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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

SPARKS FLY AT CANDIDATE FORUM Hopefuls share goals, field queries

By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register

A crowd of about 60 squeezed into a basement room at Community National Bank on Monday to see seven candidates make their pitches for Allen County’s top jobs, in a forum hosted by Farm Bureau. Participants were, for sheriff, incumbent Bryan Murphy, Jared Froggatte and Kelly Zellner; for county commissioner, current commissioner Tom Williams and challenger Ron Ballard; for Allen County attorney, Linus Thuston and — representing standing county attorney Jerry Hathaway — Chris Phelan, who is the acting assistant attorney for Allen County.

Candidates were granted a very loose 15 minutes to make their case and field questions from the audience.

The meeting’s largely sedate temper, however, was disrupted on at least two occasions by bursts of spectacular anger from Iola resident Mitch Sigg. Sigg was not uncertain in his targets, training the focus of his ire on Sheriff Bryan Murphy and Commissioner Tom Williams. Sigg, thrusting a finger at each man and drawing on an abundance of colorful nouns, accused the candidates of misusing their authority during their respective tenures as sheriff and overlooking the misdeeds of others while targeting Sigg and his family. Williams and Murphy both dismissed the veracity Sigg’s accusations.

Sigg has an ongoing $2 million civil lawsuit against Murphy and the Allen County Sheriff ’s Department on behalf of him and his son,

Humboldt sewer fix will be costly

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt moved closer to remediating extensive problems in its sewage collection system Monday night. Council members voted unanimously to pursue a funding package for the project, which has an initial engineer’s estimate of $5.9 million.

The upgrades are mandated by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

KDHE and the rural development arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be asked to provide loans and grants that would be paid off See SEWER | Page A2

Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy, above, speaks Monday at a candidate forum in front of a capacity crowd in the Community National Bank basement. Others participating in the forum were Murphy’s challengers in the Aug. 2 Republican primary, Jared Froggatte, lower right, and Kelly Zellner.

John, stemming from their arrests in February 2013 following a traffic stop. Charges were never filed against the younger Sigg; a jury exonerated Mitch Sigg of disorderly conduct charges in 2015.

Williams, in turn, asked Sigg about allegations that he intimidated residents with campaign signs on behalf of Murphy. Sigg denied such behavior.

SHERIFF

“The reason I do this,” said Sheriff Murphy, “is because when I came here in 1994, this community accepted me with open arms.” Murphy, who hails from Kansas City, Kan., recalled for the crowd his early journey from the sheriff ’s office in Wyandotte County to his subsequent rise through the ranks over his 20-plus years in Allen County, which culminated in his being elect-

ed sheriff in 2012.

“I like to think that over the last three and a half years, we’ve run a good department.

We base it off of pride, integrity, honesty.”

Murphy stressed the importance of empathy and fair treatment before the law, especially in a small community.

“Whoever it is, I strive to treat everybody the same. No matter if you’re the utmost pillar of the community or if you’re

somebody we’ve arrested 400 times. You’re still human. ...

In law enforcement, we deal with the public every day. And you deal with people often at the worst possible moment in their lives. [You] have to have an open mind to sit down and listen to them and truly engage them.”

This fits, said Murphy, with his belief that one of the best ways of securing the peace in Allen County is through “preventative rather than reactive” measures. In this regard, Murphy can point to his work as the chairman of the Allen County Substance Abuse Task Force. The task force, explained Murphy, has secured $53,000 in grant money, part of which was used to implement an alcohol education program in all of the county’s high schools — a program which, though only in its first year, has already garnered national acclaim.

“Sometimes people take these oaths,” said Murphy, “and they don’t really mean them. I truly mean it. ... The title of sheriff is just that — it’s just a title, it’s not the person. The person makes the title. It’s a day-to-day struggle but you have to make sure you See FORUM | Page A3

Iola City Council eyes budget cutbacks Golf carts OK’d for streets

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola’s 2017 budget took a clearer shape Monday, as City Council members discussed ways to close a projected $800,000 shortfall over the next 18 months.

While most of the items will not be decided until the Council’s July 25 meeting, City Administrator Carl Slaugh discussed several options available to pare spending.

Slaugh already has ordered a 5-percent spending cut for the remainder of 2016, thus closing a projected $400,000 shortfall for this year, and giving the city a larger cash carry-over for 2017.

In addition, Slaugh cut 5 percent out of the city’s equipment reserve fund, and reduced a $1 million transfer to $750,000 from the electric fund to equipment reserve.

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A portion of those savings — about $140,000 — will go to the general fund.

In addition, Slaugh said paring by 1 percent the city’s pay increases for 2017 would save another $60,000.

Canceling a rock purchase for chip-and-seal projects would save about $100,000, made possible by the city’s “recycling” of used rock from past years.

Ending the city’s relationSee BUDGET | Page A6

Golf carts soon will be allowed on Iola’s city streets, but there’s a catch.

In order to allow carts on North Cottonwood Street and Miller Road — the two thoroughfares closest to Cedarbrook Golf Course — the city must reduce the speed limit to both avenues to 30 mph.

Both are at 35 mph.

State law mandates the lower speed limit for golf carts to use city streets, Iola City Administrator Carl Slaugh said Monday.

Iola City Council members voted, 7-0, Monday to allow the golf carts, along with the lower speed limit.

Councilman Bob Shaughnessy was absent.

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Midwest cities exception to the rule when it comes to affordable housing

By JIM SALTER Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Until recently, Christina Brouk was living with her parents. Now, still in her early 20s, she’s living the American dream of home ownership — the same dream that’s grown elusive for many young adults since the housing bubble peaked 10 years ago.

Homes in many areas of the United States have become so costly that few but high earners can afford them. Rising rents have made it hard to save enough to buy.

Cities that offer plentiful jobs for educated young adults — New York, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington — have become prohibitively expensive home markets.

Then there are the exceptions.

St. Louis, near where Brouk lives, is one. So are Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and Kansas City, Missouri. In those areas, homes remain comparatively affordable relative to local incomes. An improved U.S. economy has fueled job and pay growth. Throw in historically low mortgage rates, and ownership is still within reach — even for those just entering their careers at modest salaries.

“You really live to do this,” Brouk, a 24-yearold medical secretary

who, along with her fiancé, Derek Schmittgens, bought a three-bedroom ranch home in the St. Louis suburb of Imperial, Missouri, in December. “It’s what you work for.”

The St. Louis metro area, situated squarely in the Rust Belt, might seem an improbable place for a stable housing market. The local economy is far diminished from its peak decades ago as a hub of muscular industrial giants. Many corporations like brewing giant Anheuser-Busch that once were based here closed, moved or merged. This year, the NFL’s Rams cited rosier economic opportunities in Los Angeles as a reason for their decision to return to the West Coast.

Yet having never experienced the heights of the housing bubble, St. Louis never absorbed the full brunt of the bust, either. Its economy has remained reasonably steady compared with turmoil elsewhere in the country where foreclosures caused demand for rentals to surge.

A tech corridor in the city’s Central West End is attracting some higher-paying jobs at companies like Square, a mobile payment company founded by Jack Dorsey, a St. Louis native who co-founded Twitter. Jobs in health care and fi-

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nance continue to grow, economists say. The metro area’s unemployment rate is just below the national level of 4.9 percent. And home prices remain roughly in line with area incomes.

Nationally, home ownership is near a 48-year low. A key reason is that surging rents and home prices have made it next to impossible for many people to save enough to buy — even though today’s ultra-low mortgage rates have the effect of lightening housing bills. An analysis by The Associated Press found that monthly housing payments have dropped in the past decade while rents have climbed.

Yet in the St. Louis area, buyers in the 2534 age group are having a comparatively easy time, data tracked by Realtor.com shows: Those

young buyers make up 40 percent of purchase mortgages in the metro area, compared with an average of 35 percent nationally.

The median home value in the St. Louis metro area is $152,000, $24,000 less than the national average and far below many other big cities, especially on the coasts, said Charles Gascon, an economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. And, the median household income of $56,041 is about $2,700 above the national average, Gascon said.

“You really didn’t see the big boom or the big bust” in St. Louis through the economic downturn, Gascon said.

“But you can go even beyond that. Delinquency rates didn’t spike as high in the St. Louis area, and our economy as a whole

didn’t contract as much old real estate agent. as the rest of the coun- “My monthly payment is try.” way cheaper than rent.

