The Iola Register, July 28, 2023

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City talks storm recovery

By RICHARD LUKEN

By the end of the week, Iola’s crews may be close to doing their first full sweep through town to haul off piles of brush, limbs and downed trees toppled in the July 14 storm that roared through Iola and Allen County.

Workers in Iola’s street and alley department, as well as helpers from other departments, continue to clear up brush piles across town. By Thursday, they had reached the final quadrant of town, the northeast section, Iola Assistant City Administrator Corey Schinstock said.

“We’d like to be done Friday, but it may roll over into next week,” Schinstock said. “There’s a light at the end of the tunnel.”

As of the end of the day Wednesday, more than 500 loads of limbs had been hauled away to the city’s old compost site on the west edge of town.

Another pass-through is possible soon, “although we need to step back and

reassess things,” Schinstock said. “We’ve got guys from other departments who need to get back to their regular projects.”

To wit, the aforementioned street and alley workers would normally be in the midst of their chipseal work. But that is being pushed back until the debris is cleared. Schinstock is uncertain when the chip-seal work, which will encompass much of the southeast part of town this year, will occur.

“We’ve got the materials ready,” he said. “We’ll have to go back through and resweep the roads first.”

The city may push up its fall cleanup week to help clear other storm debris. While nothing has been determined, Schinstock envisions a September cleanup day — it’s normally in October — to allow residents more opportunities to further trim or take down additional trees.

Of note, several cityowned properties designated

New priest praises community connections

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

A church is much more than a physical building, Father Daryl Stanford notes.

A vibrant, healthy church is one that connects with and serves the community, he said.

That’s part of Stanford’s draw to St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Iola.

“The group we have at St. Tim’s is a very dedicated group, dedicated to the calling of serving the community,” he said. “I’ve often said, I need to take what’s happening here and duplicate it at other places.”

Stanford, 54, was appointed in May as the new minster priest for St. Timothy’s in Iola, Grace Episcopal Church in Chanute and Calvary Episcopal Church in Yates Center.

A minster is a small group of churches designed for mutual support.

The three parishes comprise the Agape Minster within the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas.

“There are great things happening at all three parishes,” Stanford said. “That’s part of the minster concept, where we share resources and ideas.”

St. Timothy’s, for example, has a strong outreach through its food distribution and

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Economy picks up steam

By READE PICKERT Bloomberg News (TNS)

as vacant green space will remain cluttered with downed trees for the time being.

“It looks ugly, but it’s low on our priority list,” Schinstock said. “We’ll probably get that cleaned up over the winter.”

Schinstock said the piles of brush from the old compost site, which had been closed for the last several years, likely will be burned over the winter, when north winds would blow smoke away from the nearby Rus-

U.S. economic growth unexpectedly picked up steam in the second quarter thanks to resilience among consumers and businesses in the face of high interest rates.

Gross domestic product rose at a 2.4% annualized rate after a 2% pace in the previous three months, the Commerce Department’s initial estimate showed Thursday. Consumer spending increased at a 1.6% pace, more than forecast, after surging at the start of the year.

The Federal Reserve’s preferred underlying inflation metric advanced at a slow-

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County takes swing at containing refuse

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

The Allen County Landfill will get another tool to try to control wayward trash.

Commissioners approved the purchase of a new hydroseeder, a machine that sprays water and chemicals on the refuse pile to keep it from blowing into neighboring properties.

The machine also helps landfill crews minimize the

amount of dirt they have to use to cover the pile.

“It’s very important we wet trash down during the day to keep it from blowing, and every day we spray a fire retardant chemical,” Mitch Garner, Public Works director, told commissioners.

Landfill crews currently use a machine that is pulled behind a tractor, which limits where it can travel. It is

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Iola street and alley worker Derek Stahl picks up a load of limbs as workers clear up storm debris along North Kentucky Street Thursday morning. The city hopes to have the downed limbs cleaned up from residential curbsides by next week. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Father Daryl Stanford is the new priest for Episcopal churches in Iola, Yates Center and Chanute. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Allen County Public Works Director Mitch Garner speaks with commissioners Tuesday. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Ukraine steps up counteroffensive

By PETER MARTIN and DARYNA KRASNOLUTSKA Boomberg News (TNS)

Ukraine kicked off a long-awaited thrust in its counteroffensive with an armored assault on Russian fortifications in the south that may be part of a push to cut Moscow’s land link to its strongholds in occupied Crimea.

The assault coincided with new Russian missile attacks against infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region which killed one person and damaged a grain cargo. Wheat prices rose, continuing a climb that began last week when Ukraine’s Black Sea export deal collapsed. A U.S. official who asked not to be identified discussing details of military operations said Ukrainian troops were making a significant push in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region. Russian officials also reported a major Ukrainian assault more than seven weeks after Kyiv launched attacks against invading forces across the frontline.

“Glory to all who defend Ukraine! By the way, our boys at the front had very good results today,” Ukrainian

Platoon commanders of Ukraine’s National Guard take part in a military training in Kharkiv, on Wednesday. AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/SERGEY BOBOK/TNS

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his evening address on Wednesday, without elaborating. “Well done! Details later.”

Analysts with the Institute for the Study of War said overnight that “a significant mechanized counteroffensive operation” appeared “to have broken through certain pre-prepared Russian defensive positions.” A wide range of diverging claims from Russian military bloggers on the scale of the attack and Ukrainian losses had made the situation unclear, they added.

