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THE IOLA REGISTER Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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Markets fall on Wall Street
ACC artists show off their skills
By STEVE ROTHWELL AP Markets Writer
By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com
NEW YORK (AP) — Investors sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its lowest close in a month Monday as few signs emerged of a deal to end the U.S. government shutdown and raise the nation’s borrowing limit. Senate Democrats moved to introduce legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit without the unrelated conditions Republicans have said they are seeking. The White House signaled it would accept even a brief extension in borrowing authority to prevent an unprecedented default by the United States. On Sunday, speaker John Boehner had ruled out a vote in the House of Representatives on a straightforward bill to increase the government’s borrowing without concessions from President Barack Obama. Lawmakers have until Oct. 17 to reach a deal on increasing the nation’s debt ceiling. Failure to strike a deal could cause the United States to miss payments on its debt. The Treasury warned last week that a default could push the economy into a downturn even worse than the Great Recession. “Everything now is pred-
MORAN COUNCIL
RVs to be allowed in city By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com
Area artists are displaying their works at the Stone House Gallery in Fredonia, including some of Allen Community College’s most talented students. Tera Reid, art instructor at ACC had two of her students meet up with The Register to discuss the artwork they have on display. The Area Artist Exhibit and Competition Danielle Wilbur will run through Oct. 31. It is free to the public. SARA SCALES is using her studies at Allen Community College to jumpstart a career in photography. Scales, 27, has been taking photographs since she was “six or seven years old.” Her hopes are to eventually open a photography studio. Originally from Girard, Scales has been living in Moran ever since she came to study at the college. She hopes the experience she gains from her art Sara Scales studies can help her begin a career. “I like to capture people in the moment, the real emotion,” Scales said. “I try to think about what they are thinking.” She said her real passion is taking nature photos, and hopes to include that in her artistic work. While she does have See ARTISTS | Page A6
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At top is one of Danielle Wilbur’s pencil drawings of Shirley Temple. Above is Sara Scales’ self-portrait photo. Both pieces are on display at the Stone House Gallery in Fredonia.
MORAN — Moran will open lots about town to recreational vehicles, but council members aren’t sure yet what requirements will be. Monday night council members hashed over how to accommodate pipeline construction workers who may want to park their homes away from home in Moran. Moran has no mobile home parks, but a handful of residents have indicated an interest in renting spaces for RVs. But, before that may occur, an enabling ordinance, with general information as to lot size, permit fee and utility hook-ups, should be drafted, said Mayor Phil Merkel. City Attorney Bret Heim, with assistance from City Clerk Lori Evans, will develop an ordinance. It will spell out the difference between a short visit, such as that by a relative, and one of longer duration by workers in the area for several months. No citizens were at the meeting to encourage an ordinance opening the way for RVs on vacant lots, but several have expressed interest, Merkel said. “It’s up to us to decide reSee RVS | Page A6
Masons celebrate 150 years in Iola By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com
Four members of Masonic Lodge No. 38 met Monday to discuss the lodge’s 150th anniversary in Iola. They are, from left, Don Mohler, Merrill Hodgden, Jerry Skidmore and Mike Byers. The photo is of Josiah Colborn, who founded the lodge in 1863, and whose wife is Iola’s namesake. To the left is the cornerstone of the old lodge temple at 8 N. Washington Ave. REGISTER/ BOB JOHNSON
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Josiah F. Colborn, whose wife, Iola, gave her name to our fair city, started Iola’s Masonic Lodge No. 38 in 1863. Current Masons will recognize the lodge’s 150th birthday on Oct. 19, in conjunction with Farm-City Days. Rededication of the lodge hall at 213 W. Madison will occur at 10 a.m., with several dignitaries from the Grand Lodge in Topeka expected to attend. Lunch will follow and local and state Masons will be on a float in the Farm-City Days parade. No members of the lodge today are sure where meetings first were convened, but Masons took up residence for meetings and other events on the third story of a brick building at 8 N. Washington Ave. in 1901. The lodge moved to West Madison about 20 years ago. In “The Annals of Iola and Allen County,” a report from April 8, 1901: “After two disappointments on account of the weather the Masons this afternoon succeeded in laying the cor-
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nerstone of their new temple ... (which) will comprise the second and third floors of a handsome block on the west side of the square where the old Northrop building stood.” The cornerstone remains at the lower right corner of the building’s second floor. The move to 213 W. Madison was prompted by sale of the downtown building, and also to accommodate members, some who had difficulty negotiating a steep flight of stairs to the third floor, said Mason Jerry Skidmore. Merrill Hodgden, master of Lodge No. 38, shared history of local Masons, noting that “many of our (Iola) prominent citizens were Masons, who took their degree work here and went on to fill state offices and many were lawyers, but most were just common Kansas people who were trying to improve their lives. “The design of the Masonic institution is to promote brotherly love and friendship, and make good men better.” Hodgden said he was “proud of our many accomplishments,” including supSee MASONS | Page A3
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