The Iola Register, Aug. 22, 2023

EMT dream comes true

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

COLONY — Sydney

Stephans has wanted to be a first responder since she was 3 — and she has the scar to prove it.

She’s the daughter of Paul and Cathy Stephans of Colony; Paul is assistant fire chief for the Colony fire department. He was called away one night when Sydney was just a toddler. She tried to follow him, fell and cut her forehead.

“I knew that it must be an important thing,” she recalled.

She points to the scar as proof of her determination. She’s been trying to follow her father to emergencies ever since.

Sydney joined the Colony fire department and first responder team when she was 17, on April 17, 2022. For more than a year, she’s been to numerous fires, accidents and medical calls. She’s the youngest first responder by at least a decade; most are her father’s age.

“When I was little, I just wanted to be the cool kid who got to ride in the ambulance,” she said. “The first

Still sweltering

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

The dog days of summer still have some bite.

An ongoing heat wave is expected to push tem peratures into the triple digits through much of this week, with heat indices approaching 120 or beyond in pockets of Al len County until Thursday.

The National Weather Service has an ongoing excessive heat warning in effect until 10 p.m. Thursday.

Iola Public Library Director Sharon Moreland said folks wishing to escape the heat are welcome to spend an afternoon or three at the library, which has plenty of reading material and a water fountain at the ready.

The library has a regular group of visitors who often come in when temps are at their hottest, Moreland said, because of inadequate air-conditioning at home.

The library is better equipped with this heat wave, she added.

“Our air conditioner was broken in the last heat wave, so it was hitting 80 degrees inside,” she said. “It’s much better this time.”

The biggest change for the library when temps are at their most extreme is the number of users who ask for curbside pickup.

“We’re happy to take their books out to them,” Moreland

Iola City Councilman Josiah D’Albini has been meeting with local merchants and others in the community to develop an official network of weather relief sites, for extreme weather hot or cold.

That work remains ongoing.

“We’re not an official cooling station, but people still are welcome to stop by,” Moreland said. The library is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Temperatures are expected to return to a more seasonal range with highs in the 80s on Saturday.

Forecast remains hot

two calls I went on, one was a small grass fire and one was a traumatic medical call. Immediately I realized I don’t just want to fight fires. I want to save lives.”

In April, she helped with a mock DUI accident at Crest High School, when she was a senior. She played the victim, who “died” from her injuries. She’s since traveled to perform the skit at a mass casualty training for the Missouri National Guard.

This summer, she took an intensive EMT training

Neosho Falls to celebrate

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

NEOSHO FALLS — At last year’s Ol’ Settlers Day in Neosho Falls, groups of adults competed against each other in an impromptu game of tug-of-war.

It was so much fun, organizers of this year’s event on Saturday are planning a tugof-war tournament.

Another returning favorite is “jailbreak.” Using parts of the actual old jail at Neosho Falls — which is 100 years old this year — you can pay a donation to have a friend (or enemy) “locked up.” They’ll even get their mugshot taken and raise bail to be released.

Ol’ Settlers Day became a popular event in Neosho Falls during the 1980s and

An “inmate” is booked into jail at last year’s Ol’ Settlers Day as one of many returning activities. The event uses part of Neosho Falls’ 100-year-old jail. COURTESY

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90s, bringing thousands to the tiny town with a population of just over 100. But

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course hosted by the Anderson County EMS department. She graduated on Aug. 8 and will take state exams in September.

And though she plans to always serve as a first responder in some capacity, she’s taking a slightly different path when it comes to a career. She’s attending Kansas City Community College to study mortuary science. She chose that career as

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HOUSTON (AP) — Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. Record high temperatures were recorded in Texas and other states. People were told to chug extra water while mowing lawns or exercising outdoors, and to check on neighbors to ensure air conditioning is available. The extreme heat prompted Texas’ electric

power grid manager to ask residents to voluntary conserve power for three hours on Sunday night.

“These high temperatures can impact our friends, families, and neighbors who may live alone, especially if they limit their use of air conditioning,” Sarah Russell, commissioner for the St. Louis Emergency Management Agency, said in a statement. “We urge everyone to stop and visit loved

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Raid’s affidavits point to abuse of power

By SHERMAN SMITH Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Affidavits signed by a police chief and magistrate to warrant the raid on the Marion County Record were supposed to provide evidence that a reporter committed a crime.

Instead, they serve as evidence that the local officials abused their power.

Police Chief Gideon Cody received approval from Magistrate Judge Laura Viar to conduct the Aug. 11 raids on the newspaper office, the publisher’s home, and the home of a city councilwoman after small-town drama erupted over a restaurant owner’s quest for a liquor license. Officers hauled away computers, hard drives and reporters’ personal cell-

phones during the newsroom raid — inviting worldwide condemnation for the brazen attack on press freedom.

Cody claimed a day after

the raids that he would be “vindicated” when the rest of the story became public. But the probable cause affidavits

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Sydney Stephans of Colony has always dreamed of becoming a first responder. This summer, she took an EMT training class and will finish her exams in September. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Sydney Stephans portrayed the victim in a mock-DUI exercise in Colony in April. Stephans has since graduated from Crest High School and is studying to become a first responder. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Marion County Record publisher Eric Meyer holds a copy of the Wednesday paper, featuring the headline “SEIZED … but not silenced,” during a news conference at the newspaper office. KANSAS REFLECTOR/SHERMAN SMITH

Obituary

Robert Shields

Robert M. Shields, of Overland Park, passed away at his home on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.

He was born on Dec. 31, 1960 in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Robert P. and Patricia L. Shields.

He grew up in the Kansas City area and worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone and AT&T for 42 years, retiring last year. He was a proud member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Fort Scott Chapter.

Robert Shields

Survivors include Iola residents, mother Patricia Shields, brother John Shields, nephew Bob Macha (Kelly), niece Jennifer Delich (Bill), and brother-inlaw Earl Walter.

It was Robert’s wish to be cremated. The family will hold a memorial service at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26, at McGilley State Line Chapel, 12301 State Line Rd., with visitation starting at 1 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Allen County Animal Rescue Facility, LaHarpe, KS, www.acarf.org

Carlyle news

Carlyle Presbyterian

Church Pastor Steve Traw’s message, “Right Living,” was taken from Romans 12:1-2, which he said outlines how to live righteous lives which is God’s perfect will for believers.

“Yielding to God’s will makes us more Christlike,” he said.

Myrna Wildschuetz played “Only One Life” for the prelude and “He Became Poor” for the offertory.

Hazel, 5, and Ariana Grisier, 3, granddaughters of David and Phyllis Loomis, sang “Jesus Loves Me” and the “Happy Birthday” song to David Ensminger who will celebrate his birthday on Nov. 30. They sang to him this week, because accord-

Chanute overpass undergoes repairs

CHANUTE — Repairs to Chanute’s 21st Street overpass spanning U.S. 169 has begun this week.

The Kansas Department of Transportation announced in a press release that the highway will be reduced to one lane within the work zone, with the speed limit reduced to 55 mph.

Wildcat Construction, Inc., of Wichita is in charge of the $93,000 project to repair damaged girders.

Weather permitting, the work should take about three weeks to complete, according to KDOT.

Candidates’ motives concern educators

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ing to Hazel, “she won’t be back for a long time.”

Special guests were Chad and Jana Grisier and family from Sapulpa, Okla.; Jesse Traw, Pastor Steve’s grandson from Bucyrus; and Brian and Barb Crites and Kyle and Mary Sunshine.

Linda Guenther will celebrate her birthday on Saturday, Aug. 26.

The church fellowship dinner will follow Sunday morning’s worship service. There will be no Bible study Aug. 29.

Quilt guild on Monday

HUMBOLDT — The Sunflower Quilter’s Guild will meet Monday, Aug. 28, at Humboldt United Method-

ist Church Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth St. The board meets at 9:30 a.m. followed by the guild meeting at 10.

Pittsburg man dies in bar shooting

PITTSBURG — Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspects in an early Sunday morning shooting that left a man dead.

Justin E. Krogen, 36, of Pittsburg, was killed in the shooting outside a local bar at 202 N. Locust St.

Officers were called to the scene at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday; Krogen was declared dead at the scene. His body was taken to Kansas City for an autopsy.

The Pittsburg Police

Department released a series of photos Friday, asking for anyone to identify several people caught on security camera footage inside the establishment.

Anyone with information regarding the crime is encouraged to contact the Pittsburg Police Department at (620) 231-1700 or (620) 231-TIPS (8477).

Callers may remain anonymous.

The Kansas Department of Investigation is cooperating with the investigation.

By RACHEL MIPRO Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — As local school board candidates gear up for the November election, community leaders worry about misinformation and extremist candidates.