The thrust comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts a summit of African leaders in St. Petersburg. Intended to

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well-used and no longer performs well. It can only spray water a few feet with a total capacity of less than 700 gallons.

Garner proposed buying either a new or used hydroseeder that is on tracks, so it can be driven on top of the trash pile. It can spray 200 feet and has an attached 200-foot hose reel on the front, with a capacity of 1,500 gallons.

Garner presented two bids from the same company, Multi Machine Inc. of Asbury, N.J. One bid is for a new hydroseeder for $445,000 with a warranty on both the seeder and the engine. The other is a used 2021 model for $304,500, which already has 1,500 hours. There is no warranty on the seeder but the engine’s warranty will last until spring of 2024.

Commissioners decided to purchase the used model. They asked Garner to look at options to sell the older seeder.

SPEAKING OF equipment, Road and Bridge Director Mark Griffith told commissioners he plans to compile a list of items in his department that are obsolete because replacement parts are no longer being made.

An older mower in the county’s fleet needs a new electrical box. The item is no longer being made and Griffith said he believes it’s not worth the effort to try to find a replacement part.

He also has a distributor truck with obsolete parts, but found a company in Illinois that will over-

Obituaries

slow progress fighting through Russian minefields, tank barriers and other defenses without being able to provide air support.

At the same time, Kyiv and western military officials have pointed to a strategy of wearing down undermanned Russian units across the 932-mile front.

Jerry Utley

Gerald Robert (Jerry) Utley, 79, of Iola, died Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at Medicalodges Fort Scott.

Jerry was born Dec. 7, 1943, in Pipestone, Minn., to Marvin F. Utley and Florence H. (Lange) Utley.

He served his country in the United States Army.

demonstrate Moscow’s growing influence in the Global South, the conference instead highlighted the Kremlin’s diminishing power because of the war. Only 17 heads of state were scheduled to attend, compared with 43 in 2019.

Ukrainian officials have admitted in recent weeks that the counteroffensive has been more difficult than expected as their forces make

The approach includes holding back the main assault force — including units trained by NATO member states and equipped with topshelf weapons from the alliance — so that it can exploit weak spots and break through Russian lines. In the past Ukraine has also employed feints to disguise the main thrust of an attack, as when it attacked in the south before achieving a major breakthrough and retaking territory in the north of the country last fall.

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Jerry is survived by long-time companion, Janice Oberg, of the home; daughters, Amanda Keller, Chanute, and Yolanda (Troy) Habiger, Humboldt; son, Chad Utley, Chanute; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous other relatives and friends.

A funeral service is at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, in the chapel at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 U.S. 54, Iola. Burial with military honors will follow in the Legion Section of Highland Cemetery, Iola. Memorials are suggested to the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF), and may be left with the funeral home.

Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Myron Rush

Myron Gene Rush, age 91, of Iola, passed away July 19, 2023, at Medicalodges of Iola.

Myron was born July 20, 1931, in rural Erie, to Guy O. Rush and Nina G. (Heaton) Rush.

Myron graduated in 1949 from Chanute High School.

haul it.

GRIFFITH and Garner also updated commissioners on ongoing projects. The airport taxiway needs more sealant, after a recent renovation project.

A B-52 bomber and other classic planes stopped at the airport last weekend on their way to an air show. The bomber is expected to come back through and stop at the Allen County airport again Sunday morning, likely sometime between 9:30 and 10 a.m. depending on the weather. The public is welcome to come by to catch a glimpse.

Griffith also talked about chip seal projects in LaHarpe, Moran and Humboldt. He plans to start the work on Aug. 7. Asphalt work in other parts of the county is expected to take place later in August.

IN OTHER news, commissioners:

Briefly discussed the budget after a special meeting last week. The tax levy in 2024 will be about a half-mill lower, from 61.355 this year to 60.954. A budget hearing is set for 9 a.m. Aug. 22. Watch the Register for a more detailed analysis to come.

Heard from Paul Zirjacks, a citizen, who said he was disappointed in a decision by the Iola City Council not to help with recycling efforts. Commissioners said they would allow one employee to work up to 20 hours a week to help with cardboard recycling pickup if the city would do the same.

er-than-expected 3.8% pace. The U.S. economy is in better shape than economists had expected it would be just a few months ago. While forecasters are split on the odds of a recession, a strong labor market, sturdy consumer spending and now easing inflation have fueled hopes that the U.S. will avoid a downturn.

The Fed staff is no longer forecasting a recession, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday after the central bank raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point.

Still, headwinds persist with the Fed’s benchmark interest rate at a 22-year high and some signs of consumer strain bubbling.

The personal consumption expenditures price index grew at an 2.6% annualized pace in the April to June period, the smallest advance since the closing months of 2020.

Excluding food and energy, the index rose at the slowest pace in more than two years. June data will be released Friday.

The persistent strength of the jobs market remains a key source of support for the economy. Separate data out Thursday showed applications for unemployment benefits retreated to the lowest level since late February.

Continuing claims, which can offer insight into how quickly out-ofwork Americans are able

to find a new job, also declined.

The GDP data showed services spending rose at a 2.1% annualized rate, led by housing and utilities, health care and financial services. Outlays on goods increased at a 0.7% rate, after surging by the most in nearly two years in the prior period. Inflation-adjusted spending data for June, and any revisions to prior months, will also be released Friday.

