The Iola Register, Oct. 20, 2022

On the ballot: Amendment explained

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

A pair of constitutional amendments will be decided by voters on Election Day.

The first would grant law makers from the State Legis lature the authority to veto executive orders handed down from the governor with a simple majority vote.

The second, dealing with sheriff’s elections, has large ly flown under the radar in this part of the state.

At issue is whether sher iffs’ elections should be a part of the constitution, or whether individual counties could conceivably utilize a commission or other public body to appoint their law en forcers.

“A lot of people don’t real ize it’s an issue,” Allen Coun ty Sheriff Bryan Murphy said. “It’s not been an issue here.”

The impetus for the amend ment vote came out of a 2021 proposal in Johnson County — one that ultimately never came to pass — that would

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Armstrong takes helm of hospital

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Jeremy Armstrong, the new administrator for Allen County Regional and Ander son County hospitals, is no stranger to small towns.

He grew up in Wetmore, a town of about 300 north of Topeka, and served as the leader of small-town hospi tals in Marion and Beloit.

He knows that it takes time to get to know a community. He took over the hospitals in Iola and Garnett on Sept. 19, and has spent the past month getting to know the staff and physicians in each town.

“Then I’ll make my way through the community,” he said. “Each community is a little unique in their culture and what makes them tick.”

That slow and steady ap proach also applies in find ing a more permanent place to live. He’s currently rent ing in Iola as he and his wife search for a house. His wife is currently in Beloit with their youngest daughter, a high school senior there who is active in sports such as cross country and plays first-

chair violin in the orchestra, and didn’t want to be uproot ed at a critical point in her high school career.

“She was really pulling on dad’s heartstrings,” Arm strong said. “She didn’t want

to move. I understand.”

His wife of 28 years, Tam my, agreed to stay in Beloit with her until graduation. Not only does it help their daughter, it will give them more time to get to know the

Soaring US dollar spreads pain worldwide

By the Associated Press

The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that se curity guard Mustafa Gamal had to send his wife and yearold daughter to live with his parents in a village 70 miles south of the Egyptian capital to save money.

Gamal, 28, stayed behind, working two jobs, sharing an apartment with other young people and eliminating meat from his diet. “The prices of everything have been dou bled,” he said. “There was no alternative.’’

Around the world, people are sharing Gamal’s pain and frustration. An auto parts dealer in Nairobi, a seller of baby clothes in Istanbul and a wine importer in Manches ter, England, have the same complaint: A surging U.S. dollar makes their local cur rencies weaker, contributing to skyrocketing prices for everyday goods and services. This is compounding finan cial distress at a time when families are already facing food and energy crunches tied to Russia’s invasion of

Ukraine.

“A strong dollar makes a bad situation worse in the rest of the world,’’ says Eswar Prasad, a professor of trade policy at Cornell University. Many economists worry that the sharp rise of the dollar is increasing the likelihood of a global recession sometime next year.

The dollar is up 18% this year and last month hit a 20year high, according to the benchmark ICE U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the

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communities and find just the right house.

One thing in particular caught their attention: the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. They’re looking forward to

Humboldt wins Tri-Valley

USDA announces $1 billion debt relief for 36,000 farmers

By DAVID PITT The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) —

The federal government an nounced Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen be hind on loan payments or face foreclosure.

The U.S. Department of Ag riculture announced the farm loan relief program funded from $3.1 billion set aside in the Inflation Reduction Act allocated toward assisting distressed borrowers of di rect or guaranteed loans ad ministered by USDA. The law was passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in August.

The USDA provides loans to about 115,000 farmers and livestock producers who can not obtain commercial cred it. Those who have missed payments, are in foreclosure or are heading toward de fault will get help from the

USDA. Financial difficulties for farmers may be caused by a variety of issues including drought and transportation bottlenecks.

“Through no fault of their own, our nation’s farmers and ranchers have faced in credibly tough circumstances over the last few years,” said

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “The funding includ ed in today’s announcement helps keep our farmers farm ing and provides a fresh start for producers in challenging positions.”

About 11,000 farm borrow ers delinquent on direct or guaranteed loan payments for

60 days or longer are receiv ing automatic electronic pay ments to get them current on their loans. Each farmer with a direct loan received about $52,000 and those with guar anteed loans received about $172,000. The total cost for this group is nearly $600 million. Farmers who received this help will get a letter inform ing them that their payments have been made and they will remain current until their next annual payment is due in 2023, Vilsack said.

Another $200 million has been used to immediately help 2,100 farm borrowers af ter their loans had been fore closed but who still owed mon ey and had their tax refunds and other resources taken by the U.S. Treasury. The money will be used to pay the mon ey these farmers owe to give them a fresh start, Vilsack said. The USDA said farmers in this category received an average of $101,000.

Another $571 million will

be used help several addition al groups including: —7,000 farmers who during the COVID pandemic delayed loan payments to the end of their loans. This will cost $66 million.

—1,600 farmers that face bankruptcy or foreclosure will get help on a case-by-case basis with individual meet ings to assess their problem and find solutions at a cost of $330 million.

—14,000 financially dis tressed farm borrowers fac ing cash flow problems who ask for help to avoid missing a loan payment will receive additional assistance. Vilsack said these issues could be brought on by drought or by low levels on the Mississippi River that is slowing barge traffic causing grain trans portation issues. Up to $175 million will be available for this program.

The money announced Tuesday is the first round of

Jeremy Armstrong is the new administrator for Allen County Regional and Anderson County hospitals on behalf of the Saint Luke’s Health System. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

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An amendment to the Kansas constitution would secure the election of sheriffs.

A combine harvest wheats in a field west of Piqua earlier this summer. Area farmers are hopeful for a bumper crop this year. FILE PHOTO

Chanute buys trucks

CHANUTE — Cha nute city commission ers recently approved more than $1.6 million in equipment purchas es that included a new fire truck and two new trash trucks, according to The Chanute Tri bune.

Funding comes pri marily through the American Rescue Plan Act allocated to cities and counties across the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandem ic.

The trash trucks, at $417,00 apiece, include a new system of trash collection. The trucks come equipped with a mechanical arm that automatically picks up 48- and 96-gallon cans.

The change will re quire a two-man crew instead of the current three-man crew as well as one fewer trash truck.

Delivery of the new trucks will take nine to 12 months, according to the Tribune.

A new public re stroom for downtown Chanute is also in the works.

The building will be constructed in a cor ner of Memorial Hall’s parking lot at an esti mated cost of $80,000.

Three arrested for planting bomb

PARSONS — Three people were arrested in Parsons last week for planting an improvised explosive device.

It’s the third bomb in three months discov ered in town, according to The Morning Sun, Pittsburg’s newspaper.

Labette County offi cers arrested Holly R. Vanwinkle, Daniel L. Mitchell and Randall D. Baer. Vanwinkle and Mitchell, who both had active warrants, were placed under arrest, ac cording to the sheriff’s office.

Last week’s incident follows discoveries of IEDs on Sept. 15 and another on Aug. 15, also in Parsons. A James D. Sutton was arrested for August incident when a bomb was allegedly det onated in the dumpster at the Labette County Judicial Center in Par sons.

It is not known whether there is any connection between the three cases.

Humanity House to host clothing swap Saturday

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Humanity House will bring back its fall/win ter clothing swap for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can drop off un wanted fall and winter clothes and shoes, or pick up something new on Saturday at 110 East St. Some household items also will be avail able. It’s also a good op portunity to swap Hal loween costumes.

Items can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. All items must be clean.

Then, if desired, come back from 1 to 4 p.m., to pick up some thing new-to-you.

Humanity House founder Tracy Keagle said the swap is a good way to help families who can’t afford new

“Maybe you have

something you don’t like or it isn’t your style, but someone else will just love it,” she said.

UK loses 2nd minister in week

LONDON (AP) —

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman left her job on Wednesday, the second senior min ister in a week to leave Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government.

It was not immedi ately clear whether she quit or was fired.

Braverman, appoint ed less than two months ago, is a popular figure on the ruling Conserva tive Party’s right wing and a champion of more restrictive immi gration policies.

Truss fired her Treasury chief, Kwasi Kwarteng, on Friday af ter the economic pack age the pair drew up spooked financial mar kets.

Truss described her self as “a fighter and not a quitter” Wednes day as she faced down a hostile opposition and fury from her own Con servative Party over her botched economic plan.

Yet the grim faces

of Conservative law makers behind her in the House of Commons suggested that Truss faces an uphill struggle to save her job.

Truss attended her first session of Prime Minister’s Questions since newly appointed Treasury chief Jere my Hunt ripped up the tax-cutting package unveiled by her new government less than a month ago.

