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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Brownback pledges tax hike veto

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback promised publicly Tuesday to veto a bill that would roll back personal income tax cuts he’s championed, calling the bipartisan measure for fixing the state’s persistent budget problems “an assault on the pocketbooks of the middle class.”

The conservative Republican governor announced his intention four days after the GOP-controlled Legislature approved the bill — and only

Gov. Sam Brownback speaks at the 2017 State of the State Address in January. WICHITA EAGLE/BO RADER/TNS hours after it was formally delivered to his office. The tax increases in the bill would raise more than $1 billion over two

years, starting in July.

“This is bad policy for Kansas. This will hurt growth in this state. Growth is what we

need,” said Brownback, who made the promise to nearly 1,000 people during a speech at an annual banquet of the highly supportive Kansas Chamber of Commerce.

About a third of the crowd gave him a standing ovation, cheering and applauding, while some did not clap.

The governor later issued a lengthy statement in which he called the bill’s tax increases “punitive.”

Supporters of the bill saw it as necessary for closing projected budget shortfalls totaling nearly $1.1 billion through June 2019 without

deep spending cuts.

“The governor chose to be an obstructionist instead of being part of the process to fix the financial crisis,” said House Minority Leader Jim Ward, a Wichita Democrat who supported the bill.

Legislators could attempt to override Brownback’s veto, but the bipartisan majorities for the bill fell short of the two-thirds margins necessary to overturn a veto. Top Republicans already were making plans to start over.

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House OKs Spring has sprung at Elm Creek Community Garden restoring teachers’ tenure

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Three years after Kansas cons e r vat ive s repealed g u a r a n teed public school teacher tenure as part of a broad school funding plan, the House voted Tuesday to restore it.

The amendment that passed 68 to 54 requires due process when a teacher’s contract is terminated, which supporters say protects teachers from wrongful termination but does not

The recent spell of warm weather has given Val McLean spring fever.

He’s hoping the fever spreads to gardeners far and wide.

McLean, who owns the property that serves as home for the Elm Creek Community Garden in the 700 block of South First Street, is accepting plot orders for the 2017 season. The garden has 127 plots available, including several raised garden beds accessible to handicapped users.

Each plot rents for $25, although gardeners who qualify through Kansas poverty guidelines will get theirs for free. The rental fee includes access to tools, machinery and water.

“It’s very possible for each plot to produce 400 to 500 pounds of vegetables,” McLean said.

The garden opens for the season March 17.

John Richards, a master garden-

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Master Gardener John Richards, left, and Val McLean are readying the Elm Creek Community Garden for another growing season. The garden opens March 17. REGISTER/RICH-

Author shares harrowing tale of girl’s escape

By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

Donna Hawk Regehr, Iola, holds her seventh book, “Mercy, Me,” published in December. The dystopian-themed novel is available at the Iola Public Library and at various bookstores. REGIS-

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Local author Donna Hawk Regehr, Iola, depicts the ravishing tale of a young woman’s escape from an experimental world in the dystopian adventure, “Mercy, Me” published December 2016.

“There is nothing more exciting than holding your own book,” Hawk said. “I just like the feel of a book and knowing that it’s my book, I can’t even explain how exciting that is.”

This is Hawk’s seventh book published by Elizabeth Hawk Publishing, a company owned by Hawk and Tara Elizabeth, Lake Charles, La. Hawk designed the cover for this book herself and publishes all her books under her maiden name.

The main character, Mercy, is unaware that she lives inside a dome and struggles with her own diversity. She is bullied and kicked out of school because parents don’t want their children associating with her. While searching for a job, she meets Canton, a boy who also stands out amongst his peers.

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A backlog of Medicaid applications worsened at the end of 2015 when an executive order signed by Gov. Sam Brownback went into effect. FILE PHOTO / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE

KanCare’s four challenges

By ANDY MARSO Kansas News Service

KanCare is a $3 billion program that provides health insurance to more than 425,000 Kansans — complex and bureaucratic by its nature.

And lately it seems the privatized Medicaid program has drawn more than its share of complaints from Kansas medical providers, beneficiaries and applicants.

Some are the result of a switch in 2013 to management not by the state but instead by three private insurance companies, while others stem from court rulings or policymaker decisions.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment oversees Medicaid, but under KanCare it contracts

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with Amerigroup, Sunflower State Health Plan (a Centene subsidiary) and UnitedHealthcare to administer the day-to-day operations of a program that takes up more than 20 percent of the state general fund.

Recent complaints about KanCare generally fall into one of four issues: p A switch to a new computer system and processing staff led to a backlog of applications. p Medical providers say reimbursements sometimes aren’t worth the billing hassles. p The state has not expanded KanCare eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. p Federal officials say See KANCARE | Page A4

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See, Hear Iola is Friday

The wind beneath our wings Iola Senior Citizens, Inc. gave a $1,000 donation to the Wings of Warriors program, which provides cash assistance to locals in their fight with cancer. Taking part in the check presentation were, front from left, Valerie Iden and Norma Nilges; and second from left, Pat Spencer, Joe Hess, Adelina Holloway and Helen Weide. The donation was made possible through rummage sales from the Senior Citizens thrift store at 223 N. State St. REGISTER/SHELLIE SMITLEY

Friday’s monthly See, Hear Iola session will feature presentations from TLC Greenhouse, based in LaHarpe, and Mike Ford of Allen County Crime Stoppers.

The 10 a.m. session will be in the New Community Building at Riverside Park and is open to the public.

The session will be rebroadcast on Iola’s public access television channel and streamed on YouTube.

Orchestra concert ‘Time’ well spent Editor’s note: A register reader attended Sunday’s Iola Area Symphony Orchestra performance, and shared an anonymous review.

The Iola Area Symphony Orchestra presented a Concert of Time selections Sunday afternoon at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, under the direction of Dr. Gregory Turner, in his 23rd year as conductor.

The first song to delight the audience was “The Syncopated Clock,” by Leroy Anderson. The “ticking” of the cl.ock through-

out thoroughly entertained the audience.

Amilcare Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours” premiered in 1876 and became for a time, one of the most frequently performed ballets in the world.

The music was introduced by the strings and joined by the clarinets, developing an interesting play of the woodwinds.

“Somewhere in Time,” by LeGrand/ Muller featured the beautifully played piano. The rise and fall of the music was excellent. Webb’s “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”

was familiar and enjoyable to all.

The orchestra ended the first half with Tchaikovsky’s “Overture 1812.” Beginning with the string section and joined by the brass and snare drums, the time went smoothly.

The second half began with “Night in Port au Prince,” by Bauernschmidt. A strong rhythm section and pizzicato technique of the cellos was very well executed.

Lots of toe tapping to “Jim Croce in Concert,” especially the last selection, “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.” I

had difficulty not joining the orchestra in song on that one.

Ending the afternoon with Gershwin’s “Highlights from Porgy and Bess” couldn’t have delighted me more. “Summertime” especially had heads swaying.

Everyone enjoyed the peppy tune, “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” The orchestra crescendoed to a close in “A Woman is a Sometime Thing.”

Each section did an outstanding job. Our thanks to all the orchestra personnel. It certainly proved to be “Time” well spent and enjoyed by all.

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balance the budget since GOP lawmakers slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback’s urging.

The bill before Brownback would eliminate an exemption for more than 330,000 farmers and business owners that the governor has aggressively championed.

It also would restore a third tax bracket for the state’s wealthiest taxpayers, which Brownback fought successfully to eliminate in 2012.

