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Senate wants sports betting

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers who want to legalize betting on sports events and allow online sales of lottery tickets are struggling to agree on the details and facing criticism that they’re being too generous toward companies already managing casinos for the state.

The state Senate voted 23-15 on Wednesday to approve a sports betting bill less than month after the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory in professional football’s Super Bowl highlighted how many Kansas fans likely placed wagers on the team out of state or illegally. Approval came after a four-hour debate and sent the bill to the House, but a committee there is working on its own legislation that is likely to differ significantly.

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There may be no more appropriately titled skit for the upcoming Allen Community College drama production than a one-act play directed

by Yates Center’s Carolyn Appleton — “The Some of All Parts.”

Appleton’s piece — a story about a man, his girlfriend and his missing libido — is one of six student-directed one-acts that run Thursday.

And while each of the six pieces has a decidedly different plots (and tones, for that matter) they combine to bring a delightfully entertaining night of drama and comedy to the stage.

The one-acts run at 7:30 tonight, Friday and Saturday at the Allen Theatre. Tickets sell at the door for $5 apiece. Allen students will be admitted free of charge.

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Above, Kaitlyn Hanks and Bobby Whitsell, with Austin Wickwire, rehearse a scene from studentdirected one-acts that begin tonight. Others are, lower left, Judd Wiltse, Ryan Clary and Maxwell Kays, and lower right, Julius Hodges and Braelyn Falls. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

THE SHOW opens with “My Dinner With Rocco,” directed by the incomparable See PLAYS | Page A5

Trump urges calm even as US reports worrisome new virus case WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the new respiratory virus sweeping the globe isn’t inevitable even as top health authorities at his side warned Americans that more infections are coming.

Shortly after Trump spoke Wednesday, the government announced a worrisome development: Another person in the U.S. is infected — someone in California who doesn’t appear to have the usual risk factors of having traveled abroad or being exposed to another patient.

President Donald Trump At a White House news conference, Trump sought to minimize fears as he insisted the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the COVID-19 outbreak brings. Under fire about the government’s response, he put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of coor-

dinating the efforts.

“This will end,” Trump said of the outbreak. “You don’t want to see panic because there’s no reason to be panicked.”

But standing next to him, the very health officials Trump praised for fighting the new coronavirus stressed that schools, businesses and individuals need to get ready.

“We do expect more cases,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

If the CDC confirms that the latest U.S. case doesn’t involve travel or contact with

an infected person, it would be a first in this country and a sign that efforts to contain the virus’ spread haven’t been enough.

“It’s possible this could be an instance of community spread of COVID-19,” the CDC said in a statement.

More than 81,000 cases of COVID-19, an illness characterized by fever and coughing and in serious cases shortness of breath or pneumonia, have occurred since the new virus emerged in China.

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Poll: Election security and integrity worry Americans

Playground fire Iola fire crews extinguish a fire that destroyed playground equipment at an Iola Housing Authority apartment complex in the 300 block of North Second Street. The blaze also damaged shutters of a nearby apartment. It was not immediately clear how the fire started, and it remains under investigation, Iola Fire Chief Tim Thyer said. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL Vol. 122, No. 86 Iola, KS 75 Cents

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans have widespread concerns about the security and integrity of elections, with few saying they have high confidence that votes in the 2020 presidential election will be counted accurately.

A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds skepticism about the democratic process in the United States.

While a third of Americans say they have high confidence in an accurate count, roughly another third are only moderately confident and a remaining third say they have little confidence.

“What’s to prevent old Vlad Putin from interfering in the election? I don’t know,” says Reid Gibson, an independent voter in Missouri, referring to the Russian president, who

U.S intelligence agencies say interfered in the 2016 election with a sophisticated operation to sow division and help elect Donald Trump, a Republican.

FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress this month that Russia is still engaged in “information warfare” heading into the 2020 election but that law enforcement has not seen efforts to target infrastructure like the voting machines.

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Riebel files to keep Surviving hurricanes, sea rise in Keys may county clerk job mean $3 billion in home buyouts, elevations Sherrie Riebel is seeking another fouryear term as Allen County Clerk.

Riebel filed by petition Wednesday to be placed on the November ballot.

“I love my job and the people I work with,” said Riebel, a Republican.

As county clerk, Riebel carries several responsibilities, perhaps most prominently as the county’s chief elections officer.

The county clerk

a l s o h a n dles the count y ’ s financial reports; a u d i t s Riebel budgets and computes tax levies; and maintains records for the County Commission.

She was first elected to the post in 1996.

The filing deadline for county offices is noon June 1.

Hope Unlimited ready for annual fundraiser A successful fundraiser Friday for Hope Unlimited will set the right tone for the entire year, director Dorothy Sparks said.

“This gets the momentum going for fundraising for the year, and allows us to raise matching funds for our grants,” Sparks said.

Hope Unlimited, which provides assistance and shelter to victims of domestic and sexual violence, offers its annual Winter Fest Wine Tasting & Culinary Event starting at 6:30 p.m.

Friday at the Piqua Knights of Columbus.

Participants can sample a dozen different wines, along with gourmet foods and desserts or non-alcoholic sparkling water

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New this year is a “Plant & Sip” activity, replacing the “Paint & Sip” event from years past. Attendees can sip their wine while planting a succulent to take home. Soil, plants and pots will be provided.

The silent auction also returns, offering numerous items including Kansas City Chiefs memorabilia.

The auction typically includes a Kate Spade designer purse; this year, the auction includes two purses.

Other returning activities include the Wine Toss and Cork Pull stations, and music provided by a DJ service.

Individual tickets are available at the door for $20 or by calling 620-365-2016.

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By ALEX HARRIS Miami Herald

MIAMI — A bird’s eye look at the Florida Keys is all it takes to understand that little stands between the chain of islands and the sea.

A new federal study all but confirms that there are few big, structural options to keep the Keys safe from the stronger hurricanes and rising seas that climate change is expected to bring. The answer, it suggests, is a combination of elevation and retreat.

In a presentation shown to Monroe County Commissioners last week, the Army Corps of Engineers outlined a $3 billion strategy to protect the Keys. The only new construction measure considered is adding additional rocks on either side of U.S. 1 in six key spots. The rest of the plan is a combination of elevating homes, businesses and essential buildings and “retreat” in the form of government-funded buyouts.

“It is less traditional that our usual coastal studies,” said Susan Layton, the Corps chief of planning and policy for the Norfolk District and lead for the Monroe County project. “You really cannot keep the water back, so really a lot more of this project is how do we react to the water and live with the water to make the Keys

Debris in a canal on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys, Jan. 18, 2018. The Army Corps of Engineers recently outlined a $3 billion strategy to defend the Keys from future hurricanes and sea level rise. (Charles Trainor Jr./Miami Herald/TNS)

a viable place to live and make that lifestyle available for as many years as possible.”

In Miami-Dade, the federal engineering team is proposing dramatic construction fixes, including 10 to 13-foot walls along the coast, surge barriers at the mouths of rivers and thousands of home elevations and buyouts.

The Keys plan would skip the massive walls and instead pay to floodproof or even elevate all the “critical infrastructure” in the Keys, which includes hospitals, fire and police stations and water treatment facilities.

It’s unclear precisely how many private homes and businesses could face the prospect of elevation or buyouts.

Army Corps officials offered estimates during an unrecorded webinar

with Monroe County officials in January, but they were not included in last week’s presentation and Corps and county officials declined to disclose them.

