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Storrer graduates twice on same day

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Several high school and college graduates donned caps and gowns and walked across the stage as part of the pomp and circumstance on Saturday.

Brooklyn Storrer did it twice.

Barely four hours before she lined up with her fellow Iola High School seniors for Saturday’s commencement ceremony, Storrer was among Allen Community College’s Class of 2017.

She earned her associate in arts degree Saturday morning at the Allen commencement, ran home long enough to grab some lunch, and then returned to the high school for that ceremony.

Storrer, daughter of Robert and Gina Storrer, earned the doubleheader by enrolling in dual credit classes while at IHS. “After a while, I figured I might as well and go all the way and do this (college) course in two years,” she said shortly before the ACC ceremony.

With her high school diploma in her left hand and her associate degree in her right, Storrer will head to Lawrence in the fall to enroll at the University of Kansas.

Iola High School Class of 2017 commencement ceremony.

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By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

The trumpets of the Iola High School band sounded as 67 seniors graduated in a ceremony Saturday at Iola High School.

Senior class speaker Sydney Wade addressed students on memories made throughout a lifetime. The IHS singers performed a rendition of “Over the Rainbow.”

Twenty-four special awards were distributed. Many of the students received multiple awards.

Gage Cleaver was awarded the McFadden Scholarship, the Edward B. Zahn FFA Scholarship and named as a Kansas Scholars Curriculum completer. Sydney Wade was awarded the LaHarpe High

Iolan Brooklyn Storrer, above, gets a hug from Allen Community College Trustee Mary Kay Heard during commencement ceremonies at the college. Later that day, Storrer received her high school diploma at the Iola High School commencement.

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School Alumni Association Scholarship, the Jim and Lily Knight Scholarship, the Pittsburg State Scholarship and was named as a Kansas Scholars Curriculum completer.

This year’s graduating class had four valedictorians; Sydney Wade, Benjamen Cooper, Alexis Heslop and Riley Murry. Chase Regehr was named salutatorian.

Foreign exchange students Francisco Barria-Foschino and Sofi Generi earned honorary diplomas.

Ten students received scholarships to Allen Community College; Benjamen Cooper, Sierra Cunningham, Morgan DelaCruz, Ryan Eyster, Alexis Heslop, Megan Klubek, Dacoda Settlemyer, Caleb Spencer, Taylor Stout and Aaron Terhune.

Humboldt seniors reflect on succeses

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Makalah McCall glanced into the crowd, spotted her parents, flashed a smile and clinched her fist in a victory sign on Saturday afternoon.

She had good reason, having just won the Warren and Shirley Breiner Scholarship, a $10,000 grant that will help the Humboldt High grad in her quest to be a nurse practitioner. The scholarship was McCall’s

third announced at commencement exercises. She also won the Humboldt Lions Club and Nina McGee Fellers scholarships.

She will attend Neosho County Community College this fall to play basketball and study nursing, then continue her education at Pittsburg State. McCall also plans to join the Navy as a nurse.

Rayce Hoepker, who will play basketball at Allen Community College, Annalise Whitcomb, who will attend Fort Scott Commu-

nity College on a volleyball scholarship, and Kira McReynolds, who is bound for Kansas State University to pursue a veterinary career, were co-valedictorians of the class of 2017, each with 4.0 grade point averages. Hoepker was recognized by the Lions Club for being the top-ranked boy; Whitcomb and McReynolds by the G.A.L.S.-F.C.E. for tying as the top girl. McReynolds also won the Monarch AcaSee HUMBOLDT | Page A4

Humboldt High School commencement speakers Levi Habiger and Annalise Whitcomb. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON

A tough path for lawmakers

By SAM ZEFF Kansas News Service

When Kansas lawmakers started this legislative session in January, most agreed that comity was back, partnerships would be forged and work would get done.

That was then and this is now.

A trio of challenges re-

Little Oscars Iola High School alumnus Danielle Venter, above, joined former classmate Jordan Garcia as hosts of the 52nd Annual Little Oscars Awards on Friday. At right, siblings Braden, left, and Josie Plumlee perform a bearded rendition of an old Kentucky folk song. For more pictures go to the Register’s Facebook page.

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Obituary Reed Beaman Reed E. Beaman lost his courageous battle with cancer on April 25, 2017.

Reed is survived by his wife of 53 years, Sue; children Cozetta (Kris), Darvin (Lisa) and Sheldon (Kara); 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; siblings Charles (Jean) Reed Beaman Beaman, Dennis Beaman, Shirley (Don) Stewart and Geneva (Jim) Dixon; along with many wonderful nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents and seven siblings.

Reed was born Sept. 29, 1941, in Fort Scott, to George and Ruth Beaman. He graduated from Moran High School then enlisted in the Navy where he served four years. After he left the service, he married his high school sweetheart and moved to California to start their family in 1964.

Reed worked construction for Local 139 for almost 30 years, 20 of those years with Paul Wright Construction. Additionally, he earned his contractor’s license and built houses, including his family’s current home. Reed was a tireless worker who unretired to work 10 more years at Old Adobe School District in Petaluma, Calif.

Reed was a family man who loved spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Known for his big smile, boisterous laugh and generous heart, Reed was a friend to everyone he met and the life of every party. He loved to travel, play cards and square dance with his wife and many friends. His many jokes and stories will be greatly missed from those lucky enough to meet him. Reed was a dedicated Pit Master of the local horseshoe chapter and spent many hours at the park with his dog Scooter.

A Celebration of Life will be at 2 p.m. on June 24, at Old Fellows Hall in Santa Rosa, Calif. Memorial contributions can be made to Sonoma County Horseshoes (707) 538-3128 kcslus@sbcglobal.net

By KELVIN CHAN The Associated Press

HONG KONG (AP) — Experts are trying to figure out who’s behind a global “ransomware”software cyberattack that shut down hundreds of thousands of computers around the world by exploiting a software vulnerability.

Some details about the “WannaCry” attack, which emerged late Friday, and what you can do to stay safe: HOW THE VIRUS WORKS

Cybersecurity experts say the worm affects computers using Microsoft operating systems and takes advantage of a vulnerability in the software to spread the infection.

“WannaCry” is particularly malicious because it takes just one person to click on an infected link or email attachment to cause the virus to spread to other machines on the same network.

Infected computers are frozen and display a big message in red informing users, “Oops, your files have been encrypted!” and demanding about $300 in online bitcoin payment. Vic-

Sorosis club members share favorites Sorosis Club members met last Monday at Mary Ann MagnusonPatterson’s home.

Ardith Harris and Marjorie Mentzer were co-hostesses.

Susan Emmons was

the club’s guest.

