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Honoring those who serve and sacrifice Area women cherish Memorial Day honors By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
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Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy, left, and Deputy Travis Buck both turned to careers in law enforcement after serving in the Army. Not pictured is Deputy Joe Robertson, who also served in the military. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Local law enforcers traded one uniform for another By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
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hen Bryan Murphy was a child, his father noted two careers he’d rather see his son avoid. “He never wanted me to join the military,” Murphy recalled. “And he really didn’t want me to get a career in law enforcement.” Sorry, Dad. A 14-year career in the military preceded 20-plus years in law enforcement, including the past three as Allen County Sheriff. Murphy figures his father — an Army veteran who also worked briefly for the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department — may have been deploying some reverse psychology.
Ceremonies Monday at American Legion Allen Community College President John Masterson, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, will deliver the keynote address during Iola’s Memorial Day services. Masterson served two tours in Vietnam aboard the USS Mount Katmai. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. Monday at Iola’s American Legion Post, 712 W. Patterson, due to rainy weather forecasts. Other elements, including t a performance by the Iola Municipal Band, also are scheduled. On hand will be Moran American Legion Post No. 385’s firing squad. The firing squad will be at several other area cemeteries Monday: — Bronson Cemetery, 8:30 a.m. — Mildred (Fairview) Cemetery, 9 o’clock — LaHarpe Cemetery, 9:45 — Old Iola Cemetery, 10:15 — Moran Cemetery, 1 p.m. — Elsmore Cemetery, 2 o’clock — Old Elsmore Cemetery, 2:30.
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aving a sense of your ancestry helps you better understand yourself, according to Carolyn Whitaker of Humboldt. That, in part, is what has led Whitaker, 66, on a search of not only her own family history, but also that of, particularly, Civil War veterans. “We get so caught up in our everyday lives that we don’t stop and look at ourselves to see what makes us what we are,” she said Tuesday afternoon. A wisp of a woman, Whitaker has become a warrior for veterans and their service to country. “They suffered terribly and their families suffered terribly,” she said of not only those who fought long ago, but also those in current conflicts. “It seems we have forgotten the importance of their service.” WANDA LYTLE and Donna Culver, both of Iola, agree with Whitaker. In their role with the American Legion Auxiliary, Lytle and Culver, current Auxiliary president, see a waning of enthusiasm in support of veterans. “Everybody gets patriotic on Memorial Day and Veterans Day,” said Culver, 82. “But unless you are personally involved, that patriotism sits on the back burner the rest of the year.” Both Culver and Lytle, 87, grew up during the Great Depression followed by World
Iolans Donna Culver, left, and Wanda Lytle will help decorate around 200 veterans’ graves this weekend in preparation of Monday’s Memorial Day services in Iola. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN War II. Culver’s husband, the late Gene Culver, served in the Army in the Korean War. “Of the six boys, five served in the military, and two had military careers,” Culver said. She grew up on a farm in rural Yates Center. Her
father’s formal education stopped at elementary school. “He was needed on the farm,” she said. It was the Great Depression. “Times were hard,” she said simply. The one brother out of six See HONORS | Page A4
Senate GOP leaders cut off tax debate By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press
Brady Newman’s woodworking skills have become more than just a passing hobby. Here, he shows a cedar porch swing he built in two days. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Area teen shows off woodworking wizardry By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
MORAN — It won’t be hard to find Brady Newman this summer now that school’s out. Just follow the trail of sawdust.
Newman, 17, finished his junior year at Marmaton Valley High School on a high note. In April, Newman took third out of 135 other industrial arts and woodshop students in a Skills U.S.A. challenge hosted by Pittsburg State Uni-
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versity. The challenge was simple. Each student was given a set of blueprints, an assortment of wood and saws, sanders and other tools. See WOOD | Page A4
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republicans in the GOPdominated Kansas Senate canceled their first scheduled debate Thursday on raising taxes to erase a projected budget shortfall, just before lawmakers scuttled out of the Statehouse for an extended holiday weekend. The Senate’s inaction meant that neither chamber approved a plan by the 95th day of the Legislature’s annual session, five more than its leaders traditionally schedule. Lawmakers suspended their own pay until they reconvene after Memorial Day. Each chamber’s Republican supermajorities are deeply divided over how to deal with a projected shortfall of $406 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1. It arose after lawmakers followed GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s call to cut personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 as an economic stimulus.
“The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.” — Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla. 75 Cents
The key issues are how much to increase the state’s 6.15 percent sales tax and whether to backtrack on a 2012 policy championed by Brownback that exempted the profits of 281,000 business owners and 53,000 farmers from income taxes. The Senate was supposed to debate a bill to increase sales, cigarette and gasoline taxes. The measure also would have suspended the tax break for business owners and farmers for two years, replacing it with a less lucrative tax credit against businesses’ payrolls. “How do we know where people will be if we don’t have a discussion about it?” said Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat. “The reason there’s no light at the end of the tunnel is because they can’t even find the entrance to the tunnel.” President Susan Wagle, Majority Leader Terry Bruce and tax committee See TAXES | Page A6
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Obituaries
Court report
Andrew King
DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Domestic cases filed: Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, notice pending to foreclose three various gaming machines from Ray’s Mini Mart Teri L. Mitchell vs. Ricky D. Mitchell, divorce Convicted as follows: Darren J. Folk, Iola, possessing methamphetamine, interfering with law enforcement, sentencing scheduled for July 20 Delores K. Silcox, Iola, possessing methamphetamine, sentencing scheduled for July 20 Marriage licenses issued: Gayla L. Thompson and George W. Purcell
Andrew Michael King, 3½ months, Houston, Texas, left this Earth on Thursday, May 14, 2015 to be held in the arms of angels. Andrew was born on Jan. 18, 2015, in Houston, the son of Brian and Erin King. Andrew is survived by his parents Brian and Erin; a brother, Nathan King, Houston; grandparents Tom and Deanna King, Iola, Arthur and Susan Peltier, Tomball, Texas; and Andrew King great-grandmother, Dona Erbert, Iola. A memorial worship was at 2 p.m. on May 19, 2015 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Houston. The Rev. Tom Pace officiated. Andrew is buried at Klein Memorial Park in Tomball, Texas. Memorials may be made to the Ronald McDonald House in Houston.
Lawrence Dietrich
MAGISTRATE COURT Judge Thomas Saxton Convicted of failure to wear a seat belt and fined $10: Daniel G. Varner, Grantville Bobby G. Medlin, Blue Mound James H. Sellers, Fort Scott Julia E. Ayers, Blue Mound Mark A. Scott, LaHarpe Chase S. Appling, Gas Convicted of speeding: Caleb A. Matthews, Caney, 79/65, $177 David Torrance Jr., Portland, Ore., 79/65, $177 Joab M. Ory, Paola, 84/65, $207 Scott L. McCormick, Chanute, 76/55, $222 Sarah L. Beagel, Elsmore, 95/30, $828 Adina S. Harrison, Humboldt, 77/55, $231 Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Kenneth E. McQueen, Iola, driving while suspended, $458 Richard A. Sullivan, LaCrosse, Wis., driving on wrong side of roadway, $183 Jacob Maley, Moran, driving while intoxicated (second offense), possessing drug paraphernalia, sentencing scheduled for June 24 Rodney C. Morgan, Bos-
Lawrence Dietrich, 88, Humboldt, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Arrowood Lane in Humboldt. Lawrence was born in the house where he lived most of his life, south of Humboldt to John and Emma (Breiner) Dietrich on April 20, 1927. Lawrence married Delpha Carl on Oct. 1, 1946. Lawrence was a member of the VFW and the American Legion. He enjoyed fishing, welding and building anything and spending time with his 10 grandchildren and Lawrence 24 great-grandchildren. He served Dietrich with the U.S. Navy Seabees during World War II and was honorably discharged Jan. 3, 1947. Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, son, Douglas Dietrich, sisters, Sister Mary de Pazzi, Sister Mary Jude, Ruth Watts, Cecilia Miller, and Katherine and brothers, Leo, Carl, Paul, and Robert. He is survived by his son, Dan and wife Georgia (Cline) Dietrich, Humboldt, and daughters, Patricia and husband Allen Wilhite, Humboldt, and Laura and husband Randy Laver of Wichita. Rosary will be recited at 1 p.m. Tuesday, at St. Joseph Catholic Church Humboldt. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. There will be a visitation prior to Rosary at 12:30 p.m. Interment will take place at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Humboldt. Family suggests memorials be made to Southern Care Hospice or St. Joseph Catholic Church. Memorials may be left at the church or mailed to the funeral home, Countryside Funeral Home 101 N. Highland, Chanute, KS 66720. Countryside Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www. countrysidefh.com.
Happy Hearts FCE meets Marla Wilson gave a program during the Happy Hearts FCE meeting on Monday on the importance of using cloth bags while shopping. Wilson said cloth bags are more environmentally and economically friendly as opposed to plastic bags. The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. on June 15. Ann Houk will be hostess. Houk will give the lesson “Is there a move in your future?”
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worth, Mo., passing with insufficient clearance, $183 Lexi K. Cramer, Iola, battery, $468, sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for six months probation Dommica D. Bailey, Toronto, no liability insurance, $718, placed on probation for six months Cases deferred with fines assessed: James P.G. Everett II, Wichita, possessing alcohol as a minor, $233 Jessica M. Bievens-Gragg, Chanute, driving while suspended, $483 Thomas A. Zibung, Moran, possessing drug paraphernalia, possessing alcohol as a minor, $533 Hunter R. Koike, St. Augustine, Fla., possessing alcohol as a minor, $233 Raymond J. Bonnett, Iola, battery, $183 Antonio L. Harbin, Blue Springs, Mo., 81/65, $214 Failure to appear, and subject to driver’s license suspensions or other penalties: David C. Dalton, Overland Park, 78/65 Juvenile convictions: Conor D. House, Iola, criminal damage to property, $366, placed on probation for 12 months Juvenile cases deferred: Autumn Warren, Fort Scott, possessing alcohol as a minor, $531, sentenced to 20 hours of community service, ordered to write 500-word essay on “The Effects of Alcohol on the Human Body.” Criminal cases filed: Joseph Gagne, Iola, criminal damage to property, battery of a law enforcement officer (two counts) John D. Cox, Iola, aggravated battery, intimidation of a witness Contract cases filed: Calvary SPV LLC, et al vs. George E. Payne Sr. Humboldt Housing Authority vs. Amy Miller Midland Funding LLC vs. Stephanie Neria Midland Funding LLC vs.
