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Elections chief leaves scandal in his wake

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Rebecca Glukowsky surveys damage after a limb fell on her car Monday morning at 705 S. Washington . REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON

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By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

A gusty south wind launched a huge limb onto Rebecca Glukowsky’s car Monday morning, crushing its roof and adding another notch to her two years of bad luck.

“That’s all I’ve have,” said Glukowsky, suppressing tears.

Her son, Eric, died on March 24, 2015. A Marine, “he’s buried at Fort Scott (National Cemetery),” she said. Then, “my husband (John) died April 14, 2016.”

“Now this,” Glukowsky lamented. The large limb crashed down through the middle of the car’s top, causing significant damage.

On top of all her other setbacks, Glukowsky said she wasn’t sure how she was going to get to work, declining

to say where she is employed.

City crews do not aid homeowners in such instances, said Corey Schinstock, assistant city manager, due to liability issues.

Crews would have removed the limbs from the street, however, if requested.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — When Brian Newby took the helm of a federal election agency, he left behind an unfolding scandal in Kansas where Brian Newby he was having an affair with a woman he promoted in his previous job and used her to skirt oversight of their lavish expenses, prompting a local prosecutor to investigate, according to emails obtained

by The Associated Press.

The affair and resulting fallout was revealed in hundreds of emails ordered released after AP sued Johnson County, the Kansas City suburb where Newby was the top election official before leaving to become executive director of the U.S. Election AssisSee SCANDAL | Page A2

KBI tales intrigue Iola audience

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Bill Persinger, CEO of Valeo Behavioral Health Care in Topeka, said the community mental health center has an agreement with the state to provide transitional living care for patients who are ready to leave Osawatomie State Hospital. KHI NEWS SERVICE/MEG WINGERTER

Program aims to ease pressure at Osawatomie

By MEG WINGERTER KHI News Service

Nine months after Osawatomie State Hospital lost its federal payments, all rooms are back online following renovations and the state is looking at partnerships to address some of its long-term struggles.

The state hospital — one of two in Kansas for patients with severe mental health issues — has shown progress on several problems that led to the loss of Medicare payments, though it isn’t clear when it could receive federal payments again.

Inspectors have to make two separate visits to check renovations before the 60 beds are cleared for payments. In the meantime, the hospital can treat pa-

tients in those beds, but the state has to come up with the funds.

Inspectors responding to a report that an OSH employee had been sexually assaulted in October 2015 found staffing and security problems they said put patients in danger, which led federal officials to cut payments to the hospital. The decision followed reports of patient overcrowding, overworked staff and problems with the building’s fixtures that inspectors said could allow patients to harm themselves.

Tim Keck, interim secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, said the hospital is prepared for inspection, but the Centers See HOSPITAL | Page A3

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Larry Welch captivated his audience with crime stories Tuesday during the second day of a Crime Stoppers conference at Riverside Park.

Welch came to talk about his book, “Beyond Cold Blood: The KBI from Ma Barker to BTK.” “There hadn’t been a history of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation written,” Welch said, and as he neared retirement as its director — which came in 2007 — “I decided to write one.

Not the history, but a history.”

Welch, 81, spent 27 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, beginning in 1959.

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By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

In the spring of 2015, a Sedgwick County judge decided that Daniel Perez should spend the rest of his life in prison.

Across nearly two decades, the 56-year-old Texas native gathered about him a group of followers who trusted in his self-proclaimed magical powers and in his capacity as a prophet. They followed Perez from Texas to South Dakota to Wichita, before eventually ending up in Tennessee.

Perez proved in every way a

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tance Commission.

The emails — coupled with hundreds more obtained from the Kansas secretary of state’s office through a separate open records request — portray a rogue election official who berated employees and deliberately bypassed supervision.

They also document a toxic workplace created by his affair with then Assistant Election Commissioner Jessica White, an apparent violation of county policy on intimate relationships with subordinates.

In a June 2015 exchange from his work email to her personal address, the then-married Newby told White:

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“You, my little lover, are so wonderful.” In graphic language, Newby also describes a sex act he wishes he was doing with her, “scheming and dreaming with you into the night.”

Newby and White did not respond to numerous phone and email messages seeking comment.

Newby’s penchant for ignoring supervision continued when he took the top federal job in November 2015 at an agency whose mission is to make voting easier. He enraged voting rights advocates when, without public notice or approval from agency commissioners, he tightened voting registration rules in three states. A federal appeals

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court last month temporarily blocked Newby from changing a federal voter registration form to require residents of Kansas, Alabama and Georgia to show proof of U.S. citizenship, saying it is “difficult to imagine a more clear violation” of federal administrative law.

A scathing county audit of the Kansas election office found Newby intentionally circumvented oversight by charging expenses to White’s government credit card, allowing him to review and approve his own spending. Auditors also said Newby and White made purchases without sufficient business justification and supporting documentation.

Some emails offer a glimpse into an investigation opened by the district attorney’s office. Newby’s Kansas office had drawers full of phones, tablets and other equipment not listed in inventory. Tom Gottschalk, financial crimes investigator for the district attorney, asked in one email for access to the locked office to examine them. The investigator also wanted a list of everything the elections office had discarded as surplus in the last five years.

Kristi Bergeron, spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office, said she did not know the status of that investigation.

In an email touching on his management style, Newby prodded an employee to speed up work on a project by noting he had “terrorized”

two other employees. He copied one of those employees on that email, telling the person he was doing so in the event they wanted to commiserate or “share the therapy sessions I undoubtedly caused.”

Newby promoted White to assistant election commissioner in January 2015, emails show.

White at times publicly belittled other employees, often leaving them in tears, and some colleagues feared crossing her because Newby always backed her, said a former employee who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of career concerns. One email sent to the secretary of state’s office refers to numerous grievances filed against her with the county’s human resources department.

Newby would spend hours alone with her each work day in his closed office or in the warehouse where there is a workout area. They were frequently gone on business trips together, the former employee said.

The evening before the local election in April 2015, a line of poll supervisors waited half an hour for a list from White because no one dared knock on his office door and interrupt the couple, the former employee said.

Johnson County officials met with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and his staff on April 22, 2015, about “several concerns” dealing with the election office,

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according to an email from county spokeswoman Sharon Watson.

The email does not specify the concerns.

Kobach said through his spokeswoman that he was not aware of Newby’s affair at the time he reappointed him to the Kansas job and recommended him for the federal position.

“Mr. Newby was, and remains, one of the most highly regarded election administrators in the United States. He has received national awards for his excellent and innovative work,” Kobach told AP in a statement.

“It was for that reason that I re-appointed him to the position of Johnson County Election Commissioner in 2014.

And it was for that reason that I later recommended him favorably to the EAC when I was asked my opinion.”

After auditors presented their findings to county officials in March, Johnson County Commissioner Steve Klika publicly apologized to Newby’s replacement for having “to deal with this.”

White resigned from the Johnson County election office in January, and is now is a Washington, D.C.-area

voter services manager at the Montgomery County Board of Elections in Maryland.

Newby filed for divorce from Lori Newby in March 2015 and a decree last month ended their 30-year marriage.

Elections office staff “collectively gave a sigh of relief ” when they learned Newby was leaving, election worker Jenifer Lefort wrote in an email to Kobach.

She said his departure would help “restore morale and well-being.”

Others were less restrained. Janette Scobey, the office technology manager, wrote to Kobach, “I just wanted to say thank goodness he is out of here.”

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for Medicare and Medicaid Services hasn’t indicated when the inspectors may come.

In the meantime, the hospital, KDADS and other partners are working on improving processes, retaining employees and trying to improve the rest of the mental health system, he said.

“We’re trying to get a little closer to excellence every day,” he said.

Long wait times

OSH hasn’t run over capacity since KDADS declared admissions limits in mid-2015. The trade-off, however, is that hospital emergency rooms in eastern Kansas have sometimes had to hold patients deemed a danger to themselves or others for days while waiting for a bed to open at OSH. As of Sept. 26, the average wait time for a space at OSH was 39.8 hours for people admitted in an emergency, said Angela de Rocha, spokeswoman for KDADS. A pilot program could help open a few beds occupied by people who aren’t believed to be dangerous to themselves or others but who aren’t ready to live independently.

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of Valeo Behavioral Health Care in Topeka, said the community mental health center has an agreement with the state to provide transitional living care for patients who are ready to leave OSH. Valeo has four small residential facilities and will take a few former OSH patients at a time as space allows, he said.

KDADS identified about 25 people who need transitional housing and Valeo has taken four so far, Persinger said. How many it will take in the future depends on available space, patient conditions and whether the patients want to move there temporarily, he said.

