The Iola Register, Sept. 23, 2022

Child struck by car near school

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Iola school officials are working to educate students and the public about how to safely cross streets around the new elementary school, after a student was hit by a car following school on Tuesday.

The incident was reported at 5:39 p.m. on Tuesday, when a 10-year-old child riding a bicycle entered the crosswalk at the intersection of Kentucky and U.S. 54. The child failed to obey the pedestrian signal with the red hand up telling people not to cross, according to a report from the Iola Police Department.Whenthe light turned green, a vehicle proceeded

eastbound, striking the child and bicycle. The driver was unable to see the child because a full-sized truck on the inside lane was blocking the view.

The child was treated for injuries by EMS at the scene, and later transported by her mother to a hospital for further evaluation. The family later reported the child was

Iola native turns love of astronomy into book

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Tom Campbell is well aware of when his love of stargazing took root, largely because it was one of his first memories as a Campbellchild. — maybe 3 or 4 at the time — was playing at home with his toys, when a special report came on the television.Suddenly, all of Campbell’s thoughts of toys and games had evaporated. He found himself transfixed, watching his family’s small black-andwhite TV.

“It was a news report about one of the Apollo moon landings,” Campbell recalled.

The memory jumpstarted what has become a lifelong passion for all things celestial for the Iola native now living in College Station, Texas.

Heck, Campbell even applied in his younger days to become an astronaut.

Even though he was never selected, the love of space remains.Campbell’s love of astronomy turned into a recent pas-

sion project with the release of “Stargazer Sue,” a children’s book he self-published in TheJuly. story follows young Sue, whose love of astronomy is not shared with her friends

and classmates, who think her time with her telescope is silly. They even give her the nickname “Stargazer Sue.” Undaunted, Sue uses her knowledge of stars to help find the way home on a fishing

trip with her family.

“I’d written short stories before, but had never published anything,” Campbell said. Wife Juliana, who taught kindergarten for 30 years,

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released from the hospital with no further injuries reported, the police department said.The next day, school administrators at Iola Elementary School released an instructional video on how to use the crosswalk at Kentucky and U.S.

“It’s54. very unfortunate. We take safety very seriously for our students,” Superintendent Stacey Fager said.

“We’re having conversations in our classrooms to make our students aware they have to push the button. If you don’t push the button, it won’t count down and it’s a very brief signal.”

School administrators also

In ation ght may recessioncause

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve delivered its bluntest reckoning Wednesday of what it will take to finally tame painfully high inflation: Slower growth, higher unemployment and potentially a Speakingrecession.atanews conference, Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged what many economists have been saying for months: That the Fed’s goal of engineering a “soft landing” — in which it would manage to slow growth enough to curb inflation but not so much as to cause a recession — looks increasingly unlikely.“Thechances of a soft landing,” Powell said, “are likely to diminish” as the Fed steadily raises borrowing costs to slow the worst streak of inflation in four decades. “No one knows whether this pro-

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Business promoter aims to stop tra c with sign, antics

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Few folks get as much attention as does Noel Still when he’s working.

Still, who owns Majestic Movies in downtown Iola with his wife, Debra, has garnered the attention of passing motorists with his floppy hat and handheld billboard.He’s usually spotted along U.S. 54, somewhere near the downtown square, waving the billboard to anyone who will notice.

A few honk or wave back, and even offer a smiling face.

Others aren’t so pleasant. He’s been harassed on occasion.Those don’t cause him

much fuss, Still notes. Nor does the hot weather that has blanketed Iola since mid-summer.Hisprimary goal is to get noticed, and to attract customers to his video store at 111 W. Madison Ave., where he offers an assortment of DVDs and Blu-Ray disks, most of which cost $1 or less.He remains bullish on home video products, even with the growth of video streaming.“Streaming costs are going up,” he said. “Internet costs are going up. It’s getting very chaotic. We get lots of people who come in and don’t have the Internet.”

Still’s store is open Monday through Saturday.

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Tom Campbell, at right, wrote a children’s book, “Stargazer Sue,” based on his love of astronomy. He is shown with his wife, Juliana. COURTESY PHOTO

A child was struck by a vehicle while riding a bike in the crosswalk at U.S. 54 and Kentucky Street on Tuesday afternoon. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Noel Still, who owns Majestic Movies in downtown Iola, grabs the attention of passing motorists, using his oppy hat and handheld billboard. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Obituary

Larry Tarter Tarter, in Wichita.Hewas born in Fredonia tended Yates Cen ter High School. He recently re tired from Rus sell Stover Choc olates. Larry was preceded in death by his parents, Enos and LaVonne Tarter, a sister, Shirley Shultz, and a brother, Jim Tart er.Larry had a sweet, gentle, big heart and al ways helped anyone in need.

Kelly, GOP clash over transgender athletes

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP)

— Kansas’ Democrat ic governor launched a new television ad on Wednesday in which she says men don’t be long in women’s sports. It’s a move seeking to blunt Republican at tacks on her for vetoing two proposals to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and wom en’s school and college sports.Gov. Laura Kelly doesn’t go into details on her position in the 30-second ad, which is her first to address what Republicans see as a key education issue that hurts Kelly during a close reelection race. Her campaign later said Kelly believes decisions about transgender ath letes should be made by schools, doctors, fami lies and local officials and that the two bills she vetoed would have “created unnecessary new government man dates.”GOP challenger Der ek Schmidt, the state’s three-term attorney general, tweeted that Kelly is lying about her record, and the Republican Governors Association released a digital ad

transandtheirpetitiveisabout“WhatLGBTQ-rightssas,torWitt,thescare-tacticgirls’womensportsmenissueadwouldthelar,ingcansvetoes.highlightingWednesdayKelly’sOtherRepublisaidKellyistrytohideanunpopuliberalstance.ButDemocratssaidparty’svotersunderstandtheassayingthatthedoesn’tinvolveplayingwomen’sbecausetransarewomen.“Menaren’tplayingsports.Thisistheframingoffarright,”saidTomexecutivedirecofEqualityKanthestate’sleadinggroup.we’retalkinginthissituationschoolkidsincomgameswithpeersatschool,ourpositionis,girlsaregirls;

trans boys are boys.”

In the ad, Kelly looks into the camera and says: “Of course men should not play girls’ sports. OK, we all agree there,” before criticizing Schmidt on school funding issues.

Her campaign launched the ad after a Republican Gover nors Association ad featured a collegiate swimmer criticizing Kelly. That followed five other ads in which the RGA raised the issue, including one last week in which Schmidt says Kelly is aligned with groups pushing “the trans gender agenda.”

The swimmer fea tured in the last RGA ad, University of Ken tucky graduate Ri ley Gaines, said in a phone interview that she was surprised by Kelly’s ad because, “It’s not aligning with anything she’s said thusTimfar.”Shallenburger, a former state trea surer and Kansas Re publican Party chair, said Kelly had to deal with the issue because it’s important to many voters. He called Kel ly’s latest ad “pretty sly,” adding that she’s “trying to catch Re publicans.”JoanWagnon, a former Topeka may or and Kansas Dem ocratic Party chair, questioned whether Schmidt’s stance will play well with moder ate Republicans. But Wagnon also said that, had she been the can didate, she’s not sure she would have made the“Ifad.you get sucked into those kind of titfor-tat responses, it clouds your message,” sheKellysaid. is the only Democratic governor running for re-elec tion this year, in a state that former Pres ident Donald Trump carried in 2020.

ESU faculty awaits answers after firings

By SHERMAN SMITH Kansas Reflector

EMPORIA — Facul ty leaders at Emporia State University are alarmed by their admin istration’s lack of clear direction following the sudden layoffs of 33 pro fessors and staff mem bers last Professorsweek.have unan swered questions about which programs will exist beyond the current school year, and what to tell current and prospec tive“Pleasestudents.wait for more information,” faculty senate president Shawn Keough told colleagues at a meeting Tuesday. “That’s what’s being pushed down at this point.”The Kansas Board of Regents granted permis sion to ESU president Ken Hush to rapidly fire tenured professors in a cost-saving move per mitted by a temporary COVID-19 policy that expires at the end of De cember. No other state university has taken the controversial option.