Judith Deedy, executive director of Game On for Kansas Schools, a public education advocacy group, said the organization had to fight against “fake issues” promoted by several right-leaning local school board candidates, such as parental rights debate and pushback on diversity, equity and inclusion practices in schools.

“I’m worried about a new type of school board candidate that we’ve seen in the last couple of elections,” Deedy said. “These aren’t our traditional candidates who come to board elections with experience of civic engagement, participation. … Lately, we see kind of an angry parent. And sometimes they’re not even parents, but they’re running on wedge issues, culture war issues. They’re using deceptive information.”

Deedy joined Lauren Tice Miller, of the Kansas National Education Association, to talk about the school board race election cycle on the Kansas Reflector podcast.

Miller, who serves on the Shawnee Heights school board in Shawnee County, said she was concerned about Moms for America.

The group is similar to Moms for Liberty, Miller said, raising objections to books and curriculum and wanting to remove vaccination requirements.

“The even more concerning part is they are very strong advocates for funneling public dollars to private schools,” Miller said. “I always question, why would somebody who is supposed to be an advocate for public schools come and serve on our board when they’re being supported by a group who wants to remove funding from public schools to go to these private schools?”

The issues of DEI and parental rights have made it to the forefront of conservative education platforms both nationally and locally. DEI is a training practice

that seeks to prioritize student safety and comfort by giving voices to historically underrepresented groups. The diversity aspect is meant to acknowledge differences, correct systemic imbalance and offer everyone equal opportunities and support.

In the Shawnee Mission district, several school board candidates are running on an anti-DEI platform, following uproar at Shawnee Mission North High School in May. A teacher at the school said DEI training was harming students and enforcing a “woke ideology.” The argument is a common one made by Republican leaders who say public school teachers promote a “woke agenda” — without a firm explanation for what that means.

Deedy said Moms for Liberty has been especially vocal in the Johnson County district races. The extremist group platforms against LGBTQ and racially inclusive school curriculum and has advocated for book bans. MFL was started by Florida women who opposed pandemic-era school closures and mask mandates.

The Johnson County chapter lists 21 books as problematic, including the novels “Fun Home” and “Gender Queer.” The chapter’s stated goals are to act as “truly Joyful Warriors” and “secure parent’s rights and freedom,” according to the organization’s website.

The group declined to respond to a Kansas Reflector inquiry for comment as well as invitations to appear for a podcast. In a July 26 Facebook post, the group blamed teachers’ unions, which they have labeled a “K-12 cartel,” for poor student education in the state.

Deedy pointed to several MFL-supported

These aren’t our traditional candidates who come to board elections with experience of civic engagement, participation.

candidates, including Jennifer Gilmore in the Olathe school district.

Gilmore, who is running for the second time, also is suing the district following her removal from a board meeting after disrupting the meeting and yelling accusations at board of education members.

Gilmore, in a Facebook comment from her personal account, denied being a current member of MFL, but she defended the organization in multiple comments. She said she was a member in 2021 but didn’t renew her membership.

“Can you help me understand why you would be concerned if I was a member of a 501c that was established to educate and empower parents to defend their fundamental rights at all areas of govern-

ment?” Gilmore wrote in a July 27 comment. Miller said candidates needed to focus on real issues, such as the growing use of fentanyl in the state, child poverty and fulfilling school funding obligations.

“We are responsible for establishing the goals and the vision for the district — where do we want to move our districts, what directions to be able to provide students, all students, with opportunities to succeed?” Miller said. “What we’re seeing with these national groups getting involved in some of these extreme candidates is they’re hyper focused on one one thing, no matter what that one thing may be, and oftentimes, it could be student outcomes, and they want to hyper focus on one metric.”

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— Judith Deedy, Game On for Kansas Schools

Lauren Tice Miller from the Kansas National Education Association and Judith Deedy from Game On Kansas. (SAM BAILEY/KANSAS REFLECTOR)

Raid: Affidavits failed to justify action, experts say

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he wrote before the raids provide little information that wasn’t already reported. The raids were based on the premise that Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn broke the law when she received a driver’s license record from a confidential source and verified the information through a Kansas Department of Revenue database. But state and federal law clearly support a reporter’s ability to access such information, and separate laws shield journalists from police searches and seizures.

Jared McClain, an attorney for the Institute for Justice, a libertarian law firm, said the affidavits confirm that “the police’s strong-arm tactics were completely unjustified.” It should have been obvious to the magistrate that the searches were illegal, he said.

“Too often, the warrant process is just a way for police to launder their lack of probable cause through a complicit local judge,” McClain said. “Until we start holding judges accountable for enabling the abusive and lawless behavior of the police, incidents like this are just going to keep happening.”

Who’s who in Marion

The complicated circumstances surrounding the raids involve a cast of characters who include:

Cody, who left the Kansas City, Missouri, police force in April while facing possible discipline and demotion for allegations of making insulting and sexist comments to a female officer, the Kanas City Star reported.

Viar, whose pair of DUIs in 2012 included drunkenly crashing into a school building. There is no public record of that case in the state’s court system, the Wichita Eagle reported.

Kari Newell, the supposed victim of identity theft. She owns Chef’s Plate at Parlour 1886 and was seeking a liquor license for the restaurant. She also owns the cafe Kari’s Kitchen.

Zorn, the newspaper reporter who received a tip that Newell had been convicted of a DUI in 2008. Zorn verified the information through the

KDOR database.

∙ Eric Meyer, publisher of the Marion County Record.

∙ Joan Meyer, the 98-yearold mother of Eric who coowned the Marion County Record and lived with her son. She died a day after the raid on her home left her so stressed she couldn’t eat or sleep.

∙ Joel Ensey, the county attorney who declared Aug. 16 that the search warrants were based on “insufficient evidence.” The property was returned that day.

∙ Jeremy Ensey, brother to the county attorney. He and his wife, Tammy, own the Historic Elgin Hotel, where Chef’s Plate is located. Ruth Herbel, the only c ∙ ity council member to vote against the approval of Newell’s request for a liquor license.

∙ Pam Maag, a Marion resident who notified Herbel about Newell’s driver’s license record.

∙ U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner, who held an Aug. 1 meet-andgreet at Kari’s Kitchen. Cody, at Newell’s request, removed Eric Meyer and Zorn from the event.

Supporting evidence

Before police can carry out a search warrant, they need to convince a judge that they have evidence a crime has been committed.

That evidence is presented in the form of a probable cause affidavit.

Cody’s evidence for the raid on the newsroom starts with a reference to the Aug. 1 meet-and-greet with LaTurner and the newspaper’s story about being ejected.

Maag — identified in a separate affidavit

as the wife of a Kansas Highway Patrol officer — sent a social media message to Herbel regarding Newell’s driver’s license history. Herbel in turn notified the city administrator and told him she wanted to deny Newell her liquor license.

Eric Meyer, meanwhile, emailed Cody to let him know the newspaper had received a copy of Newell’s driver’s license record and raised the question of whether the record had been obtained through police misconduct.

Cody contacted the Kansas Department of Revenue, which said Newell’s records had been downloaded twice — by Zorn and someone claiming to be Newell.

On Aug. 7, ahead of the meeting where the city council would vote on Newell’s liquor license, Cody told Newell that the newspaper and Herbel were aware of her DUI. Newell denied accessing the KDOR website, which meant “someone obviously stole her identity,” Cody wrote in the affidavit.

“Downloading the

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even before the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance dwindled and the festival ended.

It returned last year with eager throngs of festival-goers, numerous vendors and food trucks, and plenty of fun for the entire family.

The activities kick off at 9 a.m. at Riverside Park with free biscuits and gravy, followed by an opening ceremony at 10. Kids games begin at noon.

One of the most popular events last year, Bingo, returns at 10:30 a.m. That’s also the time horseshoe enthusiasts can sign up for the tournament, which begins at 11.

A cornhole also returns. Sign-up is at 2 with the contest beginning at 2:30.

Throughout the day, you can sign up for raffle drawings at 5 p.m. You don’t need to be present to win.

An evening of music

wraps up the festivities, starting at 7 p.m. Jake Marlin and the Reckless kick things off, followed by Undertaker Tunes.

document involved either impersonating the victim or lying about the reasons why the record was being sought,” Cody wrote, a conclusion he based not on law but on “options available on the Kansas DOR records website.”

During the Aug. 7 city council meeting, Newell accused Herbel and the newspaper of wrongdoing.

According to Newell, Eric Meyer responded with this threat: “If you pursue anything I will print the story and will continue to use anything I can to come at you. I will own your restaurant.”

Meyer, in an interview with the Washington Post, denied making the threat.