KDADS allocated $350,000 toward the pi-

lot program with the goal of reducing the odds that patients will return to the state hospital shortly after being released, de Rocha said.

“If it works the way we believe it will work, we will work to establish similar projects,” she said.

The idea is that clients can practice living alone in an environment where they feel safe, Persinger said. Most clients probably will stay two to six months, he said.

“People know how to take care of themselves, but mental illness symptoms can interfere with that,” he said. “Anxiety can shut a person down.”

The transitional housing is voluntary and isn’t

locked, but clients have access to a staff person who can offer help and monitor for safety, Persinger said. Clients also receive assistance from a therapist and a case manager and can participate in life skills classes like budgeting and managing relationships, he said.

“It’s a step down from the hospital,” he said.

Demand for psychiatric beds is still strong, Persinger said, so both the client released to transitional housing and the patient replacing him or her at the hospital will benefit.

“That’s four more people that need to get (to OSH) and now they can get there,” he said.

Keck didn’t comment on other specific partnerships with community organizations, but he said the department is working with the Adult Continuum of Care Committee to examine the mental health system as a whole. That includes efforts to reduce the number of people who need to use the state hospital, he said.

“The transition, in my mind, isn’t just going out of the state hospital but also going into the state hospital,” he said.

Renovations for safety

The planned renovations on the two 30-bed

units are complete, Keck said, but additional repairs were needed when the roof sprung a leak and condensation built up during the warmer months. Patients are living in the rooms while repairs are finished, he said.

The renovations included replacing furniture and other fixtures with round-edged models that couldn’t be used to anchor clothing or other items patients might use for hanging.

The rooms and common areas also have tamperresistant ceilings, so patients can’t access wiring, and heavy furniture that would be difficult to lift.

For now, KDADS has elected to only try to recertify 60 beds, though Keck hasn’t ruled out recertifying the other 146 beds. The main differences between the two would be that patients in the uncertified beds would be in rooms that hadn’t been renovated and the federal government wouldn’t pay for their care.

A consultant specializing in recertifying hospitals still is visiting monthly to find areas where OSH could improve and “hard wire” process changes that already have started, Keck said.

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Efforts to reduce overtime

Keck said he believes the hospital has hired enough staff to satisfy inspectors’ requirements for the two 30-bed units, but more employees will be needed for the other units. The hospital has done well recruiting mental health technicians, though the competition is stiffer for staff with more education, such as registered nurses, he said.

“On the certified side, with the 60-bed unit, I’m really confident with where things are,” he said.

Efforts to hire more people and reduce the amount of overtime staff worked appeared to be making progress the first few months of the year, but overtime at OSH started to rise again in late April.

Staff worked about 1,957 overtime hours, or the equivalent of 24 fulltime employees’ work if the hospital hadn’t used overtime, in the twoweek period ending Jan. 2. It fell as low 707 hours (nine full-time employees) in the two-week period ending April 9 but rose again to 1,946 hours in the two weeks ending June 4.

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ago in Nickerson.

After conducting interviews with bank tellers, Welch said he and the local sheriff were walking away when one of the tellers asked if they had heard what the crook had said to them.

“No,” they answered in unison. “He said, ‘Merry Christmas.’” The robbery occurred three or four days before the holiday.

Welch took the parting comment personally. Later that night he received a call from an informant who said he might have some information if there was a reward.

“I knew the Kansas

Bankers Association offered one,” Welch said, either $5,000 or $10,000, “I don’t remember which.” The FBI also was willing to sweeten the pot. And the local Crime Stoppers group kicked in a $1,000. That was the only time he remembered having been involved with Crime Stoppers.

The accumulation of cash was enough to loosen the informant’s tongue and he named a Hutchinson man who was put under surveillance. A bit later another tip conveyed the man planned another robbery.

The information proved solid. Welch and

Fontaine followed the suspect into a bank. “I got in line behind the guy and Jim (Fontaine) was next to me.” At an opportune time, Welch put his handgun’s barrel behind the guy’s ear and said, “Happy New Year.”

THE KBI was created in large measure because of the disruptive 1930s, when the Great Depression and drought occurred, and crime was rampant.

Beginning at the start of the decade, the Kansas Bankers, Kansas Livestock and Kansas Peace Officers associations each year encouraged the Legislature to

authorize a state agency similar to the FBI or the Texas Rangers. On July 1, 1939, the agency was born, eight special agents and a director — eight of the nine former sheriffs or undersheriffs — and a secretary.

Welch wrote his account of the department shortly after he retired.

A side note is that he wrote it all in longhand.

“I never learned to type and don’t know how to turn on a computer, and don’t want to,” he mused. It fell to his wife and KBI secretary to transpose the pages into a typed manuscript.

“There were two cases that I wanted to be sure were in the book,” he

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criminal manipulator.

He encouraged his followers — but particularly their underage children — to submit to his requests for sexual favors. In fact, he said his supernatural gifts — Perez claimed to be an angel, among other things — depended on his having sex with prepubescent girls.

During his dominion over the small commune, Perez assaulted members of the group physically and preyed upon them psychologically.

He guided their hands in filing false vehicle credit applications and — crucially — false life insurance applications.

Perez himself used fake names — he was “Lou Castro” for most of those years — during which time he indulged his tastes for expensive cars and high-end remote-controlled airplanes. He was able to keep the commune financially viable and fund his personal predilections, Sedgwick

county prosecutors showed, by cashing in on life insurance proceeds garnered from the suspicious deaths that befell a number of his followers over the years. In 2003, while living at a compound on a rural stretch of road outside Wichita, one of Perez’s followers, 26-year-old Patricia Hughes, a wife and mother, drowned in a pool at the communal residence, dubbed by its leader “Angel’s Landing.” For years, her death was considered an accident. But in 2015, after a years-long investigation, a jury upended that consensus when it agreed with prosecutors that it was, in fact,

by Perez’s own hands that she died.

In the end, the jury convicted Perez on all the charges he was facing, including firstdegree murder, rape, sodomy, aggravated assault, sexual exploitation of a child and falsifying information.

Despite being one of the lead attorneys on

the case, for Sedgwick County Chief Deputy District Attorney Kim Parker, the Perez case was not, at its heart, a victory for the prosecution; it was a win — albeit a muted one, given all that they suffered — for the many victims of Daniel Perez.

PARKER delivered a presentation at the Midwest/Kansas Crime Stoppers Training Conference Monday afternoon which laid bare the details of the Perez case. Parker has had a hand in prosecuting some of the state’s most high-profile criminal cases — BTK, the Carr brothers — but calls the Perez case, with its complicated web of interrelations and Perez’s long history of graft, her most “voluminous.”

Catapulted over a lifetime from a “bright sunny childhood” on an Allen County farm into the dimly lit labyrinths of criminal prosecution at the Sedgwick County Courthouse, Parker told the audience at Riv-

erside Park on Monday that, even in dark times, she finds her reward in the measure of justice she is able to deliver on behalf of the victims.

Toward the end of her talk, Parker played a video clip of a young woman, who, as a girl of 10, was made to share the bed with Daniel Perez and who was forced to aid in the murder of Patricia Hughes. The young woman, in her twenties now — smart, articulate, successful — was asked by a Dateline reporter to reflect on the personal impact of the recent Perez trial.

Simply put, she said, “I would not have my life back if it weren’t for [the detectives], [District Attorney Marc] Bennett and Ms. Parker. It is amazing what they have given me.”

“That,” said Parker, who is scheduled to retire at the end of this year, “is a thank you that will carry me for the rest of my life.”

said. One was the murders of the Clutter family by Richard Hickok and Perry Smith. The other, his favorite, is Kansas vs. Pyle, in which the defendant was convicted without officers ever finding a body.

“NO ONE (in Kansas) liked Truman Capote,” Welch said of the author of “In Cold Blood,” about the Clutter case. If Nelle Harper Lee, Capote’s childhood friend, hadn’t been there, he would have had a hard time getting information, Welch said. Everyone liked Lee. “I wanted to address some things that Capote got wrong.”

A major point Capote made was to insinuate “the first day of the investigation it was all KBI.” In fact, there was one FBI agent there and all the (crime scene) processing was done by local authorities, who didn’t get enough credit in the case. “The local prosecutor, Duane West, had a much larger role than Capote gave him.

He prosecuted the case.”

The second case was precedent-setting.

A grandmother in Kiowa County disappeared and her lavish ranch house burned.

Her German shepherd dog, never far from the woman, was found in the debris. The woman’s body wasn’t.

The woman’s grandson had been sent to live with her after making a mess of his life, Welch said. “He was in trouble all the time he was growing up. He was worthless.”

