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Thursday, August 6, 2015
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Iola PTO officers Becky Nilges, from left, Lisa Dunne and Tonya Burtchin meet Monday night to discuss the formation of the new Parent Teacher Organization. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET
New PTO takes shape for attendance centers By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
education, whether it be raising funds for new technology or purchasing playground equipment. The history of the first PTOs in USD 257 is a little murky, but for the past several years there were three, one for each elementary school. Once the school board decided to convert the three elementaries to grade-level attendance centers start-
As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. Knowing this, several area parents have banded together to form the Iola PTO. The Iola Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), is made up of parents, teachers and school staff to help aid students in various areas of
ing this fall, PTO organizers were unsure of how to move forward. Members of the three groups began to meet in the spring to plan out the organization’s future. Becky Nilges, Iola PTO president, said although she doesn’t have children in the school district, she offered to help the developing organization. “There were three different
organizations and they each had three completely different cultures,” Nilges said. Merging into one PTO was important to parents because the school environments also certainly are changing. “The structures were now different and the parents would be changing every two years and some famiSee PTO | Page A5
WASHINGTON (AP) — The political veteran with the right resume, but perhaps the wrong last name. The rookie senators and their focus on foreign policy and individual rights. Governors with experience — and baggage. The neverbeen-elected outsiders, and of course, the billionaire showman. For the Republican Party, the narrowing of that vast field of presidential hopefuls begins in earnest tonight with the first debate of the 2016 campaign. At stake for Republicans: not only picking the candidate to represent them in the general election, but also selecting the direction the party will take as it seeks to regain the White House. “You’re starting off with a lot of candidates who have See DEBATE | Page A5
Looking back at Hiroshima
Seventy years ago, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bombs on Japan.
Hiroshima, Aug. 6, 1945
JAPAN
Uranium bomb dubbed “Little Boy” detonates 1,890 ft. (576 m) above the city at 8:15 a.m.
Tokyo
Explosion by gun-barrel method 1. Pressure sensors activate detonation device . . .
Nagasaki, Aug. 9, 1945
Hiroshima
Little Boy
2. . . . triggering a 3. Explosion conventional drives explosion uranium wedge into uranium target
Nagasaki
4. Chain reaction sets off nuclear blast
Plutonium bomb dubbed “Fat Man” detonates 1,800 ft. (549 m) above the city at 11:02 a.m.
Explosion by implosion
1. Numerous detonators located on conventional explosives fire simultaneously . . . 2. . . . creating powerful inward pressure on plutonium core, squeezing it, increasing Fat Man its density 3. Chain reaction sets off nuclear blast
Core Uranium 235
Destruction Hiroshima Deaths: 90,000 immediately, 140,000 within months
Nagasaki
Worst affected area Within a 1.6 mi. (2.5 km) radius
Ground zero
Core Plutonium 239
Flat terrain caused more widespread damage
Worst affected area Within a 1.25 mi. (2 km) radius
Deaths: 40,000 immediately, 70,000 within months Hilly geography limited damage to Urakami Valley and part of downtown
Ground zero
Source: Hiroshima Museum, NASA, U.S. Air Force Museum
Graphic: Tribune News Service
Japan marks somber bombing anniversary HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima today, with Mayor Kazumi Matsui renewing calls for U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders to step up efforts toward making a nuclear-weapons-free world. Tens of thousands of people stood for a minute of silence at 8:15 a.m. at a ceremony in Hiroshima’s peace park near the epicenter of the 1945 attack, marking the moment of the blast. Then dozens of doves were released as a symbol of peace.
The U.S. bomb, “Little Boy,” the first nuclear weapon used in war, killed 140,000 people. A second bomb, “Fat Man,” dropped over Nagasaki three days later, killed another 70,000, prompting Japan’s surrender in World War II. The U.S. dropped the bombs to avoid what would have been a bloody ground assault on the Japanese mainland, following the fierce battle for Japan’s southernmost Okinawan islands, which took 12,520 American lives and an estimated 200,000 Japanese,
Community conversation Monday Damaris Kunkler, above and below at left, spoke with residents of the Iola Housing Authority complex on Eisenhower Drive Wednesday about the challenges affecting the county.
She invited each resident to attend the upcoming public forum Monday and Tuesday in Humboldt, where those issues will be addressed in a practical way. The meetings are from
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Quote of the day Vol. 117, No. 191
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” — Lucille Ball 75 Cents
5 to 8:30 p.m. Monday and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at B&W Trailer Hitches. Kunkler, the program director at Thrive Allen County, reminded residents that free transportation is provided. Child care and food also are available. The event will include free tours of the B&W facility. According to Kunkler, the two-day “resident-led” event is a chance for citizens of Allen County to make their voices heard and participate in the solutions to come. Contact Thrive with any questions, or if you plan to attend: 365-8128.
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