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Taking in Taiwan IHS senior recounts overseas experiences

Yates Center Elementary School

Asbestos cleanup shutters school

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

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e lived the life of a quasi-celebrity, surrounded by awed school-

children.

He was able to travel the world for the first time in his life, as a teenager without family.

Last, but not least, Chase Regehr learned a few nuggets of wisdom during his weeklong excursion to Taiwan earlier this month: Fried chicken from the small Asian island is far superior to anything he’s tasted in America; their farms are radically different — and smaller — than their American counterparts; and those unfamiliar with the delicacy should politely decline if offered a plate of stinky tofu.

REGEHR, 18, a senior at Iola High School, was one of three Kansans selected to participate in a longstanding student exchange program to learn about Taiwan’s agricultural industry and how Kansas exports benefit both Kansas and Taiwan.

His selection by the Kansas Department of Agriculture was based on his successful application back in mid-October.

“I thought it’d be fun to go,” Regehr said. “I thought

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“I just figured some kid

YATES CENTER — Asbestos found earlier this month in the Yates Center Elementary School gymnasium has prompted school officials to shutter the building until the asbestos can be removed.

Woodson USD 366, which administers all Yates Center schools, announced the move via Facebook Monday.

Superintendent of Schools Greg Brown told the Register this morning that alternative sites for students to attend school have been found until the asbestos can be removed.

“We’ll have kids scattered all over Yates Center,” he said.

Three grade levels, for example, are going to local churches. Another grade level is going to the Eastern Star building on the downtown square. Fourth- and fifth-graders will be shuttled to the Woodson County Fairgrounds.

“The most nerve-wracking

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Iola High School senior Chase Regehr practices grafting a tree branch as part of a weeklong visit earlier this month in Taiwan. COURTESY PHOTO it’d be fun to get out of the country at least once during my senior year.”

That said, he applied with little hopes of earning a spot

on the exchange team.

That’s because the trip is available only to high school seniors and college freshmen. In fact, the other two

Congress’ budget patch averts national farm loan crisis

By ROXANA HEGEMAN The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — U.S. farmers drained all available government agricultural loan money this past fiscal year to get through one of the worst agricultural downturns in recent years, but no one who qualifies for a farm loan will be denied in the next four months due to an unusual provision passed this month by Congress.

The budget patch gives the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency authority to meet the spike in loan demand by using future funding, according to U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican who chairs an agricultural appropriations panel.

There is no limit to how much the USDA can lend through April 28 — a victory for farm groups who pressed Washington for the fix to avert a looming loan crisis.

Already, corn and wheat prices have pushed farmers to the limit, and beef prices are hurting ranchers. They

turned to lenders, leading the FSA to fall short $137 million short of needed direct and guaranteed loan funds in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.

When the money ran out, approved loans were funded in the current fiscal year, piling on to the demand for loans and raising the specter that FSA would again run out of money before spring — when most farmers need it the most.

“If you are trying to grow a crop and feed a family and pay the bills, it is a problem,” Moran said. “This is one of the most difficult times in agriculture in a long time.”

Operating loans for 2016 are coming due at a time of widespread downturn.

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The Allen County Animal Rescue Facility parking lot will be improved, thanks to a donation from the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, using VIN revenues. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Sheriff boosts ACARF parking lot project

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

The parking lot at Allen County Animal Rescue Facility’s headquarters at the east edge of LaHarpe will be improved by Allen County’s Public Works crew — even though county commissioners failed to approve the project on Tuesday.

Sheriff Bryan Murphy stepped in to help, with money from his department’s VIN account. The account is

fattened each time sheriff ’s officers check vehicle identification numbers. In the past Murphy and Williams, when he was sheriff, have dipped into VIN coffers to help local groups and organizations.

Commissioners had been asked to have Mitch Garner, director of Public Works, send crushed rock to ACARF along U.S. 54, and also dispatch a road maintainer to level the rock, filling a few potholes along the way.

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‘Star Wars’ starlet, Fisher, 60, dies of heart attack LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher, a daughter of Hollywood royalty who gained popculture fame as Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” and turned her struggles with addiction and mental illness into wickedly funny books, a hit film and a one-woman stage show, died Tuesday after falling ill aboard a flight last week. She was 60.

“Carrie was one of a kind ... brilliant, original. Funny and emotionally fearless. She lived

her life, bravely,” “ S t a r Wars” co-star Harrison Ford said in a state- Carrie Fisher ment.

Fisher, the daughter of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, had been hospitalized since Friday, when paramedics responded to a report of a patient in distress at Los Angeles airport.

Her family gave no details on the emergency, but media reports said she had suffered a heart attack.

“Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter,” Reynolds wrote on her Facebook page Tuesday. “I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop. Love Carries Mother.”

Fisher made her feature film debut opposite

Warren Beatty in the 1975 hit “Shampoo.” She also appeared in “Austin Powers,” “The Blues Brothers,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” “Scream 3” and “When Harry Met Sally ...”

But Fisher is best remembered as the headstrong Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” in 1977, her hair styled in futuristic braided buns. She uttered the immortal phrase “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.”

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Farmers in Georgia, the Carolinas and Alabama have gotten a double whammy of drought and flooding. Midwest states are reeling from a glut in global grain markets that has slashed crop prices, and cotton growers in Georgia and Texas also are suffering due to low prices. Consumer demand for milk is down. Cattle prices are falling.

Not as many people are able to pay off their 2016 operating loans, and the next 60 to 90 days will be telling, said Steve Apodaca, vice president for the Washington, D.C.based The American Bankers Association’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Banking.

Most borrowers will be able to sustain themselves another year, and bankers will be able to help restructure their loans and add federal guarantees to commercial loans, Apodaca said.

He is not expecting a repeat of the farm crisis of the 1980s, when land values tanked and interest rates were high.

Matt Ubell and his two siblings took out an FSA loan this month to buy their parents’ cattle and crops farm in Wheaton, Kansas, but he says the agricultural economy “has us scared to death.”

Their balance sheet was just above the breakeven point to qualify for the loan.

“We are kind of starting out fresh. We bought the farm, we bought the equipment.” Ubell said. “... We are pretty highly leveraged right now.”

The 34-year-old farmer and his wife put in long hours to make ends meet for their four children. His wife is a cook and a nursing assistant.

He works at a lumberyard and delivers liquid feed supplements for cattle.

One measure of the farm economy is equity

— the amount of debt compared to assets like land and machinery. The USDA’s Economic Research Service predicted last month U.S. farm equity would decline 3.1 percent in 2016 to $2.47 trillion — the second straight year of declines.

Farm debt is expected to rise 5.2 percent to $375.4 billion in 2016.

With such low commodity prices, Russell Boening said he is doing everything he can not to borrow more money than he absolutely needs to operate his 7,500-acre family farm in south Texas because “that gets you further and further behind.” That includes delaying equipment purchases.

The 57-year-old has farmed for 35 years, has hundreds of dairy and beef cattle and grows hay, corn, cotton, wheat and watermelons to diversify his income.

Also the president of the Texas Farm Bureau,

Boening knows he’s in a better spot than younger farmers like Ubell.

“We have been here long enough,” he said.

“We have a good relationship with the lender, so we have equity built up and we are in a better spot than someone who has struck out on their own within the last 10 years.”

This year’s bountiful yields and low interest rates on loans helped many growers.

