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County keeps focus on grocery

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

In a split decision, Allen County commissioners decided Tuesday to negotiate only with G&W Foods for development of the old county hospital site, Madison and First streets.

That occurred, with Commissioner Jim Talkington in opposition because of what he called fiscal concerns, after commissioners were asked to permit Arlyn Briggs until July 7 to present a detailed plan of how he would

convert the old hospital into a health care facility for Alzheimer’s and other patients.

Chairman Tom Williams proposed to “move forward with salvage and demolition and deal exclusively with G&W Foods.”

“The property is ours and we have no stake other than an obligation to do what is best for Allen County,” Williams said. Commissioner Jerry Daniels concurred.

Talkington mentioned that cost of demolition was See COUNTY | Page A3

Spot zoning decried

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Ray Maloney questioned an Allen County Planning Commission recommendation to permit spot zoning to the favor of TJ Towing east of Gas along U.S. 54.

Terry McDonald, the owner, sought a change from commercial to industrial to accommodate his towing business and other enterprises associated with vehicles. Gas council members opposed the zoning change, on grounds, in their opinions, it would be an eyesore for those approaching Gas from the east.

Maloney questioned fairness of the decision, noting he had to buy into LaHarpe to expand his salvage business, which includes a field of vehicles, many of which eventually are recycled.

“I think spot zoning opens a Pandora’s Box,” Maloney declared, saying “two or three other guys have” a few acres they may wanted rezoned the same. He cautioned that could lead to a feed lot, asphalt plant or batch plant where otherwise one would not be permitted.

Also, Maloney said, “If anyone can get zoning, what See ZONING | Page A4

Kurtis Russell stands inside the Allen County Historical Society on Tuesday. He is the new historical society director and museum curator. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET

One for the history buffs

By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register

T

he Allen County Historical Society is home to quite a few notable people: Major General Frederick Funston, Miss America 1968 Debra Barnes and now Kurtis Russell.

Russell, the new Allen County Historical Society director and museum curator, started last week and hopes to see more visitors at the museums.

From star pupil to director

By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

Cooper Studios Dance Center will inaugurate the third artistic director in its 20 year history when Jesse Cooper, the center’s current head, passes the reins to longtime dance instructor Chelsea Lea. The studio, originally known as South Street Dance Company, will be rechristened Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy this month.

The change in name does not, both Lea and Cooper insist, imply a shift in the studio’s mission. The performance arts center will continue to offer a full menu of dance classes — ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop and more — providing oneon-one attention to budding dancers in a small-class setting.

A fixture in Iola since 1992, the dance studio was founded by Cooper’s older sister, Tasia. “She honestly opened up a new world of dance in this area,” Cooper said of his predecessor. “And she received mass support from this community. And, really, I feel like the support has just continued on.”

Cooper, who began danc-

Chelsea Lea, above left, is set to become the next artistic director at Cooper Studios Dance Center, which will be renamed Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy later this month. She is taking over from Jesse Cooper. Below are photos of both in their performing days. REGISTER/RICK DANLEY

The Bonner Springs native graduated from Emporia State University in 2010 with a degree in U.S. history.

“I always thought history was an interesting topic in school,” Russell said.

He enjoyed studying events in history and seeing how they would appear again.

“History does repeat itself,” he said.

The idea of being confined in a classroom teaching history was never Russell’s cup of tea. He enjoys working with

artifacts and having conversations with people, not giving lectures.

“I will honestly admit history is a boring subject and I want to make it as fun as possible. Otherwise it’s just a bunch of dates and numbers,” Russell said.

This is Russell’s first fulltime position in a museum but his resume is saturated with museum experience.

He has worked at the Lenexa See HISTORY | Page A4

Budget wrangling continues TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House expects to vote on a proposed budget that would still leave the state with a $406 million shortfall.

The chamber was considering the measure today. It would cut in half a budget shortfall initially projected at about $800 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

Republican Rep. Don Hill of Emporia said he is concerned about voting for the budget because it would not balance without tax increases.

Proposals to raise taxes have been blocked by the deep divisions within in the GOP supermajorities in both chambers.

House and Senate budget

See related articles on Pages A6 and B2 leaders agreed Tuesday to draft an alternative budget plan to be considered the Senate.

It would close the budget gap with a 5.7 percent acrossthe-board cut in funding for state agencies and public schools.

Iola Municipal Band • Since 1871 Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Bandstand

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The Star Spangled Banner........................arr. J.P. Sousa On The Square...........................................Frank Panella Summer Evening Serenade.....Merle J. Isaac & Clifford Lillya A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes...........David, Hoffman, & Livingston The Footlifter..............................................Henry Fillmore The Sound Of Music................Richard Rodgers, arr. Bennett Blue Tail Fly.........................................arr. Herbert W. Fred Invercargill......................................Alex Lithgow, arr. Glover Beach Spring....................................arr. Doglas E. Wagner The Thunderer.......................................John Philip Sousa Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for the following evening.

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Obituary Elmer Tatsch Elmer Tatsch, 75, Iola, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe.

Elmer was born Aug. 1, 1939, in Fredericksburg, Texas, the son of Arvin and Anita (Feller) Tatsch.

He grew up in Fredericksburg, graduating from high school there.

In 1958 he married Ann Mayer, two children were born to this union, Share and Perry, and they later divorced. Elmer served in the US Army from 1958 to 1962. Following his military service he returned to Albert, Texas. After moving to Blue Elmer Tatsch Lake, Texas Elmer built and ran a convenience store, and construction company. He built fence for area ranches, building the perimeter fence for Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch. In 1966 Elmer moved to Drexel, Mo., where he managed a ranch for the Oppenheimer Cattle Company. In 1968 Elmer married Paulette Obermeier, this union was blessed with Lisa and Kathy. In 1970 he moved to the Moran and Iola area, where he started Tatsch Construction. In 1984 Elmer helped build PWWSD #5.

He then became the manager of the water plant and continued in that capacity until his death. In 1994 Elmer and his daughter, Kathy, started the Tatsch Pallet Company in Iola.

Elmer always kept livestock, with horses being his favorite. He enjoyed breaking and training cutting horses to work with cattle. He always enjoyed travelling, particularly flying back to visit family in Texas. His greatest joy was his grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Kathy Dougherty in 2011; three grandchildren, Stacey Tatsch, Gannon Dougherty, Sean Saenger.

Elmer is survived by his three children, Share Saenger and husband, Roy, Perry Tatsch of Hye, Texas, and Lisa Sanford and husband, Jeff, Gainesville, Ga.; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, Andrew Tatsch, Stonewall, Texas; and one niece and nephew.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, at the First Christian Church, 1608 Oregon Road, Iola, burial will follow in the Moran Cemetery, Moran.

The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Moran. Memorial contributions may be made to the Elmer Tatsch Memorial fund for the benefit of Iola FFA. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Iola PRIDE receives $2,000 award MANHATTAN — Iola has been named a Partners in PRIDE Award winner. With the award, comes funding of $2,000 to be used for directional and way finding signs in the community.

The award was given by the Kansas PRIDE program, a partnership of K-State Research and Extension, the Kansas Department of Com-

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Seventy-five Bronson High School alumni and guests gathered at the Bronson Community Center on May 23 for the 78th annual reunion and banquet. The meal was catered by the Chicken Shack in Bronson and was served by the Uniontown High School FFA and their sponsor, Mr. Kevin Gleason.

President Steve Ward began the evening with Bronson Trivia that generated good memories for all. Joe Clark gave the invocation.

The group enjoyed music and commentary by Lloyd Houk from Moran.

The 2015 officers were Steve Ward, president; Don Mefford, vice President; Judy Johnson Wilson, secretary/corresponding secretary; and Jackie McClimans Warren, treasurer.

Representing the Hall of Fame Induction Committee, Judy Kuns Gifford and Janice Leadstrom Olson announced the 2015 inductees. They were Ar-

nold Swink for Community Service and Chuck Shelton for Service in Education. John Shelton accepted the posthumous award for his brother. Martha Shelton Poore lead a memorial service for ten alumni who have passed away since the last meeting.

Those alumni were Margaret Entzminger Stewart, Ethel Clemings Glenn, Hazel Harrison Murrow, Ruth Pool Buchanan, Donaldeen Kibble Rei, Anor Popp Lemmon, Barbara Likely Bland, Irene Willits Helm, Anita Robinson Ayre, and Heather Sue Hayden Mitchell.

Following a short business meeting, the 50 year class of 1965 was honored.

Five members from the class of nine graduates were present. They were Alan Stewart, Danny Graham, Dennis Hockett, Gloria Stewart Eaton, and Steve Ward.

Alumni and guests attending from Bronson were Reta Mae Ermel Johnson, Elvis and Geraldine Wolford

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Reeder, Tom and Margaret Johnson, Edna Marie Sharkey Jackson, Buford Stewart, Raymond (Chub) and Helen Clark Bolling, Rex and Judy Johnson Wilson, Sandra Laws Woods, Alan and Charlotte Stewart, Revelle Wilson and Larry Tinsley, and Mary Louise Camac Wilson.

Attending from Fort Scott were Enid Shinn Large and Vivian Moore, Joe Dawson, Katherine Stewart Guss, Allen and Jackie McClimans Warren, and Martha Kuns Ivey.

