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By ALLISON TINN allison@iolaregister.com

By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com

By BOB JOHNSON Localbob@iolaregister.com artist Gary Hawk was the

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Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday.

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear

By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com

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CountyIOLA ARTIST GETS HIS DAY Hawk inducted hears into Allen Co. budget Historical Society hall of fame requests man of the hour night Calls to the 911 Saturday dispatch center during the Allen County Historiaverage one almost every 10 mincal Society’s annual dinner and utes. meeting.

And while that may sound a litinto tleGary slow,Hawk playedwas out inducted over 24 hours the society as a famous Allen a day and every day of the year, Countian, whiletoalso having Oct. the total comes 55,000.

13 “That’s officiallywhat named “Gary Hawk we received last Day” his honor

by Ioladispatch Mayor year,”in Angie Murphy, Bill Shirley . Thetold meeting, in center director, Allen held County the North Community Building, commissioners Tuesday mornwas ing. at near-full capacity to recognize Hawk.

The call total — she figures Nic half orLohman, more are society for true board emermember, served as emcee gencies — wasn’t the pointfor of the her evening.

Hawk, guest of honor appearance, butathe magnitude of sitting at the captivated front of the room the number commiswith his wife and three daughters, sioners. looked on aswas a short titled Murphy beforefilm commis“The Making of an Artist: Gary sioners to request a 20 percent Hawk,” was presented.

The increase in the department’s film budchronicled life, over through get for 2012,Hawk’s up $126,000 this his childhood, year’s $490,000. professional career with numerous marketing The increase seemed pretty

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McKinley Elementary students received an unexpected ATLANTA (AP) — surprise Former today — school was canceled.

Atlanta schools Superintendent The basement the school Beverly Hall knewof about cheatexperienced a hot water pipe ing allegations on standardized break on Sunday, said Brian Pektests but either ignored them or arek, USD 257 superintendent tried to hide them, according toofa schools. state investigation.

The wasreport not due to the An break 800-page released severe weather but the age the Tuesday to The Associated of Press pipes.

“In time, those pipes will

by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office break,” “In order to throughPekarek an opensaid. records request correct the problem, we needed to shows several educators reportshut off all water and electricity ed cheating in their schools.

But to McKinley for Sunday and Monthe report says Hall, who won day the.”national Superintendent of AsYear of award this morning the other basethe in 2009, and ment had an inch of water administrators ignored thoseand reindustrial being ports and Shop-Vacs sometimeswere retaliated used to the drywhistleblowers. out the floors. Anagainst derson Plumbing the The yearlong evaluated investigation damages early this morning and shows educators at nearly four started repairs. dozen on Atlanta elementary and “We are working on getting the middle schools cheated on stanleak fixed and getting the rest of dardized tests by helping stuthe water of the basement.

We dents or out changing the answers are also taking out all thein. things once exams were handed that got wet,” said Scott Stanley, The investigators also found a

attached. The bar was triggered through a gear box engaged as its LE ROY — Unlike the mecha- wheels roll. nized behemoths of today, Ray With no mechanical engine to Whiteley’s mowing outfit was speak of, the only noise emanatconsiderably quieter. ing from his unit was from the His “engine” — a pair of teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar 1,200-pound mules — needed only rotating back and forth.

Register/Steven Schwartz an occasional break from the stiJoining Whiteley was neighbor Mayor Bill Shirley presents a certificate recognizing Oct. 13 as “Gark Hawk Day” in Allen County. fling summer heat as Whiteley and friend Greg Gleue, with his Hawk was recognized as a “Famous Allen Countian” by the Allen County Historical Society during traversed his way around an 18- own mowing outfit, another sickits annual meeting Saturday in the North Community Building.

Fom left are Leon Smith, Shirley, Nic “culture of See fear,CLOSE intimidation acre prairie hay meadow. | Pageand A4 le bar mower pulled by a pair of See HAWK | Page A4 hefty. Murphy reasoned health retaliation” in the school district Lohman, Gary and Beverly Hawk.

“It’s a and little warm, so we’ve Percheron draft horses. insurance will cost an additional been taking it easy,” Whiteley over the cheating allegations, “We’re having some fun with $50,000 and another $6,000 was said. “It’s our little hobby.” which led to educators lying it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind expected for Kansas Public Emabout the cheating or destroying The mules were pulling White- of a wimp about it. He needs a See COUNTY | Page A5 Ray Whiteley ley’s antique sickle bar mower, See CHEATING | Page A5 See MOWING | Page A5 a small wagon with cutting bar JULIE PACE and practice — and taking a brief break to greet volbate, promised a slipping away from him.

STEVE PEOPLES more energetic When the two candidates step far less energy unteers at a nearby campaign ofAssociated Press president would back into the public eye at the de- — than they had fice.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — take the stage bate, there will be exactly three wanted.

The Romney, who has made no seWith the White House race barrel- Tuesday at Hofweeks left until Election Day. But president and a cret of the huge priority his caming toward the finish, President stra University paign puts on the debates, was early voting is already underway team of advisBarack Obama and Republican in Hempstead, practicing today near his home in in dozens of states, including ers are seeking challenger Mitt Romney were N.Y. Romney’s some battlegrounds, giving the to regain focus Massachusetts. staying out of the spotlight Mon- team aimed to candidates little time to recover with an intense, Romney’s advisers suggested

By BOB JOHNSON day, underscoring the intense fo- build on a com- Obama from any slipups. three-day “de- Romney the Republican nominee would bob@iolaregister.com cus each campaign is placing on manding opencontinue to moderate his mesMuch of the pressure in the bate camp” at a An anticipated field of a thouthe second presidential debate. sage — in tone, if not substance ing debate that gave the Repub- coming debate will be on Obama, golf resort in Williamsburg, Va. sand runners and walkers, who Obama’s campaign, seeking to lican new life in a White House who aides acknowledge showed “It is going great,” Obama said — as he did in the Oct. 3 meeting will flee Iola’s downtown busirebound from a dismal first de- race that had once appeared to be up at the first face-off with less of his preparations Sunday, while See DEBATE | Page A4 ness district early Saturday as Charley Melvin did in 1905, can be thankful that Melvin chose to do his dastardly deed in the middle of the night.

Had the event being commemorated occurred in mid-day, participants would battle oppressive heat and humidity, with both picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday forecast at the upper end of the afternoon. As in the past, “we exBy STEVEN SCHWARTZ tivation for seeking renovation discomfort scale during daytime pect a lot of people to sign up Fristeven@iolaregister.com was the need for more student Friday and Saturday. As is, they day night.”

Facilities renovation and an housing. Local enrollment has Cost is $12 for the walk. Runwill run and walk in somewhat information technology systems decreased recently, meaning ACC more inviting temperatures pre- ners’ fees are $14 for youth to age Register/Susan Lynn update wereare some of tothe main increased number of participate studicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m. 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for These men ready leave theirhas inhibitions at the home as they in Friday night’s favorite focal points Thursday in the Al- dents from out of town. The housmembers of teams.

Saturday. race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and len Community College board of ing facilities are currently at 100 Runners in the third annual The race — many walkers will Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. trustees meeting. percent capacity, with four stube out for a stroll — will cap activ- event will aim for best times of John Masterson, president of dents being tripled in dormitory ities that start late Friday after- 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for the college, said he has met with rooms. There are currently 276 noon and will go on throughout females, set last year. several engineering firms to dis- students taking advantage of stuSticks of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” the evening. Included will be the cuss updating some aspects of the dent housing. will be awarded the first three much-awaited “drag race,” feacampus. While plans are still in Masterson said it is important places for males and females in

By SUSAN LYNN year a woman’s garter was trans- The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, turing some of the area’s finest the early stages, Masterson said to explore all of ACC’s options to each of five ages groups, 15 and men and women dressed in drag. susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where participants will have a theIfcollege to be “spruced a high level of efficienunder, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 and 61 Chris Weiner at Thrive Allen you’veneeds got enough of it, Fri- maintain to another. wide selection from which to up,” since many ofyour the cy. and over.

