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Boeken admits role in Iolan’s murder By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Iolan Amber Boeken pleaded guilty Monday to her role in the March 13, 2016, murder of Iolan Shawn Cook, and in so doing, provided the first public accounting of the circumstances surrounding Cook’s death. Boeken, 25, originally charged with first-degree murder, pleaded guilty to an
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other co-defendants charged in the killing. District Judge Daniel Creitz scheduled sentencing for April 10.
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amended complaint of second-murder. In so doing, Boeken has agreed to testify against three
AS PART OF her plea, Boeken had her attorney, Mary Stephenson, Paola, read an accounting of what happened to Cook before and after he was killed. “On March 13, 2016, Ms. Boeken was with another in-
dividual, Josh Knapp,” Stephenson said. “There had been an argument going on between Josh Knapp and Shawn Cook.” Neither Boeken nor Stephenson indicated what the men were arguing about. “At some point, Mr. Knapp came to Ms. Boeken’s residence,” Stephenson continued. “Mr. Cook got into a vehicle with Mr. Knapp. Ms. Boeken also went along.”
The group went to an undisclosed location in Allen County, Stephenson said, where another argument ensued between Knapp and Cook. “He was stabbed at that point,” Stephenson said. Boeken’s statement did not indicate who stabbed Cook. Cook died as a result of the stabbing. His body was placed
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Iola Council OKs land purchase By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Iola is the new owner of 80 acres of land near Russell Stover Candies. City Council members voted, 5-1, Monday to pay $400,000 Sid Fleming for the land that had been owned by Iola Industries. The acquisition serves two purposes: First, it gives the city property on hand if such is ever needed for future economic development, City Administrator Sid Fleming said. Second, it gives Iola Industries funds to invest in other projects, noted John McRae, former Iola mayor and Iola Industries member. “This allows us to continue working toward our mission,” McRae said after Monday’s meeting. The land lies just west of the intersection of Marshmallow Lane and Miller Road. The city will continue to lease the land for agricultural use, as Iola Industries had done to Doug Strickler, who farms the land. Neither Fleming nor McRae were willing to be more specific on what the transaction might herald. Fleming noted water, electric and gas utilities already are available for the property if needs warrant, although the electric service for the land is provided by Heartland Rural Electric CoSee CITY | Page A3
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The crowd was in a frenzy at Monday’s Humboldt vs. Southeast (Cherokee) game in the first round of the Kansas Class 3A girls substate tournament. To find out what all the fuss was about, check out Page B1. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA
257 approves random drug testing By RICK DANLEY The Iola Register
After extended discussion of the matter at a previous meeting, the USD 257 board of education voted on Monday to institute a random drug testing policy at Iola High School. Any student hoping to participate in school activities — ath-
letics, dances, special events — is required to register for the program and obtain the written consent of Scott Crenshaw a parent or guardian. “The main purpose [of this program],”
Commerce secretary takes oath WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has a Commerce secretary. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office to Wil- Wilbur Ross bur Ross today, a day after the Senate voted 7227 to confirm him. Ross will help promote American business interests in the U.S. and abroad. He’ll also oversee agencies that manage fisheries, weather forecasting and the Census Bureau, which will conduct the next national headcount in 2020. Ross has said the administration will work quickly to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.
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said Assistant Principal Scott Crenshaw, “is not meant to be punitive by any means — it doesn’t lead to any sort of academic punishment at all. ... The idea here is prevention.” A first positive test result would lead to a two-week suspenSee 257 | Page A3
Wednesday morning dawns the first of the Community Lenten Breakfasts. Coffee and fellowship begins at 6:30 a.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson, with breakfast being served at 7 a.m. Devotions follow at 7:30 p.m. The breakfasts will continue each Wednesday morning up until the second week of April. Easter is April 16. The public is welcome to participate in the breakfasts during the season of Lent. The Iola Ministerial Association coordinates the breakfasts. The schedule:
March 8 — St. John’s Parish Hall, 302 S. Jefferson March 15 — First Christian Church, 1608 Oregon Rd. March 22 — First Baptist Church, 801 N. Cottonwood March 29 — First Presbyterian Church, 302 E. Madison April 5 — Wesley United Methodist, 301 E. Madison
Scholarship gala in the works By SHELLIE SMITLEY The Iola Register
Attendees of Allen Community College’s Red Scholarship Gala March 25 will be treated to a memorable night of dining, music and mingling with former Kansas City Chief players. “This is something we have never had in our community,” Aimee Thompson, director of development, said of the opportunity for guests to meet and have their pictures taken with the professional athletes. Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m. Rookies Sports Bar and Grill is catering the meal and Mike Jewell will provide the dance music. The evening’s events include live and silent auctions. Advance tickets are $25. Tickets purchased after March 13 are $30. Tickets can be purchased by calling
Thompson at 620-365-5116 ext. 218 or by email at thompson@ allencc.edu. “We encourage people to come in their favorite red or to get creative with the color red but typically the evening is business casual,” Thompson said of the expected attire. All proceeds from the gala go toward student scholarships.
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Moran benefit dinner Saturday MORAN — The annual Soup Supper sponsored by Marmaton Lodge No. 245 will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Moran Senior Center. The menu consists of vegetable soup and chili, dessert and drink. The lodge is accepting free-will donations. Raffle tickets will be sold for $1 each or six tickets for $5. Prizes include a $175 meat bundle and $100 in cash. The proceeds from the supper help the
lodge members donate to area residents throughout the year, including sending area children to band camp, awarding of scholarships, and aiding area families in need. “Most of the time we basically hold other fund raisers but it helps us generate a little bit more,” Warren Johnson, Master of the lodge said. “We try to do as much as we can in the community.” The Senior Center is at 407 Cedar St.
Taco truck comes to the rescue SEATTLE (AP) — A taco truck that became stranded in a massive Seattle traffic jam came to the rescue of hungry drivers by opening up and serving lunch on the interstate. A tanker truck carrying propane rolled over
on Seattle’s Interstate 5 on Monday morning, shutting area roads for about eight hours amid concerns about a hazardous materials spill. That’s when the Tacos El Tajin truck decided to make lemonade out of lemons.
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Police reports Arrests reported Allen County sheriff ’s deputies arrested James R. Blevins, 32, Mapleton, Sunday for suspicion of transporting an open container of alcohol and operating a vehicle without a required ignition interlock device. Michael J. Thompson, 34, Ottawa, was arrested for allegedly driving while suspended and improper registration Saturday, deputies said. Deputies arrested Craigory S. Gibson, 27, Elsmore, Friday for allegedly violating the Offender Registration Act. Brent L. Cagle, 31, Bronson, was arrested by deputies Friday on a warrant alleging fleeing and eluding and driving while suspended charges. Iola police officers arrested Scott Smail, 28, Iola, for suspicion of trespassing at Walmart Thursday. Officers arrested
Jesse Blesher, 40, Iola, for alleged criminal trespass at Walmart Thursday. Deputies arrested Eric M. Schommer, 30, Iola, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia Thursday. Troopers with the Kansas Highway Patrol arrested Ryan A. Eyster, 18, Humboldt, Thursday in Allen County on a warrant out of Anderson County. Deputies arrested Slade A. Stowell, 27, Iola, for suspicion of possessing methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Troopers arrested Daniel W. Stephens, 40, Iola, Wednesday for allegedly driving while suspended and on a warrant out of Neosho County. Deputies arrested Emily A. Marconette, 26, Humboldt, on a warrant alleging she failed to appear in court on a
civil matter. Deputies arrested Victor M. Gonzalez, 27, Kansas City, Wednesday for suspicion of reckless driving, driving without a license and no insurance. Matthew G. Meek, 25, Iola, was arrested Wednesday by deputies for allegedly driving while intoxicated and driving while suspended. Deputies arrested Bennie L. Hill III Wednesday on a warrant alleging five counts of endangering a child. Vanetta L. Cummings, 26, Iola, was arrested by deputies Wednesday on a warrant alleging five counts of endangering a child. Deputies arrested Jessica L. Springston, 21, rural Iola, for allegedly driving without a license Feb. 21. Christopher A. Alexander, 25, Iola, was arrested Feb. 21 for bond revocation, deputies
said. Deputies arrested Wendy A. Waugh, 45, Batesville, Okla., on Feb. 21 for allegedly driving while suspended. Deputies arrested Bryan E. Eheart, 39, rural Iola, for suspicion of domestic battery and disorderly conduct Feb. 20.