Brouk and Schmitt- The cost to rent was gengens lived separately erally $900 to $1,000. My with their parents as mortgage is now $690. they spent months And it’s something I searching for just the own.” right home. They found “Millennials in many it in Imperial, a town of markets are just locked 5,000 a half-hour south of out,” said Jim Dohr, St. Louis. They agreed to president of Coldwell the $140,000 asking price Banker Gundaker, the the day the home hit the largest real estate firm market, grabbing it be- in St. Louis. “We’re fore other buyers could bucking the trend. It all make an offer. comes back to affordThe brick home, on ability.” two-thirds of an acre, Low prices have benlies on a quiet cul-de- efited housing markets sac adjoining a wooded throughout the Midwest, area. It needed some said Jonathan Smoke, work. The young couple chief economist for Rereplaced altor.com. the carpets “I think and painted affordabilthe walls. ity turns Next up, Once you own (a into a mathey’ll redo home), it’s a totally jor selling the kitchen point for different feeling. the market cabinets and You actually feel — not just finish the basement. for individlike a grown-up.

S t i l l , uals who — Kelsey Funk, 26, St. Brouk said,” stay there Charles, Mo. it kind of and put ended up down roots, being evbut also erything we to attract wanted.” other peoAnother millenni- ple, including attractal, Kelsey Funk, paid ing businesses,” Smoke $113,000 last year for a said. three-bedroom home For Funk, there’s that sits near the his- nothing like the pride toric Main Street in St. and contentment of havCharles, Missouri, an- ing her own home. other suburb.

“Once you own, it’s a “What surprised me totally different feeling,” was how affordable it she said. “You actually is,” said Funk, a 26-year- feel like a grown-up.”

Sewer: Humboldt in line for costly improvement projects Continued from A1

through sewer utility revenue. No firm estimate has been made of what that 40 years of debt service will cost residents.

Humboldt has about 900 sewer connections, 830 being to residences, the others serving commercial and industrial enterprises.

City Administrator Cole Herder pointed out sewer line improvements wouldn’t be authorized until funding sources that fit within

the city’s means were identified.

Sewer department concerns have beleaguered Humboldt for some time. In 2008, 15,000 feet of the city’s 90,000foot system were upgraded. Next, improvements were made at the sewer plant, including a large generator that was knocked out of the ring by an intense lightning storm July 2. Parts to put it back online should arrive this week.

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feet of clay tile sewer line of various sizes throughout town. Inflow and infiltration problems were identified by smoke tests and putting a video camera through lines. BG Consultants then developed a detailed map showing where and what repairs were needed.

The city was given three options. The first, which it grasped, is the $5.9 million project. Others came in at $8.8 million and $9.9 million.

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If preliminaries, including funding, go to schedule, Humboldt should be in position to start construction in 2017, with completion in about a year.

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two major problems with production of drinking water, each having been pushed into the background for 10 to 15 years.

The first has to do with the apparatus that takes in raw river water for purification.

He explained: The intake station has two pipes near the Neosho River’s bottom, with hand-operated valves operated from a river-bank control room. Several years ago one of the valves broke.

To complicate matters, the roots of a large tree have become ensnarled around the intake pipes.

Divers, costing $5,000 to $10,000 a day, will come to the city’s rescue when the water level drops.

A second hurdle in

the water system is that flocculation basin No. 3, the largest of three, has been sitting idle more than decade.

Flocculation basins are where sediment is stirred and removed from raw water. The other two basins are operating well, but, Herder warned, if either went down Humboldt would not be able to process water.

His solution is to hire a vacuum truck from Chanute to draw water and sediment from the 54-foot-diameter basin so damage may be determined, and a plan for repairs laid out.

“We budgeted $40,000 to replace filters this year, but I advised Keith (Nickell, water plant supervisor) to move ahead on these two projects.”

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Forum: County hopefuls address issues to large crowd Continued from A1

ing at the intersection of Oregon Road and U.S. 169.

As for the future, Williams listed three prime aspirations: 1) to use a portion of the capital outlay funds to complete a menu of infrastructure projects and “to reduce the milly levy, returning those funds to the taxpayer”; 2) continue to improve the infrastructure at the airport “to entice medium-sized companies into our area”; 3) to “watch closely the trajectory for success of the new hospital.”

uphold those beliefs, those values. What the community has entrusted you to uphold, I take that to heart.”

KELLY ZELLNER is the current police chief in Conway Springs. He is, as well, the senior pastor at Restoration Fellowship Church in Humboldt, where he and his family reside. He holds degrees in human resource management, family counseling and theology studies.

Zellner spent a good portion of his allotted time Monday evening stressing the importance of community outreach among branches of local law enforcement.

“Our officers [in Conway Springs],” explained Zellner, “are truly COPS” — an acronym for Community Oriented Policing. “And, here, I’m going to work with you, the citizens of Allen County, because you’re the eyes and ears of the community. It’s essential for us to build relationships.”

Zellner cited his performance in Sumner County, where he has made it his priority to go into all the area schools and meet administrators; to work closely with community health organizations; and, especially, to work with other departments, citing his agency’s close cooperation with agencies in surrounding cities, including Wichita.

“I believe a law enforcement head that doesn’t interface with other departments, high schools and our community, is an ineffective leader.”

For Zellner, the role of effective law enforcement is to peer beneath the topmost layer. “We don’t just go after the crime, we find out what’s causing the crime. ...

It’s one thing to solve a crime and arrest a lot of people to look good for the media. It’s another thing to solve it and say

Ron Ballard, left, and Tom Williams speak Monday at a candidate forum at Community National Bank in Iola.

Ballard is challenging Williams for a seat on the Allen County Commission. REGISTER/RICK DANLEY ‘OK, we’ve got a need.

We need to look into this a little deeper and start creating a solution for this need.’”

As for questions from the audience, Zellner entertained the night’s only softball, which came from a woman seated in the front row: “Will you do the job and do it right?” she asked.

“That’s the only way I do it, ma’am,” said Zellner.

JARED Froggatte, a current detective with the Iola Police Department, presented the audience with a pointed critique of the operations in the current sheriff ’s office.

“The main reason I’m running for sheriff is that there’s a communication barrier,” said Froggatte. “There are cooperation issues between departments. ... Let me be clear, the boots on the ground will always do what they need to do to protect and serve this community. ...[But] we’re not communicating well on the upper end and that needs fixed.”

A courteous but intense round of questioning on the matter of interdepartmental cooperation came from sher-

iff ’s detective Anthony Maness, who took issue with Froggatte’s claim — which originated in an earlier interview with this paper — that the sheriff ’s office was less than cooperative in its dealings with the IPD. Maness pointed to the vast number of cases in which the two departments had worked together successfully.

Froggatte countered, citing a case where the police detective presented data apparently pointing to illegal drug use, which the sheriff ’s office ultimately judged insufficiently compelling to meet the “probable cause threshold.”

“But that’s one occurrence out of how many that you and I worked on?” said Maness.

“It’s more than just that time,” insisted Froggatte: “You guys were doing controlled buys in Iola. We were doing controlled buys, too — on the same house.”

“You’re right,” said Maness, finally. “There has been a breakdown [in communication], but it’s a two-way street.

And that’s what worries me.”

Froggatte presented the audience with a menu of additional am-

bitions were he to be elected sheriff: — The detective applauded Sheriff Murphy’s efforts on the current budget. “My hat’s off to him.” But in the name of “transparency,” said Froggatte, “one thing I would do would be to line item everything on a web page — [to show] exactly what you’re spending your money on.”

— He is hoping, too, to stem the tide of offenders who, once charged, receive fines which they are rarely willing or able to pay. In which case, they end up earning yet another warrant for their arrest, thus beginning the costly “revolving door” process all over again.

— Froggatte also pointed to the “large issue” of illegal narcotics in Allen County: “I could work seven days a week, 24 hours a day, and not stay caught up on this.” His preference, given that both options pose a cost to the taxpayer, is for creating a system that does a better job of helping turn addicts into “contributing members of society” rather than “keeping them locked up.”

— Froggatte also dis-

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agrees with the sheriff office’s policy of posting mugshots of individuals on Facebook immediately following their arrest. “Whenever you first come in and have been arrested and get your mugshot taken and you end up on Facebook, it’s the worst day of your life. ... I would like to change that.” He proposes, instead, issuing the more traditional press release with arrest info, and reserving Facebook postings for those individuals who have actually passed through the sentencing phase.

