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Tax proposal goes to House TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas House members could balance the next state budget by approving a plan to boost sales and cigarette taxes after the Republican supermajority in the Senate overcame deep divisions to pass the measure.

The House faced a potential vote on the tax plan today, the 109th day of a legislative session that is now the longest in state history. The Senate’s vote Sunday night was 21-17 to approve the measure.

Sen. Caryn Tyson, R-Parker, who represents Allen County, voted against the bill.

Passage by the House would send the measure to GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. Rejection would force legislative negotiators to draft a new plan for raising revenues to prevent a deficit arising from the $15.4 billion budget lawmakers have approved for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

The state’s budget problems began after lawmakers slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s urging as an economic stimulus. The tax bill approved by the Senate would raise $423 million

See related articles A2, A4 and B2 during the next fiscal year — more than enough to balance the budget — by increasing the state’s sales tax to 6.55 percent from 6.15 percent and raising the cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack to $1.29.

Republican leaders pushed the tax plan to Senate passage after negotiators for the two chambers added several sweeteners to proposals that senators had overwhelmingly rejected only the day before.

“I think overall, it’s a pretty good sandwich,” said Republican Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, of Leavenworth. “I think we ought to get through this and

Civil War Days

Humboldt’s triennial telling of the Confederate raid and burning of the town by a group of Confederate rebels drew large crowds once again. Above, the Confederates fire a volley after their raid to capture escaped slaves. Below is a scene in Humboldt prior to the Sept. 8, 1861 raid.

At right, Richard Spencer serves as the narrator for the day’s events. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

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Don’t stop believing The word hope lit up the darkened gym.

From left, Rick Tracy, from Greater Than Fables, plays a song during the entertainment portion of the 19th annual Allen County Relay For Life. At middle, Kayla Genoble and her family lead the survivor lap during opening ceremonies. At right, Iola Sisters raised $13,747, the largest of 11 teams participating. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET

19th annual Relay For Life fundraiser nets $39,000 Early morning showers Friday moved the 19th annual Allen County Relay For Life from the courthouse square to the Recreation Community

Building in Riverside Park.

The change of venue didn’t stop the teams from raising money for cancer research.

Preliminary total raised for

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the Relay was $39,874.

The top three teams were: Iola Sisters $13,747; Gates $8,258; Calvary United Methodist Church $3,925.

Of 173 participants; 84 were cancer survivors.

Luminarias glowed inside the rec building while names of cancer survivors and those

“It’s a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.” — Georges Bernanos, French author 75 Cents

who have passed were named.

The word hope lit up the darkened gym as a reminder a cure for cancer has yet to be discovered.

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Arrest follows vandalism report Sarah Gragg told Iola police June 1 somebody used a pellet gun to shoot the glass out of her storm door in the 300 block of South Chestnut Street.

As a result, Iola police officers arrested LaTwan Hill, 27, Iola, for suspicion of criminal damage to property, discharge of a BB gun within city limits, disorderly conduct and interfering with law enforcement.

Hill also had been arrested a day earlier for suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia after Iola police officers executed a search warrant at 411 S. Chestnut St. Hill also was wanted on a pair of warrants out of Shawnee County.

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Shivon Tucker, 26, Gas, for allegedly possessing drug paraphernalia, no proof of liability insurance and having an expired license plate during a traffic stop Thursday in the 300 block of North Kentucky Street.

Robert Burton, 40, and Benjamin Lewis, 33, were arrested Tuesday in the 300 block of North Cottonwood Street for suspicion of disorderly conduct.

Carol Christy, 76, Iola, was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of domestic battery, criminal damage to property and a bond revocation charge, officers said.

Juvenile nabbed for throwing rocks Iola police officers were called June 1 to the 300 block of North Sycamore Street after several juveniles were reportedly throwing rocks at a commercial building. One 12-yearold juvenile was detained; charges are pending, Iola police officers said.

Theft reported William Keithly, 54, told police officers Tuesday somebody stole items from his residence in the 300 block of North Second Street.

The theft occurred sometime in the past two months, Keithly said.

Bike taken Clara Ellis told police officers Thursday somebody stole her son’s bike while it was in the 800 block of North Buckeye Street. The 24-inch, lime green Mongoose boys bike was stolen sometime between May 28 and June 1.

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Remembered forever Le Gretta Ross-Rawlins, Postmaster of Charlotte, left, smiles as she and Walter Faison, National President of ESPER, right, unveil the Maya Angelou Forever Stamp during a dedication ceremony at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday. Angelou was an author, poet, filmmaker, civil rights activist and professor who taught during her latter years at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. She died on May 28, 2014. ESPER is The Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections, an international stamp society dedicated to promoting the collecting of stamps and philatelic material depicting people and events related to the African diaspora, and to encouraging and supporting the interest and participation of blacks in all aspects of philately. TNS/Jeff Siner

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— Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse commissioners room.

— Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen County Regional Hospital.

— Knights of Columbus, 7 p.m., KofC Room in the St. John Parish Center.

— Allen Community College Board of Trustees meeting, 6 p.m., student center trustees meeting room at college.

— Allen County Historical Society board meeting, 7 p.m., Allen County Historical museum.

Anti-furlough bill keeps employees on the job

By ANDY MARSO Kansas Health Institute

Gov. Sam Brownback said Saturday he will sign a bill to keep state workers who had faced furloughs on the job.

But Brownback said if the gridlocked Legislature doesn’t pass a budget soon, those workers might go unpaid, which could land the state in legal trouble.

“If the Legislature does not pass a budget and tax policy, it leaves the state with no authority to disburse funds, including salaries,” Brownback said in a prepared statement on Senate Bill 11. “SB11 means that employees will work without the guarantee of being paid for that work.

That is potentially in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.” The bill provides a possible reprieve for 24,000 public workers deemed “nonessential” who received furlough notices Friday. That includes thousands at the University of Kansas Medical Center and health-related state agencies like the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Those agencies had been preparing to pare services, with KDHE saying that in case of furloughs, Kansans would be unable to access birth, death, marriage or divorce certificates from the Office of Vital Statistics as of today.

Democrats had proposed a different bill earlier in the week to appropriate $200 million to temporarily pay state workers.

But under SB 11, all state workers were

Every state employee is essential to our success and provides needed services to the citizens of the state. All state employees should report to work as normal beginning Sunday, June 7, even though the Legislature has not yet passed a bill authorizing expenditures.

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— Grief Support Group, 1 p.m., Allen County Home Health and Hospice.

— Jones Hardy Post NO. 385, Post Home, Moran.

— LaHarpe City Council meeting, 7 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

— Iola BPOE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

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— Rotary Club, noon, The Greenery.

— TOPS No. KS 880 5 p.m. weigh in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church.

— Allen County Farmers Market, 5:30 to 7 p.m., west side of the Iola square.

— Iola Municipal Band concert/Ice Cream Social, 8 p.m., Iola bandstand.

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— Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center.

