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Monday, June 20, 2016

New school funds could lessen local taxes

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — If Kansas legislators increase aid to poor school districts to satisfy a recent state Supreme Court order, much of the money would go to dropping local property taxes, not boosting classroom spending — and that bothers many Republicans.

The GOP-dominated Legislature convenes Thursday for a special session called

by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback to address the court’s order last month declaring that the state’s education funding system remains unfair to poor school districts. The justices warned that schools might not be able to reopen after June 30 if further changes aren’t made by then.

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Voting rules cause confusion

By ROXANA HEGEMAN The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of wanna-be Kansas voters who thought they might not be able to cast ballots for president and other federal officials this year are now eligible to vote in them

HOFNOD YOUTH REEL ‘EM IN

— but not in state or cal races.

It’s part of the latest fallout from lawsuits surrounding the state law that requires prospective

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Ryan says he’s sticking with Trump

By ANDREW MAYEDA Bloomberg News

Scores of youngsters and their parents flocked to Abbott’s Pond in Iola Saturday for the 21st annual Hooked On Fishing, Not On Drugs (HOFNOD) fishing derby, sponsored by the Iola Police Department. Among the participants were, at bottomn left, Camry and Drake DeLaTorre, assisted by their father, Robert, after casting their lines; Matt Karr, below, supplying fresh bait for his hook; and at bottom right, Sean Lewis, checking his line. More than 110 youngsters participated. REGISTER/KLAIR VOGEL

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Paul Ryan said he has a responsibility as U.S. House speaker to back Donald Trump and prevent a Democratic win in N o v e m b e r, Paul Ryan promising to challenge the presumptive Republican presidential nominee if he doesn’t abide by conservative principles.

“I have certain responsibilities, as not just Congressman Paul Ryan from the first district of Wisconsin, but as speaker of the House,” Ryan said in an interview recorded for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC. “Imagine the speaker of the House not supporting the duly elected nominee of our party, therefore creating a chasm in our party to split us in half,” Ryan said.

Still, Ryan said he would speak out against Trump if the candidate puts a bad label on conservatism. “I’m going to speak out on it as I have, and I will continue to See RYAN | Page A4

Iola family brings gaming world to life with WaveFire

By JASON TIDD The Iola Register

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urrounded by empty white walls, the cream-colored chairs and tables house the weight room of imagination.

There are neither screens nor electronics in this game room. To “see” the game, players must exercise their mind’s eye.

“We’re trying to get away from the electronic here,” Shannon Roloff, owner of WaveFire Games, said. “The only reason I have a computer here is to do inventory and do sales. This is more back to the imagination.”

“Imagination,” Roloff continued, “seems to be something of the past. We’re trying to bring that back.”

Shannon, along with wife Anita Roloff, son Austin Roloff-Tremain, son Lane Roloff, daughter Kahlan Roloff and nephew Tim Roloff run the new business at 106 S. Washington Ave. in Iola.

WaveFire Games is a new family business that provides fun, family-friendly activities for all ages, without the use of screens or electronics. Instead, the games at WaveFire are of the tabletop variety.

“Starting a business has always been a dream,” Shannon said. “We came across the idea of tabletop games … and thought it might be a good place to start.”

From simple board games such as Monopoly to complex card games such as “Magic: The Gathering” to the clasSee WAVEFIRE | Page A4

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The Roloff family has opened WaveFire in Iola. They are, front from left, Kahlan Roloff and Lane Roloff; second from left, Anita Roloff, Tim Roloff, Austin Roloff-Tremain and Shannon Roloff. REGIS-

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UN: 65 million displaced worldwide

GENEVA (AP) — Imagine the entire population of Britain uprooted: The U.N. refugee agency says just over that number — 65 million people — were displaced worldwide by the end of last year, easily setting a new postwar record, as it warned that European and other rich nations can expect the

tide to continue if root causes aren’t addressed.

In a year when more than a million people arrived on European shores, UNHCR said conflicts and persecution in places like Syria and Afghanistan fueled a nearly 10-percent increase in the number of refugees and internally displaced people in 2015.

“I hope that the message carried by those forcibly displaced reaches the leaderships: We need action, political action, to stop conflicts,” said Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. “The message that they have carried is: ‘If you don’t solve problems, problems will come to you.’”

The figures are contained in the Genevabased agency’s latest Global Trends Report issued today, timed for World Refugee Day. They show that for the first time since World War II, the 60 million mark was crossed, even topping the equivalent of the total U.K. population of about 64.6 million.

Police reports Sheriff’s Dept. reports arrests Allen County sheriff ’s deputies fielded a call of a man lying on the ground next to a motorcycle parked on an Allen County road Saturday. The man, Bruce

C. Hill, 38, Fort Scott, was arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated, driving against permit restrictions and refusing a preliminary breath test.

Ryan D. Greve, 23, Chanute, was arrested

Wednesday on a probation revocation warrant related to an aggravated battery charge.

John C. Chambers, 32, Iola, was arrested Wednesday on a probation revocation warrant related to a battery

Correction

Blood drawn

A recent write-up of Iola High School’s Class of 1953 reunion incorrectly listed the date of the 2017 reunion.

The class will reunite on May 27, 2017.

The Register regrets the error.

Organizers topped their goal Wednesday by having 62 donors register to give blood.

The goal was 45.

Of the 52, six donations were deferred.

Forty units of whole, regular blood

were collected, four of which came on the Alex machine.

The blood drive was sponsored by the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City.

charge.

Tera M. Willingham, 30, Iola, was arrested Wednesday on a probation revocation warrant related to drug charges.

Christopher W. Hibbs, 30, Humboldt, was arrested Tuesday for three counts of allegedly violating the Offender Registration Act.

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— LaHarpe PRIDE Committee, 7 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

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— Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse.

— Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen County Regional Hospital.

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— Free blood pressure and blood sugar clinic, 1 p.m., LaHarpe Senior Center.

— Iola BPOE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

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— Rotary Club, noon, The Greenery.

— TOPS No. KS 880 5 p.m. weigh in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church.

— See, Hear Iola, 10 a.m., New Community Building, Riverside Park.

— Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center.

— Allen Summer Youth Theatre presents “Rock Around the Block: A 1950s Music Comedy,” 7:30 p.m., ACC Theatre, free admission.

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— Allen Summer Youth Theatre presents “Rock Around the Block: A 1950s Music Comedy,” 7:30 p.m., ACC Theatre, free admission.

LaHarpe High reunion Saturday LAHARPE — The annual LaHarpe HIgh School Alumni Association reunion will be Saturday at LaHarpe City Hall.

Visitation and regis-

tration begins at 3 p.m., with the banquet starting at 6 o’clock.

Class of 1946, 1956 and 1966 will be recognized.

