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The Weekender Saturday, January 25, 2014
‘Souper’ Sunday on deck By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
Matt Stuckey figures participants in a fundraiser Sunday at Wesley United Methodist Church will have more than 40 soup recipes to savor. “And, when they get done, even with a small helping, everyone will be full,” said Lori Cooper. “No one ever leaves hungry.” Stuckey and Cooper work with the church’s youth group, which often draws 60 or more kids. The fifth annual “Souper” Chef Challenge will raise See SOUPER | Page A4
Presidio Brass entertained area band students during a clinic at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Thursday. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET
No contest plea in Chanute case ERIE — Brian Shields pleaded no contest to January 2013 felony murder of Cristy Wiles, Chanute, in Neosho County District Court here on Thursday. The plea comes after his co-defendant, Michelle Vo o r h e e s , pleaded no contest Jan. 15 to a charge of second-degree murder and agreed to testify against Brian Shields Shields, the Chanute Tribune reported. Neosho County Attorney Linus Thuston told the court See CASE | Page A4
A LESSON FROM PRESIDIO BRASS:
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
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ractice, practice, practice. Band students have been told this time and time again. Presidio Brass, a professional brass quintet from San Diego, drilled this lesson during a clinic with area high school band students. Marmaton Valley, Humboldt and Iola band students gathered in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center band room Thursday morning to hear music and learn more about playing from Presidio Brass. Scott Sutherland started the quintet eight years ago. The group has traveled to 40 states, Canada and China. They enjoy teaching students along the way. “We try to couple our performances with clinics,” Sutherland said. “So please pick our brains.” Each performer brings a unique story and talent to the group. Some of the members teach at colleges, one played
for Broadway shows and cruise ships. The performers all knew they wanted to be musicians at different ages. “We can all remember the moment we had the light bulb go off in our head,” Dr. T.J. Tesh said.
Tractor pull may be in offing
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STATE NEWS
Progressives rally at Kansas statehouse By JOHN HANNA Associated Press
By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
About 14 years ago Mike Hueston got hooked on the sport of tractor pulling. “I went to a garden tractor pull and I got bit,” Hueston, Iola paramedic and firefighter from Mapleton, told Iola Rotarians Thursday. His enthusiasm was stoked further when he found a garden tractor at a garage sale and began refitting it for pulling. Now he has half a dozen, all of which he has reconfigured for the sport. Hueston gave club members, who are considering sponsorship of a pulling event with the small tractors, an idea of what they may have to do. Iola Rotarians are spon-
Members passed along some helpful tips. “We want to give you practicing tools you can use,” Tesh said. “You
Mike Hueston told Iola Rotarians about pulling with garden tractors, an event that may find its way to Iola soon. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON
sors of the Neil Westervelt Memorial Car Show at the Allen County Fair and will add sponsorship of a barbecue cook-off this summer. The fair didn’t have a cook-off in 2013 for the first time in years. They thought adding a garden tractor pull would make the first day of the fair all that more appealing. That apparently won’t happen this year. The fair has a two-day rodeo scheduled,
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which means there won’t be space for a pull. An alternative may be a pull at another time, or it is possible that another venue might be identified. HUESTON is vice president and promoter of the Bourbon County Garden Tractor Pulling Association, which he said would be eager to work with Rotarians to bring the sport to See TRACTOR | Page A4
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Critics of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and the GOPdominated state government’s conservative leanings rallied Thursday at the Statehouse, promising sustained protests and get-outthe vote efforts. Nearly 200 people participated in the event staged by the Wichita-based group Kansas People’s Action, including union officials, environmentalists, advocates for immigrants and liberal community organizers. They later converged outside Brownback’s office on the second floor, delivering a poster-sized yellow card demanding a state government
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“that works for all of us.” Their causes included additional funding for public schools and an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program, providing health coverage for the poor and disabled, as contemplated by the federal health overhaul. They were critical of massive personal income tax cuts enacted at Brownback’s urging, viewing them as favoring the wealthy. Organizers promised several more events through mid-May and distributed cards asking rally participants to commit to volunteer or donate money. “We are looking for a new dawn, because a new day is coming,” said the Rev. CarSee RALLY | Page A4
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