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THE IOLA REGISTER Wednesday, April 9, 2014

USD 257

Funds, tenure affect schools

By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register

School personnel across the state breathed a sigh of relief Sunday after House Bill 2506 was passed. The bill affects each school district differently. For USD 257, it is a sign of equalization.

“We came out OK,” superintendent of schools Jack Koehn said. “I appreciate our legislators. The equalizations on the LOB will really help the taxpayers.”

Increases in base state aid per pupil used for local option budget will go from $4,4333 to $4,490 for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years.

Base state aid per pupil was increased by $14. There are 1,347 students currently enrolled in the district.

“Enrollment is always a wild card for us,” Koehn said.

“We never know what we’ll get.”

Capital outlay aid for the district will now be $109,496

The school board teachers and administrators need to collaborate and work together now more than ever.

— Jack Koehn, USD 257 superintendent of schools

which Koehn said is a little bit more. This aid helps fix and repair capital equipment and facilities. It comes from the local mill levy.

Some programs were sacrificed to enable more funding for basic needs. Nonproficient at-risk weighting was eliminated. This was $13,482 for USD 257 and helped students who did not make the proficiency level on the state assessments in reading and math.

The one policy in the bill that is on every teacher’s radar is tenure. Legislators

tacked this portion onto the bill at the last minute. Koehn wasn’t very happy to see this, and is reassuring his faculty.

“It’s not something I would have done,” he said. “It’s put more pressure on administration. We have a lot of good teachers here.”

Koehn said there are still a lot of questions to be answered about the tenure issue. Currently, teachers who have taught three years or more have tenure and are evaluated every three years.

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Gas storm shelter construction on track

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

GAS — Construction of a community storm shelter here was scheduled to start today.

The shelter will be just southwest of the old Gas School and conveniently close to the parking lot in front of the school. Initial work will be preparing its base and pouring a concrete pad to hold the shelter.

The shelter will be 10 by 30

feet, seven feet tall, and made of quarter-inch steel plate. A vault-type door will be on either end, and large enough to accommodate wheelchairs.

Seats will line each of the longer walls and a third row will be in the middle.

The shelter will cost $54,000, which Gas has in reserve, said Rhonda Hill, city clerk.

The only concern at Tuesday evening’s council meeting was exact location.

A slough runs along the west side of the school, which

prompted several council members to say they thought it would be better to move the shelter further east, even onto the parking lot, to avoid the low area. Their fear is the lowlying and often wet area will not provide the best base.

Mayor Darrell Catron, with council members’ blessing, will be on hand to discuss with the construction crew exactly where to place the shelter.

While the shelter, in the works for about two years, is on track, refitting the school

as a community center has council members’ attention.

Shoeb Uddin, a civil engineer formerly with the city of Lawrence, recently surveyed the building.

“He thinks we got a good deal” and that the school can be converted to a community center without too much expense, Catron said. Gas purchased the school for $1 from USD 257 last year.

Handicap-accessibility has been a concern.

Uddin suggested remov-

ing a portion of steps leading into the school and install a platform lift to give easy access for people in wheelchairs and those who have difficulty with steps. A few changes will make a unisex restroom accessible.

Councilman Larry Robertson, a mason, said he would donate his time to reconfigure and enlarge the restroom door, which “probably can be done for $200 to $300.”

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USD 256

Bill gives district a funding boost

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Getting ready Bill Mentzer, left, fills fruit cups that Marvin Valentine then put on tables for this morning’s Lenten breakfast at Calvary United Methodist Church. The final in the series of Easter season breakfasts will be at First Christian Church next Wednesday morning, starting at 7 o’clock. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON

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MORAN — Marmaton Valley USD 256 will have nearly $77,000 more to spend on education next school year through provisions of the new school finance bill.

The only catch is that the district’s enrollment stays the same.

“We’ve been trending down the past several years,” lamented Superintendent David Hardage.

The $14 increase in base state aid per pupil will mean an additional $7,846, although that will be tempered by a $2,696 loss in cuts to non-proficient aid, leaving a net gain of $5,150. That is based on this year’s full-time equivalent enrollment of 295.5, plus various weighting

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factors that pushes it higher.

The non-proficient aid went to help students who struggle with math and reading.

The district will gain $71,611 in local option budget funding, putting overall increase at $77,000.

Hardage said the district had exercised LOB authority at 21 percent of the general fund, with no intention of seeking a higher percentage. At 100 percent funding, a provision of the bill, state aid will account for about 56 percent of LOB revenue.

As for termination of tenure protection for teachers, Hardage said if he were still a teacher — he was in the classroom for 15 years — he wouldn’t be pleased.

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LIBERAL — Voters had to pass two ballots Tuesday for a $127.865 million Liberal USD 480 bond issue to move forward — and they did.

A proposed city sales tax increase of 0.5 percent was needed to help finance the project and it passed 1,985 to 539.

A second ballot question asked USD 480 voters for the go-ahead on the bond issue. The unofficial tally showed voters approving the bond issue 2,023-632.

“It’s great news,” said Superintendent Paul Larkin. “We’re so proud of the community for getting out and getting engaged.”

PLANNING for the election started last summer. A vision team provided input and the resulting proposal contained three brand-new elementary schools and two brand-new middle schools, as well as other upgrades at facilities.

Board member Crystal Clemens was pleased when she heard the bond issue passed.

Thank you and congratulations to the community on such a positive step for the future.

— Paul Larkin, superintendent of schools for USD 480

“I’m very excited,” Clemens said. “It was overwhelming.

That speaks volumes about what our community wants.”

Proponents pointed to state aid, which would cover roughly half of the $127.865 million.

They also noted the need to eliminate overcrowding at Liberal High School and to reduce class size.

Opponents voiced concern about the impact on property taxes and the sales tax increase that could last 25 years.

Whether they voted for or against the bond issue and sales tax increase, Larkin was proud of the community for getting informed about what the district needs. He recalled a $61 million bond issue in 2009 that voters rejected. Although he

was “cautiously optimistic” the current bond issue would pass, he didn’t know it would be approved by such a wide margin.

“It’s tough to ask somebody to vote to increase their taxes,” he said.

Next, officials will travel to districts in the Kansas City area to identify buildings that would fit the mold the district is looking for. Finding a building with a concept that they like will speed up the planning process and save the district time and money, Larkin said.

He hopes to break ground on some projects within the calendar year.

“Thank you and congratulations to the community on such a positive step for the future,” he said.

Will boost College of Engineering

Couple gives $1.5 million to KSU MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — An Arizona couple has given Kansas State University $1.5 million toward the expansion of the College of Engineering.

The university announced the gift from Tucson residents Alan and Jan Levin on Tuesday. The Levins are natives of Kensington,

Kan., and own Century Park Properties LLC in Tucson.

The donation will help complete the fourth phase of the $45 million expansion of the engineering college. The project will consolidate operations now spread among multiple campus locations.

Kansas State hopes

Police report Driver arrested

Jacob R. Storrer, rural Iola, was arrested early Sunday morning in the 2100 block of Nebraska Road for driving while his driver’s license was

expired, no proof of liability insurance, illegal display and basic rule governing speed, secondary to a traffic stop for excessive speed. He later was released on bond.

Public notice (First published in The Iola Register on April 9, 2014) RESOLUTION NO. 2014-04 A RESOLUTION SETTING A DATE AND TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE SPECIFIED STRUCTURES SHOULD NOT BE FOUND UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND ORDERED REPAIRED OR DEMOLISHED. WHEREAS, the Public Officer of the City of Moran, Kansas, has inspected the structures located on the following described properties in response to complaints filed regarding their fitness for human use or habitation, to-wit: Moran City, Block 13, Lot 11 AKA 435 N. Cedar; AND, WHEREAS, upon such inspection, the Public Officer has filed his written reports finding that the structures on such properties are unfit for human habitation and because of the dilapidated and unsafe conditions present therein, constitute

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a public nuisance and a general blight upon the neighborhood and surrounding properties.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Governing Body of the City of Moran, Kansas. That notice is hereby given pursuant to Chapter 8, Article 5, Section 8-501, et seq., of the Moran Municipal Code that a hearing be held by the governing body of the City of Moran, Kansas on the 5th day of May at 2013 at 6:45 PM at the City Hall, Moran, Kansas, for any interested party to show cause why the structures located on the above described premises should not be condemned and ordered repaired or demolished.

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to finish the expansion by the fall of 2015. The university said the Alan and Jan Levin Student Design Team Suite will offer space for design competitions.

