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THE IOLA REGISTER Tuesday, May 6, 2014
MORAN COUNCIL
Permits required for lawn waste in Moran By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
MORAN — Burn permits are a new feature of governance in Moran. Residents who burn lawn waste without one will risk being cited and fined. On a motion by James Mueller, council members adopted a first-offense fine of $25. Burn permits, good for four days, are free for the asking and can be completed in a few minutes, said City Clerk Lori Evans. Once on file a permit may be renewed with a telephone call to City Hall. Burning is restricted to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, with notification of the city just ahead of time so 911 dispatchers may be made aware. Residents who burn also are expected to have a water
Get moving The Movement sponsored by Allen County Thrive kicked off Monday night at the Iola High School track. Participants were able to sign up for the eight-week long event and squeeze in some exercise. About 30 walked the track to music and stopped to dance to certain line dance songs. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET
source at hand in case a fire appears to be getting out of hand. Following 25 minutes of executive sessions, council members said they would continue contract negotiations with LaHarpe Communications, which wants to put an antenna atop the town’s water tower. A decision may be made at the council’s June 2 meeting. No summer help will be hired for routine maintenance and mowing. City Superintendent Mike Stodgill said a part-time employee wasn’t needed this summer, but might be in 2015 when several projects are anticipated. Additional playground equipment for the city park was discussed, but a decision was delayed until June so council members may peruse catalogs. New swings See MORAN | Page A6
US Senate confirms Kansas justice to federal court By JOHN HANNA Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed the appointment of a Kansas Supreme Court justice to the federal appeals court that handles cases from six western and Plains states. The chamber voted 90-3 to confirm Nancy Moritz to the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. President Barack Obama nominated Moritz in August 2013.
The 54-year-old Moritz will fill the vacancy created in 2011 when Judge Deanell Tacha, a Kansan, retired and became dean of the law school at P e p p e r d i n e Nancy Moritz University in Malibu, California. Her nomination by the Democratic president had the support of Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, a Republican. When her nomination was
Healthy meals affect districts differently By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years in, schools are having mixed success putting new healthier school lunch rules in place. Some report that students are excited about a variety of healthier options and have barely noticed the changes. Others say some kids are throwing fruits and vegetables away and balking at whole grains. The requirements are part of a government effort to make school lunches and breakfasts healthier. Championed by first lady Michelle Obama, the new standards have been phased in over the last two school years, with more changes coming in 2014. Some schools are asking Congress and the Agriculture Department to
roll back some of the requirements. Their main concerns: finding enough whole grain-rich foods that kids like, lowering sodium levels and keeping fruits and vegetables from ending up in the trash. Not all schools are required to follow the requirements, but most do. If they don’t, they won’t receive government subsidies that partially reimburse schools for free and low-cost lunches for low-income kids. In Virginia’s Alexandria City Public Schools, school nutrition director Becky Domokos-Bays says students have adapted to whole grain rolls and pizza crusts, but have so far rejected whole grain pastas. Starting next school year, pasta and other grain products in schools will have to be whole-grain rich, or more See MEALS | Page A6
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announced last year, Moran said it was the result of “many months of serious negotiations.” After Monday’s vote, Moran issued a statement saying she was “well-prepared” to serve on the federal appeals court, which reviews cases from Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, a Republican, also voted to confirm her. “I am confident Nancy’s service on the 10th Circuit will be guided by the values
we hold in Kansas, including empathy for others and respect for the rule of law,” Moran said. The only votes against Moritz came from Republican Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Mike Crapo and James Risch of Idaho. Moritz’s confirmation gives conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback his first chance to appoint someone to the seven-member Kansas Supreme Court. However, under the state constitution, a nominating commission will screen ap-
plications and name three finalists for Brownback, and legislators will have no role after his appointment. Moritz was born in Beloit in north-central Kansas and grew up in the nearby small town of Tipton. She received her law degree from Washburn University in Topeka in 1985. She was an attorney in private practice for six years before becoming a federal prosecutor in 1995, and she eventually became coordinator of appellate cases for the U.S. attorney’s office See COURT | Page A6
Iola practice receives honor PITTSBURG — Drs. Glen Singer and Brian Wolfe were given the evening’s highest honor Saturday night at the annual awards banquet of the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas. The physicians joined the CHC/SEK in August, 2013, after having been in private practice together since 1983. The switch allows them to keep seeing their regular patients as well as those who typically don’t have the resources to visit a physician. Krista Postai, executive director of the CHC/SEK, presented the award, called the Sheridan Award, named after Mother Mary Bernard Sheridan who built the first hospital in Crawford County to provide care to the miners and their families regardless of their ability to pay. She started the first pre-paid insurance plan in Kansas, charging 25 cents a month for all procedures and visits. The CHC/SEK headquarters is on the site of that first hospital and has grown into
Dr. Glen Singer, left, and Dr. Brian Wolfe received the Sheridan Award Saturday night at the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas banquet in Pittsburg. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN the largest safety net primary care clinic in the state. Postai said the award honors those who “dug the well,” in their service to the underserved. “Tonight, we honor two
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individuals who dug their own well and then invited us to drink from it. ... Together, Drs. Singer and Wolfe have forever changed Allen County.”
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