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City ups ante for sidewalk repairs

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

The City is sweetening the pot for local property owners to repair or replace their street-front sidewalks.

While maintaining sidewalks is a property owner’s responsibility, the city reimburses those costs — up to $1,250 for residents; $2,500 for commercial property owners — through its sidewalk replacement program.

At the urging of Code Enforcement Officer Shonda Jefferis, Iola City Council members agreed at their meeting Tuesday night to pay $1.75 per square foot of concrete, up from $1.25 per square foot.

The lower reimbursement rate “barely covers the cost of concrete, and that’s if everything works right — which it

rarely does,” Jefferis said.

The Council also agreed to waive the city’s $50 right-ofway fee property owners were required to pay in order to repair the sidewalks.

The sidewalk replacement program has been in place for years, City Administrator Carl Slaugh said.

“We don’t have resources or time to do full-scale replacement on our own,” Slaugh explained. “The city has been willing to provide funding (for concrete) if residents are willing to put forth the labor.”

FIREWORKS will be on

sale a bit earlier this year in Iola’s city limits.

Council members agreed to open fireworks sales beginning June 27.

In the few years fireworks have been legal in Iola, sales

Iola City Council members Beverly Franklin listens while Aaron Franklin (no relation) speaks at Monday’s Council meeting.

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began on June 29.

The motion to change the fireworks law came after council members heard from Virginia Macha, speaking on

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behalf of the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility.

Macha noted the earlier sales date would permit venSee CITY | Page A6

Emily Boyd, left, and Payton Wilson placed 10th at the Catholic National Tournament in Fort Lauderdale Fla., this past weekend.

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“She basically goes psychotic,” Boyd said.

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Hospital employees are eager to expand a “friendship fund” whose reach could extend into the community, Brad Van Riette told hospital trustees Tuesday night.

As a member of the employee advisory group, Van Riette asked Allen County Regional Hospital trustees for their blessing to pursue the idea.

Hospital employees See HOSPITAL | Page A4

USD 257

Attendance centers ‘right on schedule’

By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register

“boyfriend” (Wilson) considers their relationship more casual, Jasmine does not take the news well.

Employees consider outreach

By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register

Forensics duo places at nationals MORAN — Mention comedic couples to history buffs and the pairings of such stalwarts as Lucy and Ricky or George and Gracie come to mind.

Ask the same question at Marmaton Valley High School, meanwhile, and you’ll just as easily hear about Payton and Emily.

Payton Wilson and Emily Boyd completed their high school Forensics careers in grand fashion over the weekend by placing 10th at the Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Wilson and Boyd reached the semifinals in duo interpretation, a variation of the duet acting they’ve competed in over the past four years.

Their piece, “The Staggering Heartbreak of Jasmine Merriweather,” by Don Zolidis, follows the uproarious tale of Emily, portrayed by Boyd who mistakenly interprets a male counterpart’s affections for true love.

When she finds out her

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The change over to attendance centers for USD 257 is right on schedule, according to director of operations and maintenance Scott Stanley.

About 55 classrooms must be transferred from one building to another across town, Stanley told the USD 257 school board members Tuesday night. So far the maintenance staff has moved 10 rooms in two days. Stanley said at this rate all the classrooms will be moved by July.

McKinley Elementary will serve ANW Co-op preschool and kindergarten students, Jefferson Elementary will host first and second grade students, Lincoln will serve third and fourth grade students and fifth grade students will move to the third level of Iola Mid-

dle School.

Lori Maxwell, elementary school principal, complimented the USD 257 staff for working as a team to get the move done quickly and efficiently.

K a t h y Koehn, USD 257 food service coordinator, gave an update on Scott Stanley the summer food program. The program will start on Monday and will serve children ages 1 to 18 free meals at three different locations: Riverside Park, Trinity United Methodist Church and the Iola High School cafeteria. Trinity and the high school will be sites for both breakfast and lunches while workers at Riverside Park will serve only lunch.

The board approved the See USD 257 | Page A2

Kansas House panel advances plan to raise taxes, fix budget

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas legislative committee on Tuesday advanced a new plan for balancing the state budget by increasing sales and cigarette taxes and reversing a break for business owners and farmers championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

The House Taxation Committee voted 8-6 to forward a bill to the full chamber for debate, without recommending whether members should pass it. The measure would raise about $400 million during the fiscal year beginning

July 1, and the House could debate it later this week.

The measure also would raise the sales tax to 6.45 percent from 6.15 percent, although it would drop the rate on food to 5.9 percent. The state’s cigarette tax would increase 46 cents a pack, to $1.25 from 79 cents.

The bill would raise $101 million during the next fiscal year — about a quarter of

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the total amount — by ending a tax break enacted in 2012 at Brownback’s urging as an economic stimulus. The endangered policy exempted the profits of 281,000 business owners and 53,000 farmers from income taxes.

Brownback and the GOPdominated Legislature must close a projected $406 million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year that arose after legislators slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013.

“That begins with addressing in, I believe, a very modest way, asking the small businesses in our state to step up,” state Rep. Mark Hutton, a Wichita Republican who out-

... That begins with addressing in, I believe, a very modest way, asking the small businesses in our state to step up.

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lined the new plan, said during the committee’s meeting.

Brownback pushed for the past income tax cuts, and he’s touted the exemption for business owners and farmers as a pro-growth “small business accelerator.” Groups influential with the GOP are lobbying to preserve the policy, in-

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cluding the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business.

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for business owners and farmers for two years and replace it with a less lucrative income tax credit against their payrolls.

Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce said it will be difficult to get any proposal modifying the tax break through his chamber because members don’t want to increase taxes for small businesses.

“They’re the backbone

hires of Kathy Shelby and Selena Wallace as point of sales associates for the summer food program.

Board members also hired Keith Mallory as assistant band director, Karen Graham and Jan Shook as USD 257 elementary teachers and Ann Pomatto as a middle school assistant volleyball coach and Cody Hager

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of the Kansas economy,” said Bruce, a Nickerson Republican.

Today is the 97th day of the Legislature’s annual session, which is seven more days than its leaders normally schedule. It has cost more than $40,000 a day to run the session after the 90th day. Legislative researchers say only nine sessions in the past 40 years have lasted longer, with the record of 107 days set in 2002.

“We are at a point where we need to get things done,” House Taxation Committee Chairman Marvin Kleeb, an Overland Park Republican, said after its meeting Tuesday.

Republican legislators who’ve advocated increasing the sales tax to close the budget gap face criticism that the move would hurt poor and middle-class families more than wealthy ones.

Each chamber’s plan

would drop the sales tax rate on groceries to address the issue. Under the Senate plan, the sales tax would rise to 6.5 percent on most items but drop to 6 percent on food, versus 5.9 percent on food in the House plan.

“That’s nice, but it’s very small,” said Rep. Tom Sawyer, of Wichita, the ranking Democrat on the House committee. “Working families are still going to spend a lot more money on sales tax.”

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as middle school head girls track coach.

The board accepted the resignation of Ed Hoover as a bus driver and Samantha Branson as Iola High School English and journalism teacher.

After an hour long executive session the board accepted a plan of improvement signed by USD 257 administration and Greta Adams, Iola choir and strings instructor.

