The Iola Register, Sept. 19, 2023

Oz-some!

Pristine weather conditions greeted throngs of festival-goers Saturday for the annual Moran Day Celebration. Above, Gene Gardner, piloting the parade of flags display for the Jones Hardy American Legion post, salutes during the national anthem to kick off the parade. At lower left, Merrill Hodgden, left, and David Ensminger toss the last of their candy supply during the parade. At bottom center, the Pearson Towing float mirrored this year’s “Wizard of Oz” theme, “There’s No Place Like Home.” Dressed as “Oz” characters are Lucas Wheeler, as the Tin Man, Loralei Pearson as the Cowardly Lion, Bentlee Tekesy as Scarecrow, Amara Wheeler as the Wicked Witch, Ava Wheeler as a Flying Monkey and Gracelynn Pearson as Dorothy. They were accompanied by Allen Pearson. At right, Morgen Kinzer befriends a baby goat at a petting zoo. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

‘Pray for rain’

SEK towns feel effects of drought

By KEVIN HARDY Kansas Reflector

SEDAN — James Rainbolt typically can tackle most problems at his rural water plant with some extra time or money.

But he can’t fix this.

“I just can’t make it rain,” he said.

Like others across southeast Kansas, Rainbolt remains helpless as he watches a persistent drought dry up the local water supply. He runs a

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What am I bid? — Thrift store turns to online auctions

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Anyone can come into the Iola Senior Center Thrift store and scavenge through the large collection of coffee mugs and find one for just 25

Iran frees prisoners

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran were freed Monday and headed home as part of a deal that saw nearly $6 billion in Iranian assets unfrozen.

Despite the deal, tensions are almost certain to remain high between the U.S. and Iran, which are locked in various disputes, including over Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran says the program is peaceful, but it now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels.

The planned exchange has unfolded amid a major American military buildup in the Persian Gulf, with the possibility of U.S. troops boarding and guarding commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of all oil shipments pass.

“Today, five innocent

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Royalty

cents. But what would you be willing to pay for just the right mug, the one with a clever saying that’s “just so you”?

Posted in an online auction, that perfect coffee mug might sell for 10 times as much: $2.50 or more.

Dimity Lowell has seen it happen. She’s a volunteer and board member for the

thrift store, where she’s been running an online auction on social media for about three months now.

Once, an M&M-themed coffee mug that featured a green M&M candy character sold for $4. Most mugs are sold for $2 or $2.50 online; in the store, those same mugs might sit unclaimed for months.

The thrift store began its

online auctions as a way to reach more community members and raise more money to donate to other local charitable organizations, Lowell explained.

“We’re trying a few new things to try to help the community,” she said.

Since the auctions began, they’ve collected an average

Iola High School will crown its 2023 Fall Homecoming King and Queen at 6:15 p.m. Friday, prior to the Mustangs’ football game against Anderson County. Queen candidates are, from left, Leeann Maloney, Abigail Meiwes, Shelby Peters, Rebekah Coltrane,

Jackie Fager and Piper Aronson; king hopefuls are Benjamin Kerr, Mac Leonard, Jaydon Morrison, Christopher Holloway, Landon Weide and Korbin Cloud. This year’s theme is “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.” REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Obituary

Brian Carlson

Brian Carlson, 52, Garnett, died Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, at his home.

Brian Scott Carlson was born Sept. 21, 1970, in Chicago, Ill., to Richard Carlson and Jane (Garza) Carlson.

On July 21, 2014 Brian and Denise Holmes were married in Garnett

He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Carlson, and his stepfather, Richard Phelan.

Brian is survived by his wife, Denise Carlson, of the home; his two sons, Alexander Sabantini of Chicago, and Daniel Carlson of Henry, Va.; his daughter, Rachel Carlson of Garnett; five grandchildren; his stepson, Lathan Woodson of Garnett; his mother, Jane Phelan of Jacksonville, Fla.; and three brothers.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett. Inurnment will follow at the Garnett Cemetery. Brian’s family will greet friends from 1 to 2 prior to the service. Attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite team’s gear, but extra credit will be given to those wearing Chicago Cubs or Chicago Bears attire.

Memorial contributions may be made to Always and Furever Midwest Animal Rescue and left in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be sent to www.feuerbornfuneral.com

Police news

Arrests reported

Iola police officers arrested Justin Thompson, 33, Iola, for suspicion of criminal damage to property after an incident Thursday in the 600 block of South Sycamore Street.

Motorcycle burns

Jeffrey R. Storrer escaped injury Sept. 11 when the motorcycle he was riding along U.S. 54 in East Iola caught fire.

Storrer piloted the cycle into a car wash bay at Pump ‘N Pete’s in an attempt to douse the flames. A car wash wand sustained damage in the attempt, Iola police officers reported.

Thrive gets grant for conversations

Thrive Allen County is one of 10 project teams across the state of Kansas awarded a Change Community Solutions grant.

NetWork Kansas, a Kansas-based nonprofit dedicated to the growth of entrepreneurship and small businesses, approved the awards this month in a grant effort that focuses on projects’ abilities to make “bold” changes in communi-

ties.

Thrive plans to use the $10,000 grant to enhance the structure of its Community Conversations, making them more engaging, future-focused, and empowering. They will seek to provide actionable next steps to involve residents in community building and development.

Community Conversations are Thrive Allen County’s main way to

identify needs, potential projects, and leaders in our communities to get the work done.

The intent is to develop a conversation model that fosters greater sustained community engagement and innovative future-thinking approaches to community challenges. The next Community Conversation will be 6 p.m. today at Savonburg. NetWork Kansas re-

ceived funding support from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, the Kansas Health Foundation, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. This is the second grant round with awards totaling $95,000 disbursed in $5,000 and $10,000 allocations. The current funding round topped 2022’s grant disbursements, which amounted to $65,000.

NC Republicans seek control over election boards

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)

— Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature with veto-proof majorities are close to wresting supervision of elections from the governor and the governor’s party — almost always the Democrats for over a century.

Vehicles collide

Karen M. Beecher was turning into the Iola Walmart parking lot Aug. 29 when her vehicle collided with a southbound vehicle driven by Yvette D. Scheibmer, who was southbound on State. Neither driver was injured.

No injuries in collision

Ernest W. Davidson was turning south onto State Street from Miller Road when he collided with Robert F. Clave, who also was turning south onto State Street from the opposite direction.

Carlyle news

Carlyle Presbyterian Church

Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday, “Greater Than Silver or Gold,” was taken from I Peter 2:4-10. “A Christian is part of a royal Priesthood with Jesus Christ as our living cornerstone chosen by God,” Traw said. “As a Christian believer, we are to be a living example of Jesus Chris. You can watch the church service at 10

a.m. Sundays via Facebook.

Myrna Wildschuetz played “He Washed My Eyes with Tears” for the Prelude and “One More Hill – One More Valley” for the Offertory. The church fellowship dinner followed the morning worship services at noon. Bible Study with Pastor Traw is at 3 p.m. Tuesdays on the Old Testament Book of Malachi.

Hunter Biden sues IRS over records

By the Associated Press

Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, claiming that two agents publicly alleging tax-probe interference wrongly shared his personal information, a case that comes amid escalating legal and political struggles as the 2024 election looms.

The agents “targeted and sought to embarrass Mr. Biden” with the sharing of confidential tax information in press interviews and testimony before Congress, the suit said. His lawyers argue that whistleblower protections don’t apply, but a lawyer for one agent said any confidential information released came under whistleblower authorization.

The lawsuit marks the latest legal push-

back from Biden as a long-running federal investigation into him unfolds against a sharply political backdrop. That includes an impeachment inquiry aimed at his father, President Joe Biden, seeking to tie him to his son’s business dealings.

Quilters to meet

HUMBOLDT — The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilter’s Guild will be Monday, September 25, 2023 at the Humboldt United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth St.

The board meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m.; the guild meeting will begin at 10.

A bill that could reach Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk this week would, among other changes, take away from him and future governors the power to appoint members of the State Board of Elections. It would give that authority to legislative leaders instead.

The legislation

Street work set to begin

Iola city crews will begin their annual chip-seal resurfacing of city streets on Wednesday.

