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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 mechaRegister/Susan Lynn nized behemoths of today,State Ray David Toland, above, lauds Whiteley’s mowing outfit was Sen. Jeff King, R-Independence, considerably quieter. left, for his role with Project 17, a His “engine” — a pair of regional effort begun last year to 1,200-pound mules — needed only develop better working relationan occasional break from the stiships between at Frifling summer counties, heat as Whiteley day night’s Thrive Allen County traversed his way around an 18annual banquet. right, Max acre prairie hay At meadow.

Snodgrass, with warm, his wife,soBer“It’s a little we’ve nandine, receives a Lifetime Serbeen taking it easy,” Whiteley vice forlittle his role with said.Award “It’s our hobby .” Iola Industries, an were accountant, The mules pulling and Whitefor hisantique hundreds of photographs ley’s sickle bar mower, a small with cutting bar that havewagon documented physical

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 See MOWING | Page A5

changes to area structures.

her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Emporia State University and her doctorate in education from the University of Kansas.

Humboldt Healthy Ecosystems/ Healthy Communities committee.

The River Park has an amphitheater where outdoor educational classes can be held, an outdoor Wi-Fi connection, nature trails, and a “medicine wheel” prayer circle recognized earlier this fall by a tribe of Osage Indians.

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By SUSAN LYNN susan@iolaregister.com Even though night was

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Thrive dinner hears recognizes budget area success requests Calls 911 was dispatch center lenge to to dothe more the theme average almost every annual 10 minat Thriveone Allen County’s utes. banquet.

And T h ewhile r e sthat a may sound a little slow, played Clounch, for-out over 24 hours a dayIolan and every mer and day of the year, the total comes to 55,000. now associate “That’s what we received last dean of students year,” at BakerAngie Univer-Murphy, dispatch center sity in director, Baldwin,told Allen County commissioners urged the audi- Tuesday morning. to “listen Clounch ence call total to The the music of — she figures half or more are for true emerAllen County,” to find new ways gencies — wasn’t the pointaofway her “to educate people about appearance, but the of for a better life andmagnitude out of povthe .”number captivated commiserty sioners.

Clounch was the keynote Murphy was before speaker for Thrive’s fifth commisannual sioners to request a St. 20 percent banquet, which filled John’s increase in thetodepartment’s budParish Center capacity. getThrive for 2012, up $126,000 this cannot rest onover its lauyear’s rels of $490,000. spearheading countywide The initiatives increase such seemed pretty health as extendheftythe . Murphy reasoned health ing rail trail to Humboldt, insurance the willCharley cost an Melvin additional advancing to $50,0001,000 andrunners anotherand $6,000 was reach walkers expected Kansas Public Emor makingfor Thrive the go-to point Seeresources, COUNTY |Clounch Page A5 for county said.

To spread Thrive’s reach, each person needs to work to help “bring different generations together to accomplish the goals of Thrive.”

“I encourage you to do something different, something that draws a different group of people to help those in need. To do so, you need to listen to their music.”

Clounch is the daughter of Naomi and Gene Clounch. She graduated from Iola High School in 1983, attended Allen Community College and then received

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Kansans can be a peculiar sort, Marci Penner said over the weekend.

While most (AP) — Former areATLANTA proud of Atlanta schools their home Superintendent Beverly Hall knew about cheattowns, many ing allegations cannot give spe-on standardized tests but either ignored them or cifics. tried hide them, according to a Forto example, state investigation.

Penner recalled Penner An 800-page a report released researching Tuesday to The 9-foot metal fishAssociated Press

by Gov. Deal’svane office that servesNathan as a weather on through an open records request top of a water tower in Harper. shows reportWhenseveral notifiededucators the weather vane ed cheating in their But would be depicted in schools. a guidebook the report says Hall, won she was making, the who response the national Superintendent of heard most often was “what fish?” the Year in 2009, other “It’s anaward example of ifand you see administrators resomething everyignored day, youthose stop seeports sometimes retaliated ing it,”and Penner said. against the whistleblowers.

The Harper site is among the The of yearlong places interest ininvestigation Kansas feashows in educators nearlyrecent four tured Penner’sat most dozen Atlanta guidebook, “Theelementary 8 Wondersand of middle schools cheated on stanKansas.” dardized helping stuPenner tests spokebytwice in Iola dents her or changing the answers about book, Friday evening once handed in theexams Creitzwere Recital Hallin. of the The investigators also found a Bowlus Fine Arts Center as part “culture of fear, Speakers intimidation and of the Bowlus Series, retaliation” in the school district and again Saturday morning as over ofthethecheating allegations, part Iola Reads Reading which led to educators lying Festival. about the cheating or destroying Despite the name, the guidebook features more See CHEATING than | Pagejust A5 eight sites. There are more than 200 places in all in the book.

Penner visited all 626 incorporated cities in creating the guidebook and spoke about the process of coming up with the eight wonders.

The idea came about when Penner heard about renewed interest in the Seven Wonders of the World.

A member of the Kansas Explorers — a group of state residents eager to learn and educate others about the Sunflower State

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isn’t just one project — it’s a series of projects that have evolved and grown stronger as more people and talents have joined in,” said Alan Weber in his presenBy BOB JOHNSON tation of the prestigious award. bob@iolaregister.com HUMBOLDT scored the night’s “These projects represent everyAn anticipated field of a thoubiggest award, “The Donna,” thing Thrive believes in: health, sand runners and walkers, who for its Neosho River Parks Projwellness, recreation and educawill flee Iola’s downtown busiect, spearheaded by the Neosho tion. There’s also collaboration, ness district early Saturday as River Park Committee and the See PENNER | Page A2 THRIVE CharleySee Melvin did |inPage 1905,A4can be thankful that Melvin chose to do his dastardly deed in the middle of the night.

Had the event being commemoBy BOB JOHNSON 77, told her audience.

She told rated occurred in mid-day, parbob@iolaregister.com her story of As for her own experiences, ticipants would battle oppressive Dorinda Makanaonalani had e x p e r i e n c Nicholson recalled having to heat and humidity, with both picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday just gotten dressed for Sunday ing the atcarry a gas mask to school each forecast at the upper end of the afternoon. As in the past, “we exschool when her father wondered tack and its day, with it hanging around her discomfort scale during daytime pect a lot of people to sign up Frialoud, “Why are the airplanes aftermath in neck, and hearing President Roo- Friday and Saturday. As is, they day night.” practicing today.”