Alumni and guests from Iola were Margaret Nichols Ruckman and Deb Scheibmeir, Jack and Bernita Dawson, Mary Lea Wright, and Janelle Kershner.

Attending from Moran were Lucille Deer Bacon, Jack Johnson, Melinda Hockett Henderson and Lloyd Houk.

Alumni attending from Uniontown were Ronda Johnson Murrow and Danny Graham.

Alumni and guests from Mound City were Dean Pratt and Sally Cox, and Don and Linda

Mefford. Also attending from Kansas were Eula Thomas Henderson and Bob Stagner, Arlington; Wanda Lou Wiggans Woodard, Manhattan; Janice Leadstrom Olson, Chanute; Bonnie M.C. Stewart, Emporia; George A. (Joe) and Wanda Clark, Wichita; Dennis and Pam Hockett, Arma; Don and Gloria Stewart Eaton, Altamont; Steve and Sharon Ward, Olathe; Nancy Kuns Hendrickson, Pittsburg; Steve Pool, Phillipsburg; and Everett and Judy Kuns Gifford, Girard.

Alumni and guests from out of state were Kathryn Danielson Pitts, Tatum, NM; Patty and Heatherly Meek, Fort Worth, TX; Harvey and Jan Thomas, Bentonville, AR; Joan Finfrock Armour and Melinda Branstetter, Grain Valley, MO; Robert and Kathleen Dunn Woodfin, Slaton, TX; Arnold and Sherry Swink, Harrisonville, MO; Dianna Dunn Taylor and Scott Glover, Dallas, TX; Van and Mary Lee Stewart Michael, Burnet, TX; John and Martha Poore Shelton, Drexel, MO; and Peggy Clark, Ft. Collins, CO. Reta Mae Ermel Johnson from the class of 1937 was honored as being the oldest graduate present.

Kathryn Danielson Pitts from Tatum, New Mexico was recognized for coming the farthest distance.

— Judy Wilson, 2015 Secretary

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A Movie Time will be held at 4 p.m. June 20. Keeping with the library’s “Hero” summer reading program theme, “The Avengers” will be shown. The showing is free, but a ticket is required and may be picked up at the library’s circulation desk ahead of the movie date.

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Keeping osteoarthritis pain under control is the subject of “Putting Pain in its Place.” The program was created by the Arthritis Foundation and the National Council on Aging. It will be presented by Melissa Frantz, special needs consultant for the Southeast Kansas Li-

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ticipants will make an Americana wreath. Registration is required, and there is a $4 fee.

“Summer Garden Woes,” is for gardeners who may be facing such problems as blossomend rot, wilt, bugs or a virus. Krista Harding, horticultural specialist for the Southwind Extension District, will be on hand to help diagnose problems and tell

merce, and Kansas PRIDE, Inc. Through the program, communities identify what they want to preserve, create or improve for the future.

Volunteers form a local PRIDE organization that works with K-State Research and Extension and the Kansas Department of Commerce to accomplish its goals.

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A variety of programs will be offered by Iola Public Library in the near future.

In “Make and Paint Your Own Car”, adult/ child pairs will assemble and paint wooden cars. The program is at 2 p.m. June 13. There is a fee of $3 per car, and registration is required.

The library’s monthly Pinterest Party will be at 6 p.m. June 15. Par-

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Currently, the U.S. dollar is pumped-up and powerful. But what does a strong dollar mean to you, as an investor?

To begin with, it’s important to understand just what is meant by a “strong” dollar. The U.S. dollar does not exist in a vacuum — its value, from a global perspective, is determined by its changing strength relative to that of other currencies. Let’s look at an example: Suppose that, in 2011, you traveled to Europe and wanted to trade in one dollar for its equivalent value in euros. At that time, your dollar would have converted to about .75 of a euro.

Fast forward to early 2015; if you returned to Europe now, your dollar would fetch you almost one full euro. In other words, you can buy more euros because the dollar is “stronger.”

In fact, earlier this year, the euro hit a 12-year low versus the dollar. And it isn’t just the euro; the dollar is strong against almost every other major currency in the world.

What has led to this strength? It’s not always easy to determine what’s behind foreign exchange rates — which can fluctuate even more than the stock market — but the recent surge in the dollar seems to be due, at least in part, to its obvious connection to the American economy, which has been growing faster than many other economies around the world. The stronger dollar is also due to expectations that interest rates will remain higher in the U.S. than in many other countries.

But whatever the reasons for it, the dollar’s strength may be having an impact on your investments. A strengthening dollar typically lowers returns from international investments because you get fewer dollars in exchange for the value in euros or other foreign currencies. And some U.S. companies with a global presence may face challenges due to lower earnings from their international operations.

These results might lead you to think that a strong dollar would be bad news for the stock market, but that hasn’t been the case in the past. At different times, the markets have performed well with both a strong and a weak dollar.

In contrast to its impact on U.S. companies, a strong dollar can help foreign companies compete and may give them an earnings boost from their U.S. sales. Also, the stronger dollar can help make foreign investments “cheaper.” Even more importantly, by taking advantage of the stronger dollar and investing an appropriate amount internationally, gaining exposure to different economies and markets, you can help diversify your holdings, which is important. Although diversification can’t guarantee a profit or always protect against loss, it can help reduce the impact of volatility on your portfolio. Be aware, though, that international investing carries special risks beyond currency fluctuations, including political and economic instability.

The strong dollar may have attracted your attention, but don’t be distracted by it — and don’t overreact. Currency exchange rates can fluctuate rapidly, and no one can predict how long a strong dollar environment will last. By sticking with a solid, long-term investment strategy, you can help keep up the “strength” of your own dollars.

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Calendar

Thursday-County bus to Garnett, phone 24 hours before you need a ride., 785-448-4410 any weekday; Community Church Missionary, Church annex, 1:30 p.m.; United Methodist Women, United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall Tea Party, 6:30 p.m.; Friday-Saturday-Relay for Life, Iola courthouse square; Friday-TuesdayRecycle trailer on Cherry Street front of City Hall area; Tuesday-Crest school board meets at board office, 7 p.m.; June 10-Rural Water District No. 5 board meeting, board office, 8 p.m.

Summer Ball

Boys: Friday-Blue Mound at Colony; Tuesday-Moran 1 at Colony Girls: Monday-Colony at Moran 1; June 11-Prescott at Colony Meal Site

Friday-taco salad, black bean and corn salad, lettuce, tortilla chips, Jell-O with cranberry sauce; Monday-pork cutlet, sweet potato, corn bread, pineapple; June 11-Birthday meal-fried chicken breast, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, roll, cake and ice cream. Phone 620-8523450 for reservations.

Christian Church Sunday’s Scripture presented was Ephesians 4:17-32. Pastor Mark McCoy’s sermon ’”God’s Kind Will For You.” A potluck dinner at the City Hall community room will follow June 13 morning services.

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Scripture presented at the United Methodist Church Sunday service was Psalm 29:1-11, Isaiah 6:1-8, Romans 8:12-17 and John 3:1-17. Pastor Dorothy Welch’s sermon was “Pick Me.” UMW

The United Methodist Women will hold their “Seeds of Faith” Tea Party at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Julie Martin is the

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the Alumni banquet were Jack and Marilyn Ellis, Sharon Smith and Betty and Duane Ramsey.

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VBS

Vacation Bible School will be June 15-19. This year’s theme is “Exploring Mt. Everest.”

All three churches — Christian, Community and United Methodist — present VBS for children. The Community Church is in charge this year, with Linda Ludlum serving as director.

Each morning participants will gather at the Community Church for opening. Then will be escorted to the designated church where individual groups will meet.

Library

Library and city hours are the same year around, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

They are closed from noon to 1 p.m. for lunch.

Both are closed weekends and holidays.

Kloma Buckle is library director. Board members are Charlotte Wallace, Steve Wallace, Debbie Wools, Sue Michael, Lola Webber and newly appointed Jean Frank and Gary Hobson.

Board officers are Charlotte Wallace, president; Steve Wallace, vice president; Debbie Wools, secretary; and Jean Frank, treasurer. Donna Westerman serves as training librarian and her hours are flexible.

She is employed by SER. 55th Anniversary

Four members of the 1960 class attended their 55th anniversary at the New Greenery in Iola May 23. They were Jack Ellis and wife Marilyn, Humboldt; Sandy McGhee Spillman and husband Decker, Sharon Wells Smith and Betty Jones Ramsey and husband Duane, Colony.

There were 17 graduates; two are deceased.

Members attending

The Colony/Crest alumni held their 108th meeting May 23 at the Colony/Crest gym.

Chicken Mary’s, Pittsburg, catered the meal to 67 alumni members and 28 guests. Linda Hess, alumni president, announced Earl Clemans Crest scholarship winners for 2015, Tiffany Jackman, daughter of Gregg and Terri Jackman, and Austin Green, son of Gilbert and Kathy Green. Tiffany and her parents attended. Entertainment for the evening was provided by “His Way Praise Team” of Iola.

Linda Hess read the names in memory of alumni who had died away since the previous banquet.

New officers for 2017: President Arvin Clemans, Vice President Katherine Weldin, Secretary Linda Ellis and Treasurer Ron Luedke.

The next meeting was voted for May 28, 2016, at the Colony/Crest gym along with a banquet.

