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THE IOLA REGISTER Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Sell named as EMS director Employee pay plan yet to be resolved

By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com

Ryan Sell, at right, speaks with Ron Conaway, middle, and Steve French during Tuesday night’s city council meeting. REGISTER/STE-

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Following nearly one hour in executive session, Iola City Council members appointed Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Sell as the Allen County EMS Director Tuesday evening.

“It was a surprise to me,” Sell said as he was offered congratulatory handshakes following the meeting. Administrator Carl Slaugh said there was “a general agreement to hire in-house with Ryan Sell.” Therefore, the city avoided advertising the open position, which is not required by the personnel policy. He said

it made sense to hire someone who already knows the system as well as Sell does.

“It’s going to be a big enough challenge as it is,” Slaugh said.

Current EMS Director for the City of Iola, Ron Conaway, expressed that he did not want to pursue the Allen County EMS director position following the merger, Slaugh said.

Allen County Commissioners had attached a pay plan for current county employees affected by the EMS merger as well. While the city did not accept the pay plan per se, council member Steve French made a motion for Director Sell to meet one-on-one with specific county employees to revise the plan accordingly.

“We are complying in intent,” Slaugh said.

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Courthouse lawn may be irrigated

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

Water lines may be laid across the lawn outside Allen County Courthouse to make it easier to water trees and grass.

Iolan Don Hillbrant asked commissioners Tuesday to consider the project, which first was mentioned several years ago.

Hillbrant said when the idea first surfaced, Iola agreed to provide water and his assumption was that the promise would be honored.

“Ron Holman (maintenance supervisor) has done a great job of caring for the grounds, but he can not carry water to new shrubbery,” Hillbrant said.

Ron Holman (maintenance supervisor) has done a great job caring for the grounds, but he cannot carry water to new shrubbery.

— Don Hillbrant

Chairman Dick Works said commissioners would consider the proposal.

“We know it’s needed,” he said, and that when it first came up a bid of $3,000 prompted them to put off the project because of budget constraints.

The project would entail making water available at several points on the lawn, not an underground watering system.

Works said more trees scattered about the lawn would be good, to which Hillbrant replied sooner rather than later would be better.

“Trees don’t grow quickly,” he said.

Bill King, director of Public Works, said an engineering field check was scheduled Friday for the old iron bridge that crosses Owl Creek about two miles west of Humboldt.

“It’s been in the works for quite a while and construction is expected to start early in 2014,” he said, with completion in six to eight months.

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Sheila Helton joins a demonstration outside of the Dallas office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday, protesting the federal budget standoff and government shutdown. In the background are Cruz supporters. G.J. MCCARTHY/DALLAS MORNING NEWS/MCT

Default looms in shutdown

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders are optimistic about forging an eleventh-hour bipartisan deal preventing a possible federal default and ending the partial government shutdown after Republican divisions forced GOP leaders to drop efforts to ram their own version through the House.

Pressured by the calendar, financial markets and public opinion polls, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., were hoping to shake hands on an agreement today and, if pos-

sible, hold votes later in the day.

Driving their urgency were oftrepeated Obama administration warnings that the government would exhaust its borrowing authority Thursday and risk a federal default that could unhinge the world economy. Lawmakers feared that spooked financial markets would plunge unless a deal was at hand and that voters would take it out on incumbents in next year’s congressional elections.

“People are so tired of this,” President Barack Obama said Tuesday in an interview with Los Angeles TV station KMEX. U.S. stock futures were rising early this morning amid strong

corporate earnings and lingering hope for a deal to head off a government default. But there were also dire warnings from the financial world a day after the Fitch credit rating agency said it was reviewing its AAA rating on U.S. government debt for possible downgrade.

John Chambers, chairman of Standard & Poor’s Sovereign Debt Committee, told “CBS This Morning” today that a U.S. government default on its debts would be “much worse than Lehman Brothers,” the investment firm whose 2008 collapse led to the global financial crisis.

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Humboldt upgrades pending

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

This map outlines proposed improvements along the Humboldt city square, presented to the city council Tuesday night.

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HUMBOLDT — Humboldt’s Downtown Action Team has raised $50,000 the past three years and asked city council members to pledge up to $25,000 so it could seek a $410,000 grant to give the downtown area a major facelift through streetscape improvements.

The local group would be required to put up $82,000 in cash. In addition to cash in hand, the group has pledges of another $10,000.

Council members were receptive, but balked at immediately making a commitment from their Community Development Fund, which contains $93,000.

Vada Aikins proposed the governing body table city participation for a

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month, to ask for citizen input and also give the DAT time to solicit letters of support from downtown merchants. The motion passed 5-2.

Deadline for the grant, through the Kansas Department of Transportation, is Dec. 31.

Paul Finney noted proponents had spent the past three years planning upgrades and collecting private funds for the local match. He feared the uncertainty of waiting another month for a council decision could have adverse effect on the grant application.

The plan is to erect new light standards and do other infrastructure work around the square and along streets intersecting the area.

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FCE group learns about Alzheimer’s Mary LaCrone presented a program on Alzheimer’s disease to the South Logan FCE Tuesday at the Humboldt Public Library. She discussed how the number of people affected is increasing, the staging process of the disease, and the 10 warning signs of the disease.

Elsie Thompson and Faye Yockey were welcomed as new members.

The group made plans

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to attend the FCE Fall Learning Day. Programs will be at 3:45 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the North Community Building in Iola.

Bonnie Ladd reported on the county council meeting and Jeanice reported on the State FCE Conference in Colby.

The December meeting and Christmas party will be at 1:30 p.m. at Dec. 10 at the Humboldt library.

5 O’clock Somewhere reopens doors After nearly four months of being closed, 5 O’clock Somewhere will reopen Thursday.

The tavern, at the southeast corner of Jackson and Jefferson avenues, closed June 18 due to the death of owner David Burke. Robin Burke, along with ‘Chip’ Collins, Hannibal, Mo., will take over the reins.

“It just fell into place,” Burke said while taking a break from re-arranging the

bar’s chairs and tables.

At the start, the bar will have the same hours and a similar drink menu.

“There will be subtle changes as we go,” Collins said. “We’ll just have to see how the patrons feel.”

He said he hopes to add karaoke and even live bands to the bar’s repertoire. Burke said they still have the school bus that was used for fundraising pub crawls in the area,

Tavern to reopen. REGISTER/STEVEN SCHWARTZ and they hope to get those back in action as well.

5 O’Clock Somewhere is slated to reopen at noon on Thursday.

ACC music groups EPA regulations affect city generators ready for Thursday

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Various groups in the Allen Community College music program will be showing off their skills Thursday for their 2013 fall concert.

The program, which starts at 7 p.m. in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, is titled “A Tribute to Our Heroes.” Pieces will feature songs per-

taining to emergency responders, 9/11 heroes and movie and video game characters.

The Allen Concert Choir, Devils Fyre Jazz Singers, Allen Concert Band and Allen Red Devil Jazz Band will be performing during the evening. Admission is free.

Police report Vehicles hit deer

A van driven by Belinda Kirby, 36, Burlington, struck a deer on an Allen County road four miles north of Iola Saturday

night. Kirby was not injured.

Also Saturday night a car driven by Alexandra Mikulka, 31, Chanute, struck a deer on U.S. 169 southeast of Humboldt.

Card shower The family of Randy Latta is requesting a card shower for Randy’s birthday Oct. 24. Please

send cards to Randy Latta, Guest Home estates, 1336 N. Walnut Iola, KS 66749.

Judge rules in DUI case LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Douglas County judge has ruled a blood test from a DUI case in Lawrence will be suppressed, rejecting the state's argument that the test was lawful.

The Lawrence Journal-World reported Tuesday that Douglas County District Judge Kay Huff granted Julian M. Kuszmaul's motion to suppress the results of a blood test.

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Kuszmaul is awaiting trial on four misdemeanor charges after an accident in August 2012 that forced doctors to amputate the legs of Colby Liston, who was pinned while standing behind a parked car.

Kuszmaul refused to consent to a blood test but had his blood drawn at a hospital.

The state argued that the implied consent statute made the blood test lawful.

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In a decision that was eventually deferred, Iola City Council members discussed the state of the city’s backup generators, and the regulations that the EPA has imposed upon them.

The mandate, issued by the Environmental Protections Agency, requires all stationary internal combustion engines used by municipalities reduce their emissions by 92 percent.

The City of Iola must install catalytic converters on its two backup generators at the power plant to achieve the reduction.

