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Gen Z, millennials speak out about reluctance to have kids

The U.S. birth rate fell 4% in 2020, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years. Gen Z and millennials talk about why they are less likely to have children. PIXABAY.COM

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Following three straight monthly declines, U.S. consumer confidence re bounded in August as in flation moderated and gas prices fell. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its con sumer confidence index rose in August to 103.2 from 95.3 in July. The business research group’s present situation index — which measures consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions — rose for the first time since March, to 145.4 from 139.7 US inmoreconsumersconfidentAugust

HUMBOLDT — Around these parts, the locals like to joke that it takes two hours to drive to a big city from any di rection: Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, Tulsa, Joplin. If that’s true, it would make Allen County the middle of ev erywhere.Damaris Kunkler, com munity engagement direc tor with A Bolder Humboldt, hopes to capitalize on that lo cation to bring The Middle of Everywhere Music Festival to Humboldt.Theevent will feature blues and roots music over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3 and 4. The music acts mostly come from within that two-hour ra dius — Kansas City, Lawrence, Tulsa, Wichita. One band is from Arkansas. “I wanted to work with mu sicians who are hot in their area, and bring them all to gether to meet in the middle,” Kunkler said. “The festival is a little blues-heavy with some variation.”Andspeaking of location, there will be two: Revival Mu sic Hall and Camp Hunter. The first night offers a sneak peak at the recently renovated former Presbyteri an church. The Revival Music Hall aims to become a premier music venue for regional and national touring artists. It’s not expected to open formally untilThe2023.second day will fea ture six acts at Camp Hunter, a scenic Civil War-era camp ground.Kunkler, who is also a mu sician, is working with Tony Works and A Bolder Hum boldt to develop and manage the music hall. She’s also been working with a music consul tant and has toured multiple

Emergency crews battle a blaze at Fort Scott’s Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church overnight Monday. COURTESY OF NEVADA (MO.) FIRE DEPARTMENT/FACEBOOK

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The Revival Music Hall, a former Presbyterian church in Hum boldt, will open for a sneak peak on the first day of The Middle of Everywhere Music Festival on Saturday. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS See MUSIC | Page A4

TOPEKA — In a special business meeting on Mon day, the Kansas Corpora tion Commission (KCC) allowed NextEra to move forward with its plans to build a 94-mile transmis sion line from the Wolf Creek power plant to the Blackberry Substation in Missouri.Theproject will cut through Southeast Kan sas, affecting about 58 property owners in Allen County, although the fi nal route has not yet been approved by the Commis sion.KCC granted a certifi cate of convenience and necessity to NextEra En ergy Transmission South west, LLC, enabling the company to do business as a transmission only pub lic utility in the State. However, the Commis sion made clear it wants to minimize the impact on landowners. Recently, a group of landowners from Anderson and Allen counties have requirements.poserespectivecommissionersapproachedintheircountiestoimadditionalsetbackNextEraplanstocon

NEW YORK (AP) — At 24, El Johnson has made up her mind that she won’t bear children, though she and her girlfriend haven’t ruled out adoption.Thegraduate student who works in legal services in Austin, Texas, has a list of reasons for not wanting to give birth: the climate crisis and a genetic health condi tion among them. “I don’t think it’s respon sible to bring children into this world,” Johnson said. “There are already kids who need homes. I don’t know what kind of world it’s going to be in 20, 30, 40 years.” She’s so sure, in fact, that she’ll soon have her tubes re moved. It’s a precautionary decision sealed by the fall of Roe v. Wade and by tight restrictions on abortion ser vices in her state and around theOthercountry.women interviewed also cited climate change, along with overwhelming student debt coupled with inflation, as reasons they’ll never be parents. Some younger men, too, are opting out and more are seeking va sectomies.Whatever the motivation, they play a role in dramat ically low birth rates in the U.S.The U.S. birth rate fell 4% in 2020, the largest sin gle-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a gov ernment report. The gov ernment noted a 1% uptick in U.S. births last year, but the number of babies born was still lower than before the coronavirus pandemic: about 86,000 fewer than in 2019.Walter and Kyah King live in suburban Las Vegas. Wal ter, 29, a sports data scien tist, and Kyah, 28, a college career counselor, have been together nearly 10 years, the last four as a married couple. The realization that they didn’t want to have kids came on slowly for both of them.“It was in our early 20s when the switch sort of flipped,” Kyah said. “We had moved to California and we

FORT SCOTT — Emergen cy crews battled overnight Monday into Tuesday morn ing to fight a fire that devas tated Fort Scott’s Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church. The southeast corner of the structure was engulfed in flames when crews arrived, shortly after 9 p.m. Monday. The fire was extinguished Tuesday morning, but the Fire damages Fort Scott church

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Motorcyclist injured Mitchell E. Collette was injured Aug. 21 when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car driven by James H. Lueders. Iola police officers said Lueders was west bound on U.S. 54 and was turning left into the Casey’s General Store parking lot when he crossed in front of Colette, who was east bound on the highway, and the vehicles collid ed.Collette was taken from the scene in an ambulance. Lueders was unhurt, officers said. Pickup struck Gerald W. Kimball was pulling away from a stop sign while west bound at the intersec tion of Lincoln and Cot tonwood streets Aug. 22 when his pickup was struck from behind by a sport utility vehicle driven by Denise A.

Heavy fighting rages in Ukraine’s south

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Last week, the Colony Christian Church’s Pas tor Chase Riebel had the opportunity to assist a man who had recently been released from pris on continue on his jour ney to return home. “On the inside,” as the man referred to his time in lock-up, he had discovered a freedom that gave him hope for a betterRiebelfuture.shared five keys that allow all of us to experience this kind of freedom that gives us the hope we need to persevere through trials and escape the prison of sin. It be gins with discovering Christ. When you place your trust in Jesus and repent of your sins, Ro mans 6:14 tells us “sin will no longer be your master.” Therefore, sec ondly, we develop con fidence by living under the freedom of God’s grace. Having received many second chances, the third key to contin ue living in freedom is to extend compassion to others. Living cheer fully protects against the bitterness that can sneak in to steal your joy and bind you in a prison of ungrateful ness and judgment. Lastly, our freedom in Christ allows us to dis play courage. Luke 1:74 explains that we have been rescued and set free so that we can serve God without fear. Prison isn’t the only place your freedom can be taken away. Sin can imprison your very soul. Use the keys above to unlock the door to freedom and eternal life.Hear this and all our sermons by using your favorite podcast app, on our Facebook page, or on our website at org.colonychristianchurch.www.

East, officers said. Neither was injured. Arrests reported Christian Spencer, 32, Iola, was arrested Aug. 23 for suspicion of driving while sus pended and no proof of insurance during a traffic stop in the 600 block of East Madison Avenue, Iola police offi cers reported. Bikes stolen Shannon Jones told police officers a pair of bikes were stolen Aug. 23 from the 400 block of North Jefferson Av enue. Iolan faces charges Kyla M. Wertz, 40, Iola, was cited for theft and two counts of crim inal use of a financial card after Linda Berry, St. Charles, Mo., re ported a pair of checks had been stolen and her card used improperly, Iola police officers said.

Ukraine lost hundreds of troops, tanks and other armored vehicles in Monday’s action. His claim could not be inde pendently touse,”militaryes,lery’sthingsults.”ittimesKhersonlinestheforcesaddedcitiesactionstivenesstalk“itAssociatedOlehdentUkrainianverified.indepenmilitaryanalystZhdanovtoldThePressthatwillbepossibletoabouttheeffecofUkrainianonlyafterlargeareretaken.”HethatUkrainianhadbreachedfirstandthesecondofdefenseintheregionseveralinthepast,“butdidn’tbringaboutre“ThemostimportantisUkrainianartilworkonthebridgwhichtheRussiancannolongerZhdanovsaid.Thewarhasgroundastalemateoverthe past months, with casu alties and destruction rising and the popula tion bearing the brunt of the suffering during relentless shelling in the east and south. In other battlefield reports, at least nine civilians were killed in more Russian shell ing, Ukrainian officials said, from the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv to the northeastern industrial hub of Kharkiv, where five were killed in the cityAmidcenter.fears that the fighting around the Rus sian-occupied Zapor izhzhia nuclear power plant could lead to a ca tastrophe, a U.N. atomic energy agency team set out on a mission to in spect and safeguard the complex. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling the area over and over.

