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Community foundation seeks to close funding gap By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
As 2016 draws to a close, members of the former Allen County Community Foundation are working feverishly to reach the latest grant threshold to earn a $50,000 grant from the Kansas Health Foundation But there’s an $85,000 hurdle in the way. That’s how much must be raised by Dec. 31 to receive the KHF funds, explained Iolan Gary McIn-
tosh. McIntosh noted the board of directors to the foundation recently renamed it as Your Community Foundation. He spoke extensively about the foundation’s benefits with
fellow Iolans Jerry Whitworth and Spencer Ambler. A Register reporter was in the audience. “The sad Gary McIntosh thing is, there are still lots of people who don’t understand what we do,” McIntosh said. “We’re still growing, but we’ve done pretty well.” Indeed, the Foundation
now has more than $1 million in assets, and has raised over $4 million since its inception more than five years ago, McIntosh said. “That’s not nothing.” IN SIMPLE terms, a community foundation is a civic bank account, with a longterm goal of enhancing the quality of life locally by supporting various charitable and non-profit organizations. Currently, Your Commu-
nity Foundation has accounts for 28 local groups, ranging from Farm-City Days and Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) to the Allen County Regional Hospital Equipment Fund. In addition, YCF has 10 endowment funds, from which only interest on principle is used to purchase goods, to ensure its perpetuity. Two endowment funds, in particular, are where McInSee GIVING | Page A6
The Spirit of Christmas Folks young and old partook in the annual Spirit of Christmas shopping event in downtown Iola Friday. At left, young Jase Emerson gets a candy cane as he delivers his wish list to Santa. Below, Heather Boan of Isle’s Carriage Rides of Petrolia pilots a horse-drawn carriage along Jefferson Avenue. At bottom right, Dan Johnson, from left, Donna Houser, Carol Sager and Jennie Meyer serenade shoppers with carols. At bottom left, Lisa Dunne and daughter Makayla look over a Russell Stover Candies display. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
College winter concert Sunday The vocal department of Allen Community College will present a program with songs of the season at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Creitz Recital Hall at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. For those still in the mood for holiday music after that concert concludes, Iola’s Vespers Choir will perform at 3 o’clock at First Presbyterian Church. The Vespers concert will be preceded by a solo piano performance at 2:45 by Kathleeen McCollam.
Surgeon general: E-cigs as addictive as tobacco
MERRY MELODIES
By KAREN KAPLAN Los Angeles Times
Electronic cigarettes have all the addictive potential of traditional tobacco products, and health officials should do all they can to keep them out of the hands of teens and young adults, according to the federal government’s first comprehensive review of e-cigarettes. The report released Thursday by the U.S. surgeon general focuses on Americans under the age of 25, the cohort that has embraced e-cigarettes with the most enthusiasm. Teens and young adults are more likely to be using the vaping devices than people in any other age group. Indeed, among middle and high school students, e-cigarettes have become more popular than traditional cigarettes. These trends are alarming to public health officials for several reasons. Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been
The U.S. surgeon general has a new report on electronic cigarettes that focuses on the risks for teens and young adults. LOS ANGELES TIMES/LUIS SINCO/TNS
Above, McKinley Elementary School kindergartners, from left, Emaelia Dozier, Micah Coltrane, Liliana Jerome and Joshua Glukowsky tap on their triangles while their classmates, at left, sing “O Christmas Tree” at the school’s Christmas program Thursday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The performance was directed by Karly Mayfield and Karen Jesseph. Lincoln’s program is Tuesday at the Bowlus. REGISTER/RICH-
warning for years that e-cigarettes have the potential to get kids hooked on nicotine, paving the way for them to “graduate” to regular smoking and setting themselves up for a lifetime of addiction. About 90 percent of adult smokers say they started smoking as teens. Plus, mounting scientific evidence suggests the adolescent brain is uniquely vulnerable to the harmful See E-CIGS | Page A6
Quote of the day Vol. 119, No. 27
ARD LUKEN
“Toleration is the best religion.”
— Victor Hugo, French author (1802-1885) 75 Cents
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