The young man seemed to be finding his course in life when he fell in love and married a woman that didn’t find favor with his grandmother. They moved in with the older woman, and it was known he

mistreated her.

A truck driver cruising on U.S. 54 outside Greensburg noticed the house on fire, and afterward when the woman’s body was not found searchers spent days looking. Investigators were convinced she had been murdered.

Her grandson confessed six times in three days, six times he recanted.

Finally, with only circumstantial evidence the case went to trial.

He was convicted, and the supposition was that the woman’s body had been dismembered and tossed out along the highway as her grandson drove, shortly after the fire started, to Colorado Springs, where his mother lived.

The case has been cited often throughout the nation and now is one of nine in Kansas where a murder conviction was handed down without a body.

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a few other cases and answered questions, including one about the environment today for law enforcement officers.

“You don’t get into it for fun, so this is going to sound strange, but it isn’t fun anymore,” he said. “About 99.8 percent of the officers are good people who want to do the right thing each time they put on a uniform. They don’t go out to shoot someone.

And they have enough to worry about in their lives without worrying about lawsuits.” Or, being the subject of a social media video that may or may not tell the story of what happened during a confrontation.

In reference to the unsolved murders of Betty Cantrell and Sally Hutton here in October 1969, Welch said there is “no rule of thumb for ever closing a murder case.”

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Coyote trapping meeting Coyotes are found throughout Kansas as well as most of the North American continent. In recent years they have expanded their range into all of the United States. In Kansas, coyotes are most abundant in the eastern two-thirds of the state.

A coyote calling and trapping meeting featuring K-State Research and Extension Wildlife specialist Charlie Lee, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at the 4-H Building on the Bourbon County Fairgrounds in Fort Scott.

The meeting will begin with a light meal,

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covering meal and materials, is payable at the door.

To register for the meeting, or for more information, contact the Southwind Extension District at cgp@ksu. edu or (620) 223-3720.

AG studies impact of CO pot WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Early results from a survey of law enforcement agencies conducted by the Kansas attorney general suggest legal Colorado marijuana is having a big impact on Kansas, but it may not be all negative.

Attorney General Derek Schmidt received responses from 390 Kansas law enforcement agencies and district attorneys indicating that less marijuana is being confiscated, but it’s much higher in potency than pot smuggled in from Mexico.

Survey results also show that the legal system has been swept by changing attitudes about marijuana, with some jurisdictions no longer enforcing pot laws much. When they do they’re finding it tough to win convictions.

“The criminal justice system is moving in the direction of what appears to be changes in public attitude,” Schmidt said.

Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington have legalized marijuana. California, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada will vote on marijuana legalization this fall.

Law enforcement needs to use discretion and consider factors such as cost, Schmidt said, but also needs to be consistent.

But several Kansas agencies said it’s diffi-

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cult to have a consistent legal response when some of the people they rely on to enforce the laws want to return to an era of stricter enforcement, while others are preparing for future legalization.

“The ongoing joke is that the highway patrol only stops every third car, eastbound,” the office wrote.

About 75 percent of the state’s counties and towns reported seizing Colorado marijuana

The criminal justice system is moving in the direction of what appears to be changes in a public attitude.

— Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, on the state’s increasingly lenient responses to marijuana possession

“Our local deputies and sheriff tell me they stop at least five cars a day with personal-use marijuana inside and absolutely refuse to issue a citation or report for it,” according to the Clark County prosecutor’s office. “They simply confiscate it and send them on their way.”

Some juries are refusing to hand down marijuana convictions.

Labette County’s prosecutor said several potential jurors have stated during jury selection in non-marijuana cases that they think pot should be legal.

Financial considerations are coming into play for jurisdictions such as Ellis County, where the prosecutor’s office is getting so many drug cases that the jail is running well over capacity.

fewer than five times between 2014 and 2015, with most small cities and counties not seeing any at all.

Schmidt said he also is concerned about the growing popularity of edibles, which are food products made with marijuana or infused with marijuana oils.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported its seizure of marijuana edibles increased from zero in 2013 to more than 30 in 2015. Confiscated items have included chocolates and other candies, powder mix, hot sauce, even lip balm.

“Instead of a stinky hand-rolled cigarette,” the Augusta Department of Public Safety said, “they now can simply smoke cherry flavored water vapor, eat a gummy worm, or a bowl of cereal.”

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City Slickers 4-H installs officers The monthly meeting of the City Slickers 4-H Club was called to order

by Brody Nemecek on Oct. 13 at the Riverside Park Community Building.

Roll call was answered by “Naming Your Favorite 4-H Project” from 15 members, two Cloverbuds and one community leader. The Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H Pledge were led by Carson Keller and Rohan Springer.

Rohan Springer also led the club in singing “Old Mc-

Donald.”

Robbie Grisier led the 2016-2017 officer installation. Officers are: President, Brody Nemecek, Vice President, Jillian Keller, Secretary, Carly Dreher, Treasurer, Brennen Nuessen, Reporter, Shelby Shaughnessy, Parliamentarian,Rohan Springer, Recreation Leaders, Kyser Nemecek, Carson Keller, and Isaac Hopkins, and Song Leader, Rohan Springer.

City Slicker members performed community service cleaning up

yards in LaHarpe. It was voted on and approved to attend First Baptist Church in Iola on Oct. 16 for 4-H Sunday with members wearing their club T-Shirts. New officer training is Oct. 30 at Erie High School.

Recreation was led

by Kyser Nemecek with “Duck, Duck, Goose…

Halloween Style.” The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Riverside Park Community Building.

— Shelby Shaughnessy, reporter

Prison guard sentenced for smuggling KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former prison guard at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth has been sentenced to two years of probation for accepting bribes in exchange for providing inmates with contraband tobacco.

The U.S. attorney’s office says 53-year-old Michael Harston, of Kansas City, Missouri, also

was ordered Monday to serve six months home confinement and pay $4,800 in fines.

The indictment said Harston took bribes from October 2013 to August 2014. Federal prosecutors said video surveillance at the prison captured Harston distributing tobacco to inmates. The indictment also says Har-

ston received payments from inmates’ relatives through wire transfers ranging from $1,000 to $3,000.

The United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth was downgraded from a maximum-security federal prison to a medium-security prison in 2005. The all-male prison has about 1,900 prisoners.

If I only had about $300,000...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ruby slippers that whisked Dorothy back to Kansas in three clicks are looking a little down at the heels, prompting the Smithsonian to launch a $300,000 online campaign to conserve them.

Museum officials started a Kickstarter fundraising drive Monday to repair the iconic slippers from 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” and create a new state-ofthe-art display case for them at the National Museum of American History.

The sequined shoes were crafted almost 80 years ago by the MGM

Studios prop department and have grown fragile over time. The fundraising page says the color has faded and some threads affixing sequins have snapped.

The campaign, dubbed “#KeepThemRuby,” offers donor re-

wards ranging from Tshirts and tote bags to replica slippers and behind-the-scenes tours.

This isn’t the Smithsonian’s first Kickstarter drive. In 2015, it raised $700,000 to conserve Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit.

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Letters to the editor Dear editor,

It will soon be time to think about casting your ballot for people who make the laws concerning our state. If you are a believer in public education like I am I hope you will think hard about anyone you vote for and their stand public education.

For 44 years I was a public school educator in the schools of Allen County and I can assure you that this county has had exceptional public schools. But to keep those exceptional schools they must be well funded to give our children the quality of education they so deserve. This is not happening now. Gov. Brownback, our present state senator Caryn Tyson, and other members of the current legislature have cut school funding to the point that many good teachers and administrators are abandoning Kansas for jobs in states where education is a priority. Programs in most schools have Dear editor,

“I am woman — hear me now!”

Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United

been cut and some schools have to a four-day week to reduce costs. Don’t let their recent tricky math tell you they have replaced funding.

They haven’t!

Recently I had the opportunity meet Carla Griffith who is running as a write-in candidate for state senator against Caryn Tyson in our district. She entered into the race after Chris Johnston, a Democrat, dropped out. Because he dropped out late, his name still appears on the ballot as if he were still running. Griffith feels strongly about supplying enough money for education.

To cast a ballot for Carla Griffith skip the first two candidates listed, Caryn Tyson and Chris Johnston, and write in Carla Griffith.

To make sure your vote is counted be sure her name is spelled correctly!

Vote for Carla Griffith!

Vote for education!

Retabess Ling, Iola Kan. States of America.

Enough said.

Carolyn S. Mynatt, LaHarpe, Kan.

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People make the difference at Tri-Valley Several years ago, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to set aside a week each year to recognize employees who work with people with disabilities. It is designated as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week.