City Council agenda
Carlyle news Sunday services at Carlyle Presbyterian Church were lead by Pastor Steve Traw. His message was “The Carpenter’s Son meets the Ark Builder” taken from Matthew 24. The fellowship dinner followed the morning services. Richard Klingensmith celebrated his birthday Thursday.
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Iola City Council members will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday — one day later than normal — because of Memorial Day. Tuesday’s meeting will include discussions on hiring an on-call electric consultant to assist with the upcoming Gates Manufacturing expansion, chip-seal
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projects, Convention and Tourism fund disbursement, the city’s sidewalk replacement program, a Safe Routes to School grant application and pedestrian crosswalk signage. The 6 p.m. meeting will be at the New Community Building at Riverside Park and is open to the public.
Ginger J. Klotz Midland Funding LLC vs. Lisa Griffith Small claims filed: Alice Adams vs. Joel Mendel Raymond E. Cooper, et al vs. Aden L. Lynes, et al Sigg Financial Services vs. Jeffrey Richards, et al Sigg Financial Services vs. Chaz Sanchez Sigg Financial Services vs. Erica Hines, et al D&D Propane, inc. vs. J.R. Williamson Iola Property Management LLC vs. Hope Lammey Trident Corp. vs. Cory Barrett IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Thomas Saxton Convicted of no seat belt and fined $10: Duncan G. Brookes Jr., Iola Devin A. Culler, Iola Timothy D. Ellis, Iola Elizabeth A. Gambill, Iola Sheldon L. Lewellen, Chanute Naomi D. Lubinski, Neosho Falls Tyler D. Michael, Iola Brian A. Ratcliff, Piqua Sarah R. Robitzsch, Topeka Summer N. Salzwedel, Iola Regina M. Skaggs, Iola Nickolas L. Trester, Iola Sharon K. Trester, Iola Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Leslie T. Chapman, Garnett, no liability insurance, illegal tag, $530 Charles E. Cohee, Chanute, no liability insurance, tampering with ignition device, illegal tag, $770, probation ordered Heather M. Davis, Iola, transporting open container of alcohol, $180, probation ordered
Jennifer L. Ewing, Iola, 40/30, $140 Samuel W. Jesseph, Piqua, illegal tag, 45/35, $422 Samantha K. Lang, Houston, 45/35, $140 Robbin C. Lomberk, Osawatomie, theft, $330, probation ordered Angela Lomon, Iola, driving while suspended, $180, probation ordered Candy A. McKinsey, Iola, disorderly conduct, $180, probation ordered Zachary L. McNabb, Iola, 43/35, $140 Ashley Merritt, Iola, vicious animals, allowing dog to run at large (two counts), $460 Whitney D. Miller, Fort Scott, 45/35, $140 Jeremy D. Neville, Uniontown, 45/35, $140 Paul W. Paredes, Iola, interfering with law enforcement, $180, probation ordered Marquis T. Schmidt, El Dorado, theft, interfering with law enforcement, $469.70, probation ordered Chelsea R. Sevedge, Chanute, battery, $300, probation ordered Danielle N. Sheldon, Iola, driving while suspended, $180, probation ordered Megan M. Stokes, Iola, 45/35, $140 Rodger L. Thummel, Iola, 40/30, $140 Mallory E. Tucker, Iola, failure to yield, $180 Acey L. Welch Jr., Iola, making loud, unnecessary noise (two counts), disoderly conduct, $440, probation ordered Joyce A. Wright, Iola, 35/25, $140 Dakota D. Wynn, Iola, 35/25, $140 Ty E. Yowell, Humboldt, 34/25, $140
The Family of Bill Frederick appreciates the kind expressions of sympathy during our loss. Thank you to everyone who sent flowers, food and cards during this time. A special thank you to Pastor Meier and the church ladies for the wonderful lunch you served.
With gratitude,
Jean, Gary & Marsha, Linda, Jim & Trina, grandchildren, spouses & great-grandchildren
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Memorial Day decorations & flowers at Highland Cemetery and Iola Cemetery must be picked up by 8 a.m. Thursday, June 4. Cemetery personnel will dispose of items that are not picked up by that time!
Thank you for your cooperation. City of Iola – Cemetery Department
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Houser winner of PRIDE award
Donna Houser, a volunteer with the Iola PRIDE Program and the Iola Community Involvement Task Force, has been honored for her work. Houser was named a winner of the 2015 PRIDE Community Partner Award, given by the Kansas PRIDE program, a partnership of K-State Research and Extension, the Kansas Department of Commerce, and Kansas PRIDE, Inc. Houser has been active in the organization since 2010. She was instrumental in several projects with Iola Pride/CITF. She did research for the historical plaques and posters downtown, helped spruce up buildings with a paint job and
oversaw grant writing projects. Kans a s PRIDE is a volunteer-led organization t h a t Donna Houser serves communities across the state by assisting local government and volunteers in making their communities better places to live and work. Through the program, local PRIDE volunteers identify what they want to preserve, create, or improve in their communities and work with K-State Research and Extension agents and specialists and the Kansas Department of Commerce to achieve their goals.
Art collection gets $2.32M at auction KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City couple has sold a collection of 33 American paintings for $2.32 million at an auction in Chicago. The Kansas City Star reports Colleen Thielen, director of collections for Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, says the buyer is a private collector. The collection was amassed by Richard M. and Carol Levin, both of whom are
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deceased. One painting called “Discussion,” depicting a laborer and a union representative, by Thomas Hart Benton was bought for over $1 million. Its presale estimate was as high as $400,000. The collection features other pieces by Benton, who taught at the Kansas City Art Institute, as well as pieces by John Steuart Curry and Charles Burchfield.
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Howard and Leila Thompson Howard and Leila (Welsh) Thompson are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married in Selma, Kan., on May 29, 1955. Their home and farm was at Kincaid and then since retirement from the farm they have lived in Garnett. They are active at the First United Methodist Church in Kincaid and now at Garnett. They have enjoyed many years
of RV camper travel whenever the farm and family life allowed time for this activity. They will celebrate this special anniversary with family and friends at Riverside Park in Iola. Friends and acquaintances are welcome to stop by to join the celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. at the picnic area in the park on Sunday, May 31. They have four children, 12 grandchildren
and 23 great-grandchildren that will be celebrating with them: Chardel and Mark Hastings, Iola, Joleata and Roger Kent, Garnett, Rick and Connie Thompson, Kincaid, and Janell and Ron Yelm, Iola. Grandchildren and g reat-g randchildren: Mary and Michael Hull with Maddox, Mason and Micah; Chandra and Greg Pippert, Megan and Steve Silberski with Gage, Finley and
Blaydin, Jared and Fay Hastings with Jadrian, Quinian and Milo, Brynn Hastings, Jason and Candy Kent with George, Brooke and Lilly, Johnna and Bruce Brumley with Sammy and Kent, Blake and Hannah Thompson with Owen, Nora, Molly and Ruby; Erin and Justin Zook with Brylee, Brekyn and Britni, Nick Thompson, Jarick and Whitney Yelm with Talin and Hadley, Tyrell Yelm.
The 50th celebration will be a “come and go” event running from 2 to 4 p.m. at the couple’s home at 20916 SW 250 Road in Colony. A card shower is requested. Hosts of the celebration are the couple’s daughter and son-in-
law, Brenda and Lester Cress; son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Paula Minckley; grandson Devon and his wife Melissa Minckley and their children Millie, Peyton and Kasch; and grandsons Dalton and Dillon Minckley.
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Gary and Sharon Minckley Gary and Sharon (Brown) Minckley will celebrate 50 years of marriage on May 31 at their home in rural Anderson County. The couple was united in marriage on May 29, 1965, in Chanute. From the union
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the couple had two children Brenda and Wayne. Sharon retired from Herff Jones in Iola after 20 years of employment. Gary is currently engaged in farming and ranching in rural Anderson County.
Police reports Parked vehicle hit Jason D. Lilly was backing his vehicle May 14 in the Allen Community College parking lot when he struck a parked vehicle owned by Kent D. Morgison.
Air compressor reported stolen Ashley Yocham told
Iola police officers Wednesday somebody stole an air compressor in the 400 block of South Kentucky Street. It was described as a blue Campbell-Hausfeld compressor.
Vehicles damaged Steven Garver, 66, Iola, told police that some-
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body started a fire inside his vehicle while it was parked Monday in the 1100 block of East Street. On May 15, Robert Holding Jr., told police his truck was keyed while it was parked in the Iola High School senior parking lot. The suspect also broke off a plastic tag in the front of the vehicle.
Today in History On May 22, 1915, the Lassen Peak volcano in Northern California exploded, devastating nearby areas but causing no deaths. *** In 1913, the American Cancer Society was founded in New York under its original name, the American Society for the Control of Cancer.
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Wood: Teen’s skills on display
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Their task: to build a small walnut cabinet in six hours. Newman entered the competition figuring he’d have little trouble completing his assignment. After all, he’d grown up with a family of woodworkers, and was using his first power saw while most others his age were still playing with Matchbox cars and footballs. “I was pacing myself, thinking six hours was plenty of time, because I’m always out in the shop building stuff,� Newman said. “Next thing I know, it’s lunch time and I hadn’t eaten yet.� Nor did he have time to. As the deadline neared, Newman’s pace quickened. He finished his cabinet with about 10 minutes to spare, one of only five students to have completed the challenge. “It was fun, but it was tough,� he said. Judges rated the pieces on various criteria, from their skills with various machines, safety, neatness, a written test and the finished product. In taking third, Newman received a Skills U.S.A. medal and a $600 scholarship to attend Coffeyville Community College after high school — if he so chooses. “I’m not sure on that one,� he said. “I may go to Pittsburg State. It’s nice to have options.�
who made it through high school, graduating from Yates Center High School in 1938, enlisted. “He was so handsome in his uniform,� Culver said. “Looked just like Clark Gable.� Newly married, the dapper Lieutenant, then 24, was killed in action while fighting in Italy. The war effort “was everywhere,� said Culver. Food and fuel were rationed. People grew “victory gardens.� Scrap drives helped turn used metal into bullets. War savings stamps helped fund the effort. As farmers, the family received stamps to buy fuel and tires, which they traded when they could. Before every movie was a 15-minute newsreel updating civilians on the war. Culver’s two aunts worked building fighter aircraft at the Boeing plant in Wichita. It was through the war that Lytle met her future husband, Richard, who fought in the same unit as her brother Wallace Pope on the island of Iwo Jima. “We lived four blocks apart in Iola and never even knew each other,� she said. For four long years they corresponded, building a relationship that would see through a 57-year marriage until his death.
