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Iolan ‘lucky’ despite losing home Wind

farms gain support

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Tornadoes can be fickle beasts, Joe Carver said Tuesday.

“It’s like God is tracing a finger along and says, ‘this house needs to go, and this house needs to go, and this house can stay,” he said, shortly after returning to the mangled wreckage that was his trailer house.

Carver, who lives just south of Iola on 1300 Street, was slightly injured when the house was blown from its foundation.

He suffered a nasty gash to his forehead, but was coherent enough after the storm passed to drive himself to the hospital. He received sevSee STORM | Page A3

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Allen County Counselor Alan Weber will seek bids for transport of bodies for autopsies.

The decision came during a short commission session Tuesday morning.

Ron Ballard, deputy coroner, owns a service, Quality Care, which came under discussion a week ago when commissioners questioned if his dual duties — pronouncing deaths and then transporting bodies — were a conflict of interests.

His firm and First Call, based in Fredonia, will be asked to bid. Commission-

HUMBOLDT — Jerry Daniels has one of three votes on the Allen County Commission, and if he were to exercise it today, he would vote yes to al- Jerry Daniels lowing wind farms to take root.

“It’s exciting, from my viewpoint,” Daniels told a Humboldt Lion group Monday evening. “We’re ahead of the game with conditions for a special use permit already decided.”

With Daniels was Sam Massey, project director for NextEra, a Juno Beach, Fla., company, that has expressed interest in Allen County.

At the Feb. 14 meeting of Allen County commissioners, Daniels and Tom Williams approved a unanimous recommendation from planning commissioners of rules and regulations a potential energy company would have to meet. Commissioner Jim Talkington voted against the measure expressing a desire for more time to review the criteria.

If EDP Renewables or NextEra, the two firms currently engaged in acquiring options to lease acreage, find Allen County acceptable — mainly through wind currents to turn huge blades attached to turbines — their first step involving the county will be to ask for a special

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Iolan Joe Carver sorts through his belongings Tuesday after his trailer house south of Iola was destroyed in Monday evening’s storm. Here, he holds the American flag his family was given upon the death of his father, a military veteran. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

County to bid for autopsy transports

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

Fill ‘er up Iolans Carl LaGalle, left, along with Helen and Spencer Ambler receive their portion of eggs and sausage at today’s Lenten breakfast at St. John’s Catholic Church. Next Wednesday’s breakfast will be at Iola’s First Christian Church starting at 7 a.m. REGISTER/RICK DANLEY

Iolans protest Bowlus petition

By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

In a public hearing lasting all of six minutes, visiting judge Robert Fairchild heard opening gambits Tuesday morning in a case concerning the alliance between the Iola school district and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The hearing was a chance for beneficiaries of the center to enter objections to a recent court petition issued by the school district. One minute into the proceedSee BOWLUS | Page A4

Calmer winds give hope to firefighters HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Winds are expected to slow down today, but weather conditions are still not ideal for emergency crews battling wildfires in four states that have killed six people and destroyed hundreds of square miles of land.

Bill Bunting, forecast operations chief for the Oklahoma-based Storm Prediction Center, said Tuesday that the powerful wind gusts that fanned the wildfires in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas should ease to about 10 to 20 mph on Wednesday.

He said temperatures should peak in the 70s, with afternoon humidity low.

“These conditions will make it somewhat easier for firefighting efforts, but far from perfect. The fires still will be moving,” Bunting told The Associated Press. “The See FIRES | Page A4

Flames and smoke envelope a grain elevator early Tuesday in Sitka. Wildfires swept by high winds threatened numerous towns across southern Kansas Monday night and Tuesday morning. WICHITA

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Obituaries Alberta Jeffery Alberta Ann Jeffery, 82, Iola, died Sunday, March 5, 2017, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.

Alberta was born Aug. 15, 1934 in Muskogee, Okla. She grew up in Muskogee and graduated from Muskogee Central High School in 1952. She attended Oklahoma State University and graduated with a bachelor’s of business administra- Alberta Jeffery tion degree. Alberta was a member of Alpha Delta Pi, Epsilon Pi, Phi Kappa Phi and the Commerce Student Council.

In September 1959, Alberta Married Jack E. Jeffery. They were married in the First Baptist Church in Muskogee. They lived in Tulsa for a brief time before moving to Iola.

Alberta started working for the law office of Apt & Apt in 1960. Alberta was the secretary for the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Alberta was on the board for the Winslow Scholarship Committee, serving as its secretary/treasurer up until the time of her death.

Alberta and Jack co-founded the Allen County Arts Council in 1965 which is now known as Iola Community Theatre. Alberta and Jack owned Cindy’s Flower Shop until 1974 and later they had a gift shop and catering business.

Alberta was a member of the First Christian Church. She also directed the First Christian Youth Service Choir for a period of time.

Alberta enjoyed performing and working with Community Theatre. Her love for books was unbelievable; you rarely saw her without a book in her hand. Alberta was an accomplished pianist. Family was the most important thing to Alberta and she loved them all unconditionally.

She was preceded in death by her husband Jack Jeffery of 51 years and her parents Albert and Freda (Perry) Borum.

Alberta leaves behind her daughter, Cindy Kress and husband Larry, LaHarpe; her brother, Fred Borum and wife Sammie, Texarkana, Texas; a nephew, Doug Borum, niece Parkie Soule and a great-niece Kelsie Cigianero.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church in Iola. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church of Iola. Feuerborn Family Funeral Service of Iola is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Glenn Roberts Glenn Roberts, 92, Savonburg, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at his residence on the family farm.

Glenn was one of two children born to Walter and Nellie (Cation) Roberts. He was born Sept. 28, 1924, near Savonburg. Glenn was born and raised on the family farm in rural Savonburg. He graduated from Humboldt High School in 1942. After graduation, he remained on the family farm and farmed with his father and brother. Glenn began driving the school bus for Humboldt USD 258 in the fall of 1959. In the fall of 1960 he met his wife Ginger at Zillah School where she was helping her mother. They were married Nov. 1, 1960, and lived on the family farm.

This union was blessed with three children, Patricia, John and Paula.

Glenn raised row crops, grain and beef cattle in addition to driving the school bus for 37 years. After retiring from driving the bus, he became a bus supervisor for the district for six years. Glenn served on the Allen County Community College Board, Allen County Farm Bureau Board, Soil Conservation Board, and Rural Electric Cooperative Board.

He enjoyed hunting, playing cards and farming. His favorite place to be was on the family farm.

