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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Iolan witnesses fall of Berlin Wall

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

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ome vacations are memorable because of an unforeseen event that lays to waste even the most meticulous and thought-out travel plans.

Carl Slaugh’s was a doozy.

Slaugh and his family were stationed at Rhein-Main Air Base in Frankfurt, West Germany — he was a major in the Air Force — and decided on a family vacation to Berlin.

It was November 1989. History was about to happen. The Berlin Wall was about to come down.

Weeks of preparations had gone into the excursion, explained Slaugh, now Iola’s city administrator.

Not only would they need passports to cross over into East Germany, but Slaugh, his wife, Cheryl, and their five children needed numerous permits to follow the 100-plusmile excursion through the heart of Communist-occupied East Germany.

The Slaughs had visited East Berlin four years prior, during Carl’s first tour of duty in West Germany, and had decided against a repeat trip by

train. This time, they were riding in the Slaugh’s fullsized, 1979 GMC van.

They traveled the Autobahn out of Frankfurt to Braunschweig, and then east to Helmstedt, at the border of East Germany, and the first of several checkpoints — Checkpoint Alpha — for all Allied forces traveling by highway to East Berlin.

From there, they slowly made their way to Berlin through a series of East German and Soviet checkpoints before arriving at a family friend’s home in West Berlin.

“It was not unlike visiting a prison,” Slaugh recalled of the inspection process.

The Slaughs had been warned that demonstrators in East Berlin had gathered en masse on numerous occaSee BERLIN | Page A4

Carl Slaugh as a pilot 40 years ago. The map shows the division before the unification of West and East Germany in 1990 and the location of West and East Berlin in the heart of Communistoccupied territory. The two Berlins were separated by the Wall.

Kansas short $279 million by summer

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will face a $279 million budget shortfall by July, far worse than state officials had thought before a new revenue forecast Monday that will force Gov. Sam Brownback and legislators to consider spending cuts.

The state will also be required to close an even bigger additional gap — $436 million — during the following 12 months, according to the new forecast.

Aides to the Republican governor, who narrowly won re-election last week, said his administration will work in the next weeks to find savings while trying to protect funding for schools and core programs.

But a Democratic leader called the new projections “devastating.”

Brownback and many Republicans in the GOPdominated Legislature are not publicly rethinking aggressive cuts in personal income taxes enacted in 2012 and 2013 to stimulate the economy. The state cut its top rate 26 percent and See BUDGET | Page A2

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Humboldt will encourage Iolans to see water charge increase improvements of U.S. 169

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — City Administrator Cole Herder was authorized to be proactive with the Kansas Department of Transportation as it formulates plans for highway work.

Humboldt Chamber of Commerce President Chris Butts said at Monday night’s city council meeting he sat in on a forum with KDOT officials during which work on U.S. 169 in Allen and Neosho

counties was discussed. He learned about 200 projects in Kansas were being considered for 2018 and that AllenNeosho counties upgrades were thought to be in the top 20.

“We need to get on board,” said Herder, both in regard to highway improvements and what may occur with detoured traffic, some of which is likely to flow through Humboldt on old U.S. 169.

Plans at this point are preliminary, but the project See HUMBOLDT | Page A4

Iolans will see a 5 percent increase in their monthly water and sewer charges, starting in January.

Iola City Council members agreed to the rate hike Monday after visiting at length with city officials about ongoing maintenance issues.

Gas, Water and Wastewater Superintendent Mitch Phillips estimated city crews replaced about 3,500 feet of water lines in 2013 and repaired 45 water leaks.

While Iola has a state-of-theart water treatment facility, capable of producing the cleanest

drinking water in the state, the city’s aging water lines continue to be a headache, Phillips and Water Plant Superintendent Toby Ross agreed.

In addition, the city must still make annual $600,000 payments on the water plant through 2025, and will pay on a $2.8 million upgrade to the city’s sewer system through 2028.

The issues have taxed the city’s reserves to the point the city must again raise rates to keep up with mounting costs, Council members agreed.

Rate hikes instituted in 2012 helped stem the losses,

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but are again falling short of what’s needed to keep both in line, City Administrator Carl Slaugh said.

The city’s water line repair budget has increased steadily from $58,128 in 2012-13, to a projected $100,000 in 2015.

According to figures provided by Slaugh, the 5 percent rate hike will bring an additional $101,000 annually into the water fund, and another $42,000 into the wastewater fund.

Council members agreed to the rate hike, but asked the increase be delayed until 2015 to allow a $5 surcharge on electric customers to expire on Dec. 31 as scheduled.

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District grapples with special ed funding

By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register

Reflecting People pay their respects on the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Monday, the eve of Veterans Day. More than 58,000 names of U.S. military members who died in the Vietnam War are engraved on the wall. ABACA PRESS/MCT/OLIVIER DOULIERY

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USD 257 board members reviewed the district’s budget performance over the last three years. The perspective allowed members to realize savings as well as increases in expenditures.

The switch to an outside food service, OPPA, has saved the district $111,052 compared to expenditures last year at this time.

Meanwhile, the cost to

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provide special education services has gone up almost $100,000 over last year. It is required by law for the district to provide funding to special education through the ANW Cooperative. Jack Koehn, superintendent of schools, suggested sending a letter signed by the board to State Representative Kent Thompson to get help with funding. Special education is a growing need in the district. One in five students is See USD 257 | Page A4

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Obituaries Keith Doughty

Owen Keith Doughty, 85, Moran, passed away Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014 at Allen County Regional Hospital.

He was born March 29, 1929, the son of Lyle Hesson and Oral (Holeman) Doughty. Doughty graduated from Moran High School in 1947. After graduation, he began farming with his father.

Keith worked construction with soil conservation building ponds and terraces in Allen County. After retiring from construction work in 1970, he did mechanical work out of his shop, working on vehicles and farm equipment.

Keith married Barbara Ervin on Aug. 27, 1950 in Moran. This union was blessed with three children.

Keith was a previous member of the Elks Lodge of Iola. He enjoyed fishing and hunting, and loved his Labrador dogs. Keith also enjoyed camping, boating, skiing and especially mushroom hunting.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lyle and Oral Doughty; his wife, Barbara Doughty in February 2005; an infant brother; and one grandson, Western Juket Doughty.

