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THE IOLA REGISTER Wednesday, December 4, 2013

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By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 22-year-old man was charged Tuesday with capital murder in the deaths of a southeast Kansas mother and her three children, and the state attorney general’s office said in a court filing that authorities have evidence of domestic violence.

Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office also charged David Cornell Bennett Jr., of Cherryvale, with rape and criminal threat. And as a potential alternative to the capital murder charge, Schmidt’s office filed four counts of first-degree murder in Labette County District Court.

Bennett’s new, courtappointed attorney, Shane Adamson, declined to comment. Bennett has a court appearance scheduled for this afternoon in Oswego, the county seat and where Bennett is jailed.

Bennett is being held on $5 million bond in the deaths of 29-year-old Cami Umbarger and her children, 9-year-old Hollie Betts, 6-year-old Jaxon Betts and 4-year-old Averie Betts.

Their bodies were found Nov. 25 in their home in Parsons, about 90 miles northeast of Tulsa, Okla., and Bennett was arrested and jailed the next day.

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By STEVEN SCHWARTZ The Iola Register

Hendricks presents Otto as a considerate, kind person. He connects with Wilhoft easily during the scenes they are together.

On the opposite side of the parenting spectrum is Emmaline Durand who plays Edith Frank. Anne has a strong relationship with her father but keeps her distance from her mother. Wilhoft plays the hostile teenager while Durand plays the hurt mother. Durand gives off a motherly essence on stage and leaves the audience hoping the mother and daughter will connect.

A specific request from a local business has blossomed into a full-blown discussion regarding Allen County’s tax exemption program through the neighborhood revitalization program.

Dating back several months, Bob Shaughnessy requested tax abatements for his son’s business, Sam & Louie’s (Shaughnessy is the contractor, not the owner). The business is near completion, located on North State Street, next to Walmart.

The neighborhood revitalization plan requires that a business be in a “blighted” area to be included; the restaurant is not. An exemption would be needed to include it into the plan. “Blighted” is a term left to be determined by the governing bodies, Commissioner Dick Works said, and is subjective.

The program provides a 100 percent ad valorem abatement for six years (minus a 5 percent administrative fee), then it is reduced by 20 percent each year for the remaining four years.

Works pointed out that taxes must be paid first, then are rebated by the governing bodies.

For complete exemption

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Anne Frank, played by Liesl Wilhoft, ponders what to write in her diary. The ACC Theatre will perform “The Diary of Anne Frank” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET

ACC takes on Holocaust drama

By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register

“The Diary of Anne Frank,” the gripping story of a Jewish family living in secrecy during World War II, is the fall production at Allen Community College. The drama shows at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Allen Community College Theatre.

The play, which is based on a true story, depicts the trials the Frank and Van Daan families endured during the war.

The play takes place in Am-

sterdam, Holland.

Liesl Wilhoft has the lead role of Anne Frank. The college student does a wonderful job of portraying the 13-yearold. Anne is young and full of ideas and dreams. She keeps her thoughts inside her red diary that she keeps to herself. Her positive outlook during the war annoys the other tenants of the annex. Wilhoft grasps onto the innocence of Anne and excels in her role.

Craig Hendricks plays Anne’s father, Otto Frank.

He is an educated man who makes sure his two daughters keep up with their studies.

Paul Davis: Middle class bearing brunt of increased costs

By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register

When Paul Davis, Democratic candidate for governor, considers what the future of Kansas should look like, he is convinced it is on the wrong path.

Kansas has become a shell of its former self, Davis said, and needs to be rebuilt.

“This has nothing to do with whether you are a Republican or a Democrat,” he said, “But everything to do with restoring leadership to Kansas. Entire generations of Kansans to come will be negatively affected if Kansas keeps on this trajectory of people earning less but paying more for a college education, in utilities, and in sales and property taxes.”

Davis spoke to a crowd of about 100 Tuesday night at a private gathering. He also visited at the Register.

Gov. Sam Brownback’s massive individual income tax cuts have benefited the wealthy, Davis said, to the detriment of the poor and

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Entities have had to raise their fees to make up for lost state funds.

Of Kansas’ 105 counties, 86 have recently raised their property taxes, including Allen County.

“Tuition at every community college and university has increased, some by double-digits because of reduced state funding,” Davis said. He cited a 7.5 percent increase in tuition at Pittsburg State University for this year.

Funding for K-12 schools have been significantly cut as have programs for early childhood education.

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Taxes: County debates expanding Continued from A1

from property taxes, a business needs approval from the City of Iola, Allen County Commissioners, USD 257 and Allen Community College.

At the Nov. 11 Iola City Council meeting, members voted to approve the expansion of the blighted area to include all of the city of Iola — for their portion of the taxes, not including the other three entities.

Iola Administrator Carl Slaugh said the council decided to expand the designated area, mainly because the exemptions being granted by the council were numerous and one area of town would not be favored over another.

Slaugh said the thinking by Iola City Council was, “If we are going to go ahead and grant everyone exemptions, we might as well change the policy,” Slaugh said.

Now, for full exemption, an “interlocal agreement” between the four entities must be signed for Iola to be com-

pletely encompassed in the neighborhood revitalization plan.

This is where the discussion begins.

SHAUGHNESSY came before the commissioners Tuesday morning to ask for a second look at his request, now that the city has expanded the zone. His first request was denied by the commissioners, because they did not want any exception to be made.

“You can’t just set down a neighborhood revitalization plan and except your way out of it,” County Counselor Alan Weber said during the meeting. “Granting exceptions is what I take exception to.”

In order to avoid making exceptions, Weber said municipalities and counties across the state are expanding the blighted zones to make the program more accessible.

“Everybody is doing it, entire counties are doing it,” he said.

“I think they are try-

ing to circumvent the intent of the law,” Works said of the program, particularly picking and choosing specific businesses to include into the area.

Shaughnessy, who received approval from each entity except for the county, said the program is the result of high taxes forced upon businesses. Shaughnessy said he would do whatever it takes to encourage small business owners to come to the community.

“The county is going to benefit from it and the city of Iola is going to benefit from it,” Shaughnessy said. “If we don’t have our kids come back and invest in our town, we’re in trouble.”

He said taxes can make quite an impact on a business’ start-up costs, and any breaks they can receive may make or break their success.

“I’m out there, banging my head against the wall trying to save every penny (in the construction),” he said. He point-

ed out that he would not benefit from the abatement, his son Toby would save on the costs.

Works said the commission still has much to discuss.

City of Iola officials are slated to more fully explain their position at next week’s county commission meeting.

According to County Clerk Sherrie Riebel, the amount rebated to businesses in 2012 was $43,000 from Allen County, and $122,000 from all four entities together.

IN OTHER BUSINESS:

— Commissioners approved a reduction of the speed limit on 1400 Street in Humboldt from 45 to 35 miles per hour. 1400 Street is east of Humboldt in front of the new USD 258 sports complex.

— The latest version of the EMS merger between the City of Iola and Allen County Commissioners was signed, including the rental agreement for $250 per month of the EMS building on North State Street.

Murder: Charges filed in Parsons case Continued from A1

Authorities have declined to say exactly how the four were killed, but a complaint signed by Schmidt and an assistant attorney general said they died between Nov. 23 and 25. The complaint also accused Bennett of raping Umbarger on or about Nov. 23 and threatening her once in September and October, though it did not give the

details of those alleged crimes.

“There is evidence this offense is a domestic violence offense,” the attorney general’s complaint said in the capital murder count.

A cousin told The Associated Press that Umbarger met Bennett in September and went out with him a couple of times.

The cousin also said when Umbarger tried to break off the relation-

ship, Bennett “wouldn’t leave her alone.”

Bennett was arrested at gunpoint Nov. 26 in Independence, about 35 miles southwest of Parsons, where he worked a roofing job. His hometown of Cherryvale is between the two communities.

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Kansas law allows a defendant to be charged with a single count of capital murder for multiple killings that are premeditated and occur “as part of the same transaction” or are connected by “a common scheme or course of conduct.”

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She’s Not Fat, She’s Just Big Boned!

I’m sure you have all had the talk with your physician about your BMI score. What is a BMI score? It is not your Brain Mass Index as I’m sure most of you with high scores would like it to be. It is your Body Mass Index. A fancy calculation of your fat percentage based on your height and weight. If you are in the range of 20-25 then you are normal, otherwise hit the treadmill!!

