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By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

The Iola Recreation Department hosted activities for area students during spring break. Kadin Smith, left, kicks a ball out to the fielders during a game of kickball. Brandon McKarnin, top right, throws the ball to a baseman. Jaiden Emmons tries to get Nick Bauer out at a base. REGISTER/SPENCER MICHELSON

Circles of Allen County is a journey to better life for local folks disparaged by poverty.

On Monday nights at Wesley United Methodist Church they celebrate and reinforce successes previously foreign to them. Participants have completed one of two 15-week courses, with weekly follow-up steeped in tutorials in life Georgia skills and with op- Masterson portunities to share with others what has occurred.

“They’re like a family,” Georgia Masterson told Iola Rotarians Thursday, outcome of her dream to help those who’ve suffered from poverty, often so long that another avenue seems beyond their grasp.

The Circles program came about two years ago. A third class will start soon; 26 have applied.

Poverty comes in many forms and pinning it on a single cause is difficult. For a few it is a choice, Masterson said, and for many low See ROTARY | Page A3

French: Engaged council better Franklin: Planning vital for Iola

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Much of Steven French’s philosophy the past four years as an Iola City Council member stems from his career in law enforcement.

How so?

“When you’re working in law enforcement, you have to be prepared,” he said. “I realized in my early days of being called to the stand to testify, you can look really bad if you’re not prepared and you’re not knowledgeable.

That’s why I research statutes, I research rules and regulations.

Part of my ability to be engaged comes from knowing the consequences if I’m not. ” French, 54, is running for reelection in Ward 4 against challenger Aaron Franklin. (See related article on Franklin else-

Aaron Franklin did more than just put some idle thought into his decision to run for an Iola City Council seat.

He did some research — lots of it.

Franklin has read the minutes of every city council meeting (and city commission before that) since 2009.

“Everything I do, I take seriously,” he said. “Hard work and service go hand in hand with being a good representative.”

Franklin is challenging incumbent Steven French in the April 7 general election in Ward Aaron Franklin 4. (See related article on French Any takeaways from the voluminous elsewhere in today’s Register.) meeting minute study?

Voters will choose between the “The biggest thing I see is complacency, two in the April 7 general elecSee FRANKLIN | Page A6 tion.

Steven French where in today’s Register.) Voters will head to the polls April 7.

“I read the packet before I go” to the council’s bi-monthly meetings, French said. “I See FRENCH | Page A6

Events to shed light on domestic violence City council to discuss A pair of upcoming events next week will further shine light on those coping with domestic and sexual violence.

Chanute is hosting a domestic and sexual violence community fair and forum Tuesday at the Cherry Street Youth Center, 710 N. Forest Ave. The event will begin with an information fair at 4:30 p.m., followed by a short presentation at 5 o’clock and free dinner.

This is an effort to bring

service providers and community members together. The event is sponsored by Hope Unlimited and the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.

THE SCENE shifts to Pittsburg State University’s campus Wednesday with “Empowering Women One Craft At A Time.”

Lannette Wood, a PSU student from Moran, is raising

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money and collecting craft items to donate to Hope Unlimited in Iola. The items will be for a community craft group to educate women on the signs of domestic violence and how to safely escape.

Wood, who is studying social work, will speak about surviving an abusive relationship, and the story of her friend, Kandi, who did not.

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various road projects Iola City Council members will discuss road construction projects surrounding Iola, as well as options for rebuilding or resurfacing U.S. 54 inside city limits.

Darin Petrowsky, a Kansas Department of Transportation engineer, will be on hand.

Council members also

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will discuss fees Iolans pay for various services.

City Administrator Carl Slaugh will provide an update on a number of capital improvement projects in Iola.

The 6 p.m. meeting at the New Community Building in Riverside Park is open to the public.

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Search continues for Oklahoma man GEARY, Okla. — The Blaine County (Okla.)

Sheriff ’s Office along with the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation is searching for a missing man and the person who was seen driving his Hummer 2 pickup truck.

The missing man, Ed Foreman, 53, Geary, is the companion of Michelle Diebolt, LaHarpe, and the father of their infant son.

KWTV Television News in Oklahoma City reported this week a witness has come forward with information about Foreman’s Hummer pickup truck. The witness admitted to seeing a man driving the Hummer drive away from Foreman’s home the same afternoon he disappeared.

An OSBI forensic artist sat down with the witness to draw a sketch of the suspect. The man is described as a white or

bi-racial male, approximately 30 years old, with dark colored eyes and hair. He was also wearing a dark-colored jacket.

(See related photo).

Foreman has been missing since March 6.

Diebolt and others went to his home that afternoon after he failed to return several phone calls and text messages.

While searching the home, deputies found evidence of a possible homicide.

Foreman and his 2006 black Hummer 2 pickup truck were missing. The license plate of the Hummer 2 pickup is 701 HDT. Authorities are also in search of Ed Foreman who stands at approximately 6 feet, 1 inch, and weighs between 240 and 300 pounds.

Attached is the sketch of the suspect seen driving Ed Foreman’s pickup truck.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has released a sketch of a man they want to question in the disappearance of Ed Foreman, 53, Geary, Okla.

Anyone with information concerning the case is encouraged to call the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, 800-5228017.

Search on for another missing OK man Law enforcement officers in Oklahoma and Kansas are looking for a missing Oklahoma man.

The Allen County Sheriff ’s Department reported Friday Roland Callies, 81, was last seen

Thursday driving a beige 2005 Chevrolet Impala with Oklahoma registration, and the license tag 773DVT0.

He was last believed to be in the Iola area on a fishing trip.

Carlyle news Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday was “Crossroads,” taken from Jude 1-16.

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Travis Smith is celebrating his birthday today. Celebrating their anniversaries were, Don and Ella Britt and Glen and Patty Herschberger Tuesday and Linda and Melvin Guenther Friday.

A church member provided fried chicken from The Greenery for the fellowship dinner.

Jennifer Hornering and her daughter of Marion, Iowa, spent several days with her parents, Jack and Beverly Franklin, Iola, and her sister, Jackie and Greg and their family.

Baylea Thompson celebrated her 18th birthday Sunday with Joanne McIntyre, Michelle, Breck and Breail Thompson, Darell and Sandy Thompson, Judy and Bruce Cochran, Rosemary Cochran and Lea Darell Baughn.

Other family attended, too.Diana and Richard Deeds, Emporia, visited Jim Hinson and Joanne McIntyre Sunday.

Callies is a white male, about 6 feet, 2 inches, and weighs about 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, plaid flannel shirt, tan boots and a tan fishing hat. He wears glasses.

Officers said Callies has an extensive medical history and requires medication on a regular basis.

Those with information are encouraged to call 911.

KDHE: Medicaid expansion would be costly

By ANDY MARSO KHI News Service

State officials told legislators Thursday that the state’s share of Medicaid expansion costs could start at $100 million per year and increase from there, and those costs could double if the federal government required full funding of waiting lists as a condition of expansion.

One day after her predecessor testified in favor of expansion under the Affordable Care Act, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Susan Mosier provided neutral testimony that warned legislators of potential fiscal pitfalls.

Mosier said there were “moral implications” of expanding Medicaid to “ablebodied adults” while Kansans with disabilities were still awaiting some services, likening it to “cutting in line.”

“We still do have over 5,000 individuals awaiting services,” Mosier said.

Mosier’s comments and a fiscal note from budget director Shawn Sullivan that included costs of funding the waiting lists in the expansion proposal, House Bill 2319, prompted questions from members of the House Health and Hu-

man Services Committee.

