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LaHarpe is first in area to offer new 988 service

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

LAHARPE — Barely a month after the Federal Communications Commission approved a new three-digit suicide prevention hotline, LaHarpe Telephone Co. became one of the first providers in the area to offer the 988 service to its customers.

Callers will be put in direct touch with the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Hotline, explained Harry Lee Jr., LaHarpe Telephone president. Special assistance also is available through the network for military veterans.

The aim is to make 988 as ubiquitous as 911, he said.

“It’s important that everybody be aware of the fact that this capability is out there, and is easily available,” he said. “We don’t have to remember some long number. Just as we know to dial 911, hopefully people will know, in a mental health crisis, to dial 988.”

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Joe Biden vows to beat Trump

Arjav Rawal, a California native, moved to Iola this spring as an intern with Thrive Allen County, focusing on environmental issues. He is currently attending Allen Community College.

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On a national level, 18-year-old Arjav Rawal is known for being featured in a New York Times story about how he scooped CNN, The Des Moines Register and other media outlets — three times — by releasing poll results for Iowa’s firstin-the-nation presidential caucuses earlier this year.

In California, Rawal is known for his work on political campaigns. He volunteered for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and served as the vice chairman of the California High School Democrats.

But in Allen County, Rawal wants to be known for his efforts on climate change and sustainability. He’s an intern at Thrive Allen Coun-

It’s just a matter of finding a seat at the table and making the case to factor the environment or sustainability or climate into whatever decisions are being made, both in the world of governance or the corporate boardroom.

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ty, working on environmental issues. He’s also a freshman at Allen Community College, studying political science.

“Climate is really the root cause of everything we care about as organizers or activists or whatever you want to call me,” Rawal said.

“I started looking at ways I could make a difference, and I think that Southeast Kansas is going to be one of the last places that’s going to get hit by climate devas-

tation, but that means we’ll be the most complacent. We can’t really afford that. We have to be ready.”

RAWAL was born and raised in the Bay Area in California. His parents are from India but came to the United States for an education. In India, his mother worked with UNICEF and taught in rural villages.

He was just a child when Barack Obama was elected

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REGARDING agriculture, Marshall claims longstanding ties to issues he’s “invested in personally.”

For instance, Marshall, an obstetrician, said he’s looking to serve on the Senate’s Agriculture Committee, a panel which he argues Bollier, also a physician, is not qualified to sit on.

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“I don’t think she can tell the difference between a Holstein or a Hereford,” he said.

“I’ll bet my opponent can’t even spell ‘biofuels.’”

“I think one of the bright futures for agriculture is the biofuels market,” he added.

Marshall also pointed to experience he’s had on writing legislation, along with working on trade and agricultural imports.

“As agriculture goes, so

goes rural America,” Marshall said. “So the decline in rural America in the past five years is because of a bad ag economy. And in Kansas, a bad oil and gas economy as well.”

The solution? For him, it’s a focus on deregulation and less government intervention or oversight by letting farmers take more control of such things.

“Liberals think that the

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ANOTHER key issue Marshall discussed is health care, which is something he said he wants everyone to have.

“Wherever I lived as a doctor, I’ve tried to make sure everybody got health care, regardless of their ability to pay.”

Marshall didn’t elaborate on what mechanisms were used to make such care possible in his own medical practice, but he’s deeply skeptical about the federal government’s role in making health care either free or more affordable.

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government knows better than you do,” Marshall said.

“They think the government can fix everything.”

With regard to the 2020 election, then, Marshall argued “America has to decide: do we want more government control or less government control?”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressed by senators, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Friday he was unaware of recent mail operation changes until they sparked a public uproar.

But he also said he has no plans to restore mailboxes or high-speed sorting machines that have been removed.

His testimony raised fresh questions about how the Postal Service will ensure timely delivery of ballots for the November election.

DeJoy told senators that election mail would be prioritized for delivery as in years past. But he said that blue curbside collection boxes and sorting equipment that have been removed are “not needed.”

DeJoy distanced himself from President Donald Trump’s complaints about mail-in ballots that are expected to surge in the coronavirus pandemic, but he told senators he could not yet provide a detailed plan about how he will ensure on-time election mail delivery.

He declared that the Postal Service “is fully capable and committed to delivering the nation’s election mail securely and on-time.” He said that was a “sacred duty” and his “No. 1 priority between now and Election Day.” “I think the American

Candidate Marshall touts ‘bootstrap’ mentality Thursday evening, U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Roger Marshall stopped in Iola for a meet-and-greet at Bolling’s Meatery and Eatery.

Marshall currently represents the 1st District in Congress, an area which covers most of the western portion of the state.

A small gathering — Iolans Jim Talkington and Marcia Roos — attended Marshall’s event, allowing the candidate time to make his case to this Register reporter as to why he is the best candidate for the position. Marshall faces Barbara Bollier, a state senator who in 2018 switched her party affiliation to Democrat.

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Court report DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Nathaniel Todd vs. KaeLynn Keener, automobile tort Tim Hess vs. Fred Hess, Eddie R. Spainhoward, Kristin N. Arth, landlord/tenant dispute Brandi A. Gott vs. Austin L. Gott, divorce Tina M. Vazquez-Aguliar vs.

Elijio Vazquez-Aguliar, protection from abuse Leslie E. Rowe vs. Joshua L. Rowe, protection from abuse Carolyn L. Zellner vs. Kelley R. Zellner, divorce MAGISTRATE COURT Judge Tod Davis Convicted of no seat belt and fined $30: Michael S. Cook, Iola Erik S. Karmann, Yates Center Dallas H. Higginbotham, Garnett Lyle L. Hennen, Iola Destiny D. Holderfield, Iola Shawn E. Reed, Mildred Johnathon S. Kilpatrick, Bronson Convicted of speeding: Eric D. Olson, Jenks, Okla., 75/65, $153 Landry C. Murley, Carrollton, Texas, 75/65, $153 Drake C. Sellman, Iola, 65/55, $153 Carrie L. Heppler, Ottawa, 75/65, $153 Chasidy L. Miller, Yates Center, 65/55, $153 Dane R. Patchin, Schell City, Mo., 65/55, $153 Beau R. Hahn, Leawood, 75/65, $153 Teresa I. Blazek, Iola, 80/65, $183 Adam J. Welch, Humboldt, 65/55, $153 Chasidy L. Miller, Yates Center, 75/65, $153 Jason R. Reed, Olathe, 75/65, $153 Jake A. Noble, Chanute, 75/65, $153 Ronald G. Strawder, New Strawn, 85/65, $213 Ashlee D. Fuentes, Collinsville, Okla., 75/65, $153 Camryn P. Brill, Humboldt, 75/65, $153 Chris P. Mileham, Iola, 75/65, $153 Regena C. Roach, Locust Grove, Okla., 75/65, $153 Jennie M. Hammond, Independence, Mo., 79/65, $202 Jamie D. Anderson, Uniontown, 55/45, $153 Ryan M. Dozier, Iola, 65/55, $153 Raven A. Murry, Iola, 55/45, $153 Kristyn A. Bilderback, Roeland Park, 80/65, $183 Kawesta M. McCray, Tulsa, Okla., 81/65, $189 Dallas T. Klein, Yale, Iowa, 83/65, $201 Carson T. Kientz, Overland Park, 78/65, $171 Johnny A. Fuller, Tulsa, Okla., 94/65, $294 Michael C. McIntire, Houston, 69/55, $177 Johnny T. Nguyen, Wichita, 82/65, $195 Convicted as follows: Leza J. Collins, Neodesha, driving while suspended, $768 Brent W. Rodina, Ottawa, following too closely, 75/65, $228 Katlin A. Overton, Shawnee, illegal window tint, 79/65, $237 Collin R. Callaway, Iola, failure to yield, $183 David E. Hughes, Walnut, violate traffic construction, driving on closed road, $183 Christopher L. Olds, Moran,

no insurance, $408 Adair A. Lopez, Tulsa, Okla., 79/65, no driver’s license, $297 Curtis R. Collins, Chanute, distribute marijuana, $1,958 Misty D. Beatty, Iola, aggravated assault, $238, 29 months prison Joshua D. Farmer, Humboldt, transporting an open container, 99/55, $558 Cases deferred with fines assessed: Felicia M. Feneck, Iola, 86/65, defective mirror, $292 Dylan R. Sparks, Springfield, Mo., possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, $933 Daylen K. Houk, Virgil, DUI, possession of a firearm while under the influence, $1,033 Chantal R. Trester, Iola, domestic battery, $283 Lane A. Kabrey, Chetopa, possession of alcohol by a minor, $183 Criminal cases filed: Jason T. Sinclair, Iola, arson, theft, domestic battery Hayden T. White, Iola, distribute methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia Jason T. Sinclair, Iola, domestic battery, two counts of battery, criminal trespass Billie L. Shewman, Iola, violation of a protection order Shelly R. Scott-Rodriguez, LaHarpe, violation of a protection order Annie J. Tush, Moran, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal trespass Joshua W. Renfro, Iola, violation of protection order, arson, battery on a law enforcement officer Contract cases filed: City of Iola vs. Amanda L. Baker City of Iola vs. Misty D. Beatty City of Iola vs. Jacob A. and Jayme M. Browning City of Iola vs. Joseph W. Brumback City of Iola vs. Johnny L. Buris City of Iola vs. Stephen C. Carnahan City of Iola vs. Seth J. Carson City of Iola vs. Jacob A. Evans City of Iola vs. Stephanie M. Goldner City of Iola vs. James A. Hosack City of Iola vs. Derrick R. Peterson City of Iola vs. Darrell D. Shaw IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Abigail A.R. Butler, St. Louis, Mo., expired tag, $200 Jordan E. Crowder, Iola, pedestrian under the influence, $315, probation Ryan M. Dozier, Iola, dangerous animal, $577.50 Tyler J. Harris, Yates Center, racing on highways, $315 Derek J. Holland, Iola, threatening phone call, $315, probation Levi K. Martin, Iola, disorderly conduct, pedestrian under the influence $435 Dominic E. McGee, Iola, disobey traffic control signals, $195 Heather F. Morrison, Iola, driving while suspended, $1,575 Kevin M. Ransom, Hendersonville, Tenn., 47/35, $167 Jonathan N. Wood, Iola, theft, $315, probation

Wings of Warriors gives gift cards A total of 10 gift cards have been given to nine area cancer victims since July, Wings of Warriors members learned at their Aug. 13 meeting.

Damaris Kunkler, who has been asked to oversee the group’s “Cancer Car� service, said three rides have been given to cancer patients to area doctor appointments in the past month.

Kunkler discussed other recent develop-

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ments. She utilized grant funding to purchase a new computer to aid the program.

