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Mowing effort recalls yesteryear LE ROY — Unlike the mechanized behemoths of today, Ray Whiteley’s mowing outfit was considerably quieter. His “engine” — a pair of 1,200-pound mules — needed only an occasional break from the stifling summer heat as Whiteley traversed his way around an 18acre prairie hay meadow. “It’s a little warm, so we’ve been taking it easy,” Whiteley said. “It’s our little hobby.” The mules were pulling Whiteley’s antique sickle bar mower, a small wagon with cutting bar

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Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday.

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County FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER hears budget U.S. Drought Monitor August 14, 2012 requests Calls to the 911 dispatch center average one almost every 10 minutes. And while that may sound a little slow, played out over 24 hours a day and every day of the year, the total comes to 55,000. “That’s what we received last year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch center director, told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning. The call total — she figures half or more are for true emergencies — wasn’t the point of her appearance, but the magnitude of the number captivated commissioners. Murphy was before commissioners to request a 20 percent increase in the department’s budget for 2012, up $126,000 over this year’s $490,000. The increase seemed pretty hefty. Murphy reasoned health insurance will cost an additional $50,000 and another $6,000 was expected for Kansas Public Em-

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attached. The bar was triggered through a gear box engaged as its wheels roll. With no mechanical engine to speak of, the only noise emanating from his unit was from the teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar rotating back and forth. Joining Whiteley was neighbor and friend Greg Gleue, with his own mowing outfit, another sickle bar mower pulled by a pair of Percheron draft horses. “We’re having some fun with it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind of a wimp about it. He needs a

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Humboldt Cheating council scandal sets water limits detailed ATLANTA — Former By BOB (AP) JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com Atlanta schools Superintendent HUMBOLDT — Beginning FriBeverly Hall knew about cheatday will be ing Humboldt allegationsresidents on standardized restricted in use ignored of waterthem for outtests but either or doors. tried to hide them, according to a At investigation. the behest of the Kansas state Water Office, council An 800-page report members released approved a resolution at a special Tuesday to The Associated Press meeting outlining by Gov. Monday Nathannight Deal’s office the restrictions, by through an openbrought recordsabout request the ongoing drought and low flow shows several educators reportin Neosho edthe cheating inRiver. their schools. But Watering lawns flowers the report of says Hall,and who won may be done between 9 p.m. and the national Superintendent of 10 onaward even-days forand residents thea.m. Year in 2009, other with even-numbered administrators ignoredstreet those adredresses and on odd-numbered ports and sometimes retaliated days for those with odd-numbered against the whistleblowers. addresses. Washing investigation vehicles also The yearlong will be affected. shows educators at nearly four Outdoor watering may be done dozen Atlanta elementary and with hand-held or on buckets, middle schools hoses cheated stanno sprinklers or soaker hoses.studardized tests by helping The golf course will be answers restrictdents or changing the ed toexams watering boxes once weretee handed in.only; greens are sand. Private swimThe investigators also found a ming pools refilled once “culture of may fear, be intimidation anda week and only sunset. retaliation” inafter the school district Johnthe Hodgden, water plant suover cheating allegations, pervisor, toldto council members which led educators lying aabout waterthe watch had been in effect cheating or destroying since June, when rainfall began See CHEATING | Page A5 to subside. The restrictions are part of a water warning, he added, and is the second step taken when water concerns arise. “Next is the emergency stage, when we would start looking for alternative sources of water,” Hodgden said. “Hopefully people will go by the stage two warning restrictions and cut back during peak usage,” during daylight hours. Humboldt’s plant processes and sells about 3 million gallons of water a week. Water for processing is drawn

2007 flood gives perspective to currentTemps dry spellfor By RICHARD LUKEN and BOB JOHNSON Register reporters

by many as Iola’s “Storm of the Century.” Fast forward five years. A statistical anomaly from late June 2007 flood illustrates just how long the 2012 drought has persisted. Over a five-day stretch, from June 27 through July 1, 2007, Mother Nature was relentless, dropping more than 17 inches of rain in Iola. That five-day storm exceeds

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Iola’s total rainfall since Jan. 1 this year — by nearly 2 inches. Since the start of 2012, only 15.73 inches of rain has fallen, nearly 9 inches below normal. The shortage is exacerbated by the searing heat that blanketed the region in June and July. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center, it would require a storm similar to the 2007 deluge

for much of eastern Kansas just to escape the drought. An NOAA map released last It seems like only yesterday week indicated eastern Kansas when Iolans were forced out of would require about 12 to 15 By BOB JOHNSON their homes when the swollen inches of bob@iolaregister.com rainfall to revert to floodwaters of Elm Creek burst a “normal” year, based An anticipated fieldon of the a thoupast their banks. Long Term Palmer Drought Se-who sand runners and walkers, Much of the southern regions verity (or PDSI), whichbusiwill Index flee Iola’s downtown of town were evacuated for sevalsoness considers such things as soil as district early Saturday eral days — and more than 100 conditions air temperature Charley and Melvin did in 1905, can homes ultimately destroyed — in addition to rainfall totals.chose to be thankful that Melvin from the Flood of 2007, dubbed do his dastardly deed in the See WEATHER | Page A6middle of the night. Had the event being commemorated occurred in mid-day, participants would battle oppressive heat and humidity, with both forecast at the upper end of the discomfort scale during daytime Friday Saturday . As is, they Byand RICHARD LUKEN willrichard@iolaregister.com run and walk in somewhat By ROB BURKETT “Mark Twain” Clemens and his Stowe, who wrote ‘Uncle Tom’s more temperatures preIola inviting City Council members will Register/Susan Lynn rob@iolaregister.com book, “Huckleberry Finn.” A naCabin’ lived right there so we dicted for the lowto70s by 12:26 meet Wednesday discuss twoa.m. vaThese men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s favorite Bill Peeper, Iola High School tive of Missouri, Clemens also had a chance to tour her home Saturday . the council. cancies on race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and social studies teacher and head strayed east. Peeper attended a as well.” The race — Shirley many walkers will Mayor Bill scheduled Fred Heismeyer. The basketball race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. coach for the boys weeklong conference in HartPeeper, who describes himself be out for a meeting stroll — will the special for cap 5:30 activp.m. team, is ready to return to the ford, Conn., where the author, as a history nut, made his way ities that start Friday afterWednesday at thelate New Communiclassroom after a summer of steamboat captain and some- to Connecticut via cemeteries noon and will go on throughout ty Building in Riverside Park. boning up on American history. times journalist built a home in starting in Ohio. Of particular the evening. Included council will be the The eight-member is For each of the last five years what was at the time, an affluent interest, are the grave sites of much-awaited “dragthe race,” down to six following recallfeaof Peeper has taken advantage of a area. presidents. turing Councilmen some of theKen area’s Rowefinest and By SUSAN LYNN year a woman’s garter was trans- The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, former grant from the National Endow“The home is located in “I’ve managed to visit many men andCallahan. women dressed in drag. susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where participants will have a Kendall ment for the Humanities to ex- an area called, ‘The Author’s of the presidential grave sites,” Chris Weiner at Thrive Allen If you’ve got enough of it, Fri- to another. wide selection from which to plore his homeland. Peeper said. “Many fa- Peeper said. “It’s amazing the County, co-sponsor with Allen day night is the night to let your Nook,’” “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m. This year Peeper studied the mous authors had homes right County Crimestoppers for “The hair down. David Toland, executive director Registration to participate See PEEPER | Page A6 life, impact and times of Samuel in that area. Harriet Beecher One sure test is to participate of Thrive Allen County and one in the drag race is $5. That also Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run in the “Drag Race” as a runup to of the organizers for Friday’s gains participants entrance to a for your Life,” said total of particthe Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events. 9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive ipants was approaching 450, with Run For Your Life race. If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can about 200 signed on for the 5-kiloMen and women alike are en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the meter run. The walk will follow a couraged to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on 3-kilometer course. “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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day night.”declined to say who Shirley is $12 to fornominate. the walk.CallaRunhe Cost was going ners’represented fees are $14Iola’s for youth to age han first ward, 17, $20 consists for adultsofand $17 each for which much of the members of teams. northwest part of town. Rowe Runners Ward in the third annual represented 4, the southeast event will aim for best times of part of Iola. 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for Nominations must be approved females, set last year. by the remaining six council memSticks “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” bers. Theof replacements would will office be awarded hold until thethe nextfirst city three elecplaces males and females in tion in for April, at which time the each of five ages groups, 15 and entire council is up for re-election. under, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 and 61 and over. All participants will break from in front of the post office. Runners will follow a course that will take them on West to Washington, then Jackson, Jefferson and East to Cottonwood. They

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HUMBOLDT — Dan Julich, city councilman, laid out plans Monday night for how returns from a half-cent sales tax would — About Since 1871 — improve Humboldt streets. At the bandstand Jim Garner, director 25 residents attended the special Thursday, July 7, 2011 8 p.m. meeting. The tax will be decided inPROGRAM a Star Spangled Banner..................................................arr. J.P. Sousa mail-ballot referendum. Ballots Americans We — march .......................................... Henry Fillmore went out this week and must be Rock, Rhythm Blues — medley ...................... arr. Jack Bullock returned to the and Allen County Army of the march J. Alford clerk’s office byNile noon—Sept. 11,...................................Kenneth in Begin Beguine ...................................................... Cole Porter person orof bythe mail. Invercargill march ................................................... Alex Lithgow With Allen —County’s assisHymn to the Fallen.................................... John Williams/Sweeney tance, streets will be milled, bases Menwhere of Ohio — marchand ............................................. Henry Fillmore rebuilt necessary overSixties Time Julich Capsule — medley .............................. arr. Jennings laidAwith asphalt, said. The Washington Post — march ...................................John P. Sousa See STREETS | Page A6 Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.

