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County TALES FROM HISTORIC DROUGHT hears budget requests By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear

Hot and dry weather takes toll

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Stores offer back-to-school deals, tips By ALLISON TINN allison@iolaregister.com

ter items. the summer can be paired with This is a trend Kelly Sigg, a tank top, cami or a T-shirt. It’s back to school week and owner and operator of AudaOther trending styles that some parents are scrambling to cious Boutique, embraces. have already shown up in stores get last-minute things done be“You will see the lace shorts are colored pants. They are still fore classes begin Thursday. that have been bought all sum- a little warm for the summer Two weekends ago local shops mer paired up with some leg- months, but they are on sale in Register/Susan Lynn held their annual sidewalk sale gings, riding boots and a big stores like Audacious Boutique These men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s but even if parents missed the sweater,” she said. and McGinty-Whitworth.favorite race, the dragthey race. From are Matt Skahan, Brian Nic Lohman, David Toland and big weekend, can stillleft findto right Brenda Miller, owner and Wolfe, opUsing accessories can help Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. good deals around town. erator of Annie’s Attic, says her change up an outfit. Using a difThe recent heat has been a store always has a half-off rack ferent belt, scarf or necklace nightmare for most people, in- and a 50-cent rack, which are can change an outfit, that way cluding local vendors who have back to school friendly. girls can have multiple outfits put off pulling out their fall colAnother recent trend young using the same camis, jeans and lections. girls can try, Sigg said, is to buy shorts — and parents are spendSUSAN LYNN year a and woman’s garter trans-ing The Shirt .Shop, 20 W. Jackson, The keyBy is to embrace the heat scarves tie them to was at the less money susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where willthat have a and buy a few more summer edges to make a vest. The scarf Walmartparticipants has sale racks If you’ve enough it, Fri- can to another. wide selection from which pieces, then got during the ofwinter be used around the neck have some out-of-season clothes, to day night is thewith nightsome to letwinyour during “It’sthe better thanand a baton,” Doors open at 10 p.m. time pair those winter duringsaid choose. See CLOTHES | Page A4 hair down. David Toland, executive director Registration to participate One sure test is to participate of Thrive Allen County and one in the drag race is $5. That also in the “Drag Race” as a runup to of the organizers for Friday’s gains participants entrance to a the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events. 9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive Run For Your Life race. If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can Men and women alike are en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the couraged to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on der manner and then “compete” and other accoutrements will be See EGO | Page B6 WILLIAM economically in By teams of fourDOUGLAS, in a relay. Last beavailable at Elizabeth Donnelly’s SEAN COCKERHAM, and devastating for LESLEY CLARK America. McClatchy Newspapers At a state WAUKESHA, Wis. — With the h o m e c o m i n g 2012 Summer Olympics winding rally here, Ryan, By RICHARD LUKEN down, the 2012 presidential cam- a seven-term By JOE SNEVE — with Since 1871 richard@iolaregister.com paign geared up Sunday, con g re s s— man Paul Ryan At the bandstand Jim Garner, director Thosejoe@iolaregister.com planning a night on the President Barack Obama and from Wisconsin, When Pekarekdays was hired Thursday,presidential July 7, 2011candi- blasted Obama 8 p.m. town in Brian the coming will Republican as superintendent of Iola PROGRAM want to think twice beforethe getting date Mitt Romney framing argu- and praised the state’s Republischool district in February, he Star Spangled Banner ..................................................arr. J.P. Sousa behind the wheel. ments and trading accusations can governor, Scott Walker, who saw an opportunity to “reinvigoAmericans We — march .......................................... Henry Fillmore The Iola Police Department is that will likely set the tone and survived a union-led recall efrate” USD Rock, and Blues — medley ...................... arr. Jack Bullock joining 150 257. other law enforcement tenor of Rhythm the upcoming political fort in June. With across a focus on academic Army of the Nile march ...................................Kenneth J. Alford agencies the state with satconventions and the— fall cam“On June 5, courage was on achievement and publictotransparBegin of the Beguine ...................................................... Cole Porter uration patrols geared finding paign. the ballot in Wisconsin and ency, Pekarek hopes he can furInvercargill — march ................................................... Alex Lithgow drunk drivers starting Thursday . With new running mate Paul courage won and courage won. ther success for the district and Hymn the a Fallen.................................... John Williams/Sweeney The “You Drink, You Drive, You Ryan in to tow, reinvigorated We Wisconsinites, we saved the more than 1,300starts students relyMen of raced Ohio —across march ............................................. Henry Fillmore Lose” campaign ThursRomney North Wisconsin that day,” said Ryan, ing on it. A Sixties Time Capsule — medley .............................. arr. Jennings day and runs through Labor Day, Carolina and Wisconsin Sun- chairman of the House BudPekarek walks his talk. A naWashington Post — march P. Sousa Sept. 3. day,The warning at each stop that ...................................John get Committee and author of Rainedsecond out concerts be rescheduled for Friday evening. 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Calls to the 911 dispatch center average one almost every 10 minutes. And while that may sound a little slow, played out over 24 hours a day and every day of the year, the total comes to 55,000. “That’s what we received last year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch center director, told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning. The call total — she figures By RICHARD LUKEN attached. The bar was triggered half or more are for true emerrichard@iolaregister.com through a gear box engaged as its gencies — wasn’t the point of her LE ROY — Unlike the mecha- wheels roll. Register/Richard Luken appearance, but the magnitude of nized behemoths of today, Ray nocontinues mechanical While the searing heat has apparently ebbed for the summer, the lack of With rainfall to engine to the number captivated commisWhiteley’s mowing outfit was speak of, the only noise emanatleave waterways lacking. Above, the Neosho River has dwindled to a slow trickle to the point that sioners. considerably quieter. ing from his unithas was from the oneMurphy could easily from one bank to another. Below, a small pond south of LaHarpe dried was walk before commisHis “engine” — a pair of teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar completely. sioners to request a 20 percent 1,200-pound mules — needed only rotating back and forth. increase in the department’s bud- an occasional break from the stiJoining Whiteley was neighbor get for 2012, up $126,000 over this fling summer heat as Whiteley and friend Greg Gleue, with his year’s $490,000. traversed his way around an 18- own mowing outfit, another sickThe increase seemed pretty acre prairie hay meadow. le bar mower pulled by a pair of hefty. Murphy reasoned health “It’s a little warm, so we’ve Percheron draft horses. insurance will cost an additional been taking it easy,” Whiteley By DAVID MERCER having some 4,000 fun with restrictions, and businesses are town “We’re of Tallula. He hauls $50,000 Associated and another $6,000 was said. “It’s our little hobby.” Press it,” Whiteley “Greg’s kind looking for ways to stay afloat as gallons a day injoked. four separate expected for Kansas Public Emwereare pulling CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The of adumping wimp about it. He the needs a salesThe fallmules off. Here a fewWhiteof trips, or piping See COUNTY | Page A5 ley’sstories: antique sickle bar mower,water into big, United States is in the midst of their See galvanized-steel MOWING | Page A5 a small wagon with cutting bartroughs for his herd to drink. the worst drought in decades, and the dry weather and soar- Water for Quarters Even at 40 to 50 gallons per ing temperatures are taking a The creeks and ponds that quarter, it adds up. toll on people living and work- Cimeron Frost’s 300 cows and “It takes a little over two rolls ing in Ohio west to California calves drink from in central Il- of quarters a day, plus probably and Texas north to the Dakotas. linois are almost dry. $40 in gasoline a day, to water all Farmers have watched their So each day, he takes rolls of our cows in all our locations,” corn wither and their cattle go quarters to what amounts to wa- Frost, 65, said. At $10 a roll, hungry. Homeowners have seen ter vending machines in nearby that’s about 60 bucks a day, or their lawns turn brown and gar- towns. He drops in the coins, $420 a week, and he’s been hauldens wilt. Communities in the collects the water in metal and ing every day since mid-June. Midwest that rarely experience plastic tanks and tows it on trailHe estimates he has spent water shortages have enacted ers to his pastures around the