Cost is $12 for the walk. Runsevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech will run and walk in somewhat “Pearl HarMinutes later the six-year-old bor Child.” the day after the attack. more inviting temperatures pre- ners’ fees are $14 for youth to age Register/Susan Lynn learned why.are ready to leave theirShe “We near the harbor, alsoat home as they participate These men inhibitions in lived Friday night’s favoriteand dicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m. 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for It was Dec. 7, 1941, and just bemembers of teams. has writhad a front-row seat to and a great Saturday. race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland fore 8 a.m. she heard the thunder- ten Runners in the third annual Nicholson “Pearl event in history,” she said of the The race — many walkers will Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. ous sound of bombs exploding Harbor Warsurprise attack. be out for a stroll — will cap activ- event will aim for best times of and her home, in Pearl City, began riors,” about Nicholson also documented ities that start late Friday after- 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for to shake. The Japanese had at- a burglar on one of the U.S. ships the logistics of the attack, of the noon and will go on throughout females, set last year. tacked Pearl Harbor, long thought and a Japanese pilot who later Japanese attack fleet sailing 4,000 the evening. Included will be the Sticks of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” to be a safe and secure haven on became friends, as well as “Re- miles to north of Hawaii from much-awaited “drag race,” fea- will be awarded the first three the Hawaiian island of Oahu. while observing si- turing some of the area’s finest places for males and females in member World War II,” was childhood

By SUSAN LYNN year a woman’s garter trans- Japan, The Shirt Shop, 20 W. radio Jackson, Today, she is Dorinda Nicholeach of five ages groups, 15 and lence, and taking advantage memories of 15 survivors in the susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where participants will haveofa men and women dressed in drag. sonIf and wasgotone of 16ofauthors Register/Bob under, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 Johnson and 61 and European theaters, as spies who had relayed informaChris Weiner at Thrive Allen you’ve enough it, Fri- Pacific to another. wide selection from which to who spoke is during the Iola Family and over.

Alanna Knavel reads from a storybook during “Imagination Time,” as the U.S. tion about Pearl Harbor from obCounty, co-sponsor with Allen day night the night to let your well “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Reading Festival at Allen Com- David All participants will break “If you’re almost 80, you have servations made from surround- for children 7 and under,for during Iola Family Reading County Crimestoppers “TheSaturday’s hair down.

Toland, executive director Registration to participate munity College . aofWorld War II story,” Nicholson, AllenMad Community Charley at Melvin Bomber College.

Run from in front of the post office.

READS Pagealso A2 Festival One sure testSaturday is to participate Thrive Allen County and one in the dragSee race is $5. |That in the “Drag Race” as a runup to of the organizers for Friday’s gains participants entrance to a for your Life,” said total of partic- Runners will follow a course that the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events.

9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive ipants was approaching 450, with will take them on West to WashRun For Your Life race.

If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can about 200 signed on for the 5-kilo- ington, then Jackson, Jefferson Men and women alike are en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the meter run. The walk will follow a and East to Cottonwood. They See TEMPS | B6 couraged to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive or Friday night on 3-kilometer course.

Byoffice STEVEN SCHWARTZ HUMBOLDT Stacy Mueller and other accoutrements will be “Registration, including probder manner and—then “compete” steven@iolaregister.com See EGO | Page B6 is traditionalist. inateams of four in a relay. Last available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s It took Assistant Secretary ably a fifth online, has really She doesn’t intend to decorate Linda Craghead 10 years to “get cookies and other baked goods she it,” but now she believes the Kansells at Stacy’s Cakes, 804 Bridge sas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism St., with Christmas themes until department has the potential to after Thanksgiving. show off what the state has to of“That’s when the Christmas

By JOE SNEVE — Since 1871 — fer. season starts,” she said.

At the bandstand Jim Garner, director In joe@iolaregister.com a presentation Thursday, But, there’sJuly no shortage When Brian Pekarek was hired Thursday, 7, 2011 of pal8 p.m.

Craghead spoke to members of ate-tickling goodies in her bake asSoutheast superintendent of the about Iola PROGRAM Kansas Tourism shop and cafe, from homemade school district February, and he Star Spangled Banner ..................................................arr. J.P. Sousa the status of theindepartment, Register/Steven Schwartz soups and sandwiches on .......................................... homesaw opportunity to “reinvigoAmericans We — march Henry Fillmore theanclose relationship between Linda Craghead, assistant secretary of Kansas Wildlife, Parks made bread, to cinnamon rolls, rate” USD 257.

Rock, Rhythm and Blues — medley ...................... arr. Jack Bullock tourism, parks and wildlife. and Tourism, speaks to members of Southeast Kansas Tourism cookies, and, newest With a focus on toacademic Armycupcakes of the Nile — the march ...................................Kenneth J. Alford “We have nothing hang our Thursday afternoon at the Allen County Country Club. addition, cakes for two. achievement and public transparBegin of the Beguine ...................................................... Cole Porter heads about in Kansas,” CragWhen the holiday season hits, ency, Pekarek hopes he can furInvercargill — march ...................................................

Alex Lithgow head said. “I can’t wait to tell ernor Sam Brownback’s bill, she example, are more successful sheHymn will to have special offerings ther success the Fallen....................................

John Williams/Sweeney people aboutfor it.”the district and said the departments have had when near state parks.

Stacy and Mark Mueller most days and prepare most anythe more than the 1,300tourism students board relyMen of Ohio — march .............................................

Henry Fillmore She said the opportunity to examine the Changes in culture have afthing for special with—amedley day have platters of meat cheese, ing onthe it. parks department have connections.

A Sixties Timeorder Capsule .............................. arr.and Jennings and fected tourism, Craghead said. or two vegetables or cupcakes P. and cookPekarek walks his well talk. in A naThe notice.

Washington Post — march ...................................John Sousa not communicated the “It’s not just about heads and According to her statistics, chilForRained holiday will Brian Pekarek, center, Marcy Boring at ies available with preorders. outparties, concertsStacy will be rescheduled for Friday evening. past, and it is more evident than drenGeffert spend and on-average 45 hours beds,” Craghead said. visits with Barb See PEKAREK | Page A5 the USD 257 board office.

Sweets lovers don’t have to wait ever that they are dependent She said the 25 state parks in per week involved with technolofor holidays specials. on each other. After the depart- Kansas impact the success of gy and only an average of 30 minments merged in 2011 under Gov- tourism. Convenience stores, for See CAKES | Page A2 See TOURISM |Iola, PageKS A2 Vol. 113, No. 209 75 Cents

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She has cookies, cupcakes and rolls available every day, including a few prepared sugar-free. She needs lead time for decorated cakes.

Stacy prefers baking, saying “I don’t like to cook as much.�

She began baking cakes and other special-order fare from home about two

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She and husband Mark, who helps daily in the shop, live above the bake shop, which was Garvey’s Drug Store for years.

The shop is open 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. For orders or questions call 620-4733035.

Turkey causes outage SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Maybe this turkey was trying to launch a pre-emptive strike before Thanksgiving.

Utility officials say a turkey flew into a power line in Sheboygan County on Saturday morning. A Sheboygan Press report says the contact knocked

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out power for about 1,500 people.

We Energies spokeswoman Cathy Schulze said the outage was reported just before 8 a.m. She said power was restored to all but a handful of homes and businesses within an hour.

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utes per week playing outside.

In 2011, 6.8 million people visited state parks, and she believes that number can improve. “We need to change Kansans’ perception of Kansas,� Craghead said. “People are not aware of what’s happening in the tourism office.�

She said she expects to see an increase in advertising for tourism and parks in the state, and the goal is to increase awareness for people inside and outside state lines.

She said her department has also followed steps to help increase communication. With the purchase of a new vehicle tag, Kansas residents will have a 25

— said Kansas should do the same, but do it one better, by focusing on eight points of interest.

Penner agreed.

Getting the information was easier said than done. “My dad and I did our first guidebook in 1990,�

Penner said. “We’d go to towns and ask ‘what do you have that we can put in our guidebook.’ Time after time, we’d hear, ‘Well, we don’t have anything in our town. Go to the next one.’ It was a little upsetting.�

So Penner decided to focus her questions on specifics. She came up with eight categories, from architecture and art to history and cuisine. The responses, invariably, were much greater.

