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Allen Community College students Karson Lee, left, and Maason Martinez take part in a corn hole game Wednesday as part of the Red Devil Kickoff celebration. At left, a gaggle of students feast on free hot dogs. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced — and in many cases eliminated — under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but politically di visive move in the run-up to the midterm elections. Fulfilling a campaign promise, Biden is erasing $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. He’s canceling an addi tional $10,000 for those who received federal Pell Grants to attend college. It’s seen as an unprece dented attempt to stem the tide of America’s rapidly rising student debt, but it doesn’t address the broad er issue — the high cost of college.Republicans quickly denounced the plan as an insult to Americans who have repaid their debt and to those who didn’t attend college. Critics across the political spectrum also questioned whether Biden has authority for the move, and legal challenges are virtually certain. Biden also extended a pause on federal student loan payments for what he called the “final time.” The pause is now set to run through the end of the year, with repayments to restart in January.

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Iola, meet Iola. Iola Speck, a teenager from England, traveled halfway around the world to visit a town that shares her name. Iola and her father, Ivan, spent two days in Iola as part of a driving tour around the Midwest. They live in Higham, a village near Rochester in Kent, which is in southeast England.They flew into Chicago last week, where they rent ed a camper van airbrushed in bright colors. It was sure to get attention, and it would be their home for about two weeks; they slept in the back, taking up residence at “car parks” (the British term for parking lots) at Walmarts in cities they visited. They arrived in Iola on Wednesday afternoon, where they visited the Register’s of fice. Ivan is a sports reporter, so he appreciates the value of a quirky story and thought Io lans might like to know about Iola’sShe’svisit.14 and attends an allgirls school, where she will be entering her 10th year soon af ter returning home.

THE NAME of Iola, the English girl, comes from mul tiple sources that are mostly connected to family. It’s a way to combine the names of her parents, Ivan andTheLeeann.name also comes from a little-known princess in Greek mythology.Iolameans violet in Greek. Violet is the flower of Febru ary, which is the month Iola was born, and is also the name of her grandmother.

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Ivan Speck and his daughter, Iola, traveled to Iola from their home in England this week to visit a town that shares her name. They stopped to take photos of various “Iola” signs. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

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NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are once again anxious about the fate of a nuclear pow er plant in a land that was home to the world’s worst atomic accident in 1986 at Chernobyl — and alarm only increased Thursday when the plant operator said the facility has been cut off from the electrical grid.The Zaporizhzhia nu clear plant, Europe’s larg est, has been occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, and continued fighting near the facility has heightened fears of a catastrophe that could affect nearby towns in southern Ukraine — or potentially an even wider region.OnThursday, the plant was cut off from the power grid for the first time af

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Allen Community Col lege kicked off the 2022-23 school year in thrilling style Wednesday.Students and faculty gath ered for an an assortment of outdoor yard games and free hot dogs as part of its Red Devil Kickoff celebration. Several other activities are forthcoming during the school year, including a winter homecoming celebra tion.Wednesday’s activities end ed with a bang, as the Allen men’s soccer team rallied for a 3-2 win over visiting Johnson County, scoring the game-winning goal with 1 second left on the clock. Full details of the game are on Page B1.

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“We liked the name because it’s different,” Ivan said. The name of Iola, the Kan sas town, is a tribute to Iola Colborn, the wife of J.F. Col born who had built the first frame-style home in the area. It’s not a very common name.So, do people sometimes mistake the uppercase I for a lowercase L and call her Lola? “All the time,” Iola said, laughing. She seemed sur prised to find someone who understood.“Atschool, everyone calls me Lola. All my teachers call me that. I’m going to get it again next week when school starts and I have new teachers. Sometimes I even get Iona. At least people in this town know

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed on the 28th day of July, 2022, in this Court by Nancy Ann McEndree, regarding the estate of Chester McEndree, deceased, as a real party in inter est,Decentpraying:to be determined of the following described real es tate:The Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Eleven (11), Township Twenty-Five (25), Range Nineteen (19).And,Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section Fourteen (14), Township Twenty-Five (25) South, Range Nineteen (19) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Allen County, Kansas.and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by decedent at the time of death. And that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before September 6, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. of said day, in said court in City of Iola, Allen County, Kan sas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail herein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed on the 28th day of July, 2022, in this Court by Nancy Ann McEndree, regarding the estate of Charlie McEndree, deceased, as a real party in inter est,Decentpraying:to be determined of the following described real es tate:The Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Eleven (11), Township Twenty-Five (25), Range Nineteen (19).And,Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section Fourteen (14), Township Twenty-Five (25) South, Range Nineteen (19) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Allen County, Kansas.and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by decedent at the time of death. And that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before September 6, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. of said day, in said court in City of Iola, Allen County, Kan sas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail herein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition. Nancy Ann McEndree, Petitioner Daniel Smith HEIM LAW OFFICES, P.A. 424 North Washington Iola, Kansas 66749 (620) Attorneydaniel@heimlawoffices.com365-2222forPetitioner(8)12,19, 26 (Published in The Iola Register Aug. 12, 2022) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE CHESTEROF: MCENDREE CASE NO. NOTICEAL-2022-PR-000058OFHEARING

On Sept. 24, Health and Wellness is spon soring an ice cream social from 1 to 3 p.m.. Game Night follows from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 28.Cards, board games and dominoes are on the menu, with folks of all ages invited. Or, if somebody has a suggestion for a game, just call City Hall (620) 496-2241, to leave a mes sage.Organizers are ea ger to make Game Night a regular month ly occurrence, and will accept ideas for future activities.Inaddition, Work out Buddies nights run from 8 to 9 p.m. each Wednesday of the month, Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28, in the fitness center at City Hall. The Sept. 28 session begins immediately after Game Night ends.

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LAHARPE — Allen County residents will have a pair of oppor tunities to learn CPR, first aid and proper usage of an automat ed external defibrilla tor.Armed with a Health and Wellness grant, LaHarpe Police Chief Joe Stotler will offer the classes free of charge at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, both at LaHarpe CityStudentsHall. will learn CPR and proper AED usage for adults, children and infants, as well as basic first aid.Class sizes are lim ited to 15 students, with only a few open ings remaining for both.Stotler said addi tional classes will be scheduled if there’s sufficient gins.beforename496-2241,callParticipantsdemand.mustCityHall,(620)tohavetheiraddedtothelisttheclassbe