Communal workers clean outside a building destroyed as a result of Russian shelling in Mykolaiv on Aug. 2, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (OLEK SANDR GIMANOV/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

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Kherson region. Tough battles are ongoing practically across all” of the area. Ukrainian forces, the office said, destroyed ammuni tion depots and all large bridges across the Dnieper River vital to supplying Russian troops.The Ukrainian mil itary also reported destroying a pontoon bridge on the Dnieper that the Russian forces were setting up and hit ting a dozen command posts with artillery fire. Russian state news agency Tass reported that explosions rocked Kherson on Tuesday morning — most likely caused by air defense systems.Alluding to the talk of a major counterof fensive, Ukrainian Pres ident Volodymyr Zelen skyy said in his nightly video address on Mon day that one “won’t hear specifics from any truly responsible person” about Kyiv’s intentions, “because this is war.” The British said that most of Russia’s units around Kherson “are likely under-manned and are reliant upon fragile supply lines” while its forces there are undergoing a signif icant esmaintainedGen.istryRussianreorganization.DefenseMinspokesmanLt.IgorKonashenkovthatitsforcstoodupwellandthat

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J. Murphy, Sheriff Allen County, Kansas Karl R. Swartz, #12532 MORRIS. LAING, EVANS, BROCK & KENNEDY, CHARTERED 300 North Mead, Suite 200 Wichita, KS 67202 (316) Attorneys262-2671forPlaintiff(8) 24, 31 (9) 7

Western Kansas’ economy threatened by reliance on Ogallala Aquifer

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, in the above entitled action, I will, on the 21st day of Septem ber, 2022, at 10:00 A.M., at the South entrance, main level of the Courthouse, 1 N. Washing ton, Iola, Allen County, Kansas, offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand all of the right, title and interest of the Defen dants above named in and to the following described real property located in Allen Coun ty, Kansas:Parcel1: The West 16’ 5” of the East 22’ 4” of Lot 5, Block 77, Original Townsite, Iola, Al len County, Kansas, commonly known as 9 East Madison Ave nue, Iola, Kansas 66749; and Said real property is levied on as the property of the De fendants above named and will be sold without appraisement to satisfy said Order of Sale. De fendant-owners are granted a one (1) year redemption period from the date of NOTICEsale. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.Bryan J. Murphy, Sheriff Allen County, Kansas Karl R. Swartz, #12532 MORRIS. LAING, EVANS, BROCK & KENNEDY, CHARTERED 300 North Mead, Suite 200 Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 262-2671 Attorneys for Plaintiff (8) 31 (9) 7, 14 (Published in The Iola Register Aug. 24, 2022) IN THE THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICTCOURT, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT EMPRISE BANK, a banking corpo SHAWNvs.Plaintiff,ration, L. SINCLAIR; KAYLA MA RIE McNUTT; HEAVEN FOLK, THE STATE OF KANSAS, Acting by and through the Department of Reve nue; and THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ALLEN COUN TY, CaseDefendants.KANSAS,No.AL 2022 CV 000025 Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to Chapter 60 of K.S.A.

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Fort Scott’s Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church sustained heavy damage from a fire that started Monday evening.

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areas of the state as con sumption of groundwa ter from the Ogallala Aquifer continued to outstrip natural replen ishment.“We’ve got a multi billion-dollar industry built on that economy,” said Lewis, pointing to maps showing swaths of western Kansas coun ties fed by the Ogallala wouldn’t sustain anoth er generation of hefty irrigation. “That’s re ally where we see a sig nificant change in the economy.”Hetold House and Senate members on a special water commit tee that Kansas farm ers annually planted 25 million acres of crops. Two-thirds of 3 million irrigated acres in Kan sas rely on water from the Ogallala. To put irri gation into perspective, 87% of water consumed in Kansas each year goes to irrigation of corn, soybeans, wheat and other crops that wouldn’t be nearly as productive if rain was the exclusive source of moisture.Warning signs about overreliance on aqui fer irrigation have been visible for decades in Kansas, but no solution has been found due to conflict among land owners seeking to pre serve water rights and the environmentalists and others pushing for expansion of water con servation programs. “That’s really where our threat lies,” Lew is said. “At the end of the day, this isn’t about whether we think some body is being bad or be ing inefficient. It’s about how do we want to make sure we have a resource that supports our econ omy in that area for the long term. What’s the conscious decision we want to make now about our future for that part of the state?” He said state had demonstrated the val ue of flexible accounts allowing a producer to draw extra water from the aquifer in one year as long as the producer moderate usage to stay under a cap over a fiveyear period. In the on going drought, farmers have again turned to flex accounts to pump water necessary to save crops.Connie Owen, direc tor of the Kansas Water Office, briefed legisla tors on challenges to sustaining reservoirs suffering from sedi mentation. The state’s network of reservoirs, including Tuttle Creek Lake near Manhattan or Clinton Lake at Law rence, exist as a major source of drinking wa ter.Siltation at Tuttle Creek had reduced the reservoir’s capacity to 52.8% by 2021, which meant the lake was al most half full of soil runoff.“That’s the most crit ical right now. That re servior is the workhorse of northeast Kansas,” Owen said. “This is not a mistake. It is not a sur prise. This is just the way reservoirs work, but over time it becomes a problem. We have to figure out what are we going to do with that shrinking capacity.” She said the latest projection indicated Tuttle Creek would fall to 10.1% in terms of wa ter capacity, meaning it was 89.9% full of sedi ment, by 2070 without werepowertheliedReservoir,lylarsspenthigherernmentadditionalsessioninwatertopublicanHighland,ening,”mapsintervention.“Yoursedimentation—alittlefrightsaidRep.RonaWamegoRewhoattemptedpushthroughamajormanagementbillthisyear’slegislativethatincludedstategovoversightandwaterfees.OwensaidthestatemillionsofdoldredgingtheheavisiltedJohnRedmondwhichisreupontohelpcoolWolfCreeknuclearplant.Shesaiddiscussionscontinuingwith

Garden Plain Republican Sen. Dan Kerschen, chair of the Legislature’s special committee on water, takes in presentations Monday on the impact of irriga tion with the Ogallala Aquifer and sedimenation of reservoirs designed to prevent flooding and provide drinking water. (SHERMAN SMITH/KANSAS REFLECTOR)

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the U.S. Corps of Engi neers about an alterna tive strategy for Tuttle Creek Lake. Instead of traditional dredging that removed sediment for relocation, the idea would be to rely on wa ter injection dredging. The technique has been successfully used in har bors and waterways, she said, but not in a reser voir setting. The Leg islature appropriated funding for a pilot proj ect at Tuttle Creek. “It is a barge that travels across the wa ter, injects water under pressure to the bottom (and) resuspends the sediment so that it can more easily flow out,” she said. “We want to make sure there won’t be negative impacts downstream to wildlife habitat or to public wa terSheintakes.”told lawmakers she had concerns about water quality due to nutrient runoff from fields into lakes and riv ers that spawned algae blooms. Toxic blooms create substantial costs to communities that must build treatment plants to address nitrate contamination of water for human consump tion, she said. “It is wateralsoturaljeopardizecern.Owenwheremuchregulationspollutionnonpoint-sourcesotherearenoabouthowyoucanuseandyoucanuseit,”said.“ItisofconWedon’twanttoouragriculeconomy,butwewanttoprotectourquality.”

Music: Festival this weekend

“Financially, socially, emotionally, physically. And if there were ever any shadow of a doubt, the fact that I cannot comfortably support myself on my salary is enough to scare me away from the idea en tirely.”

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Continued from A1 Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations is the headlining act for the Middle of Every where Music Festival in Humboldt. They take the stage at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday at Camp Hunter. COURTESY PHOTO

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RevivalSaturdayMusic Hall, 102 S. 10th St, Doors open at 5 p.m. Beer will be sold at a cash bar; Rookies Sports Bar & Grill will sell pizza. T-shirts also will be offered for sale. The first act takes the stage at 7 Harrisonp.m.Steele is a Wichita performer with over 400,000 music streams on Spotify for his album, “Love Over Fear.”At 8:15, Stephen White and Brad Absh er take over. White has played and recorded with greats such as Eric Clapton, Freddie Fender and Gus Hardin.

