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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Paul D. Ryan’s first debate performance was nothing like his opponent expected. It was 1998, and By BOB JOHNSON Ryan was a 28-year-old Wisconsin bob@iolaregister.com congressional aide with powerful Calls to the 911 dispatch center Washington mentors. Lydia Spottaverage one almost every 10 minswood was a nurse and president utes. of the Kenosha City Council, who And while that may sound a litthought helping her community tle slow, played out over 24 hours was fun. a day and every day of the year, “I had naive ideas about how the total comes to 55,000. it worked,” said Spottswood, now “That’s what we received last 61, whose loss to Ryan 14 years year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch ago launched him on an unimcenter director, told Allen County peded political career that has led commissioners Tuesday mornto Centre College in Danville, Ky., ing. where tonight he the will meet The call total — she figures Vice President Joe Biden in their half or more are for true emeronly debate. gencies — wasn’t the point of her “I thought, ‘It’s ladies and genappearance, but the magnitude of tlemen running for Congress,’” the number captivated commisSpottswood said Sunday. What sioners. she got, she said, was “shock and Murphy was before commisawe.” sioners to request a 20 percent This time, Ryan expects to be increase in the department’s budthe target. get for 2012, up $126,000 over this “We think he’s going to come year’s $490,000. at me like a cannonball,” Ryan The increase seemed pretty told Wisconsin radio host Charhefty. Murphy reasoned health lie Sykes on Saturday after three insurance will cost an additional days of debate preparation in a $50,000 and another $6,000 was resort at the foot of Virginia’s expected for Kansas Public EmBlue RidgeSee Mountains. COUNTY | Page A5 To the Weekly Standard, Ryan added: “He’ll be in full attack mode and I don’t think he’ll let any inconvenient facts get in his way.” As in 2008, where Sarah Palin had to convince voters that she was ready for the demands of the vice president’s office, the stakes in this debate are also unusually high. Polls in the last few days show that President Barack

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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 Register/Richard Luken by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was through an open records request joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday. 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 reBy RICHARD LUKEN attached. The bar was triggered ports and sometimes retaliated richard@iolaregister.com through a gear box engaged as its against the whistleblowers. LE ROY — Unlike the mecha- wheels roll. The yearlong investigation nized behemoths of today, Ray With no mechanical engine to shows educators at nearly four Whiteley’s mowing outfit was speak of, the only noise emanatdozen Atlanta elementary and considerably quieter. ing from his unit was from the middle schools cheated on stanHis “engine” — a pair of teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar dardized tests by helping stu1,200-pound mules — needed only rotating back and forth. dents or changing the answers an occasional break from the stiJoining Whiteley was neighbor Register/Steven Schwartz once exams were handed in. fling summer heat as Whiteley and friend Greg Gleue, with his Emmaline Durand sings one of the numerous musical numbers Wednesday during the dress rehearsal of Allen Community College’s The investigators also found a traversed his way around an 18- own mowing outfit, another sickproduction, “Dames at Sea.” The le play opens runs at 7:30 tonight through Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Centers. “culture of fear, intimidation and acre prairie hay meadow. bar mower pulled by a pair of retaliation” in the school district “It’s a little warm, so we’ve Percheron draft horses. over the cheating allegations, been taking it easy,” Whiteley “We’re having some fun with which led to educators lying said. “It’s our little hobby.” it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind about the cheating or destroying The mules were pulling White- of a wimp about it. He needs a Ray Whiteley ley’s antique sickle bar mower, See CHEATING | Page A5 See MOWING A5 By STEVEN SCHWARTZ 7:30, tickets are $6, or |$4Page for stuDick, a sailor who is also starThe setting of a “musical witha small wagon with cutting bar steven@iolaregister.com dents. ry-eyed to have his songs sung by in a musical” breaks the convenA songwriting sailor, obtrusive It’s the story of Ruby, a young some of Broadway’s most talent- tional mold of many comedies. actress, headstrong New York girl from Centerville, Utah, with ed actors and actresses, catches With musical numbers spectacuchorus girl and somewhat misun- “only tap shoes in her suitcase the eye of Ruby and sparks begin larly sang by the cast members, derstood theater owner can make and a prayer in her heart.” After to fly. the play never settles into a lull for an interesting combination — moving to Broadway to pursue After meeting up with Hen- and always keeps you on your and often cases for an uncommon her dreams as a dancer and sing- nessey, an over-stressed theater toes. The setting moves from an musical in an uncommon setting. er, Ruby crosses paths with Joan, owner, and Mona Kent, a famous “endangered” (you’ll see) theater The Allen Community College a spirited chorus girl who under- actress who feels consistently en- on Broadway to maybe the unproduction of “Dames at Sea” stands Ruby more than many of titled toBy have her way, the cast is likeliest setting of all for a musiBOB JOHNSON begins its three-night run at the the people working in the cut- assembled to begin production of bob@iolaregister.com See REVIEW | Page A5 Bowlus Fine Arts Center today at throat industry of theater. “Dames at Sea.” field of a thouAn anticipated See DEBATE | Page A5 sand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown business district early Saturday as Charley Melvin did in 1905, can be thankful that Melvin chose to do his dastardly deed in the midBy STEVEN SCHWARTZ said. Students and parents will we want to help change that,” he dle of the night. steven@iolaregister.com be able to check weather up- said. Had the event being commemoStudents, parents and com- dates and even possible emerThere is currently a twitter rated occurred in mid-day, parmunity members now have the gency alerts in seconds with the “widget” on the home page of By would ALLISON TINN ticipants battle oppressive character,” picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday option to check live updates on Twitter app. allison@iolaregister.com the Iola High School website, heat and humidity, with both Chriestenafternoon. high school sports, events, notiIola High School has another He said several other schools, where people can already check said. “ItAs in the past, “we exforecast at the upper end of the son pect a lot of people to sign up Frifications and alerts — all from such a Wellsville and Central live updates, he said. People banner to tack onto its walls: it’s gives studiscomfort scale during daytime day night.” their smart phone or computer. aFriday 2012 National Award. Winner for dents Heights, have been using their have the option to sign up for a ownand Saturday As is, they Cost over is $12 for the walk. RunJoe Sample, vice principal Twitter accounts frequently, free Twitter account online, at Promising Practice will run and walk in in Character somewhat ership ners’ behavfees are $14 for youth to age at Iola High School, has imple- and Iola decided to give the new twitter.com, whichRegister/Susan would en-Lynn Education. more inviting temperatures pre- their 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for mented an are official Twitter The award, given Charto receive updates a chance. said participate it able them dicted for the low 70sby bythe 12:26 a.m. ior.” These men ready to leaveactheirmethod inhibitions at homeHe as they in Friday night’s favorite members of teams. count for the school. He said acter Education Partnership, refrom their personal computer gives the high school Brian the option They also Saturday. race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland andor Chriestenson Runners the third annual the goal of the new account is flects the work not only the staff to present “real-time informasmart phone. The race — many walkers will learn to be inRegina Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. event will to improve communication and tion,” which hasn’t always been put into a will more caring Sample said he encourages citi-aim for best times of be out forbuilding a stroll — cap activ- “good 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for transparency between the fac- possible in the past. environment butlate theFriday students as zens,” people to sign up for the acChriestenson said. ities that start afterlast year. ulty, staff, its students and the well, officials said. The account has already been count, because it will only help Duringset the holidays students noonschool and will go on throughout females, Sticks “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” community. Since 2010 Iola High School utilized for high school sports add to the support from the coma of kindergarten banquet the evening. Included will behas the host will beyoung awarded first to three “We want to have more of a and to show special events oc- munity to the school, and vice received four character awards.fea- where kids the are able inmuch-awaited “drag race,” places for males and females presence By in SUSAN the community,” The high school offers a leadercurring within the school. versa. LYNN year a woman’s garter was trans- The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, turing some of the area’s finest teract with high school students.in each of also five ages 15 and Sample said, “and also celebrate as an elective, by “Twitter seems to bewill the have pre- a ship Sample saidone it’sparticipant’s important forleg where They have groups, a day where menclass and women dressedtaught in drag. susan@iolaregister.com ferred from participants under, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 and 61 unique things the school.” Regina Chriestenson where stuferred method for many people to see what is happening third-graders, after their state asChris Weiner at Thrive Allen If you’ve gotinenough of it, Fri- people to another. wide selection from which to and over. The dents learn skills that will help students and events, which these days,” Sample said. “We sessment tests, can be high school County, co-sponsor with Allen day nightaccount, is the night@iolahighto let your with “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m. All participants will break school, will be useful especially isDavid in school and beyond. not always easy to see. director are Registration really trying toto improve for a day. County Crimestoppers for “The students hair down. Toland, executive participate them in directed front of by the the postleaderoffice. forOne people areto on the go “Character education is findthe don’tCounty alwaysandsee “It is Melvin Mad Bomber Run from surewho test is participate of“Parents Thrive Allen one communication in the drag racebetween is $5. That also Charley Runners will follow a course that with their smart phone, Sample ing out what it takes to have it’s like in the school, and school the community.” in the “Drag Race” as a runup to what gainsand participants entrance to a for your Life,” said total of particof the organizers for Friday’s See LEADERSHIP | Page A5 will take them on West to Washthe Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events. 9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive ipants was approaching 450, with 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-kilo- ington, then Jackson, Jefferson Men and women alike are en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the meter run. The walk will follow a and East to Cottonwood. They See TEMPS | B6 couraged to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on 3-kilometer course. “Registration, including probder manner and then “compete” and other accoutrements will be See EGO | Page B6 ably a fifth online, has really in teams of four in a relay. Last available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s

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University’s affirmative action questioned Live auction held at Walk to End Alzheimer’s By DAVID G. SAVAGE Tribune Washington Bureau

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Gene Wolf, Thora Shinn, JuaniSaturday, the Iola Alzheimer’s Support Group will host its Walk ta Dunlap, Mary Ann Ritter, Lena — SinceThummel 1871 — to End Alzheimer’s. and Garner, the late Irene DugAt the bandstand Jim director The walk will begin at 10:30 gan and Kate Emert all worked Thursday, July 7, 2011 8 p.m.on a.m., but there will a variety PROGRAM of the quilts. Wolf set the donated blocks events to theBanner walk. ..................................................arr. Starprior Spangled J.P. SousatoRegistration is at 9 o’clock, and gether with red, white and blue Americans We — march .......................................... Henry Fillmore at 9:30 there will be a live auction fabric donated by Kay Walker. Rock, Rhythm and Blues — medley ...................... arr. Jack Bullock It was machine quilted where quilts, meat Army of the Nilebundles, — marchlaps ...................................Kenneth J. Alfordby andBegin antlers will be sold at aucLaura Peterson, who donated her of the Beguine ...................................................... Cole Porter work. tion. Invercargill — march ................................................... Alex Lithgow One of tothe being aucFor John more Hymn the quilts Fallen.................................... Williams/Sweeney tioned is a 50 states hand embroiinfor mation Men of Ohio — march ............................................. Henry Fillmore dered piece made the ladies of on the Walk A Sixties Time by Capsule — medley .............................. arr. Jennings theThe SewWashington and Sew Stiching gorup to End AlPost — march ...................................John P. Sousa z h e i mfor e r Friday ’s, of Gas. Rained out concerts will be rescheduled evening. contact Mary LaCrone at 365-5619. Vol. 113, No. 209 Vol. 114, No. 244

