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The Weekender Saturday, July 12, 2014
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After a transplant, former Iolan is competitive again By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
Three years ago Kevin Lind was knocking on death’s door. Today, the former Iolan is in Houston to compete at the Transplant Games of America. He will compete in 100and 200-meter dashes, long jump and shot put. Over the past several months he has trained with enough zeal to add 35 pounds of muscle. That’s a stark contrast to just four years ago, when Lind underwent a heart transplant and then suffered a debilitating disease called cardiac sarcoidosis. “I was down to 165 but now I’m up to 200 pounds and feel like I’m ready to compete.” His first health problems occurred in 2003 when he suffered a stroke, attributed to high blood pressure. Over the next five years his health slowly deteriorated. A checkup revealed his heart was working below capacity, but the cause wasn’t apparent. A pacemaker kept his heart from racing. Six months later he passed out, actually felt
Second Chance celebrates opening Second Chance will have its grand opening from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at its new location at 209 South St. Refreshments will be available at the opening. The store’s regular hours will be Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. They are always looking for volunteers. They accept donation and 100 percent of profits go to the ACARF shelter.
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By KAREN INGRAM The Iola Register
While tonight’s Mad Bomber Run For Your Life 5K race takes place in the late, late hours, there are plenty of other familyfriendly things to do today beginning at 4 p.m. “We try to expand a little bit each year,” said Mike Ford, a member of Crime Stoppers, which, along with Thrive Allen County, is sponsoring the event. Some of the booths and sights include: — A carnival area featuring six different inflatables for kids. — Antique cars on display on the square. — Haunt Hirschsprung’s Disease will have a booth selling Tshirts and more. — Rep. Kent Thompson will have a political booth. — The “Glow Booth” will sell a wide variety of glow-in-thedark items to deck out yourself and your bike for the Parade of Lights. And now the most important part — food: — Harvest Baptist will host a free watermelon feed from 4 to 6 p.m.
Kevin Lind, three years after a heart transplant, is the picture of health at a Royals game with daughters Sydnie, 19, and Raelea, 4. COURTESY PHOTO like he was dying. He recovered some and then suffered ventricular fibrillation, “where your heart shakes like Jell-O.” That episode and scar tis-
sues on his heart prompted doctors to recommend a transplant. After some thought he was put on a catSee HEART | Page A6
— Rotary Club will offer barbecue. — Sam and Louie’s will sell pizza by the slice. — Iola High School’s band will sell hot dogs, sno-cones and water. Those who buy carnival tickets get food included. — Snowflakes Shaved Ice will offer more sno-cone varieties. — Kappa Alpha Sorority will be on hand with baked goods. — PowerUp Iola will have a booth where drag race participants can have their drag makeup done for a donation of $5 or $10 will be accepted. — A freewill donation ice cream social will take place from 6 to 8 p.m.
Poet explores the idea of home in all forms By KAREN INGRAM The Iola Register
She recited the poems of Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, William Stafford and her own, her voice softly stepping through the leaves of pages on the forest floor, so as not to disturb the listeners who drank from the stream of consciousness. Wyatt Townley, Poet Laureate of Kansas, spoke to a small but appreciative audience at Iola Public Library on Friday. She spurred the audience to think deeply on the subject of home. What is home? Where is it? Kansas is home on the range, and there’s no place like it, but nailing down
what makes a home is different for everyone and changes, she said. She talked about everything from astronauts looking back at their home of Earth from outer space to prisoners reciting poems in their jail cells to carry home in their hearts. Home, Townley said, is both micro and macro. “Perhaps it’s even invisible,” she said. Townley, a fourth-generation Kansan whose greatgrandparents settled here before the Homestead Act, encouraged listeners to bring themselves home to poetry and to bring poetry home to themselves. See POET | Page A6
Wyatt Townley, Poet Laureate of Kansas, prepares to read from her latest book, “The Afterlives of Trees.” Townley’s work has appeared in publications such as The Paris Review, North American Review and Newsweek. The award-winning poet is also a yoga instructor. REGISTER/KAREN INGRAM
Green space to green thumb Humboldt woman’s By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
murderer sentenced
A plot along South Third Street 40 feet wide and half a block long contains a proliferation of garden vegetables where in 2007 floodwater was several feet deep. After the flood, the property and others in south Iola were purchased by Iola with federal assistance to keep structures from popping up again where floodwater has found its way now and again. This particular garden space, under lease by the city to Milo Kellerman and Bill Dible, is covered with lush plants of several varieties and already has produced generous harvests.
OLATHE — Derek Deon Owens, 33, was sentenced T h u r s d ay to more than 70 years in prison for the murder of Laura K. Coltrane, formerly of Derek Owens Humboldt. Owens had been convicted of beating and strangling Coltrane, who had obtained a protection order against him. Specifically, Owens was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder, rape, aggravated sodomy and three
Dale Roberts, left, and Milo Kellerman compare notes in a garden growing on green space that came from buyout of properties prone to flooding. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON One morning this week, Kellerman was in the midst
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of picking green beans for the See GARDEN | Page A3
“People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.” — John C. Maxwell, speaker 75 Cents
counts of violating a protection order. Coltrane, 25, died on the afternoon of Feb. 8, 2011, at her Olathe apartment. Records showed Owens also had raped and beaten Coltrane the previous month, shortly after being released from jail for domestic violence. While in jail, Owens made 225 phone calls to Coltrane and threatened her. Owens has an extensive criminal record in Allen County and elsewhere in southeast Kansas, as a juvenile and adult. See MURDERER | Page A3
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