Most faculty members were allowed to remain through the end of the school year in May. Oth ers were immediately dismissed.Students responded with protests and a can dlelight vigil. Hush’s of fice is now guarded by a chain, and the student newspaper, the ESU Bul letin, photographed him being driven off campus by police. Some faculty members were weighing legal assistance from the American Association of University Professors and rushing to secure in tellectual property from university servers.

The author Joyce Carol Oates questioned the university’s actions through her Twitter ac count.“Ifa university abol ishes tenure, how can it expect to hire in structors who could get tenure-track jobs else where?” Oates wrote. “In both the short & the long run, this is self-sabotage to a university.”

Some of the faculty sen ate members at Tuesday’s meeting were among those who were laid off, and remained silent. Others had questions that Keough, the senate president and a business administration professor, couldn’t

Howardanswer.Pitler, an associate professor of school leadership, said his department chair had been told to clear out his desk when he was laid off. Pitler wondered about the future of the department. Keough sti fled a nervous laugh.

“I just chuckled be cause that’s a lot better than you seeing tears streaming down my face,” Keough said.

Juan Chavarria, an assistant professor of accounting, information systems and finance, said his experience in the corporate world was that layoffs were imme diately followed by a talk from leadership about what the organization’s roadmap will be.

“Why can’t we get that roadmap?” Chavarria asked during the faculty senate meeting.

The lack of certainty creates an unhealthy en vironment, he added.

“It’s not healthy for anybody — not for those who are leaving, not for those who are staying,” Chavarria said.

Mallory Koci, director of the Ethnic and Gen der Studies program and the only faculty member in the Department of Interdisciplinary Stud ies, raised concerns about the university’s big “Black and Gold” recruitment event for

gone,Englishteachestargetedlaidamonguniversitystartedglishifcanthereweek,ofthrough“Evenlaboratively,”cessfulwheretherebuthowicaltion.”mittedarespitebersandsaidlongerprogramsmakingrecruiting“weversity’smationneedsCampusSaturday.leadershiptoreleaseinforabouttheuniplanssothatarenotundulystudentsorpromisesforthatwillnoexist,”Kocisaid.Inaninterview,Kocishewantsalumnicommunitymemtoknowthat“detheturmoil,therepeoplewhoarecomtothisinstitu“Wecanbebothcritofthechangesinthey’rehappening,alsobehopefulthatisapathforwardwecanbesucandworkcolKocisaid.thoughI’vegoneawholerangeemotionsthispastIamhopefulthatisafuturethatwecreateandliveintowecareenough.”MelStorm,anEnprofessorwhoteachingatthein1971,wasthosewhowereofflastweek.Stormsaidhewasbecauseheliterature.Thedepartmentishesaid.

“I don’t think indi vidual merit was looked at, or individual digni ty, personal concerns,” Storm said. “Obviously at my age, I’d be retir ing one of these days. My plan was to teach as long as my health al lowed, because I really enjoy what I do.”

One by one, Storm and the others were called into a “manda tory meeting” at a de serted off-campus build ing. They were told to come alone and arrive no more than five min utes early, Storm said. A woman let him in the door, and two individu als were present for the meeting: An HR person and an administrator who read a statement about the university’s plans to save money by firing employees.

In the past week, for mer students have sent emails to the profes sor to let him know his teaching meant a lot. The remembrances go back to the early 1980s.

“I do seem to have giv en some direction to a few lives along the way,” Storm said.

“It’s certainly grati fying,” he added. “I sup pose in some respects, it makes it harder because I think I’m still affect ing people’s lives, and will be until the 16th of May.”Two days later, he will turn 80.

“I did hope to leave on my own terms when the time came,” Storm said. “It’s kind of a personal affront.”

Editor’s note: Sher man Smith is a 2004 graduate of Emporia State University with a degree in English and a minor in journalism. He took classes from English professor Mel Storm.

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prospective students, which takes place on campus

Shawn Keough, faculty senate president at Emporia State University. KANSAS REFLECTOR/SHERMAN SMITH

Emporia State University junior Sophia Dawson attends a candlelight vigil Monday to honor the 33 faculty and staff members affected by recent cuts. KANSAS REFLECTOR/MASON HART

Governor’s races take on new prominence

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) —Governor’s races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during mid term elections. But this fall, the nation’s polit ical future hangs just as much on governor’s mansions as it does on Capitol Hill.

With abortion rights, immigration policies and democracy itself in the balance, both par ties are entering the final weeks before the Nov. 8 election prepared to spend unprecedent ed amounts of money to win top state offices. Those elected will be in power for the 2024 elec tion, when they could influence voting laws as well as certification of the outcome. And their powers over abortion rights increased greatly when the U.S. Supreme Court in June left the question to states to de cide.“Governor’s races matter more than ever,” said North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, chair of the Democratic Governors Association, the group working to elect Demo crats to lead states.

For Democrats, Coo per said, governors “are often the last line of defense” on issues that have been turned over to states, including gun laws and voting rights in addition to abortion. That’s been especially true in places with Dem ocratic governors and Schmidt’sliberalcriticizedidenttriedwhoGeneraltermbipartisanship.moderatetiveagainsttor2020.identcarriedforcraticKellyganledgroundinRepublicanDemocratsforhave—Wisconsinlegislatures,Republican-controlledsuchasandKansasstatesbothpartiesmadetoptargetsvictoryinNovember.areleadingcandidatestwoimportantbattlestateswithGOP-statehouses,MichiandPennsylvania.KansasGov.LauraistheonlyDemogovernorrunningreelectioninastatebyformerPresDonaldTrumpinTheformerlegislawontheofficein2018afieryconservaafterrunningasawhopromotedShenowfacesthree-stateAttorneyDerekSchmidt,hasrepeatedlytotiehertoPresJoeBidenandherastoofortheredstate.campaignhas

been hurt, however, by a third-party bid from a conservative state law maker.During a debate at the Kansas State Fair this month, Schmidt portrayed Kelly’s posi tion on abortion as too extreme, telling a crowd she supports abortion withoutKansasrestrictions.hasbeen the unlikely site of Demo cratic hopes in regard to abortion rights. In August, Kansas voters overwhelmingly defeat ed a proposed amend ment to the state consti tution that would have allowed the GOP-con trolled Legislature to greatly restrict or ban abortion. Kelly opposed the measure, though she has tried to focus her campaignSchmidtelsewhere.saidhe re spects the outcome of the vote but that the abortion debate isn’t over.

“What was not on the ballot was Governor Kelly’s position,” he said.Throughout nearly two decades in elective politics, Kelly has op posed nearly every re striction on abortion now in Kansas law. But asked about dentialstate,andportslossanTrumption2020Michelswasmanelectionspushedmeasuresstateanyvetoedthismocracywarnscraticstatesaidbutandworkfiscalbeenher.cratssue,sizedhaveshepositioncharacterizationSchmidt’sofheronabortion,said,“Youknow,Ineversaidthat.”Kellyhasn’temphaabortionasanisthoughmanyDemothinkitwouldhelpInstead,shehastoutingthestate’sstrengthandhertolurebusinessesjobs.“MaybeI’mnotflashy,I’meffective,”sheattheendofthefairdebate.InWisconsin,DemoGov.TonyEversvotersthatdeisontheballotfallandnoteshehasmorebillsthangovernorinmodernhistory,includingRepublicanstochangehowareconducted.EversfacesbusinessTimMichels,whoendorsedbyTrump.hasclaimedthepresidentialelecwasrigged—aliehaspushedinefforttooverturnhistoBiden—andsupchangestovotingelectionlawsintheaperennialpresibattleground.

Book: Search for illustrator took time

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convinced her husband to give it a try.

But while the story came easily — he esti mates it took him less than four weeks to write — getting something in print was a harder task.

