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CHRISTMAS MEMORIES By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

LAHARPE — A lot can happen in 65 years. For Joyce and Harry Lee, who celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary today, the past several decades have brought them seven children, 24 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Their love has even outlasted the church where they said their vows. The couple were married at LaHarpe First Methodist Episcopal Church on Dec. 21, 1958. Over the past couple of months, they’ve watched as the church is being demolished, brick-by-brick and beam-by-beam. Before the church is reduced to a pile of rubble, the Lees have taken the opportunity to recreate their wedding day photos there. Photos show them on the steps where they waved to family and friends after making it official; near what was once the altar; and in the center of the church before the stained-glass windows were removed for salvage. “We captured the new reality,” Harry See LEES | Page A6

Harry and Joyce Lee were married at the LaHarpe First Methodist Episcopal Church on Dec. 21, 1958. They recreated their wedding photos as demolition of the church began a couple of months ago. The past 65 years have been filled with love and laughter, Harry says. COURTESY PHOTOS

Grants to help 3 organizations Architects present plans

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By SARAH HANEY The Iola Register

The gift-giving spirit of the holidays visited three area non-profits, courtesy of the Health Forward Foundation. Thrive Allen County, the City of LaHarpe, and Hope Unlimited each received substantial grants to help enhance their outreach. The grants encompass two of Health Forward’s strategic purpose areas — power and platform. Both Hope Unlimited and LaHarpe fall into the “power” purpose area, which is designed to strengthen community-based organizations that serve people of color or are based in rural areas. City of LaHarpe

LaHarpe was awarded $120,000 which will be paid in four installments over the next two years. According to LaHarpe Mayor Mae Crowell, the grant will help in multiple areas including: • Continuing the Health & Wellness Coordinator position and expanding recreational and wellness programming. Health Forward Committee member Sharlyn Thompson noted that this programming is for anyone in Allen County and not just LaHarpe residents. Some of these programs include sporting events, craft shows, community meals, and holiday celebrations. • Thompson added that the grant funding would help pay for CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training that is provided to the community free-of-charge. Although this training is largely utilized by emergency personnel and healthcare workers, it is available to anyone. • Some of the funding will Vol. 126, No. 8 Iola, KS $1.00

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Patrick Zirjacks and Marcia Davis of Thrive Allen County join Sharlyn Thompson and LaHarpe Mayor Mae Crowell in the city’s fitness center. Part of the grant funding will go toward being able to provide affordable 24-hour access to the center. REGISTER/SARAH HANEY

Health Forward Foundation grants: Thrive Allen County, $50,000 The City of LaHarpe, $120,000 Hope Unlimited, $125,000 go towards technological improvements. Crowell noted the city would like to be able to effectively communicate with community members, whether it be through digital signage or having an online option for their newsletter. • To improve and recruit new community leaders through training, webinars, and workshops from the Kansas League of Municipalities and the Kansas Leadership Center on Civic Government, Leadership and Civic Engagement. • The funds will also help maintain and grow the city’s

fitness center (located in city hall), which provides affordable 24-hour access to gym equipment. Thrive Allen County Director of Community Engagement Marcia Davis added that the funding would help engage and empower citizens to be involved within the community. Crowell and Thompson both credited hard work on Davis’ part in helping receive the grant money. “We met many times to discuss this Health Forward grant,” said Crowell. “Marcia was a lot of help. A See GRANTS | Page A3

Architects outlined a possible design for a Career and Technical Education facility at Allen Community College. The presentation last week gave the board of trustees a look at options for two new buildings, one for CTE classes and one for warehouse and storage space. If the board started the process in the next year, costs are estimated between $8 and $10 million. Waiting a year likely would add about $2 million to the total cost. The board did not take any action on the presentation. Scott Gales of Architect One, Inc. of

Topeka talked about a plan that could potentially build a 25,000-square-foot facility, which could be expanded over time. His proposal would locate the facility on land recently purchased by Allen to the north of the campus, overlooking a small pond. The building would have two attached rectangular structures. One section would offer traditional lecture rooms and laboratories. The labs would include observation stations. A set of four lecture classrooms would feature movable walls and doors so the entire area could be opened as a gathering space. It could serve about 275 people in a special event such as a banquet or conference. The building would include a catering kitchen and See ALLEN | Page A3

Trump banned from Colorado ballot in historic court ruling DENVER (AP) — A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. The decision from a court whose justices were all appointed by Democratic governors marks the first time

in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate. “A majority of the court holds that Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment,” the court wrote in its 4-3 decision. Colorado’s highest court overturned a ruling from a district court judge who found that Trump incited an insurrection for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but said he See TRUMP | Page A3

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Obituaries Darlene “Doll” Burton Dannie Darlene Burton, age 84, of Humboldt, died on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at her home. She was born on Nov. 29, 1939, to George Wilson and Dannie J. (Gregg) Wilson in LaHarpe. She married James Burton on May 28, 1957, in Iola. He preceded her in death. She also was preceded in death by a son, Jamie Burton. Survivors include a son, Rick Burton, of Gas; and daughter, Beth Ortiz, of Humboldt. A visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28, in The Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 29, in the chapel at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery in Iola. Memorials are suggested to Wings of Warriors or Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF), and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service.

