COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The United States Olympic &amp; Paralympic Committee today announced the 67-member 2022 U.S. Paralympic Team, including two guides for visually impaired athletes, who will compete at the upcoming Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. 

The opening ceremony will take place March 4, with competition beginning March 5 and concluding March 13.

“We have an incredible group of 67 talented athletes ready to make their mark at the Paralympic Winter Games,” said USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland. “Thanks to countless years of preparation, unparalleled coverage and support from our partners, Team USA is ready showcase to the world that the 2022 Games will be an event they don’t want to miss."

The 2022 U.S. Paralympic Team features 39 returning Paralympians, including two six-time Paralympians – Oksana Masters and Aaron Pike in Nordic skiing – and one five-time Paralympian – Laurie Stephens in alpine skiing. There are three members of Team USA who will compete at their fourth Paralympic Winter Games – Danelle Umstead and Jasmin Bambur in alpine skiing, and Josh Pauls in sled hockey.

“With a mix of veteran athletes and rising stars, we can’t wait to support and cheer on Team USA athletes as they live out their dreams,” said Julie Dussliere, chief of Paralympic sport and 2022 Games Chef de Mission. “The USOPC and the National Governing Bodies are dedicated to making the entire journey a safe and seamless process for our athletes.”

Twenty-six athletes have already earned Paralympic medals, including 22 athletes who have previously won Paralympic gold. Masters tops the list with four gold medals across Nordic skiing and Para-cycling, while Josh Pauls and Kendall Gretsch each have three Paralympic golds. Seven U.S. athletes come to Beijing having already nabbed two Paralympic golds – Brenna Huckaby (snowboarding), Stephens (alpine skiing), and sled hockey athletes Declan Farmer, Jen Lee, Kevin McKee, Rico Roman and Brody Roybal.

Highlighting the diversity and breadth of U.S. Paralympic athletes and Paralympic sport, Team USA will launch its newest commercial, “Now That’s Cool”&nbsp;and supplementary social content today under the “Show the World” celebratory campaign. The campaign, which launched ahead of the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, is dedicated to driving awareness of the Paralympic Movement while highlighting the remarkable talents, backgrounds and passions of Paralympic athletes – united by a mission of greatness to grow a more inclusive world through sport. Returning Paralympic champion Andrew Kurka (alpine skiing) and Paralympian Joy Rondeau (Nordic skiing) lead the newest campaign film.

“The campaign is a huge step forward to increasing knowledge of Paralympic sport,” Kurka said. “It’s important to drive awareness to help both equality for Para athletes and the future of adaptive sport. Adults will see and know it’s possible; kids will see and say – I want that to be me.”

In partnership with Toyota, NBCUniversal will present an unprecedented 230+ hours of Winter Paralympic Games programming, including 120 hours of TV coverage across NBC, Olympic Channel and USA Network. The Beijing Games schedule will also broadcast three hours in primetime for the first time. All events will be streamed on Peacock and <a href="http://NBCOlympics.com">NBCOlympics.com</a>.

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●Oksana Masters&nbsp;(Louisville, Kentucky) is the most decorated athlete on the roster with 10 Paralympic medals across Nordic skiing, cycling and rowing, including four golds. Masters has earned seven Paralympic medals in Nordic skiing.

●Laurie Stephens&nbsp;(Wenham, Massachusetts) is the second most decorated winter sport athlete on the team with seven Paralympic medals in alpine skiing: two golds, two silvers and three bronzes.

 ●Twenty-six athletes and one guide will make their Paralympic debut in Beijing. The new squad is led by world champion&nbsp;Zach Miller&nbsp;(snowboarding) and three-time world championship medalist&nbsp;Sydney Peterson&nbsp;(Nordic skiing) who head to Beijing after historic performances at the Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sport Championships.

●The 2022 roster is made up of 15 female athletes (23%) and 52 male athletes, including the two guides (77%).

●Since the Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, Paralympic champion&nbsp;Josh Sweeney&nbsp;(Glendale, Arizona) transitioned from sled hockey to Nordic skiing.

●Twenty-seven states are represented, with Colorado home to the most athletes with a tally of 10.

 ●Jesse Keefe&nbsp;(alpine skiing) is the youngest athlete on the team competing at 17 years old, while&nbsp;Pam Wilson&nbsp;(wheelchair curling) is the most senior athlete competing at 66 years old.

●Alpine skiers&nbsp;Danelle Umstead&nbsp;(Park City, Utah) and&nbsp;Rob Umstead&nbsp;(Park City, Utah) are the only married couple on Team USA. Rob has served as Danelle’s guide at the Winter Games since 2010.

●Twelve athletes served in the U.S. Armed Forces, including six athletes who served in the Marine Corps, four in the Army and two in the Navy.

 ●Six-time Paralympians&nbsp;Masters&nbsp;and&nbsp;Aaron Pike&nbsp;(Park Rapids, Minnesota) have been on every U.S. Paralympic Team roster, summer and winter, since 2012. Masters has competed in rowing, cycling and Nordic skiing, while Pike has competed in track and field and Nordic skiing.

●The most decorated Paralympic winter team in history, the U.S. sled hockey team includes 11 athletes who helped the U.S. capture an unprecedented third consecutive, and fourth overall, gold at PyeongChang 2018, as well as 14 athletes who led the team to its record-extending fifth world title last year.

●Four multi-sport athletes will make their second Paralympic Games appearance within six months in the sport of Nordic skiing after competing at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 –&nbsp;Dani Aravich&nbsp;(track and field),&nbsp;Kendall Gretsch&nbsp;(paratriathlon),&nbsp;Masters&nbsp;(Para-cycling) and&nbsp;Pike&nbsp;(track and field).

●Of the 67 athletes named to the team (including guides) 25% competed collegiately. Sled hockey and Nordic skiing each have the most collegiate athletes with seven apiece.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The United States Olympic &amp; Paralympic Committee today announced the 67-member 2022 U.S. Paralympic Team, including two guides for visually impaired athletes, who will compete at the upcoming Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The opening ceremony will take place March 4, with competition beginning March 5 and concluding March 13.“We have an incredible group of 67 talented athletes ready to make their mark at the Paralympic Winter Games,” said USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland. “Thanks to countless years of preparation, unparalleled coverage and support from our partners, Team USA is ready showcase to the world that the 2022 Games will be an event they don’t want to miss."The 2022 U.S. Paralympic Team features 39 returning Paralympians, including two six-time Paralympians – Oksana Masters and Aaron Pike in Nordic skiing – and one five-time Paralympian – Laurie Stephens in alpine skiing. There are three members of Team USA who will compete at their fourth Paralympic Winter Games – Danelle Umstead and Jasmin Bambur in alpine skiing, and Josh Pauls in sled hockey.“With a mix of veteran athletes and rising stars, we can’t wait to support and cheer on Team USA athletes as they live out their dreams,” said Julie Dussliere, chief of Paralympic sport and 2022 Games Chef de Mission. “The USOPC and the National Governing Bodies are dedicated to making the entire journey a safe and seamless process for our athletes.”Twenty-six athletes have already earned Paralympic medals, including 22 athletes who have previously won Paralympic gold. Masters tops the list with four gold medals across Nordic skiing and Para-cycling, while Josh Pauls and Kendall Gretsch each have three Paralympic golds. Seven U.S. athletes come to Beijing having already nabbed two Paralympic golds – Brenna Huckaby (snowboarding), Stephens (alpine skiing), and sled hockey athletes Declan Farmer, Jen Lee, Kevin McKee, Rico Roman and Brody Roybal.Highlighting the diversity and breadth of U.S. Paralympic athletes and Paralympic sport, Team USA will launch its newest commercial, “Now That’s Cool”&nbsp;and supplementary social content today under the “Show the World” celebratory campaign. The campaign, which launched ahead of the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, is dedicated to driving awareness of the Paralympic Movement while highlighting the remarkable talents, backgrounds and passions of Paralympic athletes – united by a mission of greatness to grow a more inclusive world through sport. Returning Paralympic champion Andrew Kurka (alpine skiing) and Paralympian Joy Rondeau (Nordic skiing) lead the newest campaign film.“The campaign is a huge step forward to increasing knowledge of Paralympic sport,” Kurka said. “It’s important to drive awareness to help both equality for Para athletes and the future of adaptive sport. Adults will see and know it’s possible; kids will see and say – I want that to be me.”In partnership with Toyota, NBCUniversal will present an unprecedented 230+ hours of Winter Paralympic Games programming, including 120 hours of TV coverage across NBC, Olympic Channel and USA Network. The Beijing Games schedule will also broadcast three hours in primetime for the first time. 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The new squad is led by world champion&nbsp;Zach Miller&nbsp;(snowboarding) and three-time world championship medalist&nbsp;Sydney Peterson&nbsp;(Nordic skiing) who head to Beijing after historic performances at the Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sport Championships.●The 2022 roster is made up of 15 female athletes (23%) and 52 male athletes, including the two guides (77%).●Since the Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, Paralympic champion&nbsp;Josh Sweeney&nbsp;(Glendale, Arizona) transitioned from sled hockey to Nordic skiing.●Twenty-seven states are represented, with Colorado home to the most athletes with a tally of 10. ●Jesse Keefe&nbsp;(alpine skiing) is the youngest athlete on the team competing at 17 years old, while&nbsp;Pam Wilson&nbsp;(wheelchair curling) is the most senior athlete competing at 66 years old.●Alpine skiers&nbsp;Danelle Umstead&nbsp;(Park City, Utah) and&nbsp;Rob Umstead&nbsp;(Park City, Utah) are the only married couple on Team USA. Rob has served as Danelle’s guide at the Winter Games since 2010.●Twelve athletes served in the U.S. Armed Forces, including six athletes who served in the Marine Corps, four in the Army and two in the Navy. ●Six-time Paralympians&nbsp;Masters&nbsp;and&nbsp;Aaron Pike&nbsp;(Park Rapids, Minnesota) have been on every U.S. Paralympic Team roster, summer and winter, since 2012. Masters has competed in rowing, cycling and Nordic skiing, while Pike has competed in track and field and Nordic skiing.●The most decorated Paralympic winter team in history, the U.S. sled hockey team includes 11 athletes who helped the U.S. capture an unprecedented third consecutive, and fourth overall, gold at PyeongChang 2018, as well as 14 athletes who led the team to its record-extending fifth world title last year.●Four multi-sport athletes will make their second Paralympic Games appearance within six months in the sport of Nordic skiing after competing at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 –&nbsp;Dani Aravich&nbsp;(track and field),&nbsp;Kendall Gretsch&nbsp;(paratriathlon),&nbsp;Masters&nbsp;(Para-cycling) and&nbsp;Pike&nbsp;(track and field).●Of the 67 athletes named to the team (including guides) 25% competed collegiately. Sled hockey and Nordic skiing each have the most collegiate athletes with seven apiece.