Rep. Susan Concannon, a Republican from Beloit, called it “a little bit disingenuous” and suggested it was artificially pumping up the projected cost of the bill.

“This is not part of the bill that the waiting list disappears,” Concannon said. “This is a decision from the administration to include those numbers in the bill?”

Mosier said Gov. Sam Brownback considers funding the waiting lists his top priority within Medicaid.

Rep. Jim Ward, a Democrat from Wichita and the leading legislative proponent of expansion, questioned that commitment.

“How do you stand there and pit disabled people against the uninsured when you haven’t spent a dollar on the waiting list?”

Ward said.

“Actually we’ve spent $64 million on the waiting lists since the inception of KanCare,” Mosier responded.

The Medicaid waiver waiting lists Mosier referred to are for homeand-community-based support services for Kansans with disabilities, which is different from the strictly medical coverage that would be extended to Kansans

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The Kansas Hospital Association is one of the group’s leading the lobbying effort for Medicaid expansion. In the hearing Wednesday, the association’s president, Tom Bell, said the group believes expansion will pay for itself through economic development spurred by the infusion of more than $2 billion in federal cash into the health care system by 2020. But he anticipated Thursday’s waiting list concerns and said the hospitals are willing to talk about how to cover the state’s share of the costs, even if they include the cost of eliminating the HCBS waiting lists.

“We would love to be able to sit down and look at options for how to fund this,” Bell said.

Kansas’ privatized Medicaid program, KanCare, provides medical coverage for about 425,000 children and low-income, disabled and elderly adults. But that number includes relatively few non-disabled adults.

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Court report DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Domestic cases filed: Kansas Dept. of DCF vs. Mary Bennett, fraud Kansas Dept. of DCF vs. Jennifer C. Smith, other domestic relations Jeffery K. Sellman vs. Jennifer Krone, protection from stalking Caroline I. Cole vs. William F. Scholl, protection from stalking Kansas Dept. of DCF vs. Anna M. Walls, other domestic relations Kansas Dept. of DCF, et al vs. Rodrick M. Lloyd, other domestic relations Kansas Dept. of DCF vs. Michael E. Scott Jr., other domestic relations Kansas Dept. of DCF vs. Christopher L. Steinbrook other domestic relations Helen Leckrone vs. Cody L. Brown, protection from abuse Convicted as follows: Garrett R. Tomlinson, Iola, possessing drug paraphernalia, sentencing scheduled for April 6 Joseph W. Lowder, Elsmore, driving while intoxicated (third or subsequent offense), sentencing scheduled for April 6.

Marriage licenses issued: Shawn Geffert and Kylee J. Bliss Zachary D. Peres and Kaci J. Burris Andrea K. Tatman and Brandon M. Weide MAGISTRATE COURT Judge Thomas Saxton Convicted of failure to wear a seat belt: Destiny M. Howard, LaHarpe, 14-17 years old, $60 Tyler J. Streeter, Iola, 14-17 years old, $60 Thomas L. Kaufman, Humboldt, $10 Dillon W. Akins, Humboldt, 14-17 years old, $60 Leeta M. Richardson, Iola, $10 Paul W. Comstock, LaHarpe, $10 Convicted of speeding: Kenneth P. Thron, Iola, 78/65, $252 Joshua A. Bendure, Overland Park, 80/65, $183 Charmaine M. Delich, Coffeyville, 78/65, $171 Keith A. Jackson, Iola, 80/65, $183 Jenny L. Robb, Grand River, Iowa, 73/65, $153 Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Darrin R. Lansdown, Iola, no seat belt, no child safety seat, $178 Judith Pace, LaHarpe, possessing drug paraphernalia (two counts), $868, sentenced to 12 months in jail for each count, sentences to run concurrently, suspended for 12 months probation Failure to appear and subject to driver’s license suspensions or other penalties: Evan E. West Jr., Tulsa, driving while suspended, 96/65, no liability insurance Criminal cases filed: Rebecca J. Chapman, Iola, possessing methamphetamine, possessing drug paraphernalia Brent A. Long, Iola, forgery Contract cases filed: Allen County Hospital vs. Tera Pate Allen County Hospital vs. Ron E. Meek Midland Funding LLC vs. Elaine Legitt American Express Centurion Bank vs. Mitchell L. Crane

Humboldt does have weightlifting HUMBOLDT — Humboldt USD 258 school board candidate Clayton Schoendaller, while reflecting on the apportionment of district funds during a candidate forum last Saturday, suggested some of the money recently expended on new weight room equipment might have gone instead toward teachers.

“I don’t know if we go to weightlifting com-

petitions. I haven’t seen a champion come out of there yet, but I do see a lot of champion teachers in these facilities,” he said.

A 258 patron contacted the Register Friday to remind Mr. Schoendaller that USD 258 does participate in weightlifting competitions, noting that only last year Justin Jay, a senior at HHS, placed first at the Kansas Class 3A State Power-

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States to test ways to put food stamp recipients to work Hope WASHINGTON (AP) — New federal grants will help 10 states test programs to help food stamp recipients find jobs, from using career coaches to quicker training courses to mental health assistance.

The grants, announced Friday in Georgia by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, come as the Republican Congress is exploring ways to cut the program, which cost $74 billion last year — twice its cost in 2008.

Some in the GOP have proposed stricter

give-away and have worked historically to rein it in, if not eliminate it. Many Democrats, particularly those in the party’s liberal wing, have steadfastly fought cuts to the program, calling it an essential element of the federal government’s safety net for the poor.

Washington provides the money for food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. But it is administered by the states, with regulations varying from state to state. As

work requirements as a way to do that. But the Obama administration sees better worker training as an alternative to cuts or stricter work requirements.

Vilsack said the grants will help USDA identify what works and what doesn’t in terms of getting people to work.

The food stamp program has long been the center of political wrangling in Washington, with elective officials debating it virtually endlessly. Republicans for the most part have called it a government

part of the grant program, the Agriculture Department is contracting two private research organizations to evaluate the states’ performance.

Only about a fifth of the 46 million SNAP recipients are eligible for training. The rest are elderly, disabled, children or already in the workforce.

Vilsack said 35 states applied for the $200 million in grants, which were part of a wideranging farm bill that became law last year.

Among the winners:

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In Georgia, participants would use an online tool developed by the state to create individualized work plans.

In Kentucky, the state will work with local employers and teach skills for in-demand jobs, like food service. California will test child care programs for people who need work training as part of a family-centered approach.

Other states receiving the grants are Delaware, Kansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Vermont, Virginia and Washington state.

Kandi was killed by her husband about five years ago, Wood said in an email.

The fundraiser runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the PSU oval. Inclement weather will shift the event to the Overman Student Center.

Donations may be taken to Room 412 in PSU’s Russ Hall, or made online to GoFundMe.com/ NAE0ER. For more information, contact Wood at lwood@ gus.pittstate.edu, or visit the “Empowering Women One Craft At A Time” Facebook page.

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rates of pay are a barrier difficult to surmount.

An over-arching problem is the income gap in the nation — very much a reality in Kansas — which also is a precursor of a corresponding societal gap.

Allies help those in Circles.

“We don’t want to call them mentors because that has a negative connotation,” Masterson said. More are needed, and may volunteer by contacting Masterson at the Thrive Allen County office.

Allies not only help

enrollees through their classes, but also by association and in subtle ways relate the differences between being poor and having economic means. That leads to the dual result Masterson wants to achieve: Helping those who are poverty stricken and for those who aren’t to empathize.

Of the 20 who have completed the two 15week classes, five were working when they started, although their incomes were at the low end. Six who weren’t are working now; three aren’t working.

