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A sign on the door at B&B Cafe Tuesday indicates the property was seized by the Kansas Department of Revenue. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Iola cafe shuttered over tax bill

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

B & B Cafe at 324 W. Garfield was abruptly shuttered Tuesday morning by the State of Kansas.

A sign on the door said the property was seized by the Department of Revenue for nonpayment of taxes. A

KDOR press release listed the amount as $204,204.61.

Owner Kimberly A. (Bender) Larios could not be reached for comment.

John Brocker, who owns the building, said he was contacted by the sheriff ’s department at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and was given the opportunity to identify and protect

property he owns, which he said includes most of the restaurant’s items.

The state changed the locks and handed the keys to Brocker.

He said he plans to offer the building for rent.

The Larioses have a 48See B&B | Page A4

COFFEYVILLE — A Topeka woman has been arrested in connection with a March 13 shooting in Coffeyville that claimed the life of a Chanute teen- Makinzy Mary Alice Steeves ager.

The Montgomery County Chronicle reported Monday that Makinzy Mary Alice Steeves, 20, of Topeka, was arrested in Coffeyville Thursday.

Steeves was charged by the Montgomery County Attorney with several criminal counts related to the March 13 shooting that led to the death of Nasha Gregory, 15, of Chanute.

Steeves is charged with one count of aggravated endangerment of a child; one count of contributing to a child’s misconduct with purchase or consumption of an See CHARGES | Page A6

Biden issues warning over cyberattacks

By ALAN SUDERMAN The Associated Press

Jonathon Goering of Thrive Allen County, from left, speaks Tuesday with Allen County Commissioners Jerry Daniels and David Lee. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Airport advisory board takes off

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

A revitalized airport advisory board met for the first time in years this weekend, outlining high hopes for the future of the Allen County Regional Airport.

That includes an interest in building more hangars, the possibility of locating an air museum at the site and developing a comprehensive strategic plan.

Jonathon Goering, director of economic development with Thrive Allen County, has taken the lead on airport redevelopment on the county’s behalf. He’s

been working with county and airport leaders to pursue grants for numerous projects over the past two years.

The county recently was approved for a $477,000 grant to repaint the runway and make other improvements.

A consulting firm also is working on a plan for industrial development on property surrounding the airport.

The increased interest in airport development led to the renewal of an advisory board, with several aviation enthusiasts asked to gather and share their expertise, experience and thoughts for future development.

“There’s a lot of interest in maintaining the airport, for industrial development and for making it a place that drives economic development in Allen County,” Goering said.

Many of those appointed to the board are pilots. One member is a crop duster who uses the airport as a launch point.

Vince Hill, of Bucyrus, owns a hangar and several planes he keeps at the airport. He took the lead at Saturday’s meeting and will likely be a spokesperson for the group, Goering told comSee AIRPORT | Page A6

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urged U.S. companies to make sure their digital doors are locked tight because of “evolving intelligence” that Russia is considering launching cyberattacks against critical infrastructure targets as the war in Ukraine continues.

Addressing corporate CEOs at their quarterly meeting, Biden told the business leaders they have a “patriotic obligation” to harden their systems against such attacks.

He said federal assistance is available, should they want it, but that the decision is theirs alone.

Biden said the administration has issued “new warnings that, based on evolving intelligence, Russia may be planning a cyberattack against us. ... The magnitude of Russia’s cyber capacity is fairly consequential, and it’s coming.”

The president said the federal government is “doing its part” to prepare for an attack and warned the private-sector CEOs that it also is in the national interest that they do the same.

“I would respectfully suggest it’s a patriotic obligation for you to invest as much as you can” in technology to counter cyberattacks, Biden told members of the Busi-

ness Roundtable. “We’re prepared to help you, as I said, with any tools and expertise we possess, if you’re ready to do that. But it’s your decision as to the Joe Biden steps you’ll take and your responsibility to take them, not ours.”

Biden’s top cybersecurity aide, Anne Neuberger, expressed frustration at a White House press briefing earlier Monday that some critical infrastructure entities have ignored alerts from federal agencies to fix known problems in software that could be exploited by Russian hackers.

“Notwithstanding these repeated warnings, we continue to see adversaries compromising systems that use known vulnerabilities for which there are patches,” said Neuberger, who is the president’s deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies.

“That makes it far easier for attackers than it needs to be.”

The federal government has been providing warnings to U.S. companies of the threats posed by Russian state hackers since long before the country invaded Ukraine last month. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a See BIDEN | Page A6

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Obituary Cathy Rowe Cathy Ann Rowe, age 61, passed away Wednesday, Feb., 23, 2022, in Nixa, Mo. Cathy was born to David and Carol Rowe in 1961. She attended Iola High School and graduated with the Class of 1979. She later attended Emporia State University and graduated with a bachelor of science in education. Cathy worked at Silver Dollar City for Cathy Rowe the Silver Shop several summers during college and that sparked her interest in becoming a jeweler. After college she began working for Silky Baldwin, her former Silver Dollar City boss, at Cornerstone Fine Jewelry in Springfield. She recently had her 30year anniversary with Cornerstone.

Cathy had a passion for bench jewelry and was constantly studying and attending classes to learn new techniques and styles. She set up a custom jewelry workshop in her house and did custom jewelry work independently and through the jewelry store. She created award-winning jewelry and loved designing and creating it. She also loved her dogs. She had Rat Terriers all her life and became a supporter of Rat Terrier Rescue. She was a friendly and outgoing person and was loved by all. She will be missed. She will be in our hearts forever.

Cathy is preceded in death by her parents, David and Carol Rowe of Crane, Mo. Cathy is survived by her brother, Joseph Rowe of Mill Creek, Wash.

A memorial service to honor her life will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Iola.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Rat Terrier Rescue Project, https://donate. rescueme.org/ratterrier# and may be left with the funeral home at 1883 U.S. 54, Iola, KS 66749.

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By ANDY TSUBASA and JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators who argue that Kansas parents need more education choices are pushing to allow them to move their children from the public schools they’d normally attend to others outside their local school district’s boundaries.

The GOP-controlled state Senate gave firstround approval Monday to a measure that would allow parents of K-12 students to transfer them to any other school districts with enough space to take them. Under the bill, the program would start during the 2023-24 school year.

The measure is partly a response to the closing of school buildings in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic and different local school districts’ different schedules for returning to in-person classes.

But conservatives have pushed for years to help parents move their children out of their local public schools — something critics see as an at-

Sen. Cindy Holscher, D-Overland Park, objected to the Senate GOP’s proposed educational bill of rights for public schools and made the point by suggesting legislators weighing into K-12 curriculum issues should first work for a week as a school volunteer. KANSAS REFLECTOR/SHERMAN SMITH tempt to avoid adequately funding education.

The Senate planned to take a final vote on the bill Tuesday, and its passage was expected. The Republican-controlled House is considering a similar measure.

“Every child is different and opportunities are different from district to district,” said Rep. Kristey Williams, chair of a House committee on education

Bill advances to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports

By NOAH TABORDA Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Kansas senators renewed a debate Monday over legislation to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, advancing the bill to a final vote despite pushback over what some considered discriminatory policy.

Senate Bill 484 would apply to any Kansas children in sports, theoretically applying to elementary or middle school students in addition to high school.

It would also open the door for student-athletes who feel wronged due to a violation of the act to file a lawsuit to recoup damages and attorney fees.

The measure has been

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dubbed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act by proponents who say it is a necessary protection for girls against unfair advantages for transgender athletes who they argue have clear biological advantages.

But opponents and even some who said they would support the underlying bill said it looked more like an attempt to push a group of people out than to safeguard the rights of women.

Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes, D-Lenexa, noted a study often cited by proponents to show biological advantages says it’s findings should not be used to set guidelines.

Instead, study authors suggested any determinations should be left up to each sports feder-

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who’s displaced,” Masterson. “The fact that you don’t allow unfair competition says nothing about the intrinsic value of that person.”

An identical bill cleared the Legislature last year before Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the bill. Lawmakers attempted to override the veto but fell short.

It is expected that Kelly would also veto this legislation should it pass, and it is unclear if legislators have the twothirds majority needed to override.

