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Iolan witnesses Supreme Court in action By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Daniel Schowengerdt saw history being made Monday. He almost became part of another historic footnote — a potentially violent one — that afternoon. The Iola attorney was in Washington, D.C., to assist with and watch his older brother, Dale, argue a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Dale Schowengerdt is Montana’s solicitor general — the top appellate attorney in the state — who recently became involved in a landmark case involving whether a convicted criminal deserves speedy trial rights while awaiting sentencing. Because of his younger brother’s familiarity with criminal law — Daniel has been an attorney for seven See SUPREME | Page A8
Iola street work begins next week Street crews from SE-Kan Asphalt Services will begin mill and overlay several Iola streets on Monday. The following areas will be affected: — Melody Acres, including Cardinal Drive, Canary Lane and Canary Circle; — Carpenter Street east of Kentucky Street; — Willow Drive, from Vermont to Eisenhower Drive; — Kansas Drive, from East Street to Monroe — Kentucky Street, from U.S. 54 to the south city limits; — State Street, from U.S. 54 to the south city limits. Crews are expected to begin in Melody Acres, although that is subject to change. Work is expected to take about two weeks, and may slow some portions of Iola’s annual spring cleanup week, which also begins Monday.
Russell Stover cited for mishap IOLA, Kan. (AP) — Federal officials are seeking $193,600 in penalties from Russell Stover Candies after a hazardous chemical was released at an eastern Kansas plant. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration also announced Thursday that it was placing the candy maker in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program. The company’s Iola plant closed for more than two hours in September when an air-conditioning
This artist’s drawing depicts Dale Schowengerdt, brother of Iolan Daniel Schowengerdt, arguing Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court. DRAWING COURTESY OF ART LIEN
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Gilpin scores coveted ‘Boys Life’ comic strip By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Stephen Gilpin had a secret he kept from his potential bosses. Gilpin was interviewing with publishers of Boys Life Magazine — the national magazine of Boy Scouts of America — in an ef- Stephen Gilpin fort to land the role of drawing the popular “Pedro, the Mailburro” cartoon series. Gilpin likely could have let it slip at some point that in addition to his sterling artistic talent — he’s illustrated more than 20 children’s books and has drawn for such clients as Harper
Iola native Stephen Gilpin, depicted above with a selfmade “selfie” is the author of the popular “Pedro” series in Boys Life Magazine. Gilpin lives in Hiawatha with his wife and children. Collins, Random House, Simon and Schuster, ScholasSee COMIC | Page A8
Mixing it up at a state-of-the-art concrete plant in Gas By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Darren Sellman, John Nelson, Corey Emerson and Jared Hammond comprise Hammerson Ready Mix. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
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GAS — All the prep work behind opening Hammerson Ready Mix is done. A newly rebuilt concrete batch plant has been in place at the old 54 Drive-In complex for more than a month. Now, partners Jared Hammond and Corey Emerson — the “Hamm” and “erson” — are ready for customers. “It’s a matter of trying to get our names out there,” Emerson said. “A lot of people don’t know we’re open yet.” Hammerson Ready Mix came about following a brief conversation with a concrete provider in Chelsea, Okla. “He had a lot of other things going on, so he shut
down his plant a few years ago,” Emerson said. “We’ve known him for years, and we asked if he’d be willing to sell it. He was.” So in the dead of winter, Emerson, Hammond and crew spent about three weeks disassembling the plant in Chelsea, and reassembling it on the old drive-in lot. “It was a little more work than I thought it was going to be,” Emerson said. “It was harder to take it down than it was to put it back up.” Hammerson transports within a 40-mile radius — as far as Fort Scott, Chanute, Yates Center and Garnett — with orders large and small. While passersby formerly noticed the iconic drive-in screen — taken down after the old drive-in closed for good in
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2009 — now, they notice the towering, 100-foot batch plant, where cement, water and other aggregate are mixed in any of nine different types. “We have nine different mixes,” Emerson explained. A state-of-the-art control system creates the different mixes with a single computer command. Hammerson offers up deliveries seven days a week, with a fleet of five trucks. Assisting Emerson and Hammond are drivers John Nelson, Darren Sellman and Jason Newman. Both Hammond and Emerson have other full-time jobs, Hammond in the oil fields and Emerson with Double E Trucking. For more information, call Hammerson at 365-7200.
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