Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Russia strikes Ukraine after key bridge hit

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia retaliated Monday for what it claimed was a Ukrainian terrorist at tack on a critical bridge by unleashing its biggest and most widespread at tacks against Ukraine in months.

The lethal bar rage against multiple cities smashed civilian targets, knocking out pow er and water, shattering buildings and killing at least 11 people.

Ukraine’s Emergency Service said 64 people were wounded in the morning rush hour attacks that Russia launched from the air, sea and land against at least 14 regions, spanning from Lviv in the west to Kharkiv in the east. Many of the attacks occurred far from the war’s front lines.

Though Russia said missiles targeted military and energy facilities, some struck civilian areas while people were heading to work and school. One hit a playground in downtown Kyiv and another struck a university.

Andriy Yermak, a se nior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the strikes had no “practical military sense” and that Russia’s goal was

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Farm-City Days ready to roll

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

The first stage of the up coming Farm-City Days cele bration was a nod to Iola his tory.

The team of Jason Bauer and Brett Lisher was the first to find a hidden medallion, tucked away on a merry-goround at Iola’s Riverside Park Friday.

In so doing, Bauer and Lish er will share the $1,000 grand prize, capping a hunt that had scores of lookers poring over the entirety Allen County.

Farm-City Days Commit tee member and cluemaster Aaron Franklin explained his colorful clues, and the thought process in hiding the medal lion this year.

“My initial goal was to find a way to incorporate the Great

Bat fun

October brings spooky stories and a haunted library

By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

Who doesn’t love a ghost story?

Iola Reads and the Iola Pub lic Library will offer spooky stories through the end of this month, with a storyteller, a youth book selection and even a haunted library.

It starts with “The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story,” a young adult nov el by Mary Downing Hahn. It’s a supernatural mystery about two lonely girls. One has been trapped in a room for more than a century. The

other moves to the house with her family and is determined to solve the mystery of the ghostly girl up stairs, with the help of a new friend.

The book is the Iola Reads Young Adult Selection for 2022. Copies are available at the library. Read the book and pass it on, or keep the book for a $2 donation.

Then, on Oct. 20, a Lawrence storyteller will share spooky stories. Priscilla Howe, who

spent a few weeks in Iola about 15 years ago as a storyteller in residence, returns to give pre sentations to Iola elementary and middle school students.

Howe is a former children’s librarian who has been telling stories across the world since 1988. She has shared stories in Mexico, Belgium, Germa ny, Brazil, Romania and more. In 2015, she spent five months on a Fulbright Scholarship in Bulgaria, searching for folk tales to tell.

Be prepared for audience participation, humor and, of course, a little spookiness.

Later that evening, starting

at 7, Howe will give a public presentation at the Creitz Recital Hall at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. There is no charge, and refreshments will be available.

Finally, just in time for Hal loween, spooks and spirits will transform the Iola Public Li brary to a Haunted Library for ages up through 11. Visit from 7 to 8:30 p.m. … If you dare.

There is no charge for any of the events. Funding is provided by the Helen Gates Whitehead Trust. Iola Reads is a project of the Iola Pub lic Library, USD 257 and the Bowlus.

Jennifer Rader, director of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s Southeast Kansas Nature Center, presented a les son about bats to an audience Friday at the Iola Public Library. Rader detailed the different species of bats, particularly those native to Kansas, and the vital role the winged mammals play in the ecosystem. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Priscilla Howe

“The Girl in the Locked Room” is the Young Adult section for Iola Reads.

Obituary

Bernie Blevins

Bernard M. (Bernie) Blevins, age 79, died Oct. 3, 2022, at KU Med Center in Kansas City, Kan.

Bernie grew up in Toronto and graduated from Yates Cen ter High School in the Class of 1962. He was a very hard-work ing young man, and on his own at the age of 14. He would help local farmers with odd jobs before and after school. He at tended Allen County Junior College on a track scholarship, and after that, Fort Hays State University on a football and track scholarship where he majored in physical education.

Bernie excelled in football and track, earn ing many awards, and setting many records over the years.

After college and refusing an invitation to try out for the Los Angeles Rams, Bernie headed out west with a few football buddies. They eventually found themselves in the Or ange County, Calif., area, having too much fun and working odd jobs. He eventually found more stable employment at AMF Voit Sporting Goods, but in 1974, he landed his favorite job at On-line Seafood. He proudly delivered quality, fresh seafood to upscale restaurants includ ing Captain Jack’s in Sunset Beach. Bernie was able to dine at Captain Jack’s frequently during his retirement, delighted to always be greeted with a “Welcome Back, Mr. Blevins.”

Bernie returned to Yates Center in 1984, when his beloved mother Edna’s declining health became his priority. Bernie’s life and career quickly switched gears from seafood to the oilfield, where he found himself starting businesses hauling and supplying oilfield pipe. He worked in the oil and gas business most of his working adult life and was most proud of his partnership with Jim Vernon in BVD, Inc., which began during a snowstorm in the winter of 1986, almost 40 years ago.

Bernie is preceded in death by his mother, Edna Blevins; sisters Gayla and Mary Blevins, and brother, Robert Blevins. He was a great friend to so many and supported numerous charitable organizations in the local area and beyond. Bernie was a true lover of life, luxury vehicles, good food, dogs, kids, and just having a good time wherever he ended up. He will tru ly be missed by many people who considered him family and were honored to be called his friend.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Campbell Funeral Home.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednes day at Campbell Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to: YC Recreation Commission or American Diabetes Association and may be sent in care of Camp bell Funeral Home, P.O. Box 188, Yates Center, KS 66783.

Retired teachers meet ACC president Relay meeting set

Bruce Moses, firstyear president of Allen Community College, offered the program at Wednesday’s Allen County Area Retired School Personnel meet ing.

Moses spoke about his background, and updat ed the group on ongoing activities at the college.

Allen plans to build on its strength, lever age opportunities and develop a strategic plan to remain competitive, Moses said. The col lege has students from 45 states enrolled this year, he noted, while previewing ideas for new programs.

Moses was one of

three guests, along with Darrell Hawk and Ken McGuffin, to join the 15 members in attendance at ACC’s Mary Ellen Stadler Room.

Volunteer certificates were distributed to Don na Houser, Diana Asher, Linda Johnson, Sharon Sigg and Paul Upshaw.

According to the state organization, the value of service hours turned in from our members was $326,934.20.

The group’s next meeting is set for Dec. 7. A collection will be taken to support a local community entity.

All retired school per sonnel are welcome to attend.

Iran protests spread

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Work ers at refineries crucial for Iran’s oil and natural gas production protested Monday over the death of a 22-year-old woman, online videos appeared to show, escalating the crisis faced by Tehran.

The demonstrations in Abadan and Asaluyeh mark the first time the unrest surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini threatened the industry crucial to the coffers of Iran’s long-sanctioned theocratic government.

While it remains un clear if other workers will follow, the protests come as demonstrations rage on in cities, towns and villages across Iran over the Sept. 16 death of Amini after her arrest by the country’s morali ty police in Tehran. Ear ly on Monday, the sound of apparent gunshots and explosions echoed

through the streets of a city in western Iran, while security forces re portedly killed one man in a nearby village, ac tivists said.

Iran’s government insists Amini was not mistreated, but her fam ily says her body showed bruises and other signs of beating. Subsequent vid eos have shown security forces beating and shov ing female protesters, in cluding women who have torn off their mandatory headscarf, or hijab.

From the capital, Teh ran, and elsewhere, online videos have emerged de spite authorities disrupt ing the internet. Videos on Monday showed uni versity and high school students demonstrating and chanting, with some women and girls march ing through the streets without headscarves as the protests continue into a fourth week.

Small business group sues over student loan plan

WASHINGTON (AP)

— A small-business ad vocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden ad ministration’s efforts to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans — the lat est legal challenge to the program.

The suit, filed Mon day by the Job Creators Network Foundation, argues the Biden admin istration violated feder al procedures by failing to seek public input on the program. It’s one of a handful of lawsuits that have been filed by conservative business groups, attorneys and Republican lawmakers in recent weeks as the Biden administration tries to push forward with its plan to cancel billions in debt before November’s midterm elections.

Elaine Parker, pres ident of Job Creators Network Foundation, slammed the program as executive overreach and complained that it does nothing to address the root cause of rising debt: the “outrageous in crease in college tuition that outpaces inflation every single year.”

“This bailout is go ing to affect everyone in this country because of the mass size of the pro gram,” she said. “And everyone should have the opportunity to pro vide their views to the

government.” She add ed: “These universities need to be held account able for this student debt crisis.”

