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Iola takes closer look at utility funds

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola City Council members will likely be asked in the near future to consider rate hikes for the city’s electric and water cus- Sid Fleming tomers.

That was the theme Tuesday as City Administrator Sid Fleming gave City Council members an in-depth look at Iola’s 2018 spending plans.

Fleming is molding the city’s 2018 budget, using feedback from a pair of workshops this week.

Tuesday’s presentation was not considered a Council meeting because only three Council members, Don Becker, Aaron Franklin and Michael Middleton, attended.

So while they did not have a quorum for a meeting, it still offered Fleming an opportunity to touch on a few budget items.

A similar budget session is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Thursday at the New Community Building at Riverside Park.

Iola’s gas and wastewater funds are in healthy shape, Fleming noted, with enough in reserve to fund maintenance projects for both in 2018 and 2019, and with proper planning, even further down the road, Fleming said.

However, the water fund continues to struggle, due to lackluster sales, courtesy of relatively mild summers the past two years, and an annual $600,000 loan payment

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Fair preps hit high gear

LaHarpe eyes tax increase

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

MORAN — Early attempts at success occasionally go awry.

The Heim sisters — Allison, 15, Mallory, 12, and Sophia, 9 — each have learned such lessons in their preparations for the Allen County Fair.

Allison, for example, once saw her rocket malfunction in mid-flight, and come crashing down from a height of nearly 1,700 feet — through her roof.

Mallory’s wasn’t quite as destructive, but she’s had to rework paintings at the last minute to suit her tastes.

As for young Sophia, well, the chicken she entered in the 2016 poultry contest often reacted viciously when being handled for judging.

“Belle didn’t like me much,” Sophia said of fowl-tempered chicken.

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By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

LAHARPE — LaHarpe residents are learning the hard way once again that a dollar just doesn’t go as far as it used to.

For the second consecutive year, local residents are faced with a property tax increase to make up for the city’s losses in assessed valuation.

City Council members, in a special meeting on Tuesday, approved for publication the city’s 2018 spending plan, which is supported in part by an ad valorem tax levy of See LAHARPE | Page A3

Allison Heim, above, shows off her rocketry entry “Eggscalibur,” for the upcoming Allen County Fair. Below, Sophia Heim, left, and Mallory Heim show off their poultry entries.

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Humboldt street work on tap

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Resurfacing of Ninth and Bridge streets in Humboldt will begin on Aug. 7, Allen County commissioners learned Tuesday morning.

Bettis Asphalt and Construction, Ottawa, anticipates the project will take about a week and a half, Mitch Garner, director of Public Works, said.

The surfaces will be milled before a new layer of asphalt is applied. Center lines will be marked, but parking stalls will be painted on Humboldt’s nickel.

Ninth Street, which for-

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Limelight finds Moran

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran is nobody’s idea of a rabblerouser. A Republican stalwart with a low-key style and reputation for caution, his decision to publicly torpedo the latest Senate GOP plan to overhaul health care raised eyebrows.

The contrast is sharp between Moran and Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee, the other senator who scuttled the Republican plan Monday night. Lee is a tea party favorite once willing to shut down the federal government to stymie former President Barack Obama’s

Tempting trinkets A group of young entrepreneurs has set up shop this week in the 300 block of South Washington Avenue, selling homemade bracelets and keychains. From left, Bryce Franklin, 10, Morgan Pebley, 11, Haily Wilson, 12, and Emily Pebley, 9, said they planned to donate any proceeds to either ACARF or other organizations. The youngsters opened the stand Monday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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health care policies.

After Moran and Lee announced their opposition, Senate Majority Leader Jerry Moran Mitch McConnell abandoned the bill and called for the Senate to repeal Obama’s signature law without a replacement.

Moran said he would be fine with repealing before replacing. But he said the replace part should “start fresh” with a more open process. He’s also wanted to protect rural hospitals, and See MORAN | Page A6

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U.S. slaps new sanctions on Iran

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By TRACY WILKINSON AND BRIAN BENNETT Tribune News Service

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WASHINGTON — A day after certifying that Iran is obeying international restrictions on its nuclear program, the Trump administration went in the opposite direction Tuesday and slapped new sanctions on Tehran for unrelated alleged transgressions.

The Treasury Department blacklisted 18 people and entities for supporting Iran’s military and Islamic Revolutionary Guard, which it said harassed U.S. naval vessels and tried to build ballistic missiles and steal U.S. computer software.

The sanctions mean it is illegal for U.S. citizens or companies to do business with those on the list, and any assets they have in the U.S. can be seized. It’s unclear whether the 18 have such assets or businesses.

The back-to-back actions reflect the policy crosscurrents for President Donald Trump in trying to reconcile his campaign promises with the realities of foreign policy governance.

As a candidate, he vowed to “rip up” the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, which was brokered by the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany.

The accord required Tehran to destroy or ship out most of its nuclear fuel and infrastructure and to submit to intensive monitoring to ensure it doesn’t cheat.

In exchange, the international community agreed to ease sanctions that had crippled Iran’s economy, allowing it to again export oil and rejoin the global financial

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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has repeatedly said Iran is complying with the accord. The U.S. Energy Department has offered similar assurances.

But the White House has struggled to find a way between abandoning the deal — which could allow Iran to resume nuclear development and ultimately get a bomb — and holding Tehran accountable for its development of ballistic missiles and support for militant groups in Lebanon and Yemen.

Even if Iran is complying with the nuclear accord, Tehran is violating the spirit of the deal, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Tuesday.

“Iran’s other malign activities are serving to undercut whatever ‘positive contributions’ to regional and international peace and security were intended to emerge” from the nuclear agreement, Nauert said.

The nuclear accord deliberately does not address Iran’s ballistic missile program, its support for militant groups or its human rights abuses, and the country remains under sanc-

tions for those issues.

During the negotiations, diplomats concluded it would be impossible to rein in Iran’s nuclear threat if other disputes were mixed in.

By law, the administration must report to Congress every 90 days whether it certifies that Iran remains in compliance with the nuclear deal, and the Trump administration did so Monday before a midnight deadline.

It came with lastminute drama as Trump balked at approving certification, despite the advice of his principal national security team, according to a person close to the White House who spoke on condition of anonymity in describing the internal debate.

After talking points for certifying Iran’s compliance already had been distributed early Monday, Trump told his top advisers he was having second thoughts and wanted other options.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in the Oval Office about 1:30 p.m. for a previously scheduled meeting with Trump. The discussion quickly turned to the Iran deal.

Tillerson argued repeatedly that major allies were deeply in-

vested in the deal and needed more notice before the U.S. could argue that Iran wasn’t in compliance.

Trump was upset at the notion that allies’ interests should be taken into account, and he insisted repeatedly that the accord was a “bad deal” for the United States, the person familiar with the meeting said.

Trump’s national security advisor, H.R. McMaster, and other senior advisers also made the case for leaving the deal intact.

But Stephen K. Bannon, Trump’s strategic advisor, who keeps a list of Trump’s campaign pledges on a white board in his White House office, said the president should follow through with his promise to tear up the deal.

After nearly an hour, Trump agreed to support certification, but he demanded a plan for getting tougher on Iran. Advisers were still tweaking the announcement as the midnight deadline approached.

Besides Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the new sanctions target the military’s support of so-called fast attack boats, small vessels that Iran has used near U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.

Most of those sanctioned Tuesday are Iranian, but one company is based in Turkey and one person is a Chinese national.

The penalties “send a strong signal that the United States cannot and will not tolerate Iran’s provocative and destabilizing behavior,” Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said.

The State Department reissued calls for the release of U.S. citizens arrested in Iran.

Roger Duane Ranes, 83, Moran, died Thursday, July 13, 2017, at the Franklin House in Fort Scott. Roger was born Aug. 23, 1933, in Coffeyville, the son of Homer L. Ranes and Alma C. Cushman Ranes. He graduated from Le Roy High School. He married Ruth Meats.

She preceded him in death on Oct. 11, 2011. He served in the Roger Ranes United States Navy on the U.S.S. Hancock. While in the Navy, he was stationed in many foreign countries. He loved to hunt and fish, especially catfish. In 1957 he and a friend drove to Alaska in a 1939 Plymouth. He was an avid gardener and loved to coach Little League Baseball.