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Pekarek finds home at USD 257 By JOE SNEVE joe@iolaregister.com

When Brian Pekarek was hired as superintendent of the Iola school district in February, he saw an opportunity to “reinvigorate” USD 257. With a focus on academic achievement and public transparency, Pekarek hopes he can further success for the district and the more than 1,300 students relying on it. Pekarek walks his talk. A naSee PEKAREK | Page A5 Register/Bob Johnson

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When a teacher is in front of a classroom he expects students to listen to what he is saying. For Melissa Stiffler, Iola High School guidance counselor, in most cases the opposite is true. “Kids can feel left alone,” Stiffler said. “I don’t have all the answers, but then again sometimes they just want someone to talk to.” Stiffler thinks she will be able to relate to the students at IHS. Her background is, in many respects, similar to that of the students she serves. Stiffler grew up in Macon, Mo., a Brian visitsMiswith smallPekarek, town incenter, northeast the USD 257 board office. souri. Like Iola, Macon is a

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Obituaries Alan Sleeper

Iola native Alan Roy Sleeper died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Sleeper was born in southeast Kansas in Iola to Nora Edith Wright and Allan Roy Sleeper on Sept. 4, 1917. After finishing school in Iola in 1935, he followed his brother, John to KU, pledged Phi Delta Theta as John had done, and studied history. He was a scholar of Winston Churchill. While at KU, he obtained a law degree and met many lifelong friends, the most important being Sara Fair. After having served on Navy flagships during World War II in North Africa during the invasion of Italy and France, Alan returned to Kansas and married Sara Fair of Alden. Sara’s father was in the farming and ranching business and Alan joined him, embarking on a life he neither trained for nor had any experience with. Alan could not have imagined he would have such a passion for the land. He loved hunting with a favorite bird dog, planting old farm ground back to native grass, maintaining pastures by burning and buying and herding cattle with local men. While he often flew to far away places in his own plane, he was always happiest to return home. He wanted everything he was involved in to be the best it could be. His standards could be demanding of those around him, but they produced important results. He was a pioneer in pasture management and educated himself and those around him on

the subject. Various boards in Kansas benefited from his thoughtful ideas: the Alden School Board, the Alden United Methodist Church Building Fund, the Sterling College Board, the Alden State Bank Board, the Kansas Banking Board, the Kansas City branch of the Federal Reserve under Paul Vogel and the KU Endowment Fund. In remembrance of his mother, father and brother, he established the Sleeper Family Trust at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center in Iola. His family and friends never lacked for entertainment. Alan always found the best restaurant, the newest play, latest movie or a baseball game on their many travels. He leaves his wife of 68 years, Sara Fair, Alden; daughter Barbara Hulsizer, Lexington, Mass.; son Jim Sleeper, Santa Fe, N.M.; grandson, Noah Hulsizer and his wife, Nikita Maxwell, and their children, Marsh and Echo, Brooklyn, N.Y.; granddaughter, Eva Hulsizer, Dallas, Texas; and nieces Janet Kerr and Jill Hemphill. He was preceded in death by his brother, John Lyman Sleeper, and his sister-in-law, Virginia Maupin Sleeper. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Alden United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Alden Valley Cemetery. Visitation is this evening from 5 to 7 o’clock at Birzer-Sillin Funeral Home in Sterling. Donations are suggested to Alden United Methodist Church.

Mark Shinn

Mark Leroy Shinn, 62, Iola, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. M a r k was born June 10, 1950, in Iola, the son of J a m e s and Thora ( N i c h o l s ) Mark Shinn Shinn. He graduated from Iola High School, Iola Junior College and served six years in the Kansas Army National Guard. Mark worked for H & M Market in Iola, where Glen Thompson taught him to cut meat. He later worked as a meat cutter for Foodtown in Fredonia, Neodesha, Independence and Iola. He recently worked at Bolling’s Meat Market in Iola. Mark married Judy Collins and they divorced. He then married Susan Whaley and they later divorced. He was a member of the Iola American Legion and Iola Elks Lodge. He is survived by a son, Brett Shinn and his wife, Miriah Feather, Tulsa, Okla.; three daughters, Crystal Shinn, Kenosha, Wis., Tabitha Shinn and her husband, Brian Schwermer, Broken Arrow, Okla., and Amber Sanchez and her husband, Matt, Tulsa; his mother, Thora Shinn, Iola; two brothers, Alan Shinn and his wife, Becky, Uniontown, and Jack Shinn, Pittsburg; four grandchildren, Blade Feather, Aiden Feather, Nicole Schwermer and Shi Anne Sanchez. He was preceded in death

by his father, James O. Shinn. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Turkey Creek Cemetery north of Uniontown. Memorial gifts to the Iola American Legion or Iola Elks Lodge may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

Melvin Ross

Melvin Lynn Ross, 62, Humboldt, passed away Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 at his home. He was born Feb. 5, 1950, in Iola, the son of Melvin and Virginia (Rosebaugh) Ross. He graduated from Iola High School. Melvin had lived most of his life in the Iola and Humboldt area. In 1970, he was united in marriage to Linnie Whisnant. They later divorced. He married Jackie Zehner in 1996. They later divorced. Melvin worked as a maintenance worker for Iola USD 257, before becoming an equipment operator for Allen County, a position from which he subsequently retired. He is survived by his sons, Rick Ross and his wife, Lisa, Humboldt, and Rockey Ross, his companion, Rae Everett, and her daughter, Hope, Humboldt; and three granddaughters, Jaci Ross, Krissy Ross and Emily Ross; all of Humboldt. It was Melvin’s wish to be cremated. No services

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will be held. The family will memorialize Melvin at a later time. Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel is in charge of arrangements. To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabelHumboldt.com.

West services

Funeral services for Emma Jean West (Scully), whose death Thursday was reported in Saturday’s Register, will begin with rosary at 10 a.m. Friday at St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola. Mass is at 10:30. Following Mass, lunch will be served. Interment follows at Bronson Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 103 E. Sixth St., Truth or Consequences, NM 87901-2360.

Bill Hinde

William Lee “Bill” Hinde, 83, Iola, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at Windsor Place Nursing Center. Bill was born Feb. 5, 1929, in Haxtun, Colo., the son of Harold and Katherine Hinde. He grew up at Haxtun and graduated from high school at Dailey, Colo. On Aug. 12, 1950, Bill married Gladys J. Micheli in Denver. They made their home in a number of states before moving to Iola in 1963. Bill’s father-in-law, F.A. Micheli, purchased the M&M Bakery and renamed it the F&F Bakery. When Bill bought out his in-laws, they renamed it Renee’s Bakery, which is still in the

family. Mrs. Hinde preceded him in death Feb. 11, 1975. Bill enjoyed bowling when he was younger. He loved watching baseball and was a die-hard Royals fan. He is survived by five children, Regina Cochran and husband Dan, Iola, Susan Walters and husband, Ron, Iola, Garry G. Hinde and wife Sandy, Jefferson City, Mo., Renee Strawder and husband Mark, Le Roy, and Angie Alexander and husband Mike, Lenexa; three siblings, Zola Riley, Sterling, Colo., Jim Hinde and wife Dottie, Colorado Springs, and Dick Hinde and wife Pearl, Haxtun, Colo.; a brother-in-law and close friend, Phil Micheli and wife Ellen, Marietta, Calif.; eight grandchildren, Brian, Michael, Jeffrey and wife Kim, Eric and wife Shara, Kara, Alicia, Emily and husband Dustin and Grant and wife Kelly; seven great-grandchildren, Travis, Hanna, Alec, Alexandria, Alexia, Layten and Addison. He was preceded in death by three siblings, Wayne Hinde, Elaine Wilderman and Rebecca Hinde. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel, Iola. Inurnment will be in Highland Cemetery. Memorials may be left at Waugh-Yokum Memorial Chapel for Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF). Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral. com.

Police reports Woman arrested

Rachel Noyes, 24, Mapleton, was arrested Saturday afternoon for domestic battery after Allen County deputies were dispatched to 1012 S. Broadway, LaHarpe, to deal with a disturbance. Officers said they found that Ricky Noyes, 47, LaHarpe, had been battered.

Arrests reported

Dylon Trembly was arrested by Iola police officers Friday for allegedly firing a BB gun within city limits and obstructing the subsequent police investigation for a disturbance in the 200 block of White Boulevard. On Saturday, Jessica Maple, 27, Kansas City, was arrested in the 500 block of North Kentucky Street for a warrant out of Woodson County.

Assault case under investigation

Iola police officers are investigating a reported case of child sexual assault. The officers were called to Allen County Hospital Sunday. A suspect was identified.

Walmart employee cited for theft

Iola police were told Tracy Draper, 29, had been allegedly stealing items from Iola Walmart, where she worked. A citation for theft was mailed to the suspect.

Driver injured in chain-reaction wreck

Joshua C. Clark, 24, was crossing Lincoln Street from North Jefferson Avenue Wednesday when his vehicle struck an eastbound pickup driven by Van T. Tucker, 19. Tucker’s car struck a pedestrian sign before hitting a westbound car driven by Vickie Snavely, who was waiting on Lincoln to turn onto Jefferson. A passenger in Clark’s vehicle, Glen M. Manchester, was injured and taken

via ambulance to Allen County Hospital. None of the drivers were injured, nor was a passenger in Tucker’s pickup. All involved in the wreck were wearing seat belts, according to the Iola Police Department.

Susan Hawk, 49, Iola, reported Saturday a propane tank cover on her camper had been damaged while the camper was parked behind her residence in the 800 block of North Chestnut Street.

Attack reported

Lyslie A. Shifflett, 28, was backing from a parking stall in her sport utility vehicle when she struck a cement post, Iola police officers reported.

David Rogers, 30, Iola, told Iola police officers Saturday a pair of suspects “forcibly removed” his shoes, then burned his hand with a cigarette in the 10 block of North State Street. Charges against the suspects are pending. The suspects were not identified.

Tools stolen

James Cotton Jr., 39, Chanute, told officers Saturday somebody entered his vehicle while it was parked in the 300 block of West Street and stole more than $1,000 worth of tools.

Tank cover damaged

Cement post hit

garden hose, iron metal arched gazebo and a 55-gallon barrel. The items were valued altogether at $110.

Bikes stolen, another recovered

Kelley Tindel, 44, Iola, reported Friday somebody stole his bicycle while it was parked in the bike rack at Allen Community College. On Saturday, Curt Grif-

dence in the 500 block of South Buckeye Street. The bike was taken to the police department, where it can be claimed by its owner.

Gasoline taken

Employees at Casey’s General Store told police Saturday a suspect drove away without paying for $15.78 worth of gasoline. The suspect was driving a black car.

