The Iola Register, Nov. 29, 2022

Lawmakers will focus on education

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — The 2023 legislative session in Kan sas is expected to gen erate familiar debates on financing of public schools and vouchers for private schools, transgen der student participation in sports and creation of a parental bill of rights touching on class curricu lum and library offerings.

Lobbyists with the Kan sas Association of School Boards also anticipated legislation would surface to broaden vaccination exemptions for students, encourage school employ ees to carry firearms and address the longstanding shortfall in state aid to special education.

Leah Fliter and Scott

Ho ho ho in Humboldt

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa starts to erupt, sending ash nearby

HONOLULU (AP) — Ha

waii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authori ties said Monday.

The eruption began late Sunday night in the summit caldera of the volcano on the Big Island, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Early Monday, it said lava flows were contained within the summit area and

weren’t threatening nearby communities.

“However, lava flows in the summit region are visible from Kona. There is currently no indication of any migra tion of the eruption into a rift zone,” the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a state ment. A rift zone is where the mountain is splitting apart, the rock is cracked and rela tively weak and it’s easier for magma to emerge.

How long the volcano

erupts and whether it could cause lava to flow to populated areas of the island is impossi ble to predict, said Miel Cor bett, a USGS spokesperson.

“But I can tell you, we’re in constant communication right now with Hawaii Civil Defense, and they’re provid ing updates to community members,” she said.

Even though it noted there is no indication of lava ex iting the summit, the civil defense agency said it has

opened shelters in Kailua-Ko na and Pahala because it has reports of of people self-evac uating along the South Kona coast.

“Multiple images have sur faced on social media indicat ing lava activity outside of the caldera. At this time, no lava migration into a rift zone has been confirmed,” accord ing to a statement.

The USGS warned resi dents at risk from Mauna

Veterans deluge VA with claims for toxic exposure benefits

By JENNIFER SHUTT Kansas Reflector

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Af fairs is processing claims at the fastest rate in its history, hoping to avoid a significant backlog as hundreds of thou sands of veterans apply for health care and benefits un der the landmark toxic expo sure law Congress passed ear lier this year.

The day after President Joe Biden signed the bill into law in August, veterans set an all-time record for benefits claims filed online and more than 136,000 have applied for

benefits under the toxic expo sure law as of mid-November.

The VA expects the number of veterans and surviving

family members applying could reach more than 700,000 in the coming months.

To address the surge in

claims, VA is hiring more em ployees to provide health care and process applications, but officials do expect an increase in the backlog in the short term.

Joshua Jacobs, who is per forming the delegable duties of the VA under secretary for benefits, said in mid-No vember that the VA is “in a better position to tackle this increased workload” than it was in 2013 when the agency was widely rebuked for let ting the backlog swell to more than 600,000.

“For members who followed the claims backlog for that long, you may be asking, ‘Are

we about to watch the same story unfold here today?,’” he told members of the U.S. Sen ate at a hearing. “I’m happy to say that today, we are in a better position to tackle this increased workload.”

Jacobs said the VA moving to a paperless system and hir ing of thousands more people will help avoid a significant backlog in the months to come as hundreds of thousands of veterans likely apply for the health care and benefits that are part of the toxic exposure law, known as the PACT Act.

“As we continue to encour age more veterans and survi

The Humboldt community kicked off the Christmas season with its annual Bike Around the Square event on Friday evening, which featured downtown light displays, stations to roast hot dogs and make s’mores and visits with Santa while area residents rode their brightly decorated bicycles and scooters around the square. Area businesses stayed open late to offer Black Friday specials. Above, Santa takes a ride around the square and waves to an enthralled youngster. Below left, bike riders take a spin past the lighted Christmas trees and candy-cane “Welcome” arch above the sidewalk. Below right, Moxen Hubbard of Humboldt sits on Santa’s lap while his sister, Axten, visits with Mrs. Claus. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas speaks at a news conference June 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C., on legislation to provide health care for veterans exposed to burn pits. (JENNIFER SHUTT/ STATES NEWSROOM)

Chamber plans holiday trolley tour

The Iola Area Cham ber of Commerce is hosting a Christmas lights trolley tour the evening of Dec. 10.

Tickets aboard the Fearless Fred Trolley sell for $10 apiece, and

must be purchased in advance.

To purchase a tick et, call the Chamber office at (620) 365-5252 or ride organizer Don na Houser at (620) 2280439.

News from Carlyle

Carlyle Presbyterian Chuyrch

David and Phyllis Loomis presided over the First Sunday Ad vent Candle Lighting service on “Hope.” The believers’ hope is in Jesus Christ who is our High Priest forev er. (Hebrews 6:19-20)

Pastor Steve Traw’s message “Stay Ready” was taken from Luke 21:25-36. In this pas sage and in Mathew 24, Christ told of signs to watch for in the end times. Signs such as wars and rumors of wars, entire kingdoms overthrown and shak en up and a series of famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places.

When you see these signs coming to pass, Pastor Traw advised the congregation to stay ready and hold firm in their faith. You can watch the church service, shortly after 10 a.m. Sundays, via its Facebook page un der Carlyle Presbyte rian Church/Posts.

Celebrating birth days are Patty Her schberger on Tuesday, Nov. 22, David Ens minger on Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Evelyn

Joanne McIntyre

Carlyle News

Lay on Friday, Dec. 2.

The family of David Ensminger provided a surprise birthday celebration for him in the Fellowship Hall af ter the morning wor ship service. Cake and punch were served. Ron and Rosie Strang honer celebrated their wedding anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 20.

Special thanks to all who helped in hanging of the greens and pre paring the church fa cilities for the Christ mas services.

Bring food pantry items to the church and they will be deliv ered to the local food bank. A session meet ing is planned for 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the Fellowship Hall.

The Carlyle Church Christmas Eve Com munion and Candle lighting Service will be Saturday, Dec. 24, at 6 p.m.

Bible study resumes at 3 p.m. Tuesdays.

Plane hits power lines

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Two peo ple were rescued early Monday more than six hours after their small plane crashed into live power lines, causing widespread outages in Montgomery County, Md.

Montgomery Coun ty Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said the plane got stuck in the lines about 100 feet above the ground at around 5:40 p.m. Sun

day. Responders se cured it to the tower at 12:16 a.m. Monday, and the first occupant was removed from the plane at 12:25 a.m. The second occupant was out at 12:36 a.m.

Patrick Merkle, 65, of Washington, D.C., and passenger Janet Williams, 66, of Marrero, La., suf fered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and hypother mia.

Public notice

(First published in The Iola Register Nov. 15, 2022)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DIVISION In the Estate of BETTY J. SIMPSON, Deceased.

Estate No.: AL-2022PR-000075 Div. DAVIS Chapter 59

NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CON CERNED:

You are hereby notified that on the 7th day of November 2022 a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary under the Kan sas Simplified Estates Act was filed in this Court by Rachel J. Pearson, as an heir, legatee, devisee, and named Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Betty J. Simpson, deceased, requesting that the instrument attached thereto be admitted to probate and record as the Last Will and Testament of the decedent; Letters Testamenta ry under Kansas Simplified Es tates Act be issued to Executrix to serve without bond.

You are further advised under the provisions of the Kansas Simplified Estates Act the Court need not supervise administration of the Estate, and no notice of any action of the Executrix or other proceed ings in the administration will be given, except for notice of

final settlement of decedent’s estate.

You are further advised if written objections to simplified administration are filed with the Court, the Court may order that supervised administration ensue.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Peti tion on or before December 6, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court of Allen Coun ty, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your writ ten defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four (4) months from the first publication of this Notice, as provided by law, or if the iden tity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall forever be barred.

/s/ Rachel J. Pearson Rachel J. Pearson, Petitioner

/s/ Michael P. Dreiling, Jr. Michael P. Dreiling, Jr. KS #19432 104 E. Poplar Olathe, Kansas 66061 (913) 209-3272

FAX: (913) 764-5012

Email: mdreiling@dreilinglaw.

com

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER (11) 15, 22, 29

Obituaries

Bill Brecheisen Sr.

William “Bill” Brecheisen Sr., age 100, of Welda,

Welda, to William Charles Breche isen and Agnes (Livingston) Breche isen. He grew up in Welda, graduat ing from Welda High School with the class of 1939.

Bill entered the U.S. Army on Nov. 22, 1942. He was a WWII veter an, serving in Africa and Europe, and was wounded in Sicily. Bill was a decorated veteran, receiving two Purple Heart Medals, the Bronze Star Medal, the Distinguished Unit Badge, the Meritorious Service Medal, the medal of the France Libe’re’e, and the prestigious French Croix de Guerre with Palm for the Battle of the Colmar Pocket. In 2017, France sent Consul General Lacroix to award Bill the French Legion of Honor. Bill served a total of 39 years and 304 days of combined service to the U.S. Army and the Kan sas Army National Guard, retiring at the rank of Major.

Bill was united in marriage to Edith Lucille Se rene on May 18, 1946, in Welda. Their union was blessed with four children, Royanne, Rosalyn, Wil liam Roy Jr., and Raymond. Lucille preceded Bill in death on Jan. 16, 1973.

On March 30, 1975, Bill married Eva Marie Wom elsdorf in Welda; she preceded him in death on March 26, 2013.

After returning from WWII, Bill farmed until 1956 when he began working for the Kansas Department of Transportation, as a construction engineer. After retiring from KDOT in 1997, Bill then worked as a consultant engineer for Cook, Flatt and Strobel for another eight years, finally retiring at age 83.

Bill participated in the banding of migratory birds for 63 years. He actively collaborated in field studies with the KU Natural History Museum and was actively involved in the Kansas Ornithological Society and the Kansas Biological Survey. In his “re tirement” Bill increased his bird banding activity, building and maintaining over 536 bluebird nesting boxes throughout Anderson County, continuing un til he was 97.

In his free time he enjoyed gardening, cutting wood, and teaching hunter safety education. Bill nev er worked in a job that gave him the title of “teach er” but he was a lifelong educator as he shared his knowledge with others.

He was preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Marie Gooden, Lawrence, Eva Mae, Lowell, Amelia Thurman, and Louis; son-in-law, Robert Hutson; ad opted daughter, Brandi; stepdaughters, Gloria Mar tin and Debbie Womelsdorf; grandson, John W. Cobb; stepgrandson, Lee Hicks; and one great-grandson, James Rogers.

