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By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas provided Thrive Allen County with a $75,000 “Trailblazers for a Healthy Kansas” grant check, Thursday, during the Rural Health Initiative meeting at Allen County Regional Hospital.

David Toland, executive director of Thrive, said he is honored to partner with BCBS to design and imple-

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i. DNA To fans of pop music: Go to iTunes or Amazon. Go to Spotify or SoundCloud or Tidal or Google Play. Wherever you get your music. Download a ballad called “Where Did You Go.” The song begins on a hushed note, a simple piano melody swaddled in layers of delicate, silvery instrumentation. A voice comes in on the top layer, keening, beautiful, in control. “I’ve been awake for hours / while you’re fast asleep…” It’s a song of lost love, of longing. Laying in bed, the singer thinks, fleetingly, that he sees his lover’s silhouette. The song continues in the same mode. But then, around the 48-second mark, it breaks open, achieving a new speed — a torrent of notes, glittery, synthetic, a light show

Bright future in music beckons for Iola native

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Allen students ready for action

By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

Student directors will present their one-act plays March 2-4 at the Allen Community College Theatre in Iola. They are, clockwise from lower left, Angel Acton, Ashley Holloran, Emilee Pierce and Taylor McAcoy. REGISTER/ SHELLIE SMITLEY

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ing sure that she does not leave them hanging. Hollarn said it has been tough as a director to make sure everyone has everything done on time but she finds it rewarding to see her words come to life and to hear the actors “nailing all the jokes.”

Those jokes take place during a scene in which an occupant of a mansion is murdered and a detective must figure out which family member committed the dirty deed.

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Masons come to aid of injured motorcyclist

By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made one of his strong est pitches F riday to unite the Re- Donald Trump publican Party and the conservative movement behind a nationalist, anti-globalist ideology that until recently would have been unthinkable for many Republicans.

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MORAN — Marmaton Lodge No. 245 presented the family of Ryann Brash a check for $2,500 Thursday to assist with expenses related to a Dec. 30 motorcross accident.

Brash, 27, Moran, sustained injuries to his back and hip that left his lower body paralyzed.

He is currently at the Madonna Rehabilitation Center, Lincoln, Neb. and scheduled to return to Moran March 11.

Ryann’s grandfather, Chris Anderson, is a lodge member.

“We bought him a place we are working on,” Anderson, said. “We have already put in a ramp and concrete is being poured at the end of the ramp today.”

Ryann’s dad, Jay Brash,

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By NOAH BIERMAN Tribune News Service

Theatre scholarship students promise a night of comedy, suspense and intrigue at the Allen Community College Theatre, March 2- 4,7:30 p.m, during a night of student-directed one-act plays.

“It will be a really good night to laugh and have fun,” Emilee Pierce, Tonganoxie, said.

Taylor McAcoy, Hartford, is directing “Jolly Jack Junior,” written by Jeff Goode. The pirate story unfolds as a 15- yearold boy diligently searches for the mother, who tossed him out at sea, only to be disappointed with their reunion.

“I have always been interested in pirates and I

thought it would be a fun one-act to do because it is like a comedy and drama mix,” McAcoy said. “It begins one way and it ends in a completely different scenario.”

This is the first time she has directed and she said the biggest challenge has been getting the actors to rehearsals on time.

She is also acting in “The Chronicles of Detective Stumpt,” written and directed by classmate, Ashley Holloran, Garnett.

“I have always loved writing and I think in today’s society we should write more things instead of staying focused on movies,” Holloran said.

Holloran gets attached to her characters. The challenge to writing a good play, she said, is mak-

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DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Melody R. Larson vs. Kansas Dept. of Revenue, other civil appeals Russell Thomas vs. Robert R. Wilmoth, et al, other real property Bank of America N.A. vs.

Cody R. Tice, et al, real estate Melissa J. Chapman vs.

Larry Trester Jr., protection from abuse Lester O. Walker vs. Rachel Pettit, divorce Penny J. Lee vs. William Jones, protection from stalking Kansas Dept. of DCF vs.

Rodney J. Glueu, other domestic relations Melody Thompson vs. Allen Jones, protection from abuse Amy J. Reel vs. Stephen E. Kaufman, protection from abuse Kansas Dept. of DCF vs.

Kyle W. Light, et al, other domestic relations Ernest G. Harbold vs.

Pearl Harbold, divorce Kansas Dept. of DCF vs.

John F. Nelson, et al, other domestic relations

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MAGISTRATE COURT Judge Tod Davis Convicted of speeding: Tristen L. Lark, Broken Arrow, Okla., 80/65, $183 Alisa A. Foster, South Coffeyville, Okla., 85/65, $213 David L. Radlund, Camdenton, Mo., 61/45, $189 Kirk M. Porter, Mansfield, Texas, 89/65, $249 Reece A. Criger, Humboldt, 58/45, $171 Cheryl K. Bettis, Humboldt, 57/45, $165 Convicted as follows: Heath J. Feuerborn, Kincaid, failure to tag deer, $658 Charlene Ward, LaHarpe, no seat belt, $91 Cases deferred with fines

assessed: Callum W. Taylor, Humboldt, 62/45, $220 Failure to appear, and subject to driver’s license suspensions or other penalties: Bruno M. Martinez, Iola, transporting open container of alcohol Barbara Murillo, Iola, transporting open container of alcohol Criminal cases filed: Ericka A. Manley, Independence, distributing marijuana, possessing drug paraphernalia Benjamin S. Lewis, Iola, battery Contract cases filed: Discover Bank vs. Doug Fink Ronald Tush vs. Candice Kent Genesis Health Clubs, Inc. vs. James W. Bagnall Jerald R. Long Law Offices LLC vs. Paul W. Nunnery Sigg Financial Services vs.

Jason C. Cotton, et al IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows: Holly S. Ballin, Yates Center, theft, $315 Sue A. Capps, Yates Center, theft, $393 Phil D. Churning, LaHarpe, driving while intoxicated, $1,060 Jedediah M. Dubry, Thayer, reckless driving, $445 Ryan T. Galt, Chanute, theft, $315 Melinda L. Gunn, Hutchinson, 44/30, $179 Chandler D. House, Iola, no seat belt, $10 Kevin R. LaCrone, Neosho Falls, illegal tag, theft, $510 Ryan C. Munch, Rockford, Ill., $195 Chance J. Sallee, Humboldt, theft, $315 Summer N. Salzwedel, Iola, criminal trespassing, $195

for the ears. But it’s that voice again — still controlled, but more powerful now, louder, lifted on a raft of ecstatic sound. “Where did you goooo-oh,” it pleads, a new vulnerability running through it, something untamed.

The song’s combination of melody and vocals seems designed to penetrate the solar plexus. If you’re not moved at this moment in the track, then you have — to borrow a phrase from the great songwriter Stephen Merritt — a cactus where your heart should be.

“Where Did You Go” is written and performed by former Iolan, now Austin-based musician, Skye Strickler and is included on his recently released EP “DNA.” In December, the song won the top prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and earned Strickler an invitation to perform on the main stage at a vaunted music industry show in Los Angeles. It would seem Skye’s star is on

Whatever distance Strickler puts between himself and his home state, the roots of his musical obsessions were undoubtedly forged in Iola. the rise.

ii. Austin In the spring of 2012, when he was just 18, Strickler drove down to Dallas to visit his sister.

He’d recently dropped out of Wichita State University’s musical theatre program after a seemingly random, but ultimately epiphanic, moment on campus. “I was sitting down with a professor who was helping me after-hours.

I played him something of mine. After a second, he just said: ‘Listen, you understand composition — I don’t really have anything else I

Iolan earns KU honors Iolan Jesse Cooper was named to the University of Kansas’ fall 2016 Honor Roll.

His name was omitted from a list of Iolans provided to the Register for an article that appeared Feb. 16.

Several area students have been named to the Univer-

sity of Kansas’ fall 2016 honor roll.

