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Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday.

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear LE ROY — Unlike the mechanized behemoths of today, Ray Whiteley’s mowing outfit was considerably quieter.

His “engine” — a pair of 1,200-pound mules — needed only an occasional break from the stifling summer heat as Whiteley traversed his way around an 18acre prairie hay meadow.

“It’s a little warm, so we’ve been taking it easy,” Whiteley said. “It’s our little hobby.”

The mules were pulling Whiteley’s antique sickle bar mower, a small wagon with cutting bar

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County VETERANS REMEMBERED hears budget requests Calls to the 911 dispatch center average one almost every 10 minutes.

And while that may sound a little slow, played out over 24 hours a day and every day of the year, the total comes to 55,000.

“That’s what we received last year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch center director, told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning.

The call total — she figures half or more are for true emergencies — wasn’t the point of her appearance, but the magnitude of the number captivated commissioners.

Murphy was before commissioners to request a 20 percent increase in the department’s budget for 2012, up $126,000 over this year’s $490,000.

The increase seemed pretty hefty. Murphy reasoned health insurance will cost an additional $50,000 and another $6,000 was expected for Kansas Public Em-

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attached. The bar was triggered through a gear box engaged as its wheels roll.

With no mechanical engine to speak of, the only noise emanating from his unit was from the teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar rotating back and forth.

Joining Whiteley was neighbor and friend Greg Gleue, with his own mowing outfit, another sickle bar mower pulled by a pair of Percheron draft horses.

“We’re having some fun with it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind of a wimp about it. He needs a

Ray Whiteley

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When Mark Burris purchased ATLANTA (AP) — Former Superior Products in 2011, he said Atlanta schools Superintendent the going likely would be slow.

Beverly knew adding about cheatHe didn’tHall anticipate to his ing allegations on standardized crew of three. tests eitheroutput ignoredthen themwas or Thebut plant’s tried to hide them, according to a pipeline closures, assembled here state investigation. from parts made elsewhere.

An Burris 800-page released But andreport plant manager Tuesday to The Associated Press Randy Misenhelby Gov. Nathan Deal’s office ter aren’t ones to through an open records request dally. Today, the showshas several educators reportplant seven ed cheating in their schools. But full-time emthe report says Hall, who won ployees, and has the national Superintendent of plans to expand, the Year award in 2009, and other Burris said. administrators those reMark Burris Superior Prod-ignored ports and sometimes retaliated ucts now more against resembles the whistleblowers. closely Burris’ previThe yearlong investigation ous venture, Precision Pump, the shows educators at nearly four down-hole pump manufacturer dozen he Atlanta and which sold to elementary Cameron Indusmiddle schools cheated on stantries in 2008. dardized stu“You cantests growby in helping a down mardents or changing the answers ket,” Burris said of today’s maronce exams were handed in. ket conditions.

The alsomid-$80s found a Oil isinvestigators selling in the “culture of fear, intimidation and per barrel, while natural gas is retaliation” in the school district hovering at about $3.50 per 1,000 over feet. the cheating allegations, cubic which led has to added educators Superior chokeslying and about the cheating or chemical pumps to itsdestroying inventory, CHEATING | Page A5 but theSee closures remain its flagship product.

Closures give access to a pipeline to insert pigs — tight-fitting devices — for cleaning and as an isolation barrier so two products may be moved at one time, such as diesel fuel and gasoline.

Most of Superior’s products are sold for the PennsylvaniaOhio, North Dakota and in Kansas-Oklahoma fields.

“We’ve had our first international sale,” to one of the republics in the former Soviet Union, Burris said. The international market constantly is being explored.

Helping expand the market is Iolan Fred Apt, sidelined when Haldex Brake closed, who is doing contract engineering work for Superior.

Whileup,” assembly was theTuesday initial picked Weiner said role of Superior Burris afternoon.

As inProducts, the past, “we expect a lot people to sign up FriSeeofSUPERIOR | Page A2 day 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

Temps for run look inviting Register/Bob Johnson

Soldiers of the 891st Engineer Battalion carried an oversized flag in Saturday’s Veterans Day Parade. In second row, from left, Connie Prock, left, and Wanda Lytle released balloons representing 37 Kansans missing in action; Scarlett Higgason, 8, came dressed as a

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com patriot; Alfred Link saluted during Becky French’s singing of the national anthem. Below, at left, Lt. Col. Eric Blankenship recalled the An anticipated field of a thousacrifices of veterans; World War II veterans rode on a float sponsored by Iola Elks.

sand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown business district early Saturday as Charley Melvin did in 1905, can be thankful that Melvin chose to

By BOB JOHNSON vance since it was resurrected it comes to showing their patrio- in keeping America the “Land of do his dastardly deed in the midbob@iolaregister.com in 1989, again moderated the tism. Both were in uniform Sat- the Free and Home of the Brave,” of the night.

Old soldiers “just fade away,” pre-parade program. Nearby in urday, Link’s accentuated by his as dle did Link, still mobile with Had the event being commemoGen. Douglas MacArthur fa- a wheelchair but as outgoing as trademark red socks. help of a cane and occasional asrated occurred in mid-day, parmously said 60 years ago, but two ever was Bob Lane.

Lane beamed at the pomp and sistance from friends. ticipants would battle oppressive of Iola’s most prominent are still The two men haven’t missed a circumstances associated with “We started this in 1989 after it heat and humidity, with both very much on the scene.

Veterans Day event on the square remembering the roles soldiers, was discontinued,” in about 1960, forecast at the upper end of the Saturday Alfred Link, the soul and neither ever is at loss when sailors and marines have played See VETERANS | Page A4 discomfort scale during daytime of Iola’s Veterans Day obserFriday 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.

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By STEVEN SCHWARTZ had success with other organizacomes to the news department much-awaited switched to journalism. “drag race,” feasteven@iolaregister.com tions he believes theytranswill with a wealth “It’ssome the best of area’s all worlds of the finest

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W. Jackson, turing Allen Community College is help ACC get on the right path.

A top student, will giftedhave writer because it couples analytical and women dressed in drag. susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where participants a men looking to venture into ofthe scope of what we are tryand selection strong athlete, 24, thinking with a at love of writing.

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9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive fund to bring in Peak Uptime to will begin meeting with faculty Schwartz attended Texas porter200 atsigned the university’s on for the news5-kiloRun For Your Life race.

If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets Tech can about create “technology roadare map” 2010 meter paper,run.

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Iolans honor veterans with ceremony, parade

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Pekarek finds home at USD 257

ACC looks ‘The Flame’ — Sinceto 1871ignite — At the bandstand

By STEVEN SCHWARTZ Thursday, July 7, 2011 steven@iolaregister.com

Jim Garner, director Bruce Symes, instructor for 8 p.m. the one-hour independent study PROGRAM

Allen Community College class, said it is in the early stages.

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they are working “kinks” out of When Brian Pekarek was hired the system, so students’ work can as superintendent of the Iola be easily accessible. school district in February, he “Unless you are looking for our saw an opportunity to “reinvigostories, you are probably not gorate” USD 257. ing to find anything,” Taylor EaWith a focus on academic sum, a student writer for the webachievement and public transparsite said of its accessibility. ency, Pekarek hopes he can furAmber Rucker, also a commuther success for the district and nications student, said they have the more than 1,300 students relybeen working hard to “get reading on it. ers involved” in the information, Pekarek walks his talk. A naand one of the best ways to get See PEKAREK Page A5 them to read the news is| to cover the events that they are involved with.

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Brian Pekarek, center, visits with Barb Geffert and Marcy Boring at Register/Steven Schwartz the USD 257 board office.

From left, ACC communications students Taylor Easum, Nikia Stewart, Amber Rucker and Cheyanna Colborn make up the reportIola, KS ing staff for The Flame. Writer Emily Steimel was not present.

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Obama salutes veterans “After a decade of war, our heroes are coming home,” President Barack said Sunday, marking Veterans Day by highlighting the first such day in 10 years without American troops fighting in Iraq.

In a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, Obama applauded the efforts of service members and celebrated the diminished number of U.S. military involvements.

“This is the first Veterans Day in a decade in which there are no American troops fighting and dying in Iraq.

Thirty-three thousand of our troops have now returned from Afghanistan, and the transition there is underway,” he said.

“When I spoke here three years ago, I spoke about today's generation of service members. This 9/11 generation who stepped forward after the towers fell, and in the years since, have stepped into history, writing one of the greatest chapters of military service our country has ever known,” Obama said.