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Iola has implemented a number of water usage restrictions beginning today. The stage 2 water warnings were issued by the Kansas Water Office, affecting communities in the Cottonwood and Neosho River Basins Water Assurance District No. 3 . The restrictions are geared to prohibiting the waste of water and include: Register/Richard Luken • An odd/even lawn watering Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was system will be imposed on Iolans. joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday. Residents with odd-numbered ad-

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dresses will water on odd days; even addresses will water on even days. • Outdoor water use, including lawn watering and car washing, will be restricted to before 10 a.m. ATLANTA (AP) — Former and after schools 9 p.m. Superintendent Atlanta • Golf courses willabout restrict waBeverly Hall knew cheattering to tees and greens after ing allegations on standardized sunset. tests but either ignored them or • Swimming pools may betoretried to hide them, according a filled day a week after sunset. state one investigation. •An Outdoor watering be re800-page reportwill released stricted use Associated of a hand-held Tuesday to to The Press hose or bucket only. Deal’s office by Gov. Nathan • Excess charges will through anwater open use records request be considered. shows several educators reported cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009, and other administrators ignored those reports and sometimes retaliated against the whistleblowers. The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and Giving middle private schools lessons cheated on on Tuesstandays and Thursdays throughout dardized tests by helping stuthe Kloepfer can see dentssummer, or changing the answers progress. once exams were handed in. “The confidence that are The investigators alsothey found a starting to fear, build has been and one “culture of intimidation of the most in noticeable things so retaliation” the school district far,” Kloepfer said. “A lot of them over the cheating allegations, didn’t that well lying or at which read led music to educators all. They’ve come aorlong way alabout the cheating destroying ready.” See CHEATING | Page A5 Kloepfer said a strong music program requires getting to students early, mentoring them and building their love of music. Kloepfer is looking for juniors and seniors to be mentors to middle school students, building their interest in music. For those youths who don’t have instruments, Kloepfer says he has plenty of instruments for

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New director takes band in professional direction By ROB BURKETT rob@iolaregister.com

Matt Kloepfer, Iola High and Middle School band director, has been busy establishing what he hopes is a musical foundation for area students. Kloepfer said he comes to Iola for a variety of reasons. The one that tops the list is the chance to Ray Whiteley work with the kind of students he has encountered so far. “I had opportunities to teach other places that are more suburban than Iola,” Kloepfer said. “But the thing is, kids from more rural areas just seem to have a stronger work ethic. These kids remind me a lot of when I was that age. They have parents who have instilled a desire for them to By BOB JOHNSON be better.” Thatbob@iolaregister.com attitude has been exempliSee BAND | Page A4 a thoufiedAn inanticipated the growth field of hisofcharges. sand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown business district early Saturday as Charley Melvin did in 1905, can be thankful that Melvin chose to do his dastardly deed in the middle of the night. Had the event being commemorated occurred in mid-day, participants would battle oppressive heat and humidity, with both picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday forecast at the upper end of the afternoon. As in the past, “we exdiscomfort scale during daytime pect a lot of people to sign up FriFriday and Saturday. As is, they day night.” Cost is $12 for the walk. Runwill run and walk in somewhat more inviting temperatures pre- ners’ fees are $14 for youth to age dicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m. 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for members of teams. Saturday. Runners in the third annual The race — many walkers will be out for a stroll — will cap activ- event will aim for best times of ities that start late Friday after- 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for noon and will go on throughout females, set last year. Sticks of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” the evening. Included will be the will be awarded the first three much-awaited “drag race,” feaBurkett places for malesRegister/Rob and females in turing some of the area’s finest of band five ages groups, 15 and Matt Iola High and Middle each School director, stands in men Kloepfer, and women dressed in drag. under, band 16-30,camp 31-45,Wednesday. 46-60 and 61 theChris middle of the at woodwind circle during Weiner Thrive Allen andthe over. The campco-sponsor was designed limits of students by havCounty, withto help Allenpush All participants will break County “The ing themCrimestoppers work with areafor professionals. Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run from in front of the post office. for your Life,” said total of partic- Runners will follow a course that ipants was approaching 450, with will take them on West to Washabout 200 signed on for the 5-kilo- ington, then Jackson, Jefferson meter run. The walk will follow a and East to Cottonwood. They See TEMPS | B6 3-kilometer course. “Registration, including probably a fifth online, has really

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Milo “Drumsticks” Combs was a kid magnet Friday night at the fourth annual back-to-school Moonlight Splash at Iola’s muBrian Pekarek, center, visits with Barb Geffert and Marcy Boring at nicipal swimming pool, sponsored by Steve and Cecilia Orcutt, the USD 257 board office. retired USD 257 art teachers. Milo — in real life John Hutton — led scores of youngsters in the “Chicken Dance,” after a parade around the pool. Iola, KS Iola, KS

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Obituary Lillian Steele

Lillian K. Steele, 82, lifelong Gas resident, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Lillian was born Dec. 8, 1929, in Gas, the daughter of John and Beatrice (Perkins) Schiefelbine. She grew up in Gas and graduated from Iola High School. On April 26, 1947, Lillian married Clifford “Cliff ” Steele in Iola. They made their home in Gas. She retired in 1991 after 30 years as a deputy clerk of Allen County District Court. Mr. Steele preceded her in death Oct. 14, 1998. She enjoyed walking, bicycling, embroidering, baking and cooking for family and friends and helping with Gas functions. She is survived by a

daughter, Judy Ann Hoepker and husband Larry, Humboldt; two grandchildren, Janae Coronado and husband Henry, Frontenac, and Justin Hoepker and wife Nicole, Iola; five greatgrandchildren, Avery and Colin Coronado and Rayce, Chassis and Speed Hoepker. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Elwood Schiefelbine. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Gas City Cemetery. Memorials may be left at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola, for Fees Park in Gas. Online condolences for the family may be left at www. iolafuneral.com.