County, co-sponsor with Allen day especially night is the night to let “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m. facilities are more than 40 years “We want to make sure director that we All participants will break hair down.

David Toland, executive Registration to participate County Crimestoppers for “The old.One sure test is to participate SeeCounty ACC | Page A4 of Thrive Allen and one in the drag race is $5. That also Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run from in front of the post office. said aasmajor mowill follow a course that inMasterson the “Drag Race” a runup to of the organizers for Friday’s gains participants entrance to a for your Life,” said total of partic- Runners Photos submitted by John Wilson will take them on West to Washwas approaching 450, with the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events.

9:30 At p.m. pre-party at the Thrive left, Natural Resource officeripants Jim Bussone shows Karly McGuffin the proper way to shoot ington, then Jefferson about 200 signed on for the 5-kiloRun For Your Life race.

If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson.

Tickets can Natural Resource officer Ben Womelsdorf shows, Jackson, a 20-gauge shotgun.

At right, with a mock and East to Cottonwood.

They meter run.

The walk will follow a Men and women alike are en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance the Sigg and Seth Sanford the correct way to hold a firearm. shotgun, Edward Sell,atEvan See TEMPS | B6 3-kilometer course. couraged to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on “Registration, including probder manner and then “compete” and other accoutrements will be See EGO | Page B6 ably a fifth online, has really in teams of four in a relay. Last available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s

Candidates consumed by debate preparations

Temps for run look inviting

ACC board tackles facility, technology renovations

LITTLE HUNTERS LEARN SAFETY

Put that ego on the shelf, boys

Displaced Syrians desperate for shelter

Los Angeles Times the olive groves on the edges of ATMA, Syria — The rows of this rebel-held town hugging the olive groves that line the hillsides Turkish-Syrian border are among like silent sentinels are burst- the 1.5 million Syrians left home— Since 1871 — ingAt with life, both on the laden less in theJim conflict but still living the bandstand Garner, director branches and the fruit-scattered inside Syria.

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The million.

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John the Williams/Sweeney nated lentil soup—tomarch her infant son key, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.

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They may be the lucky ones.

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Pekarek finds home at USD 257

By JOE SNEVE joe@iolaregister.com

When Brian Pekarek was hired as superintendent of the Iola school district in February, he saw an opportunity to “reinvigorate” USD 257.

With a focus on academic achievement and public transparency, Pekarek hopes he can further success for the district and the more than 1,300 students relying on it.

Pekarek talk. A course naAt left, walks after a his nine-week on hunter safety, students were awarded hunting licences.

Brian center, visitsat with Geffert andare, Marcy TheSee students participating in the firstPekarek, hunter safety course IolaBarb Middle School frontBoring row at PEKAREK | Page A5 the USD 257 board office. from left, Colbi Riley, Gage Cleaver, Edward Sell, Emma Weseloh, Chloe Wilson and Addison Prather. Back row from left are Seth Sanford, Karly McGuffin, Ethan Holloway and Evan Sigg.

At right,75 Chloe Wilson shoots a bow and arrow.

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Obituary Virgil Solomon

Virgil H. Solomon, 94, Chanute, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at Chanute HealthCare Center.

Virgil was born March 2, 1918, at Rose, the son of Fred and Edna (Brown) Solomon. He grew up on the family farm west of Humboldt before serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.

Thursday at the Chanute Church of the Nazarene.

Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Humboldt.

Memorial gifts to his granddaughter’s ministry, Milk and Honey Ministries, may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola.

Online condolences for the family may be at www. iolafuneral.com.

NY ballot misspells Barack A county board of elections in upstate New York said it would take quick action Friday after being informed that it had drawn up election ballots that misspelled Barack Obama’s name.

The Utica ObserverDispatch reports that sample ballots printed on the Oneida County Board of Elections website were missing the “C’’ in the president’s first name.

The newspaper said it informed Election Commissioner Pamela Mandryck about the error Friday. She says templates sent recently to a printer also contained the error. But she says they would be retrieved and corrected in time for election day.

The Molly Trolley Halloween tours will be at 7 p.m., Oct. 26-30.

Pickup will be at the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce parking lot. Boarding time will be at 6:55 p.m.

Tours will include seeing Dr. Frankenstein and decorated homes, weird

Ladies Auxiliary Post No. 6324 of LaHarpe met Oct. 8.

It was work night to gather “Whitey Tightys” to be taken to the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Topeka.

One hundred-plus were collected consisting of new men and women’s underwear, undershirts, socks and slippers. New toiletries and some books and other useful items for our veteranswere also given.

Also lots of coupons were cut. Thanks to all who have been collecting them for us.

The women met for breakfast Saturday at An-

creatures at the jail and a narrative about all sorts of historic tales from the early years in the Iola area.

Advanced tickets are $6 each and $7 on the trolley.

For more information call the Iola Chamber at 365-5252 or Donna Houser at 365-9628.

The Rolling Stones set to tour this year

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — You can’t always get what you want — but if your desire is to attend a Rolling Stones concert this might be your lucky day.

The legendary band said today it would return to the stage this year with four concerts in Britain and the United States. The shows will take place on Nov. 25 and 29 at London’s O2 Arena, followed by gigs on Dec. 13 and 15 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, just outside of New York.

The shows mark the first time in five years that the Stones have performed live, with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood all coming together once more. The band said it was the “crowning glory” of celebrations marking its 50th anniversary of its first gig.

“Everybody loves a celebration, and London and New York are two good places to do it in!” Jagger said in a statement.

The Stones have sold more than 200 million records, with hits including “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” ‘’Street Fighting Man” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”

Deadline: Notify the Register about calendar announcements by 7 a.m. Mondays in order to have your event listed.

Today

Happy Hearts FCE, 7 p.m., North Community Building.

Tuesday

Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse commissioners’ room.

Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College Student Center meeting room.

Wednesday

Veterans Day Committee, 7 p.m., Alfred Link’s home, 623 S. Sycamore.

Vespers Rehearsal, 8:15 p.m., choir room at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Thursday

911 Advisory Board Meeting, 10 a.m., Moran Police Department in City Hall, 339 N. Cedar.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly No. KS 880, Iola, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson.

Injury Support Group, 7 p.m., First Assembly of God, 1020 E. Carpenter.

Rotary Club, noon, The Greenery.

Health reform forum, 6 p.m., Townhouse West 217 N. Washington Ave.

Friday

Senior Citizens and Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center, 204 N. Jefferson.

Sunday

Iola Old-Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers, 1 p.m., North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye, visitors welcome.

Coming events Wednesday-Saturday Farm City Days

Saturday

Drawing from Experience, all day, Bob Cross/Mary Martin Gallery at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Molly Trolley Farm City Days Railroad tours, 2 p.m.

Gravity Attacks the Passing Zone, 6:30 p.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Molly Trolley Halloween tours, 7 p.m., Iola Area Chamber of Commerce office.

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But in recent years much of their income has come from touring. Their last global tour, “A Bigger Bang,” earned m o r e t h a n $500 million between 2005 and 2007.

Their legions of fans will hear era-defining tracks such as “Gimme Shelter,” ‘’Jumping Jack Flash,” ‘’Tumbling Dice,” ‘’It’s Only Rock and Roll,” plus a few surprises and other classics from GRRR!, the multiformat album coming out in November.

“GRRR!” is a greatest hits collection that includes two new songs “Doom and Gloom” and “One More Shot,” recorded recently in Paris — the first new recordings since the 2005 album “A Bigger Bang.”

The band promises an all-new, custom-built set design, featuring the tongue and floppy lip logo, that will “reach out into the crowd.” A wider tour is not planned, though the Dec. 15 performance will be available on pay per view.

The tour comes despite some famously testy times.

Richards and Jagger have been creative catalysts and sparring partners — sentiments aggravated two years ago when Richards published his autobiography “Life.”

They’ve nonetheless appeared amicably together during events that marked their 50th anniversary. A documentary about the band, “Crossfire Hurricane,” premieres at the London Film Festival on Thursday.