“This is one of those expensive retrofits,” Administrator Carl Slaugh said during Tuesday’s meeting.

The quoted cost — the city only received one bid, which eventually led to the tabled decision — from producer Wartsila, was $272,700 without installation costs included. The installation costs would add an approximate $250,000 to the cost.

Slaugh said the city’s goal is to have the installations complete

by April 1, 2014. However, he said the one bid

“I’m not comfortable with doing this kind of work with only one bid,” he said.

Council member Steve French then raised another option.

“Is this half a million better placed toward a down payment on a new one (generator),” he asked his peers.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The Army says it's postponing its annual Retiree Appreciation Day at Fort Leavenworth because of the federal government shutdown.

A spokeswoman for the northeast Kansas post said Tuesday the event for military retirees and

If we don’t complete this to meet EPA guidelines, we won’t be able to use them.

— Carl Slaugh, city administrator

The engines were purchased in 1998, and are about halfway toward their expected usage — around 30 years.

“That’s a good question,” Slaugh responded. “When does the cost become too high.”

He said the overall cost for a new generator would run in the millions of dollars, based on the type and usage, and the city does have reserve funds for newer models.

In the long run, there will be no generator if the city does not meet the EPA requirements.

their families had been set for Oct. 26 but will be rescheduled. No new date has been chosen.

More than 32,000 military retirees live near Fort Leavenworth. The annual appreciation day has attracted as many as 1,800 people in the past.

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COUNCIL members approved a bid from SAK Construction, O’Fallon, Mo., to complete phase 3 of the

wastewater improvements at a construction cost of $398,716.60.

Phase 3 includes relining of deteriorating sewer lines, Slaugh said. The process is done between manholes, where workers feed cable through the lines to the next manhole, pulling the lining through. They then inflate the liner, add heat to mold it to the interior and drill out the space with an auger.

He said the process is efficient enough to have minimal effect on water lines during the work.

IN OTHER NEWS:

— Iola High School was given approval to use the North Community Building and Riverside Park for their afterprom activities. The fee was waived as well.

— Dr. Brian Wolfe, a representative from the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, garnered approval from the council to approve a sublease agreement between the Family Physicians, in their building at 1408 East St. — El Jimador and 5 O’Clock Somewhere received approval for cereal malt beverage licenses.

— Final payment of the water plant’s high service pump was approved for a total cost of $100,700. The pump transports water from the lines to the water tower.

— Council members approved a final payment of $19,400 for two new pumps at the sewer lift stations. The updates included pumps, control systems and modifications to the building for a total project cost of $194,000.

— Jean Anderson was appointed to the Iola Board of Zoning Appeals.

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Lack of grocery stores affects health HIAWATHA — Lack of access to nutritious food is a growing health problem in America.

And it’s not just a concern in so-called urban food deserts. It’s an issue of increasing urgency in rural communities here in the heart of America’s breadbasket.

“The lack of access to grocery stores in many rural areas is striking,” researcher Jon Bailey wrote in a 2010 report published by the nonprofit Center for Rural Affairs.

More than 400 counties in the United States, including many in Kansas, are classified as “food deserts,” meaning that all residents live more than 10 miles away — often much farther — from a full-service grocery store.

“The real life consequences of living in a ‘food desert’ are less access to a full range of healthy foods, less healthy eating and less healthy people,” Bailey wrote. “The long-term consequences of less healthy individuals, families and communi-

ties are, of course, substantial.”

The vanishing rural grocery store has become a particular concern for David Procter, director of the Center for Engagement and Community Development at Kansas State University.

“There are 675 incorporated towns and cities in Kansas and we know

The real life consequences of living in a ‘food desert’ are less access to a full range of healthy foods, less healthy eating and less healthy people.

— Jon Bailey, researcher

that over half of those towns don’t have one grocery store in them,” Procter said in a 2011 interview with Harvest Public Media.

To reverse a trend that he believes is threatening the health of Kansans and the viability of dozens of small communities, Procter started the Rural Grocery Initiative. Its mission is to help small-town grocers survive. Faculty and students at the center do

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that by serving as business consultants to store owners and by working to convince residents to shop locally and sometimes to become investors in a store.

“Increasingly people believe that having access to healthy food is a public good,” he said.

“It’s like having good roads. It’s like having

good schools.”

TIM WHITE owns the

Thriftway grocery store in Hiawatha, a town of about 3,200 people located 75 miles north of Topeka. He bought it with a couple of partners in 2009 — every year since they’ve lost money.

High utility bills, the result of old and inefficient refrigeration units are killing them. So is the competition from a Walmart superstore on the other side of town.

White’s describing his challenges to attendees at a recent built environment conference in Topeka, where much of the talk is about sustainability, community gardens and how to increase access to healthy foods. He is the star of a breakout session on rural grocery stores because of a seemingly counterintuitive decision he made this spring to host a new farmers’ market in his parking lot.

When he was approached about the idea, he said he remembers thinking: “Why would I do that?

It is direct competition and on my turf.”

But he said a new business plan that a K-State team helped develop convinced him that he had to consider every business opportunity that separated him from his corporate competitor — particularly by reinforcing his “local” brand.

“It was just out of sheer having to find

something,” he said.

“We were grasping at straws and this opportunity presented itself.”

Looking back, White said, “It has turned out to be a great opportunity for our store.

Our parking lot fills up — and it hasn’t been full since 2006 when Walmart built their superstore.”

Many of those who come to buy fresh produce at the farmers’ market on Tuesday evenings also take the opportunity to pick up a few things from the store, White said.

He also does a good business the next day selling produce in the store that is not sold at the market.

“I’m happy to buy whatever is left over and that has been a great success,” he said. evening conversations with the farmers who set up stands in his parking lot has given White the idea of creating a food hub out of his store. He would help to store and distribute fresh produce to institutional buyers in the area.

“Our idea is to take those local producers and try to get them to increase their production to the point where we can basically service restaurants, our local hospital, our local schools with healthy, fresh-grown food,” White said.

“This is another one of those straws that we’re grasping at and we hope that it works.”

If it does work, White and his business partners won’t be the only ones to benefit.

Food hubs create new markets for local farmers and help them diversify their planting.

“They (farmers) are getting excited about growing something other than wheat or corn,” White said.

Pausing to reflect on the mix of opportunities and challenges he faces, White concludes his break-out-session presentation on a hopeful note: “You know, grocery owners can play an awesome role in their communities.”

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Calendar

Thursday - county bus to Iola, phone 24 hours before you need a ride 785-448-4410 any weekend; Monday - Seekers Not Slackers 4-H Club, Lone Elm community building, 7 p.m.; Jolly Dozen Club, 7 p.m.; Tuesday - Allen/Anderson Deer Creek Watershed, city hall community room, 8 p.m.

School calendar

Thursday - middle school volleyball, 5 p.m., football, 6:30 p.m. vs. Marmaton Valley at Crest; Friday - high school football at Chetopa, 7 p.m.; Tuesday - high school volleyball at Oswego, 5 p.m.

Meal site

Friday - chicken lasagna, tossed salad, Italian veggies, bread, strawberry cup; Monday - fish, macaroni and tomato, Brussels sprouts, bread, pears; Wednesday - Vision cards accepted - turkey tetrazzini, Normandy blend veggies, roll, blueberry crisp. Phone 620-853-3479 for reservations.

Christian church

Scripture presented at the Sunday service was Exodus 19-40. Pastor Mark McCoy’s sermon was “The Story — Chapter 5, New Commands and a New Covenant.”

Harvest for Him

The children’s church group at the Christian Church will again sponsor a “Harvest for Him” carnival, fun music for the kids, trunk or treat and a soup supper 4-6 p.m. on Oct. 27. This will be held from the Christian Church on Maple Street south to Broad Street.

One ticket per booth; free tickets are given if you bring canned goods, labels from Best Choice products, box top for education points or a used printer cartridge. A soup supper will be served for a donation. Costumes are not required, but if you prefer to wear a costume, please keep it friendly.

Donations/proceeds will go to the mission’s work that the children’s church has been supporting. It is a children’s fundraiser exclusively for mission work. In the event of inclement weather, the event will

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Scripture presented at the Sunday Service was Psalm 66:13-20, Jeremiah 29:1,4-7, 2 Timothy 2:8-15 and Luke 17:11-19. Pastor Dorothy Welch presented the sermon, “Stir Up The Gifts.”