BUSINESS investment in structures, meanwhile, continued to grow at a breakneck pace, bolstered by recent efforts to shore up domestic factory production.

The Biden administration championed a series of bills — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act — that provide both direct funding and tax incentives for private companies to invest in areas like semiconductors and electric vehicles.

Outlays for equipment surged at a 10.8% rate, the most in more than a year, after decreasing in the previous two quarters. Spending on intellectual property products also accelerated.

Inflation-adjusted final sales to private domestic purchasers — a key gauge of underlying demand — rose 2.3% after a 3.2% at the start of the year. Those are the strongest back-to-back gains since 2021.

Myron and Betty J. Young were married Jan. 6, 1950, in Iola.

He was a meat cutter for 48 years, working in the Iola area for 42 of those years. He worked at Fryer’s, Singer IGA and retired from Country Mart in 1996.

Myron liked boating, waterskiing, fishing and hunting. In his years on the lake, Myron taught over 100 youth to waterski. Myron gave up waterskiing on his 80th birthday.

He and Betty enjoyed traveling in their RV to Texas and Arizona. In his later years, he enjoyed working in his shop. He loved making wooden bowls and rolling pins and selling them at the Farmers Market. The highlight of his day was visiting with the people about his woodworking projects and the different kinds of native woods he used.

Myron was preceded in death by his parents; sons David Rush and Rick Rush; grandson Kevin Rush; son-in-law Gary Leonard; sisters Lois (Johnson) Anderson and Neva Blair; and brother Clyde Rush.

Myron is survived by his wife of 73 years, Betty (Young) Rush; daughter Brenda Leonard, Iola; son Phil (Janine) Rush, Broken Arrow, Okla.; 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren, 10 stepgreat-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; daughters-in-law, Michelle Rush and Barbara Rush; and numerous other family and friends.

Myron was a member of First Christian Church, Iola, since 1959.

A visitation was held Tuesday, July 25, at the Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Iola.

Jim Maloney

Jim D. Maloney, 70, Iola, died Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at Medicalodges of Iola.

Jim was born Nov. 2, 1952, in Iola, to Joe Maloney and Helen (Gregory) Maloney.

Jim is survived by son, Jimmie (Lisa) Maloney, Iola; daughter, Candace Maloney, Iola; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 31, in The Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 U.S. 54, Iola. Inurnment will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, in Highland Cemetery, Iola.

Memorials are suggested to Covenant of Faith Christian Center, Iola, and may be left with the funeral home.

Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Myron Rush

21 dead, 40 rescued after boat capsizes

MANILA, Philippines (AP)

— At least 21 people died and 40 others were rescued after a Philippine passenger boat overturned on Thursday when it was lashed by strong winds in Laguna Lake southeast of Manila, police said.

Police said rescue operations were continuing, but did not immediately provide

figures for the total number of people on board the MBCA Princess Aya that capsized in Rizal province. The incident happened as the passengers onboard suddenly moved to one side of the boat in panic when it came under fierce winds shortly after departing from a wharf for a nearby island.

The boat overturned only about 46 meters from the shore, near the village of Kalinawan and the town of Binangonan, the coast guard said.

The Rizal provincial police said they immediately launched a search and rescue operation with the help of the coast guard and other local

authorities, and that at least 40 people were saved but that 21 others drowned.

“The operation is still ongoing,” police said. They did not provide other details like how many passengers and crewmembers were on board.

A video released by the coast guard showed rescuers on a local government boat

pulling a body out of the lake. Another video showed local fishermen aboard vessels approaching the overturned boat.

Typhoon Doksuri moved away Thursday after battering the northern Philippines and whipping up seasonal monsoon rains in a large swath of the archipelago.

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sell Stover Chocolates plant. (The site was closed in 2002 because of fire concerns in proximity to the plant.)

“We opted to use the compost site to avoid inundating the landfill, and because it’s so much closer,” Schinstock said.

Meanwhile, Iola’s electric crews are going back to address temporary fixes necessary to restore power to the city.

“We’re still working on things like fixing meters that may have been pulled away from houses, or finding places where limbs are still on power lines,” Schinstock said.

With workers back on their regular eighthour shifts, many departments are adjusting their schedules to allow them to work earlier in the morning, when temperatures are cooler, and finishing up by mid-afternoon.

AT THEIR regular meeting Monday, Iola City Council members heaped praise on the city workers — and those in the community — for their work in the storm’s aftermath.

The storm hit at about 5 p.m. on July 14, a Friday, the end of a typical

40-hour work week for most of the city crews.

However, many employees found themselves on duty for another 25 hours as the repairs began.

Restoring power took

a few days because of the extent of the damage with the entire city back up and going by the following Wednesday.

“I was impressed,”

Councilman Nich

Lohman said. “I talked to a lot of people who were very impressed with the fast response. Some people were frustrated with power being out longer than they would have liked. But they realized what a good job you were doing with crazy long hours.”

“I have to assume those who were upset didn’t drive around to get the magnitude of how great this disaster was for the community,” Mayor Steve French added. “Some areas of town were affected heavily.”

Councilwoman Jo-

elle Shallah praised the city’s “all hands on deck” approach. She also noted that with the recovery, city workers have taken steps to avoid such things as damaging yards with tires. “They’ve done an exceptional job of being careful.”

Councilman Mark Peters also thanked the workers from Chanute and Girard who offered mutual aid to the electric department, as well as other Iola city employees who handled such tasks as fielding phone calls.