Penner eventually came up with 216 points of interest, including the original eight wonders overall, plus the top eight vote-getters in the eight categories.

Israeli attack kills 9 in Gaza family

By EDMUND SANDERS Los Angeles Times (MCT)

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike Sunday killed at least nine members of the same family — all women and children — in the deadliest single attack and worst civilian tragedy since the fighting in the Gaza Strip began last week.

Though Israel has expressed pride over its fiveday military campaign for limiting civilian casualties, the strike against the Dalu home in Gaza City was likely to test the limits of international support it has received in the battle to stop militants from firing rockets at Israeli cities.

Yet despite immediate condemnation by Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, the tragedy did not appear to derail ceasefire negotiations under way in Cairo, where Israeli and Palestinian representatives are meeting. In fact, the high civilian death toll from Sunday’s attack only increased the international pressure on both sides to end hostilities, coming on a day both President Barack Obama and British officials raised concerns about the conflict expanding into a ground war.

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said they were targeting a Hamas militant in his home, but provided no further information. The Dalu family was believed to have links to Hamas’ military wing and had been targeted

by Israel before.

But there were conflicting reports about whether the strike killed the home’s owner, Jamal Dalu, or his son Mohamed. Hamas’ Health Ministry put the death toll at 11, which may include two neighbors. More than 20 people were injured.

On its website, the military wing of Hamas said that the attack on the family “will not go unpunished� and that the group had began firing rockets at Israel in response. By Sunday night, Gaza militants had fired 114 rockets at southern Israel, hitting buildings in Beersheba, Sderot and Ashdod. Five people were injured from shrapnel from a rocket in Ofakim, near the Gaza border.

The Israeli missile strike was so strong it destroyed the Dalu family’s threestory building, blowing out windows blocks away and sending a charred mattress flying into the street.

For hours panicked neighbors and rescue workers clung to hope of finding survivors. While a bulldoz-

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Today

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

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

Tuesday

Allen County Commissioners, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse.

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

Allen County Hospital trustees, 7 p.m., Mary Ellen Stadler meeting room, Allen County Hospital.

Wednesday

Prenatal classes, 6 p.m., Mary Ellen Stadler Conference room in the basement of Allen County Hospital.

Veterans Day Committee, 7 p.m., Alfred Link’s home, 623 S. Sycamore.

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

Friday

Candy cane hunt, lighting ceremony, Santa coming to town, Relay for Life booths and Love Lights a Tree, beginning at 4 p.m. at the bandstand on the Iola square.

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

Sunday

Iola Old-Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers, 1 p.m., North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye, visitors welcome.

Coming soon Nov. 29

Santa in his house from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the Iola square.

Nov. 30

“See, Hear Iola!� Program, 10 a.m., New Community Building in Riverside Park.

er pulled apart pieces of the collapsed walls, volunteers in orange vests scrambled over the wreckage and searched for signs of life.

In a grim, heart-wrenching scene that played out over 90 minutes, the bodies of four children were pulled out one after another.

Each time they found a body, some of the men would yell excitedly and wave their hands at the bulldozer’s driver to stop digging, while others would climb down to retrieve the child. As mobs of onlookers chanted “God is great,� a rescue worker would race toward a waiting ambulance with a limp, dust-covered child. “This is a massacre,� shouted a distraught Nasser Dalu, 56, a cousin and neighbor, as he watched his relatives being pulled from debris. “What did these children do?�

Israel Defense Forces said it has launched more than 1,000 airstrikes over the last five days, mostly targeting weapons caches and military compounds, in an attempt to put an end to rocket and mortar attacks on communities in southern Israel.

It expanded its targets to include the homes of Hamas leaders; Gaza officials said 17 homes were attacked on Sunday alone.

About the same time that the Dalu house was hit, Israel said it targeted Yiyhe Abia, the head of Hamas’ rocket-firing squad, in his home nearby.

Sunday’s airstrikes brought the death toll in Gaza to 69 people since Wednesday, including at least 24 civilians, hospital officials said. More than 660 Palestinians have been wounded.

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Three Israelis were killed when a projectile fired from Gaza hit their apartment complex on Thursday.

The strike on the Dalu home inflamed much of Arab world and within hours “aldalumassacre� had become a Twitter hashtag. Some compared the attack to the 2009 shelling of the Samouni house, when 21 members of the family were killed during the previous Israeli assault on Gaza.

The Dalu strike came at a delicate time in the Gaza conflict, as Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has been trying to broker a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas. Despite the heated rhetoric and escalating violence, talks continued behind the scenes Sunday night, Hamas officials said.

Without an agreement soon, many fear Israel will launch a ground invasion.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that Israel is “prepared for a significant expansion of the operation.�

At a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Obama urged both sides to resolve their differences “without further escalation of violence in the region.�

While repeating his previous statements that Israel has a right to press for an end to attacks on its people, Obama said, “If that can be accomplished without a ramping-up of military activity in Gaza, that’s preferable. That’s not just preferable for the people of Gaza, it’s also preferable for Israelis, because if Israeli troops are in Gaza, they’re much more at risk of incurring fatalities or being wounded.�

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— Dorinda Nicholson

THE READING festival drew about 400 participants, including 250 adults, said Becky Nilges, one of the organizers, along with “90-plus volunteers who made the festival happen.�

She added overall numbers were about the same as the first festival two years ago, but that this time more adults attended.

Assessment of rare and older books and a program on how to download books encouraged more adults to attend, Nilges said. “We had about 40 people bring more than 100 books to the ‘Rare Books Road Show,’� she said.

Nilges said most involved thought having the festival on even-numbered years was a good idea, with plans to work toward Iola’s third in 2014. This year’s

was funded by donations from businesses, trusts and foundations. “One of our struggles in planning this year’s festival was the challenges of holding it the weekend prior to Thanksgiving,� she said. “The first festival was in September, but the state had a reading festival in September and we didn’t want to have ours the same time and have to struggle with securing authors. We’ll have to look carefully at the calendar for the one in 2014. “It’s a good project to partner with Iola Reads and supports its goals, as well as the (Iola Public) library’s service goals,�

Nilges said. “Bringing in 16 authors of the caliber we had is something for a community of our size.�

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Tuesday, sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds around 5 mph.

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Wednesday, sunny. Highs 65 to 70. South winds 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday night, partly cloudy. Lows near 50.

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We were lucky the Japanese didn’t follow through and invade the island. We were crushed the morning after the attack.

ing hills. “We were lucky the Japanese didn’t follow through and invade the island,� she said. “We were crushed the morning after the attack.�

Nicholson noted the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers was eerily similar for her to the one on Pearl Harbor, with black smoke from burning fuel rising from each.

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The book also depicts finalists in each category.

Penner showed several of the points and people that make Kansas unique through a 45-minute-long slide show.

She noted southeast Kansas, and Iola in particular, has its fair share of historic figures, from Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston, who hailed from Iola, baseball pitching legend Walter Johnson, who was born north of Humboldt, and silent film great Buster Keaton, who was born in Piqua.

The book is available in several locales, including the Allen County Historical Society Museum.

While the award-winning guidebook is geared for travelers, Penner noted the Kansas Sampler Foundation isn’t necessarily focused on tourism.

Instead, its goals are much more earnest: to preserve and sustain rural culture.

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percent off offer on season passes to state parks. She said the department has launched a new mobile app for smartphones as well.

