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County hears budget requests

Cheating scandal detailed

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ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta schools Superintendent

By BOB JOHNSON Beverly Hall knew about cheatbob@iolaregister.com ing allegations on standardized Calls to the 911 dispatch center tests but either ignored them or average one almost every 10 mintried to hide them, according to a utes. state investigation.

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by Gov. Nathan Romney Deal’s office real change?” said the total comes to 55,000.

Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was Monday cross-country campaign whirl throughto anchants open records request of “Mitt!

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“That’s what we received last joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday. by both candidates, President Mitt!” showsatseveral reporta rallyeducators in the Northern year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch Barack Obama heads into Elec- Virginia ed cheating in their schools.

But suburbs outside Washcenter director, told Allen County tion Day riding a slim lead in ington. the report says Hall, who won The Republican asserted, commissioners Tuesday mornenough key states to secure a sec- as thehenational Superintendent of has throughout a six-year ing. ond term, while Mitt Romney re- quest the Year in 2009, and other for award the presidency, that his The call total — she figures administrators ignoredbusinessthose reas a successful

By RICHARD LUKEN attached. The bar was triggered mains competitive and could yet record half or more are for true emerports and sometimes retaliated richard@iolaregister.com through a gear box engaged as its unseat him. gencies — wasn’t the point of her National polling showed late against the whistleblowers.

LE ROY — Unlike the mecha- wheels roll. appearance, but the magnitude of nized behemoths of today, Ray I know real voter movement toward Obama, The yearlongwhat investigation With no mechanical engine to the number captivated commis- Whiteley’s mowing outfit was raising the possibility that the shows educators at nearly four change looks like (and) speak of, the only noise emanatsioners. election might not drag out for dozen Atlanta elementary considerably quieter. ing from his unit was from the we’ve got more changeand Murphy was before commismiddle schools cheated on stanHis “engine” — a pair of teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar days and weeks of wrangling to make. sioners to request a 20 percent 1,200-pound mules — needed only over disputed ballots, as some dardized tests by helping sturotating back and forth. increase in the department’s bud- an occasional break from the stidents or changing the answers Joining Whiteley was neighbor feared. The president continued — President Barack Obama get for 2012, up $126,000 over this fling summer heat as Whiteley to maintain a slight edge in the once exams were handed in. and friend Greg Gleue, with his year’s $490,000. vast majority of swing-state opinThe investigators also found a traversed his way around an 18- own mowing outfit, another sickThe increase seemed pretty acre prairie hay meadow. ion polls, though his advantage “culture of fear, intimidation and le bar mower pulled by a pair of hefty. Murphy reasoned health typically remained within the retaliation” in the school district “It’s a little warm, so we’ve Percheron draft horses. insurance will cost an additional been taking it easy,” Whiteley over Winter the cheating man, Olympicsallegations, chief and “We’re having some fun with surveys’ margins of error. $50,000 and another $6,000 was said. “It’s our little hobby.”

An Obama re-election win one-term which led to educators lying governor of Massachuit,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind expected for Kansas Public Emaboutqualified the cheating destroying himorfor the naThe mules were pulling White- of a wimp about it. He needs a would mean continued divided setts See COUNTY | Page A5 Ray Whiteleyin Washington. If tion’s highest office. government ley’s antique sickle bar mower, See CHEATING | Page A5 See MOWING | Page A5 Romney prevails, 2012 would beObama answered back, telling a small wagon with cutting bar come the fourth national change supporters on what he said would election in a row, including the be his last day as a candidate, “I Democratic takeover of Congress know what real change looks in 2006, Obama’s 2008 victory and like” and “we’ve got more change Register/Bob Johnson the Republican return to power in to make.”

Jamie Smail prepares to vote for the first time ever this morning at Iola’s North Community Building. the House in 2010.

Today’s vote, the president said Clerks facilitating his effort are Ginny Hawk and Gary Garver. Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will remain “I actually think the question in Madison, Wis., on Monday, open here and in LaHarpe, Moran, Gas and Humboldt until 7 p.m. of this election comes down to

Signs point to Obama, but Romney isn’t out of it

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Temps for run look inviting

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Drivers beware: Rut is on

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

SAFE BASE goes presidential

An anticipated field of a thousand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown busiBy BOB JOHNSON Brenda Clark and John Hutton, ness district early Saturday as bob@iolaregister.com both of Humboldt, and John RawCharley Melvin did in 1905, can The mating season for deer has lings, Pleasanton, all had vehicles be thankful that Melvin chose to begun, causing them to throw damaged in collisions with deer do his dastardly deed in the midcaution to the wind when it comes on roadways. dle of the night. to motorists.

During 2011, when nearly 9,200 Had the event being commemoLast weekend four vehicle- deer crashes occurred in the state, rated occurred in mid-day, pardeer accidents occurred in Allen two Kansans were killed. ticipants would battle oppressive County, an uptick in such acciheat and humidity, with both dents. Often the rut extends into HERE ARE some tips for drivforecast at the upper end of the December. ing in deer country: discomfort scale during daytime Gilbert Covey, rural Elsmore, See DRIVING | Page A6 Friday and Saturday. As is, they will run and walk in somewhat more inviting temperatures preRegister/Susan Lynn dicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m.

These men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s favorite Saturday. race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and The race — many walkers will Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. be out for a stroll — will cap activities that start late Friday afternoon and will go on throughout the evening. Included will be the much-awaited “drag race,” feaBy SUSAN LYNN year a woman’s garter was trans- The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, turing some of the area’s finest susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where participants will have a men and women dressed in drag.

Chris Weiner at Thrive Allen If you’ve got enough of it, Fri- to another. wide selection from which to County, co-sponsor with Allen day night is the night to let your “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m. hair down.

David Toland, executive director Registration to participate County Crimestoppers for “The One sure test is to participate of Thrive Allen County and one in the drag race is $5. That also Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run in the “Drag Race” as a runup to of the organizers for Friday’s gains participants entrance to a for your Life,” said total of particthe Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events.

9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive ipants was approaching 450, with Register/Steven on for theSchwartz 5-kiloRun For Your Life race.

If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can about 200 signed Above, Coterie Theatre’s comedy act, The Presidents!, perform meter run.

The walk will follow a Men and women alike are en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the Register/Allison Tinn 3-kilometer course.

“44 presidents in 45 minutes.”

At right, the SAFE BASE boot couraged to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on Sisters, Emily, left, and“compete” Erin Klubek, learn how to make ginger“Registration, probder manner and then camp students display their marching skills to theincluding guests during and other accoutrements will be See EGO | Page B6 bread houses during gingerbread house class Monday at the ably a fifth online, has really in teams of four in athe relay . Last available Monday’s blue plate dinner. at Elizabeth Donnelly’s

Put that ego on the shelf, boys

picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday afternoon. As in the past, “we expect a lot of people to sign up Friday night.”

Cost is $12 for the walk. Runners’ fees are $14 for youth to age 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for members of teams.

Runners in the third annual event will aim for best times of 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for females, set last year.

Sticks of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” will be awarded the first three places for males and females in each of five ages groups, 15 and under, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 and 61 and over.

All participants will break from in front of the post office.

Runners will follow a course that will take them on West to Washington, then Jackson, Jefferson and East to Cottonwood. They See TEMPS | B6

Flewharty-Powell Annex.

Students prepare dinner Decorating with imagination Pekarek finds home at USD 257 Iola Municipal Band

By ALLISON TINN The most important rule of the — Sincecontest 1871is— allison@iolaregister.com everything must be edAt the kids bandstand Jim Garner, director Young and the young at ible.

Thursday, 7, 2011 8 p.m. heart went to July the Flewharty-PowThis will really test the imagiPROGRAM ell Annex Monday evening to get

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Cole Porter Area Chamber Commerce, was down waffle cones can be decoratInvercargill — march ...................................................

Lithgow held to get people prepared for ed Christmas trees,Alex Jolly Ranchers Hymn to the Fallen....................................

John Williams/Sweeney the Gingerbread Walk, a contest can be glass windows and pretzels Mensubmitted of Ohio —gingerbread march ............................................. where cre- can be a fence. Henry Fillmore A Sixties Time Capsule — medley arr. Jennings ations are placed in different store ..............................

Dry foods are the best and are The Washington Post — march ...................................John P. Sousa fronts around town to be voted on. slow to disintegrate.

Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.

The contest will run Dec. 7-22.

For more information contact the Chamber of Commerce at (620) 365-5252 or visit iolachamber.org.

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By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com

By JOE SNEVE SAFE BASE children had the joe@iolaregister.com

opportunity give their When Brian to Pekarek wasfriends hired family the “presidential” asand superintendent of the Iola treatment at Jefferson Elemenschool district in February, he tary night.to “reinvigosaw anMonday opportunity a 257. part of the program’s rate”As USD weekly plate the With a blue focus ondinners, academic children spent weeks preparachievement and public transparing Pekarek a meal tohopes serve to ency, hevisitors can fur-in thesuccess gym. Due today’s election, ther fortothe district and this week’s an electoral the more thanmeal 1,300had students relyspin to it. Meals normally have ing on it. aPekarek theme, walks however, week the histhis talk.

A nastudents went all-out to provide See PEKAREK | Page A5 an extensive meal, with multiple ingredients.

The kindergarten students 75 Cents 75 Cents

cooked single-serving apple “They weren’t sure, but then pies. Loretta Ellis, a kindergar- they tried it,” Tarter said. “Then ten teacher from McKinley, and they decided that’s what they Linda Johnson, a kindergarten were going to make.” teacher from Jefferson, said the Second- and third-graders kids worked hard to make sure made a fresh salad and fourththeir part of the meal was ready and fifth-graders put together for Monday’s program. the healthy potato bar for the “It took four weeks to cook 190 meal. SAFE BASE director Anpies,” Ellis said, “But the pies gela Henry said fresh produce ended up being really yummy, from the garden at Lincoln Elthey (the students) loved it.” ementary was used whenever The first-grade students took possible. on the challenge of making a Mexican dip for their contribuOVERALL, Henry said the Brian center, visits with Marcywas Boring at tion. Pekarek, SAFE BASE teacher Jen Barb ideaGeffert of the and program to enthe USD 257 board office.

Tarter said they were a bit ap- courage the voting process to prehensive in their decision, but both students and their parents. it ended up being the right one.

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Obituary Elaine Horsch

Norma “Elaine” (Koenig) Horsch died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 at her daughter’s home in Yates Center.

Elaine was born Sept.

2, 1912, the daughter of Hattie Belle (Stevens) and August Adolph Koenig in Yates Center.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, Yates Center.