“You toppled a dictator and battled an insurgency in Iraq.

You pushed back the Taliban and decimated al-Qaida in Afghanistan. You delivered justice to Osama bin Laden.

Tour after tour, year after year, you and your families have done all that this country has asked – you’ve done that and more.”

“Today, a proud nation expresses our gratitude. But

we do so mindful that no ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service. For that, we must do more. For that, we must commit — this day and every day — to serving you as well as you’ve served us,” Obama said.

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Today, a proud nation expresses our gratitude. But we do so mindful that no ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service.

— President Barack Obama

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By MORGAN LITTLE Los Angeles Times

He highlighted the needs of veterans returning home.

He stressed the importance of efforts to rehire and retrain veterans, maintaining the post-9/11 GI Bill and addressing mounting medical issues.

“If you find yourself struggling with the wounds of war — such as post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries — we’ll be there as well, with the care and treatment you need,” he said. “No veteran should have to wait months or years for the benefits that you've earned, so we will continue to attack the claims backlog.”

Calendar Deadline: Notify the Register about calendar announcements by 7 a.m. Mondays in order to have your event listed.

Today

Unity Club meeting, 1:30 p.m., Donna Lower-Nord’s residence, 1109 Meadowbrook Rd. W., program by Mary Martin.

USD 257 School Board meeting, 6:30 p.m., Iola High School.

Women’s Ministry Fellowship meeting, 6:30 p.m., First Assembly of God Church 1020 E. Carpenter.

USD 479 Board meeting, 7 p.m., Crest Board Office, Colony.

Allen County Chapter American Cancer Society meeting, 7 p.m., Allen County Hospital conference room.

USD 256 board meeting, 7 p.m., district office in Moran.

Humboldt City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Humboldt City Hall.

USD 258 school board meeting, 7:30 p.m., school board office in Humboldt.

Tuesday

Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., new Community Building at Riverside Park.

Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse.

Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College Student Center meeting room.

Grief Support Group meeting, 3:30 p.m., 501 N. State St. American Legion meeting, 7:30 p.m., American Legion auxiliary unit 15.

Wednesday

Dirt Diggers Garden Club, 2 p.m., Shirley Robertson’s residence 318 N. Main St., Gas. Prenatal classes, 6 p.m., at the Mary Ellen Stadler Conference room in the basement of the Allen County Hospital.

LaHarpe City Council meeting, 7 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

Iola BPDE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

Vespers rehearsal, 8:15 p.m., choir room at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Thursday

911 Advisory Board meeting, 10 a.m., Iola 911 Center, 401 N. State St. Rotary Club, noon, The Greenery.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly No. KS 880, Iola, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson.

Jefferson PTO meeting, 6 p.m., Jefferson library.

Friday

Senior Citizens and Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center, 204 N. Jefferson.

Marci Penner, author of “8 Wonders of Kansas,” speaker series event, 7 p.m. in Creitz Recital Hall, Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Thrive Allen County Annual Dinner, Parish Hall at St. John’s Catholic Church, 6 p.m.

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and Misenhelter grew impatient with the slow delivery of parts. That prompted the duo to manufacture many of the parts locally.

Closures components still are made in Canada and China, but “we’re looking at what we can do to bring that in-house,” Burris said.

Parts for chokes and pumps are made here.

A bump in employee numbers is expected as oil and gas production ramps up in the United States.

“They’ve quit drilling for natural gas right now, but that will be back,” Burris said.

New procedures in hori-

zontal drilling, especially, will increase oil production, Burris said. That method of extracting oil from formations far underground is reaching the point where all of a large lease may be tapped from a single rig.

OIL AND GAS production is nothing new to Burris, 51.

“I’ve been involved in the business since I was old enough to crawl into Dad’s pickup truck,” he said.

Dad is Richard Burris, who in a partnership with Ed Noland, Chanute, supplies about 20 percent of the natural gas Iola purchases.

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current technology and provide the best suggestions for the situation.

Board member Jim Talkington recommended that the board create an IT committee that would work with Peak Uptime to ensure the best and most appropriate systems will be put in place.

BOARD members approved holiday vacation dates for the college.

Board member Spencer Ambler proposed the college should close Dec. 21 and open on Jan. 2.

Due to a federal mandate, students will now be required to answer four screening questions in relation to tuberculosis every year. Answers to the questions will determine if testing will be needed.

Students who take solely online courses will be excluded from the screenings.

Shelved immigration proposal may be revived

By MELANIE MASON Tribune Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Two senators are revisiting a comprehensive immigration plan that they dropped two years ago.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, R-N.Y., said he and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., “are talking to our colleagues about this right now, and I think we have a darn good chance, using this blueprint, to get something done this year.

The Republican Party has learned that being antiimmigrant doesn't work for them politically, and they know it.”

Immigration reform has received renewed focus since the election. President Barack Obama specifically mentioned the issue in his victory speech on Tuesday.

Exit poll data showed that President Obama won 71 percent of the Latino vote. The shellacking has prompted many Republicans to consider how they can do better with voters.

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, party strategist Steve Schmidt said “the Repub-

lican Party needs to get it together on its outreach to Latinos. And it’s good to hear that Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer are going to start advancing comprehensive immigration reform again because we have to get this off the table as a political issue for the party.”

On the program, Schumer offered a brief rundown of the plan.

“Our plan, just to be quick, does four things.

First of all, close the border. Make sure that’s shut,” Schumer said. “Second, make sure that there is a non-forgeable document so that employers can tell who is legal and who is illegal. And once they hire someone illegally, throw the book at them. That will stop illegal immigration in its track. “Third, on legal immigration, let in the people we need, whether they be engineers from our universities ... or people to pick the crops. And fourth, a path to citizenship that's fair, which says you have to learn English, you have to go to the back of the line, you’ve got to have a job, and you can’t commit crimes.”

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Iola Reads Festival, Allen Community College, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cancer Support Group, 10 to 11 a.m., Parish Hall at St. John’s Catholic Church.

Sons of the Legion, 2:30 p.m., Post Home.

Birdhouse Factory, 3 p.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Coming soon Nov. 19

Happy Hearts FCE meeting, 7 p.m., Humboldt Public Library.

John Robert “Jack” Works, 94, of Humboldt, died peacefully Friday morning, Nov. 9 at his home.

He was born Dec. 4, 1917, in Humboldt, the son of George C. and Amelia (Tholen) Works.

He graduated from Humboldt High Jack Works School in 1936, Iola Junior College in 1938 and Kansas State Agricultural College, now Kansas State University, in 1940.

After college, Jack returned to Humboldt, where he farmed in partnership with his brother George for 40 years.

In January of 1958, he married Mary Ruth VanSkike of Arkansas City. The couple had one son, John Lee, prior to her death in December 1961.

In February of 1963, Jack married Marguerite McAdam Walters, who died in September of 1997. On May 15, 1999, he was united in marriage to Anna Mae Robinson Weilert.

Jack was an active member of the Humboldt community, serving on the board of directors of Humboldt Brick & Tile Co., Allen County Hospital Board, USD 258 Board of Education, and Humboldt City Council.

In addition, he was a lifelong active member of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church.

He is survived by his wife Annie; his son, John Works of Wichita; 10 step-children, Richard Weilert, Humboldt; Michael Weilert, Wamego; Dr. Stephen Weilert, Humboldt; Dr. David Weilert, Humboldt; Martha Heffron, Eureka; Daniel Weilert, Humboldt; Barbara Hess, Humboldt; Sharon Barton, Humboldt; Karen Jarred, Chanute, and Dr. Tim Weilert, Chanute; his brother, Charles Works, and wife Mary, of Gloucester, Mass.; a sister-in-law, Jane Works of Iola, and 29 step-grandchildren, 32 great-step-grandchildren, numerous nephews and nieces.

Jack was preceded in death by his brother, George, and numerous cousins and friends.

Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Humboldt. Friends will be received immediately following the Rosary at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Humboldt on Saturday at 11 a.m. with Fr. Bernard Gorges and Fr. Thomas Scaletty co-celebrating the mass.

Burial will follow at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Humboldt.

Donations may be made in Jack’s memory to: Mission Outreach Fund, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 424 S. Central, Chanute, KS 66720.

Memorial gifts may also be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences for the family may be left on www.iolafuneral.com.

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Monday, November 12, 2012

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Pulling back the welcome mat Kansas is a study of contrasts.