The Marion County Record published an article in the Aug. 9 edition that responded to allegations made by Newell during the city council meeting.

Based on that narra-

Too often, the warrant process is just a way for police to launder their lack of probable cause through a complicit local judge. Until we start holding judges accountable for enabling the abusive and lawless behavior of the police, incidents like this are just going to keep happening.”

— Jared McClain, attorney Institute For Justice

tive, Cody concluded police needed to seize all electronic devices, utility records and other materials from the newspaper office, as well as the homes of the publisher and councilwoman. Viar approved.

Hours after the police raids, Viar told Zorn the affidavits hadn’t been filed with the court.

The affidavits were signed Aug. 11, a Friday, but appeared in the court record three days later. That’s because Kansas rules prohibit a court from acknowledging a probable cause affidavit until it receives notice that the warrant has been executed, said Lisa Taylor, a spokeswoman for Kansas courts. The three-day delay in this case suggests the notification came after the close of business on Aug. 11.

Journalism isn’t a crime

Bernie Rhodes, a partner at Lathrop GPM in Kansas City, Missouri, who is representing the Marion County Record, provided a legal memo outlining state and federal law.

While it is unlawful to disclose personal information from a motor vehicle record, including an individual’s driver’s license photograph, state law makes it clear that personal information “does not include information on vehicular accidents, driving violations, and drivers’ status.” It also allows personal information to be disclosed for research activities and statistical reports, so long as it isn’t published or used to contact individuals.

Courts have deter-

mined that reporters have a “legitimate research purpose” when investigating stories and should be allowed access to vital records, according to the annotated memo.

Rhodes said the affidavits establish that Cody knew the only thing Zorn did was verify the authenticity of Newell’s driver’s license record by going to a public website.

“Zorn had every right, under both Kansas law and U.S. law, to access Newell’s driver’s record to verify the information she had been provided by a source,” Rhodes said.

“As I have said numerous times in the last week, it is not a crime in America to be a reporter,” Rhodes added. “These affidavits prove that the only so-called ‘crime’ Chief Cody was investigating was being a reporter.”

Max Kautsch, president of the Kansas Coalition for Open Government, said the affidavits make it clear that Zorn didn’t violate state law regarding the access of driver’s license information, much less the supposed crime of identity theft.

“The disclosed information was directly related to a matter in the public interest, namely, whether a person with an invalid driver’s license should be permitted to obtain a liquor license,” Kautsch said. “A prohibition against a reporter verifying information about such a matter from a source would be an unconstitutional and unintended application of the statute.”

Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn arrives Aug. 16 at the newspaper office. KANSAS REFLECTOR/SHERMAN SMITH

One of Kari Newell’s restaurants, Chef’s Plate at Parlour 1886, is part of the Historic Elgin Hotel in Marion. KANSAS REFLECTOR/SAM BAILEY

Farm

Now is the ideal time to plant fall vegetables

Although many gardens are still producing, it is time to get our fall vegetables planted. Believe it or not, fall is a great gardening season.

When you think about it, fall weather is much like spring — warm daytime temperatures and cool nights. Rainfall is typically more abundant in the fall than summer so less irrigation is needed and fall gardens often have fewer insect pest and disease problems. Combine all of these and you have the ingredients for a great garden. And of most importance is the taste of the produce grown. Flavors of fall grown vegetables are often sweeter and milder in taste than those grown during hot summer weather.

Some of the best vegetables for a fall garden are lettuce, spinach, radishes, beets, cabbage, turnips and carrots because of their frost-tolerance. These vegetables can be planted directly into your garden wherever space can be found — next to plants still growing in the garden like tomatoes, cucumbers and pumpkins. Plant mid-August until the first week of September.

Krista Harding Extension Agent for Agriculture

Left over seed from spring planting can be used as long as it was stored in a cool, dry location. To speed up germination and seedling emergence, soak the seeds overnight before planting. If you are purchasing new seed, look for the shortest season cultivars that you can find to insure harvest before a killing frost. The average fall freeze date for our area is around Oct. 24 according to the Weather Data Library on the K-State campus.

Sometimes establishing a fall garden can be difficult during the summer when soil temperatures are extremely high. One way to avoid this is to establish plants in containers or pots for transplanting into the garden later in the season when the weather begins to cool.

Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and collards can be grown in cooler protected areas for 2-4 weeks prior to setting in the garden. Be sure

to acclimatize crops for several days before transplanting directly into the garden.

Garden soil should be prepared just like for spring. An application of fertilizer will probably be necessary for optimum plant growth. Use one pound of a complete analysis fertilizer, such as 1212-12, applied per 100 square feet of garden area. Weeds and grasses will also grow well in a fall garden so mulching may be warranted.

If you do not have a traditional garden space, think about doing a container garden. Just about anything that will hold soil and have a drain hole in the bottom can be used.

Everyone gets geared up to plant vegetables in the spring, but the fall season offers many benefits to gardening. Few take advantage of the season, but consider giving it a try this year.

The Extension office has the “Vegetable Garden Planting Guide” publication available free of charge. This guide offers information such as days to first harvest, days to germination, planting depth, frost resistance, and more.

Prairie Dell 4-Hers recap fair

The Prairie Dell 4-H Club met on Aug. 14, 2023.

ORBETELLO, Italy (AP) — Italians are fighting an invasion of predatory blue crabs with an attitude borne of centuries of culinary making do: If you can’t beat them, eat them.

Fishermen, lobbying groups and environmentalists have sounded the alarm about the risks from a summer

Field day planned at Yates Center property

YATES CENTER — Kansas State University will highlight 32 years of research — as well as look to future studies — when it hosts a field day at the Bressner Range Research Unit on Sept. 6.

K-State’s Bressner unit includes two half-sections of native grass southwest of Yates Center. Jaymelynn Farney, a beef systems specialist with K-State Research and Extension’s Southeast Research-Extension Center, said research helps to evaluate the economic feasibility for cattle ranchers while being good stewards of the land.

She notes there are 15.8 million acres of native grassland and rangeland in Kansas, as well as 2.5 million acres of pasture land.

“We are really wanting to highlight the practical research around cattle production and pasture management that has been conducted through the work of several scientists at this property,” said Farney, who is also president of the Bress-

ner Pasture committee.

Registration for the field day, titled “Previous and Progress Proceedings Field Day,” is available online, but interested persons may also call the Southwind Extension District office in Woodson County at 620-625-8620. Registration includes lunch, but must be completed by Aug. 30.

Farney said morning sessions focus on past work completed at the research unit, while the afternoon sessions focus on the future, “or at least what can potentially be used to make pasture and cattle management decisions from a technology lens.”

Topics include:

• A five-year summa-

ry of current research projects evaluating pasture burn dates of March or April and the addition of essential oils in mineral — effects on cattle performance, fly populations, and pasture composition.

• Cattle performance and pasture composition changes with patch-burn grazing.

• 1/2 and 3/4 season grazing of tallgrass native range with stocker steers.

• Fall grazing tallgrass native range.

• Utilizing sheep for Serecia lespedeza control in pastures.

• Remote monitoring of water sources.

• Utilizing technology for pasture and cattle monitoring.

• Weather forecasting tools.

“These topics will provide real-world results to a variety of management techniques that producers can utilize in their operations, be it stocker production or cowcalf,” Farney said.

The field day begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends by 3 p.m. Events will be held in the pasture across from 1043 100th Road, Yates Center. More information also is available by contacting Farney at 620820-6125, or jkj@ksu. edu.

surge in the population of the fast-reproducing invasive species. The crabs are devouring stocks of eels, clams and mussels and wreaking havoc on fishing nets.

But since the crabs are here to stay, farm lobby group Coldiretti and fishing associations have been behind a series of events this summer trying to introduce a staple of American summertime fare to Italian palates.

Witness the menu at one Veneto agriturismo farm-hotel that hosted a Coldiretti event this summer: rosemary crab salad; crab Venetian style (with onion and vinegar sour); and pasta with garlic-tossed crab.

“We usually do crab on the grill or, as in this case, with linguine,” said Davide Sergio, chef at the restaurant of La Peschereccia, a fishermen’s cooperative in Orbetello, on the Tuscan coast.

The new menu items, however, are evidence of a potentially devastating threat to Italy’s marine ecosystem and fishing, particularly its prized clam harvests that provide a key ingredient to another Italian culinary staple, spaghetti alle vongole.

Italy is the largest producer of clams in Europe and the third largest in the world after China and South Korea, according to U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization data from 2021.