She apologized to Parliament and admit ted she had made mis takes during her short tenure as the U.K.’s head of government, but insisted that by changing course she had “taken responsibil ity and made the right decisions in the inter est of the country’s eco nomic stability.”

Opposition lawmak ers shouted “Resign!” as she spoke.

Asked by opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, “Why is she still here?” Truss

retorted: “I am a fighter and not a quitter. I have acted in the national interest to make sure that we have economic stability.”

A package of un funded tax cuts that Truss’ government announced on Sept. 23 sparked turmoil on fi nancial markets, ham mering the value of the pound and increasing the cost of U.K. govern ment borrowing. The Bank of England was forced to intervene to prevent the crisis from spreading to the wider economy and putting pension funds at risk.

Under intense politi cal and economic pres sure, Truss last week fired her ally Kwarteng as Treasury chief, re placing him with Cabi net veteran Hunt.

On Monday Hunt scrapped almost all of Truss’ tax cuts, along with her flagship ener gy policy and her prom ise of no public spend ing cuts.

Colony Christian Church

Pastor Chase Rieb el will be preaching from the book of Co lossians for the next several weeks. This Sunday’s text was Co lossians 1:15-20 which outlines the suprem acy of Christ. It is thought that this part of the text was made into a hymn in order to help the church re member who Christ really is.

Country music star, Clint Black, sang, “ain’t it funny how a melody can bring back a memory.” This is exactly what Paul wanted to accom plish. He wanted the Colossians to remem

ber why they had first put their faith in Christ and why He should re main the first and only object of their devotion. He is superior because He came to earth, where all the fullness of God was contained in Jesus. As a man, Jesus took our place by offering His perfect life as a peace offering to reconcile the debt that humanity owes our Creator for rebelling against Him.

Paul admonishes be

lievers to remember these truths and to stand firm in them. Eph 5:19 urges us to sing spiri tual songs and hymns and make music in our hearts to the Lord. “Then sings my soul, my Savior, God to Thee, How Great thou Art!”

Hear all our sermons by using your favor ite podcast app, on our Facebook page, or on our website at www. colonychristianchurch. org.

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the son of Buford and Evelyn Goodrick Johnson.

He graduated from high school in Mound City with the class of 1955. Dale joined the Army following high school and served four years in Ger many.

He married Charlotte Sears in April 1978 in Mound City. He worked for Rural Electric in Iola, and city maintenance and the public school system in New Mexico. Dale and his wife Charlotte ministered to the Navajo and Apache people in New Mexico and Arizona for 15 years.

Dale enjoyed his guns, woodworking, con struction, attending auctions and his dogs and cats. He was a member of the Gideons and Beth el Community Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife Charlotte of the home; two children, Rebecca Johnson and hus band Mark Thorndike, Anchorage, Alaska, and Dan Johnson and wife Jill, Lubbock, Texas; four stepchildren, Robert Barkdoll and wife Pat, Galesberg, Ill., Rick Barkdoll and wife Tammy, Chanute, Michelle Hoyt and husband James, Austin, Texas, and Donna Tippie Taylor, Blue Springs, Mo.; a stepson-in-law Vern Crawshaw, Altoona; and many grandchildren, great-grand children, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daugh ter, Sally Ann Johnson; a stepdaughter, Teresa Crawshaw; and three brothers, Eddie, Richard and Russell Johnson.

Pastor Ben Heffernan will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Bethel Com munity Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Mound City Cemetery. The family will re ceive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Memorials are suggested to either Gideons or Bethel Community Baptist Church and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701.

Words of remembrance may be submitted at cheneywitt.com.

Susan Lynn, editor/publisher Tim Stauffer, managing editor

Donors can drop off unwanted winter clothes and shoes Saturday morning at Humanity House, 110 East St., then return in the afternoon to participate in a clothing swap. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN clothes or those who are looking for something new. It’s also a chance to clean out the closet.

Dale Johnson

Dale Johnson

Hospital: New administrator takes over at Iola, Garnett

seeing shows, particu larly musicians and or chestral performances.

“Music is very much a part of our family,” Armstrong said.

Both of his parents were music teachers, and Armstrong played trumpet and sang in the choir even through col lege at Baker University in Baldwin City. His wife has a bachelor’s degree in music education and nearly completed a mas ter’s in music therapy.

“I’ve since retired that part of my life. My wife and kids handle the music now,” he said.

The family has been active in church and clubs in their commu nities. Armstrong pre viously joined Rotary clubs and other organi zations.

Their two oldest chil dren both attended Kan sas State University, and their youngest also plans to be a Wildcat.

“The ironic thing is I have two degrees from KU,” Armstrong said.

ARMSTRONG earned his first degree in biology from Baker.

During his senior year, he developed an interest in microscop ic work and decided to go to the University of Kansas to earn a de gree in cytotechnology. That’s the study of cells to detect abnormalities such as cancer.

Armstrong worked as a cytotechnologist for eight years at the Truman Medical Cen ter (now University Health), where he also

helped teach.

“I enjoyed my work but I realized my true passion was on the busi ness side of things,” he said.

He then pursued a master’s degree from KU in health services administration in 2003, and moved to South Da kota for an administra tive fellowship program. The health system there is much like the Saint Luke’s Health System that manages both Allen and Anderson County’s hospitals.

“It gave me broad ex posure to the different ways healthcare can be delivered,” he said.

After working for a critical access hospital in South Dakota for two years, Armstrong decid ed it was time to return to Kansas. His parents still live in Wetmore, which would later help in his recent decision to move to this area.

He spent eight years working at the hospi tal in Marion, and an other eight years at the hospital in Beloit. (Yes,

he admits eight years seems to be a pattern.) Both are independent, county-owned hospitals such as ACRH had been before it was leased to Saint Luke’s in July 2020.

“The thing that drew me to this position and Saint Luke’s in general is their vision for the system: ‘The best place to get care. The best place to give care.’ When you’re trying to provide leadership, that boils it down into two very spe cial sentences,” he said.

ARMSTRONG sees the potential for im provement at ACRH and ACH.

First and foremost, he said, it’s important to remember that hospi tals provide a service.

“We’re here to serve the community. If we’re not meeting the health care needs of our com munity, we need to start there and work from there,” he said.

Saint Luke’s has made several recent changes that Armstrong

sees as steps in the right direction.

First is a conversion to the Epic electronic health records system that will allow Iola’s hospital to better com municate with others in

and delivery unit into a specialty clinic in order to expand services from visiting physicians. The other was a remodel of the Medical Arts Build ing at 826 E. Madison St.; the hospital’s health

In smaller, rural hospitals you can’t nec essarily come in with a cookie-cutter ap proach. We’re each unique.

— Jeremy Armstrong

the Saint Luke’s system, and give patients a more interactive way to re view their health infor mation and participate in their care.

“Epic is a huge effort to streamline what can be a frustrating process. Our patients expect us to get that information right,” he said.

Saint Luke’s and the county also undertook two major remodel proj ects that opened this month. First was reno vating the former labor

University of Kansas returning Native American remains

LAWRENCE, Kan.

(AP) — The University of Kansas has begun the process of returning Na tive American remains and other sacred objects that were recently dis covered in its museum collections, the universi ty said.

University officials said in a statement post ed online that “cultural ly unidentified individ ual remains,” funeral objects and other sacred objects were found in Spooner Hall and Lip pincott Hall Annex on

the Lawrence campus.

The university is ver ifying its inventory of Indigenous artifacts it holds across campus.

A spokesperson did not respond Tuesday to questions about the number of artifacts, spe cifically how and when they were found, or to which tribes they be long.

The announcement comes 32 years after the passage of the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatria tion Act, which sets out

criteria for tribal na tions to reclaim human remains and other ob jects related to burials.

Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod initially announced the discov ery in a message to the campus Sept. 20. The university had begun ef forts to repatriate some items in the past, but the process was not com pleted, he said.

The university said its repatriation efforts will include forming an advisory committee, consulting with trib

Carbon monoxide at school in Kansas City sends 8 to hospital

KANSAS CITY, Mo.

(AP) — Six students and two adults were taken to a hospital for evaluation after a carbon monox ide leak was detected Wednesday at a Kansas City elementary school, officials said.

The eight people tak en to hospitals from Longfellow Elementary School suffered nausea and dizziness but none suffered life-threatening issues, Assistant Fire Chief Jimmy Walker said.

Emergency respond

ers went to the school after several students reporting feeling ill.

Firefighters found “ex tremely high” levels of the lethal gas inside the building, Walker said.

The level of carbon monoxide reached 2,000 parts per million, which was the maximum for monitors used by fire fighters at the scene, Walker said.

