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The Weekender Saturday, December 31, 2016
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Kick off new year w/Jingle Bell Jog
A gathering of Girl Scouts attend the 2014 Jingle Bell Jog. REGISTER FILE PHOTO
Jingle Bell Jog, postponed from Dec. 17 because of wintry weather conditions, returns Saturday. Walkers and runners wear jingle bells as they depart from the bandstand on the courthouse square to the Southwind Rail Trail. The 5K run/walk begins at 10:30 a.m. Activities for kids begin at 10 a.m. with a race to catch a life-sized cookie and a holiday costume contest. Cost is $8 or $15 to include a T-shirt.
U.S. sets sanctions over Russian hacking HONOLULU (AP) — The United States unleashed a string of sanctions and ordered expulsion of 35 Russians in retaliation for alleged cy b e r- m e d dling against the U.S. election, but Vladimir Putin President Vladimir Putin ruled out any move to kick out American diplomats in response
to Washington’s move. In a statement on the Kremlin’s web site Friday, Putin referred to the sanctions as a “provocation aimed to further undermine Russian-American relations.” But he also said Moscow would not be expelling American diplomats, as the Obama administration had ordered against Moscow. “The Russian diplomats returning home will spend See SANCTIONS | Page A3
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Right at home Shirt Shop finds new location on W. Madison By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
For the second time in nearly 17 years in business, Elizabeth Donnelly has found a new home for the Shirt Shop. Donnelly relocated earlier this month to her new home at 9 W. Madison Ave., on the south side of the downtown square. She moved from the old Shannon Building (20 W. Jackson) because that building has sold, Donnelly said. “I would never have initiated a move for myself, but I think this new location is going to work out well,” she said. “It’s a fantastic space.” Donnelly has moved into the former Home Detail building, which has been closed for more than four years. After being notified in early November of the pending See SHIRT SHOP | Page A5
Elizabeth Donnelly, owner of the Shirt Shop, has relocated to 9 W. Madison Ave., after having been in the old Shannon building at the corner of Jackson and Washington avenues since 2008. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Enjoying ‘tea’ with Alice Hood Europe leaders brace
for tumultuous 2017
By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
The best thing about visiting with our elders is to gain perspective on life. Alice Hood, age 91, says she is in the “tea time,” of life, that time of day when the light grows soft and the room is still warm from the sun. She punctuates the reverie by saying, “And I hope to live into the night,” reminding us that there’s still things on her bucket list. Hood held court Thursday afternoon from her “throne,” an expansive chair surrounded by books and papers, after summoning this reporter to look at photos she had set aside as possibilities for the Register’s upcoming Chronicles of Allen County. Looking at the photos served as a stepping stone back across her life. She was born on a farm in the high plains of northwestern Iowa. A childhood memory that still stands in sharp relief is when at age 10 she was given the honor of reading the Christmas story to her family. “It was probably from the book of Luke,” she said, and rehearsed multiple times over. The setting was magical. She and her father and three siblings had hooked up the family’s two Clydesdales, Cap and Minnie, to a sled to make the 12-mile trek through a blizzard to her maternal grandparents’
By GREGORY KATZ The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Europe’s leaders are not expecting a smooth ride in 2017 following a year marked by political upheaval, extremist attacks, unchecked immigration, and a rising military threat from Russia. Britain is suing for divorce, the far-right is on the march, some former Soviet satellites seem disillusioned with the West even as Russia seeks to regain its influence, and America will soon inaugurate an untested,
seemingly Russia-friendly president who has voiced doubts about the usefulness of the NATO alliance. The uncertainty is thick enough See EUROPE | Page A6
Bill of Rights exhibit opens By BOB JOHNSON The Iola Register
At 91, Alice Hood enjoys her independence and relative good health. Of note, her hands are still steady enough to paint her own nails, a routine she’s had since she was 14. home, where her mother was convalescing from a recent surgery. “They had a magnificent home, with a parlour, a bathroom, an upstairs. In the warmer months my grandmother kept flowers all around the veranda and in every room.” When it came time for the reading, small candles affixed to the Christmas tree were
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lighted and little Alice read in solemn voice the story of Jesus’ birth in a manger. Eighty-one years later she quips, “You know, I don’t believe Jesus was born in a stable. After all, Joseph descended from royalty. They could have stayed anywhere.” A blessing of age is that people feel more comfortable, See HOOD | Page A3
HUMBOLDT — One of the hallmark components that put the United States on the road to well over two centuries of uninterrupted democracy was the Bill of Rights, amendments to the Constitution about three years after the fact. A small but meaningful display in the lobby of Humboldt’s City Hall will draw attention to the document over the next several weeks. Tom Rutledge, former mayor and president of the Humboldt Historic Preser-
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) 75 Cents
The Bill of Rights display at Humboldt City Hall. REGISTER/
BOB JOHNSON
vation Alliance, introduced the exhibit Thursday morning. He pointed out recognizing the 225th anniversary of the basic rights conferred on citizens was another in HHPA’s and Humboldt’s endeavSee DISPLAY | Page A8
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