Glenn was preceded in death by his parents; brother Floyd Roberts and his wife, Okah, a sisterin-law, Sybil Kammerer; and son-in-law Gregory Mix. He is survived by his wife, Edna Mae (Ginger) Roberts, of the home; one son, John G. Roberts and Tami, Savonburg; two daughters, Patricia L. (Roberts) Mix, Troy, Mo., and Paula D. Goff and husband David, rural Savonburg; seven grandchildren, Clinton Mix and wife Carmen, Moscow Mills, Mo., Steven Goff and wife, Taylyn, Humboldt, Brian Goff and wife Michelle, Kansas City, Mo., Eric Mix, Troy, Mo., Kevin Goff, Chanute, Jason Goff, rural Savonburg, and Torrie Lewis, Iola; and five great-grandchildren, Preston, Porter, Kobyn, Kaxtyn and Ellis.

His funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Calvary United Methodist Church in Iola. Glenn will lie in state at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Iola beginning at noon Friday, with the family greeting friends from 5 to 8 that evening. Burial will be in Leanna Cemetery near 2400 Street and Alabama Road. The family requests contributions in memory of Glenn in lieu of flowers. These are suggested to American Heart Association, Allen County Regional Hospice or SAFE BASE. Condolences can be left for the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

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Commodities available Eugene Wolfe Eugene Glen Wolfe, 90, Savonburg, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017, at his home.

Gene was born Nov. 7, 1926, in Anthony. He was the seventh of nine children born to George Washington and Elsie (Fastuacht) Wolfe. He grew up in the Aurora, Mo., area, graduating from Aurora High School Eugene Wolfe in 1945. His family moved to the family farm near Savonburg in 1950.

Gene met Joan Johnson in Elsmore, and they were united in marriage in Iola on March 21, 1953. This union was blessed with two sons.

Gene served in the U.S. Army from June to December 1945 at the end of WWII. He was called to serve again in November 1950. He served in Korea during the Korean War. During the war, Gene was a driver for Major Ushaw. He also met and drove for numerous celebrities that visited through the U.S.O. He was honorably discharged on Aug. 30, 1952.

Following his time in the service, Gene returned to Savonburg where he farmed. Gene loved the farm and his animals; he was still farming until his passing. He also worked at the Parsons Stockyards for 25 years and at Chanute Manufacturing for 20 years. He was a charter member of Elsmore Ruritan Club as well as a past Zone Governor and District Governor of the Middle America District. Gene was also a member of the Savonburg Masonic Lodge, Virginia 315, the Mirza Shrine Temple, Pittsburg, and the Moran American Legion Post No. 385.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers and three sisters, Bascome, Jane, Roy, May, George Jr., Donald and Virginia.

Gene is survived by his wife of nearly 64 years, Joan of the home; his sons, Glen Wolfe and wife Rhonda, Savonburg, and Mike Wolfe, Pittsburg; one grandson, Brad Griffith; four great-grandchildren, Gage and Bailey Griffith and Eli and Bradley Griffith; and one sister, Viola Bradshaw, Sunland, Calif.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Moran.

Burial with military honors will follow in the Elsmore Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Marmaton Valley High School Athletics.

Food commodities will be available to qualifying residents from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Wesley United Methodist Church

Sin tax bill defeated TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators on Tuesday killed a bill containing proposals for higher cigarette and liquor taxes that Republican Gov. Sam Brownback offered as an alternative to fixing the state’s dire budget problems by rolling back past income tax cuts he has championed.

The GOP-controlled Senate voted 37-1 to reject the bill. Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican, criticized the conservative governor before the debate for “refusing to give us solutions” but said afterward that the debate on the measure honored Brownback’s

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Lawmakers in both parties have said Brownback’s proposals have little support, so the outcome in the Senate wasn’t surprising. Legislators are focusing so far on increasing income taxes to close projected budget shortfalls totaling more than $1 billion through June 2019.

Wagle faced criticism from both Democrats and conservative Republicans who saw Tuesday’s debate as political gamesmanship designed to send Brownback a message.

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As always, there are a multitude of products available to help control the external parasites on your pets, some new and some that have been on the market a while.

Chewable tablets are popular, but because there are some pets resistant to strange treats, there are also topical products. And again, as we say every year, there is no single product that does all things for all people.

Often, to get the most complete and safe parasite protection, you may need to use a combination of products to get the best results.

The newest product, that generated quite a lot of excitement last fall, is Bravecto for cats. This product was such a hit that the supply was used immediately and backordered for months. Bravecto is the flea and tick protection that lasts for 3 months, a tablet for dogs and the new topical product for cats. We hope to have the feline product back in the office soon, but Bravecto topical for cats will probably be in short supply for this entire season. We keep it on our backorder list constantly. Dog owners are picking Bravecto tablets for their dogs already and we are reordering frequently.

Another new-ish product is the Seresto 8-month flea collar. This product was released about 18 months ago.

Seresto collars are advertised as being effective against ticks, as well as fleas. We are seeing an increased interest in the Seresto collars this spring also. Remember, if you use either the Bravecto or Seresto products, you still need to treat monthly to prevent heartworm and internal parasites, like, hook, round, whip and tapeworms. For dogs, RBVS likes to encourage the use of Interceptor Plus tablets every 30 days, because of the ability to control all four internal intestinal worms as well as to prevent heartworms.

Please know that we have an array of parasite, internal and external, products, some of which treat only one or two issues, as well as the products mentioned above.

Good products cost real money. This is truly a time where you get what you pay for. Less expensive products are usually “older technology” that are less effective and sometimes unsafe. By purchasing your parasite preventatives from a veterinarian, you can be assured of getting the products best suited for your individual pet’s needs, along with plenty of advice to help you use the products safely and effectively. Don’t be afraid to ask if there are coupons, rebates or buy-3get-1-free programs going on. The ladies at the front desk try to keep you in the loop, but an inquiry is never wrong, and we know that the products are expensive.

We want you to get the best value for the money you will spend. Treat early and correctly and this year pet pests will not be on your summertime list-of-woes.

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Friday-No school, teacher work and professional development day; March 13-Dental screenings, all day

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Friday-meatloaf or fish, baked potato, Brussel sprouts, roll, pineapple; Monday-scalloped chicken, raw veggie salad, corn, bread, apricots. Phone 620-852-3457 for meal reservations.

Christian Church

Scripture presented at Sunday’s church service was Revelation 3:713. Pastor Andrew Zoll’s sermon was on “Jesus Says: Stand.” Cross training classes, 9:30 each Sunday, worship service at 10:45; men’s Bible study-Tuesday, 7 a.m.

