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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
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‘Fallen’ exhibit in Moran By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
MORAN — Several area men who died while deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are featured in a photo display, “Remembering the Fallen,” at the Moran American Legion. The photos, with family images and memorabilia, will be open for public viewing from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Sunday, including during Moran Day activities on Saturday. The exhibit was created by Bill and Evonne Williams, of Patriotic Productions, Omaha, Neb., and is sponsored by Bellevue University. On display at Moran are photos of 70 Kansans who were killed during deployments the past two decades. Among them are Ryan Jackman, Moran; Spc. John Wood, who had ties to Moran and Humboldt; Sgt. Michael Speer, Redfield; Cpl. Richard Bennett, Girard; Cpl. Daniel Cox, Parsons; Spc. David Hall, Uniontown; Spc. Joseph Lister, Pleasanton; and Sgt. Jeffrey Mersman, Parker.
“Remember the Fallen,” a photo display of Kansas military personnel who died in the war on terror was welcomed to Moran by students Tuesday afternoon. The vehicle carrying the display was escorted by Patriot Guard members and Moran Police Chief Shane Smith. Debbie Austin Lamberd, a member of American Gold Star Mothers, arranged the display at the Moran American Legion. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON
Community preps for Moran Day By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
Moran will be filled to the brim with family fun this weekend. The annual Moran Day will get a jumpstart bright and early on Saturday morning. A book sale at the Moran Public Library will begin at 8 a.m. and go into the early afternoon. The arts and crafts show will begin at 9 a.m. in the city park. Dress up your pet for the
best dressed pet contest at 9 a.m. The contest is sponsored by the Moran Day Committee. First, second, and third place prizes will be awarded. A benefit bake sale to help pay for Shelia Newman’s medical expenses will start at 10 a.m. in the parking area of the Moran Public Library. Newman has suffered from heart problems in recent weeks. Also at 10 a.m. free cancer screenings will begin at the Masonic Lodge, 218 N. Spruce St. Staff from the University of Kansas Medical Center
will provide skin cancer, bone density and prostate screenings along with breast cancer education. The Moran parade will start at 11 a.m. with a lunch served at the Senior Citizen Building following directly after. The Moran United Methodist Church will help serve the lunch and all proceeds will be donated for Newman’s medical expenses. Free Molly Trolley rides will start at the park following the parade. Rides are See MORAN | Page A4
This is the Google Maps street view in front of the Iola Post Office, at 120 West St.
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EMS reconciliation inches along By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
The world turns slowly when it comes to reconciling whatever is necessary to settle emergency medical service for all of Allen County. Tuesday morning Commissioner Tom Williams said he was ready to sign off on a revised contract to give Iola control to run the service. Commissioner Dick Works didn’t say yea or nay. Commissioner Jim Talkington, as usual, was mum. What now will occur is that County Counselor Alan Weber will put together a new five-year contract including an inflation index, as per the
request of Commissioner Works. With all that in place by next week, the commissioners might make a decision. Although no mention was made of Williams’ proposal of a week ago to increase the county’s annual guarantee from $750,000 to $1 million, it is central to the new contract. Works said his earlier concerns about operation protocols had been settled by Ryan Sell, EMS director. Weber noted he had had the operation protocols all along, which he thought had been shared. Works also said a week earlier he had concerns about the level of service provided by the city.
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Williams said he took it upon himself to investigate those concerns and came away satisfied service is exemplary and personnel are happy. “The service is better than ever,” Williams said, according to interviews with those who work at the hospital, law enforcement personnel, and those who work with emergency dispatch services. Williams concluded he was ready “to get it done.” As an aside, Sell said EMS staff numbers 25, eight fewer than first anticipated and that he is making no efforts to hire additional personnel until the contract issue is reSee EMS | Page A4
Iola on the map By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Google Maps, an Internetbased mapping service that utilizes satellite imagery to aid its users, has gotten a local boost. The program’s state-of-theart “Street View” has been expanded to include Iola, Moran, LaHarpe and parts of Gas. Street View works just as it sounds. With a few mouse clicks, a user can see the driver’s perspective of pretty much every street in town. The access is made possible by driving camera-equipped cars along streets and highways to photograph 360 degrees from the driver’s perspective. The service is a particular
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boon for users looking for specific landmarks when getting directions, although privacy advocates note Street View gives the entire Internet a full view of homes, businesses or anything else visible from the street. The camera-equipped car was spotted in the area in late April and early May, and the Street View images appear to have stemmed from that time period. Street View has been around for years, particularly in major cities, but has only expanded to rural locations recently. One aside — although the Google car also was spotted in Humboldt about the same time as Iola and elsewhere, Street View images for that community are not yet available.
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