Citations issued Lori Gregory, 35, Moran, and Alexandria Deweese, 37, Iola, were cited for suspicion of theft Thursday at Iola Walmart.
Damage reported Eddie Radford told Iola police officers Saturday somebody threw a brick through a door window to a motor home he owns in the 10 block of North Third Street. In a separate item, James R. Lewis, 72, Iola, reported damage to his building in the 500 block of East Monroe Street on Thursday.
Fallen SEAL’s father speaks out on Yemeni raid, investigations By VERA BERGENGRUEN Tribune News Service
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Jan. 29 raid that killed the Navy SEAL son of a former South Florida police officer is currently the subject of three Pentagon investigations. But it remains to be seen whether any of those probes will satisfy Bill Owens’ demand to know why the raid took place just nine days into the Trump administration. The Pentagon said on Monday that the military is conducting routine review into what led to the death of 36-year-old Sgt. William “Ryan” Owens, who was killed in a firefight with suspected terrorists in the first covert counterterrorism operation authorized by President Donald Trump. Another investigation is reviewing how a $70 million aircraft was damaged so badly that it had to be destroyed. And the Pentagon is also investigating reports that as many as 30 civilians were killed, including an 8-year-old girl, in the U.S. attack. “There are three separate efforts looking at three different things as a result of that opera-
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tion,” Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters on Monday. “They are all still in progress and we need to give those a chance to be completed and reviewed,” before any additional investigation will be launched. Retired Fort Lau-
derdale detective Bill Owens called for an investigation into the circumstances of the Yemen raid in an interview with the Miami Herald. “Why at this time did there have to be this stupid mission when it wasn’t even barely a week into (Trump’s) administration?” he asked. “For two years prior, there were no boots on the ground in Yemen — everything was missiles and drones — because there was not a target worth one American life.
Now, all of a sudden we had to make this grand display?” He refused to meet with Trump at Dover Air Force Base when his son’s body was returned to the United States. Davis said that it’s possible that the probe will evaluate the decision-making process behind the raid, but that he could not confirm that. “We’re very comfortable with how the mission was executed and we’ll let the Department of Defense go through that review process and then see where that leads us,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said on Monday. “I think to get ahead of the three separate reviews ... would be probably a little irresponsible at this time.” The first of the investigations, known as a 156, is being undertaken by U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East. Such investigations usually take a few months. U.S. Central Command is also conducting a civilian casualty credibility assessment. If it finds that the reports are credible, it will be followed by a more formal investigation. Earlier this month, it said in a statement that civilians “were likely killed” in the midst of the “ferocious firefight,” and that “casualties may include children.” Local media and medics in the region report-
ed 30 civilian casualties, including at least 10 women and children. The London-based human rights group Reprieve, which monitors civilian casualties of drone strikes, says it has evidence of 23 civilian casualties, including a newborn and 10 children. A different military unit is conducting an aviation mishap investigation. An MV-22 Osprey, which had been sent in to evacuate the wounded from the hourlong firefight that left Owens dead, crashlanded after losing power and injured two more service members. The damaged $70 million aircraft was later destroyed by a U.S. airstrike so it would not fall into the hands of the militants, according to the Pentagon. The Trump administration has repeatedly insisted that the raid was a success, citing that 14 al-Qaida mem-
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bers were killed and valuable intelligence seized. “I can tell him that on behalf of the president, his son died a hero and the information that he was able to help obtain through that raid, as I’ve said before, was going to save American lives,” Spicer said on Monday when asked about Owens’ criticism. The White House has slammed critics of the raid, saying that questioning the success of the operation dishonors Owens’ memory. “Don’t hide behind my son’s death to prevent an investigation,” the elder Owens told the Miami Herald. “The government owes my son an investigation.” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Sunday that she believes the president will support a deeper investigation, though there was no repeat of that pledge on Monday.
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sion from school activities. A second offense would force the student from practice or competition at any district event for 30 days, during which time attendance in a drug education/treatment program would be “strongly encouraged.� A third offense would trigger a 365-day ban from all district activities. Opinions were mixed regarding the efficacy and/or desirability of a hair sample test versus a urinalysis, with the board agreeing to refer to school administrators questions of implementation. The vote to adopt the policy proposed by Crenshaw was unanimous (member Darrel Catron was absent from Monday’s meeting). Again returning to a topic dilated upon last meeting, the board voted to approve a “virtual driver’s education� program facilitated by the Greenbush Learning Center. The upgrade — which arrives with no new costs to the district — provides fresh online study material for the in-class portion of the program and a certified driver’s education instructor for the in-car driving half, among a host of other improvements. High School counselor Melissa Stiffler walked the board
through the district’s career-planning software, Career Cruising (https://public.careercruising.com), which provides students with skills assessment tests, career advice, college data, plans of study and more. Thrive Allen County program director Damaris Kunkler pointed to three presidential busts — Jefferson, Lincoln and McKinley — which stared out at the board members from a table in the district conference room Monday evening. These busts, explained Kunkler, were gifts to the district’s three elementary schools from an anonymous donor. In celebration of the gifts, said Kunkler, Thrive is sponsoring a one-page essay contest at each of the schools. Winners will be awarded $50 and will have their essay framed and displayed alongside the respective busts. In other news, the board accepted the resignation of kindergarten teacher Jessy Coffield. And it approved the hiring of Doug Kerr as the high school’s assistant track coach, Amanda Strickler as ag/FFA instructor, Jason Bates as elementary PE teacher and Regena Lance as 7th and 8th grade computer apps instructor.
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Candidate: Election a referendum on GOP policies WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The nation’s first congressional election to fill the seat left vacant by CIA Director Mike Pompeo in Kansas will be both a referendum on the policies of the state’s Republican governor and those of President Donald Trump, Democratic candidate James Thompson said Monday. His comments came during his first news conference of a congressional race that is playing out amid a backlash against the ultra-conservative agenda championed by Gov. Sam Brownback. During last year’s elections two dozen of the governor’s allies lost legislative seats. Even some Republicans have concluded that the income tax cuts that Brownback is still touting nationally are responsible for the state’s persistent budget woes.