Pickup hit

A pickup owned by Janice K. Buckjune was struck while it was parked near the intersection of East and First streets Aug. 13. The driver of the other vehicle left without reporting the accident.

Yard items stolen

Clifton Heskett, 22, told Iola police officers Wednesday evening somebody stole a number of items from his yard, including a 75-foot

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Benefit to raise funds for Criss Friends of Stacy Criss, wife of K.B. Criss, USD 258 superintendent, have organized a benefit to help with Stacy’s medical expenses in her fight and recovery from cancer. There will be a 5K run/ walk, a washers tournament, food and music Sept. 15 in city square. There is a $25 entry fee for the run/walk and washers tournament, which includes a T-shirt. Registrations should be made by Sept. 5. Forms may be

picked up at the Board of Education office, McReynolds Dentist office, Ashley Clinic or Community National Bank and Trust. The run/walk and the tournament start at 6 p.m. on the square. The band, Subject to Change, is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to Criss and her family. For more information or questions, visit www.facebook.com/ milesforstacy

Biblesta choir recruiting Anyone who likes to sing is encouraged to join the Biblesta choir. Rehearsals for the choir’s Biblesta celebration performance on Oct. 6, will be on Tuesday evenings at the Methodist Church at 7

p.m. Jim Palmer will direct the choir and needs additional male and alto voices. There is no cost to be involved in the choir, except the commitment of time.

More Hispanics attending college WASHINGTON (AP) — Hispanic population growth and improved high school completion rates helped Latino young people become the largest minority group on college campuses and a fourth of the public school population last year, according to a Pew Hispanic report released Monday. The center’s analysis of Census data shows more than 2 million Hispanics ages 18 to 24 were enrolled in college last year, making up a record 16.5 percent share of enrollments in that age group at twoyear and four-year universities. Simultaneously, for the first time, one fourth of the pre-K through 12th grade population was Latino, the center said.

The Hispanic share of the public school population had been inching up as the enrollments of children in pre-K and kindergarten reached one quarter Hispanic over the past six years. The elementary school population also became one quarter Hispanic last year, nudging the overall pre-K through 12th grade to about one quarter Hispanic last year, up from 23.3 in 2010. Mark Lopez, associate director of the Pew Hispanic Center, said in the next few years the high school population will also reach that mark. Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States numbering about 52 million last year, according to the Census.

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Calendar Terry Broyles 473-3727 Today

Housing Action Team meeting, 6:30 p.m., Board of Education office; Biblesta Chorus practice, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church; Adult water aerobics, 7-8 p.m., swimming pool.

Wednesday

Virginia Circle, 1:30 p.m., First Baptist Church.

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Community Singspiration and covered dish meal, 5:30 p.m., United Methodist Church. Tuesday

Biblesta Chorus practice, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church.

Aug. 30

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Sept. 8

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Brothers sell ad space of different sort RYE BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Two brothers from a New York City suburb have an advertising concept that’s on a roll — a roll of toilet paper. Bryan and Jordan Silverman are creators of toilet tissue printed with ads, and sometimes with coupon codes that can be read by cellphones. The JournalNews says in a story Sunday that the brothers expect their product to appear this fall in the Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library. Twenty-two-year-old Jordan Silverman came up with the idea for Star Toilet Paper in 2010. His 18-yearold brother tells the newspaper that he was initially skeptical but came to see it as advertising to “a really captive audience.� The brothers from Rye Brook have entered their concept in a contest run by Entrepreneur magazine.

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Carrol Baker has been picking up and delivering students to Humboldt schools since 2000 and is eager to see the students on his regular route Thursday. Except for Transportation Supervisor, Jack Ellis, Baker has the longest driving record of Humboldt drivers.

Baker keeps ‘drive’ in life

By TERRY BROYLES Humboldt Correspondent

HUMBOLDT — Questioning Carrol Baker about whether he plans to drive the school bus again this year seems like a waste of time to him. “People at church or places will ask me and I say ‘sure, why not?,’� Baker said. After driving for Ruan Transport for 28 years, Baker retired in 1997. “I thought I’d join the spit and whittle club, but Jack Ellis caught my wife in Corner Post one day and asked her if she thought I’d be a substitute bus driver,� Baker said. “I told Rita, ‘we’re staying out of the Corner Post.’� Baker did agree to be a substitute driver later in 1997. His name also ended up on Iola’s substitute drivers list and he was eventually hired as Iola’s activities driver. In 2000, a regular bus route in Humboldt became available. Baker has driven the route every year since. “I look forward to the kids,� Baker said. “I enjoy it. If I didn’t have this to do, I might be a bum and not get out of bed ’til noon.� He has driven the eastof-town route morning and evening for 12 years, making his first stop at 6:50 a.m. He picks up an aver-

I enjoy it. If I didn’t have this to do, I might be a bum and not get out of bed ’til noon. — Carroll Baker, school bus driver

age of 20 students on a 37 -mile path. “I don’t lay down the law on the first day,� Baker said. “We do have a set of rules prepared by USD 258 that we go over. Sometimes the older kids will ask for the rules and then read them to the younger ones, but I have a good bunch of kids.� Baker and his six children are life-long residents of Humboldt. All of them grew up as bus riders when they attended school. “Back when I rode, the bus driver could stop the bus and put you off if you were causing trouble,� Baker remembered. “We can’t do that nowadays.� Besides the daily route, Baker drives the bus occasionally for groups going to special activities, games or on trips. Teachers, coaches or sponsors accompany the group and it’s their job to take care of the kids, Baker said. One of his favorite stories involves transporting a stowaway with the cross country team to Chicken Annie’s in Girard. “This kid wasn’t on

the team that year, but he sneaked onto the bus and ducked down behind the seat,� Baker said. “To this day, when I see him he’ll say ‘Let’s go to Chicken Annies.’ The kids got a big kick out of that.� “I really didn’t think I could be a bus driver at first, but I enjoy it and there’s a purpose in doing it; it gives me a reason to get up and get going,� Baker said. THE STUDENTS on the route get to know him and regularly invite him to school programs and graduation. “The little ones especially will ask me if I’m coming to their program,� Baker said. “I try to go and to the older ones’ graduations.� “He’s nice,� Zach Korte on the east route described Baker. “He lets us be kind of rowdy, as long as we don’t make loud noises. I would describe him as super nice.� Baker and wife, Rita, also have 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Today in history In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state. In 1961, country singer Patsy Cline recorded the Willie Nelson song “Crazy� in Nashville for Decca Records. In 1992, an 11-day siege be-

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Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed. Thought for Today: “Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.� — Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (18931957).

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Kansas needs to reverse course Cut your 2013 budget by 10 percent, Gov. Sam Brownback told state department heads last week. Gov. Brownback explained his decision to the people by saying that “Kansas is a high tax state. In order to get taxes down we must cut spending.” In last week’s interviews with newsmen he didn’t repeat his now-hackneyed phrase, “We can either grow government or grow the private sector.” But the message was there. What the governor did not do was talk about the consequences of cutting back state programs. He did say he would try to hold spending on the public schools at current levels and would “protect” planned highway projects. He didn’t say he would protect state jobs. Across-the-board spending cuts logically will lead to across-the-board cuts in personnel. The meat ax approach will also rule out salary and benefit increases. At a time when the Kansas farm sector is flat on its back because of the drought, a decision to add to unemployment by chopping off 10 percent of the jobs that state government creates will raise eyebrows. Keeping state employee wages frozen is another whack in the gut to the middle class. Inflation has been very low. But it still erodes the purchasing power of the dollar by a penny or two every month. The inflation rate for 2011 was 3.16 percent. It has been above 1 percent every month this year, with the January rate over 1.9 percent. Freezing wages amounts to cutting wages because the effect of inflation is ignored. It should not be necessary to point out that reducing the state payroll and cutting back the purchasing power of the wages earned by those who do not lose their jobs will slow the growth of the state’s economy. A dollar spent by a highway patrolman has exactly the same stimulating effect as one spent

by a newspaper reporter, or any other private sector worker. BAD ECONOMICS is not the main flaw in the governor’s assault on state government. It is wrong-headed to order acrossthe-board spending cuts because that approach assumes all state functions are of equal value to the people of Kansas. This is obviously not the case. Perhaps Gov. Brownback’s office will not suffer if he and the administrative staff remaining take a 10 percent salary cut. But let’s be fair and say that there are many state government offices that are well run and have important jobs for all of their employees to do. If that is the case, as it certainly should be, then slashing those department budgets will result in a reduction of services to the public. Ten percent fewer highway patrolmen and KBI agents, 10 percent fewer court clerks, 10 percent fewer department of agriculture employees and so on through the state’s organization chart. If the Legislature follows Gov. Brownback’s instruction, it will also reduce appropriations for the state’s regional libraries, its community colleges, the subsidies it provides private colleges and the funding of the state universities — and, of course, the money it spends on itself. Such reductions would be justified if they were needed. They are not. Kansas, like the rest of the nation, is recovering from the Great Recession. Budget crises loom in Topeka only because this year’s Legislature passed irresponsibly huge tax cuts that now threaten to reduce our state government to caretaker status. The only remedy that lies in the hands of the people is to elect a Legislature and a governor dedicated to efficient, effective government — with excellence and progress as its goals. The road ahead must start with a 180-degree turn. — Emerson Lynn, jr.

