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Rainfall shatters records Some drought areas relieved

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Micheal Genn takes a dog, eligible for adoption at Allen County Animal Rescue Facility, for its daily walk. Below, Wendy Stahl, cuddling a kitten, is the new director at ACARF in LaHarpe.

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By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

LAHARPE — Three weeks into being director of Allen County Animal Rescue Facility, Wendy Stahl couldn’t be any happier.

“I’m passionate about animals,” said Stahl, who has several dogs and cats as pets. Stahl, 41, and her husband Russell and their family live in Garnett.

Stahl took ACARF’s reins from Andi DePriest, who left for employment at Red Barn Veterinary Clinic.

Stahl comes with experience. She has worked about 12

years as a dog groomer, and has been associated full time with other pet shelters, including being an assistant manager.

“I love animals,” Stahl said, and it shows.

A kitten cuddled next to her cheek while Stahl gushed about her new role with ACARF. The first test came quickly.

Thursday state animal health officials came to inspect the shelter.

“We passed with flying colors,” Stahl crowed.

Stahl envisions no changes of any magnitude in the way the shelter is run or in techniques for caring for animals, although as she settles in occasional tweaking is likely.

She is assisted in daily chores by four full-time employees, two part-time and a handful of volunteers.

“One thing I’d like to add is an organized group of See ACARF | Page A4

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The recent rainfall in Kansas has shattered records across the state and helped ease drought conditions in some sections of the state, according to weather experts.

Mary Knapp, state climatologist, said that in the first nine days of August, 144 daily precipitation records were broken across the state. Four of those records were in Hutchinson, including a 6-inch rainfall on Aug. 4 that broke the record for the amount of daily rainfall for any day in August, The Hutchinson News reported.

The previous record was set last year when 3.3 inches of rain fell on Aug. 25, 2012.

About 75 percent of a year’s precipitation happens between May and September, with June typically the wetSee RAINFALL | Page A4

Statehouse renovations near finish TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new copper skin is emerging on the roof and dome of the Kansas Statehouse from a beehive of construction equipment, the latest sign the historic building’s face lift is nearing completion.

The task of replacing the worn copper on the building is one of the final major pieces of a $332 million renovation project that began more than a decade ago in Topeka. The project, completed in phases, restored the building to a look of nearly a century ago while providing new office space for state officials and legislators.

The replacement of the roof should be completed by late November, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

Inside the dome, craftsmen will install marble, wood and plaster similar to other locations in the building to finish off the interior of the dome.

See STATEHOUSE | Page A4

Starting the school year off with a splash Despite the rainy weather Friday, young swimmers gather at the Iola Municipal Pool to celebrate the annual Midnight Splash: Back to School event.

Milo “Drumsticks” Combs made an appearance at the event. He took a photo op with kids and then led them in a chicken dance competition.

The party was for USD 257 students attending kindergarten through sixth grade.

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Merle Duft

Merle E. “Duff ” Duft, 84, Iola, passed away Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute.

Merle was born April 30, 1929, in Neodesha, the son of James Blaine and Myrtle (Hobbs) Duft. He grew up in Neodesha and Fredonia and attended school in Buxton.

On Nov. 18, 1950, Merle married Anita D. Helmer in Burlington. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 until 1953, stationed in Germany.

Following his discharge from the Merle Duft service, they made their home in Iola. He began working for the Cooperative Electric Power and Light and retired on May 31, 1995, as operations manager for United Electric Cooperative.

After retiring, he owned and operated D & D Oil. Duff enjoyed farming and was a member of the Iola American Legion.

Survivors include his wife of almost 63 years Anita Duft; four sons; Danny Duft and wife Lamduan, Leavenworth, Dennis Duft and wife Trenda, Fredonia, Kim Duft, Iola, and Ken Duft, Admire; a sister, Virginia Millis, Neodesha; a brother, Don Duft, Fredericksburg, Va.; seven grandchildren, Danny Duft, Jr., Janet Quinn, Jaime Mueller, Ryan Duft, Cody Duft, Justin Duft and Joshua Duft; and five greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, also at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery, Iola.

Memorials may be left at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel for the Parkinson’s Foundation or Wesley United Methodist Church. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

Carlyle news Pastor Steve Traw’s message on Aug. 4 was “Weighing One’s Wealth,” taken from Luke 12:13-21.

Morris O’Dell opened the singspiration service that evening with prayer.

Leah Grennell and Maude Burns each gave readings; Patsy Payne and David Tidd, the Duo His Way, and Lois and

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Tammy Drury, sang.

David Tidd closed with prayer.

The final singspiration will be Aug. 25.

Highlighting the final service will be a program by the Christian Strings Dulcimer Group from Linn County. Refreshments will be served after the program.

Calendar Deadline: Notify the Register about calendar announcements by 7 a.m. Monday in order to have your event listed in that week’s schedule. The calendar is published every Monday. Email event news to news@iolaregister.com

Monday

Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., New Community Building.

USD 257 School Board meeting, 6:30 p.m., Iola High School lecture hall.

Allen County Chapter American Cancer Society, 7 p.m., Allen County Hospital conference room.

Marmaton Valley USD 256 Board Meeting Agenda, 7 p.m., District Office.

Humboldt City Council, 7 p.m., Humboldt City Hall.

USD 258 School Board meeting, 7:30 p.m., school board office in Humboldt.

USD 479, 7 p.m., Crest Board Office, Colony.

Tuesday

Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, ACC student center.

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

Allen County Hospital trustees meeting, 6 p.m., meeting room at Allen county Hospital.

American Legion, 7:30 p.m.

Grief Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Allen County Home Health and Hospice.

Wednesday

Dirt Diggers Garden Club, 9:30 a.m., Maxine Redfearn is hostess.

Jones Hardy Post NO. 385, Post Home Moran.

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

ACARF meeting, 7 p.m., LaHarpe Shelter, public welcome.

Iola BPDE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

Thursday

Rotary Club, noon, The Greenery.

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

Injury Support Group, 7 p.m., First Assembly of God.

Friday

Senior Citizens’ Card Club, 5:30 p.m., Iola Senior Citizens Center.