Velma Horde Velma Mae Horde, age 104, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, at YC Health and Rehab, Yates Center. She was born on Feb. 15, 1919, in rural Allen County, to Ben Grieve and Alice (Hockett) Grieve. Velma attended school at Silver Leaf School in Allen County. She and Willard Horde were married on Aug. Velma Horde 16, 1938, in Yates Center. Velma was a homemaker and worked in her family’s business. Velma was the true matriarch of her family, and loved spending time with them. She and Willard enjoyed traveling in their later years. Velma loved to bake, especially pecan pies. She was known to go dancing and remained active as long as she was able. She hosted a daily “happy hour” for her friends and family. Velma also cherished the companionship of her beloved dog, Cookie. Velma was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Carl Grieve, Ivan Grieve; and nephew, Ronnie Grieve. Velma is survived by her daughter, Shirley (Bob) Walden; grandsons, Shawn (Maggie) Walden, and Bill (Cara) Walden; great-grandchildren, Tyler (Maria) Walden, Seth Walden, Drew Walden, Madison (Aryn) Walden, Shane (Mikaela) Walden, Gavin Stockebrand, and Garrin Stockebrand; great-great-granddaughter, Ellie Walden; and niece, Dixie (Doug) Dexter. A visitation will be from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola. A funeral service will be held afterwards at 1 p.m. in the chapel at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery in Iola. Memorials are suggested to Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF), and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service. Condolences for the family can be left at www. feuerbornfuneral.com.

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KS businessman pleads guilty to selling aviation tech to Russia By RACHEL MIPRO Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — A Kansas businessman faces up to 25 years in prison after conspiring to sell and export aviation-related equipment to Russia, a scheme that allegedly began in 2020 and continued through Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sixty-year-old Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky, the owner and president of KanRus Trading Company Inc., pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal criminal charges. He’s accused of conspiring to commit crimes against the U.S. and conspiring to illegally launder money. His sentencing hearing is set for March 21. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott Rask and Ryan Huschka for the District of Kansas, along with a national security division trial attorney, are prosecuting the case. “Buyanovsky admitted to a long-running scheme to smuggle sophisticated U.S. avionics equipment to Russia, doubling down to hide his actions after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,” said Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. “Today’s guilty plea demonstrates the Justice Department’s commitment to cut off Moscow from the means to fuel its military and hold those enabling it accountable in a court of law.” Buyanovsky forfeited more than $450,000 worth of avionics equipment and accessories to the government, including a pallet of devices detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He also turned over personal assets estimated to be worth about $50,000.

A Kansas businessman pled guilty on Tuesday for illegal exportation of technology to Russia. PIXABAY In his guilty plea, Buyanovsky said from 2020 to March of this year, when he was arrested, he had worked to smuggle U.S. avionic equipment to those in Russia and Russians in other foreign countries. To do so, he and fellow conspirators either didn’t file required export forms, or filed false export forms in some cases, lying about export values, users and final destinations, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Former KanRus vice president Douglas Robertson, a 56-year-old Olathe resident, was part of the scheme, Buyanovsky said. The two, along with others, continued to purchase and export equipment for Russian clients after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, despite tightened U.S. export measures. They did so, prosecutors allege, by shipping products through intermediary companies based in Armenia, United Arab Emirates and Cyprus and using foreign bank accounts to funnel money from Russian customers to

the U.S.-based KanRus company. Investigation into the years-long scheme was conducted by an interagency law enforcement task force dedicated to enforcing sanctions and export controls set after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022. The ongoing task force is still combating “efforts to evade or undermine the collective actions taken by the U.S. government in response to Russian military aggression.” “After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government imposed export controls and sanctions to prevent the weaponization of U.S. manufactured technology against Ukraine in a conflict intended to usurp its right to sovereignty within its borders,” said Kate Brubacher, attorney for the District of Kansas. “As long as there are people who value greed and profit over freedom and justice, the U.S. Department of Justice will remain vigilant and investigate and prosecute these crimes.”

Kobach argues for paper ballots in postelection audits By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued a nonbinding legal opinion arguing state law required officials engaged in postelection audits to rely on original paper ballots instead of making use of optically scanned images of those ballots. Kobach, a Republican who previously supervised elections in Kansas as secretary of state, published the assessment in response to concern expressed by Republican state legislators and election fraud conspiracy theorists. The issue emerged because officials in Kansas counties with substantial populations sought efficiencies by turning to electronically stored copies of ballots when engaged in spot audits. The attorney general said in the Tuesday opinion sought by St. Marys Rep. Francis Awerkamp that election clerks performing postelection audits weren’t at liberty to substitute printed copies of ballot images. “Reasonable people may disagree on how audits should be conducted, but the Legisla-

“Reasonable people may disagree on how audits should be conducted, but the Legislature was quite clear in its language. The original paper ballots must be used.” — Kris Kobach, Kansas Attorney General

ture was quite clear in its language,” Kobach said. “The original paper ballots must be used.” Clay Barker, general counsel to Secretary of State Scott Schwab, said optical scans of ballots were generated by a few counties with large populations to speed processing of votes, but a paper version of every Kansas ballot was retained. He has suggested the Legislature consider amending state law to affirm counties had the option of deploying computer technology in support of postelection audits. Kari Sue Vosburgh, a Sedgwick County precinct committeewoman, asserted during a legislative hearing reliance on digital images of ballots could promote election fraud. She found support for that perspective among some House and Senate members. “I think it’s a valid

concern,” said Rep. Pat Proctor, R-Leavenworth. In September, Kobach issued a separate nonbinding opinion that took the position original paper ballots had to be used in recounts of close races or when an outcome was challenged. An exception

could be made, he said, if sponsors of a challenge preferred use of electronic records of ballots. In that opinion, the attorney general said the recount requester could seek a hand recount of original paper ballots. The 2022 Legislature approved a bill that became law requiring all voting systems used for elections in Kansas after Jan. 1, 2024, to feature “an individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballot with a distinctive watermark established by the secretary of state.” The