“I couldn’t find any body to draw the illus trations,” he hefeelingers.mostBarnesislishedsaid.arelotfromsobreakingtookthinkingweretotyly“Andable,”heramplesstan.tratorTayyabathefreelancersdedicatedtoanCampbell’sexplained.searchforillustratortookhimFiverr.com,awebsitetoconnectingfromaroundglobe.Itwasthere,hemetRiaz,anilluslivinginPaki“Sheshowedmeexofherwork,andpriceswerereasonCampbellsaid.whileIdidn’trealgiveheranyspecificiofhowIwantedSuelook,herdrawingsexactlywhatIwasof.”Fromthere,hisstoryalittletweaking,upthetextitflowedseamlesslypagetopage.“Ireallylearnedaabouthowbookslaidout,”CampbellThebookwaspubinlateJulyandavailableviaAmazon,andNoble,andotherbookretail“It’skindofaneattoseeitinprint,”said.

CAMPBELL WAS born in Iola and moved away with his family af ter first grade. He returned to attend Allen Community Col lege, and in 1994 took a job at Advantage Com puters.Heworked there un til 2000, when Campbell took a job as a comput er technician at ACC.

He was there for more than a decade until the college downsized its IT staff, putting Campbell back on the job market.

“I sent out resumes to 17 states,” he recalled.. “I didn’t care where I went.”Hefound a job as a programmer analyst at Texas Tech University’s Health Services Center, where he stayed about a year and a half before moving to College Sta tion to work at the Tex as A&M Engineering Extension Service as a software applications developer.Now55, Campbell re mains eager to share his love of astronomy to anyone with a shared interest.He’llpull out his tele scope whenever he has a spare night and good sky-viewing conditions.

Alas, viewing oppor tunities can be scarce in a city of 200,000. “Light pollution can make it difficult,” he Jupiter,photoscapturedNevertheless,admitted.he’sspectacularofSaturnandandvarious

constellations. Camp bell has even snapped shots of the Interna tional Space Station, a task easier said than done when you consider you’re taking a picture of an object the size of a football field from 300 miles away, while it trav els at a speed of nearly 18,000 mph.

As an official Solar System Ambassador for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Campbell frequently hosts star gazing events for school groups or the general public.Hegets asked many of the same questions. No, his 20-inch telescope is not powerful enough to see the American flag posted on the moon.

And he’s uncertain whether earthlings are the only living creatures in the “Withuniverse.allthe stars in our galaxy and all the

galaxies out there, the odds are pretty good that there’s something out there somewhere,” he said. “But the distances are so vast, I doubt we’ll ever see them.”

WITH his first book out of the way, Campbell already has thoughts on his second piece of work.“I’ve got some more story ideas,” he said.

One is an astronomy field guide for begin ners, a book tailored for folks of all Campbellages.also would like to tell Stargazer Sue stories at some point.

And there’s still his ultimate dream of spaceflight.“I’dstill go up today if I could,” he laughed. “But I’m a little older and have a little more weight on my bones. But you still can wonder and dream.”

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cess will lead to a re cession or, if so, how significant that reces sion would be.”

Before the Fed’s pol icymakers would con sider halting their rate hikes, he said, they would have to see con tinued slow growth, a “modest” increase in unemployment and “clear evidence” that inflation is moving back down to their 2% target.“We have got to get inflation behind us,” Powell said. “I wish there were a painless way to do that. There isn’t.”Powell’s remarks followed another sub stantial three-quar ters of a point rate hike — its third straight — by the Fed’s policymaking commit tee. Its latest action brought the Fed’s key short-term rate, which affects many consum er and business loans, to 3% to 3.25%. That’s its highest level since earlyFalling2008. gas prices have slightly lowered headline inflation, which was a still-pain ful 8.3% in August compared with a year earlier. Those declin ing prices at the gas pump might have con tributed to a recent rise in President Joe Biden’s public approv al ratings, which Dem ocrats hope will boost their prospects in the November midterm elections.OnWednesday, the Fed officials also fore cast more jumbo-size hikes to come, rais

ing their benchmark rate to roughly 4.4% by year’s end — a full point higher than they had envisioned as re cently as June. And they expect to raise the rate again next year, to about 4.6%. That would be the highest level since 2007.

By raising bor rowing rates, the Fed makes it costlier to take out a mortgage or an auto or business loan. Consumers and businesses then pre sumably borrow and spend less, cooling the economy and slowing inflation.Other major cen tral banks are taking aggressive steps, too, to combat global infla tion, which has been fueled by the global economy’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and then Russia’s war against Ukraine. On Thurs day, Britain’s cen tral bank raised its key interest rate by a half-percentage point — to its highest level in 14 years. It was the Bank of England’s seventh straight move to increase borrowing costs at a time of ris ing food and energy prices, which have fu eled a severe cost-oflivingThiscrisis..month, Swe den’s central bank raised its key interest rate by a full point. And the European Central Bank deliv ered its largest-ever rate increase with currency.trieshikethree-quarter-pointaforthe19counthatusetheeuro

Gov. Laura Kelly and Lt. Gov. David Toland. (TIM CAR PENTER/KANSAS REFLECTOR)

Forecasters eye Caribbean storm system

By SouthSHIRAMOOLTENFla.SunSentinel

FORT LAUDER

DALE, Fla. — A tropi cal wave located in the southeast Caribbean on Thursday has a high chance of becoming a hurricane in the com ing days, according to the National Weather Service Miami.

In the next week, sev eral long-term weather forecast models show the system turning north, passing over Cuba, and heading to ward the Gulf of Mex ico, and possibly Flori da.“It looks like it’s go ing to end up being a major hurricane,” said Will Redman, a spokes person for the National Weather Service Mi ami.A major hurricane is classified as Category 3 or Redmanabove. said the current path shows the storm’s center any where between the west coast of Florida and

New Orleans, while the area facing the brunt of the hurricane’s force would likely be the Flor ida

IfPanhandle.ahurricane does develop, it would prob ably form Monday or Tuesday of next week, Redman said. The next named storm will be Hermine.First, the tropical wave likely will become a tropical depression over the next few days, moving west-north westward over the east ern Caribbean Sea in

the next day or so and then will reach the cen tral Caribbean Sea this weekend, the Nation al Hurricane Center’s 8 a.m. advisory said. The system has a 70% chance of forming in the next 48 hours and a 90% chance of forming in the next five days.

The National Hurri cane Center has yet to confirm whether the system will become a hurricane or target Florida. Maria Torres, a spokesperson for the Center, said it was still

too early to say, but they will know more by Fri day or “ForSaturday.usherein South Florida, we just have to keep monitoring sit uation closely,” Torres said. “The important thing is to make sure people start having their preparations ready.”Meanwhile, Hurri cane Fiona is holding steady as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds. Bermuda was under a hurricane warning on Thursday.

Fiona is the first major hurricane of the 2022 season, meaning Cate gory 3 and Forecastersabove.are also monitoring two other systems in the Atlantic.

“The one to watch is definitely the system moving into the south eastern Caribbean,” said Eric Blake, a fore caster for the National Hurricane Center. A tropical wave ex pected to move off Afri ca and into the Atlantic on Thursday has been given a 60% chance of developing in the next five days, possi bly becoming a tropi cal depression by this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said. And, a broad area of low pressure in the At lantic has a 30% chance of developing in the next five Tropicaldays.Storm Gas ton also maintained its strength in the open At lantic Ocean on Thurs day, though the storm’s current path does not show it reaching land.