Burial will follow at Yates Center Cemetery.

Visitation will be the evening prior to the service, from 6 to 7 p.m.

Thursday.

Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist Church of Yates Center or the Yates Center Senior Center and may be sent in care of Campbell Funeral Home P.O. Box 188 Yates Center, KS 66783.

Information may also be found at jonescampbellfuneralhome.com.

The Iola Register

Police report Arrests made

prompted them to respond.

Brandson Tatman, 25, and Valarie Landell, 20, both of Elsmore, were arrested early Sunday morning for domestic battery and disorderly conduct when Allen County officers responded to a 911 call.

John H. Stranghoner, 45, Iola, was arrested for disorderly conduct in a domestic setting Sunday evening

by Allen County officers.

The disturbance that led to Stranghoner’s arrest occurred outside Iola police headquarters during a child exchange. Officers said they heard “yelling and profanities,” which

Vehicle crashes

A vehicle driven by Jordan Dillingham, Iola, ran off an Allen County road two miles southwest of Iola Sunday morning. The vehicle ran into an embankment and then struck a tree before slamming into a utility pole, which was snapped in two.

Vehicle hits deer

A vehicle driven by Janice Colvin struck a deer on an Allen County road two miles southeast of Humboldt Wednesday morning.

Card shower requested A card shower has been requested for Ralph and Dolores Wilson in honor of their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday.

They were married Nov. 10, 1952 in Piqua. They have two children, Sharon Bland

and husband Roger, Iola, and Debbie Hill and husband Rick, Parker, Colo.

They have four grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren.

Cards can be sent to 414 S. Oak, Iola.

Report says Netanyahu, military were split “ This is not

By Sheera Frenkel McClatchy Newspapers

something you can do unless you are certain you want to use it at the end. This is not something you step down from.

— Gabi Ashkenazi, Israel Defense Forces chief

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JERUSALEM — Israel's military leaders refused two years ago to put the country's army on alert for immediate action against Iran, telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak that Israel was not ready to take on Iran alone, according to a new documentary that aired here Monday.

In an hourlong investigative report, the Israeli television program "Uvda" said that Netanyahu had ordered the heightened military alert during a meeting in late 2010.

The report described the country's top military and intelligence leaders, Israel Defense Forces chief Gabi Ashkenazi and the director of the Mossad spy agency, Meir Dagan, as "shocked" by Netanyahu's move and said they both argued strongly against the measure.

Dagan argued that placing the military on heightened alert could lead to "an illegal decision to go to war," the program said. Ashkenazi

argued that putting the military on alert for an immediate strike would be a step that the country could not easily back way from, the program said.

"This is not something you do unless you are certain you want to use it at the end," Ashkenazi was quoted as having said. "This is not something you step down from."

In an on-camera interview for the program, Barak confirmed that Netanyahu is-

sued the order, but he said it was not carried out because Ashkenazi said the military couldn't carry out an attack on Iran. Ashkenazi denied that, however, and said the decision not to go forward had been a political one.

Israeli news organizations reported at the time that there had been a dispute between Barak and Ashkenazi, but the details had never been revealed.

The report renews questions about whether Israel would be able to take unilateral action against Iran over that country's nuclear enrichment program, which Israel claims is intended to develop a weapon but that Iran says is for peaceful purposes only.

Publicly, Israel's leaders have always said that "every option is on the table" when it comes to stopping Iran's nuclear program. Defense analysts, however, have argued that it would be extremely difficult — if not impossible — for Israel to carry out an attack without U.S. support.

Car bomb kills 11 in Syria

By P. MCDONNELL and RIMA MARROUCH Los Angeles Times

BEIRUT — A car bomb exploded Monday in a Damascus district that is home to many security personnel and members of President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect, killing 11 people and wounding dozens of others, the official state media reported.

The attack was part of a wave of violence reported Monday across Syria, including a massive car bomb apparently targeting a military post in the central province of Hama and aerial bombardment of rebel held towns in northwest Syria. Scores were reported killed.

Monday's car bombing in Damascus' Mazzeh Jabal 86 district, with a large concentration of Alawites, is the latest in a series of explosions in the Syrian capital that could inflame sectarian tensions. Mostly Sunni Muslim rebels have been fighting to oust Assad, whose Alawite sect is considered an offshoot of the Shiite branch of Islam.

Other Damascus-area bombs in recent weeks have detonated near a revered Shiite shrine, Sayyida Zainab, and in the Bab Touma district, a historic Christian neighborhood in Damascus' Old City.

Assad has depicted his administration as a defender of Syria's minority groups. His government, deeply unpopular with much of the Sunni

majority, maintains considerable support among Alawite, Shiite and Christian minorities.

The government blames the attacks on "terrorists," its label for armed rebels.

It remained unclear if the Damascus bombings represent part of a coordinated opposition campaign, are the actions of autonomous rebel groups, or whether there is some alternate explanation. The disparate rebel factions fighting to oust Assad lack a central chain of command.

Also in the Damascus area, the government news service reported five people were killed when rebels launched a mortar attack on a public transportation mini-bus in the Yarmouk camp, home to many Palestinian refugees.

Claims by both sides of the

fighting are difficult to verify because the government has limited the access of outside media to conflict zones.

The Associated Press reported that pro- and antiAssad Palestinian factions clashed Monday in the capital. Syria's civil conflict has divided Syria's huge Palestinian refugee community.

Meanwhile, opposition representatives said among the rebel-held areas bombarded Monday by government aircraft was of Kafarnabel, in northwest Idlib province.

The town has achieved a measure of international notoriety because of residents' witty protest banners, some penned in English, that have been posted on YouTube, usually following Friday prayers and demonstrations. Residents also displayed elaborate caricatures assailing the Assad government.

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Veterans lunch given Thursday, Marmaton Valley will be holding a veterans recognition lunch and matinee.

The lunch will be begin at 11 a.m., followed by a school theater production.

For more information contact Marmaton Valley at (620) 237-4251.

Thanksgiving dinner for senior citizens Marmaton Valley will be holding its 20th annual senior citizens dinner, Nov. 20 at noon.

Debbie Barnes Snodgrass, former Miss America for 1968, will be the entertainment, provided by Thrive Allen County.

FCCLA students will cook and serve the traditional Thanksgiving food.

All USD 256 senior citizens are invited.

For more information contact Marmaton Valley at (620) 237-4251.

Paris’ Musee d’Orsay architect dies

By ELAINE WOO Los Angeles Times

Gae Aulenti, an Italian architect who attained international prominence turning old buildings into modern museums, including Paris’ Musee d’Orsay and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, died Wednesday at her home in Milan. She was 84.

Her family told Italian media that she had been ill for some time.

One of the few women working in postwar Italian design, Aulenti began her career designing furniture, lamps and other accessories. One of her most famous pieces is the Tavolo con Ruote (Table With Wheels), an elegant postmodernist work consisting of a thick square of glass on industrial casters that is in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

She also designed showrooms for Olivetti and Fiat, opera sets for Milan’s La Scala, the garden at a Tuscan villa, and a Rodeo Drive boutique for fashion designer Adrienne Vittadini.

But the work that brought her the widest acclaim was refashioning historic structures into museums.

Musee d’Orsay, her most

famous project, was a 1900 Beaux Arts train station that she transformed over a period of several years into a sleek and glamorous home for Impressionist masterpieces and other art.

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum had been a library in its previous life, defined by a mock-classical style popular in the early 20th century. In Aulenti’s hands it became an open, light-filled space with unexpected touches, such as a courtyard with volcanic stone floors and seating.

“Gae Aulenti had a very profound understanding of classical architecture ... but also an extremely modern sensibility,” said Emily Sano, who worked with Aulenti as director of the Asian Art Museum when the renovation was launched in the late 1990s.

“She was also deeply humane. She really did un-

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Aulenti, who also designed museum spaces in Barcelona, Istanbul and Venice, often provoked extreme reactions with her architectural adaptations.

When the Musee d’Orsay opened in 1986 the critics’ reactions ranged from “fabulously eccentric” to comparisons with “a funeral hall ... an Egyptian burial monument.”

The architect, whom Sano described as a “tough, really brilliant woman,” brushed off the attacks by noting the public’s response: In its opening days, 20,000 people lined up to get in.

“We looked at the old station as a contemporary object, without history,” Aulenti, referring to the old Gare d’Orsay railway station, wrote in Architecture and Urbanism magazine some years ago. “We regarded the original architect, Victor Laloux, as a companion in the metamorphosis of the station into a museum.”

Aulenti was born Dec. 4, 1927, in Palazzolo della Stella, near Trieste, where her father worked as an economist.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The Iola Register

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Calendar

Today - VOTE, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Wednesday - American Baptist Women’s Mission meeting, 9 a.m. White Cross work, covered dish lunch at noon, business meeting, 1 p.m., at the church; Humboldt Planning Commission meeting, 7 p.m., City Council room.

Sunday - First Baptist Church family night dinner and program, 5:30 p.m.

Monday - Veterans Day Nov. 13-Chapter AM, PEO meeting, 7:30 p.m., library meeting room.

Downtown Action Team

Members of the Downtown Action Team (DAT) traveled to Olathe Oct. 19 where they met Matt Just, Civil Engineer LLC. Just reviewed a list of the scope of projects allowed, community support needed and interim financing requirements noted in the KDOT grant application. The application deadline has been extended to Feb. 15, 2013.

The DAT recommended the scope of the downtown streetscape project be narrowed and requested Just to identify costs associated with narrowing the

Terry Broyles 473-3727 sidewalk replacement on the east side of the square in order to allow for diagonal parking.

Members determined arch cuts or vegetation would be removed from the project, but asked Mr. Just to provide two cost estimates for narrowing the sidewalk; one with additional street lights and one without.

Several merchants and building owners have been approached and indicated they would write letters of support for a USDA grant to fund the project. Plans are to present the grant application and project to the City Growth Committee in November.

There will be a Christmas lighting ceremony at the bandstand in the square on November 26 at 6 p.m. and DAT members, Larry Tucker and Sunny Shreeve will attend the Public Square Communities conference in McPherson, Nov. 9 - 10.

Gals and ghouls on parade

Terry Broyles/Register

Clockwise from left, G.A.L.S. member Nancy Weilert leads the fourth grade group in the Halloween Parade, Hadlee Allen, 7 months, looks serious in her Strawberry Shortcake costume, and Jacob Grzybowski, 10, is disguised as a scary zombie.

