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Report: KS suffers 5,600 lost jobs

THE IMPETUS for Saturday’s get-together came about after hearing about would-be protests against law enforcement elsewhere across the state and coun-

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new report shows Kansas shed thousands of jobs in July, raising concerns that the state is falling behind as it continues to face budget difficulties.

The Kansas Department of Labor said in a report this week that the state’s unemployment rate increased to 4.1 percent in July, up from 3.8 percent in June, after the number of jobs fell by 5,600, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

While its jobless rate remains lower than the national 4.9 percent unemployed, Kansas lagged the country as a whole in July as the U.S. gained 255,000 jobs last month.

A week ago, Gov. Sam Brownback was in California extolling his tax cut policy to a group of conservative high school students.

“We’ve had record small business formation in the state of Kansas every year since the tax cuts,” the governor told the conference of students. “Each year, we’ve had more while the national trend has been down on small business creation taking place.”

The state Department of Labor said private-sector jobs fell by 4,600 in July, with the biggest drop concentrated in professional and business services. Private-sector jobs have decreased by 700 during the past year, the report said.

The Labor Department said positive strides in the Kansas City area weren’t enough to offset statewide drops.

“The Kansas portion of the Kansas City metro area gained jobs over the month, however those gains were not

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Above, Iola Police Chief Jared Warner, left, and Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy await the start of an obstacle course race at a Support The Blue event Saturday at Iola’s Riverside Park. Other attractions included the Iola Kiwanis kiddie train piloted by Mark Freimiller, lower left, and cotton candy served up by Lonnie Larson, below at right. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Community comes out to ‘support the blue’

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Law enforcement supporters of all stripes gathered at Iola’s Riverside Park Saturday to “Support The Blue.”

A free concert and hot dog feed were highlights as citizens from across the county milled about the park.

Among the events: — Free music from The Neosho River Boys, Iola police officer David Shelby and

his group and the Harvest Baptist Praise Band filled the air with tunes on a glorious late afternoon.

— Iola’s Community Involvement Task Force/ PRIDE Committee and Kiwanis clubs offered up free food, cotton candy and train rides for youngsters throughout the three-hour affair.

— Inflatable attractions, typically reserved for youngsters, made up an obstacle course for Iola Police Chief

Jared Warner and Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy to traverse as part of a light-hearted race. (For the record, Warner made it through the array of tubes, climbing wall and escape chute about 15 seconds before Murphy emerged.)

— Wives of Iola police officers sold “support the blue” T-shirts, emblazoned with messages of support on the back. A good portion of the 270 shirts ordered were sold

on Saturday, although more can be ordered if demand persists. To inquire about purchasing a shirt, check on the respective wives’ Facebook pages.

Complaint: Juco practice hampers minority players

By ROXANA HEGEMAN The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A rule adopted during the desegregation era in Kansas to limit out-of-state players on community college basketball and football teams discriminates against minority students, complaints filed with the NAACP allege.

The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference, an athletic conference composed of 19 Kansas community colleges, earlier this month rejected efforts to throw the rule out. The conference rule now limits community colleges to 20 out-of-state players on their football teams and eight on their basketball

rosters. Kansas has had some version of those out-of-state limitations since the early 1960s.

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Sneak peek Iolan Vickie Tholen, left, listens to explanations from Donna Houser about all that was done in a community project to improve the appearance and efficiency of under-stadium football dressing and support areas in Riverside Park. The public was invited to tour the facility Saturday morning, including the Ray Houser Memorial Locker Room where Iola High players congregate. Ray Houser, Donna’s husband, was Iola High coach for many years. She raised about $44,000 in cash and sweat equity, including generous support from former players. REGISTER/

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— Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., New Community Building, Riverside Park.

— USD 257 Board of Education meeting, 6 p.m., school board office.

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The closing ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympics is a carnival atmosphere as fireworks explode on Sunday in Brazil. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Rio rose to the Olympic challenge

helped Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand to her feet and urged her to finish.

“I’m so grateful for Abbey doing that for me,” Hamblin said.

“That girl is the Olympic spirit right there.”

Even some of the larger pre-Games issues quickly fell by the wayside.

The World Health Organization proved correct in predicting that Zika would subside with a dwindling mosquito population in the Southern Hemisphere’s winter. It was a non-factor in Rio.

By DAVID WHARTON Los Angeles Times

RIO DE JANEIRO (TNS) — Dark clouds hovered over Maracana Stadium at dusk, with a sudden wind tugging at flags and whipping the Olympic flame.

Then a drenching rain began to fall.

The storm that intruded on Sunday night’s Closing Ceremony at the Summer Olympics befit a megasporting event that, over the last few weeks, had blended spectacle with more than a few glitches and negative headlines.

“A Games in the middle of reality,” Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, had called them.

There were historic performances by some of the world’s greatest athletes, cheered on — and sometimes booed — by crowds exhibiting Brazil’s characteristic exuberance.

There were also reports of street crime, logistical gaffes and venue failures suggesting Brazil was not quite ready for prime time.

It was all part of the IOC’s gamble in coming to South America for the first time. The samba dancers and pop musicians who soldiered through Sunday’s inclement weather, and the fireworks that illuminated the gloomy sky at the end, embodied the host city’s determination.

“Having the Games in Rio was a challenge,” Carlos Nuzman, president of the Rio 2016 organizing committee, told the crowd. “But the challenge was a success.”