The Kansas Senate will vote on this year’s iteration of the bill Tuesday. Last year, Republican senators came one vote shy of overturning the veto.

ation or association.

“The assumption that a transgender woman and girl will have certain physical attributes or inherent advantage over other athletes is incorrect and dangerous,” Sykes said. “What’s more dangerous is we know the mental and the likelihood for suicidal ideation. Sports give a sense of belonging; they teach you how to work with people different from you.”

However, Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, said the counterpoints to the bill were all a big distraction.

“The advantage person is the transgendered woman. The disadvantaged is the actual natural woman

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spending. “We want to make sure that kids have the best opportunity to succeed.”

The measure is part of package of education legislation touching on issues Republicans see as important to many parents ahead of this year’s elections. Lawmakers also are considering banning transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports and giving parents more say over what’s taught in the classroom, particularly about racism and its influence on U.S. history.

Senate Education Committee Chair Molly Baumgardner, a Louisburg Republican, said that the “open enrollment” bill would allow parents to transfer their children to a different district if they are getting bullied. Williams said the bill would allow parents to separate children from troublesome friend groups or if their schools are not up to par academically.

School districts would be required to accept applications from nonresident students in November. If the number of applications for a grade level exceeded openings, then the district would be required to select stu-

dents with a lottery.

Opponents included the State Board of Education. It told legislators that requiring school districts to accept students during a school year would burden districts that have struggled with teacher shortages. The Olathe and Blue Valley school districts in the Kansas City area also said they are not sure they have the capacity to accept nonresident students.

Some Democrats noted that the bill doesn’t provide for transporting students, so that wealthier parents are more likely to take advantage.

“This bill creates two tiers,” said Sen. Cindy Holscher, an Overland Park Democrat. “That’s what creates the system of elites and have-nots.”

Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes, a Lenexa Democrat, argued that the measure would encourage Missouri parents to send their children to better schools in Kansas to avoid the cost of private schooling.

“This bill does not benefit students and communities with schools that are least equipped to address their needs,” Sykes said.

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Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. (DREAMSTIME/TNS)

Disney finds itself in balancing act with walkout threat ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — With some workers across the U.S. threatening a walkout Tuesday, The Walt Disney Co. finds itself in a balancing act between the expectations of a diverse workforce and demands from an increasingly polarized, politicized marketplace.

On the one side are LGBTQ advocates and Disney employees calling for a walkout in protest of CEO Bob Chapek’s slow response in publicly criticizing Florida legislation that opponents dubbed as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

The legislation awaiting the governor’s signature bars instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

On the other are politicians like Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who accuse the entertainment conglomerate of bending to cancel culture after a Disney decision to temporarily suspend political contributions in the state.

DeSantis, who has been tacking toward the Republican base on culture war issues, is seen as a 2024 presidential hopeful.

According to a Disney official, there had been no interruptions in any operations as of Tuesday midday. Disney employed 190,000 workers last October, with roughly three-quarters working in its theme parks division.

It was unclear how many employees would walk out, or what might

happen to those who do.

Union leaders for the tens of thousands of unionized workers at Disney theme parks in Florida and California said they saw no walkout momentum among their members, advising them not to do so because it would defy contractual obligations.

Organizers said they expected some participation from production, marketing, IT and other nonunionized jobs.

“I don’t want to downplay anyone’s efforts, if someone feels what they are doing is the right way to make an impact,” said Eric Clinton, president of Unite Here! Local 362, which represents custodians, housekeepers and other Walt Disney World theme park workers.

“We aren’t part of that. It would violate our contract if members of our union participated, though we are concerned about the issue, of course.”

Evan Power, Leon County’s Republican Party chairman, said he believes a strident minority of Disney employees are pushing the issue, and DeSantis has more to gain by taking the side of parents who want more control over education and “sexual conversations” in early grades at school.

Workers participating in the walkout planned to meet up at locations in Orlando; New York City; and Anaheim and Burbank, California, where the company is headquartered.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia’s Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights.

“Putin’s back is against the wall,” said U.S. President Joe Biden, who is heading to Europe this week to meet with allies. “And the more his back is against the wall, the greater the severity of the tactics he may employ.”

Biden reiterated accusations that Putin is considering resorting to using chemical or biological weapons, though Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. has seen no evidence to suggest that such an escalation is imminent.

The warnings came as attacks continued in and around Kyiv and Mariupol, and people escaped the battered and besieged port city.

The hands of one exhausted Mariupol survivor were shaking as she arrived by train in the western city of Lviv.

“There’s no connection with the world. We couldn’t ask for help,” said Julia Krytska, who made it out with her husband and son with the assistance of volunteers. “People don’t even have water there.”

Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and heavy artillery fire could be heard from the northwest, where Russia has sought to encircle and capture several the capital’s suburban areas.

Early Tuesday, Ukrainian troops drove Russian forces from the Kyiv suburb of Makariv after a fierce battle, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said. The regained territory allowed Ukrainian forces to retake control of a key highway and block Russian troops from surrounding Kyiv from the northwest.

Still, the Defense Ministry said Russian

Ukrainian firefighters work amid the rubble of the Retroville shopping mall, a day after it was shelled by Russian forces in a residential district in the northwest of the Ukranian capital Kyiv on Monday. (FADEL SENNA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/ TNS)

forces partially took other northwest suburbs, Bucha, Hostomel and Irpin, some of which have been under attack almost since Russia invaded nearly a month ago.

A Western official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss military assessments, said Ukrainian resistance has brought much of Russia’s advance to a halt but has not sent Moscow’s forces into retreat.

The invasion has driven more than 10 million people from their homes, almost a quarter of Ukraine’s population, according to the United Nations.

Thousands of civilians are believed to have died. Estimates of Russian military casualties vary widely, but even conservative figures by Western officials are in the low thousands.

On Monday, Russia’s pro-Kremlin Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, citing the Defense Ministry, reported that almost 10,000 Russian soldiers had been killed. The report was quickly removed, and the newspaper blamed hackers.

The Kremlin refused to comment. The Western official said the figure was “a reasonable estimate.”

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Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US

By LAURA UNGAR The Associated Press

With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too.

Experts are also keeping their eyes on another mutant: a rare delta-omicron hybrid that they say doesn’t pose much of a threat right now but shows how wily the coronavirus can be.

The U.S. will likely see an uptick in cases caused by the omicron descendant BA.2

starting in the next few weeks, according to Dr. Eric Topol, head of Scripps Research Translational Institute.

“It’s inevitable we will see a BA.2 wave here,” he said.

One reason? After about two months of falling COVID-19 cases, pandemic restrictions have been lifted across the U.S. Many people are taking off their masks and returning to indoor spaces like restaurants and theaters.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, told ABC’s “This Week” over the

weekend that he also thinks the U.S. will likely face an “uptick” similar to what’s happening in Europe, particularly the United Kingdom, where BA.2 is the dominant strain. He said he doesn’t think it will be a “surge.”

The U.K. has “had the same situation as we’ve had now,” Fauci said.

“They have BA.2. They have a relaxation of some restrictions such as indoor masking and there’s a waning of immunity” from vaccines and past infections.

In the U.S., the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows over-

all COVID-19 cases have been trending down.

But the share caused by BA.2 is up significantly; the variant accounted for about 35% of new infections reported last week.

Keri Althoff, a researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, cautioned that CDC case counts underestimate the true numbers because some people are no longer getting tested and others are testing at home and not reporting the results. Also, she said, not every specimen is genetically sequenced to determine the variant.

of Moscow’s ground forces miles from the center of Kyiv, Putin’s troops are increasingly concentrating their air power and artillery on Ukraine’s cities and civilians.

Talks to end the fighting have continued by video. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he would be prepared to consider waiving any bid by Ukraine to join NATO — a key Russian demand — in exchange for a cease-fire, the withdrawal of Russian troops and a guarantee of Ukraine’s security.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he saw progress in the talks.

“From my outreach with various actors, elements of diplomatic progress are coming into view on several key issues,” and the gains are enough to end hostilities now, he said.

He gave no details.

The Western official, though, said that there were no signs Moscow was ready to compromise.

In the last update from Mariupol officials, they said March 15 that

at least 2,300 people had died in the siege. But there are fears the toll could be much higher.