The cause of the leak is under investigation.

Firefighters were venti lating the building but it was unclear when

students could return to Longfellow.

School district spokes person Elle Moxley said the district had contrac tors check its heating systems last week, in cluding at Longfellow, in anticipation of colder weather. No problems were detected, she said.

Moxley said every child was checked and the district will work with the fire department before determining where Longfellow stu dents will attend school this week.

al nations, auditing all university collections, securing space for the Indigenous Studies Pro gram, supporting gath ering opportunities for the university’s Native American community, and instituting repatri ation policies and proce dures.

“The intent in sharing this announcement is to publicly apologize to Na tive communities and peoples, past, present, and future, and to apolo gize to the tribal nations across North America,” the university’s state ment said.

clinic moved there and added a second primary care physician.

“There are new and exciting things happen ing here that don’t hap pen at every facility,” Armstrong said.

ACRH also added a program to provide a hospitalist, which is a physician who special izes in treating patients at the hospital itself, and brought in a group dedicated to emergency medicine to oversee the emergency department.

Armstrong believes there may be more

opportunities to im prove services, perhaps “things we haven’t even discovered yet.

“In smaller, rural hospitals you can’t nec essarily come in with a cookie-cutter approach. We’re each unique.”

SPLITTING his time between two hospitals in two communities is new for Armstrong.

He typically spends two days a week at each facility, and alternates Fridays.

He sees an opportu nity to standardize pro cedures, especially now that both facilities are using the Epic system. Until now, the hospitals shared some adminis trative positions but that wasn’t an option for other employees such as nurses, because they weren’t trained or using the same electronic re cords system.

“It’s good that we can occasionally share staff back and forth. We aren’t immune to the staffing challenges you see across the nation,” Armstrong said.

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Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine

MOSCOW (AP) —

Russian President Vlad imir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and gave all re gional governors in Rus sia emergency powers that open the door for sweeping new restric tions throughout the country.

Putin didn’t immedi ately spell out the steps that would be taken un der martial law, but said his order was effective starting Thursday. His decree gave law enforce ment agencies three days to submit specific proposals and orders the creation of territo rial defense forces in the annexed regions.

The upper house of Russia’s parliament quickly endorsed Putin’s decision to impose mar tial law in the annexed Donetsk, Kherson, Lu hansk and Zaporizhzhia regions. The approved legislation indicated the

declaration may involve restrictions on travel and public gatherings, tighter censorship and broader authority for law enforcement agen cies.

“We are working

to solve very difficult large-scale tasks to en sure Russia’s security and safe future, to pro tect our people,” Putin said in televised re marks at the start of a Security Council meet

ing. “Those who are on the front lines or un dergoing training at fir ing ranges and training centers should feel our support and know that they have our big, great country and unified peo

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have had the sheriff there appointed by a citizen advisory board instead of being elected.

Murphy, as a member of the Kansas Sheriffs Association, is in favor of the amendment.

“The sheriff is elected by the people,” Murphy said. “We want the peo ple making that deci sion. We’re the only law enforcement agency in the state that operates under a person elected by the people. That’s what we’re trying to pro tect.”

The amendment “re ally doesn’t change a lot,” Murphy noted.

The issue stems from when Kansas achieved statehood and the Kan sas Constitution was ratified.

Because the Consti tution did not mention sheriffs, legislators wrote up laws setting rules for sheriff’s elec tions. (As an aside, elec tions for such positions as county clerks, trea surers, attorneys, ap praisers and registers of deeds are in the same boat.)

And since the process was created by legisla tion, individual counties have the authority to set up their own selection process.

The issue has come up more frequently than one might realize.

While Johnson Coun ty’s recent endeavor to appoint a citizen advi sory board garnered most of the headlines, appointed sheriffs also have been considered in Sedgwick, Shawnee, Reno and Bourbon coun ties in recent years.

Even Allen County, in 2006 and 2007, had a citizens committee look at the sheriff’s depart ment, and whether the county would be better served under a consoli dated law enforcement agency of the police and the sheriff’s depart ments. The committee eventually voted down pursuing the matter fur ther.

JOHNSON County’s 2021 effort was most likely political in na ture, Murphy noted.

Johnson County Sher iff Calvin Hayden has drawn praise in some po litical circles, and scorn in others, for a number of issues, including his ongoing investigation into whether the 2020 presidential election was rigged. (He has yet to produce any evidence it was.)

His penchant for publicity caught the at tention of the Johnson County Charter Com mission, a 25-member body appointed by a col lection of government, business, political and

community groups that gather every 10 years to review how the county is run.

The county charter typically elicits little more than yawns when brought to the public sphere.

However, the 2021 gatherings drew hun dreds of angry constitu ents when talk surfaced of making the sheriff appointed, rather than elected.

The group eventually decided against a for mal proposal to change how the sheriff is elect ed. Nevertheless, the episode prompted the Kansas Sheriff’s Asso ciation to approach state lawmakers about put ting the amendment on the ballot.

After a number of hearings on the mat ter, both the House and Senate easily exceeded the two-thirds majority votes to put the question to a vote. A simple ma jority vote on Election Day is all that’s required to change the constitu tion. A “no” vote leaves the door open for coun ties to determine wheth er their sheriffs are elected or appointed by a committee. A “yes” vote means all sheriffs will be elected to office.

The only exception is Riley County, which has had a single law en forcement agency since

the 1970s and has an ap pointed director as op posed to a police chief or sheriff.

THE AMENDMENT proposal carries a sec ond provision regarding how a sheriff can be re moved from office. Cur rently, sheriffs can be removed through a legal procedure initiated by county or district attor neys.

The amendment change would shift that responsibility to the Kansas attorney gener al’s office.

“It essentially takes the pressure off of the county attorney or dis trict attorney,” Murphy said, noting those offi cers work daily with law enforcement agencies, including those who may be affected by a sheriff’s ouster.

A recall election pro cess, instigated by vot ers, would remain in place.

ADVANCE voting for the Nov. 8 elections has begun. Ballots can be filled out in the court house basement, or requested through the mail.

ple behind their back.”

On Saturday, the Rus sian Defense Ministry said two men fired at sol diers on a military fir ing range near Ukraine, killing 11 and wounding 15. The ministry said two men from an un named former Soviet republic fired on volun teer soldiers during tar get practice before they were killed by return fire.

Putin didn’t provide details of the extra pow ers the heads of Russian regions will have under his decree. However, the order states that measures envisaged by martial law could be introduced anywhere in Russia “when neces sary.”

According to the Rus

sian legislation, mar tial law could require banning public gather ings, introducing travel bans and curfews, and conducting censorship, among other restric tions.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Pu tin’s order doesn’t antic ipate the closure of Rus sia’s borders, state news agency RIA-Novosti re ported. In an apparent attempt to assuage a nervous public, regional authorities rushed to de clare that no immediate curfews or restrictions on travel were planned.

Putin last month or dered a mobilization of army reservists, prompting hundreds of thousands of men to flee Russia.

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payments designed to help insure the farm ers stay in business or re-enter farming.

The remainder of the $3.1 billion will be used to help relax unnecessary loan re strictions and provide further assistance to be announced later, the USDA said.

Farmers assisted by the program have been found by the USDA to be distressed borrowers hard hit by pandemic-induced market disruptions exacerbated by more frequent, more in tense, climate-driven natural disasters, the USDA said.

President Joe Biden and his admin istration continue to endure criticism for enacting a program to forgive some col lege loans but some of the Republican politicians who have criticized that pro gram did not respond to questions about whether they support the farm loan help.

The USDA also pro vided $31 billion to help nearly a million farmers offset lower sales, prices and oth er losses due to the coronavirus pandem ic in 2021 and 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Wednesday. Vladimir Putin introduced martial law in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that Moscow claims to have annexed. (SERGEI ILYIN/ SPUTNIK/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

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Why the KC Star still endorses candidates

The Star’s editorial board is publishing a series of voter recommendations in Kansas and Missouri in the Novem ber election. We’ve long en couraged readers to vote, and voting means making tough choices. It’s my belief that if we’re asking voters to do the tough work of democracy, then we can’t in good con science sit on the sidelines.

That in a nutshell is why The Star makes recommen dations in elections. We don’t expect our endorsements to sway a great many voters, though we’re told they do from time to time. Indeed, most of the races we offer en dorsements in are so well-pub licized that many readers will have made up their minds long ago.

Still, there is value in the work my colleagues and I have done in evaluating these races and making a call, sometimes a very close one. In each recommendation, I hope you’ll find more than just an opinion. You should see a clear framing of the stakes in that particular election — a reason to care about the out come, no matter your politi cal preferences. You should also see clearly articulated specifics for why we favor this candidate or disfavor another.