On the one side, it has hopes of becoming Silicon Prairie — the hub of incredibly fast fiber optics thanks to Google Fiber willing to invest millions in Kansas City, Kan. A KC Startup Village is offering short-term rent-free facilities to prospective clients — typically very young entrepreneurs — to attract likeminded people to get the ball rolling.

Kansas City, Kan., the poor stepchild of Kansas City, Mo., is working very hard to promote itself as the hot spot of interconnectivity where hightech products are launched.

KC competed with 1,100 cities around the world to be host to the lucrative Google Fiber initiative. Now it’s selling itself as a mecca for creativity, where forward- and fast-thinking entrepreneurs will feel not only welcome but also they are in like company.

THE FLIP SIDE to this synergy and energy is the growing sentiment that Kansas is increasingly hostile to business.

No amount of tax breaks can overcome the negative vibes being sent out by an administration that courts harmful policies to education, the elderly and the poor. People and businesses locate to an area because it is welcoming in all aspects.

Already, all state agencies have had to deal with a 10-percent cut to their budgets, resulting in fewer mental health workers, fewer social workers and fewer case managers for seniors who receive homebased care and reduced staff and services at county health departments and early childhood services, just to name a few. Today, 2,200 Kansans who are developmentally disabled are on a waiting list to receive services.

State agencies are again bracing for another round of cuts because the current budget is on track for a $237 million deficit due to Gov. Brownback’s tax cuts.

TO PICTURE the situation, imagine yourself a young, single mother working part time at Herff Jones while trying to complete your GED at Allen Community College.

Currently, you can receive a few hundred dollars a month in state assistance to help with childcare as long as you work 20 hours a week.

For 2014, the Kansas Department for Children and Families is proposing you must work 30 hours to receive state aid.

The result?

You can’t cut it. There are

simply not enough hours in the day to juggle all three responsibilities. So you forgo the state aid because you cannot work that many hours at Herff Jones. Which forces you to drop out of school because you can’t afford the childcare without the state assistance.

Today, 8,800 young Kansas families are in this kind of a situation. It’s projected the longer work weeks will force 1,900 of them to drop out of the program.

In its report, the DCF recorded that as “saving” the state $4.8 million.

So yes, if we look at forcing people into abject poverty as a savings, we’ve got a bigger problem than just reconciling an insufficient budget.

NEED ANOTHER example?

Gov. Brownback continues to say he will not participate in an expanded Medicaid program. That’s six years of 100 percent federal dollars to cover an expected 130,000 Kansans whose incomes fall below 133 percent of the federal poverty level and who have no health insurance. Beyond the initial six years, states would assume 10 percent of the responsibility to provide the services.

Kansas already ranks among the lowest of states in providing Medicaid benefits. Eligibility is currently 30 percent of the federal poverty level, or individuals who make $5,964 or less a year. Shameful.

Under the Affordable Care Act’s expanded Medicaid provision, a family of four that makes $29,327 or less would be eligible for assistance.

A rally in Topeka on Friday in support of the Medicaid expansion program held placards aimed at Brownback, saying, “What would Jesus do?”

Indeed.

THERE ARE THOSE who say if you don’t like the direction Kansas is moving, then leave. Kris Kobach, Kansas attorney general, recently was quoted as saying, “Americans can vote with their feet, and choose a state that reflects their values and the way of life they’d like to enjoy. If a person wants to live a San Francisco lifestyle, they can go there. If they want to live a Kansas lifestyle, they can come here.”

Boy, that’s inviting.

Truth is, most of us want Kansas to be a place where anyone would want to come because we are honorable people who provide a good place to raise families and do business.

But until we get the message straight in our own heads, we’re going to have a tough time selling it to others.

— Susan Lynn

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Kansas conservatives own financial mess Last Tuesday afternoon, while a distracted public awaited the day’s election results, a group of Kansas officials announced that the state was about to fall into a deep financial hole.

The numbers announced by the Consensus Estimating Group, while not unexpected, are shockingly bad. The state is projected to receive $707 million less in revenues next year than it is currently spending.

Part of that hole could be filled by spending down a reserve fund of $470 million, although extinguishing the reserve balance to meet routine expenses is a sure sign of a fiscally ill state. Even with that contingency, after factoring in some new budget assumptions, analysts anticipate the state’s leaders will have to find about $328 million in either cuts or new revenues to come up with a balanced spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

That number strikes fear in the hearts of school superintendents, university leaders, state workers and the people who care for the state’s disabled and vulnerable citizens. They have weathered cuts and shortages for years and face the prospect of more.

But not everyone was dismayed by the findings of the economists and state officials who analyze state finances. Giddy with election night victories, some conservative Republicans told reporters they’d like to cut taxes — and thus revenues — even more.

Talk about a state of denial.

Kansas’ financial wound is selfinflicted. Gov. Sam Brownback and conservatives in the Legislature this year sharply cut income tax rates, despite warnings that expected business growth could

Kansas’ financial wound is self-inflicted. Gov. Sam Brownback and conservatives in the Legislature this year sharply cut income tax rates, despite warnings that expected business growth could not make up for the lost revenue. not make up for the lost revenue.

The income tax cuts will cost the state about $400 million in next year’s budget, and $4.5 billion over the next six years.

Compounding the immediate problem is the scheduled rollback of a one-cent sales tax increase that Brownback’s predecessor, Democratic Gov. Mark Parkinson, signed into law to get the state through the worst of the Great Recession. Unless the Legislature extends the sales tax, the state will lose $262 million a year beginning in July.

The obvious fix is for Brownback and lawmakers to raise income tax rates when the Legislature resumes in January. But that is virtually certain not to happen.

Apart from that, there are no good options. Here are some possibilities for what could be in store: An extension of the entire onecent sales tax. (Four-tenths will remain in any case, to fund highway projects.) Brownback has said he might recommend such a move, though many lawmakers are likely to object.

Leaving the tax in place might be preferable to gutting schools and services, but sales taxes disproportionately hurt the poor and middle-income households. Make no mistake, if the tax increase stays on the books, Brownback will own it. His legacy will be to lower income tax rates for wealth-

ier Kansans while raising the costs of goods and services for all the state’s residents.

Spending the reserve fund down to zero. Unlike many states, Kansas has no constitutional requirement to maintain a “rainy day” fund. Using the $470 million currently in the bank would provide a temporary partial fix, but for one year only. Kansas’ structural budget imbalance won’t go away unless the state finds more permanent sources of revenue.

Eventually the imbalance and absence of a reserve fund could affect the state’s bond rating.

Borrowing from designated accounts, such as state highway fund. This is another one-time fix, and another sign of a state’s desperation.

More cuts. Conservatives say it can be done. But schools have been laying off employees and cutting programs for years. Kansas state employees are among the lowest-paid in the nation. The number of developmentally disabled Kansans awaiting services is close to 5,000.

The state is failing to meet its responsibilities now. Lawmakers who think more cuts are possible either have no conscience or are operating in blissful ignorance.

The state is in bad shape and without a show of courage it will quickly get worse.

— The Kansas City Star

Revenue estimate frames FY 2014 budget The Consensus Revenue Estimating Group completed work Tuesday and issued its forecast.

The group predicts fiscal year 2014 state general fund receipts at $5.464 billion, a whopping $707 million less than current spending levels. That makes the next round of budgeting very hard work for policymakers.

Fortunately, the SGF will begin FY 2014 with about $470 million in the bank. However, even adding that healthy beginning balance to the estimated revenue does not provide enough resources to cover current programs. To simply keep the ending balance at zero, $237 million would still need to be cut.

Let’s look more closely at the budget math in the table at right.

AS EXPECTED, the estimate

reduces tax receipts to reflect the expiration of the current 6.3 percent sales tax rate and lowers individual income tax receipts to account for the full effect of the new income tax law. The SGF would collect about $400 million

Duane Goossen Kansas Health Institute more in FY 2014 if the 6.3 percent sales tax rate remained in place and about $800 million more if the income law had not been passed.

Together, that’s a $1.2 billion revenue swing in one year.

Interestingly, the new FY 2014 revenue forecast closely matches the estimates that the Kansas

Legislative Research Department made in May when trying to predict the effect of the income tax law. Page 2 of the attachment shows the much-quoted Legislative Research SGF profile that projected the effect of the tax cut through FY 2018. The column for FY 2014 looks a lot like what the state now faces.

Goosen served as the state’s budget director under the administrations of Bill Graves, Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson. Today he oversees KHI’s research and analysis of state fiscal policy.