But many commercial lenders are now demanding farmers whose operations are under stress to get government guarantees that any money lent for next year’s crops will be repaid.

“When a farmer goes under, it affects that rural community,” Apodaca said. “He is no longer buying seed, he is no longer buying equipment. His family is no longer going to the local Main Street and buying goods and services.”

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part of all of this is sending kids across U.S. 75,” Brown said.

The students will begin their day at Yates Center High School, where students who eat breakfast on campus still will be allowed to do so.

The teachers will greet their students at the high school, at which point buses will shuttle the students to their temporary quar-

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The district announced its Christmas break will be extended a day, to Jan. 4, in order to secure accommodations for the displaced students.

A public meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Monday in the high school auditorium to answer questions, and to “consider parts of the plan that may need adjustments,” Brown said.

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Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that once was lauded for its versatility, recognized for its heat resistance, tensile strength and insulating properties, and used for everything from fire-proof vests to home and commercial construction. It was woven into fabric, and mixed with cement.

Its properties were so desired that the United States military mandated its use in every branch of service.

Asbestos was a perfect blend to make things better – except it was highly toxic, too. Today

asbestos is a known cause of mesothelioma cancer, is banned in more than 50 countries (not the U.S.), and its use has been dramatically restricted in others.

In Yates Center’s case, the asbestos was part of the ceiling tiles in the gymnasium.

The asbestos was discovered Dec. 19, prompting school officials to close for Christmas break two days early.

The cleanup is expected to take four weeks, Brown said.

Asbestos in other parts of the building, built in 1969, remains encapsulated and is not deemed a health threat, Brown said.

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She reprised the role in Episode VII of the series, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in 2015, and her digitally rendered image appears in the newest installment, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

“She was extremely smart; a talented actress, writer and comedienne with a very colorful personality that everyone loved,” ‘’Star Wars” creator George Lucas said in a statement.

“In ‘Star Wars’ she was our great and powerful princess — feisty, wise and full of hope in a role that was more difficult than most people might think.”

Fisher long battled

drug addiction and mental illness. She said she smoked pot at 13, used LSD by 21 and was diagnosed as bipolar at 24. She was treated with electroshock therapy and medication.

In 1987, her thinly veiled autobiography “Postcards From the Edge” became a bestseller. It was adapted into a 1990 movie starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep.

More books followed: “Delusions of Grandma,” “Surrender the Pink,” “The Best Awful,” “Shockaholic” and this year’s autobiography, “The Princess Diarist,” in which she revealed that she and Ford had an affair on the “Star Wars” set.

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the expense. One way could be by giving the county a break when it brings animals to the facility. ACARF, a no-kill facility, charges to house unclaimed pets.

Murphy said the last time his officers delivered any animals to ACARF was about six years ago, two puppies for which it paid $75 each for admission.

Reality is, Murphy added, the county has no responsibility to collect animals that are a nuisance or seen as having been abandoned in unincorporated areas.

“When we get a call, we tell people they need to take care of the animals (usually dogs),” he said. If they pose a threat to livestock, “then we point out they have the right to destroy the animals.”

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Garner surveyed the parking lot and figured cost of upgrade would be about $900.

Murphy allowed he had enough in the VIN account to reimburse Public Works to bring the parking area up to snuff.

“It’s a go,” Murphy told the Register by telephone.

Financial Focus Here’s Your Retirement “To Do” List

At this time of year, your life is probably more hectic than usual – so you may have assembled an impressive “to do” list. This can be a helpful tool for organizing your activities in the near future – but have you ever thought of developing a “to do” list for long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement? If not, you may want to think about it – and here are a few list-worthy items to consider: • Examine – and re-examine – your planned retirement age. You may have long counted on retiring at a certain age, but are you sure that this goal is the best one for your overall financial situation? Think about it: If you like your job, and you stayed at it for just a few more years, you could significantly boost the funds in your 401(k) or other retirement plan, and you might even be able to delay taking Social Security, which, in turn, would result in larger monthly payments.

• Put a “price tag” on your retirement lifestyle.

When you retire, do you want to travel the world or stay at home pursuing your hobbies? Will you truly retire from all types of work, or will you do some consulting or take up part-time employment? Once you know what your retirement lifestyle might look like, you can better estimate your costs and expenses – and this knowledge will help you determine how much you need to withdraw each year from your various retirement accounts, such as your IRA, 401(k) or other employer-based plan.

• Be aware of retirement plan withdrawal rules. It isn’t enough just to recognize how much you need to withdraw from your retirement plans – you also must know how much you must withdraw. Once you turn 70 ½, you generally have to start taking money out of your traditional IRA and 401(k). These required minimum distributions, or RMDs, are based on your account balance, age and other factors, but the key word to remember is “required” – if you don’t withdraw the full amount of the RMD by the applicable deadline, the amount not withdrawn can be taxed at a 50% rate.

• Review your health care situation. When you turn 65, you will likely be eligible for Medicare, but you’ll want to become familiar with what it does – and doesn’t – cover, so you can establish an annual health care budget. And if you are planning to retire early, which might mean losing your employersponsored health insurance, you will need to be prepared for potentially large out-of-pocket costs.

• Think about long-term care. One service that Medicare doesn’t cover – or, at best, covers only minimally – is long-term care. If you faced an extended stay in a nursing home, the costs could be catastrophic. A financial professional may be able to help you find a way to reduce this risk.

• Develop your estate plans. Estate planning can be complex, involving many different documents – such as a will, a living trust, power of attorney, etc. – so you’ll want to work with a legal professional to ensure you’re making the right choices for yourself and your family.

By checking off these items, one by one, your retirement “to do” list will eventually get “done.”

And when that happens, you may find yourself pretty well prepared to enjoy life as a retiree. what you can do to improve your results in 2017. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Monday-New Year’s Day observed, all offices closed, bank, clinic, school, no mail, Diner and Jeanie’s closed; Happy New Year! Jan. 4-Lions Club, United Methodist Church basement, 7 p.m.; Jan. 5-County bus to Garnett, phone 24 hours before you need a ride, 785-448-4410 any weekday; Community Church Missionary meeting, Church Annex, 1:30 p.m.; United Methodist Women, United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 7 p.m. Jan. 6-10-Recycle trailer on Cherry Street in front of City Hall; Jan. 11-Rural Water District No. 5 board meeting, board office, 7:30 p.m.; Fire Dept. meeting, fire station, 7 p.m.

School calendar

Tuesday-school reconvenes; high school basketball at NortheastArma; Jan. 6-high school basketball at Marmaton Valley; Jan. 13-no school; high school basketball at Crest vs.

Altoona, 6 p.m.

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Christian Church

Scripture presented Christmas Day was Luke 2:8-14 and Revelations 12:1-5, 7-13, 17.

Pastor Andrew Zoll’s sermon was “A Dragon in the Manger.” Cross training classes are at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday, worship service follows at 10:45. Men’s Bible study-7 a.m. Tuesday; Jan. 8-church potluck lunch at the City Hall Community Room following worship service.

Jan. 11-Working Wonders CWC, 7 p.m.

Cowboy Church

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Jan. 6-Church Constitution meeting at 6 p.m.; Jan. 8-Kristin Hammond will be guest speaker, Fellowship lunch at board meeting follows; Jan. 15-Gideons International representative will be guest speaker; Jan. 26-Northcott Women of Faith meet at 6:30 p.m.; dinner soups will be served.

