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IOLA REGISTER Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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SECOND WAVE HITS ALLEN COUNTY

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

Iola will depend on Mother Nature, and local traffic, to clear residential streets of snow that came to the area early today.

“We have limited equipment and priorities to deal with,” said Cory Schinstock, assistant city administrator.

Also, “if we did try to clear neighborhood streets, we’d have a lot of upset people after their cars and driveways got buried,” by snow thrown aside by plows.

Iola has a snow and ice priority list that gives first attention to U.S. 54, State Street and the square. Next up are better than a dozen well-traveled streets, such as Kentucky and Cottonwood north-south and Lincoln and Miller Road eastwest.

“We have third and fourth priorities,” Schinstock continued, “but by the time we deal with the first and second, the weather usually has warmed enough that the others have taken care of themselves.”

When snow blankets the city, Street and Alley Depart-

Register/Allison Tinn

Above left, Brad Yoder, plows snow from the sidewalk in front of Great Southern Bank this morning. Above right a squirrel is perched on the side of snowy tree. Below, Iola street crews clear the snowy Iola Public Library parking lot. Schools and several businesses, including Herff-Jones, were closed today.

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Legislative action a concern to schools

By ALLISON TINN

allison@iolaregister.com

Monday night’s school board meeting was predominately somber.

Superintendent Brian Pekarek gave a brief legislative update. A few proposed bills have Kansas school districts concerned, but one stands out among the others: Changing the Kansas Constitution on how to fund education.

day the Kansas Senate passed a bill which gives legislators the exclusive right to make spending decisions for Kansas Susan Raines schools. Iola’s representative Caryn Tyson voted in favor of the constitutional amendment. Jeff King,

“ There is good news because we don’t expect it to pass in the House. We anticipate intense lobbying (led by Governor Brownback, to convince House Republicans to support both amendments.)

Currently, the Kansas Supreme Court determines how much money is needed to fund an adequate education for Kansas children. Legislators want that control, and last Wednes-

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— USD 257 superintendent Brian Pekarek

Independence, and who formerly represented Allen County as its senator, is the bill’s sponsor.

The amendment needs support from two-thirds of the

Legislature and then would need to be approved by Kansas voters.

A second amendment is being pushed. HCR 5002 is the constitutional amendment regarding judicial selection.

“There is good news because we don’t expect it to pass in the House,” Pekarek said. “We anticipate intense lobbying (led

by Governor Brownback, to convince House Republicans to support both amendments).”

No action is anticipated this week, but Pekarek said it was critical that school officials maintain regular dialogue with their House members on the amendments.

In addition to legislative concern, Pekarek said the school district should be worried about the possible banning of Common Core, the new curriculum used by schools nationwide.

In 2010, the Kansas State Board of Education approved the Common Core. The House See USD 257 | Page A6

Council nixes construction

By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com

There will be no reconstruction on Highway 54 inside the city limits on the east side of Iola.

City council members voted down a motion made by Don Becker, on a 4-3 decision Monday night. Council member Beverly Franklin was not present for the meeting.

Darrin Petrowsky, KDOT’s regional engineer, came before the council to explain the proposed project, as well as how the Kansas Department of Transportation would work with the businesses to allow access during construction.

Several business owners had come before the council during the Feb. 11 meeting to express their concerns about access to their businesses.

The concerns led to a tabled decision in the previous meeting.

“What assurances are there going to be that there is

Register/Steven Schwartz

Customers shop for essential winter supplies Monday afternoon as a winter storm moves to Iola. Walmart saw a large influx of customers, preparing for heavy snow conditions.

Customers flock to Walmart before storm

By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com

As the second round of winter storms threaten to make roads impassable, people have been flocking to Walmart to stock up on last-minute necessities, and store employees have seen the effects.

“With the two storms being so close together, we are trying to get our stuff on the shelf as soon as possible,” Manager Jeff Livingston said.

He said the store has seen

some shortages in different food items, mainly because of delays from last week’s winter storm. Distribution centers in Ottawa, Harrisonville, Mo., and Nebraska are all about one day behind in food deliveries. The store is currently receiving shipments from the distribution center in Bartlesville, Okla.

Livingston said people tend to flock toward certain “necessities” when a winter storm is See WALMART | Page A2

Community building receives new name Register/Steven Schwartz

Darrin Petrowsky, left at podium, and Jerod Kelley, right, address concerns regarding U.S. 54 construction Monday night. going to be adequate access for those businesses there,” Council Member David Toland asked Petrowsky.

Larry Macha, owner of Jump Start Travel Center, and Robert Storrer, owner of Storrer Implements, were present at the meeting to represent the concerned business owners.

Petrowsky assured the Vol. 115, No.85

council that access would be available, despite the fact that a contractor had not been chosen for the project yet.

Jerod Kelley, an engineer with KDOT, echoed Petrowsky’s remarks.

“We can work, and will work to get access to the businesses,” Kelley said.

The concerns outweighed See COUNCIL | Page A2

The North Community Building will now be known as the Dr. John Silas Bass North Community Building.

Jennifer Bass, Barbara Chalker-Anderson and Donna Houser came before the city council Monday night to petition to name the building after Dr. Bass — a prominent African-American community leader.

They presented letters from Phyllis Bass, Elliot Bass and Wendell Bass Jr., all relatives of the late doctor. They said his efforts were responsible for the North Community Building, which was 75 Cents

constructed after his death.

The building was a gathering place for the African-American community.

The motion made by Council Member David Toland was accepted unanimously by the council.

Chalker-Anderson said it is important for the community, especially the younger people, to know their history — which Dr. Bass is an integral part of.

The Register will have a more in-depth report on the history of Dr. Bass, as well as the efforts to have the North Community Building renamed.

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the benefits, however.

“We are going to be at the mercy of the contractor,” Macha said.

“It is such a last-minute idea, that has not been thought out.”

The council members took time to examine photos that had been taken by Assistant City Administrator Corey Schinstock, and Petrowsky referenced core samples that had been taken by KDOT workers in 2010.

He said the road, which was constructed in 1969, is in disrepair and needs to have its core replaced.

“I’m sure it has already met its design life,” he said.

Council Members Joel Wicoff said he was in favor of the construction.

“The road is not in the best condition,” Wicoff said. “I know we can still get some years out of it, but it will still deteriorate.”

The majority of the

project, 75 percent, would be paid by KDOT and the remaining 25 percent would come from a fund provided by the state.

Macha felt as though the 1,500 vehicles that come in and out of his business daily would not be supported by the impromptu access roads the contractor would provide. He said the businesses along the 800foot proposed construction area would deal with similar issues.

“That has not been taken into consideration, and I don’t think the contractor will take it into consideration,” Macha said.

In the end, four council members felt there was not enough information to move forward with the project.

IN OTHER business — Council members approved a tax abatement request made by Robert Shaughnessy.

The tax abatement will be applied to the res-

taurant he and his son, Toby Shaughnessy, will be constructing in March.

Shaughnessy has requested similar abatements from Allen County and USD 257 as an incentive for the construction of the restaurant, Sam and Louie’s.

— Washington Avenue was approved to be closed for the farmers market during the more temperate months of the year.

— A contract with the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility was approved, after some discussion. The new contract stipulated that a $50 charge will be applied for any kittens or puppies that are born in the shelter.

— Council members approved $3,400 to be used for demolition on 409 S. Third St. — A bid for a highwater service pump was accepted. The bid, made

by Fluid Equipment, totaled $97,700 for the new pump.

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is moving into the area.

“It’s funny, people always go to milk, bread, bananas and butter,” he said.

Store shelves were well-stocked on Monday afternoon, as the snow began to fall across Allen County. The previous day, however, had left many empty shelves.

Livingston said several of the employees had volunteered extra hours to work open registers and assist people looking to get last-minute items.

“All of the registers had full lines, you couldn’t even walk through here,” said Cassandra Throckmorton, a customer service representative as she motioned toward the front of the store, near the registers.

While Livingston said the store has brought in 2,000 frozen items in the past 24 hours, nearly a full semi-truck load, his employees are still

Court report DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed:

Samantha LegrandeHall vs. Sammy Hall, divorce. Dawn LeClair vs.

