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By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola will take advantage of federal COVID relief dollars to help refurbish several miles of degraded sewer lines in town.

City Council members unanimously approved City Administrator Matt Rehder’s request to dedicate $800,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for what’s described as “cured in place piping.”

Tack on $200,000 the city already has budgeted, and Iola can lop off a third of the estimated $3 million needed to fully restore Iola’s entire sewer infrastructure system, Rehder noted.

For the past several years, Iola has utilized

Construction of a new elementary school may be getting most of the attention these days, but there’s still plenty of work to be done on other aspects related to the 2019 school bond issue.

They include: • USD 257 board officials approved spending $844,030 to tear down the old science building and cafeteria at the Iola High School, and construct a parking lot at the site.

• The board signed a letter of agreement with a company that wants to convert all three elementary schools into housing after they are vacated with the move to the new

schools.

Randy Coonrod, construction manager for the USD 257 school bond projects, gives board members an update. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

school.

• District maintenance and staff will need all hands on deck this summer to prepare

for the big elementary school move, while also taking care of upkeep and necessary projects at the middle and high

THE BOARD delayed tearing down the old science building and cafeteria because the new building didn’t open until October, and the cafeteria was still needed to prepare meals for the three elementary schools this year.

That decision, though necessary, comes with a cost.

When planning for the 2019 school bond issue, the board calculated it would cost about $250,000 to tear down the building and create a parking lot.

But with the current rate of inflation and labor shortages, costs will be much higher. The board also expanded See SCHOOLS | Page A4

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Putting out the pinwheels County commissioners, including David Lee, foreground, and others helped the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Hope Unlimited create a pinwheel garden at the Allen County Courthouse to recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month. Commissioners and Iola City Council members both signed a proclamation. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

New map for state education board called ‘rotten’

By TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate leadership proposed Monday a redistricting map for the 10-member Kansas Board of Education that critics indicated unnecessarily placed four incumbents in head-to-head showdowns.

The proposed map ran into opposition when unveiled during a meeting of the Senate Redistricting Committee, which previously contributed to shaping new Kansas Senate and U.S. House maps.

The state Board of Education boundaries must include four contiguous Senate districts.

Under the “Apple” map offered by Senate Republicans in the form of Senate Bill 577,

[The ‘Apple’ map] is a rotten, worm-eaten gerrymander.

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

— Leslie Mark

districts of the state Board of Education would be modified to create a hypothetical race between Salina Republican Deena Horst against Garden City Republican Jean Clifford.

In addition, the proposed map could pit Democrat Janet Waugh of Kansas City, Kansas, against Democrat Melanie Haas of Overland Park.

Waugh is unlikely to seek See MAP | Page A3

GOP defections thwart plans

Jim Porter, chairman of the Kansas Board of Education, urged a Senate committee to consider an updated map of the board’s 10 districts that was proposed by current board members. Senate Republicans developed a map as well. (KANSAS REFLECTOR SCREEN CAPTURE FROM KANSAS LEGISLATURE YOUTUBE CHANNEL)

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Key conservative initiatives are likely to fail in Kansas this year because a few Republicans are breaking with the rest of the Legislature’s veto-proof GOP supermajorities.

Republicans have pushed measures through the state Senate tightening election laws and weakening school vaccination requirements, but not with the two-thirds vote needed to override potential vetoes from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. A proposed change in the KanSee GOP | Page A4

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Obituary Patti Trowbridge Patricia “Patti” June Trowbridge went to be with her maker and her mother in heaven on Friday, March 25, 2022.

She died at Allen County Regional Hospital at the age of 55, outliving her life expectancy.

Patti was born July 1, 1966, in El Dorado to Eldon and Bernice (Rieb- Patti el) Trowbridge. Patti was born with Trowbridge Down syndrome at a time when they knew little about it. The doctor told her mother to take her home and love her, and she did. Patti lived with her mother until her mother’s death in 2018.

Her dad always said she was his special angel.

Patti was Catholic and was proud of that fact, telling everyone she was Catholic.

Patti attended school at Prospect School in her younger days. She also attended Chanute High School and earned her high school diploma from there.

She was very proud of her diploma and wanted to show everyone. She also worked at Tri-Valley for several years and at McDonald’s in Iola.

In her younger years, she loved to ride her bike, and went on many vacations with her mother and other family members. She got to see Yosemite National Park and the Grand Canyon, to name a few.

She also loved to fish, bowl and get in the pool.

Patti is survived by her loving sister, Beverly Harris, who took care of her the last four years after her mother died, and her best friend and caretaker, Donna Harris, both of the home; her sisters, Gayla Purcell (George) of rural Piqua, Wanda Craft (James) of Emporia, Maxine Escobar of Hanford, Calif., and Laura Mathews (Mark) of Lindsey, Okla.; a brother, Lyle Trowbridge (Connie) of Iola; and many family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Bernice and Eldon Trowbridge; both sets of grandparents, Joe and Flora Riebel and Irvin and Clara Trowbridge; her brothers-in-law, Roger Harris and Domingo Escobar; and a great-niece, Jayden Cheney.

She will be missed by many people.

A funeral service to honor the life of Patti will be at 10 a.m. Friday, April 1, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Iola. Burial will follow at the Blankinship Cemetery in Rosalia. Family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in The Chapel at the Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Chapel in Iola.

Memorials are suggested to the Special Olympics and may be left with the funeral home at 1883 U.S. 54, Iola, KS 66749. Condolences may be left online at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Iola High School has announced its honor rolls for the third nine weeks of 2021-22.

All A’s Seniors: Sage Barney, Ryker Curry, Shyann Doyle, Heidi Hibbs, Nicholas Karns, Asha Kilby, Gabe Kilby, Cooper Riley, Chloe Sell, Miah Shelby, Elanie Sturgeon, Ember Womelsdorf Juniors: Katie Bigelow, Tatum Boyd, Caiden Cloud, Cali Riley, Jesse Taylor, Genevive Ward, Luke Wicoff, Kinzey Wilhelm, Haily Wilson Sophomores: Rebekah Coltrane, Keira Fawson, Rio Lohman, Maira Mohd Rais, Jaydon Morrison, Jenna Morrison, Rylie Olson, Kalibre Smith, Hallie Sutherland, Landon Weide Freshmen: Kyndal Bycroft, Elza Clift, Kaysin Crusinbery, Mariah Jelinek, Alana Mader, Cole Moyer, Melanie

Linda Sue Duvall, age 66, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2022, peacefully in her home following a courageous 13-year battle with cancer.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2022, at Central Cemetery, rural Pomona.

Family will meet with friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 31, Linda Duvall 2022, at Dengel & Son Mortuary, Ottawa.

Linda was born Sept. 23, 1955, in Wichita, to Virgil and Jean Roberts.

She grew up and attended Iola schools graduating with the class of 1973. She continued her education graduating from Allen County Community College.

On June 29, 1975, Linda was united in marriage to Randy W. Duvall at Iola. They shared 46 years of marriage.

Linda enjoyed her beautiful flowers and gardening. Her biggest joy was her children, son Bret and daughter Jessica, and four wonderful grandchildren, Mollie, Oliver, Pyper, and Bennet Duvall.

Linda was employed at June’s Dress Shop, H.D. Lee, she had an in-home daycare for local children, manager of JCPenney Catalog, and she retired as a Pharmacy Technician at Kramer Pharmacy.

