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WASHINGTON — Look out, warn the Republicans. The Internal Revenue Ser vice is about to unleash an army of agents eager to au dit you and cost you a lot of money and aggravation. But there is no such army about to mobilize. And it’s unlikely to cost most people extraHere’smoney.what to expect: There will be greater IRS enforcement of tax laws, and more personnel, but the buildup will take years and it’s not clear how many em ployees will be involved. The new Democratic-au thored tax law “does not contain any detailed in structions as to how the money would be used by enforcement, taxpayer ser vices, etc. It certainly does not say how many employ ees should be hired, or what those employees would do,” said Janet Holtzblatt, senior fellow at the nonpartisan Tax Policy ConservativesCenter.say other wise.“They’re adding 87,000 new IRS agents — larger than the entire population of Flint, Michigan — to collect $200 billion of new taxes — mostly from mid dle class families and shop keepers who don’t have the resources to contest expen sive audits,” said Rep. Tom McClIntock,DemocratsR-Calif.wantto spend “$80 billion of your money to hire an army of 87,000 new IRS agents,” charged House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. The furor stems from the Inflation Reduction Act that President Joe Biden signed into law Aug. 16. It included $80 billion over the next 10 years to help the IRS, which has been struggling not only to enforce tax laws but provide efficient customer service.IRSofficials insist there’s nothing for law-abiding taxpayers to worry about. “These resources are abso lutely not about increasing Will taxpayers really face an ‘army’ of IRS agents?
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The Iola Register Members of LaHarpe’s Willis Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6324 present Lt. Eric B’Hymer of the Iola Fire Department with its Emergency Medical Technician of the Year Award Friday. Taking part in the ceremony are, from left, Terese Yetzbacher, VFW service officer, Iola Fire Chief Corey Isbell, B’Hymer, Deputy Fire Chief Gary Kimball and VFW Post Commander Doug Northcutt.
Henrik Sieh, left, leaves for a trip to Texas with Barry Porter this past weekend. Sieh, a German foreign exchange student, attended Iola High School in the 2020-21 school year, and returned to Kansas to visit his host family, Jonathan Adams and Dawnie Barnhart.
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Lt. Eric B’Hymer, a 23-year veteran of the Iola Fire De partment, was recognized Friday by the LaHarpe’s Vet erans of Foreign Wars post as its Emergency Medical Tech nician of the Year. The award is the first of what promises to be many from the local post, service officer Terese Yetzbacher said during a brief ceremony at IFD.“We want to honor all of them,” Yetzbacher said, not ing the biggest difficulty in setting up the award was determining which first re sponder from IFD deserved the“Irecognition.wanteverybody in this unit to get recognized for this service,” Yetzbacher said, noting the large num ber of veterans who receive aid through the fire depart ment, either via firefighting, or from emergency medical services.B’Hymer, an A-EMT (Ad vanced Emergency Medical Technician), said he was humbled to receive the award. “We’re all a team,” he said. “I can’t do what I do without everybody else.
It’s almost as if he never left.Henrik Sieh, a German ex change student for the 2020-21 school year in Iola, returned for six weeks this summer to visit his host family, Jonathan Ad ams and Dr. Dawnie Barnhart. “It feels amazing. It kind of feels like it did before,” he said.Sieh has even returned to a similar schedule, including working out with his former wrestling coach, Jason Bates, and catching up with friends. A new aspect of his visit is working for Paul Porter, a local business owner, to help renovate the Shannon Build ing at 20 W. Jackson Ave.,
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The “Entire Ownership Tract” upon which the Right-of-Way is located is described as: The Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Twenty-six (26) South, Range Twenty-One (21) East of the 6th P.M., Allen County, Kansas The persons who may have an interest in the Entire Owner ship Tract pursuant to the Kansas Eminent Domain Procedure Act, K.S.A. §§ 26-501 et seq., are: DavidOwnersAlan Bollinger, Trust ee Reginald Van Bollinger, TrusteeThe Bollinger Irrevocable Trust1800 S. Baltimore Ste 810 Tulsa, OK 74119 The Estate of Eldon and Al lene317BollingerSHighland Ave. Chanute, KS 66720 The “Right-of-Way” on the En tire Ownership Tract to include theAfollowing:PERMANENT EASEMENT, more fully described below: A PORTION OF THE NORTH EAST QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 26 SOUTH, RANGE 21 EAST OF THE SIXTH PRINCI PAL MERIDIAN, ALLEN COUN TY, KANSAS, BEING DESCRIBED ON 01/04/2022 BY CHARLES W. BROOKSHER P.S. #1281 AND PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS P.A., C.L.S. #65, AS COMMENCINGFOLLOWS: AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE N87°04’37”W (BEAR ING BASED ON THE KANSAS COORDINATE SYSTEM 1983 SOUTH ZONE) ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTH EAST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 313.48 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING N87°04’37”W ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 100.34 FEET; THENCE N01°49’18”W A DIS TANCE OF 2529.43 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE N88°18’35”E ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET; THENCE S01°49’18”E A DISTANCE OF 2537.50 FEET TO SAID SOUTH LINE AND THE POINT OF BEGIN NING.ENCOMPASSING 5.82 ACRES MORE OR LESS. Tuesday, August 16, 2022) IN THE THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS
TOPEKA — Emily Vincent strategical ly planned the births of her three children around her accumula tion of sick leave while working for a former employer who didn’t provide parental leave. Vincent, who now works for Johnson County government, was among 150 wom en who participated Wednesday in a state wide virtual town hall to talk about the economic barriers they face.
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“Our chief talent of ficer said, ‘Here’s the reality. The reason for that is the men are nego tiating, the women are not, that’s why there’s a discrepancy.’ And then you have to own that,” Rettele-Thomas said. April Henry, with the Kansas Board of Re gents, said women have to overcome being per ceived as “argumenta tive” for challenging a salary that somebody is willing to offer. “I always had to fight my mindset of, ‘They’re offering me what they believe I am worth, so why should I argue with them on my worth?’ It’s a weird thing. Your brain plays a trick on you there,” Henry said. Several women said they struggled to find mentorship from other women leaders. Some expressed concerns that women are sometimes harder on each other. They had to look outside the workplace, to commu nity groups or churches, to find Jessicasupport.Kinsey said she is in her mid-30s and at a point where she wants to further her ca reer.“There’s no one that offers to teach, or really that I can can even ask,” Kinsey said. “When I have tried to network with males and try to even get some mentor ing or advice from them, oftentimes, quite frank ly, it turns into them trying to flirt with me or thinking I’m coming on to them. So I’ve kind of steered away, which is sad.”The town hall ended with informal polling of the participants. Six ty-four percent said they had experienced nega tive behaviors, such as harassment, discrimi nation, racism, gender bias or toxic culture, in theAboutworkplace.half of the women were responsi ble for caring for chil dren, and 28% were re sponsible for elder care. Three-fourths of the women say paid pa rental leave is very im portant. Just 29% of the women think their health insurance com pany cares about them. About 31% of wom en say their access to health care was affected by COVID-19, either by loss of job or because health care providers were overwhelmed. THE MATTER OF THE ACQUISI TION OF PROPERTY BY EMINENT EVERGYDOMAIN,KANSAS SOUTH, INC., ALAN BOLLINGER and REGINALD VAN BOLLINGER, trustees of THE BOLLINGER IR REVOCABLE TRUST; THE ESTATE OF C. ELDON BOLLINGER AND ALLENE B. BOLLINGER; DONNA ARD trustee of the ORLIN E. ARD, JR. REVOCABLE TRUST; NICK AND NAOMI ARD, trustees of the NICK AND NAOMI ARD TRUST; THE ES TATE OF ORLIN E ARD, JR.; DONNA HALE ARD; STEVEN KYSER; and the unknown heirs, executors, ad ministrators, devisees, legatees, trustees, creditors and assigns of such of the above-named defen dants as may be deceased; the unknown spouses of the abovenamed defendants as are exist ing, dissolved or dormant corpo rations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of such of the above-named de fendants as are or were partners or in any partnership; and the unknown guardians, conserva tors and trustees of such of the above-named defendants as are minors or in anywise under legal
The “Entire Ownership Tract” upon which the Right-of-Way is located is described as: The Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Twenty-six (26) South, Range Twenty-One (21) East of the 6th P.M., Allen Coun ty, Kansas. The persons who may have an interest in the Entire Owner ship Tract pursuant to the Kansas Eminent Domain Procedure Act, K.S.A. §§ 26-501 et seq., are: DavidOwnersAlan Bollinger, Trust ee Reginald Van Bollinger, TrusteeThe Bollinger Irrevocable Trust1800 S. Baltimore Ste 810 Tulsa, OK 74119 The Estate of C. Eldon Bollinger and Allene B. Bollinger317SHighland Ave. Chanute, KS 66720 The “Right-of-Way” on the En tire Ownership Tract to include theAfollowing:PERMANENT EASEMENT, more fully described below: A PORTION OF THE SOUTH EAST QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 26 SOUTH, RANGE 21 EAST OF THE SIXTH PRINCI PAL MERIDIAN, ALLEN COUN TY, KANSAS, BEING DESCRIBED ON 01/04/2022 BY CHARLES W. BROOKSHER P.S. #1281 AND PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS P.A., C.L.S. #65, AS COMMENCINGFOLLOWS: AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE S87°51’12”W (BEAR ING BASED ON THE KANSAS COORDINATE SYSTEM 1983 SOUTH ZONE) ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTH EAST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 275.90 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CON TINUING S87°51’12”W ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET; THENCE N02°04’05”W A DISTANCE OF 2256.60 FEET; THENCE N01°49’18”W A DISTANCE OF 520.95 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE S87°04’37”E ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 100.34 FEET; THENCE S01°49’18”E A DIS TANCE OF 512.44 FEET; THENCE S02°04’05”E A DISTANCE OF 2256.25 FEET TO SAID SOUTH LINE AND THE POINT OF BEGIN NING.ENCOMPASSING 6.37 ACRES MORE OR LESS.
