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Wind farm plans advance

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Pre-construction components of a wind farm in Allen County are coming together.

On Sept. 22 Allen County Planning Commission members will consider zoning changes to accommodate the project. Meanwhile, four towers with gauges attached to their tops are measuring wind velocity and frequency.

Those steps were mentioned to commissioners Tom Williams and Jim Talkington Tuesday. The third commissioner, Jerry Daniels, was absent.

County Counselor Alan Weber said the wind farm was a topic for planners on Aug. 25. Two landowners attended — one fully in favor, the other gathering information.

The planners asked Weber to prepare a document with more comprehensive language for their consideration of zoning changes, including

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

An unusual aspect of Mike Aronson’s campaign for Allen County sheriff is the support he is receiving as an independent candidate from the Republican Party’s county committee. That the support was initiated before the Aug. 2 primary election bucks political convention even more. Three Republicans, including an incumbent, were on the ballot.

Incumbent Bryan Murphy won by a narrow margin over Jared Froggatte, Iola police detective, in the primary. Kelley Zellner, Humboldt resident and chief of police in Conway Springs, was a dis-

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Kevin Shaughnessy of Shaughnessy Brothers Construction, Iola, teams with workmate Michael Genoble to pull a window from the football stadium at Riverside Park Tuesday afternoon, part of an ongoing improvement project to the stadium. The removal was a laborious process, requiring Shaughnessy to clear away bits of mortar, grout and other items from the window seal by using a power chisel, as shown at right. The stadium improvements include a new entrance to the home locker room to prevent flooding, a fully refurbished visitors’ locker room, a new roof, and a fresh coat of paint throughout much of the stadium’s core. The Iola High Mustangs open their home schedule Friday against Prairie View. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Elsmore fun set for Saturday ELSMORE — Elsmore Ruritan Club, a community service organization which has been serving Elsmore and Savonburg areas for 49 years, will sponsor the 47th annual Elsmore Rural-Town Days this weekend.

The bulk of the activities run Saturday in downtown Elsmore, with a golf tournament Sunday at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Iola.

Saturday’s activities begin bright and early with arts and crafts booths set up in the Elsmore community building. Also available in the community building from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be flu shots and tetanus shots given by the Iola office of

Southeast Kansas MultiCounty Health Department.

A huge selection of used books is available in the southeast corner of the community building. All books are free for the taking.

During the day people can view an antique farm equipment show and visit a pet-

ting zoo. Bake sale items and concessions will be available, including homemade ice cream. The Elsmore community horseshoe pits have been redone and are open to the public. John Barker with Uncle John’s Backyard Entertainment will entertain folks with his musical selections and emcee the day’s events.

New this year is a fire extinguisher check sponsored by the Elsmore/Savonburg rural volunteer fire department. Volunteers and extinguisher company representatives will be on hand to check units brought in by See ELSMORE | Page A2

Source of Wolf Creek leak found BURLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — Staff members at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation near Burlington have located the source of a minor water leak and are working to repair it.

Communications director Jenny Hageman says Wolf Creek personnel identified a cracked weld as the source of the water leak in the reactor cooling system. Staff members are finalizing a repair plan.

Officials had said there was no release of radiation.

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Pedal power returns for bike festival

By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

If it’s anything like last year, Iola’s historic Riverside Park will surge with ecstatic activity this weekend when Thrive Allen County hosts the second annual Portland Alley Pedalfest.

Participants from near and far will gather for bike rides, barbecue, bouncy houses, beer and a night of live music.

The event will be an occasion to showcase the area’s topnotch system of recreational trails, which is slowly transforming Allen County into one of the state’s top trails destinations.

The bicycle-themed festival begins on Friday with camping and a bike-in outdoor movie. The movie — the canonical ‘80s comedy “The Goonies” (“Hey, you guys!)

— will begin at sunset in Riverside Park. Pedalfest participants may camp Friday and Saturday nights in the park, where showers, restrooms, water and free Wi-Fi will be provided.

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of the three-day festival. Riders will launch themselves out across Allen County’s many miles of trails, which will expose cyclists to the area’s diverse scenery. Pedalfest was designed to accommodate all levels of cycling expertise and offers five route options — 15 miles (“Family Fun Ride”), 20 miles, 50 miles, 75 miles and a 100-mile “century” route.

Courses will also introduce riders to some of the distinctive little burgs that make up southeast Kansas. Riders begin on the Southwind Rail Trail, connecting Iola and Humboldt (which is hosting its city-wide garage sale on Saturday). More ambitious routes include the following towns: Chanute (hosting its Mexican Fiesta on that day); Erie (home to the area’s only dinosaur park); Stark (site of the popular Murphy’s Landing B&B); Savonburg (great library!); Elsmore (hosting its annual Elsmore Days on Saturday); Moran (grab a milkshake at Chancey’s); Mildred (home of an award-winning See CYCLISTS | Page A4

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Obituaries Linda Johnson

Verle Rhodes

Linda Sue Johnson, 67, Iola, passed away Aug. 25, 2016, in Parker, surrounded by family.

Linda was born May 14, 1949, in Parsons, the daughter of Clarence Edward and Vida Emil (Riley) Gambill. She grew up on farms in the Allen County area and attended school in Iola. Linda worked at Deluxe Cleaners in Iola as a young girl. She then worked at Haldex Brakes for 30-plus years until they closed.

Linda enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. Linda hosted the Gambill family reunion for several years and loved to cook and share her recipes with family and friends. Linda was a blessing to all that knew her.

Linda adored her granddaughter Trinity, and Parker was Linda’s second home as she stayed with her daughter’s family for long periods and enjoyed that close family time.

She is survived by daughter Elizabeth S. Hodge and husband Jason, Parker;

granddaughter Trinity Archer Hodge, Parker; three brothers, Dewey Gambill and David Gambill, both of Iola, and William Gambill and wife Ilene, Coffeyville; a brother-in-law, Roy Morlan, Wichita; five sis- Linda Sue ters, Darlene Sparks and Johnson husband Bruce, Leavenworth, Patricia Sproul and Peggy Niemeyer, Iola, and Barbara Hembree and husband John, Pratt; and a host of nieces and nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Michael Gambill, and two sisters, Agnes Morlan and Phyllis Gumfory.

A celebration of life service was Aug. 28 at Trinity Methodist Fellowship Hall.

A memorial dinner was in Parker at the home of Jason and Elizabeth Hodge on Saturday.

Verle (Williams) Rhodes passed away early Tuesday morning, Sept. 6, 2016, at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Her family had visited her during the Labor Day weekend.

Verle was born Aug. 15, 1924, in Ottawa to John B. Williams and Hazel (Maxwell) Williams. Verle grew up and attended school in Iola. She graduated from Iola High School followed by attending and receiving her teaching credentials from Pittsburg Kansas State Teachers College.

She met and married Tommy (Buck) Rhodes of Moran in Iola on Dec. 28, 1946. Following their marriage, they settled in Cherryvale.

She was preceded in death by her husband, an infant son, Kenneth A. Rhodes, and a daughter, Mary Jean Hammond-Langton.

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the public and will have new units available for sale as well.

The main street parade, with a theme of “Elsmore Ruritan: 49 and doing fine!� kicks off at 11.

Parade marshals are the Clara Boler Cunningham family, which has three generations of Ruritan members.

Cunningham, Iola, was raised in Elsmore, graduating from Marmaton Valley High School in 1973. A Ruritan member since 2004, she has been club president, vice president, secretary and board member and was honored with the Middle America District 37 Ruritan of the Year award in 2013. She has produced the community calendar since joining and has helped with Halloween, Thanksiving and Christmas gifts given senior citizens

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Her daughter, Nicki Cunningham Gossett, a Ruritan associate member since 2011, has been in charge of the Elsmore Day parade for several years and helps during club fundraisers.

Gossett’s daughters, Kenleigh and Marlee Westhoff, fourth- and third-graders at Iola’s Lincoln Elementary School, have been youth members of Ruritan since 2015. They help in the concession stand during Elsmore Day and at fundraising dinners.

A barbecued pork dinner follows at noon in the community building. Prices are $7 for adults, $5 for children 5-12 and $3 for children 4 and under.

Children’s games, including turtle races, bike races, egg toss and

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ball throw, begin at 1 p.m. At 2, a baby contest will be open to children 1 year and younger.

Bingo games follow at 3, and at 4 a free bean feed will be served to the public.

Participants must bring their own kettle or table service. A merchant prize drawing will be held during the bean feed. It is a free drawing but winners must be present to accept prizes. A cash prize drawing will end the afternoon. Tickets are $1 each and winners need not be present.