The honor roll comprises undergraduates who either are in the 10 top percent of students enrolled, who meet certain grade-point averages, or raise their GPA each year the students are in school.

can teach you.’ I wasn’t anything great by any means,” recalled Strickler, who in conversation sounds at least one selfeffacing note for every bit of acclaim lobbed his way. “But he told me that I needed to figure out what, as an artist, I wanted to do. So I went to my advisor and said, ‘I don’t want to do four years of musical theatre. I want to explore other types of music.’

I was thinking about pop at that point, but I wasn’t sure. ‘OK,’ he said after hearing me out, ‘don’t take this as advice to leave, necessarily, but — to do what you want to do, you don’t need a degree.

What you need is experience.’”

And so with that tip ringing in his ears and with a couple of days to spare in Texas, Strickler, propelled by curiosity and by rumors of Austin’s cultural vitality, set off for the capital.

Once there, he found his way to Sixth Street, the city’s historic entertainment district, which most nights alternates between the sounds of live music and caterwauling drunks. “Have you been down Dirty Sixth?” asked Strickler in an interview with the Register on Tuesday. (I said I had.) “That day was amazing. Just walking down the street, by myself, I heard six bands — on a Wednesday afternoon! Of course I wasn’t old enough to go in and enjoy any of them, so I went to a restaurant to get some food. It was a place called Bikinis,

where all of the women are wearing bikinis while they’re serving you. Have you heard of it?” (I said I certainly had.) “Anyway, I made friends with one of the women there and told her I was looking for a place to stay. ‘We have an extra room,’ she said, ‘and we’re looking for somebody.’ So I went back to Kansas and got my stuff and came down to Austin. The idea was not to throw anything away as far as education or friends or family. It just didn’t seem like a choice to me. It was what I had to do to surround myself with a music culture that I could learn from and grow with.”

iii. Iola Whatever distance Strickler puts between himself and his home state, the roots of his musical obsessions were undoubtedly forged in Iola. “My nana, Madge Strickler, directed the town’s Vespers program,” said Strickler, “as well the local symphony orchestra. Unfortunately, she passed away when I was really young. But she handed down her vocal abilities to a lot of people in the family. I remember, growing up, when everybody would sing ‘Happy Birthday’ — the room would just fill with harmonies.

And while everybody in the family could carry a tune, nobody was really ever pursuing music as their life. So, I think I always just felt that the See SKYE | Page A6

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ment new approaches to helping rural Kansans live healthier lives.

“Trailblazers is a great way for Thrive to build on a decade’s worth of aggressive action to improve health,” he said.

The grant will allow partnering agencies to develop activities that address social barriers to healthy living. Part of those social barriers, according to Ben Alexander, deputy director, include smoking cessation services

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for residents of the Iola Housing Authority. Approximately 17 percent of Iolans smoke cigarettes, said Alexander.

“People who live in public housing, have lived in public housing or know someone who lives in public housing are the priority,” he said.

A federal rule, signed under the Obama administration, November 2016, gave public housing agencies a year and a half to implement smoke-free policies.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas provides Thrive Allen County with a $75,000 “Trailblazers for a Healthy Kansas” grant check during the Rural Health Initiative meeting at Allen County Regional Hospital Thursday.

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tant to keep in mind that we are trying to help the people that are there,” Alexander said. “It is coming. We want to try and make sure that people have the support they need to adapt to the change. It’s an exciting program.”

Inspired by health initiative programs in both Iowa and California, Thrive executives applied for a BCBS grant,

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Moran, said Ryann is keeping up high spirits and staying mentally strong.

The lodge also contributed to a benefit potato supper, Jan. 28, sponsored by the Brash family.

The supper raised $1,380 toward medical expenses and the cost of renovating Ryann’s new house so that it is wheelchair accessible. Additionally, Ryann’s employer at the time of the accident, Wachter Network Services, donated $1,300 to the family, Jay Brash said.

according to Alexander.

BCBS implemented the “Pathways to a Healthy Kansas,” initiative last year, which focuses on helping regions, like Allen County, that are underperforming health-wise in areas like physical activity and nutrition. In 2016, Allen County ranked 91 out of 101 counties in overall health outcomes based on various factors, according to countyhealthrankings.org.

“What we have realized is that Thrive and Allen County and the work you have all done here has kind of already passed the point of our Pathways to Healthy Kansas,” Director of Blue Health Ini-

tiatives, Virginia Barnes, said. “Our purpose is to think about what comes next.”

Alexander said because projects like the Allen County’s Farmers’ Market, Lehigh Portland Trails, and Elm Creek Community Garden have taken Allen County to the end of the “pathway,” it is time to blaze a new trail.

In addition to tobaccofree housing and cessation services, the Trailblazer grant will assist a coalition of community partners to examine strategies to connect sizable employers to services such as affordable housing and daycare.

“Thrive Allen County

has done a tremendous amount of work during the past 10 years to improve access to healthier living for residents, for which we congratulate them,” Barnes said.

The “Trailblazers for a Healthy Kansas” grant runs from Feb. 1, 2017, to Jan. 31, 2018, and includes regular coordination between Thrive Allen County and BCBS. Thrive is a non-profit corporation based in Iola that works to improve health, wellness, recreation, education and economic conditions across Allen County. More information about Thrive is available at www.thriveallencounty.org.

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between the animal and human world.

“The animals talk and the humans talk but the humans don’t know the animals talk,” Acton said. “It’s kind of strange and it connected to the humor in me.”

Acton believes all of the plays reflect a modern student perspective.

“Students are doing

it and it gives people a chance to see our point of view and what we like in life,” she said.

The process of choosing which play to direct was one that Pierce took her time with.

“I am really passionate about theater,” she said. “I wanted it to be something that people could come to and no matter what they are go-

ing through in life they could just watch it and have a good laugh.”

“The DMV One,” written by Nick Zagone fits that bill in her eyes.

Tickets for the performance are $6 for adults and $4 for students and are available at the Iola Pharmacy.

Allen students will be admitted free of charge.

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At field hearing, Kansas farmers talk farm bill

By Bryan Thompson Kansas News Service

The government’s efforts at calming the agricultural waters took center stage Thursday, when the heads of the U.S. Senate’s Agriculture Committee left Washington to solicit opinions on priorities for the next Farm Bill.

U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts, R-KS, and Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, heard from Midwest farmers at their first field hearing on the 2018 Farm Bill at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.

Kansas Association of Wheat Growers President Kenneth Wood cited the destruction of his farm near Chapman, Kansas, last year as an example of why the federal crop insurance program needs to be protected.

“For most of us, crop insurance will not guarantee a good year, but it offers the promise of another year,” Wood said.

The importance of crop insurance, as part of a safety net for farmers, was mentioned by several of the producers who testified. But a Farm Bill includes much more than just programs to help farmers cope with hard times.

Farm Bills in the past have contained funding for two main concerns: federal nutrition programs like what are commonly known as “food stamps” and free or reduced-price school meals; and agricultural programs like subsi-

For most of us, crop insurance will not guarantee a good year, but it offers the promise of another year.

— Kenneth Wood, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers

dized crop insurance, disaster relief and conservation. The last Farm Bill wrote in spending for a projected $1 trillion over 10 years.

The current Farm Bill, finally signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2014 after a contentious lawmaking process, changed the main government support programs for farmers, emphasizing subsidized crop insurance and replacing direct payments to farmers with programs that are only triggered when prices or revenues fall (as has happened the past several years).

With both houses of Congress and the White House in Republican hands, it is unclear how lawmakers plan to shape a new bill. Budget hawks have in the past targeted the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, for budget cutting. The government spends about $75 billion a year on programs in the Nutrition section of the Farm Bill, according to the Congressional Research Service. The fate of government programs that encourage land conservation and

environmental measures is likely also up in the air.

Sen. Stabenow, the top Democrat on the Senate panel, warned against arbitrary cuts in the agriculture budget.

“We, in fact, created savings in the last Farm Bill,” Stabenow said.

“We were the only ones that offered up savings – $23 billion in cuts in our own areas on the committee.”

Furthermore, Stabenow said, the Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that the current Farm Bill will save more than initially expected. The Agricultural Act of 2014 would lower budget deficits by $16.6 billion over a 10year period, according to a January estimate by the CBO. The savings are mostly due a decline in the demand for food assistance as as the economy has improved.