FY 2014 State General Fund (Dollars in Millions)

Beginning Balance $470 FY 2014 Revenue Estimate $5,464 Total Available $5,934 Current FY 2013 Approved Spending $6,171 Ending Balance -$237

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H Schwartz An outdoors enthusiast, Schwartz joined the Outward Bound program and worked for a year as a guide at its base outside of Yosemite National Park in northern California.

Schwartz had worked with Texas Tech’s outdoor program for two years while attending school. That job involved taking groups of students on adventurous excursions including caving, backpacking and rock climbing.

Schwartz is certified as a wilderness first responder, which included 80 hours of first aid training.

His experience in California was enlightening he said, perhaps as much for the exposure to people as the elements.

“We’d have some kids whose parents enrolled them in a three-week camp because they thought they needed to be ‘toughened up,’ or that they needed to be pushed to try new things.

“The kids weren’t always responsive. Sometimes they’d try to get kicked out.”

“On the other hand, we also had students who wanted to come so badly that they applied for scholarships to come to the camps. Typically they were from urban environments, and the experience changed their lives.”

Schwartz said he personally likes to “push the envelope,” when it comes to outdoor activities. He especially enjoys winter

camping and rock climbing, definitely not activities for the faint of heart.

He’s also run three marathons, the most recent in early September.

On a more relaxed note, he’s an avid fly fisherman and enjoys tying his own

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It’s good to be here. I have family close by, my girlfriend is up at K-State, and I have lots to learn about Iola.

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flies.

As a youth, Schwartz ran track and cross country.

“I was OK in sports, but my brother Nic was better.

I was good at cross country and track because I could run a straight line. In basketball, I was on the good side of mediocre. In football, I warmed the bench a lot.”

Academically, the twin brothers both ranked in the top 10 percent of their class which gave them entrance into any Texas public university. They both opted for the Lubbock location.

SCHWARTZ’S LIFE has not been exactly typical.

Born in Modesto, Calif., Schwartz and his two siblings were the children of a surrogate mother who was implanted with their

father’s sperm.

“Legally, I’m adopted.

But my mother, the woman who raised me, was in the hospital when I was born,” he said. He never knew his birth mother intimately, knowing only of his birth circumstances and that she has since died.

He and Nic are fraternal twins. Their sister, Kelly, is four years their senior.

The family located to Denton where their father was a pilot in the Air Force for 12 years, followed by a career with American Airlines. Schwartz’s mother taught art until her children were born.

“They were older than my friends’ parents,” he said. “Kind of like having young grandparents.”

When Schwartz was five, his nine-year-old sister contracted a rare form of viral encephalitis which ravaged her brain.

From then on, life would never be the same for his sister, or for her family.

“It was pretty devastating,” Schwartz said. Steven and his brother were taken out of public school so the family could travel to various hospitals across the country seeking help for Kelly, whose symptoms included severe epilepsy and a diminished brain function.

Today at 26, she lives in a group home where she has “good days and bad days,” Schwartz said. “On a bad day, she’s withdrawn and like a vegetable. On good days, she has the IQ of an eighth-grader.”

For the boys, home-

schooling was not ideal.

“We were pretty social kids and it was hard being around our parents all the time,” he said. “Homeschooling was more of a necessity than a choice.”

That changed when Steven and Nic were enrolled as fifth-graders in Denton Cavalry Academy, a private Christian boarding school.

“We were in the inaugural class, so they had some kinks to work out, but it was a nice change,” he said.

When the boys were freshmen, they moved to a ranch outside of Aubrey, Texas, population 1,500.

“That was great,” he said. “We got to know everyone in town. Everyone was friendly. It was much like Iola.”

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Iola seems “like home,” is that Schwartz’s grandparents, Kenneth and Clara Schwartz, live in Fort Scott. As a youth, Schwartz and his brother spent their summers with their grandparents. Steven recalls participating in swim meets in Iola and Humboldt when he swam for the Fort Scott Hurricanes.

The senior Schwartzes are 101 and 91, and Steven makes a point of visiting them often.

“It’s good to be here. I have family close by, my girlfriend is up at K-State, and I have lots to learn about Iola.”

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“but we need some help keeping it going,” Link said in his annual plea for volunteers.

The Veterans Committee, also instrumental in establishing the Veterans Memorial Wall on the courthouse lane, meets the third Wednesday of each month at his home, 623 S. Sycamore.

“We’re down to about six of us and we need some young blood to keep things ago,” Link said.

LT. COL. Eric Blankenship followed Becky French’s rendition of the national anthem to open this year’s services.

“The word veteran may bring to mind someone who is now elderly and long retired, who may have served in World War II, Korea or Vietnam,” said Blankenship, commander of the 891st Engineer Battalion, which has its headquarters company and full-time detachment stationed in Iola. “With the events of Sept. 11, 2001, our veterans are a lot younger, many are still serving their country and the state in the National Guard.

“The new veteran is the man or woman next door, who may be a homemaker, a college student or someone working at the desk next to you — someone who left one day and returned a year later,” he said.

During the past year

“It’s just like a high school yearbook,” Rucker said. “You don’t flip the page to your friend’s picture first, you flip to your own.”

However, Symes said he doesn’t think “egocentricity” is the best way to get to the heart of the reader.

With news progressing with the digital age, his class has made an effort to evolve with the times.

He said this is why Piazza chose to restart the paper in digital format.

The print edition of the college newspaper was shut down several years ago, Piazza said. She said she was uncertain of the reason, but knew this time would need to be different.

“Now we are seeing a connection between digital media and journalism,” Piazza said.

She said the college’s plan for The Flame is to test it through the portal system for two years, before publishing on a public Internet source. writer Cheyanna Colborn said the student body needs to be EITHER

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informed, and the online news source will be the best way to get information across. After graduating from Humboldt High School, she said she was used to being involved with journalism, and wanted to be involved with ACC. “I’m really passionate about journalism, and working in different mediums,” Colborn said. “It think this (The Flame) is an obvious step. It was odd not to have news to produce.”

Nikia Stewart, writer for The Flame, said it is a challenge to get the word out to students, especially with the accessibility issues. But, she said, she and her classmates have done a good job choosing the content of their stories.

She wrote a feature story on sports superstitions and why athletes choose to follow them. Other story subjects mentioned were a fall sports preview and an investigative piece on the “cricket infestation” in the college.

Easum said the class showcases many talents from each of the students.

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Symes said he has been impressed by the group of five girls, including another writer, Emily Steimel. He said they have been working hard to get The Flame off the ground.

“I am pleased and humbled that they have picked Allen and they are willing to invest their time,” Symes said.

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Blankenship recalled how World War I was to have been “the war to end all wars,” but “we know history turned out differently. In every age since, freedom has been threatened and new generations have stepped forward to safeguard our freedom.”

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Red Devils split in weekend action

Cubs earn all-league honors

SALINA — Hot shooting from the outside keyed Allen Community College’s fate over the weekend.

The Red Devil men pulled away from Kansas State-Salina Friday, 100-64, in the first of two games in the Brown Mackie Classic.

Allen’s hosts from Brown Cameron Blue Mackie, meanwhile, returned the favor Saturday with torrid shooting in a 77-61 victory.

The split gives Allen a 2-3 mark.

The Red Devils travel to Pratt Tuesday before opening its home portion of the schedule Saturday evening against Hutchinson.

On Friday, K-State Salina stayed within shouting distance of the Red Devils before Allen’s Cameron Blue heated up from outside.

Blue wound up hitting 4 of 7 3-pointers — and 8 of 12 from the field — as part of a 22-point, 10-rebound effort.

HUMBOLDT — A recordbreaking offense, coupled with an equally impressive defense, led Humboldt High to a bidistrict championship and the second round of the Kansas Hayden Class 3A postseason playoffs Boring this year.

Seven Cub players were recognized with postseason honors over the weekend, being named to the All Tri-Valley League squad.

Earning Hunter first-team ofMurrow fense honors were Cub quarterback Nathan Whitcomb, who accounted for 44 touchdowns on the season.

“Nathan had an outstanding year,” Humboldt coach K.B. Criss said in an email.

Whitcomb passed for 2,773 yards and 34 touchdowns, while running for 471 yards and 10 more scores to key a Cub squad that averaged 38 Ryan points a game Gean in the bruising Tri-Valley League.

A pair of frequent targets were senior receivers TanJacob ner McNutt and Noah ThornCarpenter brugh. McNutt ended the year with 40 catches for 874 yards — more than 21 yards per catch — and 13 touchdowns. He earned first-team honors.