Death

Wanda Billingsley (Reiter), 91, passed away Friday. Memorial services were held in Joplin at the Iron Gates Christian Church, Sunday.

Fire department

Is your name on the list for a smoke detector? The Colony firemen are handing them out to those in need of one. They have plenty on hand. You may phone the city office 620-8523530 to get your name on the list. Almost twothirds (62%) of reported home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in half in reported home fires.

Recently Scott Hendrix, KeWade Seabolt, Butch Lytle and Paula Decker were at Crest School for a fire prevention program. They demonstrated equipment and spoke of fire education to the elementary students.

Code red

Winter storm warnings are now available for all Anderson County residents. Weather warnings are provided through CodeRED Weather Warning, a service of Emergency Communications Network (ECN). To receive an alert for a winter storm warning, residents should log on to the Anderson County website at www.andersoncountyks.org and enter both an email address and a cell phone number or contact the office of emergency management at 785-448-6797. Residents may also select to receive severe thunderstorm, flash flood and tornado warnings through telephone calls to their homes and businesses, email and text messages to their cell phones. All residents are urged to subscribe to CodeRED system. To receive winter storm warnings is an added bonus for all residents, which will allow them extra time to prepare if a storm were to impact the area.

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Hospital a benchmark for our health, future Friday morning is the public celebration of a new era of health care in Allen County.

The 11 a.m. ribbon cutting celebrates a three-year effort to build a new hospital that comes with a new name, the Allen County Regional Hospital.

This has been no small feat, but was made much easier by the widespread public buy-in at the outset.

In the Nov. 2, 2010, referendum, voters approved by a 72-percent margin a quarter-cent sales tax directed to the hospital’s construction.

Before that, Iola commissioners agreed to commit up to $350,000 a year for 10 years from its sales taxes.

The commitments signaled a belief that we, as a county, believe in our future, and realize it takes a brick-and-mortar investment to paint that picture rosy.

The hospital employs in the neighborhood of 150 full-time employees.

Among area industries, they are the best paid and the best educated. By profession, people are their first priority.

They are precisely the kind of people we want in our neighborhoods. Smart, caring and hard-working.

With a workforce like this, and growing, think of the opportunities the hospital’s success will mean to the county as a whole.

AS A FACILITY, the new

hospital is not only state-ofthe-art in its new technologies, it’s also downright beautiful. Patient rooms look out across the wide expanse of fields. To the east, the corn is about due cutting. To the south, a pond is nestled among the fields.

Each room has a private bathroom. The earth tones of the tiles make for a warm environment. Nothing looks sterile, though you know the opposite is true.

At the time county commissioners approved construction of the new hospital, they set a price tag of $30 million, reasoning that was well within range of local support.

Of that, $25 million was to go to hospital construction, while the other $5 million would be needed for start-up capital, once the hospital severed its lease agreement with Hospital Corporation of America.

While the relationship with HCA was always good, and in fact, several administrators remain on its rolls, the time to cut ties became evident when the Nashville-based corporation voiced no interest in building a new hospital, though it agreed it was a necessity.

That left the county with little choice but to go it alone after 28 years of depending on outside entities for the hospital’s upkeep and management.

What helped stave off any doubts, was the knowledge the hospital was a consistent money-maker.

County commissioners were right to figure that money could be better used here in Allen County.

Of course, it’s up to us to ensure the hospital remains profitable.

If it hasn’t been your first choice for care, go take a tour Friday and see for yourself its many amenities. The celebration begins at 11 a.m. with Sen. Jerry Moran giving the main address. Tours will follow throughout the day.

And if you’re so inclined, think about putting the hospital’s fundraising campaign on your Christmas gift list. Now that it’s ours again, we’ll need to ensure it stays up to snuff, including new equipment.

Friday’s events celebrate not only the new hospital, but also the people of Allen County.

— Susan Lynn

Kobach commits voter fraud Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach just can’t seem to quit tinkering with perceived voter ID and fraud issues. One would think that they are all his office deals with, though Kobach’s duties go well beyond being the chief elections officer in the state.

Kobach’s latest irritant is what he sees as the difference between federal and state elections and who is allowed to vote. The two-tiered system he is proposing would let Kansans who have proved their citizenship to vote in congressional and state elections. Those who meet only federal voting standards, which do not have the voter ID requirement, could vote in federal elections but not state.

Say what?

That’s the Kobach way. It is a convoluted system that clearly underscores the secretary’s “my way or the highway” views of making voting a chore instead of an honor.

Both Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court have declared that voters who use the federal form do not have to provide ID to prove their voting rights. But Kobach turns the other way when faced with

Kobach seems intent on making voting less and less appealing and adding to the already burdensome workload of county election officials.

issues that conflict with his beliefs.

His office sent a memo to all election officials in the state that outlined procedures to identify and track voters who use the federal form for voter registration. Kobach’s mandate would create a separate category for voters eligible only to vote in congressional and presidential elections.

“Many counties probably have had very few federal forms submitted over the years,” Election Director Brad Bryant stated in a memo to county officials. “(But) this means you should take note when a federal form comes to your office and keep a list of the names of individuals who submit them. ...”

Few use the federal form, as Bryant noted, which is eerily similar to the scenario when Kobach originally proposed the state’s voter ID law. There were only a handful of voter

fraud cases, and most hinged on misidentification not out and out fraud. Kobach made it seem at the time that fraud was rampant in the state when it was not.

KOBACH seems intent on making voting less and less appealing and adding to the already burdensome workload of county election officials. Some county officials declined comment in a Wichita Eagle story. Others did not hold back.

“It would be a nightmare for us,” Sherman County Clerk Janet Rumpel said.

Clearly Kobach wants to assert his unsolicited and questionable political views on federal voting guidelines, which undoubtedly he thinks should include additional proof of citizenship beyond what already is required.

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Here’s how grave the House Republicans’ condition has become: They’re now in the care of a mortician.

In the early minutes of a marathon meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday morning, Rep. Steve Southerland, a funeral director from Florida, rose to suggest the lawmakers sing “Amazing Grace” — and his colleagues joined him in a rendition of the burial hymn.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil, A life of joy and peace.

It was an appropriate choice, for the House GOP is practicing its own form of mortuary science: It is burying both the Republican brand and America’s standing in the world.

On Monday night, Washington was finally moving toward an agreement — albeit a temporary solution — to end the government shutdown and avoid a default on the national debt. The agreement in principle, negotiated by Senate Democratic and Republican leaders, probably would have sailed through the House.

But then House Speaker John Boehner preempted the bipartisan agreement with a new

Dana Milbank Washington Post Writers Group plan of his own that had no Democratic support. It was difficult to see any reason for the proposal other than blocking progress on an agreement — and it succeeded at that. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called off a meeting in which he was to have unveiled the agreement, and Democrats lined up to denounce the new tactic, which emerged just two days before the Treasury runs out of room to maneuver on the nation’s bills.

Yet even that nasty piece of work didn’t have enough support from Boehner’s GOP caucus, because tea party Republicans were still holding out for an assault on Obamacare.

After a two-hour caucus meeting — twice the usual length — Boehner emerged admitting there were “a lot of opinions” but “no decisions.”

Surely, he can’t be surprised. If a sizable minority within his caucus is here in Washington with the main purpose of disabling federal

power, why would this faction be eager to end a government shutdown or avoid a default?

Some of them are “default deniers” who think the whole threat to the full faith and credit of the United States is a hoax. Perhaps some others are of the mind that if they shock the economy back into recession, President Obama’s party will be blamed in next year’s elections for high unemployment.

Whatever their reasons, lawmakers took turns at the open microphones for two hours in the closed-door session — and they weren’t singing karaoke for Boehner.

When they emerged to find 150 reporters lining the hallways of the Capitol basement, they clearly had no message worth delivering.

Rep. Mo Brooks (Ala.): “I have no comment.”

Rep. Trent Franks (Ariz.): “I never speak of things we talk about in conference. That’s rude.”

One claimed he was going to the men’s room. Others clutched phones to their ears.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (N.C.) tried to create a diversion.

“Hey, that was Tom Cotton,” he told reporters. “He’s running for Senate. He’s twice my height and three times as good-looking.”

If a sizable minority within Boehner’s caucus is here in Washington with the main purpose of disabling federal power, why would this faction be eager to end a government shutdown or avoid a default?

GOP leaders apparently had nothing to say for themselves either, because they settled on a theme of saying their lastminute monkey wrench was meant “to provide fairness to the American people under Obamacare,” as Boehner put it.