IT’S ALSO nice to have Newman’s eye for craftsmanship and his desire to learn. “My mom gets mad at me after school,� he said. “I’ll be in the shop working until 9 p.m., when she makes me come in.� More often than not, he works through dinner. A look around the Newman household south of Moran yields more than enough evidence of his woodworking wizardry. He and his father, Brent, used old pallet boards to cover the first half of the living room ceiling. (They’re still working on the second half.) He used other pallets to create a cabinet top separating the living room and dining room. “And there are picture frames, cabinets,� he notes. “It’s hard to find anything in here made of wood that we didn’t build.� And that’s just in the house. In their back yard sits a newly constructed greenhouse built for Brady’s mother, Sheila. That’s next to a gazebo holding the family’s barbecue grill. “We call that the Cantina,� he says modestly. NEXT
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Brady Newman and his father, Brent, used old pallet boards to create an ornate ceiling in their rural Moran home (above). Below is a fishing pole stand Brady Newman built out of cedar. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
There, he shows a fishing pole stand he made of cedar. “My dad came up with the idea of using clothes pins to hold the poles in place,� he said. “They have clips you can buy, but this was pretty cool.� And there’s a cedar porch swing Newman made on a dare from Samuel Jackson, his construction technology teacher. “He showed me a picture of one and challenged me to make one in a week.� It took Newman two days to finish. “He couldn’t believe it when I showed him the picture,� he said. “I like working with cedar. It’s hard to work with be-
cause it splits easily, but it’s fun.� IN HIS spare time, Newman also enjoys hobbies familiar to others his age. He’ll spend plenty of time at the fishing hole in the summer, or nestled in a hunting stand in the winter. He’s also the leading scorer on the Wildcat basketball team, “But the woodshop,� he said, “that’s where I usually want to be.�
WHITAKER recalls how she used to celebrate Decoration Day, the precursor to today’s Memorial Day, as a child growing up in Caney. “It was a huge deal: Speakers, music, parades and dances,� and of course the ritual of decorating the graves of those who fought. Though Whitaker’s immediate ancestors are buried in Havana, Kan., those more distant hail from Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. “That was a big shock for me to discover those roots,� she said. “I figured everyone was from this neck of the woods.� The discovery led Whitaker to pursue those tangents, and, eventually, her greatgrandfather’s service in the Civil War, 18611865. “He married late, age 52,� she said of his second marriage. Whitaker attended school in Chanute for a period as well as Des Moines. She worked as a mortgage loan processor in Des Moines as well as Johnson City, Tenn. She was attracted
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Carolyn Whitaker with pictures of her parents, Charles Eugene and Edith Mae Thompson Whitaker. to Humboldt for retirement because of the Humboldt Historical Society and its expansive museum complex. An avid genealogist, Whitaker said discovering your roots “can change your life.� CULVER was right there with that. “When we were children growing up on the farm the only entertainment we had was telling stories,� she said. A favorite is of her greatgreat-grandfather stealing away to the United States as a youth of 14 in 1845. “He couldn’t come legally because he had been conscripted into the German army,� she said. “But his sister could. He carried her trunk onboard the ship and then changed into one of her dresses. “That’s the story, anyway,� she said. Culver’s grandfather also lived with the family for a time, instilling in the young girl a sense of her German heritage. WHITAKER is the author of “The AfricanAmerican Connection: How Humboldt, KS Conquered the Prairie,� a story, in part, about the role of African Americans in the Civil War. The first blacks to fight in the Civil War were from Kansas. Often, they registered under fictitious names, “so they wouldn’t be discovered by their masters,� Whitaker said. A “James Smith� in fact was Rufus Anderson, the great-greatgrandfather of Otis Crawford of Humboldt.
Through Whitaker’s efforts Anderson now has a headstone in Mount Hope Cemetery, marking not only his existence but service to country. Whitaker is involved with the Kansas Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War and has helped establish Humboldt as a “camp� of the organization. Her involvement with The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization that perpetuates interest in the Civil War, serves not only to harken back but also to look to today’s veterans, she said. “We all need to stop and remember these soldiers,� she said. “We wouldn’t be what we are today without their contributions.� For Culver and Lytle, their role with the Auxiliary is a way to identify with service to country. Though dwindling in number, the Auxiliary plays a crucial role in Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies. For Monday’s program, members will have decorated 200 graves in Highland Cemetery marking service men and women. Both worry who will step up to carry on the functions of the Auxiliary after they step down. Lytle served as president for “25-plus� years. Besides Monday’s celebration, Auxiliary members support the veterans home in Winfield and donate items for Red Cross care packages for victims of natural disasters. “It feels good to help,� said Lytle.
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Police reports Arrests reported Terry D. Crowell, LaHarpe, was arrested Wednesday by Allen County sheriff ’s deputies for allegedly driving while suspended and not wearing a seat belt, his second arrest within a week. He also was taken into custody May 13 for allegedly interfering with law enforcement. He was taken to Allen County Jail and later released on bond. Iola police officers arrested Dallas Townsend, 54, Eureka, for allegedly driving while suspended and not having liability insurance during a traffic stop in the 200 block of South State Street Wednesday. A 13-year-old juvenile was arrested Wednesday evening for suspicion of shoplifting at Casey’s General Store, 712 E. Madison Ave. Charges are being requested through the Allen County attorney’s office. Terri Yokum, LaHarpe, was arrested Wednesday in the 300 block of West Street following a traffic stop. Iola police officers said Yokum was arrested for suspicion of driving while suspended and not wearing a seat belt. Jessica Oakley, 17, Iola, was arrested Tuesday evening for suspicion of theft after Iola police officers were told she allegedly attempted to embezzle more than $1,000 from
Iola Walmart. Iola police officers apprehended three juveniles, all under 13 years old, Tuesday for suspicion of theft. Charges are pending. Joshua Jensen, 24, Iola, was arrested Monday for suspicion of battery and child abuse after Iola police officers were called to the 600 block of South State Street. Sabrina M. Hulett, Neosho Falls, was arrested Monday by sheriff ’s deputies for allegedly driving with a revoked license (third offense), not having liability insurance and no seat belt. She was taken to Allen County Jail and later released on bond. Eric M. Helman, LaHarpe was arrested by sheriff ’s deputies Monday on an outstanding warrant for allegedly failing to appear in Allen County District Court. Helman was taken to Allen County Jail and later released on bond. William W. Drybread, Chanute, was arrested Sunday for allegedly interfering with law enforcement. He was taken to Allen County Jail, where he’s being held on $15,000 bond. Iola police officers said Shawn M. Rockers was arrested Sunday in Anderson County and transported to Allen County Jail for a warrant issued out of Iola Municipal
Court. William Funk, 50, Iola, was arrested Sunday for allegedly driving after being declared a habitual violator and not having liability insurance. The arrest came during a traffic stop in the 300 block of South Second Street. Corey D. Williams, Iola, was arrested May 15 on an outstanding warrant out of Iola Municipal Court, where he faces a theft charge. He was taken to Allen County Jail and later released on bond. Danielle Sheldon was arrested Sunday morning in the 300 block of South Kentucky Street on an arrest warrant out of Iola Municipal Court. Dylan C. Bryan, 19, Iola, was arrested Sunday in the 10 block of East Monroe Street on a warrant out of Iola Municipal Court. Michael Setterstrom, 46, Chanute, was arrested May 16 in the 1000 block of East Lincoln Street after Iola police officers said he had been observed drinking from an open can of beer. He also was charged with suspicion of driving while suspended. Steven J. Frierson, 39, Gas, was arrested and cited May 16 in the 1800 block of North Kentucky Street for allegedly driving against his driver’s license restriction, speeding and having an ex-
pired license plate. Gregory Newton, 33, was arrested May 16 in Labette County for two warrants out of Iola Municipal Court. Jerold Elliott III was arrested May 16 in the 800 block of South Street on an arrest warrant out of Allen County District Court. Eric W. Trickey, Yates Center, was arrested May 15 on an outstanding warrant out of Allen County District Court for probation revocation. He was taken to Allen County Jail, and is being held without bond., deputies said. Brandon E. Mixon, 24, Iola, was arrested May 15 on an arrest warrant out of Iola Municipal Court in the 300 block of West Monroe Street.
saulted by a 43-year-old known suspect with a knife. A prosecution request has been sent to the Allen County attorney’s office.
Window broken Employees at America’s Best Value Inn told Iola police officers a window had been broken by somebody throwing an object through it. After investigating the matter, no charges were filed after learning the suspect was suffering from a mental disorder, officers said.
Burglary reported Allen County sheriff ’s deputies received a burglary and theft report Tuesday in Gas. Total loss was estimated at $600.
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Melinda Wilson, 38, Iola, was cited Sunday for suspicion of theft after Iola police officers were called to Iola Walmart.
A suspect has been identified in a theft reported Monday in LaHarpe. Information has been forwarded to the Allen County attorney’s office for potential charges.
Gas meter hit Madilyn Vyhlidal reported Sunday a gas meter had been struck in the 400 block of South Chestnut Street. Officers suspect a lawn mower struck the meter.