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COLONY — Pastor Chase Riebel shared with Colony Christian Church members Sun day lessons from the trail that he learned while on a backpacking trip in Wyoming we can apply as we journey on our path through life. First, strip off the weight, Riebel said. Even a wristwatch is heavy at 10,000 feet. Don’t carry the extra weight that will slow you down and wear you out. Hebrews 12:1 says “strip off every weight that slows us down, es pecially the sin that so easily trips us up,” Rieb el said. Lay down your burdens and strip your self of sin. The second lesson is to fuel yourself with real power. Cosmic brownies are a nice snack, but to maintain the energy you need to carry all your gear on your back over the mountain to your destination, you need a calorie packed, protein rich, hearty meal. Similarly, we must consume God’s Word, Riebel said. This life is full of ups and downs, emotionally and spiritu ally draining experienc es, and plenty of short cuts that will lead us downhill if we have only been snacking and not filling up on God’s Word. Lastly, don’t play dumb. When there is a bear in the area and someone spills some food on your sleeping bag, don’t just wipe it off and tell yourself the bear won’t smell it. Thankfully, the park ranger had already se cured the bear the night before, Riebel said, but how often do we play dumb with God? Ananias and Sapphi ra thought they could get away with telling a little white lie in Acts 5 by saying they were do nating all of the money they received from a sale when in fact they were only donating a portion, Riebel said. The problem wasn’t with the amount of the donation. The problem was that they lied to God. We need to take an honest look at our lives and determine if we have actually given our whole life to Jesus or if we are holding parts back that we don’t want to surrender, he contin ued.Don’t play dumb, God knows.Hear this and other sermons by using your favorite podcast app, on the church Facebook page, or at christianchurch.org.www.colony

“We are undoubtedly facing a new technologi cal revolution, still very inefficient … but with enormous potential,” said Lluís Montoliu, a research professor at the National Biotech nology Centre in Spain who is not part of the research. “It is reminis cent of such spectacu lar scientific advances as the birth of Dolly the sheep” and others.

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REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER LAHARPE — Sep tember is steeped with activity at LaHarpe CityLaHarpeHall. Health and Wellness has or ganized a number of games and activities, including a Nerf Gun battle in the City Hall gymnasium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 10. All guns and ammo will be supplied, as will protective eyewear. Battles will run 10 minutes, with two teams of five playing each other. Children must have someone 18 or older present with them. Participants also will be asked to sign a waiver.

It’s official Jo’s Men’s Grooming is moving to 9 W. Madison in Iola, the former home of the Shirt Shop. Tai Lee, owner of Jo’s Men’s Grooming, said she pulled into her busi ness’s new home early Thursday morning to find her father, David Lee, hanging the new sign for her. Extensive renovations are planned and opening day is still a way off, but Lee said she’s excited for the move and the opportunity to grow.

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Family fun awaits Scientists have cre ated “synthetic” mouse embryos from stem cells without a dad’s sperm or a mom’s egg or Thewomb.lab-created em bryos mirror a natural mouse embryo up to 8 ½ days after fertilization, containing the same structures, including one like a beating heart. In the near term, researchers hope to use these so-called em bryoids to better under stand early stages of development and study mechanisms behind disease without the need for as many lab animals. The feat could also lay the foundation for creating synthetic human embryos for re search in the future.

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Ivan also wondered: With all of the open space and the abundant sunshine, why didn’t he see solar farms ev erywhere?“Itseems so far be hind,” he mused. “But then we’ve seen other things that were much moreForadvanced.”example, at one restaurant, they saw a waitress followed by an automatic cart to help her deliver food. Once the cart was empty, it rolled itself back to the kitchen.Theyalso saw some one standing up on a lawn mowing machine, similar to a segway.

THE TRIP helped them dispel some ste reotypes about Ameri cans.“The impression we have of American peo ple is that you’re all re ally loud. Not in an un pleasant way, just loud and too much in your face,” Ivan said. “And yet, nothing could be further from the truth. We really do like the

TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear pow er plant said Thursday it is further postponing the start of the removal of highly radioactive melt ed fuel from its damaged reactors because of de lays in the development of a remote-controlled roboticTokyoarm.Electric Power Company Holdings had originally planned to begin removing melted fuel from the Unit 2 re actor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant last year, 10 years after the disaster triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. That plan was post poned until later this year, and now will be de layed further until about autumn next year be cause of additional work needed to improve the performance of the ro botic arm, TEPCO said. The giant arm, jointly developed by Veolia Nu clear Solutions of Brit ain and Japan’s Mitsubi shi Heavy Industries, has been transported to Ja pan and is being adjusted at a testing facility south of the Fukushima plant. The delay won’t af fect the overall decom missioning at the plant, which is expected to take 30-40 years, TEPCO said. Experts have said the completion target is too optimistic.During the accident, an estimated 880 tons of highly radioactive nucle ar fuel in the three dam aged reactors melted and fell to the bottom of their primary containment vessels.

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforce ment officers in central Mississippi carried tod dlers out of a flooded day care center after storms dumped rain that caused creeks to overflow.TheRankin Coun ty Sheriff’s Depart ment posted video on Facebook of depu ties walking through brown, knee-deep wa ter Wednesday to take children to an elevated truck, placing them gen tly on benches. News outlets reported more than 100 children and 14 workers were rescued from the flooded facility in the Jackson suburb of TheFlorence.National Weath er Service reported a second day of heavy rains and flash flooding was expected Thursday in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Weath er radar also showed heavy rainfall in Thurs day near the Mississip pi-Alabama state line. Tony Banks said Thursday that when he returned to his apart ment in the Jackson suburb of Flowood after work Wednesday, the parking lot was kneedeep in water. He said a creek overflowed, flooding some cars and trucks. Banks said he caught a fish near the vehicles.“He was flopping around in the parking lot and I grabbed his mouth,” said Banks, 35. He said he tossed the bass back into the water. After the deluge Wednesday, Rankin County sheriff’s depu ties helped move more than 40 residents out of a flooded nursing home in TheBrandon.Mississippi High way Patrol said flow ing water washed away parts of a state highway in rural Newton County, between Jackson and Meridian.ThreeMississippi cit ies set one-day rainfall records Wednesday, the weather service said. Jackson received just over 5 inches, Meridian received 4.6 inches and Vicksburg received 2.9 inches.OnWednesday, Jack son also surpassed its previous record for rainfall for the month of August, at 11.57 inch es. The previous re cord for the month was 11.51 inches in 2008, the weather service said.

