The Iola Register, Nov. 22, 2022

Thrive celebrates success stories

By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register

After two years of virtu al celebrations due to Covid, Thrive Allen County’s 15th an nual banquet Friday evening was a welcome change.

More than 350 gathered in ACC’s gymnasium to rec ognize the efforts of their friends and neighbors to make Allen County a better place to live and work.

Georgia Masterson was the night’s most celebrated.

Masterson was singled out for her lifetime of service which has included work as a middle school teacher, 25 years with the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Ser vices, the Circles out of Pover ty program, and most recently as co-founder of Humanity House.

“Georgia and her team have

‘Prairie Ballet’ parks at Bowlus

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

A project five years in the making culminated Satur day with the unveiling of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center’s newest gems.

Prairie Ballet, picturesque sculptures adorning the new Bowlus parking lot, drew plenty of oohs and aahs at Saturday’s ribbon cutting ceremony.

But the true majesty of Amie Jacobsen’s artwork didn’t come to light until af ter sundown.

The twin stainless steel sculptures depict butterflies fluttering above the Kansas prairie, accentuated with colored glass flowers and rus tic steel to depict the prairie grass.

Filtered lights reflect off of the sculptures in a bril liant kaleidoscope of color, certain to draw the attention of passersby.

Bowlus Director Daniel Kays, in a proclamation, ex plained the lengthy process

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City will add lights downtown after all

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

And the city said, let there be light — Christmas lights, that is.

After fearing it may have been too late to add Christ mas lights to outline Iola’s downtown buildings this year, Mayor Steve French announced Saturday the lights have been ordered and are due to be installed soon.

While the lights may not be complete by this week end — Iola traditionally fires up its downtown lights the day after Thanksgiving — they’ll be up and going in plenty of time for Christ mas, French said.

The old light strands had been used for years, to the point the industrial grade bulbs were nearly impossi ble to find.

Add to that the old wiring, and French said city crews were wise in disposing of the old strands instead of

trying to reuse them again.

“Remember, our down town buildings are 100 years old or older,” French said, another safety consider ation.

Crews didn’t give much thought to replacing those lights immediately because the city already had pur chased about $30,000 worth of new lights last year to il luminate light poles around the square and on North State Street.

But after it was an nounced at last week’s Iola City Council meeting that the building lights would not be a part of the display, French said the city fielded a number of complaints, prompting the quick action.

French said the city spent about $5,000 for 1,000 feet of lights.

French said city crews were to meet with the build ing owners immediately to get their blessing before the downtown decorating re commences.

Five killed in shooting at gay nightclub

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As bullets tore through a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and wounding many more, one patron who had been partying moments be fore rushed into action, grab bing a handgun from the sus pect, hitting him with it and pinning him down until po lice arrived just minutes later.

That customer was one of at least two whom police and city officials credit with stop ping the gunman and limiting the bloodshed in Saturday night’s shooting at Club Q. The violence pierced the cozy

confines of an entertainment venue that has long been a cherished safe spot for the LGBTQ community in the conservative-leaning city.

“Had that individual not in tervened this could have been exponentially more tragic,” Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers told The Associated Press.

“It’s an incredible act of heroism,” the mayor said Monday on NBC’s “Today.”

Police identified the sus pected gunman as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, who was in custody and being

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Theranos CEO gets prison term

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) —

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was sen tenced Friday to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolution ize blood testing but instead made her a symbol of Silicon Valley ambition that veered into deceit.

The sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila was shorter than the 15-year penalty requested by federal prosecutors but far tougher than the leniency

Prairie Ballet, twin sculptures adorning the new Bowlus parking

are designed by artist Amie Jacobsen. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Georgia Masterson, front, gets a hug from Lisse Regehr, CEO of Thrive Allen County, at Thrive’s annual banquet Friday night. Masterson received the event’s biggest honor, the Donna Talking ton Award for Community Excellence. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

People hold a vigil at a makeshift memorial near the Club Q nightclub on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo. (SCOTT OLSON/ GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

Obituaries

Butch Trabuc

Dr. Henry Butch John Patrick Trabuc, Jr., age 65, of rural Colony, passed away Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 at Allen County Regional Hospital.

Butch was born May 18, 1957, in Copiague, Long Island, New York to Henri Trabuc and Jennie (Garel li) Trabuc. Butch graduated in 1975 from Crest High School, Colony. Butch was a lifelong learner and al ways took college classes to advance his education. He received an associate degree of fire science from Labette County Community College, bachelor’s de gree of science in education from Pittsburg State University, a master’s degree of science in special education from Emporia State University and a doctorate degree in educational leadership from Northcentral University.

Butch was united In marriage to Leanne J. An derson on March 3, 1979 in Colony. Butch and Le anne were blessed with two children Derek Tra buc, Iola, and Nicole Trabuc Wainwright, Wamego. Butch loved attending his children’s activities and coached many ball teams. He was very proud of the adults his children became.

Butch is survived by his wife of 43 years, Leanne of the home; son Derek (Saiena) Trabuc, Iola, daugh ter Nicole (Kyle) Wainwright, Wamego; grand children Sadrie Overall and Kaster Trabuc, Iola, Austin, Adam, and Adley Wainwright, Wamego; inlaws Gene and Claudette Anderson, Colony; broth ers Charles (Sophia) Trabuc, Podgorica, and Daniel (Cara) Thomas, Iola, sisters Barbara (Matt) White, Galveston, Jaqueline (David) Sweaney, Kansas City, Renee (Darrin) Hercierode and Bernadette Trabuc, Iola, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Victor Trabuc.

Butch worked as a firefighter/EMT for the City of Iola for 12 years advancing to a captain. Butch was also a second vice-president for the Kansas State Firefighters Association during that time. Butch spent the remainder of his career employment in the educational field. He taught K-12 classes then became a principal and a special education direc tor. He completed his educational career as a profes sor for Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma.

Butch enjoyed teaching students whether they were K-12 students or college students. He brought excitement to his classes and loved guiding college students into becoming excellent teachers. Butch was a hard worker and most times had a house re model project in addition to his full-time employ ment. He was always willing to help a family mem ber in need.

Butch enjoyed traveling, the outdoors and family vacations all over the world. He loved music and at tending concerts. He was also very proud of his five grandchildren and enjoyed watching them compete in their activities. Butch was a member of the Kan sas City Safari Club International and served on the board several years including the president role.

A funeral mass for Butch will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Angels Catholic Church, Garnett. Memorial contributions may be made to Colony United Methodist Church or the Anderson County EMS services, and left in care of the funer al home. Condolences to the family may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Carlyle news

Carlyle Presbyterian Church, Nov. 20

Pastor Steve Traw’s message “Gaining Alti tude in Gratitude” came from Psalm 118:1. This Psalm tells us to give thanks to God and was directed to the Levites in charge of the tabernacle and later the temple in Jerusalem. “His mercy endures forever” was sung at the Tabernacle of David, said Pastor Traw. You can watch the church service, shortly after 10 a.m. Sundays, via its Facebook page under Carlyle Presbyte rian Church/Posts.

Pianist, Myrna Wild schuetz, played “Awak ening Chorus” for the prelude and “Wayfaring Stranger” for the offer tory.

Celebrating birthdays

are Gary Murphy on Thursday, Nov. 24 and Brad Fraker on Satur day, Nov. 26 .

The church fellow ship dinner followed the morning worship ser vices at noon.

All church members are invited to help dec orate the church on Sat urday, Nov. 26.

Bring food pantry items to the church and they will be delivered to the local food bank.

Bible Study, on Tues days, at 3 p.m. will re sume on Nov. 29.

Wanda Gleue

Wanda Lou (Regier) Gleue, 73, Le Roy, went to be with her Savior on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. She was born May 4, 1949 in Hutchinson, to Edward and Wilma Regier.

Wanda grew up in Buhler and graduated from Buhler High School. She attended Hutchinson Community College before finishing her degree at Emporia State University, where she graduat ed in 1971 with a degree in elementary education. After graduation, Wanda married her college sweetheart, Larry (of Le Roy), on Aug. 7, 1971, and they moved to New Mexico. They lived in Raton, New Mexico, where Wanda taught elementary school, until they moved back to Kansas in 1975.

Wanda taught for a few years upon returning to Kansas until she decided to stay home and raise her three children. She returned to teaching in 1993 at Burlington Middle School, and taught there until she retired in 2013 so that she could fo cus on spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren.

Wanda was known for her generous and kind hearted spirit. Her passion for helping others was evident in the way she developed her stu dents and openly volunteered with school foun dations, church activities and community events. Her favorite time of the year was getting together with her family during the July 4 holiday. She es pecially enjoyed the family games, laughter, and stories that were shared late into the night.

She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Aliceville, Kansas, Lutheran Wom en’s Missionary League (LWML), and the Le Roy PRIDE Homecoming Committee.