Keith is survived by his children, Mark Doughty, Todd Doughty and wife, Sonya, all of Moran; Vickie Brownback and husband, Jim, Parker; 10 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Moran. Memorial contributions may be made to the Keith Doughty Memorial Fund.

Online condolences may be sent to www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

it keeps them up to date on certain things, better trained and so on…. When you look at a flat-rate (salary increase), where you reward everyone the same — we look at that as almost an incentive not to go back (to school) to make yourself a better teacher. It’s our position and our view that we simply don’t feel that beginning teachers should receive the same increase as a person with a master’s degree.”

The board appointed Kim Isbell as district photographer and Brett Lisher as middle school girls assistant basketball coach.

Turning to the building trades projects, Superintendent of Schools K.B. Criss presented the board with the lowest subcontractor bids in three categories: heating and air, electric, and plumbing. D & J Construction, Hum-

HUMBOLDT — Monday’s Board of Education meeting began by picking up the discussion of teacher salaries for USD 258.

High school instructors Tim Osborn and Hailey Schoendaller were given a joint five minutes to address the topic.

Their focus was on the failure of the current salary schedule to reward fairly those teachers who have dedicated effort and expense to obtaining an advanced degree. This is a structure, Osborn and Schoendaller claim, which in turn has the effect of eliminating the incentive for young teachers who might themselves be considering such a degree.

“Advanced degrees,” Osborn said, “help keep your staff better qualified;

boldt, turned in the lowest bid for both heating and air ($6,056.70) and electric ($900.00). Sinclair Plumbing, Iola, offered the only bid ($9,900) in the third. All three bids received unanimous approval.

Rounding out the evening, the administrative reports were largely positive.

Kay Bolt, elementary and middle school principal, reported good attendance at parent-teacher conferences at both schools. She was pleased, too, with vaccination rates at the elementary school, where currently only 10 students remain out of compliance.

She also pointed to recent fundraisers, which have garnered the schools nearly $11,000. Discussions of how to spend the proceeds are in progress.

High School Principal John Johnson promised

Budget: Revenues fall short of projections Continued from B1

ping the prediction for total general revenues by $206 million, to less than $5.8 billion. The state also faces previously unanticipated costs for social services, public schools, and public employee pensions, driving up the figure for its spending commitments past $6.4 billion.

After eating through $380 million in cash reserves, the state still would have to close a 4.3 percent budget gap by July. An unofficial projection previously put the shortfall at $14 million.

The new forecast followed short-of-the-mark tax collections in the spring, summer and fall.

The forecast also made the first revenue projections for the fiscal years beginning in July 2015 and July 2016.

For the next fiscal year,

empted the owners of 191,000 businesses from income taxes altogether, and further reductions are promised, including a decrease in the top rate next year.

“I would say the economy’s growing — when Butler services you look at wages, when A celebration of life service for you look at jobs from new James E. “Jim” Butler, whose death and expanded businesses, and biographical information were when you look at small published earlier, will be at 1:30 p.m. business income,” Shawn Saturday at the Iola Senior Center, 204 Sullivan, the governor’s N. Jefferson Ave., in Iola. Memorials budget director, said durare suggested to Allen County Hospice. ing a Statehouse news conGo to www.iolafuneral.com to leave a ference announcing the condolence or sign the guestbook onnew forecast. “We continline. ue to cut taxes every year, Butler’s obituary in Monday’s Regwhich is a great thing.” ister incorrectly listed the location of The new forecast revised the memorial service. previous revenue projections made The Iola Register in April for the Published Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday afternoons current budget and Saturday mornings except New Year’s day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, by The Iola year, which beRegister Inc., 302 S. Washington, P.O. Box 767, Iola, Kansas 66749. gan in July, drop(620) 365-2111. Periodicals postage paid at Iola, Kansas.

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the new projection was $5.8 billion in revenues — short of the nearly $6.2 billion that legislative researchers had been assuming in their unofficial forecasts.

The projected shortfall of $436 million is about 7 percent, and higher than the $282 million gap estimated unofficially.

The new revenue projection for the fiscal year beginning in July 2016 is a little less than $5.9 billion — again, short of the nearly $6.4 billion legislative researchers had assumed.

But the new forecast assumes that spending by that time will be in line with the lower revenues.

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the school play this Thursday, Friday and Saturday “is going to be the best ever. But, if not, the food is always great.”

Raining on the parade slightly, Superintendent Criss pointed out the number of water leaks that were exposed during a recent storm. The leaks, though primarily in the technology building, were in evidence districtwide. “Hopefully we have those fixed, but you never know for sure until the next rain comes.”

Asked about the building trades program generally, Criss reported that progress was slow.

“They’re just now getting the foundation completed.

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Extension master gardeners donate talent to communities A group of volunteers in your community provide horticulture information to the public. I am speaking of the Extension Master Gardeners. Extension master gardeners come from all walks of life, but they have two things in common: Their love of gardening and the joy of sharing with their communities.

Currently there are 30 certified Extension Master Gardeners in the Southwind District.

These individuals were trained by state specialists from Kansas State

Krista Harding Extension Agent for Agriculture

University and have been through 40 to 50 hours of instruction in all aspects of horticulture. After training, the master gardeners volunteer an equivalent number of hours back to their communities as was received in their training.

In the Southwind Ex-

tension District, many of the gardeners received their training in 2008 or 2010 so they have several years of experience as master gardeners under their belt. A new class of gardeners was also trained in the fall of 2013.

There are a number of master gardener volunteer service projects currently happening in Southwind Extension District communities.

This year, 1,152 hours of volunteer service was completed. According to most recent data from the Independent Sector

(a coalition of charities, foundations, corporations, and individuals that publishes research important to the nonprofit sector), the estimated value of volunteer time is $22.55 per hour. That calculates close to $26,000 worth of service to our local communities!

Here are some of the projects that the master gardeners have worked on this year: • Humboldt: “Pocket Park” – the park was renovated this year by Hoe & Hope Garden Club (many of which are master gardeners).

