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County Pharmacy hearswide issues budget recall requests

ATLANTA (AP) — The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningiBy BOB JOHNSON tis has issued a voluntary recall of all of itsbob@iolaregister.com products, calling the move Calls to the 911 dispatch center a precautionary measure. average one almostCompounding every 10 minThe New England utes. announced the recall SaturCenter that may a litdayAnd . Thewhile company said sound in a news tle slow, played out over 24 hours release that the move was taken a day every day of year, out of and an abundance of the caution the totalofcomes to 55,000. because the risk of contamina“That’s received last tion.

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It is not yet known exactly how many people may have been affected, though it could affect hundreds or even thousands of people who received the steroid injections for back pain from July to September.

Meningitis is caused by the inflammation of protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Fungal meningitis is not contagious as are its more common viral and bacterial counterparts.

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Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday.

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear

By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com

attached. The bar was triggered through a gear box engaged as its wheels roll.

With no mechanical engine to speak of, the only noise emanating from his unit was from the teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar rotating back and forth.

Joining Whiteley was neighbor and friend Greg Gleue, with his own mowing outfit, another sickle bar mower pulled by a pair of Percheron draft horses.

“We’re having some fun with it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind of a wimp about it. He needs a

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall knew about cheating allegations on standardized tests but either ignored them or tried to hide them, according to a state investigation.

An 800-page report released Tuesday to The Associated Press

by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office through an open records request shows several educators reported cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009, and other administrators ignored those reports and sometimes retaliated against the whistleblowers.

The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on standardized tests by helping students or changing the answers once exams were handed in.

The investigators also found a “culture of fear, intimidation and retaliation” in the school district over the cheating allegations, which led to educators lying Register/Bob Johnson about the cheating or destroying

LE ROY — Unlike the mechanized behemoths of today, Ray Whiteley’s mowing outfit was considerably quieter.

His “engine” — a pair of 1,200-pound mules — needed only an occasional break from the stifling summer heat as Whiteley traversed his way around an 18acre prairie hay meadow.

“It’s a little warm, so we’ve been taking it easy,” Whiteley said. “It’s our little hobby.”

The mules were pulling WhiteTo protect nearby homes from the sound of 24-hours-a-day drilling Ray a 28-foot-tall Whiteley “curtain” was put in place. ley’s antique sickle bar mower, See CHEATING | Page A5 See MOWING | Page A5 a small wagon with cutting bar

Wells capped in favor of new Temps forstorage run

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

the town, and also to replace 18 as it has, with the only differsmall wells, several situated in ence being how it is tied into the COLONY — Natural gas wells residential areas.

Welda storage complex. under Colony are being sealed High-pressure lateral lines According to Tim Meyer, manin favor of two new wells being running under Colony will con- ager of storage services, the unBy is BOB built outside of town. nect the wells to the rest of dertaking a $4JOHNSON million project, bob@iolaregister.com Southern Star Central Gas Southern Star’s pipeline system. the company’s second largest in An anticipated field of a of thouPipeline Company is completing The Colony field is a depleted 2012, and takes advantage the sand runners and walkers, who the two high-tech wells on the natural gas production field that latest technology. fleea Iola’s downtown busioutskirts of Colony for access was converted to storage in 1953. will“It’s big deal in our world,” district early Saturday as to a large storage field under The field will operate the same ness said Steve Benjamin, who was Charley Melvin did in 1905, can be thankful that Melvin chose to do his dastardly deed in the middle of the night.

Had the event being commemorated occurred in mid-day, participants would battle oppressive heat and humidity, with both forecast at the upper end of the discomfort scale during daytime “March of the Amazon Army,” Friday and Saturday. As is, they a Kansas Humanities Council will run and walk in somewhat program, will be presented at the more inviting temperatures preRegister/Susan Lynn Iola Public Library at 7 p.m. Tuesdicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m.

These men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s favorite day as part of the current “Iola Saturday. race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and Reads” project.

The race — many walkers will Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square.

In 1921, thousands of wives, be out for a stroll — will cap activdaughters, mothers, sisters and ities that start late Friday aftersweethearts of striking coal minnoon and will go on throughout ers in Southeast Kansas marched the evening. Included will be the in protest against unfair labor much-awaited “drag race,” feapractices in the local coal mines. turing some of the area’s finest

By SUSAN LYNN year a woman’s garter was trans- The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, The women’s march made headmen and women dressed in drag. susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where participants will have a lines across the nation, and the Chris Weiner at Thrive Allen If you’ve got enough of it, Fri- to another. wide selection from which to New York Times christened them County, co-sponsor with Allen day night is the night to let your “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m. the “Amazon Army.”

Crimestoppers for “The hair down.

David Toland, executive director Registration to participate County The women, mostly immiOne sure test is to participate of Thrive Allen County and one in the drag race is $5. That also Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run in the “Drag Race” as a runup to of the organizers for Friday’s gains participants entrance to a for your Life,” said total of particthe Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events.

9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive ipants was approaching 450, with Register/Steven Schwartz Run For Your Life race.

If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can about 200 signed on for the 5-kiloGrand Saturday’s parade, “Judgement of Sin,” moves along theadvance town at the meter run. The walk will follow a Menprize and winner women of alike are en- Biblesta wear — no worries. be purchased in square during the 55th annual Biblesta celebration.

The float was constructed by the First Assemcouraged to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on 3-kilometer course. bly God Church of Humboldt.

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picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday afternoon. As in the past, “we expect a lot of people to sign up Frigrants from southeast Europe, day night.” were effective andthe halted Cost is $12 for walk. work Runin the mines for three days.toThis ners’ fees are $14 for youth age program the $17 history 17, $20 forexplores adults and each befor hind this unusual event. members of teams.

“March thethe Amazon Runnersof in third Army” annual is brought by the Kansas Humanevent will aim for best times of ities Council.

Theand presenter is 15.40.06 for males 20.44.78 for Linda O’Nelio Knoll, females, set last year. an educator andSticks historian who has worked in of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” awill variety of heritage preservation be awarded the first three settings.

Her play and “Army of the places for males females in Amazons” has been performed each of five ages groups, 15 and for numerous also under, 16-30, audiences.

31-45, 46-60She and 61 assisted with the development and over. of All the Miners Memorial participants willin Pittsbreak burg. from in front of the post office.

