LAWRENCE, Kan. - John Hadl, a homegrown football legend at the University of Kansas who went on to become a professional football star, passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 82 years old.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Hadl made a name for himself at Lawrence High School as an all-state halfback for the football team and as a centerfielder for the baseball team. To the delight of Lawrence residents, Hadl chose to play for KU.

His ability as an all-around athlete served him well as he transitioned into the college game. As a sophomore in 1959, in his first season of collegiate eligibility, Hadl led the NCAA in punting (45.6 yards per punt) and set KU records for the longest punt (94 yards, which still stands) and the longest interception return (98 yards, which stood until 2007).&nbsp;

But it was his junior and senior campaigns that etched his name into the history books. Hadl’s versatility propelled him to excel both as a halfback and quarterback. With Hadl running the offense, the Jayhawks were ranked in the top-20 his junior and senior years and finished the two-season span 14-5-2. He wrapped up his Kansas career leading his team to the program’s first-ever bowl victory, a 33-7 decision over Rice in the 1961 Bluebonnet Bowl.

Statement from Director of Athletics Travis Goff

“John Hadl had a generational impact on Kansas Football, the University of Kansas and the Lawrence community. He was a once-in-a-lifetime Jayhawk student-athlete, a coach and mentor, a prolific fundraiser who developed profound relationships with countless, and the ultimate ambassador for KU. In short, our University and athletic program has been transformed by John and his legacy will forever be cemented. Our deepest thoughts and prayers are with Diana and the Hadl family. We will deeply miss John and his contagious smile but will proudly honor him and his unrivaled legacy as we move forward.”

Statement from Head Football Coach Lance Leipold

“Upon my arrival, I heard instantly from people across the state about John’s impact to this department, not just as a student-athlete and coach, but as someone who dedicated nearly 40 years of his life to the University of Kansas. His desire to enhance KU and make it as special as possible truly resonated with me. To be the head coach of this program and see his statue every day outside Anderson Family Football Complex, is a firm reminder of the passion and love that John had for this program. Kelly and I send our condolences to the Hadl family and his loved ones.”

An inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame (1994), Hadl was the first Kansas player to be picked twice for All-America honors (1960 and 1961). He was also named the Most Valuable Player of both the East-West Shrine game and the College All-Star game after the 1961 season.

Hadl then enjoyed a successful 16-year career as a professional quarterback, most notably with the San Diego Chargers. A six-time Pro Bowler, he played in three American Football League Championship games and was named National Football Conference Player of the Year in 1973.&nbsp; He was named the 1971 National Football League Man of the Year and is a member of the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame. Hadl was selected with the 10th&nbsp;overall pick in the 1962 NFL Draft.

After retiring from professional football in 1977, Hadl returned to his hometown and to his true love, the University of Kansas, as an assistant football coach. As assistant head coach and offensive coordinator in 1981 he helped lead the Jayhawks to the Hall of Fame Bowl. His players loved him, having come to understand his passion for and knowledge of the game. In the mid-1980’s he coached in the NFL and the USFL.

In 1988 Hadl returned to KU to join the Williams Education Fund.&nbsp; For 30 years he was at the forefront of fundraising for the construction and renovation of KU’s athletics facilities. Hadl retired from his position in the Kansas Athletics’ Williams Education Fund in October of 2018.&nbsp;

A Jayhawk at heart, John Hadl will forever be honored as a member of the Kansas football Ring of Honor and the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame. His No. 21 is one of three Kansas football numbers to be retired (Gale Sayers No. 48 and Ray Evans No. 42).

Hadl’s legacy was celebrated during the 2020 season with a&nbsp;<a href="https://kuathletics.com/watch-live-unveiling-of-john-hadl-and-gale-sayers-statues/">statue unveiling</a>&nbsp;outside of Anderson Family Football Complex. He is one of two Jayhawks to be commemorated.

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 </figure>Kansas AthleticsLAWRENCE, Kan. - John Hadl, a homegrown football legend at the University of Kansas who went on to become a professional football star, passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 82 years old.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hadl made a name for himself at Lawrence High School as an all-state halfback for the football team and as a centerfielder for the baseball team. To the delight of Lawrence residents, Hadl chose to play for KU.His ability as an all-around athlete served him well as he transitioned into the college game. As a sophomore in 1959, in his first season of collegiate eligibility, Hadl led the NCAA in punting (45.6 yards per punt) and set KU records for the longest punt (94 yards, which still stands) and the longest interception return (98 yards, which stood until 2007).&nbsp;But it was his junior and senior campaigns that etched his name into the history books. Hadl’s versatility propelled him to excel both as a halfback and quarterback. With Hadl running the offense, the Jayhawks were ranked in the top-20 his junior and senior years and finished the two-season span 14-5-2. He wrapped up his Kansas career leading his team to the program’s first-ever bowl victory, a 33-7 decision over Rice in the 1961 Bluebonnet Bowl.Statement from Director of Athletics Travis Goff“John Hadl had a generational impact on Kansas Football, the University of Kansas and the Lawrence community. He was a once-in-a-lifetime Jayhawk student-athlete, a coach and mentor, a prolific fundraiser who developed profound relationships with countless, and the ultimate ambassador for KU. In short, our University and athletic program has been transformed by John and his legacy will forever be cemented. Our deepest thoughts and prayers are with Diana and the Hadl family. We will deeply miss John and his contagious smile but will proudly honor him and his unrivaled legacy as we move forward.”Statement from Head Football Coach Lance Leipold“Upon my arrival, I heard instantly from people across the state about John’s impact to this department, not just as a student-athlete and coach, but as someone who dedicated nearly 40 years of his life to the University of Kansas. His desire to enhance KU and make it as special as possible truly resonated with me. To be the head coach of this program and see his statue every day outside Anderson Family Football Complex, is a firm reminder of the passion and love that John had for this program. Kelly and I send our condolences to the Hadl family and his loved ones.”An inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame (1994), Hadl was the first Kansas player to be picked twice for All-America honors (1960 and 1961). He was also named the Most Valuable Player of both the East-West Shrine game and the College All-Star game after the 1961 season.Hadl then enjoyed a successful 16-year career as a professional quarterback, most notably with the San Diego Chargers. A six-time Pro Bowler, he played in three American Football League Championship games and was named National Football Conference Player of the Year in 1973.&nbsp; He was named the 1971 National Football League Man of the Year and is a member of the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame. Hadl was selected with the 10th&nbsp;overall pick in the 1962 NFL Draft.After retiring from professional football in 1977, Hadl returned to his hometown and to his true love, the University of Kansas, as an assistant football coach. As assistant head coach and offensive coordinator in 1981 he helped lead the Jayhawks to the Hall of Fame Bowl. His players loved him, having come to understand his passion for and knowledge of the game. In the mid-1980’s he coached in the NFL and the USFL.In 1988 Hadl returned to KU to join the Williams Education Fund.&nbsp; For 30 years he was at the forefront of fundraising for the construction and renovation of KU’s athletics facilities. Hadl retired from his position in the Kansas Athletics’ Williams Education Fund in October of 2018.&nbsp;A Jayhawk at heart, John Hadl will forever be honored as a member of the Kansas football Ring of Honor and the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame. His No. 21 is one of three Kansas football numbers to be retired (Gale Sayers No. 48 and Ray Evans No. 42).Hadl’s legacy was celebrated during the 2020 season with a&nbsp;<a href="https://kuathletics.com/watch-live-unveiling-of-john-hadl-and-gale-sayers-statues/">statue unveiling</a>&nbsp;outside of Anderson Family Football Complex. He is one of two Jayhawks to be commemorated.

🏈 KU legend John Hadl passes away at 82

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — An inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a Missouri police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother was executed Tuesday night.

Kevin Johnson, 37, died after an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It was the state’s&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-executions-st-louis-sentencing-missouri-30fa4991720e49efc6690f4c99244061">second execution this year</a>&nbsp;and the 17th nationally. Two more executions are scheduled in Missouri for the first few weeks of 2023.

Johnson’s attorneys didn’t deny that he killed Officer William McEntee in 2005, but contended he was sentenced to death in part because he is Black. But courts,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/police-executions-missouri-3c5c00c2e09cc3d4639b827e374e45a1">including the U.S. Supreme Court</a>, and Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined to stop the execution.

Johnson declined to make a final statement before the lethal drug was administered.

In a first for modern executions in Missouri, Johnson was not in the execution room alone. His spiritual advisor, the Rev. Darryl Gray, sat at his side. The men spoke softly until the drug was administered. Gray appeared to be reading from the Bible as Johnson shut his eyes. Within seconds, all movement ceased. Gray, a leading St. Louis racial injustice activist, continued reading from the Bible or praying while patting Johnson’s shoulder.

“We read scripture and had a word of prayer,” Gray said. “He apologized again. He apologized to the victim’s family. He apologized to his family. He said he was looking forward to seeing his baby brother. And he said he was ready.”

McEntee, 43, was a 20-year veteran of the police department in Kirkwood, a St. Louis suburb. A husband and father of three, he was among the officers sent to Johnson’s home on July 5, 2005, to serve a warrant for his arrest. Johnson was on probation for assaulting his girlfriend, and police believed he had violated probation.

Johnson saw officers arrive and awoke his 12-year-old brother, Joseph “Bam Bam” Long, who ran to a house next door. Once there, the boy, who suffered from a congenital heart defect, collapsed and began having a seizure.

Johnson testified at trial that McEntee kept his mother from entering the house to aid his brother, who died a short time later at a hospital.

That evening, McEntee returned to the neighborhood to check on unrelated reports of fireworks being shot off. A court filing from the Missouri attorney general’s office said McEntee was in his car questioning three children when Johnson shot him through the open passenger-side window, striking the officer’s leg, head and torso. A teenager was struck but survived. Johnson then got into the car and took McEntee’s gun.

The court filing said Johnson walked down the street and told his mother that McEntee “let my brother die” and “needs to see what it feels like to die.” Though she told him, “That’s not true,” Johnson returned to the shooting scene and found McEntee alive, on his knees near the patrol car. Johnson shot McEntee in the back and in the head, killing him.

Johnson’s lawyers previously asked the courts to intervene for other reasons, including a history of mental illness and his age — 19 — at the time of the crime. Courts have increasingly moved away from sentencing teen offenders to death since the Supreme Court in 2005&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ap.org/explore/locked-up-for-life/Roper-v-Simmons">banned the execution</a>&nbsp;of offenders who were younger than 18 at the time of their crime.

But a broader focus of appeals alleged racial bias. In October, St. Louis Circuit Judge Mary Elizabeth Ott appointed a special prosecutor to review the case. The special prosecutor, E.E. Keenan, filed a motion earlier this month to vacate the death sentence, stating that race played a “decisive factor” in the death sentence.

Ott declined to halt the execution, and appeals to the Missouri Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court were turned aside.

Keenan’s court filing said former St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch’s office handled five cases involving the deaths of police officers during his 28 years in office. McCulloch sought the death penalty in the four cases involving Black defendants, but did not seek death in the one case where the defendant was white, the file said.

McCulloch’s father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. McCulloch does not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment.

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/executions-kansas-city-missouri-american-civil-liberties-union-fb286220ab2c127df3b9f56db67c6d45">Johnson’s 19-year-old daughter</a>, Khorry Ramey, had sought to witness the execution, but a state law prohibits anyone under 21 from observing the process. Courts declined to step in on Ramey’s behalf.

The U.S. saw 98 executions in 1999 but the number has dropped dramatically in recent years. Missouri already has two scheduled for early 2023. Convicted killer Scott McLaughlin is scheduled to die on Jan. 3, and convicted killer Leonard Taylor’s execution is set for Feb. 7.