This is the 50th anniversary of the high

school’s closing.

Former students are invited.

To reserve a seat — the meal is $12.50 a plate — call 496-2418 or 4962591.

Funding: Lawmakers return for special session Thursday Continued from A1

Brownback has embraced a proposal to increase education funding by $38 million for the 2016-17 school year to help poor districts. But as much as 75 percent of that money could go toward lowering property taxes, which those districts already use to fund their schools, according to the State Department of Education.

Many Republican legislators have championed tax cuts and backed proposals in recent years to rein in cities’ and counties’ property tax levies, while also questioning whether schools spend money efficiently enough. Now, in a drive to persuade constituents that the

state Supreme Court has over-reached, they’re complaining that not enough of the proposed new education funding would go toward the classroom.

“This isn’t a fight about school funding.

It’s a fight about property tax relief,” said Senate Vice President Jeff King, an Independence Republican.

An explanation of why most of the new funds would go to property tax relief: WHAT’S IN PLAY

The problems identified by the court in its last order involve a single but major piece of the more than $4 billion a year in aid the state provides to its 286

districts. That aid helps poor districts keep up with wealthier ones if they supplement their state aid with a “local option budget” for general operations, financed with local property tax levies.

Kansas law caps local option budgets at an average of $2,340 per student so that wealthy districts don’t outpace poorer ones too much in their per-pupil spending.

Districts have come to rely more heavily over the years on their “LOBs” to fund basic operations and raised 98 percent of the funds they were allowed in 2015-16.

The state also provides additional aid to

districts based on the total value of their property per student, so that they don’t have to impose as much in local taxes for their local option budgets.

The state has set aside $429 million for such “LOB aid,” for 2016-17, and the plan embraced

by Brownback would increase it to $467 million.

Even with such a boost, some wealthier districts still would lose aid amid a courtmandated recalculation of how it is distributed.

The three largest districts in Johnson County, the state’s most populous, would lose nearly $4.8 million.

shall be elected at one election, and the remaining three council members shall be elected at the succeeding election.The mayor and all council members shall have four year terms.

Section 5. In case of a vacancy in the council occurring by reason of resignation, death, or removal from office or from the city, the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the remaining council members, shall appoint an elector to fill the vacancy until the next election for that office. In case any person elected as a council member neglects or refuses to qualify within 30 days after election, the council member shall be deemed to have refused to accept the office and a vacancy shall exist. The mayor may, with the consent of the remaining council members, appoint a suitable elector to fill the vacancy.

Section 6. In case of a vacancy in the office of mayor, the president of the council shall become mayor until the next regular election for that office and a vacancy shall occur in the office of the council member becoming mayor.

Section 7. In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, any person may become a candidate for city office elected at large by having had filed on their behalf, a nomination petition

or a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law. The nomination petition must be signed by five per cent (5%) of the qualified electors of the City of LaHarpe.

Section 8. All elections of the City of LaHarpe, Kansas shall be nonpartisan.

Section 9. This Charter Ordinance shall be published once eachweek for two consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper.

Section 10. This Charter Ordinance shall take effect 61 days after the final publication unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed, requiring a referendum to be held on the ordinance as provided by Article 12, Section 5, Subsection (c) (3) of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, in which case this Charter Ordinance shall become effective upon approval by the majority of the electors voting thereon.

Passed by the Governing Body, not less than two-thlrds of the members elect voting in favor thereof, this 8th day of June, 2016.

CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Public notice (First published in The Iola Register, June 13, 2016) CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 2016-2 A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF LAHARPE, KANSAS, FROM THE PROV1SIONS OF K.S.A.15201,RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS,THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE, TRANSITIONS TO NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, THE FILLING OF GOVERNING BODY VACANCIES, AND NOMINATION PETITIONS; AND, PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT; AND REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO.1755.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAHARPE, KANSAS: Section 1. The City of LaHarpe, Kansas, by the power vested in it

by Article 12, Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution hereby elects to and does exempt itself and make Inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 15-201, which applies to this city, but Is part of an enactment

which does not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. The governing body shall consist of a mayor and five council members to be elected to terms as set forth herein.The mayor and council members shall be residents and qualified electors of the City of LaHarpe, Kansas.

Section 3. Those governing body positions with terms expiring April 2017, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2019, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected In the November 2019 general election take office.

Section 4. General elections shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every two years for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. A mayor and two council members

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The Kansas Constitution says the Legislature must make “suitable provision” for financing the state’s “educational interests.” The state Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the language requires lawmakers to finance a suitable education for all children, whether they live in rich or poor areas.

The court also said in its last order that districts must have “reasonably equal access to substantially similar educational opportunity through similar tax effort.”

“Equalization is about evening out the purchasing power of individual districts,” said John Robb, an attorney for four school districts pursuing the lawsuit, which was filed in 2010.

Rep. Ed Trimmer, a Winfield Democrat who serves on the House Education Committee, said he’s “not sure it’s a bad thing” to provide tax relief to home and business owners in districts that are considered poor because of their per-pupil property values.

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REPUBLICAN FRUSTRATIONS

When a previous state Supreme Court ruling in 2014 in the same lawsuit prompted legislators to boost aid to poor school districts, Brownback, then seeking reelection, and GOP lawmakers bragged about the property tax relief they were providing.

But now many of them are frustrated that extra state aid they’d provide in a special session wouldn’t translate into a dollar-for-dollar increase in classroom spending. They’ve publicly chided the court for threatening to keep schools closed over a little extra property tax relief.

“Some have said this is about the kids,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Ron Ryckman Jr., an Olathe Republican. “I’m not sure that connects with the reality of the situation in front of us.”

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NOTICE

City crews will chip-and-seal streets in the Northeast part of Iola starting Tuesday, June 21st for approximately 2-3 weeks.

Location for the work will be North of Highway 54 and everything East of Cottonwood Street to the City limits.

City officials said no on-street parking would be permitted in the affected area during the time the work is being done.

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Officers’ statements regarding Cook case should not be sealed Although it’s hard to break the habit, Magistrate Judge Thomas Saxton should not agree to seal the records regarding the alleged murder of Iolan Shawn Cook.

Allen County Attorney Jerry Hathaway has requested Judge Saxton keep the probable cause affidavits sealed from public view. Such documents contain information as to why officers suspect a crime occurred in connection with Cook’s death in mid-March, including the subsequent arrest and incarceration of two people.

Cook’s family, especially, deserves to know such information and should not have to wait — probably many months more — until the official trial begins to hear such testimony.

For more than 35 years, Kansas judges have kept the lid closed on the public’s right to know about such investigations, including search warrants and arrests. It’s only been since 2014, when Kansas legislators amended state law, that officers’ “probable cause” contained in affidavits, have become a matter of public record.