It would increase income tax rates for individuals with adjusted gross incomes of more than $15,000 and married couples earning more than $30,000. The top rate would be 5.45 percent, up from 4.6 percent — but still lower

than the 6.45 percent imposed before the taxcutting began in 2012.

Brownback has proposed raising tobacco taxes again, boosting liquor taxes and increasing annual filing fees for for-profit businesses, while preserving the core of his income tax cuts. He’s also proposed internal government borrowing and other accounting moves to cover shortfalls.

The governor and his allies continue to argue that the tax cuts he championed are creating economic growth and the state’s problems were largely caused by slumps in agriculture and oil production.

Voters rendered a different verdict last year.

Even some Republicans

concluded that Brownback’s tax-cutting experiment had been a bust as an economic stimulus, and voters ousted two dozen Brownback allies from the Legislature, giving Democrats and GOP moderates more power.

Kansas is facing its third major tax increase to fill budget gaps in the five years since the first B r ow n b a c k - i n s p i r e d income taxes were enacted. In 2015, Republican lawmakers boosted sales and cigarette taxes in a package that critics labeled the largest tax increase in state history.

This year’s bill calls for an even bigger tax hike to cover larger budget shortfalls.

“Legislators who voted for this largest

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shield bad teachers.

Overland Park Democratic Rep. Brett Parker called the measure a “first step toward making teachers feel valued.” Parker, who teaches in Olathe, said many of his colleagues feel undervalued.

Salina Republican Rep. Diana Dierks said when she knocked on doors during her campaign, she was often pulled into long discussions about tenure every time she knocked on the door of a teacher.

Dierks said when the House voted to end tenure in 2014, there were teachers in the building for a Kansas National Education Association convention who told her ending tenure as part

of another bill was not good government. She told the House Tuesday she agreed.

But opponents argue that tenure decisions should be made at the local level by school boards and districts, not mandated by the state.

Olathe Republican Rep. Scott Schwab said the Olathe School Board provides due process, negotiated with the district. He said mandating guaranteed tenure across the state undercuts school boards’ ability to negotiate their own agreements that might work better for their district.

Without guaranteed tenure, Valley Center Republican Rep. Steve Huebert, whose daughter is a teacher, said making

tenure decisions locally gives principals and school boards the power to ensure there are quality teachers.

The state’s largest teachers’ union tried to block the tenure removal with a lawsuit, saying it was passed unconstitutionally because it was added as part of the broader bill. But the Kansas Supreme Court sided with the legislature, ruling last month that the two issues were related and could be included in the same bill.

Rep. Kent Thompson, R-LaHarpe, voted against the bill.

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Obituary Kendall Ashford Kendall Hubert Ashford, 92, Iola, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at Windsor Place in Iola.

Kendall was born Aug. 9, 1924, in Iola to Henry Tully and Anna Estelle (Smith) Ashford. He graduated from Iola High School in May 1942 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in June 1943. He served in the Pacific and received citations for bravery Kendall Ashford during both the Iwo Jima and Lingayen Gulf campaigns. He received an honorable discharge in December 1945. He wrote a short history of his World War II days that is on file at the Iola Public Library.

Kendall married Shirley Ann Agin on Oct. 11, 1953, in Iola. He was employed by the Monarch Cement Company from March 1951 until January 1987. He then worked at the Allen County Courthouse for over 20 years.

He played in the Iola City Band for 52 years, was involved in Iola Community Theatre, the Iola Symphony Orchestra and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center for many years, and played in various dance bands throughout his life. Kendall also made many surveys in Allen County and surrounding counties.

His footprints covered a lot of territory.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Iola, the Lions Club and the American Legion.

Kendall is survived by his wife, Shirley, of the home; children Kathryn Ashford, David Ashford, Jeff Ashford and Steven Ashford, all of the Kansas City area; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Charles Harrison Ashford and Isabelle McGuire.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church in Iola, with visitation there an hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery at Iola. Contributions in his memory may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Iola Community Theatre or Iola City Band. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Police reports Cell phone stolen, Later recovered Mason Wilson, 26, Iola, told police Thursday morning his iPhone 7 was stolen from the 400 block of South Walnut Street.

Monitor stolen

tax hike in Kansas history will try to persuade you that it is primarily a tax on wealthy business owners,” Brownback said in his statement. “Rather, this bill is an assault on the pocketbooks of the middle class.”

Some top Republicans lawmakers have said the governor’s proposals collectively don’t represent a permanent budget fix. The Senate’s GOP leaders outlined a package to boost income taxes but also cut aid to public schools, dropping it when support for reducing education funding collapsed.

Jimmie L. Maloney told Iola police officers Monday a backup camera monitor was stolen from his vehicle while it was worked on in the 1700 block of East Street.

An investigation continues.

Shoplifting at Walmart reported Iola police officers were told Saturday evening two suspects were believed to have stolen approximately $173 in merchandise from Iola Walmart. Three other suspects were listed in a Walmart theft Thursday, officers said.

An investigation continues into both events.

Medication stolen Michael Fudge told

Iola police officers Friday morning somebody stole his medication from the 200 block of North Third Street.

Parked vehicles hit Kelsey D. Linscott’s vehicle was parked at Community National Bank Feb. 14 when another vehicle struck her car.

On Thursday, Robert A. Peterson’s vehicle was struck by another driver while it was parked in the 400 block of South First Street.

In both cases, the other drivers left without reporting the accidents.

Vehicle struck on State Street Donna E. Mader, 62, was stopped on North State Street, awaiting to turn left onto Buchanan Street when her sport utility vehicle was struck from behind by a pickup driven by Bo A. Becker, 34.

Both drivers suffered possible injuries, officers said, but neither was taken to the hospital from the scene.

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Calendar

Thursday-Fire De- Mary A. partment meeting, fire Luedke station, 7 p.m.; Court and City Council meets 852-3379 at City Hall Community Room, 6 p.m.; March 1-Lions Club, United Methodist Church basement, 7 p.m. study group reviewing School Calendar the book “God is Good.”

Today-PTO meeting, Members greeted visi6 p.m.; Thursday-Senior tors from Kansas City Night and Colorado in town Meal Site for a family gathering.

Friday-baked cat- UMC fish, peas, macaroni Scripture presented and cheese, read, mixed at Sunday’s United fruit; Monday-chicken Methodist Church was lasagna, rollup, Brussel Leviticus 1:1-2 and 8-19; sprouts, pickled beets, and 1 Corinthians 3:9-11 bread, peaches. and 16:23. Pastor DoroChristian Church thy Welch brought the Scripture presented sermon topic: “Don’t at Sunday’s service retaliate, you will be a was Revelation 2:18-29; message.”

Pastor Andrew Zoll’s Annual Lions Feed sermon topic: “Jesus March 4 is the date reSays: Withdraw!” Cross served at City Hall Comtraining classes are at munity Room for the an9:30 a.m. each Sunday; nual pancake, soup and worship service at 10:45. chili day. They will open Men’s Bible Study is at at 7 a.m. for the all-day 7 a.m. Tuesday; Mar. event. Come, eat, and 5-Church potluck lunch visit with your neighat the City Hall Com- bors. munity Room following Crest FBLA church service. Small Crest FBLA members Group “Dare to Disci- competed at the regionpline” — Thursdays, 7 al FBLA conference Jan. p.m. at Chase and Jessi- 25 at Prairie View High ca Riebel’s. Babysitting School, LaCygne. There provided. were 19 schools at the Cowboy Church competition.