Runners will follow a course that will take them on West to Washington, then Jackson, Jefferson and East to Cottonwood. They

Church holds purity retreat for teen girls

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Weather tempers Biblesta crowds Pekarek finds home at USD 257 Iola Municipal Band

By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com

time, but overall Biblesta was a success.

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were judged in six different categories including: drama, authenBy JOE SNEVE tic, beauty, spectacular, walking joe@iolaregister.com (best walking entry) and Philip Brian(judge’s Pekarek was hired Doty When Memorial choice). as superintendent of Jack Ellis acted as parade the mar-Iola school district in February, shal for the day and opened the he saw an opportunity to “reinvigoceremonies with a history of rate” USD Biblesta and a257. prayer.

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Peer pressure is one of the biggest battles teens face during high school. With that, comes an increased pressure to have premarital sex.

First Christian Church will address the issue during a teen retreat, targeting young girls and their parents.

“It will be a purity and modesty retreat,” church secretary and choir director Renee McGullion said. “Teaching teen girls about staying pure in an impure culture.”

Author Erin Davis will be the guest speaker at the retreat. Davis writes books for young women on the importance making “wise Brian Pekarek, of center, visits with choices,” she said. the USD 257 board office.

“We live in a culture that is sexsaturated and it makes it hard for

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young girls to make the choice to wait until marriage or to be open and receptive to doing the right thing,” Davis said.

During a teen’s struggle, Davis says the most important thing to do is turn to a strong support system, such as family, friends and the faith community.

The retreat will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, with a special session for parents at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Davis speaks with the parents because “even if they (your children) roll their eyes at you when you are talking to them, your voiceGeffert is the and loudest your child Barb Marcy Boring at will hear,” Davis said.

For more information contact McGullion at (620) 365-3436.

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Obituary

Dorothy Lekwa

Dorothy H. Lekwa, 89, of Moran, passed away Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at Moran Manor.

She was born Aug. 1, 1923 south of Chapin, Iowa, the daughter of C.K. & Lela (Deam) Crawford.

Dorothy attended a country school north of Sheffield, Iowa, and graduated from Hansell High School, Hansell, Iowa, in 1940.

Dorothy worked for the FBI in Washington D.C. 1942-1944 in fingerprint classification and met J. Edgar Hoover, the director at the time. She later worked at First National Bank in Hampton, Iowa.

She married Wilfrid L. LaPorte in Rockville, Md. on Feb. 12, 1944. This union was blessed with two children, her daughter, Donna and son, William.

Dorothy married Robert M. Lekwa in November of 1966. Together they worked his Star Mail Route, which she continued after his passing in 1979.

Dorothy loved the Lord, her family, friends and neighbors and loved to fish. In later years, she moved to Moran to be near her son Bill, who

looked after her needs.

She was active in Moran Christian Church, Open Circle Club, American Legion and various activities including Moran Day Ceremonies.

She was preceded in death by her husbands Wilfrid in 1966 and Robert in 1979; brothers, Merwyn Crawford and Douglas Crawford.

Survivors include William and wife Kim, of Moran, daughter Donna Phariss of Clear Lake, Iowa; grandsons, Jotham and Ellie LaPorte of Ringgold, Ga., David Phariss of Clear Lake, Thaddeaus and Jessica LaPorte, of Burden, Z. Chase and Clarissa LaPorte, Ogden, Kan.; sister, Eunice Jacobson; brother-in-law, James Jacobson of Waverly, Iowa, and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Church of Christ in Hampton, Iowa.

Visitation is Wednesday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Moran from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Cookson Hills Christian Ministry.

Condolences to the family can be sent at www.feuerbornfuneral.com

Calendar

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Today

Women’s Ministry Fellowship First Assembly of God meeting, 6:30 p.m., 1020 E. Carpenter.

Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m. the New Community Building at Riverside Park.

USD 257 school board meeting, 6:30 p.m. Iola High School lecture hall.

Unity Club meeting, 1:30 p.m., B&B Cafe.

Humboldt City Council, 7 p.m., Humboldt City Hall.

Marmaton Valley USD 256 board meeting, 7 p.m., district office in Moran.

Humboldt USD 258 board meeting, 7:30 p.m., school board office.

Allen County Chapter American Cancer Society, 7 p.m., conference room, Allen County Hospital.

Board of Education of Unified School District 479 meeting, 7 p.m., Crest Board Office in Colony.

Tuesday

Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse commissioners’ room.

Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College Student Center meeting room.

Allen County Hospital board of trustees meeting, 7 p.m., Mary Ellen Stadler meeting room at Allen County Hospital.

American Legion meeting and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 15, 7:30 p.m., Post Home.

Grief Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Allen County Home Health and Hospice, 501 N. State, call 365-2120.

Wednesday

Dirt Diggers Garden Club meeting, 2 p.m., Dorothy McGhee’s residence, 13 Alamosa Cr. Iola BPOE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

Iola Area Ministerial Association, noon, Windsor Place.

Jones Hardy Post No. 385 American Legion and Auxiliary, 7 p.m., Post Home, Moran.

LaHarpe City Council meeting, 7 p.m. LaHarpe City Hall.

Thursday

Allen County Farmers Market, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the southwest corner of the square.

5: 30 meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson.

Rotary Club, noon, The Greenery.

Library board meeting, 6 p.m., Iola Public Library.

Allen Community College Board of Trustees meeting, 6 p.m., Student Center trustees’ meeting room.

Friday

Senior Citizens and Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center, 204 N. Jefferson.

Saturday

Cancer Support Group, 10-11 a.m., Parish Hall at St. John’s Catholic Church.

Sunday

Sons of the Legion, 2:30 p.m., Post Home.

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Health care fight exposes GOP fissures in states

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An acrimonious debate over the federal health care overhaul is seeping into state capitols, creating fissures among Republicans as the tea party movement reasserts its influence in GOP-controlled areas.

States face decisions about setting up online health insurance marketplaces, and a mid-November deadline for declaring their intentions has sparked conflicts between governors and legislators across the country. In two GOP strongholds, Kansas and Mississippi, elected insurance commissioners are at odds with governors, even though they’re all Republicans.

And Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, well-regarded by fellow state regulators after a decade in office, is a rarity among Republicans nationally, praising the 2010 federal health care law for moving the U.S. toward universal access to health coverage. She’s kept that stance even as conservatives used discontent with the law to help oust GOP moderates from the Legislature in August primaries.

Praeger wants the state to have a role in running the online insurance marketplace, known as an exchange, and said she’ll have a plan ready. Gov. Sam Brownback, a longtime critic of the health care law, plans to wait until after the presidential election to set the state’s course and is under pressure from fellow conservatives and tea party activists to avoid any state involvement.