Brant LeClair, divorce.

State of Kansas vs. Jenna R. Hargrove, et al, paternity. State of Kansas vs. Abel H. Lamons, et al, paternity. State of Kansas vs. Patricia A. Hickman, non-divorce visitation/custody.

MAGISTRATE COURT Judge Thomas Saxton Convicted of speeding or other violations with fines assessed:

Michael J. Houk, Iola, driving under the influence, two counts. Perry E. Miller, Oklahoma City, 77/65, $156. Jarred M. Holman, Moran, driving under the influence. Valerie A. Bonebrake, Olathe, 80/65, $173. Tonya L. HoffmanHiggins, Uniontown, giving a worthless check, $270. Ronald C.

Caler, Iola, possession of hallucinogenic drugs, fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer. Ryan O. Brooks, Iola, theft. Bradley D. Ogle, Fort Scott, 85/65, $284. Zsalynn M. Jones, Oklahoma City, child restraint laws, 77/65, $215. Faron W. Miller, Inola, Okla., unlawful acts with a vehicle, $218.

Clinton M. Weldin, Colony, 77/65, $155. Samuel T. Stump, Blue Mound, 75/65, $143. Charles W. Wells, Tulsa, 75/65, $143.

Maurice A. Anderson, Tulsa, following a vehicle too closely, $173.

Teresa S. Miller, Wichita, 77/65, $155. Addie N. Bruyr, Emporia, 80/65, $173. Howard L. Hanson Jr., Iola, disorderly conduct, $385. Montinez A. Smith, Tulsa, child safety restraint laws, $158.

Tina A. Cady-Friend, Savonburg, 77/55, $221.

Nicholas G. Henry, Iola,

ACC to host swing night at Corleone’s Allen Community College will be hosting its second annual Swing Night on March 8, and will be open for the public.

The event, which will take place at Corleone’s (on North State Street, by Walmart) is from 7 to 11 p.m. The ACC orchestra will be playing classic swing tunes for attendees to show off their moves.

The cost per ticket is $10 per person, or $15

for a couple. There is a 15 percent discount for tickets purchased before Thursday. RSVP by contacting ACC Music Director Ted Clous no later than March 5, by calling 365-5116 ext.

258.

Tickets include dinner and a raffle to donated items.

All proceeds from the event will go to the Allen music department for future music scholarship recipients.

(First published in The Iola Register, February 19, 2013) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association sbm to Chase Home Finance LLC, Plaintiff vs.

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Mortgage Foreclosure Jerry Steele, Mary Roe unknown spouse if any Christina Steele aka Christina D. Harvey aka Christina D. Clover aka Christina D. Volk John Doe unknown spouse if any State of Kansas Social & Rehabilitation Service nka Kansas Department of Children

“ Food is flying off the shelves.

It’s crazy, I can’t keep up.

I’m working as fast as I can.

— Frances Catron, Walmart employee

T H RO C K M O RT O N

said they have moved many of the winter safety items to the front of the store for customer convenience.

Bags of ice melt, salt, ice scrapers and water bottles lined the front of the store.

Livingston said the storm can be a hassle, but business will most likely even out with the large influx of customers, followed by slow business during the storm.

“Having people want to buy things is never a bad thing,” he said.

Peggy Barrett, a Walmart customer, said she was coming in mainly to get her medication before the storm hit Iola.

“I don’t drive in the snow, I’ll probably be stuck for a few days,” Barrett said.

As for the shortages, Livingston said they are doing their best to keep up and get things onto the floor. Many items are available, they just have not been put out yet. He said his customers have been doing a good job of talking with his customer services representatives when they need anything.

“That’s the great thing about this town, people are really great communicators,” he said.

Chance of snow failure to yield at a stop sign, $158.

Convicted of no seat belt and fined $10:

Shandien R. Ladd, Moran. Cathleen D. Lehnherr, Kinkaid.

Zeph N. Larney, Gas.

Diversion agreements with fines assessed:

Corey J. McCool, Broken Arrow, Okla., 84/65, $198. John T. Klaasmeyer, Paola, 83/65, $191.

Joseph Gagney, Iola, domestic battery, $360.

Failing to appear: Jordan W. Heflin, Pleasant Valley, Mo., 93/65.

Criminal cases filed:

Paul A. Stokes, Iola, possession of hallucinogenic drugs. Darrell R. Parker, Gas, battery, disorderly conduct.

Civil contract cases filed:

Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs.

Chrystal Brown, debt collection.

Portfolio Recovery Associates

LLC vs. Kathy Miller, debt collection. LVNV Funding LLC vs. Dana L. Wille, debt collection.

Small claims filed:

D&D Propane Inc. vs.

Brandon Wolverton.

Kids Kingdom of Iola vs. Lisa Clawson.

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Thomas Saxton

Deborah K. Haen, Parsons, transporting an open container, 39/30, $260. William R. Haen, Parsons, transporting an open container, $180. Jason Lee Outlan, Moran, driving with a suspended license, 90 days jail suspended for 12 months probation, must serve five days jail, $380.

Jimmy D. Pergeson, Iola, violation of a protection order, 30 days jail suspended for six months probation, $180. Travis Walters, Iola, 45/35, $140.

Tonight, mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday, cloudy. A slight chance of snow in the morning. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday night, mostly cloudy. Lows near 20.

Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Temperature High yesterday Low last night High a year ago Low a year ago

35 31 61 34

Precipitation 24 hours ending 7 a.m.

This month to date Total year to date Excess since Jan. 1

Sunrise 6:57 a.m.

Arrest made

Jamie Lynn Slocum was arrested by Allen County deputies Saturday for outstanding warrants from Shawnee and Bourbon counties.

S AABG R A UIRRE

A vehicle driven by Sally J. Wallace, Kincaid, struck a cow on U.S. 59 just south of Mildred shortly before 2 a.m. Friday. Wallace’s vehicle was disabled but she was not injured, officers said.

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Public notice (First published in The Iola Register, February 26, 2013) CITY OF IOLA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Iola is pursuing improvements to the wastewater system, including upgrades to lift stations and lining of existing sewer pipes to reduce inflow and infiltration. A public hearing will be held April 8, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at the regular scheduled city council meeting at 510 Park Avenue, Iola to receive public comments. A revolving fund loan through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will be used to help fund the project along with grant monies from the EPA. Comments are solicited on the scope of the project and alternative solutions to maintain the wastewater system.

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stretched thin in some of their inventories.

Frances Catron, an employee who works in the produce section, has seen some of the largest volume of customers.

“Food is flying off the shelves. It’s crazy, I can’t keep up,” she said. “I’m working as fast as I can.”

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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Cemetery service opens

Calendar Wednesday - Rescheduled Chamber of Commerce Board meeting, 5:30 p.m., library community room; Virginia Circle meeting at First Baptist Church, 1:30 p.m.

Thursday - PRIDE meeting, 5:30 p.m., library community room; Mary Martha Circle meeting at First Baptist Church, 7 p.m.

March 6 - Hotel feasibility community conversation, 5:30 p.m., library community room.

By TERRY BROYLES Humboldt correspondent

HUMBOLDT — Weide’s Cemetery Service and Memorials, in the old City Hall building, 701 Bridge St., has been open about three weeks.

Bryan Weide and fiance Shelia Bolling are helping clients select a suitable, economical and meaningful monument to mark a loved one’s final resting place. Bolling, originally from Osawatomie, is excited for the opportunity to be in Humboldt. “When Larry (Tucker) told us about this building, we thought it would be a good fit,� she said. “There is not another business like this in town, and it’s a pretty building. We’ll see how the location works.�

As an incentive, the city offered use of the building rent-free for a year to a start-up business. The first such business, a resale store, occupied the building several months in 2012 before closing.