Cindy Beckman and In the Accounting 1 Eldon Wright led the category, Laurel Godderz group gathered at High placed first and Karlee Point Cowboy Church Hammond eighth.

In Sunday into the pres- the Business Commuence of God through nications event, Laurel their praise and wor- Godderz placed sixth. ship music prior to Pas- In the FBLA Principles tor Jon Petty’s message, and Procedures event, “In a Season of Accel- Camryn Stickler placed eration.” fourth. Austin Hendrix, Following the 9 a.m. Makayla Jones and Service, Leo and Kathy Katelynn Brewer also Ramsey facilitated a competed and individu-

ally did very well in their events. Joe Moore, the Crest FBLA sponsor, said “I am very proud of our students and impressed in their effort and preparation at this event.”

BOE

The rescheduled regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education of Crest USD 489 was held at the Board Feb. 13.

Principal Travis Hermreck reported Lindsay Godderz and Colton Gates represented Crest Elementary at the county spelling bee Jan. 27. The middle school Scholar’s Bowl team has been competing and Crest will host a meet March 6.

Superintendent of Schools Chuck Mahon thanked Austin Lee, Kayla Taylor and Dixie Ward for helping with the league Scholar’s Bowl meet Jan. 26, in which Crest took third. Senior night for the basketball teams is Thursday.

The high school forensics team has begun its season.

National FFA Week runs through Friday.

The FFA chapter hosted community breakfasts in Kincaid Tuesday. Another will be at 6:30 a.m. Thursday in Colony.

The Crest PTO and the district has purchased a second water fountain with a bottle refiller.

A work release was granted to Preston Utley.

Members also heard a resolution to extend each member’s term to coincide with fall elections.

Board members dis-

cussed the career technology education program in LaHarpe.

Board members approved baseball and softball beginning in the 2017-18 spring semester, by a 4-3 vote.

Members extended the contracts of Mahon, Hermreck and Board Clerk Leanne Trabuc through 201819, with salaries to be determined later.

The senior trip was approved; a discussion followed.

Wendy Conley, prekindergarten teacher, and Brenna Hammond, middle school cheer coach, will resign after this year.

Lions

Following a meal provided by the United Methodist Women, President Al Richardson conducted the Feb. 15 Lions Club meeting. Eleven members answered roll call.

Kenton King introduced his guest, Phillip Mueller. Mueller is from France and works at Monarch Cement, where he installs specialized equipment.

The All-Day Pancake, Soup and Chili Feed will be March 4 at the City Hall Community Room.

The meal will be served from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The ticket for the Gun-a-Month was drawn. The winner of the Glock pistol was Frank Lord of Uniontown.

The Lions club’s next meeting is March 1.

95th Birthday

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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Manager and workers at Colony’s High Point Cafe are, from left, Amanda Bebee, Dasha Womelsdorf, manager, Thomas Gile, convenience store operator, and Autumn Turner. Their other cook is Cheryl McGraw. REGISTER/MARY A. LUEDKE

Changes at High Point Cafe COLONY — Colony High Point Cafe has several new faces to go with new hours.

Dasha Womelsdorf began her tenure as manager in November.

She has three children and lives southeast of Colony. Her husbandto-be is Thomas Gile, who has one child.

Amanda Beebe, is from Neosho Falls, and is the daughter-in-law of Vance and Donna Beebe.

Owners are four farmers, Eldon Strickler, Kendall McGhee and David and Dakota Milner.

A full house attended a Valentine’s Day party (steaks were the entree) on Feb. 11. Steaks are the special the sec-

ond Saturday of each month.

The cafe’s new hours are from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The convenience store is open 6:30 a.m.7 p.m. daily, and until 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and on Fridays and Saturdays, open until 8 p.m.

They offer pizzas, wings, milk, ice cream, bread and ice cream bars.

They also offer rehearsal and wedding dinners and in-house catering. Phone 620-8523007 for information on menu, reservations and special requests.

The children of Ralph Bunnel will host a party in honor of his 95th birthday from 1 to 3 p.m.

March 4 on East Broad

Street. This will be an informal come-and-go affair, with cake served.

All friends and relatives are invited.

Kansas House shoots down campaign donation increases

By ANDY MARSO Kansas News Service

Kansas House members on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would have increased the amount they could get from campaign donors.

House Bill 2011 would have doubled the amount that individuals, political parties and political action committees could donate to candidates in races for everything from the House and Senate to the governor. But the House voted it down 22-101.

Rep. Brandon Whipple, a Democrat from Wichita, said he voted against the measure be-

Rep. Keith Esau, center in glasses, a Republican from Olathe, introduced a bill that would increase maximum campaign donations. The House rejected the bill Tuesday on a 101-22 vote. KANSAS NEWS SERVICE/

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cause it would make it harder for candidates who don’t have wealthy friends to get elected.

“We should be open-

ing up the field as a citizen legislature, so that people don’t have to have a whole Rolodex full of millionaires that

they can call to max out just to compete,” Whipple said.

Supporters of the bill said the contribution limits haven’t kept up with inflation and it’s better to encourage people to donate to candidates who have to declare their contributors publicly rather than “dark money” groups that don’t.

Rep. Keith Esau, a Republican from Olathe, introduced the bill.

“I think this actually helps people who want to run against us because they can raise more money,” Esau said.

David Kensinger, a lobbyist and Gov. Sam Brownback’s former

chief of staff, told the Topeka Capital-Journal this week that he favors no limits on individual donations, because that would allow incumbent candidates to spend less time fundraising.

Clay Barker, the executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, testified for bill, which also would have doubled the contributions the state party can accept.

But Rep. Jeff Pittman, a Democrat from Leavenworth, said the Legislature risked seeming tone-deaf if it devotes time to increased campaign contributions just months after an election

when the state is facing big budget deficits.

“The timing of this bill might not be the best,” Pittman said.

You can reach Andy Marso on Twitter @andymarso. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org.

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Many hands make light work In 1952, a small battalion of Moran farmers and their wives and businessmen came to the aid of farmers Leslie Bacon and Irvin Sanders who had suffered injuries, illnesses and personal loss and could not attend to their crops. On a Friday the crews descended on the fields and plowed 200 acres of land. Including a few boys, there were 59 individuals and 33 tractors in the party, not counting a score or more of women who served meals. Both farms were situated about 4 miles northeast of Moran. Before the day was over, the spring plowing on the two places was completed and at least one field planted to corn.

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Medicaid is not living up to its its promises of delivering better care at lower costs.

Here’s a closer look at each of those.

Application Backlog

Problems with the KanCare application process track back to 2015, when the state rolled out a new computer system created by a private contractor, Accenture. The switch didn’t go smoothly, and a backlog of applications sitting in line for more than the 45-day federal limit formed.

The situation worsened at the end of 2015 when an executive order signed by Gov. Sam Brownback went into effect, consolidating all applications within a single KanCare Clearinghouse in Topeka. The change included thousands of complex longterm care applications for Kansans who need a nursing home bed.

Before the executive order, those applications

had been processed at regional offices of the Kansas Department for Children and Families.

The clearinghouse is run by the KDHE but staffed mostly by another private contractor, Maximus, whose employees had little experience with the intricacies of long-term care applications.

Since then the computer issues have largely been resolved, but the clearinghouse is still struggling with the long-term care applications and thousands remain backlogged. That has caused more than a year of cash flow issues for the state’s nursing homes, some of which have stopped accepting new residents if their applications are pending because it takes so long to get approved.

