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Hundreds turn out to honor Vietnam War vets

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

CHANUTE — Time has smoothed out dissent to the Vietnam War. Close to 1,000 people flooded Santa Fe Park here Saturday morning to recognize Vietnam veterans.

About 150 were honored with Kansas Vietnam War medals and medallions.

In a prelude to the recogni-

tion ceremony, Gene Sayers, Area East commander of the Kansas American Legion, noted deaths from hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan were much less than in Vietnam in part because of advanced technology.

More than 58,000 service personnel died in Vietnam.

Their names are on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in WashSee VIETNAM | Page A4

Many searched for names of friends and relatives listed on the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall Saturday in Chanute. Iolan Armond Pulley was among recipients of a Kansas Vietnam medal and medallion from Gregg Burden, director of veterans affairs in the state. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON

Container gardening perfect for apartment life

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

While her garden is far from being the largest in Iola, Patty Harris may have the most efficient.

In about 20 containers squeezed in behind her Cedarbrook apartment in north Iola, Harris has planted a wide range of vegetables — tomatoes, yellow squash, green beans, onions, sweet potatoes, even eggplant.

“I’ve gardened all of my life and when I moved into my apartment four months ago I wasn’t sure I still would be

able to,” said Harris, 59.

After checking, she found containers holding vegetable plants were allowed, but were restricted to a gravel strip about two feet wide that borders the back side of apartments.

Harris seized on the opportunity and through friends and relatives accumulated containers of several sizes, from small ones originally holding cat litter to one of about a yard diameter that came from a farm.

“I did it for fun,” Harris observed. “I’m no expert on container gardening, but I would have one piece of advice: Drill

a hole in the bottom of containers so water can get out and won’t stagnate.”

Her harvest has started.

Harris particularly enjoys having fresh green beans, tomatoes and bell peppers grace her table.

“I want to pickle some green beans,” Harris added, explaining why she planted dill in one small container.

In addition to vegetables, Harris has several pots containing flowers, which she and neighbors enjoy. “They’re so pretty this year.”

Harris suffers from diaSee GARDEN | Page A4

Patty Harris

Fair barbecue more CPR crucial skill to know than just a contest

By KAREN INGRAM The Iola Register

By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

A barbecue cook-off and car show will provide a tasty windfall to Iola Ministerial Association’s Community Pantry Saturday to kick off the Allen County Fair.

Iola Rotary Club will bring back the Allen County Fair’s barbecue cook-off, as an aside to its car show. A feature will be more non-perishable food donations and 48 pork butts cooked by contestants that will go to feed the hungry.

Together the events are billed as Smokin’ Hot Cars & BBQ. The pork butts will be furnished by the Kansas City Barbecue Society in a benevolent gesture. The 100 KCBS Meals Mission aims to help

out by giving back to the community.

The cook-off is expected to draw 48 barbecue grillers from several states. While preparing contest food — chicken, pork ribs, pork and beef brisket — each contestant also will cook a donated pork butt.

Rotarian Judy Brigham said the food will be distributed from the Community Pantry to benefit all food programs in Allen County, not just Iola’s.

In addition to the inviting barbecued pork, with each butt averaging about eight pounds, canned and boxed foods will be collected during the contest from contestants and those who meander through the array of cookers in Riverside Park.

The effort to sate appetites

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Sarah Gonzalez does not remember the seizure. She has no memory of the moment when she almost died.

“I wasn’t conscious, I wasn’t breathing,” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez had two very fortunate things on her side that day: her husband Nick was there and he knew how to perform CPR. Nick pulled her out of the chair, lay her on the floor and immediately began pumping her chest while her oldest son, Layne, now 18, called 911.

“If my husband hadn’t known CPR, I probably wouldn’t be here because it took a while for the ambulance to get there,” Gonzalez said.

ACCORDING TO the American Heart Association, an overwhelming majority of cardiac arrests — 88 percent — happen at home, but 70 percent of Americans either do not know how to do CPR or their training has lapsed. This leaves the majority vulnerable in the event of an emergency.

“When I instruct people, I tell them they are more likely to use CPR on a family member than a stranger,” said Eric Lawrence, Iola firefighter/EMT. Lawrence has worked for the city for about 15 years, switching roles from police officer to firefighter about two years ago. Lawrence said he has performed CPR five or six times since joining the fire department. He estimates the number of medical calls they receive per month that require CPR is one or two.

“With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.”

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Sarah Gonzalez “Unfortunately, it’s a lot more frequent than you’d want to believe,” Lawrence said.

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Obituary Edith McMillan Edith P. McMillan, Garnett, died Friday, July 18, 2014, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab, LLC, in Richmond.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett, burial to follow in Garnett Cemetery. Family will greet friends at the funeral home from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. prior to the service.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Richmond HealthCare and Rehabilitation Center.

Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com

Thompson, Van Houden to meet at Tuesday forum CHANUTE — Area voters will get an opportunity to hear Rep. Kent Thompson and his challenger, Chad VanHouden, at a candidate forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Chanute’s Memorial Auditorium.

Thompson, a Republican, holds the Kansas 9th District seat and is facing Van Houden in the Aug. 5 primary election.

The 9th District covers

the western two-thirds of Allen County, including Iola and Humboldt, and the western-most part of Neosho County.

Thompson is filling the unexpired term of Ed Bideau, who died in 2013.

Tuesday’s forum is sponsored by the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce. The forum is open to the public, however questions will not be taken from the floor.

KPERS hits benchmark TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The state’s pension system has been looking healthier thanks in part to investment gains and legislative changes that boosted employer and employee contributions.

Patrice Beckham, an actuary with the Cavana-

Wells to speak at ACHS event Jon Wells, history and political science instructor at Allen Community College, will give a presentation on his dissertation featuring Gen. Frederick Funston at the Allen County Historical Society meeting Tuesday. The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Funston Meeting Hall.