Bolling and Weide moved to Humboldt five months ago from Iola and have worked together in the cemetery business for eight year. Bryan’s experience comes from running D of K Vaults in Iola. “Bryan’s grandfather started the cemetery business in 1960,� Bolling said. “Then Bryan worked with his dad (Phil Weide) at D of K for 25 or 30 years.�

At this time, the couple is not licensed to do full burial service, but the list of services they

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Shelia Bolling, with Weide’s Cemetery Service and Memorials, stands beside a tombstone in the show room at 701 Bridge St. The monument is liberty gray granite with a three-dimensional special cut. do provide is extensive, including crematorial gravesite preparation and completion, arranging setup of tent and chairs for a service and placement of tombstones.

They are willing to discuss any idea.

They can cut dates into memorial stones, level a leaning marker, sandblast an aged monument, and counsel with a client at the cemetery to assist in selecting a manageable size monument for the area.

They offer granite nameplates, cremation urns, granite solar lights, pet stones, stepping stones, all personalized and customized to the customers’ specifications. “Everyone deserves a marker,� Bolling said. “I am also working on getting set up to have bar codes on the monuments. People would be able to view photos of the deceased and see or hear the obituary on their smart phones.�

Not all of the mark-

ers created by Weide and Bolling end up in the cemetery. “We’ll do name posts, make a bench out of granite or native stone,�

Weide said. “We made the ‘Welcome to the Flint Hills’ markers on native rock, if you’ve seen them.�

Business hours for the office and show room are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and other times by appointment by calling the office at 473-5028.

Mary McCullough, club president, served as hostess for the February Hoe and Hope Garden Club meeting in the community room of the library.

Ten members and one guest, Sheryl Palmer, attended. The club voted to make a $50 donation to the Neosho River Park dedication and voted to move the club checking account to Community National Bank.

June Stipp reported the research Westar conducted to determine cost of installing electricity at the Humboldt sign on K-224 was cost prohibitive.

Solar options will be examined.

The group traveled to SEK Landscape and Hardscape greenhouses on Harper Road, near Chanute, where Chris Wehlage gave a tour of hanging baskets being planted for retail markets and gave a demonstration on starting seeds.

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roll call with the name of the person who invited them to join.

Reports included treasurer Roxane Orr stating the checking account move was complete. Council representative Glenna Wulf reported the club would be responsible for a booth at the Allen County Fair and Linda Leonard reminded the group about the upcoming Spring Tea April 11 and the state conference in Parsons.

Wulf encouraged teams of walkers to sign up for Walk Kansas and she, along with Leonard, were selected as the club’s Volunteer of the Year recipients.

GALS will co-host with the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce a Holiday gift market in December and donate $50 to the high school After-Prom Committee. Sheree Scarrow will take over upkeep of the club’s Facebook page.

GALS will continue a membership with the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce and make donations to the food pantry milk fund. A total of 30 volunteer hours were recorded. Facts, records and pictures of meetings and activities were presented

by Arbeiter, lesson leader, recalling the history of the club originally chartered as Rose Buds EHU, which conjured up numerous memories for many of the longtime members.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An Air Force decision is expected soon on who will win a more than $350 million contract to build 20 aircraft for use in Afghanistan.

The decision comes at a crucial time for Wichita-based Beechcraft, formerly Hawker Beechcraft, which recently emerged from bankruptcy protection.

The high-stakes “light air support� contract could ultimately be worth nearly $1 billion, depending on future orders.

Beechcraft had expected a decision Friday but was told there had been a slight delay, Beechcraft spokeswoman Nicole Alexander told The Wichita Eagle.

The company has proposed the AT-6 attack aircraft, a version of its T-6 trainer, for the project. Sierra Nevada Corp., meanwhile, has partnered with Brazilbased Embraer to offer its Super Tucano.

The planes would give the Afghan National Army Air Corp. a fixed-wing strike

capability, and would be delivered over five years.

A single-engine turboprop, dubbed the AT6, that Beechcraft proposes to build under the LAS contract hasn’t been put into production, but CEO Bill Boisture said building such a plane is a major objective this year.

Winning a customer to launch production is one of the top goals to get Beechcraft “off on the right foot� in 2013, the company told its employees.

The competition for the award has taken nearly three years and has been plagued by delays and legal challenges.

Sierra Nevada Corp. sued in June 2012 for the reinstatement of the contract after the U.S. Air Force canceled the deal following objections by Beechcraft and under pressure from lawmakers. Sierra Nevada contended that the revised bid proposal was tilted in favor of then-Hawker Beechcraft.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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Industries seeing diminished returns for offshore work For more than two years the Iola Register has outsourced its printing to the Lawrence Journal-World.

The result is a superior product. The Register lacked the resources and talent to produce the fullcolor product that we now so readily take for granted.

The downside to the arrangement is the daily drive to Lawrence and back to retrieve the printed product. That was brought home last week when wintry weather prevented safe travel. Today we waited until mid-morning to fetch the paper. Delivery to rural areas will be postponed until the roads are passable.

On such a day I think how nice it would be to have our press back in operation, feeling some semblance of control.

That feeling is fleeting.

In reality, we know our limitations and gladly yield to progress.

INDUSTRY as a whole is

rethinking the outsource and especially the offshore model of business.

A recent article in the London-based Economist noted that when U.S. industries take into account the cost of shipping goods from China to the United States, the savings is shrinking.

What was once lost in logistics, was easily recouped in lower overseas wages.

Now those savings are being usurped by foreign workers demanding — and receiving — higher pay. In India, salaries for software

engineers are going up rapidly and inflation is high.

The savings by shipping work overseas is now half of what it was in the 1990s when the outsourcing model began in earnest.

Increased automation by robots in U.S. industries is also keeping more business on shore, and in fact is the greater cause for lost jobs than by having the work done overseas.

Doing your work inhouse also builds for better customer relations and allows for better creativity. Having ownership in a product makes a huge difference in the desire to keeping it competitive.

Managers also note the hidden cost for what is lost in translation when dealing with different languages and cultures. Multiple time zones also complicate communication.

Economists predict U.S. industries moving jobs offshore will begin to taper by 2014 and stop altogether by 2022. The main reason is that by then all the easily commutable jobs will have been moved offshore.

Today, American and European banks and financialservices firms have already moved about 80 percent of what they can reasonably send to India and Malaysia.

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well for the economy, it also reaffirms that U.S. workers must develop skills not easily replicable by a robot and that they can do it best.

— Susan Lynn

A look back in time 50 Years Ago February 1963

The “Sultans of South Street” were the guests of honor yesterday afternoon at a birthday party given by the employees of the South Street Auto Parts for Maurice Abts, the store’s founder, who was celebrating his

85th birthday. Ballou Heigele opened his harness and leather shop in 1904; Abts started his store next door in 1911; Ross Arbuckle moved his garage to the corner of South and Broadway in 1917.

The three have been business neighbors for nearly 50 years and are still friends!

Rural KS losing voice in legislature

By REP. DON HINEMAN (R) Dighton

I recently wrote about an attempt to change the method of judicial selection in Kansas and why we have the system we presently do. That effort appears to have stalled, at least for now.

However, another proposal to amend the constitution is gaining traction, and a resolution passed out of the Kansas Senate this week that attempts to clarify that funding of public education should be solely the responsibility of the legislature.

A few days ago I came across some very interesting background on this issue. Article 6b of the constitution says “The legislature shall make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state.” This language was amended into the constitution in 1966. The really interesting thing is what else was going on at that time. In 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that all state legislative bodies must be apportioned based upon population rather than geography or any other means. This doctrine of equal representation, or “one person, one vote,” meant that the Kansas House of Representatives could no longer be apportioned one representative per county with a few extra allocated to the larger cities in the state.

The year 1966 was the last that the Kansas House was apportioned under the old system, and it seems very

Though the present school finance formula is not perfect, it has been crafted and refined over a period of decades to balance the needs of diverse student populations throughout the state. likely that the members of that predominantly rural legislature understood that “one person, one vote” would forever change the character of the Kansas House. They no doubt understood that future legislatures would become increasingly urbanized. And that raised the prospect that at some point an urban-oriented legislature might adopt a school funding formula that would disadvantage rural school children relative to their counterparts in the cities of Kansas.