Olympic leaders often speak of the power of sport, as if the Games can cure all ills — or, at least, spur economic development — for any city willing to spend the billions required to stage them.

In Rio’s case, optimism had waned in recent months, overshadowed by concerns over political upheaval, the Zika virus and raw sewage flowing into the ocean where sailors, rowers and open-water swimmers would compete.

IOC vice president John Coates called them “the most difficult Games we have ever encountered.”

The Russian doping scandal created another distraction, as IOC officials wrestled over whether to ban

APOLOGIES became a recurring theme at the daily news update, where Rio 2016 spokesman Mario Andrada found himself scrambling to explain some of the more quizzical missteps.

When the diving pool Gymnast Simone Biles carries in the U.S. flag on turned bright green Sunday, at the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony at Mara- from algae, he said: “Chemistry is not an excan in Brazil. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS act science.” the entire contingent, boosted by breakout All of this played out then chose to let the in- stars such as Simone against the backdrop ternational federations Manuel — the first Afriof a nation mired in rethat govern each sport can-American to win an cession and a populace decide on a case-by-case individual swimming lacking basic services. gold — and gymnast basis.

The economy forced Not until the day be- Laurie Hernandez.

Rio 2016 into steep bud“Every so often I’ll fore the Opening Cerget cuts, and emony was the Russian stop which exteam finalized, with look at my I’m so grateful for plained at more than 100 athletes coach and Abbey doing that least some be like, ‘Oh excluded. of the opgoodYet, as often happens, my for me. That girl is erational the start of competition ness, we’re the Olympic spirit hiccups. elbowed much of the at the OlymYet the right there. pics. This is bad news aside. people of Michael Phelps se- i n s a n e , ’ ” — Nikki Hamblin, New ZeaRio discured a place among Her nandez land runner about U.S. runplayed history’s greatest Olym- m a r v e l e d ner Abbey D’Agostino passion pians by raising his ca- on her way over the reer medal count to 28, to gold and last few then handed the stage silver. weeks, making enough The stories that to Jamaican sprinter noise to compensate for Usain Bolt, who swept reached beyond sport arenas left half full by the 100, 200 and 400-me- were equally moving sluggish ticket sales. ter relay for an unprec- as a team of refugee As Bach said: “They edented third straight athletes, sponsored by turned the great comthe IOC, made it to the Games. petition into a party for The Americans domi- world stage from vioeveryone.” nated overall with 121 lence-stricken countries medals, their biggest such as Syria, South Suhaul ever, not counting dan and the Democratic the boycotted 1984 Los Republic of the Congo.

In the women’s 5,000 Angeles Games or the 1904 St. Louis Games, meters, two runners when hardly anyone collided and fell at the rear of the pack. Abbey else showed up.

The U.S. total was D’Agostino of the U.S., too injured to continue,

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

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

— Allen County Regional Hospital trustees meeting, 7 p.m., meeting room at Allen County Regional Hospital.

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— First day of school for USD 257 students.

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Blood drive successful Sixty-six units of blood were donated Wednesday at a drive sponsored by the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City.

“It was a good drive,” said Kay Tindel, a local volunteer who assists with the effort.

Of the donors, three were first-timers, Tindel said, while 26 had scheduled appointments beforehand. (The rest were walk-in donors.)

Nine eligible donors gave two units of red blood cells on the ALYX Component Collection System.

The machine separates the red blood cells and returns the other blood components to the donor. Red blood cells are the most common component used in blood transfusions.

The ALYX program allows organizers to collect more blood with one donation. Donors can give an ALYX donation every 112 days.

The Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City replenishes blood stockpiles throughout Kansas and Missouri, including at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.

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Intransigency to change is holding Kansas back If you want change, you have to try something new.

So by all accounts, Gov. Sam Brownback is hunkydory with the state of affairs in Kansas because he sees no reason to change his course.

In fact, according to Brownback, if the media would just pipe down about our $74.5 million budgetdeficit and the subsequent cuts to state projects and programs, then everything would be OK. Oh, so we’re making a mountain out of a molehill, is that it?

So it’s no big deal the state now has a goose egg in its savings account instead of the $700 million we had only several years ago.

And we should take it in stride that Kansas schools are struggling to find teachers because of low pay and that parents increasingly are expected to supply their children’s classrooms with supplies.

And it’s fine that Kansas refuses to expand Medicaid, denying more than 150,000 Kansans health insurance. To date, we have turned away more than $1 billion in federal funds to implement the expansion.

If implemented today, the state could see a financial gain of almost $160 million in 2017.

All of the above — a faltering state budget, a

health care system on life support and underfunded schools — lie at the feet of our governor and those in the Legislature who support his agenda of aggressive income tax cuts.

Since Brownback came into office, Kansas’s economic standing has fallen behind those of its peers.

Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and Colorado have all witnessed steady increases in their economies. For 2015, our growth rate was a minus 0.3 percent, putting us fifth worst in the nation.

Employment-wise, Kansas lost a total of 4,500 jobs over that same period.

Had we not cut income taxes or given tax breaks for 330,000 businesses and farmers, receipts for the recently concluded 2016 fiscal year would have been $1 billion higher, according to economists.