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The organization, in coordination with the University of Kansas, released research in February that pointed to several key issues. Women in Kansas have more education than men but still only make 78 cents to the dol lar that men make for the same work. Infant care in the state is 1.3 times more expensive than in-state college tui tion. While more women vote than men, only 28% of legislative seats are held by Participantswomen. in the town hall talked about the importance of paid family leave, health care benefits, mentorship op portunities and pay in equity.Jennifer Rettele -Thomas, co-founder of Voice First World, which trains leaders to speak with courage and clarity, said she previ ously worked for a non profit where salaries were made public. The disparity in pay between genders was apparent.
NOTICE OF HEARING TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Verified Petition for Condemna tion has been filed in the above named Court praying for a de termination that the Plaintiff is authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the tracts of land described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorpo rated herein by reference. You are hereby notified that a hearing on the Petition, which also seeks the appointment of appraisers to value the property interests to be acquired herein, will be held on the 21st day of September, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. before the Honorable Daniel D. Creitz, Allen County District Court, Allen County Kansas, such hearing will take place via Zoom Video Conferencing. You may join the hearing by entering the link below, or dialing in with the phone number and entering the id: Join Zoom Trustee Reginald Van Bollinger, trustee The Bollinger Irrevocable Trust 1800 S. Baltimore Ste 810 Tulsa, OK 74119 The Estate of C. Eldon Bollinger and Allene B. Bollinger 317 S Highland Ave. Chanute, KS 66720 and the original was filed with the Court using the eFlex System at: Allen County District Court Thirty-First Judicial District 1 N. Washington Iola, KS 66749/s/ Will B. Wohlford Will B. Wohlford EXHIBIT A TRACT AL001
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the 20th of Sep tember at 5:30 p.m., at City Hall, 2 W. Jackson., Iola, KS.; the Planning Commission/Board of Zoning Appeals of Iola, Kansas will hold a public hearing for the Code Services Department, requesting a text change to ac cessory uses and structures. Said application is being filed for under the provisions Article 4, Section 16-403 of the City of Iola Unified Development Code. City of Iola Board ofAppealsZoning And Planning Commission Tony Godfrey, Chairperson(8)30 Carlyle Church,PresbyterianAug.28 Pastor Steve Traw’s sermon, “Living Amid the Darkness,” was tak en from Daniel 1. Four young Hebrew men, Daniel, Shadrach, Me shach and Abed-Nego, who were well-educat ed and of royal blood, were taken into Bab ylonian captivity by King schuetzdarkness.faithstoodTheseNebuchadnezzar.courageousmenfirmintheiramidstspiritualPianistMyrnaWildplayed“Until Then” for the prelude and “Then I Met the Master” for the offer tory.Session meets at 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 6, in Fellowship Hall. Pastor Steve leads a Bible study at 3 p.m., on Tuesdays on the Book of Ezekiel. McIntyreJoanne 365-0365
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“I did try to be stra tegic and space out my pregnancies,” Vincent said. “I understand not everybody’s in that position, but that was something from a fami ly planning standpoint that I took into consid eration so that I could build my sick leave back up to utilize for a mater nity leave for each of my pregnancies.”Thediscussion was the latest in a series or ganized by United WE, a nonpartisan nonprofit whose mission is to ad vance all women’s eco nomic and civic leader ship. The organization plans to issue findings from the conversations in a comprehensive re port this November. That report can then be utilized to engage pol icymakers at the state level.“We know too many women remain on the sidelines because they face unnecessary obsta cles, such as pay inequal ity, access to affordable child care, limited fam ily leave, entrepreneur ship restrictions, per haps sexual harassment in the workplace, and inadequate public poli cies,” said Wendy Doyle, president and CEO of United WE. “All of these issues disproportionate ly impact women, yet they are solvable.”