Our pets have a less sophisticated way to measure their body fat. It is called a BCS or Body Condition Score. It is based on a scale of 1 (very thin) to 5 (obese). The way we figure the numbers is based on how much fat is felt over the ribs, spine and hips and how the body appears viewed from directly above and from the side.

I have found that a lot of owners are in denial about their pets being overweight. I have also seen cases of dogs with a BCS of 2 that are disguised by a nice fluffy hair coat. To do a quick check of your dog’s BCS, feel along the ribs, spine and hips.

You should be able to feel these bones but they should be covered with a thin layer of fat. If you cannot feel ribs then your pet is too fat! When looking from above, they should have an hourglass figure (like we all want)! And when looking from the side, the abdomen should tuck upwards rather than just remain level or swing downwards as is the case with many cats.

Health issues for overweight pets are very similar to ours and will be mentioned in upcoming articles. There are many diets made for overweight pets that have produced great results.

One of these is Hills Metabolic Advanced Weight Solution for dogs. This is a new product that improves your dog’s metabolism and help keep the weight off. It is palatable and proven to helps the dog lose 28% of its body weight in 2 months. No diet will work if any member of the household is giving treats behind your back. My own dog was on a strict diet and still maintaining his BCS of 5. I found that he was traveling to the neighbors 1⁄2 mile away and being fed. Diligence and constant supervision are required to keep a pet on a diet. Consult your veterinarian if you want to know your pet’s BCS and an appropriate diet plan.

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Bronson expecting Santa on Saturday Santa Claus will be coming to Bronson by fire truck at 11 a.m.

Saturday. Santa will visit with children at the community center from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is part of the Bronson Christmas Celebration.

The arts and crafts and gift tables will be set up at the community center from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Items will be for sale.

The Bronson Fire Department will have its soup and chili fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center. It is a free will offering and proceeds from the dinner go to the Bronson Fire Department.

For more information contact City Hall at 620-939-4578 or 939-4793.

Donor plaques can be retrieved Plaques recognizing previous donations to Allen County Regional Hospital will not be moved to the new hospital and are available for pickup, according to Karen Works, a volunteer with the hospital.

There are 230 such plaques, Works said.

Correction It was stated in the weekly calendar that the Lone Elm Country Christmas will be on Friday. It will actually be on Saturday. We regret the error.

1 Ton Recycled Newspapers = 17 30’ Trees

The plaques can be retrieved by family members at the gift shop in the new hospital after Dec. 20.

Previous donors to the old hospital will be recognized as “Heritage Donors” on a digital display in the new hospital.

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If you are unable to attend, cards may also be sent.

Financial Focus Time to Check Your Progress toward Your Retirement Goals

Now that another year is ending, it’s a good time to take stock of where you are on your journey toward financial security. Of course, you could find many different “measuring sticks” to assess your progress, but you can certainly gain considerable information just by asking yourself some basic questions.

Here are a few to consider: • How close am I to my retirement goals? Your comprehensive investment strategy should include a reasonably good estimate of how much money you will eventually need to sustain the retirement lifestyle you’ve envisioned. At least once a year, you should evaluate how much closer you’ve gotten to your goals than the year before.

• Am I making sufficient progress toward my goals? When assessing your progress, try to determine if your portfolio is properly allocated between stocks, stock-based vehicles, bonds, government securities, certificates of deposit and other investments. If you're “overweighted” in a particular asset class, such as cash, you may be impeding your ability to move toward your goals.

• Am I adhering to my investment strategy? To stick with your investment strategy, you need to invest at regular intervals and meet regularly with your financial professional to review your progress and make adjustments — such as rebalancing your portfolio — when necessary. Of course, even with regular progress reviews and portfolio rebalancing, it can be challenging, psychologically and emotionally, to stick with a strategy.

For example, during any given year the financial markets could be down, and your results might be disappointing.

Nonetheless, if you have built a diversified portfolio containing quality investments, and your portfolio is well suited to your own risk tolerance and time horizon, you don’t necessarily need to make changes following a down year in the markets.

• What aspects of my life have changed in the past year?

Your investment strategy should be based entirely on your individual needs and circumstances — so if these have changed during the past year, you may also have to adjust the way you invest. Consider any and all changes in your life — marriage, new children, divorce, remarriage, new job, new home, etc. — and then try to determine what impact these changes might have on your long-term financial strategy and if you need to adjust that strategy in response.

• Have I changed my thinking on my retirement goals?

Over time, you might undergo some changes in your thinking about retirement. For example, perhaps you’ve decided that you no longer want to retire early and travel the world; instead, you’ve discovered a growing desire to open a small business or do some consulting. Any significant changes you make to your retirement plans will likely have a big effect on your savings and investment strategies, so you’ll want to incorporate these changes into your planning as soon as possible.

By asking, and answering, these questions at the end of each year, you should always have a good sense of where you are in pursuit of your long-term goals — and what you need to do to bring the realization of those goals closer to reality.

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Thursday - county bus to Garnett, call 24 hours before you need a ride, 785-448-4410 any weekday; Community Church Missionary, church annex, 1:30 p.m., United Methodist Women, United Methodist Church fellowship hall, 1:30 p.m.; Friday to Tuesday - recycle trailer at Broad and Pine in business area Friday, leaves Tuesday; Saturday - Country Christmas, Lone Elm Community building, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; 9th annual Christmas parade themed “All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Creatures Great and Small”, chili soup supper, 4-6 p.m.; city hall community room, parade lineup, 6 p.m.; Dec. 11 - Rural Water District No. 5 board meeting, board office, 7:30 p.m.

School calendar

Thursday high school basketball at Southern Coffey County; Monday - middle school basketball vs.

Marmaton Valley, 5 p.m.

Tuesday to Dec. 13 - high school basketball tournament at Humboldt.

Meal site

Friday - ham and beans, zucchini and tomatoes, roll, pineapple and mango; Monday - smothered steak augratin potato, fruit cup, wheat bread, cookie; Wednesday - pasta bake, Italian veggies, yeasty roll, strawberry cup.

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Visitors of Morris and Allene Luedke during Thanksgiving were their nephew, Craig Luedke, Hot Springs, Ark., and niece Lois Ternes, Atchison. Lois visited Wayne and Twila Luedke and attended the 70th wedding anniversary of her uncle and aunt Ralph Bunnel held at the Bass North Community Building in Iola.

Phyllis Luedke, her son, Craig Luedke, and her daughter and family, Julie and Dirk Nichols, Bryce and Kimerlyn, Beloit, dined out for Thanksgiving.

Phyllis’ son and family, Brent and Angie Luedke, Kamryn and Trewit, Colony, visited them at Phyllis’ home.

Randy and Karon West celebrated Thanksgiving at the home of Brooke and Kipp Connell and son Chance, Lenexa. Others attending were Shay and Eric West, Dustin, Dalton and Madison, Burlingame; Ryan West, Amy Chandler, and Sheri Siebert, Topeka; and Blake West, Auburn.

Bonnie Rook hosted a family Thanksgiving.

Attending were Connie and Rick Thompson, Blake and Hannah Thompson, Owen, Nora, Molly, and Ruby, Kincaid; Justin and

Sunday at the Christian Church was I and II Samuel. Pastor Mark McCoy’s sermon was “From Shepherd to King.”

Angel Tree

You can help a Colony-area child this Christmas with a gift.

Choose an angel at GSSB, Colony branch.

Gifts may be left at the bank or take it to the EKAN office in Garnett.

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Box tops will not be collected in December.

The Christmas store is open Dec. 16-18, 12:30 to 2:45 p.m. A carnival will be Jan. 25. It was voted to purchase and insure six Kindle Fire HD’s with screen protectors and cases. The book fair will be Feb. 18-20. Members are asked to bring ideas to the Jan. 17 meeting for the spring fundraiser which is scheduled March 14.

Birthday

Mary Clemans’ 91st birthday is Dec. 19.

She was a Thanksgiving Day guest along with her son and his wife Arvin and Kathy Clemans at the home of Kathy’s brother and wife, David and Debbie Roe. Other guests were David’s mother, Doris Roe, who also resides at Guest Homes and

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Erin Zook, Brylee, Brekyn and Britni, Maralee Bauman, Garnett; Nick Thompson, Manhattan; Garry and Paula Decker, Welda; Luke Decker, Watford City, N.D.; Kathy and Garry Holloway, Westin and Elaine Holloway, Lone Elm; Ed and Nancy Ellington, Colony; Jeremy and Holly Ellington, Gunner, Lizzie, Gracyn and Aubry, JD and Jamie Wilson, Tucker Lane Yocham, Iola; Bob Roush, Topeka; Arlene Allen, Emporia; Ed and Nancy Ellington, Sheldon and Ruth Caudell, Arden and Thelma Culler, Roger and Sherry Culler Ryan and Annie, David and Marie Slife and Skylar, Colony.