The park was established 40 years ago on a vacant lot between two buildings. At that time, ground cover was planted and had since grown out of control. It was removed and a Hosta bed and a butterfly garden were established. All

plants in the park will soon be labeled.

• Chanute: The Chanute Community Garden was established four years ago as a place where individuals unable to have a garden could garden. All plots in the garden were full this year and much of the food produced was donated locally.

• Iola: Pepper Variety Trials – A K-State research trial on peppers was conducted at the Elm Creek Community Garden with approximately 20 different varieties. Various individuals in the community were able to sample and evaluate the peppers.

• Fort Scott: Pool Project – beds near the city pool are in the process of being renovated.

Bulbs were planted and all plant material in beds will be labeled next spring. Additional work

was also done at Heritage Park.

• Erie: Flower Trial – An annual flower research trial was conducted at the courthouse in Erie. Companies send their newest plants to K-State to be planted in the Kansas prairie climate. The trial showed not all flowers can withstand the brutal climate.

• Moran: Troxel Park – This park is very eyecatching as you travel Hwy 59 in Moran. It sits right on a corner and really stands out.

The master gardeners are very knowledgeable individuals that love their communities and want to give back to them.

Krista Harding is a K-State Research and Extension Agricultural agent assigned to Southwind District. She may be reached at 620-2443826 or kharding@ksu.

Independence strengthens youth Do you remember the first time you made an important decision?

There was probably a feeling of exhilaration mixed with a bit of fear, but a good feeling of being independent.

Independence is part of being an adult and youth must be given opportunities to practice decision-making and self-determination as they move toward adulthood. By gaining a sense of independence, youth develop personal responsibility and discipline.

Independence and decision-making leads to the seventh element of the Eight Essential Elements of Positive Youth Development, Opportunity for Self-Determination. Believing their decisions can influence their lives helps youth exercise their potential

Jennifer Murphy Extension Agent for 4-H to become self-directing autonomous adults.

Within the 4-H program and community clubs, self-determination is present when youth members choose projects, activities, or hobbies. This is also visible when they choose to drop out of organizations or teams based on their changing interests and abilities. 4-H community club leaders support self-determination by giving youth numerous opportunities to set their own goals, provide an environment where they can safely try new things,

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The latest update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service says 96 percent of the state’s wheat crop has been seeded. About 88 percent has emerged.

Wheat condition is rated 6 percent excel-

lent, 57 percent good, 34 percent fair and 3 percent poor.

Fall harvest is also nearing an end with 92 percent of the corn in the state now harvested.

The sorghum harvest is about 67 percent finished.

About 84 percent of the soybean crop has also been cut.

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challenge themselves, and avoid the tendency to solve problems for youth.

The 4-H program fosters independence by encouraging members to make decisions about which events to attend, which projects to complete, how to respond to challenging situations, and determining which, if any, leadership position is a suitable goal or fit. Through informed decisions and incremental independence youth discover their authentic selves.

For more information on 4-H or Positive Youth Development, contact Jennifer K. Murphy, District 4-H Youth Development Agent, Southwind Extension District - Erie Office at 620-244-3826 or by email at jen07m@ ksu.edu.

ByfieldGilliland family reunites The Byfield-Gilliland reunion was Nov. 2 at the Colony Community Building. Those attending were Richard and Rhoda Gilliland, Peggy Gilliland, Kenneth and Marsha Storrer, Mary Ellen McDown, Dianna Henry, Scott and Isabell Plier, Chuck Gilliland, Tina and Keaton, Cindy and Christy Williams, Don and Pat McGhee, all of Iola. Les, Arlene and Kurston Gilliland, Gene and Jo Dickerson, Sharon Smith, Cassidy Sellman, Angie, Kami and Trewit Luedke, Katherine Weldin, all of Colony. Mary Frances Jasper, Terry and Wanda Weldin, Burlington, Linda DeCoursey, Pat and Richard Ludolph, Topeka. Helen Hoffman, Bevier, Mo., Edith Hearrold, Macon, Mo., Georgia Bates, Gladstone, Mo., Jean Frerking, Concordia, Mo., Margaret Gilliland, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Don Cloud, Climax.

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The surcharge was instituted earlier this year to help the city make up lost revenue on its countywide ambulance service.

“I agree something needs to be done, but I can’t support this until that $5 surcharge comes off,” Councilman Gene Myrick said.

A renegotiated con-

tract with the county, and new call-in policies to curb overtime costs, should be enough to allow the city to do away with the surcharge, Slaugh agreed.

“We need to be aggressive with this,” Councilman Steve French said in regard to repairs. He wondered if the city would be better served by hiring summer crews

to assist with water line replacement.

Slaugh promised to consider the suggestion, noting manpower shortages within the city meant fewer old lines have been replaced so far in 2014.

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spend $697,500 to ensure its diesel generators remain in compliance with

Environmental Protection Agency standards.

Council members approved the expenditure to install oxidation catalysts on the five generators in 2015.

The catalysts are necessary to meet tighter emissions standards through the EPA’s Reciprocation Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) National Emissions

Humboldt: US 169 work ahead Continued from A1

involve as much as 14.5 miles in Allen County, 11.6 in Neosho County.

The highway was rebuilt about 35 years ago.

On Herder’s recommendation, council members set aside consideration of a request from Eagle Med to permit billing for what essentially is helicopter insurance to be collected through utility bills.

He pointed out city staff faced learning new software and that he also was reluctant “to do the billing for someone else.”

Eagle Med has a program that insures air ambulance service for a family for a premium of $65 a year.

Councilman Jerry

Stephens closed discussion when he proposed if the city were to take on Eagle Med’s billing it would set a precedent that would make it difficult to refuse similar requests from others.

Herder discounted a suggestion that the city might purchase Eagle Med policies for employees by noting employee benefits already were nicely bundled.

IN HIS end-of-meeting report, Herder said: — Collection of pastdue utility bills was on schedule.

— A property insurance assessment recommended hard swing seats at Camp Hunter Park be replaced with flexible

plastic ones; a fishing platform on the edge of the Neosho River would be safer with a fence; rust on a slide at the swimming pool should be repaired. He said all three recommendations would be dealt with.

— Reported bids to improve sidewalks near schools — the Safe Routes to School project — would be let in the spring, with construction during summer of 2015.

