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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Tech ed center taking shape County
considers upgrade projects
By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
LAHARPE — Classes will start in less than six weeks — Aug. 22, to be precise — and most of the pieces are in place for the grand opening of the much-anticipated regional technical education center. Ray Maloney, who owns the former Diebolt Lumber Company buildings that will serve as the tech ed center’s home base east of LaHarpe, is putting the finishing touches to ensure the building is ready for students. He will be among the organizers hosting “From Students To Workforce,” a public introduction to the tech ed center at 8 a.m. Monday. Organizers have planned a light breakfast and community conversation about “this new gem in our educational system,” according to a flyer touting the event. The session is geared to accumulate public input on student recruitment and retention to the local workforce. In addition to Maloney, who also owns Ray’s Metal Depot in LaHarpe, the event will be cohosted by Thrive Allen County, the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce, Fort
By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
a large garage door for an interior wall was removed and replaced with a smaller opening to allow construction of a second-floor office area; and the interior wall was substantially thickened to effectively turn what
Allen County has $2.5 million, give or take, lying in a pigeon hole of its general fund. The money was an unexpected windfall from the substantial increase in the county’s assessed valuation — from a little less than $100 million to $141 million — almost exclusively because of the recent construction of the Enbridge Pipeline that passes through the county. That reserve, surplus or whatever name is attached, has given commissioners time to plan for its insertion in the 2017 budget. At Tuesday’s meeting Commissioner Tom Williams asked Mitch Garner, director of Public Works, to provide a list of infrastructure projects — roads, build-
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Ray Maloney looks over the interior of a newly upgraded classroom at what will be a new technical education center in what formerly was a Diebolt Lumber Co. storage building. A community conversation about the tech ed center, which opens next month, will be at 8 a.m. Monday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Scott and Allen community colleges and Iola-USD 257, Marmaton Valley-USD 256 and Uniontown-USD 235. Maloney, as he has been the past several weeks, spent much of Tuesday evening wrapping up “punch list” items to ensure the building is ready for classes.
The 20,000-square-foot facility has undergone substantial changes since the last public event, an open house in late April. Electric service was added throughout the building; barren plywood walls were straightened and covered with fire-proof Sheetrock;
Gas City Council discusses new fireworks ordinance GAS — Gas City Council members will take a closer look in the coming months on developing a fireworks policy within city limits. Prior to this year, the city had no such ordinances, City Clerk Rhonda Hill told the Register. And when the city adopted a series of ordinances earlier this year — a routine matter — they did so, not knowing there were sections regulating fireworks usage. “It wasn’t a big deal,” Hill said. “It’s just something that needs cleaned up.” Council members tabled
an onging discussion about a requested water rate increase from Iola, which supplies water to Gas. At issue is the contract between Iola and Gas, which limits the number of times Iola can raise the price of water it sells. Iola has increased rates six times since 2001, the threshold set by the 30-year contract. However, Iola wants to raise rates again, prompting its efforts to renegotiate the pact.
From left, Haley Carlin, Lexie Vega and Gabriella Lampe pretend to audition for a role in front of Simon Cowell for a singing competition. Carlin sang “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” Vega, “Old McDonald” and Lampe, “Frere Jacques” as part of their Children’s Summer Theater Workshop exercise. REGISTER/JASON TIDD
Iola Municipal Band — Since 1871 —
At the bandstand Jake Ard, director Thursday, July 14, 2016 8 p.m. PROGRAM
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Imaginations run wild at CSTW By JASON TIDD The Iola Register
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nly at the Children’s Summer Theatre Workshop can an elderly lady be found hitchhiking to a “One Direction” concert at 3 a.m. while talking about “way back in 1984.” And Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the Bowlus, the public can be treated to the witty writing, acting and improvisation of Iola’s young talent at “Saturday Morning Live.”
CSTW, a theater workshop for students from 3rd through 9th grades, is entering its 20th year of educating local youth in the arts. Lessons include improvisational theater games, voice projection and expression, character development, line memorization, performance in front of peers, playwriting, pantomime, body movement, the audition process and theater technology. At the workshops held in the Iola Community Theatre Warehouse, students fill the
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stage with their own imaginations. In one improvisation game, called “taxi cab” or “hitchhiker,” participants are given a reason for why they are in the “car,” with four chairs representing the four seats of a car. A “hitchhiker” is picked up, playing a persona, and the rest of the car takes on characters that fit with the hitchhiker’s. One such scenario was “driving to the first day of See CSTW | Page A6
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