Bill is survived by his four children, Royanne Hutson of Muskogee, Okla., Rosalyn Kellstadt and husband, Kenny of Welda, W.R. Brecheisen and wife, Janet of Topeka, Raymond Brecheisen of Pittsburg; eight grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; three stepchildren, Lin da Womelsdorf of Iola, Shirley Cantrell and hus band, Robert of Kansas City, Kan., and Dan Wom elsdorf of Welda; several stepgrandchildren and great-grandchildren; and additional nieces, neph ews, cousins and their families.

Services for Bill will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service - Gar nett with Pastor Bill Nelson officiating. Burial will follow in the Welda Cemetery. Bill’s family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Feuerborn Fam ily Funeral Service - Garnett. Memorial contribu tions may be made to Kansas Hunter Safety Educa tion and left in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuner al.com.

Delores Zornes

Deloris M. Zornes, 89, of rural Bronson, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.

She was born Feb. 9, 1933 in Moran, Kan., to Curtis F. Marlow and Mary V. Creel Marlow. She graduated from Moran High School in 1951.

On Nov. 5, 1952, she married C.W. “Dub” Zornes at Iola, Kan. She was a quality inspector at Gates Man ufacturing, retiring in 1995.

She was preceded in death by her husband on Jan. 9, 2003.

She is survived by her son, Roger Zornes and wife, Diane, Topeka; daughter Maxine Regler and Royce, Buhler, and several grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 U.S. 54, Iola.

Retabess Ling

Retabess passed away on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, at her home in Iola.

Retabess Northway Ling was born Sept. 29, 1930, on a farm southeast of Moran, to Edith (Meek) and Roy Duff Northway.

She attended Walnut Grove, a one-room country school near Moran, and Moran and Iola high schools. She graduated from Iola High School in 1947. She later earned a BS and an MS degree from Emporia State University, with post grad uate studies.

On June 1, 1950, she was united in marriage to Kenneth Alto Ling. In 1958, they became parents of nine-year-old twin boys, Jerry Wayne and Larry Dale.

Retabess started her teaching career in 1947 at the age of 16 in Waverly, a one-room country school north of LaHarpe. Her 44 years of teach ing elementary children included five years at one-room country schools in Waverly, Union and Enterprise; six years at Gas; eight years at Humboldt, and 25 years in Iola public schools. She taught elementary art for 10 years of her career in Iola, and the last 15 years as a fourthgrade teacher at McKinley Elementary School. She was named teacher of the year by her peers in 1978-79 and Citizen of the Year by the Iola Lions Club in 1991. She was also nominated to the Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame in 1991. She served 10 years on the board of the Allen County Historical Society during which time the Fun ston House was moved to the Iola Square. She became a charter member of the Eta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, Honorary International Teachers Sorority in 1950 and continued to be a member until her death. She served that organi zation in several local and state offices. She was a lifetime member of KNEA and NEA, educa tional associations and was a member of Allen County Retired School Personnel.

Retabess and her husband were fortunate travelers to 23 countries, most of the 50 states and two cruises. After retirement they spent the winters on the Texas Gulf Coast in a fifth-wheel travel trailer for 17 years.

Retabess was very loving, compassionate, and giving. Her love for all children knew no bounds to which her former students will testi fy. She had a special love for her grandchildren and their families. She enjoyed being a farmer’s wife and sharing time with her husband in his farming operation. She enjoyed watching KU Jayhawk basketball. She was an ardent fan of the Kansas City Chiefs. She had many passions including teaching, reading, traveling, and col lecting antiques. Her greatest passion was us ing her creative skills. She created large stained glass pieces, and a made a sculpted bronze stat ue. Her glass jewelry designs and creations are worn by many friends and relatives.

She was preceded in death by her beloved hus band of 68 years, Kenny; her sons, Jerry Wayne and Larry Dale; her parents; her sisters, Ione Snyder, Irma Mefford, and Bonnie Hensley; her brother, Roy Junior “Curly” Northway and in fant brother, Wilbur Harold Northway.

She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Dor othy Arlene Ling; her grandchildren and their families, Marryha Ling Foster and retired Colo nel Kirk and their son Dralen and his wife Dev on, Shane and Libby Ling and their son Gannon and daughter Annika, Eric and Kirsten Ling, Aaron Ling and his daughters Alissa, Sarah, Kayla, and Bella, Jeremy and Sarah Ling and their daughters Kailey and Chloe, and sons Ri ley, Colby and Kaison, Floriann Ling and daugh ters, Skylar and Julian, Kenneth and Marie Ling and their sons Brecken, Braiden, and Bryer, Ja son and Susie Hodge and their daughter Trinity, Pebbles and Dan Gauer; her sister, Patsy North way Krokstrom; her sister-in-law, Wanda Ling Waugh and husband Truman; her dear friend and caregiver, Elbert Nelson, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

A visitation will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in the chapel at Feuerborn Family Funeral Ser vice, U.S. 54, Iola, followed by a funeral service at 11 o’clock. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery, Iola.

Memorials are requested to St. Jude Chil dren’s Research Hospital, which may be left with the funeral home.

Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfu neral.com.

Retabess Ling

William “Bill” Brecheisen Sr.

China’s Xi faces threat from public anger over ‘zero COVID’

By DAKE KANG The Associated Press

SHANGHAI (AP) —

Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s po tential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his “zero COVID” strategy that will soon enter its fourth year.

Demonstrators poured into the streets over the weekend in cit ies including Shanghai and Beijing, criticizing the policy, confronting police — and even call ing for Xi to step down.

On Monday, demonstra tors gathered in the semi-autonomous south ern city of Hong Kong, where the pro-democra cy movement was all but snuffed out by a harsh crackdown following monthslong demonstra tions that began in 2019.

Students at the Chi nese University of Hong

Kong

army crushed the 1989 student-led pro-democ racy movement centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

na for 73 years could be deemed sedition, which is punishable by prison.

In response, police in Shanghai used pepper spray to drive away dem onstrators, and dozens were detained in police sweeps and taken away in police vans and buses. China’s vast internal se curity apparatus is also famed for identifying people it considers trou blemakers and picking them up later when few are watching.

The possibility of more protests is unclear.

recent weeks.

While the ruling par ty says anti-coronavi rus measures should be “targeted and precise” and cause the least pos sible disruption to peo ple’s lives, local officials are threatened with losing their jobs or oth er punishments if out breaks occur. They have responded by imposing quarantines and other restrictions that pro testers say exceed what the central government allows.

have been criticized as neither scientific nor effective. Some com plained the system is failing to respond to their needs.

Government censors scrubbed the internet of videos and messages sup porting them. And ana lysts say unless divisions emerge, the Communist Party should be able to contain the dissent.

The widespread demonstrations are un precedented since the

Most protesters fo cused their anger on restrictions that can confine families to their homes for months and

Veterans: Applications flow in

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vors to apply for their PACT Act benefits, we do expect an increase to the inventory and the backlog in the short term,” he said at an oversight hearing of the Senate Veterans’ Af fairs Committee.

Jacobs noted the VA has gotten the to tal backlog down to its lowest in years, below 150,000 claims as of this month. He also said the VA is encouraging vet erans and eligible sur viving family members of deceased veterans now covered under the toxic exposure law to apply before Aug. 10, 2023, on the VA’s website or with an accredited representative at a vet erans service organiza tion in order to get the earliest possible effec tive date.

The VA has set up a website at va.gov/pact as well as a phone num ber, 800-698-2411, for vet erans to call for more information or to file a claim.

‘There are going to be hiccups’ Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, chair man of the committee, said that everyone ex pects “there are going to be hiccups” imple menting the sweeping law that’s the largest ex pansion of health care and benefits in the VA’s history.

“Veterans who previ ously filed claims will now hear of many more of their brothers and sisters joining them in line,” Tester said. “But the VA must ensure that each of them gets the right decision as quick ly as possible.”

As more new faces show up in hospital waiting rooms, Tester

said, “VA must ensure they get the quality care they deserve.” He also noted that while the panel will work on some new legislation during the next Congress, the committee’s primary fo cus will be on oversight of the VA.

Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, the top Repub lican on the committee, said his main priori ty for the panel is the “appropriate, sufficient implementation of the legislation” Congress has passed, including the PACT Act.

Shereef Elnahal, un der secretary for health, said the VA is working to “reach every veter an who may qualify for new benefits and care to make sure they are aware” of what the tox ic exposure law does and how to apply for benefits.

Department leaders are looking to increase staffing to handle the in flux of veterans and to start on “groundbreak ing new research on toxic exposure,” Elna hal said.

The department is reaching out to more than 300,000 veterans who have put informa tion into the burn pits registry and planning to hold more than 80 events the week of Dec. 10 to let veterans know about the new law.

They’ve started a standard toxic exposure screening for veterans going to primary care clinics and in “just over one week, this clinical screening has already reached 166,000 veter ans with over 37% re porting exposures,” El nahal told the panel.

The VA, Elnahal said, is working on a plan to boost hiring in rural ar eas, though he told the

committee that might be easier if Congress implements a section of the president’s bud get request that lifts the $400,000 cap on salaries.

“In order to recruit the right folks — on the physician, dentist and podiatrist side — it’s becoming much more difficult, especially in rural areas, as salaries go up and the health care labor market be comes more difficult,” he said. “And we would be able to pay more in novatively as well, to incentivize the right behavior among these clinicians.”

More outreach needed

The Iraq and Afghan istan Veterans of Amer ica believes the very beginning of the imple mentation has gone well so far.

But the organization that represents more than 425,000 members says both the VA and the U.S. Department of Defense need to do a lot more to reach all the veterans who are eligi ble.

“IAVA played a lead role along with our VSO partners in getting this landmark legislation passed into law, so we are greatly vested in its success,” IAVA Execu tive Vice President for Government Relations Tom Porter said in a written statement.

“We are encouraged by the energy in the ini tial roll-out of the new law by VA Secretary Mc Donough and his team, as well as the commit ment to oversight by the House and Senate Veterans Committees,” he said. “All parties, including VSOs, must make every effort to in form veterans of their new benefits.”

The cries for the res ignation of Xi and the end of the Communist Party that has ruled Chi

China’s stringent measures were original ly accepted for minimiz ing deaths while other countries suffered dev astating waves of infec tions, but that consen sus has begun to fray in

Xi’s unelected gov ernment doesn’t seem too concerned with the hardships brought by the policy. This spring, millions of Shanghai residents were placed under a strict lockdown that resulted in food shortages, restricted ac cess to medical care and economic pain. Never theless, in October, the city’s party secretary, a Xi loyalist, was appoint ed to the Communist Party’s No. 2 position.

‘Gaslighting’ is word of the year

NEW YORK (AP)

— “Gaslighting” — behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merri am-Webster’s word of the year.

