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Mountain lion spotted in Allen Co.

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

For the past 50 years, a staple of Tony Leavitt’s autumns has been deer hunting, setting up camp in a sequestered tree stand in the pre-dawn hours. “I’ve never been afraid of just walking out there,” he said.

But the Iolan admitted he may have to talk himself into entering a secluded area by himself this year.

“I’ve probably had to have a little bit of a therapy session with myself,” he chuckled, “to convince myself there’s nothing out there.”

That’s because Leavitt’s trail camera snapped a photo of a large cat roaming across a parcel of land about a mile south of LaHarpe Oct. 9. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has confirmed it was a mountain lion.

“It made the hair stand up

look quite a bit alike — but the lion in both of those photos appears lean,” noted Matt Peek, a wildlife research biologist with Wildlife and Tony Leavitt Parks.

“And when you haven’t had any confirmations, and suddenly you get two just a few days apart, it leads us to believe this was probably the same lion in Allen County.”

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks confirmed this large cat, photographed the morning Oct. 9 via a motion-triggered trail camera south of LaHarpe, is a mountain lion. PHOTO COURTESY OF TONY LEAVITT

on the back of my neck when I saw the pictures,” Leavitt told the Register.

In all likelihood, the animal is the same one spotted four days later, on Friday, on a se-

curity camera on the outskirts of Parsons, roughly 40 miles to the south, a KDWP official said.

“We don’t know for sure that it is the same — they all

MOUNTAIN lions are known to leave their natal homes and travel hundreds of miles to find a new place to settle, “and they’ll just take out across the landscape,” Peek said.

When traveling, lions can cover more than five miles in See MOUNTAIN LION | Page A2

No, other counties can’t help pay for courthouse Porter tries, but cannot exit Council race

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Under Kansas law, each county is responsible for providing its own court facilities.

Kansas is divided into 31 judicial districts, which allows those counties to share resources and personnel.

The chief judge supervises those employees, who are paid by the state.

Allen County is part of the 31st Judicial District, along with Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties.

Chief Judge Daniel Creitz is based in Allen County but oversees all four counties.

Some of the larger counties — Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Reno, Wyandotte — comprise an entire district. Others are consolidated.

Each county must establish and maintain its own court facilities, Creitz

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Local voters will decide Nov. 7 whether to approve a $9.95 million renovation to the Allen County Courthouse. ALLENCOUNTYBOND.COM

Since Allen County is part of the 31st Judicial District, can’t other counties help pay for the courthouse renovation?

said. Unless a judge orders a change of venue, cases are heard in the county where they are filed.

That can include a courthouse or a judicial building.

Neosho County, for example, has both a courthouse in Erie and a district court annex in Chanute; hearings may be held at either location.

Cities also may have their

Christmas light display sponsors sought

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While some folks are still picking out their Halloween costumes, Chelsea Lea has her sights set on a bright and shiny Christmas season.

Lea, proprietor of Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy, is once again spearheading efforts to erect Christmas lights in the south courtyard of the Allen County Courthouse.

She is seeking sponsorships to pay for the lights.

“As soon as the Christmas lights hit the stores, I need to start buying them, or they’ll sell out,” Lea said.

Sponsorships for a 6-foot See LIGHTS | Page A3

own court facilities. Those are municipal courts and are not part of the district court system.

Local court and law enforcement leaders have proposed a $9.95 million renovation/expansion project at Allen County Courthouse that would build a second courtroom and a new, secure entrance along with other improvements. Voters will decide on Nov. 7 whether to isSee VOTE | Page A3

Paul Porter’s attempt to get his name taken off the ballot for the upcoming Iola City Council election was unsuccessful.

Porter said Paul Porter he filed for the Ward 1 seat, thinking it was going to be an empty seat.

Unbeknownst to Porter, Jon Wells, a former Iola mayor and councilman, filed for the seat, which represents the northwest quadSee PORTER | Page A3

Missouri approves ‘Grain Belt Express’ power line

By ALLISON KITE Missouri Independent-KCUR

State regulators gave final approval Thursday to the owners of the Grain Belt Express transmission line to drop off thousands of megawatts of clean power in Missouri.

The decision by the Missouri Public Service Commission was the final regulatory approval Chicago-based Invenergy needed to begin the first phase of the line, to be built in Kansas and Missouri.

For years, Invenergy has been working through regulatory approvals and

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acquiring land easements to build the 800-mile high-voltage transmission line, which will carry renewable energy from wind-swept western Kansas across Missouri and Illinois to the Indiana border.

“Securing the necessary state regulatory approvals is another critical step toward Grain Belt Express bringing lower electric bills and greater reliability to consumers in Missouri and across the Midwest,” said Shashank Sane, executive vice president and See POWER LINE | Page A2

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Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert signed a new administrative order extending rules related to a security incident that interrupted operation of electronic filing systems in district and appellate courts. Attorneys in Kansas must operate, at least temporarily, use real paper. POOL PHOTO BY EVERT NELSON/TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Computer network woes force Kansas courts to rely on paper

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — A computer network incident in Kansas interrupting electronic filings and payments in the state’s appellate courts and the district courts in all but populous Johnson County has been extended indefinitely, officials said Monday.

The Kansas Supreme Court issued an updated administrative order indicating clerks in 104 counties were unable to receive online filings.

The cause, which hasn’t been precisely explained, hasn’t forbidden clerk offices from operating. However, all filings must be executed with paper, delivered by hand or through the mail, or with a fax machine.

The order signed by Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert would allow individuals to request relief from the courts if filings were late.

“This order and other information on our website will guide court users on our operations while our information

systems are offline,” Luckert said. “We continue to serve our communities, but we are using different methods until our systems are restored.”

The Kansas Courts eFiling system and other elements of the judicial branch’s online presence “experienced a security incident” that was publicly revealed Oct. 12.

In addition, the incident disrupted the Kansas Protection Order Portal, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, Appellate Case Inquiry System, Kansas Attorney Registration, Kansas online marriage license application system, Central Payment Center and the Kansas eCourt case management system.

The Office of Judicial Administration sought input from computer experts to analyze what occurred during the security incident. Until operational questions have been answered, court officials said, the state couldn’t predict when the network systems would be brought online.

‘Forgotten five’ toys are Hall of Fame finalists ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers — that regularly approach toybox royalty as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, only to be tossed back on the pile.

For one of them, this is the year they finally make it in. The Hall of Fame is letting fans decide which one.

Toys usually are chosen for the annual induction ceremony with input from a panel of historians, educators and other experts.

The members vote for their top three out of a dozen finalists that have been selected by an internal committee from among thousands of nominations that come in each year.

But this year, fan voters will pick one of the so-called forgotten five, to celebrate the National Toy Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary. That’s along with three toys to be chosen in the usual way.

“They’re like Susan

Lucci was to the Emmy Awards, or Steve Tasker to the Pro Football Hall of Fame,” chief curator Christopher Bensch said. “Now, one of these five will make the hall and, for the first time, it will be purely in the hands of the voting public.”

Fans can cast one vote per day through Oct. 24 on the National Toy Hall of Fame website.

The winner, along with the other inductees, will be revealed during the induction ceremony on Nov. 9.

Anyone can nominate a toy to the National Toy Hall of Fame. But to be considered, toys must have inspired creative play and enjoyed popularity over a sustained period of time. Last year, the spinning top, Masters of the Universe action figures and Lite-Brite joined past honorees that range from scrounged items like the stick and cardboard box, to storebought toys that everyone seemed to have, including the Wiffle Ball, alphabet blocks and the teddy bear.

head of transmission at Invenergy.

Grain Belt was previously envisioned as a 4,000 megawatt line that would drop off a small portion of its power in Missouri.

But with Thursday’s approval, Invenergy can construct a 5,000 megawatt line and drop half of its power in the state.

The line’s total capacity is expected to equate to roughly four new nuclear power plants, Invenergy says.

The company plans to construct the line in phases with Kansas and Missouri first. The line, Invenergy says, will result in $11 billion in savings over 15 years across those two states as well as Illinois.

But the Grain Belt had to overcome strong political headwinds to

of landowners who don’t agree. In both cases, Invenergy will compensate property owners.

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their easements.

In a news release Thursday, Invenergy said it had acquired 95% of the easements it needs in Kansas and Missouri.

Previous versions of the legislation would have required that at least 50% of power carried by a transmission line stay in Missouri.

The compromise version would require that an amount of power proportional to the length of the line through Missouri be made available to residents.

Shortly after the bill passed, Invenergy announced it would drop off more power in Missouri.

Invenergy received approval this summer from the Kansas Corporation Commission to build the project in phases.

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a day, “although those numbers can change,” Peek said.

While the state has reported 60 confirmed mountain lion sightings since 2007, confirmations in southeast Kansas are rare.

That said, the animal’s numbers are generally increasing in numbers across the western United States.

Additionally, biologists have reported “reproducing populations” as close as Nebraska, Peek said.

Peek said he fielded a report of a possible second sighting of a mountain lion in Allen County this month, although further review confirmed the animal to be a domestic cat.

LEAVITT sets up several motion-triggered cameras each fall to try to determine what sort of deer population he can target once hunting season opens.

“What’s funny is the night before I commented to my son that it didn’t seem like we had many deer pictures that day,” Leavitt said.

His cameras are programmed to automatically send those images to Leavitt’s cell phone.

“My son goes to work about 5 o’clock the next morning, and my phone dings,” Leavitt recalled. “He said, ‘this might be why we aren’t seen any deer out there.’”

A pair of grainy black-and-white images shows the cat walking, and then seated,

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less than 5 minutes apart.

“I’ve been talking to neighbors out there, who say they saw one about three months ago,” Leavitt said.

In years past, Leavitt would likely have chalked up the neighbors’ reports as more legend than fact, perhaps a bit of hyperbolic exaggeration or bad eyesight, and what was spotted was actually a bobcat or a coyote.

“There are mountain lion stories that go back forever,” he noted. “It was something I truthfully never expected to happen. But the proof is on the camera.”

URBAN sprawl across the western United States through the middle of the 20th century proved devastating to mount lion numbers as residents would kill animals on sight, for any reason.

“It was open season,” Peek said.

But that changed when hunting was regulated to specific times of year in those states.

Kansas does not have a hunting season for mountain lions, and they may not be killed without legal justification, KDWP notes.

Landowners are permitted to dispatch wildlife, including mountain lions, found in or near buildings on their premises or when destroying property.

Additionally, Peek stopped short of saying threats to livestock or pets were considered justified in killing a

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mountain lion.

In all cases, reasonable efforts must first be made to alleviate the problem before resorting to killing the animal, Peek said.

