After college, he worked in Kansas City for Bank of America from 2015 to 2018, un til moving to Little Rock, Ark., where he continued in bank ing and taking law classes at night at the University of Ar kansas in Little Rock.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations Wednesday that Russia has “shamelessly violated the core tenets” of the U.N with its “brutal, needless war” in Ukraine. He said the war is an af front to the heart of what the international body stands for as he looked to rally allies to stand firm in backing the Ukrainian resistance.Delivering a forceful condemnation of Russia’s seven-month invasion, Biden said reports of Rus sian abuses against civil ians in Ukraine “should make your blood run cold.” And he said Presi dent Vladimir Putin’s new nuclear threats against Europe showed “reckless disregard” for Russia’s responsibilities as a sign er of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu clear Weapons.
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He criticized Russia for scheduling “sham referen da” this week in territory it has forcibly seized in Ukraine.“Apermanent member of the U..N Security Coun cil invaded its neighbor, attempted to erase a sov ereign state from the map. Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of
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It’s been a whirlwind few months for Chase Vaughn, who since this summer has returned to his native Iola, passed the Kansas State Bar Exam and started his new ca reer as an attorney for John son and Schowengerdt Law Office.Vaughn, 30, will be sworn in as an attorney Sept. 30 — “finishing off the last little bit of my temp license,” he said — before he expects his work load to increase exponentially.
lan migrants flown to the up scale Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his transportation secre tary Tuesday for engaging in a “fraudulent and discrimi natory scheme” to relocate them.The lawsuit, filed in fed eral court in Boston, alleges that the migrants were told they were going to Boston or Washington, “which was completely false,” and were induced with perks such as $10 McDonald’s gift certifi cates.“No human being should be used as a political pawn,” said Ivan Espinoza-Madri gal, executive director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, which is seeking class-action status in the lawsuit filed on behalf of several migrants who were aboard last week’s flights and Alianza Ameri cas, a network of advocacy groups.“Itis opportunistic that activists would use illegal immigrants for political theater,” said Taryn Fenske, DeSantis’ communication director, in a statement late Tuesday.Thelawsuit, which also
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names Secretary of Trans portation Jared W. Perdue as a defendant, alleges that migrants were induced to cross state lines under false pretenses, a line that some Democratic officials are us ing to urge a federal investi gation.OnMonday, Javier Sala zar, the sheriff of Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, opened an investi gation into the flights, but the elected Democrat did not say what laws may have been broken. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, whose dis trict includes San Antonio, have asked the Justice De partment to begin a probe. Guesswork was rampant
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“There’s no shortage of work here, that’s for sure,” VaughnVaughn’ssaid.route to a law de gree included working seven years in the banking industry after“Withcollege.awife and family, I knew I had to put the law de gree on the backburner for a few years,” he explained. “We knew we wanted to be back here, especially once we had kids. But I had to go to school first.”Vaughn, the son of Angela Henry and Dennis Vaughn, graduated from Iola High School in 2010. From there he attended Allen Community College for one year before transferring to the University of “IKansas.always thought I wanted to be an attorney,” he said. “I didn’t really have any ‘a-ha’ moment. It was just some thing that always interested me.”
gust to start with Johnson and Schowengerdt.Vaughnlearned he passed the bar earlier this month.
Kelly, who is seeking a second term as governor, was favored by 44.6% of those participating in the survey, while Schmidt was the preference of 43.1%.
Chase Vaughn returned to his native Iola to work as an attorney forr the Johnson and Schowengerdt Law Office. REGISTER/RIHARD LUKEN
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TOPEKA — A new poll of likely Kansas voters re leased Wednesday indicat ed Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly held a narrow lead over Republican nominee Derek Schmidt in a heat ed contest to be decided in less than two months.
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Kindergarten students at Iola Elementary School took turns ringing the historic bell last week. The bell was restored over the summer and is be lieved to have been installed at the first school in Iola in the 1800s. Above, Lincoln Smith takes his turn. At right, Shelby Hansel gets some help from Assistant Principal Tiffany Koehn. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS
“It wasn’t a fun exam,” he chuckled. “We didn’t want to buy a house until we knew I passed. I’m glad I don’t have to do it again, for sure.”
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The states with the most incidents of ban ning are Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania and Ten nessee, according to an updated report released Monday by PEN Amer ica, a group that is ded icated to fighting book bans and advocates for the First Amendment. Overall, there were 2,532 incidents of banning across the United States.
goal is censorship, as a free expression organi zation, it’s our obligation to call that out and to point out that even the use of legitimate tactics of expression can some times lead to a spurious and speech-defeating re sult,” she said.
“Those who are ad vocating on this issue are within their rights, their freedom of assem bly, mobilization, using their voices, and that’s perfectly appropriate,”
The new report found that 50 groups at the state, national and local level, with as many as 300 chapters, “have played a role in at least half of the book bans enacted across the country during the 2021–22 school year.” Of those groups, 73% were formed in 2021, accord ing to the report.
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She and her husband founded a publishing company that published more than 50 books fea turing Black historical figures and culture.
However, the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training chose not to revoke the law enforce ment certification for former Jackson County deputy Matthew Honas despite finding that he used excessive force against the boy.
Honas knew the boy, identified as L.H., was autistic and had strug gled with him during a previous encounter, the commission said.
The Teresa Beckett Memorial is set up in her hon or. Memorials or notes of remembrance may be left at the church service or sent to Jessica Michael, c/o Teresa Beckett Memorial, P.O. Box 352, Pittsburg, KS 66762.
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She enjoyed cooking and baking, tending to her flowers, keeping her home beautiful and spending time with her family and friends. As well as camp ing and relaxing by the lake.
Teresa was born Nov. 16, 1955, in Marion, and graduated from Marion HighTeresaSchool.was a hard worker and was diligent at ev erything she did, from studying cosmetology and becoming a hairdresser to doing clerical work. She especially loved being a homemaker for her family.
Teresa unselfishly chose to be an organ donor and donated her body to science. She will help so many.
She is preceded in death by her late husband, Danny Parrish, and several beloved family mem bers now reunited with her in heaven.
A Celebration of Life service will be at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, 1368 Xylan Rd., Piqua, on Oct 8. Rosary will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a service to follow at 10.
Hudson said the com mon theme in books that are being banned is not the content of the books, but because “the authors of those books are African American, the contributors of those books are from multicul tural or non-white back grounds.”
Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” was among more than two dozen books removed from a school li brary at Goddard following a challenge by a parent. (MAX MCCOY/KANSAS REFLECTOR)
Honas was terminat ed from the Jackson County Sheriff’s de partment in March, The Topeka
Honas “struggled with, shoved, elbowed, applied pressure points, carried, pulled, ‘hogtied’ and ultimately tased L.H.,” the commis sion
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Though she endured a lot, Teresa remained stead fast with her faith. We know she is now in heaven, pain free. We find comfort knowing she is graced with a new strong, heavenly vessel with beautiful wings.Teresa is incredibly missed and is loved beyond measure. We pray for her eternal peace.
Groups demand bans
“The unprecedented flood of book bans in the 2021-22 school year re flects the increasing or ganization of groups in volved in advocating for such bans, the increased involvement of state of ficials in book-banning debates, and the intro duction of new laws and policies,” according to the“Morereport. often than not, current challenges to books originate not from concerned parents acting individually but from political and advo cacy groups working in concert to achieve the goal of limiting what books students can ac cess and read in public schools.”
The report was re leased in connection with Book Ban Week, an annual campaign by the American Library Asso ciation and Amnesty In ternational to celebrate the freedom to read and to push back against cen sorship.TheALA also released its own report that found from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31 of this year, there were 681 attempts to “ban or re strict library resources, and 1,651 unique titles wereSometargeted.”ofthose groups that have challenged school boards include Moms for Liberty, an organization formed in 2021 that has strong GOP ties and local chapters that “target local school board meetings, school board members, admin istrators, and teachers” to push right-wing poli cies, as reported by Me dia Matters. Moms for Liberty has about 200 local chapters across 37
Thesaid.commission said Honas used the Taser on the boy without warn ing as he was sitting in the patrol vehicle with his feet outside the vehi cle. At the time, L.H. was handcuffed behind his back, with the handcuffs connected to shackles on his ankles.
In total, there are 1,648 unique book titles that were banned in 20212022. PEN previously published a report in April that found 1,586 instances of individual books banned, affecting 1,145 titles, in 86 school districts across 26 states.