In fact in 2014, legislators scrapped a law saying the state must maintain an ending balance equal to 7.5 percent of its general fund and for the second year in a row Moody’s Investors Service has rated the state’s outlook as negative, saying the structural balance of our budget is off-kilter and our pension program is underfunded.

If these things don’t call for change, then we’re living in denial.

— Susan Lynn

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Collaboration keeps train service on track Passenger rail service continues to head in the right direction in southwest Kansas.

Garden City commissioners recently hopped on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief passenger train for a ride on newly improved track. They joined officials from Amtrak and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, which owns the rail line.

Joe Boardman, Amtrak president and CEO, spoke during a brief stop in Garden City scheduled to celebrate work done on the track, the result of a cooperative effort between Amtrak, BSNF, Garden City and other communities along the rail line, and state and federal government.

At issue was worn track that had forced the passenger train that travels daily between Chicago and Los Angeles to slow down sharply through this part of the country. Without needed repairs, the Amtrak service was in jeopardy of being rerouted, leaving the Garden City stop out of the mix.

That would have hurt a community that needs the affordable transportation op-

No more booing the referees I do not know if American democracy will survive this bizarre election year, but if it does not make it, I can predict the cause of death. The smoking gun will be the growing, highly toxic, self-serving, and baseless belief that whenever one’s favored candidate, party, or issue loses an election, it must be because “the system” was “rigged” by the winning side.

Nonsense.

While GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump spews this bile on the national stage, we also have problems right here in Kansas. Secretary of State Kris Kobach will not quit insisting that restrictive new voting laws are needed to prevent rampant voter fraud, despite the failure of his or any other office to find any substantial evidence that it exists, not to mention Kobach’s recent string of losses before the courts. False allegations of voter fraud are particularly damaging, not only because they undermine voters’ confidence in a system that works quite well, but also because they cannot be disproven, since they were never based on facts or analysis in the first place.

On the other side of the aisle, critics have wondered if the particularly high voter turnout for Republicans in large, high-turnout precincts

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is due to some sort of tampering with the voting machines.

Not so fast: these precincts tend to be located in higherincome, suburban areas such as Olathe and Maize — areas that vote heavily Republican, where demographics alone explain the results.

Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders were devastated by his loss Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, but Clinton finished more than three and a half million votes ahead. Sanders became an icon for his supporters, but Clinton got the numbers. No voter is always going to like the results of our process, but when we lose, instead of throwing brickbats and broken bottles at the officials like disgruntled sports fans, we need to take the high road. Senator Morris Udall said it perfectly. After losing a hard-fought primary election to Jimmy Carter, Udall exclaimed, “the people have spoken. Damn them!”

Udall was mad at the vot-

ers, but he knew better than to vent his frustration with any “system is rigged” foolishness.

Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow used mathematics to demonstrate that no system of counting votes can guarantee an absolutely fair outcome, every time. Just ask Al Gore, who won the popular vote but lost the presidency in 2000 amid a circus of butterfly ballots and hanging chads. Hillary Clinton knows, too — she narrowly lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama in 2008 despite her slight edge in popular votes. Complications such as races with more than two candidates, low-turnout elections, unstable public attitudes, the electoral college, and convention superdelegates can skew outcomes in close races. No wonder the Democrats have pledged to eliminate two-thirds of their superdelegates by 2020. Even then, democracy will still be imperfect — all systems are imperfect — but it still beats the alternatives.

Democracy is also vulnerable. The only thing holding it in place is us. It cannot survive unless we all take one for the team sometimes, even when it hurts. As Winston Churchill said, “democracy is the worst system in the world… except for all the others.”

tion.

To ward off such unwelcome change, Garden City and La Junta, Colo., led the charge toward successful grant applications that resulted in $27.6 million in federal Transportation Investment Generating

more improvements to other parts of the rail line, work already completed should ensure Amtrak stays on its current route for the foreseeable future.

“You can depend on a train east, and a train west, every

Without needed repairs, the Amtrak service was in jeopardy of being rerouted, leaving the Garden City stop out of the mix. Now, “You can depend on a train east, and a train west, every single day,” said Joe Boardman, Amtrak president and CEO

Economic Recovery (TIGER) funding in the past two years for significant track improvements along the Southwest Chief route in Kansas and Colorado.

The rail now allows the Southwest Chief to resume speeds of 79 mph. The improvements also were a welcome boost for freight traffic, the value of which cannot be overstated in a community aggressively seeking economic development.

Although plans call for still

single day,” Boardman said.

He also noted how important it was to maintain the option of passenger train travel for today’s mobile population in a part of the country with fewer air and bus options.

While it was easy to take the daily train service for granted, the possibility of losing Amtrak was a wakeup call. Kudos to all involved for their part in making sure the service through Garden City wasn’t stalled.

— Garden City Telegram

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Thomas H. Bowlus, 87, president of Allen County State Bank and one of the community’s leading citizens, died this morning at Allen County Hospital where he has been a patient for the past four weeks. Mr. Bowlus was born here Jan. 3, 1874, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Bowlus who played leading roles in Iola’s early development.

At 21, he joined his father at Allen County State Bank, and became its president after the death of his father in 1904. Thomas Bowlus continued to be active in the management of the bank until a few weeks before his death.