Wanda was preceded in death by her brother, Les, nephew Rob and her parents. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Larry Gleue; daugh ters, Jatrice Wyatt and Jalayne (Rick) Nelson and son, Jad (Erin) Gleue; grandsons, Evan Wyatt, Alston Nelson and Gavin Gleue; granddaughters, Savanna Wyatt, Finley Nelson and Rylyn Gleue; step-sisters, Lola (Milford) Lohrentz, and Ruth (Gerald) Roulet; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church in Aliceville. Burial service will be at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery. A reception will immediately follow at Le Roy Community Building, 713 California St., Le Roy.

The family suggests in lieu of flowers, dona tions be made to the Johnson Cancer Research Foundation, The Lutheran Hour or St. John’s Lutheran Church and may be left at the funeral home in memory of Wanda. Wanda will be re membered for her deep love for her family, her kindness and her witty sense of humor.

Neosho River alert rescinded

HUMBOLDT — The Kansas Department of Health and Envi ronment (KDHE) has rescinded a stream advisory for an un named tributary of Neosho River near Humboldt.

Water samples show no health risk asso ciated with the river, according to a KDHE press release. Water contact in the river is now deemed safe.

The advisory was issued Nov. 12, as a result of an improve

ment project at the city of Humboldt’s waste water plant and the re placement of the city’s disinfection system.

The city replaced its UV disinfection system, the final stage of wastewater treat ment before being dis charged into a small creek feeding the Neo sho, Humboldt City Administrator Cole Herder said.

Sewage was con tained in a holding la goon while the work was ongoing.

Quilt guild to meet

The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilters’ Guild will be Monday, Nov. 28, at Humboldt United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth.

The board meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. and

the guild meeting will begin at 10 a.m.

The guild will have a booth at Humboldt’s Holiday Market Dec. 3 with several one-of-akind items and the op portunity quilt draw ing at 3 p.m.

Railroads, unions clash, put U.S. supply chain at risk

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Railroad engineers accepted their deal with the railroads that will deliver 24% raises but conductors reject ed theirs, threatening the health of the econ omy just before the holidays and casting more doubt on wheth er the industry will be able to resolve the labor dispute before next month’s deadline without the help of Congress.

Even the threat of a work stoppage could tangle the nation’s supply chain as rail roads will freeze ship ments of chemicals and other goods that could create hazards if disrupted midway to their destination.

A split vote Mon day from the two big gest railroad unions follows the rejection by three other unions of their deals with the railroads that the Biden administration helped broker before the original strike deadline in September.

Seven smaller unions have approved the five-year deal that, on top of the 24% raise, includes $5,000 in bo nuses.

But many union members have voted to reject the contracts because, they say, they fail to address demanding schedules and quality of life is sues for employees.

All 12 must ap prove the contracts to prevent a strike that could cripple supply chains and hamper a stressed U.S. economy still emerging from the pandemic.

The Retail Indus try Leaders Associa tion said a rail strike “would cause enor mous disruption to the flow of goods nation wide” although retail stores are well stocked for the crucial holiday shopping season.

“Fortunately, this year’s holiday gifts have already land

ed on store shelves. But an interruption to rail transporta tion does pose a sig nificant challenge to getting items like perishable food prod ucts and e-commerce shipments delivered on time, and it will undoubtedly add to the inflationary pres sures already hitting the U.S. economy,” said Jess Dankert with the group that represents more than 200 major retailers.

The unions that rejected their deals agreed to return to the bargaining table to try to hash out a new agreement before a new strike deadline early next month. But those talks have deadlocked because the railroads refuse to consider adding paid sick time to what was already offered.

It appears increas ingly likely that Con gress will have to step in to settle the dispute. Lawmakers have the power to im pose contract terms if both sides can’t reach an agreement. Hundreds of business groups have urged Congress and Presi dent Joe Biden to be ready to intervene if needed.

Workers frustrated with the demanding schedules and deep job cuts in the industry pushed to reject these contracts because they don’t resolve work ers’ key quality-of-life concerns. The deals for the engineers and conductors did include a promise to try to im prove the scheduling of regular days off and negotiate the details of those schedules further at each rail road. The unions that represent engineers and conductors also received three unpaid days off a year to tend to medical needs as long they were sched uled at least 30 days in advance.

Butch Trabuc

Joanne McIntyre

Bowlus: Sculptures unveiled

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behind the parking lot and sculptures, which began when former di rector Susan Raines ac quired a pair of neighbor ing properties, including a house, in 2017.

While uncertain what would become of the properties, Raines had the foresight to get them nevertheless, even though it meant becom ing a landlord until the house’s fate could be de termined.

Kays, who was hired a year later, joked he didn’t realize when he signed on to the position that he’d also become a landlord.

But once the renters left, conversations be gan about what to do with the property. A bad ly needed parking lot be came the focal point.

Fast forward to Octo ber 2020, when USD 257 purchased the two-story house, under the provi sion the school district would move it to anoth

er property. That home was loaded up on beams and carted to an empty lot at the intersection of Jackson Avenue and Colborn Street, for Iola High School industri al arts students to use as a learning center on home renovations.

“It was a win-win for everybody,” Kays said.

ABOUT the same time, the Bowlus re ceived a pair of signif icant gifts. Iolans Jim and Mary Ann Arnott had approached Kays about making a dona tion to the Bowlus, with out any specific use in mind, while the Moore Family Trust also went into probate, bringing in a significant finan cial windfall, Kays ex plained.

Bowlus trustees agreed last fall to utilize the Moore trust, com plemented with gifts from the Friends of the Bowlus and a chunk of the Bowlus reserves to

put in the parking lot. But that was only half the project, Kays added.

“We wanted some thing that is beautiful on that parking lot,” Kays said. “We are neighbors to a lot of residents. We wanted them to have something to look at that is beautiful. Plus, we are a fine arts center and need more public art where we can.”

With that in mind, Kays reached out to Jacobsen, a designer, sculptor and public art ist living and working in the Kansas City area.

Jacobsen devised a number of options, with an online vote over whelmingly favoring Prairie Ballet.

Construction started on the parking lot this fall.

Patrons took advan tage of the new display, utilizing the parking lot for Saturday evening’s concert by The Rico Mo naco Band with special guest Tito Puento Jr.

Holmes: Sentenced to prison

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her legal team sought for the mother of a year-old son with another child on the way.

Holmes, 38, faced a maximum of 20 years in prison. Her legal team requested no more than 18 months, preferably served in home confine ment.

“This is a very heavy sentence,” said Rachel Fiset, a defense lawyer who has also been in volved in health care cases.

Holmes, who was CEO throughout the compa ny’s turbulent 15-year history, was convicted in January in the scheme, which revolved around the company’s claims to have developed a medical device that could detect a multitude of diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood. But the technology never worked, and the claims were false.

Theranos was dashed “by misrepresentations, hubris and just plain lies,” the judge said.

“This case is so trou bling on so many levels,” Davila said. “What was it that caused Ms. Holmes to make the decisions she did? Was there a loss of a moral compass?”

Holmes’ meteoric rise once landed her on the covers of business mag azines that hailed her as the next Steve Jobs. And her deception was per suasive enough to draw in a list of sophisticat ed investors, including software magnate Larry Ellison, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Walton family behind Walmart.

She sobbed as she told the judge she accepted

responsibility for her ac tions.

“I regret my failings with every cell of my body,” Holmes said. She promised Davila she would devote the re mainder of her life to trying to help others.

Holmes’ attorney, Kevin Downey, indicat ed she would appeal the sentence. Holmes and her family left the court house by a side entrance and managed to evade reporters and photogra phers.

Before handing down the sentence, Davila re flected on Silicon Val ley’s transition from an agricultural hub pop ulated by farmers and ranchers to a “crucible of innovation” brim ming with bright-eyed entrepreneurs dreaming of changing the world.

Recalling the humble beginnings of technolo gy pioneer Hewlett-Pack ard in a small garage in Palo Alto — the same city where Theranos was based — he spoke wistfully of “honest, hard work.”

“That, I would hope, will be the legacy and

continuation of this val ley,” the judge said.

Club: Patrons subdue shooter

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treated for injuries.

A law enforcement official said the suspect used an AR-15-style semiautomatic weap on in the attack, but a handgun and additional ammunition magazines also were recovered. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The As sociated Press on con dition of anonymity.

Club Q on its Face book page thanked the “quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack.” Investigators were still determining a motive and wheth er to prosecute it as a hate crime, said El Paso County District Attorney Michael Al len. Charges against the suspect will likely include first-degree murder, he said.

Already questions were being raised about why authori ties didn’t seek to take Aldrich’s guns away from him in 2021, when he was arrested after his mother re ported he threatened her with a homemade bomb and other weap ons.

Though authorities at the time said no ex plosives were found, gun control advocates are asking why police didn’t try to trigger Colorado’s “red flag” law, which would have allowed authorities to seize the weapons his mother says he had. There’s also no pub lic record prosecutors ever moved forward with felony kidnap ping and menacing charges against Al drich.