— Water storage tanks — two 200,000-gallon ones in the industrial park and an older 75,000-gallon tower in the city square — were inspected, with minimal, and fixable, failures found only on the one in the square. A 300,000-gal-

lon tank behind City Hall was not inspected.

— The roof of the maintenance building in Mount Hope Cemetery was repaired after numerous leaks developed.

“This should extend the life of the building for several years,” Herder said.

— All 280 street lights in town are shining brightly after Westar crews replaced 17 bulbs.

— Reported he would spend two days a month in 2015 attending a Certified Municipal Manager Program offered by the League of Kansas Municipalities and the University of Kansas. Cost will be $2,900; the program was a condition of his employment.

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) program.

Without the upgrades, the city was in jeopardy of being forced to use the generators only on an emergency basis, and could not include those when figuring the city’s generating capacity. Iola’s generating capacity is figured into the city’s wholesale electric con-

tract. More generating power computes to more favorable electric rates.

The city already has $172,500 in its reserves for the upgrades, plus another $450,000 budgeted in 2015, Slaugh said.

That still leaves the city $75,000 short of its goal, Slaugh said. That money likely will come from the city’s electric reserve fund.

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in need of special education services.

During the public forum Iola patron Joe Hess discussed the recent defeat of the school bond issue to build new schools.

Hess, a supporter of new schools, encouraged board members to now take a tack of fixing current schools. He suggested upgrading security at every door. To fix the problem of mold in the basements of many of the buildings he suggested pouring another concrete slab in the basement. At each school parking is

an issue. Hess suggested buying the old SEK Multi-County Health Department building to put in a parking lot.

He also thought making the elementary schools attendance centers would be best.

In other news: — The board approved the purchase of 48 Chromebooks and two carts.

— The board hired Chris Weide as the high school assistant girls basketball coach.

The board also hired Nick McNaulty as a high school assistant boys basketball coach.

Waylon Ingle was hired as a substitute bus driver.

Berlin Wall: Slaugh witnesses world history with family Continued from A1 sions in recent weeks and months.

Undeterred, they spent a largely uneventful day visiting a number of shops and tourist destinations before re-entering West Germany through the famed Checkpoint Charlie and back to their friends’ house.

The news reports started trickling in the next day. The East Germans were going to allow, for the first time since the city was split more than 40 years prior, unfettered access from East to West Germany.

The Wall was about to come down.

The family had two choices. Head on home ahead of any ruckus sure to follow; or go back into Berlin to see firsthand history in the making.

“I guess I’m just an adventurous sort,” Slaugh said. “We decided to go back to East Berlin.”

Easier said than done.

Almost as quickly as they were granted permission, the East German government reportedly changed its mind.

But as afternoon arrived, it was evident something was up.

“People everywhere just started walking in one direction,” Slaugh said. “It was almost like

they were following the Pied Piper.”

They were headed to the Wall.

Throngs converged on Checkpoint Charlie, which was going to be reopened — for good, as it turned out.

With only one access point through the wall, traffic crawled to a stop.

“Remember, we were in a large van, and we couldn’t go very fast for fear of hitting someone,” Slaugh said. “You could feel people pushing on the side of the van from outside.

A caravan of troop carriers drove past.

“It was then we wondered, ‘What did we get ourselves into?’” he said.

His fears were quickly allayed. Despite the mobs, there was no fear at all. Only euphoria.

Slaugh’s son opened a van window, and recorded footage of jubilant East Germans heading to their neighbors to the west.

It took about three hours — from 7 to 10 p.m. — for the Slaughs to travel about three blocks in their van.

“It was hard to describe the feeling of being among people who were being released after being confined behind a wall since 1961,” he said.

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it back into West Berlin, the Slaughs decided to head back to the Air Base.

The 100-mile trip also became an ordeal because of persistent traffic jams.

“The final 30 miles before Checkpoint Alpha was stop-and-go traffic with people stopping to go to the bathroom on the side of the road, then drink some more champagne, hoop, holler and visit,” Slaugh said.

“What a great experience.”

Grocery stores also were emptied.

“Remember, these people had lived for decades

of oppression under a Communist regime,” Slaugh said. “For some, it had been years since they’d been able to taste a citrus fruit like a banana. That’s why the stores were emptied.”

The Slaughs decided on one final trip to East Germany a year later, on Oct. 3, 1990. Unity Day. “We wanted to see what the rest of East Germany was like,” Slaugh said. “It was amazing. It was almost like time was at a standstill for 30 years. The buildings hadn’t really been maintained since the time the Wall went up.”

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from the Air Force in 1993 after serving 20 years as a pilot and flight instructor.

After that, he pursued a career in city administration because of its similarities to his work environment in the military.

After earning a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Kansas, Slaugh was hired as a capital improvement coordinator in Merriam.

From there, he served four years as city administrator in Hiawatha and three more in Basehor

until 2009.

He was hired as Iola’s city administrator in 2011.

Slaugh’s children also reflect occasionally on their experiences, he said. On Slaugh’s desk is a homemade calendar made by one of his children that shows a photo of the Slaugh family in front of the Wall.

“That was one of the best parts,” he said.

“They were pretty young the first time we saw the Berlin Wall, but they were old enough to understand what was occurring when it was opened.”

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Health Care Act’s success ammunition against detractors The future of the Affordable Care Act will once again be up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

At issue are the tax credits that 4 million low- and moderate-income Americans use to help pay their insurance premiums.

Detractors of the ACA found one five-word phrase in the entire act that they contend prohibits 36 states, including Kansas, from receiving the subsidies.

The phrase, “exchanges established by a state,” opponents say, means only states that operate their own insurance marketplaces can receive the subsidies.

The intent of the health care act is to provide U.S. citizens with affordable health care to the best of its ability. Those with limited means are to receive tax credits on the exchanges, regardless of who manages them — the feds or state officials.

By and large, states with Republican leadership chose not to develop their own marketplaces and defaulted to using the federal model.

If the subsidy portion of the act is eliminated, the entire program goes kaput.

The success of the Affordable Care Act — as with auto and home insurance — relies on everybody participating. Without the subsidies, insurance premi-

ums would be outrageously high.