Lizzy Michael, Lola Church, Treyton Church, Kai Griffeth, Briar Griffeth; back, Lainey Church, Luke Wicoff. COURESTY PHOTO

If you can’t beat them, eat them

Stocking the freezer to cost more this year

For the first time in a long time, I won’t have to spend a Saturday defrosting an upright freezer in anticipation of the local meat processer calling to say our half steer is ready for pick up. Ideally this would have happened last fall, but I was really trading one hand-me-down freezer for another. And I’m a firm believer in beggars not being choosers.

The old freezer should have been scrapped a long time ago. Instead, it lives on in my brother’s garage. When I say old, I really mean ancient. It originally resided in my childhood basement and then my parents’ garage before I somehow agreed to take possession of it about a decade ago. It’s kept everything cold all that time, usually by encapsulating anything on the top two shelves in varying layers of ice.

Through some sort of magic, it’s replacement hasn’t developed the slightest hint of frost anywhere. Maybe it’s because the seal is fully intact. Or the auto defrost function is more than a marketing gimmick. Either way, when the locker calls, I won’t have to spend a day chipping out bundles of beef from a shelf.

Hopefully the call comes sooner than later, too. We’re out of steaks and running low on hamburger and roast. I might actually have to cook the beef liver I haven’t exchanged for catfish yet. Soon the freezer will be fully stocked with all of that plus a couple of briskets, some flank steak for fajitas and short ribs for braising on a chilly Sunday afternoon.

I’m looking forward to filling the freezer, but I’m not especially excited to get the bill this year. The process-

Greg Doering Kansas Farm Bureau

ing fee shouldn’t be too bad, but the rancher’s cut for half a steer will be substantially more this year. This is one transaction that’s non-negotiable for me. The rancher knows the value of the steer, even in times where the number is not much higher than breakeven.

Beef eaters have had a couple of years with decent prices. Now we’re going to see the other side of the market because drought has culled the cattle herd to its lowest level in about a decade. Provided demand doesn’t fall off too much, fewer cattle means less beef at higher prices.

The contraction didn’t start overnight, and it won’t end quickly. Higher prices will provide plenty of incentive to rebuild the nation’s cattle herd, but that won’t start until ranchers begin retaining heifers, which will eventually have calves of their own. Unlike a new freezer, there’s no magical solution to grow cattle faster.

It’s not fun, but the market will eventually sort everything out. It will rain again. Ponds will refill and pastures will recover. Ranchers will restock.

I might grumble some when I get the final tally in a couple of weeks, but I can’t imagine any alternative. It’s a privilege to only fill a freezer once a year, and the convenience is still well worth the price.

Women’s bodies don’t metabolize alcohol as efficiently as men’s, health experts say, making them more vulnerable to hangovers, liver inflammation, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Alcohol deaths in women jump

By LISA JARVIS Bloomberg Opinion/TNS

New data show that more U.S. women are dying from alcohol than ever before. Public health authorities need to adopt more effective strategies to help women realize when their drinking is a problem. Considering the many marketing messages pushing a “rosé all day” lifestyle, that campaign will be an uphill battle.

But exposing the dangers of drinking will save lives. A recent analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that alcohol-related deaths among women increased by nearly 15% per year between 2018 and 2020. The pandemic potentially exacerbated the trend, with overall alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. rising precipitously in spring 2020 and continuing to rise through 2021, the most recent data available.

hol consumption and binge drinking are concentrated among the highest levels of education, highest level of family income and occupations that are considered more prestigious,” says Columbia University epidemiologist Katherine Keyes, who authored the study.

And it’s possible that marriage and parenthood no longer act as sufficient buffers against excessive consumption. Much ink has been spilled over the #winemom phenomenon. Researchers suspected the yearslong proliferation of memes about moms drinking to numb their stress might be helping to drive a fundamental shift in the acceptability of drinking.

That suggests public health authorities need to make women more aware of the health consequences of high-risk drinking patterns. Women’s bodies have less water (which can dilute the alcohol), more fat (which can retain it), and lower levels of a metabolic enzyme (which breaks it down before it gets into the bloodstream).

“There’s a faster progression to alcohol use disorder than men, and women are more vulnerable to hangovers, liver inflammation, cardiovascular disease and even certain cancers,” Koob says.

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Marilyn Sutton, Cheryl Stiles, and Jacki Staley won three first places and one second place in the cheerleaders clinic at Rock Springs Ranch, near Junction City. This is the first time that the Iola Senior High cheerleaders have won any mention in the clinic. They also brought home the honorary “spirit stick.”

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Harmon Helman, Jerry Guatney and Lorraine Cleaver are pleased with a 75-pound yellow catfish they caught on the Neosho River northwest of Iola last Thursday night. The flathead is the largest caught in Kansas this year and is only 12 pounds off the state record for yellow cats. *****

The Iola Jaycee Jaynes allstar girls softball team won the championship of the double elimination district tournament at Garnett last

night. Winning the tourney boosted Iola to the state tournament which starts at Clay Center today. The Iola team going to state will be made up of Dee Ann Paxton, Terese Yetzbacher, Paula Boyd, Debbie Sicka, Debbie Rourk, Mary Ellen Bradfield, Nancy Womack, Lou Ann Lind, Penny Northway, Linda Redfearn, Nancy Sutton, Susan Murphy and Mary Beth Rosacker. They will be joined by two girls from Garnett, Ruth Brummel and Cindy Bowen. Coaches of the team are Glen Thompson, Calvin Sutton and Doyle Bradfield.

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Bill R. Spencer has been named president of Allen County Community Junior College. Spencer is assistant superintendent of schools in Manhattan. Spencer replaces Paul Parker, who has accepted an executive position at Kansas State College in Pittsburg.

“If you go back to 1990, there were five times as many men who had alcohol use disorder than women — now it’s two times,” says George Koob, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Men’s drinking has declined, while women are drinking more. “The gender differences are converging.” The trend starts early: College-age women now surpass their male counterparts in binge drinking, Koob says.

Those habits used to get curtailed when women married and had children — people are known to drink less during the life transitions of marriage and parenthood — but with more women delaying or forgoing both, the heavy-drinking behavior persists longer. According to a recent study, delayed motherhood is one of the factors creating a larger group of women at risk of alcohol abuse disorder.

Women at the top of the socioeconomic spectrum appear to be driving the change. “Increases in alco-

Unpacking why women are drinking more should shape public health experts’ strategy for reversing the trend. Certainly, the pervasive signals that drinking is part of being a successful, carefree person — those omnipresent “Life Laugh Wine” signs — don’t help. Neither does the sudden influx of beverages like hard seltzers and canned cocktails that seem tailored to women.

The marketing push to sell women alcohol is eerily similar to the tobacco industry’s push of Virginia Slims — and the brand’s famous “You’ve come a long way, baby” slogan — which resulted in a marked rise in rates of smoking among women, says Dawn Sugarman, a research psychologist in the division of alcohol, drugs, and addiction at McLean Hospital.

Given women’s higher rates of anxiety and depression, the natural question is whether they are drinking more to cope. While some data suggests that plays a role, data emerging from Keyes’s lab suggests that there’s more going on. In surveys where people are asked to give their reasons for drinking, the biggest change she’s seeing is more women saying they’re drinking to have fun.

Yet few women seem to be aware that they could suffer greater health harms than men after consuming lower amounts of alcohol. Sugarman says many women tell her they had no idea. “These are women in treatment, and many have been in and out of treatment multiple times. And they’ve never heard about it,” she says.

Doctors must do a better job of screening women and highlighting those risks.

Primary care providers are on the front line of identifying a brewing problem, and yet one large study showed that they are far less likely to probe women than men over their drinking habits.

Providers should press beyond the question of, “How many drinks do you have each week?” to offer some information on the heightened health consequences for women, and perhaps explain the benefits of forgoing the extra drinks, Koob says. And primary care screenings should also more often translate into referrals for help.

Just like holding a slim cigarette was never truly a sign of women’s progress, neither is holding a glass of rosé. Public health agencies would do well to remind women what happened the last time we let marketing agencies shape our notion of modern women: Lung cancer rates skyrocketed and women died.

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ones to ensure they are healthy and well during this extreme heat.”

The area is not cooling off enough at night, Barnes said.

“That’s really going to contribute to an increased risk of heat-related illnesses,” Barnes said Sunday.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, on Sunday asked the state’s 30 million residents to voluntarily reduce power use from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. because of “extreme temperatures, continued high demand and unexpected loss of ther-

When heat becomes life-threatening

mal generation.”

ERCOT’s request for voluntary power conservation was the second such request in the past three days. The agency said it was not in emergency operations. Many residents still view the power grid nervously more than 2.5 years after a deadly winter blackout.

Scientists have long warned that climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, by deforestation and by certain agricultural practices, will lead to more and prolonged bouts of extreme weather, including hotter temperatures.