“What I want to be really clear about is the books are a pretext,” Ashley Hope Pérez, an author of a banned book, said. “(Book ban ning) is a proxy war on students who share the marginalized identities of the authors and char acters in the books un derInattack.”2015, Pérez wrote “Out of Darkness,” a young adult romance about a Mexican Amer ican girl and an African American boy set in the 1930s, but the book was banned from school dis tricts last year.
Some of the states with book bans, accord ing to the PEN report, in clude Idaho, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, North Caroli na, Virginia, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Minnesota and New Jer sey, among others.
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WASHINGTON — More than 1,600 book titles across 32 states were banned from pub lic schools during the 2021-2022 school year, with the bulk of the ban requests coming from a handful of right-wing groups pushing for cen sorship of books that feature LGBTQ+ char acters and characters of color, a new report issued Monday said.
states.Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at a Moms for Liberty convention in the sum mer, where he touted “parental rights,” and praised the group for its efforts to get books banned from public schools. In Florida, there are 566 books that are banned, according to the report by RepublicanPEN. lawmak ers at the state level are also joining the move ment to ban books from public schools and li braries.Nossel said this idea of “parental rights” is “sort of the rubric that gets used to promote these
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On Aug. 13, 2022, our beautiful Te resa Ann Beckett went home to be with Jesus. Her husband, Randi, and her two daughters were there to hold her hand as she left her earthly ves sel. She passed at Banner Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz.
“(T)he scope of such censorship has expand ed drastically and in unprecedented fashion since the beginning of the 2021–22 school year,” the report found.
In the last nine years, she enjoyed riding along with Randi, an over-the-road truck driver.
Survivors include husband Randi Beckett Jr., Sun City, Ariz.; daughters Briana Curry (Brett), Iola, and Jessica Michael (Jared) Pittsburg; son Shane Turk, Kansas City, Kan.; stepchildren Shandra Beckett, Topeka, and Zachary Beckett (Megan), Wamego; grandchildren Jenna, Reese and Kashyn Curry, Bris tol, Jake and Gage Michael and Elijah and Holden Beckett; and brothers, sisters-in-laws, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends; and her dog, Angel.
Bans tied to ‘sense of power’
Suzanne Nossel, chief executive officer of PEN America, said during a news briefing with re porters Monday.
Cheryl Lewis Hudson, an author and publisher specializing in children’s books celebrating Black culture and Black histo ry, said that book bans are about power and that they are nothing new. She said the trend of book bans is not only censorship, but erasure of marginalized commu nities.“We can recall histor ically that in the United States, enslaved persons were prohibited by law from learning to read or write, and slave mas ters really understood that this special control of slaves was a sense of power — if you couldn’t control slaves’ bodies, you could control their minds by denying them access (to knowledge,” sheHudsonsaid. said Jim Crow laws prevented her from accessing public librar ies, and she was not able to get her first library card until she was 13. She added that the segre gated school she attend ed did not have a library for“Sostudents.banned books is not new, nor is the access to knowledge, and the data that PEN is provid ing reveals really alarm ing trends in terms of ac cess to ideas,” she said.
— A state law enforce ment oversight board reprimanded a Kansas sheriff’s deputy who used his Taser on a 12-year-old boy with au tism while the boy was handcuffed and hogtied in the deputy’s vehicle.
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foster care, in a way that threatened his ability to breatheHonasproperly.wasnot wear ing a body camera but the encounter was captured on his in-car camera.
Still, increasing the size of Russia’s military involved in the cam paign isn’t enough by itself to reverse the mo mentum, said Korotch enko. “The issue isn’t the quantity (of sol diers) but the capacity to supply them with weapons and gear.”
Defense Minister Ser gei Shoigu told state TV the reservists wouldn’t be called up all at once under Putin’s partial mobilization. The order applies only to those with military experi ence and wouldn’t af fect students or others who haven’t previously served in the army, he said.The additional troops would be more than the approximately 180,000 that the U.S. estimated Russia had massed at Ukraine’s borders be fore the Feb. 24 invasion.
Ukraine, which declared a mobilization early in the war, now has around 700,000 in the field with months of training and has said it aims to create a million-strong army.
It’s not clear whether the mobilization — the country’s first since the Nazi invasion in World War II, accord ing to historians — will be enough to slow Ukraine’s advances on the battlefield. Kyiv now has more troops armed with advanced weapons supplied by the U.S. and itsGermanallies.
Putin mobilizes more troops, wields Ukraine nuclear threat
As Russia moves to an nex occupied Ukrainian territory, Putin also re newed his warnings of a nuclear threat. “When the territorial integrity of our country is threat ened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Rus sia and our people,” he said in a televised na tional address Wednes day. “This is not a bluff.”
Russian military bloggers and influen tial pro-Kremlin figures have been urging Putin to massively expand the scale of the struggling offensive in Ukraine, which the Kremlin con tinues to call a “special military operation.” Otherwise, Russia risks more reverses faced with a much larger Ukrainian force that’s getting billions of dol lars of advanced West ern weaponry, they’ve warned.
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Morning America” on Wednesday. “We’ve seen no indication that that’s required right now.”
“We will stand in sol idarity against Russia’s aggression, period,” BidenBidensaid.also highlight ed consequences of the invasion for the world’s food supply, pledging $2.9 billion in global food security aid to ad dress shortages caused by the war and the ef fects of climate change. He praised a U.N.-bro kered effort to create a corridor for Ukrainian grain to be exported by sea, and called on the agreement to be contin ued despite the ongoing conflict.Biden, during his time at the U.N. General Assembly, also planned to meet Wednesday with new British Prime Min ister Liz Truss and press allies to meet an $18 bil lion target to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.Butthe heart of the president’s visit to the U.N. this year was his full-throated censure of Russia as its war nears the seven-month mark.
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plans for “referendums” starting Friday on an nexation. This would incorporate the roughly fifth of Ukrainian terri tory Russia controls be hind its Ukraineborders.andits allies denounced the planned votes as shams and vowed to continue fight ing to retake the lands, which cover parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zapor izhzhia regions. Once the annexation takes place, Russia will also be able to bolster its forces fighting in Ukraine with conscripts doing their military service, who currently can’t be sent to the front line because it is outside Russian territory, said Igor Korotchenko, head of the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade.
Throughout the con flict, Putin has sought to raise pressure on the West - cutting energy supplies, hinting he may use nuclear weapons - attempting to under mine support for Kyiv. So far, those efforts have largely had the opposite effect.World financial mar kets largely brushed off the news, with investors focused mainly on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision later Wednesday. Trea suries and the U.S. dol lar gained as investors sought havens after Pu tin’s remarks, while oil prices rose and Russian stocks plunged.
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the mobilization “an act of desperation.” He told reporters in New York, “Russia can’t win this criminal war. Putin is now banking on further military escalation and is only making things worse.”TheU.S. was dismis sive of his latest nucle ar threat. “We’re mon itoring as best we can their strategic posture so that, if we have to, we can alter ours,” U.S. National Security Coun cil Spokesman John Kirby told ABC’s “Good
accused the West of engaging in “nuclear blackmail.”TheWhite House said the global food security funding includes $2 bil lion in direct humanitar ian assistance through the United States Agen cy for International De velopment. The balance of the money will go to global development projects meant to boost the efficiency and resil ience of the global food supply.“This new announce ment of $2.9 billion will save lives through emer gency interventions and invest in medium- to long-term food security assistance in order to protect the world’s most vulnerable populations from the escalating glob al food security crisis,” the White House said.
ful blowback from eco nomic sanctions levied against Russia. A vast reduction in Russian oil and gas has led to a sharp jump in energy prices, skyrocketing in flation and growing risk of Europe slipping into a recession.Biden’svisit to the U.N. also comes as his administration’s efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal appears stalled.Thedeal brokered by the Obama administra tion — and scrapped by Trump in 2018 — provid ed billions of dollars in sanctions relief in ex change for Iran’s agree ment to dismantle much of its nuclear program and open its facilities to extensive
to Turkey and Armenia almost immediately sold out. Under a mass mobi lization any potential draftee is barred from leaving their place of residence and it was not yet clear if the same re strictions will apply.
Biden called on all na tions, whether democ racies or autocracies, to speak out against Rus sia’s invasion and to bol ster’s Ukraine effort to defend itself.