Thornbrugh received honorable mention, catching 28 passes for 594 yards — also at 21 yards per reception — and 10 touchdowns.

“Tanner was a big play threat every time he touched the ball,” Criss said. “Noah was a big target who really

The Red Devils pulled away in the second half, outscoring KSC 55-35 after the break.

Andrew Rountree connected on 8 of 10 field goals for 17 points and five boards, while DeAndree Barnette had 11 points.

Ricky Roberts dished out five assists, while Rountree accounted for Andrew four steals.

Seth Walden Rountree chipped in with nine points, as did Bryce Schippers. Diallo Wesley and Alex Keiswetter added eight points each.

Allen shot at a 50 percent clip — 38 of 76 — for the game and held a 46 to 39 rebound advantage.

Allen’s touch turned cold on Saturday, while Brown Mackie’s was red hot. The Lions hit on 8 of 19 3-pointers to lead. Conversely, Allen shot 32 percent from the field.

“Allen led the majority of the first half, but careless turnovers See ALLEN | Page B4

KU wins opener, 74-55 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Southeast Missouri State coach Dickey Nutt approached old friend Bill Self before Friday night’s game and asked him why the team was in Lawrence, playing seventh-ranked Kansas.

Nutt felt his team had no business inside Allen Fieldhouse.

By the end of the game, his Redhawks proved they belonged.

They pulled within six points midway through the second half, silencing the crowd, but the Jayhawks eventually created enough separation to finish with a 74-55 victory.

“We just couldn’t hold the gate,” Nutt said. “We played well enough to keep it competitive.”

Despite scoring only four points in the opening 10 minutes, the Redhawks stayed within strik-

ing distance. They held the Jayhawks to 39 percent shooting and 2 for 21 from beyond the arc.

“We gave them some open looks, but tonight we just got lucky, because I know they’re a good shooting team,” said Nick Niemczyk, who led the Redhawks with 14 points.

The Jayhawks finished the game on a 31-18 run.

“They are big and strong,” Nutt said, “but I was proud of our team.”

The Redhawks, who have lost seven straight season openers, all on the road, remain winless in six tries against Big 12 schools.

Ben McLemore had nine points, 12 rebounds and five assists in his Kansas debut. Fellow-freshman See JAYHAWKS | Page B4

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K-State bolsters title shot bid

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kansas State is so close. With two more wins, the Wildcats almost certainly will be headed to Miami for the BCS championship game and a shot at their first national title.

So imagine the excitement and euphoria for the Wildcats following their victory at TCU, which came after defending national cham- Bill Snyder pion Alabama lost at home.

“It’s good for us,” receiver Tramaine Thompson said matter-of-factly after the Wildcats won 23-10 on Saturday night.

“We’re doing something that’s special and doesn’t come around a lot in any program. We’re just taking it in and we’re just moving forward.”

OK, so coach Bill Snyder’s message clearly permeates through this team. Don’t worry about what any other team does, or what can happen in two months. Focus instead on what’s immediately ahead.

“I am just going to ask my guys as I always do to try to get better at practice on Monday,” Snyder said.

The Wildcats (10-0, 7-0 Big 12) will go to practice Monday as the No. 1 team in the BCS rankings that determine who plays for the national championship.

They replaced Alabama at the top when the new Bowl Championship Series standings were released Sunday night. They moved up one spot, staying

Texas Tech holds off Jayhawks

By BETSY BLANEY Associated Press

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Kansas’ latest Big 12 loss was particularly painful.

Tony Pierson had a careerhigh 202 yards rushing on 16 carries, but the Jayhawks lost 41-34 to No. 25 Texas Tech in double overtime on Saturday.

Kansas (1-9, 0-7) has lost 19 straight conference games. Its last Big 12 win came in November 2010.

“The locker room is as disappointed as it’s ever been,” Jayhawks coach Charlie Weis said.

“Usually you let them sulk for 24 hours. Not today. I told the coaches that before they even get on the bus I want them to

ahead of No. 2 Oregon.

Kansas State also moved up a spot in the new AP Top 25 earlier Sunday, going from third to second. Oregon, which was already ahead of the Wildcats in the AP poll, was the new No. 1 there.

Alabama slipped three spots to fourth in both rankings.

“We don’t pay too much (attention) to the rankings,” defensive back Jarard Milo said. “Coach Snyder does a good job of stressing that’s not something we control. We control our family and we control what we do out there on the field in practice.”

Kansas State plays next Saturday night at Baylor, where the Wildcats have lost their last two trips but now could clinch at least a share of its first Big 12 title since 2003. They get Thanks-

make sure they get to each and every player and make sure that these guys know it’s time to go. We were extremely motivated in this game and I think we’ll be even more motivated next Saturday.”

Kansas gained 390 yards on the ground, compared to 63 for the pass-happy Red Raiders.

James Sims had 30 carries for 127 yards. But Weis said his team’s reliance on the run also is a burden for the Jayhawks.

“It’s a big challenge,” he said.

“We’ve just got to prepare ourselves each week. That’s all it is. If we prepared good enough for that then we should be good See KU | Page B4

giving week off before ending the regular season at home Dec. 1 against 18th-ranked Texas.

The last time the Wildcats were this close to a possible national championship was 1998, when they went 11-0 in the regular season before being upset by Texas A&M in the Big 12 championship game. The league no longer has a title game.

Maybe the Aggies have finally provided some payback, and helped their old league.

Texas A&M, now in the SEC, won 29-24 Saturday at Alabama.

That game ended only minutes after K-State kicked off at TCU (6-4, 3-4).

Snyder insisted he didn’t know about the Crimson Tide’s See K-STATE | Page B4

Tanner McNutt

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Weber debut successful MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Bruce Weber now has his debut out of the way.

The first-year Kansas State coach started his tenure with an 85-52 victory over North Dakota on Friday night.

Angel Rodriguez and Thomas Gipson each scored 13 points as Kansas State won its 10th straight season opener.

Weber had taken the floor in front of the home crowd in Bramlage Coliseum twice already in exhibition games against Washburn and Emporia State, but that did not detract from the thrill of coaching his first regular season game.

“It’s still the real thing,” Weber said. “Obviously exhibitions don’t count on the record, so you’re excited. I hope the kids are excited. We talked about energy, enthusiasm, playing at a high level.”

The coach said after the Wildcats’ second exhibition game that he thought the team came out flat, but he was satisfied with the intensity on Friday.

A veteran North Dakota team gave the Wildcats all they could handle in the first half and trailed just 36-27 at halftime, but Kansas State widened the gap quickly after the break.

“Our physicality, our depth just kind of took a toll on them,” Weber said.

“Kansas State to me was a twopoint field goal type team,” said North Dakota coach Brian Jones.

“They were going to throw it inside early and often, and they did exactly that.”

“It really wore us out in the second half,” Jones said.

The Wildcats shot 35.3 percent from the field in the first half and 53.1 percent in the second half, beginning with eight straight points from Rodriguez to begin the second half. He sank a pair of 3-pointers and sliced into the lane for a layup.

“I think that really sparked them,” Jones said. “We felt if we could make them a jump shooting team we’d at least have a shot, but in the second half they were making their jump shots.”

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

Jr. High Wrestling IMS at Independence, 3:30

Royster at IMS, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday Jr. College Basketball ACC at Pratt, women 6 p.m., men 8 p.m.

Saturday Jr. High Wrestling IMS at Coffeyville, 8:30 a.m.

Jr. College Basketball Hutchinson at ACC men, 7 p.m.

Dodge City Classic ACC women vs. Garden City, 2 p.m.

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Friday Jr. College Basketball Dodge City Classic ACC women vs. Dodge City, 6 p.m.

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INVITATION TO BID Cement siding and trim, install new handicap ramp on the SEK Multi County Health Dept. building located at 301 S. Vine, Garnett.

Bids must be received by 5 p.m., November 26 at the Anderson Co. Engineer’s Office, 409 S. Oak, Garnett.

Specs on bids available at the Anderson County Engineer’s Office.

Recreational Vehicle 2008 SPRINGDALE 30’ with slide out, self contained $18,000. 620228-2400.

Autos and Trucks 1994 BUICK LESABRE, good condition, 620-365-2902 or 620-2281974.