This year’s work will be focused primarily east of Cottonwood Street south of U.S. 54 and east of Kentucky Street north of U.S. 54.

Weather permitting, the work is expected to last about two weeks, according to the city’s Facebook account.

On-street parking will be prohibited during work hours.

The chip-seal work was postponed from July because of the ferocious storm that tore damaged portions of the city’s electric infrastructure and downed numerous trees

also could lead to the ouster of the top elections administrator ahead of the next presidential election in a state where former President Donald Trump squeezed out a razor-thin win over Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. North Carolina was Trump’s narrowest victory that year, raising hopes among Democrats that Biden could win there in 2024.

GOP attempts since 2016 to erode Cooper’s election board power have been struck down by courts or defeated by voters in a statewide referendum.

Cooper plans to veto the bill. But Republican majorities are large enough to override his veto, and Republican justices now have a majority on the state Supreme Court. Here is what the Republican legislation would do:

WHAT IS CURRENT LAW?

The State Board of Elections has five members appointed by the governor, a practice dating to 1901. While no more than three members can be from the same party, Democrats have held the majority during Cooper’s term as governor.

The board picks a chair and hires an executive director. Each of North Carolina’s 100 counties also has five-member election boards, which also follow the 3-2 split favoring Democrats. The state board and Cooper pick county members.

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WHAT WOULD THE BILL DO?

Starting next July, the state board would grow to eight members, but all seats would be appointed through the General Assembly. The House speaker, Senate leader and the minority leaders in each chamber would get two picks each. The county boards next year would drop to four members, with each top lawmaker picking one seat.

Although unaffiliated voters could be appointed, it’s likely that the reconstituted boards would be evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. The new state board would pick a chair and an executive director, but one of the legislative leaders — both currently Republicans — would make the choice if the board can’t quickly agree on who should fill those positions.

WHY EVEN-NUMBERED BOARDS?

Republicans say the current makeup of the state and local boards means decisions on contentious election matters fall to what the governor’s party wants, fueling public suspicions that results can’t be trusted. Under the GOP proposal, bill sponsors say the boards will be forced to find bipartisan consensus, increasing voter confidence.

“All we can do is design a board that is intended to take folks who are on it, who have partisanship leanings, and try to remove parti-

sanship from the equation by requiring at least some bipartisan buy-in to do anything,” Republican Rep. Destin Hall said during a House committee meeting. An earlier version of the bill already cleared the Senate in June.

But Cooper, who is barred by term limits from running again in 2024, said in a recent op-ed that the bill has “deceptive packaging” that would constitute a “backdoor attempt to limit early voting and consolidate the legislature’s quest for the power to decide contested elections.”

Voting rights advocates point out that if boards are deadlocked on how many early in-person voting sites should be opened in a county, state law says the county can only offer one site, potentially leading to long lines in the larger cities.

A deadlock on most other issues would produce a standstill with no resolution.

COULD RESULTS BE OVERTURNED?

State and county boards accumulate ballot results after elections and vote to certify the results so winning candidates can be seated. But what happens if a board is deadlocked on certifying a race?

Bill opponents worry that with evenly divided state and local election boards, some members might refuse to certify credible results, sending those matters to appellate courts or the General Assembly to settle. The legislation also could open the door for state lawmakers to determine the winner of the state’s 16 presidential electoral votes if a divided state board can’t agree to certify the winner.

The state constitution already gives the legislature the authority to determine the outcomes of what it calls a “contested election” for statewide positions such as governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the N.C. General Assembly on Monday, March 6, 2023. (TRAVIS LONG/THE NEWS & OBSERVER/TNS)

Drought: SEK communities face costly scenarios

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public wholesale water supply district that provides the drinking water for several cities and rural water districts. The lack of rain has been so severe that it’s now threatening the water district’s intake pipe, which brings water from a local lake to the treatment plant.

As lake levels fall, the angle at which the 8-inch pipe meets a floating pump station grows steeper and steeper, stressing the flexible joint. If the joint breaks, the consequences would be catastrophic, instantly cutting the water supply for thousands of people, businesses and schools across three counties.

“If we break it, we have no water. Period,” said Jack Warren, the mayor of Sedan, a county seat about 100 miles southeast of Wichita and the largest customer of the water district.

This part of Kansas is suffering what the U.S. Drought Monitor characterizes as exceptional drought, its most severe category. While droughts frequently wreak havoc on agriculture here, residents are facing unprecedented challenges with drinking water supplies. This corner of the state, which lacks the vast underground aquifers that sit below much of Kansas, is overly reliant on surface water such as lakes and rivers.

That means small towns and ranches face tough and expensive choices on where to draw water from, a problem likely to increase as climate change brings more extreme weather. And it’s a quandary that stretches far beyond Kansas. Persistent drought is plaguing communities across the country’s interior:

The map created by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows its deepest red pockets across Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas, among other states.

Lack of rain has hit crops hard: In Missouri, for example, 40% of the state’s corn crop was classified as poor or very poor, according to the drought monitor. Iowa, the nation’s top corn producer, is in the midst of its worst drought in a decade with about 80% of the state in some measure of drought.

Prolonged drought has even reached the

banks of Lake Superior: Parts of Wisconsin have the most severe drought designation for the first time since the 1999 inception of the U.S. Drought Monitor, said Dennis Todey, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub.

“It’s the severity of the drought and the length of the drought that are causing some confounding issues right now,” he said.

In southeast Kansas, locals have taken extraordinary measures to conserve the dwindling lake water supply.

The city pool closed in the middle of the summer. So did the town’s only car wash.

Local schools shut off drinking fountains, furnishing bottled water instead.

A community of about 900 people, Sedan has banned residents from using tap water for plants or lawns, forcing some to get creative. The mayor, for one, has been collecting the water that drains off his basement air conditioning unit to keep outdoor plants alive. The local movie theater is doing the same, allowing locals to come pick up its air conditioning runoff.

“Word’s kind of got around about the various places you can go and get water,” Warren said.

Conservation efforts appear to be working: Warren said Sedan has cut its water usage by about 30% since entering a stage 3 water emergency in early August.

“Drive around and you won’t see a green yard in town,” he said.

The water district just began construction on an emergency fix to its intake equipment. The work will essentially extend the floating dock farther into the lake, allowing the pipe to fall deeper into the water as the lake drops.

Locals, who noted that

the drought has been ongoing since last year, said they’ve never seen a situation this severe.

“It just doesn’t rain,” said Rainbolt, who has lived in the area for nearly two decades. “This is not normal.”

Signs of drought Sedan is surrounded by the foothills of the scenic Flint Hills, which contain the nation’s largest concentration of remaining tallgrass prairie.

The sidewalks of the small downtown are an homage to “The Wizard of Oz”: Sedan claims to be home to the world’s largest Yellow Brick Road with more than 10,000 yellow bricks encircling the heart of town.

On average, the town sees nearly 40 inches of precipitation each year, according to National Weather Service data. But last year, Sedan reported only 28.32 inches. Through August of this year, the town has seen fewer than 18 inches.

Signs of drought are apparent throughout the region.

On the Red Buffalo Ranch outside of town, no water flows over the 14-foot Butcher Falls. Normally a scenic destination, visitors can now walk across dry boulders where water normally rolls.

At the edge of one nearby community, a church sign implores passers-by to “Pray for Rain.” Inside another church, pews are filled with photocopies of a special prayer for rain.

After Sedan’s public pool closed early this summer, the city allowed ranchers and farmers to pump out the remaining water. They’ve also allowed locals to pump water from a local fishing lake to bring water to dry farms.

“Where are you getting water? Wherever you can find it,” said Jim

that I had no idea how deep it was until I saw the bottom of it this year,” Bell said.

Luckily, the lake that supplies the area’s drinking water hasn’t totally dried up, though Rainbolt estimates water levels have dropped 8 or 9 feet below normal.

“Typically, there should be water right where we’re standing,” he said, perched atop dry rocks on a metal gangway that leads to the floating pumphouse.

ply programs.

That’s especially true in southeast Kansas, which is typically the wettest corner of the Sunflower State. Many water providers rely on a single river, lake or stream.

“It’s more common than I would like,” he said. “I’d say it’s more common than not.”

Bell, a longtime farmer in the area who manages Sedan Farm Supply, which runs a small grain elevator and retail store selling feed, seed and other products.