SEVERAL IN THE community stepped forward as well.

Schinstock noted Iola farmer Doug Strickler brought in an extra tractor with a grappling bucket to help clean debris even faster than otherwise.

Peters said KwiKom workers also helped clear alleys to allow electric crews quicker access.

City Administrator Matt Rehder said several residents brought in “copious amounts of food” for the employees to eat while they were working through the weekend.

“I want to echo my gratitude, not just to the workers, but family

members who had to send loved ones out for several hours,” French added. “Any street you went down, you had neighbors helping neighbors where they could, and coming together as a community.”

AS THINGS get back to normal, Schinstock said the city is keeping tabs on the cost in terms of accrued overtime and materials to determine the budgetary impact the storm will have.

Allen County commissioners applied for a disaster declaration, which would clear the way for state reimbursement, Schinstock said.

Rehder and Schinstock also touched on the untenable concept of burying Iola’s power lines, thus preventing such storm damage from occurring in the future.

“I can’t even fathom how much that would cost,” Rehder said, “plus I don’t know if we have actual space” for buried power lines, because of other utilities along utility easements.

“And that’s just looking at the stuff that’s active,” Schinstock added. “There’s also all kinds of old stuff buried down there. It’s just not feasible.”

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and meals programs.

Likewise, Grace and Calvary both have members with a strong desire for study.

“We want to emulate that at all three parishes,” he said. “The goal is to get outside the walls of the church and into the community.”

Rebuilding connections has been a primary focus of churches across the country, where attendance plummeted across the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“COVID really set everyone back,” he said. “Congregations are starting to do things they did pre-COVID.”

Bridging gaps is of the utmost importance.

“There’s no doubt the culture we live in is becoming more divided,” he said. “But when we talk to people and sit with them, have a meal, we realize we’re not that different. We just may have different ideas about how to come up with solutions.”

In fact, one of Stanford’s happy surprises in his time at the three churches is the number of times he’s been asked to give permission for new projects.

“It had been a matter of having a lack of

opportunity, or a lack of leadership and nobody to say ‘Yes, let’s do this,’” Stanford said. “Now those opportunities are starting to pop up. They just need someone to say ‘go ahead.’”

STANFORD grew up in DeSoto, Texas, just south of Dallas. After his military service, he returned to Texas and then lived briefly in Connecticut before winding up in Kansas.

By then, Stanford, who had worked as a regional training and service technician for an industrial equipment company, felt compelled to serve the Lord.

“It’s been a lifelong calling, but the opportunity and doors didn’t seem to open until I moved here,” he said. “I saw the great need for

priests in smaller parishes.”

Sure, there was a risk at leaving his previous career, he admitted.

“But on other levels, it was the easiest decision to make,” Stanford added. “It was more difficult not to make it.”

In 2015, Stanford enrolled in the Bishop Kemper School For Ministry in Topeka. He was ordained as a deacon last June and then as a priest in January.

While he was in his curacy — where Stanford served as an assistant to a parish priest — he began researching parishes in the state, and found himself drawn to the Iola, Chanute and Yates Center minster.

“I love it here,” said Stanford, who lives in Chanute. “It seems to be a little bit slower-paced

than other communities. People are a lot more open and caring.”

EVEN STANFORD’S hobbies help him connect with others, albeit in a unique way.

See, he’s an avid participant in role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons.

“I’d played it a little

bit growing up,” he recalled. “And a fellow priest had a group in his church. We joined in and really enjoyed it. We had just gotten really involved before we moved.”

Stanford is eager to set up a group locally.

“One of the ideas my son and I both have is to do what they’d done

in Lawrence, and start a game night for people in the community.”

Stanford and wife Freedom have two children. Eddie works as a nutritionist and dietary specialist for Advance Health.

Son Byron, 16, still lives at home and frequently joins his father on D&D adventures.

Above, Iolan Jason Strickler uses his family’s tractor to load brush into a city dump truck along North Kentucky Street in Iola Thursday morning. Below, Iolan Doug Strickler uses his tractor to move a pile of brush. The Stricklers are assisting efforts to clear the fallen debris in the aftermath of the July 14 storm.

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Giuliani owns up to lies, but refuses to accept their damage

Rudy Giuliani admitted Tuesday evening he was lying when he repeatedly accused two women, a mother and daughter, of committing election fraud during the 2020 election count.

In the aftermath of the election, Giuliani repeatedly held up Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss as examples of widespread election fraud.

Giuliani alleged video excerpts showed the two women pulling “thousands” of ballots from suitcases hidden under a table and illegally feeding them through voting machines at their vote-counting station at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena.

“The video tape doesn’t lie. Fulton County Democrats stole the election. It’s now beyond doubt,” he posted on X (formerly known as Twitter).

Fulton County and Georgia officials immediately debunked the accusations, explaining the supposed “suitcases” were actually standard containers used to secure the mail-in ballots which had been opened and prepared for counting earlier in the night in full view of observers.

Instead of pausing to consider the facts, Giuliani doubled down, embellishing the story by saying Freeman and Moss, both of whom are Black, were drug dealers and requested Georgia state legislators search their homes.

“So I lied. Big whoop,” we imagine the former federal prosecutor and New York City mayor saying, oblivious of the effect his accusations have had on the women, both of whom were harassed, in person and online, including death threats.

