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Governor candidates mum on abortion

By ALLISON KITE Kansas Reflector

It would be easy to assume Elaine Gail doesn’t support abortion rights.

She’s a lifelong Republi can whose parents worked for Republican campaigns in Kansas. She traveled with “Dolls for Dole,” a group of costumed young women who sang at campaign stops for the late Sen. Bob Dole, who once supported a Constitutional amendment to ban all abor tion, though he later softened his position to allow some ex ceptions.

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But at 68, she’s old enough to remember seeing her high school classmates struggle with unplanned pregnan cies. One hid her pregnancy

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to avoid being kicked out of school.

“She was wearing the coat all the time to kind of hide it,” said Gail, a retiree who lives in Topeka, “and one of my classmates had this great

idea that we would take turns wearing coats to class, too, kind of in solidarity and … we were hoping to divert sus picion from the teachers.”

Gail graduated high school two years before the U.S. Su

preme Court legalized abor tion in Roe v. Wade, the land mark 1973 decision. Watching her friend hide her pregnancy and seeing two other class mates go away to give birth and put their babies up for adoption helped shape her views on abortion.

She’s one of tens of thou sands of Republicans — at least 20% of Republicans who turned out in August — who voted “no” this summer on an amendment meant to re move the right to an abortion from the Kansas Constitu tion. Across Kansas, coun ties where President Donald Trump won by double dig its were split on the issue of abortion. “Deep red” Kansas voted 59% to 41% to uphold

Rishi Sunak

LONDON (AP) — Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain’s next prime minister af ter winning the Conser vative lead ership race Monday — and now fac es the huge task of stabi lizing the party and country at a time of economic and political turbulence.

Sunak will be Britain’s first leader of color, and the nation’s third leader just this year. He will take over as prime minister from Liz Truss, who quit last week after 45 tumultuous days in office, leaving a stagger ing economy and a shellshocked and divided party. His only rival, Penny Mor

daunt, conceded and with drew after failing to reach the nomination threshold of 100 Conservative lawmakers needed to stay in the race.

In his first public state ment after he became the Conservative leader, Sunak said the country faces a “profound economic chal lenge,” and he promised to work for “stability and uni ty.” He said he would make it his “utmost priority” to unite the party and the country.

Sunak had been the strong favorite as the governing Conservatives sought sta bility at a time of immense economic challenges and after months of chaos that consumed the past two lead ers.

Sunak lost out to Truss in the last Conservative elec

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Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US

By COLLIN BINKLEY The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) —

The COVID-19 pandemic spared no state or region as it caused historic learn ing setbacks for America’s children, erasing decades of academic progress and widening racial disparities, according to results of a na tional test that provide the sharpest look yet at the scale of the crisis.

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Across the country, math scores saw their largest de creases ever. Reading scores dropped to 1992 levels. Near ly four in 10 eighth graders failed to grasp basic math concepts. Not a single state saw a notable improvement in their average test scores, with some simply treading water at best.

Those are the findings from the National Assess ment of Educational Prog ress — known as the “na tion’s report card” — which tested hundreds of thou sands of fourth and eighth graders across the country this year. It was the first time the test had been given since 2019, and it’s seen as the first nationally representative study of the pandemic’s im pact on learning.

“It is a serious wakeup call for us all,” Peggy Carr, com missioner of the National Center for Education Statis tics, a branch of the Educa tion Department, said in an interview. “In NAEP, when we experience a 1- or 2-point decline, we’re talking about it as a significant impact on a student’s achievement. In math, we experienced an

8-point decline — historic for this assessment.”

Researchers usually think of a 10-point gain or drop as equivalent to roughly a year of learning.

It’s no surprise that chil dren are behind. The pan demic upended every facet of life and left millions learn ing from home for months or more. The results released Monday reveal the depth of those setbacks, and the size of the challenge facing schools as they help students catch up.

Education Secretary Mi guel Cardona said it’s a sign that schools need to redouble their efforts, using billions of dollars that Congress gave schools to help students recover.

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Humboldt virtual teacher recognizedObituaries

Sarah Myers

Sarah H. Myers, 75, of Chanute passed away Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born on April 3, 1947, to Halley C. and Edna Louise (Fellers) Simpkinson in Hinsdale, Ill.

Sarah grew up in a military fam ily and moved around the country in her childhood before ultimately graduating from high school at the Bel Air Academy in Maryland. She later became a graduate of Neosho County Commu nity College and did a variety of clerical work in the Chanute area. Her community was also important to her. She volunteered within the Historical Soci ety at the Safari Museum and at the Chanute Public Library when she could and was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary.

On Oct. 15, 1987, Sarah married Roy Myers. They were married until his passing in 2014. Along with her own two sons from a previous marriage, she seemingly never knew a stranger and in her own way was “Mom” or “Grandma” to many. She en joyed her knitting classes and all her friends there as well as her many other hobbies — crafting, ga rage sales, sewing, crocheting. Her creativity and maternal spirit was one in a million.

Sarah is survived by sons Elijah and Johnathan Ellis and their families, both of Wichita; daughter Robin Burke and family of Iola, daughter Ronda Clifford and family, son Jim Ellis and family, son Kirk Rossen and family, son Roger Myers and fami ly, a brother, David Simpkinson of Sparta, Wis.; and several nieces and nephews She was preceded in death by her parents, Halley and Louise and her husband Roy.

The family will accept friends and relatives for visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Countryside Funeral Home in Chanute.

A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Thurs day at Westview Southern Baptist Church in Chan ute. Pastor Kevin McCarthy officiating. The family will hold a private inurnment at a later date.

Online condolences can be left at www.country sidefh.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial suggestions have been made to Westview Southern Baptist Church of Chanute and can be mailed to or left with the funer al home. at 101 N. Highland, Chanute, KS 66720.

Greg Gulick

Gregory Dean Gulick, age 79, of Altoona, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, at Morning Star Assist ed Living, Fredonia. Greg was born June 14, 1943, in Eureka, to Lyle Gu lick and Donelda (Gamblian) Gulick.

Greg graduated in 1961 from Eu reka High School. He and Sally Stev er were married Aug. 27, 1960, in McPherson.

Greg was a route salesman for Rainbo Bread for many years, followed by other salesman jobs.

Greg liked to fish, golf, hunt, and enjoyed coach ing baseball in his earlier years. Greg had Stock Car No. 5 that he drove in his younger racing years. He loved animals and he was an avid sports fan, espe cially the KU Jayhawks and the Kansas City Chiefs. He enjoyed playing his guitar and singing at church. Greg came to know the Lord as an adult and he lived out his faith.

Greg was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Sally.

Greg is survived by daughter, Kristi Picht, Al toona; Kirk (Ruby) Gulick, Iola; grandchildren, Jessica Heck, Bronson, Clinton (Hollie) Gulick, Wellington, Darci (Brett) Lisher, Iola, Karly (Derr ik) McCall, Humboldt, and Kelcy (Brad) Schnaufer, Fort Scott; 16 great-grandchildren; and sister, Diane (Larry) Broddle, Eudora.

A memorial service to honor Greg’s life will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, in the chapel at Feuer born Family Funeral Service, 1883 U.S. 54, Iola. In urnment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Eure ka.

Memorials are suggested to Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF), which may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service.

Condolences for the family may be left at www. feuerbornfuneral.com.

MANHATTAN — Katelyn Meiwes, vir tual high school teach er at Humboldt High School, is one of eight Kansas State Univer sity College of Edu cation alumni from across Kansas award ed a $5,000 community service stipend from the college’s inaugural Today’s Teacher pro gram as recognition for their outstanding and impactful educational initiatives beyond the classroom.

As a virtual educator, Meiwes strives to meet her students — teenag

ers and adults — wher ever they are, literally and figuratively. She is developing guided early childhood activ ities for students who bring their children with them to school meetings and develop ing guided educational activities that the par ents and children can do at home. The major ity of her students are completing their high school degrees online due to a number of life situations.

All of the awardees were also recipients of the Tomorrow’s

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election, but his party now appears eager for a safe pair of hands to tackle soaring energy and food prices and a looming recession. The politician steered the economy through the coronavirus pandemic, winning praise for his financial support for laid-off workers and shuttered businesses.

He promised “integri ty, professionalism and accountability” if he formed a government — a veiled criticism of the scandal-tarred Johnson and the prob lem-plagued Truss.

Sunak will now be asked by King Charles III to form a govern ment. He will become the prime minister in a handover of power from Truss later Mon day or on Tuesday.

Sunak’s victory is historic: He is the first British prime minister of South Asian heri tage, the first Hindu to hold the post and the youngest for 200 years.

His challenge is enormous as he tries to unite a demoralized and divided party that trails far behind the opposition in opin ion polls, and seeks to shore up an economy reeling after Truss’ brief, disastrous exper iment in libertarian economics.