“There should be fairness,” Majority Leader Eric Cantor agreed.

“Individuals should be treated fairly,” concurred Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), the conference chairwoman, contributed her belief in “fairness for all.”

Fair for all? More like a freefor-all.

NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell asked Boehner whether he could guarantee that there would be no default.

“The idea of default is wrong, and we shouldn’t get anywhere close to it,” the speaker replied.

But Boehner had just put the country close to default by preempting the Senate compromise. With the coun-

try up against the debt ceiling, he had renewed the fight over Obamacare and inflamed Democrats by proposing to limit a president’s flexibility to avoid defaults in the future.

(Boehner later revised the proposal to recruit conservative support, but late in the day that, too, fell apart.)

Twenty minutes after Boehner’s appearance, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid interrupted proceedings on the Senate floor to say that he spoke “for many of us who have been working in good faith when I say that we felt blindsided by the news from the House.” He pronounced himself “very disappointed with John Boehner, who would once again try to preserve his role at the expense of the country.”

Boehner and his colleagues can sing “Amazing Grace” in the Capitol basement, but if they get the blame for a shutdown and a default, the only way they’ll be able to preserve their majority is with embalming fluid.

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Default: Still hope for 11th-hour deal in Congress

If it doesn’t happen, it’s a pure act of idiocy. — Warren Buffett

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, a tea party favorite, said he was not worried about the prospect of a U.S. default. “We are going to service our debt,� he told CNN. “But I am concerned about all the rhetoric around this I’m concerned that it will scare the markets.�

Aides to Reid and McConnell said the two men had resumed talks, including a Tuesday night conversation, and were hopeful about striking an agreement that could pass both houses.

It was expected to mirror a deal the lead-

ers had neared Monday.

That agreement was described as extending the debt limit through Feb. 7, immediately reopening the government fully and keeping agencies running until Jan. 15 — leaving lawmakers clashing over the same disputes in the near future.

It also set a mid-December deadline for bipartisan budget negotiators to report on efforts to reach compromise on longer-term issues like spending cuts. And it likely would require the Obama administration to certify that it can verify the income of people who qualify for federal subsidies for medical insurance under the 2010 health care law.

But that emerging Senate pact was put on hold Tuesday, an extraordinary day that highlighted how unruly rank-and-file House Republicans can be, even when the stakes are high. Facing solid Democratic opposition, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, tried in vain to write legislation that would satisfy GOP lawmakers, especially conservatives.

Boehner crafted two versions of the bill, but neither made it to a House vote because both faced certain defeat. Working against him was word during

EMS: Pay issues still in the works Continued from A1

not the specifics.�

He said there is not a concrete pay plan in the county, and it is important for the pay scales to match accurately in the merger with “not just EMS, but the city as a whole.�’ As far as the merger as a whole, Slaugh said the “contract is signed� and the two entities need to work out the specifics on a

smaller level. “My only goal is that our people are treated fairly,� County Commissioner Tom Williams said today.

The merger between Allen County EMS and Iola Fire Department employees was approved and signed by the City of Iola on Sept. 23, and then approved by county commissioners on Oct. 1.

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Also, King said his crews would remove snow this winter from Oregon Road and Kentucky Street near the new Allen County Regional Hospital, and would consider snow removal on parking lots near the hospital.

In another hospital matter, Counselor Alan Weber asked an easement be approved for utility lines Iola extended to the hospi-

tal. The proposal met no opposition.

Commissioners approved purchase of a new Ford truck for the sheriff ’s department at a cost of $26,000, with trade, from Twin Motors, Iola. The bid was the lower of two.

They also approved purchase of a dump bed from Davis Trailer and Truck Equipment, Little Rock, Ark. The Davis bid of $9,350 was the lowest of three.

Senate plan on the debt limit and shutdown.

But it also blocked federal payments for the president, members of Congress and other officials to help pay for their health care coverage. And it prevented the Obama administration from shifting funds among different accounts — as past Treasury secretaries have done — to let the government keep paying

be done politically here, one of the greatest concerns I have is that somehow John Boehner gets compromised,� said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a former House member and a Boehner supporter.

With the default clock ticking ever louder, it was possible the House might vote first on a plan produced by Senate leaders. For procedural reasons, that

I will not vote for poison pills that have no chance of passing the Senate or being signed into law. — Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash.

the day from the influential group Heritage Action for America that his legislation was not conservative enough —

whose biggest electoral fears are of primary challenges from the right.

The last of Boehner’s

John Chambers, chairman of Standard & Poor’s Sovereign Debt Committee, told “CBS This Morning� that a U.S. government default on its debts would be “much worse than Lehman Brothers,� the investment firm whose 2008 collapse led to the global financial crisis.

a worrisome threat for many GOP lawmakers

two bills had the same dates as the emerging

bills briefly after the federal debt limit has been reached.

Boehner’s inability to produce a bill that could pass his own chamber likely means he will have to let the House vote on a Senate compromise, even if that means it would pass with strong Democratic and weak GOP support.

House Republican leaders have tried to avoid that scenario for fear that it would threaten their leadership, and some Republicans worried openly about that. “Of all the damage to

could speed the measure’s trip through Congress by removing some parliamentary barriers Senate opponents might erect.

The strains of the confrontation were showing among GOP lawmakers. “It’s time to reopen the government and ensure we don’t default on our debt,� Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., said in a written statement. “I will not vote for poison pills that have no chance of passing the Senate or being signed into law.�

Upgrades: Money a sticking point Continued from A1

Walter Wulf, president and chairman of the board at Monarch Cement Co., said improvements would be important to his company when it recruited professionals. “We need to present a good face, first impressions are important,� he said.

Joe Works, owner of B&W Trailer Hitches, said a “lot of momentum� was in place from private financial support for the streetscape improvements and that “a lot of capital was spent to build Humboldt and capital is needed to maintain it.� “This is all for the love of Humboldt,� Finney said.

Planning for the improvements included consultations with architects.

In addition to new light fixtures, brick and brick stenciling would be added to sidewalks to enhance esthetics. Parking along Ninth Street between Bridge and New York would be converted from parallel to diagonal.

DAVID TOLAND, executive director of Thrive Allen County,

gave council members a tutorial on a countrywide economic development plan.

The economic development group meets monthly, with funding from Allen County, Iola, Iola Industries and Thrive.

Main focus is threefold: — Increase Allen County’s population to 14,000 by 2020 — current population is 13,319.

Among proposals are recruiting people who work in the county to live here; encourage former residents who retire to return; rehabilitate existing housing and build anew; recruit a diverse labor force. — Improve business climate, with goal of 400 net new jobs by 2020.

Toland mentioned encouraging expansion; eliminating burdens in codes and administrative requirements; marketing the county statewide; addressing shortage of qualified workers through programs with schools; promoting Rural Opportunity Zone advantages. — Increase overall attractiveness of Allen County and cities as places to work and live.

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Toland said that could be accomplished by raising community expectations; aggressive code enforcement on blighted and nuisance properties; meeting economic needs of communities, such as a grocery in Iola and a hotel in Humboldt; encouraging more frequent county tax sales to get vacant properties back in the market.

An aside to both the streetscape planning and Toland’s conversation was the council’s decision to seek a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant of $36,575 to replace six blocks of sidewalks in the downtown area.

The grant would provide 100 percent funding and give city employees through 2015 to complete the work.

OTHERWISE council members: — Learned the bandstand in the city square, recently improved, will be considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places and the Register of Historic Kansas Places on Nov. 16. — Approved making Chief of Police Brian Dillow’s salary $4,093.49

per month, to bring him in line with what is paid in like-size communities. Also, the municipal judge’s salary was put at $150 per session. — Agreed to pay city employees every two weeks instead of twice a month. The change will mean employees will receive 26 checks a year, including three in two months. Annual pay will be unchanged. — Approved a change in police officers’ job descriptions requiring them to complete emergency medical technician (EMT) training within a year of being hired. The training will permit officers to be more helpful when responding to medical emergencies. — Accepted the resignation of Councilman Bryan Manion, who has moved from Humboldt.

His seat, position 3, Ward 2 in the north part of town, will be filled later. — Moved their November meeting to Tuesday, Nov. 12, to avoid a conflict with Veterans Day. — Accepted a $1,000 grant from Kansas PRIDE to add water lines in parks.

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Army captain awarded Medal of Honor for battle WASHINGTON — A former Army captain was awarded the nation's highest military honor Tuesday for his bravery, caught on video, during one of the deadliest battles in Afghanistan at a somber, sometimes emotional, White House ceremony.