Vehicles collide James Boeken, Iola, was backing onto East Fourth Street in Gas May 15 when he collided with a vehicle driven by Michael Boeken, Iola. Neither driver was in-
Charges requested Scott Morgan, 30, told Iola police officers Wednesday he was as-
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Deer struck Deer have become an endangered species on Allen County Roads in recent days. The Allen County Sheriff ’s Department responded to four car-deer accidents since May 12. They were: — Dillard Ungeheuer, Centerville, northbound on U.S. 59, two miles north of Moran, Monday; — Charlotte Slater, Humboldt, eastbound on Mississippi Road one mile south of Iola May 14; — James Sellers, Fort Scott, westbound on U.S. 54 four miles east of Moran, May 13; — Myrna Moore, Iola, northbound on U.S. 169, just south of Humboldt, May 12. None of the drivers were injured.
Vehicles collide Sheridan L. Hall, 68, was eastbound in a parking lot near South Sycamore Street when her car was struck by a pickup driven by Jeffery D. Dieker, 50, who was backing from a parking stall. Iola police officers said Hall was traveling the wrong way in the parking lot when the accident occurred. Neither driver was hurt.
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Bidding adieu Iola police officers with military backgrounds are, from left, Michael Aronson, who served the Marines, Brian Plumlee, Marines, Jared Froggatte, Army and National Guard, David Shelby, Marines, Jordan Oswald, Air Force, Danny Rodriguez, Army, and Police Chief Jared Warner, Army. Not pictured is officer Tom Roush, who served in the Air Force. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Serve: Military backgrounds common Continued from A1
“I think he saw something in me I didn’t know I had,” Murphy said. “It seemed like military and law enforcement were the right things to do.” Murphy is one of three veterans who serve on the Allen County Sheriff ’s Department. (Deputies Travis Buck and Joe Robertson are the others.) The ratio of servicemen to civilian officers is even higher at the Iola Police Department, where eight of the 17 officers — including Police Chief Jared Warner — have military backgrounds., “For whatever reason, you have a large percentage in your public service fields with prior military experience, whether they be law enforcement, fire, EMS, things like that,” Warner said. “I don’t know if it’s because of the structure such a career provides, or maybe it’s the type of individual wanting to serve. It’s probably a combination of the two.” WARNER notes job applicants for his department who sport military service often get a closer look. In fact, vets invariably almost are guaranteed at least an interview. “I think it shows the individual has discipline instilled in them and he knows the structure. Our structure in law enforcement is mostly paramilitary. We operate under a chain of command. Having an individual with that experience already, who understands that, there’s less for them to overcome.” Murphy agrees those with military experience tend to show more maturity and have a clearer grasp between right and wrong. While he doesn’t solely look at military experience when hiring dep-
uties, having somebody who has served previously is a plus. “The people in the military hold a special place in my heart,” Murphy said. “It takes a lot for a person to raise his right hand and swear to uphold and defend the Constitution. Not everybody can do it. It’s an honor to work with those who choose to do so. It’s a respect thing for me.” BOTH Murphy and Warner said their military experience served them well as they embarked on full-time careers. Murphy’s service took him to Hanau, West Germany, where he worked with an air defense artillery unit, and was part of the first certified Patriot Missile Battalion under NATO. Patriot Missiles took center stage on the global scene during the heart of Desert Storm, when the United States and its allies used the Patriots as protection from incoming Scud Missiles launched by Iraq, primarily at Saudi Arabia and Israel. While in the Army, Murphy noted other similarities between soldiers and cops. In both disciplines, “if you’re given a task, you’re expected to accomplish that task,” he said. “I know my military background helped me reach my full potential.” DEPUTY Travis Buck joined the National Guard in 2010, shortly after graduating from Crest High School. He, too, found his time rewarding. “The self-discipline really helped me develop maturity more quickly than I would have otherwise,” he said. “The military was my calling. It gave me a new perspective on life.”
Buck’s overseas duties included a stint in Djibouti, an impoverished nation in the Great Horn of Africa. “It makes you appreciate everything we have here: green grass, trees, homes,” he said. “The poorest people we have here are richer than the richest people over there. It was definitely a culture shock.” WARNER figured joining the Army would be the most effective path for him to get a career in law enforcement. “That’s what I wanted to do since I was a little kid,” he said. “College really wasn’t an option finance-wise. Through the military training experience and GI bill, they provided what I wanted. The military gave me a lot of tools, and I never wavered in my dream to do something in law enforcement.” Still, Warner realizes military history isn’t the sole determining factor on who to hire. He notes IPD has several officers who have never worn military garb. “And they’re all good officers,” he said. IN MURPHY’S office, behind his desk, sits a prominent oil painting by Lee Teter. “Reflections,” depicts an older gentleman visiting the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The painting’s name comes from the scene, in which the man somberly rests his hand on the wall. But instead of his reflection, stands several servicemen, perhaps old Army buddies. Murphy had seen a copy of the painting when he was just out of high school. Though he didn’t buy it then, the imagery left an imprint as he embarked on his career in the Army.
Then, Murphy’s wife, Angie, saw the same painting a few years ago, and bought it for her husband, not knowing he’d already seen the picture previously. “It meant a lot me,” he said. It also signifies why weekends such as this are so important in his life. “They were willing to uphold and protect the freedoms we have,” he said. “It’s very humbling. It says a lot about people who are willing to run toward a fight instead of running away when trouble erupts.” Warner concurred. “You can have trying times, lots of long days, lots of long weeks,” he said. “There’s nothing quite like the military, when you have someone else saying, ‘You’re going to be here, and not sure what time you’ll get to go home.’”
Iola Middle School said farewell to five staff members at a retirement party Thursday night. Those retiring are Ruth Vincent, Leann Kennedy, Roger Carlin, John Wilson and Vera Shafer. Above, Ruth Vincent, IMS bookkeeper, visits with guests during the party. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET
Taxes: No vote yet Continued from A1
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percent. The state Department of Revenue estimates that the exemption for business owners and farmers is worth about $220 million a year, or about 22 percent of the total income tax cuts for the next fiscal year. Influential groups such as the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business are lobbying to keep it. But if lawmakers do, they’ll have to rely more heavily on increasing the sales tax to close the budget shortfall. The Senate plan would have increased the sales tax to 6.5 percent, while dropping the rate on food to 6 percent.
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Saturday, May 23, 2015
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Strong family ties allow for moments of weakness An interview with Carolyn Whitaker of Humboldt earlier this week made me realize the value of family. Whitaker said her interest in genealogy gives her a better understanding of herself. I could guess from the brief time we were together that she gets her spunk from her great-grandfather, who fought in the Civil War. FOR THE PAST 15 years or so I’ve made an annual effort to connect with cousins for a “girls weekend” in Napa, Calif. OK, “effort” is overkill. Three of the five live in the Bay Area, with the other in Alaska, so it’s a no-brainer we go for Napa. I’ve given up any pretense that I know, or really care, anything about a wine’s bouquet, but I’m happy to play along as long as I can experience the beauty of the wine district. Almost as soon as we were loaded up to head north, the talk turned familiar. The span of a year melted away and we dropped all pretenses that anyone’s life is smooth sailing. At the same time, I come from a somewhat competitive family. On the good side, that means we have a bunch of high achievers. On the bad side, that can mean if you’re experiencing doubts, it’s not so easy to open up. Hence the benefits of gathering in a valley of wine. Yes, family may be there through thick and thin, but they also are inherently judgemental because they know Aunt Betsy was a kleptomaniac or Uncle Bill couldn’t hold a job, and by blood you’re only one step away from following in
Susan Lynn Register editor their footsteps. And by reverse, because your dad was an unqualified success those cut from his cloth have no excuse but to follow suit. Friends, on the other hand, come without that knowledge and are quicker to accept you at face value. And yet, family feels like home. Before our getaway I visited my Uncle Scott, the only surviving sibling of my dad’s, and now living in a retirement community in Berkeley. What I thought would be a brief hug turned into a minutes-long embrace. The memories came flooding as I drank in his smell and touch. At 86, he’s still strong, but not so steady. My favorite memory is how he would catch me mid-air as I would come running into his arms — he was so tall and strong. “I still could,” he boasted. Yep, my dad’s kin all right. Despite the baggage, or because of it, family teaches us about understanding, forgiveness and acceptance — the same lessons we need to apply to ourselves. AFTER THE long weekend I felt more whole. I’d come forth with embarrassing tales. I’d admitted setbacks. I told of personal shortcomings. And they loved me all the more.
The good old days — they were Charles McVey was scratching around in his garden when thoughts of his childhood came to mind. McVey, 84, was born a couple of miles east of LaHarpe just as the Great Depression was sinking its fangs into the nation in 1931. To him its effect was felt most at playtime, though it didn’t make a huge impression. Being the youngest in his family — his nearest sibling, a sister, was 10 years older — McVey usually found himself playing alone. Then, if neighbors didn’t live practically next door, getting together with other children was limited by transportation, both the mode and cost of fuel when a working man might not earn more than a dollar a day. As he hoed away in his garden, McVey recalled toys he had, brought on, he said, from reading in last Saturday’s Register descriptions of rubber band guns kids made in the 1950s. He never shot a rubber band, but he did learn to make arrows and chased iron
Lesson on how to take crisis in stride Kansas is coming apart at the seams. The Legislature cannot figure out how to plug a $406 million budget gap, and tax proposal after tax proposal keeps getting voted down. Some school districts ended the school year early when they ran out of cash. The superintendent of the Skyline school district in Pratt County even resigned so they wouldn’t have to pay him: no money left. Emporia State is famous for our teachers college, and today’s students are telling their professors they have second thoughts about teaching here. After all, Kansas has slashed funding for education, removed their right to dispute being fired, and even considered legislation that could put teachers in jail. The Legislature is also on the verge of passing a bill to de-fund the state’s court system in the event that the state supreme court does not rule the way the legislators want, regarding the appointment of lower-court judges. This is a real bill that may pass, not a parody from The Onion or “The Daily Show.” Governor Brownback and his legislative allies have quickly transformed a smoothly functioning, generally low-key government of moderate tax rates and middle-of-the-road politicians
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Insight Kansas into a political and fiscal basket case, repeatedly ignoring warnings from experts like Insight Kansas contributor and former state budget director Duane Goosen. OUR PARTNER Paraguay
may be our only hope. The small South American country has a close relationship with Kansas: a legacy of a Kennedy Administration program called the Partnership of the Americas, which paired Latin American countries with U.S. states. Senator Dole was later a big supporter. The partnership still exists. Teachers, firefighters, and others travel back and forth. There is an active Kansas Paraguay partners group, college students from Paraguay study here, and some of ours study there. Several Insight Kansas writer/professors have traveled there. In 2014 and 2015, Gallup polling ranked Paraguay as the happiest country in the world. According to Gallup, Paraguay had a particularly
high percentage of people answering that they “experienced enjoyment; smiled or laughed; felt well rested; and thought they were treated with respect.” Many also “said they had learned or did something interesting the day before …” Yet Paraguay’s history features two futile wars that killed huge percentages of the country’s population. They suffered one of the longestserving dictators of the late 20th century: a cruel man named Stroessner who tortured his enemies and left behind a corrupt, bribery-driven political system that persists today. Smuggling is one of the country’s biggest industries, and Paraguay ranks 138th in the world for gross domestic product per person. Like Kansas, Paraguay is completely landlocked and highly agricultural. The country’s budget is so mismanaged that no one knows how much the huge Itaipu Dam (shared with Brazil) cost to build. Paraguayans do not think there is anything odd about this. They are used to it. If Paraguay’s example serves, perhaps fiscal integrity, a competitive political system, a wellmaintained infrastructure, and a solid economy are not necessary for people to be happy. There may be hope for Kansas after all.