“I’ve lost my name, and I’ve lost my reputation,” Ms. Freeman, a veteran

poll worker, testified last June before the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Ms. Freeman said she was forced to move from her home of 20 years and that “There is nowhere I feel safe.”

Moss said one message she received said, “Be glad it’s 2020 and not 1920,” in an obvious reference to lynchings.

In his two-page declaration released Tuesday evening, Giuliani admitted his statements about the women were false.

What’s sadly lacking is any hint of contrition.

Giuliani has refused to admit the rampage against Freeman and Moss has caused them any damage.

Instead, he maintains the First Amendment protects his right to lie and as such is justified.

Giuliani is right up to a point. The First Amendment does give us the right to rant on street corners that the world is coming to an end.

But it also is designed to protect those who may be damaged by our words, such as Freeman and Moss, who, rightly so, are suing Giuliani for defamation.

ONCE HERALDED for his response as NYC mayor to the 2001 terrorist bombings, Giuliani’s career is careening to an ignominious conclusion. With his New York law license suspended, his peers are now lobbying he should be disbarred for his unsubstantiated claims of massive election fraud.

Giuliani’s immediate future remains in the courtroom, but as a defendant of numerous lawsuits associated with his attempts to defy our democracy.

Perhaps his day of reckoning is at hand.

— Susan Lynn

USA soccer world’s role model

By KATHRYN A. EDWARDS Bloomberg Opinion/TNS

The U.S. national women’s soccer team is worth watching, not only as the favorites to win this year’s Women’s World Cup. They’re also at the forefront of a struggle for better treatment of workers — one that extends far beyond sports, and that is far from over.

Team USA has earned the rare distinction of getting paid as much as their country’s male team, an achievement that inspired legislation ensuring that all athletes representing the country internationally receive equal pay and benefits. Yet this is more than a heartwarming story about women’s progress. It should draw global attention to a stark reality: how soccer federations, and employers more broadly, continue to actively and deliberately wield power to keep workers paid less and treated worse, for their own benefit.

At least a third of the teams playing in the World Cup are in active dispute with the governing institutions for soccer in their countries. For example:

• England’s Lionesses are fighting for bonuses based on how far they advance, which FIFA announced that

all World Cup players would receive. Their country’s federation has denied them such performance-related pay, despite standing to gain commercially from their success.

• Australia’s Matildas are protesting FIFA’s two tiers of pay and working conditions, which force women to fight for basic benefits, like not having to do their own laundry or playing on turf.

• Last year, 15 senior players quit Spain’s La Roja over their coach’s approach to management and team culture. Their federation yielded nothing, and now three of them are playing in the cup alongside teammates who either didn’t support or eagerly replaced the protesters.

• Canada, the reigning Olympic champions, are fighting mismanagement and its myriad effects on pay and morale. When they tried to refuse matches earlier this year, they were forced to play under threat of legal action. Their federation lacks basic transparency and is cutting budgets and investment, even as the team performs better than ever.

The athletes’ woes should sound familiar to workers throughout the economy, regardless of gender. Screenwriters and actors are striking over residuals

for streaming rights, which accrue almost entirely to management and owners. Starbucks has a long track record of punishing, firing and replacing workers who attempt to unionize. Nurses across the U.S. have been reduced to striking over mismanagement and dangerous caseloads, despite their heroic efforts to save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

All these struggles are fundamentally about power — something the members of the U.S. women’s soccer team understand too well. Almost every one of them has played under a coach who was later fired for abusive, exploitative or sexually coercive behavior.

No doubt, the U.S. national team has changed the world for women. They’ve waged a successful fight for pay and recognition while inspiring girls everywhere to dream big and play hard. But casting this as a women’s victory is selling them short. They and others remain engaged in a much bigger battle, taking on monopolistic entities with almost total control over worker outcomes and shocking disregard for their financial, physical and mental well-being. It’s a battle that won’t end even if equal pay is achieved.

Idea of public service losing cachet among today’s youth

It has been a tough season for U.S. military recruiters.

In June, the Navy issued and then rescinded an order requiring its recruiters to work six days a week. The Air Force lifted a long-standing ban on neck and hand tattoos in March to help more recruits qualify for military service. The Army secretary said more recently that she was contemplating reductions in the service’s size, in part to modernize the force but also to avoid “hollow formations.” The soldier shortage has left Army brass with few alternatives.

The services’ recruiting problems have tangled roots and won’t disappear soon.

The percentage of Americans ages 19 through 25 is at a 15year low, which means the services — and many other employers — are all drawing from the same shrunken pool. The economy clicks along at near-full employment and offers young people who might otherwise go into uniform attractive alternatives and rising wages. Less than a quarter of Ameri-

cans ages 17 to 24 qualify for service, the Pentagon said, because of poor test scores, criminal records and physical and mental fitness issues; less than 10 percent of possible candidates now say they would even consider military service.

Some of the challenges are cultural. The all-volunteer force, now marking its 50th year, draws a disproportionate share of its recruits from a shrinking number of states and communities; about 80 percent of men and women in uniform already come from military families.

“Propensity to serve,” as the military marketers put it, is down across the board; the appeal of military service has waned in the aftermath of punishing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, even in places where it was once robust.

These trends mirror the generally fading allure of public service among young people: The nation faces critical shortages of police officers, firefighters and schoolteachers. Military recruiters report they don’t see

the numbers at the top of the funnel that they once did — and say it is harder to close the deal when would-be recruits get to the end of the process.