Puerto Rico struggles to reach areas cut off by Fiona

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona was on a track Thursday to menace Bermuda and far-eastern Canada af ter leaving hundreds of people stranded across Puerto Rico, where it smashed roads and bridges and caused his toricGovernmentflooding. officials have been working with religious groups, non profits and others brav ing landslides, thick mud and broken asphalt by foot to provide food, water and medicine for people in need, but they are under pressure to clear a path so vehicles can enter isolated areas soon.Nino Correa, commis sioner for Puerto Rico’s emergency manage ment agency, estimated that at least six munic ipalities across the is land had areas that were cut off by Fiona, which struck as a Category 1 hurricane and was up to Category 4 power Thursday as it headed towardManuelBermuda.Veguilla said he has been unable to leave his neighborhood in the north mountain town of Caguas since Fiona swept in on Sun day.“We are all isolated,” he said, adding that he worries about elderly neighbors, including his older brother who does not have the strength for the long walk it takes to reach the closest com munity.Veguilla heard that municipal officials might open a pathway Thursday, but he doubt ed that would happen because large rocks covered a nearby bridge and the 10-foot space be neath

Neighborsit. have shared food and water dropped off by nonprof it groups, and the son of an elderly woman was able to bring back basic supplies by foot Wednes day, he Veguillasaid.said that in the aftermath of Hurri cane Maria, a Category 4 storm that struck five years ago and resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths, he and others used picks and shovels to clear the debris. But Fiona was

different, unleashing huge landslides.

“I cannot throw those rocks over my shoul der,” he said.

Like hundreds of thousands of other Puerto Ricans after Fiona, Veguilla had no water or electricity ser vice, but said there is a natural water source nearby.Fiona sparked an is landwide blackout when it hit Puerto Rico’s southwest region, which already was still trying to recover from a series of strong earthquakes in recent years. Some 62% of 1.47 million customers remained without power Thurs day, four days after the storm, amid an extreme heat alert issued by the National Weather Service. A third of cus tomers, or more than 400,000, did not yet have water service.

The executive direc tor of Puerto Rico’s Electric Energy Author ity, Josué Colón, told a news conference that ar eas less affected by Fio na should have power by Friday morning.

But officials declined to say when power

would be restored to areas hit hardest by the storm.“We are working by steps. Our next step is now to focus on the crit ical load” — service to hospitals and other key infrastructure — said Daniel Hernández, the director of renewable energy for LUMA En ergy, which distributes power in Puerto Rico.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Manage ment Agency has sent hundreds of additional personnel to help local officials as the federal government approved a major disaster decla ration and announced a public health emergen cy on the Neitherisland.local nor

federal government officials had provided any overall damage es timates from the storm, which dropped up to 30 inches of rain in some areas. More than 470 people and 48 pets re mained in shelters.

“Our hearts go out to the people of Puer to Rico who have en dured so much suffer ing over the last couple of years,” said Brad Kieserman, vice pres ident of operations and logistics at the Red Cross.After Puerto Rico, Fiona pummeled the Dominican Republic and then roared over the Turks and Caicos Islands as it strength ened. Officials there re

ported relatively light damage and no deaths, though the eye of the storm passed close to Grand Turk, the small British territory’s cap ital island, on Tuesday.

“God has been good to us and has kept us safe during this period when we could have had a far worse outcome,” Deputy Gov. Anya Wil liamsFionasaid.was forecast to pass near Bermuda late Thursday or ear ly Friday, and then hit easternmost Canada early Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The Canadian Hur ricane Center issued a hurricane watch for Nova Scotia from Hub bards to Brule, Prince Edward Island, Isle-dela-Madeleine and the coast of Newfoundland from Parson’s Pond to Port-Aux-Basques.TheU.S.center said Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph on Thursday morning. It was cen tered about 410 miles southwest of Bermuda, heading north-north east at 15 mph.

A hurricane warning was in effect for Ber muda, where Premier David Burt sent a tweet urging residents to “take care of yourself and your family. Let’s all remember to check on as well as look out for your seniors, fami ly and neighbors. Stay safe.”

Jan. sentenceavoidswitness6jail

By MIKE KUNZELMAN The Associated Press

An Ohio man who testified at a congres sional hearing about why he stormed the U.S. Capitol avoided a term of imprison ment when a federal judge sentenced him on Thursday to two years of probation for his role in the mob’s attack.After his televised testimony at a U.S. House committee’s hearing in July, Ste phen Ayres approached and apologized to a group of police officers who had struggled to repel the crowd of riot ers on Jan. 6, 2021.

Ayres apologized again on Thursday — this time to the court and the “American peo ple” — before U.S. Dis trict Judge John Bates sentenced him to pro bation and ordered him to perform 100 hours of community service.

Bates said he be lieves Ayres has shown genuine remorse and regret for his conduct, including with testi mony for the House committee investigat ing the insurrection.

“It was a travesty in American history, a shocking attack on our democratic values and institutions,” the judge said. “All who partici pated in that insurrec tion, I think it can be called, must be held responsible.”Ayressaid he has lost friends, family and a job after he joined the Jan. 6 attack.

“I pray every day for the officers that are struggling with this, the families that lost their loved ones,” Ayres said. “I just hope one day I can wake up and not have to live with it every tyanyaccusedinmaximumorgrounds,adisruptivecountguiltywithoutsentenceEugeneservice.60supervisedcarceration,AyresmendedProsecutorsday.”recomsentencingto60daysofinoneyearofreleaseandhoursofcommunityAyres’lawyer,Ohm,soughtaofprobationanyjailtime.Ayres,41,pleadedinJunetooneofdisorderlyorconductinrestrictedbuildingoramisdemeanpunishablebyaofoneyearprison.Hewasn’tofengaginginviolenceorproperdamage.

The Atlantic tropics and Caribbean are teeming with activity this week. NATION AL HURRICAN CENTER/TNS

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With Putin desperate, Ukraine and the West must keep up pressure

Though Russian Presi dent Vladimir Putin has often asserted that his “spe cial military operation” in Ukraine was proceeding as planned, the facts on the ground have said otherwise for months. The most dra matic recent evidence is the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the northeastern part of the country, in which Kyiv’s forces recaptured more than 3,000 square kilometers this month as many of the Kremlin’s troops broke and ran. So Mr. Putin — albeit without admitting it — has switched tactics.

In an extraordinary tele vised address Wednesday, he announced a partial mo bilization that would call up 300,000 reservists and forci bly extended the contracts of those al ready in Ukraine — as well as harsh new penalties for anyone who refuses to fight. He set the stage for annexing oc cupied areas of Ukraine, which would re cast those regions as sover eign territory that Moscow is bound to defend. Most ominously, he said that, to counter threats to its “ter ritorial integrity,” Russia “will certainly use all the means at our disposal” — an obvious allusion to its nuclear arsenal — adding, “This is not a bluff.”

pedaling words of a dictator who badly miscalculated by seeking to destroy Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and who finds himself in need of a new rationale for war.

As his battlefield losses mount, Mr. Putin is taxing the patience both of Russian hard-liners who had sup ported his war and of major non-Western countries that had indulged it. The latter category includes China and India, whose respective leaders signaled their un happiness with Mr. Putin at a recent multinational conference in Uzbekistan.

Another attendee at that meeting, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said there must be peace and a return of Ukrainian terri tory — includ ing Crimea, seized in 2014.

We will stand in solidarity to Russia’s agression.

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Even if she wins, Kelly can lose if this measure prevails

By JOEL MATHIS Special to McClatchy

President Biden and the leaders of other nations supporting Ukraine must take all of this seriously even as they take none of it at face value. Yes, Mr. Putin appears to be raising the stakes; but at the same time, he implied that Russia was scaling back its war aims — from the erstwhile (and absurd) “denazification” of all Ukraine to the mere protection of purportedly traditional Russian lands in the southeastern Donbas region. Indeed, Mr. Putin sought to recast his aggres sive war as a reactive one. “The territorial integrity of our motherland, our inde pendence and freedom will be defended,” he said. These are the hypocritical, back

The serious part is indeed the call for military rein forcements and the nuclear saber-rattling. It would be negligent to assume that Mr. Putin will not use the for mer to perpetuate combat as long as he can — or the lat ter to compensate for the in eptitude of his conventional forces if it comes to that. Cornered, he might be more dangerous. Yet, in practical terms, neither more troops nor nuclear weapons can be brought to bear effectively immediately. The only thing worse than failing to pre pare for Mr. Putin to carry out his threats would be to be cowed by them.