Alan Levin earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State, and Jan Levin worked for K-State Research and Extension.

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Halstead tries cash incentives HALSTEAD, Kan. (AP) — Halstead is offering financial incentives aimed at encouraging people to move to the south-central Kansas city.

It is offering Chamber Bucks, which may be spent only in Halstead, for city and school expenses and at most of its businesses, The Wichita Eagle reported.

The city will provide $25 Chamber Bucks for signing up for utilities or enrolling a child in school, and up to $1,500 for a new resident with a new student and new job in town. A newly built house earns $2,500 in Chamber Bucks.

“You hear about incentive programs all the time, but this one

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down Skyline Homes plant in Halstead last year. RedGuard promised to create 60 jobs but also received a 100 percent tax abatement for 10 years.

Hatfield said he wanted ways to make up the $22,000 in property tax per year that Skyline wouldn’t be paying on the vacant plant.

He said the Chamber Bucks program will largely pay for itself with increased tax revenue. The committee overseeing the program has about $10,000, and has commitments from the city, school district and chamber for another $28,000 if needed.

“If this works, everybody wins,” Hatfield said.

Stabbings at Pennsylvania school MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — An official says four students were believed to be seriously injured at a high school near Pittsburgh, where a student with a knife stabbed or slashed others, injuring as many as 20, early this morning.

Westmoreland County emergency management spokesman Dan Stevens says not all of the 20 injured were cut by the knife, though most were. Some suffered scrapes and cuts in the mayhem that ensued at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville.

Stevens says it doesn’t appear any students suffered lifethreatening injuries.

He says all the injured are between 14 and 17 years old.

The suspect, a male student, was taken into custody and is being

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is unique,” said Bill Charlsen, president of the Halstead Chamber of Commerce. “It has enough teeth in it to move somebody to come here or bring their children here.”

Halstead, a city of about 1,800 residents northwest of Wichita, has been trying to adapt after it lost hundreds of high-paying jobs when Halstead Hospital closed in 2002 and the Hertzler Clinic closed soon after that.

City administrator J.R. Hatfield came up with the Chamber Bucks idea a few months ago after RedGuard, a Wichita company that makes blast-resistant containers, bought the closed-

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Stevens says the suspect used a knife, though he didn’t say what kind or why he attacked the others.

The district serves about 3,600 students who live in the bedroom communities of Murrysville, Export and Delmont.

Financial Focus Put Your Tax Refund to Work

It may not be all that much fun to file your taxes, but, while you’re working on them, you do get to eagerly anticipate that one big question: Will I or won’t I get a tax refund? If you receive a refund, you’ll have to answer another question: What should I do with it?

Your answer may depend, at least in part, on the size of your refund. In 2013, the average federal tax refund was about $2,650. Of course, your refund may be less than this amount (although it could also be more), but if you were to receive a $2,650 refund this year, what would you do with it?

For one thing, you could put the money into an IRA. In 2014, you can put in up to $5,500 to a traditional or Roth IRA, so your $2,650 would represent nearly half your total yearly contribution. (If you’re 50 or older, you can put in up to another $1,000, for a total limit of $6,500.) But even if you only put in that $2,650, and you left it alone, it could grow significantly. In fact, after 30 years, your $2,650 would have grown to more than $20,000, assuming no further contributions and a hypothetical 7 percent annual return. And if you were able to put in that same $2,650 every single year for 30 years, again earning the same hypothetical 7 percent annual return, you would end up with almost $268,000*. Keep in mind, though, that you will eventually be taxed on your traditional IRA earnings. Earnings in a Roth IRA can be withdrawn taxfree, provided you don’t start taking withdrawals until you’re 59-1/2 and you’ve had your account at least five years.

While funding your IRA certainly can be beneficial, it’s not the only choice you have for making good use of your tax refund. Here are a few other possibilities: • Pay off some debts. If you have a large tax refund, you could use the money to retire some debts, or at least cut them down to a more manageable size. And the lower your debt load, the more money you will have available to invest for your future.

• Help build an emergency fund. It’s a good idea to build an emergency fund containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses, with the money held in a low-risk, liquid account. Without such a fund, you may be forced to dip into your long-term investments to pay for short-term needs, such as a new furnace, a major car repair or a sizable medical bill. Consequently, you may want to put some, or all, of your tax refund into such a fund.

• Invest in a college savings vehicle. You could use your tax refund to invest in a college savings vehicle, such as a 529 plan. With this plan, your earnings grow tax-free, provided all withdrawals are used for higher education expenses. (Keep in mind, though, that 529 plan distributions not used for qualified expenses may be subject to federal and state income tax and a 10% IRS penalty.)

As you can see, you’ve got some good choices for using your tax refund wisely. Consider them carefully, and make the moves that work best for you.

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Today-Colony Day meeting, City Hall community room, 7 p.m.; Working Wonders Christian Women’s Council, Christian Church, 7 p.m.; Rural Water District No. 5 board meeting, board office, 8 p.m.; 11-15-Recycle trailer, Pine Street, in front of City Hall area, Friday, leaves Tuesday; 14-Crest school board meets at board office, 7 p.m.; 15- Library board meeting, City Hall, 5:30 p.m.16-Lions Club, United Methodist Church, 7 p.m.

School calendar

Thursday-high school track meet at Eureka; middle school at Central Heights, 2 p.m.; FridayMonday-seniors on senior trip; middle school dance, 7-10 p.m.; Fridayone-act regional; April 16-high school track meet at Pleasanton; middle school track meet at Emporia, 9 a.m.

Meal site

Friday-ham or fish, sweet potato, mixed veggies, bread, pears; Monday-Mr. Rib, baked beans, spinach salad, bun, peaches; Wednesday-birthday meal-fried chicken breast, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, roll, cake and ice cream. Phone 620-8523450 for reservations.

Churches

Scripture presented Sunday were excerpts from the Gospels. Pastor Mark McCoy’s sermon was “The Story, Chapter, 25-Jesus the Son of God.” Community Good Friday services, 7 p.m.

April 18 at the Christian Church.

Scripture presented at the United Methodist Church Sunday was Psalm 130, Ezekiel 37:114, Romans 8:6-11 and John 11:1-45.

Pastor Dorothy Welch presented the sermon, “A New Life.”

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Claudette presented the lesson on Herod’s wife, Joan, who became a disciple and was present when John the Baptist was crucified. A community tea was discussed for June. The April challenge for the group is books for children to be distributed to doctors’ offices, Hope Unlimited, etc., for children to take to their homes. They received 106 bears of love for children for their March challenge. The May lesson leader and refreshment hostess is Debbie Wools.

Sue Colgin, Charlotte Wallace, Jane Ward and Pat Hildebrand attended a conference in Ottawa on Saturday.

Clean-up week

Anderson County Clean-up Week is April 14-19. The waste station is at 25404 NE Nebraska Road. Hours are Monday through Friday 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. until noon.

Anderson County residents may dump for free, but must have waste sorted. There is a charge for tires. For more information, phone 785-4483109.

Extension

Beth Ireland, Greenwood County Extension agent, will share how to improve functional ability and health at a meeting from noon to 1 p.m. on April 23.

Research shows it doesn’t take hours of painful, sweat-soaked exercise to achieve most of the health benefits of physical activity. Learn how you can improve quality of life with a few minutes of physical activity every day.

A light lunch will be served. There will be a fee of $2 to cover lunch expenses. Must register for hand-

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$111 million will make improvements to both high schools outs. Phone 785-448-6153 or email nschuster@ ksu.edu.

Around town

We welcome newcomers to our town. They are Roy Jones and family and John and Jessica Thompson and children. The Thompsons purchased the late Pearl Wells home on Gar Street.

Thelma Culler enjoyed her birthday when her husband took her to the Diner. Son James Smart, LaHarpe, son Nathan, Manhattan, and daughter Emily, LaHarpe, visited. Phoning were Jerald Smart, Scipio (who later visited); Joseph Smart, Cincinnati, Ohio; and her granddaughter, Martie Irene Smart, Fairfax, Va. Others visiting were her sister and husband, Gurdon and Darlene Olsen, Greeley, and friends Ron Cunningham and Darlene Hall, who brought dessert.

Jane Ward celebrated her birthday Wednesday when Jeanie Ray hosted a party for her at the City Hall community room. Around 18 people brought a breakfast dish and birthday cake was also served. She received many cards.

Sympathy is extended to area relatives and friends of Lawrence Herrmann, 85, former Kincaid resident, who passed away March 31 at his home in Moran.

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — An election conducted by mail has ended with voters in the Salina school district approving a $111 million bond issue.