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Jeff Gatewood has never seen a summer this bad in 36 years at Allisonville Nursery in the Indianapolis suburb of Fishers. Indianapolis had its hottest July on record, with temperatures topping 90 degrees on 28 days, and less than an inch of rain fell in June and July. “We’ve now gone where nobody’s gone before. Hot, dry, hot, dry, record-setting all the time,” Gatewood said. With business down 20 percent to 30 percent because of the weather, he quit ordering new plants in June and cut hours and staff. Then he decided to get creative. The nursery held a “heat stroke” sale in late July, offering customers a chance to buy plants and pick them up later, once cooler temperatures arrive and local watering bans are lifted. That brought people in and helped business some, he said. “We’re seeing a pent-up demand like a dam wanting to break. I think once we see cooler temperatures in the lower 80s, get a little rain shower — that’s going to help,” he said. The nursery has clustered plants in shaded areas to protect them. Gatewood said hydrangeas are especially vulnerable. “Even in the shade, when it’s 95 or 100, they hate it,” he said. — Jeni O’Malley in Indianapolis Creative forecasting

Facing three minutes to fill on the nightly newscast, a TV station blog to update and a forecast reading something like “sunny and 102” for the umpteenth day in a row, meteorologist Todd Yakoubian doesn’t sweat. He pulls out a meat thermometer. “I try to keep it as interesting as possible,” said Yakoubian, a meteorologist with KATV in Little Rock, Ark. “You can’t do the same thing day in and day out.” To illustrate just how hot it has been in Arkansas, and for how long, Yakoubian recently filled a sink in his home with water from the “cold” tap and measured it at a not-veryrefreshing 84 degrees. He also has fried eggs on a sidewalk and baked cookies in a car, but admits everybody does that. He’s on a quest to find other ways to show just how doggone hot the dog days are.

Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., New Community Building at Riverside Park. Women’s Ministry Fellowship group meeting, 6:30 p.m., First Assembly of God Church, 1020 E. Carpenter St. USD 257 school board meeting, 6:30 p.m., Iola High School lecture hall. Marmaton Valley USD 256 school board meeting, 7 p.m., district office in Moran. Humboldt City Council, 7 p.m., Humboldt City Hall. USD 479 school board meeting, 7 p.m., Crest board office in Colony. Allen County Chapter American Cancer Society, 7 p.m., conference room at Allen County Hospital. USD 258 school board meeting, 7:30 p.m., school board office in Humboldt.

Tuesday

Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse commissioners’ room. Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College Student Center meeting room. Grief Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Allen County Home Health and Hospice, 501 N. State. Allen County Hospital trustees meeting, 6 p.m., Mary Ellen Stadler meeting room at Allen County Hospital, open to public. American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 15, 7:30 p.m., Post Home.

Prenatal classes, 6 p.m., Mary Ellen Stadler conference room at Allen County Hospital, to register for session call Sharilyn Lamb at (620) 365-1054. Veterans Day Committee, 7 p.m., Alfred Link’s home, 623 S. Sycamore.

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body’s gone before. Hot, dry, hot, dry, recordsetting all the time. — Jeff Gatewood, Garden nursery owner in Indianapolis

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about $2,700 so far. But he worries more about what could lie ahead. “If we don’t have a wet fall and a wet spring, we could be in trouble for another year,” Frost said.

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“I put a wireless thermometer in the attic and hooked up a webcam and streamed it for “How Hot Is It In Todd’s Attic?” The answer: 138.6 degrees. He also took temperature readings in his wife’s car to show viewers how dangerous it was to leave children or animals in vehicles that can reach 130 degrees. “I used a meat thermometer because it was the only one I had that would go that high,” Yakoubian said. — Kelly Kissel in Little Rock, Ark. A silver lining

There may be a silver lining to the drought: The socalled “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is shrinking and the summer has seen fewer tornadoes. The dead zone is an area of low oxygen in the waters that is a long-standing environmental problem, which experts say is caused by farm pollution running into the Mississippi River and then the Gulf of Mexico. But with less rain, there is less runoff. Nancy Rabalais, a dead zone expert with the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, found the dead zone was the fourth smallest in 80 years of records. It measured only 2,889 square miles in July, compared to a five-year average of 5,695 square miles. Tornado Alley also has been quiet this summer. In mid-April, the U.S. looked like it was on pace to set a record with the number of tornadoes this year. Then the storms stopped coming. In June, there were about 100 tornadoes, the second fewest in more than 60 years of recordkeeping. Then in July it got even slower, with a preliminary count of 24. Before this year, the fewest tornadoes the U.S. had in July was 73. The heat wave and drought are the primary reason for fewer twisters, said Harold Brooks, a research meteorologist at the National Severe Storm Laboratory in Norman, Okla. In a drought, there are fewer thunderstorms from which tornadoes can form.

Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs representative, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Allen County Courthouse commissioners’ room. 911 Advisory Board meeting, 10 a.m., 911 center, 410 N. State St., Iola. Rotary Club, noon, The Greenery. Take Off Pounds Sensibly No. KS 880, Iola, 5 p.m. weighin, 5:30 meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson. Farmers Market, 5:30 p.m., southwest corner of Iola square. Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group, 7 p.m., First Assembly of God Church, 1020 E. Carpenter.

Friday

Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center, 204 N. Jefferson.

Saturday

Breakfast for retired military, veterans and their spouses, 8 a.m., B&B Country Cafe, Andy Thornton, outreach specialist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will speak. Cancer Support Group, 10-11 a.m., Parish Hall at St. John’s Catholic Church.

Sunday

Iola Old-Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers, 1 p.m., North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye, visitors welcome.

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Thrive Allen County Community Conversation, 7 p.m., 12 W. Jackson Ave. Cooking class: Breakfast, 9 a.m. at the Iola Public Library.

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Economic malaise hits Asian shores U.S. stocks fell this morning as evidence piled up that the global economic slowdown is dragging on Asia. Japan’s economy grew in the second quarter at a 1.4 percent annual rate, far slower than analysts had expected. Last week, China released dismal figures on retail sales and exports in July. Traders had hoped Beijing would roll out stimulus measures over the weekend. That did not happen. Slower growth in Asia is worrisome because the region’s economic

strength has offset weakness in the U.S. and Europe during the past several years. Exports from Asia are plunging, a sign that Europe’s economic woes are stifling consumer demand for products made there. While Chinese and U.S. monetary authorities are thought to be considering how to ease monetary policy further, the European Central Bank is expected to take a more active role firefighting Europe’s debt crisis in order to reduce the borrowing rates of Spain and Italy.

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vamp Medicare. “And on Nov. 6, we Wisconsinites will help save America that day.” Ryan told the crowd that Obama is leading the country on a path “toward a welfare state with a debt crisis.” “Do we want to copy Europe?” No!” Ryan shouted. Earlier in the day in North Carolina, Ryan told a crowd that packed into a furniture factory in High Point that “We have a clear choice of two futures.” “Are we going to accept the status quo, a path of debt, a path of doubt and decline?” he asked. “We can turn this country around.” Meanwhile, in Chicago, Obama formally welcomed Ryan to the campaign, invoking his name

to a chorus of boos during a fundraiser at an arts center. The event was the second of five fundraisers in his home town Sunday. “I know him; I welcome him to the race,” Obama said, cutting the crowd’s booing off. Obama called Ryan the “ideological leader of the Republicans in Congress.” Ryan is a “decent man, a family man” and an “articulate spokesman for Gov. Romney’s vision,” Obama said. “But it’s a vision I fundamentally disagree with,” he added. “The question in this election is which way do we go? Do we go forward toward a vision of American in which prosperity is shared... or do we go backward, toward the same policies that got us into this mess in the first place. I believe we have to go forward.”