Her proposal for aggressive tax cuts that would be paid for through government borrowing pummeled the value of the pound drove up the cost of government borrowing and home mortgages, and forced emergen cy Bank of England intervention. Truss executed a series of U-turns and replaced her Treasury chief but faced rebellion from lawmakers in her party that obliterated her au thority.

In the lighting-quick contest to replace her, Sunak’s position strengthened after former leader Boris Johnson dramatically quit the race on Sun day night, ending a short-lived, high-pro

file attempt to return to the prime minister’s job he was ousted from little more than three months ago amid eth ics scandals.

Johnson spent the weekend trying to gain support from fellow Conservative lawmak ers after flying back from a Caribbean va cation. Late Sunday he said he had amassed the backing of 102 col leagues. But he was far behind Sunak in sup port, and said he had concluded that “you can’t govern effective ly unless you have a united party in Parlia ment.”

The prospect of a re turn by Johnson had thrown the already divided Conservative Party into further tur moil. He led the party to a thumping election victory in 2019, but his premiership was cloud ed by scandals over money and ethics that eventually became too much for the party to bear.

In his Sunday state ment, Johnson insisted he was “well placed to deliver a Conservative victory” in the next na tional election, due by 2024. And he said that he likely would have won a ballot of Conser vative Party members against either of his rivals.

“But in the course of the last days I have sadly come to the con clusion that this would simply not be the right thing to do,” he said.

He hinted he might be back, however, say ing: “I believe I have much to offer but I am afraid that this is sim ply not the right time.”

Truss quit Thursday after a turbulent 45 days in office, conced ing that she could not deliver on her botched tax-cutting economic package, which she was forced to abandon after it sparked fury within her party and weeks of turmoil in financial markets.

The Conservative Party turmoil is fuel ing demands for a na tional election.

Teacher Scholarship Program as undergrad uate students. It is one of the college’s most prestigious scholarship programs since it was established in 1999. The Tomorrow’s Teacher and Today’s Teacher programs were both created and funded by longtime K-State philanthropists Lee and Barb Harris. Only eight of the teachers’ submissions were cho sen statewide.

Debbie Mercer, dean of the K-State College of Education, said the funding will help the

teachers expand their community involve ment in new ways. She said the program is not only impactful to the community but also enhances K-State’s teacher preparation program by providing meaningful examples of community engage ment.

“This was a highly competitive process,” Mercer said. “These communities are being served by educators who stood out as schol ars and now are shin ing stars in the profes sion.”

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Carlyle Presbyterian Church, Oct. 23

Pastor Steve Traw’s message was “Under standing the Goel” tak en from Ruth 2. Boaz is introduced in Ruth Chapter 2 as the Goel or kinsman redeemer.

Pastor Traw explained the “Goel” as: 1. A blood relative, 2. Some one who has the means or ability to redeem and 3. Someone who has the willingness to redeem. Pastor Traw said Boaz is a type of Christ. You can watch the church service via its Facebook page shortly after 10 a.m. Sundays.

Pianist, Myrna Wild schuetz, played “Spe cial Delivery” for the prelude and “My God and I” for the offertory.

Celebrating birth days are: Merrill Hodg den on Sunday, Oct. 23 and Vivian Noah on Wednesday, Oct. 26.

Mr. Hodgden turned 90 years old and 12 members of his imme diate family were in at tendance to celebrate with him. Also visit ing were Shiela Lasko and her friend, Duane Dimmerling of Carl isle, Ohio and Pastor

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Traw’s granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Kathryn and Rashad Ghazal.

For special music, Dr. Rashad Ghazal played a piano instrumental “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty” and “Near the Cross.” Pas tor Traw introduced Ghazal and did an im promptu interview with his new grandsonin-law. Ghazal is in the process of becoming a cardiologist; he is from Lebanon and did a comparison of life in Lebanon with life in America; he talk ed about the Cedars of Lebanon which are also mentioned in the Bible; one of the oldest churches in Lebanon is a Baptist Church; and he told how he met Kathryn, his bride of two months.

Pastor Steve leads a Bible Study, Tuesdays, 3 p.m. on the Book of Ezekiel.

Police news

Arrests reported

A traffic stop Sat urday in the 300 block of West Breckenridge Street led to the arrest of Michael Schweiz er, 41, Westphalia, for suspected possession of methamphetamine and drug parapherna lia, as well not having liability insurance.

Officers arrested Kylan Koett for sus picion of domestic battery Saturday in the 200 block of South Washington Avenue.

Aimee Stevens, 37, Iola, was arrested Sat urday for suspicion of burglary after Iola

police officers were called to investigate an incident in the 1500 block of East Monroe Street.

After executing a search warrant ear ly Saturday in the 300 block of North Walnut Street, Iola officers ar rested Scott Patton, 45, Iola, for suspicion of possessing metham phetamine and drug paraphernalia and child endangerment.

Officers arrested Christian Lindsey, 19, Iola, for suspicion of disorderly conduct Fri day in the 700 block of North First Street.

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these results are not ac ceptable,” Cardona said.

The NAEP test is typically given every two years. It was taken between January and March by a sample of students in every state, along with 26 of the na tion’s largest school dis tricts. Scores had been stalling even before the pandemic, but the new results show decreases on a scale not seen be fore.

In both math and reading, students scored lower than those tested in 2019. But while read ing scores dipped, math scores plummeted by the largest margins in the history of the NAEP test, which began in 1969.

Math scores were worst among eighth graders, with 38% earn ing scores deemed “be low basic” — a cutoff that measures, for exam ple, whether students can find the third angle of a triangle if they’re giv en the other two. That’s worse than 2019, when 31% of eighth graders scored below that level.

No part of the coun try was exempt. Every region saw test scores slide, and every state saw declines in at least one subject.

Several major dis tricts saw test scores fall by more than 10 points. Cleveland saw the larg

In both math and reading, students scored lower than those tested in 2019.

est single drop, falling 16 points in fourth-grade reading, along with a 15-point decline in fourth-grade math. Bal timore and Tennessee’s Shelby County also saw precipitous declines.

“This is more confir mation that the pandem ic hit us really hard,” said Eric Gordon, chief executive for the Cleve land Metropolitan School District. To help students recover, the school sys tem has beefed up sum mer school and added after-school tutoring.

“I’m not concerned that they can’t or won’t recover,” Gordon said. “I’m concerned that the country won’t stay fo cused on getting kids caught up.”

The results show a reversal of progress on math scores, which had made big gains since the 1990s. Reading, by contrast, had changed little in recent decades, so even this year’s rel atively small decreases put the averages back to where they were in 1992.

Most concerning, however, are the gaps be

tween students.

Confirming what many had feared, racial inequities appear to have widened during the pan demic. In fourth grade, Black and Hispanic stu dents saw bigger decreas es than white students, widening gaps that have persisted for decades.

Inequities were also reflected in a growing gap between higher and lower performing students. In math and reading, scores fell most sharply among the low est performing students, creating a widening chasm between strug gling students and the rest of their peers.

Surveys done as part of this year’s test illus trate the divide.

When schools shifted to remote learning, high er performing students were far more likely to have reliable access to quiet spaces, comput ers and help from their teachers, the survey found.

The results make clear that schools must ad dress the “long-standing and systemic shortcom ings of our education sys tem,” said Alberto Car valho, superintendent of Los Angeles schools and a member of the Nation al Assessment Govern ing Board, which sets the policies for the test.

“While the pandemic was a blow to schools and

communities, we cannot use it as an excuse,” he said. “We have to stay committed to high stan dards and expectations and help every child suc ceed.”

Other recent studies have found that students who spent longer periods learning online suffered greater setbacks. But the NAEP results show no clear connection. Ar eas that returned to the classroom quickly still saw significant declines, and cities — which were more likely to stay re mote longer — actually saw milder decreases than suburban districts, according to the results.

Los Angeles can claim one of the few bright spots in the results. The nation’s second-larg est school district saw eighth-grade reading scores increase by 9 points, the only signifi cant uptick in any dis trict. For other districts, it was a feat just to hold even, as achieved by Dal las and Florida’s Hills borough County.

Testing critics cau tion against putting too much stock in exams like NAEP, but there’s no doubt that the skills it aims to measure are crit ical. Students who take longer to master reading are more likely to drop out and end up in the criminal justice system, research has found. And

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eighth grade is seen as a pivotal time to develop skills for math, science and technology careers.

For Carr, the results raise new questions about what will happen to students who appear to be far behind in attain ing those skills.

“We want our students to be prepared globally for STEM careers, sci ence and technology and engineering,” she said. “This puts all of that at risk. We have to do a re set. This is a very serious issue, and it’s not going to go away on its own.”

The value of preventative care

By Nicole Wright, Registered Veterinary Technician

When most people think of veteri nary care, they think of illness or injury to their pets. But preventative care is just as critical. Such care includes routine vaccinations, flea and tick preventatives, heartworm testing and preventatives, routine exams, bloodwork, and spay/neuter surgeries. Veterinarians are the experts on preventative care needed in your area for your animals.

women’s right to choose, stunning the nation.