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 </figure>BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — An inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a Missouri police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother was executed Tuesday night.Kevin Johnson, 37, died after an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It was the state’s&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-executions-st-louis-sentencing-missouri-30fa4991720e49efc6690f4c99244061">second execution this year</a>&nbsp;and the 17th nationally. Two more executions are scheduled in Missouri for the first few weeks of 2023.<figure>
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 </figure>Johnson’s attorneys didn’t deny that he killed Officer William McEntee in 2005, but contended he was sentenced to death in part because he is Black. But courts,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/police-executions-missouri-3c5c00c2e09cc3d4639b827e374e45a1">including the U.S. Supreme Court</a>, and Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined to stop the execution.Johnson declined to make a final statement before the lethal drug was administered.In a first for modern executions in Missouri, Johnson was not in the execution room alone. His spiritual advisor, the Rev. Darryl Gray, sat at his side. The men spoke softly until the drug was administered. Gray appeared to be reading from the Bible as Johnson shut his eyes. Within seconds, all movement ceased. Gray, a leading St. Louis racial injustice activist, continued reading from the Bible or praying while patting Johnson’s shoulder.“We read scripture and had a word of prayer,” Gray said. “He apologized again. He apologized to the victim’s family. He apologized to his family. He said he was looking forward to seeing his baby brother. And he said he was ready.”McEntee, 43, was a 20-year veteran of the police department in Kirkwood, a St. Louis suburb. A husband and father of three, he was among the officers sent to Johnson’s home on July 5, 2005, to serve a warrant for his arrest. Johnson was on probation for assaulting his girlfriend, and police believed he had violated probation.Johnson saw officers arrive and awoke his 12-year-old brother, Joseph “Bam Bam” Long, who ran to a house next door. Once there, the boy, who suffered from a congenital heart defect, collapsed and began having a seizure.Johnson testified at trial that McEntee kept his mother from entering the house to aid his brother, who died a short time later at a hospital.That evening, McEntee returned to the neighborhood to check on unrelated reports of fireworks being shot off. A court filing from the Missouri attorney general’s office said McEntee was in his car questioning three children when Johnson shot him through the open passenger-side window, striking the officer’s leg, head and torso. A teenager was struck but survived. Johnson then got into the car and took McEntee’s gun.The court filing said Johnson walked down the street and told his mother that McEntee “let my brother die” and “needs to see what it feels like to die.” Though she told him, “That’s not true,” Johnson returned to the shooting scene and found McEntee alive, on his knees near the patrol car. Johnson shot McEntee in the back and in the head, killing him.Johnson’s lawyers previously asked the courts to intervene for other reasons, including a history of mental illness and his age — 19 — at the time of the crime. Courts have increasingly moved away from sentencing teen offenders to death since the Supreme Court in 2005&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ap.org/explore/locked-up-for-life/Roper-v-Simmons">banned the execution</a>&nbsp;of offenders who were younger than 18 at the time of their crime.But a broader focus of appeals alleged racial bias. In October, St. Louis Circuit Judge Mary Elizabeth Ott appointed a special prosecutor to review the case. The special prosecutor, E.E. Keenan, filed a motion earlier this month to vacate the death sentence, stating that race played a “decisive factor” in the death sentence.Ott declined to halt the execution, and appeals to the Missouri Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court were turned aside.Keenan’s court filing said former St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch’s office handled five cases involving the deaths of police officers during his 28 years in office. McCulloch sought the death penalty in the four cases involving Black defendants, but did not seek death in the one case where the defendant was white, the file said.McCulloch’s father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. McCulloch does not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/executions-kansas-city-missouri-american-civil-liberties-union-fb286220ab2c127df3b9f56db67c6d45">Johnson’s 19-year-old daughter</a>, Khorry Ramey, had sought to witness the execution, but a state law prohibits anyone under 21 from observing the process. Courts declined to step in on Ramey’s behalf.The U.S. saw 98 executions in 1999 but the number has dropped dramatically in recent years. Missouri already has two scheduled for early 2023. Convicted killer Scott McLaughlin is scheduled to die on Jan. 3, and convicted killer Leonard Taylor’s execution is set for Feb. 7.___

Cop killer declined to make a final statement before put to death

Rosemary Walt, age 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 22, 2022.&nbsp;

Rosemary was born near Quinter, KS on August 23, 1939, to Anton and Rosalia (Giebler) Dinkel. She was the youngest of eleven children. When she was young, her family moved to a farm north of Collyer. Growing up on the farm, she learned to garden, which she still loved. Her mother taught her to crochet. She spent many hours crocheting afghans. All her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren have one to remember her by. The last few years, she crocheted several stuffed animals for her great-grandkids. She was an excellent cook. We enjoyed many delicious meals, especially at the holidays.&nbsp;

Rosemary attended school in Collyer, where she graduated salutatorian of her class in 1957. After high school, she worked at the Coop in Collyer as a bookkeeper. She married Ted Walt, Jr on October 7, 1961, at Saint Michael's Catholic Church in Collyer. They had three children, Larry, Terry and Patty. They were lifelong residents of Collyer.&nbsp;

Ted and Rosemary opened Walt's Repair in 1963 where she worked as the secretary and bookkeeper until she retired in 1996. After her retirement, she frequently helped Ted on the farm. They also enjoyed training bird dogs. They loved traveling to competitions and controlled hunts with their dogs. For many years, Rosemary and her sister Rosalie made custom cakes ranging from small, simple cakes to large, elaborate wedding cakes.&nbsp;

Rosemary was a member of Saint Michael's Alter Society, the American Legion Auxiliary and Gove County Medical Center Ladies Auxiliary, where she volunteered at the gift shop for several years.&nbsp;

Rosemary's greatest joy was her family. She was thrilled to have her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren living near or in Collyer. She had a unique relationship with each of us and loved unconditionally. She especially loved having her great-grandkids come to visit.&nbsp;

Rosemary was preceded in death by her parents, husband Ted, siblings Paul, Bertha, Leo, Beata, Marcella, Don, Rosalie, Alvin and Clarence. 

She is survived by her brother Bob of Quinter; her children, Larry and wife Angie, their children Blaine and wife Ryan and their children Jordi and Bowen, Derek and wife Nicole and their daughter Kendall all of Collyer; Terry and wife Laura, their children Tyler and wife Cristina and their children Cody, Taylor and Cayden, Keith and wife Merry and their children Greyson, McCoy, Lachlan and Aislinn all of Collyer, and&nbsp;Brittney of Colby; Patty Knop and husband Jeff, their children Karly Snyder and husband Adam and their daughter Rylan all of Collyer, Nikki Jansonius and husband Logan and their son Lark of Colby; and many friends and relatives.

Mass of Christian Memorial will be held at St. Michael Catholic 
Church, Collyer, KS, on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at 10:30 am. 
Visitation will be held at St. Michael Catholic Church, Collyer, KS, on 
Saturday, January 21, 2023, from 9:00 – 10:00 am.&nbsp; Inurnment will follow
 at the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery, Collyer, KS.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Gove County Medical Center 
Auxiliary Gift Shop or St. Michael Catholic Church Alter Society. 
&nbsp;Donations may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main Street, 
Quinter, KS, 67752.

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 </figure>Rosemary Walt, age 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 22, 2022.&nbsp;Rosemary was born near Quinter, KS on August 23, 1939, to Anton and Rosalia (Giebler) Dinkel. She was the youngest of eleven children. When she was young, her family moved to a farm north of Collyer. Growing up on the farm, she learned to garden, which she still loved. Her mother taught her to crochet. She spent many hours crocheting afghans. All her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren have one to remember her by. The last few years, she crocheted several stuffed animals for her great-grandkids. She was an excellent cook. We enjoyed many delicious meals, especially at the holidays.&nbsp;Rosemary attended school in Collyer, where she graduated salutatorian of her class in 1957. After high school, she worked at the Coop in Collyer as a bookkeeper. She married Ted Walt, Jr on October 7, 1961, at Saint Michael's Catholic Church in Collyer. They had three children, Larry, Terry and Patty. They were lifelong residents of Collyer.&nbsp;Ted and Rosemary opened Walt's Repair in 1963 where she worked as the secretary and bookkeeper until she retired in 1996. After her retirement, she frequently helped Ted on the farm. They also enjoyed training bird dogs. They loved traveling to competitions and controlled hunts with their dogs. For many years, Rosemary and her sister Rosalie made custom cakes ranging from small, simple cakes to large, elaborate wedding cakes.&nbsp;Rosemary was a member of Saint Michael's Alter Society, the American Legion Auxiliary and Gove County Medical Center Ladies Auxiliary, where she volunteered at the gift shop for several years.&nbsp;Rosemary's greatest joy was her family. She was thrilled to have her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren living near or in Collyer. She had a unique relationship with each of us and loved unconditionally. She especially loved having her great-grandkids come to visit.&nbsp;Rosemary was preceded in death by her parents, husband Ted, siblings Paul, Bertha, Leo, Beata, Marcella, Don, Rosalie, Alvin and Clarence. She is survived by her brother Bob of Quinter; her children, Larry and wife Angie, their children Blaine and wife Ryan and their children Jordi and Bowen, Derek and wife Nicole and their daughter Kendall all of Collyer; Terry and wife Laura, their children Tyler and wife Cristina and their children Cody, Taylor and Cayden, Keith and wife Merry and their children Greyson, McCoy, Lachlan and Aislinn all of Collyer, and&nbsp;Brittney of Colby; Patty Knop and husband Jeff, their children Karly Snyder and husband Adam and their daughter Rylan all of Collyer, Nikki Jansonius and husband Logan and their son Lark of Colby; and many friends and relatives.Mass of Christian Memorial will be held at St. Michael Catholic 
Church, Collyer, KS, on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at 10:30 am. 
Visitation will be held at St. Michael Catholic Church, Collyer, KS, on 
Saturday, January 21, 2023, from 9:00 – 10:00 am.&nbsp; Inurnment will follow
 at the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery, Collyer, KS.Memorial contributions are suggested to Gove County Medical Center 
Auxiliary Gift Shop or St. Michael Catholic Church Alter Society. 
&nbsp;Donations may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main Street, 
Quinter, KS, 67752.

Rosemary Walt

TOPEKA&nbsp;–Governor Laura Kelly announced on Tuesday the resignation of Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz. Lorenz has served as Transportation Secretary since her confirmation in March 2019 and as Chair of the&nbsp;<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMjkuNjczNjY0NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2tzaHViLm9yZy8ifQ.za5IdLlMbPNyQsW8uYqOoG5oM1GyFOoTDFhvVjqOL0U/s/1303160919/br/149113207586-l" target="_blank">Kansas Infrastructure Hub</a>, which coordinates federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, since June 2022. Her final day in both positions is Friday, December 23. She will be returning to the private sector, according to a statement from Kelly's office.

“Julie has been a visionary transportation secretary, seeing infrastructure not simply as roads and bridges but as a powerful way to bring people together for the betterment of future generations,”&nbsp;Governor Laura Kelly said. “Her ability to envision what could be and her determination to build strong coalitions have been essential to our success in closing the Bank of KDOT, passing a bipartisan 10-year infrastructure program, and coordinating billions of dollars in infrastructure funding. I am thankful for her service to my administration and to all Kansans, and I wish her the very best.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

In addition to leading the launch of the Kansas Infrastructure Hub, Secretary Lorenz oversaw the creation of the&nbsp;<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMjkuNjczNjY0NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5rc2RvdGlrZS5vcmcvIn0.tpp1kzgTfLuHiC4c7TBNsV9hFVvl6T-Q3nrV7Z4j-70/s/1303160919/br/149113207586-l" target="_blank">Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program</a>; modernized the highway system’s infrastructure for electrification; and created a Division of Safety, resulting in a decrease of workplace accidents by 46%. Today, KDOT has over 1,000 infrastructure projects in the works across Kansas.&nbsp;

In October, Secretary Lorenz&nbsp;<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMjkuNjczNjY0NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5rc2RvdC5vcmcvQXNzZXRzL3d3d2tzZG90b3JnL0hlYWRxdWFydGVycy9QREZfRmlsZXMvcHJlc3NyZWxlYXNlMjAyMi9vY3QvVFJCTG9yZW56UmVsZWFzZS5wZGY_VFJCTG9yZW56UmVsZWFzZSJ9.wTx7SO7Q7YWmYwqvoSAvt5L6t6fmn_XH9MPyhKlFQvA/s/1303160919/br/149113207586-l" target="_blank">received</a>&nbsp;the prestigious national 2022 George S. Bartlett Award for her outstanding leadership and extensive service in transportation.&nbsp;

“I want to thank Governor Kelly for the opportunity to serve Kansas,”&nbsp;Secretary Lorenz said. “I’m most proud that during my tenure, we were able to craft and implement our new state transportation program, IKE. Thanks to the bipartisan support for IKE, we have rebuilt our infrastructure and modernized how we deliver transportation allowing Kansas to better seize opportunities and meet challenges now and in the future.”&nbsp;