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She and her father talked about taking a trip to America so she could visit Iola, but the COVID-19 pandemic put a delay on interna tionalTheytravel.feltsafe enough to take a trip this sum mer, but Ivan gave her a choice. Did she want a holiday in Europe or the United States? Iola chose to visit the U.S.“I’ve never been to America before and I thought it would be quite cool to be some where with my name,” sheSincesaid. arriving, they’ve driven through Illinois, Iowa and Mis souri on their way to Kansas. On Friday, they’ll drive to St. Lou is and see other sites before heading back to Chicago for the flight home next week. “Before we came, I said I’d like to make some American friends, but it’s not that easy when you’re on the road,” Iola said. THEY’VE been quite fascinated by the differ ences between England andFirst,America.there’s so much space here. Ev erything is spread out: the towns, and also the space between houses andThebusinesses.homes have large front yards and few“Everythingfences. is really big. The houses are big. The plates of food are big. Even the duration of things is so long,” IolaOnnoted.the way to Iola, they stayed in cities of a variety of sizes, including Galena, Ill.; Cedar Rapids and West Des Moines, Iowa; and Independence, Mo. In Iowa, they visited the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, where the movie was filmed. Ivan introduced Iola to the movie before they vis ited.They also attended the Iowa State Fair. In Kansas City, they went to a Royals base ball game. They’ll see a Cardinals game in St. Louis.They especially en joyed their visit to Iowa City, where they ate “an American-style break fast.” Iola showed this reporter a photo of the giant plate of pancakes sheAndordered.speaking of food, Iola talked about the different names for certain items. In En gland, they call french fries “chips” and what Americans call chips, they call “crisps.” What Americans call cookies, they call bis cuits, so Iola wondered, what are “biscuits” here?This reporter ex plained and suggest ed they try “biscuits and gravy.” They both looked horrified when shown a photo of the dish.They visited a Mc Donald’s so Iola could compare the fast food restaurants in England and the U.S. She was shocked to learn she could get a 10-piece chicken nugget meal here; in England, the meal comes with six pieces.“It’s interesting to see what is the same here and what is differ ent,” Iola said. IVAN has been to the U.S. before, cover ing sporting events for work.For this trip, he’s try ing to avoid the inter states and instead takes more scenic country roads. “We just tried to do all of the things you see in movies and you hear about,” Ivan said of their itinerary. It’s led to some in teresting discoveries, such as passing by an Amish couple or going through tiny “ghost towns” with few busi nesses and dilapidated houses.Ivan noted the price of petrol (gasoline) is much more affordable in the U.S. than in En gland, but the food is twice as expensive. He calculated the cost of a gallon of unleaded gas oline in England would be about $9.50. He also explained that in England, un leaded fuel pumps are green. He drove into a gas station in the U.S. and pulled up to the green pump, only to learn it was diesel fuel. He hasn’t had any trouble driving on the appropriate side of the road, but said he and Iola frequently try to get into the van on the opposite side out of habit. Ivan also is ac customed to driving a manual transmission, so he kept wanting to use both feet when driv ing the automatic van. “Generally, your roads are so quiet be cause there’s so much space between towns,” heButobserved.perhaps one of the most significant differences they’ve no ticed is the lack of recy cling options in the U.S. Whenever they stopped for food or sup plies, they looked for places to recycle their used plastic bottles and other items. They couldn’t find many. “It’s really surpris ing,” Ivan said. Iola was shocked to be handed a plas tic straw, wrapped in paper, at restaurants. Back home, she only uses paper straws. They stopped using plastic straws years ago. “You have no recy cling here — not just Iola but everywhere,” Iola said, surprised. “In England, everything is recycled. You can’t put plastic in the rubbish bins.”Itwas a timely con versation, as a group of Allen County volun teers are struggling to find a way to offer recy cling in the community.

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Continued from A1 Iola Speck stands under a sign that reads “Iola” at the intersection of U.S. 54 and the Prairie Spirit Trail, just west of State Street.

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President Joe Biden greets guests after disembarking from Marine One, return ing to the White House from Rehoboth, Delaware, on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

working and middle class people hit especial ly hard during the pan demic,” Biden said at the White House Wednesday afternoon.Republicans quick ly denounced the plan as an insult to Ameri cans who have repaid their debt and to those who didn’t attend col lege. Critics across the political spectrum also questioned whether Biden has authority for the move, and legal challenges are virtually certain. Even some fel low Democrats rebuked the move, saying it does nothing to fix the debt crisis.“In my view, the ad ministration should have further targeted the relief, and proposed a way to pay for this plan,” said Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. “While immediate relief to fam ilies is important, onetime debt cancellation does not solve the under lyingTheproblem.”cancellation ap plies to federal student loans used to attend un dergraduate and grad uate school, along with Parent Plus loans. Cur rent college students qualify if their loans were issued before July 1. For dependent stu dents, their parents’ household income must be below $250,000. Most people will need to apply for the relief. The Education Depart ment has income data for a small share of bor rowers, but the vast ma jority will need to prove their incomes through an application process. Officials said applica tions will be available before the end of the year.Biden’s plan makes 43 million borrowers el igible for some debt for giveness, with 20 million who could get their debt erased entirely, accord ing to the administra tion. About 60% of bor rowers are recipients of federal Pell Grants, which are reserved for undergraduates with the most significant fi nancial need, meaning more than half can get $20,000 in Sabrinarelief.Cartan, a 29-year-old media strat egist in New York City, is expecting her federal debt to get wiped out en tirely. When she checked the balance Wednesday, it was Cartan$9,940.used the loans to attend Tufts Universi ty, and with Biden’s plan she will be able to help her parents repay the additional thousands they borrowed for her education. As a first-gen eration college student, she called it a “leveling moment.”“Iknow there are peo ple who feel that this isn’t enough, and that is true for a lot of peo ple,” said Cartan, who already has repaid about $10,000 of her loans. “I can say for me personal ly and for a lot of people, that is a lot of money.”

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The most common way that pets come into contact with toxins is by ingesting them. Onions, garlic, chocolate, xylitol, grapes, avocados, alcohol, fruit pits, seeds, nuts, coffee, green potatoes, and many more foods are toxic to dogs. Citrus, alcohol, caffeine, grapes, chives, and more are toxic to cats. The best way owners can prevent accidental poisoning is to always research before feeding their pet any new foods. It is also important if buying homemade or natural treats to check the ingredient list. Aside from actual food items, pets will often ingest toxic plants or chemicals. Lilies, yew, tulips, and other plants are toxic to cats. Dogs may ingest toxic plants or the highly toxic and quickly deadly blue-green algae, which can bloom in natural water sources. Antifreeze, cleaners, and other chemicals may be toxic to pets. Pet owners should always be careful to store chemicals in a way that pets can’t access them and be sure that any rooms where these chemicals have been used have completely aired out and dried, as well as ensuring that there is no residue which may be picked up on their pet’s paws.Many toxins are inhaled by pets when owners burn candles, use wax melts, or use oil diffusers in their houses.

For Braxton Simpson, Biden’s plan is a great first step, but it’s not enough. The 23-year-old MBA student at North Carolina Central Uni versity has more than $40,000 in student loans. As an undergraduate student she took jobs to minimize her debt, but at $10,000 a semester, the costs piled up.