The disagreement with Brownback has political consequences for Praeger, the most prominent of a dwindling number of GOP moderates in state government. Now in the middle

of a four-year term, she disclosed in a recent interview that she’s all but decided against running again in 2014 and acknowledged she’d have difficulty winning a Republican primary.

“My position is really more apolitical, just trying to be a good insurance regulator,” she said. “His is more of a political position, and I understand that.”

Brownback’s office declined requests from The Associated Press for an interview. It pointed to previous statements that if GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney defeats Democratic President Barack Obama, who championed the health care overhaul,

“ My position is really more

apolitical, just trying to be a good insurance regulator.

His (Gov. Brownback) is more of a political position and I understand that.

— Sandy Praeger, Kansas insurance commissioner

states are likely to get a waiver from many of the federal health care law’s requirements.

“We’re operating in a state of uncertainty,” said state Sen. Mary PilcherCook, a conservative Shawnee Republican who argues any involvement in an exchange would make Kansas a “tool of the federal government.”

Exchanges are sometimes described as the health coverage equivalent of websites such as Travelocity. States that aren’t setting up their own still can declare by Nov. 16 that they’d like to be partners with the federal government, handling consumer complaints and controlling

Southern gospel concert Sunday Chuck Crain will perform Sunday afternoon, starting at 3 o’clock, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 301 E. Madison Ave. Admission to the concert will be $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 to 17. Children 9 and under will be admitted free. Proceeds will go to missions programs the church supports.

Crain is in his 13th year as a featured vocalist at Presley’s Country Jubilee Show in Branson, Mo. He sings tenor with the Southern Gospel Quartet, does back-up vocals for other entertainers and has many

which companies sell coverage.

Praeger has sent Brownback a recommendation for minimum requirements for policies sold on the exchange, despite his stance.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 16 states have set up online marketplaces, and three more plan to partner with the federal government.

Seven states have declared they won’t set up exchanges, the foundation says.

In Michigan, GOP Gov. Rick Snyder pushed to set up a state exchange but met resistance from GOP legislators who feared it would hurt them in elections this year. In Mis-

behind-the-scene duties.

He started singing while in the Navy, with the Navy’s Blue Jacket Choir in San Diego. Later he noticed a southern gospel group on television and was hooked, Crain said. He has sang professionally since 1974, first part-time on weekends and then starting full-time in 1976 with the Mid-South Boys Quartet in Sheridan, Ark. He joined the Blackwoods in 1979.

Crain and wife Sharon have four children and six grandchildren. They are members of First Baptist Church in Forsyth, Mo.

Sunny and breezy Tonight, mostly clear. Not as cool. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday, mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.

Tuesday night, partly cloudy.

A slight chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 35 to 40.

North winds 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday, sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.

Wednesday night, partly cloudy. Lows 45 to 50.

Thursday, mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs near 70.

Thursday night, cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.

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souri, Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon halted work on an exchange amid growing opposition in his state’s GOPcontrolled legislature, and the state’s voters will consider a ballot initiative in November preventing the governor from moving forward on his own.

With insurance commissioners appointed in all but 11 states, they’ve typically followed their governors.

Even in states with elected regulators, the commissioners are from the same political party as the chief executive.

In Mississippi, Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has been sharply criticized by the tea party movement for working on a

state exchange. He, in turn, said the tea party members were using “untested legal theories, untested loopholes and fuzzy logic” to try to dissuade him from the work.

The tea party also is a key influence in Kansas, where pressure from the right last year prompted Brownback to reject $31.5 million in federal funds to help build the computer infrastructure necessary for an exchange.

“I’m looking for the state of Kansas to stand up to the federal government and say, ‘You’ve crossed the line and you need to back off,’” said Bob Bowser, an activist from Salina. “We don’t want Kansas to adopt any part of Obamacare.”

In Kansas, the tea party movement’s rise and frustration with the health care overhaul boosted Brownback into office in 2010 and gave the GOP its first sweep of all statewide and congressional offices on the ballot since 1964.

In primaries this year, conservatives suggested that GOP moderates who controlled the state Senate were soft in their opposition to the health care law.

Eight moderate Republican senators lost, all but guaranteeing full conservative control of the Legislature next year.

“The people of Kansas have spoken clearly on this issue in two elections,” said Brownback spokeswoman Sherriene JonesSontag.

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, an elected Democrat and the nation’s longest serving state insurance regulator, said Praeger is being pragmatic about the federal law.

“You run into this hailstorm,” he said. “It gets caught up in this brave new world of making sure Obama doesn’t get elected to a second term.”

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The states can’t absorb more of Medicaid burden All told, the 50 states and the cities within them have unfunded pension obligations of about $1.4 trillion.

This is not news. Kansas, for instance, hasn’t set aside enough money to fund KPERS — the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System — adequately in any budget year for the last decade. Not only have states and cities underfunded their programs, they have made extravagant promises of future benefits to government workers that they can’t keep.

In Rhode Island, an Associated Press account relates, 58 percent of teachers and 48 percent of state retirees receive more in their pensions than they were paid in their final years of work, a patently ridiculous situation.

California Gov. Jerry Brown last month approved higher retirement ages and contribution rates for state workers and put a cap of $132,000 on annual pension payouts — which indicates that some state retirees were getting more. The California State Retirement System is underfunded by $165 billion.

Of necessity, other states are putting off bankruptcy by slashing benefits.

This sorry fiscal state of affairs in state and local government needs reviewing as the presidential campaign moves toward election day. One of the planks in the Republican platform is to limit the federal government’s funding obligation under the Medicaid program by paying states a set amount

rather than agreeing to cover 90 percent of the state’s Medicaid bill, as is required under the Affordable Health Care Act. If medical costs continue to rise as they have every year since records were kept, Medicaid costs will rise, meaning that a fixed grant from Washington will require states to increase their Medicaid appropriations or reduce the care given to the low-income people that program covers.

Expansion of Medicaid to cover a wider swath of the lowincome population is a key feature of the Affordable Health Care Act — Obamacare. It is through this provision the law will sharply reduce the number of uninsured American families and individuals. But, as the pension picture so clearly demonstrates, the states don’t have the money to carry more than 10 percent of the additional cost.

If the money isn’t there from either Washington or the states, then millions of Americans will continue to go without good medical care.

