department, I had reservations about.”

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Kappa Alpha has elected new officers, from left, Historian Patty Latta, Sergeant-At-Arms Ashlyn Milner,

Associate Scribe Lucinda Stanley, Treasurer Connie Rutledge, Social Secretary Rhodenia Rowe, Recording Secretary Susan Locke,

President Janet Wilson and President Jolene Boeken. COURESY PHOTO

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sales for Verizon, serving clients in both Ottawa and Iola. He is also married to Chelsea Kinder Ives. His candidacy is fueled by a deep-seated commitment to improving the community he has grown to love. Having previously served a term on the Iola City Council, Kinder found the role both enjoyable and eye-opening. “It was a lot of fun being involved in the community,” he reflects. His experience on the city council revealed to him the potential for greater collaboration between city and county governments, a collaboration he feels is crucial for Allen County’s progress. “It felt like the county and city were in competition with one another. I don’t see that as a necessary evil. In order for Allen County to move forward, we need to come together.”

Kinder’s campaign is built around several key priorities, each rooted in his belief that the county must first utilize existing resources effectively before seeking more. His primary goals include expanding access to affordable internet, modernizing coun-

It felt like the county and city were in competition with one another. I don’t see that as a necessary evil. In order for Allen County to move forward, we need to come together.

— Nickolas Kinder

ty communications, fostering economic development, and addressing the challenges of housing costs and availability.

One of Kinder’s standout proposals is a plan to improve internet accessibility across Allen County. “In some of our communities, we have folks who have accessibility issues or they can’t afford it,” Kinder explains. He views the internet as a critical tool for social and economic mobility, and he aims to address the current disparities. “Until we embrace that as a community and we get access in our smaller communities to those who most need it, we’re going to be trailing behind.” He acknowledges that this will be a challenging endeavor, requiring partnerships with private entities to expand fiber networks and increase antenna ranges.

ANOTHER immediate goal for Kinder is to overhaul the county’s website. “We need to move into the modern age,” he says, emphasizing that the current site lacks direction and functionality. He proposes the creation of an IT and social media management position to enhance the county’s online presence and accessibility. “I really feel like that is a direction that would be beneficial to the county and a step towards economic development,” he asserts. Kinder also seeks to address what he sees as a shortfall in the county’s investment in economic development. Reflecting on his time on the city council, he recalls efforts to partner with Thrive for economic growth that fell short due to insufficient county support. “Instead of the coun-

ty coming to the table and investing into it as well, I feel like they fell short,” he says. If elected, he plans to champion a renewed focus on economic development, advocating for more substantial county investments to create higher-paying jobs and foster community growth.

Housing affordability is another critical issue on Kinder’s agenda. He is concerned about the rising property taxes and the imbalance between housing demand and supply. “Property taxes have gone through the roof because there is a huge demand for housing, but not a good supply,” he explains. He says he is determined to explore potential incentives for home growth and innovative solutions to meet the housing needs of the community.

Ultimately, Kinder’s vision for Allen County is one of unity and progress. “What I will bring to the role of commissioner is a fresh perspective,” he says. He notes that he is committed to honoring the county’s traditions while also clearing a path for future advancements.

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volved in political matters. He had previously served on the county commission for a period of six months, finishing out a commissioner’s term who had resigned.

“I’ve been involved with the state and national political scene for quite a while,” said Brocker. He has served as past president of the National Association of Realtors and has sat on a Realtors Political Action Committee (RPAC) for the state, as well as governmental affairs at a national level for the Realtors Land Institute (RLI). “I’ve been involved, politically, for about 40 years,” he noted.

Brocker continues to serve as the Allen County representative for the SEK Regional Planning Commission, a position he has held for nearly a decade. Additionally, he serves on the St. Luke’s Board, the county maintenance board for the hospital, and as the chair of the Allen County Republican Party.

AMONG his accomplishments, Brocker helped keep the 1031 exchange alive at a federal level. “It was a big concern they were going to do away with it,” he said. A 1031 exchange allows real estate investors to swap one investment property for another and defer capital gains taxes, but only if IRS rules are met.

“Basically, it’s an exchange deal where if you are selling something and you declare a 1031, you can buy something equal to or greater than and defer your tax problems,” he explained.

Another point of pride and accomplishment for Brocker is the Rural Development Bill of the 1980s. “I actually wrote the bill,” he said. “It is for banks to be able to loan for rural development housing.”

Brocker was also in-

If we want to grow this county with more people here, we’ve got to change some of our philosophies.

— John Brocker

strumental in bringing the new VA Clinic to Iola. “We got them the building and got them settled here,” he explained. “It’s a big thing for Iola. It will cover all of southeast Kansas. It is very vital for veterans.” If elected to the county commission, Brocker says he will bring his connections with state and federal legislators to the position. “I work well with state and national, which is probably one of my best assets,” he said. “I know all those people and I can get things done that a lot of people can’t get done. When I call them, they personally get back to me.”

A major concern for Brocker, and something he hopes to address if elected, is spending.

He believes that elected officials — from the federal level and down — don’t take enough consideration with spending. “We need to be responsible with people’s money,” he said. “Whenever you earmark money to do anything, you should take really good care of it. Consider where it is coming from and where it is going.”

He further noted that commissioners should take the time to analyze what burden the spending will put on the taxpayers of Allen County. “They make decisions where they don’t understand the consequences until later. That’s what bothers me.”

Brocker believes his

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during the transition.

The fee is $42,500 plus travel expenses.

A proposed timeline would begin in September with open public forums to solicit input to help trustees draft a “presidential profile” to post online, and form a search committee. Applications would be due Oct. 28. The search committee would meet multiple times in November and would select three to four finalists to bring to the college for tours, public forums and final interviews during the week of Dec. 2. The goal is to select a new president by mid-December, with a targeted startdate of early January — just in time for the spring semester.