Calvin Reed, Director of the Division of Engineering and Design, will serve as Interim Secretary of Transportation until a Secretary of Transportation is nominated and confirmed.&nbsp;

“Kansas transportation has benefited greatly from the leadership of Secretary Lorenz,”&nbsp;Calvin Reed said. “Kansans can rest assured that our team is well prepared to keep construction projects moving and will continue to make transportation improvements across the state. I’m honored to be entrusted with leading the agency during this transition.”&nbsp;

Burt Morey, KDOT Deputy Secretary and State Transportation Engineer, also submitted his resignation. He is retiring after a 30-year career in the field.&nbsp;

“It’s been my honor to serve KDOT in multiple capacities throughout my career,”&nbsp;Deputy Secretary Morey said. “Thanks to our team, we’ve been able to increase highway construction and improve worker safety at the same time, and Kansas is better off because of it.”&nbsp;

Greg Schieber, the current Director of Project Delivery, will fill the role of Interim Deputy Secretary until a permanent replacement is selected.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1669738479731.png" alt="In May, Secretary Julie Lorenz and Governor Kelly announced the State of Kansas gave $11.5 million in grants to advance 17 railroad improvement projects across Kansas.-photo courtesy KDOT" />
 <figcaption>In May, Secretary Julie Lorenz and Governor Kelly announced the State of Kansas gave $11.5 million in grants to advance 17 railroad improvement projects across Kansas.-photo courtesy KDOT</figcaption>
 </figure>TOPEKA&nbsp;–Governor Laura Kelly announced on Tuesday the resignation of Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz. Lorenz has served as Transportation Secretary since her confirmation in March 2019 and as Chair of the&nbsp;<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMjkuNjczNjY0NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2tzaHViLm9yZy8ifQ.za5IdLlMbPNyQsW8uYqOoG5oM1GyFOoTDFhvVjqOL0U/s/1303160919/br/149113207586-l" target="_blank">Kansas Infrastructure Hub</a>, which coordinates federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, since June 2022. Her final day in both positions is Friday, December 23. She will be returning to the private sector, according to a statement from Kelly's office.“Julie has been a visionary transportation secretary, seeing infrastructure not simply as roads and bridges but as a powerful way to bring people together for the betterment of future generations,”&nbsp;Governor Laura Kelly said. “Her ability to envision what could be and her determination to build strong coalitions have been essential to our success in closing the Bank of KDOT, passing a bipartisan 10-year infrastructure program, and coordinating billions of dollars in infrastructure funding. I am thankful for her service to my administration and to all Kansans, and I wish her the very best.”&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to leading the launch of the Kansas Infrastructure Hub, Secretary Lorenz oversaw the creation of the&nbsp;<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMjkuNjczNjY0NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5rc2RvdGlrZS5vcmcvIn0.tpp1kzgTfLuHiC4c7TBNsV9hFVvl6T-Q3nrV7Z4j-70/s/1303160919/br/149113207586-l" target="_blank">Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program</a>; modernized the highway system’s infrastructure for electrification; and created a Division of Safety, resulting in a decrease of workplace accidents by 46%. Today, KDOT has over 1,000 infrastructure projects in the works across Kansas.&nbsp;In October, Secretary Lorenz&nbsp;<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMjkuNjczNjY0NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5rc2RvdC5vcmcvQXNzZXRzL3d3d2tzZG90b3JnL0hlYWRxdWFydGVycy9QREZfRmlsZXMvcHJlc3NyZWxlYXNlMjAyMi9vY3QvVFJCTG9yZW56UmVsZWFzZS5wZGY_VFJCTG9yZW56UmVsZWFzZSJ9.wTx7SO7Q7YWmYwqvoSAvt5L6t6fmn_XH9MPyhKlFQvA/s/1303160919/br/149113207586-l" target="_blank">received</a>&nbsp;the prestigious national 2022 George S. Bartlett Award for her outstanding leadership and extensive service in transportation.&nbsp;“I want to thank Governor Kelly for the opportunity to serve Kansas,”&nbsp;Secretary Lorenz said. “I’m most proud that during my tenure, we were able to craft and implement our new state transportation program, IKE. Thanks to the bipartisan support for IKE, we have rebuilt our infrastructure and modernized how we deliver transportation allowing Kansas to better seize opportunities and meet challenges now and in the future.”&nbsp;Calvin Reed, Director of the Division of Engineering and Design, will serve as Interim Secretary of Transportation until a Secretary of Transportation is nominated and confirmed.&nbsp;“Kansas transportation has benefited greatly from the leadership of Secretary Lorenz,”&nbsp;Calvin Reed said. “Kansans can rest assured that our team is well prepared to keep construction projects moving and will continue to make transportation improvements across the state. I’m honored to be entrusted with leading the agency during this transition.”&nbsp;Burt Morey, KDOT Deputy Secretary and State Transportation Engineer, also submitted his resignation. He is retiring after a 30-year career in the field.&nbsp;“It’s been my honor to serve KDOT in multiple capacities throughout my career,”&nbsp;Deputy Secretary Morey said. “Thanks to our team, we’ve been able to increase highway construction and improve worker safety at the same time, and Kansas is better off because of it.”&nbsp;Greg Schieber, the current Director of Project Delivery, will fill the role of Interim Deputy Secretary until a permanent replacement is selected.&nbsp;&nbsp;

First major post-election change for Gov. Kelly's administration

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas lawmaker who was forced out of one of the state Senate's most powerful jobs following an arrest for drunken driving and speeding the wrong way on two interstate highways is planning to leave the Legislature in early January.

Former Senate Majority Leader Sen. Gene Suellentrop, a Wichita Republican, confirmed Tuesday that he plans to retire Jan. 2, saying in an email that his 13 years as a lawmaker "is long enough.” State senators aren't up for reelection until 2024, and Republicans in his district will find a replacement to serve the rest of his four-year term.

Republican senators who picked Suellentrop in December 2020 to set the chamber's daily debate calendar and run their caucus meetings&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-57fe7b37ea34af1a311c59dd71041ec3">stripped him of the majority leader's title</a>&nbsp;four months later, though he kept his Senate seat. His ouster as majority leader came less than a month after his March 2021 arrest and criminal charges that included attempting to elude law enforcement, a felony. He&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-legislature-kansas-topeka-wichita-8688bba80470c0d77dbd5d816f71a352">pleaded no contest</a>&nbsp;in October 2021 to misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence and served two days in jail.

“There are too many things in my life that are more important, at this stage, than serving in the Kansas Legislature,” Suellentrop said in his email Tuesday.

The 70-year-old Wichita businessman added that he was “most thankful for” constituents who supported him throughout his career. His plan to resign was first reported by the Sunflower State Journal.

Suellentrop’s criminal case received national attention because he was a legislative leader and reportedly had been driving up to 90 miles per hour. A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper also said in an affidavit that Suellentrop at one point&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-topeka-driving-under-the-influence-581109d7e604aeb739bb5b896823132d">called him “donut boy.”</a>&nbsp;No one was injured.

Law enforcement radio recordings and 911 calls released by the local sheriff’s department showed multiple people reported Suellentrop’s SUV traveling the wrong way on Interstate 470 near a south Topeka exit and then on Interstate 70 through northern Topeka. The Highway Patrol said Suellentrop’s blood-alcohol level was 0.17, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.

Besides serving two days in jail, a judge placed Suellentrop on probation for a year, though court records show he was released early, in July.

Suellentrop's legislative career began in December 2009, when local Republicans picked him to fill a vacancy in the state House. He won his Senate seat in 2016 and was reelected in 2020.

He'd served two years as Senate health committee chair when GOP senators named him the chamber's No. 2 leader, behind Senate President Ty Masterson, another Wichita-area Republican.

Chase Blasi, a former aide to Masterson and Masterson's predecessor as Senate president, is seeking Suellentrop's seat. Masterson endorsed him.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/3/1616963978358.jpeg" alt="Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop booking photo from the Shawnee County Jail" />
 <figcaption>Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop booking photo from the Shawnee County Jail</figcaption>
 </figure>By JOHN HANNA&nbsp;TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas lawmaker who was forced out of one of the state Senate's most powerful jobs following an arrest for drunken driving and speeding the wrong way on two interstate highways is planning to leave the Legislature in early January.Former Senate Majority Leader Sen. Gene Suellentrop, a Wichita Republican, confirmed Tuesday that he plans to retire Jan. 2, saying in an email that his 13 years as a lawmaker "is long enough.” State senators aren't up for reelection until 2024, and Republicans in his district will find a replacement to serve the rest of his four-year term.Republican senators who picked Suellentrop in December 2020 to set the chamber's daily debate calendar and run their caucus meetings&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-57fe7b37ea34af1a311c59dd71041ec3">stripped him of the majority leader's title</a>&nbsp;four months later, though he kept his Senate seat. His ouster as majority leader came less than a month after his March 2021 arrest and criminal charges that included attempting to elude law enforcement, a felony. He&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-legislature-kansas-topeka-wichita-8688bba80470c0d77dbd5d816f71a352">pleaded no contest</a>&nbsp;in October 2021 to misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence and served two days in jail.“There are too many things in my life that are more important, at this stage, than serving in the Kansas Legislature,” Suellentrop said in his email Tuesday.The 70-year-old Wichita businessman added that he was “most thankful for” constituents who supported him throughout his career. His plan to resign was first reported by the Sunflower State Journal.Suellentrop’s criminal case received national attention because he was a legislative leader and reportedly had been driving up to 90 miles per hour. A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper also said in an affidavit that Suellentrop at one point&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-topeka-driving-under-the-influence-581109d7e604aeb739bb5b896823132d">called him “donut boy.”</a>&nbsp;No one was injured.Law enforcement radio recordings and 911 calls released by the local sheriff’s department showed multiple people reported Suellentrop’s SUV traveling the wrong way on Interstate 470 near a south Topeka exit and then on Interstate 70 through northern Topeka. The Highway Patrol said Suellentrop’s blood-alcohol level was 0.17, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.Besides serving two days in jail, a judge placed Suellentrop on probation for a year, though court records show he was released early, in July.Suellentrop's legislative career began in December 2009, when local Republicans picked him to fill a vacancy in the state House. He won his Senate seat in 2016 and was reelected in 2020.He'd served two years as Senate health committee chair when GOP senators named him the chamber's No. 2 leader, behind Senate President Ty Masterson, another Wichita-area Republican.Chase Blasi, a former aide to Masterson and Masterson's predecessor as Senate president, is seeking Suellentrop's seat. Masterson endorsed him.

Ex-majority leader jailed for DUI is leaving Kansas Senate

An inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/police-executions-missouri-3c5c00c2e09cc3d4639b827e374e45a1">was scheduled to be executed</a>&nbsp;Tuesday, barring a last-minute intervention.

Kevin Johnson's legal team doesn't deny that he killed Officer William McEntee in 2005, but contended in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/discrimination-race-and-ethnicity-executions-racial-injustice-missouri-ba50b563ab37d87e3c05a44926391fa1">an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court</a>&nbsp;that he was sentenced to death in part because he is Black. But in a 5-2 ruling late Monday, the state Supreme Court denied a stay.

The U.S. Supreme Court also declined a stay request last week, and Gov. Mike Parson on Monday announced he would not grant clemency.

“The violent murder of any citizen, let alone a Missouri law enforcement officer, should be met only with the fullest punishment state law allows,” Parson, a Republican and a former county sheriff, said in a statement. “Through Mr. Johnson’s own heinous actions, he stole the life of Sergeant McEntee and left a family grieving, a wife widowed, and children fatherless. Clemency will not be granted.”

It wasn't immediately clear if other appeals were planned. A message left early Tuesday with Johnson's lawyer was not immediately returned.

Johnson, 37, faces execution Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre. He would be&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-executions-st-louis-sentencing-missouri-30fa4991720e49efc6690f4c99244061">the second Missouri man put to death in 2022</a>&nbsp;and the 17th nationally.

McEntee, 43, was a 20-year veteran of the police department in Kirkwood, a St. Louis suburb. The father of three was among the officers sent to Johnson’s home on July 5, 2005, to serve a warrant for his arrest. Johnson was on probation for assaulting his girlfriend, and police believed he had violated probation.