“Remember, we’re there to serve you,” Froggatte told those gathered. “You are our employer.”

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According to County Commissioner Tom Williams, this is his final bid for the seat he’s held for the last threeand-a-half years. But when he first ran for the position, Williams reminded the packed room Monday night, he made two promises: “One, that I would solve the ambulance problem” — i.e. the merger of the fire and EMS departments — “and we did.” And, secondly, “I promised to lower your mill levy, and we’ve done that the last two consecutive years.”

Williams lingered briefly on the subject of the ambulance service, whose current integrity his opponent in the race is holding in question.

“Here’s what you need to know,” said Williams, who defended the performance and costsaving capacity of the combined services. “We haven’t had a complaint in all the time that we made the merger until somebody decided to run for office. You might want to take those types of complaints with a little bit of salt, maybe the whole salt shaker.”

Williams, who served the county as sheriff before being elected commissioner, highlighted his proudest accomplishments during the three plus decades he’s called Allen County home, naming among other things: his role in developing the Child Advocacy Center; the creation of the county’s Drug Court program; his leadership in creating cost-saving legislation aimed at prisoner health costs; the commision’s role in helping bring a new grocery store to Iola; the continued successful operation of the county landfill; the completion of two large-scale bridge projects; and the construction of new light-

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gained an early entree into fire and ambulance services as a teenager in his native Michigan, eventually earning his paramedic license as a young man in Saginaw, where he was hired at a large emergency services company. “So,” Ballard told those gathered Monday, “I’ve seen ambulance services when they work and I’ve seen them when they don’t work.”

It’s Ballard’s contention that Allen County’s ambulance service, at least since the merger two years ago, doesn’t work.

After six years working for the City of Iola, Ballard resigned his position as a paramedic and firefighter three weeks ago. “The first three years were really great. The last three years, not so much. ...

I was the twenty-sixth employee to put my resignation in in two years.

There’s a problem.”

The problem, claimed Ballard, goes beyond questions of poor pay.

He cited, among other ills, the frequent, “unnecessary” out-of-county transfers, which, he asserted, have the potential to divert resources from local emergencies. He named, too, the poor standards of upkeep observed at the outlying stations, which “wouldn’t even pass a HUD inspection.”

Ballard used his time to wage a final complaint against his superiors, who, he claims, reprimanded him for presenting his concerns regarding the ambulance service to the city council and county commission. “I was told in a letter,” claimed Ballard, “that if I talk to them again, I’d be fired.”

If, in the end, “the city weren’t willing to make changes,” concluded Ballard, “I would have to say that [the ambulance service] would have to go back to the county.”

But the alleged drift of the ambulance service is not, said Ballard, the only reason he’s vying for a seat on the county commission.

He worries about the vacancies in the downtown buildings, he said, and the overall health of business and industry in the area. “I don’t want to be just existing,” said Ballard. “I want to be growing.”

Ballard expressed further concern for the state of the county’s hospital, citing the difficulty of recruiting doctors, the paucity of specialists and the menu of specialized services that a hospital of Allen County’s size should afford its patients but doesn’t. “I’m so sick of our citizens saying I’m going to Chanute for healthcare.”

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The very hungry caterpillars So fair a day I have not seen The hot horticulture topic in the Extension office the last few weeks has been caterpillars.

These aren’t just any ordinary caterpillar you might see skirting across the road, they are walnut caterpillars. Walnut caterpillars attack primarily black walnut, pecan, hickory, birch, oak, willow, honey locust and apple trees.

Walnut caterpillars can make massive amounts of webbing in a tree and, in doing so, feed on leaves. In terms of their life cycle, they overwinter as pupae underground beneath the host trees. In late spring, moths emerge and deposit egg clusters on lower leaves. By the end of June, newly emerged and hungry larvae start working on the leaves.

Some larvae look brick red in color while others that are closer to maturity are gray.

The larvae are gregarious, meaning they feed in groups. A single tree may contain several groups. When disturbed, larvae arch their bodies in what looks like a defensive move. Larvae crowd together on the lower parts of the trees to molt and leave an ugly patch of hairy skins.

Mature larvae (2 inches long) drop to the ground where they enter the soil to pupate. A second generation occurs soon, creating the overwintering pupae.

As for controlling walnut caterpillars, if

Krista Harding Extension Agent for Agriculture

feasible, removing the webbing with the egg masses is an effective control option. However, this becomes impractical with large trees or

become concerned that the tree is sick or dying.

Such is usually not the case.

Trees such as sycamore, London Planetree and silver maple shed bark in large patches or strips. Sycamore and London Planetree normally show a bright green color on the branches when the bark first falls off but soon return to normal. Maple trees typically show an

As for controlling walnut caterpillars, if feasible, removing the webbing with the egg masses is an effective control option.

when too many webs are present. The caterpillars also have to be destroyed once pulled out of the tree or they will crawl right back up it. Bands of “Tanglefoot” pest barrier may be used to snare larvae as they migrate to main branches or the trunk to molt. Insecticides such as malathion, permethrin or cyfluthrin can also be used.

Another concern that some homeowners might be seeing this time of year is bark shedding. Trees naturally shed bark as they grow. The amount of bark shed varies significantly from one year to the next and is usually not noticeable. During years with heavy shedding, homeowners may

orange color after shedding, but again it will return to normal. There is nothing wrong with the tree as long as the shedding bark simply reveals underlying bark rather than bare wood.

If you are having any horticulture issues, please feel free to contact me at one of the Southwind District offices. Throughout the growing season I am in the Erie office Monday, Wednesday and Friday; Iola office on Tuesday and the Fort Scott office on Thursday.

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

July is in full swing and that, for most of the country, means it’s time for the county fair.

For many, this is the best time of the year.

The county fair is more than just a carnival or nighttime events. It is an exhibition of talents from all ages with exhibits ranging in a variety of sizes and categories.

Most exhibits have taken an entire 4-H year to complete and some a lot less, but all of the exhibits have a special story and add value to the county fair.

As any 4-H’er can tell you, there is a lot of blood, sweat and tears involved with preparing for the county fair.

The animals you see

Jennifer Murphy Extension Agent for 4-H

were raised by youth, not just because of the county fair, but to help instill invaluable life lessons to become responsible, caring individuals.

The same goes for any of the indoor exhibits, from cooking to sewing to photography to woodworking and so on. The opportunities are endless.

I would like to encourage you to take a minute and attend a county fair near

you. Explore all of the great accomplishments within the indoor exhibits and the barns full of animals.

Visit with a 4-H’er about their project and see the excitement they display.

In the coming weeks, there will be three fairs held within the Southwind Extension District. The first is Bourbon County Fair - July 16-23, Neosho County Fair - July 21-25, and Allen County Fair - July 29-Aug. 4.

We hope to see you at the county fair!

If you would like more information on how to be involved either to enter exhibits or be a helper, please contact your local Extension Office.

Allen County Farmers’ Market Shoppers are faithfully frequenting the Allen County Farmers’ Market on Thursday evenings, 5:30 to 7:00, on the southeast corner of the Iola square.

Growers are bringing blackberries, cantaloupes, cucumbers, garlic, green beans, herbs, jalapeno peppers, red, yellow and russet potatoes, yellow and zucchini squash, sweet corn and tomatoes. Bakers are making mouth-watering

cookies, brownies, cakes, cobblers, cinnamon rolls and breads.

Farmers are gathering honey and eggs as well as offering chicken and elk meat. Crafters have made hand-sewn items

and personal hygiene items. The Market Coordinator is available under the tent to swipe your Vision SNAP card and give you up to $25 in matching Double Up Food Bucks. Shoppers with debit cards can use the same machine to get tokens for shopping. Come on down to the Allen County Farmers’ Market on the Iola square for good food, fun and friendly faces!

— Debbie Bearden

Dems expanding senate map into red states Workers at Hanford tanks

By ERICA WERNER The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Following a recruiting success in Indiana, Democrats are eyeing Kansas as they try to expand their playing field into red states and take back the Senate.

GOP Sen. Jerry Moran is up for re-election in Kansas, Republicanfriendly territory that’s on few lists of competitive races this year.

Thus far his opponents are little-known, but Democrats are considering a Kansas businessman, Greg Orman, who ran for Senate two years ago as an independent, to see if he might make another try this year, according to one Democratic official with knowledge of the deliberations.

