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The Weekender Saturday, October 1, 2016
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State reaches voter roll deal By ROXANA HEGEMAN The Associated Press
Mona Hull, left, and Sue Scantlin search for a medallion Thursday along the Southwind Rail Trail near Humboldt. Several suspect the medallion, part of the Farm-City Days celebration, is somewhere along the trail. Others, such as this motorist, below at right, have looked at other locales, such as the birth site of baseball great Walter Johnson. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
ON THE HUNT Medallion search draws scores to Southwind Trail; but are they close? By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
M
ona Hull, like scores of other happy hunters, is willing to go the extra mile in search
of a small piece of metal. “It is metal, right?” she asked. “I wonder if a metal detector would do us any good?” Hull spoke as she and her mother, Sue Scantlin, scoured the southern portions of the Southwind Rail Trail on the outskirts of Humboldt. Her aim? The hidden FarmCity Days medallion. For the past week, the FarmCity Days Committee has released one clue a day hinting at the hidden medallion’s whereabouts. The finder gets $1,000. As of
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of prospective voters who did not provide citizenship documents will be able to cast traditional ballots in the November election in Kansas, rather than being forced to use provisional ones, under a deal brokered Thursday that halted contempt proceedings against the state’s top election official. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson canceled a contempt hearing scheduled for Friday after Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach agreed to concessions that will fully register and clearly notify people who registered at motor vehicle offices without providing proof of citizenship that they can vote. Their names would be listed as registered on the state’s website and in separate poll books kept at election sites. Robinson on Monday ordered Kobach to show why he should not be held in contempt for allegedly violating her May injunction. That temporary injunction required Kobach to add to voter rolls people who regisSee VOTERS | Page A3
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ACC online program honored By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register
BURLINGAME — Late last week, Allen Community College received word from AffordableColleges.com that, after a nationwide survey, ACC had been selected third in a list of the country’s most affordable community colleges that offer online courses. It’s one of many awards heaped onto ACC’s online learning program, which, today, includes more 1,600 students. It’s difficult to appreciate,
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Sweatt to get HOF designation WICHITA — George Sweatt, a Humboldt native who later made his mark as one of the state’s most decorated baseball players of all time, will be inducted Sunday into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Sweatt was born in 1893 in Humboldt, and eventually became the first African-American to letter in any sport at See SWEATT | Page A2
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Iola High School’s Chase Regehr and Toni Macha were crowned 2016 Fall Homecoming King and Queen Friday. A full recap of the Mustangs’ 48-42 heart-breaking loss to Parsons is on B1. Additional Homecoming photos are on A4. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA
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