Fender bender at Sonic A minor traffic accident occurred at Sonic Drive-In, 301 W. Madison Ave., July 10. Susan Ellis was going north in the drive-in her 2006 Chevy Impala when a 1997 Dodge pickup, driven by Megan Stokes, backed up and the two collided. No injuries were reported.

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ugh Macdonald consulting firm, told the Kansas Public Employees Retirements System’s Board of Trustees that the state’s pension system has reached an important benchmark of 60 percent funded at the end of 2013.

The state’s pension system improved in part because of a 17 percent investment return last year.

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The pilot who flew an airplane into Allen County Airport the evening of July 11 carrying 206 pounds of marijuana remains in Allen County Jail in lieu of a $1 million bond.

Kenneth Weaver, 58, Denver, is charged locally with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and

not having a Kansas tax stamp.

Sheriff Bryan Murphy said a federal grand jury would be convened Wednesday in Wichita to consider federal charges.

The airplane, a small passenger jet, was seized after the marijuana was found. Murphy said after federal agents

completed processing the plane here, it would be flown to a federal facility in Texas and eventually sold. Agencies that participated in seizure of the marijuana, including Allen County, will share in proceeds.

Also, Murphy said the plane’s registration had expired and he was unsure whether federal

authorities had established ownership.

Weaver and the plane were held here after Allen County officers were alerted that it might be landing. Weaver had no pilot’s license or medical card, which gave officers reason to detain him until federal Department of Drug Enforcement agents arrived.

July 15 Richard Billinger, Iola, reported the theft of a full 1½gallon gas container from his back yard, 521 N. Third St. Estimated loss is $20.

Hayden White, Iola, was cited for allegedly driving with a suspended license.

July 16 Rebecca Goudy, Iola, reported someone had sto-

len medication from her residence in the 900 block of North Buckeye Street.

Wesley Dietrich was arrested in the 700 block of East Jackson Avenue for a warrant issued out of Anderson County.

July 17 An orange thruster bicycle was found in the 1700 block of East Street.

Police reports July 14 Abigail Elbrader, Iola, reported someone had entered her vehicle in the 300 block of South Chestnut Street and taken some money.

Officers responded to a report of property damage at 304 McGuire Dr. Joyce Bratsch said sometime between 1 p.m. July 12 and 11:30 a.m.

July 13 a small dent appeared

on the metal window screen of her residence. She did not hear anything strike the window and believed it may have happened while she was not at home.

Amanda Cherrie Springston, Iola, was cited for suspicion of interfering with a law enforcement officer in the 400 block of South First Street.

Budget woes causing decline in driver’s ed WICHITA (AP) — Driver education instructors are alarmed at the declining emphasis on teaching youngsters how to drive at a time when the number of distractions is growing exponentially.

Tight budgets have forced many Kansas school districts to eliminate their driver’s education programs, while others are offering them as an after-school or summer add-on and not a core part of their curriculums.

“If a child is working

out a math problem and they get it wrong they have an opportunity to erase it and do it over.

Life is good, they learn, which is our goal,” said Connie Sessoms, a longtime driver education teacher. “This driver education thing, if they don’t get it and they hit a tree at 50 mph, they don’t get to do that over.”

Sessoms was among about 200 members of the American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association who met in Wichita last week for a conference

on the latest trends in driver training, The Wichita Eagle reported.

The Wichita School District dropped driver’s education in the 2010-11 school year, spokeswoman Susan Arensman said.

Because school districts aren’t hiring much, universities are dropping their programs to train driver education teachers.

That has contributed to a growing teacher shortage as baby-boomer educators move on.

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— Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse commissioner’s room.

— Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, ACC student center.

— Allen County Regional Hospital trustees meeting, 7 p.m., meeting room at Allen County Regional Hospital.

— Allen County Historical Society meeting speaker Jon Wells, 7 p.m., Fredrick Funston meeting hall.

— Iola BPOE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

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— TOPS No. KS 880 5 p.m. weigh in, 5:30 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church — Weight Watchers, weigh in 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m. meeting, Trinity United Methodist Church.

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that lowered the number of teen traffic fatalities in Kansas over the past few years, said Jim Hanni, a spokesman for AAA Kansas.

Instead, it was a graduated licensing program that went into effect in 2010 that made the difference, he said.

Teen traffic fatalities fell by roughly 32 percent from 2010 to 2011, and 11 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to Kansas Department of Transportation statistics.

“There just isn’t any research that shows that driver education reduces crash rates; I mean we haven’t changed the rigor of driver’s education since it began in 1946,” Hanni said.

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We were boys, we were friends, we were enemies

By BEN KAMIN

The latest round of bombings, rocket attacks, airstrikes — sparked in part by the abductions and killings of three Israeli teenagers and a Palestinian teen — make hope for peace seem as impossible as these outrages against innocents are beyond reprehensible. My nephews and nieces in Israel and their peers in Gaza run for cover and cower in fear. Both sides are killing the future.

Each time we suffer through this, I think even more about a little dialogue I had a long time ago with a Palestinian neighbor.

In the fall of 1961, I was 8 years old and living in the Israeli hamlet of Kfar Saba, where my parents and I were born. We could see the Samaria Mountains from our porch, and the town of Kalkilya, now in the West Bank but then part of Jordan just a mile or so away. A valley of orchards and wild brush lay between us and was forbidden; the border was more or less defined by an old rail

path.

But precisely because that citrus-scented valley was offlimits to me, it was also enticing one Saturday afternoon. I rode my bicycle past the village square, beyond the old bus station and into the valley that unfolded against the biblical mountains.

Kalkilya was close by where I walked in the thick groves that divided the two worlds.