Festivalgoers are encouraged to stay and enjoy country music from 7 to 10 p.m. courtesy of the Country Rebels.

There is no charge to attend but free-will donations will be accepted.

The scene shifts to Cedarbrook on Sunday for the Elsmore Ruritan annual golf tournament. The four-person scramble begins at 9 a.m. Entry fee is $40 per person. A meal is available to golfers. To register, call Loraine Price at 754-3487 or Cedarbrook Golf Course.

ELSMORE Day and the golf tournament serve as Elsmore Ruritan Club’s biggest fundraiser of the year.

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Proceeds go toward a number of projects, including donations to Marmaton Valley High School activities, college scholarships, giving Christmas gift bags to area senior citizens and schoolchildren, sponsoring Allen County Fair trophies, helping with cleanup around the Bourbon State Lake and hosting a dog and cat vaccination clinic.

The 40 Ruritan members aided the city of Elsmore in its development of a children’s playground and in renovating the community building to house the fitness center. The club helps the Humboldt Ministerial Alliance in a monthly distribution of food to area families and keeps a food pantry supply to supplement the food drives whenever necessary. The club adopts several area families around Thanksgiving, and provides them a box of food. A drop box for non-perishable food items will available at the concession stand in the fire barn. Festivalgoers are encouraged to help their friends and neighbors by bringing a canned food item to help the club’s food pantry efforts.

Verle is survived by her daughters, Peggy Gragg and husband Mike and Sue Rhodes; a son, Roy (Stub) Rhodes and wife LuAnn; g r a n d c h i l d r e n , Verle Rhodes Josh Hammond, Rachel Merrick and husband Clayton, Jerod Rhodes and wife Lindy, Jacob Rhodes and Matthew Rhodes; and great-grandchildren, Bethany Merrick, Caleb Merrick and Keira Rhodes.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Iola. Inurnment will be at the LaHarpe Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association and may be left with the funeral home.

Senior potluck dinner The Iola S e n i o r Center is hosting its monthly potluck dinner this Saturday at 5 p.m. at 204 N. Jefferson.

The entree will be liver and onions. Attendees are encouraged to bring a covered dish and/or donations toward the meal and music.

Live music will be provided by Eldon Wright.

Anyone 50 or older is encouraged to attend.

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Depending on your employer, your benefits package may include various types of insurance, plus access to a 401(k) or similar retirement plan. Here are some suggestions for getting the most out of these benefits: • Health insurance – Companies regularly change plans and providers, so the coverage and premiums you had last year may not be the same this year. In any case, look at all aspects of your coverage options – premiums, deductibles, co-pays and total out-of-pocket limits. A lower premium may seem attractive, but you could end up paying even more if the coverage is not as good. So, choose wisely. • Life insurance – You may want to take whatever life insurance your employer offers, but it still might not be enough. To determine how much life insurance you need, consider a variety of factors – your age, income, family size, spouse’s income, and so on. If your employer’s coverage is insufficient, you may want to supplement it with a separate policy. • Disability insurance – This could be a valuable employee benefit – but, as is the case with life insurance, your employer’s disability coverage may not be enough for your needs, especially if you’d like to protect yourself against an illness or injury that could sideline you from work for a long time.

Consequently, you might want to consider purchasing your own disability policy.

Apart from reviewing your insurance options, you may want to examine your 401(k) or similar retirement plan. Of course, your employer may allow you to change your 401(k) throughout the year, but you’ve got a particularly good opportunity to do so during open enrollment, when you’re already looking at all your employee benefits. So look at your contribution level. Are you putting in as much as you can afford? Your 401(k)’s earnings can grow tax deferred, and you typically contribute pretax dollars, so the more you put in, the lower your taxable income for the year. (Taxes are due upon withdrawal, and withdrawals made before age 59½ may be subject to a 10% IRS penalty.)

At a minimum, invest enough to earn your employer’s matching contribution, if one is offered.

And increase your own contributions whenever you get a raise.

As far as your investment choices, you’ll want to spread your dollars among the different investments within your 401(k) in a way that reflects your risk tolerance and time horizon. During the early stages of your career, when you have many years to go until you retire, you can probably afford to invest more heavily in growth-oriented accounts. These will fluctuate more in value, but you have time to potentially overcome the downturns. When you’re nearing retirement, you may want to shift some of your assets into more conservative vehicles – but even at this point, you still need some growth opportunities. After all, you may spend two or three decades in retirement, so you’ll need to draw on as many resources as possible.

Open enrollment isn’t just a time to fill out a bunch of papers. It’s also a chance to reconsider – and maybe even upgrade – many areas of your financial outlook.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Sept. 14-Rural Water District No. 5 board meeting, board office, 8 p.m. 15-Lions Club, United Methodist Church basement, 7 p.m.

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Monday-Crest School Board meets at board office, 7 p.m.

Citywide Yard Sales

F riday-Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, county veggies, bread, cranberry juice; Monday-pasta bake, Italian veggies, broccoli and raisin salad, wheat bread, pineapplepudding; Sept. 14-baked ham, cheesy potatoes, Tuscan veggies, bread, juice. Phone 620-852-3457 for meal reservations.

Citywide yard sales have been scheduled for Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.

Please call 620-852-3321 or email colonygaragesales@hotmail.com for more information and to register your sale.

Yard sales are a great fundraiser for any school clubs/class or church groups. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

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Christian Church

Scripture Sunday was John 16:4b-33. Pastor Andrew Koll’s sermon was “Take Heart.”

Sunday-Potluck dinner at City Hall community room following church services.

Everyone is welcome. Our missionary from Brazil, Phil McAfee, will attend. Sept. 14-Working Wonders CWC, 7 p.m.

All women are welcome.

Cross training classes at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday.

Men’s Bible study-Tuesday, 7 a.m.

UMC

Scripture Sunday at the United Methodist Church was Psalm 139:16, 13-18, Jeremiah 18:111, Philemon 1:1-21 and Luke 14:25-33. Pastor Dorothy Welch’s sermon was “Focus on Discipleship: Count the Cost.”

The United Methodist Women’s September Challenge is lap blan-

kets.

Welcome Crest High School’s open house on Aug. 31 featured several new teachers at USD 479. The newcomers are, fourth from left, Joe Moore teaches 7-12 business; fifth from left, Dr. Morgan Menefee teaches high school English; seventh from left, Austin Lee teaches social studies (half-time); and 10th from left, Hannah Bloehmn teaches vo-ag. Not shown: Wendy Conley teaches pre-kindergarten, Blake Swanson teaches social studies.

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This summer more that 240 teens and adults from 14 youth groups from 10 states painted, built wheel chair ramps and rebuilt porches in Garnett and four surrounding towns. In Colony they helped with two houses. This was the second visit by teens from the Colorado-based work camps ministry.

The volunteers also brought school supplies for Crest and other schools. They set up camp at the Garnett high school.

Colony Day Parade

The weather was ideal for Saturday’s “Cherished Memories” Colony Day parade. Grand Marshal Evelyn Wedeman looked so lovely and so graciously waved at the crowd. Her grandson Mark Wiley was the driver and Cindy Sommer, granddaughter, ac-

companied her. Evelyn has seven other grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 29 greatg reat-g randchildren.

Her daughter, Donna Powell, lives one block from her.

Parade entries: Winners in the large float division were 1-Future Farmers of America, 2-Jolly Dozen Club; Mini-float-1-Colony High Point 4-H Club, 2-Colony Lions Club; Judge’s Choice (can include any entry in the parade). 1-Ed and Nancy Ellington and their grandchildren (accompaning Nancy in the parade,) Karley, Lizzie, Rucker, Lane, Genner, Nash, Gracy, Aubrey, Jaylee and Layla. “Nothing more special than time with our grandkids” was the sign; 2-Randall Beckmon; and 3-Robert Messenger and his Oliver Tractor 77.

School entries included Crest FFA, Crest High School football team, Crest Band (612 grades), Crest Cheer Team, Anderson County High School Marching Band; Colony Lions Club followed by a golf cart with Al Richardson, Lions president, Colony-Kincaid Fire Department, Anderson County Ambulance, Anderson County

1-Denise King “Gone Fishin” tackle box with fish-shaped sugar cookies, 2-Mary Scovill “Colony Bear Cubs” bearshaped mascot with orange and black school colors, 3-Brooklynn Jones “C” is for cookie filled with M&M candies. Winners received new cookie sheets/cookie turners/ spatula and a homemade potholder. There were 11 entries.

The Jolly Dozen Club has entered a float in each of the 20 Colony Day parades, including Saturday’s.