Orman challenged longtime GOP Sen. Pat Roberts in 2014 and ran a more competitive race than expected, although Roberts ultimately won.

Orman could get on the ballot as an independent by filing petition signatures by Aug. 2.

Orman did not return phone and email messages seeking comment.

The Democrat who discussed his potential candidacy did so on condition of anonymity ahead of an official decision.

The focus on Kansas follows developments Monday in Indiana, where Democrats were applauding news that former Sen. Evan Bayh is looking to make a comeback.

Bayh’s candidacy would instantly create a competitive race

in Indiana, where incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Coats is retiring and the Republican candidate to replace him, Rep. Todd Young, can’t match Bayh’s name ID or fundraising.

The developments in both states stand as

Republicans” and creates opportunities for Democrats to compete around the country.

In addition to toptier races in politically divided or Democraticfriendly states including Illinois, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and

The developments in [Kansas and Indiana] stand as the latest examples of Democratic attempts to mount competitive races on Republican-friendly terrain, as they try to capitalize on turmoil around Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy.

the latest examples of Democratic attempts to mount competitive races on Republicanfriendly terrain, as they try to capitalize on turmoil around Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy.

“It’s going to be good for the country, good for Indiana to have him back,” Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Monday of Bayh, adding that Trump “speaks for the

Pennsylvania, Democrats have been promoting a second and third tier of Senate candidates in GOP-leaning states including Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina and Iowa.

None is favored to win, but all give Republicans something they need to pay attention to in a year when Democrats are on offense nationwide.

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In the game of chess that Democrats and Republicans play, even if Democrats’ favored candidates don’t end up winning in places like Indiana or Kansas, forcing Republicans to spend money in states they’d considered safe is its own victory.

“We’re seeing that more are tipping into play, maybe not winners, but in play,” said Michael Meehan, a longtime Democratic consultant, pointing to North Carolina, where GOP Sen. Richard Burr is defending his seat, and Arizona, where Sen. John McCain is up for re-election. Both are states where Hispanic voters angered

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(AP) — A coalition of labor unions on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state stopped work Monday at some of the radioactive waste tank farms because of health concerns over chemical vapors.

The Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council issued a “stop work” order at the doublewalled tanks that contain dangerous wastes from the past production of plutonium for nuclear weapons.

Dave Molnaa, president of the council, said workers are demanding that they be supplied with bottled air when they perform work at any of the tank farms. Currently, bottled air is required only when working among the older, single-walled underground tanks where most of the vapor episodes have occurred.

“I believe there is a safety risk to workers inside the tank farms,” Molnaa told The Asso-

ciated Press in a telephone interview from Richland, where Hanford is located.

It was not immediately clear how many employees had stopped work on the sprawling Hanford site, which has more than 8,000 workers.

Officials for Washington River Protection Solutions, the private contractor that operates the tank farms for the U.S. Department of Energy, confirmed the work stoppage at the doublewalled tank farms.

Mark Lindholm, president of WRPS, said the company takes the issue of worker safety very seriously.

“Stopping work is not only a right, it is the responsibility of all WRPS workers who feel there is a safety issue,” Lindholm said in a press release.

The contractor is evaluating the feasibility of implementing the HAMTC demand for bottled air, he said.

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Playing mom card backfires in race for prime minister It stretches the imagination to think what, by virtue of being a parent, that specifically adds to one’s resumé.

So it was a cheap shot when Andrea Leadsom targeted Theresa May for being the lesser candidate in the race for British prime minister because she does not have children.

“I am sure Theresa will be really sad she doesn’t have children,” Leadsom assumed in a speech Saturday. “I genuinely feel that being a mum means you have a real stake in the future of our country, a tangible stake.”

The public outcry to Leadsom’s insensitive remarks was quick, spurring the energy secretary to withdraw from the PM race Monday.

As Britain’s home secretary, Ms. May, 59, is now poised to become England’s second female prime minister, following Margaret Thatcher, who served from 1979 to 1990.

In regards to their childlessness — as if it needed to be addressed — May has said that she and husband Phillip, an investment banker, have learned “to accept what fate has in store for you.”

Such equanimity is dearly needed these days.

After the vote to exit the European Union, Great Britain must now renegotiate its relationship with the rest of the world as well as avoid a recession.

Theresa May Home Secretary Since May 2010 A cabinet level position in the U.K. government in charge of internal affairs

Vera Moten embraces Captain Michael Shedd during a protest to stop the killing of black men on Miller Street on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas. The police department worked with the protestors to control traffic during the march. Lawrence Jenkins/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS

Minister of Women & Equalities 2010-2012

Until we have equality, violence won’t stop

Shadow Cabinet member 1999-2010 Served in numerous positions in the opposition party’s cabinet.

Conservative Party chair 2010-2012 First woman to hold the position.

Member of Parliament Since 1997 Source: Theresa May’s website Graphic: Tribune News Service

PLAYING the mom card failed so spectacularly for Leadsom because of its superficiality as a measure of one’s abilities.

What makes a good leader, male or female, parent or not, is good judgement, a healthy dose of humility, compassion and vision.

As for Leadsom, her mother’s intution was way off the mark.

— Susan Lynn

Race and inequality Many black Americans are skeptical that the country will eventually make changes necessary for racial equality. % saying...

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WASHINGTON — The tragedies that keep befalling us are best described in one word: excess. There are simply too many guns on the street, too much economic deprivation of African Americans, too many poorly-trained police officers who seem to regard every person of color an immediate threat, too much anger and fear in the black and white cultures and too much disregard for each other.

Blacks can’t seem to get over the fact they were once chattel and whites can’t get over treating them that way.

All this leads one to wonder if the nation isn’t facing some type of volatile, prolonged replay of aspects of the Civil War that divided us a century and a half ago, whether the residual hatred between the races left by slavery can ever be overcome and a level playing field firmly established for our benefit. Despite strides, we clearly haven’t achieved as much in that direction as we thought we had.

The horrors (if that word is strong enough) appear to be coming much quicker now. At least it seems that way in the wake of a four-day period in which there were two seemingly unprovoked white police shootings of black males and almost immediate retaliation with the targeted slaying of five white police officers in Dallas by a black sniper who was a trained Army veteran.

In addition, seven officers and two civilians were wounded by gunfire. Exacerbating the tragedy was the fact the Dallas killings took place during a multi-ethnic, peaceful demonstration for the two latest police shootings — one in Baton Rouge, La. and the other in Minnesota near St. Paul.

There is no doubt that social media has played a heavy role in waking us up to the sometimes almost unbelievable nature of these affairs. Over and over disturbing images

The fear that every routine traffic stop is a threat to their Dan K. lives when a black person is Thomasson driving has led white cops to act first too often, even withTribune out provocation.

News “They all have guns and Service are ready to shoot you,” a poappear on our cell phones and lice officer told me years ago, tablets depicting law officers’ identifying “they” as our callous disregard for human black citizens. The motivation rights. This is demonstrated behind that attitude comes in the Minnesota and Louisi- from the horrendous statisana cases by horrible graphic tics produced by gun violence videos of sudden death with- in our major urban cities like out warning for minor offens- Chicago where young Africanes. The most moving of these Americans have been slain in is the Minnesota event where gang wars. The real victims a child was a witness. The vic- are those good people who tim’s girlfriend calmly records have seen their communities the entire horrific process and ravaged by street crime.

Both presisends it off on dential candithe network dates have spobefore breakken out against ing down. Her The fear that every the barbarism 4-year-old in the back seat routine traffic stop is with promises to stop it. But tells her not a threat to their lives once again, to worry “I’m when a black person is until we can here with you, find a way to driving has led white mommy.” put aside the Before those cops to act first too ofdays when we who are willten, even without prov- were two races ing to forgive ocation. and work as police for any much as possiaction begin ble to achieve yelling, I must the reality of note here that equality that the victim had the Constitution promises, we explained to the officer that he had gun and that he had a are facing more of the same. permit for it, a proper way to When two people ride the try to assure that no one acts same horse, one of them alprecipitously. That obviously ways has to be on the ass end, didn’t work because when the not a comfortable place.