In another milestone marking their five decades of music, the Museum of Modern Art in New York will host “The Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Film,” a retrospective chronicling the band from the mid-1960s until today.

This exhibition will be open Nov. 15.

By S. OHLEMACER Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security recipients won’t be getting big benefit increases next year, but the small raises they will receive are playing an important role in helping seniors grow their incomes even as younger workers lose ground.

Preliminary figures show the annual benefit boost will be between 1 and 2 percent, which would be among the lowest since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975. Monthly benefits for retired workers average $1,237, meaning the typical retiree can expect a raise of between $12 and $24 a month.

The size of the costof-living adjustment, or COLA, will be made official Tuesday, when the government releases inflation figures for September.

“The COLA continues to be very critical to people in keeping them from falling behind,” said David Certner, AARP’s legislative policy director.

How important is the COLA? From 2001 to 2011, household incomes in the U.S. dropped for every age group except one: those 65 and older.

The median income for all U.S. households fell by 6.6 percent, when inflation was taken into account, according to census data.

But the median income for households headed by someone 65 or older rose by 13 percent.

“That’s all because of Social Security,” Certner said. “Social Security has the COLA and that’s what’s keeping seniors above water, as opposed to everybody else who’s struggling in this economy.”

Seniors still, on average, have lower incomes than younger adults. Most older Americans rely on Social Security for a majority of their income, according to the Social Security Administration.

“It’s useful to bear in mind that no other group in the economy gets an

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Tuesday, sunny, breezy.

Highs near 80. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

Tuesday night, mostly clear. Lows 55 to 60. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday, mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Breezy, cooler. Highs near 70. West winds 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in the afternoon.

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eryone for the care package and Christmas package he received while he was deployed in Afghanistan.

Dec. 9 will be our Christmas dinner. Ham and turkey will be furnished.

Members are to bring a covered dish. A raffle of a rocking chair will be held.

Letters were sent to our Senators asking them to put together a quality veterans job bill.

Anyone with news for the newsletter please contact Linda.

Our next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at post home.

Social Security benefit to boost

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gelia’s in LaHarpe and then went to cut more coupons.

Anyone wanting to help is invited to join us. Proceeds are for veterans and their families who served overseas.

Friday will be our country dance with Dave Clark.

We will meet Nov. 3 for breakfast and then make noodles. All members are invited to help. We need orders in by Nov. 3 and the sale will be Nov. 8 at the post home. Pickup will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Call for orders 365-4699, 496-2601, 3632674 or 365-7729.

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Social Security has the COLA (cost-ofliving adjustment), and that’s what’s keeping seniors above water, as opposed to everybody else who’s struggling in this economy.

— David Certner, AARP’s legislative policy director

automatic cost-of-living increase in their income,” said David Blau, an economist at The Ohio State University. “Seniors are the only group.”

The small COLA is unlikely to please a big bloc of voters — 56 million people get benefits — just three weeks before elections for president and Congress.

However, it’s tied to a government measure of inflation adopted by Congress in the 1970s. It shows that consumer prices have gone up by less than 2 percent in the past year.

“Basically, for the past 12 months, prices did not go up as rapidly as they did the year before,” said Polina Vlasenko, an economist at the American Institute for Economic Research, based in Great Barrington, Mass.

This year, Social Security recipients received a 3.6 percent increase in benefits after getting no increase the previous two years.

Some of next year’s raise could be wiped out by higher Medicare premiums, which are deducted from Social Security payments.

The Medicare Part B premium, which covers doctor visits, is expected to rise by about $7 per month for 2013, according to government projections.

The premium is currently $99.90 a month for most seniors. Medicare is expected to announce the premium for 2013 in the coming weeks.

Many seniors feel like the COLA doesn’t cover their rising costs.

“You have utilities go up, your food costs go up. Think about how much groceries have gone up,” said Janice Durflinger, a 76-year-old

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widow in Lincoln, Neb. “I would love to know how they figure that.”

The COLA is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W, a broad measure of consumer prices generated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It measures price changes for food, housing, clothing, transportation, energy, medical care, recreation and education.

In the past year, food prices have risen 2 percent while home energy prices have dropped 3.8 percent, according to the CPI-W. Housing costs have gone up 1.4 percent and gasoline prices have increased by 1.8 percent.

Blau said it’s common for seniors to feel like the COLA doesn’t reflect their rising costs, in part because older people tend to spend more of their income on health care. Medical costs have risen 4.3 percent in the past year as measured by the CPI-W. “Inflation affects everybody differently unless you happen to be that mythical average person who buys the average bundle of goods,” Blau said.

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Gov.’s efficiency task force has nothing to do with education each day, expecting dobbin to adapt. “Was working great,” he told his wife, “but just as I got her broke to 100 percent straw, the darn critter died.”

WORRIED THAT Brownback’s efficiency hawks will focus solely on pinching pennies and forget why public schools exist, the Kansas Association of School Boards announced last week that it, too, is creating a task force.

Theirs will be made up of school superintendents and other educators. Its mission will be to recommend ways to better prepare Kansas high school graduates to meet the state’s economic needs.

When the Legislature convenes in January to begin dealing with the needs of the state and its people in 2013 and 2014, its members should first remind themselves that education is the state’s primary mission.

The money spent on the public schools, the community colleges, the technical colleges and the state universities is an investment in the future of today’s youngsters and the state’s economy.

The quality of Kansas education very largely determines the quality of life in Kansas.

Educating Kansas kids on the cheap will cheat them. Running second class schools, colleges and universities will give Kansas a second-class future.

This isn’t partisan rhetoric; it is an obvious fact that our history has demonstrated beyond argument.

It is scary — extremely scary — that the centrality of education to the essence of our state community must be debated again in Kansas.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

Farm Bill’s success depends on new crop of U.S. congressmen Don’t allow federal lawmakers to shrug off their inability to pass the 2012 Farm Bill by claiming their inaction before recessing for the campaign season won’t affect very many Americans. That’s a cop-out.

The U.S. Senate and House ag committees both passed their versions of the farm bill, but the full House of Representatives did not take up the legislation before the election recess.

Lacking a vote in the full House, the farm bill expired Sept. 29.

Farmers who need to finance their planting for next year may face problems completing that process because neither they nor their lenders will know exactly what to expect when Congress revisits the farm bill after the November elections.

Also waiting with concern are farmers who depend upon federal programs to boost foreign trade, fight soil erosion and help dairy operations.

Dairy farmers have uncertainty because the Milk Income

Loss Contract program has expired. ...

The USDA’s Foreign Market Development Program is a cost-sharing trade promotion partnership with agricultural producers and processors, but its funding will run out later in October. ... 31 percent of U.S. gross farm income comes from exports, which also help to counter our nation’s trade imbalance.

Finally, there will be no new sign-ups in the Conservation Reserve Program. About 6.5 million acres are enrolled in CRP, a voluntary land retirement program that helps ag producers fight erosion, restore wildlife habitat, and safeguard ground and surface water.

In addition to CRP, sign-ups have ceased for wetlands and grasslands reserve programs. ...

It seems unlikely that the same legislators who dropped the ball before the election will be of much use to America’s farmers after the election.

— The Kearney (Neb.) Hub

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Joe Biden: shake, rattle and roll WASHINGTON — In the hours before Thursday night’s vice presidential debate, word leaked that the Romney-Ryan campaign had instructed moderator Martha Raddatz to address Paul Ryan as “Mister” rather than “Congressman.”

To her credit, Raddatz ignored such instructions and referred to the Republican vice presidential nominee by his more relevant title. Not that it mattered anyway: Vice President Biden was not about to let people forget that Ryan, and by extension Mitt Romney, is inextricably bound to the unpopular House Republican leadership.

Dana Milbank Washington Post Writers Group On issue after issue — Libya, Iran, taxes, debt, Medicare, Social Security — Biden kept turning the discussion toward actions Ryan and his colleagues took in Congress, at one point mocking Ryan for suggesting he could work across the aisle to forge a tax deal. “Seven percent rating?

Come on,” Biden needled.