And then I realized that I was not alone. Standing and staring at me was an Arab boy, about my age, as surprised by this encounter as I. We both froze in fear. But curiosity quickly prevailed and we began to talk. It was a halting mixture of Hebrew and English; I did not know any Arabic. I still remember that he knew words from both of my languages and I did not know any from his.

I remember his face very clearly, particularly the way he smiled.

I told him about my village and described my father as a war hero and a mighty man who had once fought

I told him my name. He told me his: Ahmed. We parted, the sons of fathers who may have once battled each other in that valley. ... There was a tension we did not understand. But we were driven by something good that we also did not understand. in that valley. He told me that his father was very tall and strong and was chieftain of his village. We talked about the orange trees, and we agreed to meet again in a week at the same spot. I told him my name. He told me his: Ahmed. We parted, the sons of fathers who may have once battled each other in that valley.

Our second appointed meeting was washed out by an autumn rain, but we did meet again several days later. I had not told my parents about the first meeting because they would certainly have disapproved. Ahmed stood waiting for me. There was a tension we did not understand. But we were driven

by something good that we also did not understand.

We both knew that this second meeting would affirm the first one but probably would be the last. It was truly friendly. We taught each other words from the other’s languages, simple words such as “goat,” “bicycle” and “rain.”

We compared notes on siblings.

Before leaving, we spontaneously reached for the same large orange hanging from the tree above us. We peeled it and shared the slices. How sticky and sweet it tasted. We buried the peels and the seeds in the ground under the tree.

We promised each other that one day, when peace between our people came, we’d return

to see if a tree had taken root and grown there.

I live in California now. In the television footage of the rage coming to us again from that valley, I look for Ahmed’s face. We are both middleaged men now. Several years ago, I visited and found that few trees were left in that valley. Palestinian terrorists have several times set fire to the orchards. Israeli tanks have often rolled into Kalkilya. Unforgivable bombings have killed children in both villages.

I wonder where Ahmed is and what we would say to each other if we were to meet again. Might it be possible for us to reach reconciliation now? Would he remember that we once knew more about peace than the grownups on either side of our valley?

About the writer: Ben Kamin, a rabbi, is the author, of “Dangerous Friendship: Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy Brothers.” He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.

Letter to the editor To the editor,

Amazon too easy for children The Federal Trade Commission has run out of patience with Amazon. The government agency sued the online retail giant in Seattle last week for failing to install sufficient protections against online purchases made by children without their parents’ consent.

The lack of passwords to prevent children from easily accessing Amazon game apps on its Kindle tablet has resulted in parents becoming liable for “many millions of dollars” of charges, the FTC said.

Using internal company emails to prove its point, the FTC argued that Amazon ignored the vulnerability in its system of so-called in-app purchases. The agency said that before a child is even aware of it, hundreds of dollars in spending can be racked up on a parent’s credit card.

Amazon insists that its practices are legal and that the FTC is focusing on what it considers a minor problem.

The online retailer said it has refunded money to parents who complain and that, al-

though a password was not needed to make any purchase up to $99 when it began in-app charges in 2011, it did begin requiring a password in 2012 for charges over $20.

The FTC wants Amazon to pay millions of dollars in refunds since 2011, when it began marketing heavily to children. Far from discouraging online innovation, the suit merely seeks to hold the company responsible for bad business practice.

— The Pittsburgh -Post-Gazette

The Register has been filled with many topics for coffee shop discussion lately. Where to start?...

The college farm sale — I would ask the board and administration to reconsider selling the farm. The buildings and acreage is an asset that will never be replaced if allowed to be lost.

If the college intends to continue hosting an agriculture program in its present iteration, or if they were to ever consider expanding the curriculum to offer classes in the area of horticulture, “truck farming,” agricultural tourism and hospitality, water resource management, aquaculture or forestry, the loss of the college farm could prove crippling.

The Allen Community College administration has finally acknowledged in a public way that there is a problem with ag-related enrollment and recruitment.

While the program is currently offering an excellent education to the students who are taking advantage of the opportunity, the farm offers a unique laboratory for hands-on experience.

With the many choices in advanced education available, to actually draw a student up from their sofa

and away from their computer, you will have to offer unique experiences and hands-on education. Otherwise, it would seem that the economically prudent course would be to direct students to Phoenix University online. With the many online colleges available, ACC has no need to reinvent the wheel. If colleges will not offer a reason to come to campus, is there a need to maintain that campus?

It has been estimated as many as 20 percent of the American workforce is engaged in employment that is directly related to or stems from agriculture. The need for education to prepare for those jobs will continue and marketing the ACC college farm as an asset to such an education, along with reinvigorated recruitment and an updated curriculum, will draw students back to the main campus, adding revenue to our community through student spending and sales taxes.

The opportunity to learn in your pj’s is seductive and colleges need to offer a unique and hands-on education. Let’s keep our ACC ag student’s hands in the dirt and on the cattle by keeping the ACC farm.

Darrell R. Monfort DVM, Iola, Kan.

Mexico’s mix of oil and drugs toxic to petroleum industry Mexico has witnessed a dramatic economic expansion since the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect in 1994 and opened the country to foreign competition. But one area where its progress remains stalled is in its petroleum sector, where outside competition has remained largely off limits.

To get where Mexico needs to go economically, its legislature must keep moving forward with the petroleum reform package that President Enrique Pena Nieto initiated in April to alter the monopoly status of the state-owned oil company, Pemex. Equally important are the security mechanisms his government must put in place to ensure that drug violence and corruption don’t turn Mexico’s oil and

gas potential into just another high-profile symbol of a failing state.

Petroleum sales provide one-third of Mexico’s government income and more than 10 percent of export revenue, making it a crucial component of the nation’s economic stability. Yet Mexico’s production has declined 20 percent since 2004. It cannot afford to let this trend continue.

