Kincaid festival wraps up in style

  • Greta Thompson chews on a piece of straw while riding the Seekers-Not-Slackers 4-H Club float in the parade.
  • Youngsters ride a roller coaster, one of several amusement rides offered at the fair.
  • Haylee Beckmon was crowned Kincaid Fair Queen.

The Kincaid Fair capped off its 109th celebration Saturday with a day filled with fun and games.

Above, Greta Thompson chews on a piece of straw while riding the Seekers-Not-Slackers 4-H Club float in the parade.

 

Youngsters ride a roller coaster, one of several amusement rides offered at the fair.

 

Haylee Beckmon was crowned Kincaid Fair Queen. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Happy hunting

The hunt is on.

The first clue for the Farm-City Days Medallion Hunt hunt will be released Tuesday.

But in order to partake, hunters must first purchase a $2 button, available at Audacious Boutique, Thrive Allen County, Bella Donna Salon, Jump Start or the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce. Modern Woodmen will donate $2 apiece for every button sold.

The medallion is hidden on public lands somewhere within Allen County, with one clue being provided each day, in the Register and via the Farm-City Days Facebook page.

Whoever finds the medallion will win $500.

Drawings for other prizes will be held as well during the festival, which runs Oct. 11-12 in downtown Iola.

 

Roy Moorehouse

Roy Eugene Moorehouse, 73, Humboldt, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. He was born Nov. 11, 1945, to James and Irene (Owens) Moorehouse in Joplin, Mo. 

He married Barbara (Leake) Moorehouse on May 24, 1975, in Iola. 

Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Lori Nicoll of Carbondale and Kelly Mauk of Chanute; and numerous other relatives. 

Cremation has taken place.

Judicial nominating committee to gather

TOPEKA—The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 2 p.m. Wednesday by telephone to discuss the interview process for selecting a district magistrate judge.

District Magistrate Judge Leo Gensweider is retiring Oct. 30.

Commissioners will discuss procedures, pre-interview matters, and other topics.

The meeting is open to the public, and anyone who wants to listen may join the conference call. To request calling instructions, email info@kscourts.org. 

The 31st Judicial District is composed of Allen, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties.

The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission consists of Justice Caleb Stegall as the temporary, nonvoting chair; Timothy Brazil and Richard Pringle, Chanute; James Immel and Ryan Sparks, Iola; Rochelle Chronister and Douglas Depew, Neodesha; James Keath, Stark; and Nick Hay, Yates Center.

Nap time

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Exhausted Emporia State students who are currently sleeping on chairs and tables across campus will have a chance to stretch out in private, secure sleeping pods.

The university has installed one sleeping pod in the library and plans to install another next month at Memorial Union. The pods are 43.5 square feet, slightly wider than a twin bed, with a nightstand and a charging station. Curtains and window blinds provide privacy, The Kansas City Star reported.

“We know that our students, on any campus really, are already napping,” said university spokeswoman Gwen Larson. “You can walk through a campus and see students with their head down on a table or curled up in a comfy chair taking a nap. These sleep pods just give them a safe place to get a really good snooze.”

The pods are designed by San Diego-based HOHM for students, faculty and staff. The company provided the sleeping pods at no cost to the university. Students hired by the company will be stationed near the pods to check people in and out and ensure only one person is using a pod at a time. They also clean rooms and change sheets after each use, Larson said.

At least 50% of college students exhibit daytime sleepiness, according to Stanford University’s Center for Undiagnosed Diseases. And the American Academy of Sleep Medicine says a lack of sleep can hurt a student’s grades.

“We know that good sleep plays a vital role in overall health and well-being,” said Jim Williams, vice president of student affairs. “These sleeping pods can help our students reap the benefits of being rested.”

Other schools, including the University of Miami, Wesleyan University, Stanford University and Washington State University, have installed sleeping tubes, which look more like a lounging couch with a privacy hood. Emporia’s sleeping pods offer more privacy.

Students can book time online for the pods on a first-come, first-served basis, with naps between 30 minutes and four hours. Pods are only available between 3 and 8 p.m. each day. Students can have two hours of free nap time a month, with additional time costing $10 an hour.

“It’s not like a vending machine that’s available for use any time of the day or night,” Larson said.

So far, Larson said students aren’t rushing to use the pods but Larson said that could change when students start pulling all-nighters while studying for midterm exams.

UK’s Johnson denies wrongdoing as allegations mount

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced political opposition and personal allegations today as he tried to fulfil his pledge to lead Britain out of the European Union in just over a month.

As he tried to energize Conservative members and lawmakers at the party’s annual conference, Johnson was forced to deny a journalist’s claim that he had grabbed her thigh at a private lunch two decades ago.