Dems favor Populist approach TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Democrats are trying to reclaim the state’s Populist tradition, attacking conservative Republican tax-cutting policies in hopes of avoiding a wipeout in legislative races. They’re battling frustration in a GOP-leaning state with Democratic President Barack Obama. Brownback and other conservatives have enjoyed the backing of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Koch Industries Inc., the multibillion-dollar Wichitabased company. But they’ve also positioned themselves as champions of entrepreneurs in promoting massive income tax cuts enacted this year as a way to boost the state economy. Democrats contend the tax cuts are reckless, likely to create an ongoing, artificial budget crisis endangering aid to public schools and spending on social services. But they’re also arguing that the tax cuts are unfair to middle-class and poor Kansans, particularly wage earners. “In a law firm, the partners pay no tax, but the clerical personnel remain fully taxed,” Martin Dickinson, a longtime University of Kansas law professor who specializes in tax issues, said during a recent Statehouse news confer-

Public rightly skeptical of Medicare ‘fix’ To hear Mitt Romney tell it, President Barack Obama is a thief. The Republican presidential candidate says Obama “robbed” $700 billion from Medicare. This campaign rhetoric is a reference to changes made in the health reform law. Before Romney calls the cops, he should do a little more research. Then he might actually commend Obama. That’s because the president did exactly what needs to be done: take steps to address Medicare’s fiscal problems. Everyone knows spending in the program is unsustainable. There are two ways to tackle that reality: spend less money or find more money to spend. The reform law does both. It will lower reimbursements to hospitals and nursing homes. It creates an independent advisory board, a panel of health experts, charged with making recommendations to slow spending in the huge program. What the panel proposes will be enacted unless Congress intervenes. That is exactly what was needed, since Congress has proven itself unable to stand up to special interests and make necessary reductions by itself. The law also raises taxes on wealthy Americans to help shore up the hospital insurance funded by payroll taxes. The government has estimated “Part A” of Medicare will be depleted within a decade. Yet as the cost of care has grown and more people signed up for coverage, Congress has refused to increase the payroll tax rate to cover the expense.

Our elected officials have starved Medicare. They add costly benefits, such as prescription coverage, without increasing the revenue to pay for such changes. Our elected officials have starved Medicare. They added costly benefits, such as prescription coverage, without increasing the revenue to pay for such changes. People like Romney insist the program is structurally and fundamentally flawed. It’s not. But in choosing Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, it’s clear how Romney wants to “fix” Medicare. It doesn’t get much worse than the congressman’s plan. In a nutshell, Ryan proposes providing subsidies so seniors can sign up for commercial insurance. Instead of Medicare directly paying your doctor, the government would send a check to the private insurer who is supposed to be managing your care. Such an arrangement has been a proven fiscal failure in “Medicare+Choice” plans in the 1990s and in Medicare Advantage plans today. It costs taxpayers more than basic Medicare, and it creates confusion for seniors. Some health providers would not accept these plans. But some politicians just keep pushing the idea. They keep saying that the private sector is better than the government at delivering health care. They keep hoping Americans will believe

it’s true. Fortunately, Americans didn’t just fall off the turnip truck. Who owns the most luxurious buildings in town, pays skyhigh CEO salaries and spends a fortune on “administrative expenses”? Private insurance companies. Where do they get their money? From the increasingly expensive premiums their customers pay. That money spent on board member salaries and country club memberships for executives is money not spent on health care. The American public is supposed to believe that if we hand these same companies billions of dollars from citizens and tell them to take over the care of millions of seniors, they are going to make better use of the money than the government-run Medicare program? Romney and Ryan want Americans to think government can’t be trusted. Instead, we are supposed to trust — and give more tax money — to private insurers. Miraculously, that will cure what ails Medicare. It should be hard for seniors, or any American who plans on growing old, to get excited about that idea. — The Des Moines Register

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ence organized by the Kansas Democratic Party. “On the farm, the farm owner is tax-free. The hired hands — who are employees, of course — will all continue to pay tax.” Many Kansas Democrats have seen themselves as heirs of the Populists of the 1880s and 1890s, but some centrists and liberals have had misgivings about such a link, particularly in the 1990s when Gov. Joan Finney pushed the Progressive Era idea of allowing voters to bypass legislators to enact laws and constitutional changes. Govs. Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson tried to display pro-business leanings to woo moderate Republicans. Meanwhile, conservatives’ takeover of the state GOP had a Populist undercurrent, even as their anti-tax, small-government ideas appealed to corporate leaders. Abortion opponents and other social conservatives derided Republican moderates as a country club establishment, while others portrayed government as an oppressive behemoth. Brownback’s administration has repeatedly touched on the last theme. Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan suggested last week that critics wanted to turn back the clock to save big government. The Legislature’s staff has estimated that the income tax cuts will be worth $231 million during the current fiscal year, with the figure growing to $934 million annually after six years. Brownback’s administration describes the relief as broad, because all individual income tax rates will drop for next year. The tax cuts also exempt the owners of 191,000 partnerships, sole proprietorships and other companies from income taxes, and supporters are trying to send a message that Kansas values entrepreneurs. “It’s pure economics. Threefourths of Kansans work for somebody who employs 10 or fewer people,” Brownback said in an interview with The Associated Press. “What we’re trying to establish is the best business environment in the country for small business.” But Dickinson, a registered Democrat who’s taught at the University of Kansas since 1967, noted that the tax law doesn’t limit owners’ ability to avoid taxes based on the size of their businesses, so wealthy enterprises can benefit, too. Brownback countered that he favored such limits in the first years of the plan but accepted what lawmakers passed to get the state on a new economic path.

The tax cuts slash state coffers by $934 million over the next six years. The state also is dropping its top rate to 4.9 percent from 6.45 percent while ending a rebate for poor and working-class families for the sales taxes they pay on groceries. Earlier this year, the Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy concluded that the law would result in a small tax increase on average for Kansas residents earning less than $20,000 a year, while people earning more than $400,000 would receive the biggest percentage cut. Brownback called the analysis “wholly unfounded,” but the institute’s numbers generally tracked with Department of Revenue figures on the collective income tax changes for groups of taxpayers. Still, Kansas Democratic Party Chairwoman Joan Wagnon acknowledged last week that critics’ arguments are more complicated than the simple and beguiling message that big income tax cuts will make the state more prosperous. However, she and fellow Democrats have compelling reasons to make their pitch. Conservative Republican candidates and their allies, including the tea party movement, are all but certain to attempt to make the 2010 health care overhaul Obama has touted a major issue. They can flood the state with mailings and broadcast advertising. Much of the debate is about largely symbolic proposals in the Legislature to protest a federal mandate to require most Americans to purchase health insurance, starting in 2014. In Republican primaries for the state Senate, voters appeared to side with conservatives who argued that moderate incumbents were too soft in opposition — or downright sympathetic — toward the federal health care law. And ahead of the November general election, Democratic candidates must worry about conservatives exploiting their party tie to the president. Many Democrats would rather turn the election into a referendum on the income tax cuts. Critics of the reductions don’t think the primaries were a true test of voter sentiment about the administration’s policies because of the focus on Obama and health care. “Do you want a tax system in which the employees pay tax, but the boss does not? I think the answer to that is no,” Dickinson said. “The question, then, is one of getting the word out.” ___ Political writer John Hanna has covered Kansas politics and government since 1987. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/

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Kitchen table: what was once important Family time is important and there’s no better place for the family to gather than around the kitchen table. The following article says it well. The Family Dinner Table by MARIANNE JENNINGS

I cut out my wedding dress at the same place where I memorized my spelling words. It was in that same place that I ate Archway cookies every day after school. And it was there I prepared for my SAT. My husband-to-be was grilled mercilessly in that same spot. Much of what I have learned and hold dear is inextricably intertwined with the kitchen table. This 4-by-6 scratched and worn piece of furniture was a small physical part of my home. Yet as I look back on what we did there, I realize it was a key to the life I now have. Each night during my youth it was the kitchen table where I was held accountable for the day’s events. “When is the next report card?” “Did you clean up the mess in the basement?” “Did you practice your piano today?” But that kitchen table was not just a source of fear, it was my security

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blanket. No matter how rough the day’s taunting had been and no matter how discouraged I was over long division, the kitchen table and its adult caretakers were there every night to comfort and support. Regardless of the day’s schedule or demands, the kitchen table brought us all back together for roll call at 6 o’clock every night. And following my dismal task of doing dishes at a time when automatic dishwashers were country club novelties, I returned to the kitchen table to sweat bullets over homework. I read “Dick, Jan, and Spot” stories aloud to my father, who then did his “homework” while I wrote and rewrote the math tables I carry in my mind even today. Each morning that table sent me off fed and duly inspected for clean fingernails and pressed Bobbie Brooks. No one left that table without a review of the

day’s events and assigned chores. That kitchen table nurtured. It was my constancy amid the insecurities of crooked teeth, more freckles than skin, and geography bees on state capitals. Years have gone by since my days of Black Watch plaid and white anklets. Life has given me more challenges, joy and love than I could have fathomed as my legs shook beneath that kitchen table when faced with parental inquiries. When I return to my parents’ home to visit, I find myself lingering after breakfast to enjoy their company around the kitchen table. After dinner, the dishes wait as my father and I discuss everything from the Jackie Onassis estate auction to pottytraining. And then shortly after we restore the kitchen to its spotless pre-dinner state, my children return. We sit together, three generations, as Breyer’s ice cream and Hershey’s syrup melt, drip and stick to new tiny faces at that old table. Perhaps it is in the genes. Or perhaps it is that kitchen table. That magical simple place where I learned responsibility and

felt love and security. As I struggle each night to get dinner on my kitchen table and round up my children from the four corners of our neighborhood, I wonder why I just don’t send them to their rooms with a chicken pot pie and Wheel of Fortune. I don’t because I am giving them the gift of the kitchen table. A recent survey revealed only half of our teenagers eat dinner on a regular basis with their parents. Last year my daughter said she could only find one other student in her home room who had dinner each night at the kitchen table with her family. They are both honor students. The other kids, my daughter explained, “make something in the microwave and then head to their rooms to watch TV.” They have no company, no questions– just Wheel of Fortune, and the grades to show for it. How sad that not all children’s lives are touched by the miracle of childhood. There’s something about a kitchen table. (Note: Jennings’ article appeared in the Deseret News in February 1997 and was republished in the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families.”

Field Day looks at patch burning YATES CENTER — Six years of research on patch burning will be highlighted at the Bressner Pasture Field Day in Yates Center. The event begins at 8 a.m. Aug. 30 at the 4-H building in the Woodson County Fairgrounds. Buses will depart from the fairgrounds to the Bressner pasture site from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. Willie J. Bressner donated 640 acres of tallgrass prairie in Woodson County to the Kansas State

University Foundation in 1988. A committee of KSU specialists, county agents and area ranchers was established to develop a plan and oversee the research. In 2011, water improvements were made on the pasture and a limit water access was installed. These water projects will be highlighted by Herschel George and Jeff Davidson at one of the stops. Other presenters: Mary Knapp, state climatologist, will highlight

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the weather station on the Bressner pasture. Dale Kirkham will demonstrate how to control cattle pathways — a potential major source of erosion. Dr. Walt Fick and Cade Rensink will discuss the impact of patch burning on plant populations and plant compositions. The pasture tour will highlight the differences in plant growth between continuous burn and patch burn after two years of extreme drought.