There was no sign of that in Mr. Biden’s remarks to the United Nations, in which he decried Mr. Putin’s “irresponsible” language and pledged: “We will stand in solidarity to Russia’s ag gression.” That was and is the winning policy, as Mr. Putin’s desperate words and deeds backhandedly — but unmistakably — confirm.

— The Washington Post

Hey Kansans: It’s time to vote no again — at least if you care about democracy in theWhenstate. you go to the polls in November, you’ll be asked to vote on two more amend ments to the state constitu tion. Unlike the August ref erendum on the “Value Them Both” abortion amendment, there aren’t millions of dol lars being poured into these measures by groups and do nors from outside the state, no endless blitz of TV ads. They’ll be easy to overlook. That would be a mistake.

One of the proposed amendments involves the election and removal of county sheriffs. The other — well, the other amendment is aimed squarely at politically neutering Gov. Laura Kelly if she wins reelection this fall.

It’s the GOP’s backup plan in case they can’t stop Kelly at the polls: They’ll disem power her instead.

LET’S START with an ex planation. The new amend ment would “allow the Legislature to establish pro cedures to revoke or suspend rules and regulations that are adopted by state execu tive branch agencies,” ac cording to the statement that accompanies the measure on thePutballot.in less bureaucratic language, it would let the Kansas Legislature — con trolled by the GOP for now and the foreseeable future — overturn a governor’s pol

icies by a simple majority vote in both the state House andIt’sSenate.aprofoundly undemo cratic

Wait.measure.Why?Wouldn’t it be more democratic to let 165 lawmakers have up-or-down votes on policies affecting the entire state instead of letting one person — the governor — have final say?

Not really.

The measure is plainly aimed at thwarting the will of Kansas voters, at least if their will is to reelect Kelly. Republicans in this state are used to ruling the roost, so to speak, which means that the election of a Democratic governor goes against their sense of the natural order of things — never mind that this solidly red state has rou tinely sent Democrats to Ce dar Crest over the last few de cades: Robert Docking, John Carlin, Joan Finney and Kathleen Sebelius all preced ed Kelly in office. And those voters just might do it again. A new poll shows Kelly cling ing to a narrow lead over her GOP challenger, Attorney General Derek Schmidt.

So if Kelly does win and the amendment passes, Re publicans in the Legislature will almost certainly use their new power to sideline her from the real business of governing, no matter what voters intended by her re election. But those lawmak ers probably won’t use that authority if Schmidt is victo rious. Why would they? He’s on their side, right?

There’s also this: The gov

ernor’s office is inherently more democratic than the Legislature.Thegovernor is elected by all the voters in Kansas, after all, chosen by and the oretically responsive to just about everybody in the state. The Legislature, meanwhile, is a gerrymandered kludge with seats drawn up to pro tect Republican incumbents and elbow Democrats out of power, all of which means in dividual lawmakers are more likely to serve narrow ideo logical interests — and just the small subset of voters in their own districts — than to have the big picture in mind. Which means the new amendment would shift even more power to those inter ests, and away from the one person in the process who serves the entire electorate.

This whole debate stems from the lockdown that Kel ly — along with nearly every other governor in the country, Republican and Democratic — put into place during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. The GOP has tried to turn the cur rent gubernatorial election into a referendum of sorts on her actions, saying she badly hurt businesses and public school students across the state. Maybe it will work and Kansans will vote her out of office.But maybe they won’t. In which case, the proposed constitutional amendment would give Kansas Republi cans a second chance to get the last word. And yes, that would be extremely undem ocratic.

As Puerto Rico works very slowly to restore pow er to the roughly 80% of the island that remains in the dark after getting smacked from Hurricane Fiona, it’s worth remembering that the “act of God” language often found in insurance and legal documents doesn’t tell the whole story. Yes, humankind is generally powerless to stop a storm from actually form ing, but the extent of damage it does is a direct result of policy decisions and prepa ration.Bythat token, both the Puerto Rican and federal governments have failed the people of the island. Both before and after the ravag es of Hurricane Maria five years ago, bad decisions have

public utility PREPA failing to maintain transmission lines crisscrossing the island to the awarding of a crucial post-disaster contract to a tiny, unproven Montana com pany, the stage was set for Puerto Ricans to suffer. Fiona must stand as the final warn ing that the current ways that the power is generated and delivered are not built to withstand the reality of contemporary superstorms, which means in part that leadership must get serious about accelerating the tran sition toward renewable en ergies.This isn’t just because renewables are a better re sponse to climate change, but because the main risks to Puerto Rican power are

fuel — with the vast majori ty being natural gas and pe troleum imported through ports, at the mercy of market shocks and supply chains — and transmission of power from plants to homes that might be miles away through rough terrain. Having a more varied system that’s less re liant on imports, say a mix of solar and wind projects, would go a long way to ad dressing the infrastructural problems that keep putting the island in the dark.

For that to work, Washing ton and San Juan must accel erate disbursement of the bil lions the federal government had set aside for recovery projects, of which more than $22 billion remains unspent. New York

One of the amendments on the November ballot would give the Legislature the ability to thwart Laura Kelly or other future governors. PHOTO BY JAIME GREEN/MCT

hamstrung the development of the more resilient ener gy grid that should’ve been

non-negotiable in the 2017 storm’s wake. From the management of

A flooded road is seen during the passage of hurricane Fiona in Villa Blanca, Puerto Rico, on Sunday. Fiona left a general black out and rivers overflowing. (JOSE RODRIGUEZ/AFP/TNS)

Putin’s call-up brings reality of war home to many Russians

By Bloomberg News/ TNS

President Vladimir Putin’s order to call up as many as 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine triggered alarm and demonstrations as Russians were forced to confront the reality of the deadlyPoliceconflict.detained about 1,400 people at protests against the order in 38 cities Wednesday night, according to the OVD-Info monitoring group. Some of the male detainees were handed draft notices at police stations, and protesters may face criminal charges under the harsh laws against criticism of the war the Kremlin has imposed since the Feb. 24 invasion. Some university students who joined the demonstrations were threatened with expulsion, which could annul draftForexemptions.millionsof Russians who’ve been largely shielded from the reality of the Kremlin’s bloody seven-month war, Putin’s speech early Wednesday announcing a “partial mobilization” came as a shock. The authorities provided few details of how the order, which is the first in Russia since World War II, will be implemented and who will get drafted.

Regional governments quickly began issuing

orders for reservists — a huge category covering people who served as conscripts, contract soldiers, and part-time officers — to prepare to be summoned and banning them from leaving the area, according to Pavel Chikov, a lawyer who advises on conscription cases. Doctors in Moscow also received mobilization notices, he said on Telegram.Videos posted on social media showed draftees in Siberia being taken away by bus, seen off by crowds of tearful relatives.Authorities in some

cases came in the middle of the night to round up conscripts in order to fill the regional quotas that the military sets.

“They took my 40-yearold son at night,” said Antonina, a pensioner in the Far East who declined to give her last name. “Everyone who was taken in our village was over 40, not a single young one. They’ll grab anyone. There’s total panic and confusion.”

The mobilization order will affect 300,000 people and apply only to those with military experience, according to Defense Minister Ser-

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had conversations with city officials about the busyCoreyintersection.Schinstock, assistant city administrator, said the city hopes to rebuild U.S. 54 at some point, and that intersection likely would be improved. An engineering study is underway, but a full rebuild could still be a few years away.

In the meantime, city officials are looking at options that could reprogram the system to give more time for students to cross.

FAGER also encourages families to consider the safest options for getting to and from school.The elementary school offers shuttle bus services to the three former elementary school buildings at Jefferson, Lincoln and McKinley. Families can sign up at any point. The bus will pick up students in the morning and take them

to the new elementary school, and bring them back to the same location in the afternoon.

Many students walk or ride a bicycle to school in the mornings, Fager said. It’s a healthy option, and students are encouraged to do so in a way that is safe.

The city also is working to develop a trail on the former Missouri-Pacific Railroad line. Some work has been completed and students use the trail

However,daily. it is not yet completed. The city is waiting for curb cutouts that meet requirements for the Americans with Disability Act. Then, they’ll finish curb work and paint the crosswalk. The crosswalk cannot be painted until the path is ADA-compliant, Schinstock

Thesaid.city also plans to build a pedestrian bridge to allow students access to Kansas Drive, but that is not likely to happen until next spring.