This is the time of year farmers bring their combines out of the barn to reap the year’s harvest. Bell said local corn yields aren’t great but are better than people expected. Still, more than a year of lackluster precipitation and recent extreme heat has jeopardized many soybean crops.

“Soybeans are burning up in the field, the grass is burning up on the prairie. And water’s becoming a bigger and bigger issue,” he said. “Something needs to happen pretty quick.”

The drought has threatened hay production, a necessity to keep livestock fed through cold Kansas winters. Bell said many ranchers, including himself, have culled their herds because of limited water and hay.

The five ponds on his family farm long ago went dry, forcing him to haul water he buys from the local water district. In nearly 50 years on the property, he said he’s never seen things this dry.

“I’ve got one pond

The lake is so small locals don’t even agree on its name: Some call it Murray Gill Lake. Others call it Quivira Lake or Boy Scout Lake, because of the regional Boy Scout council that owns the lake and runs the Quivira Scout Ranch on its banks each summer.

Whatever it’s called, locals agree that the lake is a crucial, but threatened, lifeline. Through its various customers, the water district supplies treated water for some 7,000 residents, Rainbolt said.

Lake levels dropped so low that boat ramps and docks are unusable at the summer camp.

The water district has some reserve funds it will rely on and will also seek state and federal emergency funds to cover construction costs of upgrading and protecting the water intake structure, Rainbolt said.

“That’s what this is: It’s an emergency,” he said.

Officials with the Kansas Water Office say they are well aware of the drought conditions in southeast Kansas.

The state has encouraged communities to secure secondary sources of water, but that’s easier said than done, according to Nathan Westrup, manager of the Kansas Water Office’s public water sup-

He noted that the GOP-controlled legislature made an extra $35 million available to protect water resources in a bill Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law in April. The legislation makes grants available to communities both for technical assistance and for major water projects.

“That’s, in my opinion, just a start and a recognition that the state might be needed,” Westrup said, “and is willing to assist these small, small communities.”

‘It

is not going to be a cheap fix’

About 30 miles away, the small city of Caney, Kansas, has for decades relied on the Little Caney River, a small waterway, to feed its water treatment plant.

But that river’s flow has been compromised for months. Water currently doesn’t even fall over the concrete dam.

Kelley Zellner, city manager for the community of about 1,600 people on the Oklahoma border, blames the problem on a mix of environmental factors and previous decisions by city leaders.

Caney resisted previous regional efforts to consolidate water sourcing and treatment.

It runs its own municipal water plant that relies on a singular — and relatively precarious — water supply. Last year, county crews had to bring excavators to break up a logjam

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A church sign outside the First Assembly of God in Independence. Southeast Kansas is suffering severe drought conditions in the nation after months of lower-than-normal rainfall.

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Extreme drought rendered a boat dock and ramp useless at Quivira Scout Ranch outside of Sedan. The lake at the Boy Scout camp provides drinking water for thousands of homes, schools and businesses in southeast Kansas, but its intake valve has been jeopardized as lake levels continue to drop. STATELINE/ KEVIN HARDY

Technology boosts beef production

Artificial intelligence has increasingly been in the spotlight. At the American Society for Animal Science meetings this summer there was a notable increase in technology related presentations. So, what does this mean for the beef industry? This article will highlight some of the potential tools available now and give insight into others that may come.

A variety of tools can help beef producersdevelop “smart farms.”

Information that can be used for precision

livestock management includes animal identification, body weight, temperature, location, behavior, behavior associated with health changes and time of calving. The basis for many monitoring systems is a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag or collar that may have additional capabilities such as an accelerometer or thermometer. Global positioning (GPS)

Hunter Nickell Extension Agent

is another technology that can be very useful in tracking animal location. Cameras, infrared sensors, and 3D imaging are other technologies being developed for use in livestock systems.

Compared to intensive or confined production systems, pasture-based production systems present more challenges with issues such as transmission range, service coverage, storage capacity, and battery lifespan. The dairy industry has long used various tools for estrus detection including pedometers, and now accelerometers with integrated monitoring systems. If a female needs to be inseminated or treated based on data collected from the monitoring system, the tag or collar that identifies her triggers a sorting gate to open on

her way to the milk parlor. This type of system reduces labor costs and is very low stress for the animal.

A number of producers use cameras to monitor calving, but someone still needs to check the camera feed, nevertheless this can be a big help and very appealing in cold weather. Work is being done on a combination of video monitoring and accelerometers or with a 3D camera with image processing to predict calving.

Also available to help with calving are different sensors. One type attaches to the tail and senses spinal contractions and tail movement. Another type involves a vaginal insert that monitors the temperature until calving dislodges it. In the case of the last two examples, text messages alert the owner of changes. Monitors can be costly to have for each animal and some may cause discomfort to the animal.

Drone services are available to count cattle in feedlots, a step up from flying over feedlots in a plane, taking pictures to monitor collateral, a job my cousin had in the 1980s. Cameras with satellite communication capabilities can monitor water levels in remote water

Breast cancer can affect anyone

My mother had 6 siblings, 16 aunts and uncles, and innumerable cousins. She was the first of them all to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

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tanks or rainfall.

Technologies that can help researchers understand foraging behavior include inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors that combine accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers. Similar technology is part of many smart phones. Work is being done to measure jaw movements (biting, chewing, or ruminating) to help estimate feed intake in grazing animals.

Virtual fencing is a system to replace traditional physical boundaries with a sound stimulus or an electric shock. Many systems are available for dogs. Training the animals is a necessary part of using the system. This tool creates a variety of pasture management options from excluding grazing in sensitive riparian or burn areas or implementing some type of rotational or strip grazing. With advances in technology, current challenges of transmission range, battery lifespan and affordability will likely diminish.

Thank you to Sandy Johnson, Extension Beef Specialist, for the information in this article.

Contact Hunter Nickell, Livestock Production Agent, by e-mail at nickell99@ksu.edu.

Many indoor farms are struggling, shut down

CLEBURNE, Texas (AP)

— Inside a bright greenhouse about an hour outside Dallas, workers in hairnets and gloves place plugs of lettuce and other greens into small plastic containers — hundreds of thousands of them — that stack up to the ceiling. A few weeks later, once the vegetables grow to full size, they’ll be picked, packaged and shipped out to local shelves within 48 hours.

This is Eden Green Technology, one of the latest crop of indoor farming companies seeking their fortunes with green factories meant to pump out harvests of fresh produce all year long. The company operates two greenhouses and has broken ground on two more at its Cleburne campus, where the indoor facilities are meant to shelter their portion of the food supply from climate change while using less water and land.

But that’s if the concept works. And players in the industry are betting big even as rivals wobble and fail. California-based Plenty Unlimited this summer broke ground on a $300 million facility, while Kroger an-

nounced that it will be expanding its availability of vertically farmed produce. Meanwhile, two indoor farming companies that attracted strong startup money — New Jersey’s AeroFarms and Kentucky’s AppHarvest — filed for bankruptcy reorganization. And a five-yearold company in Detroit, Planted Detroit, shut its doors this summer, with the CEO citing financial

problems just months after touting plans to open a second farm.

Indoor farming brings growing inside in what experts sometimes call “controlled environment agriculture.” There are different methods; vertical farming involves stacking produce from floor to ceiling, often under artificial lights and with the plants growing in nutrient-enriched water. Other growers are

trying industrial-scale greenhouses, indoor beds of soil in massive warehouses and special robots to mechanize parts of the farming process.

Advocates say growing indoors uses less water and land and allows food to be grown closer to consumers, saving on transport. It’s also a way to protect crops from increasingly extreme weather caused by climate change.

I think of my mom every time one of my patients tells me they aren’t concerned about breast cancer because it doesn’t run in their family. Unfortunately, that is true of most people who are diagnosed with the disease.

I also think of my mother every time I do a breast exam, or teach someone else how to do a self exam. Her breast cancer was one not detectable by the mammogram technology available in the early 2000s. Even today, with 3D mammograms, not all breast cancer can be seen on routine screenings. She found her cancer herself, by noticing a change in her breast. Her diagnosis was delayed, however, because, having had multiple previous biopsies that turned out to be “nothing,” she prioritized all the other things she had to do that spring over going to her doctor.

