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The Weekender Saturday, October 3, 2015
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Can’t take the country out of the boys By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
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hen Duane Bauer cut soybeans west of Elsmore a few days ago, they made 38 bushels to the acre. Generally, that’s not remarkable for beans, but in this case was because they were a short-season variety. “You don’t see that kind of yield but about every 20 years,” said brother Darrell. “They usually make 18 to 20 — in a good year,” said brother Don. With corn harvest drawing to an end, the Bauer triumvirate soon will move on to soybeans in earnest. Don, the oldest brother, predicted good yields, just as they did with corn that averaged in the 135 bushels range, or about 35 bushels above what farmers often say is breakeven for corn’s cost-intensive production. A plus in Bauer fields is that worms haven’t been detected in more than a limited numbers. “I know there are some around” — aerial and other spraying has been common — “but we had maybe one on 50 pods. Not enough to get concerned about.” That the three brothers farm together in what for many are retirement years
The Brothers Bauer — Duane, Darrell and Don — farm the place where they were raised along Big Creek west of Elsmore. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON isn’t happenstance. IN THE LATE 1940s and into halcyon days of the ’50s, Darrell, Duane and Don — now 72, 73 and 74, respectively — were inseparable. They’d take their fishin’ poles and scamper downstream along the banks of Big Creek. A good hole of See BAUERS | Page A6
Former Bowlus director dies Iolan Mary Martin, the longest-serving executive director in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center’s history, died
Mary Martin
Thursday at her home. Martin, 77, served as director from 1984 until 2004. Following Martin’s retirement, the center’s art gallery was named in her honor. She also was active with the Buster Keaton Celebration. Her obituary is on A2.
Lampe resigns Shelia Lampe, executive director at the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce, has resigned. Aileen Wilson, who worked under Lampe at the Chamber office in downtown Iola, confirmed Lampe’s resignation, but did not comment further. Lampe could not immediately be reached for comment. She had been with the Chamber since 2010.
A night to remember
Iola High School’s Yohon Sinclair, left, and Olivia Bannister were crowned 2015 Fall Homecoming King and Queen Friday prior to the Mustangs’ 41-6 win over Central Heights. REGISTER/JONATHAN CZUPRYN
From the music room to the ministry By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register
And the hunt begins...
The Farm-City Days Committee announced its first clue in an ongoing scavenger hunt today. Today’s clue — “State still allows smoking inside. Shaded by elms, enjoy your ride.” — is on A3. Eight clues — one per day — will hint at the location of a hidden medallion. The finder will get $500, provided he has purchased a $2 Farm-City Days button. Then, after the medallion is found, the buttons will be part of a series of drawings for a number of prizes. Here, committee member Aaron Franklin shows off some of the prizes, including a PS4, Apple Watch, iPad Mini and FitBit Watch. Other prizes are Kansas City Chiefs tickets, season passes to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, a family pass to the Iola Municipal Pool, Kindle tablet and membership to Cedarbrook Fitness Center. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Quote of the day Vol. 117, No. 231
Russell Vallier was 25 when he first heard the call to the ministry. “I was sitting in the church choir near a fellow by the name of Jim Lovelace, who was my Sunday school teacher at Caney Methodist Church. The pastor that day called for someone anointed of God, and someone who could help him in the ministry at the various parishes in the Caney area. Well, that still small voice — or whatever you want to call it; the voice of God — it said, ‘That’s you.’ Well, old Jim Lovelace, he kind of looked back at me at that point, too, and I knew then that it was me. “And so, later, Jim called me up and, with no prompt-
Russell Vallier ing, asked, ‘Well — are you interested?’ And so I answered him: ‘No.’” THIRTY years later, however — after a career spent
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as the well-loved vocal music teacher at Chanute High School — Vallier is finally heeding the call that whispered his name a generation earlier. In July, he was See VALLIER | Page A6
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