Election volunteers prepare

The House of Prayer re-opens

By TERRY BROYLES Humboldt Correspondent

By TERRY BROYLES Humboldt Correspondent

HUMBOLDT — Once the voting polls opened today at 7 a.m., Sherrie Riebel, county clerk, no doubt breathed a guarded sigh of relief knowing volunteers she had recruited to work at the polls were on duty and voting could proceed.

Citizens who choose to exercise their privilege of voting probably haven’t thought about the time it takes to find volunteers who will go through training and commit to a 13hour day for minimum wage.

“I need 15 (volunteers) in Humboldt,” Riebel said.

“There is one Supervising Judge and 14 Clerks.”

The Supervising Judge is there to see that things run smoothly and that board workers are doing their jobs correctly. Seven clerks handle the poll books, three hand out the ballots, three make sure marked ballots are placed in the cans and one is an auto-mark person.

“Each of these positions has an extra person so that the others can have a break or take a break if they need to, other than eating,” Riebel said.

Although volunteers aren’t required to have

elaborate qualifications, Riebel looks for those who can be “fairly quick” and are “kind and considerate.”

“I found several who wanted to work, but not on a computer,” Riebel said.

Mandatory training of approximately three hours the day prior to election is required of volunteers and additional special training for those running the electronic poll books.

“I had extra training on them mainly because they are new and I wanted board workers to be comfortable running them,” she explained.

Riebel is grateful for workers who return year after year, like Ginger Roberts, who has been on the election board more than 40 years. She started when Cottage Grove and Salem Townships voted at Zillah School east of town when the polls were moved to town.

In those early years, she was on the counting board eventually working her way up the ladder of responsibility to Supervising Judge.

“Now I am back to being a clerk,” Roberts said. “I’m getting up there in years and I don’t do computers.”

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“It’s great to see all the people in your neighborhood and your friends,” she said. “But, I always felt it was my duty to help. I enjoy all aspects of it and the companionship of the people on the board. I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve been there quite awhile.”

Several years ago, “it’s in a file somewhere,” Roberts received a certificate from the Secretary of State for 35 years of service on the election board.

There are 1,957 registered voters in Cottage Grove, Salem, Logan, Humboldt Township and the two Humboldt wards.

All mark their ballots in new four-way booths at the First Baptist Church here.

“The City of Humboldt set up booths forever and a day until we got the new four-way booths,” Riebel said. Set-up is now handled by the county clerk’s office.

Roberts feels like it will be a busy day at the polls, which confirms Riebel’s observation, “Voters make our Election Day and Advanced Voting a successful election.”

HUMBOLDT — The House of Prayer gift shop at the corner of 9th and Bridge streets is once again observing regular business hours after being closed for the past eight months.

“Right now, we’re doing a lot of cleaning,” Corliss O’Neill, staff member, said.

The gift shop building is associated with the Confraternity of Our Lady Queen of Peace House of Prayer located a block east at 102 S. 10th and the upstairs is used as residence for staff members.

“Basically, we were short

of staff,” O’Neill said, “We have enough staff now to be open and we’re always recruiting other staff members.”

Volunteer staff members are responsible for praying in the House of Prayer chapel from 10 to 6, seven days a week, as well as maintenance of the Confraternity properties.

“The staff will clean or do whatever is needed,” O’Neill added. “We did have staff who came in for prayer of novena on Saturdays while we were shorthanded.”

A native of Canada,

Republicans look to sweep house TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Republicans looked to repeat their sweep today of the state’s four congressional districts, keeping the U.S. House seats in the party’s hands for the second straight election cycle.

The races follow a trend in Kansas politics in recent years that has seen Republicans and the party’s conservative wing gain a tighter grip on elected offices, despite increases in the number of unaffiliated voters.

Democrats have struggled

over that time to field candidates in all of the districts, or have had to rely on relative political newcomers to step forward.

That’s the case in the 2nd District where Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a Topeka Republican, is seeking a third term and faces Democrat Tobias Schlingensiepen, a Topeka pastor making his first run at public office. The district covers much of eastern Kansas. Because of new boundaries drawn in June the district includes all

Tenure faculty to be reviewed LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Board of Regents will consider requiring the six state universities to put in place procedures for conducting periodic performance reviews for tenured faculty members.

Board of Regents Vice Chairman Fred Logan said faculty would be part of planning the process for “post-tenure” reviews and he envisions them being conducted by the faculty members’ peers.

“I think that post-tenure review — when it’s done by faculty and by university leaders, it’s a very affirming process for tenured professors,” Logan said.

Logan said the regents could consider the policy at their December meeting but he doesn’t expect it to be implemented until at least next year, The Lawrence Journal-World

O’Neill manages the gift shop that offers religious articles such as Rosaries, pictures, books, DVDs and candles to the public and visitors — who come into town to pray at the chapel.

The chapel is “open to the public,” O’Neill said.

“Although we say Catholic prayers, anyone may put in a petition for prayer and we’ll pray for it. You don’t have to be a Catholic.”

The House of Prayer was dedicated six years ago in November 2006 and O’Neill has been on staff here at numerous intervals returning to Canada every six months.

reported.

Andrew Torrance, a law professor who is Faculty Senate president at the University of Kansas, said he believes most faculty would support the proposal if it is handled fairly and is not strictly punitive.

“Sometimes faculty may get off track, and we think this could be an opportunity to get faculty back on track,” Torrance said.

Faculty members who earn tenure generally are protected from dismissal except for adequate cause, unless a program is discontinued or a financial emergency occurs.

Torrance said it’s important to maintain tenure protections because they insulate faculty from outside influences on their research.

“Tenure actually backstops the objective search

for the way the world really is,” Torrance said, “and it’s important to know that if you drop an apple, gravity pulls it down. It doesn’t send it back up.”

Associate special education professor Sandra Gautt, a former Kansas administrator, said it’s a myth that tenure gives lifelong employment to undeserving faculty. At the University of Kansas, tenured faculty must undergo an annual evaluation process that is more rigorous than reviews faced by typical privatesector employees, she said.

Mary Lee Hummert, Kansas’ vice provost for faculty support, said the university would ask faculty governance leaders for input on the post-tenure review policy and a special faculty committee will create a plan.

of Lawrence and Douglas County which had previously been in the 3rd District.

Jenkins campaigned on jobs and the economy, vowing to continue to fight back government regulations on small businesses, including blunting the effects of the new health care act. Schlingensiepen, in his first political campaign, won a threeway Democratic primary in August. The last Democrat to hold the seat was Nancy Boyda who lost to Jenkins in 2008.

Zebra mussels found KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — State wildlife officials have found invasive zebra mussels in an eastern Kansas lake.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism says a recent survey found both larval and adult zebra mussels at the 407-acre Wyandotte County Lake. The agency says there are now 17 Kansas reservoirs and lakes infested with the aquatic nuisances.

Zebra mussels are beansized mollusks with striped shells that have been spread around the world via cargo ships.

In Kansas, the communities of Council Grove and Osage City have both had water shortages because of zebra mussel infestations.

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Counties should copy cities in picking personnel Against my better judgment, I voted for a candidate for sheriff of Allen County and for the rest of the county offices on the ballot.

The only wise vote in the batch was for county commissioner. County commissioners make policy. They should therefore be elected. None of the other officials up for election do. The others hold jobs that are best done by people trained in the knowledge and skills required by the position.

They should be hired by the county commission from qualified applicants for the jobs. Or, better yet, picked by a trained county manager.

The model for staffing Allen County lies just across the street in Iola City Hall. Iola, like every other city in Kansas and most of America, doesn’t elect its law enforcement officers, its attorney, its clerks and other department heads. They are all hired by the city council, usually with the advice of the city administrator.

It is particularly important that law enforcement department heads, such as the chief of police, be hired rather than elected. Elected officials quite naturally seek to make themselves liked by the voters.

Hello, out there.

Popular sheriffs are not always good sheriffs. A chief of police who set out every morning to please the public might decide to have fewer parking violation tickets written, take a prominent businessman home rather than toss him in the clinker as a drunk and put people-pleasing over law enforcement in other ways.

Following the pattern set by municipalities would make for better county government for other reasons, as well. When selections are made in the election process, candidates with outgoing personalities have a

natural advantage. The quiet, inward-looking guy or gal doesn’t even try to win those offices, even though they might do a whale of a job as register of deeds, treasurer or county clerk. Slapping backs and kissing babies doesn’t appeal to them.

Advantage number three is that competent, hard-working employees should be kept on the job as long as they can do the work and want to stay. That is all but automatic in municipal government. Thirty-year pin parties are commonplace events in city halls.

There would be more of them in county courthouses if the jobs were appointive rather than elective — and the taxpayers would benefit from the expertise those faithful servants develop and the loyalty they demonstrate.

TO BE SURE, the good sense of the voters in counties like Allen make the system work despite itself. Republican Allen County sometimes puts a Democrat in an elective county job and then keeps them there for term after term because they perform well. The voters, in effect, decide not to play politics and play good government instead.

To its good fortune, Allen County has had quite a few career county clerks, treasurers and registers of deeds.

But depending on the voters to act as though they were the county commission sometimes has painful results. If they turn out to be duds, elected officials can’t be fired until the next election. And that may be the very best reason to junk the system and adopt the city model.

Will it happen? When pigs fly and every hen lays two eggs a day.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

A look back in time 50 Years Ago November 1962

First Methodist Church will present Miss Florence Hobart, local organist, in recital. A number of organ and piano pupils who have gone into music professionally, had their early training with Miss Hobart. She has appeared as organist in many Iola Music Club programs since 1925. ***** The Iola Board of Education filed a suit against Allen County Bank acting as trustee for the will

of Thomas H. Bowlus, asking the court to require the trustee to accept the first bids to build the Bowlus Fine Arts Center for $962,981.

The bank had had contractors reduce their bids to $863,031 and make nine changes in the specifications which, the school board contends, reduces “the artistic appeal and functional use” of the building and were not necessary because the trust amounts to $1,329,399 — more than enough to build the center as first bid. The case awaits trial.

A Romney court would set back the clock The presidential election will decide not just who leads the executive branch but who appoints federal judges. With four justices in their 70s, the next president likely will make at least one appointment to the nine-member U.S. Supreme Court, impacting the law for a generation. President Barack Obama’s court picks would be moderate and humane, as they have been so far, while Republican Mitt Romney promises to nominate conservative activists who would turn back the clock on a swath of progressive advances and rights.