Participation was nearly 66 percent in the mail-in balloting, which ended at noon Tuesday.

Saline County clerk Don Merriman announced shortly after deadline that roughly 8,400 ballots were cast in favor, with about 5,600 against. About 500 votes remained to be counted.

Funds from the bond issue will deal with numerous needs

in the district, including safety and security, all-day kindergarten and career and technical education.

Officials also plan improvements at both high schools in the central Kansas district and construction of storm shelters at all schools.

Teachers vow to fight for rights TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Leaders of the top Kansas teachers’ union are vowing to continue the fight through November’s elections against the Legislature’s vote to eliminate tenure.

Lawmakers inserted the provision Sunday into a bill that increases state funding for public schools. The

measure is now on Gov. Sam Brownback’s desk.

The Kansas National Education Association said Tuesday that ending tenure would limit teachers’ ability to advocate for their students’ best interests.

The union also says depriving teachers of the administrative due process provided by tenure puts their jobs in jeop-

ardy.

Proponents of the change included conservative Republicans and the group Americans for Prosperity.

They argued the move would give local school boards and administrators more power to remove underperforming teachers and would improve the quality of public education.

Kobach lawsuit returned TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has agreed with the American Civil Liberties Union that a state court should decide a lawsuit challenging Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s enforcement of the state’s voter-citizenship rule.

U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren in Wichi-

ta returned the lawsuit Tuesday to Shawnee County District Court.

The ACLU filed the case last year in state court, challenging plans by Kobach to create separate rules for Kansans using a state registration form and those using a federal form.

The state form requires voters to

provide documents proving their U.S. citizenship. The federal form does not.

Kobach wanted the ACLU lawsuit heard by Melgren.

Kansas and Arizona have sued the federal government and Melgren last month ordered a modification of the national voter registration form.

Many Obamacare critics accept its subsidies

By CHARLES BABINGTON The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several big corporations have reaped millions of dollars from “Obamacare” even as they support GOP candidates who vow to repeal the law. This condemn-while-benefiting strategy angers Democrats, who see some of their top congressional candidates struggling against waves of anti-Obamacare ads partly funded by these companies.

Among the corporations is a familiar Democratic nemesis, Koch Industries, the giant conglomerate headed by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.

They and some conservative allies are spending millions of dollars to hammer Democratic senators in North Carolina, Alaska, Colorado, Iowa and elsewhere, chiefly for backing President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

Senate Majority Leader Harry

Reid, D-Nev., renewed his criticisms of the Kochs this week. In a Senate chamber speech, Reid noted that Koch Industries benefited from a temporary provision of the health care law.

The Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, Reid said, “helped the company pay health insurance costs for its retirees who are not covered by Medicare.” Reid asked sarcastically: “So it’s OK for Koch Industries to save money through Obamacare” even as Koch-related groups seek the law’s repeal.

When Congress enacted the health care law in 2010, it appropriated $5 billion for the temporary reinsurance program. The goal was to subsidize employers’ costs for workers who retire before they become eligible for Medicare. Hundreds of employers applied — many were corporations, cities and public universities — and virtually all the money was soon distributed.

“If the Affordable Care Act is

so awful,” Reid asked, “why did Koch Industries use it to their advantage?”

Federal records show that Koch Industries received $1.4 million in early retiree subsidies. A Koch Industries spokesman said he had no comment on Reid’s latest criticisms.

The Koch consortium may be the loudest “Obamacare” critic among the subsidized employers.

But many others accepted the subsidies while heavily backing GOP House and Senate candidates, most of whom call for repealing the 2010 health care law.

One of the biggest subsidy recipients was AT&T, at $213 million. More than half of the $56 million in AT&T-related political donations went to Republicans during the 25-year period.

Spokesmen for AT&T and Altria declined to comment about accepting “Obamacare” subsidies while funding candidates who want to repeal the law.

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Thrive Allen County’s David Toland on panel

County officials say health rankings a powerful tool

By MIKE SHERRY KHI News Service

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Bugging people to exercise may not be the best way to encourage healthy behaviors among local residents, according to panelists who came here to discuss recently released health rankings for Kansas counties.

More subtle approaches have worked in Allen, Sedgwick and Wyandotte counties, people from those communities said Monday at a forum held at Sporting Park, the home of Kansas City’s Major League Soccer team.

Simply providing a safe place to walk has been effective in promoting exercise in Allen County, said David Toland, director of Thrive Allen County, a nonprofit aimed at improving the quality of life in the county. Eighteen miles of new, local trails have been built in the past five years, he said.

“People don’t (use the trails) for health reasons necessarily,” Toland said, “maybe some do, but they are doing it because it feels good, because they like it.”

Different focus

Wyandotte County has shifted the emphasis of the Parks and Recreation Department from play to wellness, said Mark Holland, mayor of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan. That focus, Holland said, spurred the commission last year to ear-

mark $6 million in casino-generated, municipal revenue to help build a community center near downtown Kansas City, Kan. Holland and Toland were among the speakers at the forum, organized by the Kansas Health Institute and its partners, to discuss the annual County Health Rankings compiled by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The latest rankings, which are released annually, were released last month.

Also speaking at the forum were Sedgwick County Commissioner Tim Norton, Julie Willems Van Dijk of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and several policy analysts from KHI, the parent organization of the editorially independent KHI News Service.

The 2014 report ranked the health of 98 of the state’s 105 counties. Wyandotte County, which ranked 96, and a cluster of counties in the southeast corner of the state continued to be near the bottom of the rankings. Allen County is an exception as it now ranks 79th, up 13 spots from its initial ranking in 2009.

Small steps

Those involved with Wyandotte County’s health improvement initiative understand that its results may not be evident for a generation,

deep community roots highlighted by some of Monday’s speakers, who said their families go back generations in their counties.

“I think you have a lot of great momentum here in Kansas,” she said.

Community conversations

David Toland, right, executive director of Thrive Allen County, spoke at a health forum in Kansas City, Kan., on Monday. Looking on were Joe Connor, center, of the Wyandotte County health department, and Tim Norton of Sedgwick County. Photo by Mike Sherry/KHI said Unified Government Public Health Director Joe Connor. To stay energized, he said, they focus instead on intermediate steps, such as developing a sidewalk plan so that residents will have infrastructure that encourages walking and other physical activity.

Van Dijk said Kansas

communities were using the health rankings reports exactly as envisioned by the authors.

“It is really all about taking action,” she said.

Unlike other states, Van Dijk said, Kansas has strong partnership between hospitals and the public health system. She also noted the

Norton sits on the United Way board in Sedgwick County, which is home to Wichita, the state’s largest city. He said the report, which ranked Sedgwick County 69th, has helped community development discussions.

“So when we are talking about a neighborhood we want to revitalize or a problem that we have in the community,” he said, “then we have some really rich data that can be integrated with what the United Way has put together and that kind of interjects the health conversation into those decisions.”

Experts cautioned that efforts prompted by the health rankings could take years to bear fruit.

Toland said some of Allen County’s move up in the rankings may be partially attributable to the fact that some surrounding counties are getting worse.

Nevertheless, he said, the improved ranking in his county was something that Thrive Allen County notes to prospective businesses looking to locate in the area.

Residents are also taking note of the improved ranking.

“People are starting to see this as a source of pride,” he said.

More than 110 people took part in the forum, including more than three dozen listening via webcast. The group included representatives from local health departments, hospitals and nonprofit organizations.

Poll: Majority favor Medicaid expansion

By JIM McLEAN KHI News Service

TOPEKA — Poll results released today indicate that the Medicaid expansion issue could be a factor in the Kansas governor’s race.

The poll, conducted last week for MoveOn. org Political Action, a left-leaning group dedicated to “progressive change,” showed that 52 percent of Kansans favored expanding the

health care program to more low-income adults.

Approximately a third said they were opposed to Medicaid expansion and 13 percent said they weren’t sure. In addition, 41 percent of voters said Brownback’s failure to expand Medicaid would make them less likely to vote for him.

Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, N.C., conducted the survey, which also showed Democrat Paul Davis leading Republican incumbent

Sam Brownback 45 percent to 41 percent with 14 percent undecided.

The results from other states showed other GOP incumbents trailing Democratic challengers in part due to their opposition to expansion.

Burdett Loomis, a University of Kansas political scientist, said that Brownback and Republican legislative leaders opposed to the Affordable Care Act have so far been able to “shut off any consideration of

Medicaid expansion.”