Celebrating at the home of Greg, Terri and Tiffany Jackman Thanksgiving Day were Zach Jackman and Linsey Bahns, Dean Hamm, Decker and Sandy Spillman, Jeff, Missy, Tanner, Katrina, and Kaden Strickler, Colony; Luke, Jessica, Kallie, Kamrie and Karlie Feuerborn, Garnett; Crystal, Arabella, Aydan Mathew Dunbar Richmond; Shane, Rita, Kayla, Hannah and Erin Drybread, Buffalo; Jodie Drybread, Arkansas; Danny and Margaret Jackman, Moran.

Thanksgiving guests of Bob and Gail Vermillion were their seven children and their families totaling around 32.

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4-H awards announced Brock Peters, member of Seekers not Slackers 4-H Club was master of ceremonies at the 4-H Achievement Program for 4-H work in 2012-13 held Nov. 17. Morgan Egidy, Dynamite Club and Grady Schuster, Lucky 13 members, assisted him. Seekers not Slackers received awards as follows: 4-H Club and Community Leader Recognition - Purple Club Seal, leaders Kathy LaCross (1 year), Stacy Sprague (5 years) and C.J. Lacey (2 years); Achievement Pins - Brooklynn Jones and Trevor Church (membership); Tyler Gillespie, Logan Walter and Karson Hermreck (bronze); Brooklynn LaCross, Jerrick Jones, Lanie Walter, Tanner LaCross (clover); Cassie Bowen, Hailey Gillespie, Makayla Jones, Alex Brownrigg and Rebecca Sprague (Emerald); Kendra Sprague and Kaitlyn LaCross (Silver); Brock Peters and Dal Lacey (leadership); Excellent 4-H Record Books - Brooklynn LaCross, Brock Peters, Dal Lacey, Landon Stephens; Senior Beef - Brock Peters and Dal Lacey; Junior Beef - Rebecca Sprague and Kendra Sprague; Junior Clothing and Textiles Rebecca Sprague, Kaitlynn LaCross, Cassie Bowen and Hailey Gillespie; Dairy Goats - Lanie Walter and Logan Walter; Junior entomology - Trevor Church; Arts - Brooklynn LaCross; Junior Fiber Arts - Kaitlyn LaCross; Senior Food and Nutrition - Landon Stephens; Junior Food and Nutrition - Hailey Gillespie, Makayla Jones; Junior Forestry - Jerrick Jones; Junior Horse - Hailey Gillespie, Tyler Gillespie; Senior Leadership - Dal Lacey and Brock Peters; Junior Leadership - Kaitlyn LaCross; Senior Meat Goats - Brooklynn LaCross, Landon Stephens; Junior Pets - Brooklyn LaCross; Senior Photography - Brooklyn LaCross; Junior Photography - Kendra Sprague, Kaitlyn LaCross and Cassie Bowen; Senior Plant Science - Dal Lacey; Junior Plant Science - Jerrick Jones, Karson Hermreck; Senior Sheep - Landon Stephens; Junior Sheep - Hailey Gillespie, Tyler Gillespie; Junior Swine - Tyler Gillespie, Karson Hermreck; Senior Visual Arts - Brooklynn LaCross; Junior Wildlife - Trevor Church; Junior Wood Science Rebecca Sprague, Alex Brownrigg; Outstanding 1st Year Record Book - Brooklyn Jones; Junior Record Book - Hailey Gillespie and Kaitlyn LaCross; Outstanding Senior Record Book - Brock Peters and Brooklynn LaCross; Officer Book Award - Kendra Sprague; Historian’s Book - Britton Brownrigg. Other recognition was given to the Joel and Stacy Sprague family for participating in both the International Foreign Youth Exchange program and the Japanese Exchange Program.

Bird takes ‘selfie’ SYDNEY (AP) — A brazen bird snatched a video camera that was recording crocodiles in northwest Australia and captured fascinating footage of its 70-mile journey across the country's remote landscape.

Wildlife rangers in Western Australia's Kimberly region released video on Monday that reveals the sea eagle's caper. The bird's flapping wings can be seen as it grabs the device and takes off, and the eagle later poses for a selfie, poking its face into the camera lens.

Rangers set up the motion-sensor camera along the Margaret

River in May, hoping to record images of crocodiles. The camera, which is about 4 to 6 inches long and 2 inches wide, disappeared soon after and the rangers figured it had fallen into the water.

The rangers recently found out that the device had been found near the Mary River, about 70 miles away, ranger Roneil Skeen told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.

When they examined the video inside, the real culprit was revealed.

The rangers plan to bolt down their cameras from now on, Skeen said.

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Kansas briefs El Dorado prison eyed for expansion EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — State prison officials say they want to build two new cell blocks, with a total of 512 new beds, at the El Dorado Correctional Facility.

If the Legislature agrees to fund the project, the El Dorado facility would become the largest prison in the state.

Corrections spokesman Jeremy Barclay said the department hopes to open the first cell block on Jan. 1, 2017, with the second opening 18 months later.

The Wichita Eagle reports the project would cost an estimated $24.3 million, with annual operating cost of $8.3 million.

Barclay says if lawmakers refuse to approve the bonds for the project, the state will have to start housing inmates in other states or consider leasing space in county jails.

Local governments to carry KPERS debt TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — About $10 billion in projected pension debts will be moving from the state of Kansas to the balance sheets of local governments thanks to a change in national accounting standards.

Alan Conroy, executive director of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, told a legislative committee Tuesday about the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s changes, which take place next year.

KPERS serves state employees as well as public workers from about 1,500 cities, counties, school districts and other local government units. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that starting next year, those entities will need to carry the KPERS debt as an unfunded liability on their own balance sheets, rather than the

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The Cherokee County News-Advocate reports burglars broke into the Columbus Public Library twice in the past week, making off with cash and computers.

Columbus Police Department spokeswoman Ann Sharp says the first break-in occurred sometime between the library’s closing the day before Thanksgiving and its reopening on Saturday. The burglars entered through a basement window and stole money and a computer.

Library personnel returned to work again Monday to find that thieves had again broken in through the same window and stolen several more computers.

Wider highway would endanger ‘Points of Rock’

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Historic preservationists are fighting a plan to widen U.S. 50 in western Kansas, which would require demolishing a longtime landmark near Dodge City.

State transportation officials say the four-lane expansion from Dodge City to Cimarron would likely require leveling the “Points of Rock” monument, a steel sculpture of several horsemen sitting on top of a rock outcropping, with the words “Dodge City.”

The Hutchinson News reports the plans include a 60-foot-wide median between the old and new lanes of the highway, which would take down a big part of the hill where the sculpture stands.

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Court affirms online sales tax The Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — Amazon.com Inc. and other online retailers suffered a legal setback on Cyber Monday as the Supreme Court turned away their challenge to a New York law that requires Internet companies to collect sales taxes.

The court’s decision is expected to accelerate the move by states to try to collect taxes due on online purchases made by their residents.

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ventional retailers, and to enact legislation standardizing online salestax collection.

The pioneering New York statute has become a model for efforts by California and other states to collect tax revenue. Thirty-four states by law or administrative process require at least major online retailers to collect sales taxes.

States said they lose more than $23 billion a year in revenue when people buy products online and do not pay the required sales tax. Conventional retailers complain that they are at a competitive disadvantage because they must collect those taxes on each sale.

Some states have been passing laws that stretch their ability to force online retailers to collect sales taxes. The pressure of those laws helped California and Texas strike deals with major Internet retailers such as Amazon to collect sales taxes so they could locate distribution centers and other facilities there.

New York’s 2008 statute requires out-of-state Internet retailers to collect sales taxes if they used affiliates in the state to direct business to their websites, such as a museum website that directed people to Amazon to buy books.

The law treated these Web affiliates as though they were a sales force within the state. The U.S. Constitution always has allowed states to collect taxes from out-of-state companies if they have employees or offices — a nexus — within a state.