“No” voters were sup portive of keeping abor tion rights in the consti tution. A “yes” vote was in favor of removing the right.

Much of the “no” vote came, of course, from Democrats and vocal supporters of abortion rights. But Democratic ballots alone wouldn’t have been enough to kill the amendment.

To reach the total number of votes cast against the amendment, at least 91,000 Republi cans would have had to vote no. And that’s as suming every Democrat and unaffiliated voter opposed the amendment.

Some did so quietly for fear of alienating loved ones, friends or church communities. Others, like Gail, were more vo cally upset with her par ty. And she plans to cast her vote for Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, in her reelection bid against Republican Attorney

General Derek Schmidt next month.

Despite the mandate on abortion rights from Kansas voters this sum mer, abortion has not been a centerpiece of either candidate’s cam paign. Schmidt has been more cautious about abortion. Despite peti tioning the Kansas Su preme Court last year to reverse its decision granting a constitu tional right to abortion, Schmidt said he would respect voters’ choice fol lowing the August vote.

Kelly is running a kitchen table campaign on her administration’s success funding schools, balancing the budget and cutting the state’s sales tax on food.

Who voted no?

Abortion rights sup porters’ victory in Au gust reflected what Kansans for Constitu tional Freedom, which campaigned against the amendment, was hear ing from voters.

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people that we talked to really didn’t see abortion as a partisan or political issue,” said Ashley All, the group’s communi cations manager. “They saw it as incredibly com plex and deeply person al, and so we intention ally approached it in a nonpartisan way.”

That freed the group up to have conversations across the political spec trum, she said. And they heard stories of compli cated pregnancies and difficult decisions from voters.

“Maybe somebody, you know, saw their loved one go through a miscar riage or a really challeng ing and life-threatening pregnancy,” All said. “All of those things impact the decisions they make and they impact the way they see abortion and the decisions associated with pregnancy.”

Cat Poland’s journey from a pro-life Catho lic kid to a supporter of abortion rights was a long one. Her older brother was arrested during the “Summer of Mercy,” when anti-abor tion protestors rallied outside of abortion clin ics in Wichita for weeks on end.

The first blow to her pro-life bonafides came when her brother took his life. Her family would later learn he had been sexually abused by a priest in their parish.

Years later, Poland said she was driving down the highway and saw a billboard about abortion.

“It hit me, I thought, ‘Where was the march for his life?’ “ Poland said. “Where was this outpouring of passion

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The most common and necessary form of preventative medicine is vaccination. Vaccinating pets is important not only to your pet, but to other animals. All cats and dogs in Kansas are required to have a rabies vaccination given under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian. For other diseases, local laws and veterinarians have different vaccination requirements or recommendations. It is always recommended that animals in your home, especially puppies and kittens, are up to date on vaccinations.

Flea and tick preventatives and heartworm testing and preventatives are vital to healthy pets and the humans that live with them. Fleas and ticks can cause a host of medical problems including but not limited to itching, skin infections, allergic reactions, anemia, Lyme disease, Ehrlichia and tapeworms. Heartworms can be fatal for pets who become infected. Routine testing for heartworms in accordance with veterinary policy and keeping patients on year-round preventatives can quite literally save their lives.

Pets will often hide an illness until the symptoms are unbearable. Routine exams and screening blood work, as recommended by a licensed veterinarian, may diagnose hidden health issues early enough prevent severe illnesses. Having an annual exam for every pet, at the same time as vaccinations and heartworm testing, can build a history of your pet’s health. Older pets may need semi-annual visits, and animals with ongoing health issues should be seen as advised by their veterinarian.

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Corn mazes, pumpkin patches now a $1 billion industry

By XCARET NUÑEZ Kansas News Service

It’s a crisp fall after noon and Loren Lieb scher is towing a wagon filled with families with his tractor and heading towards his pumpkin patch — something he’s done every autumn for 21 years.

About 18,000 visitors come to P Bar Farms in Hydro, Oklahoma each year. They come to find the perfect pumpkin and to explore a 10-acre corn maze, one of the state’s first.

“We started with just three things: we had a pumpkin patch, a corn maze and a petting zoo,” Liebscher said. “And then things began to change.”

Since then, he’s added activities like hay rides, jumping pillows, a farm slide, rock mining for children and haunted nights in the corn maze.

Liebscher’s farm is a part of the booming agritourism industry.

The agritourism sector — everything from corn mazes to pick-your-own pumpkin patches and apple orchards — has grown to a nearly $1 bil lion industry, according

grossed $100,000 doing agri-tainment. Do you think I really care about the corn?’”

As the number of U.S. farms continue to de cline, Kendra Meyer, an agritourism specialist for Iowa State Univer sity’s Extension Office, said the number of

farmers the opportunity to share their story and how they produce their crops with visitors.

“When you share that with someone coming on your farm, it gives you a connection that you feel immediately with that farmer,” Mey er said. “At least for me, it makes me feel good about buying my pro duce there because it’s someone you trust, it’s someone you know.”

Near Marcus, Iowa, Geralyn and Alan Hoe fling have been wel coming visitors to their pumpkin patch for 26 years.

to know they are able to enjoy everything without the high cost of entering,” Geralyn said. “But I always tell people, if you want a big entertainment place you might want to look else where, but if you want a pumpkin patch, this is the place to come.”

Getting started in ag ritourism isn’t an easy job. It can take years for farmers to establish their business, accord ing to Iowa State’s Mey er.

souri and help advise them on how to make their businesses more successful.

Challenges of agritourism

Even in the agritour ism business the grow ing conditions matter.

ally is and how we can help those producers be the best they can be and help protect them,” she said.

States like Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma have had lia bility protections for ag riculture tourism farms for over five years, and Iowa passed an agritour ism liability act in 2021. Illinois remains among the dozen of states that have no laws related to agritourism liability.

Liebscher said deal ing with the normal issues that come with farming, keeping up with agritourism regu lations, and maintain ing a visitor-friendly farm year-round can make it challenging to stay on top of every thing.

After his wife expe rienced health issues last year, Liebscher de cided it was time to put the farm up for sale and simply enjoy life togeth er.

“You learn through that experience what’s important,” he said, “and it’s not run a corn maze until you’re ex hausted.”

to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Liebscher said he jumped head first into the agritourism indus try after he grew tired and stressed from rais ing cattle and growing wheat. He got the idea to start a corn maze when he read an article in an agricultural magazine about a farmer making big profits off his expan sive corn maze.

“One question [the farmer] got asked all the time was, ‘Doesn’t it bother you that peo ple go and mess up your corn?’” Liebscher chuckled. “He said, ‘Okay, the corn in the maze is worth $1,000,’ and he said, ‘I just

people looking to expe rience where their food comes from has soared.

“More and more peo ple are moving to urban areas, and so people are removed just one step further from the farm life,” Meyer said.

“So getting out on the farm, being able to see that apple they picked and where it came from, rather than just going and picking it up in the grocery store, is a fun and exciting thing.”

Meyer said the farm ers she often works with show interest in agritourism because it serves as a way for them to make a side income. But she said it also gives

Alan, a commodity broker and soybean farmer, and Geralyn, a retired preschool teach er, started with a small patch so Geralyn’s pre school students could learn how pumpkins grow. Today, Hoefling’s Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze has grown into a side business that offers people a vast va riety of pumpkins and gourds to choose from.

“Our passion for starting the pumpkin patch was to have a place for families to go,” Geralyn said. “We are a pumpkin patch. I want people to go out and pick, and that’s just part of the fun.”

But the couple said they’ve never really thought of themselves as an agritourism at traction. Despite the months it takes to get everything set up for the pumpkin patch, they’ve never charged admis sion to visit their farm, only for the pumpkins people pick off the vine.

“We want [families]

“Agritourism isn’t something you can just jump fully into and have a full-time income,” Meyer said. “Agritour ism is a way to add that extra piece to your farm. It allows [farmers] to build piece by piece and create a business that is sustainable after many years of work.”

Tara and Chris Pe ters have owned Pete’s Pumpkin Patch in Rolla, Missouri, for 12 years. Tara said neither she nor her husband come from an agricultural background, but they learned how to build up their business by learn ing from other farmers.

“When you’re start ing out, that’s who you rely on,” Peters said. “People that have done it before, and then you come share what works for you and what doesn’t work for you. And then you grow from there.”

Peters has been a member of the Missou ri Farm Bureau’s Ag ritourism Committee since 2015. She said be ing a part of the com mittee has allowed her to tour agritourism at tractions all across Mis

This summer’s drought killed the Pe ters’ chances of grow ing corn for a corn maze at Pete’s Pumpkin Patch in Missouri. Meanwhile, in Oklahoma, it made it more expensive for Lieb scher to grow his corn, and his usual $1,500 bill to irrigate the corn shot up to $5,000 this year.

