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Iola High celebrates drama season By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
At left, Aaron Terhune sings the Jim Croce classic “Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown” at Saturday’s Little Oscars celebration. Above, IHS senior Olivia Bannister sings while emcees Cody Cokely, left, and Colton Schubert perform behind her. Other photos of Saturday’s ceremony are on the Register’s Facebook page. REGISTER/RICHARD
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Iola’s best and brightest stage performers were honored at Saturday’s 51st Annual Little Oscars celebration. There, students involved with either of the two IHS dramatic productions — “Cinderella” and “Seussical The Musical Jr.,” — as well as their work with forensics competitions and Iola Community Theatre work reflected on another stellar season. Among the highlights: Senior Olivia Bannister was a two-time winner, bringSee DRAMA | Page A4
Humboldt High marks graduation Saturday By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
HUMBOLDT — Humboldt’s Community Fieldhouse was filled with family and friends to witness the 44 graduates in Humboldt High School’s 132nd commencement Saturday. Two of the 44, Haylie Yost and Bryce Isaac were on the stage often. They were selected by their classmates to give the commencement speech, which was a rapidfire dual performance of humorous observations from their remembrances of days in HHS’s hallowed halls. Yost was given a charm bracelet by Terry Butts, representing the G.A.L.S. Family and Community Education group, as the highest ranking female student in the class. Isaac won the same distinction for male students from the Lions Club, with Cole Herder handing him a watch. Both had perfect
4.0 grade point averages throughout their high school careers. Yost will attend Drake University and intends to pursue a degree in neurological science, and hopes eventually to do research on Alzheimer’s disease. Isaac has his sights set on physical therapy, with Wichita State and the University of Kansas a part of his post-secondary education route. Yost also won the Nina McGee Feller and Warren and Shirley Breiner scholarships. Isaac received the Monarch Academic Achievement Award. Others recognized were Connor Roseberry, for the Dean A. McGee and B&W Custom Truck Beds scholarships, and Megan Hudlin, for the Lions Club Scholarship. Many of the other students were noted in the program for having had stellar academic careers at Humboldt High, including 15 of them being National Honor Society members.
Bryce Isaac and Haylie Yost were selected by their classmates to speak during Humboldt High’s graduation ceremonies Saturday. They also had the top academic performances among 44 graduates for four years of high school. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON
ACC’s 88th graduation
Brittany Frishman, Iola, shows her mortarboard decorated in ACC’s school colors.
“Isn’t it amazing what clever girls can do?” reads the mortarboard of graduate Chelsea Lea, Iola. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN
“I’m a leader, not a follower,” reads the mortarboard of Ivori Hood, Murfreesboro, Tenn. “My mother has been my inspiration,” said the graduate.
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Darius Redrick addressed his classmates as Class Speaker. Redrick was also president of the Student Senate and on the men’s basketball team.
Dr. Teresa Clounch gave graduates words of encouragement for the commencement address.
Graduates of Allen Community College were asked not only to reflect on their accomplishments but also to look ahead, at Saturday’s 88th commencement exercises. “Who do you want to be in the next chapter of your life?” asked Dr. Teresa Clounch, as the 2016 Distinguished Alumna. Clounch is Associate Dean of Students and Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Baker University. She is the daughter of Iola’s Eugene and Naomi Clounch. Working with students serves as “my quasi-fountain of youth,” Clounch said. Clounch encouraged the students to take stock of the lessons they have learned from the challenges they have faced and to be alert to the support of family and friends.
“The first duty of love is to listen.” — Paul Tillich, German theologian 75 Cents
Gun snafu injures two AUGUSTA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say two people have been wounded at a high school graduation ceremony in southern Kansas after a man with a concealed weapon permit adjusted a sock he had stuffed a pistol into. Augusta Police Chief Tyler Brewer said Sunday afternoon that the shooting was accidental and described it as a “knucklehead situation.” The bullet went through the man’s foot and travSee INJURED | Page A4
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