That same evening, McEntee returned to the neighborhood to check on unrelated reports of fireworks being shot off. A court filing from the Missouri attorney general's office said McEntee was in his car questioning three children when Johnson shot him through the open passenger-side window, striking the officer's leg, head and torso. Johnson then got into the car and took McEntee's gun.

The court filing said Johnson walked down the street and told his mother that McEntee “let my brother die” and “needs to see what it feels like to die.” Though she told him, “That's not true,” Johnson returned to the shooting scene and found McEntee alive, on his knees near the patrol car. Johnson shot McEntee in the back and in the head, killing him.

Johnson’s lawyers have previously asked the courts to intervene for other reasons, including a history of mental illness and his age — 19 — at the time of the crime. Courts have increasingly moved away from sentencing teen offenders to death since the Supreme Court in 2005&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ap.org/explore/locked-up-for-life/Roper-v-Simmons">banned the execution</a>&nbsp;of offenders who were younger than 18 at the time of their crime.

But a broader focus of appeals has been on alleged racial bias. In October, St. Louis Circuit Judge Mary Elizabeth Ott appointed a special prosecutor to review the case. The special prosecutor, E.E. Keenan, filed a motion earlier this month to vacate the death sentence, stating that race played a “decisive factor” in the death sentence.

Ott declined to set aside the death penalty.

Keenan told the state Supreme Court that former St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch’s office handled five cases involving the deaths of police officers during his 28 years in office. McCulloch sought the death penalty in the four cases involving Black defendants, but did not seek death in the one case where the defendant was white, the file said.

Assistant Attorney General Andrew Crane responded that “a fair jury determined he deserves the death penalty.”

McCulloch does not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment.

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/executions-kansas-city-missouri-american-civil-liberties-union-fb286220ab2c127df3b9f56db67c6d45">Johnson's 19-year-old daughter</a>, Khorry Ramey, had sought to witness the execution, but a state law prohibits anyone under 21 from observing the process. Courts have declined to step in on Ramey's behalf.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/8/1661445268889.png" alt="Johnson-photo MODOC" />
 <figcaption>Johnson-photo MODOC</figcaption>
 </figure>By JIM SALTER&nbsp;An inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/police-executions-missouri-3c5c00c2e09cc3d4639b827e374e45a1">was scheduled to be executed</a>&nbsp;Tuesday, barring a last-minute intervention.Kevin Johnson's legal team doesn't deny that he killed Officer William McEntee in 2005, but contended in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/discrimination-race-and-ethnicity-executions-racial-injustice-missouri-ba50b563ab37d87e3c05a44926391fa1">an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court</a>&nbsp;that he was sentenced to death in part because he is Black. But in a 5-2 ruling late Monday, the state Supreme Court denied a stay.The U.S. Supreme Court also declined a stay request last week, and Gov. Mike Parson on Monday announced he would not grant clemency.“The violent murder of any citizen, let alone a Missouri law enforcement officer, should be met only with the fullest punishment state law allows,” Parson, a Republican and a former county sheriff, said in a statement. “Through Mr. Johnson’s own heinous actions, he stole the life of Sergeant McEntee and left a family grieving, a wife widowed, and children fatherless. Clemency will not be granted.”It wasn't immediately clear if other appeals were planned. A message left early Tuesday with Johnson's lawyer was not immediately returned.Johnson, 37, faces execution Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre. He would be&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-executions-st-louis-sentencing-missouri-30fa4991720e49efc6690f4c99244061">the second Missouri man put to death in 2022</a>&nbsp;and the 17th nationally.McEntee, 43, was a 20-year veteran of the police department in Kirkwood, a St. Louis suburb. The father of three was among the officers sent to Johnson’s home on July 5, 2005, to serve a warrant for his arrest. Johnson was on probation for assaulting his girlfriend, and police believed he had violated probation.Johnson saw officers arrive and awoke his 12-year-old brother, Joseph “Bam Bam” Long, who ran to a house next door. Once there, the boy, who suffered from a congenital heart defect, collapsed and began having a seizure.Johnson testified at trial that McEntee kept his mother from entering the house to aid his brother, who died a short time later at a hospital.That same evening, McEntee returned to the neighborhood to check on unrelated reports of fireworks being shot off. A court filing from the Missouri attorney general's office said McEntee was in his car questioning three children when Johnson shot him through the open passenger-side window, striking the officer's leg, head and torso. Johnson then got into the car and took McEntee's gun.The court filing said Johnson walked down the street and told his mother that McEntee “let my brother die” and “needs to see what it feels like to die.” Though she told him, “That's not true,” Johnson returned to the shooting scene and found McEntee alive, on his knees near the patrol car. Johnson shot McEntee in the back and in the head, killing him.Johnson’s lawyers have previously asked the courts to intervene for other reasons, including a history of mental illness and his age — 19 — at the time of the crime. Courts have increasingly moved away from sentencing teen offenders to death since the Supreme Court in 2005&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ap.org/explore/locked-up-for-life/Roper-v-Simmons">banned the execution</a>&nbsp;of offenders who were younger than 18 at the time of their crime.But a broader focus of appeals has been on alleged racial bias. In October, St. Louis Circuit Judge Mary Elizabeth Ott appointed a special prosecutor to review the case. The special prosecutor, E.E. Keenan, filed a motion earlier this month to vacate the death sentence, stating that race played a “decisive factor” in the death sentence.Ott declined to set aside the death penalty.Keenan told the state Supreme Court that former St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch’s office handled five cases involving the deaths of police officers during his 28 years in office. McCulloch sought the death penalty in the four cases involving Black defendants, but did not seek death in the one case where the defendant was white, the file said.Assistant Attorney General Andrew Crane responded that “a fair jury determined he deserves the death penalty.”McCulloch does not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/executions-kansas-city-missouri-american-civil-liberties-union-fb286220ab2c127df3b9f56db67c6d45">Johnson's 19-year-old daughter</a>, Khorry Ramey, had sought to witness the execution, but a state law prohibits anyone under 21 from observing the process. Courts have declined to step in on Ramey's behalf.The U.S. saw 98 executions in 1999 but the number has dropped dramatically in recent years. Missouri already has two scheduled for early 2023. Convicted killer Scott McLaughlin is scheduled to die on Jan. 3, and convicted killer Leonard Taylor’s execution is set for Feb. 7.

Execution Day for man who killed police officer in 2005

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that 
interest rates will increase for the calendar quarter beginning January 
1, 2023.

For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments will be 
7% per year, compounded daily, up from 6% for the quarter that began on 
October 1. Here is a complete list of the new rates:

Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is 
determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, 
the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate 
plus 3 percentage points.

Generally, in the case of a corporation, the underpayment rate is the
 federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points and the overpayment 
rate is the federal short-term rate plus 2 percentage points. The rate 
for large corporate underpayments is the federal short-term rate plus 5 
percentage points. The rate on the portion of a corporate overpayment of
 tax exceeding $10,000 for a taxable period is the federal short-term 
rate plus one-half (0.5) of a percentage point.

The interest rates announced today are computed from the federal 
short-term rate determined during October 2022. See the revenue ruling 
for details.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/9/1599869632873.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>IRSWASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that 
interest rates will increase for the calendar quarter beginning January 
1, 2023.For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments will be 
7% per year, compounded daily, up from 6% for the quarter that began on 
October 1. Here is a complete list of the new rates:<ul>
 <li>7% for overpayments (payments made in excess of the amount owed), 6% for corporations.</li><li>4.5% for the portion of a corporate overpayment exceeding $10,000.</li><li>7% for underpayments. (taxes owed but not fully paid)</li><li>9% for large corporate underpayments.</li>
 </ul>Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is 
determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, 
the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate 
plus 3 percentage points.Generally, in the case of a corporation, the underpayment rate is the
 federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points and the overpayment 
rate is the federal short-term rate plus 2 percentage points. The rate 
for large corporate underpayments is the federal short-term rate plus 5 
percentage points. The rate on the portion of a corporate overpayment of
 tax exceeding $10,000 for a taxable period is the federal short-term 
rate plus one-half (0.5) of a percentage point.The interest rates announced today are computed from the federal 
short-term rate determined during October 2022. See the revenue ruling 
for details.

IRS: Interest rates increase for the first quarter of 2023

John D. Gregory, 70, of Wichita died on November 25, 2022, from 
injuries sustained in an automobile accident. John was born John DeRoam 
Gregory to Sylvia Patricia Wilhoit and Truman Gregory on October 28, 
1952, in Osborne, Kansas. As an only child, he grew up helping his 
father on the farm in Woodston, Kansas. John attended primary school in 
Woodston, Kansas, and later, John graduated from Stockton High School in 
1970 after Woodston closed due to low enrollment. John attended Fort 
Hays State University from 1970-1973 graduating with a Bachelor’s degree
 in Mass Communications. He was an active member of the Delta Sigma Phi 
Fraternity.

He married his college sweetheart, Kathyrn 
R. Rohrbough of Scott City, Kansas on March 2, 1974. John worked for the
 Great Bend Tribune, Osborne County Farmer Newspaper, Brush Art, and 
Arrow Printing Company.

He is survived by his 
daughters; Robin Gregory of Oklahoma, and Crystal and husband Nathan 
Elliott and two grandchildren William and Halle of Wichita, Kansas.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Kathy on June 9, 2022.

John
 was a member of the Andale Catholic Church. John is known in the Salina
 area community for his work at Arrow Printing Company as an Account 
Executive. He was an active 4-H leader in Saline County in Photography 
approximately from 1990-2010.

Family will receive 
friends from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 1st, at 
Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home and Crematory, 500 S. Ohio St., Salina, 
Kansas.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am, Friday, December 2nd, at the funeral home.

Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm, Friday, December 2nd, at Woodston Cemetery, Woodston, Kansas.

Donations
 may be made to the Kathy Gregory Memorial for an art scholarship at 
Southeast of Saline, in care of Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1669669780104.png" alt="" />
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 </figure>John D. Gregory, 70, of Wichita died on November 25, 2022, from 
injuries sustained in an automobile accident. John was born John DeRoam 
Gregory to Sylvia Patricia Wilhoit and Truman Gregory on October 28, 
1952, in Osborne, Kansas. As an only child, he grew up helping his 
father on the farm in Woodston, Kansas. John attended primary school in 
Woodston, Kansas, and later, John graduated from Stockton High School in 
1970 after Woodston closed due to low enrollment. John attended Fort 
Hays State University from 1970-1973 graduating with a Bachelor’s degree
 in Mass Communications. He was an active member of the Delta Sigma Phi 
Fraternity.He married his college sweetheart, Kathyrn 
R. Rohrbough of Scott City, Kansas on March 2, 1974. John worked for the
 Great Bend Tribune, Osborne County Farmer Newspaper, Brush Art, and 
Arrow Printing Company.He is survived by his 
daughters; Robin Gregory of Oklahoma, and Crystal and husband Nathan 
Elliott and two grandchildren William and Halle of Wichita, Kansas.He is preceded in death by his wife, Kathy on June 9, 2022.John
 was a member of the Andale Catholic Church. John is known in the Salina
 area community for his work at Arrow Printing Company as an Account 
Executive. He was an active 4-H leader in Saline County in Photography 
approximately from 1990-2010.Family will receive 
friends from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 1st, at 
Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home and Crematory, 500 S. Ohio St., Salina, 
Kansas.Funeral services will be at 10:00 am, Friday, December 2nd, at the funeral home.Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm, Friday, December 2nd, at Woodston Cemetery, Woodston, Kansas.Donations
 may be made to the Kathy Gregory Memorial for an art scholarship at 
Southeast of Saline, in care of Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home.

John D. Gregory

NEW YORK (AP) — “Gaslighting” — behavior that's mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-of-the-year">Merriam-Webster's word of the year.</a>

Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn't a single event that drove significant spikes in curiosity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year.

“It’s a word that has risen so quickly in the English language, and especially in the last four years, that it actually came as a surprise to me and to many of us,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster's editor at large, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday's unveiling.

“It was a word looked up frequently every single day of the year,” he said.