Get rid of the guns. Get rid man reached into his back pocket for his license and reg- of the anger. Get over past inistration as he was ordered to justices and demands for resdo, the officer screamed and titution for what happened shot him through the window. two centuries ago. Get rid of How can repeats of these workplace prejudices and take events that rent our souls be all lives as precious, and there lessened? No one seems to may be a chance for us all. have an answer. Every effort Good luck.

About the writer: Dan to reduce the firepower on the Thomasson is an op-ed columstreets has failed and probnist for Tribune News Service ably will again despite the and a former vice president of intensifying efforts of some Scripps Howard Newspapers. lawmakers. There just aren’t enough willing to take on the Readers may send him email at: thomassondan@aol.com . gun lobby.

How to contact your elected officials

President Barack Obama, (Democrat) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; phone (switchboard): (202) 456-1414; (comments): (202) 4561111

Gov. Sam Brownback, (Republican) Capital, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; phone: (785) 2963232; www.governor. ks.gov/comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-4774; Email: www.roberts. senate.gov/public/index. cfm?p=EmailPat

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-6521; Pittsburg: 306 N. Broadway, Suite 125, Pittsburg, KS, 66762; (620) 232-2286. Email: moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; phone: (202) 225-6601; Pittsburg: 701 N. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762; phone: (620) 231-5966. Email: lynnjenkins.house.gov/ contact-me/

Sen. Caryn Tyson, (Republican) State Capitol-236 E Topeka, KS 66612 phone: (785) 2966838; e-mail: caryn. tyson@senate.ks.gov or 19984 County Rd. 1077 Parker, KS 66072 phone: (913) 898-2366

Rep. Kent Thompson, (Republican) House District No. 9, phone: (620) 496-7200 State Capitol, Room 050-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, or phone: 620-496-2255 1816 2800 St., LaHarpe, KS 66751 email: kent.thompson@ house.ks.gov

Rep. Adam Lusker, (Democrat) House District No. 2, phone: (785) 2967698 State Capitol, Room 043-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, email: adam.lusker@ house.ks.gov

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ship with Van Scoyoc and Associates, a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm, will save $25,000 for the rest of 2016 and $50,000 for 2017. With those cutbacks, Slaugh said, the city should reallocate $25,000 to an industrial fund for economic development.

Slaugh added that ending that relationship should come from a Council’s vote.

With those cutbacks, the city could balance the budget, Slaugh said, with an ad valorem tax hike of about 4.47 mills, which would cost the owner of a $100,000 home an extra $51 or so in property taxes.

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other spending cuts to pare that projected tax hike to what they said was a more palatable number.

By extending the planned rotation for chip-and-seal projects from four years to five, the city can cut $200,000 from its 2017 spending.

Iola also could push back the purchase of a second patrol car for the Police Department, Councilman Jon Wells said.

“We’re talking another mill right there,” Wells said.

If the city also implemented a $2 monthly increase in trash pickup fees, from $8.50 to $10.50, Iola could get by with a much smaller property tax hike, perhaps 1.5 mills, Wells concluded.

OTHER potential ways to save also were discussed.

Council members came down on both sides of Slaugh’s suggestion to change how overtime is figured for employees who receive holiday, vacation or sick leave pay in a given week.

Say, for example,

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corner of the playground between the swimming pool and rec building; at the south end of the playground at the picnic tables; north of the park superintendent’s office and near Columbia Metal, where employees smoke now and at the rodeo arena, pending approval from the Allen County Fair Board.

The signs will be paid for by Thrive Allen County.

The vote passed, 6-1, with Beverly Franklin opposed.

COUNCIL members approved spending $33,359.40 to provide seal coating over asphalt at 11 sections around town, primarily municipal parking lots.

Alternate parking lots near the schools will be done for an additional $17,643.80, if USD 257 agrees to reimburse the city for those areas.

The money will come from the city’s capital projects fund, Assistant City Administrator Corey Schinstock said.

Musselman & Hall Contractor, Kansas City, Mo., provided the lone bid for the project.

an employee received eight hours of holiday pay last week for Independence Day, because it fell on a Monday. After working 32 hours the rest of the week — putting the employee at 40 hours — he would have received overtime pay if he was called out on Saturday.

Federal law does not require municipalities to pay overtime if the employee has worked fewer than 40 hours, yet Iola still does, Slaugh said.

He was uncertain how much it would save the city, and acknowledged changing that policy might create harsh feelings for employees.

“When you’re used to a benefit, or a service, losing it is painful,” he said.

Still, Councilman Aaron Franklin responded, “sometimes a benefit is having a job.”

“There seems to be so much focus on what we’re taking away from our employees, and we’re all proud of them, and they do a good job,” he continued. “But we have a very large obligation to the citizens of Iola” — and that includes efficient spending for employees.

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Council members also agreed further discussion was needed to determine if staffing changes are necessary at the Iola Fire Department.

With 28 employees, down three from a full staff, the Fire Department accrues more overtime than other departments.

“That’s the elephant in the room,” Slaugh said.

Council members suggested waiting until after the Aug. 2 primary election before approaching county commissioners about renegotiating the city’s EMS contract with Allen County.

The county currently pays Iola $1 million annually for its ambulance service.

COUNCIL member Beverly Franklin touched on a sentiment she’s heard from folks around town.

“We should reduce our workforce,” she said. “We have a lot of people we’re paying big benefits. When I look at other salaries around Iola, some of our employees are drawing a lot more.

“I’ve talked with some people who think

it wouldn’t affect our service at all,” she concluded. “We’re down $800,000. If we don’t do something drastic, we’re not going to make it.”

Slaugh noted Iola has cut staffing in years past, primarily through attrition.

“You just haven’t noticed it,” he said.

Iola had 107 employees when he became city administrator in 2011. That number dropped to 99 employees until Iola took over countywide ambulance services in 2014, pushing the number back to 107.

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The July 25 meeting will be at the Bass Community Building because of Allen County Fair activities going on that week at Riverside Park.

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Iola library programs ahead A variety of programs for adults are coming up at Iola Public Library.

The monthly Pinterest Party will be at 6 p.m. Monday. Painted solar light holders are the project. The class is limited to 25 people.

Pre-registration and a $3 fee are required by Friday.

Michelle Niedens of the Alzheimer’s Association, Heart of America Chapter, will present Alzheimer’s and Dementia Part 1: Understanding Dementia & Alzheimer’s. The program will cover memory issues, types of dementias, risk factors, stages, and treatments.

The program will be at 6 p.m. July 21.

Who killed Elleanor Scott in LaCygne 90 years ago? Lorraine Robinson, author of “Deadly Affair,” will

speak about the case and her book at 7 p.m.

July 25. Scott, the wife of a grocer, was shot dead in her kitchen after she and her husband returned from an outing. Her husband was charged but in the end no one was convicted.

Robinson will sign copies of the book following the program. She is the niece of Iolan Jay Thyer.

Cook the Book will be at noon Aug. 1 in the Flewharty-Powell Annex to Iola Public Library. This quarter’s cookbook selection is “Simply Salads” by Jennifer Chandler. Those interested in participating should browse the book and sign up for a recipe at the library’s front desk. They will make the dish and bring it to the program to share with other attendees.

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Major League Baseball: All-Star Home Run Derby

Stanton takes long-ball crown

By BERNIE WILSON The Associated Press

Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton competes in the Home Run Derby in San Diego on Monday. K.C. Alfred/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton wore out Petco Park with a record display of power in the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, peppering every land-

mark from the left field corner to center field.

Stanton hit 20 homers in the final round to best defending champion Todd Frazier of the Chicago White Sox. Overall, the Miami Marlins slugger hit a record 61, shattering the single-night mark

American Legion Baseball: Iola 1, Burlington 12; Iola 8, Burlington 4

of 41 by Bobby Abreu in 2005.

Stanton’s impressive shots hit the top level of the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left-field corner and the top of the batter’s eye in center field. He sent several balls See STANTON | Page B3

NBA:

Spurs’ Duncan retires as the greatest-ever at his position

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI The Associated Press

Iola’s Keanan Badders collides with Burlington’s catcher trying to score a run for the Post 15 Indians on Monday at Riverside Park. The Indians earned a split with their rivals from the northwest and will enter the American Legion Zone 4 playoffs as the No. 2 seed. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

ROUGH AND TUMBLE

Burlington, Iola split a very physical doubleheader

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

Iola and Burlington are separated by 39 miles on the map, but the two communities and schools share a lot of similarities, making for a natural rivalry.

