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New deal could end 6-week auto strike DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a six-week-old strike against Detroit automakers, two people briefed on the deal said Monday.

The agreement follows the pattern set with Ford last week and Jeep maker Stellantis over the weekend.

The deals will last four years and eight months and include 25% general pay raises and cost of living adjustments. Combined they bring the wage increase to over 30% over the life of the contract.

The people briefed on the matter, who didn’t want to be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the deal, said the agreement was to be announced early Monday.

The contract with GM is similar to those reached by the other two automakers, but there are some differences.

GM was the last company to reach a deal and the union added a lucrative factory in Tennessee to the strike list on Saturday to turn up the pressure.

The UAW reached tentative agreement last week with Ford and it wasted no See STRIKE | Page A6

Iola, Crest end season

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Second at state Crest High School’s girls earned second place at the State 1A Cross Country meet in Wamego Saturday, the school’s best-ever finish. From left, Aubrey Allen, Josie Walter, Peyton Schmidt, and Kaylee Allen after the awards ceremony. Crest’s Gunner Ellington also competed. Find the full report on page B1. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt volunteer firefighters extinguished a house fire with no injuries late Sunday morning.

The house is the home of Greg West, who was not home when the fire was reported.

Humboldt Fire Chief Sean McReynolds said the fire may have been caused by an electrical appliance in an upstairs bedroom.

Firefighters were on the scene at 11:20 a.m. and saw flames emanating from the upstairs windows when they arrived.

They were able to get the fire under control in about 30 minutes, and contained the See FIRE | Page A6

Next Tuesday’s election for the Humboldt-USD 258 Board of Education features 10 hopefuls vying for four seats.

Today’s issue carries information on

Humboldt fire fighters and law enforcement respond to a fire at the home of Greg West. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

challengers Josh Hart and Cindy Jaro.

Information on incuments Drake Tilman, Tony Works, Sandy Whitaker, and Josh Wrestler, along with hopefuls Hiram Raby

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and Chelsie Angleton Decker, was published last week.

Profiles on Kevin Heisler and Andrea Newman will be offered this week.

Josh Hart

Cindy Jaro

Hart ready for tough choices

Jaro wants to be involved

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Humboldt crews contain house fire

KNOW your CANDIDATES

Josh Hart wants to be in the room where tough decisions are made — and he’s not afraid to make them happen.

Hart is one of 10 candidates vying to serve on the

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USD 258 school board. Voters will decide on Nov. 7 which four will represent the Humboldt district.

Hart said he’s running for multiple reasons but it all comes down to one thing: “what’s best for the kids.”

Hart grew up in Humboldt See HART | Page A3

It’s no surprise that Cindy Jaro seeks to be involved in the Humboldt school system.

Since her children first started school, she’s been there. She joined the HELP

committee when her children were in grade school, and served two years as the group’s vice president.

Not long after joining the committee, Jaro realized a fundraising event would reward only a few kids who sold the most pizza or cookSee JARO | Page A3

Inmate accused in jail attack

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Raven Gomez, who has been in custody since her arrest with her boyfriend Oct. 18, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after authorities Raven said she at- Gomez tacked an Allen County Jail inmate.

In a Saturday news release, Sheriff Bryan Murphy said Gomez reportedly attacked another female inmate with a food tray during their lunch period around noon on Oct. 24.

The attack caused the other inmate to fall to the floor, and her eyeglasses were broken, possibly by Gomez stepping on them, Murphy said.

Jail staff said Gomez See ATTACK | Page A6

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Adopt-A-Child sign-up slated for next week Sign-up for Iola’s annual Adopt-A-Child program is from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at Iola’s First Baptist Church, 801 N. Cottonwood St. Parents, legal guardians and foster parents throughout Allen County are welcome to register their children to receive assistance.

(The sole exception is for those living in Humboldt, which has its own Adopt-A-Child program.)

Recipients are asked

to bring identification and their children’s medical cards. The paperwork is required to be shown each year, although no private information will be recorded.

Gift pick-up is from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 11 at the church.

Adopt-A-Child is sponsored by First Baptist Church, the Iola Police Department, Allen Community College athletics and other donors throughout the community.

Burlington to hold public meeting A public meeting is Thursday, Nov. 16, to discuss the evaluation results of a graded exercise at the Wolf Creek Generating Station outside of Burlington.

Members of the public and the media are invited to attend this meeting beginning at 11 a.m. at the Coffey County Library, 410 Juniatta, Burlington.

The State of Kansas, along with Coffey County, will also participate with Wolf Creek Generating Station in a one-day exercise on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The

exercise will require the activation of emergency facilities for the State of Kansas, along with Coffey County. The activities of the state, county and local units of government will be observed and evaluated by FEMA. The Wolf Creek Generating Station’s onsite performance will be observed and evaluated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The exercise is a biennial requirement to determine the adequacy of the radiological emergency preparedness and response plans.

Police report Lawn mower stolen

Rena Craft reported the theft of a lawn mower Sunday from the 200 block of South Tennessee Street.

Fishing tackle taken Joseph Coulter told

Iola police officers Sunday evening somebody stole fishing tackle from the back of his vehicle while it was parked in the 200 block of South Buckeye Street.

Public notices (Published in The Iola Register Oct. 24, 2023) PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF NONRESIDENT STUDENTS’ POLICY PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given pursuant to K.S.A. 72-3126, of a public hearing to be held on the 13th day of November, 2023, at 6:50 p.m. at 603 E. Broad Street, Colony, KS 66015 regarding the Unified School District No. 479, Anderson County, Kansas proposed policy to determine the number

(Published in The Iola Register Oct. 24, 2023) PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF NONRESIDENT STUDENTS’ POLICY PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given pursuant to K.S.A. 72-3126, of a public hearing to be held on the 13th day of November, 2023, at 6:45 p.m, at the district office at 128 West Oak Street, Moran, KS 66755 regarding the Unified School District No.256, Allen County, Kansas proposed policy to determine the

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of nonresident students that the school district has the capacity to accept in each grade level for each school of the school district pursuant to K.S.A. 72-3123, and amendments thereto, including clearly specifying the reasons that the board may use to deny continued enrollment of a nonresident student who is not in good standing.

A representative of the board shall present the board’s proposal for the policy, and the board shall hear testimony regarding the proposed policy.

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number of nonresident students that the school district has the capacity to accept in each grade level for each school of the school district pursuant to K.S.A. 723123, and amendments thereto, including clearly specifying the reasons that the board may use to deny continued enrollment of a nonresident student who is not in good standing.

A representative of the board shall present the board’s proposal for the policy, and the board shall hear testimony regarding the proposed policy.

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Hospital closes Humboldt clinic Allen County Regional Hospital’s Humboldt clinic has been closed since July, the Register recently learned. The clinic, 111 S. 9th St., in downtown Humboldt, had been temporarily closed since June due to the departure of a clinic provider. The hospital attributed the closure to consistently low patient volumes.

Emily Hohenberg, media relations director for St. Luke’s Health System, reported that staff notified patients and helped transfer their care to the Iola clinic.

“As always, we remain grateful for the opportunity to serve our patients and our community,” said Hohenberg. The hospital had leased the building.

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‘Lift up my eyes’ Crews from Boren’s Roofing have replaced a metal cross atop the iconic St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Piqua. While they were up there, workers also replaced the steeple’s shingles with metal roofing.

B&W Trailer Hitches donated both the materials and the fabrication of the cross. All

three shifts worked together to design, cut, weld, and paint the cross.