Thompson portrayed his Republican opponent, state Treasurer Ron Estes, as a supportive part of the Brownback Administration and its policies. “We have people in our state that are tired of Mr. Brownback’s policies and they don’t want to see another Brownback clone take his policies and nationalize them,� Thompson said. Estes’ campaign said in an emailed statement that if Thompson wants to run for governor, he could do that next year. “Ron Estes is a conservative problem solver and an independent thinker who has a proven record of working with members of both parties to protect Kansas taxpayers,� wrote campaign manager Rodger Woods. “This election is about who will represent the 4th District
Two die in crash SEVERY, Kan. (AP) — Two people have been killed in a fiery head-on crash on U.S. 400 in Kansas, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The crash happened about 6:20 a.m. Monday near the Greenwood County town of Severy. The victims were identified as 17-year-old Tanner McMullen, of
Fall River, and 38-yearold Bambi Haynie, of Herington. The car Haynie was driving crossed the center line and collided with McMullen’s pickup truck. The report says the truck caught fire and came to a stop in the westbound ditch. The car came to a stop in the eastbound ditch.
and our concerns about getting the economy growing, removing burdensome regulations and having free and fair trade opportunities for our manufacturing and agricultural products,� Woods said. The April 11 vote is the nation’s first special congressional election since Trump’s win, and Democrats are hoping to channel voter discontent with Brownback into an upset in the heavily Republican district. Trump won 60 percent of the votes cast in the 17-county congressional district. Republicans have represented the district that encompasses the state’s largest city of Wichita since Todd Ti-
ahrt unseated veteran Democratic Rep. Dan Glickman in 1994. Pompeo won the state’s 4th District seat in 2010, when Tiahrt gave it up to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Thompson called Monday’s news conference to publicly urge a crackdown on human trafficking — an issue he says is consistent with his campaign of fighting for families. Thompson, a civil rights lawyer, told reporters that social workers, teachers and others need to be given the tools to recognize the problem, and that prosecutors should “stop punishing the victims� and instead go after the johns and the pimps.
Credit agency says veto a ‘credit negative’ TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Moody, a ratings agency, is criticizing Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of tax legislation, saying it represents a “credit negative� to Kansas. The Topeka CapitalJournal reports Brownback vetoed a bill that would’ve raised personal income taxes and reinstated a third tax bracket Wednesday. Brownback called it a “punitive tax increase on working Kansans.�
The Legislature attempted to override the veto hours later. However, the veto fell short in the Senate. Moody’s senior analyst, Dan Seymour, says Kansas will keep struggling to balance its budget if it continues with a lower-tax policy. He says the state’s credit may be at risk in the future. The vetoed bill would’ve raised more than $590 million next fiscal year.
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operative, and not the city. City Councilman Aaron Franklin cast the lone dissenting vote, noting after the meeting land acquisition had
not been a part of the city’s capital improvements plan. “We have a lot of other needs� Franklin said. Two other council members, Bob Shaughnessy and Austin Sigg,
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for DEMOLITION & BACKFILLING PROJECT will be received by the City of Gas, Kansas, at the Office of the City Clerk on April 11, 2017 at 5:00 p.m., local time. Bids received after said time will be returned unopened. The bids will be opened and reviewed by the City Council and recommendation for award will be made at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The City Council Meeting will be held in the City Hall, 228 North Taylor Street, at 7:00 p.m., local time. Bids should be marked on the outside of the envelope, “BID FOR DEMOLITION & BACKFILLING PROJECT�. A pre-bid walk through inspection will be conducted on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. All interested parties are to meet at 228 N. Taylor St. in Gas and proceed to the site from there. Plans, specifications and other contract documents will be available at this time. Contact City Superintendent Steve Robb at 620-365-3034 with any questions. The character and amount of security to be furnished by each bidder are stated in the above mentioned contract documents. THE CITY OF GAS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE IRREGULARITIES THEREIN. THE CITY OF GAS, KANSAS BY: Rhonda Hill, City Clerk (First Published in The Iola Register February 28, 2017)
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were absent. THE CITY’S website, cityofiola.com, is getting an upgrade. Council members approved a website development contract with CivicPlus at a cost of $6,525 over each of the next four years to redevelop the website. Fleming described the website as a vital “economic development tool,� noting it often is the first thing a prospective resident or business owner checks when researching a community. The old website hasn’t been changed in several years, Fleming noted, and is not as user-friendly as newer sites.
A redesigned website also offers community members easier access to public documents and quick links to pay bills or register for recreation programs. Over the last three years, the city has budgeted $1,500 annually for website maintenance, but expenditures have exceeded those budget numbers, averaging $2,146 over that same time period. Aaron Franklin and Nancy Ford voted against the plan, which passed 4-2. Voting in favor were Don Becker, Beverly Franklin, Jon Wells and Sandy Zornes. Both Aaron Franklin and Ford said they
preferred any added expenditures be approved when the city sets its budget, not at mid-year. “I’m just not a fan of making a significant budgetary implement in the middle of our year,� Aaron Franklin said. “I agree the web page needs work. But is it a priority, a necessity, something we should jump on in the middle of the year?� Fleming said the added general fund obligation was made possible through insurance premiums this year, which came in about $13,000 under budget. “Moving forward, we can then budget this ex-
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pense subsequently in future years,� Fleming said. COUNCIL members scheduled condemnation hearings for properties at 26 N. Third St. and 310 N. Fourth St. Both properties have significant code violations and should be considered uninhabitable, Code Enforcement Officer Gregg Hutton said. Both properties have received numerous code violation citations in the past, Hutton noted. THE COUNCIL also:
— Learned the Iola Police Department received a AAA Platinum Safety Award, in recognition of the department’s community outreach programs, such as seat belt enforcement and working with schools on traffic safety. — Agreed once again to sanction the Iola Elks Fourth of July fireworks display. The sanction does not cost the city any money, but does allow the Elks to obtain proper licensing to store and shoot off the fireworks. — Approved a request from Val McLean, representing the Elm Creek Community Garden, to offer up to $1,500 in water for 2017. McLean espoused the garden’s benefits, from encouraging residents to eat healthy to aiding low-income residents with free plots. — Accepted a bid from D&R Lawn Care to mow the city-owned vacant lots, at a cost of $36 an hour. D&R’s bid, the lower of two, will be good for three years, subject to annual renewal.
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Horticultural programs planned for spring By KRISTA HARDING Southwind Extension
Spring will be here in just a few short weeks. I know many of you are eager to get out in the yard and do some work. Spring is the perfect time to learn and prepare for new plants in the home landscape. The Southwind Extension District has planned many horticulture programs for you, and I encourage you to take advantage of them. I know you will learn something new! When the city of Humboldt was hit hard last October with a storm, many trees were damaged, if not totally destroyed. As a homeowner, you may or may not know what to do after a damaging storm rolls in and wreaks havoc. Even if you haven’t experienced storm damage, you may have general questions concerning tree care and pruning. If so, make plans to attend a tree care and pruning
workshop set for March 7 at 6 p.m. at the Humboldt Public Library. Tim McDonnell, community forester with the Kansas Forest Service, will be the featured speaker. Mr. McDonnell brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and has helped numerous communities with their tree management. If you are a flower lover, you won’t want to miss hearing Rita Arnold of Arnold’s Green-
house discuss new and exciting annual flowers that you can expect to see this spring in garden centers. She will share an abundance of beautiful pictures that will surely get your gardening fever up! The Prairie Star flowers will also be highlighted. These flowers have been tested by K-State and proven to do well in the most adverse growing conditions that Kansas can throw at them. This program will
be held on Thursday, March 16 at 6 p.m. at the Chanute Public Library. Herbs are one of the easiest things to grow in the garden, but many times we just don’t know what to pair them with in the kitchen. If herbs interest you, there is an opportunity in each county in the Southwind Extension District to learn about growing herbs in your garden and to get tips on using herbs in the kitchen.