At Week’s End Bob Johnson
wheels over the countryside. The arrows were made from wooden shingles, split and fashioned with a pocket knife, and then put to flying with a string fastened to a stick knotted at the other end. The shingle-made arrow had a notch and when put against the knot, McVey jerked the stick forward in an arch to fire the arrow on its way. With an iron wheel and length of lath, McVey got a wheel rolling and chased after, using the lath to propel and direct its journey. He also made small boats from scrap wood. Some kids had store-bought toys, but other than a tricycle McVey never did. “It was the Depression,” he declared.
Eventually, companionship came through Pleasant Prairie School, albeit a little earlier than his parents expected. “I ran off to school to be with other kids,” McVey said. The teacher told his parents that since the five-year-old showed up so often, he might as well sit in on classes. Married at 18 to Phyllis, his wife today of 66 years, McVey farmed for 16 years before adverse weather persuaded him to take a job in the parts department of brother Kenneth’s John Deere dealership in California. Later, McVey returned to Kansas, and to a farm about a mile from where he was born and raised. A few years at Alco Implement, Iola, again working in parts, were interrupted by a heart attack. Two open-heart surgeries ended his work-a-day life, but left him time for gardening. The older he gets, McVey allowed, the more he thinks of the good old days, which, from conversations I have with contemporaries, afflicts many of us.
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60 Years Ago Week of May 17-23, 1955
Tuesday night diplomas will be given to 81 members of the senior class of Iola High School and 49 sophomore graduates of Iola Junior College will receive certificates at ceremonies at the Memorial Hall. ***** Commencement exercises for 56 graduates of the county schools will be May 28 in Memorial Hall. They will come from the 37 one-teacher schools, plus Mildred, Gas, Savonburg, Carlyle and Petrolia. Prairie Dell has four graduates, the largest number of any of the rural schools. 50 Years Ago May 17-23, 1965
Commencement exercises for the 145 graduating seniors of Iola High School and the 81 sophomores of Iola Junior College will be another first this year as both events will be held in the Thomas H. Bowlus Fine Arts Center. ***** A petition to establish Iola Junior College as a community junior college under the provisions of House Bill 893 which was passed by the Kansas Legislature at its re-
cent session, was approved unanimously last night by the Iola Board of Education. Under the new state law, junior colleges must become a part of the state system to qualify for state financial aid. With the changes in taxation for support of the two-year colleges, this state assistance is necessary for survival of the local school. 40 Years Ago May 17-23, 1975
Paper bags whipped off the high-speed presses of Quality Packaging, Inc., on Davis Street yesterday afternoon as about 50 members of the Iola Chamber of Commerce stood back and watched. Frank Ball, plant manager and co-owner, said the bags, which will hold a hamburger somewhere in a U.S. fast-food store, were produced at 1,000 a minute and that the presses run 24 hours a day, five days a week. He said he and his brother, Jack, own and operate three complimentary businesses: Quality Packaging, Bricc Wholesalers, the distribution unit, and a fleet of trucks. They can sell a package service to chains like Tastee Freez and guarantee to deliver to each of their outlets every two weeks.
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House OKs variety of election changes primary, the kind of year to have it is 2016 because both parties have open races,” he said.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House approved a measure Thursday that would move local elections to the fall in odd-numbered years in a bid to boost turnout. The bill would also permanently cancel the state’s presidential primary elections and the Senate passed a tweak to the state’s abortion laws before lawmakers adjourned for a fourday weekend. The House’s vote 6458 on the local elections bill sends it to the governor. Here is a look at the significant actions taken by the Legislature Thursday.
ABORTION
The Kansas Senate voted 39-0 Thursday to approve a bill aimed at allowing the state to enforce a ban on what critics call “webcam” abortions. The measure modifies a provision of a 2011 law requiring a doctor who provides an abortion-inducing drug to be in the same room when a patient takes it. Among other things, the bill creates an exception for medical emergencies. The state hasn’t been able to enforce the law because two providers filed a lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court against it. The bill now goes to the House.
LOCAL ELECTIONS
Republican Rep. Steve Huebert from Valley Center said he once lost a school board election by seven votes and believes that “the current system is the ultimate voter suppression tool.” He said he thinks moving local elections from the spring will increase turnout because people are used to voting in the fall. Secretary of State Kris Kobach said the bill was “a good first step” to eventually moving local elections to even-numbered years so that they coincide with state and national elections. He said this would increase turnout even more significantly. But, critics say it would force elected school board members to take office in the middle of fiscal years, which could disrupt the budgeting process. The bill also would bar general election candidates from dropping out of a race unless experiencing “severe medical hardship.”
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IHS student gives talk on world hunger
Walmart urges food suppliers to adapt NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, the nation’s largest food retailer, is urging its thousands of U.S. suppliers to curb the use of antibiotics in farm animals and improve treatment of them. That means asking meat producers, egg suppliers and others to use antibiotics only for disease prevention or treatment, not to fatten their animals, a common industry practice. The guidelines also aim to get suppliers to stop using sow gesta-
tion crates and other housing that lacks sufficient space. They’re also being asked to avoid painful procedures like dehorning or castration without proper pain management. Walmart wants suppliers to provide it with an annual report and publicly report their progress on their own websites. Walmart is facing pressure from shoppers who want to know more about how their food is produced.
By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
Clara Wicoff told Iola Rotarians Thursday feeding the world’s hungry was a challenge of immense proportions. Wicoff, who will be a senior at Iola High School in the fall, gave a speech she will repeat at the state Future Farmers of America conference next week. She tossed out statistics, such as, in 1950, 1 in 3 people in the world went hungry, and while the ratio has improved in the past 65 years, 1
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in 7 still go to bed hungry. Personal responsibility enters the equation: Clara Wicoff One person’s effort might be a drop in a bucket while the problem is as large as the ocean, but one drop is better than none at all, she said. Kansas farmers are doing much to help. Wicoff said each farmer’s produce feeds 165 people.
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House and Senate negotiators agreed Thursday evening on a proposed $15.5 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that would limit increases in tuition at state universities. The plan drafted by the three senators and three House members would keep spending on the state’s higher education system flat during the next fiscal year, avoiding reductions even as lawmakers consider tax increases to close a projected budget shortfall. But the agreement calls for preventing the state Board of Regents from increasing tuition at state universities more than 2 percentage points above inflation as measured by the consumer price index. The figure would have been 2.8 percent for 2014.
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The measure also would cancel the state’s presidential primaries, which the secretary of state’s office estimates would cost the state about $1.7 million for the 2016 elections. Legislators have canceled the past five primaries because of their cost, opting instead for caucuses funded by the Republican and Democratic parties. Democratic Rep. Tom Sawyer from Wichita said he opposed eliminating the primaries because they generate interest in the state and attract more campaign spending in the form of advertising purchases and temporary jobs. “If there’s ever a year to have a presidential
The Legislature’s decision to take an extended weekend for Memorial Day will both save money and stop the clock on its annual session. Lawmakers will not receive their $218 daily salary and expense payments from Friday through Monday, so the days won’t officially count. Thursday was the 95th day, and when lawmakers return Tuesday to the Statehouse, it will be their 96th day in session, six more than their leaders traditionally schedule. According to legislative researchers, only nine of the past 40 sessions have lasted longer, with the record of 107 days set in 2002.