In honor of this designation, TVDS plans to celebrate with its employees during the month of October.

Tri-Valley is proud of its 102 direct support professionals and the work they do. Without their care and dedication, services for those with disabilities would be very limited to almost non-existent. Caregiving is not an easy task, but it can be very rewarding. Just ask Matt Melander. While Matt has not been employed at Tri-Valley for very long, his commitment and dedication were evident immediately.

Matt works at our Chanute Service Center where he assists clients with their s u b c o n t r a c t Matt Melander work, helps in activities, daily living skills and many others. What sets Matt apart from many direct support professionals is his compassion for those less fortunate and his positive attitude. That is not to say that all employees are not compassionate, because you have to be to work in this field, it’s just that some are more than others. In Matt’s case, for example, we had a client who recently lost his father. This was a devastating time for our client as it would be for anyone.

He was having difficulty comprehending the meaning of death, he was very, very sad and indicated he wanted to die so he could be with his father.

Tim Cunningham Tri-Valley Developmental Services

Matt sat down with him for a lengthy period of time and discussed the issue in a manner that the client understood and after they were done, the client decided he could wait to see his father.

Another exemplary employee is Grace Kramer, who is our employment coordinator in Fort Scott. One of TriValley’s goals is community employment for everyone we serve, which can be a difficult task based upon the economy and the perception that people with disabilities are unable to work. Grace’s responsibilities include finding job placements for the individuals we serve, as well as locating sub-contract work for those individuals that do not wish to work in the community. Every month Grace contacts potential employers. At times it can be very frustrating, but Grace always has a smile on her face and maintains a posi- Grace Kramer tive attitude.

She is always looking out for the people we serve and is the perfect definition of a team player; she does not gossip, is always willing to help out and gives positive feedback to the clients for their work, but is not afraid to give constructive criticism when necessary.

She treats them as adults, not as children like a lot of people do. In addition, Grace

developed a cleaning program at our service center to train the clients how to sweep, mop, dust, gather trash, as well as other job-related skills such as commitment, reliability, trouble shooting, appropriate work attire and much more.

Grace is a true professional.

We have other employees who give of their special talents as well. The vast majority of our employees are either employed in the service center working on vocational and life enrichment activities or in residential settings, where employees are responsible for assisting the clients with everyday living skills, things we take for granted such as cooking, bathing, vacuuming, and even walking. It takes a very special person to care for someone else, especially someone who has special needs.

With the need for professional and dedicated employees also comes the need to pay them a livable wage, which is something we cannot do. Over the last nine years we have seen our funding erode to the point where we cannot find enough qualified employees.

Currently we have 16 openings and I have spoken to other agencies that have over 60 employee openings. Until we can compete in the labor market, the people we serve will continue to suffer from staff shortages. It’s time for a rate increase!

Tri-Valley Developmental Services would not be where we are today without our dedicated direct care staff, working every day to ensure the citizens we serve are active within their communities and are provided with the opportunities to achieve the quality of life they seek and deserve.

Good roads don’t last forever Mike Hayden’s promise to rebuild the state’s highways helped propel him to victory in the 1988 governor’s race.

Kansas roads were in sorry shape. For several years the Legislature had to pass emergency appropriations for pothole repairs on state roads. And communities all over Kansas were still waiting for the fourlane construction that had been promised in legislation passed in the late 1960’s but delayed by years of hyperinflation and high interest rates that eroded the buying power of the program. When it came to highways, no one in Kansas was happy.

Governor Hayden made good on his campaign pledge and oversaw the passage of the Kansas Comprehensive Highway Program (CHP).

The CHP started Kansas down the path to national recognition for having one of the best roadway systems in the nation.

The program passed in the late 1980s wasn’t about building new roads, it was about improving and maintaining what we had while making a few key investments. It recognized that a good roadway system isn’t just about construction but also about regular maintenance, pavement markings and snow removal.

In 1999 the Comprehensive Transportation Program (CTP) was passed. Building on the CHP, it broadened the investment priorities to aviation, rail and public transit.

Programs were created to improve woefully inadequate runways at public-use airports and to make strategic loans to the emerging

Deb Miller Former Secretary of KDOT shortline railroad industry to ensure that Kansas farmers and manufacturers had access to the nation’s rail network. The CHP and CTP weren’t perfect programs but they made the Kansas highway system one of the best in the nation. Proof of that can be found in Kansas’s consistently high rankings in the Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report, which ranks state systems based on both quality and cost effectiveness. In other words, Kansas was getting good outcomes because it was spending its dollars wisely.

When Sam Brownback was elected Governor in 2010, he walked into an enviable transportation situation. Governor Parkinson had just signed into law the Transportation Works For Kansas (TWORKS) Program.

TWORKS built on the successes of the past two programs while adding a new emphasis on economic analysis and community consultation.

Though transportation wasn’t a main campaign theme for Brownback, his outreach to transportation advocates across the state was taken as a signal that he was proud of the Kansas roadway system and could

be trusted to maintain the investments made by previous leaders.

But apparently, eliminating income taxes is a much higher priority for Governor Brownback and sympathetic lawmakers, many of whom claimed to support transportation. As a result, today’s transportation headlines aren’t about progress, they’re about lost opportunity and deteriorated highways to come: “Governor Sam Brownback Plans Another Sweep of Highway Funds,” The Wichita Eagle, April 20, 2016; “KDOT Issues Record $400 Million in Bonds, Exceeds Previous Debt Cap,” Topeka Capital-Journal, Dec. 15, 2015, “Sam Brownback’s Funding Plan for Kansas is Bad News for Roads,” Slate. com, June 30, 2016, “Kansas Will Pay the Price for Diverting Money from Highway Fund,” Kansas City Star, Dec. 28, 2015.

Making matters worse, Brownback and his legislative allies have borrowed more money than planned, meaning what little is left for maintenance and construction must now be used to pay off debt.

For 25 years Kansas had bipartisan support for transportation from five governors from both parties. But Brownback has abandoned that commitment. And soon, we’ll all be paying the price for it with rougher roads, higher debt and lost economic opportunity.

Deb Miller served as Secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation from 2003 to 2012.

Today in history Today is Tuesday, Oct. 18, the 292nd day of 2016. There are 74 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Oct. 18, 1962, James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA. In 1767, the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between colonial Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware, was set as astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon completed their survey.

In 1867, the United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia.

In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between New York and Chicago was officially opened (it could only handle one call at a time).

In 1931, inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, New Jersey, at age 84.

In 1954, Texas Instruments unveiled the Regency TR-1,

the first commercially produced transistor radio.

In 1969, the federal government banned artificial sweeteners known as cyclamates (SY’-kluh-maytz) because of evidence they caused cancer in laboratory rats.

In 1977, West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner on the ground in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages and killing three of the four hijackers.

In 1982, former first lady Bess Truman died at her home in Independence, Missouri, at age 97.

In 1997, a monument honoring American servicewomen, past and present, was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery.

Thought for Today: “Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast — you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” — Eddie Cantor, American comedian-singer (1892-1964).

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Iola Industries, Iola and Allen County elected officials and other dignitaries from Thrive Allen County were among the participants Monday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of Eastgate Lofts Apartments complex at the old Allen County Hospital site. Other development will begin shortly with a groundbreaking ceremony planned for Oct. 26 for the G&W Foods supermarket. PHOTO

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Garden IPD to host drug takeback Saturday Club meets The Iola Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will host a drug takeback event Saturday.

Residents are invited to dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.

Medications can be taken to City Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles; only pills and patches will be accepted.)

The service is free and no questions will be asked.

The session is the 12th in sixth years.

Last year, Americans turned in more than

447 tons of prescription drugs at 5,400 DEA sites and 4,200 sites by state and local law enforcement partners.

The initiative addresses a public safety and health issue, Iola Police Chief Jared Warner said in a press release, by preventing the diversion, misuse and abuse of expired medications.

Rates of prescription drug abuse in the United States remain alarmingly high, Warner said, as are accidental poisonings and overdoses.

For more information, call the Iola Police Department at 365-4960.

Ex-guard sentenced KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former prison guard at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth has been sentenced to two years of probation for accepting bribes in exchange for providing inmates with

contraband tobacco.

The U.S. attorney’s office says 53-year-old Michael Harston, of Kansas City, Missouri, also was ordered Monday to serve six months home confinement and pay $4,800 in fines.

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Maxine Redfearn hosted Wednesday’s Dirt Diggers Garden Club meeting.

Dorothy McGhee gave the program on plants that do well in the shade, including astilbe, hydrangea, caladium, euphorbia or diamond frost, brunnera or Jack Frost and Japanese pachysandra.