The other six suffer from disabilities that prevent them from holding a job, but Circles still has been a godsend by putting them in an environment where hope and success are more than abstract terms.

MASTERSON said Circles was a learning experience for her.

A poignant lesson, she said, is that publicity about success isn’t always an advantage, or even desired. The Register reported about four people helped by Circle classes. They had trou-

to help participants.

Masterson recalled a passage in Paula Dail’s book “Hard Living in America’s Heartland,” about a woman whose car was towed from overtime parking and by the time her paycheck came the tow fee was $1,500, or more than she earned in a month.

Locally, Masterson used donated money to help a woman who completed classes retrieve her car after it was towed, long before the charge was too great.

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In addition to allies, leaders and helpers for the weekly get-togethers are a constant need.

Many people in Allen County struggling economically and trying to assimilate into mainstream society want to change their lives, Masterson said.

If she were to write a legacy for the program, it would be that initial successes would compound themselves for years to come — and become a way of life.

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One’s world crashed down with an arrest and time in jail.

Now, Masterson said, “I’m very weary of publicity.”

She also found that even with class graduation and a new outlook on life, some of the people were burdened by having had drug problems in the past. Some employers will overlook indiscretions, but far from all, she said.

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Woman hopes to explore Mars BALTIMORE (TNS) — Laura Smith-Velazquez is a dreamer — and she has been dreaming of going to space since the first time she looked into a telescope as an 8-year-old, later imagining herself commanding a starship while watching “Star Trek.”

Every year she tries for a shot at NASA’s astronaut program, with no luck.

But now, the 38-yearold engineer’s chances of getting to space may have improved — the Owings Mills resident is one of 100 semi-finalists named last month

by Dutch organization Mars One for a mission to establish a permanent colony on Mars by 2025.

She said she is prepared to leave behind her husband of three years, who also applied for the oneway mission but didn’t make the first cut.

The mission, devised by an entrepreneur and a space scientist from the Netherlands, has garnered worldwide attention, especially with its plans to help fund it by making it a reality TV spectacle.

Still, the odds are long, Smith-Velazquez and others acknowledge.

Many view the Mars One mission as a publicity stunt. Organizations including NASA and the Planetary Society won’t even comment on it, while scientists like Neil

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DeGrasse Tyson have questioned its aggressive timeline. An independent feasibility study last year suggested hazards including the possibility that crops grown inside the colony would produce suffocating levels of oxygen.

“To get to Mars you need rockets. You need spaceships,” said John M. Logsdon, a professor emeritus at George Washington University who studies space policy.

“None of that exists.”

But Smith-Velazquez doesn’t mind the skepticism. Just as the “space race” of the 1950s and 1960s seemed to stretch science, if humans don’t strive to reach Mars, it won’t happen, she said.

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And the scrutiny can only improve preparations for dealing with the planet’s inhospitable environment, she added.

“Yeah, there’s a lot of risk, but there’s a lot of risk no matter what you do,” she said. “I’m willing to take that risk.”

Mars One acknowledges the risk, too, calling the mission a “phenomenal undertaking” that requires constant efforts to prevent delays and failures. The plan, developed in 2011, calls for sending rovers and cargo to Mars ahead of four-person crews.

Under the project’s timeline, a demonstration mission is set for 2018 to prove that technologies needed for a human mission can work.

A rover mission would follow in 2020 to select the best location for settlement and to prepare the surface for the arrival of cargo missions, set to begin in 2022.

The rover would set up the six cargo units and get the outpost up and running in time for the arrival of the first crew, set to launch some time in 2024 and land seven months later, likely in 2025.

Smith-Velazquez said she is used to confined spaces and zooming through the air _ she has a pilot’s license and studied at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, and now works for defense contractor Rockwell Collins designing the interfaces pilots use to control air-

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Smith-Velazquez said she isn’t sure why she advanced so far in the selection process. Mars One has given little feedback in a process that required a lengthy written application, a video application, study of 40 pages of technical information about Mars, and a video chat interview.

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Adults with dependent children can participate in KanCare, but only if they have incomes below 33 percent of the federal poverty level, or a little more than $8,000 annually for a family of four.

Adults without children aren’t eligible for coverage no matter how poor they are.

Expansion would make all Kansans with incomes up to 138 percent of poverty eligible for KanCare. The eligibility cap would be set at annual income of $16,105 for an individual and $32,913 for a family of four. Estimates vary, but it’s thought Medicaid expansion would extend coverage to between 140,000 and 170,000 Kansans.

Wednesday’s hearing on expansion brought in more than 150 pieces of testimony from health care providers, business groups and religious leaders who favor expansion and a crowd that spilled out into the hallway.

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ability and Wichitabased Kansans for Liberty. AFP supporters, many in the organization’s green t-shirts, filled much of the Old Supreme Courtroom.

Akash Chougule, a senior policy analyst in AFP’s Washington, D.C., office, provided a laundry list of states where he said expansion had been fraught with cost overruns due to higher-than-expected enrollment, including his home state of Rhode Island. Chougule also cautioned that having insurance coverage does not guarantee patients will be able to find the doctors and treatments they need.

“Putting an insurance card in everyone’s pocket, by all means, does not ensure access to quality medical care,” Chougule said.

Ward, questioning both Chougule and Dean Clancy of the Foundation for Government Accountability, asked them if both had “one of those dreaded insurance cards.”

“Would you agree that though it may not be perfect, it’s a lot better than not having one?” Ward asked, rhetorically.

Chougule and Clancy nodded ‘yes’ in response.

Accountability, said it would be “morally indefensible” to expand Medicaid while some Kansans with disabilities still await waivers for home and communitybased services.

Rep. Don Hill, a Republican from Emporia who has quietly helped steer the Medicaid expansion discussion, thanked Chougule, Clancy and other opponents for their testimony but said he thought the hearing had gotten “a little far afield.”

Hill noted that the bill in question does not prescribe a certain type of expansion, but only repeals a previous law that required legislative approval and compels the Brownback administration to begin negotiating with the federal government on an expansion plan.

“It’s really pretty simple,” Hill said. “It’s just saying we, the Legislature, are ready to get out of the way.”

Hill asked the opponents of expansion to offer the administration advice in crafting the best possible plan based on their research.

Nearly all the opponents who testified said they doubted the federal government would maintain the promised long-term 90 percent match. They predicted that costs would balloon and pull money away from other essential state services.

Chougule, whose group flexed its muscle in scuttling an alternative expansion plan in Tennessee earlier this year, predicted political consequences for legislator who votes for expansion or works for its passage.

“We certainly plan to hold accountable any legislator who supports this misguided scheme,” Chougule said.

Even the most conservative members of the committee had questions about how the status quo could be sustained, though.

The ACA cut Medicare payments to hospitals on the assumption that expansion of Medicaid would make up the lost revenue.

But the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the ACA also said that states could opt out of expansion, and about half the states — all controlled by Republican legislatures — have done so.

Rep. Jim Kelly, a Republican from Independence, asked Chougule what would happen to rural towns in his district if their hospitals closed, and whether they would be able to attract new businesses to an area that was without a medical center.

Rep. Dick Jones, a Republican from Topeka, told Clancy he was not sure KanCare coverage was the ultimate answer.

But Jones said he was struck the previous day by the testimony of Marcillene Dover, an uninsured Wichita State University student who said she faced delays getting her multiple sclerosis diagnosed and was further “devastated” when she had to figure out how to pay for costly treatments.

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Franklin: Candidate says Iola needs to refocus priorities Continued from A1

and not being proactive,” he said. “We’ve got to shift the culture from reactive to proactive. We have to develop a vision for the long-term goals for the city.”