Members celebrating birthdays are Jonita Otto, Jan. 6, Steve Cox, Jan. 17, and Ronda West, Jan. 23.

Bible study is at 9:28 a.m.

Sundays, worship service at 10:28; Bible study will resume March 1. Pastor Mike Farran, 620-363-4828

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Scripture presented Christmas morning was Psalm 98, Isaiah 9:2-7, Titus 2:11-14 and John 1:1-14. Pastor Dorothy Welch presented the sermon, “Mind the Light.”

Our Town

It was in 1985 when a committee was formed and work began on celebrating Colony’s 100th

anniversary. In viewing a picture, there were 15 committee members.

Norma Ballard, appointed by the city council for the centennial celebration, was committee chairman. Three members remain today — myself, Jay Dutton and Wallace Strickler.

Colony got its name from the fact that a colony of people from Ohio and Indiana settled here. Initially there was a railroad station here called Divide. In 1872, settlers began to arrive and by mid-May 100 had moved to the vicinity.

It wasn’t until March 4, 1883, when an application was made and signed by 50 people to change the name of “Divide” to “Colony.”

A history book was compiled in 1985. The event was held Aug. 31.

A parade was held beginning at the County Road east of Glen Hermreck’s home. A kids’ pet parade was formed and they joined the parade at the Ed Bunnel yard.

An antique car show, pony pull and beard and costume contest were

among the events.

The Christian Church compiled a cookbook.

An area barbecue by the Colony Lions Club was held; marching bands and square dancing followed. It was a fun day.

Time flies

Yes, time just gets away from us. Kacie Nilges opened her salon business, Platinum K Beauty Shop on South Pine Street. Stop in and congratulate her on her two-year anniversary.

Crystal Carey of Welda joined the salon in September 2014. They both take appointments at 620-852-3488 Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Around town

Shirley McGhee’s family celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve. Attending were Darren and Cindy McGhee, Westphalia; Derick McGhee and Tyler Walkenshaw, Wellsville; Dustin and Rochelle Smart, Iola; Joe, Vicki, and Chad Atwood, LaCygne; and Tyler Atwood, Stillwater, Okla.

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Craig Luedke, Hot Springs, Ark., his sister and family, Julie and Dick Nichols, Bryce and Kimberlyn, Beloit, were Christmas house guests of their mother, Phyllis Luedke.

Christmas Day guests of Evelyn Wedeman and her daughter Donna Powell were Mick and Nancy Powell, Halstead; Wayne and Cindy Powell, Mark and Sharon Wiley, Dexter and Asia, Colony; Kenneth and Chrissy Powell, McKenna and McKayla, Iola; Keith and Haylee and Hudson and Haden, Lone Elm; Lori and Kent Hoyt, daughter, husband and two children, from the East Coast, Jerry Hoyt, Jada and Billy DeWitt, Blaze and Zary, all of Burlington; Amanda and Mike Hatesohl and Isaac and Caleb, East Coast, Jessica Standley and Raylyn, Arena and baby boy, Oklahoma; Dennis and Vicky Hermreck and Judd Hermreck, Modesto, Calif.; Nicole and Mike, Elizabeth and Landau, Denver; and Paige Hermreck, New York.

Judge lifts execution stay for ex-soldier in military prison KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas federal judge has lifted a stay of execution for a former soldier sentenced to death for two killings and a series of rapes, inching the man closer to becoming the military’s first death sentence carried out in more than a half-

century.

U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten last week sided with the U.S. government in denying a bid by former Fort Bragg, North Carolina, soldier Ronald A. Gray to block the military from pressing ahead with the execution by lethal injection.

Since a military court sentenced him to die in 1988, Gray has been held at Fort Leavenworth, where the military carried out its last execution when it hanged Army Pvt. John Bennett in 1961 for raping and trying to kill an 11-year-old Austrian girl.

Saundra Upshaw submitted this photo of when she appeared in the 1962 Iola Junior College production of “Angel Street.” Cast member included back row from left, Bob Hawk, Dale Sandlin, Ken McGuffin; front row, Saundra (Anderson) Upshaw and Carol Ann Bain, Colony.

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No known execution date has been set for Gray as of Tuesday. Though Gray’s attorneys have said in recent court filings that they plan to ask military courts to intervene, that status of those appeals was unclear Tuesday. A message left

by The Associated Press with Gray’s capital public defender, Tim Kane, was not immediately returned.

Gray, 51, is among six people on the U.S. military’s death row, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit research group that opposes capital punishment. Those inmates, whose appeals are pending, include Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at a Texas Army base.

The U.S. president — the nation’s commander in chief — has the power to commute a military death sentence, and no service member can be put to death unless the president signs off on it, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

The commandant of Fort Leavenworth’s disciplinary barracks where Gray is held is the one who would schedule the date and time of the execution, according to the federal government’s court filings.

Gray was convicted and ordered condemned in military court in 1988 for two murders and three rapes in the Fayetteville, North Carolina,

area while stationed at Fort Bragg, where he reached the rank of specialist and was a cook. He pleaded guilty in civilian courts to two other killings and five rapes and was sentenced to eight life terms, three of them consecutive.

The federal appeal was filed in 2008 for Gray, whose attorneys claimed he had an ineffective law-

Gray has been held at Fort Leavenworth, where the military carried out its last execution when it hanged Army Pvt. John Bennett in 1961....

yer in his earlier case and lacked the mental capacity to stand trial. Gray’s appellate attorneys also have questioned the military’s jurisdiction over the case.

In November 2008, another Kansas federal judge, Richard Rogers, issued a stay for Gray two weeks before his scheduled execution.

In successfully pressing for Marten to lift the stay, federal prosecutors argued in a court filing Dec. 9 that Gray “seems to believe that he is entitled to an indefinite federal stay of execution while he exhausts his remedies in the military courts.

This is not the law.”

Various factors help explain the absence of

military executions in recent decades.

Condemned inmates may appeal their death sentences to military and civilian courts, potentially delaying an execution for decades, as in Gray’s case.

In 1983, the armed services’ highest court ruled that the military death penalty law was constitutionally flawed because it did not include “aggravating” factors to help jurors decide which cases deserve capital punishment. That ruling resulted in a number of death sentences being converted to life terms.

But the next year, President Ronald Reagan reinstated the military’s capital punishment, defining who is subject to the death penalty in the armed forces through an executive order. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1996 upheld Reagan’s action as constitutional.

In 1997, the Uniform Code of Military Justice — the military’s modernday legal system — was amended to add a life sentence without the possibility of parole as an alternative to the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

In October, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear a challenge to the death penalty for military members, rejecting an appeal from a former soldier sentenced to death for killing two fellow soldiers and injuring 14 others in an attack in Kuwait in 2003.

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from K-State would be chosen over me,” he said.

Instead, Regehr’s acceptance letter arrived via email the evening of Oct. 27, just hours after a stinging football loss to Girard, in which Iola came two points shy of winning a district title for the first time since the 1980s.

The acceptance letter helped ease the pain of the gridiron loss, eventually, he admitted.

“At first, I was just in shock,” Regehr said.

cuisine.

“They’re famous for their fried chicken,” Regehr said. “I don’t know how they do it, maybe it’s their spices, but their fried chicken is amazing.

Dumplings also are a popular dish there, as well as fried noodles and soups.

“Their breakfasts are a bit different than ours.

They’ll eat rice and pork with a coke.”

Tea is the beverage of choice, always hot and rarely with sweetener.