LEAVITT agrees to a certain extent that the mountain lion spotted on his property is probably no longer in the vicinity — but he’ll still exercise caution when out and about.

“There are thousands of trail cameras, maybe hundreds of thousands, from everybody who deer hunts and owns property,” Leavitt said. “If there’s a mountain lion coming through, there’s a real good chance you’ll get a picture of it.”

The first confirmed mountain lion in Kansas in modern times was shot and killed in 2007 in Barber County in south central Kansas. Prior to that, the last mountain lion documented in Kansas was killed in 1904 in Ellis County, according to KDWP. Confirmations are still pretty rare, the department reported, but distant confirmations within a 2-day period indicate there were three separate mountain lions in Kansas in December of 2020. Another notable case occurred in May of 2021, when presumably a single mountain lion was documented twice

by Ring doorbells, eight days apart, as it made its way through Wichita, according to KDWP.

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MOUNTAIN lions prefer to hunt during lower light times of the day, and while they are carnivores, reports of livestock attacks in this part of the state are exceedingly rare.

Peek said traveling mountain lions tend to target smaller game, such as raccoons, “sort of like fast food when they’re on the move.”

In-person encounters with mountain lions are exceedingly rare.

Those who are concerned can take protections, such as keeping kids or pets close by if they’re out on the trails at dawn or dusk.

In the rare event a person encounters a mountain lion, they should make themselves appear bigger and yell at the animal, and then slowly back away from the mountain lion without turning their back or running. (Either action may trigger the predator’s hunting instincts.)

And if the mountain lion does attack, fight back instead of playing dead.

However, it is important to note that mountain lion attacks are extremely rare. So the chances of you encountering a mountain lion, much less getting attacked by one, are slim, biologists note.

Leavitt advised a bit of common sense if considering outdoor activities.

“Don’t be scared,” he said, “but be aware.”

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tree display sell for $40; 8-foot tree sponsorships go for $50 each. (Cash or check only.)

Sponsors will be recognized on wooden stars placed atop each tree display.

“We’ve had a lot of people put names in honor or in memory of a loved one, or a business name, or their kids,” she said.

Proceeds go toward purchasing more

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rant of Iola, a few minutes after Porter did.

The deadline to have his name removed had passed in June, at the time of the filing deadline.

Porter hopes Iolans vote for Wells.

“Jon and I are on the same page,” Porter told the Register.

“We’ve talked a couple of times, and I think we would really vote similarly. I am proud to support him.”

If elected, Porter said he would decline the seat.

lights.

The displays will be focused at the intersections of U.S. 54 and Jefferson and Washington avenues.

If enough trees are purchased, they’ll line the sidewalk to the south entrance of the courthouse as well.

The giant lighted snowman will return once again as well, Lea said.

Lea also hopes to recruit a team of volunteers — especially tall ones — to put up Christmas tree displays the weekend of Nov. 11.

“It only takes a few hours,” she said. “We try to do it in a day, or two days if necessary.”

The goal is to have the trees ready for Thanksgiving, when the rest of Iola’s downtown building lights are turned on.

“We want to get them up and tested pretty quickly,” Lea said.

To sponsor a tree, or to volunteer with putting up lights, folks can call or text Lea through MCDA, 620-228-3424, or via Facebook.

The Allen County Magistrate Courtroom would be replaced with a larger courtroom if voters approve a $9.95 million bond issue Nov. 7. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

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sue a bond for the project.

Creitz noted the Neosho County District Court facility at Chanute is currently undergoing renovations. The Woodson County Courthouse in Yates Center recently underwent renovations, too. Neither of those projects included any money from Allen County.

It’s not uncommon for small entities to join forces under one “district,” Creitz said.

That doesn’t necessar-

ily obligate those entities to pay for each other’s facilities.

Examples include K-State Research & Extension districts.

In recent years, many smaller counties have consolidated to share resources and personnel, but each county maintains its own offices.

Churches often do the same thing.

A SERIES of informational meetings have been taking place to inform voters before the election.

The next will be at

6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Humboldt Senior Center.

Tours of court facilities will be offered during Farm-City Days this weekend. Enter through the south entrance at the Allen County Courthouse between 12:30 and 1:45 p.m. on Saturday.

Creitz and others have touted the need to improve security as a primary need for the renovation and expansion.

“Once we explain the situation, I think most people agree with the need. The issue is the

cost,” Creitz said of his takeaway from the recent discussions.

“I think this is something that needs to be voted on by the people.”

A financial analysis of the project shows it would add about 3.9 mills to the county’s annual property tax levy. For the owner of a $100,000 home, that would translate to another $44.85 per year or roughly 12 cents a day.

For the owner of a $250,000 home, it would be $112.12 per year or 31 cents per day.

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Poland voters rebuff populism for democracy

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The opposition leader who won Poland’s parliamentary election, Donald Tusk, appealed to the nation’s president Tuesday for “energetic and fast decisions” so that a new government could be formed quickly.

Three opposition parties that vowed to restore democratic standards in Poland together won over 54% of the votes in the nation’s weekend parliamentary election, putting them in a position to take power, according to a complete ballot count reported Tuesday.

Poland’s constitution now requires President Andrzej Duda to assess the new political alignment of forces and to appoint a new prime minister who is tasked with forming a government that will need parliament’s approval, all within a set timeframe.

In a video statement, Tusk appealed to Duda, saying, “I would like to ask for energetic and quick decisions” and stressing that “the winning democratic parties

The election’s results were a huge relief for Poles concerned about the country’s international isolation at a time of war across the border in Ukraine and the constant bickering with the European Union.

Many feared it could lead to Poland’s eventual exit from the 27-member bloc.

The leader of Civic Coalition (KO), Donald Tusk celebrates the exit poll results during Poland’s Parliamentary elections on Sunday, in Warsaw, Poland. People voted onwhether the ruling national conservative Law and Justice party (PiS), led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, will govern for a third consecutive term, or whether a coalition of center-left, pro-European parties will be given the opportunity to form a government. (OMAR MARQUES/GETTY IMAGES/TNS) are ready to take over responsibility for governing the country any moment.”

“People are waiting for the first decisions that will be the result of the elections” that took place Sunday, Tusk said.

Duda is an ally of the conservative Law and Justice party, which has been in power since 2015. His term runs until 2025.

Law and Justice, which governed the

country for eight turbulent years, won slightly over 35% of the votes, making it the single party with the most votes. But the party and its leader Jarosław Kaczyński lost their majority in parliament and appeared to have no way to hold onto power.

Turnout was nearly 75%, the highest since Poland’s return to democracy, surpassing even the level of 63% in 1989, a vote that

triggered the collapse of the oppressive Soviet-backed communist system.

LAW AND JUSTICE had been leading the country down an illiberal path, taking control of courts in a manner that violated the country’s constitution. The party politicized state institutions, including taxpayer-funded public media which it used as a propaganda tool to

praise itself and vilify opponents.

The election result was a huge victory for Tusk, the head of the largest opposition group, Civic Coalition.

He appeared likely to return to his past role as Polish prime minister, a job he held from 2007-14. He also served as European Council president, a top job in the EU, from 2014-19.

Tusk’s success is all the more remarkable given that state media went into overdrive to portray him as a stooge of Germany and Russia.

That portrayal, which appeared baseless, also won him much sympathy.

Tusk himself won more than half a million votes running for a seat in parliament.

His party said it was the best result in the history of parliamentary

elections in Poland.

The result was a huge relief for Poles concerned about the country’s international isolation at a time of war across the border in Ukraine and the constant bickering with the European Union. Many feared it could lead to Poland’s eventual exit from the 27-member bloc.

YOUNG PEOPLE and women were among those who voted in droves to get rid of the Law and Justice party, which won in 2015 vowing to fight corruption and help even out economic inequalities.

While its social spending did help many Polish pensioners and families, solidifying its base of support, the party has increasingly faced allegations of corruption.

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Argentinians appear enthralled with ‘anarcho capitalist’

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s firebrand populist presidential candidate Javier Milei, the front-runner to win the election later this month, is coming under fire from his rivals who blame him for a sharp depreciation of the local currency in the parallel market.

Milei has continued to tout his controversial plan for dollarization of the South American country’s economy. With less than two weeks before the Oct. 22 presidential election, the Argentine peso has sharply depreciated over the past week.

The so-called blue rate, as the informal exchange rate is known, closed at around 1,025 pesos to the U.S. dollar Tuesday, a sharp increase from 880 pesos on Friday. The rate was at 605 pesos per dollar before the upstart Mil-

ei rocked Argentina’s political landscape by unexpectedly emerging as the top vote-getter in the country’s national primaries on Aug. 13.

Stringent capital controls mean that access to the official foreign exchange market, which currently prices a dollar at 367 pesos, is extremely limited, so parallel rates have flourished.

Milei, an anti-establishment candidate who admires former U.S. President Donald Trump, has said he wants to replace the peso with the dollar and says Argentina’s Central Bank should be abolished.

The peso had already been steadily depreciating for months, but took a sharp downturn Monday after Milei, in a radio interview, recommended that Argentines not renew fixed rate deposits, saying the “peso is the currency issued by the Argentine politician, and therefore it is not worth crap.”

In recent days, Milei

has suggested that the sharp depreciation of the peso could be convenient for his eventual presidency, saying that “the higher the price of the dollar, the easier it is to dollarize.”

The candidate for Buenos Aires mayor of Milei’s self-described libertarian party also called on citizens to drop the peso.

“Today more than ever: Don’t save in pesos,” Ramiro Marra wrote on social media Tuesday.

Milei’s opponents sharply criticized his words, saying he’s fomenting a run on the peso.

Economy Minister Sergio Massa, also a candidate, said some are “capable of setting fire to a house for a vote.”

Patricia Bullrich, the candidate of the main opposition coalition, United for Change, said Tuesday that “between Massa, the arsonist who is leading us into hyperinflation, and Milei’s irresponsibility, which

Argentine far-right libertarian economist and presidential candidate Javier Milei celebrates the results of the primary elections with his sister Karina Milei at Milei’s headquarters in Buenos Aires on Aug. 13. Milei has said he wants to replace the peso with the dollar. (ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/TNS) encourages the curren- sponsibility in their will battle the “politicy run, there are Argen- campaigns and public cal caste,” pushed back tines distressed about statements.” Without against the criticism, the present and the fu- ever naming Milei, the saying there are some associations wrote that who are “trying to gain ture.”

The depreciation of “recommending not to political advantage from the peso will acceler- renew deposits doesn’t the economic collapse ate already red-hot in- do anything other than by inventing responsiflation that was at an generate concern in a bilities.”

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COVID may trigger complex biological reactions from the bowel to the brain, leading to persistent neurological symptoms in some people, according to a study that points the way toward a treatment.