After returning from the pasture, lunch will be provided in the air-conditioned 4-H building. Dave Kehler, will discuss cattle gains over the life of the patch burn study. Deon van der Merwe, author of “Identification and Management of Blue-Green Algae in Farm Ponds,” will cover this timely topic. Attendees should RSVP to the Woodson County Extension Office at (620) 6258620 by Aug. 28.

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Upcoming farm and ranch events Within the next month, there will be opportunities for to improve your heifer development practices, gain information and advice on the continued drought and its effects on our farms and ranches, and to brush up on your bovine diseases and disease regulations. Below are four events of interest: • A “Building Better Heifers – Selecting, Growing and Breeding Heifers Using Today’s Science” field day has been set for Aug. 28 at Dalebanks Angus, 1021 River Rd., Eureka. Registration will be at 4 p.m. with the program starting at 4:30. Presentations and speakers include: heifer development systems by Rick Funston, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; reproductive technologies by Sandy Johnson, K-State; proper collection of DNA samples by Kara Wilson, CAB and Tonya Amen, American Angus Association; heifer selection tools by Bob Weaber, K-State; post-breeding nutrition and early pregnancies by Scott Lake, University of Wyoming; and healthy heifers to healthy cows by Dale Grotelueschen, veterinarian, Pfizer Animal Health. To participate in the field day and free evening meal, send an RSVP to Anna Curry at 620-583-7455. • With the continued drought in mind, an informal meeting has been set for producers to visit with County, District and Area Extension personnel on increasing forage supply, crop system considerations, adverse livestock health concerns, and reducing forage demand. Join us Aug. 29 at the Southeast Ag Research Center in Parsons for a complimentary meal and open discussion at 6 p.m. Send an RSVP to 620-223-3720 by Aug. 28.

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• Patch burning will be the main focus of the Bressner Pasture Field Day Aug. 30 in Yates Center (see below). Registration will begin at the Woodson County Fairgrounds at 8 a.m., with the buses heading to the Bressner pasture site at 8:30. Topics will include the effect of patch burning on forage composition, limited pond access with a tire tank demonstration, weather, erosion control on cattle trails and a discussion on the cattle gains during the 6 years of patch burning research. Lunch will be included, but a RSVP is necessary to the Woodson County Extension Office at 620-625-8620. • Cattle producers want to mark their calendars for a cow calf workshop Sept. 18 at the Function Junction, south of Erie. Presenters and topics for the evening will include Dr. Larry Hollis, DVM, K-State Research and Extension Beef Vet, cattle and drought concerns; Dr. Cody Garten, DVM, US Department of Agriculture, Bovine Trichomoniasis; and Dr. Don Coover, DVM, SEK Genetics, Neospora Abortions. Producers in attendance will receive a voucher for 5 free BioPRYN blood pregnancy tests, or 5 free IDEXX PI BVD tests or 5 free IDEXX Neospora tests. The complementary meal and program will begin at 6. For more information and to register, contact SEK Genetics at 1-800-443-6389. Additional information will be released as this event nears.

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in high school. I know what it’s like living in a town this size so I can understand a lot of the things that students are faced with.” After high school, Stiffler earned a bachelor’s degree in English education and then later finished up a master’s degree in counseling and biblical counseling. She spent 15 years teaching in the Kansas City area before moving to Burlington to take a counseling position. That lasted two years before budget cuts pushed her out. “The district had to cut six positions there,” Stiffler said. “I was the last one hired of the six, so of course I was the first to go.” After spending a year living as a stay-at-home mother in the Yates Center area she started searching for a new job.

“I was just about to go crazy,” Stiffler said. “I wanted to get back doing something with myself professionally. When I started looking in the spring I was looking as far away as Wichita but then this opened up.” In coming to Iola, Stiffler knows her first order of business is getting the kids comfortable with her and trusting her. She plans on spending the first few weeks volunteering for lunch duties and seminar times so she can spend more time amongst students. “Unlike teachers who get a classroom where students come to them, I’ll have to get out there and be visible and get to know students,” Stiffler said. “I want them to know me so they can start to build that trust with me.” Stiffler also has an agenda that she wants to pur-

sue through her position. Knowing that her predecessor, Jodi Grover, laid a good foundation of work, Stiffler wants to build on what is already in place. “The school has been identified as a school of character award winner,” Stiffler said. “That is great and I want to keep building on that reputation. One of the things we have done here is talk about anti-bullying. I really want to take that and build it up more. Anymore now, it’s hard for young people. It used to be when you left school at the end of the day the bullying ended. Now with Facebook and email it’s become a continuous issue.” School isn’t the only thing that drives Stiffler. When not at work, the mother of three likes to spend time with her husband, Todd, and two children who still live at home, Reid, 15 and Emmie, 11. Her eldest son, Austin, 20, lives in

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Columbia, Mo. Among her personal pursuits, Stiffler enjoys tending to her garden, cooking and rooting for the Kansas City Royals. She also writes for “EC Squared,” a magazine. “I used to write devotionals for teens on a weekly basis,” Stiffler said. “I don’t do that as much now that I work full time again but when they ask for me to, I still write occasionally.”

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That would be a radical change from the past, when Humboldt depended on periodic chip-and-seal treatment to maintain roads. “Asphalt will last 20 years or more, while chip-andseal has to be done every five years,� Julich said. “And chip-and-seal is just to keep water� from seeping into a street’s base and causing it to deteriorate, said Bill King, director of Public Works for the county. Other work that would be done in the 15-year program costing about $1.7 million would be reconstruction of curbs, guttering and failed culverts. “There won’t be any new curb and guttering,� Julich said. Money would come from $88,000 a year raised by the sales tax and about $50,000 Humboldt receives annually from fuel tax distributions. Money also would be set aside each year for maintenance of streets awaiting rebuild. Julich stressed the county’s assistance was an important part of the project. The county “always has helped us with street

work,� he added. “We have the rock, machinery and men (with road-building expertise),� chimed in King. “We’ll build up the base where it’s needed.� In response to an observation from Richard Weilert that with economic problems “this is the worst time� to start such a project, King countered, “There’s probably not a better time. The cost of asphalt is only going to go up,� along with oil used in chip-and-seal. Not all streets will be rebuilt from the ground up, King added. With some, leveling and smoothing courses of asphalt may be all that’s needed. A side benefit, he added, is that material ground from roads may be available for driveways and alleys, which, when compressed by use, would become much like asphalt. What if the referendum fails? “We’ll continue with chip-and-seal,� Julich said. “We wouldn’t have the money to do anything else.� ABOUT 300 blocks of residential streets, essen-

tially all in the town not now up to snuff, would be rebuilt. A brochure notes the sales tax is collected from anyone who shops in Humboldt, and thus is deemed “the fairest way to raise the needed revenue.� The half-cent tax would increase what Humboldt collects to 1.75 cents for local use, and puts the overall sales tax in Humboldt at 9.3 cents for each $1 spent. Of the current 1.25 cents collected for Humboldt, proceeds from 1 cent go for general operations for city and a quarter cent levy pays for an addition to the swimming pool. “The No. 1 concern when I ran for office was what could we do with the streets,� said Mayor Nobby Davis. “After I was elected we formed the street committee,� which developed the improvement plan. “We’re trying to do the best we can,� he said. City Administrator Larry Tucker observed that of 600 cities in Kansas, 70 have a higher sales tax today than Humboldt’s, including several in southeast Kansas.

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from a reservoir in the river created by a dam at the west edge of town. When runoff shuts off, as it has for several weeks because of the dry spell, water is

released daily from John Redmond Reservoir, a flood control complex and reservoir north of Burlington, fed by the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers. That keeps the Neosho flowing at least

at a trickle. Hodgden said last word from the Corps of Engineers, which controls water released from Redmond, was the reservoir was at 62 percent of normal.

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Even worse, NOAA’s long-term forecast predicts the drought conditions will persist through much of middle America at least through November. THIS YEAR has a chance of being the driest ever, or at least since the Register began recording weather statistics well over a cen-

tury ago. This year’s 15.34 inches is nearly 7 inches shy of 1936’s 22.31, the dry-year record for Iola. Normal rainfall for a year is 37.74 inches. In 1936, 7.77 inches fell in September and rescued the year from being even more desert-like. The 10-day forecast predicts rain toward the end of this week and into the weekend, with a 50 percent

chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday. But, as the National Weather Service noted, it’s going to take more than a couple of rainy days to do more than provide brief relief from drought conditions. What’s needed are several gully washers of several inches each, something that seldom occurs in the fall hereabouts even during wet years.

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difference in some of them. Some presidents have very normal looking ones and others have whole giant structures built.� Among the seven presidential resting places, the two that he enjoyed the most were Franklin D. Roosevelt and William McKinley. McKinley, who is buried in Canton, Ohio, was even more impressive than Peeper was expecting. “It’s like a temple almost,� Peeper said. “Some presidents have really modest burial sites but his was really neat.� In comparison, Roosevelt’s is a more understated plot. The only four-term president in American history rests in Hyde Park, N.Y., marked by a white marble tomb on the grounds of the Roosevelt estate. “He was such an important figure in American history being our only president that served so long over such hard circumstances,� Peeper said. “His grave and the area around it is really impressive.� “Huckleberry Finn� also prompted discussions about race relations and their advancement in the United States.