Lookups for the word on merriam-web ster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But some thing else happened. There wasn’t a single event that drove signif icant spikes in curios ity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year.

The gaslighting was

pervasive.

“It’s a word that has risen so quickly in the English language, and especially in the last four years, that it actual ly came as a surprise to me and to many of us,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s edi tor at large, in an exclu sive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s unveiling.

“It was a word looked up frequently every sin gle day of the year,” he said.

There were deepfakes and the dark web. There were deep states and

fake news. And there was a whole lot of troll ing.

Merriam-Webster’s top definition for gas lighting is the psycho logical manipulation of a person, usually over an extended period of time, that “causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confu sion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncer tainty of one’s emotion al or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator.”

chanted “oppose dictatorship” and “Free dom! Freedom!” Floral tributes were laid in the Central district that had been the epicenter of previous protests.

Students light candles on the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in solidarity with protests held on the mainland over Beijing’s Covid-19 restrictions, in Hong Kong on Monday. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in China’s major cities in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state over its ze ro-Covid policy. (PETER PARKS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

Efficient ways to feed hay in drought

Throughout the sum mer and fall, the South wind District has been in D2 (severe), D3 (ex treme), or D4 (exception al) drought. This has compromised pasture quality, reduced surface water availability, di minished cattle condi tion, and increased hay prices while reducing quality and quantity. This article discusses different cattle feeding methods to increase feeding efficiency and profitability.

Feeding Efficiency –Quantity and Quality

No matter the feeding method, bale waste is directly affected by how much hay you are pro viding cattle at one time. Providing a daily hay ra tion can reduce hay loss by 25% compared to pro viding two or more days’ rations at a time.

Note: Forage analy ses are an inexpensive technique to know what you are feeding your cat tle. Forage probes can be checked out at any Southwind Extension Office. Additionally, we will help you select the proper analysis for your operation.

Feeding Hay on Pasture

Let’s evaluate four hay feeding methods for cattle on pasture. Many producers stockpile tall fescue in the Southwind District and feed supple mental hay while cattle are on pasture. While most fescue greened up with recent precipita tion, not much growth has occurred. However, producers may still seek to feed cattle in pastures where water is available.

Method 1: Hay Rings or Round Feeders

The tried-and-true method to get hay to cattle. Almost every livestock farm has at least one of these, and it continues to be the most used method to feed hay. Feeding out of a hay ring is simple and takes little effort with a loader tractor.

Let’s consider that there are many bale ring types, each offering their own benefits and shortcomings. We are focusing on data from Oklahoma State Univer sity showing percent hay waste with three commonly used bale rings, and one “ideal” hay ring type that is not

Hunter Nickell Southwind Extension Livestock Production Agent

commonly used.

Type 1: Open Bale Ring. The open bale ring is the simplest bale ring. The open bale ring is a ring of metal tubing to hold the bale in place while cattle eat. This ring type has shown to result in 20% hay loss by weight as hay can fall out of the bottom and cattle can drag hay out for bedding.

Type 2: Poly-pipe Bale Ring. The poly-pipe rings are becoming very popular because of their durability, light weight, and maneuverability. Poly-pipe bale rings are functionally the same as open bale rings, thus re sulting in similar losses.

Type 3: Sheeted Bot tom Bale Rings. These bale rings feature a sheet of metal along the bot tom half of the feeders, limiting hay from fall ing out of the bottom as the bale unravels. Most sheeted button rings also have stanchions on the top half to limit the number of cattle that have access to the bale at a given time. Sheeted Bottom Bale Rings with 16 stanchions resulted in 13% loss by weight.

Type 4: Modified Cone Feeders. In this study, an “ideal” bale ring was constructed. A “cone” was added to the top of a sheeted bottom ring. This cone only allows small amounts of hay to be dropped down the feeder at a time. This modified cone feeder had only 5.3% waste by weight.

Method

2: Unrolling Bales

Unrolling bales on pasture is another commonly used meth od to feed hay. It is as simple as unrolling a large round bale with a tractor, hydraulic bale bed, or using gravity to unroll down a slope. If you plan to unroll down a slope, plan to have all children and animals out of the way of where the bale is to unroll to prevent injury.

Unrolling bales has been nicknamed the “bed and breakfast” feeding method. As the nickname states, cattle

Parents lead Square B

By KATELYN HICKS Square B 4-H Club

The monthly meeting of the Square B 4-H Club was Nov. 14 at the KSU Extension Office.

Vice President Kate lyn Hicks called the meeting to order. Flag salute and 4-H pledge was led by Henry Kram er and Cassie Hicks. Roll call was answered by “What is your favor ite Thanksgiving food?” It was Parents’ Night so the song was led by Kelli Kramer. The club sang “Happy Birthday” to all the members who were born in November. For recreation, the mem bers played a paper toss game. There were four members, one leader and three parents present.

Parent secretary Kel li Kramer read the min utes from the last meet ing. Parent treasurer Mike Kramer gave the treasurer’s report. Par ent reporter Margaret Bennett gave the report er’s report.

Announcements were given by parent vice president Susie Bennett. The next club meeting will be Dec. 12 at the KSU Extension Office. The club will host a progressive din ner and a canned food drive. Dec. 17, the club will meet at Fort Scott’s National Cemetery to hang wreaths. Carly Kramer moved to ad journ the meeting and Cassie Hicks seconded the motion. Meeting ad journed.

will not only feed on the unrolled bale, but they will also take the oppor tunity to bed in the soft hay, further increasing waste. Simply unrolling bales can have varying amounts of wastage, de pending on the amount of cattle being fed at one time. Studies by Kansas State University have shown 22-23% waste us ing this method. More cattle will create more competition and less waste; whereas, fewer cattle will create less competition and more waste.

Method 3: Unrolling Bales and Using Elec tric Fence

Using electric fences helps to alleviate waste experienced with unroll ing bales on pasture. The idea is simple, unroll the bale as you normally would and then string a hot electric fence right down the middle of the roll.

You may have noticed a trend as we looked at feeding methods. As you add barriers to access ing the hay, you tend to limit waste. The idea of using electric fences over top of the bale role is relatively new, ergo little data are available to support this practice. If your operation utiliz es electric fences, it may be worth trying.

Method 4: Grazing Bales

Grazing bales re quires more prepara tion than the previous methods, but once the fencing is in place it is an easy and versa tile method of feeding cattle. Grazing bales is spreading bales evenly throughout a field and limiting access to only a few bales at a time with an electric fence. This method can be very use ful to producers who may not have access to a loader tractor or bale bed on a daily basis, or even for producers who don’t want to cold start their tractors every day this winter. By spread ing the bales throughout the field, you only need equipment for one day Then you can move the fence on foot as needed.

Grazing bales can eas ily incorporate one or more of the aforemen tioned methods, wheth er it be moving one or more hay rings to the next bales to be grazed or unrolling the bales ahead of time and al lowing access as needed.

When bale grazing, waste can range from 5-15% with hay rings or 11-45% without hay rings.

Feeding in Dry Lots

Some cattle pro ducers may choose to feed cattle in dry lots this winter for convenience, pasture health, or water lim

itations. Depending on lot size, many methods listed above can be re peated with similar re sults. For example, feed ing with bale rings will result in 5.3-20% waste in a dry lot.

Many producers feed ing in dry lots will use a bale processor or mixer to feed hay. Processed hay will decrease the se lectivity of cattle, there by decreasing waste. Feeding processed hay in a bunk line results in 8-11% waste.

Another option for producers feeding in a dry lot is feeding a total mixed ration (TMR). A TMR is a mix of feeds such as ground forage (hay or silage), grain, protein feed, vitamins, minerals, and other ad ditives. When mixed properly, cattle are un able to select for cer tain ingredients, giving producers more control over feed intake.

Feeding a TMR in a bunk line will result in 2-10% waste. While a TMR adds additional feed costs, a proper mix can decrease hay usage by 20-50% when com pared to feeding hay in an open bale ring. For producers with limited hay resources and ac cess to a mixer, a TMR may be a more cost-ef fective option for feed ing cattle this fall.

Considerations for feeding in a bunk line: plan to need 28-36 inch es of bunk space per cow, depending on cattle frame size. Also plan to feed cows, calves, and bulls separately to en sure each animal is eat ing the necessary allot ment.

Final Thoughts

A drought can make it tough for cattle produc ers to turn profits with decreased amounts of quality forages, poor an imal performance, and limited water. Changing how animals are fed can lead to serious savings. Switching from an open bale ring to a sheeted bottom bale ring could save over $10/ton of hay fed on $150/ton hay.

For more informa tion, and to have your hay tested, contact Hunter Nickell (Live stock Production Agent) or Chad Guthrie (Crop Production and Forage Management Agent) at any Southwind Exten sion District Office.

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Prepare for holiday stress with mindfulness

If you turn on the ra dio, you may hear that “it’s the most wonder ful time of the year.”

But the holiday sea son can bring with it many stressors, from trying to have flawless decorations to making the perfect holiday meal and more. In ad dition to preventing you from living in the moment and enjoying time with family and friends, this stress can also affect the body and present as phys ical pain (such as a headache). One prac tice which can help you live in the present moment this holiday season is mindfulness.

If you find yourself facing stress this holi day season, remember to STOP: Slow down; Take a breath; Ob serve bodily feelings, thoughts, and possi bilities; and Proceed, considering multiple possibilities. This mnemonic device can help you remember an easy way to practice being mindful this hol iday season.

Other beginning mindfulness exercises include mindful re laxation and mindful breathing. To achieve mindful relaxation, consider setting aside a specific amount of time each day to prac tice a mindful medita tion. This could be as

Extension Agent for Nutrition, Food and Health

little as five minutes. During this time, find a quiet place and a com fortable body position. Focus on your breath ing. Deep breathing can slow your heart rate and lower your blood pressure.

To learn more about incorporating mindful ness into your every day life and practicing mindfulness this hol iday season, consider attending an “Every day Mindfulness” ed ucational program of fered by the Southwind Extension District. This free program will be offered twice in De cember, including an in-person offering at 1 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Iola Public Library and a virtual offering via Zoom at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 15. To register for the Zoom link, visit bit. ly/SouthwindMindful ness. Attend the offer ing which best fits your schedule.

For more informa tion, please contact Clara Wicoff, Nutri tion, Food and Health Extension Agent, at clarawicoff@ksu.edu or 620-365-2242.