“The safety net for families is working,” Stabenow said. “Now we need to make sure the safety net for farmers is working as well as it needs to work.”

Many in farm country worry that government support programs will

not adequately prop up farmers, who are struggling through years of low prices and, in some cases, barely scratching out a profit.

“The hurt in farm country is real,” said freshman Rep. Roger Marshall in opening remarks at the hearing.

Marshall, a Republican, represents Kansas’ sprawling “Big First” congressional district, which covers roughly the western two-thirds of the state.

“For me, the downturn in the ag economy we all hear about becomes very real when I see the Kansas Farm Management Association reporting that net farm income in Kansas was less than $6,000 in 2015,” Marshall said. “I can’t imagine trying to raise a family on that income level. We know these levels will fall in 2016, and unless something drastically different happens, they’re going to fall even lower in 2017.”

Sen. Roberts, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, summed up the solution to that problem in a single word.

“Trade. We need to sell our product,” Roberts said. “We’ve got a lot of product on the ground out in western Kansas. We need to sell it. I think that’s the one area where we could quickly turn things around.”

Trade, however, is not managed directly

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through the Farm Bill, and the President Donald Trump campaigned on re-writing many of the trade deals farmers have depended on in recent years.

Lawmakers are turning their attention to crafting a new Farm Bill in earnest. The 2014

Farm Bill, officially the Agricultural Act of 2014, is slated to remain in force through September 2018, the end of the federal government’s fiscal year.

Harvest Public Media’s Jeremy Bernfeld contributed to this report.

Man accused in bomb plot feared social collapse WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of plotting to attack Somali refugees in western Kansas believed then-President Barack Obama would declare martial law and not recognize the validity of the election if Donald Trump won — forcing militias to step in, his lawyer said Friday.

The defense claim of a “self-defensive posture” surfaced during a detention hearing for Patrick Stein, a farmer described by prosecutors as the leader of a militia group called “The Crusaders.”

U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren did not immediately rule on whether to release him pending trial.

Prosecutors allege Stein and co-defendants Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen plotted to detonate truck bombs at an apartment complex where 120 Somali immigrants live in the meatpacking town of Garden City.

They have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Mattivi told the court that Stein conducted surveillance on the apartment complex wearing a bulletproof vest and while armed with a handgun and assault rifle. He compared Somalis to cockroaches. That conduct so alarmed another militia member that he contacted the FBI and agreed to become an informant.

The group had talked about wide ranging potential targets including a county

commission meeting, refugee aid groups and landlords who rent to refugees, Mattivi said.

Other targets under consideration included a Black Lives Matter protest in Chicago and a mass shooting in downtown San Antonio. They discussed using another militia member as a suicide bomber.

Friday’s detention hearing provided a glimpse into the government’s case and defense strategies in a case built on drone surveillance, intercepted messaging apps and recordings from a wired human informant.

Defense attorney Ed Robinson portrayed his client as a “prepper” who was simply preparing for social upheaval during which people would have to protect themselves. He pointed to concerns about refugees voiced at the highest levels of Kansas government and by Trump.

Robinson tried to put the government’s case in the context of his client’s concerns about the state of the country: fears of an invasion across the Mexican border by troops from China or Cuba, a belief United Nations tanks would roll into western Kansas, and the lies allegedly told by a government informant that local Somalis were financing violence in the Middle East.

Robinson said his client believed that the presidential election would end with social collapse and violence regardless of who won.

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Skye: Performer’s love of music was formed as youth in Iola Continued from A2

one person that I had the opportunity to look up to in music was no longer there.”

And while a true fondness for his hometown permeates his thinking today, Strickler admits that he never quite found artistic allies in his peer groups either. “I don’t know if it was that I didn’t look hard enough. I was kind of socially awkward as a kid and didn’t have a lot of friends in high school. But that actually allowed me to focus. I mean, I left high school with the determination to really do music.”

But Strickler is insistent on one point.

While he may have lacked the camaraderie of likeminded teens in Iola, he wasn’t without sanctuary. “The Bowlus Fine Arts Center provided me a safe space when I was younger, and so did Iola’s Community Theatre. Those places gave me a home during my high school years. To sit around and play the piano and write after hours, that really afforded me the path I’ve gone down in life. Truthfully, I owe where I am today to the opportunities I had at the Bowlus when I was younger.”

iv. Fat & Sparkly Strickler arrived in Austin with his bags and boxes on his 19th

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as a global anthem, a global currency or a global flag,” Trump said to great applause from thousands of conservatives. “I’m not representing the globe.

I’m representing your country.”

He echoed ideas he has espoused in the past — denouncing trade deals as the antithesis of “economic freedom,” warning that the great cities of Europe have been ruined by mass immigration, denouncing intervention in the Middle East by both parties.

But while many of the words were familiar, the venue and the passion made Friday’s speech remarkable.

The comments came at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, just outside of Washington, the most prominent gathering of right-leaning groups and activists in the country. Such a speech would have been shocking from a conservative, much less the president, at almost any other time in the conference’s history.

Trump has been popular at CPAC in the past. He credits a speech there with launching his political career. But he snubbed last year’s event amid a heated primary in which many conservatives rejected his tone and the direction he was trying to move the GOP. “I would have come last year, but I was worried that I would be at that time too controversial,” Trump said in his speech, which lasted nearly an hour.

I was kind of socially awkward as a kid and didn’t have a lot of friends in high school. But that actually allowed me to focus. I mean, I left high school with the determination to really do music.

— Skye Strickler

needs a smile.

You never know who is stopping you in the coffee shop to compliment your shoes not because they like your shoes but because they need the social interac“DNA,” the recently released pop EP by native Iolan Skye tion. I’ve been Strickler there. I feel like the people who birthday. “I was still smile and exudes a pupneed love the most are writing music when I pyish lovability that is the ones who don’t know first moved here, but for impossible to resist. But how to show their love. those first few years I got he’s unflinchingly seIt’s easy, as we get older, caught up in bartending rious about his music. to surround ourselves and making friends and He spent all of Februwith the same routines learning how to social- ary 2015 working on a and the same people and ize. I realized that that single sticking point in keep our circles small. was a valuable skill set the melody for “Dance But it was stepping outthe Night Away.” “That that I didn’t have.” side of my box and movBut then, in early was the first true pop ing to Austin without 2015, Strickler burst song that I’d ever writknowing anybody that onto the Austin music ten,” recalled Strickler. changed my life. If I can scene with a joyous, “I wanted to get it right. have an impact on somebrass-heavy pop anthem I didn’t want to bring body — whether it’s a called “Dance the Night in a whole bunch of major change like that Away,” which earned writers; I wanted to see or whether it’s just emthe former Iola farm what I could do myself. powering a person to go boy reams of critical The main thing is that out and meet somebody praise and secured him I want all of my music new today — that’s what a partnership with the to be happy and to make I want to do with my Guadalajara-based pro- people feel good when music.” ducer, Ofo Barher, and they listen to it.”

Strickler, who has a This idea of happiset in motion his debut number of new projects ness is not, for StrickEP. in the works, isn’t wedStrickler — who ler, an afterthought; it’s ded to the idea of being in his promo photos something like a life phia performer all his life. sports an impressive losophy. “I really want His talents — writing, tower of caramel-col- people to walk away producing, performing ored hair and a dead- from one of my shows — are capacious. “I just pan stare — wears, empowered to spread love the craft and hard in his everyday life, good vibes in the world. work that goes into crea huge, infectious You never know who

ating a song. Even if I don’t sing it, I’m sharing my message of happiness and positivity with the world. … I mean, if Beyonce runs up to me and says, ‘Hey, I love that thing you did — will you write a song with me?’”

Strickler laughs: “I’m going to be like, ‘Hell yeah!’ Basically, I just want make the best pop song possible.”

Language is a pretty dismal instrument when it comes to conveying what moves us in music. When the song is good, it bypasses analysis, effecting its subtler effects on our limbic system. But a few years ago Mikkel Eriksen, one of the great pop composers of the last decade — think Rhianna, think Beyonce — was asked what separates a hit pop song from a mediocre one.