Throughout his long career Mr. Bowlus was a leader in Iola’s civic affairs, although he did not seek public office after he became president of the bank. Mr. Bowlus was a man of many benevolences, although few of them were known to the public. In recent years he donated the site occupied by Allen County Hospital, gave

First Methodist Church its new organ, and paid most of the cost of electrifying the old courthouse clock on the south side of the square. He was active in Kansas banking organizations.

Jan. 10, 1961

Almost the entire estate of Thomas H. Bowlus, estimated to be well in excess of half a million dollars, will be devoted to the construction and maintenance of a “Fine Arts and Cultural Center” for the Iola school system.

This is the essence of the last will and testament of the Iola banker who died here Dec. 17 at the age of 87. The will directs that the Bowlus residence at 205 E. Madison be razed and the three lots upon which it now stands are to become the property of School District No. 10.

Plans for a fine arts center to be built on that site should then be drawn, the building built and equipped and the residue of the estate be invested and the income devoted to maintaining the center.

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Hiding spot uncovered Following up on a tip, officers apprehended Iolan Brandon Brown Saturday on multiple warrants relating to illegal drug and battery charges, Allen County sheriff ’s deputies reported.

The tip led officers

to a home in the 500 block of North Sycamore Street, where an occupant initially denied and then admitted Brown was hiding inside.

Officers found Brown hiding between the mattress

and box springs in a bedroom.

He was arrested without incident.

Officers are requesting additional charges of felony interference (obstruction) of law enforcement against Brown.

Police reports Arrests reported Casey A. Bryant, 29, Strong City, was arrested Friday on a probation revocation warrant related to illegal drug and theft convictions, Allen County sheriff ’s depu-

ties said.

Summer N. Salzwedel, 32, Iola, was arrested Friday on a pair of probation revocation warrants related to illegal drug and traffic convictions.

Anthony T. Smith,

49, Wichita, was arrested in Sedgwick County and transported to Allen County Thursday to face multiple charges related to forgery, theft, interference with law enforcement and other traffic offenses.

Judge blocks transgender law AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas is blocking for now the Obama administration’s directive to U.S. public schools that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen

gender identity.

Hundreds of school districts today woke up to news of the order by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor on the first day of class in Texas and elsewhere.

The decision dated Sunday comes after

Texas and 12 other states challenged the Obama directive as unconstitutional during a hearing in Fort Worth last week.

It applies to schools nationwide, as many districts reopen this week after the summer vacation.

Biblesta fundraiser

A Biblesta fundraising event, with homemade cake and ice cream, drew about 150 to Humboldt’s United Methodist Church Saturday evening, including Marie Roth with son Nathaniel in tow. She is the wife of the Rev. Timothy Roth, new minister of Humboldt’s St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. A concert of religious music followed the ice cream social. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON

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try that instead turned into neighborhood block

Iola police officer David Shelby plays at a Support the Blue concert Saturday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

parties.

Local CITF/PRIDE members originally thought about hosting a “support the blue” fundraiser, but the logistics and number of other groups willing to support the effort quickly prompted a shift in fo-

cus, organizer Mike Ford said.

“We decided to do a community event instead” said Ford, who also serves as IPD’s community resource officer, as well as a Kiwanian.

A common theme throughout the event

was kinship, noted both Warner and Murphy, who introduced the officers attending from their respective departments.

“We’re thankful to live in a community that shows us this much support,” Warner said.

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nents contend it discriminates against the mostly black out-of-state players, noting some community colleges are struggling to fill their team rosters with Kansas players and many athletic scholarships go unclaimed.

At least four other states — Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Iowa — have similar rules, said Jeffrey Sims, head football coach at Garden City Community College.

Sims has been joined by 49 players in filing individualized discrimination complaints with the NAACP about the conference rule, which he contends is unconstitutional and violates the Civil Rights Act. About 90 percent of the out-ofstate athletes recruited

by Kansas community colleges are black.

KJCCC Commissioner Bryce Roderick said its funding comes from Kansas and the league is responsible to taxpayers to offer opportunities to in-state students.

“We are not discriminating,” Roderick said.

“We are saying this is

what we believe the mixture of in-state and outof-state athletes should be in those two sports.”

But Sims contends the underpinnings of the rule date back to the 1950s when there was “a gentlemen’s agreement” that Kansas community colleges would not actively recruit out-ofstate athletes, especially minorities, Sims said.

Some community colleges balked and began recruiting more players from outside the state — and winning more games — prompting the conference to adopt the rule, he said.

“Out-of-stater is a code word for a minority,” Sims said.

When a proposal to eliminate the out-ofstate limitations was raised at an Aug. 2 KJCCC meeting, its opponents argued more out-of-state players would hurt Kansas students. The measure was defeated 10-8.

“It is taking a scholarship opportunity away,” said Alan Schuckman, head football coach at Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita. He said he was disappoint-

ed the issue has gone “to a different level.”

NAACP representative Eric Pettus said his organization is coordinating with various attorneys to review the complaints and consider its legal options. He said the group has been working with Sims for about a year trying to peacefully resolve the dispute without litigation, but now that the complaints have been filed the case will get “a bit more interesting.”

The out-of-state rule has been a “cash cow” for Kansas community colleges because their coaches typically recruit far more players than they can possibly place in their limited out-of-state roster spots, Pettus said. Those students, who typically also get government financial aid, are then trapped at a college where they can’t play on the team.