For example, Franklin points to the recent discussions regarding campaign sign ordinances.

“We’re spending 15 to 20 minutes at a council meeting worrying about yard signs,” he said, instead of focusing on other issues, such as utility rates or infrastructure needs. “Let’s spend less time on trivial issues

“We can’t solve problems if our egos are in the way.

— Aaron Franklin

and more times on decisions that are going to affect us long-term. Why don’t we have a plan so not only does the city know what expenses are coming two, three, four years down the road, but the citizens know, too?”

While the city has such a plan in place, Franklin said the council does too little on keeping it in focus.

FRANKLIN, 31, has been an active campaigner. He estimates he’s visited 80 percent of the homes in his ward, with more to come.

“Some people ask me what my agenda is,” he said. “My agenda has been to be a representative, to be a voice for people’s concerns. You, know, I hate the word ‘constituents.’

It reminds me of ‘Oh Broth-

ters.

“I’ve worked with commercial properties and businesses for a long time, and I’ve spent a great deal of time working with homeowners. I have an understanding of how we think as individual homeowners and as business owners.”

He’s also ready and able to make tough decisions.

“When you’re settling complex losses that range in multi-million dollars, you don’t always get to tell people what they want to hear,” he said. “There are times when I’ve showed up at doors and had to tell told people I can’t help them.”

His time as an auditor, meanwhile, has taught Franklin how to read the fine print; how to understand profits and losses; how to establish — and stick to — a budget.

“What really helps me, and what I think I’m going to bring to the council, and I don’t see a lot of right now, is that I can build relationships with the other council members so they understand that I have the best interest of everybody at heart,” he said. “It’s OK to disagree. It’s a good thing to disagree. If people are always on the same page, and just agree because they are comfortable with each other, and they don’t want to unsteady the waters, that’s when bad things happen. That’s not a good strategy.

er Where Art Thou.’ It’s almost derogatory to me.

These are the folks I’d be honored to represent.”

After graduating from Iola High School, Franklin attended Allen Community College and Kansas State University before traveling much of the United States for his role in the insurance industry. He works out of his home for Nationwide Insurance.

For the past 10 years, Franklin has worked as a claims adjuster, then as an auditor. Both, he said, give him a unique perspective on city mat-

French: Council in right direction Continued from A1

read the contracts. I want to sit there and be engaged, and I’m hoping my comments will help get others engaged, so we can have those debates. I’m not tooting my own horn, because it’s not about me, it’s about what’s best for the community.”

French typically is among the most active participants at each council meeting, peppering visitors and other council members with questions.

That’s by design.

“Some of my questions are geared to have others pull me in if I need to be pulled in a different direction,” he said.

“The team we have is cohesive, and our debate is respectful toward one another. Jon Wells and I, for example, have gotten into big debates on issues, where I’ve caught him saying, ‘Hey, I totally agree with you. I’m with you on this one.’ Or I’d say, ‘Jon, I didn’t think of it that way.’”

FRENCH GREW up in Allen County in Iola and Moran.

Originally a deputy with the Allen County Sheriff ’s Department, French moved to Topeka to work for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts as a medical investigator. He’s now in his 29th year with the agency. He jumped at the chance to return to his native southeast Kansas 10 years ago.

“I came back because my roots are here,” he said. “With my grandkids, that makes the sixth generation here. I want Iola to be here, and I want to have my part in

We need to do more than simply say ‘It looks good.’

— Steven French

doing what we can to ensure we’re here for future generations.”

French was among the new crop of city leaders voted in to office in April 2011, after Iolans voted to disband the old threemember city commission in favor of an eight-member council.

He’s the first to admit the early months were anything were easy.

“There are things I wish we could go back and do differently,” he said. “But I am proud of where we’ve come.

It’s working. As long as we can have that engagement, as long as we can have the different personalities willing to speak up and willing to be engaged, it’s going to work for our benefit.

“A couple of meetings ago, we talked about the city’s strategic plan,” he continued. “I want those strategic planning meetings. We need to do more than simply say ‘It looks good.’ We need to start getting the momentum going. I want to play a part in getting that done, and I don’t want to break the bank. I don’t want to raise taxes.”

a good track record, French contends.

“Since we’ve been on the council, we’ve not had to raise taxes,” he said. “We’ve looked at utilities and done a slight increase there, but they’re still manageable, and we’re competitive with what’s around us.”

And the council must continue to control spending, while still looking for growth.

“When I sit on the council, I have to remember I’m also spending my money, my tax dollars, my hard-earned income,” he said. “I’m going to watch it the way I watch my funds.

“It’s easy to say, ‘Gee, if we raise rates by this much by this much, we could have $2 million by the end of the year, “he

continued. “But we’ve got to remember those on fixed incomes, those who aren’t working, those who can’t get a job. That’s tough to do sometimes.”

Iola’s largest hurdle continues to be stemming population loss. As more graduates leave Allen County’s schools, the chances of them coming back is slim, he notes.

“We have to look at what can we do to get more residents back here to maintain what we have,” he said. “I don’t want to be Johnson County. I don’t want a growth spurt. Let’s maintain Iola as the hub of the county. We have to look at both preservation and expansion. You can preserve all you want, but you have to always look at growth. If you don’t, then you’ll lose.”

“I’m not going in Wyatt Earp gunslinging and trying to rock the boat right away. You’ve got to understand, change does not happen overnight, but I am going in with the mindset that I have a very strong backbone, and I have a lot of conviction, and I’ll state my opinions and beliefs.

“My agenda is to promote collaboration,” Franklin said. “We can’t solve problems if our egos are in the way. You have to be able to take a macro look at the city, take a macro look at what your ward is, and make a decision that’s best for the whole.”

FRANKLIN has already heard an earful from the voters.

“The roads and infrastructure are the biggest thing people in this area I’ve spoken to have concerns with,” he said. “They are concerned with how much money we’re spending on — and it’s not necessarily something I agree with — but how much we’re spending on the trail systems and the recreation, when we have part of our town that’s deteriorating. Like I said, it’s not my agenda. It’s what they’re telling me.”

Franklin and wife Allegra have three sons.

(Editor’s note: Franklin is unrelated to Councilwoman Beverly Franklin.)

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Concealed carry without permits an ode to the odious Here’s the scenario: A distraught man walks into the Allen County Courthouse and after an argument brandishes a handgun. Another man — it’s tax-paying time and a crowd awaits — also draws a handgun from under cover. A distressed clerk stabs an under-counter button to alert of a problem requiring immediate law enforcement intervention. Sheriff Bryan Murphy dashes from his office and quickly confronts the two men.

His dilemma: “What do I do? Ask the bad guy to raise his hand?”

If the confrontation doesn’t dissolve immediately, Murphy said he had no recourse but to use deadly force, with both men being targets.

“I would have no other choice,” he said.

Therein is a concern that plagues law enforcement officers faced with citizens carrying concealed weapons, which may increase if a measure working it’s way through the Legislature becomes law. For whatever reasons, a substantial number of those elected to govern the state are hell-bent on permitting Kansans to carry concealed weapons without a permit.

Kansas has a concealed carry law, meaning whoever wants to strap on a shoulder holster or stick a revolver under their belt may after obtaining a permit. Included are eight hours of instruction in safety and responsibility. The training isn’t as thorough as that of law enforcement officers, but is of some comfort for society.

Murphy pointed out a license was required to hunt or fish and drive a car in Kansas. To hunt, which involves a weapon, a license isn’t issued nowadays until completion of a hunter safety course. A driver’s license also requires instruction and knowledge of laws governing use of ve-

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But, if proponents in the Legislature have their way, anyone who can afford to buy, or otherwise obtain, a firearm will be able to go forth loaded for bear.