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Scott Gales of Architect One, Inc. discusses design plans for a potential Career and Technical Education building at Allen Community College. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Allen: Facilities future discussed Continued from A1

storage. Gales noted the college does not currently have a dedicated space for special events and community gatherings. The college hosts numerous banquets throughout the year, typically held in the gymnasium. The other section would offer a fabricator space that could be used for training in a variety of industries such as welding or automotive. Gales referred to this as a “maker space,” that could be used by industries as a temporary training space. The industry and col-

lege would partner to set up machinery and use the space to train employees, either on a short-term or ongoing basis. Such a program would be particularly helpful for industries still in the construction phase; employees could be trained and ready to go on Day 1. Though ACC president Bruce Moses didn’t discuss specific examples, EMP Shield in February announced plans to build a $ $1.9 billion computer chip manufacturing plant in rural Coffey County and to partner with educational institutions in the state to train employees. THE FIRST step is

to hire an engineer to conduct a soil test, Gales recommended. “I would do that before you get too far. You’ll know right away if you need to make improvements” to the land, he said. Such a study would show if and how the land can support a structure, and how water runoff might impact roads and infrastructure. That information will be useful for any type of structure the college may consider on the property in the future. “It’s a great property,” Gales said. “I think you’re fortunate to have that for your campus.”

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lot of work went into it.” Hope Unlimited

Hope Unlimited, Inc. of Iola received $125,000, to be disbursed in four installments over two years. “This money will allow us to hire a full-time Community Engagement Coordinator who will help us with our capital campaign for a n e w shelter,” s a i d H o p e Unlimited Executive Director Dorothy Dorothy Sparks Sparks. T h e coordinator will help the organization with program development and growth by deepening partnerships and increasing program participation. The goal is to also increase equity inclusion in all services across the board. Sparks added they are in the fundraising phase of building a new shelter with an overall goal of $3 million. The organization hopes to reach this goal through private donations and grants. Until Dec. 31, any donation over $250

could not be barred from the ballot because it was unclear that the provision was intended to cover the presidency. The court stayed its decision until Jan. 4, or until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the case. Colorado officials say the issue must be settled by Jan. 5, the deadline for the state to print its presidential primary ballots. “We do not reach these conclusions lightly,” wrote the court’s majority. “We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach.” Trump’s attorneys had promised to appeal any disqualification immediately to the nation’s highest court, which has the final say about constitutional matters. Trump’s legal spokeswoman Alina Habba said in a statement Tuesday night: “This ruling, issued by the Colorado Supreme Court, attacks the very heart of this nation’s democracy. It will not stand, and we trust that the Supreme Court will reverse this unconstitutional order.” Trump didn’t mention the decision during a rally Tuesday evening in Waterloo, Iowa, but his campaign sent out a fundrais-

ing email citing what it called a “tyrannical ruling.” Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel labeled the decision “Election interference” and said the RNC’s legal team intends to help Trump fight the ruling. Trump lost Colorado by 13 percentage points in 2020 and doesn’t need the state to win next year’s presidential election. But the danger for the former president is that more courts and election officials will

follow Colorado’s lead and exclude Trump from must-win states. Dozens of lawsuits have been filed nationally to disqualify Trump under Section 3, which was designed to keep former Confederates from returning to government after the Civil War. It bars from office anyone who swore an oath to “support” the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against it, and has been used only a handful of times since the decade after the Civil War.

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Holiday food donation From left, Donna and Kenyon Kaehr of the Iola Food Pantry stand with Peerless employees Jeff White, Dewey Stotler, Khrista Daum and Angel Kaufman. Peerless Products donated 532 pounds of food to the Iola Community Pantry this week, just in time for the holidays. Employees split into four teams to see who could collect the largest donation. The winning team contributed 582 food items and will receive a company-sponsored meal as their reward. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER

Poll: Business leaders eager to slash taxes By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Seventy percent of the 300 Kansas business owners and executives surveyed said state and local taxes were too high and three-fourths agreed the state’s economy would expand once tax obligations were reduced, the Kansas Chamber said Tuesday. The annual online and telephone survey by the business lobbying organization showed top issues of concern were taxation, inflation, the workforce and government regulation. In 2022, the foremost issue identified in the survey was inflation. Workforce challenges topped the executives’ list in 2021. The Kansas Chamber’s poll revealed more than half of the 2023 participants — 51% — believed state personal income tax rates should be cut and 74% were persuaded that tax cuts would produce trickle-down influences beneficial to the Kansas economy. Among the business insiders surveyed, interest in tax reform dwarfed consternation with energy and health care costs or expansion of government. The survey had a margin of error of 5.6%. “When it comes to the profitability of a business, we found tax sensitivity is really trending up, with 70% now saying they pay too much in taxes — a 10% increase from last year’s poll,” said Pat McFerron, president of the Oklahoma polling firm Cole Hargrave Snodgrass and Associates. In previous Chamber surveys, fewer people held the view that Kan-

sas taxes were too high. Here are findings on that issue by year: 60% too high in 2022; 62% in 2021; 49% in 2020; 60% in 2019 and 56% in 2018. Over the past five years, no more than 5% thought state and local taxes were too low. The Kansas Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly have tangled during those years over the politics of income, sales and property tax policy. Republican lawmakers concentrated during the 2023 session on adopting a single,