Political skirmishing has made the cultural problem worse. Some Republicans imagine the military has become a training ground for “wokeness” and have broadcast that fear so widely for political gain that it might have repelled some of the candidates the Pentagon would have hoped to attract. Some on the left, meanwhile, fear a U.S. military disproportionately composed of right-wing nationalists. Neither threat, to the extent they exist, is something the military cannot handle. But civilians on both the left and the right deserve blame for demonizing the overwhelming majority of those who provide for the common defense.

Though the recruiting shortfalls will also leave the Navy and Air Force short of their goals this year, they have hit hardest at the Army,

the nation’s largest force. But its sheer size — nearly a half-million active-duty troops and an even larger number of National Guard and reserve soldiers — makes the service ripe for restructuring. A force that tilted heavily toward armor, artillery, infantry and aviation at the end of the Vietnam War has in the half-century since become lighter, quicker and oriented more toward Special Operations forces.

But today, the Army has, if anything, too many special warfare units. The war in Ukraine has the service eyeing ways to reorganize some of its combat teams into smaller, more lethal units that make smarter use of advances in drones and other uncrewed systems while investing more in missile defenses. “I would much rather, frankly, see us be leaner and meaner,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told the Aspen Security Forum last week, “than keep force structure that I can’t fully man.”

These are prudent steps for an Army that has never been

quick to change. The service is right to consider whether its active-duty strength can be trimmed and its structure improved by greater reliance on technology while turning to reserve units to fill in gaps. Earlier this month, the president okayed the activation of up to 3,000 Army reservists in Europe to do just that.

Much as the Pentagon might hope that increased numbers of young Americans will soon turn up at recruiting centers longing to serve the country, it is usually the professional and educational benefits of military service that persuade recruits to sign up. Those are worth reemphasizing. The Army should also, as the Marines have done for years, place a premium on the time younger officers spend on recruiting while moving up the chain of command. Those moves would help allay the Army’s recruiting problem while the service takes modest steps to rightsize its force.

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LaHaye Bucking Bulls back again

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

Grant LaHaye is a busy man this time of year, running the LaHaye Bucking Bulls which will put on the Bull Bash show at the Allen County Fair Friday and Saturday night.

The LaHaye Bucking Bulls have put on the rodeo at the Allen County Fair the last five years as well as countless other rodeos around Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. This year’s show will feature around 30 bulls and riders from all over the region.

As an Iolan, LaHaye said the Allen County Fair is his favorite.

“I feel like of all of the rodeos I go to, this is by far the most fun one for me,” LaHaye said. “The crowd is always great, the town always comes out together and makes it work out. We get good sponsors to help everything go round. This is definitely my favorite one.”

LaHaye’s business is a fulltime, year-round job that takes a lot of work getting the bulls in riding condition and lining up riders for the rodeos. LaHaye said the key is to have a good mix of bulls, with some more aggressive and

others more rider-friendly.

“You try to bring in the best bulls and the best riders and try to entertain the crowd,” said LaHaye. “Trying to keep the riders happy is a full-time job. Having a good set of bulls to get on is one thing I really strive for. The big thing is just keeping good bulls around, it’s nice to have some that

buck really hard and then some that are more rider-friendly.”

The enthusiasm for rodeos has allowed LaHaye to take his business to a number of places and share the thrills of bullriding with the crowds.

THE RODEO season is from February until the fall.

“We started in February and it’s been steady since then,” LaHaye said. “It seems like we’re going somewhere just about every weekend. We’ve probably gone to 15 rodeos so far this year.”

LaHaye’s father began the business when his bull riding career was coming to an end. Grant has kept the tradition alive, especially in his hometown.

The thrill of watching a bull ride is unlike any other sporting event. A bull rider must hold on for eight seconds and keep one arm in

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Horan sets tone for USA at World Cup

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Lindsey Horan is setting a feisty tone for the United States at the Women’s World Cup.

Horan, the U.S. co-captain, steadied herself after an angry exchange with Dutch midfielder Danielle van de Donk and scored to give the United States a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands on Thursday.

Frustrated by the Netherlands’ first half lead, Horan went from exasperation with van de Donk to elation for her tying goal in a span of just two minutes in the second half.

the air while the other holds a rope on the bull’s back. The adrenaline rush for both the rider and the crowd is special for LaHaye.

“I think it gives everyone a big adrenaline rush and they want to see the action,” said LaHaye. “Everyone loves the rodeo but they always want to watch the bull riding most. It’s a pretty rewarding feeling seeing a bull buck well or a rider hang on for a while.

“A good crowd cheering on definitely helps the riders,” LaHaye said. “They can sort of feed off each other’s energy.”

The mutton busting will begin the festivities both nights which will be followed by the bull ride.

LaHaye’s Bucking Bulls Bull Bash will begin on Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. at the Allen County Fairgrounds in Riverside Park.

Big 12 leaders vote to accept Colorado

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

Big 12 presidents and chancellors voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept Colorado as a new member, clearing the way for the school to leave the Pac-12 and rejoin the conference, a person with knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Big 12 was not making its expansion plans public with Colorado still needing to go through a formal process on its campus and officially apply for membership. ESPN first reported the vote.

The university’s board of regents has a special meeting scheduled for Thursday with athletics operations on the agenda.

Another person familiar with the Big 12’s expansion aspirations told AP the school and league have been in contact for more than a month

about a potential departure from the Pac-12; the person said it was unclear if CU had come to a decision, speaking on condition of anonymity because the Big 12 was not publicly discussing details of potential expansion plans.