The Job Creators Net work Foundation has previously turned to the courts to try to to block the Biden admin istration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on businesses. It also sued Major League Baseball in 2001 for moving the All-Star game out of Atlanta over objections to changes to Georgia’s voting laws. That law suit, which cited losses to local businesses, was later dropped.

The new lawsuit is one of a growing num ber of legal challenges trying to halt the propos al laid out by President Joe Biden in late August to cancel up to $20,000 in debt for certain borrow ers.

Six Republican-led states filed suit late last month, accusing the Biden administration of overstepping its ex ecutive powers, as did the Pacific Legal Foun dation, a Sacramento, California, legal advoca cy group. Their lawsuit, filed in federal court in Indiana, calls the plan an illegal overreach that

would increase state tax burdens for some Amer icans who get their debt forgiven.

Meanwhile, a federal judge in Wisconsin last week dismissed a lawsuit from a local taxpayers group, the Brown County Taxpayers Association, that sought to block the program, ruling that the group didn’t have stand ing to bring the lawsuit. The group had argued that Biden’s order unlaw fully circumvented Con gress’ power over spend ing and said the plan was discriminatory because it sought to give particular help to borrowers of color.

The Allen Coun ty Relay For Life or ganizing committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Iola’s First Christian Church.

The meeting is open to anyone interest ed in learning more about, or participat ing in, this year’s re lay.

Wings of Warriors aid cancer patients

Wings of Warriors handed out 25 gift cards between Aug. 11 and Sept. 26, members were told at their Sep tember meeting. The cards helped 17 can cer patients defray ex penses related to their treatment, including several new recipients.

The group will have a float during the Farm-City Days pa rade.

Bracelets are for sale at Capper’s Jew elry,, with proceeds benefiting Wings of Warriors.

The next meeting is planned for Thursday at the Gas Community Building with officer elections and spon sorship letters on the agenda.

Eight members at tended the Sept. 26 meeting.

News from Carlyle

Carlyle Presbyterian Church

Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday, “Love a Good Mys tery,” taken from Ephesians 3:1-12.

The Apostle Paul re veals the mystery that once had been hidden: “The mystery is this that the Gentiles are now to be fellow heirs with the Jews, mem bers of the same body and joint partakers sharing in the same divine promise in Christ through their acceptance of the glad tidings of the Gospel,” Traw quotes from Ephesians 3:6.

All come to God through Jesus, he con cluded.

You can watch the church service via its Facebook page shortly after 10 a.m. Sundays.

Pianist Myrna Wild

Joanne McIntyre

schuetz played “Peace in the Midst of the Storm” for the prelude and “Touched By the Hand of the Lord” for the offertory.

David Loomis cele brated his birthday on Sunday. Andy and Lu cia Wildschuetz also celebrated their first wedding anniversary on Sunday.

The church fellow ship dinner will follow the morning worship services at noon on Oct. 16.

Pastor Traw leads a Bible Study, Tuesdays sy 3 p.m. on the Book of Ezekiel.

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media Thursday in Washington, D.C. ABACA PRESS/YURI GRIPAS/TNS

Bernie Blevins

Republican candidates skip Topeka forum

By RACHEL MIPRO Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Republi can candidates were a no-show at a Topeka fo rum meant to help vot ers elect House mem bers, disappointing event organizers and enraging Democratic Rep. Vic Miller.

At the Oct. 4 forum, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Tope ka-Shawnee County and other organizations, all 11 House candidates were invited. The five Republicans and six Democrats include members of both par ties who are running unopposed. None of the Republican candidates turned up, leaving all six Democrats to debate among themselves on issues of Medicaid ex pansion, taxes and gun safety.

New Democratic can didates included Derik Flerlage, who is run ning against Rep. Jesse Borjon for the District 52 seat, Kirk Haskins, who is challenging Re publican Bruce Wil liamson for the District 53 seat, and Tobias Sch lingensiepen, who is running against Repub lican Todd Staerkel for District 55.

The three incumbent Democrats running un opposed in the Novem ber election were Miller

and Reps. Virgil Weigel and John Alcala.

The forum is the only one scheduled before the November vote for Shawnee County House races.

Carole Jordan, pres ident of the league’s Topeka-Shawnee Coun ty chapter, said it was a shame none of the Republicans attended.

Jordan said this was the first time it had happened in all of the forums the league has hosted.

“I see nationwide that some Republican candidates are not be ing responsive to things like voter forums and voter guides,” Jordan said. “Whatever they’re doing, I always thought

Kansas was a little dif ferent because we’re nonpartisan with both sides. So we were dis appointed that none of them could come.”

Jordan said she in vited all the candidates to the forum about two months in advance, sending them letters in the mail before follow ing up with emails and phone calls.

“They had plenty of notice. In fact, I was sort of nagging about it,” Jordan said Miller said he want ed the incumbent Re publican candidates to explain their votes on the abortion amend ment, particularly why they voted not to make exceptions for abortion

in cases of incest, rape, or when the life of the mother would be threat ened. Miller said he be lieved they put the vote on the August primary ballot to dilute the vote, and are now dodging accountability by refus ing to attend the forum.

“I know there are Republicans who are embarrassed about what their party has be come,” Miller said. “But that doesn’t mean they have to be so embar rassed that they don’t show up and face the voters when they get the chance like tonight. I don’t care if you vote Republican, Democrat, unaffiliated, but don’t vote for anybody who’s not here tonight.”

Former Fed Chair Bernanke shares Nobel

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Former U.S. Feder al Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who put his academic expertise on the Great Depression to work reviving the Amer ican economy after the 2007-2008 financial cri sis, won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences along with two other U.S.-based economists for their research into bank failures.

The Nobel panel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip Dy bvig on Monday for re search that shows “why avoiding bank collapses is vital.”

Their findings in the early 1980s laid the foun dations for regulating financial markets, the panel said.

“Financial crises and depressions are kind of the worst thing that can happen to the econ omy,” said John Hassler of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences. “We need to have an understanding of the mechanism be hind those and what to do about it. And the lau reates this year provide that.”

Bernanke, 68, exam ined the Great Depres sion of the 1930s when he was a professor at Stanford University, showing the danger of bank runs — when pan icked people withdraw their savings — and how bank collapses led to widespread economic devastation. He was Fed chair from early 2006 to early 2014 and is now with the Brookings In stitution in Washington.

Before Bernanke, economists saw bank failures as a conse quence, not a cause, of economic downturns.

Diamond, 68, based at the University of Chica go, and Dybvig, 67, who is at Washington Univer sity in St. Louis, showed

how government guar antees on deposits can prevent a spiraling of financial crises.

“Probably the most gratifying thing for us is that policymakers actu ally seem to understand it, and the insights that we had, which are pretty simple, could be used in the actual financial cri sis,” Diamond told The Associated Press in Chi cago. He added that he was “very happy” and “quite surprised” to get the call.

When it comes to the global economic turmoil created by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, the financial system is

“much, much less vul nerable” to crises be cause of memories of the 2000s collapse and improved regulation, Diamond said in a call with the Nobel panel.

The trio’s research took on real-world sig nificance when inves tors sent the financial system into a panic during fall 2008, prompt ing the longest and most painful recession since the 1930s.

Bernanke, then head of the Fed, teamed up with the U.S. Treasury Department to prop up major banks and ease a shortage of credit, the lifeblood of the economy.

He slashed short-term

interest rates to zero, directed the Fed’s pur chases of Treasury and mortgage investments and set up unprecedent ed lending programs. Collectively, those steps calmed investors and fortified big banks — and were credited with avoiding another de pression.

The Fed also pushed long-term interest rates to historic lows, which led to fierce criticism of Bernanke, particularly from some 2012 Repub lican presidential can didates who said the Fed was hurting the value of the dollar and running the risk of igniting in flation later.

Rep. Ken Corbet, a Topeka Republican and owner of the Rav enwood Lodge, is run ning unopposed for Dis trict 54. Corbet said he was too busy running his small business to attend the forum, es pecially since he was short staffed.

“When you get enough people here to help me run my busi ness, I’ll be glad to go do that stuff,” Corbet said.

Corbet said he tried to attend events in his county when possible. He said he was unaware that other Republican candidates also didn’t attend, and had not heard Miller’s com ments.

“I go to a lot of events that I don’t see Rep. Miller at, but I don’t say anything disrespectful about it. It’s just that everybody has a life to lead,” Corbet said.

Todd Staerkel said he had a personal mat ter to attend to that day, but didn’t elaborate on what that was.