Sunday Times columnist Charlotte Edwardes says the incident took place when she worked at The Spectator, a conservative newsmagazine, while Johnson was its editor.

Asked today if the allegation was true, Johnson said: “No.”

Edwardes stood by her story, tweeting: “If the prime minister doesn’t recollect the incident then clearly I have a better memory than he does.”

Johnson also is under scrutiny for claims that an American businesswoman, Jennifer Arcuri, received money and perks from London coffers while Johnson was mayor of the British capital.

He also denies wrongdoing over Arcuri, who was given grants and places on overseas trade trips for her small tech start-up, saying everything was done “with full propriety.” The case has been referred to Britain’s police watchdog, which will decide whether to investigate Johnson for misconduct in a public office.

Johnson has vowed that Britain will leave the European Union on the scheduled date of Oct. 31, with or without a divorce deal governing future relations with the bloc. His foes in Parliament are determined to avoid a no-deal exit, which economists say would plunge Britain into recession.

The personal allegations overshadowed the Conservative Party’s four-day annual conference in Manchester, northwest England, where Johnson is trying to rally the party — and prepare for an election that could come within weeks — under the slogan “Get Brexit Done.”

Johnson denied the claims of misconduct were a distraction.

“I think what the public want to hear is what we are doing to bring the country together and get on with improving their lives,” he said.

The conference follows a tumultuous week for a leader who has only been in the job since July. Last week the U.K. Supreme Court declared that Johnson’s attempt to suspend Parliament for five weeks was illegal. He cut short a trip to the United States, racing home to face the House of Commons, where lawmakers greeted him with cries of “Resign!” He then lost a vote on a normally routine matter — a request to adjourn for a week so that Conservatives could attend their conference.

Johnson was also accused of inflaming tensions in Britain with populist, people-versus-politicians rhetoric. He branded an opposition law ordering a Brexit delay as the “Surrender Act” and said postponing the country’s departure would “betray” the people who voted to leave the EU. He also dismissed the complaints of some opposition lawmakers who reported they have received death threats.

Johnson later claimed he had been “a model of restraint.”

The leaders of Britain main opposition parties, who want to prevent a no-deal Brexit, were meeting in London today to plot their next move. They could try to topple the government with a no-confidence vote this week.

In the meantime, Johnson himself was again the plot line.

Treasury chief Sajid Javid said today he had “full faith in the prime minister,” adding: “I don’t think it’s a good idea to get drawn into personal allegations.”

But Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he knew Edwardes and “I entirely trust what she has to say.”

And Justine Greening, a former Conservative minister who was expelled from the party in Parliament for backing opposition attempts to stop a no-deal Brexit, said the allegations were “deeply concerning.”

“They go to the heart of this question about character and integrity of people in public life and what standards the electorate have a right to expect,” she said.

Saudi crown prince says he’s responsible for journalist’s death

NEW YORK (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a television interview that he takes “full responsibility” for the grisly killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but he denied allegations that he ordered it.

“This was a heinous crime,” Prince Mohammed, 34, told “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired Sunday. “But I take full responsibility as a leader in Saudi Arabia, especially since it was committed by individuals working for the Saudi government.”

Asked if he ordered the killing of Khashoggi, who had criticized him in columns for The Washington Post, Prince Mohammed replied: “Absolutely not.”

The slaying was “a mistake,” he said.

Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Turkey on Oct. 2, 2018, to collect a document that he needed to marry his Turkish fiancee. Agents of the Saudi government killed Khashoggi inside the consulate and apparently dismembered his body, which has never been found. Saudi Arabia has charged 11 people in the slaying and put them on trial, which has been held in secret. As of yet, no one has been convicted.

A U.N. report asserted that Saudi Arabia bore responsibility for the killing and said Prince Mohammed’s possible role in it should be investigated. In Washington, Congress has said it believes Prince Mohammed is “responsible for the murder.” Saudi Arabia has long insisted the crown prince had no involvement in an operation that included agents who reported directly to him.

“Some think that I should know what 3 million people working for the Saudi government do daily,” the powerful heir told “60 Minutes.” ‘’It’s impossible that the 3 million would send their daily reports to the leader or the second-highest person in the Saudi government.”

In an interview Thursday in New York, Khashoggi’s fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, told The Associated Press that responsibility for Khashoggi’s slaying “was not limited to the perpetrators” and said she wanted Prince Mohammed to tell her: “Why was Jamal killed? Where is his body? What was the motive for this murder?”