THE NEW elementary school opened Aug. 17.Traffic patterns during morning dropoff and afternoon pickup were a little chaotic the first few days but that has settled down, administrators said.

When the SAFE BASE after school program began, it eased congestion during the afternoon pickup because some students stay later at IES.Tuesday’s incident happened at the end of the SAFE BASE session, which coincides with the end of the traditional work day. Traffic may be heavier on Kentucky Street at that time.

“A lot of this is new,” Fager said. “It’s a new way to get to the facility and having conversations about the safest way to do that is important.“I commend our elementary administrators for addressing that and having those conversations in the classroom.”

gei Shoigu. Students and people who haven’t served in the army won’t be called up, he said.

But the presidential decree doesn’t specify which categories of Russia’s 2 million reservists will be called up and has a secret clause.

Legal restrictions on leaving the country for those subject to mobilization “haven’t been implemented yet because it’s a partial one,” said Andrey Kartapolov, head of the Defense Committee in the lower house of parliament, according to RBC. “As for how things will go in the future, we’ll see, as they say.”

Many Russians didn’t find comments like that reassuring.Finland’s border service reported a 50% surge in car traffic overnight and Georgian TV broadcast long lines

on the Russian side of the border. Google data showed a spike in search requests for “how to leave Russia” and even “how to break an arm.” Social media were flooded with reports of soaring airline ticket prices.

A travel agent in Belgrade said tickets on Air Serbia, which offers the only flights from Russia to Europe, are sold out. “Until very recently, passengers looking to fly out of Moscow immediately had to wait for several days, maybe a week. Now there’s nothing, not even with stopovers” until mid-October, said Viza Air Travel agent Verica, who declined to give her lastForname.many the prospect of fighting in the war prompted drastic action. Kirill, the owner of an IT company, said he’s urgently relocating his 100 Moscow-based staff to Dubai to prevent them from being called up.

passive population will be trawling the Internet and social media to search for answers over mobilization,” Tatiana Stanovaya, founder of the R.Politik research group, said on Telegram. “And they’ll find them not where the Kremlin wants them to, and not just information about how they’ll be drafted.”

Many borders remained closed to Russians. The leaders of the Baltic states said their countries won’t offer asylum or humanitarian visas to men trying to flee“Themobilization.warwas OK for them when they saw it on TV, sitting on a sofa, but it is no longer OK when your government and your Shoigu calls you to join the army and offers to take part in the war with your own physical body,” Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said.

“One of the consequences of mobilization will be the fact that the apolitical and

Putin’s “major problem is his confidence that the people support him by default because he’s a leader who’s doing the right thing in the national interests,” she added.Worried relatives of those facing the call-up for war vented their anger on the Telegram channel of Vyacheslav Volodin, the lower house of parliament’s speaker and a Putin ally. In March, the Russian president promised in his annual message of congratulations on International Women’s Day that he wouldn’t call on reservists to serve in AUkraine.media outlet set up by jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny fanned the discontent by broadcasting a conversation with the son of Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in which the program’s host posed as an official from the military recruitment office. Nikolay Peskov, 32, said he wouldn’t obey the summons and would “sort this out at another level,” according to the audio recording. Peskov later said his son’s comments were taken out of context and that he would make the “only right decision.” p.m. Petting Zoo Open 10:15 a.m. Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy Country Kicko 11 a.m. Parade (Wild Wild West theme) 12-10 p.m. Fun Times Carnival 12 p.m. Youth Cornhole Tournament 1 - 5 p.m. In atables 2 p.m. Adult Cornhole Tournament 7 p.m. Cannonball Run

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Police o cers detain a woman following calls to protest against the partial mobilization announced by the Russian President, in Moscow, on Wednesday. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

Allen men beat Pratt; women fall

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

The Allen Community College women’s and men’s soccer teams split a set of matches against Pratt Community College on Wednesday afternoon.The women’s team began the afternoon with a stunning 1-0 overtime loss before the men’s team came out on top in a tight one, 2-1. The Red Devils’ winning score came with 15 minutes left in the second half off the foot of Romario Tomlinson.

Women’s soccer

The Lady Red Devils (5-4; 0-1) controlled the ball much of the game with a combined 11 shots through regulation but couldn’t get any shots to fall. Allen was able to toe 10 shots in the match with seven in the first half and three in the second half.

Allen also managed to kick five shots on goal through 90 minutes but the Pratt goalkeeper came up with a sixsave performance in the win.

“I think their goalkeeper came up big for them, especially the two in the first half. And the girl that made the save with her face, that could have been 1-0 in the first half,” said Allen head coach Jeremy McGinnis. “We’re having trouble finishing right now in the final Jessicathird.”Allen was all over the field for the Lady Red Devils and made two shots on goal. Mirla Chavarria, Katherine Hammond and Gabrielle Heath each footed shots on goal as Autumnwell.Wyatt and Allen led the team with three shots apiece.“We had more possession and we moved the ball better. But we didn’t combine well up top to create anything that’s really dangerous,” said McGinnis. “This is one game where you can completely

dominate and still lose. We didn’t completely dominate but it was pretty close.”

Pratt put the finishing touches on the match seven minutes into the overtime period when Ashlynn Kurtz sent a shot through an Allen defender’s legs and to the back of the net.

The score was unassisted and gave Pratt the 1-0 stunned.thevictory,overtimeleavingAllenfans

Men’s soccer

— ACC mens coach Doug Desmarteau

The men’s team (7-1-1; 1-0) evened things out in the second match with a 2-1 victory over the ThingsBeavers.didn’t look pretty early for the Red Devils as Pratt scored a team goal 18 minutes into the match for the quick 1-0 lead.

“The second half, I don’t

think they really got into our box. We couldn’t finish balls early though and we had lots of chances,” said Allen head coach Doug Desmarteau. “We’ve been in those situations before and we’re very tenacious. We have pretty good leadership on the team that allows us to keep our heads up no matter what the scoreThatis.”changed 20 minutes into the match when Allen’s Gustavo Guarnieri found the back of the net on an unassisted goal to knot things up at 1-1 in the firstAllenhalf. then put the game away with 15 minutes left in the second half when Tomlinson was fed a pass from Temesgn Tezera which he finished for the one goal advantage,The2-1.Red Devils were led

around the goal by Boikaego Mbaakanyi’s three shots and two shots on goal. Also, Leonardo Andognini, Patrick Alouidor and Guarnieri each totaled two shots and one shot on goal in the win.

“I just think we were very composed, we were able to use all parts of the field. We have a really good midfield and we’re very patient,” said Desmarteau. “We felt it was coming and when he (Tomlinson) put that in the net it was great to see it go in. From there we passed it around and ran them out of juice and just killed the game.”

After a sour loss to Pratt in the women’s game, the men’s team was poised to not let things get away in the second match. The Red Devils were able to put it away in the second half with good passing andThecommunication.Allenwomen’s and men’s soccer teams will play at Hesston Community College on Saturday at 5 and 7 p.m., respectively.

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BUFFALO — The Crest Lady Lancer volleyball team (18-4; 5-0) swept their pair of matchups against Oswego and Altoona on Tuesday.The Lady Lancers started play by knocking off Oswego in two sets, 25-19 and 25-13.

The second matchup saw Crest take down Altoona-Midway in two sets, 25-5 and 25-16.

“It was nice to get two more wins on the road. The girls continue to focus on putting the team first. We were down by eight points at one point against Oswego and did not get rattled. Sticking to our game plan of utilizing our offense and determination are proving to be successful,” said Crest head coach Abigail Hermreck.