President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor on former Army Capt. William Swenson for his actions during a deadly six-hour battle in Afghanistan in 2009. The battle has been the source of controversy for years in part because Swenson failed to receive the air and artillery support he had requested.

Obama praised Swenson in brief remarks in the ornate East Room before fastening the light

blue Medal of Honor ribbon around his neck. Swenson stood still, visibly perspiring, his hands clasped together in front of him. But as Obama spoke about the battle's victims, Swenson struggled to compose himself, and a single tear rolled down his cheek.

"Moments like this, Americans like Will remind us of what our country can be at its best _ a nation of citizens who look out for one another, who meet our obligations to one another not just when it's easy, but also when it's hard. Maybe especially when it's hard," Obama said. "Will, you're an example to everyone in this city, and to our whole country, of the professionalism and patriotism that we should

life near the Puget Sound in the Seattle area, where he is unemployed. He has asked to return to the Army, and his request is expected to be approved.

Swenson, 34, did not speak at the ceremony, but he later addressed reporters who had gathered in the White House driveway.

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U.S. Army Capt. William Swenson is awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama on Tuesday. ABACA PRESS/OLIVER DOULIERY strive for _ whether we wear the uniform or not _ not just on particular occasions, but all the time."

Vice President Joe Biden, first lady Michelle Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel sat in the front row, alongside members of Congress.

Swenson's parents, Julia and Carl, and his girlfriend, Kelsey, were in the audience, as well as family members whose loved ones were killed or saved in the battle.

Swenson resigned from the Army in February 2011. He lives a quiet

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Fillies come up short in road matches RICHMOND — Iola High’s volleyball team went winless on the night Tuesday, dropping a pair of matches at Central Heights’ triangular meet.

The Fillies fell to Wellsville in straight sets, 25-20, 25-15, and to host Central Heights, 25-17, 25-23.

Emery Driskel led Iola in the loss to Wellsville with four kills, eight solo blocks and 17 digs, while Emma Piazza had three kills and nine digs. Kyra Moore had seven assists and nine digs.

Driskel’s nine kills paced the Fillies against Central Heights. She also had 21 digs and five assisted blocks. Piazza added four kills. Moore had nine assists. Hannah Endicott had 17 digs. Emma Sigg, Moore and Piazza added 13 digs apiece.

The losses drop the Fillies to 11-17 on the season. Iola resumes action Saturday in Garnett at the Anderson County Invitational Tournament. Action begins at 9 a.m.

THE FILLIES freshmen picked up a pair of scintillating victories. Iola edged Wellsville, 25-23, 27-25, then came back to knock off Central Heights, 22-25, 25-11, 15-6.

Jadyn Sigg and Alexis Heslop led the way in serving, head coach Jeff Fehr said. Sydney Wade was tops in assists. Toni Macha, Riley See FILLIES | Page B2

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Defense pays dividends for Chiefs

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

Iola High’s Emma Piazza goes up for a shot in a volleyball match earlier this season. On Tuesday, the Fillies hit the road, but came up empty, in a pair of matches against Central Heights and Wellsville. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — With the Chiefs getting a big chunk of their scoring from defense and special teams, Andy Reid prefers to think of it as a tribute to those unites, not a knock against his offense.

In fact, nearly a quarter of their points during a blistering 6-0 start have come from touchdowns and safeties produced by their defense and special teams. The percentage of scoring rises to 46.1 when Ryan Succop’s 11 field goals are factored into Kansas City’s point total.

“Listen, do you want to score more on offense? Yeah, you want to score every time you touch the football,” Reid said Monday. “That’s the mentality we have on that side, but I’d also tell you that the mentality on the defensive and special teams side is we want X number of touchdowns from that crew.”

They’ve certainly accomplished that this season.

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Lady Cubs stay perfect in TVL EUREKA — A pair of blistering starts kept Humboldt High’s volleyball team on the right track.

The Lady Cubs hit the road Tuesday for a triangular meet at Eureka, and wasted little time in picking up a pair of victories.

Humboldt zipped past Cherryvale, 25-9, 25-20, then took care of host Eureka, 25-11, 2520.

The victories lift Humboldt’s record to 16-9 overall and keep the Lady Cubs perfect in Tri-Valley League action at 6-0.

“The girls played really well tonight,” head coach Stephanie Splechter said. “They were talking and working together as a team. In both matches they came out strong See LADY CUBS | Page B2

Above, Isaac Hopkins of Humboldt I, left, defends a pass to Sonic-Red’s Isaac McCullough, right, during the Iola Recreation Department’s Flag Football League Tournament.

Also in on the play in the grades 3-5 contest is Sonic’s Xandier Smithback. At left, Iola Vision Source defender Marissa Lansdown, left, lunges for Sonic-Red ball carrier Drew Sirota in a grade 1-3 game. REGISTER/ RICHARD LUKEN

Flag Football League wraps up season Saturday’s tournament results Grades 3-5 A&W 14, SEK Stockyard 6. Luke Perry scored twice and added a two-point conversion for A&W. Jarrett Herrmann had a touchdown for SEK Stockyard.

Yocham Oil 26, Sonic-Red 0. Tyson Hermreck scored two touchdowns and a two-point conversion for Yocham Oil. Kobey Miller and Marissa Lansdown also scored touchdowns.

Sonic-Red 7, A&W 6. Brennen Nuessen scored the touchdown and the allimportant extra point for Sonic. Luke Perry had a touchdown for A&W. Note: The victory set up a tournament rematch with Sonic-Red and Yocham Oil. Yocham Oil 22, Sonic-Red 0. Kobey Miller had a pair of touchdowns and a two-point conversion for Yocham Oil. Marissa Lansdown added a touchdown.

Tyson Hermreck provided a two-point

conversion. Note: Yocham Oil won the grades 3-5 tournament championship with the victory.

Grades 1-2 Sonic-Green 32, Sonic-Yellow 6.

Thomas Hall Jr. had three touchdowns to lead Sonic-Green. Briggs Michael and Drayden Reiter also had touchdowns.

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Humboldt High’s Kayle Riebel goes up for a kill in a match earlier this season. On Tuesday, the Lady Cubs swept past Eureka and Cherryvale to stay perfect in Tri-Valley League play. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE MYER

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Chiefs: Defense, special teams key in Kansas City’s 6-0 start Continued from B1

The Chiefs have scored a defensive or special teams touchdown in five straight games, including a 44-yard interception return by Husain Abdullah to cap their 24-7 win over the Raiders on Sunday.

His touchdown followed Marcus Cooper’s fumble recovery of a muffed punt the previous week against Tennessee, Dexter McCluster’s zigzagging 89-yard punt return for a score against the Giants, and Eric Berry’s 33-yard interception return for a touchdown against Philadelphia.

Tamba Hali had a 10yard interception return for a TD in a seasonopening win over Jacksonville.

Meanwhile, the Chiefs have managed only 12 touchdowns from their scuffling offense, and several of those drives covered short distances because of their defense and special teams. “It’s something we talked about from Day

“It’s something we talked about from Day 1, the scoring. There’s equal opportunity in all three phases. We wanted everybody to have their chance to score a touchdown. Those are things we have definitely talked about.� — Andy Reid

Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Husain Abdullah (39) runs back a 44-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium Sunday. The Chiefs defeated the Raiders, 24-7. DAVID EULITT/KANSAS CITY STAR/MCT 1, the scoring. There’s equal opportunity in all three phases,� Reid said. “We wanted everybody to have their chance to score a touchdown.

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High School Volleyball Thursday, 9th at Girard, 5 p.m.

Saturday, at Anderson County tournament, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, vs. ANDERSON COUNTY, 4:30 p.m.

Cross Country Thursday, Pioneer League meet, Central Heights, 4 p.m.

High School Football Friday, at Chanute, 7 p.m.

Monday, JV vs. CHANUTE, 4:30 p.m.

Middle School Football Thursday, at Coffeyville, 5 p.m.

Crest High School Volleyball Tuesday, at Oswego, 5 p.m.

High School Football Friday, at Chetopa, 7 p.m.

Southern Coffey Co. High School Volleyball Saturday, at Lyon Co. League Tournament, Emporia High School Football Friday, at Baileyville B&B, 7 p.m.

Allen Soccer Today, at Cowley, women 5 p.m., men 7 p.m.