“It’s a fat sound,” Eriksen said, “and there’s a sparkle around the edges of the words.”

v. Oscar “I guess one of my main influences is Oscar Peterson,” said Strickler, evoking the great mid-20th century jazz pianist who Duke Ellington once called the “Maharaja of the keyboard.” “Have you

heard of him? I just love, when you watch a video of him, how he’s completely encapsulated in the music. Because he knows so much about his instrument and because he’s studied so rigorously to understand it, when he puts his fingers on the keys, he doesn’t have to think at all. All he has to do is interpret the music.

His body does the rest.

It’s cool to see a video of him performing. He goes to another world and he transports you there with him. And it’s not just that he’s so technically proficient; it’s that he’s literally translating this language of music into a sound that we can understand.”

But how does a person find his way to the thing he is meant to do?

How did Oscar? How did Skye? It’s just a sense, said Strickler, an idea that when you meet it, you’ll know.

In 2008, during his sophomore year of high school, Strickler was helping out with sound on the Iola Community Theatre’s production of “The Spitfire Grill.” “An older friend of mine, who had actually been my elementary school music teacher, was playing the piano during one of the breaks in rehearsal. I sat down next to her and said, ‘What are you playing?’ And she said, ‘I’m just creating; I didn’t write anything.

I’m playing whatever comes to my heart and mind.’ I said, ‘How do you do that?’ She said, ‘It’s easy.’ And then she had me sit next to her and she put my hands on the piano.”

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Tom finds a tasty meal nearby My old college buddy Horton Smith had an odd way of speaking.

He liked to abbreviate and misuse words. Once we saw a magnificent St. Bernard ambling along with a street with its owner: “Average ’nard,” Horton said.

His sense of humor knew no limits.

On our way to Overland Park, where he lived, one evening a Highway Patrol trooper took exception to how fast Horton was driving. The scream of a siren and flashing lights brought us to a stop.

The officer walked up, looked in the driver’s side window and before he could ask for a driver’s license, Horton piped up: “Two burgers, fries and a Coke.” The officer smiled ... and wrote out a ticket.

If Horton were at our place on the east outskirts of Humboldt, he likely would describe our tomcat as an “average ’line,” as in feline.

Tom is a mighty fine cat to my way of thinking.

He showed up months ago while we still had two young females. Luna, as I reported in this column some time ago, went to that big litter box in the sky after finding the engine compartment of my ’91 Ranger a good place for a snooze. She then jumped from hiding into the path of a rear tire. Butterscotch, so named because of her color, up and left one day. I suspect she hooked up with an unkempt long-haired male that had been hanging around and joined a commune on the seedy side of Humboldt.

Tom’s another story.

He comes and goes, but lately he has been hanging around more than usual. He’s snow white with a few black splotches and friendly as a

At Week’s End Bob Johnson

hobo looking for a handout.

One afternoon this week, with the weather so warm, I plopped down in a chair on our back porch to soak up some sun. Tom leaped into my lap, purring all the while, and then carefully climbed onto my shoulder and perched for a spell.

Wednesday we had pork chops for dinner. I put leftovers on the porch. Tom ignored a dollop of cat food — why wouldn’t he with succulent pork available — and set to devouring the meat. He even licked the paper plate clean.

Here’s the topper.

A couple of hours later I flipped on the light, planning to let Angus (our Schnauzer) out for rest and relaxation and whatever else nature demanded, and noticed something lying near the plate. A small field rat, not a big sewer rat, had been on the losing side of an encounter with Tom. When I mentioned its presence, wife Beverly climbed up the back of couch, making strange, gurgling sounds that I finally figured out: “Get rid of that thing!”

I fetched a bundle fork (one with three tines) from the garage to pick up the rat, which Tom had begun to further gorge himself on, and sent it flying over the back fence.

There’s never a dull moment around the Johnson homestead.

Hamas gets a new, and probably more vigorous president Hamas, the Palestinian political-military organization that rules in Gaza surrounded by Israel Defense Forces, has elected a new leader, Yahya Sinwar, in the place of Ismail Haniya, in power since 2005.

Gaza Palestinians, with whom Israel has fought three wars in recent years, constitute the hard core of on-the-ground resistance to Israel’s rule of the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza. The West Bank is perforated by a growing multitude of Israeli settlements, with populations totaling an estimated 500,000 or so. The West Bank risks attempted Israeli annexation, if the “one Israel,” as opposed to the two-state, Israel and Palestine resolution of the problem of who gets the Palestinian territory, prevails. Israel withdrew its settlements from Gaza in 2006, and there is little or no talk of restoring them there, even by Israeli extremists.

Sinwar, 55, would be more on the military than the political side of the Hamas movement. He spent 23 years in Israeli prisons in the wake of the first Palestinian intifada; he was freed in 2011 when the Israelis exchanged 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held by Hamas.

There is reason to expect Hamas to take more violent

action under his leadership, in part to help him establish credibility.

Sinwar is expected also to reach out on behalf of Hamas to Fatah, the party of most Palestinians in the West Bank. They are led by 81-yearold Mahmoud Abbas, whose term as president of the Palestinian Authority expired in 2009. It may also be that Hamas, having just carried out elections of its own, albeit secret, will seek to bring about Palestinian elections in the West Bank as well.

Steps toward Hamas-Fatah unity could serve to enable the Palestinians to present a united front, missing until now, in negotiations with the Israelis, if they resume.

Pointing to a more tempestuous future, absent meaningful negotiations, Sinwar is believed to lean more toward the Iranians than to the Egyptians as patron and source of aid for Hamas, and also has ties to forces loosely linked to the Islamic State, fighting the Egyptian government in the Sinai Peninsula.

The IS has not yet chosen to pit itself more than verbally against Israel.

In any case, whatever it means for the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Hamas now has a new and probably more vigorous leader.

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Ignoring the will of the majority In a flurry of statehouse drama rarely seen, Governor Sam Brownback vetoed the monumental tax bill Wednesday morning, within a couple hours the House overrode the veto, and that afternoon the Senate narrowly sustained the governor.

In the end Brownback had obstructed the will of legislative majorities and struck down the best legislative work Kansans have seen for many years. Two of every three state representatives and three of every five state senators voted to override the governor’s veto, falling short by only three votes in the Senate.

A bipartisan legislative coalition had crafted and passed a tax bill that responsively addressed the billiondollar financial crisis confronting state government.

The bill would have: p Ended Brownback’s failed tax experiment that exempted many businesses from income taxes and repealed the governor’s fantastical “glide path to zero” currently in state statutes. p Revised income tax rates mostly upward and making them more progressive, that is, slightly higher rates for higher-income taxpayers. Tax rates in the bill would actually be lower for all income categories, compared to rates in place during the years, 1992-2012. p Restored balance and fairness in the overall tax structure which would help reduce tax competition with other states and resist pres-

Letter to the editor To The Editor

Five is enough for the council, if you can get it: and that’s the rub. Getting five was the intent of working for the eight member council some years back.

This sounds like a backwards way of arriving at an end, and it is, but that is the way it works with councils and commissions.

They don’t always show up — and we get the results of a quorum.

With this truth in mind those of us that worked to achieve an eight member council with a five member quorum decided this was the way to go; that’s what we worked for; and we believe it has worked well.

Let’s not mess with that and wind up with a system where three member quorums decide our future.

Ray Shannon, Iola, Kan.

H. Edward Flentje Insight Kansas

sures to boost sales and property taxes. p Filled in much of the deep financial hole left by the tax experiment.

THE TAX bill deserved a sustained, standing applause, not the governor’s veto. Many share credit for the legislature’s quick, decisive action: First, last August and November attentive Kansas voters elected state lawmakers dedicated to cleaning up the state’s financial mess.

They choose 25 centrist Republicans and 15 Democrats in key races contested by farright ideologues.

Second, House Speaker Ron Ryckman and Senate President Susan Wagle, both of whom have been part of the problem for the last four years, correctly read the shifting political climate this year. Even though neither leader voted for the final bill or the override, they made correcting state finance the first order of business, allowed open and timely consideration of options, and scheduled early action on the option with the widest support. The tax bill cleared the legislature on the 29th day of the 90-day session.