THE SOLUTION those rural legislators apparently devised was to lock language into the constitution that would insure suitable funding for the education of ALL Kansas school children. In my opinion they met their objective very well. Though the present school finance formula is not perfect, it has been crafted and refined over a period of decades to balance the needs of diverse student populations throughout the state. But now, thanks to a series of contentious court rulings, some folks want to change the constitutional language and remove the possibility of future court

challenges regarding school funding. The rural legislators of the 1960s recognized that putting that power strictly in the hands of the legislature would be a very bad thing for rural Kansas. I am thankful for their wisdom and leadership of nearly fifty years ago, and I am committed to their objective … equal educational opportunity for all Kansas children.

It would be very interesting to have a chat with some of the individuals who were in the legislature back then. Rod Bentley of Gove County, my good friend and ardent supporter, served in the Kansas House of Representatives during that era. Rod’s long and interesting life came to an end just last Friday.

This peek into the past is verification of the old phrase “those who cannot learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.” Problem is, if rural Kansans cannot value the foresight of those who went before, it is quite possible that we will never again be able to restore the constitutional protection of equal educational opportunity.

Hineman is a state representative from the 118th District.

The Kansas farmer’s motto: waste not and want not

By JOHN SCHLAGECK Kansas Farm Bureau

During the last couple of decades, some environmental groups have been less than kind to agriculture. They have bombarded the public with figures on soil loss, pesticiderelated mishaps and alleged failed attempts at using herbicides and other crop protectors. Their figures are oftentimes unverifiable.

Technology is often labeled as the No. 1 environmental enemy by some of these groups.

Food producers — farmers and ranchers — view technology as the application of knowledge. As humans, we survive by adapting the environment to our needs.

Take away technology and humans would be just like other primates — confined to tropical regions and subject to extinction due to environmental changes. To survive, mankind has changed his environment while conserving resources and continually creating new ones.

Resources are made not born. Land, ores, petroleum —

the raw materials of our planet — do not inherently further human purposes.

Man determines what is useful and how to use it. Topsoil becomes a resource when a farmer prepares the soil and plants wheat seed, for example. Ores become resources when metals are extracted.

During the past two centuries, technology has been creating resources more rapidly than humans have been consuming them. By every measure of price and availability, resources have become more abundant.

Without science and technology today’s farmers and ranchers would be unable to feed the masses.

Farmers use technology responsibly and adopt new farming methods and practices by attending training sessions and courses.

But new farm technology is expensive. It is in the best interest of farmers to use it carefully and sparingly. Misuse would add to the cost of production, which would result in an even lower return

on their investment.

Farmers use agricultural chemicals only when necessary. When they use chemicals, farmers follow label directions designed for public health and safety. When a rancher uses antibiotics and other animal health products for their stock, they follow proper drug use practices.

When new advances in biotechnology are discovered, farmers must abide by stringent testing and monitoring practices that ensure only safe products in the marketplace.

FOOD PRODUCED in the

United States is safe. More than four decades of Food and Drug Administration testing has shown the majority of our fruits and vegetables have no detectable pesticide residues.

This underscores that American farmers use pesticides properly. Our grain and cereal crops are among the cleanest and most wholesome in the world.

Countless laws help ensure our food is safe. Billions of dollars are spent to support

food and agricultural safety and quality inspection. The private sector, combined with state and local governments, also spends billions on similar activities.

Farmers and ranchers support efforts to evaluate and enhance the current regulatory and food monitoring system. Agricultural producers want to work with all parties toward maintaining safe food, but this industry must avoid policy changes that are based solely on fear or false information.

Decisions affecting the course of agricultural production remain critically important and will have far reaching implications on our quality of life. We must be careful in determining long-term policies.

Farmers and ranchers will continue to maximize their production capacity with an ever-watchful eye on food safety, quality and our environment.

Schlageck is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas.

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4-H club news Prairie Dell

The Prairie Dell 4-H club meeting was Feb. 4. Chyanne Vaughn led the flag salute and 4-H pledge. Kahlan Roloff led the song, “Will You Be My Valentine?” Roll call was answered by, “If you could be any animal, what would you be?”

The secretary’s report was given by Clara Wicoff. The treasurer’s report was given by Chyanne Vaughn. Reporter’s report was given by Olivia Bannister. Council member’s report was given by Allyson Hobbs. Leaders’ report also was given concerning upcoming dates. The conservation report was given

by Alexis Hobbs. The service report was given by Clara Wicoff. The health report was given

by Olivia Bannister.

The money making report was given by Chyanne Vaughn. It was moved and seconded to

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give Beth Griffeth a $30 gift certificate for choreographing line dances for 4-H day.

Alexis Hobbs played “It is Well With My Soul” on her tenor saxophone along with Allyson Hobbs on her clarinet. Brandon McKarnin gave a talk on the rocket he built. Chyanne Vaughn gave a talk on how to make brownies in a cup in the microwave. Trey Wilson gave a talk on how to make valentine trail mix. Annika Hobbs gave a talk on making paper ornaments. Lane Roloff led the club in playing “pretzel relay.”

Next meeting will be Monday at 7 p.m. at the New Community Building in Riverside Park.

Talks will be given by Jenna Wilks, Shana Moore, Ethan Weide, Katana Smith, Emily McKarnin, Carter Hutton and Eve Ard. Olivia Bannister, reporter

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Quality assurance improves consumer confidence Consumers are more aware than ever about the quality and safety of food products they purchase. Quality Assurance programs are the cornerstone of the livestock industry’s quality and safety efforts. The goal of quality assurance in all species is to deliver a healthy, safe and wholesome product to consumers.

In the late 1980s, pork producers developed the Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) program to educate and certify their participants on how to reduce risk of volatile animal health product

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cation techniques, hazard analysis, and recordkeeping.

If you are interested in becoming PQA Plus certified, visit the National Pork Board website at www.pork.org.

In the late 1970s a program was created to confront and discuss real and perceived beef safety issues. Today

In the late 1980s, pork producers developed the Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) program to educate and certify their participants on how to reduce the risk of volatile animal health product residues in pork. residues in pork. In 2007, PQA became PQA Plus as consumer interests in management practices increased. It maintains food safety emphasis while also providing information on animal wellbeing, proper medi-

that program has developed into Beef Quality Assurance (BQA). It focuses on educating and training cattle producers, farm advisors and veterinarians on issues in beef safety and quality. BQA includes hazard

analysis and planning; proper vaccine handling; administration of vaccines at the proper injection site; management documentation and recordkeeping; proper cattle handling and cattle care.

Funded by the beef checkoff, BQA increases consumer confidence in beef by teaching producers in every segment of the industry sound management techniques.

Producers who have been certified report applying these proven practices also improves efficiency and profitability.

Until March 15, producers can register for free BQA and Dairy Animal Care & Quality Assurance (DACQA) online training, thanks to the sponsorship of Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BI).

Now through March 15, BI will pay the $25 cost of a three-year certification. There are customized modules for cow-calf, stocker, feedlot and dairy personnel. To take advantage of this special offer, go to www.bivi-bqa.com and click on “access the BQA modules” or www.

AnimalCareTraining. org and select “trainings offered.” When asked, enter the coupon code BIVIBQA. Often times when the animal ag industry in shown in a negative light, it comes after an incident involving improper animal handling.

Just like with any industry, there are bad apples and bad judgments and those are stories remembered.

Consumers are more likely to select beef, pork, chicken or other animal proteins for their nutrient source if they understand and feel confident that the product was raised, processed and produced following the highest standards of animal welfare. As a producer, consider becoming certified in Quality Assurance and show your consumers that livestock are cared for properly and can provide a wholesome protein choice for their families and yours.

If you are interested in quality assurance programs for additional species, please contact the Extension office for further information.

Movement key to healthy body Emily McKarnin watches Chyanne Vaughn make brownies in a cup.

Annika Hobbs and Audrey Powe play "pretzel relay."

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving,” Albert Einstein said, and it could be applied to many different aspects of life.

It’s difficult — or impossible — to balance on a bike if the bike is not moving. To balance more easily, the bike needs to be moving forward. The same could be said of our bodies and our physical health.

Movement is essential to a healthy body.

Last year’s Walk Kansas participants in the Southwind Extension District discovered many benefits to being involved in physical activity.