Sunday, men vs. Independence, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, women vs. Independence, 3 p.m.

Volleyball Today, vs. LABETTE, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, at Longview, 6 p.m.

High School Football Friday, at Eureka, 7 p.m.

Cross Country Thursday, Tri-Valley meet at Burlington, 4 p.m.

High School Volleyball Saturday, at Neodesha tournament, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, at Burlington, 5 p.m.

Marmaton Valley High School Volleyball Tuesday, at Pleasanton, 5 p.m.

Cross Country Thursday, at TRL meet at Jayhawk-Linn, 4 p.m.

High School Football Friday, vs. PLEASANTON, 7 p.m.

Yates Center High School Volleyball Monday, at Sedan, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, vs. NEODESHA, EUREKA, 5 p.m.

Cross Country Thursday, Tri-Valley meet at Burlington, 4 p.m.

High School Football Friday, at St. Paul, 7 p.m.

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definitely talked about.�

The five defensive and special teams touchdowns that the Chiefs have scored are tied for second most in the NFL since 2000 through six games, according to STATS. The only team to produce more was the 2003 version of the Chiefs, which had seven of them after six games.

Incidentally, that team led by special teamer extraordinaire Dante Hall, started 9-0 — the only one in franchise history to get off to a better start than this year’s Chiefs. “We just try to go out there and play hard for each other,� Berry ex-

plained. “We try to play as a unit. We just fight to the end of the game, no matter what the score is.�

The success of the Chiefs’ defense, which leads the league in scoring, and special teams, which have given them the league’s best starting field position, helps to mask all the troubles of the offense, which managed just 216 yards against the Raiders.

Running back Jamaal Charles had 128 of those yards. And to underscore his importance to the Chiefs, he also had both of their offensive touchdowns, and has seven of the team’s 12 of-

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first set and made a statement.�

Breanna Kline led the way against Cherryvale with five aces and four kills to go with eight points.

Sheri Middleton also had four kills and a block. Annalise Whitcomb racked up eight points and four aces.

Middleton spearheaded the charge against Eureka with nine kills, while Kayle Riebel racked up 14 points.

Humboldt will be at Neodesha Saturday for a tournament. Action begins at 9 a.m.

Humboldt def. Cherryvale, 2-0 (25-9, 25-20) Breanna Kline, 5 aces, 4 kills, 8 points Sheri Middleton, 2 aces, 4 kills, 1 block, 4 points Kayle Riebel, 1 ace, 3 kills, 3 points Anna Setter, 6 set assists, 3 points Delaney Umholtz, 1 ace, 1 kill, 7 points Annalise Whitcomb, 4 aces, 6 set assists, 8 points Humboldt def. Eureka, 2-0 (25-11, 25-20) Kline, 2 aces, 3 kills, 1 block, 1 dig, 6 points Middleton, 1 ace, 9 kills, 1 block, 1 set assist, 4 points K. Riebel, 2 aces, 1 kill, 1 block, 14 points Setter, 4 set assists, 2 points Umholtz, 1 ace, 2 kills, 3 points Whitcomb, 8 set assists, 5 points

fensive scores this season — five on the ground and two through the air.

Alex Smith, who has earned a reputation as a game-managing quarterback, threw for just 128 yards against the Raiders. Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, who was given a $56 million, five-year deal in the offseason, had just three catches for 46 yards — 18 of them on a broken play. “As an offense, we have to start faster,� fellow wide receiver McCluster said. “It’s going to be important to get it going quicker and then maintain that throughout the game. If we can get our offense to play as well as our defense is playing right now, it’s going to be great.�

So far, that bar has

been set pretty high.

And if it never does happen, well, the Chiefs seem to be confident that their defense and special teams can continue to produce. “The coaches believe in us,� Hali said. “We remind ourselves we’re out there to get our job done and we’re getting our job done. Sometimes it’s like, ‘Wow, we scored again.’ That’s huge. It’s the coaches. I promise.

It’s the same team we had last year, minus a couple of guys. We’re having this much success, so it’s a credit to the coaches.�

NOTES: LT Branden Albert sprained his left knee and strained his left elbow against the Raiders, and DT Dontari Poe tweaked a sprained ankle. Both should be OK for Sunday’s game against the Texans, Reid said. ... Reid also praised the defense for its 10 sacks against Oakland.

It’s the most sacks KC has had since 10 against Oakland on Sept. 6, 1998.

Fillies: Tough road Continued from B1

Murry and Brooklyn Storrer led in kills.

Iola’s junior varsity dropped a 25-20, 16-25, 15-12 match to Central Heights and a 25-15, 25-17 match to Wellsville.

The freshmen will be in Girard Thursday to take on Girard, Frontenac and Galena.

Wellsville def. Iola, 2-0 (25-20, 25-15) Addie Haar, 4 digs Emma Sigg, 4 digs Kyra Moore, 1 kill, 7 assists, 9 digs, 1 solo block, 1 assisted block Allie Cleaver, 3 digs

Emma Piazza, 3 kills, 2 assists, 1 ace, 9 digs Emery Driskel, 4 kills, 2 aces, 17 digs, 8 solo blocks, 2 block assists Hannah Endicott, 3 digs Mikaela Platt, 1 kill, 1 dig, 1 block assist Ashlie Shields, 2 digs Central Heights def. Iola, 2-0 (25-17, 25-23) Haar, 8 digs Sigg, 13 digs Moore, 9 assists, 13 digs, 3 block assists Cleaver, 4 digs Piazza, 4 kills, 6 assists, 13 digs Driskel, 9 kills, 2 aces, 21 digs, 5 block assists Endicott, 17 digs Platt, 1 kill, 7 digs Shields, 2 kills, 7 digs, 2 solo blocks, 1 block assist

Football: Iola Vision Source, Yocham win Continued from B1 Konner Larney added a two-point run. Cole Mathes had Sonic-Yellow’s touchdown.

Sonic-Red 12, Humboldt II 6.

Isaac McCullough scored both of Sonic’s touchdowns. Colden Cook made it to the end zone for Humboldt II.

Humboldt I 27, Allen Co. Chiropractic 12. Caden Vink had three touchdowns and an extra point for Humboldt I. Weston Winn also had a touchdown, and Sam Hull delivered a two-point conversion. Mac Leonard scored twice for Allen Co. Chiropractic.

Humboldt I advanced to the semifinals with the victory.

Iola Vision Source 12, Sonic-

Green 6. Benjamin Kerr had both of Iola Vision Source’s touchdowns. Briggs Michael scored for Sonic-Green. Iola Vision Source advanced to the finals with the victory.

Humboldt I 26, Sonic-Red 0. Caden Vink and Sam Hull both had two touchdowns for Humboldt I. Vink also had a two-point conversion in the shut out victory.

Humboldt I advanced to the finals with the victory.

Iola Vision Source 20, Humboldt I 6. Benjamin Kerr had a hat trick, crossing the goalline three times for Iola Vision Source. Easton Hitchcock added a two-point conversion. Caden Vink scored for Humboldt I. The victory gives the tournament championship to Iola Vision Source.

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Cardinals take 3-1 lead over Dodgers

By BETH HARRIS The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Cardinals have been this close to the World Series before, and they don’t want to blow it this time.

St. Louis got home runs from Matt Holliday and pinch-hitter Shane Robinson — the first of the NL championship series — and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven playoff.

The Cardinals have lost the NLCS both times they owned such a commanding lead, most recently last season when they dropped three in a row to San Francisco, the eventual World Series winner.

“That’s something that we thought last year — up 3-1 and all we have to do is win one more and we’re there,” closer Trevor Rosenthal said. “But that didn’t work out, so we’ve just got to keep the same approach.”

With a quick turnaround for Game 5 this afternoon in Los Angeles, the Dodgers will try to forget the loss, and hope the Cardinals remember their recent past failures.

“We get into a Game 7, those things (losing a 3-1 lead) will creep into their heads over there,” Dodgers infielder Adrian Gonzalez said. “Our goal is definitely to push this to a Game 7.”

Joe Kelly will start Game 5 for the Cardinals, looking to clinch

St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter pumps his fist after turning a double play in the ninth inning in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series Tuesday, October 15, 2013. St. Louis won, 4-2, to take a 3-1 series lead.

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their 19th pennant.

The Dodgers will turn to Zack Greinke, and if he can help deliver a win, they’ll call on ace Clayton Kershaw for a potential Game 6 back in St. Louis.

In a series starved for offense, the Cardinals scored as many runs as they did in the first three games combined, when the teams totaled nine.