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Bill Peeper “People don’t realize that he was born into a slaveholding state in Missouri and by the end of his life held some opinions that ran against a lot of the beliefs he grew up with,� Peeper said. Coming back to Iola, Peeper looks for ways to incorporate his travels into his lessons. He is already posting the author’s quotations on the wall, updating them every few days to give students

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Defensive, offensive options stronger for ACC By JOCELYN SHEETS jocelyn@iolaregister.com

A year ago it seemed to head coach Jessica Peters that her Red Devils only had one option — one person on offense and defense as go-to players. Not so in 2012. “We’ve seen so much improvement defensively on the court this year and I feel comfortable rotating people in more than I did last year. We were inconsistent on the back row,” Peters said. “We had one or two players we counted on offensively a year ago. This year we’ve got four sophomores returning who can hit the ball and we have some freshmen who are showing potential.” Allen Community College’s volleyball team opens the 2012 season this weekend. The Red Devils play in the Neosho County Invitational at Chanute Friday and Saturday. The Red Devil head coach’s confidence is buoyed by her team’s showing in last weekend’s scrimmages at Butler Community College. The Red Devils went 3-1, losing to Hutchinson to start the day. Allen would go on to beat Fort Scott, Coffeyville and Independence. “We had the typical freshman jitters against Hutchinson but played two close sets. We were able to mix up offensive and defensive options during the scrimmage matches,” Peters said. “It really allowed us to see how we can use people and gave our players a lot of confidence as we go into this season.” Consistency is always a factor in sports. One constant factor for the Red Devils is the return of setter Jacqui Ortiz. Ortiz had 714 set assists a year ago as a freshman. She also is one of the team’s top defensive players, coming off of a 368-dig season. “We were always better when Jacqui was on the court for us. She is such a strength for our team. She runs the offense well and is a dig machine,” Peters said. Leading the Red Devils up front and at the net are sophomores Hayley Mertens, Randi Billings, Autumn Douglas and Kaitlyn Speer. All have shown improve-

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Members of the 2012 Allen Community College volleyball team are, left to right, front row, Sarah Charbonneau, Jacqui Ortiz, Tayler Shook; middle row, Danielle Goodman, Adrianne Munoz, Sierra Morgison, Renee Reichard, Katelyn Rogers; back row, assistant coach Todd Francis, assistant coach Whitney Falkenstien, Cheyanne Miller, Autumn Douglas, Randi Billings, Hayley Mertens, Sidney Keith, Kaitlyn Speers, head coach Jessica Peters. ment in their hitting and blocking skills along the net. “Hayley is one to watch. She has come so far but can go even further with her skills on the court. I’m certain she’ll set a record for kills per set this season,” Peters said. “Right now, she is working to let the game come to her and just play to her potential.” Mertens showed some of that potential as a freshman. She put down 272 kills as an outside hitter and made 43 blocks at the net. She also came up with 271 digs defensively. Billings and Speer are Allen’s middle hitters and blockers. Billings was an even worker at the net a year ago with 91 kills and 91 blocks. She had 96 digs. Speer rotated in and made 23 kills, 38 blocks and had 60 digs. “Randi is one of our go-to players on offense this year. She and Kaitlyn have put in a lot of hard work to develop as the middles we need,” Peters said. “Kaitlyn is a vocal leader out there for us. “That’s one thing we do much better than last year — communi-

Allen Community College 2012 Volleyball Roster No. Name Position Class Hometown 1 Tayler Shook DS/S Fr. Uniontown 2 Danielle Goodman OH Fr. Mount Vernon, Mo. 3 Sierra Morgison OH/RS Fr. Perry 4 Sidney Keith OH/MH Fr. St. Joseph, Mo. 5 Adriee Munoz Setter Fr. San Antonio, Texas 6 Sarah Charbonneau DS/S Fr. Corpus Christi, Texas 7 Renee Reichard DS Fr. DeSoto 8 Jacqui Ortiz Setter So. El Paso, Texas 9 Cheyanne Miller MH/RS Fr. Moran 10 Hayley Mertens OH So. Kingman 12 Randi Billings MH So. Silver Lake 13 Kaitlyn Speer MH So. Valley Falls 15 Autumn Douglas R/MH So. Toronto Head coach: Jessica Peters Assistant coaches: Whitney Falkenstien, Todd Francis Manager: Katelyn Rogers, Fr., Gridley

cate. This team really talks a lot on the court and that’s what we need.” Douglas has been moved from a middle hitter/blocker to a rightside hitter. Peters said Douglas is making the transition pretty well. “Autumn came in and worked during the summer before school started. She’s growing and adapting into her new role,” Peters said. “Autumn is a force at the net blocking for us.”

Douglas downed 38 kills and had 31 blocks a year ago. She was credited with 39 digs. Peters said one of the strengths shown by the Red Devils at last week’s scrimmages was serving. She said the team didn’t have many service errors. Last year, Ortiz was a strong server and had 39 service aces for the Red Devils. Mertens had 16 ace serves and Billings had 13 ace serves.

Allen Community College 2012 Volleyball Schedule Aug. 24-25 — Neosho County Invitational, Chanute Aug. 29 — Butler, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 — Independence, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 7-8 — Highland tournament Sept 12 — Highland, 5:30 p.m. Sept 14 — Northeastern Oklahoma, 6:30 p.m. Sept 15 — Ottawa University triangular, 3 p.m., 5 p.m. Sept. 19 — Hesston, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 21-22 — Allen Invitational Sept. 26 — Kansas City, Kan., 6:30 p.m. Sept 28 — Cottey College, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3 — Fort Scott, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10 — Coffeyville, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 12-13 — Lincoln Land tournament, Springfield, Ill. Oct. 15 — Labette, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 — Johnson County, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 22 — Cowley, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 24 — Neosho County, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29 — Northeastern Oklahoma, 6 p.m. Nov. 3-4 — Region VI, Division II tournament Home matches in bold.

Shoring up the defense, Peters has three freshmen defensive specialists. Tayler Shook from Uniontown, Sarah Charbonneau of Corpus Christi, Texas and Renee Reichard of DeSoto. “With these three girls, we have the defensive options. They are challenging each other every day in practice. We can put in any of them on the back row and they’ll make the play. We need consistent play on the back row to get a good pass to our setter.” Adriee Munoz, freshman from San Antonio, Texas, is the backup setter. Peters said Munoz is a mirror image of Ortiz as a freshman. “Adriee was a late signing for us. We went on recruiting websites and found her and we’re glad we did,” Peters said. Freshmen expected to provide strength to the front row are Danielle Goodman of Mount Vernon, Mo., Sierra Morgison of Perry, Sidney Keith of St. Joseph, Mo. and Cheyanne Miller of Moran. “They all are making the transition to college level speed and doing a good job of it,” Peters said. “Katelyn Rogers is from Gridley and she’s our manager this year. She played volleyball at Southern Coffey County and is a great addition to our program.”

NFL suspends Chiefs’ Hali for substance abuse rule violation KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Injuries could already keep two defensive starters out of the Chiefs’ seasonopener against Atlanta. Now, a suspension has sidelined their best pass rusher. Pro Bowl linebacker Tamba Hali will miss the Sept. 9 game against the Falcons without pay after violating the NFLs substance-abuse policy, the league said Monday. Hali will be fined an additional game check and be eligible to return in Week 2. The league did not disclose the nature of the violation and Hali did not speak to the media after practice, instead issuing a one-paragraph statement through the team. “I accept the discipline from the league and will return Week 2 of the NFL season with a commitment to erase this mistake with my play on the field and my conduct off of it,” Hali said. The Chiefs are already missing starting cornerback Brandon Flowers, who has been sidelined by a nagging foot injury, and safety Kendrick Lewis, who hurt his right shoulder in Friday night’s preseason game against St. Louis. It’s unknown when either of them will be back. It’s perfectly clear when Hali will return: at Buffalo on Sept. 16. “Tamba’s situation is unfortunate,” Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said in a statement. “Obviously

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A full house watched races at Humboldt Speedway last Friday for the fan appreciation night. Tamba Hali

we are disappointed and will miss him during the suspension, but the NFL’s policies are very clear and we respect the league’s decision in this matter.” Hali long ago established himself as the Chiefs’ best pass rusher, reaching his first Pro Bowl last season alongside fellow linebacker Derrick Johnson. The former first-round draft pick has started every game he’s played the past six seasons. The past two years have been his best — Hali had 14½ sacks two years ago and 12 last season, when he helped a team ravaged by injuries to the doorstep of the playoffs. “We’re disappointed. We’re disappointed for him, for the team, for the organization and the fans, but it is what it is,” Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said. “He’s a guy who is very prideful, he’s been a very good team member for this team, and I think the team will rally around him.”

Fans jam the stands at Speedway HUMBOLDT — A loyal fan base is vital to all sports. Humboldt Speedway owners and promoters Ron, Rhenda and Ryan Whitworth have always had their fans in mind. They’ve upgraded the facilities at the Speedway throughout the 20-plus years they’ve owned the local dirt track. So last Friday, the Whitworths threw the gates wide open as fan appreciation night. There was no charge for general admission at the nightly races and the fans “Jammed the Stands.” According to the race report, more than 3,600 people packed the grandstands and the bleachers on the pit area side. Drivers had fans cheering them on all the way around the track all night. And the drivers, who also have been taken care of over the years by the Whitworth family’s work to make Humboldt Speedway one of the best dirt stock car tracks in the area, gave the fans a show. John Allen used all of his considerable driving skill in winning the USRA modified feature, passing and being passed numerous time before

settling into a comfortable groove that lead to victory. Allen had intense pressure from runner-up Steven Bowers, Jr., who was actually on Allen’s back bumper at the finish line. Justin Folk slipped into the driver’s seat of his brother’s car for the race. Folk drove Jesse Folk Jr.’s car from near the back of the 21-car field to claim third. Both Jessy Willard and Scott Daniels ran strong early, before finishing fourth and fifth respectively. USRA B-Mod action was dominated by Tim VanGotten taking a wire-towire win. Jeremy Chambers was second in the event, followed by Jimmie Davis, Curt Drake, and Blake Kisner. And while Scott Stuart rolled on to another feature win in factory stock, it was door-to-door racing for second place. On the final lap, Steve Stuart got the edge for second ahead of David Matlock. Tim Phillips ran fourth and Dusty Marvin was fifth. Jeremy Willard, the defending pure stock points champion, returned to the winners circle. He held off Tyler Kidwell for the win. Willard also passed a post-race engine teardown performed by tech officials. Levi Phillips claimed the third

spot, followed by Mike Aiello and Matthew Kay. This Friday the mechanic’s races will be a highlight in addition to the regular show.