Sunday

Iola Old-Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers, 1 p.m., North Community Building.

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By JOHN SOWELL The Idaho Statesman (MCT)

BOISE, Idaho — Four Sweet, Idaho, residents whose tip to police led to Saturday’s dramatic rescue of 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and the FBI shooting death of kidnapper James DiMaggio said they found the pair they came across ill-prepared to camp in the rugged Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.

First, the tent and camping gear in the possession of DiMaggio and Hannah was brand new. That made them appear to be novices rather than people with outdoor experience.

Second, DiMaggio told the foursome they were headed to the Salmon River, yet they were heading in the wrong direction.

“I just had a gut feeling,” rancher Mike Young told a gathering of reporters Sunday outside the Ada County Sheriff ’s office.

Former Gem County Sheriff Mark John questioned the man’s camping skills.

“He may been an outdoorsman in California, but he was not an outdoorsman in Idaho,” John said.

John, 71; his wife, Christa, 68; Young, 62; and his wife, Mary, 61, were camping in the wilderness east of Cascade when on Wednesday they twice came across a man and a teenage girl

on foot west of Morehead Lake.

The first encounter took place at about 9:30 a.m. The couples, longtime friends who often camp together, had left their campsite along the Sand Creek Trail southwest of the lake and while on horseback about an hour later came across the man and girl walking on the trail.

It seemed a bit odd that the girl was wearing what looked like pajamas or sweat bottoms, they thought. Christa John also noticed that when they first spotted them, the girl was 10 feet away from the man.

The man then closed the gap and placed his arm around the girl.

“She looked frightened. I thought maybe she was scared of the horses,” Christa John said.

DiMaggio said they were heading toward the Salmon River, but the couples, who have camped in the wilderness several times a year over the past five years, knew better.

“They were definitely going in the wrong direction,” Mike Young said.

Mark John said he figured someone camping in the wilderness would have carried a map, but he didn’t see one.

Later that day, at 5 p.m., the couples rode their horses to the lake and saw the pair once again.

The girl later identified

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Mark John, standing with wife, Christa John, talk to the media at the Ada County Sheriff’s office in Boise, Idaho, about their encounters Wednesday with kidnapper James DiMaggio and 16-year-old Hannah Anderson. as Hannah was dipping her toes into the water.

Mark John, who can’t resist a good prank, confronted the girl.

“Why have you got your feet in the water? There’s fish in the lake,” John said, laughing at his recollection of the incident. The girl seemed startled by the comment, he said.

Christa John wanted to get the girl by herself and see if there was anything wrong, but Mark John told his wife to stay out of their business.

DiMaggio made what Christa John thought was a strange remark.

He told her that Hannah wanted to visit Los Angeles and Hollywood, but instead he brought her to Idaho.

“That’s why I brought her here,” she recalled

DiMaggio saying.

Mary Young, 61, tried to engage Hannah without success.

Mark John called Idaho State Police investigator Tom Nesbitt, who grew up in Gem County and who once worked for John. He gave Nesbitt the information, which moved the search for the pair to Idaho, after possible sightings were reported in Oregon and Washington.

It turned out the couples also provided information that led to the discovery of DiMaggio’s blue 2013 Nissan Versa, which was found Friday at a trailhead 50 to 60 miles east of Cascade.

The couples told authorities that trailhead was their most likely entry point into the wilderness.

Police say the boy’s body was found Sunday morning a few feet from where he disappeared in the turbulent floodwaters Friday. The boy’s body had become entangled in brush about 10 feet off the bank of the waterway called the Big Ditch.

White says recovery crews were able to see the body because the floodwaters in the Big Ditch began receding Sunday.

More rain is forecast, with a chance of rain predicted each day in the Wichita area through Wednesday.

has the state’s first case of West Nile virus this year.

KDHE says on its website that a mosquito sample in Sedgwick County has also tested positive for West Nile, a virus that can be spread to people through bites from infected mosquitoes, but is not contagious from person to person.

Symptoms include headaches and lowgrade fever to swelling of the brain.

West Nile virus cases are most common in the late summer and early fall months.

The health department says there were 57 cases of West Nile virus in Kansas in 2012. That was the most cases since the virus was first found in Kansas a decade earlier.

Kansas briefs Davis tests water for governor’s race

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis has launched a website for his potential 2014 campaign for gover- Paul Davis nor.

The Lawrence Democrat says on the site that he’ll make a formal announcement in the coming weeks about whether he’ll seek to challenge Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

But the Kansas Democratic Party sent an email last week about the website with a subject line that said, “Exciting News.”

And the new website asks visitors: “Are you ready to help move Kansas in the right direction?”

Davis formed a campaign committee last week after months of speculation among Democrats that he would consider running.

Today

8-year-old girl dies in ATV accident

SCANDIA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says an 8-yearold girl died when an all-terrain vehicle she was riding on crashed in Republic County.

Mary H. Horner, of Belleville, died Saturday night when the ATV crashed on a farm field access road a few miles northwest of Scandia.

The ATV was being driven by a 9-year-old Scandia girl, who was taken to a Belleville hospital. Her condition was not immediately available.

The patrol says the girls were riding the ATV when it rolled, ejecting both girls. Neither girl was wearing a helmet.

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Americans like their cars clean Sales up for hybrid, electric In a welcome development for the planet, the cars on American streets are becoming much more climatefriendly much sooner than many had expected. Consumers are increasingly buying fuel-efficient hybrid and electric vehicles thanks to breakthrough innovations and supportive government policies.

The transportation sector accounts for 28 percent of American greenhouse gas emissions, the most after power plants. Reducing those emissions will require many changes, including greater use of public transit. More efficient cars will almost certainly play a critical role, too; increased fuel efficiency helped reduce carbon dioxide emissions from passengers cars by 16 percent from 2005 to 2012.

Automakers sold more than 350,000 hybrid and electric cars in the first seven months of this year, up 30 percent from the same period in 2012. While these vehicles make up less than 4 percent of light vehicle sales, hybrids, which use electric motors and conventional engines, are now so mainstream that there are more than 40 models available.