“Pretty disgusting,” he said.

There were a few signs of home along the way.

Regehr ate at a McDonald’s and KFC. The McDonald’s varied from its American counterparts in that its menu selection was wider.

“I had a bacon cheeseburger there,” he said.

“And they had fried chicken.”

Nothing, however, compares to stinky tofu, which earns its crass name honestly, Regehr said with a laugh.

Tofu, made from curds resulting from coagulating soy milk, is coated with a brine made of fermented milk, vegetables and meat.

“It smells like a pig barn,” he said. “Being on a farm, I’m used to those smells, but this stuff stunk.”

And it tasted even worse.

“People were watching me as soon as I put it in my mouth,” Regehr said.

Their inquisitive looks turned to laughter as Regehr spit out the unusual fare.

“The three Americans there tried it, and all three hated it,” he said.

“Our translators ate it all.”

Shopping excursions also were an adventure.

Malls in Taiwan, usually because of population density, were built up instead of out. One shopping mall they visited was 15 stories tall.

THE TRIP was riddled with firsts.

While Regehr had flown once before with his family to Washington, D.C., the Dec. 4 flight from Kansas City to San Francisco, then across nearly 6,500 miles of the Pacific Ocean to Taiwan was his first international trip.

“And it was also my first time on a 747,” he said.

His travel group — small delegations from Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska — met up in San Francisco for their transcontinental flight.

Their arrival at Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan’s capital city of Taipei precipitated a whirlwind week filled with trips to area schools, farms, businesses and marketplaces, sightseeing and other activities.

The students began with a quick tour around the capital, including a visit with Douglas Hsu, deputy North American affairs director with Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry; a visit to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, a national monument to the former Taiwanese president (which looked something like the Lincoln Memorial built within the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., Regehr said); and finally a visit in the afternoon to the Green Vines Growing Sprouts, an ag business in Taiwan that grows — you guessed it — organic sprouts.

The production was radically different than anything farmers produce in America, Regehr noted, chiefly because

Iola High School senior Chase Regehr, back at center, received a hero’s welcome while visiting schools in Taiwan earlier this month as part of a trip sponsored in part by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. COURTESY PHOTO the sprouts are grown indoors via hydroponic (water-based) farming.

And their crops, such as alfalfa, are harvested within days of first emerging from their growing trays.

Hydroponic farming is popular in places such as Taiwan, Regehr explained, because the environment is strictly controlled — farms are indoors — and other variables such as air pressure, humidity levels and heat can be controlled.

“They gave us sprouts to try,” he said. “I had alfalfa, sunflower, peas and buckwheat. I liked them all, honestly.”

FROM THERE, the students traveled about 2½ hours south of Taipei to Tai Chung City, where they spent most of the rest of the week.

There was the Tai Chung City Agricultural Vocational School — TCAVS for short — a private, vocational high school split among three campuses in various parts of the region.

There, Regehr and his fellow travelers introduced themselves to roughly 2,000 native students at an assembly.

From there, they attended a horticultural class, where students practiced grafting tree branches.

The procedure involved peeling the outer layers of bark from a small tree branch, then wrapping a sponge-like

material around the surface.

“From there, a new tree branch will start to form,” he said. “I’d never done it before.”

The Americans were treated as celebrities from the Taiwanese students.

“I don’t think I’ve ever taken so many pictures in my life,” he said. “It’s not really a spot for tourists, so they just don’t see Americans there.”

A trip to a second, smaller TCAVS campus followed the next day, in which the Americans toured a series of outdoor growing areas, usually for rice.

“About the only American crop I saw there was corn, and they’re still experimenting with that,’ he said.

The biggest difference between Taiwanese and American farms, however, is their size.

Farmland over there rarely exceeded a single acre.

“I saw one farmer using a garden tiller to work up his ground,” Regehr said with a chuckle. “”It’s nothing like we have over here.”

From there, the students toured an orchid nursery, another primary export.

“They let us try to decorate a bouquet of flowers,” Regehr said. “It was fun; we weren’t very good at it.”

Schools in Taiwan differ from American campuses in several ways. In Taiwan, there are only

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three class levels; Freshman, junior and senior, “but the students are still 17 or 18 when they graduate,” Regehr noted.

“I’m still not sure how their schedule works.”

And the bigger campuses have English classes, in which students are nearly as fluent in English as their native Mandarin Chinese.

“They loved trying to talk English to us,” he said. “Some were a little scared, afraid we’d judge them.”

And instead of having homecoming or proms, the schools instead would have afternoon dance competitions.

The American visit coincided with such an event.

“Nothing was off limits,” Regehr said with a laugh. “They had all kinds of costumes and music (including many American pop tunes).

“They have some amazing dancers,” he said, including one memorable scene in which a student spun rapidly on his head. Another flipped back and forth on his arms. “Could you imagine if they did that at our school?”

Regehr and his fellow guests were invited to give it a go.

“We tried to dance to ‘Copperhead Road,’” he laughed. “We were pretty terrible. They thought we were terrible, but we all had fun.”

MUCH OF THEIR trip focused on Taiwanese

REGEHR returned home the weekend of Dec. 10 with a new appreciation of Taiwan and what it offers to America.

“I loved it,” he said.

“I always felt safe over

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The trip back home differed from the outbound flight in that wind currents shaved four hours from the air time on their return flight.

“It took us 14 hours to fly out there; 10 hours to fly back,” he said. “On the way over there, we were going about 525 mph. On the way back, we did about 700.”

In another oddity, the faster flight, combined with the time zone difference meant Regehr’s jet left Taiwan at about 11:30 a.m. that day; he arrived at 5:30 a.m., that same morning.

BECAUSE the trip was sponsored by the Department of Agriculture, Regehr’s meals and lodging were already covered.

“I only had to come up with half my airfare,” he said, about $500, plus another $100 for souvenirs and shopping.

He received assistance from donors in the community, including the Iola Rotary Club.

Regehr will recount his experiences for the Rotarians in January.

The trip is coordinated by the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver, and is sponsored by TECO. Opportunities such as the Taiwan Youth Exchange Program provide networking opportunities, according to a KDA news release. In 2015, Kansas exported $97.8 million of agriculture commodities to Taiwan.

Regehr is the son of Brian and Shellie Regehr.

He’s been active in a number of sports and other activities throughout high school, including FFA, Student Council, the National Honors Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Rotary Interact Club and Youth Works mission trips.

In addition, he owns a lawn-mowing business and works at Regehr farms.

After high school, he plans to attend Kansas State University to major in agribusiness.

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Small prison may be wave of the future Bill James is the father of sabermetrics, a numerical analysis of baseball that has revolutionized the way statistics are used to predict player performance and manage the game.

More recently he stepped into another arena with “Popular Crime,” a book that leans on statistics to postulate whether resolution of major crimes — mostly murders — over the last century and a half reached logical conclusions. He thinks JonBenet Ramsey’s parents are innocent of her murder, and O.J. Simpson was guilty, saved by an inept prosecutor and shower of media attention.

James, 67, and a resident of Holton, also thinks the nation would be well served if it did away with large prisons holding thousands of inmates, and replaced them with smaller ones of 20 or so.

IN HUGE prisons the most heinous, most violent prisoners hold sway. They dictate from a position of strength gang behavior, drug distribution and violence.