She also hosted a meeting on grant funding.

Wings of Warriors has not yet decided when to host a fundraiser at King’s Sandwich Shop in Iola, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eleven members attended the meeting in the old Gas school building.

Gov.’s commission on race calls for change

By NOAH TABORDA Kansas Reflector

A leader of Gov. Laura Kelly’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice on Thursday called for refreshed police training programs focused more squarely on historical context and the role of police in perpetuating inequalities.

Shannon Portillo, associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Kansas Edwards campus, suggested every officer take a history class during training. “The history of policing is really important, as is making sure that folks coming into the force have an understanding of some of the inequalities police forces may have created in the past,� Portillo said.

Commissioners met Thursday to begin mapping their first report to the governor.

Portillo, who serves as co-chairwoman, and several other commissioners voiced a desire to see law enforcement diversity addressed in training and its ranks.

Other points of interest for the report include data collection, school resource officers, the justice system, tribal jurisdiction and immigration-law enforcement relationships.

The commission plans to compile suggestions from bi-weekly meetings and complete a draft report with more concrete ideas in November. The report will be submitted to the governor by Dec. 1.

Sedgwick County District Judge Monique Centeno advocated for a more thorough focus on training in understanding cultural differences. She also suggested adding more

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instructors of color to give these lessons. “At a recent meeting I attended on law enforcement training, all the instructors were Caucasian,� Centeno said. “It’s a problem if everyone teaching cultural training looks the same.�

Suggestions for how to carry this out include looping in the University of Kansas.

Brandon Davis, an assistant professor for KU’s School of Public Affairs and Administration, said the school already has a significant base of professors and researchers studying race and ethnicity ready to do this training.

Davis said diversity within the ranks of the police force also should be addressed. “They need to have a plan where they are actively recruiting minorities, and we need to tear down barriers keeping minorities from enlisting,� Davis said.

Davis proposed waiving residency restrictions, which limit employment to those within city limits, if the hiring is necessary for diversity reasons.

Several law enforcement officers he had spoken with cited this restriction as an obstacle in hiring minorities.

Ernestor De La Rosa, assistant city manager of Dodge City, suggested amending a Kansas statute that only allows citizens to be police officers. The change would allow a large Latino community in Dodge City to enroll in the police force, he said. “They allow green card holders to serve in the U.S. military, so why not here in Kansas?� De La Rosa said.

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An investigation by the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica found that despite years of warnings about the possibility of a pandemic, meatpackers didn’t heed guidance on how to prepare.

The report says infectious disease experts and emergency planners had modeled what might happen with the arrival of a highly contagious virus, including how an outbreak might create food shortages and plant closures.

And those experts repeatedly urged companies and government agencies to prepare. “It was an unmitigated disaster for food processors, and it didn’t have to be,�

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together nearly 15 years ago to chart a game plan for a pandemic. And George W. Bush administration officials warned businesses that “as many as 40% of their workers might be absent due to illness, quarantine or fear,â€? the ProPublica story says. “Social distancing would be necessary in manufacturing plants ‌ even if it affected business operations. And government modeling showed that such high absenteeism would cut food production in half.â€?

In Kansas, the meatpacking plants critical to the economy of the southwest corner of the state have become COVID-19 hotspots.

The Kansas News Service reported last week that plants in the state were kept open despite concerns from at least one top local public health physician in Finney County, who warned that keeping the plants open posed an avoidable risk to a lethal threat.

So far, public health officials in the state have linked meatpacking plants to roughly 3,300 cases, more than a dozen deaths and 16 coronavirus cluster outbreaks.

That makes them the largest source of outbreaks in Kansas — more than double tied to long-term care facilities.

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Biden vows to defeat Trump, end ‘season of darkness’

By STEVE PEOPLES and ALEXANDRA JAFFE The Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination with a vow to be a unifying “ally of the light” who would move an America in crisis past the chaos of President Donald Trump’s tenure.

In his strongest remarks of the campaign, Biden spoke Thursday night both of returning the United States to its traditional leadership role in the world and of the deeply personal challenges that shaped his life. Virtually every sentence of his 22-minute speech was designed to present a sharp, yet hopeful, contrast with the Republican incumbent.

“Here and now I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. l’ll be an ally of the light, not the darkness,” Biden said. “Make no mistake, united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in America.”

For the 77-year-old Biden, the final night of the Democratic National Convention was bittersweet. He accepted a nomination that had eluded him for over three decades because of personal tragedy, political stumbles and rivals who proved more dynamic.

But the coronavirus denied him the typical celebration, complete with the customary balloon drop that both parties often use to fete their new nominees.

Instead, Biden spoke to a largely empty arena near his Delaware home.

Afterward, fireworks lit the sky outside the arena, where supporters waited in a parking lot, honking horns and flashing headlights in a moment that finally lent a jovial feel to the event.

The keynote address was the speech of a lifetime for Biden, who would be the oldest president ever elected if he defeats Trump in November. Trump, who is 74, publicly doubts Biden’s mental capacity and calls him “Slow Joe,” but with the nation watching, Biden was firm and clear.

Still, the convention leaned on a younger generation earlier in the night to help energize his sprawling coalition.

Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois senator who lost her legs in Iraq and is raising two young children, said Biden has “common decency.”

Cory Booker, only the ninth African American senator in U.S. history, said Biden be-

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day on several morning talk shows, criticized Democrats as presenting “a very grim picture of the United States” and said the Republican National Convention next week will focus on what Trump has accomplished, including on the economy and with his coronavirus response.

Voting was another prime focus of the convention on Thursday as it has been all week.

Democrats fear that the pandemic — and Trump administration changes at the U.S. Postal Service — may make it difficult for voters to cast ballots in person or by mail.

Comedian Sarah Cooper, a favorite of many Democrats for her videos lip syncing Trump’s speeches, put it bluntly: “Donald Trump doesn’t want any of us to vote because he knows he can’t win fair and square.”

Biden’s call for unity comes as some strategists worry that Democrats cannot retake the White House simply by tearing Trump down, that Biden needs to give his sprawling coalition something to vote for.

That’s easier said than done in a modern Democratic Party made up of disparate factions that span generation, race and ideology.

Though he has been in the public spotlight for decades as a Delaware senator, much of the electorate knows little about Biden’s background before he began serving as Obama’s vice president in 2008.

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And Pete Buttigieg, the 38-year-old former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and a gay military veteran, noted that Biden came out in favor of same-sex marriage as vice president even before President Barack Obama.

“Joe Biden is right, this is a contest for the soul of the nation. And to me that contest is not between good Americans and evil Americans,” Buttigieg said.

“It’s the struggle to call out what is good for every American.”

Above all, Biden focused on uniting the nation as Americans grapple with the long and fearful health crisis, the related economic devastation, a national awakening on racial justice — and Trump, who stirs heated emotions from all sides.

Biden’s positive focus Thursday night marked a break from the dire warnings offered by Obama and others the night before. The 44th president of the United States warned that American democracy itself could falter if Trump is reelected, while Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old California senator and daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, warned that Americans’ lives and livelihoods were at risk.

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Watchdog: Census lacks door knockers needed for 2020 count

By MIKE SCHNEIDER The Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau is short by more than 25% of the door knockers needed for the 2020 census, according to its watchdog agency, and it’s about to let go of its least productive census takers.

Both developments highlight persistent questions about whether the bureau has enough manpower to get a complete and accurate head count under an accelerated time frame preferred by the Trump administration. Bureau officials, though, say they are pleased with the progress made by census takers and are on pace to finish the job.

The Office of Inspector General’s alert this week says it’s concerned about the bureau’s ability to hire and retain workers, with six weeks left in the count that

helps determine the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending and how many congressional seats and Electoral College votes each state gets.

The bureau needed more than 300,000 census takers by the end of August but by midmonth, just 220,000 census takers were trained and ready to start knocking on the doors of households that haven’t yet responded to the census. Thirty-seven of the nation’s 248 census offices aren’t even halfway toward reaching their hiring goals, the office said.

“Without taking timely action, the bureau is

at risk of not conducting a complete and accurate 2020 Census,” the memorandum from the Office of Inspector General said.

The bureau acknowledges that more than a third of people hired to be census takers aren’t showing up for either training or their assignments.

Despite the greater-than-expected attrition, the bureau said it has increased productivity while aggressively training new workers to fill the slots of noshows.

The statistical agency is still recruiting and hiring census takers to fill the jobs of people who have dropped out over coronavirus fears or other concerns, and it’s giving cash awards to the most experienced census takers.

Census takers have been given face masks and hand sanitizers, and they’re instructed to

maintain at least six feet of distance while asking households in-person questions about their race, sex, Hispanic origin and relationships to each other.

“Our census takers are working more hours and completing more cases than we had planned,” the bureau said in statement.

The census taker shortfall is coming as the bureau’s operational plan calls for it to let go of less productive door knockers and transfer their caseloads to higher performers so that the most experienced census takers can work on the hardest-to-reach households.

The low-performing census takers will stop working before the census ends on September 30, according a review of operational plans, interviews and bureau emails obtained by The Associated Press.

“They say, ‘Thank

you. Your work is over,’” said John Thompson, a former bureau director in the Obama administration. “If the person is doing a bunch of work and not getting completed cases then ... at that point, you are better off without them.”

The 2020 census has been hampered by the pandemic and a shortened schedule caused by congressional inaction.

Starting later than planned because of the pandemic, the door-knocking phase of the 2020 census began in some areas in July, but widespread door-knocking didn’t begin until earlier this month, and it was expected to last through October.

However, that planning was contingent on Congress extending bureau deadlines for turning over figures used for the redrawing of congressional and legislative districts into next year.

The requested extensions passed the Democratic-controlled House, but the Republican-controlled Senate hasn’t acted on it. Without them, the bureau earlier this month announced the census would stop at the end of September instead of the end of October. That decision is being challenged in court.

By not extending the apportionment deadline, the final numbers used for redrawing congressional districts will have to be turned in by Dec. 31, while Trump is still in office, even if the Republican president loses the November election.

The Senate’s inaction coincides with a memorandum President Donald Trump issued last month trying to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from being counted for reapportionment. More than a half dozen lawsuits have been filed, challenging Trump’s memorandum.

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president, but the moment ignited his passion for politics from that point on. In middle and high school, he started volunteering for political campaigns and grassroots organizations.

His most prominent activity, though, came after he discovered the poll results of the Iowa caucuses. He manipulated a website URL and found pdfs of the results, releasing them on

his Twitter account before they were released to the public.

He did that three times, which led to the New York Times article.