Participants will get to sample dishes prepared with herbs, receive dried herbs to take home and also make a small herb container with various seeded herbs! The fee for this program is $5 per person and reservations are due by March 22. The herb programs will be presented at 6 p.m. on these dates: March 27 – Courthouse Meeting Room, Iola March 30 – Central Park Pavilion, Chanute April 3 – Fairgrounds 4-H Building, Fort Scott Finally, if you are interested in growing, preparing and preserving your family’s food, the “Grow It – Prepare It” program is a must for you. This is a series of how-to planting and preserving classes. The classes will take place Thursday evenings beginning April 6. All programs will begin at 6 p.m. and will be held at the Yeager building at the Bourbon county fairgrounds in Fort Scott.
Learn about soil preparation, garden layout and planting dates at Gardening 101 on April 6. On April 13, it’s all about berries. Learn how to do-it-yourself and grow your own strawberries and blackberries. Don’t have room for a garden? Then come to the container gardening session on April 27. Whether you live in your own home, a rental or an apartment, you can garden! For the flower enthusiast, this session will also include a presentation on how to arrange annual flowers in ornate and unusual containers. In May, food preservation techniques will be taught. Registrations are required for the “Grow It – Prepare It” program two days ahead of each program. Krista Harding is a K-State Research and Extension Agricultural agent assigned to Southwind District. She may be reached at 620-2443826 or kharding@ksu. edu
Life skills it would be wise for every parent to teach With so much for our children to learn in today’s high-tech world, it’s all too easy for them to miss out on practical life skills. “Life skills are essential for your child to learn how to be independent and become self-sufficient,” said Lindsay Hutton, editor at FamilyEducation.com. “Appropriate life skills will also help your child feel empowered, help develop his self-esteem, and aid in socialization and reasoning skills.” Essential life skills once taught in school and at home have fallen off the radar. This has led to college students who are unable to do laundry, among other basic, yet essential, tasks. Now more than ever, it is important to really teach life skills at home. Here’s a checklist of what life skills chil-
Wheat: The Movie WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas filmmaker’s drone video of the Kansas wheat harvest will premiere next month at the New York City Drone Film Festival. Doug Armknecht’s video, “Beauty & Bounty,” show the 2016 harvest at his wife’s family’s farm in Osborne County. The Wichita Eagle reported Monday that his video is among 32 entries accepted to be shown March 17-19 at the drone film festival. A trailer of the movie shows a race against time as harvest gets underway complete with music, combines, gray skies, and thunder. Armknecht has been capturing farm life in Kansas for the past five years. He says the aerial shots give unique views of the farm and allow the scenery of Kansas to shine. A trailer of the movie shows a race against time as harvest gets underway complete with music, combines, gray skies, and thunder.
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Dakota pipeline moving ahead as progress dictates Avarice may cause injustices, but more often pragmatism is the tipping point that wins the day. That likely will be true of the Dakota Access pipeline being built to carry oil from the Bakken shale fields in northwest North Dakota to storage tanks at Patoka, Ill. A bit of history: Until the westward migration of European immigrants became overwhelming for the Great Plains, the Dakotas were home to many thousands of indigenous peoples. They lived in large measure off huge herds of buffalo, eating their meat, using hides for shelter and winter clothing and converting other body parts to everyday use. Except for occasional spates with neighbors, they were reasonably happy and contented. When the railroads began their march across the continent, a mission of Gen. George Custer was to protect crews surveying rail routes; history shows he was not a friend of Indians, nor they of him. When gold was discovered in the Black Hills in 1874, prospectors and speculators flooded the northern plains, long-time residents be damned. The intrusion led to contentiousness, and armed conflicts. Peace finally came, mostly after massacres decimated Indians — often helpless women, children and old men. Treaties were signed giving them land totaling millions of acres. Those set-asides changed quickly with government regulations that favored white settlers. Missionaries also came “to save the savages,” which often proved even more divisive. They had had religions for eons. One Indian said: “You go to church to hear about Jesus; we talk to Jesus.” Going forward, reservations shrank, and many of the people were moved to places foreign to their cultures. Today, reservations aren’t the concentration camps of the late 1800s and early 1900s, but the Lakotah Sioux and other tribes think they have been saddled with some of the same woes of their ancestors. Now, their foe is the Dakota Access pipeline. LAST YEAR, after protests on the Standing Rock Reservation reached a fever pitch, with locals joined by large numbers of supporters coming to help out, President Obama ordered
construction to stop and for the Corps of Engineers to reassess the pipeline’s route. Much of the 1,172-mile, $4 billion project has been completed. Even so, protesters claim sacred ground is being violated and pushing the huge pipe under the Mississippi River is tantamount to pollution. Pollution will occur if the line is ruptured — something neither side want. Stopping the flow of oil would lead to the loss of millions of dollars daily; its repair would be exceeding difficult, time-consuming and dig further in pockets that aren’t as deep with $50 a barrel oil as when the price approached $100. President Trump fulfilled a campaign promise to restart construction. Protesters who had taken up residence, have been — or soon will be — moved from the construction site. Are their fears founded? Or are they camped in left field, trying to subvert a perfectly logical business decision, the pipeline? Probably, a little bit of both. Most Allen Countians would say the pipeline isn’t going to make a modicum of difference environmentally or in any other way. To wit: The Flanagan South pipeline, the 583mile, 36-inch conduit that transverses the county on its way from Illinois to a gigantic storage depot at Cushing, Okla., was constructed with minimal problems and added much to local economies, including during its construction and into the future through property taxes. Pipes were placed under several creeks in Allen County and under the Neosho River south of Humboldt. Enbridge took extraordinary measures to ensure safety, including pressure testing what would far exceed the expected flow of oil would exert, well before the pipeline went online in December 2014. ONCE COMPLETED, the furor over the Dakota Access line will abate. And, it will be a significant financial perk for the area, just as Flanagan South has been here. Progress can be a beastly thing, but by its very nature it moves on. That is the way things work in today’s world, much like the windmills that will pop up in Allen County one of these days. — Bob Johnson
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A new dress code adopted by the IHS Student Council goes into effect Jan. 25. According to the code, girls should not attend school with their hair pinned up and they should not wear scarves in the classroom. Sweatshirts are considered to be gym clothing and not appropriate for classroom wear. Plain T-shirts, commonly considered to be underclothing, shall not be substituted for shirts unless tucked into
the trousers and worn only during warm weather. All clothing shall fit properly, being large enough to provide freedom of movement and to avoid an appearance of undue tightness. Jeans and slacks are eliminated altogether for girls. All extreme haircuts or bleaches that attract attention to the point of disrupting classroom work are prohibited. Principal Floyd Smith said these rules are less strict than in most SEK schools.