Mary Kay Heard, who celebrated her birthday, led a game in which participants listed their favorite quote, the tallest building they’d ever been in, and their favorite dish

Price Chopper to build new store in Fort Scott FORT SCOTT — A Price Chopper grocery is expected to open in Fort Scott by the end of the year.

Project cost is estimated at $9.5 million.

According to FortScott.Biz, an online news service, Price Chopper will occupy the former Woods Supermarket property, which closed last November after being a part of the Fort Scott business community since 2000.

The Fort Scott Woods store was one of 12, the other 11 being in Missouri where the company began in 1947.

Fort Scott commissioners approved an ordinance May 2 making the prop-

erty containing the Woods store an enterprise zone, and thus making the Price Chopper eligible for tax increment financing for 20 years.

That is expected to give Price Chopper a $1.8 million tax advantage.

Kim Bell, Fort Scott’s bond attorney, said other taxing units — Bourbon County, Fort Scott Community College and the local school district — would have 30 days to weigh in on creation of the enterprise zone.

Fort Scott officials said the enterprise zone will encourage other retail businesses to locate near the supermarket, on the west side of the city.

Today in history On this day in 1942, gasoline rationing began in 17 Eastern states as an attempt to help the American war effort during World War II. By the end of the year, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had ensured that mandatory gasoline rationing was in effect in all 50 states.

Also in 1942, Lieutenant Ronald Reagan, a cavalry officer, applied for reassignment to the Army Air Force, where he would eventually put his thespian background to use on World War II propaganda films.

1942 was a busy year

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as a bill establishing a women’s corps in the U.S. Army became law, creating the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAACs) and granting women official military status.

Recorded as a duet with the great Stevie Wonder, “Ebony And Ivory” took the top spot in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and didn’t relinquish it until seven weeks later.

In 1973 California Angel Nolan Ryan struck out 12 Kansas City Royals and walked three to pitch the first no-hitter of his career.

to take to a gathering.

The next meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 11 at Beverly Franklin’s home.

Kathy Haar and Maxine Perkins will serve as co-hostesses. Harris will lead the program.

tims have only hours to pay the ransom, which rises to $600 before the files are destroyed.

Money has been trickling in, according to a Twitter account monitoring bitcoin wallets linked to the attacks, with victims paying nearly $39,000

by Monday afternoon in Asia THE IMPACT

The worm has claimed at least 200,000 victims since Friday, according to one count

by Europol, Europe’s policing agency. Cases have been reported in 150 countries, and include Chinese gas stations, Japanese broadcasters, Indonesian and British hospitals, and German railways.

“We think AsiaPacific was impacted probably not as heavily as the European regions, but I don’t think they dodged a bullet,” said Tim Wellsmore, Asia-Pacific director for threat intelligence at FireEye, a California-based network security company. He said ransomware attacks are an everyday occurrence, and that victims tend to be small businesses that don’t have as much money to invest in cybersecurity.

Wellsmore said Asia was likely spared the brunt of the attack because of the timing.

“Just as those attacks were picking up speed, we were heading into Friday evening and turning off a lot of computer systems,” he said.

HOW CAN I PROTECT MY PC?

Computer users should patch their machines with updates from Microsoft, especially those using older versions of operating systems such as Windows XP. Microsoft did put out a patch two months ago for more recent systems, but not all users may have downloaded it. After “WannaCry,” it released an emergency patch for older systems too.

RANSOMWARE IS BIG BUSINESS

The “WannaCry” attack grabbed headlines around the world because of its scale, but it’s just one of many types of ransomware that cybersecurity experts see every day.

That’s because it’s a very easy way to make money. “It’s a business model that works and you don’t need a lot of investment to actually get a decent return,”

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Iola crews will begin spraying for mosquitoes Tuesday.

The city sprays two evenings a week, the south half of town on Tuesdays; the north half on Thursdays. Riv-

have a viable interest in agriculture and have been active at least two years with Iola FFA. This year’s awardees were Gage Cleaver, Caleb Johnson, Chase Regehr, Colton Toney, Clara Wicoff, Caitlin Dreher, Emily McKarnin, Mikaela Platt, Adam Kauth, Baylea Thompson, Alexis Poffenbarger, Baileigh Seeber and Drake Dieker.

Iola FFA students remain eligible for as long as they continue their education and meet certain requirements.

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WHO IS BEHIND THE ATTACK?

Wellsmore and other cybersecurity experts say the identity of the perpetrators is still unknown. The hackers were using tools stolen from the U.S. National Security Agency and released on the internet. The software vulnerability was purportedly first identified by the NSA for its own intelligence-gathering work.

“We don’t expect this to be a sophisticated group,” said Wellsmore.

“We expect this is a small operation that is undertaking this. They just happen to hit the motherlode.

Unfortunately for the rest of us, this thing went quite global quite quickly.”

Mosquito spraying begins Tuesday erside Park is sprayed both evenings.

The spraying mechanism, calibrated and adjusted by Van Diest Supply, is designed to emit a consistent mist, provided the vehicle

Iola FFA students receive Edward B. Zahn scholarships The Edward B. Zahn Memorial Scholarships have been awarded to 13 current and former Iola High School FFA members for the 2017-18 school year.

Richard Zahn started the scholarship in 1994 in honor of his father, Edward B. Zahn, who taught agriculture classes at IHS from 1951 to 1981.

This year, $12,500, was distributed among the qualifying applicants.

To receive consideration, a student must

said Wellsmore.

“You can buy ransomware kits on the dark web, you can buy all the tool sets you need to undertake your own ransomware campaign quiet easily,” he said, referring to an area of the internet often used for illegal activity. Would-be extortionists can launch a global campaign with little effort, yet authorities can do little because it’s very difficult to investigate, Wellsmore said.

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Voting panel right up Kobach’s alley President Trump signed an executive order late last week, according to an Associated Press dispatch, “to look at the public’s confidence in the integrity of the voting system.”

After the November election, with Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote, Trump claimed millions voted illegally.

Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, will co-chair with Vice President Mike Pence, a panel to examine allegations of improper voting and fraudulent voter registration.

A report is expected to be handed to Trump in 2018.

For much of his career as secretary of state, Kobach has searched for illegal voters in Kansas. In all that time he has come up with a couple of cases in his self-righteous campaign that has done more to depress voting than enable it. Among his approaches has been to require those who register to vote to show proof they are U.S. citizens. The outcome has been to reduce registration numbers, somewhat along racial lines.

That hasn’t deterred Kobach, who thinks aliens living in the U.S. — and Kansas — though not citizens are desperately trying to find ways to vote, even though that would expose their illegal status and lead to their deportation. Voting illegally, as it should be, is a crime. We wonder why someone would risk being hauled into court by voting illegally — gross ignorance would seem the only reason.

Meanwhile, Kobach should spend more time in Topeka tending to the duties his office entails, rather than pandering to other states’ immigration laws and kissing up to Trump in hopes of becoming the Eliot Ness of illegal voting.