Before Nov. 6, President Barack Obama should make clear to the voters how his health care law will provide for those Americans now without coverage — and Mitt Romney should lay out in simple declarative sentences how he would deal with that imperative need.

Both should begin by admitting that tossing the ball to the states is not the answer.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

Letter to the editor Dear editor,

I see nothing wrong about the attention that breast cancer gets this month, but there are more kinds that need attention as well.

One is Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

My mom died from it and now I have another family member who is fighting it.

Sincerely, Joyce Peck LaHarpe, Kan.

Obama pays price for ducking questions DENVER — Barack Obama received a valuable reminder in his drubbing the first debate: He is a president, not a king.

In the hours after the Republican challenger Mitt Romney embarrassed the incumbent in their first meeting, Obama loyalists expressed puzzlement the incumbent had done badly. But Obama has only himself to blame, because he set himself up for this emperor-has-no-clothes moment.

For the past four years, he has worked assiduously to avoid being questioned, maintaining a regal detachment from the media and other sources of dissent and skeptical inquiry.

Obama has set a modern record for refusal to be quizzed by the media, taking questions from reporters far less often than did Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and even George W. Bush.

Obama has shied from mixing it up with members of Congress, too. And, especially since Rahm Emanuel’s departure, Obama is surrounded by a large number of yes men who aren’t likely to get in his face.

This insularity led directly to the Denver debacle: Obama was out of practice and unprepared to be challenged. The White House had supposed that Obama’s forays into social media — town hall meetings with YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and the like — would replace traditional presidential communication. By relying on such venues, Obama’s argument skills atrophied, and he was illequipped to engage in old-fashioned give and take.

Luckily for Obama, the debates are, as one adviser put it Thursday, “a three-game series.”

Romney’s after-debate glow will likely fade as he attempts to explain his dubious assertions that he would not reduce taxes paid by the wealthy and that his tax cuts wouldn’t increase the deficit. But even if Obama ultimately prevails, he should remember Denver as a warning: He does himself no favors by hiding from tough questioning.

Towson University political scientist Martha Kumar, who keeps

Dana Milbank Washington Post Writers Group

a running tally of Obama’s media appearances, tells me he had 19 solo news conferences in the White House as of Sept. 30. That compares to 26 for Ronald Reagan at the same point in his presidency, 59 for George H.W. Bush, and 31 for Bill Clinton. Obama had more formal news conferences than George W. Bush (13), but Bush engaged in many more informal Q&A sessions with reporters: 340 at this stage in his presidency to Obama’s 105. (Clinton had 585 at this point, the elder Bush had 309 and Reagan had 135.)

Obama hasn’t held a news conference since June. After a Cabinet meeting in July, a reporter tried to ask him whether new gun laws were needed after the Colorado shooting — and Obama brushed off the inquiry with a joke.

In lieu of taking hard questions, Obama has opted for gauzy, softfocus interviews with the likes of “Entertainment Tonight,” gentle appearances on late-night comedy shows, kid-glove satellite hits with regional TV stations, and joint appearances with the first lady where questions are certain to be soft. Tough questions are rare in one-on-one interviews, because Obama controls the topic — and the interviewer wants to be invited back.

The problem of president-inthe-bubble isn’t unique to this one. As Democrats were quick to point out Wednesday night, other incumbent presidents — Jimmy Carter, Reagan and both Bushes — did poorly in their first debates. One former Obama White House official directly attributed Obama’s diminished debating skills to four years in the White House removed from verbal spar-

Obama has only himself to blame, because he set himself up for this emperor-has-noclothes moment. For the past four years, he has worked assiduously to avoid being quesitoned, maintaining a regal detachment from the media and other sources of dissent and skeptical inquiry. ring.

Obama’s body language conveyed a sense that he felt it beneath him to be sharing a stage with Romney. The Republican National Committee released a video Thursday morning titled “Smirk” that showed Obama’s reaction to Romney’s barbs (eyes downcast, lips pursed, taking notes). He frequently tossed in phrases that indicated annoyance with the proceedings, which he thought were covering old ground (“We’ve had this discussion before. ... As I indicated earlier. ... “).

After a night to sleep on it, and some time to huddle with aides, Obama on Thursday found the lively retorts that had eluded him Wednesday night. “When I got onto the stage, I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney,” he told supporters in Denver. “But it couldn’t have been Mitt Romney because the real Mitt Romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy.

The fellow on stage last night said he didn’t know anything about that.”

Nice comeback. Had Obama allowed himself to be challenged over the past four years, he might have come up with it in real time.

Dana Milbank’s email address is danamilbank@washpost.com.

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President Barack Obama, (Democrat) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; phone (switchboard): (202) 4561414; (comments): (202) 456-1111

Gov. Sam Brownback, (Republican) Capital, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; phone: (785) 296-3232; email: www.governor.ks.gov/ comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-4774; Topeka: Frank Carlson Federal Building, 444 S.E. Quincy, Room 392, Topeka, KS 66683 phone: (785) 295-2745

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-6521; Pittsburg: 306 N. Broadway, Suite 125, Pittsburg, KS, 66762; phone: (620) 232-2286

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; phone: (202) 2256601; Pittsburg: 701 N. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762; phone: (620) 2315966

Sen. Jeff King, (Republican) State Capitol-237 E Topeka, KS 66612 phone: (785) 296-7398; Independence: 113 S. 8TH St., PO Box 1211 Independence, KS 67301 phone: (620) 714-1881

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Elmer Nichols, left, and Gary Hawk don their cowboy hats for a good photo op Sunday afternoon at the Iola Nursing Center. Hawk came by to say howdy to Nichols in recognition of his 100th birthday. A longtime area farmer, Nichols had many visitors come by to celebrate his milestone.

Chavez wins Venezuelan election CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez — the former soldier and Latin American socialist who has led this nation for almost 14 years — won an additional six-year term Sunday night.

Chavez won 54.42 percent of the vote against former Miranda Gov. Henrique Capriles, the National Election Council, or CNE, reported.

As the results were announced the skies of Caracas lighted up with red fireworks and crowds began to gather at the Miraflores presidential palace.

Authorities said turnout for the vote was 80.94 percent — a decades-long record for this oil-rich nation.

“We have written another brilliant page in our democratic history,” CNE President Tibisay Lucena said.

The results capped a day where many of the country’s 19 million registered voters swarmed the

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polls in a process that was largely free of violence despite the incendiary rhetoric that marked the race.

