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County for ACH Foster appeals conviction Savings free up fundsCheating hears scandal budget detailed requests By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

briefs relative By SUSAN LYNN to the hearsusan@iolaregister.com Rory Foster, 31, and his court- ing for Judge Favorable bids on supplies appointed attorney, Rustin Rogers,” Bowand a huge savings in earthwork Rankin, Fredonia, sought to con- ie said of the netted Allen County Hospital vince District Judge David Roger next step for about $732,000 in savings, Shelon Monday that Foster had in- the defense don Streeter, project manager effective defense counsel when and prosecutwith Murray Construction, told ATLANTA (AP) — Former he was convicted of first-degree ing attorneys. trustees at their meeting TuesAtlanta schools Superintendent murder, By rape andJOHNSON other charges If the reday night. BOB Beverly Hall knew about cheatin 2008.bob@iolaregister.com sult doesn’t Streeter and his crew walked ing allegations on standardized Rory Foster Allen County Wade favor Foster, trustees through a wish list of Calls to the 911Attorney dispatch center tests but either ignored them or Bowie argued for theevery state.10 Bowie alternate materials and addiaverage one almost min- he can take tried to hide them, according to a told tions they had relegated to the utes.the Register Tuesday after- the case on to state investigation. noon would rulea on sidelines until additional funds AndRogers while likely that may sound lit- the state Court of Appeals. An 800-page report released the in October. Foster was brought to Allen materialized. tle appeal slow, played out over 24 hours Tuesday to The Associated Press for the Of that sum, about $117,000 a Appearing day and every day prosecution of the year, County Sunday by Kansas DeRegister/Richard Luken by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office were Sheriff Tom Williams and partment Corrections guards was approved for:piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was through an open records request the total comes to 55,000. Mules Patofand Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower three attorneys represented the Gleue El Dorado facil-an 18-acre • Solid surface countertops in “That’s what who we received last stationed joined by at Greg in cutting prairie hay field Tuesday. shows several educators reportFoster various times after his ity, where Foster is imprisoned. favor of laminate throughout year,” at Angie Murphy, dispatch ed cheating in their schools. But arrest through trial, Da- He was returned to El Dorado late most of the hospital for an addicenterand director, told his Allen County the report says Hall, who won vid Clark, John Gillette andmornMike Monday afternoon. tional $60,485. commissioners Tuesday the national Superintendent of Brown. Bowie noted no incidents oc• Roller shades over miniing. the Year award in 2009, and other “We 30 days to prepare blinds for an additional $6,588. The have call total — she figures administrators ignored those reFOSTER | Page A5 BySee RICHARD LUKEN attached. The bar was triggered The pseudo-fabric shades offer half or more are for true emerports and sometimes retaliated richard@iolaregister.com through a gear box engaged as its a “warmer environment,” said gencies — wasn’t the point of her against the whistleblowers. LE ROY — Unlike the mecha- wheels roll. Cris Rivera, chief executive offiappearance, but the magnitude of nized behemoths of today, Ray The yearlong investigation With no mechanical engine to cer of the hospital. Because they the number captivated commis- Whiteley’s mowing outfit was shows educators at nearly four speak of, the only noise emanatare not made of fabric they are sioners. dozen Atlanta elementary and considerably quieter. ing from his unit was from the easy to wipe clean and provide Murphy was before commismiddle schools cheated on stanHis “engine” — a pair of teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar better insurance against germs, sioners to request a 20 percent 1,200-pound mules — needed only dardized tests by helping sturotating back and forth. said Patti McGuffin, chief nursincrease in the department’s bud- an occasional break from the stidents or changing the answers Joining Whiteley was neighbor ing officer. get for 2012, up $126,000 over this fling summer heat as Whiteley once exams were handed in. and friend Greg Gleue, with his • An irrigation system around year’s $490,000. The investigators also found a traversed his way around an 18- own mowing outfit, another sickthe south, east and a small secThe increase seemed pretty acre prairie hay meadow. “culture of fear, intimidation and le bar mower pulled by a pair of tion of the north side of the hefty. By Murphy reasoned ALLISON TINN health cess water usage.warm, so we’ve Percheron retaliation” in the school district “It’s a little draft horses. grounds of the hospital for up to insurance will cost an additional been allison@iolaregister.com “Ninety percent of Iolans have over the cheating allegations, taking it easy,” Whiteley “We’re having some fun with $50,000. $50,000 anotherwent $6,000 Water and restrictions intowas ef- already following which led to educators lying said. “It’sbeen our little hobby.”the reit,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind expected for—Kansas Public Em- strictions,” fect Monday but what does that Slaugh said. about the cheating or destroying The mules were pulling White- of a wimp about it. He needs a See COUNTY | Page A5 TRUSTEES BIT the bullet Ray Whiteley mean for residents? Citizens are not the major waley’s antique sickle bar mower, See CHEATING | Page A5 Seeand MOWING | Page$2.667 A5 Tuesday committed The Kansas Water Office issued ter consumers, is the big bar ina small wagon it with cutting Register/Susan Lynn million for an electronic health stage 2 water warning to commu- dustries that are using the most, Steve Underwood, project superintendent with Murray Conrecords system. nities in Cottonwood and Neosho Slaugh said. struction, showed hospital trustees where concrete is being Larry Peterson, chief finanRiver Basins Water Assurance This water restrictions will be poured at the new hospital site on North Kentucky Street. cial officer for the hospital, said District No. 3. “very loosely enforced,” Slaugh the five-year agreement with All 105 counties in Kansas are said because city administrators Cerner Corporation would be the hospital from the Medicaid of the federal government’s inexperiencing the drought and Al- are hoping this critical stage will paid quarterly. An initial $203,000 and Medicare federal health pro- centive to have all U.S. hospitals len County and surrounding resi- pass quickly. “payment for execution” fee will grams, Peterson said. Of that, implement an electronic system dents have been living on a water If the city did begin writing cibe paid in the next few days fol- Medicaid will pay $255,000 and to record patient data over the watch for the better part of the tations, the first violation would $959,000. Operational next few years or face a penalty. lowed by regular payments of Medicare By BOB JOHNSON summer. be a warning followed by fines. “We hope to go ‘live’ by July reimbursements also will be bob@iolaregister.com $248,000. That is why city administrator, Slaugh is hoping it will not come 31, 2013,” Peterson said, enabling forthcoming, Peterson said. An anticipated field of a thouAbout $1.2 million of the $2.7 Carl Slaugh, isn’t worried about to that. The reimbursements are part See HOSPITAL | Page A5 sand runners and walkers, who million will be reimbursed to See WARNING | Page A5 residents contributing to any exwill 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 commemoBy RICHARD LUKEN rated occurred in mid-day, parrichard@iolaregister.com By would BOB JOHNSON ticipants battle oppressive tion, or 51 percent of Gas’ 564 A schedule loaded with food, picked up,” said Tuesday heat bob@iolaregister.com and humidity, with both families, HillWeiner said, meaning anworship and fun is in store this afternoon. As in the past,Surveys “we exGAS — The 2013 budget for Gas forecast at the upper end of the other 173 must be found. weekend for Wesley United Methpect amailed lot of to people to sign up Friwas approved at a during public hearing discomfort scale daytime were all residents. odist Church’s second annual night.” Tuesday evening. Friday and Saturday. As is, they day Hill said she would encourKeeping It Real celebration. is $12 to forcomplete the walk. RunTherun budget projects total ex- ageCost will and walk in somewhat residents survey The church’s three-day event ners’ fees are $14paid for youth age of $605,738, compared more inviting temperatures pre- forms when they utilitytobills Register/Susan Lynn penditures kicks off Friday evening with a 17, $20 forhit adults $17 each to $538,288 this year. A 12:26 property dicted for the low 70s by a.m. and, “I’ll the and street” and for go These men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s favorite taco bar at 6 o’clock, followed by members of teams. tax levy of Saturday . 29.212 mills will sup- door to door if survey returns race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and a social gathering period and a Runners in the third annual port therace new—budget. nearThe many That’s walkers will continue to lag. Heismeyer. race at begins 7Fred o’clock worshipThe service the at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. will aimon forcompleted best times of ly mill be eight-tenths out for a strollof— awill caplower activ- event Information surchurch at 301 E. Madison Ave. 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for than ities this thatyear’s start 29.980. late Friday after- veys is confidential. Casual attire is suggested, said females, set last year. Property taxes a $100,000 noon and will go for on throughout the Rev. Trudy the Anderson, who Sticks DROUGHT of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” home in Gas are $335.94.will be the the evening. Included THE has dried will lead the service. will be awarded first three City Clerk Rhonda Hill told much-awaited “drag race,” fea- three ponds on thethe Allen County Another service begins at 6 places for males and females in council members 115 Gas famiBy SUSAN LYNN year a woman’s garter was trans- The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, turing some of the area’s finest Country Club golf course to the p.m. Saturday at the church. The each of five ages groups, 15 and lies had been identified through a men and women dressed in drag. point that water is being drawn susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where participants will have a United Methodist Women will under, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 and 61 survey asWeiner being inatlowor middleChris Thrive Allen from Gas to keep greens alive. If you’ve got enough of it, Fri- to another. wide selection from which to host a dessert bar and fellowship and over. income categories. The survey is County, co-sponsor with Allen So far this month the club has day night is the night to let your “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m. afterward. All 676,000 participants break being done preliminary to County Crimestoppers forapply“The used gallons will of water hair down. David Toland, executive director Registration to participate The events hit high gear Sunfrom in the front the post office. ing in late October a $75,000 Charley Melvin Madfor Bomber Run through Gasofsystem. One sure test is to participate of Thrive Allen County and one in the dragRegister/Richard race is $5. That Lukenalso day morning at Riverside Park. Runners will follow course that Community Development Block Steve Robb, city asuperintenin the “Drag Race” as a runup to Among gains participants entrance to a for your Life,” said total of particof the the organizers for Friday’s event organizers at Wesley United Methodist A communitywide worship serwill take them on West to WashGrant for a handicap-accessible usthe Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events. 9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive ipants was approaching 450, with dent, said the extraordinary hosting this weekend’s “Keeping It Real” celebration vice begins at 10:30, followed by a Church ington, then Jackson, Jefferson storm shelter. about 200 signed on for the 5-kiloage didn’t threaten the city’s purRun For Your Life race. If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can barbecue lunch. Pulled pork and are, from left, Dixie McMullen, Lori Cooper, Mary LaCrone and and East to Cottonwood. “We run. needThe to have thosea chase walk288” willin follow allotment from Iola. They The Men and women alike are en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the meter Jenel Eisenbart. categories for the grant applicaSee TEMPS | B6 3-kilometer course. couragedSee to dress in a cross-genCHURCH | Page A5 Dresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on See BUDGET | Page A5 “Registration, including probder manner and then “compete” and other accoutrements will be See EGO | Page B6 ably a fifth online, has really in teams of four in a relay. Last available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s

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Triumphant return to Bowlus Pekarek Countyfinds budget upat $1USD million home 257 Iola Municipal Band — Since 1871 —