At Riverside Park, that rivalry was very evident as the two communities’ American Legion teams faced off.

“When you know them so well,

you really want to compete well and strike them out or get a hit off them or whatever is happening when you face them,” Iola pitcher/infielder Derek Bycroft said. “Whenever you know the other team, you want to try to do better than you do normally.”

Burlington took full advantage of Iola’s mistakes in the opening game of the doubleheader and handed Iola a 12-1 loss. Indian pitchers Isaac Vink See INDIANS | Page B6

Tim Duncan never wanted the spotlight, only the trophies. He never wanted the endorsements, only the camaraderie. He never wanted the accolades, only the collective achievement.

So when one of the most understated superstars in sports decided to finally call it a career after nearly two decades of excellence, he made the announcement with a 15-foot bank shot and not a boisterous slam dunk.

No big news conference. No victory lap. Not even a canned quote in the press release. Just a simple goodbye on Monday from the quiet anchor at the foundation of the San Antonio Spurs dynasty.

Just as he has for so much of his 19 seasons, the 40-yearold Duncan let others do the talking for him.

“Congrats to Tim Duncan. Probably a top 5 all time player and undoubtedly a top 5 all time teammate,” tweeted Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who played with Duncan in San Antonio. “Wow, what a career.”

Fifteen All-Star appearances, five championships, three NBA Finals MVPs, two NBA MVPs, one coach, one team.

Forever.

The Spurs made the playoffs in all 19 of his seasons and won 71 percent of their regular season games with No. 21 in the middle.

“The best (power forward) ever!” Spurs forward LaSee DUNCAN | Page B3

International Soccer: Euro 2016 Final; Portugal 1, France 0

Portugal prevails without Ronaldo

By ROB HARRIS The Associated Press

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Portugal’s players frantically tended to Cristiano Ronaldo’s left knee but their tearful captain couldn’t withstand the pain any longer.

The Portuguese had to win their first major trophy the hard way, stunning host France in the European Championship final after playing without Ronaldo from the 25th minute through extra time on Sunday.

Two hours after being carried off injured with the 1-0 victory secured by his battling teammates, the three-time world player of the year returned a champion for the first time with his country.

“I had bad luck because I had a small injury in the beginning of the game, but my colleagues

did their part — they run, they fight,” said Ronaldo, who has already won every major club honor. “Nobody believed in Portugal but we won”.

An unlikely scorer secured the pre-tournament outsiders a title at last.

It could be an uncomfortable few months ahead for Eder, the unheralded striker who will return shortly to French club Lille after breaking French hearts with his 109th-minute goal.

“The ugly duckling became beautiful,” Portugal coach Fernando Santos said.

A second-half substitute, Eder scored only his fourth goal in 29 appearances for Portugal with a low shot from 25 meters (yards) past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

“Cristiano told me I would be scoring the winning goal,” Eder said. “He gave me strength and

positive energy.”

In doing so, Portugal denied the French a third final victory on home soil to add to Euro ‘84 and the 1998 World Cup. “Football can be very cruel,” said Lloris, France’s captain. “The overriding emotion is a lot of sadness.”

Twelve years after losing to Greece on home soil in their last appearance in the final, it was Portugal’s turn to spoil the host nation’s party. And they achieved it after winning only one of their seven games at Euro 2016 inside 90 minutes, and after losing the inspirational Ronaldo midway through the first half.

It was a mostly dull and stodgy final but the record books will only show that See EURO | Page B4

Championship Monday Twin Motors’ Gannon Hutton prepares to throw the ball during a PeeWee league game. Monday’s playoff results are on B3. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

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Stadium repairs continue Teachers on track for 2.6% raises

By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register

The Marv bus — an old school bus renovated to resemble a diner — is one reason the local school district’s summer food program has seen a big increase in participants.

“It’s been a big hit with kids,” Jack Koehn, USD 257 superintendent of schools, told board members at their meeting Monday night.

The summer food program is up by about 40 meals a day for each breakfast and lunch compared to the summer of 2015, a difference of about 8 percent.

For the month of June, almost 7,000 meals, which are completely free, have been served. That’s a daily average of 132 breakfasts and 209 lunches to students. Adults can also receive the free meals.

For June, adults took advantage of 153 breakfasts and 465 lunches.

The retrofitted school bus travels to the far reaches of the county.

“This is a model other school districts can use,” Koehn said. “Every district has an old bus they can’t get any money for.”

There are also food sites scattered around Iola, Gas and LaHarpe.

Kathy Koehn, wife of Superintendent Koehn, and who directs the summer program, will give a presentation about its success today before members of the Kansas Department of Education.

Kathy Koehn said donations to the program were of immense help, including $2,000 from Iola’s Walmart and $750 from the Allen County Community Founda-

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said recent repairs to the district’s football stadium in Riverside Park including new plumbing in the visitors’ locker room, new paint, new epoxy floors and the demolition of cement block partitions. Exhaust fans and new toilets are on the way.

Houser noted the volunteer efforts of the employees at Kneisley Manufacturing and Sonic Equipment and Boren Roofing.

“So many people have given to this project,” she said.

Still on her wish list is to fix drains and install new lockers.

An open house to review the upgrades is tentatively set for the morning of Aug. 20 when the mothers of the football team learn the ins and outs of the game from Coach Doug Kerr, followed by a watermelon feed.

BECAUSE IN LATE

June the state delayed nearly $260 million in payments to public schools across the state, the local district closed its books for the fiscal year about $600,000 in the red.

While it makes the school district look bad, it allowed the state to finish the fiscal year on a positive note. Once the new fiscal year began July 1, the state made its payments. That has happened the last five years for the school district.

Koehn remained positive about the local state of affairs, noting school administrators have done a good job reining in costs where possible.

“I know we probably have some bad times ahead coming in terms of the state. I’m hoping we can weather whatever comes our way,” he said. “I don’t want to run this district like they do the state of Kansas.”

USD 257 has $600,000 in a contingency reserve and another $670,816, which it uses to purchase equipment, pay for use of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center and make repairs.

Koehn said they’ve been putting aside money in the capital outlay budget in preparation for installing a new roof on Iola Middle School, possibly next summer, which would cost in the neighborhood of $150,000 to $200,000.

NEGOTIATIONS on teacher contracts are complete with ratification by teachers expected on Aug. 3 to be followed by board approval.

If approved, the district’s 97 teachers would receive a 2.5 percent pay increase as well as an additional 1 percent for those who are enrolled in its health insurance program.

“I feel really good about this,” Koehn said of the prospective pay raise. “This will be good for recruiting and retaining teachers.”

In regards to the 201617 school year, school days will be 13 minutes longer in order to accommodate the teachers’ union request to cut four days from the school calendar and allow more time for teachers to collaborate on lesson plans.

School will still start at 8 a.m., but be extended in the afternoon.

The first day of school is Aug. 24, with the final day of classes on May 17, 2017.

IN OTHER news trustees accepted the resignations of Julie Ingle as a Title I paraprofessional at Jefferson Elementary and Marty Taylor as 7th and 8th grade football and boys basketball coach, and assistant high school baseball coach.

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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a farewell Cabinet meeting today as moving vans pulled up to his 10 Downing St. residence a day before he is replaced as leader following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

Ministers gathered for Cameron’s 215th and final weekly Cabinet session a day after Home Secretary Theresa May was confirmed as the new Conservative leader and prime minister-in-waiting.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said there had been a “touch of sadness” to the meeting, which saw May and Treasury chief George Osborne led tributes to Cameron.

Cameron’s spokeswoman, Helen Bower, said ministers banged the Cabinet table in approval and tribute at the end of the “warm and reflective” meeting.

Osborne and May cited Cameron’s achievements including legaliz-

David Cameron ing same-sex marriage, reform of schools and an increased minimum wage — but Britain’s relationship with Europe looks set to define his legacy.

Cameron resigned after Britons voted June 23 — against his advice — to leave the EU. May will have to deal with the political fallout and oversee the complex process of separating from the bloc.

She will spend the day considering the makeup of her own Cabinet before she moves into 10 Downing St. on Wednesday.

British media have focused on whether Osborne will keep his job

in charge of the economy.

With the pound in crisis and fears over the economy, some argue that May could opt for continuity and keep Osborne in place, particularly as he has the confidence of many in the banks and markets.

But others say that the key position should go to someone who favored leaving the European Union.