Chavez, 58, has been in power since 1999 and used the nation’s oil wealth to promote socialist reforms and welfare programs that have made him a hero to the poor. He said he would use the additional six years to deepen his “21st Century Socialism” to build more public hous-

ing, end unemployment and create 10 new public universities.

Capriles, 40, had pledged to bridge the country’s deep ideological divides and roll out Brazilian-style reforms that would jumpstart the economy without leaving the poor behind.

Wearing a long-sleeve blue shirt, Chavez cast his vote in the working-class 23 de Enero neighborhood surrounded by family, Cabinet members and international celebrities, including Hollywood’s Danny Glover and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala.

Amid speculation that Chavez might be reluctant to hand over power, the leader vowed early in the day to respect the outcome.

“Whether it’s a one-vote difference or 3 million votes, the responsible political actors must recognize the results,” he said.

“Also, this is an electoral system that is absolutely transparent.”

Freeze, drought dampen tourism INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Devastating spring freezes and a historic drought have stripped some charm from rustic fall destinations, leaving some corn too short to create mazes, orchards virtually devoid of apples and fall colors muted.

Extreme weather has forced agritourism ventures in the heart of the country to scramble to hold onto their share of an industry that generates hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

Pat Schaefers, who runs Schaefers Corn Maze near Lollie, Ark., hopes visitors to the farm’s two mazes

won’t mind that the corn is just 6 to 8 feet this fall — up to 4 feet shorter than the wall of corn families and school groups normally pay to get lost and turned-around in.

“It’s just not up to par,” she said of the corn in her two mazes. “It’s not anything like it’s been in past years.”

Yet Schaefers was one of the lucky ones. Even though the corn in her 30 acres of mazes is shorter than normal, she was able to open them for a seventh year thanks to a summerlong irrigation effort at the 1,000-acre farm she owns with her husband,

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“I was really pleased with that number,” Larson said.

“We would have had more without the bad weather, but we had a great time.”

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“The object of our maze is to find hidden checkpoints, and our checkpoints literally would have been taller than the corn in some of the fields,” he said. “It would have pretty much been pointless.”

two horizontal wells just outside city limits to replace the 18 in town. This not only will improve safety but also make maintenance of the storage field safer and less time-consuming.

The new wells will connect with the storage field lateral system. After testing to ensure they deliver the same volume of gas as current wells, most, if not all, of the wells in Colony will be cut, capped and permanently abandoned.

“We’re actually the first company to do a directional well in this part of the state,” Meyer said.

Support vehicles and trailers make the well sites look like a small city in themselves.

Typical wells are deep vertical bores straight down into a formation. The new wells are relatively shallow, at 950 to 975 feet, and bores are done horizontally under Colony to the storage field.

The rig arrived for the first well at the southwest corner of town on Aug. 27, following extensive site preparation dictated by environmental regulations and Southern Star’s desire to be a good neighbor.

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The northeast site is an eye-catcher.

A sound curtain was erected on three sides to shield nearby homes from notice of round-the-clock drilling.

The wall is 28 feet tall and has 31 large I-beams holding it in place. Holes were drilled 10 feet deep and 16 inches in diameter, mostly through solid rock, to erect the I-beams.

Southern Star’s goal is to have the wells completed and connected to the system before winter begins.

COLONY residents whose properties hosted the 18 smaller wells received free gas in exchange.

Southern Star will continue to honor those agreements when the wells are abandoned, Meyer said.

He lauded townspeople and Southern Star employees for their cooperation.

“It really has been a collaborative team effort among all of us to get this project off the ground and running,” said Johnnie Riley, Welda Southern Star team leader.

Gas stored in the Colony field is owned by Southern Star’s customers, which includes Iola. Also, much of the gas from Colony and the other storage fields in Southern Star’s Welda complex typically is used to meet peak demands for the Kansas City area.

Editor’s note: Southern Star media personnel contributed to this report through a previously written story and in answers to emailed questions.

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Allen County College students inducted in the honor society Phi Theta Kappa are, front row from left, Dwight Driver, Emmaline Durand, Sarah Steedley, Andria Starr, Emily Steimel, Archie Huskey, Ryan Kanawyer and Kevin Dwayne White.

Back row from left are Cheyanna Colborn, Alyssa Johnson, Jenny Walters, Sheylene McEnaney, Savanah Glover, Jen Hornbuckle, Cheyenne Leigh, Kaitlyn Speer, Debra Kime and Ryan Sawyer.

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Fillies’ tennis season ends at regionals St. Clair, Smith cap IHS careers INDEPENDENCE — The Iola High Fillies’ tennis season came to an end over the weekend, and while two high school careers came to an end, there lies promise for the future.

Iola competed in the Class 4A Regionals Friday and Saturday, hosted by Independece.

Katana Smith’s senior year came to an end with a 9-5 loss to Aubrie Navarro.

Classmate Abbey St. Clair’s season ended in doubles play, where she and Alexis Hobbs fell to Baden and Long of Pittsburg High 6-2, 6-3.

“Katana has played since her freshman year and has improved so much just within the last two years,” tennis coach Jenn Bycroft said. “She’s a great kid and has come a long ways. I will miss her encouragement, especially with the younger players.

“St. Clair and Hobbs were 2-2 against Pitt all season, playing some different girls each time,” Bycroft continued. “This was just not our day to have the victory. I was sad for both of them, especially Abbey because this is

also her senior year. She came as a shy freshman and has blossomed, not only as a player, but also an individual. Alexis was a good doubles partner for her, and I look forward to watching her play again next year. They were just a fun team for me to watch.”

Megan Smith also competed in singles, falling 9-3 to Ashley Simpson of Columbus.

“This was a tough match for Megan,” Bycroft said. “But I was proud of how she played and didn’t give up. This was one of her better matches.”

Iola’s other doubles team, sophomore Shelby Reno and freshman Bobbi Sinclair, fell to Werts and Coss of Labette Coun-

ty 9-4.

“For as young as they are, they played well together,” Bycroft said. “They started communicating on the court a lot more as the season went on. I expect big things from (them) next year.

“This is always a tough time for me as another season comes to an end,” Bycroft continued. “These girls are like family to me, sharing many ups and downs. It’s a blessing for me to be able to coach each of them. They all had a good season, and I’m proud of them. We won some, we lost some, but I’m most proud of their sportsmanship and love it when other coaches, players and parents take notice of that.”

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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Bill Snyder didn’t have a whole lot to say to No. 7 Kansas State at halftime on Saturday.

