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Muslims targeted in London attack and father of four living in Cardiff, Wales, who was not known to authorities before the attack. Details about the assailTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS ant were sketchy, but the assault — the most draLONDON — The rash of matic against Muslims in deadly terror attacks that London in recent years — has rattled Britain in recent suggested a new, dangerous months took a new turn on level of polarization in BritMonday as Muslim worish society. shippers became targets “This was an attack on during the holy month of Muslims near their place Ramadan, mowed down by of worship,” May said in a an attacker who plowed a televised address. “And like van into a crowd leaving all terrorism, in whatever prayers at two mosques in form, it shares the same north London. fundamental goal. It seeks It was the same tactic to drive us apart — and to Islamic extremists used in break the precious bonds recent assaults on Westof solidarity and citizenminster Bridge and London ship that we share in this Bridge. Those attacks and a country. We will not let this third outside a pop concert happen.” in Manchester have trigMayor Sadiq Khan, Longered a surge in hate crimes don’s first Muslim mayor, against Muslims around also urged residents to Britain. stand together. British authorities, in“While this appears to be cluding Prime Minister an attack on a particular Theresa May, and Islamic community, like the terrileaders moved swiftly to ble attacks in Manchester, ease concerns in the MusWestminster and London lim community in the wake Bridge, it is also an assault of the attack shortly after on all our shared values midnight that injured at of tolerance, freedom and least nine people in Lonrespect,” Khan said, adding don’s Finsbury Park neigh- that there would be “zero borhood, which is home to a tolerance” for hate crimes. large Muslim population. “We will not allow these Authorities said the inciterrorists to succeed. ... We dent was being treated as a will stay a strong city,” the terror attack. One man died mayor said. at the scene, although he May said police would was receiving first aid at the assess security at mosques time and it wasn’t clear if he and provide any additional died as a result of the attack resources needed ahead of upcoming celebrations or from something else. marking the end of RamaBritish media identified dan. the suspect as Darren OsThe Metropolitan Police borne, a 47-year-old Briton

Man drove van into crowd of worshippers

Service, already stretched by investigations of the earlier attacks and a high-rise apartment fire that killed at least 79 people, said it was putting extra patrols on the streets to protect the public. The attack occurred about 12:20 a.m. local time when a speeding white van swerved into worshippers emerging from prayers outside the Muslim Welfare House and nearby Finsbury Park Mosque. People surrounded the driver and witnesses said the outraged crowd began attacking him. A local imam, Mohammed Mahmoud, said he and others shielded the man until police could take him away. “By God’s grace, we were able to protect him from harm,” the imam said. Police said the driver was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism, including murder and attempted murder. Toufik Kacimi, chief executive of the Muslim Welfare House, told Sky News the attack clearly targeted Muslims, saying the driver acted deliberately and was not drunk or mentally ill. “The driver of the van said ‘I did my bit,’ which means he’s not mentally ill,” Kacimi said. “This person was conscious. He did what he did deliberately to hit and kill as many Muslims as possible, so he is a terrorist.” But Kacimi said there was no need for the Muslim community to panic, because police and government officials have been “very, very supportive.”

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Heat wave crashes into Southwest THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOENIX — The ﬁrst day of summer brought some of the worst heat the Southwest U.S. has seen in years, forcing ﬂights to be canceled, straining the power grid and making life miserable for workers toiling in temperatures that reached 120 degrees or higher in some desert cities. Arizona, Nevada and California saw dramatic temperatures Tuesday as researchers say deadly heat waves like this one were going to grow more frequent. The forecast called for a high of 120 degrees in Phoenix, which it hasn’t seen in more than two decades. Death Valley, California, reached 125 and Palm Springs hit 121. The operator of California’s power grid called on

people to conserve electricity during peak hours. Workers at a construction site in a Phoenix suburb huddled under an excavator to ﬁnd a sliver of a shade during a break. At another building site, men in hard hats and yellow vests labored and sweated, downing water to stay hydrated. Project superintendent Tommy Russell said his company has held weekly safety meetings to prepare for the heat and that he will send his workers home if it hits 120. Las Vegas also baked. Visitors tried to stay inside air-conditioned casinos, and some tourists lugged packs of bottled water around the Strip. Others went to a bar where the temperature is set at 23 degrees and glasses, walls and seats are sculpted from ice. Tonya and Lavonda Wil-

liams traveled to Sin City from Orlando, Florida, to see the Backstreet Boys in concert. Walking on the Strip in 112 degrees was too much to handle, even for people accustomed to heat. “This is like the oven door is open,” Lavonda Williams said as the sisters walked from a pedestrian bridge into The Palazzo casino-resort. “It’s too hot to even drink alcohol,” Tonya Williams added. Landscaper Juan Guadalupe scaled a spindly palm tree more than 50 feet tall in Phoenix, using a chain saw to hack the branches. He didn’t mind being tethered to a tall tree because he occasionally catches a cool breeze. “Down here, it’s hot,” Guadalupe said. With cooling and hydra-

tion stations in full swing across the region, hundreds ﬂocked to Grace Lutheran Church in Phoenix for water and refuge. “We have homeless people come from a long way to sit here,” longtime volunteer Moses Elder said. “There are other spots where you can go get cold water and sit down and cool off, but there are few places you can lay down and get something to eat.” Phoenix has hit 120 only three times in recorded history. The record high was 122 degrees on June 26, 1990. The weather comes as new research found that nearly one in three people now experience 20 days a year when the heat reaches deadly levels. The study was published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

A crew from Juarez Construction sits under their excavator Tuesday during a break to avoid the heat in Tempe, Ariz. The Southwest is under one of the ﬁercest heat THE ASSOCIATED PRESS waves in years.

Senate steers toward showdown Brussels train station blast vote next week on health bill being treated as terror attack THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘What is the deal we have? I have no idea what the deal is.’ Sen. Lisa Murkowski “Hopefully we’ll have 50 votes when that time comes.” At the White House, spokesman Sean Spicer said Trump “clearly wants a bill that has heart.” A week ago, Trump called the version the House approved last month “mean.” Spicer offered no speciﬁcs but said Trump wants the Senate to “strengthen it, to make it more affordable, more accessible.” Besides Lee, two other conservatives were also complaining. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the Republican plan does “not yet” do enough to reduce premiums, a key GOP goal, and said it needed to go further in easing the coverage requirements Obama’s law imposes on insurers. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said it would be “a nonstarter” if the developing bill’s subsidies are as large as Obama’s. Moderate Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said she didn’t know how she’d vote, saying, “What is the deal we have? I have no idea what the deal is.” She’s opposed conservative efforts to include language barring federal payments to Planned Parenthood, a group many Republicans abhor because it provides abortions.

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their chance to scrutinize the bill and whip up opposition against it. “I’ve never heard of a more radical or a more reckless process,” said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Lawmakers, aides and lobbyists said party leaders still had decisions to make. These included how to make sure health care subsidies can’t be used for policies that provide abortions, how to curb spending on the federal-state Medicaid program and how fast they can repeal tax boosts Obama levied on high earners and medical companies to finance his statute’s expanded coverage. The No. 3 Senate GOP leader, John Thune of South Dakota, said Republicans were moving toward phasing out Obama’s enlargement of Medicaid to additional low-income people over five or six years. That might satisfy Republican senators from states that expanded their programs, but conservatives have wanted to halt the extra expenditures quickly. Though McConnell did not schedule the vote for next week, some Republicans said they believed he would hold it either way. A loss would be a major blow for Trump and congressional Republicans, but it would let GOP senators take a definitive stance on the issue and let Republicans move on to other priorities like tax cuts. “The leadership has made it clear we’re going to vote,” Thune said.

Prosecutor’s spokeswoman Ine Van Wymersch later conﬁrmed his death and BRUSSELS — Belgian authorities said they foiled said no other explosives were found on his body. a “terror attack” Tuesday Some Belgian media had when soldiers shot and reported earlier that the killed a suspect after a suspect was wearing a small explosion at a busy Brussels train station that bomb belt. continued a week of attacks Belgium’s Crisis Center, in the capitals of Europe. which monitors security Federal prosecutor Eric threats in the country, Van der Sypt said soldiers said based on initial in“neutralized” a male susformation it did not see a pect at the Central Station need to raise the country’s immediately after the explo- terror threat to the highest sion on Tuesday night. The level and kept it at the secman lay still for hours while ond-highest level. a bomb squad checked Authorities set up a wide whether he was armed with perimeter around the stamore explosives. tion, located near the city’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

famed Grand Place square. Van der Sypt said no one else was injured besides the suspect and the damage from the explosion was limited. The attack, which took place during a rare heatwave in Belgium, came around 8.30 p.m., well after the evening rush hour had dissipated. Nicolas Van Herreweghen, who works for Belgium’s national rail company, said the male suspect was very agitated, yelling about jihadists and then “Allahu akbar,” Arabic for “God is great,” before blowing up something on a baggage trolley.