Hitless in his previous 22 at-bats at Dodger Stadium, Holliday drove a two-run shot off Ricky Nolasco an estimated 426 feet to left field, capping a three-run third inning that gave the Cardinals a 3-0 lead.

“That’s about as good as I can hit one,” said Holliday, who was 0 for 13 in the series before connecting.

Seeking a second World Series title in three years, St. Louis

turned three important double plays and picked off a runner at second base in the seventh. Defensive standout Pete Kozma, inserted at shortstop in the sixth, started a difficult double play and darted in to complete the pickoff.

Carpenter had an RBI double in the third that scored Descalso, who hit a leadoff single. Carpenter came around on Holliday’s homer after there were none in the first three games for the first time in NLCS history.

Martinez pitched two scoreless innings to help nail down the win for starter Lance Lynn, who allowed two runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings. He struck out five and walked three. Trevor Rosenthal got three outs for his second save in the series.

After a leadoff single by Andre Ethier in

the ninth, Yasiel Puig grounded into a double play. Juan Uribe struck out to end it, leaving the Dodgers on the brink of elimination.

Robinson’s home run bounced off the top of the wall in left field on a 1-0 pitch from J.P. Howell with one out in the seventh, extending the Cardinals’ lead to 4-2.

The Dodgers were down 4-2 in the seventh when Nick Punto doubled with one out. Martinez, however, picked off Punto before throwing another pitch and then retired Carl Crawford on an inning-ending groundout.

Trailing 3-2, the Dodgers put the potential tying run on base in the sixth when Puig singled to chase Lynn. Uribe grounded into a double play against Seth Maness to end the inning.

Boston ekes out 1-0 victory over Detroit

By NOAH TRISTER The Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) — John Lackey figured there would be no margin for error.

So when Justin Verlander began overpowering the Boston lineup, Lackey did his best to match him, out for out.

“I knew I was going to have to pitch pretty good today,” Lackey said.

“He’s having a great career, great season, great postseason. The guys came through.”

Lackey edged Verlander in the latest duel of these pitching-rich playoffs, and Boston’s bullpen shut down Detroit’s big boppers with the game on the line to lift the Red Sox over the Tigers 1-0 Tuesday for a 2-1 advantage in the American League championship series.

Mike Napoli homered off Verlander in the seventh inning, and Detroit’s best chance to rally fell short in the eighth when Miguel Ca-

The Detroit Tigers’ Hernan Perez (26) can’t break up a double play ball hit by Jhonny Peralta in the ninth inning as Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia makes the play in Game 3 of American League Championship Series at Comerica Park in Detroit,.

The Red Sox won, 1-0, to take a 2-1 series lead. MANDI WRIGHT/DETROIT FREE PRESS/MCT

brera and Prince Fielder struck out with runners at the corners.

“The runs are pretty stingy,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “This is what it’s about in postseason, is good pitching.”

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Despite three straight gems by their starters, the Tigers suddenly trail in a best-of-seven series they initially appeared to control. Game 4 is tonight at Comerica Park, with Jake Peavy scheduled to start for the Red Sox against Doug Fister.

So the Tigers aren’t the only team in this ALCS with good starting pitching. That was evident after Lackey allowed four hits in 6 2-3 innings, striking out eight without a walk in a game that was delayed 17 minutes in the second inning because lights on the stadium towers went out.

It was the second 1-0 game in this matchup between the highestscoring teams in the majors. Dominant pitching has been a running theme throughout these playoffs, which have included four 1-0 scores and seven shutouts.

The Red Sox are now two wins from an Ameri-

can League pennant after overcoming each of Detroit’s biggest stars.

Max Scherzer started Game 2 for the Tigers and was terrific, but Boston rallied from a fiverun deficit against the Detroit bullpen to even the series.

Then on Tuesday, Boston came away with a win in Detroit against Verlander, and when Cabrera and Fielder came up in the eighth, the Red Sox held on.

Cabrera, who failed to reach base for the first time in 32 postseason games for the Tigers, never looked comfortable against Junichi Tazawa, swinging and missing at the first two offerings and eventually chasing an outside pitch for strike three.

“To me, I (got) myself out. I was swinging at a lot of balls out of the strike zone,” said Cabrera, who has been banged up for a couple of months but homered in Game 2. “When you swing at balls, you’re not able to have success.”

Fielder looked even more overmatched against Koji Uehara, striking out on three pitches.

Uehara also worked the ninth for a save, ensuring that Lackey’s fine performance wouldn’t go to waste.

Napoli’s first at-bat in the majors was against Verlander on May 4, 2006, at Comerica Park.

He homered then, too.

Detroit stranded runners on first and third in the first, then wasted Jhonny Peralta’s leadoff double in the fifth. Peralta reached third with one out, but an overanxious Omar Infante struck out and Andy Dirks grounded out.

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AUGUSTA, Kan. — The Butler County sheriff said a woman is in custody after a decomposing body was found in the backyard of a house southwest of Augusta.

Sheriff Kelly Herzet said officers found the body after a neighbor called asking for a welfare check at the home.

On Tuesday morning, detectives spent most of the time processing the crime scene and gathering evidence in the garage.

Officials said it could take weeks to identify the person.

“We are in the process today of going to the autopsy with some fingerprints.

“Hopefully, that will identify the body. We have an idea, but are waiting for forensic cen-

ter,” said Sheriff Herzet.

Herzet said the body is so badly decomposed that investigators are unsure if it’s a woman or man, but he believes it is an adult. The body was not buried but efforts were made to hide it.

Shortly after finding the body, police officers arrested Susan May. She is facing voluntary manslaughter, criminal desecration, and obstructing justice.

Officials said May had had previous run-ins with the law.

“I don’t know if she is married right now. I happened to know when I was out here in 2000 working a case where she was involved with shooting a boyfriend.

He was just a live-in boyfriend at the time,” added Herzet.

May is scheduled to appear in front of a judge today for a preliminary hearing.

GCCC goes tobacco-free Plan will take place in January 2014

By ANGIE HAFLICH Garden City Telegram

A tobacco-free campus is on the horizon at Garden City Community College.

At Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting, by a unanimous vote, trustees directed the administration to adopt a tobacco-free campus policy by Jan. 1, 2014.

Using the Student Government Association’s most recent proposal for a tobacco-free campus, trustees suggested that GCCC President Herbert Swender use his discretion to make necessary changes to the policy and then implement it.

The discussion regarding a tobacco-free campus began several years ago and initially resulted in a policy prohibiting smoking within 50 feet of building entrances on campus. Since then, the Student Government Association has presented several proposals to trustees, aimed at prohibiting the use of tobacco products altogether.

Last May, Swender asked SGA to conduct a survey of both students and employees, after the faculty raised what he termed as “legitimate concerns” regarding SGA’s most recent proposal for a tobaccofree policy. He said the recommendation of the administration then would be to support the statistical response of the majority of respondents.

On Tuesday night, Swender presented the findings of the survey, which indicated an even split of those for and against a tobacco-

free campus.

“I had this verified three times because it doesn’t make sense, but these are the numbers,” Swender said, at which point he opened the topic up for discussion, asking trustees for their input, saying that

your car. I think that’s way overboard,” Lee said. “I think it might be good, but I also think we’re stepping on some rights of people.

“I’m not sure we should adopt a policy that takes away that person’s right.”

I detest smoking, but I think the policy as it’s written eliminates even having tobacco in your car. I think that’s way overboard. I think it might be good, but I also think we’re stepping on some rights of people.

— Terry Lee, president of the faculty senate

they, too, have a vested interest in the campus.

For purposes of opening discussion, Trustee Dr. William Clifford made a motion directing Swender to adopt a tobacco-free policy by Jan. 1, 2014.

After seconding Clifford’s motion, Trustee Jeff Crist said his concern with the policy is enforcement, and he said the policy needs to be fine-tuned.

“As far as the administration’s direction, if we have a policy, we’re going to enforce it to the best of our ability,” Swender said. “I think if they get caught, we have consequences in place, for first offense, second offense and third — there are consequences.”

Terry Lee, president of the faculty senate and a science instructor at the college, also raised objections to the policy.

“I detest smoking, but I think the policy as it’s written eliminates even having tobacco in

Trustee Terri Worf agreed, saying that the wording of the policy was excessive, but she was for a tobacco-free campus, as were all of the other trustees.

SGA President Brevan Woydziak told trustees that dealing with the issue now will address it now and forever.