Third, House Majority Leader Don Hineman and Senate Vice President Jeff Longbine stood up and spoke courageously on behalf of centrist Republicans who were willing to face the state’s grim fiscal reality and vote for increased taxes. Minority Leaders Jim Ward and Anthony Hensley

deserve a hand as well for convincing their members to support a good bill, rather than holding out for a perfect one.

Fourth, 85 house members and 24 senators — 60 Republicans and 49 Democrats — made fixing the state’s financial mess a higher priority than political maneuvering for their next elections.

BUT THE governor remains mired in an ideological stew that has produced five years of unbalanced budgets, unfair tax increases, and historic levels of new debt. Yet he continues to call for more of the same — more debt through onetime fixes and tax hikes on consumers.

Brownback fittingly announced his veto intention to his adoring patrons of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce. A few businesses with deep pockets have spent millions over recent years through the Chamber, Americans for Prosperity, and the Club for Growth to exempt themselves from state income taxes and hold on to that exemption. For now they have reasserted their stranglehold on the governor and a minority of rightwing legislators.

The governor’s obstruction assures a more contentious, protracted, and likely chaotic legislative session.

However, a fresh crew of legislative leaders and legislators has shown the resolve to tackle the state’s financial mess — either with or without the governor’s support.

Speaker Ryckman and President Wagle, both of whom voted against the override, now bear primary responsibility for finding a resolution to the tax issue.

Flentje is professor emeritus at Wichita State University.

A�look�back�in�time � Twenty-two years ago February 1995

21 — More than 100 students’ parents and staff members packed into the Gas gymnasium last night to voice concerns and ask questions about the USD 257 Board of Education’s proposed closing of the school at Gas. *****

The USD 257 Board of Education hired Dr. Hazel Swartz to become the assistant superintendent effective July 1.

22 — Renovation of the boyhood home of Gen. Fred-

erick Funston now located on the first block of South Washington on the west side of the square is nearly complete, Clyde Toland, president of the Allen County Historical Society, said at the Society’s winter meeting Tuesday evening.

23 — Lynda Conger resigned Wednesday as executive director of the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce, a position she has held for almost seven years. She has been hired as personnel director of Superior Industries in Pittsburg.

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Wedding McFadden — Melvin Marah Lenann Melvin and Wesley Preston McFadden were married at half past four in the afternoon on Sept.

24, 2016, at The Hilton President Hotel in Kansas City, Mo. Parents of the bride are Michael Blane and Mona Susan Percy Melvin, Iola. Parents of the groom are Jacqueline “Jacque� Lorraine Ensminger and Jack W. McFadden. The bride’s grandparents are Jeanne Ann Masterson Percy of Iola and the late William Glenn “Curly�

Percy, and Osa Lenore Melvin Howard of Williamsburg and the late Master Sgt. Ernest Ned Melvin. The groom’s grandparents are Jack L. Ensminger of Moran and the late Marjorie C. Woodward Ensminger, and Jacquelyn “Jackie�

Cox McFadden of Iola and the late James P. “Jim� McFadden.

The couples’ parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were honored at the Family Wedding Table in the foyer which held all of their framed wedding pictures placed on gold foil doilies with the names and wedding dates of each couple attached. The chandelier and candlelit ceremony took place in the Congress Ballroom where the altar was banked with large floral arrangements which were placed atop pedestals covered in rose-gold sequined fabric and featured ivory, champagne and blush pink roses, hydrangeas and greenery.

The aisle decorations were floating candles in glass vases, draped strands of pearls, and floral arrangements matching the altar flowers. A photograph of the bride’s grandfather, Glenn Percy, walking the bride’s mother down

the aisle at her wedding was placed in his honor.

A photograph of the groom’s grandmother, Marjorie Ensminger, at her daughter’s wedding was placed in her honor.

The officiant at the wedding was the Rev. Philip Honeycutt of Iola’s Covenant of Faith Christian Center.

The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a strapless Eve of Milady cappuccino ivory mermaid style fit and flare gown with a sweetheart neckline.

The gown was covered in point d’Alencon lace with hand-beaded appliques, accents and embellishments of rhinestones, pearls, and iridescent and opalescent sequins at the bodice and around to the back. The circular many-layered tulle skirt fell into a cathedral train scattered with beaded lace appliques.

She also wore a matching rhinestone piece of body jewelry across her shoulders and back, and vintage earrings with a spray of rhinestones.

Her handcrafted chapellength Juliet veil and blusher was made of imported French illusion with vintage Art Deco rhinestone barrettes at the sides. The barrettes were a gift from her bridesmaid Cara Lohkamp.

The bride’s bouquet held ivory and champagne roses and greenery and was wrapped in champagne satin ribbon with pearl attachments. She also carried a monogrammed handkerchief which belonged to her grandfather, Glenn Percy.

The bridal attendants each wore different styles of evening gowns of their choice in shades of gold, rose gold, champagne or blush. The bride and all of her at-

tendants and flower girls wore handmade gold ankle bracelets, a gift from the bride and made by her mother.

Mallory Michelle Melvin Watkins, sister of the bride, was matron of honor, and Marielie Maureen Melvin, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Megan “Meggie�

Maureen Carroll, cousin of the bride, Molly Kathleen Carroll, cousin of the bride, Maggie Jo Stevens Schmidt, cousin of the bride, Lisa Nicole McFadden, sister of the groom, Cara Lohkamp, Aubrey Jean Near and Natalie Paige King. The bride’s attendants also carried fresh flower clutch bouquets similar to the bride’s with ivory, champagne, and blush pink roses and greenery tied in champagne satin ribbon. Chosen to be the flower girls were Klaira Gayle Hayes, niece of the bride, Gracie Kathryn Snethen, cousin of the bride, and Kennady

1920s ‘incubator baby’ dies

By Frank Eltman The Associated Press

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A 96-year-old woman, whose life was saved as in infant in 1920 when she was placed in a Coney Island sideshow incubator, has died.

Lucille Conlin Horn, who lived in Long Beach, New York, died Feb. 11, according to the Hungerford & Clark Funeral Home. She had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Horn was among thousands of premature babies who were treated in the early 20th century by Dr. Martin Couney. He was a pioneer in the use of incubators who sought acceptance for the technology by showing it off on carnival midways, fairs and

other public venues. He never accepted money from their parents, but instead charged oglers admission to see the tiny infants struggling for life.

Horn was a twin born prematurely in 1920 in Brooklyn. She told The Associated Press in a 2015 interview that when her sister died, doctors told her father to hold off on a funeral because Lucille would not survive the day.

"He said, 'Well that's impossible, she's alive now. We have to do something for her,'" she said.

"My father wrapped me in a towel and took me in a cab to the incubator; I went to Dr. Couney.

I stayed with him quite a few days; almost five months."

Couney died in 1950 and is viewed today as a

pioneer in neonatology.

Horn worked as a crossing guard and then as a legal secretary for her husband. She is survived by three daughters and two sons.

After a funeral Tuesday, she was buried at the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn, next to her twin sister.

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Shaughnessy, cousin of the groom. They wore ivory gowns featuring bodices with flower and jewel embellishments and many-layered fulllength tulle skirts. They wore rhinestone and flowered ribbon headbands and carried lace and jewel enhanced baskets full of gold and glittered rose petals.

The bridal attendants were the vocalists for the wedding and sang the song “Because� by Guy d’Hardelot, which was sung at the bride’s maternal grandparents’ wedding by her great-uncle Eugene Mack Percy on June 12, 1954.

The groom was attended by his best man, Greg Hayes, and groomsmen Luke McFadden, brother of the groom, Mark McFadden, brother of the groom, Mack Joseph Melvin, brother of the

bride, Adam Eisenbart, Luke Fangman, Christian Jackson, Daniel Domsch and Chris Tipton. The ring bearer was River Glenn Watkins, nephew of the bride.

Ushers were Jared Glen Watkins, brother-in-law of the bride, and Colby Hundley.

The wedding music before and during the ceremony was performed by the Kansas City string quartet “Juniper.� The wedding processional music for the bride was “Clair de lune� by Claude Debussy and was chosen to honor the bride’s grandmother, Jeanne Ann Masterson Percy. Recessional music was “Rondeau� by Mouret.