The mayor said on “Today” that the dis trict attorney would

file motions in court Monday to allow law enforcement to talk more about any crim inal history “that this individual might have had.”

Of the 25 injured at Club Q, at least seven were in critical condi

tion, authorities said. Some were hurt trying to flee, and it was un clear if all of them were shot, a police spokesper son said. Suthers told the AP there was “rea son to hope” all of those hospitalized would re cover.

Holiday Horrors –The Dangers of Holiday Foods to Pets

By Nicole Haney, Registered Veterinary Technician

The holidays are quickly approaching, and with the holidays comes lots of delicious food. While many people are understandably excited to invite family for a special celebration and meal, pet owners need to consider the health and safety of their pets in the upcoming months. Holiday dinners traditionally consist of many foods that can be harmful when given to pets. Changes in diet, additional fats, and toxic foods or seasonings can put a damper on holiday festivities.

Most pets are on a consistent diet year-round. This helps them to stay in shape, keep predictable health, and keep their stomachs happy. Pets tend to have sensitive stomachs when it comes to new foods. Introducing any large volume of new food can cause digestive upset, vomiting, or diarrhea. Owners should consider limiting how much of the holiday meal they allow their pet to sample.

Traditional holiday foods are often fattier and richer than foods eaten throughout the year. Ham is a prime example of this; the meat is rich and delicious, and it may be tempting for owners to share this joy with their pets. Unfortunately, the additional fat that a pet is not used to can cause many health problems. Diarrhea, vomiting, digestive upset, and even conditions such as pancreatitis can result from allowing pets to overindulge in fatty holiday foods. It is also important to remember that butter, oil, cream, and more contain high concentrations of fat and can be hidden in foods that an owner may not immediately think of when considering fatty foods.

While most holiday foods can seem innocuous to owners and their families, some of these dishes may contain hidden risks. Onions and garlic are toxic to pets and are often used in dishes cooked around the holidays. Turkey seasoned with garlic or citrus can be a hidden toxin that many owners would think to be safe. Sodium in broth can be much too high of a concentration for animals and can make dishes like stuffing, gravy, and meats unsafe for pets. If an owner is going to give their pet a taste of the holidays, it is best to cook a small portion without seasonings, extra butter, broth, or anything that they are not certain is safe for their animal.

It is always recommended to keep your pet on a consistent diet that is right for them. Pets on prescription diets should not be given any table scraps unless approved by their regular veterinarian. Owners should always consult with their regular veterinarian if they have any questions or concerns related to feeding these foods. Red Barn Veterinary Service would like to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season!

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From left, Mandy Moyer with the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, Mary Ann and Jim Arnott, and artist Amie Jacobsen unveil the new parking lot and scultpures with a ribbon cutting on Saturday.

So you want a live Christmas tree?

Here are tips for selection and care

Krista Harding

Extension Agent for Agriculture

The selection and pur chase of a Christmas tree has become an an nual tradition for many families who chose a real tree over an artifi cial substitute. Bringing home a tree is often the kick off of the holiday season. Today, live trees can be found just about anywhere you look such as retail lots, shopping centers, the ever pop ular choose-and-cut farms. Of course, real trees do require some extra care to keep them looking good through the holiday season.

When choosing a tree, freshness is the most important factor. Purchasing trees that have already been cut for a period of time, are probably the most diffi cult trees to keep fresh and fragrant due to the length of time from cutting until the tree is placed in the home. A fresh tree should have a healthy, green appear ance without a lot of dead or browning nee dles. As you stroke the tree, needles should not come off into your hand. Another good test to do before buy ing a tree is to raise the trunk a few inches off of the ground and then drop the tree on the cut end. When this is done, only a few inner dried needles should fall, and certainly not any green outer needles.

Once the tree is

brought home, its con tinued freshness will depend on the type of care that is provided.

A 1 inch re-cut across the bottom of the tree should be made. This will remove any clogged wood that many not ab sorb water. Put the tree into a stand or contain er of warm water and place it in as cool a spot as possible. Avoid plac ing it in an area where there is a heat source such as a fireplace, wood-burning stove, heat ducts and even television sets. This will help to preserve the freshness, reduce water loss and lessen the fire danger.

Depending on the size

and species of tree, the use of a gallon of water in the first day would not be uncommon. There fore, the tree should be checked frequently and re-watered as necessary. If the tree does become dried out, it probably will not absorb water. It may be necessary to take the tree down and re-cut the bottom to allow the absorption of water. This is inconvenient, but it is the only way to prevent early needle loss if a tree has become dried out. In the past, some have thought that adding aspirins, copper pennies, soda pop, sugar and bleach to the water may prolong the life of a tree. This has not been

proven.

Should you choose a living Christmas tree, they definitely require special care. Once the tree is brought home, it should be conditioned before being placed in a heated room. Leave the tree in an unheated garage or building for a couple of days. After conditioning, the tree can be brought in and placed in a cool loca tion away from direct sunlight. Watering a live tree should be done prior to placing it in the home, by moistening the root ball.

Living trees should not be kept inside for more than 10 days. Ex posure to warm tem peratures may cause the dormant tree to break buds and start to grow. Before removing the tree and planting it outside, it should be al lowed to acclimate itself the same way before it was brought inside. The planting hole should be dug before the ground freezes. Once planted, water well and place some mulch around it to prevent the soil water from freezing.

With proper selection and care, you can enjoy a fresh tree through out the holiday season. And with a real tree, you don’t have to wor ry about storing it for a year before using it again! They just take a little more work while on display.

Krista Harding is a K-State Research and Extension Horticulture agent assigned to South wind District. She may be reached at kharding@ ksu.edu or 620-244-3826.

Carriers cheery about on-time holiday deliveries

By DAVID SHARP The Associated Press

The nation’s major shipping companies are in good shape to get shoppers’ packages de livered on time this hol iday season.

Carriers like the U.S. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx are expected to have excess capacity after struggling un der a crush of holiday packages in 2020 and 2021. There are several factors at play: Con sumers have gotten an early start, done more shopping in stores and moderated spending because of inflationary pressures.

An extra shipping day between Thanks giving and Christmas helps, too.

The nation’s major shipping companies are in the best shape to get holiday shoppers’ pack ages delivered on time since the start of the pandemic, suggesting a return to normalcy.

Carriers like the U.S. Postal Service, Fe dEx and United Parcel Service project to have enough capacity after struggling under the holiday crush for the past two years, when many people hunkered down at home and turned to online shop ping.

The system is al

ready being put to the test ahead of big shop ping days on Black Fri day and Cyber Monday, when retailers entice shoppers with bargains. Amazon held a second

customer

Prime Day in October to jumpstart early holiday sales, but some shop pers are still holding out for deals in the coming days.

Brie Carere, chief

Area news

BURLINGTON — A massive $2.5 billion military microchip operation in Coffey County was named the Kansas Semicon ductor Manufactur ing Consortium, ac cording to the Coffey County Republican. It was formerly known as Silicon Prairie.

Coffey County com missioners authorized the consortium last week by signed a pub lic-private partner ship.

The agreement identifies the initial parties of KSMC.

Coffey County and Flint Hills Technical College are the pub lic parties. The six private industries include EMP Shield, Inc.; PSU of Kentucky, LLC; Rusty Elector nics, LLC; Secure Ca pacitors, LLC; Shadey Ridge Manufacturing, LLC; and KPN Tech

nology, Inc. More industries are expected to be added on in the production of Gallium Nitride mi crochips for military purposes, according to The Republican.

Coffey County’s role includes provid ing $25 million in in centives to the project. Flint Hills Technical College will provide training and educa tional instruction for the project.

IN OTHER news, Southern Coffey County High School completed its 20th Vet erans Honor Flight in 15 years, according to The Republican.

Sixteen adults and 48 student guardians escorted 47 veterans to visit Washington, D.C. where they visit ed war memorials and Arlington National Cemetery.

With proper selection and care, you can enjoy a fresh tree throughout the holiday season. PIXABAY. COM

care officer at FedEx, told The Associ ated Press she’s not wor ried: “The network is running the best that it has since COVID. We’re confident and ready.”

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What a last-minute voter taught me about democracy

By TOM WOGAN SR. Chicago Tribune/TNS

She was a tall 30-some thing who walked into the polling place at 6:50 p.m. on Election Day. I was standing by the door the woman en tered, fulfilling my role as a poll watcher at the Evan gelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Palos Heights, Illinois. She turned to me and asked with a dead pan face: “What are the odds that I can both register and vote in the next 10 minutes?”

I shrugged and direct ed her to the first of three tables set up for the three precincts assigned to this location. I noticed she held a handful of documents in one hand as she began to tell her story. The good people of one precinct ran her driv er’s license through a reader and directed her to the table of the precinct to which she belonged.

She started over with the new crew, this time produc ing a tax return, a utility bill and some other documents. Her plight, and the ticking clock, drew others from the poll workers’ team, all seem ingly eager to get her regis tered in time so she could cast her vote before the clock struck 7 p.m. and the polls closed. They formed a small huddle around her as they worked away on her documents.