Those at the other end of the spectrum gravitate to experienced and accomplished criminals — albeit not so much so to escape arrest — for two reasons: They have little choice in the social strata of a prison and the saw plays true: “You are a product of your environment.” Also, departments of corrections today aren’t eager to spend money — often it isn’t available — to rebuild the lives of inmates in preparation of their return to society.

James’s idea is to segregate inmates by their crimes, perhaps into 10 tiers with one small prison

set aside for the most violent and irretrievable.

At the harmless end, inmates would be permitted to hold jobs and check in to their prison quarters each evening. More perks — educational opportunities and freedoms of several forms — would graduate from the tier holding the worst offenders.

In some respects, it would be similar to Allen County’s drug court, where people arrested for certain drug offenses are permitted to meet regularly, learn the advantages of righting their lives and then graduate without jail time.

County jails today are somewhat similar to what James envisions.

Allen County’s, for example, allows some inmates privileges, depending on why they are incarcerated. They don’t have classes to improve their lives educationally — although it’s likely Sheriff Bryan Murphy would look favorably on such a program — but they do work in laundry, kitchen, do other chores and before this year cultivated a garden north across Jackson Avenue. They also have some freedom within confines of the jail.

BREAKING the law must have consequences.

Those convicted of the most violent crimes — murder, rape and offenses against children — should be punished commensurately.

The state’s Department of Corrections is short of beds. A suggestion has been made to use county jail space. Perhaps doing so would lead to an outcome similar to what James proposes.

It’s worth a try.

— Bob Johnson

Legislature needs an accountant For the first time since Kansas became a state in 1861, the state Senate will not have a practicing attorney among its members in 2017.

The lack of a lawyer has caused a ripple of concern among lawmakers. State Sen. David Haley, D-Kansas City, will be the only member of the Kansas Senate with a law degree when the session gets underway. But Haley allowed his law license to lapse more than 20 years ago and is not a practicing attorney.

“As many people realize, Kansas has never had this happen before,” Haley said.

“There’s always been a practicing attorney or licensed attorney.”

The National Conference of State Legislatures said attorneys made up only 10 percent of the total Kansas Legislature for the past two sessions. Most of those attorneys served in the House, while there were two practicing attorneys in the Senate: Sen. Terry Bruce, R-Hutchinson, and Sen. Jeff King, RIndependence. Bruce was defeated in the August primary and King decided not to seek

Transitional help should be available for vets One of our society’s weightiest responsibilities is the dedicated provision of health care for our veterans.

The men and women of our armed forces are expected to do things that would be intolerable for the rest of us — from putting their lives at risk on the battlefield to enduring situations of unimaginable deprivation and discomfort.

While “support our troops” bumper stickers and yellow ribbons are important, we see them so often that they’re liable to be ignored. They’re just part of the American landscape — no more striking than the trees or hills.

To avoid complacency, we have to do more than exchange agreeable platitudes about our soldiers and veterans. We have to do our best to appreciate the real anxieties and strains of life in the military (as well as life after the military). We have to become acquainted with the needs — from professional to social to medical — of American veterans. And we have to advocate on their behalf when these needs aren’t being met — particularly in our own communities.

With this obligation in mind, we’re disturbed by the announcement that the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center is temporarily suspending outpatient care for veterans with post-traumatic

To avoid complacency, we have to do more than exchange agreeable platitudes about our soldiers and veterans.

stress disorder. The PTSD program’s mental health care provider has accepted another position, which means veterans will either receive treatment in the primary care section of the hospital or have to find a private clinic via the VA’s choice program.

Some of these veterans have received services at the Topeka VA for many years, such as Bob Portenier — a Marine who saw combat when he was in Vietnam and who has been treated at the Topeka VA for almost two decades.

Portenier is worried about finding the care he needs, and he says his fellow veterans are in a similar position: “We don’t know what we’re going to do. It could be a year or more before we get in to see a psychiatrist or psychologist.”

According to VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System spokesman Joseph Burks, “our nursing staff in the clinic are working hard to determine if some of our veteran patients can be seen in primary care.” While we don’t doubt that the Topeka VA staff is doing its best, the experience

of losing a stable psychiatrist and being forced to find PTSD therapy at a different facility must be destabilizing and painful. Rick Cagan, the executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Kansas, says the transition will have a “profound impact” on the psychological health of veterans who have relied on the Topeka VA for a long time.

This is why Cagan recommends transitional assistance: “I believe that the VA should be making some effort to connect its patients with providers in the community rather than turn them loose to figure out ongoing care on their own.”

Is the VA providing this service? If so, who should concerned veterans contact?

Why does Portenier think it will take “a year or more before we get in to see a psychiatrist or psychologist”?

Are other veterans having the same problems? These are questions that the Topeka VA must answer as soon as possible.

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re-election. session make attorneys relucThe concern is that attor- tant to serve. neys are vital to the Senate’s But it would be hard to essential function of writing argue the presence of attorand amending laws. And it’s neys in the Legislature has hard to imagine a Judiciary made a significant difference Committee without an attor- in recent sessions. Attorneys ney as chairman, much less a didn’t do much to fix the tax Judiciary Committee without policies that blew a hole in an attorney as a member. the Kansas budget. Attorneys “I believe that lawmak- couldn’t guide lawmakers to ers should have come up with some framework an adequate or concept in school-funding It would be hard to plan. certain areas, argue the presence of like the judiciaThe immediry committees, attorneys in the Legis- ate priority for and the theory lature has made a sig- lawmakers in and practice of the 2017 session law,” Haley said. nificant difference in is dealing with “I’m glad to be recent sessions. Attor- a $350 million legally trained neys didn’t do much hole in the state and to have had to fix the tax policies budget. Next up those experiwill be fixing ences and that that blew a hole in the a $500 million ability, but as a Kansas budget. revenue shortnonpractitioner, fall projected and yet a lawfor the 2018 fisyer, I feel we’ve cal year, which reached a low-water mark begins July 1. Rather than beon that committee and in the ing worried about the lack of Senate.” attorneys, perhaps the greatKing said the low pay that er concern is that the Senate legislators receive — about doesn’t have a practicing ac$21,000 a year including per countant among its members. diem — and longer legislative — Salina Journal

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Creditors of the Humboldt Brick and Tile Co. of Humboldt received letters from the company Monday morning offering to pay them 25 cents on the dollar over a five-month period, beginning March 15. The company ceased production at the beginning of November. A skeleton crew has been employed for the last two months to ship the remaining inventory as the bricks on hand were sold.

When that is completed, Walt Bishop, general manager, said, the plant will be closed. Humboldt Brick and Tile began operation in 1891 and was the oldest manufacturing plant in Humboldt when it ceased operations in November. There were about 35 employees at the time. ***** Allen County unemployment eased above the statewide average at the end of November to 6.3 percent.

The Kansas rate was 6.1 percent. A year ago the rate was 3.4 percent. *****

Peggy Wallace, director of SEKCAP in Allen County and operator of the Community Pantry which provides

emergency food supplies to the hungry, said the Pantry had been in operation for about eight years and has had the support of the Iola Ministerial Alliance for the last six years. Donations to the pantry are collected in participating churches on the first Sunday of every month. Government surplus cheese is also distributed through the SEKCAP center. ***** Nathaniel “Yorkie” Smith, 36, of Iola, was arrested earlier this week and charged with burglary, theft and unlawful possession of a firearm while on parole from the state prison. His bond was set at $20,000. He remains in Allen County Jail. ***** Nearly $218,000 has either been raised or pledged for construction of a multi-purpose facility at First Baptist Church at Cottonwood and Carpenter. The new facility will have seven classrooms, two offices, restrooms, storage space, additional kitchen facilities and a large multi-purpose room which will be used as a gym, auditorium and meeting place for congregational gatherings. The Rev. Bill Travis is pastor.

