Baseball: Allen sweeps past Brown Mackie See B1
THE IOLA REGISTER Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Monarch drops quarry request
A CAREER CELEBRATION
HUMBOLDT — Plans by Monarch Cement Company to open a quarry about three miles northeast of Humboldt have been dropped — for the time being. Allen County Counselor Alan Weber said David Bideau, Monarch’s attorney, advised him Tuesday that the cement plant was withdrawing its application for a conditional use permit to remove topsoil, limestone and shale, all ingredients of cement, from about 200 acres it owns north See QUARRY | Page A3
COUNTY
Ambulances stay busy By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
Terry Call gave Allen County commissioners statistics for the first two months of city operation of countywide ambulance service at their meeting Tuesday morning. In the 59 days, ambulances have been dispatched 365 times from Iola, Humboldt and Moran. Of those runs, 162 involved advanced lift support, 93 basic life support, 13 non-emergency and 97 were “dry” runs, which usually has personnel doing such things
Wilhite retiring from Gates after 34 years By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com
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fter “34 years, four months,” Pat Wilhite is closing the door on a lengthy career at Gates Corporation. But as the saying goes, when one door closes, another opens. On Monday afternoon, Pat spent her last day at Gates soaking in the last moments with co-workers and supervisors. To top off the day, a helicopter gave her a ride home. “I didn’t even see the helicopter,” Pat said. That’s because as she was leaving work her family was outside to greet her with the special going-away present. “I think I was in shock, I just got in.” Humboldt pilot Jerry Daniels flew Pat off in a fitting goodbye, with her friends and family cheering her on. See WILHITE | Page A5
See COUNTY | Page A5
Breakfast signals beginning of Lent
Mary Lou Chard prepares gravy for the Easter season’s first Lenten breakfast at First Presbyterian Church this morning.
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Quote of the day Vol. 116, No.89
At top, Pat Wilhite gets a hug from her daughter, Melanie Johnson, while sons James, left, and Jon, as well as husband Allen look on. She was feted Monday when she retired after working more than 34 years for Gates Corporation. Above, Pat receives a special ride in a helicopter piloted by Jerry Daniels. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON
Life on the Frontier
Entertaining was their trade By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
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Iola’s Grand Theatre was an upscale venue for actors at the turn of the 20th Century. With a seating capacity of 1,200 and a spacious stage, the opera house was a frequent stop for dramatic performances as well as vaudeville and medicine shows. “As grand as it seems, the actors maintained a grueling schedule,” said Jane Rhoads, in her presentation Tuesday evening at the Iola Public Library. Oftentimes, the theater troupes would perform “onenighters,” where they gave only one performance in a town before moving on to the next venue the following day. Records gleaned from a troupe’s schedule show 35 performances in 33 days with a repertoire of 15 plays — “from ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ to Shakespeare,” Rhoads said. Still, for some, the allure of the world of entertainment overrode any such hardships.
Jane Rhoads gave the program “Hard Working Entertainers on the Kansas Frontier” Tuesday night at the Iola Public Library. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN
Her research of Fred Stone, a native of Wellington, quotes him as saying, “the idea of being paid to have fun is new to me,” having grown
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.” — Charles Dickens 75 Cents
up on a farm. Stone dove headlong into learning circus acts and eventually became a Broadway star. See RHOADS | Page A5
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