Murphy’s concerns are shared by many in law enforcement, upon whose shoulders dealing with gun violence falls.

“I firmly believe in the Constitution,” including the Second Amendment, Murphy added, pointing out he took an oath twice to uphold all in the document, first with the military and then in law enforcement. But, he thinks a haphazard approach with no guidance is a fool’s errand.

He doesn’t want to make a split-second decision about who is the bad guy, or for that matter for officers to approach someone in a critical or volatile situation with no idea what deadly implications might unfold. Admittedly that could occur with permitted carry, but would be less likely.

FACT IS, only a small percentage at both ends of the spectrum are directly involved: Those who are utterly convinced that being able to carry a firearm under any circumstances is their absolute right, and those who are just as convinced of the opposite.

In between is the majority, and as has occurred far too often they are the ones who become victims when an extraordinary event explodes, which is happening with alarming frequency and several times this week.

A new prescription for better health What if your doctor gave you a prescription that would help you lose weight, lower blood pressure, improve cholesterol, and reduce the risk of several forms of cancer?

Even better, the side effects are all beneficial: increased energy, productivity, and an elevated mood. The catch?

The prescription isn’t for a pill. It’s for healthful foods and regular physical exercise. Every day.

More than 94 percent of doctors would like to prescribe this approach, but only 14 percent feel comfortable doing so. It stems from a lack of nutrition education, which most medical schools don’t teach. While doctors are regarded as the most credible source of information about diet and health, more than half rate their nutrition knowledge as inadequate.

This explains why less than 25 percent of doctor office visits today include counseling on diet and exercise.

This is unacceptable and — in the field of preventive medicine — borders on malpractice. As rates of lifestyle diseases skyrocket, it only

Neal Barnard and

Cameron Wells CQ-Roll Call makes sense that medical training follows suit.

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, and Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, agree. The bipartisan duo has introduced the Expanding Nutrition’s Role in Curricula and Healthcare (ENRICH) Act, a bill that will grant federal funding to help medical school students learn about dietary patterns and lifestyle habits for disease prevention.

By reallocating funds from the Health Resources and Services Information budget, ENRICH allows up to 30 medical schools to integrate nutrition and physical activity education into existing curricula for three years, starting in 2016. The results speak for themselves: The 10,000 students who received 25 hours of nutrition instruction in 2005, as a result of a previous grant from the National

Putting politics back into the courtroom Gov. Fred Hall was Kansas’ 33rd governor, from 1953 to 1957.

Hall provided the inspiration for the judicial appointment system currently under threat from Gov. Brownback and a judicially annoyed Legislature. What Hall did was something that several governors had done before him, just not as flamboyantly. They, like Hall, had used the governor’s judicial appointment powers to serve their political interests.

In Hall’s case, Chief Justice William Smith of the Kansas Supreme Court, an ally of Hall’s, resigned his seat. Hall saved his own voter-rejected skin by resigning which caused Lt. Gov. John McQuish to become governor. McQuish then appointed the now former governor Hall to become the new Kansas Supreme Court chief justice. It was called, depending on who you read, the “triple jump” or the “triple shift.”

These events persuaded the Legislature and the people of Kansas that the judicial appointment system had to be de-politicized.

In 1958 Kansans went to the polls to approve our current judicial appointment system.

It’s called the “Modified Missouri Plan.” It uses a commission of nine people. Four are regionally peer-selected law-

Mark Peterson Insight Kansas yers; four are citizens chosen by the governor, one from each congressional district; and the last member and chairperson is another lawyer picked by members of the Kansas Bar Association.

The governor’s influence in the process is strong, both in terms of choosing nearly half the commission members, and having final say in the selection of the new appointee from the commission’s list of three nominees. At the same time purely partisan politics is reduced, and the likelihood of pure cronyism largely eliminated.

Why the history lesson?

With Brownback’s urging, the Legislature is considering concurrent resolutions (HCR 5004 and 5005) to do away with this less political process in favor of something close to the bad old days.

One resolution proposes the governor alone nominate a justice for senatorial confirmation.

The other creates a selection commission. The governor, House speaker and the

Our interests are better served by institutions less susceptible to the volatile public, the anger of thwarted governors, and the spite of legislators irritated by judges.

Senate president each get to choose three members who would replace the existing commission and submit their choice to the governor who would in turn make the final selection — no Kansas Bar Association involvement in either case.

There’s also HCR 5003, which if ratified by the voters, would permit the recall of judges, just in case the public gets really upset with a judge in between constitutionally mandated retention elections.

The proposed changes significantly increase the partisanship and politics of our appellate courts.

Is this a good thing for Kansas, or any state for that matter?

Advocates declare these approaches more democratic and therefore more constitutionally defensible.

What is the role of the

courts in our system of separated powers and checks and balances?

The courts are the least popularly controlled branch of government for a reason.

Their job is to hear the complaints of citizens, restrain the power of government, and defend the rights of the accused and the aggrieved. In those capacities our interests are better served by institutions less susceptible to the volatile public, the anger of thwarted governors, and the spite of legislators irritated by judges.

Kansas voters should be reminded, vividly, that 60 years ago they had politically controlled courts. Fred Hall was the last in an inglorious line of elected officials who used the courts to suit their political needs. Kansans had the wisdom to fix the system in 1958. Now, as the Legislature has “run the table” to eliminate the existing school finance formula; replaced it with block grants; and challenged the state’s courts on the constitutional question of school funding adequacy, there’s little to suggest that political behavior has undergone a virtuous transformation in the nearly six decades since.

Mark Peterson is a political science professor at Washburn University, Topeka.

Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, rank their nutrition knowledge higher than peers who went without this federally supported coursework.

Right now, less than 30 percent of medical schools maintain baseline nutrition education recommendations set forth by the National Academy of Sciences. And fewer, just one in eight, offer coursework on physical activity.

The federal funding doesn’t require medical students to become nutrition experts or exercise aficionados.

Twenty-five hours — half a work week — is all it takes to help narrow the ever-expanding nutrition gap in medical education. In fact, studies show that doctors who spend an extra 5.5 minutes with atrisk patients to talk about nutrition help them lose 5 pounds, lower saturated fat intake and lower LDL cholesterol levels.

From a clinical perspective, five minutes and five pounds serve as a catalyst for change — a low investment of time and just enough weight, in some cases, to eliminate the need for statins, insulin, and beta-blockers.

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March 22 — An article in today’s Register responded to criticisms of the widening of East Street and the improvement of U.S. 54 from Iola past LaHarpe. City officials said they were puzzled that there were no objections voiced in hearings when it was first proposed in 1963 and pointed out that some who signed petitions favoring the widening at that time are now calling for an election. The article and a front page editorial in a recent edition said the primary issue is whether U.S. 54 will be widened to four lanes from the east edge of Iola to LaHarpe and stated the improvement was important to the growth of Iola and Allen County. A full page ad in this edition urged voters to approve the improvement. It was sponsored by 53 downtown merchants, businesses and professional men.

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— Oklahoma: House Bill 1361, as approved by a House committee last month, would allow police departments to deny any request for body camera footage and other records that would “clearly cause exces-

Lawmakers in nearly a third of the states have introduced bills to restrict public access to recordings from police officerworn body cameras.

Some of the proposals in the Midwest are: — Kansas: The Senate has approved a substitute for Senate Bill 18, which says the audio and video recordings “shall be confidential and exempt from the open records act.” Persons who are subjects of the record-

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— Indiana: House Bill 1225 and Senate Bill 454 ask for a study on potential restrictions on the disclosure of video, the “scope and size of public records requests” that could be made for them, the persons eligible to make requests, and the purposes for which videos may be used.