Survivors include his two sons, David Ranes and wife Verna and Scott Ranes and wife Randi, all of Mapleton; five grandchildren, Chad Ranes, Dereck Ranes, Tyler Ranes, Ethan Ranes and Beckett Ranes; three great-grandchildren, Jaxon Ranes, Talia Ranes and Tryke Ranes; and a brother, Jerry Ranes and wife Betty, Le Roy. In addition to his wife Ruth, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Denise Ranes, and his parents.

Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct graveside services at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Altamont Cemetery in Aliceville. Memorials are suggested to the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility of LaHarpe and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt. com.

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Financial Focus Financial Moves for “Empty Nesters”

Woman arrested for stealing car with child inside KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a woman suspected of stealing a car from a Kansas City, Kansas, gas station as a 3-yearold girl slept in the back seat has surrendered.

The Wyandotte County prosecutor’s office said 29-year-old Karri Reich

turned herself in Tuesday. She and an alleged accomplice, 28-year-old Tyler Letzig, are charged with kidnapping, aggravated child endangerment and theft.

KSHB-TV station crew aboard a helicopter spotted the abandoned vehicle in nearby

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Reich’s attorney, Josh Allen said in a written statement that his client “very much looks forward to addressing this situation and concluding the same in the near future.”

Drug dealer reports theft FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Calling 911 to report a stolen bag of cocaine probably wasn’t the best idea for a self-described Florida drug dealer.

But Okaloosa Sheriff ’s officials wrote on Facebook that 32-yearold David Blackmon did just that on Sunday morning.

The post says Blackmon called 911 to report a robbery in Fort Walton Beach. Blackmon told the responding deputy

that someone entered his car and took $50 and about a quarter ounce of cocaine from the center console.

The report says the deputy spotted some cocaine and a crack rock on the console and a crack pipe on the floorboard by the driver’s side door.

Blackmon is charged with possession of cocaine and resisting arrest without violence. He was released from jail on Tuesday.

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When your children leave home and you become an “empty nester,” you’ll probably make several adjustments in your lifestyle. But how will your empty nest status affect your financial situation?

Everyone’s story is different, involving a range of variables. But here are a few issues to consider: • Insurance – If your kids are through school, your mortgage is nearly paid off and your spouse has accumulated a reasonable amount of money in an employer-sponsored retirement plan, you may not need life insurance to replace income or pay off debts. However, you might start thinking about other goals, such as ensuring your savings will last your lifetime or leaving a legacy to your loved ones or a charity. Life insurance may be able to help in these areas.

• Downsizing – Deciding whether to downsize your living space isn’t just a financial decision – it’s also a highly personal one. Still, downsizing can offer you some potential economic benefits. For one thing, if you still are paying off your mortgage, a move to a smaller place could free up some of your monthly cash flow, which, again, you could use to boost your retirement accounts. Furthermore, if your home has greatly appreciated in value, you might make a sizable profit by selling. (If you are single, you may be able to exclude $250,000 of the gain on the sale of your home; married couples may have a $500,000 exemption. Some restrictions exist on this exemption, though, so you’ll need to consult with your tax advisor before selling.)

• Estate plans –Years ago, you might have made various arrangements in a will or a living trust that dealt with taking care of your children if something should happen to you and your spouse. For example, you might have established a trust and directed it to make payments to your children at certain times and for certain purposes, such as education. But once your children are grown and have left your home, you may need to review and update your estate plans.

Keep in mind, though, that “empty nester” status is not always permanent. You’ve no doubt heard about “boomerang”kids who return home after college and stay until they can afford a place of their own.

If your children become “boomerangers,”even for a short while, will it greatly affect your financial situation? Probably not. However, if your children are going to drive your car, you may want to be sure that they are listed on your car insurance. Also, if they are going to bring guests to your home, you might want to consider an “umbrella”insurance policy, which typically provides you with significantly greater liability protection than your regular homeowners policy. (In fact, it may be a good idea to purchase an umbrella policy even if you don’t have grown kids at home, as this coverage offers you wide-ranging protection from potentially devastating lawsuits that could arise from injuries on your property or through an auto accident in which you are involved.)

You may have mixed feelings about becoming an empty nester, but, like most people, you will adjust.

And by making the right financial moves, you can get off to a good start on this new phase of your life.

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Pastor Dorothy Welch spoke on “Will You Produce a Great Harvest.”

Monday through July 28-Anderson County Fair; July 26-Fire Department meeting, fire station, 7 p.m.; City Council meeting, City Hall Community Room, 7 p.m.

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Tournaments have ended with six of Colony’s nine teams winning trophies. Four teams took second place in their respective tournaments; two others finished in third.

service at 10:45; men’s Bible study at 7 a.m.

Tuesday; prayer meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church

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Friday-Veggie burger or chicken patty, northern bean salad, pickled beets, bun and cantaloupe; Monday-sloppy joe, cole slaw, sliced tomato, bun, apricots; July 26-live music, Vision cards accepted, beef lasagna, Italian veggies, wheat bread, berry mix.

Phone 620-852-3457 for reservations.

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Scripture presented at Sunday’s service was Revelation 17:1-18. Pastor Andrew Zoll spoke about “Ugly and the Beast.” Cross training classes are at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday; worship

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Cowboy Church

The High Point praise band was back home in Colony Sunday morning after being guest worship leaders Friday in Toronto Cowboy Church prior to a specially scheduled revival meeting.

Pastor Jon Petty spoke on being dependent on Jesus for more than salvation.

Northcott Church

All Sundays: Bible study, 9:28 a.m.; worship 10:28 a.m., call Leon LaGalle, 620-228-2644.

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Scripture presented at Sunday’s United Methodist Church was Genesis 25:19-34, Romans 8:1-11 and Matthew 13:1-9 and 18-23.

If anyone or business is wanting to donate a basket for the basket auction or decorate a cookie jar for the cookie jar contest, please contact Denise King at dkking@ckt. net or phone 620-8523017 or Cathy Allen at 785-448-3625.

The baskets will be on display at Jeanie’s Colony Foods starting in mid-August. This year people will be able to submit their basket bids ahead of time. The bidding for the baskets will start at that price the day of the auction.

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Brandt Miller, who formerly coached boys high school basketball at Southern Coffey County, has been hired as the new Crest High School football coach.

Miller replaces Crest Superintendent of Schools Chuck Mahon, who remains as superintendent but is relinquishing his coaching duties.

Several other routine items were handled at the July 10 Crest USD 479 Board of Education meeting, the first of the 2017-18 school year.

Superintendent of Schools Chuck Mahon and Principal Travis Hermreck are sponsoring the summer weights program.

Enrollment is Aug. 16-18; pre-kindergarten screening is Aug. 10.

Countertops in the FACS room will be installed in August, while the gymnasium floor will be waxed in early August.

Hermreck reported some equipment and uniforms have been donated for the baseball and softball programs.

Tadd Goodell was elected board president, Bryan Miller vice president.

Leon Ramsey was hired as transportation director and Cindy Beckmon as pre-kindergarten bus driver.

Board members also accepted the resignation of Kristen Golden as an assistant

GOP panel presses ahead on budget WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are pressing ahead with a budget plan designed to help the party to deliver on a GOP-only effort to overhaul the tax code.

The plan before the House Budget Committee today also features promises to cut more than $5 trillion from the budget over the coming decade, though Republicans only appear serious about actually enacting a relatively modest $203 billion deficit cut over the same period The importance of the effort has been magnified by the cratering in the Senate of the Trump-backed effort to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law, leaving a rewrite of the tax code as the best chance for

Trump to score a major legislative win this year.

The budget plan unveiled Tuesday is crucial because its passage would pave the way to pass a tax overhaul this fall without the fear of a filibuster by Senate Democrats.

But it also proposes trillions of dollars in cuts to the social safety net and other domestic programs and puts congressional Republicans at odds with Trump over cutting Medicare.

It also would sharply boost military spending.

“In past years, the budget has only been a vision. But now, with the Republican Congress and a Republican White House, this budget is a plan for action,” said Budget Committee

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Chair Diane Black, RTenn. “Now is our moment to achieve real results.”

Unclear, however, is whether GOP leaders can get the budget measure through the House.