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MLB, playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union donate $1 million THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When it was founded in a one-room ofďŹ ce nearly three decades ago, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum set out to preserve an important yet quickly fading era of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pastime. The days of Pop Lloyd and Judy Johnson, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige. Its mission has evolved and expanded over the years to where it serves not only as a caretaker of the past but a bridge to the future. There is the Buck Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil Education and Research Center, which opened earlier this year in the old Paseo YMCA, and a $19 million urban youth academy in development nearby that aims to attract more kids to the game. All those endeavors cost money, of course, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where Major League Baseball and its playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union have stepped in. They joined Wednesday to present a $1 million grant to the museum to help with operating costs, expansion plans and educational opportunities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of the sacriďŹ ces and triumphs of the men and women of the Negro Leagues, the museum is an inspirational experience for fans of any age,â&#x20AC;? Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We appreciate the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contributions to baseball and the role it can play in encouraging young people.â&#x20AC;? Blacks have played professional baseball since the late 1800s, often as part of military or college teams. There were few color barriers back then, only a love of the game. But as racism grew in the early 1900s, and Jim Crow laws began an age of segregation, black players found it increasingly difďŹ cult to gain acceptance in the game. So in 1920, former player Rube Foster held a meeting at the Paseo YUMC to set rules for the Negro National League, and soon rival leagues were springing up across the country. Games often played in major urban centers became events, drawing thousands of fans to see a style of play that was every bit as entertaining as the games played by their white counterparts. The Negro Leagues had their share of stars, too. Cool Papa Bell and Josh Gibson became household names, while future Hall of Famers such as Ernie Banks, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who broke the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; got their start on teams such as the Homestead Grays, Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Kansas City Monarchs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Negro Leagues played an important role in not only changing the game but America, too,â&#x20AC;? said the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president, Bob Kendrick, who was close friends with several former players. The integration of baseball in the 1940s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s led to the decline of the Negro Leagues, and the last teams folded in the early 1960s.

Could be wild night at NBA draft Fultz likely to go No. 1 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Markelle Fultz is ready for the NBA draft. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already learned about life at the trade deadline. During a dizzying few days of deals around the NBA, the presumed No. 1 pick had his Saturday plans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not to mention his future destination â&#x20AC;&#x201D; change when the Philadelphia 76ers brought him in for a workout. They then completed a trade with the Boston Celtics and are expected to take the Washington guard to begin the action tonight. And if the last few days are indication, what follows

might be a wild night inside Barclays Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a little crazy last couple days,â&#x20AC;? Duke forward Jayson Tatum said Wednesday. Teams seem to have one eye on the draft and future stars like Fultz and Lonzo Ball, while the other is ďŹ rmly focused on jockeying for proven veterans. Former and future No. 1 picks have already been dealt this week in what feels like the trade deadline, free agency and draft all rolled into one frenzy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just shows you what the NBA is about. I mean, you can get traded in the blink of an eye, without knowing,â&#x20AC;? Fultz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just shows you how this business is and like I said, I just go with the ďŹ&#x201A;ow. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got an

opportunity to play basketball and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all I ask for.â&#x20AC;? Though Fultz heads whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widely regarded as a strong draft class, the young stars have had to share the spotlight this week with veterans who are â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or could be â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the move. All-Stars and Olympic champions such as Paul George and Jimmy Butler are front and center in trade talk that usually isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t this heavy until February. Dwight Howard was dealt and Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Angelo Russell â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who just two years ago was on the same stage the players will walk today as the No. 2 pick â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was dealt by the Los Angeles Lakers, presumably to clear the point guard spot for Ball and salary cap space for the future.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been seeing a lot of crazy things. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been coming through my phone with the ESPN app,â&#x20AC;? Kentucky guard Malik Monk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew right before the draft something crazy was going to happen. It happens almost every year, so I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shocked about it.â&#x20AC;? Things are expected to settle down a bit for at least the ďŹ rst two picks. The 76ers, selecting ďŹ rst for the second straight year, should take Fultz before Magic Johnson takes Ball with the Lakers again in the No. 2 spot, which is exactly what the UCLA guard and his father, LaVar, want. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would mean a lot to play for my hometown and learn from the best point guard ever,â&#x20AC;? Ball said.

From there it could be Tatum, Josh Jackson of Kansas, Kentuckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aaron Fox or some other player in the mix at No. 3, where the Celtics will now pick after the deal with the 76ers. Celtics President Danny Ainge said after making the trade he thought he could get the player he wanted two spots lower. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very loaded class and I feel like especially whichever guys go at the top four, ďŹ ve, there may not be that much separation between (them) because everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just so talented,â&#x20AC;? Tatum said. Many of them, as usual lately, are freshmen. A record 14 were taken in the ďŹ rst round of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft and that number should be threatened today.

Thunder have eight prospects to consider BY FRED KATZ CNHI News Service

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible to predict the ďŹ rst 20 selections of the NBA Draft. So, Oklahoma City is eying different types of players as it awaits the No. 21 pick in to nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities. Here are some of the prospects the Thunder could choose (in no particular order) if they hold onto their ďŹ rst-round pick: SF/PF SEMI OJELEYE (SMU), 22 YEARS OLD, 6-FOOT-7, 235 POUNDS: Some scouts believe Ojeleye could struggle stepping away from the paint to guard quicker players on the perimeter. He played power forward in college. But heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely to be one of the better catch-andshoot threats who could be around at No. 21, and a big body could allow someone as athletic as him to defend multiple positions. If he is actually able to venture out to the wing, he could be a steal late in the ďŹ rst round. SF/PF OG ANUNOBY (INDIANA), 19 YEARS OLD, 6-FOOT-8, 215 POUNDS: Anunoby could have been

a higher pick had he not suffered a season-ending ACL injury this past year. Now, he could miss the beginning of the upcoming regular season. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raw offensively, but if he can recover, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be one of the most athletic and longest wings from this draft, a style of player the Thunder have historically preferred on the perimeter. PF TJ LEAF (UCLA), 20 YEARS OLD, 6-FOOT-10, 220 POUNDS: Leaf will likely struggle to defend, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a skilled offensive player who can already shoot 3s and pass a little bit. If he can spread the ďŹ&#x201A;oor as a stretch 4 while also making an impact spotting up in transition, he could contribute to an NBA team right away despite the issues on the other end. PF DJ WILSON (MICHIGAN), 21 YEARS OLD, 6-FOOT-10, 240 POUNDS: The Thunder, as constructed, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need another big man, but Wilson ďŹ ts the type of player general manager Sam Presti tends to value. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tall, long, mobile, showed some shot-blocking potential at Michigan, and maybe most

importantly, he knocked down 3s accurately and at a respectable volume in college. PG JAWUN EVANS (OKLAHOMA CITY), 20 YEARS OLD, 6-FOOT-1, 177 POUNDS: Evans handled the ball as often as he wanted at Oklahoma State, but he was also on a team devoid of NBA talent. So, will he be able to take a small step back and become a little less ball-dominant come the pros? Or is this just his style? And considering how skilled he is as a pick-androll scorer and facilitator, would it even be a negative if he pounds the air out of the ball at the NBA level? PG DERRICK WHITE (COLORADO), 20 YEARS OLD, 6-FOOT-5, 200 POUNDS: White played only one year of Division-I bas-

ketball, but he made that single season count, turning into one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most efďŹ cient scoring guards while also making an impact on the defensive end. He is one of the older players in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft, but he also has as reďŹ ned a game as anyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected to go late in the ďŹ rst round. The Thunder, meanwhile, could use a backup point guard immediately. SF JUSTIN JACKSON (NORTH CAROLINA), 22 YEARS OLD, 6-FOOT-8, 193 POUNDS: Jackson should be gone by the time the No. 21 pick comes around, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a chance a player can slide. The big wing doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the same ceiling as some other, more athletic players, like Anunoby, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a smart

defender who upped his 3-point shooting to respectable levels, understands how to cut and has one of the highest ďŹ&#x201A;oors of any wing in the draft. SG FRANK JACKSON (DUKE), 19 YEARS OLD, 6-FOOT-4, 208 POUNDS: Jackson underwent minor foot surgery at the end of May and hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been working out for teams since, but he tested as one of the most athletic prospects at the NBA Combine earlier in the month. The Thunder love guys who can jump and run on the wings. Jackson certainly ďŹ ts that description.

FRED KATZ is the Thunder beat writer for the Norman Transcript and CNHI Oklahoma as well as the host of the Locked on Thunder podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @FredKatz.

