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Frances Kinzle administers polio vaccination drops to children on the streets in Delhi, India, as part of a humanitarian effort supported by Rotary International. COURTESY PHOTO
We can be heroes By TREVOR HOAG The Iola Register
Of all the countries in the world, Frances Kinzle never imagined she’d be traveling to India, let alone to battle the ravages of polio as a part of Rotary International. Yet that’s exactly the journey from which she and her husband Steve recently returned. “It just really struck me as something I wanted to do,”
Kinzle said. “I’m real peopleoriented.” Although they visited traditional tourist destinations like the Taj Mahal, and shook hands with the Dalai Lama, a significant amount of their time was spent on the dangerous dirt streets of Delhi with fellow Rotarians. They found themselves surrounded by honking motorcycles, dilapidated shanties, roaming animals and rampant poverty.
“I could sit here all day and talk about it,” Kinzle said, “but you can’t explain it to where you get the true visual: the smell of the trash, the smog.” It was an experience that changed her forever and made her incredibly grateful. “I would encourage anybody to go,” she said. Kinzle recalled being amazed at how little people are able to survive on in the areas they visited, and felt
First-time voters could swing races — but how? By DAVID SMILEY Miami Herald
guilty at night when returning to her comfortable hotel. She’s therefore passionate about convincing people to shift their attitudes towards those who live in harsh conditions with basically no money. “Just because they live in poverty doesn’t mean they’re stupid … [Our lives here,] that’s a privilege. We’ve been blessed with what we have
MIAMI — Tens of millions of people who have chosen not to vote in recent U.S. elections could be headed to the polls this November in a massive wave that would change the look and feel of the presidential contest, according to a newly published study of “chronic non-voters.” The sweeping survey of thousands of inactive voters and eligible but unregistered adults, commissioned last summer by the Miamibased John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, found that roughly half of those interviewed were “absolutely certain” they’ll vote in 2020.
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Going in the right directions By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
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Gun control advocates attend a 2018 rally held by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. DISPATCH/FRED SQUILLANTE/ TNS
Moms Demand(ing) Action By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
Two days after 58 people were gunned down at an Oct. 1, 2017, outdoor concert in Las Vegas, Sharon Miller walked down the historic Las Vegas Strip where she stopped at a makeshift memorial. Almost instinctively, her eyes turned to the boarded windows of the Mandalay Bay, the hotel from which the shooter rained down shots on the festive crowd. In the aftermath, the concert arena was still strewn
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with shoes, ball caps, purses and coolers. “You could feel the disbelief. The raw terror,” she said of the scene. “I wondered, why was nothing being done to stop these types of senseless mass shootings.” Miller spotted a mother, father and brother kneeling by a cross marking the loss of their daughter and sister. “My heart was breaking for the mother, knowing her life was never going to be the same. She will never have anSee MOMS | Page A5
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eing an actor is fun. So is being a director. But doing both simultaneously can be a bit maddening, admits Judd Wiltse. “There’s nothing more enlightening and absolutely infuriating than to work with an actor who’s doing something you did way back when,” said Wiltse, a third-year drama student at Allen Community College. Suppose an actor misses a cue, flubs a line, or doesn’t quite comprehend what the director wants. “So you yell at them, and then you see them pull back in the exact same way you used to,” Wiltse said. At the same time, it’s rewarding when students suddenly understand, and think, “Ohhhhh, that’s why they yell at me,” he said. Wiltse is one of six ACC students — Julius Hodges, Morgan Jett, Carolyn Appleton, Kathryn WoodSee ACC | Page A5
Taking part in Allen Community College’s student-directed one-acts are, front row, Kathryn Woodruff; second row from left, Carolyn Appleton and Julius Hodges; third row, Judd Wiltse and Morgan Jett; fourth row, Maxwell Kays, Illiana Gallardo, Kaitlyn Hanks, Bobby Whitsell, Braelyn Falls, Gabriella Fast and Jonathan Wall; fifth row, Brendan Rogers, Parker Smith and Ryan Clary. Not pictured is Austin Wickwire. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
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