“You are selling them ... the dream of going and playing at a higher level after they didn’t either have the academics or they didn’t have the stats or the film or the whatever and didn’t get recruited” by the major

universities, Pettus said.

“You are selling them the opportunity for a second shot of getting to college, which ultimately gets them to the NFL or the NBA.” Out-of-state athletes recruited with scholarship offers are allowed to keep them for one year, even if they don’t make one of the out-of-state spots on the teams, Roderick said.

Among those students who filed a complaint with the NAACP was Jordan Johnson, a Garden City Community College student who came to Kansas from Yeadon, Pennsylvania. He wrote in it that junior colleges in his home state with football programs cost a lot of money to attend, noting also that he wanted to get out of Pennsylvania and see a different side of America.

“I believe I should be able to do that and pursue my dreams,” Johnson said. “I would rather be told that I wasn’t good enough to make a team than that I cannot play because of the color of my skin and where I am from.”

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large enough to keep the statewide area from reporting a loss in jobs from June,” said Tyler Tenbrink, a KDOL economist.

A slowing economy is a troubling prospect for a state struggling with revenue issues tied to tax cuts championed by the governor.

Kansas has struggled to balance its budget since GOP legislators slashed personal income taxes at Brownback’s urging in 2012 and 2013 in an attempt to stimulate the economy.

While the governor blames national trends such as slumps in agriculture and energy production, even some Re-

publicans acknowledge the tax cuts didn’t work as anticipated.

Democrats seized on the latest figures.

“This jobs report is very sad,” Rep. Brandon Whipple, a Wichita Democrat, said on Twitter. “We must do better if we want Kansas to continue to be a place of opportunity.”

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Chiefs drop close one to Rams LOS ANGELES (AP) — The best way to ease No. 1 overall draft pick Jared Goff into the NFL will be a powerful rushing offense, coach Jeff Fisher has said time and again, and it proved to be true Saturday night.

Goff threw his first touchdown pass, Todd Gurley rushed for a score in his preseason debut, and the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 21-20.

Gurley, who was held out of exhibition games last season as a rookie while recovering from a torn ACL, rushed for 20 yards on four carries and had a 3-yard touchdown run.

With the Chiefs (0-2) holding out four defensive starters, the starting offensive line played four series and allowed Rams running backs Gurley, Benny Cunningham and Malcolm Brown to rush for 85 yards on 15 carries.

“It’s going to start there,” Fisher said.

Case Keenum started at quarterback and led the Rams (2-0) to two touchdowns, going 4 of 5 for 53 yards with an 11yard scoring pass to Pharoh Cooper before giving way to Goff.

Goff mostly struggled for the second consecutive week despite working with the firstunit offensive line for two series. Goff lost a fumble after tripping over left guard Cody Wichmann and fumbled out of bounds while being sacked.

It wasn’t until the ground game got going for Goff that he finally found success. His touchdown came on a 10-yard throw to Brown, who made a juggling catch to put the Rams ahead early in the fourth quarter. Brown had runs of 28 and 5 yards on the plays before the touchdown, and Goff ’s completions off play-action started the drive.

“When guys are ripping off runs like Malcolm was on that drive, and a lot of guys were throughout the whole game, it always helps,” Goff said. “It did take a drive or two to get in rhythm, but once I did I was happy I was left in there for as long as I was.”

Alex Smith was 9 of 12 for 137 yards and one touchdown, leading the Chiefs to 17 points on four possessions. Smith’s See CHIEFS | Page B4

Major League Baseball: Royals 2, Twins 1

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Danny Duffy tips his hat to the crowd as he is relieved in the seventh inning against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/TNS

PERFECT WEEK Kansas City finishes 7-0 week with Duffy’s 10th straight win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Danny Duffy keeps winning and so do the Kansas City Royals.

Duffy won his 10th straight decision, Eric Hosmer doubled in the go-ahead run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 Sunday for their eighth consecutive win.

The Royals swept a four-game series from the Twins for the first time since 1999 and have their longest winning streak since an eight-game run Aug. 3-11, 2014. The Royals have won 13 of 15 since the Rally Mantis showed up in the dugout.

“We all know as a team we can go

on some crazy runs,” Hosmer said.

Duffy (11-1), unbeaten since June 6, improved to 5-0 with a 1.18 ERA in August. His 2.66 ERA ranks second in the American League, while his .917 winning percent tops the majors.

Duffy left after 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run and a season-high eight hits while walking two and striking out four.

“There was a lot of traffic out there,” Duffy said. “I made some pitches when I had to. When you don’t have your best stuff, you just battle. That’s kind of how I felt today, just get through as many outs as I See ROYALS | Page B4

Olympic Men’s Basketball Gold Medal Game: United States 96, Serbia 66

Durant leads Americans to gold medal

By BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press

Kevin Durant of the U.S. men’s basketball team dunks against Serbia during the gold medal game on Sunday at the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The trip wasn’t always easy, though they arrived at their expected destination.

The players on the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team never doubted they would be standing on the goldmedal platform, even after some close calls in Rio and criticisms they lacked the usual big names and bigger wins.

“I know there was kind of a lot of buzz around us not playing well a couple of games, two, three games in the early round,” Carmelo Anthony said, “but the way that we

locked in and the way that we focused in to be able to have this gold medal around our necks was special.”