In addition to the Rus sian war in Ukraine, European fears that a recession could be just around the corner are heightened. Adminis tration concerns grow by the day that time is running short to revive the Iran nuclear deal and over China’s sa ber-rattling on Taiwan.
By Bloomberg News (TNS) President Vlad imir Putin declared a “partial mobilization,” calling up 300,000 re servists, in a major es calation of his flagging invasion of Ukraine, which he portrayed as a fight to the death with the U.S. and its allies.
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The address came as Russian-controlled re gions of eastern and southern Ukraine have announced plans to hold Kremllin-backed refer endums in days ahead on becoming part of Russia and as Moscow is losing ground in the invasion. Russian Pres ident Putin on Wednes day announced a partial mobilization to call up 300,000 reservists and
the General Assembly but Biden would make clear in his speech that a deal can still be done “if Iran is prepared to be serious about its obli gations.” He added that administration officials would be consulting with fellow signatories of the 2015 deal on the sidelines of this week’s meetings.Thisyear’s U.N. gath ering is back to being
“Those who are try ing to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the wind pat terns can also turn in their direction,” the president said, accus ing the U.S. and allies of seeking to “destroy”
dynamics on the front line,” said Oksana An tonenko, a director at Control Risks in Lon don. “Russia will con tinue to suffer from the same problems and the Ukrainians will try to take advantage of this to continue to push for ward and recapture ter ritory.”InRussia, the mea sure set off alarm as cit izens who’d been largely isolated from the reali ties of the war raced to figure out if they or their loved ones might be sent to the front.
The mobilization or der and nuclear threats “represent a major esca lation but in the shortterm it’s unlikely this is going to change the
When he addressed last year’s General As sembly, Biden focused on broad themes of glob al partnership, urging world leaders to act with haste against the coro navirus, climate change and human rights abus es. And he offered as surances that his presi dency marked a return of American leadership to international insti tutions following Don ald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy.
The widespread callup risks inflaming pub lic discontent. One op position group called for national protests Wednesday, triggering warnings of a harsh response from police. Soccer club fan forums were flooded with wor ried posts, while Google data showed a spike in search queries on how to leave Russia with flights
Putin made his threats a day after Rus sian-installed occupa tion authorities in the regions of Ukraine’s east and south that Kremlin forces still con trol hastily announced
Questioned repeated ly by local reporters on the details of the mo bilization on a regular conference call Wednes day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to answer, referring me dia to Putin’s speech and the text of the de cree. But he conceded that document has a se cret article and declined to say whether poten tial draftees would be barred from leaving the country.“Putin’s decision will end in general panic and discontent,” said Rus sian historian and oppo sition politician Andrei Zubov. “I am sure that many people will very quickly change their attitude toward him and toward the war to a sharply negative one.”
Biden was confront ing no shortage of dif ficult issues as leaders gather this year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a ceremony to receive credentials from for eign ambassadors to Russia at the Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on September 20, 2022. (PAVEL BEDNYAKOV/SPUTNIK/AFP VIA GETTY IMAG ES/TNS)
a full-scale, in-person event after two years of curtailed activity due to the pandemic. In 2020, the in-person gathering was canceled and leaders instead delivered prerecorded speeches; last year was a mix of in-person and prerecorded speeches. Biden and first lady Jill Biden were set to host a leaders’ reception on Wednesday evening.
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global dynamics have dramatically changed. Stewart Patrick, se nior fellow and director of the Global Order and Institutions Program at the Washington think tank Carnegie Endow ment for International Peace, wrote in an anal ysis that Biden’s task this year is “immense” compared to his first ad dress to the U.N. as pres ident.“Last year, the U.S. leader won easy plau dits as the ‘anti-Trump,’ pledging that ‘America was back,’” Patrick said. “This year demands more. The liberal, rulesbased international sys tem is reeling, battered by Russian aggression, Chinese ambitions, au thoritarian assaults, a halting pandemic recov ery, quickening climate change, skepticism of the U.N.’s relevance, and gnawing doubts about American staying pow er.”Beyond diplomacy, the president is also doing some politicking. This year’s gathering comes less than seven weeks before pivotal midterm elections in the United States. Shortly after ar riving in Manhattan on Tuesday night, Biden spoke at a Democrat ic National Committee fundraiser for about 100 participants that raised nearly $2 million, and he’s set to hold another fundraiser on Thursday before heading back to Washington.HisWednesday ad dress comes on the heels of Ukrainian forces re taking control of large stretches of territory near Kharkiv. But even as Ukrainian forces have racked up bat tlefield wins, much of Europe is feeling pain
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— The independent arbi ter tasked with inspect ing documents seized in an FBI search of for mer President Donald Trump’s Florida home said Tuesday he intends to push briskly through the review process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team’s reluc tance to say whether it believed the records had been
that claim even as they asserted in a separate filing Tuesday that the Justice Department had not proven that the doc uments were classified. In any event, they say, a president has absolute authority to declassify information.“Inthecase of some one who has been presi dent of the United States, they have unfettered access along with unfet tered declassification au thority,” one of Trump’s lawyers, James Trusty, said in court Tuesday.
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“We paid an electri cian out of our own pocket to connect us,” he recalled, adding that he doesn’t think the government will be of much help again after Fiona.Long lines were re ported at several gas stations across Puerto Rico, and some pulled off a main highway to collect water from a
Abbott of Texas, have sought to achieve by bus ing and flying migrants across the country to Democratic strongholds with little or no notice.
to his home state of Delaware, President Joe Biden said: “He should come visit. We have a beautifulDeSantisshoreline.”declined to confirm speculation, based on flight-track ing software, that more migrants were on the
move. He again defend ed his decision to fly about 50 Venezuelans to Martha’s Vineyard, say ing their decisions were completely voluntary and, without evidence, that they were in awful condition when Florida got involved.
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The head of the Feder al Emergency Manage ment Agency traveled to Puerto Rico on Tues day as the agency an nounced it was sending hundreds of additional personnel to boost local response efforts.
tion.The hum of gener ators could be heard across the territory as people became increas ingly exasperated. Some were still trying to re cover from Hurricane Maria, which made landfall as a Category
View of a sailboat dragged to the shore by strong waves in the Bay of Samana, after the passage of Hurricane Fiona, in Samana, Dominican Republic on Septem ber 20. (ERIKA SANTELICES/AFP/AFP)
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4 storm five years ago, causing the deaths of an estimated 2,975 people.
The purpose of the meeting was to sort out next steps in a review process expected to slow
by weeks, if not months, the criminal investiga tion into the retention of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House. As special master, Dearie will be responsible for sifting through the thou sands of documents re covered during the Aug. 8 FBI search and segre gating any that might be protected by claims of executive privilege or attorney-client privilege.
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But Dearie said that if Trump’s lawyers will not actually assert that the records have been declassified, and the Jus tice Department instead makes an acceptable case that they remain classified, then he would be inclined to regard them as classified.
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Prices declined for 14 consecutive weeks, the longest streak since 2015, according to ener gy“Allanalysts.streaks have to end at some point, and the national average for a gallon of gas has fallen $1.34 since its peak in mid-June,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson. “But there are big factors tugging on global oil prices—war, COVID,
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Though Trump’s law yers had requested the appointment of a special master to ensure an in dependent review of the documents, they have resisted Dearie’s request for more information about whether the seized records had been previ ously declassified — as Trump has maintained.
among government of ficials, advocates and journalists Tuesday about DeSantis’ next move, consistent with the element of surprise that he and another Re publican governor, Greg
U.S. Sen. Jerry Mo ran, a Republican, had a lead of 45% to 33% over Democratic candidate Mark Holland, a former mayor of the unified government in Kansas City,TheKansas.Emerson College poll found 48.4% Kan sas voters in the survey were most concerned about the economy, but abortion rights was the second-most important issue at 16%.
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stream.“Wethought we had a bad experience with Ma ria, but this was worse,” said Gerardo Rodríguez, who lives in the south ern coastal town of Sa linas.
to restore and reener gize continue and are being affected by severe flooding, impassable roads, downed trees, de teriorating equipment, and downed lines,” said Luma, the company that operates power trans mission and distribu
Wednesday morning., three days after it hit the island.“Hurricane Fiona has severely impacted electrical infrastructure and generation facili ties throughout the is land. We want to make it very clear that efforts
After 99 consecutive days of declining gaso line prices, the cost for a gallon edged a penny higher Wednesday.
gin of 51% to 38%. At the same time, he said, women were breaking for Kelly over Schmidt 51% to Meanwhile,37%. the poll by Emerson College put Republican Kris Kobach ahead of Democratic nominee Chris Mann. It had Kobach at 41% and Mann at 39%.