“It’s a personal thing,” Staerkel said.

The other three Re publican candidates invited to attend the fo rum, Rep. Fred Patton, Borjon and Williamson, did not respond to Kan sas Reflector inquiries.

3rd Wichita police officer arrested

WICHITA, Kan. (AP)

— A Wichita police of ficer was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of drunken driving, be come the city’s third of ficer to be apprehended within about two weeks.

Police said in a re lease that the officer, who was off-duty, is also facing a charge of pos session of a gun while intoxicated. The offi cer, who has been with the department for two years, has been placed on administrative leave while a criminal and in ternal investigation is conducted, the Wichita Eagle reported.

The incident follows two other arrests of Wichita officers within five days at the end of last month.

A detective and 15year veteran of the force was arrested on suspicion of driving un der the influence Sept. 23 after she collided with a city bus in down town. A police recruit was arrested on suspi cion of criminal threat Sept. 28 when police re sponded to a domestic violence call.

WE’RE

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Tobias Schlingensiepen, left, and Derik Flerlage, answer a question during the Oct. 4, candidate forum at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. (SHERMAN SMITH/KANSAS REFLECTOR)

Tips to keep unwanted pests out of your home Krista Harding

As the weather cools, it is inevitable that certain outdoor pests are going to try to find their way inside homes. One of the best ways to limit unwanted intrusions of insects or rodents is to deny them entry. It is often easier to prevent entry into a home or building than trying to control them once they are inside. Here are seven tips for pest proofing.

1. At the base of all exterior doors, install door sweeps or thresholds. Gaps of 1/16 inch will permit entry of insects and spiders; ¼ inch wide gaps are large enough for entry of mice. The bottom corner of doors is often where rodents and insects enter.

Applying calk along the bottom outside edge and sides of door thresholds will exclude ant and small insect entry. Garage doors should also be checked for bottom seals. A rubber seal is best as vinyl seals poorly in cold weather.

Southwind Extension District

2. Utility openings should also be sealed. This includes areas where pipes and wires enter the foundation and siding, around outdoor faucets, receptacles, gas meters, clothes dryer vents and telephone/cable TV wires. Plug holes with caulk, cement, expandable foam, steel wool or other suitable sealant.

3. Use a good quality silicone or acrylic latex caulk to caulk around windows, doors and fascia boards. Use a high quality caulking gun. A gun that has a back-off trigger to halt the flow of caulk is best.

4. Repair gaps and tears in window and door screens. Doing so will help reduce en-

Public notices

(Published in The Iola Register Oct. 11, 2022)

ALLEN COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the names of the following persons as having been nominated for the respective o ces will appear on the ballot of the General Election to be held Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

STATE OF KANSAS COUNTY OF ALLEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I, the undersigned County Clerk and Election O cer of Allen County, Kansas, have received a certi ed list of candidates for the various nominations to be had by each of the political parties of this county. In accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 25209, I hereby publish as much thereof as is applicable to this county, and have added thereto the names and addresses of the candidates for nomination by the several political parties as they appear on le at my o ce.

NATIONAL AND STATE BALLOT

FOR UNITED STATE SENATOR: Mark R. Holland, Kansas City, Democratic David C. Graham, Overland Park, Libertarian Jerry Moran, Manhattan, Republican

FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 2ND DISTRICT: Patrick Schmidt, Topeka, Democratic Jake LaTurner, Topeka, Republican

FOR GOVERNOR / LT. GOVERNOR: Laura Kelly / David Toland, Topeka/Iola, Democratic Dennis Pyle / Kathleen E. Garrison, Hiawatha/Haysville, Independent Seth Cordell / Evan Laudick-Gains, Lyons/Hutchinson, Libertarian Derek Schmidt / Katie Sawyer, Independence/McPherson, Republican

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE: Jeanna Repass, Overland Park, Democratic Cullene Lang, Paola, Libertarian Scott J. Schwab, Overland Park, Republican

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: Chris Mann, Lawrence, Democratic Kris Kobach, Lecompton, Republican

FOR STATE TREASURER: Lynn W. Rogers, Wichita, Democratic Steve Roberts, Overland Park, Libertarian Steven Johnson, Assaria, Republican

FOR COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE: Kiel Corkran, Olathe, Democratic Vicki Schmidt, Topeka, Republican

FOR KANSAS STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE 9TH DISTRICT: Alana Cloutier, Humboldt, Democratic Fred Gardner, Garnett, Republican

FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 9TH DISTRICT: Jim Porter, Fredonia, Republican COUNTY BALLOT

FOR ALLEN COUNTY COMMISSIONER 1ST DISTRICT: Jerry E. Daniels, Humboldt, Republican

TOWNSHIP BALLOT

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF COTTAGE GROVE TOWNSHIP:

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP: Carla Nemecek, Colony, Republican

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF ELSMORE TOWNSHIP: Karen Price, Elsmore, Republican

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF GENEVA TOWNSHIP: Charles Bruce Michael, Iola, Republican

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF HUMBOLDT TOWNSHIP: Larry Hoepker, Humboldt, Republican

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF IOLA TOWNSHIP:

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF LOGAN TOWNSHIP: Chris Woods, Humboldt, Republican

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF

try of flies, gnats, lady beetles and other overwintering pests in the fall. However, there are some insects such as hackberry psyllids that are small enough to fit through mesh window

MARMATON TOWNSHIP: Brenda G. Armstrong, Moran, Democratic

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF OSAGE TOWNSHIP:

FOR TOWNSHIP CLERK OF SALEM TOWNSHIP: Mary Dunn, Humboldt, Republican

CANDIDATES FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES & COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES

RETENTION FOR JUSTICE OF THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT: POSITION #1 Melissa Taylor Standridge, Leawood POSITION #2 Dan Biles, Shawnee POSITION #3 K.J. Wall, Lawrence POSITION #5 Marla Luckert, Topeka POSITION #6 Evelyn Z. Wilson, Topeka POSITION #7 Caleb Stegall, Lawrence

RETENTION FOR JUDGE OF THE KANSAS COURT OF APPEALS: POSITION #1 Stephen D. Hill, Topeka POSITION #2 Lesley Ann Isherwood, Wichita POSITION #3 Amy Fellows Cline, Topeka POSITION #5 Kim R. Schroeder, Hugoton POSITION #7 Henry W. Green Jr., Leavenworth POSITION #11 Tom Malone, Wichita POSITION #13 Jacy J. Hurst, Lawrence

RETENTION FOR JUDGE OF THE 31ST DISTRICT COURT: DIVISION #2 David W. Rogers, Fredonia

RETENTION FOR MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF THE 31ST DISTRICT COURT:

screens. The only way to prevent entry of these tiny insects is to keep windows closed.

5. Attic, roof and crawl space vents should be covered with ¼ inch wire mesh to

POSITION #1 Tod M. Davis

CITY OF MORAN BALLOT NONPARTISAN

FOR COUNCIL MEMBER: Ken Kale, Moran Kris Smith, Moran

Pursuant to the following, I hereby give notice that a General Election will be held on the 8th day of November, 2022 and that said General Election will be held at the following polling places to wit:

Voters Residing in Precinct/ Will Vote at/ Location East Elm, West Elm & Deer Creek Townships at Gas Community Building, 624 W. Pine, Gas, KS 66742

North & South Elsmore, Marmaton, Osage Townships at Moran Senior/Community Center, 407 N. Cedar, Moran, KS 66755

Humboldt City, Ward 1&2, Cottage Grove, Humboldt, Logan, Salem Townships at Humboldt Methodist Church, 806 N. Ninth St., Humboldt, KS 66748

Iola City, Wards 1, 2, 3 & 4 Carlyle, Geneva, North & South Iola Townships at North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye, Iola, KS 66749

The polls will open at 7:00 A.M. and will close at 7:00 P.M.

The Election O cer conducting the election will be the County Clerk of Allen County, Kansas, whose address is Allen County Courthouse, 1 N. Washington, Iola, KS 66749.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 5th day of October 2022.

prevent entry of birds, bats, squirrels, rodents and other wildlife.

6. An exterior (barrier) insecticide treatment can also be applied. Sealing is by far the most permanent way to exclude

pests. However, it can be labor intensive and sometimes impractical. For situations like that, an exterior insecticide treatment may be best. You will get the most for your efforts by applying a longer lasting liquid formulation containing synthetic pyrethroids. Read and follow label directions before using any pesticide.

7. Barrier insecticide treatments should be applied to the base of all exterior doors, garage and crawl space entrances, around foundation vents and utility openings and up underneath siding.