Under the ACA, health insurance companies can no longer deny coverage based on an applicant’s medical history. Before, a diagnosis of cancer or diabetes could jeopardize a person’s coverage. Now, because we all are required to pay into the system, we can be assured a medical emergency will not necessarily become a financial emergency as well.

The subsidies guarantee health care is for all, not just the well-to-do, and help more seek routine and preventative care rather than waiting for minor illnesses to escalate into expensive medical emergencies.

TWO YEARS ago the Supreme Court ruled the Affordable Care Act as constitutional. This new case will determine whether the law can work as its sponsors intended.

Arguments begin early next year with a decision expected by June.

In between, it would behoove the justices to recognize the success of the health care act. Enrollment is at 7.1 million and predicted to reach 10 million next year.

Signup for the second year begins Saturday and closes Feb. 15, 2015.

The best defense will be its continued success.

— Susan Lynn

A�look�back�in�time � 60 Years Ago Week of Nov. 9, 1954

Approximately 24,000 sunsplashed spectators jammed the square yesterday to watch the colorful, 90-minute Veterans Day parade — the high point of the celebration. The parade had 26 bands and drum corps, some two dozen floats and displays, and several National Guard units putting on a dazzling display for the crowd. Another thousand attended the impressive Gen.

Frederick Funston Memorial Armory dedication ceremonies. Among those speaking were Funston’s brother and sister, Pogue Funston, Carlyle, and Mrs. Frank A. Eckdall, Emporia. Thousands flocked to the free aerial act on the east side of the square in late afternoon. In the evening crowds thronged to the four dances being held, and the three vaudeville shows staged at Memorial Hall drew an estimated 3,000.

Letters to the editor Dear editor,

I had to write to apologize to Susan Raines (director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.)

After the performance of Cindy Summers she asked me how I enjoyed it. I did not take time to explain: Susan has great performers and Cindy is exceptional.

Dear editor,

It is this time of year when we traditionally take a long look to consider our surroundings. A time of giving thanks. We live in a wonderful nation, and share in a community of good people. Thanksgiving should be about finding the good in others, as well as in our own life. We can all count our blessings. We live in a nation that has been the pinnacle of success over struggle, and the envy of every other nation on earth. Most of us believed that God gave to us, and we sacrificially gave to each other, and even helped build other nations through this sacrificial spirit.

We have recently however seen a nation in decline. We look at our own people with envy, and make demands that would take from others instead of giving of ourselves.

Recently in our own community, many have found it difficult to be thankful for our schools. And while our

I go to the theater in anticipation to hear beautiful melody and hear the lyrics. I come out disappointed. All I hear are the drums. From the Beatles Legends I enjoyed only one song, “Yesterday.” The rest of the time I covered my ears to protect my ear drums.

I do not know if the singers

are aware that their marvelous talent is overshadowed by the support music. Whether this a desire of the performers or the sound people. To me it takes away from the performance I come to hear and see.

Lillian Orzechowski, Iola, Kan.

schools may not be the very best, they have graduated numerous wonderful students.

Most have gone on to find success after attending here, and there is no reason this can’t continue. If necessary, some adjustments may need to be made, but we still have a great school system here in Iola.

I have read many of the editorials and forum letters that were written, and it seems there is much disdain for the buildings that our community has provided to our students.

In one editorial, improving the schools was compared to putting lipstick on a pig. This truly bothers me and should bother every graduate that has passed through these halls. Differing opinions can be made, and should be, but certainly without such exaggeration. We ourselves have two sons that both graduated from the Iola school system, and we never felt the buildings were inadequate, or insufficient to provide a good

education.

Much of our nation has become so busy making war with each other that we have forgotten that through common sacrifice our founders, and previous generations, built the best nation on earth. And we can do it again. We need not worry about warring with each other. Instead we need to follow the greatest commandment in the Bible. That is to love God, love one another, and look for that which is good. Sacrifice is a good lesson, and one that is best taught at an early age.

It works well, even with students. We don’t always get everything that we want, and in that lesson we learn to be satisfied, and be a benefit to one another.

Let us look at our school, our community, and our people, and be proud of what Iola is. We can find much good news in this Thanksgiving season.

Rev. Tom Bevard, Iola, Kan.

Tune out cable news to gain a more balanced life

By RICK STEVES Los Angeles Times

(MCT) I miss the days when people would say “Bon voyage” to travelers heading off. Today, Americans instead say “Travel safely.”

I travel a lot. In the last year or so I’ve been to Egypt, the West Bank, Israel, Turkey and Russia. My loved ones worry out loud: “Rick, do you think this is safe?” I always assure them, “As long as I’m not traveling through Chicago, I think I’ll be OK.” After traveling and lecturing across the United States in recent months, it strikes me that our nation has never been so racked with fear.

The paramount concern is “national security”: the fear that apocalyptic forces outside America’s borders — the Islamic State, Ebola, immigrants from Latin America — will creep in and overwhelm us.

But the more I travel, the

clearer it seems to me: Fear is for people who don’t get out much. These people don’t see the world firsthand, so their opinions end up being shaped by sensationalistic media coverage geared toward selling ads. Sadly, fear-mongering politicians desperate for your vote pile on too.

Commercial television news is hammering “the land of the brave” with scare tactics as never before. I believe the motivation is not to make us safer. It’s to boost ratings to keep advertisers satisfied and turn a profit.

When Walter Cronkite closed the evening news by saying, “And that’s the way it is,” I believe that, to the best of journalists’ knowledge, that really was the way it was. In those days, television networks were willing to lose money on their evening news time slot to bring us the news.

It was seen as their patriotic duty as good corporate citizens.

But times have changed, and now corporations have a

legal responsibility to maximize short-term profits for their shareholders. They’ve started sexing up, spicing up and bloodying up the news to boost ratings. And 24/7 news channels have to amp up the shrillness to make recycled

border? Of course, these are serious issues. But hyping a news story as a “crisis” and lurching erratically from one to the next serves only to stir people up. Mix in negative political ads, and it can feel as if the world is falling apart.

The more I travel, the clearer it seems to me: Fear is for people who don’t get out much. These people don’t see the world firsthand, so their opinions end up being shaped by sensationalistic media coverage geared toward selling ads. news exciting enough to watch.