She gave tips to help make fresh-cut flowers last longer and told about making wreaths with dried seed pods.

Shirley Robertson will host the Nov. 9 meeting at 2 p.m.

Pancake benefit set MORAN — The Moran Community Ruritan Club will host a pancake supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Moran American Legion post.

Drawings will be held for a variety of desserts. Proceeds will fund scholarships and local community projects.

To All Of Our Wonderful Customers Town and Country Western and Casual Wear, after being in business for 37 years, plans to close as we will be retiring. There comes a time to retire and the time is near. We express our deepest appreciation and gratitude to all our customers over the years. Our customers and our past and present employees have all made a 37-year ride possible.

We thank each and every one of you.

The store has been in western clothing retail since 1968 when Velda and Ellwyn Richards opened it. Prior to that the building was a home to Scott’s 5 and Dime store and later TG&Y. The Scott’s retail store occupied both buildings, ours and the building to the west. At the time Velda and Ellwyn purchased the building the original wall was put back creating a spot for the Litwin’s store and most recently the Classy Attic.

There have been many jean and boot style changes through the past 37 years. Styles such as Levi, Wrangler, Carhartt, Justin, Tony Lama, Double H, Durango, Laredo, Roper, Stetson, Cinch, Polar King, Red Wing, Wolverine, Muck, Tin Hull, George Straight, Irish Setter, Huntworth, Cowboy Up and Bailey to name a few of our brands.

We are in a changing time from brick and mortar stores to shopping the internet with one click and often instant delivery. We were fortunate that our customers preferred personal service and being able to try it on for fit and comfort.

It is bittersweet to close the store as we are going to miss our customers. We wish the best for our great community and hope that other entrepreneurs will arise.

Glenn plans to spend more time golfing, fishing, hunting and traveling. He plans to catch up on some farm work that he has not had time to do with the store open. Glenn is also looking forward to spending more time with the grandchildren.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you for nearly four decades. Please know we have appreciated your loyalty and patronage over the years.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Major League Baseball: Indians, Blue Jays

Indians take command of ALCS

By NOAH TRISTER The Associated Press

TORONTO (AP) — Before the Cleveland Indians could even consider giving the ball to Andrew Miller, their bullpen faced a daunting task in the very first inning.

After Trevor Bauer’s bloody exit, these remarkable relievers had to stitch together al-

Column:

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most an entire game’s worth of outs and innings against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Four outs apiece for Dan Otero and Jeff Manship.

Three for Zach McAllister.

Five each for winner Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen.

After all that, Cleveland finally turned to Miller, who was overpowering again in closing out a 4-2 victory that

moved the Indians within one win of their first pennant since 1997.

“If anybody has a hiccup, we probably lose,” manager Terry Francona said Monday night after his team took a 3-0 lead in the AL Championship Series. “They all made pitches against some really good hitSee ALCS | Page B3

The Indians’ Carlos Santana gestures after hitting a secondinning home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal/TNS

Middle School Football: Iola 8th Grade 32, Burlington 8

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

When I came to Iola in February to cover Allen County athletics, one of the first names I was told to look out for was Isaac Badders.

At the time, Badders was a just a seventh-grader finishing up his basketball season for the Ponies.

It is safe to say I was not expecting such a young athlete to be among the players that people were most eager to tell me about, but in the time I have seen Badders represent Iola Middle School on the field and court, he has clearly impressed.

This summer, I began hearing excitement from Iola High School coaches in addition to fans. On back-to-back days during the summer, when I saw Mustang coaches on a far less regular basis than I do now, two Mustang coaches in different sports brought up Badders in casual conversation without me even mentioning his name.

I fully understand the hype surrounding the eighthgrader. On the way to leading his Ponies to an undefeated regular season, Badders has utterly dominated the competition this season in the Pioneer League. In many cases it’s a surprise that if he has the ball he doesn’t end up in the end zone.

So while Badders certainly gets his due, the reasons for the Ponies’ success the past two seasons extends far beyond his singular exploits.

If the Mustangs are to reach the level of success that a potential Badders and Tayton Driskel pairing in the backfield could yield, then they will be relying on far more than just Badders from this class.

The current eighth-graders also feature running back Dylon Reiter, who though currently lacks the electricity in his runs that Driskel and Badders produce, holds great promise because he is extremely similar to their physical running style. And as Reiter continues to get bigger he may very well become a scary complement to that explosive backfield at either fullback or tight end.

The Mustangs will more than likely roll into next seaSee COLUMN | Page B3

Iola eighth-grade running back Isaac Badders runs the ball in the first quarter of the Ponies’ 32-8 victory over Burlington at Riverside Park on Monday. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

PERFECTION

Eighth-graders win to finish off unblemished Pony careers

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

The Iola Ponies’ eighth-grade football team had to deal with a lot of change going into the 2016 season.

They made the switch from the SEK to the Pioneer League. They had a coaching change the summer before the season began with longtime coach Marty Taylor leaving and first-year coach Scott Ellis taking the reins. With their new league came

a whole new slate of opponents, but one thing didn’t change for the Ponies.

Every time they took the field, they emerged with the win and they continued that in Monday’s rescheduled battle with Burlington to end their season by thrashing the previously unbeaten Bobcats, 32-8.

“It feels great,” Iola running back Isaac Badders said. “I don’t even know what to say. I started with these See 8TH GRADE | Page B4

MS Football: Iola 7th Grade 30, Burlington 14

Ponies finish season with decisive victory

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

Iola seventh-grader Tyler Boeken wraps up a Burlington runner for a loss during the Ponies’ 20-14 victory at Riverside Park on Monday. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

The seventh-grade Ponies wasted no time jumping on the over-matched Burlington Bobcats on Monday at Riverside Park.

Iola’s Trenton Jones ran the game’s opening kickoff back for a touchdown. From then on Iola completely controlled the game.

“I’m happy with the way our team played all season,” Jones said. “We worked hard and I guess that is what it does for us. We had a winning season and now we can go home and celebrate.”

Iola took a 22-8 lead late in the second quarter on an eight-yard pass from T.J. Tay-

lor to Rylan McVey. Early in the second half, Burlington was able use a trick play to cut into the Iola advantage. Running back Isaac Dewitt threw the ball to Eric Pabon for a 47-yard touchdown and they got within 22-14.

The Ponies quickly turned the tables on the Bobcats with their own halfback pass on fourth-and-five when Jones was able to find Karson Sigg for a 23-yard gain, Iola’s longest pass of the game.

“I’m not much of a quarterback,” Jones said. “I rolled out and just saw him running down the field, I chucked it and hoped for the best.”

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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Monday released a federal report on the cancer moonshot initiative that highlights goals to accelerate the development of cures, including more widespread sharing of data and faster research and approval timelines for new treatments.

Biden presented to President Barack Obama the report from the Cancer Moonshot Task Force, a federal panel with representatives from the Health and Human Services Department, National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration and others.

Both the president and vice president have been personally touched by cancer. Obama noted in remarks at the White House Monday that his mother died from cancer in her early 50s, while Biden’s son Beau Biden died last year at the age of 46.

“I’m looking forward to not only laying the groundwork for the next administration to pick up the baton and run with it, but I know Joe and Jill and I and Michelle will all continue to be involved after we’ve left this office in making sure that this works,” Obama said.

Biden said he was optimistic about new emerging technologies and treatments that could save lives.

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real excitement.”

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The program has yet to receive any federally appropriated money.

Neither of the pertinent spending bills for next year that the Senate and House Appropriations committees approved included funding directly for the moonshot initiative. Both, however, did increase funds for the National Cancer Institute and the NIH more broadly.

The report highlights Obama’s request for $1 billion in fiscal 2017 for the moonshot effort and alludes to the difficulty in advancing the program without additional federal money.

“Funding and resource limitations are an ongoing challenge.

Nonetheless, the vision is to improve existing programs so that they work optimally, efficiently, and with a broader perspective on their opportunities to improve health care quality,” the report states.

While some patient advocates have expressed concern about the future of the program once Obama leaves office should Congress fail to allocate any money directly to it, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said earlier this year that, if elected, she would continue to “carry out the mission” Biden envisioned.

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Big 12 to remain a 10-team league

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

The 10 schools that make up the Big 12 are bound together by a deal committing their television rights to the conference through the 2024-25 school year.

That grant of rights ends with the expiration of the conference’s $2.6 billion television contract with Fox and ESPN. The question hanging over the Big 12 has always been: When that TV deal runs out, will the conference end, too? Will Texas and Oklahoma, the conference’s flagship programs, remain satisfied with being the Big 12’s big dogs, or will they seek potentially sweeter deals elsewhere.