A Fort Scott company tuck-pointed the steeple’s bricks.

The project was funded entirely by donations, noted Don and Shelia Lampe, who both serve on a church advisory committee. “And most of

the donations came from communities outside Piqua,” said Shelia. “People know this is a landmark and wanted to make sure it fixed.”

The church’s original 6-foot-cross and copper globe were damaged by a December 2021 storm; the cross fell to the ground last August.

Drought affecting even the jack-o’-lanterns

By MELINA WALLING and BRITTANY PETERSON

Associated Press

HUDSON, Colo. (AP) — Alan Mazzotti can see the Rocky Mountains about 30 miles west of his pumpkin patch in northeast Colorado on a clear day.

He could tell the snow was abundant last winter, and verified it up close when he floated through fresh powder alongside his wife and three sons at the popular Winter Park Resort.

But one season of above-average snowfall wasn’t enough to refill the dwindling reservoir he relies on to irrigate his pumpkins. He received news this spring that his water delivery would be about half of what it was from the previous season, so he planted just half of his typical pumpkin crop. Then heavy rains in May and June brought plenty of water and turned fields into a muddy mess, preventing any additional planting many farmers might have wanted to do.

“By time it started raining and the rain started to affect our reservoir supplies and everything else, it was just too late for this year,” Mazzotti said.

For some pumpkin growers in states like Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, this year’s pumpkin crop was a reminder of the water challenges hitting agriculture across the Southwest and West as human-caused climate change exacerbates

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Alan Mazzotti walks through one of his pumpkin fields Oct. 26, in Hudson, Colo. This year’s pumpkin crop was a reminder of the water challenges hitting agriculture across the Southwest and West as human-caused climate change exacerbates drought and heat extremes. (AP PHOTO/BRITTANY PETERSON)

drought and heat extremes. Some farmers lost 20% or more of their predicted yields; others, like Mazzotti, left some land bare.

Labor costs and inflation are also narrowing margins, hitting farmers’ ability to profit off what they sell to garden centers and pumpkin patches.

This year’s thirsty gourds are a symbol of the reality that farmers who rely on irrigation must continue to face season after season: they have to make choices, based on water allotments and the cost of electricity to pump it out of the ground, about which acres to plant and which crops they can gamble on to make it through hotter and drier summers.

Pumpkins can survive hot, dry weather to an extent, but this summer’s heat, which broke world records

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and brought temperatures well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) to agricultural fields across the country, was just too much, said Mark Carroll, a Texas A&M extension agent for Floyd County, which he calls the “pumpkin capital” of the state.

“It’s one of the worst years we’ve had in several years,” Carroll said.

Not only did the hot, dry weather surpass what irrigation could make up for, but pumpkins also need cooler weather to be harvested or they’ll start to decompose during the shipping process, sometimes disintegrating before they even arrive at stores.

America’s pumpkin powerhouse, Illinois, had a successful harvest

on par with the last two years, according to the Illinois Farm Bureau.

But this year it was so hot into the harvest season in Texas that farmers had to decide whether to risk cutting pumpkins off the vines at the usual time or wait and miss the start of the fall pumpkin rush. Adding to the problem, irrigation costs more as groundwater levels continue to drop — driving some farmers’ energy bills to pump water into the thousands of dollars every month.

Steven Ness, who grows pinto beans and pumpkins in central New Mexico, said the rising cost of irrigation as groundwater dwindles is an issue across the board for farmers in the region. That can inform what farmers choose to grow, because if corn and pumpkins use about the same amount of water, they might get more money per acre for selling pumpkins, a more lucrative crop.

But at the end of the day, “our real problem is groundwater, ... the lack of deep moisture and the lack of water in the aquifer,” Ness said.

That’s a problem that likely won’t go away because aquifers can take hundreds or thousands of years to refill after overuse, and climate change is reducing the very rain and snow needed to recharge them in the arid West.

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Hart: Candidate sympathetic to plight of teachers Pence bows out Continued from A1

boldt and now works as a mix chemist for Monarch Cement Co. He and wife, Sarah, have four children. Caleb, 23, and Addison, 20, have graduated from Humboldt High School, while Asher, 17, and Carlin, 13, are still in school.

As his children have grown up, Hart kept busy coaching them through various sports — basketball, baseball, softball — through the city’s recreation department. His wife also was involved in the school system.

He didn’t think about serving on the school board until current board member Tony Works — who is also running — asked him to consider it.

It made sense to Hart, for some very personal reasons. He has been in recovery from alcohol and drug misuse for six years. Service is an important part of recovery.

“The people in this town could have shunned me, but they didn’t,” he said. “Now I want to give back to my community and be of service.”

I’m not afraid to have hard conversations. The only way to fix something is to talk about it.

— Josh Hart

That experience gives him a unique perspective. He understands that life can bring many challenges and, sometimes, it takes a village to solve them.

“I’m not afraid to have hard conversations. The only way to fix something is to talk about it,” he said.

THE HART family also knows what it’s like to be part of the school system.

Sarah previously worked for the district as a paraprofessional.

She enjoyed the job very much but ultimately left because of pay and a lack of benefits such as health insurance, Josh said.

“She loved the job.

She loved the kids,” Josh said. “It’s too bad that it comes down to money, but with inflation and everything else that’s happening in the country right now, that’s just how it is.”

That was one of the main reasons he did not support a plan to switch to a four-day school week, a proposal that was voted down 5-2 last spring.

He believes the plan could have been harmful to some students, especially those in low-income families or those who do not have an ideal home life.

“School is a safe place for a lot of our students.

I don’t want to take that away from them,” he said.

He’s sympathetic to the plight of teachers and support staff, and believes paying a competitive salary is the best way to retain quality staff.

“Teachers aren’t paid enough, and the paras are paid even less,” he said.

“The school system here is great. The teachers are great. I want to be in the room when decisions are made, be-

cause we need to figure out what it’s going to take to keep this district great for the next 20, 50 years.”

In addition to pay, he believes some teachers also are driven from the classroom because of political involvement from the state and outside groups. Recent efforts such as attempts to pass a “Parental Bill of Rights” allow special interest groups to dictate what gets taught in school.

He’s also not in favor of efforts to shift tax dollars away from public to private schools.

In the most recent legislative session, Kansas lawmakers established a law to allow open enrollment, with specific guidelines and procedures.

Humboldt has long held a generous policy toward allowing outof-district students to enroll. Hart supports allowing students who want to attend Humboldt schools. He believes construction of a school bond issue will solve numerous problems and allow the district more capacity for both local and out-ofdistrict students.

However, he’s concerned that interference from state lawmakers would allow some districts, especially private schools, to “pick and choose” high-achieving students at the expense of public schools. That is especially important when it comes to extra-curricular activities and sports, he said.

“Personally, I’d like it if we dropped back down to 2A to be more competitive in sports,” he said.

HART supports Career and Technical Education (CTE) opportunities.

Son Asher travels to the Regional Rural Technical Center at LaHarpe for wind energy classes. The CTE classes offered Asher an opportunity to challenge himself and learn a trade.

“I like that we’re preparing students for the future in that way,” Hart said. “College is so much more expensive these days, and if you can go to a trade school and go straight into the workforce, that’s a good option for some students.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday dropped his bid for the Republ i c a n presidential nomination, ending his camp a i g n Mike Pence for the White House after struggling to raise money and gain traction in the polls.

“It’s become clear to me: This is not my time,” Pence said at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual gathering in Las Vegas. “So after much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my campaign for president effective today.”