The most popular one, the Toyota Prius, is among the 10 best-selling passenger cars in the country.

Fully electric cars are still a niche product bought mostly by affluent drivers. But sales of even these vehicles have been growing fast, thanks in part to federal and state tax rebates. Among the best selling of these cars is the luxurious Model S produced by Tesla Motors, which has been so successful that companies like BMW and Cadillac are also rushing to bring out high-end electric cars.

Federal policy has been an important driver. The 2010 mandate requiring a doubling of new-car average fuel economy by 2025 has pushed industry to accelerate the development of more efficient cars. So has the Obama administration’s program, much maligned by Republicans, of loan guarantees to renewable energy and electric-car companies. Despite a few regrettable failures, the government’s $36 billion loan portfolio has suffered losses of just 2 percent; in May, Tesla paid off its $465 million loan nine years ahead of schedule.

Hybrid and electric cars still have a long way to go.

That they have come this far shows that timely regulation, targeted assistance and government-private sector cooperation can pay big dividends for industry and the environment. ­— The New York Times

‘Hard 50’ rhetoric at odds TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State officials insist the Kansas Legislature’s coming special session to fix the state’s “Hard 50” law is crucial for heading off a major threat to public safety, but when prosecutors go into court to ensure the tough sentence still applies in pending murder cases, they’ll be arguing that the changes in the law are no big deal.

The clashing rhetoric illustrates how symbolism drives the debate over fighting crime as officials wrestle with the detailed rules for prosecuting criminals and deciding how long they’ll stay behind bars.

Gov. Sam Brownback issued a proclamation last week to formally call the Legislature into special session on Sept. 3 to rewrite the “Hard 50” law. One goal is seeing that convicted murderers can be sentenced in the future to life in prison with no chance of parole for 50 years, but another aim is ensuring that the punishment is preserved in pending cases.

Prosecutors and key legislators predict the courts will allow the state to apply changes in the law retroactively because the revisions will be merely “procedural,” not a shift in policy. Meanwhile, those same officials argue that each day without a fix increases the chance that a heinous offender might escape true justice.

“The ‘Hard 50’ issue is a perfect example that illustrates that procedure matters, and it matters a lot,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King, an Independence Republican.

Brownback called the special session at Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s urging in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June raising questions about the “Hard 50” law’s constitutionality. Brownback and Schmidt are Republicans, and the GOP dominates the Legislature, but calling a special session had bipartisan support among legisla-

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In Kansas, judges have determined whether aggravating factors in cases of premeditated, first-degree murder — such as whether a defendant tortured a victim or shot into a crowd — warrant the “Hard 50” instead of a sentence of life in prison with parole eligibility in 25 years. But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Virginia case that juries, not judges, must consider whether the facts in a case should prompt mandatory minimum sentences.

The basic change going forward in Kansas would be having juries consider the evidence arguing for and against a “Hard 50” sentence, rather than judges.

The state already has such a process in place in death penalty cases.

Brownback and legislative leaders argue that once Schmidt’s office finishes working with prosecutors on a proposal, lawmakers shouldn’t need a lot of time to enact a fix. The governor’s proclamation called on lawmakers to enact their bill within three days.

“We don’t have to reinvent the wheel,” said state Sen. David Haley of Kansas City, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Schmidt, Brownback, key legislators and prosecutors also want to make sure the “Hard 50” remains a possible punishment in existing cases in which defendants have appealed their sentences or even have yet to be sentenced. Schmidt has said his office has identified about two dozen cases.

And that’s where talk about the potential changes suddenly becomes less exciting.

It’s not a given that the

courts, in reviewing individual cases, will allow the state to apply a new “Hard 50” law to crimes that occurred before it took effect.

Several defense attorneys have expressed strong doubts in recent weeks. Even Schmidt acknowledged that he can’t be sure of success and can argue only that by passing a new law quickly, the state will be in a better legal position.

Schmidt and other prosecutors plan to argue in court that the changes enacted by lawmakers aren’t substantive.

“We’re not trying to increase the sentence — that would be a problem,” said Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman, a Democrat. “We’re just trying to make them eligible for the same sentence that they got.”

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lance Kinzer, an Olathe Republican, said: “The only thing you change is process.”

That cool rhetoric contrasts with state officials’ comments in justifying a special session to fix the “Hard 50” law, at an expected cost of $40,000 a day. House Speaker Ray Merrick, a Stilwell Republican, said last month that not moving quickly had “dangerous” implications and “could allow criminals to walk free after reduced sentences.”

Brownback signed his proclamation last week during a Statehouse ceremony flanked by legislators, other state officials, prosecutors and uniformed law enforcement officers in a show of solidarity.

The debate over the “Hard 50” is likely to focus on broad themes and big symbols — even as legislators and prosecutors insist that the changes in the law aren’t a significant policy shift. ___ Editor’s note: Political Writer John Hanna has covered Kansas government and politics since 1987. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/apjdhanna .

A look back in time

50 Years Ago Week of Aug. 18-25

First Church of the Nazarene of Iola organized locally in 1913 is observing its golden anniversary this weekend, the Rev. Wilson Baker, pastor, announced. When the church was organized there were 13 charter members. The congregation has grown to 161 since then. *****

Floyd Heath, 54, is the new county engineer for Allen County, Charles Burrows, chairman of the board of commissioners, said today.

He will receive a salary of $650 a month. Health grew up in Mildred and worked as an engineer with former county engineer A. W. Young. He has worked for the past 10 years with an engineering company in Topeka.

The pension liabilities that helped bankrupt Detroit have cast a harsh light on similar problems in Chicago and other large American cities, adding urgency to the question of who should close the shortfall.

This is a challenge that publicsector workers and retirees shouldn’t bear on their own.

The public pension problem is by now well known.

Detroit’s emergency manager estimates its unfunded liabilities at $3.5 billion, about a fifth of the city’s debt. As of last year, Chicago had funded just 36 percent of its pension obligations, while, as of 2011, Philadelphia had put aside just 50 percent of its promised benefits.

States aren’t doing much better.

Thirty-four states failed to make their required pension contributions last year, and nine, including Kansas, have set aside less than 60 percent of what’s needed.