Conservatives want a larger package of spending cuts to accompany this fall’s tax overhaul bill, while moderates are concerned cuts to programs such as food stamps could go too far.

“I just think that if you’re dealing with too many mandatory cuts while you’re dealing with tax reform you make tax reform that much harder to enact,” said Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa. Black announced a committee vote for today, but was less confident of a vote by the en-

tire House next week; a delay seems likely because of the ongoing quarrel between the GOP’s factions.

Top Budget Committee Democrat John Yarmuth of Kentucky told reporters the GOP “utilizes a lot of gimmicks and vagueness to reach some semblance of theoretical balance and also hides a lot of the draconian cuts” that would be inflicted.

The budget resolution is nonbinding. It would allow Republicans controlling Congress to pass follow-up legislation through the Senate without the threat of a filibuster

by Democrats. GOP leaders and the White House plan to use that measure to rewrite the tax code.

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Story hour

Thirteen children were in attendance at the July 11 Story Hour.

Debbie Wools read three books, “Mr. Tuggle’s Troubles,” “A Balloon for Isabel” and “Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea.” They enjoyed making piggy banks out of small water bottles.

Charlene Tinsley provided grapes and cheese for snack time.

There are only two sessions of Story Hour left this summer, next Tuesday and Aug. 1.

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support to the family of Weldon Goodell, his wife, Wilma, and children Bill, Marie, Carolyn, Dean and families was so much appreciated. The Goodells are long-time Colony residents. Weldon will be missed.

Sympathy is expressed to Charlotte Swift and Dale Swift at the death of her husband and Dale’s dad, Robert Swift, 87.

He died July 10 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City. Funeral services were Saturday at the Colony Community Church, followed by burial at Colony Cemetery.

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merly carried U.S. 169 through Humboldt, is a county road, as is Bridge, by virtue of them being considered connecting links in and out of Humboldt. Bridge Street is the only access to west of Humboldt, by way of the Marsh Arch bridge over the Neosho River.

Garner also discussed the pile of debris and brush wedged against the upstream side of the bridge, and noted its removal is not within the purview of the Corps of Engineers.

The county owns the bridge and the Neosho River is not a navigable stream.

Cole Herder, Humboldt administrator, said his fear was the buildup would choke the channel on the west side the bridge and eventually lead to unmanageable erosion of the west bank.

Garner said a conversation with Bill King, retired Public Works director, was not supportive of removing the debris. “He said it’s not hurting anything and will just build up again” with the next siege of high water.

A similar mess was removed several years ago, and, true to King’s word, another replaced it.

Nevertheless, commissioners asked Garner to “get prices” from companies or individuals who could clear the area around the bridge.

Garner said Kurt Whitaker, whose company hauls raw materials from several quarries to Monarch Cement’s

plant, suggested a rock pier be built on the west side of the river to support heavy equipment.

Once the project was completed, Whitaker reportedly said that rock could be the foundation for riprap along the west bank.

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commissioners: — Gave Kenneth Wright, 505 Park, 60 days to clean up his property. County Counselor Alan Weber sent Wright a notice, pointing out neighbors, as well as the county were distressed by a number of apparently inoperable vehicles and large volumes “of trash” that had accumulated on Wright’s property, just outside Iola’s city limit.

Wright said he had made some inroads and would do more. Weber will monitor his efforts.

— Were told by Joe Hess, president of Iola Senior Citizens, Inc., Iolan Larry Walden had been too aggressive in his efforts to help at the group’s sales station, 223 N. State.

Hess said Walden had been instructed, by written notice, to report to him at 10 a.m. on any Wednesday “... at which time I will discuss any proposals you may have, and will give you written authorization to complete any agreed upon projects.”

The senior citizens sell clothing, household items and other things donated at bargain-basement prices and then distribute proceeds to Hope Unlimited, local schools and several other nonprofits.

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65.579 mills.

The projected tax levy is more than 6 mills higher than what locals spent this year.

However, the city’s general fund spending should be virtually identical to what was spent this year, $83,646 to $83,645.

The difference, Council members noted, is that each mill would generate $1,298 in revenue in 2018, compared to $1,410 this year. A similar outcome came about last year when the Council approved this year’s budget. Then, the tax levy was increased about 5 mills, despite

the general fund budget remaining flat.

The higher levy means the owner of a $75,000 home will pay $565 in property taxes to support LaHarpe in 2018, if the spending plan is approved, about $54 more than the owner spent on property taxes this year. The figure does not include taxes to support USD 257, Allen County or Allen Community College.

Council members scheduled a 7 p.m. Aug. 9 budget hearing to allow the public the opportunity to ask questions about the 2018 budget before it is approved and sent to the county.

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failure; rather it’s an early attempt at success.

It’s a lesson the Heims have taken to heart.

Each is entering a plethora of projects for the 2017 Fair, which kicks off next week.

Allison, entering her sophomore year at Marmaton Valley High School, is once again entering a rocket, as well as a food gift basket and plant science project from her garden.

Mallory, entering seventh grade at Marmaton Valley Junior High, is entering food, poultry and visual arts and crafts.

Sophia, gearing up for fourth grade at Marmaton Valley Elementary, will submit poultry, sewing, food basket and rocketry entries.

Each of the Prairie Rose 4-H members spoke briefly about their efforts to gear up for Fair Week.

ALLISON, in her seventh year as a 4-H’er, is entering plant science for the first time.

She hopes to enter lavender she grows in her backyard, as well as some traditional garden item, such as peppers, “and maybe onions,” she said.

The gardening projects were inspired by Allison’s recent work with the Marmaton Valley FFA chapter.

“We’re making a community garden in Moran, and I thought it’d be neat to show stuff from my garden,” she said.

Her affinity for rocketry came from when she first began submitting fair entries seven years ago.

“I thought the rockets always looked pretty

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for construction of the city’s water plant in 2004 and 2005.

The electric fund, which is used to supplement the general fund each year in order to keep the city’s property tax levies in check, is also well short of what is preferable.

Most cities keep enough in reserve to pay for 90 days of expenses, which in Iola’s case, would be in excess of $3 million. As of this year, the city has about half of that.

The picture looked even gloomier, with one worksheet projecting a $2.7 million deficit in the electric fund by 2019, although that was on account of a mistake in input costs.

City Clerk Roxanne Hutton noted Fleming inadvertently overestimated the cost of providing electricity to run the power plant by nearly $2.6 million over 2018 and 2019.

But even then, Fleming said the Council still may be required to look at a rate hike.

Fleming said he would continue to work with the budget plans for the utility funds to give the Council a clearer picture before they schedule a budget hearing, likely in early August.

Thursday’s discussion will focus on the general fund, and associated tax levy.

The public is invited.

Mallory, left, and Sophia Heim will enter poultry and rocketry projects, respectively, at the Allen County Fair next week.

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cool,” she said, “but I knew nothing about them.”

She pored through books about model rockets and assembled her first one a short while later.

“I had a lot of fun with it.”

Her efforts paid off handsomely in 2016, when she earned a grand champion ribbon at the fair.

As part of the rocketmaking process, 4-H’ers must document their steps in assembling their projectiles, including the launch — even the failures, such as the crash landing.

“I had to do quite a few repairs, superglue some stuff and go again,” she said.

This year’s rocket is almost certainly going to be among the most unique.

Dubbed “Eggs-calibur,” the rocket is outfitted with a small capsule to hold an egg.

Will the egg survive a launch?

“I guess we’ll soon find out,” she said with a laugh.

Allison’s food basket effort also is near and dear to her heart.

All of the basket items — food items, small articles of clothing and hygiene products — will be donated afterward to Hope Unlimited.

“I like to do things like that to show what it’s about through the gift basket,” she said.

“I’m still experimenting with how it looks.”

The fair is always a highlight of her summer, Allison said.

“I like the teamwork involved with 4-H,” she said. “I like the competition, and how you get to see so many cool ideas, and all the different perspectives people bring.”

MALLORY, TOO, enjoys the camaraderie involved with working on her fair projects.

For example, she’ll rely on her mother’s expertise when preparing her food entry, a chocolate chip cookie dessert she tasted while on a family vacation to Kentucky.

“My mom makes really good chocolate chip cookies, so I’ll ask her about recipes,” she said.

Her art work, meanwhile, varies from still-life pictures — she painted a picture of her

rooster, Cocoa, one year — to the more abstract.