It wasn’t because he was at a loss for material.

The Wildcats had stumbled their way through a first half in which everything went right for Kansas — a faked field goal, a faked punt, a massive advantage in time of possession — and yet See KSU | Page B4

MV, Iola tops at Chanute tourney CHANUTE – Marmaton Valley High’s freshmen and junior varsity volleyball players teamed up for a spotless Saturday, sweeping all six of its foes to win the Chanute JV tournament.

Iola High’s freshmen, meanwhile, went 5-1 on the day to claim second place.

The Wildcats dropped only a single set on the day while compiling its 6-0 record, defeating Girard 25-18, 25-11; Anderson County 25-14, 25-14; Chanute 2513, 25-19; Iola 16-25, 25-11, 15-13; 25-16, 25-16 over Southeast; and by forfeit over Erie when the Red

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel (7) was injured on his fourth quarter play after a hit by Baltimore Ravens defensive end Haloti Ngata (92) during NFL action Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Baltimore Ravens defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 9-6.

Devils lost a player to injury.

“The girls had an awesome day,” Wildcat head coach Jamie Stodgell said. “They all played hard and did a lot of good things out on the court. Their perseverance and teamwork brought them home the gold.”

Marmaton Valley spread the wealth. Mackenzie Tynon led the waywith 44 points and 15 kills.

Shauna Knight followed with 42 points and Kenzie Harrison with 36. Tessa Olson scored 20 points, accentuated by 11 kills and four blocks. Molly Hamlin and Ashlynn Pinkerton added 15 and 14

points, respectively. Pinkerton also had seven kills and a block.

THE FILLIES freshmen also saw plenty of success on the court.

Iola defeated host Chanute to open the tournament 22-25, 25-21, 15-13, followed by a 25-23, 18-25, 15-7 win over Girard.

Their sole loss — to Marmaton Valley — was followed by a 25-15, 26-24 win over Southeast, a 28-26, 25-21 victory of Anderson County and the forfeit win over Erie.

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Cassell hurt as Ravens edge Kansas City, 9-6

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel lay flat on his back in the fourth quarter, staring up at the sky, where just a few hours earlier an airplane towed a banner calling for him to be benched.

This wasn’t how anybody expected his time as Kansas City’s starting quarterback to end.

Cassel was eventually helped to his feet and walked off the field on his own, going up the tunnel and into the locker room with what the Chiefs described

as a head injury. He never returned, leaving Brady Quinn to try to rally Kansas City to a victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

Quinn didn’t have enough time.

He led the Chiefs to a field goal on his only series, but the Chiefs defense couldn’t get the ball back in the closing minutes, allowing the Ravens to hold on for a 9-6 victory.

“If we will play like that going forward, we give ourselves a See CHIEFS | Page B4

Iola varsity, jv squads compete at Coffeyville COFFEYVILLE — Iola High’s varsity volleyball squad split a pair of matches Thursday against their hosts from Coffeyville and another squad from Labette County.

The Fillies thumped Coffeyville 25-13, 25-12.

Emery Driskel led the way with eight kills, a set assist, one solo block, one dig and one ace.

Branna Stout had two kills to go along with three digs and three aces. Addie Haar pounded in six kills. Katie Thompson registered four serice aces. Kyra Moore, meanwhile, served four seven points, including two aces, and had six assists. Emma Piazza registered 12 assists and a kill.

The Fillies fell in straight sets to Labette County, 25-15, 25-23.

Driskel had five kills and a dig.

Kyra Moore served for five points, had seven assists and knocked down two kills. Breanna Stout had a block assist, two digs and two aces. Emma Piazza delivered four assists with a block assists and served four points. Addie Haar delivered five kills, Katie Thompson followed with two kills and a dig.

Hannah Endicott Registered

two digs and an ace. Emma Sigg contributed a dig.

THE FILLIES junior varsity squad swept both of its matches, downing Labette County 5-25, 25-19, 15-9 and Coffeyville 25-16, 25-8.

“We played with a new and different rotation, which at first gave us a scare,” JV head coach Jeff Stockebrand said, referring to the opening set loss to Labette County. “After we talked and got things ironed out the girls did what they needed to do together, and they made it work well.

Allie Cleaver had five kills and an ace on the day. Torrie Lewis had a kill, six good serves and five aces. Shelby Smith had a kill. Paige Miller had five kills, six good serves and five aces. Katie Shields had three good serves, five aces and a kills. McKayla Platt delivered six kills. Cassie Delich had 18 assists. Karlie Lower had 16 assists, two good serves and an ace. Halie Cleaver had 14 digs, two aces and a kill. Allie Cleaver had five kills and an ace.

The Fillies return to the court Tuesday at Wellsville.

Above, Iola High freshman volleyball player Ashlie Shields goes for a dig Saturday against host Chanute in a tournament Saturday. Others competing Saturday for Iola were, clockwise from lower left, Taylor Heslop, Cassie Delich and Mikaela Platt.

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Afghan war enters 12th year

By AMIR SHAH and DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s — least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war.

Yet as the Afghan war began its 12th year on Sunday, fears loom that the country will again fracture along ethnic lines once international combat forces leave by the end of 2014.

“It was a very bad situation,” said Wahidullah, who was a teenager when he was wounded in the 19921996 civil war. “All these streets around here were full of bullet shells, burned tanks and vehicles,” he added, squinting into a setting sun that cast a golden glow on the bombed-out Darulaman Palace still standing in west Kabul not far from where he was wounded.

“People could not find bread or water, but rockets were everywhere,” said Wahidullah, who now hobbles around on red-handled crutches. He goes by one name only, as do many Afghans.

The dilapidated palace is a reminder of the horror of the civil war when rival factions — who had joined forces against Soviet fighters before they left in early 1989 — turned their guns on each other.

Tens of thousands of civilians were killed.

Fed up with the bloodletting, the Afghan people longed for someone — anyone — who would restore peace and order. The Taliban did so.

But once in power, they imposed harsh Islamic laws that repressed women and they publicly executed, stoned and lashed people for alleged crimes and sexual misconduct. The Taliban also gave sanctuary to al-Qaida in the runup to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. When the Taliban refused to give up the al-Qaida leaders who orchestrated 9/11, the U.S. invaded on Oct. 7, 2001.

Eleven years later, Afghanistan remains divided and ethnic tension still simmers.