ALLEN HAS some experience with ACCT. The board hired the group earlier this year to conduct an evaluation for Moses, but he resigned before that process was completed.

For its president search, the board also considered proposals from Gold Hill Associates of Jackson, Miss., and LeadExec of Grand Marais, Mich. Trustees quickly ruled out LeadExec because their proposed fee of $70,000 plus expenses was significantly higher than the others. Gold Hill’s fee of $41,500 was comparable to ACCT but the timeline wouldn’t approve hiring a new president until late February.

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knowledge and past performances with the county will help him stand out against his contenders. “Anyone who has been around me knows that I will speak up to what the concerns are,” he said. “I’m not in this job for the money — they can keep it. I’ll survive without it. If we want to

grow this county with more people here, we’ve got to change some of our philosophies.”

He added he may only serve for one term if elected. “If I can’t get it turned around in one term, at my age, I don’t need to be there. People know me and know that I’m a person of my word.”

Announcing the Retirement of Ruby Gulick

It is with mixed emotions that we announce the retirement of Ruby Gulick, who has been a cornerstone of the SEK Multi-County Health Department for the past 30 years. Ruby has served as the Administrative Assistant for our Allen County o ce in Iola, KS, demonstrating unwavering dedication, warmth, and a commitment to excellence that has made a lasting impact on our community.

Throughout her three decades of service, Ruby has been the friendly face and reliable presence that many have come to associate with our o ce. Her personable nature and positive attitude have brightened countless days, and her ability to take each day in stride has been a source of stability and inspiration for all who have had the pleasure of working with her.

Ruby's departure marks the end of an era for our team. Her contributions have been immeasurable, and she leaves behind a legacy of kindness, dedication, and professionalism. While we are excited for Ruby as she embarks on this new chapter of her life, we will deeply miss her presence and the exceptional service she provided.

As Ruby retires on 7/18/24, we reflect on her incredible career and express our heartfelt gratitude for her 30 years of outstanding service. She has truly left big shoes to fill, and her impact on our organization and the community will be remembered for years to come.

Thank you, Ruby, for your 30 years of outstanding service. May God bless you, and we wish you happiness and fulfillment in all your future endeavors.

With love and gratitude,

Board of Directors and Staff

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Courts rebuke Biden’s rewrite of Title IX

The Biden administration is on such a losing streak that it may soon identify as the Washington Generals.

This month, U.S. District Court Judge John Broomes of Kansas ruled against the Department of Education’s rewrite of Title IX. This isn’t the first time the Biden administration has lost in court on this issue. Judges in Kentucky and Louisiana have also blocked the rewrite from taking effect in more than a dozen states.

Passed in 1972, Title IX outlawed discrimination on the basis of sex in education. Among other things, it led to the creation of new athletic opportunities for girls and women. In April, the Biden administration issued a new rule. It reinterpreted sex to mean gender identity and sexual orientation. That would force schools to treat biological males who identify as transgender as females. The rule would apply to K-12 schools and higher education institutions.

The rule is intended to be far-reaching. It would apply to bathrooms, locker rooms, and even hotel rooms on overnight school trips. It probably would apply to sports teams as well, although the Biden administration tried to leave itself some wiggle room on this issue. That’s a nod to political reality. Allowing biological men to compete in women’s sporting events doesn’t poll well. The biological differences between men and women are readily apparent, even if that doesn’t fit the progressive narrative.

“The court finds that the unambiguous plain language of the statutory provisions and the legis-

lative history make clear that the term ‘sex’ means the traditional concept of biological sex in which there are only two sexes, male and female,” Judge Broomes wrote in his decision.

Further, “Defendants do not dispute that at the time Title IX was enacted in 1972, the term ‘sex’ was understood to mean the biological distinctions between males and females and conceded as such during the hearing.”

The Biden administration deserved to lose because Congress is supposed to make law. The president enforces the laws that Congress passes. He doesn’t get to rewrite them by unilaterally and arbitrarily redefining words to promote his own political objectives.

This isn’t a new concept. In 1975, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Caspar Weinberger oversaw the creation of regulations for Title IX. Following passage of the law, a debate ensued over whether it applied to athletics.

Weinberger noted that Congress had rejected an amendment that would have exempted collegiate athletics from Title IX. He determined that “athletics are covered.”

If Democrats seek to advance an updated version of Title IX, they’re free to introduce a bill in Congress and to persuade a majority of lawmakers in the House and Senate to get on board. In the meantime, Judge Broomes and other jurists are on firm legal ground in rejecting the White House’s efforts to act as a de facto legislature.

— Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS)

Despite Trump’s denials,

he

and Project 2025 are close

Project 2025 is the staffing and policy planning organization led by the Heritage Foundation. It published “Mandate for Leadership,” a 900-page document of policy recommendations, for the next Republican administration. Project 2025’s numerous unpopular conservative policy positions, such as its proposal to ban most abortion procedures nationwide, have come under fire.

As a result, former President Donald Trump and his allies have attempted to distance themselves from the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. “I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump posted on his social media website. “I have no idea who is behind it.” Others, such as U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and J.D. Vance echoed the sentiment.

Despite what Trump says, it is fair to use Project 2025 as a preview for Trump’s second term. The Heritage Foundation is closer to Trump than it has been to any presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan.

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The new alliance worked. Heritage claims that the Trump administration appointed more than 60% of the policy recommendations in the 2016 “Mandate for Leadership” in his first year, more than even the Reagan administration.

ment. Heritage credits its co-founder and former president, Edwin J. Feulner, as the originator of the phrase, “People are policy.” It maintained a Rolodex of conservative policy experts. It claims to have placed more than 200 staffers in policy positions during the Reagan administration.