Their “Precious Memories” float showed samples of their past floats. Pictured are Marilyn Thexton, Debbie Wools, Dixie Ward, Beth Nichols, Phyllis Luedke, Cathy Allen, and Sadrie Overall. They placed second among large floats this year. REGISTER/MARY A. LUEDKE Law Enforcement, Auburn Pharmacy, Mirza Shrine Oriental Band, TLC Auto, Garnett, Carla Griffith, write-in candidate for State Senate, Doug Walter, candidate for Kansas House, Phyllis Gettler for Anderson County Clerk, Rep. Kevin Jones, Sen. Caryn Tyson, a 1955 Chevrolet Nomad, a 1956 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup, a 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 with Ethel Beckmon, former Colony resident of 38 years, a 1964 Ford Econoline 4xx, a 1944 Oliver Tractor, a 1977 RC, a 1956 Oliver 77 Row Crop,

a 1068 International Harvester 806 Farmal, Jones Family, Mattie, McKenna and Shane on horses, Doug, Margaret and Ty Chambers, Candy, Brooke and Kent on horses.

Twenty-three baskets were entered. The most expensive basket went for $100.

Best tasting cookies: 1-Hannah Ray (Jeanie Ray’s granddaughter) peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, 2-Blaine King-peanut butter cookies, 3-Delores Stricklerchewy walnut brownies.

Best decorated cookie jars-

Organizers appreciated everyone’s hard work and dedication to this community project and willingness to work with us and the new schedule this year.

Around town

Just about everyone felt the earthquake in Colony a little after 7 a.m. on Colony Day. In several homes, folks were awakened. Others felt and noticed it in several ways. It really shook our storm door entry from our carport.

We thought it was going to fall out! It shook up dishes, etc., and moved pictures around. It lasted 2 minutes, however it seemed like 3 or 4 minutes.

Fox settles with Ailes, apologizes to Carlson, boots Van Susteren

By DAVID BAUDER AP TV Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson settled her sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes for a reported $20 million and a public apology Tuesday, ending the case that triggered the downfall of the cable channel’s chief executive.

Carlson alleged in a lawsuit filed two months ago that she was demoted and let go at Fox because she rejected Ailes’ sexual advances and

complained about workplace harassment.

In a statement, Fox parent company 21st Century Fox said: “We regret and apologize for the fact t h a t Gretchen was not treated with the respect and dignity that Roger Ailes she and all of our colleagues deserve.”

Carlson was paid $20 million, according to a person familiar with the

settlement who spoke on condition of anonymity because the terms were confidential. Ailes did not pay any of the settlement, said his lawyer, Susan Estrich.

Carlson said she is ready to move on to the next chapter in her life and promised to work to help women in the workplace. She thanked “all the brave women” who came forward to tell their own stories and others who supported her.

“All women deserve a dignified and respectful workplace,” she said.

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Ailes, 76, denied Carlson’s allegations when the lawsuit was filed. He had no comment Tuesday.

A l s o T u e s day, Fox Carlson News announced the surprise departure of Greta Van Susteren from a nighttime lineup that has been one of the most successful and stable in cable news.

Van Susteren, who would have marked 15 years with the network in January, said on Facebook that Fox “has not felt like home to me for a few years.” She did not elaborate. She has been temporarily replaced by

Brit Hume.

Van Susteren was among the Fox employees who came forward to speak on Ailes’ behalf after Carlson’s lawsuit.

She later said she wasn’t trying to defend him, merely to say she hadn’t experienced harassment or knew anybody who had.

Carlson, a former Miss America, worked for several years on the “Fox & Friends” morning show, then was switched to a less-visible afternoon time slot in 2013. She was told in June that her contract would not be renewed.

Carlson alleged that Ailes told her in a meeting, “You and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago.” She said he ogled

her, repeatedly commented about her legs and urged her to wear clothes that enhanced her figure.

New York magazine reported last week that Carlson began taking her iPhone into meetings with Ailes in 2014 and secretly recording their conversations.

Carlson’s case led 21st Century Fox to launch its own investigation, and other women came forward with stories of being sexually harassed

by Ailes, including Fox News star Megyn Kelly.

Two weeks after Carlson sued, Ailes was gone, reportedly with a $40 million payout. He is said to be informally advising Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 Announces an Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Former United Zinc and Associated Smelters Superfund Site Iola, Kansas In response to a public request, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 has extended the Public Comment Period for the Proposed Plan for the Former United Zinc and Associated Smelters Site. The Proposed Plan contains background information on the site and details on EPA’s preferred approach for cleanup of contaminated residential soils.

The comment period has been extended to:

Friday, October 7, 2016 EPA encourages the public to review the Proposed Plan included in the Administrative Record during this comment period. The Administrative Record is available for review online at https://semspub.epa.gov/src/collection/07/AR63756.

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GOP county committee members Virginia Macha and Jim Talkington were two of the local higher-ups who supported Aronson’s petition to get on the Nov. 8 ballot as an independent.

Talkington is GOP chairman and Macha vice chairman.

While Talkington merely signed the petition, Macha took a more active role garnering signatures. Macha also serves as a Kansas delegate and was at this summer’s Cleveland convention.

Talkington said his decision to support Aronson’s petition effort was because, “We (he and Aronson) have a personal and professional relationship, and in small towns people wear many hats.” He viewed his support as “an individual and not on behalf of the (Republican) party.”

Talkington added that having his name on the nominating petition “doesn’t mean I’m giving my vote that way. I don’t know who I’ll vote for.”

Having held the county Republican committee chairmanship for “eight to 10 years may be enough,” Talkington said. “It may be time for new blood.”

Macha did not reply to the Register’s numerous attempts to reach her, but did announce her support for Aronson via Facebook on Monday.

REPUBLICANS open-

ly opposing GOP candidates is not an anomaly in today’s political environment. Gov. Sam Brownback paved the way in 2012 when he turned on several incumbent Republican candidates known for their moderate bent.

The most respected of those was Steve Morris, president of the Senate. The result is today’s overtly conservative Legislature that

I think it’s unethical for local party officials, Republican or Democrat, not to support party candidates.

I find it disheartening.

—Bryan Murphy, Allen County sheriff

marches in lockstep with Brownback’s taxcutting agenda.

The same can be said for the national arena.

Donald Trump won the GOP nomination against more than a dozen candidates, essentially all characterized as traditional Republicans. His campaign before and since the party’s convention has been far from a hand-in-glove fit to Republican principles.

So, the Register wonders, does the support of two Allen County Republican Committee leaders for an “outsider” make them turncoats or is it a wave of the future?

ARONSON said “several people, not just a couple,” encouraged him to run for sheriff. “‘Why not run for sheriff ?’ several of them asked me,” Aronson said in an interview with the Register on Aug. 24.

The encouragement spurred Aronson to launch a petition drive as an independent, which produced more than enough signatures for his name to be placed on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.

Aronson took on with the Iola Police Department after his departure with the Allen County Sheriff ’s Department on June 23. It’s his second stint with the IPD, leaving there in November 2015.

The deadline to file as a party candidate was June 1; independents had until Aug. 1 to file.

County Clerk Sherrie Riebel said Aronson was registered as an in-

dependent well before his petition drive and eventual candidacy.

“It’s ironic that I’m independent politically,” Aronson quipped. “My grandmother (Virginia Wille) was a Democrat,” and a prominent one.

She was a delegate to the Democratic Convention in 1984. “We also have strong Republicans in our family.”

Aronson said it was only after his petition drive became common knowledge that Macha contacted him. “She offered advice and to help with the petitions. I respect her for going to bat for me.”

Mitch Sigg also jumped on board Aronson’s effort.

AS THE GOP nominee, Sheriff Murphy said, “I think it’s unethical for local party officials, Republican or Democrat, not to support party candidates.

“I find it disheartening,” he said. “I can understand Jim (Talkington) signing Aronson’s petition as a friend, but he is chairman of the Republican Party in the county.” Murphy declined to comment on Macha’s role.

Clayton Barker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, said he had heard about the situation here and found it ethically troubling county GOP officers had openly supported an independent’s efforts, especially since three Republicans were vying for a spot.

Barker said “there’s not much we (the state organization) can do,” when such things hap-

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input they expect to gather from citizens.

Land in question is in the northeast quadrant of the county, somewhat in the same corridor that is expected to support a wind farm in Anderson County. Another wind farm is operating in Coffey County.

The developer who approached commissioners several months ago is EDP Renewables, Houston. The company has 27 wind farms, including two in Cloud County, Kan., and one in Canada. It also has two solar power parks in California.

The zoning question will lead to a recommendation from the Planning Commission, with county commissioners the final authority.

A BLESSING HOUSE,

as Tracy Keagle terms it, will be erected south of the courthouse, a place where donations of nonperishable things may be left and obtained by needy folks. The proposed site drew thumbs up from Williams and Talkington.