The state has tried a number of fixes, including additional processing staff and half-payments to nursing homes for residents with pending applications. The latest attempt is a pilot

program for six longterm care facilities that is more like the old DCF model. The six homes are assigned a specific caseworker rather than getting their calls referred to a random worker depending on who is available at the time.

Reimbursement Problems

In some sense, the reimbursement issues that medical providers face are a case of simple math: Before KanCare they billed one payer (the state) but now they bill three private insurance companies.

When KanCare started in 2013, the billing problems were particularly acute. They’ve improved with time, but some hospitals and other providers still report struggles to get payments for services.

Last year Brownback cut reimbursements for most Medicaid providers by 4 percent to help balance the state budget, causing some

providers — especially dentists — to reconsider whether it’s worth taking KanCare patients.

Legislators and Brownback are looking for ways to restore the cuts.

Expansion Rejection

The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, initially mandated that all states expand Medicaid access to adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.

The federal government would pay 100 percent of the cost for the first three years, then gradually step down to 90 percent.

In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the ACA after it was challenged by conservative groups. But the court also ruled that the Medicaid expansion portion had to be optional for states.

So far 31 states have signed on. Kansas is among the 19 that have not.

That has left more than 100,000 Kansans in a coverage gap: They make too much to qualify for KanCare, but they don’t make enough to qualify for federal subsidies to purchase private insurance through the ACA marketplace.

The decision to not expand KanCare eligibility also has forced hospitals to provide more uncompensated care for uninsured Kansans, hurting their bottom lines.

Opponents of expansion, mostly Republicans, say it will be too expensive and that the election of President Donald Trump means the ACA will be repealed and the federal money will disappear anyway. A policy brief released recently by Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives proposes to phase out the federal expansion dollars.

Quality Of Care Issues

When Brownback announced the KanCare

contracts, he said the privatization would lead to better health outcomes at lower costs thanks to the innovative care coordination of the three insurance companies.

Federal regulators recently said that hasn’t been the case.

In letters to state officials, they said that KanCare has not delivered on a number of health metrics and that a unique portion of Medicaid — coverage for non-medical support services for people with disabilities — has been improperly administered.

The Brownback administration vigorously denies this.

But a consultant’s report commissioned by the state’s hospitals, doctors and safety net clinics concurred with federal officials. It said that the savings in KanCare had been achieved not by coordinating care but by pinching providers.

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stand what it’s like to be bullied,” Hawk said.

The characters partake in a journey of discovering a forbidden place thought to be devastated by nuclear war. Hawk, who said she feels compelled to write, started composing the tale January 2015 and ended the process only six months later. She is proud the book contains no foul language and considers it appropriate for adolescents to adults.

“It’s a romance in that Mercy and Canton are a

couple,” Hawk said, but it is not sexually graphic.

The inspiration to write young adult fiction stems in part from Hawk’s 33 years as a teacher in the Iola school district. After graduating from Pittsburg State University in 1977 with a degree in elementary education, Hawk taught at the middle school, and in the latter part of her career, part-time at the high school. She retired in 2011. Regehr said her sister, Diana Wilhite, Emporia, is a

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er who has worked extensively with the McLeans to make ECCG one of the premier community gardens in the state, will offer a free workshop at 1 p.m. March 18.

There, he’ll show how to properly and safely use all of the machinery, and give other tips to be a successful gardener.

ECCG also is working in league with Humanity House, a local organization geared to helping families that struggle financially.

Humanity House founder Tracy Keagle is given access to two full rows of plots — 22 plots in all — in order to give away free vegetables each week this summer.

Last year, Humanity House gave away more than 7,000 pounds of produce — 3½ tons.

On the west side of the garden’s property is a wildflower garden.

“The wildflower display was quite brilliant last year,” McLean said.

AS A certified nonprofit organization, ECCG operates from donations and volunteer labor.

As a means to help the community garden, the city has established a fund at City Hall for donors to contribute to help defray the cost of water.

One donor, Iolan Earl Croley, donated $1,000

last year.

“The response was tremendous,” McLean said, but quickly added support for the garden is an ongoing need.

To donate, call the city utility office at 365-4910.

Those seeking to reserve a garden plot — several are still available — call McLean at 3655577. A drop box also is accessible on a tool shed at the garden.

This is the garden’s 11th year of operation.

great source of support.

“Mercy, Me” is at the Iola Public Library and is available for purchase at Barnes & Noble, Amazon Books, iTunes, and other book stores, according to Hawk.

“You can get it in print and you can get it in ebook,” she said.

Interested readers can also purchase an autographed copy by contacting her at DonnaHawk@gmail.com or on Facebook at DonnaHawk/author. The book is $15 and orders placed directly from her include a handmade magnet and her signature.

Hawk said the book has

sold in New Zealand, Ireland, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and other parts of Europe as well as South America.

RUTH

VINCENT,

a lifelong friend of Hawk’s, said she has read all of her books and believes “Mercy, Me” is Hawk’s best book yet.

“You are anxious to see what’s going to happen next,” Vincent said.

“It has kept my interest.”

It is an interest in movies like the “Hunger Games,” and novels like “The Forest of Hands and Teeth” that have inspired Hawk to write

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books with a dystopian theme. She is also inspired by TV shows on aliens.

“When you get to dystopian there is really no rules that apply so you can kind of do anything you want to,” she said.

“I like that.”

Hawk said her mother, Pauline Hawk of Iola, jokes that she is sometimes scared of the things that lurk inside her daughter’s head.

“Sometimes it’s hard to get the ideas but when I get them I got them,” Hawk said.

She said she knows she cannot sit still for long. While she enjoys such hobbies as eating

chocolate, crafting, bike riding, walking, exercising and photography, she is also currently writing “For Mercy’s Sake,” the sequel to “Mercy, Me,” along with a new novel, “Seeded,” which she describes as more strange than the rest of her books.

“It’s less realistic in the way the characters act creepier, almost horror fantasy,” Hawk said.

“I like that because I can stretch my imagination.”

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Tyson wants to tap education to balance state’s failing budget Before the Senate voted Friday (22-18) to move along an income tax bill originating in the House and mostly rescind income tax cuts of 2012-13, Sen. Caryn Tyson led an effort for another approach.

She favored making all business and personal income tax rates 3.9 percent.

Her proposal also would have lowered sales tax on food — which we find commendable — zeroing out after several years, provided retail sales increased 1 percent from each prior year.

We don’t have the numbers on how Tyson’s plan would affect the estimated $1.1 billion deficit projected for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, but the percentage would indicate not nearly as much as the House bill and may have been mostly cosmetic.

Tyson’s comments on education — suggesting that school districts should hold off proposing bond issues in order to save the state money — struck a sour note.

Tyson said the state’s bonded indebtedness — money used to build new schools or make renovations — was $5.4 billion, and accused districts of “writing checks the state can’t cash by building expensive new schools that all Kansas taxpayers must finance with no say.”

It’s only after years of extensive studies and meetings that district patrons put a bond issue up for a vote. In every case, improvements, or new schools, are

sought because of a litany of concerns and challenges that prevent a school district’s ability to provide an adequate education.

If legislators had the foresight and the intestinal fortitude to buck Brownback, they would not have approved his March to Zero income tax cuts, and even would have considered restoring some of the property tax levy to keep schools on an even keel.

The argument Tyson often makes is school budgets have increased in recent years.

Of course they have.

How else would they keep up with the forward march of education, growing building needs and inflation, meager though it has been?