In Allen County, throughout Kansas and we are sure

elsewhere in the nation we have competent local officials eager to ensure that when someone registers to vote they are within bounds of the law.

Sherrie Riebel, Allen County’s clerk and election official, spends goodness knows how many hours preparing for each election. She, and her peers, approach each election knowing one vote can make a difference. They want to be certain there are no mistakes, on their part or at the behest of someone who wants to game the system.

TRUMP won the presidency by way of the Electoral College and with that he should have been satisfied. But his ego won’t rest until he can find a way to justify his ridiculous claim that millions voted illegally, and that he should have won the popular vote.

Among the facts, his handlers were bright enough to ignore Democratic strongholds, such as California, and concentrate on winning electoral votes.

Mistakes associated with the Trump-Clinton election didn’t have to do with the way the election came off mechanically at the polls, but with missteps such as Clinton’s misguided comment belittling Trump supporters and, we may find some day, when Trump runs out of investigators to fire, what role Putin and his gang had in using social media and cyber tricks to Trump’s advantage.

We have always thought election outcomes were a true reading of what voters wanted, but in this case the disparity with the popular vote told a different story. Even so, the election is history and we must accept what occurred and live with what is to come in the weeks, months and years ahead.

— Bob Johnson

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City commissioners said use of the Little Theatre in Shepherd Park for weekday congregate meals will be discontinued if a source of revenue to pay the city’s expenses for provision of the dining area does not materialize. “It is costing the city $8 a day in park funds to provide the Little Theatre for the congregate meals,” Jim Wilson, city superintendent, noted, “and there just isn’t

money in the park budget to continue at this pace.” The American Red Cross pays the city $1.50 daily to use the facilities. ****

Robert Walden will close his furniture and appliance store at 1406 East St. following a quitting business sale and said he will use the building for a working area in his construction business.

He has operated the furniture, appliance and carpet store for about 14 years.

A victory for climate change science While much of official Washington was in an uproar Wednesday over the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s unexpected firing of FBI Director James B. Comey, another surprise was taking place with much happier result. On a 51-49 vote, the U.S. Senate blocked an effort to repeal a 2016 U.S. Department of the Interior regulation curbing releases of methane from oil and gas wells on federal land.

That was a big victory for climate change science not just because methane is a major source of greenhouse gases or that so-called “flares” from drilling sites represent a significant waste (about $330 million worth of gas per year, or enough to supply 5 million homes that’s just burned off for convenience) but because it means a majority of the Republican-controlled Senate has now staked out a position of concern over manmade climate change. And it couldn’t happen at a better time.

President Trump has threatened to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement and has said he expects to make a final decision on that matter later this month.

It’s not entirely clear which direction he may go. As a candidate, Trump was often in the outright climate change denial camp, famously suggesting at one point that it was all a Chinese hoax, but his views have been somewhat less clear since he took office. The business community does not speak with one voice of the issue — even some coal companies favor sticking with the Paris agreement if it means the U.S. invests more in developing cleaner coal technologies — and the president may be waiting to judge the political landscape.

If so, the Senate vote shows a key but often overlooked argument to stick with the international push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: national security. What produced the 51 votes was the

President Trump has often made much ado about the need to listen to his generals. He shouldn’t stop now. Historically, successful military leaders don’t ignore the best, most expert information available to them because it’s politically unpopular, they make decisions based on a clear-eyed and realistic view of the threat they face. Climate change must be understood in exactly those terms — an existential threat that the nation ignores at its peril.

support of three GOP senators who broke with their party — Lindsay Graham, Susan Collins and the most surprising of the group, John McCain. What swayed the Arizona senator who has been all over the map on energy policy over the years, from someone who endorsed greenhouse gas limits a decade ago to someone who criticized the science behind that policy in his last re-election bid?

It might have been the growing number of oil and gas wells in his region of the country and concern over their health effects and impact on air quality. But it may also have been the letter he received from a group of veterans including retired generals from the Vet Voice Foundation who view the venting as a national security threat because it reduces the nation’s natural gas reserves.

Senator McCain, who serves as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has espoused similar views in the past.

The U.S. natural gas supply is really just a tip of that particular melting iceberg. As a 2015 Pentagon report pointed out, climate change has much broader implications for defense strategies. Rising sea levels, worsening weather disasters, reduced crop yields, increased vector-borne disease and other ill effects of the warming planet are certain to make the world a more dangerous place. Countries

that can’t feed or house their populations now are going to face crises of epic proportions. Blunting some of the worst effects is not only a humane and practical approach, it could prove beneficial to U.S. security interests, saving billions of dollars and countless lives.

President Trump has often made much ado about the need to listen to his generals. He shouldn’t stop now.

Historically, successful military leaders don’t ignore the best, most expert information available to them because it’s politically unpopular, they make decisions based on a clear-eyed and realistic view of the threat they face. Climate change must be understood in exactly those terms — an existential threat that the nation ignores at its peril.

Given how Congress has been rolling back Obama era regulations with a certain glee — including many involving the environment — it is heartening to see a handful of Republican senators draw a line on the retreat. President Trump would do well to join them. After all, this isn’t about hugging trees, it’s about putting America first by standing up against ruinous energy policies that promote exploitation of finite fossil fuel resources at a terrible cost to public health and national security. It might also happen to help save the rest of the planet, too.

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How to contact your elected officials

President Donald Trump, (Republican) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C., 20500; phone (switchboard): (202) 456-1414; (comments): (202) 4561111

Gov. Sam Brownback, (Republican) Capital, 300 S.W. 10th Ave., Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590; phone: (785) 2963232; www.governor. ks.gov/comments/comment.htm

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, (Republican) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-4774; Email: www.roberts. senate.gov/public/index. cfm?p=EmailPat

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, (Republican) Russell Senate Office Building, Room 354, Washington D.C., 20510; phone: (202) 224-6521; Pittsburg: 306 N. Broadway, Suite 125, Pittsburg, KS, 66762; (620) 232-2286. Email: moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, (Republican) 130 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C., 20515; phone: (202) 225-6601; Pittsburg: 701 N. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762; phone: (620) 231-5966. Email: lynnjenkins.house.gov/ contact-me/

Sen. Caryn Tyson, (Republican) State Capitol-236 E Topeka, KS 66612 phone: (785) 2966838; e-mail: caryn. tyson@senate.ks.gov or 19984 County Rd. 1077 Parker, KS 66072 phone: (913) 898-2366

Rep. Kent Thompson, (Republican) House District No. 9, phone: (620) 496-7200 State Capitol, Room 050-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, or phone: 620-496-2255 1816 2800 St., LaHarpe, KS 66751 email: kent@iolare. kscoxmail.com

Rep. Adam Lusker, (Democrat) House District No. 2, phone: (785) 2967698 State Capitol, Room 043-S 300 SW Tenth Ave. Topeka, KS 66612, email: adam.lusker@ house.ks.gov

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State: No easy path for school funding Continued from A1

main as the Legislature on Sunday passed the 90-day mark in its session: a budget, a tax plan and a school funding formula.