Dee Garner, Singer. The group The Bowlus will mark the “Tri- President Jim At the bandstand director umphant” return of the Southperformed in Iola in 2010. Thursday, July 7, 2011 8 p.m. east Kansas Christian Artists Three recent releases — “Love PROGRAM Series the Bowlus Fine Arts Came Calling,” “SavedJ.P. BySousa Grace” Starto Spangled Banner ..................................................arr. Center. and most recently, “Almost Home” Americans We — march .......................................... Henry Fillmore Triumphant one of —...................... have all reached the top of the Rock, RhythmQuartet, and Blues — medley arr. Jack Bullock theArmy country’s most— march acclaimed gospel music charts. J. Alford of the Nile ...................................Kenneth gospel quartets, will kick off the The group was formed in 2002, Begin of the Beguine ...................................................... Cole Porter the Lithgow Integrity 2012-13 SEKCAS at 6 p.m. then known as Alex Invercargill —season march ................................................... Saturday atthe theFallen.................................... Bowlus audito- QuartetJohn in the Louise Mandrell Hymn to Williams/Sweeney Theater in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. rium. Men of Ohio — march ............................................. Henry Fillmore Saturday’s concert is part of A nationwide contest in 2004 A Sixties Time Capsule — medley .............................. arr. Jennings Triumphant Quartet’s 10th an- ...................................John led to the group’s newP.moniker The Washington Post — march Sousa niversary noted will SEKCAS Triumphant Quartet. Rainedtour, out concerts be rescheduled for Friday evening. They performed at Dollywood for years before taking their show Vol. 113, No. 209

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When Brian Pekarekcommissionwas hired Allen County as ers superintendent of the to Iola fulfilled their promise cut school district in February, the mill levy to support the he 2013 sawbudget, an opportunity to “reinvigobut approved a spending rate” USD 257. plan Tuesday that has expendiWith a $867,000 focus on academic tures of more than this achievement and public transparyear. ency, The Pekarek hopes fur-at levy will behe thecan same ther success for the district and 67.635 mills, but will raise nearly the$250,000 more than 1,300 relymore in students tax dollars beingcause on it. the county’s assessed valPekarek walks hisbytalk. nauation increased $3.7 A million to $95.87 million. See PEKAREK | Page A5 Revenue for the remainder of the additional increase in expenditures — next year’s will 75 Cents 75 Cents

be $12.5 million compared to $237,000. this year’s $11.65 million — will The general fund pays for come from cash carried forward courthouse functions, including in several funds, including solid jail and law enforcement. waste disposal, road and bridge Since the first draft of next construction and services to the year’s budget was handed comelderly. Other revenue sources missioners by their financial are sales tax, figured at $480,000 counsel, Rodney Burns, Chanext year, motor vehicle taxes of nute, early in July, commission$485,000 and various other fees ers examined each line item and taxes. fund and cut expenditures with General fund expenses of the central purpose to bringing $5,314,613 are forecast for 2013, the property tax levy in line with an increase of $240,000. Road this year’s. Brian Pekarek, center, visits with Barb Geffert and Marcy Boring at and bridge is next at $2.3 milThe final cuts came Tuesday the USDspecial 257 board office. lion; bridge is $285,000. when they reduced 5 percent Ambulance expenditures were increases in salary proposals put at $263,000, appraisal costs at Iola, KS See COMMISSION | Page A5

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More haying, grazing allowed Man with local The Kansas Farm Service Agency has recently added another Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) practice that can be requested under the emergency haying or grazing provisions, resulting from the ongoing drought. Practice CP-25 — used for the restoration of prairie and sagebrush-grass steppe using native cool season grasses — has been added to the list of eligible practices that may be hayed or grazed. Participants must first contact the local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office to request emer-

gency haying or grazing approval on an individual contract basis. Participants will work with FSA to determine if the CRP practice is eligible for emergency haying or grazing. If determined eligible, participants will work with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to develop a forage management plan. If the CRP cover is destroyed, the practice must be reestablished at their own expense to remain in compliance with the CRP contract. Participants must also accept a 10 percent reduc-

tion in the annual rental payment for the acres hayed or grazed. Emergency grazing can begin after the request is approved by FSA and the authorized period ends Sept. 30. Emergency haying can begin after the request is approved by FSA and the authorized period ends Aug. 31. Emergency haying and grazing is not allowed on the same acreage. Please contact the Allen County FSA Office at 202 W. Miller Road in Iola or call 3652901 for more information.

ties joins KHP Alan Wagner, a trooper with the Kansas Highway Patrol, has been assigned to patrol Hodgeman County, following his recent completion of a 23-week basic law enforcement course at KHP’s Training Academy in Salina. Wagner, Mankato, is a graduate of Rock Hills High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in justice studies from Fort Hays State University with a minor in psychology. He also served with the Hays Police Department

in 2010 and 2011. Wagner was one of 16 members of KHP’s recruiting class, who trained on everything from defensive tactics, car stops, report writing, commercial vehicle inspections, ethics and other law enforcement topics. The academy ran from Jan. 4 through June 9. Wagner is the son of Rita Berntsen and her husband, Rick, Iola. His grandfather is Ray Aikins, LaHarpe.

Feds push for more teacher evaluations Error costly for “ No Child Left Behind was absoBourbon lutely worthless — an abomination — but County we haven’t improved. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has until next spring to revise how it evaluates teachers so that they’re judged partly by how well their students score on standardized tests, education officials told members of the state school board Tuesday. The federal government is pushing for the changes by making them a condition for waiving key provisions of No Child Left Behind, the law enacted a decade ago requiring all students to be proficient in reading and math by 2014. With its promise to pursue the revisions in teacher evaluations, the state obtained the waiver, giving Kansas greater flexibility in measuring how well their students are being taught. Kansas Department of Education officials told State Board of Education members Tuesday that a commission of teachers and administrators plans to start work in September on proposals for revising teacher evaluations. Though changes wouldn’t take effect until fall 2014, the commission is expected to make its first report in December, so that board members can approve revi-

FORT SCOTT — Mistakes often are magnified when they involve money, particularly public money. Bourbon County officials learned late Friday that an annual state audit uncovered a $1.5 million mistake in the county’s valuation. It adversely affected the budgets of five taxing units, including the county and Fort Scott. According to the Fort Scott Tribune, Fort Scott commissioners are faced with cutting the city’s budget by $75,000, or raising the mill levy by 1.6 mills. Commissioners were to have met this afternoon to decide what to do. County Commissioner Allen Warren said from the county’s viewpoint, the miscalculation was “not good.� The county’s budget showed a levy decrease of .6 of a mill. To keep income and expenditures the same will require a half mill increase.

sions next year. “We have the course of this school year to figure that out,� said Judi Miller, the department administrator who oversees the state’s effort to comply with the federal law. Kansas typically has left decisions about how to evaluate teachers to its 286 local school districts, but the state board can set guidelines and review districts’ plans. Traditionally, teachers have been judged based on issues such as acting professionally, having orderly classrooms and following academic standards. The state began pilot programs last year in 17 districts to test new methods for evaluating teachers and administrators, focusing, for example, on how well teachers know the subject they teach and how flexible they are in dealing with students of different abilities. But Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker noted that none of the projects incorporated students’ scores on assessments. “There’s still work to be done,� DeBacker said. The U.S. Department of Education has granted No Child Left Behind waivers to more than 30 states,

This is going to be extremely expensive, if it works at all. — Walt Chappell outgoing Kansas Board of Education member

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including Kansas in June. Otherwise, as 2014 approaches, an increasing number of students must be proficient in reading in math. Educators see the targets as increasingly tougher to reach, while many schools that continue to fail to meet them can be required to take aggressive action, including firing staff or even closing. For example, in Kansas last school year, districts were required to have nearly 91 percent of their students proficient in reading and 88 percent in math, based on their assessment scores. Under the waiver, schools can be recognized as for high assessment scores overall or for large improvements in their scores. Schools also can be targeted for help from the

state either because their assessment scores are low overall or because there are gaps among different groups of students. Outgoing board member Walt Chappell, of Wichita, predicted that the state will face extra costs in trying to comply with the waiver’s terms, despite assurances to the contrary. He said the pilot projects on evaluations suggest changes will create more paperwork for teachers and administrators and still create a “fuzzy� system for judging teachers. “No Child Left Behind was absolutely worthless — an abomination — but we haven’t improved,� said Chappell, who lost his GOP primary race this year to a retired Wichita schools administrator. “This is going to be extremely expensive, if it works at all.�

on “Kotter,� the hit ABC sitcom, in which title character Gabe Kotter returns to his Brooklyn alma mater to teach a group of loveable wiseguys known as the Sweathogs. Horshack was the nasally teen who yelped, “Oooh, ooh,� and shot his hand skyward whenever Kotter posed a question. The show was a ratings success and pop cultural phenomenon, injecting smart-Alec phrases such as “Up your nose with a rubber hose� into the mainstream and propelling co-star John Travolta to stardom. But the series only lasted as long as a high school education and its end, for Palillo, brought difficulty. He said he felt exiled throughout the 1980s, un-

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able to find parts, sinking into depression, and rarely venturing from his apartment. “While I loved him, I really loved him, I didn’t want to do him forever,� he told the Birmingham News in 1994. Ronald Paolillo was born April 2, 1949, in Cheshire, Conn., eventually dropping the first “o’’ from his surname. His father died of lung

cancer when he was 10 and he developed a stutter. His mother thought getting him involved in a local theater might help. He fell in love with the stage and overcame his speech impediment. His last act in life mirrored his most famous one, in a real-life classroom. Palillo taught acting at G-Star School of the Arts, a high school in West Palm Beach.

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Walter Kinney

Walter L. Kinney, 87, Iola, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at his home. Cremation has taken place. Private family services will be later. Â Memorials to the Walter L. Kinney Memorial Fund may be left with WaughYokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

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NARFE meets

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Association met Aug. 6 at the New Greenery. For the program, Mike Ford and Bruce Cochran spoke about the history of Allen County Crime Stoppers. There will be no September meeting. The group meets again at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 1 at the New Greenery.

Students honored

TOPEKA — Kolbie Gilliland, Colony, and Eli Johnson, Kincaid, were named to Washburn University’s President’s Honor Roll for the spring 2012 semester. The honor is designated for students who maintain a perfect 4.0 grade point average while being enrolled in at least 12 hours of classes in the spring semester.

Commodities available

Commodities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be distributed Friday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Harvest Time Fellowship Church, 329 S. First St.

Thanks to our families for a special day Sunday for our 66th Anniversary. Linda & Lyle Bartholomew and their families, Lynne & Joe Sutherland and their families.

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Palillo, ‘Welcome Back Kotter’ star, dies WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ron Palillo, the actor best known as the nerdy high school student Arnold Horshack on the 1970s s i t c o m Ron Palillo “Welcome Back, Kotter,� died Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 63. Palillo suffered an apparent heart attack at his home, said Karen Poindexter, a close friend of the actor. He was pronounced dead at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. Palillo was inextricably linked with the character he played from 1975 to 1979

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Corrections. We like to use that word rather than punishment, because we want to correct the behavior, not punish the dog; think about it, what do you want at the end - good behavior or a cowed dog (still with the bad behavior)? They are not necessarily the same thing. We are trying to TEACH, not frighten. It is recommended that corrections be verbal, a firm “NO� at first. If you need more to get the puppy’s attention, a shake of a pop can with a few pennies inside, a sharp whistle or even, a short blast on a handheld airhorn at the right moment will do the trick. What is the right moment? During, or no later than 2 seconds after, the bad behavior. 2 SECONDS - no later. I don’t make this stuff up, research has proven that a puppy’s memory and attention span are of very short duration. A trainer needs to work within the puppy’s limi tations. “Great Dog Recipe�. We’ll continue to add ingredients and directions in upcoming columns. Consult the veterinarians at

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LaHarpe softball tourney in works LAHARPE — Participants can partake in an allnight softball tournament and help a local organization raise funds for park improvements in the process. The “What Was I Thinking� Co-Ed Softball Tournament runs Aug. 24 and 25 at the LaHarpe City Park softball diamond.