Roberts tried again: “What about versity’s claim that it needs affirone-eighth?” mative action to have a “critical The Texas case, brought by a mass” of minority students in its white student who was rejected, classes. could lead to a ruling requiring “How do they decide?” Scalia top colleges and universities to asked. “Somebody walks in the use “race neutral” policies to room and looks them over to achieve campus diversity. Texas, see who looks Asian, who looks for example, has required its uni- black, who looks Hispanic?” Since 2006, when Justice Samversities, including the Austin campus, to admit students who uel A. Alito Jr. replaced Sandra graduate at the top of their high Day O’Connor, the court has had school class, without regard to five justices who are skeptical of race or ethnicity. affirmative action. But WednesThanks to that 1997 law, about day marked the first time since 30 percent of the new freshmen then that the high court had at the University of Texas were heard a constitutional challenge Latino or black. That success to a race-based college admishas undercut the university’s de- sions policy. Brian center, visits with Barb Geffert Marcy Boring to at fense Pekarek, of its separate and smaller Alito saidand he was surprised the USD 257 board office. affirmative action policy. learn that the Texas university Roberts joined Justice Anto- seeks blacks and Latinos from nin Scalia in questioning the uniSee UNIVERSITY |Iola, PageKS A5

Pekarek finds home at USD 257 WASHINGTON _ The Supreme Court’s conservative justices signaled Wednesday they are likely JOE a SNEVE to strikeBy down University of Texasjoe@iolaregister.com affirmative action policy, When Pekarek was hired but didBrian not make clear how far asthey superintendent of the might go in outlawingIola the school in February, he use of district race in admissions at colsaw an and opportunity to “reinvigoleges universities. rate” USD 257. From his opening question, With Justice a focus academic Chief JohnonG. Roberts Jr. achievement public by transparsaid he wasand troubled having ency, Pekarek hopes he can furstudents “check a box” to desigther success for the district and nate race or ethnicity and by althe more officials than 1,300 rely-is lowing to students decide who ing on it. based on this factor. admitted Pekarek his talk. A onena“Shouldwalks someone who is quarter Hispanic check the See PEKAREK | Page HisA5 panic box?” he asked. When the lawyer for the university said it was up to the student to decide, 75 Cents

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Libyan guards speak out on attack Sorosis learns of new hospital â&#x20AC;&#x153; BENGHAZI, Libya â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Face down on a roof inside the besieged American diplomatic compound, gunfire and flames crackling around them, the two young Libyan guards watched as several bearded men crept toward the ambassadorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residence with semiautomatic weapons and grenades strapped to their chests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are finished,â&#x20AC;? one of the guards says he remembers thinking. Both are veterans of the ragtag revolutionary forces that toppled Moammar Gadhafi. Over the last year, while assigned by their militia to help protect the U.S. mission in Benghazi, the pair had been drilled by American security personnel in using their weapons, securing entrances, climbing walls and waging handto-hand combat. They were the â&#x20AC;&#x153;quick reaction forceâ&#x20AC;? for a compound that was also protected by about five armed Americans and five Libyan civilians hired through a British firm and equipped only with electric batons and handcuffs. But nothing, they say, had prepared them for this. They had practiced for an attack by 10 or 15 people; now there were scores of professional-looking militants who moved methodi-

cally and used well-practiced hand signals. To make matters worse on the night of Sept. 11, instead of four militiamen who were supposed to be on guard, there were only two inside the compound. The militiamen say they initially fought back, but when one attacker lobbed a grenade into their bungalow near the compoundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entrance, they fled to the roof without their radios and with only one magazine of ammunition between them. The American security officers were nowhere in sight. As the raid continued â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eventually killing Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and another American inside the facility, and two other Americans at a separate location hours later â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the two Libyans say that they survived by lying on the roof silently for about an hour, too stunned, scared and overmatched to fight back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were not expecting such a massive attack,â&#x20AC;? the guard says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were not ready for it.â&#x20AC;? The two militiamen, who spoke to the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau in separate interviews in the last week in Benghazi and Tripoli, the capital, say they are telling their story publicly for the first time in part because FBI investigators are rais-

I told them that we fired our weapons in the beginning but when we got to the roof, there were 100 enemies and two of us. We could do nothing.

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ing questions about their role. One of the militiamen and a civilian guard say investigators asked them why the guards didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fight â&#x20AC;&#x153;to the death,â&#x20AC;? and were looking for signs that the attackers had collaborators within the militia. The militiamen flatly deny supporting the assailants but acknowledge that their large, governmentallied force, known as the Feb. 17 Martyrs Brigade, could include anti-American elements. American officials have declined, as a matter of protocol, to discuss security arrangements at the outpost in eastern Libya. But the attack â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the worst to strike a U.S. diplomatic mission since 1998 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; grimly underscored the chaos in postrevolutionary Libya, where an array of heavily armed but unevenly trained militias is serving as a sort of substitute army and is responsible for virtually all security, including at diplomatic outposts. The Feb. 17 brigade is regarded as one

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of the more capable militias in eastern Libya. The assault also raised questions about why Stevens, a high-value target who was known to venture into the streets, would have spent the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the Benghazi mission instead of the more fortified embassy in Tripoli. The guards bristle at accusations that they shrank from the fight and say they had repeatedly warned American officials about flawed security arrangements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They called me a liar. They said we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see you on the (security) cameras fighting,â&#x20AC;? says the second militiaman, who was questioned by the FBI recently in Tripoli and who, like others interviewed for this story, asked not to be identified out of fear for his safety. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told them that we fired our weapons in the beginning but when we got to the roof, there were 100 enemies and two of us. We could do nothing.â&#x20AC;?

US unemployment claims fall to 339K By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid plummeted last week to seasonally adjusted 339,000, the lowest level in more than four years. The sharp drop offered a hopeful sign that the job market could pick up. The Labor Department said today that weekly applications fell by 30,000 to the fewest since February 2008. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, dropped by 11,500 to 364,000, a six-month low. The positive figures follow a report last week that said the unemployment rate fell in September to 7.8 percent. It was the first time since January 2009 that the rate dropped below 8 percent. A Labor Department spokesman cautioned that the weekly applications can be volatile, particularly at

Search for missing girl continues WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The multi-agency search for a 10-year-old Colorado girl continued in Denverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suburbs today, nearly a week after she disappeared on what should have been a short walk to school. At a brief news conference, Westminster police refused to suggest any connection between a body discovered late Wednesday in a grassy park seven miles from where Jessica Ridgeway disappeared Oct. 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or even to say whether it was the body of a child. The search for Jessica continues, spokesman Trevor Materasso said. He also said authorities were processing evidence from the park and that no additional information was available. He left without answering questions.

the start of a quarter. And the spokesman said one large state accounted for much of the decline. The spokesman did not name the state. Unemployment benefit applications are a proxy for layoffs. When they consistently drop below 375,000, it suggests that hiring is strong enough to lower the unemployment rate. Some economists said they want to see more data before suggesting the job market is turning around. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Should this level hold for another week, it would flag a meaningful improvement in Octoberâ&#x20AC;? hiring, said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, in a note to clients. Dan Greenhaus, chief market strategist at BTIG LLC, is also reserving judgment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are things that much better all of a sudden? Perhaps. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to wait for some corroborat-

ing data.â&#x20AC;? The total number of people receiving unemployment benefits also fell, the Labor Department said. A little more than 5 million Americans received benefits in the week ending Sept. 22, the latest data available. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s down about 44,000 from the previous week. Last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report noted that the unemployment rate declined to 7.8 percent in September from 8.1 percent in August because a government survey of households found that 873,000 more people had jobs. It was the biggest jump in nearly 10 years, although it was largely because of an increase in part-time employment. Still, a separate survey of businesses showed that employers added only 114,000 jobs in September. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generally enough to keep pace with population growth but not enough to rapidly bring relief to more

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than 12 million who are unemployed. Hiring over the summer was stronger than previously estimated. The economy gained an average of 146,000 jobs a month in the July-September quarter. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than double the monthly pace in the April-June quarter. Another report Wednesday suggested hiring will likely remain modest. Employers posted slightly fewer open jobs in August compared with July, the Labor Department said. It was the second straight monthly drop and the fewest openings since April. A key problem is the economy is not growing fast enough to generate much hiring. Growth slowed to a tepid annual rate of 1.3 percent in the April-June quarter, down from 2 percent in the previous quarter. Most economists see growth staying at or below 2 percent in the second half of the year.

The TRUTH: Bob GRANT votes pro-life and is endorsed by Kansans for Life. Paid for by Grant for Representative, Lynn Grant, Treasurer

Fifteen regular members, three associate members and one guest, Karen Gilpin, attended Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting of Sororis at the home of Nancy Lassman. Faith Weber was the cohostess. Karen Gilpin, Mary Kay Heard and Mary Ann Patterson gave the program on the new Allen County Hospital. They showed the layout for the hospital and presented the naming level opportunities for the hospital

and various areas throughout. Donations are needed to help buy equipment. Any size donation is appreciated. Any of the three would be glad to answer questions concerning the hospital on an individual basis. The hospital is expected to open in October of 2013. The next meeting will be Nov. 12 at the home of Susan Dieboldt. Pat Armato wil be co-hostess.

City helps resident with leaf pick-up A fall leaf pickup begins Dec. 3 throughout the streets of Iola. Residents need not call the city to schedule the service. Residents are asked to adhere to remember: â&#x20AC;˘ Leaves must be bagged. â&#x20AC;˘ Loose leaves or leaves in other containers will not be picked up. â&#x20AC;˘ Leaf bags will be picked

up from the street side of all residential properties (at the curb). No alley pickup will be provided. â&#x20AC;˘ Limbs and other debris will not be picked up. â&#x20AC;˘City trucks will pass through town only once. â&#x20AC;˘ Bags must be out by 8 a.m., Dec. 3. â&#x20AC;˘ Inclement weather will cancel the pickup.