Heritage’s strategy was successful because parties out of power have little time to do real policy planning. Campaigns release broad policy ideas for a few salient issues, but the federal government’s policy agenda is vast. Presidents, even those more interested in the details of policy than Trump, cannot supervise the vast majority of policy work that their thousands of appointees will spend their four years on.

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30 years ago July 1994

Three-quarters of the sewing room workers at H. L. Miller and Son will be laid off permanently Sept. 16 in a fundamental restructuring of the company’s business. Company President Ed Miller explained to the workers that “the company has been losing money for the last three years. The choice was between turning to outside contractors for most of our production or closing the plant altogether,” he said. Miller has been operating eight production units called

modules in its sewing room. About 10 workers are employed in each module. Six of the modules will be eliminated, leaving 24 sewers and five supervisors employed in production. After the September layoff, the company will have 78 employees in Iola.

The 101st Allen County Fair kicks off this weekend with two country music concerts, Faith Hill and Shawn Camp. A weeklong series featuring 4-H members and their fair projects begins in the Register.

The think tank, which was founded in 1973, formed in opposition to Richard Nixon’s and Gerald Ford’s administrations. It was filled with conservative insurgents, upset that their allies in the Republican Party got most of their policy advice from centrist experts.

Heritage quickly formed an alliance with another conservative insurgent, Ronald Reagan. During his 1980 campaign, the think tank published the first edition of “Mandate for Leadership.” It was wildly successful. Heritage claimed that the Reagan administration implemented at least half of its hundreds of policy recommendations across federal agencies. It also made staffing a core part of its strategy to influence Republicans in govern-

After Reagan left the White House, Heritage remained one of the most influential conservative organizations on Capitol Hill but was often at odds with the administrations of George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Back in insurgent form, it often reserved its fiercest attacks for Bush administration proposals such as immigration reform.

That all changed when Trump was elected president. Heritage had drifted even further toward the far right under Jim DeMint’s leadership, but Trump needed allies in Washington. As I describe in my book, he appointed more people from Heritage than any other organization other than his campaign.

Project 2025 is just the latest incarnation of Heritage’s policy planning and staffing for Republican administrations. It published its longest and most detailed set of policy recommendations in years. By incorporating dozens of far-right organizations, it expanded Heritage’s efforts to furnish a second Trump administration with staff to implement them. However, it is closer to Trump than ever before. Heritage brought in numerous top Trump administration officials to coordinate its planning, including a former director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, John McEntee; former U.S. Office of Personnel Management chief of staff Paul Dans; and former Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought. It is patently absurd that Trump and his allies are now trying to distance themselves from Project 2025. We should expect a second Trump administration to fulfill even more of Heritage’s policy recommendations than he did in his first term.

Given that the 2024 Republican Party platform is light on details, voters should read the 2024 “Mandate for Leadership” as the best guide for what they can expect if he is elected again.

E.J. Fagan is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is author of the book “ The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics.”

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Jungle Journeys

Scores of youngsters are spending this week at Iola’s First Presbyterian and Wesley United Methodist churches for the annual Iola Vacation Bible School. Above, a gaggle of pre-schoolers listens to a story from adult leader Betty Cunningham. Below, Lily Cunningham partakes in a game in which kids must catch a tennis ball with their cup, and after every successful catch, must compliment either their throwing partner or God. This VBS sessions concludes at noon Friday with free hot dogs at the Presbyterian Church. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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and air conditioning during days of sweltering heat.

As much as 11 inches of rain fell overnight into Wednesday on parts of Marion County, Arkansas, in the Ozark Mountains, the National Weather Service said.

At least 80 people had to evacuate a nursing home in Yellville, the county seat, and were taken to a community center, said Lacey Kanipe, a spokesperson for Arkansas emergency management. A section of a bridge washed out, and a historic courthouse flooded.

As many as 40 residents had to evacuate their homes in the Marion County city of Flippin, Kanipe said, and there was also a swift-water rescue involving a recreational vehicle in neighboring Baxter County.

There have been “impacts to infrastructure” in the area, said Kanipe, who didn’t have details. There were no immediate reports of injuries from the flooding.

Cities across upstate New York declared states of emergency after a storm swept through Tuesday with high winds and spectacular lightning. A confirmed tornado in the city of Rome tipped over vehicles and left streets clogged with tree debris, power poles and electrical transformers.

The winds were fierce enough to knock a tourist attraction, a B-52 bomber, off its pedestal at Griffiss Business and Technology Park. Steeples crumbled and roofs were torn apart at First Presbyterian Church and St. Mary’s Church, both built in the 1800s.

St. Mary’s is not an active church and is privately owned.

“These are beautiful old churches. It breaks my heart,” Rome resident Barb Mulvey said on Facebook.

A Rome landmark, a mural of a Revolutionary War figure on horseback, was destroyed, along with the building on which it was painted. All that remained was an image of a horse hoof.

Storm debris hit and killed an 82-year-old man who was outdoors in Canastota in central New York, village administrator Jeremy Ryan said.

Trees fell on houses and cars Tuesday in Keene, New Hampshire, forcing some residents to evacuate. Around Toronto, flooding temporarily closed several major roads and left drivers

stranded, the Canadian Press reported.

About 200,000 homes and businesses lacked power Wednesday in northeastern states, according to PowerOutage.us. The East Coast from Maine to the Carolinas was warned of weather that could feel hotter than 100 degrees in some places.

A storm helped bring under control a forest fire burning at a military bombing range in New Jersey as it dropped half an inch of rain, the state forest fire service said.

This week’s severe weather struck the Chicago area especially hard. The weather service said it confirmed 17 tornadoes hit northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana, including 11 during a single stretch of extraordinary storms Monday night.

Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners

KYIV, Ukraine (AP)

— Ukraine and Russia exchanged 95 prisoners of war each, officials in both countries said Wednesday, three weeks after their last swap and as part of what have been occasional agreements to send captured troops home.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Russian Defense Ministry reported the exchange.

The POW swap was the 54th since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.

Officials from the warring countries meet only when they swap their dead and POWs, after lengthy preparation and diplomacy. Neither Ukraine nor Russia discloses how many POWs there are in total.

Zelenskyy said in a post on the Telegram

messaging service that the United Arab Emirates had again brokered the agreements.

The UAE has said it maintains friendly relations with both Moscow and Kyiv.

Zelenskyy posted photos of mostly gaunt servicemen with shaven heads and wrapped in Ukrainian flags standing in what appeared to be an open area of countryside.

“No matter how difficult it may be, we are looking for everyone who may be in captivity. We have to return everyone,” Zelenskyy wrote in the post.

Among the released Ukrainians were some who had spent more than two years in captivity. They were captured in Mariupol, during Russia’s early offensive in the Kyiv region and battles in the eastern Luhansk region, the country’s

Coordination Headquarters for POWs said. It said just over 3,400 people, both civilians and military, have returned from Russian captivity since the outbreak of the war. The Russian Defense Ministry said the freed Russian soldiers will be flown to Moscow for medical treatment and rehabilitation.

According to the U.N., most Ukrainian POWs suffer routine medical neglect, severe and systematic mistreatment, and even torture while in detention. There have also been isolated reports of abuse of Russian soldiers, mostly during capture or transit to internment sites.

Last January, Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in the biggest single release of captives.

Greece shuts Acropolis during heat wave

ATHENS, Greece (AP)

— Greece’s Culture Ministry ordered the closure of the Acropolis — the country’s biggest cultural attraction — for several hours in the middle of the day Wednesday, while authorities warned of extreme conditions across much of the country as southern Europe sweltered in a heat wave that sent temperatures spiraling.

Meteorologists said the hot air from Africa was forecast to continue baking Greece for several more days and at least through Sunday, with the heat wave peaking on Wednesday and Thursday when temperatures were expected to reach 43 degrees C (109 F).

Authorities shut down Athens’ famed Acropolis from noon to 5 p.m. while municipalities were making air-conditioned indoor spaces available to the public. People were warned to avoid exposure to the sun during the hottest hours of the

day and drink water frequently.

Tourists hoping to visit the Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis queued early in the morning to beat the worst of the heat, while the Red Cross handed chilled bottled water and information fliers to those waiting in line.

“We got it done and got out quick, and now we’re going to some air conditions and some more libation and enjoy the day,” said Toby Dunlap, who was visiting from Pennsylvania and had just toured the Acropolis. “But it’s hot up there, it really is. If you don’t come prepared, you’re going to sweat.”

Another visitor, Jordan Lilley from Newcastle in Britain, joined the morning queue to visit the site before it shut down until the afternoon. “I’ve just got here only 10 minutes (ago), but I’m feeling hot. Very hot,” he said. “We were standing in the sun for, like, 10 minutes. Even

after 10 minutes, I’m feeling the heat.”

In Albania, the heat led the government to reschedule working hours for civil servants, making it easier for some to work from home. In neighboring Italy, authorities added Palermo, Sicily, to the list of 13 cities with a severe heat warning as the entire Italian peninsula broiled in the same heat wave. The list was expected to grow to 14 on Thursday, when the northern city of Bolzano was expected to be added.

In Verona, where temperatures hovered around 95 degrees, sprinklers in the public park were used to spritz passersby during the late afternoons, and tourists were urged to make use of public water fountains. Flyers recommended elderly people stay indoors during the hottest times of the day and a 24-hour hotline was set up for emergencies, local media reported.

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‘He’s still LeBron’

By TIM REYNOLDS

The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — This is how the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team took the floor for warmups before an exhibition game in Abu Dhabi: Stephen Curry opened with a layup, followed by ones from Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards and Derrick White, and then a short jumper from Devin Booker.

All were met with some cheers. And then LeBron James got the ball in his hands. The crowd got louder immediately, the volume rising until his dunk was met with the loudest roar the arena could muster.

“He’s still LeBron,” U.S. assistant coach Erik Spoelstra said. At 39 years old, starting

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Mahomes eyes another run

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes is bringing along a TV to training camp at Missouri Western for the first time in his NFL career.

Two reasons: He wants to watch the upcoming Paris Olympics and play the new EA Sports College Football 25 video game.

Whether there is time for any of that remains to be seen. Mahomes joined rookies and select veterans in reporting to camp on Tuesday, a little more than five months after they beat the 49ers for their second consecutive Super Bowl. And with their eye on a record third straight Lombardi Trophy, the two-time league MVP knows the foundation for February begins in late July.

“Every season starts different,” Mahomes said, shortly after pulling into the parking lot of the Division II school and carrying his backpack up to his dorm room. “You’ve got to come in with that same mentali-

ty you had the year before, even a higher intensity, and even though we won that Super Bowl last year, we didn’t play our best football.”

Indeed, the Chiefs were a team reeling following a

Christmas Day loss to the rival Raiders. But they managed to hit their stride when the new year rolled around, and they survived a brutal route through the playoffs — beating the Dolphins at

American League rallies for All-Star Game victory

By STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press

TEXAS (AP) — Speedy Jarren Duran describes himself as a player who keeps his head down, works hard and never thinks of himself as being better than anybody else.

Duran turned some heads in his first All-Star Game, hitting a tiebreaking tworun homer for the American League and being awarded the MVP trophy named after Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams.

“That’s an honor. Who else would I want to try to follow in the footsteps of besides a guy like that, who is not just

a great baseball player but a great human being,” Duran said after becoming the fifth Red Sox player selected AllStar Game MVP. “That guy was awesome, and I’m honored to be able to have his award.”