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Not only was the top10 finish the first in school history at the national event, it’s the first time a school Marmaton Valley’s size — from anywhere — reached such a lofty finish.

Instructor Julie Tholen noted Boyd and Wilson competed against schools primarily from urban areas in Kansas, and elsewhere across the country. The first-place winning duo interpretation team hailed from Washington, D.C., she noted.

“They also competed against several private schools,” Tholen said.

Both Wilson and Boyd admitted they entered the competition with modest hopes.

After all, they’d entered this same nationallevel event twice previously but had never as much as made it to the “octo-finals” or the final 48 competitors.

“We were like, ‘If we break, cool, but we’d seen some pretty good stuff, and we didn’t expect it,” Boyd said.

But after four preliminary rounds Saturday, the duo was informed that night they had advanced to the final 48.

Sunday was a whirlwind. They’d compete in the same room with several other fellow entrants, then wait anxiously to find out if they’d advance.

They did, to the quarterfinals and semifinals before bowing out before making it to the final six.

“By the time the event was over, the only entry we hadn’t seen was the one that won the national title,” Boyd said.

DUO interpretation involved some small, yet significant differences, from their duet acting process.

Not only were Boyd and Wilson prohibited from making eye contact during the piece, they also had to avoid touching each other — easier said than done in certain scenes that otherwise would have required them to hold hands. Nor could they use simple props, such as chairs or tables for the full 10 minutes.

“The eye contact part wasn’t a big deal, but where we hit a spot that we needed chairs, we had to rework it and rechoreograph a new section,” Wilson said.

“It wasn’t that bad, considering how much we use tables, chairs and touching,” Boyd joked.

WHILE both will at-

tend the University of Kansas in the fall, neither Boyd nor Wilson plan to do much more in terms of acting.

Boyd plans to study chemistry; Wilson, international business marketing management.

“I won’t miss having to memorize lines and practice and practice after school,” Boyd said. “I won’t miss the stress of not knowing if we were going to break. But I will miss the performances.”

“Especially now that we finished 10th,” Wilson added. “I kind of want to go back next year to see if we can do better.”

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After a week of not finding any other duet partners, Wilson asked Boyd again.

She agreed this time, but with little enthusiasm.

“She was like, ‘OK, whatever,’” Wilson said.

“It wasn’t really any hassle to get her to do it after that. She stepped up because nobody else would do it with me.”

They quickly found their niche, qualifying for state finals in duet acting all four years.

(They won this year).

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more special, the students said, because of their built-in cheering squad.

Freshman Clara Boyd also qualified for nationals in oral declamation, an event open only to ninth- and 10th-graders.

She recited a speech, “Mothers and Daughters” penned years ago

by Cokie Roberts.

Meanwhile, two Iola High School students, Trilby Bannister and Catie Venter, also qualified for the national event in solo categories.

Bannister competed in dramatic performance about a girl who is part dinosaur. Venter competed in oral interpretation (literature and prose).

While none of the others advanced past preliminary rounds, they were enthusiastic in their support of Boyd and Wilson as they reached the semifinals.

“It was almost like we were part of one team, Allen County High

School,” Boyd said.

“It was very nice to see some familiar faces,” Tholen agreed.

THOLEN lauded, not only the students, but the community members for their support.

“This trip was possible because the students did tons of fundraising the past few years,” said Tholen, who is giving up her forensics coaching duties after this year. “If it hadn’t been

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for the support from the patrons attending our dinners and bidding on baskets at auctions, we wouldn’t have been able to have done the things we’ve done and seen the things we did.”

Tholen said Boyd and Wilson acquitted themselves well.

“In terms of the work they put in,” Tholen said, “there’s not a team that deserves more praise.”

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Every day 160 people die of rabies infection. Most are in Africa, the Middle and Far-East nations. “How lucky we are here” you may think with some complacency. And you are right, we are lucky here in North America. We are lucky so many people choose to rabies vaccinate their dogs and cats.

That is absolutely why so few people here in the United States die from Rabies virus. We are maintaining a high rate of vaccination in the animals with which we are most likely to interact. However, it is important to remember that there is still a large unvaccinated reservoir population of unvaccinated wild, feral and stray animals that we and our pets may come in contact with that could result in a rabies exposure.

Rabies is a viral disease. As a virus, there are few treatment options beyond supportive therapy once the disease is diagnosed. In the United States a person with rabies may survive the disease, but often there are severe neurological deficits, along with gigantic healthcare costs. In parts of the world with out advanced healthcare systems death is certain and horrific.

Rabies cannot be definitively diagnosed by any test on a living animal at this time. If a human or pet is exposed to the saliva or blood of a rabid animal directly, through a bite or break in the skin, rabies exposure protocol must be observed. For a pet this would mean close containment and quarantine for a minimum of 60 days and up to 6 months to observe if rabies disease develops from the exposure. If the disease develops or is even suspected, the animal must be euthanized. There is no treatment that will allow an animal to survive active rabies infection. For a human exposure, rabies protocol requires the immediate launch of a carefully timed regime of injections that will supplement the exposed human’s passive immune system and injections to attempt to build an immunity to the rabies virus. This is what should happen any time a human rabies exposure is suspected. Because rabies is deadly for mammals, including humans. If the exposure is from an unvaccinated animal, even a pet with minimal chance of expo sure, the pet’s brain must be examined for rabies virus. This cannot be done in a live pet.

Rabies, even here in North America, exerts a great cost, in human lives, in animal lives and in money. Rabies vaccinations are inexpensive in comparison. Why is this a big deal right now? Generally, it is thought that rabies in Kansas is a cyclical disease and this year appears to be the high point in the rabies cycle. Already in the first quarter of 2015, Kansas has seen far more diagnosed cases of rabies in animals than at the same point last year. While most of these are wildlife, (skunks are a huge wild reservoir and unvaccinated pets are often exposed to rabies through this source) some are dogs, cats, horses and cattle. Please vaccinate your pets and your horses. We can wash a pet or a horse after skunk exposure and things will eventually become sweet smelling again, but after a skunk encounter an unvaccinated pet must be considered a possible rabies exposure. One way or another rabies can be fatal to that pet.

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Colony News Calendar Friday-Saturday-Community Yard Sales; Monday-Cemetery Board, city office, 7 p.m.; June 3-Lions Club, United Methodist Church basement, 7 p.m.; fire meeting, fire station, 7 p.m.

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through July 28. This year’s theme is “Every Hero Has a Story.” Time is 10-11 a.m. each week in the City Hall community room. Debbie Wools is story hour director. Children ages 3 through 13 are welcome.

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Summer ball

Friday-Colony at Kincaid; Tuesday-Colony at Pleasanton 1.

Girls: Monday-Colony at Moran 3; June 4-Blue Mound at Colony.

Christian Church

Pastor Mark McCoy’s sermon Sunday was “From Where You Were To Where You Are.” Scripture was Ephesians 2.

UMC

Due to Pastor Dorothy Welch’s vacation, United Methodist Church lay members were in charge of Sunday services.