— Iowa: House File

452 says body camera recordings “shall be kept confidential.”

People who are featured in them and their representatives would be able to view and copy the recordings.

— North Dakota: House Bill 1264 says any image “taken by a law enforcement officer with a body camera or similar device and which is taken in a private place” would be exempt from disclosure. The North Dakota House voted 87-3 to pass it Jan. 30.

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KU wins big — B4

Saturday, March 21, 2015

In the background

Ed Wilkerson, ACC’s head athletic trainer, is seen in the background, in the cart, during a women’s soccer game this past season. As the head trainer, Wilkerson attends every home ACC sports games and practices. REGISTER/SPENCER MICHELSON

ACC’s head athletic trainer works to heal

By SPENCER MICHELSON The Iola Register

Standing in the background at every Allen Community College athletic event is an unsung defender of the athletes. He’s not a coach or a booster or even a referee. He is head athletic trainer Ed Wilkerson.

“As an athletic trainer, you’re similar to an official.

If a game goes by and [as a spectator] you don’t notice the officials that much, its a well-officiated game,” Wilkerson, 53, said. “Although things do happen and you have to take care of them, you just hope they’re things where you’re able to get them going and [spectators] don’t notice you’re there.”

During and after almost every home sporting event

for Allen — that includes games and practices — it’s Wilkerson’s job to make sure the athletes are able to get back at it the next day.

“We provide the immediate care for the injury and also the rehabilitation,”

any athlete off the court, diamond, etc. and 2) the home team wins.

“A bad day is when you have kids not progressing and can’t compete, or when they have injuries in a contest and can’t return,” he

As an athletic trainer, you’re similar to an official. If a game goes by and [as a spectator] you don’t notice the officials that much, its a well-officiated game.

— Ed Wilkerson

Wilkerson said. “If its something like a broken bone or torn knee ligament — something we aren’t making progress on — we refer that to a specialist.”

A good day for Wilkerson is if: 1) no one in the stands has to see him help carry

said.

Wilkerson has been the head athletic trainer at Allen for the past four years.

His favorite part of the job is helping athletes reach their goals and perform the best that they can.

“Just like in athletics,

you’re always pushing to do better, better, better,” Wilkerson said. “In athletic training for an athletic program, you’re trying to get them better faster, faster and faster. It just doesn’t work that way.”

When Wilkerson started his career, he initially had a degree in physical education, with the dream of being a basketball coach.

He had an offer to be a freshmen basketball team’s coach, but declined the officer because there wasn’t an accompanying teaching assignment. Likewise, he declined teaching offers because there weren’t attached coaching assignments.

“So, I ended up joining the Air Force and they made me be a medic,” Wilkerson said.

“I worked for an Air Force hospital on the surgical floor for one year and then in the

Ed Wilkerson E.R. — I got my EMT training — for three years. When my four years were up and I put my money away from the educational fund, I was like, ‘well, what do I want to do?”

Wilkerson said he decided to combine his medical exSee ED | Page B3

ALL-PIONEER LEAGUE

Iola High basketball players earn regular season recognition

Sydney Wade

Emery Driskel

Kaden Macha

Iola High’s boys and girls basketball seasons came to an end, but the members of the teams have been receiving postseason accolades.

For the Fillies, two players earned spots on the Pioneer All-League Teams. Sydney Wade made the first team. She was primarily featured as Iola’s starting point guard. One of her best game’s came on Jan. 24 against Santa Fe Trail in the Burlington Midseason Tournament. The Fillies won 69-26 and the team shot 10-10 from beyond the arc. Wade led the way with four 3-pointers and 14 points.

Emery Driskel earned a spot on the second team. She

has become a regular on the All-Pioneer basketball teams.

She started as a forward this season and one of her best games also was against Santa Fe Trail, but on Feb. 3. The Fillies won 53-21 and Driskel led the way with 12 points.

FOR THE MUSTANGS, Kaden Macha earned a second team selection. Macha worked more as a point-forward, directing traffic and going after rebounds.

He led the team in every offensive category. He averaged 12.2 points, six rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. Macha played a crucial part in almost every game for the Mustangs.

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By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Fred VanVleet matched his career high with 27 points, Ron Baker made big free throws late, and Wichita State defeated Indiana 81-76 in the NCAA Tournament Friday.

By winning, the seventh-seeded Shockers (29-4) set up a much-anticipated Sunflower State showdown with Kansas on Sunday.

Baker scored 15, making 7 of 8 free throws in the last 2 minutes to allow Wichita State to hold off the Hoosiers (20-14).

Freshman reserve Zach Brown had eight of his career-high 11 points in the second half, with six coming during the Shockers’ decisive run.

Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell scored 24 points for Indiana. James Blackmon Jr. added 14 points and Troy Williams and Collin Hartman had 11 apiece for the Hoosiers.

VanVleet scored 19 points in the first half to keep Wichita State close.

The Shockers trailed by eight points in the first half and played from behind most of the game before going on a 15-3 run in the middle of the second half to take their biggest lead. Brown did much of the work, scoring off an inbound play, dunking and putting back Tekele Cotton’s miss to make it 65-57.

The Shockers answered each time Indiana looked ready to come back. After Williams’ 3-pointer cut the lead to 67-64, Cotton made a 3 of his own. After Hartman and Ferrell made 3s, Baker made four free throws to hold off the Hoosiers.

After Williams made a smooth move through the lane to cut it to 76-74, Darius Carter laced a pass through the lane to Cotton, who went up and under to make it 78-74.

Ferrell made a couple free throws to pull Indiana within two, but Baker

hit a pair on the other end with 19 seconds left.

There was plenty of rough stuff. Bodies were on the floor often, and the fouls were hard. Just ask Ferrell, who slammed down on his backside after getting rocked by Cotton and got up with a grimace. The Shockers’ Carter got popped hard in the face and lost a tooth.

The Shockers, who had been off 13 days since losing to Illinois State in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, struggled early. VanVleet and Baker combined to start 1 for 10 from the field, Evan Wessell and Brown had lay-ins spin out, and Baker threw an outlet pass out of bounds.

Ferrell hit three 3s and scored 11 points as the Hoosiers got out to a 19-12 lead. The Shockers came back to tie it 23-all.

But the Hoosiers, the best 3-point shooting team in the Big Ten, got a couple long shots from Hartman to drop and suddenly they were up again, 33-25.

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perience and his physical education degree, and go into athletic training.

He earned a graduate assistantship at Central Missouri State — now the University of Central Missouri — and graduated with a masters degree in physical education with an emphasis in athletic training.

After graduation, he was hired as the head athletic trainer at Pratt Community College where he worked for 10 years.

He finally was able to become a coach at Fort Hays State, but for softball, not basketball.

After that, he landed at Allen.

“Primarily, for my first few years, I did work in athletic training in support of the

previous athletic trainer,” Wilkerson said.

“And I taught the classes. It’s just been in the last four years that I’ve been the head athletic trainer.”

He coached Allen’s softball team for six years and now concentrates only on his duties as the head athletic trainer. He also teaches one to two classes a semester. Once the school year starts, the athletics at ACC pick up substantially.

“Most times, the practices are going to go to at least 6 p.m. I’m also here during the day doing treatments and teaching class,” Wilkerson said. “But, with our athletic programs, there are teams all year long that start practices at 6 a.m., teams that start practice most of the year at 8 p.m. So, you try to be available

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Wilkerson’s wife, Sandy, is a librarian for the Southeast Kansas library system as a youth consultant. They have a daughter, Emilia, who is still in elementary school and who Ed enjoys coaching in softball during the summer months when the college is on hiatus.