Davis, the leader of the Democratic minority in the Kansas House, was a vocal supporter of expansion during the 2013 legislative session but has been less eager to discuss the issue since declaring his candidacy for governor, presumably due to its association with the Affordable Care Act, which remains unpopular with the public according to tracking polls by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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USD 257: Tenure Gas:

protection, which I don’t think is a good thing,” he said. “It caught me off guard,” when it became a prominent consideration of whether the bill would pass out of the Legislature.

Looking at loss of tenure from a pragmatic perspective, Hardage said as an administrator he could see advantages.

“Every school has a teacher who has been teaching for a long time and gets burned out, and you can’t make a change,” he said, which will become more doable with repeal of tenure.

Hardage said the new bill treated Marmaton Valley much better than

Koehn isn’t quite sure how evaluations will work in the future.

“The school board, teachers and administrators need to collaborate and work together now more than ever,” Koehn said. “We all want the same results and that’s for the kids to learn.”

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either House or Senate bills that were being considered last week.

That would have been particularly true with significant cuts to state aid for transportation.

Then, Marmaton Valley was looking at transportation funding losses of as much as $24,000 in the Senate bill and more than $7,000 with the one floating in the House.

Being a rural district, many Marmaton Valley students, including those from the ElsmoreSavonburg area, ride buses to school each day.

Tracking the school finance bill as it wove its way through the two legislative chambers was a little more difficult for

Hardage than some other area lead administrators. In his fourth year at Moran, his contract calls for him to be in house 60 percent of the time, normally Monday through Wednesday each week.

“I retired as superintendent at Greenfield, Mo., (where he lives full time) in 2008, and had kind of muddled around for a couple years when this job came up,” Hardage said.

“I have a little house rented in Moran and stay over if the weather is bad, or if I’m needed for something,” he said, but usually drives back to Greenfield Wednesday evening, a journey of about 100 miles.

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THE NEW school finance bill also puts the state’s school districts up against the wall when it comes to building new facilities.

Under previous law, the state would help finance the construction of new facilities

according to their needs. For USD 257, it could expect to receive 49 percent funding from the state.

That additional funding expires for any new building projects approved after July 1.

The USD 257 school board recently proposed a bond issue for $35 million. The vote is scheduled for June 24, just six days shy of the cutoff mark.

If passed, the funds would be used to construct a new elementary facility in the district and make significant improvements to the high school and middle schools.

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The only glaring need is the roof, which leaked in a handful of isolated places with last week’s heavy rainfall.

Catron said Bob Hosack, an independent grant writer from Chanute, plans to attend the council’s May 13 meeting to discuss how major projects, such roof repairs, might be financed.

In other business, council members approved Hill’s purchase of a Dell computer for about $1,000 for City Hall. Also, it was noted that Steve Robb, city superintendent, has returned to work part time. He has been laid up for three months with a severe lung disease.

Opinion A5 The Iola Register

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

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Time to capitalize on slight uptick in population Break out the bubbly.

According to recent U.S. Census reports, Iola added 12 residents from 2011 to 2012.

Now before you snicker, realize it’s the first time in decades Iola has witnessed an increase in population.

If you are one of the select few who helped nudge the city count from a negative to a positive, stand up and take a bow.

We hope you like it here. issue of “Smithsonian” magazine names its top 10 small towns in the United States.

Those that make the mark stood out for specific reasons.

Chautauqua, N.Y., for example, markets its educational roots in the Chautauqua Movement of the 1870s, where speakers would travel the country lecturing on a variety of subjects.

The chautauquas were as much entertainment as education. From these roots came the Chautauqua Institute. Today, the small town of 400 swells to 7,500 as visitors partake in its nineweek summer program of lectures exploring politics, economics, international relations, literature, science and religion.

Healdsburg, Calif., population 11,400, sits in the middle of wine country in Sonoma Valley.

Instead of marketing its heady wines, the small town is becoming known for its farm-to-table restaurants that feature locally grown food. In fact, some are pulling up vines to plant beets and lettuce and raise animals. That’s saying something since the grape-growing land there fetches $200,000 an acre.

Healdsburg has also done a good job of preserving its history around its downtown plaza — think Iola’s square — which helps attracts visitors and locals alike.

Williamsburg, Va., has worked to capture its historical significance. Steamboat Springs, Colo., has THIS

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become a mecca for music with a symphony, chamber orchestra, opera and worldclass summer festival. Nebraska City, Neb., capitalizes as being a stop along the Underground Railroad, as well as a layover for explorers Lewis and Clark.

Of the 10 cities profiled, Iola comes closest to Lanesboro, Minn., a small town in the southeast corner that almost called it quits when the railroad pulled up stakes.

Instead, residents came together to capitalize on their assets. Today, the town of 745 is a destination for theater-lovers who stay in bed and breakfasts in renovated Victorian homes. Another draw is 60 miles of bike paths, an arts center, and specifically, the Commonweal Theatre that attracts world class entertainment.

Nothing that we don’t have at our fingertips.

ACCORDING to a study by the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University, Allen County’s projected population for 2040 is 9,498, down from today’s 13,225, if the status quo is our modus operandi.

We can bury our heads in the sand and say we don’t need new schools, more housing or new business.

But when we come to that, Iola will be a diminished version.

Over the past 10 years Iola has lost 10 percent of its population. That’s not the case for everyone in these parts. Humboldt has held steady with only a drop of 2.2 percent over the same period and Chanute and Garnett have had decreases of 2.7 and 1.3 percent, respectively.

It’s not a coincidence they all have devoted considerable resources to their schools.

We should take the recent uptick in Iola’s population as a sign. People want to live here. Let’s give them a host of reasons.

— Susan Lynn

Letter to the editor To Gov. Brownback and Kansas legislators:

Kansas public education should be a source of pride for Kansas. Instead, the governing body of Kansas is bowing to some obscenely wealthy Kansas business people who ultimately will not only set Kansas and its children back years on edu-

cation but also will cause an exodus of Kansas families who truly care about the future of their children. Because if they stay in Kansas, there will be no future for their children.

It is a very sad day for Kansas.

Cindy Folk, Iola, Kan.

A�look�back�in�time � 50 Years Ago Week of April 6, 1964

The closing of Kent’s Store in Humboldt marks the end of 44 years in the department store business for owner W. R. (Ralph) Kent and 35 years in the business for Mr. Kent. The first Kent’s Store was in Colony, purchased from the Newtons in 1918 and operated by John H. Kent. Ralph joined the firm in 1920 and moved

it to the west side of the square in Humboldt in 1929.

He moved it to 814 Bridge St. in 1942. In Iola, the Kents bought the Melaney Store in 1955, operating it until 1958 when it was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Clay Trout. Since the spring of 1958, the Humboldt store has been managed by E.L. Phillips. The Kents plan to continue to make their home in Humboldt.

Bush strong on immigration reform Here’s Jeb Bush on immigration reform: “Someone who comes to our country because they couldn’t come legally ... and they crossed the border because they had no other means to work, to be able to provide for their family, yes, they broke the law, but it’s not a felony. … It’s an act of love, it’s an act of commitment to your family.”

Bush’s sentiments, which were expressed Sunday during an interview on Fox News, offer a sliver of nuance to an issue too often characterized by gross exaggerations.

Too bad for Bush, a Republican, former governor of Florida and potential 2016 presidential candidate, his party’s most active base is not interested in subtle points about illegal immigration.

The right’s prevailing response to a discussion of reforming U.S. immigration law is to label it “amnesty,” as in unfairly and unjustly rewarding immigrants who entered the country illegally.

Immigration reform, if done properly, won’t mean the

Immigration reform, if done properly, won’t mean the waving of a magic wand that automatically makes immigrants U.S. citizens.

waving of a magic wand that automatically makes immigrants U.S. citizens.

All significant bipartisan proposals for reform have established what’s called “a pathway to citizenship” for the undocumented. These require paying fines, undergoing basic citizenship training and following other guidelines asked of all would-be naturalized citizens.

This is a recognition that it’s in the best interest of the United States to account for and welcome the vast majority of immigrants who are seeking their version of the American Dream. Reform done right also doubles down efforts to rid the nation of violent criminals who illegally crossed U.S. borders.

A STRONG immigration reform law would also look out for regions where illegal immigrants have settled. These are often rural communities struggling under the strain of a swelling immigrant population.

Most importantly, reform should recognize that mass deportation of an estimated 11 million people who illegally crossed a U.S. border is not financially feasible.

We presume Bush understands the political risk he is taking. We are encouraged that his remarks might be the best way for Americans to put aside rhetoric and begin to have a mature discussion about immigration reform.