Amazon and Overstock.com Inc. appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the New York law was unconstitutional.

The companies cited a 1992 Supreme Court decision involving mailorder catalogs. In that case, the court said

states could collect sales taxes from retailers only when they have a physical presence in the state.

Lawyers for Amazon and Overstock had argued that their dealings with other Web affiliates in New York did not constitute having a physical presence there. Citing similar laws in California, Connecticut, Illinois and North Carolina, the companies also said the New York law has “provided a road map for other state legislatures to enact similarly burdensome legislation.”

In Monday’s brief order, the Supreme Court turned down the appeals of Amazon and Overstock without comment, a decision that has the effect of upholding New York’s law.

RETAILERS and state officials now are expected to ramp up efforts to get Congress to adopt a nationwide rule for online sales taxes. The National Conference of State Legislatures said it would send about 200 legislators, in town for an annual forum, to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby for legislation.

Because it has the power to regulate interstate commerce, Congress can pass a law that allows states to force all retailers to collect sales taxes for purchases made by state residents.

“This decision further illustrates why a national solution is needed to level the playing field for local bricks-and-mortar retailers and help them compete more effectively against out-of-state Internet sellers,” said Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.).

Durbin is a leading sponsor of the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would give states the authority to require larger online retailers with no physical presence in those states to collect sales taxes on its residents’ purchases.

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Diary: ACC performs drama

ACC readies for concerts

By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register

The Allen Community College music department has a jolly jam-packed season this month. Between the holiday hustle and bustle ACC students are preparing for three upcoming concerts.

The first concert will be the ACC Student Recital at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

“There will be about 10 selections featured,” said Ted Clous, Allen music director.

Clous said the students have been work-

ing on their pieces all semester. The concert is free to the public.

The ACC Christmas concert will be at 7 p.m. at Dec. 12 in the Allen Theatre. This concert will feature the concert choir, Devils Fyre Vocal Jazz ensemble, concert band and the Red Devil Jazz Band. Admission for this concert is also free.

At noon on Dec. 14 ACC will have a TubaChristmas performance at the Allen Theatre.

It will feature Allen students, community members and various high school students playing Christmas carols on tubas and euphoniums. Performers

must pay $10 per person and admission is free to the public.

Clous said there will be TubaChristmas apparel such as scarves, hats and CDs for people to buy. All proceeds go to the Harvey Phillips Foundation.

Harvey Phillips created the Merry TubaChristmas and the event is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The event was created to honor the late tubist William J. Bell. Performers play traditional Christmas carols.

For more information on the music department’s holiday season contact Ted Clous at 620-365-5116 (ext. 258).

Davis: Going on new path Continued from A1

more than we should,” he said. “Kansans have never seen a time that there is a greater cost to being a Kansan.

“And the truth is, it does not even remotely have to be this way.”

AS THE SON of two teachers, Davis, 41, holds good schools as a priority for the state.

“Kansas was always known for its good schools,” he said.

“We’ve always felt it was a moral obligation to provide children with the best education possible.”

“Sam Brownback said the same thing, but one week after he was sworn into office he asked for the largest cut to public schools in the state’s history.

“When he got it, he declared it a victory for Kansas. Thousands of teachers have since been laid off, parents have been forced to pay fee after fee for school activities, and classrooms are now more crowded.

“This is not a winning strategy,” he said.

Davis proposed the state return to a balanced economic model that maintains its infrastructure — roads and public buildings — and invests in what he terms its “natural advantages.”

“We were headed in the right direction with the Kansas Bioscience Authority,” established in 2004 by the Kansas Legislature to develop a cutting edge industry in cellular and molecular engineering used in medical and agricultural fields as well as homeland security.

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Margot Frank is played

by Jeri Troyer. As the older sister of Anne, she is very intelligent and understands the heartaches that her family is going through. Like Anne, she tries to be light-hearted, but the weight of the world is never far away.

Although Margot is quiet and reserved, Troyer makes her presence known on stage through her body language.

The Van Daan family are the other tenants in the annex. Peter, played

by Nicholas Watson, is three years older than Anne, and pretends to not like her. The relationship between Peter and Anne is both comical and sweet. Watson puts on an annoyed, tough guy act around Wilhoft at first, but then he begins to open up around her.

Maggie Terhune, (Mrs. Van Daan), Jordan Garcia, (Mr. Van Daan) work well together as a married couple. Garcia is

ing. He’s put all his eggs in one basket — individual income tax cuts. That doesn’t add jobs, adequately train a workforce, or build roads.”

IN REGARDS to education, Davis expects the State Supreme Court to rule current funding is inadequate.

If legislators refuse to follow the recommendation to increase funding to state schools, Davis fears “there’s real potential for a constitutional crisis,” of whose role it is to interpret the state constitution.

“We have a system of government and the courts have a role to play in it,” he said.

Davis said two years ago the state legislature had an opportunity to restore funding to schools, but instead of directing funds to schools opted for tax cuts.

“We had a chance to do the right thing.

And now, people worry education in Kansas is slipping. That as leaders, we aren’t willing to invest in our children.”

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They bring them food and other items. Engel and Thomsen do a good job of providing moral support for the Franks and Van Daan families.

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grumpy and easily frustrated, while Terhune is positive. They have great chemistry on the stage.

Matthew Wynn, (Mr. Dussel), joins the cast later in the first act but his presence in the scenes makes it feel like he was there the whole time. He plays a dentist who needs a place to hide during the war. Wynn delivers Dussel’s jokes perfectly.

Lauren Perez-Engel (Miep Gies) and Nick Thomsen (Mr. Kraler) are

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ministration has essentially defunded the program, Davis said, to where it can barely keep the doors open.

In 2012, the bioscience program had $11 million in state support.

By 2013, that fell to $3.2 million. As a result of the cuts, the program’s revenue plummeted from $14.5 million to $8 million.

“Kansas was on track to be a hub for the study and development of life sciences,” he said.

“It was a missed opportunity. I believe we still have that potential.

Hopefully, it’s not too late.”

Kansas also has the potential to be a big player in the export of energy, Davis said.

“We’ve not even scratched the surface on the potential for wind energy,” he said.

The repeal by the Brownback administration of tax exemptions for new oil drilling has caused producers to pull out of Kansas, he said.

“It requires a big capital investment to drill a well,” he said. “The difference in production between Oklahoma and Kansas is night and day.

We are stifling development.”

States similar in size to Kansas have added more jobs in the recovery from the recession, Davis said.

“Brownback’s economic plan is not work-

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Comatose Congress shortens chances of a budget — again With the 16-day government shutdown less than one month in the rearview mirror, another looms on the horizon.

Estimated damage to the U.S. economy from November’s meltdown is $2 billion.

The main obstacle to preventing another debacle is cooperation by members of Congress to agree to fund the government.

By Jan. 15.

Suddenly, our chances don’t look so good. Congress is comatose.

CAUGHT IN THE cogs of stalled legislation is the farm bill and its unfortunate stepsister, the food stamp program. House Republicans want to slash $10 billion from SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Senate Democrats are pushing for $4 billion in cuts over 10 years. This is on top of the Nov. 1 rollback in food stamp benefits approved in 2009 as part of President Obama’s stimulus program.

To date, the farm bill is two years overdue for a scheduled overhaul. A hodgepodge of funding keeps certain programs alive.

To Republicans, tacking food stamps onto the farm bill is toxic. Of course, if the two programs were separated, farmers would have the most to lose because only 1 percent of the U.S. population actually farms.

It is representatives from the densely populated districts that keeps subsidies to farmers going because of the farm bill’s tie-in to food stamps.

Of those who rely on food stamps, 92 percent are senior citizens, the disabled, and children in poverty-level families. They comprise about 15 percent of the U.S. population. A family of four receives about $340 a month in food stamp subsidies.

Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, defends not only the food pro-

gram’s merits, but also its boost to the U.S. economy, saying recently “every dollar spent generates $1.70 in jobs,” by way of supporting food-related industries.

House Republicans, however, would prefer SNAP be stripped.

A surefire way would be to enact two of their proposals.

The first would be to deny the food subsidies to nondisabled adults age 18-49 in childless households. Currently they can receive the subsidies for three months.

The second proposal is to deny families and individuals the ability to sign up for multiple aid programs.

That automatically puts 3.8 million families in danger of losing food stamps.

If that were enacted, their children, totalling 1.2 million, would lose their ability to receive free school lunches.