Cowboy Church

Following a welcome

by Pastor Jon Petty, he introduced Emily Mohr, missionary to Uganda, Africa. She told about her mission for community development in Uganda and her ongoing association with the Uganda Orphan Fund, a school for orphans. She read Psalms 68:5-6 as her

Spring Break, March 17.

Colony Little League officers will be meeting soon. If you are interested in coaching please let Angie Black know.

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mission vision.

Cindy Beckman, Terri Louk and Eldon Wright provided praise and worship music; following the service, Leo and Kathy Ramsey led a Sunday School class review of the book “God is Good.”

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Scripture presented at Sunday’s United Methodist Church service was Psalm 32 1-11, Genesis 2: 15-17, 3: 1-7, Romans 5:12-21 and Matthew 4:1-11. Pastor Dorothy Welch presented the sermon, “Renounce, Reject, and Repent.”

The March United Methodist Women’s challenge is Health Kits for UMCOR, United Methodist Committee On Relief.

Little League

It is time to think of playing ball. Sign-up sheets for Colony Little Leaguers will be put in children’s bags soon.

They were made and delivered to the school.

The forms will be due back the Friday before

The Walk Kansas program is March 19 to May 13. During the eightweek program, teams of four to six people work toward a common goal — typically to walk at least 150 minutes per week, which collectively is enough to walk 423 miles, the distance across the state.

Less than half of Kansas adults meet the minimum recommenda-

tions for physical activity (150 minutes a week of moderate exercise ) and only 19 percent eat enough fruits and vegetables. According to the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, if Americans were to stop smoking, exercise regularly and eat well, they could prevent up to 80 percent of heart disease and stroke, 80 percent of type 2 diabetes and 40 percent of cancers.

The cost to participate is $8 per person, which helps to cover program materials, including a weekly newsletter with nutrition and

Rate increases to $49.95 after July 1.

Spring will soon be here and that means it is time for CityWide Yard/Garage Sales.

Phone Marla Bain 620852-3321. A date will be announced later.

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eral stitches and underwent a CT scan to ensure there were no further injuries.

Carver was dismissed from the hospital shortly thereafter. was watching weather updates on TV Monday evening when the storm hit.

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Iolan Joe Carver’s trailer house was destroyed by a tornado Monday. it approaching, and the wind was picking up,” he recalled. “I heard this awful roar,” he said.

Carver remembered

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Crest High School Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a member of the Southeast District.

This year, Crest FCA held two fundraisers during home basketball games that raised enough money to sponsor any Crest High School student to go to the Kansas FCA Spring Conference in April at Rock Springs 4-H Center. Junior Austin Hendrix said, “I am looking forward to the energy and atmosphere of a Christian camp that is filled with other Christians that share my passion.”

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Stephen Weilert crowns his “queen” Marleen Johnson. We say that because in 1968 Stephen and Marleen were married. To the right is Joyce Barnett, the previous year’s queen, No. 10 is Phil Fussman.

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WITHIN A minute, all was calm.

Carver found himself sprawled in the dirt, uncertain exactly how injured, or where, he was.

“I finally got my bearings, and realized, ‘Wow, the house should be right there,’” he said.

Carver pointed to where his front porch remained sitting on its original foundation.

“Maybe I should have hid under that,” he laughed.

Carver saw he was bleeding, rounded up his three dogs — all spooked, but unharmed — and drove to Ray’s Mini Mart in order to call 911. An ambulance crew met him there, where he was deemed fit enough to drive himself to the hospital.

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THE NEOSHO Valley chapter of the American Red Cross sprang into action immediately, paying for Carver’s motel bill for Monday and Tuesday evenings.

Carver and a team of family, friends and coworkers from Kneisley Manufacturing helped him sift through his belongings Tuesday.

Surprisingly, much remained intact.

“I’ve already had four of five offers where I could stay (tonight),” he said. “I’m trying to figure out a place to rent.”

He also will likely need some furniture.

His dresser was undamaged, but Carver’s bed was destroyed. “It’s just going to take some time to figure out what I have, and what I need,’ he said.

CARVER is familiar with tornadic storms, and the damage they can cause. As a child, his family’s farmhouse was hit by a tornado.

“I’ve lived here for 35 years, and this house has served 70 mph winds, funnel clouds and close tornadoes,” he said. “This one was right on top of me.”

Perhaps the most unusual part of Monday’s storm was that while his house and a nearby garage were obliterated, none of his trees were damaged.

“It didn’t touch them, but it was enough to lift my house,” he said. “It was crazy.

“I’ve been lucky” with close calls in the past, he said. “I’m still lucky. I guess it’s going to take more than a nasty tornado to get rid of me.”

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he had left a window open in his bathroom, and raced to close it. As he arrived, he realized the wind wasn’t blowing in, but instead the storm “was sucking the air out of the house,” he said. “It sounded like a train. That could have been the funnel cloud.”

While the National Weather Service did not confirm a tornado, video footage recorded by Joshua Riebel, Carver’s neighbor to the west, indicated a distinctive funnel cloud near Carver’s house amid flashes of lightning.

As Carver closed the window, he felt the entire mobile home being lifted from its foundation.

“It dropped once, then did a somersault,” Carver said.

Like a stack of cards, the house fell apart.

ers mentioned transportation costs — to and from Frontier Forensics, Kansas City, Kan. — had been $550 per case with Quality Care, while First Call’s charge is reputed to be $250.

All costs associated with an autopsy, in an unattended death or one of questionable circumstances, are paid by the

county, through a budget line item set aside for coroner expenses.

Sheriff Bryan Murphy said cost for transport and autopsy usually was about $3,500 per case.

Murphy said an “unattended” death is usually “when a person may have a physician, but isn’t being treated for the apparent cause of death.”

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Moran talks fitness

By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

MORAN — Moran city council members voted unanimously to purchase two treadmills, two exercise bikes and an elliptical from Fitness Gallery, Overland Park, for the new fitness center in Moran. Thrive Allen County and Moran Thrive Pride are recruiting volunteers to help get the center ready.

According to Damaris Kunkler, programs director from Thrive, the name of the new fitness center is heavily leaning toward “54 Fitness.”

The council members also voted on Monday to order high speed internet service from Craw-Kan and to review phone service at a later date. Jim Mueller said guests who use the fitness equipment will be required to sign a waiver. The members agreed to get an estimate from CDL Electric to determine what is needed to install cameras and how many cameras are needed.