Teams must consist of five males and five females. A double-elimination tournament is planned, depending on the number of teams to register. A $100-per-team registration fee is required. Contact Savannah Flory at (620) 496-5467 for more information.

Proceeds will go to LaHarpe PRIDE, which is aiming at several improvements to the LaHarpe City Park. PRIDE Committee members will gather at the park at 7 p.m. Monday to put the finishing touches on the tournament plans. The public is invited.

Family reunion

Windsor Place’s 12th anniversary party included some Cajun style fun with a Mardi Gras celebration Aug. 2. The festivities included Cajun food, a saxophone player, photographer and caricature artist. Among those participating in the events were the families of Thelma Manbeck, above, and Max Snodgrass, left. Windsor Place is owned by Health Management of Kansas, based in Wichita. The company owns another nursing home and two assisted living centers in Coffeyville and seven home care offices throughout the state.

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Sympathy goes out to the family of Virginia Boyd. She will be missed. Virginia Burke, Moran, and Steve Traw, Iola, visited Grace Parsons. Visiting Catherine Yocham were Danny and Uanna Stotler, Steve Traw and Don and Maryann Rehmert. Larry Brown, Kim Beecher, Bessie Leonard, Connie Griffith

and Shirley Murcko visited Jesse Brown for her birthday. Visiting Joan Creason were Harold and Janice Creason and Vinnie Wille. Derek, Kim, Koela and Darbie Flynn and Twyla Norman visited Arlene Flynn. James and Judy Heinrich visited Lois Heinrich. Mark and Virginia Peters visited Mae Morris. Plans are shaping up for

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son, Nevada, Mo.; Russell and Teresa Foster, Jacob and Jayme and Carter Browning, Kansas City, Mo.; Jerry and Christine and Jacob Kelly, Manchester, Mo.; Amanda Smith, Mindenmines, Mo.; Jordan Sheat and Zach Fowler, Bolivar, Mo.; Sara Foster, Springfield, Mo.; Krystal Roush and Jennifer Ritschel, Blue Springs, Mo.; Tom and Brenda McKay, Jasper, Mo.; Glen and Betty Benedict, Nampa, Ind.; Rob and Darlene Sale, Joshua, Texas; Sandra Jackson, Flower Mound, Texas; Dale and Tania Henley and three boys, Rockwall, Texas; Kelly and Patty and April Robertson, Logansport, Ind.; Terry and Gloria Collins, Evansville, Ind.; Eric and Jennifer, Katelyn, Issac and Miranda Collins, Starkville, Miss.; Kimberli Hatch, Edmond, Okla.; Dean and Sandy Collins, Bella Vista, Ark.; Harry and Norma Collins, Rob and Becky, Cassie and Jonathon Gray, Des Moines, Iowa; Greg and Missy Wray, Urbandale, Iowa; James Collins, Whiting, Iowa; and Jared Collins and Kortnie Ravenscroft, Grand Island, Neb.

Grain train derails near Paola PAOLA, Kan. (AP) — Union Pacific Railroad is cleaning up after a train with 22 cars filled with grain derailed in eastern Kansas, sending at least two cars into the Marais Des Cygnes River.

The Miami County Sheriff ’s Office says the train went off the tracks at 2:24 a.m. today near Osawatomie, but there were no injuries and no roads were blocked because of the derailment.

Union Pacific officials were on the scene this morning to investigate the crash. A spokesman for the railroad didn’t immediately return a phone message seeking comment.

Walmart parking lot children case goes to trial LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that an Illinois man and his wife will stand trial in Kansas on child abuse charges after two of their children were found in a Walmart parking lot tied up, a practice the father’s lawyer described as a religious belief in the family and a way to guard against demons. Douglas County Judge Paula Martin said at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing there was enough evidence to try Adolfo Gomez, 52, and his wife Deborah Gomez, 44, on two counts each of child abuse. The father also faces an additional count of obstruction for resisting arrest. The Northlake, Ill., pair have been in custody since June 13 when police found two of the Gomez children, ages 5 and 7, tied up and with duct tape over their eyes outside a Walmart in Lawrence. The couple’s three other children, ages 12, 13 and 15, were in the family’s SUV unrestrained. The children are in protective custody. Martin also said the state did not prove its case on five previous aggravated endangerment counts against each parent because of the way the charges were worded. Debby Moody, assistant Douglas County district attorney, said she would amend the five counts and refile them before the couple’s arraignment Thursday. Lawrence police Detective Randy Glidewell testified Tuesday that when he interviewed Adolfo Gomez

“What happens when kids in the Gomez family are possessed? They get bound and they get blindfolded.

— Debby Moody assistant Douglas County district attorney

the day of the arrest, Gomez said he had been listening to an online preacher who was predicting the end of the world and that a “darkness had come over the house� in Illinois. “And the world was coming to an end, and that’s why they left,� Glidewell added, referring to the father’s comments to police. The detective also said Adolfo Gomez told him he hadn’t slept in nine days, and that Gomez was particularly concerned about one of the younger children. Gomez described the child as “acting like he

was possessed,� Glidewell said. “He was scared (the child) would hurt some of the kids,� the detective said. Lawrence police officer Hayden Fowler testified that one of the older children told him the family believed there were “demons� in their home and outside their SUV in the parking lot, and that the coverings on the vehicle’s windows were there to keep the demons out. Adolfo Gomez’s lawyer, Skip Griffy, also said during the hearing that blindfolding and binding the younger children was part of the family’s religious beliefs, and that it was not done frequently or as a punishment but as a way to protect the children

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The Collins-Sheat family reunion was Saturday and Sunday at the North Community Building in Iola. More than 200 attended from 37 towns in 10 different states. They were sad to lose Reba McCollough of Lamar, Mo., who died July 26. Attending were:

from demons. “Their actions were taken out of their religious beliefs, that these children were possessed,� Griffy said. He added that the children had no injuries. Angela Keck, a lawyer for Deborah Gomez, distanced her client from Adolfo Gomez, saying the woman had no control over her husband. “She was doing her best to protect herself and her children when Mr. Gomez was having a kind of religious experience,� Keck said. “You have not heard anything that these children’s lives were in any danger in any way.� Moody, however, said the “danger to these children was real.� “These types of bindings and blindfolds come into play when you’re talking about ... prisoners of war,� the prosecutor said. Deborah Gomez was involved in the abuse and when presented with an opportunity to help, “she went shopping for duct tape, two tarps and a baseball bat,� Moody said, alluding to the list of items police discovered in the mother’s shopping cart at Walmart when the children were found. “It was a team effort, your honor,� Moody said. “What happens when kids in the Gomez family are possessed? They get bound and they get blindfolded.�

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Go for the gold — Iola council needs willing do-gooders The tenor of Monday night’s city council meeting was reportedly relaxed, friendly and even downright productive. For the first time in more than a year no executive session was called to discuss items in private. And the meeting lasted just over an hour, with decisions handled in an efficient and amiable manner. Citizens should take heart of the lightened mood — perhaps due to the ouster of councilmen Ken Rowe and Kendall Callahan — and pledge anew their commitment to city government. How? By throwing their hat into the ring to fill the now two empty seats. For those not so bold, to make a personal resolution to attend city council meetings and witness firsthand the many decisions council members must make. Not to be suspicious, but it could be human nature, for some, to want to have public business done with little attention. An audience helps to assure accountability. The more ears and eyes, the more humbled a ruling body by the

enormity of its responsibility to good governance. IOLA HAS A WEALTH of talent to serve on the council. Helpful attributes include a vision for Iola, a desire to work with neighboring cities and other governing bodies for the greater good — ambulance service comes to mind — and the determination to make working for the city a rewarding experience in order to attract the best employees possible. The council’s responsibility is to set policy, and let the hired hands carry it out. Micro-managing builds resentment from staff and undue anxiety. A shake-up of the council makeup will hopefully result in new dynamics of transparency, good manners and efficiencies. If that’s your goal, contact Mayor Bill Shirley at wshirley@cox.net or 620-365-7816. It’s Shirley privilege to select a replacement for Wards 1 and 4, upon which the council will weigh its opinion. For those deliberating the decision, take on the Olympian spirit. Be bold. — Susan Lynn

Letter to the editor Dear editor,

An excerpt from Emerson Lynn’s editorial last Wednesday follows: “Three was not enough; eight, we now can see, is too many. So let’s try five. “Five councilmen, all elected at large so that every voter had a voice in picking every member of the governing body, would be enough so that the absence of one at a meeting wouldn’t be critical

and would also make it far less likely that any one member would dominate. “Iola may never have a better opportunity to tailor its city government to a better fit.” We agree with this analysis and urge the city council members to give it top consideration. It’s a good fit for Iola. If you also think this is a good move, let it be known. Ed and Betty Miller, Iola, Kan.

Today in history Today is the 228th day of 2012. There are 138 days left in the year. In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow in the Alaska Territory. In 1945, in a radio address, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced that his country had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II. In 1947, India became independent after some 200 years of British rule. In 1961, as workers began constructing a Berlin Wall made of concrete, East German soldier Conrad Schumann leapt to freedom over a tangle of barbed wire in a scene captured in a famous photograph. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York. In 1971, President Richard Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents. Bahrain declared its independence from Britain.

Five years ago: Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to felony charges for taking cash payoffs from gamblers and betting on games he’d officiated in a scandal that rocked the league. (Donaghy spent 13 months in federal prison.) A magnitude-8 earthquake in Peru’s southern desert killed some 540 people. Master jazz percussionist Max Roach died in New York at age 83. One year ago: A relentless barrage of bombings in Iraq killed 63 people, striking 17 cities from northern Sunni areas to the southern Shiite heartland. Jim Thome hit his 600th home run an inning after he hit No. 599 to help the Minnesota Twins outslug the Detroit Tigers 9-6. (Thome became the eighth major league player to reach 600.) Thought for Today: “Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” — George Carlin, American comedian (1937-2008).

Arab Spring might help Israel A few months ago, as I was speaking to a non-profit group about how developments in the Arab world would affect Israel, I noticed the faces in the crowd looking back at me with deep skepticism. I understood the reason. I was arguing that there is a possibility — not a certainty — that Israel will eventually emerge safer than before as a result of the Arab revolutions, also known as the Arab Spring. I have not changed my mind.

Frida Ghitis The Miami Herald Let me be clear: I know there are no guarantees and great risk. A period of turbulence lies ahead, and the long-term outcome is far from assured. The dangers Israel faces are many, and real. But I believe that if change in the Arab world ushers in a genuine opening to new ideas, it could bring a more stable and reliable peace between Israel and its neighbors. There is a possibility that over time, as the people of the Arab world are allowed to speak more freely and to discuss new ideas, more will openly express what remains a most unpopular point of view: That it’s not the end of the world to allow a small sliver of the Middle East to be the home of the Jewish people; that peace — real peace, not just lack of war — is OK. Some will never accept that view. The overall conflict will not end before Israelis and Palestinians find a common solution to their difficult dispute. But there is a chance that in a democracy a segment of the Arab population will recognize that Israel and the Jews are not the cause of every problem in the region, an absurd idea that remains stunningly per-

Ultra-conservatives have much to prove The recent primary election in Kansas was ugly long before voters headed to the polls. In the run-up to the election, a far-right faction of the Republican Party led by the Kansas Chamber, Americans for Prosperity, wealthy Koch brothers and Gov. Sam Brownback unleashed a flurry of negative ads intended to take down anyone who would dare challenge their agenda, Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, included. Sadly, many voters fell for such outlandish claims as the absurd notion that moderate state senators somehow supported so-called “Obamacare.” Now, with Senate moderates pushed aside and both legislative chambers controlled by ultraconservative Republicans, we’re left to brace for renewed attacks on education, social services and other programs.