67-member 2022 U.S. Paralympic Team announced

By TIM CARPENTER <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2022/02/21/two-teachers-school-board-member-wary-of-proposed-k-12-legislation-in-kansas/">Kansas Reflector</a>

TOPEKA — Classroom teacher Michael Rebne has a sense of foreboding 
about a series of bills percolating in the Kansas Legislature to reform 
of the K-12 public education system.

He’s taken note of Kansas and Senate bills that restrain teachers 
from nimbly adjusting a student’s approach to learning, funnel tax 
dollars to private schools, abandon child vaccination programs, dive 
into critical race theory, incentivize teachers to boost student test 
scores, label library books for violent or sexual content, and allow 
virtual or homeschool students participate in public school sports and 
extracurricular activities.

“I feel like it’s targeted against public schools and educators to 
make us feel marginalized, to make us feel vulnerable, to make us feel 
distrusted,” said Rebne, a teacher in the Kansas City, Kansas, district.
 “And, ultimately, to I think that the end goal there for the right is 
to dismantle public schools.”

Rebne said there were bills introduced in the Legislature that 
appeared to be attempts to pick on poor students and students of color. 
That kind of politics is reason enough for educators to be politically 
active, he said.

He joined Tonganoxie middle school teacher Kathy Harrell and Shawnee 
Heights school board member Lauren Tice Miller on the Kansas Reflector 
podcast to offer their perspective on education issues one month in to 
the 2022 session.

Harrell said tone of the discussion on education policy at the 
Capitol indicated the point was to indict teachers devoting themselves 
to educating more than 400,000 public school students in Kansas. Some 
bills and some rhetoric reads like attempts to vilify public school 
educators, she said.

“The vast majority of us are people that truly care about our 
communities, that care about our students,” she said. “We really do have
 the best interests of our students at heart. You know, ask us directly 
what’s going on. We would appreciate that courtesy.”

Harrell said there was no groundswell of parent or community demands 
for an overhaul of Kansas’ public education system. She said she’d never
 been personally approached by a parent questioning her approach to 
teaching history.

Tice Miller, who also works as a lobbyist with the Kansas National 
Education Association, said lawmakers won’t get a clear picture of 
what’s going on in the state’s public schools without hearing from a 
range of teachers and administrators. Legislative work typically occurs 
Monday through Friday, days when classes are in session in schools. It’s
 difficult for educators, students and parents to participate in the 
process, she said.

“If you truly want an opportunity to hear from teachers and parents have a hearing on a Saturday,” she said.

Tice Miller said an example of inhibiting parent and teacher 
involvement in the legislation process was borne out at hearings on a 
proposed parental bill of rights covering access to information about a 
school or a child’s educational curriculum, examinations and reading 
materials and a teacher’s professional development initiatives. Pending 
legislation shreds emphasis on getting children vaccinated, but impose 
new costly requirements for school district websites that catalog 
information about all instructional materials potentially shared with 
students.

She said a House committee allowed supporters of the reform bill to 
divide 30 minutes of testimony among three supporters of the bill. 
However, opponents of the legislation had 2 minutes each. Ironically, 
she said, the bill would require school boards accommodate a member of 
the public who wanted to speak during meetings. School boards have open 
comment periods at meetings, she said, but a House chairwoman opted to 
silence critics.

“There’s a belief that there’s secrecy and that things are being 
taught in the classroom that aren’t actually being taught,” Tice Miller 
said.

Legislation pending in Topeka would require teachers to publish 
online references to books and other materials used to teach students.

“It would require teachers to publish all of their items before the 
beginning of school and not deviate from it because of the fear of 
litigation or penalty of having their funding stripped,” Tice Miller 
said. We think there would be a severe chilling effect, because teachers
 wouldn’t be able to be spontaneous in the classroom.”

Harrell said questions were justifiably raised about a bill that 
would covert about $50 million targeted at at-risk students to teacher 
bonuses based on student improvement on academic subjects. How could you
 equitably give that money out? How do you assess a kindergartener? And 
it certainly does not reflect why we go into education.”

“No one goes into education to get rich,” Harrell said. “That’s such 
an oversimplified view of what teaching is. It certainly does not 
reflect why we go into education. what education is about.”

Rebne said compensation research showed teacher bonuses didn’t result
 in higher student achievement. It would, he said,&nbsp; demoralize teachers 
and put them in a position of competition rather than collaboration 
necessary to deliver an education to students.

“It would ultimately hurt students of color the most who have the 
most historically to lose and the most bias against them when it comes 
to these standardized tests,” Rebne said.

Rebne said the legislative push against public education in 2022 
followed two years of the COVID-19 pandemic that disrupted in-person 
instruction, triggered conflict over masks and vaccinations, and led to 
shortages of substitute teachers. It’s required all in public education 
to be flexible and adaptive, he said.

“A lot of teachers have been talking seriously about leaving the profession — leaving the profession permanently,” he said.

Harrell and her husband both teach school, and they’ve concluded 
working in the education system amid the pandemic has been like learning
 to fly a plane while in the air.

“I think we have risen to the occasion,” she said. “And, for the most part, you know, got through the best we could.”

Tice Miller said the two years had been full of stress for school 
board members responsible for making district decisions about the 
coronavirus. It’s been a rollercoaster ride for students, staff and 
teachers, she said.