Opening their farms to the public also comes with some legal risks for farmers. While many farmers have been run ning agritourism busi nesses for years, there are no federal laws that define agritourism. Meyer said it’s import ant for states to regulate the growing industry.

“More laws allows for more understanding of what [agritourism] re

After more than two decades, he said what he’ll miss the most is meeting with visitors and seeing families en joy their time at his farm. He hopes the next owner of his corn maze will put as much pas sion into the business as he did.

“It’ll be hard for me, because it’s been such a huge part of my life, and I’ve spent a lot of time and effort in agritour ism,” Liebscher said. “But it’s time to move on to something different.”

This story was pro duced in partnership with Harvest Public Me dia, a collaboration of public media newsrooms in the Midwest. It reports on food systems, agricul ture and rural issues.

Loren Liebscher opened one of Oklahoma's first corn mazes, P Bar Farms Corn Maze, in 2001. “I had never ever grown corn in my life until the first corn maze,” Liebscher chuckled, “but it did really good.”

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Dear editor, I am writing in support of Democrat Alana Cloutier for Kansas 9th District House seat. Alana is a relative new comer to Humboldt but she and her husband, Paul, have jumped into the community with both feet. Paul holds a seat on the city council and will soon open his new down town business. Alana has been very involved in the civics of the community, from hosting events to get people registered to vote to actually running for this seat two years ago against Kent Thompson.

Alana is not afraid to face the hard subjects in Kansas. She is more than willing to discuss the issues that face rural communities: lack of housing and child care, not enough support for teachers and education staff (includ ing lack of fully funding spe cial education), affordable healthcare and keeping our

Dear editor, Wow! What a performance my wife and I witnessed at the Bowlus last Friday night!

I’m no expert when it comes to jazz, but Quiana Lynell is world class.

Her show, including seven other musicians, covered the genre from religious to Basin Street bottom blues while she added her personal story and humor.

We have been coming to Bowlus for years. As Hum boldt people we are glad to see Monarch and B & W Trailer Hitches as music series spon sors.

I don’t know how much it

clinics and hospitals open and accessible to everyone, starting and supporting small businesses.

Alana supports reproduc tive rights, Medicaid expan sion, legalizing medical mar ijuana, increasing access to mental health, higher wag es, fair taxation, support for farmers and protecting our environment.

With Alana Cloutier’s voice in Topeka, we can continue to move forward to solve many of these decades-old prob lems.

I have already participated in early voting for Alana and urge you to consider a vote for her also.

She will be participating in the upcoming forum at Iola High School on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. Come out and meet Alana.

Thank you.

Peggy Lundine, Humboldt, Kan.

costs to bring in a group like this, but I know the price of the tickets can’t cover it. I applaud Daniel Kays and his staff for the effort of getting great and varied acts onto a small local stage, but I also felt almost embarrassed when this world class talent came out to perform for less than half a house full.

I hope everyone who enjoys live, top-class acts will make it a point to check out the Bowlus schedule.

We can’t afford to lose this great venue.

Thanks, Allen and Pat Wilhite, Humboldt, Kan.

Trump milked the Secret Service for $1,000 a night

Even as former President Donald Trump remains mired in the fallout from his unlaw ful retention of classified gov ernment documents, a new investigation outlines how his businesses bilked the gov ernment by massively over charging the Secret Service to stay at his properties while they were protecting him and members of his Cabinet and his family. Since the party that claims to revere law and order continues to rank Trump as its top 2024 presidential con tender, let’s review the vari ous ways in which he was — and would surely be again if given the chance — America’s grifter-in-chief.

Trump’s monetization of his office by putting up gov ernment workers at his prop erties on the taxpayers’ dime was controversial throughout his term. Trump and his in ner circle often shrugged off the issue by claiming, vaguely, that the government was actu ally getting a good deal, put ting up Secret Service agents for free or at reduced rates.

Trump’s son Eric claimed in 2019 that the Trump Organiza tion charged the government “like, $50” for hotel rooms in conjunction with presidential travel.

It turns out that claim is off by ten- or twentyfold. Docu ments released by the House Oversight Committee last week allege the Trump Orga nization charged “exorbitant” rates to the government, in some cases significantly over $1,000 a night — many times the government’s normally al lowed rates for its personnel. The documents show Trump’s properties took in some $1.4 million in government pay ments for Secret Service lodg ing alone during his presiden

cy.

IF THAT SCAM sounds fa miliar, it should. Again and again while he was president, stories arose of the various ways Trump was getting the taxpayers to augment his ho tels and resorts. The former Trump International Hotel in Washington was a huge draw for government officials, lob byists and foreign dignitaries who wanted to influence the president. U.S. Air Force per sonnel making a stopover in Scotland were frequently put up at Trump’s Turnberry Re sort there, though it made no logistical or financial sense.

Trump even tried to get the 2019 G-7 global economic sum mit moved to his Doral Resort in Florida, though the impro priety was so outrageous even he couldn’t go through with it.

The Constitution’s Emolu ments Clause clearly prohib its presidents from profiting from government service beyond their salaries, but Trump casually and repeat edly flouted that rule like he flouted so many others. The man whose well-document ed pre-presidential business practices included ripping off contractors and defraud ing paying customers of his various sketchy enterpris es wasn’t about to let a little thing like the dignity of the presidency prevent him from making a buck off it.

Since Trump demolished the long-standing norm of presidents putting their fi nances in blind trusts, that norm should become a law, and Congress should explore other safeguards to prevent future sticky-fingered presi dents from treating the office like an open till.

— St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kelly has steered Kansas to better days

No more special sessions, budget transfers or bad credit ratings

In 2018, we said Laura Kelly was the clear choice for Kan sas governor, pointing out her “practical yet determined plan” to repair the fiscal dam age of her predecessors.

She executed that plan. To day, we strongly endorse Kel ly, a Democrat and the incum bent governor, for the second term she now seeks.

Kansans should not forget the disaster Kelly inherited when she took office in 2019. The state was still reeling from the tax cut “experi ment” of former Gov. Sam Brownback, which led to cra tering revenues and under funded schools.

Remember endless special sessions? Last-minute bud get transfers? Plummeting state credit ratings? “It was pretty dire,” Kelly said in September, during an hour long grilling with The Star’s editorial board. “We were suf fering under a huge debt. We weren’t able to pay our bills without robbing every bank account we had.”

As governor, Kelly ended the chaos by rightsizing the budget, repaying debt and shoring up the state’s credit.

She had help, of course. The federal government has provided billions for COVID-19 relief. The state’s economy has also rebound ed, pouring hundreds of mil lions of additional dollars into state coffers.

She resisted repeated at tempts to squander some of that money on tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy. She wasn’t always successful, but her efforts helped limit the damage.

Now, under Kelly’s leader ship, Kansas fully funds its schools, has stopped raiding the transportation fund and will soon end the state sales tax on food, which helps the poor and middle class. Those are solid accomplishments.

And an important element of those wins is the fact that she found common ground with mainstream Republi cans who control the Legis lature, and without whose support she would have got ten little done legislatively. That’s not a blotch on her re port card, but rather a shin ing feature of the benefits of a state where political power is divided among the parties. It’s something Kansas would be wise to continue.

She has had other success es. Sports gambling has come to Kansas, providing addi tional revenue for the state. She worked with the Legis lature to provide more than $800 million in incentives for a battery plant near DeSoto, which, despite its flaws — es pecially its failure to set spe cific salary and hiring thresh

olds — will greatly help the state.

Despite intense criticism, and very little cooperation from the GOP, she carefully guided the state through the COVID-19 pandemic. She was the first governor in the na tion to close schools in 2020, which was the right thing to do to protect students and teachers.

COVID pandemic, foster care, unemployment system

Her opponent keeps slam ming her for her supposedly “over-aggressive” approach during the pandemic, espe cially her decision to close schools early on, and her attempt to delay reopening schools by a month in August 2020, which the state board of education denied. But here, too, he mistakes a feature for a bug. Divided govern ment produced a result we could live with, and for all the moaning about it, she can’t be held liable for the results of something that did not hap pen.

Kelly now promises to in vest additional state dollars to help struggling students recover from remote learning difficulties, which is also the right thing to do.

Kelly has had setbacks. She has improved the state’s foster care system, but it still falls far short of protect ing every foster child. That work must continue. The creaky, outdated computer system managing the state’s unemployment insurance structure collapsed under the weight of the pandemic, leaving thousands without needed relief. An audit found Kansas paid more than $400 million in fraudulent unem ployment claims. “Honest ly, I can’t see it as failure,” Kelly told us, dubiously. “We worked with what we had, and did what we could.”