The decisive homer came in the fifth inning Tuesday night as the AL beat the National League 5-3 for its 10th win in the past 11 All-Star Games.

Pittsburgh rookie Paul Skenes pitched a hitless first for the NL, twice hitting 100 mph, and Shohei Ohtani also went deep in Texas with a three-run homer for a 3-0 lead in the third.

Juan Soto hit a two-run double and scored on David Fry’s single to tie the score in the AL third, and Duran went deep off Cincinnati’s Hunter Greene.

“It’s a surreal moment. So I’m just thankful to be here,” said Duran, who was one of 39 first-time All-Stars this year.

Oakland right-hander Mason Miller got the win after throwing a 103.6 mph pitch, the fastest in the All-Star Game since tracking began in 2008. Hard-throwing Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase struck out two in the ninth for the save.

The 22-year-old Skenes,

who has pitched only 11 big league games since being the No. 1 overall pick in the draft last July, became the first rookie starter since 1995 and had the fewest games played for any player to make an All-Star team.

The right-hander threw a hitless first, with a two-out walk to Soto before his Yankees teammate Aaron Judge grounded into a forceout on the next pitch.

Skenes threw 11 of 16 pitches for strikes, with seven fastballs up to 100.1 mph.

“Frankly, I wish I’d had a

home in one of the coldest games in NFL history, then triumphing in trips to Buffalo and Baltimore. Then came Feb. 11, the

‘Horns

Down’ may get thumbs down in SEC

By SELBY LOPEZ The Dallas Morning News

DALLAS — Texas may be in a new conference, but the Longhorns’ opponents still have the same question.

Will the “Horns Down” gesture garner an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty now that Texas is in the SEC?

“We’ve talked a lot about that,” John McDaid, the conference coordinator of football officials said during SEC Media Days at the Omni Hotel in Dallas on Tuesday.

“I’m asking my officials to use a framework of judgment where the act to be a foul needs to be one of three buckets. It needs to be taunting an opponent, it needs to be a travesty of the game or it needs to otherwise compromise our ability to manage the game ...

“The act needs to be offending to the senses. If you took that act out of a football stadium and did it in a shopping mall or a grocery store, would it offend the senses to a majority of the people in the area? That signal would not.”

McDaid explained further.

“I could see a scenario where an opponent of Texas makes a big play and is celebrating with his teammates, possibly going back to the sideline they’re giving the signal,” McDaid said. “It’s

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not taunting, it’s not making a travesty of the game, it’s not affecting our ability to manage the game.”

Discussion about how officials would penalize the “Horns Down” gesture was a common topic annually at Big 12 media days.

“Let me put it this way: if you do a Horns Down to a Texas player as an opponent, that’s probably going to be a foul,” Big 12 coordinator of officials Greg Burks said in 2021. “If you turn to your crowd and do a Horns Down, you’re not taunting an individual or an opponent, so it probably won’t be a foul.”

With Texas and its rival Oklahoma joining the SEC this year, the question unsurprisingly arose again. In his first SEC Media Days

appearance, Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables said he has no opinion on whether the gesture should be a penalty.

“If they say that’s going to be a penalty, then don’t do it. And if they say it’s a free-for-all, then have at it,” Venables said. “Everybody

celebrates different. But whatever rules that they have in place, we’ll follow those.”

Oklahoma defensive back Billy Bowman Jr., a Denton Ryan product and at one time a Texas commit, made his opinion known.

“It shouldn’t be a penalty anyway,” Bowman

said during SEC Media Days. “Everyone has a hand signal. If you let a hand signal affect you and affect the game, maybe you shouldn’t be there.

“Allowing us to throw the ‘Horns Down,’ that’s cool and all, but if it can’t be part of the game, that’s pretty tough.”

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few more pitches to do that today,” said Skenes, who has a good mix of pitches to go with the hard stuff. “It’s cool to bring eyes to the game.”

Ohtani, who has gone deep 29 times in the first season of his record $700 million, 10year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, pulled a 400-foot drive to right off Tanner Houck. That came after the Boston right-hander allowed singles to the first two batters he faced: No. 9 batter Jurickson Profar and leadoff hitter Ketel Marte.

“I haven’t really hit well in the All-Star Game, so I’m just relieved that I put the ball in play,” Ohtani said. “I just focused on having a regular at-bat as if I was in the regular season.”

When Ohtani went against Miller in the fifth, he struck out on an 89.2 mph slider well inside and out of the strike zone. That was after twice taking strikes on fastballs of more than 100 mph.

Ohtani’s first All-Star homer made him the first Dodgers player to go deep in the Midsummer Classic since Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza in 1996. Eleven days after his 30th birthday, Ohtani was an All-Star for the fourth time — his first with the NL.

Baltimore’s Anthony Santander, after taking over for Soto in right field, had a two-out single in the fifth before Duran’s 413-foot homer to right-center after he had replaced Judge in center. Duran took a 95.9 mph fastball before going deep on an 86 mph splitter.

“I knew he threw really hard so I was just praying he would throw me a first pitch fastball so I could see how hard it was. After that, I was hoping to get a pitch up,” Duran said. “He happened to leave a pitch up. I happened to put a good swing on it.”

The last Red Sox player to be the All-Star MVP was J.D. Drew in 2008, following Pedro Marti-

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nez in 1999, Roger Clemens in 1986 and Carl Yastrzemski in 1970.

Duran was voted by his peers as an All-Star after being the first AL player to go into the break with at least 100 hits, 10 triples, 10 homers and 20 stolen bases.

The AL has a 48-442 record in the All-Star Game, and had won nine in a row before the National League’s 3-2 victory last year in Seattle.