“People were kind of shocked that a teenager would be able to do something like this, but frankly I’ve never understood the hype behind it. It’s just finding a pdf that’s available publicly and sharing its contents,” he said.

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It was his work with the California High School Democrats that led him to Kansas. Rawal is now registered as an independent.

He worked with Iolan Alley Utley, communications director for the Kansas High School Democrats, on ways to bridge the urban/rural divide within the party.

That led to a discussion on how sustainability issues in Southeast Kansas, and eventually to the internship at Thrive.

“It made sense to come here,” he said.

His family worried about him taking a job in the middle of the country during a pandemic. He moved to Iola on April 6, at the height of the shutdown.

“It definitely was a weird introduction to rural life,” he said. “It felt kind of like a ghost town when i got here.”

He’s spent the past four months introducing himself to the community and establishing areas of focus.

His decision to enroll at ACC surprised his friends and especially his family, who encouraged him to attend a four-year university.

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DURING HIS first trip to the grocery store in Iola, Rawal was struck by the friendliness of those he encountered.

People waved to him.

They smiled. They said hello.

It was quite a change from going to the grocery store in large cities in California.

“That excessive Midwestern hospitality is something I fit well with. That’s more of who I am as a person,” Rawal said.

He’s long been fascinated with Kansas politics, and the differences between California and rural Midwest states.

He’s excited about the opportunities to learn more about Kansas and its people. He’s already visited the local water treatment plant to learn about that process. He traveled to Greensburg to discuss the sustain-

ability changes in that community when it was rebuilt after a devastating 2007 tornado.

He’s still working with Thrive to determine goals and how to best achieve them.

Among issues Rawal wants to address are: • Helping farmers. Regenerative agriculture is important, he said.

• Wind energy. Allen County can take advantage of its strengths like the wind energy program at the Regional Rural Technology Center at LaHarpe, and ACC to focus on the potential of wind energy education, he said. He would encourage manufacturing companies to produce wind turbines in the region.

“Growing up in San Francisco, you’re taught to be an idealist.

You think, ‘Oh, we can do this anywhere, 100% clean energy.’ All these broad, ambitious goals.

You come here with big dreams like electric vehicles everywhere,” he said.

“But I didn’t come here with that in mind.

I knew how hard it was going to be. Part of it is awareness. It’s talking to people and listening and trying to understand how climate change affects their lives.”

Small, rural communities often get overlooked in the climate discussion, Rawal said.

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More than 100 years ago, the county was known as a leader in the areas of natural gas, zinc smelting operations, metal foundries, oil refineries, cement factories and more.

Southeast Kansas also has its share of industrial manufacturing and mining history.

At the time, leaders of those operations gave little thought to their impact on the environment. When companies failed, they often neglected to mitigate the damage they caused to the surrounding land. It was only decades later that activists persuaded government leaders to atone for such sins. The EPA has designated Iola as a Superfund site and is currently involved in a multi-year soil remediation process.

Even today, attitudes and traditions can be slower to change. Some industries, like Mon-

arch Cement Co., have implemented procedures to improve sustainability and reduce the negative effects on the environment, Rawal said, but there’s much more work to be done.

“I think we can move forward in a better way,” he said.

“It’s just a matter of finding a seat at the table and making the case to factor the environment or sustainability or climate into whatever decisions are being made, both in the world of governance or the corporate boardroom.”

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The process to implement the number will take two years. Telecom and voice service companies will be mandated to have a 988 hotline by July 16, 2022. (A quick test with cell phones from two separate local carriers, and a call from an Iola telephone line indicated the service is not yet available for those customers. Until then, callers still can dial 1-800273-8255).

In their unanimous vote July 16, FCC commissioners pointed to the strains facing Americans today, from grappling

with the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic shutdown, as well as the cause and effects of nationwide protests focused on strained race relations.

“Establishing the easy-to-remember 988 as the ‘911’ for suicide prevention and mental health services will make it easier for Americans in crisis to access the help they need,” FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said at the time. “And when more Americans receive these services, we know that more lives will be saved. Additionally, this achievement, and all the

efforts to publicize 988 in the time to come, will reduce the stigma in our society surrounding suicide and mental illness.”

AS AN ASIDE, there are other three-digit hotlines still available for callers across the state.

Those who dial 411 can get directory assistance; 511 provides Kansas highway travel information; 711 accesses services for hearing or visual impaired callers; and 811 is the “Dig Safe” hotline for those seeking to locate utilities in areas where they will be digging or doing other ground work.

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Russia to let dissident in coma fly to Berlin for treatment

By DARIA LITVINOVA The Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian doctors gave a dissident who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning permission to be transferred abroad for medical treatment, in a sudden reversal Friday that came after more than 24 hours of wrangling over Alexei Navalny’s condition and treatment.

Navalny, a 44-year-old politician and corruption investigator who is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, was admitted to an intensive care unit in the Siberian city of Omsk on Thursday. His supporters believe that tea he drank was laced with poison — and that the Kremlin is behind both his illness and the delay in transferring him to a top German hospital. It would not be the first time a prominent, outspoken Russian was targeted in such a way — or the first time the Kremlin was accused of being behind

it.

Russian doctors say there is no evidence of poisoning, and the Kremlin denied the authorities tried to prevent the transfer from happening.

Even after German specialists arrived on a plane equipped with advanced medical equipment Friday morning at his family’s behest, Navalny’s physicians in Omsk said he was too unstable to move.

Navalny’s supporters denounced that as a ploy by authorities to stall until any poison in his system would no longer be traceable. The Omsk medical team relented only after a charity that had organized the medevac plane revealed that the German doctors examined the politician and said he was fit to be transported.

Deputy chief doctor of the Omsk hospital Anatoly Kalinichenko then told reporters that Navalny’s condition had stabilized and that physicians “didn’t mind” transferring the politi-

Alexei Navalny cian, given that his relatives were willing “to take on the risks.”

According to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, the flight to Berlin is scheduled for Saturday morning.

The Kremlin denied resistance to the transfer was political, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that it was purely a medical decision. However, the reversal came as international pressure on Russia’s leadership mounted.

On Thursday, leaders of France and Germany said the two countries were ready to offer Na-

valny and his family any and all assistance and insisted on an investigation into what happened.

On Friday, European Union spokeswoman Nabila Massrali added that the bloc was urging Russian authorities to allow him to be taken abroad.

Also on Friday, the European Court of Human Rights said it was considering a request from Navalny’s supporters that it urge the Russian government to let the politician be moved.

The most prominent member of Russia’s opposition, Navalny campaigned to challenge Putin in the 2018 presidential election but was barred from running.

Since then, he has been promoting opposition candidates in regional elections, challenging members of the ruling party, United Russia.

His Foundation for Fighting Corruption has been exposing graft among government officials, including some at the highest level. But he had to shut the founda-

tion last month after a financially devastating lawsuit from a businessman with close ties to the Kremlin.

Navalny fell ill on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia on Thursday and was taken to the hospital after the plane made an emergency landing. His team made arrangements to transfer him to Charité, a clinic in Berlin that has a history of treating famous foreign leaders and dissidents.

Dr. Yaroslav Ashikhmin, Navalny’s physician in Moscow, told The Associated Press that being on a plane with specialized equipment, including a ventilator and a machine that can do the work of the heart and lungs, “can be even safer than staying in a hospital in Omsk.”

Navalny’s spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, posted pictures of what she said was a bathroom inside the hospital that showed squalid conditions, including walls with paint peeling off, rusting pipes, and a dirty

floor and walls.

While his supporters and family members continue to insist that Navalny was poisoned, doctors in Omsk denied that and put forth another theory.

The hospital’s chief doctor, Alexander Murakhovsky, said in a video published by Omsk news outlet NGS55 that a metabolic disorder was the most likely diagnosis and that a drop in blood sugar may have caused Navalny to lose consciousness.

Another doctor with ties to the politician, Dr. Anastasia Vasilyeva, said that diagnosing Navalny with a “metabolic disorder” says nothing about what may have caused it — and it could have been the result of a poisoning.

Ashikhmin, who’s been Navalny’s doctor since 2013, said the politician has always been in good health, regularly went for medical checkups and didn’t have any underlying illnesses that could have triggered his condition.

Barr reported as ‘vehemently opposed’ to pardoning Snowden WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president suggested he might consider it.

The attorney general’s comments in an interview with The Associated Press come days after President Donald Trump said he would “look at” whether to

pardon Snowden, who was charged under the Espionage Act in 2013 with disclosing details of highly classified government surveillance programs.

“There are many, many people — it seems to be a split decision that many people think that he should be somehow treated differently, and other people think he did very bad things,” Trump said of Snowden at a news conference on Saturday. “And I’m go-

ing to take a very good look at it.”

The Justice Department’s criminal complaint against him was dated just days after Snowden’s name first surfaced as the person who had leaked to the news media that the NSA, in classified surveillance programs, gathered telephone and Internet records to ferret out potential terror plots.

“He was a traitor and the information he provided our adversaries

greatly hurt the safety of the American people,” Barr said. “He was peddling it around like a commercial merchant.

We can’t tolerate that.”

Snowden remains in Russia to avoid prosecution even as the federal charges against him are pending.

It was unclear how serious Trump was, particularly given that years earlier he had denounced Snowden as a spy deserving of execution. But Trump’s

distrust of his own intelligence community has been a staple of his tenure, particularly because of its conclusion that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election on his behalf, and he has at times bemoaned the broad surveillance powers that the intelligence agencies have at their disposal.

Any effort to pardon Snowden would unquestionably infuriate senior intelligence officials, who say his dis-

closures caused extraordinary damage and will have repercussions for years to come.

In a memoir published last year, Snowden wrote that his seven years working for the NSA and CIA led him to conclude that the U.S. intelligence community had “hacked the Constitution” and put everyone’s liberty at risk and that he had no choice but to turn to journalists to reveal it to the world.

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people should be able to vote by mail,” DeJoy testified.

The new postmaster general, a Trump donor and ally who took the job in June, has faced a public outcry over changes and delivery delays.

Democrats warn his cost-cutting initiatives are causing an upheaval that threatens the election.

They peppered him during a two-hour hearing with questions about the Trump administration’s push to starve the Postal Service of emergency funds to process ballots for November.

Trump had said he wants to block agency funding to make it harder for the Postal Service to handle the expected surge of mail-in ballots during the COVID-19 crisis.

DeJoy said he has had few conversations with White House officials.

He said he had “no idea” equipment was being removed until the public outcry. Democrats asked DeJoy to explain the rationale behind the changes and pressed him on how, exactly, he would ensure election mail and ballots would arrive on time.

“Do you have a more detailed plan?” demanded Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., asking for it by Sunday.