— The Anniston (Ala.) Star

The pope hoes a long, uphill row I like Pope Francis, too, though I won’t be thoroughly smitten by him until he changes his mind on celibacy, contraception and equality for women in the church.

Still, he seems like a good man, and his humility and modesty appear to be having a healthy influence on his flock.

Recently, Francis rid the church of Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, the so-called “Bishop of Bling,” for billing the Vatican and German taxpayers for $42 million to renovate his Limburg residence, including $620,000 for artwork and $1.1 million for landscaping. The Los Angeles Times reports that when the bishop went to India to minister to the poor, he flew, of course, first class.

Others took notice of the bishop’s dismissal. Last week Archbishop William Gregory of Atlanta decided that spending $2.2 million for a 6,400-square-foot, Tudor-style mansion to serve as his residence wasn’t such a good idea.

And Archbishop John Myers of Newark, N.J., is facing considerable criticism for planning a $500,000 renovation to his luxurious retirement home, including another elevator, an indoor therapy pool, and an office library.

The Catholic Church is renowned for its opulence and pomp, but it has no monopoly on failure to consider the lilies. Western protestants often forget that it’s the meek who will inherit the earth and that the rich will have an easier time getting through the eye of a needle than into the kingdom.

John Crisp McClatchy -Tribune News In fact, for world-class misplaced, materialistic religious values, consider the “prosperity gospel,” the dubious notion that God means for us to be wealthy — or at least comfortable — and that righteousness is rewarded with money. An Internet search of the term immediately produces references to the ministries of Joel Osteen of Houston and Kenneth Copeland of Fort Worth, Texas.

Osteen, smooth and well groomed, and the folksy Copeland run tax-exempt, multimillion-dollar televangelical enterprises that depend on contributions from the needy in spirit and pocketbook. The New York Times reports that the average weekly contribution at Osteen’s church is a million dollars and an additional $20 million or so are donated every year by mail. Estimates of Osteen’s net worth range from $40 million to $58 million, and he lives in a $10.5 million mansion.

Copeland’s public claim in 2008 to be a billionaire “in the Kingdom of God” might be an exaggeration, but his $20 million jet, private airport and sumptuous properties indicate that the prosperity gospel has been very, very good to him.

So why are Copeland,

Osteen and the pope in the same column? In February, charismatic Catholic Tony Palmer, a self-proclaimed friend of the pope, brought a video reputedly sent by Pope Francis to a meeting of evangelicals hosted in Dallas by Copeland. In the video Francis delivers gentle, friendly bromides promoting unity and brotherhood.

Having risen to the top of the Catholic hierarchy, Francis is probably anything but naive. Still, one wonders how much he knew about his audience and their evangelical wealth. Or whether he knows that, after the pope’s message, Copeland broke into mysterious unknown tongues that sounded strangely like Italian.

Christianity has always had an uncomfortable relationship with wealth. It emerged in a world of poverty and oppression, but it was never interested in improving its adherents’ financial status.

The rich don’t fare well in the New Testament, more apt to be tossed into the lake of fire than to make their way into the kingdom. In the Bible’s most-ignored verse, Jesus disappoints a smug rich man: “If thou will be perfect go and sell that thou hast, and give it to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven.”

In fact, is there any element of the Gospel that comfortable, wealthy Western Christians — and their leadership — have gotten more wrong than their failure to rely on the biblical injunction to lay up your treasures in Heaven, not on earth? Pope Francis has his work cut out for him.

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Medicare a boon to doctors WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare paid a tiny group of doctors $3 million or more apiece in 2012. One got nearly $21 million.

Those are among the findings of an Associated Press analysis of physician data released today by the Obama administration, part of a move to open the books on health care financing.

Topping Medicare’s list was Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, whose relationship with Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., made headlines last year after news broke that the lawmaker used the doctor’s personal jet for trips to the Dominican Republic. Medicare paid Melgen $20.8 million.

AP’s analysis found that a small sliver of the more than 825,000 individual physicians in Medicare’s claims data base — just 344 physicians — took in top dollar, at least $3 million apiece for a total of nearly $1.5 billion.

AP picked the $3 million threshold because that was the figure used by the Health and Human Services inspector general in an audit last year that recommended Medicare automatically scrutinize total billings above a set level. Medicare says it’s working on that recommendation.

About 1 in 4 of the top-paid doctors — 87 of them — practice in Florida, a state known both for high Medicare spending and widespread fraud. Rounding out the top five states were California with 38 doctors in the top group, New Jersey with 27, Texas with 23, and New York with 18.

In the $3 million-plus club, 151 ophthalmologists — eye specialists — accounted for nearly $658 million in Medicare payments, leading other disciplines. Cancer doctors rounded out the top four specialty groups, accounting for a combined total of more than $477 million in payments.

Overall, Medicare paid individual physicians nearly $64 billion in 2012.

The median payment — the point at which half the amounts are higher and half are lower — was $30,265.

AP’s analysis focused on individual physicians, excluding about 55,000 organizations that also appear in the database, such as ambu-

lance services. None of those entities was paid $3 million or more.

The Medicare claims database is considered the richest trove of information on doctors, surpassing what major insurance companies have in their files. Although Medicare is financed by taxpayers, the data have been off limits to the public for decades. Physician organizations went to court to block its release, arguing it would amount to an invasion of doctors’ privacy.

Employers, insurers, consumer groups and media organizations pressed for release.

Together with other sources of information, they argued that the data could help guide patients to doctors who provide quality, costeffective care. A federal judge last year lifted the main legal obstacle to release, and the Obama administration recently informed the American Medical Association it would open up the claims data.

“It will allow us to start putting the pieces together,” said Dianne Munevar, a top researcher at the health care data firm Avalare Health. “That is the basis of what payment delivery reform is about.”

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Fillies split in JV softball — B3

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

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Mustangs split with Oz

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola High’s Riley Murry delivers a key single in the Fillies doubleheader sweep Tuesday over Osawatomie. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

IHS sweeps past Trojans

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

One of Vince Coons’ beliefs — that the more softball action the Iola High’s Fillies play, the better they’ll get — is bearing fruit.

The Fillies withstood a furious Osawatomie High rally in the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader, a 12-11 win.

Then Iola fell behind early in the second game, but responded with a sixth-inning rally to win, 12-9.

The victories lift the Fillies to 3-3 on the season and 3-1 in Pioneer League play.

“A couple of great victories,” Coons said. “I’m proud of the girls.”

The second-game comeback was capped by Hannah Endicott’s two-run triple in the bottom of the sixth, putting the Fillies on top for the first time, 10-9.

Iola scored two in the fifth and four in the sixth to turn See FILLIES | Page B3

The final results of Tuesday’s first and second baseball games for Iola High’s boys were polar opposites, but both left a sour taste in head coach Mark Percy’s mouth.

The Mustangs won the opener, 8-0, over visiting Osawatomie before falling in the nightcap, 14-3.

The split keeps Iola’s record at 3-3 on the season. The Mustangs are 3-1 in Pioneer League action.

Percy said the Mustangs must improve in all phases to be successful in the Pioneer League or beyond.

“I was disappointed in how we played the second game,” he said. “We didn’t pitch well, we didn’t hit well and we didn’t field well. And we weren’t that much better in the first game.”

The Mustangs rode the right arm of senior Trent Latta to the game 1 victory.

Latta struck out 13 in six innings, while limiting the Trojans to two hits.

See MUSTANGS | Page B3

Iola High’s Trent Latta pitches six shutout innings Tuesday in an 8-0 win over Osawatomie. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Junior varsity golfers hit the links

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola High’s junior varsity golfers got a taste of the vicious Kansas wind Tuesday.

With wind gusts out of the northwest hampering golfers most of the day, the Mustangs took fourth in Iola’s own invitational tourna-

ment at Allen County Country Club.

“I was very pleased with how they did,” head coach Doug Kerr said. “For three of them, it was their first time in a golf tournament, and they all finished.”

Austin Gentry and Gage Tomlinson tied for the team lead with 109. Noah

Westervelt was next at 149, while Judd Wiltse was two strokes behind at 151. Raven Skillman carded a 165.

Conner Antonetti of Fort Scott shot a 79 as the top medalist, four strokes better than teammate Jonathan Allen.

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Middle school athletes make their mark on track

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Tuesday’s Iola Middle School track meet, featuring athletes from Iola, Humboldt, Marmaton Valley and Pleasanton, serves two purposes.

First, it gives the young athletes some topnotch competition to test their athletic prowess.