The 50/50 jar was won by Terry Weldin, who donated the monies to the scholarship fund. Arvin Clemans gave recognition of the classes and also the ones who were celebrating 50 years-Dennis Goodwin, Susan Ensley Mills, Candi Veteto Shanahan, Barbara Sherwood, Warren Neal, Janet Hill Sexton, Ron Luedke and Ann Bunnel Hornstra; 55 years-Sharon Wells Smith, Jack Ellis and Betty Jones Ramsey; 60 years-Grayden Tressler, Cecil Miller, James C. Buckle, Marilyn Neuenswander, Betty Lybarger and Bill Neuenswander; 75 years-Ralph Bunnel.

Ruby Davis was the oldest class member present, graduating in 1933.

Door prizes and coins

50th Class Anniversary 1965 Colony High School Class-Back: Warren Glen Neal, Lewis Preston, John Comstock, Ron Luedke, Dennis Goodwin, Jack Blevins. Front: Barbara Sherwood, Mary Hendrix Owen, Janila Francis Preston, Susan Ensley Mills, Candie Veteto Shanhan, Janet Strickler Hermreck, Janet Hill Sexton, and Ann Bunnel Hornstra (14 of the living 16 class members attended). Linda West Smith and Sharon Neth Miller were unable to attend. Two deceased are Mike Farris and Melvin Bowie.

They met at Garnett Town Hall Center noon until 4 p.m. May 23 and several attended the Alumni in Colony that evening. COURTESY PHOTO/RON LUEDKE were given.

Attending were: Ralph Bun-

nel, Evelyn Neuenswander Bunnel, Weldon and Wilma Smith Goodell, Marie Martin Goodspeed, Bill Ulrich, Morris Luedke, Mark Luedke, Twila Kelley Luedke, Greg and Terri Hamm Jackman, Tiffany Jackman, Wallace Strickler, Katherine Gilliland Weldin, Thelma New Culler, Christine Hoffman Schainost, Sharon Wells Smith, Betty Jones Ramsey, all of Colony; Norman Luedke, Atwood; Rick Bunnel, Welda; Ivy Buckle Lankton, Kingman; Beverly Shreck Ashcraft, Pleasanton; Shirley Shreck Oswald, Pat Hoffman Comstock, Lula Threlkeld Paris and Randy Myers, Kansas City; Janet Hill Sexton, Gardner; Linda Barnett Ellis, Ottawa; Marie Goodell Plinsky, Topeka; Candi Veteto Shanahan, Paola; Linda Weatherman Hess, Marion; Carolyn Goodell Schwab, Newton; Terry Weldin, Burlington; Susan Ensley Mills, Arkansas City; Shirley Ulrich Robertson, Gas; Marcia Luedke Harrington, Bonner Springs; Jody Henkle Holston, Leavenworth; Ruby Rogers Davis, Mary Ulrich LaCrone, Debbie Barnett Troxel, Arvin Clemans, Thelma Sherwood Hisel and Barbara Sherwood, Iola; Grayden and Willena Simpson Tressler, Yates Center; Cecil Miller, Fort Scott; James Buckle, Melvern; Marilyn Myers Neuenswander, Lawrence; George Hoffman, Betty Turner Lybarger and Ron Luedke, Garnett; Bill Neuenswander, Baldwin City; Evelyn Kelly Tait, Chanute; Gary Roush, Wichita; Charles Jones, Potwin; Jack Ellis, Humboldt; Lloyd and

Lovera Barron Stevers, Kingsville, Mo.; Howard Osborn, Lake Ozark, Mo.; Calvin Wells, Cape Giradeau, Mo.; Sherry Veteto, Lee’s Summit, Mo.; Donald Craven, West Chester, Ohio; Eddie Myers, Sapulpa, Okla.; Peggy Hoffman Axtell, Oklahoma City; Warren Neal, Yukon, Okla.; Beth Bunnel Benware, Keller, Texas; Dennis Goodwin, Snellville, Ga.; and Ann Bunnel Hornstra, Coburg, Ore. — Linda Barnett Ellis,

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June Celebrations Anniversaries: June 2-Gerald and Shirley McGhee; 28-Duane and Betty Ramsey. Birthdays: 1-Maxine Ensley, Mark Wiley; 2-Sharon Buckle, Virginia Weatherman; 3-Denise King; 5-Amy Ray, Tom Buckle; 7-Kamryn Luedke; Jaycee and Hanna Schmidt; 18-Marla Bain; 20-Shelly Strickler; 24-Anthony Ellis; 27-Nathan Schmidt Around Town

Reminder: The Colony daughters of the late Maynard Belvoir remind all family, friends and residents that a memorial luncheon will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the City Hall community room.

Former resident Bob Wilmoth writes he went on the freedom flight to Washington, D.C., last November.

Recently he went to Ft. Leavenworth, where it was

beautiful with all the flags and the grounds are kept nicely. They added 600 acres five or six years ago.

The annual Ensley reunion was May 23 at the City Hall community room, with relatives from Texas, Oklahoma, western Kansas, Lawrence and Kansas City, Garnett, Colony and surrounding communities attending. They will meet again in 2016 during Memorial weekend in Colony.

The Gillaspie family gathered at the City Hall community room Sunday for a visit with Connie Gordon Gillaspie, daughter Cameron and grandson Clyde, Indianapolis.

Attending were Rosemary Gillaspie, son Dan, Colony; son Mike, Leawood; David and family, Ottawa; Dennis, wife Mary Jo and daughter Jackie and daughters, Topeka; Kevin and Angel, Lawrence; Mary, Ian and Megan, Lawrence; and Scott, Tina, Brenden and Sarah, Lenexa.

Due to damp weather conditions, yard sales didn’t bring a big crowd. Plan on a fall yard sale to be announced.

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unknown, and wondered where the county stood if putting the land in developmental condition cost as much as “$300,000 or $400,000 or half a million. We don’t have the information we need,” in reference to salvage income and demolition costs, he said.

A concern is prolonging the timeline on making the property available for development — also possibly for apartments — could wear on G&W and dull its enthusiasm for a grocery in Iola, Daniels told the Register.

“We gave Briggs six months (with a June 1 deadline) to come up with a plan and he never gave us any documentation,” he recalled.

“Zero,” County Counselor Alan Weber said of documentation. And, Williams noted, “Briggs said he was no longer interested” at a special meeting May 14 scheduled at his request.

Allen County Realty through its agent John Brocker, is scheduled later this month to auction whatever reasonably can be removed from the old hospital. Demolition bids will be opened after

the auction, giving those who bid enough time to consider what salvage from the auction meant.

“The auction (of salvageable materials such as copper) will rip the hospital apart,” County Counselor Alan Weber said.

Also, to clear the air, it was pointed out that G&W — in executive session — had expressed interest in the old hospital site before Briggs first approached commissioners.

“We tried to be fair,” with the June 1 deadline, “and I’m not interested in giving him (Briggs)

a second shot, which wouldn’t be fair to the second party (G&W),” Williams said.

Iola Attorney Chuck Apt, Briggs’ representative, told commissioners Briggs was in Topeka Tuesday meeting with departments of Commerce and Health and Environment about a health care project in Iola.

He asked renewed opportunity for Briggs with the aforementioned July 7 deadline. “(Briggs) ... needs more time to put together his finances,” Apt said.

Williams noted G&W

had provided commissioners with a letter of intent to develop the property. However, no specifics of land transfer between county and the grocer has been discussed in public.

The anticipation is that once a demolition firm is selected, the process will take about three months, meaning construction of a grocery store, or anything else, wouldn’t likely start before mid- to late October.

AS AN alternative, Talkington asked about 4 acres the county pur-

chased — for which it paid $12,000 an acre — as part of the site for the new Allen County Regional Hospital be surveyed so commissioners could arrive at a price if Briggs were interested. That piece of ground was mentioned

by Briggs when he withdrew from pursuit of the old hospital on May 14, as well as “some others we’re looking at,” none of which he identified.

Talkington also suggested commissioners come to agreement on a sale price for land that will be made vacant by the old hospital’s razing.

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does that make my business worth,” if he were to decide to sell and would have to compete with another nearby allowed by spot zoning.

Chairman Tom Williams said commissioners would consider the planners’ decision at a later meeting and discuss the zoning more fully then. Ultimate decision lies with commissioners; planners only make a recommendation.

COUNTY COUNSELOR Alan Weber told com-

missioners Monarch Cement “would be coming” to ask planners to recommend a variance so it could quarry dirt on a large parcel of land it owns about two miles north of Humboldt.

Monarch was denied a right to quarry the land previously, in large measure because 1400 Street, rock road, would be used for part of trucks’ route to its plant; families living along it were opposed to having heavy trucks rolling by many times a day.

The new proposal will be to quarry dirt only and haul it to Monarch’s plant at the south edge of Humboldt by way of old U.S. 169, maintained

by the county. Monarch purchased additional land, which would seem to preclude complaints.

Without rock quarrying, blasting will not be a part of daily work.

Weber said Monarch geologists estimated enough dirt was on the land it owned to meet demand for the next 60 years. Dirt is a component in the manufacture of cement.

To accommodate trucks pulling from Iowa Road onto the old highway, an arrangement between county and Monarch would be made to build a curve allowing trucks to merge with traffic on the hardsurfaced road.

BILL KING, director of Public Works, said the estimate was $125,000, including $10,000 for engineering, to erect 17 metal light poles along Oregon Road, from U.S. 169 to Allen County Regional Hospital, and six similar standards at the highway intersection to fully light it.