“Kansas job creators are looking for leadership and solutions that will keep the cost of doing business low.” — Allen Cobb, President & CEO of the Kansas Chamber

flat rate for the individual income tax that would be of substantial benefit to wealthy individuals, but Kelly objected. Democratic legislators prefer a focus on curtailing property taxes. In 2022, Kelly and the Legislature agreed to gradually shrink the state sales tax on groceries. A state law required the food rate to fall from 6.5% in 2022 to 4% in 2023 and to 2% on Jan. 1 before eliminated Jan. 1, 2025. The Kansas Chamber poll was released as Kelly announced that since taking office as governor in 2019 the state had attracted $18

billion in private-sector investment associated with more than 1,000 economic development projects and creation or retention of 65,000 jobs. “This milestone shows that our fiscally responsible approach to growing the economy is working, and that this unprecedented surge of business activity continues to rise,” Kelly said. In terms of the state’s workforce, the Kansas Chamber poll said the percentage of business people surveyed who were satisfied with the workforce fell to 43% — far below the 75% reported in 2010. Satisfaction with the workforce stood at 45% in 2022, 51% in 2021, 68% in 2020 and 54% in 2019. Results to this question covered years of economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is not just a post-pandemic trend. This is a pretty substantial decline,” McFadden said. Alan Cobb, president and CEO of the Kansas Chamber, said the expectation was the governor and legislators would keep the latest findings in mind as they opened the 2024 legislative session in January. This poll was conducted Nov. 20 to Dec. 4. “Kansas job creators are looking for leadership and solutions that will keep the cost of doing business low in our state so they can compete,” he said. In terms of the businesses polled, the Kansas Chamber said 64% had less than 10 employees, 21% had 10 to 50, 7% had 51 to 100, 5% had 101 to 500 and 2% had more than 501.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder, the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime. Glynn Simmons, 71, who was released in July after prosecutors agreed that key evidence in his case was not turned over to his defense lawyers, was ruled innocent Tuesday. “This court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the offense for which Mr. Simmons was convicted, sentenced and imprisoned... was not committed by Mr. Simmons,” according to the ruling by Oklahoma County District Judge Amy Palumbo. Simmons served 48 years, one month and 18 days since his conviction, making him the longest imprisoned U.S. inmate to be exonerated, according to data kept by The National Registry of Exonerations. Simmons said afterward that he feels vindicated after his time in prison that included initially being sentenced to death row. Simmons has maintained his innocence, saying he was in Louisiana at the time of the 1974 slaying of Carolyn Sue Rogers inside an Edmond liquor store. He and co-defendant Don Roberts were both convicted in 1975 of the murder and initially sentenced to death. Their sentences were reduced to life in prison in 1977 after U.S. Supreme Court rulings related to capital punishment. Roberts was released on parole in 2008. Palumbo in July ordered a new trial for Simmons after District Attorney Vicki Behenna said prosecutors had failed to turn over evidence in the case, including a police report that showed an eyewitness might have identified other suspects in the case. Behenna in September said there is no longer physical evidence in the case against Simmons and announced she would not retry him, though she opposed declaring him actually innocent. A spokesperson for Behenna declined immediate comment on

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Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling a win for voters’ rights The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday made the right call to restore a constitutionality challenge to a state law that purports to prohibit impersonation of election officials. The lawsuit followed the passage of House Bill 2183 into law in 2021, overriding a veto by Gov. Laura Kelly. The bill was a grab-bag of mostly unnecessary provisions to placate those who believed the “stop the steal” nonsense peddled by ex-President Donald Trump and his acolytes after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. As predicted, the poorly thought-out measure has thrown voter registration into chaos. Nonprofit groups that routinely ran registration drives without incident for decades shelved the practice, because HB 2183 was so broadly drawn that it could easily criminalize innocent people for exercising their right to set up a card table and help fellow citizens get

Nonprofit groups that routinely ran voter registration drives shelved the practice because the new law could easily declare such practice a criminal act. signed up to exercise their right to vote. The suit challenging the constitutionality of HB 2183 was brought by four nonprofits that used to do registration drives: the League of Women Voters, the Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center and Loud Light, which encourages civic participation among young people. Bear in mind, it’s always been against the law to impersonate a government official of any sort. But the previous law made it a misdemeanor and required showing that a defendant intended to deceive. HB 2183 went way beyond. The 2021 law makes it a

felony to do one of three things: (1) Representing oneself as an election official; (2) engaging in conduct that gives the appearance of being an election official; or (3) engaging in conduct that would cause another person to believe a person engaging in such conduct is an election official. There’s nothing wrong with the first point. We certainly agree people shouldn’t be walking around misrepresenting themselves as election officials. And felony prosecution should be an option, depending on how egregious the conduct is. BUT THE PROBLEM with HB 2183 lies in its second and

third points. Regarding point two, running a registration drive requires volunteers (or in some cases, persons paid by a party or campaign) to possess copies of, distribute and if necessary, answer questions about a government registration form. Is that “giving the appearance of being an election official?” Who can say? And point three is even foggier, because it requires registration helpers to essentially mind-read the people they’re trying to help. “Speech — that is, human communication — is a twoway street,” the Supreme Court opinion says. “But sometimes a listener may mistake the meaning intended by the speaker. This may be due to the imprecision of the speech itself. It may also arise from the unfamiliarity of the listener with the particular language, dialect, or culture and idioms of the speaker. Mistakes also at times result from just

plain old unreasonableness or willfulness on the part of the listener.” In short, people should be judged by what they say and do, not how others may perceive what they say and do. The case got to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals rejected the four nonprofits groups’ standing to sue. Friday’s Supreme Court ruling reinstates the case and sent it back to the appellate court for further proceedings. IT DOESN’T REALLY need to be this way. The Legislature made a mistake and wrote an overbroad statute. They can just as easily undo it. Lawmakers will be back in session in Topeka early next month. We call on them to forgo the time and expense of further litigation defending the law they passed, and rewrite it to be clearly constitutional, not just maybe constitutional. — The Wichita Eagle

Greece’s resurgence shows lessons heeded, work Ten years ago Greece was crippled by a debt crisis and ridiculed on Wall Street. It has since shown it is possible for leaders to enact painful economic reforms and still get re-elected. By THE ECONOMIST

