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‘Peter and Wendy’: The Missoula Children’s Theater at Bowlus Saturday.

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THE IOLA REGISTER Locally owned since 1867

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Kansans irked at Cruz

INDIANS WIN STATE BERTH

The Iola American Legion Post 15 AA Indians swept past Garnett Wednesday evening to claim the Zone 4 tournament title and advance to next week’s state tournament in Fort Scott. Here, the players surround avid fan Steve Uitts as he hoists the zone championship trophy. Full details of Iola’s 4-0 and 3-1 victories is on Page B1. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Republican Party’s chairman says the See related state’s del- stories, A2 egation to the GOP National Convention felt “general disappointment” when Texas Sen. Ted Cruz didn’t See CRUZ | Page A2

Iolan brings historic courthouse back to life By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

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arry Walden has a quick response if somebody asks him how much money he poured into building a scale model of the old Allen County Courthouse. “I put a dollar in it,” he joked. The dollar, Walden explained, is from four quarters he glued to the wood model, beneath replica flower pots adorning each of the four main entrances. It’d be easier to describe the rest of his project as priceless. Walden delivered the replica of Iola’s former landmark — the real one was demolished in 1959 — Wednesday to the Allen County Historical Society. A master tinkerer, Walden said he had wanted for years to make a model replica of the courthouse. First, he went about researching the building’s history, and pored over any photographs he could find. The 1/36th scale replica is accurate to the number of

windows, flower pots, even a single, small smoke stack that sticks out the roof on one side. Walden hesitated to guess the total number of hours he spent on the project. He started May 1. “I know the Fourth of July weekend, I spent 12 hours for four straight days working on it,” Walden said. “I worked on See WALDEN | Page A5

Larry Walden, right, who built this scale model of Iola’s old Allen County Courthouse is assisted by Dennis Moore as the pair take the replica into the Allen County Historical Society Museum Wednesday, where it is on display for the public. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

They’re back in the saddle again Midwest to By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — When a cowboy festival unfolds with a trail ride Friday and festivities in downtown Humboldt Saturday, the seed that grew into the event was planted 50 years ago. “I have a photo,” Delbert Shields said Tuesday, his 54th birthday, “that shows me when I was 4 or 5 sitting with my feet up and cowboy boots on. I was wearing a cowboy hat and a cowboy shirt. “I can’t remember ever not having an interest in cattle and cowboying.” Since then much has happened. Shields took up plumbing as a profession, and also learned to shoe horses, picked at a guitar until he became good at it and developed a knack for writing poetry. “I grew watching Tex Ritter,

Delbert Shields

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CHICAGO (AP) — High temperatures and humidity will bake much of the central U.S. this week, making it feel as hot as 115 degrees in some places and leading some cities to open cooling stations and take other precautions. The high pressure system, sometimes called a “heat dome,” will push conditions to their hottest point so far this summer, though record hot temperatures are not expected, according to the National Weather Service. Authorities from Minnesota to Louisiana are warning people to take precautions and check on the elderly and other vulnerable neighbors and relatives. The temperature in the South Dakota capital of Pierre reached 105 degrees Wednesday afternoon. Misty Black Bear, who works for the state, watched

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as her new chocolate ice cream cone immediately started melting in the sun. She said she’s fortunate her office has air conditioning. State workers Katie Hruska and Kelsey Weber ate ice cream in the shade but planned to head right back inside when they were done. “I eat ice cream in the winter, too, because it’s delicious,” Hruska said. “But, did we pick ice cream today because it’s hot? Yes.” A 4-year-old Illinois girl was hospitalized Tuesday after being found unresponsive in a hot vehicle in a suburb northwest of Chicago. Details on her condition weren’t released. Investigators think the girl climbed into the vehicle without her parents’ knowledge after overhearing conversations about going to her grandSee HEAT | Page A5

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