There were&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-america-donald-trump-ap-top-news-elections-artificial-intelligence-21fa207a1254401197fd1e0d7ecd14cb">deepfakes</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/1ca51cba8bb14a289d678eaa746122d3">dark web.</a>&nbsp;There were&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-america-donald-trump-ap-top-news-north-korea-james-comey-8720fde079e84237b8e6cca4219aafb2">deep states</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/not-real-news">fake news.</a>&nbsp;And there was a whole lot of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-elections-social-media-technology-4086949d878336f8ea6daa4dee725d94">trolling.</a>

Merriam-Webster's top definition for gaslighting is the psychological manipulation of a person, usually over an extended period of time, that “causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one’s emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator.”

More broadly, the dictionary defines the word thusly: "The act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage."

Gaslighting is a heinous tool frequently used by abusers in relationships —&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-coronavirus-pandemic-elections-9f781df5c184eaad8651659eb628857c">and by politicians and other newsmakers.</a>&nbsp;It can happen between romantic partners, within a broader family unit and among friends. It can be a corporate tactic, or a way to mislead the public. There's also “medical gaslighting,” when a health care professional dismisses a patient's symptoms or illness as “all in your head.”

Despite its relatively recent prominence — including&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-ap-top-news-natalie-maines-ingrid-bergman-217b8d650500e4a4e332cc53158201fb">“Gaslighter,” The Chicks' 2020 album</a>&nbsp;featuring the rousingly angry titular single — the word was brought to life more than 80 years ago with “Gas Light,” a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton.

It birthed two film adaptations in the 1940s. One, George Cukor's “Gaslight” in 1944, starred Ingrid Bergman as Paula Alquist and Charles Boyer as Gregory Anton. The two marry after a whirlwind romance and Gregory turns out to be a champion gaslighter. Among other instances, he insists her complaints over the constant dimming of their London townhouse's gaslights is a figment of her troubled mind. It wasn't.

The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/angela-lansbury-dies-0fd75fe45fe1501d02bd164ff1130d0f">death of Angela Lansbury</a>&nbsp;in October drove some interest in lookups of the word, Sokolowski said. She played Nancy Oliver, a young maid hired by Gregory and told not to bother his “high-strung” wife.

The term gaslighting was later used by mental health practitioners to clinically describe a form of prolonged coercive control in abusive relationships.

“There is this implication of an intentional deception,” Sokolowski said. “And once one is aware of that deception, it’s not just a straightforward lie, as in, you know, I didn’t eat the cookies in the cookie jar. It’s something that has a little bit more devious quality to it. It has possibly an idea of strategy or a long-term plan.”

Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-media-social-media-health-7763d1837b4075d6e19dde947caa57bf">on its site,</a>&nbsp;chooses its word of the year based solely on data. Sokolowski and his team weed out evergreen words most commonly looked up to gauge which word received a significant bump over the year before.

They don't slice and dice why people look up words, which can be anything from quick spelling and definition checks to some sort of attempt at inspiration or motivation. Some of the droves who looked up “gaslighting” this year might have wanted to know, simply, if it's one or two words, or whether it's hyphenated.

“Gaslighting,” Sokolowski said, spent all of 2022 in the top 50 words looked up on merriam-webster.com to earn top dog word of the year status. Last year's&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/merriam-webster-word-of-year-vaccine-89de731624901bc53f4febdbc5925f80">pick was “vaccine.”</a>&nbsp;Rounding out this year's Top 10 are:

—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-new-york-manhattan-viktor-vekselberg-a3082f5072ad5a8ce5784038ccbfbfb1">“Oligarch,”</a>&nbsp;driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-united-states-d09b3c6cc8b047c41d6cbf74043d0713">“Omicron,”</a>&nbsp;the persistent COVID-19 variant and the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-biden-voting-rights-filibusters-government-and-politics-a3b53867ffcbddcda13105891dbcdeec">“Codify,”</a>&nbsp;as in turning abortion rights into federal law.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/camilla-queen-consort-98f15d3c5482be8374e4ea85bc1eeda0">“Queen consort,”</a>&nbsp;what King Charles’ wife, Camilla is newly known as.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-9e8d683afe87389407950af7ccfdbdd6">“Raid,”</a>&nbsp;as in the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-artificial-intelligence-1a652de47c2d0e502c2896748d9d1d5f">“Sentient,”</a>&nbsp;with lookups brought on by Google canning the engineer who claimed an unreleased AI system had become sentient.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-george-packer-media-football-social-media-9090804abf933c422207660509aeef22">“Cancel culture,”</a>&nbsp;enough said.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/gay-rights">“LGBTQIA,”</a>&nbsp;for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual, aromantic or agender.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/Holiday-gift-guide-adults-games-toys-4e953410c306b2db2ca69149b1d7f9fa">“Loamy,”</a>&nbsp;which many Wordle users tried back in August, though the right word that day was “clown.”

NEW YORK (AP) — “Gaslighting” — behavior that's mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-of-the-year">Merriam-Webster's word of the year.</a>Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn't a single event that drove significant spikes in curiosity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year.The gaslighting was pervasive.“It’s a word that has risen so quickly in the English language, and especially in the last four years, that it actually came as a surprise to me and to many of us,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster's editor at large, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday's unveiling.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Some things you should know about &#39;gaslighting&#39;: - it had a 1740% increase in lookups for the past year. - it comes from the title of a 1938 play (and the movie based on that play). - it is totally a real word, and not something we made up just to mess with you.&mdash; Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) <a href="https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1597232594344501248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>“It was a word looked up frequently every single day of the year,” he said.There were&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-america-donald-trump-ap-top-news-elections-artificial-intelligence-21fa207a1254401197fd1e0d7ecd14cb">deepfakes</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/1ca51cba8bb14a289d678eaa746122d3">dark web.</a>&nbsp;There were&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-america-donald-trump-ap-top-news-north-korea-james-comey-8720fde079e84237b8e6cca4219aafb2">deep states</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/not-real-news">fake news.</a>&nbsp;And there was a whole lot of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-elections-social-media-technology-4086949d878336f8ea6daa4dee725d94">trolling.</a>Merriam-Webster's top definition for gaslighting is the psychological manipulation of a person, usually over an extended period of time, that “causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one’s emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator.”More broadly, the dictionary defines the word thusly: "The act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage."Gaslighting is a heinous tool frequently used by abusers in relationships —&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-coronavirus-pandemic-elections-9f781df5c184eaad8651659eb628857c">and by politicians and other newsmakers.</a>&nbsp;It can happen between romantic partners, within a broader family unit and among friends. It can be a corporate tactic, or a way to mislead the public. There's also “medical gaslighting,” when a health care professional dismisses a patient's symptoms or illness as “all in your head.”Despite its relatively recent prominence — including&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-ap-top-news-natalie-maines-ingrid-bergman-217b8d650500e4a4e332cc53158201fb">“Gaslighter,” The Chicks' 2020 album</a>&nbsp;featuring the rousingly angry titular single — the word was brought to life more than 80 years ago with “Gas Light,” a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton.It birthed two film adaptations in the 1940s. One, George Cukor's “Gaslight” in 1944, starred Ingrid Bergman as Paula Alquist and Charles Boyer as Gregory Anton. The two marry after a whirlwind romance and Gregory turns out to be a champion gaslighter. Among other instances, he insists her complaints over the constant dimming of their London townhouse's gaslights is a figment of her troubled mind. It wasn't.The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/angela-lansbury-dies-0fd75fe45fe1501d02bd164ff1130d0f">death of Angela Lansbury</a>&nbsp;in October drove some interest in lookups of the word, Sokolowski said. She played Nancy Oliver, a young maid hired by Gregory and told not to bother his “high-strung” wife.The term gaslighting was later used by mental health practitioners to clinically describe a form of prolonged coercive control in abusive relationships.“There is this implication of an intentional deception,” Sokolowski said. “And once one is aware of that deception, it’s not just a straightforward lie, as in, you know, I didn’t eat the cookies in the cookie jar. It’s something that has a little bit more devious quality to it. It has possibly an idea of strategy or a long-term plan.”Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-media-social-media-health-7763d1837b4075d6e19dde947caa57bf">on its site,</a>&nbsp;chooses its word of the year based solely on data. Sokolowski and his team weed out evergreen words most commonly looked up to gauge which word received a significant bump over the year before.They don't slice and dice why people look up words, which can be anything from quick spelling and definition checks to some sort of attempt at inspiration or motivation. Some of the droves who looked up “gaslighting” this year might have wanted to know, simply, if it's one or two words, or whether it's hyphenated.“Gaslighting,” Sokolowski said, spent all of 2022 in the top 50 words looked up on merriam-webster.com to earn top dog word of the year status. Last year's&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/merriam-webster-word-of-year-vaccine-89de731624901bc53f4febdbc5925f80">pick was “vaccine.”</a>&nbsp;Rounding out this year's Top 10 are:—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-new-york-manhattan-viktor-vekselberg-a3082f5072ad5a8ce5784038ccbfbfb1">“Oligarch,”</a>&nbsp;driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-united-states-d09b3c6cc8b047c41d6cbf74043d0713">“Omicron,”</a>&nbsp;the persistent COVID-19 variant and the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-biden-voting-rights-filibusters-government-and-politics-a3b53867ffcbddcda13105891dbcdeec">“Codify,”</a>&nbsp;as in turning abortion rights into federal law.—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/camilla-queen-consort-98f15d3c5482be8374e4ea85bc1eeda0">“Queen consort,”</a>&nbsp;what King Charles’ wife, Camilla is newly known as.—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-9e8d683afe87389407950af7ccfdbdd6">“Raid,”</a>&nbsp;as in the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-artificial-intelligence-1a652de47c2d0e502c2896748d9d1d5f">“Sentient,”</a>&nbsp;with lookups brought on by Google canning the engineer who claimed an unreleased AI system had become sentient.—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-george-packer-media-football-social-media-9090804abf933c422207660509aeef22">“Cancel culture,”</a>&nbsp;enough said.—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/gay-rights">“LGBTQIA,”</a>&nbsp;for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual, aromantic or agender.—&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/Holiday-gift-guide-adults-games-toys-4e953410c306b2db2ca69149b1d7f9fa">“Loamy,”</a>&nbsp;which many Wordle users tried back in August, though the right word that day was “clown.”

'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's 2022 word of the year

Luella Theresa Herrman, age 89, of Hays, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at HaysMed. Luella was born July 20, 1933, in Hays to Fidelis and Thecla (Ruder) Dinges. She graduated from Schoenchen High School. On October 15, 1951, she married Maynard Herrman in Hays. He preceded her in death on June 3, 2015. Luella was a homemaker and had worked at Travenol and Fort Hays State University. She was a woman of strong faith, and her family was truly important to her. She loved to keep a beautiful home, garden and maintained impeccable flower beds. She had participated in Daughters of Isabella and Christian Mothers and was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. &nbsp;Luella is survived by a son, Steven Herrman and wife Deborah of Rockport, TX; a daughter, Trudy Leikam and Husband Robert of Hays; a brother, Robert Dinges and wife Darlene of Dalton, Georgia; two sisters, Doris Lang of Overland Park, Kansas and Judith Withers of Hays; a sister-in-law, Mildred Dinges of Hays; seven grandchildren, Joshua Herrman and wife Jessica, Jacob Herrman and wife Carol, Lucas Herrman, Quinton Herrman, Sarah Fischer and husband Shawn, Annie Bollig and husband Preston and Chrissy Driscoll and husband Tony; ten great grandchildren with one on the way, and one great-great grandchild. &nbsp;She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Ronald Herrman; a brother, Laverne Dinges and a sister, Verlee Schmidt. &nbsp;Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 215 W. 13th in Hays. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. &nbsp;Visitation will be Monday 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM and Tuesday 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM all at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 2509 Vine, Hays, KS 67601. &nbsp;A combined parish vigil and rosary service will be 7:00 PM Monday at the funeral chapel. &nbsp;Memorial contributions are suggested to HaysMed Acute Care or Homestead of Hays. &nbsp;Condolences may be left by guest book at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com/">www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com</a>

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 </figure>Luella Theresa Herrman, age 89, of Hays, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at HaysMed. Luella was born July 20, 1933, in Hays to Fidelis and Thecla (Ruder) Dinges. She graduated from Schoenchen High School. On October 15, 1951, she married Maynard Herrman in Hays. He preceded her in death on June 3, 2015. Luella was a homemaker and had worked at Travenol and Fort Hays State University. She was a woman of strong faith, and her family was truly important to her. She loved to keep a beautiful home, garden and maintained impeccable flower beds. She had participated in Daughters of Isabella and Christian Mothers and was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. &nbsp;Luella is survived by a son, Steven Herrman and wife Deborah of Rockport, TX; a daughter, Trudy Leikam and Husband Robert of Hays; a brother, Robert Dinges and wife Darlene of Dalton, Georgia; two sisters, Doris Lang of Overland Park, Kansas and Judith Withers of Hays; a sister-in-law, Mildred Dinges of Hays; seven grandchildren, Joshua Herrman and wife Jessica, Jacob Herrman and wife Carol, Lucas Herrman, Quinton Herrman, Sarah Fischer and husband Shawn, Annie Bollig and husband Preston and Chrissy Driscoll and husband Tony; ten great grandchildren with one on the way, and one great-great grandchild. &nbsp;She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Ronald Herrman; a brother, Laverne Dinges and a sister, Verlee Schmidt. &nbsp;Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 215 W. 13th in Hays. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. &nbsp;Visitation will be Monday 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM and Tuesday 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM all at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 2509 Vine, Hays, KS 67601. &nbsp;A combined parish vigil and rosary service will be 7:00 PM Monday at the funeral chapel. &nbsp;Memorial contributions are suggested to HaysMed Acute Care or Homestead of Hays. &nbsp;Condolences may be left by guest book at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com/">www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com</a>

Luella Theresa Herrman

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

<a href="https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search/?query=byline:%22RALPH%20D.%20RUSSO%22&amp;mediaType=text&amp;st=keyword&amp;sortOrder=newest"></a>Michigan moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU at No. 3 and Southern California at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games.