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Two of a kind: Ryan fleshes out Romney’s vision

MOST OF US would not enjoy the benefits of Ryan’s tax plans. While high-income earners would reap huge benefits, the other 95 percent of the U.S. population would experience none because deductions such as home mortgages would be eliminated. For most Americans their homes — not their investments

— are their biggest asset. Ryan proposes lowering the top rate from the present 35 percent to 25 percent, increasing the tax burden on middle class Americans. Under Romney/Ryan, Medicare would be turned into a voucher program where benefits would be determined by an insurance company. Traditionally, the health care needs of senior citizens are generously covered by the U.S. government. Under Ryan’s plan, that care would be determined by private insurance companies. Vouchers for a fixed amount would be issued, forcing seniors to make do. The CBO estimates most seniors would pay an average of $6,400 in additional medical costs under Ryan’s plan. As for Medicaid, which covers low-income people and increasingly nursing home care for formerly middle-class Americans, the federal government would issue block grants to states — and at a significantly reduced rate than it currently pays for those services. Ryan also favors privatization of Social Security, stealing the last leg under the stool of federal entitlements which Americans have earned. Ryan’s plan is for the hale, hearty and well-heeled. Those less than that, will feel increasingly unwelcome. — Susan Lynn

Newly elected come with agenda TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans cleared away a big obstacle this week to their ambitions to convert Kansas into a policy laboratory, but they could face a new problem as they work on fiscal and social issues next year — the state GOP’s ingrained habits of splintering and squabbling.

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Medals are reward enough Olympic athletes are very special people. But are they more special than, say, Nobel Prize winners, or police officers, or nurses, or spiritual gurus, or brilliant inventors or researchers whose discoveries enhance our lives? If an election year happens to fall in an Olympics year, yes. Both presidential candidates have embraced an astonishingly silly but highly populist measure in Congress to exempt Olympic medalists from taxes, an idea that, naturally, originated with that bastion of silly but populist tax proposals, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform. The U.S. Olympic Committee awards honorariums in the amount of $25,000 for each gold medal, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze, which means, Norquist’s group sputters, that a gold medalist would be on the hook to send up to $8,986 of his or her winnings to the IRS. Never mind that the factchecking organization PolitiFact ruled this claim “Mostly False,” because any decent accountant could reduce that tax bite to as little as zero by deducting the expenses paid to win that medal, such as travel, uniforms, classes, payments to coaches, cost of equipment, etc. Republicans, with some Democratic support, quickly sponsored legislation in the House and Senate to make Norquist’s notion law, and on Monday the White House weighed in by saying that if Congress approves the bill, President Obama will sign it.

Voters in last week’s Republican primaries ousted seven moderate state senators, and Senate President Steve Morris, a Hugoton moderate, trails in his contest as counties prepare to certify election results this week. Conservative Republicans are likely to emerge from the November general election with a conservative GOP majority in the Senate alongside one in the House. Conservatives and like-minded groups like the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Americans for Prosperity, Kansans for Life and the tea party movement have plenty to celebrate. They appear to have shattered a Senate coalition that allowed GOP moderates and Democrats to check conservative Gov. Sam Brownback’s agenda. Brownback’s administration has a clearer path for his political initiatives. But Brownback and the Legislature’s new GOP leaders will face rising expectations on the right and a coalition of allies with diverse policy goals. Brownback and conservative legislators also will be enmeshed in the details of drafting a budget and managing state government, knowing the governor and House members will face voters again in 2014. “They’ve got 30 months to turn this state around, because nobody’s going to give them any grace,” said state Rep. Scott Schwab, a conservative Olathe Republican. Some Republicans thought Brownback faced a similar problem after his election in 2010, when the GOP won all statewide and congressional races on the ballot for the first time since 1964 and dramatically boosted its majority in the state House. And rumblings initially came from

Why? There’s no legitimate tax policy reason. Politicians in both parties complain endlessly about the complexity of the U.S. tax code and its many needless loopholes, yet they’re only too happy to add to the complexity and drill another loophole in an election season when liberals and conservatives alike rooted for Team USA in London. If you’re going to make an argument for a tax exemption, the first requirement should be to demonstrate that the tax relief would have a stimulative or otherwise beneficial effect on the economy without significantly worsening the deficit. That clearly doesn’t apply here. FORGET ABOUT the brain, though; this bill is targeting the heart. Americans’ guts tell them that Olympians work very hard, most of them are amateurs, and their accomplishments should be honored rather than snatched by the IRS. Yet if we were to carve out exemptions for all the people who work hard, make sacrifices and sometimes achieve remarkable feats, the government would quickly go broke. Is an Olympian’s sacrifice in pursuit of personal glory really more noble (or worthy of a tax exemption) than a firefighter’s risk of life and limb in a dangerous rescue operation? Hardly, yet firefighter salaries are taxed at the same rate as everybody else’s. This mindless bill should be rejected with the authority of a Kerri Walsh Jennings block. — The Los Angeles Times

A look back in time 25 Years Ago Week of Aug. 11, 1987

Evans Music, a member of the Iola business community since 1963, will close later this month. Jim Evans began working at the store five years after his parents opened it in 1963. The store, at 15 W. Madison, housed Edmiston’s department store before Dave and Olive Evans expanded their busi-

ness from Chanute to Iola. The Chanute store was closed earlier and the elder Evanses retired. ***** Dr. Frank Lenski Jr., a native Iolan, who has been practicing medicine since 1950, when he joined his father’s practice here, is retiring. The younger Lenski graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and interned at

Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He joined the U.S. Navy two years after joining his father’s practice. After his Navy tour of duty he accepted a residency in psychiatry at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka. Lenski returned to Iola to continue his medical career in 1954. His office in Iola is at 206 S. Jefferson. He now plans to travel and visit his three sons.

