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Celebrating an IHS icon Ceremony to honor retired administrator, science teacher
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on Bain’s DNA is embedded in Iola High School. He taught science there for six years, the last two as assistant principal. He then served a dozen more as principal, then 14 as superintendent of schools — 32 years in all. He’s also a 1951 Iola High School graduate who then followed up with his associates degree from Iola Junior College, when it was still on the high school’s third floor. “I think I’ve spent more time in that building than anybody,” he joked. On top of that, he coached basketball for two years, and brags of hiring another IHS icon who eventually took his old teaching job in the chemistry lab, long-time track coach, Marv Smith. Bain’s lifelong dedication to all things Iola will be recognized Friday, in between
Retired teacher and school administrator Don Bain, shown here speaking at an event last week to honor Iola High School’s first-ever girls basketball team, will get his turn in the spotlight Friday, when he’s recognized for his 32 years of service to USD 257. Seated next to Bain is Nan Yokum, coach of the first Fillies basketball team. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN the high school girls and boys basketball games. “Don Bain: A Lifetime of Honors Night” will be hosted by his daughters, Jan Sigg and Jenise Wade. The ceremony should begin around 7 p.m. Bain suspects he knows
why the school is raising such a commotion now. “My nosy daughters got into my computer,” he explained. Years ago, before wife Gerry died, she asked her husband a simple request. “She made me write my
own obituary,” he said. “She says, ‘I don’t know all the things you belong to, all the things you do.’ So I wrote one up.” Fast forward a few years, when his daughters found
Fatality wrecks minutes apart YATES CENTER — Wintry weather made for a catastrophic day in Woodson County Wednesday, with a pair of fatality accidents occurring 11 minutes apart. Laura L. Hegwald, 47, was killed in the wreck, just south of Yates Center on U.S. 75 at 7:44 a.m. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Hegwald was southbound when she lost control of her 2007 Buick, which collided with the rear of a pickup driven by Michelle L. Lever, 38, Neodesha. Lever was unhurt in the accident. Both drivers were wearing seat belts, according to KHP. The second occurred at 7:55, when a van driven by Jeffrey A. Frericks, 52, Marshalltown, Iowa, lost control on U.S. 54, about two miles
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Tech center to add nursing courses By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
LAHARPE — Nursing classes will be introduced in the fall at LaHarpe Regional Rural Technical Center. Ray Maloney, who owns the old Diebolt Lumber complex that now houses RRTC’s classes, announced the new program Wednesday at the LaHarpe City Council meet-
ing. As with the welding, construction trades, and wind farm technology courses, the nursing curriculum will be taught by area college instructors. This marks the fourth consecutive year a new program will be introduced to the tech center. Construction trades were offered in 2016, the year the
center opened. Welding courses were added in year two; wind farm classes this year. Maloney credited Iola High School counselor Melissa Stiffler for her work to get the nursing program started at RRTC. “She wouldn’t give up,” Maloney said. “She’s just like a bulldog.” Stacey Fager, USD 257 suSee RRTC | Page A5
Students with the construction trades class work on building a mini home. COURTESY PHOTO
College takes leading role with innovations in online learning By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register
Sherry Phelan, dean of Online Academic Affairs for Allen Community College, presents during the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday on the importance of instructional design in internetbased courses. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG
The fires of progress are burning hot on the administrative end at Allen Community College, especially when it comes to implementing innovations in online learning. Connected with internetbased courses at ACC, Sherry Phelan, Dean of Online Academic Affairs — along with Rebecca Bilderback and Kattia Andrews — gave a presentation on the importance of instructional design. This pertains to what course websites look like and how students interact with them, including making sites accessible to those with disabilities. Phelan explained, for instance, how things like homepage aesthetics and highlighted
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links can make a website more user-friendly, and guide one to course content more easily. As she explained, “instructional design is sometimes called an art because there’s a lot of the creative process that goes into building learning experiences for students.” She also showcased examples of how good course design involves what scholars call “multimodality,” moving beyond just reading and writing in print alone, to building presentations, making digital objects, watching video and more. Phelan showed as well how good course design involves moving beyond using only standardized testing measures like quizzes and tests, and emphasized how impor-
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