Education will be a big target. Expect Brownback to pursue reduced state funding while allowing local school districts to shoulder more of the cost. That would be a great deal for affluent eastern Kansas districts. They’ve long favored lifting the existing cap on local option budgets, and being able to generate more property tax dollars to improve their schools. The problem is those districts then would have no cause to support any policies in place to address inequities between wealthy and smaller, poorer districts. Less affluent districts — including those in southwest Kansas — would be left to either raise property taxes or close schools and put educators out of work. Such grim possibilities are proof that this region needs strong representation in Topeka. But Larry Powell, the Repub-

lican state representative now headed to the Senate to replace Morris, is hardly a friend of education. During a local legislative coffee, he even dismissed the link between education and economic development. Powell should consider his district’s unique needs and challenges, and defend southwest Kansas interests on every issue — education included. That’s unlikely, however. Powell was a beneficiary of the attackad campaign because he could be counted on to endorse every Brownback pitch, regardless of the impact on this part of Kansas. Of course, Powell won’t be alone in rubber-stamping the governor’s radical right-wing agenda. And with too few legislators left to provide much resistance, southwest Kansans should be very worried. — The Garden City Telegram

... If dictatorships and repression are replaced with freedom, new ideas and new perspectives should slowly seep into the national consciousness ... vasive. In the short run, however, the challenges will mount and Israel must be counted as one of the losers of the region’s transformation. The revolution upended a situation in which Israel experienced a certain amount of stability in its always-tense neighborhood. Egyptians, like other Arabs, tend to be viscerally hostile to Israel. But until last year’s uprising, Israel could count on Egypt to stay at peace. Now Egypt has a president from the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization with a history of opposition to Israel’s existence. The cold peace has been replaced by vague promises to preserve existing treaties, along with a sharp upsurge in violence, particularly on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Israel’s border. Across the region, a new democratic opening has elevated Islamist politicians. It has also given voice to a population that had been exposed to only one point of view regarding Israel. For the near term, that means that people who despised Israel have now become voters. That creates even more friction. BUT OVER TIME, if dictatorships and repression are replaced with freedom, new ideas and new perspectives should slowly seep into the national consciousness, some will begin to understand the kind of life and death choices Israel has faced over the years while surrounded by enemies who wish to destroy it. Consider the events of Aug. 5, when masked militants killed 16 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai before bursting across the border and rushing towards an Israeli

farming community. Israeli fighter jets stopped the attack, blowing up the explosives-laden armored vehicle the attackers had hijacked at the Egyptian border post. It was a tragedy for Egypt, challenging views that have fueled the Egyptian people’s antipathy towards Israel. Egyptian, Israeli and American intelligence know the Sinai has become lawless, with small bands of al Qaida fighters sharing the territory with Bedouin smugglers and Hamas operatives. This time, the enemy was not Israel. Hamas and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood rushed to blame Israel and stoke conspiracy theories. But Egyptians knew the truth. That’s why the soldiers’ funeral in Cairo turned into an angry anti-Hamas, anti-Muslim Brotherhood protest. Before long, Egypt’s armed forces responded against the Sinai militants with a force reminiscent of what Israel has used when its people came under attack. Interesting. The Arab revolution means Israel confronts new threats, but so do Israel’s enemies, such as Iran and Syria. Most importantly, the people who controlled the media, who monopolized the message in the Arab world, will face competition. A more realistic, less negative view of Israel might emerge, leading to a more solid peace. I understand the skepticism. But the possibility is real. About the writer

Frida Ghitis writes about global affairs for The Miami Herald. Readers may send her email at fjghitis@gmail.com

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H Hospital the staff to move into the new hospital “paperless.” TRUSTEES had to be con-

tent with a modified emergency room entrance for patients who are brought to the hospital by other means than emergency crews. The best design engineers could devise with the existing plan is a covered sidewalk next to reserved parking spaces leading into the ER. A canopy that extends over incoming vehicles is not possible, said Bruce Jones, project manager with the architectural firm Health Facilities Group. “It would have to be 14-feet high which would not provide effective coverage from the elements,” he said. A drive-through canopy

will be available for ambulances, which will use a separate emergency entrance. That entrance will not have a patient reception area so it cannot be used by those who self-admit. An outdoor meditation area will be built on the grounds south of the hospital and will include the gazebo currently on ACH grounds. Because of potential development of a medical arts building to the north of the hospital, those grounds cannot be used, Streeter said, forcing the gardens to be moved farther away from the hospital than previously hoped. The upside of the location is that it will be near a retaining pond equipped with a fountain as well as the helipad. Last year, a helicopter landed at the hospital 32 times to transfer patients

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to 2 percent, with a decision on whether raises will be awarded in January not a done deal. How individual budgets this year play out will be a factor in whether employees get larger paychecks in 2013. After the proposed salary cuts, commissioners found themselves still with a levy increase. They turned to budgets for the Sheriff ’s Department and jail. Commission Chairman Dick Works said that since Sheriff Tom Williams was elected to the first of two four-year terms in November 2004, expenditures in each department had more than doubled. Then, sheriff ’s expenditures stood at $400,000,

for the jail at $380,000. Next year’s proposals were $795,118 for the jail, $870,000 for law enforcement. Operations of each department were moved into new quarters in the law enforcement center under Williams. Commissioners reduced the jail budget to $770,576, the sheriff ’s to $837,905. The budgeting process this time around was the last for two commissioners, Gary McIntosh and Rob Francis. McIntosh did not run for re-election and in the GOP primary Jim Talkington bettered Don Bauer for the nomination to replace him. Williams, meanwhile, defeated Francis, also in the Republican primary. Neither nominee has an opponent in the Nov. 6 general election.

H Church admitted to its emergency room, McGuffin said. CONSTRUCTION of the

hospital remains on target, Streeter said. A starting date of April 16 puts its completion at Oct. 15, 2013. Trustees hope it’s an “all systems go” by Thanksgiving 2013. Pouring concrete in the blazing hot weather has not been a problem because of a product called Concure, said Steve Underwood, project superintendent with Murray Construction. The additive has a warranty that guarantees concrete will remain stable in all conditions, Underwood said. “We’ve experienced no shrinkage or cracks,” Underwood said. During the hottest weather, crews began pouring concrete as early as 4 a.m., Underwood said.

This Friday, crews will pour slabs for the west side of the building. Next week they’ll approach the east. A slab of concrete for a storm shelter in the center of the hospital has yet to be poured. It will include solid concrete block walls reinforced with rebar. The 34-foot by 34-foot room will have its own circulation system as well as restroom. It is designed to accommodate both patients and hospital staff in the case of an emergency such as threatening weather. “It’s pretty stout,” said Bruce Jones, project manager with Health Facilities Group. TRUSTEES APPROVED

$986,376 in bills primarily for architectural and construction fees for June and July.

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The warning turned voluntary procedures into mandatory, Iola Water Plant Superintendent Toby Ross said. The assurance, according to Ross, is more like insurance. “If we weren’t on the assurance we wouldn’t be able to draw from the Neosho,” he said. The restrictions are in place so that the water plant isn’t releasing more water than is coming in. The current water restrictions for Iolans include: • An odd/even lawn watering system. Residents with odd-numbered addresses will water on oddnumbered days of the

month. Even addresses will water on even days. • Outdoor water use, such as watering the lawn and washing cars, will be restricted to before 10 a.m. and after 9 p.m. It also will be restricted to hand-held hose or buckets only. • Swimming pools may be refiled one day a week after sunset. Gas residents are under the same restrictions as Iola. Humboldt also draws from the Neosho, but city administrator Larry Tucker said they only enforce restrictions when they are on an emergency warning. Moran and LaHarpe are not taking any drastic measures to enforce the stage 2 water warning.

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side dishes will be provided. Then the fun begins. A school carnival, filled with games, prizes — even a dunk tank — will fill the afternoon. Students will earn tickets by competing in different games, then use those tickets for free school supplies. All children who attend can enter a free drawing to win a backpack filled with other school supplies. One backpack will be given to each boy and girl. The drawings are slated for about 3 p.m., when the carnival concludes. The Wesley UMC Praise Band will perform at the park Sunday, as well as at the church on Friday and Saturday. Worshippers of all stripes are invited to attend the non-denominational services. “We tried to schedule it so people can attend their own church, then make it for our meal and the carnival,” Kenyon Anderson said. “Everybody will leave with a prize.” Last year’s service drew more than 200 worshippers, and scores of children to the carnival. Wesley members have worked extensively to purchase supplies in recent weeks to ensure enough are on hand for the participants. “The nice thing is we have so many different teams involved,” Kenyon Anderson said. “It’s our most all-encompassing outreach event we do all year.” The music alone could be enough to draw an au-

dience, Kenyon Anderson said. “It’s a multi-generational group,” she said. “They’re quite good.”

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THE THEME FOR the worship services will be to stress the importance of a smooth transition from a busy summer schedule to hectic school activities. “Keeping It Real is a wonderful opportunity to get this new school year off to a great start spiritually,” Kenyon Anderson said. “If your household is like mine, you’ve been busy gathering new supplies and clothing and checking off all of those last minute things you need to get done to ensure that everyone gets the best possible start to this new year. “The transition from summer schedules to school schedules is seldom easy,” she continued. “It seems that most of us run our lives on overload and what ends up taking the hit is taking time for spiritual nourishment.” Both of the evening events should conclude by 8 o’clock, Kenyon Anderson said.

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0–5 Head Start offers children: • Experiences to promote school readiness • Individualization for all children • Developmental, Health, Dental, and Mental Health screenings and referrals • Physical and self-help activities • Language and social skill development, nutritious meals • Services are provided for children with special needs in an inclusive environment. • Transportation provided to meet program requirements

Call the Iola Head Start Center at 620-365-7189

Gas monthly limit is 6 million gallons. “I don’t foresee a problem,” Robb said. Hill noted that Gas residents were required to observe the same stage 2 water conservation measures imposed by the Kansas Water Office and announced for Iola Monday.

They are: • An odd/even lawn watering system, with oddnumbered addresses watering on odd-numbered days, even-numbered on evennumbered days. • Outdoor watering and car washing is restricted to before 10 a.m. and after 9 p.m. • Golf course watering is restricted to tees and

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curred while Foster was here, unlike four years ago when he bolted from the courtroom after his conviction was announced. He was captured within seconds. FOSTER, THEN 27, killed Briawna Hardrick, 19, in her apartment on the east side of Iola early the morning of April 26, 2006. After bludgeoning Hardrick, he set fire to a bed where her body laid. A second victim Rachel Reeder, also 19 at the

time, escaped and was a key prosecution witness in the case. In addition to murder and rape, Foster was convicted of aggravated arson, aggravated battery, aggravated kidnapping, criminal threat and aggravated criminal sodomy. He is serving 50 years without chance of parole for murder, as well as consecutive terms totaling 39 years and four months and another 81 months concurrently for the other convictions.