Clara Wicoff

Kansas legislators ignore citizens when it comes to legalizing marijuana

Voters in neighboring Missouri just legalized rec reational marijuana. Mean while, Kansas remains in the minority of states where nei ther medical nor recreational marijuana are allowed.

It’s a symptom of dysfunc tional democracy in Kansas that legislators haven’t updat ed our marijuana laws. Poll ing for years has shown that Kansans support legalizing and taxing recreational mar ijuana. Yes, recreational. Not just medical.

Patrick Miller Insight Kansas

Artist’s confinement inhumane

arrested.

In the darkness that polit ical prisoners endure in Be larus, the “punishment cell,” or solitary confinement, is particularly miserable. Those who have suffered it recall constant cold. They are allowed only to take a tooth brush, thin towel and toilet paper; are forced to sleep on a wooden bunk without pillow or blanket; are denied read ing material; have no contact with others, including a law yer. Maria Kolesnikova, who fought for democracy in Be larus, has now been confined to one such hellhole.

Ms. Kolesnikova is known for her irrepressible, sunny mood. She is a professional musician — a flutist — who has studied in Belarus and Germany. Behind bars in a Belarus courtroom, she made a heart sign with her hand cuffed hands and danced. She wrote to her father after 10 months in prison, “I’m well, healthy and cheerful!” We can only imagine how she copes in utter isolation at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel, in southeastern Belarus.

Relatives say they do not know how long she has been in the punishment cell, or for what; the prison staff refused to allow a lawyer to meet her. They add that she was disciplined recently for “being in the wrong place during working hours,”

and for “impolite” behav ior. These charges are just as ludicrous as the ones for which Ms. Kolesnikova was sentenced in September 2021 to 11 years in prison: “caus ing harm to the national se curity,” “conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way,” and “creation of an ex tremist formation, or partici pation in it.”

What Ms. Kolesnikova actually did was champion the cause of democracy. She became cam paign manager to presidential candidate Vik tor Babariko, a longtime Minsk banker who gathered signatures to run for pres ident in 2020 against dicta tor Alexander Lukashenko and was de tained for it. Ms. Kolesniko va then joined Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in a presi dential bid that drew enor mous crowds and enthusi asm for a free Belarus. They were triumphant, only to see the election stolen by Mr. Lu kashenko, who declared him self the winner.

There are 1,450 polit ical prisoners in Belar us. They are bloggers, business executives, peaceful protestors ... held in prisons only because they were not afraid to exercise their rights.

Mr. Lukashenko clearly believes that imprisoning his critics will silence them. Mr. Babariko is still behind bars; so is Ms. Tikhanovska ya’s husband, Sergei. There are 1,450 political prisoners in Belarus, according to the human rights group Viasna, which describes them as: “Bloggers, business execu tives, presidential campaign members and peaceful pro testers … held in prisons only because they were not afraid to exercise their rights — the right to participate in peaceful as semblies, to express their opinion and to be involved in political activ ities.”

For example, the 2022 Fox News Voter Analysis survey showed that 63 percent of Kansas voters supported “le galizing the recreational use of marijuana nationwide,” including almost one-third of Kansans voting Republi can for governor. It’s not just Democratic voters.

But, legislators don’t seem to care.

America is a democracy, which means “rule by the people.” However, democracy doesn’t look the same every where.

Every state has a “demo cratic republic” form of gov ernment (often just called a “republic”). In this system, elected state legislatures sup posedly represent the public will in making laws.

Every state also has some form of “direct democracy” where the people vote direct ly on laws. In many states like Missouri, citizens can bypass legislators and put potential laws on the ballot themselves. But, Kansans don’t have that right. Instead, Kansans are only allowed to vote on con stitutional amendments that the Kansas legislature itself puts on the ballot. In short, the legislature gatekeeps you — tightly.

na out of misperceived fear for their own reelections, but happily voted to legalize it on the privacy of their ballots? Or, were politicians so dis connected from citizens that these votes actually shocked them?

Whatever the politics else where, it’s unlikely that rec reational marijuana will be legal in Kansas soon. Our legislators haven’t even legal ized medical marijuana for the sick and dying. And vot ers aren’t allowed to do it.

If elected officials had fol lowed public opinion on mari juana years ago, Kansas could have been a regional leader on this issue. But, they didn’t. Instead, Kansas legislators skipped a ripe opportunity for economic growth, keeping the marijuana economy in the black market and sending Kansas dollars to grow Colo rado’s economy.

Legalization supporters in Missouri this year explicitly argued that Missouri would benefit economically from Kansans crossing the state line to buy marijuana. Unless Kansas militarizes that bor der, nothing will practically stop Kansans from breaking the law by bringing marijua na from Missouri back into Kansas. And it’s potentially a big market. Half of Kansans live less than an hour’s drive from Missouri. The Missouri state budget says thank you to the Kansas legislature.

Ms. Tikhanovskaya was forced out of the country. When thugs tried to force Ms. Kolesnikova over the border, she resisted by tearing up her passport and jumping out of their car. She was later

Mr. Lu kashenko has been violating fundamental human rights in Belarus for many years. He is also a willing partner with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in trying to destroy Ukraine’s democracy by going to war. It is time for Ms. Kolesniko va and all the political pris oners to be freed. Mr. Lu kashenko and his henchmen are the ones who should find themselves in the dock, for the cruel multitude of injus tices they inflicted upon the people of Belarus.

— The Washington Post

Kansans this year reject ed two of three amendments that legislators proposed: one to facilitate an abortion ban and another to make legislators more powerful. Your disobedience probably makes most legislators afraid of what you might do if you could pass laws yourselves, so they’ll likely never support giving you that power at the expense of their own.

In most states that have legalized recreational mar ijuana, citizens passed it themselves by using direct democracy to bypass politi cians. How many politicians in these states publicly op posed recreational marijua

The majority of Ameri cans don’t use marijuana themselves, but also don’t care much if others do in pri vate. Whatever your opinion about marijuana, the funda mental reality here, like it or not, is that many Kansans enjoy marijuana and some one is profiting from that. That someone just isn’t our schools, roads, or economic growth. If democracy in Kan sas functioned better, reality would look very different.

About the author: Patrick R. Miller is an associate pro fessor of political science at the University of Kansas.

War on Russia’s economy is working; but Putin’s focus is Ukraine

Nine months into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the damage done to the world’s 11th-larg est economy is extensive.

Leading Russian banks have been cut out of the global fi nancial system, some $300 bil lion of central bank reserves are frozen, and hundreds of foreign companies have de parted. Parts shortages have hobbled the auto industry and threaten commercial avi ation. In the wake of Putin’s mobilization order, tens of thousands of young work ers have fled the country. An OECD forecast released last week projects Russia’s econ omy will contract by 5.6% in 2023.

The economic punishment inflicted on Russia hasn’t stopped the pummeling of Ukraine. But sanctions have weakened Russia’s standing as a world power, dissuaded

ostensibly impartial nations from aligning with its gov ernment and sowed doubts about Putin’s leadership among Russian elites. Con vincing them to press for an end to the war will require the U.S. and Europe to tighten the squeeze even more.

Since February, sanctions have raised the costs of the war, by reducing Moscow’s ability to buy what it needs, while making the market per ilous for outsiders. China, In dia and Turkey are importing Russian crude, but at a steep discount, and Russia has struggled to redirect gas ex ports once bound for Europe.

Russia’s imports of technolo gy it needs to sustain its war machine — let alone spark fu ture innovation — have been effectively cut off for months. Never mind that what it can buy, when it comes to elec tronics components, is now

often faulty. Moscow will adapt, but not swiftly.

Even so, for now the di rect impact on the war re mains limited. Squeezing the world’s largest hydrocarbon exporter, one with a hefty current account surplus, requires targeting those ex ports, a process that is be ginning in earnest only now. Moreover, Russians had al ready suffered a grim decade, with real household dispos able incomes peaking around 2012. So while the economy is expected to contract this year by 3.9%, there is less distance to fall. There’s also the in escapable fact that Putin is more than willing to sacrifice future economic growth for his personal aims and can easily silence dissent.

SANCTIONS RARELY pro duce swift political change or an instant end to conflict.

With Russia’s forces in re treat, it’s critical that the West ratchet up the pressure. Most obviously, the U.S. and its allies should continue to arm and financially support Ukraine. They should also encourage Russia’s wors ening brain drain. At least 350,000 people have already fled Putin’s ill-advised mobi lization order, causing con sumer confidence to plunge. Western governments can accelerate the process by of fering more humanitarian visas, added support for Rus sian students, and incentives for scientists and tech pro fessionals to move abroad. Not only would Western economies benefit, but Rus sia’s labor and skills short ages would intensify.

Europe should further work to close sanctions loop holes. To cite one example, there’s evidence that the Rus

sian military is importing home appliances to neighbor ing countries and using their microchips to make up for the loss of access to Western semiconductors. (Armenia has imported more washing machines from the European Union during the first eight months of 2022 than the past two years combined.) Rigor ous action will also be need ed to enforce EU crude sanc tions and a U.S.-led price cap on Russian oil, which would extend a ban on selling in surance and other services to ships that fail to comply.

Above all, Western gov ernments and their partners need to stick together. Rus sia’s economy is hollowing out, and the war is not go ing Moscow’s way. Putin still thinks Ukraine’s supporters will crack first. The West must prove him wrong.

Maria Kolesnikova, the last remaining protest leader still in Belarus, gestures inside the defen dants’ cage at the opening of her trial on charges of undermining national security, conspiring to seize power and creating an extremist group, in Minsk on Aug. 4, 2021. (RAMIL NASIBULIN/BEL TA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

Maria Kolesnikova’s senseless punishment a human rights violation

Sesssion: Lawmakers to target education in coming year

Rothschild, who mon itor legislation for KASB on behalf of the 286 school boards state wide, said the annual session would again feature Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and the Republican-dominated House and Senate. The outcome will directly influence nearly 500,000 students and more than 35,000 teachers in the state.

“Well, I think is obvi ously going to be chal lenging as it was last year,” Fliter said. “I do think, though, given the fact that the voters seem to be comfortable with a kind of a divided gov ernment — Republican Legislature, Democratic governor — it makes me wonder if there might be some opportunities for the Democrats to pull some Republicans over into some votes that might be favorable for public education.”

The House and Senate maintained two-thirds GOP majorities capa ble of forming a large enough coalition to overturn vetoes by Kel ly, who didn’t hesitate to use her veto power during the first term. It is possible the House will be slightly more conservative, despite addition of one Dem ocrat in the 2022 elec tions. The Senate didn’t alter its complexion be cause members won’t be on the ballot until 2024.