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Spencer Kimball, ex ecutive director for Em erson College Polling, said the latest assess ment revealed men in Kansas favored Schmidt over Kelly by a mar
CAYEY, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fio na strengthened into a Category 4 storm Wednesday after devas tating Puerto Rico, then lashing the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week.The storm has been blamed for directly caus ing at least four deaths in its march through the Caribbean, where winds and torrential rain in Puerto Rico left a ma jority of people on the U.S. territory without power or running water. Hundreds of thousands of people scraped mud out of their homes fol lowing what authorities described as “historic” flooding.Power company of ficials initially said it would take a few days for electricity to be ful ly restored, but then appeared to backtrack late Tuesday night. Only 26% had power as of
Dennis Pyle, a lifelong member of the GOP until launching his bid, had 3%. Eight percent of those polled were un decided.The 1.5 percentage point gap between Schmidt and Kelly in the FOX4 survey by Em erson College Polling was within the margin of error. In earlier poll ing in Kansas’ guberna torial contest done by different organizations, Schmidt was ahead in two polls and Kelly in one poll. One of those polls had Pyle at 2%.
Parts of the island had received more than 25 inches of rain and more had fallen on Tues day.By late Tuesday, au thorities said they had restored power to more than 380,000 of the is land’s 1.47 million cus tomers. Piped water service was initially knocked out for most of the Island’s users due to lack of power and tur bid water at filtration plants, but about 60% had service Wednesday morning.OnWednesday, the National Weather Ser vice in San Juan issued a heat advisory for sev eral cities because a ma jority of people on the island of 3.2 million re main without power.
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Luis Noguera, who was helping clear a landslide in the cen tral mountain town of Cayey, said Maria left him without power for a year. Officials them selves didn’t declare full resumption of service until 11 months after Maria hit.
“We’redeclassified.going to pro ceed with what I call responsible dispatch,” Raymond Dearie, a veter an Brooklyn judge, told lawyers for Trump and the Justice Department in their first meeting since his appointment last week as a so-called special master.
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The national average price rose to about $3.68 per gallon, according to the AAA, but pric es have been in steady decline. Wednesday’s average is lower than the week-ago average of $3.70 per gallon and well below last month’s aver age of $3.90 per gallon.
All this uncertainty could push oil prices higher, likely resulting in slightly higher pump prices.”Prices soared above $5 per gallon over the summer due to in creased travel and the war in Ukraine, add ing to financial pres sure on families and a creating a potential headache for the Biden administration. While the White House has no role in determining what you pay at the pump, gas prices are always a political issue.
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Schmidt slammed the gov ernor’s boast of fully funding K-12 education: “Fully fund ing schools can only work if you don’t lock the kids out of them.”Hertart reply to COVID-19 criticism: “I will never apol ogize for protecting the lives of our Whosechildren.”linelands best? Perhaps it depends on your party. Perhaps it depends on whether the subject still moves you.
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cines, it’s easy to say that students and teachers would have been just fine if every one went back in March 2020. But no one knew that at the time.Each one of us, whether a politician or not, makes the best decisions with the best information that we have.
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over. Even if we want it to be. Even if we act as though it is.
Closed schools and remote learning have indeed had lasting negative effects. But what would have happened if students returned for in-person classes and waves of teachers and parents fell ill? That would likewise have been seen as a political disas ter.Schmidt’s attacks may persuade some voters. And certainly COVID-19 response at all levels of government deserves thorough investi gation. But so far, it doesn’t seem to be the key issue in the race for Kansas governor. The attorney general surely wishes it was more promi nent, and he’s doing all he can to steer the conversation in that direction. The two candidates summed up their approaches at the state fair.
A continuing threat That all being said, Biden’s proclamation unsettles me just a bit.
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Only those who were against the district’s policy spokeDistrictout. Superintendent Kellen Adams said coming up with a solution is con suming a disproportionate amount of his time.
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University of Kansas to begin his medical training, then World War I broke out and he joined the Marines for the duration. He joined his father in Mil dred after the war and was given special permission to practice medicine as an apprentice because his fa ther was so overwhelmed with work. When the ce ment plant closed in 1928 Russell then was forced to get a medical education and did so at New York Uni versity, graduating in 1932. He returned to practice in Kincaid. When his father died in 1939, he moved back to Moran to practice and stayed until World War II when he volunteered again and returned five years lat er, in 1946 as Col. Russell Nevitt. He still is practic ing, though now limits him self as much as his patients will allow him to do.
I will never apolo gize for protecting the lives of our children.
Helping push us along that path is a 2020 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that prohibits discrimina tion against individuals because of their sexual ori entation or gender identity.
To state the obvious: The COVID-19 pandemic is not
We’re also all fully vacci nated and planning for the booster. I still don’t go out quite the way I did pre-pan demic, and a crowded room — especially in a college town like Lawrence — can give me the willies. But may be that’s just the social anxi etyBidentalking.captured the pecu liar moment we now share as a nation. The pandemic may be an increasingly distant memory, but COVID-19 has come to stay. We will see how much Kansas voters recall in November.
Gov. Laura Kelly and Attorney General Derek Schmidt debate at the Sept. 10 Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. JAIME GREEN/MCT
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Don’t worry, I know I’m a hypocrite. My family and I stopped wearing masks in most situations earlier this year. After going through the virus in May, we didn’t see much point to it over the summer months.
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At stake of violating cur rent law is the loss of feder al funds, which amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars.Board member Ross Hendrickson bemoaned the board’s dilemma, say ing he resented the federal government’s interference.
When we debate what Kel ly did during the early weeks and months of the pandemic, we’re now debating actions more than two years in the past. Kansas schools pivoted to remote learning after their scheduled break during the spring 2020 semester. It was then up to individual dis tricts to decide their course for the 2020-2021 school year. With the hindsight afford ed us today by time and vac
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HARDLY. In a perfect world, we need not wor ry whether local school boards decide to follow fed eral law and respect rights guaranteed by our highest court. In a perfect world, we would rest assured the rights of all students were protected.
But the pandemic? Well, Schmidt has tried to put Kel ly on the spot. Cries of of “lockdown Laura” accompa nied his harsh criticism at the Kansas State Fair a cou ple of weeks ago.
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Russell Nevitt delivered twin babies in Mildred when he was 16 years old. Farm boys helped their parents work, so did the sons of doc tors in Mildred, back when this century was new. Last night the basement of the Methodist Church in Moran was packed with friends of Russell Nevitt, M.D. who gathered there to celebrate half a century of medical practice by the diminutive physician and help him reminisce about his teenage medical experience and the years that followed. “I prob ably would have played sick if I’d known they would go to this much trouble,” he said after the hour-and-ahalf program gave way to cake, punch and conversa tion. Nevitt’s father moved to Mildred in 1907 when the cement plant was built. His father opened a drug
Kansas statistics show that a handful of people continue to die from the virus, most days of the week. Hundreds of people still fall ill, putting them at risk of serious longterm illness and spreading COVID-19 to others. Nation ally, about 360 people die each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre vention.Clearly the situation has improved since the darkest days of the pandemic. But I’d sure feel better if folks were blasting the news of newly available, reformulat ed booster shots everywhere. Except for a smattering of folks online and one friend, I haven’t known anyone rush ing out to find the latest jab.
The hope is that our society becomes more ac cepting of “different,” and on that journey those who feel different or unequal begin to feel less the target of people’s prejudices and institutional bias.
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— AG Derek Schmidt
At its September meet ing, seven residents, in cluding two students, pro tested its policy of allowing two transgender students of allegedly using the high school’s girls locker room
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“In a perfect world, it should be a local decision,” he said, according to the Chanute Tribune.
That simple statement, which was quickly qualified by both the president and his staff, captures something vital about this political and cultural moment. For many of us — for most of us, per haps — the pandemic has re ceded into the background. That long-awaited change has implications for Kansas and our ongoing gubernato rial race as Democraticwell.Gov. Laura Kelly and her Republican challenger, Attorney Gen eral Derek Schmidt, face a much-changed race than the one either anticipated a year ago. Abortion rights have be come a major issue, after the stunning amendment vote just last month. Both have fo cused on economic develop ment and schools.