“I think I’m going with abstract this year,” she said. “I’ll do some freestyle painting, whenever Mom says I have to work on it.”

And while Mallory has earned high marks for her previous art projects, she is selfeffacing when asked to rate her artistic talent.

“It’s debatable,” she said modestly.

Mallory also will enter two poultry exhibits, the aforementioned Cocoa, and a hen named Pine. She hopes to reclaim her early glory in that category.

She had the grand champion poultry entry her first year at the fair.

“I’ve gotten a lot of blues since then,” she added.

It’s in the livestock barn that she often feels most comfortable when Fair Week rolls around.

“I like being able to show my animals,” she said. “I like being to able to see what I get.”

This year is Mallory’s sixth as a 4-H’er. will also submit a gift basket for the fair, then donate it SOPHIA

afterward, but she won’t reveal its recipient yet.

“It’s going to be a surprise,” she said.

The color orange is integral to her entry, with orange pictures, soaps, a towel, candle and sponges. She’ll prepare brownies, peanut butter cookies and homemade Cheezit crackers.

“My sister made the homemade Cheezits one year,” Sophia said. “I want to do something like that, but I’m going to add more cheddar, a lot more cheddar.”

She also follows Allison’s footsteps in entering a rocket this year, although of a much shorter size.

Sophia is realistic about her chances of supplanting her older sibling in rocketry.

“Not good,” she said with a laugh. “I think she’ll win, but it’s still fun.”

Sophia plans to sew together a pillow for the fair as well.

“I’ve practiced on other projects,” she noted.

One of the chickens she is entering this year is named, appropriately enough, Confidence.

Confidence, so far, is amenable to being handled, unlike her poultry exhibit last year.

“I’m still a little nervous about it,” she said.

“I’m sure she’ll get mad when I’m flipping her over. I’ll probably put up a warning sign so I don’t get into trouble.”

This year will be So-

phia’s fourth with Prairie Rose.

THE HEIM sisters have a unique connection to the fair.

They and their parents, Bret and Angie Heim, now live on a farm about 2 miles north of Moran along U.S. 59. The farmhouse was owned decades ago by the late Jim and Dorothy Strong.

Dorothy Strong was a frequent 4-H leader, and often hosted meetings and training sessions in their home.

“A couple of people told us about the connection,” Angie Heim said. “We thought it was pretty neat.”

THE FAIR begins Tuesday with a 4-H Style Revue at Iola High School. The scene shifts to Riverside Park from there, with judging beginning July 27 and running through July 31. The fair concludes Aug. 5 with a mud run at Wide Open Speed Park.

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Thanks, Sen. Moran Kansan bucks party line to derail passage of healthcare bill Of the thousands of tweets Sen. Jerry Moran received upon announcing he would vote no against the Senate’s healthcare bill, our favorite was “To quote my math teacher: ‘I don’t know how you did it, but you used the wrong formula and got the correct answer.’”

Moran made the right decision to say he is against the BCRA, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, although his logic to do so is not a little disconcerting.

In his statement Moran said: “… if we leave the federal government in control of everyday healthcare decisions, it is more likely that our healthcare system will devolve into a singlepayer system, which would require a massive federal spending increase.”

Medicare is our country’s best example of how a public insurance system works — and to our knowledge there’s been no public outcry to abolish it.

Lift the age restriction of 65 and people wouldn’t have to decide whether to pay their rent or buy their prescriptions, get that needed surgery or put food on the table. For many Americans these are either/or decisions. Healthcare expenses remain the No. 1 reason Americans file for bankruptcy.

Despite our wealth, Americans pay far more for medical care than those in other rich Western nations but have little to show for it.

Why? Because healthcare costs — determined by the private market — are too expensive for middleand low-income Americans. Healthcare is the poster child for what makes us a country of haves and have-nots.

Of the world’s 32 industrialized democracies, we are the only one that does not provide for the healthcare of all its citizens.

SO WHAT happened to the 2010 Affordable Care Act? Well, had it been fully implemented — as well as been allowed to be tweaked — it would have covered almost everyone at reduced costs. Instead, partisan politics prevented putting the American people first and the plan was weakened.

States that refused to expand Medicaid allowed many citizens to fall through the cracks. In Kansas, for example, an

estimated 170,000 eligible residents have been denied health insurance while hospitals and nursing homes have had to accept lower reimbursements.

Even so, an estimated 20 million more Americans now have health insurance because of Obamacare, bringing the rate of the uninsured down from 15 percent to 9 percent.

MAKING healthcare affordable and universal is not mutually exclusive, but requires a stiff backbone to stand up to the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries. During the 2009 debate to construct the ACA, the health insurance industry spent more than $100 million in lobbying efforts to keep private insurers, as opposed to the government, as the key cog in American health care.

Currently, President Donald Trump is urging legislators to repeal the ACA with no replacement plan. Leaving the healthcare industry in limbo is not the answer.

Unfortunately, on Tuesday afternoon Sen. Moran jumped aboard that bandwagon.

Instead, vigorous and open debate is needed on the myriad ways the existing healthcare plan can be improved, including ideas such as: • Lowering prescription drug costs. Just as with Medicare, the government should step in and negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

• Lowering insurance premiums, again, by putting the federal government at the bargaining table.

• Allowing Medicare, or some similar federal plan, as an option for not only individuals of any age, but also to companies.

• Raising taxes on the wealthy.

• Expanding benefits to low-income individuals and families so that health care more than exists, but is affordable.

Sen. Moran is saying we must “start fresh with an open legislative process to develop innovative solutions that provide greater personal choice, protection for pre-existing conditions, increased access and lower overall costs for Kansans.”

In other words, doing what they should have been doing all along.

— Susan Lynn

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YATES CENTER — State, regional and local officials will gather here July 27 to honor the only courthouse square that is on the National Register of Historic Places. The city received the honor May 20. Terry Marmet, architect with the Kansas State Historical Society, will be guest speaker. Comprised of 41 buildings, two structures and one site, the Yates Center Courthouse Square Historic District reflects the major social and economic trends of a southeast Kansas county seat and is a unique example of late 19th and early 20th century public and commercial architecture and well-preserved Victorian

pressed metal facades. The red brick Woodson County courthouse was designed by George P. Washburn, a prominent Kansas architect, and built in 1899. ***** “We’re handling larger and larger amounts of money to get a smaller and smaller piece of the pie,” said Tom Maxwell, Allen County agricultural extension agent, as he described the problems farmers face along with rising costs and falling profits.

The story of the local farm economy written by Register intern Rhonda Lindquist observed that the average Allen County farmer managed $443,919 worth of capital last year but only cleared a net farm income of $11,6000.

Repeal-only abdication of responsibility “Let Obamacare fail,” Pres- stabilize insurance markets. ident Trump tweeted Tuesday If Mr. Schumer is serious, morning. Has there ever been he should appoint a panel of a more cynical abdication of Democrats who are willing presidential responsibility? to cooperate to serve as his Mr. Trump is apparently in- side’s negotiators. Those on different to the pain that sab- the more reasonable end of otaging the individual health the Senate GOP caucus have insurance market would begun sounding the right cause millions of Americans. notes, too. Sen. Susan Collins Congress must therefore act (Maine) called over the weekresponsibly. end for engaging with DemoBarring some totally un- crats. From his recovery bed, foreseen developments in Sen. John McCain (Ariz.)

Congress, Mr. Trump’s breezy insisted Monday that “the promise to repeal and replace Congress must now return to the Affordable Care Act has regular order, hold hearings, evaporated — and Senate receive input from members Majority Leader Mitch Mc- of both parties, and heed the Connell (R-Ky.) recommendapreviously actions of our knowledged the The Senate is learn- nation’s goverGOP’s responnors.” The Sensibility if such ing, again, that it is ate is learning, a circumstance hard to govern this again, that it is came to pass: country from any- hard to govern “If my side is where but the center. this country unable to agree from anywhere on an adequate but the center. replacement, If enough then some kind people in each of action with of the two parregard to the private health ties accept that Obamacare insurance market must oc- is here to stay and that it recur,” he said earlier this quires fixes, the next agreemonth. In other words, his ments would come fairly Republican majority finally easily. The House and Senate would have to reach out to Republican health-care bills Democrats to help shape and contained a variety of provipass a bill to repair, not re- sions that would have shored place, Obamacare. up existing individual health Several moderate Demo- insurance markets. Those crats have recently expressed can be copied and pasted into openness to reforming Obam- a new bipartisan bill. acare in concert with RepubDemocrats and Republilicans, and Minority Leader cans should be able to support Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) on reinsurance programs, which Tuesday morning endorsed provide a financial backstop bipartisan cooperation to to insurers against custom-

ers with very high medical costs, thereby lowering premiums. They should fully fund a program that helps low-income people pay outof-pocket health-care costs, as Trump-administrationinduced uncertainty around this program has roiled insurance markets. In return, Democrats would have to give Republicans something, such as expanding state options to experiment with health-care policy and possibly some loosening of Obamacare regulations.