AL starter Corbin Burnes arrived in Texas the morning of the game after spending time at home with his newborn twin daughters. The Baltimore right-hander allowed a walk and then a twoout double to Bryce Harper before getting out of his inning on a comebacker by William Contreras, his catcher last season in Milwaukee.

After his underhand toss of the ball to first base, Burnes had a big smile on his face when he kept jogging and wrapped his arm around Contreras on the baseline.

Quick game

Played in 2 hours, 28 minutes, it was the shortest All-Star Game since 1988, a game that the AL won 2-1 in Cincinnati that took only two minutes less.

Won in both leagues

Bruce Bochy of the host Rangers became the first manager to win World Series titles and All-Star Games in both leagues. Bochy is now 2-3 as an All-Star manager, leading the NL to a win in 2011. He won the World Series three times with the NL’s San Francisco Giants in 2010, 2012 and 2014, then led the Rangers to their first championship in his debut season with them last year. Up next

The MLB regular series resumes Friday when 14 games are scheduled, with Milwaukee and Minnesota the only teams that won’t play until Saturday. Philadelphia (62-34) has the best record in the majors and Cleveland (58-37) has an AL-best .611 winning percentage, though Baltimore and the New York Yankees also have 58 wins.

Judge: Banned NBA player can’t play in Greece

By TIM REYNOLDS

The Associated Press

A federal judge has denied a request by former NBA player Jontay Porter to be allowed to resume his basketball career in Greece while he is awaiting sentencing for his role in a betting scandal that got him banned from the league.

Porter, in a letter sent by attorney Jeff Jensen on Tuesday, had asked that some conditions of his bond be modified so that he can get his U.S. passport back, be allowed to travel in Europe and to reside in Patras, Greece. Jensen told the court that Porter would play for the Greek club Promitheas BC. But a court posting Wednesday shows the request was denied by Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall. In his letter to the judge, Jensen had noted that federal prosecutors in Brooklyn had no opposition to the request.

“The proposed modification would allow Mr. Porter to pursue a very fortunate — and quickly diminishing — opportunity to earn income through his primary skillset,” Jensen wrote. “Mr. Porter, and more importantly his agent, believe such an opportunity is unlikely to arise again. ... Since being banned from the NBA there have been no other opportunities available to continue his basketball career. Mr. Porter has a limited window to earn an income through professional basketball during his prime earning years as a professional athlete.” Porter, 24, was banned from the NBA after admitting that he helped bettors by intentionally underperforming in games. He pleaded guilty last month to a federal conspiracy crime. He is free on $250,000 bond while awaiting sentencing set on Dec. 18.

Above, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. throws to first base while his Royals and American League All-Star teammate Salvador Perez, below at right,

Kirby Yates Center of Texas during the game. TNS

Caleb Williams (13) of the Oklahoma Sooners displays a “Horns Down” gestue in a 2021 game against Texas. GETTY IMAGES/TIM WARNER/TNS

LeBron: Still ‘King James’ for USA

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the 22nd season of his pro career, the all-time leader in NBA points, soon to become the first men’s player to represent the U.S. at the Olympic Games in three different decades, he’s still LeBron. And that’s why USA Basketball so badly wanted him on this team that’s headed to the Paris Olympics later this month, because there is no question that he makes the team even more of a favorite for what would be a fifth consecutive gold medal.

“Listen, once I got the clearance from Savannah James, that’s the one I had to get the clearance from to give up my summer pretty much to play basketball at 39 years old,” James said, referring to his wife. “Once I got the clearance from her, I didn’t have to have much convincing.” Not after last summer, that is.

James watched the U.S. World Cup team — another team with 12 NBA players, but not 12 players with the pedigree of those on this Olympic roster — struggle last summer in the Philippines and end up with a fourthplace finish. He didn’t like it. So, he started calling around, seeing if players like Curry would be willing to play in Paris with hopes of reminding the world that the U.S. is still pretty good at basketball. He didn’t have to twist a lot of arms.

“He was the first person I talked to in the fall about would this be something I would want to do,” said Curry, who’ll be making his Olympic debut. “And from there it was like, ‘Let’s get it.’”

LeBron’s Olympic history

James made his Olympic debut in 2004, fresh off his rookie season, on the team that finished third in the Athens Games. The Redeem Team followed in 2008 and won gold, then the team at the London Games in 2012 won yet again. James hasn’t played in the Olympics since. It was reasonable to ask if he ever would again.

The U.S. won Olympic gold at Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo three years ago without him, and now tries for a fifth in a row with him back in the fold for presumably the final time.

“He’s just meant so much to the game of basketball, especially in my career since I

was in high school fol-

lowing him and he’s almost 40 years old now,” said U.S. forward Kevin Durant, who is seeking a fourth Olympic gold.

“He’s still playing at an elite level, which is inspiring to me as well. And so, every chance I get to be around LeBron, even if it’s just having a quick bite to eat or just seeing him just randomly for a couple of minutes, his energy is just contagious.”

It’s still there in bunches, too.

When the U.S. team opened camp in Las Vegas, coach Steve Kerr asked two of his assistants — Spoelstra and Tyronn Lue, both of whom have coached James in the NBA — if the intensity that he was practicing with was normal. They nodded.

He goes all out, all the time, even with four NBA titles, even with a Basketball Hall of Fame spot and perpetual place in the never-to-be-solved Greatest Of All Time conversation locked up and with a net worth exceeding $1 billion. He has nothing to prove and still runs himself through defensive slide drills like they’re going to decide Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

Kerr sees plenty of similarities between James and Curry, who went head-to-head in four consecutive NBA Finals when Golden State and Cleveland ran the league from 2015 through 2018 — and now gets to watch them team up for real for the first time. Curry sees them as well.

“I know exactly what he’s about,” Curry said. “I get to see a little dif-

ferent side of him in

the work that he puts in and how he approaches practice, the way he talks and communicates. I get to see that side of it, which is really, really, really dope. I guess he gets to see that from me as well.”