She also volunteered as a leader for the Burg Go Getters 4-H Club and as a girls softball coach. She was a member of Williamsburg United Methodist Church.

Her laughter and smile will always be remembered.

Linda is also survived by her mother, Jean Roberts; two siblings, Ron Roberts and Vickie (Jim) Tholen; and mother-in-law, JoAnn Duvall.

She is preceded in death by her father, Virgil Roberts.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Midland Care or Franklin County Cancer Foundation c/o Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory, Ottawa, KS 66067. Family and friends are encouraged to post their condolences and memories on Linda’s Tribute Wall at www.dengelmortuary.com

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — One of two flamingos that escaped from a Kansas zoo during a storm 17 years ago has been spotted on the coast of Texas, wildlife officials said.

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as Parks and Wildlife confirmed Tuesday to The Associated Press that the African flamingo — known as No. 492 because of the number on its leg band — was captured on video shot March 10 by an environmental activist near Port Lavaca, Tex-

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You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 22nd day of April 2022, at 8:30 a.m., in said District Court in Iola, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

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The bird and another flamingo escaped from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita on a stormy night in June 2005. Employees had not yet clipped the birds’ wings to prevent them from flying, which facilitated their escape.

While the other flamingo was never seen again, No. 492 has been spotted several times in Wisconsin, Louisiana

and Texas, sometimes with other wild flamingos. But it had been years since its last reported sighting — until this month.

Zoo officials have never made plans to recapture No. 492, despite the sightings, saying there is no easy way to do so without disturbing other wildlife.

The escaped flamingos, known for their distinctive pink feathers and long legs and necks, were born in Africa then shipped to the Kansas zoo in 2004 with 39 other flamingos.

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CIPP lining, through which crews insert and run a felt lining into a pre-existing sewer line in need of repair. Resin within the liner is then exposed to a curing element to make it attach to the inner walls of the pipe. Once fully cured, the line acts as a new pipeline.

Gas, Water and Wastewater Superintendent Mitch Phillips said the CIPP process can add at least 25 years, and likely longer, to the lifespan of the sewer lines.

Iola already has received $400,000 in ARPA funding, with an additional $400,000 due to the city later this year, Rehder explained.

Both Councilman Carl Slaugh and Mayor Steve French spoke in favor of using the money for such a project.

“It’s a win-win to take care of such a big project instead of having to come out of our income and raise rates,” French said.

“It’s a good way to use the ARPA funds,” Slaugh agreed. “The key is to keep our utilities financially as strong as possible.”

Council members voted, 8-0, to authorize Rehder to send out a request for proposal to companies capable of doing CIPP projects. Rehder’s timeline would have much of the work occurring in 2023.

THE CIPP discussion was part of a multipronged discussion involving Iola’s sewers.

Before such work can be done, the city must first upgrade its sewer line camera system, at a price tag of $90,975.

Iola’s existing camera, which gives crews a visual look inside the city’s sewer lines to determine which ones need repairing, was purchased in 2007 and has outlived its useful

Iola Mayor Steve French speaks at Monday’s Iola City Council meeting, while Councilman Mark Peters, at right, listens. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN until the funds are de- er on.” life, Phillips explained.

Phillips, when asked Rather than buy a pleted, Rehder said. about the overall health new camera, it’s easier AS FOR THE rest of of Iola’s wastewater and more cost-effective to simply upgrade the the sewer system, the system, noted the city existing unit, Phillips city also needs to look at has 75 miles of sewrebuilding a pair of lift er lines, roughly 80% continued.

“Everything will stations at Iola’s River- of which “is in good be new except for the side Park soon, as well shape.” shell,” Phillips said, as a lift station at BasCOUNCIL members adding that buying new sett and another near also approved a rewould add about $30,000 Marshmallow Lane.

The other big-tick- quest by Allen County to the price tag “for something we already et item is to eventual- Farmers Market orgaly replace all of Iola’s nizers to once again have.” close JefferCouncil son Avenue members on the east approved It’s a good way to use the ARPA funds. side of the the purchase of the The key is to keep our utilities financially as c o u r t h o u s e square from new Envirostrong as possible.

5:05 to 7:10 sight Rovp.m. Thursver X cam— Carl Slaugh, council member day evenings era system from May from Key through OcEquipment tober. & Supply The Farmers Market Co., which is based in 876 manholes, some of St. Louis, and has offic- which have begun to opens May 7.

Council members es in Kansas City, Mo., crack, allowing stormwater runoff to infil- OK’d a request by the and Springfield, Ill. Phillips and Rehder trate Iola’s wastewater Iola Sisters Allen County Relay For Life team to already have a list of system.

Replacing all 876 host a boot block at the 29 sewer lines, accounting for more than 30,000 would cost roughly $1.5 intersection of Madison and Washington feet, in most need of re- million.

“We had a discussion avenues the morning pair.

“I asked Mitch for a about which we should of May 28, the Saturday list, and he had it for do first, CIPP lining or prior to Memorial Day. Donations benefit the me within minutes,” manhole covers,” RehRehder noted. “Clearly, der said. “We came to American Cancer Socithey already had their a consensus that CIPP ety. was the much more The city also prolist.”

The plan is to start pressing need, and the claimed April as Child Prevention with the ones most in manhole covers we Abuse need of repair, and go could handle much lat- Month.

re-election in 2022.

Shifts contemplated by the Senate GOP could result in transitioning the board’s six Republican, four Democrat construction to an eight Republican, two Democrat split.

Five state Board of Education members must stand for re-election in 2022 if they want to remain on the board.

The other five members would each serve a newly drawn district, even if they didn’t live within boundaries of that assigned district, until up for re-election in 2024.

Jim Porter, chairman of the state Board of Education, proposed an alternative map developed by members of the state board. It was named “Little Jerusalem Badlands,” a reference to the state’s newest state park, and labeled Senate Bill 576.

It was based on redistricting standards endorsed by the Senate and House, including deference to incumbents.

He said the map followed new Senate boundaries and grouped together four contiguous counties for each Board of Education district. None of the current 10 members of the state Board of Education would have their residence drawn out of their current district, he said.

“This map was created by the Kansas State Board of Education for the Kansas State Board of Education, which has for the last decade developed a tight relationship with its districts,” Porter said.

“We realize that populations shift, so some Kansans will have to adjust to new district constituents. However, we desire to keep these changes to a minimum.”

“Our proposal takes into heavy consideration existing district boundaries and incumbents. With only half the body up for election every two years, it is prudent to draw boundary lines that resemble current district lines as closely as possible,” he said.

The Senate committee didn’t vote on a map during its initial meeting, but plan to keep working this week on the mapping project.

None of the people submitting testimony to the committee were in support of the Senate GOP’s map.

Patrick Gouger, who lives in the Shawnee Mission School District and the 2nd District represented by Haas, said the GOP Republican map violated redistricting guidelines. He said it would dramatically change geographic areas served by board members, displace incumbents and neglect the goal of keeping school districts, cities and counties whole.

Gouger said it would split north Johnson County’s Shawnee Mission School District among three separate state Board of Education districts. The three state Board of Education members sharing that piece of Johnson County also would be responsible for diverse interests of residents of Wyandotte, Miami, Douglas, Leavenworth, Franklin, Osage and Shawnee counties.