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... (Brownback’s) biggest challenge over the next two years is saying ‘no.’ The base wants red meat, and at some point, the leadership has to govern. — Ryan Wright, Kansas Values Political Action Committee

the right, as a few conservative Republicans grumbled about what they perceived as a lack of progress on budget and tax issues. BUT THE BIGGER problem was on the left. GOP moderates resisted Brownback’s successful push this year to cut income taxes, fearing it would lead to budget shortfalls, something legislative researchers have projected. The bipartisan Senate coalition also blocked some proposals on abortion, gun rights, labor unions’ political activities and giving the governor and legislators more control over appellate court appointments. Democratic legislative leaders argue Kansans can still check conservatives by voting for Democratic candidates in November. But odds are long that Democrats can pick up enough seats in the Senate, because Republicans could lose six of their current 32 seats, and conservatives still would have a majority of 21 in the 40-member chamber. Some GOP moderates have already conceded majorities in both chambers to conservatives and a free reign in policy to Brownback. “He will get those rubber-stamp majorities,” said Ryan Wright, chairman and treasurer of the Kansas Values Political Action Committee, which formed in midJuly to help moderate GOP senators. “I actually think his biggest challenge over the next two years is saying ‘no.’ The base wants red meat, and at some point, the leadership has to govern.” Both major parties experience internal strife and attempts to push out dissidents, but Kansas Republicans have a more storied tradition of family feuding because of their dominance in the state. A century ago, when the Populist movement faded, conservatives battled Bull Moose progressives. The squabbling flared in the 1950s and 1960s, and again in the mid-1990s, when moderate Bill Graves swept into the governor’s office but conservatives took control of the state GOP or-

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Mitt Romney’s pick in Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate is so good, many may be wishing Ryan was leading the ticket. Ryan makes no bones about his vision for America. And because Romney has yet to be definitive about his ideas for the country, Ryan is more than happy to fill in the details. A bright future for the U.S., Ryan says, depends on largely undoing safety net services such as Medicaid and Medicare, revamping the income tax formula to favor the wealthy, and keeping defense spending at its all-time high. This formula would reduce spending by about $6 trillion the first 10 years, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. But also would reduce income by $4 trillion. If implemented, the CBO estimates the United States would get out of debt in 30 years — hardly an aggressive trajectory toward solvency.

ganization. With even GOP moderates now brought to heel, Schwab still sees the potential for splintering, saying the party has “reasonable” conservatives and “the far right.” An early test of conservative unity will be in December, when Republicans in both chambers pick new leaders. House Speaker Mike O’Neal, a conservative Hutchinson Republican, didn’t run for re-election to the Legislature. Morris’ departure and GOP moderates’ losses likely mean a clean slate of leaders for Senate Republicans. But Wright expects GOP senators’ potential conflicts over leadership jobs to work themselves out and predicts the first serious battles will be over budget issues, followed by some conservatives’ desire to pursue social issues, including abortion. Notably, Kansans for Life described last week’s election results as “a pro-life primary triumph.” While efforts by the Kansas Chamber and AFP received far more attention, the anti-abortion group was active through voter guides, mailings and radio ads for conservative candidates. Another potential flashpoint is immigration policy, which divided even conservative Republicans this year. Some GOP legislators want to pursue measures designed to crack down on illegal immigration and have a visible ally in Secretary of State Kris Kobach. But the Kansas Chamber — a visible force in this year’s conservative wave — backed a proposal to allow illegal immigrants to fill jobs in industries deemed to have a labor shortage. Finally, Schwab said, Brownback and legislative leaders must deal with the impatience of new legislators. “You’re always going to have those freshmen, who have that lust for immediate change,” he said. Political Writer John Hanna has covered Kansas politics and government since 1987. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter. com/apjdhanna .

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them to practice with. “We did the Save The Music program early in the summer and it helped out a lot,” Kloepfer said. “We ended the summer with about 18 instruments that were donated. We have most of them ready to go right now and we’ll continue to work on the rest to have them ready as soon as possible.” On the other side of the equation, students have responded positively to the new

band director. The level of instruction has impressed some of the seniors. “You don’t just walk through things during practice,” Cody Cokely said. “He pushes us to be better. You really have to work at things and that’s awesome. I can’t speak for all the seniors, but I know I’m a little sad that he got here in my senior year. I’ll get only this year to work with him.” “You can tell he wants to push students to be bet-

ter,” Colton Schubert, added. “We’ve had some good practices, so it’s been good.” Kloepfer said he can tell his new students are bringing out the best in him as an instructor. “I’ve started stepping my game up even more as a teacher,” Kloepfer said. “They’ve been like sponges just soaking in what I say. They come ready to go each time. A lot of them come early and stay late. That’s the kind of stuff that inspires me to give all I

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As many as 61 people are injured and three killed every day on Kansas roads in alcohol-related crashes, the Iola Police Department said in a press release. “I want this enforcement to remind drivers of several things,” Iola Police Chief Jared Warner said. “First, if you’re going to drink while away from home, do it responsibly by planning ahead and lining someone up who is not drinking to get you home.” Waiting until it’s time to go home to start asking is foolhardy, the police chief said. “Chances are, if you do that, you will end up with

a driver who thinks he’s sober enough to be driving, but may not be.” Second, Warner encouraged drivers to picture families they know, then consider the impact of injuring or killing one of them due to drunk driving. “Third, we can pull you over for any number of traffic infractions or mechanical deficiencies,” Warner said. If officers detect a hint of alcohol, the driver will be tested. “Fourth, we ask everyone to be our eyes when on the road,” the police chief said. “If you see suspicious driving behaviors, take note of location and direction, as well as the vehicle’s

description.” Call 911 only when it’s safe to do so, he stressed. Warner also noted wearing seat belts or appropriate child restraints is an ongoing concern for officers. Those laws will be enforced as well. While the campaign is geared toward the Labor Day holiday, Warner noted officers will remain vigilant to removing impaired drivers throughout the year. A drunken driving arrest could result in fines of up to $2,500, a year in jail, suspension or permanent loss of driving privileges and the installation of an interlock ignition device on the driver’s car.

You couldn’t make up these stories Drowning victim was sleeping swimmer

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A man floating on a central Pennsylvania river was mistaken for a drowning victim — until he sat up. WNEP-TV reports police and a coroner arrived at the scene Thursday along the Susquehanna River near Williamsport. Onlookers reported seeing the man floating face-up in a lifejacket just below a dam. The area has seen drownings before. Turns out the man had fallen asleep while cooling off on a hot summer day. Swimmer Joseph DeAngelo says he had no idea

what was going around him until a dragonfly landed on his nose. Then he sat up. DeAngelo apologized for the confusion, but says he was living life the best way he knows how.

Man charged with bag of bogus cash

INDIANA, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with possessing an instrument of crime — a bag of shredded counterfeit money — after police say he handed it to them when they went to his house on an unrelated disturbance call last year. T hir ty-nine-year-old

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can. Their energy pushes me to step up mine.” The new band will debut at the IHS football Blue and Gold game Aug. 23. The band has rehearsed many of the traditional songs played during games that help raise the team’s intensity. “Our job is to give the team an extra edge,” Kloepfer said. “If we can keep the crowd pumped up and into the game, then we’re doing our job.”

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Peter Letso, of Indiana, Pa., was charged by state police only this week because crime lab experts and the U.S. Secret Service have been examining the bag’s contents to determine what it contained. Police say they were answering a disturbance call on Sept. 10, when Letso told troopers he knew why they were there and handed over the bag. Police haven’t explained why Letso did that or how he allegedly obtained the counterfeit money. Online court records don’t list an attorney for Letso, who also doesn’t have a listed phone.

