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THE IOLA REGISTER Thursday, September 26, 2013
Medicaid woes many in Kansas By SUSAN LYNN editorial@iolaregister.com
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series regarding the Affordable Care Act. Saturday’s paper will address small businesses. While healthcare services for most will be improved under the new healthcare legislation, it’s Kansas’ poor who have the most to worry about, said Sheldon Weisgrau, a healthcare expert. “It’s another ‘doughnut hole,’” he said, referring to the gap in coverage for prescription drugs which many seniors have experienced. Weisgrau For Kansans, the problem begins with the Gov. Brownback’s refusal to expand the state’s Medicaid roles. Kansas has one of the most restrictive Medicaid programs in the nation, including the fact that adults without children cannot qualify for its services no matter how poor they are. Parents can qualify if they have incomes below 32 percent of poverty guidelines. For a family of three, that would be less than $550 a month, or $6,600 a year. “A single parent with two children and working a minimum wage parttime job is too rich by Kansas standards to receive help,” Weisgrau said. Under Obamacare, the idea was that states would expand their MedSee MEDICAID | Page A3
Members of Iola’s First Church of the Nazarene, 1235 Walnut St. N., will celebrate the church’s centennial this weekend. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON
Nazarene church turns 100 By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com
In 1913 Iola’s fledgling First Church of the Nazarene held services in the home of John and Anna Randel, 306 S. First St. Saturday evening and Sunday members of the church, who meet in a spacious sanctuary and associated facilities at 1235 Walnut St. N., have activities planned to commemorate the church’s centennial. “We will have a meal at 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the church for out-of-town guests and members,” said the Rev. Daren Baldwin, completing his second year as its pastor. Sunday services will start with special music. Four, maybe more, former pastors will share memories from the pulpit.
“I have a short sermon planned,” said Baldwin, to give the visiting pastors time to reminisce. “Then, we’ll have a potluck meal at the (Dr. John Silas Bass) north community building. “It is neat to be a part of a church being 100 years old,” he said. ACCORDING TO a history of the church, Brother Chambers, district superintendent of the Kansas District of Church of the Nazarene, arrived at the Randel residence one day and announced he was in Iola to hold a revival and start a church. The Randels and others joined in and the church was organized in October 1913. Groundwork for this was laid in 1912 when two preachers came to Iola to hold a tent meeting. See NAZARENE | Page A3
Silent film not a lost art By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com
Hooman Mehran is hoping to “set the stage” as the first presenter for this year’s Buster Keaton Celebration, by displaying a seldom shown film that illustrates intricacies of a lost art. A 10-minute short film titled “Seeing Stars” features Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin in one of their earliest collaborations. Mehran said he intends to show how Chaplin and Keaton’s careers often overlapped before their first major appearance together in 1952’s “Limelight” — a film with sound.
Mehran’s father was a film aficionado, and he became entranced by silent films at an early age. When he went to London to work as banker in 1996 to 2001, he had the opportunity to spend time at the British Film Institute, which has one of the most extensive silent film collections in the entire world. Mehran now lives in New York City. He has published articles on early film comedy, and has coedited two books on the subject. He said he “became aware” of the subtle nuances of silent film, and it’s generation-crossing enSee NOT LOST | Page A3
A sign of things to come
Keaton a major influence
A new welcome sign to Iola is on the west side of town on U.S. 54. Eventually, there also will be new signs at the north, south and east entrances into the city. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET
By KAYLA BANZET kayla@iolaregister.com
GOP committee seeks nominee By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com
By late afternoon Sunday, Allen and Neosho counties Republicans will have a person to recommend to replace Ed Bideau, the Ninth District representative who died Sept. 5 at his home in Chanute. Precinct representatives in the two counties will meet at 2 p.m. in the Allen County Courthouse assembly room. Jim Talkington, Allen
County GOP chairman, said a secret ballot would decide whose name would be forwarded to Gov. Sam Brownback for appointment. The appointee will serve until the November 2014 election. Then a representative will be elected to a full two-year term. Judy Brigham and Bud Sifers, whom Bideau defeated in the 2012 primary election before running unopposed in the general election, have indicated in-
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terest. Brigham is former Iola city administrator. Sifers is an area oil man and has spoken in support of the Tea Party. Jeff Locke also has been mentioned. Locke was defeated by Democrat Bob Grant for the Second District House seat in 2012. The Second District includes a handful of precincts on the east side of Allen County. After Bideau’s See COMMITTEE | Page A3
Buster Keaton has influenced many actors throughout the years. Paul Dooley is one of them. “When I was 15 I saw Keaton on film and that made me want to become an actor,” Dooley said. He met Keaton later in life while doing a commercial. Dooley made his acting debut in “The Odd Couple” on Broadway and later made the transition to movies. He has performed in movies like “A Wedding,” “Popeye,” “Breaking Away” and “Sixteen Candles.” He will attend the Buster Keaton Festival this weekend. On Friday he will speak to the Keaton audi-
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ence and show a film. “I will be showing a 40-minute silent movie that I made in my See KEATON | Page A3
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