The Bulldogs (12-0) are No. 1 for the eighth straight week and 11th time this season in the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll">AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank</a>. Georgia received 58 first-place votes and Michigan received the other five.

The Wolverines (12-0) reached a season-high No. 2 after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-michigan-ohio-state-buckeyes-wolverines-63c6b9763cbb39b88bbfeb22c458463f">beating Ohio State</a>, which dropped the Buckeyes three spots to No. 5.

TCU (12-0) has its highest ranking since reaching No. 2 in the 2015 season, and USC (11-1) has its best ranking this late in the season since finishing the 2016 season at No. 3.

Other top-10 teams to fall were LSU, Clemson and Oregon.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-texas-georgia-bulldogs-louisiana-state-tigers-54c4c3270dff24d3bf5a677c54797eda">LSU's loss to Texas A&amp;M</a>&nbsp;dropped those Tigers five spots to No. 11.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-tennessee-clemson-tigers-south-carolina-7da4e99af7e2207584b269700c2ff20b">Clemson's loss to South Carolina</a>&nbsp;sent it falling three spots to No. 10 The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-oregon-ducks-bo-nix-corvallis-304c87dece73651facc882fcd4cbd6a4">Ducks' fourth-quarter collapse against Oregon State</a>&nbsp;cost Oregon a spot in the Pac-12 title game and five spots in the poll, where it fell to No. 15.

Alabama was No. 6, just ahead of Tennessee, which beat the Crimson Tide on a last-second field goal at home earlier this season.

No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Washington both have their best rankings of the season. The Huskies haven't been in the top 10 since the 2018 season, when they peaked at No. 6.

This was the eighth regular-season week since 2017 where four top-10 teams lost, including the second this season. Three of those weeks occurred in 2017.

The last time five or more top-10 teams lost in the same regular-season week was 2016. The week of Nov. 12, 2016, five top-10 teams lost, all to unranked opponents.

The results: Iowa 14, No. 2 Michigan 13; Pittsburgh 43, No. 3 Clemson 42; USC 26, No. 4 Washington 13; Georgia 13, No. 8 Auburn 7; and Mississippi 29, No. 10 Texas A&amp;M 28.

— No. 23 UTSA (10-2) made its season debut in the AP Top 25. The Roadrunners reached the rankings last year for the first time in the short history of the program.

Texas-San Antonio became an FBS school in 2012. The defending Conference USA champions peaked at No. 15 last season and will head into a second straight C-USA title game ranked.

— No. 20 South Carolina (8-4) is back in the rankings after its second straight upset of a top-10 team. The Gamecocks beat Clemson on Saturday after taking down Tennessee last week. South Carolina was ranked for one week in October, but then immediately lost to Missouri.

— No. 25 Mississippi State (8-4) returned to the rankings for the second time this season.

— Mississippi (8-4) fell out of the rankings for the first time this season. The Rebels reached No. 7 after starting 7-0 but finished the season losing four of five.

— Cincinnati (9-3) is out again. The Bearcats have bounced in and out for most of the season. Losing to Tulane on Friday dropped them out again.

— Coastal Carolina (9-2) dropped out after being routed by James Madison but still has a spot in the Sun Belt championship game next week.

Pac-12 — 6 (Nos. 4, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17).

Championship week features matchup of ranked teams in five conferences:

— No. 11 LSU vs. No. 1 Georgia, Southeastern Conference championship.

— No. 3 TCU vs. No. 13 Kansas State, Big 12 championship.

— No. 4 USC vs. No. 12 Utah, Pac-12 championship.

— No. 10 Clemson vs. No. 24 North Carolina, Atlantic Coast Conference championship.

— No. 18 Tulane vs. No. 22 UCF, American Athletic Conference championship.

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer<a href="https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search/?query=byline:%22RALPH%20D.%20RUSSO%22&amp;mediaType=text&amp;st=keyword&amp;sortOrder=newest"></a>Michigan moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU at No. 3 and Southern California at No. 4 behind top-ranked Georgia after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games.The Bulldogs (12-0) are No. 1 for the eighth straight week and 11th time this season in the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll">AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank</a>. Georgia received 58 first-place votes and Michigan received the other five.The Wolverines (12-0) reached a season-high No. 2 after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-michigan-ohio-state-buckeyes-wolverines-63c6b9763cbb39b88bbfeb22c458463f">beating Ohio State</a>, which dropped the Buckeyes three spots to No. 5.TCU (12-0) has its highest ranking since reaching No. 2 in the 2015 season, and USC (11-1) has its best ranking this late in the season since finishing the 2016 season at No. 3.Other top-10 teams to fall were LSU, Clemson and Oregon.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-texas-georgia-bulldogs-louisiana-state-tigers-54c4c3270dff24d3bf5a677c54797eda">LSU's loss to Texas A&amp;M</a>&nbsp;dropped those Tigers five spots to No. 11.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-tennessee-clemson-tigers-south-carolina-7da4e99af7e2207584b269700c2ff20b">Clemson's loss to South Carolina</a>&nbsp;sent it falling three spots to No. 10 The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-oregon-ducks-bo-nix-corvallis-304c87dece73651facc882fcd4cbd6a4">Ducks' fourth-quarter collapse against Oregon State</a>&nbsp;cost Oregon a spot in the Pac-12 title game and five spots in the poll, where it fell to No. 15.Alabama was No. 6, just ahead of Tennessee, which beat the Crimson Tide on a last-second field goal at home earlier this season.No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Washington both have their best rankings of the season. The Huskies haven't been in the top 10 since the 2018 season, when they peaked at No. 6.POLL POINTSThis was the eighth regular-season week since 2017 where four top-10 teams lost, including the second this season. Three of those weeks occurred in 2017.The last time five or more top-10 teams lost in the same regular-season week was 2016. The week of Nov. 12, 2016, five top-10 teams lost, all to unranked opponents.The results: Iowa 14, No. 2 Michigan 13; Pittsburgh 43, No. 3 Clemson 42; USC 26, No. 4 Washington 13; Georgia 13, No. 8 Auburn 7; and Mississippi 29, No. 10 Texas A&amp;M 28.IN— No. 23 UTSA (10-2) made its season debut in the AP Top 25. The Roadrunners reached the rankings last year for the first time in the short history of the program.Texas-San Antonio became an FBS school in 2012. The defending Conference USA champions peaked at No. 15 last season and will head into a second straight C-USA title game ranked.— No. 20 South Carolina (8-4) is back in the rankings after its second straight upset of a top-10 team. The Gamecocks beat Clemson on Saturday after taking down Tennessee last week. South Carolina was ranked for one week in October, but then immediately lost to Missouri.— No. 25 Mississippi State (8-4) returned to the rankings for the second time this season.OUT— Mississippi (8-4) fell out of the rankings for the first time this season. The Rebels reached No. 7 after starting 7-0 but finished the season losing four of five.— Cincinnati (9-3) is out again. The Bearcats have bounced in and out for most of the season. Losing to Tulane on Friday dropped them out again.— Coastal Carolina (9-2) dropped out after being routed by James Madison but still has a spot in the Sun Belt championship game next week.CONFERENCE CALLPac-12 — 6 (Nos. 4, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17).SEC — 6 (Nos. 1, 6, 7, 11, 20, 25).ACC — 3 (Nos. 10, 14, 24).Big Ten — 3 (Nos. 2, 5, 8).Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 3, 13, 21).American — 2 (Nos. 18, 22).Conference USA — 1 (No. 23).Independent — 1 (No. 19).RANKED vs. RANKEDChampionship week features matchup of ranked teams in five conferences:— No. 11 LSU vs. No. 1 Georgia, Southeastern Conference championship.— No. 3 TCU vs. No. 13 Kansas State, Big 12 championship.— No. 4 USC vs. No. 12 Utah, Pac-12 championship.— No. 10 Clemson vs. No. 24 North Carolina, Atlantic Coast Conference championship.— No. 18 Tulane vs. No. 22 UCF, American Athletic Conference championship.

🏈 K-State up to No. 13 in latest AP poll

By ZHONG-REN PENG <a href="https://theconversation.com/dreaming-of-beachfront-real-estate-much-of-floridas-coast-is-at-risk-of-storm-erosion-that-can-cause-homes-to-collapse-as-daytona-just-saw-194492">The Conversation</a>

Back-to-back hurricanes left an unnerving scene on the Florida coast 
in November 2022: Several houses, and even swimming pools, were left 
dangling over the ocean as waves eroded the land beneath them. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VolusiaCountyEmergencyManagement/posts/pfbid02EZ9SbTjdQhrkGtFm452UhzhzjprPu6h6WaQbPLuMLsRNpCLAuPoPKTZDUvjygUb7l">Dozens of homes and condo buildings</a> in the Daytona Beach area were deemed unsafe.

The destruction has raised a disturbing question: How much property 
along the rest of the Florida coast is at risk of collapse, and can it 
be saved?

As the director of <a href="https://dcp.ufl.edu/iadapt/">iAdapt</a>, the International Center for Adaptation Planning and Design at the University of Florida, <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ngiXpvgAAAAJ&amp;hl=en">I have been</a> studying climate adaptation issues for the last two decades to help answer these questions.

Living by the sea has a strong appeal in Florida – beautiful beaches,
 ocean views, and often pleasant breezes. However, there are also risks,
 and they are exacerbated by climate change.

Sea level is forecast to rise on average <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/sealevelrise/sealevelrise-tech-report.html">10 to 14 inches</a> (25-35 cm) on the U.S. East Coast over the next 30 years, and 14 to 18 inches (35-45 cm) on the Gulf Coast, <a href="https://theconversation.com/ipcc-climate-report-profound-changes-are-underway-in-earths-oceans-and-ice-a-lead-author-explains-what-the-warnings-mean-165588">as the planet warms</a>. Rising temperatures are also <a href="https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3184/a-force-of-nature-hurricanes-in-a-changing-climate/">increasing the intensity</a> of hurricanes.

With higher seas and larger storm surges, ocean waves more easily 
erode beaches, weaken sea walls, and submerge cement foundations in 
corrosive salt water. Together with <a href="https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/194ac159bd1e4be294b14dd882d42dcf_0/about">subsidence</a>, or sinking land, they make coastal living riskier.

The risk of erosion varies depending on the soil, geology and natural
 shoreline changes. But it is widespread in U.S. coastal areas, <a href="https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/FDEP::coastal-critical-erosion-areas/about">particularly Florida</a>. Maps produced by engineers at the <a href="https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/FDEP::coastal-critical-erosion-areas/about">Florida Department of Environmental Protection</a> show most of Florida’s coast faces critical erosion risk.

Aging or poorly maintained buildings and sea walls, and older or poor construction methods and materials, can dramatically <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/sinking-land-rising-seas-dual-crises-facing-coastal-communities">aggravate the risk</a>.