Stephans: EMT goal leads to new career path for teen

both as a first responder and as someone who has grieved the loss of loved ones.

“When I was 14, I lost my best friend. That was the first funeral that I remember,” she said.

As she grieved, Sydney wondered what had happened between the death and the funeral. Because of her proximity to first responders, she knew death can arrive in unexpected ways.

Then, the funeral. She knew the end of a life was not the end of a story.

“I just started asking questions,” she said.

Reuben Feuerborn and staff at Feuerborn Family Funeral Home answered her questions with tenderness and patience.

“I learned it’s really magic what they do, how much they hold everyone together,” Sydney said. “It’s all about mak-

ing sure people are comfortable and know someone is there for them.”

It’s especially difficult in a small town.

When a call comes over the scanner and Sydney hears the address, she usually knows who lives there.

“That’s one of the hardest things. I know where I’m going and I know the family.”

She also appreciates having an understanding of what happens behind the scenes, both as a first responder as well as at a funeral home.

“I want to be the person who’s there to comfort others,” she said.

WHEN SYDNEY learned about plans to stage a mock DUI scene at Crest, she was eager to participate.

She recruited three of her friends to play a role. They wore makeup and fake blood, then climbed into a wrecked

truck.

The scene was staged by Anderson County EMS, organized by paramedic Ashli Gavel with assistance from EMS Director Troy Gavel.

In the scenario, Sydney was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown through the window. When her classmates arrived to witness the scene, they were greeted by her bloodied body lying on top of the truck’s hood.

“I remember lying there and it was really creepy. My best friend, Kamryn Luedke, was the driver and she started screaming my name. I couldn’t move and I started crying,” she recalled. “When the other students first came out, I could hear them laughing and joking but when Kamryn started screaming, I could see them start to physically and mentally step back.”

The students watched as

first responders arrived and started to treat the victims. The crowd gasped when empty liquor bottles fell out of the truck, and were somber as they watched Luedke take a field sobriety test as her best friend was taken away on a stretcher.

Students talked about the lessons they learned for weeks afterward, Sydney said.

The event earned accolades from the state.

The Kansas Emergency Medical Services Association (KEMSA) awarded the 2023 Community Service Award to the Anderson County EMS department, with special recognition for Gavel. The awards were presented Aug. 12. Armstrong also was honored as the KEMSA 2022 Administrator of the Year.

SYDNEY also was one of seven — and the youngest

— to graduate as the inaugural class of a new EMT Initial Training Course offered through the Anderson County EMS and Anderson County Hospital.

It’s an intensive 11-week hybrid course with self-guided online coursework, weekly virtual sessions, in-person skills labs every other week, and 12 or more hours of ridealong with Anderson County EMS.

Finishing the course does not guarantee employment or certification but provides intense skills training and prepares the student for the state-level testing required for EMT certification.

Graduates included Jennifer Adkins, Cole Armitage, Tabitha Chambers, Kalina Edgecomb, Korbin Edgecomb, Sydney Stephens, and Lillian Teague. All serve as first responders in some capacity in Anderson County.

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Allen takes down Lake Superior

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— The Allen Community College men’s soccer team came up with their second straight victory against Lake Superior College in Minnesota Saturday, 5-1.

Lake Superior started the scoring with a successful penalty kick.

From there, Allen (20) controlled possession and chances at the goal. The Red Devils had 12 shots on goal while the Ice Hawks managed three.

Allen’s Pascal Brose made the team’s first goal with an assist from Diego Coronado for the 1-1 score.

Down, set... local football

By QUINN BURKITT

Local high school football programs are getting set to kick off the fall season this week with jamborees on Friday evening. There are high hopes for the programs in Humboldt and Crest, which advanced deep in the postseason last year, while others who are simply focused on improving, like Yates Center and Southern Coffey County.

Iola The Mustangs come into this fall with one of their biggest senior classes in recent memory. Iola graduated only six seniors last year, including current St. Mary’s College freshman Jake Skahan. Iola should be deep all around the field this season.

Those looking to make a difference will be quarterback Landon Weide, who passed for eight touchdowns and 596 yards last year, Draydon Reiter at running back, Danny Boeken and Kolton Greathouse on the defensive line, Ben Kerr at linebacker and Korbin Cloud at receiver.

“The strength of our team is our experience,” said head coach David Daugharthy. “We have multiple seniors that will have started three or four years for us and many of them played a lot as sophomores even though they may not have started. On top of our junior class, we have a group of young men that have accumulated quite a few minutes of experience.”

Humboldt

The Cubs are riding the momentum from a region-

al championship title over Osage City last November.

Former Humboldt standout and current Emporia State running back Trey Sommer helped propel the Cubs to a meeting with eventual state champion, Nemaha Central.

Even after losing Sommer to graduation, Humboldt returns six offensive and seven defensive starters as well as 15 returning lettermen. Those returning standouts include quarterback Blake Ellis, running back Cole Mathes, receivers Sam Hull and Jacob Harrington and linemen Kyler Isbell and Garren Goodner.

“Every year our team goals stay the same: win a Tri-Valley League title, win our district title and to get to practice through Thanksgiving with a win at the state championship in Salina,” said head coach Logan Wyrick. “Obviously, to meet those goals we must have a great week of preparation and goals to meet each week. We’ve got some big shoes to fill.”

Crest

Crest went deep into the playoffs and secured a Three Rivers League regular season title last year, being led by senior running back Holden Barker and senior quarterback Ethan Godderz. The Lancers reached the second round of the playoffs before losing at Osborne, 34-18.

This is a rebuilding year for the Lancers who lose 11 lettermen and return only five,

including seniors Ryan Golden, Logan Kistner, Jerry Rodriguez and Rogan Weir. Top newcomers will be Gentry McGhee and Denton Ramsey.

“These guys have always done a great job of being leaders to the younger kids and for our JV team,” head coach Nick McAnulty said. “They had a big group of seniors ahead of them so they didn’t always have a ton of varsity opportunities with that many older guys, but they have always contributed when given the opportunity.”

Marmaton Valley The Wildcats are keyed in on earning an above-.500 record and winning a Three Rivers League title in eightman football. With more returning starters, they have a better chance at winning the league title this year.

Leaders on both sides of the ball include lineman Daniel Fewins, quarterback Brayden Lawson, wide receiver and defensive backs Jaedon Granere and Tyler Lord as well as linebacker and tight end Brevyn Campbell. Last year, Lawson and Granere were each tabbed to the All-State Honorable Mention list.

“Pound for pound, we should be one of the fastest teams in the state,” said head coach Max Mickunas. “All of our skill guys have gotten faster since last season. Brayden Lawson is a problem for other teams running the

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Only three minutes later, Allen’s Pedro Da Silva received a through ball from Diogo Cardeal which he netted for the 2-1 lead.

Da Silva scored again for the Red Devils from an assist by Patrick Alouidor to put Allen ahead in the 25th minute, 3-1.

The Red Devils maintained the effort after halftime. Cardeal took a pass from Da Silva and netted the ball for the 4-1.

Alouidor put a cap on Allen’s scoring, taking a pass from Callum Murphy and netting it for the 5-1 victory.

Guarav Sandhu was solid in goal for Allen, making three saves on four shots on goal. Dickson Phoon also saw playing time at goalkeeper, making one save.

Da Silva was Allen’s leader on the attack, scoring two goals. Brose, Alouidor and Cardeal each scored one goal. Allen was also hit with five yellow cards, one each to Daivi Siqueira, Josiah Bobb, Musa Abdelgdir, Coronado and a team card.

Allen hosts Crowder College in their season home opener at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Women’s soccer: Allen lost a couple of scrimmages last week to Hutchinson and Butler Community Colleges. The match against Lake Superior College on Saturday was canceled.

Mahomes throws TD pass; Chiefs roll past Cardinals 38-10

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kansas City’s first-team offense didn’t play well during its first few series Saturday night, dropping a few passes, committing a few penalties and coming up well short of the end zone. An expected light preseason night for the starters was suddenly becoming a little longer. Before the third

drive, MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a message for his teammates.

“If we don’t want to keep playing, we’d better score,” Mahomes said.

The Chiefs responded with a 10-play, 92-yard drive that ended in an 18-yard touchdown pass from Mahomes to Justin Watson and Kansas City was on its way to a 38-

10 victorty over the Arizona Cardinals.

It was the first extended preseason action for Mahomes, who completed 10 of 15 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown, playing the entire first quarter. The defending Super Bowl champs never trailed and outgained the Cardinals 504 yards to 286.

Kansas City rookie re-

ceiver Rashee Rice — a second-round pick out of SMU — caught eight passes for 96 yards.

