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KNOW your CANDIDATES Few city or school board races in recent memory have garnered as many candidates as the Humboldt-USD 258 Board of Education. Ten hopefuls in all are vying for four school board
seats. Because USD 258 is an at-large school district, that means all voters in the district will get a say for all four seats at once. Today, the Register is featuring incumbents Drake Tilman, Sandy Whitaker, Tony
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Works and Josh Wrestler. Challengers Chelsie Angleton, Josh Hart, Kevin Heisler, Cindy Jaro, Andrea Newman and Hiram Raby will be featured in coming editions.
Tilman touts CTE program
Whitaker proud of 258
By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register
By TIM STAUFFER The Iola Register
Drake Tilman wishes Humboldt High School had offered Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs when he was a student. The lifelong Humboldt resident now works as a police officer for the city, a position he’s held since 2016. He also serves on the USD 258 school board and is running for reelection. “Not every student
For Sandy Whitaker, her reasons to file for reelection to Humboldt’s USD 258 school board are simple enough. “I love kids. I love helping kids,” she said with a smile. “I love children, animals, and older people. And I’m starting to love myself more and more.” Good-natured and quick to laugh, Whitaker has been on the board “for about for-
Drake Tilman will go on to college,” Tilman said. “Our CTE programs help them get certificates they can
use immediately after graduation, and I think See TILMAN | Page A3
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Sandy Whitaker ever. If this isn’t my tate agent for Wagon 19th year, it’s my 20th.” Wheel Agency in ChaWhitaker, who just See WHITAKER | Page A4 turned 60, is a real es-
Works stresses stability
Wrestler praises teamwork
By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register
By TIM STAUFFER The Iola Register
HUMBOLDT — Tony Works believes you need to shake up an organization every once in a while, bringing in new leaders with new ideas. But sometimes, it’s more important to have stability, with experienced leaders who understand the group’s history and challenges that have been overcome. Earlier this summer, Works was worried
Josh Wrestler made the commitment to run for reelection to the USD 258 Humboldt Board of Education with only minutes to spare. With a noon deadline, “It was 11:50 a.m. when I signed up,” he said. Wrestler has been on the board since 2019, when he was appointed to fill a vacancy created when Scott Murrow left the board to take over
Tony Works not enough candidates would file for seats on the USD 258 school board. It’s ironic to think about now, but
he actively recruited candidates to file. A flurry of last-minSee WORKS | Page A3
Josh and Kelly Wrestler the district’s building dent and one of 10 candidates for four open trades program. Wrestler is in his sec- See WRESTLER | Page A4 ond year as board presi-
Report: Found remains were of missing Iola man Skeletal remains found near Humboldt in March have been confirmed as those of Iolan Dennis Lushbough, whose disappearance more than six years ago sparked extensive searches across southern Allen County. Sheriff Bryan Murphy notified Lushbough’s family last week that Lushbough had been positively identified. The remains were found by a man searching for antler sheds March 18 east of Humboldt, near Arizona Road and 1800 Street. Lushbough, then 44, was last seen in August 2017 not far from the Allen-Neosho
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county line. His van was found 12 days later near the corner of 1700 Street and Arizona Road, or about a mile from where the remains Lushbough were found. Identification was confirmed via forensic examination. Foul play was not suspected; the van had a flat tire and was low on gas when it was found, authorities noted. Lushbough’s obituary appears on Page A2.
Food with friends Gary Amble addresses the audience as Allen Community College Endowment board members, from left, Jessica McGinnis, Mark Larson, Blake Mueller, and Nathan Cope listen during Tuesday’s Endowment Luncheon. For more information, see Page A6. REGISTER/TIM STAUFFER
Courthouse goes green with gratitude By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register
The Allen County Courthouse is going green, again, to honor veterans. This is the second year Allen County will participate in a national effort, Operation Greenlight. The courthouse will be outfitted with green spotlights from Oct.
30 until Veterans Day on Nov. 11. Commissioners also agreed to pass a resolution expressing their “respect, admiration and the utmost gratitude for all of the men and women who have selflessly served our country and this community in the Armed Forces.” The proclamation also recognizes the
stress and challenges veterans face in a transition to civilian life. IN OTHER news about the courthouse, maintenance director Ron Holman asked commissioners for $9,860 to repair the elevator. At least three times in the See COUNTY | Page A4
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