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Kansas students to receive ACT projections TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas high school students will now receive ACT collegeentrance exam score projections with their state test results.

The University of Kansas’ Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation studied the correlation between 10th grade assessments and ACT scores, and the state Board of Education evaluated the results of the analysis this month.

Ten school districts participated in the study, including five of the state’s six largest districts, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported. CETE director Kris Kaase said after

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Education commissioner Randy Watson said students who take 10th grade assessments in the future will now receive ACT projection information with their test scores. “We wanted them to have some predictability early in high school as to how they could score,� Watson said. “We thought it was an

important service.�

The ACT has a scoring scale ranging from 1 to 36, and each subject has a benchmark score that if a student reaches, he or she has a 75 percent likelihood of earning a C or better in similar introductorylevel college courses.

The state’s math and English tests have a scoring scale ranging from 1 to 4, and if a student scores a 3 or 4 on the tests then he or she is projected to hit or surpass the benchmarks for the equivalent ACT subjects.

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Column: High School Basketball Area Power Rankings

Who are the area’s top teams so far?

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

With the grind of the basketball season about to begin with the second semester right around the corner, several of the area squads have already shown what they are capable of with impressive early-season stretches.

Periodically throughout the remainder of the season, I will release a “Power Rankings” column for the 12 basket-

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ball teams from the six area schools that the Iola Register covers. Those schools hail from Iola, Humboldt, Marmaton Valley, Crest, Yates Center and Southern Coffey County.

The rankings don’t reflect just the talent of the team — it is difficult to judge a 4A team against a 1A team and a boys’ team against a girls’ team — but instead the chances that the team has to make a postseason run in their classification.

Without further ado, the top team in my initial rankings are the Yates Center Wildcat boys.

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Iola senior guard Ben Cooper drives against a Girard defender earlier this season in Girard.

Flip to page B3 to see where Cooper and the Mustangs are ranked in the Area Power Rankings. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

Texas Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Kansas State; in Houston; 8 p.m.; ESPN

By PETE GRATHOFF The Kansas City Star

As you know, Chiefs fans got their Christmas present Sunday when Kansas City secured a playoff spot.

In fact, the entire AFC field is set. It’s just a matter of determining the seeds, and that’s where things get a little tricky heading into the final week of the season.

This much is certain: The Pittsburgh Steelers will be the No. 3 seed and the Houston Texans will be seeded fourth.

By winning their divisions, they will play host to wild-card games on the weekend of Jan. 7-8.

We also know that the AFC East champion Patriots will get a bye to the divisional round, which is Jan. 14-15.

They are currently the top seed in the AFC, but could drop to No. 2 with a loss at Miami and a Raiders win at Denver. That would make Oakland the top seed, although it will be without quarterback Derek Carr, who is out for the season because of a broken fibula.

The potential seeds for the Raiders: No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5.

The Miami Dolphins, who are a wild card, will be either the fifth or sixth seed.

As for the Chiefs, they could still win the AFC West and be seeded second (and get a bye), or remain a wild-card team seeded fifth (and play at Houston) or fall to the No. 6 seed (and play at Pittsburgh). Here See CHIEFS | Page B4

Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder rides on the shoulders of his players as he is carried off the field after a 34-19 win against Kansas for his 200th career victory, at Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan on Nov. 26. Bo Rader/Wichita Eagle/TNS

FAMILIAR FOE Wildcats face former-Sooner quarterback in Texas Bowl

By KELLIS ROBINETT The Wichita Eagle

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Trevor Knight transferred away from Oklahoma and the Big 12 as a junior last season, but he will still get one more clash with Kansas State.

The senior Texas A&M quarterback will face the Wildcats for the fourth consecutive year tonight at

the Texas Bowl.

“We understand what his capabilities are, and that is a little scary in its own right,” K-State coach Bill Snyder said. “He is a talented, talented player. And, I like him, but I think that he is a great person — a good, good individual. He brings that balance to that offense. He can run it and he can See WILDCATS | Page B3

College Basketball: Kansas at TCU; Friday, 8p.m.; ESPN2

Jayhawks take aim at history

By GARY BEDORE The Kansas City Star

Kansas senior guard Frank Mason III fades back for a shot over an UNLV defender on Thursday in the Jayhawks’ 71-53 victory in Las Vegas. LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD/NICK KRUG

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas’ basketball team is about ready to begin Big 12 Conference play, which means it’s time to discuss ... the streak, what else?

“I love the conference championship streak. It may bring a little pressure, but it also brings a lot of pride and motivation,” KU coach Bill Self said. His squad begins its quest for its 13th straight regular-season Big 12 title on Dec. 30 at TCU. “When you have that carrot out there and the motivation that you can do something special if everybody stays focused through it, I think that

will help you get through the dog days in our league, the tough times,” Self added.

If the Jayhawks win their 13th straight league title, they would tie UCLA for the longest string of conference championships in NCAA history.

UCLA won 13 straight Pac10 titles under coaches John Wooden, Gene Bartow and Gary Cunningham from 1967 to 1979. KU is at 12 and counting under the direction of Self.

“I think it is pretty special,” Self said of the stretch of league titles. The Jayhawks have also won seven Big 12 postseason tourney crowns so far in the Self-era (14 seasons).

“Every team in the country has a goal of winning its league. Don’t let anybody kid

you. There are bigger things like trying to win a national championship. But up until that, there’s nothing bigger than winning your conference during your season. We emphasize it. We don’t emphasize the number (13), we emphasize winning one,” noted Self, who wants each individual KU team to concentrate only on the task at hand.

Self does not want his 201617 players to feel unduly burdened by the streak.

That’s why it’s the one title at a time approach.

“There’s pressure everywhere,” Self said. “If you are .500, there’s pressure to be above .500. If you are fighting See JAYHAWKS | Page B4

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Tech-addicted parents to kids: Don’t do as I do

By SHARON NOGUCHI The Mercury News

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(TNS) — They limit their kids’ screen time, set filters on their browsers and banish digital devices from the dinner table.

Then those same parents pick up their own iPhones to check email, scan Twitter and update their Facebook statuses.

Even as they fret that their kids may become device zombies, parents are setting a lousy example — and they know it.

“I’d give myself a Bminus or C-plus — and that’s up from a solid F at one point,” said Jason Miller of San Jose, about following the personaldevice rules he sets for his children. “The kids have called me out on it, for which I was grateful.”

Miller, a product manager for the news and social media aggregator Flipboard, limits his daughters’ iPad time to 30 minutes a day, not including music. And yet, he realizes that the rules for his 12- and 10-year-old kids are hypocritical.

He’s not alone. A survey by San Franciscobased Common Sense Media of 1,800 parents, conducted in July and released this month, found that parents of teens and ‘tweens spent more than 9 hours a day on screen media, including 7 hours 43 minutes for personal use. That’s nearly every waking minute outside a normal work day — although multitasking like checking Instagram while watching TV racked up double minutes.

Dacia Mitchell of Oakland allows her 7-year-old an hour, broken into two sessions, on her iPad. In return, the Mitchells gave her policing power over Mommy and Daddy using their cell phones during family time. “A 7-year-old will point out every single time you’re breaking the rules,” Mitchell said. “You suddenly become hyperaware of your usage.”

