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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
More to dairy than just cows
HUMBOLDT COUNCIL
Humboldt to help with laundromat By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
Jason Strickler arranges part of a display of awards and memorabilia to recognize Ivan and Madge Strickler. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON
Tours to show makings of a successful business By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
A devastating fire two years ago left a large portion of the Strickler Dairy farm in shambles. “I felt so good that people were happy to see us rebuild,” said Steve Strickler, a partner in the dairy, Monday afternoon.
The community support is in large measure why Strickler Dairy is hosting Farm-City Days festivities this weekend. The Strickler spread was among the first farms toured when the annual fall festival unfolded 43 years ago and included a farm tour. Strickler had planned to host a FarmCity Days tour of the farm in 2012, before the fire intervened.
Patient isolated at KU hospital for Ebola watch KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Officials at the University of Kansas Hospital say a man being treated in isolation is considered at low to moderate risk of having contracted the Ebola virus. Chief medical officer Dr. Lee Norman says the patient came to the hospital Monday morning with significant weakness and diarrhea. The man also said he had previously had a fever. But Norman also said it was
encouraging that the man did not have a fever nor internal bleeding — two symptoms of Ebola. Norman said the man was being rehydrated and regaining strength. The man worked recently as a medic on a commercial ship off Africa’s west coast. Norman said he had been exposed to typhoid, but that it’s unknown if he was also exposed to Ebola. Norman said results of blood tests are expected today.
The Farm-City Days tours start at 3 p.m. Saturday. TOURS WILL reveal a modern-day operation. The dairy is a highly technical and involved industry that is more than herding cows into a barn and attaching milking machines. “I know a lot of people go to See STRICKLER | Page A6
HUMBOLDT — Humboldt council members voted Monday night to give a helping hand to Don Leapheart to open a laundromat at 612 Bridge St. Leapheart, recently retired Iola fire chief, operates a coin laundry in Iola, Soap and Suds, and said he thought Humboldt a was ripe location for another since the town had none. To accommodate 10 washers and 10 dryers, Leapheart said he needed larger utility lines, which led to a request for assistance. The decision was to permit Leapheart to purchase through the city about $4,000 worth of materials to install larger water, sewer and gas lines, with the city standing cost of labor with its employees. Leapheart said he was confident the business would be a success, but if not promised to reimburse the city for labor costs. He anticipates
opening the laundry in February or March. Humboldt’s support came on a unanimous vote. Linda Guiot, a representative of Eagle Med air ambulance service, told about a plan by which families may pay $65 a year and then receive free transport (above whatever insurance pays) if the service is required for illness or accident. Guiot said a single helicopter flight costs more than $25,000, and that many health insurance plans don’t cover all of that expense. She asked Humboldt to permit residents to purchase a membership in the air ambulance program by way of utility bills, which would reduce annual cost to $60. She also pointed out that companies and some cities enroll employees and their families as a work-related benefit. City Administrator Cole Herder asked council members to defer action a month, while he looked into whether having Eagle Med premiums See HUMBOLDT | Page A3
USD 258
Special ed struggling for funding By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
HUMBOLDT — Special education funding continues to prove troublesome for area schools, including those in Humboldt, USD 258 Board of Education members were told Monday. Board member Helen Harrington, the district’s representative on the ANW Special Education Board of
Directors, spoke at Monday’s regular USD 258 board meeting. She told her fellow board members to expect the co-op to ask for additional funding from its member districts. “Special education is struggling for money,” Harrington said. “Funding has gone down, and government mandates have gone up.” The cooperative provides special education services for school districts in Allen, Neosho and Woodson counties.
The funding plight has made it difficult for ANW to provide raises for its paraprofessionals, Harrington said. ANW paraprofessionals recently received a 13-cent increase to their hourly wages, Harrington said. “It’s almost embarrassing. He’s (Robert Coleman, executive director of ANW) doing the best he can with what he has. He works hard to make See USD 258 | Page A6
USD 257
Opportunities open up for Crossroads By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
It has been a year since Crossroads Learning Center packed up and headed down the road to Iola. Crossroads Director Tim Seibel updated USD 257 Board of Education members Monday night on the program’s transition to the old school board office on North Cottonwood. There are currently 26 students in the program. Seibel said students come to Crossroads for a variety of reasons. Many students have family or social issues at home. Some are super motivated and want to finish school quicker. Others are
not interested in the typical high school scene. “These students don’t come to us due to lack of intelligence,” he said. “It’s for other situations.” Seibel said the first couple of weeks at the new building took some adjustment. At the old building in Gas there were four instructors and now there are only two. The building isn’t as large, but they manage. Seibel said out of the 26 students in the program 11 have jobs. A few students went with Seibel and high school principal Stacey Fager to Precision Pump recently to view the facility and See USD 257 | Page A6
Quote of the day Vol. 116, No. 245
Allen music concert Allen Community College is having its fall concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center auditorium. It will feature the Devils Fyre Vocal Jazz Ensemble, the ACC Jazz Band, the ACC Concert Choir, and the ACC Concert Band. Admission is free. The concert will feature a “Tribute to the 60s.” It will not only feature classic hits from the 1960s but also from the 1860s. REGISTER/KAYLA
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