Unity Club members gather Nineteen active members of Unity Club met Monday at the B & B Cafe in Iola. Mary Osborn was hostess. Rose Mary Riley announced that former Iola teacher Bart Altenbernd has written a book about his youth, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kaw Valley Boys.â&#x20AC;? She said it is a young adult book that adults should also appreciate. Riley purchased the book at the authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s booth at Pendleton Farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fall Festival outside of Lawrence. Her daughter and husband own the farm. Helen Ambler, program chairman, introduced Flo Haynes who reviewed the book â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Home (A Short

History of Private Life)â&#x20AC;? by Bill Bryson. Wandering through the rooms of his home, a former Church of England rectory built in 1851, it occurred to Bryson that the ordinary things in the domestic world provided material to research and write about. He used each room in his home as a chapter topic to launch him back into history of the evolution of the ways people live in their homes. His vast research and the ability to entertain with humor and trivia made it a most interesting and informative book, she said. The next meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the home of Shirley Ashford.

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Saturday-Quilt Display, Myrtle Francis, Iola Nursing Center, 1336 N. Walnut, Iola, 2-4 p.m.; Monday-Seekers Not Slackers 4-H Club, Lone Elm Community Building, 7 p.m.; Jolly Dozen Club, city hall community room, 7 p.m.; TuesdayVoter registration books close; library board meeting, city hall, 5:30 p.m.; 27Lions Club, United Methodist Church basement, 7 p.m. School

Monday-No school, Teacher Work and Professional Day; Tuesday-high school volleyball at St. Paul, 5 p.m.; WednesdayCrest Education Foundation, Crest lunchroom, 7 p.m.; 19-high school football at Southern Coffey County, 7 p.m.; 20-play presented from Garnett “Jack and the Beanstalk,” K-5, 12:30 p.m.; cross country regionals at Wichita; volleyball substate at Le Roy. Meal Site

M o n d a y - h a m b u r g e r, sliced tomato, corn and bean salad, bun, pears; Wednesday-birthday meal: fried chicken breast, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, roll, cake, ice cream; Oct. 19-chili, coleslaw, crackers, cinnamon roll. Phone 8523479 for reservations. Churches

Scripture at Sunday’s Christian Church service was Luke 9:22-26. Pastor Mark McCoy presented the sermon “Not a Fan — Fan or Follower?” Prayer and coffee 9. a.m. every Sunday; men’s Bible study at the church 7 a.m. Tuesday; Five Infusion groups began week of Oct. 7. Study is “Not a Fan” by Kyle Idleman; Oct. 28-“Harvest for Him” 5-7 p.m.; Nov. 4-Daylight Saving Time ends, turn clocks back an hour; Nov. 4-picnic and hay rack ride at Kendall McGhee’s, 3

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p.m. Scripture at the United Methodist Church services Sunday Oct. 7 was Psalm 26:1-14, Proverbs 3:9-10 and Mark 10:1-16. Pastor Leslie Jackson presented the sermon. This was 4-H Sunday. Each year the “Seekers Not Slackers” 4-H Club chooses one of their member’s church to attend. Ten members attended Jerrick and Makayla Jones church this year. Oct. 29-chicken noodle dinner, church basement, 5:30-8 p.m. Quilt drawing (quilt on display at Colony GSS bank). PTO

President LeAnn Church led the Sept. 29 meeting. Committee members reported 60 T-shirts were ordered. Trash bag sales were good, exceeding their goal and pickup was Monday. Today, the PTO hosted an assembly for prizes for student workers on this project; a drawing will be made for those selling five or more — 66 are eligible. Box top savers met their third goal. Principal Richard Burkdoll inquired about purchasing a microphone system. He also asked if members might donate double-up books because the Lions Club is donating books to Children’s Mercy. A new school sign was purchased but was returned for repair. Burkdoll repaired the old sign. Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 22-25, is themed “A Drug Free Life Rock!” Children participate daily by placing their name sin a drawing. High school students will present a

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three-minute air guitar performance. In new business members voted to provide cookies, drinks and prizes again this year. They decided to have a bingo night in January or February. Angie Luedke will look into prices for two playground benches. Teachers are asked to look into items that need repair. Aundi Miller will seek prices for three microphones. Books will be given to Children’s Mercy. Kincaid Fair tickets were given for those caught in “Principal’s Second Bucket” and soda for kids was purchased from the Lions Club. For Halloween they suggest children parade from the west doors to the front doors of the gym allowing community members to sit and watch around the grass. In case of inclement weather, parade will be held indoors. Oct. 22-PTO meeting, 7 p.m. in Crest lunch room; Oct. 23-Parent Night from 6 to 6:45 p.m. (PTO will provide cookies and drinks); Oct. 22-25- Red Ribbon week; Oct. 26-no school. CEF

Crest Education Foundation officers are: Cathy Stephens, president; Debbie Wools, vice president; Leann Church, secretary; and Susan Ramsey, treasurer. The Crest Education Foundation is a tax-deductible method of supporting public education at USD 479. There are several goals that have been created to enhance the school and education of the students. The goals are educational scholarships, facilities development, school site beautification, classroom grants, and technology advancement. Please come and be a part to help reach these goals. Regular meetings are held quarterly on the third

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“That’s where I want to go!” Texas-born Ollie Barton has ridden horses since she was four years old, spending many of those years doing what she loved best – barrel racing. She jokingly told people she would quit when she couldn’t climb a ladder to get on a horse. When she first had surgery for a broken hip, she thought she would have to give up her favorite pastime. “It was never right, even after it was healed. I dealt with the pain.” “Riding was out. It was so excruciatingly painful,” she said. Ollie began asking friends and acquaintances about their experiences. Through conversations with her hairdresser, dermatologist and dentist, the names of Dr. William Dillon and Labette Health kept coming up. “That’s why I came.” After consulting with Dr. Dillon, the orthopedic surgeon, Ollie chose to have a second hip replacement – this time at Labette Health. “When I had it done again, I wanted it done right!” After just two weeks of prescribed physical therapy, and another extended period of voluntary exercise on the treadmill to build up the strength in her leg, Ollie was released. She is back on her horse and barrel racing again. “There’s absolutely no hip pain,” she said. “I’m just glad I found Parsons over here.”

Photo by Glen Luedke Crest High School’s Class of 1977 gathered for a reunion recently. Class members are, front from left, Shelia Morrison Hasty, Tammy Call, Frankie Smiley and Linda Becker; and second row from left, Glen Luedke, Gene Becker, Kelli Quick Barnett, Lucinda Ballard Witt, Kathy Lindsay Nelson, Nancy Caudell Ellington, Donna Powers and Patti Bunnel Liebold. Rodney Warren marched in the parade but was unable to attend the dinner. Wednesday of October, January, April and July at 7 p.m. in the Crest lunchroom. The next PTO meeting is Wednesday. On Oct. 25 the group will hold a chili feed in the lunch room following the last football game. 4-H

New officers for the upcoming 4-H year are: Brock Peters, president; Dal Lacey, vice president; Kaitlyn LaCross, secretary; Landon Stephens, treasurer; Cassie Bowen, reporter; Brooklynn LaCross, Erin Steedley, Codi Vermillion, parliamentarians; and Kendra Sprague, historian. Junior officers are: Alex Brownrigg, president; Hailey Gillespie, vice president; Brooklynn LaCross secretary; Tanner LaCross, treasurer; Makayla Jones, reporter; and Rebecca Sprague, historian. Flag Salute leaders will consist of four groups of two members taking three-month turns: Karson Hermreck and Jerrick Jones; Tyler Gillespie and Tanner LaCross; Zack Beckman and Alex Brownrigg; and Rebecca Sprague and Logan Walter. Song leaders will follow the same format: Lanie Walter and Austin Louk; Karson Hermreck and Julianna Sprague; Makayla Jones; Hailey Gillespie and Kendra Sprague. Community leaders are Stacy Sprague, CJ Lacey and Kathy LaCross. 4-H week runs through Saturday. There is a display at Crest High School about 4-H, and the “Seekers Not

Slackers” Club participated in 4-H Sunday this week by attending the Colony Methodist Church services. The 4-H Club’s first meeting of the new year is Monday. Anyone interested in joining is welcome to attend. Meeting dates are the third Monday of each month at the Lone Elm community building at 7 p.m. 4-H isn’t just about animals; there are lots of projects for kids to get involved with, such as lessons on cooking, reading, sewing, crafts, pets, gardening, geology, rocketry, welding, woodworking, etc. If you have an interest, there’s probably a project category for it in 4-H. Crest Reunion

Thirteen members and a former classmate of Crest High Schools Class of 1977 met for their 35th anniversary at the Kincaid Fair. They marched in the parade and that evening enjoyed a catered dinner at the Kincaid Community Center. Attending were Kelli Quick Barnett, and husband Mark Joplin, Mo.; Linda Becker, Wichita; Gene Becker and wife Nancy, Kincaid; Patty Bunnel Leibold, Broken Arrow, Okla.; Tammy Call, Topeka; Nancy Caudell Ellington, Colony; Sherry Keele-Bradfield, Iola; Kathy Lindsey Nelson, Union Center, S.D.; Glen Luedke and wife Sheila, Mandeville, La.; Shelia Morrison Hasty and husband Darin, Le Roy; Donna Powers, Lawrence; Rodney Warren, Chanute; Lucinda Ballard Witt, Iola,

and Frankie Smiley, former classmate. There were 19 boys and 16 girls in the class; David Allen and George Nolan are deceased.

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Oct. 3 the Lions held their regular meeting and were served supper by the United Methodist Women. Vice President Ron McMullen opened the meeting with seven members in attendance. There was a smaller attendance due to illnesses and out-of-town visits. Visitors enjoyed the Kincaid Fair, always a great event, with food cooked by the Lions members at their food stand. Members held a vision screening at Crest School; 23 children were tested. It has become an annual event hosted by the Lions Club. Members cut and trim trees as a money making project, used for good community causes. They offer bids for this service to community people when approached. The next scheduled meeting is Wednesday at the United Methodist Church. Crest band has been marching at several events this year. Sept. 29 they marched at the Kincaid Free Fair and Saturday at the 55th annual Biblesta Parade. They are scheduled to march at Farm City Days in Iola Oct. 20 and their last parade will be on Dec. 1 at Colony’s eighth annual Christmas Parade. Are you registered to vote? If not register at the Colony City Hall or the county clerk’s office before Tuesday.