The Revival Music Hall were really just starting our adult lives. I think we talked about having three kids at one point. But just with the econo my and the state of the world and just thinking about the logistics of bringing children into the world. That’s really when we started to have ourFinancesdoubts.” are top of mind. Before taxes, the two earn about $160,000 combined, with about $120,000 in student loan debt for Kyah and about $5,000 left for Walter. The couple said they wouldn’t be able to buy a house and shoulder the costs of even one child without major sacrifices they’re not willing to make. But for Kyah, the de cision goes well beyond money.“Ithink we would be great parents, but the thought of going into our health system to give birth is really scary. Black women, black mothers, are not valued in the same way that white mothers are,” said Kyah, who is Black.When Kyah’s IUD ex pires, Walter said he’ll consider a vasectomy, a procedure that went on the rise among men un der 30 during the pan demic.Jordan Davidson in terviewed more than 300 people for a book out in December titled, “So When are You Hav ing Kids?” The pandem ic, she said, led many to delay childbirth among those contemplating children at all. “These timelines that people created for themselves of, I want to accomplish X by three years from now, changed. People weren’t necessarily willing to move the goalposts and say, OK, I’m going to forgo these accomplishments and do this differently,” she said. “People still want to travel. They still want to go to graduate school. They still want to meet certain finan cial early“Inyespointenvironment.raisedsheofvicesbyremovednearlyGoogle,softwarephy,said.childhoods,”themselvesoffwhoaroundZ.alstroubledaffordability,erlentwereoverinterviewed,fair,”greatcalalsoin,wantdidchangephobe.I’mcoveredpickingcoulddren.hassheyear,agency,apiro,23-year-oldaretimetoandpeningthat,denheatwildfires,DavidsonoutthechangeFearsbenchmarks.”aboutclimatehavecementedideaoflivingwithchildrenformany,said.“Nowwithincreaseddroughts,waves,allofasuditisbecomingrealOK,thisishapduringmytime,whatisthisgoinglooklikeduringthethatmychildrenalive?”shesaid.InNewYorkCity,EmilyShaacopywriterforpharmaceuticaladearns$60,000alivesathomeassavesmoneyandneverwantedchil“They’resticky.Ineverimagineupakidthat’sinicecream.abitofagermaIdon’twanttoadiaper.IfIhaveone,Iwouldn’tthemuntilthey’relike,sixthgrade.IthinkthephysiEarthisn’tdoingsosoitwouldbeunshesaid.AmongthoseJordanconcernstheenvironmentfarmoreprevaamongtheyounggroup.Questionsofshesaid,bothmillenniandmembersofGen“ThereisalotoffearhavingchildrenwouldbeworsethantheyviewedduringtheirDavidsonDannieLynnMurwhohelpsfindengineersforsaidshewas17whenshewasfromherhomechildprotectiveserduetoapatternchildabuse.Herwife,said,wassimilarlyina“notgreat”“Bothofusatonewouldhavesaidtokids,”shesaid.mylateteenage,adultyears,Isaw and understood the ap peal and was attracted to the idea of getting to raise someone different ly than I was raised. But the practical realities of a child kind of suck.” Murphy earns about $103,000 a year, with bo nuses and equity that can drive that amount up to $300,000. Her wife earns about $60,000 as an attorney. They don’t own their Seattle home. “I can’t see myself committing to a mort gage, let alone a child,” the 28-year-old Murphy said. “I think the prima ry reason is financial. I would prefer to spend that money on traveling versus sinking a half a million dollars into rais ing a child. Secondarily, there’s now the fear of behaving with our chil dren the way our par ents behaved with us.” Alyssa Persson, 31, was raised in small town South Dakota. Get ting married and having children was ingrained in the culture, she said. It wasn’t until after her divorce from her high school sweetheart that she took a step back and asked herself what she actually wanted out of life.“Most women where I’m from lose their iden tities in motherhood,” said Persson, who now lives in St. Louis and earns about $47,000 a year as a university li brarian.She’s carrying stu dent loan debt of about $80,000. Persson is a for mer teacher who loves children, but she feels she is now thinking more clearly than ever about the costs, impli cations and sacrifices of parenting.“Having children sounds like a trap to me, to be frank,” she said.

A4 Wednesday, August 31, 2022 iolaregister.comThe Iola Register COM�UNITY RECYCLING DR P- FF DAY Saturday, Sept. 3 • 8:30-11:00 a.m. Allen County Recycling facility Located northwest of Pump n’ Pete’s on Highway 54, Iola Accepted items: • Plastic containers #1-7 (Please sort before you arrive. Caps can now be left on.) ~ #1 Screw top bottles ~ #2 Colored detergent and liquid bottles ~ #2 Opaque milk jugs and vinegar bottles #5 Any kind ~ Everything else goes together: #1 food containers #3-7 plastic • Metal/tin cans • Aluminum cans • Other aluminum • Glass bottles and jars, all colors • Cardboard: corrugated and pasteboard • Newspaper and newsprint • Magazines • Mixed paper – o ce paper (not shredded) Please rinse and clean all items! Please do not bring orleave these items: • Trash • Any unsorted or dirty recyclables • Plastic shopping bags, plastic wrap, plastic trash bags, or plastic that comes in packing boxes. Please take these to Walmart, where they collect, bale and recycle this kind of used plastic.

The only way recycling will work in Allen County is because of those who VOLUNTE�R! To help, please call Dan Davis at 308-830-0535 or Steve Strickler at 620-365-9233. music venues for advice and assistance. “I want people to know we’re about to get serious about mu sic here,” she said. “As a concert-goer, I’ll drive to see music I love, es pecially if it’s at a cool venue.”She chose to have the second day of the festival at Camp Hunt er because “it’s just a great place for a music festival.” Another local musician, Jeff Barnett, recently hosted the Owl Creek Jamboree at the park. The site features plenty of trees to help attendees stay cool. Tickets are $10 for each day and can be pur chased at Eventbrite or at the door.

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FirstCampSundayHunter,andOhio streets The park opens for camping at 5 a.m. Fri day, with a limited num ber of electrical and RV hookup sites. Ameni ties include electricity, restrooms, water, shel ters, picnic tables and more.Coolers are welcome. Vendors and merchan dise will be available, as well as a food truck from Angry River Barbecue. The lineup: 2 p.m. - Amanda Fish Kansas City-based Fish is the winner of the 2019 Blues Music Awards for Best Emerg ing Artist Album for her album, “Free.” 3:30 - Brody Buster MusicHe’s a Law rence-based blues and rock musician and for mer harmonica child prodigy featured on countless TV shows, including the Tonight Show.5- Wanda Watson BandWatson, of Tulsa, makes every song some thing you feel to your core.6:30 - Mountain Deer RevivalTheir sound success fully closes the gap be tween Southern Rock, Americana, and Red Dirt while maintaining an honest, independent tone.8- Akeem Kemp Band Kemp is a singer, guitarist and songwrit er from Arkansas. He grew up performing in a gospel quartet, but branched out as a blues solo artist releasing his first album, “I Like It All,” followed by his sec ond album, “A Woman Needs Love.”

My dear Prius, after 163,000 miles, you and I still aren’t done

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, R-SC. is stoking the flames of extremists by saying any prosecution of former President Donald Trump for taking classified documents to his Florida home is unwarranted and will spur violence by his support ers. (YURI GRIPAS/ABACAPRESS.COM/TNS) Mr. Graham, a for mer prosecutor who has chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, should understand how his comments could heighten the risk of unrest.

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Extremist language — on both sides of the aisle — is damaging

former prosecutor who has chaired the Senate Judiciary Com mittee, should understand how his comments could heighten the risk of un rest. He should know that the Justice Department does, too. By talking about the possibility of violence without condemning it, Mr. Trump’s sympathizers play a game of intimidation: dar ing Attorney General Mer rick Garland to bring a case and face the consequences. As wary as Mr. Garland and his republicsilesjobs.ofbethemselvesmustprosecutorstimes,intheiroverusingshouldcolleaguesbeofpowertumultuousfederalnotallowtobulliedoutdoingtheirReferenctoriots,civwar,bananaor so much else we’ve heard in recent weeks make it more dangerous for the gov ernment to uphold the rule of law. “I worry about our country,” Mr. Graham said at the end of Sunday’sinter view. His reckless words and others like them are cause for the greatest concern. — The Washington Post Journalism that makes a difference

About the author: Miche line Maynard is a contribut ing columnist for The Wash ington Post, concentrating on business and culture. Her news career includes positions at United Press International, U.S. News & World Report, Newsday and Reuters.