I wondered why she had waited so long to do what most other voters had done weeks, months and years be fore, namely register to vote. I wondered why she had waited until so late in the voting day to show up. Was she new in town? Working late? Had some sudden, very late realization? Had some one she cared about lit a fire under her? Had she just re turned from out of town?

The level of activity in the polling place had picked up, not from voters, who were now mostly long gone, but from the anticipation of the volunteer poll workers who were eager to pack up and go home after a very long day. The sheer volume of tiny tasks required to end the voting day is amazing in

its detail. Certain envelopes contain every conceivable result possible. Certain lists go to one office and other lists to different destina tions. The hardware and the equipment needed to run the election need to be packed away in the large gray ma chines that will be picked up the next day. And the poll workers scurry to get it all done so they can finally end a 12- to 14-hour day.

I lost track of her until she again walked by my post, wearing an “I Voted” sticker on her jacket. She directed a beaming smile in my direc tion, as if to say, “Hey, this system really works.” I had to smile back at her air of confidence and gratitude for pulling off this last-minute feat of democratic privilege.

The chief election judge locked the doors right be hind her, signaling the end of the voting day.

And here’s the thing: Those eager poll workers didn’t know how she was go ing to vote. They just want ed to make it possible for her. This little encounter warmed my heart. It quiet ed some of the rage I felt on Jan. 6, 2021, as rioters tore through our nation’s Capi tol. It made me think that, yes, we are still a democracy.

So, for those who are still convinced that the 2020 elec tion was stolen, here’s some free advice: Next election, volunteer to be an election judge, poll watcher or some other role. Spend a day with your neighbors making this tedious miracle happen, and perhaps you will begin to appreciate how airtight the voting system we enjoy in Illinois is. If you are who you say you are, and your address is credible, you will get to cast your vote.

If enough believers in the “Big Lie” worked an elec tion, we could move their misguided cause back to its last known address — on the fringes.

About the writer: Tom Wogan Sr. is a retired Chi cago-area business owner, a certified election judge and an adjunct faculty member at St. Xavier University.

A look back in t me. A look back in t me.

55 Years Ago

November 1967

Allen County Communi ty Junior College board of trustees accepted a bid for construction of the new col lege academic buildings and student center made by Caro Construction of Wichita of $1,820,600. Construction will start immediately after ap proval of the proposal by the Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare in Wash ington. Federal approval is necessary, Dr. Paul Parker, president of the college, said because ACCJC will receive more than $800,000 in grant funds from the department. *****

HUMBOLDT — Mrs. Jack ie F. Godsey has received four posthumous awards for her husband, 1st. Lt. James F. Godsey, who was killed during action against ene my forces in Vietnam, Aug. 24. The awards are the Dis tinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, the Bronze

Star and the Air Medal. *****

A flashing blue light re portedly caused an automo bile to quit functioning and scared an Iola resident “half to death” north of Hum boldt, local law enforcement officers said. Alan Johnson, Iola, called Iola police at 11:30 p.m. last night to say he was driving south on U.S. 169 about a half mile south of Humboldt Hill, when a blue light suddenly flashed in front of his car. Following the flash, he reported, the engine of his Volkswagen ceased to function and lights on the dash brightened. Un dersheriff Ross Wade, who lives in Humboldt, went to the scene to investigate. Wade said he could find no evidence of anything which could have produced the blue light or stopped John son’s car. He surmised that Johnson’s fright may have caused him to flood the en gine.

Kansas leaders still listen to Laffer

For the better part of a de cade, Kansas government has been consumed by tax policy.

Residents first endured for mer Gov. Sam Brownback’s “experiment,” which resulted in yawning deficits, budget cuts and credit downgrades.

Teachers fled. Prisoners riot ed. State agencies crumbled. Arduous years of rebuilding followed, under the guidance of Gov. Laura Kelly and a more responsible Legislature.

Taxes and revenue aren’t a joke for Kansans.

But one of the architects of that failed policy has the gall to laugh at us.

“When your biggest criti cism of me is Kansas, I mean, come on,” economist Art Laf fer told the Washington Post this month. “What the hell is Kansas? There was no cata clysm. It was boring old Kan sas before and after.”

Laffer, if you didn’t know, helped popularize the whole idea of supply-side econom ics. Broadly, that’s the dis credited concept that cutting tax rates on wealthy people and rich businesses will stim ulate the economy and ac tually increase government revenue. By extension, that growing economy will help middle-class and poor people.

This optimis tic-to-the-point-of-delusion policy earned it unforgetta ble nicknames: “trickle-down economics” or “voodoo eco nomics.”

Laffer earned $75,000 for consulting on the Kansas tax plan. Rather than apologize, rather than beg for forgive ness, he decided to mock us. (A tip of the hat to my friend Joel Mathis, columnist for the Kansas McClatchy papers, who spotted this diss first.)

Kansans have weighed in. The midterm elections showed the state doesn’t want unified GOP government. The last such combination of right-wing governor and Leg islature created catastrophic revenue reductions. Brown back didn’t end up with eco nomic growth or a victori ous presidential campaign. Instead, he earned the sec ond-lowest approval ratings of any governor in the United States.

Or as Michael Mazerov of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities wrote in the definitive account of the di saster: “The dismal results of the 2012-17 Kansas experi ment are consistent with the majority of academic studies on the relationship between state personal income tax lev els and state economic perfor mance — and with the experi ence of most states that have pursued similar policies.”

Determined tax-slashers — inside and outside Kansas — might want to examine that record before spreading their unholy gospel further.

Supply-side lovers

The religion still has its disciples, of course.

Clay Wirestone Kansas Reflector

Rich people and GOP politi cians alike adore supply-side economics.

Why wouldn’t they? Under the theory, society’s wealthi est pay less in taxes while an ti-government Republicans amass examples of dysfunc tion. The wealthy assuage their guilty consciences by telling themselves they can do more good by making more money. The politicians can point to underfunded and underperforming services as a reason to privatize them. Both groups benefit while the rest of society suffers.

Tax revenue supports vital infrastructure, social services and public safety. Without contributions from everyone, including the wealthy, the system shudders to a stand still. While supply-side plans supposedly increase tax col lections, they seldom produce the promised boost.

No one likes to pay taxes. But we rely on pothole-free roads. We depend on quality schools. We require a func tioning government.

The destructive dogma endures for another reason. Like the best lies, it has a tiny basis in truth. I wouldn’t be intellectually honest unless I explained why.

Think of it this way. If the government taxes a wealthy person’s income at a 99% rate, you might expect them to work less or move their assets to another country. Lowering that exorbitant rate to, say, 60% would likely encourage rich people and businesses to make more money and con tribute to the broader econo my. The Beatles, of all folks, explained this in their 1966 song “Taxman.” (“There’s one for you, 19 for me,” sings the tune’s villainous narra tor.)

The long-term problem with this example is that if you’re dealing with a few percentage points of tax rate in the teens or 20s, few peo ple or businesses are likely to radically change their be havior. States usually tax at a lower rate than the federal government. In Kansas, for instance, Brownback was reducing from a top tax rate of 6.45%. For the wealthiest, that’s essentially a rounding error. At the same time, gov ernment will see an immedi ate and radical reduction in revenue.

This hits close home to me professionally. Between my time at the Topeka Cap ital-Journal and Kansas Re flector, I spent four years at Kansas Action for Children as communications director.

This advocacy group doesn’t just speak up for the littlest Kansans; it also promotes bal anced tax policy. Brownback’s policies — and Laffer’s — didn’t just weaken our state. They nearly destroyed it.

No magic reaction

What surprises me after all this time isn’t simply that Laffer laughed at Kansas. That might be expected from someone devoted to selling a single, defective product. What shocks and stuns me is that Kansas leaders still lis ten to this man.

Take a look at U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who wel comed Laffer to his “Ag Talk” video series last month. The two compared the economy under President Reagan and President Biden (not favor ably), condemned inflation and hyped up free trade’s ben efits for farmers. The econo mist also suggested that vot ers take a different approach in the midterms.

“People deserve the gov ernments they get, senator,” Laffer told Marshall. “You know, the Earth these people are scorching is their Earth too. And, you know, we’ll see if the electorate has wisdom this November, changes it. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t. I don’t know. I’m not an expert on that. But it reminds me a lot of Jimmy Carter in 1978. And then, you know, Ronnie came on the scene and we really restored America’s prosperity.”

Voters in Kansas did take history into account. But neither Laffer nor Marshall addressed the Kansas “ex periment” during the entire 19 minute and 41 second seg ment. Somehow, it slipped their minds.

Marshall laid it on thick while closing his show.

“I appreciate you sharing your wisdom with us today,” the senator said. “I learned something every time you come to Capitol Hill and we’re able to sit down with you.”

