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Iola pit stop in solar car race
By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
A low-swung vehicle, sleek and silent, slipped into Iola Wednesday evening, a sight that caused a good many heads to turn. The University of Michigan’s solar car, leading the biennial American Solar Challenge race from Austin, Texas, to Minneapolis, Minn., stopped here for the night, bringing with it an entourage of 19 students and a handful of sponsors. Students took advantage of an air-conditioned First Church of the Nazarene, 1235 N. Walnut, as well as the church’s kitchen. “When we knew about where we were going to spend the night, we looked for a place,” said Arnold Kadiu, one of the students. “We called and were invited to use the church.” The team parked their car outside the Allen County Crit-
ical Response Center, 410 N. State, to take advantage of its open parking lot to catch the western sun to fuel the car’s roof top solar panels. Water was sprayed on the panels during the recharging process to keep them from becoming too hot, said Ryder Liu, another student team member. Solar cars of various descriptions built by students at 20 colleges and universities began the race on Monday from Austin. By Wednesday evening eight remained in competition. “We expect to finish next Monday,” said Chuck Hutchins, a sponsor who professes to be the team’s head cheerleader and a loyal Michigan alum. Each day the team starts out with a fully charged battery with its goal of expending all stored energy by day’s end. Races start at 9 a.m. and end at 6 p.m., with an hourlong break along the way. See SOLAR | Page A5
Yelena Pham sprays water on the energy-collecting panels of the University of Michigan’s solar car. Team members spent Tuesday evening in Iola as part of the American Solar Challenge, . REGISTER/
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Longtime Iola city clerk dies Longtime City Clerk Vic Perkins has died. Victor “Vic” Carl Perkins, 88, Iola, died Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Windsor Place. He was born Jan. 30, 1926, in Gas, the son of Ralph H. and Veda M. (Abbott) Perkins. He graduated from Iola High School in 1944 and served in the U.S. Army for 23 months during World War II. On June 6, 1948, Vic married Maxine Kramer in Iola. They have always made their home in Iola. Vic worked at LeHigh Portland Cement Company a year before attending Iola Junior College. He worked four years at Fritz Auto Supply Store before beginning his career with the City of Iola. He was a bookkeeper for five years before serving as City Clerk for 34 years. He also served as treasurer for USD 257 for 22 years.
Vic Perkins His memberships include Wesley United Methodist Church, Iola Rotary Club and Iola American Legion. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Maxine; three daughters, Janet Galloway and husband Herb, Savannah, Ga., Marsha Karniski and husband Larry, Iowa City,
Iowa, and Debra Roe and husband David, Iola; six grandchildren, Lisa Goodman and husband Micah, Eric Galloway, Sarah Rasch and husband Damian, Natasha Karniski, Christen Karniski and Jason Roe and wife Lindsey; two great-grandchildren, Ryder Goodman and Julian Roe. He was preceded in death by his parents. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel, Iola. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Wesley United Methodist Church, Iola. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery, Iola. Memorial gifts for Wesley United Methodist Church or Allen County Hospice may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel. To sign the guestbook online or leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com.
Family enters ‘Trigger’ in car show By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Trevor Gray is the first to admit there will be other, more polished pieces of vehicular art at the upcoming Smokin’ Hot Car Show and BBQ Cookoff. He rattles off his issues with Trigger, the name he’s affectionately given his 1989 Toyota pickup. “There are a few dings and scratches,” he said, “and some of the original pinstriping has started to peel slightly. But the interior is still good.” For a vehicle that has been used regularly first by his grandfather, then his father and now Trevor, Trigger has
Ruby Davis holds up her quilt, “Sunbonnet Sue,” that she made with her mother around 1934. They used scraps of fabric from her mother’s old dresses and aprons to make it. Davis continues to make quilts as a member of the Sunflower Quilt Guild. She’s been spending her time lately making a quilt for each of her 18 grandchildren. She has two to go. REGISTER/KAREN INGRAM
Davis celebrates 100 years of memories By KAREN INGRAM The Iola Register
Travis and Trevor Gray stand next to the truck Trevor plans to enter in the car show Saturday. COURTESY PHOTO become a cherished family heirloom. Saturday’s event high-
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Ruby Davis has lived in the same house in Iola since 1956, and it is filled with a century’s worth of artifacts. Davis turned 100 on Wednesday. What’s the most important thing in her house? Is it the table in her living room — the first piece of furniture she and her first husband bought together? Is it her collection of salt-and-pepper shakers or teddy bears? Is it her beautiful handmade quilts? The diary she’s kept for the last 10 years? If Davis had to rush out of
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her house and could only save one thing, it would be her photo album. It starts with a calendar from her birth in 1914 and a photo of her childhood home and follows the chronology of her life. “And I’ll add something this year,” she said, probably from her birthday party on Saturday. Davis was born and raised on a farm 10 miles west of Colony. Her parents were Wiley and Bertha Rogers, hardworking farmers who tended sheep, hogs, cattle, corn fields and a large vegetable garden. See DAVIS | Page A5
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