Airstrikes over the past week devastated a theater and an art school where many civilians were taking shelter.

Thousands have managed to flee Mariupol, where the bombardment has cut off electricity, water and food supplies and severed communication with the outside world.

The city council said Tuesday that more than 1,100 people who had escaped the siege were in a convoy of buses heading to a city northwest of Mariupol.

But the Red Cross said a humanitarian aid convoy trying to reach the city with desperately needed supplies still had not been able to enter.

Perched on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol is a crucial port for Ukraine and lies along a stretch of territory between Russia and Crimea. The siege has cut the city off from the sea and allowed Russia to establish a land corridor to Crimea.

To our customers, friends and community: It has been a joy to serve you all for over three generations. Since 1968, we have loved operating Bennett Coin Laundry. Now, though, it is time for us to move on.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your business and patronage. We will miss the laughs, conversations and friendly faces. We will take those memories wi us forever.

The business will remain open under new ownership, and we are excited for its future.

Wi much love and gratitude, Margaret and Susie Bennett

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Senate opens hearings on Supreme Court candidate

By LISA MASCARO The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first full day of questions for Supreme Court nominee Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson delved quickly into some of the big ones, a grueling marathon of debate around President Joe Biden’s historic pick.

What is the judge’s “judicial philosophy”?

What are her views on “court packing,” the idea of adding more justices to the court?

And what’s her response to claims by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley that she has been too lenient in sentencing child pornography offenders and is generally soft on crime?

Jackson is making history as the first Black woman nominated for the court, which once upheld racial segregation in America and for 233 years has been filled mainly with white men.

Biden tapped the 51-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, one of her mentors. Democrats have the potential votes in the 50-50 Senate to confirm Jackson, even if all Republicans line up opposed, and her nomination is on track for a vote by Easter.

If confirmed, Jackson would also become the sixth woman justice in the court’s history and with three now serving “the closest we’ve ever come to gender equity,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

Takeaways from the start of Tuesday’s first day of questioning in Jackson’s confirmation hearing:

‘STAY IN MY LANE’

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Monday in Washington, D.C. LOS ANGELES TIMES/KENT NISHIMURA/TNS With nearly a decade as a judge, and a lawyer who has worked in public and private practice, Jackson is undeniably well qualified to be a justice on the Supreme Court, senators say.

The question, then, is what is her judicial philosophy — will she be an activist judge, trying to set policy, or one who adheres to strict interpretations of the law?

“I am trying, in every case, to stay in my lane,” Jackson told the senators.

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., launched the probe of the judge’s views as the first question in Tuesday’s hearing, providing Jackson an opportunity to lay out her approach to the law.

Jackson told the senators she starts from a “neutral” position and approaches each case “without fear or favor.”

She said she tries to listen to all sides and then apply the law.

SOFT ON CRIME?

Much the way Southern senators sought to portray the first Black nominee to the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, as soft on crime 55 years ago, some Republican senators see Jackson’s treatment of criminal defendants as one of their strongest arguments against her.

Hawley, R-Mo., set the tone even before the hearings began, raising concerns that Jackson gave child pornography defendants lighter sentences than required.

On Tuesday, Jackson said flatly: “Nothing could be further from the truth.”

The mother of two daughters told the senators how she has pored through the graphic evidence of child pornography cases in her courtroom and faced the defendants before her.

“These are some of the most difficult cases a judge has to deal with,” she told them.

She later spoke of her work as a federal public defender — the first

to be nominated to the court — ensuring due process for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. And she also spoke more personally about her own family’s work in law enforcement, and knowing what it’s like to worry about their safety.

“These are not abstract concepts or political slogans to me,” she said.

Fact checkers have said Hawley is selectively choosing the cases, including many in which prosecutors in fact also sought more lenient sentences than federal sentencing guidelines. Republicans led by Hawley see this as some of their strongest arguments against the judge.

‘NORTH STAR’

Jackson turned to the conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett as an example to follow on at least one subject — her views on Court packing.

The idea of adding justices to the Court is gaining traction among

liberals who want to tip the balance of the court away from conservatives, who now have a 6-3 majority thanks in large part to Donald Trump, who as president picked three new justices.

Asked about her views on court packing, Jackson echoed Barrett, the Trump nominee who declined to weigh in on the idea when she appeared before the panel in 2020.

“My North Star is the consideration of the proper role of a judge,” Jackson told senators.

“I agree with Justice Barrett,” she told them.

“Judges should not be speaking to political issues.”

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the panel, tried again when it was his turn for questioning, but he got no different answer.

GOD, KAVANAUGH AND GOP GRIEVANCE

Unable to stop Jackson’s confirmation by the 50-50 Senate, Republicans at least want to show Americans they gave the judge a fair hearing — unlike the explosive session over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination when he was accused by Democrats of sexual assault as a teenager, charges he strongly denied.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina dredged up decades-old grievances over the way conservative nominees have been treated, back to Ronald Reagan’s failed nomination of Robert Bork.

In one heated exchange, he asked Jack-

Spring storms pack a wallop in Texas ELGIN, Texas (AP) — One person was killed and more than a dozen were injured when tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, damaging a school, homes and businesses, officials said. The same storm system was poised to move into Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday, carrying the risk of dangerous tornadoes and powerful winds.

In Texas, several tornadoes were reported Monday along the Interstate 35 corridor, particularly in the Austin suburbs of Round Rock and Elgin, and close to Dallas-Fort Worth. Two unconfirmed tornadoes caused damage in the Lake Texoma area of northern Texas and southern Oklahoma.

J.D. Harkins, 59, of El-

gin said he saw one tornado pass by his home, and that he hadn’t seen a twister of this magnitude in the town since 1980.

“There used to be a barn there,” Harkins said, pointing to an empty plot on his uncle’s property covered with scattered debris. He said the building was empty when the tornado hit, and that his family is thankful nobody was hurt.

“It was crystal clear, well defined,” Harkins said, adding that the tornado was swiftly followed by a second one.

“And then one went up and another one came down.”

The tornadoes came on a wild weather day in Texas — wildfires burned in the west and

a blizzard warning was issued for the Texas Panhandle, where up to 9 inches of snow fell.

More than a dozen injuries have been reported in Texas, including 10 in Grayson County, about 60 miles north of Dallas, the county’s emergency management office said.

A 73-year-old woman who lived in the community of Sherwood Shores died in the storm, but officials have not provided any details.

By Tuesday morning, the system was bringing heavy rainfall and thunderstorms to parts of Texas and Arkansas, said Jeremy Grams, lead forecaster with the Storm Prediction Center, in Norman, Oklahoma.

In Louisiana, high wa-

ter early Tuesday posed a threat to motorists on several roads, including a stretch of Interstate 20 and several state highways after rains overnight, authorities said. Deputies in Caddo Parish, which includes Shreveport, rescued three drivers from high waters during the night, the sheriff ’s office tweeted before dawn.

The storms were expected to intensify throughout the day as temperatures rise, increasing the threat of tornadoes, hail and strong winds. Much of Louisiana and Mississippi were at a moderate risk of severe weather Tuesday, the second-highest risk category issued by the Storm Prediction Center.

son deeply personal questions about her Protestant faith.

“As you know, there’s no religious test in the Constitution,” Jackson told the senator.

“Well, how would you feel if a senator up here said of your faith that ‘the dogma lives loudly within you’?” Graham said at one point.

The GOP senator was reviving Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s remarks about Barrett’s conservative Catholic beliefs.

Graham called it the kind of double standard that portrays conservatives as “some kind of weirdo.”

He said, “We’re tired of it.”

MLK’S VISION

It’s taken 233 years to arrive at this moment, with the first Black woman nominated to be a justice on the Supreme Court.

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It’s our job to see that Ukraine’s sacrifices are not made in vain The only solace for every life lost, every school, church and hospital bombed into smithereens in this senseless war in Ukraine is that it ultimately will prevent World War III. At least that’s the hope.

Ukraine’s refusal to surrender to Russian President Vladimir Putin has put it in this most unfortunate position. Either they accept Russian dominance or they risk their lives defending their sovereignty.

It’s still unknown whether Ukraine can withstand the onslaught. Russian forces have now resorted to indiscriminately bombing city centers. Buildings clearly marked as housing women and children or the infirm are as much targets as military installations.