Anti-vaccine crowd lacks perspective WASHINGTON — Texas has an exemplary record in advancing modern medicine. Its institutions devoted to solving cancer and heart disease — the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor Scott & White, and on and on — are world class. But it is also the home of a defrocked medical doctor whose 1998 study has been described as “fatally flawed both scientifically and ethically.” So, despite Texas’ reputation as a leader in medical achievement, it’s not a major surprise to find that a smallbut-apparently-growing number of its residents are receptive to the much-debunked link between vaccination and autism. More importantly, those supporting this myth have, according to the Washington Post, closed in on enough votes in the Texas Legislature to give parents a clear shot at being able to choose whether to skip nowmandatory vaccinations for their youngsters. Already the lawmakers have improved choice chances. This is not a new story, but the national medical community agrees that renewed currency and acceptance of a theory that has more bullet holes in it than a rustler’s behind has the potential for causing serious widespread damage. Vaccines are estimated to save as many as 2.5 million children worldwide annually. For those of us who have been around long enough to remember when polio fears were widespread, returning to those days on a wholly made up, rejected concept is madness. Even scarier is that An-
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drew Wakefield, the debunked British theorist now living in Austin, Texas, seems to have the ear of Donald Trump, reportedly meeting with and receiving “tremendous support” from the president. How large is this insane movement? Outside Texas, it is strong in California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon. The community in Texas is rather organized, the Post reports, and in the last school year there, nearly 45,000 pupils declined vaccination on grounds the state accepts. That’s up from 2,300 in 20032004. I remember vividly the concerns my parents had about their four children when it came to the measles and polio in particular. There were no vaccines, and the regime for avoiding polio, for instance, inhibited our activity during the heat of the summer — no swimming pool, no movies, no prolonged running about between noon and evening. That was all the prevention we had, and though my kid sister had a touch, she got lucky. What a wonderful relief it was that my children didn’t have to face such restrictions and that their mother and I were freed of worry about their death or paralysis from an incurable disease. I related all this to my son and his wife when I learned that a new-
born grandson in California was at that time the victim of her reluctance to accept immunization as an option for a healthy childhood. That’s been resolved in favor of the grandson. While the autism theories have been now generally rejected, the anti-immunization folks have begun to turn their attention to contentions about the number of deaths attributed to vaccines. According to the National Vaccine Reporting Center, there have been only 397 deaths attributed to the measles vaccine since 1990, with onehalf of those being children 3 or younger. Of the millions upon millions vaccinated, only some 7,600 have had severe reactions. In 1994, polio was declared eradicated in the Americas. The vaccine for it has been altered on occasions when there was thought to be some risk associated with the first dose. And, of course, the original Dr. Jonas Salk vaccine was replaced by the oral vaccine developed by Dr. Albert Sabin. The lack of historic perspective among younger Americans is nothing short of amazing. Not to understand what the odds are against one who goes without immunization into this world is to deny the existence of medical advancement and to play Russian roulette with tens of millions of lives, especially those of the nation’s children. Dan Thomasson is an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service and a former vice president of Scripps Howard Newspapers.
How Europe can defend itself Say this for Donald Trump: He is forcing Europeans to think more seriously about how to protect and defend their continent. The U.S. president’s disparagement of NATO goes too far, and his focus on getting Europeans to spend more on defense is misplaced. That said, European nations have for too long treated their defense budgets as an extension of social policy. Expenditure on personnel is more than 50 percent of military spending in nearly all EU countries, compared with about a quarter in the U.S. Meanwhile, spending on equipment and R&D is barely 20 percent in Europe, compared with around 30 percent in the U.S., and only about 22 percent of equipment procurement is collaborative. The European Commission has a proposal to make European defense spending more rational. But such top-down efforts generally haven’t amounted to much. There are
actually hundreds of cooperative military projects in Europe, such as the European Air Transport Command in the Netherlands. Many of these efforts are bilateral and ad hoc. Without a more coherent framework, they won’t close the large gap in military spending and capabilities between Europe and the U.S., or make European militaries more effective. NATO works, despite strains, for two main reasons: a clear mission — the collective security guarantee enshrined in its charter — and American leadership. Any EU plan for collective defense would require similar purpose and direction. Yet France, which will be the largest military force in Europe after the U.K. leaves the EU, has always seen an EU defense policy as a counterweight to American-dominated NATO rather than a goal in itself. Germany, meanwhile, has been reluctant to take charge, as other nations are
wary of letting it. Things may now be changing. Between Brexit and Trumpism, European nations may be finally getting realistic about the urgency of preparing for threats from both within and outside the continent. NATO’s intervention in Libya showed that European nations are willing and capable of leading such missions. None of this is to say that the EU needs its own army. It is only to point out that Europe needs to do more to ensure its collective security, and that part of the answer lies in a more flexible (and less America-dominated) NATO. As Europeans consider any changes, their focus should be less on whether NATO members meet the alliance’s requirement for overall defense spending and more on how and where they spend their money. The better Europe is able to defend itself, the better off it — and the U.S. — will be. — Bloomberg News
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back in the vehicle and taken to the Iola home of Rhonda Jackson in the 600 block of North Oak Street, Stephenson said. “Ms. Boeken did aid and assist in getting the body back to Rhonda Jackson’s house,” Stephenson said. “She also aided and abetted by making phone calls to get another vehicle there to help transport the body.” A second vehicle arrived, and was used to transport Cook’s body to another location in Allen County. Boeken “aided and abetted Mr. Knapp in regards to giving instructions and directions to take the body, where it was finally disposed of,” Stephenson concluded. “She did assist in getting the body from one vehicle to another.” Cook’s relatives reported him missing four days later, sparking a 16-day, countywide manhunt before his body was discovered northwest of Iola along the Neosho River. AS PART of her plea deal, Allen County Attorney Jerry Hathaway filed an amended complaint Tuesday morning, accusing her of seconddegree murder. A second-degree murder charge is warranted when a person is killed “unintentionally but recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.” First-degree murder is considered premeditated. A second-degree murder charge — rated as a level 2 person felony by the state — carries
a prison sentence of at least 109 months (just over nine years) but no more than 493 months (just over 41 years.) She also faces a fine of up to $300,000, although Stephenson indicated no fines would be assessed as part of the plea deal. Hathaway also has agreed not to file any additional charges against Boeken in relation to
Cook’s death. Two other charges against Boeken, one related to drug offenses; the other accusing her of assaulting a corrections officer, will be dismissed.
MURDER charges remain pending against Knapp, Jackson and James Myers. Knapp, 35, is scheduled to appear in court
again April 5; Jackson, 50, on March 21; and Myers, 60, on March 10. A fifth defendant, Jessica Epting, 33, also had been charged with murder, but pleaded guilty in January to a pair of misdemeanor charges, interfering with law enforcement and obstruction of justice, in Allen County Magistrate Court.
Judge Tod Davis sentenced Epting to a combined 13 months in jail for the interference and obstruction charges. The jail sentence was suspended for 12 months probation.
BOEKEN was arrested March 21, just days after Cook’s family reported him missing, and Knapp on March 24 on unre-
lated charges, before Hathaway announced they would be charged with first-degree murder last April. Murder charges then were filed against Jackson, Myers and Epting in late July. Jackson and Myers were taken into custody that day; Epting remained at large until she was arrested Sept. 9 in Topeka.