May supported remaining in the EU, but has promised to give prominent “leave” campaigners key Cabinet roles in a bid to heal the party’s longstanding split over Europe.

Two of the leading Brexiteers, former London Mayor Boris Johnson and Justice Secretary Michael Gove, were briefly Conservative leadership contenders, and May could show magnanimity by putting them in her Cabinet.

She has also said she will appoint a “Brexit minister” to oversee negotiations with the EU.

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Stanton: Wins Home Run Derby Continued from B1

just below the giant scoreboard high atop the left-field stands and several over the bullpens in left-center.

“For sure being on the West Coast and taking the flight out here just for this, you know.

I figure it’s a waste if I don’t bring this bad boy home,” Stanton said, hoisting the trophy.

The three-time AllStar is not on the NL roster for Tuesday night’s game after batting .233 with 20 homers and 50 RBIs before the break.

“I had a great time. I had a blast.”

Literally.

His longest shot was estimated at 497 feet.

He hit the eight longest homers of the competition and 20 of the 21 deepest drives.

“When I get a few in a row I would kind of bump it up 5 to 10 percent,” he said. “But most the time I stuck at 80-90 percent. I knew I could do it endurance-wise.

I was just hoping my swing didn’t fall about.”

Stanton can defend his title at home next year when the Marlins host the All-Star Game.

“That is where I got my childhood memories, watching the Home Run Derby as a kid,” said Stanton, who’s from Los Angeles. “Maybe some kids are watching me.

I would like to return that.”

Stanton is baseball’s highest-paid player with a $325 million, 13-year deal. His new hitting coach is home run king Barry Bonds.

Frazier, who’s not on the AL All-Star team, hit 13 in the final round. He was a hometown winner last year while with the Cincinnati Reds. He was traded to the White Sox in December.

Duncan: Star quietly steps away Continued from B1

Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton wins the All-Star Home Run Derby at Petco Park in San Diego on Monday. Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/TNS The Western Metal Supply Co. Building served as one of the better Derby targets, joining the Warehouse at Baltimore’s Camden Yards in 1993 and McCovey Cove outside San Francisco’s AT&T Park in 2007. Those were both targets for lefty hitters Stanton hit 24 homers in the first round to eliminate the Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano (seven) and 17 in the semifinals to knock out Mark Trumbo (14) of the Baltimore Orioles.

Frazier hit 13 in the first round to beat Carlos Gonzalez (12) of the Colorado Rockies, and 16 in the semifinals to eliminate Adam Duvall (15) of the Cincinnati Reds.

Trumbo, who leads the majors with 28 hom-

ers, had two of the most impressive shots of the night, off the scoreboard in left field and onto the top of the Western Metal Building in his semifinal matchup against Stanton.

Wil Myers of the San Diego Padres tried to become the second hometown player to win the Derby. With younger brother Beau — an infielder-outfielder at Appalachian State — pitching to him, Myers hit 10 homers in the first round and was eliminated by Duvall with 11.

Beau Myers even hit his brother with a pitch early in the fourminute period, and nearly nicked him another time.

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“Thanks for the memories old man. A great player and teammate.”

Few would dare argue.

Duncan was the No. 1 overall pick in 1997 and teamed with coach Gregg Popovich, point guard Tony Parker and shooting guard Manu Ginobili to turn the Spurs from a solid franchise that could never quite get over the hump into the model for American sports.

“The constant staple of their franchise,” Cleveland’s LeBron James said earlier this year.

The unassuming Duncan was the only player to start and win a title in three different decades.

Nicknamed “The Big Fundamental” for his clinical approach that favored bank shots over dunks, he was a member of the AllNBA first team 10 times and is one of only three players - joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parrish - to win at least 1,000 games in his career.

He is fifth on the NBA’s career list in blocks, sixth in rebounds and 14th in scoring.

He joined Larry Bird and Michael Jordan as the only players to be named college basketball’s player of the year, the NBA rookie of the year, and the MVP of the All-Star game and the NBA Finals.

“Even tho I knew it was coming, I’m still moved by the news,” Ginobili tweeted. “What a HUGE honor to have played with him for 14 seasons! #ThankYouTD.” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called Duncan “one of the most dominant players in NBA history” and lauded him for an “understated selflessness (that) made him the

ultimate teammate.”

“For two decades Tim represented the Spurs, the city of San Antonio and the league with passion and class,” Silver said. “All of us in the NBA family thank him for his profound impact on the game.”

The reluctant star was often overshadowed in the public eye by more outsized personalities like James and Kobe Bryant, who also retired this year after 20 seasons, all with the Los Angeles Lakers.

But he leaves this game as one of the league’s true giants, perhaps the best power forward to ever play and one who left as indelible a mark on his franchise as any player to come before him.

“This will always be Timmy’s franchise. Always,” Parker said during the 2013 NBA Finals.

“Should do a statue for him outside the AT&T Center.”

The last time Duncan spoke to reporters was on May 12, when the Spurs had just been eliminated by the Thunder in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.

There were hints in that game of Duncan’s plans, even though he later exercised a contract option to clear the way for his return. He had always said that he would walk away when he felt he could no longer have a significant impact on the game, and for most of the series the younger Thunder big men had their way with him and the Spurs on the glass.

With the Spurs getting blown out and the fourth quarter set to begin, Popovich and his veteran star had a brief conversation on the bench. Duncan then played all 12 minutes of the fourth quarter

without coming out for a rest, finishing with 19 points and soaking up every second he could in the last game he would ever play. And when the game was over, Duncan waved to the visiting crowd and pointed a finger toward the roof as he headed to the locker room.

“Timmy’s never been a very outspoken or emoting sort of individual on the court,” Popovich said earlier this year. “Everybody does it differently.”

And Duncan was truly one of a kind.

In 1997, after an injury to star David Robinson, the Spurs plunged in the standings and ended up with a chance at the No. 1 overall pick. They won the lottery, and it was a nobrainer to choose Duncan, the polished, two-way big man who had spent four years at Wake Forest.

The Spurs won 36 more games in Duncan’s rookie year than they had the previous season and were NBA champions in his sophomore campaign.

They also won titles in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014, the last one a dominant run to redemption over James and the Miami Heat after losing to them in seven games the previous season.

He was a 38-year-old AllStar in 2014-15 and even as his minutes were reduced to save the wear and tear on his body for the playoffs, he remained a force on the defensive end and on the glass.

He had 140 different teammates in his career and he handled taking the baton from Robinson in 1998 just as gracefully as he did passing it to Kawhi Leonard in 2014.

The Spurs added Pau Gasol and Dewayne Dedmon to beef up their front-court depth in anticipation of Duncan’s decision. But even though Duncan’s production has been in decline, they will never be able to replace the backbone of the organization.

“I think it goes way beyond the championships and the winning,” said Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer, a longtime Spurs assistant. “I think the culture that really, he’s kind of the pillar it’s been built around. It is almost impossible to quantify.”

And now he steps away, not stomping out the door like Bryant did with his 60-point finale, but tip-toeing away with no fanfare.

“The modesty with which he handles himself is so refreshing,” said Timberwolves GM Scott Layden, who spent the previous four years in the front office in San Antonio. “He’s a great example for everyone.”

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American Legion Zone 4 Bracket

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Euro: Portugal tops France Continued from B1

Portugal went from thirdplace in its group to champion, and with little help from Ronaldo in its last match.

The championship’s first 24-team tournament became a reality over the last month, but the quality of football deteriorated.

Such a sterile showpiece — the first European Championship final to be scoreless after 90 minutes — seemed a fitting climax.

“We weren’t clinical enough,” said France coach Didier Deschamps who lifted the World Cup in the stadium as a player in 1998. “We weren’t coolheaded enough.”

Even France forward Antoine Griezmann, the tournament’s leading scorer, couldn’t rise to the big occasion. There was no seventh goal of Euro 2016 from the Atletico Madrid forward, who also lost out in the Champions League final six weeks ago to Ronaldo’s Real Madrid.

*Loser of Game 6

Luck was on Portugal’s side, and Eder was able to strike the decisive blow.

It didn’t seem to be going Portugal’s way in the ninth minute when Dimitri Payet’s right knee clattered into Ronaldo’s standing left leg.

Ronaldo went down in agony — writhing, grimacing and screaming.

He was able to return, but this was one injury he could not run off.

