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THE IOLA REGISTER Locally owned since 1867

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Revenues fall another $28 million short of mark By JOHN MILBURN The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ June tax revenues fell $28 million short of projections, pushing the shortfall for the fiscal year that ended Monday to nearly $338 million, a state official said. Preliminary figures show that Kansas collected nearly $5.5 billion in taxes and fees in

fiscal 2014, Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said. The projections that lawmakers used to craft the state’s annual budget called for Kansas to collect about $5.8 billion. Revenues in April and May were a combined $310 million short of expectations. Jordan had expected June’s collections to be $10 million to $20 million off the mark. “We’re not happy with this

at all,” Jordan said. The bulk of the June shortfall, nearly $25 million, was in individual income tax collections. Jordan said taxpayers made smaller estimated quarterly payments to the state than in previous years, reflecting less income that was earned from capital gains. Gov. Sam Brownback’s adSee REVENUES | Page A3

Davis spells out tax plans By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The presumed Democratic nominee for Kansas governor said Monday that if elected, he will pursue a big increase in education spending and a

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Texans enjoy Iola hospitality ton, Texas, and is in town for the week to visit her grandparents, Iolans Mary and Bob White, and her aunt, Kris Rourk. Brooke White attended Iola schools briefly as a child before moving away as a fifth-grader. She and Brynn See VISITORS | Page A6

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Iola Elks plan family fun, fishing, fireworks The Iola Elks Lodge will host activities for folks of all ages Friday for their annual Independence Day celebration. The event kicks off at 9 a.m. with the annual Ed Hendrix Fishing Derby, open to those 16 or younger. Gates open at 7:30 with registration starting at 8 o’clock. Bait will be provided. Participants will receive a free T-shirt, entry prize and lunch. Parents or guardians must be on hand to sign in their child. The awards presentation begins at 11:30, at which time lunch will be provided: hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and drinks. See ELKS | Page A6

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Brooke White pushes her daughter, Brynn Fontenot, 6, at Iola’s Riverside Park Monday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Brynn Fontenot was a shade too short to get to go down the Iola Municipal Pool water slides last summer. “But we’re going to be all over it this year,” her mother, Brooke White said Monday, while playing with her daughter at Riverside Park. White, 30, is from Galves-

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besity rates have been rising in the United States for years and this has made health problems rise with it, including diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, once considered an adult disease, has been rising in children for years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “A lot of people don’t think diabetes is a serious disease anymore,” said Katrina Katrina Springer Springer, registered dietitian and nutritionist and clinical dietitian at Allen County Regional Hospital. However, regardless of medication, “having diabetes shortens lifespan by as much as 10 years,” Springer said. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are diseases that affect the pancreas, the organ that produces important enzymes and hormones that help break down food. Type 1 diabetes, sometimes called juvenile diabetes, is a disorder that causes the immune system to attack and destroy the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that converts sugar and starches into energy. Without insulin, glucose builds up in

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the body and damages other organs. There is no cure for type 1 diabetes, but it is manageable with medication and, often, insuDOWN WITH THE lin injections. SICKNESS Type 2 diabetes is In 2007, the Centers for Disease similar, in that the panControl and Prevention estimated 24 million Americans have diabetes, including creas does not produce 6 million who were undiagnosed. enough insulin to pro2010, that estimate had risen to 26 million. By cess glucose in the body, Earlier this month, the CDC announced its estimate but instead of being was up to 29 million people. One in four people with diabetes doesn’t even know they have it. caused by an immune WHAT’S THE DAMAGE? disorder, it is often In 2007, diabetes cost Americans $174 billion.That’s caused by long-term $116 billion in medical costs and another $58 billion damage to the pancreas in lost productivity, according to the American Diabetes Association. by poor diet and lack of exercise. The estimated cost in Kansas, alone, was more than $1.5 billion, “Type 2 diabetes is all according to the Kansas diet-caused,” Springer Diabetes Action Council. said. “You’ve bombarded yourself with so much sugar, the cells just can’t take it anymore.” People who are diagstroke If un t nosed as prediabetic or a m diabereated, co glucose intolerant often can l tes ease ead t heart dis think there’s nothing blin o.. dne ss that can be done about skin impotence prob lem it, but the condition is kid s ney often completely reversfai lur de e ath ible with diet and exercise,

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By KAREN INGRAM The Iola Register

postponement of scheduled income tax cuts in an effort to improve the state economy. Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis said he would freeze income tax policies in place where they

Presbyterians faithful to the word By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Eileen Smith was pleased Monday afternoon that the Rev. Jennifer Loeb, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, took her Sunday sermon to heart. “I was feeling a little over the edge,” said Smith when she noticed Loeb perched in a lawn chair and offering “free ice cold water” outside the church, near the intersection of Buckeye and Madison. “She also let me go indoor to eat my (sack) lunch and cool off.” Smith, Yates Center, was in town to interview for a bank job and then was stranded for a bit afterward because of car trouble. She decided to walk to the public library to seek refuge from the heat when she saw the lawn sign advertising ice water. “I took advantage,” Smith said, and Loeb was delighted to accommodate her. Loeb’s message Sunday was from the 10th chapter of Matthew, where Jesus talks about giving a cup of water to someone thirsty is the same as giving a cup of water to Him. “I challenged the congregation” to follow through on the message, Loeb said. A couple of younger members showed up Monday morning and See WATER | Page A6

The Rev. Jennifer Loeb offered cold bottles of water outside First Presbyterian Church Monday afternoon. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON

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