Saving their best for last in a tournament that had been tough, the Americans convincingly won their third straight gold medal, beating Serbia 9666 on Sunday.

“We came here and despite what people are saying about this group, being less talented and not blowing teams out, we did a good job of bottling all that up and unleashed it on Serbia,” forward Paul George said.

Kevin Durant scored 30 points in the final game with the national team for Mike

Krzyzewski, who took the Americans back to the top and leaves with them there after becoming the first coach to win three Olympic gold medals.

“To go home as gold medalists and leave Coach K off with another gold was one of our main goals as well,” Durant said.

Anthony also picked up his third gold to go with a bronze, becoming the most decorated male in Olympic basketball history.

The U.S. beat Serbia by just 94-91 in pool play, holding on when Bogdan Bogdanovic missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer. This rematch looked noth-

ing like that meeting, but it did resemble the final of the 2014 Basketball World Cup, which the Americans won 12992.

“To come out there and play as well as we did against a team that had stepped up their play as well, it showed that we came together at the right time,” Durant said.

Anthony checked back into the rout in the final minutes so he could grab a seventh rebound, passing David Robinson for U.S. record with the 125th in his Olympic career. He had already become the leading scorer earlier in the tourSee RIO | Page B4

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Cynthia Meyer and Methodist officials agreed in early August that her leave will begin Sept. 1. Her final ser-

Leeper wrote in his application essay that he understands “what it feels like to be lonely, to yearn for something you cannot have, to be lost and sad.

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Leeper still remembers his shock when his mother pulled him out of his fifth-grade classroom and told him about his dad. He said he still doesn’t know why Matchett killed his father.

“It was something that happened,” Leeper said.

“I don’t really talk about it all that often.”

Leeper’s mother, Hillery Schrag, said at the time of the murder that she and Leeper’s dad had been separated for a couple of years but he would take Colby shopping on occasion.

“They would go to the mall, and each get matching shoes,” Schrag said.

Leeper wrote in his application essay that he understands “what it feels like to be lonely, to yearn for something you cannot have, to be lost

its ban on homosexual clergy. That has not happened, so the agreement was reached “to avoid the harm and trauma of a trial,” according to a statement from the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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Kansas man gets death-row scholarship JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A young Kansas man whose father was gunned down nearly eight years ago in a hotel parking lot is getting a tuition boost from an unusual source as he heads into his freshman year at a Missouri college.

Colby Leeper has been awarded a $1,500 scholarship from a nonprofit organization run by death row inmates, the Joplin Globe reported.

The organization, Compassion, decides who gets the awards after reviewing essays the applicants submit. The money is raised through donations and the sale of inmate art.

Leeper already has track-and-field and academic scholarships to attend Missouri Southern State University in Joplin.

Leeper’s dad, Edward “Brian” Leeper Jr., was 33 in November 2008 and had been staying in a second-story room at the Stratford House Inn in Wichita when he came out onto the balcony and then walked down to the parking lot around 11:30 p.m.

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mon in Edgerton will be Aug. 28. No other United Methodist church will be able to appoint her as a pastor but churches could hire her to “perform functions equivalent to a lay staff person,” according to the agreement.

The Kansas City Star reports Meyer revealed her sexual orientation to her congregation in January, when she thought the denomination was considering changing

she could have lost her credentials to ever be a pastor again. She plans to work in lay ministry or for a nonprofit while she waits for the denomination to change its policy, which would allow her to return to the pulpit. She will receive a $37,000 severance, which was one year’s salary.

“I’ve signed away my right to live out my calling — to be most fully who God has called me to be — I hope only for

and sad.”

“I also know what it is like to overcome,” he added.

He also wrote that he has learned not to hate and that he’s especially empathetic toward Matchett’s children.

Leeper applauded the inmates’ desire to give back.

Leeper has not declared a major, but in his essay he said he wanted to be a teacher and a coach.

“I think he’s still trying to make his dad proud,” Schrag said.

Compassion was created to write and edit a newsletter of the same name, to “develop healing communication” between the inmates and victims’ families.

The organization said it has awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships to family members of murder victims since it was formed in 2001.

a time,” Meyer wrote in a statement after the agreement. “My heart is broken, yet I trust that God will work through even this for good.”

Rita Jones, president of the United Methodist Women in Edgerton and secretary of the church council, said the congregation did not want to lose Meyer.

“A congregation never agrees a hundred percent on anything, but a big majority here supported her and wanted her to stay,” Jones said.

“She is an excellent pastor and we are sorry to see her leave and wish her the best.”

In May, the top policymaking body of the United Methodist Church voted to delay consideration of all LGBT-related proposals.

A new commission will spend at least two years reviewing policy on the subject, with the goal of developing a plan to address differences within the denomination. The Methodists adopted a policy in 1972 that called same-gender relationships “incompatible with Christian teaching.”

Crews search for man swept away by flood WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Crews searched Saturday for a Wichita man whose pickup truck was swept away by floodwaters after torrential storms dropped up to 7 inches of rain in southern Kansas on Friday night.

Richard Lowery, 62, and his son were in their truck near a creek south of Rose Hill around 10 p.m. when they drove into water over the road and tried to back out, Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet said. Instead, the truck got swept away into the creek.

“The son, (38-year-old) Samuel was able to get his window down while

the truck was filling with water,” Herzet told KSNTV. “He was immediately sucked out of the truck.