“We don’t have numbers that we have enough confidence in to release,” said Layton.

Those numbers will include the 62 Keys properties already in line to sell their homes to the state after damage from 2017’s Hurricane Irma.

The state has considered re-opening the pot of money after considerable interest in the Keys.

The homes are expected to be sold and demolished in about a year, although homeowners are allowed to back out of the process at any time.

But unlike the state buyout program, which will purchase homes sporadically around the Keys, the Corps plans to

buy out a concentrated area to avoid “checkerboarding” of city services and flood protection.

“Part of our analysis is making sure they’re grouped appropriately and you’re not buying them here or there,” she said.

However, those buyouts could come with a catch.

If the county wants to tap into federal funds for buyouts, Army Corps policy mandates that homeowners targeted for buyouts will either have to voluntarily sell their property or Monroe would have to agree to seize and buy properties through eminent domain, an always controversial choice in a state with a Republican political leadership that has consistently opposed condemnations. Layton said that has been Corps policy since 2016 but acknowledges its a “sensitive topic.”

“We don’t ever go straight to condemnation. We always start with negotiating and coordinating with homeowners and looking for willing sellers,” she said.

“It’s a lot of process before you would ever get to that point.”

Monroe officials appeared anxious about the possibility of using eminent domain. They asked the Corps to meet with all the cities in the region and get their feedback.

Pope ill, cancels visit Earth has temporarily VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is sick and skipped a planned Mass with Rome clergy across town today, officials said.

The Vatican said the 83-year-old pontiff had a “slight indisposition” and would proceed with the rest of his planned work for today.

But Francis “preferred to stay near Santa Marta,” the Vatican hotel where he lives.

There was no word from the Vatican about the nature of his illness, but the pope was seen coughing and blowing his nose during the Ash Wednesday Mass. It comes amid an outbreak of the coronavirus in Italy that has sickened more than 400 people, almost all of them in the north.

Rome had three cases,

but all three were cured.

Francis had been scheduled to go to the St. John Lateran basilica across town to meet with Rome clergy and celebrate a penitential Mass at the start of Lent. Francis is bishop of Rome, but delegates the day-to-day running of the archdiocese to a vicar.

The Argentine pope has generally enjoyed good health. He lost part of one lung as a young man because of a respiratory illness, and suffers from sciatica, which makes walking difficult.

Francis has had a busy schedule lately, including his public general audience on Wednesday and the Ash Wednesday service later in the day in a Roman basilica.

gained another moon

By CHRISTINE CLARIDGE The Seattle Times

Look up toward the sky and wave hello to Earth’s new mini moon — even if you can’t see it.

Our planet temporarily gained an additional, natural moon when a small asteroid was pulled into Earth’s orbit three years ago, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced late Tuesday.

The asteroid, lyrically named 2020 CD3, is estimated to be about 6 to 12 feet in diameter.

Multiple observations of the “temporarily captured object” are documented in a new Minor Planet Electronic Circular published by the MPC. The post indicates that the object is “temporarily bound to the Earth.”

“No evidence of perturbations due to solar radiation pressure is seen, and no link to a known artificial object has been found,” astronomers wrote. “Further ob-

servations and dynamical studies are strongly encouraged.”

The 2020 CD3 was discovered Feb. 15 by astronomers at the University of Arizona Lunar & Planetary Laboratory’s Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, and more than 30 observations of it were made two days later, according to astronomy news site EarthSky. Kacper Wierzchos, a researcher with the Catalina Sky Survey and a member of the team that discovered the orbiting body, has been posting pictures and explanations of the findings on Twitter.

He said that while the mass is small, “it’s a big deal as out of (approximately) 1 million known asteroids, this is just the second asteroid known to orbit Earth (after 2006 RH120, which was also discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey).”

The news was greeted with excitement in the astronomy world, though no one seems to know how long the mini moon will stick around.

Belarus: Forced into Russia MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The president of Belarus said today that his country is “being forced into integration” with Russia and insisted that real integration of the two countries’ economies implied “sovereignty and independence” for Belarus.

“We remain committed, as always, to real integration without being forced into integration,” President Alexander Lukashenko said at

a meeting with Mikhail Myasnikovich, chair of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

His statement comes as tensions are running high between the neighboring ex-Soviet states.

Negotiations on closer economic ties have stalled, Russia halted oil supplies to Belarus and Lukashenko has repeatedly accused the Kremlin of pushing for a merger of the two countries.

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Elsmore Ruritan to host dinner ELSMORE — Elsmore Ruritan Club will have its annual chili/ soup supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Elsmore Community Building.

Club members will serve chili and a variety of soups, homemade cornbread, crackers, cake and a drink for a freewill donation.

Proceeds will go to the club’s college scholar-

ship fund. Last year the club awarded $1,400 in scholarships.

Tickets will be sold for dessert drawings held throughout the evening. Diners bringing an item for the Elsmore Blessing Box or a nonperishable food item for the food pantry will receive one free dessert drawing ticket per diner.

Blessing Box items can include non-perishable

food, small household items such as dish detergent, bath or facial tissues, toothpaste/brush, etc.

Each year the Ruritan club helps Marmaton Valley High School, provides treat bags to students riding the bus from Elsmore to Moran at Halloween and distributes calendars to senior citizens at Christmas. The club supports

the Allen County Fair, has a dog/cat vaccination clinic, helps maintain the city playground, community building and community garden, and distributes food monthly in conjunction with Feed America and Humboldt Ministerial Alliance.

Last year the club sponsored the July 4 celebration and the annual Elsmore Days.

and replaced the beacon thanks to an FAA grant.

lations. RWE has proposed building a wind farm in the western half of the county.

nute Tribune reported.

Employee health care costs, for example, increased 11% last year.

The school’s tuition rate will now be $110 per credit hour for on-campus classes. Students from outside the county will be assessed an additional dollar per credit hour.

Area news Pipeline project slated to begin WELDA — A $141 million gas pipeline project will begin Monday at Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline from Welda to Ottawa, the Anderson County Review reported. The project will construct a new 36inch gas pipeline along the 31.5 mile route. The second year of the project will remove existing 26- and 20-inch lines currently in service.

Parsons airport receives funding PARSONS — The Tri-City Airport will receive nearly $1 million of new funding for a new parallel taxiway to connect the existing taxiway with the airport’s runway, according to The Parsons Sun. The city also received a $225,000 grant for new fuel tanks at the airport. The new taxiway will be constructed in 2021. Last year, the city resealed the runway

Grant will fund sewer project FREDONIA — The City of Fredonia was awarded $600,000 in Community Development Block Grants to create a wastewater treatment facility. The city will provide $2,219,400 in matching funds through USDA Rural Development.

Labette Co. receives wind farm study MOUND VALLEY — A wind study committee gave an update on plans that could allow RWE Renewables Development, a German utility company, to develop a wind farm in Labette County, according to The Parsons Sun. The county commission issued a moratorium on wind farm construction until November 2020, to give the committee time to look into wind energy development and regu-

Garnett eyes housing projects GARNETT — City officials are pushing for a feasibility study to determine the viability of new housing projects in general, and a new senior housing project in particular, The Anderson County Review reported. Representatives of the Garnett Housing Authority, though, have shown only tepid interest in expanding the city’s housing options in spite of national demographics that show an expanding senior population.