— Gov. Sam Brownback

deemed essential — and therefore not subject to furlough — but no money was set aside to pay them.

“Every state employee is essential to our success and provides needed services to the citizens of the state,” Brownback said. “All state employees should report to work as normal beginning Sunday, June 7, even though the Legislature has not yet passed a bill authorizing expenditures.”

If the Legislature cannot soon come up with enough tax revenue to balance the budget that begins July 1, the governor made it clear that the potential for furloughs

still exists because the state will face serious cash flow problems.

“It is past time for the Legislature to act,” the governor said.

But lawmakers showed few signs of being close to a tax deal. On Saturday, the 40-member Senate mustered just five votes for a tax plan negotiated by a conference committee — the third plan from the committee in two days to be soundly rejected.

The Legislature’s Republican supermajorities are split into several factions on tax and spending policy, and thus far Democrats have largely stayed out of the fray.

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Sheryl Sandberg: When Plan A is no longer an option Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Now what?

Sheryl Sandberg has given us a name for the part of life that comes after we’ve cycled through the classic five stages of grief and into the days and months and years that stretch ahead uncertainly.

Option B. It’s the stage in which you redefine and reclaim your life after the one you thought you’d have is cruelly interrupted.

Sandberg is 45, with two small children. She’s the chief operating officer for Facebook and the author of “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead.”

She was celebrated, she was envied, she was a bestselling author and one of the biggest names in international business.

On May 1, her husband, Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, died in a treadmill accident during a family vacation. He was 47.

At the end of sheloshim, the monthlong Jewish period of mourning for a spouse, Sandberg shared her reflections in a breathtakingly heartfelt essay on — where else? ­— Facebook.

“I have lived 30 years in these 30 days,” she wrote.

“I am 30 years sadder. I feel like I am 30 years wiser.”

That wisdom encompasses everything from life is ephemeral to move over for ambulances, people.

It includes guidance for those who are grieving, and those around them — including what to say, what not to say, and the importance of saying something.

Returning to work after her loss, Sandberg explicitly invited colleagues to

ask questions that might upset her.

She did not promise not to get upset. “ S p e a k i n g Sandberg openly replaced the fear of doing and saying the wrong thing,” she writes.

Go ahead and overshare, in other words. And hit the “like” button if you get the chance. They’ll know what you mean. (By midday Thursday — a little over a day after Sandberg bared her soul on Facebook — more than 700,000 people had done just that.)

In her post, Sandberg writes about learning to ask for help and learning to be resilient. She writes about comforting her fatherless children while being comforted by her own mother.

She admonishes a friend who says he hates birthdays. “Celebrate your birthday, goddammit. You are lucky to have each one.”

In a single anecdote that swings from anguish to gratitude to bewilderment to resolve, she describes an exchange with a friend who volunteered to stand in for her late husband in a father-child activity.

“I cried to him, ‘But I want Dave. I want Option A,’” she writes. His response: “Option A is not available. So let’s just kick the (expletive) out of Option B.” The essay ends with a pledge to her late husband to work at that from now on.

Find it, read it, file it all away, because chances are you’ll outlive someone you love. Everything that comes after is Option B. — The Chicago Tribune

KS House should reject tax package A bloc of Kansas Republican state senators capped an intensive six hours of maneuvering on Sunday in Topeka by narrowly rushing through a large tax increase package.

The GOP-controlled Kansas House will meet today to decide whether it will approve boosting the sales tax from 6.15 percent to 6.55 percent, while leaving intact most of the costly income tax cuts thousands of businesses now get.

The proper answer from lawmakers would be a resounding “No, we won’t.”

Ultra-conservative House Republicans certainly didn’t run on a platform of approving about $400 million a year in tax increases. Outnumbered Democrats also will oppose dumping a higher regressive tax on 3 million Kansans.

But will that be enough?

Gov. Sam Brownback has endorsed the Senate-approved plan. He proposed the highest sales tax considered by the Legislature so far — 6.65 percent — two weekends ago. He wants to sock low- and middle-class income residents with higher consumption taxes, while pursuing a “march

to zero” on income taxes for the wealthy.

Yet all of the income tax cuts approved with Brownback’s help in 2012 have not led to either a dramatic increase in jobs or in revenue.

Income tax receipts have plunged by more than $600 million a year, putting the state budget in a bind.

Unfortunately, one other factor is working in favor of the House throwing up its hands and meekly accepting the Senate’s tax increase proposal. Events over the weekend showed that tempers are frayed in the Legislature, which today will meet for a record 109th day of a 90-day session.

The new Senate bill also outraged a number of city and county officials by including a provision to curtail their abilities to set property tax rates needed to finance local governments. Even the normally taciturn Overland Park Mayor Carl Gerlach was upset Sunday night.

He correctly noted that this proposal had been passed “at the 11th hour ... without any committee discussion, without any public input, without

a full understanding of the implications of this legislation, and without direct influence on balancing the state’s budget.”

In addition, the Senate bill contains an improper incentive for using public dollars through tax credits to finance private-school scholarships — yet another bid to diminish public education in Kansas.

Summed up, the Legislature is in danger of simply rushing toward the door, content to protect parts of the business community from sharing in the pain caused by their income tax breaks.

Too many Republican lawmakers seem almost blasé about passing the largest tax increase in state history.

That’s certainly not what they promised on the campaign trail to deliver to Kansans.

The Senate made the wrong choice on Sunday. The House needs to make a better decision today. It should help focus the Legislature on remedies that could lead to a more balanced, long-term way to finance the budget — especially without an exorbitant sales tax.

— The Kansas City Star

Hackers can be fought without violating Americans’ rights The scope and sophistication of recent cyberattacks on American government, business and personal accounts are chilling. The latest, a breach of federal personnel records that could affect more than four million current and former employees, is a reminder that enhancing the nation’s cyberdefenses has to be an urgent priority.

Yet, in tailoring new programs and policies to fight hackers, members of Congress and the Obama administration should not allow a siege mentality to take hold.

The disclosures by Edward Snowden about the abuses of the National Security Agency have led to important reforms that have sought to prevent the government from collecting information about Americans in unlawful ways and to strengthen privacy safeguards. But that process still has a long way to go, and it would be unwise to let the rising threat of cyberattacks snarl it or roll it back.

This week, The New York Times and ProPublica, relying on documents leaked by Mr. Snowden, reported that the NSA and the FBI have cooperated closely on cyberthreat investigations in recent years.

The partnership, which has eroded a firewall that once kept criminal and intelligence

probes separate, raises serious privacy concerns. As the NSA sweeps up information from suspected hackers abroad under the authority of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, it may be gathering large amounts of data about American citizens.

Currently, such data, which could include copies of stolen emails and financial records, can be stored in databases.

Law enforcement personnel may query it to build criminal cases against Americans

Mr. Poe said, referring to the collaboration between the FBI and the NSA. “I’m very suspicious about how they work together on issues that cross the line.”