LeBron says ‘game is in great hands’

The team is a perfect blend of everything James would have wanted if he was putting the group together himself. Veteran experience with him, Durant and Curry, even though Curry hasn’t played the Olympics before. Plenty of bigs to protect the rim in Anthony Davis, Bam Adebayo and Joel Embiid. Championship players — with three players from the current NBA champion Boston Celtics on the roster in Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and White. Young stars in Haliburton, Booker and Edwards.

James won’t have to play huge minutes. The idea is for the Americans to use their depth, use a lot of players, keep everyone as fresh as possible and know that no team has anything close to the top-to-bottom talent on their roster as the U.S. does.

And playing one Olympics with many who will be likely looked at for the Los Angeles Games in 2028 — like Haliburton and Edwards — is important for James as well.

“The game is in great hands. ... I mean it’s just super cool that we can not only show by example, but also just be around them,” James said. “They have their

thing going as well, so we don’t step on their toes and nothing of that nature, but we just hope that we can continue to set a standard for thm of what excellence is all about because they’re already excellent. I hope we’re just setting the standards for them.”

In Paris, there will be plenty of people wearing James jerseys, mostly Los Angeles Lakers ones, some USA ones, probably some Miami and Cleveland ones, too. Everything he does and says will make news. Even at this point in his career, the fascination with James hasn’t changed. Some love him, some don’t, but they’re all watching him. After all, like Spoelstra said, he’s still LeBron.

“I just feel incredibly honored to be coaching LeBron,” Kerr said. “And it’s definitely way better to coach him than coach against him.”

Dallas star injured

DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving broke his left hand during an offseason workout and had surgery, and the Dallas Mavericks didn’t provide a timeline for his recovery in an announcement of the injury Tuesday night.

Irving and Luka Doncic led the Mavericks to the NBA Finals in their first full season together. Boston won the title series in five games.

The 32-year-old Irving averaged 25.6

points in 58 games during the regular season while dealing with foot, heel and thumb injuries. Irving made his deepest playoff run since going to the finals with Cleveland in 2017, and helped the Mavs get that far for the first time since Dallas won its only championship in 2011. The team said updates on Irving would be provided as necessary. Training camp opens in about 2 1/2 months.

LaHarpe, Moran, Humboldt and Yates Center.

The United States’ LeBron James (6) drives against Canada’s Dillon Brooks (24) in the second half of an exhibition game ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, at T-Mobile Arena on July 10 in Las Vegas. GETTY IMAGES/ETHAN MILLER/TNS

The Dallas Mavericks’ Kyrie Irving (11) drives to the basket in front of the Boston Celtics’ Derrick White (9) in a game March 1. GETTY IMAGES/ BRIAN FLUHARTY/TNS

Sister’s abusive marriage has sibling on eggshells

Dear Carolyn: My sister is in an abusive marriage and is not ready to leave her husband. I want to be supportive, but getting time with her away from her husband is extremely difficult.

My partner and I both have a hard time being around my sister and her husband together. He feels like a powder keg that is waiting to blow, and my sister is always completely checked out trying to manage his feelings.

My sister has expressed hurt feelings that my spouse never spends time with her anymore, and I find myself seeing her less and less as well. It also feels like we are missing being a part of my nephews’ lives.

How honest should I be with my sister about our feelings regarding her husband? It feels like emotional blackmail to tell her, “I would love to spend more time with you if we could do things away from your husband.” But I also know that people in abusive relationships need breaks, and to know they have a support network when and if they are ever ready. Will I be threatening one of my sister’s few family bonds outside of her husband if I’m truly honest with her? Or is that honesty more important in the long run?

— Sad Sister in Dallas

Sad Sister in Dallas: First, thank you for asking these questions. Your sister does need you. When they are victims of intimaterelationship abuse, people urgently need bonds outside their re lationships for exactly the reason you say — as lifelines, when they’re ready to use them.

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That’s why abusers isolate their victims, to cut those lifelines. Making their partners’ family and friends really uncomfortable is one of the ways abusers do that.

Second, a reminder that the National Domestic Violence Hotline is a resource for loved ones like you, too; there’s a “Support Others” button right there on the homepage, thehotline.org. Or you can call 1-800-799-SAFE.

Third, yes, being around the abuse dynamic is hard. Unnerving, sad, even dangerous. But when someone you love is being abused, your visits are no longer about what you get out of a visit socially or emotionally. They’re about what you can do, safely, to help your loved ones — and I include your poor nephews in this, who are both victims here and, by no fault of their own, abusers in training at their father’s knee.

In other words, there are multiple emergencies here for which laypeople — meaning friends or family members like you and whatever partners come along with them — are clearly in over their heads. But until your sister is ready to ask for expert help, the best

chance she and her kids have got is for you to do the asking for her. It’s also your best chance to be safe. “Powder keg waiting to blow” is, too often, not just colorful writing. So don’t keep guessing at what to do or follow one-time advice; share the details of your sister’s situation with on-call experts today and as this volatile situation evolves. And make sure your sister knows, state this clearly, you are there for her 24-7 — no questions asked.

Hi, Carolyn: My friends and I are in our late 30s, early 40s. I spent last weekend with them, and so much of their conversation centered on the burdens and challenges of owning a second home. I felt annoyed and a bit sad and, I’ll admit, jealous. I don’t have a first home to complain about! It’s not all privilege — two of them grew up on food stamps and worked their way into this lifestyle — but they did buy houses 15 years ago, not in the market now.

I know my choices have led me here; I went abroad, worked as an artist, etc. But, man, I found myself so annoyed by this endless lament about the hassles of being a landlord. Is there any way I can shut this down? I mean my own jealousy and also this conversation, which just felt so tonedeaf.