Exactly when and how the project will unfold wasn’t decided. Carl Slaugh, Iola administrator, said he thought the city would be willing to be involved in the project, if Heartland

Electric agreed to compromise its proprietary rights to supply power.

Power companies have certain rights in areas they serve, which Heartland does north of Iola’s city limit.

King said what was envisioned would “really light up the area.”

Commissioners agreed to a decision by Chairman Williams not to declare the county a disaster area because of May rains. King concurred, saying rainfall, at times heavy, did not tax his crew’s ability to deal with wash-outs, which weren’t nearly as extensive as those from 2007 flooding.

“It wasn’t a disaster,” King said, although county workers did have to deal with problems of varying scope along more than 100 miles of roads.

“Worst thing you can do is panic,” he added.

Commissioners met in executive session to discuss an aside to the rainfall, which had an employee “go over Angie’s (Murphy, 911 director)” and call state emergency services about declaring a disaster in the county, which occurred with an amendment to a declaration by Gov. Sam Brownback. Murphy had called

Williams, on vacation, about the situation. He advised caution until his return. No action was taken after the closed session.

GLENN

BUCHHOLZ

resigned his seat on Allen County Regional Hospital’s Board of Trustees because of an upcoming move to El Dorado, Weber told commissioners.

He asked they encourage anyone interested in a seat on the board to call his office, 365-1420, or Clerk Sherrie Riebel’s, 365-1407.

Terry Call, who does billing for countywide ambulance service, said there were 852 responses this year through May 31, or 5.65 calls per day.

Billings total $666,555.44, with $268,379.97 paid, $230,998.41 forgiven through contractual write-offs and $164,981.58 still due.

Receipts for the year total $363,339.75, with $16,068.15 from payments predating merger of county and Iola services.

Call said collections projected an annual total of $872,000, or $128,000 less than the county’s guaranteed revenue disbursement to the city of $1 million.

Studio: Lea becomes artistic director Continued from A1

ing in his sister’s studio when he was 7, assumed the directorship at 24, after returning to Iola following a period of years performing in professional ballet companies in Texas and Ohio.

“When I came back, I wanted people to know that, with Cooper Studios, we were doing the same thing as South Street did. And I want people to know that Miss Chelsea is doing the same thing that we did.”

And while, for the first time, the studio won’t bear the Cooper name or be headed by one of its limber siblings, both Cooper and Lea are dedicated to a smooth transition.

“I’m not technically a part of the family,” said the 18-year-old Lea, who began dancing at the South Street studio when she was 9, “but I basically am.”

If not a wholesale change, there is at least a shift in emphasis up Lea’s sleeve. Whereas during Cooper’s tenure

much of the studio’s focus was on performance — included in Cooper’s legacy is his staging of the “The Nutcracker” at the Bowlus for the past four years — Lea hopes to reinvigorate the competition-based brand of dance that she remembers from her early years studying with Tasia.

“It means we would be traveling more,” Lea explained, “competing for judges, receiving critiques about what we need to work on, and hopefully winning some awards.”

This doesn’t mean Lea will scrimp on performances. Having sharpened her stagecraft during her years with Cooper, the new director will have no trouble committing to his high standards of performance.

According to Cooper, Lea’s skilled work was on display last weekend during the Kansas Youth Dance Company’s production of “Annie,” in which Lea made an equal contribution to the show’s choreography.

With the Bowlus just one block over, the pair agree that it would be a crime not to continue to make full use of its stage.

“It’s crucial,” stressed Cooper. “Most dance studios have to perform in the auditorium of a high school. While there’s nothing wrong with that, we’ve been able to give [our dancers] an understanding of how to perform on stage, how to present to a larger audience, how to project.”

Lea recalls performing in feebler venues in other parts of the state — including in towns larger than Iola. “Then you go back to the Bowlus and it’s like, “Wow, we are so lucky to have this here.” It’s a great aspect of our small town.”

Cooper, who will retain ownership of the studio while he pursues a pre-med track at KU in the coming years, described the rewards in store for Lea. “Being artistic director is behind the scenes. You’re not going to be the one out

there taking the bow. But you get to be proud of the dancers who are out there taking it, knowing what they’ve accomplished.

The recent Humboldt High School graduate approaches every question of her artistic directorship with confidence, clear sight and a wide smile. “I have a strong connection to this place,” said Lea, who lives minutes from the front door of the studio to which she’s been returning most of her life.

“I see myself as a teacher. I always have. ... I know I’m young, but this has always been what I was going to do. It was always in the cards. This is who I am. I’m ready.”

The studio at 217 South St. hosts classes five nights a week. Dancers range in age from 2 to 18. Open enrollment dates for Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy are July 26 and Aug. 9. To contact Chelsea call 620-365-7180 or, by email, at misschelseasdanceacademy@ gmail.com.

History: New curator joins museum Continued from A1

ical Society, Wyandotte County Historical Museum and did work at the Shawnee Indian Mission and Grinter Place with the Kansas Historical Society.

The 27-year-old wanted to continue his career in Kansas and said he thought Iola would be a good place to get his feet wet as a museum director.

When he’s not inside a museum he likes to be outdoors, hunting or fishing. He also likes to cook and make sausage or jerky. His football team of choice is the Oakland Raiders.

Last fall he witnessed his favorite baseball team make history. Russell attended the wild card game that led the

Kansas City Royals to the World Series.

“I’m a big Royals fan,” he said. “I live at the Kauffman (Stadium). It was amazing.”

AS FOR the Historical Society, Russell would like to get Allen County youth more involved with history.

“I want to close the generation gap,” he said.

“Many people who attend museums are older and if kids come, it’s usually because they are brought in by their grandparents.”

To increase interest in Allen County history, Russell plans to get more involved in area school districts with history trunks that have different topics.

He has created a Twit-

ter account for the historical society and hopes to create an Instagram account with exciting photos, too.

“I’ve created fun games on our Facebook page and I’m going to have us be more active on there,” he said.

Russell said the

history entertainment will continue during museum tours but gave a lighthearted warning.

“I will tell jokes,” he said.

Hours of operation at the Allen County Historical Society are 12:304 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Unity club gathers Unity Club met Monday in the home of Doris Stranghoner, the new president for 2015-16.

Seventeen members attended the summer business meeting.

The new year will begin in September.

Judy Albeiter gave a report on the May

trip to Kansas City to the Quality Hill Playhouse to see a program called “Hooray for Hollywood.”

Twelve members attended.

Committee assignments and dates for the programs and hostesses for the coming year were finalized.

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Opinion A5 The Iola Register

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

~ Journalism that makes a difference

Backbone of U.S. is its democracy The United States’ grand experiment in democracy is well into its third century, and despite a hurdle now and then and differing political opinions, it gives no indications of imploding.

As much as anything, that may be because the approach to government — to do collectively what we don’t have the wherewithal to do individually — differs little and is progressive in nature, from the smallest hamlet to bustling cities to individual states and finally to all 50, plus territories.

Monday night Moran’s city council gathered for its monthly session, and showed, as so many have time and again, why democracy thrives. It also demonstrated convincingly that government closest to the people is most efficient.

A woman came to seek help with noise in her neighborhood; water sales not keeping pace with expenses resulted in rates being raised; minor, but to some important, problems with chickens were hashed out; department heads told of budget needs for 2016.

The same scenario plays out monthly among governing bodies throughout Allen County, and a multitude of other places in the nation.

Citizens make a mistake by not becoming directly involved by offering themselves to serve; by not keeping abreast of what is occurring and why; and by not taking time a month or three a year to attend a meeting to hear firsthand what transpires.

The Register is passionate in its efforts to report fully what happens at city, school and county meetings, but there is no way we can paint as thorough a picture of what occurs as a citizen can learn from taking time to sit in on a meeting. We have to choose how deeply to report each item of business, including sometimes devoting little space to those that would be expected to generate next to no public interest.

Best said, we have limits on how much time and space may be given to any one topic.

WHAT LIES ahead is important to know at all levels, and, as has been the case, democracy will evolve with the times. But the basics remain, and it is incumbent that citizens exercise their right — thoughtful observers would say obligation — to vote to ensure that democracy doesn’t falter.

— Bob Johnson

A � �look�back�in�time Forty-four years ago June 1971

1 — A tornado skipped across the north part of Allen County last night, barely missing Iola but causing considerable tree and roof damage in Moran. It did its first damage to the northwest of Iola when it ripped apart a sign at Dale Wichman Ford and picked up two camper covers from pickup trucks.

One cover vaulted 75 feet, landing just in front of Wichman’s showroom window and the other swept through the parking lot, causing considerable damage to vehicles along the way. It came to rest against an old baseball backstop behind the John Womack residence.

The funnel dropped down again beside the Majestic Motor Inn where the roofs of five units on the west side of the motel were blown away.

It then hit the Ivan Strickler dairy farm, destroying two large barns.

It then lifted and continued east to Moran where it did quite a bit of damage to roofs and trees as well as shattering the plate glass front window at the Talley Chevrolet dealership and did severe damage to a building owned by Alden and Dave

Ensminger used for seed storage.

4— Allen County Commissioners Elmer Duggan and Alvin Lassman voted yesterday to help form a nine-county Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission.

They joined commissioners from six other counties in the decision.