“I don’t think we’ll have a complete plan by Sunday night,” DeJoy replied, acknowledging it was just being formed.

Grilled by Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., DeJoy

acknowledged he did few studies of how the changes he was making would impact seniors, veterans and working families.

It was the first time DeJoy publicly answered questions since the delays and several senators said he has not been forthcoming with information to Congress.

However, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, defended him and dismissed the Democratic claims of election “sabotage.”

“So this isn’t some devious plot on your part,” Johnson said.

Johnson, of Wisconsin, said public outcry over the mail smacked of “ginned up” effort to rally voters — a “political hit job.”

The hearing was held remotely as Congress is on recess and lawmakers have been conducting much of their business during the coronavirus outbreak in virtual settings.

The outcry over mail delays and warnings of political interference have put the Postal Service at the center of the nation’s tumultuous election year, with Americans rallying around one of the nation’s oldest and more popular institutions.

With mounting pressure, DeJoy promised this week to postpone any further changes until after the election, saying he wanted to

avoid even the perception of interference.

Blue mailboxes were being removed, back-ofshop sorting equipment shutdown and overtime hours kept in check.

But DeJoy told senators dramatic changes are coming to the Postal Service after the election, and he stood by a newly-imposed rule that limits late delivery trips, which several postal workers have said is a major cause of delivery delays.

Sen. Mitt Romney said the public’s concern is understandable, particularly given Trump’s efforts to stop universal mail-in ballots.

MEANWHILE, attorneys general in Pennsylvania, California, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Washington D.C., filed a lawsuit on Friday to halt the changes. In all, some 20 states and several voting rights groups are now suing.

House Democrats are pushing ahead with a rare Saturday session to pass legislation that would prohibit the actions and send $25 billion to shore up postal operations.

Republicans say the money is unnecessary, and House Republicans in a memo to lawmakers called the legislation a “conspiracy theory” by Democrats to “spread fear and misinformation.”

Nevertheless, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is eyeing a

$10 billion postal rescue as part of the next COVID-19 relief package. The White House has said it would be open to more postal funding as part of a broader bill.

The Postal Service has been struggling financially under a decline in mail volume, COVID-related costs and a rare and some say cumbersome congressional requirement to fund in advance its retiree health care benefits.

For many, the Postal Service provides a lifeline, delivering not just cards and letters but also prescription drugs, financial statements and other items that are es-

pecially needed by mail during the pandemic.

The postal board of governors, appointed by Trump, selected DeJoy in May to take the job. A GOP donor, he previously owned a logistics business that was a longtime Postal Service contractor. He maintains significant financial stakes in companies that do business or compete with the agency, raising conflict of interest questions.

In a statement, the Postal Service said DeJoy has made all required financial disclosures but that he might have to divest some holdings if conflicts arise.

Treasury Secretary

Steven Mnuchin, whose role in postal operations is being questioned by Senate Democrats, said in a letter to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer that he had no hand in “recruiting or suggesting” DeJoy for the job.

David C. Williams, the former vice chairman of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, on Thursday told lawmakers that he resigned from the board, in part, over DeJoy’s selection, and because he believed the White House was taking extraordinary steps to turn the independent agency into a “political tool.”

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Find out how communities use census data at kansascounts.org.

Make Kansas Count in 2020 by completing your census form.

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The coast is not clear Here’s an example of how life has changed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In late July, a team of Chanute school administrators met in Branson for their annual brainstorming retreat.

Of the 11 attending, six contracted the coronavirus. Altogether, 25 people were required to quarantine following the threeday event, according to the Neosho County Health Department. Their symptoms ranged from mild to severe, including one person being placed in ICU. The group stayed in a big 10-bedroom house, rented out as an Airbnb. Ironically, part of the retreat was devoted to how the school district is to deal with the pandemic, according to USD 413 Superintendent Kellen Adams.

During the retreat, Adams said participants practiced good hygiene including using hand sanitizer and wearing face masks.

“At least three of them never took off their face masks,” he said in an interview with the Kansas City Star. “But, to be fully transparent, masks were not worn 100% of the time.”

Typically the school officials had their lunch catered on site, but dined out in area restaurants for breakfast and dinner.

Kellen said he wasn’t aware Branson was experiencing an influx of cases at the time. The week the educators were there the number of cases had jumped by 60%. It wasn’t until July 28 that Branson required the use of face masks, the very time the Chanute group was there. Branson’s Taney County today has 568 cases.

Neosho County’s rate of cases remains relatively low, with 71, according to Wednesday’s report.

Considering the difference in populations, Taney County’s rate of infection is eight times that of Neosho County.

Kellen defended going on the retreat.

“We believe firmly in the leadership retreat,” he said in an interview with

Susan Lynn Register editor

KOAM TV. “So we would have still done it whether it was in Branson, or right here in Chanute.”

HEALTH experts say if we insist on maintaining normal activities, to please take extra precautions such as allowing fresh air into buildings, keeping to the same circle of friends or family, wearing a face mask at all times, and most of all, staying away from those who don’t.

They also warn about “caution fatigue.”

After months of staying on guard against the coronavirus, its threat loses urgency. And the longer we go without contracting the virus the more we gain a false confidence that it’s not going to happen so we relax and don’t practice safety measures.

The best way to counter the fatigue is to stay upto-date with the threat of COVID-19. Being admitted to a hospital’s ICU is no walk in the park. Most worrying are the side effects of the virus, including long term heart and lung damage, and the increased risk of developing blood clots.

Know where the “hot spots” are in the area and avoid them.

And think about others.

Because you may be an asymptomatic transmitter of the virus, wearing a face mask isn’t so much to protect yourself, but to protect those you may come in contact with.

More than 170,000 Americans have died from the virus — the highest number of any other country in the world.

Until a vaccine is developed, it’s foolish to act like the coast is clear.

Letters to the editor To the editor,

Anyone who had any doubts about the need for Iola to reckon with the Black Lives Matter movement shouldn’t have those doubts any longer. Earlier this week, Iola High School seniors added to their parking lot mural initials that stood for “white power” and “shoot to kill.”

In a district that recently saw a massive — if well-controlled — demonstration by students themselves against gun violence, the response should have been swift and decisive. Instead, Superintendent Stacey Fager was quoted in the Iola Register framing the issue not as a threat of racial violence, but one of code enforcement, because the larger mural supported a presidential campaign.

This is grossly irresponsible, and conveys a very clear message: In Iola’s schools, Black lives do not matter.

This lukewarm response reflects a pattern of policies and actions that do not ensure a safe learning environment for students, and doesn’t appear to be even really trying.

As community members and as parents, we want community schools where all students know their safety is important and that their lives matter.

In addition to harming

students, tolerance and even acceptance of overt white supremacy drives declining enrollment numbers, breaks at least the spirit and likely the letter of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and constitutes a moral stain on our community.

The responsibility for creating that safety lies with our school board and with administrators, and when they attempt to pass off “shoot to kill” as a matter of code enforcement, when they prioritize the confidentiality of the painters of “white power” over the safety of their students of color, they are shirking that duty, and letting down students, parents, staff, and the community.

We demand that they perform the duties assigned to them, and enforce and create policies that ensure that USD 257 is a safe, equitable, and caring place for our community’s children to learn. This was a racist act, and our leaders need to acknowledge that, make it clear that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated, and follow through on those statements.

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To the editor,

I have been a registered Republican since I was 18, and have voted in every election during my life.

Today, I am an unhappy Republican, because my party has abandoned me. They no longer hold the Christian values that I try to live by.

Today, I call my party the party of Greed. The party of Kick the Poor Under the Table.

When I go into the voting booth, I hold my nose and vote for the one that stinks the least.

If you are an unhappy Republican, maybe you need to pinch your nose as well and vote for the one who is least offensive to you.

I urge you to vote early this year. You can vote in the basement of the courthouse during October, or you can call Sherri Riebel in the county clerk’s office at 365-1407 and ask for a mail-in ballot if it is difficult for you to find time to go to vote.

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden greets his wife, Jill, after his acceptance speech during the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/TNS)

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After three nights of searing criticism aimed at President Trump and numerous testimonials about his personal character, Joe Biden took center stage at his Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in an enviable and yet challenging position.

Enviable because he leads in the national and battleground state polls and because he has a party that has temporarily set aside its policy differences to unite behind the goal of defeating Trump in November.

Challenging because, despite those advantages, there are still questions about his vision, his policies, his capacity to lead and his ability to make good on his pledge to unify a divided country.

He framed the election as a stark choice, describing a country under Trump as one with “too much anger, too much fear, too much division.” He promised as president to be “an ally of the light, not the darkness.” The election, he said, is about charac-

ter, compassion, decency and democracy. “They’re all on the ballot,” he said.

He described his policy aspirations, ticking through a list of issues he has spoken about through the campaign, from climate to education to jobs and the economy. But the strength of the speech was to draw a contrast with the president and to make clear that his principal focus if he becomes president in January will be on the pandemic and the economic recession that has accompanied it.

He pledged to “get control of the virus” as the first priority of his presidency. “We’ll do what we should have done from the very beginning. Our current president has failed in his most basic duty to the nation,” he said. “He’s failed to protect us. He failed to protect America. . . . That is unforgivable.”

There are few moments for a presidential nominee as big as his or her acceptance speech. One test is the selection of a running mate, and in Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Biden successfully checked that box a week ago.

Another major test awaits him when he and Trump meet for three debates, the first of which is scheduled for Sept.

29 in Cleveland. But on Thursday night, he checked another box, with an acceptance speech that was thematic, pointed and forcefully delivered.

The opening nights of the convention had been good to and for Biden. Party luminaries raised the stakes for the election with grim warnings about democracy at risk.

Friends, colleagues and especially his wife, Jill Biden, offered testimony about his resilience, his empathy, his heart and soul.

But all conventions ultimately are about how the nominee presents himself or herself — their biography and values, the principles and convictions that shape policy priorities. On Thursday, Biden built on the themes of his nomination campaign to offer a preview of the case he will make between now and Nov. 3 — against the president and for his candidacy.

At a time of suffering and uncertainty due to the coro-

navirus pandemic and the economic recession, he presented himself as a person of boundless compassion running against a president who struggles to show any.

“If he’s given four more years, he’ll be what he’s been the last four years,” he said, “a president who takes no responsibility, refuses to lead, blames others, cozies up to dictators and fanned the flames of hate and division.”

He said Trump will “wake up every day thinking the job is all about him, never about you. Is that the American you want for you, your children, your family?”

AT A TIME when the problems confronting the country are among the most difficult any president has faced, he argued that nearly half a century in public life has given him the experience and steadiness needed to bring the country back. It was an implicit contrast with a president whose leadership has drawn harsh reviews from the American people, especially during the current crises.