Simply put, people have a right to know why law

enforcement personnel have reason to believe they have committed a crime.

Of course, there are exceptions — nine to be exact, including whether the information may jeopardize the safety of someone involved in the case; interfere with the investigation or prosecution, or reveal the identity of any confidential source.

So each request must be considered individually as to whether it contains sensitive information and whether that can be redacted, so those interested can see at least an altered version, or whether it should be sealed in its entirety.

Letters to the editor Dear editor,

In a June 4 article in the Iola Register, “Humanity House Shares Vision,” it was reported that the Iola Area Ministerial Association (IAMA) was no longer planning to operate the longstanding food pantry at 16 W. Broadway.

That is not the case. It was a misunderstanding. We regret any confusion caused for

THE TRUTH is powerful. For families needing closure, it can help mend wounds or eradicate doubt.

The truth also will stand the test of time, so any facts that come out in the affidavits now will remain viable when the case comes to trial.

As Judge Saxton weighs the merits of the request to keep such testimony sealed, we trust getting the truth out now will do far more good than harm.

— Susan Lynn

Dear editor,

The Iola Area Ministerial Association (IAMA) remains committed to serving those in need of food and words of comfort. While several churches have distinct food ministries the IAMA Allen County Food Pantry is a partnership of churches, individuals, and community organizations.

(Thank you community, for the 4,200 lbs. of food donated in May through the postal service).

Because of the extensive faith-based support, we are able to operate with a very low overhead. The food pantry is staffed solely by volunteers, including our director.

The food pantry depends also

L etters to the editor m ust be signed and m ust include the w riter’s address and telephone num ber. N am es w illbe om itted on request only if there m ight be danger of retribution to the w riter. Letters can be either e-m ailed or sent by traditional m eans.

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donors and clients of either organization.

The needs in Allen County are vast. No one organization can do it all on their own.

While the IAMA food pantry is focused primarily on food and spiritual needs, Humanity House has an expansive vision. Both Humanity House and the IAMA are grateful for each other.

Organizations with similar purposes encourage one another. Healthy organizations dialogue with each other.

Healthy organizations sometimes miscommunicate. Service organizations then proceed to continue to find ways to help those in need.

IAMA Board, Humanity House Board, Iola, Kan.

on help from other organizations, including Feeding America (Walmart), and the Kansas Food Bank. At one time, Monsanto Corporation matched the monies given to the Food Pantry through the invest and acre program. Unfortunately, those matchingfunds have come to an end, and our food costs will rise accordingly. For this reason, the support of churches and individuals is so vital to us.

In the last two years, the IAMA has taken significant steps to be responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable members of Allen County.

The layout and flow of the building was re-arranged to give more privacy and dignity

to those seeking assistance.

In January 2016, the hours were changed to include evenings (Tuesday, 5:30-7), and weekends (Saturday, 11-12), as well as the traditional morning time (Thursday, 9-12).

More changes are certain to come as we continue to serve our community with quality and excellence.

We look forward to the good work Humanity House will do in our community.

Blessings, grace, and peace, Pastor Paul Miller, president Rev. Linda Whitworth-Reed, president-elect On behalf of the members of IAMA, Iola, Kan.

Anti-immigration, nationalism fuel Brexit vote Rarely has a vote in one country attracted as much active kibitzing abroad as Britain’s approaching referendum on whether to stay in the European Union. President Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel, the head of the International Monetary Fund, five former supreme commanders of NATO and a host of other leaders have openly urged the British not to leave, and the chorus is growing by the day.

Whether it’s having any effect will not be known until the vote on Thursday. What is known, what the debate over the referendum has demonstrated with great clarity, is that there is in Britain a populist strain of the sort that has brought nationalist governments to Hungary and Poland, helped right-wing parties make strong showings in France and some other European countries — and, in America, done much to

promote the cause of Donald Trump. In the United States and Britain, a relatively normal electoral process became seized with populist nationalism and increasingly immune to normal political discourse.

In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron announced back in 2013 that he would hold a referendum on E.U. membership largely to mollify euroskeptics in his Conservative Party, presuming that Britons would vote to

stay in. Before long, a similar demographic gathered on the “Leave” side in Britain and the Trump side in America — workers who felt alienated by a globalizing and changing world, who felt politicians had ceased listening to them, who were convinced that tides of foreigners were threatening their livelihood and identity.

And so the British referendum has become something of a battleground for all

Western democracies where anti-immigrant hostilities are building.

And even if the “Remain” side prevails on Thursday and Mr. Trump is decisively rejected in November, Western democracies will need to take a long, hard look at the social divide, the insecurities, the alienation, the nationalism and racism that have invaded so many political battlegrounds.

— The New York Times

How to contact your elected officials

President Barack Obama, (Democrat) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; phone (switchboard): (202) 456-1414; (comments): (202) 4561111

Gov. Sam Brownback, (Republican) Capital, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; phone: (785) 2963232; www.governor. ks.gov/comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-4774; Email: www.roberts. senate.gov/public/index. cfm?p=EmailPat

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-6521; Pittsburg: 306 N. Broadway, Suite 125, Pittsburg, KS, 66762; (620) 232-2286. Email: moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; phone: (202) 225-6601; Pittsburg: 701 N. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762; phone: (620) 231-5966. Email: lynnjenkins.house.gov/ contact-me/

Sen. Caryn Tyson, (Republican) State Capitol-236 E Topeka, KS 66612 phone: (785) 2966838; e-mail: caryn. tyson@senate.ks.gov or 19984 County Rd. 1077 Parker, KS 66072 phone: (913) 898-2366

Rep. Kent Thompson, (Republican) House District No. 9, phone: (620) 496-7200 State Capitol, Room 050-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, or phone: 620-496-2255 1816 2800 St., LaHarpe, KS 66751 email: kent@iolare. kscoxmail.com

Rep. Adam Lusker, (Democrat) House District No. 2, phone: (785) 2967698 State Capitol, Room 043-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, email: adam.lusker@ house.ks.gov

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Ryan: Says he’ll support Trump, despite public rebukes Continued from A1

do, and I hope I don’t have to keep doing,” he said.

Ryan has backed Trump despite rebuking the candidate for questioning the impartiality of a federal judge of Mexican heritage.

Ryan has also opposed

Trump’s p l a n s to temporarily ban M u s l i m s f r o m e n t e r - Donald Trump ing the country and deport mil-

lions of undocumented immigrants. His main motivation, he said, is to prevent “another Democrat in the White House.”

“I know Hillary Clinton won’t agree with anything we want to do,” Ryan said of the presumptive Democrat-

ic presidential nominee, adding that the former secretary of state would “put a bad judge on the Supreme Court.”