For instance, evaluations at the end of the eight-week program indicated the following changes were experienced: 58 percent had increased energy; 45 percent had a better attitude; 39 percent decreased weight; 39 percent increased muscle strength; 35 percent improved sleep.

Regular physical activity also can be helpful in managing arthritis and has been shown to reduce risk of some cancer.

Anne Ludlum

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Physical activity can improve ability to manage stress, lower blood pressure, and help maintain a healthy weight.

We’re an in-the-car and sit-behind-a-desk society. For many people — adults and children — daily life does not require a lot of physical activity. If we want to be active, we have to make an effort.

The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), marks the first time the federal government has issued comprehensive physical activity guidelines for the nation. The guidelines describe major research findings about health benefits of physical activity: Some physical activity is better than none.

Episodes of activity that are at least 10 minutes long count toward meeting the guidelines.

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Regular physical activity reduces the risk of many adverse health outcomes.

For most health outcomes, additional benefits occur as the amount of physical activity increases through higher intensity, greater frequency, and/or longer duration.

Regular physical activity also can be helpful in managing arthritis and has been shown to reduce the risk of some cancer. Physical activity can improve ability to manage stress, lower blood pressure, and help maintain a healthy weight.

Most health benefits occur with at least 2 hours and 30 minutes a week of moderate-intensity physical activity, such as brisk walking.

Additional benefits occur with more physical activity.

That’s good news for most people. It isn’t necessary to join a fitness club or purchase expensive equipment. Activities as simple as walking, which only requires a good pair of shoes and

can be done whenever it is most convenient, are beneficial. And, walking has the lowest dropout rate of any physical activity.

The Walk Kansas program, which begins in a few weeks, is just such a program that fits most lifestyles. Walk Kansas is a K-State Research and Extension program offered statewide. Here in the Southwind District, we are gearing up for another successful program with many participants who want to add enjoyable, healthpromoting physical activity to their everyday lives.

For the program, teams of six record their physical activity during the eight-week program.

Any 15 minutes of moderate intensity activity counts as a mile. Weekly newsletters, group events and programs help team members establish healthy lifetime habits.

There is still time to register a team for the program. Information is available in local Southwind Extension District offices in courthouses in Fort Scott, Erie and Iola and at the Southeast Area Extension office, 308 W. 14th Street, Chanute. Program materials also may be downloaded at www.southwind.ksu. edu.

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You can afford to have only so much snow removal equipment, because there are winters it isn’t used at all. Two years ago (February 2011) we had to deal with snow, but didn’t have any last winter. — Corey Schinstock, assistant city administrator

would be. “You can afford to have only so much snow removal equipment, because there are winters it isn’t used at all,� he said. “Two years ago (February 2011) we had to deal with snow, but didn’t have any last winter.�

In 2011, a foot of snow fell on Feb. 2 and 11 inches on Feb. 9, with temperatures cold enough — minus-12 on Feb. 3 and minus-8 the next night — that little melted between the two snows.

BILL KING, director of Public Works for Allen County, has a different philosophy.

Whenever snow of consequence falls, his intention is to have all of the county’s 1,000 miles of roads — 180 hard-surfaced and 820 rock — open to traffic as quickly as possible.

King has five motor graders and four plow/ spreader trucks at his disposal. “We concentrate on the hard-surfaced roads and move as quickly

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ment workers are deployed in two dump trucks with blades attached to the fronts and a motor grader. Coming on their heels is a spreader truck that dishes out traction-promoting salt and chat. “We also have a frontend loader to clear intersections,� Schinstock added.

Along part of U.S. 54 (Madison Avenue through downtown), around the courthouse square and on several streets radiating from the square, snow is piled in windrows, then removed, often while plowing continues. “Snow removal is done by employees from the Electric and Gas and Water departments, to free Street and Alley to continue clearing streets,�

Schinstock noted.

Snow is removed so that when it melts during the day water isn’t left to freeze overnight and create sheets of ice on streets. “That would only compound driving problems,� Schinstock said.

Iola has 55 miles of streets, with about a third falling into firstand second-priority snow removal.

Schinstock said he doubted manpower would be a problem if snow removal were expanded, but equipment

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as we can to the rock roads,� he said, with the expectation of having all roads open to traffic within a couple of days. “But, you have to remember that while a grader operator’s district contains 150 miles of (rock) roads, that means to clear both lanes is 300 miles,� King observed.

The spreaders don’t apply salt and chat on all 180 miles of hardsurfaced roads, he added, rather in most cases treat hills, intersections, bridges and viaducts.

King met with operators Monday to plan how the county would approach snow left by this storm, although he allowed they “have to be given some leeway.

They know their districts and they know how best to deal with whatever we get.� “It’s a lot of hard work for them and there are some tough and tense times before we get all the roads in passable condition,� he said.

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Education Committee introduced a bill to ban the new standards, saying they were pressured to adopt it through federal funding or No Child Left Behind waivers.

State Board of Education chairwoman Jana Shaver said Kansas was not pressured to adopt the Common Core. “It was an initiative of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, who saw a need for some consistency between states,�

Shaver said in an interview with The CapitolJournal.

If the bill passes then all the work school districts have done to write or begin implementing the Common Core standards will have been a waste. “The bill has nothing to do with the Common Core but everything to do with politics,� Pekarek said. “They want to throw the baby out with the bath water.�

BOARD

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Darrell Catron had two pieces of information to share from the ANW Cooperative.

At the beginning of the school year there was great concern about how much funding the co-op would receive. Catron said Gov. Brownback has chosen, through his budget, to give state co-ops the “bare minimum.�

This will ultimately mean $500 per student.

There are roughly 200 special education students in the district. Catron said if this is the case then the co-op will either have to cut staff-

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Catron did have a little piece of good news for the board. Though it will soon have to start providing health insurance for all paraprofessionals or choose to take the fine, Blue Cross Blue Shield is working with the cooperative to find a comparable package for the paras that would cost less than taking the fine.

By law, the co-op would only be required to provide health insurance nine months out of the year since paras do not work three months of the year.

“ The fountain

is a real stunner in front of the building.

It looks like it really belongs there. — Susan Raines, Bowlus director

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BOWLUS Fine Arts Center Director Susan Raines gave board members the Bowlus’ biannual trustees update.

Raines was pleased to inform the board that usage of the Bowlus has increased this year. The first semester there were 412 students enrolled in classes at the Bowlus and 418 in the second semester.

There will be two additional dance recital companies coming to use the Bowlus and the city and Emergency Management are using the venue for meetings and informa-

tional sessions. “We are happy to have them there,� Raines said.

Raines said she is almost finished with programming for next year and in the fall she will compare dollars to see what the Bowlus could afford.

The fountain has been installed at the front of the Bowlus and TLC greenhouse staff, along with volunteers, will be building the landscape.

Dan Foster, landscape architect, will return to turn the fountain on in the spring.

An irrigation system is being installed, which will keep the plants alive, Raines said. “The fountain is a real stunner in front of the building. It looks like it really belongs there,� she said.

IN OTHER news, due to a grandparent’s concern there will be an additional handicapped accessible parking spot installed near Jefferson Elementary.

The board approved a bid from Kansas Truck of $65,543 for purchase of a new Blue Bird school bus.

School principals reported a surprisingly low turnout at parentteacher conferences earlier in the month.

McKinley reported a 70 percent turnout and Iola Middle School reported 61 percent. Both are lower than last year’s turnout.

The principals saturated the community with notifications and said they didn’t know what caused the downturn.

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Yates Center High’s Caleb DeNoon (13) and Myles Dice (32) reach for the ball in a game earlier this season. The Wildcats fell to Oswego Monday to end their season in the Class 2A substate tournament.

Wildcat boys fall at Oswego OSWEGO — Oswego High’s hot start put Yates Center’s boys in a hole they could not escape Monday.

Oswego started its Class 2A substate contest with a 17-6 run. Yates Center stayed within shouting distance after that, but could not pull out the victory in a 51-39 loss.

The defeat ends Yates Center’s record at 4-16 on the season.