Pests such as lady beetles are often best controlled with a little manual labor by using a vacuum cleaner or broom to sweep them up.

Krista Harding is a K-State Research and Extension Agricultural agent assigned to Southwind District. She may be reached at kharding@ ksu.edu or 620-244-3826.

NOTICE OF PLACES AND DATES OF REGISTRATION

In compliance with the provisions of K.S.A. 25-2310, notice is hereby given that the books of registration of voters will be open at the following places during regular business hours: The o ce of the County Clerk, Courthouse, Iola; the o ce of the City Clerk, City Hall, Iola; the o ce of the City Clerk, City Hall, Humboldt; the o ce of the City Clerk, City Hall, Gas; the o ce of the City Clerk, City Hall, LaHarpe; the o ce of the City Clerk, City Hall, Moran; the o ce of the City Clerk, City Hall, Savonburg; the o ce of the Kansas Driver License Department, Iola; the o ce of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Department, Iola; the o ce of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Department, Humboldt; and the Public Library, Humboldt;

At 5:00 p.m. on the 18th day of October, 2022 the books for registration of voters living within the County of Allen, Kansas, will close and remain closed until the 9th day of November, 2022. A citizen of the United States who is 18 years of age or older, or will have attained the age of 18 years at the next election, must register before he or she can vote. Reg-

istration is open until the close of business on the 21st day before the election.

Voters must bring Valid ID with them to vote.

When a voter has been registered according to law, the voter shall remain registered until the voter changes name by marriage, divorce or other legal proceeding or changes residence. The voter may reregister in person, by mail or other delivery when registration is open or the voter may reregister on Election Day.

Application forms shall be provided by the county election o cer or the Secretary of State upon request. The application shall be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 5th day of October, 2022.

Shannon Patterson ALLEN COUNTY ELECTION OFFICER

Shannon Patterson Allen County Election O cer (10) 11

Opinion

Extreme drought conditions a wakeup call to Kansans

Nathan Kells and his fami ly have farmed in southwest ern Haskell County, Kansas, since 1885. He runs a full ser vice heifer ranch, growing crops to feed the animals.

The ground is dry. Very dry. Haskell County, a threehour drive west of Wichita, now faces an “exceptional” drought, which is the high est category of dry. “Wild fires and large dust storms occur” when it’s this dry, the National Weather Service warns.

“It’s very taxing on you, emotionally,” Kells said. “Not to speak of financially. We do what we can.”

The water crisis would be terrible were it just limited to Haskell County. It is not.

On Sept. 27, more than half of all of Kansas faced “extreme” or “exception al” drought, conditions that prompt water restrictions and, on occasion, the need for emergency water sup plies. Kansas is drier on a percentage basis than Cali fornia, which is in the mid dle of what some scientists believe is a megadrought, a climate-shifting calamity that may change the region for decades.

Kansas has known about its water problems for many years.

It has a water office and a water authority. It just up dated the Kansas water plan.

The Kansas House has a water committee. Last year, a bill to increase water over sight in the state failed to get

a vote. Western Kansas farm ers — Kells among them — would prefer to settle water problems themselves.

“Keep government out of it, and let us deal with the free market, and it will sort itself out,” Kells said.

Ogallala Aquifer to the west continues decline

Yet cracking ground and empty river beds suggest the state must bring more urgen cy and focus to drought con cerns.

Water oversight must be among the state’s top priori ties in the 2023 session, and

in the years to come.

That’s true in western Kansas, where the ancient Ogallala Aquifer continues to decline, threatening farms and homes alike.

But it’s also true in our region, despite the current abundance of water from the Kansas and Missouri rivers. WaterOne, the public utility that serves Johnson County, says it is committed “to pro tecting our source waters, the Kansas and Missouri Riv ers, to ensure safe, delicious tap water in Johnson County for generations to come.”

Yet the district’s website

Nobel Peace Prize honors Putin’s foes

By THERESE RAPHAEL Bloomberg Opinion

We can’t know what was said in those secret delibera tions, but the Nobel Commit tee must have thought about giving Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Peace prize. That would have been a popular choice — he easily topped the 2022 Time magazine reader poll for the most influential per son of the year.

They were right instead to honor Ukrainian, Belar usian and Russian civil and human rights activists. The prize is “not against any one,” said Berit Reiss-An dersen, the chairwoman of the Nobel committee. And yet, on Vladimir Putin’s 70th birthday, it is clearly a re pudiation of everything he stands for and an eloquent defense of the importance of both civil society and memo ry in building peace.

It’s not that Zelenskyy isn’t a strong or deserving candidate. The Ukrainian president’s uncommon cour age and leadership has in spired a number of people under extreme duress, and he has made the democratic world think about freedoms we often take for granted and what it means to defend them. He’s fighting a war he didn’t choose, a war of neces sity.

But there were reasons to pause. As President Joe Biden noted grimly, the world is as close as it’s come to nuclear war since the Cu ban Missile Crisis in 1962. What if awarding the prize to Zelenskyy prompted the ultimate act of defiance from Putin in his bid to win the war at any cost?

Last year’s prize, given to Filipino journalist and rights activist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmi try Muratov, highlighted the importance of safeguarding

freedom of expression. This year’s committee extends that to acknowledge the crit ical importance of collective memory and accountability too.

Enlightened leadership is essential, but building peaceful, long-lasting de mocracies requires the bot tom-up work of restoring trust and facilitating healing — work that this year’s recip ients do.

Ales Bialiatski, the jailed Belarussian human rights activist who was awarded the peace prize, has led a nearly 30-year campaign to promote freedom and democracy and provide support for polit ical prisoners. Like many human rights campaigners in authoritar ian countries, he has endured extreme hard ship in the ser vice of cause. His award will hopefully em bolden those working to end rule by dicta torship in Be larus and pre vent Belarus from being dragged further into Putin’s war.

It is the daily acts of defiance by those on the ground, the efforts to bring justice and accountability and re store the bonds of civil society that give peace its greatest longterm chance.

The Ukrainian human rights organization the Cen ter for Civil Liberties, rec ognized for their “outstand ing effort to document war crimes, human rights abus es and the abuse of power,” is also an important part of this triad. Each week brings new evidence of war crimes in Ukraine that need to be painstakingly documented, investigated and ultimately prosecuted. That is a mam moth task, as justice for all victims is too tall an order. But any bulwark against fu ture aggression must include the process of prosecuting war crimes. It will be im portant to have institutions that also hold Ukrainian au thorities to ac count, too.

It’s easy to be cyni cal about the Peace (or any other) prize.

also says the area has “plen tiful water sources and cus tomers are free to use what they need.”

Climate change, and the potential of a megadrought, may change that calculation.

That could mean more emphasis on so-called “grey water” use in urban areas, where water used for show ers and laundry is cleaned and reused for landscaping. It might mean reduced resi dential irrigation and yards that need less water. It could mean collecting rain in bar rels for flower gardens.

It will also mean taking

great care of the Kansas and Missouri river basins, which are already stressed by dredging and overuse.

The flood stage for the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas, is roughly 32 feet. Recently, the river stood at just 9 feet. While the river always drops in the fall, less water is worrisome.

Nebraska’s Platte River is dry in some places, which is a warning sign.

“We all need to do our part to conserve,” Kells said. “Whether that’s a city lawn, or city water, or ag use.”

Let’s state the obvious: The government can’t make it rain.

While it can and should make efforts to mitigate cli mate change, it’s far too late to completely prevent the lo calized droughts (and down pours and hurricanes) that a changing climate will bring.

The government must ac celerate efforts to convince the public of the seriousness of the problem. It must con sider use restrictions and ag gressive oversight of water administration. It must act as if the water crisis is real.

Everyone will have to ap proach a hotter, drier region with focus and attention to detail.

We may think that Califor nia-like rationing and water depletion is far away, and not relevant. Nathan Kells and his fellow farmers would like a word. They have seen the future, and it is us.

— Kansas City Star

Biden right to ease up on simple weed possession

President Biden’s an nouncement of mass pardons for those convicted of federal marijuana possession charges comes just weeks before mid term elections that will deter mine control of Congress. It is not hard to detect the political calculation behind a decision likely to appeal to — and mo tivate — the young voters who could be key to Democrats winning. Yet it was also the right thing to do. Simple mar ijuana possession does not pose a serious threat to public safety, and users should not be hauled into the criminal jus tice system.

to administration officials, but the president’s action will allow offenders’ records to be cleared, removing barriers to them getting jobs, finding housing or applying to college.