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Ireland tackles its housing mess; as should the U.S. Ireland has decided to bite the bullet on underwater mortgages and give its homeowners a break. When the Irish housing bubble burst the government bailed out the banks rather than see them go broke. As a consequence the taxpayers there already “own” the banks and will take whatever loss occurs. Because more than half of the homeowners who have mortgages owe more than their houses are worth, analysts have decided that it makes more sense to write down the loans and reduce the payments to an affordable level than to foreclose. One example was given: a woman with a $1,200 monthly payment says she could afford to pay $900 a month and could then keep her house. If the bank foreclosed rather than write down the debt, it would lose her monthly payment and be stuck with a house with a market value less than half of the original loan. Ireland is different from the United States. Losses here must be borne by bank owners rather than the government. But the arithmetic works out the same. When banks foreclose here they also lose whatever payments were being made and find themselves in the real estate business in a down market. The Irish solution looks better. Banks don’t want to be real estate agents. The families in the homes they bought want to stay in them. And the social dislocations that mass foreclosures would create would be huge. The United States should bite the bullet, too. The banks and mortgage companies should take much of the loss. As has been thoroughly documented, many, if not most, of the mortgages now underwater represent loans that should not have been made. Sales were made without adequate down payments. Some contracts allowed buyers to pay interest only at the be-

ginning. Sales were made without a serious effort to match a buyer’s income to his or her payment responsibilities. Most mortgages were not kept by the bank which made the sales but were sold to other banks and, all too frequently, were then packaged into bonds and sold to still other buyers — who had no knowledge about the houses or those living in them. What happened then was the credit crunch that touched off the worst recession since the 1930s. So, yes, the banks and other mortgage creators should write off a large part of the difference between the money still owed and the market price of the mortgaged properties. IRELAND ISN’T treating every homeowner alike. Those who can afford to pay full price, will do so. To qualify for a write-down, a householder must show need. The same approach should be taken here. Those with means should have had enough money sense to avoid borrowing more than they could afford to repay and should be held to their contracts. What Ireland is doing is marking down its housing stock to market. That is bank talk. Federal regulators require banks to revalue their reserves regularly as those reserves change in value, as bonds do when interest rates change. Housing lost half of its value in Ireland when the bubble burst. Writing off some of that loss — marking it to market — and reducing the payments on the smaller balances remaining would give the Irish economy a rocket boost forward. Applying the same realism to the U.S. housing market would revive construction and send billions of additional dollars into the consumer economy. We should learn from the Irish. — Emerson Lynn, jr.

Chavez wins — darn it Score another lamentable election victory for Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. The fiery, anti-U.S. revolutionary now has another six-year term to continue with the plans he launched after his first election in 1998 to dismantle Venezuela’s free-market economy and pursue his anachronistic socialist agenda. Not long ago, American leaders would’ve had good reason to be concerned about the national security implications of another Chávez term. Venezuela sits atop the world’s largest proven reserves of oil and is a major petroleum exporter to the United States. Chávez has repeatedly rankled U.S. leaders by providing support for leftist Colombian guerrillas and sponsoring socialist political campaigns in Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua. Yet his so-called Bolívarian revolution has proved hollow. Chávez’s Latin American politi-

cal allies have found that, without the same kind of oil income Venezuela enjoys, revolutionary socialism is almost impossible to sustain. ... Chávez’s opposition has tried repeatedly to stop the president through elections and referendums, but it’s never been able to muster the necessary voting muscle. His continuation in power for another six-year term will no doubt rob Venezuela of the economic growth opportunities that are spurring job creation and investment elsewhere in the region. Venezuela’s professional class of lawyers, doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs have fled the country in droves. The more U.S. and other regional leaders ignore him, the less his bluster seems to resonate. For all his antics and rhetoric, Chávez should increasingly be dismissed for what he is — a toothless tiger. — The Dallas Morning News

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The Snuffleupagus in the room WASHINGTON — The Obama campaign’s new ad ruffles my feathers. It’s not the message per se. The Big Bird spot fairly points out that Mitt Romney seems more interested in cracking down on “Sesame Street” than on Wall Street. The problem is President Obama has, to mix animal metaphors, taken the bait — and he’s pursuing a red herring. Big Bird is not the problem. The problem is Snuffleupagus. The threat presented by Romney’s budget is not in the few cuts he has specified but in the vastly larger amount of unseen cuts he has yet to identify. At the Denver debate, Romney said he would eliminate Obamacare (doing so would actually increase the budget deficit, because of related tax hikes) and the public-broadcasting subsidy, which is $445 million a year — or little more than one one-hundredth of 1 percent of federal spending. But Romney proposes to cut federal spending by trillions of dollars — more than $5 trillion over the next decade, assuming he follows the sort of blueprint laid out by his running mate, Paul Ryan. That threatens much more than Muppets and monsters. Human lives are at stake. As if to remind us of this, Rep. Darrell Issa, the indefatigable Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is holding a hearing this week even though Congress is in a weeks-long recess. The emergency cause for the hearing? Probing “The Security Failures of Benghazi” — lapses in diplomatic security that led to the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya. The purpose of the pre-election hearing, presumably, is to embarrass the administration. But Issa seems unaware of the irony that diplomatic security is inadequate partly because of budget cuts forced by his fellow Republicans in Congress. For fiscal 2013, the GOP-controlled House proposed spending $1.934 billion for the State Department’s Worldwide Security Protection program — well below the $2.15 billion requested by the Obama administration. House

Dana Milbank Washington Post Writers Group Republicans cut the administration’s request for embassy security funding by $128 million in fiscal 2011 and $331 million in fiscal 2012. (Negotiations with the Democrat-controlled Senate restored about $88 million of the administration’s request.) Last year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that Republicans’ proposed cuts to her department would be “detrimental to America’s national security” — a charge Republicans rejected. Ryan, Issa and other House Republicans voted for an amendment in 2009 to cut $1.2 billion from State operations, including funds for 300 more diplomatic security positions. Under Ryan’s budget, non-defense discretionary spending, which includes State Department funding, would be slashed nearly 20 percent in 2014, which would translate to more than $400 million in additional cuts to embassy security. The Romney campaign argues that such extrapolations are unfair, because Romney and Ryan haven’t specified which programs they would cut and by how much. And that’s the problem: The danger in Romney’s plan is not in the few cuts he has detailed but in the many he has not.

If Romney follows through on the tax cuts he has endorsed, increases defense spending by $2.1 trillion over a decade as promised and maintains Social Security and Medicare as they are for those 55 and older, he’d need to cut everything else government does by nearly a third — or more than $200 billion — in 2016. By 2022, the liberal Center for American Progress calculates, such government functions, including the State Department, would be cut by 53 percent. The $445 million Romney saves by axing PBS will get him less than half of 1 percent of the way toward the budget cuts he would need to make by 2016. OBAMA IS MAKING a mistake in allowing the discussion to be about Big Bird. His new campaign ad has a cute punch line: “Mitt Romney, taking on our enemies, no matter where they nest.” Obama would do better to focus on Big Bird’s elephantine friend Aloysius Snuffleupagus. For years, Big Bird tried to convince the skeptical grown-ups on “Sesame Street” that his “imaginary” friend was real. Finally, after concern that the grown-ups’ dismissal of Big Bird’s truthful claim might dissuade children from reporting sexual abuse, “Sesame Street’s” producers made Snuffy visible to the grown-ups. In the presidential campaign, Big Bird is a distraction from Romney’s real cuts, which he is not yet allowing Americans to see. Obama should be drawing attention to the elephant in the room.

Big difference between speech and action The leaders of Islamic countries demanding global freespeech restrictions are being unrealistic if not childish. “When we discriminate against gender, it is called sexism. When African-Americans are criticized and vilified, it is called racism. When the same is done to the Jews, it is called anti-Semitism. But why is it when Muslims are stigmatized and defamed, it is defended as freedom of expression?” Malaysian foreign minister Anifah Aman asked in a recent speech to the U.N. General Assembly. The answer to Aman’s question requires a mature understanding of the difference between speech

and actions. And if Aman wonders why so many people in free countries are less than enthusiastic about the tone of some of the rhetoric coming from Islamic countries these days, he should spend more time making clear he and his faith deplore anyone who would threaten to kill another person for words, cartoons or Internet postings. Also, the notion that anyone could or should police the Internet and prosecute anyone who insults another person’s religion is not only next to impossible, but it would be a waste of resources. Saying something that might anger or be disrespectful of wom-

en, African-Americans or Jews is in itself not illegal in free societies. What’s not acceptable, at least in this country, is to discriminate against women or minorities, including Muslims, in employment, housing, voting, etc. ... No, the way to a better world isn’t to have some global power with its thumb on anyone who criticizes or belittles a religion, race, political party, etc. The solution is something we learned in this country a long time ago. That is, say or believe whatever you want, but don’t take the next step and impose your beliefs on anyone else. ... The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis.

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H Review cal â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Â a U.S. Navy battleship. The role of Mona Kent is handled with easy confidence by Brianna Holliday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not to mention her powerful voice. She forces the crowd to believe her ego may be too big for the stage, a perfect blend of flamboyance and overbearance lend to the love-hate relationship between Mona Kent and the audience. Joan, the feisty, loyal friend to Ruby, is played effortlessly by Mariah Nunley. Her beautiful singing voice contrasts her spunk and vitality. Her characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positive attitude creates the perfect clash of contrast between her and Mona Kent. The role of Hennessey couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been cast better than with Anthony Ellis. His reluctant attitude and overall cantankerousness are often understandable (and often hilarious), considering the circumstances with his theater, which eventually becomes something he never intended it to be. Ruby is played by Emmaline Durand. Her character is almost as intriguing as she is funny, developing from a meek performer from Utah, to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;sweetheart of the U.S. Navy.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

amazing to see how well Durand allowed her character to develop throughout the performance, until she becomes exactly what you would hope â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give the ending away, however. Sailors Dick and Lucky are played gregariously by Archie Huskey and Nathan Hill. The chummy camaraderie of the two sailors is the perfect comic relief youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d expect from these talented actors. Both of their voices are an appropriate compliment to the voices of their female cast members during the numerous musical numbers. And finally, the role of the battleship captain is played by Michael De Los Santos. His characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blind infatuation with Mona Kent, coupled with the stresses of a new â&#x20AC;&#x153;additionâ&#x20AC;? to his ship, lead to some of the best oneliners in the show. Ted Clous, musical director for the production, said De Los Santos has not had formal voice training before â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a safe bet no one can tell in his musical numbers. The sets are impressively constructed and a perfect backdrop for musical numbers like â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sailor of My Dreamsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Singapore Sue.â&#x20AC;? The construction of

H Leadership ship students; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not teachers giving the students a tour around the school,â&#x20AC;? IHS Principal Stacey Fager said. One of the major challenges for incoming freshman and transfer students is fitting in. Roughly five years ago a link program was created where high school juniors and seniors apply to serve as mentors to incoming freshman. At the beginning of the year link leaders, after a 10hour training session the prior week, spend the morning with freshman, helping them become comfortable with their new environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more comfortable they are, the more likely they are to succeed and graduate,â&#x20AC;? Chriestenson said. Since last year, the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s benefits could really be seen because freshman who benefited from the program four years ago are now seniors and giving back by applying to be link leaders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(All the programs) give the school a much more inviting atmosphere,â&#x20AC;? Fager said. This year administrators are trying to do more. They have added a new program, Power 2 Achieve, to their curriculum, which was bought through a state Safe and Supportive School (S3) grant.