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WASHINGTON — An online conspiracy theory dubbed “pizzagate” ended Thursday with real-world consequences when a North Carolina man was sentenced to prison for arming himself with an assault rifle, traveling to the nation’s capital and firing his weapon inside a neighborhood pizza restaurant. Edgar Maddison Welch’s “ill-conceived plot” last year did “actual damage to the lives of real people,” a judge said before sentencing him to four years in prison. Judge Ketanji B. Jackson said she’d never seen a case like Welch’s, and she gave him a punishment on the upper end of guidelines, in part to send a message to others. If Welch believed an internet conspiracy theory that children were being harmed at the restaurant, he should have notified law enforcement, not attempted to take the law into his own hands, the judge said during Thursday’s hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington. Jackson said it was “sheer luck” that no one was physically injured when Welch entered Washington’s Comet Ping Pong restaurant on Dec. 4 armed with an AR-15 assault rifle and a revolver. As diners and staff fled, Welch went through the restaurant. At one point, he fired his AR-15 at a locked closet, but he discovered there were no children being held in the restaurant and surrendered peacefully. Welch’s sentence was just below the 4½ years prosecutors sought and above the 1½ years Welch’s attorney asked for.

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Vandalism destroys students’ projects Ofﬁcial: Burglary may also have been attempted at Galena nature center

dents had painted and filled with plants the first week of the program were smashed sometime Wednesday night by vandals. “I thought at first that an animal had got to them, but when I got over there, it was obvious that they had been smashed,” Henderson BY KIMBERLY BARKER said. “About seven or eight kbarker@joplinglobe.com of them were smashed. The fourth- and fifth-graders, as GALENA, Kan. — Multiwell as a few of my middle ple students in teacher Suschoolers, their flower pots zette Henderson’s summer were smashed.” school program learned a Henderson said her stulife lesson or two this week. dents were disappointed They arrived Thursday and confused as to why morning at the Southeast someone would break their Kansas Nature Center at Schermerhorn Park only to pots, but overall handled it well. encounter the disappoint“I talked to the middle ment that inevitably accompanies senseless vandalism. school kids on Friday about it and how they felt,” HenFlower pots that the stu-

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Viaduct in downtown Joplin reopens The city of Joplin has reopened the Pennsylvania Avenue viaduct between Fifth and Seventh streets. It had been closed since February while a building beneath it was demolished.

MSSU sees 11 percent increase in summer enrollment Student enrollment in the summer session at Missouri Southern State University is up by 11 percent over the same time last year, the university has announced. This summer’s census comes to a total of 1,949 students, compared with 1,754 in 2016. The total number of enrolled hours is also up by 13 percent — 10,227 hours this summer compared with 9,089 hours last year. Students taking master’s degree classes have jumped from 48 last year to 88 this summer, an 83 percent spike. Anyone wanting more information about summer classes or enrolling for the fall semester should contact 417-625-9378 or admissions@ mssu.edu.

Designed for working adults, the program is currently offered as a hybrid that incorporates both inclass instruction and online components. Cheryl Giefer, director of the Bradley School of Nursing, said the online program allows working nurses to make degree process without taking time to travel and sit in a classroom. The program is accepting qualiﬁed applicants. Applicants who have already completed the required general education credits can earn their BSN degree in as little as one year.

Camp at Wildcat Glades to focus on outdoors Camp Wildcat Teen Adventure Camp will get underway from 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesday at Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, 201 Riviera Drive. The camp will continue through Friday. Teens 13 to 17 will try kayaking, zip-lining and sport shooting, and take a trip to a certiﬁed challenge course to build courage and teamwork. Students will learn about outdoor ethics and the “leave no trace” philosophy. There will also be

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derson said. “Before I could ﬁnish my thoughts, they were heading in the direction that I wanted them to go with it. They said they wouldn’t do that because they know how it feels.” And then came the other lesson, that of unsolicited generosity. Henderson said several members of the community offered to replace the pots and ﬂowers. “It was suggested that we have a community event for the kids who would like opportunities to volunteer for a community habitat improvement project. Class size is limited to 10 students, so registration is required. Participants should be in good physical condition. A snack will be provided, or students can bring a snack from home. Cost: $175, $150 for members. Details: 417-782-6287.

Diabetes group sets skin cancer program CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Mercy diabetes support group will host an educational presentation about skin cancer from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday in the Carthage Water and Electric conference room, 627 W. Centennial. Lea Humphrey, a doctor with Mercy Ear, Nose, Throat and Allergy Clinic, will speak about skin cancer including skin care, cancer prevention, tips and how the disease speciﬁcally affects people with diabetes. Diabetes-appropriate refreshments will be provided along with recipes and information. The group meets the fourth Tuesday of every month. Details: 417-359-1359 or 417-359-1937.

to paint a pot, and we have wildﬂower seeds and things they can use to replant,” said Linda Phipps, former director at the nature center and a retired school teacher. A window screen at the nature center had also been tampered with that night. Brandi Martin, part-time naturalist at the center, said that after learning of the broken ﬂower pots, she discovered a damaged window screen, suggesting that a burglary also might have been attempted. “There’s a seal that goes around the screen, and that was pulled out, and the screen was pulled up,” Martin said. “Animals Pots painted by children attending a summer school don’t do that. Not to that program in Galena were destroyed sometime Wednesday degree.” GLOBE | KIMBERLY BARKER evening by vandals.

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WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was ﬁned $1,000 on Friday by a federal magistrate judge for “patently misleading representations” he made to the court about the contents of a document he was photographed taking into a November meeting with then President-elect Donald Trump. “The court agrees that the defendant’s deceptive conduct and lack of candor warrant the imposition of sanctions,” U.S. Magistrate Judge James O’Hara wrote in his ruling. Kobach did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The dispute stems from efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union to obtain a document that The Associated Press photographed Kobach taking into his meeting with Trump referencing a possible amendment to the National Voting Registration Act. “It did alert us to the possibility that he wanted to change the federal motor voter law. That is relevant not only to our case, it is relevant to voters all across the country,” said Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s voting rights project. That photograph prompted ACLU to seek to obtain it and any related materials on his proposed changes to federal voting law.

Kobach essentially told the court and the ACLU that he didn’t have any such documents — the misrepresentation cited in the judge’s order. The dispute arose in the ACLU’s federal lawsuit in Kansas challenging the state’s voter registration law that requires people to submit citizenship documents such as a birth certiﬁcate, naturalization papers or U.S. passport. Kobach initially refused to give the documents to the ACLU, prompting the group to seek a court order forcing him to turn over any documents about his efforts to change federal law on the type of information states require to determine voting eligibility.

Sheriff to conduct rock-painting session The public is invited to paint with Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves and deputies from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 6, at the Columbus City Park. Rocks will be painted to be hidden in Cherokee County parks. Rocks, paint and brushes will be provided. The event is sponsored by Partnership for All Cherokee County Children Coalition. The mission of PACCC is to connect Cherokee County families to resources through education, advocacy and collaboration. For more information, contact Tina Gantt at 620670-5867 or email tgantt@ kvc.org.

Fundraiser to beneﬁt inter-tribal society The Grand River Inter-Tribal Society is hosting a baked potato fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ottawa/ Peoria Building in Miami, Oklahoma. The price is $6 for all toppings. Phone orders can be made by calling 918-5336299. Orders for delivery need to be made by 2 p.m. the day of the event. Lunch deliveries will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Locations for delivery include Miami, Wyandotte, Seneca and Quapaw.

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ACHIEVEMENTS • Local student TYLER THURMAN, of Joplin, graduated from Westminster College in recent commencement exercises. Thurman majored in biology. Westminster College is located in Fulton. • WEBB CITY, Mo. — LEXEY KNEIB, of Webb City, has been named to the dean’s list at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the spring 2017 semester. Students in the School of Business meeting a minimum requirement of a 3.6 grade-point average while taking a minimum of 12 or more graded semester hours qualify for the honor. Kneib is among more than 4,400 students named to the dean’s list for the spring semester. • KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Several local students received degrees from Rockhurst University during the spring 2017 commencement ceremony. JOSEPH ANTHONY CALCAGNO, of Webb City; URMILA DASHRATHGIRI GOSWAMI, of Nevada; and SHELBY LYN KENKEL, of Joplin, were among the graduates, as well as PHILIP VINCENT CALCAGNO, also of Webb City, who graduated magna cum laude. Rockhurst University is one of 28 Catholic, Jesuit universities in the United States. • MARIONVILLE, Mo. — KENNETH ZAVADA, of Marionville, was named to the spring 2017 honor roll at McPherson College. To qualify for the honor roll, students must be enrolled full-time and earn a grade-point average of 3.55 or higher during the previous term. McPherson College is located in McPherson, Kansas. • ROLLA, Mo. — Several area students graduated from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in commencement ceremonies on May 13. The university awards Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. An honors designation of summa cum laude was awarded to students earning a cumulative gradepoint average of 3.8 or