As for the farm bill, the goal is to replace the current system of direct cash payments to farmers, regardless of what was planted. This year, $4.5 billion in checks were written to U.S. farmers.

The challenge is to provide a safety net without distorting planting decisions while also taking into account real risks and needs.

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is on track to being the least efficient in post-World War II history.

The farm bill is just one of many pieces of legislation that need passing.

The immigration bill, the defense authorization bill, a jobs bill and a national energy policy, are equally important pieces of legislation.

Critics say change will have to wait until after the 2014 elections to see if one party or another can achieve enough strength to override all but the most obstinate objections.

Sounds less and less like a democracy.

— Susan Lynn

Foreign control of KS farms bad idea A legislative advisory committee recently recommended the Legislature rewrite Kansas laws that restrict foreign corporate ownership of farms, saying that current laws are discriminatory against nonKansas residents. Because if there’s one thing Kansas lawmakers and administration officials have proven in recent years, it’s that they’re keenly concerned about being fair and equitable to all people, or at least to all corporations.

During the 2013 legislative session, supporters of a change to Kansas’ 80-plusyear-old law against foreign corporate farm ownership met resistance from a wide variety of people across the state — and with good reason. The law would allow foreign ownership of Kansas farms and in the process strip county lawmakers and residents from restricting, regulating or prohibiting corporate agriculture operations within their home areas.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture, currently headed up by a former Cargill executive, and the Kansas Farm Bureau have been the biggest supporters of the change. Part of the push is based on concerns about the state’s legal ability to restrict corporate activities within its borders — despite no legal challenge to Kansas’ law. But in what is becoming a tired refrain of justification for efforts to alter

Lessons unlearned on rail safety When a Metro-North train jumped the tracks in the Bronx on Sunday morning, killing four people and injuring more than 70, it was going 82 miles per hour, on a 30 mph curve.

Why it hit that horrific speed — whether because the engineer was sleeping, distracted or incapacitated, or because of some catastrophic mechanical failure — is a question for the National Transportation Safety Board and criminal investigators and prosecutors.

The question for the rest of us is why that train — and thousands of other trains in commuter and freight railroads across the country — had no automated system to slow or stop it when it ran out of control.

The idea is not new. Mechanical controls to keep trains from colliding or going too fast have been federally mandated since the 1920s. The national safety board has been pleading for the use of “positive train control,” a catchall term for sophisticated automated safety systems using radios and sensors inside trains and beside tracks, since 1969.

Congress ignored the agency for decades. Not un-

That’s the story of railroad infrastructure in America: creaky and underfinanced, shakily propped up by riders paying ever higher fares. til a deadly crash of a Metrolink commuter train in Chatsworth, Calif., in 2008 (the engineer was texting; 25 people died) did it pass a law requiring railroads that carry passengers and highly dangerous chemicals, like chlorine, to have positive train control by 2015. But the railroad lobby has been trying to push the date to 2020 or beyond, saying meeting the deadline is too expensive and complicated.

Last year, the Obama administration exempted 10,000 miles of track across the country from the safety mandate.

The Government Accountability Office reported in August that three of the four major freight railroads and four of the seven major commuter railroads expected to blow the deadline.

That’s the story of railroad infrastructure in America: creaky and underfinanced, shakily propped up by riders paying ever higher fares.

While positive train control is a complex and costly goal, it is achievable. Amtrak already has a form of positive train control between New York and Boston. Elsewhere, the safety gap persists. The national safety board keeps a record of fatal accidents that it says could have been prevented by automation: Silver Spring, Md., in 1996, Chicago in 2003, Mississippi in 2005, Massachusetts in 2008, Iowa in 2011.

If Congress had done its job decades ago, human failure could have been taken out of the equation on Sunday. The engineer, William Rockefeller, could have been passed out or having a heart attack, and the train would not have derailed.

Four passengers would be alive; the rest unhurt.

Wherever the investigation leads, the ultimate blame for this tragedy seems to be a deficit of money and political will, and years of wasted time.

— The New York Times

Doing away with Kansas longstanding laws against corporate agricultural ownership would require local elected officials to cede to the state their guaranteed home rule authority.

longstanding Kansas laws and traditions, it’s also about jobs and the economy.

“We have a governor and secretary of agriculture doing everything they can do grow the Kansas economy,” Baccus told The News earlier this year.

“It’s difficult when you have the kind of laws we have. This isn’t a business-friendly state.”

Additionally, both the KDA and the KFB have said that companies have expressed interest in Kansas, but have been discouraged by the state’s current laws. The details, however — the names of those companies, how many jobs they’d bring, what sort of operations they hope to set up and where — are never offered along with those blanket statements about all this growth potential knocking at Kansas’ door. Nor do we hear specifics about what companies looked at Kansas but decided to move on down the road.

The truth is that Kansas is a business-friendly state — something the Kansas Department of Commerce proudly proclaims on its website by

highlighting business publications that have identified Kansas as a “premier” state for businesses.

It’s also true that doing away with Kansas longstanding laws against corporate agriculture ownership would require local elected officials to cede to the state their guaranteed home rule authority.

That means the case against Kansas’ laws on corporate farming are not as clear-cut as supporters would have us believe, and we do not know the full extent of what changing the law might mean to the family farmer in Kansas.

While the KFB and the KDA undoubtedly will push again this session the idea that the history of the state’s agriculture laws don’t matter and that it’s time for Kansas to welcome international corporate agribusiness, people who live and work in Kansas should watch this issue closely — and take steps now to protect their futures, just like those forward thinking Kansans did more than 80 years ago.

— The Hutchinson News

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40 Years Ago December 1973

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By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

While Allen Community College’s improvement on the basketball court has been noteworthy already, the team had been lacking one notable entry on its resume — winning a close game.

Tuesday’s home affair with Fort Scott took care of that.

The Red Devils fended off the visiting Greyhounds at every corner, emerging from the Allen Gymnasium with an 8076 victory.

The victory means Allen already has surpassed its win total from last season, in which it won only six games.

Now, Allen (7-4) has shown the mental toughness and confidence to win nailbiters.

“That’s what I told the guys,” ACC head coach Andy Shaw said. “It wasn’t a pretty game, but we made enough plays the last two minutes to make this a good team win.”

Victory wasn’t secured until Fort Scott’s standout guard, Kevin House, was whistled for a charging foul as he scored on a layup with 5 seconds left in the game and the Red Devils were on top by four.

The foul negated the basket and allowed ACC to run out the clock.

Allen’s Alex Keiswetter took the charge, much to Shaw’s pleasure.

“That was a huge play, a winning play,” Shaw said.

“That’s what won the game.

Alex has always been like that, willing to sacrifice his body for the good of the team.

I love that kid.”

There were plenty of other stars.

Allen trailed 24-21 before guards Ben Uno and Tray See DEVILS | Page B2

Iola Middle School eighth-grader Scout Rush (32) dribbles up court in front of teammate Kylee Shaw (50) in a game earlier this week. Rush had seven rebounds for Iola Tuesday in a 39-33 loss to Roosevelt Middle School of Coffeyville. REGISTER/ RICHARD LUKEN

Pony girls hit the road

Allen Community College’s Ben Uno is fouled by Fort Scott’s Jaylynn McCormack as he goes in for a shot Tuesday. Uno scored 12 points in Allen’s 80-76 victory. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

COFFEYVILLE — Slow starts did in Iola Middle School’s girls Tuesday.

The eighth-grade A team trailed host Roosevelt Middle School of Coffeyville 8-4 after one quarter and 24-12 at halftime.

A spirited Pony comeback fell short in a 39-33 defeat.

The seventh-grade A team contest followed the same pattern. Roosevelt led 9-2 after one quarter and 20-6 at halftime of a 34-19 victory.

Roosevelt also won a combined B team contest, 22-5.

Iola will need to regroup fast. The Ponies return home Thursday to host Fort Scott.

The eighth-grade A team outscored Roosevelt 11-4 to pull within 28-23 after three quarters, but could not close

the gap further.

“The score didn’t turn out the way we wanted, but our effort was outstanding,” IMS head coach Marty Taylor said. “Carly Cescon came off the bench and was fantastic.

Her effort really made a difference. I thought Karly McGuffin stepped up tonight and played really well.”

McGuffin led the eighthgrade attack with 13 points and seven rebounds. Colbi Riley followed with nine points and eight boards.