The app will have basic information on state parks, as well as more specific information, such as fishing limits.

One point remained constant throughout Craghead’s presentation — Kansas is beautiful and interesting in its own way. She said she is amazed to see what people can learn by coming to the Sunflower State.

She urged the audience to be willing to adapt and change with current times, which she said was the only way to truly be successful. “You have to be able to step out a little bit,� Craghead said. “The department needs to change it up some.�

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So long, Twinkies, and Ho Hos, too The fat police won’t have Twinkies to kick around any more. Hostess Brands, Inc. closed shop last week. They said it was because of a prolonged strike. Those in the know refused to blame labor.

The problem was in the product, they said.

Register readers can decide for themselves. Hostess had many brands: in addition to Twinkies, it baked cup cakes, Ding Dongs, Donnettes, Funny Bones, Ho Ho’s, Sno Balls and Yodels — all extra sweet desserts with extra high calories and a scary set of chemicals that prolonged their shelf lives.

Hostess also made six kinds of bread: Beefsteak, Butternut, Home Pride, Merita, Nature’s Pride and Wonder Bread.

The chances are good that most Iola homes have one of those loaves of bread on their pantry shelves today. Maybe some Twinkies or Hostess Cup Cakes, as well.

Wonder Bread sandwiches filled lunch boxes for many years before the time of the school cafeteria. It was the biggest selling bread on grocery shelves for decades. White Wonder bread was particularly appealing to boys of a certain age and disposition because it could be rolled into a ball with a little finger kneading and became a projectile in a rubberband sling-shot.

That was a quality which warned some mothers that the soft, airy, sweetish bread was not all that nutritious. In those households, whole wheat bread, ryes and pumpernickels took its place.

Twinkies and their sweet, calorie-laden partners in the Hostess line of desserts also fell victim to the anti-obesity movement. Mom offers the kids apples for after-school snacks now. And Hostess felt the change of values. Rather than reacting by changing recipes and baking better prod-

ucts, they cut retail costs to keep sales up.

Lower prices reduced the profit margin, which made Hostess particularly vulnerable to the strike which shut it down. When the union refused to accept big wage and benefit cuts, Hostess went out of business.

THIS ISN’T ALL of the story. The hole on grocery shelves left by the end of Hostess Twinkies will be filled. Maybe

by Twinkies from another baker. Hostess is trying to recoup some of its losses by selling its brand names. Perhaps another firm will quickly market compressible white bread, too.

Even a major business collapse such as this one won’t stop Americans from craving — and buying — extra-sweet, extra-gooey, extra-soft desserts in handy packages.

Entrepreneurs will materialize to satisfy the nation’s sweet tooth before the cheers from country’s diet community quit echoing.

Still, the nation’s food industry should pay close attention. Twinkies, Hostess Cup Cakes, Ho Ho’s and the rest of the Hostess sweet parade aren’t good for you. They are too heavy on sugar and fat, too light on body-building nutrition.

Enough consumers learned those facts and stopping buying to break Hostess.

The lesson to be learned is that the community of scientists which focuses on human health packs a wallop with the purchasing public. Mass producers of packaged things to eat should hire expert nutritionists and take their advice.

Not only because it would be the moral thing to do, but also because they will stay in business longer and make more money.

Consider it a win-win.

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Honest analysis of Medicaid needed The U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the individual insurance mandate in President Barack Obama’s health reform law also handed a huge decision to state governments.

Suddenly it was optional, not mandatory, for states to increase their Medicaid eligibility limits to 133 percent of the poverty level, as called for in the Affordable Care Act. In the Republican-controlled capitals of Kansas and Missouri, where “Obamacare” is about as welcome as a flu epidemic, leading politicians are loath to consider an expansion.

Tim Jones, Missouri’s new House speaker, said as much recently. A spokeswoman for Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback indicated “serious concerns” about the state’s share of costs.

Before leaders rule out expanding Medicaid eligibility, however, they owe it to constituents to obtain a thorough and honest analysis of the impact. Some preliminary studies indicate states may come out ahead financially.

Assessing the impact is a complicated task.

Even the first step — determining how many people would qualify under the expanded limits — is difficult.

A free-market group, the Kansas Policy Institute, calculated that 253,000 additional Kansans would receive Medicaid if the limits were expanded. Schrammraleigh Health Strategy, an actuarial firm commissioned by the former Kansas Health Policy Authority, came up with a much lower number: 121,000.

What’s certain is that expanded

What’s certain is that expanded limits would help large numbers of people, especially in Missouri, where adults can earn no more than 19 percent of the federal poverty level to qualify for Medicaid. In Kansas, the limit is 26 percent of the federal poverty level. limits would help large numbers of people, especially in Missouri, where adults can earn no more than 19 percent of the federal poverty level to qualify for Medicaid.

In Kansas, the limit is 26 percent of the federal poverty level.

The Affordable Care Act calls for the federal government to pick up the full costs of the expanded Medicaid programs for three years, beginning in 2014.

After that, Washington would pay for 90 percent of the expansion.

Opponents in both states say even picking up their 10 percent share would be too burdensome.

But that assertion is premature without taking into account other factors.

Some of the biggest ones: • The Affordable Care Act calls for a phaseout of payments the federal government gives to states to help hospitals that serve significant numbers of low-income, uninsured patients. Missouri hospitals collectively received almost $800 million this year.

Loss of that money, without more patients gaining insurance, would be disastrous for the budgets of hospitals and entire communities.

• Expanding Medicaid limits would extend coverage to many low-income people who receive state mental health services, re-

lieving states of that cost.

• Missouri and Kansas currently pay health care costs for disabled populations that would be covered under the expanded Medicaid limits. One example is Missouri’s Blind Pension Fund, which spends about $28 million a year to provide health care for low-income blind people. Most of them would be Medicaid-eligible under the new limits.

• An expansion of Medicaid would bring millions of dollars into both states for hospitals, clinics and health professionals.

An economic impact study by the University of Nebraska Medical Center calculated that federal spending on a Medicaid expansion would finance more than 10,000 jobs in Nebraska each year though 2020.

The most important factor is the most difficult to put a price tag on. Missouri and Kansas have the opportunity to offer thousands of residents the security of a medical home and care when they need it.

The alternative is to leave those people in a medical doughnut hole, unable to access services that are available to people with incomes above and below theirs.

Under no scenario would that be healthy.

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The president, the entire nation in fact, got an earful this past week on the fiscal cliff. There was talk of ending the Bush-era tax rates for the wealthy. And there were the Republican claims that loopholes can be closed to “broaden the base” of income exposed to tax and thus generate enough new revenue to bring down the deficit without raising rates.

That Republican argument is flawed for many reasons, but one is not getting much attention: The Republicans are not opposed to every loophole. They wouldn’t touch the one that places super-low tax rates on investment income, which flows mainly to the rich.

President Obama met separately with union leaders, corporate leaders, civil rights leaders and, into the mix, Congressional leaders of both parties. In general, the participants emerged upbeat, expressing confidence that the fixes they envisioned would meet the president’s criteria for a “balanced approach” to resolving the coming onslaught of tax increases and spending cuts.

Of course, they can’t all be right, and Congressional Republicans, in particular, are stretching it to the breaking point to refer to their way as balanced.

To end tax breaks in exchange for extending and then reducing the Bush-era tax rates for the top 2 percent fails mathematically — and politically.