We already know the kind of justices President Barack Obama would choose. He appointed two, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who have since ruled to limit corporate money in political campaigns, protect women from discrimination, shield consumers from corporate harm, and uphold the Affordable Care Act, the greatest safety net expansion since Medicare. Romney, who has denounced Sotomayor, would look for a very different set of values in his justices. His models are Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, the court’s fiercest conservatives, who are pretty dependable votes to limit civil rights, economic justice and environmental regulations, as well as decimate churchstate separation.

Romney sent a powerful signal to economic and religious conservatives by tapping Robert Bork as a key judicial adviser. Bork was the Reagan Supreme Court nominee rejected in 1987 by a bipartisan U.S. Senate as too radically conservative and out of mainstream legal thought. Bork notoriously said there is no right to privacy in

the U.S. Constitution. He accepted state laws banning contraception even for married couples, while rejecting parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that desegregated lunch counters. Despite these extreme views, Romney has said he wishes Bork “were already on the court.”

Women should be particularly concerned. The oldest liberal members of the high court are Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg. who is 79, and Stephen Breyer, who is 74. Scalia and Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court’s sole centrist, are 76. All it would take is for one Romney nominee to replace Kennedy or one of the court’s liberals for Roe vs. Wade to be overturned. Romney has said he rejects Roe, the 1973 ruling that guarantees women the right to choose an abortion, and would leave abortion regulation to the states. This would wipe away decades of reproductive

freedom rights and progress in women’s health.

But Roe’s demise is just the start of the precedents at risk by an activist conservative court that would seek to strike down federal regulations, expand states’ rights and roll back long-standing civil rights and liberties.

Romney’s judicial picks would be out of touch with the values of most Americans. They would likely set back the rights of women, side with states that want to interfere with minority voting rights, allow more taxpayer money to fund religious activities, protect polluters and shut the courthouse door to little-guy consumers, workers and gays seeking equal rights. This legacy would last for decades after Romney left office, and voters should reflect on the long-term implications for the nation as they cast their ballots for president.

— The Tampa Bay Times

Hurricane Sandy shows continued need for federal aid This is politics: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie shows up at a Republican function in late October and bashes President Barack Obama as someone who’s “clutching for the light switch of leadership.”

This is real life: Barely a week later Christie goes on national TV to praise Obama, saying, “I cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state.”

Why the abrupt change?

Because superstorm Sandy had slammed into New Jersey and much of the Northeast with horrific force, killing dozens of people, destroying homes, crippling transit, shutting off electricity and leaving a swath of destruction that demands the most heroic relief and rebuilding efforts the nation can muster.

New Jersey doesn’t have nearly enough resources — from money to qualified personnel — to do that right now. Neither do New York, Connecticut or the other badly damaged states.

Talk of self-sufficiency and states’ rights make for nice sound bites when the sun in shining. ... But Joplin residents found out after a tornado ripped through their city in 2011, it’s far better to have national, state and local public employees ready to respond.

So Christie, other governors and mayors of affected communities are looking to the entity best suited to rush in and help in times of crisis.

It’s called the federal govern-

ment.

While criticizing most everything that Washington does these days is a popular activity for some politicians, its size and reach are crucial during national disasters.

Compassionate, knowledgeable leadership helps, too. Obama and the federal forces he leads displayed that quality early on in the wake of Sandy.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency quickly moved badly needed power generators into many affected areas, helped with emergency transit and brought in massive amounts of water and pre-packaged meals.

Given the tremendous extent of the damage, emergency responders were still scrambling over the weekend to restore electricity to many people in New York City and New Jersey, and get sufficient amounts of gasoline to the Northeast.

Talk of self-sufficiency and states’ rights make for nice sound bites when the sun is shining.

But Joplin residents found out after a tornado ripped through their city in 2011, it’s far better to have national, state and local public employees ready to respond.

In Sandy’s aftermath, the Red Cross, other nonprofit groups and utility crews from around the country are providing excellent assistance.

Still, natural disasters tend to show Americans we’re all in this together. It’s encouraging that an empathetic president has helped lead a massive federal response to the megastorm.

— The Kansas City Star

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It won’t be long and winter will be upon us. But before the bitter cold hits, a couple of lawn tasks still need to be done.

November is the time to give cool-season lawns the last nitrogen application of the season.

Why November? Because it will help the grass next spring. As the top growth slows due to the cool temperatures in November, grass plants continue making food (carbohydrates).

Carbohydrates that are not used in growth are stored in the crown and other storage tissues in the plant.

These reserves help the turfgrass green up earlier in the spring and sustain growth into May without the need for early spring nitrogen application.

How much fertilizer should you apply? One to 1½ pounds of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet of lawn is sufficient. A quick nitrogen carrier such as urea or ammonium sulfate should be used.

Weeds are probably the last thing on your mind right now. But think back to last spring. Did you have a purple cast to your lawn from henbit or a good crop of dandelions? If so, believe it or not, they were already growing in your lawn last fall.

Cool season broadleaf weeds such as henbit, dandelions and chickweed all germinate in the cool moist periods of September and October. They overwinter as small plants, barely visible unless you get down close to the ground to look.

Once warm weather arrives in the spring, the plants grow rapidly and flower.

Fall control is ideal for

Krista Harding Extension Agent for Agriculture

these cool season broadleaf weeds. The weeds are storing food in their roots and will send a leaf-applied herbicide to their roots as well. The herbicides will translocate to the roots and will kill the plants from the roots up. These plants are also small and easily controlled right now.

There are several products on the market that are effective on these fall germinating weeds. Herbicides such as 2,4-D or combination products that contain 2,4-D, MCCP and Dicamba, sold under the trade names of Trimec, Weed-B-Gon, or Weed-Out, can be used. A product called Weed Free Zone is also an option. It contains the three active ingredients mentioned above plus carfentrazone.

Newly planted lawns should not be treated with an herbicide until the new grass seedlings have been mowed two or three times depending on the product.

Read and follow label directions closely.

Herbicide drift can be a problem during the spring when warm temperatures prevail along with winds.

The cooler fall temperatures and the dormant state of most plants reduce this problem considerably, making it an ideal time for application.

Take action now to have a beautiful, weed-free lawn next spring.

4H news The Logan Pals 4-H meeting was held on Oct. 22 at the Lutheran Church. Roll call was answered by what superstition you have. Michelle Umholtz brought up committee sign-up sheets and welcomed new members, and Catherine Sharp gave results on the baked goods raffle.

For new business, new officers were installed during a ceremony.

Members also made a trail mix snack. Gabriella Sharp gave a talk about how

to show your goat, Jessica Sharp gave a discussion on her lamp project, Delaney Umholtz gave a demonstration on how to decorate pumpkins. Clay Shannon gave a talk on parts of a saddle.

The November meeting will be held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church on Nov. 26 and will coincide with Logan Pals achievement night.

Zoey Rinehart, club reporter

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Hunt with sympathy and regard

By JOHN SCHLAGECK Kansas Farm Bureau

This weekend the hills, fields and woods will once again awaken to the sound of booming shotguns as hunters and their dogs swarm the countryside searching for pheasants, quail, ducks and other wildlife.

It goes without saying that Kansas farms and ranches have always been a handy, ready-to-use outlet for many urban dwellers in search of recreational hunting. On opening day of the upland game season the interstate and U.S. highways will be a steady stream of pickups, SUVs and cars headed for central and western Kansas.

If you’re one of these hunters who plan to hunt on private land, remember one key word when your thoughts turn toward hunting — consideration.

Translated, consideration means thoughtful and sympathetic regard.

In this country, wildlife belongs to the people, but

landowners have the right to say who goes on their land. If you are interested in hunting, make arrangements before you hunt.

Don’t wait until the day you plan to hunt someone’s land and then pound on their door at 6 a.m. Once you’ve secured permission, here are some suggestions to follow that will ensure a lasting relationship between you and the landowner.

Agree on who, and how many, will hunt on the land. Specify number and furnish names. Talk about specific times and dates you plan to hunt.

Phone each and every time before you plan to hunt, and let the landowner know your intentions.

The landowner may have forgotten about your original conversation. It’s just common courtesy to say hello before hunting and ask again for the opportunity – or privilege, as I consider it – to hunt on someone’s property.

Determine exactly

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comes down to “a choice between returning to the topdown policies that crashed our economy, or a future that’s built on providing opportunity to everybody and growing a strong middle class.”

More than 30 million Americans already have voted and by the time all polling places close, more than 130 million are expected to have cast ballots across the country. Most will be in places, including California, Illinois, Texas and New York, where the presidential election is not in doubt, because most states reliably favor the nominee of one major party or the other.

Insiders in both campaigns say they will be closely watching three states—Ohio, Wisconsin and Virginia—for clues to the outcome of the election.

On Monday, as the sun set on their prolonged and bitter campaign battle, Obama and Romney converged on Columbus, Ohio, the key swing area of the nation’s most celebrated battleground state, which has gotten more candidate attention than any other.

Obama also campaigned in Wisconsin and Iowa, while Romney appeared in Florida, Virginia and New Hampshire.

Romney has sought to add Pennsylvania to that mix, scheduling an Election Day stop in Pittsburgh, along with another in Cleveland.

Obama planned to spend today in his hometown of Chicago, where he cast an early ballot last month.

Carrying Ohio—which he won four years ago—would open up a clear path to 270 electoral votes for the president. To win re-election, Obama would need to add only Wisconsin, assuming his advantage holds in Nevada and other states regarded as likely to go Democratic. But Wisconsin, the home state of Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, is not a given. Recent polling shows Obama ahead by three or more

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points, though a recent campaign poll had his lead down to a single percentage point.

Another had him ahead by five.

If Obama loses Ohio, he’ll need to make up the difference by carrying Colorado, Iowa and New Hampshire; late polling showed him with at least a marginal lead in all three. A Virginia win would give him breathing room and could be an early sign that he is headed for victory.

Romney’s electoral math is more complicated, but almost certainly requires winning Ohio. A loss there would force him to pick up other states, including Wisconsin, Colorado and New Hampshire. He’d also have

where on the land you have permission to hunt. Some areas may be off-limits because of livestock or crops.

Always, and I can’t stress this enough, leave gates the way you find them. If they are open, leave them that way. If they are closed, shut them after you pass through.

If you ever leave a gate open and a farmer’s cow herd gets out of the pasture, “Katie bar the door.”

You’ll never be invited back to hunt.

Once you’ve enjoyed a successful hunt, stop by to thank the landowner for his generosity. Offer to share the game you bag.

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ends, write a note expressing your appreciation for the opportunity to hunt.

You may also find out what the landowner and his/ her family enjoys eating or drinking and drop by later with a gift.