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The more comfortable they are, the more likely they are to succeed and graduate. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Regina Chriestenson Iola High School leadership teacher

Through the program students learn about better communication, bullying, respect and responsibility. Twice a month during seminar class, students are taught about character topics and they have recently adopted a teaching tool where they choose a character word. For example, the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;prideâ&#x20AC;? is an acronym for â&#x20AC;&#x153;punctuality, respect, integrity, diligence and excellence.â&#x20AC;? The character word is on display throughout the school and teachers encourage their students to follow the message of the character word. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By and large it has been a positive effect on the students,â&#x20AC;? Fager said. AT THE Sept. 28 â&#x20AC;&#x153;See, Hear Iola!â&#x20AC;? program, Fager spoke about the progress and achievements the leadership class has gained. That caught the attention of Jeff Livingston, Iolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walmart manager, who offered to donate $1,000 to the class.

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with the songs in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dames at Seaâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which he described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;hard songs to sing.â&#x20AC;? The pit orchestra is made up of community members from Iola, Chanute and Fort Scott. Clous said the music for the production calls for much fewer instruments in the pit than a normal musical, which he said makes use of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bare minimumâ&#x20AC;? approach to support the songs. The support of the pit orchestra was not unnoticed, however, and kept the energy high throughout the entire performance. All in all, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dames at Seaâ&#x20AC;? is a play about taking chances and putting it all on the line. All of the characters in the show are stretched to limits that they never thought possible, and the results are hilarious and rewarding. This familyfriendly production can be enjoyed by musical theater enthusiasts and casual attendees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it never ceases to impress. The songwriting sailor with a heart of gold urges his fellow characters to give â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dames at Seaâ&#x20AC;? a shot, and they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be disappointed. Be sure to think about the sailorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plea, because you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be disappointed, either.

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the battleship played a particularly important role in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raining in my Heart,â&#x20AC;? an impressive song towards the end of the second act. Susan McKinnis, director of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dames at Sea,â&#x20AC;? said the play was challenging and fun for her and the cast. The play involves more tap dancing than previous productions she has worked with, so they brought in choreographer Marielle Melvin to assist with training the actors. McKinnis said productions are important to maintain the profile of the arts in the community, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dames at Seaâ&#x20AC;? has done nothing but raise the profile. She said Iola shows great support through their attendance to the shows and the support of the Bowlus has been essential as well. Clous worked with students vocally as well as musically. In addition, he conducts the orchestra in the pit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an irreplaceable aspect to a live comedy musical. Clous said musicals are always something he has looked forward to in the past, and this play has been no different. Clous said he was impressed by the vocal talent of Allen Community Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actors, especially

affluent families. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought the whole purpose of affirmative action was to help students who come from underprivileged backgrounds,â&#x20AC;? he said. He was referring to a passage in the University of Texas brief that said the university may wish to give preference to a black student with professional parents and from a good Dallas-area high school over a black or Latino who earned top grades at an â&#x20AC;&#x153;overwhelminglyâ&#x20AC;? black or Latino high school. Under the Texas law, the university must admit top graduates of all state high schools. That policy has succeeded in steadily raising the percentage of Latino and black students. In the past two years, more than 80 percent of these minority students won admission through the law rather than affirmative action. For a number of years, the law granted automatic admission to those in the top 10 percent of their class, but at the moment it is the top 8 percent.

But after the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2003, Texas officials opted to use a racebased policy for about one-fourth of the entering class. This allowed the university to admit qualified minority students who did not graduate in the top of their class. Alito said he did not understand why the university would give a â&#x20AC;&#x153;leg upâ&#x20AC;? to a minority from a wealthy family over a similarly qualified white or Asian student who came from a middle-class family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want minorities from different backgrounds,â&#x20AC;? replied Gregory Garre, the Washington attorney for the University of Texas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saying is that what counts is race above all else,â&#x20AC;? said Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who is likely to cast the decisive vote in the case. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want underprivileged of a certain race and privileged of a certain race.â&#x20AC;? Joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, whose opposition to affirmative

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action is well known, Kennedy and the courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conservative bloc could strike down the Texas approach and put new limits on affirmative action in colleges and universities. During the hourlong argument, the justices did not hint whether they would go so far as to overturn their 2003 ruling upholding affirmative action at the University of Michigan and forbid the use of race entirely. Retired Justice Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor was in the courtroom to listen to the argument, as if to remind her former colleagues of the importance of precedents. But Kennedy has steadily opposed affirmative action and insisted before that school officials try â&#x20AC;&#x153;race neutralâ&#x20AC;? policies â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

such as the Texas law â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to achieve diversity. Bert Rein, the attorney for Abigail Fisher, the rejected white applicant, sounded that theme. He said there was no need for a race-based affirmative action policy at the University of Texas since large numbers of Latinos and blacks are admitted as top high school graduates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Race should have been a last resort. It was a first resort,â&#x20AC;? Rein said. U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. cautioned the justices about reversing course on affirmative action. He said colleges and universities have adopted admission policies that allow for a limited consideration of race based on the courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past rulings.

worthy word. Unlike Biden, 69, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a talking-point stickler who has yet to be pried off message, which could present a challenge to Biden and debate moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News. Ryan has become adept at talking around the one question that comes at him every day, in interviews and from supporters at town hall meetings: Which loopholes and deductions would he and Romney eliminate to pay for their proposed, across-the-board 20 percent federal income tax reduction? Asked about the plan repeatedly by Chris Wallace in a Fox News interview last month, Ryan said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would take me too long to go through all of the math.â&#x20AC;? The question is almost certain to be lobbed at him by Raddatz or Biden. Also, given Bidenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and

Raddatzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deep experience with foreign affairs, there will be questions about Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in the world, seen by the Obama team as a Ryan vulnerability. Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior aides bristle at the idea that he is unschooled in foreign affairs, and point out that Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget committee handles allocations for the departments of State and Defense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voted to send men and women to war,â&#x20AC;? Ryan spokesman Michael Steel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visited Afghanistan and Iraq, and Walter Reed (Army Medical Center). Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attended the funerals of men and women from his district who have lost their lives.â&#x20AC;? Apart from Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first congressional race, he has never faced a truly threatening debate opponent, said a Wisconsin political scientist who has followed Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career.

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Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lackluster performance against Mitt Romney altered the race, with states that were assumed to be leaning comfortably toward Democrats, such as Ohio and perhaps even Michigan, starting to look more favorable for Romney. Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job will be to keep the Republican momentum going until Obama and Romney meet for their second debate Tuesday. The Ryan camp, not surprisingly, is pushing down expectations. An oftrepeated sentiment from Ryan and his staff: Biden might suffer from foot-inmouth disease, but the debate stage effects a magical, if temporary, cure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t produce gaffes in these moments,â&#x20AC;? Ryan told Fox News on Sept. 30. Romney told CNN on Tuesday that he thought this would be Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first

debate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He may have done something in high school,â&#x20AC;? Romney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know.â&#x20AC;? (Ryan has debated his Democratic opponents, often more than once, in each of his seven House campaigns.) In the last few days, as he hunted for votes in Milwaukee, suburban Detroit and Toledo, Ohio, Ryan, 42, seemed unruffled by the pending showdown. With journalists and Secret Service agents in tow, he took his children to a pumpkin patch in southeast Wisconsin and shopped for spices for his homemade venison sausage at a favorite Italian deli in Kenosha. He wandered to the back of his plane at least three times to greet journalists traveling with him and engage in innocuous, offthe-record chitchat about tattoos and rock lyrics. Earnest and congenial, he never uttered a news-

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Third Miami garage collapse victim dies MIAMI (AP) — A third victim of a massive parking garage collapse at a Miami college died this morning, just hours after rescuers pulled him from beneath piles of twisted steel and crumbled concrete, police said. Samuel Perez, 53, had been trapped in the collapse Wednesday at Miami Dade College. He was beneath the rubble for about 13 hours, communicating with rescuers before he was taken to a hospital. He was first discovered after workers heard his cries, and crews were saddened to hear he had died, said Miami-Dade Police Lt. Rosanna CorderoStutz. Authorities said they no longer expected to find anyone else alive and expected to pull a fourth person from what remained of the fivestory structure that had

been under construction. One worker was still missing, said Miami-Dade FireRescue Assistant Chief David Downey. “It’s saddening because at the end of the day you know we are recovering a deceased person, not a live person,” Cordero-Stutz said. “But we have to give closure to these families.” Police identified the other two men who died as Jose Calderon and Carlos Hurtado de Mendoza, 48. They died at hospitals after being rescued. A press conference with officials from the company contracted to build the garage is planned for 11 a.m. Another man was pulled out alive and brought to a hospital shortly after the collapse, Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Griselle Marino said. A vid-

eo shot by Miami-Dade FireRescue and provided to The Associated Press showed four firefighters pulling him out from under a steel beam. His face and hands were bloody, and he was carried away on a stretcher. At least seven workers were brought to the hospital with unidentified injuries, while an eighth was treated on the scene and sent home. There were no students in the area because the ga-

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Crucial week ahead for IHS, other prep squads By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com

With a Pioneer League championship in hand, Iola High’s Mustangs have a couple of other significant goals lying ahead for the 2012 football season. With a win over arch-rival and former Southeast Kansas League foe Chanute Friday — something that hasn’t occurred since the 1980s — Iola can take a significant step toward retur ning to the postseason playoffs. The Mustangs and Blue Comets will face off at 7 p.m. Friday at the Riverside Park football stadium to open Class 4A, District 6 play. Iola’s district games, against Chanute, Fort Scott and Anderson County, will dictate who from the district will advance. The top two schools in each district will advance. Iola’s 5-1 start to the season now essentially reverts to 0-0. “District play is what we’ve worked the first six weeks for,” Mustang head coach Doug Kerr said. In Chanute, Iola is facing an opponent that has seen some ups and downs, largely because of an inconsistent offense, Blue Comet head coach Don Simmons said. “We’ve continued to play with good defense,” Simmons said, pointing to Chanute’s three shutouts so far in 2012. “But our offense needs to be more consistent.” Offensive errors were major contributors in two of Chanute’s three losses, Simmons noted, including a heart-breaking 2014 loss Sept. 28 to Coffeyville in which Chanute lost two turnovers at the goal line in successive possessions in the fourth quarter. Iola’s defense, which surrendered a number of big plays before halftime in last week’s win

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Today Jr. High Football Coffeyville at IMS 7th, 8th, 5 p.m. Cross Country Marmaton Valley, Yates Center, Humboldt, Crest at Burlington Friday High School Football Chanute at Iola, 7 p.m. Marmaton Valley at Pleasanton Eureka at Humboldt (HC) Chetopa at Crest (HC) Baileyville B&B at Southern Coffey County Yates Center at St. Paul Jr. College Volleyball Allen at Lincoln Land tournament, Springfield, Ill. Saturday High School Volleyball Iola at Anderson County Invitational Southern Coffey County at Lyon County League tourney, Emporia Jr. College Volleyball Allen at Lincoln Land tournament, Springfield, Ill. Sunday Jr. College Soccer Dodge City at Allen, women 2 p.m., women 4 p.m. Monday High School Football Chanute at Iola JV, 5 p.m. Jr. College Volleyball Allen at Labette, 6:30 p.m. Jr. College Golf Allen at Kansas City, Kan., tourney Tuesday High School Volleyball Iola at Anderson County, 4:30 p.m. Uniontown, Pleasanton at Marmaton Valley Burlington, Fredonia at Humboldt Yates Center at Neodesha Crest at St. Paul Jr. College Soccer Allen at Northern Oklahoma, women 2 p.m., men 4 p.m.