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WAHPETON, N.D. — It was not the ending they wanted but Iola American Legion Post 15’s AA Indians saw their state championship season come to an end Friday evening. The 2012 Kansas American Legion AA champions lost twice on Friday, losing out at the 2012 American Legion Central Plains Division 2 Regional Tournament. Iola dropped a 9-6 decision to Ely, Minn., in the winners bracket Friday afternoon. On Friday evening, the AA Indians just couldn’t come up with a timely hit and lost 2-1 to Wisconsin Dells, Wis., in an elimination game. The Indians ended the 2012 season at 41-6. They won the Kansas Amateur Baseball Association (KABA) South for the second year in a row. They won the KABA tournament championship then followed it up with a Kansas American Legion Zone 3 championship. The Iola AA Indians captured the second-ever state championship for Iola American Legion Leslie J. Campbell Post 15. Iola won a state AA championship in 1988. A team from Iola has been in the AA state tournament in 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 2007, 2011 and 2012. Iola finished second in 1984 and 1990.

In the game with Wisconsin Dells, Iola gave up a run in the first inning on an error, a walk and fielder’s choice. Iola tied the game up in the third inning. With one gone, Levi Ashmore walked but was caught stealing second base. Clint Heffern opened a two-out rally with a base hit and Jerrik Sigg followed with a single. Heffern stole third base. Sigg took off for second base and on the throw, Heffern scored. Sigg was tagged out at second. Wisconsin Dells scored the goahead run in the fourth. A hit batter with one gone and two singles produced the run. Iola had two on with no one out in the top of the seventh but a double play and a fly ball ended the threat and the game. Heffern had two singles in the game. Hitting a single each were Dalton Smith, Mason Coons, Sigg, Drew Walden and Corey Taylor. Smith was the losing pitcher. He gave up two hits, walked five, hit two batters and struck out three.

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Kansas City Royals slugged their way through four games at Camden Yards, taking full advantage of the short distance to the outfield fence to hit eight home runs against the Baltimore Orioles. Unfortunately, the Royals were also victimized by the long ball. Such was the case Sunday, when Kansas City yielded two homers in a 5-3 loss that gave Baltimore a split of the series. Manny Machado hit his third homer in four major league games and Nick Markakis also connected for the Orioles, who got four hitless innings from their bullpen. Throughout the series, the Royals had no answer for Machado, who went 6 for 16 with a double, triple, three home runs and seven RBIs. Mike Moustakas homered for the Royals, who went 4-3 on a road swing against the White Sox and Orioles. Kansas City has 15 home runs over its last eight games. The Royals are 49-65, but they gave Baltimore all it could handle. The Royals got a run in the fifth when Alex Gordon and Alcides Escobar singled ahead of a doubleplay grounder by Moustakas. In the bottom half, Markakis knotted the score at 3 and ended Chen’s run of 11 straight outs with a drive to right on a 3-2 pitch.

At right, Iola AA Indians’ second baseman Clint Heffern goes up to snag a high throw during the team’s state championship run a week ago. Register/Jocelyn Sheets

US, Britain earn high medal counts LONDON (AP) — Red, white and blue was everywhere in London. For the Americans — and for the British, too. The most medals, and the most gold medals. That’s what the U.S. Olympic Team wanted, and it’s what they delivered. As for the home team? Riding the wave of home-field advantage, the British put together their best Olympic showing in over a century. The competition is over. The U.S. was best, but the success stories from London truly spanned the globe. “I think these games were absolutely fabulous,” International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said. The final numbers: 104 medals for the United States, 46 of them gold, their highest total at a “road” Olympics. China won 87 medals, 38 of them gold, down from what they did as the home team in 2008. Britain won 29 golds, third-most of any nation,

and 65 overall — fourth in that category behind Russia, a winner of 82 medals, 24 gold. Grenada had its first gold medalist, and six other nations sent athletes to the Olympic podium for the first time. Meanwhile, Australia took another step back in its Olympic freefall after a scintillating show in Sydney 12 years ago. In all, 85 nations won something in London, from the U.S. to

Tajikistan and dozens of points in between. “We are immensely proud of the success that our athletes had in London,” U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun said Sunday. So were the hosts, who delivered on a promise of greatness in 2012. “What I’ve witnessed in the last couple of weeks has been both uplifting and energizing,” London Games chief Sebastian Coe said. “I don’t think any country that has staged the games or any city that staged the games is ever the same afterward.” Neither are the athletes who win them. A boxer from Thailand protested losing a gold-medal fight to a Chinese opponent, and shed tears of disbelief when the decision was announced. He cried again 10 minutes later, holding his silver medal for the first time. “I’m happy. I’m still really happy that I’ve got this silver medal,” said the Thai fighter, Kaeo Pongprayoon. “I’m really proud. It

might not be gold, but it’s a medal I can bring back to the Thai people.” The U.S. brought a whole slew of hardware back to the American people. The 46 golds in London were one more than the gold haul from Paris in 1924 and Mexico City in 1968. LeBron James recognized that winning gold means more than, well, winning gold. He and the U.S. men’s basketball team won the Americans’ final Olympic title in London on Sunday afternoon. The final numbers for the Americans in London won’t go down as record-setting for all Olympics. They won 83 golds (174 overall) at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, boycotted by most of the Soviet bloc countries; and 78 golds (a whopping 239 overall) at the 1904 St. Louis Games, when U.S. athletes won roughly seven out of every eight medals. Different eras, different dynamics. By any measure, 2012 will be considered a success for the U.S.

Shot putter is stripped of Olympic gold LONDON (AP) — Shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus became the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the London Olympics after her gold was withdrawn today for doping. Valerie Adams of New Zealand was awarded the gold and Evgeniia Kolodko of Russia was bumped up to silver. Fourth-place finisher Gong Lijiao of China was moved up to bronze. The International Olympic Committee said Ostapchuk tested positive for the steroid metenolone. She won the shot put exactly a week earlier. The IOC said she was tested the day before her competition and again following the event. Both samples were positive.” The announcement came hours after the flame was extinguished at the closing ceremony with athletes and officials heading out of London.

Women have had it... ...Success at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Sorry Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt and the U.S. Dream Team. You did well but these games belonged to the women of the world. Especially the U.S.A. women, who brought home 29 of their country’s 46 gold medals. They were responsible for over half of the 104 total medals garnered by U.S. athletes over the two weeks of competition. Even in sports generally thought of as men’s sports — boxing and freestyle wrestling — American women placed. Claressa Shields won the first ever gold medal in boxing for the American women and Marlen Esparza claimed a bronze in boxing. Kayla Harrison was so overcome with emotion that she couldn’t keep the tears from flowing atop the podium. Harrison won the first ever judo gold medal in Olympic history. It was the U.S. men’s gymnastic team that was touted as gold medal favorite going into the Olympics. They stumbled and the U.S. women captured the team gold in their competition plus added two individual goal medals. Those included the allaround gymnast gold to Gabby Douglas. What about the young women in the pool. Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky. Rebecca Soni in the swimming along with others. Then in another pool the U.S. women claimed the gold in water polo. It was an All-American gold medal match in beach volleyball. The U.S. women won gold in soccer and basketball. Who can forget the sheer joy of Serena Williams’ dance following her gold-medal

The Pressbox Jocelyn Sheets victory in women’s singles. She and her sister, Vanessa, won the women’s doubles gold. It all got started by Kimberly Rhode in women’s skeet shooting. And the American women kept rolling right to the end. In track and field, the American women were tremendous. Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards-Ross, DeeDee Trotter and Francena McCorory punctuated the run in track and field with a gold medal in the 4x400-meter race. Felix, Carmeliat Jeter, Bianca Knight and Tianna Madison set a world record in winning the 4x100-meter relay gold. What role models all of the American women — even those who did not earn a medal — were for the young girls of this country. No one can deny that the 2012 Summer Games were important to the women of the world. A stadium full of people cheered the first woman track athlete from the Saudi Arabia even when she was last in her heat of the 800 meters. Sarah Attar ran for Saudi Arabia and Wojdan Shaherkani, who became the first Saudi Arabian women ever to compete in the Olympics earlier in judo. The men were pretty good also but the women had it going on in London.