Long before Biden deliv-

ered his address, he got a taste of what will come at him next week, when Trump and the Republicans hold their convention, with the main speeches in Washington and party business held in Charlotte. Trump went to a site just outside Scranton, Pa., where Biden was born, and described an apocalyptic future if the Democratic nominee wins in November.

Thursday’s speech gave Biden the biggest forum and biggest audience to date to allay any doubts and in both content and presentation he showed the essence of how he plans to take on the president and what he would do if he is elected.

The speech brought to a conclusion a week of optimism among the Democrats, but too many remember that they left their convention in Philadelphia four years ago with the same sense of confidence, only to see their hopes crushed by the president’s victory. They are vowing not to let that happen again. Biden signaled Thursday his determination to write a different ending to the story this year.

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By JANIE HAR and MARTHA MENDOZA The Associated Press

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welfare. Help them to have education so they can get a job.”

In short, Marshall advocates devising mechanisms so that people can pay for their own care individually, as opposed to making health care something like a universal right.

“Teach people to fish rather than give them fish,” he said.

Marshall also argued that, even if healthcare were entirely privatized across the U.S., people would not be denied care based on preexisting conditions, something that is guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act. “Everybody has a preexisting condition… we have a plan that’s going to make it better,” he said, though did not go into details about what form such a plan might take.

MARSHALL is an advocate for conservative solutions to political problems in general, given his own philosophy of opportunity.

“You and I have decisions at every point of our lives,” he said. “I think there needs to be more self-responsibility.”

In short, Marshall said he believes in an individual’s ability to succeed regardless of life circumstances or hardships.

“I’m a first generation college kid that did pull myself up by the bootstraps,” he said.

For example, Marshall argued that the problem with accumulating college debt isn’t that it’s the government’s responsibility to increase funding to schools to make them more affordable.

Rather, he said that if someone can’t afford to attend a university in their first couple years of education, they simply shouldn’t attend.

Students who have thousands of dollars in debt, “they’re shouldered with so much debt because they made bad decisions,” he said.

MORE generally, Marshall claimed that success in life has nothing to do with privilege, or different advantages one has due to parental income, race, gender or any other factor.

When asked about impoverished or unemployed people living in Allen County, Marshall said “first of all, I think they’ve had the same opportunities that I’ve had.”

“I’ve had no more privilege than any of those folks had growing up,” he said.

If there’s any privilege or opportunity that contributes to success beyond hard work, Marshall suggested, it’s being born in America, “the greatest country in the history of the world.”

“I want every American to have the same shot at the American Dream as I had,” he said.

Golden State Killer sentenced to life for rapes, slayings SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) — A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State Killer told victims Friday hew was "truly sorry" before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders that terrorized a wide swath of the state.

Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty in June to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges under a plea deal that avoided a possible death sentence.

The punishment imposed by Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman means DeAngelo will die in prison for the crimes committed between 1975 and 1986.

Before sentencing, DeAngelo rose from a wheelchair, took off his mask and said to the court: "I listened to all your statements, each one of them, and I'm truly sorry for everyone I've hurt."

DeAngelo also publicly admitted dozens more sexual assaults for which the statute of limitations had expired.

Prosecutors called the scale of the violence

"simply staggering," encompassing 87 victims at 53 crime scenes spanning 11 California counties.

So many were his victims that Bowman sentenced DeAngelo in a university ballroom large enough to hold the survivors and their families, after an extraordinary three days of hearings in which they told in often heart-rending detail how he had upended their lives.

He eluded capture for four decades until investigators used a new form of DNA tracking to unmask and arrest him in 2018.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.

(AP) — Sky-darkening wildfires that took at least six lives and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes blazed throughout California on Friday as firefighting resources strained under the vastness of the infernos authorities were trying to control.

Three major complexes encompassing dozens of fires chewed through a combined 780 square miles (2,020 square kilometers) of forests, canyons and rural areas flanking San Francisco on three sides.

Statewide, nearly 12,000 firefighters are battling blazes that have scorched more than 1,200 square miles in California, said Daniel Berlant, assistant deputy director for the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.

Crews from Oregon, Idaho and Arizona have arrived to relieve local firefighters, he said, with engines on their way from as far away as Maryland and New Jersey.

Tens of thousands of homes were threatened by flames that drove through dense and bone-dry trees and brush. Many of the fires were sparked by lightning strikes from brief thunderstorms — nearly 12,000 since last weekend — as a high-pressure area over the West brought a dangerous mix of triple-digit weather and monsoonal moisture pulled from the south.

Some fires doubled in size within 24 hours, fire officials said.

And while some evacuations were lifted in the small city of Vacaville, between San Francisco and Sacramento, other areas expanded their evacuation areas.

The University of California, Santa Cruz, was evacuated, and a new fire burning near Yosemite National Park also prompted evacuations.

Santa Cruz itself, a coastal city of 65,000, wasn’t affected. But Mayor Justin Cummings urged residents Thursday evening to be prepared to evacuate by gassing up their vehicles and packing important documents, medicines and other belongings.

“Prepare early so that you are ready to go at a moment’s notice,” Cummings said.

More than 64,000 people have been ordered to evacuate in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, which

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With firefighting resources tight, homes in remote, hard-to-getto places burned unattended. Cal Fire Chief Mark Brunton pleaded with evacuees to quit battling fires on their own, saying that just causes more problems for professionals.

“We had last night three separate rescues that pulled our vital, very few resources away,” he said.

An anxious Rachel Stratman, 35, and her husband, Quentin Lareau, 40, waited for word Friday about their home in the Forest Springs community of Boulder Creek after evacuating earlier this week. She knows one house has burned but has received conflicting information about the rest of the neighborhood.

“It’s so hard to wait and not know,” she said. “I’m still torn if I want people to be going back to the area and videotaping. I know they cause the firefighters distraction, but that’s the only way we know.”

The couple are in a San Jose hotel with medication she needs after undergoing a transplant surgery last month. She collected her mother’s ashes and some clothes while her husband closed windows and readied the home before they evacuated Tuesday.

“I kept looking at things and kept thinking I should grab this or that, but I just told myself I needed to leave. I didn’t bring any official documents and I didn’t bring my house deed or car title.

No passport,” she said.

The ferocity of the fires was astonishing so early in the fire season, which historically has seen the largest and deadliest blazes when gusty, dry winds blow in the fall.

But the death toll already had reached at least six since the majority of blazes started less than a week ago, with four deaths claimed by fires burning in wine country north of San Francisco.

The bodies of three people were found in a home that burned in Napa, Henry Wofford, spokesman for the Napa County Sheriff ’s Office, told the San Francisco Chronicle. In Solano County Sheriff Thomas A. Ferrara reported the death of a male resident there.

Separately, a Pacific Gas & Electric utility worker was found dead Wednesday in a vehicle in the Vacaville area Wednesday. In central California, a pilot on a water-dropping mission in western Fresno County died Wednesday morning when his

helicopter crashed.

At least two other people were missing and more than 30 civilians and firefighters have been injured, authorities said.

Smoke and ash billowing from the fires also fouled the air throughout California’s scenic central coast and in San Francisco. The fires have destroyed at least 175 buildings.

Tim and Anne Roberts had gone to the beach with their two children on Monday to avoid the smoke at their home in Boulder Creek in Santa Cruz County.

They packed a change of clothes, their children’s school supplies and their passports — just in case.

They learned Wednesday that their house had burned.

Birth certificates, legal documents and family heirlooms are gone. But in photos of the ruins, they were surprised by how many redwoods, oaks and fruit trees were still standing.

“It’s a strange sort of comfort,” Tim Roberts said.

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Ex-Trump aide pleads not guilty in scheme NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was pulled from a luxury yacht and arrested Thursday on allegations that he and three associates ripped off donors trying to fund a southern border wall, making him the latest in a long list of Trump allies to be charged with a crime.

The organizers of the “We Build The Wall” group portrayed themselves as eager to help the president build a “big beautiful” barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, as he promised during the 2016 campaign. They raised more than $25

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But according to the criminal charges unsealed Thursday, much of the money never made it to the wall. Instead, it was used to line the pockets of group members, including Bannon, who served in Trump’s White House and worked for his campaign.

He allegedly took over $1 million, using some to secretly pay co-defendant Brian Kolfage, an Air Force veteran who lost both legs in a mortar attack in Iraq and the founder of the project, and to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal expenses.

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Service, which arrested Bannon aboard a luxury yacht at 7 a.m.

Hours after his arrest, Bannon, 66, of Washington, D.C., pleaded not guilty during an appearance in a Manhattan federal court. He is the latest addition to a startlingly long list of Trump associates who have been prosecute d, including his former campaign chair, Paul Manafort, whom Bannon replaced, his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, and his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.

Trump has also made clear that he is willing to use his near-limitless pardon power to help political allies escape legal jeopardy, most recently commuting the sentence of longtime political adviser Roger Stone.

Bannon was taken into custody on a 150foot yacht called Lady May, which was off the coast of Connecticut, authorities said.

The boat is owned by exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui and currently for sale for nearly $28 million.

According to Marine Traffic, a commercial tracking service, the vessel’s transponder signal went dark on June 17, shortly after it departed a port in Connecticut en route to Miami, potentially indicating its beacon was inoperable or had been turned off.

At his hearing, Bannon appeared by video with his hands cuffed in front of him and a white mask covering most of his face.

He rocked back and forth on a chair in a holding cell with his lawyers on the telephone. The magistrate judge approved Bannon’s release on $5 million bail, secured by $1.75 million in assets.

When he emerged from the courthouse, Bannon tore off his mask, smiled and waved to news cameras. As he went to a waiting vehicle, he shouted, “This entire fiasco is to stop people who want to build the wall.”

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Mark and Virginia Peters The children of Iolans Mark and Virginia Peters are hosting a luncheon in honor of the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary.

Mark J. Peters and Virginia L. McDaniel were married Aug. 22, 1970, at St. John’s Church in Iola.

The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. I.F. Rohr.

The luncheon is being hosted by the couple’s daughter, Brenda Poffenbarger, and son, Bryan Peters.

The Peterses request no gifts. Cards may be sent to 324 N. Second St., Iola KS 66749.

Kansas COVID-19 cases trend slightly downward Kansas reported 36,856 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, an increase of 966 cases from Wednesday, and 419 deaths, up from 411 just two days earlier, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Allen County remains at 23 confirmed cases. Neosho County has 74 cases, Bourbon County, 83, Crawford

County, 431, Anderson County, 32, and Woodson County, 12.

Nationwide, more than 174,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus and more than 5.6 million have become infected.