Expansion wasn’t going to change that, so the Big 12 declined on Monday to add two schools from a group of 11 that included BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and Connecticut. The conference’s leaders then tried their best to put forth a unified front and positive outlook for the future.

“No one’s looking to walk away from this con-

ference,” said Oklahoma President David Boren, the chairman of the Big 12’s board of directors.

“Any feelings to the contrary is just mistaken.

They don’t understand the strong commitment that we all have to it.”

Claiming commitment is nice. A legally binding contract is better, but until the Big 12 starts negotiating another television deal or a revision to the current one, locking up the conference beyond 2025 is not a discussion that is taking place, Boren said.

“When the appropriate proposal is on the table, we’ll be able to go to the open market at the appropriate time and I think negotiate very successfully,” Boren said. “I think the product of that will be cooperation from all of our schools.”

The Big 12 still has much to figure out in the near- and long-term.

First up, the 10-team conference with a ninegame round-robin schedule must decide how to best implement a football championship game,

which returns in 2017.

Almost all available solutions are square-peg, round-hole conundrums, but the conference thinks it needs the game to better its chances at the College Football Playoff and raise more revenue.

The addition of the conference title game gives the Big 12 an opportunity to open discussions with Fox and ESPN and increase the annual payout from the networks by about $25 million per year.

Boren and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby declined to address reports that ESPN and Fox are willing to consider extending the rights contract and buyout a clause that called for a large increase in rights fees if the conference expands.

A Big 12 cable network is not on the horizon. As Boren said, the market has spoken and it has said no. But cable is not what it used to be and having a network does not nec-

essarily mean putting games on television.

“I still wish and hope someday, who knows which form of technology it will take, we will perhaps someday have a branded conference network of some kind,” Boren said.

The Big 12 paid out $30.2 million to each of its members this year, a record amount and third most among Power Five conferences. Still, longterm projections have the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences pulling away in the revenue race from the Big 12, Pac-12 and Atlantic Coast Conference in the coming years.

Bowlsby said figuring new ways to generate more is one of the conference’s top priorities.

“But I don’t know that there’s anybody that’s demonstrated a direct correlation between the amount of money spent and the number of championships that you win,” Bowlsby said. “I guess it would be fair to say that we’d not like to get 10 or 15 years henceforth and find out if there was a delta,

there isn’t any way we could fix it and it would make a difference in how competitive we were. But we reside in very fertile recruiting grounds. We have great coaches. We have great venues and great traditions. I think we’re always going to be concerned about revenue.”

Revenue is not necessarily a problem for Texas or Oklahoma. According to USA Today, Texas brought in more than $183 million last year, second most in FBS among public schools. Oklahoma was eighth at $134 million.

Texas and its Longhorn Network have been a source of tension in the Big 12 and helped drive some schools away.

Despite the Longhorns’ recent struggles on the football field, there is not a conference in the country that would not open their doors to Texas. The Pac-12 already tried to lure the Longhorns away unsuccessfully once. Texas is one of the few schools that could probably make football independence work in the way Notre Dame does.

“I look forward to work-

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7th-Grade: Wins Continued from B1

Jones lofted the pass with plenty of air under it to give Sigg a chance to make a play, but Sigg admitted afterward that he was afraid that there would also be time for a defender to make a play.

“I just was waiting for it to come down,” Sigg said. “I thought I was going to get smoked. I was kind of laughing when it was coming down, but I was able to catch it and run off.”

The play set up a twoyard touchdown run from Jones and the Iola lead was built up to 3014 and they were able to

run out the clock and escape with a victory.

Jones finished the game with 151 yards rushing and three touchdowns, including his kickoff return.

The defense was led

by Tyler Boeken with seven tackles and Adam Atwell finished with five tackles.

The win gives the Ponies a winning record for the season at 4-3.

“I think we could have been a little bit better,” Sigg said.

The team will have a chance to improve on that mark next season as eighth graders.

Continued from B1

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ALCS: Indians win Game 3, push Jays to brink Continued from B1

ters.”

Jason Kipnis and Mike Napoli homered for the Indians, unbeaten in six playoff games this year.

They can complete their second consecutive sweep on Tuesday.

With the bullpen’s most impressive feat yet this October, six relievers combined for 25 outs and 128 pitches while limiting Toronto to two runs and seven hits. Miller got four outs for the save.

“The bullpen was unbelievable,” Bauer said. “CoMVP to everybody.”

Indians ace Corey Klu-

ber is scheduled to start Game 4 on short rest after Bauer’s drone-related finger injury created more upheaval in a rotation that’s been short-handed all postseason. Bauer faced four batters before getting pulled when his stitched-up right pinkie began dripping blood.

Enter those stingy relievers, who pitched the Indians to a Division Series sweep over Boston and have them on the verge of another. Cleveland is one win from its sixth World Series appearance.

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ing with Commissioner Bowlsby, chairman Boren and the other conference members to make the Big 12 even stronger in the years to come,” Texas President Greg Fenves said in a statement.

Oklahoma doesn’t quite have Texas’ star power, but the Sooners would not have much problem finding a home, either.

Sooners fans have made it known they are ready for a change and it was Boren that helped make the Big 12 seem unstable by pushing the need for expansion.

On Monday, though, it was Boren touting the Big 12’s unity.

“I think we all left the room feeling a much stronger sense of commitment to the conference, commitment to each other, that all of us are Big 12 people, we’re proud to be part of this conference, and we want to always be a member of this conference as far as we’re concerned,” Boren said. “We want to see it be all it can be.”

At least for eight more years.

Jays have mustered only three runs in the series and have never led.

“We felt like we had an opportunity with some of their lower-leverage guys coming out of the bullpen, but they’ve got good arms,” Toronto outfielder Kevin Pillar said.

“It makes it tough when you’re facing a different guy every inning, every at-bat.”

Kipnis led off the sixth with a home run to rightcenter field for a 3-2 edge, and Jose Ramirez added an RBI single. Suddenly, the Indians were just a few outs from being able to turn the game over to Allen and Miller.

They appeared in that order, yet another instance in which Francona maneuvered his bullpen unencumbered by rigid roles.

“It was all hands on deck,” Miller said.

Allen, who usually closes, entered in the seventh with a runner on and nobody out. A two-out walk to Jose Bautista put the potential tying run on, but Josh Donaldson’s liner to left field stayed up long enough for Coco Crisp to make a sliding catch .

Miller fanned three of five batters, giving him 20 strikeouts in nine playoff innings this year. He’s allowed five hits over 17 1/3 scoreless innings in his postseason career.

“Tito did a masterful job running that bullpen today,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “They shut us down.”

Cleveland has won nine straight dating to the regular season.

Napoli entered 2 for 18 this postseason and in an 0-for-25 slump against right-handers dating to the regular season. He opened the scoring with an RBI double off righty Marcus Stroman in the first — Napoli’s long fly popped out of Bautista’s glove before both the ball and Bautista bounced off the right-field wall.

Bauer made it through only 21 pitches. He’d been pushed back two days to Game 3 after cutting his finger last week repairing one of the drones he enjoys flying as a hobby.

He received stitches and tried to pitch, but couldn’t make it far without blood dripping from his hand.

“Trevor got a little leak,” Kipnis said. “A couple of us had seen the wound kind of inside and knew it was a possibility of happening. He can deal with the pain, but it’s getting something like that to close up. It’s hard to do in a short amount of time.”

It’s yet another injury problem for a Cleveland team that couldn’t include ailing starting pitchers Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar on its ALCS roster.

Even with the Indians up 3-0, their rotation for the rest of this series isn’t a sure thing. Kluber is set to come back for Game 4 (and presumably a potential Game 7) on short rest, and lightly used rookie Ryan Merritt is lined up

for Game 5.

Michael Saunders homered early for Toronto. Ezequiel Carrera tripled leading off the fifth and scored on Ryan Goins’ grounder to tie it 2-all.

Kipnis answered with a home run, his first hit of the series.

Stroman took the loss after allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings.

“We’ve still got one more to get there, and it’s going to be tough,” Kipnis said. “We know these guys. Just kind of like the Boston series — we don’t want to wait around for them to figure it out. We want to get to them now.”

TRAINER’S ROOM Francona said Salazar (forearm) was progressing well after throwing to hitters Sunday night.

MILLER TIME Miller has struck out 20 of 33 batters in these playoffs and 30 of 60 in his postseason career.

UP NEXT Kluber has never started on three days’ rest in his major league career, but Francona said before Monday’s game that was the plan for Game 4 if Bauer had problems with his finger. Toronto will start AL ERA leader Aaron Sanchez, who allowed six runs in 5 2/3 innings against Texas in Game 3 of the ALDS.

son with a senior under center in Evan Sigg, but Bradyn Cole has shown that he can play well in the run-heavy system that the Ponies employ and has displayed athleticism that will enable him to be a consistent face that Mustang fans will surely see somewhere on the field.

