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THE IOLA REGISTER Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Stigma roadblock to help By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
If mental health issues were viewed in the same manner as one’s physical health, more people might seek help. Unfortunately, a diagnosis of a mental health disorder carries a negative social stigma, keeping people from seeking help in a timely manner. “If a person has diabetes, many options exist to manage the disease. The same can be
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said for a mental health disorder,” said Michelle Hoag, assistant director of children’s services at the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center. “With education, people can learn how to manage and reduce the symptoms of a mental health disorder.” And because symptoms generally present themselves before a youth reaches the age 18, early intervention is critical to successful treatment. One-half of all mental
health challenges make themselves evident by age 14; threefourths by age 24, according to Angela Morrison, also of the SEKMHC. MORRISON and Hoag have recently been promoted within the ranks of the local mental health center. Hoag has moved from being manager of children’s services to assistant director of children See HEALTH | Page A4
LAST CHANCE TO SEE SHOUT!
By STEVEN SCHWARTZ The Iola Register
Both the City of Iola and Allen County received a nice little Easter egg recently, presumably at the hands of major construction projects. For the month of February, Iola garnered $76,274 from its compensating use tax, and Allen County received $140,397.23. The compensation tax is sent from the state in regard to purchases made outside of the county tha If mental health issues were viewed in the same manner as one’s physical health, more people might seek help. Unfortunately, a diagnosis of a mental health disorder carries a negative social stigma, keeping people from seeking help in a timely manner. “If a person has diabetes, many options exist to manage the disease. The same can be said for a mental health disorder,” said Michelle Hoag, assistant director of children’s services at the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center. “With education, people can learn how to manage and reduce the symptoms of a menSee TAX | Page A2
An animated Sara Joy Standridge does a scene from “SHOUT!,” Iola Community Theatre’s dessert theater production, which will be staged Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon at ICT’s Warehouse Theatre, 203 S. Jefferson Ave. Tickets, at $15 for adults and $10 for students, are available at Sophisticated Rose in downtown Iola. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON
Comissioners go big for loader By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
County commissioners paid the top price for a piece of heavy equipment Tuesday. The difference among proposals was just shy of $44,000. The key word in purchase of a wheel loader for use in Allen County’s landfill and quarry is “proposal.” Counselor Alan Weber explained that since proposals were sought, rather than bids, that gave commissioners latitude to negotiate and purchase a Caterpillar loader
that was the highest priced of nine machines considered. If commissioners had taken bids, the normal practice, they would have to justify why they did not opt for the lowest. Richard Johnson, salesman for Foley Equipment, Chanute, told commissioners the dealership would increase its trade offer for the county’s current loader by $7,000 to $25,000 and also explained advantages of the larger, highpowered Cat. Additionally, he said the machine’s five-year warranty would be good up to
7,500 hours of use. Typically, the county wheel loader logs about 2,000 hours a year. Commissioners purchased the Cat loader for a net price of $155,925, after figuring the trade-in machine at $25,000, which may be sold outright rather than transferred to Foley. Johnson said the Cat’s bucket was larger than those on other machines proposed and had the option of being lifted when loaded parallel to the ground, an efficiency feaSee COUNTY | Page A4
Couple stumbles upon wealth of coins LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mintcondition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree. Nearly all of the 1,427 coins, dating from 1847 to 1894, are in uncirculated, mint condition, said David Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service of Santa Ana, which recently authenticated them. Al-
though the face value of the gold pieces only adds up to more than $28,000, some of them are so rare that coin experts say they could fetch nearly $1 million apiece. “I don’t like to say once-ina-lifetime for anything, but you don’t get an opportunity to handle this kind of material, a treasure like this, ever,” said veteran numismatist Don Kagin, who is representing the finders. “It’s like they found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.”
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Kagin, whose family has been in the rare-coin business for 81 years, would say little about the couple other than that they are husband and wife, are middle-aged and have lived for several years on the rural property in California’s Gold Country, where the coins were found. They have no idea who put them there, he said. The pair are choosing to remain anonymous, Kagin said, in part to avoid a renewed See COINS | Page A4
A FILLY FAREWELL Iola High senior Hannah Endicott hugs teammate Jo Lohman prior to Tuesday’s home basketball game against Anderson County. As the team’s only senior, Endicott was honored in pregame and postgame ceremonies. In between, the Fillies defeated Anderson County, 46-30, to clinch the team’s first ever Pioneer League championship. More details about the game are on Page B1. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
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