So, what can be done to minimize the damage?

The first step is to build sturdier buildings and fortify existing ones according to advanced building codes.

Building codes change over time as risks rise and construction 
techniques and materials improve. For example, design criteria in the <a href="https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/FLBC2020P1">Florida Building Code</a>
 for South Florida changed from requiring some new buildings to be able 
to withstand 146 mph sustained winds in 2002 to 195 mph winds in 2021, 
meaning a powerful Category 5 hurricane.

The town of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/10/01/punta-gorda-hurricane-ian-damage/">Punta Gorda</a>,
 near where Hurricane Ian made landfall in October 2022, showed how 
homes constructed to the latest building codes have a much better chance
 of survival.

Many of Punta Gorda’s buildings had been rebuilt after Hurricane 
Charley in 2004, shortly after the state updated the Florida Building 
Code. When Ian hit, they survived with less damage than those in 
neighboring towns. The updated code required new construction to be able
 to withstand hurricane-force winds, including having shutters or 
impact-resistant window glass.

However, even homes built to the latest codes can be vulnerable, 
because the codes don’t adequately address the environment that 
buildings sit on. A modern building in a low-lying coastal area could 
face damage in the future as sea level rises and the shoreline erodes, 
even if it meets the current flood zone elevation standards.

This is the problem coastal residents faced during Hurricanes Nicole <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-10-06/apocalypse-in-paradise-after-hurricane-ian-a-low-lying-florida-city-contends-with-rising-water">and Ian</a>. Flooding and erosion, exacerbated by sea-level rise, caused the most damage – not wind.

The dozens of beach houses and condo buildings that <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-11-14/florida-county-puts-damage-from-nicole-at-481-million">became unstable or collapsed</a>
 in Volusia County during Hurricane Nicole might have seemed fine 
originally. But as the climate changes, the coastal environment changes,
 too, and one hurricane could render the building vulnerable. Hurricane 
Ian damaged sea walls in Volusia County, and some <a href="https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2022/11/10/tropical-storm-nicoles-fury-washes-away-homes-wilbur-sea/8323351001/">couldn’t be repaired before Nicole</a> struck.

The damage in the Daytona area in 2022 and the <a href="https://miamisao.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/GRAND-JURY_202112151434-1.pdf">deadly collapse</a> a year earlier of a condo tower in Surfside should be a wake-up call for all coastal communities.

<a href="https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/topics/vulnerability-assessments.html">Data and tools</a> can show where coastal areas are most vulnerable. What is lacking are policies and enforcement.

Florida recently began requiring that state-financed constructors conduct <a href="https://floridadep.gov/rcp/florida-resilient-coastlines-program/content/resilience-and-coastal-protection-rules-development">a sea-level impact study</a>
 before starting construction of a coastal structure. I believe it’s 
time to apply this new rule to any new construction, regardless of the 
funding source.

A comprehensive sea-level impact study requirement should also allow 
for risk-based enforcement, including barring construction in high-risk 
areas.

Similarly, vulnerability audits – particularly for multistory 
buildings built before 2002 – can check the integrity of an existing 
structure and help spot new environmental risks from sea-level rise and 
beach erosion. Before 2002, the building standard was low and 
enforcement was lacking, so many of the materials and the structures 
used in those buildings aren’t up to the standards of today. 

There is a range of <a href="https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_protect-your-home-from-flooding-brochure_2020.pdf">techniques</a> homeowners can use to fortify homes from flood risks.

In some places, that may mean <a href="https://cpo.noaa.gov/News/ArtMID/7875/ArticleID/2059/Elevating-Houses-Can-Protect-Against-Damaging-Floods-But-How-High-is-High-Enough">elevating the house</a>
 or improving the lot grading so surface water runs away from the 
building. Installing a sump pump and remodeling with storm-resistant 
building materials can help.

<a href="https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_protect-your-home-from-flooding-brochure_2020.pdf">FEMA</a>
 suggests other measures to protect against coastal erosion, such as 
replenishing beach sand, strengthening sea walls and anchoring the home.
 Engineering can help communities, temporarily at least, through sea 
walls, ponds and increased drainage. But in the long term, communities 
will have to assess the vulnerability of coastal areas. Sometimes the 
answer is <a href="https://theconversation.com/managed-retreat-done-right-can-reinvent-cities-so-theyre-better-for-everyone-and-avoid-harm-from-flooding-heat-and-fires-163052">to relocate</a>.

However, there’s a disturbing trend after hurricanes, and we’re 
seeing it with Ian: Many damaged areas see lots of money pouring in to 
rebuild in the same vulnerable locations. An important question 
communities should be asking is, if these are already in high-risk 
areas, why rebuild in the same place?

Zhong-Ren Peng is a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the&nbsp; University of Florida.

<figure>
 <iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h6Fvx6Cw4tE"></iframe>
 <figcaption>Drone footage shows homes close to collapsing into the ocean. WPLG/YouTube</figcaption>
 </figure>By ZHONG-REN PENG <a href="https://theconversation.com/dreaming-of-beachfront-real-estate-much-of-floridas-coast-is-at-risk-of-storm-erosion-that-can-cause-homes-to-collapse-as-daytona-just-saw-194492">The Conversation</a>Back-to-back hurricanes left an unnerving scene on the Florida coast 
in November 2022: Several houses, and even swimming pools, were left 
dangling over the ocean as waves eroded the land beneath them. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VolusiaCountyEmergencyManagement/posts/pfbid02EZ9SbTjdQhrkGtFm452UhzhzjprPu6h6WaQbPLuMLsRNpCLAuPoPKTZDUvjygUb7l">Dozens of homes and condo buildings</a> in the Daytona Beach area were deemed unsafe. The destruction has raised a disturbing question: How much property 
along the rest of the Florida coast is at risk of collapse, and can it 
be saved?As the director of <a href="https://dcp.ufl.edu/iadapt/">iAdapt</a>, the International Center for Adaptation Planning and Design at the University of Florida, <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ngiXpvgAAAAJ&amp;hl=en">I have been</a> studying climate adaptation issues for the last two decades to help answer these questions.<h2>Rising seas, aging buildings</h2>Living by the sea has a strong appeal in Florida – beautiful beaches,
 ocean views, and often pleasant breezes. However, there are also risks,
 and they are exacerbated by climate change.Sea level is forecast to rise on average <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/sealevelrise/sealevelrise-tech-report.html">10 to 14 inches</a> (25-35 cm) on the U.S. East Coast over the next 30 years, and 14 to 18 inches (35-45 cm) on the Gulf Coast, <a href="https://theconversation.com/ipcc-climate-report-profound-changes-are-underway-in-earths-oceans-and-ice-a-lead-author-explains-what-the-warnings-mean-165588">as the planet warms</a>. Rising temperatures are also <a href="https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3184/a-force-of-nature-hurricanes-in-a-changing-climate/">increasing the intensity</a> of hurricanes.With higher seas and larger storm surges, ocean waves more easily 
erode beaches, weaken sea walls, and submerge cement foundations in 
corrosive salt water. Together with <a href="https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/194ac159bd1e4be294b14dd882d42dcf_0/about">subsidence</a>, or sinking land, they make coastal living riskier.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1669240214504.png" alt=" Florida’s erosion risk map shows most of the state’s coastline at critical risk. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, CC BY-SA " />
 <figcaption> Florida’s erosion risk map shows most of the state’s coastline at critical risk. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, CC BY-SA </figcaption>
 </figure>The risk of erosion varies depending on the soil, geology and natural
 shoreline changes. But it is widespread in U.S. coastal areas, <a href="https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/FDEP::coastal-critical-erosion-areas/about">particularly Florida</a>. Maps produced by engineers at the <a href="https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/FDEP::coastal-critical-erosion-areas/about">Florida Department of Environmental Protection</a> show most of Florida’s coast faces critical erosion risk.Aging or poorly maintained buildings and sea walls, and older or poor construction methods and materials, can dramatically <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/sinking-land-rising-seas-dual-crises-facing-coastal-communities">aggravate the risk</a>.<h2>Designing better building codes</h2>So, what can be done to minimize the damage?The first step is to build sturdier buildings and fortify existing ones according to advanced building codes.Building codes change over time as risks rise and construction 
techniques and materials improve. For example, design criteria in the <a href="https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/FLBC2020P1">Florida Building Code</a>
 for South Florida changed from requiring some new buildings to be able 
to withstand 146 mph sustained winds in 2002 to 195 mph winds in 2021, 
meaning a powerful Category 5 hurricane.The town of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/10/01/punta-gorda-hurricane-ian-damage/">Punta Gorda</a>,
 near where Hurricane Ian made landfall in October 2022, showed how 
homes constructed to the latest building codes have a much better chance
 of survival.Many of Punta Gorda’s buildings had been rebuilt after Hurricane 
Charley in 2004, shortly after the state updated the Florida Building 
Code. When Ian hit, they survived with less damage than those in 
neighboring towns. The updated code required new construction to be able
 to withstand hurricane-force winds, including having shutters or 
impact-resistant window glass.However, even homes built to the latest codes can be vulnerable, 
because the codes don’t adequately address the environment that 
buildings sit on. A modern building in a low-lying coastal area could 
face damage in the future as sea level rises and the shoreline erodes, 
even if it meets the current flood zone elevation standards.This is the problem coastal residents faced during Hurricanes Nicole <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-10-06/apocalypse-in-paradise-after-hurricane-ian-a-low-lying-florida-city-contends-with-rising-water">and Ian</a>. Flooding and erosion, exacerbated by sea-level rise, caused the most damage – not wind. The dozens of beach houses and condo buildings that <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-11-14/florida-county-puts-damage-from-nicole-at-481-million">became unstable or collapsed</a>
 in Volusia County during Hurricane Nicole might have seemed fine 
originally. But as the climate changes, the coastal environment changes,
 too, and one hurricane could render the building vulnerable. Hurricane 
Ian damaged sea walls in Volusia County, and some <a href="https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2022/11/10/tropical-storm-nicoles-fury-washes-away-homes-wilbur-sea/8323351001/">couldn’t be repaired before Nicole</a> struck. <h2>How to minimize the risk</h2>The damage in the Daytona area in 2022 and the <a href="https://miamisao.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/GRAND-JURY_202112151434-1.pdf">deadly collapse</a> a year earlier of a condo tower in Surfside should be a wake-up call for all coastal communities.<a href="https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/topics/vulnerability-assessments.html">Data and tools</a> can show where coastal areas are most vulnerable. What is lacking are policies and enforcement.Florida recently began requiring that state-financed constructors conduct <a href="https://floridadep.gov/rcp/florida-resilient-coastlines-program/content/resilience-and-coastal-protection-rules-development">a sea-level impact study</a>
 before starting construction of a coastal structure. I believe it’s 
time to apply this new rule to any new construction, regardless of the 
funding source.A comprehensive sea-level impact study requirement should also allow 
for risk-based enforcement, including barring construction in high-risk 
areas.Similarly, vulnerability audits – particularly for multistory 
buildings built before 2002 – can check the integrity of an existing 
structure and help spot new environmental risks from sea-level rise and 
beach erosion. Before 2002, the building standard was low and 
enforcement was lacking, so many of the materials and the structures 
used in those buildings aren’t up to the standards of today. <h2>What property owners can do</h2>There is a range of <a href="https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_protect-your-home-from-flooding-brochure_2020.pdf">techniques</a> homeowners can use to fortify homes from flood risks.In some places, that may mean <a href="https://cpo.noaa.gov/News/ArtMID/7875/ArticleID/2059/Elevating-Houses-Can-Protect-Against-Damaging-Floods-But-How-High-is-High-Enough">elevating the house</a>
 or improving the lot grading so surface water runs away from the 
building. Installing a sump pump and remodeling with storm-resistant 
building materials can help.<a href="https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_protect-your-home-from-flooding-brochure_2020.pdf">FEMA</a>
 suggests other measures to protect against coastal erosion, such as 
replenishing beach sand, strengthening sea walls and anchoring the home.
 Engineering can help communities, temporarily at least, through sea 
walls, ponds and increased drainage. But in the long term, communities 
will have to assess the vulnerability of coastal areas. Sometimes the 
answer is <a href="https://theconversation.com/managed-retreat-done-right-can-reinvent-cities-so-theyre-better-for-everyone-and-avoid-harm-from-flooding-heat-and-fires-163052">to relocate</a>.However, there’s a disturbing trend after hurricanes, and we’re 
seeing it with Ian: Many damaged areas see lots of money pouring in to 
rebuild in the same vulnerable locations. An important question 
communities should be asking is, if these are already in high-risk 
areas, why rebuild in the same place?Zhong-Ren Peng is a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the&nbsp; University of Florida.<div><iframe src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/194492/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-advanced" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade"></iframe></div>

🎥 Beachfront real estate? It just might crumble into the ocean

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — Ads with the candidates’ ex-wives. Cries of
 “liar” flying in both directions. Stories of a squalid apartment 
building and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-2022-midterm-elections-herschel-walker-health-georgia-1a7c86004f571ea10e6f88ea375b439d">abortions under pressure</a>. Questioning an opponent’s independence. His intellect. His <a href="https://apnews.com/article/herschel-walker-nfl-georgia-senate-704738fdbed64383e25e3435684d7341">mental stability</a>. His <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-herschel-walker-georgia-race-and-ethnicity-475fea75ec3834a9b41e9a14e2a314bc">religious faith</a>.