The twin questions facing policy makers are how to fix the problem and how to apportion the cost among workers, retirees and taxpayers as a whole.

Self-delusion

First, governments need to stop lying to themselves. Money that’s slated to cover annual pension and health-care fund contributions but is instead siphoned away to cover other costs won’t magically reappear in later budgets. In the future, states and cities should agree only to benefit packages that are based on reasonable rates of return and annual contributions they can actually make — and then make them.

Many jurisdictions will also have to scale back their past grandiose promises. Given the magnitude of the shortfall, this will have to entail asking public sector employees to accept a new deal, including some combination of working longer, contributing more to their pension and health-care costs, and getting reduced benefits.

A particularly thorny issue is the future of defined-benefit pensions, which most public sector workers still enjoy but private employers have largely replaced with cheaper defined-contribution plans.

Those benefits help governments compete with private employers, which may be able to offer higher wages. They also reflect the power of public-sector unions, which have mostly outlasted their privatesector counterparts.

If governments continue to provide defined-benefit plans, it should be under more stringent conditions, including conservative assumptions about rates of return, larger initial payments and protections against gaming the system. Or, they can scale back gradually to defined-contribution pensions by first adopting hybrid plans, in which lower benefits are topped off with 401(k)-style accounts.

Shared pain

No matter how gracefully such changes can be accomplished, it won’t be fair to expect workers and retirees to be the only ones to sacrifice. After all, they are not the people who set the unaffordable policies in the first place.

Some jurisdictions will have to help meet their pension obligations by cutting spending elsewhere, finding new revenue or both. Those steps won’t be popular, but this is a shortfall too large to close easily or cheaply.

The lesson of Detroit is that states and cities can’t afford to ignore their obligations forever, and waiting makes things worse.

— Bloomberg News

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H ACARF Continued from A1 volunteers,” she said, in addition to those who serve on ACARF’s board, composed of Larry Macha, president, Julie Payne, treasurer, Wade Bowie, Dawn Murray, Janice Porter and Art Chapman.

ACARF also has a number of supporters and in recent months funding has perked up, helped enormously by proceeds from fireworks sales that Virginia Macha conceived and organized for Fourth of July. Other fundraisers are ongoing — a booth is planned for Farm-City Days — and unsolicited donations always are welcome.

ACARF’S shelter opened three years ago and recently completed its 1,000th pet adoption, the lion’s share of which have been dogs. Animals have been placed with homes throughout eastern Kansan.

The shelter is having a “special” on kittens for $20 per adoption this month, Stahl said.

Normal charge is $90, which includes an identifying microchip, vaccination and having the animal spayed or neutered.

The shelter is currently

full, she said, with 55 animals total, mostly dogs.

She is hopeful the kitten special will open space. A special on black dogs — a tie-in to Halloween — is planned for October.

Some breeds of dogs are more sought after than others and if a canine or feline languishes too long in the shelter, efforts are made to find foster care or another rescue facility where adoption might be enhanced, she said.

Animals are brought to the shelter by owners who no longer are able to care for a pet or face circumstances that make keeping one difficult.

Those brought in privately are taken for a donation; Iola animal control pays $85.

Almost to the minute an animal arrives, Stahl and her staff look it over, bathe and clean, vaccinate and deworm.

Then, the new resident awaits adoption.

“We have some great animals,” Stahl said. “I wish I could take them all home with me.”

THE SHELTER is open

to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit its website at acarf.org.

H Rainfall Continued from A1 test month. This year June recorded 1.92 inches of rain in Hutchinson. So far, August has had about 10 inches.

Knapp also said, however, that although the rain has helped with the drought, a wetter-than-average month doesn’t make up for weeks of no rain.

When the ground is dry, it can’t quickly soak up the water, which increases flooding.

“You won’t get the same benefit from it as you would have if it would have been spread out,” she said.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, much of Reno County in south-central Kansas is now out of the drought, at least for the time being. However, extreme western Reno Coun-

ty remains abnormally dry. Western Kansas was in an exceptional drought, but the monitor didn’t have recordings from last week’s heavy rainfall.

“The fact that it’s wet now and end of July was wetter than average, it didn’t make up for 4-6 weeks of no rain,” Knapp said. “That’s why you’ve still got drought issues when you have surplus and flooding.”

If the precipitation keeps up, portions of western Kansas also will have the wettest August on record, said Tim Burke, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Dodge City. Records date back to 1874.

“After being in a drought for a long time, we’re hoping for a wet pattern,” Burke said.

H Statehouse Continued from A1 “That’s when it will really become a spectacle,” said Jim Rinner, vice president of contractor J.E. Dunn Construction.

“Honestly, it’s almost an exact replica of the original Kansas Statehouse as it appeared in early 1900s.”

The project brought new space to the building, primarily underground in areas previously occupied by storage and maintenance areas. The building also was renovated to improve ventilation, technology and security.

Crews also found hidden treasures in the process, including letters in the dome. One was wrapped in a copper envelop.

Rinner said work on the roof should make it immune from leaks for about 100 years. New material was placed beneath fresh copper, along with better anchoring techniques to prevent water damage.

The west wing is complete and the copper, which is beginning to turn a dark brown, is visible. The east wing is about halfway finished, with work progressing on shorter spans over the north and south.

“The challenge is to tear off part of the roof, put the new roof on and keep

the area dry,” said Rinner, who sent most workers home due to Thursday’s rain.

There are 16 oriel windows on the dome, one of which was damaged by a 1966 Topeka tornado. The windows were sent to Germany where experts in copper fabrication overhauled the widow casings.

Rinner said testing of the windows for leaks was conducted at an off-site warehouse because of the inability to get enough water pressure to the dome to replicate a heavy downpour.

Remaining interior work, including completion of a new visitors’ center below ground, is expected to be finished by year’s end. The center will have public access from the north entrance to the building.

Barry Greis, the Statehouse architect overseeing the project, said a 12foot by 25-foot marble floor map of Kansas, indicating each of the 105 counties, will be placed in the lobby of the visitor center, a gift of the Kansas Association of Counties.