The West’s best hope is that Putin’s murderous rage is working to strengthen European allies so much so that Putin will be dissuaded from either advancing farther or using more lethal means.

On Sunday, authorities in the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, said Russian troops are forcibly taking — kidnapping — several thousand Ukrainians and moving them across the border into Russia. Most are women and children, presumably destined for work camps.

Eighty percent of Mariupol’s structures have been destroyed. Of its 400,000 citizens, only 100,000 remain, sheltering in basements without food, water or power.

Russian forces are also preventing the transfer of food and medical supplies into Mariupol. Those with the World Food Program call the blockades “unacceptable in the 21st century.”

The conditions in Mariupol are “medieval,” said Ukrainian MP Dmytro Gurin.

The story of Mariupol will likely be the story of the war as it unfolds.

And we’re all holding our breaths their spirits will not yield to Putin’s barbarianism.

THE HORROR is not limited to Ukraine.

Almost 10,000 Russian soldiers have died in the 26-day war, according to a tweet posted by a pro-Kremlin tabloid.

That’s more than the number of American troops killed over 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

Another 16,000 Russian soldiers have been injured, according to the Wall Street Journal.

This is an astronomical toll on Russian forces. Yes, their numbers are deep, but such a death toll is unsustainable for effective combat maneuvers, the experts say. Also shocking is that a pro-Russian publication would release such information.

Remember, Putin forbids Russians to call this a war. Rather, it’s a “special military operation.”

Hours later, the post was deleted.

SO FAR, talks between Russia and Ukraine representatives have made little progress. Putin seems intent on full capitulation to which Ukraine will not accede.

Russia’s demands, thankfully, are fueling the 30 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to band together even closer.

On Monday, Marek Magierowski, Poland’s ambassador to the United States, defined the two countries’ alliance as “iron clad.”

And President Joe Biden’s in-person meetings with NATO leaders this week will further cement their determination that Putin’s hegemonic goals will not only fail, but will be his demise.

It’s our job to see that comes to fruition.

— Susan Lynn

Today in history In 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, having reached the Pacific coast, began their journey back east. ***** In 1919, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy. ***** In 1933, the German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers. ***** In 1942, the first Japanese-Americans evacuated by the U.S. Army during World War II arrived at the internment camp in Manzanar, California. ***** In 1965, America’s first two-person space mission took place as Gemini 3 blasted off with astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and John W. Young aboard for a nearly 5-hour flight. ***** In 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593, an Airbus A310, crashed in Siberia with the loss of all

75 people on board; it turned out that a pilot’s teenage son who was allowed to sit at the controls had accidentally disengaged the autopilot, causing loss of control. ***** Five years ago: Abandoning negotiations, President Donald Trump demanded a make-or-break vote on health care legislation in the House, threatening to leave “Obamacare” in place and move on to other issues if the next day’s vote failed.

(Trump and GOP leaders ended up pulling their bill when it became clear it would fail badly.) ***** One year ago: A cargo ship the size of a skyscraper ran aground and became wedged in the Suez Canal; hundreds of ships would be prevented from passing through the canal until the vessel was freed six days later. Israeli voters took part in parliamentary elections that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu without a majority, forcing him from office.

A boy — what, maybe 5 years old? — in Lviv, Ukraine, looks somberly out from a train window on Saturday, March 19. More than 2 million refugees have fled their homes after the Russians invaded. (WALLY SKALIJ/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS)

NATO proves its worth Once again, NATO has proved it is far from obsolete.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization struggled in the years following the end of the Cold War to find its purpose and define its mission. The alliance withstood years of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to bully its members and tear it down. But now NATO has been roused by Russia’s brutal invasion of peaceful, democratic Ukraine, which declared its independence from the old Soviet Union more than 30 years ago.

Ukraine, to be clear, is not a NATO member, though it has petitioned for admission for years. It is, however, a critical buffer between the rest of Europe and a revanchist Russia, which has now dropped any pretense of civility and shown it is willing to take the country by sheer force, no matter the cost to Ukraine’s civilians or to Russia itself. The ruthless bombing of the port city of Mariupol, where a hospital complex and an art school sheltering hundreds of civilians were targeted, signals how far Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to go.

NATO has responded forcefully. In a recent meeting, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that “today we have tasked our military commanders to develop options across all domains — land, air, sea, cyber and space. On land, our new posture should include substantially more forces in the eastern part of the Alliance, at higher readiness, with more pre-positioned equipment and supplies.

“In the air, more allied air power, and strengthened integrated air and missile defense.” At sea, he said, there would be “carrier strike groups, submarines and significant numbers of combat ships on a persistent basis.”

Mary Curtin, diplomat-in-residence and global policy chair at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, spent 25 years in the State Department as a foreign service officer and served as a political counselor in Warsaw, Poland, for years. A noted expert on NATO and European affairs, Curtin said that Putin has made little secret of his bitterness about the Soviet Union’s demise and his stubborn refusal to accept the independence of countries such as Ukraine.

That, she said, serves as a reminder of why NATO is so critical. Putin’s aggression

Ultimately, I think he (Putin) would like to gather up as many pieces of the old Soviet Union as possible. ..... I think people have been surprised at how rapidly and extensively sanctions were proposed and how many NATO countries are actively supplying support to Ukraine. Putin is seeing that he cannot just walk into Mary Curtin Ukraine and take it over.

— Mary Curtin, former foreign service officer stationed in Warsaw, Poland

against Ukraine, she said, is no isolated incident, but part of a calculated, longrange effort. One of his first actions as prime minister in 1999 was to order the air bombing of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, resulting in that city’s near complete destruction. He invaded nearby Georgia in 2008 and seized Crimea in 2014. Early this year he moved troops into Kazakhstan to violently suppress protests in that former Soviet state.

“Ultimately, I think he would like to gather up as many pieces of the old Soviet Union as possible,” Curtin said. NATO members, she said, have “for a very long time” been taking more seriously the threat Putin poses.

To that end, she said, despite withholding membership in the alliance NATO countries have been training and supplying the Ukrainian military for years. “We’re seeing a highly motivated, skillful Ukrainian resistance that shows years of training they have been receiving from NATO forces,” she said.

NATO members, led by the U.S., have also moved swiftly to impose sweeping and painful sanctions against Russia.

“I think people have been surprised at how rapidly and extensively sanctions were proposed and how many NATO countries are actively supplying support to Ukraine,” Curtin said. “Putin is seeing that he cannot just walk into Ukraine and take it over.”

And no one should dismiss the power of these sanctions, now amplified by voluntary withdrawal from the country by some of the world’s largest corporations. Together, Curtin said, they will weaken Russia as a global power, affecting its economy and citizens alike.

But the threat remains.

“Putin has made it clear that he thinks the Soviet model

is one that should exist, and we should take him at his word,” Curtin said.

THE STRENGTH of NATO, first formed in 1949 by the U.S., Canada and Western European nations, has only grown over time. It is now 30 members strong, with substantial military resources that include forces in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, with critical air bases. There’s a NATO Response Force of 20,000 troops, and a special joint task force formed after Russia’s incursion into Crimea in 2014. In a worst-case scenario, it can draw on the combined military forces of its member nations — 3.5 million troops.

Trump was wrong to undermine this alliance. He was wrong to cozy up to Putin. Recently, in a shameless attempt at backpedaling on his earlier claim that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was “genius,” Trump said that Putin had “changed.”

Does he mean that Putin is different from the man who attacked Chechnya? Who seized Crimea? Who invaded Georgia? Who poisoned Russian officer-turned-dissident Alexander Litvinenko? Different from the KGB agent he once was? Why does this matter? Because former security adviser John Bolton has said Trump came close to pulling the U.S. out of NATO in 2018, and might have succeeded had he been reelected.

President Joe Biden, by contrast, has openly labeled Putin a war criminal. He has been forthright in his support of aid for Ukraine and vowed to “defend every inch” of NATO territory — a welcome message to valued allies.

Leadership matters. Alliances such as NATO matter.

On such things peace may depend.

— Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

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No survivors found at jetliner crash site WUZHOU, China (AP) — Mud-stained wallets.

Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up by rescue workers scouring a remote Chinese mountainside Tuesday for the wreckage of a China Eastern flight that one day earlier inexplicably fell from the sky and burst into a huge fireball.

No survivors have been found among the 123 passengers and nine crew members. Video clips posted by China’s state media show small pieces of the Boeing 737-800 plane scattered over a wide forested area, some in green fields, others in burnt-out patches with raw earth exposed after fires burned in the trees. Each piece of debris has a number next to it, the larger ones marked off by police tape.

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“Shields Up” campaign aimed at helping companies strengthen their defenses and has urged companies to back up their data, turn on multifactor authentication and take other steps to improve cyber hygiene.

Neuberger said there’s no intelligence suggesting a specific Russian cyberattack against U.S. targets, but she did add that there has been increase in “preparatory activity,” like scanning websites and hunting for vulnerabilities, that is common among nation-state hackers.

In an written statement earlier Monday, Biden said Russia could launch a cyberattack against U.S. targets as retaliation for “the unprecedented economic costs we’ve imposed” on Russia through sanctions.

“It’s part of Russia’s playbook,” Biden said.

The United States and its allies have put a slew of sanctions in place aimed at crippling the Russian economy, and Biden recently announced the U.S. is sending more anti-aircraft, anti-armor weapons and drones to help Ukraine.

John Hultquist, a

vice president of intelligence analysis at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, said cyberattacks gives Russia the ability to punch back.

“Cyberattacks are a means for them to exact costs without crossing a major red line,” he said.

Russia is considered a hacking powerhouse but its offensive cyberattacks since it invaded Ukraine have been muted compared to what some feared. Russia has carried out significant cyberattacks against Ukraine in years past, including the devastating NotPetya attack in 2017 that spread far and wide and caused more than $10 billion in damage globally.

Neuberger said Russia cyberattacks against Ukraine are ongoing, though she did not provide specifics.

She said the Biden administration has made clear there will be consequences if Russia engages with the U.S. in cyberspace.

“We’re not looking for a conflict with Russia. If Russia initiates a cyberattack against the United States, we will respond,” she said.

The Russian Embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

alcohol beverage for a minor; and one count of interference with law enforcement by falsely reporting a crime.

Steeves was set to appear in Montgomery County District Court on Tuesday for her first formal appearance hearing, the newspaper reported.

Steeves is a co-defendant in the case along

with Treyvin HayesSmith, 19, Coffeyville, who was charged last week with involuntary manslaughter, aggravated endangerment of a child, contributing to a child’s misconduct through purchase or consumption of an al-

mystery.

At an evening news conference, a grimfaced Zhu Tao, director of the Office of Aviation Safety at the Civil Aviation Authority of China, said efforts were focused on finding the black box and that it was too early to speculate on a possible cause of the crash.

“As of now, the rescue has yet to find survivors. The public security department has taken control of the site,” Zhu said.

The crash left a deep pit in the mountainside about the size of a football field, Xinhua said, citing rescuers.

Chen Weihao, who saw the falling plane while working on a farm, told the news agency it hit a gap in the mountain where nobody lived.

“The plane looked to be in one piece when it nosedived. Within seconds, it crashed,” Chen said.

China Eastern flight 5735 crashed outside the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, to Guangzhou, an industrial center not far from Hong Kong on China’s southeastern coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images before firefighters could extinguished it.

No foreigners were on board the lost flight, the Foreign Ministry said, citing a preliminary review.

Dinglong Culture, a Guangzhou company in both mining and TV and movie production, said in a statement to the Shenzhen stock exchange that its CFO, Fang Fang, was a passenger. Zhongxinghua, an accounting firm used by Dinglong, said that two of its employees were also on the flight.

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missioners in a report on Tuesday.

“It’s really exciting,” Goering said. “I look forward to seeing what this board decides.”

THE ALLEN County airport has a number of features that make it attractive to pilots, Goering said.

An average of about 45 planes will take off or land at the runway each day, Goering noted.

At the top of the list of advantages is the length of the runway — 5,500 feet. That’s longer than most airports in the region and makes it more appealing for larger aircraft.

There aren’t many impediments such as

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planned to work through the night using their hands, picks, sniffer dogs and other equipment to look for survivors, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

The steep, rough terrain and the huge size of the debris field were complicating the search for the black box, which holds the flight data and cockpit voice recorder, CCTV and the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Drones were being used to search the fragments of wreckage that were scattered across both sides of the mountain into which the plane crashed, state media reported.

As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the plane to drop out of the sky shortly before it would have begun its descent to the southern China metropolis of Guangzhou remained a

buildings or towers, so it’s easy for pilots to land and take off.

The airport also is competitive for fuel prices, which is another incentive. The airport offers both fuel trucks and a self-service fueling station; most airports offer one or the other but not both, Commission Chairman Jerry Daniels noted.

There’s a waiting list of at least six plane owners who want hangar space, Goering and commissioners said.

Typically, the county builds and owns hangars to rent to pilots.

Most plane owners will store planes at their hangar, but there’s also a need for overnight hangar use for pilots just passing through.

The county also

can lease property for someone to build their own hangar, as is the case with Hill. Another pilot is interested in such an arrangement.

“We rent every hangar we build, soon after completion,” Daniels noted.

Commissioners expressed interest in exploring that issue further.

The advisory board also discussed a proposal from the American Flight Museum, located at the Topeka Regional Airport. The director wants to establish a satellite museum at the Allen County airport.

Another issue discussed by the new advisory board is the need for a comprehensive strategic plan that would give county lead-

ers a framework and timeline for project development.

Commissioner David Lee attended Saturday’s meeting and discussed some of the topics raised by the advisory board, including fuel sales.

“I thought it was a very good first meeting,” Lee said.

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Members include airport manager Robert Poydack of Chanute, Vincent Hill and Megan Hill of Bucyrus, Matt Orth of Marion, Scott Tholen of Moran, Tyson Jelinek of Iola, Derek McCall of Humboldt, Lorenzo Jensen of Iola and Goering.

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Iola High’s baseball and softball games at Independence Tuesday were postponed due to rain.

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

ACC: Baseball

ACC back on track

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

The Red Devils didn’t have to wait long to rebound.

Allen Community College’s baseball team, after dropping a four-game set to Cowley Thursday and Saturday, were back in action Monday morning against Ottawa University’s junior varsity, three hours earlier than originally planned And the Red Devils were hitting, early and often.

Allen steamrolled the Braves, 15-3, in the opener, and led 13-0 in game two before rainy weather forced the game to be suspended.

The scheduled doubleheader was pushed up from 1 p.m. to 10 a.m. because of the forecasts for inclement weather. The Red Devils were two runs away, and potentially less than two innings, from getting both contests completed in time.

As it stands, the suspended game will be picked up at a later date.

“We came out ready to play, given the circumstances, finding out 9:30-10 o’clock (Sunday) night that we’d have a 10 a.m. game and a 7:45 breakfast,” Allen head coach Clint Stoy said. “It shows the resiliency of 18-21 year-olds, that they can have that quick of a turnaround.

It means they’re probably taking care of their bodies, doing what they’re supposed to be doing.”

Allen ripped out 16 hits in the opener, including Josh Prinner’s 4-for-4 day. He doubled twice and singled

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HUMBOLDT — Plans are still a go for a weekend filled with racing at Humboldt Speedway, even with rainy weather that saturated the area Monday and Tuesday.

There are a few adjustments to the schedule for the upcoming King of America XI and Battle at the Bullring racing events.

Wednesday’s practice has been scrapped altogether, with the first night of races still set for Thursday.

Races run nightly, Thursday through Saturday, with both of the main features set for Saturday evening.

Total purses for the weekend will top $200,000.

“We want to get this whole race in on Thursday, Friday and Saturday — that is the plan,” USMTS promoter Todd Staley said in a press release.

Officials were set to determine Wednesday whether any practice sessions will be allowed on top of the races.

Modified racers will compete Thursday for $3,000 to win; Friday’s main event winner garners $5,000. The King of America Feature will see a top prize of $15,000 Saturday.

Meanwhile, the B-Modified racers, taking part in the Battle at the Bullring, will vie for $1,000 each on Thursday and Friday, before Saturday’s feature brings in $10,000.