Historians will not look back on 2023 as a happy year for humanity. Wars blazed, autocratic regimes swaggered and in many countries strongmen flouted laws and curbed liberty. This is the grim backdrop to our annual “country of the year” award. If our prize was for the resilience of ordinary people in the face of horror, there would be an abundance of candidates, from the Palestinians and Israelis in their bitter conflict to the Sudanese fleeing as their country implodes. Yet since we started naming countries of the year in 2013, we have sought to recognize something different: the place that has improved the most. The search for a bright spot in a bleak world led some of our staff to despair and propose Barbie Land, the fictional pink utopia of a Hollywood blockbuster. But in real life, there are two sets of countries that deserve recognition in 2023. THE FIRST includes places that have stood up to bullying by autocratic neighbors. One cannot say that life in Ukraine improved, but the country valiantly continued its struggle against Vladimir Putin’s war machine, despite wobbling by its Western supporters. Moldova resisted Russian intimidation. Finland joined the NATO alliance and Sweden will follow soon. In Asia a number of countries held their nerve in the face of Chinese aggression, often in collaboration with America. The Philippines defended its maritime boundaries, and the law of the sea, against much bigger Chinese ships. In August

The Parthenon, a temple built to honor the goddess Athena in 447 BC, is one of many attractions drawing tourists to Athens, Greece. (PATRICIA SHERIDAN/PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE/TNS) Japan and South Korea put aside their historical grievances to deepen their co-operation. The island state of Tuvalu, with a population of 11,000, has just signed a treaty with Australia that insures its population against climate change and includes a security guarantee to prevent it from falling under China’s thumb. OUR SECOND group of countries defended democracy or liberal values at home. Fragile, war-scarred Liberia managed a peaceful transfer of power. So did Timor-Leste, which maintained its reputation for respecting human rights and a free press. In some mid-sized countries, such as Thailand and Turkey, hope flickered as the opposition pushed hard to eject autocratic regimes, but those regimes held on at elections skewed in their favor. Three countries stand out for turning back to moderation after a walk on the wild side. Brazil swore in a center-left president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after four years of mendacious populism under Jair Bolsonaro, who spread divisive conspiracy theories, coddled trigger-happy cops, supported rain forest-torching farmers, re-

fused to accept electoral defeat and encouraged his devotees to attempt an insurrection. The new administration quickly restored normality — and reduced the pace of deforestation in the Amazon by nearly 50%. Brazil’s impressive record was marred, however, by Lula’s habit of cozying up to Mr. Putin and Venezuela’s despot, Nicolás Maduro. As a result, Brazil misses out on the award. Poland had a remarkable 2023: its economy withstood the shock of the war next door; it continued to host nearly 1 million Ukrainian refugees; and to deter Russia it raised its defense spending to above 3% of GDP, giving its stingy NATO peers an example to emulate. The country’s biggest problem has been the dominance of the populist-nationalist Law and Justice (pis) party, which has run the government for the past eight years, eroding the independence of the courts, stuffing state media with lackeys and nurturing crony capitalism. In October voters dumped PiS in favor of an array of opposition parties. It is still early for a new coalition government, led by Donald Tusk, a veteran centrist, but if it does a good job of mending the damage PiS did to democratic institutions, Poland

will be a strong candidate for our prize next year. THAT LEAVES our winner, Greece. Ten years ago it was crippled by a debt crisis and ridiculed on Wall Street. Incomes had plunged, the social contract was fraying and extremist parties of the left and right were rampant. The government grew so desperate that it cuddled up to China and later sold its main port, Piraeus, to a Chinese firm. Today Greece is far from perfect. A rail crash in February exposed corruption and shoddy infrastructure; a wire-tapping scandal and the mistreatment of migrants suggested civil liberties can be improved. But after years of painful restructuring, Greece topped our annual ranking of rich-world economies in 2023. Its center-right government was re-elected in June. Its foreign policy is pro-America, proEU and wary of Russia. Greece shows that from the verge of collapse it is possible to enact tough, sensible economic reforms, rebuild the social contract, exhibit restrained patriotism — and still win elections. With half the world due to vote in 2024, democrats everywhere should pay heed.

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said. The photo session brought back memories not only of their wedding but also their many Christmases as husband and wife. “We just have so much fun together, even after 65 years,” Harry said. HARRY first saw Joyce Hay in high school. “I was not too excited about girls until my junior year in high school, and I noticed this cute little farm girl who was also an outstanding athlete,” he recalled. She played basketball, his favorite sport, and scored a whopping 39 points in one game. “She’s a good athlete and I worked hard at it, so we were both successful for different reasons.” Two years after she graduated high school and Harry was in college, they decided Christmas break was the perfect time to get married. After the ceremony and photos, the newlyweds hopped into Harry’s car, which had been duly decorated. Harry turned the key, pressed the gas pedal — and stayed put. “My heart sank.” That’s when he noticed his buddies laughing, which raised his suspicions. A quick inspection showed the car had been placed on bricks, just high enough for the wheels to be off the ground. His friends pushed the car off its blocks and away they went… all the way to Fort Scott. That was as far as they could afford. They checked into a motel. Harry wrote his name and “Joyce Hay” on the register. “Nope,” the clerk said. Back in those days, a reputable motel wouldn’t allow an unmarried couple to share a room. Harry corrected his mistake and the clerk relented. The new couple moved in with Harry’s parents. It wasn’t until after he left for training with the Army National Guard that Joyce decided it was time to find their own place — a one-car garage that had been converted into a small home. Imagine the living and dining room as the size of the front half of a car, and the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen about equal to the back. ONCE THE LEES began a family, they hosted their own holiday gatherings. In recent years, Harry has used a game to keep the family history alive. From his collection of family photos, he’ll pick one and assign a point value to it. Family members then guess its details: who, when, where, what circumstances. Whoever scores highest gets a stocking filled with a present. For example, it might be a photo of his great-grandfather, someone they’ve never met. Harry tells about the man’s history. Once he showed a photo of Joyce and himself with a beard. “That’s the only time she let me wear a beard.” Spoiler for this year (and free points for