It’s important to me, as ed itorial page editor, that our endorsements are useful to readers who don’t agree with us at all. Those readers should find tangible arguments with which they can engage, dis agree with or ignore. But we hope a reader leaves our en dorsements with a clearer sense of what’s important about the race, and what the issues most at stake are.

There is a great deal of discussion nationwide about whether, given how divided readers are, and how made up most folks’ minds are about politics, newspapers like ours should even offer an opinion. People on both sides can be so angry these days. Why anger half your audience when the prospects of changing minds are so thin?

Papers owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital, about 200 in all, announced last week that none of them will offer an endorsement for the presidency or in statewide races in 2024, for instance. And all over the country, different papers have made similar decisions. In the 2020 primary, even The New York Times punted — of fering two endorsements, one each for Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren. That same year, the Pulitzer-winning editorial board at The Dallas Morning News, which had four years before made Hil lary Clinton the first Demo crat to win its endorsement in 76 years, offered opinions on the issues in the race but kept silent about the choice voters would face in the ballot booth.

Readers deserve to know where an editorial board stands, and — just as import

Michael Lindenberger

Kansas City Star

ant — to be given clear rea sons why. Those reasons are key because the heart of any endorsement should be an in vitation to discuss, to engage, to rebut or amplify. We are, after all, not so much telling readers how to vote, but how we’d vote — and why.

That’s important work. When the races are low-pro file, and seldom in the news, we feel our job is even more vital. Many voters will come to the ballot without basic information about the candi dates, and we strive to make our endorsements in those races informative about the dynamics of the race. We ground our recommendation on articulable reasons drawn from the candidates’ state ments, background and their record.

We’re making recommen dations in just a handful of races — from Jackson County executive to Kansas governor — and four ballot initiatives we considered especially im portant.

It’s purely a matter of band width. Researching each of these endorsements takes a good deal of time, not just for the writing and editing, but in seeking out and inviting each Democratic and Repub lican candidate in every race to come meet in person with the board. That’s not so easy these days; more and more Republican candidates have chosen to refuse — often, it must be said, with very poor manners — these invitations.

They seem to believe there’s more votes in assuring their base that they are indifferent to the so-called liberal media than in meeting for an hour to take tough but fair questions and explain their record and goals.

It’s true that The Star’s en dorsements this year will fall more heavily toward Demo crats than Republicans. That trend has accelerated since 2020 and the Big Lie, and as so many GOP candidates have stood mum — or worse — in the face of the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol. It’s hard to take seriously a candidate who is willing to tolerate se dition.

But most does not mean all. We look hard for Repub licans who seem willing to exert even the tiniest inde pendence, or who are just de monstrably more competent than their opponent. Besides, the fallacy is that the value of an endorsement is in whose campaign it recommends. We see the value in the way it frames the issues in a race and makes tangible argu ments with which all voters should be able to engage.

I’ll see you at the polls.

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35 Years

October 1987

Work to restore the boy hood home of Gen. Frederick Funston has begun. Inmates from the Toronto Honor Farm cleaned the site on U.S. 169 north of Iola and began reconstruction work. The two-month project includ ed restoring the foundation, wiring the house for electric ity and repairing the roof.

Richard Hill of Iola, who spe cializes in building repair, is directing the project.

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Gates Rubber Co. will add 31 employees, bringing to tal employment here to 297, plant manager Mike Smith said today. He said the work ers were needed to meet strong demand for the hy draulic hose the plant pro duces.

Voter engagement critical to saving US democracy

Kansas and all of the Unit ed States teeter on the edge of a treacherous canyon. If we drop into that vast gulf, climbing out again will take years if not decades.

Yet nearly half of us, if not more, prefer to ignore the yawning abyss.

As evidence, I present two separate yet interconnected stories. The first appeared in Kansas Reflector over the weekend. It outlined the po tential consequences of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Called Moore v. Harp er, the case involves a bizarre concept called the indepen dent state legislature theory.

As Minnesota Reformer reporter Michelle Griffith explained, if the nation’s high court backs this theo ry, the consequences could be cataclysmic. State law makers could “enact laws to make it harder to vote in federal elections without re view from state courts. Leg islatures could shorten the early voting period, restrict mail-in balloting to certain counties and require voter ID, among other measures.”

Legislatures — including the supermajority GOP one foisted upon Kansas — could have their way with election law. State courts couldn’t stop them.

Griffith writes further that “administration of the presidential election is un der a different clause, so at stake is solely the admin istration of congressional elections.” Given the U.S. Su preme Court’s recent track record, however, that hardly reassures.

Now, keep that scary sce nario in mind while I pivot to the second story.

The New York Times not ed last week that more than 370 Republican candidates running this year have voiced doubts about the 2020 election. That’s a majority of those running from the par ty.

Kansas has eight GOP candidates for U.S. Congress, governor, secretary of state and state attorney general. Five of them have expressed such doubts about election integrity. (Let’s not forget the role of current attorney gen eral and gubernatorial hope ful Derek Schmidt in chal lenging President Biden’s election.)

The outer limits

Consider all of this for a moment.

An entire party has fall en in thrall to the Big Lie of a stolen election. Simul taneously, the U.S. Supreme Court may hand the keys to statewide elections to Re publican-dominated legisla tures. What could possibly

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go wrong? If past is prologue, you can expect a bunch of con spiracy theories and terrible laws.

Just this last session, GOP Secretary of State Scott Schwab has had to press back repeatedly against outof-state hucksters. Lawmak ers showed themselves as all to willing to play along. Cur rent attorney general candi date Kris Kobach’s fought an epic five-year battle against the ACLU, defending uncon stitutional voter registration limits. Meanwhile, public trust in our institutions con tinues to erode.

With a background like that, we can expect the Kan sas Legislature to press the outer boundaries of the in dependent state legislature theory if given the go-ahead. The mind boggles at the mis shapen districts they might draw or the towering obsta cles they might erect to dis suade voters. They might decide that only land-owning men who sign patriot pledg es and carry firearms can cast ballots.

The canyon we face in Kansas appears particularly treacherous to me because of Republican dominance.

Even if the U.S. Supreme Court clears the way for troubling doc trine, purple and blue states will surely see stiff resistance to bad policy. But the num ber of Kansas Republicans who would vote against the leaders of their party on election matters could well be vanishingly small. And once the laws are passed, without court review, Dem ocrats could be shut out of winning congressional elec tions in the Sunflower State ever again.

for the would-be Potomac po tentate.

On the horizon

I don’t write this column because I expect to change anyone’s mind right away.

I write because we all must understand what’s coming.

I write because I believe it’s the responsibility of all of us in the news media — reporters and editors and opinion columnists alike — to warn about what we see on the horizon.

Former Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan recently weighed in journalists’ responsibility in the age of Trump. In an excerpt from her new book, she admitted that the news media hadn’t sufficiently communicated the former president’s danger to our country. Too often, reporters found themselves distracted by spectacle or constrained by norms that no longer ap plied. We can all learn les sons from that experience and apply them to the future.

“Those who deny the out come of the 2020 election cer tainly don’t deserve a media megaphone for that endur ing lie, one that is likely to reemerge in the presidential campaign ahead,” she rec ommends. “But the media should go one step further: When covering such a pol itician in other contexts — for example, about abortion rights or gun control — jour nalists should remind audi ences that this public figure is an election denier.”

The canyon we face in Kansas appears par ticularly treacherous to me because of Re publican dominance.

She adds: “Unfortu nately, many media orga nizations — increasingly owned these days by huge corporations or hedge funds — seem more interested in ratings and profits than in serving the public interest. So, they are extremely hesitant to offend groups of viewers or voters, including the many Republi cans who have signed on to the lie about the 2020 election being stolen.”

Hyperbole? Perhaps. But I would feel more comfortable if I saw more in the party standing up for our system of shared governance.

They could start by de nouncing former President Donald Trump’s continued barrage of acidulous lies. Instead, those who oppose the man have largely become Democrats or independents. Those who remain maintain either an uncomfortable si lence or full-contact embrace

Kansans have turned out to support abortion rights and moderate politicians. Some 570,000 Kansans vot ed for Joe Biden, more than 41% of those who turned out in 2020. But voting was never sufficient — for Republicans or Democrats. We all must engage. We all must watch.

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle,” George Orwell wrote.

We can still avoid the can yon.

But only if we see it first.

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Biden to release 15M barrels from oil reserve, more possible

WASHINGTON (AP)

— President Joe Biden will announce the re lease of 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve Wednesday as part of a response to recent pro duction cuts announced by OPEC+ nations, and he will say more draw downs are possible this winter, as his admin istration rushes to be seen as pulling out all the stops ahead of next month’s midterm elec tions.

