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Thursday, June 9, 2016
Learning outside the classroom SAFE BASE summer session begins By JASON TIDD The Iola Register
“When a shark eats food that it can’t digest, like a turtle shell or a tin can — this is a neat party trick — it can vomit by thrusting its stomach out its mouth and pull it back in,” Angela Henry said. The Jefferson Elementary gym — packed with more than 100 SAFE BASE students — erupted in amazement. They had just eaten free breakfasts as part of the District 257’s summer meal program. “Who do you think a shark’s biggest enemy is?” Henry asked the students. “Humans,” a girl responded. She was correct. “Just in the U.S. and Canada, approximately 40 people are killed each year by .....?” Henry prompted. “Sharks!” several students blurted out. Nope. “Pigs,” Henry answered, adding that is six times the number of people killed by sharks worldwide. This was no ordinary classroom. School was not even in session. But that did not keep students from learning more about sharks.
Taylor Melugin grins while she mixes honey, peanut butter, vanilla, flax seed, chocolate chips and oatmeal in a bowl as part of a summer SAFE BASE cooking class. Students will eat the healthy snacks while on a trip to several national parks and monuments next week. REGISTER/JASON TIDD This was SAFE BASE, USD 257’s summer and after-school program for elementary and middle school students. Today they are on a trip to the Oklahoma Aquarium in Tulsa af-
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ter spending Monday through Wednesday learning about marine life. The program, which is just finishing its 16th year of operation, is almost entirely
funded by grants. Henry, the program’s director since July 1, 2000, estimated over the course of those 16 years, $10-
Iola Elks to host music festival
The Iola Elks lodge is hosting a three-day music festival to bring a varied group of folk, blues, blue g rass, country and jazz performers. The LeHigh Roots Festival runs Friday through Sunday at Elks Lake, just east of Gates Corporation at 1601 Montana Rd. (Elks Lake formerly was a rock quarry used by LeHigh Cement.) The festival offers camping, impromptu musical entertainment as well as big names in a concert setting, with performers coming from across the Four-State region. The festival includes two performance venues — a main stage and a jam stage. Friday’s festivities kick off at dusk at the jam stage where many of the bands scheduled to perform Saturday will try See ELKS | Page A2
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STAYING IN STEP
By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
HUMBOLDT — No one can accuse Humboldt council members of not being receptive to constituents. Tuesday afternoon two of three Safety Committee members considered whether to propose to the full council use of all-terrain vehicles — commonly called four-wheelers — on city streets. The process was prompted by two residents who asked for approval. Another contacted City Administrator Cole Herder to
express opposition. After an hour of conversation, including Chief of Police Brian Dillow and Don Buchanan, a councilman invited to sit in on the meeting, Vada Aikins and Jeb Kaufman came to no conclusion, allowing they would See ATVS | Page A2
Miss Chelsea’s Dance Studio caps its inaugural season with its annual showcase Friday and Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Above from left, Devin Rubow, Averie Sharon, Emily Weide and Breanna Peeper perform a number. At left, Hallie McDermeit, left, and Khloeigh go through a rehearsal. The recital will feature all sorts of dance disciplines, from ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, “and even a Bollywood number,” instructor Chelsea Lea said. Tickets sell for $10 and are available at the door. Among the 40 dance numbers are several from the story “The Jungle Book.” REGISTER/KLAIR VOGEL
LaHarpe Council eyes city cemetery upkeep By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
LAHARPE — LaHarpe City Councilman David Lee asked the city Wednesday to consider taking over upkeep of the LaHarpe Cemetery. The cemetery lies outside city limits, and is under the jurisdiction of the South Elm Township, Lee explained.
A township cemetery board hired Terry Crowell this year as sexton, responsible for keeping grass mowed and marking burial plots. However, equipment failures prevented Crowell from mowing for several days prior to Memorial Day. Making matters worse, the See LAHARPE | Page A5
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