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Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Upgrade due for Humboldt streets By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
Ninth Street, the main north-south route through Humboldt and formerly a portion of U.S. 169, will get a facelift perhaps as early as this month. Mitch Garner, director of Public Works, told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning that as soon as weather is conducive the street will be milled and overlaid. The project should be completed in a week or less. A center stripe will be added as the last step. Garner said Bridge Street, the part that runs west from Ninth and crosses the Marsh
Lent begins with a feast Iola area worshippers marked the beginning of the Lenten season this morning with a breakfast at Calvary United Methodist Church. Here, David Reed looks over the spread before filling his plate. The weekly breakfasts in the run-up to Easter will be each Wednesday morning at a local church. The March 8 breakfast will be at St. John’s Parish Hall, 302 S. Jefferson Ave. REGIS-
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Ninth Street in Humboldt Arch bridge over the Neosho River, will be given chip-andseal application. After brief discussion, commissioners asked Garner to contact the Army Corps of Engineers about removal of brush jammed against the north side of the river bridge. Several years ago county forces removed limbs and other See COUNTY | Page A4
Trump speaks on health care, taxes By ERICA WERNER The Associated Press
Jamaal Dorsey, Iola, creates an Iranian water candle at his home. Photos of his abstract creations are found on Facebook at “Candles by Dorsey.” Below, Dorsey’s “mad scientist designs” include an array of colors and scents. REGISTER/SHELLIE SMITLEY
Candlemaker’s vision to behold By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register
Jamaal Dorsey, Iola, has discovered a new passion for creating Iranian water candles and he’s hoping Iolans will be mesmerized by his artistic creations. He discovered his love for making the candles one weekend in January when he participated in craft night with a friend of the family, Jessica
Downs, Lebo. They found the idea on the internet. “Within 24 hours, almost See CANDLES | Page A4
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave Republican congressional leaders a rallying cry and even a roadmap as they try to push through a sweeping and divisive agenda on health care, taxes and more. In his first address to a joint session of Congress, Trump said largely what GOP leaders were hoping to hear Tuesday night, staying on-message and talking in optimistic tones, even weighing in at one point to settle a brewing dispute over how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Vice President Mike Pence said this morning it was “a great speech and a great night for America.” He said that Trump showed Congress and the nation his “broad shoulders, big heart, reaching out, focusing on the future.’” House Speaker Paul Ryan declared the speech a “home run,” pointing to Trump’s embrace for the first time of tax credits — a central element in the Republican plan to replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law. Those tax credits have sparked a fierce conserva-
President Donald Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. ABACA PRESS/OLIVIER DOUILERY/TNS tive backlash in recent days, imperiling GOP efforts to make good on the party’s long-stated promise to get rid of “Obamacare” and put something better in its place. Ahead of the speech congressional Republicans had been unsure how far Trump would go in backing their plan, with some pleading openly with him to do so, and many were elated at what they heard. “We should help Americans purchase their own coverage, through the use of tax credits and expanded health
savings Accounts — but it must be the plan they want, not the plan forced on them by the government,” Trump said, as Republicans cheered and Democrats sat silently in their seats. It remains to be seen whether Trump’s endorsement of refundable tax credits will be enough to tame rebellious conservatives in the House and Senate who have criticized them as a costly new entitlement. The initial response from one key conSee TRUMP | Page A4
A Band Called Honalee to perform in Iola A Band Called Honalee, a modernday folk trio inspired by the legacy of Peter, Paul & Mary, appears at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Musically accomplished, interactive and energetic, A Band Called Honalee also draws inspiration from The Mamas & Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Bob See BOWLUS | Page A2
Let’s play ball! Fifth-graders at Iola Middle School had a dearth of playground equipment, so the Iola Kiwanis Club stepped in Tuesday. The Kiwanians donated 10 basketballs, 10 frisbees, 10 jump ropes, six four-square balls, six footballs, five soccer balls and four hula hoops. Several Kiwanis members gathered with the fifth-graders during the students’ recess period. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
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