But school funding is a special problem because anything the Legislature comes up with must pass muster with the Kansas Supreme Court. Educators and many lawmakers hoped most of the work on a new school funding plan would be done by now or even before first adjournment a month ago.

“I think I was optimistic at first adjournment,” says Democratic Rep. Brett Parker, a freshman legislator from Overland Park who teaches in the Olathe school district. “The last week was a little disheartening.”

Disheartening because the K-12 Budget Committee, which has been working all session on a plan, has yet to kick out a bill. Chairman Larry Campbell, a Republican from Olathe, promised a bill before the Legislature’s threeweek break in April.

The committee twice has failed to pass out a bill since lawmakers returned May 1, with its latest attempt failing Friday. Campbell again promises a completed bill and vote Monday.

But school funding has a long, hard road ahead.

In its current form, the plan would add $750 million in new money over five years. Many, but not all, members

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of the committee think that would be enough to satisfy the high court.

On Friday the committee did approve an amendment that added $21 million for at-risk students and killed a plan that would have required districts to use some of their local property tax revenue for atrisk.

The measure also restores much of the old formula that was scrapped for the block grant scheme that the courts found unconstitutional.

After the bill leaves committee, it will head to the House floor where a long and perhaps contentious debate awaits it. Some members are expected to try to get more money to school districts sooner.

For example, while many educators and lawmakers seem mostly content with an additional $750 million, they think the state Supreme Court would have trouble with the five-year time frame. Debate may focus on providing that

extra money over two or three years.

The House as a whole generally is seen as a bit more progressive than the K-12 Committee.

“If we get it on the floor, there’s a strong coalition to get a bill that’s acceptable” to moderates and Democrats, says Parker.

Indeed, Jeff King, a lawyer and former senator from Independence hired to advise the Legislature, has said the justices will see more money as better.

King also has stressed that whatever amount the Legislature provides, it might be more important to make sure it’s backed by a reliable funding stream.

“Funding that occurs today, next year, two years is more certain by definition than funding that occurs in five or six years,” King told the K-12 Committee in early May. That’s something he also has said to state Senators who are writing a funding plan. So far they’ve made little

progress and seem to be waiting for a final House bill to come over.

However, Senate leaders have suggested that the Legislature could put a lot less money into the formula and still have it gain the court’s approval.

Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning from Overland Park floated an idea Friday that would add more than $150 million in the first year and then increase every year according to the Midwest Consumer Price Index.

Denning also has suggested a surcharge on utility bills that would raise about $150 million a year.

But that reliable source of funding King has talked so much about has so far been elusive.

“I have not seen a tax plan, or heard of a tax plan, that is that robust,” Sen. John Skubal, a Republican from Overland Park, said on the Statehouse Blend Kansas podcast. “We have to have a source to make these payments.”

A couple of other sources also have been suggested, including tax increases on tobacco and alcohol.

That doesn’t sit well with many senators, including Republican Sen. John Doll from Garden City.

“Any time you take a subset of people and put the burden of them funding education, I can’t support that,” he said on Statehouse Blend Kansas.

Humboldt: Grads Continued from A1

demic Achievement Award.

John Hole II received the B&W Trailer Hitches, Inc. Scholarship. In giving the award, Joe Works, B&W owner, mentioned Hole had demonstrated mechanical and vocational expertise at Humboldt High, which led him to predict Hole had a future in manufacturing.

A number of other scholarships and awards were given to seniors during ceremonies on May 3.

At Saturday’s ceremony, students Whitcomb and Levi Habiger addressed their classmates.

“The majority of us have grown up in Humboldt, and a lot of people sitting in this room have watched us grow and develop through the years,” Whitcomb said. “For them, and us, it is hard to believe that graduation, the day that once seemed so far away, is here.”

She thanked family members and others for having helped each student accomplish what “would not have been possible without” their support.

“We should be thankful for our smalltown roots, because they are what have shaped us into who we are today,” she continued. “We get more opportunities here that other students do not get at bigger schools …

stereotypical groups such as jocks, nerds and cheerleaders do not exist.”

Speaking to those who will be seniors in the fall, and underclassmen, Whitcomb advised: “Be present at everything and do not miss out on the high school experience, because before you know it, you will be the ones sitting in these chairs …” waiting to receive a diploma. “But remember that you are the one that controls your own happiness, so choose to make the best of every day.”

“I believe that we will all be successful,” predicted Habiger. “Not once have I ever doubted any of our abilities to accomplish a huge goal.”

He admonished his peers to “take a moment and breathe. We have been so caught up with our futures that we forget to live in the present. I want us to realize that even though we are getting out into the real world, the future is never written and we cannot get so caught up with what might happen to or between us.”

As most go their separate ways, Habiger pointed out the 33 graduates “... will all still be connected … whether in our hearts or by our phones. No matter where we will be, we will all still be together.”

Graduates: Saturday ceremonies honor outgoing students Continued from A1

And, in keeping with her “work twice as hard as most mortals,” strategy, Storrer has in mind two courses of study: psychology and art.

SATURDAY’S Allen commencement featured comments from distinguished alumnus, Iolan Lonnie Larson, ACC Class of 1988.

Larson’s career path brought him to leadership roles in four local industries.

He started at Gates Rubber Company in 1976, working his way through the ranks until being named human resources manager.

He shifted gears to become plant superintendent and eventually plant manager at Russell Stover Candies when that plant opened in 1997. He worked there until 2008, when he moved to Precision Pump as materials manager. There he stayed until the company changed in hands in 2010.

Then, he moved to Kneisley Manufacturing and Sonic Industry, where he’s director of accounting, purchasing and inventory.

PERHAPS THE most remarkable aspect of Larson’s journey, ACC President John Masterson noted, was that he earned both his associate and bachelor’s degrees while working full time.

He started taking classes at Allen in 1976, but didn’t earn his associate degree for 11 years. After that, he took additional courses offered through Allen by Friends University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in human resources management

A scene from the Iola High School graduation ceremony Saturday. Above, Lonnie Larson addresses the graduating class at Allen Community College. REGISTER/SHELLIE SMITLEY AND RICHARD LUKEN via Friends in 1991, 20 years after earning his Humboldt High School diploma.

He told Saturday’s graduates his story was one of choices he made, first to eschew college altogether, then to only begrudgingly continue his education at the insistence of one of his supervisors at Gates.

Set realistic yet ambitious goals, he cajoled the Allen graduates, but be willing to adapt and adjust. And maintain a strong work ethic.