Leonard Wools led the service. Scripture was Psalm 104;24-35, Acts 2:1-21, John 15:26-27,

and 16:4-15 by Jerrick Jones. Pat Hilderbrand was in charge of children’s time. Kim Colgin presented the message “Fires of Pentecost.”

Library

At their May 19 board meeting, library board members set a limit of 10 items per library card or 20 items per household to be checked out.

Alan Cunningham, musician, will perform at the July 7 story hour.

Summer Story Hour

Summer Story Hour begins June 23 and will meet each Tuesday

Memorial Day

Following a light showery morning the sun appeared about a half hour before 9 a.m. Memorial Day service at Colony Cemetery. Raising of the flag was conducted

by Master Sgt. Richard Crabtree, retired, and Maj. Thomas Crabtree.

Pastor Steve Bubna gave the invocation, placing of the wreath, address and prayer and the firing squad salute by the VFW/American Legion, taps led by Caleb Stephens. Pastor Bubna gave the benediction. A

good-sized crowd attended.

Lions

Eleven members, and one guest, Chris Tucci, Glassboro, N.J., a visitor of Brian Ulrich, met May 20.

Sue Colgin has received the information for the Flower Power fundraising project and will order the kits.

Charles Allred of South Lyon, Mich., won the gun raffle drawing for a Springfield 9mm rifle.

90th Birthday

A card shower has been requested for Virginia Weatherman’s 90th birthday on June 2. Her address is 302 E. Lydia, Colony, 66015.

Around Town

Norman Luedke and son James, Atwood, and Dale Luedke, Dodge City, visited Gene and Claudette Anderson Saturday.

Entertainment provided at the annual Colony/Crest Alumni Association meeting Saturday at Crest High School was the “His Way Praise Team” from Iola. They are, from left, Tammy Drury, Lois Drury and Brady Drury. PHOTO COURTESY OF ARVIN CLEMANS That evening they attended the Colony/Crest Alumni joining Morris and Allene Luedke, Mark Luedke, Twila Luedke, Colony, Ron Luedke, Garnett, and Marcia Luedke Harrington, Bonner Springs.

Sympathy is expressed to Ila Belvoir at

the loss of her husband, Maynard, 94, and to his daughters, DeDe and Ron McMullen, Victoria and Robert Faulkner.

He died May 16.

A memorial luncheon for family and friends will be from 1 to 4 p.m.

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Hospital: Friendship fund idea sprouts Continued from A1

would participate on a volunteer basis to dedicate a set amount of their paychecks into the fund. “If 80 employees donated $5 per pay period, we could raise more than $10,000 a year,� Van Riette, a respiratory therapist, said. The hospital has about 150 employees.

Ideas for the funds include helping out not only fellow employees but also community members at times of need; scholarships for those pursuing studies in health care; donating to non-profit organizations in the area, or even making improvements to the hospital. “Helping others in their time of need is a huge positive,� Van Riette said, adding that employees had expressed an interest in becoming “a greater part of the community.�

ship fund� currently has about $700, Van Riette said, and is used when fellow employees experience time of need. Employees give to the fund on an at-will basis.

Automatically deducting from one’s payroll will make giving easier and more consistent, Van Riette said.

Trustees lauded the effort and pledged their support.

Brad Van Riette “We are now Allen County Regional Hospital, and we need to make sure this hospital succeeds, or our taxes will go up,�

Van Riette said, noting the hospital is now the responsibility of the county since its divestiture from Hospital Corporation of America a few years back.

The idea helps give a current fund more structure. Employees’ “friend-

IN OTHER news, a new family physician, Brian Neely, will join the hospital staff working with Dr. Wes Stone out of the office at 401 S. Washington.

Neely is expected to start practice around the end of July.

Also, the hospital’s Senior Life Solutions program is on track to open in early June, said Ron Baker, ACHR chief execu-

tive officer.

The program helps seniors with mental health issues.

A shortage of nurses has caused the hospital to turn away patients four times in the last month, Baker said. “We have several RN positions we are trying to fill,� he said.

In these particular instances the emergency waiting room was full when crews with EMS, emergency medical services, also had patients to be seen.

With not enough hands on deck at ACHR, EMS crews were diverted to other hospitals, Baker said. “It doesn’t happen very often, but it’s a concern,� he said.

The hospital’s ER will always accept “walk-ins,� he said.

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Shoppers can expect herbs; onions, tomatoes, radishes, kale, lettuce mix, spinach; meat — beef, chicken, and elk; walnuts and pecans; gluten-free baked goods; homemade pies, breads; whole wheat, sprouted grain, rye, cinnamon rolls; honey;

jelly; crafts; and live plants.

Stop by the Market Coordinators tent to swipe a debit or SNAP Vision cards in exchange for tokens to shop with at the vendor stalls.

Community organizations wanting to promote activities and events can sign up for one of the free spaces at the Farmers’ Market by calling Debbie Bearden at 620-365-2172.

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

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Ultra-conservatives double-down on starving state services By law, Kansas legislators must balance a budget for fiscal year 2016, which begins July 1, before they can adjourn.

They are now one week past the scheduled 90-day session, which means Kansas taxpayers are paying an additional $43,000 for every additional day they meet.

With no end in sight for a budget compromise, this could be a very costly session.

About 16 legislators have turned down the extended pay, $88.66 a day, a dozen of which have also said no to lodging and travel expenses also on the state’s nickel.

While that’s commendable, Kansans hope legislators are diligent in making ends meet; and avoid any hasty measures.

If voters had longer memories, this session’s intransigence might make a difference in the 2016 election, for it’s a specific bloc of lawmakers — ultra-conservatives — who are refusing to consider any means to raise revenue to meet a $406 million deficit.

Instead, they say, more cuts to schools, social services, roads, health care and fire and safety crews are needed.

“Kansas has a spending problem, not a tax problem,” is the mantra of Americans for Prosperity, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and other ultraconservatives bent on further depleting resources.

Trouble is, too many leg-

islators believe their chances for re-election are being held hostage by such groupthink.

Yes, they have deep pockets. What they don’t have is a conscience.

FOR TOO LONG, Kansans have fallen for the line that tax breaks for the wealthy will trickle down to benefit the masses. They don’t. Income tax breaks only work to make the wealthy, wealthier. And yet, that is our state’s economic model.

Most Americans are only two paychecks away from financial ruin.

The average savings account is $3,950; a full 25 percent of Americans have no savings at all, another 40 percent have no income set aside for retirement.

So what these people must deal with now, today, greatly impacts their tomorrows.

Increase the sales tax — a universal tax, regardless of income — and you’re creating increased hardship on those already marginalized. Raise the income tax, and you’re impacting the well-to-do.

This ideology to starve our schools, public services and programs to fit a madeup number is crazy.

Legislators, we beg you, support a budget that meets the needs of a people who want, nay need, to prosper.

The alternative is truly dismal.

— Susan Lynn

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Longtime Iola businessman Jack Hixon died today, May 24, 1995, at the age of 65.

Hixon owned and operated Hixon’s Office Supply for 35 years. ***** Don Wilmoth, Iola Mid-

dle School principal for 19 years, is retiring at the end of the school year. ***** The Allen County Veterans Memorial is taking shape as the first of 12 aluminum plates bearing names of those who served their country is completed.