From left, USA’s Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter, Bianca Knight and Tianna Madison celebrate after winning the gold medal in the 4X100 relay in world record time at the 2012 Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/MCT Summer Olympics in London, England.

USA’s Claressa Shields, left, battles Kazakhstan’s Marina Volnova in the women’s boxing middleweight semifinals at the 2012 Olympics in London, England. Shields won the gold medal later in Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/MCT the week.

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Wyandotte Co. pushes for infant mortality study By MIKE SHERRY KHI News Service

KANSAS CITY, Kan. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; For health officials, the death of a baby is more than just a loss for the parents. The ripple effect could drive mental health needs for grieving households. The death also could highlight a lack of education among new moms about safe sleep practices for infants. Or it could signal a gap in a communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prenatal services. And that, in turn, could mean expensive treatment in neonatal intensive care units and costly education supports later if those babies are developmentally disabled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to find out why we lose our babies,â&#x20AC;? said Terrie Garrison, program manager for the family planning/prenatal clinic in the Wyandotte County Public Health Department. Wyandotte County may get that opportunity, and the first step could come later this month. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund and the Kansas Health Foundation expect to solicit proposals as part of their five-year, $900,000 initiative to fund intensive local studies into the causes of infant deaths. The studies are called fetal and infant mortality reviews. The foundations announced their plan at a May meeting of the Kansas Blue Ribbon Panel on Infant Mortality. They expect to make their funding decisions by the end of November, according to panel member Shannon Cotsoradis, chief executive of Kansas Action for Children. She said the foundations expect to choose up to three recipients from five counties targeted for their high infant mortality rates: Wyandotte, Geary, Saline, Shawnee and Reno. According to the latest data available from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Wyandotte lost 8.5 babies for every 1,000 live births in 2010. The statewide rate of 6.3 per 1,000 live births was the lowest since record keeping began in 1912. But that improvement came on the heels of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent history of lagging behind the rest of the country. Kansas was ranked 40th among all states in 2009, according to the blue ribbon panel. The Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office established the task force three years ago, and among its recommendations issued in February 2011 was a call to establish fetal and infant mortality reviews in communities across the state. Interviews with families provide some of the richest

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material in fetal and infant mortality reviews, said Diane Daldrup, who represents the March of Dimes on the blue ribbon panel. She is director of programs and government affairs for the Greater Kansas Chapter. Through interviews, she said, a community review team can glean detailed information that is not included on a death certificate. And in doing so, Daldrup said, the team can uncover holes in the system that communities can address to improve prenatal services. F++or instance, if the mother smoked during her pregnancy, local health officials could consider whether to reassess tobacco use prevention efforts. Or maybe the team starts to notice a trend of unsafe sleeping arrangements because low-income families canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford cribs. Or it may find a lack of prenatal visits because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taking 60 days for women to get enrolled in Medicaid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then you take everything that is happening in the community and you develop interventions at the community level,â&#x20AC;? Daldrup said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But you also take that data, and it gets drilled up to the state health department where they are beginning to look at themes across the state.â&#x20AC;? As nurse manager for the labor and delivery department at the University of Kansas Hospital, Leigh Collins said the Kansas City, Kan., hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specialization in high-risk pregnancies might inflate Wyandotte Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infant mortality rate. Record keepers are supposed to attribute the death to the motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home county, Collins said, but that does not mean mistakes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sometimes occur. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have often wondered if those numbers are not somewhat reflected in our mortality because dad may live in Kansas and mom lives in Missouri, or vice versa,â&#x20AC;? she said. Like Garrison at the health department, Collins is on the Wyandotte County team working toward winning funding from the two foundations. And she agreed that interviews with families would provide invaluable information in getting at the root causes of infant deaths. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now,â&#x20AC;? Collins said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we only have numbers.â&#x20AC;?

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Partner shirks family time duties Dear Carolyn: Partner A works long hours outside the home. Partner B is a stay-athome parent. Weekend rolls around. Partner A wants to spend one day on a personal hobby/activity that would involve interactions with good friends, but not family. B wishes A would spend time with family instead. Partner A deserves time to unwind after working so many hours during the week, but B also deserves a break from near-constant single parenting. Obviously this is not a unique situation, so why does this feel like such a battle with us, repeated ad nauseam? — Weekend Duties Answer: Because Partner A is apparently insistent upon blowing off family, that’s why. Yes, P.A. deserves time to unwind, but: not for an entire weekend day; not at the expense of P.B., who also deserves unwinding time

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P.A. on kid duty, so they can all get acquainted. Tweak to suit. Deal? Yes, it’s oh-so-bean-countish, but, sadly, that’s often what it takes when one partner thinks it’s just fine to abscond with all of the beans.

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from working crazy hours; and not at the expense of the kids, who will soon see right through P.A.’s absentee parenthood, if they don’t already. So, to meet all needs: Partner A gets one weekend day a month for the hobby. That, plus one weekend morning sleep-in, one weekly night out with Partner B courtesy of a standing arrangement with a sitter, and, where possible, a few hours solo each weekend. Partner B gets a similar weekend-day off once a month, once-a-weekend sleep-in, plus a few hours off every weekend — with

Dear Carolyn: My spouse hates his/her job and I have no idea how to be patient. I don’t enjoy mine, either, and it seems all my spouse wants is for me to listen to constant complaints. I find myself getting more and more angry. Help. — How to Deal Answer: The first and possibly hardest step in a situation like yours — which, if it’s any consolation, is one I hear about almost daily now, thank you economy — is to stop seeing this as your spouse’s failure to suck it up. Instead, try seeing it more constructively, as a difference between your spouse’s coping method and yours to

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the same problem. That way, you won’t have to say to Spousie, “I am so sick of your constant complaints. I’m miserable, too, and you don’t hear me yammering on about it all night.” You get to say the much cooperation-encouraging, “I hear you, and I get that you want to unload all of these bad feelings at the end of the day. The problem is, I have the same bad feelings about work, and I want to get away from them instead of dwelling on them. Since we’re at least temporarily stuck here, is there some way we can help each other manage?” The ultimate goal is lofty — mutual respect and empathy — but don’t be afraid to get there by a distinctly earthy path. Life at the end of your tethers is hard for you both, yes, but those other three little words — “I get it” — have magic in them, too.