In other news, the council agreed to designate March 19-26 for citywide clean- up.

A dog dog tag clinic at Moran City Hall, will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday and will include chipping service.

In response to citizens’ inquiries, Police Chief Shane Smith, asked the council to look into the cost of a chip reader.

“It’s not a new technology,” Mayor Phil Merkel said. “It might be pretty reasonable.”

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use permit.

Planners would have the first look, make a recommendation and commissioners would decide yea or nay.

Allen County also has advantage of transportation lines along the east side of the county, which would be easily accessible to EDP’s proposed project — in a Moran, Mildred and LaHarpe triangle — and NextEra’s in Bourbon County and southeast Allen.

Rorik Peterson, director of development for EDP, earlier told the Register test results had found adequate wind patterns to support the 60 to 100 turbines his company was considering. NextEra may erect half again that many.

Both companies have a presence in Kansas; EDP has a wind farm in Coffey County near Waverly, and NextERA in six counties in central and western Kansas. Massey was in the state Monday to review projects elsewhere. He drove to Humboldt at Daniels’s invitation.

Both presenters cautioned the audience not to get their hopes up too high and that wind farms in Allen County remain no more than a possibility.

However, with Woodson, Neosho and Crawford counties also in the mix, the likelihood of Allen having a role in renewable energy is better than if it were a one-shot affair. Anderson County was wooed

by Calpine, a Houston company, but Anderson County’s stricter conditions make location of a wind farm there more

“The only downside — for some — is the towers. But, you know what, my home rattles when Monarch blasts on Fridays. That’s just Allen County.

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Daniels likened a wind farm to the Enbridge pipeline and pumping station, features of Allen County.

“We’re very fortunate to have Enbridge here,” with it increasing countywide assessed valuation by nearly $40 million, or close to 30 percent. “We (commissioners) were able to lower taxes a little the past two years and also build up reserves.”

Daniels prefers buyin by the public as to whether wind farms locate in Allen County.

To date, their vote is encouraging for the energy companies. “It’s their land, they should be able to decide how it’s used,” he said of those who own rural properties.

EDP is known to have options on better than 14,000 acres; NextEra more, Massey said.

“Everyone agrees renewable (wind) energy is good” — there for the taking and non-polluting, Daniels said.

Cost of generating electricity with windmills is cheaper than using coal or nuclear power, when all costs are considered, and just a little more expensive than use of natural gas, Massey added. Technological advances have been such that soon

wind should overtake gas as the most attractive means of generating power.

“The only downside — for some — is the towers,” Daniels injected. “But, you know what, my home rattles when Monarch blasts on Fridays. That’s just Allen County.”

Building the windmills would also be a benefit to the local cement business.

Massey said an estimate of 600 cubic yards per windmill is about right.

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ings, Judge Fairchild called for Fred Works to address the court: “You have filed objections [to the petition]?” asked the judge.

“That’s right,” said the local attorney and former Bowlus Commission chairman, rising from his seat in the gallery. And so, explained Works, has Community Bank & Trust president Jim Gilpin, who was unable to attend Tuesday’s hearing because of a work conflict.

Late last summer, members of the USD 257 Board of Education directed attorneys from Johnson Schowengerdt P.A. to file a petition asking the court to examine the extent of the district’s obligations to the fine arts center as they were originally set down in the will of Iola philanthropist Thomas H. Bowlus 55 years prior. Board members, who also serve as trustees of the center, are requesting a legal review of Bowlus’s will and charitable trust, whose benefaction paid for the fine arts center’s construction in the early 1960s, established an endowment for the conservation of the center, and — the crucial point in question — ascribed responsibilities to USD 257 intended to guide their stewardship of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center for the length of its existence.

What are the precise limits of those responsibilities, the

district wants to know.

And how elastic are the interpretations of the will given the inability of its author to foresee the changed environment wrought by a halfcentury, especially if the obligations of the

will chance to threaten a school district’s budgetary health. A full menu of the questions the district is asking the court to review appeared in Saturday’s Iola Register.

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— NextEra tower equipment comes from a General Electric plant in Greenville, S.C. Local vendors would be unlikely to have a market with a wind farm, but construction workers would need housing and meals; technicians would be expected to live in the area. “We might have a construction office in Humboldt.”

— Ultimately, “we’re in mile one of a 10-mile race,” Massey said. “It may never happen. At the end of the day if no one wants to buy the power, we won’t build.”

But, Massey is optimistic. He and his company are forging ahead with negotiation of lease options and other details here and elsewhere in Kansas.

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asked several questions. Massey had answers: — The turbines have not been found to interfere with cable or satellite television reception, “but might if you have rabbit ears.”

— If a wind farm is built, leases would be for 30 years. Landowners and the county would be compensated for any damage to roads, fences and gates.

“I’m sure it’d be like Enbridge, they left the roads better than they found them,” Daniels said.

— NextEra would sell power wholesale to Westar, Kansas City Power and Light or Empire.

— If NextEra builds here, it likely would be a $400 million project.

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A similar installation in Pratt County forecasts landowner income at $50 million over 30 years. “Landowners aren’t going to get rich, but it’s a good supplement to their income,” Massey said.

— If the local NextEra project flies, construction would take about six months with 300 workers. Long term, 12 well-paid full-time technicians would be responsible for maintenance.

— Turbines have advanced with technology. At the start smaller ones generating about 500 kilowatts (half a megawatt); now they are larger, more efficient and generate two or more megawatts.

— Towers are spread out, to take advantage of wind currents.

— “I can’t make the towers invisible,” Massey observed, “but we try to negotiate

Gilpin to file their briefs.

Johnson Schowengerdt P.A. has until May 12 to respond, if so inclined.

Fairchild then selected a hearing date of 10 a.m., May 24, when it will be determined whether Works and Gilpin have standing.

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ideal situation is that it would turn cold and rain, and unfortunately that’s not going to happen.”

In addition to those four states, conditions were ripe for fires in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. That followed powerful thunderstorms that moved

through the middle of the country late Monday and early Tuesday, spawning dozens of suspected tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.

Kansas wildfires have burned about 1,025 square miles of land and killed one person.

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Wagle distances self from Brownback Is this a fissure of note in the ultra-conservative wing of the Kansas Republican Party?

Senate President Susan Wagle on Tuesday was critical of Gov. Sam Brownback for forfeiting a strong leadership role to find solutions to the state’s fiscal problems. The feisty Wichitan made a point prior to a committee hearing on sin taxes to rake the governor for not providing more compelling proposals.