“We always knew this would be an uphill battle, but I have no regrets,” Pence went on to tell the friendly audience, which reacted with audible surprise to the announcement and gave him multiple standing ovations.

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ie dough. She led the change to a raffle with each classroom offering their own basket, and the effort made three times as much money — enough that all students were able to attend the party.

“I felt very rewarded doing that,” she said.

“Sometimes, you can get involved and make changes for the right reasons.”

That’s why she’s running for a seat on the USD 258 Board of Education. Jaro is one of 10 candidates vying for four seats.

JARO is a life-long resident of Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1994. She and husband, Craig, have three children: Cooper, 21; Gavin, 18 and Teghen, 15.

She operates her own business as a hairstylist, something she’s done for 26 years.

The family lives on a farm east of Humboldt, where Jaro helps her husband manage the finances. Again, Jaro thought it was important to serve and joined the Allen County Farm Bureau Association, serving previously as secretary/treasurer and currently as vice president.

The children have been very involved in 4-H, FFA and a variety of sports and extracurricular activities at HHS. Once her children became involved in 4-H, Jaro and her husband joined the Allen County Fair board, serving one year as secretary and one year as vice president. The entire family worked together to help with renovations to fair buildings.

“I encourage my kids to be involved and not to be idle. I think it’s important and I like staying busy,” she said.

Jaro believes her experience running a business makes her a good fit for the school

board but, more importantly, she cites her communication skills as the No. 1 reason why voters should select her out of the large field of candidates.

“By far, our district’s strength is the overwhelming support from our community. The pride and support the community shows the school system is remarkable. I hope it continues for generations to come.”

WHEN the school board debated a fourday school week last spring, Jaro became the spokesperson for a group of parents opposed to the proposal.

Supporters argued the shorter week would help recruit and retain teachers.

It ultimately failed by a vote of 5-2.

“I was super concerned for the kids’ education. I think it was a temporary solution to a bigger problem. There’s a lot to consider, and if I saw a better plan, I’d be more willing to consider it,” she said.

“USD 258 isn’t unique

I encourage my kids to be involved and not to be idle. I think it’s important, and I like staying busy.

— Cindy Jaro

when it comes to problems. Rural communities are faced with a high level of poverty, and I can speak from experience that it’s very difficult growing up with low income. Teacher recruitment and retention are also difficult.

We have the same problem with our healthcare system in our area as well.”

She’s especially concerned with student learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Son Gavin was a freshman when the school year was cut short by the pandemic, and he recently started his first year at Kansas State University. College has been a challenge for freshmen across the board, Jaro said.

“All of those kids have

been affected,” she said.

The Humboldt district benefits from having good teachers, she said. For example, when daughter Teghen was struggling, a teacher reached out to Jaro and suggested they change the way testing is conducted. Teghen’s grade improved significantly.

“I’d like to see better communication between the board and the teachers,” Jaro said.

“One weakness I have seen is poor communication.”

LIKE OTHER candidates, Jaro is a supporter of the district’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes.

“Gavin thrived in CTE classes. It’s a fabulous program,” Jaro said, “I think there’s a lot of opportunity that has been untapped. Kim Isbell is doing a fabulous job trying to meet the needs of all students.

Not everyone will go to college.”

She’s also pleased to see construction begin on the school bond issue, particularly improvements to the heat-

ing and cooling systems stay out of all the drama at the fieldhouse. and politics,” she said.

“Last year when we “When you listen to sat through gradua- those who are truly intion, it was so hot in the volved and not outside gym. This fall, Teghen voices, you can make couldn’t even practice the best decisions.” there because the heat index was so high. They ALTHOUGH MANY had to go outside or su- voters might know Jaro per early in the morn- because of her oppoing,” Jaro said. “That was sition to the four-day my biggest concern.” week, that’s not why She’s also pleased the she’s running for the bond issue will address school board. She besafety and security as lieves that issue has well. been settled.

Jaro also believes “I want to be involved better communication and promote better between the board and communication,” she Humboldt families will said. ensure decisions that “Overall, I’m very are made benefit those pleased and I think we in the community and have a good district. If not outside political I were selected, I would groups. make the best decisions “The focus needs to be I possibly could with on what’s best for stu- the kids and teachers in dents and teachers, mind.” x 7-B&W (23Fa-B1) alafollette;Kansas City;Dale’s Sheetand Metal;E41870-145795;3.31

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Yes, you can make healthy holiday recipes The holidays are right around the corner. Many families, mine included, have holiday traditions centered on foods that they only get to enjoy a few times each year.

These traditions are important and should be cherished without guilt.

However, if you are wondering how you can make your traditional holiday recipes healthier, there are several steps you can take.

First, recognize that many holiday favorites (like pumpkin pie) start with a healthy first ingredient. Think of this vegetable or fruit as the “star” ingredient.

Next, find ways to “focus on the stars” so that you can reduce the large amounts of fats and sugar typically found in traditional holiday recipes. For

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example, try using fatfree evaporated milk when making your pumpkin pie filling instead of using regular evaporated milk.

Other ways you can “focus on the stars” this holiday season include switching from a traditional green bean casserole to a green bean sauté, from traditional mashed potatoes to yogurt mashed potatoes, from a traditional pumpkin pie to a crustless pumpkin pie, or from a traditional apple pie to slow cooker baked apples.

Again, remember it

This article was adapted from a fact sheet originally published by retired family and consumer sciences agent Barbara Ames. This fact sheet can be found online at bit.ly/focusonthestars.

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Medicare Annual Election Period, running from Oct. 15-Dec.7, is a great time to ask your questions. Call 620-244-3826 to schedule an appointment.

Here are some Medicare basics: Medicare is a federal health insurance program that can cover individuals aged 65 and older, individuals younger than 65 years old with disabilities, and individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).

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After about 40 years of hunting in his home state, for the first time John Heaston killed a deer that tested positive for chronic wasting disease just last year.

As head of the Nebraska Sportsmen’s Foundation, Heaston has had plenty of conversations about the fatal, infectious disease that eats away at the brains of deer and elk.

But the positive test still came as a surprise: the deer had looked healthy.

“It’s kind of everybody’s job to stay on top of this,” he said.

“It’s not like you can bring all the deer in for a checkup every year and give them a booster shot or vaccination.”

John Heaston with his hunted deer near Stockville, Nebraska. The deer looked healthy, but later tested positive for chronic wasting disease. “It could have ruined the whole hunt,” he said.

“It’s not like they sprout an orange flag out of their butt if they’ve got one of these diseases so you know you don’t want to harvest it.”

Heaston abandoned the meat after learning the deer had tested positive. While no evidence so far suggests that humans can contract the disease from eating infected meat,

it’s not recommended.

Like Heaston, most hunters are aware of the disease, even if they haven’t harvested an infected animal.

Chronic wasting disease has been in parts of the Great Plains and Midwest since at least 2000, and continues to spread throughout the region. It’s been found in wild deer in 31 states across the U.S. since 1981.

Krysten Schuler is a wildlife disease ecologist at Cornell University and studies chronic wasting disease. She said the disease essentially forms a plaque on the animal’s brain, killing the cells and leaving holes in the brain.

“You’re obviously not able to function as well with holes in your brain,” Schuler said.

“You’re probably not as aware and are more likely to be killed by something.”

She said animals likely contract the disease by bumping noses with an infected animal or by eating forage contaminated with fluids. Schuler has found that areas with pervasive chronic wasting disease tend to have younger deer populations overall.