As a Black woman, she felt higher educa tion was a requirement to obtain a more stable financial future, even if that meant taking on large amounts of debt, she“Insaid.order for us to get out of a lot of the situa tions that have been sys temically a part of our lives, we have to go to school,” Simpson said. “And so we end up in debt.”The plan doesn’t ap ply to future college students, but Biden is proposing a separate rule that would reduce monthly payments on federal student debt. The proposal would create a new payment plan requiring borrow ers to pay no more than 5% of their earnings, down from 10% in sim ilar existing plans. It would forgive any re maining balance after 10 years, down from 20 years now. It would also raise the floor for repayments, meaning no one earn ing less than 225% of the federal poverty lev el would need to make monthly payments. As a regulation, it would not require con gressional approval. But it can take more than a year to Biden’sfinalize.plancomes af ter more than a year of deliberation, with the president facing strong lobbying from liberals who wanted sweeping debt forgiveness, and from moderates and conservatives who ques tioned its basic fairness. Once a popular cam paign promise during the presidential prima ry, the issue created an almost unwinnable sit uation. Still, many Dem ocrats rallied around it, including support from those who wanted Biden to go beyond $10,000. “I will keep pushing for more because I think it’s the right thing to do,” said Sen. Elizabeth War ren, D-Mass., who had urged Biden to forgive up to $50,000 a person. “But we need to take a deep breath here and recognize what it means for the president of the United States to touch so many hard-working middle class families so directly.”Proponents see can cellation as a matter of racial justice. Black students are more likely to take out federal stu dent loans and at high er amounts than their whiteThepeers.NAACP, which pressed Biden to cancel at least $50,000 per per son, said the plan is “one step closer” to lifting the burden of student debt. Derrick Johnson, the group’s president, urged Biden to cancel the debt quickly and without bu reaucratic hurdles for borrowers.Biden’s decision to impose an income cap goes against objections from some who say add ing the detailed applica tion process to verify in comes could deter some borrowers who need help the most. The Biden adminis tration defended the cap as a gate against wealthi er borrowers. Politically, it’s designed to counter arguments from critics who call debt cancella tion a handout for the wealthy. Republicans hit hard with that argument on Wednesday despite the“Presidentcap. Biden’s in flation is crushing work ing families, and his an swer is to give away even more government mon ey to elites with higher salaries,” Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell said. “Democrats are literally using working Americans’ money to try to buy themselves some enthusiasm from their political base.” One of the chief polit ical sticking points has been the cost: Biden’s new plan, including debt cancellation, a new re payment plan and the payment freeze, will cost between $400 billion to $600 billion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonprofit that advocates for lower defi cits.Asked about the cost Wednesday, Susan Rice, Biden’s domestic poli cy adviser, said, “I can’t give you that off the top of my Therehead.”are also lin gering questions about the administration’s au thority to cancel student loan debt. The Justice Department released a legal opinion conclud ing that the Higher Ed ucation Relief Opportu nities for Students Act gives the Education sec retary the “authority to reduce or eliminate the obligation to repay the principal balance of fed eral student loan debt.” The legal opinion also concluded that the forgiveness could be ap plied on a “class-wide” basis in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a national Lawsuitsemergency..arelike ly nonetheless. The Job Creators Network, which promotes con servative economic pol icies, said it was con sidering legal options, with president and CEO Alfredo Ortiz calling the president’s effort “fun damentally unfair” to those who never took out loans for college. will need to appy for relief

Eucalyptus, citrus, tea tree oil, cinnamon, peppermint, pine, and other oils or scents are toxic to pets. It is important for owners to consider their animals when using these kinds of products. These oils are also toxic when they touch a pet’s skin. Using shampoo or even the oils themselves as home remedies can have deadly consequences. Owners must research these kinds of home remedies before attempting them, as many of these toxicities can occur quickly and be difficult or even impossible to treat. When a pet has encountered something and an owner is unsure if it is toxic or whether to be concerned, they should call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 or Pet Poison Helpline at (800) 213-6680. Be sure to have your credit card ready when you call. These are not free services. If treatment is needed, the owner should call their vet or the closest emergency veterinary hospital and follow doctors’ instructions. Dog owners should also keep hydrogen peroxide that has not expired in their house if a veterinarian advises administration before bringing the pet to the clinic. Owners should never attempt to treat toxicity at home or induce vomiting without the direction of a licensed veterinarian.ByNicole Wright, Veterinary Technician Protect your pets at home

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Wacko proposals would send N.C. schools back in time

Robinson’s no-sci ence, no-history cur riculum is bad for our children as well as our ‘best in the business’ economy. Companies won’t want to come here if the schools don’t teach basic con cepts and facts.

Jim Leiker Kansas Reflector Third graders who attend public school in North Car olina learn about the solar system and volcanoes in sci ence class. Fourth graders studySocialfossils.studies at the sec ond grade level teaches stu dents about democracy. In fifth grade, students discuss rights that are protected un der the U.S. Constitution. But according to Republi can Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, kids shouldn’t be learning about any of that. Robinson has all but guar anteed he’ll run for gover nor in 2024. And, as he’s already demonstrated with last year’s laughably unsuc cessful task force to uncover evidence of “indoctrination” in schools, he has quite a few thoughts about public educa tion.Some of those thoughts made their way into his forthcoming memoir, WRAL News reported, and they in clude this doozy: eliminating the State Board of Education and andabouttolyence.bedon’thecialbedon’tgrades,ricula.fifthfirsthistorysciencesubjectsremovinglikeandfromthroughgradecur“Inthoseweneedtoteachingsostudies,”writes.“WeneedtoteachingsciWesuredon’tneedbetalkingequitysocialjustice.”Becauselearning about scary liberal concepts like plants or geography is clear ly a threat to elementary school children. Does he think kids need to wait until middle school to learn that the earth isn’t flat? But as patently wacky as Robinson’s suggestion is, it’s also just plain bad for our state. Public school curricu lum, especially in elementa ry school, provides students with the basic tools they need to succeed in the world. That’s not just a North Caro lina thing. It’s how it works everywhere.Robinson’s no-science, no-history curriculum is bad for our children, who will fall behind because they’re learning concepts like gravi ty and the three branches of government at a slower pace than their peers in other states — or because they sim ply haven’t been taught how to think critically. It’s also bad for our “best in business” economy, which depends on a workforce that can match states competing with us for elite companies.

Police clash with supporters of President Donald Trump during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Cap itol.

Jan. 6 insurrection’s ideology has deep roots in Kansas

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Nor will those companies want to come here if the schools that employees send their kids to don’t teach ba sic things that are building blocks to deeper learning. And it would make a mock ery of North Carolina — something Robinson already manages to do quite often when he makes headlines like this. Does Robinson real ly want us to plummet to the bottom? To be known for the inferiority of our public edu cation system and struggle to recruit industries outside of manufacturing?BrianLiVecchi, Robin son’s chief of staff, appeared to offer more context on Twitter, arguing that reading should be prioritized over other subjects like “chemis try and economics.” “NC public schools are failing to reliably meet even the basic and fundamental requirement of teaching our kids to read. Get that right first,” he Readingwrote.and other sub jects are not mutually exclu sive, however, and sending kids into the world with an incomplete un derstanding of how it works is hardly bet ter than failing to teach them to read. Stu dents need part,forsomethingeducationwell-roundeda—that,themostthey’real ready receiving right now. What do Republicans think about Robinson’s latest pronouncement? Are they willing to help him advance this kind of legislative agen da?If Robinson were gover nor, he technically wouldn’t have the authority to initi ate such a radical change to public school curriculum on his own. But we’re not sure who actually would, since Robinson also wants to eliminate the State Board of Education, which is the en tity responsible for revising content standards and the required course of study. As lieutenant governor, Robin son is currently a member of the very board he’s seeking to Perhapseliminate.we should thank the lieutenant governor for his candor, because North Carolinians now have a more precise idea of what they’d be voting for in 2024. Rob inson keeps giving Demo crats and Republicans alike more reasons to think he’s bad news. We can’t say we weren’t warned.

