Sports: Iola A Indians rally for split See B1
The Weekender Saturday, June 11, 2016
Locally owned since 1867
www.iolaregister.com
Home’s history renewed Iola attorney targets houses for upgrade
EMS drugs an issue
By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
At the request of Ambulance Director Ryan Sell, Allen County detective Anthony Maness will investigate a drug issue within the department. “Sell came to my office on Monday and asked that we look into a discrepancy,” Sheriff Bryan Murphy said. “He said one of his staff twice had reported problems
One morning this week, as he is wont to do, Clyde Toland was sequestered on his front porch, reading. A friend dropped by. As conversation meandered, Toland demonstrated with his left arm how his dedication to therapy continued to help him recover from debilitating effects of a June 2010 stroke. He’ll never give up, Toland said, and meets therapy sessions with religious zeal. Same may be said of the Iola attorney and historian’s dedication to his neighborhood, a core part of what was to become Iola today soon after the city was founded in 1859. When two houses in the same block as his, 211 S. Colborn, fell on hard times, Toland bought them with two things in mind, neither to make money. “I wanted to help with the housing stock in Iola and maintain stability in a historical part of town,” Toland observed. “Early settlers were part of the neighborhood, Rhoades Addition, and just a block from the original townsite. Steve French, a contractor who specializes in restoration, did much of the work on the house at 221 S. Colborn, including a vaulted ceiling that makes a difference in the ambiance of the dwelling. “It was in terrible shape when I bought it,” Toland said. “The flue had fallen in, leading to leaks from rainfall and there was a hole in the
U.S. airlines to begin flights to Cuba HAVANA (AP) — Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, another milestone in President Barack Obama’s campaign to normalize relations between Cold War foes. The airlines — American, Frontier, JetBlue, Silver Airways, Southwest and Sun Country — were approved by the Department of Transportation for a total of 155 roundtrip flights per week. They’ll fly from five U.S. cities to nine cities in Cuba See CUBA | Page A3
See EMS | Page A3
Kansas GOP targets court’s authority By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press
A Boren’s Roofing crane hoists a newly built tower atop a house at the intersection of Madison and Colborn streets June 3. The house is being remodeled as part of Iolan Clyde Toland’s effort to preserve the community’s historic housing stock. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON second story floor.” French had help from electricians and plumbers and Don Britt, long known for his woodworking skills, fashioned a porch railing, “which
I think really dressed up the place.” Son David and his wife Beth also had compelling roles. Two families that had
impacts on Iola lived in the house before it began to degrade — Ray and Donna Houser in the late 1960s and See HISTORY | Page A6
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Republicans, irked by a court’s threat to keep public schools closed until le gislators change the way they’re funded, are considering an amendment to the state constitution blocking such rulings in the future. John Robb, an attorney for four school districts suing the state over education funding, derided the plan as “a crazy over-reaction” and “veiled power grab.” State Senate Vice PresiSee GOP | Page A4
Journalism beckons for Register intern By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register
It’s hard to credit the melancholy predictions concerning the future of print journalism when you’re presented with an up-and-coming reporter as talented as Jason Tidd. Tidd, an incoming senior at K-State — and the news editor of that school’s paper, “The Collegian” — began his summer internship with the Register last week. It’s a familiar alliance. “I actually delivered newspapers for the Register from when I was a third grader to when I was a freshman in high school,” remembers Tidd. “And my sisters deliver See TIDD | Page A6
Quote of the day Vol. 118, No. 159
Iolan Jason Tidd, a Kansas State University student, began work this month a a summer news intern at the Iola Register. REGISTER/RICK DANLEY
“Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized” — Albert Einstein 75 Cents
Hi: 91 Lo: 69 Iola, KS