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Chris and Alicia Weide and their children, Landon, 6, Hannah, 13, and Megan, 14, say it was a team effort to keep their yard looking good this summer. Oversized urns with bounteous plants helped keep their home at 1011 E. Miller Dr. looking good. The Weides were awarded a $25 gift certificate to Walmart from the Iola Pride Committee and Dirt Diggers for earning the Yard of the Month designation. Below, Arvin and Kathie Clemans were recognized by Iola Pride for their work indoors. They received the Most Improved Home Award for August, accompanied with a $25 gift certificate to Diebolt Lumber and Supply. Pride Committee member Duane McGraw joined the Clemanses for a photo.

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Family of slain Iranian scientist suing Israel, US government TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Families of Iran’s slain nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against Israel, the U.S. and Britain accusing them of involvement in the assassination of their loved ones. Rahim Ahmadi Roshan, father of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, the slain chemistry expert and a director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, told a press conference in Tehran today that the families have demanded Iran’s judiciary to pursue their complaint through international bodies and bring those behind the killings to justice. “We’ve filed an indictment against the Zionist regime and the arrogant powers,” Roshan told reporters.”(The judiciary) is to pursue this case with the relevant international bodies.” Iran’s state television broadcast purported confessions earlier this month by 14 suspects in connection with the killing of five nuclear scientists since 2010. The TV also showed pictures from a military garrison it said was a training camp outside Tel Aviv in Israel. It said the suspects took courses there, including how to place magnetic bombs on cars — the method used in the killing of the scientists. The suspects also acknowledged in the purported confessions that they received training in Israel. Iran says the attacks are part of a covert campaign by Israel and the West to sabotage its nuclear program, which the U.S. and its allies suspect is aimed

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Bollig moves forward after spinal injury By JOCELYN SHEETS jocelyn@iolaregister.com

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Bike riding and walking the family dog, Matt Bollig is out and about a month after suffering a critical spine injury. There is no miracle. The Chanute native is a paraplegic as a result of the weightlifting accident he had during Ottawa University football team workouts July 18. “No, there hasn’t been any change in my mobility but I’m moving forward. I’ve dealt with my situation with a positive attitude,” Bollig told the Register in a telephone interview from Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colo., Saturday. “I can’t play football any more but I can still be involved in the game I love. I can still be in the field of study I was going into at college. I’m finishing college.” Bollig was a Chanute High standout athlete. As a senior in 2009-2010, Bollig led the Blue Comets to the Southeast Kansas League title and a Class 4A district title. Chanute was 8-2 in the 2009 season. He is the son of Valarie Bollig of Ottawa, Jim Bollig of Chanute and Doug Ligon of Iola. Bollig’s grandparents, Daryl and Janice Heslop, live in Neosho Falls. Jacob Rhoads, a cousin, attends Iola High School and plays football for the Mustangs. Rhoads spent 10 days with Bollig recently in Colorado. “I’m been here for him. We went riding on the handcycles and watching him work hard in his classes,” Rhoads said. “Matt is working hard learning how

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Matt Bollig, left, and his cousin Jacob Rhoads, right, check out handcycles before going on a bike ride. Rhoads, who is a junior at Iola High School, spent time in Colorado with Bollig, who is at Craig Hospital going through rehabilitation from a spinal cord injury. Bollig, who is from Chanute, was injured lifting weights at Ottawa University on July 18. to transfer himself. We’ve been learning how to transfer him from place to place also.” Bollig, a 6-2 quarterback, passed for over 2,000 yards with 13 touchdowns as a senior for Chanute. He rushed for more than 600 yards and 10 touchdowns. Bollig also played safety and punted for

Chanute. Bollig played in the 2010 Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Football game. Then he reported to Fort Scott Community College. As a freshman, Bollig played on the defensive side of the ball for the FSCC Greyhounds. Last year, he was the Greyhounds’ quarterback.

Bollig transferred to Ottawa University and signed a letter of intent to play football for the Braves this season. He was a quarterback. “I’ve done the exercise many times,” Bollig said of his accident in the Braves’ weight room earlier this month. “This wasn’t the

first time I did it and I just took a wrong step.” Bollig said he was doing an exercise designed to strengthen his hamstrings, step-ups while lifting heavy weights. There were other OU players working out with him at the time of the accident. See BOLLIG | B2

Weis is out to win respect for the Jayhawks LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — It was show-and-tell time a few weeks ago in the coaching offices of what has been one of the nation’s weakest football programs. Charlie Weis could hardly believe his eyes. Could these really be the same poorly conditioned football players he agreed to lead last spring? Weis, who shocked a lot of people when he took over at Kansas last February, met with strength and conditioning coach Scott Holsopple, who had made a book with three pictures of every player. “A picture of when we first got here, a picture at the end of the spring (practice) and a picture at the end of the summer,” Weis said. The difference in many, said the coach, was startling. “To look at some of the body changes on some of these guys from where they were — just look at their bodies,” he said. “I actually had to pull some of the pictures out to show some of the staff cause they didn’t believe me.” Of course, all this does not mean the Jayhawks will be competitive in every Big 12 game they play in Weis’ first season. Most pundits figure they will be dead last in a toughened Big 12 that has

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New head coach Charlie Weis works to move the Kansas football program forward and earn back respect for the Jayhawks on the field in 2012. added TCU and West Virginia. “Let’s face it — just because they gained all these numbers in strength and conditioning doesn’t mean you’re automatically going to win more games,” Weis said. “But, to watch the transformation of a body in six months ... .” Whether Weis can resurrect the Jayhawks will be one of the more intriguing story lines in college football this year. As recently as 2007, the Jayhawks won 12

games and beat Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, their only BCS appearance. But since 1945, Kansas has won as many as nine games only three times. In the past two seasons under Turner Gill, they won only five games total. This has always been a basketball school, a place where football for most fans is hardly more than an afterthought. “Logically, I can’t see why anyone

wouldn’t rate us last, based off the evidence of what they have,” Weis said. “Right now, all we’ve done is hire a new coach, hire a new staff and change the way business is being done to marry the personality of the head coach.” Weis has said goodbye to 23 players and welcomed 27, including several who transferred from Notre Dame. “So that’s been a big change in personnel,” he said. “But the jury’s still out. You’re going to have to go out and prove it.” His instincts tell him the change in perception may have started last month in Dallas when the Jayhawks joined their conference brethren at Big 12 media day. Along for the ride was Dayne Crist, the big quarterback who transferred from Notre Dame and

will have one year of eligibility. “When we went into media day, at the end of the day we were not being treated like we weren’t one of the big boys,” Weis said. “We were being treated like everybody else. Our players felt respected. They didn’t feel shunned.” Weis said he happened to be standing near some Texas players when Crist walked up. “One of the Texas players turns to the other guys and says, ‘That’s the quarterback?’” Weis said. “He looks like a linebacker. You could feel from the media, ‘Well, we might have to review these guys over again.’” Back to that picture book: Weis said his attention was particularly caught by junior defensive tackle John Williams, who spent most of last year on the injured list. “He looks like a different person,” Weis said. “His face is thinner and he gained weight. That’s usually a good indication that it’s the right kind of weight.” The portly Weis, who became famous by coordinating the offense on three Super Bowl winners for New England, pulled himself to his full height and grinned. “I obviously have been on that plan,” he said.

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Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie (33) throws in the third inning during Tuesday’s baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jeremy Guthrie learned in June what not to do against the Oakland Athletics. Guthrie allowed only three singles in seven innings, and the Kansas City Royals rolled to a 5-0 win over the Athletics on Tuesday night. Guthrie, who struck out a season-high eight, ran his scoreless streak to 15 innings, the longest streak of his career. He has yielded eight hits and struck out 14 in his past two starts, victories over the A’s and the Chicago White Sox. Guthrie (5-12) is 2-3 in five starts with the Royals, who acquired him in a July 20 trade with Colorado for left-hander Jonathan Sanchez. In a June 12 start against the A’s at Colorado, Guthrie allowed seven runs and eight hits, including three home runs and two walks in five innings.

“When I pitched against them earlier in the year every pitch I threw was the exact wrong pitch at the wrong time,” Guthrie said. “So I had a nice blueprint on what not to do. I don’t think I threw too many duplicate pitches of what they punished me. “I gave up an awful lot of hits and an awful lot of long home runs in a short amount of time. They gave me a blueprint on how to do a better job.” A’s manager Bob Melvin noticed the change in Guthrie’s plan. “He’s a guy we handled pretty well in Colorado.” Melvin said. “He’s coming off his best game this year, and he might have been riding some confidence from that. But I’d like to think we could get some better at-bats against him. We didn’t have a lot of good atbats tonight. See ROYALS | B2

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The Big 12 Conference has come back strong after two straight summers of uncertainty about its future. Find another league that has ever featured three reigning conference champions like the Big 12 will have this season. It has its own defending champ in Oklahoma State and both newcomers — TCU from the Mountain West and West Virginia from the Big East — are coming off titles. Six of the current teams won at least 10 games last season. There is a new commissioner (former Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby) and a new alignment with the powerhouse SEC, which has won the last six national championships since Texas’ title, for a future bowl game to match the champions of the two leagues. “I think it’s fair to say our league, when you add West Virginia and TCU, two teams coming off bowl wins, two ranked football teams, you put them with the rest of what we’ve been doing here in the Big 12, that our league is every bit as strong as it’s ever been, if not stronger,” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. “So it will be a challenging year.” Oklahoma won seven Big 12 titles in an 11-year span before last season, when the league dropped from 12 to 10 teams and scrapped divisional play for a roundrobin schedule. The Sooners, with quarterback Landry Jones back for his senior season and already with 37 starts, is still considered a league favorite. Their schedule includes road games against the two new teams that replaced Missouri and Texas A&M, now in the SEC. TCU has won 24 consecu-

tive conference games, having won three consecutive outright Mountain West titles since its last league loss in November 2008. They also won the Rose Bowl in an undefeated season two years ago. West Virginia won or shared the Big East title six times since 2003, and had a record-shattering 70-33 win over Clemson in the Orange Bowl in January that made the Mountaineers 3-0 in BCS games. Their 4,000yard passing quarterback Geno Smith got tabbed as the Big 12 preseason offensive player of the year over Jones. “What’s awesome about the Big 12 as opposed to where we were last year is just the national exposure,” said West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen, who knows that well after nearly a decade in the Big 12. “And it’s going to be West Coast to East Coast.” An overall look at the Big 12: OKLAHOMA — Key players: QB Landry Jones, DB Demontre Hurst, OL Gabe Ikard. Returning starters: 7 offense, 8 defense. Notes: Heisman Trophy hopeful Jones has 93 career passing touchdowns, and has thrown for 9,181 yards the last two seasons. The Sooners also have shortyardage running quarterback Blake Bell, who ran for 13 TDs as a freshman last year. ... Coming off 33rd 10-win season, more than any other team. ... Play both TCU and West Virginia on the road. ... Mike Stoops is back for his second stint as Oklahoma’s defensive coordinator for his brother. He left in 2003 after overseeing a defense that was among top seven in the country for fewest points allowed his four years in charge. WEST VIRGINIA — Key players: QB Geno Smith, WR Tavon Austin,

C Joe Madsen, DL Will Clarke. Returning starters: 9 offense, 7 defense. Notes: Mountaineers make Big 12 debut coming off first 10-win season since 2007. ... Before becoming West Virginia head coach last season, Dana Holgorsen spent nine of the previous 11 seasons as a Big 12 assistant coach, eight years at Texas Tech and one as Oklahoma State’s offensive coordinator. ... Smith, going into his third season as the starter, averaged 337.3 yards passing per game last season, which would have been third in Big 12 last season. ... Austin had 101 catches last year. ... West Virginia is 9-4 against current Big 12 teams.