Perhaps Biden’s most effective moment was his response to Ryan’s condemnation of the economic stimulus.

“I love my friend here,” Biden said, noting that Ryan “sent me two letters saying, ‘By the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of Wisconsin?’”

“You did ask for stimulus money?” Raddatz asked.

“On two occasions, we — we — we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants.”

“I love that,” Biden pressed, going on to quote from Ryan’s letter saying the stimulus would “create growth and jobs.”

The emphasis on congressional Republicans was key to Biden’s strong performance, because it provided a more favorable way

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They talk about this Great Recession as if it fell out of the sky, like ‘Oh my goodness, where did it come from?’ It came from [Republicans] voting to put two wars on a credit card [and] a trillion-dollar tax cut for the very wealthy.

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for Democrats to frame the campaign: not as a choice between President Obama and some abstract alternative but a choice between Obama and the dimly regarded Republican-led House, which would be in a dominant position under a President Romney. Romney’s views may be all over the lot, but the positions of Republicans on Capitol Hill are clear and stark.

Many will criticize Biden’s antics on the debate stage: loud guffaws, grimaces, raising his arms and looking heavenward, interjecting with “Oh, God,” and “This is amazing.” But all of the scoffing and incredulity was to an end, and one that Obama would be wise to emulate: It indicated outrage. Biden’s incredulous grins and many putdowns (“bunch of malarkey,” “bunch of stuff,” “oh, now you’re Jack Kennedy,” “notice, he never answers the question”) seemed to rattle Ryan, as measured by his copious water consumption. At one point, Ryan flatly denied a $2 trillion increase in military spending that Romney has touted.

BIDEN’S THEATRICS, if overdone, were clearly deliberate, because he dropped them during the closing minutes of the debate and adopted a softer voice. “You probably detected my frustration with their attitude about the American people,” Biden said, reprising Romney’s “47 percent” remark.

For an Obama campaign upended by Romney’s sudden move to the middle, the vice president’s success in directing his outrage less at the gelatinous Romney than at the hard-and-fast positions of congressional Republicans would seem to provide an antidote.

When Ryan tried to blame Obama for the automatic defense spending cuts, Biden pointed out

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Gov. Sam Brownback created a “task force” to study efficiency in the public schools.

It is made up of accountants and other business types. No educators allowed.

Call it a task force or a hatchet squad. The point of it is to cut spending on education. No time will be wasted on improving student performance. Only the uninformed would assume otherwise.

The need to cut spending still further on public schools increased mightily when the Legislature cut income taxes sharply earlier this year. More than half of the state’s general fund budget goes to public schools. Another big chunk goes to higher education, including community colleges, ours among them.

Cutting taxes reduces the money available to spend on schools and everything else.

This rather obvious fact needs repeating these days because there are some in high places in Topeka who haven’t made the connection.

Those same people believe the tax cuts will produce new jobs which will create new tax revenues and that this morefrom-less effect will happen soon enough to avoid state budget reductions.

But just in case this economic miracle doesn’t get here in time to prevent still another cruel reduction, Gov. Brownback wants to be prepared to show the state’s 293 school districts how they can do more with less.

To digress, the scenario reminds me of the farmer who decided to save money by substituting wheat straw for alfalfa hay in feeding his horse. He slipped a little more straw and a little less hay into the trough

that Ryan had praised the agreement. When Ryan criticized inadequate security in last month’s attack on diplomats in Libya, Biden retorted: “The congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for.”

On Iran sanctions: “Imagine had we let the Republican Congress work out the sanctions. You think there’s any possibility the entire world would have joined us?”

On taxes: “Instead of signing pledges to Grover Norquist not to ask the wealthiest among us to contribute to bring back the middle class, they should be signing a pledge saying to the middle class, ‘We’re going to level the playing field.’”

On homeowners: “Get out of the way and let us allow 14 million people who are struggling to stay in their homes because their mortgages are upside down.”

BIDEN, looking into the camera, warned viewers that a Ryan proposal would have increased Medicare recipients’ costs by $6,400. Ryan was compelled to assure viewers that his earlier push for partial privatization of Social Security is “not what Mitt Romney’s proposing.”

An indignant Biden accused Ryan and his fellow Republicans in Congress of tanking the economy. “They talk about this Great Recession as if it fell out of the sky, like, ‘Oh my goodness, where did it come from?’” he said, then pointed at Ryan. “It came from this man, voting to put two wars on a credit card [and] ... a trillion-dollar tax cut for the very wealthy.”

Raddatz turned to the challenger for a response. “Congressman Ryan?”

After Biden’s barrage, the honorific sounded like an epithet.

Israeli paper takes issue with Romney posting For the record, The Jerusalem Post is not backing either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney in next month’s presidential elections.

As Israel’s top English-language newspaper which prides itself on its balanced news coverage and opinion columns, we are certainly committed to providing our readers with as much material as we can on the candidates and their campaigns. ..

And it is our job as a newspaper to report on the presidential race as best we can, in an unbiased but informative way.

At the same time, however, The Jerusalem Post — like any other newspaper — is a business. As such, we are open to advertising

from both the Republican and Democratic parties.

Running paid ads in our print edition and on our website and sending them to our subscribers does not mean that we are endorsing one side or the other.

In order to give our readers first-class, original content, we need the resources provided by such advertising. ...

Supporters of Republican challenger Romney recently produced and posted on YouTube an anti-Obama documentary called Absolutely Uncertain. It featured interviews with The Jerusalem Post’s editor-in-chief, as well as with other Israel-based journalists who were told they were be-

ing filmed for a documentary on the U.S. and Israel.

They had no idea that their statements were going to be used for political propaganda. ...

It is in no one’s interest for Israel to be a wedge issue in the upcoming U.S. elections. To play political football with the enormous challenges facing Israel, the U.S. and the entire world today, especially when it comes to Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons, is irresponsible and immoral.

Such issues must be addressed not in propaganda ads with a clear political agenda but via channels that promote robust discourse and free thought. ...

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Following the film, the audience directed questions to the guest of honor and also gave personal insights. There was no shortage of comments on Hawk’s character, ethics and quality as a person. Hawk, who is turning 80 this year, said he has learned to “count his blessings” and appreciate the opportunities he has been given.

Each of Hawk’s daughters spoke about their relationship with their father and how their lives have been positively affected by his work. The evening concluded with Mayor Bill Shirley making a surprise presentation — naming the

day in Hawk’s honor.

Hawk said Allen County, the historical society and Iola all have played an essential role in his success over the years.

“I know one thing for sure,” Hawk said. “None of this would have been possible if it weren’t for Iola.”

Hawk’s paintings have received significant attention since he devoted his full attention to his work in the ’70s — being displayed in the Reagan Library in Washington D.C., on the cover of Kansas magazine, and through the advertising and marketing of numerous companies’ packaging and retail items.

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put together something that we are satisfied with,” Masterson said.

In addition, Masterson said he has explored plans to update technology systems with the college — including phone systems.

He said he has spoken with representatives with Peak Uptime, a Tulsa-based IT solutions company that specializes in “forklift” updates on organizations’ systems. Masterson said the term “forklift” means to do a complete renovation and replacement of systems.

He said it is important for the college to look at making both technological and physical renovations at the same time, and ACC is making an effort to coordinate the plans.

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board members approved the purchase of a John Deere Gator for use with the ACC farm education as well as general use on the campus. The cost of the vehicle is $10,267.68 and will be purchased locally through O’Malley Equipment.

Gary Hawk and wife Beverly

the society, Elyssa Jackson.

Jackson took a few minutes to tell the audience about her life and motivations for coming to work in Iola.

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“They want this to be a county entity instead of an Iola entity, and I think that could be beneficial for our students,” Masterson said.

“We will be involved as a college.”

Cynthia Jacobson, vice president of student affairs, introduced a program that teaches incoming students how to function better in a college environment. The program is in collaboration with the University of Kansas. The curriculum gives the ins and outs of student life, including requesting additional time for taking tests.