Also, it is important to understand block grant funding, another example of Brownback’s wizardly financial ideas, includes revenue for retirement funds and pass-through funding for special education, none of which makes its way to mainstream classrooms.

Cutting education funding even more, as has been proposed, is like pulling the pin from a grenade and hoping it doesn’t explode.

Tuesday night Brownback said he would veto the House bill that would have restored some financial sanity in Topeka. That means the budget mess will become only worse — if, again, legislators lack the guts to override it.

— Bob Johnson

Kansas should investigate new airport Building a major airport in Johnson County is definitely an idea the state of Kansas should be exploring.

The benefits of such an airport could be significant for the state.

Discussions about renovating Kansas City International Airport — which is north of Kansas City on the Missouri side of the border — have stalled. Airlines don’t like the three-terminal setup at Kansas City International and would prefer a single terminal. But residents prefer the ease of access into and out of the airport as it is currently designed and have balked at public funding for a renovation.

Speaking to the Kansas City Star, Gov. Sam Brownback said that Kansas City’s reluctance could be a major economic opportunity for Kansas.

“Airlines are requesting construction of a new single terminal airport at (KCI), and the state of Kansas is continually looking for new economic development opportunities,” Brownback said in an email. “With more than 50 percent of (KCI) passengers coming from Kansas, we are exploring the possibilities of this project.”

According to a 2015 economic impact statement prepared for the Kansas City Aviation Department by Unison Consulting Inc., the airport had total economic impact of $5.02 billion in the 17-county area it serves, directly and indirectly generated more than 41,000 area jobs and produced more than $1.41 billion in income. More than 11 million people traveled through the airport last year and the airport has experienced traffic growth for

Sorry Sweden: Another US ally gets dissed On Saturday President Donald J. Trump added Sweden to a list of allies that he had insulted publicly.

Mexico was the first.

Trump pounded so hard on his campaign point that the United States was going to build a wall across its southern border and make Mexico pay for it that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto canceled his scheduled visit to the United States. Next was Australia. Trump found his telephone conversation with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull so unsatisfying — presumably discussion of an exchange of refugees President Barack Obama had agreed upon with Australia — that he let an account of his annoyance go public, in the process insulting the Australians, one of America’s closest allies.

It was Sweden’s turn Saturday, at a political rally Trump held at Melbourne, Fla. The reason for the event, presumably to cover its financing, was an early opening to Trump’s campaign for reelection as president in 2020.

In making his familiar point that migrants were bad for a country, he cited Sweden’s relatively high rate of acceptance of migrants and attributed to it as a result a terrorist attack there the night before.

The unfortunate part, for Trump and for America, was that there was no such attack, which the Swedes hastened to verify and then affirm. When called on his mistake, Trump said he had seen a story on Fox News about immigrants and Sweden. That network had broadcast one of its habitual reports hammering

immigration, focusing on Continued disarray within a documentary asserting a Trump’s administration cenwave of violence by refugees tering, in part, on communiin Sweden, but nothing about cations and ties with Russia, an attack the featured by the night before. sacking of Michael T. Flynn In the meanIn the meantime, as national setime, Vice President Mike Vice President Mike curity adviser, Pence was in Pence was in Europe hasn’t reasEurope busily busily trying to calm sured the Europeans either. trying to calm European fears European fears that Trump’s adthat America is America is about to dition of Sweabout to aban- abandon Europe. den, an EU don Europe, in member that partners with security terms NATO, to his in NATO, and in its previous suplist of disreport of fruitful relations with spected countries just makes a strong European Union. things worse. How is Pence to Trump’s Sweden miscue did assure Europe that America nothing to enhance Pence’s seeks continued good relaclaims of continued firm U.S. tions without telling its leadattachment to its traditional ers simply to ignore what economic, political and se- Trump says?

— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette curity alliance with Europe.

32 consecutive months, the Kansas City Aviation Department reports.

Demand for air travel is on the rise. Airports in Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Orlando are undertaking major renovation and expansion projects.

If Kansas City can’t put together a plan for the airport, that could certainly open the door for Kansas and Johnson County.

Given the numbers at stake, it makes sense for Kansas to at least explore options for a competing or replacement airport project.

No doubt, it would be a costly endeavor that would be years in the planning and execution. But in the end it’s an idea that could fly and the Brownback administration is right to explore it.

— The Lawrence JournalWorld

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50 Years Ago Week of Feb. 19, 1967

Allen County Community Junior College board members accepted the proposals for a new campus from the architects last night. ***** The Rev. Perry O. Hanson, 92, a Methodist missionary in China for almost 50 years, but a resident of Iola since 1951, died yesterday. Rev. Hanson married Ruth Stevenson Ewing of Iola in 1902 and a year later the young couple began their missionary career, nearly all of it in Taian, Shantung Province. Mr. Hanson stayed as long as he could in China, even after the death of his wife in 1950. After 15 months of detainment by the Communists, he was the last American to leave China in 1951.

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Girls High School Basketball: Wellsville 45, Iola 31

Fillies can’t overcome slow start against Pioneer League’s elite

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Iola senior Toni Macha shoots over Wellsville freshman Demi Aamold on Tuesday in Wellsville. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

H.S. Basketball:

Cubs girls, boys sweep Cherryvale

WELLSVILLE — In stark contrast to last Thursday’s game — where the Fillies got off to a great start and were able to lead Wellsville for a majority of the game before the Eagles surged to win — the Iola offense was basically silent in the early going in a 45-31 loss in Wellsville on

Tuesday evening.

“We took good shots, but we just couldn’t get the ball to fall,” Iola coach Becky Carlson said. “You play a team that is that aggressive and you only have 15 turnovers, you can’t complain about that, but we just couldn’t hit shots.”

The Fillies mustered only eight points in the first half and had their defense to thank for being even remotely in

the game against Wellsville, who is undefeated in Pioneer League play this season.

The Fillies held the Eagles to just 20 points in the first half.

“We just played good ‘D’ and were pretty patient on offense,” Carlson said. “Our ‘D’ is very good.”

The game would have been See FILLIES | Page B4

Boys High School Basketball: Wellsville 69, Iola 59

By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

CHERRYVALE — Having been routed by the Cubs in a makeup game only a week and a half earlier, the Cherryvale Chargers bit into another knuckle sandwich Tuesday night. Led by the sisters McCall, Humboldt walloped Cherryvale 77-50 in the Cubs’ final regular season game of the year.

The win catapults the Cubs to 18-2 on the season and guarantees them a home bid during the first round of the substate tournament next week.

“That’s how you want to finish the regular season,” said Humboldt head coach Aubrey Jones, who is not one to waste praise. “We had four kids [who scored] in double digits, which shows good ball distribution and makes [us] difficult to guard.”

Senior Makaylah McCall led all scorers with 19 points.

Sophomore Aricah McCall followed with 16.

Cherryvale’s freshman star Ally Poole led her team in scoring with 14 points, including a couple of quick threepointers in the first quarter.

Humboldt’s Annalise Whitcomb notched 12 points and nine rebounds. Fellow senior Tilar Wells added 10 points.

BOYS

The Humboldt boys beat the Cherryvale Chargers 6358 in a desperate fourth-quarter lurch across the finish line Tuesday night.

The win, which marks the See CUBS | Page B4

Iola senior Isaiah Fawson glides to the rim for a layup in Tuesday’s second half in Wellsville. The Eagles defeated the Mustangs 69-59. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

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Mustangs fail to get victory in Wellsville

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

WELLSVILLE — Playing defense is a lot easier when you are accustomed to having a 6-7 big man with a massive wingspan watching your back.