“When the when the pandemic first started, teachers were hailed as 
the heroes,” Tice Miller said. “Then there was a period of time when the
 the narrative shifted a little bit and the attitude changed. People 
started, you know, directing their frustrations towards school board 
members and and towards our teachers. And quickly we were seeing our 
teachers becoming the villains.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645456692352.png" alt="Michael Rebne, a teacher in the Kansas City, Kansas, public school district, appears at a Feb. 15, 2022, rally at the Statehouse in Topeka. Rebne joined a school board member from Topeka and a classroom teacher from Tonganoxie on the Kansas Reflector podcast to talk about sweeping K-12 education reform proposed by lawmakers. (Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector)" />
 <figcaption>Michael Rebne, a teacher in the Kansas City, Kansas, public school district, appears at a Feb. 15, 2022, rally at the Statehouse in Topeka. Rebne joined a school board member from Topeka and a classroom teacher from Tonganoxie on the Kansas Reflector podcast to talk about sweeping K-12 education reform proposed by lawmakers. (Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector)</figcaption>
 </figure>By TIM CARPENTER <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2022/02/21/two-teachers-school-board-member-wary-of-proposed-k-12-legislation-in-kansas/">Kansas Reflector</a>TOPEKA — Classroom teacher Michael Rebne has a sense of foreboding 
about a series of bills percolating in the Kansas Legislature to reform 
of the K-12 public education system.He’s taken note of Kansas and Senate bills that restrain teachers 
from nimbly adjusting a student’s approach to learning, funnel tax 
dollars to private schools, abandon child vaccination programs, dive 
into critical race theory, incentivize teachers to boost student test 
scores, label library books for violent or sexual content, and allow 
virtual or homeschool students participate in public school sports and 
extracurricular activities.“I feel like it’s targeted against public schools and educators to 
make us feel marginalized, to make us feel vulnerable, to make us feel 
distrusted,” said Rebne, a teacher in the Kansas City, Kansas, district.
 “And, ultimately, to I think that the end goal there for the right is 
to dismantle public schools.”Rebne said there were bills introduced in the Legislature that 
appeared to be attempts to pick on poor students and students of color. 
That kind of politics is reason enough for educators to be politically 
active, he said.He joined Tonganoxie middle school teacher Kathy Harrell and Shawnee 
Heights school board member Lauren Tice Miller on the Kansas Reflector 
podcast to offer their perspective on education issues one month in to 
the 2022 session.<div><iframe width="100%" height="300" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1219662631&color=%232b7fb4&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/kansas-reflector-podcast" title="Reflector Podcast" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Reflector Podcast</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/kansas-reflector-podcast/the-state-of-education-in-kansas" title="The state of public education in Kansas" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">The state of public education in Kansas</a></div></div><h2>Uneasy with vilification</h2>Harrell said tone of the discussion on education policy at the 
Capitol indicated the point was to indict teachers devoting themselves 
to educating more than 400,000 public school students in Kansas. Some 
bills and some rhetoric reads like attempts to vilify public school 
educators, she said.“The vast majority of us are people that truly care about our 
communities, that care about our students,” she said. “We really do have
 the best interests of our students at heart. You know, ask us directly 
what’s going on. We would appreciate that courtesy.”Harrell said there was no groundswell of parent or community demands 
for an overhaul of Kansas’ public education system. She said she’d never
 been personally approached by a parent questioning her approach to 
teaching history.Tice Miller, who also works as a lobbyist with the Kansas National 
Education Association, said lawmakers won’t get a clear picture of 
what’s going on in the state’s public schools without hearing from a 
range of teachers and administrators. Legislative work typically occurs 
Monday through Friday, days when classes are in session in schools. It’s
 difficult for educators, students and parents to participate in the 
process, she said.“If you truly want an opportunity to hear from teachers and parents have a hearing on a Saturday,” she said.Tice Miller said an example of inhibiting parent and teacher 
involvement in the legislation process was borne out at hearings on a 
proposed parental bill of rights covering access to information about a 
school or a child’s educational curriculum, examinations and reading 
materials and a teacher’s professional development initiatives. Pending 
legislation shreds emphasis on getting children vaccinated, but impose 
new costly requirements for school district websites that catalog 
information about all instructional materials potentially shared with 
students.She said a House committee allowed supporters of the reform bill to 
divide 30 minutes of testimony among three supporters of the bill. 
However, opponents of the legislation had 2 minutes each. Ironically, 
she said, the bill would require school boards accommodate a member of 
the public who wanted to speak during meetings. School boards have open 
comment periods at meetings, she said, but a House chairwoman opted to 
silence critics.“There’s a belief that there’s secrecy and that things are being 
taught in the classroom that aren’t actually being taught,” Tice Miller 
said.<h2>Test score bonuses</h2>Legislation pending in Topeka would require teachers to publish 
online references to books and other materials used to teach students.“It would require teachers to publish all of their items before the 
beginning of school and not deviate from it because of the fear of 
litigation or penalty of having their funding stripped,” Tice Miller 
said. We think there would be a severe chilling effect, because teachers
 wouldn’t be able to be spontaneous in the classroom.”Harrell said questions were justifiably raised about a bill that 
would covert about $50 million targeted at at-risk students to teacher 
bonuses based on student improvement on academic subjects. How could you
 equitably give that money out? How do you assess a kindergartener? And 
it certainly does not reflect why we go into education.”“No one goes into education to get rich,” Harrell said. “That’s such 
an oversimplified view of what teaching is. It certainly does not 
reflect why we go into education. what education is about.”Rebne said compensation research showed teacher bonuses didn’t result
 in higher student achievement. It would, he said,&nbsp; demoralize teachers 
and put them in a position of competition rather than collaboration 
necessary to deliver an education to students.“It would ultimately hurt students of color the most who have the 
most historically to lose and the most bias against them when it comes 
to these standardized tests,” Rebne said.<h2>Pandemic teaching</h2>Rebne said the legislative push against public education in 2022 
followed two years of the COVID-19 pandemic that disrupted in-person 
instruction, triggered conflict over masks and vaccinations, and led to 
shortages of substitute teachers. It’s required all in public education 
to be flexible and adaptive, he said.“A lot of teachers have been talking seriously about leaving the profession — leaving the profession permanently,” he said.Harrell and her husband both teach school, and they’ve concluded 
working in the education system amid the pandemic has been like learning
 to fly a plane while in the air.“I think we have risen to the occasion,” she said. “And, for the most part, you know, got through the best we could.”Tice Miller said the two years had been full of stress for school 
board members responsible for making district decisions about the 
coronavirus. It’s been a rollercoaster ride for students, staff and 
teachers, she said.“When the when the pandemic first started, teachers were hailed as 
the heroes,” Tice Miller said. “Then there was a period of time when the
 the narrative shifted a little bit and the attitude changed. People 
started, you know, directing their frustrations towards school board 
members and and towards our teachers. And quickly we were seeing our 
teachers becoming the villains.”

Teachers voice concerns over proposed K-12 legislation in Kansas

<a href="https://www.gliddenedigerfuneral.com/obituaries/Roberta-Reed-2/">Roberta Marie Mohler Reed Obituary - Visitation &amp; Funeral Information (gliddenedigerfuneral.com)</a>

Roberta Marie Mohler Reed, 95, of McPherson, died at the Cedars on Feb. 15, 2022.

Roberta was born July 23, 1926, to Robert E. and Velma Landis Mohler in McPherson. She was an unexpected delight to her parents, who having lost two babies previously, adopted two children, Elizabeth and Richard. Robert and Velma did not expect another baby to live and were not prepared for her arrival, but because Roberta’s rh-negative blood matched her mother’s, she not only lived, she thrived.

Roberta had a happy childhood growing up on College Hill just blocks from McPherson College where her father taught. Despite the Depression, the community provided support and friendship. As a child she swam in the old round pool in Lakeside Park; she walked to Washington School, home for lunch and back for the afternoon; she marched in the All Schools Day parade; and she made lifelong friends most of whom she outlived.

A defining moment was the death of her mother when she was 10. Roberta seldom spoke of it but once said she remembered little of the next two years. She spent a summer or two with her beloved aunt in Michigan and was blessed to gain a new mother when Robert married Fern Shoemaker and then younger siblings Edwin and Genelle.

Roberta graduated from McPherson High School in 1944 and McPherson College in 1948 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. 

But she often mentioned getting her MRS degree, marrying Marvin Krehbiel a week after graduation, June 5, 1948. She loved living on the farm where they raised their children Susan, Mary, John, and Tim. 

She was a loving mother who guided in gentle ways and led by example. She read endlessly to her children and showered them with her time. Later she showed the same love and support to her grandchildren. Family gatherings, vacations, and birthday parties were special. She bragged that all four of her children and all four of their spouses graduated from McPherson College—and they’re all still married!

After her divorce, she began a new phase of her life as owner/operator of McPherson Travel Center. She married Don Reed on Feb. 7, 1981, and shared much fun and many adventures with him until his death in 1999. 

Roberta’s family had taken annual summer vacations when she was growing up, and now her love of travel bloomed with trips in the U.S. and abroad. She flew on the Concorde, sailed on the Queen Elizabeth II, rode the Orient Express, and walked on the Great Wall of China. When asked her favorite trip, she always replied, “my last one.”

She was a lifelong active member of the McPherson Church of the Brethren and a 50+ year member of Chapter EU of the PEO sisterhood. 

A social person, she enjoyed entertaining in her home and being with friends in book clubs, bridge clubs, and gatherings formal and informal.

Throughout her seven-plus year struggle with dementia, she retained her positive outlook on life, her cheerful nature, her beautiful smile, and her inner strength. 

She died as peacefully as she lived. And yes, she was right. Her last trip is her best. Godspeed, dear Mother.

Her survivors include her children Susan Taylor (Bud), McPherson, Mary Bowman (Carl), Tipp City, Ohio, John Krehbiel (Cindy), McPherson, and Tim Krehbiel (Patti), Oxford, Ohio; grandchildren Tom Taylor (Michelle), Wichita, Jen Pollard (Nathan), McPherson, Adam Bowman (Kim), Coral Gables, Fla., Drew Bowman (Hannah), Columbus, Ohio, Will Krehbiel, McPherson, Ed Krehbiel (Liz), Oxford, Ohio, Robb Krehbiel, Tacoma, Wash., JJ Krehbiel (fiancee Catherine Clark), Atlanta, Ga., Rudy Krehbiel (Rachel), Atlanta, Ga., and Rhonda Krehbiel, Oxford, Ohio; great-grandchildren Ender Taylor, Wichita, Zane Taylor, Wichita, Ailla Pollard, McPherson, Lila Bowman, Coral Gables, Fla., and Jack Bowman, Coral Gables, Fla.; and siblings Edwin Mohler, Helena, Mont., and Genelle Krehbiel (Jim), Scott City.