Full-time on-campus and FHSU Virtual College OKLAHOMA students are eligible if they have completed 12 or more QUAPAW: Caitlin Miller. • ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Lo- credit hours and have a cal students attending Mis- minimum grade-point average of 3.6 for the semester. souri Western State Uni• A total of 28 students versity have been placed on have been selected for the spring 2017 dean’s list. the inaugural class of The following stuHumphreys Scholars at dents carried 12 hours or more for graded credit and Missouri Southern State University. earned a grade-point averThe students come from age of 3.5 or higher to qualiAurora, Carl Junction, fy for the honor. SYDNI BECK, of Oronogo; SKY- Carthage, College Heights, Diamond, Jasper, Joplin, LAN BOLIN, of Webb City; MEMcAuley Catholic, McGAN CHISM, of El Dorado Donald County, Neosho, Springs; and KARA VIOLETT, of Neosho Christian, Purdy, Mount Vernon. Sarcoxie, Seneca and Webb • FARLINGTON, Kan. — BETHANY BAKER, of Farlington, City schools in Missouri; Kansas, was recently initi- Fairland High School in ated at Coe College into the Oklahoma; and Galena and Honor Society of Phi Kappa Girard schools in Kansas. They were chosen from Phi. among 156 current and Baker is among approxprospective MSSU students imately 30,000 students, who met the criteria set faculty, professional staff forth for the Humphreys and alumni to be initiated Excellence Award. The into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by in- award is funded by Debra and David Humphreys, vitation only and requires who in December donated nomination and approval $1 million to MSSU to be by a chapter. Only the top used over the next 10 years 10 percent of seniors and to provide scholarships 7.5 percent of juniors are for students in the ﬁelds of eligible for membership. biological and physical sci• GROVE, Okla. — MAences, mathematics, educaRISSA SUE VICKERS, of Grove, tion, accounting, ﬁnance, Oklahoma, was placed engineering technology on the spring 2017 dean’s and computer science. honor roll at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. SEE YOUTHS, 8C Alexander C. Hook.

Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School students on the state champion upper school scholar bowl team recently competed at the National Scholastic Championship in Chicago. Team members included Joey Cascone (from left), Savannah Dillard, Jonathan Barnes, Garrison Henkle, Lane Wilson and Lex Baird. The team outscored 14 other teams at the competition, which included 100 high school teams from around the nation. Dillard received special honors for ﬁnishing 39th overall in scoring among 414 students. She was the fourth-highest scoring ninth-grader at the competition. The National Scholastic Championship is held by the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence. The team from Thomas Jefferson qualiﬁed for the highly selective national tournament based on its exceptional performance at both the Washington University High School Academic Challenge in February and the Columbia Fall Academic ChalCOURTESY | THOMAS JEFFERSON INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL lenge IX in October.

above on a 4.0 scale for all courses counting toward the degree. Magna cum laude is the designation for a grade-point average of 3.5 to 3.79, and cum laude indicates a grade-point average of 3.2 to 3.49. The following students received degrees.

MISSOURI JOPLIN: Samuel Jackson Steele, cum laude; and Greggory David Van Loon, magna cum laude. NEOSHO: Zachary Tyler Evans. PIERCE CITY: Jeffrey Blake Chapman, summa cum laude. VERONA: Neil Christopher Blood.

OKLAHOMA QUAPAW: Caitlin Miller. • ROLLA, Mo. — A number of local students were placed on the honor list for the spring 2017 semester at Missouri University of Science and Technology. To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and grade-point averages of 3.2 or higher out of a possible 4.0. The following students qualiﬁed for the honor list:

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Analysis: Gerrymandering benefited GOP in 2016 Republicans say electoral outcomes can’t all be blamed on where political lines fall The 2016 presidential contest was awash with charges that the fix was in: Republican Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that the election was rigged against him, while Democrats have accused the Russians of stacking the odds in Trump’s favor. Less attention was paid to manipulation that occurred not during the presidential race, but before it — in the drawing of lines for hundreds of U.S. and state legislative seats. The result, according to an Associated Press analysis: Republicans had a real advantage. The AP scrutinized the outcomes of all 435 U.S. House races and about 4,700 state House and Assembly seats up for election last year using a new statistical method of calculating partisan advantage designed to detect potential political gerrymandering. The analysis found four times as many states with Republican-skewed state House or Assembly districts than Democratic ones. Among the two dozen most populated states that determine the vast majority of Congress, there were nearly three times as many with Republican-tilted U.S. House districts. Traditional battlegrounds such as Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida and Virginia were among those with significant Republican advantages in their U.S. or state House races. All had districts drawn by Republicans after the last census in 2010.

‘COOKED IN’ The AP analysis also found that Republicans won as many as 22 additional U.S. House seats over what would have been expected based on the average vote share in congressional districts across the country. That helped provide the GOP with a comfortable majority that stood at 241194 over Democrats after the 2016 elections — a 10 percentage point margin in seats, even though Republican candidates received just 1 percentage point more total votes nationwide. “The outcome was already cooked in, if you will, because of the way the districts were drawn,” said John McGlennon, a longtime professor of government and public policy at the College of William & Mary in Virginia who ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a Democrat in the 1980s. A separate statistical analysis conducted for AP by the Princeton University Gerrymandering Project found the extreme Republican advantages in some states were no ﬂuke. The Republican edge in Michigan’s state House districts had only a 1-in-16,000 probability of occurring by chance; in Wisconsin’s Assembly districts, there was a mere 1-in-60,000 likelihood of it happening randomly, the analysis found. The AP’s analysis was based on an “efﬁciency gap” formula developed by University of Chicago law professor Nick Stephanopoulos and Eric McGhee, a researcher at the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California. Their mathematical model was cited last fall as “corroborative evidence” by a federal appeals court panel that struck down Wis-

consin’s Assembly districts as an intentional partisan gerrymander in violation of Democratic voters’ rights to representation. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal. Stephanopoulos and McGhee computed efficiency gaps for four decades of congressional and state House races starting in 1972, concluding the pro-Republican maps enacted after the 2010 census resulted in “the most extreme gerrymanders in modern history.” The efficiency gap formula compares the statewide average share of the vote a party receives in each district with the statewide percentage of seats it wins, taking into account a common political expectation: For each 1 percentage point gain in its statewide vote share, a party normally increases its seat share by 2 percentage points. The AP used their method to calculate efficiency gaps for all states that held partisan House or Assembly elections for all of their districts in 2016.

MICHIGAN EXAMPLE Michigan provides a good example of how the formula works. Last fall, voters statewide split their ballots essentially 50-50 between Republican and Democratic state House candidates. Yet Republicans won 57 percent of the House seats, claiming 63 seats to the Democrats’ 47. That amounted to an efficiency gap of 10.3 percent favoring Republicans, one of the highest advantages among all states. Republicans controlled both Michigan legislative chambers and the governor’s office when the maps were redrawn in 2011. The Michigan House redistricting effort was led by then-state Rep. Pete Lund, who denied gerrymandering districts to favor Republicans. He blamed Democrats for their own losses. “The Democrats don’t know how to run campaigns; they’re horrible at it,” he said. In addition to Michigan, the analysis found a signifi-

‘PURE NONSENSE’ One of the largest Democratic congressional advantages was in Maryland, where Democrats controlled redistricting. The national Republican State Leadership Committee, the force behind the party’s surge in state legislative elections, attributes its victories to candidates who better represent their communities. For Democrats to complain of gerrymandering is “pure nonsense,” said Matt Walter, the Republican committee’s president. “That’s just a baseless supposition to blame that all on line-drawing,” he said.

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Soldiers stand guard Sunday while rescue workers examine the site of an oil tanker explosion on a highway near Bahawalpur, Pakistan. The explosion of the overturned tanker killed at least 153 people who had rushed to the scene of the accident to gather leaking fuel, an ofﬁcial said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

More than 150 dead as fuel truck explodes in Pakistan When the flames subsided, he said, “we saw bodies BAHAWALPUR, Paeverywhere. So many were kistan — Alerted by an just skeletons. The people announcement over a who were alive were in remosque’s loudspeaker that ally bad shape.” an overturned tanker truck About 30 motorcycles had sprung a leak, scores of that villagers had used to villagers raced to the scene rush to the site of the highwith fuel containers Sunway accident lay charred day to gather the oil. Then nearby along with cars, the wreck exploded, engulf- witnesses said. Local news ing people in flames as they channels showed black screamed in terror. smoke billowing skyward At least 153 men, women and army helicopters takand children were killed, ing away the injured. with dozens more in critical As victims cried out for condition, hospital and res- help, residents wandered cue officials said. through the area, looking “I have never seen anyfor loved ones. thing like it in my life. VicZulkha Bibi searched for tims trapped in the fireball. her two sons. They were screaming for “Someone should tell me help,” said Abdul Malik, about my beloved sons. a police officer who was Where are they? Are they among the first to arrive on alive or are they no longer the scene of horror in Paki- in this world? Please tell stan’s Punjab province. me,” she pleaded. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Many of the dead were burned beyond recognition, said Dr. Mohammad Baqar, a senior rescue official in the area. They will have to be identified through DNA. The fuel truck was traveling from the southern port city of Karachi to Lahore, the Punjab provincial capital, when the driver lost control and crashed on a highway outside Bahawalpur. A loudspeaker atop a mosque alerted villagers to the leaking fuel, and many rushed to the scene with fuel containers, said Rana Mohammad Salim, deputy commissioner of Bahawalpur. Highway police moved quickly to redirect traffic but couldn’t stop the scores of villagers, spokesman Imran Shah told a local TV channel.