Cooperation between the NSA and law enforcement agencies should not be inherently suspect, and will no doubt be crucial to enhancing protections against cyberattacks. It must, however, be done in a manner that is clearly lawful and that safeguards the privacy and civil liberties

Experience has shown that Americans cannot count on intelligence agencies to be judicious, or the Obama administration to be forthcoming, so lawmakers should create tighter rules that ensure that intelligence programs have the robust privacy and civil liberty safeguards that the law and the Constitution require.

that are unrelated to tracking down hackers.

Representative Ted Poe, a Texas Republican and former judge, has been among the outspoken critics of the practice, known as “backdoor searches,” which he sees as a breach of constitutional protections against unreasonable searches. “The line is very muddy,”

of American citizens.

The powers granted to intelligence agencies under Section 702, which were billed primarily as terrorism-fighting tools, expire in December 2017. Lawmakers should not wait until then to demand a fuller and clearer accounting of how the government has interpreted those authori-

ties. It remains unclear, for instance, just how much information about Americans the NSA sweeps up in the course of cyber investigations and later makes available to other government agencies. Also unclear is how routinely that data is searched by law enforcement personnel, and under what guidelines.

Experience has shown that Americans cannot count on intelligence agencies to be judicious, or the Obama administration to be forthcoming, so lawmakers should create tighter rules that ensure that intelligence programs have the robust privacy and civil liberty safeguards that the law and the Constitution require.

A cybersecurity bill currently before lawmakers, which sets ground rules for cooperation between the government and the private sector, may be an appropriate vehicle for that debate. Alternatively, reforms to Section 702 could be made in appropriations bills.

While the recent changes to the Patriot Act were insufficient, it is encouraging, at least, that more members of Congress from both parties have begun championing privacy in debates about national security. “It wasn’t really something Congress was engaged in in a bipartisan way,” Mr. Poe said.

— The New York Times

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Election Road work set to begin bills go to governor TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to sign bills to change the timing of many local elections and to give the secretary of state the power to prosecute election fraud cases.

Brownback was having a signing ceremony today at the Statehouse.

One bill moves city and local school board elections from the spring to the fall of odd-numbered years. Supporters contend the change will boost turnout.

Critics say the change will be disruptive and that there are other ways to increase voter participation, including voting by mail.

Another bill would give Secretary of State Kris Kobach prosecution authority he’s sought for four years.

Kobach argues that county prosecutors often have too much other work to tackle election fraud cases. Kobach’s critics worry that he’ll abuse the new power.

A pavement resurfacing project is expected to begin Wednesday, weather permitting, on U.S. 54 east of LaHarpe.

Crews from Bettis Asphalt & Construction, Inc., Topeka, will start the roadwork at the end of the four-lane section at LaHarpe and continue east to the Allen-Bourbon county line.

The work will consist of a 2-inch hot mix surface recycle, followed by

placement of a bonded asphalt overlay. Flaggers and a pilot car will guide one-lane traffic through the work zone during daylight hours. Motorists can expect delays of 15 minutes or less.

The $1.8 million project is expected to be complete by early August if weather cooperates, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced in a press release

Obama: ISIL will be defeated ELMAU, Germany (AP) — Despite setbacks that have raised doubts about his policy, President Barack Obama voiced optimism today that the Islamic State would be driven out of Iraq, but said the effort will take time and require an inclusive government in Baghdad.

Obama said the U.S. will continue to ramp up training and assistance to Iraqi troops so they can carry out offensive, not just defensive, operations.

“We have seen successes but we have also seen setbacks,” Obama said at the beginning of a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Referring to

the Islamic State by one of its acronyms, Obama added: “ISIL is going to be driven out of Iraq and ultimately it is going to be defeated.”

Obama and Abadi spoke on the sidelines of a meeting of leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized economies.

The session with Abadi came just a day after an Iraqi general declared that Iraqi troops, backed by Shiite militias, had recaptured key parts of the northern refinery town of Beiji from the Islamic State. The news was a welcome change of pace for the U.S. after Islamic State militants won a major victory by capturing the city of

Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province.

Abadi thanked Obama and G-7 members for standing with Iraq against the Islamic State. He said Iraqi troops were winning a number of battles and downplayed Ramadi’s loss. “We lost it only temporarily,” he said.

Obama also expressed confidence in Abadi’s leadership, saying the prime minister appeared committed to creating an inclusive government that gave voice to the various factions in Iraq.

“There’s a refreshing honesty in the part of the prime minister that a lot of work needs to be done,” Obama said.

Rainy weather boosts farmers’ hopes WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Ample rainfall in the past few weeks has helped much of the Kansas wheat crop recover as this season’s harvest nears.

Combines could begin cutting wheat soon in parts of south-central Kansas if it stays dry enough to do so in the coming days, said Aaron Harries, marketing director for the industry group Kansas Wheat. He said Friday that is a typical starting date for harvest in that area.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this week rated 30 percent of the state’s wheat crop in good or excellent condition. Another 41 percent is in fair shape and 29 percent is in poor to very poor condition.

The agency is scheduled to release on Wednesday its updated prediction of the size of this wheat harvest that is expected to reflect a much-improved production outlook thanks to last month’s rains as the crop finished maturing.

Last year’s droughtstricken crop and lower crop prices overall drove down net farm income in Kansas well below the previous year and the five-year average. The Kansas Farm Management Association said the net income across its 1,175 farms in Kansas averaged $122,190, down from $140,356 a year earlier and below the fiveyear average of $149,114.

Especially hard hit last year by dry conditions during the growing season for wheat

was south-central Kansas, where farm income fell to $52,996, a sharp drop from $151,464 the previous year, KFMA reported this week.

“It’s like a casino, only with more money,” said Scott Van Allen, who farms south of Clearwater in Sumner County in south-central Kansas.

Feed 500 Tuesday Tuesday is “nacho” average day, for local diners, courtesy of USD 257’s Summer Food Service program’s “Feed 500” promotion.

The food service program offers free meals to youngsters ages 1-18 through Aug. 7.

They hope to distribute 500 meals Tuesday at three sites around town: from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. (breakfast) and 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Iola High School cafeteria, lunch only from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Little Theater at the Recreation Community Building at Riverside Park; and from 9 to 10 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. at Trin-

ity United Methodist Church.

Super nachos are on the lunch menu.

Several prizes will be awarded if they can get 500 people to participate; all you have to do is eat to be entered.

Ball teams are invited to dine together; the team with the highest percentage will receive free daily pool passes.

Lunch activities also are in the works.

Random prizes will be given away with some meals, including a free T-shirt, pool passes and bowling passes.

While children eat free, adults must pay $2.20 for breakfast and $3.45 for lunch.

Pioneers to meet CHANUTE — The SEK-AT&T Telephone Pioneers will have a luncheon at 11 a.m.

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get it down.”

The Senate also approved the bill containing most of the budget for the next fiscal year on a 23-11 vote. The House passed it last week, and it goes next to Brownback.

Republicans’ inability to resolve budget and tax issues had threatened to force the state to furlough thousands of workers next week.