Iola High’s Mason Coons (11) runs behind the blocking of Quinton Morrison (62) Friday in the Mustangs’ win over Wellsville. The Mustangs will need another strong offensive effort Friday to defeat visiting Chanute High. over Wellsville, improved considerably in the second half, limiting the Eagles to a single touchdown after intermission. “We understand that on paper Chanute is probably bigger, faster and stronger than us,” Kerr said. “And our defense has had to adjust the past few weeks mainly on power running teams. We’ve had to adjust our mindset a bit because Chanute runs the spread and has a lot of offensive weapons.”

Forcing Blue Comet mistakes will be a major contributor on whether Iola will come out on top Friday evening, both coaches agreed. “Our goal is to see if we can bounce back if we get hit early and continue to fight,” Kerr said. Meanwhile, the Mustangs must continue to show offensive balance against a stout Chanute defense. “The goal is to see if we can keep the game close into the

fourth quarter,” Kerr said. Much of the talk this week also has been to remind the Mustang players that past records of Chanute and Iola have no bearing on Friday’s contest. “We’re not comparing this year to last year or before that,” Kerr said. Simmons has come away duly impressed with Iola’s mindset. “Coach Kerr has done a great job of getting the kids to believe in themselves,” Simmons said.

Iola High Mustangs Offense QB — Mason Coons, 6-2, 190, Sr. WB — Adam Kauth, 6-0, 140, Jr. HB — John Whitworth, 5-10, 175, Jr. FB — Eric Heffern, 5-11, 170, Sr. TE — Jesse Zimmerman, 5-10, 185, Jr. T — Alex Bauer, 6-0, 200, So. G — Quinton Morrison, 5-10. 190, Jr. C — Aaron Barclay, 6-0, 265, Sr. G — Derrick Weir, 5-10, 210, Jr. T — Eli Grover, 6-0, 250, Sr. WR — Cole Morrison, 5-8, 145, Sr. PK — Isaias Macias, 5-8, 165, Jr. Defense DE — Bryce Misenhelter, 6-2, 180, Jr. NG — Stephen McDonald, 6-2, 205, Sr. DE — Eric Maxwell, 6-1, 180, Jr. LB — Adam Kauth, 6-0, 140, Jr. LB — Tyler McIntosh, 6-1, 145, Jr. LB — Kaden Macha, 6-0, 180, So. LB — John Whitworth, 5-10, 175, Jr. LB — Eric Heffern, 5-11, 170, Sr. CB — Cole Morrison, 5-8, 145, Sr. S — Jacob Rhoads, 5-7, 145, Jr. CB — Jacob Harrison, 6-3, 180, Sr. P — Zeph Larney, 5-10, 155, Sr Chanute High Blue Comets Offense QB — Brock Gilmore, 6-4, 220, Sr. TB — Blake Kisner, 6-0, 196, Sr. WR — Christian Wiltse, 5-11, 162, Jr. WR — John Morris, 5-11, 160, Sr. WR — Ethin VanAnne, 5-9, 173, So. T — Cody Howell, 6-1, 210, Sr. G — Loren Dillman, 5-11, 230, So. C — Jack Martin, 5-10, 193, Sr. G — Jordan Drybread, 5-11, 240, Jr. T — Gus Walker, 6-1, 185, So. SE — Derek Sharp, 6-2, 161, So. PK — A.J. LaRocca, 5-10, 145, Jr. Defense E — Josh Smeed, 6-0, 195, Sr. DT — Jack Martin, 5-10, 193, Sr. DT — Jake Reed, 5-10, 235, Sr. E — Trey Ellis, 6-4, 175, Jr. LB — Jared Fiscus, 5-8, 155, Sr. LB — Alex Son, 5-9, 180, So. LB — Cody Howell, 6-1, 210, Sr. LB — Ethin VanAnne, 5-9, 173, So. CB — Christian Wiltse, 5-11, 162, Jr. CB — Abron Weaver, 5-10, 167, Sr. FS — Evan Hale, 5-10, 155, Sr. P — Caleb Dietsch, 6-4, 180, Jr.

THE PLAYOFF fates of other schools could be decided Friday night as well, particularly for Crest High, which faces its biggest remaining hurdle of the regular season at home against See PLAYOFFS | Page B2

ACC volleyball drops match to Red Ravens By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com

Equal parts controversy and confusion were critical Wednesday in Allen Community College’s four-set loss on the volleyball court to visiting Coffeyville Community College. The Red Devils lost two potential points late in the fourth set, in which apparent game winners were ruled otherwise by officials, in a 22-25, 15-14, 25-19, 26-24 defeat. The first “lost” point came with Allen on top 23-22 in the fourth set. Freshmen Sidney Keith delivered what she thought was the game-winner when she tipped the ball over the outstretched arms of a pair of Red Raven defenders. The ball bounced off the floor, but a Coffeyville player dove and made the play appear close enough that neither official blew his whistle until about a few seconds later, after the ball had been returned to the Allen side and then back to Coffeyville’s. The Red Devils were not awarded the point. Then with the score knotted at 24-24, a Hayley Mertens spike appeared to deflect off the fingertips of another Coffeyville defender, but that potential winner was called out of bounds. Coffeyville sealed the win on the next point with a kill by Kelsey Broadwell. “Yes, games can be won or lost because of officiating, and those two calls caused a huge shift in the fourth set, but I told the girls (officiating) was not why we lost tonight,” Red Devil head coach Jessica Peters said. Instead, Peters directed most of her ire toward Allen’s inability to prevent extended Coffeyville runs through the contest. And while Peters said the Red Devils have improved substantially since the start of the season on its service receive game, “tonight was a big step back.

Allen Community College’s Danielle Goodman (2) and Sidney Keith (4) go up for a block Wednesday against Coffeyville Community College. The Red Devil volleyball squad was hampered by errors on defense in a four-set loss. “We clearly gave them a set solely based on blocking and serve receive errors,” Peters said. Mertens was at times “unstop-

pable” for Allen, Peters said, pointing to her 22 kills and an ace, with much of her play leading to the first-set win. “If we could have had even

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Iola junior varsity vb splits pair WELLSVILLE — Iola High’s junior varsity split a doubleheader Tuesday, falling to the host Wellsville JV 25-27, 18-25, 15-9 before downing Central Heights in straight sets. In the Wellsville matchup, Karlie Lower had 11 assists and six good serves for the Fillies. Cassie Delich delivered six good serves and 15 assists. Halie Cleaver, meanwhile, had eight digs and four good serves. Allie Cleaver had two good serves and

an ace. Shelby Smith delivered two good serves with a kill and a block. Torrie Lewis registered three kills, two aces and a block. Paige Miller was good for three kills and an ace. In the win over Central Heights, Lower had 13 good serves, six assists and two aces. Miller registered 10 good serves and a kill. Smith provided four blocks, two good serves and two kills. Halie Cleaver had three good serves, including two aces.

Mikaela Platt had four digs and a block. Allie Cleaver had three good serves. The junior varsity squad also defeated Burlington in five sets Monday afternoon. Junior varsity coach Steve Stockebrand said individual statistics from those contests were unavailable. The JV squad returns to action Tuesday in Garnett against Anderson County to wrap up its season.

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Oakland rallies to force Game 5 Ibanez homers By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dog-pile celebrations and whipped cream pies became a regular occurrence this season for the Oakland Athletics. Perhaps none was as improbable or memorable as this last one, which made sure a season filled with dramatic endings wouldn’t end just yet. Seth Smith hit a gametying, two-run double off closer Jose Valverde in the ninth inning, Coco Crisp capped Oakland’s rally with a two-out RBI single, and the A’s staved off elimination for a second straight night with a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 Wednesday night. “This club, we’ve been battling the whole year, giving 100 percent, and these walkoffs have been our MO this year,” Crisp said. The A’s rode a major league-leading 14 walkoff wins in the regular season to an improbable AL West title. Those paled in comparison to No. 15, which set up a win-or-go-home Game 5 against Justin Verlander and the Tigers. Josh Reddick led off the ninth with a single just under the glove of diving second baseman Omar Infante. Josh Donaldson followed with a double off the wall in left-center and both runners scored on Smith’s double. Two outs later, Crisp lined a single and Smith scored easily when right fielder Avisail Garcia couldn’t handle the ball. That set off a raucous celebration near first base as the A’s poured out of the dugout to mob Crisp, who was the recipient of

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The Detroit Tigers’ Prince Fielder connects for a solo home run off the Oakland Athletics’ A.J. Griffin in the fourth inning at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 10. a whipped cream pie that became a custom in this remarkable season in Oakland. This marked the second time the A’s erased a two-run deficit in the ninth inning to win a postseason game, the other coming in Game 5 of the 1929 World Series. Crisp ended three games with RBIs this season, tied for most in the majors. And like the others, this one ended with Reddick nailing him with a whipped cream pie during a postgame television interview. “He’s been our walkoff leader all year,” Reddick said. “Once we got into that situation, I think everybody in the dugout knew he was going to come through for

us. Once we get one or two runners on with that situation we have a really good feeling that we’re going to win the ballgame. He’s been clutch for us in the ninth inning.” Ryan Cook retired four batters for the win. The A’s, who have the lowest payroll in baseball, need just one more surprising result to win their second postseason series since 1990. Rookie Jarrod Parker will take the mound in Game 5 tonight against Verlander, the reigning AL Cy Young winner and MVP. “That’s why this is the greatest game of all,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “It looked like we were going to get it. We didn’t do

it. We didn’t quite get the 27 outs, that’s part of the game. You get tested all the time in this game. And this is a good test.” The Tigers looked to be in prime position to advance to their second straight ALCS and have a rested Verlander for Game 1 when they took a 3-1 lead into the ninth behind a strong start from Max Scherzer and a homer from Prince Fielder. Now the A’s are one win away from repeating last week’s three-game sweep of Texas that gave them the AL West title on the final day of the regular season. After losing the first two games in Detroit, the A’s won 2-0 in Game 3 and are looking to become the eighth team to rally from two games down to win a best-of-five series. “There’s no ending yet,” Oakland closer Grant Balfour said. “I’m hoping that the ending comes at the end of October. I hope there’s a period at the end of the story. It’s an unbelievable story. It just keeps going. And we’re going to take it out there tomorrow and give it everything, just like we have the last two games. If we can do that then I like our chances.” The San Francisco Giants will have a shot to do it as well earlier today when they face Cincinnati in Game 5 of their NL division series. Scherzer, who was dealing with shoulder, deltoid and ankle injuries late in the season, looked in top form against the A’s. He allowed just one baserunner in the first four innings and struck out seven of the first 15 batters he faced.