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Left, Emery Driskel, Travis Hermstein, Kohl Endicott, Chase Regehr and Ethan Holloway will be representing Iola High School at the 2015 Class 4A State Track Meet in Wichita on May 29-30. REGISTER/SPENCER MICHELSON
Driskel Class 4A Regional 100-meter hurdles champ Iola’s 4x800m relay team also qualifies for state with fourth-place finish By SPENCER MICHELSON The Iola Register
LACYNGE — Iola High’s track team will have two events represented at the state track meet next week. Senior Emery Driskel clinched her spot with a first place finish in the 100-meter high hurdles at the Class 4A Regional. She finished in 15.85 seconds, almost a full second faster than the 16.72 seconds posted by Paola’s Aziza Patillo. “I’m really excited,” Driskel said. “I wanted this chance because last year I kind of messed up and didn’t run as well, so I’m looking forward to this year.” Driskel still has a chance to beat Iola’s school record in the event. Kendra Taiclet set the mark at 15.60 seconds in 2012. The fastest Driskel ran the hurdles this season was in 15.68 seconds at the Pioneer League Meet on May
14, making her a Pioneer League Champion. “She’s had a really good season, she’s so close to that record,” coach Dana Daugharthy said. “It looks like she’ll have to do it at state. She ran a little bit less today because she had no
fied for the state track meet. This is the third-straight season she’s qualified in the 100m hurdles. She previously went as an alternate and a relay team member. “I think I’ll have a better chance this year,” Driskel said of winning a state med-
I’m really excited. I wanted this chance because last year I kind of messed up and didn’t run as well, so I’m looking forward to this year. — Emery Driskel, IHS senior
one really running with her. I think she can get it.” Driskel has been nursing a leg injury most of the season. Driskel had been competing in the 300m hurdles, but has sat out to keep her chances at getting a medal in the 100m hurdles. This will be the fourth season that Driskel has quali-
al. “I’m more confident, so I feel like I’ll do better.” ALSO CLAIMING a spot to the state meet will be Iola’s 4x800m relay team. The quartet consists of Chase Regehr, Travis Hermstein, Kohl Endicott and Ethan Holloway. Daugharthy said it was a bit of a surprise the team did
so well this season. “It’s like I was telling the other coaches,” Daugharthy said. “At the beginning of the season if you would have told me that we had a 4x800 team going to go to state, I thought you would have been lying. We just didn’t have anybody back. Kohl also was a good addition.” The only returning runner from last year’s relay team is Chase Regehr. All three others were new additions. Endicott didn’t even join the team until the Pioneer League Track Meet. Endicott, who has been playing baseball all season, helped the team run its fastest time of the season last week at the meet. They finished in 9:02.72. Endicott was one of the biggest question marks for the team. Iola’s baseball team has qualified for the Class 4A-II State Baseball Tournament that will be in Topeka next Thursday and
Friday. Luckily, the 4x800m relay will not be until Saturday morning. This week, they didn’t do as well at the 4A Regionals. The team finished in fourth place with a time of 9:13.26 seconds. But, it doesn’t matter because the time was good enough to qualify them for state. Part of the reason that the relay team has also done so well as of late is the improvement from Hermstein. He had been running around a 2:30 leg, but has dropped it by about as much as 18 seconds throughout the season. “I never usually run the 800 because I’ve always run the mile,” Hermstein said. “But, the first couple of races of the season, I wanted to really improve on this race. I knew I could do it and each race I’ve gotten better.” The 4x800m relay team and Driskel head to the Class 4A State Track Meet next Friday and Saturday in Wichita.
Lady Cubs earn trip back to state tournament By SPENCER MICHELSON The Iola Register
PLEASANTON — The game was closer than it had to be, but Humboldt High’s softball team took care of business and made it back to the state tournament for the second year in a row. The Lady Cubs had to bear down to beat the Jayhawk-Linn Jayhawks 2-0. Every inning was needed in this game. Humboldt did hold the lead for the entirety of the game. In the bottom of the first inning, Breanna Kline made it to second base on a deep fly ball that caromed off the glove of the left field-
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er. Kline made it into score on a fielder’s choice by Mallory Roush. The Lady Cubs led 1-0. The score was the same until the bottom of the fourth inning. Courtney Richey, pitching for the Lady Cubs, helped her own cause by hitting a home run over the center field wall. The Lady Cubs led 2-0 and that was the final score. Richey battled a small strike-zone the whole game, but was able to keep her shutout in tact. “She always closes it down a lot,” coach Brad Piley said. “She stuck it out and battled for the win. She was also big with the stick.” There were moments in the game that Humboldt could have opened up the scoring, but hit into bad luck instead. “The bunt that we had with runners on first and second, that popped up for See HUMBOLDT | Page B3
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Madson’s journey back to MLB Humboldt: Back to state By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One or 2 percent. That was it. That was the chance that Ryan Madson gave himself of ever pitching again in the big leagues. Once a dominant closer with the Philadelphia Phillies, a telltale twinge in the right elbow that resulted in Tommy John surgery had ushered Madson toward a premature retirement. He was content with what he had accomplished in baseball, even if he was frustrated by the finish. “I thought I would bounce right back. I did everything everybody wanted me to do,” Madson said this week. “I did everything under the sun trying to get back, and it took me getting released for the first time in my career, not being in the major leagues since being called up in 2003, to really feel that punch. And it knocked me down. It almost knocked me out.” It didn’t do that,
though. Not by a longshot. After signing with the American League champion Kansas City Royals in the offseason, Madson arrived in spring training with no guarantees. Somehow, he earned a spot in their vaunted bullpen, and then validated his spring performances with a dynamic start to the regular season. Madson has appeared in 17 games and has a 1.83 ERA, the best of the 34-year-old reliever’s 10-year career. He has struck out 20 with just four walks, every bit as dominant as he was in Philly. “It really is remarkable what he’s doing right now,” said fellow Royals pitcher Chris Young, the AL’s reigning comeback player of the year. “Granted, I never played with him, but I’ve played against him, and his stuff is as good as I’ve ever seen.” Madson spent most of his career in Philadelphia, even auditioning for a season as a starter, before heading to the
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Ryan Madson bullpen full-time. His best year came in 2011, when he took over the closer role following injuries to Brad Lidge and Jose Contreras, and finished with 32 saves. He parlayed those numbers into a deal with Cincinnati for 2012, and that’s when the elbow injuries began. Madson had surgery that spring and never pitched for the Reds. He never pitched for the Los Angeles Angels, either. He signed with them the following year but spent the entire season on the disabled list, never getting in a game before getting released. Madson came to grips with the end of his ca-
an out, that was big,” Piley said. “If we could have gotten that down I think we could have opened the game up a little bit more. Then, there was the girl sliding back into third and got tagged out. Had that gone our way, we probably could have gotten a couple of more runs and not made it as close as it was.” Although Humboldt led throughout the game, that was in jeopardy in the top of the seventh inning. With Richey on the mound going for the complete game, she started the inning with her go-to out: The strikeout. The next batter appeared to have hit into a ground out to the third baseman, but an errant throw allowed the Jayhawk runner to take first safely. Richey actually struck out the next batter, but a dropped third strike allowed the batter to get to first base. Runners were on first
and second with only one out. Richey didn’t help herself and walked the next batter to load the bases. She finally got the second out from the following batter, who hit a nub in front of the catcher. Richey fielded the ball and tagged home plate for the out. Things got a little dicey with the last batter of the game. She drew a full count and had the bases loaded. A single could have tied the game, but no one on the field will know. Richey got a swinging strike for the punch out and win. Richey gave up two hits, two walks and two hit batters. She struck out 12 and improved to 15-0 as a starter. “We had some hits, but hit it right to their defense,” Piley said. “That’s going to happen sometimes.” This will be the senior class’s third trip to state in four seasons. They made it their freshman, junior and now senior seasons.
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Before Humboldt won the championship game, they beat Burlington 11-1 in five innings. Richey also pitched in game one, going five innings, allowing on hit and striking out five. Richey led the team with a single, double and home run with three RBIs. Kasey Beeman hit a home run and had three RBIs. Jaci Ross hit two singles, a double and had two RBIs. Sabrina Arell hit a single, had two doubles and an RBI. Mallory Roush hit a single, double and had an RBI. Brook Turner and Delaney Umholtz each hit a single. Humboldt’s goal is to win a state championship this season, but Piley said the team will have to play better if they want to win at the state tournament. Humboldt remains undefeated at 22-0. They play next Thursday in Manhattan at the Class 3A State Softball Tournament.
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Haskell Indian Nations University halts football LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Haskell Indian Nations University is suspending its football program for 2015 because of a lack of
funds. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the Lawrence-based university made the announcement Thursday.
The school’s student newspaper reported university President Venida Chenault announced the cost-cutting move at a meeting of summer students, faculty and staff. Haskell officials said last month that many of the university’s athletics teams would start competing independently after the dissolution of the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference. The university’s football team competed as an NAIA independent school and finished last season with a 0-9 record.
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US beats Cubs 9-4 in wrestling exhibition in Times Square By RACHEL COHEN AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The video screens of Times Square shining a spotlight down on him, Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs smiled widely for the TV cameras as he described his goals of the last three years: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trying to become a better interviewee.â&#x20AC;? The American wrestling star was only sort of joking. After winning
his second NCAA title as a senior at Nebraska in 2011, Burroughs soared to the top of the sport, opening his senior-level career with 69 straight victories before his first loss. And that gold medal in London in 2012 made him a spokesman for wrestling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve kind of been thrust into the spotlight. When I got out of college, I realized I was good and I had something special. But I never would have imagined Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be the best
wrestler the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen in a long time,â&#x20AC;? Burroughs said matterof-factly Thursday after competing in an exhibition in Times Square. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really tough to be put in that position. I really had to be groomed into this position that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in now, and I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done pretty well.â&#x20AC;? The U.S. beat Cuba 9-4 on a chilly evening in what has become an annual event at various New York City landmarks to benefit youth wrestling organization
Beat the Streets. As a New Jersey native, Burroughs particularly loves the location. Planning for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition started before Decemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announcement that the United States and Cuba were moving to restore diplomatic relations. While the countries are used to competing against each other in the sport, wrestlers and coaches on both sides were pleased to get a chance to come together in such a high-profile set-
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reer, happily retreating into family life. He has five children, ages 1 to 9, and the life of a dot-
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ing father appealed to him. He enjoyed being able to welcome them home from school, being home for dinner every night. For some reason, though, he never formally retired. There was always that 1 or 2 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was always a small buzz that I could come back,â&#x20AC;? Madson said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but I knew it was so far away. So much work had to be done. Even guys that do retire and stay retired, they have that 1 or 2 percent that they want to go back and play, for years. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how many years that lasts. But I think I was in that category. I thought I was truly done.â&#x20AC;? That is where his story begins to mirror the â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rookie,â&#x20AC;? that Disney film based on the real-life comeback of Jim Morris, who went from teaching science to pitching in the big leagues. Madson started working with children of his friends, teaching proper fundamentals. Then he started working with a standout high school prospect near his home in California, and that led to a serendipitous meeting with Jim Fregosi Jr., who had once scouted Madson in high school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He works for the
Royals now,â&#x20AC;? Madson said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how I got in.â&#x20AC;? Madson had decided to give it one more shot. The Royals had provided the opportunity. There was no assurance he would have a job, especially considering Kansas City was already armed with baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best bullpen. But it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long for Madson to begin raising eyebrows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My first thought was, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OK, why did we sign this guy?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guy hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pitched in three years and last time he tried, he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very successful at it,â&#x20AC;? Royals manager Ned Yost said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So then I went out the first day of live batting practice and watched him throw BP and it knocked my eyes out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From that point on,â&#x20AC;?