The regions where Mexico has the best prospects for new oil and gas development also are areas where organized crime is most active. That’s no coincidence.

The drug cartels are diversifying their sources of illicit income, and the petroleum sector is one of their biggest and most potentially lucrative targets. Some cartel members

The regions where Mexico has the best prospects for new oil and gas development also are areas where organized crime is most active. That’s no coincidence.

are siphoning oil from pipelines to sell on international markets. Others are extorting protection money from drilling and exploration operations.

The presence of armed groups engaged in these activities is nothing new. American oil companies have had to cope for years with theft and extortion demands while working in war zones such as Colombia, Indonesia and various African countries.

A crucial difference, however, is that the Mexican government places heavy restrictions on the security measures that foreign companies can take to protect themselves. Private ownership of weapons by foreigners is prohibited, making it difficult for energy companies to provide their own security.

That leaves a stark choice for Pena Nieto’s government.

If it allows insecurity and corruption to prevail, foreign

companies almost certainly will stay away, and the country’s crucial petroleum revenue will continue declining.

But as the drug cartels have demonstrated all along the border, any government action that threatens their income elicits more violence.

The stakes get higher, and the challenge gets tougher, every time the government cedes ground to the cartels.

The nation’s prosperity depends on maximizing the country’s petroleum potential, but that won’t happen if foreign petroleum experts can’t do their jobs safely. Mexico cannot afford to let criminal drug and extortion organizations effectively become an oil cartel. ­— The Dallas Morning News

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he practiced on the mannequin. The first time he had to perform CPR in real life, however, was a very different experience.

“Five minutes felt like five hours,” he said.

Eric Lawrence and for someone who needs CPR, every second counts. If someone’s heart stops beating, brain damage can occur within minutes, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Lawrence mostly instructs Iola city employees. Classes are also held upon request, usually by an employer who wants employees to be certified. Currently, there are no regular classes offered to the public through the fire department or EMS, but there has been some discussion about setting up a structured class schedule if demand warrants.

“We’re trying to broaden our availability to the community,” Lawrence said. “We want to do everything we can for our community and citizens of Allen County to remain safe in their homes.”

Lawrence took his first CPR class in high school. He remembered how easy it seemed as

ONE ISSUE is that people believe the risk of having a cardiac event is low in a younger family, so they do not see CPR training as necessary.

However, cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any age. One of the more common causes of cardiac arrest is choking.

“Children are very high risk, especially toddlers because they put things in their mouth,” said Lisa Griffith, RN and Emergency Department Manager for Allen County Regional Hospital.

Trauma, drowning, electrocution and drug overdose are also causes of cardiac arrest, according to John Hopkins School of Medicine.

“The faster you start CPR, the better the outcome,” Griffith said. She also stressed certification to ensure CPR is done correctly.

Griffith said the hospital offers classes for $25 per person. The class typically takes one to three hours long, depending on the class size, but smaller classes are preferred for more one-on-one time with the instructor. Training must be done every two years to maintain certification.

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betes, which makes getting about a little difficult. Dorris Young, from Home Health, helps daily chores and makes sure Harris is able to tend her garden.

“She’s a great help,” she said.

HARRIS GREW up in Madison and moved to

Iola about 40 years ago.

Now, “I’m just a single woman trying to get by,” she said.

“Living at Cedarbrook is wonderful,” Harris added. “There so many nice ladies here. They are so good to me,” including taking into account that her diabetes limits her ability to walk.

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of the hungry will go far beyond Iola. The Kansas City group is coordinating a national program to distribute more than 100,000 meals during the next year, through contests it sanctions. By spring 2015, the KCBS expects to have provided 25,000 pounds of cooked pork from the 3,200 pork butts it will donate.

The generosity is prompted by recent hunger and poverty statistics conducted by the government that show nearly 15 percent of U.S. households, containing 49 million people, struggle to put food on their tables. About one in five children in the U.S. live below the poverty line.

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The car show will be the Rotary Club’s seventh annual, now named the Neil Westervelt Memorial Car Show.

Westervelt, who died a year ago, was instrumental in starting the show. Last year’s drew about 85 entries and the anticipation is the upcoming one will top 100.

Couple that with 48 barbecue chefs, and the first day of Allen County’s annual fair will offer much for many.

The winner of Saturday’s cook-off will receive an invitation to the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Cook-off later this year.

Saturday’s activities begin at 8 a.m. Prizes will be awarded at 2 p.m.

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Lisa Griffith people to focus on just one task — pumping the heart —than to worry about multiple tasks in an emergency. Learning the Heimlich Maneuver to help people who are choking is also part of the training.

“It’s pretty easy to take an hour of your time [to learn CPR] if it can save somebody’s life,” Griffith said. “It’s definitely worth an hour of my time to teach you.”

GONZALEZ, Humboldt, was fortunate that her husband knew CPR, but if he had not been home that day, her chil-

dren would have stepped in. They all received CPR training in school.

“All of our freshmen did it last year,” said Wendy Froggatte, USD 258 nurse. “You never know when someone might need it.”

The Humboldt school district has offered CPR training to students for several years now and also makes sure all staff are trained and certified in both CPR and the use of automated external defibrillators, or AEDs. These devices, which use a jolt of electricity to start someone’s heart, can be found in many public places, including airports and many schools. Humboldt High School has three.

Froggatte said many students enjoyed learning CPR, and it was wonderful to see them take ownership in learning a life skill.

Froggatte said some people don’t take action when someone needs CPR because they worry about liability — getting sued if they fail or hurt the person unintentionally.

“Even if they don’t do it exactly right, doing the action of pumping the heart can help,” Froggatte said.