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“The First Haircut” is one of eight original Nor man Rockwell pencil draw ings, valued at $2,500, on display at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center lobby. The cen ter will be open through Friday in the afternoons to permit the public to enjoy the exhibit.
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That landmark case, Bostock v. Clayton County, dealt with the workplace, and has since been extend ed by lower appeals courts to include LGBTQ equality under Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex dis crimination in schools and educational programs that receive federal funds.
Those attacks lose their potency, though, when even the Democratic president acknowledges that the pan demic is over. Most politi cians and news media moved on from relentless focus on the virus months ago. The entire subject becomes a de bate about the past. Abortion rights and economic develop ment, on the other hand, are about the future.
President Joe Biden made a striking pronouncement about COVID-19 on Sunday’s “60 Minutes”: “The pandemic is over. We still have a prob lem with COVID. We’re still doing a lotta work on it. … But the pandemic is over.”
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Allen told jurors they will hear testimony by Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman. Jen sen was at the front of a group of rioters who fol lowed Goodman as the of ficer ran up the stairs.
— A Kansas man who admitted running an illegal autopsy scheme has been sentenced to nearly six years in pris on for wire fraud.
The Vaughns have two children, ages 4 and 8.
perienced this chal lenge in the past,” said Carmel Martin, the White House deputy assistant to the presi dent for economic mo bility.“Providing this re lief and giving people breathing room as we move back into stu dent loan repayment will help those who are supported to be stron ger contributors to our economy. They’ll be able to think about buying houses, starting businesses, be in a bet ter financial position for retirement, which will benefit the econ omy overall,” Martin added.
President Joe Biden announced in August that he will cancel thousands of dollars in student debt and pause student loan repayments. (ANNA MONEYMAKER/ GETTY IMAGES)
ing were raised in rela tion to it. But Parcells’ frequent media appear ances led to scrutiny, including a CNN story revealing he had no specific certification or training.Between 2016 and 2019, Parcells made more than $1.1 million in Kansas from more than 350 clients for au topsies, most of which he did not perform, according to court re cords.Parcells, who ran three companies, was also charged in 2019 by Kansas Attorney Gen eral Derek Schmidt with conducting illegal autopsies.InAugust, Parcells was banned from doing business in Kansas and ordered to pay more than $700,000 in resti tution and fines for the state cases. He was also ordered to pay over $250,000 in restitution to 82 people that used hisThatservices.came after he was convicted in No vember of three felonies and three misdemean ors related to providing illegal autopsies in Wa baunseeProsecutorsCounty. discov ered that Parcells col lected more than 1,600 biological samples, mostly human tissue, as part of the scheme.
Davis said Jensen, a construction worker, was motivated by his “100%” belief in QAnon, a conspiracy theory that
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— An Iowa man who was part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol believed a conspiracy theory that law enforce ment officers would be arresting “all the cor
sen’s trial. They also saw a photograph of Jensen with his arms extended as he confronted a line of police officers near the Senate chambers, one of the most memora ble images from the riot.
false narrative that Pence somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election. Davis told jurors they will hear Jensen implore police officers to “do their job” and arrest Pence, who was presiding over the Senate on Jan. 6.
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“This is not a whodun it case,” defense attorney Christopher Davis said during the trial’s open ing statements. “Literal ly, the whole case is on video.”But he stressed that none of the video shows Jensen engaging in any violence or property damage.“Youwill not see this man lay a hand on any one,” Davis said.
Outside of the office, the Vaughns are big sports fans, particular ly Arkansas Razorback athletics and the Kan sas City Chiefs. They also enjoy camping and spending time with fam ily.“I’m very excited,” Vaughn said. “We love being here. Our family and friends are here. It’s good to be back.”
Goodman “ap proached them with his hand on his gun because he had no way of know ing what they were ca pable of doing,” Allen said. “And he knew that he was desperately out numbered and alone.”
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“He believed they were obligated to do it,” Davis said. “He believed that martial law was go ing to be instituted.”
Thousands of Kansans eligible for student debt forgiveness, White House officials say
holds making less than $75,000 annually.
spread beyond the dark fringes of the internet to penetrate mainstream Republican politics.
Before the riot, Trump and his allies spread the
QAnon has centered on the baseless notion that former President Donald Trump was secretly fighting a Sa tan-worshipping cabal of “deep state” enemies, prominent Democrats and Hollywood elites during his time in the White House. Another core tenet of QAnon is the apocalyptic prophe sy that “The Storm” was coming and would usher in mass arrests and exe cutions of Trump’s foes.
After scaling the out er walls of the Capitol, Jensen climbed through a broken window to en ter the building. He was one of the first 10 rioters to enter the building, ac cording to prosecutors.
“Chase and his wife have many ties to the community,” Johnson said. “When we learned Chase wanted to move home and practice law here, we immediately reached out to him. He has a great background in banking, and we were extremely impressed with him, and ultimate ly very happy we were able to hire him.”
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rupt politicians,” start ing that day with thenVice President Mike Pence, a defense attor ney told jurors Tuesday.
During a Tuesday White House virtual press conference on the program, officials said the plan had wide spread backing.
Kansas man sentenced for performing illegal autopsies
The administration said the plan helps di verse groups, as about 71% of Black under graduate borrowers and 65% of Latino un dergraduate borrow ers are recipients of Pell Grants, which are awarded to students with the lowest house hold income. Pell Grant recipients are eligible for $20,000 in debt for giveness. Other loan recipients can have up to $10,000 in loans for given.More than 40 mil lion borrowers across the U.S. qualify for some form of loan for
Trial opens for QAnon follower who chased officer at Capitol
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“We know that many, many Ameri cans are supportive of taking action to make student debt burdens more manageable, even those who don’t currently have student debt, which makes sense given that many of them will have ex
Doug Jensen wore a shirt bearing the letter “Q” to express his ad herence to the QAnon conspiracy theory when he joined the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. A viral video recorded by a reporter’s cellphone showed Jensen run ning after a Capitol Po lice officer who was re treating from a crowd of rioters up a flight of stairs.Afederal prosecutor showed jurors the vid eo at the start of Jen
Vaughn’s wife, the former Brooke Har rington, is an Iola na tive as well.
giveness, and around 20 million borrowers could have all of their loans forgiven under the student debt re lief plan, according to White House officials.
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(Coincidentally, he hopes to close the deal on a house in early Oc tober.)Vaughn plans to work in all aspects of law. His banking background al ready gives him a keen familiarity with such things as estate plan ning,He credits his bosses Bob Johnson and Dan iel Schowengerdt with helping “get my feet wet. They’ve been great with mentoring me and bringing me along.”
Humboldt High School will now race at Rim Rock on Saturday. Humboldt Middle school will run at Columbus next Tuesday afternoon.
The fall sports teams consist of year long seasons.
“The kids from every school ran hard and persevered, running full distance races,” said Humboldt head coach Eric Carlson. “Landon Bauer earned a 33 second PR.”The final four runners included Brigg Shannon placing in 30th with a time of 25:35 and Caden Vink coming in 32nd place with a time of 27:53. Gavin Jaro placed 33rd with a time of 28:37 while Layne Ellison finished 37th with a mark of 32:10.
A Special Olympics unified team that pairs general education students with those with disabilities will represent the Iola Special Olympics Unified Sports team and the state of Kansas in the 2022 National Unified Champion School Program.
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Sophia Heim competed in the junior varsity race. Heim came in fourth place, earning her a medal in the 5K race with a time of 30:46.
lo.“Our medal count was good but our times were off today,” said Marmaton Valley head coach Steve Smith. “We will continue to work on our times in order to remain competitive in our future races.”
The Lady Cubs varsity runners ran their 5K with four racers. McKenna Jones, Anna Heisler and Carsyn Haviland each
the Central Heights Meet in Richmond next Thursday at 3:50 p.m.
Lady Lancer Kyree Puckett finished in 29th place with a time of Breakin29:35.Jones competed in the varsity boys race, finishing in fourth place with a time of Crest20:24. seventh grade girl runner Kallei Rob came in first place in the two-mile run with a time of 13:51.
The Crest cross country team will next race at Central Heights next Thursday at 3:50 p.m.