He managed to grab onto a log and was able to float to safety downstream.”

The son walked out of a bean field around 7 a.m. Saturday and was taken to a Wichita hospital to be treated for hypothermia, Herzet said.

Lowery’s pickup truck has been located and some of his clothing has been found, the sheriff said. The search has become a recovery effort and now includes three search dogs and searchers on horseback.

The National Weather Service said several

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Rescuers used boats to help remove some Mulvane residents from their homes Friday night as water rose 5 feet or more, Sedgwick County dispatchers said. Several people also were rescued from vehicles stranded on flooded streets.

“With the amount of rain we had, it started covering the road here, and people started driving through it, which they should never ever do,” Herzet said.

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Nocturnal nose whistle: How to stop tooting your own horn Dear Dr. Roach: Every night for the past several months, my sleep has been interrupted by a whistling sound when I exhale. I notice it only when I wake up in the early morning.

It prevents me from going back to sleep. My husband tells me that it is constant during the night. If I concentrate, I can hear it during the day, but it doesn’t bother me. I am a 61-yearold female; I don’t smoke and am in good health, with no medications. Is there a natural remedy you could recommend? —

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health P.M. Answer: A whistling sound happens with airways that are small enough to cause turbulent flow (which is why we purse our lips to whistle).

In the nose, you could have a deviated septum, which leads to a smaller passage on the affected side. You also might have conges-

tion in the nasal passages (in “congestion” the lining of the nasal airways is inflamed: swollen and with enlarged blood vessels); this can come from allergies or infection.

There are several other less-common causes.

In order for me to suggest a “natural” remedy (I’m guessing you mean drug-free), I would need to know which of these is more likely. However, one possible treatment would be to try nasal strips. They use tape to open the nasal passages at a common site

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of blockage. This might stop the whistling and make it easier to breathe through your nose. Another possible solution would be to rinse the nasal passages with saline: There are several ways to do this, such as with a Neti pot or a suction device. Swimming often helps people with allergies, as the water washes away allergens in the nose. Finally, identifying any allergens you may be reacting to could allow you to avoid them.

In this, an allergist may be helpful.

How to tell a friend her heartfelt remark was insensitive

By CAROLYN HAX Tell Me About It

Dear Carolyn: One of my best friends committed suicide two years ago, devastating both me and our group of friends. It’s been an incredibly hard healing process.

In the immediate aftermath, another friend in our group, “Beth,” got emotional support from and eventually started dating someone else in our group. They are still together. A couple of nights ago Beth told me that, as much hurt as our friend’s passing caused,

she has to “thank her” for bringing her and her boyfriend together.

I was in so much shock when she said it that I didn’t respond in the moment, but I feel like I can’t just let it go. — Confronting a Friend Confronting a Friend: Stemming from a very different kind of death — my mother’s, of ALS — I have some understanding of what your friend was saying. People who have gained something valuable from the unthinkable live with the awkward truth every day that their loss was also their gain.

Were my mother alive

and healthy today, my children wouldn’t exist.

No question. I have life because of her death.

An awkward truth like this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, in part because the human mind seems to have unlimited capacity to host contradictions. I can be glad for my children without being glad my mother suffered and died, even though logic would say one follows the other. I can grieve and celebrate at once.

But people who have to process awkward things sometimes say them out loud, and I’m (admittedly) guessing that’s where

your friend was a couple of nights ago.

Did Beth express herself poorly, and/or to the wrong person? It does seem that way. And if it’s important to you — to the future of your friendship with her — then by all means say something.

She’s your friend and presumably not a monster, though; instead of “confronting,” maybe follow your opener with an effort at understanding her. “It must be difficult for you,” say. Or, ask her to understand you: “That was jarring for me to hear.” See whether there’s comfort in her reply.

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nament, capping an Olympic career that began with disappointment as a member of the U.S. team that finished third in 2004.

The Americans haven’t lost since, winning 25 straight in the Olympics.

A few of the victories were more difficult than usual in this tournament, where half the Americans’ eight games were decided by 10 points or fewer.

Krzyzewski said it didn’t matter how the Americans won, that there would be no questions as long as they did.

And there was no doubt they would Sunday once Durant heated up.

He had also scored 30 in the 2012 gold-medal game, after he poured in a U.S.-record 38 in one game en route to the MVP of the 2010 world basketball championship. He is already the Americans’ No. 2 career scorer in the Olympics in just two appearances.

When the final horn sounded, the U.S. players shared long hugs with each other and then Krzyzewski.

It was a tough ending after an impressive run for Serbia in its first Olympics as an independent nation. The heart of an international power in the former Yugoslavia, the Serbs hadn’t qualified for the Olympics since gaining their independence in 2006.

They dropped three games in the group stage but had the look of a team that could challenge the Americans after nearly knocking them off earlier in the tournament and

overwhelming Australia in the semifinals.

They were down just 16-15 before Durant made a 3-pointer for the final points of the first quarter, and before they knew it he had turned the game into a blowout.

“They are superstars.

If you let them play like they want, they will kill you,” guard Stefan Markovic said. “Each of their 12 guys can do that.”

A challenging year for the Americans started long before they boarded the cruise ship they stayed on while in Rio. For the first time since 2004, many top American players opted to skip the Olympics, forcing them to bring some here who wouldn’t have been considered otherwise.