Separately, Ryan said lawmakers shouldn’t “rush to judgment” with new restrictions on gun purchases after the attack on a night-

club in Orlando, Fla. The Orlando gunman legally bought an AR15-style semi-automatic rifle this month, days before the attack on the club.

“People have a constitutional right to bear arms,” Ryan said. “People have a constitutional

right to have semiautomatic rifles.”

The Senate is setting up to vote today on several gun-related amendments to a spending bill, the chamber’s first response to the Orlando massacre. Ryan warned of acting “in the haste of the moment.”

Voting: Thousands in limbo as primary election nears Continued from A1

voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship — such as a birth certificate, passport or naturalization papers — when they register.

Republican Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is defending the law against multiple legal challenges.

Supporters of the law say it’s important to make sure those who aren’t U.S. citizens don’t vote. Opponents say non-citizens aren’t voting in significant numbers and the real result is making it harder for the poor, the young and the elderly — those who might have trouble getting documents — to vote.

There are so many legal challenges in play that it’s hard to keep track of who can vote and under what circumstances. Here are some answers:

Q: WHO CAN VOTE IN FEDERAL BUT NOT STATE AND LOCAL RACES, AND WHY?

A: Kansan residents who did not provided proof of citizenship when they registered to vote can cast ballots only in the federal races for president, U.S. Senate and House — but only if they registered to vote at motor vehicle offices. That includes voters whose “motorvoter applications” were cancelled after 90 days because they didn’t circle back and provide the proof of citizenship after initially turning in applications.

Kobach is trying to keep everybody who doesn’t provide documents proving their U.S. citizenship out of the voting booth, but a federal judge says that violates the National Voter Registration Law, commonly called the “motor-voter law,” because Congress designed it to encourage voter participation by making it easy to register when people get their driver’s licenses.

The federal courts

ordered Kobach to let these “motor-voter” voters whose registrations were cancelled or suspended to cast ballots in the upcoming federal elections while his appeal plays out. A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments in August, but it is not likely to rule before the elections.

Q: WHO CAN’T VOTE IN ANY RACES?

A: People who have not provided such citizenship documents and registered to vote anywhere other than a motor vehicle office will still not be allowed to cast ballots. Their applications will still be suspended and then cancelled after 90 days if they don’t go back with documentation.

Q: WHAT OTHER ISSUES ARE PENDING IN COURT?

A: Kansas had a similar two-tier election system during the 2014 elections for voters who registered to vote with a simple federal form

that at the time only required people to attest under penalty of perjury they were U.S. citizens. Those voters also could only vote in federal races during that election.

Kobach sued the U.S. Election Assistance Commission seeking to force it to change the national form so it requires proof-of-citizenship documents. Kobach lost.

Then earlier this year federal agency’s new executive director — Brian Newby, a former Kansas election commissioner that Kobach had once appointed to a state post— decided shortly after he was hired to unilaterally change the federal registration form to now require citizenship documentation from residents of Kansas, Alabama and Georgia.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is expected to rule any day on a request from voting rights advocates who sued to block Newby’s

action. Depending on how the court rules that decision could also affect whether people who registered with the national form without the citizenship documents will be able to vote at least in the federal races.

A Shawnee County judge this week reiterated his earlier ruling that Kobach has no legal right to bar people from casting ballots in local and state elections because they registered to vote using a federal form that did not require proof of citizenship. The judge had ruled in January that the right to vote under state law is not tied to the method of registration. That ruling is likely to be appealed, and it is uncertain whether it will affect the upcoming elections.

Q: HOW MANY KANSAS VOTERS WILL BE AFFECTED?

A: Kansas has estimated the motor-voter ruling will affect as

many as 50,000 voters who register at motor vehicle offices before the November elections without providing proof of citizenship. They will only be allowed cast ballots in the federal races for president, U.S. Senate and House.

The proof-of citizenship requirement has mostly affected Kansas’ younger citizens, many of whom are registering to vote for the first time in their lives. More than 58 percent of those voters who registered at motor vehicle offices without providing citizenship paperwork are between 18 and 29 years old.

Kansas has more than 1.72 million registered voters, and about 44 percent of people who registered in the past decade did so at motor vehicle offices. Less than 1 percent of Kansas voters register using the federal form.

The Kansas law requiring proof of citizenship became effective in January 2013.

WaveFire: Family offers outlet for gaming enthusiasts Continued from A1

There is nothing about a game that limits the age to any set generation.

— Shannon Roloff, WaveFire Games

sible,” Shannon said.

“People will generate the interest. Stuff that doesn’t go over well or isn’t played often, we’ll phase out. Stuff people want to see, we’ll bring in. What you see on the shelves is not what we’re limited to.”

And the merchandise on the shelves has been selling.

“A lot of the stuff that we bring in has been, whoosh, going right out,” Anita said. “So we have to reorder again.”

The store’s grand opening was Friday.

TOURNAMENTS will become a regular activity at WaveFire Games.

Friday’s “Magic: The Gathering” tournament featured about a dozen participants, Austin said.

Shannon said WaveFire Games is registered with Wizards of the Coast, the makers of “Magic” and a subsidiary of Hasbro. This provides the added benefit of Planeswalker Points at tournaments.

Planeswalker Points is a worldwide rewards system for “Magic: The Gathering” players who participate in sanctioned events.

Among the benefits of the rewards system is it allows participants to play at bigger tournaments in bigger cities, Shannon said.

WaveFire Games will likely hold tournaments with other games, too, such as Dungeons and Dragons and Warham-

mer, after a Dungeon Master is found and a Warhammer table is built.

NO EXPERIENCE is necessary to start playing a game for the first time at WaveFire.

“There are plenty of people here that are more than happy to in-

troduce new players into the game,” Shannon said. “Even our customers are more than happy to sit down and help people build decks and to teach them how to play.”

The cost of a deck builder’s tool kit for “Magic: The Gathering” is about $20. More can be spent on booster packs.

In addition to trading card games, WaveFire has a variety of board games. A “Game of Thrones” version of Monopoly sits at the front of a shelf that holds award-winning games, such as Dominion, the 2009 winner of the Spiel del Jahres game award.

WaveFire Games also has Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and BattleTech.

THE GAMES will not replace the Roloffs’ day jobs. Shannon is a manager at AutoZone, Anita is a nurse at Windsor Place and Austin works in the electronics department at Walmart while also taking classes at Allen Community College.

For the past two weeks, the Roloff family has put in the hours.

Shannon said there were several days where he worked from 6 a.m. to midnight between his two jobs.

“I’m hoping (WaveFire Games) takes off,” Shannon said. “I want to be able to offer paychecks.”

Currently, no one takes a paycheck from WaveFire Games. Everyone works on a volunteer basis. Shannon said he needs some profit and loss statements before he can determine if he can afford employees.