Leasing of land by the hunter from the landowner is becoming more

“ This election reminds me very much of

2004 in Ohio. We had the incumbent president, George W. Bush, coming in with a lead, a small lead, and he ended up being able to sustain that and he ended up winning.

— John Green , director Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and the University of Akron

of the Constitution, a presidential election is actually a series of separate elections, rather than a single national one. The 538 electoral votes represent the sum of winner-take-all results in

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Early voters wait in line to vote via absentee ballot outside the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office in suburban West Palm Beach, Fla., Monday. to carry Virginia and Florida.

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popular in Kansas. Such agreements allow hunters a guaranteed hunting site.

It also provides the landowner income to recoup some of the investment he needs to leave habitat suitable for wildlife to survive and prosper.

If you enter into such a lease, make sure it is written and includes all provisions both parties deem necessary. This should include a clause for the landowner and his or her family to hunt on the land.

Remember that the hunter and landowner should always discuss the terms of the hunt before hunting begins. This is extremely important. And hunters, never forget you are a guest and it is a privilege to hunt on the owner’s land.

John Schlageck is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas.

Born and raised on a diversified farm in northwestern Kansas, his writing reflects a lifetime of experience, knowledge and passion.

48 states and the District of Columbia; also included are individual electoral votes from districts in Maine and Nebraska, which may differ from the statewide result under laws in those states. As recently as 2000, the winner of the nationwide popular vote (Al Gore) lost the electoral vote.

In the battlegrounds with the most electoral votes this time, demographics, local issues and competing voterturnout operations could make the difference.

—OHIO (18 electoral votes): Polls indicate that Obama leads by about 3 percentage points in the state

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that decided the 2004 election. Since mid-October, Romney has led in just one of past 30 Ohio surveys.

“This election reminds me very much of 2004 in Ohio,” said John Green, who directs the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron. “We had the incumbent president, George W. Bush, coming in with a lead, a small lead, and he ended up being able to sustain that and he ended up winning.”

Early voting appears to favor Obama in the state, though not by the same margins he built four years ago, when he carried it by 5 percentage points. Across the Midwest, the 2009 auto bailout has given Obama an advantage, but nowhere more than Ohio.

—FLORIDA (29 electoral votes): Florida, the decisive state in 2000, has shown more divergence in recent public polling than any other major state. One survey put Romney ahead by 6 percentage points; others showed Obama leading by a point or two. Obama carried the state by less than 3 percentage points four years ago, and it might be a surprise if he won by even that much again. Democrats won’t be shocked if he loses it.

Susan MacManus, a University of South Florida political scientist, said the result could come down to generational politics: if voters over the age of 50, who favor Romney, turn out more heavily than the younger voters who put Obama over the top in 2008, the Republican ticket will prevail.

The Latino vote is a wild card in Florida. Projections by the nonpartisan survey firm Latino Decisions are that Obama will carry the Latino vote by at least 40 percentage points over Romney nationwide. Co-founder Matt Barreto, a University of Washington political scientist, said that if Latinos turn out at the high rates his firm is expecting, they could help Obama carry Florida and three other states, Nevada, Colorado and Virginia.

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Museum looks to honor family traditions

By STEVEN SCHWARTZ steven@iolaregister.com

The Allen County Historical Society is starting a program that will get Allen County residents directly involved with the museum for the holidays.

Elyssa Jackson, executive director for the society, said the museum will be providing two trees for the window displays. On one tree, Allen Countians will display their own holiday traditions on an ornament. On the other tree, they will display an ornament to honor the veterans in their family.

For the holiday tree, Jackson suggested that people send a 6 by 8-inch

card with a holiday tradition that is special to their family to the museum. She said the holiday does not need to specifically pertain to Christmas.

For the veterans tree, it will also display a 6 by 8-inch card. She said families should send the name of the veteran, which branch they served with and how long they served.

She said with both trees, the more information the families can give, the better the ornament will be. Photos are encouraged along with the information provided for either ornament.

Allen County residents will vote on their favorite

traditions on the holiday tree, and the winner will receive a year membership to the museum, along with a subscription to the society’s newsletter, “The Gaslight.�

Jackson said her goal for the display is to get Allen Countians involved in their “current history.� “We want people to take ownership in the museum and make connections in the county,� Jackson said.

Jackson requested cards be submitted by Nov. 17, before the lighting ceremony on the square. Cards may include drawings, stories or photos. The trees will be on display from Nov. 23 to Jan. 5.

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• Keep a close eye on the road ahead, as well as its shoulders. Usually deer are seen with enough time for drivers to react. Also, remember that deer often move in groups. If one deer is seen, expect others to be nearby. • When a deer is spotted, slow and sound the horn to scare the animal away from the road. • If a collision is inevitable, apply brakes firmly and don’t swerve. A headon collision is better than

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The Bowlus Fine Arts Center contributed to the evening by providing a children’s comedy act from the Coterie Theatre out of Kansas City. The act, called “The Presidents,� performed a short profile of each U.S. president in a minute or less — with singing and dancing involved, of course.

Henry said the focus of the evening was to get the children involved in making the meal and to shed light on the presidential office. “We really want to see the kids being a part of the voting process,� Henry said. “It’s something we always did in my family.�

She said she encourages parents to bring their children with them when they vote because it will encourage them to vote when they are legally able to. “Take your children to the polls,� Harris said to the parents, “Give them the little sticker that says ‘I Voted.’�

swerving and losing control of a vehicle. • Dawn and dusk are when deer move about the most. But deer don’t observe time schedules, particularly during the rut.

Two of the weekend accidents occurred about 8 a.m., the other two about 8 p.m. • Wear a seatbelt. • Deer aren’t bound to any particular areas, but they usually prefer brush and timbered areas and frequently travel along streams and draws. Be extra careful when approach-

ing any of those landscape features. • Don’t depend on fender-mounted whistles to repel deer. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, extensive studies have found that whistles do not work. The only way to avoid striking a deer, the KHP cautions, “is to drive defensively.â€? • If an accident occurs, immediately contact authorities by calling 911.

Give an preliminary assessment of the accident, including whether anyone is injured.

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Mustangs earn postseason honors Pioneer League recognizes 10 Iola players

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Iola High’s wildly successful foray into the Pioneer League has brought postseason honors to 10 Mustang football players.

Senior offensive lineman Eli Grover was joined by junior offensive lineman Derek Weir and wide receiver Adam Kauth on the first team offense.

Meanwhile, junior Bryce Misenhelter, manning the defensive line, earned first team recognition on defense.

Junior John Whitworth earned second team honors on both offense and defense as the Mustangs’ starting running back and linebacker. Senior Stephen McDonald, defensive line, sophomore Kaden Macha, linebacker, and junior Jacob Rhoads, defensive back, joined Whitworth on the defensive second team.

Senior quarterback and punter Mason Coons earned honorable mention for both positions. Also earning honorable mention were Rhoads as running back and senior wide receiver Jacob Harrison.

THE MUSTANGS swept past all five of their Pioneer League opponents en route to a 6-3 record overall. Iola finished one game out of the postseason playoffs.

Much of the credit for the league championship goes to the work of the interior linemen.

On offense, Grover, 6-feet and 250 pounds, and Weir, 5-10, 210, were mainstays for a line that paved the way for an average of 26 points and 250 rushing yards a game. Iola averaged 361 yards of total offense for the season.

Kauth was Iola’s leading receiver, pulling in 21 receptions for 360 yards, more than 17 yards a catch, with two touchdowns. On defense, the 6-foot, 140-pound Kauth had two interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown, 39 tackles, including 28 solo stops, three tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

On defense, Misenhelter, 6-2, 180, led the Mustangs with 7 1/2 sacks, nine tackles for loss and three fumble recoveries. He also tied for sixth on the team with 51 tackles, 35 of which were unassisted.

McDonald, 6-2, 205, led Iola with seven forced fumbles, 51 tackles — six for losses — a sack and two fumble recoveries.

Macha, 6-foot, 180, was second on Iola with 68 tackles, 1 1/2 sacks, two forced fumbles. He also scored a defensive touchdown.

Whitworth, 5-10, 175, led the Iola rushing attack with 959 yards, an average of 7.6 yards per carry, and eight touchdowns. On defense, Whitworth had 61 tackles — good for third on the team — with five tackles for losses, two forced fumbles and a sack.

Rhoads, 5-7, 145, led the Mustang defense with 72 tackles. His two interceptions tied him with Kauth for the team lead. He also forced a fumble, recovered another and had two tackles for loss. On See HONORS | Page B2

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Thursday Jr. High Basketball Independence at IMS 7th, 8th girls, 3:30 p.m.

Friday Jr. College Basketball Brown Mackie Classic

All Pioneer League teams announced

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Jacob Rhoads RB-DB Mason Coons QB-P

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Today Jr. High Wrestling IMS Invitational Jr. College Basketball ACC at Butler Co., women 5:30 p.m., men 7:30 p.m.

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ACC men vs. K-State Salina, 5 p.m.

Saturday Jr. College Basketball Brown Mackie Classic ACC men vs. Brown Mackie, 3 p.m.

Monday Jr. High Basketball IMS 7th, 8th girls at Anderson County, 3:30 p.m.

Jr. High Wrestling IMS at Independence, 3:30

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IMS eighth-graders win in romp COFFEYVILLE — Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls squad had its defense clicking from start to finish.

The Ponies led 13-6 after one quarter, then allowed only four points after that in a 25-10 victory.

“Defensively, the girls were very good tonight,” Iola head coach Marty Taylor said. “We are still missing a lot of easy shots, but the effort is very good.”

Toni Macha led the way for Iola with nine points and nine rebounds. Sydney Wade added

eight points, six rebounds and six assists. Riley Murry pulled in a whopping 17 rebounds to go with three points. Taylor Stout chipped in with two points and six boards; Brook Storrer two points and two rebounds and Lexi Heslop one point and five rebounds.

The Coffeyville seventh-graders defeated Iola 29-10, breaking open a 9-4 lead after one quarter with a 16-2 run over the second and third periods.

“The girls did a better job tonight,” Taylor said. “We have to

get tougher and more physical, but they are getting there.”

Scout Rush led the seventhgrade Pony squad with four points and two rebounds. Colbi Riley and Karly McGuffin each had two points and four rebounds. Macayla Bycroft scored two points.

Coffeyville also won the B team contest 25-9. Bycroft scored four points to lead Iola. Savannah McCulley added three and Addy Prather had two.

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Jayhawks ‘ugly’ in win

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) throws the ball during the first quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday in the Saints’ 28-13 win.