It is in the trenches where these Ponies offer the most star potential outside of Badders.

Guiseppe Mangrella, Logan Brown, Dillon Bycroft and company have given opposing offensive lines headaches throughout their middle school careers and they have opened huge holes all season for Badders, Reiter and Cole to run through.

The development of a very good offensive line will be key to getting what figures to be a run-first team to being a dominate offensive unit in the mold of a Santa Fe Trail or Wellsville. Even if these linemen aren’t a focal point of the 2017 team, they will be hugely important over the next four years.

There are plenty of others from this group that will be key players over the next four seasons including Kole Rogers, C.J. Shields, Drake Sellman and Henry Wicoff being big-time contributors for the Ponies and having potential to do that for the Mustangs at some point as well.

With Badders as the ringleader and possessing a great attitude to quickly become a leader at the high school level, it is certainly fair to have huge expectations for the future of Iola football.

But just know that while Badders is the easiest to single out and put those expectations on, it is not that simple and football hardly ever comes down to just one player’s ability to be great.

The Ponies have accomplished great things throughout the past two years. If the Mustangs are to do the same in the future, fans should understand that this is far more that just the Isaac Badders show.

Only time can truly tell how special this group is.

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Mustang J.V. wins season finale, 40-36

BURLINGTON — The Mustang junior varsity went on the road Monday with a clear mission in mind: Finish the season as a winning team.

The Mustangs completed that goal in Burlington by beating the Wildcats, 40-36, and finishing their season with a 4-3 record after opening it 1-3.

“It was great for us to finish on a threegame winning streak,” Iola coach McAnulty said. “It is always a great feeling to end the season on a win.”

Running backs sophomore Tyler Garner and freshman Casen Barker led the winning effort.

Each had big days rushing the ball.

“The offensive line did a great job,” Iola coach Nick McAnulty said. “Tyler and Casen each ran the ball really well. We got Tyler to the outside and Casen ran in between the tackles.”

Iola overcame a slow start to roar back and win the game.

“We started off really slow,” McAnulty said.

“They got up on us 14-0 to start the second quarter, then we finally came out firing.”

Burlington scored late to cut the margin to just four points, but Barker recovered an on-sides kick attempt and the Mustangs were able to run out the clock on offense and get the win.

Cubs shine in lead-up to sub-state

YATES CENTER — The Humboldt Cubs volleyball team continued their recent stretch of great play by making quick work of a pair of teams on the road on Monday.

The Cubs dominated both Yates Center and Sedan in straight sets.

The Cubs beat hostschool Yates Center behind big-time players Lizzie Myers, Aricah McCall and Annalise Whitcomb.

W h i t comb had a team-high 15 assists and four digs to go with three aces. Myers led the team with six kills and McCall had five.

“I thought we played great team volleyball,” Humboldt coach Terry Meadows said. “Overall I feel great coming into this last week before sub state. I think we have a real shot if we come out ready to compete.”

The Cubs won 25-9 and 25-8.

Whitcomb had 20 assists in the team’s 25-9 and 25-11 set victories over Sedan.

McCall and Myers each had eight kills in the match.

Sydney Houk and Whitcomb each had four aces, while McCall added three.

The 2016 Iola eighth-grade Ponies won the Pioneer League championship and finished their undefeated season on Monday at Riverside Park. Kneeling, left to right, Dillon Bycroft, Gage Turner, Logan Brown, Jaron Sexton and Henry Wicoff. Standing, left to right, Drake Sellman, Isaac Badders, Bradyn Cole, Kyler Sigg, Teryn Scott, C.J. Shields, Dylon Reiter, Josh Kaufman, Guiseppe Mangrella, Kole Rogers and Dillon Slaven. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

8th Grade: Team completes unbeaten Pony careers Continued from B1

guys in third grade. It just feels so good.

“I was a little nervous because they have some good size and are actually a pretty decent team, but we came out and went as hard as we could, probably harder than we ever had really.”

The actual game wasn’t even as close as the final score indicates. The Bobcats had no answer for the inside-outside threat of Dylon Reiter and Badders and the Ponies were never forced to even consider passing the football.

“Coming into it we challenged the boys and told them they’d need to be ready to play against Burlington,” Ellis said. “We were able to get on top and take care of business.”

Meanwhile, the Ponies’ defense was completely dominating and made sure that the Bobcat offense got nowhere near the end zone until the closing minutes when Burlington scored with 2:03 left in the fourth quarter to avoid the shutout.

Defensive linemen Guiseppe Mangrella and Logan Brown led the defense with nine and eight tackles respectively. Badders also had eight.

Even with the nearshutout, the perfectionist leaders of the Iola defense were not completely satisfied.

“Our defense did pretty good,” Badders, who plays linebacker, said.

“We kind of gave up a little bit at the end when we thought we had them.”

Defensive back Josh Kaufman led the Iola defense with two interceptions. Both of Kaufman’s picks led to long touch-

down runs.

“It felt great,” Kaufman said. “It is all about being in the right place at the right time. It was zone and I was just able to guard the flat.”

Badders began the game with a 36-yard touchdown run on the third play from scrimmage and then after Kaufman’s first interception, Badders immediately took the ball 53 yards for a touchdown and just like that the Iola lead was 16-0.

“I just see open field and I’m going to take it,” Badders said. “If I see a hole, I’m going to use it, no matter how big or small, and try to get yards and first downs, that is all that matters.”

After Kaufman’s second interception on the following Burlington drive, Ellis and the Iola coaching staff took advantage of the Bobcat defense’s focus on Bad-

ders and called an inside hand-off to Reiter on a fourth-and-three. Reiter rumbled 33 yards for another touchdown and at 24-0 midway through the second quarter, the rout was on.

Badders ran for 161 yards while Reiter added 123.

“I felt great out there,” Reiter said. “My blockers helped me the whole way.”

Iola took that lead into the halftime after stopping the Burlington offense one more time.

A turnover-on-downs gave Iola the ball back early in the third quarter and they went back to Reiter running up the middle through a huge hole going 51 yards into the end zone to make it 320. From then on the game was merely about getting to the final whistle healthy and Iola getting to kick off its celebration.

The proud owners of both an SEK middle school championship and now a Pioneer League title game, the players gave their coach a “Gatorade shower” after the postgame handshake, although the cooler appeared to contain just water.

“I’m so happy for these boys,” Ellis said. “They earned it and played hard on the field. They work so hard together and they feed off each other. They did a great job going 14-0 over two years with undefeated records in the SEK and Pioneer Leagues.”

Ellis certainly did not fight to avoid the celebratory tradition either. The team made no secret of their intentions and Ellis waited on the field as the team sprinted toward him with cooler in hand.

“It has been fun,” Ellis said. “This is a great group of kids to work with.”

High School Football Scoreboard Abilene 50, Wamego 14 Andover Central 7, Rose Hill 0 Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 27, Cheney 6 Arkansas City 56, Newton 35 Attica/Argonia 50, Kiowa County 0 Baldwin 60, KC Bishop Ward 0 Basehor-Linwood 48, KC Piper 34 Bishop Miege 51, Eudora 0 Blue Valley 42, BV Northwest 7 Blue Valley Southwest 30, St. Thomas Aquinas 27 Buhler 28, Andale 21 Burlingame 54, Valley Falls 0 BV North 52, Mill Valley 23 BV Randolph 50, Wetmore 44 BV West 20, Gardner-Edgerton 7 Caney Valley 49, Eureka 0 Cedar Vale/Dexter 58, Oxford 42 Central Burden 56, Flinthills 6 Central Plains 60, Ellinwood 12 Chase 64, Bucklin 16 Chase County 14, Olpe 7 Cheylin 35, Natoma 18 Christ Preparatory Academy 34, Medicine Lodge 30 Cimarron 36, Lakin 14 Clay Center 47, Chapman 0 Clifton-Clyde 51, Centre 20 Coffeyville 21, Chanute 13 Columbus 42, Baxter Springs 14 Conway Springs 21, Garden Plain 20 Council Grove 25, St. Mary’s 0 Crest 50, Marais des Cygnes Valley 20 Derby 56, Salina South 7 DeSoto 14, Spring Hill 13 Dighton/Healy 36, Otis-Bison 30 Douglass 28, Belle Plaine 20 El Dorado 49, Circle 24 Elkhart 64, Sublette 0 Fowler 68, Deerfield 6 Fredonia 26, Neodesha 19 Frontenac 55, Parsons 14 Galena 40, Cherryvale 0 Garden City 36, Dodge City 13 Girard 55, Anderson County 14 Goddard 49, Valley Center 7 Goddard-Eisenhower 34, Andover 31 Goessel 56, St. John 6 Golden Plains 46, WheatlandGrinnell 0 Goodland 22, Concordia 8 Great Bend 49, Liberal 7 Halstead 46, Haven 0 Hanover 54, Frankfort 8 Hartford 56, Caldwell 42