Her husband, her parents, her brother Richard Mohler and sister Elizabeth Bollinger preceded her in death.

A private family burial service will be held in the McPherson Cemetery.

 A memorial service will be held at the McPherson Church of the Brethren Saturday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Chris Whitacre and the Rev. Kathryn Whitacre officiating. Masks required. 

The family requests memorials in lieu of flower, memorials may be sent to the McPherson Church of the Brethren—Oak Harbor Cottage project and to the McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation in care of Glidden Ediger Funeral Home, 222 W. Euclid, McPherson. 

The service may be viewed at&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/49ebFCssf0o" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/49ebFCssf0o</a>&nbsp;.

To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Roberta Marie Mohler Reed please visit our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gliddenedigerfuneral.com/store/Category.aspx?CategoryId=319&amp;icn=desktop_memorial_obituary_link#chooser">Sympathy Store</a>.

<h2>Roberta Marie Mohler Reed, McPherson</h2><figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645466329480.jpeg" alt="Roberta Marie Mohler Reed" />
 <figcaption>Roberta Marie Mohler Reed</figcaption>
 </figure><a href="https://www.gliddenedigerfuneral.com/obituaries/Roberta-Reed-2/">Roberta Marie Mohler Reed Obituary - Visitation &amp; Funeral Information (gliddenedigerfuneral.com)</a>July 23, 1926 - February 15, 2022Roberta Marie Mohler Reed, 95, of McPherson, died at the Cedars on Feb. 15, 2022.Roberta was born July 23, 1926, to Robert E. and Velma Landis Mohler in McPherson. She was an unexpected delight to her parents, who having lost two babies previously, adopted two children, Elizabeth and Richard. Robert and Velma did not expect another baby to live and were not prepared for her arrival, but because Roberta’s rh-negative blood matched her mother’s, she not only lived, she thrived.Roberta had a happy childhood growing up on College Hill just blocks from McPherson College where her father taught. Despite the Depression, the community provided support and friendship. As a child she swam in the old round pool in Lakeside Park; she walked to Washington School, home for lunch and back for the afternoon; she marched in the All Schools Day parade; and she made lifelong friends most of whom she outlived.A defining moment was the death of her mother when she was 10. Roberta seldom spoke of it but once said she remembered little of the next two years. She spent a summer or two with her beloved aunt in Michigan and was blessed to gain a new mother when Robert married Fern Shoemaker and then younger siblings Edwin and Genelle. Roberta graduated from McPherson High School in 1944 and McPherson College in 1948 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. But she often mentioned getting her MRS degree, marrying Marvin Krehbiel a week after graduation, June 5, 1948. She loved living on the farm where they raised their children Susan, Mary, John, and Tim. She was a loving mother who guided in gentle ways and led by example. She read endlessly to her children and showered them with her time. Later she showed the same love and support to her grandchildren. Family gatherings, vacations, and birthday parties were special. She bragged that all four of her children and all four of their spouses graduated from McPherson College—and they’re all still married!After her divorce, she began a new phase of her life as owner/operator of McPherson Travel Center. She married Don Reed on Feb. 7, 1981, and shared much fun and many adventures with him until his death in 1999. Roberta’s family had taken annual summer vacations when she was growing up, and now her love of travel bloomed with trips in the U.S. and abroad. She flew on the Concorde, sailed on the Queen Elizabeth II, rode the Orient Express, and walked on the Great Wall of China. When asked her favorite trip, she always replied, “my last one.”She was a lifelong active member of the McPherson Church of the Brethren and a 50+ year member of Chapter EU of the PEO sisterhood. A social person, she enjoyed entertaining in her home and being with friends in book clubs, bridge clubs, and gatherings formal and informal. Throughout her seven-plus year struggle with dementia, she retained her positive outlook on life, her cheerful nature, her beautiful smile, and her inner strength. She died as peacefully as she lived. And yes, she was right. Her last trip is her best. Godspeed, dear Mother.Her survivors include her children Susan Taylor (Bud), McPherson, Mary Bowman (Carl), Tipp City, Ohio, John Krehbiel (Cindy), McPherson, and Tim Krehbiel (Patti), Oxford, Ohio; grandchildren Tom Taylor (Michelle), Wichita, Jen Pollard (Nathan), McPherson, Adam Bowman (Kim), Coral Gables, Fla., Drew Bowman (Hannah), Columbus, Ohio, Will Krehbiel, McPherson, Ed Krehbiel (Liz), Oxford, Ohio, Robb Krehbiel, Tacoma, Wash., JJ Krehbiel (fiancee Catherine Clark), Atlanta, Ga., Rudy Krehbiel (Rachel), Atlanta, Ga., and Rhonda Krehbiel, Oxford, Ohio; great-grandchildren Ender Taylor, Wichita, Zane Taylor, Wichita, Ailla Pollard, McPherson, Lila Bowman, Coral Gables, Fla., and Jack Bowman, Coral Gables, Fla.; and siblings Edwin Mohler, Helena, Mont., and Genelle Krehbiel (Jim), Scott City.Her husband, her parents, her brother Richard Mohler and sister Elizabeth Bollinger preceded her in death.A private family burial service will be held in the McPherson Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at the McPherson Church of the Brethren Saturday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Chris Whitacre and the Rev. Kathryn Whitacre officiating. Masks required. The family requests memorials in lieu of flower, memorials may be sent to the McPherson Church of the Brethren—Oak Harbor Cottage project and to the McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation in care of Glidden Ediger Funeral Home, 222 W. Euclid, McPherson. The service may be viewed at&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/49ebFCssf0o" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/49ebFCssf0o</a>&nbsp;. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Roberta Marie Mohler Reed please visit our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gliddenedigerfuneral.com/store/Category.aspx?CategoryId=319&amp;icn=desktop_memorial_obituary_link#chooser">Sympathy Store</a>.

Roberta Marie Mohler Reed

SEDGWICK COUNTY— A Kansas man accused in an attempted carjacking made his first court appearance Friday.

Zachary Province, 38, Haysville, was charged with with 2 counts of flee and attempting to elude an officer and driving while license is suspended. He was released on bond,&nbsp;according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

Just before 11:30 a.m. on February 15, police&nbsp; responded to a carjacking call near Harry and Hillside in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.. On arrival, they contacted a 59-year-old woman who reported two male suspects attempted to rob her of her purse and steal her vehicle. 

She said that one of the suspects produced a handgun and threatened to shoot her. She was able to get away and call 911, and the two men fled the scene in what was described as a dark color Chevy impala. She was also able to give police a tag number for the suspect vehicle.

At approximately 3:30 p.m., police were conducting follow-up when they located the vehicle near Merton and Seneca. Officers attempted to stop the car, but it refused to stop, and a pursuit was initiated.

The pursuit continued until the suspect vehicle crashed into a stop sign at 31st and Euclid, where two suspects fled the vehicle on foot. The driver was taken into custody and identified Province. Police did not locate the passenger. The vehicle they were in had been stolen, according to Macy.

Province was arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County jail until Friday's hearing. His next court date is February 28, according to the district attorney's office.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645065022585.png" alt="Province-photo Sedgwick County" />
 <figcaption>Province-photo Sedgwick County</figcaption>
 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY— A Kansas man accused in an attempted carjacking made his first court appearance Friday.Zachary Province, 38, Haysville, was charged with with 2 counts of flee and attempting to elude an officer and driving while license is suspended. He was released on bond,&nbsp;according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.Just before 11:30 a.m. on February 15, police&nbsp; responded to a carjacking call near Harry and Hillside in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.. On arrival, they contacted a 59-year-old woman who reported two male suspects attempted to rob her of her purse and steal her vehicle. She said that one of the suspects produced a handgun and threatened to shoot her. She was able to get away and call 911, and the two men fled the scene in what was described as a dark color Chevy impala. She was also able to give police a tag number for the suspect vehicle.At approximately 3:30 p.m., police were conducting follow-up when they located the vehicle near Merton and Seneca. Officers attempted to stop the car, but it refused to stop, and a pursuit was initiated.The pursuit continued until the suspect vehicle crashed into a stop sign at 31st and Euclid, where two suspects fled the vehicle on foot. The driver was taken into custody and identified Province. Police did not locate the passenger. The vehicle they were in had been stolen, according to Macy.Province was arrested and booked into the Sedgwick County jail until Friday's hearing. His next court date is February 28, according to the district attorney's office.

Suspect in attempted Kansas carjacking released on bond

SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman after a wrong-way crash.

Just before&nbsp;2:30 a.m. Sunday, the Shawnee County Emergency Communication Center received a report of a wrong way driver, a 2008 Nissan Altima, traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 470 near the SW Gage Boulevard exit, according to Deputy Abigail Christian.

Deputies responded and located the suspect vehicle just after it struck&nbsp; a 2013 GMC Terrain near the Interstate 70 interchange.