Secondly, it gives organizers a refresher in advance of next week’s IMS Invitational, which will draw 20 schools from southeast Kansas.

The results from the meet follow:

Boys Seventh Grade IMS, 95 points, Humboldt, 45, Pleasanton, 41, Marmaton Valley, 10 100 meters — 1. Tayton Driskel, I, 12.68; 2. Tim Komma, 13.88, 4. Bo Bigelow, H, 13.79; 5. David Watts, H, 14.01 200 meters — 1. Driskel, I, 25.96; 3. Teryn Johnson, H, 29.97; 4. Kane Rogers, I, 29.99; 5. Tucker Hurst, H, 30.78 400 meters — 1. Cole Regehr, I, 1:09.68; 3. Caiden Elliott, MV, 1:12.36; 4. Ryan Sellman, H, 1:12.56 800 meters — 1. Regehr, I, 2:44.99; 2. Breton Plumlee, I, 2:48.43; 3. Elliott, MV, 2:58.18; 5.

Sellman, H, 3:45.10 1600 meters — 1. Regehr, I, 5:47.62; 2. Plumlee, 5:56.04; 4. Elliott, MV, 6:22.07 4x100 relay — 1. Iola (Trevor Stover, Dylan Newland, Matt Karr, David Petty), 1:02.70 4x200 relay — 1. Humboldt (Joe Murrow, Watts, Bigelow, Sellman), 2:06.80 100 hurdles — 1. Komma, I, 19.66; 2. Johnson, H, 19.70; 4.

Newland, I, 21.85; 5. Hunter Mittlemeier, I, 22.05 Long jump — 1. Driskel, I,

Iola Middle School’s William Winner, above, and Humboldt Middle School’s Noah Johnson compete Tuesday at an IMS track meet at Iola’s Riverside Park Tuesday. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON 15’4”; 3. Watts, H, 13’6”; 4. Trenton Vest, MV, 12’11 Shot put — 1. Kolt Knoblich, I, 30’9”; 2. Stover, I, 28’9 1/2”; 3. Karr, I, 27’5 1/2”; 4. Hunter Preston, I, 27’ 1/2” Discus — 1. Hurst, H, 91’6”; 2.

Johnson, H, 88’9”; 3. Preston, I, 77’ 2”; 5. Knoblich, I, a72’5” High jump — 1. Bigelow, H, 4’6”; 2. Rogers, I, 4’6”; 3. Hurst, H, 4’ 4”; 5. Mittlemeier, I, 3’ 10” Medley relay — 1. Iola (Komma, Petty, Rogers, Driskel), 2:05.70; 2.

Humboldt (Johnson, Hurst, Watts,

Sellman), 2:15.35 Eighth Grade 1. Iola, 76, 2. Humboldt, 67, 4.

Marmaton Valley, 32 100 meters — 2. Trevor Wilson, MV, 12.66; 4. Jacob Barker, H, 13.56; 5. Caleb Hart, H, 14.30 200 meters — 2. Zach Cokely, I, 26.71; 3. Isaac Vink, I, 28.10; 4.

Noah Johnson, H, 29.12; 5. Greg Korte, H, 29.90 400 meters — 1. Barker, H, 1:02.18; 2. Cokely, I, a1:04.68; 3.

Bryce Andres, I, 1:09.78; 4. Hesston Murrow, H, 1:11.41

800 meters — 1. Ethan Holloway, I, 2:45.75; 2. Colin Gillespie, H, 2:49.06; 3. Reece Kimball, I, 2:49.56; 4. Sebastian Mock, H, 3:04.25 1600 meters — 1. Nick Vaughn, I, 5:46.87; 2. Justice Pugh, MV, 5:47.26; 3. Holloway, H, 5:49.43; 4.

Brady Slocum, H, 7:21.33; 5. Zach Sigler, H, 7:23.92 3200 meters — 1. Pugh, MV, 12:42.29; 2. Sigler, H, 15:14.49; 3.

Slocum, H, 16:02.24; 4. Seth Hegwald, H, 17:27.19 4x100 relay — 2. Marmaton Valley (Hall, Wise, Wilson, Pugh), 58.92; 3. Iola (Caden Knavel, Andres, William Winner, Cale Barnhart), 59.20; 4. Humboldt (Gillespie, Ty Griffiths, Lance Daniels, Zach Korte), 1:01.84 4x200 relay — 1. Iola (Barnhart, Holloway, Knavel, Vink), 2:03.36; 2.

Humboldt, 2:06.92

100 hurdles — 1. Vink, I, 18.10; 2. Josh Wise, MV, 20.38; 3. Brock Hall, MV, 21.49; 4. Kanyon Beasley, I, 22.17 Long jump — 2. Wilson, MV, 16’1 1/2”; 3. Murrow, H, 15’5”; 4.

Cokely, I, 14’2 3/4”; 5. Kimball, I, 13’2 1/2” Shot put — 1. Johnson, H, 40’2 1/2”; 2. Evan Sigg, I, 34’8 1/2”; 3. Matt Komma, I, 33’8”; 4. Hunter Nickell, H, 33’4”; 5. Nate Todd, 32’6 1/4” Discus — 1. Sigg, I, 116’9”; 2.

Johnson, H, 103’; 5. Todd, H, 89’6 1/2” High jump — 1. Holloway, I, 5’; 2. Gillespie, H, 4’10”; 4. Murrow, H, 4’8”; 5. Knavel, I, 4’4” Medley relay — 1. Humboldt (Caleb Hart, Murrow, Johnson, Barker), 2:00.0; 2. Iola (Vink, Cokely, Barnhart, Vaughn), 2:01.27; 3.

Marmaton Valley (Korbin Smith, Tristan Fraker, Lane Houk, Wise), 2:26.99 Girls Seventh Grade 1. Iola, 68; 3. Humboldt, 60; 4.

Marmaton Valley, 2 100 meters — 1. Morgan Mauk, H, 14.77; 3. Kassy Shelby, I, 15.01; 4. Kaylie Johnson, H, 15.27 200 meters — 3. Mauk, H, H, 31.11; 5. Paige Burrough, I, 34.20 400 meters — 3. Shaylee Sutterby, I, 1:17.03; 4. Madisyn Holloway, I, 1:19.81; 5. Burrough, I, 1:20.77 800 meters — 1. Aricah McCall, H, 3:05.09; 2. Piper Moore, I, 3:05.59; 3. Natalie DeGrado, I, 3:08.82; 4. Lana Myers, MV, 3:09.60 1600 meters — 1. McCall, 6:53.17; 3. Alex Melendez, H, 8:24.69; 4x100 relay — 1. Iola (Shelby, Nicholas, Moore, Hailei Gregg), 1:01.92; 3. Humboldt, (Leigha Habiger, Sydney Hegwald, Anne Wood), 1:15.92 4x200 relay — 1. Iola (DeGrado, Gregg, Shelby, Gregg), 2:14.20; 2. Humboldt (Zoey Rinehart, Tori White, Melanie Hallacy, Sydney Barker), 100 hurdles — 2. Ashleigh Nicholas, I, 20.02; 4. Burrough, I, 21.65

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IHS jr. varsity softball earns split Iola High’s softball team split a home doubleheader against Osawatomie, winning the opener, 22-7, and falling 8-2 in the nightcap.

Every Iola player scored at least twice in the first game.

Baylea Thompson had a single, as did Lexi Heslop. Baleigh Seeber drilled a triple to end the game. Breckin Collins singled.

Torrie Lewis scored three times, as did Emily McKarnin. Shelby Smith scored twice, Thompson had three runs, as did Heslop.

Seeber, Taylor Sell, Collins and Tori Smith all scored twice.

Thompson went the distance on the mound in game one, giving up five hits. She struck out six.

Offense was harder to come by in the sec-

Jaci Ross bats for Humboldt Tuesday in a doubleheader sweep over visiting Burlington, 2-0 and 15-0.

PHOTO BY MIKE MYER

Iola High’s Emily McKarnin, left, avoids the tag as she scores a run Tuesday in the Fillies’ 22-7 junior varsity softball win over Osawatomie. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN ond game. Heslop had a fourth-inning single and Smith a first-inning single for the Fillies’

only hits.

Emily McKarnin took the loss. She gave up five hits in four innings. She

struck out seven and walked seven.

The Fillies JV are at Independence Thursday.

Humboldt sweeps past Burlington HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s baseball team remained unbeaten Tuesday, winning its first game in a rout, 11-1, over visiting Burlington.

The Cubs capped the sweep in a 3-2 pitchers’ duel in the nightcap to improve to 6-0.