We just have so much fun together, even after 65 years. — Harry Lee

family members who read the Register): He plans to show a photo of Joyce asleep on a slab of concrete. Not long after their wedding, a friend came over to visit one evening. They made their way to the front porch to share a lengthy “Midwest goodbye.” “It was one of those beautiful, comfortable summer evenings so Joyce laid on the concrete and went to sleep” as Harry and his friend continued to visit. When the friend left, Harry started to wake his young bride but decided, instead, to have a little fun. He went into the house and changed the time on a clock to 3 a.m., then turned off all the lights, shook Joyce gently and asked, “Aren’t you ever coming to bed?” “She walked in the front door, flipped on the light, looked at the clock and was upset that I’d left her out there for five hours,” he said, still laughing at the prank all these years later.

American consumers are feeling more confident than they have since summer, good news for businesses with the all-important holiday shopping season peaking. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Wednesday that its consumer confidence index rose for the second straight month, to 110.7 in December from 101 in November. That’s much better than analysts’ forecasts of 104.5 and the highest reading since July. Americans’ expectations of a recession in the next 12 months declined to the lowest level so far this year. The index measures both Americans’ assessment of current economic conditions and their outlook for the next six months. Consumer spending accounts for about 70% of U.S. economic activity, so economists pay close attention to consumer behavior as they

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Renfroe and the Kansas City Royals finalized a $13 million, two-year contract Tuesday, filling the biggest offensive hole for a club that has spent heavily in free agency in an attempt to go from worst to first in the AL Central. The power-hitting outfielder, who turns 32 next month, will get a $5.5 million salary from Kansas City for the upcoming season. Renfroe’s deal also includes a $7.5 million player option for 2025 with a $1 million buyout. “They talent they’ve brought through the minor leagues and who they have in the major leagues right now is pretty spectacular,” Renfroe said, “and the guys they added this offseason made it a no-brainer for me. The way the Central is now, there is no doubt that we can contend in it.” The Royals lost 106 games last season, when injuries punched holes in their lineup and their pitching staff was among the worst in See RENFRO | Page B4

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Eagles soar past YC By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

YATES CENTER — Just how smothering was Uniontown High’s pressure defense Tuesday? Rumor had it, by the end of the first quarter the Eagles’ defenders could accurately tell which flavor of gum Yates Center High players had been chewing. Uniontown took control from the outset, forcing a flurry of turnovers and hurried Yates Center shots through a 34-point outburst that stretched into the second quarter. The press was so devastating that Wildcat head coach Lane Huffman was forced to call three of his five allocated timeouts within the first two minutes of the contest. The Eagles cruised from the dominant start to win, 52-24, in the final game of the pre-Christmas break. Yates Center returns to action Jan. 9 at Southeast-Cherokee. “If we play like we did in the second half, we’d have been just fine,” Huffman said. “We knew they were gonna press. We just weren’t ready for it.” The Eagles led 22-0 after one quarter, and were doing much the same in See YC | Page B3

Yates Center High’s Kaiden Rutherford (2) puts up a shot between Uniontown defenders Brycen Stewart (20) and Colter Powell (15) Tuesday. Also in on the play is Yates Center’s Jarrett Birk (13). REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Slow start sinks Wildcats By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

YATES CENTER — One of the biggest hurdles for a young Yates Center High girls team has been the mental one, head coach Kevin Brown said Tuesday. “I believe we’ll get better,” Brown said. “We have a couple of girls who are pretty

darned good. But they’re putting pressure on themselves that they don’t need to.” A slow start Tuesday put the Wildcats in a hole too deep to escape against visiting Uniontown. The Eagles held Yates Center without a field goal until early in the second quarter, leading 16-0 at the point. The Wildcats upped their

game in the middle portions, pulling to within 13 in the second half. But another scoring spurt by Uniontown sealed matters from there in a 37-12 victory. The loss comes in Yates Center’s final game before the Christmas break. The Wildcats are back in action See WILDCATS | Page B6

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Legalized sports betting continued its expansion this year while also factoring into scandals in college athletics and suspensions in the NFL for players who violated the league’s gambling policy. Six states either passed legislation to legalize sports wagering or allowed sportsbooks to begin accepting bets. Another state, Florida, relaunched sports betting after a two-year legal battle ended when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in October in the casinos’ favor. Still on the sidelines, however, are the nation’s two most populous states — California and Texas. Sports betting proponents will hope to make progress against significant headwinds in both states in 2024. There was no apparent movement in California this year to legalize sports betting after two compet-

ing measures, including one backed financially by Native American tribes, went down in flames in 2022 at the ballot box. Baird Fogel, a California attorney who works with the sports betting industry, said the key is getting the full support of the tribes. “Remember, the tribes don’t need this,” Fogel said. “They can wait forever. That’s the trick here, what everybody needs to get their heads around. You’ve got to proactively come to them with an idea of how to get their support because without their support, this is going nowhere.” He said the tribes could be receptive if approached correctly. Connecticut and New Jersey reached deals, Fogel said, because those states made agreements with the tribal casinos. Some kind of revenue split, Fogel said, could get a similar deal done in California. “It’s got to happen,” Fogel See BETTING | Page B4

