What a sunset! Phyllis Luedke captured this breathtaking shot of the sun setting near Colony this week.
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Bowlus gala kicks off this weekend Art teacher brings back familiar faces (literally) By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
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mer Knoll couldn’t help but needle his old friend and former colleague one more time, so he gave Sol Evans a call. His message to the longtime Allen Community College history educator? “I told him his head was going to be at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center this weekend,” Knoll said with a laugh. “I could hear his familiar chuckle on the other end.” Evans’ head is actually one of the numerous busts Knoll, 79, has crafted through the years. Knoll’s work will be fea-
Omer Knoll
Omer Knoll, Allen Community College’s first ever art instructor and one of the first teachers to utilize the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, will have several pieces on display this weekend for the Bowlus’ 50th anniversary celebration, including the painting above of the old Iola train depot and the sculpture, at left, of the late Judge Spencer Gard. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
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Kobach seeks to intervene in Senate dispute
more than $3 million a day from oil smuggling, theft and extortion. Those funds have supported its rapid advance across much of Syria and Iraq, where it has carved out
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach jumped Wednesday into a lawsuit filed by a disgruntled voter seeking to force Kansas Democrats to name a new U.S. Senate nominee in hopes of speeding the resolution of a legal dispute shadowing a race with possible national implications. Kobach filed a motion to intervene in Shawnee County District Court and a request for a decision by Oct. 1, saying quick action is necessary so ballots can be printed in time for people to begin voting in advance on Oct. 15. Kobach, like the voter, argues that a state election law requires Democrats to replace ex-nominee Chad Taylor, who earlier this month dropped out of the race against three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts. Some Democrats pushed Taylor out, seeing independent candidate Greg Orman as the stronger rival for Roberts — and they don’t want a new nominee, fearing a major split of the anti-Roberts vote. Many Republicans are pushing for a new Democratic candidate to increase the chances of Roberts holding the seat and the GOP recapturing a Senate majority. The voter who sued the Kansas Democratic Party and three top officials is David Orel, 57, of Kansas City, Kansas. His son works for the re-election campaign of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback who, like
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The Fawson Family will perform together during the alumni variety show Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The children, from left, Mosiah, 4, Keira, 8, Elijah, 12, Isaiah, 16, will be accompanied by their parents, Robyn and Nathan. The Fawson’s oldest daughter, Alexa, 19, also will join the musical number. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET
Festivities feature first for Fawson family By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
Schedule of events Friday
Kansas City Symphony concert 7 p.m.
Saturday
Rededication Ceremony Bowlus Alumni Variety Show 7 p.m.
The Bowlus Fine Arts Center auditorium will come alive with music Saturday night during the Alumni Variety Show. A unique performance will grace the stage during the festivities; the Fawson family — all nine members — will play together for the first time. Iolans Nathan and Robyn and their five children: Alexa, 19, Isaiah, 16, Elijah, 12, Keira,
8, and Mosiah, 4, will perform alongside Nathan’s parents, Norman and Jerilyn. Nathan’s father, Norman, helped found the Southwest Symphony Orchestra in St. George, Utah. “My father got me interested in music at a young age,” Nathan said. “I recall I was about 4 or 5 and asked if I, too, could play the violin.” While Nathan’s older siblings already played, he was told to wait until he was older. But as he grew older, he
lost interest and picked up a basketball instead. The passion for music returned, thanks to some other family influence. Nathan’s sister, Rebecca, went to college for music performance and education. She asked Nathan and Robyn if she could teach Alexa violin when she turned 4. The four children at home take lessons in Ottawa. Keira, in turn, is teaching her father. See FAWSONS | Page A5
U.S.-led strikes target ISIL-held oil facilities BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group overnight and early today, killing nearly 20 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in one of their
strongholds, fearing further raids, activists said. The latest strikes came on the third day of a U.S.-led air campaign aimed at rolling back the Islamic State group in Syria, and appeared to be aimed at one of the militants’
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main revenue streams. The U.S. has been conducting air raids against the group in neighboring Iraq for more than a month. The Islamic State group is believed to control 11 oil fields in Iraq and Syria, and to earn
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