It’s best to wait before ditching no-salt plans Dear Dr. Donohue: I recently read in the newspaper that limiting salt is no longer believed to be an important part of treating high blood pressure. I have taken medicine for high blood pressure for 10 years, and now my pressure is fine. I have been strict about my salt intake. At first I found it disagreeable, but have gotten used to it, and prefer my food unsalted. Can I start taking salt again? — R.B. Answer: I’ve read the same articles, and I’ve read the original articles in respected medical journals. This information has stirred up lively debates. Your blood pressure is

Dr. Paul Donohue To Your Good Health normal. You like your food without salt. I’d stick with your current regimen. It’s working for you. Before people ditch the low-salt diet, they should wait until this new information has been retested and proven beyond a doubt. Dear Dr. Donohue: Please furnish information on basal cell cancer. I had four removed. How did I get them? Are they a threat to life? — B.B.

Public notice (First published in The Iola Register August 13, 2012) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Bank of America, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. Jamie Fernandez and Jessica Fernandez, et al. Defendants. Case No. 12CV30 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of 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 September 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot Fifteen (15) and the East Five (5) Feet of Lot Fourteen (14), GARFIELD ADDITION to the City of Iola, in Allen County, Kansas, commonly known as 811 East Garfield Street, Iola, KS 66749 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the

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Answer: Basal cell cancers are skin cancers that arise from the lowest layer of skin, the basal layer. Exposure to sunlight and having a fair complexion are the two greatest risk factors for developing this common kind of skin cancer. The typical basal cell cancer is a scaly, red, slightly raised, small patch of skin that develops a central sore.

The sore may heal, but it always comes back. Basal cell cancers are not usually a threat to life. They can bore deeply into the tissues beneath them if they are not removed. Doctors and patients have a number of ways to successfully get rid of them. Their size and location dictates the best treatment.

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Chiefs beat Cardinals in preseason opener KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — For the Kansas City Chiefs, getting a victory was more of a relief than a win. The Chiefs scored touchdowns on their first two possessions Friday night and beat Arizona 27-17 in their preseason opener. But most importantly to fans and coaches, Jamaal Charles, Eric Berry and Tony Moeaki seemed to have no trouble in their first action since ACL surgeries put all three key players on the shelf before the 2011 season barely got started. Charles, the NFL’s second-leading rusher in 2010, took a hit on his left knee by cornerback Michael Adams on his first carry. No problem. He went on to carry three times for 12 yards and catch a pass for 11 more. “That was a relief,” coach Romeo Crennel said. “For him to take that hit, I think that helped clear his mind about where he is with that injury. Until you get hit on it, you just never know. You’re always wondering about it. Now he’s been hit in a game and I think that will help him going forward.” Charles insisted he “wasn’t even paying atten-

tion” to the hit to the left knee. “It was good just to be on the field again and running the ball again in a real live game,” he said. “It was great to be out there with my teammates.” Did he feel like the old Jamaal, the one whose 6.4 yards per carry in 2010 was just under Jim Brown’s NFL record? “I don’t know. You tell me,” he said, grinning. “I feel fresh. My body feels real good. I feel ready to go.” Matt Cassel found Peyton Hillis on a 11-yard scoring pass to cap the first possession, marking the second straight game the defense for Arizona yielded a touchdown on the opening drive. In their second possession, the Chiefs went 72 yards in just four plays, capped by Shaun Draughn’s four-yard run. “Coach Crennel’s been preaching all camp long to get off to a good start,” said Cassel, who showed no ill effects from the hand injury that kept him out of most of the second half of last season. “I think that’s exactly what we accomplished tonight. I think that gives us momentum going forward.

But we know it’s only the first preseason game. I was proud of how everybody came out and had a good start.” The Cardinals will be glad to get back to Arizona. Counting their loss to New Orleans in the Hall of Fame game, they’re 0-2 since they last slept in their own beds. “It’s disappointing that we didn’t play better,” Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said. “I don’t accept that. I just don’t think it was a good effort by our team and I’m glad we’ve got three (preseason) games left to clear that up.” Little was decided in the battle between John Skelton and Kevin Kolb for Arizona’s starting quarterback job. But William Powell, a second-year running back from Kansas State, had a big game, rushing for 92 yards on nine carries. He scored the Cardinals’ first touchdown on a two-yard run on fourth down after going for 67 yards a moment before. Skelton started and was 3-for-6 for 35 yards and one interception. Kolb, who started in the Hall of Fame game, came off the bench and was 1-for-5 for 21 yards.

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Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher (59) pressures Arizona Cardinals quarterback John Skelton, right, over the top of LaRod Stephens-Howling (36) in the first quarter of Friday night’s preseason game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Cardinals, who spent the week practicing at the Chiefs’ camp in nearby St. Joseph, Mo., dropped to 0-2

in the preseason, while the Chiefs matched their preseason victory total for the past three seasons.

“I thought John looked comfortable,” Whisenhunt said. “Kevin looked good early.”

And there’s futbol in Kansas City Sporting Kansas City wins US Open Cup KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City’s path to the U.S. Open Cup title required penalty kicks. After converting one spot kick in regulation in Wednesday night’s final, Sporting outlasted Seattle in a penalty shootout to derail the Sounders’ bid to become the first team to win four straight titles. “I went out there before the first kick and I told the guys, ‘Look, different things are going to happen through these five — maybe up to nine — shots,’” manager Peter Vermes said after Kansas City won its first Cup since 2004. “Whatever happens, the next guy up needs to clear his mind and get on with his business.” That’s just what Sporting did, finishing with a 3-2 advantage in an up-and-down exchange that had Seattle miss its last three tries and Sporting’s Paulo Nagamura make good on his second chance after the first one was saved. After the match went through overtime tied 1-1, Sporting opened the shootout with Kei Kamara’s successful conversion and Brad Evans answered for Seattle. The Sounders led 2-1 after the second round, when Michael Gspurning saved Roger Espinoza’s low shot and Marc Burch beat Jimmy Nielsen with a shot to the right side of the goal.

Sporting went up a man in the 119th minute, when Patrick Ianni was given his

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Sporting Kansas City celebrates with the trophy after defeating the Seattle Sounders FC during last Wednesday’s Lamar Hunt US Open Cup soccer championship at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. That was Seattle’s last successful attempt. In the third round, Sporting’s Matt Besler scored off the underside of the crossbar and Osvaldo Alonso shot well over the bar. Kansas City’s Graham Zusi chipped high to open the fourth round, but Nielsen saved Christian Tiffert’s shot to keep things even and set up the finalround drama. Gspurning saved Nagamura’s shot, but Nagamura was given a second chance when Gspurning was whistled for coming off his line

early. Nagamura made his second attempt in the bottom left corner, and Eddie Johnson sent his answering attempt high. That sealed Kansas City’s first Cup title since the then-Wizards won it in 2004 — also the last time the final went beyond regulation. Kansas City also snapped a seven-game winless streak against Seattle across all competitions. Kansas City also earned a berth in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League. Kamara opened the scor-

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