“I enjoy working with her on softball and she also loves dance,” Wilkerson said. “I’m in more of the role of taking her to (dance.) I enjoy working with the young kids and helping their skills.”

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The Kansas Jayhawks starting lineup cheers when backup teammate Kansas Jayhawks guard Josh Pollard scores in the final minute of the 75-56 victory over the New Mexico State Aggies Friday. TNS/KANSAS CITY STAR/DAVID EULITT day, including an 0-3 mark from the Big 12.

Kansas made sure to rob any drama from its opener at the CenturyLink Center, though. It shot holes in the Aggies’ unorthodox zone, going 9 of 13 from behind the arc. It turned just about every turnover into a runout. And the Jayhawks ran ragged New Mexico State’s veteran starters, who had not allowed an opponent to score 70-plus points in their last 24 games.

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Frank Mason III scored 17 points to lead a balanced attack, and the second-seeded Jayhawks rolled to a 75-56 victory over the No. 15 seed Aggies on Friday, giving their beleaguered Big 12 its first NCAA Tournament victory in four tries this March.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Seth Tuttle, Paul Jesperson and Northern Iowa showed no interest in being the recipient of the seemingly annual No. 5 seed getting upset by a 12th seed, even if Wyoming made the final few minutes a little uncomfortable for the Panthers.

Jesperson led five Northern Iowa players in double figures with 16 points, Tuttle added 14 and the Panthers held off Wyoming’s comeback for a 71-54 victory in an East Region matchup on Friday.

The Panthers (31-3) built a 21-point lead after scoring 11 of the first 12 points to start the second half. That huge lead was whittled to seven points twice but the Cowboys could get no closer. Wes Washpun scored eight of his 10 points in the final 9 minutes to help the Panthers advance.

Larry Nance Jr. led Wyoming (25-10) with 16 points, but was mostly invisible in the first half. Nance had one point and one shot in the first half before coming alive in the second half to try and lead Wyoming’s comeback bid.

Back in the tournament for the first time since their surprising run to the Sweet 16 in 2010, the champs of the Missouri Valley Conference played confident and physical, punishing the Cowboys on the inside and hitting clutch shots from the perimeter when needed.

Northern Iowa won for the 20th time in the past 21 games.

Tuttle, the player of the year in the Valley, took a backseat to his teammates in the second half with Washpun, Jesperson and Nate Buss hitting

key shots to slow Wyoming’s charge. Buss finished with 14 points, while Deon Mitchell added 10.

Charles Hankerson Jr. scored 15 points for Wyoming, the surprise champs of the Mountain West Conference Tournament. The Cowboys knocked off top-seed Boise State in the semifinals before outlasting San Diego State to earn their first NCAA appearance since 2002.

Nance was the leader of the Cowboys’ late-season run, but he was held in check for the first 25 minutes.

Northern Iowa made Nance disappear. They aggressively doubled the Wyoming star anytime he caught the ball in scoring position, forcing him to pass.

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Riley Grabau and Hankerson added 3s and the deficit was 50-43, the closest Wyoming had been since the opening minutes.

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Witness: Aaron Hernandez agitated

By JENNY WILSON The Hartford Courant

(TNS) FALL RIVER, Mass. — A Revere, Mass., woman who met Aaron Hernandez at a club two nights before the Odin Lloyd homicide testified Thursday that the former New England Patriots tight end made advances on her — acting pleasant and charming at first, but then aggressive and agitated when she saw him later in the night.

Bristol County prosecutors highlighted the shift in behavior to support their theory that Hernandez, 25, killed Lloyd after becoming angry with him during a visit to Rumor nightclub in June 2013. Hernandez felt disrespected

by Lloyd, prosecutors say, and he was agitated when they left the club in the early morning hours of Saturday June 15, 2013.

According to the state’s version of the slaying, Lloyd was shot to death 48 hours later.

Bristol County Assistant District Attorney William McCauley asked the witness, Kasey Arma, if “something changed” between the first and second time she saw Hernandez at Rumor that night.

“His whole demeanor,” Arma replied. “He was very different, very different, very on edge, aggressive, kind of arrogant.”

Arma is the second woman to testify that

the former NFL tight end made sexual advances on her that night. Hernandez is engaged to Shayanna Jenkins, his high school sweetheart from Bristol, Conn., and the mother of his two-yearold daughter.

Arma works for a promotions company, and said she previously had seen Hernandez at Rumor. She first noticed him that night when he tapped her on her hip to get her attention.

Arma said that several minutes later, “I was standing maybe five feet from him with my girlfriends dancing ... my girlfriends were like, ‘he’s staring you down.’ ” At the urging of her friends, Arma said she went over to Hernandez, introduced herself, and asked the former Patriots tight end why he was standing by himself. When she asked him his name, she said Hernandez responded: “Do you not know who I am?”

The former Patriots tight end then told the woman his name was “Rock.”

“He told me I looked good and he asked me if I could dance with him.

I told him that I don’t dance with guys in the club and I just come to have a good time with my girlfriends,” Arma said. She eventually relented and agreed to dance with Hernandez.

“During this time, what was his demeanor?” asked Bristol

County “He was pretty pleasant, kind of charming, and we just danced,” Arma said.

But the next time she saw Hernandez, Arma said, “I was back with my girlfriends dancing and then he came over and abruptly grabbed me by my arm.”

“And what was his demeanor at that time?”

McCauley asked.

“Very aggressive,” Arma said. She told jurors that Hernandez brought her across the club, leaned against a wall and told her to dance.

“He said, ‘show me what you can do with that thing, referring to my back end,’ “ Arma said. The judge ordered jurors to ignore that comment.

“If you could just tell us how his behavior seemed different than before,” McCauley said.

“He just seemed agitated, on edge,” Arma replied. She said Hernandez suggested that they leave the club and go to the W Hotel, which is nearby, because she would not agree to the way he was trying to dance with her.

“He was trying to push my back, bend me over,” she said. “I told him, ‘I’m not going to dance like that.’ “ Hernandez is accused in three murders in Massachusetts. He is standing trial in the Bristol County case for one count of firstdegree murder and two illegal firearms counts.

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Moisture cases misfire with short circuit Dear Car Talk:

I have a 2002 Mazda Protege, and it has been fairly reliable all these years. A little more than a year ago, I was driving home from work one night after a heavy rainstorm, and I hit a huge puddle at around 30 mph.

A wave of water came over my hood and windshield. My engine light immediately came on, and my engine started to misfire. That continued until I got home. The next morning when I started the car, the engine light came on and the car misfired. After about 10 minutes of driving, the misfiring went away.

That pattern continued for about three days. On the fourth day, the engine started normally and seemed fine. A couple of days later, the engine light went out. Things were then fine for a few

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Ray Magliozzi days, until it rained overnight. The next morning, the light came on again, and the engine started misfiring again. Now it happens whenever it has rained or when it’s very humid. My feeling is that when I hit the water with a hot engine, something cooled and cracked, exposing something electrical, and the humidity is causing the problem.

Any ideas? — Jim This sounds like the most basic of water-related automotive issues, Jim. This car has an oldfashioned distributor cap and rotor. Most likely, when you forded the Nile that night, you got water inside the distribu-

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conditions are perfect, but once rain or moist air steal additional energy via the old spark plug wires, the engine starts misfiring.

Eventually, as the engine heats up, the moisture in the distributor evaporates, the plug wires warm up and dry out a bit, and the cylinders all fire. But when the engine gets cold, the moisture re-condenses inside the distributor cap, and on the next rainy morning, you have the same problem.