TCU — Key players: QB Casey Pachall, OL Blaize Foltz, DE Stansly Maponga, WR Josh Boyce, LB Kenny Cain, CB Jason Verrett. Returning starters, 6 offense, 5 defense. Notes: Horned Frogs haven’t lost a conference game since November 2008, winning the last three Mountain West titles outright. ... Only FBS team to win at least 11 games in six of last seven seasons. ... Coach Gary Patterson has 109 wins, tied with Dutch Meyer for most in school history. ... Averaged 440 yards, 41 points game last season. Return starting QB, two of three top rushers and three of four top receivers.

KANSAS STATE — Key players: QB Collin Klein, LB Arthur Brown, LB Tre Walker, DB Ty Zimmerman. Returning starters: 8 offense, 6 defense. Notes: Klein matched Big 12 overall record and FBS mark for quarterbacks with 27 rushing TDs last season. ... Kansas State won 11 games six times during a seven-year span in coach Bill Snyder’s first tenure. They won 10 games last year, in Snyder’s third season back from his threeyear retirement. Wildcats swept the Big 12’s four Texas teams last year (including departed Texas A&M in four overtimes), but lost to both Oklahoma schools.

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Coaches and trainers called 911. Bollig was taken to Overland Park Regional Medical Center where he under went immediate surgery. “I’m going to get through this. I’ve had a tremendous support from my family, friends and so many more including my football brothers,” Bollig said. “The work I’m doing now in occupational and physical training is teaching me how to be independent with my disability.” Bollig is a paralyzed from the hips down. He has learned out to ride handcycles while in Colorado. “Matt has been really upbeat about his injury. Of course, he has his down days but for the most part he is approaching this like he does life — moving forward,” said Valerie Bollig, Matt’s mother, in a telephone interview from Colorado Saturday. “We’ve had such a great outpouring of support for Matt and our family. My sister, Erin (Dix, Jacob Rhoads’ mother), helped arrange a send off for him when we left Overland Park for Colorado. We had former Kansas City Chiefs players there along with the Ottawa coaches and players and Chanute coaches and players.” Valerie said family and friends have come to Colorado to see her son. She said Bollig’s grandfather, Daryl Heslop, has been there helping him also the family dog, Shep. “Matt is amazing. He’s learned how to transfer himself from the wheelchair to the bed and the other way. He’s been play-

“He worked ahead and had a good downward plane on his fastball, good movement.” Guthrie, who is eligible for free agency after this season, could be pitching his way into the Royals’ plans for next year. “I just felt along with Dayton (Moore, general manager), three or four starts and that would get him back on track,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “He’s definitely on track. It’s not really fluky stuff. You can see where this could be extended out start

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Matt Bollig gets away from an Iola High defender during the teams’ 2009 football game at Chanute. Bollig was the Chanute High quarterback. ing basketball and football in the gym,” Valerie said. “Matt’s girlfriend, Amy Weilert of Chanute, has been his rock and he has been hers.” Although his mother said it might be the middle of September when Bollig is released to go home, he wants to be back for the Ottawa University home game with Baker University on Aug. 25. “When I got out here, they did a lot of tests on my body. There’s nothing wrong with my back after the surgery. My spinal cord was damaged,” Bollig said. “I’ve been learning how to cope physically and emotionally with my paralysis. There’s a lot of occupational and physical therapy classes to go through.” Bollig said the main

thing he has learned is “I’m still me. I can still do what I want to do.” Bollig is majoring in exercise management in college. His mother has been working with Ottawa University on his class schedule so everything will be in place when he returns to Ottawa. “No matter what you are doing. It doesn’t have to be after an accident like this but you should surround yourself with family and friends who care about you,” Bollig said. “You never stop striving for your dreams.” “We’re trying to encourage him and he keeps on encouraging us,” OU head coach Kent Kessinger told media at the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference media day recently.

Major League Baseball At A Glance All Times EDT The Associated Press American League East Division W L Pct GB New York 69 47 .595 — Baltimore 63 53 .543 6 Tampa Bay 63 53 .543 6 Boston 57 60 .487 12½ Toronto 55 61 .474 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 63 52 .548 — Detroit 62 55 .530 2 Cleveland 54 63 .462 10 Kansas City 50 65 .435 13 Minnesota 50 66 .431 13½ West Division W L Pct GB Texas 67 48 .583 — Oakland 61 54 .530 6 Los Angeles 61 56 .521 7 Seattle 54 64 .458 14½ Tuesday’s Games Baltimore 7, Boston 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Texas 0 Chicago White Sox 3, Toronto 2 Detroit 8, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 5, Oakland 0 L.A. Angels 9, Cleveland 6 Seattle 3, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday’s Games Detroit (Scherzer 11-6) at Minnesota (De Vries 2-3), 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 7-7) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 10-5), 3:40 p.m. Boston (A.Cook 3-5) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 4-2), 7:05 p.m.

McCoy and sophomore David Ash both started games last season. ... The logo on the front cover of the media guide is RISE (Relentless/Intensity/Swagger/ Emotion), representing the team’s theme and created by players. OKLAHOMA STATE — Key players: OL Lane Taylor, RB Joseph Randle, DB Brodrick Brown, DE Cooper Bassett. Returning starters: 8 offense, 8 defense. Notes: After winning first Big 12 title, Cowboys have eight offensive starters back. But missing are two first-round picks, quarterback Brandon Weeden (4,727 yards passing and 37 TDs) and receiver Justin Blackmon (122 catches, 1,522 yards, 18 TDs). ... Oklahoma State has won 41 games the past four years. ... Coach Mike Gundy tabbed true freshman Wes Lunt, who was in school for spring drills, as the starting quarterback. ... Junior RBs Jeremy Smith and Joseph Randle combined to rush for 1,862 yards and 33 TDs last season. BAYLOR — Key Players: QB Nick Florence, OL Ivory Wade, NB Ahmad Dixon, WR Terrence Williams. Returning starters: 6 offense, 8 defense. Notes: Baylor enters the season with a six-game winning streak, third-longest among FBS teams (North Illinois 9, TCU 8). ... After winning 10 games to match a school record, the Bears lost some big playmakers: Heisman Trophy quarterback Robert Griffin III, receiver Kendall Wright and running back Terrance Ganaway. ... Williams last season had 59 catches for 957 yards and 11 TDs, including the game-winner with 8 seconds left against Oklahoma. IOWA STATE — Key Players: LB Jake Knott,

LB A.J. Klein, RB James White. Returning starters: 7 offense, 5 defense Notes: Next win for Cyclones will be No. 500 in program history. There are also 595 losses and 46 ties. ... Iowa State upset Oklahoma State in two OTs last November, likely costing the Cowboys a BCS championship game berth. The Cyclones then lost their last three games, including their bowl game at Yankee Stadium. ... Klein and Knott combined for 231 tackles last season. TEXAS TECH — Key Players: QB Seth Doege, WR Eric Ward, S Terrance Bullitt. Returning starters: 8 offense, 6 defense. Notes: After unexpected 41-38 win at Oklahoma to end the Sooners’ 39-game home winning streak, Red Raiders lost their last five games to finish 5-7. That ended a streak of 16 consecutive winning seasons. .... Texas Tech has third defensive coordinator, and third different scheme, in three seasons. The new coordinator is Art Kaufman, who has been on coach Tommy Tuberville’s staffs in the past. ... Doege, who threw for 4,004 yards and 28 TDs last season, gets back his top three receivers, who accounted for 1,987 yards and 23 TDs. KANSAS — Key Players: QB Dayne Crist, LT Tanner Hawkinson, DE Toben Opurum. Returning starters: 7 offense, 6 defense. Notes: Jayhawks have won only two Big 12 games the last three seasons. ... Charlie Weis takes over as head coach and brought NFL veteran coach Dave Campo along as his defensive coordinator. ... Crist graduated from Notre Dame and then transferred to Kansas to join Weis, who originally recruited him to South Bend. Crist will have only one season as a starter.

after start. I’m really liking what I’m seeing right now.” Guthrie was 4-11 with a 6.31 ERA as a Rockies starter. He credits Royals pitching coach Dave Eiland for helping him with adjustments. Tim Collins and Greg Holland completed the shutout for Kansas City. Collins struck out all three batters he faced in the eighth inning, boosting his total to 77 — a Royals’ strikeout record for a left-handed reliever. The A’s failed to get a runner past second base and were shut out for a major

league-leading 14th time. Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer delivered run-scoring singles in the Royals’ fiverun fifth inning that also featured sacrifice flies by Chris Getz and Billy Butler. Kansas City also scored an unearned run after Oakland second baseman Jemile Weeks failed to handle Alcides Escobar’s bouncer. That allowed Lorenzo Cain, who had walked, to score. A’s rookie right-hander Jarrod Parker (7-7) was pulled after 4 2/3 innings. He gave up five runs, five hits and two walks.

Texas (Feldman 6-7) at N.Y. Yankees (F.Garcia 6-5), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Floyd 8-9) at Toronto (R.Romero 8-9), 7:07 p.m. Oakland (McCarthy 6-3) at Kansas City (W.Smith 3-4), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (R.Hernandez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-10), 10:05 p.m. Thursday’s Games Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

San Diego 52 66 .441 12½ Colorado 43 71 .377 19½ Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 11, Pittsburgh 0 Cincinnati 3, N.Y. Mets 0 Philadelphia 1, Miami 0 Atlanta 6, San Diego 0 Houston 10, Chicago Cubs 1 St. Louis 8, Arizona 2 Colorado 8, Milwaukee 6 Washington at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia (Halladay 6-6) at Miami (Buehrle 9-11), 12:40 p.m. Houston (B.Norris 5-9) at Chicago Cubs (Germano 1-2), 2:20 p.m. Milwaukee (M.Rogers 0-1) at Colorado (Moscoso 0-1), 3:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 13-5) at San Francisco (Lincecum 6-12), 3:45 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6) at Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 7-11), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 15-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 4-7), 7:10 p.m. San Diego (Volquez 7-8) at Atlanta (Maholm 10-7), 7:10 p.m. Arizona (J.Saunders 6-8) at St. Louis (Wainwright 10-10), 8:15 p.m. Thursday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Miami at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

National League East Division W L Pct GB Washington 72 44 .621 — Atlanta 67 49 .578 5 New York 55 61 .474 17 Philadelphia 54 62 .466 18 Miami 52 65 .444 20½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cincinnati 70 46 .603 — Pittsburgh 64 52 .552 6 St. Louis 63 53 .543 7 Milwaukee 52 63 .452 17½ Chicago 45 70 .391 24½ Houston 39 79 .331 32 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 64 53 .547 — San Francisco 63 53 .543 ½ Arizona 58 58 .500 5½