That fact was on display in the Mustangs’ 69-59 loss in Wellsville on Tuesday night when Iola junior Ethan Holloway was sidelined at critical times by foul trouble.

After Holloway had helped lead the Mustangs to victory over the Pioneer See MUSTANGS | Page B3

College Baseball: Allen C.C. 8, Wentworth Military Academy 2

Red Devils stay perfect at home with a win over Wentworth

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Tuesday’s 8-2 victory over Wentworth Military Academy pushes Allen Community College’s record 12-1 this season.

The Red Devils have also started off with an impressive 7-0 home mark in the young campaign.

Sophomore Chase Gooding got the start on the mound for

the Red Devils and was electric for six strong innings.

The right hander shutout Wentworth in his six frames and has now allowed only one earned run in 12 innings pitched this season.

Freshman Nathan was the team’s top hitter, going 3-for-5 at the dish.

Freshman Clayton Hale provided the longest blast with his second homer in the

past two games.

UP NEXT The Red Devils will face a tough task this afternoon when they hit the road to square off with State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Mo., for a doubleheader.

The Roadrunners are 1-0 this season with a 14-0 win over Evangel University on Monday.

Allen Community College freshman Sky-Lar Culver connects on a sacrifice fly in Tuesday’s 8-2 win in Iola over Wentworth Military Academy. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

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Molly Draper’s daughter, Lena, recently messaged Marion police about equations involving addition of numbers in parenthesis as well as multiplication.

Lt. B.J. Gruber replied.

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Even so, his effort drew wide praise when Draper shared the exchange on Facebook. She tells WCMH-TV it demonstrates her daughter’s trust in police officers and good community relationship-building on their part.

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Mustangs: Early Holloway foul trouble costs Iola in Wellsville Continued from B1

League leaders on Thursday night in Iola, coach Jay Applegate stressed to his team to get their big man involved. In the beginning, they did just that.

“Against a team like that, we have to be on the offensive end more than the defensive end, because we can’t get in a track meet with them,” Applegate said. “They are faster than we are.

We need to run offense and make sure we get the shot we want and make them work.”

Holloway had six quick points as Iola sprung out to an 8-2 lead and the game looked very similar to the 64-50 victory that Iola had secured just five days ago.

But then the only thing that could seemingly slow down Holloway did just that.

Two whistles on the Iola big man — with the second being a very tough call where Holloway grabbed a rebound over a smaller man and didn’t appear to make any contact — sent the junior to the bench.

Even after Holloway reentered the game, the offense had stopped going through its centerpiece and he finished with just 10 points before fouling out late in the fourth quarter.

“We got really impatient on offense,” Applegate said. “We just didn’t get it inside enough in the first half... We just got away from it and it is hard to explain why.”

Without Holloway to protect the paint, Eagle ball-handlers were emboldened to attack the basket and a 7-0 run put the Eagles in front. They carried a 13-12 lead into the second quarter.

“Against a team like them, you can’t change (your defense), because they have so many good shooters,” Applegate said, explaining why the guards were forced to crowd the Wellsville players, despite not hav-

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BOX SCORE Wellsville 69, Iola 59 Iola 12 12 14 21 - 59 Wellsville 13 26 11 19 - 69 Iola (11-8; 6-5 league) ( 2 p t / 3 p t - F T M - F TA Points) Ben Cooper 5/22-3-18; Isaiah Fawson 2/1-6-7-13; Chase Regehr 0/0-1-2-1; Cale Barnhart 0/1-0-0-3; Ethan Holloway 4/0-2-2-10; Evan Sigg 4/0-6-8-14. TOTALS: 15/417-12-59. FOULED OUT: Holloway, Barnhart.

Wellsville ( 2 p t / 3 p t - F T M - F TA Points) Caleb Mann 2/38-12-21; Jackson Dwyer 1/0-0-0-2; Carson Powelson 0/2-2-2-8; Kyle Powelson 4/0-1-4-9; Zach Vance 7/0-1-3-15; Braden Crist 1/0-0-0-2; Trajen Smith 2/0-2-3-6; Jeff Ebeck 3/0-0-0-6. TOTALS: 20/514-24-69. FOULED OUT: None.

Iola senior Ben Cooper is escorted to the basket by a Wellsville defender on Tuesday night in Wellsville. Cooper ended up making the layup, but no foul was called despite Cooper ending up on the floor behind the basket.

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ing a rim protector behind them. “You just have to guard them.”

The lead grew to 27-18 midway through the second quarter after another 7-0 run by the Eagles.

With Holloway sitting to avoid a third foul at the end of the half, the Eagles scored sixstraight points and grew the lead to 39-24 at halftime.

In the second half, Holloway returned to the lineup and the impact was immediate.

A basket from Holloway and a free throw by Evan Sigg cut into the lead early and an 8-0 Iola run midway through the third quarter — capped by a three pointer from Cale Barnhart — got the Mustangs within 43-35.

The team moved Holloway to the bench to

close the third period to rest him up for a fourthquarter push.

That move back-fired with the Eagles ending the quarter on a 7-3 run to stretch the margin back to 12 points.

It went back to 15 on a triple from Wellsville senior Caleb Mann — who missed Thursday’s game due to illness.

Back-to-back threes from Iola guard Ben Cooper got the deficit back down to single digits with 5:45 left at 53-44.

The Mustangs did not have another sustained run left in them though and the margin bounced between 11 and nine points until a Cooper basket got it down to seven with 1:56 left.

Mann hit a pair of free throws to push the lead back to nine, but Iola’s

the second half,” Applegate said. “I’m proud of the kids for that. We just couldn’t quite get over the hump against a good team. They are a very good team.”

Cooper finished as Iola’s leading scorer with 18 points, but after the game Applegate was focused on the other aspects of the point guard’s day.

“Our point guard, we don’t mind him scoring, but he has to deliver the ball to other people,” Applegate said. “But it is nice to have that added (scoring) bump.”

Sigg had 14 points, Fawson added 13 and Holloway had 10.

Mann led the Eagles with 21 points and the only other Eagle in double figures was Vance with 15.

FRESHMEN The Iola freshmen lost 32-31 against Wellsville.

Cal Leonard led the Mustangs with eight points while Calvin Delich and Brady Wiggin each had seven.

Noah Ashmore had five points and Casen Barker added four.

UP NEXT The Mustangs will conclude the regular season on Thursday night when they host Santa Fe Trail.

The game also represents Parents’ Night.

Shockers blow by over-matched Purple Aces WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The impressive depth of No. 25 Wichita State has never been more evident than Tuesday night, when little-used seniors John Robert Simon and Zach Bush checked into their final home game.

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Mann went 1-for-2 from the line on the next trip and Fawson missed a three for the Mustangs.

Again, Mann went 1-for-2 from the stripe on the next trip, but Fawson’s three-ball went in this time and Iola whittled the lead down to six.

With only 20 seconds remaining, it was too little too late for the feisty Mustangs.

Wellsville’s Zach Vance made 1-of-2 from the line and Cooper missed a three.

Wellsville’s Kyle Powelson went 1-of-2 from the line and Fawson missed a three.

Two Mann free throws put a capper on the 10-point win.

“We fought back in

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Junior Zach Cokely played only the first half, but led the team with 10 points.