A foolish attempt to weaken truck safety The trucking industry is again pushing Congress to allow bigger and heavier trucks with overworked drivers behind the wheel onto the country’s roads.

Republican lawmakers have attached a long industry wish list to an appropriations bill that will be voted on by the House in the coming weeks.

It includes provisions that would allow trucks to carry longer trailers across the country, make it harder for the Department of Transportation to require drivers get more rest before they hit the road and forbid the department from raising the minimum insurance it requires trucks and buses to carry. The insurance levels have been in effect since 1985.

Trucking companies seem to have been emboldened by their success last year in getting Congress to temporarily suspend parts of a Transportation Department regulation meant to give truck drivers at least 34 hours of rest. That rule was meant to ensure that truck drivers got at least two consecutive nights of rest after working 60 hours in seven consecutive days or 70 hours in eight days. The industry had complained — wrongly in our view — that the rule, which went into effect in July 2013, “exacerbates congestion” and could make highways less safe by forcing more truck drivers onto the roads during morning rush hours.

The language in the House appropriations bill will forbid the Obama administration from fully reinstating that rule unless a study shows that the rule resulted in a “statistically significant” improve-

that longer trucks will be less safe simply because trucks with multiple trailers are more unstable and take longer to stop than other vehicles.

Public interest groups such as Advocates for Highway and

Another provision would allow trucks to pull two 33-foot-long trailers, up from the current federal minimum of two 28-foot-long trailers.

ment in safety, work schedules and driver fatigue, health and longevity. That is an impossibly high bar to meet and, if enacted, the measure will surely result in more tired and sleepy drivers on the road.

ANOTHER provision would allow trucks to pull two 33-foot-long trailers, up from the current federal minimum of two 28-foot-long trailers.

(States can chose to allow longer trailers but most do not.) Truckers say this will improve safety, because it will result in fewer trucks on the road. But that is not believable because part of the industry’s motivation is to take business away from railroads.

If they are successful in that effort, the number of trucks on American highways could just as easily go up. In fact, there is good reason to worry

Auto Safety; the Teamsters, which represents truck drivers; and the Obama administration have objected to the trucking provisions in the House bill. And with good reason. In 2013, the latest year for which data is available, 3,964 people died in accidents involving large trucks, most of whom were riding in another vehicle or were pedestrians.

That is up 17 percent from 2009. Over the same period, traffic fatalities overall have fallen 3 percent, to 32,719.

It is hard to know for sure why the number of fatal accidents increased. It could be that there were more trucks on the road in 2013 than during the recession. But this data should give lawmakers serious pause before they make major changes to trucking regulations in an appropriations bill.

— The New York Times

Students of faux colleges deserve help, but that doesn’t solve problem (TNS)

A push is on among consumer groups to have the U.S. Department of Education cancel the federal student debt incurred by students at Corinthian Colleges, a forprofit chain that just went belly up.

These students are finding out that the credits for which they borrowed thousands of dollars have no value. Other colleges and universities won’t accept them and employers don’t respect them.

I support the Corinthian students in their quest for relief. But what about the others? What happens to the millions of people all over the nation who were lured into debt traps by expensive schools that never delivered on their promises of quality educations and careers?

The implications of the Corinthian case are enormous.

The department of education says canceling the debt of the 16,000 students directly affected by the company’s bankruptcy would cost the federal government around $214 million. Add the debt load of former students who were cheated by Corinthian, and you’re

Barbara Shelly The Kansas City Star talking about more than $1 billion.

And that’s just one company. We could be witnessing the start of colossal consequences for the failure of Congress and federal and state administrations to properly crack down on the predatory forprofit college industry.

Enforcement action by the U.S. Department of Education accelerated the demise of Corinthian. Along with reducing its access to federal loans, the department fined the company $30 million over findings that it paid employment agencies to hire graduates for limited periods of time in order to boost its job placement rates. Corinthian, which operated schools under several names, was also accused of falsifying attendance rates and grades.

But critics say that kind

of aggressive oversight came much too late.

“The Department of Education’s inaction, despite years of evidence of problems at Corinthian, had a devastating effect on tens of thousands of students who got little from the company beyond a mountain of debt,” consumer advocates wrote in a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

Gene Graham, a Kansas City, Mo.-area lawyer who has represented students in actions against for-profit colleges, said he has been stonewalled by education department staffers.

“I went and met with them in a particularly egregious case against a local proprietary school,” he said. “Not only did they not want to help us, they were short, sarcastic, critical.”

Graham has heard from hundreds of students harmed by for-profit colleges — more than he could possibly represent. The common theme is a hard sell and an expensive, inadequate education for which schools collect federal loan and grant money and students rack up debt.

The common theme is a hard sell and an expensive, inadequate education for which schools collect federal loan and grant money and students rack up debt.

“When these students are defrauded by these predatory schools, which they are, by the thousands, they have to pay me to help them,” Graham said. “They’re coming to me because the U.S. Department of Education refuses to do its job.”

Graham has won cases in court with allegations that he contends should be grounds for closing down a school or entire company, but regulators have taken no action.

There is plenty of blame to go around. Congress bows to the industry’s lobbying firepower and refuses to demand outcomes. State regulators tend not to focus on the for-profit sector. Accrediting agencies are funded through fees from the schools they are supposed to monitor.

Fortunately, enrollment at for-profit colleges is dropping

as the job market improves and word is getting around that many of the schools are scams. But college debt in the United States stands at $1.2 trillion and a disproportionate share of that is held by students unfortunate enough to have found their way to the for-profit sector.

These unscrupulous operators prospered during hard times by preying upon people with limited options, and Congress and the administration let it happen. Now the bill appears to be coming due. But it’s U.S. taxpayers who will be stuck with it.

About the writer: Barbara Shelly is a columnist for the Kansas City Star. Readers may write to her at: Kansas City Star, 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. 64108-1413, or by email at bshelly@kcstar.com.

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Rains spread havoc in Houston HOUSTON (TNS) — The Tuckers thought they were prepared.

The couple knew they lived in a flood-prone area: the Meyerland neighborhood, near Brays Bayou.

That’s why, when they built their two-story brick home 27 years ago, they elevated it three feet, higher than the 100-year flood plain, and invested in a generator which they placed even higher in the back yard.

It didn’t flood during tropical storms or even Hurricane Ike in 2008.

“We always thought, boy, were we smart to build the house up,” said Jeff Tucker, a 68-year-old corporate lawyer who’s

now retired.

But on Tuesday an overnight storm sent a foot of water gushing into their home. Family photos, Persian rugs, their new Lexus, even the generator — all left soaked.

More than 11 inches of rain transformed their neighborhood and others in Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city, into a disaster zone and those caught off-guard sheltered where they could overnight: in offices, the Galleria mall, an ice rink and even the Toyota Center, where about 1,000 Houston Rockets fans got stuck after a game. Highways were blocked. Public transportation shut

down. Schools closed.

At least four people in the Houston area were killed, hundreds of cars flooded and at least 4,000 homes damaged overnight. One elderly couple was still missing late Tuesday after the fire rescue boat saving them capsized in Braes Bayou. The devastation in the Bayou City raised the death toll from weekend storms to 9 in Texas and 6 in Oklahoma.