8 — The Model Grocery Store, 709 East St., is going out of business. Charles Hatton, owner, said he had been considering closing the store for some time. “My wife and I like to travel and with the Model wholesale and the other store, H & M Market, we just had too much to do.”

Hatton said the merchandise will be transferred to the H & M, and “I hope most of the customers will transfer there, too.” Hatton said he and his wife have operated the Model Grocery for 32 years, having purchased it from Mrs. Kent Green in 1939.

10 — Leslie Norton, judge of Allen County Court who also serves as the county juvenile judge, is not in favor of joining a regional effort to build a detention center for juvenile offenders because, he said, “we wouldn’t get our money’s worth.”

Convenience comes with a cost I’m not buying an Apple Watch. It’s not because I’m cheap, or a Luddite or not fully initiated into the Cult of Steve. I’m not buying one because it would make my life too easy, too convenient.

We live in the Age of Convenience. That concept lies at the heart of what Silicon Valley is selling and we are so eagerly buying. We see convenience not only as a nicety but an expectation, an entitlement. Our love of convenience is so ingrained, its inherent goodness so self-evident that we can’t imagine any other way. Why would anyone, other than a masochist, choose the hard way when there is an easier alternative?

There are, in fact, many downsides. I’m not arguing for a return to the inconvenient Paleolithic Era, but too often we fail to recognize the full cost of our convenient lives.

There’s an environmental cost — think of all those convenient plastic K-cups clogging the ecosystem — as well as personal and social costs.

Convenient food, such as sliced apples and pre-cut, prewashed lettuce, is pricier. But many studies have also cited health costs, blaming the increasing convenience of processed food for the obesity epidemic in the United States.

Shopping on Amazon is wonderfully, magically convenient. Point. Click. Enjoy.

Every time you order a book from the online giant, you take business away from your neighborhood bookstore, perhaps hastening its demise.

And it’s one less chance for human interaction.

Yes, in theory, conveniences free up time to spend with family or on the golf course, but such optimistic predictions of a leisure bonanza are invariably wrong. In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that “our grandchildren” would work about “three hours a day.” The truth is that while we are spending a bit less time at the office, we

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feel busier than ever. Besides, tethered to our smart phones, many of us never really leave the office.

Having it too easy degrades our capacity for compromise.

We lead increasingly comfortable, atomized lives. Our cars feature separate climates for driver and passenger; our mattresses offer separate degrees of firmness. Comfortable? Sure. Convenient? Yes, but if we can’t compromise on the small stuff, like mattress firmness, how can we expect to do so for truly pressing problems?

We’d also be a lot wiser if we were to embrace difficulty rather than run from it. In the 1990s, UCLA psychologist Robert Bjork was studying how students learn and noticed that when students faced obstacles, they retained more information in the long run.

The techniques vary — making learning material less organized, varying the setting, using fonts that are harder to read — but the principle is the same: When we break a sweat, we learn more. Bjork called this phenomenon “desirable difficulty.”

Or consider a 2014 study on note-taking. Researchers Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer, of Princeton University and UCLA, respectively, asked half the students in a college lecture to use laptop computers, and instructed the other half to use paper and pen. The laptop users took more notes, but the paper-andpen group scored considerably higher on comprehension.

Mueller and Oppenheimer surmised that the longhand note-takers couldn’t mindlessly transcribe the lecture

verbatim. They were forced to condense and synthesize the material — in other words, to think deeply about it. They benefited from desirable difficulty. Likewise, having to reach farther than your wrist to check the weather forecast isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

(Desirable difficulty does not mean impossible difficulty.

For obstacles to be useful, they must be surmountable.)

Human beings crave boundaries, obstacles and, yes, inconvenience. Scratch the surface of our frothy lives and you see this truth laid bare.

Take, for example, Buddhism.

It is not the easiest religion, as anyone who has attempted to meditate for five minutes knows, yet it is immensely popular. Why? Because on some deep, intuitive level we know that we have to do hard work to attain what we’re seeking.

The late philosopher Robert Nozick’s thought experiment offers further proof of that.

Imagine a contraption, an Experience Machine, that provides you with infinite, eternal happiness. Would you want to be hooked up to it? Most people answer no. Why? Isn’t happiness what we all want?

Yes, but we desire an earned happiness, not just something dispensed to us. Many have chosen convenience above all else, no matter the costs — and it is a choice.

As for me, I’ve begun to incorporate desirable difficulty into my life. I’ve ditched my capsule coffee maker and replaced it with a hand-pour one. It takes much longer, is less convenient, but the coffee tastes better. It tastes better not despite the relatively arduous process but because of it.

Eric Weiner is the author of the forthcoming “The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places From Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley.” He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.

How to contact your elected officials

President Barack Obama, (Democrat) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; phone (switchboard): (202) 456-1414; (comments): (202) 4561111

Gov. Sam Brownback, (Republican) Capital, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; phone: (785) 2963232; www.governor. ks.gov/comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-4774; Email: www.roberts. senate.gov/public/index. cfm?p=EmailPat

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-6521; Pittsburg: 306 N. Broadway, Suite 125, Pittsburg, KS, 66762; (620) 232-2286. Email: moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; phone: (202) 225-6601; Pittsburg: 701 N. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762; phone: (620) 231-5966. Email: lynnjenkins.house.gov/ contact-me/

Sen. Caryn Tyson, (Republican) State Capitol-236 E Topeka, KS 66612 phone: (785) 2966838; e-mail: caryn. tyson@senate.ks.gov or 19984 County Rd. 1077 Parker, KS 66072 phone: (913) 898-2366

Rep. Kent Thompson, (Republican) House District No. 9, phone: (620) 496-7200 State Capitol, Room 050-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, or phone: 620-496-2255 1816 2800 St., LaHarpe, KS 66751 email: kent.iolare.kscoxmail.com

Rep. Adam Lusker, (Democrat) House District No. 2, phone: (785) 2967698 State Capitol, Room 043-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, email: adam.lusker@ house.ks.gov

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Lawmakers agree on two items John Hanna

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) the state’s 1.3 million — Even as sharp diviindividual income tax sions among Republifilers. cans prevented the KanThis year’s proposal sas Legislature from An AP would eliminate all but passing a plan Tuesday news three state income tax for increasing taxes to analysis deductions, effective at balance the state budthe start of this year, inget, they agreed on two cluding ones for unrerevenue-raising proposimbursed job expenses, ance the budget, and als that would close part Tuesday was the 103rd tax preparation fees and of the gap. day of the Legislature’s high medical expenses.

Multiple tax plans annual session, making The measure would from GOP lawmakers it one of the longest in raise $97 million during and one outlined last state history. the next fiscal year. week by Republican Under the proposal, The state’s budget Gov. Sam Brownback in- problems arose after leg- taxpayers still could clude a proposal to elim- islators heeded Brown- deduct the full amount inate most state income back’s call in 2012 and of their charitable contax deductions. Their 2013 to slash personal tributions and half the plans also would create income taxes as an eco- property taxes paid on a short-term amnesty program this fall to get delinquent taxpayers to Brownback and [the Legislature] must pay up.

Brownback and the close a projected $406 million shortfall for Republican-dominated the fiscal year beginning July 1. The two Legislature must close proposals on which there’s broad agreea projected $406 million ment would raise $127 million. shortfall for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

The two proposals on which there’s broad agreement would raise nomic stimulus. The their homes and half $127 million. state cut income tax the interest paid on The consensus on rates and exempted the their home mortgages. the two issues contrasts profits of 281,000 busi“In the scheme of strongly with disagree- ness owners and 53,000 what’s going on here, we ments among Repub- farmers. felt like it was reasonlicans over how much Senate President Su- able,” said Luke Bell, a to increase the state’s san Wagle, a Wichita lobbyist for the Kansas 6.15 percent sales tax Republican, said the Association of Realtors, and how much to back- amnesty program and which fought in the past track on a 2012 tax break eliminating deductions to prevent the eliminachampioned by Brown- are finding favor be- tion of the property tax back for business own- cause, “They’re not rate and mortgage interest ers and farmers. deductions. increases.”

“You just have, really, The amnesty proUnder the 2012 and a couple of variables, 2013 changes, the state gram is even less conwhere people are still, already planned to limit troversial. It would al‘Well, I just don’t know most deductions by 2017 low the Department of about this one or that to half of what filers Revenue to waive penalone,’” Brownback said claim on the federal tax ties and interest if back in unveiling his plan. taxes are paid in full forms.

The Senate considBrownback and other from Sept. 1 to Oct. 15. ered tax proposals again Republicans argue that Some legislators have Tuesday but took no fi- as income tax rates drop, been skeptical that the nal votes on a bill, after deductions become less program would raise contentious debates Sun- valuable anyway. Ac- the promised $30 milday and Monday showed cording to the state De- lion, but department that its GOP superma- partment of Revenue, spokeswoman Jeannine jority was fractured. The itemized deductions Koranda said the projecHouse has yet to pass a are claimed only by 20 tion is based on past extax plan that would bal- percent to 22 percent of perience.

Rescuers save a survivor from the overturned passenger ship in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China’s Hubei Province on Tuesday. The ship, named Dongfangzhixing, or Eastern Star, sank at around 9:28 p.m. on Monday after being caught in a cyclone in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River. Xiao Yijiu/ Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS

China escalates recovery effort JIANLI, China (AP) — Chinese authorities deployed scores more divers and a large crane as they escalated efforts today to recover more than 410 people believed to be trapped inside an overturned river cruise ship.