But lawmakers passed a bill to avert a partial government shutdown, Brownback signed it and the new law took effect Saturday night.

With furloughs averted and a state budget completed, the House’s vote on the tax plan would determine whether lawmakers would wrap up business today.

But Republican Rep. Marvin Kleeb, of Over-

land Park, the House’s top tax policy negotiator, was skeptical of the bill’s chances in his chamber.

Besides increasing sales and cigarette taxes, the measure would raise $24 million during the next fiscal year by increasing taxes for business owners. More than 330,000 business owners and farmers don’t have to pay income taxes on their profits under a 2012 policy Brownback championed.

The governor has threatened to veto any plan that increases taxes for business owners by more than $24 million during the next fiscal year. But some House Republicans have pursued plans with lesser sales tax increases and greater tax increase for business owners, in defiance of Brownback’s

veto threat.

In the Senate, Democrats argued that under the latest tax plan, poor and middle-class families were being asked to pay for income tax cuts for the wealthy through consumption tax increases.

Some GOP conservatives didn’t think lawmakers were doing enough to curb spending.

“You can resist and work for better government and limited government,” said Sen. Dennis Pyle, a conservative Hiawatha Republican.

Each extra day of the Legislature’s annual session has cost the state more than $40,000. Lawmakers traditionally schedule their sessions to last 90 days, and the previous record of 107 days was set in 2002 — another year lawmakers increased taxes to close a budget gap.

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American Legion Tuesday, vs. Burlington, 6 p.m. (doubleheader, RIverside Park)

Iola Recreation Department Girls T-Ball Today, State Farm vs. Scoops & More, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Community National Bank vs. State Farm, 6:30 p.m.

Pixie Today, Fellowship Regional Church vs. Sonic, 7:30 p.m.

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Boys T-Ball Today, A&W vs. Emprise Bank, 6 p.m.

Today, Dairy Queen vs. HP, 6:45 p.m.

Bitty Ball Today, Tholen’s vs. Sonic, 6 p.m.

Today, Nelson Quarries vs. Iola Masonic Lodge, 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Nelson Quarries vs.

KwiKom Communications, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Iola Masonic Lodge vs.

H&R Block, 7:15 p.m.

Peewee Today, First Title Service vs. Allen Co. Chiropractic., 6 p.m.

Today, Nelson Quarries vs. ACE Refrigeration, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, ACE Refrigeration vs. Allen Co. Chiro, 6 p.m.

Thursday, First Title Service vs. Nelson Quarries, 7:30 p.m.

Little League Tuesday, Iola Insurance Assoc. vs.

Iola Elks, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Iola Insurance Assoc. vs.

Herff Jones, 7:45 p.m.

Friday, Iola Insurance Assoc. vs.

Herff Jones, 6 p.m.

Friday, Iola Elks vs. Herff Jones, 7:45 p.m.

Cavaliers outlast Warriors OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James is headed back home to Ohio. And if that seemed like a big deal last July, he can’t wait to hear how it sounds in June.

Shortly after helping Cleveland pull out a 95-93 overtime victory over Golden State on Sunday night in Game 2 of the NBA Finals with 39 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists, James challenged the fans in Cleveland to be as noisy as the ones at Oracle Arena.

“I’ve heard our fans pretty loud before,” he said. “A couple instances my first postseason appearance was really loud, and me coming home against the Knicks at the start of the season was pretty good. But I know we can be much, much louder than any fan base in this league. I know they’re getting ready, and I can’t wait to see them.”

That comes Tuesday in Game 3, with the series tied at one game apiece. The only thing certain so far is that 48 minutes may not be enough. The first two games both went to overtime, the first time that’s happened in the NBA Finals.

Zoie Hesse gets a base hit in Pixie league action on Thursday.

REGISTER/SPENCER MICHELSON

Softball Friday’s results Ponytail A&W 15, Gates 7 Hits for A&W: Sadrie Overall 1 t, 2 s; Gabby Richards 3 s; Sierra Petty 1 s; Kendra Sprague 2 s. Hits for Gates: Madisyn Holloway 1 s; Jenna Miller 2 t; Taylor Johnson 1 s; Zavi Evans 1 s.

Gates 12, Utley’s 6 Hits for Gates: Madisyn Holloway 1 s, 1 d; Lauryn Holloway 1 s; Macie Martin 2 s; Jenna Miller 1 d, 1 t; Taylor Johnson 1 s; Zavi Evans 2 s; Emily Mollins 1 s; Taylor Salzwedel 1 s. Hits for Utley’s: Mia Aronson 1 s; Elaina Stiffler 1 s.

Baseball Friday’s results Bitty Ball Tholen’s 1, H&R Block 0 (H&R Block forfeit by not being able to field a team. Teams played game that didn’t count).

Hits for Tholen’s: Lucas Maier 1 s; Caleb Measles 1 s; Keith Gomez 1 s; Maverick McDonald 1 s. Hits for H&R: Ryun Cole 2 s, 1 d, 1 t, 1 hr; Ethan Harris 4 s; Camden Tindel 3 s, 1 d, 1 t; Korbin Cloud 3 hr, 1 t; Wyatt Harris 1 s.

A&W 11, Sonic 5 Hits for A&W: Hayden Kelley 2 s; Easton Wesloh 2 s, 1 hr; Drake Weir 1 s, 1 d; Tripp Chapman 2 s, 1 hr; Grady Dougherty 2 d; Kason Becker 2 s; Colton Thompson 1 s; Alston Nelson 1 s. Hits for Sonic: Thomas Cash

1 t; Roper Curry 1 s, 1 t, 1 hr; Ashton Hesse 1 t, 1 hr; Alijah Christy 2 d, 1 s.

Little League Iola Elks 18, Herff Jones 4 Hits for Elks: Trevor Church 2 s; Levi Meiwes 1 s; Xaiviyan Channel 2 s; Henry Wicoff 1 d; Grant Luedke 2 s; Jeremy Ridge 1 s; Jacob Wright 1 s; Gavin Morris 1 s; Eli Adams 1 s. Hits for Jones: Trenton Varney 1 s; Devin Hoadley 2 s, 1 d; Cody Beal 2 s, 1 t.

Iola Elks 16, Iola Insurance Association 3 Hits for Elks: Trevor Church 2 s; Levi Meiwes 2 s; Xaiviyan Channel 2 s, 1 d; Henry Wicoff 2 s; Grant Luedke 1 s; Jeremy Ridge 1 s; Jacob Wight 1 d; Rogen Weir 1 s. Hits for Iola Insurance Assoc.: Gage Turner 1 d.

Team and individual photos for players competing in the Iola Recreation Department summer baseball, softball and T-Ball leagues will be taken starting today.

Teams will gather for players to have individual photos taken by David Hopkins of Hopkins Photography. There are no forms to fill out beforehand; just bring $5 the day of the photo.

All photos will be taken behind Diamond 2.