Keagle told commissioners the miniature house — two-foot square

and three feet tall — will be on a pedestal to give easy access. Such things as diapers and canned goods will be available.

The project is part of the over-arching Humanity House initiative.

Spring and summer garden goods, grown in large measure by Keagle, have been helpful, she said.

“We have given away 5,500 pounds of produce from the community garden (end of South First Street),” she said.

Additionally, produce grown in the former law enforcement center garden, Jefferson and Jackson avenues, has been given to Hope Unlimited. “We haven’t kept track of it, but it has been quite a bit.”

IN OTHER NEWS, commissioners: — Put off most discussion and a decision on whether to give the Allen County Community Foundation another $100,000 from landfill reserves. In 2012 $50,000 from landfill coffers was endowed in an environmental fund, and has generated $6,479.51 for whatever purposes commissioner decide within that arena.

Another $50,000 went

to a public health fund, and has accumulated $207,000 in interest and donations. Grants to date total $13,900.

When money is endowed it remains under control of the foundation for perpetuity.

— Agreed to remain a part of the state’s Rural Opportunity Zone project. The county will continue to provide $1,500 a year to entice college graduates to return to the state. If away for five years or more they can receive up to $3,000 a year — half from a local source and half from the state —to retire student loans. The local match also may be provided by a business or industry.

— Approved an Allen County Historical Society target-shooting concession inside the Funston Memorial Home compound on Oct. 8 to support Farm-City Days. Shooters will use an air-soft pellet gun, with three shots costing $2. The target will be on the side of a deer, with the declaration “I shot the last deer of Allen County 1893.” That supposedly was when the last deer was taken in the county, before the deer population surged 50 years ago.

pen, because county officers are elected to their positions.

“I disagree personally,” going outside the party to support a candidate, Barker said, adding a role of the party organization is to support election of those of like political affiliation.

If a Republican wishes to vote for a candidate of another stripe, “we urge them to do it privately,” Barker continued. He cited the last governor’s race when Democrat Paul Davis opposed Brownback, and Republicans were known to have supported Davis.

grocery store and cafe); Kincaid (site of a picturesque rural school house); and Colony (where you can wet your whistle at Rick’s Halfway House).

Each route begins and ends in Riverside Park. Registration for participants begins at 7 a.m. on Saturday and rides begin at 8 a.m.

There will be plenty of water and food on offer at rest stops along the way.

After the day’s pedaling, the fest kicks in.

Bouncy houses will be available for kids from 3 to 8 p.m. There will be a massage therapist

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contain leakage, and there has been no release from the plant,” Hageman said. “The plant remains safely shutdown.”

The plant was manually shut down around 10 a.m. Friday due to the leak inside the containment area, The Emporia Gazette reported.

Hageman says officials had planned to shut down the nuclear plant on Sept.

24 for a maintenance

and refueling outage.

The plant will be kept offline through the scheduled outage.

“It just makes sense to allow our team to incorporate the weld repair into our outage schedule and focus on completing all of our maintenance activities with precision, so we can safely restart the plant at the end of the outage,” said Cleve Reasoner, Wolf Creek site vice president.

on hand to squeeze the flesh of weary riders.

Dudley’s Done Right BBQ will serve an array of barbecue. LaHarpe’s Simply Delicious will provide additional food options. Rookies Bar and Grill will be tending the beer garden. As for the night’s live music, the stage will feature Tate McCoy, Steve Strickland, Emma Piazza and, headlining the event — at this point, pretty much the musical mascot of Allen County — the dynamic and crowd-pleasing Pompous Jack.

Sunday features selfguided bicycle tours of the surrounding countryside, including a tour of the new singletrack trails that make up the Lehigh Portland Trails (route maps for all tours will be provided by Thrive).

For more information or to register for the event visit the Portland Alley Pedalfest Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ por tlandalleypedalfest. Or visit ThriveAllenCounty.org.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMENT PERIOD CONCERNING NATURAL GAS SERVICE RATE INCREASE REQUEST Kansas Gas Service, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., filed an application with the Kansas Corporation Commission (“Commission”) requesting a $28 million net base rate increase.

The requested increase would affect the portions of a customer’s bill that relate to the delivery of natural gas by Kansas Gas Service, including the fixed monthly Service Charge and the Delivery Charge.

In addition, the company is asking that $7.4 million already being recovered from customers through the Gas System Reliability Surcharge (“GSRS”), currently a separate line item on customer bills, be added to base rates for a total base rate increase of $35.4 million.

Of that, $28 million represents an increase and $7.4 million represents the reclassification of the current GSRS charge, previously approved by the Commission.

If approved, the average monthly bill for residential customers will increase $4.34 per month, an increase of 7.2 percent. The application includes a request to: increase the monthly Service Charge from $15.35 per month to $20.45 per month; include the existing GSRS (76 cents per month) in the monthly charge changing the GSRS line to zero; and, a decrease in the Delivery Charge from $2.1267 per Mcf to $2.1262 per Mcf. The application as filed does not seek any changes to the Service Charge for Commercial Customers, which is currently $28.65 per month, but includes a proposal for a decrease in the Delivery Charge, similar to what is being recommended for the residential Delivery Charge. However, the Company hereby provides notice that the Commission’s Final Order in this matter may result in terms that differ from the Company’s filed position.

THE ROLE OF THE CORPORATION COMMISSION - The Commission regulates public utilities including home telephone, natural gas, electric and water companies, as well as motor carriers, oil and gas pipelines and oil and gas producers. The Commission’s regulatory oversight of public utilities primarily pertains to rates and terms of service. In order to ensure that customers of regulated utilities are provided sufficient and efficient service at just and reasonable rates, utilities may not change their rates without Commission approval.

PUBLIC HEARING - The Commission welcomes and encourages public input on utility rate cases. A public hearing has been scheduled to provide Kansas Gas Service customers the opportunity to find out more about the request, ask questions and make comments about the proposal. The public hearing is scheduled for: Monday, September 26, 2016, at 6 p.m. BEST Conference Center, University of Kansas, Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivira Road, Overland Park, Kansas 66213.

Those unable to attend in person can watch the hearing live from the Commission’s website: www.kcc.ks.gov. In the event of technical difficulty or for those unable to watch live, a recording of the hearing will be available on the Commission’s website beginning October 3, 2016.

Any person requiring special accommodations at the hearing site under the Americans with Disabilities Act needs to give notice to the Commission at least 10 days prior to the scheduled hearing date by calling 1-785-271-3140.

PUBLIC COMMENTS - The Commission will accept comments from Kansas Gas Service customers through 5 p.m., September 30, 2016. There are three convenient ways to submit a comment: 1) Go to the Commission website: www.kcc.ks.gov to enter your comment. Click on the link under Your Opinion Matters.

2) Send a written letter to the Kansas Corporation Commission, Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, 1500 S.W. Arrowhead Road, Topeka, KS 66604 4027. Be sure to reference Docket No. 16 KGSG 491 RTS. 3) Call the Commission’s Public Affairs office at 1-800-662-0027 or 1-785-271-3140.

Public Comments received during the comment period will be entered into the official case record and posted on the website at the end of the comment period.

EVIDENTIARY HEARING - The Commission will conduct an evidentiary hearing on the Kansas Gas Service rate increase request beginning October 18, 2016, at 9 a.m. in the first floor hearing room at its Topeka office, 1500 S.W. Arrowhead Road, Topeka, Kansas. The Commission must issue a decision by December 28, 2016.

MORE ABOUT KANSAS GAS SERVICE’S PROPOSAL - In its application, Kansas Gas Service said the increase was necessary because the company has continued to make investments in its system to provide safe, reliable and efficient natural gas service to its customers. The company further stated it has experienced increases in wages, medical expenses and supplier costs. In addition to the rate increase, Kansas Gas Service is seeking approval to establish a Cost of Service Adjustment (“COSA”), a formula rate mechanism that would provide an annual review and adjustment of the utility’s cost of operations and rates on an annual basis. Kansas Gas Service’s last base rate increase of $28 million was approved on December 5, 2012. Kansas Gas Service is a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., (“ONE Gas”). ONE Gas provides natural gas distribution services to more than 2 million customers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. In Kansas, Kansas Gas Service provides natural gas service to approximately 635,000 customers in 360 communities.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - A complete copy of Kansas Gas Service’s application and supporting testimony is available on the Commission’s website at http://kcc.ks.gov, by searching Docket Filings for Docket No. 16-KGSG-491 RTS. If you need additional assistance or more information about the requested rate increase or the public hearing, contact the Commission’s Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at 1-800-662-0027, or public.affairs@kcc.ks.gov.