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The examples abound of America’s lurch toward greater extremism on both the right and left. It’s get ting to the point where free speech is being stifled by self-righteous word police on the left and screaming, armed lunatics on the far right. Each side uses the other’s examples as justi fication for even more ex treme behavior, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis so aptly demonstrated with his deri sive reference to Dr. Antho ny Fauci, saying, “Someone needs to grab that little elf and chuck him across the Potomac.”Supporters of former President Donald Trump, apparently unsatisfied with the results of their armed insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, are now calling online for attacks on the FBI and the launching of civil war. Two right-wing militants were convicted last week of con spiring to kidnap the gover nor of OtherMichigan.countries that failed to stop their drift toward the extremes saw nothing but pain and hard ship, as Germans and Rus sians can attest. Central America is still reeling from bloody civil conflicts in the 1980s that culminat ed in direct attacks on the Catholic Church and the assassination in El Salva dor of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero because right-wing militants didn’t like his words. At that same time in nearby Nicaragua, the San dinista guerrilla victory replaced military dictator Anastasio Somoza with the socialist rule of Daniel Ortega, whose own dica torship ended after a dem ocratic election in 1990. But Ortega returned to power in 2007 and has done every thing in his power since then to wipe out all vestiges of democracy. In mid-Au gust, Ortega’s government arrested Bishop Rolando Alvarez and threw eight of his associates in jail. Their crime? Words. They dared to criticize Ortega. The United States isn’t there yet, but these are cautionary tales of how far things could go if Amer icans don’t come to their senses. The far right is not alone in the resort to armed violence, as underscored by the 2020 riots following George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police. The far left also is entirely capable of stifling speech by seeking to impose rules on the use of gender-neutral pronouns or referring to pregnant women as “birthing people” — including in government documents.Thelast time the Demo cratic Socialists of Ameri ca, whose membership in cludes Rep. Cori Bush of St. Louis, criticized Ortega was January 2019. The organiza tion’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine includ ed a demand that the Unit ed States withdraw from NATO, blaming “imperial ist expansionism” for the Ukraine war. In November, Bush voted against a mea sure to extend U.S. sanctions against Nicaragua, followed by a vote in March opposing sanctions against Russia. Neither edge of the ex tremist fringe seems will ing to look at the harmful effects of its own words and actions, and the effect they have on the other side’s fur ther radicalization. Those in the moderate middle who allow themselves to be si lenced are equally complicit in America’s downfall. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When an estimated 92 mil lion Americans expected hit the nation’s roads over this Labor Day weekend, more of them will be driving used cars than ever before. I’ll be among them — behind the wheel of my Toyota Prius, freshly turned 14 years old in September. That’s the lon gest I have ever owned a car. I used to lease a fancy cross over vehicle, with a new car every 36 months; now, my little red hybrid’s odometer has passed the 163,000-mile mark.Ididn’t know I’d end up being fashionable by hang ing on to the car so long: The average age of vehicles owned by Americans in 2022 is a record 12.2 years, accord ing to an S&P Global Mobil ity report. That includes se dans, trucks and SUVs; for sedans, it’s 13.1 years. The number has risen for five consecutive years. Twenty years ago, the average age of cars on U.S. roads was about 9.5Theyears.trend looks certain to continue: New cars are alarmingly expensive. The average price of gas, which we’re supposed to be happy is just $3.85 per gallon on av erage nationwide, is likely heading back to $5 per gal lon by the end of the year, ac cording to Goldman Sachs. Looks like my Prius and I are heading for 200,000 miles. It has some scratches and chipped paint, but the body and especially the in terior are otherwise in great shape. I’ve driven that car north, south, east and west, Boston to San Diego, Mon treal to New Orleans, where I liveMynow.mechanic said that, with regular maintenance, the car could easily last 25 years (assuming it doesn’t get swallowed by one of the Big Easy’s monster potholes that feature on Instagram). Why did I go from leas ing gas-burning vehicles to a long-term relationship with a hybrid? I went to see “An Inconvenient Truth,” the 2006 documentary made by former vice president Al Gore. With alarm bells ring ing over climate change, I investigated car options and made the leap to a gas-elec tric hybrid two years later. One reason people are increasingly likely to keep driving cars instead of trad ing them in is that vehicle quality has vastly improved over the past two decades. But the high price and limit ed availability of new cars is another major factor. Thanks to the relentless popularity of SUVs and pickups, the average vehi cle now costs a breathtaking $48,182 — the most ever. Yet even if you want to shell out that much, good luck find ing the object of your auto motive dreams. Since the pandemic began, auto pro duction worldwide has been stymied by a lack of comput er chips and by bottlenecks in supplies of other parts. Would-be customers are frustrated — as are deal ers who normally would be selling down their supplies of 2022 model vehicles and getting ready for shiny sheet metal marking the October start of the 2023 model year. I witnessed the problem firsthand recently while sit ting in the waiting area of a Toyota dealership, killing time while some work was done on my car. Nearby, an older customer seemed ready to buy a new vehicle but then learned that the model she wanted wasn’t available. The salesman worked hard to talk her into a vehicle she clearly didn’t want — but the woman soon left.With new vehicles so scarce, used car prices have soared, first-quarter 2022 prices rising 22 percent over the same period in 2021, and 48 percent over 2020. Preowned vehicles have always been in demand, even though they get little attention com pared with late model ones. The ratio of used-car sales to new vehicles last year was about 3 to 1 — 43 million used vehicles were sold last year, versus about 15 million newConsumerones. Reports said this spring that “dealers are trying to snap up as many used cars as they can to sat isfy customer demand, and that means you can get top dollar if you’re looking to sell or trade in.” My Prius isn’t for sale. I haven’t had car payments for nearly a decade. The in surance and gas are around $150 a month. In the past five years, I’ve spent less than $3,000 on maintenance and repairs, including new tires. With only 112 horsepow er, the car doesn’t offer the sense of dominating the roads that the luxury cross overs did back in my leasing days. I do sometimes get rat tled by bigger vehicles. Then again, sometimes the SUVs and pickups are waylaid by those giant New Orleans potholes while my Prius darts around them — the car might be old, but it’s still nimble.

Sen. Graham’s prediction of riots reads more like a threat

By MICHELINE MAYNARD For the Washington Post

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham on Sunday said that if the Justice Department prose cutes former president Don ald Trump for mishandling classified information, there will be “riots in the street.” A few minutes later, he said it again. There is no excuse for this irresponsi ble rhetoric, which not only invites violence but also de fies democratic norms. The comments the South Carolina Republican made on Fox News’s “Sunday Night in America” imply that there is no plausible case against Mr. Trump based on his taking sen sitive White House docu ments to store, unsecured, at Mar-a-Lago. This has been a continuing sugges tion from the right wing, usually paired with a com parison to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state. Yet already, differences be tween these cases are ap parent, and more still could emerge: from the number of documents improperly kept, to the intentions behind keeping them, to the harm that holding this material could have done to national security. The possibility of obstructive behavior men tioned in the FBI affidavit unsealed last week can’t be discounted. BECAUSE PURSUING the investigation remains worthwhile, Mr. Graham’s comments are especially dangerous. His spokesman defended the interview to The Post as “predicting/ forecasting what he thinks will happen.” But some pre dictions are also threats. And in this case, giving a forecast on national tele vision might make it more likely that this vision of the future comes to pass. Mr. Trump promptly shared the clip on his platform Truth Social, which he has peppered with myriad rav ings about the search of his property of late. Mean while, menacing messages from angry supporters are

The second-generation Prius was released in 2003, featuring a 5-door hatchback body instead of its predecessor’s semi notchback 4-door sedan styling. (TOYOTA)

concerned about indoc trination instead of ed ucation,” said Dennis Hershberger, who ousted incumbent Ben Jones in the Republican primary and is unchallenged in November. “Teachers … deal with things in the classroom that are much more about creating a so ciety that most parents don’t agree with.” Cathy Hopkins, who beat incumbent Jean Clifford in western Kan sas, said on her cam paign website that she wants to “protect our children from liberal ed ucation standards hand ed down to our schools by Washington, D.C., liberals” and to “return our local schools back to academics.”Hershberger and Hop kins say social-emotion al learning in public schools should be optin, meaning it would be taught only to students whose parents specifi cally OK it. They also oppose surveys, for in stance, that ask students about their personal relationships or mental health.During a recent Kan sas Board of Education meeting, board member Michelle Dombrowsky voiced concerns about some SEL materials and reminded parents that they have the right to opt their children out of any activity that goes against their personal beliefs. “Whether it be suicide awareness — I may take them for ice cream that day. They’re not going to be involved in that,” Dombrowsky said. “If it’s somebody coming in from the outside and discussing that. … Some times, if they’re young enough, it’s putting things in their mind.”