Cardinals, Giants take home NLDS wins WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayson Werth’s Washington Nationals were as good as it got during the regular season, compiling a majorshigh 98 wins. That doesn’t count for much come the postseason, where the St. Louis Cardinals excel. So what if manager Tony La Russa retired after last year’s World Series title? Who cares that slugger Albert Pujols left via free agency? Just like in 2011, the Cardinals are a wild-card club that finds a different player to lead the way each game, it seems. Heading into today’s Game 4 of their best-of-five NL division series, the Cardinals built a 2-1 lead by outscoring the Nationals 22-7. Kyle Lohse, who beat the Atlanta Braves in last week’s one-game, wild-card playoff, gets the start for St. Louis. Ross Detwiler pitches for Washington, which is sticking to its long-stated plan of keeping Stephen

Strasburg on the sideline the rest of the way. The Nationals didn’t do much at all Wednesday against Carpenter, who finds that even something as simple as breathing can feel odd on occasion now that he’s missing a rib and two neck muscles. Taking the mound for only the fourth time in 2012 after complicated surgery to cure numbness on his right side, the 37-year-old Carpenter spoiled the return of postseason baseball to Washington by pitching into the sixth inning. Carpenter allowed seven hits and walked two across his 5 2-3 innings to improve to 10-2 over his career in the postseason. The 10 victories tie the righty for seventh-most, behind Andy Pettitte’s record 19. Rookie Pete Kozma delivered a three-run homer, and a trio of relievers finished the shutout for the Cardinals.

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Chetopa. Win, and the Lancers improve to 2-1 in district play behind undefeated Waverly in Kansas Eight Man II, District 3. Waverly, one of the top eight-man schools in the state, already has defeated Crest. Chetopa is 1-0 in district play, but has yet to face Waverly. “It looks like this game could decide who goes to the playoffs: Chetopa or us,” Crest head coach Brent Smith said Southern Coffey County, at 1-1, will play out of its district in a game against Baileyville B&B. Chetopa has yet to play Waverly. Marmaton Valley, meanwhile, appears set on a titanic showdown in the game’s regular season fina-

le Oct. 25 against St. Paul. Both teams are undefeated in Kansas Eight Man I, District 2 play and overall. The Wildcats travel to 3-3 Pleasanton Friday. “We can’t afford to look ahead to St. Paul,” Wildcat head coach Kent Houk said. “We have to take this a game at a time.” Unlike 11-man football teams, which play three district games, Kansas eightman schools have already begun district play. The Wildcats are 2-0 in district action. Humboldt High, meanwhile, looks to have a strong shot at the postseason as well in Class 3A, District 6. Its three district opponents have a combined 2-16 record. The Cubs host Eureka Friday.

With the exception of Ian Desmond — 3 for 4 on Wednesday, 7 for 12 in the series — the Nationals’ hitters are struggling mightily. They went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base in Game 3. In Cincinnati Wednesday, Angel Pagan hit the first leadoff homer in Giants postseason history, and Gregor Blanco and Pablo Sandoval connected later for an 8-3 victory over the Reds on Wednesday that evened their NL division series at 2-all. After dropping their first two at home, the resourceful Giants have moved one victory away from the NL championship series — unthinkable when they land-

ed in town on Monday. No team has recovered from a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five series by winning three on the road, according to STATS LLC. This one can do it with a victory today at Great American Ball Park. “Thanks to the win today, there will be a tomorrow,” Pagan said. “And we are ready for that.” Matt Cain, who lost the series opener and has yet to beat the Reds in three tries this season, will start Game 5 against Mat Latos, who has a little personal history against the Giants. He was with San Diego in 2010 when the Giants eliminated San Diego on their way to a World Series title.

twice as Yanks win thriller By HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Down by a run in an alleven AL division series, Joe Girardi approached Alex Rodriguez and told baseball’s highest-paid player he was going to pinch hit for him. Bold move, benching one of the game’s great sluggers. “I just had a gut feeling,” the Yankees manager said. “I just went to him and I said, ‘You’re scuffling a little bit right now, we have got a lowball hitter and we’ve got a shorter porch in right field then left field obviously — Raul (Ibanez) has been a good pinch hitter for us, and I’m just going to take a shot.’” The audacious decision worked. Ibanez homered in the ninth, then again in the 12th, rallying New York to a stunning 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night for a 2-1 lead in their bestof-five series. The slumping Rodriguez offered no complaint, telling Girardi: “Joe, you gotta do exactly what you gotta do.” Injured saves leader Mariano Rivera went to Rodriguez in the dugout after seeing Ibanez head for the on-deck circle. “I told Alex not to worry, that Raul was going to hit a home run,” Rivera said. And Rivera was right next to A-Rod when Ibanez lined Jim Johnson’s 1-0 pitch into the right field stands. Rodriguez threw his arms into the air and then exchanged high-fives with Rivera. When Ibanez returned to the bench, Rodriguez was the first player to greet him. “There was no one happier than me, one of the best performances I have ever seen,” Rodriguez said. Yankees fans had been howling this week for Girardi to drop Rodriguez out of the No. 3 spot in the batting order. But Girardi was reluctant to move his fading slugger down in the lineup. Until he took him all the way out. “You have to make some decisions sometimes that

Benefit flag football game Saturday MORAN — A benefit flag football game Saturday will allow a number of former Marmaton Valley High School athletes to relive their glory years while serving a good cause at the same time. The Marmaton Valley Football Booster Club is hosting the 6 p.m. benefit, at the high school football

field. A number of former football players already have signed up to play, enough to field three teams, organizer Kristie Houk said. Tickets cost $1 to watch, or $10 to play. Concessions also will be sold, Houk said. Proceeds will go to the

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one more offensive option ... we would have seen a whole different match,” Peters said. Adriee Munoz and Jacqui Ortiz each delivered 19 assists, while Tayler Shook had 18 digs on defense. The Red Devils head to Springfield, Ill., Saturday for the Land of Lincoln Tournament. “It will be some good competition, but matches like tonight’s — conference matches — are the

ones that will dictate our season,” Peters said. Allen 25-14-19-24 Coffeyvile 22-25-25-26 Individual statistics: Shook 18 digs; Goodman, 5 kills, 3 set assists, 1 dig, 1 block assist, 5.5 points; Morgison 8 kills, 3 digs, 2 block assists, 9 points; Keith, 7 kills, 10 digs, 1 solo block, 3 block assists, 9.5 points; Munoz, 19 set assists, 9 digs; Charbonneau, 1 ace, 10 digs, 1 point; Ortiz, 1 kill, 19 set assists, 12 digs, 1 point; Mertens 22 kills, 1 ace, 11 digs, 1 block assist, 23.5 points; Billings 4 kills, 1 set assist, 3 digs, 1 block assist, 4.5 points; Douglas 1 kill, 2 set assists, 1 dig, 1 block assist, 1.5 points.

Booster Club, which hosts weekly meals for the football players, provides bags for incoming freshmen and other essentials for the student athletes. A portion of the proceeds also will be given to Jill Ramsey, mother of Marmaton Valley senior Levi Ramsey and breast cancer sufferer. For more information, contact Houk at the All About U Salon in Iola.

are tough decisions. I just had a gut feeling,” Girardi said. Rodriguez has 647 career home runs — he’s chasing the record of 762 by Barry Bonds — and is making $29 million this year. But was just 1 for 12 with no RBIs and seven strikeouts in this series when Girardi pulled him. “It kind of caught me off-guard, hitting for a guy who’s half-a-billionaire,” Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said. It was the first time Rodriguez had ever been pinch hit for in a postseason game, according to STATS LLC. “Sometimes you’ve got to do what your gut tells you, and my gut told me to make the move,” Girardi said. “I still have the utmost respect for Al and I still think he’s a great player, he’s just going through a little tough time right now.” Ibanez remained in the game and connected on the first pitch from Brian Matusz in the 12th. He became the first player to homer twice in a postseason game in which he didn’t start, STATS said. Phil Hughes will try to clinch it for the Yankees tonight in Game 4. Joe Saunders will start for Baltimore. The Orioles had won 16 straight extra-inning games, and had been 76-0 when leading after seven, before the Yankees stung them. “It was a great experience. We do it as a team. We stay after it,” Ibanez said. “I’m blessed to come up and have the opportunity like that. We do it together. It’s about a team and about winning.” The brash, young Orioles appeared poised to move within a win of their first trip to the AL championship series since 1997 before the Yankees’ comeback. Ibanez hit a 1-0 pitch into the seats in the ninth, setting off a raucous celebration in what had been a demoralized Yankee Stadium crowd. Ibanez at first didn’t know who he was hitting for and was a bit startled when Eduardo Nunez told him. “Alex is one of the best hitters of all time, and he still is,” Ibanez said. “I mean, he’s one of the greatest players in the history of the game. So for a minute I just thought something was going on, I didn’t know what was happening, and then I just tried to put it behind me and get a good pitch to hit.”