“Let me be clear from the outset. SB 577 smacks of the aggressive, partisan overreach so favored by this committee throughout the 2022 redistricting process,” said Leslie Mark, with the ACLU of Kansas, who piggybacked on Gouger’s critique. “‘Apple’ is a rotten, worm-eaten gerrymander.”

Russia says it will scale back near Kyiv as talks progress KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia announced Tuesday it will “fundamentally” scale back military operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as talks to end the grinding war brought the outlines of a possible deal into view.

Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said the change on the battlefield was meant to increase trust at the talks after several rounds of negotiations failed to halt what has devolved into a bloody campaign of attrition.

The announcement was met with skepticism from the U.S. and others.

While Moscow portrayed it as a goodwill gesture, its ground troops have become bogged down and taken heavy losses in their bid to seize Kyiv and other cities. Last week and again on Tuesday, the Kremlin seemed to roll back its war aims, saying its “main goal” now is gaining control of the predominantly Russian-speaking Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had not seen anything indicating talks were progressing in a “constructive way,” and he suggested Rus-

sian indications of a pullback could be an attempt by Moscow to “deceive people and deflect attention.”

“There is what Russia says and there is what Russia does, and we’re focused on the latter,” Blinken said in Morocco. “And what Russia is doing is the continued brutalization of Ukraine.”

He added, “If they somehow believe that an effort to subjugate only the eastern part of Ukraine or the southern part of Ukraine ... can succeed, then once again they are profoundly fooling themselves.”

Even as negotiators from the two sides assembled in Istanbul, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces hit an oil depot in western Ukraine late Monday and blasted a gaping hole Tuesday morning in a nine-story government administration building in the southern port city of Mykolaiv. At least seven people were killed in that attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

“It’s terrible. They waited for people to go to work” before striking the building, said regional governor Vitaliy Kim. “I overslept. I’m lucky.”

Fomin said Moscow

has decided to “fundamentally ... cut back military activity in the direction of Kyiv and Chernihiv” to “increase mutual trust and create conditions for further negotiations.” He did not immediately spell out what that would mean in practical terms.

Ukraine’s military said it has noted withdrawals of some forces around Kyiv and Chernihiv.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby

told CNN “we haven’t seen anything to corroborate” reports of Russia pulling back significant forces from around Kyiv. “But what we have seen over the last couple of days is they have stopped trying to advance on Kyiv.”

Rob Lee, a military expert at the U.S.-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, tweeted: “This sounds like more of an acknowledgment of the situation around Kyiv

where Russia’s advance has been stalled for weeks and Ukrainian forces have had recent successes. Russia doesn’t have the forces to encircle the city.”

The meeting Tuesday in Istanbul was the first time negotiators from Russia and Ukraine talked face-to-face in two weeks. Earlier talks, held in person in Belarus or by video, made no progress toward ending the more than month-

long war that has killed thousands and driven over 10 million Ukrainians from their homes, including almost 4 million who have fled the country.

Fomin suggested there had been progress this time, saying “negotiations on preparing an agreement on Ukraine’s neutrality and non-nuclear status, as well as on giving Ukraine security guarantees, are turning to practical matters.”

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the scope of the project, with a larger parking area, in order to make the most of the construction opportunity.

Another unexpected cost came with the discovery of asbestos and other chemicals that will need to be abated before the building can be demolished. That added about $61,000 to the cost.

In total, the cost to demolish the existing science building and cafeteria, and to build a new, large parking lot, will be $844,030.

Superintendent Stacey Fager said the district had enough money saved in its capital outlay fund to pay for the cost. The district had been saving in recent years, knowing it might have to cover such expenses.

Board members noted it’s one of the few, if only, times the project faced increased costs as construction prices surged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

They credited construction manager Randy Coonrod, owner of Coonrod and Associates, for knowing when and how to bid the project to maximize savings.

Coonrod, who was on hand for Monday night’s meeting, said it was a matter of timing. The projects were bid right as costs started to rise, and he was able to lock in lower rates.

“I will say you hit this just right,” Coonrod said. “If you had been a little bit later, the costs would have ballooned.

But we have been impacted by COVID. The deliveries have been tough.”

Also, construction of the science building uncovered and exacerbated some storm water drainage issues in the area. The city granted

a temporary occupancy permit for the science building with the understanding the problem would be corrected once the old science building was demolished and the new parking lot constructed.

That has to be done, Coonrod said. The cost is factored into the total.

The demolition likely will begin in June, right after the end of the school year. Coonrod is optimistic it can be completed by the time classes resume in August, but the timeline will depend on weather.

I will say you hit this just right.

If you had been a little later, the costs would have ballooned.

— Randy Coonrod

Representatives of BNIM, a Kansas City architecture firm that wants to develop all three existing elementary schools into housing, presented a letter of intent for school board members to approve.

They outlined what the letter entailed.

First, it gives them permission to conduct a more thorough level of due diligence. They will have 120 days to take a deeper dive into the project and better determine the scope, cost and other factors.

If everything still looks positive, they’ll enter into a pre-development phase. That phase could take them into July of 2024, as they’ll need to secure different types of tax credits and historic designation for the properties.

Some of the financing

pieces are competitive, so it would allow them to try again for those tax credits if they are denied the first time.

If things go really well, though, construction could begin well before that deadline.

BNIM’s James Baker and Sam De Jang said they were optimistic the project would be successful, but said the budget is tight and there are several factors that could affect it.

SUMMER is coming, and it’s going to be a doozy for the district.

Assuming construction of the elementary school stays on track, they’ll need to move furniture and supplies from three elementary schools into one.

They’ll also need to move fifth grade classrooms to the new school, freeing up space at Iola Middle School. Principal Brad Crusinbery already has plans for some of that space, and wants crews to tear down a wall between two rooms to create a larger classroom.

At Iola High School, a chiller and water heaters need to be replaced.

Maintenance director Aaron Cole talked about some of his plans, which include putting carpet in a couple of rooms at either the middle or high school, painting the district office building and moving lockers from McKinley to the middle school “We’ve kept summer projects to a minimum this year, knowing we have to get ready for this move,” Cole said.

Jefferson Elementary School Principal Tiffany Koehn talked about what teachers and building staff have done to prepare for the move.

They’ve started cleaning unused rooms, and are working with Cole to coordinate their plans.

sas Constitution aimed at limiting future tax increases also died in the Senate for lack of a two-thirds vote.

Because former President Donald Trump won over many conservatives and abortion opponents, his supporters control the Kansas GOP, and anti-vaccine activists and e l e c t i o n - c o n s p i r a cy promoters have gained influence. But conservatives’ struggles in the Legislature show that with Kelly as governor, they still need more-centrist establishment Republicans’ support.

“The biggest question, arguably, in American politics right now is, where are the fault lines in terms of Trump Republicans and Republicans?” said Bob Beatty, a Washburn University of Topeka political scientist.

Elections in 2020 moved the Legislature to the right, particularly in the Senate, where only a handful of GOP moderates remain.

Kelly has been unable to expand the Medicaid program for poor and disabled Kansas residents. Republican leaders enacted tax cuts over her veto in 2021, and her proposals for tax cuts this year are foundering. GOP lawmakers have put constitutional amendments on the ballot this year to undo a state Supreme Court decision protecting abortion rights and to make it easier for them to overturn state agency regulations.