Cescon chipped in with seven points and three rebounds. Katie Bauer pulled in 11 rebounds to go with four points. Scout Rush also had seven rebounds.

Iola’s seventh-graders See IMS | Page B2

Ex-Chiefs Slow start dooms Red Devil women in defeat sue over head injuries

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

By BILL DRAPER The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team hid and even lied about the risks of head injuries during that time period when there was no collective bargaining agreement in place in the NFL. The lawsuit was filed in Jackson County Circuit Court on behalf of former players Leonard Griffin, Chris Martin, Joe Phillips, Alexander Louis Cooper and Kevin Porter, all of whom played on defense. It seeks more than $15,000 in actual and punitive damages. All five players have opted out of a multimillion-dollar settlement announced this summer that would compensate former players for their head injuries.

The Kansas City plaintiffs claim to be suffering from post-concussion syndrome and latent brain disease because of multiple concussions they sustained while playing for the Chiefs. They all claim also to be suffering from See SUIT | Page B2

Allen Community College’s women were done in by aggression — or a lack of it — their head coach said Wednesday.

The Red Devils were limited to 14 points in the first half against visiting Fort Scott.

And while ACC picked up its pace after intermission, the Greyhounds answered every challenge in a 70-55 defeat.

The loss is Allen’s fourth in a row and drops the Red Devils to 4-6 on the season.

“We just weren’t ready to play in the first half at all,” Red Devil head coach Katie Mahoney said. “We were tentative coming off screens, we weren’t attacking the basket and our shots weren’t falling.

Scoring 14 points in a half is pretty eye-opening.”

As a result, Fort Scott was able to race to leads of 9-3 and 16-5 in the first half.

Only three Allen players scored in the first half. Nicole Salazar drained an early 3-pointer, followed a few minutes later by a 2-point basket.

Kylie Molisee got loose inside for a pair of buckets and O’ceonna Weston was 2 of 4 from the field for four points.

That was it.

The tone changed after Mahoney’s half-time discussion.

“But it still seemed to take a while in the second half before they started getting aggressive,” Mahoney said.

The Red Devils climbed back within 10 points 55-45, on Molisee’s 3-point play with 4 1/2 minutes remaining.

But Fort Scott’s Malori Gales was there to respond.

Allen Community College guard Makayla Hancock, foreground, corrals the ball in front of teammate O’ceonna Weston, center, and Fort Scott defender Baylea White Tuesday in the Red Devils’ 70-55 defeat. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN She scored on consecutive possessions before Jessica Adams converted a 3-point play with 2:37 left on the clock to push the lead back to 16, 65-49. Gales wound up with 29 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Greyhounds.

After going to the line just three times in the first half,

Allen hit 16 of 21 charities in the second. Fort Scott was even busier at the line, hitting 18 of 24 after intermission.

Salazar scored 14 of her 19 points after the break. Rebecca Fisher scored all 10 of her points after halftime, while Molisee wound up with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Sala-

zar also had four assists and no turnovers.

“Nicole had a nice game in the second half,” Mahoney said. “She did most of her damage at the line. Kylie has had two straight strong games for us, and Rebecca hit some nice shots.”

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chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which can only be definitively diagnosed by examining the brain after death.

Martin, a Kansas City resident who played linebacker for the Chiefs from 1988 to 1993, said at a news conference he didn’t know that continuing to play in games after sustaining a head injury would cause permanent damage. “I would have liked to have the opportunity to know that going back on the field would cause me to have severe disabilities later in life,� he said. “I

outscored Roosevelt 10-6 in the third quarter, but it was too little, too late. “We just didn’t come ready to play,� Taylor said. “Once we got started, we played well, but we just got into a hole early.�

Madisyn Holloway had six points to lead IMS, followed by Mia Aronson and Kendra Sprague with four points each. Piper Moore scored three points and had seven rebounds. Charvelle Peterson scored two.

Makayla Bycroft scored three points and Jennifer Tidd two in the combined B team loss.

didn’t know that. That’s what the lawsuit is about.�

Chiefs spokesman Ted Crews and NFL spokesman Greg Aiello both declined to comment on the suit.

Hours after Martin talked about his brain injuries, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s wife, Jane, and the wives of former NFL players Howie Long and Mike Golic led a discussion with hundreds of mothers about why they should let their children play football.

As part of the safety clinic at the Chiefs’ training facility, roughly 200

women of all ages took part in drills designed to teach them proper tackling techniques. Nearly a dozen former Chiefs, including Hall of Fame linebacker Bobby Bell, walked the giddy moms through the drills.

Roger Goodell and Chiefs owner Clark Hunt also addressed the women, but did not bring up the lawsuit. They were not available to answer questions from the media.

Plaintiffs’ attorney Ken McClain called the proposed $765 million settlement between the NFL and former players

Devils: Allen men hold on in 80-76 win Continued from B1

Fountain keyed a 15-4 run midway through the first half to lead 36-29.

House’s layup and free throw helped cut the gap to 42-38 at the break.

The Greyhounds broke out of the gates quickly after intermission. House scored seven as part of a 12-7 run. His bucket with just under 16 minutes remaining gave FSCC a 48-47 lead.

Courtney Stockard’s putback put Allen back in front, 49-48, but House responded with a layup to put the Greyhounds on top again.

Alex Miller sandwiched a pair of 3-pointers around two Stockard free throws as part of an 8-0 run to give ACC a 5750 lead.

Allen never trailed again, but still had to sweat through several close calls.

A pair of Prince Samuels free throws pulled Fort Scott to within 6665 before Fountain hit a free throw and Stockard scored on a pair of buckets to re-establish a 71-65 lead.

The lead ballooned to eight, 75-67, before Fort Scott’s final charge, aided in part by two straight Red Devil turnovers.

The lead was 77-72 when House got loose inside for a basket with 1:25 left. The Red Devils’ next turnover led to two more House free throws.

The Red Devils were unable to successfully inbound the ball, giving the Greyhounds possession again. House scored his sixth-straight point on two more charities, cutting the lead to 77-76.

But Allen broke the Greyhound press on its next possession, leading to a Raheem Tyner layup with 34 seconds remaining.

The Greyhounds’ C.J. Hall was just long on a 3-pointer on Fort Scott’s next possession. Uno rebounded and hit 1 of 2 free throws, for the 80-76 lead. House’s charging call — his fifth foul of

because a state workers’ comp statute was amended in 2005 to exclude cases of occupational injury that occur over an extended time.

That exception more commonly applies in workplaces where smoking is allowed and workers suffer lung problems because of it.

The lawsuit says the Chiefs ignored decades of research indicating that concussions cause long-term brain damage, instead referring to the injuries as “getting your bell rung� or a “ding.� It accuses the team of lying to players in saying concussions are not serious injuries. “Every time I would get a head injury I would stay in or come to the side and get smelling salts and go back in,� Martin said. “The pressure was there. If you were first team, you got all the reps.�

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Allen Community College sophomore Tray Fountain (5) is guarded by Fort Scott Community College’s Kevin House (3) Tuesday. House outscored Fountain, 23 to 12, but Allen put five players in double figures in an 80-76 victory. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN the game — effectively ended the contest.

Five Red Devils scored in double figures. Stockard scored 18 points with, while Miller had 13. Uno, Fountain and Tyner each had 12. “That’s the second straight game Courtney has led us in scoring,�

Shaw said. “He’s playing very well. Both Ben and Tray did a good job of making plays, and Alex hit some big shots for us.�

House wound up with 23 points with seven rebounds and seven assists to pace the Greyhounds.

Samuels followed with 14 points and Hall wound up with 11. “We knew House was a good player who likes to get out and run and get his way to the line,� Shaw said. “A win like this is good for us, particularly after our game last week against Hutchinson, when we didn’t have a lot of energy. We had a lot more energy tonight.�

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insignificant and said it provides compensation only to the former players with the most severe brain injuries.

None of the five plaintiffs will get monetary compensation under that deal, he said. “All they’re going to be is monitored over time, but no relief will be offered to them,� McClain said. “It’s really a very small amount of money if you do the math. It’s paid out over 20 years, it’s $765 million total. It’s a little under $20 million a year the teams are contributing to these very severely injured people. It’s not very much money.�

It wasn’t known whether similar lawsuits might be filed in other states, given the nation’s patchwork workers’ compensation laws. McClain said Missouri presented a “unique opportunity�

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Fort Scott (38-38—76) Allen (42-38—80) Fort Scott (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): House 4/1-12-5-23, Harrington 2-1-3-5, Johnson 1/2-0-0-8, Samuels 6-2-2-14, Parker 0-0-2-0, McCormack 1/1-2-1-7, Jolly 1-1-1-3, Rowe 0-0-1-0, Hall 1/3-0-3-11, Gabriel 2-1-3-5. TOTALS: 18/7-1921-76.