“You can see the talent,” Mahomes said. “He makes a lot of tough catches. He had a drop early and then responded well. I think that’s just the jitters of being in your first few NFL games. I’ve got a lot of trust in him that he’ll

make those catches in tough spaces.”

Kansas City (1-1) is expected to be among the NFL’s best teams again this year, while Arizona (1-1) is a popular pick to be among the worst.

Franchise quarterback Kyler Murray is likely out for the first several weeks of the season while he recovers from a

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Humboldt’s William Kobold, right, and Garren Goodner, left, line up on defense in 2022.

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Swiss glaciers under threat from record heat wave

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss weather service said Monday a heat wave has driven the zerodegree Celsius level to its highest altitude since recordings on it in Switzerland began nearly 70 years ago, an ominous new sign for the country’s vaunted glaciers.

MeteoSwiss says the zerodegree isotherm level reached 17,381 feet above sea level over Switzerland overnight Sunday to Monday. All of Switzerland’s snow-capped Alpine peaks — the highest being the 15,203foot Monte Rosa summit — were in air temperatures over the level where water freezes to ice, raising prospects of a thaw.

Even Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest mountain along the Italian-French border at some 15,800 feet, is affected, the weather agency said based on readings from its weather balloons.

The new high altitude eclipsed a previous record set

in July 2022, a year that experts say was particularly devastating for the glaciers of Switzerland. Readings have been taken on the zero-degree altitude level since 1954.

“An exceptionally powerful anticyclone and warm air of subtropical origin are currently ensuring scorching weather over the country,” MeteoSwiss said on its website, adding that many measuring stations in Switzerland have set new temperature records in the second half of August.

MeteoSwiss meterologist

Mikhaël Schwander said it marked only the third time such readings had been tallied above 16,000 feet — and that the level was generally around 11,000 to to 13,000 feet in a typical summer.

“With a zero-degree isotherm far above 5,000m (meters above sea level), all glaciers in the Alps are exposed to melt — up to their highest

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altitudes,” said Daniel Farinotti, a glaciologist at the federal technical university in Zurich, ETHZ, in an email.

“Such events are rare and detrimental to the glaciers’ health, as they live from snow being accumulated at high altitudes.”

“If such conditions persist in

the longer term, glaciers are set to be lost irreversibly,” he said.

A Swiss study last year found that the country’s 1,400-odd glaciers — the most in Europe — had lost more than half their total volume since the early 1930s, including a 12-percent decline over the previous six years alone.

Spain’s La Roja poised for long run for soccer elite

SYDNEY (AP) — Newly crowned Women’s World Cup champion Spain has established itself for a long run among soccer’s elite with its young and talented roster of rising stars.

La Roja defeated England 1-0 in Sunday’s final for their first major tournament title. Over the course of the month-long event, Spain played through the turbulence of last year’s player rebellion and the injury-diminished role of two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas.

Aitana Bonmati, at just 25 years old, solidified her credentials as a top midfielder, and 19-year-old forward Salma Paralluelo proved to be a rising global star.

“I know that this is the dream we’ve had since we were little. So right now it is difficult to comprehend. But when we get home, we’ll really know what we did,” Paralluelo said. “It’s something huge.”

Spain joined Germany as the only two nations to win both men’s and women’s World Cup titles and Bonmati spoke about inspiring a generation — just like her hero Andres Iniesta influenced her in 2010 when the Spanish men won the World Cup in South Africa.

Bonmati and her teammates after the match were already wearing new jerseys that included the star above Spain’s crest that signifies a World Cup title.

“Today we have this star and this medal and this cup, but it’s for all of them, all of those who have fought for more equality and to get us to a better place,” said Bonmati. “We love that we could contribute our part to

be role models for all those girls and boys. Very emotional to have achieved something so extraordinary.”

More than anything else, Spain’s victory showed that the rest of the world is catching up to the traditional powers. Germany, Brazil and the United States all suffered surprisingly early exits from the tournament.

Few expected the traditional soccer powerhouses to have long gone home by the time Spain hoisted the trophy.

An expanded field of 32 teams was expected to expose the disparity in the women’s game. But instead, teams including Morocco, South Africa and Jamaica all advanced to the knockout round to defy expectations. Morocco was one of eight teams playing in its first Women’s World Cup.

The semifinals included four teams that had never won a World Cup title: Spain, England, Sweden and Australia. Sweden defeated Australia 2-0 in the third-place match.

Spain was certainly among the top teams heading into the tournament, but not the favorite. The favorite was the United States, the two-time defending champions. But the Americans were eliminated on a penalty shootout with Sweden in the Round of 16, the team’s earliest departure from the tournament ever.

While Spain had been building to this point — nine players on the squad were from Champions League winner Barcelona, and the country had claimed the 2018 under-17 World Cup and the 2022 under-20 World Cup — turmoil surrounding the team in the past year had

created doubts. Last September, 15 players stepped down from the national team in order to protect their mental health. They called on the Spanish federation to create a more professional environment.

Three of the “Las 15” — Bonmati, Ona Batlle and Mariona Caldentey — returned to the team for the tournament.

Then there was the uncertainty surrounding Putellas, the backto-back Ballon d’Or winner, who tore her ACL last year and was clearly still working her way back during the course of the World Cup. She started on the bench for the title match, while Paralluelo got her first start.

“We fought hard, that’s the truth, until we felt like we had nothing left. But when we go to the airport and see a girl with a football or with a football jersey and the desire to play it fills us with energy again and makes us keep fighting for what we’re still missing,” Putellas said.

Spain’s joy over the championship was tinged with sadness, too.

Following the match the Spanish federation reported that Olga Carmona’s father had died following a long illness. She was told after the match.

Carmona scored the lone goal in the match against England. She also scored the game-winner in the 89th minute over Sweden in the semifinals. She is just the seventh player in tournament history to score in both the semifinals and finals.

Paralluelo, who won young player of the tournament honors, was among a group

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torn ACL suffered last year.

Veteran Colt McCoy is the expected starter until Murray returns. He completed 5 of 8 passes for 25 yards. Rookie Clayton Tune — a fifthround pick out of Houston — completed 12 of 24 passes for 133 yards. He also ran for 35 yards.

The Chiefs built a 17-0 lead by late in the second quarter following Harrison Butker’s 28-yard field goal. The Cardinals cut it to 17-7 just before halftime on Keaontay Ingram’s 5-yard touchdown.

Arizona’s Matt Prater made a 54-yard field goal with 9:33 left in the third to make it 17-10, but Kansas City would finish the game with 21 straight points.

Kansas City’s backup quarterbacks both had strong performances.

Shane Buechele was 10 of 10 for 105 yards, while also running for a 15-yard touchdown.

Blaine Gabbert was 7 of 8 for 120 yards and two touchdowns.

“It was a good effort, all the way around,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “Defensively, I thought we started fast,

which is what we needed to do. Offensively, we had a few hiccups early. We’ve got to take care of business with that. But all in all, the groups came out and played good, respectable football.”

The Chiefs’ four quarterbacks — Mahomes, Buechele, Gabbert and fourth-stringer Chris Oladokun — combined to complete 31 of 38 passes for 393 yards and three touchdowns.

“All three phases, we’ve got to get cleaned up or that is what going to happen against a good football team,” Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon said.

“You’re going to get beat pretty good. It will be very black and white to our guys what we need to improve in a hurry.”

STRUGGLING SIMMONS

Arizona’s Isaiah Simmons has made the move to safety from linebacker as the Cardinals try to unlock the potential of the former No. 8 overall pick of the 2020 draft.

The first preseason game went OK. The second one was a little rougher.

Simmons appeared to get beat on multiple

of players who stole the spotlight during the tournament. She joined Colombia’s 18-year-old phenom Linda Caicedo, and 23-year-old Hinata Miyazawa, who scored five goals to win the tournament’s Golden Boot.

Older stars played in their final World Cup, including Brazilian legend Marta, U.S. forward Megan Rapinoe, Sweden’s Caroline Seger and Argentina’s Estephani Banini.

“Everything that we’d hope for this to

be on every level, it’s happened, in my opinion. We’ve seen rising stars. We’ve seen players saying farewell to the game. We’ve seen giants fall. We’ve seen newcomers,” former U.S. coach Jill Ellis said about the tournament. “I just think, all of these pieces here speak to the fact that if you do invest in this, you will reap incredible benefits.”

Bonmati won the Golden Ball award for the tournament’s best player. Afterward, she said it was “not fair”

to address Spain’s tumultuous year. Putellas suggested that the players who stepped down were also a part of the team’s World Cup journey.