My suggestion? Marshall should think twice before tak ing any lessons from Laffer. He should know, and voters in this state already know, what happens when you cut tax es without plans to make up for lost revenue. Slashing tax rates doesn’t generate some magic reaction. It makes the rich richer and the poor poorer while hobbling social services. Decades of failure and stunted economic growth prove it’s a dead end.

With Kansas marking 27 months of surplus tax col lections, legislators will be sorely tempted next session. They will want to believe the false religion preached by Laffer and his acolytes. They will want Kansans to forgot what happened during those dismal years as Brownback’s dream turned into a night mare.

Don’t forget.

And don’t laugh.

Sen. Roger Marshall, left, recently hosted supply-side economist Arthur Laffer on his talk show. YOUTUBE SCREEN SHOT

Thrive: Organization celebrates 15 years of achievements

worked tirelessly to meet our community’s needs for food, clothing, warmth, and — most of all — kindness,” said Donna Houser, who in troduced Masterson.

The award is named after the late Donna Talkington, who gave tirelessly to promote civ ic engagement.

“Georgia began her career as a teacher at Iola Middle School, where she helped guide students through the challenges of life. Her connections with these students have lasted through the years, and her impact is immeasur able,” Houser said.

At SRS, “Georgia ded icated herself to fighting poverty and its causes — not as a handout, nor even as a hand up, but as a true partnership between neighbors and community members.”

At Circles, “she was pivotal in connecting families across class and income to build relation ships, share skills and experiences, and break down barriers,” Houser noted.

“If you ask Georgia what drives her work, she will tell you that it is pure gratitude,” Houser said, explaining that as a young couple, Georgia and John Masterson re lied on the help of over 600 Iolans to help with an ambitious treatment plan for their disabled daughter, Jennie.

“John, says that only someone with Georgia’s quiet strength and un wavering patience could have made it through such a difficult time.

“Georgia is on a mis sion to multiply the gifts of time and love that were given to her family when they needed it.”

egory called Unsung He roes, or “those who work quietly for the better ment of our communi ties but are not often ac knowledged publicly for their efforts,” said Tom Strickler of Community National Bank.

With him were Jer ry Dreher of Emprise Bank, Heather Curry of Piqua State Bank and the Bank of Gas, Miles Mentzer of Landmark National Bank, and Dorene Ohmie of Great Southern Bank.

Ralph Dozier of Osage Township, LaDonna Crone of Humboldt and Sherrie Riebel of rural Iola were recognized.

Dozier has been in strumental in maintain ing the historic Fair view Chapel and serves as caretaker of Osage Township, including its cemeteries, where he spends countless hours contacting the families of recently lost loved ones, maintaining sig nage and fencing, and showing steadfast care and attention to detail.

“Osage Township would be lost without his expertise, care, and ded ication to our communi ty,” said Regena Lance, who nominated Dozier for the award.

In Humboldt, Krone is a volunteer extraordi naire at its food pantry, annual Biblesta parade, and at St. Peter’s Luther an Church where she serves on its education committee and teach es youth at Sunday and Midweek School.

Riebel served 26 years as Allen County clerk be fore recently retiring.

Riebel worked to en sure fair elections, pro vide transparency of county actions, main tain county commission records, manage county taxes and finances, and

mental in restoring and bringing Maj. Gen. Fred Funston’s boyhood home to the Iola square, along with the accompanying museum and has recent ly completed a three-part biography of Funston.

Toland also founded the Buster Keaton Cel ebration in 1993, which has experienced a recent revival.

Recreation Beth Barlow of Hum boldt’s BaseCamp was awarded for her efforts to increase recreational opportunities.

In its two short years, BaseCamp has become a destination known for relaxation and adven ture. At the southern trailhead of the South wind Rail Trail, the site includes a bike barn, a pond, an indoor gath ering space and camp ing or glamping in its A-frame cabins.

Health and Wellness

Hope Unlimited was recognized for its devo tion to health and well ness by providing a safe haven for victims of sex ual and domestic abuse.

Hope Unlimited was established in 1984 by a grassroots coalition of volunteers who host ed survivors in their own homes and quickly saw the need to create a shelter. Their work has expanded into advocacy and prevention services.

the economic develop ment award.

The company opened its Iola office in 2020 and has quickly put down roots, focusing exclusive ly on cover cropping, a regenerative agriculture practice that improves soil health, increases water capacity, and acts as a natural mulch to prevent erosion.

Cover cropping in volves planting crops like cereal rye, clover, peas, or oats in-between cash crops to keep living roots in the soil and in crease organic matter.

Green Cover Seed creates customized seed mixtures that take into account the unique context of each field, including its climate, soil composition, and limitations. Their ap proach has earned them customers in all 50 states and Canada, ranging from 5,600 square foot gardens to 10,000-acre vegetable producers.

IN ITS 15 years, Thrive has grown from a staff of two to 30 and a $4.5 million budget.

David Toland was its first president and chief executive officer.

Since 2019, Lisse Re gehr has served in that capacity.

At its core, Thrive’s goal is to improve health and wellness opportuni ties.

work; and economic development, such as helping bring G&W Foods and the Eastgate Lofts to Iola.

In more recent years, Thrive has spread its wings.

State leaders have tapped Thrive to imple ment the Kansas Cares program where Thrive provides coordinators to assist people enroll ing in health insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid programs primarily in rural communities.

In 2020, Thrive began offering safety net trans portation, providing rides within a 115-mile radius, free of charge for anyone needing help getting to doctor’s ap pointments, court dates, social security offices, and more.

This year, Thrive took public transportation services over from the county.

“So far, we have pro vided more than 1,700 rides and covered more than 121,000 miles, en suring barriers to our residents are eliminated when it comes to keep ing healthy, keeping their jobs or staying con nected to loved ones,” Regehr said.

we can attract tourism and industry alike in the near future,” Regehr said. “We understand the important balance between industry and small business in cre ating a stable economic ecosystem.”

Regehr also pointed out that in 2022, Thrive Allen County created a new statewide coalition, Zero to Thrive, “where we work with rural com munities across Kansas to address childcare and early childhood develop ment through practice, advocacy, and policy.

“We also continue to provide support to local childcare centers to en sure they remain open and viable,” she said.

In Regehr’s fouryear tenure, she noted Thrive’s grant writers have been able to secure $5.1 million in additional funding to assist 24 enti ties including nonprof its, governmental agen cies and businesses.

As for the future, “we are making plans to en sure sustainability in our programs to live outside of our organi zation,” said Regehr.

“This year we began to take steps to create two new nonprofits. Thrive Kansas will continue to do the statewide work Thrive Allen County is currently doing. This will ensure Thrive Allen holds to a mainly Allen County focus, whereas Thrive Kansas will focus on rural communities across the state.

“Allen Regional Tran sit, or ART, as we like to call it, will also become its own nonprofit in the coming months. This will take on all our trans portation services and ensure additional fund ing and sustainability for a program we know is vital to our commu nity and that others are hoping to emulate.

THRIVE’S success has made it — and Allen County — a household name.

Volunteer of the Year

Lisa Fontaine was also singled out as Volunteer of the Year for her tire less efforts to improve the rail trails as well as promote the area’s cy cling culture

Fontaine has spent countless hours creat ing and maintaining the Southwind and Port land LeHigh trails, en suring the area has ac cessible, awe-inspiring outdoor spaces.

The work is physi cally demanding, often occurs in extreme heat or cold, and often goes unrecognized.

FRIDAY NIGHT’S awards also recognized those who have devoted countless hours in the arenas of education, recreation, health and wellness, economic de velopment.

A goal of the evening is to not only celebrate these good deeds, but also inspire others to figure out ways they can do important things in their own circles of in terest.

Leaders of area banks recognized a cat

much more.

Clyde Toland was awarded for his efforts in education as an attor ney, historian, volunteer, and author.

Toland was instru

Today, efforts are un derway to build a new shelter to meet growing and changing needs. The center has touched countless lives and planted the seeds for a future free of abuse and violence.

Economic development

Green Cover Seed won

Significant early achievements include its ongoing community conversations, which Thrive staff see as “the lifeblood” to its efforts in order to better un derstand the hopes and concerns of area citi zens; creating rail trails, which now include 60 miles and include com missioned public art

In that same vein, earlier this year Thrive opened Recovery House in Iola, assisting indi viduals in active recov ery by providing them a place to live while they transition back into the community in a healthy, safe and welcoming en vironment.

IN TERMS of eco nomic development, in 2022 Thrive brought in a $3 million grant for Allen County to build in frastructure at the coun ty airport, “ensuring

“We’ve grown from a tight knit coalition to a nationally known non profit,” Regehr said.

To mark that success, Regehr unveiled the non profit’s new logo. Regehr noted that Brian Wolfe, longtime chairman of the board, was instru mental in designing the original logo, which in cluded a kite tethered to a string.

The new logo uses only a billowing kite.

“It emphasizes the wind in our sails as we empower our communi ty to continue to move forward,” Regehr said.