“I don’t have a secret formula for success,” he said. “I do know getting a college education provides you opportunities you wouldn’t otherwise have.”

“A lot of your suc-

cess,” he said, “is up to you.”

LARSON spoke about seven attributes he’s learned from others he’s worked with, ones he considered beneficial.

— Be accountable to yourself with your actions.

— Do more than what’s asked of you.

— Set goals that are both realistic and challenging.

— Be willing to adjust and adapt to different goals if other opportunities come along.

— Be willing to accept failure, but do so in order to continue moving forward to success.

— Be passionate about whatever you do. Know when you should stay in

a career, but recognize if the passion is gone, you may want to consider a change.

— Be more excited about your journey, he said. “Don’t always think, ‘What’s in it for me,’” he concluded.

BAILEY Corwine, ACC sophomore, also addressed her fellow graduates, borrowing

quotes from her favorite TV show, “The West Wing,” movie “The Jungle Book” and country song “Arrow,” by Aaron Watson.

From “The West Wing,” starring Martin Sheen as the president, Corwine explained one of Sheen’s favorite quotes throughout the show: “What’s next?”

Do not always look to

the past, Corwine elaborated. Be ready to move onto the next goal.

“Remember, there’s always another opportunity waiting around the corner,” she said. “Keep your mind focused on what’s next.”

In “The Jungle Book,” Corwine detailed the code of the jungle — the strength of the pack is the wolf, while the strength of the wolf is the pack — is applicable in real life, she continued. Be willing to rely on the support of others, but be willing to be supportive of others, and to learn self-reliance.

Finally, she noted an excerpt from Watson’s song: “Fear not the dragon for you are the arrow.”

Each student, she said, has the power to make a difference in the world.

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Local product wins MVC title — B2

Monday, May 15, 2017

High School Track & Field: Three Rivers League Meet

Yates Center, Marmaton Valley secure Three Rivers team titles

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

ARMA — The Wildcats swept the team championships at Thursday’s Three Rivers League meet in Arma with Yates Center capturing the boys’ title and Marmaton Valley winning the girls’ crown.

YATES CENTER Yates Center was led by their usual trio of outstanding distance runners with

sophomore Hadley Splechter earning three golds as juniors Colin Bedell and Jordan Smith raked in the points behind him.

Splechter, Bedell and Smith finished 1-2-3 in both the mile and two-mile runs.

Splechter finished the 1600-meter run in 4:59.23 with his teammates following closely behind as Smith took second with Bedell in third.

Splechter opened up more of a gap in the 3200-meter run

with a 9:47.5 while Bedell took second with a 11:26.88 and Smith finished third with a 11:27.02.

Splechter also won the 800-meter run with a 2:09.16 while Smith finished right behind him for second.

The trio teamed with Kobe Forsyth to win the 4x800 relay with a 8:35.54.

Levi Cooper also had a strong meet for Yates Center See TRL | Page B4

Crest freshman Billy Lyda explodes out of the blocks during his record-setting 200-meter dash at the Three Rivers League meet in Arma. SUBMITTED PHOTO

H.S. Track & Field:

High School Tennis: 4A State Tournament

Ludolph, Ratzlaff star in LCL meet

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

Iola senior Isaiah Fawson prepares a forehand return against Smoky Valley’s Cole Brumbaugh in the 4A State Tennis Tournament in Prairie Village. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

MAKING MEMORIES Fawson competes in state tournament

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

PRAIRIE VILLAGE — No, Isaiah Fawson didn’t win the 4A State Tennis Tournament over the weekend in Prairie Village, but playing on the sport’s biggest high school stage provides the Iola senior a memory that

he will treasure forever.

“It will always be nice to know that back in high school, I was somewhat successful in tennis,” Fawson said with a laugh. “At least good enough to qualify for state if nothing else.”

If Fawson’s tennis career is “somewhat successful,” then that is a high bar for most to aspire to.

Fawson made tremendous improvements each season, in part thanks to 2016 graduate Colby Works — who came to support Fawson at his opening round of the state match — during his early years in the Mustang program. This season, Fawson

Racing: Humboldt Speedway

ASCS racers invade Humboldt

See FAWSON | Page B4

EMPORIA — Southern Coffey County’s Chonnor Ludolph secured the title of the Lyon County League’s fastest man on Thursday in the league meet in Emporia.

The junior won the 100-meter dash with a 11.72. The hurdling specialist is still relatively new to the event as he deals with a back injury that has prevented him from doing field events.

Ludolph also won his signature event, the 110-meter hurdles, by running a 15.61.

He added a second-place time in the 300-meter hurdles.

The Titans picked up strong finishes in the throwing events with Dawson Leimkuhler and Cooper Harred finishing third and fourth in the shot put, Harred taking third in the discus and Jett Harvey and Kolgan Ohl taking fourth and fifth in the javelin.

The Titans finished fourth as a team.

GIRLS The Titan girls took third as a team and junior Adina Ratzlaff led that charge by finishing in the top two in all four of her events.

Ratzlaff earned her individual gold in the 400-meter dash See SCC | Page B2

Major League Baseball: Royals 9, Orioles 8

By JEFF FEHR The Humboldt Speedway

Blake Hahn celebrates in victory lane after winning Friday’s American Bank of Oklahoma ACSA Red River Feature race presented by Smiley’s Racing Products at Humboldt Speedway.

FINISHLINE PHOTOGRAPHY/DAYTON SUTTERBY

HUMBOLDT — Bookended around a spectacular ACSC Red River Region A Feature, Humboldt Speedway’s features did not disappoint as Mitch Keeter and John Willard continued their domination of their respective classes.

Keeter used his pole position to distance the field in Whelen All-American Series Modified action.

Keeter led every lap, holding off Cody Schniepp and Tanner Mullens. Tad Davis and Chase Domer completed the top five.

In Factory Stock Action, Bryce Weldon started on See RACING | Page B3

Kansas City Royals’ Eric Hosmer congratulates Mike Moustakas on his three-run home run in the fourth inning against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/TNS

Royals sweep Orioles

By BLAIR KERKOFF The Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals powered their way back from a deficit, then went ahead on a gift in a 9-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium.

The power was supplied by Mike Moustakas, who tied the game with a three-run homer in the fourth inning.

The gift was wrapped by Orioles third-baseman Manny Machado.

See ROYALS | Page B4

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with a 1:07.37 Ratzlaff also teamed with Danielle Kasprzak, Erikah Lyons and Braelyn Falls to win the 4x100 relay with a season-best 54.65.

Ratzlaff finished second in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash.

Lyons finished second in the javelin.

Crystal Alumbaugh placed in both hurdle events with a runner-up finish in the 100-meter hurdles and a third-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles.

Lyons, Kasprzak, Falls and Jordyn Stone took second place in the 4x400 relay.