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cant Republican tilt in South Dakota, Wisconsin and Florida, all of which had a Republican-controlled redistricting process after the 2010 census. Democrats had high efficiency gap scores in Colorado and Nevada, two places where they won state House majorities in 2016 even though Republican candidates received more total statewide votes. Colorado’s map was drawn by a Democratic-dominated commission that Republicans criticized as “politically vindictive.” Nevada’s districts were decided by a court, but Republicans complained at the time that they appeared more favorable to Democrats. The AP also calculated efficiency gap scores for U.S. House elections, translating those into estimates of extra seats won because of partisan advantages. In Pennsylvania, Republicans won 13 of the 18 congressional seats last year, three more than would be expected based on the party’s vote share, according to the AP analysis. “There’s one answer for that, one word: gerrymander,” said Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In Texas, Republicans gained nearly four excess congressional seats compared to projections from a typical votes-to-seats ratio, according to the AP’s analysis. The efficiency gap scores show Republicans picked up at least two excess seats each in Michigan and North Carolina.

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Runs slated to raise money for civil liberties groups Event to be held Saturday at Ewert Park BY EMILY YOUNKER eyounker@joplinglobe.com

The inaugural Rise Up 5K run/walk, which aims to raise money for charity organizations that defend civil liberties, will be staged Saturday in Joplin and in cities across the country. The goal is to continue the momentum started with January’s Women’s March, which drew more

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Crowder, BEI pair for electrical apprenticeship Crowder College and Bill’s Electric Inc. will sign an electrical apprenticeship agreement at 1 p.m. today at the Joplin Advanced Training and Technology Center, 420 S. Grand Ave. This agreement marks the second apprenticeship program that Crowder has with area businesses since Branco Enterprises Inc. started the construction apprenticeship program in 2015.

than a million supporters of human rights in protests in Washington, D.C., and cities around the globe, organizers said. “The Women’s March on Jan. 21 was one of the largest political demonstrations the world has seen,” said Ashleigh Teeter, a Joplin resident and the race’s executive director. “We will continue that momentum by standing united again — this time at the start line. We must rise up and resist any attempt to degrade human rights. Our journey to defend and uphold these liberties will continue until and installed correctly, child safety seats effectively reduce the risk of death by 71 percent for infants and by 54 percent for toddlers and children in booster seats. Details: 417-782-9899 or www.theallianceofswmo. org.

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GRANBY, Mo. — The 34th annual Old Mining Town Days celebration will begin at 5 p.m. Friday in downtown Granby. Activities will continue through 10 p.m. Sunday. Friday night’s schedule will include an aerial ﬂyover given by Steve Burnett, the Little Mr. and Miss Miner pageant, the Honored Citizen Meals available award and the kick-off of a at farmers market sand volleyball tournament. WEBB CITY, Mo. — The Saturday’s events will Webb City Farmers Market begin with a pancake feed is open from 4 to 7 p.m. toat 6 a.m. at the Granby Fire day in the market pavilion Department, 238 N. Main at King Jack Park, 555 S. St. The Lion’s Club 5K will Main. begin at 7 a.m. A car and Stewart’s Bakery will tractor show will begin at serve baked chicken with 8 a.m. The 96th Infantry dressing, green beans and Living History Group will salad for $6, or stuffed zuchold a World War II display chini boats for $5. Anna’s at Veteran’s Park. The Old Bananas will have fresh Mining Town Days parade fruit salads or grilled chick- will take place at 2 p.m. en salads for $5 each. The Events will resume at 1 free kids meal will be p.m. Sunday with a ladies’ smoked chicken legs, spiral- softball game, an old-timers’ ized market zucchini and baseball game and a youth milk. home run derby. Gospel The Market Lady will hour will be held with the demonstrate and offer sam- support of local churches ples of barbecue sauce made from 6 to 8 p.m. A ﬁreworks display will begin just after with blackberry jam from dark, at about 9:15 p.m. Braker Farm. The market Live music will be providwill have fresh local produce, including sweet corn, ed throughout the weekend by Johnny Williams and the tomatoes, blueberries and blackberries. Music will be Bratz, Smoot Mahuti, the Duke Mason Band, the Jeff provided by Dan Stanley & Tatum Band, the ThunderFriends. bird Band and more. Food Details: 417-483-8139.

Car seat check offered this week The Alliance of Southwest Missouri will host a free car seat check from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Pediatric Associates of Southwest Missouri, 2719 E. 32nd St. The monthly car seat check will provide certiﬁed car seat technicians to assist in proper installation of children’s car seats. Car seats will also be available for low income families to obtain for a $20 donation. According to the National Highway Trafﬁc Safety Administration, when used

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we reach the ﬁnish line.” Net proceeds from the event will be donated to Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Immigration vendors will also be on hand all weekend for purchased concessions. Big D’s Amusements will put on a carnival from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday evenings. Armbands will be available for rides, shows and games. Cost: $20. Details: 417-529-4813 or 417-472-6556.

Dam authority to make variance request The Grand River Dam Authority is submitting a request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that proposes a temporary variance to rule curve requirements for Grand Lake elevations from Aug. 15 through Oct. 31. If approved, the dam authority would not be required to lower the elevation of Grand Lake from 744 feet to 741 feet during that period. As in prior years, the dam authority proposes to institute a slightly modified rule curve for the lake’s elevation during this time period to protect safety and property during the peak recreation season of 2017, including Labor Day weekend. The variance request is the same as those granted by the commission in 2015 and 2016. The authority intends to file the variance request on July 10, and written comments are requested by July 7. The public can review the variance request at grda. com. Comments can be emailed to Teresa Hicks at thicks@grda. com. All comments received on the proposal by July 10 will be fully considered and made a part of the record of consultation included in the filing. Details: 918-530-8247, nreese@grda. com.

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Law Center, the Trevor Project, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Participants, if they choose, may specify that their registration fee go toward certain organizations on that list. Teeter said the race is designed to be a positive way to make a difference. “I feel like there’s a lot of negativity out there when it comes to the political climate,” she said. “Our whole idea was, “What can we do instead of just being frustrated or sitting on the sidelines being a bystand-

er?’ ... It just seemed like a natural ﬁt to pair running with causes that we’re passionate about.” Saturday’s 5K run/walk in Joplin will begin at 7 a.m. at Ewert Park; a 1-mile march will begin at 8:30 a.m. The cost, prior to Saturday, is $25 for the mile march and $40 for the 5K. Discounts are available for groups of at least four people. Registration includes a race shirt, commemorative bib and net proceeds going to the civil liberty charities of choice. All ages are wel-

come to participate. Awards will be given to the top five overall finishers; participants in the Joplin race will receive a finisher’s medal. For those who can’t participate on Saturday, virtual options are available. Online registration, which can be done at RiseUp5K.org, ends at 6 p.m. Friday. Race-day registration will open at 6 a.m. at Ewert Park. Rise Up runs also have been organized all across the U.S. with more than 5,000 participants registered so far.

Fletcher Auto Group seeks to purchase 2 Roper properties at 902 N. Range Line Road and Roper Kia at 320 Hodgdon Road, are not involved in the proposed acquisition. “The opportunity arose, and we decided to exBY JORDAN LARIMORE pand,” Roy said. “We’re jlarimore@joplinglobe.com very happy with the Joplin market, and when the The Fletcher Auto Group opportunity to expand our has reached an agreement footprint in the market was there, we took advanto purchase two lots and tage of it.” dealerships from Roper Roy said the deal is still Automotive Group, Fletchsubject to approval from er CFO Tom Roy said the manufacturers in Monday. question, GMC and SubThe Roper properties aru. that would come under “Nothing is ofﬁcial in Fletcher’s control if the the car business until you deal proceeds are Roper go through an entire proBuick GMC and Roper cess with the manufacturSubaru, located across er,” he said. Ninth Street from one Roy said no issues are another at the intersecexpected from either party tion of Ninth Street and in completing a deal, but Illinois Avenue. Roper’s other properties in Joplin, that doesn’t mean approval is guaranteed. including Roper Honda

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Current holdings FLETCHER AUTO GROUP owns the Fletcher Superstore at 3111 E. 32nd St.; Frank Fletcher Toyota, at 2209 S. Range Line Road; and Frank Fletcher Ford Lincoln, at 3015 Turkey Creek Blvd., all in Joplin. “Things can not get approved for a million different reasons,” he said. No potential time frame for when a deal could be completed is available until the manufacturers’ review is completed, Roy said. He also declined to disclose the proposed purchase price in the deal. Attempts to reach ofﬁcials with the Roper Auto Group were not successful. Messages were also not returned by GMC or Subaru company ofﬁcials.