While you might be able to fix it by simply removing the distributor cap and drying it out really well, I’d recommend replacing the cap, the rotor and the wires. That stuff ’s cheap, Jim. And it should solve all of your moisture-related problems. Except those bad hair days. Good luck.

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tor cap, and it’s causing the misfire by creating a short circuit. And I’d suspect that your problem is exacerbated by old spark plug wires that “leak” electricity when there’s moisture or lots of humidity in the air.

This used to happen to cars all the time. Distributors and old wires would get wet on rainy days, and cars would die and strand people. AAA towing service still refers to that time as “The Golden Age”! But with distributorless ignition systems now, and fuel injection that prevents flooding, cars that don’t start or run in the rain are really rare.

In your case, what’s happening is that the moisture that’s stuck inside the distributor cap is compromising your spark. The spark is sufficient when all the other

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Ex-Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe signs with Browns

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer

CLEVELAND (AP) — Dwayne Bowe believes he’s catching on with the Browns at the perfect time.

A Pro Bowl wide receiver with Kansas City, Bowe signed a two-year contract on Friday with Cleveland, a struggling franchise with a rabid fan base eager to cheer for a consistent winner. That’s what Bowe experienced in eight seasons with the Chiefs and the free agent’s ready to bring what he learned to the

Browns.

“The Browns were the perfect situation from the fan base to the style of offense and the way I’ll be utilized to help the team go to the next level,” Bowe said. “After eight years, you’re a pro’s pro. I’ve had every style of coaching, every personality. I’ve been through a lot and it’s going to make this transition a little easier because of what I’ve been through.

The 30-year-old Bowe is a legitimate down-thefield target to help Cleveland’s passing game, and he’ll help offset the loss of Josh Gordon, who will serve a one-season NFL

suspension in 2015 for drug violations.

Bowe made 532 receptions and scored 44 touchdowns with the Chiefs, who recently released him to save room under the salary cap. Although Bowe’s production has dipped in recent seasons — he scored a league-high 15 TDs in 2010, but only 13 in the four seasons since — the Browns are confident he can be their No. 1 receiver.

“Dwayne is a player that adds a big, tough and physical presence to our group,” Browns general manager Ray Farmer said. “His ability to play

in high traffic areas of the field for contested catches is something we really like. We have talked about having a versatile group of wide receivers that can align and play from various positions, and he can do that. His position versatility to inside and outside numbers appeals to us in a variety of ways.”

Bowe has had three 1,000-yard seasons since 2007, when the Chiefs selected him with the No. 23 overall draft pick. The 6-foot-2, 221-pounder has caught at least 57 passes in each of the past three seasons.

“Dwayne brings a nice

combination of size and speed to our wide receiver group,” Browns coach Mike Pettine said. “He is a veteran player that has been productive and caught a ton of footballs in this league. His size and catch radius make him very quarterbackfriendly, and we are happy to add him to our team.”

Bowe is the second significant addition at wide receiver, a position of need that Farmer did not address in last year’s draft. The Browns recently signed former Miami Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline, a sure-handed route runner who will

be a nice complement to Bowe and slot receivers Andrew Hawkins (teamhigh 63 catches in 2014) and Taylor Gabriel.

Bowe sees strong potential in Cleveland’s group of wideouts.

“These guys just want to play football. You don’t have any ego guys on that team,” Bowe said. “You’ve got guys that just want to come in and do their job and make the organization successful, and that’s all you ask for in a group, guys that want to come in and play their tail off. It doesn’t matter if they’re No. 1 or No. 2 as long as everyone is contributing.

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With his son, Keelan, at his side, no wonder Kevin Harvick keeps getting top-two finishes.

How impressive is Kevin Harvick’s seven-race streak?

Stewart-Haas’ Busch has super day in return to racing

It’s maybe more amazing than suspected.

When Richard Petty did this, he was headand-shoulders above most of the competition in terms of equipment, while today’s relative parity makes seven consecutive top-two finishes almost impossible to comprehend, much less achieve.

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Did you see how well that driver of the Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet did Sunday at Phoenix?

Not race winner Kevin Harvick, but teammate Kurt Busch, who finished fifth in the No. 41 machine.

Busch missed the first three races of the Sprint Cup Series after being suspended by NASCAR following accusations of domestic abuse by a former girlfriend.

Busch was reinstated by NASCAR on March 11 and was back racing four days later.

“It’s great to be back and post a top-five finish in our first effort back,” Busch said. “It is a testament to the team, Stewart-Haas, Tony Gibson, (my) crew chief. It was a pleasure to drive the car. Lots of emotions, but had to keep those in check and focus on the race car.”

Since NASCAR granted Busch a Chase waiver (a driver is supposed to compete in all 26 regularseason races), all he has to do is score one win and the No. 41 Chevy will make the playoff round.

Busch has to be at least 30th in points. With just one start, he’s 33rd.

“We’re not going to think about points,” Busch said.

“Gene Haas has got me under contract to go win races, and that’s what I want to do.

“We’ll see how the points play out. But right now, we’re here to win some races. (The) first step was to get our feet back underneath us, then we’ll go for those wins.”

That’s not so easy these days with his teammate showing amazing speed and durability in every start.

Harvick said he got a chill bump when he was told he was the first driver since Richard Petty in 1975 to run off seven or more consecutive top-two finishes. Harvick gave his No. 4 team the credit. “I’m just really proud of everybody at Stewart-Haas for everything they do,” he said. “Really proud of (crew chief) Rodney Childers and these guys on this team. I feel like we get better as we go through different situations. Really happy to be a small piece of what’s going on. Really proud of everybody at Stewart-Haas and everybody on our No. 4 team.”

And Harvick’s teammate in the No. 41 Sunday?

Kurt Busch’s fifth-place finish turned some heads and earned the embattled driver some praise, given how he was coming off a threerace suspension. But it’s not like he’s facing major-league curveballs after a three-week break, so hold back a little on the fanfare.

Also, don’t get ahead of yourself on thoughts about a “New Kurt” in the cockpit. Regardless of the truth about what happened in his legal case, the whole thing certainly threw him for a loop, but he’ll be back.

Junior’s streak Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s streak of top-5 finishes to start 2015 came to end with a pop and a thud when the right rear tire of his No. 88 Chevy blew out on Lap 181. “The car was really, really loose and just wore the right rear tire out, and blew the tire,” Earnhardt said.

“You can’t wear the tire out. You have to get your car handling better. It’s going to be hot a lot of races. We just have to get the balance better where we don’t burn the tire off of it.”

What’s that mean?

Come on, you know what it means.

Eventually, the gratitude he has for being back in the car will give way to his desire (insistence, actually) to run up front with a shot at winning. That’s what makes him a great racer. But it’s also what makes him an emotional handful. I doubt that has disappeared.

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for more than 30 years. Reach him at ken.willis@ news-jrnl.com

FEUD OF THE WEEK

Kurt has a lot to smile about — reinstated and a fifth-place finish at Phoenix, all in one week.

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BRIAN VICKERS VS. JIMMIE JOHNSON: Vickers said Johnson wrecked him on Lap 1. “It seems kind of early to wreck someone,” Vickers groused.

GODWIN KELLY GIVES HIS TAKE: “Johnson said he had damage to his car on Lap 1. No apology. That could come back and haunt him.”

GODWIN’S FONTANA PICKS WINNER: Kevin Harvick REST OF THE TOP FIVE: Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Brad Keselowski DARK HORSE: Aric Almirola

Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for more than 30 years. Reach him at godwin.kelly@ news-jrnl.com

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