Herington 36, Rural Vista 28 Hesston 49, Hillsboro 20 Hiawatha 27, Riverside 14 Hill City 68, Oberlin-Decatur 36 Hoisington 39, Ellsworth 20 Holcomb 28, Kingman 0 Holton 47, Jefferson West 6 Hoxie 28, Trego 12 Humboldt 16, Erie 8 Hutchinson 49, Wichita Campus 14 Hutchinson Central Christian 92, South Haven 12 Independence 28, Labette County 12 Iola 33, Burlington 12 Jayhawk Linn 44, Northeast-Arma 0 Jefferson North 22, Doniphan West 7 Junction City 43, Gateway, Mo. 14 KC Schlagle 50, KC Northeast, Mo. 14 KC Washington 30, KC Harmon 3 KC Wyandotte 35, KC Sumner 6 Kinsley 6, Wichita County 4 LaCrosse 44, Ellis 12 Lakeside 70, Thunder Ridge 32 Lansing 14, KC Turner 7 Larned 49, Lyons 0 Lawrence Free State 28, Olathe East 14 Lebo 56, Altoona-Midway 0 Little River 54, Canton-Galva 8 Logan/Palco 50, Lincoln 0 Louisburg 35, Fort Scott 6 Lyndon 40, Northern Heights 0 Macksville 38, Pratt Skyline 16 Madison/Hamilton 50, Southern Coffey 26 Maize 42, Salina Central 28 Maize South 21, Augusta 14 Manhattan 48, Emporia 0 Maranatha/Immaculata (FB) 60,

Atchison County 44 Marysville 42, Beloit 16 Maur Hill - Mount Academy 28, Pleasant Ridge 24 McLouth 37, Horton 6 McPherson 48, Hays 14 Meade 67, Johnson-Stanton County 0 Minneola 46, Moscow 0 Mulvane 28, Ulysses 14 Nemaha Central 20, Sabetha 14 Ness City 62, South Gray 14 Nickerson 30, Wichita Trinity 0 Northern Valley 68, Sylvan-Lucas 44 Norton 48, Russell 14 Olathe North 17, Olathe Northwest 14 Osawatomie 21, Prairie View 0 Osborne 54, Victoria 8 Oswego 32, Uniontown 6 Ottawa 38, Paola 7 Peabody-Burns 52, Udall 6 Perry-Lecompton 44, Royal Valley 8 Phillipsburg 58, Hays-TMP-Marian 18 Pike Valley 50, Tescott 0 Pittsburg 35, Bonner Springs 14 Pittsburg Colgan 55, Yates Center 0 Plainville 51, Oakley 0 Pleasanton 42, Chetopa 32 Pratt 31, Hugoton 28 Pretty Prairie 52, Ashland 6 Rawlins County 48, Quinter 0 Remington 58, Inman 35 Republic County 42, Ell-Saline 12 Riley County 64, Minneapolis 0 Riverton 42, Southeast 0 Rock Hills 56, Linn 6 Rossville 49, Mission Valley 27 Scott City 42, Colby 12 Sedgwick 24, Moundridge 20

Shawnee Heights 18, Highland Park 6 Silver Lake 49, Oskaloosa 0 SM East 48, Lawrence 26 SM North 61, SM Northwest 38 SM West 42, SM South 14 Smith Center 33, Salina Sacred Heart 0 Smoky Valley 36, Rock Creek 29 Solomon 68, Bennington 26 South Barber 50, Stafford 0 South Central 60, Fairfield 14 Southeast Saline 48, Marion 6 Southwestern Hts. 22, Syracuse 12 Spearville 72, Satanta 24 St. James Academy 28, Kapaun Mount Carmel 17 St. John’s Beloit-Tipton def.

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Sleep quality compromised by sleeping aids Dear Dr. Roach: Again and again, I read how vital quality sleep each night is. Well, for many years now, I have not gotten any. I have followed many suggestions, from supplements to acupuncture, without success. The only reasonable amount of sleep I get comes via a sleeping pill, which I take only when I am desperate. My question: Is the sleep that is induced chemically as beneficially as “normal” sleep — meaning, does the benefit gained from taking a pill outweigh the possible side effects of the medication? — C.L. Answer: Most sleeping pills do change the type of sleep that you get, and they especially reduce the amount of REM (rapid eye motion) sleep and deep restorative sleep. That’s part of why many people wake up the day after taking a sleeping medication feeling groggy and exhausted: The

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health brain did not get the type of sleep it needs.

(Another reason may be that the medication is still in the system upon awakening, but this is less of a problem with most medications today.)

Some newer agents do not have as large a risk for disruption of the most beneficial types of sleep, but any medication taken to help sleep can cause people to become dependent on its use. Further, all types of sleep medicines have the potential to cause side effects, the most worrisome of which, to me, is the increased potential for falls; a fall, especially in an elder person, can lead to a catastrophic cycle of disability. It’s not an exaggeration to say

that sleeping pills can lead to death in a small proportion of people who take them.

Most people get good results from non-drug treatments, such as sleep hygiene, relaxation training and cognitive therapies. For people who have really tried these and have not had success, I recommend seeing an expert in sleep medicine to determine the least dangerous medication treatment.

Dear Dr. Roach: During a wellness ECG in May of this year, I was diagnosed with right bundle branch block. An echocardiogram indicated the following: mild mitral valve regurgitation; mild aortic valve regurgitation; mild tricuspid regurgitation; and a mildly thickened and sclerotic aortic valve.

How serious is a “sclerotic, mildly thickened aortic valve”? I have a follow-up appointment with my cardiologist in

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a few months and was advised that the regurgitation problems are only “mild”; however, during another examination for a routine problem, the doctor advised that the aortic valve sclerosis should be monitored.

Can you clarify any of this for me? — B.M. Answer: The aortic valve prevents the blood that is ejected into the aorta from going backward into the left ventricle. In sclerosis, the valve becomes thickened and hardened (the word “sclerosis” comes from the Greek word for “stone”).

You’re not alone: Over 25 percent of adults over 65 will have it, as well as 50 percent of those over 80. The risk factors for developing aortic valve sclerosis are similar to those for developing heart artery blockages, so it’s important to reduce those risks (especially blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking, if present).

Son’s former friend has a mean streak Dear Carolyn: What should a parent say when the other parent knows they have a mean kid?

My 7-year-old son has decided to take a break from a friend he’s known for five years because the former friend is mean — calls him an idiot, degrades him, etc. The other parent is asking to set up a play date, and I don’t know if I should continue ducking or say that my son has given up for now. She has recognized her son’s mean streak with respect to other kids, but I’ve never seen a consequence implemented. — Mean Kids Answer: Please don’t duck this. “Recent play dates haven’t gone well and my son has asked for a break. I’m sorry.”

Unless they’re told when their kids display serious and persistent bad behaviors, parents can’t do their most pressing job: to teach their

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax kids to function appropriately in society.

You’re not off that hook just because this other parent has so far — to your knowledge — failed to use the information properly. Keep providing it when appropriate. Don’t make denial an easy option for her.

And don’t lose sight of the fact, when you’re delivering this bad news, that you could just as easily be receiving it. Meanness in kids is too often oversimplified into bad kids vs. good kids. There are certainly some extremes, but the middle is wide and gray.

Dear Carolyn: I am a stepparent to a teenage girl, who has recently

moved in with us while her mom works in another city. So last week I got buttonholed by another kid’s parent for one of those “You’re not a real parent, so I just wanted to let you know ...” talks.

This other parent’s son had asked the Kid out to a school dance, Kid said, “Thanks, but no,” and asked out her crush. (He said yes, my door hinges thank him.)

According to the other parent, if she didn’t want to go with first boy who asked her, then she can’t go at all and should stay at home knitting her nun’s habit or something.

Is this a thing? I am not going to go along with it.

— Dance With the One That Brought You?

know ...’ talks.” Even if they are a thing, please treat them as if they are not, because the surest way to alienate your fellow parents as you negotiate this newish role is to approach them as if you are the eye-rolling rebel to their monolithic sense of superiority.

Answer: No, it’s not a thing, she can dance if she wants to.

Also not a thing: “those ‘You’re not a real parent, so I just wanted to let you

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