In a sense, news has become entertainment masquerading as news. Now an event is not news, it’s a “crisis.” Today it’s Islamic State militants and Ebola. Last month, the greatest threat to civilization was apparently the National Football League turning a blind eye to domestic violence. Or was it racist cops? Or child immigrants at the Mexican

The unhappy consequence: We end up being afraid of things we shouldn’t be — and ignoring things that actually do threaten our society, such as climate change and the growing gap between rich and poor.

It seems that the most fearful people in our country are those who don’t travel and are metaphorically barricaded in America. If we all stayed home and built more walls

and fewer bridges between us and the rest of the world, eventually we would have something to actually be fearful of.

I’ve found that one partial solution is a simple one: travel.

The flip side of fear is understanding. And we gain understanding through travel.

As you travel, you realize that we’re just 300 million Americans in a much wider pool of 7 billion people. It’s good for our national security to travel, to engage with the other 96 percent of humanity and gain empathy for people beyond our borders.

Don’t let fear-mongering politicians and ratings-crazed news channels shape the way you see our world. Get out there and experience it for yourself. Bon voyage.

Rick Steves writes travel guidebooks and hosts the public television series “Rick Steves’ Europe.” The new edition of his book “Travel as a Political Act” is out this month.

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ACC men’s cross country takes ninth at nationals

By SPENCER MICHELSON The Iola Register

LUBBOCK, Texas — Keep it simple, stupid.

That’s what coach Vince DeGrado kept telling himself after the Allen Community College men’s cross country team finished ninth as a team at the NJCAA National Championships this past Saturday.

“My worst week ever, is the last week of every season. You’re over-thinking everything,” DeGrado said. “I should have told myself KISS - keep it simple, stupid. That’s essentially what I’ve done all year. Everything I’ve done has been keep it simple, keep it simple and keep it simple.

Stick to the plan and don’t deviate. I’ve been solid on that all year, and all of the sudden during the week of nationals, I changed it up.”

Finishing ninth out of 33 teams is nothing to be upset about, but the team had been trending upward for the past several weeks. Instead, DeGrado changed up the team’s workout routine and believes this caused them all to slide.

Pedro Montoya led the Red Devils, finishing the 8-kilometer run in 22nd place with a time of 25 minutes and 55 seconds. Brock Artis placed 43rd in 26:34.

“The guys that (Pedro) finished ahead of and with at regionals were sitting fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth,” DeGrado said.

“That’s what makes me so mad. And Brock. He’s been with me two and a half years,

I love that kid like a little brother. That’s what made me mad at myself, that kid gave it his all for this program. You want him to keep receiving what he and they deserved. I hate to say deserve, but they did deserve to run well.”

Trail Spears crossed the finish line in 27:17 for 79th place, Meshach Adams placed 91st in 27:39, Jeremy Brittain took 96th in 27:45, Connor Immenschuh took 119th in 28:06 and Daniel Driskill finished in 121st in 28:07.

“Looking at the results, they were getting faster, faster and faster. All I had to do was the same workouts,” DeGrado said. “Instead, I went and got some outside input. The problem with that, is they’re not at my practices every day or with these athletes every day.

That is the insecurity of a coach.”

DeGrado said the team should have finished in sixth place and that is where they were projected to finish before the race. But, he isn’t letting this one meet define the entire season.

“We won our third straight conference title, took second in the region with a team that hardly returned anyone from last year’s team,” DeGrado said.

DeGrado, 33, is in his ninth season as a coach. In his fifth season, he won a national title at Cowley College. Since then, he said he has tried to repeat what he did that season.

This year, he didn’t think he had the best recruits, but he had the perfect training formula. By taking outside help,

it may have cost his team a better place at nationals.

“I don’t think I’ve ever had disappointment at nationals that I could actually pinpoint what I did wrong,” DeGrado said. “You could have two or three run bad or a mixture, but when all eight runners have a bad or their worst race of the year, you’ve got to look at yourself.”

Alisn Stevens, the lone woman runner, also took a step back at the national meet.

She placed 103rd in the 5k meet with a time of 20:17.

“As I was looking through results, comparing region results with national results, she would have been in the top-30,” DeGrado said.

DeGrado said the team will have one last chance at redemption. Allen will compete in the NJCAA Half-Marathon Classic in Topeka on Nov. 22.

The 13.1 mile course will be the last cross country event of the season.

DeGrado said that the team will have only four runners participate since the team score will only apply to a team’s top three runners — one runner will be a back-up.

“Overall this season has been great, I had a lot of fun,” DeGrado said. “That’s why I’m just mad at myself. For something so simple as to keep it simple, that’s all I had to do.”

Allen’s Pedro Montoya runs during an 8-kilometer meet earlier this season. Montoya placed 22nd at the NJCAA National Championships this past Saturday — the highest finish on the team. COURTESY PHOTO

T.J. Green works to break out of father’s shadow

By SAM McDOWELL The Kansas City Star

Gabby Richards (15) takes a shot at a game earlier this season. Richards scored four points in the combined eighth grade and seventh grade B-Team’s 28-15 loss to Coffeyville Monday night.

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IMS girls basketball struggles on road COFFEYVILLE — Iola Middle School’s girls basketball teams didn’t give up, but weren’t able to score a win against Coffeyville Monday night.

The eighth grade A-Team lost 39-29, scoring 10 points in the fourth quarter. However, the Ponies couldn’t overcome a 28-10 halftime lead by Coffeyville.

“The girls didn’t quit,” coach Marty Taylor said. “We got it down to eight around the twominute mark, but just couldn’t get over the hump.”

Piper Moore led the team

with 15 points and also had four rebounds. Kendra Sprague scored six points and grabbed five rebounds. Madisyn Holloway put up eight points.

“Kendra did a much better job inside tonight,” Taylor said.

“We need that every game.”

The seventh grade A-Team lost 34-14.

“We let them intimidate us a little at the start,” Taylor said.

“The girls did a much better job in the second half.”

Kelsey Morrison led the Ponies with seven points and eight rebounds. Sydnie Keagle scored two points and grabbed

four rebounds. Elysia Kunkler had three points and Carlie Payne had two points.