Above, Allen Community College’s Josh Prinner, left, slides safely into third base Monday against Ottawa University’s junior varsity squad. At right, Allen’s Hunter Belton delivers a pitch in the game-one victory.

The Red Devils were leading the second game, 13-0, when rain forced the game to be suspended. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN. twice, while driving in three and scoring three. For good measure, the Mountain Home, Ark., sophomore tripled and doubled in the second game to complete the cycle.

“It’s good to see the guys respond from a tough weekend,” Stoy said. “Josh has hit for the cycle already.

“That’s a good response See ALLEN | Page B4

Shaken, now stirring: Martin steps up for KU

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tions.

“Oh yeah, absolutely!”

Walsh said, when asked if he thought he could be a two-way player before Ohtani’s breakout season. “I was like, ‘This is gonna be no problem.’ Then

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self has always relied on veteran point guards to run his teams, All-Americans such as Frank Mason III and Devonte’ Graham, or Tyshawn Taylor, who led an unheralded group of Jayhawks to the Final Four in 2012.

Often overlooked prospects, they grow and mature over three or four years in the program.

Remy Martin is the opposite: He is a senior transfer from Arizona State who gave up a starring, high-scoring role for the Sun Devils for the chance to be part of a more complete team with national championship aspirations.

So far, so good. Martin was the catalyst for the Jayhawks through the opening

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Shohei Ohtani pitches for the Los Angeles Angels in 2021. GETTY IMAGES/KEVORK/DJANSEZIAN/TNS

Has Ohtani set the bar too high for other two-way players?

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TEMPE, Ariz. — When Jared Walsh reported to spring training as a two-way player in 2019, he felt pretty confident about his chances of playing first base and pitching out of

the bullpen in the big leagues.

Then Walsh witnessed Shohei Ohtani’s historic 2021 season, when the two-way phenom hit 46 homers with 100 RBIs and was 9-2 with a 3.18 ERA in 23 starts on the mound, and he realized the folly of his two-way aspira-

KU guard Remy Martin was a key figure in the Jayhawks’ 79-72 win over Creighton Saturday. KANSAS CITY STAR/

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Adams on Tuesday said that he will make masks optional for those in daycare and prekindergarten starting April 4 if case rates and the risk of the virus spreading remain low.

“We want to see our babies’ faces,” Adams said.

City officials said if trends continue as they have, they will lift the mandate. They said case rates were only one factor they were looking at and did not specify what thresholds of positivity rates or other metrics would cause them to reconsider.

The Democratic mayor two weeks ago lifted several pandemicrelated rules, including requirements in place since the start of the pandemic that students

5 and older wear masks in school. The mayor kept the rule in place for younger children who are not eligible to be vaccinated.

Adams also recently rolled back rules requiring people to show proof of vaccination to dine in a restaurant, work out at a gym or attend a show or other events. The move came amid a push for a return to normalcy from the mayor and his counterparts around the country amid a steep drop in coronavirus cases and deaths.

Adams has so far opted to keep in place a rule requiring private employers to ensure their workers are vaccinated.

The rule has drawn scrutiny for keeping Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving from playing home games with the team. Irving is unvaccinated and is currently allowed to watch home games as a spectator but not play or be in

the locker room.

The rules also apply to the Yankees and Mets, which could leave unvaccinated players sitting out games in the coming season.

Adams wouldn’t say Tuesday if he’s considering lifting the rule but said he’s been peeling back rules one-by-one to see the impact of each change.

“They have to wait,” Adams said of the sports teams.

New York City’s infection rate has been climbing again lately, rising 50% over the past week. It is now averaging a little more than 950 new cases per day, comparable to the daily average in early

November before the start of the omicron wave.

City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan says cases have increased slightly in recent days and officials will continue to watch the trends over the next two weeks before deciding whether to lift the rule.

Vasan said officials are closely monitoring the spread of a strain of the more transmissible omicron subvariant known as BA.2 and expect to see some rising cases.

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NBA scoring race could be one for the ages In 2022, the end of the season might feel like 1978.

If we’re lucky.

Let’s go back to the greatest scoring race in NBA history, one that was decided 44 years ago, the epic to-thelast-day battle between David Thompson and George Gervin.

Each had a game on April 9, 1978, that season’s final day. Thompson’s game was first; he scored 73 points for the Denver Nuggets to take the scoring lead. Gervin, playing a few hours later, would need 58 points to reclaim the top spot.

He scored 63 for the San Antonio Spurs.

The crown was his, 27.22 points to 27.15 for Thompson.

Imagine such a scene playing out this season on April 10 — the scoring title once again going down to the season’s final day. Only this time, with three players in the race.

It could happen.

Entering Tuesday, the NBA finds itself on pace

Tim Reynolds An AP sports analysis for the closest threeman scoring race in league history. LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers is atop the list averaging 29.96 points (which would round up to 30.0), Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers is second at 29.83, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks is third at 29.80.

The last time a race ended up that close between the top three spots was, well, never. The closest threeway race was in 198586, when Dominique Wilkins averaged 30.3 points — a half-point better than both Adrian Dantley and Alex English. And a decade ago, Kevin Durant, then with Oklahoma City, held off the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant

Giannis Antetokounmpo by one-tenth of a point, 28.0 to 27.9 for the second-closest head-to-head race ever.

Obviously, the numbers will change. Embiid might get a game or two more off down the stretch to rest his body.

If the 76ers have nothing to play for on the season’s final day, one wouldn’t expect him out there with only a scoring title at stake. Same goes for Antetokounmpo; if the Bucks are locked into a seed, it would

Joel Embiid seem foolish for Milwaukee to play the reigning NBA Finals MVP much, if at all. And the Lakers’ only path to the playoffs is through the play-in, which means James might be called upon to play big minutes — and potentially put up big numbers — all the way to the end.

“At the end of the day,” James said, “all I care about is wins and losses.”

A scoring race, though, would add just

LeBron James

Because some things should not go

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KU’s Ochai Agbaji, foreground, and teammate Remy Martin are greeted by Jayhawks fans after beating Creighton 79-72 in a second-round NCAA Tournament game Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. KANSAS CITY STAR/

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weekend of the NCAA Tournament, helping the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region advance to the Sweet 16 against Providence on Friday night. Martin scored 15 points in a blowout of Texas Southern, then poured in 20 to help hold off Creighton on Saturday.

“You know, his attitude the entire year I think is what has gotten him prepared for this moment,” said All-American guard Ochai Agbaji, the Big 12 player of the year. “For him to shine, you know, and for him to go out there and just be Remy — it was really nice to see. And you know, I’m just so proud of him, too.”

That’s because everything could have unraveled earlier this season.

Martin earned a starting role for the opener against Michigan State in the Champions Classic, scoring 15 points in an easy win, and he had 14 against Tarleton State in his first game at Allen Fieldhouse.

But the road was rocky from that point right up through February as injuries and a crisis of confidence conspired to derail Martin’s senior season.

He scored 15 against Stephen F. Austin in December and didn’t hit double-figures again the

regular season.

Dajuan Harris Jr. eventually took over the starting job, though for all his talent, the passfirst point guard hardly offered the same dynamic backcourt ability Martin brought to the floor. Dring those long days, including a stretch in February in which Martin was unable to play at all, he could have easily given up on his one-year layover in Lawrence.

“I mean, the guys and my family — the group — I have a pretty tightknit group,” Martin said, “so they keep my confidence going, they keep my mental (game) going. So I always felt like, you know, I had something in me.”

Martin’s positive approach was evident on senior night at Allen Fieldhouse, when he scored just two points in seven minutes in an overtime win over Texas. Afterward, he delivered one of the more memorable speeches to the home crowd, thanking Self and his teammates along with all those sitting in the stands for a year to remember.

All his positive karma has finally been rewarded starting with the Big 12 Tournament.

Martin suddenly showed his speed and playmaking ability again while scoring four

points in 12 minutes in a quarterfinal win over West Virginia, and his productivity and minutes have only increased from there. He had 10 points in 19 minutes in a semifinal win over TCU, and 12 points in 26 minutes in the championship win over Texas Tech.

He was 6 of 8 from the field in 21 minutes against Texas Southern and 7 of 14 from the floor against Creighton.