To conclude the meeting, the board discussed filling Jim Talkington’s replacement on the board. Ken McGuffin, a longtime educator, has offered to fill the position. Talkington is currently running unopposed for county commissioner.

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to help broaden his appeal to the narrow slice of undecided voters. In recent days, Romney has promised his tax plan would not benefit the wealthy, emphasized his work with Democrats as Massachusetts governor and downplayed plans to curtail women’s abortion rights.

Democrats were dismayed that Obama didn’t more aggressively call out Romney’s move to the center during the first debate.

Since then, the president has been more forceful in doing so on the campaign trail and in television ads.

During debate prepara-

tions, aides are working on tailoring that message to a debate format. And they’re working on balancing aggressive tactics with the debate’s townhall format, which often requires candidates to show a connection with questioners from the audience.

Romney aides suggested the former Massachusetts governor would be prepared regardless of Obama’s adjustments.

“The president can change his style,” Romney adviser Ed Gillespie said on “Fox News Sunday.” ‘’He can change his tactics. He can’t change his record.”

“The president can change his style. He can change his tactics. He can’t change his record.

— Ed Gillespie, Mitt Romney’s adviser

The Obama campaign released a new TV ad today featuring factory workers lauding the president’s record on job creation.

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This is no way for us to live. How can we keep the children from getting sick?

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Those outside Syria generally have some form of haven, however tenuous or Spartan their existence in exile. Many live in formal camps where minimum necessities are available and children attend schools. International aid groups and nations have provided aid.

For the uprooted inside Syria, there is little or no security, and scant help.

Many depend on the charity of relatives or friendly families, or on limited help from aid organizations and the government.

Multitudes of bedrag-

gled and desperate Syrians have been wandering for months, traveling from place to place in search of shelter, often under the threat of artillery shelling and aerial bombardment.

Thousands have become stuck along the SyrianTurkish border in recent weeks as Turkey has squeezed entries until the government can build more camps, creating a growing logjam of humanity.

Homeless Syrians, several of them pregnant, besieged journalists who managed to enter Syria and encountered the families living amid the olive trees.

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ences scheduled for today will need to be rescheduled to a later date.

“If for some reason school is canceled tomorrow we will do the same as we did on Sunday, we will call parents and put it out on the radio,” Pekarek said.

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KSU emerges on top of Big 12 AMES, Iowa (AP) — The upcoming matchup between Kansas State and West Virginia was supposed to break up the tie between the Wildcats and Mountaineers for first in the Big 12.

There’s no doubt who leads the league now.

No. 4 Kansas State (6-0, 3-0) emerged from Saturday’s hardfought 27-21 win over Iowa State (4-2, 1-2) as the Big 12’s only unbeaten team, both overall and in the conference.

Though the Wildcats would quickly lose their grip on the league lead with a loss at No. 17 West Virginia — which is no doubt smarting after a 49-14 shellacking by Texas Tech on Saturday — they woke up on Sunday as the unquestioned class of the conference.

Just don’t tell coach Bill Snyder.

“I’d like for us to have played better than we did across the board,” Snyder said. “There were times we played extremely well ... but by the same token, we still had some issues.”

Kansas State’s winning formula has been remarkably simple: Play sound, disciplined defense and let Collin Klein handle the offense.

Klein was brilliant again on Saturday, with 292 total yards and three rushing TDs against an Iowa State defense that entered the weekend ranked third in the Big 12 at less than 16 points allowed per game.

Klein converted a series of crucial third downs on a key drive in the fourth quarter. It produced a field goal and, more importantly, ate up over eight minutes at a time when the Cyclones desperately needed to make something happen on offense.

Klein also responded with a quick touchdown drive after Iowa State had seized momentum with a 30-yard TD pass from Jared Barnett to Ernst Brun late in the first half.

“He’s an All-American in my book. He doesn’t get the attention because he’s not as flashy and doesn’t put up the gaudy numbers that some of the other college football players do,” Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads said about Klein. “But he has a 6-0 football team that is ranked in the top five in the country.”

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Iola High’s Kyra Moore (11) and Emery Driskel (24) go up for a block against Burlington High’s Madison Stadel in an Anderson County volleyball tournament in Garnett.

IHS Fillies drop tournament matches GARNETT — An 0-4 record Saturday at the Anderson County High Invitational Volleyball Tournament belied the effort and quality of play offered up by Iola High’s Fillies against some tough competition, their head coach said.

Iola lost to Burlington 25-19, 25-4 to top-seeded Burlington; 2426, 25-22, 25-20 to Independence, 18-25, 25-9, 25-17 to Wellsville; and 25-17, 25-14 to Fort Scott.

“The results of the tournament don’t reflect how great the girls played,” Iola head coach Emily Sigg said. “They had some hard-fought matches that didn’t end in our favor.”

Emery Driskel found herself at the top of the stat sheet throughout the day for the Fillies.

The sophomore was named to the all-tournament team — one of only six players selected from the eight-team tournament.

Against top-seeded Burlington, Driskel had four digs, two solo blocks and an ace. Kyra Moore added five assists, two digs and three points, including two aces. Addie Haar had a kill and two digs; Breanna Stout chipped in with two kills and a dig. Hannah Endicott had two

Iola High’s Addie Haar, from left, goes up for a tip against Burlington High’s Kortney Blaufuss and Brecken Brown Saturday on the volleyball court. digs, Katie Thompson had a kill and a dig, Emma Sigg provided a dig and Emma Piazza had three assists.

Driskel pounded in 11 kills against Independence, to go with eight digs, three aces (six points overall), an assist and a solo block.

Moore had three kills, 16 assists, five digs and five points, including a service ace. Haar had four

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Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles (25) gets tackled

by Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy (93), while Chiefs guard Ryan Lilja (65) is flipped during a block attempt, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Sunday.

Bucs crush Chiefs, 38-10

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Josh Freeman threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns and Ronde Barber scored on a 78-yard interception return to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the struggling Kansas City Chiefs 38-10 on Sunday.

Freeman’s inconsistency has been an issue in a slow start for Tampa Bay, but the fourth-year pro is developing a touch on deep passes that’s sparked a sputtering

offense over the past two games.

Freeman teamed with Mike Williams on a 62-yard scoring play in the first quarter and threw TD passes of 19 and 17 yards to Vincent Jackson in the second half as the Bucs (2-3) stopped a threegame losing streak.

The Bucs intercepted Brady Quinn twice in the Kansas City quarterback’s first start in nearly three years. They also limited NFL rushing leader Jamaal Charles to 40 yards on 12 carries.

Today Jr. College Soccer Dodge City at Allen, women 2 p.m., women 4 p.m.

High School Football Eureka at Humboldt, 6 p.m. lola JV at Chanute, 5 p.m.

Jr. College Volleyball Allen at Labette, 6:30 p.m.

Jr. College Golf Allen at Kansas City, Kan., tourney Tuesday High School Volleyball Iola at Anderson County, 4:30 p.m.

Uniontown, Pleasanton at Marmaton Valley Burlington, Fredonia at Humboldt Yates Center at Neodesha Crest at St. Paul Jr. College Soccer Allen at Northern Oklahoma, women 2 p.m., men 4 p.m.

Wednesday Jr. College Volleyball Allen at Johnson County, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday Jr. High Football IMS 7th, 8th at Parsons, 5 p.m.

kills, a block assist and a dig. Stout had eight kills, two assists, two solo blocks, two block assists and five digs. Endicott had five digs.

Thompson four kills, four aces and five digs. Emma Sigg had three digs and Piazza had six points with an ace, nine assists, a solo block, a block assist and five digs.

The Fillies started out on a high note against Wellsviille,

winning the first game, “a huge accomplishment for us,” Coach Sigg said. “I was really proud of how they played and hope that our level of play gave the girls confidence in their abilities and that we can finish playing the season at that level.”

Piazza had 11 assists, six digs, three points, a service ace, a kill and a block assist. Driskel had five kills, two solo blocks, six digs and a set assist. Haar had five digs, two kills and an assisted block. Stout had seven kills, four digs and four service points. Endicott had five points and a dig.