BOTH SIDES might unite around a plan that automatically enrolled everyone into at least a basic health-care policy, with a provision allowing people to opt out. The individual mandate that all Americans carry health coverage also needs to be strengthened to draw more people into the insurance system. Those concerned about the mandate’s infringement on individual liberty might be more comfortable if government tax benefits were withheld from, rather than fines applied to, people who declined to maintain coverage.

Moving beyond the partisan goal of replacing Obamacare in fact would unlock a much wider range of options, because lawmakers would no longer be bound by strict parliamentary “reconciliation” rules. Only one option should be taken off the table: the president’s irresponsible call to wreck the system.

— The Washington Post

High school not enough for future careers It’s disconcerting that new State Department of Education data show that not enough Kansas high school students go on to college or career training programs to fill the state’s future employment needs.

Deputy Education Commissioner Brad Neuenswander told the Kansas State Board of Education that by 2020 71 percent of the jobs in Kansas will require some level of postsecondary education or training.

Yet, only about 44 percent of students from Kansas high school classes of 2011 through 2015 had achieved a degree or certificate or were enrolled in a postsecondary program two years after graduation. The numbers were compiled by the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit that tracks student data. It should be noted that students who enter the military are not counted as being enrolled in postsecondary programs.

For the Lawrence school district, 49 percent of students had completed or were

enrolled in postsecondary cial and emotional well-being. programs two years after high Developing a new accredischool graduation, slightly tation system that works to better than the state as a align education outcomes whole but well below the num- with long-term employment bers needed. needs is a smart move. After The State Department of all, the availability of skilled Education recently began labor is the most critical factracking the tor in economic number of studevelopment. dents who go It is troubling Not enough Kansas to know that on to college or career train- high school students more than half ing programs go on to college or ca- of Kansas stuas part of dereer training programs dents are not veloping a new pursuing any process for ac- to fill the state’s future education or job crediting school employment needs. training beyond districts.

Curhigh school two rently the state years after graddoes not accredit uation. That’s districts, but ofa problem that ficials said the new system is needs to be addressed quickly. intended to bring about great- And accountability should not er accountability. only fall on the state’s public The new accreditation sys- schools but also on the legislatem is intended to go beyond tors who decide school fundstandardized test scores. In ing and on the schools charged addition to postsecondary ed- with providing postsecondary ucation rates, the system also training and education. is expected to factor in kinderKansas can do better. It garten readiness rates, gradu- must do better. ation rates and students’ so— Lawrence Journal-World

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Moran: Says he will support ACA repeal as spotlight grows Continued from A1

his staff has been in regular contact with the Kansas Hospital Association, which has been critical of GOP proposals so far.

Moran acknowledged in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press from Washington that he felt “a little coolness in the air� from fellow Republicans after he opposed the plan, although he expects that to be temporary. Photos from the Capitol showed him jumping the tracks of the Senate subway to avoid a large crowd of reporters. Looking for attention is “not my nature,� Moran said. “I’m just not interested at all, particularly, in the national media attention that comes with this position,� Moran said, adding that he doesn’t do mass media and reporters well.

Moran’s home state hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1932; he won his 2016 race by 30 percentage points and wouldn’t be on the ballot again for five more years anyway.

An aw-shucks demeanor Moran has brought to hundreds of far-flung town hall meetings over the years will likely insulate him

from any serious challenge, from the left or right. He’s also built up political capital by returning to Kansas each weekend. “This is showing that he is willing to step out when he thinks it has a significant effect on his constituents,� said state GOP Chairman Kelly Arnold.

Moran’s stance also is garnering praise from the hospital association, which projects GOP proposals will cost the state federal funds.

More than 30 community hospitals are considered financially vulnerable, many in rural areas of the state. The hospital association noted Tuesday that the senator has visited all 127 community hospitals in the state. “He’s always had an ear to listen to the concerns of our members,� said Cindy Samuelson, the association’s spokeswoman.

Moran, 63, grew up in rural northwest Kansas, became a lawyer and after a stint in the state Senate, captured the seat for the sprawling and safely GOP 1st Congressional District in 1996.

Other politicians sometimes tagged him as indecisive. During a speech to a 2002 state

GOP gathering, Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts joked that Moran, who didn’t attend, had received an invitation but, “he couldn’t decide.�

Moran appeared last year to buck McConnell by calling in two western Kansas town hall meetings for a hearing on Obama’s last but never-considered U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. Conservatives complained loudly, and Moran later said he’d studied the nominee’s record and no longer saw the need for a hearing.

In 2010, in a tough GOP primary in his first U.S. Senate race, one short-term ex-campaign manager claimed Moran was unsure of his beliefs and “winced� at being called a conservative. Moran’s staff said the ex-campaign manager was disgruntled after being forced out.

Moran has long been

better health care plan but added, “I think that there’s no way that we’re going to have a perfect health care bill.�

Moran also is breaking with Roberts, who helped draft the Senate GOP proposals and is backing them. Roberts has said Kansas would do well under the GOP proposals and called Tuesday for all senators to “engage� on the legislation.

Moran said he has a responsibility to pursue “what is best� for his state. “I’ll try to do that in a way that is effective, that leaves me fully capable of having conversations with the president and people at the White House, as well as my congressional colleagues,� Moran said, adding that despite any coolness from Republicans toward him now, “I don’t have a sense that there’s a problem.�

Trump: ‘Better’ plan coming WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump this morning stepped up the pressure on reluctant Republicans to erase much of Barack Obama’s health care law, tweeting, “They MUST keep their promise to America� and vowing the measure would improve at his White House lunch with senators.

In a last-ditch effort to revive the bill, Trump invited all 52 Republicans to the White House, a day a critic of the Affordable Care Act, arguing that it did nothing to rein in rising health care costs while making health plans for individuals and small businesses more expensive.

As a congressman, he filed one of the first bills to repeal it.

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Trump tweeted ahead of the session, “The Republicans never discuss how good their healthcare bill is, & it will get even better at lunchtime. The Dems scream death as OCare dies!� and “I will be having lunch at the White House today with Republican Senators concerning healthcare.

They MUST keep their promise to America!� have been successful running against Obama and his health care law, and President Donald Trump carried the state easily in last year’s election.

Roger Marshall, the current 1st District congressman and a Moran ally, said he trusts Moran is working for a

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College Football: Big 12 Media Days

K-State’s Snyder back for another preview and ‘doing fine’

By SCHUYLER DIXON The Associated Press

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Bill Snyder’s age wasn’t the first thing that occurred to Kansas State linebacker Trent Tanking when he got word that his coach

needed treatment for throat cancer.

Tanking was mostly concerned with when the 77-yearold Snyder would be back.

“I think regardless of young or how old he is now, it’s just, you worry for him,” Tanking said Tuesday during Big 12 media days. “You hope he does everything in his

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power to get back to you. He told us that. And he showed that he was coming back and that he was getting healthier, slowly getting his energy back.”

Snyder returned to preview his 26th season with the Wildcats, one with lofty expectations coming off a nine-win season that included a Texas

Bowl win, and with most of the offense’s production returning.

He much preferred to talk about those sorts of things in the biggest media scrum since his diagnosis was announced in January.

“Well, I’m doing fine,” Snyder said. “I mean, the recovery is ongoing, quite obvious-

ly, but I’m doing fine, getting around fine. Don’t have any issues right now other than trying to prepare for the season. That’s always an ongoing issue. That’s 365 a year. Appreciate you asking.”