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Daniels’ predicament signals needed changes for county commission Jerry Daniels, chairman of the Allen County Commission, has missed the last two commission meetings supposedly because of a conflict with his new job.

If this continues, Daniels should resign as a commissioner.

The commission typically meets for a couple of hours on Tuesday mornings, beginning at 8:30.

With a commission of only three members, each one’s presence takes on added importance.

If Daniels is loath to resign, the Register proposes two options.

The first is to change the time of commission meetings to an evening. Daniels, after all, is not the only person whose employment poses a conflict with commission meetings. Perhaps changing the meeting time would also attract more candidates to run for the four-year terms.

Another bonus is that more would be free to attend commission meetings.

A handful of concerned citizens regularly attends Iola council meetings. If something contentious is on tap, say chicken coops, then the meetings can draw large crowds.

The other alternative is to hire a county manager,

much like Iola’s city administrator, to do the heavy lifting. We’re talking about a $13 million budget, after all.

As commission members come and go, an administrator also lends the body stability, and, over time, valuable history.

Switching to a county manager also could be a savings.

While the Register believes public servants should be rewarded for their contributions, commissioners’ compensation borders on generous.

Commissioners are paid $20,592 a year, receive health insurance worth another $850 a month, and are enrolled in the state’s pension program, KPERS. The salary for a full-time manager would likely be less than what we currently pay commissioners and no politics would be involved with his or her appointment.

The switch of management style would then trigger a re-evaluation of how commissioners are compensated.

IT’S UP TO commissioners to decide the best path.

The status quo is down the wrong road.

— Susan Lynn

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Kansas nursing homes double-crossed Nursing homes have cause to be frustrated with Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature. Furious, in fact.

The homes agreed last legislative session to a 150 percent increase in provider taxes as a way to increase the federal Medicaid match and boost their reimbursement payments. But only a couple of days after Brownback signed legislation authorizing the tax, he cut Medicaid reimbursements to these providers by 4.47 percent.

They felt double-crossed.

The providers already were struggling because of the state’s huge backlog in processing Medicaid applications.

That has resulted in homes having to wait months to get paid.

Because of these delays, many homes are having trouble paying their bills and making payroll, said Debra Zehr, president and CEO of LeadingAge Kansas, an association of nonprofit aging service providers. Four care homes have

Prescription for the ailing VA Let’s play a quick game of word association. When we say: “U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,” you say ...

Many Americans would blurt: “scandal.”

Not wrong. Egregious example: revelations in 2014 of dangerously long wait times for veterans in need of medical care, some of whom died while on ever-lengthening wait lists. VA officials lied about — and attempted to cover up — those lists. More than 120 medical centers and clinics were flagged for a more extensive investigation into patient access and scheduling practices.

VA Secretary Eric Shinseki took the fall. But flash forward. Now, after major investigations and billions more spent, is the VA health system better?

President Barack Obama says yes, but for too many vets, Obama’s “better” is no good. Serious problems persist at the Veterans Health Administration, the VA’s medical wing. And they’ll continue to persist until Congress and the White House feverishly commit to three goals: • Allow more veterans to seek medical care with private doctors. The more flexibility in choosing providers, the better chance that veterans will get the excellent care they deserve.

• Streamline and downsize the rest of the system to focus on specialized care for battlerelated injuries that private docs can’t perform as well as VA staffers.

• Fire workers who resist change or don’t perform.

A massive new report from

the Commission on Care, created by Congress after the 2014 scandal, concludes: “Although VHA provides care that is in many ways comparable or better in clinical quality to that generally available in the private sector, it is inconsistent from facility to facility, and can be substantially compromised by problems with access, service, and poorly functioning operational systems and processes.”

Among the commission’s 18 recommendations for a sweeping overhaul: Create a more comprehensive and flexible “VHA care system.” That’s envisioned as a less rigid network of providers including doctors from the VA, military hospitals, other federally funded providers and facilities, and VA-credentialed private doctors and clinics.

The commission also suggests that the current Veterans Choice program be expanded so that all vets can consult private physicians. Good idea: It doesn’t take a specialist in battlefield wounds to prescribe blood pressure meds.

In 2014, Congress passed Veterans Choice, which already allows many vets to choose a private doc outside the system if they live more than 40 miles from a VA facility or have to wait more than 30 days for an appointment.

Yet that law has led to billions of dollars in expenses, millions of square feet of new medical space ... and even longer wait times at many VA facilities. One reason: The law not only mandated a complex new health system, but ordered the VA to set it up in 90 days.

Predictable result: bureaucratic chaos.

Predictable congressional solution: Let’s throw more money at the VA! In the decade since 2006, the VA’s budget has soared from $73 billion to $167 billion, with much of the growth in the health system. Staff, too, has ballooned. None of that has significantly dented the VA’s entrenched culture that disdains accountability.

For instance: The 2014 law streamlined the process to fire VA executives who concealed the waiting-list scandal. Since then, however, only nine people have been fired for manipulating wait times, The New York Times reports.

And some of them could still get their jobs back after appeals. Maddening.

“If you don’t have accountability, and you know your job is safe whether you perform or not, it’s hard to make any progress,” Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia tells the newspaper. “Right now, that is what we have at the VA.” The Care Commission recommends a new board of directors accountable to the president. That could sharpen oversight or just provide more political theater and VA blamesmanship. The bottom line: No plan to revive the VA will succeed until superior performance is rewarded and poor performance is punished.

Until then, count on more VA scandals, more excuses — and more American veterans cheated of the care they deserve.

— Chicago Tribune

closed in the past 12 months, largely because of this mess, she said.

“It has gotten to a crisis stage,” she said.

The backlog also harms lowincome seniors. Because some of the nursing homes are owed so much funding already from the state, they can’t afford to admit new residents who are caught in the application backlog.

“Real people, real communities are getting hurt,” Zehr said.

LeadingAge wrote the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in July to complain about the reimbursement cut. It urged CMS to “immediately engage with the state of Kansas regarding compliance with federal Medicaid requirements.”

It has yet to hear back. But the providers did receive strong support from state lawmakers at a hearing last month of a Medicaid oversight committee.

Rep. Dan Hawkins, R-Wich-

ita, called the cuts to nursing homes and other Medicaid providers “devastating.” He has vowed to reverse the cuts next session.

Brownback also proposed reversing the cuts. To do that, he wants to increase the provider tax on hospitals, but the Kansas Hospital Association objects, saying higher taxes would exacerbate the problems health care providers are facing.

And after what happened to nursing homes, who could blame hospitals if they don’t trust Brownback and the state?

Linda MowBray, representing the Kansas Health Care Association and Kansas Center for Assisted Living, said at the oversight hearing that providers had tried to be good partners with the state and its private insurance companies.

“We trusted the state had the best interest of Kansas elders, and those that provide care for them, at heart,” she said. “We have been betrayed.”

No wonder they are so upset.

— The Wichita Eagle

Paper ballots ensure protection by hackers In a representative democracy, voting is as sacred a right as any. One would hope that Americans could exercise that right without having to fear that doing so increases their vulnerability to having their privacy invaded or identities stolen.

Yet the FBI reported this week that foreign hackers accessed at least two state election databases, downloading personal information on more than 200,000 registered voters and forcing temporary shutdowns of the voter registration systems in those states. The FBI did not identify the states, but Yahoo News said they are Illinois and Arizona. Illinois suffered the larger breach, including the theft of voter information, while the Arizona attack was more limited, Yahoo reported.

The FBI responded by sending election alerts to all state election officials, advising them of the threats. The Department of Homeland Security also held a conference call with state election officials throughout the country.

In Kansas, Bryan Caskey, director of the elections division in Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office, said he was confident that the state’s database is secure from threats. Caskey, who participated in the conference call, said the main area of

concern was with voter registration databases. Caskey said the Kansas registration database is not connected through the secretary of state’s website and cannot be accessed by an outside user through the internet.

It’s reassuring that Kansas has been proactive in implementing security measures to limit vulnerability to a cyber attack.

Similarly, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew deserves a nod for resisting the urge to move to electronic voting machines. For more than a decade, Shew has advocated a paper ballot system in which voters mark their choices and the ballots are then scanned and votes counted. Such a system provides voters with confidence in their selections and election officials with a paper trail in the event of an electronic malfunction.

Finally, the paper ballot system is immune to attacks by cyber hackers intent on doing harm to individuals, democracy or both.

It’s a shame that voter registration databases have become the latest targets of cyber attacks. But it’s reassuring that Kansas and Douglas County officials have taken steps to reduce the vulnerabilities voters here face.