Griffith agreed, adding that some people hold back for fear of hurting the person, especially if that person is elderly.

“Any attempt is better than no attempt,” she said.

Kerry tries again for Mideast peace WA S H I N G T O N (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is making a renewed push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas with another trip to the Middle East after the civilian death toll in the conflict sharply escalated over the weekend.

Kerry left Washington early today for Cairo, where he will join diplomatic efforts to resume a truce that had been agreed to in November 2012.

He will urge the militant Palestinian group to accept a cease-fire agreement offered by Egypt that would halt nearly two weeks of fighting. More than 500 Palestinians and 20 Israelis have been killed in that time.

The Obama administration, including Kerry, is sharpening its criticism of Hamas for its rocket attacks on Israel and other provocative acts, like tunneling under the border. It is also toning down an earlier rebuke of Israel for attacks on the Gaza Strip that have killed civilians, including children.

In a statement Sunday evening, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. and international partners were “deeply concerned about the risk of further escalation, and

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Two Americans, Max Steinberg of California and Nissim Carmeli of Texas, who fought for the Israel Defense Forces were killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip.

The State Department confirmed the names of the two U.S. citizens Sunday night.

Cairo’s cease-fire plan is backed by the U.S. and Israel. But Hamas has rejected the Egyptian plan and is relying on governments in Qatar and Turkey for an alternative proposal. Qatar and Turkey have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is also linked to Hamas but banned in Egypt.

Making the rounds of Sunday talk shows, Kerry said Hamas needs to recognize its own responsibility for the conflict.

“It’s ugly. War is ugly, and bad things are going to happen,” Kerry told ABC’s “This Week.”

Both President Barack Obama and Kerry said Israel has a right to defend itself against frequent rocket attacks

by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. Kerry accused Hamas of attempting to sedate and kidnap Israelis through a network of tunnels that militants have used to stage crossborder raids.

Vietnam: Wall makes stop in Chanute Continued from A1

ington, D.C., and are replicated on a traveling memorial wall that was set up in Santa Fe Park, near a permanent edifice recognizing veterans of all U.S. wars.

“OUR COUNTRY sent us there,” Sayers told about 200 Vietnam veterans among the crowd.

“Finally, the nation is appreciating your service.

It wasn’t a volunteer war, you were drafted.”

The draft ended in 1973.

“It was rough for the boys and their families at home,” Sayers continued.

“We haven’t forgotten the 58,000 who died.”

Lloyd Houk of Moran was among those recognized. Houk worked as a medic, dental technician and processing clerk at a hospital in Cuchi, about 80 miles south of Saigon from 1969 to 1970.

Houk enlisted in the Army in 1968, took basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and studied dental technology at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Nowadays Houk is hos-

pice chaplain for Allen County and frequently fills pulpits in area churches, as well as officiating at funerals and weddings.

Gregg Burden, director of the Kansas Commission of Veterans Affairs, said legislators in 2009 approved issuance of Kansas medals and medallions for Vietnam veterans.

“We’ve handed out 4,500 so far and hope to hand out another 4,000 to 5,000,” Burden said.

Veterans who wish to apply for recognition may do so through the Burden’s office at Jayhawk Tower, 700 SW Jackson, Ste. 1004, Topeka, KS 66603-3743. The phone number is (785) 296-3976.

THE TRAVELING memorial is 298 feet long and six feet tall at its apex. It contains 58,267 names of those who died in Vietnam.

The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, North Weymouth, Mass., who was killed on June 8, 1956.

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These are the medallions and medals that Kansas Vietnam veterans are eligible to receive. REGISTER/BOB

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Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, was killed Sept. 7, 1965.

Greg Walsh, manager of the exhibit, said 39,996 soldiers were 22 or younger, and 8,283 were 18 when they died.

The wall in Chanute is

one of three that travel the nation. A permanent wall is in Washington, D.C. For some, it takes a while to confront the wall, Walsh said, but “it starts the healing process for many.”

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Longtime water exercise class offers variety

By SPENCER MICHELSON The Iola Register

There is more than one way to exercise in the water than just to swim. The isometric water exercise class wrapped up its first week at the municipal pool. Starting today, it will run from 11 a.m. to noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until Aug. 15.

The class meets all year long on Tuesdays and Fridays at the Super 8 hotel from 9 to 10 a.m. Pauline Hawk, 79, has been instructing the class since 2005.

“These are not aerobic (exercises). They do not affect lungs and heart,” Hawk said.

“But, they do keep your range of motion and will strengthen your muscles and joints.

That’s primarily what it’s for, because the water serves as resistance, so we can work against something.”

The names of the exercises

often sound just like the name implies.

Reaches require swimmers to reach, knee lifts require knees to be lifted and arm twists require arms to twist. There are more complex names such as the helicopter, baseball swing and washing machine as well.

“I learned to do this when my late husband, Dale, and I went to Yuma for the winter.

I liked to do it and a friend of mine wanted to learn how to do it,” Hawk said. “It was late in the summer and the pool was closed, but we found out that we could do it at the Super 8. So, I decided that as long as I was going to teach her, it would be just as easy to teach several people how to do it.”

Hawk says the exercises are recommended for the elderly, especially. The exercises are held in chest-deep water and a lifeguard is on duty at all times at the municipal pool.

The water helps carry the weight of the body while still

allowing action. Sunscreen is recommended.

Hawk said Luke Bycroft at the recreation office helped get the class started.

The class started at the Super 8, where it continues to go all year long.

“But when the new pool opened, it was so nice,” Hawk said. “It’s great, we just walk in, people don’t have to climb stairs,” because of the zerodepth entry feature when the new pool was built in 2009.

Kathleen Sinclair, 87, has enjoyed going to the classes, attending since about two months after they originally started.