Oswego turned its early advan-

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Iola Middle School eighthgrader Ben Cooper will travel to Salina Saturday to take part in the Knights of Columbus state free throw shooting competition.

Iolan heads to state Ben Cooper, an eighthgrader at Iola Middle School, has advanced to the State of Kansas Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition, scheduled for Saturday in Salina.

Cooper advanced to the state level by winning locally in Iola, the district level in St. Paul and at a regional competition Feb. 17 in Cha-

nute by draining 22 of 25 free throws.

Cooper, 14, is the son of Mark and Lori Cooper of Iola.

In addition, Madisyn Holloway, a sixth-grader at IMS, won the local and district competitions, but did not advance past regionals. She is the daughter of Chris and Lisa Holloway of Gas.

tage into a 30-18 halftime lead.

Cameron Brown led Yates Center with 15 points, while Austin McNett followed with six and Caleb DeNoon with five.

Kel Yeoman scored 11 to pace Oswego. Weston Eckerman and Tag Oldham chipped in with 10 apiece.

Oswego will face either Uniontown or Sedan in its semifinal matchup.

The Uniontown-Sedan game was postponed until Wednesday

because of wintry weather.

Yates Center (6-12-7-14—39) Oswego (17-13-8-13—51) Yates Center (FG-FT-F-TP): Chism 0-0-3-0, Cooper 1-1-4-3, DeNoon 2-14-5, Schemper 2-0-1-4, Brown 7-1-215, McNett 3-0-5-6, Dice 1-0-1-2, Rossillon 0-0-1-0, Arnold 1-2-0-4. TOTALS: 17-5-21-39.

Oswego (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Eckerman 2/1-3-2-10, Oldham 3-4-3-10, B. Yeoman 2-0-2-4, K. Yeoman 5-1-2-11, Kirkpatrick 2-0-1-4, Sheddinck 0-0-1-0, Schenker 0-4-0-4, Dickerson 3-2-1-8, Williamson 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 17/1-1413-51.

Brady, Pats agree to extension

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

Tom Brady will be a Patriot until he is 40 years old.

Brady agreed to a threeyear contract extension with New England on Monday, a person familiar with the contract told The Associated Press. The extension is worth about $27 million and will free up nearly $15 million in salary

cap room for the team, which has several younger players it needs to re-sign or negotiate new deals with.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the extension has not been announced.

Sports Illustrated first reported the extension.

The 35-year-old two-time league MVP was signed

through 2014, and has said he wants to play at least five more years.

A three-time Super Bowl champion, Brady will make far less in those three seasons than the going rate for star quarterbacks. Brady currently has a four-year, $72 million deal with $48 million guaranteed.

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that deflated a sellout crowd.

Johnson said that a personal conversation with Self on the bench put him in a zone

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — With three games remaining in the regular season, Kansas State continued to close in on an elusive conference title.

The 13th-ranked Wildcats last won a regular season league title in 1977, but thanks to unprecedented success under first-year coach Bruce Weber and an uncharacteristic three-game losing streak by rival Kansas, Kansas State is tied with the sixth-ranked Jayhawks for first place in the Big 12.

Monday night’s 75-55 victory over Texas Tech kept the Wildcats’ hopes alive.

Now Kansas State has to keep its foot on the gas pedal.

“March is here,” Weber said. “Next game is in March, and you want to be playing your best basketball. I hope they stay humble and they stay hungry. We’ve got to keep improving because in a couple weeks from now, you lose, it’s over.”

Thomas Gipson scored 20

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By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self has 500 wins because Elijah Johnson “blacked out.”

That’s the only way Johnson could describe one of the great performances by a Kansas player under Self.

Johnson scored a careerhigh 39 points — including eight in the final 29 seconds of regulation and 12 in overtime — and No. 6 Kansas rallied to beat Iowa State 108-96 on Monday night for Self ’s milestone victory.

Travis Releford added 19 points for the Jayhawks (244, 12-3 Big 12), who snapped Iowa State’s 22-game home winning streak and kept pace with No. 13 Kansas State atop the Big 12.

“He was unbelievable. He was the best player in the country (Monday night),” Self said. “That will go down as one of the better games that any guard has ever played at Kansas.”

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Kansas’ Elijah Johnson drives hard between a pair of Texas Christian defenders, including Kyan Anderson (5), Saturday. On Monday, Johnson scored 39 points in the Jayhawks’ win at Iowa State.

It’s hard to remember a more clutch 5 minutes of basketball by anyone on any team this season.

Johnson hit two 3s and made two free throws with

4.9 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 90-all. He and Releford buried 3s to put Kansas ahead 100-92 with 2:03 left, and Johnson drilled a 30-footer with 54 seconds left

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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Billy Butler wanted to talk more about Adam Moore’s feat than his own stellar performance.

Butler had two hits, drove in three runs and scored twice as the Kansas City Royals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 16-4 Monday.

But he was most impressed with Moore’s at-bat in the fifth. Moore pinch-hit for Butler after Max Ramirez had a pinch-hit grand slam and sent a drive soaring over the left field wall.

“He’s definitely got the most power I’ve seen after hitting that one,” Butler said. “That ball was killed. I think that ball hit a car in the parking lot in left as far as that one was.

“It literally might be one of the furthest balls I’ve seen hit,” Butler added. “I didn’t see it land, so I don’t even have an estimated distance on this one. If you were anywhere in the stadium, you knew that one was gone from the sound.”

It was Moore’s second home run in his fifth spring at-bat.

“I knew it was gone,” Moore said. “I didn’t pay attention to where it landed. I just got a good pitch, inner half, 2-1 count and put a good swing on it. The rest took care of itself.

“It’s only four games, but at the same time you’ve got to make them all count. I feel confident.

I feel good at the plate, getting pitches I can

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The Kansas City Royals’ Max Ramirez (63) is congratulated at the plate by teammates Brett Hayes (12), Luis Durango (68) and Elliot Johnson (80), after hitting a grand slam in the fifth inning of a spring training game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Surprise, Ariz., Monday. The Royals beat the Diamondbacks, 16-4. hit, seeing the ball up in the zone and just letting it take care of itself,” Moore said. “I know I’ve got to keep this going the rest of the spring.”

Moore is competing with George Kottaras and Brett Hayes for the backup catcher job.

“I’ve hit some long balls before, but I don’t think I can hit a ball that far,” said Royals right fielder Jeff Francoeur, who went 2 for 3 with a double and RBI. “I don’t have that in my arsenal.”

Diamondbacks starter Randall Delgado, who was acquired from Atlanta in the Justin Upton trade on Jan. 24, gave up five runs on six hits in

the first inning. There is only one vacancy in the Arizona rotation.

“It’s going to be hard for me to get that fifth starter’s spot,” Delgado said. “Everybody has to compete for something. I felt physically great, but obviously a little out of control, but it’s the first day. I missed my location. My command was not good.

“I just forget it. This is my first game. I just try to keep focus for the next one,” he said.

“It’s not like on the first day you’re going to be comfortable with everything.”

Butler, a career .300 hitter, contributed a RBI

Denver downs L.A.

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DENVER (AP) — Wilson Chandler scored 23 points in place of an injured Danilo Gallinari, and Ty Lawson added 22 in the Denver Nuggets’ 119-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.

Gallinari, the Nuggets’ leading scorer, sat out with a bruised left thigh. He wasn’t needed as the Nuggets won their ninth straight game at home, snapped the Lakers’ four-game winning

Men’s Top 25

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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 24, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Indiana (64) 24-3 1,624 1 2. Gonzaga (1) 27-2 1,530 3 3. Duke 24-3 1,461 6 4. Michigan 23-4 1,411 7 5. Miami 22-4 1,317 2 6. Kansas 23-4 1,272 9 7. Georgetown 21-4 1,236 11 8. Florida 22-4 1,164 5 9. Michigan St. 22-6 1,105 4 10. Louisville 22-5 1,047 10 11. Arizona 23-4 998 12 12. Syracuse 22-5 915 8 13. Kansas St. 22-5 875 13 14. New Mexico 23-4 764 16 15. Okla. St. 20-6 692 14 16. Ohio St. 20-7 675 18 17. Wisconsin 19-8 558 19 18. Saint Louis 21-5 495 — 19. Memphis 24-3 453 21 20. Butler 22-6 351 15 21. Notre Dame 22-6 328 25 22. Marquette 19-7 317 17 23. Pittsburgh 21-7 158 20 24. Oregon 22-6 61 23 25. La. Tech 24-3 54 — Others receiving votes: Colorado St. 49, VCU 45, Akron 43, Wichita St. 35, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 24, Illinois 19, UConn 18, UNLV 13, North Carolina 8, California 5, Middle Tennessee 2, Belmont 16, Missouri 1, Stephen F. Austin 1.

streak and took the season series from their long-time nemesis 3-1.