Emma Sigg had two digs, Moore had four assists, two kills, two points and a dig.

Moore offered up four set assists, a dig and an ace against Fort Scott. Driskel had two kills, a solo block, a dig and an ace. Haar also had a kill and a solo block.

Stout had three points with an ace, a kill, a block assist and a dig. Thompson notched two kills and two digs. Emma Sigg had four digs. Piazza had two kills, two set assists and an assisted block. Endicott had a dig.

The Fillies return to Garnett Tuesday to take on Anderson County in regular season action.

Lady Cubs go 3-3 in tourney NEODESHA — Humboldt High’s volleyball squad went 3-3 at a Neodesha tournament Saturday.

The Lady Cubs defeated Baxter Springs in straight sets 25-21, 25-11; lost in three sets to Fredonia 25-19, 20-25, 25-18; downed host Neodesha 25-17, 25-19; fell to Southeast Cherokee 25-9, 2516; lost to Parsons 25-20, 25-16; and defeated Caney Valley 25-20, 25-21.

“We are still battling injuries and it showed as the day wore on,” Humboldt head coach Stephanie Splechter said.

“Overall, I am pleased with our performance, given the circumstances.”

Sheri Middleton led Humboldt against Baxter Springs with 13 points, 10 kills and two blocks. Kayle Riebel added eight points, including three aces, to go with three kills and two blocks. Breanna Kline had three points, threee kills and two digs on defense. Anna Setter added a point with an ace and had 14 set assists.

“We played the net well in this match,” Splechter said. “We got off to big leads on both sets.”

Things didn’t go as smoothly against Fredonia.

“Fredonia seems to have our number,” Splechter said. “We did not pass as well as we can and missed three serves in a row

to start the match.”

Middleton had 11 points, including 10 kills and an ace. Kline had eight points with three aces, five kills and two digs. Setter had four digs and 16 set assists.

Riebel had four points and three kills. Megan Hudlin had two aces.

Riebel and Middleton shared high point honors against Neodesha with seven apiece.

Both also had two aces. Middleton also had five blocks. Setter had 13 asssists. Kline also had two aces to go with six points.

Rachel Taylor had four points and three kills.

Middleton had six points in the loss to Southeast to go with three kills and three blocks.

Riebel had five points and Kline three. Riebel also had three kills, two aces and two digs. Setter had nine assists.

Riebel’s eight points paced the Lady Cubs against Parsons, along with five kills. Middleton scored four points, with two blocks and two kills. Setter had seven assists.

Kline had 11 points and 11 kills to lead the way to victory against Caney Valley. Taylor followed with seven points, three of which came from aces, and four kills. Middleton had five points, three kills and two blocks. Setter had 15 assists.

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ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed gracefully on Earth after a 24-mile jump from the stratosphere in a dramatic, record-breaking feat that may also have marked the world’s first supersonic skydive.

Baumgartner came down safely in the eastern New Mexico desert about nine minutes after jumping from his capsule 128,097 feet, or roughly 24 miles, above Earth. He lifted his arms in victory, sending off loud cheers from jubilant onlookers and friends inside the mission’s control center in Roswell, N.M. “Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are,” an exuberant Baumgartner told reporters outside mission control, shortly after the jump. He was expected to offer more remarks at an afternoon news conference.

The altitude he leapt from marked the highestever for a skydiver, though it wasn’t immediately certain whether Baumgartner had broken the speed of sound during his free-fall, which was one of the goals of the mission. Organizers said the descent lasted for just over nine minutes, about half of it in free-fall.

Three hours earlier, Baumgartner, known as “Fearless Felix,” had taken off in a pressurized capsule carried by a 55-story ultrathin helium balloon. After an at-times tense ascent, which included concerns about how well his facial shield was working, the 43-year-old former military parachutist completed a final safety check-list with mission control.

As he exited his capsule from high above Earth, he flashed a thumbs-up sign, well aware that the feat was being shown live on the Internet.

During the ensuing jump — from more than three times the height of the average cruising altitude for jetliners — Baumgartner was expected to hit a speed of 690 mph. He was believed

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“ Congratulations to Felix Baumgartner and

RedBull Stratos on record-breaking leap from the edge of space.

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to have reached speeds that exceeded 700 mph.

Any contact with the capsule on his exit could have torn his pressurized suit, a rip that could expose him to a lack of oxygen and temperatures as low as minus-70 degrees. That could have caused lethal bubbles to form in his bodily fluids.

But none of that happened. He activated his parachute as he neared Earth, gently gliding into the desert east of Roswell and landing without any apparent difficulty. The images triggered another loud cheer from onlookers at mission control, among them his mother, Eva Baumgartner, who was overcome with emotion, crying.

He then was taken by helicopter to meet fellow members of his team, whom he hugged in celebration.

C o i n c i d e n t a l l y, Baumgartner’s attempted feat also marked the 65th anniversary of U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager successful attempt to become the first man to officially break the sound barrier aboard an airplane.

At Baumgartner’s insistence, some 30 cameras recorded the event Sunday. Shortly after launch, screens at mission control showed the capsule as it began rising high above the New Mexico desert, with cheers erupting from organizers. Baumgartner could be seen on video, calmly checking instruments inside the capsule.

Baumgartner’s team included Joe Kittinger, who first attempted to break the sound barrier from 19.5 miles up in 1960, reaching speeds of 614 mph. With Kittinger inside mission control Sunday, the two men could be heard going over technical details during the ascension “Our guardian angel will

take care of you,” Kittinger radioed to Baumgartner around the 100,000-foot mark, and noted that it was getting “really serious” now.

An hour into the flight, Baumgartner had ascended more than 63,000 feet and had gone through a trial run of the jump sequence that would send him plummeting toward Earth. Ballast was dropped to speed up the ascent.

Kittinger told him, “Everything is in the green.

Doing great.”

As Baumgartner ascended in the balloon, so did the number of viewers watching on YouTube.

Nearly 7.3 million watched as he sat on the edge of the capsule moments before jumping. After he landed, Red Bull posted a picture of Baumgartner on his knees on the ground to Facebook, generating nearly 216,000 likes, 10,000 comments and more than 29,000 shares in less than 40 minutes.

On Twitter, half the worldwide trending topics had something to do with the jump, pushing past seven NFL football games.

Among the tweets was one from NASA: “Congratulations to Felix Baumgartner and RedBull Stratos on record-breaking leap from the edge of space!”

This attempt marked the end of a five-year road for Baumgartner, a record-setting high-altitude jumper. He already made two preparation jumps in the area, one from 15 miles high and another from 18 miles high. It will also be the end of his extreme altitude jumping career; he has promised this will be his final jump.

Baumgartner has said he plans to settle down with his girlfriend and fly helicopters on mountain rescue and firefighting missions in the U.S. and Austria.

Trial rules under scrutiny at Guantanamo “ It’s a truly exGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A U.S. military judge is considering broad security rules for the war crimes tribunal of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, including measures to prevent the accused from publicly revealing what happened to them in the CIA’s secret network of overseas prisons.

Prosecutors have asked the judge at a pretrial hearing starting today to approve what is known as a protective order that is intended to prevent the release of classified information during the eventual trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has portrayed himself as the mastermind of the terror attacks, and four co-defendants.

Lawyers for the defendants say the rules, as proposed, will hobble their defense. The American Civil Liberties Union, which has filed a challenge to the protective order, says the restrictions will prevent the public from learning what happened to Mohammed and his co-defendants during several years of CIA confinement and interrogation.

The protective order requires the court to use a 40-second delay during court

traordinary and chilling proposal that the government is asking the court to accept.

— Hina Shamsi, an ACLU attorney

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“What we are challenging is the censorship of the defendant’s testimony based on their personal knowledge of the government’s torture and detention of them,” said Hina Shamsi, an ACLU attorney who will be arguing against the protective order during the pretrial hearing at the U.S. base in Cuba.

The protective order, which also is being challenged by a coalition of media organizations that includes The Associated Press, is overly broad because it would “classify the defendants own knowledge,

thoughts and experience,” Shamsi said in an interview.