As expected, Snyder was a popular choice for commentary on the surprise deparSee SNYDER| Page B4

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New Big 12 coaches walking into tall tasks

By BLAIR KERKHOFF The Kansas City Star

FRISCO, Texas — Not much pressure on the three new coaches in the Big 12.

Two have to preserve the conference and one has to rebrand his university.

Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley and Texas’ Tom Herman look to have the same impact on their schools that Bob Stoops and Mack Brown did starting about two decades ago when they raised the conference to its greatest heights.

Baylor’s Matt Rhule becomes the front man for a school that is beginning to rebuild its reputation after a sexual-assault scandal.

Welcome fellas!

In their first wide audience appearances, at Big 12 Media Days, the coaches seemed to understand their tasks.

Rhule was the most impressive, and he had to be.

In recruiting, speaking engagements and media ops, he must field questions and provide answers to the hideous story that never seems to end.

The latest: In May a volleyball player said she was raped by four football players in 2012, and the victim’s lawsuit said gang rapes “were considered a ‘bonding’ experience for team members.”

Also, former Title IX coordinator Patty Crawford, who oversaw sexual assault investigations at Baylor during 2014-16, recently told “60 Minutes Sports” that “hundreds” of women came forward with accusations of rape, stalking or assault.

Rhule, who led Temple to a pair of 10-victory seasons before taking over in See COACHES | Page B4

Iola starting pitcher Isaac Vink slides into home to score the winning run in their game versus WhitewaterRemington Tuesday evening at Monarch Employee Field in Humboldt. REGISTER/TIMOTHY EVERSON

NOTHING TO IT Indians breeze through first round of zone tournament

By TIMOTHY EVERSON The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — The Post 15 Indians came into the American Legion Zone Two tournament with the expressed purpose of proving without a doubt that, despite their three seed, they were the best team in the tournament.

They got off to a good start Tuesday night as they flew past the Whitewater-Remington Broncos, run-ruling them in five innings 10-8.

Iola went into the bottom of the fifth up by seven looking to get one

more run to end the game. Starting pitcher Isaac Vink doubled up the gap in center field to lead outfielder Daylon Splane to single to right field on the first pitch, bringing Vink home and ending the game.

Vink led all batters in hits with three and going scoreless on the mound before giving up two runs in the third inning.

“I wanted to come out strong in that first inning and hold them down and then get some runs on the See ZONE | Page B6

Wrestling: Sunflower State Games

Local youth compete in Sunflower State Games

By TIMOTHY EVERSON The Iola Register

Wrestlers across the state filled the Kansas Expo Center in Topeka last weekend to compete in the Sunflower State Games.

Area athletes TJ Taylor and Trenton Jones competed.

Both boys wrestled in the 13-15 year

old division with Taylor competing in the 78-84 pound weight class and Jones in the 134-148 pound weight class.

Taylor finished second in the takedown and folkstyle tournaments while Jones won gold in the takedown and folkstyle tournaments.

Both wrestlers will be 8th-graders at Iola Middle School and will compete on the Pony Wrestling Team.

Trenton Jones wrestles in the Sunflower State Games on Saturday at the Kansas Expo Center in Topeka. Jones will wrestle for the Ponies as an 8th grader. See more wrestling on B6. PHOTO COURTESY OF JANA TAYLOR

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Major League Baseball: Tigers 9, Royals 3

Tigers trade away JD Martinez, still pound Royals

Kansas City Royals right fielder Whit Merrifield couldn’t hold on to an RBI triple by the Detroit Tigers’ Nicholas Castellanos in the second inning at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday. John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/TNS

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Detroit Tigers got along just fine without J.D. Martinez in their lineup.

For one night, at least.

After trading their star outfielder to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Tigers pounded out 16 hits in a 9-3 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. Nicholas Castellanos homered twice and drove in five, Victor Martinez had a pair of RBIs and just about everyone else did something constructive.

“I don’t know that you can replace J.D.,” said Tigers manager Brad Ausmus, whose club won its fourth straight.

“We’ll do our best. Tonight was a good night

for us.”

The Tigers were presumed to be in sell-mode after a rough first half, and that assumption became fact when general manager Al Avila traded Martinez for a trio of infield prospects.

It took one of the Tigers’ most consistent bats out of the lineup and could signal more trades are in the works.

Nobody in the Detroit clubhouse is worried about the future, though.

“Everybody in here is a professional. You have to do what you have to do,” said Castellanos, who also tripled to finish a double shy of the cycle. “We’re playing with a chip on our shoulder now.”

The Tigers’ big offensive night gave fill-in starter Matt Boyd (3-5) plenty of support.

Boyd allowed three runs and seven hits over six innings, striking out three and walking one. It was his first big league win since April 16, a skid that included four losses and four nodecisions.

He outperformed Travis Wood (1-3), who allowed six runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Most of the damage against Wood came in the second, when the Tigers strung together four straight hits to begin the inning. Victor Martinez’s two-run double started the scoring, and by the time Castellanos added a two-run triple, the Tigers had turned a 3-0 deficit into a 5-3 advantage.

Castellanos added his 13th homer of the season with one out in the fifth inning.

“They just put a rally together, some balls hit hard, some balls found holes and I wasn’t able to stop the bleeding,” Wood said. “That can’t happen especially after the team goes out and battles and put up three.

We need a shutdown inning right there.”

Boyd had trouble of his own in the first, when he coughed up three runs on four singles and a hit batter. But the left-hander settled down to retire Kansas City in order in the second, then dodged what little trouble he faced before turning the game over to his bullpen.

It was the seventh loss in eight games for the Royals, going back to a three-game skid entering the All-Star break, and a particularly disheartening one given their three-run first in-

ning.

“We’ve definitely got to get our pitching reeled back in here a little bit,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “A good start by our starting pitcher and some clutch hits will help you gain momentum and get your momentum going back in a positive fashion. That’s what we need to do.”

STATS AND STREAKS Castellanos had his second career multihomer game. He has four homers in four days. ... The Tigers improved to 6-2 against Kansas City this season.

They were 7-12 against the Royals last season. ... Wood is winless in his last seven starts, going 0-2 with a 7.90 ERA. ...

OF Whit Merrifield had a double in the ninth for

his eighth straight home game with an extra-base hit, matching the Royals record held by Mike Macfarlane, Hal McRae and Amos Otis. ... Royals 2B Ramon Torres singled to snap a 0-for-15 skid.

JMART SAYS FAREWELL Martinez said he wasn’t surprised he was traded, considering he is due to hit free agency after the season. But that still made it difficult to leave a club that gave him a chance when things went downhill in Houston. “It doesn’t hit you until they tell you,” Martinez said. “It’s definitely tough. I love this organization. I love the fans. I love everything in Detroit. That’s home for me.”

TIGERS’ TRADE RETURN INF Dawel Lugo was the top prospect in the Tigers’ trade, and GM Al Avila said he will likely begin next season at Triple-A. The Tigers also got INF Sergio Alcantara and INF Jose King as they restocked their farm system with position players. “What we got now, we’re very happy with,” Avila said.

ROSTER MOVES The Tigers recalled OF Jim Adduci from Triple-A Toledo to take Martinez’s roster spot.

They also optioned LHP Blaine Hardy to the Mud Hens to create room for Boyd on the roster.

UP NEXT Tigers RHP Justin Verlander (5-7, 4.66 ERA) tries to snap a threegame skid as the fourgame series continues Wednesday night. The Royals will send RHP Jason Hammel (4-8, 5.02) to the mound.

Major League Baseball: American League Trades

Yankees get Frazier, Robertson, Kahnle from White Sox

By DAVE CAMPBELL The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The New York Yankees made an early push for playoff run Tuesday night, acquiring infielder Todd Frazier and relievers David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle from the Chicago White Sox for reliever Tyler Clippard and three pros-

pects.

The Yankees currently hold the second AL wild-card spot. They’re close to the AL Eastleading Boston Red Sox. “It should tell them, ‘Hey, we’re in this,’ and we need to continue to play and play hard and play better than we’ve done,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said after

a 6-3 victory in Minnesota. “But it should be a pick-me-up in there in a sense, like, ‘Hey, there’s a lot of people who believe in this club.’”

As the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline nears, the last-place White Sox made their second big trade in a week. Last Thursday, they sent ace Jose Quin-

tana to the crosstown Cubs for four minor leaguers.