Parents ruefully note that handheld computers, replete with maps, games, messages, photos, factoids and magic-like connections, have become an indispensable extension of our brains

and beings.

The survey found that most parents of kids 8 to 18 are concerned about their kids’ social media use, potential addiction to technology and the erosion of their sleep time. Two-thirds monitor their child’s screen use.

The survey also found stark ethnic gaps. Latino parents are more aware and more involved in managing their children’s media use and talking with them about it. White parents were the least involved; African-American parents were in between and Asian parents, because of their small sampling size, were not reported separately.

Sixty percent of Latino parents, compared with just 43 percent of white parents, believe their kids spend too much time online. Well over half of Latino parents fear their kids share too many personal details, are exposed to images of violence, may access pornography, sexual images and hurtful comments.

The reason for the differences is not certain.

James P. Steyer, CEO and founder of Common Sense Media, applauds Latino parents’ vigilance. “They’re a model for the rest of us,” he said, What the internet may bring into the lives of her four children “is one of my biggest worries,” said Patricia Lopez of the Bay Area. She occasionally looks at what other children post online. “Sometimes you see drugs and photos of them smoking,” she said.

“Facebook is scary to me.”

She and her husband are alert, she said, and her 8-year-old twins are only allowed to use their school-issued laptops in the family room.

“We always try to advise them,” she said but realizes she can’t always control what her kids do at friends’ houses, if parents work, don’t monitor kids or allow them to play violent video games.

“We can’t create rules for other houses,” she said.

But the push and pull of the internet age is a tough force to navigate.

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Column: Ranking the area teams 1. Yates Center Boys This slot did not require much thought.

The Wildcats are the area’s only undefeated team with a 5-0 record and although their schedule hasn’t been among the most difficult in the area, they have handed Hartford and Sedan their only losses of the season.

Despite the loss, Hartford is still ranked as a top-three team in Class 1A Division II. The Wildcats are led by sophomore forward Aaron King, who averages 20.8 points-per-game.

Despite his youth, King has only committed one foul all season.

2. Humboldt Girls The Humboldt volleyball team turned it on late in the season and made state. Could the Cubs repeat the feat?

The pieces are certainly there with senior Makaylah McCall running the show and a wealth of experience and talent around her.

The Erie loss was a letdown but the Cubs still sit at 4-1 with every win being in double-digits.

3. Iola Boys Despite being 3-3, the Mustangs check in at No. 3 due to an incredibly difficult early schedule.

Ethan Holloway, Isaiah Fawson and Ben Cooper have complemented each other very well this season and the team got off to a 3-1 start.

Humboldt senior guard Tilar Wells dribbles during a game earlier this season against Uniontown in Humboldt. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA The team hit a rough patch late in the semester with league losses to Burlington and Prairie View, but both of those teams are ranked in 4ADivision II. Iola will have the chance to avenge both those defeats in early February, but before then, they must get the ship righted against Anderson County and Osawatomie to begin the semester.

4. Humboldt Boys Like their girls’ team, the Cub boys have begun their season with a shiny 4-1 record with the only blemish coming against Erie.

Unlike the girls’ team, the Cubs are not loaded

with experience. Outside of senior guard Rayce Hoepker, the Cubs had next to no varsity experience entering the season.

Thankfully for the Cubs, Hoepker is averaging a staggering 27.2 points-per-game this season and the supporting cast has been good enough to win some games in the early slate, but down the stretch, one would think Hoepker is going to need more help.

5. SCC Boys There probably isn’t a more entertaining team to watch in the area than the Southern Coffey County boys.

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6. Iola Girls This was almost a top-five list, but I couldn’t leave the Fillies off.

They are 3-3 despite playing a very tough schedule and having several key players sick at different points this season.

The key remains to find a way to prevent opposing defenses from focusing on guard Sydney Wade.

For that to happen they need their secondary scorers to step up. With senior Toni Macha finally healthy, the Fillies should have all of their weapons on hand.

Continued from B1

is each scenario: No. 2 seed Here’s the part where Chiefs fans root for the Broncos. If Denver beats the Raiders at home and the Chiefs win in San Diego, the Chiefs would win the AFC West and get the No. 2 seed.

Result: A bye in the playoffs, and the Chiefs would play at home in the Divisional Round either Jan. 14 or 15 against the third, fourth or fifth seed. That would be the Steelers, Texans or Raiders. A victory in that game would put the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game, which they would play host to if the Patriots lose.

History: The Chiefs swept the Raiders this season but lost at the Texans and Steelers.

No. 5 seed If the Chiefs beat the Chargers but Oakland knocks off the Broncos, the Chiefs would finish a game behind the Raiders at 12-4 and remain a wild card, seeded fifth. If the Chiefs lose, KC would retain the fifth seed if the Dolphins also lose.

Result: Chiefs at Texans in a wild-card play-

off game either Jan. 7 or 8. If the Chiefs win that, they would play on the road in the divisional round and have a chance to be host to the AFC Championship Game, but only if the Dolphins also advance that far.

History: The Chiefs won at Houston in the wild-card round last season, 30-0, but lost in Week 2 this year 19-12.

No. 6 seed If the Dolphins beat the Patriots on Sunday and the Chiefs lose at San Diego, Miami would jump ahead of Kansas City for the No. 5 seed.

Both teams would be 11-5 and 8-4 in the conference, but the Dolphins would get the edge in common games. Both teams played the Jets, Chargers, Steelers and Titans. The Chiefs would be 2-3 in those games, while the Dolphins would be 3-2.

Result: Chiefs at Steelers in a wild-card game either Jan. 7 or 8. If the Chiefs win that, they would have to win two more road games to reach the Super Bowl.

History: The Chiefs were blown out at Pittsburgh in Week 4 this year, 43-14.

Wildcats: Knight faces K-State Continued from B1

do all of the things that you know he can do, and he does them well.”

The matchup creates mixed emotions within Snyder for obvious reasons.

On one hand, K-State has already gone against Knight twice as Oklahoma’s starter and once as its backup. They have seen him in action, and they face similar dualthreat quarterbacks all the time in the Big 12.

On the other hand, K-State had trouble defending Knight when he was a freshman in Manhattan and the following year in Norman.

Knight led Oklahoma to a 41-30 victory at Snyder Family Stadium as an unheralded freshman in 2013 by completing 14 of 20 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown on top of 82 yards and a touchdown rushing. When he wasn’t beating K-State’s defense with his arm, he was weaving between tacklers on zone-read keepers.

K-State edged Oklahoma 31-30 on the road the following year, but

Knight missed part of that game with an injury. When he was on the field, he completed 26 of 32 passes for 318 yards and three touchdowns.

Last year, he lost his starting job to Baker Mayfield and decided to leave for Texas A&M, where he was eligible to play immediately as a graduate transfer. But he still helped the Sooners put the finishing touches on a 55-0 victory over KState.

“He is a talented quarterback,” senior K-State safety Dante Barnett said. “He is almost like Jesse (Ertz) in that his speed can be deceiving at times. He loves the zone read and can keep it for his team and make big plays, but he is also not afraid to throw the deep ball down to some of his talented wide receivers.”

Still, Barnett is glad K-State’s defense will face a familiar quarterback in its bowl game.