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Crest Crest had three varsity girl runners place in the top five.
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Collins finished in 15th place in the seventh grade race with a time of 17:54 and Mueller medaled after finishing in seventh place with a time of 14:39 in the eighthgradeTherace.early start time of 10 a.m. was due to the KSHSAA rules of heat index in school sports.“Not all of our kids ran as some were at other school activities or were sick,” said Carlson. “I was happy we were able to have the meet. Had we waited later in the day, it would have been too hot based on KSHSAA rules.”
Marmaton Valley had seven middle-schoolers compete with five of them taking home medals. Those five Wildcats included eighth-grader Max Wehry and seventh-graders Tucker Sutton, Thomas Allee, Emma Louk and Haylie Aiel-
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“Our unified team is basically a program that pairs our Special Olympic athletes with their non-disabled peers at school,” Bates said. “What I like most about this program is the relationship it creates between those two populations of people.”
“Having this opportunity creates a reciprocal relationship between the two and I think makes both parties more well-rounded, more empathetic, it’s a benefit for both.”The local teams consist of bowling and bocce ball in the fall, basketball and cheer-
High School and Middle School hosted a cross country invitational at Humboldt Municipal Golf Course on Tuesday morning with local schools Crest and Marmaton Valley in the mix.
Ann Bates, a special education teacher for USD 257, has coached the district’s Special Olympics team for the last three years.
Humboldt eighth-grader Jack Works picks up his speed as he nears the nish line in Humboldt’s invitational on Tuesday. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT
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Josie Walter took first place with a time of 20:55. Lady Lancer Peyton Schmidt came in third place with a time of 22:50. Aubrey Allen rounded out the top five in fifth place with a mark of 23:22.
teams has also forced her out of her comfort zone and pushed her to be more of an advocate for the students she works with on a daily basis. Coaching has also taught Bates how to be more outgoing and help the kids succeed in whatever they hope to achieve.“Ithink it’s kind of pushed me to make sure they’re always included in their school setting. It’s been a huge thing for me because when I first started teaching I was not very outgoing,” said Bates.
leading in the winter, and track and field in the spring.
The Iola Unified Special Olympics team will be honored with a banner ceremony before one of the upcoming football games yet to be announced.
Iola Special Olympics making national noise
standards to qualify for such a prestigious award. These standards included creating and sustaining an inclusive environment and proving the school was providing different activities for inclusion.Bates said leading these
“It’s been really fun. I like seeing how our team has grown,” said Bates. “Seeing the kids get to participate and be involved in things
“I really just love the community of Special Olympics. When we go to events we get to see students and athletes from other schools and you see them year after year, you get to watch them grow up, they get to see their friends from other schools. Since I coach elementary through high school, I get to see the growth too,” said Bates.
The Lancers also had two runners place in the seventh grade boys two-mile race with Dagon Denny taking third overall with a time of 14:02 and Wyatt Francis taking seventh overall with a 15:28 mark.
Jonesmedaled.came in 11th place with a time of 24:02 and Heisler finished with a time of 25:40 which was good for 16th place. Haviland placed 17th with a time of 26:07 and Danica Modlin finished in 31st place with a time of 30:47.
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Iola’s Special Olympics team competes after a regional basketball meet. PHOTO BY ANN BATES
The Marmaton Valley Wildcats had one varsity boy runner race at Humboldt. Zach Allee took 20th place and medaled with a time of 23:11. Wildcat Kiowa Bloemer did not race due to an illness.
“I was pleased with our performances and greatly impressed by Jack Works with a 2-second PR,” said Carlson.
In the eighth grade heap, Wehry finished in fifth place to take a medal with a time of 14:28 while Brendan Newman came in 11th place with a time of Sutton15:44. finished in second place with a time of 13:50. Allee came in fifth place with a time of 14:36 and Collin Ard placed in 11th with a time of 16:52.Louk led the seventh grade girls, placing in fifth place with a time of 17:31 and Aiello placed in seventh with a time of The18:07.Marmaton Valley cross country team will next race at
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Local runners medal at Humboldt
Three middle school runners competed in the two-mile race including seventh grader Carter Collins and eighth
outside of school is really cool and seeing how they grow and develop into their own personalities. Getting a chance to do things they thought they couldn’t do is rewarding.”Bateshad to prove the program meets 10 specific
graders Thatcher Mueller and Jack Works. Works came in 14th with a personal-record time of 16:35.
The varsity boys finished in fourth place as a team in the 5K race and had six runners compete. Both Peyton Wallace and Landon Bauer medaled, coming in sixth and 18th place, respectively. Wallace finished with a time of 20:31, while Bauer finished with a time of 22:05.
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The jackpot grew so large because no one had matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 15. That’s 29 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner. Because nobody has won the Mega Millions jackpot since the July 29 drawing, the jackpot now stands at an estimated $301 million.
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Golf factor — it has depleted the International team far worse than it did the Americans, at least based on current form and health — and this has all the markings of another runaway.Lovehas heard this story,“We’retoo. used to being called the favorite, even when we lose three Ryder Cups in a row,” said Love, who was on six “favored” teams that didn’t win a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup. “Statistically, yes, we have a higher ranked team. But I know a bunch of those young guys on their team, and they’re going to come in with a chip on their shoulder.”Tuesday was the first full day of practice for the 12-man teams on a Quail Hollow Club course that is familiar to most from hosting the Wells Fargo Championship most years, and the PGA Championship in 2017.
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hit a two-run homer, Salvador Perez drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals held off the rapidly fading Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Tuesday night to open their final homestand of the Dylanseason.Coleman (52) pitched a scoreless seventh for the Royals, then Scott Barlow cleaned up Jose Cuas’ mess by striking out Mark Contreras to strand runners on second and third in the eighth, before handling the ninth for his 22nd save.“It was a tough game,” said Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, whose club has dropped five of six to begin an eight-game trip, including four of five to AL Central-leading Cleveland. “Things didn’t go the way we would have liked.”The Royals trailed 3-0 in the second, pulled ahead in the fifth and were still tied 4-all when Melendez doubled off Twins reliever Michael Fulmer (5-6) in the seventh. Bobby Witt Jr. followed with a double, then took third when Melendez tried to score and was thrown out by Twins left fielder Jake Cave on a bang-bang play at the plate.
The matches began in 1994. The Americans have lost just once.
(AP) — MJ Melendez
Melendez, Perez key Royals rally
Immelman is not willing to look back, whether it’s three years ago and the close call at Royal Melbourne or three weeks ago when the last of the players went over to LIV. He said all of the players who left — starting with good friend Louis Oosthuizen in June right up until Smith and Niemann after the Tour Championship — were in touch with him about their thinking and their decisions. And he said they all knew the ramifications.“Irespect those guys making those decisions,” he said. “I also do respect them for keeping me in the loop and making sure that I understand exactly where we’re at at all times so I could try and be as prepared as I could. Am I disappointed that they’re not able to be here? Absolutely.
The Twins appeared to be continuing their mastery of the Royals this season, too, when they jumped ahead 3-0 in the second on Matt Wallner’s run-scoring double and a two-run single by Carlos Correa.
grounded was to compete individually among a team setting.“It’s almost like we’re all going to compete against each other to get the most points we can on our team. We want the bragging rights on our own team,” he said.
“But we have the 12 guys here that we love and wanted to be here, and now we get to go. We get to go up against a strong American team. So we’re looking forward.”
Perez came through on the very next pitch, though, dumping the go-ahead double down the right-field line.
They nearly pushed another run across in the third, too, but Royals starter Zack Greinke struck out Gio Urshela and Cave, ending the threat while picking up his 1,000th strikeout
“He just swells in those situations,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said. “You need that guy who says, ‘OK, I’m going to take care of Kansasthis.’”City, which was swept in three games at Target Field last week, had lost 12 of its last 14 to the Twins.
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Captain Davis Love III would be quick to point out one detail from the most recent picture at Royal Melbourne three years ago: Only four players from that team are at Quail Hollow this week — Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas and Tony Finau.
Go back to the last U.S. victory on home soil, at Liberty National, such a romp it almost ended before Sunday singles.
Adding to the confidence for the U.S.