“My sister-in-law asked me to take her and that was 10 years ago,” Sinclair said. “I’ve been at the classes ever since.”

For the classes at the municipal pool, the only charge is admittance to the pool, which is free to those 65 and older.

For more information contact Hawk at 365-5565.

Pauline Hawk, left, teaches an isometric water exercise class at the municipal pool on Friday. Hawk has been teaching the class since 2005. REGISTER/SPENCER MICHELSON

Rex Sox roll past Royals 6-0, earn three-game sweep

By ANDY McCULLOUGH The Kansas City Star

(MCT) BOSTON — The eyes of Alex Gordon watered as he choked down a bite of apple. A coughing fit had interrupted him as considered a 6-0 Royals loss, a three-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox and a return to a sub-.500 record. When he resumed speaking, bile flowed from his mouth, the only sound of distress inside the otherwise milquetoast clubhouse of a thirdplace team.

“It’s frustrating, but we deserve it the way we’ve been playing,” Gordon said.

“After losing two tough games, you think we’d come out with a little more intensity and energy. But we didn’t. That’s not how good teams play. We need to look in the mirror, and figure it out.”

The reflection does not appear pretty, not for a club projected to snap Kansas City’s 29-year playoff drought. Nipped for onerun losses the previous two nights at Fenway Park, the Royals (48-49) looked lifeless for Sunday’s coda. Jon Lester bullied them during eight spotless innings. Yordano Ventura combusted for one of the worst performances of his career, yielding a career-high six runs in 4 1/3 innings.

And the Royals continued their downward tumble.

Since their 10-game winning streak last month ended, the team has dropped 17 of 26. The sands fall in the season’s hourglass each day, only 65 games remain in the season, and the prospect of October looks bleaker and bleaker.

On camera, manager Ned Yost maintains his composure. But Sunday’s result compelled him to address his players before boarding a flight to Chicago to face White Sox ace Chris Sale on Monday. The meeting lasted about five minutes. His tone was stern but not fiery, ac-

cording to people in the room. “He said what needed to be said,” Gordon said.

With reporters a short while later, Yost grasped for optimism. He credited Lester for an outstanding performance. He stressed “the world is not coming to an end.” His faith in his players cannot be publicly broken, even if at times that faith has gone unrewarded.

“I’m not taking the negative route, and worrying that things are slipping away,” Yost said. “We’ll get it going.”

He has espoused these platitudes before. Billy Butler and Eric Hosmer offered similar praise for Lester, a three-time All Star. It was left to Gordon to provide a critical take on the situation.

“We can’t put ourselves in too big of a hole,” Gordon said. “We need to take every day as the last day. Because if Detroit keeps winning, and other teams keep winning, and we keep putting ourselves in the hole, it’s going to be too late.”

Despite idyllic conditions at Fenway Park, the weekend ended in dreary fashion.

Yost bungled his bullpen management on Friday and cost his club a victory. The offense no-showed for Saturday’s defeat. On Sunday, the starting pitcher joined the absentee list. “We didn’t really do a lot well this weekend,” Butler said.

Before the game, the players settled into their familiar routines. Greg Holland and Aaron Crow peered at their crossword puzzles. Lorenzo Cain and Jarrod Dyson discussed strategy in the iPad game “Clash of Clans.”

Danny Duffy bobbed his head to a Lady Gaga song piping out of his phone.

Inside the manager’s office, the discontent was more evident. A strained groin muscle had felled catcher Salvador Perez, and the threadbare lineup lost a key contributor for the day.

“What can you do?” Yost See ROYALS | Page B4

Dylan Allen took the checkered flag for his first career USRA B-Mod victory. FINISHLINE PHOTOGRAPHY/

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HUMBOLDT SPEEDWAY

First win for Allen, Folk comes out of retirement to win Mods

By SCOTT L. STEWART

HUMBOLDT — The need for speed runs deep in Dylan Allen’s family. At Humboldt Speedway his grandfather, Wendell, and his father, John, already are legends and household names to most fans.

Dylan joined his ancestors in the winner’s circle Friday, by nabbing his first ever USRA B-Mod feature win.

By winning his heat, Allen was awarded outside pole for the feature start, from where he set a smooth and agile pace, to leave a snarling pack of competitors in his dust.

Meanwhile, starting dead last in the 14-car field after a disastrous heat finish, Andy Bryant drove like a man possessed to move into second, battling with Tim VanGotten all the way.

A caution flag with four laps remaining compressed the field once again, but Allen was not to be denied. Bryant was runner-up, VanGotten third,

Ethan Issacs fourth, and Riley Whitworth fifth.

Out of retirement and in to Victory Lane, Justin “Whitey” Folk thrilled fans with his feature win in USRA Modifieds.

Travis Smith was the leader early, with Folk battling with other top-five drivers for position. After wrestling his way into second, Folk set his sights squarely on the leader, bent on overcoming most of a straightaway deficit. It is hard to get close to Travis Smith when he is out in the open, yet lap after lap, Folk inched closer, finally making a clean pass for the win. Smith claimed second, Gene Hogan was third, Jeremy Chambers fourth, and Ryan McAninch fifth.

Full-size winged Sprint cars are something of a novelty at “The Hummer” so the arrival of the Oil Capital Racing Series with a field of 19 “360” Sprints brought an added level of excitement to Friday’s races. After a few tense moments

early in the race, the fans got what they came for as Coweta, Okla., driver Kade Morton set a blazing pace to victory. Second went to Johnny Kent of Tulsa, Okla., while Sapulpa, Okla., driver Danny Smith finished third. The lady of the event, Shayla Waddell of Oklahoma City, took fourth, Michael Bookout of Tulsa was fifth.