Like her Barcelona teammate Paralluelo, Bonmati said the magnitude of what she called a “unique and historic” moment would take time to sink in.

“I am without words. I can’t believe it,” she said. “I am going to need time to savor this victory. This trophy in incredible.”

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football because of his size and speed combination. Jaedon, Tyler, Cooper Scharff, and Todd Stevenson all have the speed and elusiveness to make big plays.”

Yates Center With only two returning seniors and no juniors on the roster, the Wildcats will rely sophomores and freshmen to play a significant role. The good news is that the future of the Yates Center team can rest assured.

Senior Wildcats Damien Andrews and Blake Morrison and sophomore Eli Hess will look to make a dif-

ference. Andrews will line up as the starting running back and Morrison will start at quarterback. Jeremiah Jones and Evan McVey will also look to impact as freshmen. “We have nine freshmen coming out this year and they will be gaining tons of game experience as the season progresses,” said head coach Ryan Panko. “This will bode well for the upcoming years. The biggest change will be the growing pains, since half of our starters will be freshmen.”

Southern Coffey County

The Titans come

into the fall after finishing last season at 1-8. Last year was SCC’s first venture in the sixman football format for head coach Brian Rand.

Southern Coffey’s returning starters include wide receiver and defensive backs Trey Winn, John Rolf, Thomas Nickel, Reeston Cox and Isaac Higdon and lineman Seth Gleue. Nickel and Cox are seniors. “We will have to be more consistent on offense and hone fundamentals on defense,” said Rand. “We want to improve every day at practice and compete in every game.”

plays in the first half as the Chiefs built their 17-0 lead. He finished with two tackles. Gannon said the entire defense gave up too many explosive plays.

“I obviously need to play better,” Simmons said. “I feel that each and every game. Explosives definitely are something we need to tone down.”

HOME AWAY FROM HOME

It was the third time in less than a year that the Chiefs have played at State Farm Stadium.

Kansas City beat Arizona 44-21 in last year’s season opener before returning before returning to the desert for their Super Bowl win over the Eagles in February. Six months later, they were back in Glendale for the preseason game.

Kansas City won all three games.

UP NEXT Chiefs: Host the Cleveland Browns in their final preseason game next Saturday. Cardinals: Travel to face the Minnesota Vikings in their final preseason game next Saturday.

Iola football at Prairie View last season. REGISTER FILE PHOTO

Iola’s blue-gold scrimmage

The Iola High football program hosted its annual blue-gold scrimmage at Riverside Park Friday night. Clockwise, from top left, the Mustangs are introduced pregame; Draydon Reiter, No. 44, runs through the defense; Cortland Carson runs down the home sideline, and the Mustang football team huddles after the scrimmage.

USA Basketball striking blend of focus and fun at World Cup

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — This was the last act of the World Cup preseason for Team USA.

A few hours before flying to the Philippines on Monday for its World Cup stay, a good portion of the USA Basketball travel party — some players and family members, along with coaches and staff — visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, a magnificent center of worship that has seen the likes of Pope Francis, President Joe Biden, King Charles III and Rihanna shed their shoes to step on its gleaming white marble floor in recent years.

Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson posed for photos with tour guides. Erik Spoelstra marveled at what he saw. Steve Kerr got a bunch of pictures with his wife. And when the tours were done, nobody was in a hurry to leave.

“I had to see the mosque,” Kerr, the U.S. coach for the World Cup, said earlier in the week. “It looks amazing.”

It is, after all, vacation time in the NBA. And USA Basketball went to great lengths to ensure that there would be a work-life balance for those who committed six weeks of their time with hopes of getting the Americans back atop the international stage.

Some who made the trip halfway around the world to be part of the experience have ridden camels. Others went to the Ferrari World amusement park, some played golf, some shopped or visited the Louvre Abu Dhabi. There was plenty of time to chill at the pool or walk along the sand as the 102-degree bath water of the Persian Gulf gently lapped the shore.

But now, Manila awaits. The World Cup is finally here.

“I know everyone’s going to be focused on who wins, and obvi-

ously we are — we desperately want to win,” Kerr said. “But this is an incredible experience, too, for our players, our coaches, our families to see the world, to really experience competition at the highest form all over the globe. What an experience. I think our guys are loving it.”

Winning helps. The Americans played five exhibition games this summer and won them all, rallying from a 16-point deficit in the second half to cap that stretch Sunday with a

99-91 comeback victory over Germany. The team was confident in its chances before Sunday, and that win only heightened those feelings.

They’ve enjoyed every second of the trip so far.

“I was with my family and I was walking through the hotel and someone’s screaming ‘Austin, can I take a picture?’” said U.S. guard Austin Reaves of the Los Angeles Lakers. “For that to happen over here, it’s special to me.

I never take any of that for granted. Anytime I can try to sign anything for anybody, I try to sign everything. For me, it’s special. It’s something one day I will look back at and smile about.”

U.S. forward Bobby Portis was in Abu Dhabi last year as well; he and the Milwaukee Bucks flew over to play in the preseason against the Atlanta Hawks. He got a kandura — the traditional white longsleeved robe — and matching headdress on that trip and wore them

to the arena Sunday for the Americans’ finale in the desert. He brought his family on the trip.

“I had to bring them on this journey,” Portis said. “They keep me going.”

It’s a new experience for almost everyone on the trip. Some players hadn’t been to Abu Dhabi, some haven’t been to Manila and some hadn’t been

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to Spain — which was the first of three international stops for the Americans this summer.

U.S. center Walker Kessler of the Utah Jazz hadn’t been anywhere overseas. Same goes for U.S. guard Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers.

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Stepmom wants time with breastfeeding baby

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Oct. 11, 2009.

Dear Carolyn: My husband’s ex just had a baby, making me one of few stepmothers who get to start from scratch. Because of this rare opportunity, I would like to hope we have a chance at a relationship most stepchildren don’t have with their stepparents. I would like the baby to call me “Mom” instead of “Kelly” and to view me as a third parent, not an interloper.

However, the current custody arrangement is tilted severely in the ex’s favor because she is breastfeeding. I think I will lose this special opportunity if we don’t get to spend any time with the baby till she’s a toddler. Should I urge my husband to petition for split custody? — Anonymous Anonymous: What, so you can rip the breast out of the baby’s mouth?

If you want to be a “third parent” to this child, then you need to do the one thing that makes you a real parent vs. the grown-up who occupies the same space as the kid: You need to think in terms of what’s best for the child.

“What’s best for the child” is not black-andwhite; maybe stepping back and giving the baby a chance to bond with actual Mom isn’t a slam-dunk as the best thing for the baby (because, for one thing, not all mothers are good mothers). But you at least have to consider that it’s the best thing — and that attempting to get closer to the baby by antagonizing her mom might be the worst possible thing.

You have to scrutinize any thought you think, any idea you get and any move you make; you have to scrutinize yourself — for flaws, frail-

ties, selfish motives.

If you’re unwilling to question whether you’re wrong, then there’s little chance you’ll be right.

I believe this applies universally, but it’s particularly true, and the consequences particularly cruel, when there are small children involved.

Once you have stripped your motives of all their protective rationalizations, the next thing you need to do is stop seeing “Get close to Baby” as a zero-sum proposition.

Babies may bond with caregivers, but so do toddlers. Even if you came in a year or two “late” (which you won’t), that doesn’t relegate you to some second tier of parental value. Make no mistake: You occupy the tier you earn, through your love, your presence and — there it is again — your ability to get over yourself and think in terms of the child’s best interests.

It has nothing to do with the title; I’ve seen too many “Moms” whose children have severed ties with them in disgust, just as I’ve seen full-hearted devotion to the guardian who goes by “Kelly.”

That’s when “Kelly” is liberal with affection; judicious and consis-

tent with limits; generous with her time; well-stocked with patience and forgiveness; respectful of the child’s humanity; sincere with apologies when she falls short on any of these, as even the best of people will; and mindful of where her ego doesn’t belong.

If you’ve got these, then you’ll make the best of this “rare opportunity,” regardless of when your parental clock starts ticking. And if you’re respectful of this little baby’s mother, then she’s more likely to start that clock sooner. Impatience crashes the gate (and usually gets thrown out), where grace gets invited in.

Dear Carolyn: My husband passed information about me to his mother that I told him in confidence. It was concerning my uncomfortable feelings toward his brother, whose choice to parade his relationship with a married woman was making me dread those visits.

I really didn’t think it was necessary for my husband to share something his mother didn’t need or care to know, especially because it certainly wasn’t going to help the situation. In the end, it didn’t change anything, except turn a privately awkward situation into a publicly awkward one.

