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Death toll mounts in mall attack MUNICH (AP) — Munich police warned people to avoid public places Friday as they hunted for the shooter or shooters who opened fire at a shopping mall, killing six people and wounding others in a rampage described as “suspected terrorism,” police and media reports said. “At the moment no culprit has been arrested,” police in the Bavarian capital said on social media. “The search is taking place at high speed.” The city of Munich sent a smartphone alert telling See ATTACK | Page A2
Nathan Wiltsey stands near the newly installed identification sign he erected on the Prairie Spirit Trail north of Iola Thursday. Wiltsey oversaw the sign project, adorning 13 rest areas along the 52-mile trail between Iola and Ottawa as part of his efforts to become an Eagle Scout. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Project benefits Prairie Spirit Trail By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
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athan Wiltsey spent more than a year overseeing a project to put signs along the Prairie Spirit Trail, helping users identify animals, plants and birds they may spot along the
converted rail corridor between Iola and Ottawa. He completed the project Thursday, part of his work to earn an Eagle Scout badge, the highest possible in Boy Scouting. He and a handful of helpers positioned the 13th and final sign — they accompany benches and rest areas along
the 52-mile trail — at the southernmost rest stop north of Iola, between Oregon and Rhode Island Road. Also on hand was Jim Manning, a ranger with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, who has worked with Wiltsey since the program took shape. Wiltsey recalled using
the Prairie Spirit Trail as a youngster, and having his Scout leader explain the different animals and plants they encountered. “He was pointing out a lot of things that most of us Scouts didn’t know,” Wiltsey said. “We thought they were See TRAIL | Page A6
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County Stigma of breastfeeding harms efforts launches Next Gen 911 service By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Next Generation 911, which moves Allen County’s 911 system from the old telephone lines to an Internet-based communications system, will provide a more efficient system for residents to make emergency calls. Crews from the Kansas 911 Administrative Council were at the Allen County dispatch center Thursday to push NG911 online. Allen County is the 33rd dispatch center in the state — known as Public Safety Answer Point or PSAPs — to convert to NG911, noted Scott Ekberg, administrator for the Kansas 911 Administrative Council. Still waiting for the upgrade are 77 centers. Next Gen 911 will mark a number of improvements over the old system, Ekberg explained. “The base description is we’re moving from the all-analog network that we started See 911 | Page A6
While dining in an area restaurant, a young mother’s infant became fussy with hunger. So she did what comes naturally, draping herself and baby with a large cloth she began to breastfeed her child. Though discreet, the act offended another patron who notified management, which then asked the young mother to leave. The scene embarrassed the young mother, who, it can be assumed, will give pause when considering whether to eat there again. Though they would not disclose the location of the incident, officials with the local public health department say complaints of breastfeeding in public still exist. It is a goal of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department to rid such stigmas by educating the public about the overwhelming benefits of breastfeeding and to encourage businesses to be breast-feeding friendly. A mother’s milk is the best diet for an infant, said Deidre Wilson, a public health nurse with the local health department. Wilson said the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends an exclusive diet of breast milk for a baby’s first six months and a diet of breast milk for a
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Deidre Wilson, left, and Chardel Hastings are promoting the benefits of breastfeeding to local businesses and industries. REGISTER/SUSAN LYNN full year. The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding for two years, with its target in countries where children may be malnourished. Unfortunately, breastfeeding is not where it should be in the United States. Statistics show that while almost 80 percent of newborns are breastfed nationwide, that drops to less than 38 percent by the time they are three months old. “It’s not the norm in our culture,” said Wilson.
Several things contribute, she said. First is the misconception that formula is as good for a baby as breast milk. Flat out, it’s not, said Chardel Hastings, administrator of the health department, noting that formula lacks natural antibodies that help babies resist illnesses. Babies also digest breast milk better than formula. Studies also link breast feeding to lower rates of childhood obesity, diabetes and the risk of developing asthma.
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Despite these facts, breastfeeding is not socially acceptable in some circles. “Some people find it offensive,” Hastings said. Some women also think breast-feeding will be difficult, said Wilson. As a nursing mother herself, Wilson seems a little nonplussed at this assumption; there’s no messing or guessing with bottles and formula, after all. Wilson and her husband, Mason, are the parents of See NURSING | Page A6
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