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Kansas legislators choose to ignore voters’ concerns

By JOEL MATHIS Special to McClatchy

There’s a huge disconnect between the government that Kansans want and the government Kansans get.

That probably doesn’t sound all that intuitive. After all, Kansans vote for the mostly Republican, mostly conservative governance they get. If they want something different, why haven’t they made different choices?

I don’t know the answer to that. But the disconnect is still plain to see.

We know this because the Docking Institute at Fort Hays State University released its annual “Kansas Speaks” survey this week, and it once again tells us that there’s a fairly big gap between voter desires and the leadership offered by Republicans in the Kansas Legislature.

Medicaid, marijuana, education, housing

• The vast majority of Kansans — 69.6%, an astonishing number — support Medicaid expansion. You probably knew that already. But legislative leaders still have their heels dug in on the issue.

Forty-one states have already accepted federal dollars to extend health coverage to their poorest residents.

Shamefully, Kansas remains among the laggards.

• A similarly huge number, 67.2% of Kansans, support legalizing marijuana for use by adults over the age of 21. Our legislators, meanwhile, can’t even bring themselves to legalize cannabis merely for compassionate medical use.

Which means that we’re occasionally treated to the sight of a cancer patient being issued criminal citations in his hospital room.

• A whopping 78.8% of respondents said their local high schools “are important or very important to civic life in Kansas.” In Topeka, though, Republicans spend their time conjuring up ways to divert tax dollars away from public education to support home and private schools.

• And Kansans are hugely worried about the lack of affordable housing in the state.

Nearly 72% say it’s a concern. Sixty percent say the shortage of such shelter is having a negative impact on their communities. And nearly 63% say they would have difficulty buying a home in the place where they live.

What do Kansas Republicans spend their time on?

Passing laws to ensure our transgender neighbors can’t use the bathroom or get the driver’s license of their choosing.

You know: The important stuff.

Why does all of this matter? Because the issues that Kansans say they care about — the health coverage, the pain relief, the ability to have a nice home — is the stuff that makes a real difference in whether or not the state’s residents live well.

The stuff that Kansas Republicans focus on? Not so much.

And it matters because their refusal to listen to what voters are saying makes Kansas seem a less welcoming, less livable place to call home.

People planning to leave the state up sharply

Here’s a number that astonishes me: Nineteen percent of Kansans — one-fifth of the state — say they expect to live in some other state five years from now. That’s up a mere percentage point from last year’s poll. And it’s more than double the just 9% who in the 2018 survey said they expected to eventually leave the Sunflower State.

It sure seems like we have a big problem. One that threatens our collective future.

I suspect some conservative folks will see all that last number — all those folks who think they’ll have to flee — and try to place the blame on Gov. Laura Kelly, the one high-profile Democrat in state government. Be skeptical of such claims. Her priorities on Medicaid, medical marijuana and public education align with those of the Kansans who responded to the Docking Institute poll.

But she can’t turn those priorities into reality without the help of the GOP-controlled Kansas Legislature.

And it’s clear that Republican leaders have other ideas.

Truth is, Kansans ought to be mad as heck about the awful, unrepresentative representation they’re getting in Topeka.

We are not secretly a progressive-lefty state — much as some of us might wish otherwise — but we are much, much more moderate than our red reputation would suggest.

It’s time we got a government that matches that reality.

Mourners linger after a vigil for the victims of Wednesday’s mass shootings, Sunday, Oct. 29, outside the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine. (AP PHOTO/MATT ROURKE)

Lewiston massacre shows lack of defense against assault rifles Just to be clear, the Lewiston, Maine, police arrived at the scene within 90 seconds of receiving a call for help.

At 6:56 p.m. Wednesday, the initial 911 call was placed from JustIn-Time Recreation.

At 6:57 p.m., dispatchers relayed the call.

At 6:58 p.m. four officers were at the scene.

But it was too late. By then 10 had been murdered and the perpetrator had moved on to Schemengees Bar and Grille where he fatally shot eight others.

Of the 18 slain, their ages ranged from 14 to 76. Another 13 were wounded.

Despite the quick response time by law enforcement officials, the carnage was horrific. The perpetrator’s weapon of choice was an AK47 rifle, a rapid-fire gun equipped with hundreds of rounds of bullets. The guns were initially manufactured for the purposes of war.

WEDNESDAY’S carnage occurred in the hometown of U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a proponent of gun rights.

In Maine, he had argued, people use guns only to hunt animals.

The loss of so many, so quickly, opened his eyes to the sad fact that he had been living in “a false confidence that our community was above this and that we could be in full control,” he said.

Rep. Golden, a Democrat, renewed the call for Congress to once again ban military-style semiautomatic rifles, as did President Joe Biden.

Long ago — from 1994 to 2004 — the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was the law of the land.

The late Sen. Dianne Feinstein pushed the legislation in response to a mass shooting on a schoolyard in Stockton, Calif., when five elementary students were slain and another 24 injured.

To get the votes, sponsors included a “sunset provision,” allowing the legislation to expire in 10 years.

Since then, Congress has failed to renew the ban on assault weapons.

GUN RIGHTS advocates defend their use with the disingenuous meme, “guns don’t kill people; people kill people.”

It’s not their fault that the guns fall into the wrong hands as happened last week. As well as at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., 27 dead; Columbine High School in Aurora, Colo., 12 dead; Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, 21 dead, and at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Fla., 17 dead.

We mention the school shootings, especially, in the hope that 6-year-olds being gunned down pricks the conscience of those who insist we’re crying wolf.

TODAY, the AR-15 assault rifle is a bestseller.

An estimated 1 in 20 U.S. adults — an estimated 16 million Americans — own at least one. It is the weapon of choice for mass shootings.

At this point, it feels hopeless to request Congress to ban assault weapons despite the fact that 64 percent of Americans are calling for it.

But we won’t stop trying.

— Susan Lynn

Jailing journalists will not extinguish the desire for freedom Alsu Kurmasheva, who works for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty and holds dual Russian and U.S. citizenship, went to Russia in May to deal with a family emergency. Today she sits in prison, another victim of Russia’s barbaric practice of seizing people holding foreign nationality and holding them hostage.

The arrest of Ms. Kurmasheva follows the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was grabbed in March and charged with espionage, which he and his employer have strenuously denied.

He remains incarcerated in Moscow.

Ms. Kurmasheva was first detained temporarily while waiting for her return flight on June 2. Both of her passports were confiscated, so she was unable to leave Russia.

On Oct. 18, she was detained a second time and charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent,” which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Since 2012, Russian law provides for the “foreign agent” designation of anyone who receives money from

abroad and is involved in political activity. The Kremlin has used the label to punish its critics, including journalists, nongovernmental organizations and other members of civil society, many of whom have fled the country rather than risk the designation.

Meanwhile, in Iran, long prison sentences were just handed down for two reporters who helped expose the tragedy of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian woman who died Sept. 16, 2022 after being detained in Tehran by the Islamic “morality po-

lice” for an alleged headscarf violation.

Her death set off nationwide protests and a continuing movement known as “Women, Life, Freedom.” The reporters, Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, after more than a year in detention, were just sentenced to seven and six years in prison, respectively, for their journalism.

The Center for Human Rights in Iran said both were detained for basic reporting duties: Ms. Hamedi shared a photo of Ms. Amini’s parents embracing in the hospital;

Ms. Mohammadi traveled to Amini’s hometown of Saqqez to cover her funeral. The Iranian security services said the journalists were being used to collect intelligence for the West. But the truth is they were collecting facts to be shared with the Iranian people. That obviously threatened the theocracy.