Their idea — to end tax breaks in exchange for extending and then reducing the Bush-era tax rates for the top 2 percent of taxpayers — fails mathematically, and it failed politically during the 2012 campaign.

To raise the roughly $1 trillion over 10 years that would be collected simply by letting the high-end tax rates expire, as President Obama has called for, would require huge cutbacks in tax breaks that most Americans don’t consider loopholes, including the deductions for mortgage interest and for state and local taxes. Another problem with the Republican plan is that even as it claims to broaden the tax base, it takes an important part of the base off the table from the outset.

Much of the debate has focused on the high-end tax rates, which will rise to 39.6 percent from 35 percent if the tax cuts expire on Dec. 31. But the end of the tax cuts also means the end of the

low rates on investment income.

The top rate on long-term capital gains will rise from 15 percent to 20 percent, and the top rate on dividends will rise from 15 percent to 39.6 percent, the same as ordinary income.

The special low tax rates for investment income are among the largest tax breaks in the code.

They allowed investors to pocket some $100 billion in 2012 alone compared with what those investors would have paid if investment income were taxed the same as regular income.

And yet, because Republicans are wed to the notion that tax rates must never rise, this particular loophole would be untouched under their plan to broaden the base. In the end, for the sake of raising much-needed revenue efficiently and fairly, there is no substitute for letting all of the high-end tax rates expire, once and for all.

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there’s a belief that by working together, we can make our county a better place for all of us.”

“The Donna,” is named after Iolan Donna Talkington, who gave a lifetime of service to civic causes.

In other awards, Max Snodgrass, 83, was given a Lifetime Service Award for his many contributions through his work with Iola Industries, as a photographer cataloging the many physical changes in Iola, and as a founding partner of Snodgrass, Dunlap, a local accounting firm.

Snodgrass’ contributions have “spanned decades, and impacted the economic, social and civic life of Allen County,” said presenter Karen Gilpin.

Still recovering from the effects of a massive stroke, Snodgrass was wheeled up to the platform to receive his award with his wife, Bernadine, and family at his side.

The night’s award coincided with his birthday.

THE “UNSUNG HERO”

award went Dennis Gardner, mayor of Mildred, who was credited for his work of connecting his city of 29 residents with the county’s emergency alert system and having a storm siren installed for the first time.

Chris Bauer, president of the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce, and Allen and Juanita Lankton, volunteers with Iola’s Community Food Pantry, were the other nominees for the award. All received stipends of $150, awarded by Allen County’s five banking institutions, Citizens Bank, N.A., Community National Bank and Trust, Emprise Bank, Great Southern Bank and Piqua State Bank.

The Excellence in Education award was presented to Iola’s Walmart for its donation of food, tools, equipment and money to schools throughout Allen County.

Jeff Livingston, Walmart manager, and a key group of associates, have donated more than $40,000 to area schools besides directing the schools to $125,000 worth of grants through the store’s “Volunteering Always Pays,” program.

Mike Barnes, custodian at Jefferson, and Marv Smith, retired chemistry teacher at Iola High School were also nominated for the award. Barnes has built playground forts for area el-

ementary schools. “Marvelous Marv” was noted for his efforts as not only a nurturing and supportive science teacher and coach, but also for his ability to teach students “how to think,” said Don Burns, who presented the award.

HUMBOLDT’S Community Pantry was awarded the night’s Health and Wellness award. The pantry is run by Humboldt’s Ministerial Association whose outreach includes the eastern side of the county and works in coordination with Chanute’s Walmart that supplies it with surplus food.

Other nominees were Allen County’s Farmers Market and Moran citizens who work with USD 256 patrons to spearhead fund raising projects to aid local citizens.

Moran residents won Thrive’s Recreation Award for their efforts in remaking the school district’s football field. Volunteers hauled 130 truckloads of dirt to create a crown on the field to provide better drainage. Volunteers spent countless hours “spreading, tilling, working and seeding the soil,” said presenter Tosca Harris. “As a result, the field is in better shape than it has been for decades and home and visiting players have a safer surface for football and related sports.”

Iola’s Dog Park Committee was also in the running for the recreation award as was Janet Shadden, a thirdgrade teacher with Marmaton Valley who has organized swimming lessons for area students at Humboldt’s municipal pool.

Judy Kramer was named Thrive’s Volunteer of the Year. Damaris Kunkler, program director for Thrive, praised Kramer for her “positive attitude, attention to detail, organizational skills, patience, and a sense of humor.”

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Shane Dennis and Leland Wood, two of the best high school basketball players ever in eastern Kansas, were in the spotlight here Saturday.

Their exploits on the hardwoods drew special mention from Steven Farney, one of 16 authors who talked about their books during the Iola Family Reading Festival at Allen Community College.

Dennis scored 52 points against Humboldt on Feb. 20,1990, when he played for Uniontown. Wood, playing for Prescott, had a 56-point outpouring against LaCygne on Jan. 29, 1965.

They are enshrined in Farney’s book “Club 50,” which has photos and sketches of 70 boys from 52 Kansas towns who scored 50

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or more points in a single high school game.

“Every town has a ton of stories about local athletes, but many are like fish stories,” Farney said.

“These aren’t fish stories,” with each performance documented and with interviews of the players.

Also, he noted most of the extraordinary performances occurred during regulation play, not “marathon overtime games.

The book is about boys who loved the game and had special nights.”

Farney told about Max Henkle, Colony, now dead, who had the third-highest point total ever by a Kansas boy when he made 60 points against Neosho Falls on Jan. 8, 1957.

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Two area men who scored 50 points or more in high school games were among players Steven Farney, center, highlighted in his book, “Club 50,” and discussed at the Iola Family Reading Festival Saturday. Leland Wood, left, scored 56 points for Prescott in 1965 and Shane Dennis had 52 for Uniontown in 1990.

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Allen comes up short against Hutch

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Playing without leading scorer and rebounder Cameron Blue put Allen Community College’s men at a decided disadvantage Saturday.

Visiting Hutchinson Community College, unbeaten and ranked seventh in NJCAA Division I, was there to take full advantage.

The visiting Blue Dragons held Allen scoreless over a sixminute stretch in the first half with an 18-0 run to break open what had been a 13-13 tie.

Allen was never able to get Hutchinson’s lead back into single digits after that, falling 84-67 in the Red Devils’ home opener.

Despite the loss, Allen coach Andy Shaw took home several positives.

“I’m proud of our effort,” he said. “We fought hard. Hutch is a really good team and talented across the board. I was happy with the way we competed. It was a step in the right direction.”

Allen started slowly on offense, trailing 9-5 before Ben Uno and Tray Fountain both connected twice on field goals as part of an 8-4 run.

But the spurt coincided with early trouble for starting forward Andrew Rountree, who was whistled for his second foul at the 11:45 mark, spending the rest of the half on the bench.

Without Rountree or Blue, out because of an injury, in the lineup, Hutchinson’s 6-9 center Alex Davis made life miserable for the Red Devils.

Davis scored 15 points before intermission as Hutchinson opened a 39-22 lead.

“They really crashed the boards hard and made it tough on us,” Shaw said. “When they did miss, they either got the offensive rebound or got a hand on it.”

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Allen Community College’s Andrew Rountree goes in for a layup Saturday in an 84-67 loss to Hutchinson Community College.