“It’s a truly extraordinary and chilling proposal that the government is asking the court to accept,” she said.

Protective orders are standard method in civilian and military trials to set rules for handling evidence for the prosecution and defense. Military prosecutors argue in court papers that the Sept. 11 trial requires additional security because the accused have personal knowledge of classified information such as interrogation techniques and knowledge about which other countries provided assistance in their capture.

“Each of the accused is in the unique position of having had access to classified intelligence sources and methods,” the prosecution says in court papers. “The government, like the defense, must protect that classified information from disclosure.”

The U.S. government has acknowledged that before the defendants were taken to Guantanamo in September 2006 they were subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques” such as the simulated drowning method known as water-boarding.

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Scar tissue repair lengthy process Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: I am a 26-year-old

black woman. All through high school I begged my mother to let me get my ears pierced. She said to wait until I graduated from college and was on my own. I did. On both ears, the piercing left a huge scar. The doctor called it a keloid. Will you please discuss keloids and their treatment? — N.A. Answer: Keloids are scars that form far too much scar tissue. The result is an unsightly, overgrown and sometimes disfiguring scar. Scars from surgery, from an inadvertent cut and from procedures as innocuous as ear piercing can become keloids. People of Asian and African descent are partic-

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ularly vulnerable to developing such scars.

I don’t want to discourage you, but keloid treatment often involves a recurrence of a keloid scar.

Plastic surgeons and dermatologists are the doctors to consult for possible correction.

I’ll give you some examples of how keloids are treated. One way is injecting them with potent cortisone drugs, like triamcinolone. A good response

occurs in 70 percent of patients, but the recurrence rate is also high. Excision of the scar followed by triamcinolone injections into the newly healing tissues is another method.

Silicone gel sheeting can reduce the size of a keloid.

The sheeting is cut to cover the keloid and is taped in place. It’s left on the keloid for up to 24 hours, then washed and reapplied. The sheet is replaced about every two weeks. Freezing

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the keloid, cryosurgery, is another way to deal with keloids. The doctor freezes the keloid, then lets it thaw and repeats the procedure two more times. The process is done on a monthly basis until the keloid has shrunk. Radiation after surgical excision is another way to remove keloids.

Use of a laser in combination with cortisone injections has its proponents.

Pressure earrings called Zimmer splints can compact the keloid to minimize it. The splints look like ordinary earrings.

There is no lack of procedures to deal with keloids.

The problem is finding the right one for the individual. Let the plastic surgeon or dermatologist suggest the best one for you.

Parenting sometimes means having to butt out Dear Carolyn: My two sons, 13 and 9, love to play sports, with me and with each other, and I love that, too. Despite being much younger and smaller, the 9-year-old routinely whips his big brother in driveway basketball, sprints past him in foot races and easily belts baseballs over the fence while his big brother strikes out. The 13-year-old gets upset and is starting to develop “take my ball and go home” tendencies, which I don’t want to encourage. Any thoughts on how I can work on this? — Sports With Sons Answer: The reality you can’t escape (well, one of them) is that your older son has to work on this himself.

Nothing you say to buck him up will actually buck him up. He knows what he sees.

A loving parent’s job is around the edges. You can: 1. Show confidence in your son that he’ll manage this cosmic gut-punch, and sympathy that he has to.

After he complains about a whupping, say: “Yeah, that can’t feel great. I know you’ll find your way past it, though.” If he comes back with, “How?!” then you get to ask, “Great question.

What do you think?” Or if it’s just a sarcastic, “Gee thanks,” then you get to shrug and say, “It doesn’t sound pretty, but, doesn’t it beat the alternatives?”

He has to answer these questions anyway, and by not attempting to answer for him, you imply that he can handle that responsibility. You also avoid the “You’re good at other things” trope, which is just eye-roll bait. And, you open the door to the idea of getting past it, vs. stopping at

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getting upset.

2. Serve as a source of perspective, overtly when asked and subtly at other times. Everyone — everyeveryeveryone — gets beaten by the proverbial 9-yearold. When it’s brother on brother, it feels like an insult vs. an abstraction, but the story of your 9 vs. 13 is no different from, say, Dara Torres vs. me in the pool.

I will lose every time (and she’s my age!) and I have to live with the knowledge that she has gifts I don’t.

I live with it just fine, too, because I have my own purpose, and it has simply had to suffice — just as all the chess prodigies have to find fulfillment knowing there was a Bobby Fischer, and we might as well issue Tshirts to all artists that say, “Yeah, not da Vinci.”

Odds are you aren’t raising the da Vinci of tweens, but as strange and strained as it sounds, the process your older son faces is exactly the same as anyone else’s in all of humanity: There’s always someone better.

But, he has his purpose,

and it will just have to do.

No doubt he still needs to find what his strengths are, and ways to find satisfaction in them, which brings us to . . .

3. Invest in the “You’re good at other things” trope anyway — just not in those words, or any words. Instead, take an interest in his interests, and drive him to the practices/rehearsals/meetings they involve, and show the same joy in

your body language when he accomplishes X as you show when your 9-year-old thumps one over the fence.

The face of a proud parent, though, looks the same no matter what, and praise for a child’s hard work and progress uses the same words no matter what. The effort to get involved — supportively, not ambitiously — confers the same confidence that you value who he is, no matter what.

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Cards win Jayhawk rally comes up short SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Carlos Beltran and David Freese each hit two-run homers and the St. Louis Cardinals held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Sunday night in Game 1 of the NL championship series.

The wild-card Cardinals took an early 6-0 lead and made it stand up. Two days earlier, St. Louis overcame a 6-0 deficit to beat Washington in the deciding Game 5 of the division series.

After starter Lance Lynn struggled, the St. Louis bullpen delivered with 5 1-3 scoreless innings.

The Giants dropped to 0-3 at home so far during this postseason, outscored 20-6 at AT&T Park.

Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is tonight. Chris Carpenter pitches for the Cardinals against Ryan Vogelsong.

Oklahoma State edges KU, 20-14 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — J.W. Walsh threw for 255 yards and accounted for two touchdowns, and Oklahoma State survived a wild fourth-quarter rally by Kansas for a rain-soaked 20-14 victory Saturday afternoon.

Walsh played the whole way for the Cowboys (3-2, 1-1 Big 12), even though it was thought that Wes Lunt might be available.

Lunt was the starter until hurting his knee Sept.

Collision a literal headache for ACC SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This wasn’t quite the headto-head matchup Allen Community College head coach was looking for.

The Red Devils, in Illinois for the Lincoln Land Volleyball Tournament, found themselves two players short following a violent collision in the second game of the event.

Jacqui Ortiz and Tayler Shook had both attempted to dive after a ball in the center of the court against host Lincoln Land when they collided head-on.

Shook required 10 stitches and Ortiz had “a large headache,” Red Devil head coach Jessica Peters said.

Both were sidelined for the rest of the tournament.

Their absences had an ancillary benefit for Allen, which went 1-3 in tournament play.

“We made adjustments and proved to be successful under these conditions,” Peters said.

Allen lost 18-25, 26-24, 2520, 25-20 to John A. Logan College, a Division I community college in Carterville, Ill., on Friday; then lost to host Lincoln Land,

15 against Louisiana-Lafayette.

Joseph Randle added 80 yards rushing for Oklahoma State, while Mike Gundy improved to 62-32 as the head coach. He’s now tied with Pat Jones (62-60-3) for the most wins in school history.

James Sims had 138 yards and a touchdown rushing for the Jayhawks (1-5, 0-3 Big 12), who trailed 20-0 when backup quarterback Michael Cummings took over for Dayne Crist in the third quarter.

Cummings finished 5 of 10 for 75 yards and a touchdown. Crist was 10 of 22 for 136 yards.

HMS squad clinches perfect season HUMBOLDT — It took a bit for Humboldt Middle School’s volleyball team to pick up steam Saturday.

But when they did, the Lady Cubs maintained their spotless record at their own tournament.