Davis Love III, shown at a tournament in Detroit earlier this year, is captain of the American team in the upcoming Presidents Cup competition. GETTY IMAGES/MIKE MULHOLLAND/TNS
Marmaton Valley High’s Maider Arbulu passes the ball in a match against Southeast Tuesday. PHOTO BY JEFF SPILLMAN/MVHS
The split puts the Wildcats at 12-7 on the season, with a quadrangular on the schedule Thursday in Caney. Also slated to play are Sedan and Oswego.
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The only players still around from that 2017 team are Thomas and Jordan Spieth.
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MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s volleyball team went 1-1 in a pair of matches Tuesday, defeating visiting Southeast High of Cherokee in straight sets before falling to Jayhawk-Linn.The Wildcats opened with a 25-21 and 25-20 win over Southeast. Jayhawk-Linn prevailed, 25-14 and 25-11.
ing to lose,” Immelman said. “So we can go out there and play absolutely as free as we want ... and see if we can match up with crazy good skills the Americans have.”
(AP) — The American team room at Quail Hollow has photos of winning teams from the Presidents Cup over the years, and it’s a wonder there’s room for all of them.
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team is the Ryder Cup one years ago at Whistling Straits, a 19-9 victory against a European team that was aging and had no support from fans because of COVID-19 travel restrictions.Seven Americans return from the team. Missing is LIV defector Dustin Johnson. Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau went to LIV, too, but both are still making their way back from injury and probably wouldn’t have been on this team, anyway. This team is so young that the player with the most Presidents Cup experience is Spieth, who turned 29 this summer and is playing for the fourth time.
“We come into these things wanting to win every time,” Love said Tuesday. “I tell them, ‘You don’t have a record.’ This 12 has never competed as a team before. This team understands. They want that picture next time.”Odds are heavily stacked in their favor they will pose with gold trophy again on Sunday. It’s one thing to have captured the Presidents Cup the last eight meetings against the International team, and 10 out of 12 times (one ended in a Throwtie). in the LIV
MIAMI — It seems fit ting, in a way, that Roger Federer chose to retire from tennis this week end in London, the home of Wimbledon and a city of Crowdsroyals. lined the streets there in recent days to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II and now Federer, the un disputed King of Tennis Royalty, will abdicate his throne at long last, at age
Judge blasts 60th HR as Yankees storm back to win
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game-ending slam, was calculated by MLB at 118 mph.“I think they need to recalculate the 118. That felt more like 130,” BooneRogersaid.Maris Jr. and Kevin Maris, sons of the former player, were both on hand. Stanton not ed Judge’s understated manner.“Hehit 60 tonight,
“I kind of lost my mind,” said Judge, one homer shy of matching Roger Maris’ Amer ican League season record. “That’s a sig nature Giancarlo Stan ton 10-foot(-high) laser to the outfield. I had a good front-row seat for that one. I think the whole team lost its
around. She would set her alarm for the wee hours to watch Federer play in the Australian Open. She never misses his matches and roots him on from her living room.Isurprised her and arranged for her to meet Federer in a hallway af ter his post-match press conference that day. He came around the corner, put out his hand, and my Mom, who loves to talk as much as I do, was speechless. He couldn’t have been friendlier. He asked her where she lives. He asked her if she is a big tennis fan. When she told him she wakes up early to see him play in Australia, he smiled and said, “Oh, you’re one of those fans.” He then posed for a picture withEighther.years later, that framed photo still sits on her living room book shelf. In fact, it is the only non-family photo in her apartment.
The knee issues con tinued. He had three surgeries, and has not played in 14 months, since a quarterfinal loss at Wimbledon in 2021. Surely, he watched 19-year-old Spanish phe nom Carlos Alcaraz win the 2022 U.S. Open with his electric style and sensational shot-making and wondered how he would fare against the new generation of ath letes in the sport.
“Tennis has treated me more generously than I ever would have dreamed, and now I must recognize when it is time to end my com petitive career.”
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mind and the stadium erupted.”Judge homered on a 3-1 pitch from Wil Crowe (5-10) to match Ruth’s total from 1927, which stood as the big league record until Maris broke it 34 years later.Judge got to 60 in Game 147 — no debate on the length of the season, like what sur rounded Maris’ pursuit to the point his hair fell out. Judge is on pace for the AL’s first Triple Crown in a decade, lead ing in home runs, RBIs (128) and batting aver ageNo(.316).oneelse in the ma jors has more than 40 homers.“Tobe that far ahead of the field,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone marveled, “it’s hard for me to Judgegrip.”dropped his bat near the plate — he never flips — and when he finished his trot af ter his 430-foot drive, he exchanged a highfive with Anthony Riz zo, a hug with Gleyber Torres and slaps with Josh Donaldson. Judge walked up and down the dugout to receive congratulations and then emerged from the dugout steps and ever so briefly tipped his hel met to fans.
“Dear Roger, my friend and rival: I wish this day would have never come,” Nadal wrote. “It’s a sad day for me personally and for sports around the world. It’s been an honor and privilege to share all these years with you.”
— Aaron Judge sent a sinker soaring into the left-field bleachers, an other of his no-doubt drives, and circled the bases for the 60th time.
to sign a 10-year, $300 million deal with Japa nese company Uniqlo.
forehand is fierce, his backhand wicked, but his playing style is ele gant and fluid, a thing of beauty. He makes even the toughest shots look effortless, gliding around the court like a figure skater. His sweat seems to evaporate fast er than his opponents’. There is something al most regal about Roger, from his perfect hair to his GQ style to his sim ple, but classy RF logo. He switches between languages as deftly as he gets around the court.
In the span of a few weeks, tennis will have bid farewell to Queen Serena Williams and King Roger Federer. There will be other stars to come. That’s sports. But Serena and Roger were truly special. Of the many things I am grateful for in my 35-year sports writing career, the pleasure of watching those two play in person ranks near the top. Tennis royalty, in deed. Long Live the King and Queen.
HE IS equally kind to tournament workers and fans, including my mother.Back in 2014, I had occasion to introduce Federer to my mother at the Miami Open when it was played on Key Bis cayne. My Mom is one of the biggest Roger fans
“I kind of joked around with Matt Car penter earlier in the year, I think he had two homers in a game or something like that and he got a curtain call,” Judge said. “Man, I’ve been here six years and I’ve only got one curtain call. So I guess it takes hitting 60 to get another one.”Rizzo doubled, Torres
Modest throughout a march into history that now has him level with Babe Ruth, Judge then took a moment far more rare than one of his long balls — a curtain call.“I really didn’t want to do it, especially, we’re losing, it’s a solo shot,” he said, recalling how his leadoff homer in the ninth inning only cut the Yankees’ deficit to three Elevenruns.minutes later, Judge and the Yankees felt free to let loose.
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Federer can speak a to tal of nine languages. He is fluent in English, Swiss German (his first language), German, and French, and speaks
Federer conducts himself with dignity, win or lose. That wasn’t always the case. During his junior career he was known to throw a tan trum and mangle a rack et every now and then. But he matured as a player and a man as the yearsDespitepassed.his riches and fame, Federer treats media members with respect. He makes eye contact with reporters in press conferences, and gives thoughtful answers, even when some questions are silly or stupid. This cannot be said of many of our most famous athletes.
Alcaraz took over the No. 1 world ranking, a changing of the guard in a sport Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have domi nated for so long.
Giancarlo Stanton followed Judge’s drive with a game-ending grand slam, completing New York’s stunning five-run, ninth-inning rally to beat the Pitts burgh Pirates 9-8 on Tuesday night.
His41. final tournament will be the Laver Cup, a Europe vs. the World event in which his teammates will include his biggest rivals, Ra fael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, both of whom gushed over Federer on social media last week when he announced his retirement plans.
“I am 41 years old; I have played more than 1,500 matches over 24 years,” Federer said on his farewell video on social media last week.
walked and Donaldson singled to load the bas es. Stanton, mired in a 9-for-72 slump, sent a changeup half a dozen rows into the left-field seats, capping a 19-pitch sequence that will long be replayed and set off a raucous celebration among what remained of the crowd of 40,157. The drive, Stanton’s record-tying third
some Italian, Mandarin, Swedish, Spanish and Afrikaans (his mother is South African).