Following the ceremony, the cocktail hour was held on the mezzanine. The plated dinner was next served in the ballroom. All of the reception and table decorations were put together by the bride and her mother and consisted of antique gold vanity mirrors upon which were placed hand-styled collections of crystal, gold and pearl accent pieces, candelabras and antique pitchers full of fresh flower arrangements matching the altar flowers. The reception also featured a candy bar with gold and silver wrapped candies and chocolates. The cakecutting then preceded the wedding dance. The heart-shaped cake topper which accented the five-tiered wedding cake was handmade by the bride and her bridesmaid, Cara Lohkamp, out of heirloom vintage jeweled brooches, buttons and earrings.

The couple’s first dance was to Nat King Cole singing “Unforget-

Obit is short, sassy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, profane obituary that starts with the basics — “I was born. I lived. I died.� — and instructs people to “wait the appropriate amount of time� before trying to claim her stuff.

They wrote it in Jean Oddi’s per-

spective, recapping the people important to her and her favorite activities.

Her daughter, Casey Oddi Clark, said the obituary celebrates a blunt woman who lived unapologetically.

It also promises an “after-party� following the funeral but warns: “If you are sick, don’t bother to come. I might be dead, but I still don’t want your germs.�

table.� The bride and groom then each danced with their mother to the song “My Mother’s Eyes� as sung by Ella Fitzgerald.

They danced until midnight and the music for the wedding dance was provided

by PartyRockerz DJ Service which is operated out of Ottawa by Chuck Johnson, uncle of the bride, and Scott Snethen, cousin of the bride. Many others also contributed to the couple’s happy day. Guest book attendants were Kylie Geiman and Rylie Albert. Handing out wedding programs were Alex Trinkle, Austin Trinkle, Charlie Finch and Griffin Snethen, cousins of the bride.

The bride’s stylist was her aunt Maureen Ann Percy Carroll. Katie DelaCruz assisted the bride and the bridal party. The wedding reception dinner and open bar at the President and the rehearsal dinner at Buca di Beppo on the Kansas City Country Club Plaza were hosted by the family of the groom. The bride wore her mother Mona Percy Melvin’s wedding gown and veil at the wedding ceremony rehearsal and had photographs made wearing her grandmother’s, her mother’s and her mother-in-law’s wedding dresses and veils.

The bride was feted at a bridal shower tea party hosted by the mothers of the couple and held at the home of the groom’s mother, Jacque Ensminger. Entertainment at the shower was provided by the bride’s grandmother, Jeanne Ann Percy, playing on the grand piano.

The bachelorette party was hosted by Marielle Melvin, the sister of the bride and maid of honor, in Kansas City at the Power and light District. The bachelor party was held at the McFadden’s family cabin at Grand Lake.

The couple spent their honeymoon at Sandals Grande Antigua Resort, and returned to their home in New York City.

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Boys High School Basketball: Iola 78, Santa Fe Trail 59

Mustangs blow past Chargers

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

The tone setter for the Iola Mustangs on Thursday wasn’t one of the eight Mustangs that found their way into the scoring column. In fact, the only stats that show up in the official scorer’s book for Braden Plumlee are four quarters played and five fouls.

Nonetheless, Plumlee was the heartbeat of the Mustangs

in a 78-59 win over Santa Fe Trail as he and the team’s other five seniors were honored prior to the tip-off.

Plumlee used that energy and translated it to the court where he made it his personal mission to make life for Charger star John Long as uncomfortable as possible.

Plumlee hounded the sophomore up and down the court, he served as a one-man press on many possessions just to

annoy Long and make it tough for him to get the ball. “(Coach Jay Applegate) was constantly reminding me that I needed to be up, even after a free throw, to make sure that they pass it to another kid,” Plumlee said. “He didn’t want him to get the ball before halfcourt, or even at all, he just said, ‘don’t let him get the ball — ever.’”

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Iola senior point guard Ben Cooper fires off a pass during Thursday’s win over Santa Fe Trail in Iola. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

H.S. Wrestling:

Girls High School Basketball: Iola 51, Santa Fe Trail 37

Humboldt wrestlers stayin’ alive

Iola senior Toni Macha goes up for a layup against Santa Fe Trail on Thursday night in Iola. The Fillies beat the Chargers 51-37. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

SWEET MUSIC Fillies explode early, cruise past Chargers

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

Mustang senior guard Isaiah Fawson got the “Parents’ Night” festivities started with a rousing rendition of the National Anthem on his violin and it felt like that energy and rhythm transferred right from his instrument into the Fillies in Thurs-

day’s first quarter against Santa Fe Trail.

The Fillies raced out to 17-1 advantage against the over-matched Chargers and eventually won 51-37.

Senior guard Sydney Wade was the catalyst for the early success with seven first quarter points and was huge defensively as the Fillies used the press against their opponents.

Wade wasn’t the only senior hitting on all cylinders in the first quarter. Della Lohman and Toni Macha each had four points to help build the advantage. Senior Riley Murry was also huge in the opening quarter with a pair of blocks and steals to go with several rebounds.

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HAYS — Humboldt High’s Dagen Goodner opened his Class 3-2-1A state wrestling competition in dramatic fashion Friday.

Goodner’s takedown of Herington’s Richard Hagerman with 2 seconds left in the third and final round of their first round match gave the Humboldt sophomore a stunning 1110 victory in the 160-pound division.

Unfortunately, Goodner could not replicate the feat later in the day. He fell, 4-3, in quarterfinal action to Atwood High’s Maveric Green.

The defeat sends Goodner (27-7) to the consolation side of the bracket to face either Jacob Helms or Alex Van Rooy.

Elsewhere for Humboldt, freshman Gunner Elder (19-8) secured a 10-5 victory at 113 points in his opener against Charles King of St. Marys. Elder fell in quarterfinals action by a second-round pin to Trego Community High School’s John Kuhn.

Elder awaited his next foe, either Caleb Farmer or Brian Escobar. Both wrestlers must win at least twice more to have a shot at a state medal.

Humboldt junior Noah Johnson (16-10), wrestling at 220 pounds, was pinned by Norton High senior Jacob Green in their first round match. Green entered the state competition with a 28-1 record.

Results from consolation matches were unavailable by press time.

The tournament concludes today at Fort Hays State University.

High School Wrestling: 4A State Championship in Salina

Toney drops opening round

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

SALINA — Heavyweight matches at the state level are often decided by the slimmest of margins. That was the case Friday afternoon in the State Championship’s first round bout between Iola’s Colton Toney and Abilene’s Sam Burt.

Burt held a 1-0 lead — after picking up an escape with 26 seconds to go in the second period — heading into the third period.

Toney chose the down posi-

tion to begin the third.

“I’ve been practicing a lot on bottom and I was hoping I could get that one point to tie it up,” Toney said. “I felt pretty confident.”

Burt was able to ride the Mustang senior tough and keep him down for the first minute of the third period and with 54 seconds left, Toney had to take a chance at an escape.

The Abilene senior with a 33-6 record was ready and countered Toney’s move and put him on his back. Seconds later, the official’s hand

slapped the mat to signal the pin.

Toney advanced to a winor-go-home match on Friday night against Baldwin senior Harley Stewart, who lost by a first period to Circle’s Austin King. Results from Toney’s consolation match were unavailable by press time.

Check the Iola Register’s Facebook page for continued updates throughout the weekend.

“I just want to wrestle to the best of my ability. I know I should do well if I wrestle my best,” Toney said.

Iola High senior Colton Toney squares off against Abilene High’s Sam Burt in the heavyweight division of the Class 4A State Wrestling Championships in Salina. Toney lost, forcing him to compete in the consolation bracket. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA

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Jaganmohan Reddy, father of Alok Madasani, an engineer who was injured in the shooting Wednesday night, said he thought it was a hate crime. He said such incidents have increased after the recent political changes in the United States.

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Mourners poured into Kuchibhotla’s home in Hyderabad, with his shocked parents Madhusudhan Rao and Vardhini Rao unable to talk since they received the news of his death. They have another son working in the United States and a third employed in India.