One of the three occupants of the GMC was extricated and transported to a local hospital by American Medical Response (AMR) with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver and sole occupant of the Nissan identified as 25-year-old Myisha D. Holford of Topeka, was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of driving under the influence, driving the wrong direction on a one-way highway and no vehicle liability insurance. The accident is still under investigation, according to Christian.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645446420549.png" alt="Holford-photo Shawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Holford-photo Shawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman after a wrong-way crash.Just before&nbsp;2:30 a.m. Sunday, the Shawnee County Emergency Communication Center received a report of a wrong way driver, a 2008 Nissan Altima, traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 470 near the SW Gage Boulevard exit, according to Deputy Abigail Christian.Deputies responded and located the suspect vehicle just after it struck&nbsp; a 2013 GMC Terrain near the Interstate 70 interchange.One of the three occupants of the GMC was extricated and transported to a local hospital by American Medical Response (AMR) with non-life-threatening injuries.The driver and sole occupant of the Nissan identified as 25-year-old Myisha D. Holford of Topeka, was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of driving under the influence, driving the wrong direction on a one-way highway and no vehicle liability insurance. The accident is still under investigation, according to Christian.

Kansas woman accused of DUI after wrong-way crash

Today is Monday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2022. There are 313 days left in the year. This is Presidents Day. 

On Feb. 21, 1975, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up (each ended up serving 1 1/2 years).

In 1437, James I, King of Scots, was assassinated; his 6-year-old son succeeded him as James II.

In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated.

In 1911, composer Gustav Mahler, despite a fever, conducted the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in what turned out to be his final concert (he died the following May). 

In 1964, the first shipment of U.S. wheat purchased by the Soviet Union arrived in the port of Odessa.

In 1965, minister and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem's Audubon Ballroom in New York. (Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of murder and imprisoned; all were eventually paroled. The convictions of two of the men were dismissed in November 2021; prosecutors said new evidence had undermined the case against them.) 

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing.

In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing all but five of the 113 people on board.

In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States won the gold medal in ladies' figure skating at the Albertville Olympics; Midori Ito of Japan won the silver, Nancy Kerrigan of the U.S. the bronze.

In 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean by balloon, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.

In 2018, the Rev. Billy Graham, a confidant of presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died at his North Carolina home; he was 99. 

In 2019, teachers in Oakland, California, went on strike in the latest in a wave of teacher activism that had included walkouts in Denver, Los Angeles and West Virginia.

In 2020, a temporary truce between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan took effect, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal the following week. 

Ten years ago: The 17-nation eurozone approved a $170 billion bailout for Greece, which received the news with a mixture of relief and foreboding.

Five years ago: President Donald Trump condemned recent threats against Jewish community centers in the U.S. as "painful reminders" of lingering prejudice and evil; the president also denounced "bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms" during his first visit to the new Smithsonian Black history museum. Conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos resigned as an editor for Breitbart News, apologizing for comments he'd made in video clips in which he appeared to defend sexual relationships between men and boys as young as 13.

One year ago: Hospitals across the southern United States grappled with ruptured water pipes and patient transfers as the region carried on with efforts to recover from the winter weather that paralyzed parts of the nation. Police in Liberty, New York, said an expectant father was killed when a device he was building for a gender reveal party exploded. Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev in three sets to win his ninth Australian Open championship and 18th Grand Slam title.

Today's Birthdays: Movie director Bob Rafelson is 89. Actor Gary Lockwood is 85. Actor-director Richard Beymer is 83. Actor Peter McEnery is 82. Film/music company executive David Geffen is 79. Actor Tyne Daly is 76. Actor Anthony Daniels is 76. Tricia Nixon Cox is 76. Former Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, is 75. Rock musician Jerry Harrison (The Heads) is 73. Actor Christine Ebersole is 69. Actor William Petersen is 69. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 67. Singer/guitarist Larry Campbell is 67. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 64. Actor Kim Coates is 64. Actor Jack Coleman is 64. Actor Christopher Atkins is 61. Actor William Baldwin is 59. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is 58. Rock musician Michael Ward is 55. Actor Aunjanue Ellis is 53. Blues musician Corey Harris is 53. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 52. Rock musician Eric Wilson is 52. Rock musician Tad Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 49. Singer Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops) is 45. Actor Tituss Burgess is 43. Actor Jennifer Love Hewitt is 43. Comedian-actor Jordan Peele is 43. Actor Brendan Sexton III is 42. Singer Charlotte Church is 36. Actor Ashley Greene is 35. Actor Elliot Page is 35. Actor Corbin Bleu is 33. Actor Hayley Orrantia is 28. Actor Sophie Turner is 26.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573488868914.jpeg" alt="Photo of old book courtesy <a href="http://shutterstock.com">shutterstock</a>" />
 <figcaption>Photo of old book courtesy <a href="http://shutterstock.com">shutterstock</a></figcaption>
 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Monday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2022. There are 313 days left in the year. This is Presidents Day. Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 21, 1975, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up (each ended up serving 1 1/2 years).On this date:In 1437, James I, King of Scots, was assassinated; his 6-year-old son succeeded him as James II.In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated.In 1911, composer Gustav Mahler, despite a fever, conducted the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in what turned out to be his final concert (he died the following May). In 1964, the first shipment of U.S. wheat purchased by the Soviet Union arrived in the port of Odessa.In 1965, minister and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem's Audubon Ballroom in New York. (Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of murder and imprisoned; all were eventually paroled. The convictions of two of the men were dismissed in November 2021; prosecutors said new evidence had undermined the case against them.) In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing.In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing all but five of the 113 people on board.In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States won the gold medal in ladies' figure skating at the Albertville Olympics; Midori Ito of Japan won the silver, Nancy Kerrigan of the U.S. the bronze.In 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean by balloon, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.In 2018, the Rev. Billy Graham, a confidant of presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died at his North Carolina home; he was 99. In 2019, teachers in Oakland, California, went on strike in the latest in a wave of teacher activism that had included walkouts in Denver, Los Angeles and West Virginia.In 2020, a temporary truce between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan took effect, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal the following week. Ten years ago: The 17-nation eurozone approved a $170 billion bailout for Greece, which received the news with a mixture of relief and foreboding. Five years ago: President Donald Trump condemned recent threats against Jewish community centers in the U.S. as "painful reminders" of lingering prejudice and evil; the president also denounced "bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms" during his first visit to the new Smithsonian Black history museum. Conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos resigned as an editor for Breitbart News, apologizing for comments he'd made in video clips in which he appeared to defend sexual relationships between men and boys as young as 13.One year ago: Hospitals across the southern United States grappled with ruptured water pipes and patient transfers as the region carried on with efforts to recover from the winter weather that paralyzed parts of the nation. Police in Liberty, New York, said an expectant father was killed when a device he was building for a gender reveal party exploded. Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev in three sets to win his ninth Australian Open championship and 18th Grand Slam title.Today's Birthdays: Movie director Bob Rafelson is 89. Actor Gary Lockwood is 85. Actor-director Richard Beymer is 83. Actor Peter McEnery is 82. Film/music company executive David Geffen is 79. Actor Tyne Daly is 76. Actor Anthony Daniels is 76. Tricia Nixon Cox is 76. Former Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, is 75. Rock musician Jerry Harrison (The Heads) is 73. Actor Christine Ebersole is 69. Actor William Petersen is 69. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 67. Singer/guitarist Larry Campbell is 67. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 64. Actor Kim Coates is 64. Actor Jack Coleman is 64. Actor Christopher Atkins is 61. Actor William Baldwin is 59. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is 58. Rock musician Michael Ward is 55. Actor Aunjanue Ellis is 53. Blues musician Corey Harris is 53. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 52. Rock musician Eric Wilson is 52. Rock musician Tad Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 49. Singer Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops) is 45. Actor Tituss Burgess is 43. Actor Jennifer Love Hewitt is 43. Comedian-actor Jordan Peele is 43. Actor Brendan Sexton III is 42. Singer Charlotte Church is 36. Actor Ashley Greene is 35. Actor Elliot Page is 35. Actor Corbin Bleu is 33. Actor Hayley Orrantia is 28. Actor Sophie Turner is 26.

Today in History - Feb. 21

SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspects on drug charges after an investigation.

 On Friday, members of the Topeka Police Department Narcotics Unit and the Shawnee County Drug Task Force served a search warrant in the 1300 Block of NE Jefferson in Topeka as part of an ongoing investigation, according to Lt. Ronnie Connell.

&nbsp;Officers located methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and firearms.

They arrested Robert Adams, 57 and Tammy Wampler, 46, and transported them to the Shawnee County Department of Corrections.