The
 extended Senate campaign in Georgia between the Democratic incumbent, 
Raphael Warnock, and his Republican challenger, football legend Herschel
 Walker, has grown increasingly bitter as their <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-senate-race-runoff-2022-midterms-b32e84784e9e644b3e3163b7ca9cc569">Dec. 6 runoff</a> nears. With Democrats already <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-democrats-senate-control-dbc67e0af0e126c948076ae580b3d5ec">assured a Senate majority</a>, it’s a striking contrast from two years ago, when the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/Georgia-election-results-4b82ba7ee3cc74d33e68daadaee2cbf3">state's twin runoffs</a> were mostly about which party would control the chamber in Washington.

“Herschel
 Walker ain’t serious,” Warnock told supporters recently in central 
Georgia, saying that Walker “majors in lying” and fumbles the basics of 
public policy. “But the election is very serious. Don’t get those two 
things confused.”

Walker casts Warnock, the senior pastor at 
Ebenezer Baptist Church, as a “hypocrite” and servile to President Joe 
Biden. Underscoring the insult, Walker calls the incumbent “Scooby-Doo,”
 complete with an impression of the cartoon hound’s gibberish.

The broadsides reflect the candidates' <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-senate-race-2022-midterm-nov-11-updates-da621d208ce7cc40389105ae437eb3e9">furious push in the four weeks</a>
 between the Nov. 8 general election and runoff to persuade their core 
supporters to cast another ballot. For Walker, it also means drawing 
more independents and moderates to his campaign after he underperformed a
 fellow Republican on the ticket, Gov. Brian Kemp, by 200,000 votes.

Warnock
 led Walker by 37,000 votes out of almost 4 million cast in the first 
round, but the senator fell short of the 50% threshold needed to avoid a
 runoff.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1669567002976.jpeg" alt="Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker. (AP Photo)" />
 <figcaption>Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker. (AP Photo)</figcaption>
 </figure>WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — Ads with the candidates’ ex-wives. Cries of
 “liar” flying in both directions. Stories of a squalid apartment 
building and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-2022-midterm-elections-herschel-walker-health-georgia-1a7c86004f571ea10e6f88ea375b439d">abortions under pressure</a>. Questioning an opponent’s independence. His intellect. His <a href="https://apnews.com/article/herschel-walker-nfl-georgia-senate-704738fdbed64383e25e3435684d7341">mental stability</a>. His <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-herschel-walker-georgia-race-and-ethnicity-475fea75ec3834a9b41e9a14e2a314bc">religious faith</a>.The
 extended Senate campaign in Georgia between the Democratic incumbent, 
Raphael Warnock, and his Republican challenger, football legend Herschel
 Walker, has grown increasingly bitter as their <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-senate-race-runoff-2022-midterms-b32e84784e9e644b3e3163b7ca9cc569">Dec. 6 runoff</a> nears. With Democrats already <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-democrats-senate-control-dbc67e0af0e126c948076ae580b3d5ec">assured a Senate majority</a>, it’s a striking contrast from two years ago, when the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/Georgia-election-results-4b82ba7ee3cc74d33e68daadaee2cbf3">state's twin runoffs</a> were mostly about which party would control the chamber in Washington.“Herschel
 Walker ain’t serious,” Warnock told supporters recently in central 
Georgia, saying that Walker “majors in lying” and fumbles the basics of 
public policy. “But the election is very serious. Don’t get those two 
things confused.”Walker casts Warnock, the senior pastor at 
Ebenezer Baptist Church, as a “hypocrite” and servile to President Joe 
Biden. Underscoring the insult, Walker calls the incumbent “Scooby-Doo,”
 complete with an impression of the cartoon hound’s gibberish.The broadsides reflect the candidates' <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-senate-race-2022-midterm-nov-11-updates-da621d208ce7cc40389105ae437eb3e9">furious push in the four weeks</a>
 between the Nov. 8 general election and runoff to persuade their core 
supporters to cast another ballot. For Walker, it also means drawing 
more independents and moderates to his campaign after he underperformed a
 fellow Republican on the ticket, Gov. Brian Kemp, by 200,000 votes.Warnock
 led Walker by 37,000 votes out of almost 4 million cast in the first 
round, but the senator fell short of the 50% threshold needed to avoid a
 runoff.In many ways, the shift from his first runoff campaign is
 exactly what Warnock wanted: a straightforward choice between two 
candidates. Two years ago, then-President Donald Trump, fresh off his 
defeat, and Biden, then president-elect, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-georgia-david-perdue-adf4fe5b05bbcd0bc92968665303ba4a">made multiple Georgia trips</a>
 to illuminate the national stakes of the races between Warnock and 
Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and between Democrat Jon Ossoff and 
Republican Sen. David Perdue as control of the Senate hung in the 
balance.Trump ended up alienating his own supporters and many 
moderates with his false claims of a rigged 2020 presidential election. 
Victories by Warnock and Ossoff put the Senate at a 50-50 split, with 
Democrats gaining control by virtue of Vice President Kamala Harris' 
tiebreaking vote. Warnock also became Georgia's first Black senator.This
 year, with Warnock vying for a full six-year term after winning the 
2021 special election, Democrats have already guaranteed control of the 
Senate by <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-senate-race-2022-midterm-elections-93709b5b7ab4cef658f45751cd76c090">flipping a seat in Pennsylvania</a>. A Warnock win <a href="https://apnews.com/article/herschel-walker-georgia-kamala-harris-congress-government-and-politics-0f6cc74d575921e13c19d7569e4e5382">would give Democrats an outright majority</a> at 51-49, meaning that the parties would not have to negotiate a power-sharing agreement.Warnock’s
 preferred emphasis for most of his reelection bid has been his 
deal-making in Washington and the personal values he brings to the job. 
It took until the campaign’s final stages — only after two women accused
 Walker, an opponent of abortion rights, of encouraging and paying for 
their abortions — for the senator to ratchet up his attacks, arguing 
Walker is “unprepared” and “unfit” for the job.“My opponent lies 
about everything,” Warnock said in a recent campaign stop, ticking off a
 litany of Walker’s repeated falsehoods and exaggerations. “He said he 
was a police officer. He’s not. He said he worked for the FBI. He did 
not. Said he graduated from the University of Georgia. He did not. Said 
he was valedictorian of his class. He was not. ... He said he had 
another business with 800 employees. It has eight.”Walker, alternately, has relished the jousting since he won the GOP nomination in the spring.“Herschel
 is a competitor. He’s very comfortable with the mano a mano,” said 
Scott Paradise, Walker’s campaign manager, noting the candidate’s 
athletic prowess as a football running back, kickboxer and Olympic 
bobsledder.Indeed, Walker takes his attacks right to Warnock’s 
strengths as the pastor of the famous church where Martin Luther King 
Jr. once preached. Walker has criticized Warnock over an Atlanta 
apartment building, owned by a foundation of Warnock’s church, where 
residents have complained to The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative 
media outlet, of eviction notices and poor conditions.“What he’s 
doing in this apartment building at Columbia Towers is not right,” 
Walker said recently at a suburban Atlanta campaign stop. “You shouldn’t
 put Jesus’ name on what you’re doing to people, and don’t put Martin 
Luther King name on it. ... You’re not Jesus, and you’re not Dr. King.”Warnock,
 who says no residents of Columbia Tower have been evicted, incorporates
 Walker’s attacks into the list of the challenger’s documented <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-college-football-entertainment-sports-bb1ef7d866ab99302974cce1816efb65">exaggerations</a> and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-sports-nfl-college-football-coronavirus-pandemic-5e2875eec11e93f9a3bf1fc859137ff8">falsehoods</a>.
 “What kind of a person lies on the church?” Warnock said in Macon. 
“This isn’t the first time people attacked Ebenezer Baptist Church. They
 attacked Martin Luther King Jr. I’m in good company.”Still, 
asked whether he’s reconsidered his church’s stewardship of Columbia 
Towers, Warnock sidestepped: “I’ve already answered the question. I’m 
proud of what my church does to feed and house the hungry and the 
homeless every single week.”Walker also accuses Warnock of 
“getting rich” as a senator, a nod to the pastor’s $7,500-a-month 
housing allowance from the church. The payments are not a violation of 
Senate ethics rules that limit senators’ outside income.On at 
least one occasion during the runoff, Walker has suggested Warnock is a 
negligent father. Warnock told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the 
comment “crossed a line.” Earlier in the campaign, Walker <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-herschel-walker-nashville-government-and-politics-115fc9e55e007f9203f3a0592ac83452">publicly acknowledged three of his children</a>
 for the first time, doing so only after The Daily Beast reported on 
their existence. Warnock has not mentioned those children in any of his 
critiques of Walker.Walker, meanwhile, has not taken reporters' 
questions at an open campaign event since late October, when a second 
accuser came forward to say he had pressured her to have an abortion — a
 contradiction of his advocacy as a candidate for <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-warnock-walker-debate-georgia-d831b6cbfce77be05102a0c6f7a0d304">a national ban on all abortions</a>. Walker has <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-georgia-herschel-walker-congress-2f798504bc1c32d4450ded9a3e8909bf">denied the women's claims</a>.Both
 candidates' former wives also loom in the campaign, though the two men 
avoid the topic themselves, leaving the discussion of their marriages 
mostly to paid advertising. In one ad, Warnock’s former wife tells 
Atlanta police that he ran over her foot. The Republican ad doesn’t note
 that a police report states that officers found no physical evidence 
supporting her claim. A Democratic ad features an interview with 
Walker’s first wife detailing that he threatened violence against her, 
circumstances Walker has confirmed in an autobiography.Since the two men met for their lone debate Oct. 14, Warnock has hammered Walker for a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-inflation-congress-f8dcede99c2a528f6c88630f34144dcc">lack of policy details</a> and sometimes flubbing what policy he does discuss.Warnock
 promotes his new federal legal provision capping insulin costs for 
Medicare recipients and notes Walker said diabetics could manage their 
health by “eating right,” a practice that isn’t enough for 
insulin-dependent diabetic patients.“Maybe he ought to apply to be a dietician. I’m running for the United States Senate,” Warnock said in Macon.He
 pounced when Walker declared the United States is “not ready” for 
climate action and should “keep having those gas-guzzling cars” that he 
said already have “good emissions” standards. Warnock added gleeful 
mockery when Walker recently introduced a tangent about vampires to a 
campaign speech.“I mean, who says that kind of stuff?” Warnock asked supporters.Warnock's
 aides say that the personalized arguments help convince core Democrats 
that they should not sit out the runoff, while also swaying the 
potentially decisive middle of the electorate in the senator's favor. 
“Herschel Walker continues to be bogged down by his pattern of lies and 
disturbing behavior, all of which led him to underperform” in the first 
round, said Quentin Fulks, Warnock's campaign manager, in a statement.From
 Walker's camp, Paradise insisted that Republicans' best argument 
remains Warnock's alignment with Democrats on economic policy. Still, he
 acknowledges the campaign’s tone has darkened.“We’re certainly 
going to continue to aggressively prosecute the case against Warnock,” 
he said, “and I suspect they’ll do the same.”