The Legislature could end up embracing edu cation policy advocated by Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who lost to Kelly in Novem ber, on transgender ath letes, the parental bill of rights and vaccination exemptions.

“We’re hearing … they’re going to come out of the gate swing ing,” Fliter said on the Kansas Reflector pod cast. “There’s going to be all kinds of stuff. So, I in some ways, I think they’re doubling down.”

Vouchers on agenda Fliter said advocates of private school fund ing would again strive to funnel public tax dol lars to private schools through a system of tax credits and education savings accounts. She said KASB would urge lawmakers to avoid reforms that result in hurting public school districts by moving stu dents to private schools not obligated to accept every student regard less of income, academ ic standing or disability.

“It’s basically hollow ing out the public school systems so that eventu ally, the only kids who are left in public school are the kids who, who do poorly, who have a lot

of challenges at home. And, meanwhile, the more fortunate kids are able to go to the land of milk and honey, and continue to excel,” she said.

Rothschild said a bill would again emerge — Kelly vetoed previous attempts to advance this culture-war policy — to require transgen der students to partici pate in athletics based on gender at birth. He said KASB opposed this legislation because the Kansas State High School Activities Asso ciation and local school boards were better equipped than the 165 members of the Kansas Legislature to handle these issues.

In 2022, Kelly vetoed and the Legislature failed to override legis lation outlining a dozen rights of parents with children enrolled in K-12 public schools. The package affirms parents have the authority to di rect religious and moral

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Loa lava flows should review their eruption preparations. Scientists had been on alert be cause of a recent spike in earthquakes at the summit of the volcano, which last erupted in 1984.

Portions of the Big Island were under an ashfall advisory issued by the National Weath er Service in Honolulu, which said up to a quar ter-inch of ash could ac cumulate in some areas.

Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that to gether make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost is land in the Hawaiian ar

upbringing of their chil dren. It also required teachers to disclose classroom materials to parents in advance of use and encouraged par ents to challenge library books they considered

Fliter said.

The Legislature will consider how to deal with an inflation adjust ment to state funding of K-12 education, a provi sion of the settlement of recent school finance litigation. The Kansas Supreme Court retained jurisdiction of the case in anticipation of the legislative branch at tempting to back out of the settlement.

Under the current agreement embedded in state law, the Legisla ture must adjust taxpay er spending on public education based on a three-year rolling av erage of inflation. The rate climbed to 8% in 2022, but the dollar fig ure would be moderated by 2% or 3% rates the previous two years.

The inflation adjustment

Another financial issue will be consider ation of demands for

It’s basically hollowing out the public school systems so that eventually, the only kids who are left in public school are the kids who, who do poorly, who have a lot of challenges at home. And, meanwhile, the more fortunate kids are able to go to the land of milk and honey, and continue to ex cel.

offensive.

“I think we’re gonna see another run at re stricting things that are in libraries, you know, making teachers post what they’re teaching,”

fund a larger share of costs. Statewide, meet ing that threshold would cost the state about $160 million annually.

“It would seem like that would be a no-brain er to fund that,” Roth schild said. “As far as consequences for not funding it? I mean, we haven’t seen any yet. But I think there are po litical consequences.”

He said legislators might attempt to amend state law to require ex isting state aid to public schools to be shifted to special education.

Meanwhile, the repre sentative of the Kansas Policy Institute think tank told legislators there was no shortfall in “school funding for special education.” KPI CEO Dave Trabert said students may not be re ceiving the quality of education deserved, but it wasn’t “for a lack of funding.”

Rothschild said shortage of educators in public schools was a significant concern. Compensation and work conditions could be improved, he said, but the political assault on teachers was driving people away from the profession.

the Legislature to fully reimburse local school districts for 92% of the cost incurred for spe cial education services. The state hasn’t hit that mark in a decade, which leaves districts to self-

“I think we just have to lift teachers up,” he said. “There’s so much negativity brought by certain special interest groups against public schools. If this session proceeds into a stand off over funding or, you know, things that may or may hurt teachers, I think legislators are going to find out Kan sans like their public schools.”

Scott Rothschild and Leah Fliter, who represent the Kansas Association of School Boards in the Capitol, say the 2023 legislative session is likely to delve again into controversial issues of vouchers, trans sports, special education and a parental bill of rights. (SHERMAN SMITH/KANSAS REFLECTOR)

— Leah Fliter, Kansas Association of School Boards

chipelago. Mauna Loa, rising 13,679 feet above sea level, is the much larg er neighbor to Kilauea volcano, which erupted in a residential neigh

borhood and destroyed 700 homes in 2018. Some of its slopes are much steeper than Kilauea’s so when it erupts, its lava can flow much fast er.

A tour group near the summit of Mauna Kea looks toward Mauna Loa, 20 miles away. (TONI SALAMA/CHI CAGO TRIBUNE/MCT)

Iola focused on competing

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

The Iola High boys bas ketball team heads into the season with a solid core of returning Mustangs.

The team lost only four seniors a year ago and now returns an athletic bunch of players who are ready to take on the challenge of rep resenting their high school on the hardwood.

Mustang head coach Luke Bycroft has made sure of that.

High school winter sports practices began on Nov. 14 and Iola has been working toward being ready for their first regular season tip-off against Anderson County on Friday. The Mustangs will be a fast guard-oriented team with not too much size to them.

“I have a bunch of young er kids that got a lot of ex perience last year,” said Bycroft. “Landon Weide started at point guard all last season for us, Mac Leonard got a lot of time, Gage Skahan got some time on the floor as did Eli Ad ams. Because I had a group of eight seniors last year, the competition was stiff for the underclassmen to get any playing time.”

Speed and quickness will certainly be Iola’s back bone this year. Also, their

thorough knoweldge of the game will help them put the ball in the right spots on the floor. That familiarity

begets smarter passing and shooting. Their only handicap is

Allen’s tough weekend

MIAMI, OKLA. — The Al len Community College wom en’s basketball team cracked in a pair of road matchups this weekend at Northeast ern Oklahoma A&M College and State Fair College.

The Lady Red Devils (8-3) dropped their first game on Friday night at Northeast ern Oklahoma A&M College, 76-47.

Allen came out and scored 15 points in the first quarter behind a pair of two-pointers from Britney Schroer, Khas sidy Warr and Skyler Evans.

Things went south for the Devils in the second quar ter when the team missed seven straight shots and al lowed NEO to get back into the game. The only points

of the quarter came on a pair of two-pointers from Ja nia Jones and a pair of free throws from Clara Romero.

“I felt we came out a lit tle flat but we were battling them and doing well in that first quarter,” said Allen head coach Leslie Crane. “We started the second quarter reared up and we let it affect how we played defense. We quit pressuring the ball and they were able to get their feet set and shoot it better. We just couldn’t get past our missed shots.”

Allen trailed NEO at half time, 34-21.

Naomi Smith and Schroer each sank a pair of two-point ers while Evans went for a

Chiefs slog way to victory over Rams

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)

— Andy Reid lamented more problems with the Kansas City Chiefs punt return unit. JuJu Smith-Schuster regret ted their many failures in the red zone. Patrick Mahomes bemoaned “the one dumb play I make every game.”

So much for celebrating a 26-10 victory Sunday over the beat-up Los Angeles Rams.

Sure, the Chiefs were pleased by Mahomes throw ing for 320 yards and a touch down, and the hard yardage Isiah Pacheco gained on the ground eventually net ted him a score. And they were thrilled with the per formance of their defense, which frustrated fill-in quar terback Bryce Perkins and shut down the Rams ground game.

But the Chiefs also made plenty of mistakes, including an interception by Mahomes in the end zone in the fourth quarter — that dumb play he referenced — and red-zone woes that led to four field goals by Harrison Butker. “Got to do a little better in the red zone. That’s a place where we’re normally pretty good,” Reid said. “We were off a tick tonight. We’ll get back to the drawing board and take care of that.”

It didn’t matter against the Rams, who have lost five straight for the first time un der Sean McVay.

It might matter against the Bengals next week. And down the stretch in the pur

suit of the AFC’s top seed. “You like the win but we have a lot to get better at,” Mahomes said, “especially me.”

Still, the Chiefs (9-2) have won six of the last seven against Los Angeles, and they exacted a measure of revenge for that lone defeat, when then-Rams quarter back Jared Goff threw a late TD pass to win a 54-51 thriller in November 2018.

Playing without Matthew Stafford, who remained in the concussion protocol, the Rams (3-8) struggled to move

the chains behind Perkins, a career backup making his first start. He made a couple of nice plays with his legs but threw for just 100 yards with a touchdown pass and two interceptions.

“It’s hard to say that you’re running anything that re sembles anything close to your offense and what you envisioned it to be,” Rams coach Sean McVay said.

“There’s a lot of challenges based on what guys know and their skill sets.”

The Rams’ losing streak and their record through 11

games matches the 1987 Gi ants for the worst among de fending Super Bowl champs, though New York’s dismal start came amid a strike re sulting in the use of replace ment players.

The Rams certainly looked like a team playing without its starting quarterback, top two wide receivers and two starting offensive linemen — all out with injuries Sun day. They scrapped just to get positive yardage on every snap, and that’s only when they managed to get the play off in time or didn’t have to

waste a timeout.

The Chiefs didn’t penalize them early for their many miscues, though defensive tackle Chris Jones did pick up his 10th sack of the sea son, triggering a $1.25 mil lion incentive. Kansas City instead marched methodi cally down field only to twice settle for field goals, leaving the woebegone Rams sur prisingly within 13-3 lead at intermission.

“We have to finish in the red zone,” Smith-Schuster said, “That’s one of the big gest points.”

The Chiefs nonetheless had 277 yards of offense at that point. Los Angeles had 75.

Any hope the Rams had evaporated on the first two possessions of the second half, when they went threeand-out and Mahomes and Co. answered with a 71-yard scoring march. And this time, rather than the drive fizzling and Harrison Butker swinging his leg, Pacheco bulldozed into the end zone from 3 yards out to give Kan sas City a 20-3 lead.

The Rams finally reached the end zone in the fourth quarter. The Chiefs added two field goals to put the game away.