But Kansas conservatives had hoped for more after COVID-19 restrictions energized the right and Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governor’s race last year in blue-leaning Virginia. Instead, what Senate President Ty Masterson calls “legacy Republicans” have become key Statehouse players.

“There’s always going to be a select few in the Republican caucus that are more aligned with the Democrats on a couple issues,” said Masterson, a conservative Wichita-area Republican.

One regular dissenter, southwestern Kansas GOP Sen. John Doll, has been both a Democratic congressional candidate and an independent candidate for lieutenant gover-

Do they really think they could get this passed or were they just trying to show they were advancing that conservative agenda?

— Patrick Miller, KU political scientist

nor. But he considers himself a disciple of two Republicans and Kansas icons, the late former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and President Dwight Eisenhower. He questioned this week whether Dole, Eisenhower or President Ronald Reagan could win a GOP primary today.

“You know that song, ‘I Drink Alone’?” he said. “Fiscally, I think I’m conservative, but I think you’ve got to have great highways, great schools and that sort of thing.”

Doll voted with Republican Sens. Brenda Dietrich, of Topeka, and Jeff Longbine, from eastern Kansas, to help block a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution to require two-thirds majority in the Legislature for future tax increases. The three senators also voted against weakening long-standing requirements that parents vaccinate their children against diseases such as polio, measles and chickenpox to enroll in school or day care.

Longbine said that despite “an ideological shift” among Republicans, he sees anti-vaccine activists as a vocal but still small minority.

“I don’t think that most Kansans think it’s OK to not vaccinate your children for polio and mumps and measles,” he said.

Dietrich rejects farright doubts about Kansas elections in 2020, and she and Dietrich cited practical reasons in voting along with Doll against legislation would likely discourage many counties from using ballot drop boxes in elections. It would require each one to be staffed when counties don’t have the money or employees.

“Does that make

sense? What’s the problem we’re trying to solve? Is there a problem?” Dietrich said.

“That’s, I think, what guides a lot of our decision making.”

In contrast, Dietrich said the proposal to make it easier for legislators to overturn state agency regulations made sense.

When constituents complain about problems with agencies, she said, “almost always, if you can track it back, it’s a rule or regulation.”

Agriculture groups and the Kansas Chamber of Commerce also support the measure.

University of Kansas political scientist Patrick Miller said that while the trio are seen as the Senate’s least conservative members, “They still vote with conservatives a lot.”

He also said it’s possible that conservatives’ push for some measures have amounted to election-year political theater.

“Do they really think they could get this passed or were they just trying to show they were advancing that conservative agenda?” he said.

And, while Kansas regularly elects Democratic governors, the GOP has remained the dominant political party throughout the state’s history. Republicans have controlled both chambers for 96 of the past 100 years.

“A lot of people identify as Republican — because it’s a Republican state — that really aren’t, and you’re always going to have five or six that are really probably Democrats and you’re going to have three or four that are really Libertarians,” said Tim Shallenburger, a former Kansas GOP chairman, state treasurer and Kansas House speaker.

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KS legislators use conspiracy theory to mask power grab Smoke and mirrors are hiding the real reason a proposed constitutional amendment to change the balance of power in Topeka will be on the November ballot.

If approved, the law would allow Kansas legislators to establish veto power over current agency rules and regulations with as little as a majority vote.

The Nov. 8 issue will change the existing law that requires a two-thirds majority of both chambers to override long-established laws as well as a governor’s veto.

The danger of such a change is that it gives outsized weight to factions on either the far right or far left to decide future law.

Increasingly, we would see Libertarians who favor hands-off government voting alongside far-right conservatives on measures that concern our air or water, public health policies, public education, etc.

THOSE favoring the change are masking those realities with the line that a bureaucratic “deep state,” is pulling the strings.

Yes, another conspiracy theory making the rounds.

“We kind of had a fourth branch of government in bureaucrats that started passing laws by imposing rules and regulations,” House Speaker Ron Ryckman, an Olathe Republican, said after last week’s Senate approval of the measure.

Republican Rep. Dan Hawkins of Wichita echoed Ryckman, saying it’s the “bureaucrats” in Topeka who are overtaking the system.

And just who are these powerful “bureaucrats”?

State employees who work for the Departments of Labor, Education, Transportation, Revenue, Corrections, Health and Environment, Children and Families, etc.

The very people who keep the wheels of the state government turning while their elected officials are out grandstanding.

THE PUSH to overhaul the balance of power between the executive and legislative branch began festering the day Gov. Laura Kelly was elected governor. Seems it’s not enough for Republicans to have a supermajority in both the House and Senate.

Their tipping point was

when Kelly regarded the COVID-19 coronavirus as a public health threat and issued a temporary moratorium on schools and certain businesses and limited the size of gatherings.

Kelly was acting on the advice of officials who have devoted their careers to public health.

To date, more than 8,000 Kansans have died from the virus. So yes, it would appear the governor was acting on sound advice.

Hopefully, that’s how legislators make their decisions — on the advice of those who make it their job to study the facts.

That’s why legislators, eventually, raised taxes in 2017 after Gov. Sam Brownback’s 2012 tax cut experiment nearly drove the state into bankruptcy. Officials with the State Revenue Department — yes, bureaucrats — projected if legislators did not reverse course they faced a $900 million deficit.

Legislators get the same advice from state department heads and their staff on myriad issues, from funding our schools to repairing our roads and bridges, and, we can always hope, to expanding Medicaid.

Just as important, lawmakers are informed of the consequences of their actions, or inaction.

Our state legislators are not experts in any of these areas, though some would like you to believe otherwise.

This is not to belittle the work that they do.

Most work very hard.

And most legislators — just like city and county officials — recognize they are standing on the shoulders of those whose careers are dedicated to seeing their departments work efficiently and effectively. Yes they are bureaucrats. But don’t say it as if it’s a dirty word.

LAWMAKERS who slander government employees as working for a “deep state” are trying to sow fear and discord so that they can have more power.

Republicans overwhelmingly favored changing the constitution, 110 of 115, while 47 of 50 Democrats were opposed.

Such a measure would weaken the balance of power in our state government.

Come November, Kansas voters should vote no.

— Susan Lynn

President Joe Biden delivers a speech on Saturday, March 26 in Warsaw, Poland. Just hours before his address, Biden had met with Ukrainian refugees who had been trapped in their basements in Mariupol, including children. (OMAR MARQUES/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

Biden’s ‘gaffe’ was spot on. Putin is evil President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw on Saturday movingly framed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a battle “between liberty and repression, between a rules-based order and one governed by brute force.” Then Biden ad-libbed, putting an unexpected, provocative capstone on what was otherwise a meticulously crafted message of resolve in the face of tyranny.

“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” the president said of Putin.

It was an unscripted gaffe, the kind Biden has been known to make when he veers from the text aides give him. The White House quickly tried to put the fire out. No, Biden wasn’t calling for regime change and Putin’s ouster as Russia’s president, Biden administration officials insisted. “The president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region,” a White House official told reporters.

The administration’s attempts to downplay the president’s remark weren’t convincing at all. Certainly, Biden wasn’t calling for the West to begin devising ways to remove Putin from power. But he was encapsulating what many Americans and others in the West have been thinking while Putin’s tanks and missiles continue to slaughter innocent Ukrainians — the world isn’t safe as long as Putin rules Russia.

It won’t be enough, however, for Westerners to reach that conclusion. And in any case, it’s not a matter for the West to decide.