NCCC tuition on the way up CHANUTE — Neosho County Community College will hike its credit hour tuition costs by $2 to combat rising operations costs and stagnant state funding, The Cha-

Keep wipes out of the sewer system WAVERLY — The Waverly City Council wants to educate its citizens about the problems associated with flushing wipes into the city’s sewer system, The Coffey County Republican reported. Manufacturers advertise their products as flushable, but they float and cause damage to lift stations.

City staff must check lift stations more frequently and repairs are costly. The city plans to begin an advertisement campaign to educate the public about what to flush and not flush.

Unity Club learns about Osage oil murders At their Feb. 23 meeting, Unity Club members discussed the book “Killers of the Moon”

by David Grann, a work nominated for the 2017 National Book Award.

According to Unity readers, in the early 1870s the Osage people had been driven from their lands in Kansas onto a rocky, presumably worthless reservation in northeastern Oklahoma, only to discover decades later that this land was

positioned above some of the richest oil deposits in the United States.

To obtain that oil, prospectors had to pay the Osage for leases and royalties.

In the early 20th century, each person whose name was inscribed on the tribal roll as members began receiving quarterly checks, which quickly amassed into vast fortunes.

By one account, the amount of oil money

received surpassed even the total value of all the Old West gold rushes combined.

Many Osage began living as millionaires.

In the early 1920’s, however, members of the Osage tribe were systematically murdered for their headrights.

Between 1921 and 1925, the murders grew to 28 in number and perhaps many more.

The newspapers dubbed this period the

Osage Reign of Terror.

“Killers of the Moon” not only delves into these mysterious murders, but masterfully weaves together the history of Osage, oil exploitation on Osage lands, the criminal justice system in the 1920’s and the rise of the newly formed FBI under director J. Edgar Hoover.

Unity Club will next meet at the home of Kit McGuffin, with a presentation by Donna Lower Nord.

Stocks slide as coronavirus fears spread The Associated Press

Global stock markets fell today on concerns that the coronavirus was spreading to more countries, putting further strain on businesses and supply chains across the world.

In Europe, where new cases were being reported, the markets in Germany, France and Great Britain all suffered losses. Markets were also down in Japan and South Korea.

In the U.S., the future for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1% and the future contract for the S&P 500 was 0.9% lower.

Traders are concerned the global economy could stumble as major industrial countries struggle to contain the outbreak.

Microsoft said the outbreak in China was hurting it more than expected.

Frankfurt airport said it would reduce some staff work hours as it saw a heavy drop in aviation. Shares in airlines like International Airlines Group

and easyJet, a big European budget carrier, were down by double digits.

“Previous crisis playbooks have all revolved around buying the dip in equities, so I wonder just how much further the fire sale will go before the market at least starts to scale in again,” analyst Stephen Innes of AxiCorp. said in a report. “But based on last night’s price action, it does appear that any bounce in stocks is likely to be short-lived. And eventually, the markets could fall deeper as investors start to think what’s the point of trying to pick the bottom in the short term.”

President Donald Trump announced late Wednesday that the U.S. was stepping up its efforts to combat the virus outbreak that began in China, as the number of cases surpassed 81,000.

He said he was open to spending “whatever’s appropriate” to fight the virus, after the Sen-

ate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York suggested $8.5 billion instead of the requested $2.5 billion. He put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the response to the virus outbreak.

Trump said he didn’t believe a pandemic was inevitable, though health officials standing

beside him warned more infections are coming.

And shortly after Trump spoke, the government announced that another person in the U.S. was infected — someone in California who appears not to have the usual risk factors of having traveled abroad or being exposed to another patient.

Prairie Rose 4-H community leader Kelci Botts presents 4-H’er Ty Scharff with a Prudential Spirit of Community award. COURTESY PHOTO

4-H’er earns service award Ty Scharff, 17, Elsmore, a member of Prairie Rose 4-H Club, and a senior at Marmaton Valley High School, has been honored for his exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program.

Prairie Rose nominated Scharff for the national honor this fall in recognition of his volunteer service.

Scharff has been a Prairie Rose member for nine years, serving as a recreation leader, reporter, parliamentarian, president, and current vice president. While in 4-H, he has participated in the poultry, meat

goat, horticulture, shooting sports, bucket calf and leadership projects.

He is currently the junior leader for the poultry project, and worked last summer as an intern for the Southwind Extension in the Fort Scott office.

He said the best part of 4-H has been, “doing projects and spending time with my family.”

“Ty is a wonderful example of what 4-H can do for our youth,” community leader Kelci Botts said. “He has grown into a wonderful young leader who is hard-working, respectful, and fun. I am honored to have had the privilege to work with Ty.” In its 25th year, the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, sponsored by Prudential Financial, recognizes middle and high school students across the country for their community service.

Bill would allow raw milk sales TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Senate has approved a bill that would allow onthe-farm sales of raw milk so long as farmers have a label on their containers stating that the product is unpasteurized.

The vote Wednesday was 37-3 and sent the measure to the House.

Kansas has allowed the sale of raw milk for decades, but a 1967 law prohibited farmers from advertising its sale outside of their farms. A northwest Kansas dairy farm’s owners sued over the advertising ban in October.

Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the state Department of Agriculture agreed in settling the case

not to enforce the ban.

Schmidt admitted it was “plainly unconstitutional.”

The death of the advertising ban initially led lawmakers to review a proposal to ban the sale of raw milk.

But the Department of Agriculture didn’t want to pursue that idea and legislators also were skeptical.

People who drink and sell raw milk think of it as an allnatural product that brings people closer to the source of their food.

Pasteurized milk undergoes a heating process to kill pathogens. Raw milk straight from a cow or goat is much more likely to carry salmonella, E. coli and other

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Lawmakers will have failed if Medicaid expansion is derailed Make no mistake about it: The success or failure of the Kansas Legislature’s 2020 session — and maybe even life or death for some Kansans without health care — is riding entirely on the next few days and weeks.

The fates of Medicaid expansion and a constitutional amendment limiting abortion have become intertwined with the fate of the legislative session itself.

Especially when it comes to Medicaid expansion. If Medicaid expansion isn’t passed this year, as a majority of legislators say they want, then they will have failed utterly.

If lawmakers also fail to give voters the opportunity to weigh in on the abortion amendment, then the session will have been doubly the failure.

It’s time for lawmakers to step up, reach out, compromise, do their jobs and get these two things done. Now. The difficulty, of course, is that Senate President Susan Wagle, a Republican from Wichita, has tied the outcomes for those two issues together: When the Kansas House failed to approve the abortion amendment earlier this month by the necessary two-thirds majority — falling four votes short of the 84 required — Wagle immediately promised Medicaid expansion wouldn’t see the light of day in the Senate until the House tried again and passed the abortion amendment.

There things have stood since the failed House vote on Feb. 7. It’s been a congressional-sized clog in the state’s legislative machinery.

Abortion amendment supporter Kansans For Life says it is trying to break the logjam by impressing on hesitant Republicans what the group sees as the dangers of approving Medicaid expansion without a constitutional amendment allowing legislative limits on abortion.

Perhaps that’s a winning strategy. But it might also help if proponents dropped their insistence on holding the public referendum on the amendment in the lowturnout August primary and agreed to a more robust public vote in the November general election.

Jeanne Gawdun, Kansans For Life director of government, argues that “attempts to move the measure to the November ballot play right into the hands of the abortion industry” and its “unlimited resources” to muddle the issue — which is basically whether to countermand a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling and give lawmakers the power to enact limitations on abortion.