According to the Centers for Diseases and Control, an estimated 40% of people infected with the virus don’t show symptoms.

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Before playing for Coach Andy Reid, players must adapt to practice under Coach Reid

Learning to love the grind

Endowments off limits amid funding cuts

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

By MAC ENGEL Fort Worth Star Telegram

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The scene plays out on playgrounds across the country each year, as much a part of autumn as crisp mornings and the changing color of leaves: the football floating through the air, the youngster attempting to make a spectacular diving catch.

Even if the pass is well under-thrown or woefully out of reach.

After all, there are style points involved.

That unnecessary drama doesn’t fly under Chiefs coach Andy Reid, though.

The moment he sees a player on the ground, whether he made an amazing catch or tripped over his own feet, the first thing he barks is: “Get up!” Because one of the unwritten rules of his workouts is that nobody hits the turf unless he is tackled, and only a handful of times throughout training camp are players taken all the way to the ground during a full padded practice.

“We try to keep bodies off the ground, do those things that are important,” Reid said. “Play hard, play fast, but we’re not taking cheap shots on each other.

We’re trying to keep from collisions and bodies on the ground.”

The reason, of course, is that staying upright reduces the chances of injuries. And without offseason workouts because of the coronavirus

FORT WORTH, Texas — While colleges and universities slash budgets in the face of historic losses, a common echo on every campus rings, “Use the endowment!”

Stanford University, with the nation’s fourth-highest endowment at $26.4 billion, cut 11 sports from its athletic department.

TCU, with an endowment of $1.7 billion, has scaled back benefits for employees, and high-ranking coaches and administrators have taken pay cuts.

The University of Texas system’s endowment is the second-richest in the U.S., and its schools have narrowed budgets via pay freezes and some layoffs.

Why are the colleges and universities that have hundreds of millions, to billions, in endowments cutting rather than using those funds to maintain it all through COVID? Because if they do, it will mean this pandemic is worse than it already is.

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Chiefs to ban Native American imagery

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will prohibit the wearing of Native American headdresses, face paint and clothing at Arrowhead Stadium.

They also are discussing the future of the iconic tomahawk chop as they address what many consider racist imagery associated with their franchise.

The team said in a statement Thursday that the

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NBA: Playoffs

Playoff basketball in a bubble: ‘Every day is Wednesday’

By BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — In a normal NBA playoff series Mike D’Antoni would be taking his Houston Rockets on the road.

Finished with the first two games, it would be time to switch sites and head to Oklahoma City for the next two.

With the Rockets leading 2-0, he might tell them all they’ve done is win their home games, warn them not to get complacent knowing the Thunder would be dangerous in their own building.

Not this year.

Coaches can’t count on the usual mind tricks in the bubble, where the only thing that seems to change from day to day is what time the rain shower passes through. More than ever, it’s up to players to

motivate themselves.

“So, every day is going to be the same — like it is here in the bubble,” D’Antoni said.

“Every day is Wednesday, but we have to understand the urgency of today.”

It was actually Thursday.

Not that there’s much difference in one day, or even one week.

To walk away with an NBA championship a team has to win 16 games over about two months and numerous factors can derail the quest. Teams have already been at Disney more than six weeks and this postseason, the biggest X-factor is the bubble.

There was a novelty when teams first arrived at Disney.

Players were happy to be back together with teammates to finish a season that was suspended in March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

They fished, golfed and did other activities, documenting their exploits on social media.

The fun part has worn off.

Now, it feels like work.

“For me, one thing I’ll say is that we play a game or we have a practice and obviously we’re in the bubble,” Bucks star and league MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo said. “We don’t get to go home. We don’t get to be away from basketball, even for a few hours.

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Parents of Big Ten football players, upset over the process that led to the postponement of the fall season, held a protest near the conference’s Chicago-area headquarters Friday while an attorney in Nebraska demanded Commissioner Kevin Warren turn over material illustrating how the decision was made.

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Randy Wade, father of Ohio State cornerback Shaun Wade, organized the protest in suburban Rosemont. About two dozen parents representing Iowa, Illinois, Ohio State and Wisconsin showed up. A few carried â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let Them Playâ&#x20AC;? signs and the group chanted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let us play!â&#x20AC;?

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Wade called on Warren to set up a videoconference with parents and athletic directors to discuss in detail how the decision was reached.

Kallenberger said the parents also want Warren to provide clarity on whether there was a vote of presidents and, if so, how each school voted.

Warren wrote in his letter this week that the presidentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vote â&#x20AC;&#x153;was overwhelmingly in support of postponing fall sports and will not be revisited.â&#x20AC;?

However, Minnesota president Joan Gabel said last week, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vote, per se. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a deliberative process where we came to a decision together.â&#x20AC;?

Attorney Mike Flood of Norfolk, Nebraska, in a letter sent to Warren on Friday, threatened a federal lawsuit if documents and other materials related to the decision arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turned over

by Monday.

Flood, a former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, said he represents the parents of 11 Cornhuskers players. Flood also is owner of Flood Communications, which operates eight radio stations in the state, five of which broadcast football games as part of the Husker Sports Network.

Floodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter pointed out that Warrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son is preparing to play this season in the SEC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is especially troubling that you have made the decision that it is in your sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best interest to play football this season at Mississippi State,â&#x20AC;? Flood wrote,

â&#x20AC;&#x153;yet you have taken that decision out of the hands of our clients.â&#x20AC;?

Flood is asking the conference to produce documents relating to any votes taken, how each school voted, meeting minutes and all audio and video recordings and transcripts of meetings where votes were cast. He also wants copies of studies, scientific data and medical information or advice considered by the presidents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the parents, and I think she speaks for most of them, says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nobody loves their kids more than we do. Nobody wants to see them safe more than we do.

But what is it that the Big Ten has that has compelled them to do this compared to the other conferences that are planning to play?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to know,â&#x20AC;?

Flood said.

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home and spend time with our family, watch a movie, eat your favorite foods, sleep in your own bed. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just comfortable. But now it just feels like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always at work. You cannot escape basketball.â&#x20AC;?

That seemed particularly difficult for Milwaukee, which scuffled through the eight seeding games and then dropped its opener against eighth-seeded Orlando. A team that enjoys its fun, players acting out wrestling moves in the moments before their games, the Bucks didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take to the bubble, with guard George Hill calling it â&#x20AC;&#x153;stressful.â&#x20AC;?

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Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about it.

In a season that normally runs from late September through mid-June for teams that reach the NBA Finals, coaches sometimes find the best place to build a team is away from the court. Coach Gregg Popovich has made outings to restaurants for good food and drink an important part of the Spurs organization while winning five championships.

Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer was an assistant on Popovichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff and took some of those traditions

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Problem is, when players get back on the court, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like the basketball they know.

Hill compared games in the bubble to playing open gym, when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also no crowd. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just fans in the seats that players are miss-

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Players are still searching for ways to compensate and even coaches canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help them much. Indianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nate McMillan played in the NBA Finals and coached in the Olympics, but neither is preparation for the bubble. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going through it just like the players,â&#x20AC;?

McMillan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And being away from family, we are doing things as an organization, the league is trying to do things as a league and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to do things as a coach to make these guys as comfortable as possible and help them adapt and myself adapt to the situation that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in.â&#x20AC;?

Things could get easier at the end of the first round, when family members are allowed to come when the bubble is down to just eight teams. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still potentially 10 days away, with Game 7s scheduled for Aug. 30 if necessary.

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changes came after conversations with national organizations that work closely on issues that affect Native Americans.

They also come on the heels of the NFL team in Washington choosing to drop Redskins as its nickname after a long and often contentious dialogue with fans and the public.

“In 2014, we began a dialogue with a group of local leaders form diverse American Indian backgrounds and experiences,” the team said in its statement. “As an organization, our goal was a better understanding of issues facing American Indian communities in our region and explore opportunities to raise awareness of American Indian cultures and celebrate the rich traditions of tribes with a historic connection to the Kansas City area.”

In response to that initial collaboration, the Chiefs began celebrating American Indian Heritage Month by inviting el-

ders to a game each year, and having them do a ceremonial “Blessing of the Drum and the Four Directions of Arrowhead Stadium.”

Those discussions also led to the Chiefs discouraging the wearing of ceremonial headdresses and face paint, though they were still seen throughout Arrowhead Stadium on game days. Now, those fans wearing often elaborate headdresses and face paint will be stopped at the gate and prohibited from entering the facility.

The Chiefs also said they are “engaged in a thorough review process of the Arrowhead Chop,” which is also used by fans of the Florida State Seminoles, Atlanta Braves and other sports teams. The team also hopes to shift the focus of the war drum that is pounded at the start of games to “something that symbolizes the heartbeat of the stadium.”

“We are exploring all options for a modified engagement moment

from the Drum Deck that maintains a unifying effect between our fans and our players but better represents the spiritual significance of the drum,” the team said.

The Chiefs, who are named after former Mayor Harold Roe “Chief ” Bartle, have made other changes throughout the years to distance themselves from Native American imagery. The pinto horse named Warpaint that rides onto the field was originally ridden by a man in full Native American headdress, but for years has been ridden by a cheerleader instead.

Despite the changes, there have continued to be occasional demonstrations, protests and public outcry at Chiefs games at home and on the road.

Native Americans sought to have the Arizona Cardinals bar face paint when the Chiefs visited several years ago, and protests took place in Minnesota in 2015 before a game against the Vikings.

Officials and students

at nearby Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, asked the Chiefs to ban behavior that invokes stereotypes amid their 2016 playoff run. And when the franchise won its first Super Bowl in 50 years in February, it once again put the subject of tradition versus racism at the forefront of the national consciousness.

The team did not address its nickname, its logo of “KC” inside an arrowhead, or the name of Arrowhead Stadium itself in its statement Thursday.

But it did say that it was exploring the creation of a formalized education program, and it promised to continue discussions with Native American groups moving forward.

“We are grateful for the meaningful conversations we have had with all of these American Indian leaders,” the team said.

“It is important we continue the dialogue on these significant topics and we look forward to continuing to work together.”

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Tyreek Hill ailing KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receiver Tyreek Hill left midway through the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice Thursday with a hamstring injury after pulling up while attempting to catch a long pass during a one-on-one drill at the team’s training facility.

The two-time All-Pro walked off the field and his right leg was checked by trainers before he went to the locker room. The severity of the injury was not immediately known.

Defensive end Alex Okafor also left the padded practice early Thursday with a calf injury. Fellow wide receiver Sammy Watkins missed another day of practice with a groin injury, left tackle Eric Fisher remains in the concussion protocol and defensive end Frank Clark continues to deal with a stomach virus.