We all remember when during his budget presentation Brownback talked about raiding tobacco proceeds (to the detriment of children’s programs), borrowing internally from funds normally above such intrusion, and asking legislators to ramp up taxes on tobacco and alco-

hol products. He also mentioned increasing business filing fees, which would be a fiscal pimple on a gnat’s backside.

Perhaps Wagle is coming around, though she led the minority effort that succeeded in sustaining Brownback’s veto of a House bill that would have restored most of the fiscally destructive income tax cuts of 2012-13.

As for a response to Wagle, there was none from Brownback.

Now, if we can get a couple of more senators — Caryn Tyson, whom we are convinced is a caring person — to come around, we can move Kansas forward.

A multitude of students and people in need of a strong helping hand await.

— Bob Johnson

First responders need helping hand Prescription drugs of every stripe are godsends for people who need them.

However, there always have been those who are careless, or take advantage of circumstances to tread the wrong side of the legal divide.

Opioids are among drugs most often abused, because of the euphoric effect they present for some people.

Opioid abuse can be a killer, and because of that the Kansas House last week passed a bill to expand access to a drug that first responders can use to reverse the effect of an overdose.

Statistics bear out the need for attention. Between 2013 and 2015 the prescription opioid overdose death

rate increased by 28 percent in the state. The Associated Press reported Kansas is one of only three states that don’t allow first responders to carry and administer emergency treatments such as naloxone, which blocks the debilitating effects of opioids.

The bill should weave its way into law.

The vast majority of patients who are prescribed hydrocodone or methadone or any other opioid, use the medicine correctly, and live better. But to forfeit a life from an overdose because an antidote isn’t readily available is a crying shame, and should be corrected.

— Bob Johnson

Get busy, stay focused on schools bill It’s encouraging that the initial response of state GOP leaders to the Kansas Supreme Court’s school finance ruling was restrained and not antagonistic. But the real test is yet to come.

Will they craft a school finance formula that meets the diverse educational needs of public schools in the state?

And then will they fully fund it — and not renege on their funding promises, as they’ve done before?

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that state funding of K-12 public schools is inadequate and unconstitutional. The court gave lawmakers until June 30 to craft a suitable funding plan or potentially face school closures.

Unlike after some previous court rulings, GOP leaders didn’t react with hostility or defensiveness — though they did try to bend the ruling in their ideological direction.

Gov. Sam Brownback said in a statement that the court “correctly observes that our education system has failed to provide a suitable education for the lowest performing 25

Kansas system should be a model Federal officials are mulling changes to domestic violence laws. In this area, they would do well to follow the model of our elected officials in Kansas, who have taken significant steps toward protecting victims of abuse through multiple administrations.

Since 2007, the Office of the Kansas Attorney General has led a quiet but significant effort to reform a haphazard system of counseling for perpetrators of abuse. The initiative, started by Democrat Steve Six and continued by Republican Derek Schmidt, required years of complex legislative and judicial advocacy. The office now certifies a network of 37 professional Batterer’s Intervention programs across the state that meet minimum standards, a significant achievement.

Batterer’s Intervention Programs strengthen the vital services provided by the 27 victim service organiza-

tions in Kansas. Across our state, these programs offer crisis lines, shelters, counseling, court advocacy and other services to meet the needs of domestic and sexual violence victims and their children.

Domestic violence shelters in Kansas, like those elsewhere in the U.S., receive significant portions of their budgets from the federal Violence Against Women Act, an essential piece of legislation that enjoyed broad, bipartisan support for decades until the most recent authorization in 2013. A coalition of Republicans, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions, voted against reauthorizing the bill that year, although it eventually passed. Sessions is now responsible for enforcing the VAWA, and draft budget documents from Trump administration officials have proposed cutting the program entirely.

The elimination of VAWA funding would be disastrous

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percent of students. The old funding formula failed our students, particularly those that struggle most.”

Brownback then called for “transformative educational reform” and for the Legislature to pass a funding system that “puts students first.”

That’s code for school choice and potential public funding of private schools.

Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, said in a statement that the court reaffirmed that “legislators are the state’s chief policymakers and money appropriators.”

She also said that lawmakers have a “duty to provide Kansas students with the resources they need to thrive.”

As the court determined, lawmakers haven’t been meeting that constitutional obligation.

House Speaker Ron Ryckman, R-Olathe, also emphasized the Legislature’s authority to set policy and appropriate funds. He defended the block-grant funding system — which the court declared unconstitutional — as “a short-term ‘time out’ from a broken school finance for-

mula.”

Actually, the previous finance formula was not broken.

It was supported by school districts and approved by the court. The main problem was the state’s failure to fully fund it — which is why the state kept getting sued and losing in court.

Attorney General Derek Schmidt had the most straightforward and pragmatic response of the GOP leaders. He accepted the court’s finding and urged lawmakers to act quickly to approve a new funding plan, so the court would have time to review it before the June 30 deadline.

“Lengthy delay would impose needless strain and uncertainty on parents, students and school employees,” Schmidt said in a statement.

He also called for “a bold legislative response, enacted swiftly, squarely targeting the constitutional defects the court identified.”

In other words, get busy, stay focused and don’t play political games. Good advice.

— The Wichita Eagle

Today in history Today is March 8, the 67th day of 2017. There are 298 days left in the year.

Today’s highlights: On March 8, 1917, Russia’s “February Revolution” (referring to the Old Style calendar) began in Petrograd; the result was the abdication of the Russian monarchy in favor of a provisional government that was overthrown later the same year by the Bolsheviks. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, 78, creator of the rigid airships bearing his name, died in Berlin. The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.

On this date: In 1702, England’s Queen Anne acceded to the throne upon the death of King William III. In 1817, the New York Stock & Exchange Board, which had its beginnings in 1792, was formally organized; it later became known as the New York Stock Exchange.

In 1854, U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese.

In 1874, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, died in Buffalo, New York, at age 74.

In 1930, the 27th president of the United States, Wil-

liam Howard Taft, died in Washington at age 72.

In 1942, Imperial Japanese forces occupied Rangoon (Yangon) during World War II. In 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang.

In 1979, technology firm Philips demonstrated a prototype compact disc player during a press conference in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

In 1983, in a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals convention in Orlando, Florida, President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire.”

In 1999, baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died in Hollywood, Florida, at age 84.

In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board, vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, setting off a massive search. (To date, the fate of the jetliner and its occupants has yet to be determined.)

Thought for Today: “Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.” — Dodie Smith, English playwright (18961990).