Rianne Richard, a third grade teacher at Enterprise Elementary School in Wichita, leads a lesson on hon esty. Students read a book together, “Carmela Full of Wishes,” and discussed the character’s actions.

Why is social-emotional learning so controversial? By SUZANNE PEREZ Kansas News Service

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Someone who shares, one student said. Someone who says, ‘You’re really nice,’ said another child, or ‘You can doSomeoneit!’ who doesn’t lie, or say mean words, or take other people’s stuff. Curmode’s first lesson of the day — and of the school year — focused on feelings.“Itreally helps these students … get into a positive mindset,” she said. “Some of them don’t know how to reg ulate their emotions. So even 20 minutes a day is going to help them tre bringingsocialacademicsshouldpartucationthecontrolanddifferencesthatcialpromotewayservativescurriculumandkidsnurturingseepre-madepaniesadministrators,—culturepointandusestheandpartmentoritiesgrowthteach.iterstheirhard,couragedTeachersone-roomclassroomsSELferredlearningmendously.”Social-emotional—oftenretobyitsacronym,—existedinKansaseversincetheschoolhouse.havelongenchildrentotrysetgoals,controlangerandtreatothwithrespect.Butnowit’sanexplicthingforteacherstoSocial-emotionalisoneoffiveprifortheKansasDeofEducationincludedaspartofstandardsthestatetomeasurestudentsschools.It’salsothelatestflashintheclassroomwars.Schoolstheirteachers,theirthecomthatsellthemlessonplans—SELasasmartandwaytomakemoreempatheticresilient.Thesamestrikesconasaback-doorforseculariststogayrights,raguiltandsomethingblursfundamentalbetweenboysgirls.ConservativestookoftwoseatsonKansasBoardofEdthismonth,inbysayingschoolsfocusonbasicandleavetheandemotionaluptoparents.“Alotofpeopleare

struct a 94-mile, 345 kV transmission line from Wolf Creek to the Black berry Substation, less than one mile over the state line in Southwest Missouri. The proposed line runs through five Kansas counties: Coffey, Anderson, Allen, Bour bon and Crawford. The project is pro jected to lower overall energy costs, removing inefficiency, relieving transmission conges tion and improving the reliability of the trans mission system. The Wolf Creek to Blackberry project was identified by the South west Power Pool (SPP) as a necessary econom ic project to increase the transmission capa bility and relieve con gestion.According to the testimony, Kansas cus tomers could see an in crease of $0.04 to $0.05 per month to cover the cost of the line begin ning in 2025, but when the benefits of the proj ect are considered, they should see a reduction of $4 to $7 for every dollar spent on the line over its 40 year operat ingWhilelife. granting the certificate, the Commis sion imposed addition al requirements and conditions on NextEra designed to protect rate payers and to explore ways to minimize the impact of landown ers along the proposed route.One of the conditions calls for NextEra to evaluate the feasibili ty of double circuiting the line with an exist ing 25-mile Evergy 161 kV transmission line and report back before a line siting application can be filed with the Commission. A dou ble circuit line has two independent circuits on the same structure eliminating the need for an additional easement and reduces structure costs.

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Continued from A1 WICHITA, Kansas — On the first day of school at Enterprise Elementa ry, Kasey Curmode gath ered her second-graders on the carpet and posed a question: “What makes a good classmate?”

Earlier this year in the Kansas Legislature, some supporters of a proposed Parents’ Bill of Rights said class room lessons are being “weaponized” and that social-emotional and diversity programs are training young children to become activists. Child psychologists and experts in social and emotional learning say it’s being misunder stood.“If you ask a parent, ‘Would you like your child to work well with others? Would you like them to develop strong communication skills? Have employability skills?’ … The answer, unequivocally, is yes,” said Jessica Lane, a specialist in education counseling at Kansas State University. “It’s just that the terminology has, for whatever reason, sparked a lot of contro versy.”Wichita, the state’s largest school district, spends about $100,000 a year for a program called Second Step for students in kindergarten through eighthLessonsgrade.for young stu dents feature posters, songs, and hand-puppets like Slow-Down Snail, who encourages chil dren to pause and take a breath if they feel angry or upset. Older students learn to recognize symp toms of depression and how to deal with test-re lated anxiety. A school district in Utah suspended its Sec ond Step program last fall, following pushback from parents who said schools were teaching objectionable material aboutThesex.parents said Sec ond Step had pointed middle-schoolers to a website, loveisrespect. org, which offers infor mation about dating and sex. Pop-up win dows on the website tell visitors how to quickly exit the site and clear their browsing histories, which opponents said was an affront to paren talCounselorsoversight. and social workers say lessons on consent and domestic abuse are important for older adolescents. But the bulk of social-emo tional programs focus on basic character building that has nothing to do withErinsex.Yosai, director of the Center of Psychoed ucational Services at the University of Kansas, says more than 20 years of research shows that students who feel safe and learn self-control not only behave better in the classroom — they also get higher grades and test“Ourscores.reading, our writing, our arithmetic, all of our other subjects are impacted and inter related with our ability to have positive social ex periences, knowing how to regulate ourselves in different areas,” she said.A study published in 2015 showed that boost ing social skills in kin dergarten can predict a child’s success more than 20 years later. Chil dren with more devel oped social and emo tional skills had better attendance and were more likely to graduate from high school on time and to earn a college de gree.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas suspended starting wide receiver Trevor Wilson indeﬁnitely and backup Tanaka Scott for the Jayhawks' season-opener against Tennessee Tech on Monday after the pair were arrested last week near campus.Wilson was charged with suspicion of aggravated assault and use of a deadly weapon for the incident Thursday, when a Lawrence police spokesperson said a man ﬂashed a gun at another car before driving away from theWilsonscene. was released from Douglas County Jail on $5,000 bond and is due back in court Tuesday. The same charges against Tanaka were dismissed Friday for lack of probable cause. Wilson started in seven

Luis Rengifo and ex-Yankee Mike Ford homered for the Angels along with Ohtani.Anthony Rizzo also connected for New York. Rizzo, dropped to sixth in the batting order, hit a solo shot to right ﬁeld to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead in the fourth.The lead didn’t last long as Ford homered in the bottom half to tie it. It was his ﬁrst of the season. Ford was signed by the

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“I’ve always been a ﬁrm believer that if you show kids that you care about them and love them and want the best for them, they’ll do anything for“Iyou.don’t want to be the coach that comes out there and rips you. I don’t want that to be my program at all. I want it to be a place they can look forward to coming to every day,” Ashmore said. In addition to the new coaching position, Ashmore has a new career. On Tuesday, he becomes manager at Iola’s Landmark Bank.

— Wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling were back at practice with the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday, raising expectations that the duo will be ready for their season opener against Arizona.Smith-Schuster has missed the past two weeks, including the Chiefs’ final two preseason games, with a sore knee that popped up in practice. Valdes-Scantling missed last week’s preseason finale against Green Bay in the concussion protocol.The Chiefs signed the pair in free agency to help cover the production lost when Tyreek Hill was traded to First-roundMiami. pick Trent McDuffie, who is expected to start against the Cardinals on Sept. 11, also was back at practice after he was placed in the concussion protocol during the Packers game. Defensive end Carlos Dunlap worked out after dealing with some Achilles tendon inflammation while cornerback Rashad Fenton was back after his groin injury.

“I thought I threw the ball pretty good, I just couldn’t keep it in the ballpark,” Montas said.