But that stance — that we can’t trust too many voters with this vital decision — gives Kansans very little credit for knowing what they’re

voting on.

On a matter of this import and impact, we should want as many voters to weigh in as possible. It’s only right. And it’s good public policy. Otherwise you’re likely to have a minority imposing its will on the majority, and that generally doesn’t work for long.

Yet, instead of yielding to the broader public will, amendment supporters appear prepared to torpedo their own amendment — and to take down the cause of Medicaid expansion with it, denying health care to, and perhaps endangering the lives of, as many as 130,000 residents.

Of much lesser importance, but of keen interest to legislators, the failure to approve Medicaid expansion would endanger some political careers: Such a failure of Republicans especially, who are in the majority and in the highest positions of leadership in the Legislature, would undoubtedly become a major issue in the coming elections.

The deadline for the House and Senate to pass bills that originated in their chamber is Thursday — though the abortion amendment is exempt from that deadline.

Medicaid expansion is not exempt, and technically the Senate bill dies if not passed by then. Even after that, there are other bills through which Medicaid expansion could be passed in the Senate, including one from the House that’s already made it over.

But everything apparently depends on the abortion amendment.

It shouldn’t.

“Kansans want affordable health care. They need it now,” says Gov. Laura Kelly, who announced a deal on the issue with Senate Republican Leader Jim Denning in January. “We cannot delay expansion any longer and weigh down this bipartisan compromise with additional barriers. The compromise Sen. Denning and I introduced was sponsored by a majority of Kansas senators.

“Partisanship and political games must not get in the way of progress. I encourage my legislative colleagues — most of whom believe expansion is the right thing to do — to demand a vote on the Senate floor. We must get this done — and get it done right.”

Making law is often about using deadlines as leverage, pushing decision-making to the last minute. But some brinkmanship includes actual brinks, over which real people can tumble.

The Kansas Legislature is playing a dangerous game of chicken with Medicaid expansion and the abortion amendment — and, truth be known, with the public health.

Lawmakers, it’s crunch time. Do your jobs.

— The Kansas City Star

A look back in t me.

35 Years Ago February 1985

Mike Leslie of Iola reached a bowling milestone, 702 for a three-game series, at the Country Lanes bowling alley.

A 700 for a three-game series is considered rare. Leslie’s feat was the first in three years a bowler had rolled a 700 series and only the second

time in the 22-year history of the bowling alley. ***** After 25 years and four months as the Gas postmaster, L.W. Walters retired this afternoon. His wife, Fayette, who has been involved in city and county government for nearly 29 years, also retired today.

Trump’s rejection of facts on Russia is typical. What’s the GOP’s excuse?

President Donald Trump has sent a clear message to America’s intelligence community: Providing an honest assessment of Russia’s election meddling to Congress can end your career. Just ask Joseph Maguire, the former director of national intelligence, fired days after permitting a subordinate to provide just such an honest assessment. Maguire was replaced with unqualified Trump sycophant Richard Grenell, a former ambassador whose first order of business has been to fill the ranks with others like him: those willing to say only what Trump wants to hear.

As congressional Republicans made clear during the impeachment hearings, they’re willing to rationalize almost any level of presidential misbehavior to avoid rebuking Trump. Then, it was the rule of law that was compromised. Now, it’s the very security of the United States.

And yet the GOP continues to shield Trump — not just from accountability but from reality. Where does this end?

As the New York Times revealed, intelligence officials earlier this month warned

House lawmakers that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaigns with an eye toward aiding Trump’s reelection. Republicans in the room reportedly were furious — not that America’s top geopolitical foe is again trying to undermine U.S. elections, but at intelligence officials’ conclusions that the meddling was designed to help Trump. Why would that be, they wanted to know, when Trump has been so tough on Russia? Only in their alternate universe can Trump be regarded as tough on Russia.

When he withheld military aid to Ukraine to advance his personal political interests, Trump served Russian military goals. Trump’s impulsive (if short-lived) order to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria last year was exactly what Russia wanted.

Trump’s frequent tiffs with allies and open criticism of NATO seemed scripted from the Kremlin’s wish list. Then there’s Trump’s consistent and chillingly strange refusal to ever directly confront Russian leader Vladimir Putin — even when prompted to choose between Putin and

U.S. intelligence.

All this, yet congressional Republicans say it makes no sense that Putin would want another four years of Trump in office? It makes perfect sense.

For a look at how responsible public officials handle these awkward situations, consider Bernie Sanders. The same intelligence has concluded Russia is meddling to help him secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Whether that’s because Russia thinks Sanders would be a weak president, or beatable by Trump in November, Moscow’s support isn’t exactly flattering. Yet Sanders issued a strong statement condemning not the U.S. messengers, but the Kremlin — something Trump has so far been unable to make himself do.

The president’s defenders insist that Russian meddling isn’t meant to help Trump but to generally sow chaos in America’s political system.

Have they considered that, even if that is the only goal, Trump’s reelection would serve it well?

— St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Recipe for panic — disinformation Two opposing but equally malignant approaches to the coronavirus epidemic are emerging. One would flood the information space with lies, while the other would shut that space down to all voices but one. Their sponsors, not surprisingly, are Russia and China.

Open governments are struggling to encourage responsibility about a growing pandemic without inspiring panic. Russia appears to be trying to do just the opposite.

Evidence suggests Moscow is spreading propaganda designed to stoke anxiety about the virus and distrust in authorities’ efforts to fight it.

Meanwhile, citizens in China are suffering not from a deluge of misleading material but from a dearth of open discussion.

U.S. officials say thousands of Russian-linked accounts on social media have been posting “almost near identical” messages about the coronavirus in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French — all echoing narratives on state-run media. These stories mostly target the West, alleging, for example, that the virus was forged in a U.S. lab to be unleashed on the Chinese people. Bill Gates and George Soros, in some tellings, were in on the plot.

The lies could breed geopo- that the agents alleged “atlitical discord, and they could tacks the Communist Party also sow doubt in developing of China.” He was forced to nations about the response sign a “promise note” not to to the outbreak. In Ukraine, repeat the “threat.” NPR rea fake Ministry of Health ports that a resident of the email sent from outside the coastal city of Wenzhou had country provoked protesters her WeChat account suspendto smash the windows of bus- ed when she spoke of a lack es filled with evacuees from of face masks. Wuhan resiChina and burn dents desperate barricades. for treatment The Chinese and supplies Governments that are also being have a different problem. Offi- try to persuade their silenced.

Ofcials are using citizens to believe only ficials have intheir ability to what they want them structed Intermonitor Wenet companies Chat accounts to believe could get to “conduct even outside people killed. special superthe country to vision,” and censor expatriauthorities are ates who share filling the void articles critiwith their own cal of President Xi Jinping’s rosier descriptions of rapid response. One entrepreneur responses and bravery on the living in San Francisco tried front lines. to share information with his China and Russia are modfamily that he thought the re- eling the go-to responses gime might be suppressing. authoritarian regimes have Suddenly he began receiving adopted in the digital age for messages from friends asking robbing the Web of its defor his precise location and mocratizing power. A governexhorting him to head back ment can try to persuade its home — messages that were citizens to believe only what coerced, he believes, by au- it wants them to, or it can try thorities. to persuade them to believe Back within China’s bor- nothing at all. Either tactic, ders, one citizen told Vice with stakes as high as they that agents from the Ministry are today, could get people of State Security knocked on killed. his door after he sent a tweet — The Washington Post

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Judd Wiltse.