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ISU fans nervous about Hoiberg bolting to NBA HUMBOLDT, Iowa (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Iowa Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fred Hoiberg is more than just a successful coach to Cyclones fans. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the local boy made good. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why the rumors that Hoiberg might finally jump to the NBA are bumming out many Iowa State fans.
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Hayder Hassan’s journey from desk job to Ultimate Fighter By SHANDEL RICHARDSON
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Fort Lauderdale native and Cardinal Gibbons alum Hayder Hassan, center, had to convince his parents, Shatha Atiya, left, and Redha Hassan, right, both doctors, that a career as a fighter was preferable to a corporate desk job. TNS/SUN SENTINEL/JIM RASSOL American Top Team, a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu academy. The connection was instant. It took one practice to realize fighting — not casual Fridays in the office — was his calling in life. “I dream about fighting,” Hassan said. “I sleep about fighting. I wake up, when I’m going to the bathroom, I’m shadow-boxing on the way to the toilet.” Hassan has won six of his seven professional matches. He needed just nine seconds to knock out his first opponent. “I knew whoever they put in front of me that
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thing in life, you have to work hard. For my parents to come from Baghdad, Iraq, and become successful, it’s the drive to work harder. That’s my motivation.” His parents, who are now divorced, never realized buying Hassan and his brother boxing gloves as kids would lead to their current vocation. Only if they could revisit those days of seeing their boys playfully spar in the living room. Now, after putting their sons in position to succeed, they now have to deal with the extreme butterflies of watching
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them compete in this brutal sport. Their nerves are never calm as the two of them sit in the stands. “For me, it’s like childbirth,” Atiya said. “I’m just really nervous. The whole week, I usually cannot sit still. I’m running around in circles.” The parents’ ease comes in the form of knowing Hassan’s determination. He’s trained constantly, ever since his days as a 160-pound wrestler at Cardinal Gibbons. “I have the confidence in him because I’ve seen him prepare for fights,” Redha Hassan said. “Every day he is dedicated to the fight. I’m happy he chose something that makes him happy.” The octagon has indeed provided relief for Hassan. With the exception of a few scuffles, he didn’t grow up a fighter. He was a straight-A student throughout high school, hardly the resume of someone who earns a living with his fists. The trade-off is worth no longer having to question his career path. Hassan is a fighter for good. No chance of him returning to corporate life. “I’m named after the bravest warrior in my religion,” Hassan said. “He protected the prophet. To have a name like that, you can’t be an accountant. I have to be a fighter. When you see me fight, you’re going to see why I’m named that because I live up to the name.”
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Ben Garland spent his offseason fulfilling his 2015 commitment to the Colorado Air National Guard and now he’s fighting to serve as one of Peyton Manning’s primary protectors. Five years after turning heads by chasing down Tim Tebow and then outracing the quick quarterback in post-practice wind sprints, the former Air Force defensive lineman is finally getting his shot at starting on Denver’s offensive line. He’s competing with veteran journeyman Shelley Smith, among others, for the left guard spot vacated when Orlando Franklin bolted to San Diego in free agency. Garland played in eight games last season after spending two years on the Broncos’ practice squad, a stint that followed his twoyear military commitment to the Air Force. Garland figures he’s the perfect fit for new coach Gary Kubiak’s zone blocking system. After all, he faced plenty of cut blocks in college, where he collected 115 tackles, 11? sacks and three forced fumbles in 39 games at Air Force. “Every single day,” Garland said. “I loved it. I remember days we had no pads on and they would still cut.” Now that he’s on the other side of the ball, he appreciates it even more. “I love the zone scheme. It’s more lat-
eral movement, quick, being smart and being able to move quickly and get out on blocks,” said Garland, who packs 308 pounds on his 6-foot-5 frame and also sports a thick beard now that he doesn’t have to put on his military uniform again un-
was the opportunity. It was Fox’s staff that first saw Garland’s potential and converted him from defensive tackle to offensive guard in 2013. Garland peppered zone-blocking guru Alex Gibbs with questions as he made the transition.
Five years after turning heads by chasing down Tim Tebow and then outracing the quick quarterback in post-practice wind sprints, the former Air Force defensive lineman is finally getting his shot at starting on Denver’s offensive line.
til next year. “It helps a lot to be from the other side. You kind of understand the way that they’re thinking, and that really helps you defend against them,” he said. General manager John Elway promised Manning he’d fix his pocket of protection this offseason, and he added Smith in free agency and center/ guard Gino Gradkowski via a trade before drafting guard/tackle Ty Sambrailo. Elway made it clear the holdovers were part of the solution, particularly Garland and two players who didn’t play as rookies: tackle Michael Schofield and center Matt Paradis. “I think they really have a chance,” Elway said. “So, that’s why we’re excited about them. They haven’t had a lot of experience. The only way you can get that is to play.” Former coach John Fox was a big fan of Garland’s work ethic and used to say all he lacked
“I don’t think I’d be where I am without his coaching and mentorship,” Garland said. “I’d go into his office and just pick his brain. To be able to learn from the guy who essentially created the zone scheme, that’s really helped my progress.” Garland also credits former teammate Will Montgomery, who followed Fox to Chicago this offseason, saying, “he taught me a lot because he used to be in the zone scheme for a long time.” While some of his teammates tweeted pictures of their sunny offseason vacations, Garland was busy fulfilling his 2015 military commitment so he could concentrate fully on football. “When you love what you do, why do you need an offseason?” he said. “I love going to the Air Force and putting on that uniform.” And he wants nothing more than to suit up on Sundays and start for the Broncos.
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Artist paints Swedish designs on woman’s casket SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Barbara Joan Apps doesn’t plan to die anytime soon, but she’s not taking any chances. Although still in good health at age 83, the Topeka resident decided to purchase a casket in advance so she could have it decorated just the way she wanted it, the Salina Journal reported. Apps’ maiden name is Sodergren and her roots are in Sweden, so when it finally comes time to shake off her mortal coil, she plans to meet her maker in a casket painted in a Swedish folk art style called Kurbits. Kurbits painting is taken from the Book of Jonah in the Bible and derived from the name of a large plant with gourds, leaves and flowers that represents God’s blessing and protection. Kurbits is a Swedish floral figurative painting style mostly used for furniture, cupboard or shrine painting or for decorating wooden Dala horses. “I like Swedish art and all the things they put on Dala horses, so I thought it would look nice on a casket,” she said. Apps said that might seem morbid to some, “But when my husband died, we were pretty rushed to decide what we wanted to have that would be symbolic of his life. That’s hard to plan in just a few days. So I wanted to start planning a little earlier.” The idea for creating a personalized casket actually came from Apps’ granddaughter, Kiersten Rothrock, who
happens to be a funeral director and embalmer at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home in Topeka. Rothrock said thinking about people’s funerals, even family members’, is a hazard of her profession. “I meet someone, and I start thinking about their funeral,” Rothrock said, “although you really can’t approach them about their funerals because they’ll think you’re weird.” Rothrock said her grandmother is a woman of simple tastes whose parents came from Sweden, who loves her Swedish heritage and whose home is decorated in Swedish artwork. So why not have her casket decorated in a traditional Swedish Kurbits design? “I wanted something that would make my grandmother’s funeral unique — not that she’s going anytime soon,” Rothrock said. After Apps approved her suggestion, Rothrock special-ordered an unfinished pine casket suitable for painting. She then searched for an artist with knowledge of the Kurbits style and found Lindsborg resident Carla Wilson. Rothrock had previously worked with Wilson’s son Jamie and niece Jessica at the Outback Steakhouse in Topeka and knew that Wilson also was an accomplished Swedish folk painter familiar with the Kurbits style. “I used to be a tour guide in Sweden and saw a lot of Kurbits painting firsthand on furniture
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and walls,” said Wilson, who works in marketing at Scott’s Hometown Foods in Lindsborg. Wilson said she was surprised at being contacted about painting a casket but was intrigued by the challenge. “I’ve never been asked to paint a casket before, so I was really excited,” she said. “I paint a lot of furniture, but this is my first casket.” Apps said she looked at other Kurbits designs from Wilson’s previous work and selected different elements to use for her casket. “I’m not an artist and don’t know about art, but I picked what I liked the best,” Apps said. With the pine casket stored in her home garage, Wilson designed and painted a pattern on the top and along the sides of the casket. Painted on the top is Apps’ name and birthdate: 21-7-1931. “In Sweden, you put the day, then the month, then the year,” Wilson said. “Whenever Barbara dies, they’ll call me, and I’ll paint on the death date.” On the inside lid, Wilson painted the word “Gudsfred,” with a little Dala horse between
“Guds” and “fred.” ‘’Gudsfred” translates into English as “God’s peace.” “Where else would you want to have God’s blessing and protection if not on your casket?” she said. Since the casket came with no finish on it, Wilson covered it with a sealer. She then painted her design with oil paints, then put another coat of sealer over that. Wilson estimated the entire process would take about two weeks to complete. Wilson said having a pine casket in her garage has sparked some comments from friends and neighbors. “It’s drawn a lot of interest,” she said. “People were concerned for my husband.” After Wilson is finished, Rothrock and her husband will retrieve the casket and store it in the basement of their Lawrence home. “For me, it’s not unusual to have a casket in my basement,” she said. Rothrock hopes her grandmother doesn’t need the casket for a long, long time. “I tell you, that woman is going to live forever,” she said with a laugh.
ACMAT is focus of See, Hear Iola
Jaime Westervelt, cochairman of ACMAT, will be the guest speaker at See, Hear Iola next Friday. She will explain the function of ACMAT and its services. The commercial speaker will be Jim Smith, who has set up a Train Museum, movie theater, and other interesting items
in his museum on the second floor above K.T. Posh beauty salon, 2 S. Washington. The City of Iola, Iola Area Chamber of Commerce and Iola Register will give updates. The event will be at 10 a.m. in Riverside Park’s New Community Building.
