Monday, October 12, 2020
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LaHarpe digs new pump track By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin as a divided Senate charges ahead on President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and cement a conservative court majority before Election Day. Barrett, a federal appeals court judge, will tell the Senate Judiciary Committee that she is “forever grateful” for Ginsburg’s
LAHARPE — The first of a number of community projects kicked off over the weekend, with a team of volunteers gathering to help build a new pump track for bicycling enthusiasts. The group worked at the LaHarpe City Park Saturday and Sunday to mold an elaborate series of berms, rollers and tabletop fixtures, all made out of dirt. By Sunday afternoon, the entire track was laid, with most of the remaining work centered on contouring and compacting the dirt. Once complete — one or two more work days will soon be scheduled — the track is geared to become a popular destination for cyclists of varying skill levels. There have been several hands in helping turn the track into reality, made possible from a People For Bikes grant, as well as a recent “In Our Backyard” fund drive that also helped pay for the 2019 LaHarpe Days Celebration and new benches at the park. Upcoming projects in-
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Volunteers started work Saturday to place a new pump track for bicycles at the LaHarpe City Park. Among the volunteers was Ben Alexander, owner of Southwind Cycle and Outdoors, shown here using a skid steer to help move several piles of dirt for the track. PHOTOS COURTESY OF DAMARIS KUNKLER
Debate-site COVID cases sow doubt on indoor events By JENNIFER A. DLOUHY, ARI NATTER and MARK NIQUETTE
WASHINGTON — A coronavirus outbreak among attendees at last week’s presidential debate in Cleveland — and 11 near-misses from people denied entry because of positive test results — is stoking questions about the safety of convening another in-person session. The health risks are central to any more go-rounds between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, with the
commission overseeing the forums canceling the Thursday event after the Trump campaign balked at a newly proposed virtual format. Trump and at least five aides and advisers involved in preparing him for the Cleveland debate have been diagnosed with COVID-19, along with 11 construction workers and members of the media who were barred from the site after testing positive. The final debate, scheduled for Oct. 22 in Nashville, Tennessee, will go on, the Commission on Presidential See DEBATE | Page A2
A new series of decorations adorns the entryway to the Geneva cemetery. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG
Geneva’s infamous, glorious genesis Trevor Hoag Just Prairie Geneva’s memory is deep, with roots stretching back to the very beginnings of white settlement in Allen County. Richard Fuqua (pronounced Fu-qway) set up shop to trade with the indigenous people of the area before Geneva and its sister city, Neosho Falls, had even come into being, in his cabin on a rocky hill beside a now almost-dry
The Geneva Presbyterian Academy aspired to be a great educational center. bend in the river. Fuqua and his family arrived in the deathly frigid winter of 1855, bringing along with them about 60 head of cattle, and he took advantage of a nearby labyrinth of
limestone that formed natural “chutes” to drive them to slaughter. Running my hand along the pale stone formations one fall afternoon, I dreamed them there, the cattle pressing roughly through various apertures, calling loudly, perhaps already smelling the blood of others. And above the din were the Fuquas, driving and prodding, east of the derelict log cabin that had once been their home. While at the cabin as well, which had already been abandoned by the time early colonists arrived at Geneva, See GENEVA | Page A4
Parking lot pandemonium Around 6 p.m. Saturday, local law officers engaged in a traffic stop near G&W Foods in Iola. After pulling into the grocery store parking lot, according to witnesses, a drug-related arrest took place. The passenger, a woman, reportedly resisted arrest and was tased by police after removing her hands from view. The black vehicle pictured belonged to those stopped. Both driver and passenger were arrested and taken to the Allen County Jail. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG
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