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County, schools group start PILOT debate By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register
Represented by Angela Murphy, the SAFE Schools Committee reported to Allen County commissioners some of its recent work regarding school safety. The group has been working on strategic emergency planning, getting radios in schools, procuring opioid overdose supplies and “stop the bleed” kits, hazmat re-
sponse, tornado preparation and suicide prevention. Later in the meeting, commissioner Bruce Symes, who’d attended the SAFE Schools Committee’s last meeting also mentioned night-locks, cameras and cyber-security (against the “dark web”). Discussion of school safety dovetailed in two directions connected to a resolution that had previously been established concerning how PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes)
funds — estimated at $250,000 per year for 10 years — from Prairie Queen Wind Farm would be spent. The Register previously reported “Allen County Commissioners will distribute the money, but it is not quite clear how they will do so.” The SAFE group suggested the Commission spend some (undesignated) amount of the funds on safety-related items such as those listed above. The current resolution does
not stipulate on what items PILOT funds can be spent, and so might include anything from white boards and program development to art supplies and books. Second, it was suggested — by multiple parties — that the Commission amend the resolution to provide funding to seven educational entities rather than four. The original resolution involved funding only the ReSee COUNTY | Page A5
Virtual lessons in reality
By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rescuers searched through shattered Tennessee neighborhoods for bodies Tuesday, less than a day after tornadoes ripped across Nashville and other parts of the state as families slept. At least 24 people were killed, some in their beds, authorities said. The twisters that struck in the hours after midnight shredded more than 140 buildings and buried people in piles of rubble and wrecked basements. The storms moved so quickly that many people in their path could not flee to safer areas. “It hit so fast, a lot of
HUMBOLDT — Students caught a glimpse of their future selves Tuesday, getting a few lessons on the (virtual) realities of adulthood along the way. Humboldt High School students took part in a pair of projects coordinated by guidance counselor Carol Larson. The Future Maker Mobile Learning Lab, developed by Wichita State University and Goodwill Industries of Kansas, Inc., served up a number of career demonstrations through the magic of computers. There, students tried their hands at various careers currently in high demand both regionally and nationally. One station, for example, had students pretend to weld two pieces of metal together while wearing virtual reality
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Humboldt High School student Simon Stephens takes part in a virtual reality project in which he sprays paint on a piece of metal at a FutureMaker Mobile Learning Lab exercise Tuesday. Monitoring his progress is Devin Smith, a FutureMaker representative. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Biden’s Super Tuesday surge deflates Sanders By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgent Joe Biden scored victories from Texas to Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, revitalizing a presidential bid that was teetering on the edge of disaster just days earlier. But his rival Bernie Sanders seized the biggest prize with a win in California that ensured he — and his embrace of democratic socialism — would drive the Democrats’ nomination fight for the foreseeable future. And suddenly, the Democratic Party’s presidential field, which featured more than a half-dozen candidates a week ago, transformed into a two-man contest. Biden and Sanders, lifelong politicians with starkly different visions for America’s future, were battling for delegates as 14 states and one U.S. territory held a series of high-stakes elections that marked the most significant day of voting in the party’s
Lenten Lineup Judy Baker, in front, digs into eggs and other breakfast items at the Lenten Breakfast at Calvary, 118 W. Jackson Ave. At right, Christopher Holloway III delivers the devotion to bless the meal and start the event. The next Lenten breakfast will be March 11 at First Presbyterian Church, 302 E. Madison. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS
Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden takes the stage during a campaign rally Tuesday night. (Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times/TNS)
2020 presidential nomination fight. It could take weeks — or months — for the party to pick one of them to take on President Donald Trump in the November general election. But the new contours of the fight between Biden and Sanders crystallized as the former vice president and the three-term Vermont senator spoke to each other from duSee VOTE | Page A3
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