Viral vestiges in the gastrointestinal tracts of a subset of long-COVID patients may drive chronic inflammation that interferes with a key chemical messenger involved in nerve activity, brain function and memory, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania reported Monday in the journal Cell.

The findings provide an explanation for poor concentration, memory problems and other neurocognitive symptoms in long COVID, they said. Importantly, their experiments identified Prozac and other drugs that boost levels of the chemical messenger — serotonin — as promising targets for future study.

More than 200 symptoms have been associated with long COVID, an umbrella term applied to the often debilitating health problems estimated to afflict 10% or more of people who have had COVID-19. The new research suggests some hallmark

symptoms “may converge on common pathways,” said co-author Christoph Thaiss, an assistant professor of microbiology at the Penn Institute for Immunology in Philadelphia.

Further research may determine how many long COVID sufferers are affected by this cascade of reactions and uncover additional potential therapies, he said. The implications of the study may also extend to other post-viral syndromes.

While serotonin is most widely associated with mood and mental health, the researchers had a different focus as they sought to unravel drivers of long COVID. Thaiss and colleagues found that ongoing inflammation in the gut, which they link to a persistent reservoir of the virus, sabotages circulating levels of the neurotransmitter in multiple ways, including through blood clotting abnormalities.

‘Unifying framework’ “This is as close as I have seen to a unifying framework for long COVID,” said Ziyad Al-Aly, director of the clinical epidemiology center at the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System in Missouri, whose research has led to important long COVID findings. “This is a very im-

portant advance in the field.”

Cohort studies and lab experiments were used to interpret the cause of serotonin depletion and its downstream effects. The researchers focused on the molecule’s activity on the vagus nerve, which innervates internal organs and is thought to stimulate neurons in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in learning, memory and cognition.

“The fact that we see serotonin being dysregulated in some individuals with long COVID can potentially explain why there’s such a broad spectrum of symptoms,” spanning brain fog and mood to problems sleeping and gastric upset, Thaiss said.

Low serotonin has been observed across several longCOVID studies, including patients with different but over-lapping symptoms, he said.

“The sicker the person is in terms of the number of symptoms they present with, the lower their serotonin,” Thaiss said.

No silver bullet A single biological pathway isn’t likely to explain all long COVID cases, said Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven,

who also studies the condition. Other proposed drivers of neurologic symptoms include persistent neuroinflammation, possibly from a deficient immune response that allows the virus to linger in the brain.

“But still, it’s a very important mechanism that deserves a lot of attention,” Iwasaki said in an interview. Serotonin might help gauge the effects of treatments in studies, including a trial of Pfizer Inc.’s antiviral Paxlovid that she is working on.

“If serotonin is really the key marker, we definitely should be including that,” Iwasaki said.

Not all scientists are convinced that low serotonin is playing a key role or acting in isolation in long COVID. Also many sufferers have taken the medicines without benefit.

Avindra Nath, clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland, praised the study for its extensive body of research, but said that except in some rare disorders or micronutrient and vitamin deficiencies, it’s unlikely alterations in levels of a single molecule can be blamed for starting a disease process, especially one triggered by an infection.

Targeted studies Strategies aimed at increasing serotonin levels or targeting its signaling should be examined in randomized, controlled trials of patients most likely to benefit from the approach, said Liam O’Mahony, a professor of immunology at University College Cork, whose own research found serotonin depletion in long COVID patients.

Prozac, Luvox and other antidepressants that work by increasing serotonin in the brain have been studied during the pandemic to both prevent and treat COVID due to their potential to disrupt the biological processes of infection, but results have been mixed. People taking them when they caught COVID had about a 25% lower risk of developing long COVID, scientists at the National Institutes of Health found in a retrospective study released in November before peer-review and publication.

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Voting is your best chance for change With early voting now available, it’s important to vote to ensure your voice is heard on matters affecting our communities. Southeast Kansas consistently ranks low in voter turnout, but ranks highest in the state for food insecurity and poverty rates.

Civic engagement plays a crucial role in creating healthier communities.

When individuals are engaged in their communities, they are more likely to be aware of issues, like access to food, that affect them and their neighbors. This awareness can increase advocacy for policies that can help address the challenges of hunger and food insecurity.

As a lifelong southeast Kansas resident, I have seen the effects of food insecurity both personally and in my community. Food prices continue to rise, and families are struggling to keep up. When a person doesn’t know where their next meal comes from, the last thing on their mind is getting out to vote.

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Reach out to your local candidates and ask what their plan is to decrease hunger and food insecurity in our communities. Ask them how they will prioritize policies that increase access to healthy and affordable food.

Use your voice to improve the health and well-being of Southeast Kansas.

Make a plan to get to the polls. Voting is your best chance to use your voice to demand change. Transportation is a challenge, especially for rural areas, so research your voting location. If you cannot drive yourself, reach out to friends and family for a ride. Encourage everyone you know to find a way to get to the polls and speak up about the issues affecting our communities.

As early voting begins, I urge you to take this opportunity to make your voice heard. By prioritizing issues of food insecurity and poverty in southeast Kansas today, we can begin to build a better, safer, healthier tomorrow.

Differences matter Aristotle is said to have referred to the female as a mu- Debra tilated male, and this philos- Johnston, ophy seems to have carried forward into much more M.D. modern times.

In 1977, official FDA guide- The lines recommended that Prairie Doc women of “childbearing potential” be excluded from and genders. early stage clinical trials.

Once scientists started Men, particularly white men, were considered the looking, it became evident ideal model, from which that the differences among the success and side effects us translate to differences of any particular treatment in the way diseases develop, the way conditions present, could be judged.

Somehow, women’s men- and the way we respond to strual cycles made them potential treatments.

We may need different too difficult to study, while simultaneously being ir- doses. We may experience relevant to the results. The different side effects. We thalidomide tragedy quite may need different treatreasonably brought fetal ments altogether. This can wellbeing to the front of re- be true for differences based searchers’ minds, but there on age, race, health status, was reluctance to wait for and, of course, sex.

The scientific landscape is animal teratogenicity data before starting human trials. very different today than it Companies often inter- was in 1993, but we still have preted childbearing poten- a long way to go.

A recent review of studtial to mean childbearing ies involving cardiovascular age, and then extended that disease, cancer, and mental ban to all women, in all stages of research. Studies health interventions found carried out in the mid- to that just over 40% of study later part of the last century participants were women.

Cardiovascular disease frequently enrolled thousands of participants, but no and cancer affect men and women at all. This was even women almost equally. In true in purely observational mental health research the studies, where nothing was situation is worse: women make up approximately 60% being trialed or tested.

In 1993, Congress passed a of those affected, but still, mandate that women be in- just over 40% of those encluded in National Institutes rolled in trials.

Everyone deserves to of Health-funded trials, and the FDA changed its guide- know that the recommendations their doctor makes lines.

They now said the popula- are backed by science that tion studied in trials should includes people like them. be representative of the peo- Many treatments work just ple likely to be treated with as well in people of different an intervention if it were races, ages, or genders. But approved. This meant most many don’t, and we won’t studies had to include peo- know if we don’t ask that ple of different ages, races, question.

Fernando Arredondo embraces his daughter, Alison Arredondo, at Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 22, 2020. Arredondo was one of thousands of parents who were deported without their children during the “zero-tolerance” policy in 2017-2018. ( JASON ARMOND/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS)

The very least we can do The class-action settlement reached Monday between the U.S. government and the American Civil Liberties Union, which has represented thousands of migrant families who were separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border, is worth celebrating. It provides a fair conclusion to one of our country’s most shameful policies. It’s also the very least we can do for those so egregiously harmed.

In 2017 and 2018, more than 5,000 families crossing the U.S. border were systematically separated.

As parents awaited deportation, their children were sent to juvenile centers across the country. Even now, we’re still not sure where they all are. According to the ACLU, more than 1,000 children have not been reunited with their families. They fell off the map thanks to an administration that, in the words of the court, “tracked property more diligently than they tracked the whereabouts of little children.”

The trauma has been severe. Some children did not recognize their parents when reunited. Babies as young as six months old were held alone in detention centers. Parents had no way of contacting their children; in many cases, the government had no idea where they were.

This painful episode, part of a “zero-tolerance” strategy of immigration enforcement, shows our country at its most inhumane. Thus we urge U.S. District Judge Dana M. Sabraw to approve the settle-

ment with all due haste.

The settlement includes four main points.

First, families that were separated will be granted an interview with an asylum officer. While their case is being heard, families will receive work authorization and housing benefits. If the families’ asylum request is approved, they’ll be on the path to permanent residency and eventual citizenship. Families will also be able to petition to bring their immediate family members to the U.S. Second, the agreement contains a component that prohibits the federal government from separating families for the next eight years. In our view, the policy should never be used again. One imagines public outcry would be sufficient to ever again tear a young child away from their parents, but the prohibition is necessary.

Third, the federal government will continue to fund efforts to find the missing children and unite them with their families.

And lastly, reunited families will be given access to mental health resources.

IF APPROVED, the settlement, which includes no financial compensation, would put an end to years of legal efforts by the ACLU and others. And while it could close “the darkest chapter of the Trump administration,” according to Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, “the damage inflicted on these families will forever be tragic and irreversible.”

Romero is right. And the settlement comes at the right time. It is an urgent reminder of how our country, even in the midst of record levels of immigration, cannot lose sight of our values.

Because we have, and we could again. Next month, Massachusetts will begin to limit emergency shelter programs in response to 7,000 migrant families who have come to the state, contradicting a 40-year-old right-to-shelter law. Massachusetts has 7 million residents. It has a rainy day fund of $7.2 billion and about $1.3 billion from previous years’ surpluses.

In a statement, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey laid the blame at the feet of the federal government.

This is disingenuous at best. We undoubtedly need new immigration laws. But without a speaker, and as war rages in Ukraine and Gaza, the chances are close to zero. Surely Gov. Healey realizes this.

“It’s nothing against the people who are coming,” said State Representative Steven Xiarhos, a Republican from Cape Cod who is helping lead the charge to end the shelter law. “It’s the amount of people, in a short amount of time. It’s very hard to keep up, and we can’t afford it.”

Winters in Massachusetts are brutal. The state can afford to offer shelter.

And as we attempt to move beyond family separation to a more humane treatment of immigrants, we would argue it can’t afford not to.

— Tim Stauffer

A look back in t me.