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College Basketball: Kansas 73, Oklahoma 63
Jayhawks rally past Sooners By AMIE JUST The Associated Press
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Frank Mason III walked toward the court with his son by his side, flanked by his father, who tried in vain to hold back the tears before his son played his final game at Allen Fieldhouse. “I couldn’t believe that this was the last time,” the elder Mason said later, reflecting on the pregame ceremony. “It feels like a dream. He’s a hell
of a role model. I’m proud to have a son like that.” The senior guard proceeded to pour in 23 points for Kansas on senior night, and Devonte Graham hit a series of crucial 3-pointers in the second half, helping the top-ranked Jayhawks rally from a 10-point hole to beat Oklahoma 73-63 on Monday night. “I don’t think there’s been any player tougher than Frank Mason,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self said in the moments after the game, when he introduced
Mason for his going-away speech. “Best guard I’ve ever coached.” Graham finished with 16 points and Josh Jackson had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Big 12 champion Jayhawks (27-3, 15-2), who trailed 54-42 before finishing the game on a 31-11 run. The Sooners (10-19, 4-13) were poised to spring a big upset on the day the Jayhawks ascended to No. 1 for the first See JAYHAWKS | Page B4
Girls High School Basketball: Humboldt 60, Southeast (Cherokee) 37
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YATES CENTER — The Yates Center boys basketball team entered Monday’s matchup with eighth-seeded Madison as massive favorites, and the top-seeded Wildcats didn’t disappoint. Yates Center doubled up the over-matched Madison squad with a 60-30 rout in Yates Center. The Wildcats held a 34-22 lead at halftime, but whatever coach Tanner Davis told his bunch in the locker room triggered something and Yates Center absolutely exploded in the third quarter. The Wildcats out-scored Madison 24-0 in the third to take a 58-22 lead into the fourth quarter. With the point made, Yates Center slowed it down in the fourth quarter and only scored two points in the final eight minutes. Senior guard Mikey Bruner led the Wildcats with 15 points, including nine in the decisive third quarter. Sophomore Aaron King was right behind his teammate with 14 points. Jordan Smith had 11 points while Aaron’s brother Josh King added eight points. Kobe Forsyth had four while Hadley Splechter, Gavin See SUBSTATE | Page B4
Humboldt senior Tilar Wells hits a three during Monday’s win over Southeast that sent the hometown crowd into celebration mode. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA
SOPHOMORE SURGE Young Cubs spark win over Lancers
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HUMBOLDT — The Cubs just didn’t seem right early against Southeast (Cherokee) in Monday’s substate game in Humboldt. The top-seeded Cubs clung to a 1715 lead midway though the second
quarter against the eighth-seeded Lancers and it wasn’t panic time yet for the heavy favorites, but it was far from a stroll in the park. That is when the Cubs’ talented sophomore class took over to propel them to a 60-37 victory.
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Former Fillies standout named conference’s Player of the Year By JON DYKSTRA The Iola Register
It has been a terrific senior campaign thus far for Baker University star Kelsey Larson. The 2012 Iola High School graduate has led the Wildcats to a 26-4 record overall and a 23-2 record in Heart of America Athletic Conference play. That shiny record was good enough for the Wildcats to win the league by two games over conference rival Benedictine. Baker is currently the eighth-ranked team in the nation as they look forward to the conference tournament this weekend and possibly the NAIA National Tournament.
On Monday, Larson learnedshe had been named the Heart of America’s Player of the Year. “I had an idea that I would be in the running, but I didn’t know for sure,” Larson said. “It was definitely a surprise because there are so many players in our league who are outstanding athletes and great basketball players, so it was definitely a surprise when I got a text from my coaches.” The award is well-deserved. Larson led the Wildcats on both the offensive and defensive ends of the court with 11.9 points per game this season along with 48 steals. Larson was also second on
the team with assists (69) and third in rebounding with 4.7 per game. Becky Carlson, IHS coach, said Larson’s strong work ethic helped her achieve the accomplishment. “It is amazing,” Carlson said. “That girl has worked on her game since she was very small so it is nice to see she has gotten some honors for that. It is well-earned.” Larson is the first to say that it has been a team effort to get the team to this level of success. “Four of our five starters made all-conference teams so See LARSON | Page B3
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Flailing and divided, congressional Republicans are hoping for clarity from President Donald Trump on key issues like health care when he delivers his first speech to a joint meeting of Congress. It comes as Republicans are discovering, a month into Trump’s administration, how difficult it will be to make good on their many promises now that they control Washington in full. The GOP’s long-stated plans to repeal former President Barack Obama’s health care law and replace it with something better are running into major difficulties even before legislation is officially released. After a week of raucous town hall meetings, Republicans are back in Washington and key conservatives have begun to denounce House leadership plans based on a leaked draft and reports that the bill would cost more than expected while covering fewer people than the Affordable Care Act. “That dog doesn’t hunt,” GOP Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, head of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, declared flatly of a central element of the plan, tax credits extended regardless of income. Asked whether Republicans were nearing consensus on the overall legislation, Meadows said: “I think we’re a long way from that.” Another influential
conservative, GOP Rep. Mark Walker of North Carolina, who chairs the Republican Study Committee, released a statement warning that “There are serious problems with what appears to be our current path to repeal and replace Obamacare.” And three key conservative senators, Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas, added their voices in opposition, too, announcing that they will oppose “Obamacare Lite” and “accept nothing less than full repeal of Obamacare.” House Speaker Paul Ryan downplayed the divisions, insisting in an interview today that Congress is on track with a plan that will lower costs and improve quality. Ryan says the nation doesn’t need Trump to come up with all the specifics. “I see him as more of a chairman, as a president, much like many successful presidents have been, where he gets people around him who are detailed people who can execute those plans,” Ryan told NBC’s “Today” show this morning. But several other House Republicans said they would like to hear Trump sketch a clear vision, or better yet an endorsement of their plan, when he addresses Congress tonight. Ahead of the speech, Republicans had little clarity about what Trump was going to say on the topic. Trump himself remarked yesterday that “Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”
“What the president can say is that the plan that gets presented to the conference is the one you need to vote ‘yes’ on,” said GOP Rep. Bill Flores of Texas. “That’s how he can be helpful.” Unlike the inauguration, Democrats plan to attend the speech, with women in the House wearing white to honor the suffrage movement and also to “stand in solidarity with the women of our nation.” Health care is far from the only issue dividing Republicans. Plans to overhaul the tax code have Republicans tied in knots, while Trump’s promised increases in infrastructure spending promise to provoke major clashes with deficit hawks. A government funding deadline looms two months away and must be met to keep the government from shutting down. And, senior lawmakers were busy throwing cold water on Trump’s budget proposal, which was made public in broad outlines yesterday. The budget envisions a huge $54 billion surge in U.S. military spending while slashing domestic programs and foreign aid. GOP Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, said that the budget as presented could not possibly pass the House. “If you want to balance the budget, if you want to increase defense spending, at some point in time you’ve got to touch entitlements,” Simpson said. “All you’ve got to do is look at the numbers. This is not rocket science.”
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you.’” Jones cautioned that ideally she would hold Wilhite out of any major action for the rest of the week, hinting toward a possible return if the Cubs advance to the state tournament. “We are going to use her, but we are going to protect her as much as we can,” Jones said. “We can’t have her getting hurt when we could hopefully, potentially, need her more later on down the line.” Humboldt softball coach Brad Piley certainly appreciates that last sentiment. Wilhite figures to be his top pitcher this season.