Swarup said two Indian consulate officials from Houston and Dallas were sent to Kansas City to meet with Madasani and facilitate the return of Kuchibhotla’s body to India.

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Wedding Schmidt â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stevens Maggie Jo Stevens and Brian Matthew Schmidt were married at two oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock in the afternoon on Sept.

10, 2016, at The Timber Lakes Resort near Williamsburg.

Parents of the bride are Chuck and Michelle Johnson and Charles and Jodie Stevens, all of Ottawa. She is the granddaughter of Jeanne Ann Percy of Iola and the late William Glenn â&#x20AC;&#x153;Curlyâ&#x20AC;?

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of Ottawa. Parents of the groom are A.J. and Toni Schmidt of Ottawa and Dan and Cindy Keith of Pomona. He is the grandson of Jewell Chapman and Marjorie Schmidt.

The outdoor ceremony took place overlooking the water in a shady grove of trees and the altar and wedding arbor were built by the brideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father and brother.

The officiant at the wedding was the Rev. Lori Stevens, aunt of the bride, of Ottawa.

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The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a strapless princess-style Essence ivory gown covered in Chantilly and Alencon laces. The natural waist was accented by a rhinestone-embellished champagne satin sash.

The front of the skirt featured an asymmetrical overlay edged in lace and the circular skirt over crinoline fell into a chapel-length train with lace appliques and a ruffled bottom. The corset-style back was laced with ribbon. Her fingertip veil of imported English illusion was scattered with rhinestones and fell from a rhinestone hair accent. The veil was designed by the

brideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aunt, Maureen Ann Percy Carroll, and the veil, jeweled sash and flower girl gown were handmade by the brideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister, Beth Ann Snethen. The bride also wore her grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pearls as a bracelet and her Aunt Maureen Carrollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rhinestone earrings. She carried a burgundy floral clutch bouquet with greenery and tied with champagne satin ribbon and streamers.

The maid of honor was Bethany Crawford; the matrons of honor were Amy Lynn Finch and Beth Ann Snethen, both sisters of the bride, and the bridesmaid was ReJeana Hood. The bridal attendants wore full-length burgundy Infinity gowns and carried ivory floral bouquets that matched the bridal bouquet. Gracie Kathryn Snethen, niece

of the bride, was the flower girl. She wore an ivory gown featuring a bodice with flower and jewel enhancements and a full-length manylayered tulle skirt. She also wore a flowered ribbon headband and carried an ivory satin basket with burgundy and navy flower petals.

The groom was attended by his best man, Jared Harris, and groomsmen Cameron Chapman, cousin of the groom, Jay Wade, and Marcel Larios. The ring bearer was Corbin Ryker Schmidt, son of the groom. Ushers were Kirk Chapman, uncle of the groom, Noah Stevens, brother of the bride, A.J. Schmidt, father of the groom, and Chuck Johnson, stepfather of the bride.

During the wedding, the mothers of the couple read a lock and key portrait ceremony uniting the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two hearts forever. An embroidered memorial tapestry honoring the loved ones of the couple who are no longer with us covered an empty chair at the front of the family seats, as well.

Wedding ceremony music was provided by Scott Snethen, brotherin-law of the bride. The brideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother and stepfather sang to honor the couple.

Following the ceremony at Timber Lakes, a reception, buffet dinner and wedding dance were held at The Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge in Ottawa. The fourtiered wedding cake was made by Toni Schmidt, the groomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, and

the groomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cake was made by his sister, Michelle Ferguson. Music for the dance was provided by PartyRockerz DJz which is owned and operated out of Ottawa

by Chuck Johnson, stepfather of the bride, and Scott Snethen, brother-in-law of the bride.

Many others contributed to the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happy day. Guest book attendant was Abbey Kelley, stepsister of the bride.

Greeters were Calah Hunt, Chelsea Hunt and Sierra Ferguson, nieces of the groom. Servers at the reception were Michelle Ferguson and April Schmidt, sisters of the groom. Parking valets were Austin Kelley and Ethan Kitchen, stepbrothers of the bride. Wedding photographer was Molly Kathleen Carroll, cousin of the bride. Stylist for the bride, her mother, and her attendants was Maureen Ann Percy Carroll, aunt of the bride. Handing out the wedding programs were Klaira Gayle Hayes, cousin of the bride, and Alex Trinkle, Austin Trinkle, Charlie Finch and Griffin Snethen, nephews of the bride. Her nephews also rolled out the white satin runner for the bride to walk down.

The brideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sisters, Amy Finch and Beth Snethen, hosted a bridal shower in her honor at Richter United Methodist Church in Ottawa and the bride was given a bachelorette party at Funkytown Dance Club.

The couple are at home in Ottawa following a honeymoon to Colorado.

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Mustangs: Plumlee’s defense sets tone for ‘Parents’ Night’ win Continued from B1

The Mustangs fed off the energy that Plumlee provided and exploded to a 20-8 lead at the end of the first quarter with junior forward Evan Sigg propelling the offense with eight points in the opening eight minutes, including a buzzer-beating layup to end the period.

The first quarter wasn’t perfect for the Mustangs though. Junior forward Ethan Holloway picked up two fouls and was sent to the bench.

Senior Isaiah Fawson had two buckets to grow the lead to 24-8 and the rout appeared to be on.

The Chargers clawed back to within 26-15 and the Mustangs appeared to be struggling. That’s when Applegate put Holloway back in the game.

The junior immediately scored on a putback and then hit a mid-range jumper. Then Joey Zimmerman scored. Another Holloway basket capped the 8-0 spurt and Iola’s lead was up to 34-15 and the rout was truly on.

Junior Cale Barnhart got into the act to end the half with a buzzer-beating three off of inside-out penetration and Iola had a 40-19 lead at the break.

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The third quarter was defined by big plays that ignited the crowd.

The first came on a Mustangs fast break that got Holloway out in front of everybody. That was bad news for the Chargers. Holloway rose to the rim and threw down a two-handed dunk to give his team a 49-21 lead.

“You could tell they were pretty deflated after he threw that one down,” senior Ben Cooper said.

The next big play was again sparked by Plumlee. The senior tipped the ball away from a Charger guard and in one motion dove out-of-bounds for it while looking for a pass.

“I saw the ball and I just rushed for it and turned because I knew Ben was behind me,” Plumlee said.

“I saw Ethan stand up and scream at me,” Plumlee said. “Then I sat on a knee and saw Ben get the and-one.”

Plumlee’s pass found Cooper heading to the rim and the Iola point guard completed a layup while being fouled.

Cooper was called for a technical as the entire team exploded in celebration, but it was safe to say, it was worth it.

Iola had a 55-30 lead and things were completely out of hand on “Parents’ Night.”

The fourth quarter largely consisted of the Mustangs attempting to run out the clock and not further embarrass their opponent and Long throwing up shot after shot for the Chargers.

Long finished with 31

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FOULED OUT: Braden Plumlee.

Santa Fe Trail (2pt/3pt-FTM-FTA-Points) Cameron Koger 1/0-0-0-2; Andrew Berckefeldt 0/01-2-1; John Long 7/3-8-1331; Will Herren 1/0-0-0-2; Carson Stumpff 2/0-0-0-4; Gabe Dunnaway 3/0-4-710; Jaden Bone 2/0-5-6-9.

TOTALS: 16/3-18-29-59.

FOULED OUT: Herren, Bone.

JUNIOR VARSITY The Mustang junior varsity squad picked up a 57-33 win over the Chargers.

Hunter Preston led the team with 12 points and Kane Rogers joined him in double figures with 10.

Other Iola scorers were: Isaac Vink (8), Blake Ashmore (8), Cole Regehr (7), Cale Barnhart (4), Derek Bycroft (4), Trey Bruner (4) and Zach Cokely (2).

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points for the Chargers, but needed 21 garbagetime points to get there.

Cooper led Iola in scoring with 22 points, while Sigg netted 19 and Fawson and Holloway had 13 and 12 respectively.

Now the Mustangs turn their attention to next Friday when they are set to open substate action.