30 Years Ago October 1993

CHANUTE — An effort to purchase and preserve southeast Kansas railway lines through the issuance of $5.5 million in bonds won the blessing of Chanute commissioner. They authorized the Chanute-Coffeyville Port Authority to issue revenue bonds to pay for the purchase of the railway property and 286 miles of track owned by South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad. The track runs from

Iola to Coffeyville, Cherryvale to Tulsa and Chanute to Wellington. ***** Charles Fussman, former president of Humboldt’s Monarch Cement Co., died at his home in Fort Garland, Colo. at the age of 71 after a long bout with cancer. Fussman was the son of a pioneer Humboldt family. He went to work for Monarch in 1949 as a laborer while attending the University of Kansas. He became superintendent of the plant in 1958

and was made vice president at the age of 37 and president in 1969. He retired in 1980.

He was a key member of the team that rebuilt Monarch, making it one of the most efficient cement plants in the U.S. He served on the USD 258 Board of Education. He served in World War II as an artillery officer in the European theater. His wife, Dorothy, survives, as do two of their children, Phil, of DeSoto, Texas., and Kay, of Tulsa.

A son, Steve, died in a hunting accident as a youngster.

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By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB, RAVI NESSMAN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2023. There are 74 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 18, 1867, the United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia.

On this date: In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between New York and Chicago was officially opened. ***** 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 because of evidence they caused cancer in laboratory rats. ***** In 1972, Congress passed the Clean Water Act, overriding President Richard Nixon’s veto. ***** In 2012, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombed areas of southern Gaza where Palestinians sought safety, killing dozens of civilians and at least one senior Hamas figure Tuesday in attacks it says are targeted at militants. U.S. officials worked to convince Israel to allow delivery of supplies to desperate civilians, aid groups President Joe Biden speaks on the terrorist attacks in Israel alongside Secreand hospitals after days of failed hopes for an tary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday, Oct. 7,, in Washington, D.C. Both Blinken and Biden were in the Mideast Tuesday for meetings with Mideast opening in the siege.

With Israel barring leaders to prevent the war from sparking a broader regional conflict. (SAMUEL entry of water, fuel and CORUM/GETTY IMAGES/TNS) food into Gaza since Hamas’ brutal attack in Rafah and 30 in Khan high-profile militant now in the approxilast week, U.S. Secre- Younis. known to have been mately 8-mile long area tary of State Antony An Associated Press killed so far in the war. south of the evacuation Blinken secured an reporter saw around 50 Nofal, formerly the zone, the U.N. said. agreement with Israeli bodies brought to Nass- intelligence chief of Aid workers warned Prime Minister Ben- er Hospital in Khan Hamas’ armed wing, that the territory was jamin Netanyahu to Younis. Family mem- was in charge of Hamas near complete collapse. discuss creation of a bers came to claim the militant activities in Hospitals were on the mechanism for deliver- bodies, wrapped in the central Gaza Strip, verge of losing elecing aid to the territory’s white bedsheets, some including coordinat- tricity, threatening the 2.3 million people. U.S. soaked in blood. ing activities with oth- lives of thousands of officials said the gain patients, An airstrike in Deir al er militant might appear modest, Balah reduced a house groups. and hunbut stressed that it was to rubble, killing a man Netanyahu dreds of We come to the thousands a significant step for- and 11 women and chil- sought to put ward. blame border crossing of people dren inside and in a the Still, as of late Tues- neighboring Hamas (with Egypt) hop- s e a r c h e d house, on day, there was no deal some of whom had for Israel’s ing that it will be for bread in place. A top Israeli evacuated from Gaza r e t a l i a t o r y and water. official said Tuesday City. Witnesses said attacks and open, but so far The U.N. his country was de- there was no warning the rising ci- there is no infor- agency for manding Palestinbefore the vilian casual- mation. guarantees ties in Gaza. ians said strike.

— Jamel that Hamas more than S h e l l i n g “Not only is Abdullah, a The return of from Israeli it targeting militants 400,000 Swedish the hostages, tanks hit a and murderwould not displaced citizen seize any which is sacred in U.N. school ing civilians people are aid deliver- our eyes, is a key in crowded central with unprecies.

Tzahi edented savagery, it’s into schools and other Gaza where component in any Hanegbi, 4,000 Pales- hiding behind civil- facilities in the south. head of Isra- humanitarian ef- tinians had ians,” he said.

The agency said it has el’s Nation- forts.

Israel sealed off Gaza only 1 liter of water a taken ref— Tzahi al Security uge, killing after the Oct. 7 Hamas day for each of its staff Hanegbi, Israel Council, six people attack on southern Is- members trapped in National Secusuggestand wound- rael that killed over the territory. rity Council ed entry of Israel opened a water ing dozens, 1,400 people, mostly aid also dethe United civilians, and resulted line into the south for pended on Nations Pal- in some 200 taken cap- three hours that benethe return estinian refugee agen- tive into Gaza. Hamas fitted only 14 percent of of hostages held by cysaid. At least 24 U.N. militants in Gaza have Gaza’s population, the Hamas. installations have been launched rockets every U.N. said.

“The return of the hit the past week, kill- day since, aiming at citAt the Rafah crossing, hostages, which is sa- ing at least 14 of the ies across Israel.

Gaza’s only connection cred in our eyes, is a agency’s staff. to Egypt, truckloads key component in any ISRAELI STRIKES of aid were waiting to The Israeli military humanitarian efforts,” said it was targeting on Gaza have killed at enter. The World Food he told reporters, with- Hamas hideouts, in- least 2,778 people and Program said that it had out elaborating wheth- frastructure and com- wounded 9,700, ac- more than 300 tons of er Israel was demand- mand centers. cording to the Gaza food waiting to cross ing the release of all of A barrage of strikes Health Ministry. Near- into Gaza. the roughly 200 people crashed into the Bureij ly two-thirds of those Civilians with foreign Hamas abducted before refugee camp in central killed were children, a citizenship — many of allowing supplies in. them Palestinians with Gaza, leveling an en- ministry official said.

Another 1,200 people dual nationalities — tire block of homes and U.S. PRESIDENT Joe causing dozens of casu- across Gaza are believed also waited in Rafah, Biden headed to the alties among families to be buried under the desperate to get out. region as he and other inside, residents said. rubble, alive or dead, “We come to the borworld leaders tried to Among those killed health authorities said. der crossing hoping prevent the war from was one of Hamas’ top More than 1 million that it will open, but so sparking a broader re- military command- Palestinians have fled far there is no informagional conflict. Vio- ers, Ayman Nofal, their homes — rough- tion,” said Jameel Ablence flared Tuesday the group’s military ly half of Gaza’s popu- dullah, a Swedish citialong Israel’s border wing said — the most lation — and 60% are zen. with Lebanon, where Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants operate.

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Today’s Birthdays: College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka is 84. Author Terry McMillan is 72. International Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova is 67.

International Hall of Fame boxer Thomas Hearns is 65. Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis is 62.

Financial Focus

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To begin with, the rules governing these withdrawals — technically called required minimum distributions, or — have changed recently. For many years, individuals had to begin taking their RMDs (which are based on the account balance and the IRS’ life expectancy factor) when they turned 70½. The original SECURE Act of 2019 raised this age to 72, and SECURE 2.0, passed in 2022, raised it again, to 73. (If you turned 73 in 2023, and you were 72 in 2022 when the RMD limit was still 72, you should have taken your first RMD for 2022 by April 1 of this year. You will then need to take your 2023 RMD by Dec. 31. And going forward, you’ll also need to take your RMDs by the end of every year.)

Not all retirement accounts are subject to RMDs. They aren’t required for a Roth IRA, and, starting in 2024, won’t be required for a Roth 401(k) or 403(b) plan. But if your account does call for RMDs, you do need to take them, because if you don’t, you could face tax penalties.

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• Donate RMDs to charity. In what’s known as a qualified charitable distribution, you can move up to $100,000 of your RMDs directly from a traditional IRA to a qualified charity, avoiding the taxes that might otherwise result if you took the RMDs yourself. After 2023, the $100,000 limit will be indexed to inflation.

Of course, before you start either a Roth IRA conversion or a qualified charitable distribution, you will need to consult with your tax advisor, as both these moves have issues you must consider and may not be appropriate for your situation.

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Area news Charges requested against K-9 handler PARSONS — The handler of the Parsons Police Department’s K-9 unit may face criminal charges after the animal died in August.

An autopsy report indicated exposure to extreme heat was the sole cause of the death of Karim, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, the Parsons Sun reported.

Karim was found unresponsive in an outdoor kennel after working a 12-hour shift with officer Devon Wisdom on Aug. 21, the newspaper said. Temperatures that day were at or near 100.

After receiving the autopsy report last week, the Labette County Sheriff’s Office said it would request animal cruelty charges be filed against Wisdom, the K-9’s handler.

Wisdom has been on administrative leave during the investigation.

Wreck kills Missouri woman PARSONS — A Missouri woman died Saturday afternoon in a collision with a semi-tractor trailer east of Parsons on U.S. 400.

The accident happened when a 2015 Chevrolet Impala driv-

en by Nancy Davis, 78, Marshfield, Mo., was westbound and crossed the center line and struck an eastbound truck driven by Tracey J. Butler, 43, of Bartow, Fla. Davis was pronounced dead at the scene. Butler was injured and taken to Labette Health for suspected minor injuries, according to the KHP. Davis wore a seat belt.

Butler did not.

Gallery features Poe CHANUTE — The Chanute Art Gallery will put Edgar Allen Poe under the spotlight — or make that moonlight, later

this month.

The gallery has planned an outdoor event featuring Poe’s works as read by the Blue Comet Theatre League, the Chanute Tribune reported.

The Chanute Public Library will host the event in the Irene Neely Hudson Pocket Park behind the art gallery at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28.

A full moon will add to the atmosphere, the newspaper noted. Attendees should bring chairs and blankets.

In case of inclement weather, the event will be at the Memorial Auditorium at 101 S. Lincoln St.

Jordan falls short in speaker vote; more expected WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot Tuesday, as an unexpectedly numerous 20 holdouts denied the hardcharging ally of Donald Trump the GOP majority needed to seize the gavel.

More voting is expected as Jordan works to shore up support to replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy for the job but the House immediately went into recess as the firebrand leader of the GOP’s hard-right flank struggled to take a central seat of U.S. power.

After two weeks of angry Republican infighting since McCarthy was removed by hard-liners, the House vote quickly became a showdown for the gavel.

Reluctant Republicans refused to give Jordan their votes, viewing the Ohio congressman as too extreme for the powerful position of House speaker, second in line to the presidency.

In all, 212 Democrats voted unanimously for their House leader, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, while 200 Republicans voted for Jordan and 20 for someone else. Jeffries has no chance of winning, and Jordan must pick up most of his GOP foes to win a majority.

The holdouts are a mix of pragmatists, ranging from seasoned legislators and committee chairs worried about governing to newer lawmakers from districts where their voters back home prefer President Joe Biden to Trump.