Biden will deliver remarks Wednesday to announce the draw down from the strategic reserve, senior admin istration officials said Tuesday on the condi tion of anonymity to outline Biden’s plans. It completes the release of 180 million barrels authorized by Biden in March that was initial ly supposed to occur over six months. That has sent the strategic reserve to its lowest lev el since 1984 in what the administration called a “bridge” until domes tic production could be increased. The reserve now contains roughly 400 million barrels of oil.

Biden will also open the door to additional releases this winter in

an effort to keep pric es down. But adminis tration officials would not detail how much the president would be willing to tap, nor by how much they want domestic production to increase to end the with drawals.

Biden will also say that the U.S. govern ment will restock the strategic reserve when oil prices are at or lower than $67 to $72 a barrel, an offer that adminis tration officials argue will support domestic production by guaran teeing a baseline level of demand. Yet the pres ident is also expected to renew his criticism of the profits reaped by oil companies — repeating a bet made this summer

that public condemna tion would matter more to these companies than shareholders’ focus on returns.

It marks the continua tion of an about-face by Biden, who has tried to move the U.S. past fossil fuels to identify addi tional sources of energy to satisfy U.S. and global supply as a result of dis ruptions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and production cuts an nounced by the Saudi Arabia-led oil cartel.

The prospective loss of 2 million barrels a day — 2% of global sup ply — has had the White House saying Saudi Ara bia sided with Russian President Vladimir Pu tin and pledging there will be consequences for

supply cuts that could

prop up energy prices. The 15 million-barrel release would not cover even one full day’s use of oil in the U.S., accord ing to the Energy Infor mation Administration.

The administration could make a decision on future releases a month from now, as it requires a month and a half for the government to notify would-be buy ers.

Biden still faces polit ical headwinds because of gas prices. AAA re ports that gas is averag ing $3.87 a gallon. That’s down slightly over the past week, but it’s up from a month ago. The recent increase in prices stalled the momentum that the president and his fellow Democrats had been seeing in the polls ahead of the No vember elections.

An analysis Monday by ClearView Energy Partners, an indepen dent energy research firm based in Washing ton, suggested that two states that could decide control of the evenly split Senate — Nevada and Pennsylvania — are sensitive to energy pric es. The analysis noted that gas prices over the past month rose above the national average

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dollar against a basket of key currencies.

The reasons for the dollar’s rise are no mys tery. To combat soaring U.S. inflation, the Feder al Reserve has raised its benchmark short-term interest rate five times this year and is signal ing more hikes are like ly. That has led to higher rates on a wide range of U.S. government and corporate bonds, luring investors and driving up the U.S. currency.

Most other curren cies are much weaker by comparison, espe cially in poor countries. The Indian rupee has dropped nearly 10% this year against the dol lar, the Egyptian pound 20%, the Turkish lira an astounding 28%.

Celal Kaleli, 60, sells infant clothing and dia per bags in Istanbul. Be cause he needs more lira to buy imported zippers and liners priced in dol lars, he has to raise pric es for the Turkish cus tomers who struggle to pay him in the much-di minished local currency.

“We’re waiting for the new year,” he said. “We’ll look into our fi nances, and we’ll down size accordingly. There’s nothing else we can do.’’

Rich countries aren’t immune. In Europe, which was already tee tering toward recession amid soaring energy prices, one euro is worth less than a $1 for the first time in 20 years, and the British pound has plunged 18% from a year ago. The pound recently flirted with dol lar parity after Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, announced huge tax cuts that roiled fi nancial markets and led to the ouster of her Treasury secretary.

Ordinarily, countries could get some benefit from falling currencies because it makes their products cheaper and more competitive over seas. But at the moment,

any gain from higher ex ports is muted because economic growth is sputtering almost every where.

A rising dollar is causing pain overseas in a number of ways:

• It makes other coun tries’ imports more expensive, adding to existing inflationary pressures.

• It squeezes compa nies, consumers and governments that bor rowed in dollars. That’s because more local cur rency is needed to con vert into dollars when making loan payments.

• It forces central banks in other coun tries to raise interest rates to try and prop up their currencies and keep money from fleeing their borders. But those higher rates also weak en economic growth and drive up unemployment.

Put simply: “The dol lar’s appreciation is bad news for the global economy,’’ says Capital Economics’ Ariane Cur tis. “It is another reason why we expect the global economy to fall into re cession next year.’’

In a gritty neighbor hood of Nairobi known for fixing cars and sell ing auto parts, busi nesses are struggling and customers unhappy. With the Kenyan shilling down 6% this year, the cost of fuel and import ed spare parts is soaring so much that some peo ple are choosing to ditch their cars and take pub lic transportation.

“This has been the worst,” said Michael Gachie, purchasing manager with Shamas Auto Parts. “Customers are complaining a lot.’’

Gyrating currencies have caused economic pain around the world many times before.

During the Asian fi nancial crisis of the late 1990s, for instance, Indonesian companies borrowed heavily in dol lars during boom times — then were wiped out

when the Indonesian rupiah crashed against the dollar. A few years earlier, a plunging peso delivered similar pain to Mexican businesses and consumers.

The soaring dollar in 2022 is uniquely painful, however. It is adding to global inflationary pres sures at a time when prices were already soaring. Disruptions to energy and agriculture markets caused by the Ukraine war magnified supply constraints stem ming from the COVID-19 recession and recovery.

In Manila, Raymond Manaog, 29, who drives the colorful Philippine mini-bus known as a jeepney, complains that inflation — and especial ly the rising price of die sel — is forcing him to work more to get by.

“What we have to do to earn enough for our daily expenses,” he said. “If before we traveled our routes five times, now we do it six times.”

In the Indian capital New Delhi, Ravindra Mehta has thrived for decades as a broker for American almond and pistachio exporters. But a record drop in the ru pee — on top of higher raw material and ship ping costs — has made the nuts much costlier for Indian consumers.

In August, India im ported 400 containers of almonds, down from 1,250 containers a year earlier, Mehta said.

“If the consumer is not buying, it affects the entire supply chain, in cluding people like me,’’ he said.

Kingsland Drinks, one of the United King dom’s biggest wine bot tlers, was already get ting squeezed by higher costs for shipping con tainers, bottles, caps and energy. Now, the rocket ing dollar is driving up the price of the wine it buys from vineyards in the United States — and even from Chile and Argentina, which like

many countries rely on the dollar for global trade.

Kingsland has offset some of its currency costs by taking out con tracts to buy dollars at a fixed price. But at some point, “those hedges run out and you have to reflect the real ity of a weaker sterling against the U.S. dol lar,” said Ed Baker, the company’s managing director.

Translation: Soon cus tomers will just have to pay more for their wine.

in 18 states, which are home to 29 potentially “at risk” House seats.

Even if voters want cheaper gasoline, ex pected gains in supply are not materializing because of a weaker global economy. The U.S. government last week revised downward its forecasts, saying that domestic firms would produce 270,000 fewer barrels a day in 2023 than was forecast in September. Global pro duction would be 600,000 barrels a day lower than forecast in September.

The hard math for Biden is that oil produc tion has yet to return to its pre-pandemic level of roughly 13 million barrels a day. It’s about a million barrels a day shy of that level. The oil industry would like the administration to open up more federal lands for drilling, approve pipeline construction and reverse its recent changes to raise corpo rate taxes. The adminis tration counters that the oil industry is sitting on thousands of unused federal leases and says new permits would take years to produce oil with no impact on current gas prices. Environmen tal groups, meanwhile, have asked Biden to

keep a campaign prom ise to block new drilling on federal lands.

Biden has resisted the policies favored by U.S. oil producers. Instead, he’s sought to reduce prices by releasing oil from the U.S. reserve, shaming oil companies for their profits and calling on greater pro duction from countries in OPEC+ that have dif ferent geopolitical in terests, said Frank Mac chiarola, senior vice president of policy, eco nomics and regulatory affairs at the American Petroleum Institute.

“If they continue to offer the same old socalled solutions, they’ll continue to get the same old results,” Macchiaro la said.

Because fossil fuels lead to carbon emis sions, Biden has sought to move away from them entirely with a commit ment to zero emissions by 2050. When discuss ing that commitment nearly a year ago after the G-20 leading rich and developing nations met in Rome, the presi dent said he still wanted to also lower gas prices because at “$3.35 a gal lon, it has profound im pact on working-class families just to get back and forth to work.”

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Iola wraps season at Burlington

BURLINGTON — The Iola High School volleyball team wrapped up its reg ular season at Burlington on Tuesday by dropping matches to Burlington and Anderson County.