— Burdens of Having a Second Home

Burdens of Having a Second Home: A shutdown response is not going to improve upon the two things you so clearly have in your favor, honesty and perspective:

“I appreciate this is your reality and you’re just sharing in the spirit of friendship, but as someone who’d be grateful for even one home to complain about, I’m struggling with this conversation.”

I expect the moment and the envy and the dull-topic-induced catatonia will long since have passed by the time this comes out, but I’m answering you anyway because it’s a universal complaint. Your friends themselves can use an adapted version of this own-your-discomfort response if they’d like, for their own flare-ups of envy and self-consciousness — for never having lived abroad or chased their creative dreams, perhaps. For choosing safe careers, safe havens in real estate or wherever echoes of growling bellies drew them instead.

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most recent time the Chiefs stepped on the field for a game, when they rallied to beat San Francisco in overtime.

“Obviously the end result was awesome,” Mahomes said, “but I mean, I think a lot of us have a weird feeling. I mean, we really didn’t really play football the way we wanted to play all year long, and it wasn’t fun. I mean, every single week having to try to get better and the results not paying off the way you wanted them to. It wasn’t a lot of fun.

“We have a lot of those same guys back,” Mahomes continued, “and they know how that felt. So we’re going to try to prepare ourselves better this year so that we can play better throughout the season.”

Chiefs coach Andy Reid said he hasn’t had to remind his team about the many pitfalls of last season. Rather, he wants his team — including the veterans, who report Friday — to turn their attention toward an entirely new season.

“I think we all know in the NFL, every year is its own year,” Reid said. “We’ve said that every year along the way here, and so you’ve got to stay on top of your game. You’ve got to practice. You’ve got to go through this, being conditioned, and you’ve got to perform well mentally and physically. So it all start from scratch. Happens over.”

There are certainly storylines to watch during training camp.

Reid said standout left guard Joe Thuney will begin camp on the physically unable to perform list following surgery for a pectoral injury. Defensive back Jaylen Watson (torn labrum), defensive end Charles Omenihu (torn

ACL) and defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi (triceps injury) also will begin on the PUP list, though all are expected back at some point.

“Joe’s doing great, and he’s close,” Reid said. “I don’t think it will be (long) but we’ll see.”

Wide receiver Xavier Worthy, the Chiefs’ first-round pick out of Texas, will be ready for the first practice of camp Wednesday after missing most of the offseason with a hamstring injury. The Chiefs are counting on him to upgrade a wide receiver group that added Hollywood Brown in free agency but could begin the season without Rashee Rice.

Rice, who had a strong rookie season, could face an NFL suspension after he was charged with one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury following a car crash in Dallas.

Rice has acknowledged driving one of the cars involved in the crash, which left four people injured, but there has been little movement on the case.

“I haven’t heard anything up to this point,” Reid said.

Until he does, Reid plans to have Rice practicing with the team at Missouri Western. The Chiefs open the preseason Aug. 10 in Jacksonville and lift the curtain on the NFL’s regular season in primetime Sept. 5 against the Ravens.

“The guys know we had our ups and downs last year,” Reid said. “I just expect, the young guys that were here last year, that they continue to build on what they finished. I thought we finished strong on both sides of the ball and special teams.”

Sons of former MLB stars drafted

By DAVID BRANDT The Associated Press

Major League Baseball’s three-day amateur draft concluded on Tuesday, with the 30 teams blazing through 300 picks in less than 3 1/2 hours.

There were some familiar last names selected on the final day, which consisted of rounds 11 through 20.

The Los Angeles Angels took outfielder Lucas Ramirez in the 17th round. Ramirez is the son of 12-time All-Star Manny Ramirez. The Boston Red Sox selected D’Angelo Ortiz in the 19th round and he’s the son of Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz.

“We just felt like it was a good add to the organization,” Red Sox director of amateur scouting Devin Pearson said. “It’s a plus that his dad is David Ortiz, but we drafted him as a prospect.”

In the 20th round, the Toronto Blue Jays took USC shortstop Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek, who is the son of

former All-Star Mark Grudzielanek.

Among the other draftees with MLB family ties was Jalen Hairston, whose father, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-uncle played in the big leagues. Hairston was taken in the 18th round by Cincinnati.

Dawson Brown was taken in the 16th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks. His dad is six-time All-Star pitcher Kevin Brown. Bennett Thompson, who was selected in the 13th round by the Cleveland Guardians, is the nephew of three-time AllStar Jason Thompson.

The Mariners took outfielder Ryan Picollo in the 20th round. He’s the son of Royals general manager J.J. Picollo.

The Oakland Athletics opened the afternoon by selecting Texas Tech right-handed pitcher Kyle Robinson with the first pick of the 11th round. That set off 10 more rounds worth of selections — sepa-

rated by approximately 45 seconds per pick — until the Texas Rangers took junior college catcher Mac Rose with the last selection of the 20th round.

Australian second baseman Travis Bazzana was taken by the Cleveland Guardians with the No. 1 overall pick on Sunday.

Right-handed pitcher Drew Beam, who was the workhorse of Tennessee’s College World Series-winning pitching staff, was one of the first picks on Monday, which featured rounds three to 10.

It’s not particularly rare for teams to find useful players — or even superstars — in rounds 11 through 20.

Former slugger Albert Pujols hit 703 career homers in the big leagues after he was taken in the 13th round of the 1999 draft. Hall of Famers like Andre Dawson (11th round), Nolan Ryan (12th round) and Ryne Sandberg (20th round) were also late-round selections.

Kansas City Chiefs mascot KC Wolf sat with actress Hunter King in a golf cart decked out as Santa’s sleigh for a scene filmed Tuesday at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium for the Hallmark Christmas movie “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.”

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