Along the Blanco River in central Texas, the storms killed at least two, left 13 missing, 70 homes destroyed and about 1,400 damaged, according to Hays County Commissioner Will Conley.

John Meadows looks through his belongings in his home on Roundup Drive in Wimberley, Texas, that was destroyed in the flood on Tuesday. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/TNS

City: Firework sales earlier Continued from A1

dors to be open two weekends prior to July 4 this year.

The June 27 opening date puts Iola in line with Allen County and state laws, which permit fireworks sales one week prior to Independence Day. Sales will again be legal on July 5.

THE CITY will replace most of the distinctive crosswalk signs to better alert motorists to potential pedestrians crossing the street.

The signs have been erected each summer since 2012, but have also been battered by passing vehicles.

While the signs are flexible and designed to withstand some vehicle strikes, the constant battering has rendered many unusable.

Council members agreed to replace 10 of the original 14; one along Miller Road at the Prairie Spirit Trail crossing; three around Lincoln Elementary School; one near the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, one at State Street’s entrance to Riverside Park, and one along each side of the courthouse square. The lower number is because the square used to have two such signs at each pedestrian crossing area.

The cost to replace the signs — $274 apiece — comes to $2,740.

Councilman Aaron Franklin voted against the replacement, acknowledging afterward he didn’t realize that some of the signs would be kept around the square. Had he known some would have been kept, he would have voted for the motion.

COUNCIL members also: — Approved purchase of a mini excavator from from Victor L. Phillips Co., Joplin, for $41,900, the lower of

two bids.

The Hyundai Mini X is smaller than a typical excavator and allows city employees to work in tight spaces.

While it will be used most frequently within the city’s gas, water and wastewater department, it could be utilized by other departments when needed.

— Authorized the city to hire Mid-States Energy Works, Salina, to provide on-call electric engineering services.

The firm will be contacted when electric engineering support is needed for such projects as the upcoming Gates Corporation expansion. Payment will be determined either on a time-and-material aid or a quoted price set forth by a work order.

— Accepted a bid from Vance Brothers, Kansas City, Mo., to provide oil for the city’s chip-seal contract. The Vance Brothers bid of $1.99 per gallon was the lower of two received and is 29 cents per gallon less than what the city paid in 2014.

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Council members also gave the go-ahead for chip-seal projects in the northwest quadrant of the city. Total cost is expected to be about $240,000.

— Gave the go-ahead for Jefferis to begin the process of selecting an engineering firm to help oversee a Safe Routes to School project.

The city recently received a $15,000 grant to begin a Safe Routes to School plan that will then be used to apply for a larger grant. Having the engineering firm on hand would greatly enhance the city’s ability to secure a larger grant, Jefferis said.

— Agreed the city should bring in a grant administrator to assist the city as it looks at applying for Community Development Block Grant funds.

Jefferis briefed Council members on potential grants for housing rehabilitation, water and sewer upgrades, community facilities, economic development and commercial rehabilitation.

An Indian commuter uses the train’s hose pipe to cool down on Sunday at the railway station in Allahabad, India. Most of northern India has been reeling under a heat wave with temperatures soaring to over 113 degrees. Prabhat Kumar Verma/ Zuma Press/TNS

Deaths mount in India’s heat wave

By Shashank Bengali Los Angeles Times

MUMBAI, India (TNS) — A relentless heat wave has claimed more than 1,000 lives in southern India in recent weeks, officials said Tuesday, warning that the scorching temperatures would continue for several more days.

Temperatures of at least 113 degrees were also recorded in the northern capital, New Delhi, prompting meteorological officials to issue red alerts for dehydration and heat stroke in three states.

In the southern coastal state of Andhra Pradesh, which saw some of the hottest conditions in the country, 852 people have died in recent weeks, the Press

Trust of India reported. More than 200 have also died in neighboring Telangana state, officials said.

In New Delhi, the scorching sun melted asphalt on a major road, causing a whitestriped crosswalk to pool into black. State health officials and news channels urged people to remain indoors, drink water and avoid protein-heavy meals and alcohol.

May is typically one of the hottest months of the year in India, but the India Meteorological Department said this was the severest stretch recorded in a decade. Officials said a respite was likely to come by the end of the week, followed by the anticipated arrival of the annual monsoon rains, which break the

feverish temperatures.

“The intensity of the heat wave will start decreasing from May 28 onward,” B.P. Yadav, director of the department, told the India Today news channel.

The Indian Ocean monsoon is expected to hit land in the southern state of Kerala on May 30, although it will take weeks before it reaches the northern half of the country, where intense heat and dry winds have caused severe dehydration.

In Andhra Pradesh, the state government announced it would pay the equivalent of $1,600 to families of the victims, deputy chief minister N. Chinna Rajappa said. The state also put doctors on alert to treat heat-affected residents.

Westar to buy wind power from new plant TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Westar Energy says it plans to buy energy from a new wind farm to be built in Pratt County.

The utility company announced Tuesday that it will buy the energy from a 200-megawatt farm built for it by

an affiliate of NextEra Energy Resources.

The Ninnescah wind farm is expected to be built late this year or early next year and be operational by late 2016.

The company said in a news release that the new wind energy

purchase will increase Westar’s renewable energy commitment to nearly 1,300 megawatts.

The project is expected to create about $300 million in capital investment and about 200 temporary construction jobs.

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Area athletes make it to state track meet WICHITA — Track season will end in grand fashion on Friday and Saturday at the Kansas State Track Meet, hosted at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium. The meet will hold all six classes of schools, making it one of the largest track meets in the country.

Below is the official schedule for area athletes: Iola Girls 100 HH (Driskel)— 2:10 p.m. Friday p.m./9:30 a.m. Saturday Boys 4x800 11:40 a.m. Saturday Humboldt Girls High Jump (Works) — 8 a.m. Friday Boys 3200m (Kline) — 8:50 a.m. Friday Boys Triple Jump (Isaac) — 9:45 a.m.

Friday Boys 4x100 (Humboldt) — 10:05 a.m.

Friday/3:20 p.m. Saturday Boys 300IH (Meins/Doolittle) — 11:35 a.m. Friday/4:45 p.m. Saturday Boys 200m (Isaac) — 12:25 p.m. Friday/6:10 p.m. Saturday

Boys 400m (Bartlett) — 10:45 a.m. Friday/4:05 p.m. Saturday Boys 4x400 (Humboldt) — 1:15 p.m.

Friday/7 p.m. Saturday Girls 4x800 (Humboldt) — 10:30 a.m.

Saturday Boys High Jump (Meins/Gillespie) — 11:30 a.m. Saturday Boys 4x800 (Humboldt) — 11:40 a.m.

Saturday Boys Long Jump (Isaac) — 1:15 p.m.

Saturday Boys 1600m (Kline) — 2:05 p.m. Friday Boys 800m (Keazer) — 5:30 p.m. Saturday Yates Center Girls Discus (Jones) — 8 a.m. Friday Boys 3200 (Holloway) — 8:25 a.m. Friday Boys 110 HH (Hamm) — 9:20 a.m. Friday/10 a.m. Saturday Girls Shot Put (Jones) — 11:30 a.m.