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on Au gust 11, 2022, a petition was filed in this Court by Karen K. Kimball, requesting that she be appointed Administrator c.t.a. in the estate. You are required to file your written defenses to the petition on or before Friday, September 2, 2022 at 8:30 o’clock a.m. in the District Court, Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written de fenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon theAllpetition.creditors are notified to ex hibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from date of first publi cation of notice under K.S.A. 592236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertain able, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.Karen K. Kimball, Petitioner HEIM LAW OFFICES, P.A. 424 North Washington Avenue Iola, Kansas 66749 (620) Attorneys365-2222forPetitioner(8) 16, 23, 30 (Published in The Iola Register Aug. 30, 2022)
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Continued from A1 Henrik Sieh, center, helps Paul Porter, left, and Barry Porter install a window at the Shannon Building at 20 W. Jackson Ave. earlier this summer. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS
“We were given a tent and food by soldiers and volunteers,” she said. “Floodwater will recede soon, but we have no money to rebuild our home.”Atleast 6,500 soldiers were deployed to help, and authorities said they were using mil itary planes, helicop ters, trucks and boats to evacuate people from marooned people and deliver aid to them. However, many dis placed complained they were still waiting for help. Some said they got tents but not food. Pakistani authorities say this year’s devas tation is worse than in 2010, when floods killed 1,700 people. Gen. Qa mar Javed Bajwa, Pa kistan’s military chief, said Sunday that his country may take years to recover. He appealed to Pakistanis living abroad to generously donate to the flood vic tims.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nearly a half million people crowded into camps after losing their homes in widespread flooding and the climate minister warned Mon day that Pakistan is on the “front line” of the world’s climate crisis af ter unprecedented mon soon rains wracked the country since mid-June, killing more than 1,136 people.The rains stopped more than two days ago, and floods in some areas were receding. But Pa kistanis in many parts of the country were still wading through waters that filled their homes or covered their town’s streets as they struggled with how to deal with the damage to homes and lysaid,andtomedentirethatmassive—summer,usualandsoonsedmonsoonssociatedteorologistsSherryClimatebusinesses.MinisterRehmanandmetoldTheAsPressthatnewwereexpectinSeptember.Monhavehitearliermoreheavilythansincethestartofofficialssaymostrecentlywithrainslastweekaffectednearlythecountry.Pakistanisaccustomonsoonrainsflooding,Rehmanbutnotlikethis.“Whatwesawrecentinthelasteightweeks is unrelenting cascades of torrential rain that no monsoon has ever brought with it ever be fore,” she said. The heavy rains are the latest in a series of catastrophes that Reh man said are exacerbat ed by climate change, including heatwaves, forest fires and glacial lake outbursts. The damage reflects how poorer countries often pay the price for climate change largely caused by more industrialized nations. Since 1959, Pa kistan is responsible for only 0.4% of the world’s historic CO2 emissions. The U.S. is responsible for 21.5%, China for 16.5% and the EU 15%. “Climate knows no borders and its effects can be disproportion ately felt,” Rehman said. “When you see low pres sure systems coming from the Bay of Bengal, they hit us before any one is. So we’re on the front line of a global cri sis.”The National Disaster Management Authority said floods this summer have killed more than 1,136 people and injured 1,636 as well as damag ing 1 million homes. At least 498,000 people in the country of 220 mil lion are in relief camps after being displaced, it said. Many more dis placed are believed to be living with relatives, friends or Internationaloutside.aid was starting to flow into Pa kistan, and the military was helping distribute aid to remote areas and evacuate those who had lost their homes. Au thorities were starting the long effort of re building roads and re starting railways. The floods destroyed more than 150 bridges and nu merous roads have been washed away, making rescue operations diffi cult.In the southeastern town of Shikar Pur not far from the Indus River, Rehan Ali dug up bricks from the collapsed walls of his home, nearly completely destroyed by lashing storms and waters that raged through. His family’s possessions were strewn around outside.The24-year-old la borer said he cannot rebuild without gov ernment help and can’t work now be cause of the turmoil. “I don’t even have anything to feed my family. I lost every thing. I don’t know where to go. God help me,” he said. Arif Ullah, an of ficial at the townSharifdaysevereverywhere,cades.hastherainsMondayShabaznextpartswillAPpartment,MeteorologicalPakistanDetoldthethatmorerainscontinuetolashofPakistanmonth.PrimeMinisterSharifonsaidthesofarhavebeenheaviestPakistanseeninthreede“IsawfloodwaterwherIwentinrecentandeventoday,”saidintheofCharsadda in the northeast of the country. Some 180,000 people in the town have been evacuated after the Swat River overflowed and swamped nearby communities.Sharifhas said the government would pro vide housing to all those who lost their homes. But many of the dis placed have lost not just homes, but also crops and businesses. “I am sitting with my family in a tent, and how can I go out to work? Even if I go out in search of a job, who will give me any job as there is water every where,” asked Rehmat Ullah, a flood victim in Charsadda.ZarinaBibi said sol diers evacuated her by boat. She broke down in tears as she recount ed how her house col lapsed in the floods.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Elon Musk’s legal team is demand ing to hear from Twit ter’s whistleblowing former security chief, who could help bolster Musk’s case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.Former Twitter ex ecutive Peiter Zatko — also known by his hacker handle “Mudge” — received a subpoena Saturday from Musk’s team, according to Za tko’s lawyer and court records.Thebillionaire Tesla CEO has spent months alleging that the compa ny he agreed to acquire undercounted its fake and spam accounts — and that he shouldn’t have to consummate the deal as a Zatko’sresult.whistleblow er complaint to U.S. officials alleging Twit ter misled regulators about its privacy and security protections — and its ability to de tect and root out fake accounts — might play into Musk’s hands in an upcoming trial scheduled for Oct. 17 in Delaware.Zatkoserved as Twit ter’s head of security until he was fired early this year.
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CAPE CANAVER AL, Fla. (AP) — NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Monday after a last-minute cascade of problems culminating in unexplained engine trouble.Thenext launch at tempt will not take place until Friday at the ear liest and could be off until mid-September or later.The mission, when it happens, will be the first flight in NASA’s Artemis project, a quest to put astronauts back on the moon for the first time since the Apollo pro gram ended 50 years ago. As precious minutes ticked away Monday morning, NASA repeat edly stopped and start ed the fueling of the Space Launch System rocket because of a leak of highly explosive hy drogen, eventually suc ceeding in reducing the seepage to acceptable levels. The leak hap pened in the same place that saw seepage during a dress rehearsal in the spring.The fueling already was running nearly an hour late because of thunderstorms off Flor ida’s Kennedy Space Center.Then, NASA ran into new trouble when it was unable to properly chill one of the rocket’s four main engines, officials said. Engineers contin ued working to pinpoint the source of the prob lem after the launch postponement was an nounced.“Thisis a very com plicated machine, a very complicated sys tem, and all those things have to work, and you don’t want to light the candle until it’s ready to go,” said NASA Admin istrator Bill Nelson. Referring to launch delays, he said: “It’s just part of the space busi ness and it’s part of, par ticularly, a test flight.” The rocket was set to lift off on a flight to pro pel a crew capsule into orbit around the moon. The six-week mission was scheduled to end with the capsule return ing to Earth in a splash down in the Pacific in October.The322-foot (98-me ter) spaceship is the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA, out-muscling even the Saturn V that took the Apollo astronauts to the moon.As for when NASA might make another lift off attempt, launch com mentator Derrol Nail said engineers were still analyzing the engine problem and “we must wait to see what shakes out from their test data.” The test dummies in side the Orion capsule were fitted with sen sors to measure vibra tion, cosmic radiation and other conditions during the shakedown flight, meant to stresstest the spacecraft and push it to its limits in ways that would never be attempted with hu mans aboard.
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Rainfall across the Southwind District has been spotty at best for several weeks now. The US Drought Monitor was recently updated on Aug. 25. It now has most of the area in a D2 intensity — classified as a severe Unfortunately,drought. the long-range projec tion doesn’t show the drought breaking any time soon. As Kansans, however, we all know that could change and we could go from a drought to a flood in the matter of a few days. I’m not hoping for rainfall like that, but several inches in the upcoming weeks would be welcome. Heat and drought stress has taken a toll on newly planted trees and shrubs this year. Any time we plant a new tree, it will go through a period of “transplant shock.” Just like the name im plies, this is a period of stress on the new plant as it tries to adapt to its new environment. Many times, new trees will drop almost all of their leaves the first year planted. Due to the heat and lack of rainfall this year, it has been more severe. Obviously, this is quite concerning to home owners. The good news is that in most instanc es, the newly planted tree will be fine and leaf out the following spring.However, as we con tinue to remain in a drought situation, care ful attention needs to be paid to any new trees or shrubs that were plant ed this spring. Here are watering recommenda tions:•Water should be re tained around the base of the newly planted trees by building a low berm just outside the planting hole.
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• Monitor trees even into the winter as sup plemental watering will still be needed if drought remains As for shrubs, since they are smaller, they will require less water. Water enough to thor oughly moisten the en tire rootball, down to a depth of 8 inches — about once a week. To reduce the stress on our older, mature trees, concentrate on good watering — not just a quick shot here and there. As long as we remain in a drought, water older trees to a depth of at least 10 inch es. Make certain to wa ter out beyond the drip line. Avoid watering at the base of the trunk as the absorbing roots are farther out. Check the watering depth by pushing a screwdriver or metal rod into the soil. It will stop when it reaches dry soil. If you have concerns about the health of a tree or shrub, please feel free to contact me. I am available to make home visits if needed.