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APPOINTMENT ONLY! IOLA MINI-STORAGE 323 N. Jefferson Call 620-365-3178 or 365-6163 SHAUGHNESSY BROS. CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Carpentry and painting service Siding and windows 620-365-6815, 620-365-5323 or 620-228-1303 RADFORD TREE SERVICE Tree trimming & removal 620-365-6122 S & S TREE SERVICE Licensed, Insured, Free Estimates 620-365-5903 STORAGE & RV OF IOLA WEST HIGHWAY 54, 620-365-2200.

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Reasonable prices.

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Complete Stock of Steel, Bolts, Bearings & Related Items (620) 365-5954 1008 N. Industrial Road H Iola

Help Wanted Accepting applications NCCC NURSING PROGRAM through November 30th, 620-431-2820 ext. 254 for information or email nursing.chanute@neosho.edu FFX, Inc., Fredonia, KS, is expanding our fleet in your area. If you are looking for: home every 2 weeks or more, locally/family owned, top wages, excellent customer base.

Requires 2 years experience, CDL Class A license. Call 866-681-2141 or 620-378-3304.

On air and sales...if you can wear more than one hat we’d like to talk to you at KIKS/KIOL in Iola, KS. Previous on-air experience is required. Send resume to: Tom and Monica Norris, PO Box 710, Iola, KS 66749. No calls please. EOE.

Mercy has the following positions available: Nurse Practitioner (FT) Clinic Director (FT) ER - RN (PRN) Paramedic (PRN) Medical Technologist (PRN) Ultrasound Tech (PRN) Cook (FT & PT) Environmental Service Tech (FT)

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W e offera great line-up of G eneralM otors vehicles, a salary plus com m ission pay plan,part insurance paid,401(k) plan available and paid vacation.

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Personal Service Insurance Loren Korte

12 licensed insurance agents to better serve you HUMBOLDT MORAN IOLA 365-6908 473-3831 237-4631

MATHEWS Z7 SOLOCAM BOW w/all accessories, (2) Scent-Lok suits, used one season, $775, 620-363-0094.

MIKE’S GUNS 620-363-0094 Thur.-Sat. 9-2 Good idea to call!

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THANKSGIVING PIES, $12 each or $20 for two, any kind, 620-4962664.

Help Wanted

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NEOSHO COUNTY DISTRICT COURT CHANUTE, KANSAS TRIAL COURT CLERK II - (PART-TIME)

Salary $11.29 per hour, 20 hrs/week, with benefits. DUTIES: caseload processing, receipting payments and balancing, scheduling, filing, answering telephone, assisting the public.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: graduation from high school or GED and 1 year of experience in clerical work.

Thirty semester hours or its equivalent may be substituted for the required expereince. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 1 yr. working experience on IBM compatible computer, court or law office experience and accounting. Kansas Judicial Branch Application for Employment is REQUIRED . (http:// www.kscourts.org/pdf/application.pdf) Send applications to: Angie Walters, Clerk of District Court, PO box 889, Chanute, KS 66720.

Applications must be received in the Neosho County District Court office no later than November 30, 2012 at 4 p.m. The Kansas Judicial Branch is an EEO/AA Employer.

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Do you or someone you know have land you would like to sell?

We are looking for land to buy now.

Any size from 40 to 4000+ acres including CRP, Creek Bottom, Grown up pasture, Timbered, Tillable and Hunting Land.

Sell your land without a listing or paying a commission.

We can close quick and will pay all closing costs.

The process is simple, just give us a call and let us know what you have to sell, we will come take a look and make an offer.

CALL 620-262-2198 “SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS PURCHASING GROUP ARE REAL ESTATE LICENSEES”

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Pets and Supplies CREATIVE CLIPS BOARDING & GROOMING Clean, Affordable.

Shots required. 620-363-8272

Lawn & Garden COMPOSTED COW MANURE, $30 pickup load, Harry 620-365-9176.

Apartments for Rent APPLICATIONS are currently being accepted for the Townhouse East Apartments, 217 North St., Iola. Maintenance free homes, appliances furnished and affordable rent for elderly, handicapped and disabled. Rental assistance may be available. For more information phone 620-365-5143 or hearing/ speech impairment 1-800-7663777. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Mobile Homes for Rent 3-BEDROOM w/carport in GAS, new flooring, $500 per month, 620363-0700.

GAS, 2-BEDROOM, recently remodeled, 620-228-2117.

Real Estate For Rent QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOMES available for rent now, http://www.growiola.com/ COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR RENT, approximately 2200 square feet. 401 S. State St. 620-228-8200.

2-YEAR-OLD, 2-BEDROOM DUPLEX. CH/CA, oven, refrigerator, washer/dryer, within 1 1/2 miles of Iola. 20-228-2231 APPLICATIONS are currently being accepted for a 2-bedroom accessible duplex. The amount of rent is based on the household’s income. Please call 620-365-5143 or 1-800-766-3777 for hearing/speech impairment to apply for housing or to obtain additional information.

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Real Estate for Sale Allen County Realty Inc. 620-365-3178 John Brocker ........... 620-365-6892 Carolynn Krohn ....... 620-365-9379 Jim Hinson .............. 620-365-5609 Jack Franklin ........... 620-365-5764 Brian Coltrane.......... 620-496-5424 Dewey Stotler............620-363-2491 www.allencountyrealty.com 624 N. ELM, 3-BEDROOM, 2-bath, large living room, attached garage, 620-365-0468.

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DREAM HOME FOR SALE. 402 S. Elm, Iola, Grand 3-story 1897 home on 3 lots. 4,894 sq. ft. $190,000. call 620-365-9395 for Susan Lynn or Dr. Brian Wolfe susanlynnks@ yahoo.com. More info and pictures at iolaregister.com/classifieds

‘Louise: Amended’ makes best books list The book, “Louise: Amended” has been listed among Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Books of 2012 for nonfiction, according to the trade journal used by librarians, publishers and booksellers.

Louise Krug, daughter of Iolan Susan Lynn, wrote the autobiography after she suffered a brain injury.

Publisher’s Weekly describes the book as such: “Fresh out of college, 22-year-old Krug moves to California with her French boyfriend, ready to begin their gilded lives.

“But just a few weeks after they arrive, Louise suffers a massive cavernous angioma, and the best laid plans, etc.

“In elegantly spare prose, Krug details the tragedy that prompted her to relinquish a dream in order to live her life.”

Today, Krug is married to Nick Krug, a photographer with the Lawrence JournalWorld. They have a oneyear-old daughter, Olive.

Krug is working on her Ph.D. in creative writing at the University of Kansas, where she also teaches English and creative writing.

Today in history

On Nov. 24, 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed on terms to scrap shorter- and mediumrange missiles.

In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

Thought for the day

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983

Wichita advocates to fight fluoride nationally WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Advocates who led the successful fight against adding fluoride to Wichita’s water say they will work to get their message out across the state and the nation. Wichita voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to add fluoride to the city’s water by a 60 percent to 40 percent margin. Although three-fourths of the country fluoridates its water, the anti-fluoride movement is gaining traction across the nation, Jonathan Hall of Wichitans Against Fluoridation said after the vote.

“We’re part of the upcoming wave of change,” he said.

Wichita pediatrician Lar-

ry Hund, one of the leading proponents of fluoridation, told The Wichita Eagle that he thought the vote would be closer. But he said the claim that fluoride is toxic played to people’s emotions rather than scientific reasoning.

“It’s easier to scare people than to teach them about the science involved,” he said.

Both Mark Gietzen, president of the Kansas Republican Assembly, and Hall said that the anti-fluoride forces plan to continue their efforts.

“We’re definitely going to take this statewide; we’re not going to quit,” Gietzen said.

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Former State Rep. Carolyn Weinhold was among those who gathered at the Statehouse on Friday in support of expanding the state’s Medicaid program.

In the 1990s, Weinhold was a Democrat representing a Salina district. She now works for the Kansas Disability Rights Center in Topeka.

Group urges Brownback to expand Medicaid eligibility

By DAVE RANNEY KHI News Service

TOPEKA — About 100 people rallied outside the Kansas Statehouse Friday, urging state officials to expand Medicaid eligibility as provided for in the federal health reform law.

A Lawrence pastor cast the expansion as a Christian imperative during a call-and-response exercise with the crowd.

“If Jesus was up in the Capitol would he make a choice to keep 130,000 people without care?” said the Rev. Joshua Longbottom, associate pastor at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.

“No,” the crowd shouted.

“If Jesus was up in the Capitol, would he tell families that they just need to get better jobs so that they could afford to take care of themselves?” Longbottom asked.