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A look back in t me.A look back in t me. 50 Years Ago August 1972 The City of Iola will ac cept petitions for sidewalk improvements until Aug. 25. The program is strictly a volunteer program for those wishing to construct or re place sidewalks abutting their property. Costs will run approximately 77 cents per square foot. Bill Mentzer, well known area farmer, will join Allen County State Bank full time as agricultural representa tive Nov. 1, Ray Pershall, bank president, announced today. Mentzer, 41, was born and raised on the farm where he now lives, five miles north and four miles west of Iola. He and his wife, Marjorie, have four children. Contact Us 302 S. Washington, Iola 620-365-2111 news@iolaregister.comwww.iolaregister.com

Journalism that makes a difference When pro-Trump extrem ists converged in Washing ton, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, they followed precedents that had been in the works for a long time. In winter 1979, the Amer ican Agriculture Movement led a “tractorcade” from the Midwest and plains to the U.S. capital. AAM’s goal was to draw attention to the nation’s agricultural crisis. Since 1935, half of farms on the Great Plains had failed. Those who did not had to expand and become more dependent on loans and ex pensive cates,nistscommongasohol.forploringSomeoverAAM’slicity,math.inlederally.”disservicethelong-hairswith“ByJamesdominated“The“Harvestontrafficmediatendedfunctioning.theequipmentcapital,thetic.D.C.ceed.agood16MarchLuthererations.beenlandandschools,sight.closurespricesWhenequipment.grainandlivestockfellinthe1970s,forebecameacommonSodidclosingsofsmall-townbanks,businesses.PeopleleftandhomesthathadfamilyownedforgenWiththeRev.MartinKing’slandmarkonWashingtononlyyearspast,AAMhadreasontothinksuchdemonstrationwouldsucButurbanitesintheareaprovedunsympaWhenablizzardhitthefarmersusedtheirtohelpplowstreetsandgetthecityHowever,thistogetlostamidnewsaccountsofsnarledandscarredlawnstheMall.HeadlineslikeofIllWill”andFarmers’Tantrum”nationalnews.ConservativecolumnistKilpatrickwrote:equatingthemselvesthehippies,yippies,andlooniesof60s,theyhavedoneatofarminggenTheideologicaltrailthattoJan.6beganformanythetractorcade’safterAfterthenegativepubmorethanhalfoflocalchaptersclosedthenexttwoyears.farmersstartedexalternatemarketstheirgrain,suchasOthersdiscoveredcausewithfemiandcivilrightsadvowhomtheysawasfel low oppressed minorities. For a few, stubborn forms of rural nationalism and racist conspiracy theories became convenient ways to explain their predicaments. Eastern Colorado and western Kansas played prominent roles. In Janu ary 1983, police used mace and tear gas to break up farmers who tried to force their way into the Baca County, Colorado, court house to stop a foreclosure auction. A year earlier, 56 people attended an “ecolog ical seminar” near Weskan, on the states’ border, that taught camouflage, hand-tohand combat, and construc tion of pipe bombs for home defense.Through the 1980s, propa ganda from the John Birch Society and the posse comi tatus started finding its way onto kitchen tables and into after-church socials. Chris tian Identity literature de scribed Kansas as the site of Armageddon’s “Battle of the Wheat Fields,” when farmers would make their stand against urban Black and Jewish people storming the countryside, looking for food.In 1985, the FBI and Kan sas Crime Prevention Asso ciation claimed that foreclo sures in the Plains region elevated membership in paramilitary organizations to more than 2 million. With some violent ex ceptions, the militia move ment largely spent itself in the 1990s. But thanks to the rhetoric of charis matic politicians, its ide ology of armed anti-gov ernment resistance and liberal-elite conspiracies, fomented in corrupt East ern cities, found a home in mainstream conservatism during the decades ahead. It would be a mistake to exaggerate the rural ori gins of the insurrection of Jan. 6. Many who stormed the Capitol that day came from cities and suburbs. They were factory workers, Realtors, IT technicians — hardly the kind of angry pickup-driving types often assumed in stereotypes about Trump supporters. But that event did culmi nate from, and contribute to, a growing city-country split that becomes more evi dent with each election. Kansas leaders ignore this history at their peril. Depopulation in our ru ral areas continues strong. Each census reveals more parts of Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas returning to the 1890 definition of “frontier” as having less than two people per square mile. Those who leave tend to be young, better educated and politically moderate, more prepared to pursue opportunities elsewhere. What remains are aging communities more isolated, and more prone to radical thought and behavior, than before.Areview of the county breakdowns on the Aug. 2 vote shows a clear rejection of the “Value Them Both” abortion amendment in ur ban areas. Yet even in most rural counties, surprising numbers of “No” votes in excess of 40% occurred, proving you can’t always know a person by their ZIP code.Progressives might have a rare opportunity here to build bridges. But that will require sensitivity, some acknowledgement that the fears of rural Kansans about their way of life be ing under attack are real, because they are. Indifferent shrugs and a concession to the inevitabil ity of metropolitan life will be insufficient. About the author: Jim Leiker is professor of histo ry at Johnson County Com munity College in Overland Park. In 2009, founded the Kansas Studies Institute. He is the author of nu merous books and articles on Kansas and the West, among them Racial Bor ders: Black Soldiers along the Rio Grande and, with Ramon Powers, The North ern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory.

A gazebo at Allen County Regional Hospital has been moved to a new location along a walking trail built around the hospital grounds. The trail was built by Thrive Allen County for patients, staff and visitors. A healing garden will be planted around the gazebo, targeted for the fall if the weather cooperates. County crews including Mitch Garner with Public Works and Mark Griffith with the road and bridge departments helped with the move, along with Chad Scott, ACRH facilities.

Funding approved for renovation at Osawato mie State Hospital will increase bed capacity there from 163 to 218 within 18 months, she said. Expanding Larned State Hospital wasn’t practical because the lo cal labor supply was in sufficient to staff more beds, she However,said.Howard told legislators the sustained high volume of people with serious mental health conditions was straining health care systems and law en forcement agencies. A new state hospital in Wichita could be justi fied because nearly 20% of patients admitted to the state hospitals at Osawatomie and Larned come from Sedgwick County, she said. “There’s a lot of rea sons why Sedgwick County makes a lot of sense if we’re looking at the cost of adding beds,” Howard said.