Defensive tackle Chris Jones is still out with a groin injury, cornerback Lavert Hill has a hurt hamstring and Ricky Seals-Jones and Deon Yelder are out with injuries that have left the Chiefs thin at tight end behind Travis Kelce.

Reid: Exacting practice structure key to football success Continued from B1

pandemic, the chance of players getting hurt in training camp this year has soared — a big reason why the NFL and its players’ union negotiated a ramp-up period rather than playing the traditional four preseason games.

“If you just watch our veterans practice,” Reid explained this week, “they know how to do it.

So watch. They’re moving like crazy, but you don’t see guys flopping around on the ground.”

All of this gets to a prescient point: Just as much as picking up the playbook, understanding verbiage and parsing out the various personnel groups, players taking part in one of Reid’s camps must learn how to practice.

They must re-learn how to do something most of them have been doing since they were kids.

“Nobody works as hard as the Kansas City Chiefs. I say that in a good way,” Pro Bowl safety Tyrann Mathieu said.

“We strain a lot. There’s a lot on our plate. A lot of playbook to go in. The calls are already up. You just have to find a way to fall in love with the grind. Fall in love with the process.”

Just about every coach likes to claim their training camps are the hardest. It’s almost a point of pride, whether you are a junior high school coach or barking orders on an NFL sideline. But there is a major difference in being hard for the sake of being hard and being hard for the sake of effectiveness.

There is no wasted movement in Chiefs camp. There are no moments of milling around. Even when players are released to get water, they are expected to run. The result is more work accomplished in less time.

It can be a shock to the system. Especially for young players.

“Last year in camp my eyes were wide open, like deer-in-the-headlights,” admitted Darwin Thompson, who is entering his second year in the league. “This year I know what to expect.”

Not that it makes it a whole lot easier.

Thompson and the rest of the Chiefs dutifully worked out individually throughout the summer, making the most of the situation caused by COVID-19. But there is no way to replicate the tempo of practice with Big Red running things, and there are inevitably

a bunch of gassed worldclass athletes by the end.

“Normally if guys practice fast they stay relatively healthy,” Reid said. “It’s when someone isn’t doing that, they trip over somebody and fall down and you have problems.

It’s important guys are moving at the same speed. And then it gets you prepared. We don’t condition after practice. We’re not lining up and running sprints.

Condition during practice, we’ll keep you watered down — we’re not doing the no-water game. But we know that in games you have to be ready.”

Taken as a whole, practice under Reid is a mixture of the old-school stuff of Bill Walsh and Mike Holmgren — two of his mentors — and the newage approach to analytics, advanced statistics and cutting-edge sports medicine.

The Chiefs use technology to monitor how many steps players take in practice, along with their overall work rates. They scrupulously break down the film of each workout, leaving no movement unnoticed.

“Those boys working in Seattle, no question, it’s different, from the

tempo to the speed,” said safety Tedric Thompson, who played for the Seahawks last season.

“The tempo is so up-tempo. You’re running one spot to the other. Guys are going busy going about their business.

The camp is like a workaholic camp. Everybody works.”

The proof is in the — well, the wins and losses. Several of the guys

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(AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Mississippi man who submitted a proposal to place a giant mosquito on the new state flag, a design that went viral on social media, said he created it as a joke.

Thomas Rosete, a deckhand on the Yazoo River, told the Clarion Ledger he created the â&#x20AC;&#x153;mosquito flag,â&#x20AC;? which features a giant mosquito surrounded by a circle of stars, to poke fun at a coworker who had been against changing the flag.

Working on the river, he said he is very familiar with Mississippi mosquitoes and it felt like a fitting way to represent the state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re everywhere,â&#x20AC;? he told the Ledger. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re terrible.â&#x20AC;?

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Lawmakers took a historic vote this year to take down the old state flag, which featured the Confederate battle flag, a symbol widely condemned as racist.

A nine-member commission will recommend a replacement flag.

Rosete and nearly 3,000 Mississippians have since submitted designs for a new state flag. Some of the designs were more serious than others.

Among the submissions were flags decorated with a Gulf Coast lighthouse, a teddy bear, Kermit the Frog and the mosquito flag.

The commission approved about 150 proposals for the second round, and the

state Department of Archives & History put those on its website on Monday. Many were surprised that the mosquito flag had made the cut, along with dozens of designs featuring Mississippi magnolia flowers.

The reaction on social media was immediate: People loved it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personally, I love the Mosquito Flag. ... the cheekyness (sic) of it is on brand,â&#x20AC;? one Mississippi native wrote on Twitter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m slowly realizing my love for the mosquito flag might not even be ironic,â&#x20AC;? another commented. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so bad itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good. I would proudly fly the mosquito.â&#x20AC;?

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Rosete told the Ledger that even though it was short-lived, it was nice to see people rally around the flag. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a sucker for underdog stories and the Mosquito Flag was definitely the underdog going into the competition,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Looking for love in all the wrong places Hi, Carolyn: I am single woman in my late 30s. In short, I want to be in a relationship, but I just can’t get one to stick.

Not surprisingly, I have a tendency to go after men who aren’t ready to be serious (extremely successful, a bit younger, handsome), and I’m not interested in the guys who are interested me.

I was in a relationship for years with someone completely emotionally unavailable. I just got used to having what amounted to a part-time boyfriend with no future.

That relationship, which I chose, contributed to a dichotomy in my self-esteem, since this spectacular man loved me, but not enough to be with me fully.

There is a string of men just like him in my dating history: forming a great connection with someone really impressive then having to end things after they tell me they aren’t in the right place to be in a relationship. As much as I would like to believe them, my low self-esteem rears its head, telling me it’s all me.

(I’m not x enough.) Developing feelings and getting disappointed time and time again is getting so hard.

I don’t know what to do. I can’t help but be attracted to these types of guys, whether it’s because they don’t want me or because they falsely feed into my self-esteem.

If I could snap my fingers and change this, I would. I don’t know how to be attracted to other kinds of men.

If I can’t fix this, I’ll actually end up alone.

Your guidance would be appreciated.

— Anonymous

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax

Anonymous: There is a lot going on here, I suspect, with family history, emotional patterns and confidence alone, with a few societal myths thrown in.

Therapy might be the most responsible and productive course.

But if we can start with a new definition of “really impressive” — “(extremely successful, a bit younger, handsome)”?! — maybe that’s also where we can end it.

What do a person’s looks or age say about his merits? How are these not largely accidents of birth?

“Successful” at least says something, but even then, whatever it says has little meaning without context.

A person can inherit millions, manage not to lose all of them, and be “successful”; or have vision and a work ethic and be “successful”; or turn away higherpaying work to serve a greater sense of purpose and be “successful.” Just three of countless examples.

So if you can take a sledgehammer to any part of your idea of “impressive” that doesn’t involve strength of character, then you’ll clear some space for nuance.

And while we’re at this demolition phase: Take down the idea that you “can’t help” your attractions.

Some will be out of our conscious reach, yes — but not all. Our minds are way more powerful than we tend to give them credit for, and they can make

dramatic changes to the trajectory of our lives even if we just change our thoughts on the margins.

If you, for example, sincerely and persuasively redefine “impressive,” and live your life by the new definition, and be patient with yourself, then there’s a real chance you can reshape your perceptions and attractions, too.

People who listen well are impressive.

People whose egos don’t own them are impressive.

People who tune out noise and live by their own values are impressive. People who do the hard things others avoid are impressive.

Unselfishness is impressive.

Think of some of these on your own.

And if it helps, think of classic beauty and money and charm as society’s melody. It’s catchy, a natural center of attention, but that doesn’t mean you can’t quiet yourself down and listen for its rhythm and harmony, too, in the people with subtler qualities. The ones just as worth having, if not more so.

Train your ear to hear them.

Unless every couple you’ve ever known was forged of rich youthful hotness, you’ve witnessed this process firsthand: people falling for each other and enjoying each other for their own reasons, not a script’s. The laughter, the acceptance, the warmth.

Such overhauls can take time. If you’re game to try, then, instead of trying to date through it, please instead make a conscious decision upfront to stop looking.

(Small words, big hurdle, worth the effort.)

Replace your practice of “go[ing] after men” with a new lifestyle, one that answers this question: If you knew for sure you’d meet someone but it wouldn’t be until 10 years from now, how would you want to live until then?

Without the dating distraction, you’d live more fully in your moment, on your terms, right? Presumably with an eye out for companionship from people who fit your interests, not your mold. Men, women, older, younger.

For this phase of your life, make friends — not war with yourself. You might even find you’re gradually falling for one of these like-minded companions. And if you don’t?

Then you will manage that surrounded by the life and friendships you built to suit yourself.

Write to Carolyn Hax at tellme@washpost. com. Get her column delivered to your inbox each morning at wapo. st/haxpost.

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Indy does its best to shine amid pandemic INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis 500 has been stripped almost to the bone for the 104th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

The iconic test of man and machine is too important to new owner Roger Penske to cancel in the year of the coronavirus pandemic. Its importance to the survival of IndyCar teams meant the race had to be staged even if the gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be closed to fans for the first time in its long, storied history.

“Virtually every sponsorship you have is tied to this event. It’s the 800-pound gorilla,” said Bobby Rahal, owner of three cars entered in Sunday’s race that was rescheduled from its traditional Memorial Day weekend slot.

“I think the idea of not having the Indy 500 would have been disastrous to probably every team,” he said. “It would have been a death knell to some teams, so, yes, this race had to happen.”

Penske, the billionaire businessman who closed his purchase of the national landmark speedway and the series itself in January, will host the marquee race practically out of pocket. The Indy 500 was canceled only during World War I and World War II and Penske’s staff has gone to extreme lengths to make the race still feel like a worldclass event even without fans.

It’s cachet improved when Marco Andretti won the pole, a feat not done by his famous family since Mario Andretti did it in 1987. Marco was just two months old when his grandfather won his last Indy pole and Marco’s father, uncle and cousin all failed to duplicate the effort.

Mario’s victory in 1969 is

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway FLICKR.COM the only Indy 500 win among five Andretti drivers covering 74 starts. It was Marco, as a rookie in 2006, who last came closest to ending the “Andretti Curse” when he was beaten at the finish line.

This is his time, a full 15 years later, and Andretti is up for the challenge.

“I feel good and I’m not stressed out. My grandfather and I even talked about it, there’s something about our family that lives for this type of good pressure,” Andretti said.

“I feel at home. I feel in my element. Feeling pressure means you are playing for something.”

His top competition seems to be his very own Andretti Autosport teammates as the Honda-powered cars trounced Chevrolet in qualifying. The Andretti camp starts four drivers in the first

three rows, while Honda took all but one of the nine slots.