Free screenings A free blood pressure and blood sugar screening courtesy of Home Health at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center will be from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. on June 11 at Iola Senior Center, 204 N. Jefferson. The event is open to the public.
House balks at setting up alternative to foster care TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas House members are uneasy about a proposal to allow parents to temporarily give up custody of their children to others as an alternative to putting the youngsters into foster homes overseen by the state. The Topeka CapitalJournal reports that the proposal emerged from negotiations between the House and Senate. But the House rejected the measure and its
move forces additional negotiations if a bill is to pass this year. Supporters said the bill would set up a less expensive alternative to foster care by allowing parents to designate someone they trust to care for their children for up to a year. But critics said the system would be unregulated and the risk of troubled parents giving custody to irresponsible adults would be too high.
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Canned tire repair products work but only temporary fix Dear Car Talk:
I’m wondering if you would comment on tirerepair-in-a-can products like Fix-A-Flat for emergency tire repair. I am in the Navy and am trying to ensure that my wife has a backup plan to changing a tire if AAA is delayed for several hours (not a good thing with a 4-year-old in the back seat). Do these products work? — Jeffrey They often do work. There even are a few small cars that come equipped with that stuff in the trunk. In the first Fiat 500 we test drove, instead of a spare tire I remember finding a can of “flat fixer,” a little air compressor and a bottle of Filippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil. The oil must have been for dipping your
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Ray Magliozzi bread in while waiting for the tow truck if the flat fixer didn’t work. If you have a small hole in the tire — from a nail, for instance — or a slow leak around the rim, products like Fix-A-Flat can work well as temporary solutions. The can contains a liquid that’s injected into the tire, along with additional air. Once inside the tire, the slime hardens against the inside of the tire and, hopefully, covers up the hole. But it’s a temporary fix. The idea is that it al-
lows you to get off the side of the road and get home, or get to a tire repair place. And it won’t work for every flat tire. If you have a gash in your sidewall, or you backed over the spikes in a rental car return lot, or sustained any serious damage, a can of Fix-A-Flat is not going to help you at all. Unless, perhaps, you can stuff the can itself into the hole. And there are other limitations to keep in mind. The stuff freezes when it’s below 32 degrees. So if you live where it gets cold, and you keep it in your trunk, you may have to cuddle the can to your bosom in the passenger compartment for an hour or two
until it turns back into liquid. Also, there’s not much additional air in that can. So if your tire is really flat and riding close to the rim, the contents of the can won’t give you enough air to drive on. You can address that by keeping a little compressor in the car, like the one Fiat provides. It’s powered by the car’s power point (aka cigarette lighter). It’s slow, but it gets the job done. So, leaving a can of Fix-A-Flat in your wife’s car, along with a compressor, is not a bad idea, Jeffrey. It may get her out of trouble someday. But because it won’t work on every tire failure, you want her to have roadside assistance, too.
Public notices (First published in The Iola Register on May 16, 2015) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING June 2, 2015 Notice is hereby given that one June 2nd, at 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall in LaHarpe, KS there will be a public hearing held before the LaHarpe City Council on the written application of Charlotte Wright of LaHarpe, Kansas; filed
in the office of the City Clerk, for placement of a “Manufactured Home,” in a residential lot outside an approved manufactured home park within the LaHarpe City limits, on the following described land: LaHarpe section 34, township 24, range 19, clock 7, lots 2-6, a.k.a-810 S. Main. (5) 16, 23
(First published in The Iola Register on May 23, 2015) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, the 17th of June at 6:00 p.m., at the City Hall, Court Room, 2 W Jackson in Iola, Kansas; the Planning Commission of Iola, Kansas will hold a public hearing on the written application of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Trust; filed in the office of Code Services, requesting a zoning map amendment/rezoning of the following property:
Lots Three, Four, and Five, Block Seventy-nine, vacated alley south of Lots Three, Four, and Five, and North 15 ft of Lot Seven, Block Eighty-two, in the City of Iola, KS; AKA: 205 East Madison Said application is being filed for under the provisions Article IV, Section 106-44 of the City of Iola Unified Development Code. City of Iola Planning Commission Larry Crawford, Chairperson (5) 23
(First published in The Iola Register on May 23, 2015) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, the 17th of June at 6:00 p.m., at the City Hall, Court Room, 2 W Jackson in Iola, Kansas; the Planning Commission of Iola, Kansas will hold a public hearing on the written application of the Friends of the Bowlus; filed in the office of Code Services, requesting a zoning map amendment/rezoning of the following properties: Lots One and Two, Block Seventy-nine less the south 35 ft thereof, in the City of Iola, KS;
AKA: 217 East Madison The South 35 ft of Lots One and Two, Block Seventy-nine, and the one-half of the vacated alley adjacent to the south side of Lots One and Two, Block Seventy-nine, and the North 15 feet of the East 102 feet of Lot Six, Block Eighty-two, City of Iola, KS; AKA: 200 South Buckeye Said application is being filed for under the provisions Article IV, Section 106-44 of the City of Iola Unified Development Code. City of Iola Planning Commission Larry Crawford, Chairperson (5) 23
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Grand jury indicts 6 officers in death of Freddie Gray BALTIMORE (AP) — A grand jury’s decision to indict all six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, who died of injuries suffered in police custody, allows the state’s attorney to press ahead with the most serious charges despite criticism she was part of an “overzealous prosecution.” The indictments announced Thursday were similar to the charges Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced three weeks ago. The most serious charge for each officer, ranging from second-degree “depraved heart” murder
to assault, stood, though some of the lesser alleged offenses had changed. Attorneys for the officers have said in court documents they are the victims of an “overzealous prosecution” riddled with personal and political conflicts of interest. At a minimum, they said, Mosby should be replaced with an independent prosecutor because she had a personal interest in calming unrest in the city that followed Gray’s death and because her husband is a city councilman who represents the areas most affected by upheaval.
Gray suffered a critical spinal injury April 12 after police handcuffed, shackled and placed him head-first into a van, Mosby has said. His pleas for medical attention were repeatedly ignored. His death a week later spawned protests that on two occasions gave way to violence and looting. In the wake of the riots, Democratic Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake implemented a curfew and Republican Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency. Mosby said prosecutors presented evidence to the grand jury for the
past two weeks. Some of the charges were changed based on new information, but she didn’t say what that was. She also did not take questions. “As is often the case, during an ongoing investigation, charges can and should be revised based upon the evidence,” Mosby said. Gray’s death became a symbol of what protesters say is a pattern of police brutality against African-Americans in Baltimore. Following Gray’s death, the Justice Department announced a civil rights investigation of the Baltimore Police
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announces the indictments of six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun/TNS
Department to search for discriminatory policing practices and examine allegations that officers
too often use excessive force and make unconstitutional searches and arrests.
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THINGS WE LEARNED AT THE ALL-STAR RACE
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This was a rare sight Saturday night — passing. Denny Hamlin races Kasey Kahne into Turn 2.
1. Back in the saddle Kyle Busch saw competition on the track for the first time since breaking his right leg and left foot in the XFINITY race at Daytona on Feb. 21. If there were any questions about how he would perform in his return, he answered them with a sixth-place finish and could be a factor in Sunday night’s 600-miler.
Why the worried look? Assuming you watched some or all of Saturday night’s show at Charlotte, I’m surprised that question has been floated. It was only (only?) four 25-lap segments followed by a 10-lapper that featured less passing than the ArmyNavy game. Let’s just say we’re not filled with high hopes for Sunday night’s 600 miles.
2. The exacta king Kevin Harvick finished second — again. Just go ahead and pencil him in for first or second in the rest of the races. This time, he started 20th — that’s right, dead last in the field on a track where it’s tough to pass. If not for a slight miscue in the closing laps, he may have caught Denny Hamlin.
What can be done? Right about now, not much, unless NASCAR starts offering hard cash for green-flag lead changes. The car out front, because of current aerodynamic trends, is practically guaranteed to stay out front. So if you’re a fan of late-race pit stops and tire strategy, you’ve gotta love the current racing at the 1.5-mile tracks.
3. A cool million NASCAR’s current rules package has made Charlotte the track too tough to pass on, and Hamlin knew what he had to do to win the race: Just get out front. His crew did that, putting him first after the mandatory final pit stop, and the team was rewarded with a $1 million first-place prize.
What should I do Sunday? Associated Press/CHRIS KEANE
Some questioned if Kyle Busch was risking his long-term health by coming back too soon from injuries suffered Feb. 21 in Daytona. He looked in good form at the All-Star race.
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THINGS TO WATCH FOR AT CHARLOTTE
1. Jeff’s week?
2. Don’t forget the other Busch
For Jeff Gordon’s likely last Coca-Cola 600, we’ll all be thinking the same thing: 1994. Gordon collected his first Cup win in the 600-miler as a 22-year-old. With his fourth-place run Saturday, we’ll all be thinking — is this the week?
Who’s singing at Indy? A local Hoosier group (Straight No Chaser) will try to fill Jim Nabors’ shoes, and while it’ll likely be good, it’ll surely be different.
3. Harvick, again?
Kyle Busch’s return may have been the talk before the All-Star race; Kurt was the talk afterward. Kurt finished third after starting 16th but may have had the strongest car, and that should bode well for the 600-miler.
It’s hard not to mention Kevin Harvick, since he keeps finishing in the top two. After Saturday night’s performance — yes, another second — it’s hard not to focus on him again this week for the 600. — Rob Ullery/robert.ullery.news-jrnl.com
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Come on, admit it: You want to see Jeff Gordon win in his final season. And what better place than Charlotte, where he got his first Cup victory?
KEN WILLIS’ CHARLOTTE PICKS WINNER: Brad Keselowski REST OF TOP 5: Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin DARK HORSE: Sam Hornish
FIRST ONE OUT: Tony Stewart DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: Hornish is somehow lifted by old Memorial Day Weekend vibes and gets his best finish of the year.
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