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Investors beware: Scammers exploit app By SARAH HANEY The Iola Register
Steven, a student at Iola High School, in front, prepares to put a pan of pani popo, a Samoan sweet bun, in the oven during a Career and Technical Education culinary class designed specifically for students with special education needs. Jacob, another student, is at left and instructor Doug Kerr is partially hidden in back. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS
Let’s get cooking Iola High School pilots special education CTE program By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register
Steven was afraid to crack an egg. He gently tap, tap, tapped it. No luck. “You have to break it,” Doug Kerr, special education teacher at Iola High School, encouraged him. So Steven got a little more assertive with his egg. It cracked. That was his first experience frying an egg. Steven is a student at IHS and receives special education services. This semester, he’s taking a culinary essentials class that’s part of a Career and Technical Education (CTE) pilot program for special education students at IHS.
257: District seeks grant for daycare By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register
The Iola school district hopes to secure grant funding to build a daycare on the elementary school campus. If successful, the project would build a facility on school grounds, east of a playground at Iola Elementary School. Two private daycare centers that participate in a districtwide preschool program — Munchkinland and More and Ready, Set, Learn — would move their operations there. “It could be a huge benefit for families to have everything at one site,” USD 257 See DAYCARE | Page A8
A student in the woodworking class paints a refurbished chair. As part of the class, Steve and his fellow students have made several dishes, including enchiladas. He most enjoyed making churros.
With the blessing of the ANW Interlocal and IHS administration, Kerr introduced the program as a way to bridge the gap for students who may not succeed in a typical CTE class. He teaches three classes as part of the program: culinary essentials, video production and woodworking. Each class is modified to suit the capabilities of his students. Culinary arts, for example, teaches safety in handling food and equipment, along with easyto-follow recipes. Video production students create short videos and memes to share on social media. Woodworking projects take discarded household items for See CLASSES | Page A3
“When I realized it, my brain said, ‘you knew it all along,’” Allen County resident Alzina Kress remorsefully explained. “I fell for it and didn’t even think about it.” Kress is a recent victim of an investment scam and wants to warn other community members to take heed of potential scams that may be circulating throughout the area. Kress fell prey to an investment scam via WhatsApp after she had been doing searches on the stock market, which led her to a supposed online trading broker website called GMI. She invested $10,000 on this website See SCAM | Page A7
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Two hospitalized after head-on wreck By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Two people were sent to metropolitan hospitals following a two-vehicle accident just north of the Humboldt turnoff on U.S. 169 Thursday evening. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department reported Jasper Delay, 19, Chanute, was southbound in a fullsized cargo van when he told officers he swerved to miss an animal that had entered his lane. Delay crossed over into the northbound lane, into the path of another van driven by Eric Banks, 33, Tonganoxie. Bank swerved left, in an attempt to avoid Delay’s vehicle, but was unable to See WRECK | Page A8
An SUV driven by Eric Banks, 33, Tonganoxie, suffered significant damage in a two-vehicle accident just north of the Humboldt turnoff on U.S. 169 Thursday evening. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
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