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Thursday, August 28 2014
Colony Day to celebrate community faith, love By KAREN INGRAM The Iola Register
COLONY — Colony Day 2014 is fast approaching Saturday and the whole town is preparing for the daylong event. In addition to tractor pulls, turtle races, cake walks and other fun activities, this year’s celebration is dedicated to something special. It can not be pinned with a blue ribbon or defined by speech or song, but it’s something that runs deep through the community: faith. “I see the town of Colony as very much a faith-based town,” said Pastor Dorothy Welch of United Methodist Church. “If you have no faith in Christ, there is no hope.” The theme for this year’s Colony Day is “Street of Hope, Built on Faith,” and the town’s pastors will participate in the parade as grand marshals. What’s a grand marshal? “Good question,” laughed Steve Bubna of Colony Community Church. “It’s just kind of an honor thing.” The grand marshals lead the parade, and the leaders chosen were Colony’s church leaders. There are many things that can be said about what this means in regard to small town faith, and each pastor has a
Crest High School FFA chapter members got together Wednesday to help build a float for Saturday’s Colony Day parade. The students are, front from left, Chad Classen, Gage Adams, Kadyn Utley, Taryn Covey and Emily Webber; second from left, Caleb Stephens, Garrett Sipe, Austin Louk, Codi Vermillion, Hayden Seabolt, Savanna McCulley and Alexis Goldner. REGISTER/KAREN INGRAM
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different interpretation. For Mark McCoy, Colony Christian Church, his life’s journey took him from smalltown life in southeast Kansas to an internship in the bustling city life in the Washington, D.C., area. While big
cities provide many opportunities to minister to the needy, McCoy was struck by how isolating city life can be. “You can live in a town of a million people and be terribly lonely,” he said. “It made me
appreciate small towns a lot more.” McCoy said he appreciated the unique experience, but he appreciated coming home to Kansas and to minister to the people of Colony.
Teacher proves you can go home again
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (AP) — “Russian forces have entered Ukraine,” the country’s president declared today, cancelling a foreign trip and calling an emergency meeting of his security council. Reports from analysts to separatist rebels to NATO and U.S. officials backed up that assessment. President Petro Poroshenko summoned the council as the strategic southeastern town of Novoazovsk
Signing on to be a new fifthgrade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School meant coming home for Callie Minor. Literally. Minor’s parents recently finished building a new home which opened the opportunity for her to move into her vacated childhood home in Neosho Falls. Minor and her husband, Kelly, were married in June. “I was teaching at Pittsburg but this gave me the opportuSee TEACHER | Page A5
Councilman’s quote clarified By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
A quote in Tuesday’s Register attributed to Iola City Councilman Steve French was taken out of context and improperly reported. French, while speaking about Iola’s ongoing negotiations with Allen County regarding the city’s countywide ambulance service, was listing off a number of his concerns. His quote in question — “We’ve not gotten a damn thing we’ve asked for.” — was not, as reported, a criticism of the county. Rather, the quote came as
French expressed frustration about seeking answers — from both the city and county — on ways to make the existing countywide service Steve French run more efficiently. “For the past several months, I’ve been hearing from several that there are ways we can save,” French said. “We still haven’t been shown anything specifically.” French noted the county has provided funding, and has been willing to negotiate with the city.
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Reports: Russian forces have entered Ukraine
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Welch could relate. She was trained specifically to minister to people in smaller community congregations. People come to smaller churches, she said, because everyone knows each other like family. “This leads to a deeper and more joyful faith,” she said. Welch came to Colony just last year, but found everyone to be welcoming. “Colony is such a wonderful town. I’ve been so impressed by the people and how they care for one another,” she said. Welch makes the weekly drive to United Methodist Church in Colony from her home in Princeton, where she works a second job as a teacher and is raising two teenagers. She also pastors at Trinity Church in Iola. Finding the energy to do all of this is not a problem, Welch said. Christ gives her all the energy she needs to accomplish her work, she said. “ M y greatest struggle is time,” she said. Juggling all of her activities sometimes does not leave her with the spare time to meet everybody like she wants.
appeared firmly under the control of separatists and their Russian backers, a new front in the war in eastern Ukraine between the separatists and Poroshenko’s government in Kiev. “Today the president’s place is in Kiev,” Poroshenko said. Russian stock markets dived as fears grew that the country was escalating its role in the conflict, a move See RUSSIA | Page A5
Women of the Outdoors event nears In its inaugural “Women in the Outdoors” event last fall, the National Wild Turkey Federation drew dozens of female shooting enthusiasts to the area to partake in a variety of exercises. The second such event Sept. 6 promises to be even bigger, with organizers expecting more than 100 women to join in the fun. Registration remains open for the event, 2078 S.E. Third Rd. in rural Le Roy. A $45 registration fee includes lunch and a membership to the NWTF. Among the activities: trap shooting, a 3-D archery range, a .22 long rifle range,
a hand gun range, a self defense class and fly fishing demonstration. Brenda Valentine, a national spokesperson for NWTF, will be on hand as well. A silent auction begins at 10 a.m, and a hunters education field day and testing session, set up by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and
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Parks, is available for the first 50 who sign up. The hunters education field course is not a requirement for those wishing to participate in the other events. However, in order to take part, participants must first complete an online training course at www. kdwpt.state.ks.us. An evening mentored bird hunt wraps up the day’s activities. Wilderness camping is available on site. The hunters education field day begins at 8 a.m.; the regular event starts at 10. For more information, call Jennifer Foster at (620) 4968062.
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