Prince Mohammed also addressed the Sept. 14 missile and drone attack on Saudi oil facilities. While Yemen’s Iranian-allied Houthi rebels claimed the assault, Saudi Arabia has said it was “unquestionably sponsored by Iran.”

“There is no strategic goal,” Prince Mohammed said of the attack. “Only a fool would attack 5% of global supplies. The only strategic goal is to prove that they are stupid and that is what they did.”

He urged “strong and firm action to deter Iran.”

Chiefs stay undefeated

DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Mahomes made more plays than usual with his legs because the Detroit Lions set up their defense to limit what the superstar quarterback could do with his arm.

Mahomes converted a fourth down with a run to extend a game-winning drive that ended with Darrel Williams’ 1-yard touchdown run with 23 seconds left for his second score in the fourth quarter, lifting the Kansas City Chiefs to a 34-30 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

“With what they were doing, there were lanes to run,” Mahomes said. “I saw a lane and I took it.”

The reigning MVP had thrown at least two touchdown passes in 14 straight games, one short of the NFL record set by Peyton Manning. And, he was the first player in league history to have at least 350 yards passing and three touchdowns without an interception in three straight games before getting slowed down in Detroit.

“They found a way to take away some of the stuff that we like to do,” said Mahomes, who was 24 of 42 for 315 yards. “They hadn’t lost a game for a reason.”

Kansas City (4-0) stayed undefeated after starting its game-winning drive on the 21 with 2:25 left. Facing fourth-and-8 from the Chiefs 34, Mahomes dropped back briefly before busting through a hole up the middle for 15 yards to help him finish with a career-high 56 yards rushing.

“When they start doubling people, there are going to be some lanes and he knew that,” coach Andy Reid said.

The Lions (2-1-1) were determined to take away big plays in Kansas City’s passing game, doubling tight end Travis Kelce and receiver Sammy Watkins with some success. The scheme, though, cleared space for Mahomes to run and coach Matt Patricia doesn’t regret it.

“If he goes back there and throws it vertical with some of the speed that he has, then I’m not going to be happy,” he said.

The plan almost worked.

Kansas City went ahead for the first time early in the third quarter when Bashaud Breeland recovered Kerryon Johnson’s fumble and returned it 100 yards, taking advantage of everyone on the field appearing to stop momentarily and the officials not blowing a whistle. The pivotal play stood after review.

“We preach that every day,” Breeland said. “You pick up the ball at the end, whether it’s alive or dead. You never know.”

The Lions scored the first 10 points and after Kansas City pulled into two ties, they went back ahead late in the second, third and fourth quarters.

Stafford threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Golladay with 2:26 left to give Detroit a 30-27 lead. The call on the field stood after a review, which showed Golladay got both feet in the end zone. Golladay had a touchdown overturned by review early in the third because it was ruled he did not maintain control of the ball throughout the process of the catch.

Stafford was 21 of 34 for 291 yards with three touchdowns, including two to Golladay and one to T.J. Hockenson. Stafford’s second touchdown pass of the game — and first to Golladay — put Detroit up 23-20 and followed a fifth fumble in the third quarter.

“There were a bunch of great plays made in this game, a couple bad plays by each team made in this game,” Stafford said. “That’s the way it goes in the NFL. It came down to the last 15 seconds. They were undefeated coming into this game. So were we. Somebody was going to have to lose

“It was a good opportunity to beat a good team, and we were darn close.”

MLB batters smash record of home runs in a season

NEW YORK (AP) — Major league batters finished with 6,776 home runs, shattering the previous record of 6,105 set two years ago.

Dominic Smith hit the final long ball of the season, a three-run drive in the 11th inning Sunday off Atlanta’s Grant Dayton that lifted the New York Mets over the NL East champion Braves 7-6.

Oakland’s Steven Piscotty started the barrage on March 20 in Tokyo against Seattle’s Marco Gonzales, the sixth batter of the season.

This year’s total was 11% above the old record and 21% higher than last year’s 5,585.

Minnesota hit three home runs Sunday to establish the big league team record with 307, one more than the Yankees. The previous mark of 267 was set last year by New York. This year’s Yankees became the first team with 14 players reaching double-digits in home runs.

“I don’t think anybody will ever forget the ‘Bomba Squad,’” first-year Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.

Major League Baseball has asked for more scientific tests on baseballs, and Commissioner Rob Manfred expects to have results after the World Series.

Strikeouts set a record for the 12th consecutive season at 42,823, up 4% from 41,207 last year and 33% from 32,189 in 2007. A year after strikeouts exceeded hits for the time, by 189 (41,018 hits), the gap grew to 783 (42,040 hits).

The big league batting average rose four percentage points .252, a year after dropping to its lowest level since 1972, the season before the American League adopted the designated hitter.