The other two prize recipi ents point to the importance of historical memory, some thing Putin has tried hard to wipe out. The Russian human rights organization Memorial emerged during the glasnost period to doc ument crimes of the Soviet era. Its first chairman was the late Andrei Sakharov, who himself won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975. His late widow, Elena Bonner, fought tirelessly for the same cause. In citing Memorial, the No bel committee is, perhaps be latedly, acknowledging that there is no hope for long-term peace without historical re cord and accountability.

Heaven knows, the commit tee has made choices over the years that were tin-eared or even down right regrettable. It has often seemed self-important and too trend-conscious. And yet, there is merit in remember ing that in places of oppres sion and war, it is the daily acts of defiance by those on the ground, the efforts to bring justice and account ability and restore the bonds of civil society that give peace its greatest long-term chance.

As for Zelenskyy, the prize he needs is not a Nobel.

About the writer: Therese Raphael is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering health care and British poli tics. Previously, she was edi torial page editor of the Wall Street Journal Europe.

“Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives … for conduct that many states no longer prohibit,” Mr. Biden tweeted Thursday. “That’s before you address the clear racial disparities around prosecution and conviction. Today, we start to right these wrongs.” In addition to his pardons of thousands of peo ple with federal misdemeanor convictions for simple pos session (not sale or distribu tion) of marijuana, Mr. Biden ordered a review of whether marijuana should continue to be classified as a Schedule I substance, the same category as heroin and LSD.

The impact will be more limited than the sweeping rhetoric suggests, because state, not federal, prosecutors bring the vast majority of simple possession cases, and Mr. Biden can pardon only those convicted of federal of fenses.

White House officials said 6,500 people convicted between 1992 and 2021, plus thousands more D.C. residents whom federal law covers, will be impacted. There are no peo ple currently serving time in federal prison solely for mar ijuana possession, according

The largest effects might come as state officials follow Mr. Biden’s lead, as he urged governors to do. Early reac tions to the president’s plea ran the gamut. Some states pointed to actions they have already taken to pardon or erase lesser marijuana convic tions; some said they are tak ing formal steps to review the president’s request; some said they won’t take similar ac tions, either because they lack authority in their states or be cause they disagree with the president’s approach. Predict ably, there were also those who saw opportunity to score their own political points. “Texas,” wrote a spokesman for Gov. Greg Abbott (R), “is not in the habit of taking criminal jus tice advice from the leader of the defund police party and someone who has overseen a criminal justice system run [amok].”

Opinion polls show that ma jorities of Americans favor releasing people imprisoned solely on marijuana-related charges and legalizing mari juana for medical and recre ational use. States have taken notice: Nineteen states and the D.C. have legalized marijuana for adult recreational use, and 38 have legalized it for medi cal use. Five states, including Maryland, have legalization measures on their November ballots.

Marijuana use is a pub lic health challenge that the criminal justice system can not solve — and should not be asked to. We hope Mr. Biden’s move advances the shift away from criminalization.

— The Washington Post

An irrigation pivot sprays water onto a young corn crop in Grant County, Kansas. (TRAVIS HEYING/

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Event: Medallion was found

American Frontier era into the clues” with a nod to local history based on a touch of literary, cinematic and Oregon Trail references, Franklin said in a Facebook post.

Alas, his ultimate goal — to celebrate famed Iola horse jockey Johnny Adams — came up short because the medallion was found before those clues surfaced.

(A full list of clues, written in poetic verse, appears on Page B6).

“Through the process of writing, it felt like too early of a reference to Johnny Adams would be a dead giveaway, so I had saved him for Sunday’s clue,” Franklin said.

He intentionally waited to provide the best clues for the weekend so searchers who work during the week would have a chance at finding the medallion.

Johnny Adams, the Mighty Mite, got his start racing horses in Iola in the early years of the 20th century, before becoming one of the most prolific jockeys of that era.

As an aside, Franklin is retiring as cluemaster and committee member after nine years.

Those interested in picking up the baton are encouraged to reach out to a current FCD Committee member to learn more about becoming involved in future celebrations.

“It’s been fun being a part of it the last nine years, but every cowboy

On Sunday, four area farmers will allow tours of their property from 1 to 4 p.m.:

Lamb Ranch and Aviation, 4954 West Virginia Rd., Mentzer Family Farm, 1780 600 St., Strickler Holstein Farm, 1650 North Dakota Rd.; and Calvin Parker Greenhouse, 904 1100 St.

must have his last ride,” Franklin said.

THE FUN hits high gear Thursday with the opening of Fun Time Shows Carnival on Jackson Avenue in downtown Iola. The carnival will remain in place through Saturday.

Friday’s fun revolves around a chuckwagon community dinner sponsored by Allen County and featuring the Mildred Store band, from 5 to 7 p.m. A street dance follows from 7 to 9 o’clock.

The car and motorcycle show open at Saturday’s jam-packed schedule at 9 a.m., along with “ag central” displays. A petting zoo starts at 10 o’clock, with scores of vendor booths open to appeal to folks of all ages. Local performers from In Step Dance Academy (at 8:45 a.m.), the Kleopfer Family (at 9:15) and Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy 10:15) will grace the Jefferson Avenue Stage as well.

The parade, featuring a Wild West theme, starts at 11 o’clock. Immediately afterward, audiences will be treated to performances by the Marching Cobras drummers and the Celtic Pipe Band.

A pair of cornhole tournaments take center stage after the parade. The kids tournament begins at noon; adults square off at 2 p.m.

All the while, A Tract-Or-Treat and inflatable attractions will highlight the afternoon schedule.

Saturday’s festivities wrap up with the third annual Cannonball Run, which starts at 7 p.m..

There, bicyclists will be asked to start at the center of the downtown square, and visit four stops in various parts of town: Westco, West Side Bait Shop, the dead end along West Jim Street and Hole No. 7 at the Elm Creek Disc Golf Course.

Riders must be 18 years or older and wear a helmet. Their bikes must have a headlight and taillight as well.

ON SUNDAY, four area farmers will allow tours of their property from 1 to 4 p.m.: Lamb Ranch and Aviation, 4954 West Virginia Rd., Mentzer Family Farm, 1780 600 St., Strickler Holstein Farm, 1650 North Dakota Rd.; and Calvin Parker Greenhouse, 904 1100 St. on old Highway 169

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to cause a “humanitarian catastrophe.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces used “precision weapons” to target key energy infrastructure and military command facilities in retaliation for Kyiv’s “terrorist” actions — a reference to Ukraine’s attempts to repel Moscow’s invasion forces, including an attack Saturday on a key bridge between Russia and the annexed Crimean Peninsula that Putin called a “terrorist act” masterminded by Ukrainian

special services.

Putin vowed a “tough” and “proportionate” response should Ukraine carry out further attacks that threaten Russia’s security. “No one should have any doubts about it,” he told Russia’s Security Council by video.

The Russian president has been under intense domestic pressure to take more aggressive action to stop a largely successful Ukrainian counteroffensive and to react forcefully to Saturday’s attack on the Kerch bridge, whose construction he used to

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cement his 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Putin’s increasingly frequent descriptions of Ukraine’s actions as terrorist could set the stage for even more bold and draconian actions. But in Monday’s speech, Putin — whose partial troop mobilization order last month triggered an exodus of hundreds of thousands of men of fighting age from Russia — stopped short of an expected escalation from what he calls a “special military operation” to a counterterrorism campaign or martial law.

A re ghting helicopter pours water on the carriages of a train on re on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia, after a truck exploded, near Kerch, on Saturday. (AFP/GETTY IMAGES/TNS)

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Trojans trounce the Mustangs

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

The Iola High School football team was shutout by Girard on senior night on Friday, 47-0.

Girard wasted no time getting on the scoreboard when Luke Niggeman rushed the ball into the end zone from 19 yards out on the Trojans’ first drive of the game for the 6-0 lead.

Adam Shireman rushed in the next touch down for the Trojans on a two-yard run. Girard then proceeded to score the two-point conversion for a first quarter 14-0 ad vantage.

“From a defensive perspective, we need to be more assignment-fo cused,” said Iola head coach David Daugharthy. “We’re going to learn about our character in the next week because af ter a tough loss like this, getting shut out on senior night, we’re going to find out what kind of men are in this locker room.”

Iola’s (2-4) Tre Wilson was able to intercept a pass early in the second quarter at the Mustang 25-yard line which he re turned to the 41-yard line for one of the team’s first defensive stops.