The 10 Olympic newcomers seemed to be jelling slowly and the U.S. had a pair of threepoint victories and came in winning by just 21.4 points per game, more than 10 per game fewer than four years ago and about half the 43.8 the Dream Team won by in 1992.

“This team kept getting better and even those three games in pool play, we had not played that type of game against that type of level of opponent,” Krzyzewski said. “We said it was a learning experience and our guys did learn and we put it to good practice.”

Krzyzewski, an assistant on the Dream Team, has long insisted that international basketball has gotten too strong for anyone to win that easily again.

Yet on Sunday, the Americans did.

can and let your defense play behind you.

And goodness, didn’t they, the defense killed it out there today. I’m very happy with the way it went.”

He outpitched Twins right-hander Ervin Santana (6-10), who allowed two runs and five hits while striking out 10 and walking one over seven innings.

“They way he’s been pitching the last few games, he’s lights out,” Santana said of Duffy. “He’s doing his job. He’s doing what he’s supposed to do.

He just keeps everybody off balance. He just locates his fastball and his changeup.

So, that’s what makes him better today.”

Duffy worked out a no-out, bases loaded jam in the second inning with the help of a couple of fielding gems. After Eddie Rosario struck out, Alex Gordon made a sliding catch of Kurt Suzuki’s fly to shallow left . Third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert snagged Danny Santana’s hard hit grounder and threw out Eduardo Escobar at second base.

“I thought it could have been his best start in this run,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “For the simple reason he was really struggling with command of his fastball.

When good pitchers don’t have their best stuff, they still find ways to compete at a high level and that’s exactly what Danny did with the help of

Kansas City Royals right fielder Lorenzo Cain runs down a fly ball out on Minnesota Twins’ Eddie Rosario in the fourth inning on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/TNS some great defense.”

Hosmer’s two-out double in the sixth over the head of center fielder Rosario scored Lorenzo Cain, who had an infield single.

Hosmer singled in the second, moved to third on Kendrys Morales’ double and scored on Alcides Escobar’s ground out for the first Kansas City run.

Santana has a 1.91 ERA in his past 11 starts after beginning the season 1-7 with a 5.10 ERA. “It’s terrible, man,” Twins second baseman Brian Dozier said to be swept by the Royals.

“We’re playing good, it seems like. These past four games we’ve always make that one mistake and against good teams like Kansas City, it’s not getting people in, bases loaded, nobody out, that’s the ballgame.”

Robbie Grossman and Trevor Plouffe doubled in the third to produce the only run off Duffy.

Kelvin Herrera pitched a perfect ninth to log his seventh save in nine chances.

SEEING THE LIGHT The Twins recalled RHP Pat Light, who was acquired from Boston on Aug. 1, from TripleA Rochester, where he had a 2.57 ERA in six outings. He appeared in two games for the Red Sox this season, giving up seven runs in 2 2/3 innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM Royals: RHP Kris Medlen (rotator cuff inflammation) made a Saturday rehab start for Triple-A Omaha, allowing three runs and two

ROOKIE WATCH Chiefs: D.J. White started at cornerback, working opposite last season’s Defensive Rookie of the Year Marcus Peters. The sixth-round pick from Georgia Tech was effective when blitzing, but had mixed results in coverage. White finished with one tackle.

Rams: The Rams loaded up on rookie wide receivers hoping to find complements to Tavon Austin and Kenny Britt, but are still waiting for someone to break

through. Cooper scored on his only reception, while Paul McRoberts added one catch for 6 yards. Production is more likely to come from the tight ends Tyler Higbee, who did not play because of illness, and Temarrick Hemingway, who had a 26-yard reception from Goff.

ized the injury as a knee sprain and said Millard would undergo an MRI on Sunday.

Rams: Wide receiver Bradley Marquez suffered a right ankle injury in the third quarter.

Marquez did not appear to be able to put any weight on his leg as he was helped off the field.

POSITION BATTLES Chiefs: Foles was solid against his former team, going 18 of 22 for 133 yards. With Tyler Bray’ status uncertain after suffering a small chip fracture in his cervical spine last week against the Seattle Seahawks, Foles’ experience as a starter with the Rams and Philadelphia Eagles represents a significant upgrade behind Smith regardless of when the fourth-year quarterback from Tennessee is able to return.

“He’s playing catch-up right now, but he did a nice job,” Reid said.

Rams: With the secondary struggling again, cornerback E.J. Gaines’ first live action since suffering a foot injury in training camp last year was a welcome sign. Gaines finished with four tackles and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he started opposite Trumaine Johnson next week at Denver.

QUOTABLE Chiefs: “It’s really in-

INJURY UPDATE Chiefs: Fullback Trey Millard was taken off the field on a cart after suffering a left knee injury covering a punt.

Millard previously tore the ACL in his left knee as a senior at Oklahoma.

Reid initially character-

UP NEXT Twins: RHP Kyle Gibson starts the series opener against Detroit on Tuesday.

Gibson threw a complete-game Wednesday at Atlanta.

Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura starts the series opener at Miami on Tuesday. Ventura is 0-2 in two interleague starts, yielding 11 runs over eight innings.

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Rams: “Every day gets a little bit better, every game gets a little bit better, every drive, every play, so I feel like I have made some good strides,” Goff said of his improvement.

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