The Iola Register, October 8, 2020

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Trump vows not to take part in next debate WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed Thursday not to participate in next week’s debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden after organizers announced it will take place virtually because of the president’s diagnosis of COVID-19. “I’m not going to do a virtual debate,” Trump told Fox Business News, moments after the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced the changes. The shakeup comes a week before Trump and Biden were set to square off for the second presidential debate in Miami. Biden’s campaign insisted its candidate was ready to move forward, but the future of the event is now in serious doubt. The Commission on Presidential Debates See TRUMP | Page A6

Allen Community College Theatre Department adapts to the coronavirus pandemic by using masked, mute characters and separate voice actors. Physical actors, in front from left, are Bryce Nathaniel, Krais Baker and Jonathan Wall. Voice actors, in back include Lexie Vega (partially hidden), Jake Andersen, Rachel Shaffer, Parker Smith (partially hidden) and River Hess (not pictured). REGISTER/ VICKIE MOSS

ACC triumphs with a socially distanced play By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register

A different kind of time requires a different kind of play. And Allen Community College Theatre Department’s version of “The Inspector General” is delightfully different, at any time. The coronavirus pandemic put the kibosh on most types of live entertainment. Performers had to get creative and many adapted by moving their art online, through livestreaming or Zoom or other virtual platforms. But ACC’s new theater director Trevor Belt wanted to find a way to bring live performances back to the stage,

as safely as possible. It was a daunting challenge for his ACC debut, at which Belt cleared impossible hurdles including how to stage a production while requiring actors to socially distance and wear face masks. Is it possible to social distance a play, not just the audience but the cast? And how can actors perform with masks covering half their faces? The result is a clever combination that hearkens back to earlier eras, part old-fashioned radio show, part pantomime, part melodrama and all hilarious. Most cast members don’t speak a word, letting their exSee PLAY | Page A5

Josiah LaRue delivers a standout performance as a gambling census taker mistaken for an inspector.

Longing for the simple life By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register

Mike Caywood is glad to be back in Kansas. He’s the new advertising manager at the Iola Register, and brings with him years of experience in the newspaper business. Caywood started out as a paper carrier in 1996, eventually working his way up to editor and publisher of the Lake Powell Chronicle in Page, Arizona, after working at three other papers including the Kansas City Star. The town of Page sits near the border of the Navajo Nation, and according to Caywood, is “one of the most beautiful places in the world.” But many of Caywood’s family live in Kansas, so he couldn’t resist the opportunity to return, especially after some recent health issues that “really opened my eyes.” Stepping back from being an editor “simplifies my life a little bit,” he said, though he’s already busy making connections in the commu-

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nity. “It’s nice being home,” Caywood said. “Four years in Arizona is enough.” It’s an observation perhaps fueled by the fact that Page is so isolated that he had to drive an hour just to eat Kentucky Fried Chicken. “I’m a Kansas boy, make no bones about it,” he laughed. OUTLINING his approach to advertising in the area, Caywood said: “We’ve got

some big things planned.” “I’m old enough,” he grinned. “I’ve got a few ideas kicking around.” However, he really likes to keep things simple. “My job is to help people promote their businesses,” he said. “Whatever I can do to help out.” “I want to see people succeed, … and I have enough experience that I know what See STAFF | Page A3

Mike Caywood is the new advertising manager at the Iola Register. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Vice President Mike Pence debate in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/

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Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only vice presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Harris labeling it “the greatest failure of any presidential administration.” Pence, who leads the president’s coronavirus task force, acknowledged that “our na-

tion’s gone through a very challenging time this year,” yet vigorously defended the administration’s overall response to a pandemic that has killed more than 210,000 Americans. The meeting, which was far more civil than last week’s chaotic faceoff between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, unfolded against an outbreak of coronavirus now hitting the highest levels of the U.S. govSee DEBATE | Page A3

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