“It was a very good momentum game to carry us into substate and put it

on them,” Cooper said. “I think we are the team to beat.”

Applegate isn’t ready to say goodbye to his seniors, either.

“They will be missed, but we will worry about that in five more games,” Applegate said referencing the number of wins they need to win the state championship.

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Iola 78, Santa Fe Trail 59 Iola 20 20 22 16 - 78 SFT 8 11 21 19 - 59 Iola (12-8; 7-5 league) (2pt/3pt-FTM-FTA-Points) Joey Zimmerman 1/1-0-05; Ben Cooper 5/2-6-8-22; Isaiah Fawson 3/1-4-7-13; Cale Barnhart 0/1-0-0-3; Isaac Vink 0/0-2-6-2; Ethan Holloway 6/0-0-1-12; Derek Bycroft 0/0-2-2-2; Evan Sigg 8/0-3-4-19; Blake Ashmore 0/0-0-2-0. TOTALS:

FRESHMEN The Iola freshmen won 54-32 over Santa Fe Trail.

Brady Wiggin led Iola with 18 points while Cal Leonard had 17 and Casen Barker added 10.

Other Iola scorers were: Noah Ashmore (4), Tavon Bass (3) and Calvin Delich (2).

FAWSON’S ANTHEM Applegate had big praise for Fawson’s rendition of the National Anthem performed before the girls’ game.

“The best thing about tonight was Isaiah’s National Anthem on the violin,” Applegate said.

“That was wonderful.”

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Adult with HSP should see rheumatologist Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 58-year-old female who was diagnosed with Henoch-Schonlein purpura in July 2016.

With HSP, I had the telltale broken blood vessels and swelling in my legs, ankles and feet.

Ever since the swelling subsided, I have experienced a constant burning sensation, worse below my breastbone and my abdomen. Other burning comes and goes in my back, my left side, the inside of my arms and wrists, and the bottom of my feet. The pain in my torso worsens after I eat.

A scope of my esophagus and stomach revealed undetermined irritation. I also have severe cramps in my legs if I stretch during the night.

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health Little seems to be known about how this condition resolves itself in adults.

What do I need to do? I’m not really being treated for it now. My physician assistant referred me to a specialist in gastrointestinal issues. Evidently he didn’t realize that I was diagnosed with HSP until I told him today. — S.K.M. Answer: HenochSchonlein purpura is a type of vasculitis, which is an inflammation of blood vessels. It also is

called “immunoglobulin A vasculitis.” Ninety percent of cases happen in children. The disease consists of a skin rash of raised purple lesions; joint pain, sometimes with swelling; abdominal pain; and kidney disease. In most people, the disease goes away by itself as mysteriously as it came.

The major concern in adults is the kidney disease, which can be destructive and progressive. Your provider needs to keep a very careful eye on your kidney function and on any protein in your urine.

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susception (the folding of a part of the intestine into itself) is uncommon in adults but is very dangerous. Bleeding is a common problem: It should have been seen on the scope, but the small bowel is not included in a typical endoscopy; any swelling, bleeding or spasm there may need advanced imaging to diagnose. Pancreatitis is another uncommon manifestation of HSP. I think it may be time to get a more thorough evaluation. In addition to seeing the gastroenterologist (which I think is an excellent idea), I would consider a visit with a rheumatologist or an immunologist with experience in taking care of adults with HSP.

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On becoming a better person for your child: When my son was born (he’s 24 now), I was very socially awkward and frightened by social interactions. I would become so nervous that my head and neck would visibly tremble. Fortunately I knew I needed to fix this for my son’s sake.

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Happiness is possible. — Anonymous

Public notice (First published in The Iola Register, February 25, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS RUSSELL THOMAS, PLAINTIFF v.

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in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators, and trustees of any defendants who are minors or under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased and any person claiming an interest in the described real estate: WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (W/2 NW/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE (21), TOWNSHIP TWENTY-THREE (23), RANGE NINTEEN (19), IN ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, DEFENDENTS Case No. 2017 CV 16 NOTICE TO ANSWER THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition to Quiet Title or in the alternative establish ownership by adverse possession to certain property has been filed in the above Court by Plaintiffs, praying for an Order of said Court that the Plaintiffs be granted judgment

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Lancers fall in regular season finale to St. Paul

By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register

COLONY — The Crest boys were able to hang close to a heavily favored St. Paul team through three quarters on Thursday and trailed only by 12 going into the final eight minutes.

The final quarter was not what Lancer coach Travis Hermreck wanted to see from his team, however. St. Paul out-

Crest junior Caleb Stephens goes up for a layup on Thursday night in Colony against St. Paul.

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scored the Lancers 26-8 to secure a 66-36 victory.

“We competed pretty well for three quarters, but the last five or six minutes, we chucked in the towel,” Hermreck said. “But overall, I am not totally disappointed. It feels weird talking about effort in game 20, usually that is taken care of much earlier in the season. But, regardless, we did make some nice hustle plays.”

Sophomore Hayden Hermreck led the team with 12 points, while Austin Hendrix and Nick Vaughn each added six. Senior Nate

Berry finished with four points.

“I wasn’t very happy with our offensive flow tonight,” Coach Hermreck said. “We did a poor job of getting the ball where it needed to be when it needed to be there. It seemed like some of us went off script tonight and did our own things, which ultimately negatively affects everyone to a certain degree.”

Greg Hardwick and Hayden Seabolt each had three points while Caleb Stephens added two.

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QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers Can we make Junior a Bubble Boy? NASCAR’s suits in the corner offices have probably mulled this possibility in recent weeks, but unfortunately the tight cockpit just doesn’t offer additional room for the bubble. They would if they could, however, because Junior Earnhardt has said he’ll wait a couple of months before sitting down and discussing a contract extension with team owner Rick Hendrick. Junior wants to “get some races under my belt” before committing.

1. Dale determined

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The Daytona 500 could be a two-car battle between Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 Toyota and Brad Keselowski in the No. 2 Ford. They crashed on the last lap as they battled for the lead in the Clash at Daytona. Kez

says he will make the same move in the 500 if necessary.

3. Flying wedge Toyota returned to Daytona with its

flying-wedge formation in the Clash.

At one point, the top four cars in the Clash were all Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas. Toyota used the same strategy to win the 2016 Daytona 500 with Denny Hamlin at the tip of

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the spear.

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disqualification of Kyle Larson after too many pit crew members came over the wall to service his No. 42 Chevrolet. You need to keep an eye on these updates.

What else would he do?

Short answer: Whatever he wants. He could expand JR Motorsports and be a big-league owner, which would be nice for NASCAR since several current longtime owners aren’t exactly getting any younger. He’d obviously be welcome in a broadcast booth if that’s his wish. Assuming he’s invested well, he won’t return to his servicedepartment roots at Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet.

3. Upside down

1. Ford surge

Joey Logano, one of Ford’s lead drivers, celebrates in Daytona’s Victory Lane after winning the Clash on Sunday. [NASCAR GETTY IMAGES] Harvick.

2. New rules NASCAR announced a batch of new rules and regulations for

the 2017 Cup Series, including a new way to inspect cars, instant penalties and a traveling medical team. All were utilized during Clash weekend, including the surprising

The Super Bowl was played on Feb. 5, and it was the final football game of the 2016 season. They call it the “big game.” In NASCAR, the racing schedule is flip-flopped. The biggest single race of any Cup Series season is the season-opening Daytona 500.

It is one of the quirks of stock-car racing. “It would be great to get a 500 win,” Danica Patrick said. “We start off with the biggest race of the year.”

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The long-suffering Ford brand added the Stewart-Haas Racing stable of four cars and the “Blue Oval” picked up momentum during the first week of Daytona Speedweeks. Joey Logano topped the list by winning the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona. It was the first time a Ford had won the Clash since 2004. Other Ford drivers in the top five were Danica Patrick and Kevin

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GODWIN’S PICKS FOR DAYTONA WINNER: Brad Keselowski REST OF TOP 5: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth FIRST ONE OUT: Ty Dillon DARK HORSE: Clint Bowyer DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: This becomes a Keselowski-Hamlin duel for most of the race.

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