There is no question that the need to access those funds was dramatic, and the Trump and later the Biden adminis trations deserve their share of the blame for a chaotic and fraud-prone system rolled out in the face of extraordinary dire economic circumstanc es. Had those funds not been available, it’s highly likely our current worries over in flation would have paled in comparison to devastating economic losses on the scale of the 2008 financial and housing crisis.

Nevertheless, Kelly was in charge of doling out those funds, and it was in large part a botched job. If reelected, the governor will be out of excus es. Fixing the unemployment system must be a top priority in a second term.

Kansas still refuses to expand Medicaid health in surance to its working poor. Suffering patients still can’t access medical marijuana in the state. Kelly wants to change the status quo on both issues, and they must be at the top of her to-do list.

But we think Kelly, 72, is far better-positioned to achieve these goals than her Republican opponent, Derek Schmidt, the current attor ney general. He declined to speak with us about his can didacy.

Derek Schmidt campaigns on culture wars, Trump’s Big Lie We had hoped Schmidt would discuss his plans for the state, including problems with foster care and unem ployment. Kansans would like to know his views on tu ition costs, particularly since he recently joined a lawsuit barring some federal student loan relief.

Voters should know if as governor Schmidt would join with Republicans in the Leg islature to further gut the tax structure, or seek to over turn the August referendum on abortion rights. And we’d like to know why Schmidt en dorsed Trump’s 2020 election Big Lie by filing a brief seek ing to overturn the results in contested states.

Instead, Schmidt’s cam paign has become entangled in the dispute over transgen der athletes in schools. Kelly vetoed bills banning trans gender participation in youth sports, calling them discrim inatory. She wants the state’s high school athletic associa tion to deal with those rules.

That sounds right to us. Schmidt’s reliance on the is sue demonstrates the paucity of his vision for Kansas.

Kansas state Sen. Dennis Pyle is running as an inde pendent. Seth Cordell, a Lib ertarian, is also on the ballot.

The risks of turning over both the Legislature and the governor’s office to one par ty are always high. But in this case, with the strain of Republicanism represented by Schmidt and leading law makers, the risk of damage is extraordinary. We could be facing a concerted effort to destroy the state’s finances once again, even as voters are treated to ceaseless culture wars.

Kansas has made strides in the past years under Gov. Kelly. Schmidt’s politics-first, substance-free campaign, and his performative use of his office as attorney general, raise significant doubt that if he wins this new office, he’ll take its responsibilities seri ously.

A second term for Gov. Kel ly, on the other hand, would ensure Kansas remains fo cused on the bottom line, while addressing real issues for actual people. That’s what Kansans want and need.

In her first four years, Lau ra Kelly has steered the state through a budget crisis and a pandemic. She’s committed to making Kansas a better place over her next term. She deserves reelection, and we strongly urge voters to keep her in office.

— Kansas City Star

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Election: Kansas governor candidates stay mum on abortion

and political activism and the valuing of his life? Like, the hypocrisy of it just smacked me in the face.”

Then Poland’s first pregnancy was ectopic, a condition where an embryo attaches to the fallopian tube instead of the wall of the uter us. Ectopic pregnancies are never viable, but her doctor’s Catholic hospi tal system wouldn’t fill a prescription for an abor tifacient.

“I had a potentially fatal condition and here this health care provider was lording their spiri tual power over me,” she said.

She had to go to an other health system that gave her the wrong dose. Her fallopian tube rup tured and she was forced to go to the hospital in excruciating pain to have it removed.

When she looked over her medical records and saw the term “abortion” used to describe the sur gery, she said it was diffi cult to grapple with.

“I think it just made me realize that abortion looks a lot different than what people imagine it to be,” she said.

Though Jane Byrnes was a young adult when Roe v. Wade was decided, she didn’t think much about abortion for most of her adult life. It was a settled issue growing up Catholic.

But about 10 years ago, she started seeking out other Catholic women as she wrestled with how to talk about abortion. It was a long evolution for her from her Catholic upbringing. She started to realize she didn’t have anything against women who made the decision to terminate a pregnan cy.

“It just didn’t exist in me to judge against them,” Byrnes said.

She said she started rethinking her posi tion on abortion as she thought about the abuse and neglect children can receive in foster care or when they’re given up for adoption. A child’s need for care and protec tion doesn’t end at birth, she said.

“It’s not the end of the situation,” Byrnes said. “It’s the beginning of a great deal of difficulty and/or joy.”

Before this election cy cle, Byrnes hadn’t talked much about abortion. But she appeared in a commercial for Kansans for Constitutional Free dom. All of a sudden, she talked about it con stantly.

“There was a time in my life where I would have been anti-abor tion,” she said in an in terview. “But I hadn’t been there for a long time.”

That complicated mix of upbringing, beliefs and personal experience makes the results of the August vote difficult to interpret, All said.

“I don’t think we’ll ever fully understand why so many people vot ed no,” All said.

All said she saw a swing after the U.S. Su preme Court overturned Roe in a case called Dobbs v. Jackson in late June, less than six weeks before the Kansas vote.

“The big shift that I saw was among moder ate Republican women, unaffiliated men and women — people who be lieved that the constitu tional right to abortion

was protected at the fed eral level,” All said.

Though she believes the amendment would have failed regardless of the timing of the court decision, All said it was a wakeup call for a lot of people.

Across the country, that decision led to a wave of voter registra tions, especially by wom en.

Mary Wehrman said she knocked on 600 doors in Pittsburg and around southeast Kansas in the weeks leading up to the vote. It was women over the age of 65 who sur prised her with their support of abortion rights.

“I had some say, ‘I had friends, I had sisters who flew to New York to get services, had to get on a plane and fly to New York City’ — and people that had back alley abor tions and that sort of thing,” Wehrman said.

Susan Osborne, a re tired professor in Wich ita, said she knew of many people who quietly voted “no” because they belonged to pro-life com munities.

“They said, well, they didn’t want to make

vote in favor of abortion rights were less vocal.

“I think it’s because it was quietly sort of devel oping, if you know what I mean,” she said. “It was not like someone threw a bomb into a barricade. And before you knew it you were realizing there were a lot of people qui etly saying they were go ing to vote no.”

Kassebaum was elect ed as a Republican in 1978. The night before her announcement, her father, former Kansas Gov. Alf Landon, a Re publican who served in the 1930s and ran against Franklin D. Roosevelt for president, asked what she thought the press would ask her about.

She told him abortion and guns.

“There were a long pause, and my father at that point was in his 80s, and he said, ‘Abor tion? Well what busi ness is that of the gov ernment?’ “ Kassebaum said.

Pivot to fall

More than 942,000 Kansans cast ballots in the August constitu tional vote, more than have voted in any state

cern about abortion as she knocks doors for Kel ly, the two candidates’ campaigns for governor haven’t centered the is sue.

Kelly said in an inter view at a Greater Kan sas City Women’s Polit ical Caucus event last month that people know her stance on abortion, but they want her to fo cus on making Kansas prosperous. Kelly has consistently supported abortion rights since the start of her political ca reer in Kansas. Before running for governor

in 2018, she represented Topeka as a state senator for 14 years.

“I have always focused on the issues that I think are of concern to the ma jority of Kansas, and so, you know, I’m not going to change now,” Kelly said.

Her campaign de clined to have a reporter along for campaign stops last week. But Kelly told CNN that Kansans “tend to elect to the governor’s office a very moderate, commonsense, thought ful person to run their state and to make sure that the basic services are provided for them.”

“What they want me as governor to do is to fo cus on the kitchen table issues,” Kelly continued. “You know, they want me to focus on the econ omy. And we have done that.”

Schmidt’s campaign spokesman, C.J. Gro ver, said in a statement that the Republican has said the results of this summer’s vote “must be respected.” He said the “real question” is wheth er Kansas’ governor will defend existing abortion restrictions already on the books.

“Schmidt has commit ted to defending these laws as governor, just as he has in his time as at torney general,” Grover

said.

Grover said Kelly has not promised the same, in part, “because the le gal challenges will come from her political allies bankrolling her cam paign.”

Tai Edwards, a his torian and member of the leadership team for Women For Kansas, said there’s an ad or button to be made tying Kel ly’s opponent, Schmidt, to anti-abortion forces. Schmidt is endorsed by a political action commit tee associated with Kan sans For Life, the state’s leading anti-abortion group.

Kansas Values Insti tute, which is supporting Kelly, released one mail er with a “DANGER” sign above a photo of Schmidt. It says Schmidt “still wants to allow pol iticians to ban abortion with no exceptions for rape, incest or when the life of the woman is at risk.”

But Edwards said she could understand the strategy of not center ing Kelly’s campaign on abortion if she perceives the issue as less partisan than typically thought.

“I would like to hear that,” Edwards said, “but I’m gonna vote for her even if she doesn’t say it. And maybe that’s what she thinks.”