Big 12 Commissioner Brett

Yormark has spoken for months about his desire to expand the conference and add schools in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. He did not return an email seeking comment. The Pac-12 has seemed vulnerable to more poaching af-

ter losing USC and UCLA to the Big Ten the longer it takes for it to land a media rights contract to take effect next year. The conference’s current deals with ESPN and Fox expire after this school year.

The Big 12 has not formal-

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“To come from a goal down and have that momentum shift in the second half was incredible. I think no one was happy with our firsthalf performance, letting them have the ball a little bit too much, but we changed things, and how we responded,” she said.

The tie keeps the United States atop the Group E standings, in front of the Netherlands with a better goal difference, and in good position to advance to the knockout round. The Americans wrap up group play on Tuesday against Portugal.

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hei Ohtani is staying with the Los Angeles Angels, at least for the rest of the season.

The Angels said they have decided not to deal the two-way superstar, a morning after making a significant move that signaled they’re in winnow mode.

“We’re going to roll the dice and see what happens,” Angels general manager Perry Minasian told reporters in Detroit before a doubleheader against the Tigers on Thursday, just days be-

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I think we have a pretty good sense of what our audience appreciates most, and sometimes, we like to challenge that by feeding them some stories that might be tough on them. For example, some people really struggled with the idea of Rosemar y (played by Pascale Hutton) and Elizabeth (Krakow’s character) being at odds at all … and I didn’t love playing arguments with my dear friend Pascale, it reset things a bit. At the end of the day, it’s about spending time with these people who viewers have come to love.

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The details have become a big issue since I became a parent, as I find myself being questioned about everything we do differently, and we do everything differently: nutrition, sleep habits, safety standards and whatever else you can imagine. I want to make an effort to get along and visit them without being completely stressed out, but I am not succeeding. I am tired of having to explain a thousand times why I limit candy for my children, why I do not bring them to latenight parties or whatever new thing comes up.

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where you are, always, because we are all born there.

Explaining ourselves to others even once is a choice each of us gets to make, to treat their interests in our actions as valid. We can always choose not to. If you do not want to explain yourself to your family but you explain yourself anyway, then it is a choice (or, in your case, thousands of choices) to treat their curiosity as a higher priority than your own discomfort with explaining.

I refer to “their curiosity,” but it is more their pressure to conform, arranged into questions. Clearly that continues unabated, despite how admirably you have held to your values. And clearly there is no amount of explaining that will move them to say, “Thanks, I understand now, I’ll butt out,” because the interrogations were never about wanting to know your thought process.

So that is the message in their persistence: Indulging them accomplishes nothing.

It does not even “keep the peace,” because it only encourages agitation in the form of constant questions. If you hope for a different experience around your family, then you need to address the pressure itself as unacceptable or valid, and stop making it a higher priority than your own peace of mind. Which means it is time to stop equating your adherence to your values as “stubborn” or “closed-minded” (especially because theirs is at least equally so).

Most of your work on this goal is internal. Verbally, it is the smallest of adjustments. Instead of saying, “It is my decision, and I do not want to discuss it,” make the same points, warmly, with: “This works for us, thanks.” Bonus: It makes the stubbornness argument moot, because if something is working for you, why would you even think about changing it?

“This works for us, thanks.”

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You are the smiling wall their endless suggestions endlessly hit. Hold gently till it becomes habit to, and these family gatherings might finally work for you, thanks.

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Heisman winner Williams set for redemption campaign

LAS VEGAS (AP) — USC quarterback Caleb Williams stood behind the lectern at the Heisman Trophy ceremony in December and delivered a speech, reminding his co-finalists that he might have won the hardware, but they were the ones playing in the College Football Playoffs.

“Guess you can’t win ‘em all,” he said. When Williams spoke Friday at the Pac-12 Conference media day, it became clear the same thought has reverberated through him for the past seven months.

“It resonates a lot,” Williams told The Associated Press. “It burns inside that I had said that up there. I didn’t want to say it, but it was the truth and it also got a little laughter ... So it eased up the crowd a little bit.”

What hasn’t eased up is his hunger for a national championship.

Williams, listed on FanDuel Sportsbook as the current favorite to with the Heisman Trophy again at 5-1 odds, said he’s heading into the 2023 season extra motivated after a hamstring injury marred his sophomore campaign. A victory over Utah in the Pac-12 title

game might have catapulted USC into a playoff spot, but Williams was dealing with the nagging injury and the Utes beat the Trojans 47-24.

Had he been healthy for the championship in USC’s remarkable turnaround season — from 4-8 in 2021 to 11-2 and a Cotton Bowl bid in 2022 — Williams said he believes the Trojans would

have enjoyed a different ending.

This year, he realizes what it’ll take to execute coach Lincoln Riley’s gameplan, as the two continue to resurrect the program to national prominence.

“I think when I’m on the field we got the best shot to win,” Williams said. “When I’m healthy, we got even a better shot to win. ... Having a routine that I stick to throughout the season, whether it’s food, lifts, running, whatever the case may be, that’ll help me stay healthy for 15 games.”

In just one season with the Trojans, after following Riley from Oklahoma, Williams ranks 10th all time in the program with 42 touchdown passes. His 333 completions are 13th at the school.

Now, Riley and the rest of the Trojans are hoping the catalyst

who helped thrust USC’s football program back into the national spotlight is ready for an encore performance.