The capsizing late Monday of the multi-decked Eastern Star in the Yangtze River is on track to become the country’s deadliest maritime disaster in seven decades. Chinese authorities have launched a high-profile response while tightly controlling media coverage.

Premier Li Keqiang, the country’s No. 2 political leader, has traveled to the disaster site in the Hubei province county of Jianli where he urged “all-out,” 24-7 efforts.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said the bodies of 26 victims have been pulled from the boat, which floated with a sliver of its hull jutting from the grey river. Fourteen people survived, some

of them by swimming ashore and three by being pulled out of the ship by rescuers on Tuesday.

But the vast majority of the 456 people on board remain missing.

Many were elderly tourists taking in the scenic vistas of the Yangtze on a cruise from Nanjing to the southwestern city of Chongqing.

Records from a maritime agency show the capsized ship was cited for safety violations two years ago. Authorities in Nanjing held the ship and five other Yangtze cruise vessels after it found them violating standards during a safety inspection campaign in 2013, according to a report on the city’s Maritime Safety website. It didn’t specify the Eastern Star’s violations.

The shallow-draft boat, which was not designed to withstand as heavy winds as an ocean-going vessel, overturned in what Chinese weather authorities have called a cyclone with

winds up to 80 mph.

“The river ships tend to have a lower standard on wind-resistance and waveresistance than ocean ships,” Zhong Shoudao, president of the Chongqing Boat Design Institute, said at a news conference along with weather and Transportation Ministry officials. “Under the special circumstance of cyclone, the pressure on the one side of the boat went beyond the standard it was designed for, resulting in the overturning of the boat.

“The boat had lifejackets and lifeboats, but due to the sudden capsizing, there was not enough time for people to put on lifejackets or for the signals to be sent out,” Zhong said.

The squad of 13 navy divers who searched the boat Tuesday — and pulled out three trapped survivors from air pockets after voices were heard through the hull — was expanded today to more than 180.

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Peterson back with Vikings — B3

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Softball Tuesday’s results Pixie Tholen’s Heating and Cooling 11, Sonic 10 Hits for Tholen’s: Kinsey Schinstock 2 s; MaKayla Dunne 2 s; Baylie Crooks 1 s; Brianne Ruppert 3 s; Hallie Sutherland 3 s; Keira Fawson 2 s; Savannah Flynn 1 s, 1 hr; Leeann Maloney 2 s; Khloe Williamson 1 d; Layla Newkirk 1 s. Hits for Sonic: Dally Curry 2 ; Jayden Leavitt 1 d, 2 s; Kierah Green 2 s; Addie Fudge 1 d, 2 s; Kealie Keeler 1 s; Isabelle Bernsten 1 d; Alisha Trainor 2 d; Kinidy Ikehorn 3 s; Brystal Hudlin 1 s; Ashley Trainor 2 s; Annabelle Fernandez 1 s.

Erbert Electric 6, A&W 5 Hits for Erbert: Shyla Preston

2 s; Alexis Lee 2 s; Zoie Hesse 2 d; Maya Shaughnessy 2 s. Hits for A&W: McKenna Jones 1 s; Kennedy Maier 1 d; Jacee Gilmore 2 d; Hailey Stogsdill 1 d, 1 s; Jade Allen 2 s; Katelyn Hicks 1 s; Harper Desmarteau 1 d; Olivia Kress 1 s.

Poneytail Gates 10, A&W 6 Hits for Gates: Madisyn Holloway 1 s; Kassy Shield 1 s; Jenna Miller 2 d; Emily Mullins 1 s. Hits for A&W: Gabby Richards 1 d; Kelsey Morrison 1 s; Raylea Wilson 1s; Makayla Perez 1 s.

A&W 14, Utley’s 4 Hits for A&W: Gabrielle Lampe 1 t. Utley’s: Allie Utley 2 s; Breannna Northcutt 1 s; Marisa VanHouden 1 s.

Jada Stogdill evades a pitch in Poneytail action.

Sadrie Overall (4) slides into second base, but Gates’ Madisyn Holloway steps on the bag for the force out. Holloway also made the tag, just to cover all her bases in getting the out.

Deacon Perkins pitches for Herff Jones in a little league game.

Cooper Riley tosses the ball to first base for an out in a little league game. PHOTOS BY REGISTER/SPENCER MICHELSON

Baseball Tuesday’s results Bitty Ball Sonic 8, Nelson Quarries 7 Hits for Sonic: Thomas Cash 2 s; Roper Curry 2 d, 1 t; Kaiden Rutherford 1 d; Ashton Hesse 1 hr, 1 t; Alijah Christy 1 d, 1 t; Kale Pratt 1 s; Darren Pulley 2 s; Kreed Jones 1 s; Beau Erickson 1 s. Hits for Nelson: Brigg Shannon 1 d, 1 s; Brennen Coffield 1 d, 1 s; Alex Smail 2 s; Kale Godfrey 1 d, 1 s; Everett Glaze 1 s; Trapper Boren 1 s; Reed Clift 1 d; Ty Shaughnessy 1 s.

KwiKom 9, A&W 8 Hits for KwiKom: Henry White 2 s; Jensen Barker 1 d, 1 s; Zander Dickerson 2 s; Bradyn Jones 2 s; Jordy Kaufman 1 t, 1 s; Shawn McLaughlin 1 s; Austin Crooks 1 s; Wyatt Dickerson 1 d, 1 s; Kolton Northeat 2 s; Layton Holding 2 s. Hits for A&W: Noah Schowengerdt 2 s; Raidyn Keeler 1 s; Drake Weir 2 s; Nick Bauer 2 s; Easton Wesloh 1 s, 2 d; Grady Dougherty 1 s;

Hayden Keller 1 s; Tripp Chapman 1 s.

Little League Iola Elks 5, Herff Jones 1 Hits for Elks: T.J. Taylor 2 h; Cooper Riley 3 h; Henry Wicoff 3 h; Grant Luedice 1 h; Xaiviyan Channel 2 h; Jeremy Ridge 1 h; Jacob Wight 1 h; Gavin Morris 1 h. Hits for Herff: Rylan McVey 2 h; Dvon Wilson 1 h; Drake DeLaTorre 2 h; Adam Atwell 1 h; Trenton Varney 2 h; Tristan Cary 1 h; Devin Hadley 2 h.

Iola Insurance Assoc. 14, Herff Jones 9 Hits for Iola: Brett Morrison 1 h; Reid Smith 3 h; CJ Shields 4 h; Trent Jones 4 h; Gage Turner 4 h; Ashton Olston 1 h; Braden Munger 1 h; Ethan Weide 3 h; James Brown 3 h. Hits for Herff: Rylan McVey 2 h; Devon Wilson 1 h; Drake DeLaTorre 1 h; Adam Atwell 2 h; Deacon Perkins 2 h; Trenton Varney 1 h; Devon Hoadley 1 h; Cody Beal 1 h.

Royals lose 2-1 to Indians

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just about the only person at Kauffman Stadium that thought the Indians’ Jose Ramirez was safe at first base on a crucial play in the eighth inning were the umpires.

Not Royals manager Ned Yost, who said he was “shocked” when the call by first base umpire Bob Davidson stood through a nearly 3-minute review. Not first baseman Eric Hosmer, who said he was “100 percent” certain that Ramirez was out. Not more than 30,000 fans who cheered when the replay was shown on the massive crown-shaped video board in center field.

Not even Cleveland manager Terry Francona, who almost sheepishly acknowledged of the would-be double play: “I thought maybe it was going to get overturned.”

Instead, the call came down from an umpire in New York that Ramirez was safe, leaving the Indians with one out in the inning. It proved to be a critical decision minutes later when Michael Brantley hit a two-out double to center, spurring the Indians to a 2-1 victory Tuesday night.

“I was shocked when they called him safe (on replay),” Yost said. “I don’t know what they were looking at. On the angle showed on the big screen, he definitely looked out.”

It all began when Wade Davis (2-1) was summoned in the eighth to keep the game tied.

He walked Michael Bourn to lead off the inning, but Ramirez appeared to ground into a double play moments later. When the call stood, so did Ramirez — right on first base.

The Cleveland Indians' Jason Kipnis scores behind Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez on a single by Michael Brantley in the eighth inning on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. TNS/KANSAS CITY STAR/JOHN SLEEZER Jason Kipnis followed by grounding into a fielder’s choice — second baseman Omar Infante bobbled the ball to scuttle another potential double play — and Carlos Santana worked a full-count walk, all before Brantley ripped his go-ahead single to center field.

It was the first run Davis yielded this season.

“He’s a great pitcher. He didn’t have an ERA for a reason,” Brantley said. “I knew he was going to make pitches. I was just waiting for something I could hit.”

Brantley made a winner of Carlos Carrasco (7-4), who allowed five hits over seven innings to win his third straight start. The big right-hander struck out eight while dominating Kansas City for the second time in a month.

Cody Allen handled a perfect ninth for his 12th save as the Indians won for the 11th time in 14 games. AL Central rival Kansas City lost for the sixth time in its last seven.

Most of the game amounted to a showdown between Carrasco and Jeremy Guthrie.

Carrasco was hardly a surprise. He had allowed three runs over 14 innings in winning his last two starts, and was facing a Royals offense that has now scored seven runs in its last six losses.