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State News Brownback looks to maintain tax rates JOHN HANNA Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback hasn’t ruled out having Kansas balance its budget by keeping its sales tax at the same rate rather than letting it drop next year as planned. Brownback acknowledged Wednesday that he’s anticipating state revenues will dip temporarily because of massive income tax cuts he signed into law earlier this year. He said a sales tax proposal remains a possibility but he won’t make a decision until he sees how the budget picture develops. The sales tax is 6.3 percent, but it’s scheduled to drop to 5.7 percent in July. The state boosted the tax in 2010 — before Brownback took office — to protect public schools and social services spending, but pledged that most of the increase would be temporary. Brownback pushed income tax cuts this year as a way to stimulate the state’s economy, but the conservative Republican governor has faced criticism from Democrats for months that the aggressive package he signed into law will force the state to slash its spending in the future. Democrats also have speculated that Brownback is prepar-

ing to ask legislators to extend the current sales tax rate. I’m not opposed to it,” BrownBrownback back said. “It’s just, let’s see where we are in the budget.” Brownback proposed this year that the state keep its sales tax at 6.3 percent permanently, to offset income tax cuts he pursued and lessen their effects on the budget. Brownback argued that cutting income taxes would do more to stimulate the economy than lowering the sales tax. But many legislators, including some Republicans, considered it important for the state to keep the promise that the sales tax would go down. Brownback’s predecessor, Mark Parkinson, relied on fellow Democrats and moderate Republicans to get the GOP-dominated Legislature to boost the sales tax to 6.3 percent from 5.3 percent in 2010. Even after July 2013, part of the increase would remain in effect to help finance highway projects. The Legislature’s research staff has estimated that keeping the sales tax

Man sues OSU over wife’s death at game STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man has sued Oklahoma State University over the death of his wife, who fell down and hit her head while attending her grandson’s high school football championship game at Boone Pickens Stadium. The Stillwater NewsPress reports that Ronald Mayfield filed the lawsuit this week in the Dec. 9, 2011, death of his wife. The lawsuit says 66-year-old Charlotte Mayfield died after

falling backward down a set of stadium steps. The lawsuit alleges that the university was negligent in its construction of the steps. Mayfield is seeking at least $75,000 in damages. The university has not yet filed a response to the lawsuit. Charlotte Mayfield’s death came less than a week after a dozen fans were injured in the stadium while celebrating Oklahoma State’s win over Oklahoma.

at 6.3 percent would raise at least $250 million in additional revenues a year after July 2013. But if Brownback pursued a sales tax proposal, he probably would face bipartisan criticism — in part because he strongly criticized the rise in the sales tax in 2010 while running for governor. “I’m not surprised that he wants to use the sales tax, but at the same time, the Legislature made a promise that it should end,” said Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairwoman Carolyn McGinn, a Sedgwick Republican. “I see it as a tax increase.” The tax cuts enacted this year will reduce individual income tax rates for 2013, dropping the top rate to 4.9 percent from 6.45 percent and exempting the owners of 191,000 partnerships, sole proprietorships and other businesses from income taxes. Legislative researchers estimate that the cuts will save taxpayers $231 million during the current budget year and more than $4.5 billion over the next six years. Legislative researchers also project that the income tax cuts will create collective budget shortfalls approaching $2.5 billion over the next six years. Brownback and his allies view

those projections as too pessimistic but Brownback acknowledged Wednesday that economic growth is likely to lag behind the tax cuts. “There’s going to be a two-year dip,” Brownback said. “That’s the nature of these, when you cut taxes. If you cut them right, you get growth on the other side, but there’s a dip first.” In July, Brownback’s budget director, Steve Anderson, instructed state agencies to prepare proposals for cutting up to 10 percent of their spending during the fiscal year that begins in July, though state aid to public schools was exempted. Administration officials have said Anderson’s instructions were only a hedge against fiscal uncertainty and noted that he also asked for currentresources proposals and requests for extra spending. But Brownback’s critics have said Anderson’s instructions confirmed their fears about how the income tax cuts will affect the budget. “This tax plan makes it impossible for the government to work,” said Kansas Democratic Party Chairwoman Joan Wagnon, a former state revenue secretary. “It is absolutely scary.”

St. Joseph Emporia employee State to indicted renovate KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former employee of a St. Joseph fee office is among the latest three people indicted in a conspiracy to provide identification documents to illegal immigrants. An indictment unsealed this week alleges that fraudulently obtained birth certificates and Social Security cards in the names of others were used to help illegal immigrants obtain Missouri identification cards and driver’s licenses. Also newly indicted is a St. Joseph couple accused of escorting illegal immigrants to the fee office under the guise of serving as translators. But authorities said they were actually there to coach the illegal immigrants on how to illegally obtain identification documents. A Liberal, Kan., man and another man from St. Joseph were indicted in August.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The corn harvest is in the homestretch in several key Midwest farming states where the nation’s worst drought in decades is now clouding the prospects for the winter wheat crop. The U.S. Drought Monitor’s weekly update released Thursday shows that nearly two-thirds of the lower 48 states remained mired in some form of drought during a seven-day period ending Tuesday.

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Conditions in Iowa, the nation’s biggest corn producer, remained unchanged, with threefourths of the state still in the extreme or exceptional drought — the two worst classifications. Nearly all of Nebraska still falls under those two categories. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 69 percent of the nation’s corn crop has been brought in from the fields. That’s more than double the average rate of the previous five years.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas home sales rebounded this year and are forecast to rise another 6.3 percent in 2013 as the economy improves and pent-up demand brings buyers back into the housing market, economic researchers at Wichita State University said Thursday. The forecast, “Picking Up Steam,” released by Wichita State’s Center for Real Estate shows home sales in Kansas are on track to rise by nearly 13 percent this year led by strong growth in the northeast of the state. Meanwhile, home prices are appreciating by nearly 2 percent on average statewide this year, with a projected 1.5 percent increase in home values next year. New home construction is on pace to rise only slightly his year as declines in Wichita offset strong gains in Kansas City, Lawrence and Manhattan. The report predicts construction in Kansas will fall by 7 percent in 2013, driven in part by high building costs; Buyers can purchase relatively new homes for far less than it costs to build new houses. “All of the major markets are seeing increases for this year and projected into next year for home sales,”

said Stan Longhofer, director of the Center for Real Estate. “It is a broad-based recovery of the housing market that really reflects, I think, a solidifying of the underlining economic environment and the fact that people’s lives move forward.” Most housing transactions are driven by need — a growing family, a job change — Longhofer said in a phone interview. “The underlying economic challenges that have been really pressing down on the housing market here in recent years have eased ... so the fundamental forces that bring people back into the housing market are starting to take hold again,” he said. On the upside, inventories of available homes have whittled down to the point that there is about a six-month supply of homes on the market, driving up home prices that have been flat or falling for the past couple of years, Longhofer said. “We are moving from what might have been a buyer’s market, not into a seller’s market but at least a balanced market,” he said, adding that this could lead to “some price appreciation.” Nowhere in the state is the housing turnaround more evident than in met-

ropolitan Kansas City, where home sales this year are on pace to grow nearly 18 percent. And that growth is expected to continue, but at a slower pace of about 5 percent, next year. In other major Kansas cities, the report outlines a mixed recovery: — Topeka, the state capital where ongoing budget cuts have had the most impact on employment, remains on track for a 4 percent rise in home sales this year although those sales are forecast to fall below 1 percent in 2013. Prices are stable and are expected to end next year at 2010 levels. New home construction is expected to hit the lowest level in Topeka on record next year. — In Wichita, home to the state’s aviation manufacturing industry, home sales are expected to rise by more than 7 percent this year and by another 4.2 percent next year. Prices were expected to appreciate by 1.3 percent in 2013. New home construction continues to languish, despite a program that offers property tax incentives for new home buyers, with construction permits at a record low. This situation is not expected to improve much next year. — Manhattan’s housing market is an anomaly in the

state because expansion is limited by the city’s boundaries — an army base, a river and a state park. Sales grew by almost 13 percent this year and are forecast to grow another 3 percent to hit a record high in 2013. New home construction should end the year up 26 percent but is anticipated to fall next year due to the limited number of desirable building lots available for sale. Home values are up 1.7 percent in 2012 with another 3.3 increase anticipated in 2013. — Home sales in Lawrence rebounded this year by more than 13 percent and are expected to strengthen even more in 2013 with a nearly 16 percent increase. Prices have stabilized and are forecast to rise 2.1 percent next year. Construction of new homes was forecast to go up 3.1 percent, but financing constraints for new home construction are anticipated to prevent a full rebound. Longhofer cautioned that the 2013 Kansas housing forecast does not account for major economic disruptions such as the concerns that the U.S. economy could fall off a “fiscal cliff ” at the end of the year when tax increases and deep spending cuts will take effect unless Congress reaches a budget deal. A recession could follow.

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EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Emporia State University students and alumni will mark the rededication of the Memorial Union, which recently underwent a $23 million renovation. The ceremony is scheduled for Saturday during the university’s homecoming activities. Crews broke ground on the renovation in April 2010 after students approved a fee increase to fund $14.5 million of the cost. The project was completed in three phases, ending this fall. The original building was opened in 1925 with additions built in 1958, 1963 and 1972. It was last remodeled in 1989. New features of the most recent renovation include a 5,500-squarefoot addition for a two-story glass entrance. Emporia State is a fouryear university with an enrollment of more than 5,800 students.

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Blood work ‘seems right,’ should always be cautious DEAR DRS. DONOHUE AND ROACH: On recent bloodwork, my glucose level was 116 (normal on the chart was 65 to 99), and my hemoglobin A1c value is 5.7 (normal is less than 5.7). In the past three months, I have been seeing a naturopathic doctor about my “impaired glucose tolerance,” and have been given vanadyl sulfate complex to take twice a day. Would you recommend taking this kind of supplement, and over what period of time? I’ve been assured by my naturopath that the capsules I’m taking have no long-term harmful effects. Information on the Internet can be vague and confusing. Any thoughts? I’d like to treat this with my medical doctor as well as with my naturopath doctors. I am a 45-year-old female in relatively good health who should shed about 20-25 pounds (which I am working on), and do plan on taking this supplement if I see my values improve. -- A. ANSWER: First, your blood sugar level and hemoglobin A1c level (both

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tests for diabetes) are in the abnormal but not diabetic range, so your diagnosis of impaired glucose, sometimes called prediabetes, seems right. You have made many statements that I agree with completely. Information on the Internet is confusing. If you search for “vanadyl sulfate,” you’ll get ads and testimonials about how wonderful it is and links to buy it. However, when I looked up the clinical data, I found some studies showing promising results, but two studies showed it did nothing to blood sugar levels or hemoglobin A1c levels in healthy volunteers and in people with impaired glucose levels. Further, because the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate supplements, you have only

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Page after page of damning details. They came from computer records, books, media reports and, maybe most significantly, the people Lance Armstrong used to train alongside and celebrate with. The people he used to call his friends. Hit with a lifetime ban and the loss of all seven of his Tour de France titles, Armstrong challenged the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to give him the names of all his accusers. The agency obliged, listing 26, including 11 former teammates. Armstrong said he wanted to see the hard evidence that he was a doper, and USADA gave him that, too, in the form of a 200-page tome filled with vivid recollections â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the hotel rooms riders transformed into makeshift blood-

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Armstrong was the focal point of a big operation, running teams that were the best at getting it done without getting caught. Armstrong won the Tour as leader of the U.S. Postal Service team from 1999-2004 and again in 2005 with the Discovery Channel as the primary sponsor. USADA said the path Armstrong chose to pursue his goals â&#x20AC;&#x153;ran far outside the rules.â&#x20AC;? It accuses him of dependr

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and Hamilton, saying the riders are â&#x20AC;&#x153;serial perjurers and have told diametrically contradictory stories under oath.â&#x20AC;? Aware of the criticism his agency has faced from Armstrong and his legion of followers, Tygart insisted his group handled this case under the same rules as any other. Armstrong was given the chance to take his case to arbitration and declined, choosing in

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