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Curry 3-pointer key as Warriors snap Boston streak SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry let fly a high-arcing 3-pointer just like those he practices time and again during his extensive pre-game routine, and swished it through the net right in front of his wild, celebratory Warriors teammates on the bench. Night-night, indeed, just as the superstar signaled with both hands at the side of his cheek as he took off running the other way. “It was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,” said rookie Tracye Jackson-Davis, who delivered a key block against Boston star Jaylen Brown in OT and notched his first double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds as the Warriors rallied past the Celtics 132-126 on Tuesday night. Curry caught a skip pass from Chris Paul, who had corralled an offensive rebound, and

connected on that 3 with 12 seconds left in overtime on the way to scoring 33 points, and Golden State made enough timely plays and stops to snap Boston’s five-game winning streak. “Nothing shocks me with Steph, that shot was insane, the catchand-shoot, the arc,” coach Steve Kerr said, “but I fully expected it to go in, and I think all of our fans did, too. The guy’s magical. I can’t explain it. That’s just the kind of stuff he does.” Jonathan Kuminga made a steal and uncontested dunk to put the Warriors ahead in overtime then grabbed a key rebound on the other end that led to another scoring play, and Boston missed key chance after chance when it mattered most. Klay Thompson hit a tying 3-pointer with 2:18 remaining in regulation then Derrick White answered from

Thompson scored 24 points and knocked down a 3-pointer with 3:56 left in the fourth that pulled the Warriors within 114-110. He has gone 36 of 71 over his past four games since being held to seven points on 2-for-10 shooting on Dec. 12 at Phoenix. “He’s changed our team with his shot selection the last four or five games, whatever it’s been,” Kerr said. With his 2,291st career 3 made — at the 4:46 mark of the first — Thompson passed Vince Carter for eighth place on the NBA’s alltime list. Curry shot 11 for 21 with six 3s in a foulfilled night for the twotime NBA MVP, whose record streak of consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer ended at 268 on Sunday in Portland. The Warriors played without rookie guard Brandin Podziemski

deep before Curry connected from the top to even it up again at 121. The Celtics then missed four shots on their next possession and again before the buzzer sounded for regulation. Other key opportunities were wasted in the final minute of OT. Brown finished with 28 points while White scored 30 in just the second loss over the last 10 for Boston (20-6). Jayson Tatum added 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the Celtics began a four-game trip in California. Boston’s star forward limped to the locker room favoring his left ankle at the 7:45 mark of the first, returned to the bench about four minutes later then was back on the floor to start the second quarter. That was a positive on a night Celtics 7-foot-3 big man Kristaps Porzingis was out to rest his strained left calf.

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the second period before Yates Center found a working strategy. “We wanted to do the pick and roll in the first half, figuring they’d have trouble with it,” Huffman said. “‘Turns out, they defended it very well. They were so aggressive, so we started looking for backdoor stuff.” Yates Center was able to convert several backdoor passes to players cutting behind the Eagle defenders, converting a number of layups in the third and fourth quarter. But it was too little, too late. “We’ve just gotta be focused out of the gates,” Huffman said. “The theme for us is that it takes us a quarter

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All-American in 1962 under Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty. It was as a professional that Budde earned his reputation for being a reliable, hard-nosed lineman. He was the fourth overall pick of the Eagles in the 1963 NFL Draft and the eighth overall pick of the Chiefs in the AFL Draft, and ultimately chose to play for the upstart team coached by Hank Stram in the years before the two professional leagues would merge. “He was a cornerstone of those early Chiefs teams that

brought pro football to Kansas City,” Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement Tuesday. “He never missed a game in the first nine seasons of his career, and he rightfully earned recognition as an All-Star, a Pro Bowler and a Super Bowl champion.” Indeed, Budde was one of the leaders of fearsome Chiefs teams that won AFL titles in 1966 and 1969, then beat the Vikings in Super Bowl IV. He was a five-time AFL All-Star and was chosen to two Pro Bowls once the

league merged with the NFL, and he was chosen as a member of the All-AFL Team before his retirement following the 1976 season. Budde’s son, Brad Budde, was an All-American offensive lineman at Southern California before he was drafted by the Chiefs with the 11th overall pick in 1980. They remain the only father-son duo to be first-round picks by the same NFL franchise. The elder Budde remained active in the Kansas City area after his playing career, serving as the longtime president

of the Kansas City chapter of the NFL Alumni organization. He was joined by his son on stage at Kansas City’s Union Station for the NFL Draft in April, where they announced the Chiefs’ second-round selection of wide receiver Rashee Rice. “He was well-loved in the Kansas City community,” Hunt said, “and he was a great father to Brad, Tionne and John. My family and the entire Chiefs organization extend our sincere condolences to Carolyn and the Budde family.”

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said. “The tax revenue alone is insane. Any casino is already generating nearly $9 billion a year in California alone. I can’t even imagine what that number would balloon to if you were able to do this from the comfort of your own home on a mobile device.” In Texas, any push for casino gambling is a matter of playing a potentially years-long game. Proponents have poured millions into political action committees and campaign donations. Casino magnate Miriam Adelson, who in November entered into an agreement to buy the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, donated $1 million to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s 2022 campaign. Gaming measures have slowly picked up support, but a spending wave has yet to deliver a Texas-sized jackpot in a Legislature where resistance to legalizing casinos still runs deep. The Texas Republican Party passed a resolution that showed renewed opposition to casino gambling among party