The Mustangs fell to Burl ington in two sets, 25-15 and 25-20.

Mustang Alana Mader led offensively with three kills while Rio Lohman, Elza Clift and Jackie Fager knocked two kills apiece.

Reese Curry led at the serving line with two aces while Fager also hit one ace serve. Mader and Clift went a perfect 100% from the line while Curry marked a 90.9% tally from the line and Aysha Houk went 75% at the line.

Lohman, Mader and Fager each made two solo blocks apiece while Kaysin Crusinbery knocked one solo block defensively. Mad er led with five total blocks while Fager made four to tal blocks and Lohman and Crusinbery knocked three total blocks apiece.

Clift led the pack with 23 digs, followed by Curry’s 11 digs and Fager’s six digs. Crusinbery and Mader also knocked five digs apiece.

Iola was then taken down by Anderson County, 25-23 and 25-19.

Lohman, Fager and Cur ry each ripped three kills on the attack while Dallyn McGraw and Mader each knocked one kill.

Curry led at the serving line with three aces. Houk and Clift had single aces. Clift, Curry and Mader each went a perfect 100% on serves while Houk went 85.7% and Fager went 71.4% from the serving line.

Defensively, Fager made two solo blocks and led alongside Lohman with two total blocks. Mader and Curry also made one total block apiece. Clift, Cur ry and Crusinbery led the Mustangs with eight digs and Fager collected four.

Iola will compete in the class 4A Sub-State at Tope ka-Hayden High School on Saturday.

IMS hoops tips off at Anderson

GARNETT — The Iola Middle School girls bas ketball teams played at Anderson County on Tuesday night.

The combined seventh and eighth grade JV team took a 14-10 loss while the varsity seventh graders also lost, 16-6. The varsi ty eighth grade Mustangs pulled out a victory by nine points, 30-21.

The eighth grade varsi ty Mustangs were led of

Humboldt wins Tri-Valley

LEON — The Humboldt High School volleyball team was crowned Tri-Valley League champions Tuesday evening after securing vic tories over Bluestem and Fredonia.

The Lady Cubs (30-5; 7-0) defeated Fredonia in three sets, 25-11, 12-25 and 25-19, and Bluestem, 28-26 and 2518.

Against Fredonia, Karley Wools led from the serving line with three aces and a 95% mark from the line, followed by Shelby Shaugh nessy’s two aces and 100% serve rate. Kenisyn Hotten stein also went a perfect 100% from the serving line.

Shaughnessy knocked 12 kills while Wools hit six kills and K. Hottenstein

managed three kills. Kinley Tucker and Rylan Covey also made two kills.

On defense, Skylar Hot tenstein made 23 digs while Wools and Shaughnessy had 17 and 16 digs, respec tively. Natalie Wells also made eight digs and Tuck er had six. Ella Lassman, K. Hottenstein and Shaugh nessy also made one block apiece.

“We played much bet ter tonight after we strug gled this past weekend. I thought Shelby had some great hits tonight and our back line really got the ball up. It was a good night,” said Humboldt head coach Terry Meadows. Against Bluestem, Tuck er and S. Hottenstein each

ripped one ace serve while going 80% and 92.9% from the serving line, respective ly. Wools and Wells went 90% from the serving line and K. Hottenstein went 87.5% from the line.

Wools led offensively with seven kills, followed by Shaughnessy’s six kills and Lassman’s five kills.

Defensively, Shaughnessy led in blocks with three while Ricklyn Hillmon, Wools and K. Hottenstein all got in front for one block apiece. S. Hottenstein had a team-leading 18 digs, fol lowed by Wools and Shaugh nessy’s 10 digs apiece.

The Lady Cubs will com pete in the Class 3A SubState at Eureka High School on Saturday.

Volleyball heads to sub-state

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

Local area high schools are competing at volleyball sub-state tournaments this weekend across the state.

The Iola High School vol leyball team begins 4A SubState action Saturday at To peka-Hayden High School.

The Mustangs will be the no. 17 seed and will match up with No. 16 Wamego High School. The winner will face No. 1 seed Baldwin.

Also competing are Fort Scott, Louisburg, In dependence, Tonganoxie, Altamont-Labette County, Atchison, Coffeyville-Field Kindley, Paola, Eudora and Ottawa.

The Humboldt High School volleyball team will compete in the class 3A SubState at Eureka High School.

The Lady Cubs will be joined by Burlington, Eureka, Fredonia, Gar nett-Anderson County, LaCygne-Prairie View, Neodesha and Osawatomie.

Crest, Marmaton Val ley and Yates Center High Schools are participating in the class 1A-I Sub-State at Madison High School.

The other schools joining them will be Madison, Ham ilton, Melvern-Marais des Cygnes, Olpe and Oswego.

Southern Coffey County High School will be compet ing in the class 1A DII SubState at St. Paul High School.

Joining the Lady Titans will be Buffalo-Altoona Midway, Chetopa, Hartford, Lebo, St. Paul and Waverly.

All sub-state matches are set to take place Saturday at their respective locations to see who will vie for a chance at the state title.

Lakers and Warriors tip off year

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Wildcats outdueled in season finale

MORAN — The Marm aton Valley High School volleyball team stumbled to Marais des Cygnes and Northeast Arma on Tues day night at home in their final regular season match of the year.

The night began with the Trojans of Marais des Cygnes sweeping Marma ton Valley in two sets, 25-19 and 26-24.

Wildcat Roslyn Houk served up a team-high six points, followed by Janae Granere, Mary Brown, Madi Lawson and Kaitlyn Drake each serving three points. Tayven Sutton served up a lone point.

In the second set, Sut ton served up seven points, complimented by Payton and Payton Scharff and Granere’s five points from

the serving line. Houk and Braelyn Sutton also fin ished with three points apiece from the serving line.

Marmaton Valley was then downed in three sets to Northeast-Arma, 20-25, 25-19 and 15-25.

T. Sutton, Granere, Brown and Drake each

— After all those thrilling NBA Finals battles of last decade, Stephen Curry and LeBron James can still put on a spectacular show well into their 30s.

Opening night between these two greats showed why Curry’s team is on top these days.

Curry began the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds despite a slow start, and the Golden

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The Humboldt volleyball team poses after winning the Tri-Valley League on Tuesday after noon. PHOTO BY TERRY SHAUGHNESSY

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MLB championship series scope: NY-HOU and SD-PHI

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aaron Judge, Gi ancarlo Stanton and their teammates hard ly had time to party at Yankee Stadium. They had a game to play in Houston, and soon.

Judge and Stanton hit home runs as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guard ians 5-1 Tuesday in the deciding Game 5 of the AL Division Series.

The last out, which Yankees second base man Gleyber Torres punctuated by cradling the ball to mimic the “rock the baby” motion Cleveland’s Josh Nay lor used after homering a night earlier off Ger rit Cole, came shortly before 7:30 p.m. in New York.

That meant the Yan kees had less than 24 hours before playing Game 1 of the AL Cham pionship Series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday night.

“The challenge is we’re facing a great team,” New York man ager Aaron Boone said. “As far as the quick turnaround, we’ll be fine. That’s baseball. We do that all the time. We’ll walk in there with some confidence. We know they are great team and rested and ready.”

The matchup will feature the top two teams in the AL in the 106-win Astros and the 99-win Yankees — they seemed to be on a col lision course for this ALCS rematch all sea son. Houston won the regular-season series 5-2.

Houston beat the Yan kees in the 2019 ALCS when Jose Altuve hit a bottom-of-the-ninth home run off Aroldis Chapman in Game 6.

The Astros topped the Yankees in the 2017 ALCS in seven games and went on to their only World Series — it was a title that has

since been tainted after the Astros were found to have illicitly stolen signs that season.

Altuve, a three-time batting champion, went 0 for 16 in Houston’s three-game sweep of Seattle in the ALDS.

The star second base man hit .300 with 28 homers in the regular season.

“This guy’s been good for a long time,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “Some times it’s not always up. Sometimes, no mat ter how great you are, sometimes there are down times … but I’m expecting big things out of Altuve. Because he expects big things out of himself.”

Here’s what else to know about the MLB playoffs: OH, BROTHER!

They say that Phil adelphia is the City of Brotherly Love, and that will be on full dis play when the Phillies take a 1-0 edge over the Padres into Game 2 of the NLCS.

Aaron Nola is set to pitch for the Phils. One of the batters the right-handed ace will face is his older brother, San Diego catcher Aus tin Nola.

The Nolas will be the sixth set of brothers to play against each other in the postseason, and first since Baltimore’s

Roberto and Cleve land’s Sandy Alomar Jr. in the 1997 AL Division Series.