Work on the existing wings of the building was finished before the start of the legislative session.

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Hot spots continue to flare on the south side of the Silver Fire, near ranches off Longhorn Road in Banning, Calif., on Thursday.

Calif. declares state of emergency Wildfires continue to spread

By CHRISTINE MAI-DUC, JOSEPH SERNA and CARLA RIVERA Los Angeles Times

BANNING, Calif. — As the Silver fire continued to spread Friday in Riverside County, crews battled flames on the ground and from the sky, and weary residents who lost their homes struggled with the question of whether to rebuild.

Burning about 90 miles east of Los Angeles in the San Jacinto Mountains, the Silver fire has blackened about 17,500 acres and destroyed 26 homes. Six people have been injured — a firefighter and five civilians. California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in the county late Friday.

Authorities said the fire, burning in dry, rugged hills and canyons south of Banning, was about 25 percent contained. More than 1,600 firefighters are battling the blaze, focusing their attention on its eastern edge as it burns toward Palm Springs and deeper into the San Bernardino National Forest.

Firefighters used retardant-dropping planes to quell the blaze, which started Wednesday afternoon. The cause is under investigation.

The day brought a “significant decrease in fire activity,” but officials remained cautious of fast-changing weather patterns that could push the fire south into thick forest land, said Eric Solomon of the U.S. For-

est Service, a spokesman for agencies handling the fire.

Firefighters will have to contend with a warming trend beginning Saturday, continued low humidity and a decrease in winds out of the west that could prove problematic, said National Weather Service meteorologist Brandt Maxwell.

That decrease could allow the fire to begin burning up the north slope of the San Jacinto Mountains toward the forest.

“It’s a possibility but not necessarily a certainty,” Maxwell said.

In one hopeful sign, most of the 1,000 or so residents who were evacuated were allowed to return to their homes Friday night.

Martha Schenk and her husband arrived at the command post early in the day, hoping to get behind fire lines and survey the destruction around their Twin Pines home, which had burned down two days earlier.

Her husband, who did not want his name used, was determined to rebuild, but Schenk said she wasn’t so sure.

“We’ve (evacuated) so many times,” she said.

“I don’t know if I want to do it again.”

She and her family loved their home of nearly 20 years. The open space, stunning quiet and brilliant stars were all perks of their semirural life.

But there are rattlesnakes, which bit her daughter once, and coyotes, which have claimed 10 of their cats. Fire threats are a constant worry.

“It’s a commitment to live here,” said Schenk, who with her husband were wearing the

clothes they had on the previous day.

The couple had experienced the Esperanza fire in 2006, the flames marching up to their front door. The Silver fire spread much faster and there was less warning.

“There is no guarantee you’ll get out safe and for some reason I didn’t know that until this time,” Schenk said.

Keith Jackson, 53, said that as he watched the flames march toward his home in Snow Creek Village, his instincts told him to stay.

“Definitely we were concerned when the big plumes of smoke were coming up over the first canyon,” said Jackson, who has lived in the community for 29 years.

“That’s make or break time.”

For the next several hours, Jackson and his friend joined firefighters to clear brush off his one-acre property.

The flames never came.

A fire truck was stationed outside his home Friday just in case the flames returned. Jackson, meanwhile, continued with the work in the backyard.

“Some people may say it wasn’t the right choice,” he said. “I don’t know. It’s my home.”

Late Thursday, Andrew Schrader recalled his perilous encounter with the seething heat of an out-of-control

wildfire.

Schrader and his wife were besieged in their Twin Pines home by a raging fire that consumed the motor home in his driveway, singed the fruit trees in his garden and was bearing down relentlessly on his house Wednesday night when, almost miraculously, it blew past.

They had fought back with water hoses and survived, but at midnight, when Schrader finally got to bed, he was transfixed by a sea of embers.

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PRATT — Iola’s dream season, complete with a state championship in tow, ended one day and two wins shy of the team’s final goal for the summer.

The Leslie J. Campbell Post 15 Indians saw their season come to a premature conclusion at the Mid-States Regional AA Tournament on the heels of a gut-wrenching 5-3 loss to La Crescent, Minn., in the quarterfinals.

Dispatched to the losers bracket for their next contest a few hours later, Iola’s bats fell silent for a 4-0 loss to Waupun, Wis. The Indians ended the year with a 41-5 record.

“It’s been a remarkable year, with great kids,” Iola head coach Roland Weir said.

“We just couldn’t square up on the ball like we had been.”

The La Crescent loss was particularly bitter.

Locked in a scoreless tie through the first 4½ innings, Iola missed out on a golden opportunity to bring home the win in the bottom of the fifth — and would-be final — inning. (The games had been shortened from seven innings to five because rainy weather washed away Friday’s games.)

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La Crescent takes title

PRATT — La Crescent’s AA American Legion squad edged Waupun, Wis., to win the MidStates Regional Sunday, 2-1.

Both squads advanced through the losers bracket into Sunday morning’s final game.

A squad from Flandreau, S.D., had defeated La Crescent Saturday night, but was disqualified for allegedly using ineligible players in the tournament.

Coincidentally, La Crescent and Waupun both claimed wins over Iola Saturday to eliminate the Indians.

the bottom of the fifth with a walk. He moved to second when Eric Heffern, who indicated several times his intention to lay down a sacrifice bunt, drew a follow-up walk instead.

With two on and nobody out, and the top of the Indians’ batting order upcoming, the excitement among the Iola faithful was building to a crescendo.

Then disaster struck.

Levi Ashmore followed with a drive toward the gap that was caught inches from the turf by La Crescent right fielder Jevin Dorschner, who rolled over and flipped the ball to the center fielder to re-

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Eric Heffern gets a hug from Dick Perkins, Legionnaire and long-time supporter of the Iola AA Indians baseball program, following the Indians’ loss to Waupun at the MidStates Regional Tournament in Pratt. turn the throw to the infield.

Whitcomb, who thought the ball had dropped for a hit, failed to tag up at second and instead raced to third. He was there when the umpire rang him up for the second out.