Ashley All, spokeswoman for Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, gives a speech following Kansas voters’ decision to protect abortion rights. Tens of thousands of GOP voters made the vote a resounding victory for abortion rights supporters. (LILY O’SHEA BECKER/KANSAS REFLECTOR)

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Humboldt at Fredonia regionals

FREDONIA — The Hum boldt High School cross country boys and girls teams ran at the Fredonia 3A Regional meet on Satur day.

The Humboldt varsity boys finished in seventh place overall with 157 points.

Wichita Trinity Acade my, Girard, Wichita Colle giate, Douglass, Riverton and Chaparral rounded out the top six places ahead of the Cubs.

The Cubs were highlight ed by Peyton Wallace’s 16th place finish, good for a time of 19:05. Brigg Shannon, 21:07, took 34th place and Landon Bauer, 21:27, came in 40th.

Javyn Hess, 23:38, took 57th place; Caden Vink, 24:54 for 61st place; Gavin Jaro, 25:36, for 64th; and Layne Ellison came in 68th with a time of 28:34.

The Lady Cubs varsity runners finished in sixth place with 118 points.

The top finishers went to Cheney in first place, Wich ita Trinity Academy in second, Frontenac in third place, Kingman in fourth and Douglass in fifth place.

McKenna Jones led the pack of Lady Cubs with a 12th-place finish at 22:37. Tori Melendez and Lulu Melendez finished side by side in 37th and 38th plac es with times of 25:14 and 25:19, respectively.

Carsyn Haviland, 25:37, came in 41st, followed by Leah Mueller’s 53rd place finish with a time of 27:17 and Sophia Barlow’s 54th place finish with a time of 27:27.

Iola runs to state

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

CHANUTE — The Iola High School cross country team qualified a trio of run ners and finished in fourth place as a team at the Chan ute 4A Regional competition on Saturday morning.

Mustangs competing at the state meet in Wamego will be seniors Jesse Tay lor and Kaster Trabuc and sophomore Cole Moyer who finished in eighth, ninth and 10th place, respectively.

“Coming back this year and working as a team we all saw it as our final hur rah, for me and Jesse espe cially, as we’ve been a part of an Iola team that’s been good for years,” said Tra buc. “Knowing that we have a legacy to carry helped us all focus on the best we could be.”

was 18:24. Moyer was on their heels, coming in next with a time of 18:34.

“He’s (Taylor) matured a lot,” said Iola head coach Brittany Daugharthy. “He’s really stepped up his game and taken on any work out and any challenge that we’ve given him and uses it here. They always come out ready to compete and today was no different.”

Winfield’s Corban Priest, Andru Owens and Jaden Brown took the top three spots with times of 17:21, 17:47 and 17:47, respectively.

Wellington’s Hunter Lough placed fourth overall with a time of 17:58 and Fort Scott’s Trevin Worthing came in fifth at 18:10.

Easton Colburn came across in sixth place with an 18:11 mark and Winfield’s Mark Thompson in seventh with a mark of 18:16.

ed group and they want to take each other with them,” Daugharthy said. “There’s no ‘I’ in our team here, they just want to be a part of ev eryone’s success. There’s a certain joy seeing them do everything you know they can do.”

The Mustangs finished in fourth place overall as a team with 94 points while Winfield, Wellington and Chanute rounded out the top three team places with 30, 69 and 76 points, respectively. Fort Scott came in fifth with 110 points, Field Kindley in sixth with 148 points and Labette County combined for 153 points, good for sev enth place overall.

Crest takes first at 1A regionals

WICHITA — Crest’s var sity cross country team won the Wichita 1A Region als on Saturday.

Also competing from the area was Marmaton Valley High School.

Four Lady Lancers placed in the top 30.

The team was led by Josie Walter’s third place finish with a time of 21:02 and Peyton Schmidt’s sixth place finish in 22:36.

Aubrey Allen came in seventh with a 22:33 mark followed by Kyree Puckett’s 30th place finish at 25:59.

“The girls ran great this weekend,” said Crest head coach Kaitlyn Cummings. “These girls have been put ting in the work all season and it’s paid off. I am eager to see how they perform at the state meet.”

For the boys, Crest’s Breakin Jones, a sopho more, finished 15th with a time of 20:17, one spot shy of qualifying for state.

Marmaton Valley’s So phia Heim placed in 33rd with a time of 26:18.

Humboldt ends year at Burlington

BURLINGTON — The Humboldt High School vol leyball team won its first match but dropped the second to end their season at the Burlington substate meet on Saturday.

Also running at the Cha nute regional meet were Brennan Coffield, Jadyn Sil vey and Alejandro Escalan te.

OLPE — The Yates Cen ter High School volleyball team stumbled in their sub state competition at Olpe on Saturday.

The Wildcats (11-26; 5-7) fell to Olpe in two sets, 2521 and 25-12.

Emma Grogg, Grace Westerman, Callyn Miller and Molly Proper are out going Yates Center seniors.

“There are some big spots to fill next year, but I think the underclassmen are ready to step up to the challenge. Thank you Emma, Grace, Callyn and Molly and good luck with all your future endeavors,” said Yates Center head coach Carrie Cummings.

The Wildcat volleyball team has grown close throughout the season us ing their communication both on and off the court which is one of the most important aspects of life and sports.

“I’ll tell you what type of group this is. Last night

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Taylor and Trabuc were neck and neck at the finish line. Taylor crossed with a time of 18:23; Trabuc’s time

Iola’s Coffield, a fresh man, placed 33rd overall with a finish of 20:5 and Sil vey, a freshman, was 40th place with a time of 21:40. Escalante, a sophomore, placed in 45th overall with a 21:59 finish.

“They are a really dedicat

“We’re always excited, go ing to state is an experience not everyone gets to have and even coming to region als is not something every body gets to do so it’s just a special meet in itself,” said Iola head coach Brittany Daugharthy. “The goal is to take as many as you can to state.”

The Iola High School cross country team will race at the state competition in Wamego next Saturday.

The Lady Cubs (31-6; 3-0) began by knocking off Bur lington in three sets, 20-25, 25-19 and 25-19.

Kinley Tucker, Natalie Wells and Shelby Shaugh nessy led Humboldt from the serving line with two ace serves apiece. Skylar and Kenisyn Hottenstein and Wells each went a per fect 100% from the line. Shaughnessy went 93.8% and Karley Wools served at a 93.3% success rate.

CARBONDALE — The Iola Mustangs were their own worst enemy on Friday after turning the ball over four times in their regular season finale 32-14 unravel ing at Santa Fe Trail.

The Mustangs (2-6; 0-2) served up four turnovers to the Chargers in an ugly offensive showing as Iola produced their 14 points on a pair of Courtland Carson touchdown rushes.

The scoring began early and often for Santa Fe Trail.

Theron Berckefeldt rushed in a 55-yard touchdown for the initial 8-0 lead after a successful two-point conver sion.

Iola quarterback Jordan Kaufman began his slew of turnovers early when he was intercepted by San ta Fe Trail’s Kyle Strother around midfield to set up

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Shaughnessy led offen sively with eight kills, fol lowed by Wools’ seven kills and K. Hottenstein’s three kills. Ricklyn Hillmon also mashed two kills while Tucker made one kill.

Defensively, Shaugh nessy led with three blocks and K. Hottenstein totaled two blocks. S. Hottenstein knocked 29 digs, Wools had 26 digs and Shaugh nessy registered 23 digs. K. Hottenstein also managed 10 digs while Tucker and Wells hit three digs.

“I am proud of how the girls worked all season. We are a young team and ready to see what we can do next season,” said Humboldt head coach Terry Mead ows.

The Lady Cubs fell to Eu

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Crest concludes historic season

MADISON — The Crest High School volleyball team slipped to Madison in their substate match at Madison High School on Saturday.

The Lady Lancers (26-8; 10-1) finished their season placing second in the Three Rivers League after the team marked their best record since the 1980s.

Crest fell to Madison in two sets, 25-17 and 25-20.

“Madison played very well. They were able to execute their offense and had us scrambling,” said Crest head coach Abigail Hermreck. “We started to lose our passing and had trouble defending their best hitter. When the pass isn’t constantly there, it is hard for setters to get the ball to our hitters and to get on a roll.”

McKenna Hammond registered four kills, one block and seven digs in her final match at Crest as a senior. She also went seven-for-eight for 88% from the serving line with one ace serve.

Kayla Hermreck made eight kills and

went three-for-three from the serving line while also making one block and six assists.

Kinley Edgerton went three-for-four from the serving line with one ace, nine assists and one block.

Karlee Boots had six kills, went twofor-three on serving and notched 12 digs.

Brooklyn Jones also came up with five digs.

Delaney Ramsey made a lone kill and went a perfect fourfor-four from the serving line.

Allyssa Adams went five-for-five from the serving line with one ace and six digs and Kamyrn Luedke went five-for-six on serving with one ace and two digs.

“Through it all, the girls did not give up and continued to fight. We are going to miss our seniors tremendously and I wish we could have pulled it all together for them. I know the returners will bounce back next season. We have something to prove,” Hermreck said.