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“Over the last few weeks we spent a considerable amount of time surveying the market for each of these players individually and decided the more prudent path to acquiring more talent similar to what we have over the last several months, the best path to acquiring the most potential impact talent, was to bundle these players together,” White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said.

Frazier was a twotime All-Star with Cincinnati, but he’s in a down year. He could play first base, a position the Yankees have struggled to stabilize all season, or remain at third base and move Chase Headley from one corner to the other.

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Frazier is hitting .207 with 16 home runs and 44 RBIs. Last year, he set career highs with 40 homers and 98 RBIs. He is eligible for free agency after this season.

“It has been fun in Chicago, but I’m also excited to see what’s in store for me in New York,” Frazier said. “It’s pretty cool. It is kind of surreal right now because it all happened at once. You hear the rumors. It could have been a different team here and there. It’s the Yankees, so I’m pretty excited.”

With the Yankees playing the Twins on Wednesday afternoon, it was uncertain whether the new arrivals would make it in time for the game. What’s certain, though, is that Clippard won’t be wearing pinstripes anymore.

Drafted by the Yankees in 2003 and reacquired in a deadline trade last summer with Arizona, Clippard was 1-5 with a 4.95 ERA in 40 games. The 32-year-old right-hander hit a rough patch in mid-June that lasted into the All-Star break.

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Coaches: New ones tasked with elevating the Big 12 Continued from B1

Waco, met the issues head-on.

“That which we don’t acknowledge we’re doomed to repeat,” Rhule said. “I want to move forward always acknowledging the past.”

And, “we’re truly committed to getting the wrongs of the past corrected into a bright, new future.”

Sounds wonderful.

That Baylor could ever have sunk to such a shocking and appalling culture, that leadership in coaching and administration could have been so callous, is a nightmare scenario.

Those previously in charge have been swept out and new leaders _ Rhule, athletic director Mack Rhoads and new president Linda Livingstone _ are in place and entrusted with repairing the school’s standing.

That’s a major job, one different than Riley, who is charged with maintaining glory, and Herman who is being asked to restore it.

The Sooners and Longhorns ruled the Big 12 in the first decade of the millennium when Stoops and Brown battled in the Cotton Bowl for the division and annually for recruits. One or the other played for the national championship six times in the decade, with each winning a title.

Neither has come that close since 2009 _ no Big 12 school has. And while Oklahoma has remained at or near the top of the Big 12, Texas has fallen on hard times, with four losing seasons in the last six.

The program started slipping in Brown’s final years, and successor Charlie Strong couldn’t stop the slide. Herman

cited turnover, in coaching and administration, but it’s more than that.

Recruiting fell, especially after the league realigned and SEC schools started entering Texas in a bigger way, and the Longhorns could never seem to find a quarterback.

“Our job is to make sure what happened doesn’t happen (again),” said Herman, who went 22-4 in two seasons at Houston.

Riley, elevated from offensive coordinator, moved into the big office when Stoops stunningly announced his retirement last month. The Sooners don’t have Texas’ recent sagging history, but their appearance in the College Football Playoff for 2015 ended with a one-sided semifinal loss to Clemson, and they took themselves out of national contention early last season

with two non-conferences losses.

Oklahoma returns a two-time Heisman finalist in quarterback Baker Mayfield and is the choice to win its third straight Big 12 championship.

Riley knows he had advantages, even in the program’s coaching transition.

“Not having to hire 10 new coaches, not having to get to know the new players and develop those relationships, people in the program, support staff,” Riley said. “We felt there was so much good going on with Oklahoma football that (Stoops) didn’t want to derail that. He wanted to continue that.”

Maybe even go one better and reach a national championship game. In Big 12 history, the Sooners and Texas have given the league its best chance.

Then-Houston head coach Tom Herman gets the Gatorade bath after beating Florida State 38-24 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl football game on Dec. 31, 2015, at Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS

Snyder: K-State not worried about preseason ranking Continued from B1

ture of Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, which led to the promotion of Lincoln Riley, now the youngest headcoach in FBS at 33. Snyder retired after the 2005 season but came back after three years with the program struggling.

“I’m confident that he made the decision for the right reasons and that he’s serious about the decision,” Snyder said of Stoops, who won 10 Big 12 titles and a national championship in 18 seasons. “You hear a lot about well, he’s going to take a couple of years off and he’s going

to go back. I don’t think so. That’s not the way he feels right now. He’s adamant that this is what he wants to do, and I believe that.”

The Wildcats were predicted to be alsorans in the past two preseasons, but are now up to third. Quarterback

Sox: Clippard sad to leave team Continued from B3

This is the fourth time he’s been traded in less than three seasons.

“From a lifestyle standpoint, it’s getting kind of frustrating,” Clippard said. “And from a team standpoint, I love these guys. I love this organization. We’re playing well, and we’re in the thick of things. To leave is gut-wrenching for me. But it is what it is, and there’s nothing as players that we can do about it.”

He’ll be replaced by the righty Robertson, who’s eagerly returning to his original team. The 32-year-old is 4-2 with a 2.70 ERA, successful on 13 of 14 save chances. He broke with the Yankees in 2008 and had 39 saves in 2014, before becoming

a free agent and signing a four-year contract with the White Sox. Though All-Star setup man Dellin Betances has struggled lately, adding Robertson and Kahnle to the mix with righthander Adam Warren as bridges to ace closer Aroldis Chapman ought to be a big boost down the stretch for a team with a thin rotation.

Kahnle, a 27-year-old righty, was 1-3 with a 2.50 ERA in 37 games, covering 36 innings. He’s struck out 60 and walked only seven.

“You’re talking about a lot of hard throwers.

Guys with strikeouts. A guy needs a day off, really, anyone can move into a spot,” Girardi said.

The 20-year-old Rutherford was hitting .281

with 30 RBIs and 25 stolen bases at Class A Charleston to make the South Atlantic League All-Star team. He was a first-round draft pick last year.

Clarkin, a 22-year-old lefty, was 4-4 with a 2.61 ERA as a starter at Class A Tampa. The 22-yearold Polo was hitting a combined .307 with 22 steals at Tampa and Double-A Trenton.

Moncada, a 22-yearold infielder, was acquired from the Red Sox for ace Chris Sale in the offseason and is hitting .282 with 12 homers, 36 RBIs and 17 stolen bases at Triple-A Charlotte.

Boston spent $63 million — including a record $31.5 million bonus — to sign Moncada in 2015 after he left Cuba.

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The way Ertz sees it, Snyder’s demeanor and message haven’t changed much amid the unusual offseason.

“We really share one same thing and that’s

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And they’re happy Snyder will be back on the sideline.

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With A1C edging up, desserts may have to go Dear Dr. Roach: As a 67-year-old male in good health, should I be concerned about a (fasting) A1C of 5.9 percent? This is the first time I have had this test run. I am 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weigh 122 pounds. I do two hours of strenuous aerobic exercise at least five days each week. There is no diabetes in my family. My physician says I should “avoid sweets, desserts and starch in my diet.”

I am a vegetarian with minimal dairy consumption; I don’t smoke or drink; and I don’t care to give up one of life’s pleasures. I don’t overdo sweets, but I do enjoy them. I was thinking of getting a glucometer and tracking my sugar levels.

This year, my blood glucose after a 12-hour fast was 93, similar to previous levels. — K.C. Answer: The A1C level is a measure of average glucose over the past few

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health months. A normal level is between 4 percent and 5.6 percent. A level between 5.7 and 6.4 percent is prediabetes, and 6.5 percent or higher is diabetes.

Looking at your case, an average glucose of 93 would correspond to an A1C of 4.9 percent; an A1C of 5.9 percent is an average glucose of just over 120. That’s a big discrepancy. I suspect your sugars after eating are much higher than the fasting sugar you had measured. The other possibility is that the A1C is wrong; that can happen in unusual circumstances.

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der now if it’s the passive smoke from marijuana that is causing her anxiety. ­— Anon.

Answer: Secondhand marijuana smoke can have health consequences. The smoke is irritating and may damage the lungs (especially developing ones), and the active compounds in the smoke can have adverse effects on memory and coordination among those who are exposed to the secondhand smoke. It also can cause a positive drug screen. It is plausible that it may cause anxiety, but there might be other reasons for that.