The rally ended when

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Iola Indians second baseman Drew Faulhaber guns down a Waupun batter from his knees Saturday at the AA American Legion Mid-States Regional Tournament in Pratt.

Trent Latta’s subsequent fly ball was caught for the third out.

La Crescent’s Zach Melbostad punched a slow dribbler up the third-base line to start the sixth, and beat Latta’s throw in a bang-bang play for his squad’s first hit of the game.

Eric Veglahn was next. His sacrifice bunt attempt was so good that nobody on the Indian squad could reach it to throw to first.

Dorschner was next. He, too, attempted to bunt the runners over, only to see Whitcomb’s throw to first skip past second baseman Drew Faulhaber for a two-run error.

Another bunt single by Hunter McCallson followed to set up what proved to be the decisive blow. Whitcomb, who had been flawless as pitcher, jumped ahead of Kaleb Keiser with two quick strikes.

His third pitch, however, was launched over the temporary left field wall.

Suddenly, Iola trailed by five.

The Indians didn’t go quietly.

Mason Coons led off the bottom of the sixth with a walk, and moved to second on Derrick Weir’s flare over the infield for a single.

Jarred Latta followed with See INDIANS | Page B4

The coaching carousel has taken a late turn for Allen Community College athletics.

Allen women’s head basketball coach Mark James resigned Wednesday in order to take the helm at Dodge City Community Mark James College.

“It puts us in a bit of a bind in the 11th hour, with school starting soon, but this is a good career opportunity for Coach James,” Allen athletics director Jessica Peters said.

See ACC | Page B4

Speedway plans fan appreciation night races HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Speedway owners have set up their second annual Fan Appreciation Night Friday evening, offering free admission to anyone who brings a nonperishable food item or monetary donation at the gate.

Proceeds will benefit the Humboldt Ministerial Alliance’s Food Pantry.

The pantry is in need of canned food items, dry beans, shampoo, conditioner, soap and money.

Donors can call Pastor David Meyer at (620) 473-0205 for more specific items.

“We want to show our gratitude to the race fans, sponsors, advertisers and drivers for their support for the past 24 years,” speedway owner Rhenda Whitworth said. “It’s been a tough year, but we have made it through. I’ve seen where (the pantry) is in need and thought this would be a good way for people to help out with a small donation.”

Rain washed away last week’s races.

Dufner holds Royals take three of four from Red Sox off Furyk to win PGA PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Jason Dufner walked off the 18th green, after casually pumping his fists in what passed for a raucous celebration. There was a familiar face waiting for him.

The last time they met in this situation, it was Keegan Bradley accepting the Wanamaker Trophy.

This time, it belonged to Dufner.

Granted, it was two years later than it should have been.

That only made it sweeter.

“I’m proud of you,” Bradley said, giving his buddy a hug.

“Thanks a lot,” Dufner replied. “It means a lot for you to be here.”

With ice in his veins and a determination not to let another opportunity slip away, Dufner claimed his first major title with a two-shot victory over Jim Furyk in the PGA See PGA | Page B4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — James Shields picked up his first home win in more than three months and the Kansas City Royals have won seven consecutive series for the first time in 22 years.

Shields pitched seven strong innings, Alex Gordon homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday.

The Royals improved to 18-5 since the All-Star break, winning every series. The last time they won seven straight series was 1991.

“It’s huge,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “You can’t understate it. The fact of the matter is that’s nice, but it doesn’t mean anything tomorrow. “ It’s big, but you’ve got to keep plugging. I wouldn’t classify it as a statement (series) win. But it’s still the team with the best record came in and we won three out of four. We’re playing great baseball right now. We just have to maintain our focus on that.”

Shields (7-8), who had not

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Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Greg Holland, left, and catcher Salvador Perez celebrate after closing out the ninth inning against the Boston Red Sox Sunday. The Royals defeated the Red Sox, 4-3. won at Kauffman Stadium since an April 30 victory over Tampa Bay, limited the Red

Sox to three runs and seven hits over seven innings. He struck out five and walked

three.

“I feel like ever since the All-Star break, we’ve been making a statement,” Shields said. “We’re here to stay and compete. Our bullpen has been phenomenal. Our defense has been great. We’re getting some good timely hitting.”

Gordon hit a 2-2 pitch from John Lackey (7-10) out to right in the third inning for his third homer in five games.

“He went through a little down period about a week ago, but the last week he’s been really swinging the bat really, really well,” Yost said.

“The thing about Alex is when he gets hot, he can carry you for a while.”

Lackey, who is 0-4 in his past five starts, walked David Lough and Eric Hosmer to lead off the first. Gordon’s two-out single scored Lough to tie it at 1.

Shane Victorino scored Boston’s first run when he doubled in the first, stole third and came home on See ROYALS | Page B4

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“Good Dinosaur,” the funnyman appeared on stage in a sea cucumber costume to jokingly angle for a part in “Finding Dory.”

“I’ve been reading the Disney-Pixar fan blogs, and I know you don’t have a sea cucumber in ‘Finding Dory,’” said Hader. “Yet.” Christina Hendricks and Tom Hiddleston later came on stage to hype their roles in the upcoming “The Pirate Fairy,” which transports the Disney fairy characters from Pixie Hollow to Neverland.

Hendricks will portray a captain sprite named Zarina, while the villainous “The Avengers” actor has been tapped to portray a young Captain Hook.

“He’s Hook before the hook,” teased director Peggy Holmes.

Disney also showed off footage and concept art from such other projects as the “Disney’s Planes” follow-up “Planes: Fire & Rescue,” which is set in the world of Disney-Pixar’s “Cars,” and the recently announced “Zootopia,” which imagines a modern world populated by animals like overpopulated bunnies and not-sosmart wildebeests.

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Don’t dwell on someone’s choices Dear Carolyn: I was

somewhat surprised by your answer to a wife upset about attending her husband’s best friend’s wedding on the husband’s 40th birthday — a birthday they thought he might not reach because of medical problems.

I went to a niece’s bar mitzvah on my 50th birthday, and my niece wished me a happy birthday. We attended a cousin’s wedding on our 20th anniversary, and they asked everyone to toast us.