The Taliban, dominated by the ethnic Pashtun majority, have strongholds in the south. Ethnic minorities such as Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks live predominantly in central and northern Afghanistan. The fear is that when international forces leave, minority groups will take up arms to prevent another Taliban takeover and that members of the Afghan security forces could walk off the

government force and fight with their ethnic leaders.

Anxiety and confusion about what will happen after the foreign forces leave permeates every aspect of society. Political debate about an Afghanistan post-2014 is getting more vocal. Some political leaders threaten to take up arms while others preach progress, development and peace. Young Afghans with money and connections are trying to flee the country before 2014.

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Unfortunately in Afghanistan, we do not have any political unity.

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There also is mounting uncertainty about the upcoming transfer of power.

At the same time that foreign troops are scheduled to complete their withdrawal in 2014, Afghans will go to the polls to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai, who is barred by the constitution from running for a third term.

The Afghan people already view their government as weak and corrupt and those doubtful of a peaceful future say that if the upcoming presidential election is rigged and yields an illegitimate leader, civil war could erupt between ethnic groups backed by neighboring countries trying to influence Afghanistan’s future.

“Unfortunately in Afghanistan, we do not have any political unity,” said Gen. Sayed Hussain Anwari, a former governor of Kabul and Herat provinces who led fighters during the civil war.

Speaking in emotional, rapid-fire sentences at his home in Kabul, Anwari says that the Taliban have a right to participate in the political process.

“But if the scenario changes and they come to power by force, there will be groups that won’t go with the Taliban and the fighting will continue,” he said.

Ghairat Baheer offers an even gloomier prediction.

Baheer is a representative and son-in-law of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a key civil war leader in the 1990s whose fighters attack foreign troops today. He warns that the current Afghan government will collapse with the international troop withdrawal and says civil war is likely without a peace agreement.

Mystery surrounds drone shot down

By BATSHEVA SOBELMAN Los Angeles Times

JERUSALEM — The day after an unidentified drone penetrated Israeli airspace and was shot down by the Israeli air force Saturday, speculation continued about the origin of the small craft and its mission.

According to statements from the Israeli military, the drone was spotted before entering Israeli airspace and remained under surveillance of both ground and air forces until it was shot down in the northern Negev, a relatively remote area chosen to avoid damage to civilian areas.

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min Netanyahu praised the military’s response and said Israel would continue to protect its “land, sea and air borders.”

The drone entered Israeli airspace Saturday along the country’s southern Mediterranean coast. Despite emerging from the direction of the Gaza Strip, the army does not believe it was launched from the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave. Theories abound as to the make and mission of the drone — described by Israeli media as sophisticated.

“The immediate suspect is Hezbollah,” according to one theory published in Haaretz. The Lebanesebased, Iran-backed Shiite

Muslim militia is believed to have used drones against Israel before, although coming from the south presents a twist. Another commentator on the website ynetnews. com raised the possibility it was headed toward Dimona, site of Israel’s nuclear reactor, to photograph the area, and that this was a message from Iran, testing Israel’s capabilities.

Hezbollah has not commented officially, nor have other groups. Israeli media reported Sunday that Iranian news sites reported the incident with a “jeering tone,” commenting that the infiltration exposed Israel’s weakness.

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Cause of neuropathy dictates treatment Dear Dr. Donohue: My sister just discovered that she has neuropathy. She gets tingling and burning sensations from the calves to the buttocks. Her doctor has her on amitriptyline. It makes her sleep a lot. What can she do to improve this illness? Will it get better? – M.W. Answer: Neuropathy is nerve damage. We have three different kinds of nerves. Some nerves transmit information from the brain to muscles to move the legs, feet, arms and hands. Those are examples of motor nerves.

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body. Those are sensory nerves. The third kind of nerve takes care of things we don’t pay attention to, things like the rate of breathing, the heart rate and body temperature.

Those nerves are autonomic nerves. Neuropathies can occur to one kind or all three kinds of nerves.

It’s the doctor’s job to find out which nerves are

involved and why. Diabetes, deficiency of vitamin B-12, an oversupply of vitamin B-6, too little vitamin B-1, infections, excessive alcohol and a condition called amyloidosis are some of the conditions responsible for neuropathy.

Many times, however, even a highly trained specialist – a neurologist – cannot come up with why the neuropathy has happened.

For neuropathies where pain is the main problem, a large number of drugs are tried. Amitriptyline is one.

Its main use is to treat depression, but it was found to alleviate the pain of neuropathy for many patients.

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are another example of drugs used to suppress neuropathic pain when their main job is control of seizures. Topamax and Lyrica are two such drugs. Lidocaine is a numbing agent.

It also comes in patches that can be applied directly to the skin over the painful area to suppress the pain.

I can’t tell you if your sister’s pain will get better. I can make a suggestion that will ease her pain through learning the latest developments in the field of neuropathy. That is to contact the Neuropathy Association for a wealth of information and a helping hand.

The association’s website is www.neuropathy.org.

Worries over sister’s post-breakup behavior Dear Carolyn: Back in February, my little sister was very unexpectedly dumped by her boyfriend of three years, just three months before their wedding. Breakup was done in cold, cowardly fashion, and even though she’s over him, she’s understandably having a whole host of emotional/trust issues that are giving her a very hard time dealing with men in a romantic way.

This has also led to some behavioral changes (drinking, random encounters with men) that, while not unusual among women her age, are extremely out of the ordinary for her. Before this, she had been an extremely “together” person — definitely the golden child between the two of us.

At what point do we (friends, family and I) sit her down and gently tell her it might be time to snap out of it? In other words, how long do we give her to figure things out before starting to worry there’s been longterm emotional damage? I know there’s no bright line on this, but just wonder-

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax ing at what point somebody should step in and give some firm advice. The things she’s doing aren’t a huge deal in a vacuum, they’re just in stark contrast to how she usually behaves.

Answer: If the long-term emotional damage is severe, then use a prescriptionstrength “Snap out of it.”

[Face rub.]

You seem unaccustomed to having people wander off the sanctioned path in your family — at least, doing so in plain view. You also seem to be testing the idea that your sister is overreacting to the breakup, bad as it was.

I believe, though, that this was much more than a breakup for your sister, and that you’re under-reacting to her crisis — one she’s having because this is all so new to friends and family.

Public notice (First Published in The Iola Register, Oct. 1, 2012) NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. The Annual Meeting of the Allen County Historical Society, Inc., will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at the North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye, Iola, Kansas. The evening will begin with a full dinner catered by Marmaton Valley High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter members at 6 p.m.

