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The Weekender Saturday, November 19, 2016
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BY THE BOOK Better days ahead as Moran Library gets ready to relocate
Bus involved in fatal accident
Cynthia Chalker By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
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ORAN — On a recent afternoon Cindy Chalker, like a kid at Christmastime, eagerly opened a large box. A dozen books tumbled onto a table at Moran Public Library. “They’re from Kansas Notable Books,” an adjunct of the Kansas State Library, said Chalker, who took reins as Moran librarian in April. The books, all new and related by author or topic to Kansas, came only with the stipulation that postage be paid. It’s a way for the state library to help small libraries — such as Moran’s — have a rotation of new books for local readers. Chalker, retired from 39 years in education, also has ideas about how to make the library a vital part of everyday Moran. The immediate obstacle is space, See MORAN | Page A4
State looks at privatizing Osawatomie State Hospital
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GARNETT — A motorist apparently was killed Friday afternoon in an accident involving a USD 257 school bus near Garnett Friday afternoon. In a Facebook posting, the Anderson County Review said a witness saw a northbound car on U.S. 59 lose control and leave the roadway. The driver then over-corrected and spun around into the path of the southbound bus, the witness said. The bus, carrying Lincoln Elementary School fourthgarders, was returning to Iola from a Kansas City field trip, a USD 257 employee told the Register. One student on the bus was being checked for “possible injuries,” the employee said. Emergency personnel were on the scene at press time. No other information was available. At least one other passenger in the car was taken from the scene in an ambulance, the witness told the Review.
What good are the arts? Plenty, speaker says By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register
Aleksander SternfeldDunn, a professor of music at Wichita State University and an amiable evangelist for the importance of the arts in public education, appeared before a small crowd in the recital hall at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Wednesday to make, as the title of his lecture spelled out, “The Case for Creativity.” Sternfeld-Dunn didn’t attempt the sentimental job of arguing that exposure to
By MEG WINTER KHI News Service
The state is seeking a private partner to operate Osawatomie State Hospital under a proposal that would allow the contractor to shift more than half the hospital’s beds to other parts of eastern Kansas. A request for proposals to operate Osawatomie State Hospital was posted Monday on the Kansas Department of Administration website. It would require a contractor to maintain 206 beds for inpatient mental health treatment but said only 94 would have to be at Osawatomie State Hospital. Any remaining beds would have to be in the hospital’s catchment area, which covers eastern Kansas. Osawatomie State Hospital is one of two hospitals the state operates for people deemed a danger to themselves or others because of mental illness. During the legislative session, Tim Keck, interim secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, said he was committed to keeping the hospital in Osawatomie but didn’t specify if all beds
Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn
the arts will improve the private sphere of your soul — though, as a highly-regarded composer himself, he doubtlessly believes this. His plea for creativity, rather, centered on the use-value of the arts and their practical application in a modern economy. FACING a loose horseshoe of about 25 interested citizens — and standing before two big-screen TVs — Sternfeld-Dunn showed a still shot taken from an old episode of See ARTS | Page A6
Soup-er sales A Humanity House soup and chili fundraiser Thursday raised at least $2,800 — and counting — which will go to benefit families in need of help in paying their utility bills over the winter. At left, Iola City Council member Don Becker pays volunteers Georgia Masterson for his food. Above, volunteers Ashley Widener, left, and Beverly Johnson help prepare a delivery. Leftovers have been frozen and sell for $20 a gallon for soup or chili and $12 for frozen pies. The food is a perfect elixir for blast the of cold air that blanketed the area this weekend. “And you sure don’t want to have to cook a full meal this close to Thanksgiving,” Masterson added. Orders are available by calling (620) 363-2757 or 333-2477. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
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