Former Titan wins Missouri Valley javelin championship Former Southern Coffey County standout Aaron True captured the Missouri Valley Conference title in the javelin with a personal-best throw of 229’3” on Friday in Wichita.

True is currently ranked 23rd in the nation and 12th in the West Region.

The West Regional meet will be in two

weeks in Austin, Texas, with the top 12 finishers in the region advancing to the NCAA National Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 7-10.

True is the son of longtime Titan volleyball, girls basketball and track and field coach Jeff True.

Race Results NASCAR Modifieds A Feature 1: 1. 1M-Mitch Keeter, 0.000[1]; 2. 21CCody Schniepp, 0.000[2]; 3.

02-Tanner Mullens, 0.000[3]; 4. 75-Tad Davis, 0.000[5]; 5.

227-Chase Domer, 0.000[6]; 6. 18JR-Chase Sigg, 0.000[4]; 7. 1-Dennis Bishop, 0.000[10]; 8. 22K-Kevin Newell, 0.000[8]; 9. 23-Michael Page, 0.000[11]; 10. (DNF) 21B-Bryce Schniepp, 0.000[7]; 11. (DNF) 9D-Scott Daniels, 0.000[9] Heat 1: 1. 21C-Cody Schniepp, 0.000[3]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens, 0.000[5]; 3. 75-Tad Davis, 0.000[4]; 4. 22K-Kevin Newell, 0.000[1]; 5. 9D-Scott Daniels, 0.000[2] Heat 2: 1. 1M-Mitch Keeter, 0.000[4]; 2.

18JR-Chase Sigg, 0.000[2]; 3. 227-Chase Domer, 0.000[3]; 4. 21B-Bryce Schniepp, 0.000[5]; 5. 1-Dennis Bishop, 0.000[1]; 6. 23-Michael Page, 0.000[6] NASCAR B Modifieds A Feature 1: 1. R63-Riley Whitworth, 0.000[4]; 2. 00Cody Jolly, 0.000[5]; 3. 20CShane Collins, 0.000[1]; 4.

98K-Kenton Allen, 0.000[7]; 5.

8-Mike Letterman, 0.000[10]; 6. 2G-Jacob Asbell, 0.000[3]; 7. 54-Tyler Kidwell, 0.000[16]; 8.

22-Brian McGowen, 0.000[6]; 9. B01-Jimmie Davis, 0.000[9]; 10. 16-Matthew Kay, 0.000[14]; 11. H1-Mark Hunzinger, 0.000[12]; 12. B4Brayton Skaggs, 0.000[15]; 13. D86-Eldon McIntosh, 0.000[11]; 14. (DNF) 21J-Jeremy Bennett, 0.000[13]; 15.

(DNF) 18-Curt Drake, 0.000[2]; 16. (DNF) 42J-Jerry Morgan, 0.000[8] Heat 1: 1. 18-Curt Drake, 0.000[1]; 2. 22-Brian McGowen, 0.000[2]; 3. 00-Cody Jolly, 0.000[7]; 4. B01-Jimmie Davis, 0.000[4]; 5. 42J-Jerry Morgan, 0.000[8]; 6. 8-Mike Letterman, 0.000[3]; 7. D86-Eldon McIntosh, 0.000[5]; 8. H1-Mark Hunzinger, 0.000[6] Heat 2: 1. 20C-Shane Collins, 0.000[2]; 2. R63-Riley Whitworth, 0.000[4]; 3. 2G-Jacob Asbell, 0.000[8]; 4. 98K-Kenton Allen, 0.000[7]; 5. (DNF) 21JJeremy Bennett, 0.000[3]; 6. (DNF) 16-Matthew Kay, 0.000[1]; 7. (DNF) B4-Brayton Skaggs, 0.000[6]; 8. (DNF) 54-Tyler Kidwell, 0.000[5] Factory Stock A Feature 1: 1. 23JR-Bryce Weldon, 0.000[1]; 2. 21-Jacob Ellison, 0.000[13]; 3.

3-Derrek Wilson, 0.000[8]; 4.

9-Jon Westhoff, 0.000[9]; 5.

13V-Ethan Vance, 0.000[4]; 6.

7H-Zoe Hannah, 0.000[11]; 7.

114-Wayne Johnson, 0.000[12]; 8. 0L-Ethan Lamons, 0.000[3]; 9. 0-Tray Roberts, 0.000[7]; 10. (DNF) 28W-Krew Walburn, 0.000[2]; 11. (DNF) 61-Joey Decoster, 0.000[5]; 12. (DNF) 54-Todd Kidwell, 0.000[15]; 13. (DNF) 77V-Cody Vink, 0.000[14]; 14. (DNF) 2KMike Keever, 0.000[10]; 15.

(DNF) 02-Jack Bigley, 0.000[6] Heat 1: 1. 28W-Krew Walburn, 0.000[1]; 2. 0L-Ethan Lamons, 0.000[4]; 3. 13V-Ethan Vance, 0.000[6]; 4. 02-Jack Bigley, 0.000[7]; 5. (DNF) 21-Jacob Ellison, 0.000[5]; 6. (DNF) 77VCody Vink, 0.000[2]; 7. (DNF) 54-Todd Kidwell, 0.000[3] Heat 2: 1. 23JR-Bryce Weldon, 0.000[4]; 2. 61-Joey Decoster, 0.000[1]; 3. 0-Tray

Roberts, 0.000[2]; 4. 3-Derrek Wilson, 0.000[3]; 5. 9-Jon Westhoff, 0.000[7]; 6. 2K-Mike Keever, 0.000[8]; 7. 7H-Zoe Hannah, 0.000[6]; 8. 114-Wayne Johnson, 0.000[5] Sport Compact A Feature 1: 1. 12CZ-John Willard, 0.000[7]; 2. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr, 0.000[2]; 3. 14JR-Jillian Wilson, 0.000[6]; 4. (DNF) 3-Trenton Wilson, 0.000[3]; 5. (DNF) 5-Charles Butler Jr, 0.000[4]; 6. (DNF) 22I-Eric Ikehorn, 0.000[1]; 7. (DNF) 18-Marisha Collins, 0.000[5]; 8. (DNF) 66-Barry Luthi, 0.000[8] Heat 1: 1. 12CZ-John Willard, 0.000[8]; 2. 66-Barry Luthi, 0.000[6]; 3. 22I-Eric Ikehorn, 0.000[3]; 4.

4-Curtis Wilson Jr, 0.000[1]; 5.

3-Trenton Wilson, 0.000[4]; 6.

5-Charles Butler Jr, 0.000[5]; 7.

18-Marisha Collins, 0.000[2]; 8.