Djokovic wrote: “Rog er, it’s hard to see this day and put into words all that we’ve shared in this sport together… Your career has set the tone for what it means to achieve excellence and lead with integrity and poise. It’s an honor to know you on and off the court.”The Swiss star won 20 Grand Slam titles, reached 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals, was No. 1 in the world for the better part of six years, and won 103 ATP singles titles. Those are impressive numbers, to be sure. But they are not the reason Federer is so beloved.Itishis grace on and off the court that makes Federer so special. His
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er of late, and his once seemingly invincible body began to show its wear. He was human, after all. He overcame knee surgery in 2016 and made a comeback in 2017, beating Nadal in the Australian Open final, winning his eighth Wimbledon title, and becoming the oldest No. 1 in history at 36. He de fended his Australian Open title in 2018, his last major title.
In the span of a few weeks, tennis will have bid farewell to Queen Serena Williams and King Roger Federer. There will be other stars to come. That’s sports. But Serena and Roger were truly special.
and it’s like nothing happened. He’s got more work to do,” said Stan ton, who hit 59 for Mi ami five years ago.
Crowe’s great-great uncle, Hall of Famer Red Ruffing, was Ruth’s teammate on the Yan kees in the 1930s. Crowe visited Ruffing’s plaque in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park before the game.
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The negligence lawsuit, filed by Jace and Nancy Oliverson on Friday in Philadelphia, said there was no railing on the top bunk. Kevin Fountain, a spokesperson for Little League International, said the league would not comment on the pending suit. Savoy Contract Furniture of Williamsport did not immediately respond to messages seeking
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Dear Carolyn: We and our friends are aging. I have been aware for some time that we need to install a railing on our front stoop. My husband is against installing a handrail because of the cost. We have the funds.
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my having to say it. I’ll say it anyway. Your husband has chosen to be a jerk to your friend. A disabling illness comes with enough stress and heartbreak on its own without the added worries of pitching oneself into a flowerpot on what is supposed to be a life-affirming evening with friends. He might feel humiliated or scared or both and just stop coming. Awful. Your instincts on this are correct across the board.Ifthat doesn’t impress your husband, then I’m sure the lawyers and insurance experts in the audience see other implications of not making your home’s entry safe for anyone who comes to your door, health or friendship statusArguablynotwithstanding.most important, your husband has chosen to be a jerk to you. It is plain to me after less than a minute
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We have always been the “entertainers” in our group. I want friends to feel welcome. Making it hard for them to enter our home and further diminishing their mobility, safety and sense of self seems unwelcoming at best and cruel at worst.My husband and I regularly discuss your columns. I told him I’d be writing to you. — Perilous Porch
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ciate all the support they’ve gotten throughout the nation,” Fulginiti said. “But they’re struggling to focus on the family. They have two other kids and it’s a lot.”Jace Oliverson was an assistant coach on the baseball team, while Easton’s younger brother Brogan was an alternate who was tapped to take his place after the fall. Snow Canyon was eliminated after two losses.
Perilous Porch: We’re all aging, if we’re lucky enough to be north of the dirt line.
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But we have choices when it comes to being or not being a jerk.
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of reading that you are emotionally invested in your role as group host. It’s how you see yourself and it hurts you when your guests aren’t comfortable. That your husband would deny you the railing based on short money (“short” for someone who has it to spare, obviously) says he’s missing the point of who you are. Whether that’s by accident or design, I guess you’ll find out when you discuss this over your bran flakes.You can offer, and I suggest you do, to meet him halfway or more: You take on the labor of gathering estimates for the work and finding ways to do it inexpensively, and, if he still balks, pay for it yourself out of your discretionary funds — which I hope you both arranged for early on in your marriage. If you didn’t, then, aging or not, there’s still time to set that up for occasions just like this. Not to mention, your husband’s stance is just bean-county and cruel enough to warrant a preemptive stash.
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Chris MacFarland said. “What he does for us is really important, and to have him locked up for nine years is really crucial to the short- and long-term planning for us. It’s a big day.”
“Overall, it feels good to get a win,” said Iola head coach Amanda Holman. “We have to stop letting the first games of the day get away and stop beating ourselves. We will continue to work on this at practice. I was proud of how the team bounced back to get the win against Osawatomie.”
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25-19.Elza Clift and Curry led at the serving line with three aces apiece. Jackie Fager and Mader each led with four kills and Kaysin Crusinbery notched 11 assists. Aysha Houk went 11-of-11 on digs and had a 2.3 passing average in the victory.
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche are making Nathan MacKinnon the highest-paid player in the NHL’s salary cap MacKinnon,era. who just turned 27 earlier this month, signed an eight-year contract worth $100.8 million, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the team did not announce terms of theHiscontract.new$12.6 million salary cap hit that goes
He’s part of a core Avalanche group that also includes defenseman Cale Makar, forward Mikko Rantanen and captain Gabriel
IHS volleyball splits at home Tuesday
Mustangs leaders included Reese Curry who went nine-of-10 from the serving line with one ace and Alana Mader who led Iola with five kills in the matchup. Also, Rio Lohman registered two blocks while Dallyn McGraw picked up five digs.Iola came out on the winning end in their second matchup with Osawatomie, 25-21 and
Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon becomes highest paid in NHL
The Iola High School volleyball team hosted a pair of schools Tuesday afternoon. The Mustangs split with Santa Fe Trail and Osawatomie.Thefirst matchup saw the Mustangs fall to Santa Fe Trail in two sets, 25-14 and 25-18.
important thing. I just wanted to be here for the rest of my career and hopefully I get another deal after this, too.”The only richer deals than MacKinnon’s in NHL history are Alex Ovechkin’s $124 million, 13-year contract with Washington, Shea Weber’s $110 million, 14-year contract with Nashville and Sidney Crosby’s $104.4 million, 12-year contract with Pittsburgh. The collective bargaining agreement has since limited contract lengths to eight years for a players re-signing with his own team and seven for free MacKinnonagents. agreed to the deal with training camp about to start. It’s been a short offseason for MacKinnon and the Avalanche after they captured their first Stanley Cup title since“We’re2001.just thrilled that it’s done before the start of training camp, and Nate can focus on hockey,” general manager
The native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was the youngest player in franchise history to make his NHL debut (18 years, 31 days) and went on to win the Calder Trophy that season as the league’s top rookie. He also won the Lady Byng Award for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct in 2020. In addition, he’s been named a captain for the Central Division in the last three All-Star Games.MacKinnon’s last contract, which expires after the upcoming season, was worth $44.1 million over seven years at a cap hit of $6.3 million. Only four players topped the 495 points he put up in the regular season since that deal went into effect, and his 83 in the playoffs are second-most in the NHL sinceThat’sthen.why for years, MacKinnon was known as the most underpaid player in hockey — a title he really didn’t care for.These days, he has another one: Stanley Cup champion.
The second matchup saw Yates Center take the loss against Northeast Arma, 25-15 and 25-16.Wildcat Kamdyn Trahan was the leader on the floor in the two matchups. Trahan tallied a number of kills and blocks and was a threat both offensively and Mondayplayvolleyballmings.atfear,tingesplayed“Kamdyndefensively.Trahanherbestmatch-oftheseason,hit-theballwithoutandbeingabeastthenet,”saidCum-TheYatesCenterteamwillatHumboldtnextat5p.m.
The Iola volleyball team will compete at the Burlington Invitational on Saturday at 9 a.m.
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into effect at the start of the 2023-24 season surpasses Connor McDavid’s $12.5 million as the highest in the league. McDavid’s $100 million, eight-year deal with the Edmonton Oilers signed in 2017 was the previous record for the highest annual cap hit since the system went into place in 2005.
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Landeskog.MacKinnon is now signed through 2031. Colorado also has versatile forward Valeri Nichushkin signed through 2030, Landeskog through 2029 and Makar, the playoff MVP, through 2027. MacFarland’s task next summer is an extension with“Denver’sRantanen.the only place I want to be, for sure,” MacKinnon recently said in Henderson, Nevada, during a preseason player media tour.McDavid considers being surpassed as the highest-paid player, “good for hockey, I guess, to keep raising the“Butbar.” ultimately the salary cap system’s a weird system where the more money you make, the less money someone else can make,” McDavid added. “It’s kind of a weird system that way. There’s always going to be give and take.”
ter head coach Carrie Cummings. “We just need to get better at reacting to what the other teams throw at us and cut down on our errors. We are heading in the right direction, we just
“Obviously it’s really cool, for sure,” MacKinnon said of being the highest-paid player in hockey. “Hoping there’s no more pandemics and the cap goes up even more, but, yeah, I think the term was the most