“We have played against him before and multiple dual-threat quarterbacks,” Barnett said. “We know what to do.”

Knight provided Texas A&M with an offensive spark when it needed one this season. He stepped in immediately at quarterback and led the Aggies to a 7-1 start, at which point they were ranked fourth in the playoff rankings.

But then he injured his throwing shoulder against Mississippi State on Nov. 5 and things fell apart. Texas A&M finished the season 1-3.

It was originally thought Knight would miss the remainder of the season, but he recovered in time to play against LSU in the regular-season finale. His status was thought to be in doubt for the Texas Bowl, but he told reporters this week he will “absolutely” play in the game.

A&M offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone said this week Knight has been “practicing and looking good.”

Knight will be a challenge for the Wildcats if he is able to play at full strength.

They know that much from experience.

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The Titans are oozing with athleticism among their youth with junior Chonnor Ludolph, sophomore Dawson Leimkuhler and freshman Zeke Lyons being the fastest trio I’ve seen this season.

The Titans are 5-2 this season, but have a very difficult part of the schedule upcoming. They will have the chance to make a statement early on.

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Jayhawks: Chase for 13th-straight title Continued from B1

for a job, there’s pressure to keep your job.

There’s always pressure in sports at the collegiate level, where the stakes are high and money is big. I think our guys operate under more pressure than a vast majority of teams do. It’s stressful. It’s tiring. You don’t want to be the team that doesn’t do it.

“It’s also good to operate under duress and still perform,” Self added of the regular season that precedes the single-elimination, pressure-packed NCAA Tournament.

The Jayhawk players have been able to exhale — and celebrate — for several hours at least, after winning each of the last 12 league titles.

T-shirts and hats, which have been made for the occasion, have been worn with pride. And for many of the years, such as 2015-16, scissors and ladders were used to clip the nets.

“To have 12 straight conference championships is huge,” said junior guard Devonte Graham. “Some people can’t even get one. We feel lucky and fortunate enough, proud to have 12.

I don’t think people realize how difficult a conference it is. Night in and night out, facing top 25 programs, the best players in the country.”

Self disagrees with those who say KU’s dominance has been bad for the perception of the Big 12.

“Everybody in our league knows it doesn’t reflect negatively,” Self said. “We’ve had some really good teams that have been high seeds in the NCAA Tournament.

Obviously what Oklahoma has done (reaching the Final Four last season), other teams as well.

“I think it (the streak of 12 in row) gives the appearance to people who don’t know our league that the league must not be very good if one team has won or shared it this many times. Sometimes when you have something that’s been won, people talk about, ‘Kansas won it this year again.’ A lot of times there’s a tie and it takes away from the other program’s being a champion as well. That’s happened multiple times. Maybe it takes away but I think people in the know, know better.”

In fact, Texas has tied KU twice, while Kansas State and Oklahoma have shared titles with the Jayhawks once in the 12-year run. Self pinpointed some reasons the Jayhawks are on the verge of history in terms of consecutive crowns.

“We’ve had good players, and the commitment of the players has been great,” Self said. “Also look at our staff and the commitment of the administration and university. They’ve made sure we have everything in place to recruit at a high level ... (like) the facilities. It’s been good for us because of everybody’s commitment. We’re all proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish as a group.”

In 2016-17, there once again figure to be several teams capable of knocking off No. 3-ranked KU. No. 4-ranked Baylor has defeated Oregon, Michigan State, Louisville and Xavier in the nonconference season and is off to a 12-0 start.

West Virginia (11-1) is ranked No. 11 with Oklahoma State (10-2), Iowa

State (8-3) and Kansas State (11-1) receiving votes in the AP poll. TCU (11-1) and Texas Tech (111) are receiving votes in the USA Today poll.

“The league is going to be a monster,” Self said. “We said all along the league won’t take a step backwards. You lose Buddy (Hield, Oklahoma) and Georges (Niang, Iowa State) and (Devin) Williams at West Virginia and of course Perry (Ellis) and you say, ‘Wow those are the best players on some really good teams. It’s got to take a step backward,’ and it hasn’t.

“Baylor ... we knew (Johnathan) Motley was good but we didn’t know he would be this good, but we knew he was good. They have other pieces, great pieces.

“Maybe people thought Bob (Huggins, coach West Virginia) would take a step backwards, but they are better this year than they were last year, and they were really good last year. Certainly, Iowa State (8-3) is not as big inside, but I’ve watched them play, and if they’re on, they can beat anybody. Look what TCU has done. Oklahoma State’s good; K-State’s good, Texas, Texas Tech, OU, you can go down the line.

“The league has gotten so much better from

a competitive standpoint than I think it was even a year ago. Now certain teams are going to have to play well, and they may have to go 9-9 or something like that (to make the NCAAs). But there are 10 teams vying for an NCAA Tournament spot, and I don’t think there is any other league in the country that could say that.”

KU senior Landen Lucas realizes all games, especially road games, will be physical.

“The league is so tough. You have to get mentally prepared for every game. There are no rest games,” Lucas said. “When it’s tough, it makes winning feel even better.”

If KU wins title No. 13, the Jayhawks will make a lot of people happy, including players from the past who have had a hand in the streak of titles.

“They (former players) talk to us about it a little bit,” Lucas said, “but it’s kind of just known. We kind of have an understanding to represent some streak that has been made by those people who have come before us and been made possible by them. There’s just kind of an understanding there’s something greater than all of us that we have to keep alive. Every time guys are back, in the summer,

we do talk to them about it. We understand what is on the line every year.”

Including 2016-17.

“Some of the guys were 7 when it started,” Self said, putting it all in perspective. “It’s important to them, to us, but we will not dwell on the streak. It’s about trying to get as good as you can, getting better every day as opposed to pressure, ‘Are you going to be the team that does not do it?’ “ He’ll tell his 2016-17 players how satisfying it is to emerge as the last league team standing.

KU’s 59 conference titles are the most in NCAA Division I history. Kentucky is second with 53, and Penn is third with 37.

“New kids come in and now they have got to do what the other guys did,” Self said. “Faces have changed, but expectations and results haven’t.

That’s the thing that I probably take the most pride in is that the kids, regardless of who you lose, it’s kind of the next man up, and that mantra, they have delivered.

So I take great pride in the consistency because it’s hard.

“We know it’s going to be difficult, but it will be a lot of fun, too. Think about it. Everybody in our league has a legitimate chance to go to the NCAA Tournament.”

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Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health stress management that is the key to good health.

In a sense, they all are right. Each of these is important. Not smoking is more important than all of those.

Unfortunately, I see people who have excellent health habits (they eat a good diet, exercise regularly, have strong relationships, manage stress, don’t smoke and drink modestly or not at all) who still get disease.

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Dear Dr. Roach: How detrimental is it to consume one grapefruit, once a week, while on simvastatin? Is it dangerous? — R.S. Answer: Grapefruit juice reduces the level of an important enzyme (cytochrome P4503A4) that is crucial in the metabolism of many drugs,

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Public notice (First Published in The Iola Register, December 28, 2016) ORDINANCE #159 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE ASSESSMENT OF COURT COSTS FOR CASES HEARD IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF SAVONBURG, KANSAS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SAVONBURG, KANSAS:

SECTION 1. COURT COSTS ASSESSED. Pursuant to City of Savonburg, every person entering a plea of guilty or no contest is found guilty of a violation of ordinances of the City of Savonburg, Kansas in the amount of $75.00.

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