The entire Mustang squad was very balanced with Hunter Preston adding nine points and Kane Rogers, Isaac Vink and Trey Bruner each finishing with seven points.

Blake Ashmore hit a three and Cale Barnhart and Derek Bycroft each had two points.

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Still, it was the usual bunch that led the Shockers (26-4, 16-1) to another easy win.

Shaq Morris had 18 points, five assists and five boards. Connor Frankamp, Markis McDuffie and Rashard Kelly had 13 points apiece. Landry Shamet scored 12 on 4-for-4 shooting. And surging big man Darral Willis Jr. finished with 11 points, five rebounds and four blocks.

The Shockers played 16 players, nine of them at least 10 minutes. All but two scored.

“That’s what we wanted to do, get them in the game and get some playing time. To see them get points was even better,” Frankamp said of the two seniors. “They’re great leaders and they’re the best people you could ever ask to be around.”

It took until their final week of the regular season for the Shockers to elbow their way into the Top 25 for the sixth straight season, but they might just keep rising.

The nation’s No. 2 team in scoring margin and one of the best defensive teams in the country hasn’t lost since Jan. 14.

Jaylon Brown had 25 points to lead Evansville (14-16, 5-12), which has dropped nine straight to Wichita State. Dru Smith hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points.

“I mean, they executed at a high level,” Evansville coach Marty Simmons said. “They made it so difficult. We had some breakdowns, they made some tough shots, but then we gave up some easy baskets.

But we just have a lot of respect for them.”

Shamet started the onslaught with consecutive 3-pointers during a 12-0 run in the game’s first 5 minutes. Then, Frankcamp got busy at both ends of the court, at one point ripping away a steal and then tallying an assist by finding McDuffie for an easy basket at the other end.

Frankamp also poured in a couple of 3s of his own as Wichita State built a 48-32 halftime lead.

The Purple Aces, overmatched and outhustled, allowed the game to get away from them early in the second half. Wichita State converted points on eight consecutive possessions, and then Zach Brown hit a 3-pointer following their first empty trip, as the lead swelled to 66-42 with 14:50 to go.

The Shockers’ seniors entered with 7:06 left.

And on a night when everything was going right, Busch and Simon got into the scoring act to put a tidy bow on an easy win.

“We’re always working, trying to get better,” Kelly said. “Early on this season we’d have good practices, bad practices, but we’ve grown together. Every day we want to give it our best, and that’s carried over to the games.”

BIG PICTURE The Shockers can clinch a share of their fourth straight Missouri Valley title if Illinois State loses to Southern Illinois on Wednesday night. But they will most likely need to beat Missouri State on the road Saturday. Their only league loss was at Illinois State on Jan. 14.

Evansville appeared to be turning its season around when it followed a nine-game skid with four straight wins. But the Purple Aces blew a 14-point second-half lead at Bradley, then never put up much of a fight against the hot-shooting Shockers.

UP NEXT Wichita State finishes its regular season against the Bears on Saturday.

Evansville returns home to face Indiana State on Saturday.

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Fillies: Poor first half proves to be too tough to recover from Continued from B1

much closer in the game’s opening 16 minutes if the Fillies could’ve found any success at the free throw line. Iola was 0-for-7 from the charity stripe.

“I don’t know what it was, because some of our very best free throw shooters were at the line,” Carlson said in puzzlement.

In the second half, the Fillies finally found some semblance of offensive flow starting, of all places, at the free throw line. Senior Toni Macha went 2-for-2 and then senior Della Lohman converted on a putback attempt to cut the lead to 22-12 in the early portions of the third quarter.

After an offensive lull for both squads, Iola point guard Sydney Wade converted a contested layup and sophomore Madisyn Holloway hit a free throw to get the Fillies within seven points at 24-17 — the closest they had been since it was 10-4 at the end of the first quarter.

Iola got a defensive stop on the next possession, but as Iola senior Riley Murry ripped down the rebound, Wellsville star freshman Demi Aamold saw an opening and surprised Murry by taking the ball away and immediately laying it in for two.

Wade answered right back with a three pointer and cut the margin to six and it seemed as though the Fillies still had life.

“We showed a lot of effort to come back,” Carl-

Iola (11-8; 7-4 league) ( 2 p t / 3 p t - F T M - F TA Points) Sydney Wade 3/1-3-7-12; Carley Cescon 0/0-0-2-0; Riley Murry 1/0-0-2-0; Colbi Riley 1/01-6-3; Della Lohman 1/00-0-2; Madisyn Holloway 0/0-1-2-1; Katie Bauer 0/0-3-4-3; Toni Macha 3/0-2-4-8. TOTALS: 9/110-27-31. FOULED OUT: None.

Wellsville ( 2 p t / 3 p t - F T M - F TA Points) Lauren McDaniel 0/0-3-4-3; Skylar See 1/0-1-3-3; Grace Showalter 2/0-0-2-4; Sydney Dwyer 1/1-3-4-8; Karley Patton 5/0-0-2-10; Demi Aamold 3/0-2-2-8; Paige McDaniel 2/1-0-0-7; Madie McCoy 1/0-0-0-2.

TOTALS: 15/2-9-17-45.

FOULED OUT: None.

JUNIOR VARSITY The Iola junior varsity lost to Wellsville 39-23 on Tuesday.

The Fillies were led by Piper Moore with seven points.

Carley Cescon had four points while Katie Bauer had three and Jennifer Tidd hit a deep three pointer at the final buzzer.

Kassy Shelby, Macayla Bycroft and Kelsey Morrison each had two points.

Iola sophomore guard Madisyn Holloway drives to the basket against an Eagle defender on Tuesday night in Wellsville. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA son said. “The reason we got behind wasn’t due to turnovers or bad play. It was just missed shots.”

The Eagles were able to close the quarter on a 6-2 run though and rebuild the lead to 10 points going into the fourth.

After an exchange of

free throws to begin the fourth, the Eagles went on an 8-0 run and increased the lead to 18.

Wade led the scoring for the Fillies with 12 points while Macha added eight. One of the next-highest scorers was Katie Bauer with three,

who didn’t play until the final minutes of the game. Colbi Riley also had three.

Finding more scoring from the supporting cast will certainly be a focus as the team wraps up the regular season on Thursday night against

Santa Fe Trail.

Senior center Karley Patton led a balanced Eagles’ attack with 10 points.

BOX SCORE Wellsville 45, Iola 31 Iola 4 4 14 9 - 31 Wellsville 10 10 12 13 - 45

FRESHMEN The Iola freshmen lost 34-30.

UP NEXT The Fillies will finish up the regular season on Thursday night when they host Santa Fe Trail.

The game is also Parents’ Night.

Marmaton Valley girls knock off Jayhawk-Linn The Marmaton Valley girls are beginning to come together at the right point in the season with substate facing them next week.

The Wildcats picked up a 34-26 win on Tuesday night over Jayhawk-Linn.

Wildcat senior Kyla Drake led the team in scoring with 14 points.

After the game was tied at 4-4 at the end of the first quarter, the Wildcats exploded for a 10-2 run to take a

14-6 lead into the locker room. Wildcat senior Misty Storrer had a big hand in the dominant s e c o n d quarter by scoring four of her eight points in that period.

Drake had seven points in the third quarter and the Marmaton Valley lead ballooned to nine points.

The Jayhawks attempted to rally in the fourth quarter, but could not significantly cut into

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Cubs: Boys, girls win Continued from B1

final home game of the regular season, and pushes the Cubs to 19-1 on the year.