Shireman had himself quite the night for Gi rard finding the end zone again with four minutes left in the first half. Shire man came from 18 yards out for the 21-0 Trojan lead.

Alex Coester then took a one-yard rush into the end zone for Girard.

At halftime, the Tro jans led 28-0.

Girard was far from done.

Coester found the end zone on a 20-yard touch down rush, putting Gi rard ahead 34-0 three minutes into the second half.

“They run that tri ple-option and they run it really well. We had a game plan. We would have a play where one guy would execute and two guys wouldn’t and that lets it down. With the triple-option, you need the entire defense to exe cute and we just didn’t do that very often tonight,” said Daugharthy.

Shireman scored his third touchdown on a 15-yard run with three minutes remaining in the third quarter for the 41-0 Girard edge.

Just when everyone thought the score was fi nal, Girard ran in for one more touchdown with time expiring to secure the 48-0 victory over Iola.

Iola’s Drayden Reiter rushed for 31 yards, fol lowed by Tre Wilson’s sev en yards on the ground.

“Tonight I saw him (Reiter) running the ball hard. Two weeks ago against Anderson Coun ty I saw him running the ball well. When he does that, good things happen so we’ll look to keep feed ing him,” said Daughar thy.

Carter Hutton started the game under center for the injured Landon Weide

Iola’s Fawson state-bound

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

CHANUTE — Iola Mustang Keira Fawson qualified for state competition at Satur day’s regional competition in Chanute.

Other schools competing included Independence, Cha nute, Parsons, Fort Scott, Labette County and Field Kin ley.

Fawson, a junior, reached state for the second time in her high school career after beating out singles players from Fort Scott, Chanute and Labette County.

She began her day knocking off Fort Scott’s Jadyn Messer, 6-0.

Fawson then took a tough loss to Parsons’ Ryan Harris for her lone loss, 5-7, 6-0 and 10-6.

In consolation play, Fawson defeated Chanute’s Aaliyah Colding, 6-2 and 6-2. The Mus tang then took down Labette

County’s Aubrey Lassen to qualify for state, 6-3 and 7-5.

“Keira is a very talented player who has a lot of natural ability,” said Iola head coach Chris Belknap. “Her serve has come along really nicely since first starting on the team. She is consistent with her shots and gets into some long rallies that are fun to watch, win or lose.”

Fawson placed fifth place overall at the regionals out of 14 single players.

Rebekah Coltrane was the other Iola singles player to compete Saturday. She fell in the first round to Chanute’s Colding, 6-0 and 6-4.

“Rebekah has made amaz ing strides. Her serve since joining her freshman year is super confident. Her shots are getting better and better by the day. I believe if we put a little more work in, we may have another state-bound sin gles player next year.” said Belknap.

Both sets of Mustang dou bles players were knocked out in the first round. Molly Riebel and Melanie Palmer stumbled to Fort Scott’s Krokroskia and Gorman, 6-1 and 6-0.

“Molly and Melanie are first-year varsity players who made great strides in play and teamwork,” Belknap said. “This was Melanie’s first year playing tennis and Molly started on JV last year. These two will do well next year as they plan on playing together again.”

“The Dream Team” of Ken nedy Maier and Genevive Ward lost to Parsons’ Heck and Keathley, 6-0 and 6-1.

“Genevive and Kennedy will be a missed positive duo. Genevive is a senior and my first-ever four-year player,” Belknap said. “Kennedy will have to find a replacement partner with some very big shoes to fill.”

The state tournament is Oct. 14-15 in Prairie Village.

Allen sweeps Central

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

The Allen Community Col lege women’s and men’s soc cer teams took down Central Community College on Satur day, 2-1 and 3-2.

Women’s Soccer

The Lady Red Devils (8-4; 2-1) outshot the Lady Raid ers in the first half, 3-1, but couldn’t get any of their shots to fall. Allen almost scored two goals within the opening minute of the match but head ed to halftime with the score knotted at 0-0.

Central was the first to score two minutes into the second half for the 1-0 advantage.

Humboldt comeback falls short

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

OSAGE CITY — A sec ond-quarter lull proved costly Friday for Hum boldt High.

Host Osage City, follow ing standout quarterback Landon Boss, rattled off three touchdowns in a 3 ½-minute span, turning Humboldt’s 14-13 lead into a 35-14 deficit.

The Cubs mounted a furious comeback down the stretch, but a pair of tough penalties thwarted Humboldt’s efforts in a 42-34 setback.

The loss drops Hum boldt to 4-2 on the season and 1-2 in Class 2A, Dis trict 2, play.

The Cubs, playing with out starting quarterback Blake Ellis due to injury, nevertheless found suc cess through the air and on the ground, behind se nior all-everything Trey Sommer.

Sommer rushed for 198 yards and three touch downs, while throwing for 135 yards and another score.

His 21-yard touchdown run with 42 seconds left in the third quarter sliced Osage City’s lead to 35-26.

But a few bad breaks negated an opportunity to draw even closer.

Sommer threw what would have been a 19yard touchdown pass to Dakota Slocum to end the first half, but the offi cials ruled he was out of bounds when he released his throw.

Two other long comple tions also were called off due to penalty, including a call on Humboldt’s final possession of the game.

The officials nullified a 30-yard completion to Sam Hull with about a minute left in the game, calling it an illegal for ward pass because Som mer had crossed the line of scrimmage. (A video replay showed Sommer at the line of scrimmage when he released the ball.)

The Cubs were unable to convert on fourth down two plays later, allowing Osage City to run out the clock.

Boss gave Humboldt’s defense fits throughout the contest. He accounted for all six Indian touch downs, by completing 12 of 14 passes for 253 yards and two scores, while running for 152 yards and four touchdowns.

A Sommer-to-Slocum 30-yard pass helped set up Humboldt’s first touch down, a 36-yard scoring strike to Jacob Har rington late in the first quarter, pushing the Cubs ahead 8-6.

Sommer then staked Humboldt to a 14-13 lead on a 3-yard keeper mid way through the second quarter.

But Boss capped Osage City’s next drive with a 1-yard keeper, and then opened the Indians’ next drive with an 84-yard run to paydirt. Boss end ed the flourish with a 19yard touchdown pass to Breckin Bowen for a 35-14 lead.

Humboldt didn’t let the

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Shorthanded Lancers stay on winning path

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

MORAN — Even without one of its senior leaders, Crest High’s offense remained a welloiled machine Friday.

The Lancers, playing without star running back Holden Barker because of a broken hand, relied on a trio of other seniors to keep things running along.

Leading the charge was quarterback Ethan Godderz who accounted for 351 yards (unofficially) of total offense and six touchdowns as Crest pummeled rival Marmaton Valley 74-26 in a key district matchup.

The victory keeps the Lancers (5-1 overall) spotless at 3-0 in district play. The Wildcats fell to 2-1 in district and 3-3 overall.

“Having Holden out is a big loss,” Godderz said. “He’s such an allaround good player. But having Stetson Setter back is a big deal for us. We just kept our composure and held our heads high.” (Setter missed much of 2021 due to injury).

Godderz ended the game with a flourish, guiding a pair of scoring drives in the final minute of the second quarter. First, he scored on a 38-yard touchdown run with 38 seconds left.

Then, after Crest’s Trevor Church intercepted a Wildcat pass with 17 seconds on the clock, it gave the Lancers one final shot at ending the game at intermission.

After an incompletion, Godderz raced for 17 yards to set up a final play from the Wildcat 34 with 3 seconds left.

Godderz deftly avoided a charging Wildcat lineman before arcing a perfect spiral into the arms of a diving Jack White in the end zone for a touchdown.

The score ended the game because it pushed the point spread beyond the 46-point threshold to trigger the Kansas eight-man mercy rule.

“That was awesome,” Godderz admitted. “I saw that defensive end coming, and I knew I couldn’t stay in the pocket. I just trusted my receiver and threw it

down there. He made a great play.”

Unofficially, Godderz ran for 256 yards on 14 carries with a trio of scores, and threw for 95 yards and three more touchdowns.

“Ethan almost rushed for 1,000 yards last year,” Lancer head coach Nick McAnulty said. “He’s more than capable.”

To compensate for losing Barker — McAnulty is uncertain when he will return to the lineup — McAnulty turned to Crest’s stable of talented seniors, led by Godderz.

Stetson Setter pulled in a pair of touchdown passes and rushed for 59 yards on four carries with a touchdown.

Avery Blaufuss, meanwhile, rushed for 62 yards and recovered a score.

He also recovered a fumble in the end zone for another touchdown as Crest led 40-20 at the break.