In it, a pair of oldstyle gangsters — Brendan Rogers as Anthony and Hayden Hermann as the titular Rocco — are discussing the trials and tribulations of the mob life. More specifically, Anthony is bemoaning how a downturn in the economy has affected his livelihood.

With their thick Italian accents and witty dialogue, Rogers and Hermann are a delight. Parker Smith, as Frankie Two Shoes, also has had to resort to unusual extremes to make ends meet.

NEXT up is the aforementioned “The Some of All Parts.”

Jonathan (Bobby Whitsell) and Margaret (Kaitlyn Hanks) are in the early stages of what seems to be a promising relationship, with one notable exception — Jonathan has zero interest in any kind of physical relationship.

There’s a reason for that. It turns out he was born separated from his libido, played to perfection by Austin Wick-

wire.

And while Whitsell and Hanks are impeccable as the star-crossed lovers, Wickwire is laugh-out-loud brilliant as Jonathan’s libido, throwing caution to the wind for the sake of passion.

“SACRIFICES,” directed by Kathryn Woodruff, takes on a decidedly more somber tone.

It starts innocently enough. Woodruff, Gabriella Fast and the aforementioned Appleton are gathered for what appears to be a slumber party.

As the audience soon realizes, this isn’t your typical slumber party.

Rather, the threesome embody the spirits of Greek women who have been sacrificed for one reason or another. And the topic of their “gabfest,” centers on a predictable theme: boys suck.

Adding to their heartfelt confusion surrounding why they were chosen to be sacrificed is the arrival of another spirit, deftly played by Zohreyha Masuch, who

Above, ACC drama students, from left, Kathryn Woodruff, Carolyn Appleton, Gabriella Fast and Zohreyha Masuch perform in student-directed one-act plays.

At right are Hayden Hermann, Parker Smith (standing) and Brendan Rogers. explains that things back at home may not have been what they seemed — and how their deaths affected those they left behind.

BACK TO THE comedy in a big way is “The Presentation,” directed

by Julius Hodges.

Here, a trio of other wise manly (and ferocious) Nordic Vikings — Bryce Atzbach, Jake

Illiana Gallarado hovers over Jake Andersen, Morgan Jett and Bryce Atzbach during a one-act play.

Andersen and Morgan Jett — are ordered to attend a sexual harassment seminar.

Their teacher, Illiana Gallardo, must devise a way to connect with her unruly pupils, and convince them that meeting new people needn’t immediately be followed by wanton destruction. She does so with aplomb.

Andersen, Atzbach and Jett are simply hilarious, interspersing their occasional outbursts of Scandinavian gibberish with the occasional realization that their teacher may be tougher than she first appears.

THE SKIT that follows, “Cop Show Parody,” directed by Jett, also brings the laughs early and often.

Wiltse and Maxwell Kays are the quintessential embodiment of a good-cop bad-cop pairing — it doesn’t matter which is which, and they may have traded roles at one point — as they ruthlessly interrogate playwright Ryan

Clary.

Their aim? To find out what kind of play Clary is writing.

The humor is meta, and frequently unpredictable — each knows he’s a part of a production, tossing in comments about the script, the setting, and even where the plot will head next.

CAPPING the evening is a rollicking story about puppets, “Tongue, Tied,” directed by Wickwire.

Braelyn Falls and Hodges meet in a waiting room to a doctor’s office, hoping to be rid of their unwanted puppets.

You see, their puppets, one on each hand, have minds and behaviors of their own.

Falls must deal constantly with Letisha, “a strong, proud woman of color,” and Jean-Claude,

an obnoxious Frenchman. Hodges, meanwhile, is accompanied by his puppets, Sven, a free-thinking hippie type, and Mr. Chen, another strong-willed character of Asian descent.

Falls and Hodges are hysterical as they seamlessly zip from character to character, often in the same breath.

OVERSEEING the production, from start to finish is technical director Tony Piazza, and a small army of supporting staffers, helping the production move along briskly.

The talented ensemble of performers, with each director also gracing the stage at one point or another as actors, shows the entertainment of this evening of one-acts truly is as great as the sum of its parts.

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panies through contracts with the Kansas Lottery, and the casino companies could take wagers through computer or cellphone apps.

The measure also would allow limited state lottery ticket sales online.

The bill’s supporters don’t expect sports betting to raise more than a few million dollars a year for the state, even if the annual amount wagered reaches $1 billion, because 95% would go back to players in the form of winnings. But 20 states have legalized sports betting, including Colorado, Illinois and Iowa.

“It certainly put us in a position where we can establish sports gaming in Kansas and pull, hopefully pull, wagers from a black market, offshore, unregulated, untaxed market and bring it into Kansas under a regulated, safe market,” said Senate Vice President Jeff Longbine, a Republican from eastern Kansas who led supporters during a fourhour debate.

The House committee plans to have hearings next month on its rival proposal. Chairman John Barker, a Republican from a central Kansas, where racing greyhounds have long been raised, said the House measure would give the state a larger share of the sports bet-

It certainly put us in a position where we can establish sports gaming in Kansas and pull, hopefully pull, wagers from a black market, off-shore, unregulated, untaxed market and bring it into Kansas under a regulated, safe market — Senate Vice President Jeff Longbine

ting revenue and would allow hundreds of retail stores that sell lottery tickets to accept simple bets on sports.

“We thought we would spread it out,” Barker said. “You could be able to go down and buy a lottery ticket and bet on the K-State-KU game, hopefully buy a loaf of bread and 10 gallons of gas or whatever and go home.”

There’s also the question of whether Kansas should try to revive long-closed dog and horse racing tracks.

State law allows slot machines at the tracks, but critics say the state’s take is too high for them to be profitable. The Senate voted 18-17 against lowering the tax rate for a dog and horse racing park in Kansas City, Kansas.

The park is owned by billionaire casino mogul Phil Ruffin, a friend of President Donald Trump. The Wichita Eagle reported that in 2018, Senate President

Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican, listed Ruffin as a reference as she sought an ambassadorship, sending an email

to a political operative 10 days after for a similar proposal. She voted for Wednesday’s proposal as well.

Democrats in the Senate complained that their chamber’s bill gave too much control over the sports betting to the companies managing the state’s casinos by not requiring separate sports-betting contracts with the lottery and letting the casino managers decide who provides computer or cellphone apps.

Some critics also

found the casinos’ favored position galling because of restrictions the bill would place on online lottery ticket sales. About a dozen other states have some form of online lottery sales.

The Kansas Lottery couldn’t use any sound or visual effects simulating a slot machine, allow someone to play more than one game at a time or determine a winner in less than four minutes. The lottery estimates it could boost sales $3 million a year

under the bill but by as much as $26 million if the provisions were less restrictive.

Sen. Tom Holland, a Democrat from northeast Kansas, said the bill is a “sucker bet” for the state when it’s likely to see more gambling addicts and other problems from expanded gambling.

“If Kansas is going to extend its gaming products, then that extension needs to be profitable for the state,” Holland said in explaining his no vote.

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might be vulnerable to hackers, and about that many also are strongly concerned about foreign governments interfering by tampering with election results or influencing American attitudes.

But concerns vary significantly by partisanship, with Democrats more likely than Republicans to express worries about the security of elections. About 6 in 10 Democrats say they are very or extremely concerned that voting systems might be vulnerable to hackers.

Roughly two-thirds also are highly concerned that foreign governments will interfere in 2020 by tampering with results or influencing what Americans think about political candidates.