Friday Boys High Jump (Hamm) — 11:30 a.m.

Friday Boys 300 IH (Hamm) — 11:35 a.m.

Friday Boys 200m (Cooper) — 12:25 p.m. Friday Boys 4x800 (Yates Center) — 11:40 a.m. Saturday Boys Triple Jump (Holloway) — 1:15

p.m. Saturday Boys 800m (Bruner) — 5:30 p.m. Saturday Marmaton Valley Boys High Jump (Newman) — 8 a.m.

Friday Girls 4x800 (Marmaton Valley) — 10:30 a.m. Saturday Southern Coffey County Boys Shot Put (Harred) — 8 a.m. Friday Boys High Jump (Witteman) — 8 a.m.

Friday Girls 4x100 (Southern Coffey Co.) — 9:45 a.m. Friday/3 p.m. Saturday Girls 400m (Ratzlaff ) — 10:25 a.m. Friday/3:45 p.m. Saturday Boys Triple Jump (Ludolph) — 11:30 a.m. Friday Boys Discus (Harred) — 1:15 p.m. Friday Boys Long Jump (Pankey) — 8 a.m.

Saturday Boys Javelin (Harred) — 3 p.m. Saturday Crest Boys 100m (Rodriguez) — 9 a.m. Saturday/1:05 p.m. Saturday Boys Javelin (Godderz) — 3 p.m. Saturday

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Humboldt’s Sellman finishes eighth at state golf tourney

Humboldt’s Robbie Sellman finished in eighth place at the Class 3A State Golf Tournament on Tuesday. It was the first time Sellman medaled at the tournament — he made it all four years of his high school career. PHOTO COURTESY OF MEGAN HUDLIN

HESSTON — Humboldt High’s Robbie Sellman finished eighth overall and shot a 78 at the Class 3A Golf State Tournament on Tuesday.

This was Sellman’s fourth time at the tournament, but the first time he medaled. It was his goal to medal at the state tournament this season.

Sellman started the day on a sour note, going six over par through the first five holes. He finished the front nine seven over par. But he got into a rhythm going into the back nine holes, shooting an even 36. He made three birdies.

The tournament had 102 golfers total, so his eighth place finish is more than impressive.

“I was really glad I was able to bounce back on the back nine and go out on a

good note,” Sellman said.

“This was definitely the highlight of my season and probably my four years golfing at Humboldt.”

Overall, Sellman finished the season with three individual wins, a second place finish at regionals and this eighth place finish at state to cap his high school career.

“I was so impressed with how Robbie hung in there and fought back today,” coach Scott Brady said. “He had a goal and he wasn’t going to fall short.”

Sellman was in a pairing of four that also included Central Height’s Matt Percy, the son of Iola baseball coach Mark Percy. Matt finished in sixth place with a 76.

Sellman heads to Allen Community College next season where he will play golf.

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Qualifications: The Targeted Case Management position requires: 1. Bachelor’s degree in a human services; or 2. combination of work experience in the human services field with one year of experience substituting for one year of education; 3. the ability to communicate through verbal and written mediums; 4. the ability to observe, ask questions, listen actively, and give and accept feedback effectively; 5. a high energy level, adaptability, assertiveness, patience and ability to work in a team environment; 6. knowledge of computers, specifically Excel and Word applications; 7. ability to work autonomously; 8. flexibility in assigned working hours; 9. time management and follow-up skills with ability to plan, organize and prioritize a large workload; and handle several tasks simultaneously; and 10. operation of a motor vehicle is required which includes proof of a valid drivers license, an ability to maintain automobile liability insurance as required by state law in Kansas and/or Missouri and an ability to qualify as a driver under CLO insurance guidelines.

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Pot bill hits road block in state Senate TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bill that would ease marijuana laws in Kansas has stalled in the state Senate and will likely not be considered further this year after its unexpected approval by the House.

The bill would decrease penalties for marijuana possession, order a state study of industrial hemp and allow limited production and sale of hemp oil to treat seizures. It represents the most serious push to liberalize Kansas’ marijuana policies in decades, but Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce said that it has “a lot of moving parts� and the chamber likely would not be able to approve it without careful consideration.

THE Legislature is already in overtime on its 90-day session — today will be its 97th day.

With a looming budget deficit of about $406 million in the fiscal year beginning July 1, all attention has been put toward work on budget and tax proposals to close the gap, said Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican.

Republican Rep. John Rubin from Shawnee, one of the authors of the bill, said it was “dead on arrival� in the Senate.

The fact that it has hit a roadblock is “so frustrating, it’s heartbreaking,� said Democratic Rep. John Wilson

from Lawrence. Wilson has pursued the legalization of hemp oil since 2014 after speaking with constituents who moved to neighboring Colorado to obtain such treatments for their son, who suffers from a seizure disorder.

Fourteen states have legalized some medical use of hemp oil, as the Kansas bill would do.

To get traction for his proposal in the GOPdominated House, Wilson lobbied hard and swayed many Republican lawmakers behind the scenes due to his willingness to narrow the scope of the bill and incorporate their concerns, said Republican Rep. Dan Hawkins from Wichita. The bill gained the bulk of the House’s 97 Republican votes to be sent to the Senate.

If the bill is taken up next session, it will face fresh skepticism in Senate Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee, to which it has been referred.

Republican Sen. Greg Smith from Overland Park, who chairs the panel, said he is interested in splitting the broad measure into separate bills dealing with its criminal, agricultural and medical changes. “I have some serious issues with, ‘Let’s legalize something just because everyone wants to do it,’ without having the research to back that up,� Smith said.

Kansas Senate to debate raising taxes to fix budget TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Senate is preparing to debate a plan for closing a projected state budget shortfall by raising sales, tobacco and gasoline taxes and suspending an income tax break for business owners.

The bill on senators’ agenda today would raise $496 million during the fiscal year beginning July 1.

It would increase the sales tax to 6.5 percent from 6.15 percent but

drop the rate on food to 6 percent.

The cigarette tax would increase by 50 cents a pack to $1.29. The gasoline tax would rise by 5 cents a gallon to 29 cents.

The bill suspends for two years a 2012 policy exempting the profits of more than 330,000 business owners and farmers from taxes. They would get a less lucrative income tax credit against their payrolls instead.

Senate OKs Veterans Affairs bill The U.S. Senate has approved bipartisan legislation to clarify the circumstances when veterans are allowed to get medical care from their hometown providers at the expense of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Access to local, non-VA health care is part of the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act, which became law last year. It’s meant to assist veterans who live far from VA facilities or can’t get an appointment within 30 days.

The bill, authored by Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, specifies that living within 40 miles of the nearest VA health care facility does not disqualify the veteran unless the nearby VA clinic or hospital actually offers

the needed services.

Speaking Friday on the Senate floor, Moran said the legislation was necessary because of the way the VA had interpreted the Choice Act. “Unfortunately, the Department of Veterans Affairs has interpreted it in a way that eliminates the opportunity for a veteran who happens to live within 40 miles of a facility, even though that facility doesn’t provide the service the veterans needs, from accessing that care,�

Moran said.