The importance of being vigilant for these changes is not limited to one gender. Although most breast cancer patients are female, approximately 1% are male. Anyone who notices a change in their breast should be seen by a clinician.

Breast cancer detection has changed dramatically since my mother was diagnosed. 3D mammograms, which present clearer images to the radiologist, are routine. Contrast Enhanced Spectral mammography and breast MRI offer new tools to high risk individuals, women with abnor-

mal screening mammograms, and their health care teams. People known to be at high risk might take medication to reduce that risk, and might undergo more frequent imaging and exams. Genetic counseling and genetic testing help us identify those who could benefit from this close follow up.

Breast cancer treatment has also changed dramatically. Advances in surgical treatment have reduced the risk of post operative complications, such lymphedema: chronic swelling caused by the disruption in the flow of fluid through the lymph nodes. Specialized testing of a person’s cancer lets oncologists identify those patients most likely to benefit from chemotherapy. Conversely, it also lets them identify those who might skip it. New classes of medications offer hope even to people whose cancer has spread, and improve the tolerability and effectiveness of old medications. We’ve gotten better at helping patients, and their families, navigate the challenges that come with the disease and its treatments.

Many things in medicine have changed over the 25 years I’ve been practicing. The advances in cancer treatment may well be some of the most exciting. But some old wisdom still holds true: If you notice a change in your breast, please get it checked out. Even if you had a normal mammogram a few months ago.

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Herdsman Scott Rocha spreads hay around Cara, a hapy and very pregnant cow, at Lenkaitis Holsteins in Campton Hills, Ill. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

~ Journalism that makes a difference

To mixed reviews, Apple released the iPhone 15 last Tuesday. Sure it’s better, tech analysts seemed to concur, just not enough to rationalize the $1,599 price tag, which is what the souped-up version with 1TB of storage will cost you. And they say college is expensive.

But the buzz around the new phone has little to do with the phone itself. No dynamic software, enhanced screen, or other futuristic features broke headlines. Instead, most of the conversation has centered around the phone’s modest USB-C port.

Starting with the iPhone 15, Apple has dropped its proprietary Lightning charging port and switched over to what pretty much every other smartphone, computer, tablet, camera, and headphone company in the world uses.

You’d be forgiven for failing to notice the revolution here. The USB-C port is a bit larger and should deliver a faster charge. That’s about all the hardware does. But the change is worth a closer look. The real story is how the European Union spurred the largest company in the world to quickly innovate its most successful product to the benefit of both consumers and the planet.

APPLE didn’t give up its Lightning port willingly. The Lightning port is the company’s own design, and it has been very lucrative; Apple has made billions selling its accessories and licensing the Lightning port design to other companies.

The change happened because the European Union, whose 27 members constitute the United States’ second largest trading partner, has mandated that all mobile phones sold in the EU use the USB-C port by 2024. In fact, the new rules will cover phones, tablets, e-readers, digital cameras, video game consoles, headphones and a range of other portable devices. The rules will even cover laptops by the end of 2026.

Now, the average person owns three chargers, of which they regularly use two. The near future? Imagine the same charger that you use for your phone working for pretty much every electronic device, regardless of brand. Think about packing your suitcase for Thanksgiving or a long road trip. Just one cable. The potential benefits to consumers are obvious.

There’s also an environmental benefit. At the start of the smartphone age, back in 2009, there

were more than 30 different chargers. Over the years, all the changes and upgrades have produced an astonishing amount of digital waste. The European Union estimates that disposed of and unused charging cables generate more than 11,000 tons of waste per year in the EU alone.

All of that has to go somewhere. Here in Allen County, it ends up in our landfill.

EXECUTIVES from Apple claimed the new regulations would stifle innovation. But the company, whose $2.7 trillion value makes it the largest company in the world, pivoted quickly. The new rules were approved last October, not even a year ago, and Apple already has a new product line in full compliance. And rather than restrict the new design to the EU, Apple decided to make it available worldwide.

At one sixth of the world’s economy, the European Union is too big a market to ignore. Apple, of course, knows that. And so do EU regulators. Those tech companies on the sidelines will seek to replicate what happened here: make their products compliant with European Union regulations and push those

products globally. A win for all involved.

GOVERNMENT regulation isn’t alway needed, and governments don’t always get it right. But if there were ever a time for us on this side of the Atlantic to catch on, now’s the time. The United States government must quickly confront a whole host of new dangers in the digital age.

The US government is currently trying to make the case that Alphabet abused its dominant search product, Google, to create a monopoly. As a whole, the internet remains largely unregulated. Behemoth tech companies have framed new realities while octogenarian senators try to figure out TikTok.

So as we move into a world with artificial intelligence, self-driving cars and a race to secure the minerals needed for renewable energy, governments will play a key role in shaping our future — either by their leadership or the lack of it. The stakes are high. The recent example of the European Union’s ability to force Apple to improve its products is a guide on how to thread the needle.

— Tim Stauffer

Kansans worry about climate change as wind energy remains untapped

Last month a state district court judge in Montana ruled in favor of young environmental activists — ranging in age from 5 to 22 — and their claim that the state of Montana was violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by allowing fossil fuel development.

Essentially, this ruling sets a first-of-its-kind precedent that the government has a duty to protect citizens from climate change.

What does this mean for Kansas? Well, that’s a bit more difficult to unpack.

The Kansas Constitution, unlike Montana’s, does not provide explicit protections for the environment, though there are numerous state laws in place for varying levels of environmental protection.

For example, the rise in wind energy utilization over the past two decades has led to a consistent decline in the state’s carbon emissions — a well-known contributor to global climate change.

But Kansas has yet to adopt a 100% renewable energy goal like other environmentally-conscious states have, including our western neighbor, Colorado.

Perhaps this isn’t surprising considering the oil and natural gas industry is a major contributor to the state’s economy. According to the Kansas Geological Survey, there are currently 45,402 oil wells and 19,015 natural gas

wells in operation across the state — and the state is home to one of the largest fossil fuel companies in the country.

But one thing is clear both in Montana and Kansas: citizens — especially young people — are concerned about the effects of climate change.

Data from the 2022 Kansas Speaks public opinion survey distributed by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University supports this assertion. Nearly half (49%) of Kansans expressed that climate change was a crisis or major problem and another 28% said it was a minor problem.

Furthermore, nearly 75% of respondents said that state government policies could have some effect on limiting climate change. Notably, 78% of Kansans also indicated that business and corporate policies could have some effect on limiting climate change.

Exit polling conducted by Fox News during the November 2022 election also found that 52% of Kansans are very or somewhat concerned about the effects of climate change on their local community.

KANSAS has made great strides towards being a leader in renewable energy — wind energy accounted for 47% of our electricity generation in 2022, which was the third-highest share of wind power for any state after Iowa and South Dakota, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

And in 2019, wind energy surpassed coal for the first time as the largest energy source for generating electricity in Kansas.

Furthermore, the Kansas Renewable Energy Standards Act, passed in 2019, established a voluntary goal that 20% of a utility’s peak demand will be generated from renewable energy resources by the year 2020.

The EIA has dubbed Kansas among the states with the most wind power potential due to our wide open plains, yet a vast majority of Kansas’ wind resources still remain untapped.

Considering the broad concern about climate change among Kansans, an increase in climate related temperatures and disasters across the globe, and evidence that climate change is responsible for the slow depletion of the High Plains Aquifer System — including the well-known Ogallala Aquifer — let’s hope that state policy continues to move in the direction of renewable energy, leaving fossil fuels development a thing of the past.

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As an increasing number of Kansans express concern about climate change, we have yet to take full advantage of wind energy, one of the state’s largest energy assests. (Mark Reinstein/Zuma Press/TNS)

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cades in the making that clogged water flow and accelerated evaporation.

Aside from the source issues, Zellner said the city is also struggling with an inefficient water plant and water lines. The plant was improperly designed for treating river water, he said. And a patchwork of duplicative, leaky city pipes causes the city to lose about 40% to 45% of its treated water.

Since last summer, city leaders have ex-

plored alternative water sources.

An attempt to connect with a water treatment plant in nearby Copan, Oklahoma, was unsuccessful. While the town is only about 9 miles away, moving water across state lines proved politically complicated and overly expensive.