Humboldt Speedway Race Results Friday, August 17, 2012 Whitworth Construction Pure Stock HEAT 1 — Tyler Kidwell, Derek Michael, Robert Shaughnessy, Matthew Kay, George Reimer, Mike Churning HEAT 2 — Mike Aiello, Jeremy Willard, Levi Phillips, Bryon Wunschel, William Habiger, Tony Morris FEATURE — Jeremy Willard, Tyler Kidwell, Levi Phillips, Mike Aiello, Matthew Kay, Mike Churning, Tony Morris, George Reimer, Dakotah Stewart, Robert Shaughnessy, William Habiger, Bryon Wunschel, Derek Michael Factory Stock HEAT 1— Scott Stuart, Steve Stuart, Dustin Marvin, Rick Aiello, Clint Drake, Patrick Kay HEAT 2 — David Matlock, Tim Phillips, John Rosson, Brandon Weide, Derrick Wilson FEATURE — Scott Stuart, Steve Stuart, David Matlock, Tim Phillips, Dustin Marvin, Rick Aiello, Patrick Kay, John Rosson, Brandon Weide, Clint Drake Ray’s Metal Depot USRA B-Mod HEAT 1 — Tim VanGotten, Curt Drake, Blake Kisner, Jeremy Wilson, Jason Thurman, Jon Westhoff, Mike Letterman HEAT 2 — Andy Bryant, Craig Mintz, Ray Ma-

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Rays cool off the Royals ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals opened a seven-game road trip on a high note before Jeremy Hellickson put a quick stop to it Monday night. Hellickson pitched seven strong innings for his first home win in three months and the Tampa Bay Rays won 5-1, handing the Royals only their fourth loss in 13 games. “We’re playing well, but it’s a tough place to play and they’re playing very, very well,â€? said Royals manager Ned Yost of the Rays, who have won five straight. “Their starting pitching’s outstanding, and we come in and face Hellickson and (David) Price and (James) Shields. That’s a tough go of it, and coming into this park, it takes you a game to kind of get used to the surroundings and see the ball.â€? That was particularly true of Alex Gordon, who had two of the Royals’ six hits. Gordon came into the game hitting 2 for 53 at Tropicana Field. “We knew (Hellickson) had a good changeup and that’s what we were looking for and he mixed it up, kept us off-balance,â€? said Gordon, who drove in Kansas City’s only run with a single in the third inning. Hellickson (8-8) allowed one run and six hits in ending a stretch of seven consecutive winless starts at home,

dating to a 2-1 victory over Boston on May 16. The Rays went ahead 4-1 in the fourth on Jose Labaton’s RBI single and a run-scoring double from Desmond Jennings off Will Smith (4-5). Smith lasted just 3 2/3 innings, giving up four runs and eight hits. The left-hander had won his previous two starts, allowing two runs over seven innings in games against both Baltimore and Oakland. “After the first inning, I was just bad,â€? Smith said. “No location, no breaking ball today, which really hurt. I was falling behind too much. You have those days but you hate having ’em.â€? Tampa Bay reliever J.P. Howell worked a scoreless eighth to extend his team-record scoreless streak to 25 2-3 innings. Kyle Farnsworth got the final three outs in a non-save situation. Elliot Johnson put the Rays ahead 1-0 on a run-scoring single in the second. Jennings hit a third-inning triple and scored on Smith’s wild pitch as Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead. Keppinger extended the Rays’ advantage to 5-1 with a fifth-inning solo homer. Kansas City tied it 1-all on Gordon’s RBI infield single. The Royals completed a 5-1 homestand Sunday, which included a three-game sweep over the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox this past weekend.

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Augusta National invites women By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t overlook the two biggest winners in Augusta National’s decision to invite women to join the club. Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore are now members of one of the most exclusive golf clubs in the world. They will be presented green jackets when the golf course opens for a new season in October. They can attend the members-only parties, including the Jamboree each spring. Members are discouraged from playing too much at the home of the Masters, though they can bring guests and stay in the white cabins along the 10th fairway. If their schedules allow, they will be assigned a committee during the Masters. They will be at the members-only dinner in an upstairs chalet at the end of the tournament to toast the newest Masters champion. But they weren’t the only winners. The only thing Augusta National ever says about membership issues is that it doesn’t discuss them. Nothing spoke to the historic nature of Monday’s decision more than club chairman Billy Payne issuing a press release to confirm Rice and Moore as the newest members. He called it a “joyous occasion,� which could be interpreted many ways.

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Darla Moore Perhaps the joy is knowing that he won’t be fielding any more questions why Augusta National hasn’t had a female member in its 80-year history. Or that the focus at the Masters can return to white dogwoods, pink azaleas and lightning fast greens. It does seem strange that keeping up with the times — some argue Augusta was a century behind — by adding female members would constitute a “joyous occasion.� Even so, Augusta National comes out a winner because it called the shots. Former chairman Hootie Johnson said as much 10 years ago when he felt Martha Burk and her women’s advocacy group were threatening the Masters because the club had no women as members. “There may well come

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a day when women will be invited to join our membership, but that timetable will be ours and not at the point of a bayonet,� Johnson said. In an interview in his office later that year, Johnson distributed a historical summary of the club and the Masters, the highestrated golf telecast in the world. “Our society is changing, and it is only natural that our club should reflect these changes in contemporary society,� Johnson wrote in the one-page summary. “We are finding more and more, our existing members’ suggestions for new members have broadened to include a varied cross section of this society. We expect this trend to continue.� It seems as though Augusta was headed in this direction all along.

A person with knowledge of club operations said Rice and Moore first were considered as members five years ago. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because club matters are private, suspects Payne knew in April during the Masters that two women would be fitted for a green jacket by the end of the year. The announcement was not at the point of a bayonet. It was done in typical, understated Augusta National fashion. And it nearly left Burk speechless, but only for a moment. “Oh my God. We won,� she blurted out. “This is a good turn of events,� Burk said. “It came sooner than I expected. I thought they were going to try to outlast me. And I really thought they would wait until the women’s movement would get no credit. But if we had not done what we did, this would not have happened now.�

Lewis Jackson, Van Gemmill, Bryce Schniepp HEAT 2 – Jessy Willard, John Allen, Paden Phillips, Randy Zimmerman, Justin Folk, Rick Murcko, Allen Broers HEAT 3 — Scott Daniels, Steven Broers Jr., Stephen Muilenburg, Dalton Kirk, Cody Schniepp, Gene Hogan, Tad Davis

FEATURE — John Allen, Steven Bowers Jr., Justin Folk, Jessy Willard, Scott Daniels, Dalton Kirk, Cody Schniepp, Randy Zimmerman, Dennis Bishop, Paden Phillips, Rick Murcko, Tad Davis, Chase Sigg, Bryce Schniepp, Gene Hogan, Van Gemmill, Chase Domer, Justin Becker, Allan Broers, Stephen Muilenburg, Lewis Jackson

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Kids shine at state dinner Yoder admits nude swim By DAVE HELLING and STEVE KRASKE The Kansas City Star

WASHINGTON (AP) — At the first ever White House “kids state dinner,” first lady Michelle Obama told America’s top junior chefs Monday that the dishes they created are proving that fun eating can be “healthy and tasty at the same time.” “Your recipes truly stood out,” she said to an East Room filled with kids who won a nationwide recipe competition. “You came up with dishes that were packed with nutritious, delicious ingredients — dishes that are good for you but more importantly they taste good, too. See? It can happen.” The event was the latest effort in Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign to combat childhood obesity with more exercise and a better diet. Mrs. Obama listed some of the winning entries, calling them “amazing stuff ”: Kickin’ Chicken Salad, Power Pesto Pasta, Miss Kitty’s Egg Salad Sensation and Secret Service Super Salad, dreamed up by one youngster who hopes one day to join the presidential protective detail. The 54 winners, ages 8 to 12, were chosen from more than 1,200 entries. “I was just experimenting and being creative in the kitchen,” said Haile Thomas, 11, of Tucson, Ariz., whose original recipe of quinoa, black bean and corn salad was one of six winning entries prepared by White House chefs at the luncheon. “It’s just an honor. I never thought my recipe would go national.” Thomas, who’s been cooking since age 5, hopes one day her YouTube cooking show will make it on commercial TV.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, RKan., apologized to his constituents Sunday night after a published report revealed the freshman lawmaker swam nude in the Sea of Galilee during a private fact-finding trip to the Mideast last August. Politico reported the incident in a story on its website Sunday. The website said the FBI investigated the trip, which included other lawmakers and their spouses, as well as staff members. “I feel incredibly remorseful that I have caused embarrassment to my constituents and I have caused folks who believe in me to be disappointed,” Yoder told The Kansas City Star Sunday night. “The gravity of the situation and the actions I’ve taken are not lost on me, and I feel certainly regret at what has occurred, and I just want to apologize to my constituents for a momentary lapse in judgment.” It was not immediately clear what the FBI might have examined in relation to the trip. Yoder and his chief of staff, Travis Smith, said neither the Republican congressman nor any members of his staff had talked to the FBI. But the revelation of the incident could prove embarrassing for Yoder. In its story, Politico said it was told privately that alcohol may have been involved in the incident, which took place the evening of Aug. 18, 2011. Smith said the congressman had wine at dinner but was not drunk. Yoder, 36, admitted he dove into the sea “without a swimsuit.” Christians consider the Sea of Galilee a holy site; it is where the Bible says Jesus walked on water. “Part of the reason I

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First Lady Michelle Obama huggs Kendall Schmidt and James Maslow, two members of the Nickelodeon music band Big Time Rush during the first ever Kids State Dinner at the White House on Monday. Other kid-inspired dishes served at the luncheon included cabbage Sloppy Joes and baked zucchini fries that resembled hamburgers and French fries, “strawberryana” smoothies and fruit skewers called “summer fruit garland.” Kyle Moore, 12, of Lebanon, Mo., created his winning recipe by using whatever ingredients he could find in his cupboard and refrigerator. “I didn’t want sandwiches for lunch one day in the summer, so I went into the kitchen to see what we had,” he recalled. “I put them together and made chicken spinach pasta.” Mrs. Obama called the luncheon the “hottest ticket at the White House.” “You guys inspire us here at the White House to keep doing what we need to do to keep this message

at the forefront,” she said about her initiative. President Barack Obama also dropped by to applaud the winners and thank them for “spreading the word about healthy eating.” “Usually, I get invited to state dinners,” he said. “This time I had to crash.” “I’m an OK cook,” Obama added. “I make a very good chili.” He also warned the youngsters not to drop any table scraps because first dog Bo is on a diet. The children, who got to bring a parent or grandparent to the White House, were also treated to a performance by Nickelodeon stars Big Time Rush and a tour of the White House kitchen garden. The contest is a partnership with Epicurious. com and the departments of Education and Agriculture.