The team went a combined 77-for-87 for 89% from the serving line with 17 ace serves. Seniors McKenna Hammond and Alyssa Adams led in serving along with freshman Kinley Edgerton. Each served a perfectHammond100%.also led the Lady Lancers defensively totaling 23 digs and a single block. Hammond notched 13 kills while going 31-for-31 on serves with 12 aces. Edgerton led the team with 23 digs through the two matches while going a perfect 17-of-17 on serves with oneKaylaace. Hemreck led offensively with 21 kills and notched 14 assists and 13 digs. Karlee Boots made three kills

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Mustangs make mark against Chanute

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

CHANUTE — The Iola High School varsity girls tennis team met at the Chanute triangular meet on Wednesday.TheChanute Blue team secured the victory with six points, followed by Paola’s four points. Chanute’s Gold team and Iola tied for third place with five points apiece.

Keira Fawson and Rebekah Coltrane played singles for the Mustangs. Genevive Ward and Kennedy Maier as well as Madeleine Wanker and Molly Riebel were the pair of doubles duos.Fawson finished her day in familiar fashion, going undefeated at 3-0 against the Chanute Blue and Gold teams before notching her third win against Paola.

Fawson defeated Chanute Gold’s Ava Campbell in her

first match, 8-1. She then took down Chanute Blue’s Aaliyah Colding, 8-3. Fawson’s final match saw her crush Paola’s Brett Hudgeons, 8-2.

“Keira had an excellent day,” said Iola head coach Chris Belknap. “Her serve was on fire and the aces were in Coltraneabundance.”went 2-1 overall at Chanute, first falling to Chanute Gold’s Faith Fewins, 8-3. She then stormed back to win her second match against Chanute Blue’s Zoie Speaks, 8-6. Coltrane then knocked off Paola’s Bailey Gagnebin, 8-7 (7-4).

“She (Coltrane) beat her rival at Chanute that had barely beaten her twice in an awesome tie-breaker. She finished the night off beating Paola,” said Belknap.

The first doubles pair of Ward and Maier failed to get on the board. The action began in an 8-4 loss to Chanute Gold’s Kanika Marcoux and

Jacqueline Smoot before falling to Chanute Blue’s Tyra Bogle and Grace Thompson, 8-0.The final set was a loss to Paola’s Rachel Aistrup and Haley Hines, 8-2.

The second doubles team of Wanker and Riebel also went 0-3 in Wanker’s second-ever meet.

“As our season is coming to an end, we are having fun during all of our matches,” BelknapWankersaid.and Riebel began by falling to Chanute Gold’s Jeanette Guernsey and Paige Kueser, 8-2. The duo were then shut out by Chanute Blue’s Lena Aguilar and Rylee Smith, 8-0. Wanker and Riebel also slipped to Paola’s Haley Hines and Claire Foster in a close match, 8-5.

The Iola varsity tennis team plays at Pittsburg while JV plays at Chanute next Monday and Tuesday.

Iola’s Keira Fawson takes a whack at the Chanute Invitational on Aug. 25. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

Allen women’s soccer player Claudia Zahui controls a ball from a Pratt defender on Wednesday.

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We have pretty good leadership that allows us to keep our heads up no matter what the score.

DEAR DR. ROACH:

I am an 88-year-old female in relatively good health. A year and a half ago, I did experience atrial fibrilliation and had two cardioversions.

(The first was good for a year; the second lasted only three months.) The diagnosis is paroxysmal AFib.My cardiologist has recommended a third cardioversion, which would require taking 400 mg of Multaq twice a day prior to the procedure, and remaining on this medication for the rest of my life (presuming the procedure is successful; if not, a stronger medication would be required). Or -- my choice -- I can do nothing, as long as I can tolerate these episodes of fatigue, shortness of

breath and palpitations. At the present time, I must be in “remission,” as I am not experiencing any symptoms. (However, when I take an EKG test, it always shows I have AFib.) My blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, etc., are all at good levels.

My question: In your opinion, if I choose to “tolerate” intermittent episodes of AFib, in the long run, would this not eventually lead to the development of congestive heart failure? — S.S.

ANSWER: The ma-

jor concern here, apart from reducing symptoms (which you don’t normally have), is the development of a stroke, so every person with atrial fibrillation is considered for anticoagulation. There are other concerns, including development of heart failure. People with atrial fibrillation who have frequent, fast heart rates are at risk for developing heart

failure. “Paroxysmal” AFib comes and goes: There is about the same risk of a stroke with paroxysmal AFib as with continuous AFib.

Apart from medication to reduce the risk of stroke, there are two major strategies called “rate control” and “rhythm control.” Cardioversion (using electricity to break the atrial fibrillation cycle and return the heart

to normal rhythm), followed by treatment with anti-arrhythmic drugs like dronaderone (Multaq), is the rhythm control strategy. Rhythm control is generally preferred in people at higher risk for heart disease, especially if they have not had AFib for more than a year.

People with symptoms, or a history of heart failure, generally do well with a rhythm control strategy. Otherwise, a rate control strategy is reasonable. As long as the rate is controlled properly (which may require you to wear a device to monitor your heart rate for a period of days or weeks), you are at low risk for developing heart failure.

It’s very important to find out how often these

episodes of palpitations are happening and how fast your heart rate is. Medications can be used to slow the heart rate down (the rate control strategy), but occasionally, people continue to have symptomatic episodes, despite medication for slowing down the heart rate, in which case the rhythm control strategy is

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“Quantum Leap” seemed like a the

There’s a lot more complexity to life now, and we’re just exposed to a lot more I think it behooves us to make a show that can do right by ever ything that is out there. We do want to address a lot of things that people are thinking about and that surround us.

We’re not tr ying to answer questions, but to address them. We have a ver y diverse writers’ room and a ver y diverse cast, and ever ybody matters. And we want to make sure we’re making a show where ever ybody feels that.

Original “Quantum Leap” executive producers Donald Bellisario and Deborah Pratt also get credits on the revival. Do you hear from them much?

Don has been at all of our table reads over Zoom, and Deborah is ver y involved. She’s on the set pretty much ever y day and if she’s not, she’ll text us and just make sure we feel suppor ted. It’s really nice to have her presence, since we want to honor the original as much as we can, but we are creating a new show

You’re also in the movie “Top Gun: Maverick.” How is it for you to be a par t of such a blockbuster?

When I knew that project was coming around, I did ever ything I could to be a par t of it. It didn’t matter how big or small my role was.

The first “Top Gun” had a big impact on me and what I chose to do with my life, and Tom Cruise is obviously Tom Cruise so any oppor tunity to see him work up-close, I would have paid money to be a par t of that. The fact that they paid me money for it was crazy! I’m just so glad it worked out.

Death toll rises as Iranian protests spread

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —

Clashes between Irani an security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-yearold woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend, according to a tally Thursday by The Asso ciated Press.

The scope of Iran’s ongoing unrest, the worst in several years, still remains unclear as protesters in at least a dozen cities — venting anger over social repres sion and the country’s mounting crises — con tinue to encounter se curity and paramilitary forces.To prevent protests from spreading, Iran’s

biggest telecom opera tor largely shut down mobile internet access again Thursday, said Netblocks, a group that monitors internet ac cess, describing the re strictions as the most severe since 2019.

In a country where radio and television sta tions already are statecontrolled and journal ists regularly face the threat of arrest, the paramilitary Revolu tionary Guard urged the judiciary on Thursday to prosecute “anyone who spreads fake news and rumors” on social media about the unrest. Widespread outages of Instagram and What sApp, which are used by protesters, also contin uedTheThursday.demonstrations

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manity,” she said. The police say Amini died of a heart attack and was not mistreated, but her family has cast doubt on that account. Independent experts af filiated with the U.N. said Thursday that re ports suggested she was severely beaten by the morality police, without offeringNiloufarevidence.Hamedi, a journalist who took pho tographs at the hospital after Amini’s death, was arrested on Thursday, according to the report er’s lawyer, Mohamma dali Kamfirouzi. He said her house was raided. There was no official comment.Theprotests have grown in the last five days into an open chal lenge to the government, with women remov ing and burning their tests.montor!”publicfallcallingstreetsheadscarvesstate-mandatedintheandIraniansforthedownoftheIslamicReitself.“Deathtothedictahasbeenacomcryinthepro

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College football week 3 preview

By JOHN MARSHALL The Associated Press

Georgia and Alabama have held down the top two spots in the AP Top 25 the past three weeks and are a good bet to stay there after this weekend’s games.