But with public pressure bearing down on lawmakers from Trump’s allies including Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, it’s unclear how long the holdouts can last.

Jordan swiftly flipped dozens of detractors in a matter of days, shoring up Republicans who have few options left.

“Jim Jordan will be a great speaker,” the former president said outside the courthouse in Manhattan, where he is facing business fraud charges. “I think he’s going to have the votes soon, if not today, over the next day or two.”

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Jordan, the combative Judiciary Committee chairman and a founding member of the rightflank Freedom Caucus.

He is known more as a chaos agent than a skilled legislator, raising questions about how he would lead. Congress faces daunting challenges, risking a federal

shutdown if it fails to fund the government and fielding President Joe Biden’s requests for aid to help Ukraine and Israel in the wars abroad.

To seize the gavel, Jordan will need almost the full majority of his colleagues behind him in a House floor vote, as

Democrats are certain to back their own nominee, Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.

With the House Republican majority narrowly held at 221-212, Jordan can afford to lose only a few votes to reach the 217 majority threshold, if there are no further absences.

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Pros and cons (and costs) of buried power lines debated VACAVILLE, Calif.

(AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric — one of the nation’s largest utilities whose equipment has sparked some of California’s deadliest wildfires — wants to bury power lines in some of its most at-risk areas to prevent destructive blazes like the 2018 Paradise fire that killed 85 people.

But state regulators are balking at the utility’s plan because it would take too long and cost $5.9 billion.

The company’s customers — who already have some of the highest rates in the country — would have to pay for it.

Regulators want PG&E to put a protective cover over many of its overhead power lines instead of burying them. The cover approach is cheaper, but riskier. PG&E says burying a power line reduces the chance it will start a wildfire by 99% because it can’t be blown down by wind storms. The protective

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cover, which would better insulate the power line should it fall to the ground, would reduce that chance by 62%.

“We’re not going to live with 35% risk,” said PG&E CEO Patti Poppe, who was rounding down in her assessment. “Who wants to get on a plane that has a 35% chance of crashing?”

PG&E, which filed for

bankruptcy protection in 2019 after it faced more than $30 billion in damages for wildfires started by its equipment, is trying to convince regulators that its burying plan is better.

The company filed its plan with state regulators last year.

The California Public Utilities Commission, whose members are appointed by Gov. Gavin

Newsom, is scheduled to decide the issue next month. PG&E will make it’s case in person before the commission on Wednesday.

What PG&E wants to do is unprecedented in both scale and speed.

It’s plan to bury 2,000 miles of power lines is part of a broader goal of putting 10,000 miles underground over the next decade. The case is being closely watched, not just in California but throughout the country as more utilities weigh the risks versus the cost of burying power lines.

Most of the nation’s power lines are above ground because it’s cheaper to do it that way.

But more utilities have been burying power lines in response to bigger and more destructive natural disasters.

The issue can have repercussions beyond the price of electricity.

In the past year, seven of the top 12 insurance companies doing business in California have

either paused or restricted new business in the state, citing wildfire risk.

On a recent afternoon, Poppe — PG&E’s CEO since 2021 — visited a construction site between Sacramento and San Francisco where crews were burying a stretch of overhead power lines. Poppe was there to celebrate the company meeting its goal of burying at least 350 miles of power lines this year, a milestone she says is proof the company can meet its ambitious targets.

“One of the big criticisms about PG&E is we did not adapt to changing conditions. Everyone says we should have seen these wildfire conditions. Everyone says PG&E should have invested in the infrastructure,” Poppe told The Associated Press.

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We’ve now changed and we’re asking people to catch up with us.”

Critics scoff, noting that PG&E’s plan would

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Their plan, which includes projects in addition to burying power lines, would raise customer rates an average of nearly 18%, or $38.73 per month.

“I really find it hard to believe anything they say about their commitment to safety. They are going to make a lot of money burying these lines,” said Ken Cook, president of Environmental Working Group and a PG&E customer.

The Public Utilities Commission is considering two other plans that would include both burying power lines and using protective coverings. The plans reduce the number of power lines that PG&E could bury by at least half. One plan would raise rates by just over 12% and the other would raise rates by about 10%.

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Mustangs’ Crusinbery a team player

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

Kaysin Crusinbery’s athletic ability on the volleyball court propelled her to be voted last month’s female Athlete of the Month.

The Mustang has been instrumental to the team’s 20 wins on the season thus far.

A junior, Crusinbery notched her 1,000th career assist at the Burlington tournament on Sept. 23. For just this season, Crusinbery has accumulated 576 assists as the team’s main setter.

No other Mustang has compiled more than 100 assists.

Helping others score is reward enough, Crusinbery said.

“When I get a good pass, set it well and we get a good kill, it’s my favorite feeling,” she said. “I try to get the ball to whoever has been hitting the best. When everything falls into place, that’s good teamwork.”

Crusinbery has been playing volleyball since she was in sixth grade. She took on the role of setter in high school. She also plays for the Allen County Aces during the summer.

“I’ve played a lot of volleyball, including two months of summer volleyball and then two or three months of the high school season,” Crusinbery said. “I feel like I’ve gotten a lot more com-

Iola’s Kaysin Crusinbery goes for a hit at a home meet this season. REGISTER FILE PHOTO coach Holman helped me 20 assists in their win over ease into it,” said Crusin- Burlington.

“We also played well on bery. “I feel like the group we have now have worked Senior Night. That was a together a lot, even in club good way to send the sevolleyball over the summer. niors off. We’ve definitely We’ve created a good bond been building on our play and it’s shown on the court.” each game.”

Coach Holman’s goal for Crusinbery has played a team-high 74 sets this year this year’s team was to earn and averaged 7.8 assists per 20 wins after last year’s fortable with being a setter. set. team ended the season with I can’t see myself playing Two of her favorite mem- six. anywhere else.”

“Our season goal was ories from this season were Crusinbery credits coach Senior Night and the Burl- to finish over .500,” said Amanda Holman for her de- ington tournament.

Crusinbery. The Mustangs, velopment.

At Burlington, Crusin- 20-12, have crushed that.

“I was thrown into volley- bery recorded 24 assists in From here? ball my freshman year and the win over Wellsville and “Obviously, go to state.”

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Allen soccer teams had few answers to Neosho County Community College Monday afternoon.

It was the Red Devils’ second loss of the season to Neosho, falling 2-0 and 1-0. This time, No. 18 Allen’s women were shut out, 1-0, while the Red Devil men were able to get on the board in a 3-1 loss.

Allen went down by two goals less than 10 minutes into the game as Neosho came out of the gates at full

Allen’s Ayoup Bader corrals a pass against Neosho Monday. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT steam.

It took all of 25 seconds for Neosho to get on the board.

Dylan Roberts took a pass from Darwin Leiva on the right side of the net that he buried for the early 1-0 difference.

Seven minutes later, Neosho’s Roberts again found the back of the net for the 2-0

score.

Patrick Alouidor put Allen on the board on a putback goal off a penalty kick deflection.

Neosho’s Warren Sung scored off an assist from Leiva 12 minutes into the second half for the 3-1 Panther lead.

Alouidor led the way for Allen offensively with three

shots on goal and four shots total. Pedro De Silva went for two shots on goal and three shots total while Diego Coronado had one shot on goal and two shots total.

The Red Devils play Southeast Community College in Beatrice, Neb., for their final regular season match on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

Big 12 expects to play 20-game hoops season KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Big 12 is preparing to play a 20-game conference schedule in men’s basketball, and an 18-game women’s schedule, when the league loses Texas and Oklahoma

CHERRYVALE — The Humboldt JV football team scored in every quarter to take down Cherryvale on the road Monday, 36-22.

The Cubs (3-2) shut out Cherryvale in the first and third quarters. Mason Sterling rushed for three touchdowns and caught another one for the Cubs.

“These kids have worked hard all season,” Humboldt head coach Jeremy Weilert said.

Sterling got the scoring started in the first quarter when he passed for a five-yard touchdown to Gavin Gunderman. The effort for a two-point conversion failed.

In the second quarter, Cherrvyale connected on a 70-yard passing touchdown, followed by a successful two-point conversion.

Humboldt scored once more before halftime when Sterling pounded in for an eight-yard touchdown run, followed by a Layne Wagner two-point conversion run and the 14-8 lead.

After the half, Sterling rushed for a 39-yard touchdown followed by a Keith Gomez two-point conversion run for the 22-8 advantage. Sterling found the end zone again on a 10-yard run followed by a Gavin Gunderman two-point conversion run for the 28-8 lead.

Wagner went for a one-yard touchdown run but the two-point conversion failed, putting See CUBS | Page B2

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Allen has trouble stopping Neosho at home

Allen and Neosho remained tied until the second half when the Panthers struck for their lone goal on an Olivia Gibson shot from the corner for the 1-0 final score.

The Lady Devils had their chances at goal, creating 10 shots, led by Emma Hicklin’s three. Rebecca Lord, Katherine Hammond and Mollie Roberts each had two shots.

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but welcomes four additions from the Pac-12 beginning next season.

The arrival of Arizona, Arizona State and Utah along with former Big 12 member Colorado from the latest

round of conference realignment has created new challenges in scheduling. The league will stretch across all four time zones, which was one of Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark’s goals, but

that also means some long and time-consuming road trips.

“Scheduling and travel are a major priority for the conference,” Yormark said TuesSee HOOPS | Page B2

Iola unified bowling hosts duals

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

The Iola High unified bowling team hosted their third annual Unified Bowling SEK Dual at The Lanes at Light Hardware in Yates Center on Wednesday.

The Mustangs went head-to-head with Chanute High School’s unified team. It was a great day of competition and inclusion.

The teams competed in six games of Baker’s style bowling, meaning that instead of competing as individuals, they competed as a team takSee MUSTANGS | Page B2

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Kim Ng, MLB’s 1st female GM, is leaving Marlins MIAMI (AP) — Kim Ng is leaving the Miami Marlins after three seasons as general manager, Marlins chairman and principal owner Bruce Sherman announced Monday.

Ng, 54, became the majors’ highest-ranking woman in baseball operations and the first female GM in the four major North American professional sports leagues in a groundbreaking hire in November 2020.

The Marlins exercised their team option for her to return for the 2024 season, Sherman said in a statement, but Ng declined her mutual option.

“Last week, Bruce and I discussed his plan to reshape the Baseball Operations department.

In our discussions, it became apparent that we were not completely aligned on what that should look like,” Ng told the Athletic on Monday. “I felt it best to step away. I wish to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the Marlins family

and its fans for my time in South Florida. This year was a great step forward for the organization.”

When the Marlins first hired her, Ng said at the time that it was the product of years of determination and an honor.