45-26 when Bryce Schippers and DeAndree Barnett each connected from 3-point range as part of a 10-2 run to cut the lead to 11, 4736, forcing a Blue Dragon timeout.

The lead was at 51-39 when Hutchinson Dre Henley scored at the 12:10 mark to kick-start a 16-2 run to put the game out of reach. The Red Devils got no

Middle School teams split at Pony Stampede

By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com

A pair of Iola Middle School girls basketball teams brought home victories Saturday as part of the IMS Pony Stampede basketball tournament.

In the A team tournament, visiting Royster Middle School scored nine fourth-quarter points to break open a close game and defeat Iola 20-14.

The Ponies rebounded in the third-place game, holding off Parsons 28-25.

In the B team tournament, Iola defeated Royster 14-8 in the opener, before falling to Independence 21-6 in the championship game to take second place.

IOLA LED Royster 3-2 after one quarter in the A team opener before the Rockets took a 5-3 lead at the break. The score was 11-10 before the Rockets closed the game with a 9-4 run.

Colbi Riley led the Ponies with six points and three rebounds, followed by Eliza Hale with four points and six rebounds, Katie Bauer with two points and eight boards and Karly McGuffin with two points and six rebounds.

The Ponies secured third place by defeating Parsons. Iola led 7-4 after one quarter and 10-8 at the break. Parsons cut the gap to 20-19 after three quarters.

Riley scored 12 points with four rebounds. Hale had six points and four rebounds. McGuffin had five points and eight boards. Scout Rush had two points and seven rebounds. Madison Carlin scored two points and Bauer had one point and seven rebounds. “ The girls played hard all day,” Ponies coach Marty Taylor said.

“Karly, Katie and Scout are doing a much better job of taking care of the inside and rebounding.”

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Iola Middle School’s Kayla Underwood (4) drives past Royster Middle School defender Kelli Wickery (11) Saturday in the IMS Stampede basketball tournament.

closer than 12 points down the stretch.

“We finally started making shots in the second half,” Shaw said. “Bryce started hitting and DeAndree Barnette made a couple of shots for us.”

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Allen women go 1-1 at Dodge City Classic DODGE CITY — The crowds at the Dodge City Classic were treated to an entertaining weekend of basketball, courtesy of the Allen Community College women.

The Red Devils used hot shooting from outside and a key run late in the contest Friday to down host Dodge City 80-74.

Allen came up short in its upset bid Saturday against Garden City, but still managed to take the 14thranked Broncbusters to the final moments in a 76-70 loss.

The split puts ACC at 3-3 on the season.

After starting the 2012-13 campaign with six consecutive road games, the Red Devils hit the home court for the first time Tuesday in a rematch against Butler County. Butler defeated Allen 7855 Nov. 8 in a game coach Mark James said was much closer than the final score indicated.

James was pleased with Allen’s performance in both contests over the weekend.

Friday’s tilt looked to be a potential runaway. Allen shot a blistering 14 of 23 from 3-point range before intermission to open a 5232 lead at the break.

“Having a large halftime lead usually goes one of two ways,” James said. “The team trailing kind of calls it a day and the score gets out of hand; or the team leading has a hard time matching their first half intensity.”

Dodge City showed it was in no mood to give up without a fight, and the Red Devils lost some of their intensity, James said.

The Lady Conquistadors erased the 20-point deficit with six minutes left in regulation.

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Farmers to limit river use HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska officials predict that many farmers along the Republican River will have to limit their water use more next year because of the dry conditions.

The Hastings Tribune reports that the extra conservation measures are needed to make sure enough water flows downstream to Kansas.

In the past, Nebraska residents have used more of the Republican River’s water than they are entitled to. The issue has led to two lawsuits between Kansas and Nebraska, including one that’s still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources says the Upper and Lower Republican River Natural Resource Districts will need to impose additional water conservation measures next year.

The Middle Republican

River NRD is expected to be OK without additional conservation.

The state’s announcement that additional conservation measures will likely be needed next year wasn’t a surprise given that much of Nebraska remains in a drought. The final forecast for the river is due out at the end of the year.

“It is unfortunate that these dry periods require these additional actions, but I am confident that we are now well prepared to proactively address the dry conditions that the basin is currently facing,” said Brian Dunnigan, director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources.

Since the last time Nebraska overused the Republican River, a number of measures have been taken to help reduce how much water the state uses.

For instance, the three Republican River NRDs

last month joined with the Twin Platte NRD to buy 15,800 acres. The groups plan to retire those acres from production and eliminate irrigation on the land to increase water flows in the Republican and Platte Rivers.

And earlier this year, the Middle Republican Natural Resources District purchased surface water rights for 672 acres to help Nebraska stay comply with the Republican River compact. Officials said that purchase would allow 2,400 acre feet of surface water to flow downstream.

Who gets to use the Republican River’s water is spelled out in a threestate compact between Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. The 1943 agreement allocates 49 percent of the river’s water to Nebraska, 40 percent to Kansas and 11 percent to Colorado.

Officials debate over child poverty TOPEKA — A child advocacy organization is criticizing Gov. Sam Brownback for restricting access to some programs that help low-income Kansans while more children and families are slipping into poverty.

Shannon Cotsoradis, chief executive of Kansas Action for Children, said recent changes made by the Brownback administration to tighten eligibility criteria for cash and childcare assistance programs are making it harder for some struggling families.

Cotsoradis cited data in 2012 KIDS COUNT report released on Thursday. It showed that the numbers of Kansas children enrolled in Medicaid and receiving food stamps had gone up significantly while the numbers receiving cash and child-care subsidies had gone down.

“You see this huge discrepancy in the data,” Cotsoradis said. “It just doesn’t make a lot of sense.”

Angela de Rocha, a spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Children and Families, defended the administration’s policy changes as efforts to encourage people to become more self-reliant.

“I think we should be praised, not criticized,” she said.

According to the new

K I D S COUNT report, 21 percent of Kansas children are living in poverty, up from Cotsoradis 18 percent in 2007.

The average number of children enrolled in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance (food stamp) Program rose to more than 136,000 in 2011 – an increase of nearly 40,000 since 2007. of all school-aged children in Kansas – 48.6 percent – qualified for free or federally subsidized lunches this year. That is an increase of almost 10 percentage points in four years.

Over the same period, the report shows that the number of families receiving cash-assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program has been trending down. In 2011, there were 25,981 families that received assistance, down from 26,633 in 2007.

Families receiving childcare assistance decreased to 19,735 in 2011 from 21,025 in 2007.

Officials at the Kansas Department of Children and Families anticipate NEARLY HALF

that the TANF numbers will continue to drop.

The official caseload estimate released earlier this month by the Kansas Legislative Research Department says the agency anticipates spending $2.4 million less from the

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state general fund to support the program in the 2014 budget year “due to the continuation of recent changes in policies.”

Cotsoradis said that explanation “confirms that they (administration officials) are creating barriers to those programs.”

But de Rocha said the declining numbers of families receiving assistance isn’t necessarily the result of the policy changes. She said it could mean that many have gotten full-time jobs because of the department’s insistence that they comply with job-search, training and part-time work re-

Kobach post-election battle continues

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The postelection legal battle between Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and a legislative critic resolved little, but it provided another example of how disputes involving Kobach often can pivot to questions about his motives.

Kobach intervened as Democratic state Rep. Ann Mah of Topeka sought the names of voters who cast provisional ballots in her close re-election race. Mah and her supporters saw an opportunity to avert a narrow loss by contacting the voters and helping them address problems so that county officials would count their ballots.