YATES CENTER — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s volleyball team opened its 2022 season Monday with a series of matches hosted by Yates Center Middle School.Marmaton Valley fell to host Yates Center, 25-12 and 25-23, and Thayer, 25-14 and 25-5, before defeating Pleasanton, 25-14 and 25-12. Taylen Blevins led Marmaton Valley with 27 points, followed by Addisyn Drake and Layla Cook with 13 points apiece. Evva Sander scored three; Emma Michael, Jae Beachner and Alayna Cook all had one point. By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register Jae Beachner of Marmaton Valley Junior High receives the ball in a volleyball match Monday. MVHS/HALIE LUKEN Marmaton Valley begins middle school volleyball

Levi Ashmore is the new head coach for the IHS baseballTheteam.longtime baseball aficionado has taken many steps throughout his career both on the playing field and in the dugout as a coach to take on the responsiblity. His days at Iola High School, 2009-2013, included a shot at a state championship.Thatsenior season, the Mustangs were undefeated going into the tournament before falling to Topeka-Hayden. Ashmore’s two younger brothers, Blake and Noah, also played for Iola when they, too, went to the state championship.“Iwas born and raised here. Coach Mark Percy started the program when I was in middle school. I started every game for Coach Percy at shortstop and leadoff so I had a good run as a player,” said Ashmore. “In 2010, was when the program’s success started to break Ashmorethrough.”wenton to play at Neosho Community College before transferring to Emporia State University. After graduation, Ashmore became the assistant coach at Emporia High Ashmore’sSchool.experience has helped shape his philosophy as to how to create a successful baseball team. “I’ve always believed if the attitude is good and the effort is good, we can work on everything else,” said Ashmore. “I just want every kid to be their best. I understand that not every kid is going to be able to do what another kid can do. We need to be able to handle adversity and control what we can control.” With the Iola High School baseball team having a winning culture for over a decade now, there are always high expectations for the Mustangs. Ashmore hopes to take what he has learned from his previous coaches and implement the same ideas on his own team.“We just want to be knocking on the door. We want everyone to know when you go and play Iola, it’s not going to be fun. They’re going to scratch and claw, compete and play the game the right way and if you won a game, you’re going to have earned it,” said AshmoreAshmore.believes that caring for his players will be the first step in ensuring everyone has fun and his teams are successful.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season but Shohei Ohtani also went deep during their MVP showdown, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the slumping New York Yankees 4-3 on Monday night.

The top two candidates for AL MVP both delivered before a sellout crowd that included plenty of Yankees fans. Ohtani broke a 2-all tie in the fifth inning with his 29th homer, a two-run drive to Judgeright-center.connected in the eighth for a 434-foot shot off reliever Ryan Tepera that made it 4-3. “It’s 50, and it’s August,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “It’s hard to wrap your mind around just how incredible of a season he’s had to this point. The one time they pitch to him he hits it off a rock. It’s really special what he’s doing.” With his parents in the stands, the California-born slugger became one of 10 players in major league history with multiple 50-homer seasons. Judge smashed 52 long balls in 2017, setting a rookie record that was broken two years later when Pete Alonso hit 53 for the New York Mets. “It’s just another number,” Judge said. “It’s great, but I’m kind of upset we lost. It’s a close game we could’ve won.” The first-place Yankees tried to rally in the ninth, but three-time AL MVP Mike Trout went a long way to make a running catch in deep center on a drive by Oswaldo Cabrera with a runner on first for the final out.Judge, who received loud “MVP!” chants late in the game, was intentionally walked twice before going deep. He is chasing the single-season Yankees record of 61 home runs established by Roger Maris in 1961. “I’m not downplaying it,” Judge said. “I don’t like talking numbers.”

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Angels starter Jose Suarez (5-6) held the Yankees to two runs and three hits in six innings. Jimmy Herget got two outs for his fourth save.Frankie Montas (4-11), obtained in a trade with Oakland at the beginning of the month, allowed three home runs in the loss. He gave up four earned runs and eight hits in six innings.

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New York, which leads the AL East by seven games over Tampa Bay, has lost three in a row — all on the road. The Angels, who have struggled mightily most of the season, have won four straight. Ohtani, the two-way star and last year’s AL MVP, is doing it all for Los Angeles. “Of course, it’s important for a player to be able to have a season like this,” he said through a team representative. “I want to be able to keep this pace and continue to play in games.”

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Austin Dillon, with his win on Sunday afternoon thanks to some calm racing through the carnage and a winning move down the ﬁnal stretch, jumped into the 16-car playoff picture seemingly out of nowhere.The Cup postseason begins next weekend at Darlington.Barringany post-Daytona penalties or disqualiﬁcations, here are the 16 drivers who have cemented their spots in the Cup Series playoffs.

Kyle Busch, Toyota: The two-time Cup Series champion has had a regular season riddled with bad luck — and that piles on to an already stressful season considering his looming free agency — but his win at Bristol in April delivers him a playoff berth.

Mikolas faced one batter over the minimum through four innings before allowing solo homers by TJ Friedl and Stuart Fairchild and a two-run drive by Chuckie Robinson while getting just one out in the fifth. Mikolas allowed six hits and four runs in 4 1/3 innings. He is winless in six Cincinnati starts since April 14, 2018.Chris Stratton (7-4) relieved and got the win. The Cardinals did most of their damage against Chase Anderson, a right-hander promoted from Triple-A Louisville after signing a minor league contract with the Reds. Anderson (0-1) lasted 1 1/3 innings in his first major league appearance since Aug. 4, 2021. He gave up four hits and five runs with a walk and two strikeouts. TRAINER’S ROOM Reds: RHP Hunter Greene (right shoulder strain) is scheduled to make his first rehab appearance on Thursday with Triple-A Louisville at Indianapolis. Greene went on the injured list on August 5. Albert Pujols is nearing 700 career home runs.

Ross Chastain, Chevy: TrackHouse Racing has two drivers in the Cup playoffs, one of them being the No. 1 car. Chastain has made waves this regular season driving a rambunctious, “physical” style, and it’s proven successful thus far. He earned a playoff spot by virtue of his two wins — the ﬁrst at the Circuit of Americas in March and the second at Talladega in April.

Christopher Bell, Toyota: The No. 20 car had so many close-butnot-quite ﬁnishes in 2022, but his win in New Hampshire in July cemented his playoff spot.

Chase Elliott does a burn out for cheering fans, celebrating winning the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway July 10. THE ATLANTA JOUNRAL-CONSTITUTION/CURTIS COMPTON/TNS

CINCINNATI (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols tagged his major league record 450th different pitcher for a home run, connecting off Cincinnati lefthander Ross Detwiler on Monday night in a 13-4 rout of the Reds. Pujols hit his 694th home run overall. He had been tied with Barry Bonds for most pitchers as longball victims at Bonds449. leads the alltime home run list with 762, followed by Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714) and Alex RodriguezThe(696).42-year-old Pujols lined a two-run, opposite-field drive to right field off Detwiler in the third inning at Great American Ball Park. Pujols’ 15th homer gave the NL daythree-runincludingofhas21movednighthome148.secondwithmonth.gust,careerCardinalsCentral-leadingan8-0lead.ThiswasPujols’134thhomeruninAu-hismostprolificHebrokeatieAlexRodriguezforbehindBonds’TylerO’NeillhittworunsonarainyastheCardinalsaseason-highgamesover.500.Hehomeredinthreehislastfourgames,ago-ahead,driveinSun-night’s6-3winover

The regular-season results are in, and the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs are set.

Austin Dillon, Chevy: The No. 3 car, with a little bit of rain and luck and steady hands, navigated through Daytona’s late-race carnage and ended up with a win and a last-second playoff win on Sunday.

lin, Toyota: The 23XI part-owner and No. 11 driver took two wins in 2022, including the Coke 600 crown jewel that he hadn’t won before. Hamlin took the checkered ﬂag in Pocono in July, but an almost-unheard-of post-race disqualiﬁcation delivered Elliott the win. Ryan Blaney, Ford: Despite a disappointing result on Sunday — a result because of some big damage suffered in a Stage 1 wreck — Blaney squeaked into the play-

offs, edging Martin Truex Jr. in points.

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Kyle Larson, Chevy: Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate is one of seven drivers with two trips to Victory Lane in 2022. Those two? At Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and at Watkins Glen earlier this month.

Chase Elliott, Chevy: NASCAR’s most popular Cup Series driver clinched the regular-season points title at Watkins Glen and will be a force to be reckoned with in the playoffs. The driver of the No. 9 car notched a ﬁeld-best four wins in 2022 — at Dover, Nashville, Atlanta and Pocono.