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College Softball: Johnson Co. 11, Allen 0; Johnson Co. 9, Allen 1

Red Devils lack any offensive firepower as Cavaliers sweep

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Allen Community College freshman Mallory Roush bunts against Johnson County Community College on Tuesday in Iola. REGISTER/ JON DYKSTRA

The losses are beginning to pile up on the Allen Community College softball team.

Following Tuesday’s sweep

by Johnson County Community College, the Red Devils are now 8-15 and coach Jaime Jensen is growing more and more

frustrated with her team’s performance.

“At this point, we’ve had a lot of losses and those losses have been by a lot,” Jensen said. “It doesn’t even matter who we are playing, because we have to play with heart and find it within ourselves.”

In game one, Allen sophomore Raegan Beckley started

off strong on the mound with two shutout innings, but the wheels came off in the third inning.

Beckley gave up three runs in the third and three more in the fourth inning before being pulled.

Freshman Dela Boyd came See SOFTBALL | Page B3

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PITTSBURG — The Allen Community College track and field team has once again out-performed expectations at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships.

Coming into the national meet in Pittsburg, the Red Devils were pro-

jected to finish 20th on the women’s side and 16th on the men’s. Instead, both Allen teams finished 11th overall.

“It was really a great meet for the men and women,” Allen coach Vince DeGrado said. “All and all, considering we aren’t a fully operational track See TRACK | Page B6

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Laird Veatch remembers driving to football practice with Kirby Hocutt near the end of their senior year at Kansas State, and they began to discuss what they would do after college.

The seed was planted in both their minds that day to pursue a career in athletic administration, and Hocutt was the first to land a top job, at Ohio.

He would later become athletic director at Miami and then return to the Big 12, taking over the same job at Texas Tech nearly six years ago.

It took Veatch until last week before getting his big shot.

The associate AD at Kansas State was given the interim job after John Currie’s abrupt departure for Tennessee, taking over at a school at a crossroads. His old coach, Bill Snyder, is undergoing throat cancer treatment, basketball coach Bruce Weber has been on the hot seat all season and another multi-million dollar renovation is already underway at the football stadium.

Veatch insists that walking into the athletic director job in any shape or form, for any length of time, amounts to a dream.

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College Basketball: Big 12 Tournament Preview

Big 12 Tournament starts today

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas coasted its 13th straight regular-season Big 12 championship in what has become a rite of spring, running roughshod over what is touted as one of the toughest leagues in the country.

Things haven’t always been so easy in the conference tournament.

The Jayhawks ended the two-year reign of Iowa State last year, but that was just their second Big 12 Tournament title in five years. Twice they haven’t even made the title game. And for all its talent, coach Bill Self ’s group hasn’t won consecutive tournaments since 2010-11.

Part of that is the strength

of the league. Part of that is the crapshoot of tournament play.

“I think the culmination of games down the stretch should give our team some confidence heading into the Big 12 Tournament,” said Self, whose No. 1 Jayhawks haven’t lost since Feb. 4. “For the most part, guys are playing with a free mind. This time of year you want fresh bodies and free minds.”

To help with that, Self gave his guys Sunday and Monday off this week. They returned to practice Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of the quarterfinals Thursday, when the top seed will play the winner of an opening-round game between No. 8 seed TCU and No. 9 seed Oklahoma.

Seventh-seeded Texas Tech

plays No. 10 seed Texas in the other opener Wednesday night. No. 2 seed West Virginia gets the winner of that game, while fourth-seeded Iowa State plays No. 5 seed Oklahoma State and third-seeded Baylor plays No. 6 seed Kansas State in the other quarterfinals.

The Jayhawks (28-3) have plenty to play for beyond a title. They’re in good position to land the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, and that would mean playing their first two games in Tulsa — a reasonable drive from Lawrence — and their next two games in nearby Kansas City, Missouri.

“Hopefully the mindset changes in this regard: ‘Hey guys, the finish line is near.

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in for Beckley and gave up one more in the fourth and three more in the fifth, before Courtney Gard relieved her and gave up one run and recorded only one out before the game was called at 10-0 after five innings.

“Right now, we are getting hit hard,” Jensen said. “We need confidence, because we have to have something solid on the mound in order to respond back to.”

Despite the pitchers’ struggles, the offense wasn’t any better. The Red Devils only had two

hits in the entire game with one from Winter Henry and the other from Chelsea Lake.

“At this point, we are trying to put an offensive team out there, but they are not responding to that,” Jensen said.

“Every game is up in the air as to where everyone is going to be because no one is competing to win a starting spot. I’m giving everyone a shot. It is just really hard, because we have the potential.”

In game two the Red Devils fell 9-1 in six innings.

Gard started the game

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and gave up six runs before she was relieved after recording just five outs.

“It is hard to come back when we are down by so much every game,” Jensen said.

Beckley got the Red Devils out of the second inning and pitched the next four innings without allowing an earned run, but unfortunately for Beckley, a trio of errors were committed behind her that allowed three additional runs to score.

Henry — who had two hits, but also an error — scored in the fifth inning on a Lake hit to record the only run of the day for the Red Devils.

“We need to put up runs,” Jensen said.

“We have to put something together. We got a lot of people on today then nothing.”

UP NEXT The Red Devils will head to Joplin, Mo., for the Crowder College Tournament this weekend where they will try to get themselves right with three games on Friday and two on Saturday at the Joplin Athletic Center.

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Self said. “To me, that needs to be the mindset.”

Other teams also have plenty on the line in Kansas City. Here are some of the story lines: BUBBLE WATCH The Cowboys (20-11) are likely to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, but a win at the Sprint Center would take away some of the drama. Kansas State (19-12) is the team desperately in need of a win, especially since it would be a high-profile win against the Bears.

“I’m going to leave it up to the committee,” Kansas State senior Wes Iwundu said, “but you know, we’re a good conversation piece. We’ll be an even better conversation if we do something in the Big 12.”

COACH WATCH Speaking of the Wildcats, they could be playing for coach Bruce Weber’s job after missing out on the NCAA Tournament the last two years. Weber guided Kansas State to the Big 12 title game in 2014, his first season in charge, but has lost three of its last four tournament games.

“Our back is up against the wall,” Kansas State’s D.J. Johnson said. “We’re always that way.”

OTHER FAVORITES West Virginia routed the Jayhawks at home and nearly won at Allen Fieldhouse, and its frenetic style can cause nightmares. But the Mountaineers are just 2-4 in the Big 12 tourney since they joined the conference in 2012, and their road to the title could include a date with Baylor.