The rest of the Southeastern Conference — at least the top half — is proving to be pretty good, too, but that could change with four of its eight ranked teams playing each other.

On Saturday, No. 10 Arkansas will play at No. 23 Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas, and No. 11 Tennessee is at No. 20 Florida.

The Razorbacks (3-0, 1-0 SEC) have made a steady rise since opening at No. 19 in the preseason poll, though are last in the SEC in pass defense, allowing 353 yards per game.

The Aggies (2-1) are hoping to get some offensive mojo going after scoring 34 combined

points against Appalachian State and No. 25 Miami. Texas A&M averages 313 total yards, last in the Florida’sSEC.hope is to throw a touchdown pass. Once known as the Fun ‘n’ Gun, the Gators (2-1, 0-1) have been Fun ‘n’ None — 0 TD passes in 77 attempts through three games.

The Vols (3-0) are favored but Florida has won 16 of the past 17 meetings, including the lastThefive.What to Watch rundown for this week of college football, presented by Regions Bank: BEST GAME No. 5 Clemson at No. 21 Wake Forest Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson has called Clemson the measuring stick in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Demon Deacons haven’t measured up to the Tigers in quite a while.Clawson is 0-8 against Clemson and

Wake Forest hasn’t won in the series since 2008, a stretch of 13 straight games. The Tigers have won the past four games by an average of 38 points, but oddsmakers are expecting this one to be closer — FanDuel has Clemson as a 7 1/2-point favorite.

HEISMAN WATCH Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud was a Heisman

Trophy finalist a year ago and has put himself in the conversation again this season.

The second-year starter has put up bigger numbers each passing week, topped by last week’s 367-yard, five-touchdown performance against Toledo. Stroud has thrown for 941 yards, completed nearly 73% of his

passes and has 11 TDs and no interceptions through three games.

Stroud and the thirdranked Buckeyes will get a tough test this week against Wisconsin, which is top 10 in total defense and scoring defense.

NUMBERS TO KNOW .824 — The ACC’s win percentage in nonconference games, best since at least 2000.

10 -- Points allowed by top-ranked Georgia, best in the FBS.

11.13 — Yards per carry by Penn State’s Nicholas Singleton, best in the FBS.

13 — Years since Kansas last started a season 3-0. The Jayhawks play Duke (3-0) in a football showdown between schools known as basketball bluebloods.

UNDER THE RADAR No. 17 Baylor (2-1) at Iowa State (3-0)

The Bears had a slipup against No. 19 BYU, but are still among the favorites to win the Big 12.

Crest: sweeps

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and a lone assist and also had 23 kills through two matches. Delaney Ramsey registered three kills with two aces and three“Everydigs. player has come up with a big play, the perfect pass, a tough serve, a diving save, a hustle play, a monster kill, or a dig to add another point to bring us to a win. I am proud of the Lady Lancers,” Hermreck said.

Allyssa Adams made a single kill, 12 digs and two ace serves. Kamryn Luedke ripped two kills, one assist and served at an 80% success rate. Brooklyn Jones also made six digs while Liliana Blaufass hit one kill and digCrestapiece.will stack up against Chetopa and Uniontown in Chetopa next Tuesday.

Royals re longtime executive Dayton Moore

KANSAS CITY, Mo.

(AP)

— The Kansas City Royals fired longtime executive Dayton Moore on Wednesday, ending the roller-coaster tenure of an influential general manager and president who took the club from perennial 100-game loser to two World Series and the 2015 championship before its quick return to mediocrity.Royalsowner John Sherman, who retained Moore after acquiring the club from David Glass in 2019, announced the move during a news conference at which Moore spoke briefly before quietly slipping out of the

“Iroom.think the objective is clear: It’s to compete again for championships, and we have to make sure we’re progressing toward that goal,” said Sherman, whose club was 30 games below .500 heading into its game against Minnesota.

“In 2022 we regressed,” Sherman said, “and that happens. It happens to great teams. But as I started talking to Dayton and others, I felt like we needed more change than was talked about, and that was a

big reason to make this one.”Sherman tried a mild shakeup to the front office last offseason, elevating Moore from general manager to president of baseball operations while giving J.J. Picollo the GM title. But the awkward splitting of jobs never worked out, and Sherman decided to move forward with Picollo handling all aspects of baseball tomakeithisagerwhetheroffseason,stretchbepectsthishe’stiveinnovativedepartmentbaseballpreparedbefore,andanbriefMooreheRoyalswhenpersonPicollooperations.wasthefirstMoorehiredhetookoverthein2006.“I’veknownJ.J.sincewas21yearsold,”saidduringhisremarks.“He’sincredibleleader,asI’vementionedhe’smorethantoleadtheoperationsinaveryandproduc-way.I’mproudthatcontinuedtogetopportunity.”Shermansaidheex-otherchangestodiscusseddowntheandintotheincludingtokeepman-MikeMathenyandcoachingstaff.ButwillbeuptoPicollotothosedecisions.“J.J.hasbeengreatworkwith,”Matheny

said. “Had him on the road, had a lot of meetings here recently as the season has been winding down. He has a great perspective on the system and what needs to be Mooredone.”was hired in 2006 and tasked with rebuilding an organization that had not reached the playoffs in more than two decades. He quickly followed the blueprint that he learned from longtime Braves executive John Schuerholz, investing in Latin America and the minor league system before spending on proven major league talent.Ittook most of another decade for the plan to work, but the Royals began to see progress with a winning record in 2013, when a wave of young players began to reach the majors. And the breakthrough came the following year, when a team built around Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas won the first of two consecutive AL pennants.

The Royals lost their first trip to the World Series to the San Francisco Giants in a dramatic seven-game series, but they finished the job the following year, beating the New

York Mets in five for their first championship since 1985.

“He’s a great guy, a great person,” said Royals catcher Salvador Perez, one of the stars of those championship years. “It’s hard, you know? I never thought that he was going to leave this organization.”For most of the people in the organization, Moore is the only boss they’ve ever “Everybodyknown.looks at us like baseball players,” Royals second baseman Nicky Lopez said, “but there’s a life out of baseball and he cared about it. He cares about us as people, which is something veryThespecial.”endof Moore’s tenure may have seemed abrupt Wednesday, but it was years in theHemaking.knew it would be impossible for the small-market organization to keep Hosmer and other stars as they hit free agency after their championship years, so after a middling 2016, the club be-

gan a nearly top-to-bottom rebuild.

It was slowed by poor drafts, lousy player development and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on baseball, and the Royals had consecutive 100-loss seasons. And when the club finally made strides last season, and some of its young talent graduated to the big leagues, it failed to capitalize on it. The Royals started slowly this season and never“Thererecovered.isagap right now between where we are and where we expected,” said Sherman, who owned a piece of the first-place Guardians before acquiring the Royals. “I felt like in 2021 we did make progress, and in 2022, that’s not how I feel.”

The organization Picollo is tasked with taking to the next level is better off than what Moore inherited 16 years ago: Infielder Bobby Witt Jr. is among the leading contenders for AL Rookie of the Year, and rookies such as Vinnie Pasquantino and MJ Melendez give

Kansas City a young core reminiscent of the group Hosmer and Moustakas one led.

Yet there are plenty of organization problems that Picollo must address.TheRoyals for years have struggled to develop pitching — their staff currently has the fourth-worst ERA in baseball and the worst WHIP by a wide margin, which led to the firing of pitching coordinator Jason Simontacchi earlier this season.

They have struggled to identify impact talent in the draft, consistently whiffing on first-round picks. That includes four chosen over a two-year span during their World Series years that failed to make a meaningful big league impact.

And they have struggled to keep up with the changing times, preferring old-school, anecdotal scouting methods to new-school analytics and data-driven decision-making that has leveled the playing field with big-market ballclubs.

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