Now, the city is eyeing a new water pipeline to connect to Coffeyville, a town of about 9,000 that sits along the Verdigris River. A tributary of the Arkansas River, the 310-mile Ver-

The dam on the Little Caney River has run dry in southeast Kansas. The small community has for years relied upon the small body of water for its drinking water but now hopes to build a 14-mile pipeline to secure a more reliable supply of water.

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digris is replenished by several dams and reservoirs maintained by

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of $200 per week. That’s often more profit than the store makes in a typical week from walk-in sales.

The thrift store remains open for walkin sales, with a second building that offers more space for shopping.

“We started getting nicer things — sometimes we get really nice things – and wondered how we can get this out to a wider audience in the community,” she said.

The auction began about three months ago, after thrift store volunteers attempted to offer a live auction as a fundraiser. The event didn’t attract much attention, so Lowell considered alternative ways to sell the merchandise. She created a Facebook page that now has 973 members.

Lowell and other volunteers sort through donated items at the thrift store each week.

Whenever they see something that looks like a good prospect for auction, they set it aside, take photos and post it online.

Any member can bid on the item in the comments section until 11:59 a.m. the following Saturday. Then, the high bidder is notified of their auction win. They can stop by the thrift store during its regular business hours to pay and pick up the product, or can call to make arrangements.

Lowell will agree to limited delivery within the Iola area. She will consider shipping an item to someone outside the area but has not yet done so.

Auction results can be unpredictable and surprising. Lowell said she’s seen items sell for much higher than expected, while other results were disappointing. Typically, sports memorabilia such as Chiefs items sell well.

Among the items that have gone on the auction block:

• An older globe that sold for $19 (Lowell said thrift store volun-

teers probably would have listed it for $2).

• A North Face sweater, sold for $17.

• Melissa and Doug puzzles for $15.

• Lincoln Logs for $20 (they’ve sold two sets with similar results).

• Spurs for just $3.

• A fancy dress for just 25-cents.

In addition to the online auctions, staff also plan to offer five-minute shopping sprees. Customers will get a basket and have just five minutes to fill it with whatever they find.

The hope is to raise more money for the nonprofit center. The

thrift store recently added a metal building addition; more money is needed to finish the building.

The board also wants to return to its original mission of helping other nonprofits in the area. For years, all of the center’s proceeds were donated to other charitable organizations. That was put on hold a few years ago as the board started saving money for the addition.

Lowell said she was optimistic the board would soon be able to donate some of the store’s profits to other groups.

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

But building a pipeline isn’t easy or cheap.

Last week, engineers told the Caney City Council it would cost nearly $22 million to fix water infrastructure in town and construct a new pipeline to Coffeyville.

“You guys have

quite the interesting predicament,” Danny Coltrane, the owner of Midwest Engineering Group, told the council.

“Unfortunately it is not going to be a cheap fix.”

Coltrane said the city’s crisis would likely help it compete for state and federal funding. That’s because the city would tackle dual problems: the ongoing drought and the replacement of lead in its pipes, a major priority of the federal government.

Plus, some direct allocations could be made available through current congressional negotiations to reauthorize the farm bill, the omnibus bill that’s expected to top $1 trillion for the first time.

“If you’re related to a senator or representative, now would be the time to call them,” Col-

trane said.

The city just made its first formal proposal to connect to Coffeyville’s water plant. The cost of running an 8-inch pipe over 14 miles is expected to top $7.6 million — when the city’s total annual budget is about $7.2 million.

“So, $21 million is pretty big,” Zellner said. “We’re kind of at the mercy of the funding. I hate to say it that way, but we are.”

After a presentation on Caney’s water problems, the Coffeyville City Commission Tuesday evening expressed support for a new pipeline and voted to begin planning.

“We don’t have a lot of options,” Zellner told the commission. “… We’re not on our prayer bones yet but we could be.”

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Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home,”

President Joe Biden said in a statement released as the plane carrying the group from Tehran landed in Doha, Qatar.

After the plane slowed to a stop, three of the prisoners walked down the ramp and were greeted by the U.S. ambassador to Qatar, Timmy Davis. The former prisoners hugged the ambassador and others.

The three — Siamak Namazi, Emad Shar-

ghi and Morad Tahbaz — then wrapped their arms around their shoulders and walked off to a building in the airport.

In a statement issued on his behalf after landing, Namazi said: “I would not be free today, if it wasn’t for all of you who didn’t allow the world to forget me.”

“Thank you for being my voice when I could not speak for myself and for making sure I was heard when I mustered the strength to scream from behind the im-

penetrable walls of Evin Prison,” Namazi said.

In addition to the five freed Americans, two U.S. family members flew out of Tehran, according to a senior Biden administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity when the exchange was ongoing.

Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the exchange would take place Monday after nearly $6 billion in once-frozen Iranian assets reached Qatar.

This handbag, from left, rocking horse and doll are among the items put up for online auction by Iola Senior Center thrift store in Iola. COURTESY PHOTOS

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Humboldt shuts down Neodesha

NEODESHA — It was all Humboldt when they dominated Neodesha on the road, heading home 42-0 winners Friday evening.

The Cubs (3-0) jumped to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter and a 36-0 lead at halftime. Humboldt forced four turnovers in the first half alone.

Blake Ellis led Humboldt’s offense at quarterback where he passed for three touchdowns and 159 yards and rushed for another 112 yards.

Sam Hull was the Cubs’ leading receiver, hauling in two touchdowns on six catches for 107 yards. Hull also threw a 29-yard touchdown.

Along with Hull, Jacob Harrington caught two touchdown passes and went for 66 receiving yards.

In spite of the comfortable victory, Humboldt head coach Logan Wyrick wasn’t satisfied. “We showed flashes tonight of our potential but didn’t execute the way we should way too many times,” said Wyrick. “We’ll always take a big win, but we set ourselves back too many times tonight with penalties. We did a decent job of responding with some big moments. I’m proud of the way we battled all night, and I hope to see our team continue to improve.”

The Cubs opened the scoring after their second forced turnover on Neodesha’s offense when Cole Mathes ran in a touchdown for the early 6-0 lead. Humboldt was successful on their two-point conversion attempt for the 8-0 advantage.

Dominant all night, the Humboldt defense forced a fumble — one of four total for the night — to set up a Blake Ellis passing touchdown for the 14-0 lead.

Garren Goodner carried in Humboldt’s second touchdown rush when he bursted into the endzone for the 20-0 lead. The Cubs then completed a two-point conversion run for the 22-0

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Iola plucked at Parsons

the Mustangs on the 20-yard line.

“That’s what happens when you have a lot of upperclassmen on defense who have played a lot. They seemed ready to go, and they understood the game plan, played fast and executed,” Iola head coach David Daugharthy said. “In years past, these guys have torched us in the air, so us being able to do what we did in the secondary tonight made me feel good.”

But Iola’s offense couldn’t get things going early, and Parsons only made it a taller task with two interceptions of their own in the first half. Weide had several good connections with receiver Mac Leonard, including a 25-yard touchdown pass that was called off due to a penalty.

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

PARSONS — A stout defensive effort from Iola early on wasn’t enough to make up for a lack of offense as the Mustangs lost 21-12 to Parsons

Friday night.

The Mustangs (1-2) held the Vikings scoreless until three minutes left in the third quarter, but they took even longer to get on the board, with the breakthrough coming from Landon Weide’s 21-

yard touchdown run on the opening play of the fourth quarter. Parsons (3-0) wasted no time getting down the field on their opening drive, but an interception from Korbin Cloud for a touchback set up

Jordan Kaufman recovered a fumble for the Mustangs at their own 26-yard line midway through the second quarter. Iola also pinned Parsons on their own two-yard line and allowed no room for positive yardage before half-

Humboldt dominates; Crest’s Hermreck has 1,000 kills

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt took first place as a team and Crest’s Kayla Hermreck registered her career’s 1,000 kill at the Humboldt High volleyball tournament Saturday morning.

The Lady Cubs secured a first place finish while Waverly came in second place, Crest placed third and Coffeyville rounded out the pack in fourth place.

Humboldt

Humboldt opened up their home tournament by defeating Altoona-Midway in two sets, 25-13 and 25-11.