&nbsp;Adams is being held on requested charges of&nbsp;&nbsp;Distribution of methamphetamine within 1000’ of a school, Distribution of marijuana within 1000’ of a school, Possession of drug paraphernalia with intent of distribution, Aggravated Endangering a Child, Unlawful to acquire proceeds from drug transaction and Unlawful distribution of a controlled substance using a communication facility

Wampler was booking on requested charges of&nbsp; Possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant, Possession of drug paraphernalia and Aggravated Endangering a Child.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645286261984.png" alt="Adams-photo Shawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Adams-photo Shawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspects on drug charges after an investigation. On Friday, members of the Topeka Police Department Narcotics Unit and the Shawnee County Drug Task Force served a search warrant in the 1300 Block of NE Jefferson in Topeka as part of an ongoing investigation, according to Lt. Ronnie Connell.&nbsp;Officers located methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and firearms.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645286183436.png" alt="Wampler-photo Shawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Wampler-photo Shawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>They arrested Robert Adams, 57 and Tammy Wampler, 46, and transported them to the Shawnee County Department of Corrections.&nbsp;Adams is being held on requested charges of&nbsp;&nbsp;Distribution of methamphetamine within 1000’ of a school, Distribution of marijuana within 1000’ of a school, Possession of drug paraphernalia with intent of distribution, Aggravated Endangering a Child, Unlawful to acquire proceeds from drug transaction and Unlawful distribution of a controlled substance using a communication facilityWampler was booking on requested charges of&nbsp; Possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant, Possession of drug paraphernalia and Aggravated Endangering a Child.

Couple jailed after drug bust at Kansas home with children

MCPHERSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect after an overnight standoff in McPherson County.&nbsp;

Just after 1 a.m. Sunday, sheriff's deputies responded on an ongoing domestic situation in the 1000 block of Sixth Avenue in rural McPherson County, according to Sheriff Jerry Montagne.

The suspect identified as 39-year-old Justin St. John was armed with a rifle and had made threats of violence. Just after 2 a.m., the McPherson County Special Response Team was asked to help resolve the situation. Negotiators reached St. John by phone and communicated with him for approximately 30 minutes.&nbsp;

At 4:30 a.m., members of the Special Response Team took St. John into custody and booked him on requested charges of aggravated assault and criminal threat, according to Montagne.&nbsp; Authorities will forward a report to the county attorney.&nbsp; St. John was no longer in custody Sunday afternoon, according to online jail records.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645396530287.png" alt="St. John-photo McPherson Co." />
 <figcaption>St. John-photo McPherson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>By THE POST NEWS NETWORKMCPHERSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect after an overnight standoff in McPherson County.&nbsp;Just after 1 a.m. Sunday, sheriff's deputies responded on an ongoing domestic situation in the 1000 block of Sixth Avenue in rural McPherson County, according to Sheriff Jerry Montagne.The suspect identified as 39-year-old Justin St. John was armed with a rifle and had made threats of violence. Just after 2 a.m., the McPherson County Special Response Team was asked to help resolve the situation. Negotiators reached St. John by phone and communicated with him for approximately 30 minutes.&nbsp;At 4:30 a.m., members of the Special Response Team took St. John into custody and booked him on requested charges of aggravated assault and criminal threat, according to Montagne.&nbsp; Authorities will forward a report to the county attorney.&nbsp; St. John was no longer in custody Sunday afternoon, according to online jail records.

Man arrested after long standoff at rural McPherson Co. home

By CELIA LLOPIS-JEPSEN <a href="https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-02-16/a-few-kansas-jails-are-finally-allowing-medical-care-for-opioid-addiction">Kansas News Service</a>

A recent decision to let people continue treatment for drug addiction
 while in the Sedgwick County Jail in Wichita reflects a significant 
shift in thinking at Kansas sheriffs’ offices that is gaining momentum.

Sedgwick officials no longer take people off of their prescriptions for <a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment" target="_blank">medications such as buprenorphine</a> when booked into jail.

No
 one keeps a tally of how many Kansas jails allow incarcerated people 
with opioid or alcohol addictions to receive the combination of 
medication and counseling that can help them.

But nationally, <a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/08/10/these-meds-prevent-overdoses-few-federal-prisoners-are-getting-them" target="_blank">only a fraction</a> of jails do so, researchers say.

Sedgwick’s joins at least a few other Kansas jails that do so, including Crawford County’s in southeast Kansas.

“I
 mean, something’s got to change,” Crawford County Sheriff Danny Smith 
said of the decision to allow addiction treatment. “Otherwise, it’s just
 a revolving door all the time.”

Studies suggest <a href="https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/criminal-justice" target="_blank">two-thirds of prison inmates</a>
 have substance use disorders. Allowing treatment for people in jails or
 prisons aims to break the cycle of incarceration — and to save lives.

Fatal overdoses have <a href="https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-01-10/dealers-are-spiking-drugs-with-fentanyl-and-killing-even-more-kansans-during-the-pandemic" target="_blank">rocketed during the pandemic</a>
 in Kansas and nationally, driven in large part by dealers selling drugs
 laced with fentanyl. Spiking methamphetamine, cocaine or oxycodone with
 this synthetic opioid makes those substances even more potent and 
addictive, but also easily lethal.

When someone who suffers drug addiction gets out of jail or prison, they face an <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28299971/" target="_blank">elevated risk</a> of overdosing soon after release.

A
 few years ago, Smith got a call from the Community Health Center of 
Southeast Kansas. The center had funding to launch a treatment program 
for the 108-bed jail, if Smith would allow it.

“Honestly,” Smith said, “our willingness to have our facility used for this is a no brainer.”

The
 program launched in August 2020. He hopes for “a ripple effect” that 
will help people heal, get jobs, repair family relationships and stay 
out of jail.

Since the program began in August 2020, 207 
incarcerated people have volunteered for it. The treatment isn’t 
court-ordered or part of probation deals. Most have continued their care
 after leaving jail.

Doctors <a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/medications-counseling-related-conditions#opioid-dependency-medications" target="_blank">prescribe medications</a>
 to reduce cravings for opioids or alcohol, ease withdrawal symptoms and
 even block the brain from being able to get high off of drugs such as 
oxycodone and heroin.

Typically, treatment involves buprenorphine, methadone or naltrexone.

Tanner,
 a Wichita resident in recovery, said this played a critical role for 
him. (The Kansas News Service is not using his last name to protect his 
privacy.)

He first encountered opioids more than a decade ago, shortly after finishing high school.

A doctor sent his friend home from surgery with painkillers — a prescription so ample that the friend shared them with others.

Once the pills ran out, Tanner and his friends began looking for opioids elsewhere.

His use spiraled out of control, particularly after one friend 
overdosed on heroin and died. That spurred Tanner to get high more and 
more often.

“Depression and all that started setting in pretty heavy,” he said. “Wanting to mask the feelings of hurt, pain, guilt.”

Tanner stole from relatives and his workplace to buy drugs, and ultimately landed in jail.

After several years, he entered treatment in 2012 with a combination of counseling and medication, and felt relief.

He tried once to get high while taking his new prescription, but felt nothing.

“Why
 waste my money (on opioids), when I’m not going to be able to feel 
anything from it?” he said. “There’s no euphoria. There’s nothing. I 
mean, that’s the huge thing — if you take the medication right.”

Traditionally,
 though, many jails and prisons across the country haven’t allowed 
medications that combat drug and alcohol addiction.

That means people can’t connect with a physician to start treatment while they’re incarcerated.

It also means people who were already in treatment programs before being booked lose access to care while locked up.

Medical
 professionals and counselors who work with addiction have pushed for 
quality care based on decades of research. And civil rights lawyers have
 filed lawsuits that led to settlements or court orders.

In 2019, <a href="https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-judge-rules-jail-must-allow-access-medication-assisted-treatment" target="_blank">a judge ordered</a> a Maine county jail to let a woman continue buprenorphine during her 40-day sentence.

The same year, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the ACLU of Missouri <a href="https://www.aclukansas.org/en/press-releases/kansas-and-missouri-aclu-affiliates-reach-settlement-bureau-prisons-leavenworth" target="_blank">sued the federal prison system</a>
 for denying medication to a man sentenced to serve time at Leavenworth 
penitentiary. Two days later, the Federal Bureau of Prisons agreed to 
let him continue buprenorphine.

County jails in Kansas that allow such medications say they get phone calls from other sheriffs interested in following suit.

Recently,
 the Sedgwick County Jail began letting people continue methadone and 
similar medications after being booked. Previously, only pregnant women 
were allowed to do so.

“Our jails are full of people who are our 
families, friends and neighbors,” said Col. Jared Schechter, the jail 
administrator. “If they make a mistake and break a law or have a 
probation violation and end up back in jail for a short period of time, 
should they be removed from this medication that’s helping them with 
their addiction?”

“That’s probably not the best way to help them reintegrate into the community,” he said.

For now, the change only applies to people who began treatment before entering jail. But the Sheriff’s Office hopes to extend the care to anyone who wants to start treatment after entering jail and is exploring the cost.

Groups
 who help people in recovery see that as a positive step, but want to 
see more effort to treat people outside of jails and prisons, and to 
prevent addiction entirely.