The photos will be taken RAIN or SHINE. In case of rain, the photos will be taken as scheduled at the Iola Recreation Community Building at Riverside Park.

All teams will then go to the Iola Register photographer Spencer Michelson to get team photos. The photos will appear in the Register’s annual Summer Ball Section July 2.

For more information call 365-2111.

Iola Recreation 2015 Summer Ball League Photo Schedule

Today, June 8 5:30 — Nelson Quarries (Pigtail) 5:40 — C.L.O. (Pigtail) 6:00 — State Farm (Girls T-Ball) 6:10 — Scoops & More (Girls T-Ball) 6:40 — Nelson Quarries (Bitty Ball) 6:50 — Iola Masonic Lodge (Bitty Ball) 7:00 — Fellowship Regional Church (Pixie)

7:10 — Sonic (Pixie)

Tuesday, June 9 5:20 — Iola Elks (Little League) 5:30 — Erbert Electric (Pixie) 5:40 — A&W (Pixie) 6:00 — Community National Bank (Girl’s T-Ball) 6:40 — Tholen’s (Pixie)

Monday, June 15 5:20 — Iola Elks (Pigtail) 5:30 — Empire Bank (Boys T-Ball) 5:40 — Dairy Queen (Boys T-Ball) 6:10 — HP (Boys T-Ball) 6:20 — A&W ( Boys T-Ball) 6:40 — Tholen’s (Bitty Ball) 6:50 — Allen Co. Chiropractic (Peewee) 7:00 — Nelson Quarries (Peewee)

Tuesday, June 16 5:20 — Iola Insurance Association (Little League) 5:30 — Utley’s Iola Auto Body (Ponytail) 5:40 — A&W (Ponytail) 7:00 — Gates Corp (Ponytail) 7:10 — Herff Jones (Little League)

Thursday, June 18 5:20 — ACE Refrigeration (Peewee) 5:30 — A&W (Bitty Ball) 5:40 — H&R Block (Bitty Ball) 6:40 — KwiKom (Bitty Ball) 6:50 — Sonic (Bitty Ball) 7:00 — First Title Service (Peewee)

Mid-Season Champions crowned at Humboldt Speedway

By SCOTT L. STEWART

It seems hard to believe, but Friday marked the midpoint of the season at Humboldt Speedway. And, after a half season of full throttle action, Mid-Season Champions have been anointed.

They are:

Sport Compact: Tyler Davis, #01jr, Chanute, Ks. Pure Stock: Mike Churning, #13C, Chanute, Ks. B-Mods: Riley Whitworth, #R63, Humboldt, Ks. Stock Car: Patrick Kay, #16, Chanute, Ks. USRA Modifieds: John Allen, #98, Chanute, Ks.

In addition to crowning the mid-season Kings, there was a whole world of racing action as well.

It has been many a year since a driver, especially a youngster, finished half a season undefeated in fea-

ture action. Enter Tyler Davis, who did exactly that in Sport Compacts. However, when you’re on top, you become somewhat notorious.

In this case, an anonymous donor offered up a $50 bounty to any driver who could outrun Davis in the feature.

From out of Independence came a young man: Will Guthrie, who locked up in wheel to wheel combat with Davis and the others, and emerged victorious. This was also Guthrie’s first ever feature win anywhere. Davis finished a hard fought second, with Lance Dixon third and Tevyn James fourth.

Incredibly, up to now, there had been a different USRA Modified feature winner each week at The Hummer in 2015. Darrin Fuqua became this season’s first

repeat winner, with a 20-lap wire-to-wire victory. Jeremy Chambers held off John Allen for runner-up, Terry Schultz took fourth, and Shad Badder claimed fifth.

Tyler Kidwell overcame a half year’s worth of mechanical hard luck by dominating the USRA B-Mod feature. Kidwell relegated Jake Richards to second, Andy Bryant third, Bryan McGowen fourth, and Randal Schiffelbein, Jr. to fifth.

Pure Stock ace Derrek Wilson returned to the victory lane in Friday’s feature, pacing Mike Churning, Wayne Johnson, Don McIntosh, and Scott Lucke.

In Stock Car division feature action, Levi McGowen wrestled the lead and the win from Tyler James, while Scott Collins battled his way to a third place finish.

Fourth went to Patrick Kay, with Matt Haid fifth.

Friday also marked the first Kid’s Bicycle Race of the season, where three age groups contended. Congratulations to the top three in each group: 6 and under:

Darrin Folk Delaney Mock Matthew Clounch 7 to 9:

Easton Wettstein Caden Vink Spikey Rodriguez 10 to 12: Trenton Wilson Dillion Shields Ayden John

There is no racing at The Hummer this Friday. Racing resumes June 19.

Royals beat Rangers 4-3 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals closer Greg Holland was too busy warming up to start hollering when a home run by Salvador Perez plopped down into the Kansas City bullpen.

Perez hit a solo homer with two outs in the eighth inning, lifting the Royals over the Texas Rangers 4-3 Sunday.

Perez connected off Keone Kela (4-2) for his eighth home run, barely clearing the fence.

“Everybody else down there is screaming, cheering and high-fiving, but I’ve got to go out there and worry about throwing strikes,” Holland said. “At that point, you just try

not to blow the game.”

“I try not to get caught up in those moments. I saw him hit the ball and knew it was probably at least a double. I was going out in a tie game or with the lead, regardless. My main objective was thinking about getting (Joey) Gallo the leadoff hitter out.”

Holland pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 10 opportunities.

Perez wasn’t sure his shot was going to make it over the wall.

“I’m thinking a line drive,” Perez said. “I didn’t think it was going to be out.”

Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez (13) gets a hug from Jarrod Dyson (1) after the team's 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday. TNS/KANSAS CITY STAR/JOHN SLEEZER

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GEORGE & MAXINE KRUSE AUCTION

1455 Limestone Rd., Redfield, KS The following Real Estate, Antiques and items will be sold at Public Auction at 1455 Limestone Rd, Redfield, KS. From Fort Scott go west 6 miles to 145th street then south 2 mi. to Limestone Rd. Watch for signs.

Auction: Saturday, June 20 • 10 a.m.