The Crest High School volleyball team will play in an all-league meeting on Wednesday.

KC Current set for NWSL championship

By ANNE PETERSON The Associated Press

The Portland Thorns will play the Kansas City Current for the National Women’s Soccer League championship next weekend in Washington, closing out a turbulent and emotionally taxing 10th season.

Crystal Dunn came off the bench and scored in stoppage time to give the Thorns a 2-1 victory over the San Diego Wave at Portland’s Providence Park in the first of two semifinal matches on Sunday.

Dunn, who also plays for the U.S. national team, has been easing her way back after giving birth to a son five months ago. Her first goal since returning came off a corner about three minutes into stoppage time.

In the other semifinal, Alexis Loera and Kristen Hamilton scored in the Current’s 2-0 victory over the top-seeded OL Reign, winners of this season’s Supporters Shield.

The semifinals were played amid continuing fallout over an investigation that found systemic misconduct and abuse across the league.

U.S. Soccer commissioned former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Q. Yates to investigate following a series of scandals that rocked the NWSL last season.

Yates’ devastating report came out earlier this month. In it, she detailed the Thorns’ handling of harassment and sex-

ual coercion allegations leveled at former coach Paul Riley.

Riley coached Portland in 2014-15. Two former players, Mana Shim and Sinead Farrelly, accused Riley of misconduct last year in a report in The Athletic. After the release of the Yates investigation, two Thorns executives were fired.

The announced crowd was 22,030 at Providence Park.

Fans came out in support of the players but there have been calls for Thorns owner Merritt Paulson to sell the team.

“The players needed it. They needed to see that they’re loved,” Thorns coach Rhian Wilkinson said.

Taylor Kornieck put the Wave up early with a header off a cross from Alex Morgan in the eighth minute. The Thorns equalized with Rocky Rodriguez’s volley off a bounce in the 20th before Dunn’s goal handed Portland the victory.

The Thorns have won two NWSL championships, in 2013 and 2017. The Wave were new to the 12-team league this season.

“I think when we heard that there were many, many people showing up today, it really allowed us to get hyped for this game. Our fans have been through a lot as well this year, along with players. I think them showing up is exactly what we want for this community,” Dunn said.

“We want everyone to obviously be able to voice their opinion and be able to share their feelings.”

SCC falls in substate championship match

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

ST. PAUL — The Southern Coffey County High School volleyball team won two matches before falling in their St. Paul substate championship match on Saturday.

The Lady Titans (30-8; 1-1) defeated Hartford, 25-6 and 25-8.

SCC was led by Josie Weers’ eight kills and Madeline Spencer’s seven. Ross Snovelle made four kills and Jalea True knocked in two. Karley Ohl led from the serving line with three aces while Vonda Borntreger and Snovelle ripped two aces apiece.

Defensively, Snovelle made one solo and one

block. Kyla Houston led with three digs while Weers, Snovelle and Borntreger knocked one dig apiece.

“I am extremely proud of how the girls battled this year,” said Southern Coffey County head coach Jeff True. “We will graduate an exceptional group of seniors that provided great leadership, both on and off the court. They are a good bunch of volleyball players, but a great group of young ladies.”

The Lady Titans took down St. Paul in two sets, 25-22 and 27-25.

Weers led offensively with 16 kills, followed by Spencer’s five and Snovelle’s four. Weers also led at the serving line

with three aces while Ohl knocked one ace.

Defensively, Spencer and Ohl led with two solo and total blocks apiece while Weers, Snovelle and True also each knocked one block apiece. Spencer led with four digs while Houston, Weers and Snovelle knocked three digs apiece.

Southern Coffey County fell to Lebo in the championship match in two sets, 25-10 and 25-14.

Weers led offensively with five kills. Spencer, Snovelle and Weers each knocked one block apiece and Spencer made five digs defensively. Weers and True each knocked two digs apiece defensively.

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(Thursday) we had a team dinner. Everyone showed up, they all laughed and ate together like it was our first day together. They are an awesome group and I’m thankful to have a part in their lives,” Cummings said.

While Yates Center’s season didn’t end the way the team had hoped, the team pushed through lots of adversity and never quit on themselves or their teammates throughout the season, said Cummings. This came even after dealing with injuries, sickness, learning curves and losses.

“Our record does not reflect the many things I’m proud of about this team.

We’ve had ups and downs, sickness, injuries, learning curves, and all kinds of adversity, but we’ve also had some bright spots.” said Cummings. “Adversity reveals character.”

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reka in two sets, 25-18 and 25-13.

K. Hottenstein led at the serving line with two aces while Wools, Tucker and Hottenstein each recorded one ace. K. and S. Hottenstein, Wells and Shaugnessy each went a perfect 100% from the serving line while Tucker registered an 87.5%

from the line.

Shaughnessy knocked seven kills and Wools ripped five kills to lead Humboldt offensively.

Defensively, Shaughnessy totaled 10 digs, followed by S. Hottenstein’s eight digs and Wools seven digs. Wells ripped four digs while Tucker managed three digs in the setback

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By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Trey

Sommer looked a bit more chagrined than anything Friday.

With the game already well in hand, and Humboldt High nearing another touchdown, Sommer had barreled past a West Franklin tackler to secure a first down midway through the fourth quarter.

Sommer’s intention to allow himself to be tackled short of the goal line — in order to allow another teammate a chance to score — was short-circuited when a second West Franklin tackler challenged the burly HHS senior.

Perhaps more on instinct than anything, Sommer buried his shoulder into the Falcon defender as both players tumbled into the end zone.

Touchdown, Humboldt.

Sommer returned to the sideline, with an apology.

“I should have fallen

down,” he said.

Instead, it put the finishing touch on a memorable senior night for Sommer and the Cubs, who throttled West Franklin, 48-6, to wrap up the 2022 regular season.

Next up for Humboldt (5-3) is a Class 2A Bi-District playoff matchup Thursday at Cherryvale. The same Cherryvale squad Humboldt defeated 46-0 two weeks ago.

Cub head coach Logan Wyrick cautioned his players not to read too much into Humboldt’s lopsided victory, noting Cherryvale has plenty of talent on both sides of the ball.

“We thought it’d be different,” Wyrick said. “They’ve got some weapons. It’s always hard to tell in non-district games what guys they’re playing.”

Nevertheless, Wyrick would be pleased if Humboldt can replicate its powerful rushing attack, having churned out 306 yards against the Falcons

Leading the way was Sommer, who rushed for 190 yards and threw for 40 more on 4 of 6 passing.

boldt’s lead to 16-0. Sommer then capped the first-half scoring with a 5-yard touchdown to make it 24-0.

The Cubs averted trouble with a goal line stand in the waning seconds of the half. Humboldt then stuffed another potential Franklin scoring drive at midfield to open the third quarter.

Lineman River Kaufman, like Kobold, normally plays on the offensive line, but was given a chance at glory as a running back.

And just like Kobold did earlier in the evening, Kaufman had little trouble blasting in a short touchdown, extending the margin to 32-0.

The scores were part of Humboldt’s concerted effort to get as many seniors into the scorebook as possible this season, Wyrick explained.

healthy as we’ve been all season.”

Mathes tacked on 86 yards on the ground, while hauling in a 31yard touchdown reception. Slocum had two receptions covering 27 yards.

WITH HUMBOLDT on the road to open the postseason Thursday, several Cub seniors said remaining focused is vital.

“With a full week’s preparation, we really prepare not to overlook a team, even though we’ve already beat them,” senior lineman Maddox Johnson said. “We’re preparing for (Cherryvale) to come back better than they were.”

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Humboldt — Kobold 1 yard run (Hull run)

Humboldt — Slocum 14 yard pass from Sommer (PAT

good)

Humboldt — Sommer 5 yard run (PAT good)

Humboldt — Kaufman 1 yard run (PAT good)

Humboldt — Mathes 31 yard pass from Hull (PAT good)

Humboldt — Sommer 6 yard run (PAT good)

West Franklin — McCullough 3 yard run (PAT failed)

Statistics Rushing Humboldt — Sommer 19191, Mathes 12-86, Hull 1-12, Slocum 3-10, Heisler, 2-5, Kobold, 1-1, Kaufman 1-1. West Franklin — Boley 11-60, McCullough 9-21, Smith 2-9, Hat eld 4-8, Nichols 1-3.

Passing Humboldt — Sommer 4-640, Hull 1-1-31, Ellis 2-4-(-2). West Franklin — McCullough 10-15-89, Froggatte 1-1-(-4).

Receiving

Humboldt — Mathes 2-32, Slocum 3-24, Hull 2-13. West Franklin — (No. 42) 4-63, Hateld 2-31, Rogers 1-10, Bolley 1-0, (No. 14) 2-(-6), Smith 1-(4).

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As is custom, much of Sommer’s yardage came after he made contact with would-be tacklers on off-tackle runs through the line of scrimmage.