Again, the answer was “no.”

“Did Jesus say, ‘I’m sorry you can’t get to the well, Mr. Leper, but you need to cultivate some self-reliance’?” Longbottom said.

“No,” the crowd yelled.

“So I ask the question, Gov. Brownback, ‘What would Jesus do?’” Longbottom said. “I thought the mark of his ministry was caring for the ill, caring for the sick, caring for the dispossessed, caring for the marginalized, caring first for the least.”

Longbottom said he hoped the governor wasn’t a “…politician who puts on his Christianity like it’s a cardigan (sweater), using it to gain access to a constituency.”

Brownback, a conservative Republican, has been outspoken about his Christianity and penned a spiritual autobiography titled “From Power to Purpose.”

He’s been a consistent political foe of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, first in the U.S. Senate and later as governor.

He has said repeatedly the majority of Kansans are opposed to the reform law and cites the success of the law’s opponents in recent state elections as the proof.

Last week, the governor announced he would block the state’s participation in a state-federal insurance exchange, one of the hallmarks of the new law. But unlike some Republican governors, he hasn’t ruled out the possibility he would support some sort of Medicaid expansion.

“The Medicaid expansion is a separate issue” from the insurance exchange, said chief Brownback spokesperson Sher-

riene Jones-Sontag in an email Friday to KHI News Service in response to a question asking if the governor would oppose opening up the program.

“We are continuing to discuss options and alternatives with like-minded states and with our legislative partners in Kansas,” she said.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, but said the law couldn’t oblige states to expand their Medicaid programs. The law gives states the option of expanding their Medicaid programs to include adults earning up to 133 percent of federal poverty guidelines.

Currently, the Kansas Medicaid program is restricted mostly to poor children, pregnant women, the disabled and the elderly. A non-disabled adult rearing children is currently eligible for Medicaid, if his or her income is below 32 percent of the poverty level — about $5,200 a year for a young mother with two children.

Childless adults are not

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If Jesus was up in the Capitol, would he make a choice to keep 130,000 people without care?

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eligible for Medicaid regardless of their income.

Kansas’ eligibility threshold is among the lowest in the nation.

According to a preliminary estimate by analysts at the Kansas Health Institute, if Kansas were to expand its eligibility to 133 percent of the poverty level, more than 130,000 people could be added to the program’s rolls by 2019.

Governors in at least six states — Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas — have said they will reject the expansion, citing concerns that it would prove to be too expensive and would expand rather than shrink the role of government.

Governors in at least 13 states have said they will expand the program.

The rally was coordinated by the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition.

“This was about people coming together to talk about what matters, and what really matters is health care,” said the coalition’s director, Anna Lambertson. If people are covered, they’re healthier.”

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Excessive concern could be abuse Dear Carolyn: We live a long way from my wife’s father, who lives in his own home but who now needs assistance. We’ve been providing financial assistance to my wife’s sister, who otherwise has limited employment prospects, to live with their father and assist him.

My wife’s father and sister have verbal sparring matches pretty constantly, but both would be happy eating pancakes and ice cream every day. To me it seems like they have a right to eat what they want, even if it might be unhealthy. But my wife sometimes spends up to three hours a day on the phone, providing “guidance” to her sister and father on what they should eat, how they should clean the house, and other things.

She gets pretty bossy and demanding at times, and I’m concerned that what she is doing may actually be abusive. She claims she is saving

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their lives by spending all this time on the phone with them and they should be grateful.

I’m particularly concerned about the potential for abuse because her sister depends on us for financial support and may feel she can’t hang up the phone. Any ideas on how to change this? — Concerned spouse Your concern is that the place for one adult in another’s choices is a limited one — right?

Well, those are your handcuffs. You can’t micromanage your wife out of micromanaging her father’s household, especially since you’ve

already challenged her approach once. (That’s where her “saving their lives” defense came from, right?)

That said, you have standing, and good cause, to talk to your wife about it again. And you can calmly hold your boundaries at home when she gets “bossy and demanding” with you.

Start by speaking your truth fully: Prepare what you’d like to say, think of examples to support your point, imagine how you’d feel if you were the dad or sister, and imagine how you’d feel if you were in your wife’s position. Then, choose a time when you’re not in a hurry to be anywhere and neither of you is upset about something.

Then, start with any insight you gleaned from trying to see things from her perspective. For example: “I realize you are worried about your dad and sister, and I realize how hard that is, to

know they’re not taking good care of themselves. I know I’d be worried that if they die prematurely or become ill, I might blame myself for not trying harder to prevent that.”

Then share any conclusions you drew from imagining yourself in her dad or sister’s place. Maybe: “But I’d realize I can’t make them live the way I want them to.

And I know how I’d feel if you spent three hours on the phone with me, dictating my menus and chores. If I were counting on you financially, as your sister is, then I might be afraid to stick up for myself.”

Then hand the thinking and talking over to her: “Have you thought about how you’d feel, and react, if you got so many hours of such calls?”

If she doesn’t say, “I’d probably hang up on me and go eat ice cream,” then she’s lying, to you or to herself or both.

Don’t stop anxiety medication alone Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: About two years ago,

I had an anxiety attack. The doctor prescribed Xanax, and I was on it for a short time. He then switched me to respiridone, 0.25 mg. I am trying to go off respiridone also. Is it better to fight a nervous episode or to take a pill? I have good days and not-so-good days. I have gone as many as eight days without taking a pill, then the nervousness comes back. Will I ever be able to get over these anxiety attacks? — B.G. Answer: Panic attacks are very common, and it seems increasingly common in the

stressful world we live in. I don’t always treat panic attacks with medication, but for people with recurrent panic attacks or with high levels of constant anxiety, then treatment is of benefit.

Treatment can be with or without medications.

Medications like Prozac or Zoloft are most commonly used in people with longterm anxiety and panic.

However, many people get outstanding results from psychotherapy with a psychiatrist or therapist.

I wouldn’t try to taper yourself off the medicine anymore until you get further help.

Public notice (First appeared in The Iola Register, November 5, 2012) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Meritage Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1 Plaintiff, vs.

Mandy Trester and Clinton L. Trester, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 12CV38 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on November 28, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lots Eighteen and North Half of Lot Nineteen (18 & N/2 19), Block Two (2), Amos Addition to the City of Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 620 North 10th Street, Humboldt,

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KS 66748 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.

For more information, visit www.

Southlaw.com Thomas Williams, Sheriff Allen County, Kansas Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (141754)

Dr. Keith Roach

Dr. Paul Donohue

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loss until being told after his team was done.

But TCU coach Gary Patterson, a Kansas State alumnus who started his coaching career as a graduate assistant for the Wildcats’ first bowl team three decades ago, knew Alabama was losing before his team took the field.

“I was like, just what we needed, Kansas State to have another reason to come out fired up,” Patterson said.

Heisman Trophy hopeful Collin Klein, back in the lineup a week after coming out early against Oklahoma State because

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San Francisco 49ers’ Aldon Smith (99) sacks St. Louis Rams’ starting quarterback Sam Bradford (8) late in the second quarter of their game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco Sunday. The squads wound up battling to a 24-24 tie.

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Sparks fly as Kaselowski takes control

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

AVONDALE, Ariz.

(AP) — When the fighting stopped, the oil had dried and the last of the wrecked cars had been towed away, Brad Keselowski found himself on the brink of a first Sprint Cup title for himself and team owner Roger Penske.

Only he wasn’t in a celebratory mood.

He entered Sunday’s race at Phoenix International Raceway trailing five-time champion Jimmie Johnson by seven points and had the better car all day. And moments after Keselowski raced his way into the lead, a blown tire caused Johnson to crash and take his battered car to the garage for repairs.

It helped Keselowski, who finished sixth, to a 20-point lead in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship heading into the season finale at HomesteadMiami Speedway, where he’ll clinch the title with a finish of 15th or better.

“I wanted to take the points lead by winning a race and not relying on a failure,” Keselowski said.

Johnson’s sudden misfortune was a dramatic and stunning turn in the most chaotic race of the year.

It proved to be just the warm-up act in a race that could go down as the one many fans will call the best of the season.

Probably for all the wrong reasons.

And that’s what had Keselowski so upset.

“I’m more just disappointed in the quality of racing that we saw,” he said. “I thought it was absolutely ridiculous, and I was ashamed to be a part of it.”

Kevin Harvick snapped a 44-race losing streak by beating Kyle Busch on a pair of late restarts, the ironic winner on the same weekend news leaked he’s reportedly signed a deal to leave Richard Childress Racing to drive for StewartHaas Racing in 2014.