According to Cubs head coach Dave Taylor, his team’s motto all year has been “win the last one.”

Still, despite having dispatched the Chargers twice in the last two weeks, there’s a very good chance that the team from Cherryvale could come calling once more.

“I have a feeling we will see them next week [during the substate tournament],” said Taylor. “And it’s tough to beat anyone three times.”

Asked about his team’s overall chances during

post-season play, Taylor, a master in the school of tempered uplift, responded: “I don’t know that I am feeling great, but, if we play well, we can beat anyone.”

And beat teams they have. “It’s nice to be league champions,” said Taylor, whose team’s only loss this year came in a non-league game against Erie. “But it is an added bonus to be able to say you beat everyone [in Tri-Valley play.] That’s a testament to our kids.”

Humboldt senior Rayce Hoepker led all scorers Tuesday with 27 points. Daylon Splayne had 15. Joe Kline scored 9. Bo Bigelow deposited 6. And Teryn Johnson scored 4.

the Wildcat lead.

Senior Taryn Covey had seven points for Marmaton Valley while Brooklynn Newman and Kaitlyn Knavel each had two.

Magie Stevenson rounded out the scoring with one.

The Marmaton Valley junior varsity lost a close one, 14-13.

Bailey Griffith led the Wildcats with seven points.

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Junior Justice Pugh led the Wildcats with 15 points.

Josh Wise, Brock Hall and Korbin Smith each had four points while Dmitri Lamping, Caiden Elliot and Issac Heskett each added one.

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Since my surgery, every injection I have received from three painmanagement doctors has been ineffective.

These included pain-

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health killers to target nerves for radiofrequency nerve ablation; steroids at several spots above and below the fusion; and a recent epidural at L6 that was supposed to travel up my spine. The doctors said that relief would come within the hour or several days.

These injections have

never brought ANY relief. But they do, however, aggravate my pain for the next several days. I jokingly asked my current doctor if he is injecting me with saline solution.

Is my system impervious to the desired effect of these injections?

My only limited relief is with hydrocodone tablets, which have other side effects (opioidinduced constipation).

It’s sometimes as aggravating as the back pain. ­— R.S. Answer: I don’t know

why some people respond well to injections and others do not. Most experts do not keep attempting injections if the first one (or maybe few) are ineffective.

However, some people have a good response, so it usually is worth a try.

There isn’t outstanding evidence of benefit in trials (that is probably because there are quite a few people like you, who have gotten no benefit at all).

Your story is another reminder not to make the decision for back surgery lightly.

Handling a micromanaging girlfriend Dear Carolyn: My girlfriend and I have had many happy times and are compatible in most fundamental ways. But, as the relationship has gone on, her micromanaging and second-guessing have increased.

She describes herself as a micromanager, and loves correcting everyone on small things, from how to wrap a sandwich to how to tie your shoes. The result is that I can barely put a letter in an envelope without being told I should do it differently. She has the eyes of a hawk, and if I put a shirt on the wrong chair, I will hear about it.

I recently spent time with her family and saw many of the same traits on display. Once I moved a book off the shelf and had to explain to her father why I did it. If you leave the basement door open or put the dish on the table in the wrong spot, the disapproval will be noted, even if subtly.

But it is not a two-way street; she doesn’t accept suggestions for doing things differently.

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax

She denies that her micromanagement extends into our relationship (it does), and says also that I can do and say anything I want anytime I want (I can’t). Can this situation be broached through conversation, or is a micromanager always a micromanager? ­— C. Answer: I’ve never liked the, “Once a ___, always a ___,” construct, because people change themselves all the time.

When they want to for their own reasons, and try to.

Since you’ve already spelled out that you don’t appreciate being corrected like a handsy toddler by the person whose equal you expect to be — right? — and since your girlfriend’s response was to deny any such correcting, you can reasonably

conclude she doesn’t want to change and doesn’t intend to try.

Please also take a moment to recognize the breathtaking arrogance in the self-defined micromanager. The whole premise is that every little thing must be done a certain way, which only she is competent enough to achieve.

And then regard the suffocating arrogance of someone who cannot be corrected herself. If this were about attaining a perfect outcome, then she’d welcome your suggestions — so this is all just a need to control.

Even that might be an acceptably small price to pay for her companionship in, say, a 98-2 solution — as in, you are 98 percent happy equals and she has lapses into micromanagement that account for 2 percent of your time together. Certainly we flawed beasts can have one thing we’re fussy about without becoming undatable.

But you’re not talking about a small and contained percentage, but

instead a large and growing one. Misery.

One point where we disagree: You can, in fact, “do and say anything I want anytime I want,” because she can micromanage you only to the extent you allow her to.

Assuming you give this relationship another, time-limited chance to work before you run from it like your hair is on fire and break up over the constant corrections, I suggest you adopt a terse, factual phrase — “I’m XX years old,” for example — to use verbatim and in your calmest voice every time she tries to teach you how to tie your shoes.

I don’t have great hopes, but some verbal clonks to the head actually do get through.

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Hermreck scores 25 in Lancersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rout of Madison

Crest sophomore guard Hayden Hermreck goes up for a layup against Madison on Tuesday night. Hermreck led the Lancers to a 58-30 victory with a game-high 25 points. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Austin Hendrix had 11 points and made three triples while Caleb Stephens added ten.

Senior Nate Berry struggled shooting the ball â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2-of-11 from three for six points â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but was able to lead the team with 10 rebounds.

Nick Vaughn had five points and Hayden Seabolt had one.

GIRLS The Crest girls had a much tougher matchup on Tuesday against the Madison girls and lost 56-42.

After Crest had a 1311 lead at the end of the first quarter, Madison out-scored them 45-29 the rest of the way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We came out fired up and running great,â&#x20AC;?

Crest coach Elaine Holloway said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their press got to us the most. We

struggled getting across, but every time we did we had a wide-open layup.

It was an exciting game.

I felt that we made mistakes at key moments and it all happened in the backcourt. But I really thought we had a lot of great moments.â&#x20AC;?

Senior center Miranda Golden led the Lancers with 19 points by hitting eight two-point attempts and showing off some range with a three.

Senior Laurel Godderz joined her classmate in double figures with 11 points and Callie McGhee added six to the cause.

Jewel Armstrong and Cassie Bowen each had two points while Regan Godderz and Makayla Jones each had one The Lancers will host St. Paul on Thursday night.

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Other local scores from Tuesday The Southern Coffey County girls defeated Uniontown 43-42.

The Yates Center girls picked up a 38-30 victory over Chetopa.

The Southern Coffey County-Uniontown boys and the Yates CenterChetopa boys scores were not available by press time.

On the strength of Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over Marmaton Valley, Jayhawk-Linn has clinched the Three Rivers League boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; title by a head-to-head tiebreaker over Yates Center regardless of their result against Chetopa.

Crest sophomore guard Hayden Hermreck was certainly not bashful in the Lancersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 58-30 victory over Madison on Tuesday night.

The Crest leading scorer for the season attempted 25 shots including 13 threes.

The strategy of feeding their best player worked for the Lancers as they jumped out to a 30-13 lead at halftime en route to the blowout. Hermreck finished the game with 25 points and he also added six rebounds and three assists.

Lancer coach Travis Hermreck was very happy with his team as they prepare to wrap up the regular season on Thursday against St. Paul â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was very pleased with our effort tonight.

I think it was without a doubt the hardest we played all year,â&#x20AC;? Hermreck said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shoot the ball great, our offense found good shots and we distributed the ball well.

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