“As far as pay for me, my pay is just the enjoyment,” Shannon said. “Yeah, sure, I’ll take a paycheck. Who wouldn’t? But I don’t see myself quitting AutoZone anytime soon. I enjoy my work there.”

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In the front of the store is the merchandise; in the back is where the magic happens.

Here, on Friday night, was their first “Magic: The Gathering” tournament. In this back room, people may play the very games sold in the store.

“A lot of people buy the game here and play it in the back,” Shannon said. “And if they have any questions about the game play, they’re free to ask.”

Austin said stores similar to WaveFire Games can be found in Kansas City and Wichita, but Hornet Games in Burlington is the only other store in southeast Kansas that he knew of.

THE INTEREST in tabletop games exists in the local community, Shannon said.

“There was enough of an interest here — the college students, the high school kids, the middle-schoolers,” Shannon said.

While Shannon said he wants to provide an activity for kids, students are not WaveFire Games’ only customers.

People of all different age groups have walked through the doors.

“There is nothing about a game that limits the age to any set generation,” Shannon said.

Some of the games have also been around for decades, such as Dungeons and Dragons, which was first released in 1974.

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Monday, June 20, 2016

PGA: U.S. Open

NBA Finals: Cavaliers 93, Warriors 89; Cavaliers win the NBA Championship 4-3

Dustin Johnson hoists the trophy on the 18th green after winning the U.S. Open on Sunday at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. Matt Freed/

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Johnson wins the U.S. Open

By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Dustin Johnson had everything going his way Sunday in the U.S. Open.

He was playing the best golf on the toughest course. He had a two-shot lead on the back nine at Oakmont. He even got a huge break on a ruling that allowed him to escape deep rough, the kind of breaks that usually go to major champions.

That’s when he saw two USGA officials approach him on the 12th tee. They told him he might get a one-shot penalty for his ball moving on the fifth green. They wouldn’t know until after his round.

Try playing the back nine of a U.S. Open with that kind of confusion.

“It’s nothing new at this point,” said Johnson, who has had major mishaps for the last six years. “It’s happened so many times I kind of expect it now.”

The difference was the outcome.

Johnson showed the mettle

Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (23) is congratulated by his teammates as he holds the Larry O’Brien Trophy after defeating the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Sunday at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. Jose Carlos

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ONE FOR HOME

James brings a championship to Cleveland

By JANIE McCAULEY The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James cradled the shiny gold trophy and struggled to sum up what might be his sweetest championship yet, the one he is so proudly bringing home to his native northeast Ohio just as he promised to do when he returned to the Cavaliers two summers ago.

Later, flanked by his three children on Father’s Day, a cigar between his lips and winning net as a necklace with the lingering stench of champagne, James began to understand the magnitude of his accomplish-

ment for Cleveland after a half-century wait.

“I’m coming home with what I said I was going to do,” he said, adding, “I can’t wait to get off that plane, hold that trophy up and see all our fans at the terminal.”

James and his relentless, nevercount-them-out Cavs pulled off an improbable NBA Finals comeback, and Cleveland is title town again at long last.

James delivered on a vow to his home state and brought the Cavs back from the brink as they became the first team to rally from a 3-1 finals deficit, beating the defending cham-

pion Golden State Warriors 93-89 on Sunday night to end a 52-year major sports championship drought in Cleveland.

“I’ve never seen a man in my life tell an entire state: ‘Get on my back, I got you. Get on my back and I’m going to carry you. I don’t care if we fail, I’m going to wake up the next morning and I’m going to start working out and prepare for the next year,’” Richard Jefferson said. “...

He was like, ‘I’m going to come back home because I promised them that I would do something.’ And he carried See NBA | Page B4

See JOHNSON | Page B4

Major League Baseball: Royals 2, Tigers 1

Royals walk-off

Kansas City Royals’ Lorenzo Cain scores the winning run during the 13th inning on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. John Sleezer/

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — While Cheslor Cuthbert delivered the game-winning hit, Chris Young said pitching six sharp innings on Father’s Day was an emotional outing for him.

Cuthbert singled home Lorenzo Cain in the 13th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.

The Royals won six of seven on their homestand and have the best home record in the American League at 25-8.

Young threw six innings, matching his longest outing of the year, holding the Tigers to three hits and one run, while walking one and striking out seven. Young is 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA in 10 career outings against the Tigers.

Young’s father Charles died

last September.

“I think last year on Father’s Day was the last time he saw me pitch,” Young said. “A year later, he was certainly in my thoughts, a lot of great memories and some emotional times as well. I feel like I’m motivated every time out, but certainly a little bit of emotion on the first Father’s Day since my dad passed away.”

Salvador Perez led off the 13th with a single to right off left-hander Kyle Ryan (1-2), who was just promoted from Triple-A Toledo. Cain ran for Perez and advanced to second on Miguel Cabrera’s error on Ryan’s pickoff attempt.

After Kendrys Morales See ROYALS | Page B4

Humboldt Speedway: Midseason Champ.

Jackie Dalton races on Friday at Humboldt Speedway. FINISHLINE

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Dalton wins midseason title

By JEFF FEHR Humboldt Speedway

HUMBOLDT — With temperatures hitting the upper 90s, the races held Friday evening at Humboldt Speedway were just as hot.

Add to this night the Midseason Points Championship and the result was some of the closest racing seen all year.

In McCarthy Auto Group/ USRA Modified action, Car-

thage, Mo.’s Jackie Dalton ventured to the three-eighthsmile Humboldt Speedway in search of national points in the USRA Modified division.

Instead, he found Nevada, Mo.’s Chase Domer, who led every circuit before relinquishing the lead as the checkers fell.

Dalton is currently in the top five in national points See HUMBOLDT | Page B4

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Court: Solitary confinement can violate rights TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that in extreme cases solitary confinement can violate an inmate’s constitutional rights.

In a ruling Friday, the justices ordered Kansas judges to consider an inmate’s duration in solitary confinement when determining whether the inmate’s rights had been infringed upon.

The case involved James Jamerson, 33, who was sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and other charges linked to a 2001 homicide in Topeka.

Jamerson was placed in solitary confinement in 2010 after being threatened with gang violence and accused of taking part in contraband trafficking, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

When he filed a writ of habeas corpus in August 2013, he had been in solitary confinement for more than 1,000 days.

He argued that his placement in solitary confinement was based on falsehoods and without due process, in violation of his constitutional rights.

Butler County District Court Judge John Sanders dismissed Jamerson’s appeal because it was not timely and because solitary confine-

in the hopes of setting a precedent.

There are two different forms of solitary confinement under Kansas law: disciplinary

There are two different forms of solitary confinement under Kansas law: disciplinary segregation, which is short term and used as punishment, and administrative segregation, which can last decades as a way ...to keep inmates out of the general population for safety and security reasons.

ment does not involve constitutional rights, he said.