“We have 2012, we have 2013, and regardless of

what happens on a business side of things, Richard Childress and myself will always be friends, good or bad, and may agree to disagree,” Harvick said, “but we still have a lot of racing left to do and we owe it to our sponsors and our company to go out and do exactly what we did today and be men and do the best we can for everybody.”

Harvick and Busch crossed the finish line ahead of a melee of crashing cars, a chain reaction caused in part because NASCAR failed to throw a caution when Danica Patrick was spun on the restart. Then others slid in oil, into Patrick’s wrecked car, bounced all over the track, and even Keselowski was hit.

“There was a lot of stuff on the race track, there was oil all over it. Ray Charles could see that,” secondplace finisher Denny Hamlin said.

Busch, who finished third, also saw the oil all over the track.

“Not sure if (NASCAR)

had time to react to all that, but granted, you would expect that they would see all of that and see the oil slick,” he said. “I mean, it wasn’t small by any means.

It was three feet wide.”

But the carnage was simply the final exclamation point in a sequence triggered by four-time champion Jeff Gordon. He intentionally wrecked Clint Bowyer, and that led to a full brawl in the garage and a red-flag of nearly 15 minutes for clean up on the track.

Keselowski was tweeting during the delay from inside his car — a practice he first did during a jet fuel fire in the season-opening Daytona 500 — and NASCAR had officially reached three-ring circus status.

“The sport was made on fights. We should have more fights. I like fights,” Harvick said after the race.

“They’re not always fun to be in, sometimes you’re on the wrong end, but fights are what made NASCAR what it is.”

This one was a bit tougher than expected.

Kansas returns three starters from last year’s national runners-up, including the 7-foot Withey, a preseason honorable-mention All-America selection. But

the two guys they lost left gaping holes: Big 12 player of the year Thomas Robinson, who left early for the NBA draft, and Tyshawn Taylor, a senior guard who also went in the draft.

In their place are a bunch

the gap,” Shaw said.

Rountree’s double-double paced Allen. He scored 20 points with 12 rebounds, while Bryce Schippers connected on 3 of 5 3-pointers to score 16 points. Roberts dished out five assists. Tray Fountain and Barnette each had two steals.

2-4-2-8, Roberts 1-0-0-2, Fountain 1-1-0-3, Schippers 1/2-1-3-9, Uno 1-1-2-3, Keiswetter 4-0-2-8, Barnette 2/2-1-2-11, Blue 4/4-2-2-22, Walden 0/3-0-0-3, Stockebrand 1-0-3-2, Rountree 8-1-1-17, Walter 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 27/11-13-23-100.

Saturday Allen (26-35—61) Brown Mackie (34-43—77) Allen (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Burnes 0-1-0-1, Roberts 1-3-1-5, Fountain 1-0-2-2, Schipper 1/3-5-2-16, Barnette 3-0-2-6, Blue 0/1-1-4-4, Walden 0/1-0-2-3, Rountree 5-10-120, Walter 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 13/520-15-61.

of newcomers — nine in all — including McLemore and Jamari Traylor, who were forced to redshirt last season after the NCAA ruled them partial qualifiers.

McLemore started the game along with Ellis, a school-boy star from Wichita, Kan. The Jayhawks certainly showed some growing pains in their only tuneup before facing No. 14 Michigan State next week. They turned it over 13 times and finished 2 for 21 from beyond the 3-point arc, with top sharp-shooter Elijah Johnson missing all four of his attempts.

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coming to the game because they know it’s coming and we know it’s coming, so we’ve just got to prepare every week.”

Texas Tech used the wildcat to score the winning touchdown. Eric Stephens took the snap, rolled to his right and threw a 3-yard jump pass to Darrin Moore for the score.

“It’s been hit or miss in practice, but I just had a really good feeling about it,” quarterback Seth Doege said of the play. “I think Eric’s one of those guys when you call his number, he’s going to get the job done.”

Kansas quarterback Michael Cummings couldn’t connect with Tre’ Parmalee in the end zone on fourth-and-9, ending the Jayhawks’ chances.

The Jayhawks, who have lost nine straight, rallied in the fourth quarter and sent the game into overtime tied at 27 on a 32yard field goal by Nick Prolago with under a minute remaining in regulation.

Doege completed 45 of 59 passes for three touchdowns and 476 yards for Texas Tech (7-3, 4-3). He

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Perry Ellis added 15 points and eight boards while Jeff Withey finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds as the Jayhawks won their 40th straight season openers at Allen Fieldhouse.

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against Brown Mackie’s press allowed them to make a run to close out the first half,” Red Devil head coach Andy Shaw said.

The Lions led 34-26 at the break.

The Red Devils stayed close early on in the second half, “But offensive rebounds and Brown Mackie’s perimeter shooting would not allow us to close

Friday Allen (45-55—100) K-State Salina (29-35—64) Allen (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Heffern 0-1-0-1, Burnes 1-1-3-3, Wesley

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came on strong at the end of the season.”

One of the unsung stars of the offense was lineman Ryan Gean, who also earned first team honors.

The 225-pound Gean was a three-year starter for Humboldt. “He anchored an offensive line that really improved throughout the year,” Criss said.

Gean also spearheaded a Humboldt defense that held five opponents to one touchdown or less in Humboldt’s 8-3 season. The senior led the Cubs with 18 tackles for w loss.

Also earning first-team defensive honors were Thornbrugh at defensive end. He finished the year

with 18 tackles, six sacks “and numerous quarterback hurries and pressures,” Criss said.

Jacob Carpenter, a sophomore linebacker, led Humboldt with 128 tackles.

“He continued to get better throughout the year,” Criss said. “Jacob has a lot of football moxie.”

Hunter Murrow, a junior defensive back, led Humboldt with five interceptions, including two he returned for touchdowns.

“He did a great job covering the other teams’ receivers,” Criss said “Hunter is also a solid tackler and a very smart football player.”

Rounding up the honors was special teams wizard Hayden Boring. The senior

earned first-team honors as punter and kicker.

The powerful left-legged senior set a school record with a 47-yard field goal against Oswego and repeatedly set up opponents with lousy field position with his booming punts and kickoffs.

“Hayden is one of the finest kickers in school and league history, without a doubt,” Criss said.

Humboldt finished third in Tri-Valley League but qualified for the postseason with a perfect district mark. The Cubs defeated Central Heights to win the bi-district championship before losing to Pittsburg St. Mary’s Colgan in the regional round of the playoffs.

of an apparent concussion, threw only his third interception of the season on the first drive of the game.

But Klein went on to run for two touchdowns and the Wildcats built a 23-0 lead against the Horned Frogs, a team full of freshmen and sophomores for the school’s first Big 12 season and already bowl eligible.

“I’m not disappointed in our kids at all. We thought we could win this ballgame,” Patterson said. “That’s where we are right now, just a little bit short against teams like that.”

had one interception in the second quarter that seemed to give the Jayhawks the belief they could upset the Red Raiders.

Pierson got the longest run from scrimmage this season for the Jayhawks when he scampered 69 yards to set up Sims’ 3-yard TD that trimmed to Texas Tech’s lead to 27-24 with about nine minutes remaining in the game.

Sims, a junior from Irving, Texas, recorded his sixth game with more than 100 yards on the ground, becoming the first Jayhawk to accomplish the feat since 1961.

The win ended a twogame skid for the Red Raiders, following losses to Texas and Kansas State.

Doege’s completion to Tyson Williams at the Kansas 20 with six seconds remaining in regulation was called back after a review because the quarterback’s knee hit the ground after he fumbled the snap.

Then Ryan Bustin missed to the left by about a yard on a 41-yard field goal attempt in high winds that would have won the game.

State football playoffs PREP FOOTBALL Class 6A State Tournament Quarterfinal Derby 42, Dodge City 19 Hutchinson 42, Topeka 33 Lawrence Free State 28, Olathe East 17 SM West 21, Lawrence 14 Class 5A State Tournament Quarterfinal Bishop Miege 38, BV West 37, 2OT Salina South 35, Emporia 20 St. Thomas Aquinas 23, Blue Valley Stilwell 22 Wichita Bishop Carroll 49, Andover 14 Class 4A State Tournament Quarterfinal Eudora 19, Louisburg 0 Holton 31, McPherson 27 KC Piper 24, Chanute 22 Mulvane 15, Buhler 0

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