It’s the Russian population that, at some point, must come to grips with that reality. Biden made it clear in his speech that he understands that. “Now, Vladimir Putin’s aggression have cut you, the Russian people, off from the

rest of the world, and it’s that Europe now sees the foltaking Russia back to the ly of its overdependence on 19th century,” the president Putin for energy and will besaid. “This is not who you gin to wean itself off of Rusare. This is not the future ... sian natural gas and oil — you deserve for your families which serves as the lifeblood and your children. I’m telling of the country’s economy. you the truth. This war is not Diplomatically and economworthy of you, the Russian ically, Russia faces a future people.” of isolation. In Russians 1991, Russians cannot be hapBiden’s slip-up celebrated espy with the caping from the doesn’t mean his re- bleak times of fallout that Putin’s brutal- mark is any less valid. stifling Soviet ity in Ukraine The world, including rule. Under Puhas creat- Russia, is better off tin, Russians ed for them. face a return to The ruble has without Putin in pow- bleak times. bounced back er.

There was a somewhat, but time when Rusit still buys a sians adored lot less than it did before. The Putin. They credited him country’s economy, far from with pulling the country out a juggernaut even before the of the doldrums of the 1990s, invasion, has doubled over when Boris Yeltsin tanked from the impact of wither- the economy and oversaw ing sanctions imposed by the the ruinous fire sale of state U.S. and Europe. The Russian assets to politically connectstock market reopened last ed businessmen who would week after a monthlong shut- become today’s oligarchs. down, but trading is heavily Putin righted the ship, and restricted. The White House Russians treasured that. called it a “Potemkin market But now it’s Putin who’s opening.” imperiling the Russian econThousands of Russians omy, through a war that’s who took to the streets to pro- transforming Russia into a test the war have been jailed. global outcast. It’s true that At least 200,000 Russians Putin’s arsenal includes the have had enough of their dic- world’s biggest storehouse tator and have left the coun- of nuclear weapons, along try, a brain drain that only with a faithful army of hackadds to Russia’s long-stand- ers capable of wreaking cying struggle with population ber-havoc on the West. But losses. Russian citizens able if he loses the backing of evto access media coverage eryday Russians, he may face of the war that isn’t Krem- a battle that he’s destined to lin-controlled have witnessed lose.

Putin’s barbaric destruction If Biden could take back of whole Ukrainian cities, his speech slip-up, he probhis bombing of maternity ably would. But that doesn’t hospitals and schools and his mean the meaning of the reforced deportation of thou- mark is any less valid. The sands of Ukrainians from the world, including Russia, is besieged city of Mariupol to better off without Putin in makeshift camps in Russia. power. And unless Putin sudAs long as Putin contin- denly reverses course, it’s a ues this campaign of mass safe bet that a growing numkilling, it’s only going to ber of Russians will feel the get worse for Russians. The same way.

Biden administration hopes — Chicago Tribune

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President Joe Biden, (Democrat) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; (202) 456-1414; (comments): (202) 456-1111

Gov. Laura Kelly, (Democrat) Capitol, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; (785) 296-3232; www. governor.ks.gov/comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; (202) 224-4774; www.marshall.senate. gov.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; (202) 224-6521; moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

Rep. Jake LaTurner, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; (202) 225-6601; LaTurner.house.gov/ contact/email

Sen. Caryn Tyson, (Republican) State Capitol-236 E Topeka, KS 66612 (785) 296-6838; caryn.tyson@senate. ks.gov

Rep. Kent Thompson, (Republican) House District No. 9, (620) 496-7200 State Capitol, Room 050-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, kent@iolare.kscoxmail. com

Rep. Kenneth Collins, (Republican) House District No. 2, (785) 296-7698;State Capitol, Room 043-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612 Ken.Collins@house. ks.gov

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Iola JV softball wins big Cubs open on high note HUMBOLDT — It’s hard to see how Humboldt High could have improved much on its opener Monday, a 10-0 romp over visiting Neodesha.

Turns out the Cub baseball team could do a bit better, winning the finale in even more dominant fashion, 11-0.

“We played really well all around,” Humboldt head coach Mike Miller said. “I was pleased with all of our pitchers. They really attacked their hitters.”

The Cub hurlers combined to throw just three walks across both games.

“Our hitters were aggressive at the plate and on the basepaths, which led to some See CUBS | Page B4

Humboldt sweeps past Bluestreaks HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High hit parade was out in full force Monday as the Lady Cubs rapped out 28 hits in a doubleheader sweep of Neodesha to open the 2022 season.

That was more than enough behind the pitching of Brooklyn Ellis in 12-1 and 11-6 victories.

“All of our girls hit the ball well,” Humboldt head coach Brad Piley said, “and Brooklyn had a great night on the mound.”

Ellis struck out 12 over six innings of the opener, with Humboldt plating six runs in See HUMBOLDT | Page B4

Iola High’s junior varsity softball team picked up a pair of wins over Burlington Monday to open their season, storming from behind in the opener to win, 15-14, and rolling to a 14-2 win in the nightcap.

As could be expected, several contributed up and down the lineup in the 15hit attack.

Kaysin Crusinbery, Natalee Lower and Olivia Tremain all had three hits, including two triples for Crusinbery. Jackie Fager had two hits. Kinsey Schinstock and Kary Bruner added one double apiece.

Kyndal Bycroft and Alana Mader each had singles.

Lower had three RBIs and

Iola High’s Alana Mader connects in a junior varsity game Monday against Burlington. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Lady Lancer SB cruises COLONY — Crest High’s softball team opened the 2022 season with a bang Monday, steamrolling past visiting Chetopa, 17-2 and 20-10.

“In game one we had control the entire time,” head coach Casey Cook said. “In game two, we had some mistakes that allowed more runs to score, but I’m very proud of how the team battled back to come out on top. It was a great way to start off this season.”

The Lady Lancers wasted little time in the opener, See CHS | Page B3

Mustang JV rolls past Burlington Crest baseball Quick starts in both games led to a doubleheader sweep for Iola High junior varsity baseball Monday, as the Mustangs defeated visiting Burlington, 11-4 and 10-2, to open the 2022 season.

Iola poured across three runs in the first inning and seven in the second in the opener to race to a 10-1 lead.

Ashton Hesse, Kele Michael and Payton Houk each had a single and double on the day.

Benjamin Kerr chipped in with a pair of singles; Lucas Maier a double. Houk had three RBIs, while Maier, Hesse and Michael all had one RBI apiece.

The fun continued in game two, with Iola plating four in the first, one in the second, three in the third and two in the fourth.

Grady Dougherty and Hesse each had a single and double.

Mac Leonard, Houk, Gavin Jones and Briggs Michael all singled. Dougherty had a pair of RBIs.

crushes Chetopa

Iola High’s Payton Houk delivers a pitch Monday for the Mustang junior varsity. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Red Devils bounce back with a sweep

Allen Community College’s Brady Wiggin bats in a game earlier this season. Wiggin was among several key contributors in completing a sweep of Ottawa University’s JV squad Monday.

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OTTAWA — History repeated itself on the baseball diamond Monday.

Fresh off a tough weekend series, Allen Community College’s Red Devils rebounded in dominating fashion, completing a sweep of Ottawa University’s JV squad, winning 12-1 and 15-4.

Sound familiar?