In this case, since the husband was asked to make a toast, would it have been so hard for the groom to ask everyone to wish his friend a happy

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax birthday, as the wife thought he should have done? It would have taken very little time and effort and would have meant a lot to his friend.

I think totally ignoring it was thoughtless, and the groom could have learned a lot from our niece when she was 13.

— Anonymous It’s hard to argue with the idea that it would have been nice of the groom to say happy birthday.

But he didn’t — and so this couple had to make a decision: Hold a grudge because the best friend let the husband down, or move on?

Since they are both adults, it’s a birthday and it’s not unusual for people to forget things on their wedding day, it seems like lunacy even to consider denting a long, good friendship over it. It seems that way to me, at least, which is a disclaimer that goes with everything I write: just my opinion.

I also noted that if something is so important that they’d end a friendship over it, then they owe it to the friend to say how important it

is — before the fact, not after.

It is common, though, for me to get letters like yours in response to a lot of problems: “But X should have done Y ....,” with X being someone other than the letter-writer. So, it’s worth spelling out here that I don’t put much stock in the concept of “should.” If the letterwriter could have done something to prevent a problem, then I’ll say so, for next time. But in most cases, waiting to hear that someone else is to blame for your problem amounts to a decision to stay stuck in a place of indignation, waiting for justice to be done.

I’m not a fan.

Too much of one food unhealthy Dear Dr. Roach: Dad is 84, and has been retired almost 25 years.

He does little physical activity because of his gout and arthritis. He buys 60 pounds of unsalted, in-shell peanuts every two months. This means he consumes about a pound a day.

This has been going on for several years. Previous crazes included four to five cans of beer per day, diet soda, pretzels and chocolate-covered mint bars. Is Dad consuming too many peanuts? Are there any side effects? — N.W. Answer: Peanuts are a generally healthy food, containing large amounts of protein, and though it contains fat, the fat is largely the healthy, monounsaturated kind, and it is high in many nutrients.

However, too much of any single food is a problem. A pound of peanuts is approximately the entire daily caloric intake of an average-size man, which leads me to suspect he is eating little of anything else, he is gaining weight or both.

Peanuts are utterly lacking in other important nutrients, such as vitamin A, vitamin B-12 and vitamin C, just to name a few near the beginning of the alphabet.

Dad definitely is eating too many peanuts, and needs to have a more diverse diet.

One concern I have is that some nutritional deficiencies, especially for iron, can cause people to crave certain foods (and even nonfoods like ice or dirt)

ZITS

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health and, yes, peanuts. Iron deficiency in an 84-yearold man would be concerning. Dad needs fresh fruits, vegetables and a visit to the doctor.

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m 77 years old and want to take my wife on a cruise, but I have ver-

tigo and was told that I could not go because I would get dizzy. Is that true? I did go on one before I had vertigo, and it didn’t bother me then.

I really want to go on one. How about a calm cruise? — J.H. Answer: Vertigo is a sensation of movement when not moving. Sometimes people feel they are moving; other times, it’s the world that’s moving. Most causes of vertigo are benign and can

be treated effectively.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is the most common, and usually goes away by itself.

When it doesn’t, it can be treated by a physical or occupational therapist trained in vestibular rehabilitation.

Meniere’s disease, another cause of vertigo, is associated with hearing loss and often is treated with medication as well as with vestibular rehabilitation.

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a blast to the left field gap for a double to score Coons. Drew Faulhaber followed two batters later with a single to cut the gap to 5-3.

But the rally ended without any more damage. Veglahn, La Crescent’s starter, retired Whitcomb and Heffern to end the contest.

Whitcomb took the loss despite allowing only the four sixth-inning runs. He struck out two and walked two others.

Veglahn allowed five hits. He pitched out of a jam in the fourth, when Weir and Jarred Latta hit back-to-back singles.

Veglahn retired Braden Larson and Faulhaber to end the threat.

And in an ominous case of foreshadowing, Ashmore was robbed of extra bases and an RBI when his blast to center was snared by Melbostad in the bottom of the third.

Schmidt’s single in the fifth for the final tally.

Coons surrendered eight hits and a walk with one strikeout.

“We tried to get after it, but we were flat. You could tell that,” Weir said. “You’re going up against teams that are just as good as you are, and we couldn’t get going with the bats.”

Weir carried fond words for his outgoing players.

“My hat’s off to them,” he said. “We’re losing some great players like Braden Larson, Eric Heffern, Jarred Latta, Aaron Barclay, Levi Ashmore and Mason Coons.

The Indians have won a combined 82 games over the past two seasons, winning a pair of state titles in the process. Counting Iola High’s state runner-up finish in May, Iola baseball compiled a record of 61-6.

Weir said Iola’s string of success is unlikely to end, with a strong core

“All day long, we just weren’t able to get going offensively,” Coach Weir said. “And we had a mental mistake on the basepaths. Those things happen.”

NOTABLY deflated for their follow-up contest against Waupun, Iola fell behind early and never could figure out the pitching mastery of Nate Hopp.

He retired all 15 batters he faced without a hit, walk or error.

Coons, Iola’s starter, wasn’t as fortunate.

Hopp led off the top of the first with a single.

He moved to second on a single, third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on an error. Waupun’s Jared Larson drove in Casey Asloos with a single in the second.

The lead grew to three in the fourth when Brandon VanGalen singled and scored on a wild pitch.

Bryce Buchholz doubled and scored on Ryan

of returning players for next year.

“We have some younger guys who will have to work hard to replace our outgoing players,” he continued. “Our older players have set a tremendous example for the young baseball players in Iola to follow. Iola baseball isn’t going anywhere. We’re getting a program developed here, and we hope to continue it.”

In addition to its 2012 state crown, the Indians were state champions in 1988. The Indians have been to the AA state tournament eight times in their history, including the past three years.