By contrast, fewer

than half of Republicans express significant concern about hackers, and just about a quarter are highly concerned about any form of foreign interference.

U.S. intelligence agencies and special counsel Robert Mueller found that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Mueller charged 13 Russians in a covert social media campaign that prosecutors said was aimed at dividing public opinion on hot-button social issues as well as propping up Trump while denigrating Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee.

The government has said that Russian agents also searched for vulnerabilities within election systems in all 50 states during the 2016 election cycle, though there is no

evidence that votes were changed.

Trump has often pushed back on the findings by his own intelligence agencies, saying frequently that investigations into interference were a “hoax.�

Voter fraud and voter suppression also elicit a wide partisan divide.

Nearly 7 in 10 Republicans show concerns about voter fraud, saying people voting who are not eligible is a major problem in U.S. elections. That compares with about a quarter of Democrats.

Meanwhile, Democrats are concerned about voter suppression.

Almost two-thirds say it is a major problem that people who are eligible are not allowed to vote, while only about a third of Republicans say the same.

Virus: Billions needed for fight Continued from A1

ber infected in the U.S. to 60, most of them evacuated from outbreak zones.

Trump credited border restrictions that have blocked people coming into the U.S. from China for keeping infections low. But now countries around the world — from South Korea and Japan to Italy and Iran — are experiencing growing numbers of cases. Asked if it was time to either lift the China restrictions or take steps for travelers from elsewhere, he said: “At a right time we may do that. Right now it’s not the time.�

Trump spent close

to an hour discussing the virus threat, after a week of sharp stock market losses over the health crisis and concern within the administration that a growing outbreak could affect his reelection. He blamed the Democrats for the stock market slide, saying, “I think the financial markets are very upset when they look at the Democrat candidates standing on that stage making fools out of themselves.� And he shifted to defend his overall record and predict a win in November.

A key question is whether the Trump administration is spending enough money to get the

country prepared — especially as the CDC has struggled to expand the number of states that can test people for the virus. Other key concerns are stockpiling masks and other protective equipment for health workers, and developing a vaccine or treatment.

Health officials have exhausted an initial $105 million in emergency funding and have been looking elsewhere for dollars. Earlier this week, Trump requested $2.5 billion from Congress to fight the virus. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York countered with a proposal for $8.5 billion.

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Blue Dragons smother Devils HUTCHINSON — An injury-riddled Red Devil roster was too decimated to make a second-half push at Hutchinson Community College on Wednesday in the first round of the Region VI Tournament.

The Blue Dragons outscored the Red Devils 28-10 in the final 10 minutes of the game, capturing a 92-64 win over ACC. The win is Hutchinson’s 13th straight in the opening round of the Region VI tournament.

There were 11 lead changes and eight ties in the first 15 minutes of the game, with neither team leading by more than three points.

ACC’s Malik Hardmon scored a season-high 39 points against the Blue Dragons on Jan. 4 when ACC beat Hutchinson. On Wednesday, Hardmon led once again with 23 points on 15 attempts from the floor. The only other Red Devil to finish in double figures was Trez Hakins with 18 points.

Hakins’ hot shooting included four first-half 3-pointers to help ACC stay within reach at the half. The Red Devils trailed 35-43 at intermission.

To start the second half, ACC trimmed the Blue Dragon lead to three after scoring five points on back-to-back Hutchinson turnovers. However, that would be the closest ACC came the rest of the way.

A Blue Dragon trey with 12:04 remaining gave Hutchinson a 64-50 lead. After two consecutive buckets from Hardmon to bring the Red Devils within 10, the Blue Dragons engineered a 20-8 Dragon run that saw the lead balloon to 26 points at 84-58.

With the loss, Hutchinson is now 44-9 all-time against Allen, 23-8 in Hutchinson and 6-1 in the Region VI Tournament. The Red Devils finish the season with a 16-16 record.

By PAUL SULLIVAN Chicago Tribune

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Asian baseball, soccer, rugby affected by new coronavirus

By DENNIS PASSA The Associated Press

Baseball and basketball played in empty stadiums.

Soccer leagues delayed. Clubs left out of Asian competitions or matches relocated.

And the rapidly spreading virus that has infected more than 81,000 people globally and left more than 2,750 dead, mostly in China, continues to threaten the Tokyo Olympics which begin July 24.

The three biggest soccer leagues in Asia have gone into recess, as the governments of China, South Korea and Japan try to contain the fallout of the rapidly spreading virus. The surge of postponements of sports events has spread from China, where the outbreak started, to South Korea and Japan.

Japan’s professional base-

Are changes good for baseball?

ball league says it will play its 72 remaining preseason games in empty stadiums because of the threat of the spreading coronavirus. The regular season is to open on March 20.

“This was a bitter decision to make,” Commissioner Atsushi Saito was quoted as saying. “Because we can’t determine the situation, I won’t say anything right now about (opening day). “If possible, we all want to go ahead on March 20.”

Outside of sports, worries over the ever-expanding economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis multiplied today, with factories idled, trade routes frozen and tourism in trouble, while a growing list of nations braced for the illness to breach their borders.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In an effort to bring straying baseball fans back to the ballpark, a new proposal potentially would eliminate the age-old tradition of the home team batting last.

Under the proposal, which would need the ratification of the owners and the players union, two designated team captains would meet at the plate 10 minutes before every game. The plate umpire would hand an MLBapproved bat to the captain from the home team, who then would toss the bat in the air in the direction of the visiting captain.

The visiting player must catch the bat with one hand before proceeding toward the home player, who then would grip the bat with one hand immediately above the opposing player’s grip, leaving no room between hands.

The visiting player would use his other hand to grip the bat above the home player’s hand, and the captains would alternate until all that remains is the knob of the bat.

When the umpire rules that no room remains to grab the bat, the team with the hand closest to the knob — the one with the upper hand — would be afforded the option of having the last atbat. The proposal stipulates: “Chicken claws are strictly prohibited.”

The “upper hand” proposal is unlikely to pass for one reason: I made it up.

Major League Baseball has made so many changes to the game over the last few years that any silly idea is believable, so why not propose a “get the upper hand” duel for last ups? Would you ever have thought MLB would come up with a plan to have See MLB | Page B6

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Merrifield prepared for another busy season

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SURPRISE, Ariz. — Last July when Whit Merrifield entered the MLB All-Star Game at Progressive Field in what was undoubtedly a benchmark moment for his career, he took over for Mike Trout as the American League’s center fielder.

The irony of the moment was that Merrifield started less than a third of his games in center last season.

His defensive versatility has always been one of his big- Whit Merrifield of the Kansas City Royals scores in the sixth ingest assets, and it’s caused ning ahead of the tag of Pedro Severino in 2019.

Merrifield to constantly GREG FIUME/GETTY IMAGES/TNS bounce around from one poof his primary positions, at field defense. sition to the next.

“I feel like I earned the In recent years, he’s fo- least to start the season, will cused less on his outfield be center field. He came into second base job the last few play. But Merrifield enters spring training with a reSee ROYALS | Page B6 this season knowing his one newed emphasis on his out-

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Was the Boston Marathon the first time you ran 26 miles?

Yes, first full marathon and it worked out because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s held on a Monday and the car-racing schedule, we had the Sunday before off so I could somewhat recover, get hydrated and then also travel to Boston for the race. But yeah, that was my first full (marathon). Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve run plenty of halves. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also done a half Ironman, which had a half-marathon run in it but yeah, that was my first full-distance marathon.