It’s a nearly carbon copy of what transpired the week prior, after Allen had a tough stretch of games only to outclass the Ottawa JV squad at home.

That action was interrupted by rain, however, which meant completing a suspended game with Allen leading 13-0 after three innings. That score remained unchanged over the final two innings, leading to Monday’s doubleheader.

The victories bump ACC See ACC | Page B4

COLONY — Trevor Church was his typical dominant self to open the 2022 season.

The Crest High junior pitched three sterling innings, striking out nine while limiting visiting Chetopa to one hit in a 15-0 victory.

Turns out his Lancer teammate Stetson Setter did him one better. Setter pitched three hitless innings in the other game Monday, striking out eight in another 15-0 win.

The victories came in Crest’s season-opener.

Crest scored two in the first, three in the second and ended the game with a 10-run third inning of the opener.

Three Lancer batters went See CREST | Page B3

YC teams take on St. Paul YATES CENTER — Yates Center High’s softball team picked up where it left off from last season.

The Wildcats blitzed visiting St. Paul, sweeping both games of their doubleheader, 15-0 and 24-1, to move to 2-0 on the young season.

“It was good to play our first games,” head coach Abbie Collins said. “The girls hit the ball well.”

A nine-run first inning paved the way for the opening victory, behind the pitching of Morgan Collins, who tossed a three-inning perfect game, striking out seven of the nine St. Paul batters.

The Wildcats had no such issues, rapping out 12 hits.

Addison Solander led the See YC | Page B4

HHS golfers hit the links CANEY — Windy, but otherwise pleasant conditions greeted Humboldt High’s golfers as they teed off on the 2022 season Monday.

The Cubs took home fifth place at the Caney Valley Invitational.

“Some of the boys got off to a slow start but were able to improve on their back nine,” Hauser said. Colton Slocum was Humboldt’s top golfer on the day, carding a 103 for 20th place. He was

followed by Aiden Johnson in 24th at 106; Colton Johnson in 26th at 107; Trenton Johnson in 29th at 111; Brennen Neussen in 36th at 119; and Stephen Leo in 41st at 129.

Fredonia’s Carl Eggers shot a 70 to win the firstplace medal, 10 strokes clear of his nearest competitor.

Host Caney Valley won the team trophy with a 348; Humboldt’s team score was 427.

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NFL revamps overtime rule for playoff games PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The NFL is changing its sometimes controversial overtime rules to guarantee each side gets the ball in the playoffs.

Concerned that the coin toss to begin the extra period has too much impact on postseason game results, the owners voted Tuesday to permanently approve a proposal presented by the Colts and Eagles.

Beginning this season, if the team possessing the ball first in overtime scores a touchdown on that series, the opponent still gets a possession. In recent seasons, that touchdown would have ended the game.

That second possession of overtime would extend beyond the initial 15-minute period if needed. Should that team tie the game, it then would become sudden death.

Rich McKay, the Falcons president and chairman of the com-

Marmaton Valley High’s Kendall Scharff, right, fields a bunt against Southeast Monday. PHOTOS BY HALIE LUKEN/

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Southeast defeats MV softball, baseball MORAN — It’s only a rumor that the scoreboard operator at Monday’s season-opening softball doubleheader between Marmaton Valley and Southeast had to be put on the disabled list due to exhaustion.

Still, runs aplenty was the theme, as Southeast topped the host Wildcats in both games, 24-17 and 32-16.

“The score doesn’t reflect how hard the girls played,” Marmaton Valley head coach Brenda Mills said, noting walks plagued the Wildcat pitching staff.

Marmaton Valley’s pitchers surrendered a combined 41 walks over the two games, 27 in the nightcap.

Still, MV showed plenty of grit, rebounding from an early 4-1 deficit to tie the score at 3-3. The Wildcats trailed 14-8 after 5 ½ innings, but scored nine in the bottom of the sixth to take a three-run lead.

Alas, Southeast knotted the score in the top of the seventh to force extra innings, then erupted for seven in the eighth to seal the win.

Aly Ard paced the offense with three singles and a triple, with four runs scored.

Brooklyn Adams had a single, double and two runs. Kendall Scharff had a single and a run.

Payton Scharff blasted a home run, singled and scored three times. Madi Lawson added two doubles and a triple, with a

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erupting for 14 runs in the second inning to break open a 2-1 lead.

Meanwhile, Lindsey Godderz had things well in control on the mound, allowing two hits and striking out three over three innings. She also singled.

Other offensive contributors were Makayla Hammond and Sydney Stephens, each of whom singled twice.

Kayla Hermreck and Allyssa Adams added one single each.

The onslaught continued in the second game. Crest scored six in both the first and third innings, three in the fourth and five

Marmaton Valley High’s Daniel Fewins, left, fields a throw at third base Monday against Southeast. run. Mary Brown scored three times; Tayven Sutton twice.

Southeast started quickly and never allowed the Wildcats to catch up, leading 6-4 after one inning, 17-9 after three and 22-12 after four.

The Lancers scored 10 in the fifth to pull away, although Marmaton Valley fought valiantly to the end, scoring four in the bottom of the fifth before the game ended.

Sutton singled and tripled, with three runs.

Lawson followed with three singles and three runs. Bailey LaRue singled twice with a pair of runs.

Others contributing: Kendall Scharff, double, two runs; Payton Scharff, single, two runs; Haynes, a single and a run; Louinici, two runs; and Ard, one run.

“We just have to keep

playing hard,” Mills said, noting MV has only two seniors and six underclassmen on its roster. “The girls did well on their first time out. I’m proud of their effort.”

IN BASEBALL action, Southeast defeated Marmaton Valley, 16-0 and 204, to open the season.

Monday’s games marked the first baseball

action for the Wildcats since the 2019 season.

Marmaton Valley didn’t have enough players to field a team last spring, or in 2020.

Individual statistics were unavailable.

Marmaton Valley’s softball team hosts Crest on Thursday.

The Wildcat baseball game against Crest was pushed back to April 14.

in the fifth to end the game.

The Lady Lancers wobbled a bit in the fourth inning defensively, committing four errors, while Godderz hit a pair of Hornet batters as Chetopa scored seven in the frame.

But it was no match for Crest’s offensive potency, which was paced by Hammond, who singled twice, Kayla Hermreck, who whacked a pair of doubles and a single, and Anna Hermreck, who doubled. Stephens, Adams and Kaylee Allen all had singles as well.

Crest is at Marmaton Valley Thursday.

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deep. Avery Blaufuss, Setter and Bryson Goodell all had home runs, while Ryan Golden had a double among his three hits. Jack White smacked a pair of singles. Ryan Golden and Rogan Weir each singled and doubled.

Karter Miller, Holden Barker, Denton Ramsey and Goodell added singles as well in the 15-hit attack.

The fun continued in game two, with Crest pouring in three runs in the first and second frames and

ending it with a ninerun third.

Jerry Rodriguez hit Crest’s lone home run, but he was hardly the only hitting star.

Church had a double and triple, White doubled twice, while Weir had two singles.

Rodriguez also added a single, as did Tucker Yocham and Blaufuss.

Crest also was a monster on the basepaths, stealing eight bases in nine attempts. The Lancers were 12 of 13 on stolen base attempts overall.

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and Tremain drove in two.

Iola’s aggressiveness on the basepaths led to 18 stolen bases.

Harper Desmarteau pitched and struck out seven Burlington batters.