Saturday’s results La Crescent, Minn. 5, Iola 3 (6 innings) La Crescent AB R H BI Zach Melbostad 3 1 1 0 Eric Veglahn 3 1 1 0 Jevin Dorschner 3 1 0 0 Hunter McCallson 3 1 1 0 Kaleb Kaiser 3 1 1 3 Matt Wieser 3 0 0 0 Levi Massman 1 0 0 0 Dillion McKinnon 2 0 0 0 Austin DeBoer 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 23 5 4 3 Iola AB R H BI Levi Ashmore 3 0 0 0 Trent Latta 3 0 0 0 Mason Coons 2 1 0 0 Derrick Weir 3 1 2 0 Jarred Latta 3 1 2 1 Braden Larson 3 0 0 0 Drew Faulhaber 3 0 1 2 Aaron Barclay 0 0 0 0 Nathan Whitcomb 1 0 0 0 Eric Heffern 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 22 3 5 3 LOB-La Crescent 3, Iola 6. 2BJarred Latta. HR-Kaleb Kaiser.

Sac Bunt-Dillion McKinnon, Eric Heffern.

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The Iola AA Indians recite a sportsmanship pledge prior to their game Saturday at the Mid-States Regional Tournament.

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James informed ACC administrators his intention to resign a week before it became official.

James took over a 3-27 squad in the fall of 2011, and promptly oversaw an improvement to 11-20 in his first year and 14-17 in his second.

The Red Devils hosted a Region VI playoff game this spring for the first time in several years.

Interviews with head coaching prospects were scheduled for today, Peters said, with the hopes a replacement will be hired by the end of the week.

Kiara Marshall, hired earlier this summer as assistant women’s coach, will remain.

ALLEN also is losing

Brett Lisher, assistant baseball coach under long ACC head coach Val McLean.

Lisher resigned in July in order to pursue a job in the private sector, Peters said.

Interviews for his replacement also were scheduled for today.

IN OTHER ACC news, Chelsea Laymon was hired this month as assistant cheer and dance coach under head coach Mindy Covey.

Championship Sunday.

After he rolled in a testy little 3-footer to save par at the first hole, he went on cruise control. His tee shots were long and accurate. His irons were dead solid perfect. If not for some shaky strokes with the putter, he would’ve won this thing by a much greater margin.

Down a stroke to Fu-

Head coach Roland Weir watches the proceedings Saturday at the AA American Legion MidStates Regional Tournament.

La Crescent IP H R ER BB SO Eric Veglahn-W 6 5 3 3 4 8 TOTALS 6 5 3 3 4 8 Iola Nathan Whitcomb-L 6 4 5 4 2 2 TOTALS 6 45 4 2 2 Waupun, Wis. 4, Iola 0 (5 innings) Waupun AB R H BI Nate Hopp 2 1 1 0 Colin DeBoer 3 0 1 0 Jordan Daane 2 0 0 0 Bryce Buchholz 3 1 1 0 Jordan Moul 3 0 1 0 Ryan Schmidt 3 0 1 1 Casey Asloos 3 1 1 0 Brandon VanGalen 2 1 2 0 Jared Larson 1 0 0 1 TOTALS 22 4 8 2 Iola AB R H BI Levi Ashmore 2 0 0 0

Trent Latta 2 0 0 0 Mason Coons 2 0 0 0 Derrick Weir 2 0 0 0 Jarred Latta 2 0 0 0 Braden Larson 2 0 0 0 Drew Faulhaber 1 0 0 0 Tyler Clubine 1 0 0 0 Eric Heffern 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 15 0 0 0 LOB-Waupun 6, Iola 0. 2BBryce Buchholz, Jordan Moul.

Sac Fly-Jared Larson. Sac Bunt-Jordan Daane.

Waupun IP H R ER BB SO Nate Hopp-W 5 0 0 0 0 3 TOTALS 5 0 0 0 0 3 Iola Mason Coons-L 5 8 4 3 1 1 TOTALS 5 84 3 1 1

ryk at the start of the round, and all even as they went to the eighth hole, Dufner knocked his approach shot past the flag and spun the ball back in his direction, watching it roll to a stop about a foot from the cup for as easy a birdie as you’re likely to see.

At the ninth, Dufner pulled off an up-anddown to save par, while Furyk wasted a tee shot

in the fairway and made bogey. Suddenly, the margin was two shots as they made the turn.

That’s how it remained, through the back nine, as the two guys in the final group posted the exact same score on every hole.

“I wish I could have put a little heat on him,” Furyk said, “make him work those last two holes a bit harder.”

earned his 32nd save in 34 opportunities, worked two scoreless innings to protect the one-run lead.

The bullpen has allowed one run in 20 innings on this homestand.

Notes: The Royals obtained IF Jamey Carroll from the Minnesota Twins in a trade after the game for a player to be named or cash considerations. Yost said Carroll would platoon with Chris Getz, when he returns from the disabled list, at second base and backup third and short-

stop. ... IF Miguel Tejada, 39, was placed on the 15day disabled list with a strained right calf as the Royals made seven roster moves. Perez came off the concussion list, while RHP Wade Davis was removed from the family emergency leave list and will start Monday against Miami. IF Irving Falu was recalled from Triple-A Omaha.

LHP Donnie Joseph was optioned to Omaha, while C Brett Hayes was designated for assignment.

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catcher Salvador Perez’s errant pickoff throw.

The Royals scored two runs in the third, with Jarrod Dyson and Lough delivering RBI singles.

Dyson’s hit drove home Mike Moustakas, who doubled to start the inning. Dyson stole second and scored on Lough’s flare to shallow right.

After a rocky start, Lackey lasted seven innings, giving up four runs and seven hits and two walks, while strik-

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ing out five.

“It was a grind early,” Lackey said. “I wasn’t feeling really great. I had a couple of 3-2 counts and didn’t make my pitch. I was lucky to get the ground ball for the double play in the first and then I found my groove and started to make my pitches.”

“For me to walk two in one inning let alone to lead off the game is hard to believe. I didn’t execute and I lost the game.”

Ryan Lavarnway’s two-out single in the

sixth scored Daniel Nava and Stephen Drew, trimming the Kansas City lead to 4-3. Drew went 2 for 4 and is hitting .422 in his season-high, 12-game hitting streak.

Nava is convinced the Royals are a playoff contender.

“Of course,” Nava said. “Everyone realizes with their offense and pitching it’s just a matter of time before they click.”

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