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auctions taking place at 3 p.m. each Thursday. The auctions will be for dealers only. “A lot of (dealerships) like to change their inventory every 30 to 90 days,” BY JORDAN LARIMORE he said. “So they just bring jlarimore@joplinglobe.com them and sell them and buy something else.” MIAMI, Okla. — Car dealThe last Thursday of each ers in the Four-State Area month will be a specialty will soon have another sale at I-44, meaning boats, place to go to refresh their recreational vehicles, inventories. campers, motorcycles and I-44 Auto Auction, located other similar items will be at 7300 S. Highway 137 in available. Miami, will hold its first Garner said he plans to auction on July 6. start with two lanes at the Owner Bob Garner Jr. auction, focusing on cars said he hopes the auction’s and trucks, but it could be location will appeal to deal- expanded to four lanes. ers in Southwest Missouri, Wendy Johnson, co-ownNorthwest Arkansas and er of Cat Johnson Auto Northeast Oklahoma who Sales, 1522 E. Broadway have limited options outin Joplin, said it would be side of auctions in Springhandy for local dealers. field, Tulsa and Kansas “Because (Miami is) not City. that far away, because we Garner also operates usually buy in Springfield, Bob Garner’s Garage and Tulsa and Kansas City, so Wrecker Service at the yeah, that would be convesame location. nient,” she said. “I think Garner plans weekly it’d be good for them being

so close to everybody.” Johnson said the dealership buys vehicles every week and has begun making many of its purchases online, a service that will also be available at I-44 Auto Auction. After checking in on the ﬁrst few auctions, she said Cat Johnson Auto Sales would likely attend I-44 Auctions. Freddy Cundiff, used car manager at Roper Buick GMC in Joplin, said that 30 to 45 percent of the used cars sold on his lot come from auctions. Cundiff said he travels to auctions twice each week in hopes of keeping a fresh inventory on his lots and that he was excited at the prospect of a shorter commute for himself and Roper’s cars. “No one likes to travel,” he said. “The obvious advantage is if you’ve got cars you’re selling there, you have less distance to take them; there’s tremendous value in there, saving money in transportation.”

Missouri trooper pleads guilty in handcuffed drowning of Iowa man the lake while handcuffed and wearing a life vest improperly secured by Piercy. VERSAILLES, Mo. — A Ellingson’s family fought Missouri state trooper accused in the 2014 death of an for three years to uncover what happened, alleging the Iowa man who fell from a patrol boat while handcuffed state and the patrol initially covered up the drowning has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor boating violation, by claiming an intoxicated Brandon may have jumped meaning he won’t face an into the water. His family involuntary manslaughter received a $9 million settletrial in the case. Trooper Anthony Piercy ment from the state last year entered the plea Tuesday and earlier won a lawsuit to negligent operation of a over the patrol’s initial hanvessel. dling of the case. Piercy stopped 20-year-old Ellingson’s parents plan to Brandon Ellingson at the speak at the sentencing on Lake of the Ozarks in May Sept. 8, though Piercy’s at2014 on suspicion of boating torneys have asked that the while intoxicated. While rid- trooper be allowed to withing in a patrol boat driven draw his plea if he could face by Piercy, Ellingson fell into more than probation. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“I don’t really give a care what his punishment is, but I wanted his record to say manslaughter,” said Ellingson’s mother, Sherry Ellingson. “If anyone says that justice has now been served, you have got to be kidding me. In what way?” An investigation into the death by The Kansas City Star discovered that some road troopers weren’t adequately trained to work on the water after the Missouri Water Patrol merged with the Highway Patrol in 2011. Piercy had worked on the state’s roads for 18 years but received just two days of ﬁeld training before he was cleared to patrol the water alone.

Missouri Senate’s session delayed ond special session of the summer to tackle abortion policy. In his call, Greitens JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri senators won’t asked lawmakers to pass additional regulations on reconvene until at least after the Fourth of July hol- the procedure and to undo provisions in a St. Louis oriday to consider proposals to create more abortion reg- dinance that bans discrimulations, Republican Senate ination in employment and housing based on reproducMajority Leader Mike Ketive health choices, such as hoe said Tuesday. pregnancy or abortion. Republican Gov. Eric Senators earlier this Greitens called lawmakers month passed a wateredto the Capitol for the sec-

down bill that addressed many of Greitens’ requests, but not all of them. The state House last week passed a ramped-up version of the bill that senators haven’t yet taken up. Kehoe said Senate Republicans support the proposals, but that it’s difﬁcult coordinating key lawmakers and staffers over the summer when the Legislature typically is not in session.

bridge areas of the lake. Both areas are currently under an advisory warning against contact with the algae. According to the authority’s ecosystems management department, the results show an improvement in the algae outbreak and that conditions continue to improve. However, the advisories for these areas of the lake remain in place. Justin Alberty, vice president of corporate communications for the dam authority, said all other areas of Grand Lake are free of any advisories. The authority will continue its water sampling for as long as conditions warrant.

Route, a two-day festival of free live music performances. The festival will be held starting at 5 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday in Landreth Park, 500 NW Murphy Blvd. Hudson’s All Star Hoo Doos and The Road Crew will perform Friday night. The music will be a combination of blues and country rock. Guests are invited to enjoy food vendors and a beer garden. Friday’s event is geared toward guests 21 and older. On Saturday night, families are invited to hear the Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic. Food vendors will offer dinner choices on the festival grounds. Details: 417-625-6683.

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Pool to close for swim meet Schifferdecker Aquatic Center will be closed to the public on Saturday and Sunday while the local swim team, the Stingrays, holds a swim meet there. According to a city statement, the pools at both Cunningham and Ewert parks are open from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission at Cunningham is $4 for adults, $3 for children 2 to 16 years old. Ewert admission is $3.50 for adults and $2.50 for children 2 to 16. There is no admission charge at Joplin pools for children 2 and younger.

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Laura Horn will give a talk on CorningWare today Algae conditions at at the Joplin Public Li1901 E. 20th St. Grand Lake improving brary, The program will be at 6 The Grand River Dam p.m. She will talk about the Authority has reported history of the kitchen cookthat the most recent water ing and baking dishes and show some pieces from her samples from Grand Lake show a signiﬁcant decrease collection. in levels of blue-green algae toxins. Music festival on tap at Those results are from Landreth over weekend water samples gathered Connect2Culture will late last week from the Fly present the Fiddlers on the Creek and Highway 85A

Concert pairs organists with concert band The Joplin Area Organists Association will hold “Rally ’Round the Flag” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Hall, 212 W. Eighth St. The free concert will celebrate American independence featuring organ and brass music. Music will be provided by organists playing a Baldwin symphonic organ and the Heartland Concert Band. Details: 417-623-3254.