— Lawrence JournalWorld

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High School Football: Iola Junior Varsity 34, Chanute 20

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Iola freshman Casen Barker cuts up-field during Tuesday’s junior varsity opener against Chanute at Riverside Park. Iola won 34-20. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

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A 34-20 junior varsity thrashing of Chanute won’t allow the Mustangs to get over the heartbreaking 15-12 loss they suffered last Friday at the hands of the Blue Comets, but for sophomore running back Tyler Garner, it certainly feels good.

“It was great,” Garner said. “I can’t tell you how great it was.”

Garner was all over the field for

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“We showed a lot of guts,” Iola coach Nick McAnulty said. “It looked like we about ran out of gas in the first quarter. It was just one of those where we just needed to hang on. We had guys cramping up and hopping over to the sideline, but hopping right See MUSTANGS | Page B3

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kendrys Morales has resumed his form as a feared power hitter. The Kansas City Royals hope it has come in time to push them back to the postseason.

Morales had two home runs, including a three-run blast in Kansas City’s seven-run ninth inning that propelled the Royals to a 10-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

Morales hit a two-run shot in the first inning to help the Royals overcome the loss of catcher Salvador Perez, who left the game with a right wrist contusion after he was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning. It was his 17th career multi-homer game and extended his hitting streak to nine games.

“It’s been some time now where I’ve been starting to feel really, really good,” Morales said through an interpreter.

“Now I’m, really comfortable at the plate and I’m making good, hard contact.”

Brian Dozier hit his 39th home run of the season for the Twins, moving him into a tie with Rogers Hornsby (twice) and Alfonso Soriano for fourth-most home runs by a second baseman in a season. He has homered in five straight games, tying Harmon Killebrew and Marty Cordova for the longest streak in Twins history.

Former Twin Drew Butera’s bases loaded single off Brandon Kintzler (0-2) broke a 3-3 tie and got the Royals rolling in the ninth.

Morales has five homers in his last seven games.

“He’s swinging the bat real well right now, that’s for sure,” manager Ned Yost said.

“The second (homer) was See ROYALS | Page B4

Middle School Volleyball: Iola vs. Wellsville

Seventh-grade Fillies sweep Eagles The Fillies’ seventh grade volleyball teams had to fight hard against Wellsville on Tuesday night, but their efforts earned them a pair of five-set victories.

In the A-team match-up, Iola was able to jump out to a

lead with a 25-21 first set win.

The Eagles bounced back with wins in the second and third sets.

With their backs against the wall, the Fillies notched a 25-17 win in the fourth. And in the fifth, they earned a 15-14

win to take the match.

Logan Ulrich, Jenna Curry and Reece Murry were among the best from the service line against the Eagles.

“Serving had a big imSee FILLIES | Page B6

HS Volleyball: Humboldt 2, Oswego 1; Neodesha 2, Humboldt 1

Seniors lead Cubs past Oswego

Seniors Tilar Wells and Annalise Whitcomb provided plenty of offense for Humboldt in their 2-1 home victory over Oswego on Tuesday night.

Whitcomb got the entire team involved from her setter position with 24 assists.

Wells was the primary beneficiary of Whitcomb’s passing skills with a team-high seven

kills. Lizzie Myers also got into the action with six kills.

Kaylie Johnson and Aricah McCall each added five kills to aid the Humboldt cause.

The Cubs lost the first set 25-19 to Oswego, but responded with a 25-18 victory in the second set and continued to build with a 25-15 win in the third.

Whitcomb had 21 assists

against Neodesha, but it wasn’t enough to get Humboldt the win.

Neodesha won the first set 25-23 and again Humboldt responded with a big effort in the second set to win 25-18.

The Cubs lost a nail-biter in the third set, 28-16. Their record drops to 3-4.

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The campaign by former Republican Govs.

Mike Hayden and Bill Graves and former Democratic Govs. John Carlin and Kathleen Sebelius aims to blunt Republican complaints over the court’s rulings on public school funding and reversing death sentences in capital murder cases.

Voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to retain five of the seven justices — Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Justices Carol Beier, Dan Biles, Marla Luckert and Caleb Stegall — for another six years. Conservatives are targeting all of them except Stegall, who is Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s only appointee. In May, the Kansas Repub-

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Previous elections haven’t been a threat to justices’ careers: Since the state stopped electing them to the bench in 1960, voters haven’t ejected one.

The former governors insisted that letting four justices go in November ultimately will leave Brownback to fill each vacancy from finalists recommended to him by a nine-member, nonpartisan commission. Brownback has talked of changing the selection process, which requires amending the Kansas Constitution. To do that, a proposal must be adopted by two-thirds majorities in both chambers and approved by a simple majority of voters in a statewide election. “The system has worked.

It’s just tragic there are those who want to destroy that system,� Carlin said during Tuesday’s Union Station roundtable sponsored by Kansans for Fair Courts, a group that says it wants to keep the state’s

courts independent.

Sebelius, who is married to a federal magistrate judge, added: “We’ve seen an unprecedented assault on the judiciary for the past number of years,� and that replacing a majority of the court “would seriously undermine the tenant of Kansas government — a fair and independent judiciary.�

A message left Tuesday for Toni Porter, a spokeswoman for the anti-retention Kansans for Justice group, was not immediately returned.

In 2014, voters decided Justices Lee Johnson and Eric Rosen should remain on the high court despite an effort to vote them off in response to the court’s overturning of death sentences for brothers Jonathan and Reginald Carr in connection with four Wichita shooting deaths in 2000.

That ruling generated widespread criticism, including from Brownback and GOP lawmakers. In January, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Kansas court’s decision.

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back up when the next guy cramped up. They just showed a ton of guts and I couldn’t be more proud of them.”

Garner was determined not to let the numbers disadvantage matter. He ensured that it didn’t by carrying the Mustang offense with all five of its touchdowns and 215 yards on 23 carries.

“The key was teamwork,” Garner said.

“Everybody put in something positive and we won as a team. I don’t consider myself a player that worries about personal statistics. It is the team. It is all about the team.”

Garner also led the defense with 10 total tackles and grabbed an interception.

“He is just a really hard worker,” McAnulty said. “He practices just like he plays. Every day in practice, he gives everything he has and it shows out on the field.

He does extra work running and he works extra hard in the weight room. He goes hard and he doesn’t know how to do it any other way.”

Iola running back Tyler Garner (42) tries to bounce off of a Chanute tackler during the junior varsity’s 34-20 win over Chanute on Tuesday at Riverside Park. Garner ran the ball 23 times for 215 yards and five touchdowns. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA The offense was orchestrated by a pair of quarterbacks with sophomore Elijah Luedke running the show for much of the first half and freshman Casen Barker taking the reigns in the second half.

Neither quarterback was asked to do much in the passing game with the Mustangs only needing to attempt four passes to dispatch the Comets, but each contributed in the running game.

Barker finished with

Chiefs’ star unlikely for opener

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs’ ground game could look quite similar to the way it finished last season when they play the San Diego Chargers in their opener on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

That’s because Chiefs coach Andy Reid acknowledged Monday that running back Jamaal Charles is “a stretch” to play after surgery to repair the ACL in his right knee. Charles has been practicing for weeks but did not participate in any preseason games as he works his way back to game speed.

“Jamaal has to keep working through this,” Reid said. “We’ll see how it goes.”

The four-time Pro Bowl selection tore the ligament in a loss to Chicago in Week 5, and had surgery shortly thereafter.

He was back on the field for a portion of the Chiefs’ mandatory June minicamp, and that raised hopes Charles would be available for the opener against San Diego.

But with several capable backups, the Chiefs appear in no rush to get him on the field.

“I am full-go right now.

I’m out here, I’m practic-

ing, and I can’t be happier about where I’m at,” Charles said last week.

“It’s all going to come when it comes. It’s just practice right now and I’m happy to be out here.

I could be sitting on the couch watching TV.” The Chiefs kept Knile Davis as their third running back behind Charcandrick West and Spencer Ware when rosters were trimmed over the weekend, giving them insurance if Charles is unavailable. The trio was solid in his absence last season, leading the Chiefs to 10 straight wins and the playoffs.

West ran for 634 yards and four touchdowns.

Ware ran for 403 yards and six touchdowns. Both were impressive enough that they earned new contracts in the offseason.

The big question was whether Davis would stick. He’s had problems with fumbles throughout his career, and had been passed over by West and Ware last season. But he had a solid training camp, and his ability to return kicks made him a bonus for special teams.

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In other news, Reid said Phillip Gaines will start at cornerback opposite 2015 Defensive Rookie of the Year Marcus Peters.

Gaines is coming off his own torn ACL, but has been back on the field for a while, and the third-year pro at least brings a modicum of experience to a youthful bunch of defensive backs.