Lisa Fontaine was named Volunteer of the Year for her work on the rail trails and for promoting a cycling culture in the area. Bradley Lowry, a junior at Humboldt High School presented Fontain the award.

REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Hope Unlimited was given the Health and Wellness award. The organization provides services for victims of sexual and domestic violence. Pictured from left, Michelle Miewes, Dorothy Sparks, Bodi Baker, Alexandria Gumfory and Donita Garner. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Allen women win; men drop one

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

The Allen Community College men’s and women’s basketball teams went a com bined 3-1 as each faced off in a pair of away games.

The Red Devil men (5-4) split their matchups, first falling to No. 4 Des Moines Area Community College on Friday, 80-69, before knocking off No. 20 Iowa Western Com munity College on Saturday, 69-49. The Lady Red Dev ils (7-1) beat Dallas College Richland and Dallas College Mountain View.

Women’s Basketball

Allen ousted Dallas College Richland on Friday night, 7426. The red and black allowed only 26 Thunderduck points all night and forced 31 turn overs.

“We are progressing as a team well,” said Allen head coach Leslie Crane. “We have to continue to play good halfcourt defense and rebound the ball consistently. Exe cution offensively is always something that must contin ue to improve and reading de fenses to know where the ball needs to go to score is always a challenge.”

“We played a lot of people and we were able to learn quite a bit more about our selves and our team,” Crane continued. “We rebounded extremely well and took care of the ball which are two ar eas needed to continue to win ball games. We were able to handle our press offenses bet ter and develop better trust in one another.”

On Saturday, Allen took

down Dallas College Moun tain View, 67-43. The Lady Red Devils forced a monstrous 32 turnovers defensively to dominate on that side of the ball all weekend.

“Our defense was pretty good this weekend,” Crane said. “Obviously, we had to fight through some adversity on Saturday with being tired and sore from the previous night. The kids played hard, but we will need to be more efficient, and that takes some mental toughness we are still trying to learn.”

Allen plays Cottey College at home on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Men’s Basketball

The Red Devils lost to No. 4 Des Moines Area Commu nity College on Friday night, 80-69. Allen fell behind after a few big scoring runs from the Bears in both the first and second half.

Allen slipped behind early in the game but made it tight er by halftime.

The Red Devils began the second half down eight points but quickly got back into the game on a scoring run.

The red and black were able to grab a two-point ad

vantage midway through the second half which quickly evaporated following anoth er scoring run by the Bears. Allen fell by 11 points at the final buzzer.

“Des Moines is a very well-rounded team that does not have many weaknesses,” said Allen head coach Andy Shaw. “We hung tough, but struggled getting enough de fensive stops to win the game. We battled, but just came up a bit short.”

The Devils were led offen sively by Chris Dixon’s 21 points and Zabriel Boozer’s 15 points off the bench. Al

Kelce rallies Chiefs over Chargers

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP)

— Patrick Mahomes connect ed with Travis Kelce for their third touchdown of the game with 31 seconds remaining, and the Kansas City Chiefs rallied past the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27 to stay atop the AFC. Mahomes hit Kelce on a short crossing route that Kelce took to the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown, con cluding a six-play, 75-yard drive that took just 1:15. The Chargers had pulled ahead 27-23 on Justin Herbert’s 6-yard touchdown pass to Joshua Palmer with 1:46 left.

The Chiefs swept the season series from Los Angeles and took a three-game lead in the AFC West. Kansas City leads four teams by one game in the conference.

Patrick Mahomes and Tra vis Kelce ended up putting on a performance that made The Fonz proud.

Mahomes connected with Kelce for three touchdowns — including the go-ahead score with 31 seconds re maining — as the Kansas City Chiefs rallied past the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27 on Sunday night to stay atop the AFC.

Mahomes met Emmy Award-winning actor Hen

ry Winkler before the game. Winkler, who played Fonzie for 12 seasons on the icon ic television show “Happy Days”, received a signed jer sey on the sideline. Kelce got in the act by wearing a t-shirt before the game that had a picture of The Fonz and said “Football. Family. Fonzie”.

When Mahomes and the Chiefs got the ball at the KC 25-yard line with 1:46 re maining, he had his usual

cool and calm presence.

“When I went in the hud dle, it was let’s just do it. Ev eryone had the mindset of take it one play at a time and get it when it counts,” said Mahomes, completed 20 of 34 passes for 329 yards.

After the Chargers had pulled ahead 27-23 on Justin Herbert’s 6-yard touchdown pass to Joshua Palmer with 1:46 left, Mahomes directed a six-play, 75-yard drive that

took just 1:15.

It was the 11th time in the regular-season that Ma homes had a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter.

Despite missing two re ceivers due to injuries, he completed 3 of 4 for 48 yards on the drive and scrambled twice for an additional 22.

The Chiefs also benefitted from a third-down holding call on Chargers’ safety Der win James after an incom plete pass.

After a 16-yard run by Ma homes and Kansas City tim eout, Mahomes hit Kelce on a short crossing route that Kelce took to the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown, “We didn’t have our full arsenal of weapons. I was ready for the matchup,” said Kelce, who had six catches for 115 yards. “I knew they were going to play man-toman and Patrick was going to look for me when it was 1-on-1. I was able to finish the game off on a positive note.”

Herbert and the Chargers had one final chance, but Nick Bolton intercepted a de flected pass to seal it for the Chiefs (8-2), who swept the season series from Los An geles (5-5) and took a three-

len shot 40% from the floor as opposed to the Bears’ 49.1% from the floor. The Red Devils hit 27.6% from beyond the arc.

“Chris has really elevated his game for us this year,” said Shaw. “He has done a great job being a leader and he has been scoring the ball well so far. We will need him to continue progressing throughout this season, but I am very pleased with how he is playing in the early going.”

Ahmed Mahgoub led on the glass with seven rebounds while Brayden Thompson snatched five rebounds. Allen forced 19 Des Moines Area turnovers and seven steals including three by Boozer on the defensive end.

Allen squarely defeated No. 20 Iowa Western on Saturday, 69-49. The Red Devils missed a few early open shots but be gan to sink their open looks by the end of the first half. Al len led Iowa Western at half time, 30-23.

The red and black came out stronger defensively in the second half and held the Reivers to 50 points through regulation. A strong offen sive push by Allen also helped stretch the lead to 15 points with 10 minutes left in the game.

The Red Devils outscored Iowa Western through the rest of the second half to take the 20-point victory, 69-49.

“It was big for our confi dence to come back and win against a ranked opponent,” said Shaw. “It was a quick turnaround for both teams, and I felt like we had the cor rect mentality entering the

K-State nears Big 12 title game

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — No. 19 Kansas State beat West Virginia 48-31 to move one win away from clinching a berth in the Big 12 championship game. The Wildcats finish the regular season at home next Satur day against Kansas. They are looking to join TCU in the ti tle game Dec. 3 in Arlington, Texas. Kansas State jumped ahead 14-0 a little more than three minutes into the game, thanks in part to Cincere Mason’s 37-yard interception return for a touchdown. The Wildcats led 41-25 at halftime. Those were the most firsthalf points for Kansas State in 14 years. K-State’s Will Howard threw two touch down passes and ran for an other score.

One of No. 19 Kansas State’s longest road trips of the Big 12 season might as well have been a home game for quarterback Will How ard.

Howard threw two touch down passes and ran for an

Allen’s Noa Muranaka (2) dribbles around the perimiter earlier this season in a game against the McPherson JV team on Nov. 1. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) runs after a catch en route to a 32-yard touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on Sunday in Inglewood, California. ROBERT GAUTHIER/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS

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Robinson, Texas run all over Jayhawks in big loss

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP)

— Bijan Robinson ran for career-highs of 243 yards and four touchdowns, helping Texas beat Kan sas 55-14 to keep its hopes alive of playing in the Big 12 title game. The Long horns need to beat Baylor next week while hoping the Jayhawks can beat Kansas State. The win Sat urday was a bit of revenge for the Longhorns after their 57-56 overtime loss to Kansas last year in Aus tin. Jayhawks quarter back Jalon Daniels start ed for the first time since hurting his shoulder six weeks ago against TCU. He had 230 yards passing with two touchdowns and an interception.

Robinson ran through, over and around Kansas for a career-high 243 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday, helping the Longhorns earn a mea sure of revenge with a frigid 55-14 victory.

Now, Robinson and his buddies are suddenly the Jayhawks’ biggest fans.

The Longhorns, who lost a 57-56 overtime thrill er to Kansas a year ago in Austin, need to knock off Baylor next week while getting some help from the team they just trounced. The Jayhawks must beat Kansas State in their rivalry game for Tex as to play fourth-ranked

TCU for the Big 12 cham pionship in Arlington.

“We’ve got a bunch of fighters. We have a great deal of resiliency. These guys have showed an un believable amount of per severance, and I told them that in the locker room,” Texas coach Steve Sarki sian said. “I was proud of them. I was very proud of them for the maturity they showed in this game.”