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Ryan’s plan reshapes role of US government By DAVID LAUTER and LISA MASCARO Tribune Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul D. Ryan’s proposed federal budget — now starring as the centerpiece of the presidential campaign as he joins the Republican ticket — would reshape American government, achieving long-sought conservative goals and reversing an 80-year path of larger, more expensive federal programs. Under Ryan’s plan, which has passed the Republicancontrolled House twice in slightly different versions, the Internal Revenue Service would tax the wealthiest Americans less, but many of Paul Ryan the poorest ones more; Medicare would be transformed; Medicaid would be cut by about a third; and all functions of government other than those health programs, Social Security and the military would shrink to levels not seen since the 1930s. Mitt Romney has made a point of saying that he’s running on his own budget, not Ryan’s, but even before choosing him as a running mate, he had adopted much of Ryan’s plan. Romney’s tax plan would reduce tax rates by less, but closely resembles Ryan’s, and so do his plans for Medicare, Medicaid and other safetynet programs. The Ryan plan would not balance the federal budget for another 28 years at least, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. That means the federal debt would continue to rise. That’s partly because the tax cuts take effect right away while the Medicare cuts kick in later, as people now 55 hit retirement age. It’s also partly because Ryan’s proposed tax cuts considerably outweigh even his ambitious spending reductions. Ryan himself concedes that his plan would not balance the budget this decade, predicting it could be balanced by the “midto-early 2020s” because his plan would ignite rapid economic growth. Like his onetime mentor, Jack Kemp, the 1996 Republican vice presidential nominee, Ryan argues that the key to economic growth is not balancing the budget but lowering tax rates. “Growth is the key to fiscal sustainability — and low rates are the key to growth,” he said. But even if low tax rates spur the economy — a debatable point among economists — a balanced budget will depend on wiping enough tax breaks off the books to offset the new tax cuts. In the more than two

significant efficiency gains, states would need to increase their spending on these programs, make considerable cutbacks in them, or both.” Medicaid already makes up one of the largest shares of most states’ budgets, making new state funds unlikely. Medicaid pays doctors and hospitals substantially less than they get from private insurance or Medicare. In many states, eligibility requirements are extremely tight. For example, 30 states do not allow coverage for parents who earn more than $9,500 a year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Expanding Medicaid had been a central part of Obama’s health care law. Ryan’s budget would repeal that expansion along with the rest of the law.

years since his budget was unveiled, Ryan has not specified any tax breaks he would eliminate. Independent analyses have shown that offsetting the tax cuts would require changing things such as the mortgage interest deduction, the tax exclusion for employerfinanced health insurance or other popular tax preferences widely used by middle-income households. For any of these changes to take place, of course, Romney and Ryan would have to win the election and probably carry a Republican Senate with them. Republicans hope the Ryan budget will propel their campaign forward, grabbing the mantle of “change” away from President Barack Obama. Democrats fervently believe Ryan’s plan will become a major weapon for their side.

DEFENSE SPENDING

MEDICARE

Ryan would shift Medicare from a system in which everyone gets the same set of benefits, paid for by tax funds, to one in which the government would give each senior citizen a fixed amount of money. When people now 55 or younger reach retirement, they would be given the option of using that “premium support” payment, or voucher, to buy private insurance policies or enroll in Medicare. The amount of the payment would vary from one region of the country to another, depending on the cost of private insurance plans. In some places, at least in the early years, the premium-support payment might cover the full cost of Medicare, but there’s no guarantee of that. Ryan would also gradually lift the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67 by 2034. Supporters say the premium-support approach would hold down the federal government’s spending on health care, since seniors would have an incentive to shop for the cheapest plans, and competition among private health plans would push costs down. But critics argue that elderly sick people aren’t likely to be good comparison shoppers and could easily be misled by complicated insurance programs. Detractors also say health insurers would have a huge incentive to create low-cost plans for younger, healthier seniors, leaving Medicare with the oldest, sickest patients and driving up its costs. Medicare beneficiaries have average incomes of $20,000 a year. Last year, the federal government spent $5,500 for each beneficiary, according to the Congressional Budget Office, which projects that cost will rise to between $8,600 and $9,600 by 2030. Ryan would cap the spending at $7,400 per senior. So unless costs grow much more slowly than ex-

pected, the average retiree on Medicare would have to pay between $1,200 and $2,400 a year. The amount would rise over time and would probably be higher for those with chronic health problems. TAXES

Ryan’s plan would keep the tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush and add an additional $4.5 trillion in cuts over the next decade. It would do that by replacing the current six tax rates with two — 10 percent and 25 percent. It would also eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax and cut corporate taxes. Not all Americans would get a tax cut, however. The plan would repeal tax breaks for low-income families with children and other changes adopted in 2009 under Obama. The net result would be a tax increase for the bottom fifth of households and a big tax cut at the top, according to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan Washington think tank. In many cases, low-income households would see a tax increase of $100 or less, but some would be hit harder. Among households earning between $10,000 and $20,000 a year, about 1 in 5 would get a tax increase averaging over $1,000, the Tax Policy Center analysis showed. Households earning more than $1 million

a year would get nearly 40 percent of the benefits of the plan, with a cut averaging about $265,000. Ryan has not challenged those figures. Those tax cuts would reduce overall federal revenue far below the level of spending that Ryan would allow. The result would be a very large deficit — larger than Obama envisions. To keep that from happening, Ryan says he would eliminate existing tax breaks to “broaden the base” of the tax code. “What we’re saying is take away the tax shelters that are uniquely enjoyed by people in the top tax brackets so they can’t shelter as much money from taxation,” Ryan said in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview Sunday. While upper-income taxpayers pay a lot of taxes, many of the tax benefits they use are either supported by Ryan and Romney or don’t come close to closing the gap. One of the largest benefits for upper-income taxpayers, for example, is the lower tax rate for capital gains. Ryan, like Romney, opposes raising the capital gains tax rate. Indeed, in 2010, when Ryan unveiled his plan, it called for entirely eliminating taxes on capital gains, interest and dividends. Romney opposed that idea during the Republican primaries. Ryan has

In many cases, low-income households would see a tax increase of $100 or less, but some would be hit harder. ... Households earning more than $1 million a year would get nearly 40 percent of the benefits of the plan, with a cut averaging about $265,000.

never disowned it, but did not address the topic in this year’s version of the plan. The remaining big tax preferences all have huge political support — the mortgage interest deduction, the exclusion of employer-provided health insurance from income, the charitable contribution deduction. Changing those would increase taxes on middle-income households, which Romney has said he won’t do. Not changing them while still enacting the tax cuts would mean a much higher deficit and rising debt. MEDICAID

The biggest single source of cost savings in Ryan’s budget would come from cutting Medicaid, the joint state-federal program that provides health care for the poor and disabled, and a companion program that pays for health care for children. Now serving 58 million low-income children, disabled adults and seniors a year, Medicaid is the nation’s main health care safety net. Much of the spending on the program goes to long-term care for seniors, largely in nursing homes, which Medicare does not cover. Under the Ryan plan, funding would be cut by a third, according to the CBO, and the remaining federal funds would be given to the states as a block grant to use as they wish in providing care to the poor. Conservatives have long argued that giving state and local governments greater control would save money by making Medicaid more efficient. The budget office said in its analysis this year that “even with

One important display of priorities in Ryan’s budget is the trade-off between defense spending and domestic programs other than Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Last summer, Congress and the White House reached a deal that would trigger automatic acrossthe-board spending cuts of nearly $1 trillion over 10 years, beginning Jan. 2 — half from defense, half from domestic programs. The automatic cuts would be stopped if Congress reached a plan to reduce the deficit. Ryan would upend that deal. Instead of cutting defense by half a trillion dollars over the next 10 years — which Obama also opposes — Ryan would increase the military budget by $300 billion over the decade. Ryan would keep in place the across-the-board cuts on the domestic side and deepen them by $700 billion more over the decade. Some of the domestic spending cuts are spelled out in Ryan’s blueprint — a cut in food stamps, for example, that would impose new limits on the length of time recipients can receive aid. Like Medicaid, the food stamp program would become a grant to the states, giving local jurisdictions more say in how the money is spent. Pell Grants for college students would similarly be capped, with new requirements that make only lower-income students eligible. Worker training programs would also be reduced. Overall, the CBO said in its analysis that under Ryan’s budget, spending on defense and all domestic programs other than Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid would fall to 6 percent of the total economy by 2030, about half the current level. That would mean a smaller share of the economy going to federal domestic spending other than entitlements than at any time since the New Deal.

New immigration program launched; young avoid deportation WASHINGTON (AP) — Young illegal immigrants are scrambling to get passports and other records in order as the Homeland Security Department starts accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get work permits. Homeland Security announced the details Tuesday of what documents illegal immigrants would need to prove that they are eligible for the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The announcement came a day before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was set to begin letting people apply for the program. Hundreds of thousands of il-

legal immigrants potentially could benefit from the program, which President Barack Obama announced in June. The program is beginning just months before what promises to be a tight contest for the White House in which the Hispanic vote may play an important role. Obama has come under fire from Hispanic voters and others who say he hasn’t fulfilled a previous campaign promise to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws. The policy change could stop deportations for more than 1 million young illegal immigrants who would have qualified for the failed DREAM Act, formally the Development, Relief and Educa-

tion of Alien Minors Act, which Obama has supported in the past. Republican lawmakers have accused Obama of circumventing Congress with the new program in an effort to boost his political standing and of favoring illegal immigrants over unemployed U.S. citizens. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, called the policy backdoor amnesty. “While potentially millions of illegal immigrants will be permitted to compete with American workers for scarce jobs, there seems to be little if any mechanism in place for vetting fraudulent applications and docu-

mentation submitted by illegal immigrants,” Smith said Tuesday. At the Honduran Consulate on Tuesday, a line of people wrapped around the building before it was open for business, and the office was crowded for much of the day. Evelyn Medina, 23, got in line at about 6:30 a.m., and she wasn’t alone. With her passport in hand, Medina was all smiles as she walked out of the building just before 2 p.m., saying “Finally” as she clutched the document. Medina, a Maryland college student studying social work, said she expected to be ready to apply today. If she is allowed to stay in the U.S. and work, she hopes eventually to earn a master’s degree.

The administration plan is to stop deporting many illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. To be eligible, immigrants must prove they arrived in the United States before they turned 16, are 30 or younger, have been living here at least five years and are in school or graduated or served in the military. They also cannot have been convicted of certain crimes or otherwise pose a safety threat. Under guidelines that the administration announced Tuesday, proof of identity and eligibility could include a passport or birth certificate, school transcripts, medical and financial records and military service records.

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9 hurt in grenade attack KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An official says three grenades were thrown into a mosque compound during morning prayers in eastern Afghanistan, wounding at least nine worshippers. Wednesday’s attack in Khost province comes a day after a series of bombs across Afghanistan killed 46 people. It was the deadliest day for civilians this

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Wildfires char Washington By LAURA J. NELSON Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON STATE (MCT) — Fire crews battled a blaze in central Washington state that had destroyed more than 43 square miles of dry forest and brush and continued to grow, stoked by strong winds Tuesday afternoon and evening. The wildfire, sparked Monday afternoon at a construction site near the small town of Cle Elum, charred thousands more acres Tuesday afternoon, damaging more than 60 homes and forcing nearly 500 people to evacuate. No injuries have been reported, fire spokesman Rick Scriven told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s going to get even more difficult,” Scriven said. “If this fire gets any more wind-driven, they’re going to have a heck of a fight on their hands.” The Taylor Bridge fire — named for the site where it started — began eating into mixed grassland and forested areas to the east and north. The fire is about 75 miles east of Seattle. Washington has had

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Tom Colvin, 63, of Cle Elum, Wash., sifts through his belongings Tuesday after his house succumbed to the Taylor Bridge Fire. minimal fire activity the last few seasons, Scriven said, and dry vegetation has built up in forests and meadows. Dry grasses to the north and east will provide instant tinder, posing challenges to firefighters converging from across the state. “In some of these areas that are extremely dry, if the fires get into the big, tall sage, it will really take off,” Scriven said. “Especially with the wind.” Washington’s Department of Transportation closed a 14-mile stretch of

U.S. 97 after the fire leaped the road. On Tuesday afternoon, flames stayed north of Interstate 90, the main freeway stretching between Seattle and Spokane. The priority of first responders, said Department of Natural Resources spokesman Bryan Flint, was protecting property and people. Hundreds of livestock were evacuated, most to a local fairground, and unclaimed horses roamed the smoky area. A local chimpanzee sanctuary also appeared threatened by the blaze.