Tim Anderson became only the third Chicago White Sox player to win an AL batting title and injured Milwaukee star Christian Yelich wound up as the National League’s first repeat champion in two decades.

Anderson went 0 for 2 Sunday and finished at .335, eight points ahead of the Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu. Anderson joined Luke Appling (1936, ‘43) and Frank Thomas (‘97) as White Sox batting champions.

“It’s such a huge accomplishment,” said the 26-year-old Anderson, who hit .240 last year. “To think where I was when I first came here to where it is now. I just came in and continued to work. It’s such an unbelievable moment for me.”

Yelich wound up at .3292, just ahead of Arizona’s Ketel Marte’s .3286, as neither made it to the season’s final weekend. Yelich’s season ended when he broke his right kneecap by fouling a pitch of it on Sept. 10. Marte has not played since Sept. 17 due to lower back inflammation.

Yelich won at .326 last year and became the NL’s first back-to-back batting leader since Colorado’s Larry Walker in 1998 and ‘99, which started a run of three titles in four years. The closest NL race was in 2003, when Albert Pujols of St. Louis beat Todd Helton of Colorado .35871 to .35849.

The New York Mets’ Pete Alonso became the first rookie since the modern era began in 1900 to lead the major leagues in home runs, hitting 53. Jorge Soler hit his 48th Sunday to become the Royals’ first home run champion. He finished three ahead of the Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout, who last played Sept. 7 because of a right foot injured that required surgery.

Washington’s Anthony Rendon led the major leagues with 126 RBIs and José Abreu of the White Sox topped the AL with 123.

Houston’s Justin Verlander led the major leagues with 21 wins and teammate Gerrit Cole earned his 20th victory on the final day by winning his 16th straight decision. Boston’s Eduardo Rodríguez was in line for his 20th win before Matt Barnes blew an eighth-inning lead Sunday against Baltimore.

Cole led the major leagues with 326 strikeouts and Verlander had 300, the first teammates to reach the figure in the same season since Arizona’s Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling in 2002. Cole had 21 double-digit strikeout games, the most since Johnson in 2001, and became the first pitcher to strike out 300 with no complete games.

“I never really envisioned the numbers or anything,” Cole said. “I envisioned getting better, and I did.”

Jacob deGrom of the Mets led the NL for the first time with 255.

Hyun-Jin Ryu of the Los Angeles Dodgers won his first ERA title at 2.32. Cole led the AL at 2.50, just ahead of Verlander’s 2.58.

Houston (107), the Dodgers (106), the Yankees (103) and Minnesota (101) became the first four teams to win 100 games in the same season. Detroit (114), Baltimore (108), Miami (105) and Kansas City (103) became the second set of four teams to lose 100 in the same year and the first since Tampa Bay, Detroit, Milwaukee and Kansas City in 2002.

San Diego’s Kirby Yates led the major league with 41 saves and Houston’s Roberto Osuna topped the AL with 38.

Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. had 37 stolen bases, the lowest total for an NL leader since Maury Wills’ 31 for the 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers. Seattle’s Mallex Smith led the AL with 46.

Recreation flag football box score

Thursday’s scores

1st-2nd grade div.

Piqua State Bank 24

C.L.O. 6

TDs for Piqua: Axtin Christensen, 1 TD; Cade Curry, 2 TDs ; Jaxen Raines, 1 TD ; Jaxen Mueller, 1 TD. TDs for C.L.O.: Dominic Cauveren, 1 TD.

 

Iola Pharmacy 19

A&W Restaurant 0

TDs for Iola Pharmacy: 3 TDs.

 

3rd-5th grade div.

Shaughnessy Construction 12

Hammerson Ready Mix 36

TDs for Shaughnessy: Evan Boeken, 1 TD; Colton Thompson, 1 TD. TDs for Hammerson: Noah Anderson, 1 TD; Corbin Bowers, 4 TDs. 

 

Iola Insurance 24

Hammerson Ready Mix 15

TDs for Insurance: Ruger Boren, 2 TDs; Bentley Wing-Berg, 2 TDs. TDs for Hammerson: Noah Anderson, 2 TDs; Corbin Bowers, 1 TD.

 

Nelson Quarries 40

Iola Register 0 

TDs for Nelson Quarries: Reed clift, 1 TD; Braxtin Martin, 3 TDs; Ty Shaughnessy, 1 TD; Aiden Vogel, 1 TD.

 

Iola Insurance 13

Shaughnessy Construction 9

TDS for Insurance: Ruger Boren, 1 TD; Joshua Wanker, 1 TD. TDs for Shaughnessy: Lukey Boeken, 1 TD.