Quinn Ewers added 107 yards passing and a touchdown, and Jona thon Brooks ran for 108 yards and two scores, as Texas (7-4, 5-3) bounced

back from a dismal game against the Horned Frogs in which it didn’t score an offensive touchdown.

It scored on nine straight possessions after an opening punt Satur day and finished with 427 yards rushing.

“When you play a team that’s as athletic as Texas, and you can see some of that when you stop your feet and lunge, and the missed tackles — it was not a good day there at all,” Kansas coach Lance Leipold said, “and disap pointing.”

for the first time since a shoulder injury six weeks ago, threw for 230 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for the Jayhawks (6-5, 3-5). Devin Neal was held to 51 yards rushing on 13 carries.

“This offense had been averaging 36 or 37 points a game,” Sarkisian said. “To hold them to 14 points, to hold them to just about 100 yards rushing, that’s a heck of a performance against a difficult offense to defend.”

then ripped off two long runs on their next posses sion to extend the advan tage to 14-0.

“Before the game I was freezing. I was like, ‘This is not something you should play in,’” Robinson said. “But I knew I had to do whatever I could to help the team win. We had to run the ball throughout the game and that’s what we did.”

Robinson nearly had a third first-half TD run, but it was called back by a pen alty and Texas had to kick a field goal.

“He’s a freak of nature. That’s as simple as I can put it,” Ewers said. “I’ve never seen a guy like him before at the college level.

He can really do it all.”

The Jayhawks were hoping to get a boost from the return of Dan iels, who had them off to a 5-0 start before his in jury on Oct. 8. But they went 3-and-out on their first two drives, failed on fourth-and-2 on the next one, then had a TD wiped out by a penalty and watched Jacob Bor cila miss the ensuing field-goal try.

Ewers added a touch down pass to Keilan Robinson later in the second quarter. And after Daniels was picked off by Jaylan Ford, the Longhorns turned again to Rob inson.

Jalon Daniels, starting

Kelce: rallies Chiefs on SNF

Robinson, who was held to 29 yards rushing by the Horned Frogs, eclipsed that total mid way through the first quarter Saturday, then kept on going. He bull dozed into the end zone from 2-yards out to give the Longhorns the lead, game lead in the AFC West.

It is the third straight year the Chargers have had a late lead at home against the Chiefs and were unable to finish.

“You should be frus trated. To not beat those guys is disappointing because we felt like our level was good enough to win, but we didn’t fin ish plays in that fourth quarter to get it done,” Chargers coach Bran don Staley said after Los Angeles lost its second straight to fall to 5-5.

With a one-game lead over four teams in the conference, Kansas City is in position to claim home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Kelce scored at least three touchdowns for the second time in his career. He scored four in a Monday night win over the Raiders on Oct. 10.

Chiefs rookie Isiah Pacheco rushed for a ca reer-high 107 yards.

“Patrick and Travis calm everything down on both sides of the ball. The good players real ly stepped up when we needed it,” coach Andy Reid said. “I’m proud of our guys for stepping up offensively and defen sively. That’s big-time football at the right time.

Herbert went 23 of 30 for 280 yards and two touchdowns, both to Palmer, who had eight receptions for 106 yards. It was easily the Char gers’ best offensive per

formance in nearly a month as the unit was bolstered by the return of receivers Keenan Al len and Mike Williams.

Allen, playing only his third game due to a nag ging hamstring injury, had five receptions for 94 yards, including a 46yard catch up the right sideline on the go-ahead drive to put the ball on the Chiefs 16-yard line.

“Mike (Williams) is about as tough as it gets, and Keenan (Allen), too. They’re special competi tors, so any time that you get those guys out on the field, something good is going to happen. But, un fortunately, it didn’t go our way today,” Herbert said.

Austin Ekeler had 100 yards (83 rushing, 17 receiving) and a touch down.

KELCE’S RECORD NIGHT

It was Kelce’s 34th game with at least 100 yards receiving, surpass ing Rob Gronkowski for the most by a tight end in NFL history. Eight of his 11 TDs this season have come in prime-time games.

Kelce gave Kansas City a 13-10 lead early in the second quarter on a 4-yard screen pass where he imitated Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders’ high-skip ping dance on his way to the end zone.

Kelce’s 32-yard touch down on the opening play of the fourth quarter put the Chiefs on top 23-20.

Kelce caught the ball at the LA 26 after Asante Samuel Jr. made a diving attempt, broke a tackle by Nasir Adderley at the 16 and went up the right sideline for the score.

QUICK START

After Harrison But ker’s 33-yard field goal on the opening possession gave the Chiefs a 3-0 lead, the Charges promptly answered on their first drive in three plays. Palmer beat Juan Thorn hill in single coverage and Herbert found him for a 50-yard touchdown.

It was the first time in 20 regular-season games that Kansas City had al lowed a touchdown on an opening drive.

INJURIES

Chiefs: RB Clyde Ed wards-Helaire suffered an ankle injury in the first quarter, Thornhill had a calf injury in the second quarter and WR Kadarius Toney strained a hamstring in the third quarter. None returned to the game.

Chargers: Williams’ return was short-lived. He reinjured his ankle after a 15-yard reception in the first quarter. ... LB Kenneth Murray came out in the third quar ter with a neck injury. ... S Nasir Adderley had a thumb injury in the fourth quarter.

UP NEXT Chiefs: Host the Los Angeles Rams next Sun day.

Chargers: Return to the road to face the Arizona Cardinals next Sunday.

Texas Longhorns running back Bijan Robinson (5) runs in a short touchdown against the Alabama Crimson Tide in a game earlier this fall. TNS

Saka, Rashford lead England to 6-2 rout of Iran

DOHA, Qatar (AP) —

Bukayo Saka and Mar cus Rashford put the last year’s European Championship loss be hind them in England’s 6-2 rout of Iran at the World Cup. Both players missed penalties in the shootout loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final and were then subjected to racist abuse. But Saka scored twice at Khalifa International Stadium and Rashford came off the bench to add anoth er with his first move of the match.

When Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford last walked off the field at a major internation al soccer tournament, they were bombarded with racist abuse.

Three goals for En gland in the team’s opening match at this year’s World Cup was their immediate riposte.

Saka scored two be fore giving way to Rash

ford, who added another in the second half of England’s 6-2 rout of Iran on Monday.

The jubilant scene at the Khalifa Internation al Stadium was in con trast to the tears shed following England’s penalty shootout loss to Italy in last year’s Euro pean Championship fi nal. Saka and Rashford both failed to convert from the spot and were targeted on social me dia.

“It is a moment that has been with me and will be with me forever,” said Saka, who was only 19 during Euro 2020.

“But I am so blessed and so grateful to have the coaching staff, not only here with the team at England, but also at Ar senal.

“My friends and my family put their arm around me along with my teammates and the nation supported me

to help me get back to a good place. I feel that love from everyone around me.”

The win also pro vides encouragement for coach Gareth South gate, who has faced the most troubled period of his England tenure over the last year. In a difficult buildup to the tournament in Qatar, he was booed after a 4-0 loss to Hungary in June and was humiliated by his own fans when they chanted, “You don’t know what you’re do ing.”

Hundreds of fans missed the start of Mon day’s match because of an issue with digi tal tickets. When they eventually made their way to their seats, they witnessed an utterly dominant display from England.

Jude Bellingham’s first international goal opened the scoring in

K-State: nearing Big 12 title

down passes and ran for another score, Cincere Mason returned an in terception for a TD and the Wildcats moved clos er to a berth in the Big 12 championship game by beating West Virgin ia 48-31 on Saturday.

Playing at West Vir ginia was as close as Howard will get to his hometown of Downing town, about 280 miles (451 kilometers) from Morgantown in eastern Pennsylvania. Howard said about 30 relatives and friends cheered him on.

“I was fired up to be able to play for them,” Howard said. “Just to be able to look up and see all of them, it feels good.”

Kansas State (8-3, 6-2 Big 12, No. 15 CFP) can clinch a title game spot alongside No. 4 TCU on Dec. 3 with a win in its regular season finale at home Saturday against Kansas, or with a loss by Texas to Baylor on Fri day.

Howard said coach Chris Klieman told the team in the locker room to take some time to soak in the win over the Mountaineers first.

“We’re going to en joy this one today and have fun on the plane ride home,” Howard said. “We know it’s our process mindset every week: One day at a time. We know we’ve got a big one next week. But we’re going to start worrying

about that one tomor row.”

West Virginia (4-7, 2-6) failed to become bowl eli gible for the second time under fourth-year coach Neal Brown and for only the fourth time since 2000.

Both team’s quarter backs played well in a battle among backups.

Howard, starting in place of the injured Adri an Martinez, completed 19 of 27 passes for 294 yards.

“Will’s a seasoned vet eran now,” Klieman said. “I couldn’t be more hap pier for the guy because he’s worked his tail off.”

