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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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Iola pastor accused of sexual battery By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
Paramedic Randy Holtz, left, and emergency medical technician Ryan Chapman of the Allen County Emergency Medical Service were on the scene as Holtz delivered a baby at a rural Iola home Tuesday morning. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Paramedics help with home birth By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Randy Holtz saw a potential tragedy turn into triumph Tuesday morning. Holtz, a paramedic with the Allen County Emergency Medical Service based out
of the Iola Fire Department, delivered a baby girl at the mother’s home in rural Allen County. Holtz and driver Ryan Chapman were called to the residence when the mother — whose name has been kept confidential — realized she
was in labor. As the ambulance arrived at the scene, Chapman, an emergency medical technician, and a sheriff ’s deputy unloaded the cot while Holtz raced to find the young mother in a bedroom. See BABY | Page A4
The pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Iola has been arrested in Florida on charges of sexual battery. Michael Wayne Hill, 52, was arrested Jan. 8 in Volusia County, Fla., by sheriff ’s officers on a warrant based on allegations that he sexually assaulted an individual in the 1990s who was then less than 12 years old. The arrest report from the Volusia County Sheriff ’s office said Hill apparently contacted the victim and arranged to meet him or her in Daytona Beach on Jan. 8. Deputies monitored the meeting outside a restaurant. Hill was arrested after the meeting concluded. The conversation was recorded. Ron Carlson, president of the Kansas-Nebraska Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, based in Topeka, told the Register that Conference administrators have the responsibility of hiring pastors. Carlson said none of
Michael Hill the allegations against Hill showed up in a background check when he interviewed for the position. Hill had also been a pastor in Chanute since November 2014. He has been released from his positions. “Our hearts go out to the alleged victim,” Carlson said. Hill is being held without bond on a charge of sexual battery of a child under 18 but over 12. His arraignment is set for Feb. 4.
New Iola ice cream shop to offer ‘Scoops and More’ By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Bob and Jodie Shaughnessy hope to satisfy some sweet cravings starting Thursday. That’s when their new ice cream shop, Scoops and More, opens its doors. Scoops and More occupies the southern portion of the Shaughnessys’ restaurant, Sam and Louie’s, on North State Street. “The plan is to complement the restaurant,” Bob Shaughnessy said. Scoops and More fills a previously empty 500-square-foot portion of the restaurant that originally had been planned for a bakery, Josie Shaughnessy
said. But when those plans fell through, the Shaughnessys decided for a cooler product. The ice cream shop offers 12 flavors of Blue Bell hardscoop ice cream, including a sugar-free country vanilla. “We’ll do malts, shakes, sundaes, the whole bit,” Bob Shaughnessy said. Scoops and More also offers funnel cakes ala mode and homemade waffle cones and waffle bowls. The Shaughnessys have a variety of soft drinks more in line with old-time soda joints: cream soda, root bear and sarsaparilla. The ice cream shop also will have menus inside Sam and Louie’s, where customers can order ice cream from
their tables. Private and interactive birthday parties also are available. The interactive parties offer a behind-thescenes look at how pizza is made, with other surprises, Josie Shaughnessy said. As the weather warms, Bob Shaughnessy plans to add an outdoor seating area. “We’ll probably put in a couple of swings or another type of playset,” he said. Scoops and More’s hours are from noon to 8 p.m. during the winter months, and from noon to “whenever people stop showing up,” during the summer, Bob Shaughnessy said. Thursday’s grand opening includes an 11:30 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Bob and Josie Shaughnessy will open Scoops and More on North State Street Thursday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
USD 257
Gordon Parks a Kansas treasure Report points to school building flaws By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
Gordon Parks was a man of many talents. Through his life he collected the titles of photographer, writer, musician and filmmaker. Jill Warford, director of the Gordon Parks Museum at Fort Scott Community College, wove the tale of Parks’ life for an Iola audience at the Funston Meeting Hall Tuesday night. A native of Fort Scott, Parks was the youngest of 15 children, born in 1912. A gypsy woman foretold his mother of Gordon’s special gifts, though his mother never lived long enough to witness his fame.
From his very beginning, Parks was special. “Born dead,” the doctor set the infant Parks aside. Fortunately, a young doctor assisting wanted to try to revive the infant and plunged him in a bucket of ice water. The shock brought Parks to life. Gordon was named after the young doctor. Parks’ mother died when he was 16 and he went to Minneapolis to live with his sister but was turned out by her husband. From then on he was on his own. Parks found he had an eye for things that most didn’t see and captured them on film. He bought a camera for $7.50 and started taking photos, primarily of people. His
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Jill Warford big break came when he took fashion photos for a department store in St. Paul, Minn. He received a Julius RosenSee PARKS | Page A2
The district’s school buildings aren’t in any immediate danger of toppling over, engineers said, but recommended action be taken now to ensure their lives can be extended. The November defeat of a bond issue to build new schools has forced USD 257 Board of Education members to see how they can make do with present facilities. First off, is an inspection of the structural integrity of each of the district buildings conducted by Hollis and Mill-
“Eternity: a moment standing still forever.” — James Montgomery 75 Cents
er Architects. John Funk with the Overland Park-based company shared the company’s findings with board members this week in a report. Hollis and Miller was also the firm used to draw up plans for a new school campus, which included consolidating the three Iola elementary schools. At the time, they projected it would cost less to build brand new than it would to renovate existing structures. Hollis and Miller walked a majority of the building floor plans and exteriors to invesSee USD 257 | Page A4
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