Adults can make a decision about using marijuana for medical or recreational uses (at least in states that have legalized it), but children exposed to secondhand smoke cannot. He should not smoke in the house. That is true for both marijuana and nicotine.

Public notices (First published in The Iola Register, July 19, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Harvey W. Collins, Deceased No. 2017 PR 35 AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that an Amended Petition has been filed in this Court by Amber Collins, the sole and only heir of Harvey W. Collins, deceased requesting: Descent be determined of the (First published in The Iola Register, July 19, 2017) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. KEVIN G. HOWARD, KRISTY L. HOWARD, and MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, Defendants, Civil No. 17-4018-SAC-KGS, NOTICE OF UNITED STATES MARSHAL’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE, Pursuant to the Order Of Sale Of Real Estate issued out of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas in the above entitled case, I will, on Thursday, the 24th day of August, 2017, at 11:00 o’clock A.M., at the front door of the Allen County Courthouse, Iola, Kansas, offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, all of the right, title and interest in and to the following described real estate, commonly known as

following described real estate: Tract 1: Lot Eleven (11), Block One (1), Briarwood Addition to the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas, being a subdivision in the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section Twenty-five (25), Township Twenty-four (24) South, Range Eighteen (18) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian (a/k/a 314 Kansas Drive); Tract 2: An undivided onefifth interest in Lot Eight (8) City Homes Addition to the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas (a/k/a 8 Alamosa 1010 West 6th Street, LaHarpe, Kansas 66751 and located in Allen County, Kansas, to-wit: Lots Ninety-five (95), Ninety-six (96), Ninety-seven (97), Ninety-eight (98), Ninety-nine (99), Block Seventeen (17), Lanyonville Addition to the City of LaHarpe, Allen County, Kansas EXCEPT the Oil, Gas and Minerals underlying the surface of said land, as reserved in the chain of title, and all rights and easements in favor of the estate of said Oil, Gas and Minerals. Payment must be in the form of Cash, Cashier’s Check, Money Order or Certified Check made payable to the United States District Court and will be accepted as follows: Less than $25,000: Entire amount due at conclusion of sale; $25,000 to $100,000: 10% down with the remainder delivered to the United States Marshal’s Service Office by close of the business day; More

Circle West); Tract 3: An undivided onefifth interest in Lots Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), Ten (10), Eleven (11) and Twelve (12), Block Four (4), Lincoln Park, an Addition to the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas (a/k/a 1811 East Street). and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the Decedent at the time of death, and that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the Decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Amended Petition on or before August 15, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, in the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard.

Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Amber Collins, Petitioner IMMEL & HEIM, P.A. Four East Jackson Iola, Kansas 66749 (620) 365-2222 Attorneys for Petitioner (7) 19, 26, (8) 2

than $100,000: 10% down with the remainder delivered to the United States Marshal’s Service Office within five (5) working days, The contact person regarding inquiries about the above property is Kent A. Colwell, Rural Housing Service, (785) 628-3081.

This real property is levied on pursuant to the Order of Default Judgment and Judgment of Foreclosure and Final Judgment entered by the Court on June 6, 2017, Doc. 10, and the Order of Sale entered on June 30, 2017, Doc. 12, and will be sold without appraisal, subject to any unpaid real property taxes or special assessments, and with a three (3) month right of redemption, to satisfy the Order of Sale. United States Marshal’s Office, Topeka, Kansas, this 5th day of July, 2017.

RONALD L. MILLER, United States Marshal, District of Kansas.

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Zone: Iola Indians play at 6 tonight Continued from B1

TJ Taylor wrestles in the Sunflower State Games on Saturday at the Kansas Expo Center in Topeka. Taylor finished second in his age group and weight class in the takedown and folkstyle tournaments. PHOTO COURTESY OF JANA TAYLOR

on the board,” Vink said. “We wanted to get that momentum.”

Vink gave up just two hits in those three innings and recorded five strikeouts Meanwhile, the Indian offense got off to a hot start, nearly batting around in the bottom of the first, scoring five runs.

“We hit the ball all over the place,” head coach Rick Vink said.

“I think everybody was able to contribute one way or another. We got some kids in who normally don’t get to play a lot. We couldn’t re- Iola reliever Nate Barry pitches in the 10-2 win versus Whitewater-Remingally ask for much more ton. Barry threw two scoreless innings to close out the win. REGISTER/TIMOTHY EVERSON than we did. It was definitely a good start and throwing well,” Rick a two-out single from back in action tonight we’re two games away Vink said. “He threw Lance Daniels that at 6 o’clock versus from where we want to 28 pitches in the first scored Splane.

Frontenac. Ben Cooper be.” two innings and 26 in Nate Barry came in will get the start, bringIola put up three the third and that’s a to close the final two ing his 2.73 ERA over more in the bottom location problem but innings and did so con- 33.1 innings pitched. of the second to take I also think the strike vincingly, allowing no A win tonight will an 8-0 lead before the zone changed a little runs and just one hit. put Iola in the champiBroncos hit back scor- bit once we got ahead The Indians will be onship game Thursday. ing two runs on two and that’s a little hits and two walks frustrating as a playwith two outs in the er and a coach. But top of the third. he fought through it Allen County Fair “Isaac hasn’t thrown and did a good job.” a ton of innings but Iola was able to get he’s pitched more as of one run back in the late because he’s been bottom of third with

College Football: Oklahoma State

OSU punter has his own Heisman campaign

By STEPHEN HAWKINS it,” he said.

Asked about his camThe Associated Press

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Everyone can get a real kick out of this Heisman Trophy campaign.

There is already a website with some cool classic graphics and at least one #sinor4heisman T-shirt — the one Zach Sinor w o r e during Big 12 media days. Oklahoma State’s 5-foot-10 junior punter, sporting a Fu Manchu moustache, even handed out colorful pamphlets touting his credentials for college football’s top individual award.

“I’m supporting him 100 percent,” said Mason Rudolph, 22-6 as Oklahoma State’s starting quarterback and a top Heisman contender himself.

“He only has a certain amount of money like all of us, so he has to budget the way he can, and use a bunch of his old Instagram pictures,” linebacker Chad Whitener said of the tri-folded, one-page pamphlet.

“It was good, and all the stats on there are incredible.”

According to the handout, opponents hate America’s No. 1 punter and animals love him — there is a picture of him with a dolphin and another with him getting licked on the face by his dog.

Sinor punted 56 times last year, and an FBSbest 63 percent of those were downed inside the 20-yard line. Opponents had only 15 yards on punt returns all season, less than one yard per game.

When told he would be one of the four players representing Oklahoma State at media days on Tuesday — a very rare occurrence for a punter — he wanted to take full advantage to boost the Heisman Trophy campaign that he kicked off with a video last month.

“I took it and ran with

paign budget, Sinor said it is “pretty expensive.”

But he said he had run things by compliance officials to make sure he wasn’t breaking any rules.

“They said this was fine as long as I wasn’t selling them. So that’s good,” said the Texasborn punter, adding that he has “another shirt I’m going to break out for y’all sometime.”

Sinor was a quarterback in middle school, but missed all of preseason practice going into his ninth-grade year because he was playing in the Pony League Baseball World Series in Washington, Pennsylvania. That led to him becoming a punter.

“When I got back, they said I wasn’t going to be the starting quarterback. I was obviously devastated,” said Sinor, who instead became a defensive tackle and third-string quarterback. “Then, my sophomore year, I was kicking the ball around one day. They asked who the punter was, and they said Zach was punting earlier.”

After getting moved up to the varsity team for a scrimmage game, he had a punt of about 55 yards.

In his first game for Oklahoma State, Sinor had a 65-yard punt in the 2015 season opener against Central Michigan. Cowboys fans eventually took to using the hashtag #Sinor4Heisman.

Texas’ Michael Dickson, who was also at the Big 12 gathering Tuesday, actually led the league in punting last season with his 47.4-yard average.

The Australian-born

kicker said he would be happy if a punter won the Heisman, but has no plans for a campaign of his own.

“I’ll leave that to him.

I don’t want to copy his thing. That’s funny,

though,” Dickson said after looking at the pamphlet. “It’ll never happen. ... Maybe as a quarterback/punter or something, that’s really the only way it’s going to happen.”

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