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Aurora superintendent facing misdemeanor charge Travis Shaw accused of failing to report suspected child abuse BY EMILY YOUNKER eyounker@joplinglobe.com

AURORA, Mo. — Aurora school Superintendent Travis Shaw is facing a misdemeanor charge after authorities say he failed to report suspected child abuse, as he is required to do in his position. According to a probable-cause afﬁdavit ﬁled in connection with the case,

Shaw, 45, was allegedly told by “unidentiﬁed people” of an incident involving a teacher and several students on Dec. 16 of last year. He told investigators later that he had received reports from anonymous sources that the teacher had sent text messages and photos of herself to students over the previous three months, but he believed the incident to have been innocuous because the word “inappropriate” was never mentioned to him, the afﬁdavit says. Shaw began an internal investigation into the matter on Jan. 3, one day before

Updated video system coming to Joplin school buses Cameras rely on small ‘You don’t want a chip for recording bus without a video BY EMILY YOUNKER eyounker@joplinglobe.com

All of Joplin’s school buses soon will be equipped with a new video system that administrators say will help keep everyone on board safer. “You don’t want a bus without a video camera system, even for one day,” said Mike Bevis, transportation director for the Joplin School District, during the Board of Education’s monthly meeting earlier this week. “It protects the kids, and it protects the drivers.” The primary feature of the new system is that it relies on an SD card, a small chip that records video and audio from within the camera and that can be taken out and easily downloaded, saved and watched elsewhere. “If I need it, if something happens on a bus and they call on the radio and say, ‘Hey, I need my video pulled,’ I can get it off the bus and put it in the camera, and we’ve got it,” Bevis said. About two-thirds of Joplin’s buses already have this type of camera on them, Bevis said. Some of the remaining buses have a video system, but it’s an older version that requires a cassette tape, and it is more time-consuming to download and watch recordings, he said. The updated version also has a GPS locator service that can tell administrators where the school bus was at any point in the video and the speed that it was going, Bevis said. “I think in the future, it might be something that we could hook into another system that has live GPS and a lot of other advantages,” he said. Kerry Sachetta, assistant superintendent of operations, said in an interview with the Globe last week that having cameras is helpful when dealing with situ-

Board action THE VIDEO SYSTEM, from Gatekeeper Systems Inc., was approved for purchase on Tuesday night by the Joplin Board of Education for $21,887. The amount will be paid from the capital outlay budget for the 2018 ﬁscal year, which begins Saturday.

camera system, even for one day.’ Mike Bevis Transportation director for the Joplin School District ations that arise on school buses, whether they involve students or drivers. “If a student, for instance, gets in a fight on the bus and says, ‘I didn’t start the fight; I was the recipient of someone just hitting me’ ... they’re just a big help,” he said. “From a personnel standpoint, too, if a driver gets accused of something, then we go back and look at the tapes. “We want to make sure all of our buses have functional cameras and that we’re keeping up with our technology when it comes to that,” he said. Joplin has about 83 buses in its fleet at last count, Bevis said. About 65 of those are dedicated to regular routes during the school year, with the remaining buses kept on standby to be used for trips or other types of support, he said.

sex with the teacher, the affidavit alleges. The affidavit from the Aurora and Marionville police departments alleges that the incident was reported to the Missouri Division of Family Services on Jan. 17 by Billy Redus, who is listed on the Aurora district’s website as an assistant superintendent. Missouri law requires that if a wide range of people filling specific roles, including “teachers, principals and other school officials,” have “reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been or may be subjected to abuse or ne-

glect ... that person shall immediately report” to the state’s child protective services division. The law speciﬁes that no internal investigation shall be initiated until such a report has been made. In an email, Shaw referred all questions to his Springﬁeld-based attorney, Tyson Martin. “Dr. Shaw will be entering a plea of not guilty to this charge,” Martin said in a phone interview with the Globe. “He has been in compliance with the mandated reporter law, particularly when it comes to this incident, including making

two hotline calls in reference to this incident.” Martin declined to elaborate further, citing the pending charge against his client. Shaw’s last official day as superintendent will be Friday. He had announced earlier this spring that he would take a leadership position with the Springfield School District beginning on Saturday. The Springfield News-Leader reported Wednesday that the Springfield district has placed him on paid leave. Redus has been named to the Aurora superintendent’s position.

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Classic Golf Tournament to be held Saturday, Aug. 19, at Schifferdecker Golf Course. The tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. It will be played in a scramble format with four-person teams, and will feature closest to the pin, longest putt and longest drive contests. Rafﬂe prizes will also be offered. Entry fee is $85 per person and $340 per team, which includes green fees, cart and a catered lunch. Send check with registration form to the Missouri Southern Foundation, 3950 Newman Road, Joplin, MO 64801-9983. Registration is due by Aug. 4. Proceeds will help purchase equipment needed by Missouri Southern’s University Police Department. To register online, go to mssu.edu/upd-classic.

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Aurora Superintendent Travis Shaw was ﬁled late last week by Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Don Trotter. No charges have been ﬁled against a teacher said to be involved in the matter.

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Trump blasted for trash-talking MSNBC hosts of protest that amounted to perhaps the loudest outcry since Trump took ofﬁce. “Obviously I don’t see that as an appropriate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS comment,” said Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. House Democratic WASHINGTON — Presleader Nancy Pelosi called ident Donald Trump Trump’s tweets, “blatantly launched a crude Twitter sexist.” The president, she attack on the brains, looks added, “happens to disreand temperament of a fespect women. ... It’s sad.” male TV personality ThursRepublican Sen. James day, drawing bipartisan Lankford of Oklahoma howls of outrage and leavPresident Donald Trump ing fellow Republicans behas used a series of tweets even linked the president’s harsh words to the June 14 seeching him: Stop, please to go after Joe Scarborshootings of House Majorjust stop. ough and Mika Brzezinski, Trump’s tweets aimed at who’ve criticized Trump on ity Whip Steve Scalise and MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski their MSNBC show, “Morn- three others. “The president’s tweets revived concerns about his ing Joe.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS today don’t help our politviews of women in a city lowers Thursday morning. ical or national discourse where civility already is “Then how come low I.Q. and do not provide a posiin short supply and he is Crazy Mika, along with Psy- tive role model for our nastruggling for any support tional dialogue,” Lankford he can get for his proposals cho Joe, came to Mar-a-Laon health care, immigration go 3 nights in a row around said, noting that he had just New Year’s Eve, and insist- chaired a hearing on the and other controversial ed on joining me. She was shootings. issues. bleeding badly from a faceOn Trump’s level of in“I heard poorly rated @ lift. I said no!” sult-trading, Brzezinski Morning--Joe speaks badly The tweets served to unite responded on Twitter by of me (don’t watch anyDemocrats and Republiposting a photograph of a more),” Trump tweeted to cans for once in a chorus Cheerios box that included his nearly 33 million fol-

Both sides of political aisle protest comments

‘The president’s tweets today don’t help our political or national discourse.’ Sen. James Lankford R-Okla. the phrase “made for little hands.” People looking to get under the president’s skin have long suggested that his hands appear small for his frame. Trump’s allies cast his outburst as positive, an example of his refusal to be bullied. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president was “pushing back against people who have attacked him day after day after day. Where is the outrage on that?” “The American people elected a ﬁghter; they didn’t elect somebody to sit back

and do nothing,” she added. First lady Melania Trump, who has vowed to fight cyberbullying while her husband is president, gave his tweets a pass. “As the first lady has stated publicly in the past, when her husband gets attacked, he will punch back 10 times harder,” her communications director, Stephanie Grisham, said in a statement. As Trump welcomed South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a White House dinner Thursday evening, he did not respond to shouted questions from reporters about whether he regretted the tweet. Some of the administration’s most high-profile women — daughter and presidential assistant Ivanka Trump, counselor Kellyanne Conway and deputy national security adviser Dina Powell — did not respond to requests for comment. The White House has shown increasing irritation over harsh coverage of the

president on Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough’s “Morning Joe,” including commentary questioning Trump’s mental state. About two hours before his tweets, Brzezinski said on the show that “it’s not normal behavior” for any leader to be tweeting about people’s appearances or to be bullying, lying, undermining managers and throwing people under the bus. She said that if any business executive behaved the way Trump does, “there would be concern that perhaps the person who runs the company is out of his mind.” On Wednesday, she had mocked Trump after a story in The Washington Post said he had posted fake Time magazine covers of himself in some of his golf resorts. “Nothing makes a man feel better than making a fake cover of a magazine about himself, lying every day and destroying the country,” Brzezinski said.

Travel ban takes effect, but less chaos expected countries. Refugees are covered, too. Administration ofﬁcials promised that implementation this time, which started at 8 p.m. EDT, would be orderly. Customs and Border Protection spokesTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS man Dan Hetlage said his agency expected “business WASHINGTON — A scaled-back version of Pres- as usual at our ports of ident Donald Trump’s trav- entry,” with all valid visa el ban took effect Thursday holders still being able to travel. evening, stripped of proStill, immigration and visions that brought prorefugee advocates are vowtests and chaos at airports ing challenge the new reworldwide in January yet quirements and the adminstill likely to generate a istration has struggled to new round of court ﬁghts. explain how they will make The new rules, the prodthe United States safer. uct of months of legal Under the temporary wrangling, aren’t so much rules, citizens of Syria, Suan outright ban as a tightening of already-tough visa dan, Somalia, Libya, Iran and Yemen who already policies affecting citizens have visas will be allowed from six Muslim-majority

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into the United States. But people from those countries who want new visas will now have to prove a close family relationship or an existing relationship with an entity like a school or business in the U.S. It’s unclear how signiﬁcantly the new rules will affect travel. In most of the countries singled out, few people have the means for leisure travel. Those that do already face intensive screenings before being issued visas. Nevertheless, human rights groups on Thursday girded for new legal battles. The American Civil Liberties Union, one of the groups challenging the ban, called the new criteria “extremely restrictive,” ‘‘arbitrary” in their ex-

clusions and designed to “disparage and condemn Muslims.” The state of Hawaii filed an emergency motion Thursday asking a federal judge to clarify that the administration cannot enforce the ban against fiancés or relatives — such as grandparents, aunts or uncles — not included in the State Department’s definition of “bona fide” personal relationships. Much of the confusion in January, when Trump’s first ban took effect, resulted from travelers with previously approved visas

being kept off ﬂights or barred entry on arrival in the United States. Immigration ofﬁcials were instructed Thursday not to block anyone with valid travel documents and otherwise eligible to visit the United States. Karen Tumlin, legal director of the National Immigration Law Center, said the rules “would slam the door shut on so many who have waited for months or years to be reunited with their families. Trump, who made a tough approach to immigration a cornerstone of his

election campaign, issued a ban on travelers from the six countries, plus Iraq, shortly after taking ofﬁce in January. His order also blocked refugees from any country. Lower courts blocked the initial ban and a second, revised Trump order intended to overcome legal hurdles. The Supreme Court on Monday partially reinstated the revised ban but exempted travelers who could prove a “bona ﬁde relationship” with a U.S. person or entity. The court offered only broad guidelines.