The Republican secretary of state advised county election officials statewide not to release voter names. When that didn’t

prevent Mah from getting lists, he pushed the dispute into federal court to block Mah and her GOP challenger from contacting voters. He didn’t prevail, but the long-term effects aren’t clear.

Kobach said he pursued the issue so aggressively because federal and state laws require election officials to protect the privacy of individual voters. Even after a federal judge rejected Kobach’s interpretation of federal law, the secretaries of state stuck to his position and Democrats were blocked from receiving names of provisional voters in at least two other races.

“The protection of the privacy of every voter is an important principle,” Kobach said. “It doesn’t matter which race it is.”

Mah, who has a history

of sparring with Kobach in public, quickly shifted the focus to the attorney general’s motives.

Kobach’s office sent two memos to county election officials after Mah began asking about obtaining provisional voters’ names.

Also, a political action committee he formed was involved in Mah’s race against GOP challenger, Ken Corbet of Topeka, who eventually won by 21 votes out of nearly 10,800 cast.

Kobach, a former law professor, is known nationally for helping write Arizona and Alabama laws against illegal immigration, and he was an informal adviser to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney — a fact noted in election post-mortems ascribing Romney’s defeat in part to opposition among Hispanic voters.

quirements.

“It is either people who got a job or who don’t want to cooperate with the jobsearch and work requirements,” she said. “All we’re saying is ‘we’re happy to help you get back on your feet, but you need to find a job.’”

Cotsoradis said the changes to the assistance programs seemed at odds with Brownback’s campaign promise to make reducing childhood poverty one of his administration’s top priorities.

On Wednesday, the governor appointed a 12-member task force and charged its members to report back with “concrete ideas” on reducing childhood poverty.

“All too often in our state, children who are living in poverty today become tomorrow’s poor parents,” Brownback said. “Intergenerational poverty such as this affects our state’s long-term productivity and wellbeing. We need concrete ideas on how to change this pattern.”

The first task force meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. today in the Kansas Board of Regents Conference Room on the 5th floor of the Curtis State Office Building in Topeka.

‘Teacher of the Year’ named WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A language arts teacher at Andover Middle School has been named the 2013 Kansas Teacher of the Year.

Dyane Smokorowski won the honor during ceremonies Saturday night in Wichita.

As Teacher of the Year, she receives a $4,000 cash award and an educational technology package worth about $11,000.

In addition to teaching eighth-graders, Smokorowski works with other teachers across Kansas and the nation to better use technology in their classrooms.

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Vitamin D-3, sunscreen good idea Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: I take a vitamin D

every day, but I also put sunscreen on my exposed skin when I go outdoors. Won’t the sunscreen interfere with the effects of the vitamin D? — L.P. Answer: Low vitamin D is increasingly being diagnosed, and has been implicated in many conditions.

What is absolutely clear is that vitamin D is necessary for proper bone health, and many Americans — particularly those who live in the northern two-thirds of the country (and all Canadians!) are at higher risk. Darkerskinned people also are at higher risk for low vitamin D levels, and low vitamin D has been shown to be a reversible

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cause of weakness in the elderly.

Preliminary studies have linked low vitamin D to cancer, but it is too early to say whether replacing vitamin D will reduce cancer risk.

Most people make their own vitamin D with a short period of sun exposure to their face and hands, and sunscreen does indeed prevent the skin from making the active form of vitamin D

in sunlight.

Since you’re taking supplemental vitamin D (in the form of vitamin D-3), the sunlight isn’t necessary. You are, in effect, bypassing the skin’s involvement.

Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: I take methotrexate

and Remicade for rheumatoid arthritis. Both the doctor and the pharmacist have told me not to drink alcohol with these medications. Neither

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one could tell me why alcohol is contraindicated. Recently, a nurse told me that moderate drinking is OK. I am not a big drinker, but occasionally I enjoy wine with a dinner out. However, I don’t want to do anything that will affect the good results I am getting.

Do you know why alcohol is prohibited? — C.M. Answer: The concern is damage to your liver, which is the major toxicity for methotrexate and is possible with Remicade. I won’t contradict your doctor and pharmacist in your particular case. However, an occasional glass of wine (meaning a few times per month, and never more than two at a time) is unlikely to cause most people harm.

Imperiled pregnancy and a child’s chance to help Dear Carolyn: We told our sensitive, 7-year-old daughter about my pregnancy earlier than planned because my morning sickness was bad, and she was very worried that I was sick. Unfortunately my pregnancy is most likely not viable, but it is a slow process as we wait for further tests and let nature take its course.

We’ve explained to our daughter that things are not healthy with the pregnancy and that I am getting good care, but I feel like we are overwhelming her with my

grief. While I can explain that miscarriages are common, I am overcome by sadness that the baby inside me is slowly dying.

I feel as if I have let my daughter down; she was so excited about another baby and now she is trying to take care of me (bringing me glasses of water and reading me stories), which is what I should be doing for her. And since everything is still in progress, I can’t really say it’s over and we can grieve and move on.

How do I survive this and

be strong for my kid?

Answer: It sounds as if you’re doing exactly what she needs: allowing her to be involved, useful, compassionate.

The thing so many of us get wrong about kids (I’m guilty myself) is that we put so much earnest energy into taking care of them and being responsible for them that we forget how badly they need to care for and be responsible for things, too. It’s the key to so many things: their sense of purpose and therefore self-worth, their developing social and fine-

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motor skills, their understanding of family and communal responsibility, their judgment, their resiliency.

Really, everything that will equip them to be strong, independent, civic- and familyoriented adults.

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Public notices (First published in The Iola Register, November 19, 2012) ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCY The Board of Trustees of Allen Community College announces a vacancy on the board which will be filled by appointment no sooner that January 1, 2013. Parties interested in filling this position should send a letter of application stating qualifications to: Board of Trustees c/o John Masterson, President Allen Community College 1801 N. Cottonwood St. Iola, KS 66749 Applicants must be residents of Allen County. Applicants are encouraged to appear at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting December 13, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the Student Center to discuss their qualifications and interest.

(11) 19 (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

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The puzzle is a box of 81 squares, subdivided into 3x3 cubes of 9 squares each. Some squares are filled in with numbers. The rest should be filled in by the puzzler.

Fill in the blank squares allowing the numbers 1-9 to appear only once in every row, once in every column and once in every 3x3 box.

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“And that came before the three-point shot,” which became a part of Kansas prep basketball during the 1986-87 season, Farney said. “Max made 25 field goals, many from long range, and 10 free throws.”

The high-water mark for Kansas occurred in 1966.

Larry Hobbs, a 5-foot-7 guard, had 69 points for Nortonville against Meriden.

“He scored 23 points in the first half and in the second half added 46 when his coach encouraged Hobbs’ teammates to feed the ball to him, after asking if they were OK with the plan,” Farney recalled.

They were, although Hobbs, unpretentious then as he was when Farney interviewed him for the book, wasn’t eager at first. Shots started fall-

ing from all over the court and, Hobbs told Farney, “I was in a rhythm and just caught the ball and shot.”

Wood’s 56 points came mostly in the first half.

“I had 42 at the half and most of my points in the second half came on free throws,” he said.

When Dennis scored his 52 against Humboldt, one of the Cub players had a night that otherwise would have drawn headlines.