“From an economic standpoint, there 
certainly is a strong case to be made here for MAT (medication-assisted 
treatment) within the prison system,” said Ngoc Vuong, a community 
mobilizer for Partners for Wichita. “But also I'd say, MAT as an 
alternative to incarceration in the first place.”

Partners for Wichita operates a Safe Streets program to combat addiction and overdoses.

Additionally,
 criminal justice researchers say jails and prisons that offer 
medication-assisted treatment often limit access in practice. Or they 
restrict inmates to naltrexone, for example, even when a different 
prescription might work better.

As of last year, <a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/08/10/these-meds-prevent-overdoses-few-federal-prisoners-are-getting-them" target="_blank">the Marshall Project</a> found that very few federal inmates who could benefit from it actually receive medication for their substance use disorders.

The
 Marshall Project also concluded that many state prison systems, 
including that of Kansas, limit medication options or access in one way 
or another.

A spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Corrections
 said inmates can continue medications for drug addiction after entering
 prison. And others can undergo medical assessment to potentially start 
treatment.

Daniel Warren, a physician who treats addiction, welcomes the Sedgwick County jail’s new approach to addiction treatment.

“That
 is a big development,” said Warren, a professor at the University of 
Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. “Overdose after leaving incarceration
 is its own kind of public health epidemic … Maintaining people on 
buprenorphine during their incarceration period is something that is 
really important.”

And when people exit jail, they should leave with clear connections to long-term help.

“There are ways to link people to care afterwards that do not have to be phenomenally challenging,” Warren said.

Some
 treatment programs have grants to help people who can’t afford 
treatment, and staff who can meet with people before their release from 
jail to arrange access to care and medication.

That’s the case at 
Douglas County Jail, where people can start addiction treatment and work
 with a case manager who assists them for half a year or longer after 
leaving jail.

“Everybody 
enters recovery at different stages,” she said. “Sometimes it may take a
 person one time through inpatient treatment … Some people, it doesn’t 
happen like that.”

Most people do achieve long-term <a href="https://health.wusf.usf.edu/npr-health/2022-01-15/there-is-life-after-addiction-most-people-recover" target="_blank">recovery from addiction</a>, although the process often takes years and involves relapses.

“This
 is a huge need,” Neis said. “Folks coming in and out of our facility, 
if they’re ready and willing to work, then we’re here for them and can 
get them where they need to go.”

Celia Llopis-Jepsen reports on
 consumer health for the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on 
Twitter @celia_LJ or email her at celia@kcur.org.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645113109595.png" alt="Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3" />
 <figcaption>Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3</figcaption>
 </figure>By CELIA LLOPIS-JEPSEN <a href="https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-02-16/a-few-kansas-jails-are-finally-allowing-medical-care-for-opioid-addiction">Kansas News Service</a>A recent decision to let people continue treatment for drug addiction
 while in the Sedgwick County Jail in Wichita reflects a significant 
shift in thinking at Kansas sheriffs’ offices that is gaining momentum.Sedgwick officials no longer take people off of their prescriptions for <a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment" target="_blank">medications such as buprenorphine</a> when booked into jail.No
 one keeps a tally of how many Kansas jails allow incarcerated people 
with opioid or alcohol addictions to receive the combination of 
medication and counseling that can help them.But nationally, <a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/08/10/these-meds-prevent-overdoses-few-federal-prisoners-are-getting-them" target="_blank">only a fraction</a> of jails do so, researchers say.Sedgwick’s joins at least a few other Kansas jails that do so, including Crawford County’s in southeast Kansas.“I
 mean, something’s got to change,” Crawford County Sheriff Danny Smith 
said of the decision to allow addiction treatment. “Otherwise, it’s just
 a revolving door all the time.”Studies suggest <a href="https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/criminal-justice" target="_blank">two-thirds of prison inmates</a>
 have substance use disorders. Allowing treatment for people in jails or
 prisons aims to break the cycle of incarceration — and to save lives.Fatal overdoses have <a href="https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-01-10/dealers-are-spiking-drugs-with-fentanyl-and-killing-even-more-kansans-during-the-pandemic" target="_blank">rocketed during the pandemic</a>
 in Kansas and nationally, driven in large part by dealers selling drugs
 laced with fentanyl. Spiking methamphetamine, cocaine or oxycodone with
 this synthetic opioid makes those substances even more potent and 
addictive, but also easily lethal.When someone who suffers drug addiction gets out of jail or prison, they face an <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28299971/" target="_blank">elevated risk</a> of overdosing soon after release.A
 few years ago, Smith got a call from the Community Health Center of 
Southeast Kansas. The center had funding to launch a treatment program 
for the 108-bed jail, if Smith would allow it.“Honestly,” Smith said, “our willingness to have our facility used for this is a no brainer.”The
 program launched in August 2020. He hopes for “a ripple effect” that 
will help people heal, get jobs, repair family relationships and stay 
out of jail.Since the program began in August 2020, 207 
incarcerated people have volunteered for it. The treatment isn’t 
court-ordered or part of probation deals. Most have continued their care
 after leaving jail.<h2>Tanner's story</h2>Doctors <a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/medications-counseling-related-conditions#opioid-dependency-medications" target="_blank">prescribe medications</a>
 to reduce cravings for opioids or alcohol, ease withdrawal symptoms and
 even block the brain from being able to get high off of drugs such as 
oxycodone and heroin.Typically, treatment involves buprenorphine, methadone or naltrexone.Tanner,
 a Wichita resident in recovery, said this played a critical role for 
him. (The Kansas News Service is not using his last name to protect his 
privacy.)He first encountered opioids more than a decade ago, shortly after finishing high school.A doctor sent his friend home from surgery with painkillers — a prescription so ample that the friend shared them with others.Once the pills ran out, Tanner and his friends began looking for opioids elsewhere.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645113174698.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>His use spiraled out of control, particularly after one friend 
overdosed on heroin and died. That spurred Tanner to get high more and 
more often.“Depression and all that started setting in pretty heavy,” he said. “Wanting to mask the feelings of hurt, pain, guilt.”Tanner stole from relatives and his workplace to buy drugs, and ultimately landed in jail.After several years, he entered treatment in 2012 with a combination of counseling and medication, and felt relief.He tried once to get high while taking his new prescription, but felt nothing.“Why
 waste my money (on opioids), when I’m not going to be able to feel 
anything from it?” he said. “There’s no euphoria. There’s nothing. I 
mean, that’s the huge thing — if you take the medication right.”<h2>Treatment in jails and prisons</h2>Traditionally,
 though, many jails and prisons across the country haven’t allowed 
medications that combat drug and alcohol addiction.That means people can’t connect with a physician to start treatment while they’re incarcerated.It also means people who were already in treatment programs before being booked lose access to care while locked up.Things are slowly changing.Medical
 professionals and counselors who work with addiction have pushed for 
quality care based on decades of research. And civil rights lawyers have
 filed lawsuits that led to settlements or court orders.In 2019, <a href="https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-judge-rules-jail-must-allow-access-medication-assisted-treatment" target="_blank">a judge ordered</a> a Maine county jail to let a woman continue buprenorphine during her 40-day sentence.The same year, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the ACLU of Missouri <a href="https://www.aclukansas.org/en/press-releases/kansas-and-missouri-aclu-affiliates-reach-settlement-bureau-prisons-leavenworth" target="_blank">sued the federal prison system</a>
 for denying medication to a man sentenced to serve time at Leavenworth 
penitentiary. Two days later, the Federal Bureau of Prisons agreed to 
let him continue buprenorphine.County jails in Kansas that allow such medications say they get phone calls from other sheriffs interested in following suit.Recently,
 the Sedgwick County Jail began letting people continue methadone and 
similar medications after being booked. Previously, only pregnant women 
were allowed to do so.“Our jails are full of people who are our 
families, friends and neighbors,” said Col. Jared Schechter, the jail 
administrator. “If they make a mistake and break a law or have a 
probation violation and end up back in jail for a short period of time, 
should they be removed from this medication that’s helping them with 
their addiction?”“That’s probably not the best way to help them reintegrate into the community,” he said.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1645113218229.png" alt="Fake oxycodone pills often contain fentanyl. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration" />
 <figcaption>Fake oxycodone pills often contain fentanyl. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration</figcaption>
 </figure>For now, the change only applies to people who began treatment before entering jail. But the Sheriff’s Office hopes to extend the care to anyone who wants to start treatment after entering jail and is exploring the cost.Groups
 who help people in recovery see that as a positive step, but want to 
see more effort to treat people outside of jails and prisons, and to 
prevent addiction entirely.“From an economic standpoint, there 
certainly is a strong case to be made here for MAT (medication-assisted 
treatment) within the prison system,” said Ngoc Vuong, a community 
mobilizer for Partners for Wichita. “But also I'd say, MAT as an 
alternative to incarceration in the first place.”Partners for Wichita operates a Safe Streets program to combat addiction and overdoses.Additionally,
 criminal justice researchers say jails and prisons that offer 
medication-assisted treatment often limit access in practice. Or they 
restrict inmates to naltrexone, for example, even when a different 
prescription might work better.As of last year, <a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/08/10/these-meds-prevent-overdoses-few-federal-prisoners-are-getting-them" target="_blank">the Marshall Project</a> found that very few federal inmates who could benefit from it actually receive medication for their substance use disorders.The
 Marshall Project also concluded that many state prison systems, 
including that of Kansas, limit medication options or access in one way 
or another.A spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Corrections
 said inmates can continue medications for drug addiction after entering
 prison. And others can undergo medical assessment to potentially start 
treatment.<h2>Linking people to medical providers</h2>Daniel Warren, a physician who treats addiction, welcomes the Sedgwick County jail’s new approach to addiction treatment.“That
 is a big development,” said Warren, a professor at the University of 
Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. “Overdose after leaving incarceration
 is its own kind of public health epidemic … Maintaining people on 
buprenorphine during their incarceration period is something that is 
really important.”And when people exit jail, they should leave with clear connections to long-term help.“There are ways to link people to care afterwards that do not have to be phenomenally challenging,” Warren said.Some
 treatment programs have grants to help people who can’t afford 
treatment, and staff who can meet with people before their release from 
jail to arrange access to care and medication.That’s the case at 
Douglas County Jail, where people can start addiction treatment and work
 with a case manager who assists them for half a year or longer after 
leaving jail.Carrie Neis directs those efforts.“Everybody 
enters recovery at different stages,” she said. “Sometimes it may take a
 person one time through inpatient treatment … Some people, it doesn’t 
happen like that.”Most people do achieve long-term <a href="https://health.wusf.usf.edu/npr-health/2022-01-15/there-is-life-after-addiction-most-people-recover" target="_blank">recovery from addiction</a>, although the process often takes years and involves relapses.“This
 is a huge need,” Neis said. “Folks coming in and out of our facility, 
if they’re ready and willing to work, then we’re here for them and can 
get them where they need to go.”Celia Llopis-Jepsen reports on
 consumer health for the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on 
Twitter @celia_LJ or email her at celia@kcur.org.