Does this being your last full year running Cup seem real yet?

You know, as we get closer to the start of the season and knowing that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my last full-time (season), thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excitement. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not anything negative but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the realization of it being my last time chasing the eighth (Cup title). You know, there is something in there that is sad, and again itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not negative but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just like, alright, I guess this is my last shot at it.

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NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said today.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention findings come from a 2017-18 health survey that measures height and weight. More than 5,000 U.S. adults took part.

The survey found that the obesity rate was 42% â&#x20AC;&#x201D; higher than the 40% found in a similar 2015-16 study. The severe obesity rate was more than 9% in the new survey, up from the 8% figure in the previous one.

Those increases arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t considered statistically significant: The survey numbers are small enough that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mathematical chance the rates didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t truly rise.

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that adult obesity rates are trending up, said the CDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cynthia Ogden, one of the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authors.

A half-century ago,

about 1 in 100 American adults were severely obese. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 times more common.

The obesity rate has risen about 40% in the last two decades.

The findings suggest that more Americans will get diabetes, heart disease and cancer, said Dr. William Dietz, a George Washington University obesity expert.

It also will be increasingly difficult for doctors to care for so many severely obese people, Dietz said. He has estimated that on average, every primary care doctor treating adults has about 100 severely obese patients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Howâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a provider going to do that? Severe obesity really requires very intensive therapy,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The CDC did not report new obesity numbers for kids and teens.

That may come out later this year, Ogden said. In 2015-16, 18.5% of kids and teens were obese and just under 6% were severely obese.

Dietz faulted the government for not pushing for more measures to promote physical activity and better eating.

Building more sidewalks and passing a national tax on sugary beverages could make a big difference, he said.

Obesity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which means not merely overweight, but seriously overweight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is considered one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading public health problems.

It is measured by the body mass index, or BMI, a figure calculated from a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weight and height. A BMI of 25 or greater is considered overweight, a BMI of 30 and above is obese, and a BMI of 40 or above is severely obese.

A person who is 5-foot4, the average height for U.S. women, is considered obese at a weight of 174 pounds and severely obese above 232 pounds.

A person who is 5-foot-9, about the average height for men, is deemed obese at 203 pounds and severely obese at 270.

Gunman kills 5 at Milwaukee brewery MILWAUKEE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An employee opened fire Wednesday at one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest breweries in Milwaukee, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police said.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said.

The attack occurred at a sprawling complex that includes a mix of corporate offices and brewing facilities. The complex is widely known in the Milwaukee area as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miller Valley,â&#x20AC;? a reference to the Miller Brewing Co.

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Moms struggle to indulge their passion, time with friends Hi, Carolyn: I have a hobby I’m passionate about, and that with a LOT of luck and hard work could someday become a career, or a side career. I also have a full-time job, a side gig, a husband and a baby, so I’m not exactly swimming in extra time or energy or money to dedicate to this hobby.

That said, I just got the news that I’ve been accepted to a short-term program that MIGHT help things along with this hobby-passion.

If I didn’t have the jobs and the husband and the baby, it would be a no-brainer; I’d spend the money and attend the program. But I am having a hard time feeling OK about doing that under my actual circumstances.

I’m the main breadwinner. Taking unpaid time off from work and spending money to travel and attend the program is an extravagance. I don’t want to be away from the baby for that long. And it feels rather self-indulgent to put that kind of effort toward something that in the long run might

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never go anywhere.

I owe the program a decision within a couple of days, and right now I’m feeling scattered and stressed and frankly sort of sad about it — wishing I hadn’t been accepted at all, that sort of thing. Do you have any thoughts that might help me get my mind moving in a productive direction? — Scattered and Stressed Scattered and Stressed: OK, you’ve given all the reasons not to go. Now say to yourself, “Dammit, I am going,” and figure it out.

Like, this afternoon, on a yellow lined scribble pad, in to-do list form.

You owe yourself that.

You owe your family that, because feeling as if you can’t grab your big moment even just once is a soul-killer.

And you owe Life that, because it doesn’t

throw us these opportunities every day, and it pouts when its efforts are ignored because we don’t want to pay the two dollars.

If you can’t, then you can’t. Oh, well.

Sometimes the yellow scribble pad gives us bad news. And/or sometimes it shows us that we didn’t want to go as badly as we thought.

But if all it will mean is for you and your husband to put up with some temporary discomforts, then, aren’t you going to regret not trying to make it work?

Hi, Carolyn: Any recommendation on how to approach Mommy going on a one-nighter with her best friends to Palm Springs? My son is 8 and he loves weekend family time and I don’t want to hurt his feelings.

tainly don’t have to — and shouldn’t, please!

— encourage the idea that your spending time with friends involves taking something away from him emotionally.

You will take a lot of the edge off without saying anything if you make it normal that you spend solo time with your friends occasionally, just as he does with his (presumably you don’t hop on the PS4 with him and his pals?).

And if he does say something? “I’ll miss you! [hug] And I’ll see you tomorrow.”

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Public notice (First published in The Iola Register, February 27, 2020) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Edith I. Vail, formerly Edith Thohoff, Deceased No. 2019 PR 38 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Evelyn Thohoff, duly appointed, qualified and acting Executor of the Estate of Edith I. Vail, deceased, praying Petitioner’s acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested for attorneys’

fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as Executor of the Estate of Edith I. Vail, deceased, and the Petitioner be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before March 24, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, in Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

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THURSDAY 9 p.m. on FX Better Things Season 4 of Pamela Adlon’s acclaimed comedy series opens with two episodes that find her character, Sam, in the throes of a midlife crisis.

Her kids (Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward) try to coax her into letting them sign her up on some dating apps.

WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. on FREE Party of Five In the Season 1 finale, “Diaspora,” Val (Elle Paris Legaspi) makes a surprising request that is likely to have lasting repercussions. Ella (Audrey Gerthoffer) catches Beto (Niko Guardado) by surprise in Mexico.

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Merrifield: Ready for another season playing multiple positions Continued from B1

years,â&#x20AC;? Merrifield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Probably through my own fault, I assumed thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be. But the dynamic of the team is constantly changing, and I understand what I can bring to a team. So I need to do a better job of staying more prepared in different positions. I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a good job of that this year.â&#x20AC;?

Last season, Merrifield started 73 games in the outfield and 80 on the infield. The majority of his starts as an outfielder, 53, came in right field and he started just 16 times in center field.

Meanwhile, 76 of his 80 starts as an infielder were at second base.

He moved to the outfield on a nearly fulltime basis midway through last season when the Royals called up infielder Nicky Lo-

pez from Triple-A Omaha.

Despite playing five positions in 2018 and 2019, Merrifield hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allowed it to negatively affect his offensive production. He led the majors in hits the past two seasons, the first righthanded hitter to do so since Kirby Puckett in 1988-89.

Last season, he also set career highs for hits (206), runs (105), triples (10), extra-base hits (67), slugging percentage (.463) and OPS (.811) on top of playing in all 162 games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I take pride in playing multiple positions, but not just doing it, not just being able to be thrown out there,â&#x20AC;? Merrifield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But doing it at a high level. Obviously, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to do when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not there every day, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chal-

lenge that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to take on and hopefully continue to get better at each position.â&#x20AC;?

A Southeastern Conference all-defensive team selection as a sophomore at South Carolina, Merrifield said he feels comfortable at either position and center field still feels natural for him.