The rolling protests of the past year demonstrate that Iranians yearn for free information and the right to dress and speak as they choose.

Jailing journalists will not change that.

— The Washington Post

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Hurricane Otis death toll rises to at least 48 ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — At least 48 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, most of them in Acapulco, Mexican authorities said Sunday as the death toll continued to climb and families buried loved ones.

Mexico’s civil defense agency said in a statement that 43 of the dead were in the resort city of Acapulco and five in nearby Coyuca de Benitez.

Guerrero state’s governor had earlier raised the number of missing to 36 from 10 a day earlier. The death toll increased after authorities had raised it to 39 on Saturday.

In Acapulco, families held funerals for the dead on Sunday and continued the search for essentials while government workers and volunteers cleared streets clogged with muck and debris from the powerful Category 5 hurricane.

Katy Barrera, 30, said Sunday that her aunt’s family was buried under a landslide when tons of mud and rock

Escape from the library Gena Winslow, left, and Kori Winslow, in front, make their way through Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Maze on Friday evening at the Iola Public Library. The maze was offered as part of the library’s annual Halloween event, also featuring games and activities. The theme was based on Iola Reads young adult selection, Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library. Also finding their way through the but hidden in back are Ruby Shepherd and Spencer Seargent. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

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time in hitting GM where it hurts financially.

Nearly 4,000 unionized workers on Saturday walked out of GM’s largest North American plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., hours after the deal with Stellantis was announced. They joined about 14,000 GM workers already striking at factories in Texas, Michigan and Missouri.

President Joe Biden was asked about the deal Monday, as he boarded Air Force One back to the White House. He gave a thumbs-up and said: “I think it’s great.”

Also Monday, 8,200

Stellantis workers in Canada represented by a different union, Unifor, briefly went on strike before reaching a deal that comes with base hourly wage increases of nearly 20% for production workers. General Motors and Ford workers in Canada have already voted to ratify a three-year contract agreement with the company.

Spring Hill, the plant where workers hit picket lines Saturday, produces the engines for vehicles assembled at nine plants as far afield as Mexico, including Silverado and Sierra pickups. It’s a big mon-

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then held on to the other woman’s hair and used a piece of the broken glasses as a weapon, striking her in the face, neck, head and body.

The victim suffered minor injuries, Murphy said.

According to a court document, Gomez indicated to an investigating deputy that she had premeditated her actions and intended to kill the other inmate.

Allen County Attorney Jerry Hathaway filed charges of attempted murder in the first degree, aggravated battery and criminal damage to property. Bond for those charges was set at $100,000.

Gomez remains in custody.

GOMEZ and her boyfriend, Brandon David, stand accused of attacking a female Jasper police officer on Oct.

17, and then unsuccessfully attempting to steal the officer’s patrol car.

They were arrested the next day at a relative’s house southeast of Moran following a bizarre series of events that included a Good Samaritan giving them a ride after reportedly spotting the pair lying naked and covered in mud in a ditch.

After dropping them off, the driver saw the two begin spinning in circle, prompting her to alert David’s relatives, who then called law enforcement.

They were found sleeping in a bus and arrested without incident.

Gomez faces charges of felony assault on law enforcement and resisting arrest, Jasper police officers said. David is wanted for felony assault on law enforcement and tampering with a motor vehicle.

ey maker for GM that could have potentially amplified the company’s financial pain after workers walked off the job last week in Arlington, Texas, where fullsize SUVs including the Tahoe and Suburban are produced. Spring Hill also produces the electric Cadillac Lyriq, GMC Acadia and Cadillac crossover SUVs. Presidents of the Ford union locals voted unanimously in Detroit on Sunday to endorse that tentative contract after UAW President Shawn Fain explained its details, the union tweeted.

As he explained the particulars to the full membership in a later livestream, Fain, along with Chuck Browning, the UAW vice president, said the deal represents a “historical inflection point” for reviving union power in an America where “we were being left behind by an economy that only works for the billionaire class.”

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blaze to the second floor and attic, although smoke and water damage was evident throughout the rest of the home.

Thirteen firefighters in all were at the scene.

The American Red Cross has been in contact with authorities about providing assistance to the West family.

Firefighters were at the scene until about 2 p.m. to ensure no hot spots remained.

Ford will receive more in straight general wage increases over the next 4½ years than we have over the last 22 years combined,” Browning said.

Fain called the deal “a turning point in the class war that has been raging in this country for the past 40 years.”

The Ford and Stellantis pacts, which would run until April 30, 2028, include 25% in general wage increases for top assembly plant workers, with 11% coming once the deal is ratified.

The Ford agreement revives cost-of-living adjustments that the UAW agreed to suspend in 2009 during the Great Recession.

At Stellantis, workers get cost-of-living pay that would bring raises to a compounded 33%, with top assembly plant workers making more than $42 per hour.

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tumbled down onto their home. Her aunt’s body was found with the remains of their three children ranging in age from 2 to 21. Her uncle was still missing.

Separately, Barrera’s own mother and brother also remained missing.

“The water came in with the rocks, the mud and totally buried them,” Barrera, who was standing outside a local morgue, said of her aunt’s family.

On Sunday, authorities released the bodies of her aunt and the two youngest children to relatives. Bodies in white bags were loaded into open caskets in the back of hearses.

The eldest daughter had already been buried the day before.

As she prepared to lay her relatives to rest, Barrera — who had hardly even had a chance to search for her own mother and brother — expressed desperation and frustration at the aid and personnel she had begun seeing in tourist areas of the city — but not in their neighborhood high on a mountainside hit by landslides.

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Above, Crest High’s girls depart from the starting line at the Class 1A State Cross Country Meet in Wamego Saturday. Below from left, Josie Walter, Aubrey Allen, Kaylee Allen and Peyton Schmidt took second as a team. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER

SILVER LININGS Lady Lancers take second at 1A state cross country

Crest bows out in playoffs CANTON — Struggles with completing scoring drives, coupled with Canton Galva’s all-everything speedster Lane McMannis, spelled trouble for Crest High Friday.

McMannis scored six touchdowns, including a game-opening 78-yard return for a score, as Canton Galva eliminated Crest from the Eight Man-II playoffs, 56-8.

The setback ends Crest’s season at 4-5.

That said, Crest didn’t exactly go quietly into the night.

The Lancers responded promptly after McMannis took back the opening kickoff.

Crest marched down the field with a mix of run and pass plays until quarterback Ryan Golden found receiver Jerry Rodriguez down the middle for a 19-yard touchdown pass. Jensen Barker’s ensuing two-point run pushed Crest ahead, 8-6.

The advantage didn’t last long. The Eagles took possession at midfield — Crest declined to kick at McManSee CREST | Page B3

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WAMEGO — It was quiet after the Crest girls raced.

It was also bitterly cold. A gray sky threatened rain, with temperatures hovering just above freezing at the

Wamego Country Club.

The four runners put on sweatshirts and sweatpants, jackets and gloves. They hugged family members and drank water. But a strange silence had settled over the group.

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There are no timeouts in this sport, no fouls, halftimes or subs. Coaches and teammates help, but the race is run alone. Even the sound of a crowd as large as SaturSee SILVER | Page B4

ACC soccer season ends As the weekend weather took a turn for the worse, so did Allen Community College’s soccer seasons.

In men’s action, the Red Devils saw their 2023 campaign come to an end Sunday in the Central Plains District Championship with a 4-1 loss at Neosho County Community College.

Meanwhile, Allen’s women were eliminated Saturday with a 2-0 defeat at Johnson County.