Of the Chiefs’ six cornerbacks, none has been in the league more than two years.

“I’m confident in the guys, but it’s a matter of them doing it,” Reid said. “We have to see it in games and see how they do, but they’re surely capable of doing a nice job in there.”

Reid also confirmed that pass rusher Tamba Hali and safety Eric Berry will be available against San Diego, even though neither of the veterans participated in a preseason game.

Hali had surgery on his balky knees in the offseason, and the Chiefs intend to treat him with kid gloves all season. Without star linebacker Justin Houston, recovering from his own knee surgery, the Chiefs will rely on the 32-year-old Hali to provide some kind of pressure on the quarterback.

Meanwhile, Berry missed most of training camp after negotiations on a long-term contract broke down and he refused to sign his franchise tender.

The All-Pro has only been with the team about a week.

“We’ll get them in there. We know we have guys that can spot them if needed,” Reid said. “I don’t think Tamba will play the full load. We’ll rotate Tamba. Just by sheer age and wear and tear on the body, he’ll be in a rotation. If you keep him in there, he’ll go 8,000 miles an hour.

“Then with Eric, it’s just a matter of seeing where he’s at and how he’s doing.”

11 carries for 61 yards, while Luedke had six carries for 17 yards.

“I think this was the first time Elijah has played quarterback and Casen has played running back the last couple of years,” McAnulty

said. “I thought they managed the game really well. They kept us in line and had us in the right spots. They did a great job.”

The Mustang defense was able to control the game. It allowed only 14

points until the game’s final play when a touchdown by the Comets as time expired made the score look less lop-sided.

“I was very impressed,” McAnulty said of his defense. “We would give up some big plays but we never got down. Somebody would just try to make a big play and get them for a loss.”

One of the primary players responsible for collecting those big plays was Alex Morrison. Five of Morrison’s seven tackles resulted in lost yardage and the junior terrorized Comet ball-carriers the entire game.

In addition to Garner and Morrison, a newcomer had a huge day for the Mustang defense.

Dominic Ellis hasn’t played football for a full season until this year, but the freshman made a huge impact on Tuesday with nine tackles. Barker also had eight stops.

UP NEXT The junior varsity makes a road trip to Prairie View next Monday.

Djokovic reaches semifinals under unusual circumstances

By HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Normally, it takes wins in five full matches to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. Novak Djokovic has made it that far at the U.S. Open by playing only two, because three opponents pulled out of the tournament with injuries.

Djokovic, the No. 1 seed and defending champion, once again needed to put in very little work, advancing to the final four at Flushing Meadows for the 10th consecutive year when No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stopped because of a hurt left knee Tuesday night.

The first two sets of their quarterfinal went Djokovic’s way, 6-3, 6-2.

At the ensuing changeover, Tsonga was visited by a trainer and had his left leg taped below the knee. They played one point to begin the third set: Tsonga double-faulted, then retired from the match.

This came after Djokovic’s second-round opponent, Jiri Vesely, withdrew from the tournament with a sore left forearm. And then the man Djokovic was supposed to play in the third round, Mikhail Youzhny, quit after six games and only 31 minutes with a strained left hamstring.

“I put myself in a position again to be one match away from the finals. As tournament progresses, I feel like I’m getting better,” Djokovic said. “Of course, this Grand Slam is very unique for me: I never experienced something like this — to have three retirements on the road to the semifinals.”

Tsonga said when the pain came Tuesday, “I knew it was over for me straightaway.”

“It’s already tough to play against one of the best tennis players,” Tsonga said, “but when I don’t have my knee, I have no chance to come

back from two sets to love.”

On Friday, Djokovic will play No. 10 Gael Monfils, who advanced earlier against No. 24 Lucas Pouille, the man who eliminated Rafael Nadal in the fourth round. Playing steadily, and with only a dose of the spectacular, Monfils reached his first major semifinal since 2008 by beating an error-prone Pouille 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in an all-French quarterfinal.

For all of his deep runs at Flushing Meadows, Djokovic has won only two of his 12 Grand Slam titles at the hardcourt tournament, in 2011 and 2015. He’s lost in four finals and three semifinals over the past decade.

It’s tough to know exactly how well he’s playing at the moment, simply because no one has seen him on court all that much lately: less than 6½ hours through five rounds.

After his streak of four consecutive major championships — the first time a man had done that in nearly 50 years — was capped by his initial French Open title, Djokovic was upset in the third round at Wimbledon. He returned to action by winning the Toronto Masters, but since then, Djokovic lost in the first round of the Rio Olympics while dealing with a sore left wrist that he then cited in skipping the Cincinnati Masters.

Djokovic’s right arm was massaged by a trainer in his first- and fourth-round matches at the U.S. Open, so getting all of these free passes hasn’t been a bad thing.

“In this stage of the season, considering some physical issues I have had in the last month, month and a half, this was the scenario that I needed and I wished for. I got a lot of days off and recovered my body,” Djokovic said. “Right now, I’m feeling very close to the peak. That’s the position

where I want to be.”

And that’s a scary thought for Monfils.

When Djokovic is at his best, his returns, court coverage and groundstrokes are as it good as it gets in today’s game.

Monfils, who turned 30 last week, only once before made it to a Grand Slam semifinal, 8 1/2 years ago in front of a partisan crowd at the French Open. But he has been fantastic during this tournament, winning all 15 sets he’s played.

“I love watching Gael.

He’s one of the few players that I will definitely pay a ticket to watch,” Djokovic said. “He’s very charismatic. Plays with a smile. Enjoys tennis. Enjoys life.”

Pouille quite simply ran out of steam, winding up with just about three times as many unforced errors as Monfils, 44-15. Pouille never had won a U.S. Open match or any match that lasted five sets until last week; his 4-hour-plus win against Nadal on Sunday was his third five-setter in a row.

No one ever has won four consecutive fivesetters at a major in the Open era, which dates to 1968.

“Of course,” Pouille said, “I was a bit tired today.”

All in all, the spectators with tickets for Tuesday did not get much competitive or quality tennis. All four matches were decided in straight sets — or, in the case Djokovic vs. Tsonga, even fewer.

In the first women’s quarterfinal, Roberta Vinci fell apart after losing the opening set on a foot fault, allowing No. 2 seed Angelique Kerber to take the last nine games and win 7-5, 6-0. In the other, two-time runner-up Caroline Wozniacki was a 6-0, 6-2 winner against Anastasija Sevastova, who injured her right ankle in the second game and was never able to get going.

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Passer, School

Comp.

Att.

Yards TD

Nick Spencer, SCC

10

18

130

1

Ben Cooper, Iola

5

12

75

0

Chad Classen, Hum.

5

12

43

0

Rushing Rusher, School

Att. Yards TD

Gage Adams, Crest

21

261

4

Tayton Driskel, Iola

37

143

2

Trevor Wilson, MV

8

135

N/A

Jacob Barker, Humboldt

21

104

2

Caiden Elliot, MV

5

61

N/A

Luke Gillis, SCC

16

50

0

Conor Haviland, Humboldt

6

45

0

Dagen Goodner, Humboldt

7

44

1

Noah Pilcher, MV

3

36

N/A

Nik Peterson, Crest

6

30

1

Receiving Receiver, School

Rec.

Yards TD

Zeke Lyons, SCC

6

89

0

Joey Zimmerman, Iola

2

45

0

Dawson Leimkuhler, SCC

4

41

1

Ethan Holloway

1

19

0

Teryn Johnson, Humboldt

2

16

0

Hesston Murrow

1

14

0

Dagen Goodner

2

13

0

Issac Vink, Iola

1

7

0

Chase Regehr, Iola

1

4

0

Editor’s Note: The Area Leaderboard normally will appear in Tuesday’s edition of the Register with varsity football statistics from Iola, Humboldt, Yates Center, Marmaton Valley, Crest and SCC. *Yates Center did not submit Week One statistics.

Texas is ranked for the first time under coach Charlie Strong, coming in at No. 11 in the latest Associated Press college football rankings after a rousing opening victory against Notre Dame.

The last time the Longhorns were ranked was November 2013, Mack Brown’s last as coach.

No. 10 Wisconsin also made a big jump into the Top 25 after beating LSU. The Tigers and Fighting Irish were among seven ranked teams that lost during the first weekend of the season.

Alabama is still No. 1. The Crimson Tide picked up 21 first-place votes to total 54 after its 52-6 victory against Southern California.

Clemson remained No. 2. Florida State moved up to No. 3. Ohio State is No. 4 and Michigan is No. 5. Houston is No. 6.

POLL POINTS IN — Wisconsin, which beat LSU 16-14 at Lambeau Field, matched a record for the best season debut in the Top 25 with its No. 10 ranking.