Journalism that makes a difference Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has called a special session of the state legislature, asking it to consider permanent in come tax cuts that would cost the state about $700 million a year, or more. The session begins Sept. 6, right after Labor Day. We urge lawmakers to ap proach Parson’s plan with extreme caution, and skep ticism. A permanent tax cut could cripple Missouri’s bud get in future years, threaten ing education, health care, public safety and a host of other essential services. Parson, and other Repub licans, don’t see any danger. They point to an end-of-year surplus of $4.9 billion, a record, built on higher in comes, more sales tax collec tions and federal grants. “We believe that the state can pay the bill,” Parson said lastButweek.reality is more compli cated. Some of that end-year surplus will actually be used over the next several months on state programs, pension payments and debt. The gov ernor’s own budget, issued earlier this year, projected a $1.6 billion ending balance in July 2023 — less than a year from now — before any tax reductions.Ifarecession hits and job less claims grow, that surplus could shrink Additionally,further.some of this year’s $4.9 billion surplus was built on federal spending enhancements for Medicaid, which are not permanent. When those go away, state money will have to pay for more Medicaid expenses. Other federal funds will also eventually end. The result? A permanent $700 million tax reduction could mean a spending squeeze in as little as two years, accord ing to the Missouri Budget Project, a left-of-center think tank.
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Missouri beware: Your governor is eyeing Kansas’ ‘tax cut experiment ‘ architect This caricature of Arthur Laffer was adapted from a photo in the public domain available via Wikimedia. For the last 25 years, the cost of a college degree in creasingly has become too expensive for many Amer icans.The blame lies primar ily on state governments that have consistently cut funding to public higher education, shifting more and more of the cost to in dividuals.Theresult, predictably, is that a higher education, once again, is viewed as the purview of the elite — or those willing to shoul der debilitating debt. Today, around 45 million people owe $1.6 trillion in student loans under the umbrella of the federal government’s Department of TheEducation.minute they walk out of college, these 20-somethings are saddled with debt the size of a down payment for a house or a car that will shape their decision-making for years to come. The current payback plan gives a student 20 years to pay back her loans, which are capped at $60,000.Formany who have stu dent debt, the payback schedule is unrealistic for a number of reasons, in cluding the rising interest rates on the loans and the basic fact that pledging 10% of your income over 20 years — the govern ment’s recommended min imum pay-back plan — for most folks leaves little to spare for the majority who have student loans. Today, one in five stu dents have defaulted on their loans. Forty percent of those students left col lege without getting a de gree.Those students “have the worst of both worlds — debt and no degree,” said President Joe Biden last week. EVER SINCE March 2020, students have had a reprieve from this burden from measures passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That suspension ends Jan. 1, 2023.
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3.Trim the payback plan to 10 years at 5% of a student’s discretionary income and as long as pay ments are on track, the government will pay the interest on the loan so that a student’s balance won’t keep increasing as it has been.
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BIDEN — one of a hand ful of U.S. Presidents not to attend an Ivy League college — announced last week a plan that would help students saddled with student debt. The plan has three legs. 1. Forgive up to $10,000 in debt for any borrow er who earns less than $125,000 a year. Yes, that’s a high income, but it in cludes the biggest swath of students and eliminates the doctors, attorneys, Sil icon Valley techies and other high-earning profes sionals;2.Forgive another $10,000 for those who at tended college on a Pell Grant, funding for those from low-income house holds. About 60 percent of student loan borrowers are Pell Grant recipients whose families earned about $30,000 a year. The Education Department is estimating that this com bined $20,000 in debt for giveness will reach about 27 million borrowers.
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“Relying on the current surplus to fund permanent tax changes isn’t fiscally sustainable, or responsible,” said Amy Blouin, director of the Missouri Budget Project. Missouri House Minori ty Leader Crystal Quade of Springfield called the tax cut plan a “textbook example of fiscal irresponsibility.” Arthur Laffer advised Kan sas on tax cuts We went through this with Kansas, remember? A decade ago, Kansas reduced its top income tax rate from 6.45% to 4.6% (Parson’s plan would cut the top rate from 5.3% to 4.8%). Then-Gov. Sam Brown back called his plan an “ex periment” designed to pro mote economic growth. As state revenues plunged, lawmakers scrambled to cov er budget shortfalls by slash ing spending. State accoun tants spent sleepless nights shifting money from one ac count to another just to keep Kansas afloat. Legislators ar gued endlessly over ways to restore the state’s budget. So it’s beyond scary to learn Parson is talking with tax-slashing “trickle down” economics activist Art Laffer — the same man who advised Brownback and Kansas — to design a new tax structure in Missouri. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice … you know the rest. Parson insists the compar ison isn’t accurate. “We’re not going to do what Kansas did over there. It won’t even be close,” Parson told re porters last Tuesday. And, to be fair, Parson’s plan is less drastic than the Brownback approach.Butthe tax rules are dif ferent in Missouri, and they make a bet like the one Par son is asking legislators to make much riskier. Parson eyes a $1.6 billion surplus as plenty big enough to allow the state to return $700 million to taxpayers. But what happens if Parson’s projections are wrong, or if the state’s econ omy falters? That surplus will melt away quickly. And unlike Kansas, Missouri law makers can’t generally raise taxes on their own. If lawmakers follow Par son’s lead to impose perma nent cuts to the tax rate, then any subsequent increase will have to be approved by the voters in a statewide ini tiative. Lawmakers facing a deficit likely wouldn’t be able to wait on voter permission to boost revenue. Instead, they’d be forced to make cuts to education, colleges, mental health services, senior ser vices, transportation and in frastructure would be on the table. Just like Kansas. There are alternatives. A one-time fully refundable credit to taxpayers would put extra funds in Missou rians’ pockets, and help the poor too, without threaten ing spending in lean years. Missouri should also consid er serious tax reform, which would include raising rates on wealthier residents while cutting them for low-income taxpayers.Revenue-neutral tax re form would protect import ant public programs while making the tax system more even and fair. That should be the goal in every state. We know. In an election year, pushing through a ma jor tax cut looks like good pol itics. With costs growing for families, extra dollars in pock ets seems like a good idea. But an overly-aggressive tax cut, built on the shifting sands of the economy and federal largesse, could mean problems for Missouri long after Parson has left office. As legislators gather for the special session, they should look farther down the road, not just around the corner.
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The nonpartisan Con gressional Budget Office had projected earlier this month that the IRS initiatives would result in a $203.7 billion in crease in revenue over 10 years, so McClintock was correct when he made his statement Au gustThursday,12.
CBO re vised its estimate to $180 billion. It said that changes in the law since its first report would slow the hiring process, causing some delay in stepping up enforce ment.The law, CBO said, would mean the IRS expects to “hire new personnel more slowly and could make hiring experienced candidates more difficult.”