Skylar Hottenstein led the Lady Cubs from the serving line with a school-record 11 aces. Shelby Shaughnessy led Humboldt with a team-high 10 kills. Ricklyn Hillmon added seven kills.

Defensively, Humboldt was led by Kenisyn Hottenstein’s 21 assists and S. Hottenstein had a team high four digs. Shaughnessy added three digs and Cassidy Friend had two digs.

“I was pleased with our play all day today,” Humboldt

head coach Terry Meadows said. “We stayed focused and never let up. I thought our serve was aggressive all day and we kept a lot of teams out of system.”

The Lady Cubs then took

down Pleasanton in two sets, 25-13 and 25-16.

Skylar Hottenstein led Humboldt from the serving line with a team-high three aces while Tucker added two. Offensively, Shaugh-

nessy had a team-high nine kills while Hillmon had four kills and Laney Hull recorded three kills.

Defensively, Shaughnessy had a team-high one block while Kenisyn Hottenstein had a team-high 20 assists. Skylar Hottenstein and Shaughnessy each had a team-high seven digs.

Humboldt defeated Waverly in two sets, 25-21 and 25-16.

Shaughnessy, Skylar Hottenstein and Kenisyn Hottenstein each had a team-high three aces while Shaughnessy led offensively with a team-high 11 kills.

Defensively, Shaughnessy had a team-high 15 digs while Teghan Jaro had 12 digs and Kenisyn Hottenstein had nine digs.

The Lady Cubs then beat local foe Marmaton Valley in two sets, 25-9 and 25-17.

Skylar Hottenstein led at the serving line with a teamhigh three aces. Shaughnessy led with a team-high 11 kills. Defensively, Hillmon had a team-high two blocks while Skylar Hottenstein had a team-high 13 digs.

Humboldt took down Coffeyville and Waverly in the

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Marmaton Valley has trouble slowing down Sunrise Christian

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

MORAN — Marmaton Valley’s defense had a hard time slowing down Sunrise Christian Academy in a 52-6 loss at home Friday.

The Wildcats (2-1) played a solid defensive game, notching 38 tackles and six sacks on the night, even as Sunrise managed to put 52 points on

the board. Marmaton Valley’s offense struggled to move the ball, scoring only one touchdown.

Brayden Lawson rushed in Marmaton Valley’s lone touchdown and had 77 total rushing yards. He only threw for 20 yards and tossed up two interceptions. The Wildcats were driven back by Sunrise Christian Academy’s defense, accounting for

only 125 total yards.

Defensively, Brevyn Campbell racked up a teamhigh eight total tackles while Jaedon Granere and Daniel Fewins each had a team-high four solo tackles.

Marmaton Valley travels to Marais des Cygnes Valley Friday at 7 p.m. Last year’s matchup between the two resulted in a 58-12 victory by the Wildcats.

Iola’s Korbin Cloud, left, dodges the Parsons defense Friday. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

Humboldt’s Ricklyn Hillmon goes up at the net. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE MYER

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The auto workers’ strike against Detroit’s Big Three went into its fourth day on Monday with no signs of an early breakthrough and against the threat that the walkout could soon spread.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she is hoping for a quick resolution, and that it is too soon to gauge the impact of the strike.

“It’s premature to be making forecasts about what it means for the economy. It would depend on how long the strike lasts and who would be affected by it,” she said on CNBC.

Yellen said labor activism this year — strikes by Hollywood writers and actors, by workers at about 150

Starbucks locations and walkouts that were narrowly averted at United Parcel Service and West Coast ports — has been driven by a strong labor market and high demand for workers.

In a sign of the potential economic and political of a long strike, President Joe Biden is sending two top administration officials to Detroit this

week to meet with both sides. Biden has sided with the UAW in brief public comments, saying that the automakers have not fairly shared their record profits with workers.

An administration official said Monday that acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and senior aide Gene Sperling will not serve as mediators — they won’t be at the bargaining table — but are going to Detroit “to help support the negotiations in any way the parties feel is constructive.” The official was not authorized to discuss private discussions and spoke anonymously.

UAW President Shawn Fain said Monday that the Biden administration won’t broker a deal.

“This is our battle. Our members are out there manning the picket lines,” Fain said on MSNBC. “This battle is not about the president, it’s not about the former president.”

Rather than launching an all-out strike of its 146,000 members, the union opted to target three factories — one at each company — a plan that could make the union’s $825 million strike fund last longer.

A key feature of the strategy is the threat of escalating the strike if the union is unhappy with the pace of bargaining. On Friday, Fain said more factories could be targeted: “It could be in a day, it could be in a week.”

A young supporter holds a sign as United Auto Workers members strike at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant Saturday in Wayne, Michigan. GETTY IMAGES/ BILL PUGLIANO/TNS

Humboldt: Cubs win; Crest’s Hermreck scores 1,000 career kills

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Humboldt took down Coffeyville and Waverly in the championship, going 6-0 on the day. The Lady Cubs travel to Burlington on Saturday.

Crest The Crest Lady Lancers (16-6) went 5-1 at the Humboldt Invitational and senior Kayla Hermreck notched her career’s 1,000 kill. Crest’s lone loss was to Waverly before the Lady Lancers defeated Coffeyville for the third place finish.

“Passing is the ticket to having success and we passed well for the first part of the day,” Crest head coach Abigail Hermreck said. “We had some struggles with passing later in the day and slightly fell

apart. The girls rallied and pulled back together to win third place. I am very proud of the determination that always remains.”

Crest rolled through the competition, defeating Yates Center in two sets, Coffeyville in two sets, Wichita

Heights in three, and Central Heights in two before losing to Waverly.

The Lady Lancers then knocked off Coffeyville for a third place finish, 25-18 and 25-21.

Hermreck led the Lady Lancers with a team-high 69 kills, had

32 assists, 22 digs and five blocks. Brooklyn Jones led Crest in serve receive passing and had eight digs with seven aces. Karlee Boots led Crest with a team-high 29 digs and registered 13 kills.

Kinley Edgerton had a team-high 64 assists while Aylee Beckmond recorded 11 kills and 12 digs. Kaelin Nilges had a team-high 95% serving rate with seven aces. Hanna Schmidt had two kills, three assists and three digs.

Jaycee Schmidt had three kills, six digs and a lone ace serve.

Crest hits the road to take on Oswego on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Marmaton Valley

The Marmaton Valley Wildcats opened by taking down Waverly in three sets, 25-17, 13-25

and 25-12.

Payton Scharff led the Wildcats in the first set with a teamhigh nine points before Janae Granere and Khiana Haynes each had a team-high four points in the second set. In the third set, Granere led with a team-high three points.

The Wildcats were taken down by Humboldt in two sets, 25-9 and 25-15.

Kylah Sander led Marmaton Valley in the first set with a teamhigh three points while Granere led the way in the second set with a team-high five points.

Marmaton Valley defeated Pleasanton in three sets, 25-19, 20-25 and 21-25.

Granere led Marmaton Valley in the first set with a team-high 11 points while Piper Bar-

ney added five points. In the second set, Payton Scharff led the Wildcats with a teamhigh six points. Kylah Sander led the Wildcats in the third set with a team-high seven points.

The Wildcats then took down Altoona-Midway in two sets, 25-9 and 25-14.

Sander led Marmaton Valley in the first set with a team-high 12 points while Granere had a team-high 11 points in the second set.

Marmaton Valley hosts Jayhawk-Linn and Southeast Cherokee on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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Crest’s Kayla Hermreck, fourth from right, is surrounded by teammates after recording 1,000 career kills. COURTESY PHOTO

HMS football rolls over Eureka

EUREKA — Humboldt Middle’s football team went on the road and ran all over Eureka Thursday. The Cubs (3-0) jumped on the board immediately, as Remington Strickler returned the opening kickoff 75 yards to the endzone for the early lead.

Humboldt rushed for three more touch-

IMS volleyball falls to Eureka and Pittsburg

PITTSBURG — Iola

Middle’s volleyball teams dropped matches at Eureka and Pittsburg on the road last week.

Iola’s A team lost to Pittsburg in two sets, 25-9 and 25-15.