Elza Clift took the baton from there, and struck out eight over four innings in the second game. She surrendered two hits.

Clift, Reese Curry, Fager and Desmarteau all had two hits in the finale. Lower had a double. Crusinbery, Lower and Jenna Morrison added one hit apiece.

The Mustangs continued their thievery in game two, swiping 21 bases. Peyton Weast had five.

petition committee, admitted that Kansas City’s victory in January over Buffalo that came on the first series of OT, was a factor in the balloting by owners. He said that was well beyond the required 24 votes, but would not reveal the exact numbers.

Since the previous overtime rule was instituted for the regular season in 2012, the team that wins the coin toss has won the game half of the time (76 of 152 games).

However, both teams have had at least one possession in 82% of the games (124 of 152).

Those numbers changed quite a bit in the postseason. Since 2010, when that rule was instituted for the playoffs, seven of the 12 overtime games have been won on an opening possession touchdown, and 10 of 12 have been won by the team that won the coin toss.

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New York sets up financing plan for new Buffalo stadium BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — State and county taxpayers will be asked to commit $850 million in public funds toward construction of the Buffalo Bills’ new stadium — which has a state-projected price tag of $1.4 billion — as part of a 30-year lease agreement reached on Monday.

New York state will commit $600 million in funds, which will be in included in the

budget due on Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced in a press release. Erie County will commit $250 million toward the project, with the NFL and the Buffalo Bills committing $550 million in financing.

The dollar amount is considered to be the largest public commitment for an NFL facility. The deal is meant to secure the NFL team’s long-term future in Buf-

falo, with the proposed 60,000-plus-seat facility to be built across the street from the Bills’ current stadium.

Although the taxpayer burden of 60% is considered high, the agreed upon funding falls in line historically. The state and county have shared about 73% of the cost to build, maintain and upgrade the Bills’ existing facility, now called Highmark Sta-

dium, which opened in 1973. Under the proposed agreement, the Bills will be responsible for covering any costs that run over the budget.

“I went into these negotiations trying to answer three questions — how long can we keep the Bills in Buffalo, how can we make sure this project benefits the hard-working men and women of Western New York and how can

Cubs: Shut out Bluestreaks in openers Continued from B1

miscues on their part,” Miller said.

Indeed, Humboldt took advantage of Neodesha errors in the opener, with nine of their 10 runs the unearned variety.

Not that the Cubs needed much help, rapping out nine hits over four innings.

Kaiden Barnett had a single, double, two runs and an RBI. Trey Sommer, who drew the starting pitching nod, aided

his own cause with a triple, two runs and an RBI. Maddox Johnson singled twice and drove in a pair. Sam Hull, Gavin Page and Colden Cook added one hit each.

Sommer struck out eight over 3-plus innings of work, while allowing a pair of hits. Barnett came on in relief, allowing one hit and striking out four over 1-plus innings. Neither pitcher gave up a walk.

Humboldt’s pitchers were equally as dom-

inant in the nightcap.

Gavin Page struck out five over two hitless innings; Logan Page struck out three without allowing a hit in the third, and Kyler Isbell ended the game by striking out five over two innings, allowing just a single.

Meanwhile, the hits kept coming for Humboldt’s batsmen.

Logan Page had a single and triple, with two RBIs and two runs.

Evan Lucke smacked

a double and drove in three. Hull singled twice and scored twice.

Barnett singled in his only official at bat. (He also walked twice) and scored a pair of runs.

Sommer drove in three with a single and two runs. Gavin Page singled and scored twice with an RBI. Blake Ellis chipped in with a single and run.

The sweep puts Humboldt at 2-0 on the young season. The Cubs travel to Erie Thursday.

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the first inning. The Lady Cubs never looked back from there, tacking on two more in the fourth and ending the game in the bottom of the sixth.

Shelby Shaughnessy was the primary offensive catalyst, lacing three singles, driving in four, stealing a base and scoring two runs.

Laken Hunter singled twice with a pair of runs, a stolen base and an RBI.

Others contributing: Kirstyn Murrow, one single, one stolen base and two runs; Karley Wools, one single, two stolen bases and two runs; Ellis, a double; Carsyn Haviland, a single and a double, one stolen base, two RBIs, two runs; Chanlynn Wrestler, one single, three RBIs and a stolen base; Rylan Covey, a single and stolen base; Morgan Sterling, a single; and Anna Heisler, two runs.

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in the third inning was the difference in game two. Ellis pitched 4-plus innings, allowing five hits while striking out three.

Shaughnessy pitched 2-plus innings, striking out six while allowing just one hit.

Wools and Hunter each had three hits.

Wools supplemented her night with three RBIs, two runs and a stolen base. Hunter had a stolen base, an RBI and a run. Murrow sin-

gled and tripled, drove in two, scored a run and stole a base. Sterling singled twice with a pair of runs and an RBI. Shaughnessy singled and doubled, with two RBIs with a run and stolen base.

Others: Haviland, a single, one stolen base, one run; Wrestler, a double; Heisler, a stolen base and run.

“That is a good night at the plate,” Piley said.

Humboldt (2-0) travels to Erie Thursday.

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way with a double and triple, while driving in four. Molly Proper also was a monster, going 3-for-3, with a single, double, triple and two RBIs. Grace Westerman singled twice. Collins aided her own cause with a triple. Grace Westerman singled twice, while Allison Chrisman had a single.

The beat went on in the nightcap.

Yates Center sent 21 batters to the plate in a cataclysmic first inning.

By the time the dust settled after the first, Yates Center led 17-0.

That was more than enough for Proper, who allowed two hits over three innings, while striking out five.

Hannah Jones and Collins were dominant forces at the plate.

Each had a single, a double and a triple.

Jones drove in five; Collins four. Each also scored three times.

Callyn Miller chipped in with a single and double. Westerman also had a double. Proper, Chris-

man, Solander and Lauren McConaghie all had singles.

IN BASEBALL action, Yates Center defeated St. Paul, 15-4, before falling, 14-10, in the other.

Jayston Price, Preston Hurst and Sean Hurst all pitched for the Wildcats, in the opener, combining to allow eight hits with eight strikeouts.

Emmit George led the offense by going 3-for3, with a double, triple and three RBIs. Emmitt Brittain singled twice.

Cannon Cavender added a double. Sean Hurst, Jacob Meigs and Rice all had singles.

The Wildcats came up just short of a sweep, however, in a wild backand-forth affair in the nightcap.

St. Paul led, 6-0 and 14-3 at one point before Yates Center pushed across six runs in the bottom of the sixth and one in the seventh.

Cavender doubled and tripled to lead the YC offense. Sean Hurst

and Meigs each singled and doubled. Preston Hurst, Chayse Hobbs, George and Brittain all had singles.

Sean Hurst was dominant over five innings on the mound. He gave up two hits over five innings, with 11 strikeouts. Cavender, George,

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Brittain and Preston Hurst combined to give up three hits with four strikeouts. The Wildcat pitchers surrendered a combined 17 walks, however.

The Wildcats will travel to Jayhawk-Linn Thursday and Southeast next Monday.

we get the best deal for taxpayers?” Hochul, a Buffalo native, said in a released statement.

“I’m pleased that after months of negotiations, we’ve come out with the best answers possible.”

Without going into detail, Hochul said the project will create 10,000 union jobs with the commitment recouped by the economic activity generated by the team.