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“It is amazing to be part of a sophomore class that is so talented and keeps up with the seniors,” Humboldt sophomore Aricah McCall said. “The seniors are great role models.” McCall — who led the Cubs with 16 points — got it started with a pair of free throws, then sophomore sharp-shooter Maggie Johnson got loose from behind the arc and canned a triple. “They had to grow up last year,” Humboldt coach Aubrey Jones said of her sophomore class. “I had no seniors so that group had to learn to play and know my expectations along with what the upperclassmen expected of them. They have just gotten stronger and stronger and stronger with every game.” The smallest person on the court was the next to step up. Sophomore defensive specialist Morgan Mauk came up with two steals in a row that resulted in a layup for each of the McCall sisters — Aricah and senior Makaylah. “It is huge to know that if we do get in that situation, I can give her a specific job and tell her to go do it and she will,” Jones said of Mauk’s defensive skills. “There is never any question about it. She knows what her role is and what she needs to do.” That built the lead to 26-15 after the 9-0 run and a McCall connection on a Makaylah steal and assist to Aricah made the halftime score 28-16. “It fired us up and reminded us that this is the last chance of the season to play on our home court and we had to leave it all out there,” Aricah McCall said of the spurt to end the first half. The Lancers quickly cut the margin to eight points early in the third
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BOX SCORE Humboldt 60, Southeast 37 Humboldt ( 2 p t / 3 p t - F T M - F TA Points) Aricah McCall 5/1-3-5-16; Tilar Wells 1/1-0-1-5; Makaylah McCall 5/0-5-7-15; Kaylie Johnson 1/0-0-0-2; Annalise Whitcomb 5/0-1-6-11; Maggie Johnson 1/3-0-011. TOTALS: 18/5-9-19-60. FOULED OUT: None.
Humboldt senior Makaylah McCall lines up a jump shot over Southeast sophomore Jessie Jenkins in the second half of Monday’s victory in Humboldt. REGISTER/JON DYKSTRA quarter and it stayed there until another Johnson three — this time to beat the third quarter buzzer — found its way to the bottom of the net. “I was pretty excited,” Johnson said of the clutch three. “It felt really good to contribute that for the team.” That basket sparked another run, this one fueled by the seniors. Two straight Makaylah McCall baskets and
a three-pointer by Wells put the score at 46-30. Finally, the Cubs could take a breath. Seniors — Makaylah McCall, Annalise Whitcomb and Wells — scored 19 of the Cubs’s 21 fourth-quarter points and Humboldt stamped its ticket into the substate semifinals. “We have some unfinished business,” Aricah McCall said in reference to winning substate. “We have to take care of
that.” After Aricah McCall’s 16 points, Makaylah McCall was next on the team with 15 while Johnson and Whitcomb each added 11. RYLAN’S RETURN Junior guard Rylan Wilhite got back on the court for the Cubs after missing much of the season with ankle injuries. Wilhite didn’t play much — just the closing minutes — but Jones
wanted to get her onto the court to share the victory with her teammates. “We are letting her do more and more to break things in and get her going again,” Jones said. “Tonight, more than anything, she has played with the seniors longer than anybody and those are her four best friends, so it was a kudos to them. That is what they all wanted and I told them, ‘OK, I’ll give it to
Southeast ( 2 p t / 3 p t - F T M - F TA Points) Jessie Jenkins 1/1-2-2-7; Taylor Myrick 1/0-0-0-2; Bailee Ulery 3/1-6-10-15; Sailor Jackson 0/0-0-2-0; McKenna Renn 0/1-0-1-3; MaKayla Buffington 1/1-5-6-10. TOTALS: 6/4-13-13-21-37. FOULED OUT: Buffington. UP NEXT The Cubs will face Jayhawk-Linn at 6 p.m. on Thursday in Erie. The fourth-seeded Jayhawks beat fifth-seeded Northeast-Arma 55-47 on Monday. On the other side of the bracket, secondseeded Erie beat seventh-seeded Cherryvale, 60-46, and third-seeded Galena beat sixth-seed Riverton, 35-19.
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that is pretty huge,” Larson said. In addition to Larson being named to the first team, senior Mackenzie Cook and sophomore Jessica Zweifel made second team and senior Sydney Buchel was an honorable mention selection. Baker coach Ben Lister was named Coach of the Year in the Heart. UP NEXT Baker is the top seed in the Heart Tournament and will host the winner of No. 8 Grand View and No. 9 Mount Mercy on Wednesday in the quarterfinals in Baldwin City. Letters to the editor must be signed and must include the writer’s address & telephone number. Names will be omitted on request only if there might be danger of retribution to the writer. Letters can be either emailed or sent by traditional means. E-mail: editorial@iolaregister.com
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time this season. But after they took their biggest lead with just over 10 minutes to go, Mason got the comeback started with a nifty basket inside. He added a steal moments later to set up Lagerald Vick’s 3-pointer, and Jackson scored before Graham hit back-toback shots from beyond the arc. And when Mason added another basket moments later, the Jayhawks had put together a 17-2 charge that gave them a 64-58 lead with about 5 minutes left. “When we lost our composure a bit, it went south pretty quickly,” Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said. “Just have to be stronger, fight through what’s happening. We weren’t tough enough during that time.” Kansas slowly drew away to make senior night memorable for Mason, big man Landen Lucas and reserve guard Tyler Self, whose father — the Jayhawks’ coach — called him “my favorite Jayhawk of all time.” “It was an unbelievable experience,” Tyler Self said. Kameron McGusty had 14 points and Khadeem Lattin and Kristian Doolittle added 12 points apiece for the Sooners, who have won just once in 10 true road games this season. They’ve lost six straight. There was a far different story brewing in the first half. Oklahoma shot 25 percent from the floor. The Jayhawks weren’t
FATHERLY LOVE Bill Self teared up as his son took the floor well after the game, with a full house still sitting in the stands, and delivered his finishing speech. “Dad, you gave me the opportunity of a lifetime,” Tyler Self said. “You taught me what it means to be a man. I hope that someday I can be the father you are.” Meanwhile, 5-year-old Amari Mason was in the stands for the first time to see his father play. “He means the world to me,” Mason said in his speech. “Everything I do is for you.”
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a whole lot better. And with both teams turning the ball over on every other possession, it was a struggle for them to forge a 28-28 halftime tie. It was a far cry from last year’s triple-overtime thriller between them at the Phog. The Jayhawks so often bury teams at home coming out of halftime, but the Sooners made them work for it Monday night. They built a 43-36 lead when Jamuni McNeace got going inside,
then stretched it to 49-39 when Lattin hit a pair of free throws with 11:35 left in the game. Their high-water mark came moments later. After that, it was all Kansas. QUOTABLE “If I had the chance to play here four more years, I swear I would.” — Mason.
BIG PICTURE Kansas: Mason pieced together his 23rd consecutive game in double-digits scoring, a big reason why the senior guard is a national player of the year candidate. He got off to a slow start, but he showed senior leadership when the Jayhawks were making their late run. Oklahoma: This is the first time since the 201112 season the Sooners will finish with a record under .500. Since the inception of the program in 1908, Oklahoma has only had 26 losing seasons. UP NEXT Kansas visits Oklahoma State to finish the regular season Saturday. Oklahoma has its own home finale against TCU on Saturday.
Substate: Scores Dillow, Braydon Gaulding and Jon Barnes each had two. The Wildcats will play fifth-seeded Oswego — who won a thriller over fourth-seeded Uniontown, 65-63 on Monday — on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Uniontown. Pittsburg-Colgan and West Elk advanced on the other side of the bracket.