Nahla Jenkins led the Mustangs with three successful passes in the opening set, followed by Addy Wacker and Bella Wilson’s two passes apiece. In the second set, Jenkins and Wilson again led in passing; Jenkins recorded 25 success-

ful passes and Wilson went for 24 successful passes.

The Mustangs B team then fell to Pittsburg in two sets, 25-18 and 2510. Tierce Moore led Iola with 14 successful passes, followed by Ainslee Glasgow’s 10 successful passes.

Iola stumbled to Douglas in two sets, 2516 and 22-16. Mustang Kali Joy and Jordyn Potter scored a team-high three points apiece in the first set. Addy Wacker then

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downs in the first quarter alone. The first was a Truman Grzybowski 18-yard touchdown run before Mason Miller brought in a six-yard touchdown catch. Ty Shaughnessy then scampered into the endzone from 19 yards out for the 28-0 lead. Humboldt scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter

when Strickler dashed for a 32-yard touchdown run before Grzybowski went for a 14yard touchdown run. The Cubs led Eureka at halftime, 42-6. Miller went for another touchdown in the third quarter. With a comfortable lead, the Cubs distributed playing time to those with less experience and finished the game

with a 50-6 victory.

Defensively, Envy Oberbeck had a teamhigh five solo tackles while Weston Johnson went for three tackles, two of which were for a loss. Shaughnessy had three tackles, and Miller had two tackles and a fumble recovery. Humboldt hosts Caney Valley on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Chiefs overcome mistakes, beat Jaguars

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(AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs insist they’re fine despite another lackluster offensive effort.

Mahomes threw two touchdown passes, including one to returning star Travis Kelce, and the Chiefs overcame three early turnovers to beat Jacksonville 17-9 on Sunday for their third victory against the Jaguars in 10 months.

“You play bad and win, it’s a lot better than playing bad and losing,” Mahomes said. “So I was glad we were able to find a way to get a win at the end of the day, but a lot of stuff that we have to be better at.”

yards in stifling heat and humidity that caused numerous issues for fans baking in the sun and players cramping on the field.

“It’s still early in the season and you guys just saw the second game, bringing all the new pieces together,” Kelce said. “But right now, hats off to the defense, the way they’re planning to keep us in games. We love them for it. We got to stop shooting ourselves in the foot on offense.”

The Chiefs (1-1) won their eighth straight in the series and avoided becoming the first defending Super Bowl champions to start 0-2 since Denver in 1999.

an egg offensively,” Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence said.

“It’s pretty frustrating.

... It’s definitely really, really frustrating when you leave that much out there.”

Coach Doug Pederson’s team endured another slow start, failed to capitalize on two of three turnovers and struggled to protect Lawrence, who was 0 for 7 passing in the red zone.

from this. ... We’ll see ‘em again.”

The Jaguars certainly should have a better plan for All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones in a potential rematch. Making his season debut after ending his holdout and signing a one-year contract, Jones dominated his one-on-one matchups.

Humboldt’s Blake Ellis, #3, runs away from a Neodesha defender. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE MYER

Mustangs: Lose Friday

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time.

In the second half, Iola’s defense held strong as Cloud scooped up a fumble at the 28-yard line. And even after Parsons opened the scoring on a seven-yard touchdown run, the Mustangs held on, as Weide found open field for his 21-yard touchdown run to begin the fourth and fire up the Mustang fans.

“He’s been (Weide) pretty athletic all year long so we’ve kind of been waiting for that to happen, and it was a good time to make it happen,” said Daugharthy. “We knew they were covering pretty well, so we knew if we could at least get out of the

pocket something could happen.”

But Iola’s rock solid defense faltered when Parsons’ Cade Brown burst in for a six-yard touchdown run to put Iola in a 14-6 hole.

And while Iola trailed by only one possession, a turnover midway through the fourth set up a touchdown rush from Parsons’ Jahmarion Washington for a 21-6 lead.

Weide found Tre Wilson downfield for a 30 yard touchdown pass but a failed twopoint conversion left the Mustangs trailing 21-12 with little time for a comeback.

Iola hosts Anderson County next Friday at 7 p.m. for their Homecoming festivities.

At the top of the list: 12 penalties for 94

Cubs

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Following another Humboldt forced fumble, Ellis threw his second touchdown pass of the game for the 28-0 lead at the end of the second quarter. Humboldt then converted on their two-point conversion for the 30-0 edge.

Ellis then completed his third touchdown pass of the game with under a minute left in the first half for the 36-0 lead at halftime.

The Cubs’ final passing touchdown came with 11 minutes left in the third quarter for the 42-0 romp.

Kyler Isbell and Mason Sterling each led Humboldt defensively with a team-high five tackles apiece.

Humboldt hosts Council Grove next Friday at 7 p.m.

The Jaguars (1-1), who insisted all week they owed the Chiefs because of a loss in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs in January, pretty much no-showed in their home opener. “We got our shot here at home and laid

The Jaguars had to settle for a field goal after having first-andgoal at the 1 to start the fourth quarter and Lawrence later threw incomplete on a fourth-and-12 play with 4:16 remaining. Kansas City didn’t let the Jaguars get the ball back.

He manhandled rookie right tackle Anton Harrison and was equally effective against the rest of Jacksonville’s line. He finished with 1 1/2 sacks on five QB pressures.

“No surprises,” Jacksonville tight end Evan Engram said. “Just disappointing. We’re better than this. We missed. We missed our shot. We’re going to definitely move on

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With extra time to prepare following a loss to Detroit 10 days earlier in the NFL opener, the Chiefs had hoped to look a lot more like their normally dynamic selves on offense. But Richie James muffed a punt, Justin Watson fumbled and Mahomes threw an interception. Kadarius Toney, who dropped three passes lead.

Iola’s Landon Weide dashes to the endzone. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

Iola’s Jordyn Spillman. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

How do feuding parents affect kids?

Hi, Carolyn: I was in a 15-year relationship that ended about a year and a half ago. It was mostly good but pretty rocky for the last five, with things both of us did to make it so. We were never married but have a 9-year-old son together, and I also helped raise her now-adult son, treating him as my own.

As things got bad to the point of living as strangers in the same home, I realized I really wanted to save our family. Her response was less than enthusiastic. I suspected she was having an affair, but she lied to my face about it and gaslit me. Even after I found out the truth, I told her we could work through it. Eventually, I caught her in another lie that was the last straw.

Per legal advice, I planned to stay in the home until a parenting agreement was finalized. She was mean and nasty to the point that the situation was unbearable and I was forced to move out. All I took was some furniture and my car, even though I invested in the mortgage, upkeep and upgrades, doing a lot of the work on my own. Even then, I wrote her a long letter thanking her for the relationship, expressing what it had meant to me and apologizing for any hurt I caused her throughout.

What I got in return was a year-long legal battle just to get equal parenting time, custodial rights and medical decision-making. I won in all three areas.

I am now in a relationship with someone who is caring, open, honest and transparent, and it feels good.

Here is my issue. I don’t want to have anything to do with my ex unless it is solely related to our son. I don’t want to co-parent; instead, I am practicing parallel

Carolyn Hax

parenting. I don’t want to otherwise engage and “be nice” when we are at his events. I totally ignore her. He is a very active child, so there are a lot of events, practices, etc., sometimes multiple in a week. Our son has not asked about the obvious lack of any engagement. Do you think this is impacting him in a negative way? Do you think I should at least exchange greetings at a minimum for his sake?

— A Dad

A Dad: This looks like a simple question with a simple answer — “Yes, ‘be nice’ for your son’s sake, because of course ignoring his mother has a negative effect.”

However, given the years of discord your son witnessed, he may be relieved you’re avoiding each other, and prefer these events without fear that his parents will fight.

I’m not saying that this is true or that ignoring each other is right. Treating people as if they don’t exist is objectively terrible and a very last resort. My point is that “for his sake” hinges on him, on how he really feels, not on me or you or any other adult who pronounces what’s best for him. You’re also not behaving in a vacuum; you can decide to greet your ex, but she decides how she responds.

Obviously, as a parent of a minor child, you have to make judgment calls without firsthand knowledge of your kid’s state of mind. But you’ll serve him better if you work from broader goals centered on his mental health, using the real-

ity you have vs. what “should” be happening — and using your senses to read what he needs. And letting his simple daily conversation take you to topics he’s ready to talk about.