Joey Logano, Ford: The No. 22 driver on Sunday capped off a solid season, which saw him notch two victories. One was at the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum in February, and the other was at Darlington in May.

Tyler Reddick, Chevy: The No. 8 car notched two wins and was consistently fast in 2022. Reddick commanded really the only fast car at the Brickyard on Indy’s road course in July. His other win? Road America.

Austin Cindric, Ford: The rookie won a wreck-riddled Daytona 500 in February, and that win will get him in the playoffs. He also had a good run in his latest attempt in Daytona.

William Byron, Chevy: A two-race winner, Byron won at Atlanta in March and Martinsville in April.

Chase Briscoe, Ford: The No. 14 car won in Phoenix in March.

Kevin Harvick, Ford: The all-time great resurrected his season with back-toback wins at Michigan and Richmond. The win at Michigan broke a 65-race winless streak for the 46-year-old driver, and the win at Richmond’s short track was arguably even more impressive — it featured him pulling away from a pack down the stretch as The Closer has done many times before. Denny Ham-

Daniel Suarez, Chevy: The driver of the No. 99 car became the ﬁrst Mexican driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race when he won at Sonoma in June. What a year it’s been for TrackHouse Racing.

NASCAR playo s: Here are the 16 drivers racing for a title

By RALEC ZIETLOW The Charlotte Observer

Continued from B1 games for the Jayhawks last season, catching 27 passes for 364 yards and a touchdown. He had transferred from Buffalo, where he played for current Kansas coach LanceScottLeipold.played in two games before redshirting last season.

Yankees as an undrafted free agent in 2012 and made his major league debut with the team in 2019.Rengifo went deep in the second to give the Angels a 1-0 lead. It was his career-best 11th home run of the season. DJ LeMahieu used a sacriﬁce bunt — his ﬁrst since 2019 — to bring in Isiah Kiner-Falefa with the tying run in the third. Kiner-Falefa drew a walk to start the inning.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State football coach Brady Hoke said Monday he didn’t know star punter Matt Araiza had been accused of participating in the gang rape of a 17-yearold girl at an off-campus party in October until a civil lawsuit was filed last Hoke’sweek.boss, athletic director John David Wicker, defended the school andschool,rectlywithoutconcurrently.criminaltigations.deferInstitutionsnotobvious“itshepened.”cident“thatSDSUhadSundaypostedcyallegedthreeerfootballSDSUwhospeakersurvivorwastosaid.withEwalikoEwaliko.ardteammatesagainsticsuitdaysBillswasschool-bestthathissushonoredtheAraizapartyOct.incidentnalitiesgangquirydelaypartment’sSandecisionadministration’stoobeytheDiegoPoliceDe-requesttoacampus-ledin-intotheallegedrapeuntilauthor-finishtheircrimi-investigation.Thehappenedon17ataHalloweenatahomewherehadbeenliving.Araiza,nicknamed“PuntGod”andasaconsen-All-AmericanforboomingkickshelpedSDSUtoa12-2season,cutbytheBuffaloonSaturday,twoafterthecivillaw-containinggraph-detailswasfiledhimandformerZaverLeon-andNowlin“Pa’a”Leonardandarenolongertheteam,WickerTheschool’sdecisionaccedetotheSDPDcriticizedbyrapeandpublicBrendaTracy,wasbroughtinbytospeaktotheteamandoth-maleathletesnearlyweeksaftertheassault.Tra-saidinastatementonTwitteronnightthatshebeentoldbyanstaffmembertherewasanin-thathadhap-Tracyaddedthataslearnsmoredetails,isbecomingmorethatSDSUdiddotherightthing.shouldnottopoliceinves-TitleIXandcasescanrun...Eventhevictimdi-reportingtotheherfatherdid,theschoolcould

TRAINER’S ROOM Yankees: RHP Clay Holmes was reinstated from the injured list after recovering from back spasms. He entered with a runner on in the seventh and got three straight outs in his ﬁrst appearance since Aug. 12. ... LHP Nestor Cortes (groin) will throw a bullpen Wednesday and could throw again this weekend at the team’s training facility in Tampa, Florida.Angels: RHP Michael Lorenzen (right shoulder strain) said he feels 100% after a 70-pitch rehab start but might have another one. … INF Matt Duffy (lower back) was reinstated from the injured list. UP NEXT Yankees: RHP Jameson Taillon (12-4, 3.89 ERA) pitched well in Oakland last time out, allowing one earned run in six innings without a Angels:walk.

CROWD CONTROL There were a lot of Yankees fans in attendance, so many that Judge called it a “home away from home” and boos were audible each time the Angels walked him intentionally. But it was a fun atmosphere for Ohtani, too. Even if the MVP chants were for“ItJudge.feels rewarding to be able to play in front of a crowd like this,” Ohtani said. “It doesn’t matter who they are cheering for, I was able to have a lot of fun playing.”

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RHP Mike Mayers (1-1, 4.46) tossed ﬁve scoreless innings in his last start at Tampa Bay. The Angels lost in 11 innings. Ohtani

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have reached out to him. Anonymous tips, one of which included a name, should have been followed up on immediately.”Wicker confirmed that Tracy had been brought to campus. “It is absolutely not true that we swept this under the rug because it was football, because we were having a successful season,” Wicker said. “That is not who we are and that is not who I am. That calls into question my morals and my ethics and that’s not true.” Wicker and Hoke tried to avoid questions about the alleged gang rape at a news conference Monday. They read short statements and offered to answer questions about Saturday’s game against Arizona that will open SDSU’s new Snapdragon Stadium. When reporters continued to ask about the case, Wicker and Hoke walked out. However, Wicker returned several minutes later and began answering“Iquestions.stillfirmly believe that allowing SDPD to handle the investigation of this was the right way to go,” Wicker said. “SDPD asked us not to investigate because they felt like it would impede or potentially impact negatively their investigation, so we chose to do that.” Wicker said that included even an informal investigation such as a coach asking a player if he had heard anything.“SDPD asked us not to investigate. If we start asking questions you can tip someone off, and we’re not going to investigate,” Wicker said.No arrests have been made and police have not publicly identified any suspects. The results of the police investigation are in the hands of the district attorney, although there is no timeline for a decision on whether charges will be filed. SDSU said it was cleared by the SDPD on July 22 to begin a campusTheinvestigation.plaintiffin the lawsuit is now 18. She is identified in the complaint as “Jane Doe” because she was underage at the Attorneytime.Kerry Armstrong, who represents Araiza in the criminal investigation, called the allegations untrue based on the findings of an investigator he hired.The Los Angeles Times has reported that Araiza’s name surfaced in connection with the rape allegation within days of the party in at least one report made by student-athletes to San Diego State officials through an anonymous reporting system. Asked if he knew about that anonymous report, Hoke said: “I was not Askedaware.”atwhat point he first heard Araiza’s name mentioned, Wicker said: “We did not receive confirmation from anyone that was party to the event until the civil lawsuit dropped.”Meanwhile, the Bills say they have moved on from“We’reAraiza.already past it. It’s over with,” offensive lineman Dion Daw-

SDSU delays Araiza investigation Matt Araiza punts during training camp. GETTY IMAGES/TNS

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A BULLPEN Judge’s home run ball hit off the rock formation well beyond the left-center fence and took a fortunate bounce left toward the bullpens. Judge said someone got him the souvenir ball from one of the bullpens. BLAST FROM THE PAST There’s a video that’s gone viral on social media which shows Judge in a batting cage and predicting he’s going to hit 50 home runs. His prediction was right on the number, he just had the wrong year. “Man, that video is a couple years old,” Judge said. “I was a little late on that one. I missed it whatever year that was, might have been ‘19. Like I said, I try not to think about it. The offseason, you can dream. You write down goals and stuff you want to accomplish during the year, but once the season starts you’re out here competing. It’s about trying to lock down as many wins as you can.”

coachlytheuptheifDawkinscan’taboutrighttocome,izationstroublededgedDawkinsDone.”acknowl-hewashewasbytheallega-madeagainstAra-inthelawsuit.“Thethoughtsalwaysbutyou’vejustgottrytokeepyourmindandnotthinkstuffthatyoureallycontrol,”said.“Becauseyouthinkaboutallrestofthemessed-stuffthatgoesoninworld,you’llliteral-malfunction.”Beforepractice,SeanMcDermott addressed the players about Araiza’s release, which was announced more than two hours after the team completed practice on Saturday. Team ofﬁcials, including McDermott and general manager Brandon Beane, were ﬁrst made aware of the allegations when they were told in late July that Araiza was one of a number of San Diego State players targeted in a police investigation.Araizawas set to become Buffalo’s punter when the team released Matt Haack last week, but the Bills then reversed course. Center Mitch Morse defended the team’s handling of the situation.

kins said after the Bills returned to practice Monday, two days after the team announced Araiza’s release. “He’s not here. It’s not our problem.