“Elysia gave us some good minutes off the bench,” Kunkler said.

Both the seventh and eighth grade B-Teams played a combined game. The team lost 2815.

Charvelle Peterson scored six points, Gabby Richards scored four points, Katie Weide scored three points and Elysia Kunkler scored two points.

Iola plays Thursday at home against Independence starting at 3:30 p.m.

(MCT) — T.J. Green stood near his own end zone on the Rockhurst High School football field in Kansas City, Mo., 3 yards behind his offensive line, and fired a pass over the head of an open wide receiver. On the second drive of a Sept. 26 home game against Blue Springs, the chants started almost immediately.

Just like Trent! Just like Trent!

The sound rang from the southeast corner of the stadium, courtesy of the Blue Springs student body, gradually growing loud enough to reach the field. Green scanned to his right for a glimpse of the responsible parties.

“Whatever,” he later recalled thinking.

Green would help guide Rockhurst to a 14-13 victory that night against the twotime defending Missouri Class 6 state champions.

But he completed only four passes. He didn’t throw a touchdown. He didn’t do enough, in other words, to silence the detractors.

He fears he never will _ even as he has helped Rockhurst to the Missouri Class 6 state semifinals after the Hawklets came back to defeat Blue Springs last Friday.

Green has thrown 28 touchdowns and only two interceptions this season.

But does it matter?

“Because of who I am, and because of where I play, a lot of people like to talk,” Green said. “It’s going to happen.

You just have to learn to shut it out.”

Easier said than done?

“Absolutely.”

So what’s it like being the son of former Chiefs quarterback Trent Green?

It certainly has its perks.

There were the days a young T.J. could enjoy throwing passes and running routes inside the Chiefs’ practice facility. There were the lower level seats at a buzzing Arrowhead Stadium.

And, of course, there was the easy access to advice from a former NFL quarterback.

T.J. says one of his earliest memories is his father teaching him how to grip a football and throw a spiral. He tried all the sports — baseball, tennis, basketball — but he felt a gravitation toward football.

It’s Dad’s sport.

“Our backyard was the backyard for all the games — baseball, soccer, basketball, kickball, you name it,” Trent said. “T.J. wasn’t always the most assertive kid out there, but when they played football, he was the quarterback.

He kind of insisted on that.”

T.J. talks of the importance of breaking free from his father’s shadow — a process Trent believes is important — but there’s always been a reluctance to do so.

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This year the event will feature favorite games from past carnivals which served as inspiration for the theme, The Golden Oldies. In addition to the traditional activities, a bounce house and a photo booth will provide entertainment for the evening. A silent auction and prize giveaways are planned for the evening as well.

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Iola OKs ‘Band-Aid’ repairs to Madison Avenue

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Provided the weather warms back up sometime this fall, a small stretch of Madison Avenue will get a new layer of asphalt in downtown Iola.

City Council members approved Monday spending a combined $39,822 to SE-KAN Asphalt Services to mill and add a 2-inch asphalt overlay on the northernmost westbound lane from Washington Avenue to State Street and from Buckeye Street to Jefferson Avenue.

Assistant City Administrator Corey Schinstock admitted the new layer amounts to little more than a Band-Aid repair, but could potentially give the city a couple more years

to consider more extensive repairs to the road.

Madison combines with East Street to comprise U.S. 54 through Iola and has undergone several construction projects over the past 20 years, including two full-length mill and overlay projects in 2000 and 2009.

An asphalt road is designed to last about 10 years before extensive overlays are necessary, Schinstock said.

The problem is the northernmost lane already shows signs of failure at its base, with cupping and cracking already evident.

There’s more.

If the city does a simple mill and overlay, the Kansas Department of Transportation will fund 80 percent of the cost through its KLINK

program.

However, the state will not aid the city if Iola goes for a full-depth restoration.

“The KLINK funds are considered for maintenance only, not replacement,” Slaugh said.

In other words, the city must fund the full-depth restoration — estimated at $3 million or more — itself.

Adding the temporary fix will allow Schinstock and Slaugh to continue to seek alternative funding sources in case a full-depth restoration is ordered.

Council members approved the SE-KAN project, provided the company meets KDOT rules mandating air temperature be at least 50 degrees and the street surface temperature of at least 55.

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proved the purchase of a Ford F-350 for the Electric Distribution Department from Twin Motors Ford at a cost of $35,81, including taxes.

The city’s existing 2000 F-350 is equipped with a hoist flatbed and is used daily by crews to haul material to and from job sites.

With 101,000 miles on it, the truck has “significant front end issues” and a heater that does not work, Electric Distribution Superintendent Jim Baker said.

Mechanics from Twin Motors and within the city both

have tried to fix the heater but have not been able to do so.

Funds will be used from the department’s equipment reserve for equipment replacement. That fund currently has $124,000, Slaugh said.

THE COUNCIL hired James DePriest to work at the Water Plant and accepted the resignation of David Ingle from the Police Department. Ingle’s position will be filled, Slaugh said. Council members also approved six-month or annual evaluations of three other employees with subsequent pay raises ranging from 3 to 3.5 percent.

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And after a year living in Indiana, T.J. wanted to return to Kansas City to attend Rockhurst. Why? Trent attended Vianney in St. Louis, another private, all-male Catholic school.

T.J. speaks highly of the education Rockhurst offers, but he wanted to feel the same thrill of playing on Friday nights that his dad felt. He wanted to be in the spotlight, too.

And what better place to do it than Rockhurst, a program home to nine football state championships?

“I think that’s what he came back for,” Rockhurst coach Tony Severino said. “He wanted the education here, obviously. But he wanted this atmosphere and the challenge. I don’t think he could’ve had it any other way.”

So what’s it like being the son of former Chiefs quarterback Trent Green?

It certainly has its pressure.

There are the whispers T.J. hears while walking through the line to shake hands with an opposing team after the game.

There’s Trent Green’s son.

There were the classmates who teased him about being the backup on the sixth- and seventhgrade football teams.

He didn’t even win the freshman team starting job until the third week of the season.

To a certain degree, he still hears ridicule that he hasn’t landed a Division I scholarship offer.