Humboldt dropped its first game of the tournament before rebounding to defeat Eureka 14-25, 2511, 15-9. Humboldt kept up

the pace with a 25-12, 25-10 win over Cherryvale and a 25-16, 25-13 win over Yates Center.

“Eureka came out ready to play and we were a little flat in the first set,” Humboldt head coach Terry Meadows said. “We finally stepped it up and played our game and pulled out the win. The girls really put their heart into it today.”

Red Devils struggle

OVERLAND PARK — The road has been most inhospitable for Allen Community College’s soccer teams this week.

Both women and men squads fell in their most recent contests at Johnson County Community College last week.

The Red Devil men dropped a 3-2 decision to the Cavaliers.

Allen’s goals were courtesy of an unassisted tally

by Jhovanty Baltazar and on a goal from Corey Hudson, with an assist by Oscar Marrufo. Jordan Drake played in goal and made two saves.

The Red Devil women fell 6-0 to Johnson County.

Keelie Arbuckle played in

goal and made 12 saves.

Both teams have struggled on the road this month.

The loss was the men’s fifth straight since a win at Pratt on Sept. 26. The men stand at 4-9 overall and 2-6 in Jayhawk Conference.

The women (1-13 overall, 1-7 in League) have dropped seven straight overall.

The squads will host Dodge City Community College this afternoon in their first home matches since Sept. 22. The games originally were scheduled for Sunday, but were pushed back 24 hours because of wet field conditions.

Flag football The Iola Recreation Department Flag Football League opened play Oct. 6.

1-2 Grade A&W Family Restaurant 18, Vink’s Trucking 6: Jack White, Jordan White and Korbyn Fountain each found the end zone for A&W. Aaron Coy scored the only touchdown for Vink’s Trucking.

A&W Family Restaurant 13, Sonic Drive-In 12: In an overtime victory, Gus Simpson and Ethan Godderz scored for Sonic. Crossing the goal line for A&W’s only touchdown was Jordan White.

GSSB 12 (Colony), SEK Stockyard 18 (Moran): GSSB was led by Ryan Golden’s touchdown and a two point conversion from Brody Hobbs.

Leading the way for SEK Stockyard was Jarrett Herrmann with two touchdowns. Aysha Houk crossed the goal line once.

SEK Stockyard (Moran) 24, Allen County Chiropractic 6: Jarrett Herrmann found the end zone twice while getting help.

Wyatt Ard and Bryce Ensminger also scored. Scoring the only touchdown for Allen County Chiropractic was Carson Keller.

A&W Family Restaurant 19, Iola Vision Source 12: Finding the end zone for Iola Vision Source were Michael Briggs and Landon Weide.

Jordon White helped convert an extra point. For Iola Vision Source, Korbyn Fountain found the end zone twice, aided by Jack White.

Allen County Chiropractic 20, Holloway & Sons 6: For Allen County Chiropractic Carson Keller, Charles Rogers and Jeremy Adair each scored a touchdown with Adair adding a two point conversion. Brandon McKarnin found the end zone

for Holloway & Sons for its only touchdown.

Iola Vision Source 12, GSSB (Colony) 8: Carrying the load for Iola Vision Source was Michael Briggs, who scored twice. Avery Blaufuss scored GSSB’s lone touchdown and Ryan Golden scored a two point conversion.

Grades 3-5 Rick’s (Colony) 14, J-D’s Automotive 13: Noah Ashmore had a touchdown and a two point conversion for Rick’s, while Tucker Yocham also found the end zone. Bryson Goodell chipped in by converting the two point conversion. Pacing the scoring for J-D’s Automotive was Grant Luedke with two touchdowns. Converting the extra point was Casey McKarnin.

Rick’s 12, Utley’s Iola Auto Body 8: Carrying the load for Rick’s was Tyson Hermreck and Noah Ashmore with a touchdown apiece. Mason Ryherd paced the scoring for Utley’s, scoring a touchdown and converting a two point conversion.

J-D’s Automotive 28, Utley’s Iola Auto Body 6: Luedke led the way with three touchdowns and a two point conversion for J-D’s. Also scoring for J-D’s was Deacon Perkins with a touchdown and a two point conversion. Deacon Harrison found the end zone for Utley’s.

Rick’s (Colony) 44, Utley’s Iola Auto Body 12: Bryson Goodell and Kobey Miller each found the end zone twice and both converted a two point conversion. Also finding the end zone was Noah Ashmore and Tyson Hermreck. Ashmore and Zachary Beckmon also contributed by converting two-point conversions. Scoring Utley’s touchdowns were Hayden Hillbrant and Mason Ryherd.

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Makayla McCall led the way against Eureka with six points, five kills and an ace. Kassie Angleton added five points, two kills, and three aces.

McCall had six points with three kills and three aces against Cherryvale.

Angelton had five aces.

Sydney Houk had three kills. Tilar Wells also had three aces to go with four points.

Annalise Whitcomb and Angleton shared high-scoring honors against Yates Center with five points and four aces each. Houk added four points to go with three kills.

The wins sealed an undefeated season for Humboldt at 15-0.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anibal Sanchez shut down a Yankees lineup minus injured Derek Jeter, and the Detroit Tigers capitalized on a missed call by an umpire to beat New York 3-0 Sunday for a 2-0 lead in the AL championship series.

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with 23.5 and 26.5 points, respectively.

“We are pleased with their personal performances,” Peters said. “We hope they will take the confidence they built up and apply it within the two conference matches we will face this week.”

Allen travels to Labette Community College this evening and to Johnson County Community College Wednesday.

Individual statistics follow for Allen over the four matches: Tayler Shook, 6 digs; Danielle Goodman, 16 kills, 1 set assist, 30 digs, four solo blocks, three block assists, 21.5 points; Sierra Morgison, 15 kills, 2 service aces, 22 digs, 2 block assists, 18 points; Sidney Keith, 13 kills, 2 set assists, 2 aces, 4 solo blocks, 8 block assists, 23 points; Adriee Munoz, 2 kills, 92 set assists, 48 digs, 2 block assists, 3 points; Sarah Charbonneau, 1 kill, 1 set assist, 65 digs, 2 points; Jacqui Ortiz, 19 set assists, 19 digs; Cheyanne Miller, 1 kill, 1 set assist, 4 digs, 1 block assist, 1.5 points; Hayley Mertens, 52 kills, 1 set assist, 6 aces, 54 digs, 7 block assists, 61.5 points; Randi Billings, 15 kills, 1 set assist, 1 ace, 10 digs, 6 solo blocks, 9 block assists, 26.5 points; Autumn Douglas, 13 kills, 6 set assists, 5 aces, 21 digs, 3 solo blocks, 5 block assists, 23.5 points.

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But the slumping New York hitters looked lost a day after their captain broke his ankle in the 12th inning of a 6-4 loss.

Making his second postseason start, Sanchez pitched three-hit ball deep into the game to make Tigers manager Jim Leyland’s handling of a bullpen without struggling

closer Jose Valverde a lot easier.

The Tigers scored twice in the eighth after second base umpire Jeff Nelson missed a call at second base.

Game 3 in the best-ofseven series is Tuesday night in Detroit, with reigning AL MVP Justin Verlander starting for the Tigers.

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a Division II school, 25-15, 25-18, 15-12 to open Saturday’s play.

Next up was another Division II school, Vincennes (Ind.) University, which defeated the Red Devils 25-22, 25-23, 25-19.

Allen wrapped up tournament play on a high note, defeating Harper College, a Division III school based out of Palatine, Ill., 20-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-17.

“We were definitely a comparable team to (others) at this tournament,” Peters said. “We had individuals who needed to find themselves for the team to be successful. We had athletes playing positions they had not been exposed to as often this season, but they made adjustments and we saw Allen compete with some and defeat others.”

Hayley Mertens led the way for the Red Devils, racking up 61.5 points over the four-game tournament. She delivered 52 kills, had six aces, seven block assists and 54 digs.

Peters also pointed to the efforts by sophomores Autumn Douglas and Randi Billings, who stepped up

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