The Bears were ranked No. 1 earlier this season and have the ability to make a deep run.

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“Theoretically, in most leagues (the 2 seed) is an easier route to the championship,” Huggins said of the stout field, “but in this league I don’t think it really matters.”

OH, THOSE CYCLONES With the exception of Jayhawk fans, nobody packs the Sprint Center quite like Iowa State’s legion. They paint the Power and Light District in downtown Kansas City red whenever they show up, giving their

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The honeymoon period is certain to be shortlived.

The Wildcats head to Kansas City this week for the Big 12 Tournament, where they may need to beat Baylor in the quarterfinals on Thursday to reach the NCAA Tournament.

And even if they reach the field of 68 next week, it may take a deep March run to save Weber’s job.

The embattled coach has missed the postseason the past two years, the program falling into a cycle of mediocrity.

Most believe Currie was leaning toward relieving Weber of his job after the season, but it could be up to Veatch and Kansas State President Richard Myers to make a decision.

Myers, a retired fourstar general and Kansas State alum, has only been the president for about a year, taking over when Kirk Schulz left for Washington State.

He has never hired an AD, much less a coach for a high-profile opening such as basketball, and nobody is quite sure what his thinking will be when it comes to either position.

Plus, it’s easy to fire a coach or an interim AD. It’s much harder to hire a replacement — anyone who speaks to Kansas State about the job will want to know who his boss will be.

“However long this last, you’ll find I’m a pretty traditional administrator,” Veatch said. “The standard has always been you wait until the end of the season to assess and talk about those things, no matter what the decision is. But I expect to be part of it along with the president.”

Veatch will no doubt have the support of Snyder, who not only coached him with the Wildcats from 1990-94 but made him a captain as a senior. Snyder may hold more sway over fans and donors than anyone, including the president, even though he is not a member of the AD search committee.

Whoever is hired may be tasked with replacing Snyder soon, too.

The 77-year-old coach

revealed last month that he is undergoing cancer treatment, though he plans to coach the upcoming season. He even attended Saturday’s basketball game, standing and blowing kisses to a crowd that gave him a standing ovation when he was shown on the video screens.

There is a chance this is Snyder’s last season, and finding his heir is no easy task. That became clear when Ron Prince fizzled following Snyder’s first retirement.

These are all things tumbling through Veatch’s mind as he shakes hands with fans and donors, and gets to know the ins and outs of the Kansas State athletic department on a whole new level.

“We report to presidents and make recommendations to presidents on major decisions, and that’s what I would continue to do in any situation,” Veatch said. “Just keep things moving down the tracks. We have a great staff, great coaches, a great program. We’re efficient, well-run, so there’s nothing there to fix. I’m not into the idea of coming in and changing things and making major changes.”

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Spring Training Roundup: Scherzer tries new grip (AP) — Max Scherzer has come to grips with a finger injury — by coming up with a new, unusual grip for his fastball.

The Washington Nationals ace won the NL Cy Young Award last season despite a stress fracture on his right ring finger in the second half. The problem didn’t totally heal during the winter, so Scherzer is trying something different this spring.

“It is strange that I am throwing with three fingers,” Scherzer said.

Sure is.

His normal fastball grip — the one used by nearly every pitcher in the pros — employs two fingers on top of the ball with the ring finger bent along the side, providing stability in the hand.

That formation aggravates Scherzer’s injury by pressing the ball onto the knuckle. Earlier this spring, he straightened the ring finger, placing it on top of the ball along with his middle and index finger, a grip that alleviates the pressure and pain.

“What else am I going to do?” Scherzer said. “I’m willing to do it. I want to do it. It’s just part of what I’ve got to go out there and do — to pitch right now.”

On Tuesday, Scherzer faced live hitters for the first time this spring, throwing a live batting practice session to minor league hitters on one of the complex’s back fields prior to the Nationals’ game against Boston.

With manager Dusty Baker and general manager Mike Rizzo looking on, Scherzer worked from both the windup and the stretch, simulating two innings of action. He threw 44 pitches during the outing, the majority of which were fastballs.

The Nationals didn’t have a radar gun present, but Scherzer said he didn’t sense a drop in velocity with the three-fingered grip. He said it seemed to him the ball had the same spin as it normally did with a two-finger grip.

Scherzer doesn’t know the timeline for his next action and wouldn’t commit to the next step, which could be a simulated game or even Grapefruit League action.

“We don’t have a target day because we don’t know how he’s going to come out of this,” Baker said. “We’ll see how he comes out of this.”

The 32-year-old Scherzer went 20-7 last season with a 2.96 ERA and a major league-leading 284 strikeouts. He also won the 2013 AL Cy Young with Detroit.

ninth, making a throwing error and tossing a gameending wild pitch.

A’S 21, D-BACKS 13 A’s starter Sonny Gray allowed the first five batters to reach and score, including a three-run homer by Ketel Marte. Gray completed two innings and allowed seven earned runs on five hits and four walks. Marcus Semien went 3 for 3 with four RBIs while Yonder Alonso and Trevor Plouffe each had two hits. Oakland scored 11 runs in the sixth.

Arizona starter Shelby Miller gave up six earned runs on five hits and two walks over 2 2/3 innings.

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PIRATES 6, BRAVES 3 Pirates prospect Jose Osuna hit his third home run this season. Atlanta starter Jaime Garcia gave up two runs on two hits and two walks and struck out four over two innings.

YANKEES 7, RAYS 6, 10 INNINGS CC Sabathia pitched two shutout innings for the Yankees. Adam Warren took over and gave up two earned runs on four hits and a walk over three innings.

Chris Carter had an RBI single and Tyler Wade singled home Pete Kozma for the game-winner.

Rays starter Jake Odorizzi allowed an earned run on five hits, striking

out four, over two innings.

Willy Adames and Corey Dickerson hit solo home runs for Tampa Bay.

At 41, he hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2008. His fastball consistently hit 93 mph, and Gagne is hoping a solid performance in the tournament could spur a comeback in the big leagues.

PHILLIES 11, TIGERS 6 Tigers starter Justin Verlander gave up one earned run on four hits and two walks in three innings. Andrew Romine had three hits.

Brock Stassi hit his third home run this spring, a grand slam. Phillies starter Aaron Nola went two innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits and a walk.

ORIOLES 5, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 4 Baltimore star Manny Machado was hitless while playing third base for the Dominican Republic team. The Orioles scored twice against Dellin Betances, who walked two and gave up a hit.