“When I got into this business, it seemed unlikely a woman would lead a major league team,” she said then, “but I am dogged in the pursuit of my goals.

My goal is now to bring championship baseball to Miami.”

The Marlins were a dormant franchise before they made the postseason during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, which was Year 3 in the rebuilding effort of former CEO Derek Jeter, who brought in Ng. Miami reached the playoffs that year for the first time since 2003 and swept the Chicago Cubs in their Wild Card Series. Atlanta then swept the Marlins in the National League Division Series, but Mi-

Miami Marlins general manager Kim Ng is leaving after three seasons. MARK BROWN/GETTY IMAGES/TNS

ami showed flashes of promise and brought in Ng at the end of that season to help surge the club forward.

Ng won three World Series rings while spending 21 years in the front offices of the Chicago White Sox (199096), New York Yankees (1998-2001) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2002-11).

Before joining the Marlins, she was an MLB se-

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Humboldt ahead 34-8.

Cherryvale scored twice in the fourth quarter.

The Chargers had a one-yard touchdown run followed by a twopoint conversion, making it a 34-16 game.

They then connected on a 10-yard touchdown pass for the 34-22

final.

Sterling rushed for three touchdowns as well as gaining 205 ground yards. Wagner had one touchdown run and 18 yards on 12 carries.

Gavin Gunderman hauled in a touchdown catch and 81 receiving yards while Broc Ivy caught one pass for 30 yards.

On defense, Caleb Gunderman and Ivy each collected four tackles while Gavin Gunderman, Gomez, Carson Russell and Cole Anderson had three apiece. Harper Dye also had three tackles while Hudson Rees had three tackles and a fumble recovery.

The Cubs end their season at 3-2.

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day at the start of two days of basketball media days at T-Mobile Center, which for the first time will host both the men’s and women’s conference tournaments this season.

“For basketball, it’s looking like a 20-game schedule and 18 for women is in our future, and on the football front we’re working diligently as well,” said Yormark, whose league is losing Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC. “Our schedule is being guided by a few key parameters, including geography, competitive balance, historic matchups and rivalries.”

That could mean the continuation of the Territorial Cup between Arizona and Arizona State.

“We haven’t come up with any definitive decisions,” Yormark said, “but rivalries and historic matchups are critically important to us.

They’re part of our guiding principles. It’s most likely that will occur but nothing has been cemented yet.”

The men are expected to play two conference basketball games more than the women because of the preferences of Big 12 coaches and the fact that the women’s conference tournament will take place a week before the men’s championship.

Yormark reiterated the Big 12 is doubling down on basketball, particularly with the arrival of hoops heavyweight Arizona next

season. The league intends to begin playing games internationally beginning with the 2023-24 season, and the league is looking into alternative broadcasts and streaming options that could better bring the game to younger demographics.

When it comes to streaming, Yormark said “volume is key. Big 12 basketball and its depth provide that better than anyone.”

The Big 12 has finished atop KenPom’s conference ranking eight of the past 10 seasons, and Baylor and Kansas — the preseason No. 1 team this season — have given the league two of the past three national championships.

“I said before, I think basketball is undervalued, but it goes beyond monetizing it,” said Yormark, who has previously worked for the Pistons and Nets. “No sport connects better with culture than basketball. It is also a great catalyst for international growth, and it will continue to grow and play a huge role in the future of our industry.”

In fact, Yormark so values college basketball as a product that he considered its future in the latest of TV negotiations, which resulted in a deal with ESPN and Fox Sports worth about $2.3 billion that goes through at least the 2030-31 season.

“We gave ourselves some optionality when you think about our

record of achievement throughout her long career in the national pastime led to this outcome.”

Miami went 220-266 during Ng’s tenure, including an 84-78 record this past season.

She oversaw the rebuilding of the Marlins’ roster into one that wants to contend in the future. Last October, she hired former Cardinals bench coach Skip Schumaker, and he helped lead the Marlins to a postseason berth in his first year as manager.

Miami lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in the Wild Card Series earlier this month.

Ng’s departure comes after Jeter, baseball’s first Black CEO, stepped down as both CEO and shareholder last offseason after being with the team since 2017.

back-end rights, not only to renew our traditional format but to potentially break apart football from basketball,” he said. “Our job is to explore all options and further monetize what we do, and create value for our member institutions.”

Given its focus on college basketball, it is only natural to ask whether the Big 12 would renew conversations with West Coast Conference power Gonzaga and reigning national champion UConn, which is a member of the Big East.

Yormark said earlier this year that those talks had ended in part due to the latest round of realignment involving the Pac 12.

Yormark declined to take questions about future expansion, but did say that “no different from last year, if an opportunity presents itself to strengthen this conference, I’m going to explore it.”

“There’s nothing imminent,” he said, “but I do explore all options that come to me, and if it creates value for membership both short- and long-term, we’re going to explore it even more.”

Yormark also was quick to defend the Big 12 as the nation’s premier basketball conference after UConn coach Dan Hurley said on a recent podcast that the Big East was “the best conference in the country and it’s not particularly close.”

nior vice president for nine years.

“Kim’s appointment makes history in all of professional sports and sets a significant example for the millions of

women and girls who love baseball and softball,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said at the time of Ng’s hiring. “The hard work, leadership, and

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ing turns to complete a full 10-frame game.

At the end of the six games, the scores from each game were added up, and the top three teams were awarded with medals.

The Iola Gold team was made up of athletes Kaden Priddy and Vernon Klinzman and peer buddies Marlee Westhoff and Steph Fees. They went home with a bronze medal with a score of 492 points. Kaden and Vernon each had four spares and two strikes; Marlee had one spare and Steph had one strike.

On the Iola Blue team were Weston Helman, Guilis Pina, and Xavior Burrow and peer buddy Shaun McLaughlin. They amassed 427 points, good enough for 5th place. Weston had one spare, Guilis

Iola’s Westin Helman, Guilis Pina, and buddy Shaun McLaughlin wait to bowl. COURTESY PHOTO ended with one strike, Xavior had one spare and Shaun ended with three spares and two

strikes.

The Mustangs are back in Chanute for a rematch Wednesday.

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Phillies power past Diamondbacks in NLCS game one PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper celebrated his 31st birthday with a bang — a 420foot homer on the first pitch he saw in the NL Championship Series.

That merited a special tribute. As he rounded third base, the Philadelphia Phillies slugger concocted a celebration on the fly: Harper held up three fingers on his left hand and one on his right and pretended to blow them out like candles on a cake as he crossed the plate.

“Sometimes I just do stuff, and that felt right,” Harper said. “So I thought I would step on home plate and do that.”

Harper keeps rising to the moment in October, helping the Phillies take another step toward winning their

Philadelphia Phillies’ Bryce Harper watches his solo home run in the first inning of Game One of the National League Championship Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday. YONG KIM/THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TNS first World Series title since 2008.

The two-time NL MVP launched his 10th postseason homer with Philadelphia, Kyle Schwarber hit his first of this postseason and Nick Castellanos also went deep again to

power the Phillies past the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 in Game 1 of the NLCS on Monday night.

Harper also walked, scored twice and knocked in two runs to send the Phillies to their 10th straight

home playoff win against NL teams.

“This guy, he is looking for the moment, and he wants it,” Schwarber said. “He’s doing such an unbelievable job for us. Talking about when he is going up to the plate, you are

just thinking that he is going to do something special every single time. Can that be unfair to have an expectation on a player? Sure. But that’s what everyone is thinking when you’re in the dugout. Man, what’s this guy going to do next?”

The same could be said about Zack Wheeler after another stellar postseason outing.

Wheeler struck out eight in six innings to help the defending National League champions win their seventh Game 1 of the last two postseasons. Wheeler sawed two bats in half during the first two innings, leaving the Diamondbacks with more pieces of busted lumber than hits through five.

José Alvarado got four clutch outs on 15 pitches and Craig Kim-

brel worked a scoreless ninth for the save.

Arizona was stuck with its first loss of the playoffs after ripping off five straight wins against the Brewers and Dodgers.

The Diamondbacks were simply the latest team to unravel under the red storm of 45,396 towel-waving fans at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies never gave the crowd a reason to stop cheering — or Arizona a chance to catch its breath until it was too late.

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— had yet to go deep through six playoff games. How easy it was to forget that Schwarber didn’t hit any in the Wild Card Series or NLDS last season before he launched six in the NLCS and World Series.

So those Schwarbombs might just be getting started.

“That’s what he does at the start of the game,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “He can put the other team on their heels a little bit and get the lead. And we added on tonight.”

Four pitches later, Harper homered to right-center — the first time in 127 postseason games Philadelphia went deep twice in the first inning.

“I think they just ambushed him,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said.

When Castellanos lined his fifth homer of the playoffs in the second — all in the past three games — it gave the Phillies 32 home runs in 13 postseason games at Citizens Bank Park over the last two years.

The Kelce Bros approved. Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — minus celebrity friend Taylor Swift — and Eagles center Jason Kelce went wild. Travis pointed to his brother as Jason pounded a beer in their suite.

Gallen, a South Jersey native, had his name derisively drawn out to “Galll-ennnn” by Phillies fans each time the 17-game winner got into a jam. Too many times, for Arizona.

“That’s an aggressive lineup,” Gallen said.

“It’s no secret, they try to get the crowd into

it as early as possible and that plays into the aggression. Schwarber and Bryce were just looking for fastballs.

They got ‘em in locations they could handle.”

Trea Turner hit a one-double in the third, leaving first base open.

Gallen pitched to Harper instead of walking him and got burned by an RBI single for a 4-0 lead.

J.T. Realmuto added an RBI single in the fifth.

Those runs proved crucial for the Phillies.

Geraldo Perdomo hit a two-run homer off Wheeler in the sixth that made it 5-2.

Seranthony Domínguez opened the door in the seventh for the Diamondbacks when his throwing error on a comebacker led to an unearned run.

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At a Senate hearing Wednesday, NCAA President Charlie Baker shifted the focus of college sports’ need for federal legislation away from regulating how athletes can be compensated for their fame and toward the looming possibility of players being deemed employees of their schools.

Baker, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick were among the witnesses appearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee, the 10th hearing on college sports to be held on Capitol Hill since 2020.

Baker said in his

opening statement that college sports are “overdue for change.”

“But I am proud to say we are doing something about that,” he said.

Baker, the former governor of Massachusetts, touted recent reforms by the NCAA, including more longterm health insurance for athletes, degree completion funds for up to 10 years and scholarship protections.

He also told the committee the NCAA was moving forward with its own regulations for name, image and likness compensation deals for athletes.