After two straight weeks of unaccustomed runner-ups, Derrek Wilson was back in the winner’s circle in the Pure Stock feature. In a rare appearance, Todd Kidwell was second. Wayne Johnson, Sean Felkins, and Zac Simmons rounded out the top five.

For the second week in a row, Tyler James topped the USRA Stock Car division, with David Matlock second, Patrick Kay third, Jeremy Wilson fourth, and Ken Colston fifth.

Humboldt Speedway will be closed Friday, to re-open Aug. 1.

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The Emporia Amtrak Task Force recently filed for nonprofit status with the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office. It’s trying to raise funds for an impact study to build a train depot to replace one that was destroyed by fire in 1999.

Supporters say Amtrak would improve the city’s economic development efforts and provide transportation for the elderly and international students at Emporia State University. They say it also could bring people into the city to shop or visit.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican congresswoman Lynn Jenkins has maintained her big fundraising lead over Democratic challenger Margie Wakefield in the 2nd District of eastern Kansas.

Finance reports filed last week by their campaigns show Jenkins ended June with nearly $2 million in cash on hand for her campaign.

Wakefield had less than $236,000.

Jenkins also raised almost three times as much in cash contributions from April through June, $382,000 compared with $135,000 for Wakefield.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A U.S. Treasury Department program brought $31.8 million to Kansas last year, and that number could grow in the future.

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By FRAZIER MOORE The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Few actors could register disbelief, exasperation or annoyance with more comic subtlety.

James Garner had a way of widening his eyes while the corner of his James Garner mouth sagged ever so slightly.

Maybe he would swallow once to further make his point.

This portrait of fleeting disquiet could be understood, and identified with, by every member of the audience. Never mind Garner was tall, brawny and, well, moviestar handsome. The persona he perfected was never less than manly, good with his dukes and charming to the ladies, but his heroics were kept human-scale thanks to his gift for the comic turn. He remained one of the people.

He burst on the scene with this disarming style in the 1950s TV Western “Maverick,” which led to a stellar career in TV and films such as “The

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Rockford Files” and his Oscar-nominated “Murphy’s Romance.”

The 86-year-old Garner, who was found dead of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, was adept at drama and action. But he was best known for his low-key, wisecracking style, especially on his hit TV series, “Maverick” and “The Rockford Files.”

His quick-witted avoidance of conflict offered a refreshing new take on the American hero, contrasting with the blunt toughness of John Wayne and the laconic trigger-happiness of Clint Eastwood.

Garner displayed reallife bravery. He served in the Korean War and received two Purple Hearts for combat wounds, as he recounted in his memoir.

There’s no better display of Garner’s everyman majesty than the NBC series “The Rockford Files” (1974-80). He played an L.A. private eye and wrongly jailed ex-con who seemed to rarely get paid, or even get thanks, for the cases he took, while helplessly getting drawn into trouble to help someone who was neither a client nor maybe even a friend. He lived in a trailer with an answering machine that, in the show’s opening titles, always took a message that had noth-

ing to do with a paying job, but more often was a complaining call from a cranky creditor.

Through it all, Jim Rockford, however down on his luck, persevered hopefully. He wore the veneer of a cynic, but led with his heart. Putting all that on screen was Garner’s magic.

Well into his 70s, the handsome Oklahoman remained active in both TV and film. In 2002, he was Sandra Bullock’s father in the film “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.” The following year, he joined the cast of “8 Simple Rules ... For Dating My Teenage Daughter,” playing the grandfather on the sitcom — and helping ground it with his reassuring presence — after star John Ritter, who played the father, died during the show’s second season.

He even scored in commercials. During the late 1970s, he was paired with actress Mariette Hartley in a popular series of ads for Polaroid cameras. Their on-screen banter felt so authentic that many viewers mistakenly believed they were husband and wife.

When Garner received the Screen Actors Guild’s lifetime achievement award in 2005, he quipped, “I’m not at all sure how I got here.”

But in his 2011 memoir,

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“The Garner Files,” he provided some amusing and enlightening clues, including his penchant for bluntly expressed opinions and a practice for decking people who said something nasty to his face — including an obnoxious fan and an abusive stepmother.

And when he suspected his studio of cheating him on residual payments — a notunheard-of condition in Hollywood — Garner spoke out loudly and fought back with lawsuits.

They all deserved it, Garner declared in his book.

It was in 1957 when the ABC network, desperate to compete on ratings-rich Sunday night, scheduled “Maverick” against CBS’s powerhouse “The Ed Sullivan Show” and NBC’s “The Steve Allen Show.” To everyone’s surprise — except Garner’s— “Maverick” soon outpolled them both.

At a time when the networks were awash with hard-eyed, traditional Western heroes, Bret Maverick provided a breath of fresh air.

With his sardonic tone and his eagerness to talk his way out of a squabble rather than pull out his six-shooter, the conartist Westerner seemed to scoff at the genre’s values.

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Alex Gordon is a star McIlroy wins the Open HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy clutched the treasured piece of silverware, his reward for winning golf ’s oldest major championship.

Now he’s got his eyes on a new jacket. Something in green, preferably.

With a grind-it-out

By ANDY McCULLOUGH The Kansas City Star

(MCT) — He did not cave to temptation. Alex Gordon would like to make this clear as he recalls the last time he ate a cheeseburger. His body betrayed him, not his will.

“I did it,” he said, “because I was sick.”

The milestone occurred during the winter after the 2012 season.

His stomach roiling with nausea, Gordon scanned the menu of a Chili’s in his offseason home of Lincoln, Nebraska, and saw no other options. He ate half, and pushed his plate away. Only when he is ill does he stray from his diet, because “when I get done throwing up, healthy food just does not sound good,” he said.

“That’s when I cheat.”

Gordon’s obsession with preparation, the year-round regimentation that has transformed him from a firstround draft bust into a two-time All-Star, begins with his eating habits.

