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Executive actions could hit both sides in presidential race By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — While the White House has condemned Donald Trump’s call for a ban on Muslim immigrants as “disqualifying” and “toxic,” President Barack Obama may have only himself to blame if a President Trump ever succeeds in putting his plan, or some version of it, into action. In his efforts to work around Congress, Obama has made the aggressive use of executive power, particularly on immigration, an increasingly effective and politically accepted presidential tool. While legal scholars are divided on whether Obama has accelerated or merely continued a drift of power toward the executive branch, there’s little debate that he’s paved a path for his successor. Depending on who that is, many Obama backers could rue the day they cheered his “pen-and-phone” cam-
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McKinley Elementary School kindergartners showed off their singing, dancing and acting skills at Thursday’s “Mickey’s Christmas” concert at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Among the performers, above from left, were Dylan Hazen, Evie Schooler, Colton Thompson, Branton Varney and Roger Fell as assorted Disney characters. At left, from left, are Raiden Stowell, Isabella Hall and Reed Clift. The USD 257 holiday concert season wraps up next week at the Bowlus, with Jefferson Elementary School’s show at 7 p.m. Tuesday and the Iola Middle School band concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday. REGISTER/RICHARD
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Elks food basket planning takes shape By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Aimee Callaway had a basket of food, complete with ham, potatoes, fruit and other items, enough to stock a pantry for a week or longer. She just couldn’t get the recipient to open the door to accept it when they arrived. “We knocked on the door, but she was very skeptical,” Callaway recalled. It wasn’t until Callaway tossed a soccer ball — a part of the gift basket — to the woman’s son. The family had been nominated to receive an Iola Elks food basket for Christmas last year. The mother’s eyes brightened. Then moistened. Her lip began to quiver. “Her son was so excited, and she started crying,” Callaway said. “It was just overwhelming for her to even think that somebody was thinking about them. We just told her son some angel told us he needed that soccer ball.” The episode perfectly encapsulates what the Elks Lodge strives to do each Christmas. “The ones who don’t exSee ELKS | Page A3
paign to get past Republican opposition in Congress. The unilateral steps he took to raise environmental standards, tighten gun control measures and ease the threat of deportation for millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally, may serve as precedent for moves they won’t cheer. “Unfortunately I think the bill will come due for many Democrats,” said Jonathon Turley, a George Washington University law professor. “In a future administration, they will hear the same arguments played back to them as they watch a different president go after a different set of priorities.” Candidates from both parties have shown they see the political advantage to promising fast, executive action. Hillary Clinton has vowed to go further than Obama — without a vote in Congress — on making changes to gun control, imSee ACTIONS | Page A3
Dudley’s moves operation indoors By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
For years folks have flocked to Marshall Barnhart’s Dudley’s Done Right barbecue stand on North State Street. Sometime in early January — he hopes it’s Jan. 5 — Barnhart will have expanded offerings at 2402 N. State, a building that has held one restaurant or another for 40 years. “It all depends on when we get all the state inspections done,” Barnhart said, which may be prolonged by Christmas and New Years holidays. The location started as a steakhouse, was a go-to pizza place for years, went back to steaks and traditional fare and then, for a short time before it closed earlier this year, was enveloped by the odor of Italian cooking. Now, it will be good old American barbecue, Barnhart said, and the decor is a dead giveaway that is what friends — exactly what Barnhart wants them to be — will find. Once he decided to make the move, Barnhart prowled Ray’s Metal Depot yard, snatching up old license plates and car parts to accentuate the dining area. He found signs and other decorative pieces in local antiques malls. In a salute to localism, Barnhart pledged from the start to buy everything he could locally for the make-
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Marshall Barnhart hopes to complete Dudley’s Done Right Barbecue’s move to its new home at 2402 N. State St. in Iola by early January. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON over, “and I have,” he said. “Lyndsay Ellis was a big help with the decorating.” Regulars gush about his barbecued brisket, pulled pork, chicken and turkey. They’ll have more to choose from in the sit-down eatery. Does barbecued baloney — bologna for purists —and ba-
con-wrapped meatloaf sound enticing? How about freshmade Susi-Q or French-fried potatoes? Maybe a helping of onion peels. Every couple of weeks diners who don’t mind being a little piggish will be encouraged to enter the Dudley’s potato-eating contest. Hefty
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potatoes, piled with butter, sour cream, chives, what have you, will be placed on one — or more — of three elevated tables decorated with car bumpers and lights. Contestants, with hands secured behind their backs, will mount See DUDLEY’S | Page A6
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