Allen (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Uno 5-2-3-12, Fountain 5-2-4-12, Stockard 5/1-5-2-18, Sweet 1-03-2, Keiswetter 1-1-4-3, Miller 2/3-0-2-13, Jones 2-2-0-6, Watson 1-0-2-2, Tyner 5-2-3-12. TOTALS: 27/4-14-23-80. “Like� us on Facebook

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Allen shot a paltry 30 percent, 18 of 60, from the field, including 2 of 12 from 3-point range.

Fort Scott shot 42 percent, but hit 26 of 37 free throws overall.

Allen doesn’t get much time to sulk. The Red Devils will host Oklahoma Wesleyan’s junior varsity squad tonight at 6.

“Having an early turnaround allows the players to get the taste of this game out of their mouths,” Mahoney said.

Allen follows with a trip to Hesston Saturday.

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Fort Scott (28-42—70) Allen (14-41—55) Fort Scott (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Shoulders 0-4-4-4, Valadez 0/1-04-3, Feldman 1-0-1-2, Gales 4/3-123-29, White 2-4-4-8, Cicero 1-1-4-3, Dellinger 1-0-0-2, Cole 3-1-1-7, McAdams 2-4-1-8, Wilhelmi 2-0-1-4.

TOTALS: 16/4-26-23-70.

Allen (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Salazar 3/1-10-4-19, Fisher 2/1-3-5-10, Molisee 5-1-3-11, Shelton 1-0-22, Winter 0-0-4-0, Weston 2-1-4-5, McClellan 0-1-2-1, Cleaver 2-0-2-4, Stevens 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 16/2-1729-55.

Humboldt Allen Community College freshman Asia Shelton (10) makes a pass while being guarded by Fort Scott defender Hayley Dellinger Tuesday. Allen fell, 70-55.

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CMT celebrates the men of country NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) — CMT’s celebration of country music’s top artists of 2013 was a complete dude fest.

Whether it was saluting Tim McGraw as a more-relevant-than-ever trailblazer, acknowledging the genre’s love-hate relationship with Florida Georgia Line, the precociousness of Hunter Hayes or the current dominance of good buddies Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan, Tuesday night’s live broadcast of “CMT Artists of the Year” had plenty of bro hugs to go around.

“It’s really cool to be part of this fraternity and what’s going on in Nashville right now, and country music is one of the coolest things in the world,” Aldean said as he accepted his fourth artist of the year award — one for each edition of the fourth annual show.

“I’m glad to be a part of it. I’m glad people like what I do.”

Fraternity was the right word for the night — and the year — in country music.

Men ruled country radio this year, and thus the format, with only Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood making

waves in what’s considered mainstream country. Tuesday’s show reflected that year.

McGraw made something of a comeback this year, releasing his first p o s t Curb Records album and reclaiming his Jason Aldean place as one of country’s most bankable stars under a new record deal with Big Machine Records.

McGraw acknowledged his fellow honorees while accepting his new trophy.

“The new artists that are coming along are making great music,” McGraw said. “The other ... five artists ... that I’m here with tonight, that’s what keeps me going and that’s what inspires me to make music. They teach me something every time I see them on tour ... or every time I spend a few minutes sitting and talking with somebody. Every time I hear one of their records, it inspires me to go back in the studio and make better records and get better at what I do and get better at my craft.”

Rockwell pieces at NYC auction A trio of Norman Rockwell paintings that for years resided at a New England museum named for him is being auctioned in New York City.

“Saying Grace,” ‘’The Gossips” and “Walking to Church” are among seven works by the Saturday Evening Post illustrator at Sotheby’s sale today.

For nearly two decades, all three had been on loan at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., which has the world’s largest collection of original Rockwell art located in the artist’s hometown.

“Saying Grace” could set an auction record for the American artist, Sotheby’s said. The painting, which depicts a crowded restaurant with a boy and woman bowed in prayer at their table, has a pre-sale estimate of $15 million to $20 million. In 2006, Sotheby’s sold Rockwell’s “Breaking Home Ties” for $15.4 million, the current record.

Rockwell was paid $3,500 for “Saying Grace.” It appeared on the cover of the magazine’s Thanksgiving issue in 1951 and was voted Post readers’ favorite cover in a 1955 poll.

The idea for the illustration came from a reader who saw a Mennonite family praying in a restaurant. Rockwell’s son, Jarvis, was among the models the artist used for the drawing.

The illustrator, who

created his first cover for the Post in 1916, is celebrated for his reflections of small-town America and portraits of famous figures. Rockwell spent 47 years at the magazine and produced 321 covers.

He died in 1978.

“The Gossips,” which was a cover illustration for the March 6, 1948, issue, is estimated to bring $6 million to $9 million.

It depicts a montage of the artist’s neighbors, wife Mary and Rockwell himself finger-wagging and yammering on the phone.

“Walking to Church” could fetch $3 million to $5 million. It appeared on the cover of the April 4, 1953, issue and shows a family dressed in their Sunday best walking along a city street.

Rockwell based it on a painting by Johann Vermeer.

All seven Rockwell works are being sold by the family of Kenneth Stuart, Rockwell’s longtime art director at the magazine. The sale comes years after a legal fight over the works among Stuart’s three sons. Rockwell and Stuart worked together at the magazine for 18 years.

Laurie Norton Moffatt, director at the Rockwell museum, has expressed hope that the three Rockwells will eventually be returned.

“We cared for them like children. ... We hope they come back some day. We believe that’s where they belong,” she said.

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Slow-to-settle friend left in the dust How to break the ‘timeline’ barrier Hi, Carolyn:

I’m the last one of nearly all my friends to settle down. As a result, most friends are in the baby/toddler/teenager stage. Which is great, I’m really happy for all of them.

BUT... you knew this was coming. When my friends were all falling into great partnerships, I got to share their stories and excitement.

Now? Everyone is too busy for me. I get it — as much as I can from the outside — that kids take tons of energy. I know this in my head.

But there’s a huge part of me that is just GAH! Do I address this with them? Or just let it go?

It feels petty but at the same time, I’d like it if someone would return my call so I can share a sweet story!

Last One to Partner Up

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax I get it, and it’s one of those things that just isn’t fair — the first to pair off get all the story-telling attention, and the first to marry get the same, and the first to have kids. It’s about novelty, not about you, and it’s just a fact of life that newness gets more attention than the familiar.

Certainly any good, conscientious friends get this and do what they can to rally for the 10th friend to reach some milestone or another, but it’s still not the same as having all 10 people experiencing your “wow” right along with you.

The best solutions I can offer are really just work-arounds, and they’re not easy, and they’re pretty impressive in their lack of creativity: 1.

Patience.

Life phases are all about

change. Keep seeing these friends as opportunities arise, and see where your paths take you.

2.

Resourcefulness.

Work on cultivating other friendships with people at your life phase, and also try to cultivate other interests that have nothing to do with your age or life phase.

The latter is underappreciated, I think.

It’s so common to have timeline-based friendships — from the moment we’re fed into the school machine. In second grade, you hang with second-graders, and you talk about cartoons. In 11th grade, you hang with 11thgraders and complain about each other and school and parents. And that tracks right to college, jobs, dating, marrying or not, kids or not, and whatever bake sales you get sucked into in the process. It’s possible to arrive at your empty nest having known little besides timeline friendships.

Yet there is so much to be gained from being close to people who

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share your interest in something completely untethered to life milestones, like a cause or a hobby or a taste for something out of the mainstream.

Part of the reason they’re so great, I think, is that it takes knowing yourself first for you to be able to know them.

People on a timeline path can easily subordinate themselves to the template of Young Adult, Career Striver, New Parent, Kid Chauffeur, etc., and lose track of this stuff.

So, that’s my unsatisfying answer: If you haven’t done this yet or lately, then look to who you are, at your most offbeat and interesting and focused, and schedule your time accordingly. I suspect you’ll find the kind of companionship your old friends no longer provide.

Write to Carolyn Hax, Style, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071, or tellme@washpost. com. Sign up for Carolyn Hax’s column, delivered to your inbox early each morning, at http:// bit.ly/haxpost.