“Early on, throughout the game really, we had some shots. We were moving the ball. There were some little things here and there that didn’t go our way,” Perkins

Patrick Mahomes (15) of the Kansas City Chiefs runs with the ball during the second half against the Los Angeles Rams at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday in Kansas City, Mo. DAVID EULITT/GETTY

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Iola’s Landon Weide (1) goes up for a layup at Burlington last season. REGISTER FILE PHOTO

Allen’s Madison Burroughs (10) looks for a pass in a game against Cottey on Tuesday, Nov. 22. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT See ALLEN

HOUSTON (AP)

Officials say more than 2 million in the Houston area remain under a boil order notice after a power outage caused low water pressure at a water purification plant. The order — which means water must be boiled before it’s used for cooking, bathing or drinking — also prompted schools in the Houston area to close Monday.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said water sampling will begin Monday morning and the boil order could be lifted 24 hours after the city is notified the water is safe.

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Public notice

(Published in The Iola Register Nov. 29, 2022)

CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 22

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF IOLA, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 14-570 AND K.S.A. 14-571 AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT RELATING TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.

WHEREAS, Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas (the “Act”), provides that cities may exercise certain home rule powers, including passing cha er ordinances which exempt such cities from non-uniform enactments of the Kansas Legislature; and

WHEREAS, the City of Iola, Kansas (the “City”) is a city, as de ned in the Act, duly created and organized, under the laws of

the State of Kansas; and WHEREAS, K.S.A. 14-570 and K.S.A. 14-571 are part of an enactment of the Kansas Legislature (K.S.A. 14-570 et seq.) relating to public improvements and the issuance of bonds for such purposes, which enactment is applicable to the City, but is not uniformly applicable to all cities within the State of Kansas; and

WHEREAS, the governing body of the City (the “Governing Body”) desires, by charter ordinance, to exempt the City from the provisions of K.S.A. 14-570 and K.S.A. 14-571, and to provide substitute and additional provisions therefor.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF IOLA, KANSAS: Section 1. Exemption. The City, by virtue of the powers vested in it by the Act, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 14-570 and K.S.A. 14-571, and shall be governed by the following substi-

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tute and additional provisions contained herein.

Section 2. Master Plan for Public Improvements. Whenever the City Administrator, the chief nancial o cer of the City, or such other person designated by the City Administrator, has led with the Governing Body a master capital improvements plan (the “Plan”) for the physical development of the City within the boundaries of the City, including public improvements, the acquisition of land necessary therefore, the acquisition of equipment, vehicles or other personal property to be used in relation thereto, and may provide for assulnption and payment of bene t district indebtedness heretofore created for public improvements, and which Plan may require a number of years to execute, and such Plan is approved by the Governing Body, the City is hereby authorized to issue its general obligation bonds (the “Bonds”) in an amount su cient to carry out such Plan and associated costs.

Section 3. Procedure for Issuance of Bonds. Before any Bonds are authorized or issued pursuant to this Charter Ordinance, the City will adopt a resolution specifying thc amount of such Bonds and the purpose of the issuance thereof. The resolution will be e ective upon adoption and the City may proceed to issue thc Bonds.

Section 4. Severability. If any provision or section of this Charter Ordinance is deemed or ruled unconstitutional or otherwise illegal or invalid by any court of conipetent jurisdiction, such illegality or invalidity shall not a ect any other provision of this Charter Ordinance. In such instance, this Charter Ordinance shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had not been contained herein.

Section 5. E ective Date. This Charter Ordinance shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the o cial City newspaper, and shall take sixty (60) days after nal publi-

cation, unless a petition signed by a number of electors of the City equal to not less than ten percent (10%) of the number of electors who voted at the last preceding regular City election shall be led in the o ce of the City Clerk demanding that this Charter Ordinance be submitted to a vote of the electors, in which event this Charter Ordinance shall take e ect when approved by a majority of the electors voting at an election held for such purpose.

PASSED with at least a twothirds (2/3) vote of the entire Governing Body of the City of Iola, on November 14, 2022 and SIGNED by the Mayor.

/s/Steven C. French Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Roxanne Hutton Clerk SEAL

Ghana beats South Korea begind Kudus goals

AL RAYYAN, Qa tar (AP) — Moham med Kudus said there wasn’t much differ ence between the way Ghana played in its opening World Cup match against Portu gal or its second game against South Korea.

Except the result, of course.

Kudus scored twice, including the go-ahead goal after the South Koreans evened the match in the second half, and Ghana staved off elimination with a 3-2 victory on Monday.

Mohammed Sali su also scored for the Black Stars, who were disappointed after a close 3-2 opening loss to Cristiano Ronal do and Portugal and were in need of points against South Korea for a chance to reach the knockout round in Qatar.

“I think the game

against Portugal was one of the best games you can have. The en ergy and the commit ment from the whole team was good. So we approached this game the same way,” Kudus said. “We have the same mentality game after game after game, so we are going in the same direction with the same energy no matter who we play.”

Down 2-0, Cho Guesung scored both of South Korea’s goals about three minutes apart early in the sec ond half to even the game at 2-2.

But Kudus’ low left-footed goal in the 68th minute sailed out of the reach of goal keeper Kim Seung-gyu to give the Black Stars back the lead. Ghana goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi preserved the victory with a leaping save off Cho’s attempt

in stoppage time.

“We conceded goals a bit early in the game, and that forced us to play a chasing-style game that wasn’t easy.

After the first half, we vowed to keep trying

focused on competing

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a lack of size.

“We’re not very big,” said Bycroft. “We have a couple of kids over six feet but a bunch of them are six-foot and under. I’m excited about our style of play, it’ll be fast. I’m a little anxious about defense because we’ve got to keep the ball out of the lane.”

After watching the Iola football season come to an end before everyone wanted, By croft said he was anx ious about the players losing their competi tive edge and their will ingness to compete. It’s an area he plans to ad dress.

In practice, the head coach likes to imple ment drills and situa tions that mimic com petitive play.

“We spend a lot of time in practice doing competitive things,” said Bycroft. “We talk about competing to win the next possession. It doesn’t matter if you’re up 20, down 20, all that

matters is winning the next possession. We try to do competitive drills all the time.”

The team’s experi ence will be one of its strengths, lending it confidence and com fort on the court. The Mustangs are return ing players who took on in major roles last season including their point guard Weide and leading steals per game player in Adams.

“I think the con fidence they have in playing with each oth er, their good chemis try, and the confidence from the success of last season — even though it took us a while to get there — will be criti cal to us getting off to a good start,” said By croft.

Iola is rebounding from a 6-15 regular season finish in which they also went 5-7 in Pi oneer League play. The Mustangs will need to win some important games early in the sea son to work at earning a winning record and

sniffing a league title. Bycroft believes his experienced team is ca pable of winning a lot of games but will leave it up to the team as to what their ultimate goals to look like. The Mustang head coach knows how important the season tourna ments will be for the overall mark at the end of the season.

“I want to win both tournaments we play in — the early season tournament right after the season begins and we’re hosting the win ter tournament,” said Bycroft. “I want to be in position to challenge for the league cham pionship as we come down to the last couple weeks of the season. I’ll leave it up to them, but those are the things I have in mind.”

The Mustangs tip off their season in the high school Gatorade Scrim mage on Tuesday at 5 p.m. before hosting An derson County in the regular season opener at 4:30 p.m.

Allen: has tough weekend

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layup and a free throw in the third quarter but the Lady Red Devils still trailed the Lady Norse heading to the fourth quarter, 51-33.

Evans got on the board again in the fi nal quarter with a pair of layups but it wasn’t enough.

“There will be nights that we don’t shoot it well, and this was one of them, but we cannot let it affect our defense,” Crane said. “We are go ing to have to learn this the hard way and it is a hard lesson.”

The Lady Red Devils were outshot from the field, 39.1% to 35.7% as well as from beyond the arc, 45.8% to 0%. Allen was also outrebounded by Northeastern Okla homa A&M, 43-38.

In Saturday’s game, the Lady Devils lost in overtime to State Fair Community College, 5754.

Crane’s team played much better defense in this one but still couldn’t get all of their shots to fall, including

at the free throw line late in the game. The Lady Red Devils forced 25 turnovers and made nine steals on the State Fair offense.

Tonya Williams hit a pair of two-pointers in the first quarter but that was the most Al len could muster and trailed heading to the second quarter, 15-7.

“This weekend was good for us. We learned a lot about ourselves as a team and as individu als,” Crane said. “Now with these lessons, we have to apply them to our future games and correct our mistakes.”

Allen got five points from Shade Richardson in the second quarter, followed by Smith’s layup and free throw. These baskets added some momentum to the Lady Red Devil rally bringing them to within two points at halftime, 24-22.

ACC’s Noa Muranaka came out in the second half and knocked down a couple of three point ers before Smith went in for a few two-point

ers for each to total sixpoint third quarters.

Allen scored 12 points in the fourth quarter to knot the game at 52-52 at the end of regulation to send it to overtime. Smith scored the only two points in overtime as the Devils slipped to a 57-54 defeat.

“I was very pleased with our effort and our hustle and how we bounced back from the loss the previous night,” said Crane. “Again, we didn’t shoot very well but we played very good defense. We had our chances to win but we couldn’t capitalize at the free throw line.”

The Devils were out shot by the Roadrun ners from the field, 33.9% to 29%, as well as from three-point land, 31.6% to 20% and from three free throw line, 68.8% to 61.5%. Allen did topple State Fair on the glass where they outrebounded, 39-36.

The Allen women’s basketball team hosts North Central Missouri College on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

until the end,” Cho said. “We never gave up and eventually caught up (to them), but the last goal we conceded was regrettable. We kept pounding for an equalizer but couldn’t break through.”

South Korea forward Son Heu ng-min remained without a goal in Qatar. The Totten ham forward wore a mask to protect a broken left eye sock et he sustained in a Champions League game against Mar seille earlier this month.

South Korea coach Paulo Bento was handed a red card in the moments follow ing the match after a heated exchange with English referee Anthony Taylor. The Portuguese coach was furious when South Korea won a

corner at the end of 10 minutes of stoppage time but the whistle was blown before it could be taken.

The red card means that Bento will not be on the sideline for South Korea’s final match against Portu gal on Friday.

Assistant coach Ser gio Costa said “the re sult at the end was to tally unfair” and added that he did not hear Bento say anything “inappropriate.”

South Korea played to a 0-0 draw in its opener with Uruguay. The team was making its sixth straight World Cup appearance. But now the South Koreans are in danger of elimination. Costa suggested the anger of Bento would unite the team.

“Count on us for the next match,” he said. Ghana became the

third African nation to make it to the World Cup quarterfinals at the 2010 tournament. Black Stars captain Andre Ayew was also on that squad. No Afri can team has reached the World Cup semifi nals.

Known for its con trolled possession, South Korea dominat ed the first 20 minutes. Ghana broke through in the 24th when Sali su scored in a scram ble in front of the net off a free kick. After a spirited celebration encircled by his team mates, Salisu nervous ly crouched on the field while the goal was confirmed by vid eo review.