Ronaldo fell to the turf again in the 17th. One of the moths infesting the national stadium fluttered over Ronaldo’s tearful right eye. Teammates tried to help in vain to help, with Nani tending to the knee.

Ronaldo watched the game forlornly on the touchline as strapping was attached before dragging himself back onto the field.

But Ronaldo’s mobility was restricted. Battling through the pain, regularly reaching down to check

on the injury, Ronaldo realized there would be no miracle recovery.

The clock hit 23 minutes and Ronaldo ripped off his captain’s armband and tossed it on the turf.

Slumping to the ground again, Ronaldo was consoled by Nani, who embraced his former Manchester U. teammate as the armband was transferred.

The stretcher came on and in the 25th minute Ronaldo became a spectator. But thanks to Patricio’s array of saves and dogged defending, Ronaldo left a champion.

Unlike his great rival Lionel Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona forward, the 31-year-old Ronaldo has now filled the medal void on the major international stage. It’s a rapid turnaround for a national team that exited the 2014 World Cup early.

“It’s something unbelievable in my career,” Ronaldo said. “Something I deserve.”

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What can be expected from this diagnosis? I understand that he has elevated kappa light chains.

— I.F. Answer: Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer coming from plasma cells, the

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health cells that make antibodies. As in any cancer, the cells reproduce uncontrollably. Damage from the cancer can come from what cancer cells produce, or by the fact that they take up necessary space and nutrition from the organs they occupy. In the case of multiple myeloma, the myeloma cells usually secrete immunoglobulins (antibodies, or parts of antibodies). Kappa chains are a component of antibodies (so are

lambda chains, the other type of “light” chain protein). High amounts of myeloma protein can damage the kidneys.

Unfortunately, these antibodies aren’t helpful in fighting off infection, despite the fact that antibodies are an important part of the immune system. In fact, the myeloma cells can grow so much in the bone marrow that they can push aside the cells that normally grow there, including red blood cells (which is why anemia is a common sign), other white blood cells (making infection more likely) and platelets (bleeding can become a problem).

Like many cancers, myeloma can progress

from a more benign condition — in this case, monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance. Not all people with MGUS progress to myeloma, but the condition needs to be carefully watched. Once it becomes myeloma, treatment, usually chemotherapy, is recommended. Multiple myeloma is a highly variable disease, and its prognosis depends on many factors; some come from blood testing, some from the bone marrow biopsy, and some are based on your husband’s overall health. Your husband’s hematologist/oncologist can give a better estimate of his prognosis based on these factors.

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Public notices (First published in The Iola Register, June 28, 2016) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate Gordon L. Ulrich, Deceased No. 2015 PR 26 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by James M. Immel, duly

appointed, qualified and acting Executor of the Estate of Gordon L. Ulrich, deceased, praying Petitioner’s acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested for attorneys’ fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs be determined and

ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as Executor of the Estate of Gordon L. Ulrich, deceased, and the Petitioner be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before July 19, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. in the District Court, in Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause

will be heard. Should you fail to file your your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

James M. Immel, Executor IMMEL & HEIM, P.A. Four East Jackson Iola, Kansas 66749 (620) 365-2222 Attorneys for Executor (6) 28 (7) 5, 12

(First published in The Iola Register, July 12, 2016) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Chase Home Finance LLC Plaintiff, vs.

Michael W. Arn and Donna Arn, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 11CV14 Court Number: 1 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on August 3, 2016, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lots Seven (7), Eight (8), Nine (9), Ten (10), Eleven (11), Twelve

(12), Seventeen (17), Eighteen (18), Nineteen (19), Twenty (20), Twenty-one (21) and Twenty-two (22), Block Two (2), MILLERS ADDITION to the City of Savonburg, Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 205 East Main Street, Savonburg, KS 66772 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the

Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Bryan J. Murphy, Sheriff Allen County, Kansas Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS #10551) 13160 Foster, Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66213-2660 (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (126000) (7) 12, 19, 26

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Indians: Enter zone playoffs in Humboldt as the No. 2 seed Continued from B1

and Daylon Splane each struggled with command and combined to walk seven batters in the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told the boys it was a 1-1 game in the fourth inning and it just got away from us,â&#x20AC;? Iola coach Rick Vink said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told them, we are where we are for zone right now, this game does not matter except that we need to compete, we have to let them know that they played a ballgame and we can grow up a lot in between these games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And we responded, we got down and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quit, we fought back and played a good ball game.â&#x20AC;?

In the second game â&#x20AC;&#x201D; despite already having the No. 2 seed in Zone 4 locked up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Iola wanted to avoid surrendering the sweep to Burlington.

To do so, they sent their ace Bycroft to the bump. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had missed the games against this team a while back and lost both, so I was really determined to come out and throw strikes and see what I could do to help the team and try and get a win,â&#x20AC;? Bycroft said.

Bycroft was coming off a workman-like domination of Osawatomie last Wednesday and took the mound with plenty of confidence.

It showed in the first inning. Bycroft quickly retired the first three batters, 1-2-3.

The second frame was more of a struggle for the young right-hander.

Bycroft surrendered three runs and Iola fell behind 3-0.

The offense responded in support of their leader.

Four straight batters reached base to begin the bottom of the second inning and Lance Daniels notched an RBI single to center field to put the team on the board.

Justice Pugh followed Danielsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at-bat with an RBI on a fielderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice.

That brought up the top of the order. Daylon Splane reached on a Burlington error to tie the game at three.

Bycroft helped himself out with an RBI single and after two innings, Iola had a 4-3 lead.

The teams exchanged scoreless third innings and in the fourth frame, the rivalry sparks began to fly.

With two outs and two runners on base, an offspeed pitch from Bycroft clipped a Burlington batter and the batter began to trot down to first base on the hit-by-pitch, content to load the bases.

Iola second baseman Derek Bycroft readies to catch a throw by catcher Nic Zimmerman. The Burlington runner was able to elude Bycroftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tag and successfully steal second in Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game one win. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA The Burlington coaching staff, however, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t share their playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s calmness and began to yell into the Iola dugout, claiming that Bycroft had been directed to hit their batter.

Bycroft and the Indian coaches clearly disagreed with the Burlington assessment of the situation and the umpires spoke with the coaches from each team before the game was allowed to continue.

Bycroft got the next batter to pop out to end the threat and keep the lead at 4-3, but was still bothered by the accusation made by the Burlington third base coach, who had coached Bycroftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traveling team when the Iola star was younger.

Instead of going straight back to his dugout, Bycroft walked to home plate and again expressed to the umpire that he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intend to hit the Burlington player.

Despite Bycroft not allowing a run in the inning, the onus was again on the offense to defend its pitcher.

And again, they responded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We showed a little bit of growth and a whole lot of heart and I am really proud of the guys,â&#x20AC;?

Rick Vink said.

With the top of the order leading off the inning, Splane shot a double off of the fence in left field.

Bycroft let his bat finish the conversation with Burlington. He doubled to right field to score Splane. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daylon and Derek hit two good gappers to the fence,â&#x20AC;? Rick Vink said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That really lit us up.â&#x20AC;?

Center fielder Isaac Vink put a single into left field to keep the line moving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Isaac was hitting the ball hard all night but couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find a hole,â&#x20AC;?

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Rick Vink said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He stroked one to left field there, though.â&#x20AC;?

Catcher Nic Zimmerman hit a single to right field and Bycroft scored to make it 6-3.

After Kane Rogers had a near-double down the right field line called foul, Burlington was able to strike out the Iola clean-up hitter.

Third baseman Ethan Tavarez picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly to plate Vink.

Pugh later scored as he pinch-ran for Vink and the Indians took an 8-3 lead into the final inning.

Burlington was able

to get one run back in the fifth, but Bycroft finished his complete game and the Indians notched an 8-4 win. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We felt really good with Derek pitching,â&#x20AC;?

Rick Vink said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew he could give us five solid innings.â&#x20AC;?

HAPPY HOSTS The Indians will host the Zone 4 Tournament beginning Sunday in Humboldt. Iola is the No. 2 seed in the bracket with Marion as the top seed.

The tournament will begin with three games on Sunday with Iola playing against No. 3

seed Fort Scott.

If the Indians can win that first game they will play again at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

The double elimination tournament will conclude with consola-

tion bracket play next Tuesday and the championship game being played next Wednesday.

A full bracket with all the game times and match-ups can be found on page B4.

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