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A6 Tuesday, August 30, 2022 iolaregister.comThe Iola Register REWARDS PROGRAM To participate, just bring this ad to our office and you’ll receive two All-Access Tickets for the Middle of Everywhere Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 3 and Sunday, Sept. 4 at Camp Hunter in Humboldt. Hurry! Tickets are rst come, rst serve! 302 S. Washigton Ave., Iola (620) 365-2111 iolaregister.com GIVEAWAY DON’T MISS THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE LIVE MUSIC RIGHT HERE IN ALLEN COUNTY! WANT TWO FREE TICKETS TO SOME GREAT LIVE MUSIC THIS WEEKEND? 1319 East St., Iola • 620-363-5050 BREAKFAST! OF IOLA5 a.m. – 1 p.m. Seven days a AREOWNERSweekBACKINTOWN! in town! Biscuits and gravy • Sausage rolls Croissant sandwiches And much more! Best audit scrutiny on small business or middle-in come Americans. The investment of these important resources is designed to support honest, compliant tax payers,” IRS Commis sioner Chuck Rettig said Thursday in an op-ed for Yahoo! Money. Is McClintock correct about the IRS? Here are some of the key questions Repub licans are raising, and some answers: Will IRS hire 87,000 new agents to enforce tax laws? Not right away, and in the future, it’s not clear just how many new agents would be hired or used to help enforce laws. Treasury Secre tary Janet Yellen has told the IRS to report in six months how it will use its funds. As evidence support ing the 87,000 figure, Mc Clintock’s office pointed to Treasury’s “American Family Plan Tax Com pliance Agenda,” a 2021 blueprint for moderniz ing the IRS. On page 16, it seeks $80 billion that would be used for “hiring new specialized enforcement staff, modernizing an tiquated information technology, and invest ing in meaningful tax payer service.” The re port says that by 2031, that would mean 86,582 positions.Holtzblatt noted that “the report does not contain details to ex plain how they derived their estimate that they would hire nearly 87,000 new employees by the end of the decade.” IRS media officials would notBasedcomment.on what’s in the report, Holtzblatt said, “I think it’s very fair to say that they did not intend to hire 87,000 agents. But we don’t know how many of each type of employee they would hire. Or, for that matter, whether they actually could find that many new employees to hire.”Democrats protest that any claim of 87,000 is wildly exaggerated. The figure is “total hires, not new hires, and includes enforcement, customer service, and technology staff,” said Ashley Schapitl, spokes woman for the tax-writ ing Senate Finance Committee, which is controlled by Demo crats.She explained that the IRS has an older work force than nearly every other federal agency, and expects to lose thou sands of employees over the next decade. “A large part of the 87,000,” she said, “is keeping up with attrition.”
Will the additional revenue come large ly from middle class taxpayers and shop keepers? IRS is adamant that those people and busi nesses would not bear a disproportionate share of the CBOburden.said Thursday that audits of those earning less than $400,000 would “consti tute a small fraction of the total increase col lected from all taxpay ers resulting from the increased funding for the“ThatIRS. fraction will be small because,CBO ex pects, the IRS will follow the Secretary’s direc tive, and enforcement resources will focus on what the Secretary terms high-end noncom pliance.”InanAug. 4 memo to Congress, Rettig said flatly “audit rates will not rise relative to re cent years for house holds making under $400,000.”OnAug. 10, as Re publican criticism in tensified, Yellen wrote Rettig “small business or households earning $400,000 per year or less will not see an increase in the chances that they areRettigaudited.”did not clari fy what “recent years” meant, and that could make a difference in the number of people who areMcClintock’saudited. office noted that that language “could very well indi cate 2010 levels,” where audits were historical ly high for the middle class.The inabilityGovernmentnonpartisanAccountOfficereportedMaythatonaverage, individual tax returns were audited over three times more often for tax year 2010 — about 0.9% —than for tax year 2019 — 0.25%. IRS attribut ed the drop to staff at trition and “major dis ruptions,” notably the COVID pandemic. To McClintock, the data suggest more au dits of middle class and small business taxpay ers are likely. “The share may not increase, but the total number of the audits on the lower- and middle-in come earners will,” said Jennifer Cressy, McClin tock spokeswoman.
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TOPEKA — Folks drink it every day, but a central ele ment of that substance could eventually power manufac turing plants or fuel vehicles while shifting the nation to ward a future of reduced re liance on oil and natural gas. That’s the optimistic view of hydrogen’s potential from Joe Spease, chief executive officer of WindSoHy, an Over land Park company dedicated to blending cheap electricity from Kansas wind power, a vast network of underground storage caverns and technolo gy to split hydrogen from the oxygen in water. The package could significantly reduce re liance on fossil fuels contrib uting to climate change and rising greenhouse gas con centrations, he said. “The potential for green hydrogen for vehicle fuel and generating electricity is our greatest economic and envi ronmental hope, because it’s going to be cheaper than all fossil fuels when it’s made correctly and is going to do more to stop climate change than any other technological source in the world,” Spease said. “There’s nothing not to like about it.”
Spease said on the Kansas Reflector podcast advances in use of nitrogen in the energy economy would lower utility costs and create millions of jobs. However, he estimated only 1/10th of 1% of people appreciated potential of hy drogen — a light, highly re active fuel derived through a chemical process known as electrolysis. Using nature’s most abundant chemical ele ment for energy would lower emissions of carbon diox ide into the atmosphere, but would necessitate an increase in solar and wind assets to reach environmental goals. Companies and govern ments throughout the world have increased investments in hydrogen development. There’s growing interest by Congress and President Joe Biden in acceleration of re search leading to affordable, abundant and clean hydrogen production and consumption in the United States. In 2021, the U.S. Depart ment of Energy’s Earthshot program included an initia tive designed to speed deploy ment of hydrogen at scale. The agency plans to invest billions of dollars in lowering the cost of producing hydro gen from renewable energy such as solar and wind. A Kansas angle Spease said the good news was that making hydrogen with the best natural assets could result in a product cheaper than any fossil fuel. Currently, much of the cost of producing green hydrogen was the price of power to run electrolyzers that split hydro gen from oxygen in water via electric current. A key to suc cess of a hydrogen industry in Kansas, he said, would be the purchase of wind power generated at night when de mand and cost were lowest. Spease said this green elec tricity would to run indus trial electrolyzers in Kansas to create massive quantities of hydrogen. The hydrogen would be stored in the state’s underground salt caverns until moved to commercial businesses through PVC pipe lines.Heavy industry — think steel or cement plants — should lower emissions by drawing hydrogen from green sources rather than the socalled gray or blue hydrogen made from natural gas or other fossil fuels that involve carbon sequestration, Spease said. He pushed back against fossil fuel advocates interest ed in blending hydrogen with natural gas in the nation’s existing natural gas pipeline network.“That’s going to be a bad idea,” Spease said. “There are some people in the hydrogen industry who insist that it’s OK. All they’re doing is really trying to prolong the use of natural gas.” Fuel pump station At some point, he said, businesses ought to be able to install electrolyzers and underground storage tanks at fuel stations for the produc tion and sale of hydrogen for vehicles.Spease said cars or trucks could be converted to run on hydrogen — a strategy em braced by Amazon in a con tract with hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Plug Power for long-haul trucks. The distinc tion from current practice would be that hydrogen must be pumped into car or truck fuel tanks under pressure, he said.“Because hydrogen fuel cells are really, really effec tive they’re far far superior to batteries. With a battery, you can go a couple 100 miles, and then you have to spend a lot of time to recharge the battery. And with a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, you will go 500 or 600 miles on with one tank,” he said. Spease said the future of hydrogen, given economies of scale, could lead to a revo lution in the way power was supplied to individual resi dences. The science was mov ing in the direction of making it possible to have electrolyz ers installed wherever hydro gen was needed, he said. “We’re gonna get to the point eventually each individ ual household will be able to make their own,” he said.
“It was an excellent day of learning, trying different rotations, and seeing what we were made of. I was proud of how the girls never gave up. They pulled together and fought when we were down and they came together and cheered each other on when we were up. There is still a lot to work on, but it was a successful day,” said Hermreck. Overall on Saturday, Crest junior Kayla Hermreck led the way with 32 kills and three blocks. Hammond and sophomore Karlee Boots each recorded a 93% serve success rate with 57/61 and 26/28 on serves, respectively.
MORAN — The Crest and Marmaton Valley High School varsity volleyball teams were successful in competing at the Three Rivers League Tournament this past weekend.
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Crest finished its opening weekend going 4-1 with its lone loss to Yates Center. Marmaton Valley finished with a mark of 4-1 as well, taking its only loss to Crest.