Brees, Robinson propel Saints NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two teams with the same record. Two teams heading in strikingly different directions.

Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints appear to be on the rise again.

Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles are down, and nearly out.

Brees threw two touchdown passes, extending his NFL record streak to 51 games in a row, while Vick was sacked seven times and took an awful beating as the Saints romped to a 28-13 victory over the Eagles on Monday night.

Not that Philadelphia didn’t have its chances.

But four first-and-goals resulted in two measly field goals, a tipped pass led to Patrick Robinson’s 99-yard interception return for a New Orleans touchdown, and the Eagles messed up a trick play when they had the home team totally fooled, costing them a score.

“As coaches and as players, we obviously have to do a better job,” embattled coach Andy Reid said of the Eagles (3-5), who are mired in a four-game losing streak.

“That starts with me.”

The Saints (3-5) revolve around Brees, of course, and he played much better than he did the previous week in a 34-14 loss to Denver. But his performance was more efficient than spectacular, as New Orleans seemed intent on proving it’s not just a oneman team.

The NFL’s worst-ranked

running game relied on a trio of backs — Chris Ivory, Mark Ingram and Pierre Thomas — and finished with 140 yards, nearly double its season average. Ivory had a 22-yard touchdown run.

The defense came up with two huge turnovers near its own end zone. There was Robinson’s interception and return, which matched Darren Sharper’s franchise record. Then, with just over 3 minutes left and the Eagles down to their last gasp, Brent Celek caught a pass at the New Orleans 8 but fumbled it away.

The Saints recovered, and the Superdome celebration was on.

“There are defining moments throughout a season,” Brees said. “Big plays, big wins, that kind of bring you together and let you see a vision of what you can be, what you can accomplish.

Here we are the midway point. It’s gone by fast.

“This,” he added, “is the type of momentum we want going into the second half of the season.”

Vick threw a 77-yard touchdown pass to DeSean Jackson in the third quarter, but that was about the only highlight for the visiting team. The elusive quarterback matched his career high for sacks; he also went down seven times when playing for the Atlanta Falcons against the New York Giants on Oct. 15, 2006.

“It’s very frustrating,” Vick said. “These are games that we have the opportunity to win, or get back in the

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offense, he piled up more than 650 yards from scrimmage on offense, 487 yards on the ground and 153 receiving yards on 15 catches. He had two touchdowns.

Scoring eight touchdowns for the Mustangs on the ground, and throwing

for three more, was the 6-2, 190-pound Coons. Coons completed 73 of 138 passes for 1,005 yards, while rushing for 150 more.

Harrison, 6-3, 180, was Iola’s second leading receiver with 231 yards, coming on 12 catches, an average of 19 yards per reception, and a touchdown.

Pioneer League All Pioneer League First Team Offense QB — Shey Spears, Jr., PV QB — Austin Chisam, Sr., O RB — Blake Barnes, So., PV RB — Shane Hillman, Sr., W WR — Adam Kauth, Jr., I WR — Jr. Carter Mann, W OL — Eli Grover, Sr., I OL — Derek Weir, Jr., I OL — Matt Kellerman, Sr., PV OL — David Ball, Sr., AC OL — Cameron Lyon, Sr., W TE — Willie Jackson, W ST — Sheldon Booe, O Defense DL — Bryce Misenhelter, Jr., I DL — Matt Kellerman, Sr., PV DL — Richard Alonzo, Sr., O DL — Willie Jackson, Sr., W DL — Eric Tastove, Sr., AC LB — Will Holland, Sr., PV LB — Kenneth Hopkins, Sr., W LB — Weston Gilbreth, Sr., PV LB — Matt Lofing, Sr., O DB — Shane Hillman, Sr., W DB — Drew Beckwith, Sr., CH DB — Austin Chisam, Sr., O P — Carter Mann, Jr., W

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Second Team Offense RB — John Whitworth, Jr., I RB — Weston Gilbreth, Sr., AC RB — Matt Lofing, Sr., O WR — Jordan Horstick, Jr., CH WR — D.J. Hollman, Sr., O OL — Preston Roedell, Sr., PV OL — Eric Tastove, Sr., AC OL — Ben Dorsett, Jr., O OL — Tanner Foulk, Jr., O OL — Dakota Snow, Sr., CH Defense DL — Stephen McDonald, Sr., I DL — Cameron Lyon, Sr., W DL — Dakota Snow, Sr., CH LB — Kaden Macha, So., I LB — John Whitworth, Jr., I LB — Cordell Dunlop, So., PV LB — Jake Bradley, Sr., PV LB — Luke Meyer, Jr., W DB — Jacob Rhoads, Jr., I DB — Levi Clark, Jr., PV DB — Lucas Miller, Sr., PV P — Jake Bradley, Sr., PV

Honorable Mention Jacob Rhoads, RB; Mason Coons, QB and P; Jacob Harrison, WR; Adam Kauth, DB

game. At this point, everything has to be dead on. You can’t miss, and you almost have to be perfect on every drive.”

Philadelphia was far from perfect, but sure had plenty of chances.

The Eagles outgained New Orleans and finished with 447 yards — the eighth straight team to put up more than 400 on the Saints.

But the offensive line just couldn’t keep Vick upright, a problem that got worse after right tackle Todd Herremans went down in the first half with a strained ankle tendon. He didn’t return.

Rubbing salt in the wound, Philadelphia squandered a chance to get back in the game with a unique trick play on a kickoff return. Riley Cooper laid flat in the end zone, unseen by the Saints, then popped up to take a cross-field lateral from Brandon Boykin.

Cooper streaked down the sideline for an apparent touchdown. Only one problem — Boykin’s lateral was actually an illegal forward pass by about a yard, and the officials caught it. Cooper stood with his hands on his hips, in disbelief, when he saw the yellow flag.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The hallmark of Kansas last season was its ability to win ugly.

The Jayhawks would scrap for loose balls, throw a couple elbows under the basket to grab a rebound, clamp down like a vise-grip on opposing offenses and somehow get out in transition enough to put together the kind of game-changing runs that it takes to win games in March.

Already, it looks like this season’s team will be no different.

Ben McLemore had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Elijah Johnson added 13 points and the seventh-ranked Jayhawks overcame 24 turnovers in a 62-50 exhibition victory over Division II Washburn on Monday night.

“There’s going to be nights we don’t play good.

We can still win if we play defense and rebound,” Kansas coach Bill Self said.

“It’s a good lesson you can still win ugly. If last year’s team didn’t win ugly, we would have won 20 games instead of 32.”

Kansas will try to pretty up its performance on Friday night, when it opens the regular season against Southeast Missouri State, and certainly before a Nov. 13 date with No. 14 Michigan State as part of the Champions Classic in Atlanta.

“We’ve got to learn something from this. Today could be wasted if you don’t learn something from it,” Johnson said. “Today I think we learned that you have to win ugly sometimes.”

Despite returning three starters from the team that pushed Kentucky to the limit in last season’s national championship game, the Jayhawks have appeared ragged and unpolished through their first two exhibition games against small, in-state schools Emporia State and Washburn.

They needed a 19-1 run to help put away the Hornets last week, and then used a 16-3 run early Monday night before coaxing the game toward its messy conclusion.

“Everybody’s thinking too much. There’s too many people trying too hard and not just playing,” Johnson said. “Everybody is making it too complex, and it’s just

Wildcat squads host Uniontown MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s boys split a pair of contests Monday against visiting Uniontown, while the Wildcat girls went 0-2.

The boys A team dropped a 39-14 decision, while the B team squad prevailed 27-24 by erasing a 19-12 deficit after the third quarter.

“Our B team had a nice comeback win,” Wildcat head coach Scott Brady said. “We had some injuries tonight, so we had nine or 10 guys to shuffle in and out, but Uniontown was a good team.”

In the B team contest, Justice Pugh led Marmaton Valley with eight points. Trevor Wilson followed with seven and Ethan Tavarez with five.

Tony Jefferis, Korbin Smith and Derek Nixon scored two apiece. Noah Foster had a point.

Pugh also led the A team with six points, followed by Nixon with five, Jake Kale with two and Tavarez with one.

“Uniontown had a big height advantage and they used it well,” Brady said. “They were wellcoached and had a good feel for the game. Hope-

fully we get healthy.”

IN THE GIRLS A team contest, Uniontown broke open a 4-4 tie with a 6-0 second-quarter run before holding off the Wildcat girls in a 20-16 win.

Uniontown edged the Wildcats 13-12 in the B team contest.

“The girls showed a lot of improvement from our last game,” head coach Kim Ensminger said.

“Defensively, we held a good Uniontown team to 13 points in the B game and 20 in the A game.

Offensively, we are still learning. We are missing our open people inside the paint. We had a lot of good looks.”

Kyla Drake paced the A team with 10 points, followed by Misty Storrer with four and Nalea Alexander with two.

Trinitee Gutierrez scored all 12 of the B team’s points.

The Wildcat B team narrowly missed a shot with under 4 seconds left in the contest that would have won the game.

“Unfortunately, the ball rimmed out,” Ensminger said.

The squads travel to Pleasanton Thursday.

confusing each other, rather than just rolling with the rhythm and hopping on the same train, building on each play.”

McLemore, who sat out last season as a partial NCAA qualifier, was one of the few players who managed to produce on offense. He combined with Johnson and freshman Perry Ellis to score 29 of the Jayhawks’ first 34 points, allowing them to build a 36-24 lead by halftime.

Still, even McLemore gave Self plenty of teachable moments.

One of them came early in the second half, when he gathered in the ball on the wing. With only one smaller defender in his way to the basket, McLemore opted to take a midrange jumper rather than go to the rim, leaving Self to scream halfway across the court for him to attack.

Self wound up calling three timeouts in the first 10 minutes of the second half.

“We weren’t executing as well as the first game,” Ellis said. “I mean, we weren’t pushing it as good as the first game. That’s the main thing, I feel. We just weren’t pushing it.”

These are the kind of growing pains that Kansas will no doubt experience through the first part of the season, though. Despite being picked to win their ninth consecutive Big 12 title, the reality is they have nine freshmen on the roster, seven of whom could contribute.

How steep has the learn-

Misc.

Correction

A list of scores from Saturday’s state football playoffs incorrectly listed Hamilton as the victor in a contest against South Haven, 66-28.

Madison, two-time Kansas Eight Man, Division I state champion, defeated South Haven.

ing curve been at Kansas?