Kudus, a 22-year-old midfielder for Ajax, doubled the lead with a header off a long cross from Jordan Ayew, de spite the desperate ef forts of defender Kim Jin-su.

Cho did a knee slide in front of South Ko rea’s bench and was dogpiled by his team mates after his first goal in the 58th min ute. His second came in the 61st.

Now Ghana turns to its Group H finale on Friday against Uru guay.

“It feels good, but it feels even better because we got the whole three points. That was the most im portant thing,” Kudus said. “The whole team played their part and I think the energy is very good now in Gha na and it’s a good boost for our next game.”

Sulley Muntari of Ghana competes for the ball against Jermaine Jones of Team USA during the World Cup in Natal, Brazil, on June 16, 2014. MARIUS BECKER/ZUMA PRESS/MCT

No. 22 Tennessee tops No. 3 Kansas, takes Atlantis title

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Ten nessee’s players proved to be determined de fenders and relent less rebounders, along with having the kind of toughness to ensure the reigning national champions would have little chance to get com fortable.

It was all enough to give the 22nd-ranked Volunteers a title of their own, along with the blueprint that coach Rick Barnes hopes they follow the rest of the year.

Santiago Vescovi scored 20 points while Tennessee locked down on third-ranked Kansas in a 64-50 win Friday night in the champion ship game at the Battle 4 Atlantis, snapping the Jayhawks’ 17-game win ning streak.

Vescovi hit five 3-pointers as the tour nament’s most valuable player for the Volun teers (5-1), who dominat ed the glass, overcame their own turnover troubles and made the Jayhawks work for clean looks. And for the third time in as many days, Tennessee won without leading scorer Josiah-Jordan James (knee soreness).

Perhaps that’s why reserve guard Zakai Zei gler, who had 14 points and four steals, showed up wearing sunglasses to the postgame news conference after the Volunteers had danced and hollered through the on-court trophy cer emony.

“We know if you can’t stop the man in front of you, then you’ll have no shot at winning the game,” Zeigler said, adding: “We just like to play defense, and we just happen to be good at it.”

The Vols held the Jay hawks to 32.1% shoot ing, bothering them with size and length around the rim. They also took the ball right at the Jayhawks with 5-foot-9 Zeigler leading the way, down to him refusing to let go of a jump ball and trading words with 6-8 forward Jalen Wilson.

Zeigler’s night in cluded a 3-pointer to beat the shot clock at the 7-minute mark to push Tennessee’s lead to 5638. He followed with an other big one from the right wing with 4:42 left after Kansas had closed within 11.

Wilson and Joseph Yesefu each scored 14

points to lead the Jay hawks (6-1), who shot 28.6% in the first half and never warmed up. They made 5 of 21 3-pointers in what was an all-around rough night, from losing

obviously played stron ger and tougher,” Kan sas coach Bill Self said. “We didn’t handle the situation near as well as what I would hope a poised team would.”

BIG PICTURE

Tennessee: The Vol unteers opened the tournament with a win over Butler, then grind ed through an overtime win against Southern California in Thurs day’s semifinals. This time, Tennessee played in front the entire way en route to its first title in three tries at the At lantis resort.

“I think the main thing from the whole week was stay together through tough times, that’s what you’ve got to do,” Vescovi said.

place and not just have them standing there, waiting to contest a layup, that could’ve gave us some better chances at finishing at the rim,” Wilson said.

STRONG RUN

Tennessee held its three Atlantis opponents to 36.9% shooting and 15 of 59 (25.4%) from 3-point range. The Volunteers also averaged a +9 re bounding margin, end ing with having Jonas Aidoo (nine) leading five players snagging at least six rebounds against Kansas.

“You can be a good de fensive team but if you can’t be a great one if you give them second and third shots,” Barnes said.

SIDELINED

starting guard Dajuan Harris to fouls with 9 minutes left to failing to keep the Vols off the glass (45-27).

“We played a team tonight that was older and more mature and

Kansas: The Jay hawks didn’t have an easy first two days in the Bahamas. First came a battle to the fi nal minutes with North Carolina State. Then came Thursday’s over time win against Wis consin on Bobby Pet tiford Jr.’s last-second putback. But they never looked in any type of offensive flow this time with their smaller line up.

“I feel like if we were able to get them out of

Beyond Harris’ foul trouble, the Jayhawks played most of the way without Pettiford, who exited midway through the first half grabbing at his right leg.

Afterward, Self said he would be out “for a while” with a hamstring strain.

UP NEXT Tennessee: The Vol unteers return home to host McNeese State on Wednesday.

Kansas: The Jayhawks host Texas Southern on Monday.

Task is simple for U.S. in World Cup: win or go home

DOHA, Qatar (AP) —

The task is clear for the United States: beat Iran in a politically charged World Cup match or go home.

“We have to get out of our group by all means,” U.S. captain Tyler Ad ams said Monday. “It would feel like a success for us when we make it out of the group and then continue on in the tournament.”

A draw or a loss Tues day night would elim inate the Americans, who tied Wales 1-1 and England 0-0. England leads Group B with four points, followed by Iran with three, the U.S. with two and Wales with one.

During unusual prematch news conferences, Adams was asked to de fend the U.S.’s treatment of Black people and chastized for pronouc ing the opponent “Eyeran” instead of “E-ran.”

American coach Gregg Berhalter was ques tioned about U.S. immi gration and Naval policy and apologized for the U.S. Soccer Federation’s decision to strip the em blem of the Islamic Re

public from Iran’s flag on social media.

The USSF’s flag deci sion was meant to sup port women protestors in Iran.

“We had no idea about what U.S. Soccer put out,” Berhalter said. “All we can do on our behalf is apologize on behalf of the players and the staff.”

Iran coach Carlos Que iroz was queried about Sunday’s flag flap, which prompted the governing body of Iranian soccer to demand FIFA expel the U.S. from the tourna ment. He said he did not we have solidarity to all those causes, but here

family, was told by a re porter from Iran’s Press

discrimination against Black people?”

“My apologies on the mispronunciation of your country,” Adams responded. “That being said, there’s discrimi nation everywhere you go. One thing that I’ve learned, especially from living abroad in the past years and having to fit in in different cultures and kind of assimilating to different cultures, is that in the U.S. we’re continu ing to make progress ev ery single day.”

Iran famously beat the U.S. 2-1 in a 1998 World Cup match in France that

said. “What I saw from the opening whistle is one team that really wanted to win the game and one team that didn’t really want to win the game.”

Iran rebounded from a 6-2 opening match loss to England with a 2-0 upset of Wales, putting the team in position to advance for the first time in six World Cups.

Queiroz praised growth in the U.S. team, saying this World Cup showed “they jumped from soccer to football.”

He coached Major League Soccer’s Metro Stars in 1996 and served

Chiefs: slog over Rams

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said. “The guys did a great job up front. We have some things to clean up.”

ROBINSON OUT

Rams WR Allen Rob inson II will have sur gery to repair a stress fracture in his foot and miss the rest of the sea son, McVay said after the game. The injury was found in a CT scan taken Friday. Robinson signed a $46.5 million, three-year contract in the offseason, but he wound up catching 33 passes for 339 yards and three touchdowns in 10 games this season.

INJURIES

Rams: OLs Brian

Allen (thumb) and Ty Nsekhe (ankle) were inactive. WR Lance Mc Cutcheon (shoulder) also left the game.

Chiefs: RG Joe Thuney (ankle) was in active, ending his streak of 107 consecutive starts. FS Juan Thorn hill (calf) also was in active. ... CB L’Jarius Sneed cleared the con cussion protocol after taking a hit to the head in the second quarter.

UP NEXT

The Rams play Seat tle next Sunday to begin a two-game homestand.

The Chiefs visit Cincinnati on Sunday for the first of three straight road games.

Coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks watches his team against the Pittsburg State Gorillas at Allen Fieldhouse on Nov. 3 in Lawrence. ED ZURGA/GETTY IMAGES/TNS

Christian Pulisic of United States shoots the ball against John Stones and Bukayo Saka of England. STU FOSTER/GETTY IMAGES/TNS

Mother-in-law’s products leave foul odor

Adapted from an on line discussion.

Dear Carolyn: This is kind of a silly problem. My kind, sensitive moth er-in-law makes me sick. She stayed with us for a few weeks while I was pregnant with a now-6month-old. I was pretty vomitty, and one of the many triggers was the scent of my MIL’s hair spray and, to a lesser extent, perfume. I didn’t say anything at the time, because I didn’t want to hurt her — she’s sensi tive about her appear ance — and was also choosing battles, be cause cooking meat was an even bigger trigger. I figured out how to mini mize my exposure and accepted the vomiting as par for the course.

Now she’s back for two weeks to meet the 6-month-old, and I am unexpectedly still sen sitive to these scents. They don’t make me vomit, but I’m finding them nauseating and generally unpleasant. They never bothered me before the pregnancy, so I’m guessing my body

Carolyn Hax

is doing the association game.

Should I just suck it up, avoid where I can and give my body a chance to outgrow the associations? Will it out grow the associations? It feels as if there’s no way to say something that wouldn’t be hurtful.

— Vomitty Vomitty: It’s not silly, not even kind of.

You feel physically ill, and you’re distancing yourself from a kind, sensitive person. These are both important!

If you had asked me back when the problem first arose, then I would have urged you to be honest with your MIL. It’s not personal, and it wasn’t “about her ap pearance”; it was about chemicals. That’s it. So that was the thing to have said.

Because the problem persists, that’s the thing

to say to her now. “There is something in your hair spray and perfume that I’ve started reacting to. I’m hoping it’s just a postpartum thing that will go away, but in the meantime, I’m wonder ing if you’re willing to stop using them or try different ones?”

It will be awkward, yes, and she may do ex actly as you expect and take personally what is plainly not personal (because that seems to be 50 to 99 percent of the world’s favorite side hustle), but besides be ing tactful, civil and kind, it’s not your job to calibrate your words to elicit a specific reaction. Your job is to give the people you care about enough information to stay close, and enough room to process the in formation as they see fit.

Plus, when someone repels you physically, it’s really, really hard to keep that out of your body language. The truth, no matter how in sulting or awkward, is probably less insulting or awkward than what ever explanation her

Learning about spinal stenosis

DEAR DR ROACH: I read your recent re sponse to the 79-yearold woman with spi nal stenosis. I am an 80-year-old woman with a similar diagnosis (spinal stenosis along with slight herniations at L4, L5 and S1 verte bras). However, I do not have the pain typically described. For several years, my legs have got ten weaker and weaker, and at this point, my legs feel like lead. I need to take Tramadol to be able to walk.