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Marmaton Valley Marmaton Valley enjoyed a four-win day as well. In the opening match against Chetopa they won, 2510 and 25-10. The second Marmaton Valley match pitted them against Oswego in which the Wildcats won again by 2510 and Against25-10.Yates Center, the Marmaton Valley Wildcats handily won 25-9 and 25-17. The Wildcats were also victorious against Altoona-Midway, 25-9 and 25-10. The lone loss for Marmaton Valley was against Crest. The Wildcats were limited by the Lancers in much of the match, falling by 25-13 and 25-13 scores in each game.
The Iola and Humboldt High School varsity volleyball teams opened up their season at the Wellsville Preseason Invitational this past weekend. Iola The Mustangs had a shaky start to the season and won only one out of four of their matchups. The three losses came against Baldwin, Humboldt and Wellsville. “There were a lot of good things that happened throughout the day. This preseason tournament allowed us to get our first look at our strengths and things we need to improve on,” said IHS head coach Amanda Holman. The opening sets for Iola came against No. 3 Baldwin in which the Mustangs lost a pair of sets, 25-8 and 25-10. In a tough matchup with No. 3 in the state Baldwin, Mustangs Alanda Mader and Reese Curry led with two kills apiece while Jackie Fager finished with two aces and a Thekill.next round of sets pitted Iola with their close rival, the Humboldt Lady Cubs. The Mustangs dropped the two sets with scores of 25-21 and 25-19. Fager finished the matchup with five kills while Curry recorded four. Other standouts in the Humboldt matchup included Rio Lohman making five blocks, Aysha Houk leading the way with 10 digs, Kaysin Crusinbery notching 10 assists as well as Jadyn Kaufman going four-for-four onThedigs. Mustangs then dropped a close pair of sets to Wellsville, 26-24 and 2523. Fager led the way with six kills while Mader registered five kills and Lohman had four kills in the pair of sets. Also, Crusinbery had 16 assists and four serves. Houk, Crusinbery, Mader and Elza Clift each went a perfect 100% on serves in theThematch.Mustangs finished their day with a victory, going 25-17 and 25-13. Curry and Lohman led the way with four kills each while Mader and Curry notched a couple of aces apiece in the win. Houk also went a perfect six-for-six on digs. “We have the talent to By QUINN BURKITT
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Lancer senior McKenna Hammond served 16 straight points to get the offense rolling in her team’s first victory. Crest then went on to defeat Chetopa in two sets, 25-8 and 25-9. Hammond again helped big time serving 10 straight points while freshman Kinley Edgerton served eight straight points.Crest then took care of business against Marmaton Valley in which they won 25-12 and 25-13. Senior Lancer Kamryn Luedke served 14 straight match points as she helped fire up her Crest team for the team’s most impressive victory on TheSaturday.fourthCrest win came in three matches against Oswego, first falling 21-25 before rattling off two straight wins, 29-27 and 29-15. At this point, the Lancers were very tired but found a way to tie up the match sets and come away with a 10-point victory in the third set.
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Iola High School’s Mustangs hosted their annual Jamboree Friday night at Riverside Park. Other schools in attendance included Labette County and Columbus. At top left, Mustangs line up on o ense against Labette County. At lower left, Iola’s Carter Hutton (4) celebrates a touchdown during the scrimmage. Below at middle, Konner Larney (32) lines up on o ense. At top right, Marmaton Valley’s Wildcats were in Rosalia for a jamboree hosted by Flinthills, where quarterback Brayden Lawson looks for an opportunity to throw the ball.
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Crest The Lancers’ first match was a tight contest against Yates“YatesCenter.Center came out fired up and played well. We were rough first thing in the morning and never really got our offense going,” Crest head coach Abby Hermreck said. The Lancers dropped both their sets, 25-23 and 26-24. The Crest Lancers knocked off Altoona in two sets to get back on track, 25-6 and 25-13.
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Photo by April Kroenke Photography Meet the team that makes it happen: win a lot of games this year. We just need to work on minimizing our errors, finishing tight games, and continue to improve our court communication,” Holman said.
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By CODY FRIESEN The Associated Press Royals catcher Salvador Perez watches a home run soar. GETTY IMAGES/TNS ATLANTA (AP) — This year it became easy to overlook Rory McIlroy’s four majors, 30 wins on four continents and two years at No. 1 in the world. He has been viewed mostly as the strongest voice and staunchest defender of the PGA Tour in its battle against Saudi-funded LIV Golf. So perhaps it was only fitting that a most tumultuous year for the PGA Tour culminated Sunday with McIlroy holding its biggest prize. He had the final say with his clubs. Six shots behind before the Tour Championship started, 10 shots back after two holes, McIlroy rallied from a six-shot deficit in the final round against the No. 1 player in the world and closed with a 4-under 66 to become the first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup. “It’s been a tumultuous time for the world of men’s professional golf in particular,” he said. “I’ve been in the thick of things. I guess every chance I get, I’m trying to defend what I feel is the best place to play elite professional golf in the world. “It’s in some ways fitting that I was able to get this done today to sort of round off a year that has been very, very challenging and different.” It came at the expense of Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world who birdied four of six holes Sunday morning to finish the storm-delayed third round at 66 and build a six-shot lead. Not even McIlroy, who birdied the last two holes in the morning to get into the final group, thought he had a great chance. But then Scheffler never regained his groove, missing fairways and greens and par putts. He made only one birdie in a closing round of 73 and tied the PGA Tour record for losing a six-shot lead in the final round. “I just didn’t get off to a good start early, but after that I grinded as hard as I could,” Scheffler said. “For whatever reason my swing wasn’t where it had been the first few days thisMcIlroyweek.”had a 17-under 263 for his raw score, the best of the week. He started at 4 under as the No. 7 seed and finished at 21 under to capture the $18 millionSungjaebonus.Im fell back with a double bogey on the 14th hole and still managed a 66 to tie for second with Scheffler. They earned $5.75 million.McIlroy referred to the final round as a “spectacle,” and not just because of the pro-McIlroy crowd that chanted his name along the closing holes. “Two of the best players in the world going head-to-head for the biggest prize on the PGA Tour, and I hope everyone at home enjoyed that,” he said. McIlroy needed plenty of help from Scheffler, who never trailed until the 70th hole. Scheffler looked out of sorts early, and McIlroy capitalized. With three straight birdies, he tied him on the seventh hole. And then it was a nail-biter to the end. It was a stunning display at East Lake that turned on two shots. McIlroy holed a 30foot birdie putt on the par-3 15th hole to tie for theAfterlead. he flew the green by some 20 yards on the 16th, his pitch was running fast and headed off the front of the green when it hit the pin and settled 7 feet away. He saved par. Scheffler blasted out of a bunker to just inside 10 feet and missed, making bogey that put him behind for the first time all Schefflweek.erbadly misread a 10-foot birdie chance on the 17th to tie, sending the Tour Championship to the final hole with $18 million on the line. Scheffler’s 4-iron on the par-5 18th sailed short and right and into a bunker, and he blasted out over the green. McIlroy went left against the grandstand, took relief and got onto the green for an easy par. “I wanted to win the season-long title,” Scheffler said. “I’ve had a really great year and I wanted to finish it off with a win here, and unfortunately I wasn’t able to do McIlroythat.”won the FedEx Cup in 2016 in a playoff. He won the FedEx Cup again in 2019, the first year of a staggered start. This might have been the sweetest of fall, coming off a year in which the PGA Tour has been in a nasty battle with LIV Golf, which already has attracted some two dozen players and now is part of an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. It was McIlroy who has declared fierce loyalty to the PGA Tour over the last few years when rival leagues were coming into a view. And it was McIlroy who joined Tiger Woods in leading a momentous player-only meeting last week that led to significant changes ahead for the tour.So, yes, this had an extra level of satisfaction.And no, he didn’t
Humboldt The Humboldt Lady Cubs varsity team also competed at the invitation at Waverly High School. The Lady Cubs placed fifth place and went 2-2 overall in their matches.TheLady Cubs began the day knocking off Prairie View in two sets, 25-23 and 2514, before losing to No. 3 Baldwin in a couple sets, 25-19 and 25-4. Humboldt head coach Terry Meadows then led his team to victory against Iola, 25-21 and 25-19.The Lady Cubs put up a good fight in their loss to Wellsville, 2725 and 25-19. The first game went into sudden death overtime when the score was tied 25-25, before Wellsville pulled away with a winning kill.“I thought we grew as a team throughout the day. We had some good moments and found some areas we need to work on,” said Meadows.Humboldt players Karley Wools and Shelby Shaughnessy finished with double digit kills, with 20 and 12, respectively. Chanlynn Wrestler and Ella Lassman also finished with seven kills apiece. There was also some dominant serving in the season opener for Meadows’ crew. Shaughnessy finished with 11 aces while Wools mashed five aces. Lassman and Kenisyn Hottenstein also registered three aces apiece. On the defensive side of the ball, Shaughnessy had eight blocks and Kinley Tucker had two blocks. Also, Skylar Hottenstein recorded 31 digs while Shaughnessy had 28 digs and Wools made 23 digs. The other two Lady Cubs to finish in double figure digs were Kennisyn Hottenstein and Natalie Wells with 13 digs each. Iola varsity volleyball will begin its regular season with a home invitational on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 8:30 a.m. while Humboldt will host Neodesha and Oswego on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
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Taylor, Royals crush Padres
The Padres pulled within three on Soto’s two-run shot in the seventh against Anthony Misiewicz. Soto, who was acquired in an Aug. 2 trade with Washington, has 24 homers overall thisTheseason.Royals then put together a six-run eighth on the way to their highest scoring game of the season. Taylor singled home Pratto and Waters before Bobby Witt Jr.’s sacrifice fly made it 15-6. “It was nice to see how the guys played today,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said. “We saw multiple good at-bats by multiple guys and everybody in the lineup. A couple guys came in even off the bench and contributed.”Machadohit a solo shot in the first and a two-run homer in the fifth for his 32nd career multihomer game.