My husband knows I’m upset and apologized, but the damage has been done. Any sug-

gestions for where we can go from here? — St. Paul, Minn. St. Paul, Minn.: To Forgive-Him-BecauseHe’s-Human-and-YouLove-Him Land?

Unless his breaking confidences is a recurring problem, or unless he ratted you out to his mother in a deliberate effort to sow discord — which would negate the apology and require one serious conversation — then what you described isn’t all that terrible, betray-ally speaking.

In fact, it isn’t even that hard to understand. Your husband is in a lousy spot, caught between spouse and sibling. In negotiating such difficult relationships — explaining why X was strained, Y stayed home, why Z wasn’t a good idea, etc. — it’s fairly common for the wrong thing to slip out.

Assuming the apology was sincere, I’d suggest that from here you proceed to sympathy for his awkwardness, not just your own, and cut the guy a break.

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Djokovic beats Alcaraz for Cincy title; Coco Gauff wins women’s

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— Novak Djokovic outlasted Carlos Alcaraz in a thrilling rematch of their Wimbledon final, winning 5-7, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) on Sunday to take the Western & Southern Open. In a match that lasted 3 hours, 49 minutes, the longest best-of-three sets final in ATP Tour history (since 1990), the No. 2-seeded Djokovic avenged his loss last month to the top-ranked Alcaraz and earned his 95th career title, passing Ivan Lendl for third among men in the professional era, dating to 1968.

In the women’s final, seventh-seeded Coco Gauff became the first teenager in more than 50 years to win the Western & Southern Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Karolina Muchova.

Djokovic was playing his first tournament on U.S. soil in two years because of COVID-19 restrictions. He secured his third Cincinnati championship in six years on his fifth match point when Alcaraz went wide with a forehand return. The 36-year-old Serbian fell on his back, arms and legs spread, before heading to the net to shake hands with his Spanish opponent. He then strutted around the court and ripped his shirt apart from the buttons on down.

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game and I get a lot of opportunities that people would kill for just because I’m good at a sport,” Haliburton said. “Sometimes perspective matters. I brought my mom and dad and my girlfriend. My mom and dad have never been to any of these places. Probably dreamed of traveling like this. Now they get to do that and watch their son play basketball? It’s such a blessing that a ball can take you to these places.”

When the mosque trip was over Monday, the travel party headed back to the hotel to get ready for the ninehour overnight flight to Manila. The World Cup favorites were scheduled to arrive in the basketball-crazed Philippines on Tuesday morning, and then a few days of practice will await before the Americans play their tournament opener on Saturday against New Zealand.

Vacation is over. It’ll be time to lock in on winning a World Cup.

“These guys are all people who want the experience and want the competition but also want to win a gold medal and want to be part of something special,” Kerr said. “That’s why they’re here.”

played in any tournament,” the winner of a men’s-record 23 Grand Slam titles said during the post-match trophy presentation. “It felt like a Grand Slam.”

With temperatures hovering near 90 degrees, Djokovic survived the tournament’s longest men’s match since at least 1990 to become the oldest man to win the championship. Ken Rosewall was 35 when he won in 1970.

The rematch of Alcaraz’s five-set victory at Wimbledon broke the previous Cincinnati record of 2 hours, 49 minutes, set in 2010 as Roger Federer was beating Mardy Fish. It’s the longest three-set match on the men’s tour this season by three minutes.

“I have so much to say, but I’m not sure that I have the energy,” Djokovic said, cradling his trophy. He paused and looked at Alcaraz.

“You never give up, do you?” he said. “I love that about you. I hope we meet in New York. That would be fun –well, for the fans, not for me.”

The U.S. Open begins Aug. 28. Alcaraz, the defending champion, is guaranteed to remain No. 1 heading into the tournament.

The tiebreakers were Alcaraz’s fourth and fifth in four matches during the week. He went three sets in every match, while Djokovic didn’t drop a set until Sunday.

“The match was pretty close,” Alcaraz said. “I’ll be back.”

Gauff, the 2022 French Open runner-up, earned her first Masters 1000 title when Muchova sailed a forehand return wide on Gauff’s fourth match point.

The 19-year-old American tossed her racket in the air and

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jumped up and down in glee after surviving a 1-hour, 56-minute match played in temperatures approaching 90 degrees.

“This is unbelievable,” Gauff said during the post-match trophy presentation. “I’m just happy to be here for this moment.

“I want to congratulate Karolina for an incredible run in this tournament,” she added. “Hopefully, we’ll play more often, and on a bigger stage than this.”

Gauff was the tournament’s fourth teenage finalist and first since Vera Zvonareva in 2004. She is the first teenage champion since 17-year-old Linda Tuero in 1968.

After a spotty first set that featured a combined five service breaks, including Gauff’s double fault on one game point, Gauff gained command over her Czech Republic opponent with a break in the eighth game.

She fought off two break points in the fourth game of the second set and took control with a break in the next game when Muchova sent a backhand wide. While winning the next game, Gauff caught a break with a winner off the net that left her with her left palm on her racket and looking up at the sky as if she was praying in gratitude.

She missed on three match points in the eighth game before closing it out.

“When I woke up this morning, the first thing I said was ‘Ouch,’” the 26-year-old Muchova said. “I knew it was going to be a tough task to win, especially against someone like Coco.”

The French Open runner-up will celebrate her birthday on Monday by moving to No. 10 on the WTA rankings.

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(AP) — Viktor Hovland kept hitting every shot just the way he wanted on the back nine at Olympia Fields. Rory McIlroy was keeping his card and kept writing “3” in just about every box.

Hovland delivered the best round of his career at just the right time Sunday, turning a two-man race into a one-man show by breaking the course record with a 9-under 61 to surge past Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick and win the BMW Championship.

The previous mark of 62 had been set twice this week on the rain-softened North course, by Sam Burns and Max Homa the previous two days. Hovland was so close to perfection that he birdied all but two holes on the back nine.

“When I made the putt on 15 for birdie, I felt like, ‘OK, we’ve got a chance now if I can finish pretty well,’” Hovland said. “Then you never know what’s going to happen behind you. ... Until then, I had no idea what was going on. I was just going to try to play well and keep making birdies.”

What happened behind him was nothing special. Scheffler holed enough putts to lead by two at one point, but he missed the ones that really mattered — 6 feet for birdie on the par-3 16th to stay with Hovland, and then a threeputt from 20 feet on the 17th for bogey.

Fitzpatrick had an eight-hole stretch in the middle of his round that he played in 1 over, and then two birdies late at least kept him in the game. He and Scheffler each closed with 66 to share second place and leave Chicago feeling helpless. “Can’t do anything about 61. I did just see

Viktor — I called him a little (expletive),” Fitzpatrick said with a grin. “But for me, just really pleased again that I played really well, final round in contention with world No. 1, and I didn’t lose it. Someone else came from behind and won it.”

Even on soft turf, Scheffler was mystified by the low scores and could only applaud Hovland, especially on a Sunday. It was the lowest closing round by a PGA Tour winner this year, and a career-best for the 25-year-old Norwegian star.

“I’m just a bit frustrated. I think that would be the way to describe it,” Scheffler said. “Viktor went out and really just beat me today and played a fantastic round. I can hold my head high. I did my best out there today and fought hard. Just ultimately came up a couple shots short.”

Hovland won for the second time this year and never looked better doing it.

He only had one putt longer than 15 feet on the back nine. He closed with birdies on the 17th and 18th, the two hardest holes, finishing with a pitching wedge from 158 yards over the bunker to 6 feet on the 18th for one last birdie.

“That has to be the best round I’ve ever played,” Hovland said. “Given the circumstances — a playoff

event, this golf course — the way I played the last holes was pretty special.” Turns out the drama came from everywhere else.

Jordan Spieth bogeyed his last two holes for a 71 and was on the verge of falling out of the top 30 in the FedEx Cup who make it to East Lake next week for the Tour Championship. But then Denny McCarthy made three bogeys over his last seven holes to fall out.

The cruelest of all was Sahith Theegala. He ran off three straight birdies through the 17th hole and was projected to be in the top 30. But he took bogey on the last hole, while Patrick Cantlay in his group made birdie. They tied for 15th, and that bogey-birdie combination was enough to end Theegala’s season.

Sepp Straka wound up getting the 30th spot by nine points over Theegala.

Xander Schauffele did enough right in his round of 68 to tie for eighth, earning enough money to narrowly earn the sixth and final automatic spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Schauffele was certain to get one of the six captain’s picks, but his finish moved PGA champion Brooks Koepka from No. 5 to No. 7 in the Ryder Cup standings.

Viktor Hovland of Norway plays a shot from a bunker at the Workday Charity Open. GREGORY SHAMUS/GETTY IMAGES/TNS