Brandon Hart scored 33 for Humboldt in a wild affair won by Uniontown, 90-70.

Dennis wasn’t the first Eagle to have a remarkable single-game scoring record.

In 1977, Dean Goodbody scored 50 points in consecutive games against Marmaton Valley and McCune.

FARNEY SAID an additional 19 scoring efforts of 50 or more points had sur-

faced since the book was published in 2009, and will be included in a second edition.

As might be expected, some of the stories had light moments.

Jerry O’Niell, Winchester, scored 51 points in a 1965 game and a week later suffered an illness that stopped his heart for several seconds, long enough that doctors feared for his life.

As an adult O’Niell went into the ministry and Farney asked if the illness prompted his career choice. “‘No,’ he said,” Farney reported. “He said he learned the value of prayer when he as a sophomore he was called on to guard a 6-foot-6 player.”

In addition to the singlegame scoring book, Farney has written “Titletown,”

about small-town state championship teams, as well as a book about Kansas State University’s rise to basketball fame under its legendary coach, Jack Gardner, in 1939-42 and 1946-53.

The Kansas State book not only recalls Gardner’s leadership, but also gives insight into the running feud between Gardner and KU’s Phog Allen.

“They didn’t get along at all,” Farney said.

His next book, scheduled for publication in 2013, will document winning streaks of Kansas preps.

“There once were 713 high schools in Kansas,” Farney said. “Today there are 360. High schools and their sports teams are the focal point for many smaller towns. Often, when a high school went (closed), the town went with it.”

Bengals crush KC Baylor stuns KSU KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andy Dalton threw for 230 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, A.J. Green caught a touchdown pass in his ninth straight game and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the woeful Kansas City Chiefs 28-6 on Sunday.

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Iola Middle School seventh-grader Colbi Riley goes up for a layup despite the defense of Royster Middle School defender Victoria Jay Saturday.

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win against Royster. Chloe Wilson and Savannah McCulley added four points each. Kayla Underwood and Carly Cescon each scored two.

Underwood scored four

points for Iola against Independence. Storrer and Macayla Bycroft each had two points.

“The girls did a great job,” Tayor said. “They should be proud of their effort.”

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DaNara Day and Brittney Redmond put Allen back in control.

“Dodge City deserves a ton of credit. They refused to quit,” James said. “I was very pleased to see our kids not get rattled by the run they made at us in the second half.”

Ebonie Jones led the way with 24 points, including five 3-pointers. She also handed out eight assists.

Day hit six treys to go along with 22 points. Redmond scored 11, as did Iola native Kendra Taiclet in her highscoring mark of the season.

Taiclet also led the Red Devils with nine rebounds in her first game in the starting lineup.

FRIDAY’S game had one other unfortunate byproduct.

Starting point guard Miracle Davis was limited to 15 minutes because of a hand injury that ultimately led James keeping her out of the Garden City matchup on Saturday.

“She argued with me to play against Garden City, but I refused to risk further injuring her without knowing the extent of the injury,” he said. “I imagine she’s still not happy with me.”

The shorthanded Red Devils stood toe to toe with Garden City.

Allen held a lead late in the contest, but a pair of missed free throws and a costly turnover gave Garden City the lead for good, he said.

“Saturday’s game may have ended in a loss, but I left the arena never feeling more proud of a group of kids,” James said. “It was great to see our kids accept a challenge like this and answer the ball.”

Hannah Blackwell paced Allen with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Garden City — a squad that plays five 6-footers — Leslie Ware and Day both scored 11.

Redmond had 10 points.

Ronesha Hall came off the bench to score eight points in 11 points.

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mance, Mohamed Sanu had a scoring grab and BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran for 101 yards and a touchdown as the Bengals (5-5) won their second straigh.

Jamaal Charles had 87 yards rushing for Kansas City (1-9), but that was the only highlight for a team that lost its seventh straight.

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the Red Devils with 13 points apiece, while Rountree scored 12 and Barnette 11. Rountree also pulled in eight rebounds.

Davis led the Blue Dragons with 22 points. Kadeem Allen followed with 14.

Shaw praised the efforts of Allen’s Alex Keiswetter, Paul Stockebrand and Mitchell Walter, who were assigned to defend Hutchinson’s powerful

James hopes the Red Devils can maintain their intensity in Tuesday’s rematch with Butler County.

“It was an entertaining, playoff type of game. It was a very emotional game, and we look forward to the challenge of yet another topnotch quality opponent.”

Tuesday’s tipoff is at 6 p.m.

Friday Allen (52-28—80) Dodge City (32-42—74) Allen (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Jones 3/5-3-1-24, Saulsberry 0-0-1-0, Davis 1-0-2-2,, Morton 0/1-1-1-4, Day 1/6-2-1-22, Redmond 2/2-1-0-11, Taiclet 1/3-0-1-11, Ware 0/2-0-0-6, Seward 0-0-1-0, Blackwell 0-0-3-0.

TOTALS: 12/19-7-13-80.

Saturday Allen (24-46—70) Garden City (36-40—76) Allen (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Jones 2/1-0-1-7, Morton 0-1-1-1, Day 0/25-5-11, Flanigan 0/3-1-5-10, Peel 2/1-0-1-7, Taiclet 1-1-0-3, Ware 4-32-11, Blackwell 4-4-1-12, Hall 2-4-38. TOTALS: 15/7-19-18-70.

front court when Rountree went to the bench.

“It was a tough test for them,” Shaw said. “They were up against some of the best players they’re gonna see all year, but they battled.”

Blue’s injury, suffered in practice last week, leaves Shaw uncertain how long the 6-6 sophomore will be sidelined.

“We’re hoping not very long,” Shaw said. “The doctors don’t think it’s broken, but there was a definite ‘pop.’ You could hear it when it happened.”

Saturday’s contest marked the first of what will be eight consecutive home games for Allen.

“It’s great to play at home,” Shaw said. “We came away with a couple of wins on the road, but we’re looking to get going now that we’re back home.”

The Red Devils (2-5) host Butler County at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Hutchinson (39-45—84) Allen (22-45—67) Hutchinson (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Campbell 4-0-2-8, Davis 7-8-3-22, Watson 1-1-0-3, Allen 4/1-3-1-14, Spencer 3/1-2-3-11, Whittingham 1-3-1-5, Jackson 1-0-1-2, Henley 4/1-1-1-12, Nunn 3-1-4-7. TOTALS: 28/3-19-16-84.

Allen (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Burnes 0-0-1-0, Roberts 5/1-0-113, Fountain 3-1-4-7, Schippers 2/3-0-1-13, Uno 4-0-3-8, Keiswetter 0-1-3-1, Barnette 1/3-0-3-11, Walden 0-0-3-0, Rountree 6-03-12, Walter 1-0-3-2. TOTALS: 21/7-4-25-67.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Glasco Martin ran for three touchdowns, Lache Seastrunk had 185 yards rushing with an 80-yard score and Baylor again upset the BCS picture with a late-season victory, beating second-ranked Kansas State 52-24 Saturday night.

A week after the Wildcats (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) took over the No. 1 spot in the BCS standings following Alabama’s loss, another team will get its chance on top. And undefeated Notre Dame could get its cham-

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Nick Florence, the successor to Heisman winner Robert Griffin III threw both of his touchdowns in the first half when the Bears jumped out to a 28-7 lead.

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