TRACTOR: John Deere model 60 with bucket. Runs; TRUCKS: ’98 Chevy Z71 4X4 pick up, 233,000 mi.; 1995 Ford F250, automatic, 2 wheel drive, 204,996 miles; TRAILERS; BUILDING; SHOP & TOOLS: Big Shop Smith Mark 5 lathe & Duplicator, Lots of attachments, jointer; Ratchet boomers; Lots of electrical wire & conduit; Lots of log chains; Tap & Die; Transit; Tons of large wrenches; Vices; Concrete tools; Large selection of bolts, nails, nuts; Jumper cables; Electrical boxes; fans; Makita saws, all new; Lots of copper extension cords; Copper plumbing; Air paint guns; Workmate bench; gear pullers; Tons of wood tools; Car ramps; Sledge hammer; Routers; Scroll saw; Lots of Jig Saws, big & small; Levels; Big angle grinder; Drills; Lots of power tools; Reamers; Aluminum pipe wrench; Lots of brass fittings; Electric die drill drive, nice; Wood clamps; Shovels; Big pipe cutter; Tool boxes; Hydraulic can smasher; Aluminum sheeting; Ladders; Tire stops; Axes; Lots of scissor & ratchet boomers; Gas cans; Stihl 025 chain saw; Metal saw horses; Tow straps; Shop Smith planer; Craftsman radial arm saw; Shop Smith Belt sander; Scissor Jack; Impact drills; Impact guns; Rock bar; Generator; Metal trusses; Old metal concrete mixer; Scaffolding set; Heavy duty dolly; Lots of metal grates; Ratchets & sockets; Drill bits; Gear pullers; Portable band saw; Porta Power; 2 bench grinders; Die Grinder, air power; 2 stage, 3 cylinder Industrial Air Compressor, 220 V; Clevises; Big Dayton drill press; Makita chop saw; Flood lights; Metal band saw; Auto dollies; Lots of pipe clamps; 1 pound propane Heet and much more; LONG IRON: Lots of 30’ 2” tubing; Lots of 30’ 4 “ square tubing; Lots of long pipe; Rail Road track iron; Metal heavy duty trusses; Structural metal; Steel tractor tires; Also lots and lots of short iron; Lots of flat iron; Lots of tractor weights; SALVAGE; WELDING; HUGE OFFERING OF LUMBER; MOWERS, TILLERS, GRASS WHIPS & LAWN; EQUIPMENT; STEEL POSTS; ANTIQUES & ANTIQUE FURNITURE; APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HOUSEHOLD; HANDICAP AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Real Estate: Saturday, June 20 • 1 p.m.

REAL ESTATE: 3 bedroom, 1 bath on 5 acres.

Cellar, Wood siding, septic system in a no flood zone. TERMS; $5000 down day of Auction.

Thirty days till close.

OFFERED by Crown Realty Larry Holt, Broker • 913-795-4555

Sale conducted by:

MARTY READ AUCTION SERVICE Marty and Beverly Read • Mound City • 913-795-2508 Real Estate, Antique, Farm, Livestock & Commercial

Lost or Found

LOST DOG between Carlyle and Colony on Sunday, May 31. Large female, white with black spots.

Large black spot over right eye.

Call 620-228-2695 anytime.

Autos & Trucks

1993 International Eagle 10 wheeler twin screw 10 speed 2 speed cummins L10 26ft van box with Tommy Lift.

Power take off.

GOOD SOLID TRUCK!

26,000

$

Stop by Broyles Petroleum Equipment Co. at 1303 N. 9th in Humboldt or call Gregg at 620-496-51965 to see.

Services Offered GARAGE DOOR/OPENER installation and repairs. Call 620431-2637.

PAYLESS CONCRETE

PRODUCTS, INC. 802 N. Industrial Rd., Iola

(620) 365-5588

General Repair and Supply, Inc. MACHINE SHOP H REPAIR CUSTOM MANUFACTURING

Complete Stock of Steel, Bolts, Bearings & Related Items

CNA NOW HIRING

Services Offered SHAUGHNESSY BROS. CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Carpentry and painting service Siding and windows 620-365-6815, 620-3655323 or 620-228-1303

Full & Part Time Shifts Vary Stop by & fill out an application today!

Iola Rehab & Health Care Center

STORAGE & RV OF IOLA WEST HIGHWAY 54, 620-365-2200.

Regular/Boat/RV storage, LP gas, fenced, supervised, www.iolarvparkandstorage.com S & S TREE SERVICE. 620-3655903. Licensed. Insured.

IOLA MINI-STORAGE 323 N. Jefferson Call 620-365-3178 or 365-6163 RADFORD TREE SERVICE 620-365-6122 Tree trimming & removal Established 1952 SUPERIOR BUILDERS. New Buildings, Remodeling, Concrete, Painting and All Your Carpenter Needs, including replacement windows and vinyl siding. 620-365-6684 AFFORDABLE HOUSE CLEANING PLANS. Weekly/monthly.

Call Connie 620-365-0060.

SEK GARAGE DOORS Full Service!

Residential/Commercial/ Industrial Repairs/Installs Fully Insured! Free Estimates!

620-330-2732 • 620-336-3054 www.sekgaragedoors.com

PSI, Inc.

Personal Service Insurance Loren Korte

12 licensed insurance agents to better serve you IOLA HUMBOLDT MORAN 365-6908 473-3831 237-4631

Life • Health • Home • Auto • Crop Commercial • Farm

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Help Wanted

BURLINGTON DENTAL CENTER is looking to hire a FULL TIME dental assistant and/or front desk administrator. Please fax resumé to 620-364-8416.

COOK NEEDED, MORAN MANOR. Great pay and benefits.

Apply in person. 620-237-4300.

LEGAL SECRETARY: Bookkeeping, computer skills, parttime 15-20 hours. Send resumé to: long@jratty.kscoxmail.com YATES CENTER HEALTH & REHAB, a new Mission Health Community, has immediate openings for CMA/CNA positions; second shift 2pm-10pm; competitive wages and benefits offered, as well as a sign on bonus upon employment. Apply within at 801 S Fry, Yates Center, KS. Inquiries: 620-625-2111.

YATES CENTER HEALTH & REHAB, a new Mission Health Community, has an immediate opening for a full-time Maintenance Director; competitive wages and benefits offered, as well as a sign-on bonus upon employment. Apply within at 801 S. Fry, Yates Center, KS. Inquiries: 620-625-2111.

HEARTLAND TRACTOR COMPANY is looking for experienced technicians who and repair customer and dealership equipment (tractors, combines, etc). Great benefit package. Call today 816-863-6031.

LPN & RN

NOW HIRING Part Time Full Time

Stop by & fill out an application today!

Iola Rehab & Health Care Center 1336 N. Walnut, Iola

FIELD TECHNICIAN KwiKom Communications. Must be able to climb roofs, heights, lift 50lbs+.

Clean driving record.

Basic computer/TCPIP knowledge is possible.

Submit application/resume at 3 S. Jefferson Ave, Iola, KS 620-365-7782.

1336 N. Walnut, Iola

Child Care

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WHY RENT? Own your mobile.

Maple Hill Park, Gas, KS. $365/ month. 620-228-8539.

LICENSED DAYCARE has openings. Susan Ellis, 620-228-4968.

153 QUAIL ROAD, 1 MILE NORTH OF BRONSON. Nice, clean, recently remodeled 2 bedroom mobile home for rent in the country. Appliances provided.

NO PETS and NO SMOKING. Application and proof of income required. $375/month. Move in special: Rent and deposit $600.

Available July 1. 620-237-4331 or 620-719-0109.

OPENINGS FOR CHILDCARE. Infants through 5 years.

DCF approved. The Growing Place Childcare Center, 1050 Industrial Rd., Humboldt. 620473-3955.