Guthrie was the more surprising half of the pitcher’s duel.

The veteran had given up a career-high 11 runs, including four homers, while retiring three last Monday at Yankee Stadium. Thirteen of the See ROYALS | Page B3

All-League The Fillies’ Ashlie Shields was named to First-team All-Pioneer League. Shields, a junior, played shortstop and catcher for the team this season. REGISTER FILE PHOTO

Chiefs offensive line settled?

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As another round of musical chairs began with the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line last week, it was hard to fathom just who would be left off the first team when coach

Andy Reid finally called for the music to stop.

There was Eric Fisher, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft just two years ago, shuffling over to join the second string for a few reps during an optional offseason workout.

Reid was quick to explain See CHIEFS | Page B3

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Kansas Senate to weigh $400M cut to agencies TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Senate made plans Tuesday to consider a roughly $400 million cut to state spending because of an impasse over a broader budget plan.

Republican lawmakers control 129 of the Legislature’s 165 seats, but remain sharply divided over how to address the state’s $800 million shortfall, with few willing to vote for significant tax increases. Although a budget the Senate passed in late March would cut in half the gap for the fiscal year beginning July 1, it has not yet been approved by the House and has remained in negotiations between leaders from each chamber.

Tax packages that would make up the remaining $406 million have been largely blocked by conservatives in the Senate who say the budget should be fixed by spending cuts instead. So the chamber will now consider a plan that would close the gap through a 5.7 percent across-the-board cut to all state agencies and schools.

Sen. Laura Kelly, a Topeka Democrat, who serves as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Ways and Means Committee said the proposal was an attempt to call the bluff of lawmakers unwilling to vote for tax increases and was “being put out there as a ‘put up or shut up.’�

Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, who denied Kelly’s accusation that the proposal is a trick, said the full chamber would take it up but he had not decided when.

The state’s budget shortfalls arose after lawmakers cut income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Gov. Sam Brownback’s urging in an effort to stimulate the economy. One 2012

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Republican Sen. Ty Masterson from Andover, who has led the Senate’s budget negotiations with the House, said there has been “a real disconnect� between the two sides, with the House less willing to make deeper spending cuts.

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Royals: Lose Continued from B1 the 16 batters he faced reached base.

Bouncing back against the Indians, Guthrie allowed two hits in 5 2-3 innings: Moss’s home run on a full-count pitch in the fourth and a double

by Santana in the sixth.

At that point, Yost turned the game over to his bullpen. Franklin Morales and Kelvin Herrera got the game to Davis, whose long scoreless streak finally came to an end.

“We’ve seen Davis too many times and he’s so good,” Francona said.

“But Brantley, regardless of how he’s swinging, you want him up there in that situation.”

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The Indians are 5-0 in games started by Carrasco at Kauffman Stadium. ... The home run by Moss was the 100th of his career. ... Davis threw a season-high 38 pitches.

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plate. He caught 21 innings in two games over the weekend. Gomes recently return from an injured ligament in his knee.

Royals: C Sal Perez left in the eighth for precautionary reasons after taking a foul ball off his mask. “It’s nothing,” Perez said. “I got tested already (for a concussion) and passed the test.” ...

LHP Danny Duffy (biceps tendinitis) and RHP Kris Medlen (Tommy John surgery) will each throw two innings in a simulated game Thursday.

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Indians: RHP Corey Kluber tries to win his fourth straight after starting 0-5. The reigning Cy Young Award winner has gone seven-plus innings in four consecutive starts.

Royals: LHP Jason Vargas makes his second start since missing 16 games with a left flexor strain. He allowed two runs in four innings against the Yankees last time out.

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East Division W L Pct GB New York 28 25 .528 — Tampa Bay 27 26 .509 1 Baltimore 23 28 .451 4 Toronto 24 30 .444 4½ Boston 23 29 .442 4½

Central Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 30 20 .600 — Kansas City 29 20 .592 ½ Detroit 28 25 .528 3½ Cleveland 25 26 .490 5½ Chicago 23 27 .460 7

West Division W L Pct GB Houston 33 20 .623 — Los Angeles 28 25 .528 5 Texas 27 25 .519 5½ Seattle 24 28 .462 8½ Oakland 21 33 .389 12½ NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division W L Pct GB Washington 29 23 .558 — New York 29 24 .547 ½ Atlanta 26 26 .500 3 Miami 21 32 .396 8½ Philadelphia 20 33 .377 9½

Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 34 18 .654 — Chicago 27 23 .540 6 Pittsburgh 28 24 .538 6 Cincinnati 22 28 .440 11 Milwaukee 18 35 .340 16½

West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 31 21 .596 — San Francisco 30 24 .556 2 San Diego 26 28 .481 6 Arizona 24 27 .471 6½ Colorado 23 28 .451 7½

Continued from B1 that he merely wanted to get Donald Stephenson a few reps of his own with the first-team offense. Fisher is still his starting left tackle, his job the most secure of the five that will be tasked with carving open holes for Jamaal Charles and keeping quarterback Alex Smith upright next season.

“We’re kind of playing everybody in all different spots,” Reid said.

“We’re going to find the best five guys. That’s what we’re trying to get to. I really don’t care where they play. I just want to find the best five guys and then we line up and we go play.”

Fisher is hardly the only one with some job security.

Left guard Ben Grubbs, a former Pro Bowl selection, is expected to start at left guard after Kansas City sent a fifth-round pick to New Orleans to acquire him. Stephenson is likely to get the nod at

right tackle while Jeff Allen is the favorite to land at right guard.

“It’s been a learning process,” Grubbs said.

“Of course it’s different plays, different terminology, but this is what this phase is for. It’s to get the rust off, get acclimated to your teammates and just go out there and see what we all have. It’s been good so far.”

The biggest competition may be at center, where Eric Kush is the heir apparent after backing up the departed Rodney Hudson a year ago. But his only opposition is Mitch Morse, who was drafted just a few weeks ago and is still trying to find his way.

“It’s a competition,” Kush said. “I’m out here just working with the guys, working as best as I can and playing as well as I can and keep this thing rolling and bringing the energy to practice every day and keeping the guys rolling.”

Peterson ‘feels good to be back in the building’

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Nearly eight months passed for Adrian Peterson between practices with the Minnesota Vikings.

His public image and personal brand took a huge hit. He had to miss 15 precious games in a sport with so few. He found himself thoroughly baffled by what to do next, whether he even wanted to return to the NFL, let alone Minnesota. He turned 30.

With that purple No. 28 jersey finally back on, though, he almost felt like he never left.

“It felt good to be back in the building, to be around the fellas,” Peterson said Tuesday after his first workout at Vikings headquarters since Sept. 12, a practice that took place hours before his indictment on the child abuse charge that forever changed his life, disordered Minnesota’s 2014 season and became part of the frame of an ugly fall for the NFL amid persistent domestic violence problems.

Despite his stated uneasiness with certain people in the Vikings’ organization and the backlash against him around the region following the injuries he caused while

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disciplining his son, the relationships Peterson built over his first eight years with the team were what drove him to drop his informal protest and arrive this week to work.

“It’s been a lot of love that I’ve felt through this process, and I was able to feel that same love today,” Peterson said.

He shared many hugs with players, coaches and staff, but after all the tension, confusion and bitterness of the last several months when his departure from Minnesota appeared inevitable there was a back-to-business vibe at Winter Park on the day of his return.

Peterson didn’t even give a special address to the rest of the team, another sign of the respect he’s long had in the locker room.

“He’s got such a charismatic smile, infectious personality. It’s good to get him here,” coach Mike Zimmer said.

On the field, Peterson has some catching up to do, but he already had months of experience in offensive coordinator Norv Turner’s scheme last season before he was put on paid leave while the “We tried to get him acclimated on the things that were going. He’s going to have to put in some more work time as far as all that,” Zimmer said,

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“but there’s really not a prettier sight when he’s got the ball in his hand, you know?”

The Vikings finished 7-9 in Zimmer’s first season, a decent accomplishment considering Peterson’s absence and the steep learning curve for rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, but they weren’t happy about it. Now, barring injuries, Zimmer and Turner will have the full lineup on offense they originally envisioned.

“I do believe that we can be very, very explosive,” Zimmer said. “I think to have a talented running back with a talented quarterback and talented receivers and some good tight ends, I think that we can spread the field and it can be good for everyone.”

Peterson reiterated his

apology to his young son for spanking him with a wooden switch, describing the act as a mistake.

He said loves his children with all of his heart and would “jump in front of a car for them.”

He said his softened stance on returning to Minnesota came through prayer, counsel from trusted pastors and good old-fashioned listening to mom and dad.

“With everything going on in my life at that time, I really didn’t know what I wanted,” Peterson said. “I really didn’t know if I wanted to play somewhere else, if I wanted to retire. I didn’t know if I wanted to get into track and do something different. That’s where receiving advice from my parents, my advisers, really played a big role.”

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Warriors will rely on versatility, depth to defend LeBron

By ANTONIO GONZALEZ

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(AP) — LeBron James believes there's nobody in the world that can stop him. He's too strong, too fast, too skilled.

A bully with a basketball and beast above the rim.

If the Golden Warriors want to win the title, they'll need to get past James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals starting Thursday night. And not just once — but four times in seven games.

"Some have been successful. Many have failed," said Warriors forward Draymond Green, the runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year and among at least four players who will get their shot at James in the series.