“You’ll have a lot of time to fine-tune this thing, so I think this is the perfect time to implement it,” Woydziak said. “And as time goes on, it will just create a culture of not smoking.”

Merilyn Douglass, trustee chair, said the tobacco-free policy is in line with the vision for the campus.

“It’s got to start somewhere. I believe starting with the policy gives the groundwork for the enforcement to happen. I agree it’s going to be tough, but we’ve got to start somewhere,” Douglass said.

“I would like to see the campus tobacco-free.”

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Ultimatums are never a good option Dear Carolyn:

I’ve been seeing someone intermittently for six months. I enjoy our time together, but I am always the one to arrange everything. I’ve tried asking the other person to pick out something to do, I’ve tried telling the other person when I’m available and leaving it in their court, I’ve tried just not initiating contact for a few weeks, but that just means I don’t hear from the person. When I finally do contact them, I’m told they missed me.

On the one hand, I would like to tell this person that the fact that we only see each other if I do all the calling and planning makes me feel like I’m the only one interested in getting together, and that this will eventually sour me on the whole idea. I’d like them to know the likely result so they can decide whether to keep behaving the same way.

But I’m wary of try-

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax ing to control another adult’s actions, and this feels like it’s on the edge of an ultimatum: Start initiating some of the contact or else we’re through. Could you help me clarify when something is an ultimatum vs. when it’s a statement of need?

Mike The “why” explains the “when.” Ultimatums — “Start initiating some contact or we’re through” — are bad for relationships because they mess with a person’s natural motivation. In good relationships, both parties are motivated not just by their own needs, but also by the needs of the other person and of the rela-

tionship itself. Both parties work to keep these in balance.

When one of you lobs an ultimatum, you essentially say, “Do what I want or it’ll cost you.”

That forces the other into one of two bad choices: Cave, thereby acting in self-interest instead of remaining invested in the balance — i.e., “Okay, I’ll do what you want, not because it’s good for you but because I don’t want my life disrupted” — or refuse to cave, thereby denying, just on a technicality, something the other person values or needs.

Ultimatums are particularly unfortunate because they’re so easy to avoid. You need only say exactly what you’re thinking and feeling, voice your specific request, then skip the part about the threat: “The fact that we only see each other if I do all the calling and planning makes me feel like I’m the only

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one interested in getting together.” Period — no mention of the eventual souring. You can underscore your side of it as boldly as you’d like: “It’s important to me that I not be the only one making the effort ... ” as long as you bite your tongue when you get to the consequence.

Why? Because, just by leaving that little bit of room, you stop short of backing the other person into the, “I do this or get dumped,” corner. That corner is responsible for so many “changes” that last only a few desultory days or weeks or however long it takes for the impact of the threat to dissipate.

And just by leaving that little bit of room, you get to see how the other person handles clear knowledge of what you want and need — and applies it to the balance of mine, yours, ours. Useful information indeed.

Stem cells not ready for Parkinson’s DEAR DR. ROACH:

I have Parkinson’s disease. Although my medication is still working, it’s not as effective as it was. I have heard that this is the time to consider stem-cell treatment.

Can you tell me if this is a good idea?

— S.A. ANSWER: Parkinson’s disease is caused by the loss of neurons (nerve calls) in a portion of the brain called the substantia nigra. Stem cells are early, unspecialized cells, capable of differentiating into any kind of cell. The theory with stem-cell treatment is that the stem cells will go into the affected part of the brain and take on the role of the damaged or destroyed cells. Some early work has been shown to be very promising.

In my view, the technology is not yet ready for widespread clinical use. I don’t recommend it. There are many new

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health medications for Parkin-

son’s disease, and I have recommended non-pharmacologic therapy, including exercise, several times. The treatment for Parkinson’s disease is changing so fast that I strongly recommend evaluation by an expert,

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PANAMA CITY — They’ve been called “suicide mosquitoes,” dead-end bugs and even Frankenskeeters.

They’re gene-altered mosquitoes, and Panama is among a growing list of countries that are testing to see whether they have a place in the public health arsenal in the war against mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever.

Dengue, which isn’t well-known outside tropical regions, is on the rise worldwide, with outbreaks reported this year in Texas and Florida. The mosquito that carries the dengue virus has spread to 100 countries and potentially exposes 2.5 billion people to the excruciating disease, also known as bonebreak fever. Some 50 million to 100 million people contract dengue each year, of which about 25,000 die, the World Health Organization reports.

“A person with dengue will be prostrate for several days,” said Dr. Carlos Galvez, the head epidemiologist for Panama’s Health Ministry. “They grow dehydrated very fast. In a matter of hours, the cases can grow more complicated.”

This has been a particularly bad year for dengue in the Western Hemisphere, with the Pan American Health Organization reporting 1.4 million cases. The Florida Department of Health issued an alert in late August amid an outbreak there, and the state had reported 19 cases by mid-September, none lethal.

Panama, with one of the most developed public-health systems in Latin America, struggles to cope with a type of mosquito known as Aedes aegypti, an aggressive urban dweller originally from North Africa that’s the principal carrier of the dengue virus.

Teams patrol the streets fumigating with insecticide in a constant battle against the mosquito, and public service ads remind Panamanians to drain standing water in eaves, buckets, flowerpots and old tires, where mosquitoes breed.

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Mini Vans '12 Dodge Gr. Caravan SXT Plus, P-Doors/Seat/Hatch, 36K Miles, Warranty, White.....................................................................................$21,500 '12 Chrysler T&C Touring, Leather, U Connect, DVD, Backup Camera, Cherry Red, 29K, Loaded!.............................................$25,900 '10 Chrysler T&C Touring Plus, Heated Leather, Dual DVD, Backup Camera, Loaded With Everything & Only 20,000 1-Owner Miles! White Finish..........................$23,900 '06 Chrysler T&C Touring, Stow-N-Go, Power Doors, Power Hatch, Alloys, New Tires, Local Trade, Red Finish.....................................$10,900 '03 Chevy Venture, V6, Local, Was $5,900................Reduced $4,900

Trucks '13 Chevy 2500 Crew LT, 4x4, Z71, V8, Power Seat, Alloys, Tube Steps, 13,000 1-Owner Miles, LIKE NEW!...................................$37,500 '12 Ford F150 Super Crew, 4x4 Lariat, Ecoboost, Leather, Nav., Sunroof, LOADED! 23K, Local, 1-Owner.....................................$36,900 '12 Ram 1500 Crew Cab, 4x4, Laramie, Heated/Cooled Leather Bucket Seats, White/Silver, Local 1-Owner, LOADED!.................$35,900 '11 Ram 1500 Crew, 4x4, Big Horn, Hemi, Power Seat, 20" Chrome Wheels, New Tires, Tube Steps, 1-Owner, 31K.............................$27,900 '11 Ram 1500 Quad SLT, 4x4, Hemi, Power Windows & Locks, CD, Alloys, Black Finish, 31,000 Local 1-Owner Miles.......................$27,500 '11 Ford F150 XL, Long Bed, V8 Auto, AC, Tilt, Cruise, Hard To Find 2 Wheel Drive, White, Like New, 19K............................................$18,500 '09 Ram 3500 Chassis Cab SLT, 4x4, Diesel, Auto, Power Windows & Lock, CD, New Tires, Local 1-Owner, Flat Bed.........................$27,900 '05 GMC 1500 Sierra SLE, 4x4, Buckets, Z-71, Power Seats, Alloys, Black Finish, Very Clean! Local Trade..........................................$15,900 '04 Ford F250 Crew Lariat, 4x4, Diesel, Leather, Loaded, Maroon/Silver, 118K, Local....................................................................................... $16,500 '03 Ford F150 Super Crew XLT, 4x4, V8 Auto, Power Seat, CD, Red Finish, Best Buy! Local Trade........................................................$11,900 '00 Toyota Tacoma, Ext. Cab, SR5, 4x4, V6, Auto, AC, Cruise, Power Windows & Locks, Alloys, Hard To Find.......................................$10,900 '00 Dodge Dakota, Ext. Cab, 4x4, SLT, V6, Power Windows & Locks, Keyless, Alloys, 79K, Local 1-Owner, Hard To Find!.....................$10,900

Cycle '12 Harley Davidson Dyna Switchback Edition, Dyan Hard Bags, Detachable Windshield, 2 Into 1 Vance & Hines Exhaust And Only 3,600 Miles, Like NEW, Summer End Special..............................$12,900