Pitchers in the World Baseball Classic are limited in how much they can throw, so the Orioles gave minor leaguer Jefri Hernandez to the Dominican side — he then gave up two runs in the bottom of the

CANADA 7, JAYS 1 Former ace closer Eric Gagne worked around a hit and walk in one scoreless inning for Team Canada during a tuneup for the World Baseball Classic.

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Mexico starter Luis Mendoza gave up five hits and four earned runs in two innings. Luis Urias, a fast-rising prospect for the Padres, got two hits 4 against his big league club.

ITALY 8, CUBS 7 John Lackey pitched two scoreless innings for the Cubs, with one hit and one strikeout in front of 10,762 at Sloan Park. Taylor Davis hit a two-run homer in the sixth and Chris Dominguez added a three-run drive to give the Cubs the lead in the sixth.

Italy’s Brandon Nimmo and Gavin Cecchini — who both play for Mets — each had two hits and Rob Segedin won it with a tworun homer in the ninth.

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OF THE CITY OF IOLA, KANSAS: That a hearing will be held on the 10th day of April, 2017, before the governing body of the city at 6:00 o’clock p.m., at the Park Community Building, 510 Park Avenue in Iola, Kansas at which the owner, his or her agent, any lien holders of record, any occupant and any other parties in interest, as that term is defined by law, of the structure located at: City of Iola, Lot 1 & 2, Block 3 & S2, Allen County A.K.A. 26 N. Third May appear and show cause why such structure should not be condemned as an unsafe or

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY

HEREIN MAY APPEAR AND SHOW CAUSE WHY SUCH STRUCTURE SHOULD NOT BE CONDEMNED AND ORDERED REPAIRED OR DEMOLISHED AS AN UNSAFE OR DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.”

(First Published in The Iola Register, March 1, 2017) RESOLUTION NO. 2017-03 “A RESOLUTION FIXING A TIME AND PLACE AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF A HEARING BEFORE THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF IOLA, KANSAS, AT WHICH THE OWNER, HIS OR HER AGENT, LIENHOLDERS OF RECORDS, OCCUPANTS AND OTHER PARTIES IN INTEREST OF STRUCTURES LOCATED WITHIN SAID CITY AND DESCRIBED

WHEREAS, the enforcing officer of the City of Iola, Kansas, did on the 27th day of February, 2017, file with the governing body of said city, a statement in writing that the structure, hereinafter described, is unsafe and dangerous.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY

(First published in The Iola Register, March 1, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Bank of America, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Cody R. Tice; Lisa D. Riley-Tice; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Unknown spouse of Cody R. Tice, if any; Unknown spouse of Lisa D. Riley-Tice, if any; Defendants.

Case No. 17CV17 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of

any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be concerned.

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate: Lot Fourteen (14), LESS the East Five (5) feet thereof, in Garfield Addition to the City of Iola, in Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 805 East Garfield Street, Iola, KS

66749 (the “Property”) and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are required to plead to the Petition on or before the 11th day of April, 2017, in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Joel Wicoff, Mayor (signed)

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ATTEST: Roxanne Hutton, City Clerk (signed) (SEAL)

Joel Wicoff, Mayor (signed)

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ATTEST: Roxanne Hutton, City Clerk (signed) (SEAL)

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Allen Community College sophomore Kaitlyn Shoemaker stands at the top of the podium after winning the NJCAA Indoor National Championship in the 5000 meters in Pittsburg on Friday. Allen freshman Abby Steinhauser finished eighth. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Track: Shoemaker adds national title to impressive resume Continued from B1

program, we are just in a few events.�

The women’s team was largely carried by an outstanding performance from sophomore distance-specialist Kaitlyn Shoemaker.

Shoemaker won an individual national championship in the 5000-meter run with a 17:30.01.

Freshman Abby Steinhauser finished eighth in the same race with a 18:46.40, a personal-best for her.

Later on Friday, Shoemaker laced up her shoes again and ran in the 3000-meter run.

Shoemaker, who has committed to Missouri Western State University, finished as runnerup with a 10:13.57, which also earned her AllAmerican status for that event. “What can you say? It was expected in the 5K. But the 3K was impressive because it wasn’t

as expected there,� DeGrado said. “The 5K was over after a mile and a half. She led the entire thing.�

DeGrado said “barring injury, illness or getting hit by anything, she’ll win the 10000 meters at the Outdoor National Championships.� That will make Shoemaker the most decorated female track athlete in school history.

Shoemaker added to the team’s point total by combining with Hannah Johnson, Maria Puente and Vicky Ibarra to place fifth in the 4x800meter relay. They set a new school record with a 9:44.11.

Puente and Johnson joined forces again with Keshema Fleming and Kristina Silvers to take ninth in the distance medley relay.

On the men’s side, it was a much more balanced effort to earn the 11th-place finish.

“It was different people stepping up for the men,� DeGrado said. “It was a team effort.�

Ka’ven Berry was the top finisher for the Red Devils with a third-place showing to earn AllAmerican honors in the 600 meters.

Berry broke the school record in the preliminaries with a 1:19.64 and then broke it again with a 1:18.75 in the finals. “Ka’ven has run that race three times and set a new school record each time,� DeGrado said.

Anthony Glasgow, Carlton Tarpley, Ryan Yarde and Philip Lagemann combined to take fourth in the distance medley relay. They finished with a 10:18.04.

The team suffered a setback in the 4x800 meter relay when they were battling for the lead going into the final leg, but a bad exchange led to dropping the baton and costing the Red Devils

nine seconds. Despite that, the team still managed to finish fifth with a 9:44.11. “It took us about eight to nine seconds to figure out how to pick up the baton and right when we did the out teams came flying,� DeGrado said with a laugh. “I’m not saying we would have won the national title, but at worst we would have gotten second.�

Glasgow, Yarde, Chris Martin and Vinny Butera made up the 4x800 team.

The Red Devils also had a very good showing in the 4x400-meter relay with Berry, Martin, Tarpley and Ke’Voughn Manning taking seventh with a 3:15.9.

Sophomore Ricardo Banuelos finished fifth in the 5000-meter run with a 14:42.6 which is a new school record. “That was a huge PR for Ricardo,� DeGrado said. “He ran against the same guys he did for

cross country.�

Philip Lagemann also set a school record by taking sixth in the mile with a 4:18.9.

In addition to his relay contributions, Glasgow had a strong perfor-

mance in the 800 meters.

He took sixth overall and set a school record with a 1:54.83 in the preliminaries.

Butera took ninth in the same race with a 1:57.85.

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