The men’s game had a disheartening conclusion after Allen’s Pedro De Silva staked the Red Devils to a 1-0 lead with an unassisted goal in the first half.

But Neosho responded with a goal in the 26th minute by Warren Sung.

The game stood at 1-1 for the rest of regulation, but the Panthers erupted in the overtime.

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Parsons reins in Mustangs Vikings oust Iola with 20-0 shutout

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

PARSONS — Try with all their might, Iola High’s Mustangs couldn’t bash in the proverbial door Friday at Parsons.

Iola put forth a number of second-half challenges in their Class 3A playoff tilt, but the stingy Viking defense was there to thwart every attempt.

And with that, Iola’s season came to an end Friday on a cold, windy night, courtesy of the Vikings’ 20-0 shutout.

“It’s disappointing when you have kids who have worked really hard and you feel like you’re right at the door and you just can’t squeak through,” Iola head coach David Daugharthy said.

“It’s tough when you’re playing a good, well-coached football team, and they were executing well tonight.”

All things considered, Iola

Iola High’s Grady Dougherty blocks Parsons defender Demonta Kendrick Friday in Iola’s 20-0 defeat. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN was very much a part of the game at halftime, despite being outgained in the first half, 144 yards to 34.

That changed in the third quarter, with a successful diet of misdirection runs propelling Iola into Viking territory for the first time all game.

But the Parsons defenders stiffened after Iola reached the Viking 39, setting up a fourth-down attempt.

Iola quarterback Landon Weide’s pass down the right sideline nearly became a highlight reel catch, first by intended receiver Drayden Reiter, who deflected the

ball, then by Briggs Shannon (40) who tapped at it in vain as he unsuccessfully tried for the rebound before it fell harmlessly to the turf.

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Jayhawks stun unbeaten Sooners, 38-33 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Lance Leipold has always been focused on the future: the next game, the renovations that are about to transform Memorial Stadium, the long-term prospects of a program that has long been in the dumps.

“It’s time,” Leipold said after a 38-33 win over No. 6 Oklahoma on Saturday, “for me to start talking about how far we’ve come.”

Devin Neal ran for 112 yards and the go-ahead score with 55 seconds left, the Sooners’ Dillon Gabriel threw incomplete to the end zone on the final play of the game, and Kansas fans — finally relishing a bit of success after watching so many downtrodden teams over the years — were left to storm the field and celebrate one of the biggest wins in school history.

The Jayhawks snapped an 18-game losing streak to Oklahoma in their final matchup before it departs the Big 12 for the SEC, and

Kansas Jayhawks running back Daniel Hishaw Jr. (20) gets past Oklahoma defensive back Billy Bowman Jr. (2) for a touchdown in the first half on Saturday.

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they beat their highest-ranked opponent since defeating Virginia Tech in the 2008 Orange Bowl.

And the fans tore down the goal posts and dumped them into Potter Lake.

“This is a huge moment for this team,” said Jason Bean, starting once again in place of injured quarterback Jalon Daniels.

The Jayhawks (6-2, 3-2 Big 12) looked as if they had squandered their chance to win when, trailing 33-32 with 2:29 remaining, Bean threw an interception. But their vastly improved defense forced Oklahoma (7-1, 4-1) to punt, and after two completions and a fourth-down throw that gained 37 yards, Neal scampered in from 9 out against

what appeared to be an ambivalent defense to give Kansas the lead back.

But it also give Oklahoma’s offense another shot with the ball.

Gabriel completed a 39-yard pass to Brenan Thompson to reach the Kansas 34 with 24 seconds to go. After a short throw to Jovantae Barnes and an incompletion, the quarterback

Crest: Bows out with playoff loss Continued from B1

nis after his opening return — and took 34 seconds of game time to get back in front.

This time it was Ediger who found McMannis from 19 yards out to give Canton Galva a 12-8 lead.

Crest never got back in front, although the Lancers were able to mount several scoring threats for the balance of the game.

But, as fate would have it, those chances came up dry.

Ediger found Kustom Schamp on a nifty 17-pass play. Crest’s Gentry McGhee offered up blanket coverage but was outjumped

by Schamp as the ball reached the end zone.

From there, McMannis took over, scoring on runs of 35, 37, 58 and 17 yards.

His final score ended the contest at the 1:49 mark of the third quarter, once the spread exceeded 45 points.

The teams offered up some fireworks at

Allen Continued from B1

slammed the door with two more goals seven minutes apart to seal the win.

The men end with an 8-5-4 record.

IN WOMEN’S action, the Red Devils could not sustain the momentum from a thrilling 1-0 over Neosho County three days earlier, a victory that marked the 100th career win for head coach Jeremy McGinnis.

On Saturday, Johnson County held the ACC offense in check, while scoring on goals from Megan Everhart in the 20th minute and Jenna Knight in the 68th minute.

The Allen women end with a 9-5 mark.

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who had been nearly perfect all season threw high to the end zone on the final play to touch off the field-storming celebration.

“I got caught in a whole bunch of students,” Leipold said. “I hope nobody gives me a breathalyzer just off the fumes out there.”

Bean threw for 218 yards with two interceptions while running for 62 yards and a touchdown. Daniel Hishaw also had two TD runs for the Jayhawks, who had not beaten Oklahoma since October 4, 1997.

Gabriel finished with 171 yards passing and three touchdown runs, and Tawee Walker ran for 146 yards and a score, though the Sooners were left to lament too many missed opportunities and the end to their perfect season.

“Turned the ball over, penalties — the timing of all of it was really poor,” Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said. “As I told them, we’re not going to be defined by any one win or any loss.

We have a lot still in front of us. But this one hurts. It stings.”

Until the fourth quarter, it had been a dreary Homecoming

for the Jayhawks.

A sellout crowd packed Memorial Stadium early to watch Fox’s pregame show, then started getting wet when rain moved in after kickoff. Midway through the second quarter, lightning lit up the sky, causing a delay of about an hour. And when the game finally resumed, about half that crowd was left — and a big portion of that was chanting “Boomer Sooner.”

All those Kansas fans that stuck it out were in for a treat.

The Jayhawks had jumped to a 14-0 lead on a pick-six by Mello Dotson and Hishaw’s first TD run. But the Sooners, who had been struggling without injured running back Marcus Major, soon found their stride.

When the Jayhawks fumbled a kickoff, Gabriel’s second touchdown run marked 21 unanswered points for Oklahoma.

The seesaw affair was just getting started, though.

The Jayhawks had closed within 21-20 in third quarter when they pounced on a fumble and Bean ran 38 yards for a score.

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Crest High’s Denton Ramsey (6) lunges for extra yardage in a game earlier this season. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARIA RODRIGUEZ the end of the first half.

Crest had the ball deep on its side of the field, and was set to punt the ball away in the waning seconds. But Golden’s punt was blocked, giving the Eagles one shot at the end zone before intermission.

This time, it was the Lancers’ turn to repel the Eagles, stuffing the play short of the goal line.

Unofficially, Golden completed five passes for 87 yards, including three passes to McGhee covering 38 yards. Drake Weir added a highlight reel catch covering 32 yards. Rodriguez had 17 yards on his touchdown catch.

Barker and Kade Nilges shared high-rushing honors for Crest with 32 yards apiece.

Ediger rushed for 10 yards and threw for 60 to four different receivers.

McGhee and Rodriguez both had interceptions for the Crest defense.

Canton Galva (8-1) moves on to host Frankfort Friday evening in their regional round matchup.

