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Chase follows roots to ultimately land in Iola By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
History often has intertwining elements, Richard Chase told Iola Rotarians on Thursday. Chase gave a brief history of his life and noted that while he didn’t arrive in Iola as an assistant superintendent of USD 257 schools until 1981, he visited here often as a youngster in the 1930s and 1940s. Chase was born and raised in Independence, where he excelled in football, basketball and tennis for Independence High and then the town’s junior college. He then earned degrees in education from Ottawa University and Kansas State. That eventually led to his role in education here. Chase’s first introduction to Iola came in his early years, coming here to visit his grandparents. His grandfather was a janitor at Iola Junior High, which gave Chase his first look at Iola schools. Fact is, Chase said, his fa-
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Richard Chase ther and grandfather worked in local smelters and his father later at Lehigh Cement Co. His father also was with the local National Guard cavalry unit, which participated in the Mexican border wars under command of Gen. Fred Funston. “Dad later was in World War I,” and served in Europe, Chase recalled.
At top, McKenna Jones, 7, handles her frisky horse with ease in Saturday’s Colony Day parade. McKenna and her brother, Kreed, 5, participated in the parade. They are the children of Shane and Amanda Jones, Piqua. At left, Gracie Brewer, 4, and Sunny Brewer, 3, enjoy the festivities with their dad, James Brewer, of Kincaid. At right, Nick Billion is drum major for the Garnett High School band. This was the 18th year for the Colony Day Parade. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN
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Brownback appoints Murphy explains 911 procedures Supreme Court judge By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
In cases of emergency a person calls a complete stranger for help. They dial 911 and are guided and comforted by that stranger until emergency crews can respond. The voices on the other end are Allen County 911 dispatchers. One of those is Angela Murphy, Allen County 911 director. Murphy was the guest speaker at See, Hear Iola on Friday. When a phone call comes in to dispatch it tracks the call by cell phone towers. This helps the dispatcher locate the caller in case they are unaware of their emergency location. “We get a lot of calls from the Piqua and Neosho Falls area,” Murphy said. “We will send emergency assistance if needed before we transfer the call to Woodson County.” The dispatchers must ask a series of questions to obtain adequate information about the situation. Murphy said this can often frustrate a caller but it is needed for emergency responders to fully assess the situation. “A dispatcher may have only one opportunity to gather all the information about the emergency,” Murphy said. “It takes about 20 seconds to get a concrete address on a location which in an emergency can feel like forever.” Murphy said in the last year the center has received 61,000 or about 167 calls a day. She couldn’t say which calls were dire emergencies compared to
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday named state Court of Appeals Judge Caleb Stegall to the Kansas Supreme Court, promoting a relatively young former adviser of his with a history of conservative writings as a lawyer in private practice. The conservative Republican governor called the 42-year-old Stegall “brilliant” during a Statehouse ceremony announcing his first appointment to the seven-member Supreme Court. Brownback appointed Stegall to the Court of Appeals last year, and Stegall took his seat in January after serving nearly three years as the governor’s chief counsel. Stegall replaces former Justice Nancy Moritz, who stepped down to take a seat on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which handles cases from six states in the West and Plains. Stegall was one of three finalists named
Angela Murphy, Allen County 911 director, talks to the crowd at See, Hear Iola on Friday about emergency calls. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET
someone locking their keys in their car. “Every call is an emergency to us and requires the same amount of response,” she said. The Allen County Communication Center employees stress 911 calls should be taken seriously. Murphy shared with the See, Hear Iola audience that they have received some interesting calls before. One man called 911 because he
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had run out of minutes on his phone and it only allowed him to call an emergency number. He wanted to know when a liquor store closed and if he could catch a ride up there. A woman called dispatchers to report she had been robbed. She said she had paid for methamphetamines but realized it was crushed up aspirin. To prepare a younger gener-
Caleb Stegall from among 13 applicants earlier this month by a statewide judicial commission. The appointment does not require state Senate confirmation. No date for Stegall’s swearing-in is set. “I believe Caleb Stegall to be one of the most qualiSee JUDGE | Page A6
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USD 257 public forum on new schools proposal. Tonight 7 o’clock Iola High School Lecture Hall
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