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Something’s cooking at Grandma’s Kitchen By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register
Humanity House founder Tracy Keagle learned a lot about cooking from her grandmother, Inez Brewington. As a child, she spent many afternoons in her grandma’s kitchen in south Iola near Elm Creek and not far from the community garden which Keagle now tends. Her grandmother worked her own garden as a business, and taught a young Keagle how to grow food. “She taught me how to bake pies,” Keagle said. “It was wintertime and I was driving her nuts. She said, ‘You want to learn how to make a pie crust?’ I made about a million pie crusts to learn how to make a good one. She taught me how to
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Indira Keagle helps his grandmother, Tracy Keagle, prepare meals for Grandma’s Kitchen while another grandson, Malachi Keagle, packs them for service. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS
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Allen reopening its doors to the public on Monday By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register
In step with the beginning of the summer term, Allen Community College trustees met Tuesday evening to take stock of a semester full of unprecedented changes that ACC has managed for the most part to gracefully weather. At this time, all classes are on schedule to begin for the fall, but it has yet to be decided whether face-to-face classes will ultimately take place.
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LaHarpe not quite ready to pull trigger on new incentives By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
LAHARPE — LaHarpe is one step closer to approving new building incentives that would apply to so-called “tiny homes.” City Council members were poised Wednesday to approve the new ordinance, but tabled the decision when talk turned to a $500 utility incentive provision. As written, the ordinance would provide a $500 utility credit to whomever is paying for utilities. Ray Maloney, who hopes to place a tiny home in LaHarpe in the near future, asked if the incentive could instead go to the property owner. Council members promised to continue discussions with City Attorney Fred Works, who was not at Wednesday’s meeting. If approved, the incentives would apply to buildings as small as 500 square feet, including tiny homes. Current ordinances mandate houses be at least 1,000 square feet. Vol. 122, No. 158 Iola, KS 75 Cents
Currently, fall enrollment is down by 12%. ACC is reopening its doors to the public beginning Monday. “Nothing’s going to change that greatly for us,” said President John Masterson, only “the doors will be unlocked instead of locked.” The library and fitness center will reopen as well, including the weight room, and many faculty members will be returning to their offices, though the gymnasium will remain closed for the time be-
ing. Campus visits will also resume on June 15, and those that are already scheduled will move forward. The college expects to lift all COVID-19 restrictions by June 30. Trustees are also looking at whether to alter the academic calendar in relation to COVID-19, including whether to end formal classes by Thanksgiving break, thereby cutting down on the possibilSee ACC | Page A3
House hopeful pays visit to Iola By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
Maloney owns the buildings that house the Regional Rural Technology Center, through which construction trades students have been building one such tiny home. Maloney noted the tiny homes construction may not continue at the tech center. Through an agreement with Fort Scott Community College, which had been providing the instructors for the construction classes, Maloney paid for the building materials, and would take possession of the center’s first tiny home when it was complete. However, construction came to an abrupt halt in March when the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered schools
In response to the nationwide demonstrations for racial equality, Jake LaTurner, candidate for the Republican nomination to Congress, said he thinks President Donald Trump’s decision to call in federal troops was overkill. “That’s a drastic step for the United States to take, and I don’t think that’s where we are right now,” LaTurner said. Instead, those closest to the action — governors and mayors — should be the ones to request outside help, he said. “I agree with the Secretary of Defense Mark Esper that we should exercise caution,” in avoiding a heavy-handed approach, LaTurner said. “What happened in Minneapolis was a tragedy, and people are rightly upset about it. And people are rightly upset where in some cases anarchist groups have used the protests as an excuse to push their own agendas,” which have result-
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Kansas State Treasurer Jake LaTurner speaks during a stop in Iola recently. He is challenging Steve Watkins for the Republican nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
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