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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Humboldt to gain medical clinic By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
A group of volunteers, including a trio of students from the University of Kansas and LaHarpe PRIDE Committee members, help pick up junk and trash from a yard in LaHarpe Monday morning. COURTESY OF DAMARIS KUNKLER
as part of the KU Alternative Breaks program, a studentrun organization dedicated to community service. The college’s fall break began Friday, allowing the trio the opportunity to choose their destination. They had heard of the Allen County projects through Thrive Allen County, which is spearheading a series of Community Engagement Grant activities. In LaHarpe, that meant cleaning properties and playground construction. “When we signed up, we were told a little bit about what would be happening, but we didn’t know exactly what we were getting ourselves into,” Krahl said. The work, particularly in LaHarpe, was an eye-opener, Payne agreed. “Driving around and see-
HUMBOLDT — Beginning Nov. 21, Humboldt will have a medical clinic. Tony Thompson, Allen County Regional Hospital CEO, told council members Monday night arrangements were being made to open Tony a five-day-a- Thompson week clinic at 111 Ninth St. Dr. Brian Neely, who has been at the ACRH clinic on South Washington in Iola since July Dr. Brian Neely 2015, will spend Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in Humboldt. A physician’s assistant will be there all day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as well as Tuesday and Thursday mornings. “We still have a few things to do, add an examination table and hook up phone lines and computer,” Thompson said. “But otherwise the building is about ready.” Of-
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HELPING OTHERS KU students, 4-H youth among teams of volunteers By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Sure, they could have taken some time off for their fall break. But University of Kansas students Maddie Payne, Megan Krahl and David Walter instead chose to spend the past four days busying themselves through community service. More specifically, the stu-
University of Kansas students David Walter, from left, Megan Krahl and Maddie Payne help piece together components of a playground set under construction in LaHarpe. COURTESY OF
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dents assisted with storm cleanup efforts Saturday in Humboldt, and helping begin construction of a new playground and picking up junk and piles of trash from a
number of yards in LaHarpe. Payne, a college senior from Denver, Krahl, a Wichita freshman, and Walter, a freshman from Overland Park, were in Allen County
Humboldt students swap 257 puts focus on collaboration fun for clean-up efforts By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
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HUMBOLDT — Thursday’s storm, which brought even more grotesque forms of destruction to property elsewhere, exacted its toll on the USD 258 board office, too. Due to water damage inside the building, Monday’s board meeting was moved to the middle school media center.
On the topic of shelter, the only action item on the night concerned plans for a new middle school roof. The board unanimously approved a bid for $45,948.50 from Murphy Roofing to begin work on the Bridge Street building as soon as possible. In other news, school counselor Misti Czarnowsky appeared before the board with See MEETING | Page A3
The good thing about a fresh face is that it comes with a new set of eyes. Such is the case with Jack Koehn, USD 257 superintendent of schools, who almost from the beginning of his three-year tenure here said he could see the need for more collaboration among teachers in how to teach and assess students’ progress. At Monday night’s board
of education meeting Koehn b r o u g h t board members up to date on the years-long Jack Koehn process. The first red flag came in 2009 when the Iola district was identified by the Kansas State Department of Education as one of 17 school districts struggling to meet Adequate
Yearly Progress — a yardstick for student achievement. The state then hired education consultants Cross & Joftus to analyze the districts’ teaching methods and then craft goals on how to change student outcomes. What quickly came to light for USD 257 was that it had no unified plan on how to teach the course load. “When it comes to curricSee 257 | Page A6
Trump assails Ryan for ditching him; battles for GOP support WASHINGTON (AP) — Four weeks before Election Day, Donald Trump battled today to keep the Republican Party in line, leveling fresh criticism at GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan after Ryan effectively abandoned hopes of Trump winning the White House. The GOP nominee said — inaccurately — that every poll declared him the winner of the weekend’s second presidential debate against Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump complained, however, that he was being held back by Ryan and other congressional Republicans who are stepping away from him in hopes of keeping their congressional majorities.
House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks at a recent press conference. CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY/BILL CLARK/TNS
“Despite winning the second debate in a landslide (every poll), it is hard to do well
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when Paul Ryan and others give zero support!” Trump tweeted.
And then: “Our very weak and ineffective leader, Paul Ryan, had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty.” That was a reference to a telephone conference call on Monday in which Ryan made his position clear. He got some pushback from Trump supporters, but other Republicans clearly agree with the speaker. While Trump’s candidacy has long exposed the party’s divisions, GOP leaders had hoped to prevent an all-out civil war until after the election. But intraparty bickering has accelerated since last week’s release of a videotape of Trump showing the former reality television star using
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predatory language regarding women 11 years ago. The chaos only deepened after Ryan followed Trump’s Sunday night debate performance by essentially conceding a Clinton victory, saying he would devote his energy to ensuring she doesn’t get a “blank check” with a Democratic-controlled Congress, people on his private conference call with GOP House members said. The head of the Republican National Committee veered in the opposite direction, declaring his full coordination with Trump’s embattled campaign. Forty Republican senators and congressmen have reSee TRUMP | Page A2
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