VA Secretary Robert McDonald said recently that his hands were tied because of the original language of the Choice Act. Moran insisted on Friday that McDonald has more flexibility than he’s acknowledging.

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Moran said. “There is no reason why this can’t be done.�

Moran said he hopes the House will promptly pass the bill and send it on to President Obama for his signature. If not, Moran has a commitment from Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican, to include the same language in every bill related to veterans affairs that goes to the White House.

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Congratulations Yates Center Softball!

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FIFA officials arrested in Zurich; World Cup votes probed

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer

ZURICH (AP) — Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA’s awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested Wednesday pending extradition to the U.S. in a separate probe of “rampant, systemic, and deeprooted” corruption.

FIFA, meanwhile, said Friday’s presidential election would go ahead as planned with Sepp Blatter going for a fifth term.

Blatter was not named in either investigation.

FIFA also ruled out a revote of the World Cups won by Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.

The Swiss prosecutors’ office said in a statement they seized “electronic data and documents” at FIFA’s headquarters on Wednesday as part of their probe. And Swiss police said they will question 10 FIFA executive committee members who took part in the World Cup votes in December 2010.

The Swiss investigation against “persons unknown on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and of money laundering” again throws into the doubt the integrity of the voting.

“FIFA is fully cooperating with the investigation and is supporting the collection of evidence in this regard,” FIFA said in a statement.

The Swiss announcement came only hours after 14 people were indicted in the U.S. for corruption.

Seven of them were arrested and detained by Swiss police at the request of U.S. authorities after a raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich.

The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that two current FIFA vice presidents were among those arrested and indicted, Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands and Eugenio Figueredo of Uruguay. The others are Eduardo Li of Costa Rica, Julio Rocha of Nicaragua, Costas Takkas of Britain, Rafael Esquivel of Venezuela and Jose Maria Marin of Brazil.

All seven are connected with the regional confederations of North and South America and face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

“The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States,” Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said in the statement. “It spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as

alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.”

Nine of the 14 that were indicted by the Justice Department are soccer officials, while four are sports marketing executives and another works in broadcasting. Jack Warner, a former FIFA vice president from Trinidad and Tobago, was among those indicted.

The Swiss prosecu-

Dozens of soccer officials are in Switzerland for the FIFA congress and presidential election, where Blatter is widely expected to win re-election at the helm of the governing body of world soccer.

Blatter had been scheduled to attend a meeting of the Confederation of African Football in a different downtown Zurich hotel, but he canceled his appearance.

Blatter’s only opponent

The U.S. case involves bribes “totaling more than $100 million” linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for soccer tournaments in the United States and Latin America.

tors’ office said the U.S. probe was separate from its investigation but that authorities were working together.

The U.S. case involves bribes “totaling more than $100 million” linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for soccer tournaments in the United States and Latin America, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice said. The Justice Department said the corruption is linked to World Cup qualifying matches and the Copa America — South America’s continental championship.

in Friday’s presidential election, Prince Ali bin alHussein of Jordan, said it was “a sad day for football,” but declined to comment further.

The arrests were made at the lakeside Baur au Lac Hotel in downtown Zurich, long favored as a place for senior FIFA officials to stay. It was the stage for intense lobbying for votes ahead of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting decisions in December 2010.

In Florida, a small group of agents from the FBI and IRS executed

search warrants at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach.

Neither agency offered comment on the investigation.

The North American regional body, known as CONCACAF, reported itself to U.S. tax authorities in 2012. Then based in New York, the organization had not paid taxes over several years when its president was Warner and secretary general was Chuck Blazer of the United States.

Warner left soccer in 2011 to avoid FIFA sanctions in a bribery scandal during that year’s presidential election. Blazer left in 2013 and has pleaded guilty to charges, the Justice Department said in Wednesday’s statement.

Warner’s successor as CONCACAF leader and FIFA vice president is Webb, who was staying at the Baur au Lac this week.

The Swiss Federal Office of Justice said in its statement that U.S. authorities suspect the arrested officials of having received or paid bribes totaling millions of dollars and that the crimes were agreed to and prepared in the U.S., and payments carried out via U.S. banks.

“The bribery suspects — representatives of sports media and sports promotion firms — are

alleged to have been involved in schemes to make payments to the soccer functionaries (FIFA delegates) and other functionaries of FIFA sub-organizations - totaling more than USD 100 million,” the FOJ statement said.

A statement in German added that the probe involved tournaments in the United States.

International media gathered at the street entrance of the Baur au Lac in scenes reminiscent of the World Cup votes won

by Russia and Qatar more than four years ago.

Then, former President Bill Clinton was inside meeting FIFA voters who later rejected the American bid in favor of Qatar, and Britain’s Prince William was part of the losing English bid team.

Suspicions of votebuying and wrongdoing in those bidding contests have dogged FIFA ever since.

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Public notices (First published in The Iola Register, May 27, 2015) PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE SPECIAL ROUND APPLICATION CITY OF YATES CENTER The City of Yates Center, KS will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 1, 2015, at 8:00 a.m., located at City Hall, 117 E. Rutledge, for the purpose of considering an application to be submitted to the Kansas Department of Commerce for Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Special Round funds. The specific project application to be discussed includes: City Park Improvements

— bordered on the North by W. Park St., East by S. Prairie St., South by W. Chellis St. and West

by S. Lincoln St. • Approximately 680 linear feet of sidewalk improvements • Approximately 260 linear feet of fencing improvements • ADA parking improvements — 3 ADA spaces South Owl Lake Park Improvements — West side of Hwy 75 and South of Hwy 54 along Llama Road. (On Hwy 75, exit west at Reservoir Road, then south on Llama Rd to Park) • Installation of public restroom located west of the exist-

ing RV parking.

• Parking lot improvements to existing parking lot — 2 ADA spaces • Approximately 280 linear feet of sidewalk improvements • Approximately 300 linear feet of fencing improvements Yates Center Baseball field — Southwest Quadrant of the intersection of S. Turner St. and W. Wilson St. • Installation of 4 ADA parking spaces • Installation of 3 ADA viewing pads • Approximately 670 linear feet of sidewalk improvements

The estimated total project cost is approximately $385,000.00 with a grant request for $350,000.00 of the project cost. Other project proposals introduced at the hearing will be considered. Oral and written comments will be recorded and become part of Yates Center’s CDBG Citizen Participation Plan.

Reasonable accommodations will be made available to persons with disabilities. Requests should be submitted to Becky Boice, City Clerk, 620-6252118, by May 29, 2015.

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(First published in the Iola Register May 20, 2015) REQUEST FOR BIDS Allen County and the City of Iola are requesting that towing service providers submit bids to provide towing services for all vehicles which are impounded upon order of law enforcement officials. This bid will not cover

towing services for unimpounded vehicles as such vehicles will be towed in accord with existing dispatch rotation policy. The qualified provider submitting the lowest prices for towing, mileage and per day storage fees will be awarded this contract.