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Today is Sunday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2022. There are 314 days left in the year.

On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Project Mercury's Friendship 7 spacecraft, which circled the globe three times in a flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds before splashing down safely in the Atlantic Ocean 800 miles southeast of Bermuda.

In 1792, President George Washington signed an act creating the United States Post Office Department.

In 1862, William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President Abraham Lincoln and first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, died at the White House, apparently of typhoid fever.

In 1905, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, upheld, 7-2, compulsory vaccination laws intended to protect the public's health.

In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an immigration act which excluded "idiots, imbeciles, feebleminded persons, epileptics, insane persons" from being admitted to the United States.

In 1933, Congress proposed the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to repeal Prohibition.

In 1938, Anthony Eden resigned as British foreign secretary following Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's decision to negotiate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

In 1965, America's Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon, as planned, after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.

In 1987, a bomb left by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski exploded behind a computer store in Salt Lake City, seriously injuring store owner Gary Wright. 

In 1998, Tara Lipinski of the U.S. won the ladies' figure skating gold medal at the Nagano Olympics; Michelle Kwan won the silver.

In 2003, a fire sparked by pyrotechnics broke out during a concert by the group Great White at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others.

In 2005, death claimed actor Sandra Dee at age 62; musical actor John Raitt at age 88; and counterculture writer Hunter S. Thompson at age 67.

In 2020, a poll by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found more Americans expressing some concern about catching the flu than about catching the coronavirus. 

Ten years ago: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held an unprecedented meeting with opposition leaders, who said they were encouraged by his promises to make it easier for anti-Kremlin parties to take part in elections. Former senator and astronaut John Glenn celebrated the 50th anniversary of his history-making space flight at the Ohio State University by kicking off a forum about NASA's future.

Five years ago: President Donald Trump tapped Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser, replacing the ousted Michael Flynn.

One year ago: Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing, with one very large piece that appeared to be part of the engine narrowly missing a home; authorities said nobody aboard or on the ground was reported hurt. Naomi Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam trophy by pulling away to beat Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the Australian Open final.

Today's Birthdays: Racing Hall of Famer Roger Penske is 85. Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is 81. Hockey Hall of Famer Phil Esposito is 80. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is 80. Movie director Mike Leigh is 79. Actor Brenda Blethyn is 76. Actor Sandy Duncan is 76. Actor Peter Strauss is 75. Rock musician Billy Zoom (X) is 74. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is 71. Actor John Voldstad is 71. Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is 68. Actor Anthony Head is 68. Country singer Leland Martin is 65. Actor James Wilby is 64. Rock musician Sebastian Steinberg is 63. Comedian Joel Hodgson is 62. Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is 59. Rock musician Ian Brown (Stone Roses) is 59. Actor French Stewart is 58. Actor Ron Eldard is 57. Model Cindy Crawford is 56. Actor Andrew Shue is 55. Actor Lili Taylor is 55. Actor Andrea Savage is 49. Singer Brian Littrell is 47. Actor Lauren Ambrose is 44. Actor Jay Hernandez is 44. Actor Chelsea Peretti is 44. Country musician Coy Bowles is 43. Actor Michael Zegen is 43. Actor Majandra Delfino is 41. Actor Jocko Sims is 41. Singer-musician Chris Thile is 41. Actor-singer Jessie Mueller is 39. MLB All-Star pitcher Justin Verlander is 39. Comedian Trevor Noah is 38. Actor Jake Richardson is 37. Actor Daniella Pineda is 35. Actor Miles Teller is 35. Singer Rihanna is 34. Actor Jack Falahee is 33.

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 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Sunday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2022. There are 314 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Project Mercury's Friendship 7 spacecraft, which circled the globe three times in a flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds before splashing down safely in the Atlantic Ocean 800 miles southeast of Bermuda.On this date:In 1792, President George Washington signed an act creating the United States Post Office Department.In 1862, William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President Abraham Lincoln and first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, died at the White House, apparently of typhoid fever.In 1905, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, upheld, 7-2, compulsory vaccination laws intended to protect the public's health.In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an immigration act which excluded "idiots, imbeciles, feebleminded persons, epileptics, insane persons" from being admitted to the United States.In 1933, Congress proposed the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to repeal Prohibition.In 1938, Anthony Eden resigned as British foreign secretary following Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's decision to negotiate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.In 1965, America's Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon, as planned, after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.In 1987, a bomb left by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski exploded behind a computer store in Salt Lake City, seriously injuring store owner Gary Wright. In 1998, Tara Lipinski of the U.S. won the ladies' figure skating gold medal at the Nagano Olympics; Michelle Kwan won the silver.In 2003, a fire sparked by pyrotechnics broke out during a concert by the group Great White at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others.In 2005, death claimed actor Sandra Dee at age 62; musical actor John Raitt at age 88; and counterculture writer Hunter S. Thompson at age 67.In 2020, a poll by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found more Americans expressing some concern about catching the flu than about catching the coronavirus. Ten years ago: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held an unprecedented meeting with opposition leaders, who said they were encouraged by his promises to make it easier for anti-Kremlin parties to take part in elections. Former senator and astronaut John Glenn celebrated the 50th anniversary of his history-making space flight at the Ohio State University by kicking off a forum about NASA's future.Five years ago: President Donald Trump tapped Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser, replacing the ousted Michael Flynn. One year ago: Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing, with one very large piece that appeared to be part of the engine narrowly missing a home; authorities said nobody aboard or on the ground was reported hurt. Naomi Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam trophy by pulling away to beat Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the Australian Open final.Today's Birthdays: Racing Hall of Famer Roger Penske is 85. Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is 81. Hockey Hall of Famer Phil Esposito is 80. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is 80. Movie director Mike Leigh is 79. Actor Brenda Blethyn is 76. Actor Sandy Duncan is 76. Actor Peter Strauss is 75. Rock musician Billy Zoom (X) is 74. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is 71. Actor John Voldstad is 71. Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is 68. Actor Anthony Head is 68. Country singer Leland Martin is 65. Actor James Wilby is 64. Rock musician Sebastian Steinberg is 63. Comedian Joel Hodgson is 62. Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is 59. Rock musician Ian Brown (Stone Roses) is 59. Actor French Stewart is 58. Actor Ron Eldard is 57. Model Cindy Crawford is 56. Actor Andrew Shue is 55. Actor Lili Taylor is 55. Actor Andrea Savage is 49. Singer Brian Littrell is 47. Actor Lauren Ambrose is 44. Actor Jay Hernandez is 44. Actor Chelsea Peretti is 44. Country musician Coy Bowles is 43. Actor Michael Zegen is 43. Actor Majandra Delfino is 41. Actor Jocko Sims is 41. Singer-musician Chris Thile is 41. Actor-singer Jessie Mueller is 39. MLB All-Star pitcher Justin Verlander is 39. Comedian Trevor Noah is 38. Actor Jake Richardson is 37. Actor Daniella Pineda is 35. Actor Miles Teller is 35. Singer Rihanna is 34. Actor Jack Falahee is 33.