At one point, the Lancers had scored four times on 10 plays from scrimmage.

BUT MARMATON Valley wasn’t keen on going down without a fight.

After an early Lancer onslaught pushed Crest ahead 32-6, the Wildcats turned to sophomore quarterback Brayden Lawson to lead the comeback.

He did just that, finding receivers Jaedon Granere, Dylan Drake and Tyler Lord on a number of long passes against the Lancer defense.

“We have an explosive offense,” Wildcat head coach Max Mickunas said. “Our quarterback has really improved, and we have some good speed and good receivers.

And they’re young. Drake is a senior, but Granere, like Lawson, is a sophomore. Lord is a freshman.

“These guys have a bright future,” Mickunas said. “We’ve just got to keep working at it.”

The Lancers scored twice in the first 2 1/2 minutes of the game to lead 16-0 before the Wildcats found their footing.

But for every step forward for Marmaton Valley, Crest was ready with a response.

Setter scored on a 16-yard run to extend Crest’s lead to 40-12 late in the first quarter.

Lawson responded with a 45-yard scoring strike to Lord to close the deficit to 40-20. He then found Granere on a 31-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown to keep things close at 46-26.

But three turnovers late in the quarter allowed Crest to slam the door for good.

Kansas State rallies past Cyclones

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Adrian Martinez passed for 246 yards and rushed for 77, and Chris Tennant kicked a late field goal to lead No. 20 Kansas State to a 10-9 win over Big 12 rival Iowa State on Saturday night.

Tennant kicked a 30yard field goal with 7:14 left in the fourth quarter to rally Kansas State (5-1, 3-0) for the win.

The Wildcats’ offense was defined by two chaotic plays.

The Wildcats scored when Martinez ducked under a potential sack, then heaved the ball to a leaping Phillip Brooks, who maintained his balance and raced downfield for an 81-yard touchdown.

In the second quarter, Martinez found Malik Knowles for a 68-yard gain. But Knowles fumbled before crossing the goal line. Iowa State’s Anthony Johnson punched the ball out and Colby Reeder recov-

ered in the end zone.

Martinez finished 12of-19 passing and rushed 19 times.

The Cyclone (3-3, 0-3) have scored just one touchdown in their last 20 possessions.

Jace Gilbert made three field goals to give Iowa State a 9-7 lead entering the fourth quarter. Gilbert missed three times a week earlier at Kansas, including a potential game-tying kink in the closing seconds.

TAKEAWAY

Kansas State QB Adrian Martinez relied more on his passing against Iowa State, after running wild the last two weeks. Martinez rushed for a total of 319 yards and seven touchdowns against Oklahoma and Texas Tech, but netted just 34 yards on the ground during the first half Saturday. Duece Vaughn, who was averaging 117 rushing yards per game, ran for just 10 yards in the first 30 min-

utes, and only 23 yards in the game.

UP NEXT Kansas State is off this weekend, before traveling to No. 17 Texas Christian for a game Oct. 22. Iowa State visits Texas on Saturday.

Blaufuss recovered a fumble in the end zone on the Lancers’ next possession to earn the touchdown, and then barreled his way in to make it 62-26.

“We knew they were gonna be a tough team,” Mickunas said. “Some things took the wind out of our sails. They have experience and toughness. When you have a team with 10 seniors, they’re gonna be a pretty good team. I wasn’t happy with the final score, but I was proud of how the guys competed.”

CREST will look to keep its groove intact on Friday against Marais des Cygnes Valley. Marmaton Valley is slated to host Lebo.

Even though Marais des Cygnes Valley is winless, McAnulty is certain his team is up for the challenge, and

for good reason.

It was Marais des Cygnes Valley that ended Crest’s season last year in the playoffs.

“We’re not going to overlook them,” McAnulty said. “That’s a game we want to get after.”

Marmaton Valley, meanwhile, hosts Lebo next week.

Lebo’s really good, too,” Mickunas said. “We’re looking forward to the challenge.”

Crest (40-34-x-x—74)

MV (20-6-x-x—26

First quarter

Crest — Blaufuss 28 yard run (Blaufuss run)

Crest — Godderz 2 yard run (Blaufuss run)

MV — Drake 22 yard pass from Lawson (pass failed)

Crest — Setter 13 yard pass from Godderz (Blaufuss run)

Crest — Setter 12 yards pass from Godderz (Church pass from Godderz)

MV — Lawson 44 yard run (pass failed)

Crest — Setter 16 yard run (12 run)

MV — Lord 45 yard pass from Lawson (Lawson run)

Second quarter Crest — Godderz 38 yard run (run failed)

MV — Granere 31 yard pass from Lawson (run failed)

Crest — Blaufuss fumble recovery in end zone (Blaufuss run)

Crest — Blaufuss 1 yard run (Godderz run)

Crest — Godderz 38 yard run (pass failed)

Crest — White 34 yards pass from Godderz (PAT failed)

Stats (uno cial)

Passing Crest — Godderz 4-9-95; Golden 0-1-0. MV — Lawson 8-21-200.

Rushing

Crest — Godderz, 14-256; Setter, 4-69; Blaufuss, 8-62. MV — Lawson 16-64; Granere 4-15; Lord 1-0.

Receiving

Crest — Setter 3-61; White, 1-34. MV — Lord, 2-86; Granere 3-78; Drake 4-54.

Crest High’s Ethan Godderz (12) is tackled by Marmaton Valley High’s Kolby Knavel (76) Friday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Wildcats take third in weekend tournament

UNIONTOWN — Marmaton Valley

High took home third place by winning three of four matches at the Uniontown Invitational Saturday.

The Wildcats roared back from an early stumble to take down host Uniontown in three sets in the opener; dropped a tough, three-set match to Southern Coffey County; and then ended the day with a bang in rolling past Galena and Northeast-Arma in straight sets.

Uniontown roared out of the gates, jumping out to leads of 5-0 and 9-2 in the opening set, and then rattling off five straight later in the set to lead 186. Marmaton Valley never recovered, falling, 25-12.

But the tune changed in the second set. Tayven Sutton served up four straight to open the match. The Wildcats added seven more points in a row on Roslyn Houk’s serve and never looked back in a 25-12 romp.

It was Janae Granere’s turn to rack up the points in the tiebreaker. She led a 5-0 run midway through the set as MV sealed the 2-1 win with a 2512 set.

The SCC match was a back-and-forth affair.

The Lady Titans prevailed, 25-22, in the first set before Marmaton Valley evened things with a 25-21 second set.

Southern Coffey County took a 7-4

Above, Marmaton Valley High’s Payton Schar passes the ball in a match against Galena Saturday. At right, Madi Lawson bumps the ball in a match against Southern Co ey County.

lead, took control with an 11-7 run to lead 18-11, and then rattled off five straight points to clinch the 25-13 tiebreaker.

The Wildcats didn’t let the disappointment linger, taking control early in its final two matches of the day.

Marmaton Valley thumped Galena, 25-17 and 25-12, before knocking off Northeast, 25-15 and 25-16.

The Wildcats (19-11) are back in action Tuesday at Pleasanton.

Daniels hurt as Jayhawks fall to TCU

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(AP) — Max Duggan passed for three touchdowns in the second half, including the game-winning 27-yarder to Quinton Johnston with 1:36 left, and No. 17 TCU beat 19th-ranked Kansas 3831 on Saturday.

The Horned Frogs (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) are out to their best start since 2017 after winning the matchup of surprise unbeatens.

Duggan was 23 of 33 for 308 yards and outdueled Kansas backup quarterback Jason Bean in a wild second half. Jalon Daniels, who led the Jayhawks to five straight wins for their best start

since 2009, suffered an apparent injury to his right (throwing) shoulder late in the first half.

Bean, who started the first 10 games last season, was 16 of 24 for 262 yards and he became the first Kansas quarterback to throw for four touchdowns in a half since Todd Reesling in 2008.

After combining for just 13 points in the first half, the teams combined for 42 in the third quarter.

What was expected to be an offensive shootout was anything but early. The Horned Frogs settled for a field goal, turned over the ball on downs and punted on

their first three possession while the Jayhawks punted twice and failed to convert a fourth-and-5 on their third series.

The Jayhawks (5-1, 2-1 Big 12) appeared headed for the go-ahead touchdown in the middle of the second quarter when Daniels fumbled near the goal line.

The Horned Frogs went 99 yards, with Kendre Miller’s 1-yard run making it 10-0.

Kansas got its first points on Jacob Borcila’s 40-yard field goal one play after Daniels was hurt.