The Kansas Court of Appeals found that Jamerson’s appeal should not be dismissed for being untimely, but otherwise the judges agreed that a lengthy duration of solitary confinement does not challenge constitutional rights.

The Kansas Supreme Court was asked to consider the matter, but by that time Jamerson was no longer in solitary confinement. The court determined the case was moot, but opted to hear it

segregation, which is short term and used as a punishment, and administrative segregation, which can last decades as a way for prisons to keep inmates out of the general population for safety and security reasons.

“A correctional classification that is so harsh that it is used as punishment on some inmates may thus be imposed for longer periods of time on inmates who have not been designated for punitive treatment,” Justice Eric Rosen wrote Friday.

Kansas lost construction jobs last year TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal report shows that construction jobs in Kansas fell 3,400 over the past year.

The Topeka CapitalJournal reports that the U.S. Labor Department report released Saturday shows that employment in Kansas’ construction industry since May 2015 slipped 5.6 percent. The Kansas

percentage decline was surpassed only by drops in West Virginia and North Dakota.

The report also shows that four neighboring states experienced growth in the construction jobs sector, adding a combined 20,000 jobs to the economy.

Bob Totten, executive vice president of the Kansas Contractors As-

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In April, Kansas delayed up to three years authorization of highway construction projects valued at $550 million because of budget shortfalls.

Death of Franklin Co. inmate under investigation OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a 35-year-old inmate at an eastern Kansas jail.

Authorities said Benjamin F. Mastel, of Ottawa, Kansas, was found

unresponsive in his cell at the Franklin County jail late Friday night.

He was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The sheriff ’s office says Mastel had been in the jail since April 19.

The Kansas City Star reports court records show Mastel was being held on charges of aggravated battery and theft.

State law requires the KBI to investigate such deaths.

Senate to vote on 4 gun control measures The Senate plans to take four procedural votes today on amendments that would improve or expand background checks and make it harder for suspected terrorists to purchase guns. None is expected to get the 60 votes required for further action.

Democrats were expected to block two Republican amendments, arguing that they fall short in controlling the sales of guns. Republicans were expected to block two Democratic amendments, contending that they threaten the constitutional rights of gun owners.

Details on the amendments: — AMENDMENT by Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut that would require background checks for all gun sales and improve information in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

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AMENDMENT

by Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles

Grassley, R-Iowa, that would boost funds for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and ensure that the correct records are uploaded into the system in a timely manner. Would also clarify language surrounding mental health issues that would disqualify someone from buying a gun.

— AMENDMENT by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California that would let the government bar sales of guns and explosives to people it suspects of being terrorists. Feinstein offered a similar amendment in December, a day after an extremist couple killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, but the Republican-run Senate rejected the proposal on a near partyline vote.

THE Justice Department has endorsed the legislation, saying it gives the department “an important additional tool to prevent the sale of guns to suspected

terrorists by licensed firearms dealers while ensuring protection of the department’s operational and investigative sensitivities.”

— AMENDMENT by Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas that would allow the government to delay a gun sale to a suspected terrorist for 72 hours, but require prosecutors to go to court to show probable cause to block the sale permanently. The National Rifle Association backs the legislation, which the Senate also rejected in December.

THE NRA said in a statement that “if an investigation uncovers evidence of terrorist activity or involvement, the government should be allowed to immediately go to court, block the sale, and arrest the terrorist. At the same time, due process protections should be put in place that allow lawabiding Americans who are wrongly put on a watchlist to be removed.”

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Is human growth hormone worth the risk?

By Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health

growth hormone has been tested in older adults in a six-month trial, and the results were published back in 2002. The study did show that muscle mass increased and fat decreased in participants. The study did not evaluate wrinkles or sleep. Although a benefit is postulated, I couldn’t find any high-quality evi-

dence for it.

There are benefits to HGH, but there are harms, too. The most serious of these is development of prediabetes or diabetes, which occurred in half of the men taking HGH, compared with 18 percent in the placebo group. Also, 32 percent of men taking HGH reported carpal

tunnel syndrome; 39 percent of women reported swelling in the legs; and 41 percent of men reported joint pain. The authors of the study recommended against HGH in older adults except as part of further studies, and I agree, based on the modest benefits and significant harms.

(First published in The Iola Register, June 6, 2016) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT U.S. Bank National Association Plaintiff, vs.

James E. Cloud, et al.

Defendants, Case No.15CV34 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the Courthouse Steps of the Allen County, Courthouse, Kansas, on June 29, 2016 at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOT FOUR (4), BLOCK TWO (2), GEAR’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS.

TAX ID NO.005-147200, Commonly known as 816 N Walnut St, Iola, KS 66749 (“the Property”) MS168183 to satisfy the judgment in the above entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. ________________________ Allen County Sheriff MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Chad R. Doornink, #23536

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(First published in The Iola Register, June 13, 2016) CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 8 A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF MORAN, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 15-201, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS, THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE, TRANSITIONS TO NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, THE FILLING OF GOVERNING BODY VACANCIES, AND NOMINATION PETITIONS; AND, PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT; AND REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 3· BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF MORAN, KANSAS: Section 1. The City of Moran, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution hereby elects to and does exempt itself and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 15-201, which applies to this city, but is part of an enactment which does not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. The governing body shall consist of a mayor and five

council members to be elected to terms as set forth herein. The mayor and council members shall be residents and qualified electors of the City of Moran, Kansas.

Section 3. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017 shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. The terms of the officials elected in the April 2016 election shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2019, when the city officials elected in the November 2018 general election take office.

Section 4. General elections shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every year for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. A mayor and two council members shall be elected at one election, and the remaining three council members shall be elected at the succeeding election. The mayor and all council members shall have two year terms.

Section 5. All elections for the

City of Moran, Kansas shall be nonpartisan.

Section 6. In case of a vacancy in the council occurring by reason of resignation, death, or removal from office or from the city, the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the remaining council members, shall appoint an elector to fill the vacancy until the next election for that office. In case any person elected as a council member neglects or refuses to qualify within 30 days after election, the council member shall be deemed to have refused to accept the office and a vacancy shall exist. The mayor may, with the consent of the remaining council members, appoint a suitable elector to fill the vacancy.

Section 7. In case of a vacancy in the office of mayor, the president of the council shall become mayor until the next regular election for that office and a vacancy shall occur in the office of the council member becoming mayor.

Section 8. In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, any person may become a candidate for city office elected at large by having had filed on their behalf, a nomination petition or a

declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law.

The nomination petition must be signed by 10% of the qualified electors of the City of Moran.

Section 9. This Charter Ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper.