Arizona also went from unranked to No. 10 in 2014 after the Wildcats won at Oregon.

— Texas A&M is in at No. 20 after beating UCLA, then No. 16, in overtime.

— Miami slipped in at No. 25.

OUT — USC, UCLA and North Carolina dropped out after loses.

— Florida, which was No. 25, fell out after beating Massachusetts 24-7.

UP — No. 6 Houston and No. 9 Georgia had the biggest jumps for preseason ranked teams.

Each moved up nine spots after victories over ranked teams.

DOWN — LSU fell from No. 5 to No. 21. The 16-spot drop is the fourth largest in poll history.

— No. 14 Oklahoma dropped 11 spots from No. 3 after losing 33-23 to Houston — No. 17 Tennessee, No. 18 Notre Dame and No. 19 Mississippi all fell eight spots. The Volunteers dropped after an overtime victory against Appalachian State.

MILESTONES — No. 6 Houston has its highest ranking since Nov. 4, 1990 (No. 3).

— No. 8 Washington has its highest rank since Nov. 4, 2001 (No. 8).

RANKED VS. RANKED None. This will definitely not be regarded as the greatest second weekend of the college football season ever.

Royals: Kansas City wins despite Dozier Continued from B1

huge. We were trying to keep (reliever) Wade (Davis) out of the game.”

The Royals started the day two games behind the second wild card in the AL, but with five teams ahead of them.

The margin of error is getting slimmer by the day, and a loss to the team with the worst record in the majors certainly would not have helped their cause.

After giving up three homers to Dozier on Monday night, Royals starter Dillon Gee fell behind 0-2 in the first inning and left a fastball up in the zone. Dozier hit it an estimated 395 feet into the second deck in left field, giving him 25 home runs since the All-Star break. Three of those were hit as a DH, but his 22 as a second baseman surpassed Hall of Famer Joe Gordon’s 21 for the most ever by an American League second baseman.

GEE’S START Gee gave up three runs and eight hits and struck out two in six innings. Kelvin Herrera (24) pitched one inning for the win.

Yost said he thought he might have to get a tired bullpen up early when Gee served up long balls to Dozier, Trevor Plouffe and Eddie Rosario in the first two innings. But the right-hander settled in after that and allowed just two hits over the final four innings before yielding to the bullpen.

“Everything he was throwing was elevated in the zone and his location was off but after the second inning he came in and made an adjustment and got in a groove and did a phenomenal job of getting us through six innings and keeping us right there in the game,” Yost said.

ROSTER MOVES Royals: Recalled INF

Christian Colon and selected the contracts of OF Daniel Nava and RHP Kevin McCarthy from Triple-A Omaha.

OF Reymond Fuentes and RHP Nick Tepesch were designated for assignment to make room.

Twins: Recalled RHP Tyler Duffey, 1B Kennys Vargas and INF James Beresford from TripleA Rochester. Manager Paul Molitor said Duffey would return to the starting rotation on Friday against Cleveland.

TRAINER’S ROOM Royals: OF Lorenzo Cain missed his sixth straight game because of left wrist inflammation. He is listed as day to day.

Twins: Plouffe had to leave the game in the middle of an at-bat in the eighth inning with a left oblique strain. Plouffe left after falling behind 1-2 and was replaced by Vargas. ... LHP Tommy Milone (left biceps) and RHP Trevor May (back) threw simulated games on Tuesday. Molitor said

both would likely be activated on Friday.

UP NEXT The Royals send LHP Danny Duffy (11-2, 3.13) to the mound to face Twins RHP Kyle Gibson (5-9, 5.31) in the series finale. Duffy has been dominant for most of the season, but has allowed at least eight hits in three straight starts. Gibson has been largely disappointing in his Twins career, but is 5-4 with a 3.10 ERA in 10 starts against Kansas City.

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Not ready for marriage, or to break up Dear Carolyn: My girlfriend and I were together for about four years. I loved her, but I had some immaturity issues. She asked me this year if we were going to get married soon. I told her I could see it happening in two to four years, but don’t feel any immediate desire for things to change between us.

She cried (through multiple conversations) and then broke up with me.

I feel like there’s now a huge hole in my life.

This is the first time in years I have not spent several days a week with her. I really miss her.

I think it would be cruel to stay in the relationship if we have such different goals, but I would like something in between friendship and a relationship. I don’t just mean friends with benefits, but for her to continue being a major figure in my life somehow. Can you see any

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax way this could happen? ­­— Va. Va.: You mean, everything you want for zero personal sacrifice? Not without magic beans.

She apparently isn’t keen right now to (charitably speaking) indulge your indecision on what she means to you or to (less charitably) be at your disposal while you keep your options open.

You can care about someone deeply without feeling ready for permanence, and breaking up hurts. But she isn’t giving you a get-out-ofcommitment-free card to ease the former, and there’s no such thing as a get-out-of-loss-free card for the latter. So,

you just have to hurt for a while and, when you’re ready, reshape your life without her at its center.

I know I sound unsympathetic, but I’m not entirely so. Figuring out who you want to be, where, and with whom, is a deceptively emotional process. It’s going to involve some disappointment and direction changes, including sometimes flat-out losses.

Please figure out why you felt you needed more time. There’s a story in your hesitation, and understanding it is your new priority. Good luck.

Re: Va.: No, you don’t see it happening in two to four years. You have no idea where you’ll be then. All you can say is that you don’t see it happening now. At best you were stalling her; at worst, you were telling her she’s a placeholder while you wait for the real woman of your

dreams. Either way you need to realize how deceitful and manipulative that “two to four years” must have seemed to her.

— Anonymous Re: Va.: My now-husband and I were in the same place almost 30 years ago. We had dated for several years and I was ready to move toward getting married. I asked him when he’d be ready and he said five to 10 years. So I left. We didn’t see each other or speak for a year. I went to law school and he went to grad school. He eventually wrote me a letter and said he was ready for a commitment to marry, which we eventually did.

The point is, we both needed the year apart to mature and be ready for that commitment. I am so grateful he was honest with me. Even if he had not come back to me, it was the right thing to do.

— Anonymous 2

Public notice (First published in The Iola Register, August 24, 2016) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Chase Home Finance LLC Plaintiff, vs.

Michael W. Arn and Donna Arn, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 11CV14 Court Number: 1 Notice Of Sale (Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60)

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on September 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lots Seven (7), Eight (8), Nine (9), Ten (10), Eleven (11), Twelve (12), Seventeen (17), Eighteen

(18), Nineteen (19), Twenty (20), Twenty-one (21) and Twentytwo (22), Block Two (2), MILLERS ADDITION to the City of Savonburg, Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 205 East Main Street, Savonburg, KS 66772 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information,

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Fillies: 8th grade B-Team wins Continued from B1

impact on our wins and losses,” Iola coach Stacy Sprague said.

The Iola B-Team matched the A-Team’s result with their own five-set win.

The Fillies jumped ahead by two sets after winning the first set 2522 and the second 25-19.

The Eagles answered back by winning the third and fourth sets.

“We have to work on our rotations and trusting each other on the court,” Sprague said.

Iola was able to display its mental toughness and bounce back with a 15-12 fifth set win.

Vivian Noah and Harper Gregg led the BTeam in serving.

EIGHTH GRADE Iola’s eighth-grade teams earned the split with Wellsville.

The A-Team got off to a great start with a dramatic 29-27 win in the first set to take control of the match.

Wellsville battled back

with a 25-17 second set win to even up the match and they matched that score with a repeat performance in the third set.

“I thought we looked good at times,” Iola coach Terri Carlin said.

“We had some good rallies. We seem to be our own worst enemies.”

The fourth set ended the match with Wellsville taking the set and match 25-19.

Lauryn Holloway led the Fillies with four kills. Jenna Miller added three kills with Sidney Shelby picking up two.

Taylor Johnson had the team’s only other kill.

“Lauryn had a super all-around game,” Carlin said. “She passed, served and hit the ball well.”

Holloway had five aces. Aaliyah Blazek and Becca Sprague each added three.

“Aaliyah had a good night,” Carlin said. “She was very consistent hitting and passing.”

Hannah Gardner led the team with six assists.

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ed from falling behind after the first set to win the second and third and take a 2-1 victory.

“The B-Team did an excellent job working together to get the win,” Carlin said. “The girls did a good job keeping their serves in.”

Jada Cunningham and Olivia Carney were Iola’s top servers with 13 and 8 aces respectively.

Jocelyn Erbert added five aces.

McKenna Orear led the Fillies with three kills.

Britain Folk, Kelsie Finley and Cunningham each had one kill.

Orear and Taylor Johnson had one assist apiece.

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