Even the courtside announcer is trying to settle into pronouncing the newcomers’ names, half the time calling Anrio Adams with his full name and half the time shortening the freshman guard’s first name to simply Rio. Seven-footer Jeff Withey, one of the nation’s premier post defenders, struggled again to get on track. He only had seven points and six rebounds against Emporia State, and had nine points and eight rebounds against the Ichabods, even though he had a massive size advantage in the paint.

Will McNeill scored 13 points to lead Washburn, a school from Topeka, Kan., that went 25-8 last season and was voted No. 2 in the NABC Division II preseason poll.

The Ichabods were within 53-42 with about 5 minutes left.

That’s when Withey scored inside, and then made a block at the other to trigger a fastbreak, which Releford finished with a three-point play for a 58-42 lead.

Johnson added a 3 moments later to deliver the knockout blow.

“Kansas is going to be great,” Washburn coach Bob Chipman said, before adding: “Man, if we play really hard, we’re capable of some great things.”

College Basketball

From Saturday Allen (39-33—72) No. Central Mo. (40-28—68) Allen (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Burnes 2-0-0-4, Roberts 1-0-0-2, Fountain 1-0-0-2, Schippers 4/2-2-1-16, Uno 0-0-1-0, Keiswetter 0-1-1-1, Barnette 2/3-1-3-14, Blue 4/3-3-2-20, Rountree 5-3-3-13, Walter 0-0-2-0.

TOTALS: 19/8-10-13-72.

Assists: Fountain 3, Blue 3, Walter, 1. Turnovers: Burnes 2, Roberts 2, Fountain 1, Schippers 1, Uno 1, Blue 4, Rountree 2. Blocks: Fountain 1, Blue 2, Walter 2. Steals: Roberts 1, Walden 1, Rountree 2.

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BIG 12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games

W L PF PA W L PF PA Kansas St. 6 0 261 124 9 0 399 167 Oklahoma 4 1 210 92 6 2 316 142 Texas 4 2 215 236 7 2 363 284 Oklahoma St. 3 2 153 123 5 3 340 206 TCU 3 3 198 194 6 3 305 217 Texas Tech 3 3 195 207 6 3 346 237 West Virginia 2 3 184 251 5 3 326 318 Iowa St. 2 4 136 161 5 4 220 193 Baylor 1 4 196 224 4 4 350 313 Kansas 0 6 74 210 1 8 152 282 Saturday’s Games Saturday, Nov. 10 Oklahoma 35, Iowa St. 20 Kansas at Texas Tech, Noon TCU 39, West Virginia 38, 2OT Iowa St. at Texas, Noon Baylor 41, Kansas 14 Baylor at Oklahoma, 3:30 p.m.

Texas 31, Texas Tech 22 West Virginia at Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m.

Kansas St. 44, Oklahoma St. 30 Kansas St. at TCU, 7 p.m.

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Students on Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade principal’s honor roll are, back from left, Benjamin Cooper, Alexis Heslop, Kendall Jay, Riley Murry, Alexandra Peres; front from left, Chase Regehr, Brooklyn Storrer, Aaron Terhune and Sydney Wade.

Iola High School first quarter honor roll: All A’s: Seniors: Caitlyn Callaway, Austin Gentry, Brandon Griggs, Elijah Grover, Eric Heffern, Keli Lee, Kandra Manbeck, Abbey St. Clair, Jordan Strickler, Jason Tidd.

Juniors: Rebecca Cunningham, Justice Chalene Hutton, Tyler McIntosh, Ricky Michael, Bryan Mueller, Tristan Sigfusson, Mackenzie Weseloh.

Sophomores: Ashley Cary, Addie Haar, Colton Heffern, Travis Hermstein, Jo Lohman, Lexie Long, Kaden Macha, Adam Peterson, Emma Piazza, Garrett Prall, Kaleena Smith, Jonathan Tidd, Shane Walden.

Freshmen: Ricky Dawn, Cassandra Delich, Caitlin Dreher, Taylor Heslop, Micaiah Larney, Emily McKarnin, Clarie Moran, Sager Patel, Mikaela Platt, Zachary St. Clair, Taelyn Sutterby, Abigail Tay-

Iola Middle School seventh-grade principal’s honor roll students are, back from left, Cale Barnhart, Katie Bauer, Macayla Bycroft, Madison Carlin, Zachary Cokely, Nathan Cunningham; middle from left, Mea DeLaTorre, Camryn Freimiller, Brytni Graham, Dyllan James, Erin Klubek, Sofia Patino; front from left, Addison Prather, Colbi Riley, Zachary Slaven, Olivia Taylor, Sophie Whitney, Chloe Wilson. lor, Brett Taylor, Joie Whitney, Clara Wicoff.

Principal’s honor roll: Seniors: Shannon Beach, Caleb Burrough, Tyler Clubine, Mason Coons, Jordan Garcia, Jacob Harrison, Morgan Hensley, Sagel Hensley, Cole Morrison, Wyatt Prall, Gerardo Rojas, Libby Shay, Tori Snavely, Danielle Venter.

Juniors: Allison Cleaver, Halie Cleaver, Michaela Ingle, Adam Kauth, Katie Kelley, Trevor Lee

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Kress, Carrie Mock, Quinton Morrison, Shannon Vogel, Michael Wilson, Jesse Zimmerman.

Sopmomores: Drake Dieker, Emery Driskel, Joe Dunlap, Sarah Gonzalez, Emily Klubek, Torrie Lewis, Khrystal Smith, Baylea Thompson.

Freshmen: Olivia Bannister, Valaree Burtnett, Allyson Hobbs, Hannah Ingle, Britanie Rogers, Taylor Sell, Bobbie Sinclair, Yohon Sinclair, Colby Works.

Regular Honor Roll: seniors: Levi Ashmore, Sarah Beagel, Angel Boan, Cassandra Boyer, Shelby Brown, Chanel Coyne, Zack Danford, Chloe Friederich, Tayler Hale, Alex Gumfory, Zeph Larney, Brooke Maley, Tyler Michael, Mi-

Iola Middle School sixth-grade principal’s honor roll students are, back from left, Mia Aronson, Shaylee Baker, Dustin Bonnet, Derek Bycroft, Jaden Channel, Ashley Crane, Jacob Eyster; middle from left, Elijah Luedke, Mercedes Maple, Christopher McCormack, Jonathan Miller, Piper Moore, Cole Regehr, Kassy Shelby; front from left, Makayla Simmons, Hannah St. Clair, Jennifer Tidd, Jeremy Waldman, Emily Weide and Katelynn Weide. chael Montgomery, Alicia Pennett, Colton Schubert, Drew Smith, Katana Smith, Audrea Stahl, Katie Thompson, Emily Ware, Alyssa Zimmerman.

Juniors: Levi Baker, Cody Conner, Dakota Dozier, Hannah Endicott, Amber Gerdsen, Brandon Hamilton, Scout Henry, Alexis Hobbs, Ashley Iden, Dakota Jones, Alanna Knavel, Arion Kunkler, Trenton Latta, Karlie Lower, Eric Maxwell, Paige Miller, Bryce Misenhelter, Brittany Porter, Tyler Powelson, Travis Rieske, Emma Sigg, Courtney Smith, Austin Snyder, Madilyn Vyhlidal, Fryendz Wallace, Derrick Weir.

Sophomores: Felicitas Aguirre, Alex Bauer, Cristofer Harris, Tyler

Holloway, Lauren Hunt, Matthew Jacobs, Brianne Jett, Madison Luken, Torrie Maley, Brittany Martin, Thealvin Minor, Kaleb Mock, Kyra Moore, Brock Peters, Shelby Reno, Austin Roloff-Tremain, Baleigh Seeber, Dalton Skaggs, Cody Smith, Katherine Terhune, Andrew Waldman, Morgan Wilson Freshmen: Brice Aiello, Keanen Badders, Dodger Beckham, Dareece Bell, McKayli Cleaver, Haleigh Curry, Ankit Gandhi, Aaron Kessler, Toben Kinzle, Ashley Merritt, Jessica Oakley, Alexis Poffenbarger, Isiah Shaughnessy, Ashlie Shields, Ethan Sigg, Chyanne Vaughn, Klair Vogel, Bayleigh Weide, Cierra Wynn.

Students on McKinley Elementary School’s all-A honor roll are, front from left, third-grade students, Eve Ard, Tyler Boeken, Colin Long and Anna Taylor; back from left, Leslie Ayala, Braxton Curry, Ryker Curry, Corrin Helm, BreAnna Peeper and Skyler Shelton.

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At right, McKinley Elementary third-grade A-B honor roll students are, front from left, Emily Ator, Deacon Harrison, Ethan Hunter, Nicholas Karns, Shianne Smithback and Hunter Zimbelman; back from left, Aibree Christy, TreVaughn Church, Dakotah Cox, Brooklyn Ellis, Heidi Hibbs, Sammy Holding, Courtney Smutz, Ethan Weide and Brett Willis.

Democratics look to slow shift TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrats in Republicanleaning Kansas are limited to hoping that they’ll slow the GOP-dominated Legislature’s shift to the right, even as conservative Gov. Sam Brownback’s allies work to tie them to President Barack Obama.

Legislative races were the mostly closely watched contests because there was no U.S. Senate seat on the ballot and all four Republicans representing the state in the U.S. House were favored to win re-election comfortably.

Republican Mitt Romney was

expected to carry the state in the presidential race, as every GOP nominee has done since 1964.

Obama had a relatively strong showing in Kansas in 2008, grabbing nearly 42 percent of the vote. But there were signs early Tuesday that any momentum the president had created for state Democrats was fading.

More than 330,000 people voted early, either by mail or in person at election offices.

Legislative races were intense because Democrats have worked with moderate Republicans leading the Senate to stall some of Brownback’s agenda, even though the GOP had majorities of 32-8 in the Senate and 92-33 in the House. The GOP’s biggest targets were four Democratic senators in northeast Kansas — Minority Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka, Tom Holland of Baldwin City, Laura Kelly of Topeka and Kelly Kultala of Kansas City.

Democrats countered by trying to make legislative races a referendum on Brownback and massive income tax cuts enacted this year. Legislative researchers estimate that the tax cuts will be worth $4.5 billion over the next six years but also project that the reductions will create collective budget shortfalls approaching $2.5 billion during the same period.

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Also on the ballot are proposals to: limit the governor’s role in the parole process, restructure the Department of Human Services, limit property tax increases to 3 percent, exempt intangible personal property from the property tax, and allow the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to issue bonds.

The Republican-led Legislature put the affirmative action measure on the ballot and rejected criticism the proposal was intended to drive more conservative voters to the poll.

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The man’s name has not been released.