“There’s nothing to it. I just keep it simple,” Martin said. “I just go out there and try to give it my all and play. I wasn’t going out there and trying to do anything different. They were giving me shots and I just had to knock it in in the first half.”

Self is the first to acknowledge the Jayhawks are at their best when Martin’s at his best.

After all, it was Self that admitted after a historically embarrassing loss to Southern California in last year’s NCAA tourney that the Jayhawks needed to get faster and more athletic.

And there wasn’t time to wait several years for a point guard to develop in his program, so in a departure from the norm, Self lured Martin from the transfer portal.

“We’re a different team with him,” Self said after the tough 79-

league in scoring, fourtenths behind James and two-tenths behind Antetokounmpo and Embiid at 29.6 per game.

But Durant basically can’t win the scoring title since he won’t meet the NBA’s minimum — 58 games in an 82-game season — to qualify.

So, unless somebody gets really, really hot down the stretch, the scoring race is down to three.

Trae Young, Luka Doncic, DeMar DeRozan, Ja Morant and Jayson Tatum are all within 3.0 points of James’ average right now (as is Kyrie Irving, who obviously won’t meet the minimum games-played threshold). If any of those guys go on an absolute spree — not unheard of in this day and age — they could make a run at the title as well.

The potential is there for a thrilling finish, just like the league had in 1978.

It would be the perfect appetizer to the playoffs.

an extra dimension to the end of the season, just another reason to tune in and pay attention to what’s happening.

The Western Conference race will long be over by then; realistically, it is now, since there’s no way barring unthinkable, cataclysmic collapse that Phoenix won’t be the No. 1 seed. The Eastern Conference race is considerably tighter, and the potential is quite high that regardless of who ends up seeded where the first-round series on that half of the bracket will be slugfests.

But anything involving James is certain to be intriguing.

Same goes with Antetokounmpo. Same goes with Embiid.

Put them together, and the intrigue levels skyrocket.

The only downside to all of this is that it could have been a four-man race.

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And if the Jayhawks need Martin to bail them out against the Friars on Friday night, you can bet he’ll be ready.

“I just like wearing this uniform. I love everything about it,” he said. “I just love playing the game itself. So I’m just happy.”

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Instead, the top-seeded Wolfpack used the moment to offer one last impressive show to the fans on the way to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.

Kayla Jones scored 18 points to help top-seeded N.C. State beat Kansas State 89-57 in Monday’s second round, earning a fourth straight trip to

the tournament’s second weekend.

Raina Perez and Diamond Johnson each added 15 points for the Wolfpack (31-3), who used a dominating second-quarter performance to earn a 12th straight win. N.C. State shot 55% and made 9 of 19 3-pointers, romping to a 35-point lead at one point in an emotional finale at Reynolds Coliseum.

By the end, all 13 players who entered the game for N.C. State had scored. And they spent the minutes following

the final horn standing at midcourt to take in the cheers and acknowledge the crowd before heading out to face Notre Dame.

The matchup of Associated Press second-team All-Americans Elissa Cunane of the Wolfpack and Ayoka Lee of the Wildcats never truly materialized due to foul issues.

But the Bridgeport Region’s headliner instead showed off its deep roster by getting production off the bench and continuing to roll anyway.

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

Missouri has hired wildly successful Cleveland State coach Dennis Gates to help rebuild its long-floundering basketball program, which has churned through seven head and interim coaches since Norm Stewart prowled the sidelines.

The university’s Board of Curators approved Gates’ hiring on Tuesday.

The 42-year-old

Gates took over Cleveland State’s program in 2019 and, after winning just 11 games in his first season, engineered one of the biggest turnarounds in Division I basketball.

The Vikings went 19-8 and made the NCAA Tournament last season, then went 20-11 and lost in the first round of the NIT this season.

Gates replaces Cuonzo Martin, who was fired after his third losing season in five years at Missouri.

“I have been so fortunate throughout my career to work at some outstanding institutions with incredible people,” Gates said, “(and) it is clear that Missouri is a tremendous opportunity with unlimited potential.

“We will build a program that all Mizzou fans will be proud of, for how we play, how our student-athletes represent the University of Missouri and how our togetherness and work ethic will lead to on-court victories.”

Ohtani: Angels star may have set bar too high for others Continued from B1

I saw him, and I was like, ‘Ah, I don’t want to do that much work,’ so I’m not doing it.”

Ohtani morphed into a worldwide sensation last season, his ability to throw baseballs 100 mph and hit them 450 feet producing a season the sport had not seen since Babe Ruth a century ago.

The left-handed-hitting Ohtani batted .257 with a .965 on-base-plusslugging percentage, 26 doubles, eight triples, 26 stolen bases and 103 runs. The right-hander, limited by elbow injuries to 1 2/3 innings in 2019 and 2020, struck out 156 and walked 44 in 130

1/3 innings.

The growing consensus around baseball was that Ohtani’s remarkable power at the plate and dominance on the mound, which made him a unanimous choice for American League most valuable player, would motivate more young players to seek two-way stardom.

Yet some players in Angels camp wonder if Ohtani might have set the bar so high he could actually discourage kids from riding a two-way track all the way to the major leagues.

“Kids are gonna want to do it, for sure, but it’s the front office that is going to set the bar too

high,” said new Angels pitcher Michael Lorenzen, a capable hitter himself with a .233 average, .710 OPS, seven homers and 24 RBIs in 147 career plate appearances.

“The thinking is, ‘Oh, unless you’re Shohei, you’re not successful,’ and that doesn’t make any sense to me. Unless you’re Max Scherzer, you’re not a successful starting pitcher?

That doesn’t make any sense.”

The “two-way player” became an official MLB roster classification in 2020, a player qualifying for such status if he pitched at least 20 innings and appeared

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from him. He really worked on his swing on his off day. It’s really showing.”

The Red Devils spotted Ottawa a 1-0 lead before erupting for a seven-run second inning.

Ryan Lowery and Fraai Roangeraud smacked RBI singles before Prinner laced a two-run double. Ayden Blachowicz was next to pound a three-run home run — his second of the season — over the right field fence for a 7-1 lead.

Roangeraud extended the lead in the third by scampering home on Levi Bennett’s single. Three batters later, Nathan Bach drove in two more. Sean Gomez Jr. followed with a tworun double to make it 12-2.

Bennett’s double in the fourth drove in a run. Prinner sent him home with a single, and Bach’s sac fly capped the ACC scoring.

Hunter Belton was the recipient, pitching five solid innings, allowing three hits and no earned runs, while striking out nine.

Allen’s Killer Bs —

Bennett, Blachowicz and Bach — all had multiple hits, combining to go 6 for 8 with six runs and eight RBIs. Roangeraud also had two hits, including one of ACC’s six doubles.

Brady Wiggin added a single. The Red Devils also were aided by four Ottawa walks.

“Good teams take advantage of other teams’ mistakes,” Stoy said.

“It’s college baseball.

The fewer mistakes you make, the better off you’re gonna be.”

Allen will host Kansas City, Kan., for two games Thursday before heading to KCK for two more on Saturday.

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in at least 20 games as a position player or designated hitter in the previous season, with at least three plate appearances in each game.

Lorenzen, who was often summoned as a pinch-hitter and made six starts in the outfield in seven seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, is the only player besides Ohtani who has come close to meeting the criteria.

Brendan McKay, the fourth overall pick in 2017, was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays as a two-way player but has pitched only 49 innings and made 11 plate appearances. He underwent thoracic outlet syndrome decompression surgery last November, further slowing his progress.

There are a handful of minor leaguer prospects — Masyn Winn (Cardinals), Bubba Chandler (Pirates), William Holmes (Angels) — being groomed as two-way players.

“You’ve seen Shohei — he can hit balls in batting practice on top of the rocks [in Angel Stadium] and he can throw 100 mph,” Walsh said. “If you have one of those skills, you’re [Noah] Syndergaard or Mike Trout.

“He probably did set the bar too high, but as long as your health permits, you’re truly a baseball player if you’re

hitting and pitching. So, I say everybody should do it. But you’re probably not gonna have a 3.00 ERA with 50 home runs, so don’t get your hopes up for that.”