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activists. There has been no bigger obstacle than Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who controls the state Senate and wields enormous influence over what bills even come up for a vote. A gambling measure that would have allowed mobile sports betting passed the House last spring but never even got a vote in the Senate. “The Republican electorate controls Texas,” longtime Republican consultant Bill Miller said. “I don’t think right now they are enamored of casino gaming. It’s daunting task to turn that around.” Texas lawmakers do

not meet again in regular session until 2025 and Patrick may run for re-election in 2026. “Over time, gaming is going to come to Texas in all versions. Casinos will be the last version,” Miller said. “You have to have patience and you have to have money. You have to have the financial standing to stay in the game.” There are signals that Adelson-led Las Vegas Sands is willing to dig in and wait. Dallas-area media report property records indicate that the casino company purchased around 100 acres of land near the old Texas Stadium site in Irving. Georgia and Missouri

are other states to watch in 2024. A bill could be reintroduced in Georgia, where two other measures already have failed. A bill that passed in the Missouri House this year didn’t get out of the Senate, but it could be resurrected. Sports betting for decades faced massive opposition from the NCAA and professional leagues because of a concern about potential point shaving that could call into question the legitimacy of games and matches. But with sports betting now widely accepted and even promoted, those in positions of power at the college and pro levels are having to adapt even as negative headlines emerge. More than 40 Iowa and Iowa State athletes were implicated in a sports-betting investigation, and nine athletes pled guilty to underage gambling. Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon was fired after suspicious betting tied to a Crimson Tide game occurred at a Cincinnati sportsbook. The NFL has also suspended multiple players

Renfro: Finalizes contract with KC Continued from B1

baseball. General manager J.J. Picollo has spent heavily over the past few weeks in an attempt to build depth and remake both their rotation and the bullpen, landing a pair of starters along with some impact relievers. The Royals signed right-hander Seth Lugo to a $45 million, three-year deal and fellow starter Michael Wacha to a $32 million, two-year pact, which filled two glaring holes in the rotation. They also signed left-hander Will Smith to a $5 million contract to close out games, and right-handed reliever Chris Stratton to a $4 million deal to hold onto leads. Utility man Garrett Hampson was added for $2 million, and the Royals swung trades with Atlanta to land right-handed reliever Nick Anderson and right-handed starter Kyle Wright, who will be ready in 2025 after rehabbing from shoulder surgery. “When we left Nashville (and the winter meetings), I’ll say there was some dis-

appointment because I didn’t feel like we were making headway like we wanted to,” Picollo said. “But we look up 10 days after the winter meetings end, and you look at our team now versus 10 days ago — it’s vastly different. It’s a much deeper team. It’s a more experienced team.” Renfroe has primarily played right field, but he also can play center field and first base. He hit .233 with 20 homers and 60 RBIs this past season, when a hot start turned into a tough finish, while splitting time with the Angels and Reds. He has a career .239 average with 177 homers and 454 RBIs in eight big league seasons, including time with San Diego (2016-19), Tampa Bay (2020), Boston (2021) and Milwaukee (2022). He also has 65 outfield assists.

“He’s going to be a run-producer,” said Royals manager Matt Quatraro, who was on the Rays staff when Renfroe played for Tampa Bay. “He’s going to try to execute every time he gets up there. That’s one of the things Hunter won’t say about himself, but he is one of the most competitive guys I’ve ever been around.” The Royals designated right-hander Max Castillo for assignment to create space for Renfroe on the 40-man roster. Castillo was acquired

from Toronto on Aug. 2, 2022, along with infielder Samad Taylor in the trade that sent second baseman and outfielder Whit Merrifield to the Blue Jays. The 24-yearold Castillo was 0-3 with a 6.69 ERA in four starts and eight relief appearances with the Royals, including 0-1 with a 4.43 ERA in seven relief outings this year.

this year for violating the league’s sports-betting policy. Sports betting supporters have long argued that making wagering legal makes it easier to track down improprieties, such as unusual changes in betting lines. Betting done off the books, they say, is nearly impossible to monitor. “Gambling is still going on in these states, whether or not it’s lawful,” Fogel said. “What

that means is it’s going on in an unregulated manner. It’s going untaxed. There’s no integrity program in place where there can be safeguards and regulations. Betting is occurring. I’m not saying that’s the reason to pass legislation, but it is a reason.” Whether more states find that a compelling reason, including in California and Texas, to legalize sports betting is something to watch in 2024.

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Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax his dad (due to abuse), and he’s an only child. Again, I love him and believe that he should enjoy his life, and I would never want to guilt-trip him into staying close to me. I want to continue to be supportive, but I need to know how to deal with my emotional roller coaster. — Potential Empty Nest Potential Empty Nest: There’s actually a very simple framework: You deal with your emotional roller coaster

in your own time and space. No bringing your son into it. That leaves you all kinds of options: counseling — for the anxiety, if nothing else — selfcare, cultivating new or existing interests, happy distractions, more time with friends, a meditation/yoga/walking practice, volunteering so your nurturing impulses have something to occupy them. Or combinations of these. There are as many answers as there are people trying to cope. But what the healthy ones have in common is that you don’t make your son responsible for your well-being. Plus: Your “nest” stopped being one

Public notices (Published in The Iola Register Dec. 21, 2023) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF KANSAS PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of MARY J. WILES, a/k/a MARY JANE WILES, deceased Case No. AL-2023-PR-300004 Pursuant to Chapters 59 & 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition was filed in this Court by DAVID J. BIDEAU, who is the ex-

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fective defending the post as the game went along, first by sagging their post players closer to the basket, and then by fronting the Eagles’ interior players, preventing easy inlet passes. “They still hit some shots, but they were from farther out,” he said. “They made that last run, and we lost our focus.” What results is players attempting to do too much instead of staying within the framework of the offense and defense, Brown said. Hall and Gorman led Uniontown with 14 and 12 points, respectively. Yates Center’s 12 points were divided equally between Chambers, Cayten Cummings, Morrison, Tidd, Rice and Trahan. Brown said the upcoming break will allow for a reset of sorts for the winless YC squad. “We’re going to work on our basics,” he said. “For me, it’s a chance to go to the tape and reflect on things we’ve done right, and what things we’ll need to work on.”

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