Section 10. This Charter Ordinance shall take effect 61 days after the final publication unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed, requiring a referendum to be held on the ordinance as provided

by Article 12, Section 5, Subsection (c)(3) of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, in which case this Charter Ordinance shall become effective upon approval by the majority of the electors voting thereon.

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NBA: James, Cavs make history, win NBA Championship Continued from B1

us the whole way.”

In a testy series of blowouts — and a few blowups — the winnertake-all Game 7 provided the thrilling finale with James as the finals MVP disarming two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry and his record-setting Warriors.

The native of Akron rattled off moments from the lengthy list of Cleveland sports heartbreak and said what it meant for him to personally bring the Cavaliers their first championship.

Playing his sixth straight finals, James almost single-handedly carried the Cavs back into this series and finished with 27 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds as the Cavs gave their city its first major sports winner since the Browns won the NFL title in 1964. He also had three blocked shots, including a key one of Andre Iguodala on a fast break in the final minutes.

An emotional James fell to the floor when this one ended with a second win in a week on Golden State’s imposing home floor, surrounded by his teammates. Only moments earlier, he went down in pain with 10.6 seconds left after being fouled

by Draymond Green while going for a dunk, then came back out to make the second of two free throws.

After four successful seasons in Miami and two titles with the Heat, James came back to the Cavs in hopes of winning the title this franchise and championship-starved city so coveted. It took a second try against Golden State after Cleveland lost to the Warriors in six games last year.

“I was calm. I was focused. I was locked in,” James said.

Cleveland did it after a coaching change, with Tyronn Lue taking over in January for the fired David Blatt.

“We made history to-

A Cavaliers fan holds a sign after the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Sunday at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.

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night,” Lue said. “Cleveland, Ohio, we’re coming back, baby!”

Kyrie Irving scored 26 points to cap his brilliant finals, including a 3-pointer over Curry with 53 seconds left.

Curry sat briefly on the bench to take in the scene after the Warriors made

their last basket with 4:39 left.

“It hurts, man,” Curry said. “Just proud of every single guy that stepped foot on the floor for our team this year. ... Hopefully we’ll have many more opportunities to fight for championships and be on this stage because this is what it’s all about.”

Green had 32 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists, but the Warriors’ record-setting season ended without the only prize this close-knit “Strength In Numbers” crew cared about from way back in the beginning — through the record 24-0 start as Coach of the Year Steve Kerr was out, Curry’s second consecutive MVP campaign, and the 73 regular-season wins to break the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ mark.

As Cleveland celebrated in the trophy ceremony, Green returned to the floor to congratulate the Cavs. He stopped by the winning locker

Johnson: Wins US Open championship Continued from B1

— and yes, the wits — to finally win a major championship.

“For it to not affect the outcome is fantastic,” he said. “It just shows how well I played.”

No one knew if he was leading, tied or one shot behind, and neither did Johnson. He didn’t look at a board the rest of the day, taking on each shot regardless of the score and coming up with all the right shots — the 10foot par save on the 16th, a cautious bunker shot on the 17th, and a 6-iron that settled the score. It dropped down 5 feet from the hole for a birdie that wrapped up a U.S. Open that was overdue.

The USGA wound up giving him the penalty shot after it was over, so Johnson closed with a 1-under 69 for a threeshot victory over Shane Lowry, Scott Piercy and Jim Furyk, a runner-up at Oakmont for the second straight U.S. Open.

“I still didn’t want the penalty. I didn’t think that I did anything to cause the ball to move,” Johnson said. “But at the end of the day, it didn’t affect what happened. So it doesn’t bother me at all.”

Finally, he’s a major champion.

Johnson scooped up 18-month son Tatum into his arms on Father’s Day

and raised the silver trophy for all to see.

“I’ve been here a bunch of times and haven’t quite got it done,” Johnson said.

“But today, I did. And it feels really good.”

He saluted a Pittsburgh crowd that was on his side even amid all the uncertainty. The grandstands were raucous, with one fan shouting, “What’s the call, USGA?” At the trophy presentation, when Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck brought up the penalty situation, the crowd booed.

Johnson finished at 4-under 276, the lowest winning score in nine U.S. Opens at Oakmont.

The lingering question was whether the toughest test in golf was tougher than it needed to be.

Johnson had a short par putt on the fifth hole, took a few practice strokes and as he placed the putter behind the ball, it moved slightly — backward. Johnson stepped back and called over the rules official, told him he didn’t cause it to move. He tapped in for par.

Jeff Hall, senior director of rules and open championships for the USGA, said a staff member said on the radio that it might be worth another look. The USGA thought Johnson should know that his score might be one shot worse than it was, so it told him on the 12th tee.

“After looking at video, the actions he took could have caused the ball to move,” Hall said. “We asked if there was some other reason the ball could have moved. He didn’t state a reason.”

But it led to confusion over the entire back nine — for Johnson and for the guys trying to catch him.

Lowry, who began the final round with a fourshot lead that he lost on the front nine, tied him when Johnson made bogey on the 14th.

Were they tied? Was Johnson trailing by one?

Jack Nicklaus, who won the first of his 18 majors at Oakmont in 1962, said if the USGA thought it might be a one-shot penalty, it should have done it right there and “let him get on with the job.”

That’s what he did, scrambling for pars, keeping his cool, thinking only the major that kept eluding him.

Johnson said he couldn’t help but wonder if he was in for more bad luck at a major that he was poised to win.

“Just one more thing to add to the list, right?” he said.

The most painful was last year in the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, when Johnson had a 12-foot eagle putt to win and threeputted for par to lose by one to Jordan Spieth.

There also was that two-

shot penalty at Whistling Straits that kept him out of a playoff in the 2010 PGA Championship when Johnson grounded his club in sand without realizing it was a bunker. He was chasing down Darren Clarke in the 2011 British Open when he hit a 2-iron out-of-bounds on the 14th hole. He lost a three-shot lead at Pebble Beach in the 2010 U.S. Open by closing with an 82.

Not this time.

Lowry became the first player since Payne Stewart at Olympic Club in 1998 to lose a four-shot lead in the final round of the U.S. Open. He made birdie after being told of the potential Johnson penalty, but the Irishman lost his putting touch with three-putt bogeys on three straight holes.

He closed with a 76.

Lowry and all the other players on the course were informed that Johnson might get penalized after his round.

“It didn’t affect the way I played,” Lowry said. “If anything, I credit Dustin for playing the way he played on the way in, having that hanging over him, because I probably would have wanted to know straightaway if it was me.”

Humboldt: Dalton takes checkers Continued from B1

in one of the closest margins this year in all divisions. Midseason Champion Tad Davis ran third with Jesse Folk Jr. and Paden Phillips rounding out the top five.