A short business meeting will follow in which three members of the Board of Directors will be elected.

The meeting will conclude with Gary Hawk’s induction into the Famous Allen Countians Exhibit.

Tickets for the dinner are $15 per person.

Those who want only to attend the business meeting portion of the

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Elyssa Jackson Executive Director and Curator Allen County Historical Society 20 S. Washington Iola, KS 66749 (10) 1, 8

“Golden” children tend to live by a do-what-I’m-supposed-to model of behavior, gradually forming an expectation that this will result in the life they’re supposed to have.

When instead these exemplary choices send them into a publicly humiliating ditch, often the next place they find themselves is smack in the middle of a major existential crisis.

That’s especially true if her sense of self derived from her golden status. Getting dumped challenged the validity of that definition of herself, and if she’s not

golden after all, then what is she?

Worldview-crash is usually comprehensive.

The absence of a strong sense of self, or at least the presence of one that’s contingent on outside approval or predictability, would certainly explain her sharp turn into self-destructive choices. It would mean she’s not thinking too highly of herself right now, and is mystified about who she is, why she bothered making the choices she did, and what on Earth does work if being conscientious doesn’t.

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the boys in purple were downright angry about leading the game by only a touchdown.

Snyder assumed, and rightly so, that his team could figure things out on its own.

The Wildcats came out of the locker room and scored four touchdowns in the third quarter, Collin Klein and John Hubert leading the way, and the big surge carried unbeaten Kansas State to a 56-16 victory and its fourth straight win against its biggest rival.

“I think they were angry as much as anything, which is probably the best mental approach and emotion they could have in that situation,” Snyder said of the halftime mood.

“I’m not a mindreader, but collectively I think they were angry.”

They certainly took it out on the Jayhawks, too.

Hubert finished with 101 yards and four touchdowns rushing.

Klein threw for 129 yards and two scores while running for 116 yards and two more touchdowns.

Travis Tannahill and Tyler Lockett had the TD receptions, and Daniel Sams added 70 yards rushing when the game was out of reach.

HAYS — Allen Community College’s cross country squad showed once again just how deep this year’s men’s team can be.

While claiming third place overall at the Fort Hays State Open, the Red Devil men had another different runner complete the 8K course quicker than his teammates.

Ryan Pulsifer’s time of 25 minutes, 11.29 seconds was a shade faster than Tegan Michael’s 25:13.18, as the pair finished 11th and 12th, respectively.

This is the fourth time a different runner has led ACC, head coach Vince DeGrado said.

“I was very pleased with how Ryan got out and mixed it up with the front pack early,” DeGrado said.

“He ended up fading after mile 3, but he still battled and competed throughout the race. Tegan finally had a breakout race where he was able to put things together.”

Others racing for the Red Devils were Garrett Colgrazier, 25th at 25:35.29; Josh Whittaker, 26th at 25:36.05; Adam Evans, 30th at 25:41.72; Brock Artis, 36th at 26:03.70; Kyle Schauvliege, 40th at 25:16.47; Patrick Rachford, 56th at 26:44.25; and Tucker Morgan, 80th at 27:43.31.

Allen scored 99 points, behind Division 2 schools Northwest Missouri State, which won the event with 37 points, and host Fort Hays State, at 41.

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chance to win the game,” Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said. “We had a chance in this game. So even though I’m disappointed in the loss, the way the team played, we played much better overall football.”

That wasn’t necessarily the case for Cassel, who threw for just 92 yards and was picked off twice along with being credited for two lost fumbles.

His day finally ended when Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata got to him in the fourth quarter, hitting him just as he released a completed pass to Jamaal Charles out of the backfield.

Fans have been calling for Cassel to be benched for several weeks, and certainly have been dissatisfied with his performance for longer than that. He was booed during a celebrity softball game across the parking lot at Kauffman Stadium during Major League Baseball’s All-Star festivities.

The fact that some of them cheered when he got hurt didn’t sit well with the Chiefs.

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Above, Allen Community College cross country runners Garrett Colgrazier (5), Kyle Schauvliege (9), Josh Whittaker (4) and Patrick Rachford (13) run Saturday at the Fort Hays State Open. At right, Tegan Michael, left, and Ryan Pulsifer run the 8K course. Pulsifer claimed 11th place, the best of the day for the Red Devil squad. Michael was right behind in 12th.

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Of note, Garden City Community College, defending Region VI champs, finished fifth.

“This was a very big meet for us because we knew that we were going to compete on a course that has always produced really fast times, and we knew we were going to be more aggressive here than before,” DeGrado said.

“I challenged them before the race to get out and try to run out of their comfort zone. For the most part, a lot of them did that. All in all, I couldn’t have asked for a better team performance from the guys today.

“The competition was exactly what we were looking for,” DeGrado continued. “I really wanted a fast, aggressive course along with some quality competition. ... So for us to run up against them gave us an idea where they are.”

Now, Allen sets its sights on the upcoming Jayhawk East Conference and Region VI championships hosted by Johnson County Community College Oct. 27.

The Red Devils have a prime opportunity to claim its first-ever conference title, as well as the regionals crown, DeGrado said.

“This honestly is truly the reason why I came over here, to get a chance to be in this position. This team is not going to settle with this weekend’s performance and times. In our minds, our season hasn’t started; all of this was only practice for when it really counts.”

“It’s 100 percent sickening,” right tackle Eric Winston said. “If he’s not the best quarterback, he’s not the best quarterback, and that’s OK. But he’s a person. And he got knocked out in a game and we’ve got 70,000 people cheering that he got knocked out.”

Jamaal Charles, who had 140 yards rushing in the game, said, “It’s just not right.”

It’s unclear how long Cassel will be out, but at this point every indication is that Quinn will be the starter when the Chiefs head to Tampa Bay next weekend.

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Taylor Heslop led Iola with assists on the day. Taylor Sell, Mikaela Platt, Valaree Burtnett and Ashlie Shields paced the team in kills and Sell, Platt and Taylor Heslop were the leading servers.

The freshman squad evened its record at 14-14 on the season. They’ll compete Tuesday, along with the varsity, at Wellsville, with Central Hights also competing.

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Today High School Football Wellsville at Iola JV, 4:30 p.m.

High School Volleyball Burlington at Iola JV, 5:30 p.m.

Jr. College Golf Allen at Jayhawk No. 3, Manhattan Tuesday High School Volleyball Iola, Central Heights at Wellsville, 4:30 p.m.

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