14JR-Jillian Wilson, 0.000[7] ASCS Sprints A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn, 0.000[4]; 2. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 0.000[1]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 0.000[5]; 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 0.000[7]; 5. 8-Alex Sewell, 0.000[16]; 6. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 0.000[2]; 7. 1-Sean McClelland, 0.000[9]; 8. 45X-Johnny Herrera, 0.000[8]; 9. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 0.000[3]; 10. 93-Dustin Morgan, 0.000[11]; 11. 11M-Jason McDougal, 0.000[19]; 12. 9$-Kyle Clark, 0.000[6]; 13. 21R-Andrew Deal, 0.000[10]; 14. 0J-Jeremy McCune, 0.000[18]; 15. 44-Jared Sewell, 0.000[13]; 16. 2-Mikey Walker, 0.000[14]; 17. 26M-Fred Mattox, 0.000[12]; 18. 92J-J.R. Topper, 0.000[17]; 19. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 0.000[20]; 20. 95-Matt Covington, 0.000[15] B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 0.000[2]; 2. 92J-J.R. Topper, 0.000[1]; 3. 11M-Jason McDougal, 0.000[4]; 4. 20G-Jake Greider, 0.000[6]; 5. 8M-Kade Morton, 0.000[3]; 6. 31-Casey Willis, 0.000[8]; 7. 07-Michael Bookout, 0.000[5]; 8.

3-Brian Gramm, 0.000[7]; (DNS) 76Jay Russell, 0.000 B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 8-Alex Sewell, 0.000[1]; 2. 0J-Jeremy McCune, 0.000[5]; 3. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 0.000[7]; 4. 17W-Harli White, 0.000[3]; 5. 5$-Danny Smith, 0.000[6]; 6. (DNF) 7M-Chance Morton, 0.000[4]; 7. (DNF) 77X-Alex Hill, 0.000[2]; (DNS) 85-Forrest Sutherland, 0.000 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn, 0.000[5]; 2. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 0.000[3]; 3. 92J-J.R. Topper, 0.000[1]; 4. 26M-Fred Mattox, 0.000[6]; 5. 8-Alex Sewell, 0.000[7]; 6. 20G-Jake Greider, 0.000[2]; 7.

5$-Danny Smith, 0.000[4]; 8. 10CJeremy Campbell, 0.000[8] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 0.000[1]; 2. 23-Seth Bergman, 0.000[3]; 3. 93-Dustin Morgan, 0.000[4]; 4. 14K-Kyle Bellm, 0.000[8]; 5. 8M-Kade Morton, 0.000[5]; 6. 7M-Chance Morton, 0.000[6]; 7. 31-Casey Willis, 0.000[2]; 8. (DNF) 85-Forrest Sutherland, 0.000[7] Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 0.000[1]; 2. 1-Sean McClelland, 0.000[2]; 3. 45X-Johnny Herrera, 0.000[7]; 4. 2-Mikey Walker, 0.000[5]; 5. 95-Matt Covington, 0.000[6]; 6. 0J-Jeremy McCune, 0.000[3]; 7. 07-Michael Bookout, 0.000[8]; 8. 3-Brian Gramm, 0.000[4] Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 9$-Kyle Clark, 0.000[6]; 2. 21R-Andrew Deal, 0.000[1]; 3. 44-Jared Sewell, 0.000[3]; 4. 77X-Alex Hill, 0.000[2]; 5. 17W-Harli White, 0.000[5]; 6.

11M-Jason McDougal, 0.000[7]; 7.

(DNF) 76-Jay Russell, 0.000[4]

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Racing: Teacher Appreciation this Friday Continued from B1

the pole and held off every challenge in picking up another victory.

Jacob Ellison, starting 13th, rallied to secure a runner-up position.

Jon Westhoff, who had won the previous three weeks, managed a fourth behind last year’s track champion Dereck Wilson. Heat race wins went to Emporia’s Krew Walburn and Weldon.

In Ray’s Metal Depot B Modified Action, Riley Whitworth wrestled the lead away from Shane Collins in the closing laps to secure the victory.

Cody Jolly, last week’s winner, slipped around Collins for the second position.

Kenton Allen and Mike Letterman completed the top five. Heat race wins went to Curt Drake and Shane Collins.

Next week B Mods will race for an additional $200 courtesy of local Kansas National Education Associations in celebration of Teacher Appreciation night at Humboldt Speedway.

The beat goes on for the Sport Compact divi-

Riley Whitworth celebrates in victory lane at Humboldt Speedway after winning Friday’s B-Mod event.

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sion as St. Joseph, Mo., driver John Willard secured his sixth win of the season.

This time, Willard had to hold off local driver Curt Wilson on several late race restarts. Willard also picked up the heat race win.

Coming up just shy one year ago, Blake Hahn won a thriller of a feature event over Kyle Bellm at the Humboldt Speedway with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Red River Region presented

by Smiley’s Racing Products.

Chasing Kyle Bellm

at the start, Hahn from fourth, railed the cushion of the three-eighths oval to move to the runner-up spot on the opening lap.

Through a pair of early race restarts, the pair exchanged the lead several times with Hahn taking over the lead officially on Lap 6. Still running just off the wall, Hahn kept pace as a line of rubber began to come into play through turns one and two.

A car width off the top, Bellm began moving his line to begin running down the No. 52.

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Taking the white flag, Bellm set his sights on a last lap slide job, only to have the caution bring the field back to a green, white, checkered finish.

Keeping pace with the No. 52 on the restart, it would not be enough as Hahn pocketed the night’s $2,000 winner’s check.

Bellm was chased to the finish by Sam Hafertepe, Jr., with Seth Bergman fourth.

Racing from 16th, Alex Sewell finished fifth with Jonathan Cornell, Sean McClelland, Johnny Herrera, Wayne Johnson, and Dustin Morgan making up the top 10.

This Friday, Humboldt Speedway honors area teachers and support staff by hosting a Teacher Appreciation Night.

Area teachers will receive free entrance with proper school ID cards.

Also, fans are encouraged to donate school supplies for the upcoming school year. New packages of pencils, pens, notebook paper and binders will be collected near the entrance to the stands.

Public notices (First published in The Iola Register, May 8, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT State Farm Bank, F.S.B. Plaintiff, vs.

Edward F. Zeigler, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 17CV8 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

(First published in The Iola Register, May 8, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

Daniel Lamb and Laura Lamb, et al.