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Will Zalatoris hit a tee shot in Memphis that nearly went outof-bounds. Patrick Cantlay hit a drive in Wilmington that landed in just the right spot to bounce over a bunker and into the fairway. McIlroy hit a chip in Atlanta that should have gone off the green on the 70th hole except the pin got in the way. McIlroy knows what it’s like to be the MVP without winning the Super Bowl. He won two majors in 2014 and lost to Billy Horschel on the ﬁnal day at East Lake in 2014. He won two playoff events in 2012 and lost the FedEx Cup to Brandt Snedeker.“The more times you just put yourself in the position, the law of averages suggests that you’re going to get it done at some point,” McIlroy said. “And that’s sort of what I’ve done in this tournament.”Tiger Woods once said it can’t be considered a great year without a major. That’s still true. It was a great year forAllSchefﬂer.things considered — three wins, a third FedEx Cup and his role in helping to reshape the PGA Tour.

By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

McIlroy a ‘Super Bowl’ champ

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ATLANTA (AP) — Rory McIlroy walked toward the stage in the media room at East Lake, the FedEx Cup silver and shiny on the table, when he raised his arm and declared with a smile, “Super BowlThatchamp!”wasmore another dig at LIV Golf than sizing up his season. The reference was banter he had exchanged with a reporter at the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs when asked if it was the hardest trophy to win. McIlroy would know better than anyone now that he’s a three-time winner, who also twice failed to win as the No. 1 seed. “Is the Super Bowl the hardest trophy to win in football?” he asked on Aug 10. Few things are lost on McIlroy. The lead attorney for LIV Golf had argued in a court hearing the day before that the FedEx Cup was the “Super Bowl of golf” in his unsuccessful bid for three players from the Saudi-funded league to play the McIlroypostseason.rarely resists trolling LIV Golf or Greg ThereNorman.alsowas plenty of truth to his eventual answer — McIlroy is not big on “yes” or “no” — on the difficulty of winning the FedEx Cup.“It’s a weird one,” he said, and no one would dispute that when it comes to any playoff system in golf. “You have to play consistently good golf over the course of a 30-week season and then you have to get hot at the end of it again, as well.” And that’s what he did. He wasn’t as good as Scottie Scheffler or Cameron Smith, but he was good enough to have a chance at the end. He was a long shot at the start and going into the final round, but he played his best on Sunday — with a lot of help from Scheffler and a little from Sungjae Im — to rally from six shots down and claim the $18 million prize. Super Bowl champ? Sure.Before he laid his hands on the trophy, however, McIlroy was quick to point out that Scheffler was the MVP. “Firstly, there’s only thing I want to say: I feel like Scottie deserves at least half of this today,” McIlroy said at the trophy presentation. “He had an unbelievable season. I feel sort of bad that I pipped him to the post, but he’s a hell of a competitor. He’s an even better guy.” He ended his praise by keeping score, and that also was telling. “I told him we’re 1-all in Georgia,” McIlroy said. “He got the Masters. I got McIlroythis.”was runner-up to Scheffler at Augusta National, though he was never seriously in contention. And it’s foolish to even ask which one McIlroy or any player would rather have. There are the majors. And there is the FedEx Cup. At this stage in his career, money is not as meaningful as winning. McIlroy spoke of the three “Calamity Jane” putters in his trophy case — the prize for winning the Tour Championship.Heistheonly threetime winner of the FedEx Cup. Left unsaid is that those “very cool” trophies all were won since he last captured a major. That remains the ultimate measure. McIlroy was the only player to finish in the top 10 at all the majors this year. Of the three times he was in the mix, none crushed him more than the British Open at St. Andrews, where Smith simply outplayed him.“I’ve been knocking on the door so much this year. St. Andrews was really hard for me,” McIlroy said. “This softens the blow a little bit. It doesn’t make it that much easier to get over, but it’s great to end the season on a high note like this.”

Perhaps that’s why his best friend and caddie, Harry Diamond, said to McIlroy when they ﬁnished, “All the good golf you played this year, you deserve this.”There was a lot to unpack from McIlroy winning the Tour Championship and the symbolism of the strongest voice in the ﬁght against LIV Golf winning what the PGA Tour describes as its “ultimate prize.” It was about more than money. For McIlroy — and the entire FedEx Cup playoffs, for that matter — it was a reminder that while winning starts with having a chance, it can require a little more.

FIELD UPDATE In addition to Philippines and Japan, which qualified as host nations, some spots in the 32-team World Cup field have been clinched in recent days. FIBA, basketball’s governing body, said Finland, Lebanon, Ivory Coast and New Zealand are also now officially in next year’s tournament.

Colombia (AP) — USA Basketball is on the brink of qualifying for next year’s World Cup.John Jenkins scored 26 points and the U.S. defeated Colombia 9577 on Monday night in a second-round qualifying game. The win put the Americans in position to clinch a spot in the World Cup — to be held a year from now in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia — when the next window of games takes place in mid-November.Langston Galloway and DaQuan Jeffries each scored 14 points for the U.S., which gave up the game’s opening basket, then scored the next 12 points and never trailed again. “To come out with this win is big-time for us,” Jenkins said. “We’re very excited.” Jenkins was stellar in this two-game window for the U.S., including the Americans’ 105-71 win over Uruguay on Thursday in Las Vegas. His numbers in those games: 48 points on 17-for-25 shooting — a staggering 14 for 21 from 3-point range. He was 8 of 14 from beyond the arc on Monday, the last three of those 3s coming in the final minutes of the fourth as the U.S. pulled“Hisaway.leadership has been the biggest part of this,” U.S. coach Jim Boylen said. “He loves playing on the road. He loves playing in hostile places. And he’s in great shape. He came in in great condition. He believes in USA Basketball. He believes in what we’re doing. He’s elite at following a game plan and he’s a veteran player who relishes wearing that USA uniform.” It would take nothing short of an all-out collapse for the U.S. not to qualify for the World Cup. The Americans are in a six-team group in this round of qualifying, and the top three teams in the group are guaranteed places in next year’s 32-nation field. The U.S. is 7-1, two games ahead of Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay (all 5-3) in Group F. Puerto Rico is 4-4 and Colombia is 3-5. There are only four qualifying games left for each team.A pair of end-ofquarter spurts proved crucial for the U.S. The Americans outscored Colombia 8-2 in the final minute of the second quarter, turning what was a seven-point edge into a 45-32 lead at the break. And in the third, a 14-6 run to end the period gave the U.S. a 70-50 lead going into the final 10 minutes of play. “We just kept going, kept fighting, kept playing and shots started to fall,” Jenkins said. TIP-INS USA: The U.S. trailed for 2:22 out of a possible 80 minutes in the two games during this qualifying window, the other matchup being Thursday’s 105-71 victory over Uruguay in Las Vegas. ... The Americans have won their last six qualifying games, doing so by an average of 20.3 points. ... Eric Mika finished with seven points and a team-high nineColombia:rebounds. Braian Angola had a teamhigh 18 points. ... The hosts were outscored 51-12 from 3-point range. OTHER GAMES In other Group F qualifying games Monday, Mexico topped Brazil 82-72 and Uruguay defeated Puerto Rico 78-70. In Group E — the other six-team group in FIBA Americas region qualifying — Canada remains in control. The Canadians rolled past Panama 106-50 on Monday night. Venezuela beat the Dominican Republic 76-72, and Argentina held off the BahamasCanada95-77. is 8-0, Venezuela is 7-1 and Argentina is 6-2, meaning those nations have the inside track for the top-three spots in that group and a World Cup berth. The Dominican Republic is now 5-3, and Panama and the Bahamas are both 2-6.

Rory McIlroy tees o at the East Lake Golf Club on Aug. 25. GETTY IMAGES/TNS

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