Bean threw touchdown passes of 12 yards to Tanaka Scott and 8

yards Luke Grimm to put the Jayhawks up 17-10. Duggan found Derius Davis on a 51-yard touchdown pass to tie it, and after Jamoi Hodge picked off Bean at the Kansas 26, TCU regained the lead on a 3-yard run by Duggan.

Bean’s 38-yard TD pass to Quinton Skinner tied it, but Duggan’s 25-yarder to Taye Barber put the Horned Frogs up again. Bean then hit Skinner with a 29-yard TD pass to tie it 31-all with 4:21 left in the game.

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Lancer runners hitting their stride

PLEASANTON — Every Crest runner set personal records at Thursday’s cross coun try meet at Pleasanton High School.

The varsity girls cross country team had three runners medal in cluding freshman Josie Walter who broke a 20-minute barrier in the 5k race with her 19:59 finish.

“I had to push myself

harder than I’ve had to in previous races be cause I wanted to break a 20- minute 5K. As I neared the end, I heard my coach yell I could break it, which pushed me to finish with deter mination. I achieved my goal, which felt amaz ing,” said Walter.

The other three varsi ty Lady Lancer runners were Peyton Schmidt, Aubrey Allen and Ky

rie Puckett who all ran strong and improved their 5K times.

“I felt good during my race because I was able to get out and get a good position. Which helped me finish strong and place well,” said Crest’s Allen.

The lone Lancer var sity boy runner was Breakin Jones who fin ished with a time of 19:41 to take 13th place.

The middle school Lancers also broke per sonal records.

Seventhgrader Kallei Robb finished her race with a time of 12:41. Dagon Deny, Jimmy Ayers and Wyatt Francis also fin ished their races strong.

Crest will now pre pare for their regionals competition at Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Musgrove pitches San Diego past Mets, 6-0

NEW YORK (AP) —

Joe Musgrove brushed off chants of “Cheat er!” after a bizarre spot check by umpires on the mound, pitch ing his hometown San Diego Padres into the next round of the play offs Sunday night with seven innings of one-hit ball in a 6-0 victory over

the New York Mets.

Trent Grisham hit an RBI single and made a terrific catch in cen ter field that helped the Padres take the best-ofthree National League wild-card series 2-1.

Austin Nola and Juan Soto each had a two-run single.

San Diego advanced

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Lady Lancers place second at Uniontown

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

UNIONTOWN —

The Crest High School volleyball team took home second place at the Uniontown tournament Saturday.

The tournament began for the Lady Lancers (24-6) with a victory over Northeast Arma, 25-16 and 25-20.

Crest then took care of Kansas City Christian in two sets, 25-8 and 25-20.

The Lady Lancers lost to Southern Coffey County in their final matchup of the tournament in three sets, 25-22, 24-26 and 25-14.

“Overall, it was a pretty good day of volleyball,” said Crest

head coach Abigail Hermreck. “Obviously we would have liked to come home with gold. We have to maintain our level of determination and play relaxed against good teams every set.”

Crest’s McKenna Hammond led at the serving line with five aces. Hermreck 16 kills, 40 digs, four blocks and served 38of-40 balls successfully. Kayla Hermreck led with 52 kills, made six blocks and 22 digs and hit two ace serves.

Lady Lancer Kinley Edgerton led her team with 36 assists while also registering four kills, three ace serves, 10 digs and one block. Edgerton also went 22-of-24 from the serv-

ing line. Karlee Boots led Crest with 45 digs defensively and made eight kills and three ace serves.

Delaney Ramsey led the way from the serving line as well, going 96% on serves on 22-of-23 from the line with three aces. She also knocked

two kills, three assists and 11 digs.

“We will continue to work hard in practice and have a positive week of volleyball,” said Coach Hermreck. “Our record is currently tied with the best volleyball record in school history back in 1988 when

my assistant coach, Tisha Hugg, was the head coach.”

Crest’s Allyssa Adams ripped one kill, one ace serve and 15 digs. Kamryn Luedke had two digs, seven assists and went 29-of-31 from the serving line with 11 digs.

Brooklyn Jones hit

16 digs and Kaelin Nilges went three-of-three from the serving line with one dig.

The Lady Lancers will come home for senior night on Tuesday against Yates Center and Southeast Arma with opening serve at 5 p.m.

Allen: Sweeps Central Saturday

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would panic, we kept our composure and controlled the game for the rest of the half by obtaining the majority of possessions and having double the number of opportunities at goal,” said Allen women’s head soccer coach Jeremy McGinnis.

Allen got on the board 11 minutes into the second half when Rebecca Lord took an Autumn Wyatt cross kick at the 18-yard box to the back of the goal for the 1-1 knotted score.

The Lady Red Devils kicked nine shots total in the second half to the Lady Raiders’ four shots.

on goal and eight shots total. Mirla Chavarria managed two shots on goal and two shots total.

Allen goalkeeper Daniela Gonzalez made five saves as Central got off six shots on goal with their lone goal to begin the second half.

Allen finished the match with 16 shots on goal as opposed to Central’s six shots on goal.

Men’s Soccer

The Allen men’s offense made the difference for their 3-2 win against Central.

Humboldt: FB

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the lost scoring chance late in the half slow its momentum.

The Cubs held possession for nearly the entire third quarter with a pair of extended drives sandwiched around a successful onside kick.

Hull finished off the first drive with a 4-yard touchdown run, cutting the deficit to 35-20. Sommer’s 21yard run with 42 seconds left in the period cut the deficit to 35-26.

Cole Mathes added 104 yards on the ground for Humboldt. Hull had 50 yards receiving, Slocum 48 and Harrington 36.

Sommer also led the defense with eight tackles, including one for loss. Hull added six stops.

Weston Dunbar had 100 yards receiving to

pace Osage City; Bowen had 71.

Humboldt (8-6-128—34)

Osage City (13-22-07—42)

Statistics Passing Humboldt — Trey Sommer, 10-17-135. Osage City — Landon Boss, 12-14-253

Rushing Humboldt — Trey Sommer, 28-198; Cole Mathes, 21-104; Dakota Slocum, 4-12; Sam Hull, 1-4. Osage City — Landon Boss, 14152; Jess Reece, 1-12; Cooper Parsons, 3-2.

Receiving — Sam Hull, 4-50; Dakota Slocum, 5-48; Jacob Harrington, 1-36. Osage City — Weston Dunbar, 4-100; Brecken Bowin, 3-71; Kaden Kirkpatrick, 1-56; Tyson Gragg, 1-14; Cooper Parsons, 2-10; Jess Reece, 1-2.

It took until 10 minutes remained in regulation for Allen to find the back of the net for the second time. Sofie Poulsen ripped a shot off a Kate Giblin corner kick for the 2-1 lead and Poulsen’s first goal of the season.

Lady Red Devil Jessica Allen led offensively as she ripped six shots

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but was quickly replaced by Jordan Kaufman who threw for 35 passing yards. Hutton also secured 21 receiving yards while Reiter brought in 14 receiving yards.

Defensively, Wilson collected 10 tackles while Korbin Cloud brought down five tackles and Danny Boeken and Reiter made four tackles apiece. Wilson also came up with his 20-yard interception return in the second quarter.

Iola travels to Prairie View Friday at 7 p.m.

Allen (9-2-1; 3-1) got on the board on a Leonardo Andognini goal 26 minutes into regulation for the 1-1 score. The Red Devil goal came after Central scored a team goal earlier in the first half.

The Raiders got on the board again at the end of the first half for the 2-1 lead heading into halftime.

Yuki Ikezaki then got his Red Devils on the board 11 minutes into the second half on an unassisted goal for the 2-2 knotted score.

“At halftime, we talked to them a little bit and they were back ahead in the 59th minute,” said Allen head coach Doug Desmarteau. “They believe in themselves that no matter what happens, we’re never out of a game.”

Tavar Lawrence found the back of the net only seven minutes later off a Temesgn Tezera assist to take a one-goal advantage with 27 minutes left in the match, 3-2.

Allen’s Andognini led on the attack with four shots and four shots on goal, followed by Lawrence’s three shots on goal and five shots overall. Ikezaki also had two shots at the goal with four shots total.

“We controlled possession. Not every team is going to play the style we want to play and they’re a team that lumps it along,” Desmarteau said. “We like to play more possession-style and build up, keep the ball and make them work. I prefer my teams to dictate the style.”

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Red Devil goalkeeper Samuel Montanez made five saves off Central’s seven shots on goal.

The Allen women’s and men’s soccer play in Pratt on Wednesday.