But while he may by flying under the radar of high-level recruiters, he can’t escape the spotlight in Kansas City.

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He threw only seven touchdowns as a junior and completed only 44.8 percent of his passes.

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Public notice (First published in The Iola Register Nov. 4, 2014) DISTRICT COURT, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK & TRUST, f/k/a COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, CASE NO. 2014CV77 TITLE INVOLVING REAL ESTATE v.

DIEBOLT LUMBER AND SUPPLY, INC., SUSAN H. DIEBOLT, DONALD D. DIEBOLT a/k/a DONALD DARRELL DIEBOLT, UNKNOWN TENANT, KITCHENS AND MORE, INC., LIFETIME SURFACES, INC., BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FORALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, GE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL, INC., LCA BANK CORPORATION, HOUSE ACCOUNT FUNDING, LLC, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. and all unknown tenants, or persons in possession, heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors and trustees, creditors, and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are unknown; the heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased and any other party claiming any interest in said real property, Defendants.

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 (REAL ESTATE FORECLOSURE ACTION) NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS TO: The unknown defendants and all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a Petition for Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, by Community National Bank & Trust praying for foreclosure of a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate:

Tract 1: Commencing at a point 1165 feet East of the Northwest corner of the Northwest Fractional Quarter of Section 2, Township 25, Range 19; thence east 760 feet, thence South 725 feet, thence West 760 feet, thence North 725 feet to the point of beginning, Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 2661 Nebraska Rd., LaHarpe Kansas 66751.

Tract 2: North 5-acre tract A tract in the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 24 South, Range 19 East, Allen County Kansas ( the East line of said Quarter having an assumed bearing of North 00°00’00” West) described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Northeast Quarter; thence North 00°00’00” West along the East section line 1413.00 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 89°12’00” West, 466.70 feet; thence North 00°00’00” West, 466.70 feet; thence North 89°12’00” East 466.70 feet to the East section line; thence South 00°00’00” East, 466.70 feet to the point of beginning, containing 5.00 acres more or less. (Tract 1 on Mortgage) Tract 3: A tract of land in the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 24 South, Range 19 East, Allen County, Kansas; beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter; (with the East section line having an assumed bearing of North 00°00’00” East.)

Thence North 89°58’49” West, 466.70 feet along the Quarter section line; thence North 00°00’00” East 702.14 feet; thence North 90°00’00” East, 466.70 feet to the East section line; thence South 00°00’00” West 702.30 feet along the East section line to the true point of beginning. Containing 7.523 acres, more or less.

(Tract 2 in Mortgage) Tract 4: A tract of land in the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 24 South, Range 19 East, Allen County, Kansas; commencing at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter; thence North 00°00’00” East (an assumed bearing) along the East section line 1229.11 feet to the

true point of beginning; thence North 86°27’25” West, 196.18 feet; thence North 78°08’00” West, 286.00 feet; thence North 72°05’00” West, 377.76 feet; thence North 43°28’35” West, 303.08 feet; thence North 05°00’00” East, 341.34 feet; thence North 60°15’37” East 317.54 feet; thence South 41°31’40” East, 348.82 feet, thence North 89°12’00” East, 40.30 feet; thence South 00°00’00” West, 466.70 feet; thence North 89°12’00” East, 466.70 feet to the East section line; thence South 00°00’00” West, 183.89 feet along the East section line to the true point of beginning containing 9.841 acres, more or less.(Tract 3 in Mortgage) Tract 5: A tract of land in the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 24 South, Range 19 East of the 6th P.M. Allen County, Kansas (the East line of said quarter having an assumed bearing of North 00°00’00” West) described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Northeast Quarter; thence North 00°00’00” West along the East Section line 708.00 feet; thence North 90°00’00” West 1093.00 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 85°43’40” West, 731.50 feet; thence North 09°18’00” West, 1006.00 feet; thence South 86°56’00” East, 939.20 feet thence South 02°57’10” West, 889.22 feet to the point of beginning.

Together with an easement for roadway for ingress and egress as set forth in Book 137 Misc., Page 462. (Tract 4 in Mortgage) Tract 6: A tract lying in the North Half of Section 30, Township 24 South, Range 19 East, Allen County, Kansas, described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said North Half; thence North 00°00’00” E (an assumed bearing) along the East Section line 1615.14 feet; thence North 90°00’00” W 1403.69 feet; thence N 86°56’00” W 722.79 feet to the true point of beginning; thence S 86°56’00” E 140.59 feet; thence S 9°18’00” East 1006.00 feet; thence N 85°43’40” E 731.50 feet; thence S 2°57’10” W 708.55 feet to the South line of said

North Half; thence N 89°58’49” W along the said South line to the center of Rock creek; thence Northeasterly along the center of Rock creek to a point that is N 00°00’00” E of the point of beginning, thence S 00°00’00” W to the point of beginning, exclusive of the oil, gas and all other minerals in and under said real estate.

(Tract 5 in Mortgage) Tract 7: A tract lying in the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 24 South, Range 19 East, Allen County, Kansas; commencing at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter; thence North 00°00’00” East (an assumed bearing) along the East Section line 1169.00 feet to the true point of beginning; Thence North 00°00’00” East, 60.11 feet; thence North 86°27’25” West, 196.18 feet; thence North 78°08’00” West, 286.00 feet; thence North 72°05’00” West, 377.76 feet; thence North 43°28’35” West, 303.08 feet; thence South 05°00’00” West, 40.31 feet; thence South 02°57’10” West 41.17 feet; thence South 43°28’35” East, 263.28 feet; thence South 72°05’00” East, 396.23 feet; thence South 78°08’00” East, 293.54 feet; thence South 86°27’25” East, 204.26 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.599 acres, more or less, exclusive of the oil, gas, and all other mineral in and under said real estate. (Tract 6 in Mortgage) and you are required to plead to the Petition on or before the 19th day of December 2014 in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Respectfully Submitted: Creath L. Pollak, #21681 MINTER & POLLAK 545 N. Woodlawn Wichita, Kansas 67208 (316) 265-0797 Attorney for Plaintiff MINTER & POLLAK AS ATTORNEYS FOR COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK & TRUST IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. (11) 4, 11, 18

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