How they scored Crest 8-0-0-x—8 Canton Galva 30-8-20-x—56 First Quarter CG — Lane McManis 78 yd kickoff return (run failed) 11:48 Crest — Jerry Rodriguez 17 yd pass from Ryan Golden ( Jensen Barker run) 8:52 CG — McMannis 19 yd pass from Jaden Ediger (run failed) 8:18 CG — Kustom Schamp 17 yd pass from Edoger (Ediger run) 4:48 CG — McMannis 35 yd run (McMannis run) 1:43 Second Quarter CG — (Ediger) 44 yd run (Leyton Witte run) 10:50 Third Quarter CG — McMannis 37 yd run

(McMannis run) 9:15 CG — McMannis 58 yd run (run failed) 5:25 CG —McMannis 17 yd run (game ended) 1:49 Statistics (unofficial) Rushing Crest: Gentry McGhee 2-4; Denton Ramsey 4-2; Ryan Golden 5-4; Jerry Rodriguez 2-4; Nilges 6-32; Jensen Barker 15-32 Canton Galva: Leyton Witte 4-12; Lane McMannis 9-165; Jaden Ediger 5-104; Wyatt Collins 1-0 Passing Crest: Kade Nilges 0-3-0; Ryan Golden 5-13-87; Jensen Barker 0-3-0 Canton Galva: Jaden Ediger 5-12-66 Receiving Crest: Gentry McGhee 3-38; Drake Weir 1-32; Jerry Rodriguez 1-17.

Canton Galva: Leyton Witte 1-14; Lane McMannis 2-19; Kustom Schamp 1-17, Wyatt Collins 1-16.

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Kansas City, which scored just three goals in its first 10 games this season and beat San Jose on penalty kicks in the Wild Card game, can advance to the conference semifinals with a win in Match 2 at home on Nov. 5.

Rémi Walter scored in the 36th minute to give Sporting KC the lead for good and Gadi Kinda added a goal in the 39th to make it 3-1.

Walter scored when Kinda’s shot from the left side of the box was

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Kinda’s corner kick was headed by Alan Pulido at the near post to Dániel Sallói, who tapped in from pointblank range to cap the scoring in the 61st minute.

Kansas City’s Logan Ndenbe, a 23-year-old defender, to open the scoring in the 27th minute when he put away a shot from the top corner, but Tim Parker answered when he cleaned up a corner kick from Indiana Vassilev that was deflected by the Sporting defense to make it 1-1 moments later.

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day’s becomes a sort of white noise. Perhaps the scream of a parent or coach might pierce through, but more often than not, one runs alone.

So when an entire season concludes with a single race, finished before the girls seemed to really understand it had begun, as the adrenaline drains from the body and the cold enters, as they shivered and huddled around teammates, the quiet makes sense.

Plus, Crest head coach Kaitlyn Cummings was nowhere to be found. No one knew how the team had done.

Parents and supporters started packing up, tearing down the tent, taking bags to the bus.

Everyone was waiting, but no one knew what for. Until Cummings came running up.

“Girls! Girls! We got second place!” she yelled, her intensity electric. “Where is everybody?” she asked, looking around. “Hey – we got second place! We just got second!”

And with that, finally, the tension broke.

Tears flowed. Hugs and smiles everywhere. Relief, followed by pride.

Crest High School had just achieved its best finish ever at the Kansas State 1A Cross Country meet.

FOR THOSE who crave places and times, here goes: Josie Walter finished fifth with a time of 19:45 in the 5K competition. Peyton Schmidt followed, earning a tenth-place finish at 20:35. Aubrey Allen finished 31st with a time of 22:04. And older sister Kaylee came in

M A N H AT TA N , Kan. (AP) — Will Howard was 15of-17 passing for 164 yards with two touchdowns, as Kansas State defeated Houston 41-0 Saturday.

It was the K-State defense, which has gone nine quarters without allowing a touchdown, that shined the brightest. K-State has outscored its opponents 103-3 since falling behind Texas Tech on Oct. 14 before winning 38-21.

The Wildcats (62, 4-1 Big 12) held the Cougars (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) to just 208 yards. The Cougars came into the game second in the Big 12 with 291 passing yards per game but managed just 95 against K-State.

Houston’s Donovan Smith had trouble finding open receivers. He finished the day 13 of 28 for 88 yards.

The Wildcats rushed for 174 yards, led by DJ Giddens, who had 96 yards and two of the three rushing touchdowns. His 13-yard run late in the third quarter extended the lead to 35-0.

K-State continued an impressive streak with a 12play, 75-yard touchdown drive on its opening possession.

Through eight games, the Wildcats have scored six touchdowns and had one field goal the first time it touched the ball.

Howard passed to Garrett Oakley for a 12-yard score.

Crest High’s Gunner Ellington, third from left and in the red jersey, runs the Wamego Country Club course Saturday at the Class 1A Cross Country Meet. Ellington, who played with the Lancer football team the night before, took 36th. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER 61st with a time of 23:51.

In the boys race, Gunner Ellington, a junior who had traveled the night before with Crest’s football team to take on Canton-Galva, finished in 18:29, good for 36th place.

BUT FOR every data point, every metric, there’s a story. Gunner is in his first year running cross country. Asked for his thoughts after the race, he said plainly, “A lot of hills.” Still, Ellington started the race well and found a strong pack of runners. He stayed with them, hills and all.

And it worked; his time was an astounding 39 seconds better than the 19:08 from just a week ago at regionals.

Quick to smile, Ellington is already excited for next year. “Now I know the course and can be prepared,” he said. Coach Cummings, who wrapped him up in a bear hug after the finish, just hopes he spends more practices with her than the football squad.

The Crest’s girls ran in Saturday’s final race of the day. Sophomores Josie, Peyton, and Aubrey, along with senior Kaylee, all made stellar contributions to the team’s historic finish.

(In 1A cross country, only the top four scores count; for 2A and above, five runners are needed.)

Aubrey had fallen sick the night before and was nursing an injured foot, yet still managed to shave 16 seconds off her best time.

Josie, who placed third last year, slipped two places. But don’t let that fool you; her time this year was 40 seconds faster. Peyton improved a whole minute and 16 seconds from her freshman time.

You can bet 1A schools around the state will take notice of the girls’ success, especially since three have two years of high school left.

And senior Kaylee, in her first year of cross country, was competing in her first and last state meet. She ended her career in style, running 25 seconds faster than she did at regionals.

THE GIRLS started well Saturday, mostly avoiding the congestion around the race’s first turn where a 50-yardwide path reduces to about five yards wide, with 86 runners all jostling for position. Walter quickly found herself in the front pack, but Schmidt, who got a bit trapped in the early curves, spent much of the second mile reeling in runners, passing on the hills, sorting her way back to the front.

In between Walter and Schmidt, though, were three stellar ath-

letes from South Gray High School of Montezuma, a small town southwest of Dodge City.

South Gray would end up in first place with an astonishing team score of just 27 points. (The lowest score, assigned by places finished, wins in cross country.) Crest was second with 72, while Elyria Christian School of McPherson finished third with 82.

Maybe it was the cold.

Whatever it was, this year’s times were much faster than a year ago.

For the 1A boys, last year’s winning time of 16:50 was brushed aside by this year’s 16:29, run

by Lebo’s Caleb Yoder.

For the girls, last year’s winner clocked in at 19:37. This year, freshman Ellei McCrory from Northern Heights High School ran more than a minute faster, finishing in 18:30.

CUMMINGS, in her fifth year coaching cross country at Crest, is on to something.