Grayson Pearish limited the Wildcats to five hits and no earned runs in the opener. He struck out eight.

“Grayson had great command, worked ahead in the count and kept their hitters off balance,” Humboldt head coach Mike Miller said. “We were able to put up some runs against their quality pitching.”

The Cubs scored in every inning but the fifth.

The lead stood at 2-0 after one, 3-0 after two and 4-0 by the end of the third. A five-run fourth put the game away.

Hunter Murrow and Jake Haviland both had two hits. Caleb Vanatta doubled. Adding one single each were Kason Siemens, Jacob Carpenter, Pearish and Alex Murrow.

Murrow also had three RBIs. Humboldt spotted

Burlington a 2-0 lead in the first inning of Game 2.

“Alex Murrow started off a little shaky,” Miller said. “They loaded the bases, but he escaped with only the two runs. After that, he settled in and pitched about as well as he possibly could.

He had to wiggle out of a few jams, but always found a way to make a pitch when needed. We also made some very good defense plays behind him.”

Humboldt cut the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the third.

Corey Whitcomb’s RBI single tied the score in the bottom of the sixth. A double steal with runners on first and third forced the Burlington pitcher to commit a balk, putting in the go-ahead run.

“We fought hard and continued to battle until the end, even though things weren’t going our way most of the night.”

Murrow gave up six hits and two walks, while striking out 10 in his complete-game victory.

Siemens went 3-for3 with a double, while Vanatta and Whitcomb both singled twice.

Schemper takes 16th BURLINGTON — Yates Center High’s Nick Schemper finished only one spot higher in the standings Tuesday than he did in another tournament one day earlier.

But his play on the golf course improved markedly over that 24 hours, Wildcat head coach Kevin Barnes said.

Schemper shot an 89 to finish in 16th at the

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Burlington Invitational, one stroke out of medaling.

“Nick played much better than he did (Monday) at Erie, even though it was much more windy today,” Barnes said.

Chase Coble of Southern Lyon County was the first-place medalist with a 77. Burlington won the team championship at 326.

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Lady Cubs stay hot HUMBOLDT — Courtney Richey continued her early season tear from the pitcher’s circle Tuesday.

Richey pitched a pair of shutouts against visiting Burlington as the Lady Cubs won 2-0 in the opener and 15-0 in the second game.

“We struggled at the plate in the first game,” head coach Brad Piley said. “Burlington’s pitcher changed her speed a lot.

The Lady Cubs earned both of their runs in the opener in the bottom of the first. Breanna Kline led off with a double, followed by Brook Turner’s RBI single. Kline moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a passed ball.

That was it for either team the rest of the way.

Delaney Umholtz had the Lady Cubs’ only other hit, a single.

It was more than

enough for Richey, who limited Burlington to one hit with two walks and a hit batter. She struck out 16.

The same two pitchers took the mound for the second game.

The tone was markedly different as Humboldt scored seven in the first and never looked back.

The lead was 9-0 after two and 14-0 after three.

Richey pitched a twohitter, with five strikeouts. She aided her cause at the plate with a triple, home run and two stolen bases. Kline had three singles, two stolen bases and an RBI. Turner had a single and RBI. Mallory Roush had a single, double, three stolen bases and an RBI. Kayle Riebel singled, while Umholtz had a single and three stolen bases. Morgan Morris had a pair of doubles and five RBIs. Jaci Ross had a double and RBI.

Mustangs: Iola splits with Osawatomie Continued from B1

But a pair of errors, coupled with seven full counts on different batters, meant Latta had to throw too many pitches for Percy’s liking.

“There were probably 20 pitches out there he didn’t have to throw,” Percy said.

Derrick Weir came on in relief, pitching a scoreless seventh. He struck out two.

The Mustangs erupted for four runs with two out in the bottom of the second.

Evan Sigg led off the frame with a walk. He was still on base with two out before Caleb Alexander drove him in with a single. Latta followed with a single before Faulhaber drilled a two-run double. A Trojan error plated the fourth run.

Ethan Scheibmeir led off the fifth with a double. He came around to score on an error.

Two walks and a hit batter to lead off the sixth led to three more Mustang runs. Sigg’s

sacrifice bunt drove in the final run of the game.

Scheibmeir and Alexander both had singles and doubles to pace the offense. Latta singled twice. Faulhaber had a double. Thealvin Minor chipped in with a single.

OSAWATOMIE wasted little time with its response.

The Trojans scored five in the top of the first and never looked back.

Faulhaber reached

on an error and scored for Iola’s first run in the bottom of the first. Weir and Scheibmeir singled and scored Iola’s other two runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Problem was, Osawatomie already had 10 runs by then.

Latta had Iola’s only other hit.

The Mustangs return to action next Tuesday at home against Prairie View.

“That gives us a week of practice,” Percy said.

“We need it.”

Fillies: Iola makes plays late to sweep Continued from B1

around an 8-6 deficit.

“Our pitchers threw strikes, and our batters did a good job of moving girls around. We still made a few errors in judgment on defense, but that will get better the more we get on the field.”

Osawatomie jumped out to a 6-2 lead by the third inning, with Iola’s runs coming when Ashlie Shields singled and scored in the first and Jadyn Sigg did the same in the second.

Iola rallied with three in the bottom of the fourth to cut the gap to 6-5. Katie Shields walked with one out to start the rally. Riley Murry followed with a single before Taylor Heslop reached on an error.

Ashlie Shields followed with a double.

Osawatomie pushed back out to an 8-5 lead before Iola scored twice

more in the fifth.

Endicott and Shelby Reno both singled to lead off the frame and came around to score, cutting the deficit to 8-7.

The lead was 9-7 when Heslop led off the bottom of the sixth with a single. Ashlie Shields reached on an error on the next play before Mackenzie Weseloh plated a run with a double. Endicott’s triple followed, giving the Fillies the lead. Reno walked. A wild pitch scored Endicott.

“Hannah’s hit was huge,” Coons said. “I’d been preaching patience at the plate, and of course she blasts the first pitch she sees down the line.”

The rally was cut short after McKayli Cleaver singled, but was called out for attempting to advance to second after the umpire ruled the Osawatomie pitcher

had the ball back in the pitcher’s circle.

Little matter.

Weseloh worked around a two-out single before retiring the final Trojan batter on a ground ball.

She gave up four hits and five walks, while overcoming seven Iola errors.

Endicott had a single and triple, Ashlie Shields a single and double.

Weseloh doubled. Adding singles were Reno, Cleaver, Katie Shields, Sigg, Murry and Heslop.

O S AWAT O M I E

jumped out to the early lead, 3-0, in the first game.

Katie Shields singled, Sigg walked and Murry reached on an error in the Fillies’ three-run second to tie the score.

Trojan errors allowed both Endicott and Reno to reach base and score as Iola took a 5-3 lead in

the third.

Two errors and a walk preceded Reno’s double and Cleaver’s triple. Katie Shields followed with a single as the Fillies led 10-4 after four innings.

Weseloh doubled and Endicott tripled as the lead ballooned to 12-6 after six.

Two errors among Osawatomie’s first three batters in the seventh inning kick-started a furious Trojan rally. Osawatomie cut the gap to 12-11 with the tying run on second before Reno fielded Suzy Waddle’s hard ground ball for the final out.

Endicott gave up seven hits and three walks.

She struck out five.

Weseloh had a single and double, Endicott a triple, Reno a double and Katie Shields two singles.

The Fillies return home next Tuesday for a doubleheader with Prairie View.

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MVJH athletes rack up medals PLEASANTON — An ongoing sibling rivalry is playing out on the track this spring, and it’s leaving most of the Brooks sisters’ fellow competitors in the dust.

Marmaton Valley High eighth-grader Makayla Brooks bested her sister, Shayla, and most everybody else Monday in winning three events at the Pleasanton Middle School Invitational.

Brooks won the 100and 200-meter dashes and the long jump, while Shayla Brooks finished just behind in second in both the 200 and the long

jump and third in the 100.

They also teamed up as part of the Wildcats’ 4x100-meter relay, along with Clara Boyd and Emily Smart to win that event.

The sisters were among several highlights for the Wildcats, who earned nine gold medals on the day.

Other winners: Marmaton Valley eighth-grader Justice Pugh won both the 1600and 3200-meter runs, classmate Shelby Yoho won the girls’ 3200 and the 800-meter run, and Caiden Elliott won the

800-meter run among the seventh-grade boys. The eighth-grade girls’ medley relay team of Megan Ensminger, Yoho, Clara Boyd and Emily Smart also were winners.