He avoids fried foods.

He abhors sweets. He downed his last cup of ice cream in the Safeco Field clubhouse in 2012, but only because “I felt like I was going to faint, and I needed some sugar,” he said.

He is not without vices. Gordon, the 30-yearold Royals left fielder, admits to an affinity for pizza and the occasional drink. Yet his resolve rarely bends.

“I don’t know if I eat to really enjoy food,” Gordon said. “I think I eat just to be successful out here and maintain my weight.”

He attacks each facet of his day with the same rigor. Each activity feeds into his performance on the diamond, which the

The Kansas City Royals All-Star Game members, from left, Salvador Perez, Greg Holland and Alex Gordon, are introduced with general manager Dayton Moore, far left, and manager Ned Yost at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. MCT/KANSAS CITY STAR/JOHN SLEEZER Royals hope Gordon returns on Friday as the second half begins at Fenway Park.

During the season, his pre-game preparation is meticulous. He fusses over the details, maintains an admirable physique and utilizes the constancy of his routine to gird himself from the mental strain of majorleague life. Even during day games, his activity only compresses slightly.

Teammates and coaches marvel at his dedication and reliability.

Those familiar with his schedule know exactly where to find him each day. Rarely does he idle.

Luke Hochevar lockers next to Gordon at Kauffman Stadium, and considers him his closest friend on the team. On a regular day, he estimates he will see Gordon at his locker for five minutes.

His face won’t betray the strain of his effort.

“He’s just like a duck,” Hochevar said. “He’s calm on top, but paddling like hell underneath.”

Gordon arrives at the ballpark most days around 1 p.m., and walks into the weight room about six hours before each night’s first pitch. Before he enters, he formulates a plan.

He inks his schedule of

bench jumps and Russian twists and the like in neat script inside a marbled composition book more often found in an elementary-school classroom.

The notebook guides him. He opens his workout with 10 minutes on an elliptical followed by explosive sessions of lifting, repetitions to fortify his core and exercises to strength his hips and scapulae. He never deviates from his schedule.

“If I write it down,” he said, “I’m doing it.”

One day in June, Gordon dropped the notebook and a pair of tan-handled grip strengtheners on the chair beside his locker in the visitors’ clubhouse at Comerica Park. He walked out of the room, back to his routine and past a television displaying his highlights.

“Alex Gordon,” the MLB Network chyron read, “Is he a superstar?”

Seated nearby, Danny Duffy glanced up from his laptop. A reporter posed the same question.

The corresponding nod was vigorous. “Yes,” he said. “Absolutely.”

This reality is only apparent to those who see Gordon up close each day — or those comfortable with advanced metrics.

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said, laughing, flummoxed by his offense’s inability to ignite in 2014.

“It’s consistently inconsistent,” he continued. “We go and play [and it’s like], ‘Man, here we go.’ And then we go through stretches it’s like ‘Man, are we ever going to score a run?”

The missed opportunities vexed him, and the lack of fundamental execution disturbed him. The team struggles to hit with runners in scoring position.

During this series in Boston, they’ve failed to even make productive outs in those situations.

“We’re not playing good situational offensive baseball,” he said.

Yost cannot discern the root of the troubles.

Is it the vagaries of youth?

“We’ve said that for years and years,” he said. “That’s kind of a tired excuse.”

The coaches? The team already switched hitting instructors in May. “There’s nothing we can do to prepare them better,” Yost said on Friday. “We’ve got the best coaching staff in baseball.”

Thus the burden falls on the players, no longer considered neophytes, to produce. They failed

to do so on Sunday. Lester operated with ease.

He struck out eight and scattered four hits. The Royals did not advance a runner to third base until the sixth inning.

By then, the outing was all but decided. In the third inning, Ventura explained afterward, his command evaporated. He walked catcher David Ross and gave up a single to rookie Jackie Bradley, Jr. Two batters later, Daniel Nava hooked a two-run double into the right field corner.

At this point, considering Lester’s dominance, the outcome looked just about decided. Ventura elected to remove all doubt.

He fed Ross a 97-mph fastball at the waist in the fourth, and Ross boomed it over The Green Monster for a two-run shot.

“Fastball down the middle,” Ventura said.

“A little bit up. Good swing.”

Ventura gave up another run Yost left him to labor through the fifth. Ventura loaded the bases with two walks and a single, before reliever Francisley Bueno helped the Royals escape the jam and protected Ventura’s sullied ledger.

Ventura matched a career-high with nine hits allowed. Sunday

marked the first time he did not strike out a batter in a start since a game on July 2, 2009 in the Dominican Summer League.

Ventura did not appear perturbed. He vowed to return stronger for his next start.

In that sense, he echoed the sentiments of his two-time All Star left fielder. To Gordon, the time for rhetoric has ceased.

“We do have the talent,” Gordon said. “But we need to show it on the field. Right now, these last three games, we haven’t. So then it’s all talk.”

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Fri., July 25 & Sat., July 26 8 p.m. nightly

Open walking, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Recreation Community Building.

Will not meet July 21 -Aug. 4 due to the Allen County Fair.

Pickleball club, 6 p.m., Meadowbrook tennis courts, 15 years and older may participate.

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Isometric water exercise class, July 21-Aug. 15 from 11 a.m. to noon, Iola Municipal Pool, ages 16 and older can participate, no preregistration needed, just pool entrance fee.

Adults - $10 Children (6-10) - $5 5 & under FREE

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care of that on Sunday.

All that’s left is the Masters.

Get ready, Augusta National. This guy isn’t very patient.

“I really don’t have any doubt that he’ll win there,” Fowler said. “It’s just a matter of time.”

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U.S. Open? He’s won that. PGA Championship? Yep, got one of those too.

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