Blazes plague California, too By PHIL WILTON and TONY PERRY Los Angeles Times

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (MCT) — A fast-moving wildfire stoked by tripledigit temperatures burned more than 1,800 acres Tuesday in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains, creeping perilously close to tinder-dry areas of the San Bernardino National Forest, officials said. At least three structures, including one home, were destroyed by the blaze, which spread rapidly through dry brush and grasslands in a sparsely populated area south of Hemet and east of Temecula. The fire, just 5 percent contained as of Tuesday evening, was spreading rapidly through the rocky hills and desert scrub, and was within a mile of forest lands west of Anza, where drought has heightened fire danger all summer. “Of course we’re concerned,” said John Miller, spokesman for the San Bernardino National Forest. “This year our big concern is the fact that rainfall — and that includes snow — for our forest was somewhere between 50 percent to 70 percent of normal.” Mandatory evacuations were ordered in the sparsely populated area near Aguanga, and nine homes have been evacuated, according to Jody Hagemann of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, according to radio dispatch reports. South of the Riverside County fire, fast-moving blazes, some started by lightning strikes from heat-born thunderstorms, have burned more than

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A helicopter makes a water drop on a fast-moving fire in thick brush near the community of Aguanga, Calif., Tuesday. 2,300 acres in northeast San Diego County, leading to evacuations in the rural communities of Ranchita and the San Felipe area off California 78. The four San Diego County fires are being fought by more than 500 firefighters, along with air tankers and water-dropping helicopters. No structures have been reported damaged. “We have very dry vegetation, brush and grass and things like that. Now we have multiple days of very high temperatures,” said Chief Julie Hutchinson, spokeswoman for the state fire agency. “It’s like lighting your fireplace with a blowtorch.” The fire in Riverside County was reported just before 1 p.m. in the community of Aguanga. More than 210 firefighters were working to extinguish the blaze, and six water-carrying helicopters and six water-tender aircraft as well as a DC-10 were assisting, state fire officials said. Crews from the Sierra Nevada mountains areas are being dispatched to assist firefighters. “That’s one thing that’s unique about California. We have a state fire agency, and we’re able to move re-

sources up and down the state,” said Hutchinson, adding that crews from the U.S. Forest Service, local departments and the California National Guard are playing a role in the statewide firefighting efforts. Although flames are more than 14 miles away from Idyllwild, residents and fire officials in the artsy mountain community have been nervously watching television news reports. “I’m certainly keeping up on what they’re doing,” said Capt. Alan Lott of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District. A decade ago, the Idyllwild area was considered one of the regions most susceptible to a catastrophic wildfire, but that danger was abated by aggressive efforts to clear dead trees along evacuation routes and vegetation around mountain homes, Lott said. “Our forest is healthy and green. But there’s still danger,” Lott said. “Like” us on Facebook

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Shoeless running and foot strike DEAR DR. DONOHUE:

If I’m not mistaken, you wrote about how the foot should land when running, and you favored the heel as the place to plant the foot. I also remember you not favoring barefoot running. Would you reconsider these issues? Barefoot running decreases runners’ injuries, and landing on the heel increases them. – W.W. ANSWER: The proper way to first strike the ground when running and the question of barefoot running are contentious matters. I don’t believe that anyone has the definitive answers to these questions. Both issues are addressed in the April issue of, “Exercise and Sport Science Review.” One is a short article by Walter Herzog, and the other is by Daniel Liberman, who has done a great deal of work in evaluating the benefits of barefoot running. Walking and running are things that are rarely taught. We learn them instinctively. When they are taught by coaches and others, they generate a great deal of controversy. Running in shoes is said to contribute to the great increase in overuse injuries in runners, both in the

Dr. Paul Donohue To Your Good Health feet and legs. Barefoot running appears to lower the injury rate. According to some, shoes dampen proprioception, the subconscious ability to maintain balance and alter stride from signals sent to the brain from the feet. Shoes also encourage a running form where heel strike is favored. And they seem to contribute to weak and inflexible feet. Barefoot running corrects these problems. The bare foot is vulnerable to obstacles on the running path, but calluses form on the balls of the feet to protect them, given enough time to do so. When the feet are not in shoes, a person almost instinctively strikes the ground with the balls of the feet. Impact on the foot from such a landing greatly lessens forces that are transferred to both the feet and legs. That is thought to be one of the reasons why bare-

foot runners have fewer injuries to their feet and legs. Many highly successful Olympic runners do not wear shoes. All this information is fascinating. I know I wouldn’t think of running barefoot. I don’t know whether everyone should abandon heelstrike running. I’m waiting to see more evidence from the experts. DEAR DR. DONOHUE:

I swim at a Boys and Girls Club in our town. Some of the women are causing trouble over the water temperature. I have been swimming at the club for 14 years. I had open-heart surgery to correct two leaky heart valves. When I read your article that said cold water makes your heart beat faster and harder and could lead to chest pains, I tried to tell the women that this is true. They will not listen. I asked my cardiologist, and he said that the temperature should be 82 F. I would like to post your reply to cold water for all members to see it. -- G.I. ANSWER: Water temperature between 82 and 86 F is the temperature used for competitive swimming. I like water at the higher end

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of those temperatures. At temperatures less than 77 F, the body is stressed. By “body,” I mean the heart. Heat-conserving measures are thrown into high gear. The heart beats faster. It is stressed. DEAR DR. DONOHUE:

I am a professional swim instructor and have been teaching swimming for many years. I would like to know about water intoxication in small children. I don’t think parents should put their child under water in swimming lessons until that are at least 2 years old, as they can swallow lots of water. -- D.C. ANSWER: Water intoxication occurs when anyone, regardless of age, takes in too much water. The excess water leads to brain swelling. The situation is urgent. Corrective measures have to be taken quickly. The American Academy of Pediatrics used to say that 4 should be the age that children learn how to swim. It has now lowered the age to 1 year. People instructing such young swimmers must have had professional training and know how to keep such young infants safe.

In time of need, best friend’s gone AWOL Dear Carolyn: This past year has been nonstop hell for me, starting with the death of a cat I’ve owned since high school and ending with a still-fresh breakup after a lot of relationship ups and downs. Through it all my best friend has basically done a disappearing act. How much support am I entitled to expect in an adult friendship? — Boston Answer: I’m sorry. Some possibilities: 1. Your friend is going through her own annus horribilis and you’ve either failed to notice each other’s misery while so consumed by your own (and she’s off somewhere else typing, “I’m in hell and my best friend has vanished .?.?.”), or she has tried to be thoughtful and chosen not to tell you, knowing you have enough to worry about; 2. You’ve elevated a series of bummers into an annus horribilis and she’s feeling less sympathetic than weary of your selfpity; 3. She’s one of the many good-hearted people who freeze in a crisis. 4. Your friend isn’t as good a friend as you thought (bleaker view) — or 4b. She was once a great friend, but you’ve grown

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Technical errors in new tax law keep it on ice By MIKE SHIELDS KHI News Service

TOPEKA — Whoops. In their haste to pass the biggest tax cut in state history, Kansas policymakers and proofreaders overlooked some important details that now have accountants scratching their heads about what they should tell their business clients. For example, the 38-page bill signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback in May and which is scheduled to become effective for 2013 tax filings, refers to a couple of sections in the Kansas tax code that don’t actually exist. “I understand what they were trying to accomplish,” said Jerry Capps, senior vice president of state and local tax at Allen, Gibbs, and Houlik, a Wichita firm that bills itself as the largest accountancy in the Midwest. “It’s just that there’s some unfinished business there…that needs to be looked at, I think.” Capps’s firm has held seminars on the new tax law, which among other things was expected — or at least was intended — to eliminate state income taxes for owners of as many as 191,000 of the state’s estimated 237,000 businesses and essentially leave only people who are wage earners with any state income tax liability. He has described the law’s technical problems at those sessions. The problems also were discussed at a recent conference of Kan-

... What we passed is a work in progress. — Sen. Les Donovan, Wichita (R), chair of the Senate Tax Committee

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sas accountants held at the Potawatomi Band Casino near Mayetta. The state’s top revenue officials were on hand for that, including Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan and Budget Director Steve Anderson, who also happens to be a certified public accountant. The glitches were cited again Tuesay at a meeting staged in Overland Park by the Brownback administration to advertise the law’s potential benefits to businesses. “We had a hiccup in the legislation and now we need to correct that hiccup,” said Gary Allerheiligen, former president of the Kansas Society of CPAs, a group that has recommended that the Legislature correct the errors as soon as possible when it reconvenes in January. Meanwhile, “you kind of scratch your head,” Capps said. “What do you do? What do you advise? With that sort of dilemma for state income tax, what do you tell your clients to do?” “The way I see it, what we passed is a work in progress,” said Sen. Les Donovan, the Wichita Republican who chairs the Senate Tax Committee and is in the running to be the next Senate president. Capps and others have found three significant “technical” errors in the new law. He said state revenue officials probably can fix two of them as they write rules or clarifying guidelines for the new law. Those rulings should be out next month, according to Kansas Revenue Department officials. But everyone seems to agree that one of the prob-

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You kind of scratch your head. What do you do? What do you advise? With that sort of dilemma for state income tax, what do you tell your clients to do? — Jerry Capps, Allen, Gibbs, and Houlik, Wichita accountancy

lems will require sending the law back to the Legislature for repairs. One of the problems, the apparent but unintended elimination of itemized deductions, already has been addressed with a ruling from the revenue department. A second, confounds or undermines the utility of an earlier business tax break called PEAK, which allows companies that relocate or expand in Kansas to keep 95 percent of their workers’ state tax withholdings. That one is still up in the air. The biggest technical problem deals with the determination of what accountants call “basis,” the formula by which the value of a business is determined for tax purposes. Because of that glitch, owners of companies intended to benefit from the law might not benefit at all and could find themselves deeper in the hole to state and federal tax officials should they choose to sell their enterprises. Technical problems with major new laws due to quick or sloppy legal drafting are not unprecedented. But those problems with Senate Substitute for House Bill 2117 are considered by some to be emblematic of the torturous way the legislation was passed and the larger dilemma it is expected to produce for funding state and local government services within the next two years and beyond. Some legislators predict

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the technical changes can be made without a major reopening of the tax debate that left last year’s Legislature bitterly divided, but others are not so sure. After the November elections, there will be dozens of new legislators and the makeup and leadership of the House and Senate will be much different. Conservative Republicans who supported the tax cuts largely prevailed in the Senate primaries but the House remains more of an open question. That added political uncertainty on top of the law’s technical problems has put many accountants and their business clients in wait-and-see mode.

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The larvae is the tomato hornworm, which feeds on tomato and other nightshade family plants.

Sipping nectar

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This is a sphinx moth, or “hummingbird moth,” sipping nectar from a cleome flower in the early evening. Notice the long sucking tube that enables the moth to get nectar and to pollinate flowers, especially the tubular kinds.

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