This will be the third big league game where 29-year-old Aaron and 32-year-old Austin have opposed each other on the field. In 2021, Aaron struck out his brother; last June, Austin hit an RBI single off his sib ling in a 1-0 win.

This time, one of them is going to the World Series and the other is headed home.

“I don’t even want to think about the feeling or anything like that,” Austin said.

The Nolas grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisi ana, and were coached by their father, A.J. Dad will wears jerseys of both teams, mom Stacie prefers to avoid either team’s colors.

YOU AGAIN?

Bryce Harper was a smash in his return to Petco Park, hitting his fourth home run this postseason in the Phil lies’ 2-0 win over the Padres in Game 1 of the NLCS.

In his previous game at San Diego, the twotime NL MVP’s left thumb was broken when he was hit by a pitch from Padres lefty Blake Snell on June 25, sidelining Harper for two months.

Harper joined Gary Matthews (1983) as the

only Phillies players to homer in three straight postseason games in the same year.

Now, Harper will try to extend the streak in Game 2 when he faces Snell.

Harper, trying to reach his first World Series, has hit nine home runs in 26 career postseason games. HE’S OUT Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks is out for the rest of the postsea son after hurting his left knee in a collision with rookie shortstop Oswaldo Cabrera.

Hicks went to a hos pital for an MRI after hobbling off Tuesday in Game 5 of the AL Di vision Series against Cleveland. He said it takes six weeks to re cover from his injury.

“I want to be a part of it and I’m now no longer going to be able to play on the field to help this team win,” Hicks said.

Hicks and Cabrera were pursuing Steven Kwan’s pop fly near the left-field line when they knocked into each oth er. The ball appeared to glance off the glove of each fielder and fell for a single. that put run ners at first and second with one out.

Hicks was down on the ground for a few moments before limp ing to the dugout.

College football week 8 picks

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

The Pac-12 has not had a game like UC LA-Oregon in four sea sons, and only two of them over the last nine.

The ninth-ranked Bruins visit the No. 10 Ducks on Saturday in the first regular-sea son meeting of Pac-12 teams ranked in the top-10 of the AP poll since 2018.

The last time the conference had a top10 game in the regu lar season was No. 10 Washington’s 28-15 victory against No. 7 Washington State in an Apple Cup that de cided the Pac-12 North — which is no longer a thing.

The Pac-12 dumped its divisions this sea son so it’s possible UCLA (formerly in the South) and Oregon (formerly in the North) could meet again in Las Vegas. For now, the winner moves into sole possession of firstplace in the Pac-12.

That’s good enough to make it this week’s most intriguing game as the second half of the season begins with five ranked-on-ranked games. No. 9 UCLA at No. 10 Oregon

This is the third time Bruins coach Chip Kel ly has faced his former school, and also the third time it has been at rowdy Autzen Sta dium. The Bruins lost the first two, but are far better now as Kelly’s plan has come to frui tion behind QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson and RB Zach Charbon net. The Ducks have been rolling since get ting thumped by Geor gia in their opener, with Auburn transfer Bo Nix (20 touchdowns) leading the way.

LINE: Oregon by 6 1/2. PICK: Oregon 3531. No. 17 Kansas State at No. 8 TCU

Second straight huge home game for the un defeated Horned Frogs after they rallied in the

fourth quarter against Oklahoma State last week to emerge as the only unbeaten Big 12 team heading into the back half of the sea son. But don’t forget the Wildcats, who ha ven’t lost in the con ference yet and bring the best defense in the league to match TCU’s top-ranked offense.

LINE: TCU by 3 1/2.

PICK: Kansas State 2726.

No. 7 Mississippi at LSU

The Rebels have reached the top-10 running through a manageable first-half schedule, but the back half has a much high er degree of difficulty.

Ole Miss has not won in Baton Rouge since 2008. The Tigers have been all over the place in Brian Kelly’s first season, but there is some high-end talent scattered about a re building roster.

LINE: LSU by 1 1/2.

PICK: Ole Miss 28-24. Minnesota at No. 16 Penn State

A humbling loss at Michigan has Penn State fans anxiously bracing for another second-half slide head ing into the annual whiteout game. There is also uncertainty about Penn State QB Sean Clifford’s health, which could provide an opportunity for herald ed freshman Drew Al lar. The Gophers have lost two straight, but hope to have QB Tan ner Morgan back from injury.

LINE: Penn State by 4 1/2. PICK: Minneso ta 23-21, UPSET SPE CIAL.

No. 21 Cincinnati at SMU

The Bearcats fell out of the rankings after an opening loss at Ar kansas, and have qui etly taken care of busi ness since. They’re not CFP contenders this season, but they still might be the best of the American Athlet ic Conference, which is about to enter a fun

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served up four points while Houk and Law son served up two points apiece in the opening set. Granere led in the second set, serving up 10 points, followed by T. Sutton and Scharff with four points apiece.

Wildcat Maider Ar bulu led in the third set after serving up five points, followed by Houk and B. Sut ton’s three points off serves apiece. T. Sut ton also served up two points.

Marmaton Valley will compete at the class 1A Sub-State at Madison High School on Saturday.

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championship stretch that could still involve the Mustangs.

LINE: Cincinnati by 3. PICK: SMU 28-27.

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Iowa (plus 28 1/2) at No. 2 Ohio State

Hawkeyes’ defense might provide some resistance for QB C.J. Stroud and the prolif ic Buckeyes’ offense ... OHIO STATE 38-13. No. 14 Syracuse (plus 13) at No. 5 Clemson

ACC orange rivals have played some close games in recent years, but the Tigers have won eight of nine since ‘Cuse joined the con ference ... CLEMSON 27-16. No. 24 Mississippi State at No. 6 Alabama (minus 21)

This is the third time since 2019 the Tide will play the Bulldogs com ing off a loss. ‘Bama has won those games by a combined 71 points ... ALABAMA 38-13, BEST

BET. No. 20 Texas at No. 11 Oklahoma State (plus 6 1/2)

Cowboys have won five of the last seven meetings ... TEXAS 3431.

Boston College (plus 20 1/2) at No. 13 Wake Forest Eagles have won three straight trips to Winston-Salem, North Carolina ... WAKE FOR EST 38-21. Memphis (plus 7 1/2) at No. 25 Tulane

Getting ranked for the first time since 1998

was hard for the Green Wave; staying ranked could be even tougher against a tricky closing schedule ... TULANE 2420.

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Duke (plus 8 1/2) at Miami (@billhirni) — Hurricanes try to make it two straight along the road to salvaging their season ... MIAMI 28-21.

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fensively by Zoie Hesse’s 11 points, Brooklyn Holloway’s nine points and Dally Curry’s eight points.

“It was a great night of basketball for all three teams, I was very proud of the girls,” said Iola eighth grade varsity head coach Kelsey John son. “ The eighthgraders did a great job of being aggres sive throughout the game. They took great shots and defended very well. I am ex cited to see how they progress throughout the season.”

The Iola seventh grade varsity team managed to bucket six points in their loss.

Addilyn Wacker, Lil lie Bingham and Bel

la Wilson each scored two points in the set back.

“The seventh grade girls played well, es pecially considering it was the first time the majority of them had played in a bas ketball game,” said Iola seventh grade varsity head coach Beth Wille. They were aggressive and now they have some game experience and we can go from there with what we need to work on. I’m looking forward to a great sea son.”

The Mustangs com bined seventh and eighth grade JV team took the 16-6 defeat.

Keysha Smith led at the rim with six points, followed by Zoe Warner’s four points.

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Sole possession of first-place in Confer ence USA at stake ... UTSA 34-26.

NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace for Vegas crash

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bubba Wallace re ceived a one race sus pension from NASCAR after an investigation determined he delib erately spun reigning Cup champion Kyle Larson at Las Vegas in a “dangerous act” of retaliation before con fronting him afterward.

Wallace had a shov ing match with Larson after Sunday’s incident at Las Vegas and also pushed away a NA SCAR official. The sus pension handed down Tuesday falls under NASCAR’s behavioral policy, and technical ly could cover most of Wallace’s actions at Las Vegas.

But Steve O’Donnell, the executive in charge of competition and rac ing operations, said the penalties were for Wal lace’s dangerous and

deliberate retaliation against Larson, not the fracas a few moments later.

“When we look at how that incident oc curred, in our minds, (it was) really a danger ous act that we thought was intentional and put other competitors at risk,” O’Donnell said.

Still, Wallace’s sus pension for this Sun day’s race at Home stead-Miami Speedway is a rare step: Wallace is the first Cup Series driver to be suspended for an on-track incident since Matt Kenseth was parked for two races in 2015 for an incident at Martinsville.