Shortage of mental health beds a factor in violence

Shyshki na, a 74-year-old widow who lived within sight of the Zaporizhzhia plant before her apart ment was bombard ed and her husband killed, said she be lieves the Russians are capable of intention ally causing a nuclear disaster.Fighting in early March caused a brief fire at the plant’s train ing complex that offi cials said did not result in the release of any radiation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Rus sia’s military actions there amount to “nu clear blackmail.” No civilian nuclear plant is designed for a wartime situation, although the build ings housing Zapor izhzhia’s six reactors are protected by rein forced concrete that could withstand an er rant shell, experts say. The more immedi ate concern is that a disruption of electric ity supply — like the one nuclear power op erator, Energoatom, re ported Thursday that meant two remaining reactors at the plant were disconnected from the grid. The operator said it couldn’t immediately comment on the oper ation of safety systems at the plant, where emergency diesel gen erators are sometimes unreliable.External power is es sential not just to cool the two reactors still in operation but also the spent radioactive fuel stored in special facili ties onsite — and only one of the plant’s four power lines connecting it to the grid has been operational.“Ifwelose the last one, we are at the total mercy of emergency power generators,” said Najmedin Mesh kati, a professor of civ il and itarizedagreementfromsonnelalurgedRosemaryday,CouncilGrossiweMoscowagencyweektinPresidentwhoEmmanuelwithafterFrance-24vancing,complicatedaccesshow“days.”sionheGrossi,head,severalZaporizhzhiatricityplant,conventionalformersweekshellingnucleargynationaldioactivecauseshelling,alsoarewherenearbyaboutCalifornia.versityengineeringenvironmentalattheUniofSouthernAnotherconcernthefightingisthatpoolsspentfuelrodskepttobecooledarevulnerabletowhichcouldthereleaseoframaterial.KyivtoldtheInterAtomicEnerAgency,theU.N.’swatchdog,thatearlierthisdamagedtransatanearbypowerdisruptingelecsuppliestotheplantforhours.Theatomicagency’sRafaelMarianosaidThursdayhopestosendamistotheplantwithinNegotiationsoverthemissionwouldtheplantarebutadhesaidontelevisionmeetinginParisFrenchPresidentMacron,pressedRussianVladimirPuinaphonecalllasttoallowtheU.N.tovisitthesite.“Kyivacceptsit.acceptsit.Soneedtogothere,”said.AtaU.N.SecuritymeetingTuesU.N.politicalchiefDiCarlothewithdrawofallmilitaryperandequipmenttheplantandanonademilzonearoundit.

Hospital gazebo hits the trail

TOPEKA — A patient in mental health crisis undergoing treatment at the overcrowded Ascen sion Via Christi St. Jo seph in Wichita brutally attacked a nurse check ing his vital signs. “He comes off the bed and grabs her neck and he is intent on squeezing the life out of her,” said Robyn Chadwick, pres ident of Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph. “Be fore he completely had his hands tight around her neck she was able to get out a squeal.” Her cry for help sum moned other staff mem bers who subdued the patient at south-central Kansas’ largest provider of acute mental health services. The violent in cident was a symptom of overcrowding in the Ascension hospital’s emergency room and a reminder of the long standing shortage of bed space at state mental hos pitals in Osawatomie and Larned, Chadwick said. She endorsed con struction of a 50-bed be haviorial health facility in Sedgwick County, a proposal under consid eration Tuesday by a House and Senate com mittee.The catch, Chadwick said, was additional hospital beds wouldn’t automatically close the statewide gap in access to mental health ser vices because of staff ing shortages plaguing health care facilities in Kansas.Sherecommended the state invest in develop ment of nurses, social workers, counselors and other health workers by offering in-state tuition rates to nonresidents, creating student loan forgiveness programs and modifying licensing and certification proto col to allow reciprocity with other states. The state needs to expand el igibility for Medicaid to provide wider insurance coverage of lower-in come individuals and generate revenue for hospitals struggling to recruit and retain staff, she“Isaid.have great anxiety and trepidation about adding a 50-bed hospi tal,” Chadwick said. “I don’t know how we would staff it.” Sedgwick County officials requested an appropriation of $40 million from the Legis lature for construction of the regional behav ioral health facility. In addition, Gov. Laura Kelly recommended the state budget include $15 million to support the project.Separately, Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph submitted a proposal to the Legislature for $22 million to expand its emergency room. The objective is to incorpo rate a 20-bed psychiatric safe area at the hospital to better segregate pa tients in the emergency room, she said. Rep. Kyle Hoffman, a Coldwater Republican on the joint committee studying mental health bed space issues, asked Chadwick whether it was necessary to add a new state psychiatric hospital and expand at Ascension Via Christi. Chadwick said hundreds of Wichita hospital beds devoted to patients with mental health challeng es had been lost during the past 30 years. “I truly believe both are needed,” Chadwick said. “We will stay in this business, but we need your help to do it.”

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

COURTESY OF THRIVE ALLEN COUNTY fires damaged the only working transmis sion line, according to Ukraine’s nuclear pow er operator. It was not clear if the plant had been reconnected. As long as it remains off the grid, it will have to rely on emergency die sel generators to run cooling systems that are essential for the safe operation of the reactors.Thecutoff under scored concerns about the plant, which the government in Kyiv alleges Russia is essen tially holding hostage, storing weapons there and launching attacks from around it. Mos cow, meanwhile, accus es Ukraine of reckless ly firing on the facility, which is located in the city of “AnybodyEnerhodar.who un derstands nuclear safety issues has been trembling for the last six months,” Mycle Schneider, an indepen dent policy consultant and coordinator of the World Nuclear Indus try Status Report, said before the latest inci dent at the plant. Ukraine cannot sim ply shut down its nu clear plants during the war because it is heavi ly reliant on them, and its 15 reactors at four stations provide about half of its electricity. Still, an ongoing con flict near a working atomic plant is trou bling for many experts who fear that a dam aged facility could lead to a Thatdisaster.fearis palpable just across the Dnieper River in Nikopol, where residents have been under nearly con stant Russian shell ing since July 12, with eight people killed, 850 buildings damaged and over the half the popu lation of 100,000 fleeing theLiudmylacity.