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Continued from B1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael A. Taylor homered and drove in four runs, and the Kansas City Royals beat the San Diego Padres 15-7 on SalvadorSunday.Perez also went deep for Kansas City, and Hunter Dozier had four of the Royals’ 18 hits. Nick Pratto drove in three runs, including a two-run double off Josh Hader during a six-run eighth.Kansas City had dropped the first two games of the series and 11 of 15 Jonathanoverall.Heasley (27) struck out seven in five innings in his first win since June 10. He was charged with three earned runs and four hits.“Overall I thought it was a pretty good outing,” Heasley said. “I had a couple pitches that hurt, but overall I felt like my command was better than my last start.”Manny Machado homered twice and drove in four runs for San Diego, which had won four of six. Juan Soto connected for his third homer with the Padres, and Josh Bell added an RBI single in theTheninth.Padres were unable to overcome a shaky performance by Sean Manaea (7-7), who was tagged for six runs and 10 hits in four innings. “(Manaea) was out of sync in the first, but decent innings after that,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said. “He threw a lot of pitches in the first, but as you see sometimes a starter is most vulnerable in the first inning.” Kansas City jumped all over Manaea for five runs in the first. Taylor led off with a drive to left for his seventh homer, tying it at 1. Brent Rooker and Nicky Lopez each had an RBI single, and Drew Waters doubled home Pratto. “I felt like we did a good job of putting together good at-bats,” Taylor said. “When we got the line moving we just tried to keep it moving, just trying to get it to the next Perez’sguy.”18th homer — a two-run shot to left-center in the sixth — lifted the Royals to an 8-4 lead. Despite two stints on the injured list totaling 31 games, Perez is tied for the team lead in homers.
UP NEXT San Diego continues a nine-game road trip against San Francisco on Monday. RHP Mike Clevinger (4-5, 3.59 ERA) will start for the Padres. Kansas City will travel to Chicago to face the White Sox on Tuesday. The Royals have not announced a starter.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Major League Baseball Players Association is attempting to unionize minor leaguers, reversing decades of opposition.Theplayers’ association said Monday it is circulating union authorization cards among players with minor league contracts to form a separate bargaining unit from the big leaguers.
(Suspended program from Aug. 19. USRA B-Mods 1. Luke Phillips, Chanute 2. Brian McGowen, Pittsburg3.Paden Phillips, Chanute 4. Jesse Folk Jr., Iola 5. Tyler Kidwell, Chanute 6. Donald McIntosh, Chanute7. Kenton Allen, Chanute 8. Ryan Smith, Moran 9. Randy Zimmerman, Fort10.ScottJon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.11. Alex Wiens, Newton 12. Jacob Ellison, Chanute13. Reece Solander, Iola Primal Jerky Midwest Mods 1. Andrew Hodges, Lebo 2. Matthew Kay, Chanute 3. Jon Westho , Chanute 4. Tyler Davis, Chanute 5. Blake Sutton, Nashville, Tenn.6.Tret Bailey, Bu alo 7. Ronnie Coulter, Bronson8. Trevor Holman, Colony 9. Brady Folk, Iola 10. Kolt Knoblich, Iola 11. Scott Collins, Humboldt12. Joey Decoster, Chanute,13. Andrew Burenheide, Olpe14. Derryl Aeillo, Elsmore 15. Logan Boone 16. Mike Davis, Burlington Home Savings Bank Factory Stocks 1. Trey Stipp, Humboldt 2. Derrek Wilson, Chanute 3. Ethan Vance, Chanute 4. Aaron Kuehn, South Co eyville, Okla. 5. Jay Lamons, Savonburg 6. Kyle Thurman, Coffeyville7.Braden Bowman, Chanute8. Lance Coulter, Uniontown9.Braxton Lamons, Humboldt10. Remi Clough, Galena 11. Ashley Mueller, Admire Extrusions Inc. USRA Tuners 1. Clint Haigler, Humboldt 2. Maddyson Tyler, Oronogo, Mo. 4. Colt Burk, Blue Mound 5. Jonathan Culler, Colony 6. Tessa Perry, Humboldt 7. Joseph Stair, Independence8.Travis Bockover, Chanute feature winners at Humboldt Speedway.
While the average major league salary is above $4 million, players with minor league contracts earn as little as $400 a week during the six-month season. “The working conditions facing these players have been nothing short of offensive,” union head Tony Clark wrote in a letter Sunday to player agents. “Poverty wages, oppressive reserve rules, discipline without due process, ever-expanding offseason obligations, appropriation of intellectual property, substandard attention to player health and safety, and a chronic lack of respect for minor leaguers as a whole (to name just a few) — these cancers on our game exist because minor league players have never had a seat at the bargaining table. It’s time for that to change.”Theunion’s executive board unanimously approved the minor league initiative on Friday. Clark was not available to respond to questions, spokesman Chris DahlSignedsaid. cards from 30% of the estimated 5,000 to 6,000 minor leaguers in the bargaining unit would allow the union to file a petition to the National Labor Relations Board asking for an union authorization election. MLB also could voluntarily recognize the union representing the bargaining unit, a process that typically can occur if a majority of the unit signs cards.The staff of Advocates for Minor Leaguers, which formed two years ago, quit and will work for the MLBPA. The union gave the minor league group $50,000 last November. “This generation of minor league players has demonstrated an unprecedented ability to address workplace issues with a collective voice,” Harry Marino, the executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers, said in a statement. “Joining with the most powerful union in professional sports assures that this voice is heard where it matters most — at the bargaining table.”
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Players with major league contracts, of which there are approximately 1,200, are represented by the union, which since the 1981 strike settlement also has negotiated terms for those on option to the minor leagues.
MLB raised weekly minimum salaries for minor leaguers in 2021 to $400 at rookie and short-season levels, $500 at Class A, $600 at Double-A and $700 at Triple-A.