Walsh’s pitching career ended in 2020 with an arm injury and a breakout season at the plate, the first baseman hitting .293 with a .971 OPS, nine homers and 26 RBIs in 32 games of the pandemic-shortened season.

He was an All-Star in 2021, batting .277 with an .850 OPS, 29 homers and 98 RBIs. “Luckily, I started hitting better, but if I was healthy and thought it was in my best interest to pitch, I would do it,” Walsh said. “My arm didn’t agree with being a two-way guy. I love the competitive aspect of it, but I’d rather hit 600 times than pitch.”

After watching Ohtani in the weight room, the batting cage and the bullpen for seven months last season, Walsh doubts he could withstand the physical rigors of being a twoway player.

“It was completely mind-blowing,” Walsh said. “I think he did such a great job managing his workload, knowing when to get in the weight room, when to get in the cage, when to stay out of the cage. He’s a worker, so I think he probably had to tone it

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Angels general manager Perry Minasian believes prospective twoway players will need a similar drive and determination to succeed in the majors, even if it’s not to Ohtani levels.

“I think a lot of it is want-to,” he said. “You have to have an aptitude to do it, but the workload is incredible from a preparation standpoint.”

Minasian said he would have “no issues” with a player pursuing a two-way role, as long as his work rate was high and his expectations were realistic.

“I don’t think [Ohtani] is what you’re trying to emulate,” Minasian said. “Maybe certain people are, but you don’t have to do it at that level to be productive. And if you ask managers, if you can perform on the field [as a pitcher], it opens up a lot of flexibility from a roster standpoint.

“I think it will be more of a focus, and there will be more of routine to train for it. You might not see it next year or two years from now, but I think five years from now, 10 years from now, you’ll see a wave of twoway players that you didn’t see in the past, just because of what Shohei has been able to accomplish.”

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The downside of a high-paying job Dear Carolyn: I work a demanding and lucrative job. Think 80-plushour-weeks-for-monthsat-a-time-type of job. My compensation is how my spouse and I have been able to afford a very nice lifestyle. I have many hobbies and passions outside of work that I just don’t have a lot of time for these days. I am always weighing and judging, “Is it worth it?”

And honestly the answer is always on the line.

On one hand, submerging oneself in work in front of a computer for 80 hours a week is no “life.” On the other hand, a few more years of this compensation, while hard right now, could help set me up for a much more financially stable future.

Friends and family around me at once seem to applaud my success, while also frequently commenting on how insane my work hours are.

I also look around at my

Carolyn Hax Tell Me About It peers outside my line of work, and my work-life balance seems to markedly be the worst. Curious what you and your readers thoughts are on this. — To Be or ...

To Be or …: I wonder what would happen if you gave yourself concrete answers to the, “Is it worth it?” question.

Set goals, financial or otherwise; plot out a number of years you’ll need to stay in this job till you get there; circle the date on your calendar; then see if you feel better about the churn of it all.

Also list the things you’re not doing and decide what that costs you now. If you were to suffer a loss or get a bad diagnosis, would your

wo rk - n o w / l ive - l a t e r choice still sit right with you then?

I really think that, emotionally, we do better with things when they’re broken into pieces we can understand.

Terrible work-life balance feels like a problem when you’re asking yourself to endure it indefinitely; when you choose it as a limited means to a defined end, it can feel like a solution. Now it’s a matter of deciding what you want those limits to be.

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· As someone who just hit a big financial goal, let me say there is no magical moment when you go from feeling insecure about the future to totally satisfied. Something that once seemed like it would definitely be ENOUGH feels smaller once it arrives. What is your definition of enough? How will you hold yourself to it, rather than seeing the even-

Low testosterone tied to low libido Dear Dr. Roach: Approximately five years ago, I was diagnosed with an aggressive prostate cancer. My urologist referred me for radiation therapy, to be followed by Lupron every six months for two years. The shots caused low libido and hot flashes, which exacerbated my rosacea.

At the time, I asked my urologist if I could start on testosterone. He replied that it might cause a recurrence of the cancer. About two years ago, a new urologist prescribed testosterone replacement, and the hot flashes and libido problem have decreased.

Did the testosterone replacement possibly cause the improvement in my libido and skin condition? — D.T. Answer: The use of testosterone replacement

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health in prostate cancer survivors is controversial.

Prostate cancer growth is generally encouraged by testosterone. The role of leuprolide (Lupron) is to reduce testosterone levels to nearly zero.

This removes stimulus to growth of the cancer cells. Testosterone treatment makes no sense for a man who is receiving active treatment with medications like Lupron.

In men who have had successful treatment, whether by surgery or radiation, testosterone replacement therapy can be considered. After surgery, this means that the

PSA level is zero, meaning no detectable prostate tissue. Several small studies have suggested that testosterone replacement therapy is low risk in this situation. A careful discussion of the potential risks and benefits is necessary before prescribing this medication.

Very low testosterone levels almost always cause a loss of libido, and when the loss occurs quickly, such as with medication treatment or surgery, hot flashes sometimes occur. Hot flashes in men or women can exacerbate rosacea, so I think it’s very likely that the loss of testosterone with your Lupron therapy caused your symptoms, and that the treatment with testosterone replacement effectively treated these symptoms.

nicer-lifestyle that will come if you just hang on a few more years? Because there is no finish line, and the goal you see in the distance is going to keep moving.

· I had that job for decades, and retired recently. It’s taken me a few months because I was so overwhelmed by work the past few years, but I wish I’d worked less and played more. I gave my job the best parts of my health and youth.

Not worth it. Take some time off and think about it, please. · For me, there WAS a magical moment when I went from feeling insecure about the future to totally satisfied. I did obtain my goals and felt I could relax. It sounds like that could work for you, if you see an end in sight. · The answer to this question is the not very helpful, “It’s worth it until it’s not.” Ideally, you’ll plan your exit for slightly before reaching the point at which you simply Cannot Do This anymore.

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Miller’s Gas Body Shop Collision Repair and Painting

WE USE R VALSPA TIVE AUTOMO T PAIN

HOURS:

Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Sat. 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Come see us at our new location for all your tire & mechanic needs!

1304 East St. • Iola, KS

Together, we can change a child’s life!

We treat your car right...the first time! We guarantee it!

Hwy. 54 in Gas • (620) 365-6136 • 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon. -Fri. David (Duke) Miller, owner

Join Us! casadirector31@yahoo.com

(620) 212-4255

Serving the Area Since 1959

Dr. Sean and his dental team have been helping people smile for over 30 years.

They provide general family dentistry, taking care of teeth of all ages.

711 Bridge St., Humboldt

(620) 473-2289 Hours: M-T-TH-F • 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

Truck Sales & Service • Complete Service & Repair Shop on Site •

Specializing in all of your over the road needs for over 40 years.

DENNIS & BETH RINGWALD

(620) 431-9320 14 S. Highland • Chanute, KS

JD’s

TIRE & AUTO

Goodyear • Firestone Bridgestone • Toyo Mastercaft • Cooper

620-365-3163 Mechanic Shop 620-363-4652 Farm Service

511 S. State Street, Iola, KS

Community Owned!

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office 620-365-6684 cell 620-496-9156

Danny Ware

Tire Sales & Service On The Farm Tire Service

Iola, KS • 620-365-6823 rvbtrucksales.com

commercial-residential licensed-insured

Full Service Grocery Store Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon-Sat. and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

129 W. Randolph, Moran • (620) 237-4591 • themarmatonmarketinc.com

Knowledgeable in every facet of our jewelry collection

• Rings • Earrings • Pendants • Necklaces • Bracelets

JoAnn Butler - Owner Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

5 N. Jefferson • Iola 620-365-2681

• Headstones • Final Dates • Setting & Straightening • Vases Granite Memorials 202 S. State • Iola

WELDING

FABRICATION & REPAIR In Shop or Portable Service Serving Southeast Kansas Locations in Bourbon & Allen County

Frank Grewing 785-448-8265

St.Clair-Hays Inc - Public Accountants Janet S St.Clair-Hays - EA, ABA, ATA

620-365-2421

101 W 1st St • PO Box 94 Gas, KS 66742

janet@kmspa.kscoxmail.com Fax: 620-365-2004