The Lakers, who were shut out on the offensive glass in the first half, wanted to slow down the Nuggets but Denver outscored Los Angeles 33-3 in fast-break points.

Gallinari, who got hurt Friday night, was an unexpected late scratch.

Chandler started in his place and Corey Brewer got extended minutes, too, finishing with 16 points.

Women’s Top 25 The Associated Press

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 24, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (40) 26-1 1,000 1 2. Notre Dame 25-1 957 2 3. UConn 25-2 909 3 4. Stanford 26-2 875 4 5. Duke 26-1 850 5 6. California 25-2 804 6 7. Penn St. 23-3 755 7 8. Tennessee 22-5 676 11 9. Maryland 22-5 665 8 10. Kentucky 23-4 634 8 11. Georgia 23-4 607 13 12. Dayton 24-1 492 14 13. Texas A&M 21-7 486 10 14. So. Carolina 22-5 455 15 15. No. Carolina 25-4 443 16 16. Louisville 22-6 426 12 17. UCLA 21-6 417 17 18. Delaware 24-3 319 18 19. Colorado 22-5 288 20 20. Nebraska 21-6 215 24 21. Green Bay 22-2 139 25 22. Syracuse 22-4 131 21 23. Iowa St. 19-6 122 — 24. Florida St. 20-7 90 19 25. Purdue 20-7 74 22 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 58, Toledo 34, South Florida 21, Vanderbilt 13, LSU 10, SMU 7, Gonzaga 6, San Diego St. 6, Texas Tech 6, West Virginia 4, Chattanooga 3, Michigan St. 2, Florida Gulf Coast 1.

single in the Royals’ fiverun first and a two-run double in the fourth inning.

“I’m happy to be in there feeling comfortable,” Butler said. “I saw the ball good. It took me a couple of games. Camp is a little longer this year. I’m just kind of easing into it.”

The Royals stroked 19 hits and went 10 for 16 with runners in scoring position.

NOTES: Royals LF Alex Gordon was scratched with stiffness in his lower back.

Manager Ned Yost said he has a “1 percent concern” Gordon’s sore back is serious.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — neon-bleached hair, tattoos, nose studs and all — today to the isolated Communist country with possibly the world’s drabbest dress code: North Korea.

Arriving in Pyongyang, the American athlete and showman known as “The Worm” became an unlikely ambassador for sports diplomacy at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. Or maybe not so unlikely: Young leader Kim Jong Un is said to have been a fan of the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, when Rodman won three championships with the club.

Rodman is joining three members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team for a Vice Media production to air on HBO in early April, Vice founder Shane Smith told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview before the group’s departure from Beijing.

Smith said the Americans hope to engage in a little “basketball diplomacy” by running a basketball camp for children and playing

pickup games w i t h locals, and by c o m peting alongside top Rodman athletes of North Korea — formally known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

“Is sending the Harlem Globetrotters and Dennis Rodman to the DPRK strange?

In a word, yes,” said Smith, who is host of the upcoming series.

“But finding common ground on the basketball court is a beautiful thing.”

Rodman might seem an odd fit for an impoverished country where male fashion rarely ventures beyond military khaki and growing facial hair is forbidden.

During his heyday in the 1990s, Rodman was a poster boy for excess.

He called his 1996 autobiography “Bad as I Wanna Be” — and showed up wearing a wedding dress to promote it.

Shown a photo of a snarling Rodman, piercings dangling from his lower lip and two massive tattoos emblazoned on his chest, one North Korean in Pyongyang recoiled and said: “He looks like a monster!”

Continued from B1

points, Angel Rodriguez added 16, and the Wildcats (23-5, 12-3 Big 12) got their 12th conference win for the first time in 40 years.

Dusty Hannahs scored 14 points for the Red Raiders (9-17, 2-13) and Jaye Crockett added 13.

The Wildcats did not take control until the second half, when reserve Nino Williams jump-started the offense with 11 straight points.

“That’s been one of our keys to our team,” Weber said. “Every day, it seems like it’s somebody else that steps up.

It’s hard to stop every guy that we have.

“I’ve said since the beginning, we have eight starters, and all of them can be very, very productive.”

With Texas Tech leading 44-42, Williams got the lead with a threepoint play. He scored again after the Wildcats forced a shot-clock violation. He cashed in under the basket after a turnover. The Red Raiders tried to cool off Williams by using a 30-second timeout, but he promptly drained a jumper, giving Kansas State a 51-44 lead — the Wildcats’ largest of the half to that point — with 11:50 to play.

Moments later, he snagged an offensive rebound, scored again, and then grabbed a defensive rebound.

Williams’ scoring burst started the rest of his team, which continued the one-sidedness with a scalding 24-6 run.

Kansas State led 66-50 with less than 4 minutes to play.

“Sometimes you miss shots, sometimes

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Kansas State’s Thomas Gipson looks for a shot against Baylor’s Cory Jefferson during the second half at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan Saturday. On Monday, Gipson scored 20 points as the Wildcats defeated Texas Tech, 75-55. you make them, and I just looked to crash the boards,” Williams said.

Kansas State opened the game with a 12-4 run that was capped by consecutive dunks by Rodney McGruder.

After that solid start, the Wildcats got sloppy, and the Red Raiders took advantage.

“I thought we had a chance to play well against them,” Texas Tech interim coach Chris Walker said. “If we made a couple layups . we make a couple free throws, I think we go up five in the first half, and it may be a different game.”

The Red Raiders climbed within 15-12 as four Kansas State players committed a turnover each in a 4-minute spurt.

“One of the worst

things that happened, we went up 12-4, and then we were a little giddy, we lost a little bit of focus, and to their credit they came right at us,” Weber said.

A 3-pointer by Ty Nurse gave the Red Raiders their first lead of the game with 1:53 to play in the half but a buzzer-beater from the baseline by McGruder gave the Wildcats a 3130 lead.

Kansas State forward Jordan Henriquez, usually a starter, did not attend the game because he was traveling to New York for his grandmother’s funeral. Gipson started in his place.

“We needed somebody to step up since JO’s not here, and I just made the effort to step up and play harder than I normally play, just

made an effort to do it on offense and defense,” Gipson said.

The seniors — of whom Henriquez is one — lead all classes in Kansas State history with 97 victories.

“I hope we keep adding onto that to where they get great distance and maybe no one ever catches them,” Weber said. “They’ve done well. They’ve stayed focused. We can’t look too far ahead. It’s one at a time.”

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H Brady Cowley defeats Allen women Continued from B1

The final score of Saturday’s Allen Community College women’s game at Cowley Community College was incorrectly reported in Monday’s Register.

The Tigers defeated Allen 63-52, dropping the Red Devils to 14-15 overall and 7-10 in Region VI and Jayhawk East play.

DaNara Day scored 22 points to lead Allen, followed by Brittney Redmond with 11 and Leslie Ware with 10.

Cowley led 29-19 at halftime.

The game featured 46 personal fouls, in-

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cluding 28 on Cowley, resulting in 39 Allen free throws. The Red Devils cashed in on 27 attempts.

Miracle Davis had eight rebounds, five assists and three steals.

Day added seven boards and two steals.

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H Jayhawks Continued from B1

that doomed the Cyclones.

“It was a locker room type of conversation. It just happened to happen during a game. I feel like that kind of set some fire through my body,” Johnson said. “My teammates saw me responding.”