Defending the fourtime MVP is a challenge the Warriors think they're as well equipped as anybody to face.

They had the toprated defense during the regular season and held opponents to a league-low 42.8 percent shooting. They're loaded with length and versatility on the perimeter, and they lean on 7-footer Andrew Bogut to back them up around the basket.

Call it the Irresistible Force Paradox: an unstoppable force meets

an immovable object.

Someone, or something, will surely have to give in this matchup.

"Our defense is the best in the league, but we're looking forward to the challenge," Bogut said.

James had little trouble slicing through Golden State's smothering pressure in the lone game he played against the Warriors this season. He scored a season-high 42 points in the Cavs' 110-99 win in Cleveland on Feb. 26, shot 15 of 25 from the floor and made 8 of 11 free throws.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr called it "one of those games where he was making everything." He said the key to avoiding a repeat performance is clogging the paint and avoiding turnovers that lead to transition baskets.

"Sometimes your best defense is your offense," Kerr said. "You can't get crazy with the ball. A live-ball turnover with LeBron is just a dunk at the other end."

James, who is in his fifth straight finals, has been brilliant in the playoffs. He averaged 27.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 8.3 assists per game while shooting 42.8 percent against Boston, Chicago and Atlanta and often looked flawless.

The Warriors have been tight-lipped about how they'll go about defending James. But,

like anybody, they believe there are ways to disrupt his rhythm.

"We're all human, I would like to think," said Warriors swingman Andre Iguodala, who spent more time defending James than any other player on the team in the previous matchup, according to the SportVU tracking system.

The Warriors are no strangers to stopping stars in these playoffs.

James will be the fourth straight AllNBA First-Team player they face after Houston's James Harden, Memphis' Marc Gasol and New Orleans' Anthony Davis. The fifth member of that team is newly minted MVP Stephen Curry, whom James compared himself to last week when asked how to defend the Warriors point guard.

"The same way you slow me down," he said, pausing for effect. "You can't."

The Warriors will likely do what they did against each team's best player the previous three rounds: mix and match defenders and defensive looks.

Green, Iguodala, Harrison Barnes and Klay Thompson will take turns guarding James. And because the Warriors switch on pick-and-rolls at just about every position, it's not nearly as important who starts on him as it is who finish-

es on him.

Kerr and assistant coach Ron Adams, the de facto defensive coordinator, will likely shift schemes — such as going under screens and over screens, trapping or backing off — several times each game to give James different looks.

James, in his 12th year in the league, has seen just about everything. He said it's always a luxury for a team to have a variety of defensive players, and the Warriors are no different in that regard.

"They have multiple bodies that they can kind of put on me," James said, "but it doesn't affect what I need to do."

The Warriors also want to limit the opportunities James creates for his teammates.

The number of assists he has might be just as important as how points he scores. Collapsing around him and leaving another player open for a 3-pointer can be costly, which is why the Warriors are looking at the defensive plan as a "team challenge."

"It's not one person's job to stop LeBron," Green said. "If we're going to send any one person on our team to stop LeBron, we'll probably lose. It'll be a complete team effort. And as long as we approach it that way, I think we can do it."

The Seth Curry led Warriors will need to bring its added depth to contain LeBron James and the Cavilers in the NBA Finals. The series starts on Thursday.

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My physician at that time requested a second blood test before ordering a change in dosage.

I had not taken my levothyroxine the morning of the first test, but did take it prior to the second test, which had results in the normal range. That physician has since left, and my new doctor recently ordered lab work. Prior to going for the blood draw, I did take levothyroxine.

The readings were TSH 5.60 and 1.69 T4 free, both higher than the normal range. When I asked about them, the assistant said they were not high enough for the doctor to be concerned.

Would these latest readings cause you to or-

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health der a retest or a change in medication? Those two items appeared alone on the last page of the report, and I am suspicious that the doctor may have missed looking at that page. — C.V. Answer: TSH is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland that regulates the amount of thyroid hormone released. When the gland makes too much (as in Graves’ disease), TSH levels are low. If the gland can’t make enough (as in Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism), TSH is high. If TSH and thyroxine (T4) are high, it could be that the pituitary is making too much (usually from a tumor). However, your levels are very close to the normal ranges, and I would recommend a recheck at your next visit.

There are other causes, such as a recent change in thyroxine dose, but

normal variation in hormone levels and in the laboratory are most likely.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have severe allergies from pollen every spring. I have been tested many times and get allergy injections once a week. These seem to help, but what relieves all of my symptoms for the season is an 80-mg Kenalog injection once a year in the beginning of March. I question whether I can stop the allergy shots altogether and just get the Kenalog injection.

I’ve asked my allergy doctor about this, and he indicates that I should stay on the regular allergy shots. He’s not one to talk much, and he’s the only one my insurance allows me to see. Besides the complete allergy relief I get from the steroid shot, I get good side effects — increased energy, and it seems to relieve 75 percent of my lower-back pain, at least for a couple of months. My second question is, How often can a person take this steroid injection without harm? I’m 63 and am

in great shape. — L.F. Answer: I am sorry to report that I don’t recommend steroid injections, such as triamcinolone (Kenalog) at all for seasonal allergies. They certainly are effective, but the absorption is unpredictable. The potential side effects are serious, and there is no way to get rid of the injected steroid if side effects occur. Serious side effects include elevations in blood pressure and blood sugar (occasionally converting borderline high blood sugars to overt diabetes), loss of bone strength and mental status changes, including acute psychosis. You report good side effects, but you might be having significant side effects without knowing it.

A good response to systemic steroids, whether by injection or by oral steroids such as prednisone, predicts a good response to topical nasal steroids, which have far fewer side effects than systemic steroids.

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President Joseph Blatter listens at a press conference at FIFA headquarters during the opening day of the 65th Congress on Saturday in Zurich, Switzerland. Blatter announced Tuesday that he is stepping down from president of the organization. TNS/ZUMA PRESS/i-IMAGES

Blatter says he will resign as FIFA president

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FIFA President Sepp Blatter will resign from soccer’s governing body amid a widening corruption scandal and promised Tuesday to call for fresh elections to choose a successor.

The 79-year-old Blatter was re-elected to a fifth term on Friday, two days after a corruption crisis erupted and seven soccer officials were arrested in Zurich ahead of the FIFA congress.

“This mandate does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football,” Blatter said Tuesday at a hastily arranged news conference in Zurich. “FIFA needs a profound restructuring.”

Elections are expected to take place sometime between December and March.

“I will continue to exercise my function (until the new election),” said Blatter, who looked strained and serious while reading a statement in French before walking off without taking questions.

Three days earlier, Blatter was defiant and feisty in the same room when fending off questions about FIFA’s battered reputation and the chance U.S. federal agencies could seek his arrest.

The U.S. Department of Justice indicted 14 men last Wednesday, including the seven arrested in dawn raids on a luxury Zurich hotel.

The Justice Department said Tuesday it would have no comment on Blatter’s

announcement. The Swiss attorney general said Blatter was not under investigation in Switzerland, but authorities said last week they have opened a criminal probe into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding votes.

Blatter’s decision to stand down came four days after he defeated sole challenger Prince Ali of Jordan 133-73 in the FIFA presidential election for what would have been another four-year term. He has been in office for 17 years.

Michel Platini, the president of European body UEFA, had called for Blatter’s resignation last week before the vote. On Tuesday, he praised Blatter’s decision to go.

“It was a difficult decision, a brave decision, and the right decision,” said Platini, Blatter’s one-time protege.

Platini opted out of taking on Blatter headto-head in last week’s election, but the former France great is a likely candidate for the next vote.

Prince Ali declined to say if he’d run again, but didn’t rule it out.

“I am at the disposal of all the national associations who want a change, including all of those who were afraid to make a change,” Prince Ali said in an interview with CNN. Blatter said he reached the decision to step down after he had “thoroughly considered my presidency and ... the last 40 years in my life.”

Blatter is also a longtime member of the International Olympic Commit-

tee.

“We highly respect this decision of President Blatter to step down and to initiate the necessary reforms, and to make way for a new leadership of FIFA to drive these changes,” IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement.

Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 as technical director for development projects, was promoted to general secretary in 1981 and spent 17 years as right-hand man to Joao Havelange of Brazil before being elected to lead world soccer.

A final few months in office promise to deliver the modernizing reforms Blatter promised in 2011 during a previous corruption crisis but fell short of expectations.

“Since I shall not be a candidate, and am therefore now free from the constraints that elections inevitably impose, I shall be able to focus on driving far-reaching, fundamental reforms that transcend our previous efforts,” Blatter said.

Term limits for his successor and members of the executive committee; a smaller executive panel elected by all FIFA member federations and not just by continent; and tougher integrity checks for candidates done centrally from Zurich are among changes that could be put into place.

Blatter again directed blame at his executive committee colleagues who have repeatedly been implicated in bribery and corruption.

“The executive committee includes representatives of confederations

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over whom we have no control, but for whose actions FIFA is held responsible,” he said.

The new election will be overseen by Domenico Scala, chairman of FIFA’s audit and compliance committee.

Scala gave a statement immediately after Blatter in which he praised a decision that was “difficult and courageous in the current circumstances.”

“This is the most responsible way to ensure an orderly transition,” Scala said. “There is significant work to be done to regain the trust of the public.”

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