The state previously projected the Bills — the only NFL team actually based in New York — generate $27 million in direct annual income for the state.

The announcement came as the the Bills’ stadium proposal was approved at the NFL’s

owners meetings in Florida. Owners also approved granting the Bills what’s called a $200 million G4 loan to go toward construction costs.

Under the G4 program rules, Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula are required to at least match the loan.

The NFL’s $200 million contribution was already factored in as part of the funding package.

The Bills are expected to recoup part of their cost of construction by having season-ticket holders — for the first time — pay one-time seat-licensing charges, potentially doubling the price of their ticket package.

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back over the .500 mark at 13-11.

Allen is back in action Thursday with a doubleheader at Labette, and a doubleheader Saturday at home against the Cardinals to wrap up the four-game set.

Monday’s action started bright and early with ACC putting the finishing touches on its 13-0 victory.

Jacob Shope came on in relief to complete the two-hit shutout, striking out three batters over three innings.

Ryan Ferger pitched the first two scoreless innings, allowing one hit with four strikeouts.

Josh Prinner continued his white-hot hitting, wrapping up the game with a home run and two triples, six RBIs and three runs. Levi Bennett added a single and triple, while Ayden Blachowicz rapped out a pair of singles. Lucas Bach had two hits, and Tanner Strickland and Lucas Barta both doubled. Sal Jacobo added a single.

WITH THAT out of the way, Allen picked things up in the second inning of the regular opener, tacking on seven in the fourth to seal the win.

Hunter Belton handled the pitching chores, shutting down the Braves offense over five innings, allowing three

hits with one strikeout.

Iolan Brady Wiggin was the chief protagonist on offense, smashing a home run while going 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs. Shaun Gomez Jr. tacked on a single and triple, while Gage Stark singled and doubled. Jacobo, Kam’Ron Mays-Hunt, Beau Brown and Ryan Lowery added singles.

THE HITS kept coming in the finale, as Allen pounded out 20 hits, eight for extra bases.

The top five hitters in the ACC lineup combined to go 16 for 22 with 10 RBIs and 14 runs scored.

Prinner went 4-for-5 with four doubles, while Gomez had four hits, including two doubles, with four RBIs. Blachowicz had three hits, including a triple, while driving in four. Prinner drove in two and scored three. Levi Bennett, meanwhile, went 3-for-5 with four runs.

Lucas Banta smacked a two-run home run for good measure.

Fraaai Roangeraud added a pair of singles.

Kyle Carver also singled.

Kade Douglas earned the win on the mound, giving up five hits over five innings, while striking out six. Caleb Peterson pitched two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out two.

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Embracing stepkids annoys dad’s daughter Adapte from an online discussion.

Dear Carolyn: I feel like a jerk for being annoyed at how welcoming my dad has been to his stepkids and their children. My parents divorced as I finished college. I have lived abroad for the past 12 years. In that time, my dad remarried and his wife has four kids who all live locally. I’ve met them a total of 8-10 times — at Christmases, etc. They all have children who my dad and his wife are very involved with.

I am pregnant with my first child (the first among my siblings) and I find it so obnoxious when Dad mentions something about “our seventh grandchild,” etc. To me, it’s his first one.

I want to have a better attitude. But I don’t know them, and he seems to expect me to feel like my upcoming kid is just one of the gang, and I don’t.

Any advice? — Annoyed Annoyed: Just this, for now: What would you have him do?

This is not rhetorical — I’d like to hear your answer. The way I see it, he is these kids’ grandparent and so he doesn’t have a lot of room to behave any other way than the way he’s behaving.

That would mean any changes need to be on your end, in how you frame this.

But if I’m missing

Carolyn Hax Tell Me About It something and you do think there’s something he can and should do differently, then I’ll rethink my answer.

Carolyn: I did not mean to come off like such a [glassbowl]! I know I wouldn’t have him do anything else. I think it just feels like a disconnect. I told him I was pregnant and he said, “Oh, your stepsister is too — it’ll be twins!” And I’ve met her maybe four times?

Yes, and also given away some of my baby clothes and toys (which I was saving for my own kids) to these other grandkids, which made me go cry in the bathroom.

This pregnancy feels so new and special to me and it’s just one in a line to him, I guess. I’m 3,000 miles away, so they’re going to know him better, too.

Annoyed again: OK, yeah, he gave you a lousy first reaction. I’m sorry.

You wanted him to yourself for this one moment.

If it’s any consolation, a lot of first reactions to big news are weird, disappointing, off. It’s not just you and it’s not just in this kind of situation.

Plus his enthusiasm for everyone seems heart-

felt.

Anyway. It sounds as if he is so immersed he has no conception of your not being so. More a failure of empathy/imagination on his part than anything. He just doesn’t know, gut level, that your idea of family didn’t change with his — and bears some grief for your old family, maybe, as you enter this stage of your life. Maybe, in a quieter moment, tell him this.

Re: Annoyed: I empathize in that you’d expect your dad to be more excited for you — his own daughter having a baby! However, your dad comes off a whole lot better than my motherin-law, who has pressured us with increasing intensity to have a baby so she can have a “real” grandchild, despite being “grandma” to five of her husband’s grandchildren.

“Real”: This gets at both sides with impressive efficiency, thanks.

Re: Annoyed: Been there. My mom died when I was in my mid20s and my dad remarried less than two years later. From the jump, he was completely enthusiastic to blend the families, and never wanted to talk about my mom. It was hard.

My advice, though, is to try to be grateful. It’s a real blessing for your dad to have close family with him — now, and as he ages.

Hillary Clinton gets a new gig LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hillary Clinton will play the offstage role of the Giant in a production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods” in her onetime home state of Arkansas, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre announced on Monday.

“Real news, and I’m really excited! Check out the production if

you’re in Little Rock,” Clinton tweeted and her spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press.

Clinton was the first lady of Arkansas before she was the first lady of the United States, a senator representing New York, secretary of state and then presidential candidate.

The “Into The Woods” Giant is the vengeful

widow of the giant who Jack killed after climbing the beanstalk. The Giant does not appear on stage, and the voice part is usually prerecorded.

The show runs April 19 to May 15.

Clinton has previously had cameo roles in the television shows “Madam Secretary” and “Murphy Brown.”

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OIL Before the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas Notice of Filing Application RE: McFadden Oil Co. — Application for a permit to authorize the enhanced recovery of saltwater into the Bartlesville Apt. G-8 located in Allen County, KS. TO: All Oil & Gas Producers, Unleased Mineral Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons whomever concerned.

YOU, and each of you, are hereby notified that McFadden Oil Co., has filed an application to commence the injection of saltwater into the Bartlesville formation at the Talbot C-6, located 1040 FSL, 650 FEL, NW, NE, SE, SE, Sec. 33, Twp. 24, Rge. 20E; Allen County, Kansas with maximum operating pressure of 800 psi and a maximum injection rate of 150 bbls per day.

ANY persons who object to or protest this application shall be required to file their objections or protests with the Conservation Division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within (30) days from the date of this publication. These protests shall be filed pursuant to commission regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the application may cause waste, violate correlative rights or pollute the natural resources of the State of Kansas.

ALL persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and shall govern themselves accordingly.

McFadden Oil Co. PO Box 394 Iola, Kansas 66749 620-496-7946 (Published in The Iola Register March 30, 2022)

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