This offseason, he started his throwing program earlier in an attempt to â&#x20AC;&#x153;get backâ&#x20AC;? the outfield arm he once had with that extra carry on the end of his throws.

As Merrifield sat at his locker explaining the difference in his offseason training, seven-time Gold Glove left fielder Alex Gordon, standing at his locker directly to Merrifieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left, playfully chimed in, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be honest. You should

be in left. I should be in center. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we should really be talking about.â&#x20AC;?

As an infielder Merrifield, 31, often threw from second with more of a side arm motion and quick release. His main concern was getting the ball out of his hands quickly.

In the outfield, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll look to slow himself down, make sure he gets the ball, gets his feet in right direction and makes a strong, accurate throw even if that means taking an extra second and an extra half-step. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Really itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about getting reps where I feel like I need to get reps, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reads off the bat, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double play turns, throws from the shift, whatever it may be,â&#x20AC;? Merrifield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really all

itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about, repetition. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to simulate game reps, so when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in the game Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to try to tell the pitcher to get me some action I guess.â&#x20AC;?

Royals manager Mike Matheny has deferred to Merrifield in regard to finding the right balance in his daily workload, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve alternated his positions in spring training games thus far. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the conversation for spring training so far, you tell me, Whit, what is it that you need to feel good about either place,â&#x20AC;?

Matheny said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where we are right now.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been really good about, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like this many days of just some work with (Rafael Belliard). I want to work on turning two. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the one thing I want to make sure I feel really

good about.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

With the left-handed hitting Lopez slated to start at second base, Merrifield may get called upon if Matheny decides to sit Lopez against a tough lefthanded starting pitcher.

The Royals also feel that playing second will give Merrifield a break from some of the demands of playing center in cavernous Kauffman Stadium on a daily basis.

Right now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primarily those two positions that the Royals need Merrifield to remain sharp. Matheny added the caveat, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like improving defense late, if we can.â&#x20AC;?

It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a surprise if Merrifield moves to either left or right field in late innings to improve the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall defense.

Virus: Asian leagues put on hold MLB: Changes bad for baseball Continued from B1

Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top soccer league, the J-League, has halted all play until March 15. That announcement came less than a week after South Korean authorities postponed the start of the K-League season, which came in the wake of the suspension of the lucrative Chinese Super League. The Korean domestic basketball season will finish with matches in empty stadiums.

Continental competition has been disrupted, with Chinese clubs excluded from the start of the competitions including the Asian Football Confederationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Asian Champions League. Other countries in Asia have refused to allow Chinese teams to enter, or placed Chinese sports teams in quarantine.

On Thursday, the governing body for Super Rugby said a match between the Australiabased Brumbies and Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunwolves set for Osaka on March 6 would likely be relocated. If that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t possible, the teams would receive two competition points each, as they would if the match was

drawn.

Other matches involving the Sunwolves, who play some of their home matches in Singapore, were likely to be affected in the the tournament that involves clubs from South Africa, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia and Japan..

The Hong Kong Sevens, the annual highlight of the rugby sevens global competition, has been pushed back to later in the year.

Major events in China including the Formula One Grand Prix and the track and field world indoor championships were among the first to be postponed.

The staging of the Tokyo Olympics remain a serious threat because of the virus. On Thursday, five-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Ian Thorpe said Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletes should consider their long-term health before deciding to compete in Japan in July. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would most definitely be concerned,â&#x20AC;? said Thorpe, who still has a profile in Japan long after retiring from competitive swimming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we need ...is to

use some of the best expert disease specialists to find out what is the risk to the team.

What is the risk to the other nations and how can we have an Olympic Games, one that is safe, that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put athletes at risk?â&#x20AC;?

Thorpeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments come a day after International Olympic Committee veteran Dick Pound warned the Tokyo Games could be canceled due to the coronavirus.

Pound told The Associated Press that any decision on whether the Olympics can proceed could be put off until late May. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In and around that time, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say folks are going to have to ask: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Is this under sufficient control that we can be confident about going to Tokyo or not?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Pound said.

If the IOC decided the Games canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go ahead as scheduled â&#x20AC;&#x153;youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably looking at a cancellation,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Thorpe said â&#x20AC;&#x153;the decision should come down to each individual athlete. But whether or not they want to compete, that they should take their health into consideration first.â&#x20AC;?

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ward innovation, along with Cubs President Theo Epstein and others. Epstein defended last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rule changes, saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;99% of the game is the same and that connection is still thereâ&#x20AC;? with all fans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing to realize is the game evolves constantly,â&#x20AC;? Epstein, 46, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to be thoughtful and get ahead of it so it evolves toward a brand of baseball thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more pleasing for fans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; full of action instead of full of dead time.â&#x20AC;?

The question is, who gets to decide whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the right direction to nudge it?

Baseball seems intent on adding four wild-card teams, meaning 14 of the 30 teams will be playing in October and a grueling, 162-game regular season will have less meaning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look, the genesis of it, I imagine, was more competitive balance, more fan interest,â&#x20AC;? Stearns said of the expanded playoff proposal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those are real positives. I also understand the puristâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s argument of it, that it potentially diminishes regular-season games.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am glad that as an industry, wherever this idea goes thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being debated, that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking about this as an industry, where we historically havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been great at implementing change, looking for change. The fact that we are now actively seeking change, trying to make our game better, more digestible, more inter-

Continued from B1

teams choose their firstround playoff opponents in a reality-style TV show? Is that any crazier?

MLBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York office is full of forwardthinking individuals, many of whom have degrees from lofty universities at which the football team is secondary to getting an education. I went to Mizzou, so what do I know?

Just this: Every time the game changes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less and less like the game we grew up with and fell in love with.

The new three-batterminimum rule for relievers, which will begin March 12 in spring training games, is just the latest in a series of â&#x20AC;&#x153;pace of gameâ&#x20AC;? rules changes designed for no good reason. Even if the reliever proves in one or two batters that he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have his stuff and needs to be removed, the manager will be forced to leave him in for one more hitter, putting his team at a distinct disadvantage.

Relievers faking an injury to come out will be their only remedy.

Can too much change be counterproductive? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course,â&#x20AC;? Brewers general manager David Stearns said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I would say historically, over decades, baseball has probably erred on the side of too little change rather than too much.â&#x20AC;?

Stearns might be right. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the next generation of Ivy League general managers steering the ship to-

esting for our fan base, that is a positive.â&#x20AC;?

This season will include several changes, including increasing the roster from 25 players to 26 through Aug. 31, increasing the time spent on the injured list for pitchers (and two-way players) from 10 days to 15, reducing the challenge time for managers from 30 seconds to 20, and, of course, the threebatter minimum rule for relievers, the most controversial and confusing of the bunch.

The rule stipulates that any relief pitcher must face a minimum of three batters, â&#x20AC;&#x153;including the batter then at-bat (or any substitute batter), until such batters are put out or reach base, or until the offensive team is put out, unless the substitute pitcher sustains injury or illness which, in the umpire crew chief â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s judgment, incapacitates him from further play as a pitcher.â&#x20AC;?

Got that?

A few days before the start of Cactus League games, one manager still wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure. He argued with two reporters that a reliever who comes in and faces one batter to get the third out of the inning would then have to return the next inning to face two more hitters.

We told him he was mistaken, but he stood firm, saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;That I know for a fact.â&#x20AC;?

Presumably heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be informed otherwise when March 12 rolls around.

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