MARMATON VALLEY Both Wildcat squads saw their seasons come to an end on Monday at West Elk. The Marmaton Valley girls fell 34-17 while the boys lost 80-24. The Wildcat boys fin-
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Handling birthdays after Mom’s death Hi, Carolyn: It’s my birthday today, and my first since my mom passed away last year. I am lucky to have a lot of friends and family, so I’ve been getting birthday messages all morning, but every time I get one I’m feeling a pang because I know I won’t hear from my mom today. I know you’ve lost a parent yourself; do you have any tips as to how to keep appreciating those things and people I do have today? I’m afraid I’m letting the pain outweigh all the good things, and I know she wouldn’t want that. — Not-So-Happy Birthday Answer: Sometimes the pain outweighs the good things. It’s OK. You don’t have to remain in balance every minute of every day. Sometimes the balance will tip toward joy and you will feel lighter than you thought you ever could again, having felt the weight of loss. Then the loss hits you in the jaw out of nowhere and you can’t believe you’re on the floor again after you thought you’d pulled yourself back up
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for good. It’s just how feelings go. The time to fight the push-pull of it is when you get stuck on the floor or when you hit such extremes that you’re having a difficult time keeping your life in reasonable order. If today is just a sad-reminder day, then be sad. And grateful, too, for your lovely friends, even though they’re stirring up sadness today. Be grateful, too for having had the kind of mother that makes her absence so hard to accept. And, happy birthday! Pardon the cognitive dissonance.
Hello, Carolyn: Husband and I are in the process of buying a house. The area that both of us want to live in is 15-25 minutes from my parents, and three hours from his; they
used to live in the area but moved away. The problem is, his parents EXPECT us to get a house with a full second bathroom (rather than a half), and at least four bedrooms, since we want kids and his parents want their own dedicated room. For the amount we want to pay, that just is not possible. Husband and I are both fine completely ignoring it for right now, but how do we handle it once we’re at closing and they throw a fit? We’ve expressed in the past that it isn’t possible -- and invited them house shopping with us, so they can see what we can afford in the area -- and all we hear in response is what they need for when they come to visit. I KNOW (based on experience) I’ll be blamed for caring more about my family than my husband’s, but it truly is just about not being willing to spend $50,000-$100,000 past our budget to ac-
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commodate their wants. — House-Buying Answer: I don’t know whether to laugh or ... laugh really hard. “Sure, here’s a $100,000 bathroom for you to use every 10th Saturday night, and Mom-o-grammed hand towels, too.” I guess I should be grateful that people keep finding gawkable new ways to go completely out of their minds. Here’s how to handle it: Buy the best house you can comfortably afford; close on the best house you can comfortably afford; respond to criticism with, “We bought the best house we could comfortably afford”; respond to fits with “______.” Inappropriate reactions get crickets, always. If any blame lands on you, then that’s on your husband — it’s his job to be the dropcloth for their parental fits. Stay calm and be assured: Their demands are not, not about you.
Public notices (First published in The Iola Register, February 21, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Shirley Ann Evans, Deceased No. 2017 PR 7 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that
(First published in The Iola Register, February 28, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America Plaintiff, vs. Susan H. Diebolt, et al. Defendants. Case No. 16CV67 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
a Petition has been filed in this Court by Andrew J Evans Jr, an interested party in the estate of Shirley Ann Evans, deceased requesting that descent be determined to the real estate described as follows: An undivided ½ interest in Lots 7 & 8, Block 98, Original Town site of the City of Iola Allen County Kansas (401 South Sycamore) and of all personal property and
other Kansas real estate owned by the Decedent at the time of death; and that such real estate and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the Decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before March 15, 2017, at 8:30AM in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, in Iola, Kansas, at which
Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Iola, Allen County, Kansas, on March 22, 2017, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOT SIXTEEN (16), BLOCK ONE (1), BRIARWOOD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA
(the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Bryan J. Murphy, Sheriff Allen County, Kansas
NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of
ALSO DESCRIBED AS: LOT SIXTEEN (16), BLOCK ONE (1), BRIARWOOD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, commonly known as 414 Kansas Drive, Iola, KS 66749
time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. Andrew J Evans Jr, Petitioner FREDERICK J. WORKS, PA 6 East Jackson Iola, Kansas 66749 (620) 433-4433 Attorney for the Petitioner (2) 21, 28, (3) 7
Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Blair T. Gisi (KS #24096) 245 N. Waco, Suite 410 Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 684-7733 (316) 684-7766 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (196865) (2) 28, (3) 7, 14
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Red Devil women close regular season with victory at Pratt PRATT — The Allen Community College women’s basketball team was able to cap a very up-and-down regular season with a convincing 66-51 road win at Pratt Community College on Monday night. The Red Devils used a 15-4 third-quarter spurt to turn a mere 27-26 halftime advantage into a 4230 lead going into the fourth quarter. The Red Devils allfreshman backcourt pairing of Kamri Summons and Tamera Shaver were especially strong in the win. Summons led the team in points and steals with 17 points, five steals. She also had seven rebounds
— including five offensive rebounds. Shaver was very efficient with 12 points on seven shot attempts and added five rebounds and a team-high three assists. Sophomore forward Damonica Franklin had a double-double with 11 points and a team-high 13 rebounds. Akia Andrews added seven points and seven rebounds. The bench was paced by sophomore Presley Stephens with six points and freshman Chelsey Trautoff with five. Trautoff made her only two shots of the night — a two and a three. Kendra Houston and Kori Seals each had three points while Katelyn Swanson had two. The Red Devils are the nine seed in the regional playoffs and will
travel to Independence Community College on Thursday to face off with the Pirates. MEN The Red Devil men lost their second straight overtime game with a gut-wrenching 97-92 loss at Pratt on Monday. Allen sophomore DaRon Mims led the Red Devils with 26 points and made four of his five three-point attempts. Quentin Blaue also had a strong game behind the arc with 19 points, including six triples. Point guard E.J. Garnes had 15 points. Jacob Patterson led the bench output with 10 points. The well-rounded output from Pratt, however, proved too much for Allen. While the Red Devils featured their four scor-
ers in double figures, Pratt had six players reach the 10-point plateau. Outside of Garnes, Mims, Patterson and Blaue, the rest of the Red Devils shot only 8-of-35 from the field.
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double and scored twice, and Royals newcomer Brandon Moss had two hits and an RBI. Jean Segura, acquired by Seattle in a trade with Arizona, hit a two-
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Royals top Mariners 14-3 in seven innings SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — All-Star catcher Salvador Perez homered, doubled and drove in four runs for Kansas City in a rain-shortened game. Eric Hosmer hit an RBI
run homer, double and single. Yovani Gallardo, another Mariners offseason addition, struggled through an inning of work, allowing four runs on three hits.
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Magie Stevenson Magie is the daughter of Julie Stevenson and Todd Stevenson. She has been on the basketball team all four years, played vollebyall for three years, did track twice and played softball a year. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also been a three-year member of FCCLA and did math relays a year. She enjoys playing with her dogs, babysitting, coloring and baking. Outside the classroom, Magie works at The Growing Place, a day care center in Humboldt. After high school, Magie intends to attend Allen Community College to earn an applied science degree in early education. Her high school highlight was being selected to start the second game of basketball season her freshman year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; basketball is her favorite sport.
Misty Storrer Misty is the daughter of Joyce Storrer and Randall Storrer. She has played volleyball and basketball all four years of high school, and ran track two years. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also been a four-year member of FFA and been involved with FCCLA, math relays and the National Honors Society for two years. Misty also has been a class officer all four years, and attends Moran Baptist Church. Her hobbies include shopping, spending time with children and watching shows on
Hulu. Misty plans to earn an associates degree at Allen Community College, and then transfer to Pittsburg State University to study early childhood education. Her favorite high school memory was qualifying for the state track meet as part of Marmaton Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4x800-meter team.
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