Defendants Case No. 16CV74 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the

NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on May 31, 2017, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot Eight (8). Block SixtyThree (63). City of Hum-

Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on May 31, 2017, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot Nineteen (19), in Horde Addition to the City of lola, in Allen County, Kansas according to the original recorded Plat thereof, commonly known as 1718 North Walnut Road, Iola, KS 66749 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the

boldt, Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 708 Mulberry Street, Humboldt, KS 66748 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Bryan J. Murphy, Sheriff

Allen County, Kansas

Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Mark Mellor (KS #10255) 245 N. Waco, Suite 410 Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 684-7733 (316) 684-7766 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (198931) (5) 8, 15, 22

above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Bryan J. Murphy, Sheriff

Allen County, Kansas Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Mark Mellor (KS #10255) 245 N. Waco, Suite 410 Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 684-7733 (316) 684-7766 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (127272) (5) 8, 15, 22

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Crest sophomore Camryn Strickler wins the 100-meter hurdles at Thursday’s Three Rivers League meet in Arma. SUBMITTED PHOTO

TRL: League meet Continued from B1

Iola senior Isaiah Fawson backhands a return against Smoky Valley’s Cole Brumbaugh during Friday’s 4A State Tennis Tournament in Prairie Village. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

Fawson: Senior caps outstanding career Continued from B1

Fawson assumed the mantle as the team’s No. 1 singles player.

Along with fellowsenior Rhett Allen, Fawson guided a very young Mustang squad with he and Allen being the only ones that had more than one year of tennis experience.

After falling one match short of qualifying for state last season, Fawson was able to get over the hump and finish

fifth at last weekend’s regional tournament in Chanute.

“Being able to participate on the state level shows what he is capable of,” Iola coach Dan Berg said. “These are the best tennis players across the state, so to be one of those is a big thing.”

Although a pair of losses was not the trip Fawson had hoped for, he still accomplished his goal of finishing his Mustang athletic career

in a state tournament.

“Of course I was hoping to get a win, but it was fun to come and nice that I qualified,” Fawson said. “I didn’t play very well today and my game was just off. It was a lot of fun to play with these guys though... It was a fun environment.”

Fawson lost his opening round match to Colby’s Drew Starbuck, 6-0 and 6-2, and fell in consolations to Smoky Valley’s

Cole Brumbaugh, 9-3.

“I was really struggling to get my serve in and I ended up with very few first serves in,” Fawson said. “I also struggled just to make solid contact. I was just out of sync.”

Fawson’s high school sports also included allleague caliber abilities in basketball and being a key member of the Mustang cross country team that qualified for state.

Royals: Soler, Moustakas, Butera hit homers Continued from B1

Alex Gordon was hit by a pitch and Drew Butera singled to open the fifth. Alcides Escobar put down a sacrifice bunt that was fielded by Machado, who wheeled and threw the ball to second base.

The only problem was nobody was covering the bag. The ball sailed into the outfield as Gordon scored to break a 5-5 tie.

A Moustakas fielder’s choice ground-out pushed the lead to 7-5.

In the sixth inning, Jorge Soler rocketed his first home run in a Royals’ uniform, a solo shot to center that was measured at 464 feet, according to MLB Statcast, making it the team’s longest home run of the year.

The Orioles battled back to make it a onerun game, but Drew Butera’s solo homer in the seventh provided a cushion and closer Kelvin Herrera collected his third save of the series _ although he surrendered a run in the ninth _ as the Royals completed a three-game sweep and improved to 16-21.

The Royals have won four straight and six of seven after reaching a season-low 10 games under .500 on May 7 How badly did the Royals want this one?

Consider their defense in the eighth inning. Lorenzo Cain crashed into the wall and held on to a deep drive by Jonathan Schoop, waiving off trainers who had headed out of the dugout.

Cain then hustled down a fly ball in right center off the bat of Machado, when Jorge Bonifacio couldn’t find the ball in the sun.

But the wildest play was provided by pitcher

Joakim Soria, who got Mark Trumbo to hit a pop foul near the Orioles dugout. Butera lost track of it, so Soria hustled off the mound and made a basket catch deep in foul territory to end the inning.

The Royals trailed 5-0 when Brandon Moss opened the fourth with a walk and Whit Merrifield followed with his second hit of the game.

Gordon moved both runners ahead 90 feet with a ground-out to first base and Butera brought in Moss with a well-placed single near the right-field line.

Escobar followed with an RBI single up the middle bringing up Moustakas, who had driven balls deep to left and center in his first two plate appearances.

This time, Moustakas pulled Kevin Gausman’s offering and lined it into the right-field bullpen. The three-run shot, Moustakas’ team-leading ninth home run, had brought the Royals all the way back to 5-5.

The Royals had answered the Orioles’ own fourth-inning uprising that was capped by Caleb Joseph’s two-run homer against Chris Young.

with a victory in the 400-meter dash by running a 52.67.

Cooper also helped the 4x400 relay which captured another firstplace finish. Cooper finished second in the 200-meter dash.

Other top finishes included third place showings by Thayne Smith, Quin Lowder and Austin Crabtree in the 100-meter dash, 400-meter dash and 110-meter hurdles respectively.

The Wildcat 4x100 relay also finished second.

On the girls’ side, freshman Jaylee Catron led the squad by taking second in both the 100-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles.

The Wildcats finished ninth as a team.

CREST The Crest girls took second as a team with sophomore Camryn Strickler leading the charge by sweeping the hurdle events.

Strickler ran a 17.88 to win the 100-meter hurdles and posted a 51.74 to cruise to a victory in the 300-meter hurdles.

Senior Laurel Godderz added to the team’s medal count by placing second in the javelin and third in the discus.

Cassie Bowen (high jump) and Breyanna Benjamin (triple jump) each added an individual third.

The 4x100 relay team of Strickler, Benjamin, Regan Godderz and Karlee Hammond also finished third.

Lancer freshman Billy Lyda stole the

show for the Lancer boys — who took sixth as a team. Lyda was able to win the 100-meter dash with a 11.02, but his best showing of the day came in the 200-meter dash.

Lyda ran a 22.29 to break a 20-year school record and win the event.

Caleb Stephens added a second place finish in the high jump.

MARMATON VALLEY The Wildcats ran away with the girls’ team championship with 115 points compared to 65 for the second-place Lancers.

Freshman Bailey Griffith was the team’s leading point-getter with first-place finishes in the triple jump with a 35’8.5” — teammate Kyla Drake was second with a 31’10.5” — and the 200-meter dash with a 27.49.

Griffith also finished second in the 100-meter dash and long jump.

In addition to her runner-up mark in the triple jump, Drake won the high jump and took third in the 800-meter run.

The Wildcats added another title by winning the 4x800 relay.

Junior Shelby Yoho was a workhorse for the Wildcats, running all the longdistance races. She took second in the 3200-meter and fourth in both the 800-meter and the 1600-meter races.

Senior Brooklynn Newman was second in the shot put and fourth in the discus.

Megan Ensminger took third in the long jump.

The Wildcat boys picked up a pair of individual golds and finished seventh as a team.

Will Holman won the discus with a throw of 120’5.75” and Trent Vest won the long jump with a 20’0.5”.

Kansas City Royals’ Jorge Soler celebrates his solo home run in the sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/TNS

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