For example, it’s tempting to think, “I need to say hi to his mom so our son can see us getting along” — such a simple, unobjectionable cause and effect. But dig deeper for the reason you’re considering this step: You want his world to be stable and supportive vs. a source of anxiety, so he has room to grow and try new things and build confidence. You want him to trust his parents and himself. Right?

If so, then is greeting your ex the best way to accomplish that, given the realities you have on hand? Maybe so. Maybe not, if engaging would invite conflict. Maybe let your fury cool to indifference. Maybe more creative scheduling is the answer. Maybe see which way your son tugs you when you enter a room.

For certain, the answer isn’t to ignore his mom just because “I don’t want to” deal with her. It’s about your son, not you, so this is good — you are asking the right questions to get the better answers.

Even when you do fig-

ure out what he needs, though, it’s not going to be a fixed quantity. Right now, discreet distance might be wisest. In time you might notice he needs something different, or your reality has shifted toward new options.

What remains constant is your son’s rightful place at the top of your list of priorities. Be attentive and “listen” for the things he doesn’t have the words or maturity yet to say. Be ready to be who he needs.

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Theegala wins the Fortinent in Napa

NAPA, Calif. (AP) —

Sahith Theegala talked all week about the importance of having nearly three dozen family members and friends following him at the Fortinet Championship.

Playing with the lead on Sunday, the 25-yearold from California did everything he could to keep his supporters in high spirits.

Theegala made more than enough birdies to cover for his mistakes, shooting a 4-under 68 for a two-shot victory at Silverado, his first win in 74 starts on the PGA Tour.

Theegala started with a two-shot lead and birdied three of the opening five holes. No one got close to him the rest of the way.

“No matter the good golf or the bad golf, they just have my back. It’s a team win,” Theegala said, his mom and dad by his side on the 18th green. “It’s not just a win for me, it’s a win for the whole family.”

Theegala finished with seven birdies and three bogeys, including one after he hit a tee shot that landed in a fairway bunker on a different hole. With a three-shot lead, he hit his drive and his layup into the rough on the par-5 18th hole and tapped in for a 6. He finished at 21-under 267.

S.H. Kim (68) finished second, and Cam Davis (70) was another shot behind.

Neal runs for 3 TD’s; Kansas beats Nevada

Justin Thomas had his worst round of the week in his final tuneup for the Ryder Cup in Rome, closing with an even-par 72 to finish six shots back. Max Homa, the two-time defending champion and Thomas’ U.S. teammate, closed with a 69 to tie for seventh.

Theegala, a son of Indian immigrants who played in college at Pepperdine, made the Tour Championship as a rookie last year. Last month, he made a bogey on the final hole of the BMW Championship that prevented a return to East Lake, ending his season on a sour note.

Even though he already is set for all the $20 million signature events next year, he wanted to play at Silverado because he loves the tournament and competition.

It paid off in a big way. The victory gets him into the Sentry Tournament of Champions and assures his spot in the Masters.

Before his breakthrough in Napa, Theegala had close calls at Phoenix, Hartford and Sea Island, endearing himself to fans. His family’s support was unwavering. The afternoon ended with an emotional Theegala wiping his eyes and hugging and shaking hands with just about everyone in sight.

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in the opener, fumbled late in the third but was able to scoop up the loose ball and avoid another turnover.

“Too many procedure penalties, turnovers,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “We’ll get that taken care of.” Mahomes completed 29 of 41 passes for 305 yards. He found Kelce all alone in the end zone to extend KC’s lead to 14-6. CBS play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle slipped in a song reference to reports linking Kelce to pop superstar Taylor Swift by saying “Kelce finds a blank space for the score.” One of Swift’s many hits is “Blank Space.”

Kelce, who missed the opener because of a hyperextended knee, punted the ball into the end zone to celebrate. He finished with four catches on nine targets for 26 yards.

The Chiefs converted twice on fourth down and outgained Jacksonville 399 to 271 in total yards.

“It’s Week 2. I mean, my gosh,” said Pederson, who fell to 0-4 against his mentor, Reid. “Those guys are ticked off in there. They’re mad. But it’s so early in this season that one game’s not going to define who we are and it’s not going to define our season.”

TAYLOR BENCHED

Chiefs right tackle Jawaan Taylor, who spent the first four years of his NFL career with Jacksonville, had a rough homecoming.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Devin Neal and Daniel Hishaw Jr. combined for 137 rushing yards and four touchdowns, Jalon Daniels threw for 298 yards, and Kansas pulled away from Nevada in the fourth quarter for a 31-24 victory Saturday night at Mackay Stadium.

The game was tied at 24-all when Daniels went 4-for-4 for 55 yards, leading to Neal’s third touchdown on a 3-yard run and a 31-24 lead with 6:20 left to play.

Nevada was not able to cross midfield on its final two possessions.

“We found a way,” Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold said. “We did not play our sharpest. We had too many penalties.

“But at the same time, I’m proud of our team for persevering and finding a way. In the end, we found a way to get a big stop and come away here with a win. And road wins aren’t easy.”

The Jayhawks (3-0) were a 28-point favorite at Nevada sports books.

The Wolf Pack (0-3) was looking to end the nation’s longest losing streak. The now 13-game skid under second-year coach Ken Wilson is also the longest in program history.

“It was a great effort by those men in that locker room,” Wilson said. “They came back after (a 33-6 loss to Idaho) last week and they battled their asses off all night. They never backed down.”

Quarterback Brendon Lewis led Nevada with 113 passing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

“Credit Coach Wilson and Nevada for coming ready to play and playing hard and playing downhill and physical all day long,” Leipold said.

Leipold was especially pleased with Daniels’ poise down the stretch.

“We struggled a little bit in pass protection, and he was scrambling a little bit,” he said. “But 21-for-27, that’s a pretty darn good day.”

Safety Jenny Logan had a team-high nine tackles, 2 1/2 for loss, to lead the Jayhawks.

Neither team could muster much offense in the first half, but the second half was a shootout. They combined for 20 points on 247 yards in the first half but had 35 points on 461 yards in the second.

The teams used long pass plays to trade three touchdowns in a span of 2 minutes, 7 seconds late in the third quarter.

Daniels connected with

Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels runs with the ball against Nevada during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 16.

tight end Mason Fairchild on a 29-yard pass to the Nevada 1.

Two plays after Hishaw’s subsequent TD, Nevada’s Dalevon Campbell hauled in a 53-yard pass from Lewis to set up a short TD run by Sean Dollars to tie it at 17. On the next play, Daniels and Neal connected on a 59-yard pass to the Nevada 1, leading to a Neal TD and a 24-17 lead that Kansas took into the fourth quarter. Lewis’ second TD run, from 2 yards out, with 10:37 to play knotted the score at 24 and set up

Daniels’ heroics down the stretch.

The Jayhawks embarked on a nine-play, 75-yard touchdown drive on the game’s first possession, moving the ball with ease and scoring on Neal’s 3-yard run. But the Wolf Pack defense stiffened – with the help of five Kansas penalties – and allowed just 75 yards on 23 plays the rest of the half.

Dollars scored on a 3-yard run in the final minute and the teams went into the locker room tied at 10-10 despite Nevada having just 97 total yards of offense.

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scored a team-high 10 points in the second set.

The Mustangs then took down Eureka in

three sets, 25-15, 9-25 and 15-7.

Bella Wilson scored a team-high six points for Iola in the first set before she

Taylor was penalized five times and ultimately benched for a series. He was flagged twice for false starts, once for an illegal formation and twice for holding.

INJURY REPORT Chiefs: LBs Nick Bolton and Willie Gay were attended to on the field, but both were able to return to the game.

Jaguars: LB Josh Allen (shoulder) returned late. WR Zay Jones (knee) returned after spending time in the locker room. WR Calvin Ridley ran into the padding surrounding the goal post and was shaken up. RB Travis Etienne and safety Andre Cisco dealt with cramping issues.

UP NEXT Chiefs: Host Chicago next Sunday.

scored a team-high 14 points in the second set. Wilson then scored another teamhigh three points in the third set.

Iola hosted Prairie View on Monday, Sept. 18. Results were not available at the time of publication.

AP PHOTO/ANDY BARRON