West Virginia’s Gar rett Greene, who got the nod ahead of JT Daniels, threw three TD passes to Sam James and finished 15 of 27 passes for 204 yards. He was intercept ed twice. Greene also scored on a 13-yard run.

“Garrett did some good things,” Brown said. “He ran around and made some good de cisions, made some bad decisions. That’s going to happen when you’re in your first career start.”

Kansas State led 28-19 after the first quarter.

Mason’s 37-yard inter ception return put the Wildcats up 14-0 a little more than 3 minutes into the game. Later in the quarter, West Virginia’s Malachi Ruffin returned an interception 43 yards for a score. But West Vir ginia couldn’t mount a

comeback.

By halftime, Kansas State had 312 total yards and led 41-25. It was the highest scoring first half by the Wildcats since scoring 45 against Mon tana State in 2008, and the most allowed by West Virginia since allowing 56 to Baylor in 2013.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

Kansas State could move up a spot or two in the AP Top 25 poll.

THE TAKEAWAY

Kansas State: The Wildcats have won three of their last four. Behind Howard, Kansas State tied its biggest output of the season against the league’s worst scoring defense and improved to 4-1 on the road.

West Virginia: There were about 23,000 empty seats in the stadium, and it will be up to the school to decide whether it was the final home game for Brown, who has a 21-25 record with four years remaining on his con tract. Athletic director Shane Lyons was fired last Monday, and WVU President Gordon Gee said no other changes will be considered until after a new athletic di rector is hired in the next few weeks.

UP NEXT

Kansas State hosts Kansas next Saturday. The Wildcats have won 13 straight in the Sun flower Showdown.

West Virginia plays at No. 24 Oklahoma State next Saturday.

the 35th minute.

Saka then got his first of the match in the 43rd and Raheem Sterling added another in first-half stoppage time. Saka scored his second shortly after the hour, but Mehdi Taremi pulled one back for Iran in the 65th minute.

Rashford struck six minutes later to extend England’s lead to 5-1, and Jack Grealish also stepped off the bench to score a sixth in the 90th. Taremi added another for Iran from the penal ty spot deep in stoppage time after John Stones was penalized for hold ing Morteza Pouraligan ji’s shirt in the box.

The game was de layed for several min utes in the first half when Iran goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand clashed heads with a teammate. He was eventually taken off the field on a stretch er with the score still 0-0.

His replacement,

Hossein Hosseini, was left with the unenviable task of facing England’s potent attack.

The match had a total of 29 minutes of stop page time, 15 minutes in the first half and 14 in the second.

After the match, Iran coach Carlos Queiroz pleaded with fans to support the team fol lowing apparent boos during the national an them amid protests in the nation for women’s rights.

“All the Iranians in the stadium are wel come, and feel free to criticize,” he said. “Those who come to disturb the team with issues that are not only about football opinions are not welcome. They are just simple football boys. They have one dream, to play football. It is not their fault that the World Cup happens at the moment. The moral is: Let the kids play the game. They

want to represent the country, represent the people.”

BRILLIANT BELLINGHAM

Bellingham had not even made his senior debut by the time of the last World Cup in 2018. Now the Borussia Dortmund midfielder is one of the most coveted players in the Europe and is expected to spark a major transfer battle at the end of the season. Monday’s performance is likely to see his repu tation grow even more.

KANE’S OK

Southgate said Harry Kane was not injured despite concerns when he went down under a challenge in the second half and was later sub stituted.

“I think Harry is fine,” the coach said. “It looked a bad tackle, but he carried on and we took him off because we thought it was a mo ment when we could do that.”

Allen: goes 3-1 out of state

Continued from B1

game. We were the more aggressive team against Iowa Western, and our defense caused them a lot of fits.”

Dixon led the scoring charge again, netting 13 points, going two-of-four from three-point range. Mahgoub also finished in double figures and totaled 11 points after going four-for-10 from the floor. Thompson also tacked on nine points.

Allen shot 42.2% from

the floor as opposed to Iowa Western’s 35.8%.

The Red Devils also shot 35% in treys as opposed to the Reivers’ 18.8% mark from three-point range.

The Red Devils’ de fense forced 19 Iowa Western turnovers, in cluding 13 steals. Tanner Meyer and Mahgoub had three steals apiece. Allen and Iowa Western were even on the glass as each grabbed 33 rebounds. Dixon and Meyer led the

Devils in rebounding with six and five boards, respectively.

“I was pleased with our toughness,” Shaw said. “We fought hard the first night, but didn’t have enough firepower to win the game. But to bounce back quickly against another ranked opponent and dominate the game was good to see.”

The Red Devils host Kansas Wesleyan JV on Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Advice for starting to date at age 24

We asked readers to channel their inner Car olyn Hax and answer this question. Some of the best responses are be low.

Dear Carolyn: I’m 24 and had a really con trolling upbringing. My rigid and overprotec tive parents effectively crushed any chance of me having a social life. Until recently, I worked at their business and they kept tabs on me all the time. Even in my 20s, they said I could only have a boyfriend if they picked him. Their choices were all awful: ugly, older men my par ents said could provide for me.

They thought I’d never break away, but I found a website with help and advice for peo ple like me. Now I have my own job and can pro vide for myself. I used all the money I secretly saved to move out and get my own place. I’m free! It’s blowing my mind that I can date any one I want to and can eventually have sex for the first time.

However, my friends keep warning me that I’m really naive and guys are going to try to take advantage of me. Just this week, guys were flirting with me at work and the gro cery store. How am I supposed to respond to that? How do I dive into the dating scene without getting taken advantage of? — New To This

New To This: How do you respond to that? However you want to!

Your question hits home with me because I also didn’t really date until I was your age (my first kiss was at 23). My first relationship did take advantage of my good faith and resulted in heartbreak and cheat ing. However, I never considered that any of that was due to my “advanced age.” If any

Carolyn Hax Tell Me About It

thing, I felt empowered to end unpleasant rela tionships (something no one in my family had ever done) because I was older.

I was new to dating, but I knew myself and liked myself. I had de veloped many fulfilling nonromantic relation ships. I felt I was unique ly qualified! Ultimately, I was able to be in a healthy, honest, easygo ing relationship before many of my friends — not that it’s a contest — because I had no roman tic patterns or “types” to fall back on. I definite ly wouldn’t have cho sen my husband when I was in high school. And that’s a good thing!

Your friends may have good intentions. It’s always good to keep one eye on your blind spots, especially when you have a history of controlling role mod els. Check your gut if anyone isn’t good with “no.” But I really believe you’ve got this! You’ve done so many harder things, and you should have faith in yourself. — You’ve Got This New To This: I would start with double dates. Bring a trusted friend and their partner with you on a few dates. It will help ease you into the idea of dating with out any pressure to do or say the “right” thing.

If they aren’t into that for a first date, then they are probably not what you are looking for.

When you meet some one nice and funny who is someone you connect with, then you try a solo daytime activity first.

Like mini-golf or going to a museum midday. Go on a few dates like this before you think about

an evening date where things might go a bit further. Hopefully, by then, you will feel more comfortable!

I also suggest you set up a sort-of “get out safe” system on your first date alone with someone. Have a friend call you 20-30 mins into the date. If the date isn’t going well, then you can say you have a fam ily emergency you need to attend to; if it’s go ing great, you let your friend know and con tinue on the date. I hope you enjoy this exciting next chapter of your life. — Dates Should Be Fun

New To This: Ask yourself this: How did you not get taken advan tage of when you got a job or when you found an apartment? How did you know the job offer was fair, and the work ing conditions were suitable? How did you determine your living situation was safe and affordable? I assume you used the same self-anal ysis, critical thinking, and instincts you used when you decided inde pendence was your key to living a full, happy life. So use that. Know yourself, and trust your instincts. Know what you’re okay with and not okay with, and set clear boundaries. Ap ply the same cautions as you would if you were starting any other rela tionship — even experi enced people get taken advantage of if they’re throwing caution to the wind. Don’t be afraid to say “no” and keep look ing. And don’t beat your self up if you say “yes” and it turns out not to be the right person. Dat ing itself is a process of finding out about your self and what you want as much as it is about learning about other people. Congratulations on your independence! — Use What You Know New To This: I found

myself in a similar situ ation to you heading into college. As the daughter of two strongly Chris tian parents, there had been a lot of roadblocks for me to the kinds of fun that others my age were having, and sud denly all that fell away when I went to college. It’s not easy going from rigid structure to com plete freedom!

I sought out advice from other women in my family on what to do regarding guys, and my aunt gave me the single piece of advice that kept me in a good frame of mind for that whole transition: Know what you want! If you know who you are and what you want, none of the other challenges can faze you, because you’ll have that foundation for making decisions. Do you want to meet lots of new guys in a freer atmosphere? Are you looking to jump straight into a more meaning ful relationship? Your base judgment can help you decide which guys you like and which you don’t. Just remember what YOU want. — MJB

Saturday’s Cryptoquote: I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that.

Then I realized I was somebody. — Lily Tomlin

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