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Seat belt ﬁne to triple starting today in Kansas Penalty for violation set to go to $30

The extra $20 will go to the Seat Belt Safety Fund for the Seat Belts Are For Everyone program, a teen-driven safety campaign established to reduce BY KIMBERLY BARKER the number of motor vekbarker@joplinglobe.com hicle-related injuries and Drivers in Kansas who do fatalities among Kansas not buckle up will pay triple school students by increasing their seat belt use. The the price for a seat belt viofund is administered by the lation starting today. Adult drivers pulled over state secretary of transporwithout wearing a seat belt tation. The program is different will now pay $30 for a ticket, a $20 increase from the orig- because it’s a peer-to-peer, student-run program that inal fine. is provided at no cost to The change stems from a bill passed by state lawmak- schools, said Laura Moore, the state’s SAFE coordinaers in May; that legislation tor at the Kansas Traffic increases the fine from $10 Safety Resource Office. to $30 for a person 18 or “Currently, funding older who is not wearing a sources have been limited seat belt in a passenger car to donations and grants,” when that car is in motion.

Quick stats • WOMEN ARE more likely to be belted than men.

• TRUCKS, which account for about

one in ﬁve vehicles observed, produce a substantially lower belt use rate (75 percent) than other vehicles (91 to 93 percent). • MALE TRUCK DRIVERS are the lowest single category of belt users (73 percent). • RURAL COUNTIES tend to produce a lower belt use rate than urban counties. • THE MORE “LOCAL” the trip, the less likely occupants are to be buckled up. SOURCE: KANSAS TRAFFIC SAFETY RESOURCE OFFICE

Moore said. “With this law passing, it’s going to create a sustainable source

for funding, so all schools — junior high and high schools — in the state of Kansas are invited to participate in this program. We’ll have funding to provide to them to use in order to educate teens on seat belt use and distracted-driving behaviors.” The program originally started at the six high schools in Crawford County during the 2008-09 school year, Moore said. It has now been implemented in 150 schools throughout Kansas, nine schools in Oklahoma and three in Missouri. The bill passed by lawmakers in May will also help establish additional SAFE programs in schools throughout the entire state.

The Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office reported that since Kansas schools have started offering SAFE, teen seat belt use has increased from 61 percent to 85.5 percent. Moore said she didn’t know how much revenue the increased fine is expected to produce for the program. Galena police Chief Billy Charles said he thinks the $30 fine is still too low to prevent people from driving unbuckled. “The seat belt fine has been too low, in my opinion, for a long time,” he said. “Ten dollars was not going to really, in my opinion, deter somebody. If they don’t want to wear their seat belt, then they’re not going to wear it. I feel the

same way about a $30 ﬁne.” Out of tickets issued by Galena police on a regular basis, Charles said approximately 5 percent to 10 percent of those consist of seat belt violations. Kansas has had a primary seat belt law since June 2010, according to a news release from the state highway patrol. Before 2010, it was a secondary violation for the driver or front-seat passengers not to be wearing their seat belt, meaning that they could not be pulled over simply for being unbuckled. In 2010, the requirement was added that adult passengers in the back seat of vehicles also must be buckled, but that remains a secondary violation.

Local archery teams fundraising Federal judge sentences two men for trip to world tournament in attempted Joplin bank robbery Teams from Carthage, World qualifiers ‘One of the things Carl Junction and MISSOURI PLACED five school teams that the fireworks the top 10 of the national archery stand has done for us Sarcoxie qualified intournament in May, including SarBY EMILY YOUNKER eyounker@joplinglobe.com

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Archers from the Carthage, Carl Junction and Sarcoxie high school teams are entering the final phase of fundraising to support their upcoming trip to Orlando in order to compete in the 2017 World Tournament, offered by the National Archery in the Schools Program. A fireworks stand set up in the old Chevrolet dealership in Carthage, next to Oriental Villa and across from Hometown Bank, will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Carthage team, which is helping with sales, coach Caleb Patrick said. “One of the things that the fireworks stand has done for us is brought a cohesion to the team where they’re all working together,” he said. “When you’re out there all day and all night, they’ve really become close, and that has helped out as far as their archery, too,

coxie at ﬁrst place, Carl Junction at seventh and Carthage at ninth. Carthage student Trenton Meyer was named to the U.S. national team.

because it can be just about you shooting, but at the same time, it’s a team sport, and they’re starting to look out more for their team.” Patrick said the fundraising goal is $12,000, or $600 per student for the 20 archers who plan to attend the tournament. Other upcoming fundraising opportunities are: • A dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Municipal Park fairground in Carthage. Chicken Annie’s will provide a dinner of three chicken pieces, two sides and bread. Tickets are $10 apiece and can be purchased from any team archer or at the Carthage ﬁreworks tent. Proceeds will beneﬁt all three archery teams. • A car wash from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, July 10, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for TitleMax, 1460 S. Madison St. in Webb City. Dona-

is brought a cohesion to the team where they’re all working together.’ Caleb Patrick Carthage archery team coach tions will be accepted; the event is hosted by the Carl Junction archery team. Patrick said the Carthage, Carl Junction and Sarcoxie teams, along with the Joplin team, make up the Southwest Missouri Archery Alliance, which promotes the sport in this region. Although formally competitors, the teams have a certain rapport and camaraderie among them, he said. “Archery is one of those things where you’re competitive with each other,” he said. “But you’re shooting on the line next to somebody that you get to know and you’ve kind of become friends with them.”

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A federal judge sentenced two men to prison terms on Friday for their failed attempt to rob a Joplin bank eight months ago. Sean P. LaDue, 30, and Jimmy L. Eisenhour, 37, pleaded guilty earlier this year in U.S. District Court in Springﬁeld to aiding and abetting in the attempted robbery Nov. 14, 2016, of the Pinnacle Bank at 1316 E. 32nd St. and to aiding and abetting use of a ﬁrearm during a crime of violence. In separate sentencing hearings on Friday, U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough assessed LaDue a prison term of 15 years

control of his gun and the firearm discharged several times. No one was struck by SEAN LADUE AND JIMMY EISENHOUR faced a mandatory minimum of 10 the rounds, but the disyears in prison for their convictions ruption of their plans caused the suspects to in federal court. flee without getting any money. and 10 months without Police recovered four parole, and Eisenhour a .22-caliber shell casings term of 13 years without parole. and bullet fragments at LaDue was armed with the scene and clothing a handgun when the two worn by the suspects Joplin men entered the inside an open storage bank and yelled: “This is shed on property near the a robbery! Get down!” He bank. remained in the lobby of A tip led to the arrest of the bank while Eisenhour LaDue and Eisenhour two days after the failed robwent behind the counter to get to the cash drawers. bery. Court records state The pair were thwarted that Eisenhour confessed when the sole customer in to his role in the crime the bank at the time began and identified LaDue as struggling with LaDue for his accomplice.

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WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Friday his ofﬁce will not be giving a federal commission that he leads the partial Social Security numbers that he has asked other states to provide from their voter rolls. Kobach, who is also vice chairman of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, has sent letters to every state requesting names, birth dates, addresses, party afﬁliation, voting history and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers for all voters, if state law allows it to be public. Samantha Poetter, spokeswoman for Kobach, said in an email that in Kansas the Social Security number is not publicly available and would therefore not be shared with the commission. She said she would need to check further to see if any other information that would not be publicly available under Kansas law. Kobach also told The Kansas City Star on Friday he would not be sharing the Social Security information for Kansas voters with the commission at this time. But he did not rule out the possibility of providing it to the commission in the future. “If the commission decides that they would like to receive Social Security numbers to a secure site in order to remove false positives, then we would have to double check and make sure Kansas law permits,” Kobach said.

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