Laura Howard, secre tary of the Kansas De partment for Aging and Disability Services, said the state concentrated in recent years on in vestments in communi ty-based initiatives that included crisis stabiliza tion centers and mobile crisis teams working to divert people from in-pa tient hospital care.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. homered during Kansas City’s five-run rally in the seventh inning, leading Brady Singer and the Royals over the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 Wednesday night.Arizona starter Zac Gallen extended his shutout streak to 27 1/3 innings, leaving after the sixth with a 1-0 lead. He gave up three hits, walked three and struck out six. “I just felt like I was trying to worry about (the shutout streak),” Gallen said. “It’s one of those things where if you let it get too big and control you too much it can be a problem. I felt like that in the first couple innings. I was trying to worry about that too much. I just need to do my job and not worry about it.” The Royals broke loose in the seventh against the Arizona bullpen. Kansas City finished with seven hits, snapping an eight-game streak of six hits or less. “Guys coming through in big situations, that situational hitting is what we need to fight our way in close games,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said. “And then Bobby Witt does what Bobby Witt does.”Christian Walker hit his career-high 30th homer for Arizona, which has dropped four of Singerfive.(7-4) allowed four hits, including a fifth-inning solo homer by Daulton Varsho, in seven innings. “I felt good,” Singer said. “The fastball, slider were working. The fastball had a lot of movement on it.” Singer is 4-1 over his past 10 starts, posting a 2.14 ERA in that span. “I don’t know a pitcher around the league who has thrown better than what the guy on the other side has, except maybe our guy,” Matheny said. “He’s going to have to be good because their guy isn’t giving up anything. He kept us in the game right down to his last hitter, figured out how to get it done and let his offense figure out a way to doGallensomething.”hadhis fifth scoreless outing in the past seven starts, with a sparkling 0.80 ERA in that stretch. Kansas City tagged Noe Ramirez (4-4) and Joe Mantiply for five runs in the seventh.After Nicky Lopez made it 1-all with a suicide squeeze bunt, MJ Melendez hit a goahead“That’ssingle.part of Nicky’s game,” Matheny said. “It’s a weapon that Nicky has. He’s so good at bunting. In that situation it’s a really hard play to “Itdefend.”juststarted with what (Kyle Isbel) did leading off and Nicky getting him in, and MJ getting that base hit,” Witt said. “That was an energy booster. Everything was building, building. You could feel it building and we scored some more runs.” Witt hit his team-leading 18th homer, a three-run drive

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By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register Yuki Ikezaki controls the ball from a defender.

It took until the final seconds of the Allen Community College men’s soccer home opener to come away victorious. The men stormed back from a twogoal deficit in double overtime to beat Johnson County Community College. The women, meanwhile, got pummeled 4-0 by JCCC’s Lady Cavaliers. Women’s Soccer The Lady Red Devils were sluggish for much of the opening half, allowing JCCC to control the ball. Allen's first goal came 42 minutes into the game. The opening goal for the Lady Cavaliers was unassisted and saw Darrian Gordon chip a shot over the goalkeeper's head for the 1-0Onlylead. two minutes later, Gordon headed in her second goal from the back line for the 2-0 first half advantage. With blistering hot temperatures in Iola on Wednesday, the two-goal Allen deficit at halftime sunk head coach Jeremy McGinnis’Eventeam.after surrendering four goals to Johnson County in the defeat, Lady Red Devil goalkeeper Daniela Gonzalez made 13 saves on 17 shots. Allen only managed 10 shots on goal in the match.Coming out of the gates after halftime, Johnson County controlled the ball yet again with few sideline fast breaks for Allen County. Eight minutes into the half, JCCC's Willoughby Lam took a pass from Gordon which she turned into a score and the three goal edge,Johnson3-0. County’s Emma Le posted the final goal for her team with 11 minutes remaining in regulation for some insurance room. The assist was fed by Madalyn Crow and came on a set of cross volley kicks in front of the net. This would give Johnson County their winning score over Allen, 4-0. Coach McGinnis and Katherine Hammond each received a yellow card during the match. Allen’s Claudia Zahui and Lizeth Suarez registered three shots on goal apiece and Zahui ripped four shots total. Seven Lady Red Devils were able to manage shots on goal for a combined total of 11. Men’s Soccer With the seconds ticking down in the double overtime period of a knotted 2-2 match with Johnson County, ACC’s Temesgn Tezera came through on an unassisted kick from the left side of the net for the winning goal. The crowd went wild and Tezera’s team piled on top of him in celebration. “In the game sometimes as leaders we have to be the ones to be the example setters… I just went to the ball and did what we practiced. I just executed and did what had to be done,” said Tezera. “My message was to just stay in the game. It’s the team that wants it and plays with the most heart that will win.” The comeback victory looked very unlikely in the beginning of the second half when Cavalier Alan Lopez toed in the second goal with an assist by Jacksyn McIntyre for Johnson County giving them a 2-0 advantage.

The Allen men’s soccer team gathers after their win over Johnson County on Wednesday.

By MARC BOWMAN The Associated Press Royals get by Diamondbacks

The opening goal of the match for Johnson County came only six minutes into the game when McIntyre took a cross pass from Dylan Naidu and found the back of the net. It was a quick score for the Cavaliers who got the ball on their side just long enough to score. The Red Devils didn’t find the back of the net until 12 minutes into the second half. Then with about 18 minutes left in regulation, Red Devil Thiago Fernandes came through for a goal from the left side of the net to make it a knotted 2-2 score. The assist was delivered off a cross kick pass from Patrick Alouidor.“Thefight of these guys is unbelievable, I’ve never seen a game like that where we score a goal with one second left, it was crazy,” said Allen head coach Doug Desmarteau. “I’m proud of them and they have heart and they fought the whole way. Temesgn is our captain and he said ‘this is about who wants it more’ and we wanted it more, that was crazy.” After giving up some early goals, Allen’s Samuel Montanez was able to manage six saves in goal with eight

Though the style of soccer in the United States is much different than in Japan, Ikezaki prefers playing in America because he gets to play with people from all over the world and learn about their cultures. This experience is giving the footballer a new perspective on the world that he will carry with him forever.“We have people from

Allen Community College men’s soccer player Yuki Ikezaki enjoys the American culture most about living away from his home country of ThisJapan.is Ikezaki's second season playing as a part of the men’s soccer team at Allen and he represents one of the over 45 countries on the men’s soccer team year in and year Ikezakiout.once tried playing baseball when he was a young buck but didn’t like the sport and was not as good at it as he was at soccer. While soccer takes a backseat to baseball in Japan and many Asian countries, Ikezaki says there’s a few reasons why he prefers playing soccer over baseball.“Ilike soccer because I get to score and assist and it’s an active sport that keeps you moving. When I was young I played soccer and baseball but I wasn’t good at baseball so I played soccer,” said Ikezaki. “Here, playing soccer, it’s moreLastphysical.”yearas a freshman he saw action in five games while starting in one of those games. He also recorded two shots, one assist and a point on the season in his first year playing overseas. From the look of it, Ikezaki is getting much more playing time this season already starting in all three games so far. He scored a goal in the season opener at St. Louis Community College. One of the biggest cultural differences may be the people which are very different from those in his hometown of Amami Oshima. He first came to the United States when he was 14 years old and loved American culture and people. Even with the cultural barrier, Ikezaki seems to fit right in with his teammates. “The culture, the people, all the people are friendly. I like English, and I can’t speak English that well so I came here to study English and culture,” said Ikezaki. “The food is good here. I like hamburgers, tortillas and tacos. But I miss the food in Japan too, ramen, sushi and rice.”

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SEKAAA is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance and services in Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties to individuals 60 years or older that include nutrition services, case management, Medicare assistance, Caregiver support, in-home supports, and other supports based on the needs of the individual. SEKAAA is also the Aging and Disability Resource Center for the above counties.