Baker, his predecessor, Mark Emmert, and other college sports leaders have been lobbying Congress for

help with a federal law to regulate NIL compensation since before the NCAA lifted its ban on NIL payments to athletes in 2021.

Several bills have been introduced or made public, including a few bipartisan efforts in recent months, but nothing has gained traction.

Meanwhile, new legal threats to the collegiate model have emerged that threaten to force schools and conferences that compete in the highest levels of the NCAA into a professional-sports style revenue sharing of the billions in media rights revenue with football and basketball players whose sports drive those contracts.

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By NOAH TRISTER The Associated Press

When the NBA season begins next week, it’s pretty easy to anticipate who will take center stage. MVP candidates Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid. Giannis Antetokounmpo and his new Milwaukee teammate Damian Lillard. LeBron James,

trying to add to his legend as he approaches his 39th birthday. And of course, rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama.

A list of the league’s most intriguing players, however, extends well beyond that predictable group of stars.

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prised of more 1,100 schools, serving hundreds of thousands of athletes.

“To enable enhanced benefits while protecting programs from one-size fits all actions in the courts, we support codifying current regulatory guidance into law by granting student-athletes special status that would affirm they are not employees,” Baker said.

Baker said athlete representatives from all three NCAA divisions have stated they do not want to be employees of their schools.

Petitti, who became

Big Ten commissioner earlier this year after a long career as a television and Major League Baseball executive, said his schools are open to providing even more benefits directly to the athletes.

The Big Ten signed media rights deals last year that will pay the conference more than $7 billion over the next seven years.

In written testimony, Swarbrick said Congress could consider a “more radical approach” and codify a system in which athletes could negotiate with conferences over terms and conditions of athletic participation.

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Age: 30 Last Season: Averaged 23.2 ppg while shooting a career-best 50.6% from the field for Washington.

Outlook: Beal lasted one season on his massive new contract with the Wizards before being traded to a contender in the offseason.

After 11 seasons in Washington in which his scoring average twice made it into the 30s, Beal shouldn’t have to shoulder that kind of burden alongside Kevin Durant and Devin Booker in Phoenix, but he does have to show he can thrive on a team with championship hopes. And he has to be healthy when the Suns need him — he hasn’t played more than 60 games since 2018-19.

MIKAL BRIDGES, NETS

Age: 27 Last Season: Averaged 26.1 ppg in 27 games with Brooklyn after being traded from Phoenix to the Nets in the deal that sent Durant to the Suns.

Pascal Siakam (43) of the Toronto Raptors posts up Tobias Harris (12) of the Philadelphia 76ers during a game at Amalie Arena on Feb.21, 2021, in Tampa, Florida. MIKE EHRMANN/GETTY IMAGES/TNS Outlook: Brooklyn didn’t exactly collapse after the exits of Durant and Kyrie Irving, in part because of Bridges’ scoring ability. If the Nets exceed expectations for a full season with Bridges, it’ll be a breath of fresh air for the franchise after building around Durant and Irving didn’t work.

CADE CUNNINGHAM, PISTONS

Age: 22 Last Season: Averaged 19.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg and 6.0 apg in his sec-

ond NBA season, but he played only 12 games because of shin surgery.

Outlook: The No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 draft, Cunningham represents a centerpiece of Detroit’s rebuild — and his injury problems mean the Pistons still can’t be certain if he’ll become the superstar they’ve been waiting for. Detroit has also added top-15 picks like Jaden Ivey, Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson over the last two years, so if Cunningham is in fact a rising star at

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TYRESE MAXEY, 76ERS Age: 22 Last Season: Averaged 20.3 ppg, giving Philadelphia another significant scoring threat along with Embiid and James Harden.

Maxey also shot 40% from 3-point range in the playoffs.

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Athletic wear means high-dollar contracts for colleges LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Harper Murray puts on her Adidas volleyball shoes when she practices or plays in a match for Nebraska, one of the top teams in the country. It’s not necessarily the brand she would choose; it’s because the German company is her school’s official supplier and athletes, coaches and staff are required to wear its products.

Texas’s Reilly Heinrich and Virginia’s Ashley Le wear Nikes because their schools are under contract with the shoe giant. Heinrich actually wears basketball shoes bearing the familiar swoosh because she says they fit better than Nike’s volleyball shoes.

All three also are brand ambassadors for a new volleyball shoe brand, Avoli, which they promote on social media platforms as part of their name, image and likeness compensation deals with the startup based in Portland, Oregon, also the hometown of Nike.

The three can tout Avoli all they want, but it is highly unlikely they will ever wear the brand when they actually represent their schools in competition — a familiar and seemingly

The NCAA logo is seen on the basket stanchion before the game between the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles and the Florida Gators in the second round of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. MADDIE MEYER/GETTY IMAGES/TNS immovable hurdle for athletes in many college sports. While they now have the freedom to earn money from NIL endorsements, they remain beholden to terms of apparel contracts paying millions to their schools and nothing to them. Adidas, for example, will give Nebraska $4.85 million in cash and over $6 million in product this year, the seventh in an 11-year contract with a total value of $128 million.

Murray, the No. 1 high school recruit last year and already one of the top players for the nation’s second-ranked team, said she accepts

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has a lot to answer for after a second-round postseason exit against Boston. In the middle of all that drama, Maxey will try to build on the strides he’s already made in his three seasons with Philadelphia.

JRUE HOLIDAY, CELTICS

Age: 33 Last Season: Averaged 19.3 ppg — his highest output in four seasons — for a Milwaukee team that had the NBA’s best record but lost in the first round of the playoffs.

Outlook: First, Holiday was traded from the Bucks to Portland in the deal that brought Lillard to Milwaukee — a trade that may have made the Celtics’ path through the Eastern Conference a good deal harder.

Then Holiday was sent to Boston, where he’ll try to be the veteran the Celtics need to break through and win a championship.

Holiday also has to replace fan favorite Marcus Smart, who was traded out of Boston earlier in the offseason. No pressure.

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Age: 28 Last Season: Averaged 16.6 ppg while primarily a reserve for Dallas.

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she must wear Adidas as part of playing for the Cornhuskers.

“I think if I had the option to wear another shoe, I’d 100% pick Avoli,” she said. “Obviously, that’s not really an option.”

It should be, according to Ramogi Huma, the executive director of the advocacy group College Athletes Players Association. He said college athletes should be able to wear shoes of their choice.

Limiting athletes to the brand with which their school is affiliated creates two problems, he said. First, it prevents athletes from achieving

their full NIL earning potential because they can’t wear the shoes in competition, when they get the most attention. Second, an athlete’s performance could be compromised if the shoe she’s wearing doesn’t fit properly.

“It’s a health and safety issue,” Huma said. “If your foot is being squeezed, that’s a problem. Look at volleyball players. A lot of them are tall, and they may have wider feet than the average person. Everybody is made differently.”

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Missouri in 2021 considered but did not pass an amendment to its NIL state law that would have allowed athletes to wear shoes of their choice in mandatory team activities.

New Mexico passed a bill last year giving athletes freedom to choose their shoes but that language was removed during the 2023 session; state Sen. Antonio Maestas, one of the original bill’s co-sponsors, said he did not know how that happened.

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Will MLB players join Olympic baseball quest?

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LOS ANGELES — Now that baseball has been approved as one of several “new” sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, fans in Southern California might have a question or two.

Will Mookie Betts go for the gold? What about Shohei Ohtani?

And will the Summer Games commandeer Dodger Stadium for two weeks in the middle of the Major League Baseball season?

“We’ve had great conversations with MLB and the players union,” said Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA28 organizing committee.

“I have no doubt that both the league and its players are excited about the opportunity to compete.”

The International Olympic Committee voted to adopt LA28’s additional sports proposal during a session in Mumbai early Monday morning. The approved list also includes flag football, cricket, softball, lacrosse and squash.

As a perk for staging the Games, each host city is allowed to make several, one-time-only additions to the initial program of 28 sports such as gymnastics, basketball and track.

Only if the newcomers

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts reacts after striking out against the Arizona Diamondbacks during Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Dodgers Stadium Oct.7. LOS ANGELES TIMES/ROBERT GAUTHIER/TNS do especially well will they be considered for a permanent spot.

Baseball, which has drifted in and out of the Olympics several times in recent history, would benefit from

major-leaguers participating in 2028. Wasserman said: “We are excited to embark on game-changing collaborations” with professional leagues for all the new sports.

BUT GETTING pros into the Olympics is not so simple.

The NHL’s on-again, off-again relationship with the Winter Games has been marked by tense negotiations over interrupting the regular season and providing insurance against injury to million-dollar athletes.

For its part, MLB might not be eager to take a two-week hiatus in late July and early August. Commissioner Rob Manfred remained vague about Monday’s news, stating that it “is

an important development for the ongoing global growth of our sport.”

The addition of any new sport can be tricky business, a tug-of-war among various stakeholders with different needs and agendas.

The local organizing committee wants to add events that will sell tickets and merchandise to fans in their host city. IOC officials prefer sports that will help expand their fanbase in places such as Asia, Africa and South America.

LA28 organizers and the IOC negotiated for months before Monday’s vote. Though Wasserman said “it was our process to manage,” the inclusion of cricket — with 2.5 billion fans worldwide but not so many in the U.S. — seems like an example of the compromises that can result from such talks. It helped that Major League Cricket has stated its desire to build a venue in Irvine, which would save organizers money.

The international federations for each candidate sport represent yet another facet of the process. Mindful of the millions to be generated from an Olympic appearance, they mount very public campaigns for inclusion.

Flag football got a big nudge from the NFL, which went so far as promoting the sport in a television commercial during last season’s Super Bowl.

“The NFL is committed to working together to strengthen flag football’s place in the Olympic movement longterm,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement on Monday.

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EVEN IF MLB players don’t participate in 2028, there remain questions about where the competition will be held. Dodger Stadium would seem like a natural choice, at least for high-profile games, but that could force the Dodgers into an extended road trip.

LA28 declined to comment on potential baseball venues.

The IOC also delivered news for a couple of Olympic staples that were at risk of being dropped. Members voted to include weightlifting, beset by widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs, and modern pentathlon, which has attempted to boost its flagging popularity by swapping out the equestrian portion for an “American Ninja Warrior”-style obstacle course.

The news was not as positive for boxing, whose status remains on hold while officials wrestle with judging and leadership controversies.

Even at a time when the Olympics are fighting to stay relevant and attract a new generation of fans, the addition process for the 2028 Summer Games showed how valuable inclusion can be for sports outside the movement.

As World Lacrosse president Sue Redfern said: “There is no greater designation than to be recognized as an Olympic sport.”

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Coach injured in postgame kick COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Add South Carolina coach Shane Beamer to the team’s injured list, although he doesn’t expect to miss any time with a broken bone in his right foot.