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TOPEKA — Top officials in the administration of Gov. Sam Brownback said Monday they now have a list they accept as accurate of the 2,197 physically disabled persons who are awaiting home- and community-based Medicaid services.

Armed with the updated information, they said, they are ready to begin providing services to 100 people currently on the list by the end of the year.

“We now have a better handle on the waiting list and will be able to make better decisions about how to manage the waiting list and best utilize the funding provided by the Legislature for this program,” said Shawn Sullivan, secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.

Sullivan, joined at a Statehouse press conference by Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, said his agency won’t propose additional funding to further decrease the waiting list but would instead wait to see what legislators would appropriate in 2013 to help deal with the problem.

Kansas has drawn attention from federal authorities due to its slow moving and relatively large waiting lists for home- and community-based services, which advocates for the disabled have said puts the state in violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court’s so-called Olmstead decision.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Monday’s announcement would influence the course of the U.S. Justice Department’s review of Olmstead complaints filed by disabled Kansans and their advocates.

“We are continuing to monitor the state’s activities on all issues that may relate to any potential Olmstead violations,” said U.S. Attorney for Kansas Barry Grissom in an email statement to KHI News Service after the press conference Brownback officials for months have said they doubted the reliability of the lists, particularly the one dealing with the physically disabled. So, Monday’s announcement made clear the administration now has a list it considers fully valid.

As of July, the state’s Centers for Independent Living, had reported 3,462 people on the list.

Sullivan and Colyer said

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Kansas Dept. For Aging and Disability Services Secretary Shawn Sullivan speaks during Monday’s press conference about the waiting list for home and communitybased Medicaid services for the physically disabled. At left is Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer. the state hired Answernet, a firm based in Hays, to start making phone calls in July to check the list. After the company was only able to reach 377 of the people, state officials asked the Centers for Independent Living to double check the list.

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in 1,226 people being removed from the official backlog after it was found for whatever reason that they no longer needed the services or were not eligible. But it also resulted in another 250 people being added to the list.

Audrey SchremmerPhilip, executive director of 3Rivers, Inc., a center for independent living based in Wamego, said the 250 new names were of people for whom the state’s centers for independent living previously had submitted paperwork to the state but for unknown reasons had never made the state’s list of people needing services.

Rocky Nichols, executive director of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, a Topeka-based nonprofit

group, was critical of the administration’s handling of the waiting list and its review of the backlog.

“We are extremely concerned that the state is creating a self-fulfilling prophecy that is having the net effect of unnecessarily kicking people off the waiting list for services,” he said. “The perspective is all wrong here. Not only do you have to wait years to clear the waiting list in Kansas, now the state is saying if they can’t get ahold of you — due to you not having the money to add minutes to your prepaid cell phone, or you had to move to make ends meet — that they are going to add insult to injury and kick you off services. It makes no sense.”

Nichols said many who seek the services “have only a few hundred dollars a month to live off of.”

“I hope to heck this is not some effort to obfuscate the extent of the waiting-list problem we have here in Kansas, where we have people on the waiting list for two and three years,” he said. “The feds have said (Kansas) can have a waiting list, but it has to move efficiently and at a reasonable pace.

Kicking people off because you can’t get ahold of them because they’ve had to move or they’re run out of cell phone minutes is totally unreasonable. That hurts the people with disabilities who are kicked off the list and it hurts taxpayers by

forcing more people into more expensive nursing homes.”

State officials were unable to provide details of how many of the 1,226 people removed from the list had become ineligible because they were living in nursing homes or had either moved out of state or died.

But Sullivan said 24 percent of those struck from the list came off because “the agencies were unable to contact them.”

Colyer said officials had seen evidence that the July waiting list from the centers for independent living had been “inflated.”

And Sullivan said there were egregious examples of list padding from two of the centers, but he wouldn’t disclose which centers they were.

The Brownback administration’s relationship with the centers frequently has been contentious.

The centers have been audited by state officials in recent months and cited for poor record keeping.

At least two have shut down, one as the result of serious financial irregularities that state officials said bordered on fraud, though no criminal charges were filed.

Sullivan said people remaining on the waiting list would benefit from new case management focusing on coordinated care once the administration’s Medicaid reforms are in place starting Jan. 1.

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Facial nerve can cause unbearable pain DEAR DRS. DONOHUE AND ROACH: I travel a

great deal and am thus unable to read your column regularly. If you have not covered this subject, please tell your readers about trigeminal neurology. I suffered for three years with severe jaw pain before my dentist diagnosed me and sent me to a neurologist. — P.K. ANSWER: I’m pretty sure, P.K., that you mean trigeminal neuralgia. The trigeminal nerve relays to the brain all the sensations arising on the face. It also controls the chewing muscles. Trigeminal neuralgia consists of sudden attacks of unbearable facial pain centered on a cheek, the chin, the jaw or part of the lip or gums. The pain is brief, lasting seconds to minutes. A person with this disorder is in constant fear of another attack arising unexpectedly. A breeze blowing on the face, chewing, talking or brushing the teeth can provoke an attack.

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Sometimes it happens without a recognizable cause.

This nerve problem most often arises in middle ages or older.

One underlying cause of trigeminal neuralgia has to do with an artery that encircles the nerve. Pulsations of the artery often are the root cause of the painful attacks. The pulsations irritate the trigeminal nerve.

A neurologist is the right doctor to see about this problem. Treatment with medicines often can control attacks. Carbamazepine, lamotrigine and baclofen are the names of some of the medicines used for treatment. The doctor gradu-

ally increases the dose of medicine until success is achieved.

If medicines are unable to control attacks, then a number of other ways of dealing with the trigeminal nerve are available. One way is to protect the nerve from the encircling artery.

A neurosurgeon is the doctor equipped to perform this operation.

If you’re on medicine now, how are you doing?

I’m interested in knowing what has happened to you.

DEAR DRS. DONOHUE AND ROACH: I finished

chemo and radiation therapy in September of 2008.

In December of 2010, I started bringing up yellow

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and green phlegm. After seeing many doctors, one finally suggested a culture of a sputum sample. The germ involved was Pseudomonas. I was given 21 daily infusions of tobramycin, and after the infusion used a nebulizer containing tobramycin. The doctor says Pseudomonas never goes away, but it can be controlled. Is this so? — M.S. ANSWER: Pseudomonas (SUE-duh-MOAN-iss) is a bacterium found in waters, soil, plants, hot tubs and many hospital sites. It is difficult to eradicate. Only a few antibiotics are effective against it. Most often, infections with this germ are seen in people who have other illnesses.

In some instances, it can be eradicated. I don’t know if you’re under treatment right now. I imagine your doctor will stop treatment eventually and see how you do on your own. If need be, antibiotic therapy can be restarted if Pseudomonas raises its ugly head again.

Knowing the right way to rotate tires Dear Tom and Ray: I just spoke to two different tire shops and got opposite answers to the same question.

The right-side tire on my pickup is wearing quicker than the left. I have radial tires. I assumed it was normal, due to the way the differential works. One tire shop told me that I should be rotating in a cross pattern, while the other tire shop said that I should be rotating only front to rear. I was always told that reversing the tire rotation caused tire separation. Which answer is correct? — Eddie TOM: Well, neither shop gave you the advice you really needed, Eddie. They should have told you that you need a wheel alignment.

RAY: Right. A right-side tire shouldn’t be wearing any differently from the one on the left side. So if it is, something’s mechanically wrong, and rather than rotate your tires and chew up another (now good) one, you should get that problem diagnosed and addressed first.

TOM: Depending on whether it’s the front or rear right tire and what kind of suspension you have, a single tire can go out of alignment because the frame got bent in an accident, or because one or more of the suspension parts got bent or simply wore out. So the first thing you need is a good, old-fashioned four-wheel alignment — along with whatever re-

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side.

RAY: And if you have directional tires (some highperformance tires have treads that are designed to go only in one direction), you can rotate only front to

Tom and Ray Magliozzi pairs are necessary to get the wheels to actually align.

RAY: Then, once your truck is properly aligned, you can absolutely cross the tires. You can cross all of them in an “X” pattern, or you can cross just the two you move to the front.

Or cross just the two that you move to the rear. If you have a full-size spare, you can add that into the rotation, cross three of them, put the spare on the right rear and toss the leftover tire in the trunk. Your options are limited only by your talent for origami and your ability to count.

TOM: There are a few exceptions. You can cross the tires only if you have the same size tires on all four wheels. If you have a muscle car, for instance, in which your rear wheels and tires are larger than your fronts, obviously, you can rotate only from side to

back on the same side.

TOM: But for most people, tires can and should be crossed when they’re rotated to even out the wear patterns and the pace at which they wear out.

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The United Airlines 787 Dreamliner made its inaugural flight from Houston to Chicago Sunday.

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United’s Dreamliner takes off for its inaugural flight ABOARD UA1116 — In a trip that was years in the making, United Airlines passengers Sunday got their first chance to experience the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which made its inaugural voyage for the airline on a scheduled flight from Houston to Chicago.

The twin-aisle plane, which made its debut three years late because of production problems at Boeing, is said to be far more fuel-efficient and less costly to maintain for airlines, while offering a new level of in-cabin comfort for passengers. Instead of being made mostly of metal, half of the plane, including the fuselage and wings, is made of strong, light composite materials.

“If you want to be the world’s leading airline, you need to have the world’s leading airplane, and we have that today in the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner,” said United CEO Jeff Smisek, who said he hadn’t flown on one until the flight Sunday to Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

United is the first North American airline to receive a 787.

The start of Dreamliner service is a big deal for airline enthusiasts and also for the two companies, United Continental Holdings and Boeing Co., whose headquarters are a few blocks apart in downtown Chicago and who once were part of the same company.

Michael Phillips, 38, a meteorologist from New Jersey, spent $1,900 to fly first-class on four legs on the 787, starting with the Houston-Chicago segment.

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“It was not a very airplane-y experience,” he said.

The flight was important for United, which has had a rough year, with wide-

spread delays and cancellations after a reservations system switchover in March and intermittent strife with its unions, especially pilots — although both of those problems have abated in recent weeks.

The airline is still working through merger hassles, months after United and Continental combined.

Some observers say the halo effect of being the first North American carrier to fly the Dreamliner is a much-needed boost to the reputation of the world’s largest airline. More tangibly, the plane is far more fuel-efficient than planes it will replace — Boeing claims 20 percent more efficient for some replacements. Fuel is a huge cost for airlines, so that’s savings that can fall to the bottom line for United.

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— Jeff Smisek, United CEO

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