All bids must be submitted

on or before Wednesday June 10th , 2015 at 4:30 p.m. to Sherrie L. Riebel, Allen County Clerk, Allen County Courthouse, 1 N. Washington, Iola, KS 66749. Bids will be opened and reviewed by the County and City Administrators at their discretion within 15 days thereafter. Acceptance of bids will be made by the County

and City within 30 days after opening. The County and City reserve the right to reject any and all bids. For further information and a copy of the agreement to be signed by the prevailing bidder, contact Alan D. Weber, Allen County Counselor at 620 365-1420 (5) 20, 27

(First published in The Iola Register on May 27, 2015) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DIVISION STATE OF KANSAS, ex rel.

KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v.

THREE VARIOUS GAMING MACHINES; $2,412.76 IN U.S. CURRENCY, more or less; CERTAIN COMMERCIAL GAMBLING DOCUMENTS, RECORDS, AND SUPPLIES, Defendants.

Case No. 15 CV 26 NOTICE OF PENDING FORFEITURE Pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4109 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above-captioned property has been seized and is pending forfeiture to the state of Kansas pursuant to the Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act (KSASFA), K.S.A. 60-4101 et seq. If you have not previously received a Notice of Seizure for Forfeiture,

this is notice pursuant to the Act. The property was seized pursuant to a criminal seizure warrant by the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission on or about February 5, 2015, at Ray’s Mini Mart, 205 S. State Street, Iola, Allen County, Kansas. The property has been held as criminal evidence, and effective with the filing of this Notice the property is seized for and subject to this civil forfeiture action. The following list better describes the captioned property: a) One Foxy Ruby-Themed Gaming Machine, S/N: AA1553567; b) One Western VentureThemed Gaming Machine, S/N: None; c) One Quarter Pushing Gaming Machine, S/N: None; d) Miscellaneous documents, records and gambling supplies.

The seized property’s value is estimated at $2,412.76. The gaming machines are contraband and have no legal value. The conduct giving rise to forfeiture: the property is the proceeds of and/or was used or intended to be used to fa-

cilitate violation(s) of illegal commercial gambling, all act(s) giving rise to the property’s forfeiture to the State of Kansas.

Should you believe you have a true ownership interest in the seized property, you may do either of the following: (1) File a verified claim with the Court, sending copies to the Plaintiff’s Attorney and the Seizing Agency; or (2) Do nothing.

You may also wish to consult with an attorney before deciding what is best for you. However, if no valid claim is timely filed within thirty (30) days of your service of this Notice, your interest in the seized property, if any, will be forfeited. Any claim shall comply with the strict requirements of true ownership documentation, as set out in K.S.A. 60-4111.

You should be aware that it is a crime to falsely allege an ownership interest in property or to provide other false information in a claim. Further, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4116, any claimant who fails to establish that a substantial portion of the claimant’s interest

is exempt from forfeiture may be responsible to pay the reasonable costs, expenses and attorney fees of other claimants and the State.

This Notice seeks claims to the seized property only. Should a valid claim(s) be timely filed, as may be determined by the Court upon motion of the State, the State will respond with a judicial petition for forfeiture, and this matter will proceed to litigation and trial.

The law enforcement agency’s copy of your claim should be mailed to: Judith Taylor, KRGC, 700 SW Harrison, Ste. 500, Topeka, Kansas 66603.

The original claim for the Court should be mailed to: Clerk of the Allen County District Court, 1 N. Washington, Rm. B, Iola, Kansas 66749.

Colin D. Wood, #19800 Plaintiff’s Attorney 702 South Osage Caldwell, Kansas 67022 620-845-4365 cwood@kanokla.net (5) 27

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Royals on first 3-game losing streak this year

By HOWIE RUMBERG AP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Royals haven’t been in this kind of slump in more than a year.

The Yankees put up two more first-inning runs in this series — Mark Teixeira’s two-run homer — and the Royals couldn’t recover, losing their third straight for the first time since last August, 5-1 to New York on Tuesday night.

“I was hoping to go a little bit longer,” manager Ned Yost said. “You don’t want to go to four, so we’re going to have to find a way to win the baseball game tomorrow.”

The Royals fell behind 8-0 in the first inning of a 14-1 loss to New York on Monday. Jason Vargas (3-

2) gave up Teixeira’s drive in the first, but otherwise looked sharp in his first outing since May 5.

Vargas was activated off the disabled list to make the start, taking the spot of Danny Duffy, who went on the DL on Monday with biceps tendinitis. Vargas was on a 75-pitch limit and Yost stuck to it, pulling the left-hander after four innings, one pitch over the set ceiling. He struck out six and gave up four hits.

“Teixeira’s was definitely a mistake. It was right over the middle of the plate. Other than that, I felt good out there,” said Vargas, who was out with a flexor muscle strain. “I didn't have any lingering effects of what was hampering me before.”

Vargas has not beaten the Yankees in eight starts and nine appear-

ances, dropping to 0-5.

The Royals mustered a season-low four hits in the loss.

Adam Warren (3-3) was perfect until Mike Moustakas beat out a hit to second baseman Stephen Drew on the outfield grass in right-center with one out in the fourth. The only other hit he allowed was Paulo Orlando’s first major league homer in the sixth.

“The first one, you never forget it,” Orlando said. "And it’s a good way (coming) in Yankee Stadium.”

Lifted after 6 1-3 innings, Warren struck out five without walking a batter in the best of his 12 big league starts. He’s pitched at least 6 1-3 innings in each of his last three starts.

“I feel like I’m getting more comfortable in this

Cavaliers clinch spot in finals CLEVELAND (AP) — Escorted by family members and friends, LeBron James walked out of Quicken Loans Arena cradling his sleepy youngest son with his left arm while clutching an expensive bottle of champagne in his right hand.

It was time for one James to go to bed, the other to have a late-night drink and get some muchneeded rest.

The NBA Finals lie ahead.

Taking his magnificent game to a higher level, James sent the Cavaliers into the finals for the second time in franchise history on Tuesday

night with a 118-88 romp over the Atlanta Hawks, who couldn’t stop the four-time league MVP and were swept in four straight.

Driven by the chance to end the city’s half-century-old championship drought, James was brilliant from start to finish.

He averaged 30.3 points, 11 rebounds and 9.3 assists, the first player in postseason history to put up that statistical line.

He’s never been better in the playoffs.

The Cavs don’t have a finals opponent yet as Golden State and Houston still have to settle things out West. But in the East,

one team stands above all the others — the one with James, who will appear in his fifth consecutive finals after going four times in a row with Miami.

He came back to Ohio to win a title for his home region, where second place has been as good as it gets since the Browns ruled the NFL in 1964. There has been heartbreak in the years since as the Indians lost two World Series, the Browns were denied in three AFC championship games by Denver’s John Elway and the Cavs were swept by San Antonio in 2007.

With four wins, James can change that.

role,” Warren said. “I feel like I’m starting to get on a roll a bit, and I’m starting to get more confidence out there and I feel like I can get deeper in games.”

Teixeira doubled in two more runs in the fifth against Joe Blanton. The switch-hitter has more homers (14) than singles this year (13).

He advanced to third on the double when center fielder Lorenzo Cain bobbled the ball for an error and scored on Chase Headley’s sacrifice fly, caught by Gold Glover Alex Gordon with a tumbling catch on the sinking liner.

Cain made a leaping catch in front of the wall for the third out of the inning, and Teixeira stood in the dugout with his hand on his head and mouth agape, stunned.

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