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Johnson County shots on goal. Three yellow cards were also given to Allen’s team in Daniel Galindo, Geovany Pacheco as well as a team card.In total on Wednesday afternoon, five Red Devils footed shots on goal in Tezera, Fernandes, Alouidor, Geovany Pacheco and Boikaego Mbaakanyi. Johnson County also sent five shots on goal in the match but it was not enough for the win. The Allen Community College women’s and men’s soccer teams will host Neosho on Saturday at 2 and 4 p.m., respectively.

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The Iola Register to deep left-center field. “The ball coming off Bobby’s bat is different,” Matheny said. “He’s been gifted with great hands and strength and bat speed. It’s impressive to Wittwatch.”has extra-base hits in five of his last six games. He ranks first or second among major league rookies in extra-base hits (45), homers, doubles (21), triples (six), RBIs (64), runs (63), and steals (24).“Just trying to get back to feeling comfortable, getting back to being myself and go have fun and compete,” Witt said.

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ISTANBUL (AP) — Barcelona faces another tough Champions League group after being drawn with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan on Thursday as it tries to avoid a second straight groupstage exit since losing LionelBarcelonaMessi. also faced Bayern in the group stage last season when the German club won 3-0 both home and away as the Spanish giant slumped to third place and failed to reach the knockout stage. Still, Barcelona has since recruited former Bayern forward Robert Lewandowski — the two-time FIFA player of the year who will now face his his old teammates — despite financial turmoil that has affected its ability to register and retain players. Inter Milan is another former champion in a group that boasts a combined 14 European Cup or Champions League titles. Viktoria Plze of the Czech Republic is the fourth team in Group C. Real Madrid has 14 titles of its own and will defend the trophy in a group with Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk and ShakhtarCeltic.cannot play in Ukraine during the Russian military invasion and will play "home" games in Warsaw in neighboring Poland. UEFA has banned all Russian teams from itsMessicompetitions.willtry for a second year to bring a first European title to Paris Saint-Germain, which landed in a group with two former two-time champions — Juventus and Benfica — plus Maccabi Haifa. Another reunion after a blockbuster offseason move will see Manchester City's star signing Erling Haaland going back to his old club Borussia Dortmund. That group also includes Sevilla and Copenhagen.Liverpooland Rangers will have a rare England-Scotland clash in the Champions League, in a group that also includes Ajax and Napoli.The Champions League group stage start early this season on Sept. 6 and end five weeks sooner than usual on Nov. 2 because of the World Cup in Qatar, which starts Nov.After20. six rounds of games spanning just eight full weeks, a three-month pause is taken before the round of 16 starts in February.

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Susan joined the Register in 2000 and succeeded her father, Emerson Lynn, as editor and publisher in 2001. He was at the helm from 1965 to 2000. The fourth generation of her family to publish the Register, Susan has also served as president of the Kansas Press Association and the William Allen White Foundation. She currently serves on the Kansas Commission of Judicial Conduct. She attended the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. She has a liberal arts degree from Western Washington University and a master’s of library science from Wayne State University. Susan is married to local physician Brian Wolfe. In their free time they love to travel, spend time with their grandchildren and take advantage of Iola’s amazing trails. 1867-onward 302 S. Washington 620-365-2111 iolaregister.com

TRAINER’S ROOM Royals: RHP Josh Staumont (right biceps tendinitis) and RHP Zack Greinke (right forearm tightness) were placed on the 15day injured list. RHP Collin Snider and LHP Anthony Misiewicz were recalled from Triple-A Omaha.

many countries come here. In Japan, they don’t speak speak English, Portuguese, Spanish so the experience is worth it,” Ikezaki Thesaid.athlete likes how big the United States is and hopes to explore it even more. “I like the nature here. It’s a big country.” Ikezaki has also been to Texas, which he enjoyed. He said he would like to attend a fouryear college after Allen to earn a degree and also continue to play soccer.“Iwant to go to a four-year school here so I have to get a good score on tests and pass. After that I would like to be a pro soccer player,” said Ikezaki. The Allen Community College men’s soccer team will host Neosho Community College on Saturday at 4 p.m.

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LHP Tommy Henry (2-2, 3.57 ERA) starts Friday against White Sox RHP Johnny Cueto (65, 2.58 ERA) in Chicago.Royals: LHP Kris Bubic (2-8, 5.29 ERA) pitches on Friday against the San Diego Padres and LHP Joe Musgrove (8-6, 2.91 ERA). Continued from B1 brackets have Serena facing Kovinic NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams’ first opponent at what is expected to be the last tournament of her career, the U.S. Open, will be Danka Kovinic. Win that, and Williams could face No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the secondTheround.brackets for the women’s and men’s singles events were released Thursday by the U.S. Tennis Association.Play begins Monday; first-round matches will be held that day and Tuesday. There was no immediate word on when Williams will compete. The 23-time Grand Slam champion, who turns 41 on Sept. 26, announced this month she was preparing to step away from her playing career. She did not explicitly say when she planned to stop but made it sound as if the U.S. Open would mark herWilliamsfarewell. has won the hard-court tournament in Flushing Meadows six times. She is just 1-3 this season, having recently returned to singles action after a year away following a firstround injury exit at Wimbledon in 2021. Her first match back came at the All England Club in late June, and she lost her opener there in a thirdset tiebreaker to 115thranked Harmony Tan. Kovinic is a 27-yearold from Montenegro who is 80th in the WTA rankings this week and has been as high as 46th. Williams and Kovinic have never played each other in singles. After winning a match at a tournament in Toronto, Williams was eliminated in straight sets there by Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Belinda Bencic, then lost again in straight sets at Cincinnati against reigning U.S. Open champion Emma 410thutedofweeksspentU.S.focuserytennisinghasBecauseRaducanu.Williamssaidshe’sprepar-towinddownhercareer,herev-movewillbetheatthestartoftheOpen.WhileWilliamshasmorethan300atNo.1,herlackactivityhascontrib-toaslide;sheisthisweek.Thatmeantshe would not be seeded in New York and could have been placed anywhere in the field — and against any player. Other possible opponents for Williams, should she progress through the tournament, include No. 27 seed Martina Trevisan of Italy in the third round and 2021 U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez of Canada or 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in the fourth.She could face her sister Venus only in the final, because they are on opposite sides of the bracket.No.1 Iga Swiatek, a two-time French Open champion, will meet Jasmine Paolini in the first round, while Raducanu will begin her title defense against AlizePotentialCornet. quarterfinals are Swiatek vs. No. 8 Jessica Pegula, and No. 4 Paula Badosa vs. No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka on the top half of the field, and Kontaveit — or, perhaps, Williams — vs. Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur, and No. 3 Maria Sakkari vs. No. 7 Simona Halep or French Open runner-up Coco Gauff on the bottom half. Shortly before the draw announcement, some expected news arrived: Novak Djokovic tweeted that he would not be in New York for the U.S. Open. The 35-year-old from Serbia, who owns 21 Grand Slam titles, is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Foreign citizens who have not received the shot are not allowed to enter the United States.

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