Have you seen these particular symptoms, i.e., weakness in legs or feeling generally achy, with spinal stenosis? — A.L.

ANSWER: Compres

Dr. Keith Roach

To Your Good Health

sion on a nerve, due to any factor, most typical ly first causes sensory changes, especially pain or numbness, followed by loss of reflexes (you probably wouldn’t no tice this because most people don’t check their reflexes). Last of all usu ally comes weakness.

Progressive weakness is one indication to re lieve the nerve compres sion, usually by surgery. However, as we say, not everybody’s body reads

the textbooks, and nerve compression can some times cause weakness without pain.

It sounds like you have had advanced im aging, such as an MRI, to make an exact diag nosis of the cause, and I hope you have had evaluation by an expert to see whether surgery would be appropriate in your case. It often is not the appropriate choice, and many surgeons are reluctant to operate on people in their 80s. Still, I refer every patient I see with weakness due to spinal stenosis so that they can have an evalu ation by a surgeon, as only the surgeon has the expe

imagination has con jured up for your recoil ing.

And, yes, pregnancy can change your tastes and sensitivities perma nently, and “outgrow ing” isn’t always an op tion.

Readers’ thoughts: — I used to like myri ad scents and have, over time, become increas ingly negatively affected by them. And there’s one ingredient in par ticular that will cause a migraine if I’m in prox imity for an extended pe riod — and I don’t know what it is, but I do know that the people who like Scent A will discontinue if I mention my prob lem, then move to Scent B, which also contains it, as does Scent C, etc. Ask for a cessation of scented products alto gether when she’s at your home.

— You can also pro vide her some face-sav ing space. “During the pregnancy, I developed some chemical sensitivi ties that are lingering, and I am having to make adjustments and, some times, ask other people to help me.”

Saturday’s Cryptoquote: Have you seen my heart, somewhere in your castle of yellow leaves? — A Waltz for Zizi, “Letter to November”

ZITS by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

BEETLE BAILEY by Mort Walker HAGAR THE HORRIBLE by Chris Browne FUNKY WINKERBEAN by Tom Batiuk

BLONDIE by Young and Drake MARVIN by Tom Armstrong HI AND LOIS by Chance Browne

K-State pounds Jayhawks to earn Big 12 title shot

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State coach Chris Klieman didn’t want to back into the Big 12 title game by having Texas lose to Baylor.

He wanted his Wildcats to earn their spot in Arlington.

So after the Longhorns took care of business a day earlier, the No. 15 Wildcats stepped onto the field Saturday night and demolished their biggest rival. Will Howard threw for 213 yards and two touchdowns, Deuce Vaughn ran for 147 yards and a score, and Kansas State routed Kansas 47-27 to earn a shot at payback against TCU next weekend.

“The guys needed to earn this,” Klieman said after drying out from three-plus hours spent in the rain. “We’re smart enough to realize there was a lot of prssure on us as a coaching staff, us as players, to finish this deal, and we had one more chapter in the regular season and they finished it he right way and earned the opportunity.”

Kansas State blew a 28-10 lead and lost 3828 to the Horned Frogs during the regular season. Now, they’ll face each other again on Dec. 3 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with a College Football Playoff spot likely on the line for TCU.

It will be the first time the Wildcats play in the Big 12 title game, which went on hiatus

from 2010-17, since toppling then-No. 1 Oklahoma in 2003 during Hall of Fame coach Bill Snyder’s first tenure. The Horned Frogs were beaten by the Sooners in their only previous appearance in the 2017 championship game.

“I’m not sure they’re going to want to see us again,” Kansas State safety Drake Cheatum said, “but we’ll be ready.”

Malik Knowles added a pair of touchdown runs, and Philip Brooks and Sammy Wheeler also reached the end zone, as the Wildcats (93, 7-2, No. 12 CFP) beat the Jayhawks for the 14th straight time in a game they needed to win.

Jalon Daniels threw for 168 yards while running for a touchdown, and Devin Neal also had two TD runs, as the Jayhawks — bowl-bound for

the first time since 2008 — finished the regular season by losing six of their final seven games.

“Jalon was able to run the ball a little bit tonight. We were a little more active in the option game than we have bene in a while. It gave us a chance,” Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold said, “but obviously not enough.”

Kansas (6-6, 3-6) made enough mistakes in the first quarter alone Saturday night to fill an entire game.

The result was a hole it could never escape.

The trouble began when O.J. Burroughs muffed a punt after a nice stand by the Jayhawks’ defense, and Knowles needed one play to scoot in from the 5 for a touchdown. And after Kansas answered with a 75-yard scoring drive, its defense blew the coverage on Wheeler on a 42-yard touchdown

pass.

On the ensuing kickoff, Trevor Wilson was mobbed at the 10-yard line, and another penalty on the return buried the Kansas offense. On third down, Bryce Cabeldue was called for holding in the end zone to give Kansas State a safety.

After the free kick, the Wildcats cruised to the end zone again for a 23-7 lead after one quarter.

“Special teams created some big plays,” Leipold said, “and we just couldn’t get the key drive when we needed to.”

The game soon turned into a track meet: Kansas marched through a suddenly driving rainstorm for two quick touchdowns around another score by the Wildcats, leaving them with a 30-21 advantage heading into the break.

Another major mis-

take by Kansas in the third quarter — a fumble by Torry Locklin — gave the Wildcats another short field, and Vaughn carried eight times on a nine-play drive before finding the end zone and putting the game out of reach.

“It wasn’t easy and I knew it wouldn’t be. It was wet out there, affected things a little bit, but in all three phases someone stepped up,” Klieman said. “We were able to rush the football later on — we ran it a bunch in the third and fourth quarter — and we got stops on defense when we needed stops.”

THE TAKEAWAY Kansas has built a rep-

utation under Leipold for playing mistake-free football, yet it was a multitude of errors on both sides of the ball that gave the Wildcats more opportunities than they needed to hold onto the Governor’s Cup.

Kansas State has struggled defensively the past two weeks, giving up 31 points to West Virginia before coughing up plenty of yards against the Jayhawks. Joe Klanderman’s bunch will need to do better against the Horned Frogs.

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The Wildcats have a week to prepare for TCU, while Kansas awaits its bowl destination.

Michigan rolls in second half over Ohio State in key showdown

COLUMBUS, Ohio

(AP) — J.J. McCarthy threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, Donovan Edwards ran for two long fourth-quarter TDs and No. 3 Michigan pulled away for a 45-23 rout of No. 2 Ohio State to keep its national title hopes firmly on track. McCarthy exploited holes in the Buckeyes secondary and helped Michigan capture two straight wins over Ohio State for the first time in over two decades and walk away from Ohio Stadium with a victory for the first time since 2000.

TCU 62, Iowa State 14

FORT WORTH, Texas

(AP) — Kendre Miller ran for two touchdowns as fourth-ranked TCU completed the first undefeated regular season by a Big 12 team since 2009 with a 62-14 victory over Iowa State. The win got the 12-0 Horned Frogs closer to making the four-team College Football Playoff. Max Duggan threw TDs to three receivers for the Frogs, who still have the Big 12 championship game to play next Saturday in coach Sonny Dykes’ first season. But they will go into that as one of only three undefeated teams remaining. Iowa State finished 4-8 after its most lopsided loss since the 2014 finale at TCU.

South Carolina 31, Clemson 30

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP)

— Spencer Rattler threw for 360 yards and two touchdowns and South

Carolina beat a top-10 opponent for the second straight week with a 31-30 victory over No. 7 Clemson. The Gamecocks rallied from 14-0 down in the first quarter to end a seven-game series losing streak. They also ended the Tigers’ 40-game home winning streak that stretched to 2016. Antwane Wells Jr. had nine catches for 131 yards including both of Rattler’s TD throws. A week ago, South Carolina stunned then-fifthranked Tennessee 63-38.

Georgia 37, Georgia Tech 14

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and No. 1 Georgia completed back-to-back undefeated regular seasons for the first time in school history by overcoming a slow start to beat Georgia Tech 37-14. Georgia was down 7-0 early but scored 37 unanswered points for its fifth consecutive win in the state rivalry. The

Bulldogs led Georgia Tech only 10-7 at halftime before overpowering the Yellow Jackets with their running game. Kenny McIntosh and Kendall Milton ran for touchdowns. Georgia outrushed Georgia Tech 264-40. Georgia advances to next week’s Southeastern Conference championship game against No. 6 LSU.

USD 38, Notre Dame 27 LOS ANGELES (AP) — No. 5 Southern California capped its outstanding regular season under new coach Lincoln Riley by staying firmly in the College Football Playoff race with a 38-27 victory over No. 13 Notre Dame. Ca-

leb Willams polished his Heisman Trophy credentials with 232 yards passing and four total touchdowns while the Trojans completed their first 11-win regular season since 2008 by ending their four-game losing streak to their rival. Notre Dame’s Drew Pyne passed for 318 yards and completed his first 15 throws into the fourth quarter. Michael Mayer, Deion Colzie and Logan Diggs all scored TDs for the Fighting Irish. USC will face No. 14 Utah on Friday in Las Vegas in the Pac-12 championship game.

Texas A&M 38, LSU 23

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) —

Devon Achane had a career-best 215 yards rushing with two touchdowns, and Texas A&M stunned No. 6 LSU 38-23, all but certainly knocking the Tigers out of contention for the College Football Playoff. Conner Weigman threw two TD passes for the Aggies and Demani Richardson returned a fumble for a score. The

game was tied at 17-all in the third quarter before A&M scored 21 straight points. LSU had already secured a spot in next week’s SEC title game against unbeaten No. 1 Georgia, and a win there could have put the Tigers in the playoff. But now they have three losses and even beating Georgia likely won’t be enough.

Above, Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn high ves fans after the Wildcats defeated rival Kansas 47-27 on Saturday night in Manhattan. Below, Kansas coach Lance Leipold, left, congratulates Kansas State coach Chris Klieman after the game. THE WICHITA EAGLE/TRAVIS HEYING/TNS

Kansas State’s Ekow Boye-Doe, above, recovers a mu ed punt from Kansas’ O.J. Burroughs early during the rst quarter on Saturday night in Manhattan. THE WICHITA EAGLE/TRAVIS HEYING/TNS

Michigan running back Donovan Ed against Ohio State Saturday. GETTY IMAGES/BEN JACKSON/TNS