Beamer acknowledged Tuesday that he “kicked something I shouldn’t have kicked” not too long after the Gamecocks blew a 10-point, fourth-quarter lead Saturday in a 41-39 loss to Florida.

“That was a gut-wrenching, emotional loss, and I was frustrated,” Beamer said in explanation.

He thought the pain would subside, but

when it didn’t, he got the foot checked out.

Beamer called athletic director Ray Tanner to brief him on the injury and “he died laughing when I told him.”

Beamer, in his third season, said the outburst did not stem from disappointment in the team’s 2-4 start, but rather because he cares about the program, its players and staff.

“I care about these kids and I was upset on Saturday night because I didn’t do enough to help them get over the hump and win the football game,” he said.

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WOODSON COUNTY LAND AUCTION! Located just west of Neosho Falls, KS, this is a premium river-bottom hunting and cropland tract consisting of 99 +/- acres.

With a 1/2 mile of Neosho River frontage, hardwood timber and high-quality tillable, this is a rare offering.

Location: 200th Rd & Ursine

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PUBLIC NOTICE

USD #258 is currently taking bids for the following materials to be installed in their building’s trade house.

Online Land Auction to begin on November 8th, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. CST. with a dynamic closing starting at 2:00 p.m. on November 13th, 2023.

Exterior siding, exterior and interior doors, windows, and drywall. we are also taking bids for the installation of an HVAC system, plumbing the entire house as well as wiring in the electrical panel.

For more information, please visit our website or call Cameron Roth at 785-917-0867.

All interested parties can reach out to Scott Murrow at (620) 473-0302 to have any questions answered.

All bids must be submitted by October 26.

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ANDERSON COUNTY LAND AUCTION! Vaughn-Roth Land Brokers is honored to present this Anderson County property located northwest of Iola, KS on behalf of the Sara Colt Trust via online auction.

Totaling 113+/- acres, this is an efficient tract of cropland with utilities nearby and a great location not far from Highways 58 and 169.

Auction Details: Online auction to begin 11/13/2023 at 12:00 p.m. with a dynamic closing starting at 4:00 p.m. on 11/16/2023.

Location: Florida Rd. and Rd. 200 For more information, please visit our website or call Cameron at 785-917-0867.

SELLER: Sara Colt Trust

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Mayo Clinic: ‘Tis the season for cluster headaches

By DEEDEE STIPIAN Mayo Clinic News Network/TNS

Cluster headaches aren’t that common, but they are extremely painful. And they often occur during the fall season.

A cluster headache is a rare headache disorder that differs from a typical migraine or headache. Less than 1% of the population have cluster headaches, but for those people, it’s an intense experience because the headaches come on fast and hit hard.

Imagine being woken up abruptly by excruciating head pain that reaches peak intensity in seconds.

“Then (there is) 15 to

20 minutes of this pain, which is so severe that patients often cannot sit still. They have to get up, pace around, maybe push on the head or bang things against the head. And then, again, it shuts off like a light switch,” explains Dr. Carrie Robertson, a Mayo Clinic neurologist.

What Dr. Robertson is describing is a cluster headache attack.

Many times, cluster headache will occur without a trigger. However, a cluster headache tends to be seasonal.

There’s no cure for cluster headaches, but treatments are available to decrease the severity of pain, shorten the headache period and prevent the attacks.

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The Iola Register

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

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Neighbor’s child is always (always!) over Carolyn Hax is away.

The following first appeared Aug. 2 and Sept.

20, 2009.

Dear Carolyn: A neighbor’s child, 12, spends tremendous amounts of time at my house with my child, including for snacks and meals. There is no reciprocation. They are well-off, so this is not the issue. The parents are otherwise extremely nice, but seem to be into themselves, leaving the child to fend for himself. When the mother gives lip service to thanking me, I would like to convey just how much he is here and how much he is “treated” to.

I realize I am not obligated to host/entertain/ feed this child. I have had a tough time setting limits because he calls to come over every day, and I know that otherwise he will play video games all day. I suspect the mother just thinks her child is running around playing all

Carolyn Hax Tell Me About It

day, when in fact he is being taken care of by us (and one other family that is similarly annoyed). I did begin to tell the child to bring money when we went places that cost something, and he does, but of course it is still free babysitting, transportation, meals, etc.

My main annoyance is that the parents choose to be so oblivious. I wonder if it is fair to my other kids that we are “supporting” this child so much. What do you make of this situation?

— Pennsylvania Pennsylvania: I can see why you’re worried about fairness to your children; you’re spending significant time and money on a neighbor, and whatever time and

money you spend on him is no longer available for your own children. In black-and-white terms, your kids come up short.

But raising kids isn’t a black-and-white business. I could easily argue that for the relatively bargain price of, let’s say, one dedicated hour of your time and one meal and snack a day, you are teaching your children such invaluable lessons as generosity, compassion, inclusion and forgiveness. Lessons that can’t be taught with mere “lip service.”

You believe your welcoming this child is all that stands between him and neglect; given the way families work and kids perceive their world, there’s an excellent chance your kids see what you’re doing and why. Even if they miss the subtlety, they do witness inclusion.

Closing the door on the boy, therefore, could beam them the opposite message: Hey, kid, get your own lifeboat; this one’s full.

Are ‘pharmacy deserts’ on the way?

By TOM MURPHY Associated Press

Rite Aid’s plan to close more stores as part of its bankruptcy process could hurt access to medicine and care, particularly in some majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods and in rural areas, experts say.

The drugstore chain said late Sunday that its voluntary Chapter 11 process will allow it to speed up its plan to close underperforming stores. The company runs more than 2,000 stores, mostly on the East and West coasts.

It said it doesn’t know yet which ones will close, but The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the

company has proposed closing 400 to 500 of them.

When drugstore chains shutter stores, they often target locations in lower-income, Black and Latinx neighborhoods with people covered through government-funded insurance programs like Medicaid, said Dima Qato, a University of Southern California associate professor who studies pharmacy access.

“They tend to close in these neighborhoods regardless of whether or not there is another pharmacy nearby,” Qato said.

Rite Aid also has a lot of stores in smaller, rural markets that don’t get as much business as locations in big cit-

ies, noted Jeff Jonas, a portfolio manager for Gabelli Funds who follows drugstores. He expects the company to close several hundred stores over the next couple years.

Closings can create so-called “pharmacy deserts,” or neighborhoods without easy access to a drugstore. That can be poor neighborhoods where residents are less likely to own cars and a drugstore is more than half a mile away. It also refers to rural areas where drugstores may be miles away.

Aside from filling prescriptions, many of these stores also have become growing sources for annual vaccines and health care in recent years.

I realize this approaches a fine line marking a slippery slope into a minefield of nasty clichés: If this boy ever becomes such an attention-suck that you’re neglecting your kids’ basic needs, then that would certainly negate any compassionate teachings.

Your primary responsibility is to your own children, obviously, should you ever be forced to choose.

But as long as there’s enough time and money — enough of you — to go around, then please try to see your larger-than-expected family as a privilege, not a burden. His parents aren’t getting off easy; they’re paying dearly in lost time with their son.

Keep that in mind for their next thank-you session (which could well be sincere, by the way). Don’t call them out on the time and money, since they may respond by keeping him home on his couch.

Instead, try: “We’re no substitute for his family, but it’s a privilege to have him along.” Warmer delivery, deeper truth.

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Ukraine uses US-provided long-range missiles for the first time

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has quietly delivered a small number of longrange ballistic missiles that Ukraine said it urgently needed and that President Joe Biden promised last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Tuesday, saying they were used on the battlefield against Russia and “executed very accurately.”

“Today I express special gratitude to the United States,” Zelenskyy said in his evening address, adding that the missiles “have proven themselves.”

The U.S. has refused to discuss the delivery publicly, but officials familiar with the move also confirmed it earlier in the day. Fewer than a dozen of the missiles got into Ukraine within the last few days, said officials. Their arrival at the warfront gives Ukraine a critical ability to strike Russian targets that are farther away, allowing Ukrainian forces to stay safely out of range. The officials were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter before an official announcement and spoke Tuesday on the condition of anonymity.

The delivery of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, was shrouded in secrecy, with the expectation that the first public acknowledgment would come when the missiles were used on the battlefield.

Family members react near the memorial of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the country’s war against Russia on Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP PHOTO/ALEX BABENKO)

That intense secrecy is a marked change from previous U.S. weapons sent by the Biden administration. In nearly all other cases, the U.S. has publicly announced its decision prior to the weapons and equipment being shipped overseas.

Because of lingering U.S. concerns about escalating tensions with Russia, the ATACMS version that went to Ukraine will have a shorter range than the maximum distance the missiles can have.

While some versions of the missiles can go as far as about 180 miles, the ones sent to Ukraine have a shorter range and carry cluster munitions, which, when fired, open in the air, releasing hundreds of bomblets rather than a single warhead.

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces claimed that a nighttime attack on targets in eastern and southern Ukraine destroyed nine Russian helicopters and other

military equipment and personnel at two airfields in Russia-occupied regions.

The ATACMS would be key in Ukraine’s ability to hit the airfield in Berdyansk since it is within striking distance of the shorter-range version of the missile, and the cluster munitions would be effective in hitting multiple targets.

The closest Ukrainian troop positions on the western bank of the Dnieper River are just about 100 miles from Berdyansk.

Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian leaders had been pressing the U.S. to provide the missiles, which have a longer range than any others provided by the U.S. But the Biden administration balked for months, worried that Kyiv could use the weapons to hit deep into Russian territory, enraging Moscow and escalating the conflict.

Biden finally greenlighted the delivery last month and told Zel-

enskyy during a meeting at the White House that the U.S. would finally give Ukraine the ATACMS, according to officials at the time. The

U.S., however, for weeks refused to provide any details on timing or how many missiles would be delivered, although officials suggested that the plan was to send a small number.

Ukrainian forces want to use the missiles to help fuel their counteroffensive as it heads into the muddy and colder winter months, enabling troops to strike behind Russian lines while staying out of firing range.

The small number of missiles underscores the U.S. reluctance to send the powerful weapons. Sending the cluster munition version will mark the second time the Democratic administration has

moved to send that type of weapon.

In July, the U.S. agreed to send thousands of cluster bombs to Ukraine. When used, the bomblets are dispersed over a large area and are intended to wreak destruction on multiple targets at once. The weapons are banned by many NATO allies because they have a track record for causing many civilian casualties.

Unexploded rounds, which often litter battlefields and populated civilian areas, can cause unintended deaths. ____ Associated Press writers Hanna Arhirova and Illia Novikov in Kyiv contributed to this report.

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