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Public notice (First published in The Iola Register, December 4, 2013) RESOLUTION NO. 201323 ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MPH ON A PORTION OF GEORGIA ROAD EAST OF THE CITY OF HUMBOLDT, KANSAS WHEREAS, Allen County has Home Rule and statutory authority to modify speed limits under K.S.A. 19-101a and K.S.A. 8-1560; and WHEREAS, the County Commissioners of Allen County, Kansas have considered reducing the maximum speed limit from 45 MPH to 35 MPH on a portion of Georgia Road as set out below; and WHEREAS, upon due consideration, the County Commissioners have determined that the reduction in the maximum speed limit on the portion of road described below will enhance public safety.

NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Allen County, Kansas that a maximum speed limit of 35 MPH shall be established for all that portion of Georgia Road lying between the east city limit of the City of Humboldt, Kansas and 1400 Street.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that signs designating said speed limit shall be posted by Allen County Public Works at appropriate locations on the county road right-ofway.

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Yankees make splash in free agency Answers elusive NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, fresh off winning the World Series with Boston, reached agreement with the rival New York Yankees on a seven-year contract worth about $153 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday night.

Ellsbury is the second major free-agent addition in the Yankees’ offseason rebuilding. He was to take a physical in New York today, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no statements were authorized.

The Yankees also had been negotiating with Shin-Soo Choo, who like Ellsbury is represented by agent Scott Boras.

Also Tuesday, New York finalized an $85 million, five-year contract with catcher Brian McCann.

There is a long history

Jacoby Ellsbury of stars moving from Beantown to the Big Apple during their careers.

Babe Ruth was the most famous, and Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs and Johnny Damon followed.

Ellsbury, who turned 30 in September, led the majors with 52 stolen bases despite being hobbled late in the season by a broken right foot. The lefty-hitting leadoff man batted .298 with nine homers and 53 RBIs. Ellsbury’s deal in-

cludes a $21 million option for the 2021 season, with a $5 million buyout.

If the option is exercised, the deal would be worth $169 million over eight years.

The move would raise the Yankees’ luxury tax payroll to $138 million for 10 players. The Yankees hope to get under the $189 million tax threshold next season, which includes about $177 million for salaries for the 40-man roster.

New York also has been speaking with the agents for Robinson Cano, their All-Star second baseman. The Yankees, who rebuffed his request for a 10-year deal

worth more than $300 million, believe he has been in talks with the Seattle Mariners.

Ellsbury won a pair of World Series titles with the Red Sox and was an All-Star in 2011.

McCann is a seventime All-Star.

He receives $17 million in each of the next five seasons, and the Yankees have a $15 million option for 2019 with no buyout. The option becomes McCann’s if he has at least 1,000 plate appearances combined in 2017 and 2018, has at least 90 starts at catcher in 2018 and does not end the 2018 season on the disabled list.

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Three people were taken into custody Sunday evening, but all were released Monday.

Snapp said investigators are awaiting autopsy and toxicology reports before deciding whether the death was the result of a crime.

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Judge clears way for Detroit bankruptcy

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DETROIT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Detroit is eligible to shed billions of dollars of debt that accumulated during the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decades-long decline, including cutting pensions for thousands of workers and retirees, a judge ruled Tuesday in a decision that shifts the epic bankruptcy case into a new and delicate phase.

Judge Steven Rhodes, who wondered aloud why the bankruptcy had not happened years ago, said pensions can be altered just like any contract because the Michigan Constitution does not offer bulletproof protection for employee benefits. But he signaled a desire for a measured approach and warned city officials that they must be prepared to defend any deep reductions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This once proud and prosperous city canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay its debts. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insolvent,â&#x20AC;?

Rhodes said in formally granting Detroit the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the same time, it also has an opportunity for a fresh start.â&#x20AC;?

The ruling came more than four months after Detroit filed for Chapter 9 protection.

Rhodes agreed with unions and pension funds that the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, had not negotiated in good faith in the weeks ahead of the July filing, a key condition under federal law.

But he said the number of creditors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more than 100,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a wide array of competing interests probably made that â&#x20AC;&#x153;impossible.â&#x20AC;?

Detroit â&#x20AC;&#x153;could have and should have filed for bankruptcy long before it did. Perhaps years,â&#x20AC;? the judge said.

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stage for officials to confront $18 billion in debt with a plan that might pay creditors just pennies on the dollar and is sure to include touchy negotiations over the pensions of about 23,000 retirees and 9,000 workers. Orr says pension funds are short by $3.5 billion.

Rhodes promised that he would not â&#x20AC;&#x153;lightly or casuallyâ&#x20AC;? sign off on just any cuts.

The city has argued that bankruptcy protection will allow it to help beleaguered residents who for years have tolerated slow police responses, darkened streetlights and erratic garbage pickup â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a concern mentioned by the judge during a nine-day trial that ended Nov. 8.

Before the July filing, nearly 40 cents of every dollar collected by Detroit was used to pay debt, a figure that could

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City truck mechanic Mark Clark, 53, said he may look for another job after absorbing pay cuts and higher health care costs. Now a smaller pension looms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of us didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have too much faith in the court. ... The working class is becoming the have-nots,â&#x20AC;? Clark said outside the courthouse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m broke up and beat up. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to pray a whole lot.â&#x20AC;?

Marcia Ingram, a retired clerical worker, said she may need to find work but added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How many folks are going to hire a 60-year-old woman?â&#x20AC;?

The judge spoke for more than an hour in a packed courtroom, reciting Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proud history as the diverse, hardworking Motor City devoted to auto manufacturing. But he then tallied a list of warts: double-digit unemployment, catastrophic debt deals, thousands of vacant homes and wave after wave of population loss.

Behind closed doors, mediators led by another judge have been meeting with Orrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team and creditors for weeks to explore possible settlements.

The judge has told the city to come up with a plan by March 1 to exit bankruptcy. Orr has said he would like to have one ready weeks earlier.

The city is so desperate for money that it may consider auctioning off masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts and selling a water department that serves much of southeastern Michigan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to recognize that this decision is a call to action,â&#x20AC;? Gov. Rick Snyder, who supported the bankruptcy filing, said Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are confronting fiscal realities that have been ignored for too long.â&#x20AC;?

Minutes after the ruling, a union lawyer said she would appeal. City officials got â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolutely everythingâ&#x20AC;? in Rhodesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decision, she told reporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge loss for the city of Detroit,â&#x20AC;? said Sharon Levine, an attorney for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents half of city workers.

Orr, a bankruptcy expert, was appointed in March under a Michigan law that allows a governor to send a manager to distressed cities, townships or school districts. A manager has extraordinary powers to reshape local finances without interference from elected officials.

By July, Orr and Snyder decided bankruptcy was Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best option.

Detroit, a manufacturing hub that offered well-paying blue-collar jobs, peaked at 1.8 million residents in 1950 but has lost more than a million people since then.

With more square mileage than Manhattan, Boston and San Francisco combined, the city does not have enough tax revenue to reliably cover pensions, retiree health insurance and buckets of debt sold to keep the budget afloat.

Donors have written checks for new police cars and ambulances.

A new agency has been created to revive tens of thousands of streetlights that are dim or simply broken after years of vandalism and mismanagement.

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rise to 65 cents without relief through bankruptcy, according to the city.

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*10’x12’ Sample Kitchen. Cabinetry Only. Not Included: Appliances, Countertops, Sink, Faucet or Installation

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2 Door Styles 2 Wood Species 7 Finishes

Crown Moulding Not Included

$

Limited Lifetime Warranty

1,999

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COUNTERTOPS For 10’x12’ Sample Kitchen

Price Includes:

Simplicity Countertops in 4 Colors: Almond Mist, Barley, Ivy Tweed & Toast 4 Edges To Choose From • 4” Loose Backsplash Integrated Solid Surface Sink (In Stock Only) See salesperson for details

Template & Installation up to 50 mile Radius

FREE Metro Collection Chrome Pulldown Faucet

$

1,999

with Countertop Purchase - $139.99 Value

Inside Diebolt Lumber in LaHarpe, KS

Toll free 888-265-7677 5 mi. E of Iola to LaHarpe/Hwy 54 Jct., 1 mi. S & 1⁄4 E.

We Know What a Kitchen’s For!

Open Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment.

Prices good through December 24, 2013