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LEADERSHIPSTABLE Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill was signed to a contract extension through June 2030. a clear sign member presidents believe Gill’s the clear choice to navigate issues like $4 .99 ALl CAN $6.99 TO GO $5.99 mind the burden he carried as the de facto voice of the tour. “If you believe in something I think you have to speak up, and I believe very strongly about this. I really do,” McIlroy said. “I hate what it’s doing to the game of golf. I hate it. “I think when you believe that what you’re saying is the right things, you’re happy to stick your neck out on theEvenline.” at the Tour Championship, typically a celebration of the end of the year, there was talk all weekend of more defections coming in next few days.
NEW MEMBERS Along with Marshall, the Sun Belt added James Madison, Old Dominion and Southern Miss. The Thundering Herd may have the most impact on the East Division race with running back Rasheen Ali, who gained 1,401 yards and 23 touchdowns last year. Coastal Carolina faces Marshall and Appalachian State, winners of the East in five of the past six seasons, in consecutive weeks that will be pivotal to the conference race.
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NEW LEADERS Clay Helton at Georgia Southern is the most high-profile new coach in the Sun Belt. Helton was let go by Southern Cal early last season and jumped right back into the game with the Eagles program. Georgia Southern was 3-9 last season. Other newcomers are Desormeaux at Louisiana and Jon Sumrall at Troy.
The Daily Telegraph reported three weeks ago that British Open champion Cameron Smith was leaving for LIV Golf, and renewed reports over the weekend confirmed as Twomuch.people aware of the moves said Harold Varner III, Marc Leishman and Anirban Lahiri are leaving. They spoke on condition of anonymity because it has not been announced. Cameron Tringale announced his decision on Twitter.Stillto be determined is Joaquin Niemann, whose manager said the Chilean would discuss the options with his father later “EveryoneSunday.on tour has had to deal with a lot. Even the guys that have went to LIV have had to deal with a lot. It’s just been a very tumultuous sort of era in our game,” McIlroy said. “This is the best place in the world to play golf. It’s the most competitive. It’s got the best players. It’s got the deepest fields. I don’t know why you’d want to play anywhere else.” With all that speculation, the Tour Championship that looked to be a runaway turned into a dynamic show. And in the end, the tour’s biggest voice had its biggest trophy.
The Sun Belt Conference’s success the past few seasons to catch college football’s attention and league officials believe additional steps this offseason will keep that momentum going. There are four new members, including Marshall, increasing the league to 14 teams. The league features one of the most efficient quarterbacks in the NCAA back for another year in Coastal Carolina’s Grayson McCall and ex-Southern Cal coach Clay Helton will try and revive Georgia Southern’s usually powerful program. And with the uncertainty in college football involving issues such as realignment, NIL and the transfer portal, “I’m absolutely sure of one thing,” Commissioner Keith Gill said this summer. “The Sun Belt is rising.”If the resurgence continues again this year, the packed Sun Belt East Division, where Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina and newcomer Marshall should battle for the top Coachspot.Billy Napier had Louisiana the cream of the West Division with last year’s league title, four division titles and three bowl wins since 2018. But Napier left to revive Florida, leaving his Rajun’ Cajun assistant — and former Louisiana quarterback — Michael Desormeaux to take over the program.
“He’s really evenkeeled,” Brown said. “He doesn’t get too high or two low, not rattled easily. He’s been successful. He’s been on some good teams, too. The fact that he’s played in big games, I think, helps too. He arrived here as a really mature player and one that is reallyThishungry.”is the 10th straight season that West Virginia has used a transfer as its starting quarterback.Thestreak started with Clint Trickett from Florida State in 2013 and 2014. In 2016, junior college transfer Skyler Howard led the Mountaineers to a 10-win season. Will Grier arrived from Florida to provide a spark in 2017 and 2018. Austin Kendall followed from Oklahoma and Jarret Doege came from Bowling Green with lackluster results in the past three seasons. Like Grier, who was shielded from media interviews until after the 2017 season opener, Daniels has yet to be made available since the start of fall practice. He told reporters in June after a youth football camp that Morgantown wasn’t a huge adjustment from Athens,WhileGeorgia.Daniels’ ability to stay healthy remains to be seen, he brings a reputation for a strong arm.
West Virginia knew what it got in transfer JT Daniels: a quarterback who went undefeated as a starter at Georgia — and has sat out more games than he’s played in throughout his Virginiafollowedtwonineiels,giniawasGrahamdinatorsoninjuredoverKedonbackupielsyearsforthepated.moveatday’stheMondayry.”three28-30said.bestbuthealthythisrelevantMountaineerstheDanielscareer.understandswaytohelpingthebecomeintheBig12seasonisbystayingforafullseason.“It’sanoldsaying,availabilityisyourability,”Daniels“AndI’vemissedgamesoverthelastyearsfrominju-CoachNealBrownonnamedDanielsstarterforThurs-seasonopenerNo.17Pittsburgh,athatwasantici-TherenewalofBackyardBrawlthefirsttimein11willfeatureDan-againsthisformeratSouthernCal,Slovis,whotookafterDanielswasinthe2019sea-opener.Theiroffensivecoor-atthetimewasHarrell,whohiredatWestVir-inJanuary.Dan-whoplayedjustgamesoverthepastseasonsatGeorgia,HarrelltoWestinApril. “I know him. I trust him,” Daniels said. Without the benefit of playing spring ball, Daniels has had to do some quick learning, although he’s familiar with Harrell’s Air Raid style. Daniels’ time spent at Georgia actually helped his growth, Harrell said. “He’s a really intelligent kid that can handle a lot of information,” Harrell said. “At the quarterback position, you can overload them with information. He can process information quickly.”Daniels was the second true freshman to start a season opener at Southern Cal in 2018. He started 11 games, missing one in midseason with a concussion. In 2019, when Harrell was hired to run the Trojan offense, Daniels suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opener.Daniels missed much of 2020 at Georgia while awaiting medical clearance on his knee. Last year he missed several games with two upper-body muscle strains, then was relegated to a backup role as Stetson Bennett led the Bulldogs to the national championship.Coach Brown describes Daniels, who went 7-0 as a starter at Georgia, as “weathered.”
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Desormeaux has had a front-row seat to Louisiana’s rise and is grateful for the chance to continue things “at a place, where going on seven years now where I’ve been able to be a part of building it,” he said. “It means everything to Dependingme.” how the season unfolds, Louisiana could finally have that league championship game matchup with Coastal Carolina that was called off in 2020 due to COVID-19 in the Chanticleers’ program.Much like Louisiana, Coastal has surged the past few seasons and spent much of 2020 and 2021 in the Top 25. That coincides with McCall’s time running the offense. He’s passed for 53 touchdowns with just six interceptions in 491 attempts the past two years. The fourthyear junior completed nearly 69% of his throws in 2020, then upped that to 73% last fall.McCall set an NCAA record with a passer efficiency rating of 207.6 last season. Winter questions swirled around whether McCall would bolt the Chants for a Power Five opportunity, but instead he stuck around with his announcement that he wasMcCall’sreturning.top targets, sure-handed tight end Isaiah Likely and receiver Jaivon Heiligh, are gone after combining for 220 catches, 3,639 yards and 34 touchdowns the last twoMcCall,seasons.however, believes Coastal has the playmakers to keep his team on “Whentop.I first came here, my goal was to turn this place around and turn it into a championship program,” he said. “Obviously, we’ve come a long way, but the job’s not finished yet.”
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STANDOUTS:OTHER Troy linebacker Carlton Martial was the pick for defensive player of the year after making 113 tackles or more the past three seasons. He had 127 stops last fall and will be a sixth-year senior in his final college football season. Coastal defensive end Josiah Stewart led the conference with 12.5 sacks as a freshman. Marshall tailback Ali looks like the Sun Belt’s top offensive player not named McCall.
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