Korie Lucious scored 23 points and Tyrus McGee had 22 for the Cyclones (19-9, 9-6), who dropped their third overtime game in Big 12 play — and their second straight at the hands of the Jayhawks.

After the game a handful of those in the student section hurled small plastic megaphones at the Jayhawks as they ran back to their locker room.

The anger seemed to be directed at Johnson’s dunk with 2 seconds left and the game well in hand. Johnson opened the post-game news conference by apologizing to Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg, saying he simply got caught up in the moment.

“I shouldn’t have dunked that ball,” Johnson said.

For all the talk concerning Self ’s quest for win No. 500, this game seemed destined to hinge upon whether Iowa State, one of the nation’s best offenses, could score enough on the stingy Jayhawks, the nation’s leader in field

goal percentage defense entering play.

As it turned out, both teams had little trouble making shots until overtime.

That’s when the Cyclones lost their touch.

Freshman Georges Niang beat the shot clock with a 3, Iowa State’s 17th of the game, to give the Cyclones an 87-82 lead with 44.5 seconds left. But Johnson answered, and the Jayhawks went 6 of 7 from the field in overtime while Iowa State went 1 of 9.

“We just couldn’t get stops at the end of the game,” Lucious said.

“It’s hard. We feel like we had the game won.”

For Iowa State, this loss was painfully similar to the one in Lawrence on Jan. 9.

Ben McLemore banked in a late 3 to force overtime of a game the Cyclones had controlled throughout. The Jayhawks prevailed, and though the Cyclones bounced back, they certainly didn’t forget their lost night in Lawrence.

But with March just around the corner, Iowa State and the rest of the league is chasing the Jayhawks — again.

“Our guys battled. I’ve been saying that all year.

Hopefully we have a lot of season left,” Hoiberg said. “I love our guys.

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TACO BELL is taking applications for SHIFT MANAGER positions. We offer competitive pay, insurance, vacation time, sick time and management advancement. Please apply at Iola Taco Bell, 1602 N. State St.

Child Care Licensed Day Care has openings, SRS, Durenda Frye 620365-2321.

Poultry & Livestock BOTTLE CALVES, beef dairy crosses, starting mid February, Nichols Dairy 620-3440790, 785-489-2456.

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Help Wanted

Now Hiring

12 Hour Nights 8 Hour Nights Evening Shifts

For

Gates Corporation is a worldwide leader in the production of hydraulic hose.

We are a growing company and are looking for only the finest employees for our manufacturing operation.

Please apply in person. Applications will be taken Weekdays 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Applications must be completed in the facility.

GED or high school diploma required.

Pre-employment background checks & drug screen required.

Gates Corporation 1450 Montana Road Iola, Kansas

Equal Opportunity Employer

A NDERSON C OUNTY S HERIFF ’ S O FFICE will be accepting applications until 03-04-2013 at 1700 hrs for 2 part time jailer positions and 1 part time dispatcher position. Persons may pick up applications at the Anderson County Sheriff Office, Monday - Friday, 8 to 5. Must be 18 years of age, have a high school diploma or its equivalent, be able to pass a criminal background check along with other testing and be able to obtain a valid Kansas Drivers License. Starting pay $12.66. The job is subject to a veteran’s preference.

Veterans shall be preferred for initial employment and first promotion, based upon experience, and as long as he or she is of good reputation, and can competently perform the duties for the position applied for. A veteran or the spouse of a veteran who wants to be considered for veteran’s preference and qualifies under Kansas Law, K.S.A. 73-201, must provide copy of DD214 at the time the application for employment is turned in to the hiring authority.

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate for Rent

MIKE’S GUNS 620-363-0094 Thur.-Sat. 9-2

302 N. SYCAMORE, 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, fenced backyard, no pets, $600 monthly plus deposit, 620-363-2529.

Pets and Supplies

GAS, 1 BEDROOM, no pets, $350 rent, $350 deposit, 620380-1696.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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Desktop Support Technician: NCCC seeks a person to provide complex technical support at the Ottawa campus. Duties will include coordination of HELP desk, hardware and software troubleshooting and software installation and security. Go to www.neosho.edu for a complete position announcement. To apply send online application, resume, 5 references with phone numbers and unofficial transcripts to Desktop Support Technician Search, HR Director, NCCC, 800 W. 14th Street, Chanute, KS 66720. NCCC is an AA/EEO employer

Real Estate for Rent

Real Estate for Sale

609 S. WASHINGTON, 2 BEDROOM, 1st story duplex, CH/ CA, appliances, single garage w/auto opener, $650 monthly includes all utilities paid, 620496-6161 or 620-496-2222.

Real Estate for Sale Allen County Realty Inc. 620-365-3178 John Brocker.......620-365-6892 Carolynn Krohn...620-365-9379 Jim Hinson...........620-365-5609 Jack Franklin.......620-365-5764 Brian Coltrane.....620-496-5424 Dewey Stotler......620-363-2491 www.allencountyrealty.com ACCEPTING BIDS FOR 73.15 ACRES NOT INCLUDING THE HOUSE, 35.20 acres tillable and 37.95 acres pasture. Location is 5 miles south of Moran, KS on 59 Highway, Section 2425-20 S/2 SE/4. Minimum bid $128,000. Please call 620-7543316 or leave message. Deadline is March 1, 2013.

Price Reduced

DREAM HOME FOR SALE. 402 S. Elm, Iola, Grand 3-story 1897 home on 3 lots. 4,894 sq. ft., Corian countertops, WoodMode cabinets and SubZero fridge/freeezer. $190,000.

Call 620-365-9395 for Susan Lynn or Dr. Brian Wolfe susanlynnks@yahoo.com. More info and pictures at iolaregister.com/ classifieds

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CREATIVE CLIPS BOARDING & GROOMING Clean, Affordable.

Shots required.

620-363-8272

Wanted to Buy WANTED: OLD CARS/ TRUCKS (1960s models & older), not running, 620-431-0134.

Apartments for Rent APPLICATIONS are currently being accepted for apartments at Townhouse East, 217 North St., Iola. Maintenance free homes, appliances furnished and affordable rent for elderly, handicapped and disabled. For more information call 620-365-5143 or hearing/ speech impairment 1-800-7663777. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Sudoku is like a crossword puzzle, but uses numbers instead of words.

The puzzle is a box of 81 squares, subdivided into 3x3 cubes of 9 squares each. Some squares are filled in with numbers. The rest should be filled in by the puzzler. Fill in the blank squares allowing the numbers 1-9 to appear only once in every row, once in every column and once in every 3x3 box. One-star puzzles are for beginners, and the difficulty gradually increases through the week to a very challenging fivestar puzzle.

Mobile Homes for Sale 1998 MODEL, 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, on 3 lots, 810 S. Harrison, LaHarpe, $35,000, 620380-1159.

Real Estate for Rent 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH APARTMENT. 3 bedroom house, all appliances in both, 620-2288200.

QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOMES available for rent now, www.growiola.com

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

by Chris Browne

NEW DUPLEX, 2 BEDROOM, CH/CA, appliances, garage.

Ready now, taking applications, 620-228-2231.

302 N. SYCAMORE, 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, fenced backyard, no pets, $600 monthly plus deposit, 620-363-2529.

ZITS

by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

BLONDIE

by Young and Drake

BABY BLUES

by Kirkman & Scott

FUNKY WINKERBEAN

by Tom Batiuk

HI AND LOIS

by Chance Browne

BEETLE BAILEY

by Mort Walker

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The Iola Register

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IHS students qualify for National History Bowl

Iola High School students qualified last weekend for the National History Bowl in Washington D.C. at the end of April. Attending the competition will be, front row from left, history teacher Travis Hermstein, Mickey Ingle, Taylor Heslop, Jonathan Tidd and Ankit Gandhi; second row from left, Andrew Waldman, Jason Tidd, Travis Hermstein II, Cody Cokely and sponsor Jeff Fehr.

Two hundred teams will compete at various landmarks throughout the capitol. The students need to raise about $6,000 for the trip. Fundraising plans are being made. Donations are welcome. To donate or for more information contact Iola High School or email the teachers at travis.hermstein@ usd257.org or jeff.fehr@usd257.org.

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