Poultry & Livestock LIMOUSIN BULLS. Yearling, black, pure-bred, semen tested, low birth weight. Home 620-9394343, cell 360-393-0808.

Farm Miscellaneous NELSON EXCAVATING Taking care of all your dirt work needs!

FOR SALE: Top Soil - Fill Dirt.

OPERATORS: RJ Helms 620-365-9569 Mark Wade 620-496-8754

Lawn & Garden

Real Estate for Rent 412 N. VERMONT, IOLA. 2 bedroom, very nice, CH/A, with appliances, large backyard, single attached garage, auto opener. $750/month. Call 620-496-6161.

QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOMES available for rent now, www.growiola.com 221 N. CHESTNUT. 2 bed, 1 bath. $600/month, $600/deposit.

Call 620-365-7663.

LADYBUG GREENHOUSE, 731 S. Kentucky, Iola. Open Mon.-Sat. 8:30-6:30. Sun. 11:006:30. 620-365-3997.

708 KANSAS DR. Like new inside. 3 bedroom, attached garage, CH/CA. $795 monthly. 620-4966787.

Financial

Real Estate for Sale

REDUCE YOUR PAST TAX BILL by as much as 75 percent. Stop Levies, liens, and Wage Garnishments.

Call The Tax DR now to see if you qualify. 1-800-498-5033.

Allen County Realty Inc. 620-365-3178 John Brocker. . . . . . 620-365-6892 Carolynn Krohn. . . 620-365-9379 Jack Franklin. . . . . . 620-365-5764 Brian Coltrane . . . . 620-496-5424 Dewey Stotler. . . . . 620-363-2491 Candace McRae.. . . 816-916-7051 www.allencountyrealty.com

Merchandise for Sale 40 GALLON WATER HEATERS, 6-year warranty, Natural Gas $299, LP $343, Electric $260, D&R Plumbing, 204 N. Washington, Iola, 620-365-2704.

DISH TV RETAILER, starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & High Speed Internet starting at $14.95/ month (where available.) SAVE! Ask about SAME DAY installation!

Call now 1-800-349-7308.

PACKING PAPERS AVAILABLE at the Iola Register Office. $3 per bundle.

Pets and Supplies CREATIVE CLIPS BOARDING & GROOMING Clean, Affordable. Shots required.

If you want the best, forget the rest!

Call Jeanne 620-363-8272

DOWNTOWN BUILDING IN IOLA. Beautiful 4,500 sq. ft. 5 bedroom apartment upstairs, 3 bath. Downstairs 4,500 sq. ft. retail space with office. Serious inquiries only. 620-380-1101.

C allO ur H om e Loan Expert In Iola • (620)365-6000 C allus for your hom e loan today!

20-& 30-Year Fixed Rates ExcellentIn-house Financing Member

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Rooms for Rent LOOKING FOR A FEMALE ROOMMATE. Call/text 620228-0054. $350 month for everything. Iola.

Apartments for Rent

Help Wanted

A NDERSON C OUNTY S OLID W ASTE Anderson County Landfill is taking applications for a full-time truck driver position until July 6, 2015. Applicant must have at least 6 months verifiable “class A” CDL experience to apply. Applicant will be required to work every third Saturday (8-12:00) plus Monday thru Friday 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Position has full county benefits, insurance, vacation and sick leave.

Applicant will run all heavy equipment on site, required to obtain 36 hrs. of initial training to be in charge of Hazardous Waste building and refresher course of 8 hrs. annually, training is provided. Applicant will be required to climb, balance, reach, crawl & move up to 50 lbs.

Applicant will be exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxix or caustic chemicals. A full job description and application are available at the County Road Dept. Office, 409 S. Oak Street, Garnett, KS and also at the Landfill. Questions please call Scott @ 785-448-3109. Anderson County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and position is “Veterans Preference” Eligible (VPE), State Law – K.S.A., 73-201

Entry Level Shift Laborer

Ash Grove Cement Company privately controlled and the largest domestically owned cement company in the US is seeking entry-level laborer positions for the Chanute, Kansas facility. Some of the typical day-to-day duties will include but are not limited to performance to clean-up and housekeeping of plant and grounds, cleaning of baghouses, clinker coolers, conveyor belts, chutes and related systems.

Successful candidates must have the minimum levels of skills and abilities: high school diploma, GED or equivalent, must be, at least, eighteen (18) years of age, candidates MUST have completed WORKKEYS and prefer candidates to hold a silver level rating, must successfully complete a pre-hire physical, ability to read and understand warning labels and instructions. Must have basic math, reading and writing skills. Must possess a valid, state issued driver’s license. Must successfully complete on-the-job training provided by department supervisor or qualified employee.

College education or technical training certification preferred. These positions require working off shifts and weekends.

Ability to safely and effectively use a shovel, pick, broom, scoop, sledgehammer, wheelbarrow, air lance, skid steer loader, dump truck, tractor, forklift, backhoe and other mechanized equipment.

Work requires considerable walking, lifting up to 100 lbs., bending, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders and stairs, working in high places up to 427’, and in confined spaces.

Exposure to extreme heat, dust, noise and all weather conditions a reality.

Interested candidates are to register at Kansas Works Office located at Neosho County Community College, 800 West 14th Street, Chanute, Kansas to complete the WORKKEYS certification. Kansas Works telephone number 620-431-2820 ex: 634.

Persons who successfully complete the WORKKEYS certification will be offered an application for further consideration.

Previous applicants will need to complete the WORKKEYS assessment and update applications. Ash Grove offers outstanding benefits and a rewarding work environment. EEO

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Mobile Homes for Rent

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MORAN, 219 CEDAR, 1 BEDROOM. CH/CA. No better one out there! $350/month. Move in special: $350 deposit and NO RENT due until July 1! Available now! 620-237-4331 or 620-9394800.

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Real Estate Wanted LOOKING FOR HOUSES OR BUILDINGS TO BUY, 620-7570901.

Doonesbury

tackles KS taxes TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Doonesbury comic strip has taken on Kansas.

The eight-frame strip shows a conversation between a student and a character called “TrickleDown Dick.” The student’s school closed days early because of budget cuts.

Trickle-Down Dick offers the student a lesson on math and supply-side economics that seems to defy logic. But she’s shut down when she speaks up to question the explanation.

In the strip, Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau was referencing the ongoing legislative fight over Kansas’ gaping state budget deficit and the latefiscal-year budget cuts to schools that prompted some to close their doors earlier than expected last month.

Bill approved to change ATM rule TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have approved a bill to allow a top social services official to loosen or end a restriction on ATM withdrawals by recipients of cash assistance from the state.

The bill allows the secretary of the Department for Children and Families to increase or eliminate a $25-a-day limit on ATM withdrawals with a state cash assistance card.

Department officials now worry that the federal government could object and withhold its funding for cash assistance.