“I think the situation last year, he obviously did a great job, was important for our program, but also I think for his learning and his growth, it was a great situation for him to be in as well,” Riley said. “Great quarterbacks at the end of the day get defined by their teams’ success, their championships. I know he’s very hungry to go close out this year with both.

“There is no one that I would rather go to war with than that guy.”

Williams has already drawn comparisons to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes for his ability to improvise in a split second

and still deliver precision passes from an array of arm angles.

And considering the former five-star high school recruit out of Washington, D.C., has been in the national spotlight since high school, Williams said he’ll subconsciously be ready for every big moment that’ll confront him.

Whether or not he’s back at the lectern at the Heisman Trophy ceremony again, Williams has his eyes set on a bigger goal. “I play for championships,” he said. “I’d much rather hoist the golden trophy at the end, it means a lot more to me than the bronze trophy. And it doesn’t mean to disrespect the Heisman ... but it’s more or less that’s why you go out there and play football.”

Olympic champion Canada beats Ireland at Women’s World Cup

PERTH, Australia (AP)

— Conceding a goal directly from a corner kick against Ireland on Wednesday, Olympic champion Canada was in trouble in its second game of the Women’s World Cup.

After a disappointing 0-0 draw with Nigeria in its opening match of the tournament, and with iconic forward Christine Sinclair on the bench, Canada’s hopes of advancing from the group stage were under threat.

Up against a determined Ireland, an inspired Katie McCabe and torrential rain at Rectangular Stadium, the odds were stacking up against the Canadi-

ans. But with the character of Olympic gold medallists, a touch of fortune and some help from the bench, Canada recovered. Adriana Leon scored the decisive goal early in the second half to complete a come-from-behind 2-1 win that moved her country to the top of Group B and within sight of the round of 16. That hadn’t looked like being the case when McCabe curled a fourth-minute corner into the back of the net to give Ireland the lead and its first ever goal at a World Cup.

Launching her kick from the right, it was too high for anyone to

get a touch and drifted beyond the reach of Canada goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan before dipping under the bar.

It was a stunning strike and a contender for goal of the tournament. “It’s bittersweet. Of course it’s nice to score and get us off to a good start, but it’s results that matter in this game, at this level and in these type of tournaments,” said McCabe, who was named player of the match and was in tears after the final whistle. “I’m heartbroken for the girls and I felt we deserved something from the game.”

Ireland, in its debut at the World Cup, was

Chargers sign Herbert to megadeal

By JOE REEDY The Associated Press

Justin Herbert is set to become the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback by annual salary, agreeing to a five-year, $262.5 million extension with the Los Angeles Chargers on Tuesday.

Herbert’s total value and $52.5 million average per season surpasses the $260 million, five-year extension ($52 million average) Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson signed three months ago. Herbert will get $218.7 million guaranteed, which is second to the fully guaranteed $230 million deal Deshaun Watson signed with Cleveland in 2022, a person close to the negotiations told The Associated Press.

The person spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because the Chargers did not release the financial details.

The team and Herbert agreed to the extension on the first day of training camp. The Chargers’ first practice will be Wednesday.

Herbert is the second member of the 2020 draft class to sign a big extension, after Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts

signed a five-year extension worth $255 million.

Herbert’s contract also sets the playing field for the Cincinnati Bengals and Joe Burrow. Bengals owner Mike Brown on Monday said talks are ongoing.

Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes is in the third year of a 10-year contract worth $450 million, the largest overall deal for a quarterback.

The 25-year-old Herbert — the sixth overall pick in 2020 — is the first quarterback in NFL history to begin his career with three consec-

utive seasons of at least 4,000 passing yards and is one of two players to throw 25 touchdown passes in each of his first three years.

Since entering the league, Herbert is second in the league in completions (1,316), third in passing yards (14,089) and sixth in TD passes (102).

Despite Herbert’s numbers, he hasn’t pushed the Chargers into the echelon of Super Bowl contenders. Los Angeles is 25-25 including the playoffs with Herbert under center.

eliminated after backto-back losses. The Irish lost to co-host Australia 1-0 in their opening match.

“To captain these girls is an absolute honour and an absolute privilege. I’m so proud of each and every single one of them, we’ve done so much to get here and it’s about pushing on now,” McCabe said.

Both teams knew a win was vital to their hopes of advancing from the group.

After her team got off to an underwhelming start against Nigeria, Canada coach Beverly Priestman benched

Sinclair, international soccer’s all-time leading scorer, for the second game.

In her absence, Canada continued to struggle, going behind early and conceding more chances as Ireland applied the pressure.

Vanessa Gilles wasted a chance to even the score when she sent a shot over from close range as Ireland looked set to go into the break in front.

That was until Megan Connolly’s own-goal in the fifth minute of added time at the end of the first half granted Canada a lifeline. Connolly got the slightest touch

on Julia Grosso’s cross to take the ball beyond Ireland keeper Courtney Brosnan. It was a let off for Canada and Priestman responded by making three halftime substitutions, bringing on Sinclair, Sophie Schmidt and Shelina Zadorsky. That depth of quality proved the difference, with Schmidt making a quick impact by providing the assist for Leon’s goal in the 53rd. WHAT’S NEXT Canada plays co-host Australia in Melbourne on Monday, while Ireland and Nigeria meet in Brisbane.

USC quarterback Caleb Williamson Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. SEAN MEAGHER/TNS