“I like being physical,” he admitted. “I thrive off of it.”

The Cubs dominated from the outset, leading 24-0 at the break, even after missing on a pair of golden opportunities to extend the cushion.

Humboldt’s first drive — all running plays — went 80 yards on 10 snaps, capped by lineman William Kobold’s 1-yard touchdown rush.

Humboldt misfired on its next two possessions, however, when holding penalties and dropped passes reared their ugly heads.

“We did some good things and put up points,” Wyrick said.

“Obviously, there were a lot of mistakes in the first half. We shot ourselves in the foot a couple of times.”

Sommer completed a short pass to Dakota Slocum that turned into a 14-yard touchdown early in the second period to extend Hum-

The Cubs utilized Sam Hull’s throwing arm early in the fourth quarter to extend the lead further. Hull took a pitch from Sommer behind the line of scrimmage. Then, as the West Franklin defense pursued, he lofted a perfect spiral down the left sideline, and into the arms of Cole Mathes for a 34-yard touchdown on fourth-and-long.

A fumble recovery two plays later allowed Humboldt to regain possession, leading to Sommer’s late score, the one he wished he had fallen down short of the end zone.

Lance McCullough helped the Falcons avert a shutout with a 3-yard touchdown run in the final minute.

“We were able to rotate out some bodies,” Wyrick said. “This is as

At left, Humboldt High’s Quenton Heisler carries the ball Friday in a 48-6 win over West Franklin. Above, Humboldt’s Maddox Johnson (50) dives to sack West Franklin quarterback Isaac McCullough.

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Humboldt High’s Kyler Isbell (54) blocks for Trey Sommer during Friday’s 48-6 win over West Franklin.

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down score. The sopho more is starting for the injured Landon Weide.

“They definitely hurt us, especially when we’ve got a young quarterback, he’s not used to turning the ball over in games so it affects his mentality,” said Iola head coach David Daugharthy. “It’s a tough learning curve for a young of fense, a young quar terback and guys who haven’t seen much playing time.”

Berckefeldt found the end zone again on the next Santa Fe Drive when he rushed in from a few yards out for the 14-0 Charger advantage nearing the second quarter.

Kaufman flung up his second intercep tion when he was look ing for a deep pass which was hauled in by Santa Fe Trail de fender Trenton Sleich ter at the Charger 14yard line.

Charger quarter back Luke Edwards quickly capitalized and connected with Strother on a 37-yard touchdown pass down the home sideline. San ta Fe Trail however missed the two-point conversion and led 20-0 in the beginning of the second quarter.

One of the few posi tives happened for Iola in the second quarter was when Mustang Danny Boeken jumped on a forced fumble for Iola to take back pos

session of the ball.

Carson rumbled into the end zone a few plays later from four yards out for his first touchdown carry of the night and the 20-7 Iola deficit.

“I think it speaks to what momentum does in a struggle of any sports team and really in life too, what you’re going to do to bounce back,” Daugharthy said. “That gets our momentum going and believing in what we can actually do and truly believe it as we execute it.”

Following a success ful Iola onside kick recovery, Kaufman tossed another inter ception which was snagged by the Char ger Strother for his second interception of the night. This would send the teams to half time with Iola trailing Santa Fe Trail, 20-7.

Santa Fe Trail came out firing in the second half as Edwards con nected with one of his receivers for a 73-yard touchdown pass on the second snap of the half for the 26-7 edge.

The fourth and fi nal Mustang turnover came on a Charger Matthew Coltrane forced fumble.

Berckefeldt struck for his second touch down rush of the game on a 30-yard scamper to propel his Santa Fe Trail unit to a 32-7 ad vantage near the end of the third quarter.

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ceived their second touchdown in the fourth quarter when Carson crossed the goal line from 11 yards out to slim the final deficit to 32-14.

“I felt good, I felt like the line was creating a lot of big holes and we were able to run it up the middle and have some big plays,” said Carson. “I love this game, I always think it’s the only game where you can come out and actually hit someone and not get in trouble.”

Carson led the way offensively with his pair of touchdown rushes and 82 ground yards while Briggs Mi chael also had a big day running after racking up 88 rushing yards. Carson’s longest run came on his 27-yard game opening rush.

Iola quarterback Jordan Kaufman fin ished his night passing for 27 yards and three interceptions.

Defensively, Easton Weseloh came down with a team-high six tackles while Jake Skahan and Carter Hutton collected five tackles apiece. Skahan also came away with a sack. Michael and Ko rbin Cloud also picked up four tackles apiece.

Boeken hopped on the lone fumble recov ery for Iola in the sec ond quarter.

Iola will travel to Frontenac Friday to open the Class 3A state football playoffs.

KC wins

SANTA CLARA, Ca lif. (AP) — Patrick Ma homes threw for 423 yards and three touch downs to rally Kansas City back from another double-digit deficit in the Chiefs’ 44-23 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Mahomes got off to a rough start in this Su per Bowl rematch with his early interception putting Kansas City (52) in a 10-0 hole but that once again proved to be no problem as he led the Chiefs to touchdowns on six of the next seven drives.

Mecole Hardman scored on two TD runs and an 8-yard catch, Justin Watson caught a 4-yard TD, JuJu SmithSchuster finished it off with a 45 yard catch and run. Clyde Edwards-He laire also scored on a 16yard run.

The comeback im proved Kansas City to 13-9 with Mahomes when falling behind by at least 10 points with the most memorable coming in a Super Bowl win over the 49ers (3-4) following the 2019 season.

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Above, Marmaton Valley High’s Maider Arbulu races to get in position during the Wildcats Class 1A-I substate match. At right, Marmaton Valley’s Tayven Sutton, left, goes up for a block. The Wildcats came up short in their bid for a state tournament berth, as did Crest and Yates Center in the tournament in Madison.

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Volleyball season ends at substate

MADISON — The 2022 volleyball season ended a bit sooner than hoped for Crest, Marmaton Valley and Yates Center High’s volleyball teams Saturday.

Despite holding the top two seeds, Crest and Marmaton Valley failed to advance to Saturday’s Class 1A-I substate championship.

The Lady Lancers, seeded first, were ousted by Madison-Hamilton in its first match of the day, while the Wildcats were taken out by eventual substate champion Olpe in the semifinal round.

Yates Center, like Marmaton Valley, also was taken out by Olpe in straight sets to open the tournament.

DESPITE defeating Madison-Hamilton in straight sets early in the season — Aug. 30, to be precise — the Lady Lancers could not replicate their play Saturday, with a 25-17 and 25-20 de-

feat.

The loss ends Crest’s season at 26-8. The 26 victories is a school record for the Lady Lancers.

MARMATON Valley’s Wildcats, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, opened with a thrilling three-set nailbiter over Oswego, winning 25-12, 23-25 and 26-24 in the decisive third set.

But that momentum stalled in the semifinal, as the Wildcats bowed out with a 27-25 and 2516 loss to Olpe.

Marmaton Valley ends with a 21-15 record.

Olpe also downed Yates Center in the opener, 25-21 and 25-14.

Yates Center ends with an 11-27 record.

Olpe went on to dispatch Madison/Hamilton, 27-25, 21-25 and 25-13 to earn a berth in the upcoming Class 1A-I State Tournament, which opens Friday in Dodge City.

Wildcats rally past St. Paul Playo s open ursday

ST. PAUL — Marmaton Valley High galloped its way to victory Friday, racking up a mind-boggling 512 rushing yards in a wild 64-56 win over St. Paul.

The Wildcats secured the victory by scoring the game’s last 20 points, erasing a 56-44 deficit in the process.

Sophomore Brayden Lawson was the primary catalyst on the ground. He rushed for 338 yards and eight (yes, eight!) touchdowns on 43 carries. He also completed 6 of 9 passes for 58 yards.

Fellow sophomore Jaedon Granere also had a monster game. He rushed for 121 yards on 16 carries, while hauling in five receptions for 46 yards. Tyler Lord added 53 yards on four carries, while pulling in a 12-yard reception.

The Wildcats prevailed despite turning the ball over five times, and falling behind at several points in the contest. St. Paul opened the scoring, and then built leads of 44-28, 50-36 and 56-44 before the Wildcats took control down the stretch.

Freshman Brevyn Campbell paced Marmaton Valley’s defense, racking up 14 tackles, 10 of which were unassisted.

Bryce Ensminger had a pair of quarterback sacks.

The victory secured the third seed in Eight Man-II, District 2 play for Marmaton Valley. The Wildcats (4-4) will travel to Hutchinson at 6 p.m. Thursday to take on Central Christian High School.

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Marmaton Valley High head coach Max Mickunas reacts after the Wildcats rally to defeat St. Paul, 64-46 Friday. Below, Marmaton Valley’s Brevyn Campbell (54) prepares to block on a play with quarterback Brayden Lawson (8).

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