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Turkey’s ruling party takes hit ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s long-ruling party has suffered surprisingly strong losses in parliament that will force it to seek a coalition partner for the next government, but other parties today vowed to resist any pact.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, known as the AKP, won less than 41 percent of votes in Sunday’s election for Turkey’s 550-seat parliament. It was projected to take 258 seats, still top of the political heap but 18 below the minimum required to rule alone.

The result dealt a stunning rebuke to Erdogan, who had hoped to reshape Turkey’s democracy into one with a powerful presidency in which he — not parliament — would wield most control of government affairs.

The AKP’s surprise loss of parliamentary control looks likely to undermine Erdogan’s ambitions to make Turkey a dominant regional power. The result also casts doubt over the course of a 2-year old Kurdish peace process championed by Erdogan that seeks to end the decades-old conflict that has cost tens of thousands of lives.

Investors also took fright at the potential loss of stable, one-party government.

Turkey’s currency slumped 5 percent to a record low of 2.8 lira to the U.S. dollar, the stock market in Istanbul tumbled 8 percent, and the yields on Turkish government 10-year bonds surged nearly a full point to 10 percent.

Under Turkey’s constitution, once all lawmakers take their oath of office, all parties have 45 days to negotiate on forming a new governing alliance.

But analysts say prospects have been soured by the divisive campaigning tactics of Erdogan, who as ceremonial head of state was legally bound to remain neutral. Instead he led fierce, partisan attacks on rival parties.

Those parties — the center-left Republican People’s Party (CHP), right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the rising pro-Kurdish voice of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) — all said today they would not prop up an AKP-led government.

Some said the outcome pointed to new elections.

But the government’s deputy prime minister, Numan Kurtulmus, told reporters today he was confident that his party would form a coalition with one of the other three. He called the idea of a new election a “distant possibility,” while the alternative of a threeparty government that excluded the AKP was “inconceivable.”

The biggest change from Turkey’s previous parliament is the ascendancy of the People’s Democratic Party, a socially liberal force rooted in the Kurdish nationalism of Turkey’s southeast. It attracted more than 12 percent of votes, breaching the minimum threshold of 10 percent designed to block extreme or regional parties from gaining any foothold in parliament.

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Exercising after blood clot may be helpful Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 62-year-old male in generally good health. I have a clot in the popliteal vein in my right knee, and have been taking warfarin and getting periodic blood tests. Typically, the numbers are where my primary care physician wants them.

It seems to be taking a long time (eight months) to clear the clot, and I wonder if activities like walking, bike riding, stair climbing or elevating the knee would help or hurt. — R.N. Answer: After a blood clot in the veins of the leg, the blood vessels will slowly “recanalize,” creating a path for the blood through the vein.

The blood also will flow around the obstruction through collateral blood vessels. However, the blood vessel remains abnormal to a greater or lesser extent, and is at higher risk for another clot. The venous system has more resistance to flow, so swelling after a blood clot is common.

Some physicians are uncomfortable recommending exercise after a clot, but studies have shown

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health that exercise, begun one month after a blood clot, does not worsen swelling or other symptoms. The evidence suggests that exercise won’t hurt and might help.

Dear Dr. Roach: Where can I donate unopened medical equipment and supplies? I hate to discard them, but we no longer have need of them. — D.D. Answer: There probably are organizations in your local community that coordinate the tremendous need for medical supplies for people with no or inadequate insurance and the 6 million tons of surplus medical equipment discarded by U.S. hospitals alone. Goodwill is one such organization that is in many communities.

Other nonprofit organizations, such as Project C.U.R.E. and MedShare, help to bridge this gap.

You can find more information about them on

the Internet.

Dear Dr. Roach: TV commercials warn of suicide risk from antidepressants. Why would anyone take a drug that is so dangerous? Could recent mass killings also be related to medication use? — V.G. Answer: Suicide is unfortunately too common and little discussed.

People with depression are at higher risk for suicide, and certainly those with untreated depression might take their own life. How antidepressant drugs, taken for any purpose (some antidepressants have indications for pain management and tobacco cessation, among others), affect suicide risk is debated. However, the best evidence suggests that children, adolescents and young adults (younger than age 25) are at the highest risk for increasing suicidality when taking antidepressant drugs.

This effect is most pronounced in the first few weeks to two months of treatment. The data also suggest that antidepressants have little or no

effect on suicide risk in middle-age adults and a have a protective effect in older adults. The Food and Drug Administration has warned physicians who prescribe these medications that patients between 18 and 24 should be informed of the risk of suicide and that clinicians should closely monitor them during initial antidepressant treatment.

There is very little data on violence and antidepressant use. However, what data there is suggests that there is an increase in “hostility events” in people taking antidepressant medicines. This does not mean these drugs are causing the potentially violent behavior: People who are prone to acts of violence often are identified as mentally ill prior to the violent event, and often are treated with psychiatric medication.

These medications are prescribed very frequently, and episodes of serious violence, although too common, still are rare compared with the number of people treated.

ty Courthouse, 1 N. Washington, Iola, KS 66749. During the meeting, contractors will have the opportunity to ask questions and to visit the site with county officials.

Sealed proposals, including all necessary supporting documents, are due by Friday, July 3rd, 2015, at or before 4:30 p.m.

Proposals may be mailed or oth-

erwise delivered to the Allen County Clerk, 1 N. Washington, Iola, KS 66749 Attn: Sherrie L. Riebel. Proposals need to be clearly marked as Confidential and Private. Offerors must submit one (1) original and three (3) copies of the proposal by the stated deadline.

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Public notice (First Published in The Iola Register Monday June 8, 2015) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Demolition of Old Allen County Hospital Allen County, Kansas is soliciting sealed proposals from qualified contractors to demolish and dispose of the old Allen County hospital building located at 101

S. 1st street, Iola, Kansas. The full RFP is available by contacting Alan Weber, Allen County Counselor at 620-365-1421 or at countylegal@allencounty.org or by fax at 620-365-1421.

A pre-bid meeting will be conducted starting at 10:00 a.m.

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Media reports are full of “budget cut” comments made by school administrators. We encourage you to examine actual data from the Kansas Department of Education and reach your own conclusion as to whether spending in Kansas is free-falling, or flying higher…

Source: KSDE; BLS, Midwest Urban Cities, fiscal year inflation.

Per-Pupil spending includes KPERS all years.

KSDE also provides data on block grant distributions of aid provided through the state budget by district.

Source: Kansas Department of Education. Kansas Division of the Budget.

2014-15 estimate for State Aid from KSDE block grant calculation plus special education and bond & interest aid per Division of Budget; federal and local per KSDE.

Source: Kansas Dept. of Education. *Per KSDE, a few smaller aid programs are also not included such as juvenile detention facilities, parents as teachers, pre-K pilot and school food service.

The KSDE database shows how spending is allocated across each district.

Source: Kansas Dept. of Education, Comparative Performance & Fiscal System. Some small spending amounts are not listed in CPFS so the amounts listed here may be slightly lower than actual. All capital expenditures are shown in Capital Outlay and not allocated to other cost centers.

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