Full results follow.

Eighth Grade Boys 3200 meters — 1. Justice Pugh, 12:53 110-meter hurdles — 3. Josh Wise, 14.56 100 meters — 2. Trevor Wilson, 13.01 1600 meters — 1. Pugh, 5:48 4x100 relay — 3. Marmaton Valley (Wise, Brock Hall, Wilson, Pugh), 54.48 Long jump — 2. Wilson, 16’6” Medley relay — 3. Marmaton Valley (Tristan Fraker, Wise, Lane Houk, Corbin Smith), 2:25

Girls 3200 meters — 1. Shelby Yoho, 13:40 100 meters — 1. Makayla Brooks, 13.98; 3. Shayla Brooks, 14.77 4x100 relay — 1. Marmaton Valley (M. Brooks, Clara Boyd, Emily Smart, S. Brooks), 58.51 800 meters — 1. Yoho, 2:56; 2.

Megan Ensminger, 3:04 200 meters — 1. M. Brooks, 29.75; 2. S. Brooks, 31.70; 3. Boyd, 32.70 Long jump — 1. M. Brooks, 14’ 1/2”; 2. S. Brooks, 13’6 1/2” Medley relay — 1. Marmaton Valley (Ensminger, Yoho, Boyd, Smart), 2:16 Seventh Grade Boys 1600 meters — 2. Caiden Elliott, 6:22 800 meters — 1. Caiden Elliott, 2:46

Stevenson leads the way for Wildcat thinclads OSWEGO — Marmaton Valley High’s Brady Newman and Chance Stevenson brought home gold medals Tuesday at the Oswego Invitational Track Meet.

Stevenson won the 110-meter high hurdles in 18.6 seconds and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles at 46.35 seconds. Stevenson also was third in the triple jump, leaping 37’10”, and in the long jump at 18’7”. Newman won the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 11 inches.

The boys team placed fourth.

“It was a very good showing for our first meet of the season. It was very windy, and they pushed through

it,” said head coach Russell Plaschka. “We had a lot of good performances that didn’t place, athletes who didn’t give up. They left it all on the track.”

Trent Johnson took second in javelin at 118 feet, followed by Wyatt Bollinger in third at 113’11” and Newman in fourth at 108’4”. Bollinger finished fifth in the 300 hurdles at 52.5 seconds.

On the girls side, Misty Storrer took third in the triple jump at 39’8 3/8” followed by Kyla Drake in fourth at 29’2”.

Storrer took fourth in the 400-meter dash in 1 minute, 12.48 seconds.

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By DOUG FEINBERG The Associated Press

Above, Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Makayla Brooks leads the pack in the eighth-grade girls 200-meter dash at the Iola Middle School Invitational Tuesday. Below, Iola’s Olivia Taylor, left, takes the baton from Katie Bauer in the girls medley relay. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

IMS: Youngsters fare well on track Continued from B1 Long jump — 1. Johnson, H, 12’9 3/4”; 2. McCall, H, 12’3”; 3.

Camrie Farran, H, 12’ 1/2”; 5. Mauk, H, 11’9 1/4” Shot put — 1. Kendra Sprague, I, 23’3”; 2. Jayden Jackson, I, 23’2 1/2”; 3. Barker, H, 22’4”; 4. Charvelle Peterson, I, 22’3” Discus — 1. Peterson, 62’7 1/2”; 2. Rinehart, H, 62’4 1/2”; 3.

Sprague, I, 58’3”; 4. Jackson, I, 56’11 1/2” High jump — 2. Nicholas, I, 3’10”; Medley relay — 1. Iola (Nicholas, Shelby, Gregg, Holloway), 2:18.65; 3. Humboldt (Farran, Johnson, Mauk, McCall), 2:25.82 Eighth Grade 1. Humboldt, 67, 2. Iola, 54, 3.

Marmaton Valley, 49 100 meters — 1. Makayla Brooks, MV, 13.94; 2. Shayla Brooks, MV, 14.81; 3. Carley Cescon, I, 15.20; 4. Hannah Riebel, H, 15.39; 5. Denise Johnson, H, 15.90 200 meters — 1. M. Brooks, MV, 29.61; 2. S. Brooks, MV, 31.53; 3. Sierra Brinkerhoff, H, 31.88; 4.

Kaiti Carpenter, H, 32.43; 5. Riebel, H, 35.14 400 meters — 1. Carpenter, H,

1:13.26; 2. Katie Bauer, I, 1:16.30; 3.

Emily Smart, MV, 1:17.52; 4. Madison Carlin, I, 1:22.69 800 meters — 1. Olivia Taylor, I, 2. Shelby Yoho, MV, 2:53.13; 3.

Megan Ensminger, MV, 3:10.32; 4.

Cheyenne Steinbrook, H, 3:49.23; 5. Chasity Wells, H, 3:49.96 1600 meters — 1. Taylor, I, 6:15.22; 2. Yoho, MV, 6:18.21; 3.

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Wells, H, 8:13.22; 4. Ashlynn Tait, 8:14.39; 5. Steinbrook, H, 8:29.42 4x100 relay — 1. Marmaton Valley (S. Brooks, Smart, Ensminger, M. Brooks), 59.36; 2. Humboldt (Carpenter, Britnee Works, Kailey Wolken, Riebel), 1:01.21; 3.

Iola (Cescon, Sophie Whitney, Erin Klubek, Riley), 1:02.21 4x200 relay — 1. Iola (Carlin, Cescon, Bauer, Whitney), 2:16.59; 2. Humboldt (Riebel, Wolken, Johnson, Sierra Brinkerhoff ), 2:17.50 100 hurdles — 1. Brinkerhoff, H, 20.56; 2. Colbi Riley, I, 21.10; 3.

Lizzie Myers, H, 21.88; 4. Johnson, H, 22.05; 5. Tait, H, 22.40 Long jump — 1. Works, H, 14’ 3/4”; 2. M. Brooks, MV, 13’10 1/2”; 3. Ensminger, MV, 13’6 3/4”; 4. S. Brooks, MV, 13’1 1/2”; 5. Myers, H, 13’1” Shot put — 3. Bauer, I, 25’8”; 4. Eden Carman, H, 22’7”; 5. Kylee Shaw, I, 21’11 1/2” Discus — 1. Taylor, I, 60’2”; 2.

Karly McGuffin, I, 60’1”; 5. Carmin, H, 37’4” High jump — 1. Works, H, 4’6”; 2. Myers, H, 4’; 3. Johnson, H, 3’10 Medley relay — 1. Iola (Cescon, Whitney, Bauer, Taylor), 2:20.90

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) — With Breanna Stewart back for two more seasons, Geno Auriemma and UConn are in position to win a few more titles.

None may be sweeter than the record ninth championship the Huskies won Tuesday night in unprecedented fashion.

Connecticut reached the pinnacle in style, routing Notre Dame in the first NCAA women’s basketball championship game featuring undefeated teams.

Auriemma and his Huskies have one more title than Pat Summitt and Tennessee for most all time, and they did it in the Hall of Famer’s backyard.

The 79-58 rout of the Irish capped the careers of seniors Stefanie Dolson and Bria Hartley.

The pair were the final remaining links to the Huskies’ NCAA-record 90-game winning streak that ended when they were freshman.

The duo finished their careers with back-toback championships.

“It’s overwhelm-

ing,” an emotional Auriemma said. “Those two kids are two of the most unbelievable kids I’ve ever been around my whole life and to see their faces when they walked off the court, I don’t usually get this emotional, but this one got to me.”

While Auriemma loses his two seniors, he still has his sensational sophomore, who has won two national championships in her first two seasons and earned most outstanding player honors of the Final Four both times.

“I think that to be able to have two national championships under my belt means a lot,” Stewart said.

“Each team has been different and I’m really happy we could send Stef and Bria off on this type of note.”

Stewart, The Associated Press Player of the Year, scored 21 points to lead the Huskies (40-0).

Dolson added 17 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists. Auriemma took out his senior center with a minute left and the game well in hand with the pair embracing in a long hug.

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Continued from B1

“A couple of our golfers barely weigh 100 pounds,” Kerr said. “It was hard at times for them to even stay standing in the wind, much less play golf.”

The varsity golfers get into the act Thursday at Independence.

“We’re excited,” Kerr said.

“Independence should be one of the best teams in the region. It should be a good test.”

Iola High’s Austin Gentry, left, and Gage Tomlinson compete in a junior varsity golf tournament Tuesday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

A schedule change is in store for Iola High’s track team.

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