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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
STORMS BLAST THROUGH AREA By SHELLIE SMITLEY and RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
A band of storms that passed through Allen County Monday evening packed a wallop. Hundreds remained without power through the night, and at least three homes were destroyed in the storms, which hit the area around 8 o’clock. Iolan Mitch Phillips, 1130 Minnesota Rd., was at home with his wife, Amanda, when the storms hit. The house shuddered, he said, shortly before a large tree fell through the front of their home. The Phillipses heard a “huge noise” when the insulation began to fly everywhere. The couple sought refuge for the night in their garage. The home was insured, they said. “”Looks like we are getting a new house,” he said. The Phillipses had remodeled their home in 2006. Ted Mueller’s shed at 1018 1100 St., sustained about $50,000 worth of damage, he said. High winds demolished the shed, which contained several vehicles and tractors. “It turned the shed. The shed was pointing north toward the house and now it’s pointing west. It turned it 90 degrees,” he said. The storm spread debris across the street and throughout a field, and sprawled round bales throughout his property. He and his wife headed for the basement after they saw a dust storm approaching. Glenn Smith, Hays, said
The home of Mitch and Amanda Phillips south of Iola was destroyed Monday evening when a large tree was toppled and crashed through the front of the structure. At left, utility crews work overnight to repair an electric substation south of LaHarpe that was blown down by the storm. REGISTER/
SHELLIE SMITLEY (ABOVE) AND RICHARD LUKEN
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Iola Chamber regroups Schools tout breakfast programs after Expo is canceled By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register
By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register
While the fate of the annual Iola Area Chamber Business Expo has been decided, a new event is in the works. Chamber Director Carol Sager has canceled the Expo scheduled for Saturday. Sager said although area businesses expressed interest, only 14 vendors secured spots. The Expo committee also wanted to have a food booth, but no such vendors stepped forward. “I sent out over 100 invitations in the mail, and then also contacted people personally and I contacted people personally though Facebook,” Sager said. “I contacted people through email, through phone calls and voicemails.” Without at least 25 reserved spots, the show should not move forward, Sager said was the consensus of board members. Her theory for the weak response is the ease of online shopping. “It may be something we
Carol Sager won’t do anymore,” Sager said. Although its future looks bleak, Sager said she is not quite ready to consider its demise a foregone conclusion. “We may try at the end of this year to send out some sort of newsletter or email blast asking Chamber members and business people in our community what they would like to see if we do an Expo again,” Sager said. In the meantime, she said See CHAMBER | Page A3
Quote of the day Vol. 119, No. 91
It’s National School Breakfast Week and both Iola USD 257 and Humboldt USD 258 are tempting students’ tastebuds in recognition of the most important meal of the day. This year’s theme is,“take the school breakfast challenge.” Students who do not typically eat breakfast at school are encouraged to participate. USD 257 is observing the week with a special menu that includes strawberry pancakes and introduces egg and ham casserole. Some lucky students will also find tickets affixed to their trays, good for an Easter egg full of goodies. “There are a lot of kids not eating breakfast,” said Kathy Koehn, director of USD 257’s nutritional services, despite the fact that approximately 65 percent of district students are entitled to either free or reduced meals. The district served 14,753 lunches last month compared to 9,275 breakfasts. To encourage participation, students who
Humboldt middle and high school students gather for breakfast Monday, the first day of National School Breakfast Week. REGISTER/SHELLIE SMITLEY
eat breakfast receive a bingo card on which they mark off a number every time they eat. Prizes are given to students who complete their cards. Recently, the school added fruit smoothies to its menu. Marsha Frederick, USD 258 Food Service Director, said she routinely offers most of the menu items suggested by the KSDE for the special week. “We have cereal every day. We have yogurt in our afterschool program, waffles, and fresh fruit,” she said.
“Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.” — Mike Tyson 75 Cents
This week Frederick said she is going off the beaten track and offering students a tasty breakfast item with a healthy twist. “Chocolate-covered doughnuts,” she said. To make them healthy, the doughnuts are multigrain, according to Frederick. Multi-grain Pop Tarts in cinnamon or strawberry are also routinely offered. Although Frederick said she believes students do not like entrees like multi-grain wafSee BREAKFAST | Page A2
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