In Ray’s Metal Depot/ USRA Outpace B Modified racing, Chanute’s Tim Van Gotten led every lap en route to the victory.

Ethan Isaacs, Tim Phillips, Dylan Allen and Riley Whitworth completed

the top five. Heat race victories went to Isaccs, Ed Noll and Van Gotten. The Midseason Points Champion in the division went to Riley Whitworth, who edged out Van Gotten by a mere six points.

The Pure Stock feature saw Chanute’s Matthew Kay pick up another win, outdistancing Bryce Weldon and Derrek Wilson.

Both Weldon and Kay picked up heat race wins as well. The Midseason

Points Championship went to Derrek Wilson, whose consistency paved the way to his midseason accomplishment.

The Sport Compact class saw Dennis Aiello garner another win over Trenton Wilson and Albert Green. Aiello used a last lap pass to secure the win. The win still wasn’t enough, as Trent Wilson secured the Midseason Points Championship.

In the Fastshafts by

Axle Exchange Street Stocks, the Midseason Point Championship went to Chanute’s Tyler James, who has been steady and consistent throughout the first half of racing this year at the Humboldt Speedway.

Racing returns to the Humboldt Speedway on July 1 with a USRA Modifed show. USRA Outpace B Mods, Sport Compacts, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks will also be racing.

Local Scoreboard Iola Rec. Leagues Little League First Title 3, Elks 2 First Title: 1B - Eli Adams 2, Brandon McKarnin 2, Kole Rogers, Henry Wicoff 2, Kasen Fudge. Elks: 1B -TJ Taylor 2, Ryker Curry, Gage Turner, Devin Hoadley, Jake Skahan, Xaiviyn Channel, Pierce Beasley, Zane Griffeth.

Elks 9, Vision Source 8 Elks: 1B - Rylan Green, Drake

DaLaTorre 2, Toby Sander 2, Trenton Varney 2, CJ Shields, Wyatt Westervelt, Casey McKarnin, Brock Sander 2, Tristan Cary 2, Brian Rojas. 2B - Green, Shields, Westervelt.

Vision: 1B - TJ Taylor 3, Ryker Curry, Adam Atwell, Cooper Riley 2, Gage Turner 2, Devin Hoadley, Xaiviyan Channel, Pierce Beasley, Zane Griffeth. 2B - Curry. HR - Curry, Jake Skahan.

Bitty Ball Dairy Queen 12 Iola Pharmacy 6 Pharmacy: 1B - Reed Clift, Ean DeLaTorre, Hayden Kelley, Brennen Coffield, Mason Lampe. 2B - DeLaTorre. 3B - Jakolby Hill. HR - Hill.

Dairy Queen: Tripp Chapman 2, Easton Weseloh 2, Nick Bauer, Lucas Maier 2, Wyatt Harris 2B - Mat Drago, Maier. 3B - Drago 2, Bauer 2. HR - Maier.

Sonic 11, CLO 8 CLO: 1B - Logan Huff 2, Ty Shaughnessy, Drake Genoble, Jakoby Hill.

2B - Evan Lacrone, Shaughnessy.

3B - Jordy Kaufman, Huff. HR Kaufman. Sonic: 1B - Henry White, Shaun McLaughlin, Mason Peeper, Isaac Velazquez, Colton Thompson, Layton Stowell, Maddox Salyers. 2B - McLaughlin, Velazquez.

3B - White, Thompson. HR - Jensen Barker, Kolton Northcutt 2, Peeper.

room, too, and Warriors general manager Bob Myers brought in the freshly cut nets.

Golden State might always be remembered as one of the best teams ever that couldn’t close it out, and Green is taking at least a good share of the blame after he sat out Game 5 on Monday night suspended for flagrant fouls.

The Cavs staved off elimination twice to force Game 7 back at Oracle Arena, where the Warriors went up 2-0 with a pair of lopsided wins to start this series.

Cleveland became just the fourth team to win a road NBA Finals Game 7.

Curry — who said beforehand he needed the best game of his career — scored 17 points on 6-for19 shooting, while Splash

Brother Klay Thompson added 14 points while making 6 of 17 shots.

“I didn’t do enough to help my team win,” Curry said. “It will haunt me for a while.”

President Barack Obama, an avid basketball fan, returned to Washington aboard Air Force One late Sunday as the game entered its final, tense minutes. He watched until the end and did not come down the stairs until moments after the Cavs won.

This time, it will be Cleveland hosting the victory parade on Wednesday. A year ago at home, the Cavs had to watch Golden State win its first title in 40 years.

“Now we have our own parade,” Irving said, “and we’ll celebrate it the way it’s supposed to be celebrated in Cleveland.”

Royals: Walk-off Continued from B1

was intentionally walked, Paulo Orlando moved the runners with a sacrifice bunt. Ryan walked Brett Eibner intentionally to load the bases. Cuthbert hit a ground ball single to left to score Cain.

“I saw the ball going by and I took off,” Cain said.

Chien-Ming Wang (4-0) allowed one hit in 1 2/3 innings to pick up the win.

Tigers starter Jordan Zimmermann, who threw 93 pitches in eight innings, had a three-ball count only on two batters — Cuthbert in the third and Orlando in the eighth.

Zimmerman yielded one run on four hits, walked one and struck out five.

“He was very good,” Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. “He was throwing strikes and got them chasing pitches out of the strike zone. His pitch count was down and he was sharp. He did an excellent job. He deserved to get a ‘W’ really.”

Left-hander Justin Wilson replaced Zimmermann and hit speedy Jarrod Dyson with his first pitch. After Whit Merrifield popped up foul on a bunt, Wilson picked Dyson off first base and retired Alcides Escobar on a fly ball Young threw six innings, matching his longest outing of the year, holding Detroit to three

hits and one run, while striking out seven. Young is 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA in 10 career games against Detroit.

Steven Moya’s first major league home run to lead off the third was Young’s only hiccup.

Young has allowed 19 home runs 51 1/3 innings, but the past 14 have been with the bases empty.

Eibner’s ground out in fifth scored Morales to tie the score at 1. Morales led off the inning with a single and stopped at third on Orlando’s double to left. Eibner’s grounder to shortstop Jose Iglesias got Morales’ home.

After Young exited, Joakim Soria pitched a perfect seventh, while Kelvin Herrera struck out the side on 14 pitches in the eighth. Wade Davis walked one in a scoreless ninth.

TRAINER’S ROOM LF Alex Gordon (fractured right wrist) went 1 for 3 in his first rehab game Sunday with Double-A Northwest Arkansas. He doubled in his first at-bat and struck out UP NEXT The Royals are off before a two-game series begins Tuesday at the Mets in a World Series rematch.

RHP Ian Kennedy will start the first game.