23XI Racing, which is owned by Denny Ham lin and Michael Jor dan, is not appealing the penalty, and John Hunter Nemechek will replace Wallace this weekend.

“23XI is aligned with NASCAR on the onerace suspension issued to Bubba and we under stand the need for the series to take a clear stand on the incidents that took place at Las Vegas Motor Speed way,” the team said in a statement. “Bubba’s actions are not in keep ing with the values of our team and partners. We have spoken to Bub ba and expressed our disapproval of how he handled the situation. Bubba has made im pressive strides this season and this experi ence is an opportunity for him to further learn and grow as a competi tor in NASCAR.”

Larson, who had been eliminated from the playoffs a week earlier, and Wallace, who did not qualify to race for the Cup title, clashed on Lap 94.

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State Warriors beat James and the Los An geles Lakers 123-109 on Tuesday night after receiving their cham pionship rings in a pre game ceremony.

“I’m thrilled with the win,” coach Steve Kerr said. “Ring night is nev er an easy game and the first game of the season is usually filled with some nerves early on.”

Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defend ing champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at prac tice Oct. 5, then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists.

“We went out there, we had a job to do to night to win a game,” Poole said when asked if healing has hap pened between him and Green. “It was a ring night and that’s really what we were focused on finishing the first game. It was a huge win against a really good team.”

James had 31 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists, while Russell Westbrook scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds after nursing a sore left hamstring.

Anthony Davis added 27 points, but the Lak

ers couldn’t keep up in another signature, run away third quarter by reigning NBA Finals MVP Curry and Co.

“That third quarter is where they always ex celled, when they made this transition to being a powerhouse team,” James said. “You’ve al ways got to be ready for the third quarters, and we were not tonight.”

Curry missed his ini tial five 3-pointers and finished 10 for 22, 4 of 13 from deep.

Klay Thompson con tributed 18 points in 20 minutes for the War riors, who celebrated the franchise’s fourth title in eight years.

“It’s really fun to be a part of, it’s really fun to watch,” Poole said. “... These guys have played at the highest level over and over and over again.”

Kerr limited the min utes of both Thompson and Green, who was away from the team un til last Thursday. Kerr said he will increase Thompson’s minutes each game as a precau tion following his re turn in January from an absence of more than 2 1/2 years for surgeries to his left knee and right Achilles tendon.

Warriors center James Wiseman made his first appearance since his rookie season of 2019-20 after sitting out all of last season

recovering from right knee surgery. He had eight points and seven rebounds.

The Lakers’ 22 turn overs led to 27 points for the Warriors.

“Whether you make a shot or you miss a shot, you turn the ball over, whatever, you’ve got to have a short memory and get on to the next play immediately,” firstyear Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham said. “That has to be something that’s in our fabric, not just against Golden State but against the en tire league.”

SAGINAW PROUD Ham was thrilled to represent Saginaw, Michigan, in his coach ing debut — and proud that it’s also Green’s hometown.

“I’m excited for the city of Saginaw, Mich igan, to get to see a kid that represents the city well and happens to be playing some re ally good basketball and playing at a high level his entire career in Draymond Green,” Ham said. “And now they get to see another kid who is the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. This is a great night for Saginaw.”

TIP-INS Lakers: F Juan Tos cano-Anderson received his championship ring from his former team, the first player to ac cept the sparkling jew

elry. ... Patrick Bever ley picked up his third foul with 5:46 left in the first half and shot 1 of 5 for three points. ... C Thomas Bryant had sur gery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament on his left thumb and is scheduled to be re-eval uated by team doctors in about three weeks. “He came in and it was bothering him. The way he plays you know set ting screens, diving on the floor, rumble tumble type of big, really pro viding the physicality, it could have happened anywhere,” Ham said. “Again he got fixed up today so we’re looking forward to a speedy re covery with him.”

Warriors: The War riors have won three straight at home vs. the Lakers. ... Golden State is 6-1 in home openers after a championship season. ... F Andre Ig uodala was inactive for the opener as the War riors monitor his nag ging left hip and manage the 38-year-old forward’s playing time at the start of his 19th season.

UP NEXT Lakers: Host the Clippers for their home opener Thursday.

Warriors: Host Den ver on Friday night in a rematch of the first round of this year’s play offs after the Nuggets handed the Warriors their lone preseason de feat last Friday.

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(AP) — Bill Fennelly took Iowa State to the top of the Big 12 with in his first five seasons in Ames, leading the Cyclones to the second weekend of the wom en’s NCAA Tournament three straight years and even reaching a regional final.

There has been plenty of success over two-plus decades since then, too, including another Elite

Eight trip. But for all those wins — Fennelly has 568 and counting with the Cyclones — they have yet to win at least a share of another Big 12 title.

That could change this season.

They return almost their entire lineup from a team that won 28 games, finished a game behind Baylor in the league race and ad vanced to the Sweet 16.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. Plaintiff, vs.

The Unknown Heirs of Susan H Diebolt a/k/a Susan Diebolt, deceased; Donald D Diebolt a/k/a Donald Diebolt; Michelle L. Diebolt a/k/a Michelle L Die bolt Smith; Michaela C Diebolt; Dylan M. Diebolt; State of Kan sas, Department of Revenue; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant) Defendants.

Case No. AL-2021-CV-000037

Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

NOTICE OF SALE

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 Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on November

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

NDF1, LLC Plaintiff, vs. The Heirs at Law of Paula Mae Peterson, Deceased; Cindy Anthony; Danny Peterson; Paul Peterson; Dorothy Slater; Unknown Spouse, if any, of Paula Mae Peterson; ; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); City of Iola, Kansas Defendants.

Case No. AL-2022-CV-000026

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ES TATE OF SUE E. GODDARD,

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THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified a pe tition has been filed in this Court by Julia Wight, Administrator of the Estate of SUE E. GODDARD, deceased, praying for final set tlement of the estate, approval of her acts, proceedings and

16, 2022, at 10:00 AM, the fol lowing real estate:

Lot Twenty-one (21) Bur ris Addition being a subdi vision of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter (W/2 SE/4) and the East Half of the Southwest Quarter (E/2 SW/4) of Section Thirty (30) Township Twenty-four (24) South, Range Nineteen (19) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Allen County, Kan sas, commonly known as 214 Sunflower Lane, Iola, KS 66749 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without ap praisement and subject to the redemption period as provid ed by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.

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to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on November 16, 2022, at 10:00 AM, the fol lowing real estate: LOT 1, BLOCK 92, IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, commonly known as 322 South St, Iola, KS 66749 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without ap praisement and subject to the redemption period as provid ed by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.

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accounts as Administrator, allowance for her Administra tive fees and expenses and the Court determine the heirs of the said decedent and assign the personal property remain ing in said estate.

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That includes Ashley Joens, the school’s ca reer scoring leader, who would have been one of the top picks in the WNBA draft but chose to use her COVID-19 waiver for a fifth season in Ames.

“For me personally, it takes me back to one of the great times that I had as Iowa State coach, back around 2000. This group is very similar to that,” Fennelly said

this week. “They show up every day. They wear the jersey with a great amount of pride.”

Part of the reason is they’ve stuck together, even in an age when the transfer portal makes it easier than ever for play ers to move among pro grams. Lexi Donarski, the Big 12’s defensive player of the year, and Emily Ryan, who led the conference in assists, are both juniors. Nyam

er Diew is also a junior and Morgan Kane is a senior.

Then there’s Joens, who averaged 20.3 points and 9.5 rebounds last season and is a national player-of-the-year candi date.

No wonder the Cy clones were picked by the league’s coaches to win the Big 12 this sea son. They edged Texas, which won last year’s conference tournament,

by a single point with Oklahoma, Baylor and Kansas behind them.

SPEAKING OF BAYLOR

Don’t expect the Bears to go away, even if their women don’t have quite the same target on their backs this season.

Yes, they lost firstround draft picks NaL yssa Smith and Queen Egbo, but Baylor coach Nicki Collen shored up her roster with a bunch of transfers: Erika Porter from Illi nois, Dre’Una Edwards from Kentucky, Jana Van Gytenbeek from Stanford, Aijha Black well from Missouri and junior college transfer Catarina Ferreira from Eastern Arizona.

In other words, the Bears should still be in the mix for at least a share of a 13th consecu tive regular-season title.

“I don’t think you put on a Baylor uniform and not feel pressure,” Collen said. “I know I didn’t take this job and expect to not feel pres sure. Nobody wants to be a part of the team that breaks the streak of conference champi onships.”

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