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Wednesday, July 5, 2017
North Korea fires longrange missile By ERIC TALMADGE The Associated Press
Seasoned fisherman Taner King, 9, awaits a nibble at the Ed Hendrix Fishing Derby at Iola’s Elks Lake. REGISTER/SHELLIE SMITLEY
Boy’s fishing success a secret By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register
Whether the best fishing spots can be found in Humboldt or Iola is an argument Taner King, 9, will not debate. King, a seasoned fisherman who first cast his line as a kindergartner, keeps his favorite fishing spots — “a creek and a pond” — close to the vest. “We have caught tons of big bass and catfish in Humboldt at the pond,” he said.
King said only one thing stands in his way of catching the really “big ones.” He has to catch them before the grown-ups do. “They kept on taking out those big fish,” he said of the last time he fished with adults. King said he prefers catchand-release, but once or twice he has eaten them. Like most boys his age, patience is an obstacle. Reeling his line in and out of the water helps pass the time. “Sometimes it takes forever
and it’s like nothing is ever going to bite,” he said. King mainly sticks with worms, but has been known to deviate. “One time we used this nasty, stinky catfish bait,” he said. “My mom didn’t like baiting it,” he added laughing. After such a lengthy career, Taner has advice to offer to others longing to catch fish big enough to fill their plates. “Sometimes when the fish are trying to make your rod
break, you yank it to where it doesn’t break,” he said. King tested the waters Tuesday during the annual Ed Hendrix Fishing Derby at Iola Elks Lake. Although he won an award for catching the third-biggest fish at a Humboldt fishing tournament last year, he was uncertain whether he would catch anything at the Iola lake. After all, he knows the secret spots in Humboldt where all the big ones hang out, he said.
TOKYO (AP) — Keeping North Korea from having a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile has long been considered a key U.S. red line, and one the North has thumbed its nose at for years. Its Fourth of July ICBM launch is just the latest step in its long march toward, and maybe over, that line. But while U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to be caught somewhat off guard by the launch, musing on Twitter over why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doesn’t have better things to do with his life, Kim and his regime have been clearly telegraphing their moves. And they have made one thing crystal clear: they have no intention of backing down. North Korea says it has a sovereign right to develop a credible nuclear deterrent to what it calls the hostile policy of its archenemies in Washington, and has stridently refused any calls to give up the nuclear weapons and longrange missiles that are the “treasured sword” of its national defense. The U.S. isn’t buying that argument. And it says all opSee PYONGYANG | Page A3
Districts argue for more aid Taking to the skies in Humboldt TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — School districts suing Kansas over education funding argue that an increase approved by legislators this year is as much as $1.5 billion short of what’s needed for the next school year and are asking the state Supreme Court to order lawmakers to provide more money by Sept. 1. The four local districts’ attorneys detailed their objections to a new school finance law in written arguments filed ahead of a Supreme Court hearing July 18. The new law phases in a $293 million increase in aid to public
schools over two years and will remain in effect while the justices review it. It also creates a new per-pupil funding formula. Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office contends the increase is sufficient for legislators to fulfill their duty under the state constitution to finance a suitable education for every child. The new law fully funds all-day kindergarten classes across the state and provides more money for programs to help low-performing students. But the school districts’ See SCHOOL | Page A3
By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register
HUMBOLDT — Claiming no direct relation to aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur, David Wright of Chanute shares a passion for flying of a different sort. “There might be some of their blood in me but I stay on the ground,” Wright said. Flying remote control airplanes is a hobby Wright acquired in the 1980s from friend Roger Brooks. “He went hog wild,” Brooks said of Wright’s enthusiasm. That enthusiasm has escalated over the years. Today Wright has a collection of 15 of the “grown-up” toys that range between $250 to $1,500 or more. “If you are talking about actual turbine jets you are look-
David Wright prepares his remote control plane for flight. ing at $5,000 for the engine alone,” Wright said. All of Wright’s aircraft are equipped with either fourstroke and two-stroke engines and run on a mixture of nitro-
methane and oil. “These have the cams and valves in them just like a regular engine,” Wright said. Wright admitted he probSee AIRPLANE| Page A6
Duck Soup softball at Sweatt Field By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register
Watermelon social Mary Perez and Charles Glore enjoy a slice of watermelon Monday at Arrowood Lane Residential Care. The annual watermelon feed offers melons to residents of Arrowood, Greystone and the general public. Glore, 83, is a lifelong resident of Humboldt. This was the first year Perez, a former resident of Wichita, participated in the Fourth of July event. REGISTER/
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HUMBOLDT — Saturday’s Duck Soup Co-ed Softball Tournament at Sweatt Field was a hit. The tournament, named after the 1933 movie starring the four Marx brothers, involved running the bases backward. Batters approached home plate with a full count, allowing them only one ball and no strikes. Right-handers swung left-handed and left-handers hit right. “It’s just a different way to play softball, more fun,” Lori
Zimmerman, Humboldt, said. “It’s less competitive.” Competition was not the idea behind Saturday’s tournament. It was a benefit for Zimmerman’s aunt, Irene Buchanan, of Altoona. “She lost one kidney to cancer,” Zimmerman said. That was five years ago. Since then the cancer has spread to the other kidney and an adrenal gland; the small gland located on top of the kidney. She also has been diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, a result of the cancer treatment. A previous effort to raise funds in Altoona failed.
“My mother-in-law said, ‘One day I will dance on your grave.’ I said ‘I hope you do; I will be buried at sea.’”
“Nobody showed,” Zimmerman said of an organized kickball tournament. “Humboldt stepped up to the plate.” Six teams, at a cost of $100 each, participated in the event which took place from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The Humboldt Parks and Recreation Department donated water and soda to be sold at the concession stand. More than a $1,000, which will help defray Buchanan’s cost of traveling to medical appointments, was raised. Joe Arean, an employee at Ash Grove Cement, gathered friends from Pittsburg, ChaSee SOFTBALL | Page A6
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