The front of the pack includes a pair of rookies: Alex Palou in a Honda for Dale Coyne Racing, and 19-yearold Rinus VeeKay, the lone Chevrolet driver to crack the fast nine who is mentored by fellow Dutchmen and twotime Indy 500 Arie Luyendyk.

The Chevrolet contingent is mostly stuck in the back of the 33-car field — which filled up late. DragonSpeed Racing with driver Ben Hanley announced its entry just last week and missed almost two full days of practice getting a car prepared.

The back of the field includes Penske’s entire fourcar fleet, which includes the last two winners in Simon Pagenaud and Will Power, defending IndyCar champion

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For Castroneves, it just might be the winding down of his 20-year relationship with Penske. The sports car arm of Team Penske plans is taking a pause in 2021 and it leaves Castroneves without a full-time job. He very much wants to return to IndyCar next season.

“The situations may be with another team. Who knows?” Castroneves said.

Castroneves and Tony Kanaan, two wildly popular drivers, are both facing uncertainty after this 500. Kanaan knew he would not run a full IndyCar season but this fiverace farewell tour has been ruined by the pandemic and he wants to be back at Indy next year. As the two Brazil-

ians work on their schedules, they have both been among the first drivers announced to compete in Tony Stewart’s upcoming all-star series for veteran drivers.

Fernando Alonso is back for a third attempt at closing out the Triple Crown of motorsports. The two-time Formula One champion did not make the Indy 500 last year and this could be his last chance for a bit to add Indianapolis to a resume that includes victories at Monaco and Le Mans.

Alonso is returning to F1 next season and will miss the Indy 500 the next two years.

He said if he wins Sunday he will have achieved his goal, but the Arrow McLaren SP team has only been mediocre leading into Friday’s final practice. It was only then the McLaren team showed a flicker with teammate Pato O’Ward topping the final speed chart. Alonso, the only driver to crash during Indy 500 practices, was 23rd.

Somewhat under the radar of the Andretti-led Honda challenge of Chevrolet is fivetime IndyCar champion Scott Dixon, who will start second alongside Andretti. The Iceman has been phenomenal in this abbreviated season with three wins and four podium finishes. He’s got a cozy lead in the IndyCar championship standings and is seeking to add a second Indy 500 win to his stacked resume.

Dixon was genuinely pleased for Andretti after Andretti knocked him from the pole, but the fun is over come Sunday.

“I hope it’s us winning the Indy 500,” Dixon said. “That’s what we’re thinking about.

It’s honestly all just thinking about us trying to win the race and be best prepared.”

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NCAA: Endowments typically untouchable amid cutbacks Continued from B1

the shortfalls that exist at schools, and their athletic departments, is not a trip to the ATM to take out $20 to buy lunch.

By law, any school or organization that has an endowment can spend it whenever they want.

By practice, and some law, any school or organization that has an endowment cannot spend it on whatever they want. There are designations, and potential consequences.

Most of the money that exists in these obscenely large endowments comes from donations, and wealthy individuals who contribute. A portion of the endowment may come from the school that owns a property, such as oil and gas rights, or leasing land.

The oil and gas rights owned by the University of Texas and Texas A&M systems routinely put those institutions in the top 10 of endowments every year; UT’s endowment is just over $30 billion, and A&M’s is $13.5 billion.

Because of the plummeting price of oil and gas, as well as a drop in school-related revenues, the A&M system is reporting a loss of $147 million; the UT system estimates losses of around $131 million.

Schools prefer not to touch the endowments beyond what they plan to subtract from them every year. By growing the endowment annually, the school can withdraw the interest generated from their investment portfolio’s income and appreciation to cover almost all of its expenses, from scholarships to salaries, to research projects, to athletics, to standard cost of living increases.

When a person makes a financial donation to their

KU seeks line of credit for shortfall LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod is seeking permission to obtain a $20 million, short-term line of credit in case the coronavirus pandemic significantly modifies the 2020 football and basketball seasons.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Girod said in an email calling an emergency meeting of the governing board that oversees Kansas Athletics that the line of credit is just to provide school of choice, typically the gift is designated for a specific purpose. That purpose could be the biology department, the women’s tennis team, or money to pay for flowers.

For instance, TCU receives an annual contribution from one donor to cover the costs of the “beautification of its campus.” According to one source, it’s a seven-plus figure donation.

If an administrator allocates that “flower money” to cover other costs, even to address an emergency, and the plants die off, it could potentially threaten the relationship with the donor.

Such a move could be considered grounds for a lawsuit by the donor to reclaim the gifted money. So the flowers will always bloom in the spring, regardless if other parts of the campus die.

The donor who gives to the business school expects their money to be used on the business school, not the library.

There is always the chance that the administrators would have to answer to the authorities if the school is not using the endowment money for the purposes of the school itself.

“emergency liquidity.”

Girod said the credit would also allow Kansas Athletics to continue its operations in such a scenario without having to ask the university for financial assistance. The university is facing a budgeting shortfall of at least $120 million on its own during the current fiscal year.

The meeting will take place through a group email, with the results of each board member’s vote made public. Votes must be sub-

mitted by 5 p.m. Friday.

Girod, as chairman of the board, also requested that members give University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long permission to refinance nearly $30 million in outstanding bond debt.

If board members allow Long to undertake the financial restructuring, both the refinanced bond debt and emergency line of credit will be up for a final discussion and vote at the board’s September meeting.

A university may have a “rainy day” fund, but that would typically be separate from the endowment itself. No school has a rainy day fund to cover the loss of revenue on this level, as a result of a global pandemic. There is no precedent for this; accordingly, no university would plan for it and put away the type of money necessary to carry on as usual.

A university may have a “rainy day” fund, but that would typically be separate from the endowment itself.

No school has a rainy day fund to cover the loss of revenue on this level, as a result of a global pandemic. There is no precedent for this; accordingly, no university would plan for it and put away the type of money necessary to carry on as usual.

THE OPERATION of a university endowment often functions more like a trust fund with the unwritten mandate to support the health, education, maintenance and support of an extended family tree of living descendants.

The operation of a universi-

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And, of course, for giggles they also dabble in education, too.

Here is the fun part: many of the businesses that would be included in a university’s endowment portfolio are exempt from income and property taxes.

Caught in this web of semi-sophisticated finance is a growing list of scared executive assistants, professors, assistant professors, coaches, and administrative employ-

University of Kansas Campanile Belltower WIKIPEDIA.ORG ees of Private Equity University.

Their respective universities sit on hundreds of millions, or even billions, of dollars which remains untouched.

The managers of Private Equity University are terrified if they tap into that endowment will result in lawsuits, and ultimately the crash of the school itself.

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Clijsters eyes U.S. Open return NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters withdrew from the Western & Southern Open on Friday because of an abdominal injury she wants to rest before the U.S. Open.

The 37-year-old Belgian already is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and came out of retirement this year.

The U.S. Open, which starts Aug. 31, would be her first Grand Slam tournament since she competed at Flushing Meadows in 2012, losing

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The Western & Southern Open begins Saturday in New York, at the same site used for the U.S. Open. The hardcourt tuneup normally is held in Cincinnati but was moved this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have great memories from playing in Cincinnati and was looking forward to being a part of the event this year,â&#x20AC;?

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Clijsters said she will remain in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;bubbleâ&#x20AC;? set up by the U.S. Tennis Association for the two tournaments and â&#x20AC;&#x153;continue to prepare.â&#x20AC;?

Clijsters used to be ranked No. 1 and won the singles championships at the U.S. Open in 2005, 2009 and 2010, along with another Grand Slam singles trophy at the Australian Open in 2011.

She was given wildcard invitations by the USTA for both the singles and doubles events at the U.S. Open.

Kim Clijsters hopes to heal from an abdominal injury in order to compete in the upcoming U.S. Open tennis tournament. WIKIPEDIA.ORG

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Chase Elliott has won three straight road races on different tracks since the 2019 NASCAR season. [NIGEL COOK]

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he Daytona Road Course provided an interesting moment in the NASCAR Cup Series timeline and produced a new road-racing ace in Chase Elliott.

All signs point to this being a one-time affair over the 3.61mile course at Daytona International Speedway. Watkins Glen International wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about losing its permanent place on the Cup schedule.

The race did provide some surprising results, such as Kaz Gralaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seventh-place showing in his Cup Series debut.

FIRST GEAR: Elliott has become quite a good road racer. He has won three consecutive races on three different tracks since the second half of the 2019 season.

He won at The Glen, Charlotte Roval (2019) and now the Daytona Road Course and joins a rather elite group of drivers in NASCAR history to accomplish that feat.

Elliott became the sixth driver to win three or more consecutive road course races. Jeff Gordon tops the list with six consecutive road-race victories.

Elliott joins Tony Stewart (three consecutive wins: 2004-05), Jeff Gordon (six: 1997-2000), Rusty Wallace (three: 1987-88), Tim Richmond (three: 1986-87) and David Pearson (three (1976-77).

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Wait, Erik Jones is out of a ride?

Now that Christopher Bell has been tagged as the new driver in Joe Gibbsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; No. 20 car, beginning in 2021, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think Erik Jones would be fielding plenty of quality offers. His young career has produced enough success to warrant such a thing, except there might not be any quality offers available, depending on circumstances. Modern big-league racers need ability, results and marketing power. Jones has the first two, and maybe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be enough to bag the ride that his record shows he deserves.

Overlooked quality moment of Daytonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s road-racing weekend?

SECOND GEAR: Grala got a lot of questions thrown at him by the media following his unlikely seventh-place finish at Daytona.

Grala thinks his fifth-place finish at Road America the week before Daytona helped him land in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevy as a sub for ailing Austin Dillon. He was giddy with the outcome. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were able to lead laps in my NASCAR Cup Series debut, and it was fun to mix it up with some of my childhood heroes,â&#x20AC;? Grala said, adding he was honored to have the chance to race Jimmie Johnson.

THIRD GEAR: If you thought the Daytona Road Course slate was busy, take a peek at the Dover International Speedway schedule.

It starts with an ARCA Series race Friday. ARCA is now under the NASCAR umbrella. That race is followed by a Truck Series race.

On Saturday and Sunday there are back-to-back Xfinity

Series-Cup Series doubleheaders.

After that, the Cup Series syncs with its original schedule when the tour returns to Daytona on Aug. 29 for the Coke Zero Sugar 400, then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on to the playoffs.

That next Daytona race will be a traditional stockcar run over the tri-oval.

FOURTH GEAR: If Jimmie Johnson has any chance of making the playoffs, Dover will give him the opportunity.

Johnson is in the points hole thanks in part to missing the race at Indianapolis when he tested positive for COVID-19.

The Daytona Road Course provided a much needed boost.

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