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Thursday, April 16, 2015
Musical chairs for 257 principals By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
Angie Linn, USD 257 district curriculum director, will take on additional responsibilities as principal at McKinley Elementary for the 201516 school year. Linn’s new position was Angie Linn announced Wednesday among other reassignments made by Jack Koehn, superintendent
Area man hospitalized after dramatic rescue By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Anthony Myers, two days away from a planned move to Manhattan, is in a Joplin hospital after suffering a medical episode Wednesday evening. It’s not immediately clear if the episode was related to a dramatic rescue earlier that day when Myers was involved in a single-vehicle accident that trapped him in knee-keep water. Myers, 22, was headed home from working an overnight shift at Gates Corporation in Iola Wednesday morning, when he fell asleep at the wheel of his pickup, a 2006 Chevy Silverado.. Myers awakened as his pickup left the roadway and veered off the road into the
Above, Anthony Myers, 22, scrambles from his crashed pickup near Elsmore after firefighters freed him from being trapped in knee-deep water for more than an hour Wednesday. REGISTER/RICK DANLEY
east ditch. “I tried to steer it back up, but it was too muddy,” he said.
The pickup barrelled through about 200 yards of mud and grass before crash-
ing into a culvert. The impact flipped the truck onto its roof, wedging the vehicle into a small drainage ditch connected to a nearby pond. The pond, swollen by recent rainstorms, had filled the ditch with knee-keep water. Myers remained conscious during the accident, and freed himself from his seat belt after the truck came to rest on its roof. Had he not been able to do so, he likely would have drowned. “The water started coming in immediately,” he said. “I thought I had crashed into some kind of pond.” It was after the water rose only to his knees, and Myers was unable to kick open either See TRAPPED | Page A5
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Farmers market back today The Allen County Farmers Market makes its annual return to the courthouse square, starting at 5:30 p.m. today. The city seals off a two-block stretch of Washington Avenue, in order for vendors to set up shop, selling assorted produce and other goods. The market runs through October. For more information, call 365-2172.
Diebolt ready for next chapter By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Dr. David Andersen joins the practice at 1408 East St.
New dentist joins CHC By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
Going to the dentist often ranks with some sort of medieval torture. Think iron cuffs and shackles. Dr. David Andersen completely understands. “I know what it’s like to be poked and prodded, so I can relate to my patients,” he said.
“I myself have a mouth full of metal from when I had cavities.” Andersen, a new dentist at Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas in Iola, said he wasn’t very fond of visiting the dentist before he entered the profession. His motto is, “I’m not comSee DENTIST | Page A5
Quote of the day Vol. 117, No. 116
LAHARPE — For a company that prided itself with the motto “everything to build anything,” Saturday’s dispersal auction for Diebolt Lumber Company brings the end of an era. “If you’re looking for a good price on building materials, it’ll be Saturday,” said Don Diebolt, owner of the now-closed lumber yard, which is only a few scant years past its heyday as the largest privately owned such business in southeast Kansas. Diebolt Lumber closed its doors for good March 1 in the run-up to Saturday’s auction. Diebolt is optimistic the sale will erase the rest of his outstanding debt, with enough money left over to further develop his next business venture, Diebolt LLC, a manufacturer of custom homes and post frame buildings. “If we get rid of everything, that’d be good, so I can
Don Diebolt stands next to some of the lumber and other materials that will be sold at auction on Saturday at Diebolt Lumber in LaHarpe. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN do what I want to do,” he said. Not only is the rest of the lumber yard’s merchandise for sale — such things as siding, Corian countertop surfacing, bathtub and shower units, garage doors and kitchen displays — but so are the company’s buildings,
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shelving, grounds, office furniture and a full fleet of vehicles and trailers. “We have two buildings full of merchandise, a lot of portable dollies, a CNC router,” Diebolt said. “Saturday is See DIEBOLT | Page A5
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