With last year’s team finishing third at state, this year’s team earning second, and backto-back regional titles, there is only one trophy left to win. Her devotion to the kids is easy to see; Cummings never

really stopped moving the whole day, a constant blur of hugs and pep talks, warm-ups and cool-downs, smiles and tears.

“These girls worked their tails off today,” said Cummings, as the team walked to the awards ceremony, where the Crest girls would be presented with medals and their second place trophy. “They showed up.

We had a couple with illness, and they persevered. This is pretty sweet.”

“I just love cross country. It comes from the heart. These kids all put in a ton of miles and a ton of work. It’s not easy,” she continued.

But then Cummings saw another coach whose team had done well. “Hold on — I gotta say hi to this coach,” she said, breaking away to run over and congratulate him.

FOR THOSE who don’t know, that’s cross country. An individual sport made a team. The kids push themselves as hard as they can; the adults just watch and hold on. The joy in finishing is often enough. Any lingering happiness can surely be shared.

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Iola High’s Kolton Greathouse, center, blocks for quarterback Landon Weide, left, and Ben Kerr, right, Friday against Parsons. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Iola: Season ends with loss to Vikes Continued from B1

Iola promptly moved back to midfield before a bad snap set up third and long.

The Mustangs dug into their bag of trick plays, a double reverse that had Korbin Cloud lofting a pass down the sideline to a wide open Weide. But the pass was just beyond Weide’s reach, forcing an Iola punt.

But even that didn’t end Iola’s hopes. The Mustangs forced another three-and-out, and set up shop on their next possession inside the Viking 35.

But the game changed three plays later. Weide’s pass on fourth and long was just beyond teammate Ben Kerr’s reach, and instead found the arms of Viking defender Jason Smart, who blazed a trail down the right sideline for a Parsons touchdown.

Suddenly, Iola trailed by two scores, 13-0.

But still Iola wasn’t content to go down without a fight.

The Mustangs continued to control possession, marching deep into Parsons territory before another critical sequence.

Iola had fourth-andthree from the Parsons 5, but Weide couldn’t connect with Cloud on the pass attempt, and another golden opportunity had evaporated.

A rejuvenated Parsons offense melted away any remaining suspense by riding on the shoulders of workhorse running back Jahmarion Washington. Washington accounted for 81 yards on that drive alone — he wound up with 190 for the game — the final 36 coming on a touchdown run to make it 20-0.

THE FIRST half was played almost exclusively on Iola’s side of the field.

But that time it was the Mustangs who had repeatedly flummoxed the Vikings when scoring chances arose.

Parsons on three occasions had the ball in scoring position, but converted only once, on Washington’s 12yard touchdown run early in the second quarter.

“We had them on their heels a little bit the first half when they drove down the field and we were able to stop them multiple times.”

Kerr was Iola’s main catalyst on offense, particularly in the second half. Unofficial-

Iola High’s Ben Kerr, center, follows the block of teammate Drayden Reiter Friday at Parsons. Below, Iola’s Cortland Carson is tackled. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN take on the Buffalos in a regional playoff game.

ly, he wound up with 109 yards on 16 carries, while Weide completed five passes for 40 yards.

Cloud had three of the catches, covering 20 yards.

WITH THE DEFEAT, Iola loses the services of 13 seniors, most of whom played significant roles on offense and defense.

“Honestly all 13 have been amazing,” Daugharthy said. “The theme for the year was ‘Be different.’ Be different in how we prepare.

Be different in how we treat others. Just be different in everything.

“These guys have been the epitome of that,” he

How they scored Iola 0-0-0-0—0 Parsons 0-6-7-7—20 Second Quarter Parsons — Jahmarion Washington 12 yd run (PAT failed) Third Quarter Parsons — Jason Smart 75 Interception return ( Jayce Quirin kick) Fourth Quarter Parsons — Washington 36 yd run (Quirin kick)

continued. “It’s gonna be tough to replace them, not just for what they do on the field, but also their personality and the type of kids they are. They’re a bunch of hard-working young men that are gonna be great at doing some amazing things. I’m really proud of that group.

They’re gonna leave a lasting impact.”

“We have some good pieces coming back,” Daugharthy concluded.

“We’ll be alright. It’s just gonna be tough to replace a class that put so much into it.”

Iola ends the 2023 season with a 4-5 record.

Parsons (8-1) heads to Prairie View this week to

Statistics (unofficial) Rushing Iola: Landon Weide, 9-(17); Ben Kerr 16-109; Tre Wilson 1-(-3); Korbin Cloud 4-17; Drayden Reiter 4-9.

Parsons: Trey Logan 1-0,; Tra Mack, 2-15; JJ Kendrick 2-13; Jahmarion Washington 32-190; Chandler Hentzen 4-20 Passing Iola: Landon Weide, 5-17-40 Parsons: Tra Mack 8-14-74 Receiving Iola Ben Kerr, 1-9; Cortland Carson 1-11; Korbin Cloud 3-20.

Parsons: Jahmarcus Washington 1-5, Landon Wheat 2-14; JJ Kendrick 2-22; Jahmarion Washington 2-25

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DENVER (AP) — Patrick Mahomes showed up to the stadium feeling ill and out of sorts.

It only got worse after kickoff.

The Kansas City quarterback couldn’t shake off the effects of flu-like symptoms or shake free from a buzzing Denver defense as he turned in one of the most pedestrian performances of his career in a 24-9 loss to the Broncos on Sunday.

“Worst I felt walking out of the stadium,” Mahomes said after his first loss in seven starts in Denver and the Chiefs’ first loss to the Broncos since 2015. “Obviously, it wasn’t our day.”

He doesn’t have many off days, especially on the road against AFC West teams. Mahomes was 16-0 away from Arrowhead in divisional games until a bitterly cold Sunday afternoon in the Mile High City.

He was a late entrant on the injury report due to being under the weather. It was nothing but downhill from there. Mahomes was out of sync (first game without a passing TD in nearly two years), off target (throwing two interceptions, lost a fumble), and never found his rhythm (a paltry 59.2 passer rating).

On top of it all, Mahomes suffered cuts on his non-throwing hand (he guesses he got stepped on after one of the many times he ended up on the ground) and had to hear the stadium blast Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” as the Chiefs (6-2) trudged toward their tunnel. It was obviously a troll of tight end Travis Kelce and his relationship

with the pop star, w h o didn’t m a k e the trip to Denver as she prepares to resume her hugely successful “Eras Tour.”

“We didn’t play good enough,” Mahomes said. “We didn’t hit our shots when they were there and then when they were there, we didn’t execute it.”

Denver (3-5) rode a defense led by Justin Simmons — the safety intercepted Mahomes along with recovering a fumble — and an efficient offense paced

by Russell Wilson’s three TD passes to beat Kansas City for the first time since Sept.

17, 2015, when Peyton Manning was Denver’s QB and Mahomes was still slinging it at Texas Tech.

“Props to them,” Mahomes said of the Broncos. “They played their tail off and they deserved to win today.”

So, how do the Chiefs avoid this becoming a domino effect?

“It won’t be,” insisted Mahomes, whose team faces Miami (62) in Germany next weekend.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid chalked it up to simply an uncharacteristic day at the office. Receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling had a fumble after a catch and returner Mecole Hardman muffed a punt. The Broncos cashed in their five takeaways for 17 points.

“Saw things this afternoon that I haven’t seen before from the guys,” Reid said. “That’s my responsibility — make sure they’re right. We weren’t right today.”

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