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From classroom to courtroom By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after President Trump was acquitted Wednesday in his impeachment trial in the Senate. GETTY IMAGES/ MARIO TAMA/TNS
Trump acquitted by Senate WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested civic norms and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House. With Chief Justice John Roberts presiding, senators sworn to do “impartial justice” stood and stated their votes for the roll call — “guilty” or “not guilty” — in a swift tally almost exclusively along party lines. Trump, the chief justice then declared, shall “be, and is hereby, acquitted of the charges.” The outcome Wednesday followed months of remarkable impeachment proceedings, from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s House to Mitch McConnell’s Senate, reflecting the nation’s unrelenting partisan divide three years into See TRUMP | Page A3
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ola High School senior Allie Fager has watched a lot of “Judge Judy” with her grandmother. But that television courtroom drama never prepared her for a real-life courtroom, like the one at the 31st Judicial District in Allen County. “This is nothing like that,” she said. Fager serves as an intern under Chief District Judge Dan Creitz. For two hours every weekday morning, she meets with the judge or his staff to learn more about the realities of the U.S. justice system. She plans to become a lawyer, and the internship has provided valuable inSee FAGER | Page A6
Iola High School senior Allie Fager serves as an intern under Chief Judge Dan Creitz at the Allen County District Court. Fager plans to become a lawyer and said her internship has given her a greater insight into the U.S. justice system. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS
Students take the lead By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register
Iola High School interns, from left, Lexi Vega, Ella Taylor and Haley Carlin talk with Seaman High School Assistant Principal Kate Welch about their respective internship programs. The IHS students gave a presentation to educators from across the state at a Career and Technical Education conference Tuesday in Manhattan. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS
MANHATTAN — Kansas is watching. Educators from across the state are keeping an eye on Iola High School students as they take the lead in programs that allow students to explore career options while still in high school, said Natalie Clark, who works with the Kansas Department of Education’s Career and Technical Education division. Clark was among those who attended a workshop designed and led by eight IHS senior interns at the Annual Kansas CTE Conference Tuesday in Manhattan. The students
taught a roomful of school administrators from across the state about the real-world skills they have learned this year while working as interns at Iola businesses. “For these students to be able to articulate what they’ve done and share it with educators is very powerful. It’s nice to have that student perspective,” Clark said. Some students who have been interning at Allen County Regional Hospital plan to pursue careers in health care. Those with business in mind have interned at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center and Iola Area Chamber of ComSee STUDENTS | Page A5
Red Devil softball gears up for 2020
Thrive begins helping clients in the home By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Taking part in an $80,000 donation from the Goppert Foundation to the Crest Education Foundation are, from left, Shane Walter, Crest USD 479 Superintendent of Schools, CEF representatives Candace Powell, Chrissy Powell and Denise King, and Trena Golden and Jeff McAdam of the Goppert Foundation. COURTESY PHOTO
Crest receives $80,000 Goppert gift COLONY — An $80,000 donation from the Goppert Foundation will help with upgraded equipment at Crest High School’s workshop. The donation was announced at Tuesday’s CHS
basketball games. “This donation will greatly impact the student opportunities delivered in our shop and the safety and integrity of the facility moving forward,” Crest Superintendent of Schools Shane Walter said
in a press release. The donation was sought through the efforts of the Crest Education Foundation, which has pursued outside funding sources to support Crest USD 479 for the past 21 years.
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Armed with new funds, Thrive Allen County is taking steps to provide better health care services to low-income residents — in particular those who are home-bound or lack transportation. The three-year, $60,000 grant from the Health Forward Foundation was approved in December. For the first time, it allows Thrive to reach the home-bound. Greta Ingle, Thrive’s enrollment assistance coordinator, already has at her disposal a quiver full of tools to help lead
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