Quotations of the day The Associated Press

“The good people of Missouri nominated me, and I’m not a quitter. To quote my old friend John Paul Jones, I have not yet begun to fight.” — Rep. Todd Akin fighting to salvage his Sen-

ate campaign even as members of his own party turned against him over his comments that women are able to prevent pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape.”

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“We are transitioning to Afghan security, and for us to train them effectively we are in much closer contact — our troops are in much closer contact with Afghan troops on an ongoing basis. Part of what we’ve got to do is to make sure that this model works but

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U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) apologized to his constituents Monday morning, at the “Up To Date” radio show on KCUR-FM in Kansas City, Mo. after a published report revealed the freshman lawmaker swam nude in the Sea of Galilee during a private fact-finding trip to the Mideast last August. made that decision at that moment was there was really nobody in the vicinity who could see me,” he said. “I dove in, hopped right back out, put my clothes on and, regardless, that was still not the behavior people expected out of their congressman.” He said it was dark out with visibility limited to only a few feet, and said he was in the water for about 10 seconds before climbing out. Politico said Yoder was the only person to remove all his clothes. His wife, Brooke, accompanied him on the trip, but she did not swim. The trip, said to have been open only to those 18 and over, was sponsored by the American Israel Education Foundation, according to a database of travel records maintained by Legistorm.com. The trip lasted from Aug. 13 to Aug. 21 last year, the records show, and cost the foundation $20,087 for Yoder and his wife’s travel, lodging, meals and other expenses. The foundation, a charity, says its mission is to provide grants for educational programs and conferences and to “help educate politi-

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Part of the reason I made that decision at that moment was there was really nobody in the vicinity who could see me. I dove in, hopped right back out, put my clothes on and, regardless, that was still not the behavior people expect out of their congressman. — Rep. Kevin Yoder

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Chefs take note of youth’s recipes

cal leaders and influentials about the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship through first-hand experiences in Israel.” The foundation is connected with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which is connected with many conservatives in Congress. Yoder is running unopposed for re-election in Kansas’ 3rd District.

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it doesn’t make our guys more vulnerable.”

— President Barack Obama declaring he is sticking to his war strategy of using U.S. troops to advise and mentor Afghan forces.

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“These accomplished women share our passion for the game of golf and both are well known and respected by our membership. It will be a proud moment when we present Condoleezza and Darla their green jackets when the club opens this fall.” — Au-

gusta National chairman Billy Payne after Augusta National invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to become the first female members since the club was founded in 1932.

Suspect found in jail

WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Police say they’ve found a stolen car suspect in the last place they expected: in a southwestern Pa. jail, using another name. Canonsburg police tell the Observer-Reporter of Washington, Pa. they found 18-year-old Christopher Thomas on Monday after an anonymous tipster told them he’d already been arrested in another

pizza delivery robbery in another town. Canonsburg police have now charged him with driving the stolen car and almost hitting three people with it when police chased him Aug. 11.

The hills are alive

VIENNA (AP) — In one part of Austria, the hills are again alive with a particular sound of music — yodeling.

The Alpine country has inaugurated a new hiker’s path where participants are invited to let loose with an occasional melodic mountain yell. Organizers say it’s push-button easy: at rest stops along the way, hikers press a knob and hear a recorded yodel in two-part harmony. They can also listen to each part separately and decide which one to try.

Deadline intensifies pressure on Missouri’s lawmaker ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rep. Todd Akin vowed to fight on in his embattled Senate campaign, but a significant deadline loomed today that was bound to intensify pressure on the Missouri congressman to abandon the race over his comments that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases Todd Akin of “legitimate rape.” Akin spent Monday trying to salvage his oncepromising bid against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill in a race long targeted by the GOP as crucial to regaining control of the Senate. But ominous signs were mounting against the six-term legislator from suburban St. Louis, mostly

notably the apparent loss of millions of dollars in campaign advertising money. Akin went on two conservative radio shows Monday, pledging to keep the campaign alive, even as some people in his own party urged him to step aside. The decision has some urgency. Missouri election law allows candidates to withdraw 11 weeks before Election Day. That means the deadline to exit the Nov. 6 election is 5 p.m. today. Otherwise, a court order would be needed to remove a name from the ballot. “I was told the decision has to be made by 5 p.m. tomorrow, but I was calling you and letting you know that I’m announcing today that we’re in,” Akin told radio host Sean Hannity. In a radio interview with former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, Akin repeatedly apologized for the remarks but also vowed to stay in the race.

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I was told the decision has to be made by 5 tomorrow, but I was calling you and letting you know that I’m announcing today that we’re in.

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By JIM SALTER Associated Press

— Todd Akin in an radio interview

“The good people of Missouri nominated me, and I’m not a quitter,” Akin said. The uproar began Sunday, when St. Louis television station KTVI aired an interview in which Akin was asked if he would support abortions for women who have been raped. “It seems to me, first of all, from what I under-

stand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” Akin said. Later Sunday, Akin released a statement saying that he “misspoke” during the interview. In the interviews with Huckabee and Hannity, he apologized repeatedly, acknowledging that rape can lead to conception. “Rape is never legitimate. It’s an evil act. It’s committed by violent predators,” Akin said. “I used the wrong words the wrong way.” But the damage had already been done. The comments drew a sharp rebuke from fellow Republicans, including presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his vice presidential choice, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. The Senate’s top Republican said Akin’s comments about rape might “prevent

him from effectively representing” the Republican Party. Mitch McConnell called on Akin to “take

time with his family” to consider whether he should continue in the Missouri Senate race.

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Survivors: Miners felt ‘invincible’ MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — Two men who survived a mass shooting by police that killed 34 striking miners say a traditional healer told the strikers that police bullets would not harm them if they used traditional medicine, a South African newspaper reported today as the mining company postponed an ultimatum for workers to return to work. No striking miners will be fired in the week that South Africa officially mourns the killings of 44 men at a platinum mine, including 34 strikers shot by police last Thursday, a spokesman for the presidency told The Associated Press today. Managers of Lonmin PLC platinum mine had ordered strikers to report for duty by 7 a.m. today or get fired, even as some family members still were searching for missing loved ones, not knowing whether they were dead or alive among some 250 arrested protesters or in one of the hospitals treating 78 people wounded in the police shootings that shocked the nation. Two survivors told the Daily Dispatch that many of the miners drank a brown muti, or traditional medicine, to strengthen them ahead of the confrontation with police. “They were cut several times on their upper body and a black substance was smeared on the wounds,” Nothi Zimanga said, according to the newspaper in East London, in the

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Wildfire still plague California MANTON, Calif. (AP) — Aided by a shift in wind direction, firefighters made a stand against a huge lightning-sparked wildfire burning on the edge of three small Northern California towns. The blaze, which grew to more than 25 square miles late Monday continued to threaten thousands of homes, as fearful residents sought safety miles away at an emergency shelter. “All we can do is pray,” evacuee Jerry Nottingham told reporters. Still, with more firefighters arriving on the scene and shifting winds helping to keep the blaze away from homes, officials said fire crews were able to improve their lines around the wildfire. “We definitely made some good progress today building around this fire,” state fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said late Monday. The fast-moving Ponderosa Fire was one of many burning across the West, where lightning, dry temperatures and gusting

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Rockets strike general’s plane KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents fired rockets into an American base in Afghanistan early today, damaging the parked plane of the visiting chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, the U.S. military said. The general was safe in his quarters at the time and later left the country aboard another aircraft. The Taliban were quick to claim the rocket strike that hit the C-17 military transport plane of U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as another propaganda coup. The militants also have said their fighters shot down a U.S. helicopter that crashed last week, killing seven

Americans, though U.S. officials cast doubt on both insurgent claims. Dempsey was in Afghanistan to discuss the state of the 10-year-old war as well as a string of disturbing killings of U.S. military trainers by their Afghan partners or militants dressed in Afghan uniform. Such attacks — which the Taliban also claim to be behind — killed 10 Americans in the last two weeks alone, threatening morale and raising questions about the international coalition’s strategy to train Afghan security forces so they can fight the insurgency after foreign troops end their

combat role in 2014. Dempsey “was nowhere near” the plane when the two rockets landed near the parked aircraft at around 1 a.m. today at Bagram Air Field outside Kabul, said Jamie Graybeal, a spokesman for the U.S. military and the international coalition. Shrapnel from the rockets damaged the plane and also a nearby helicopter, a coalition statement said. Two aircraft maintenance workers were lightly wounded by shrapnel, Graybeal said. The general ended his talks in Afghanistan and departed g on a different plane, the military said.

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Tips for hiding valuables in a car Dear Tom and Ray:

After some locker breakins at the gym, I started leaving my wallet and phone in the glove box of my Volvo S60. The other day, there was a discussion about this in the sauna. Several people claimed that glove boxes are not safe at all, and can easily be opened by a crowbar. So I ended up getting a little Master Lock 5900D box. It’s not very secure and could be broken into. It does have a metal rope chain that I looped through the metal framing in the trunk, so it hangs down. I figure if someone were to break into the car and then discover this in the trunk, they would have to stand in the parking lot, trunk open, with wire cutters. That’s too much work for your average thief. Plus, I thought

Car Talk

Tom and Ray Magliozzi

the lock box might be good for travel -- especially overseas. Any comments or advice? – Sol RAY: Well, your sweaty, naked sauna friends are correct that the glove box provides almost no security. Even when locked, most 50-cent glove-box latches can be pulled open with bare fingers -- crowbar or no crowbar. TOM: It’s also the first place most thieves look for valuables once they break into a car, because it gives the illusion of security. RAY: So the trunk is a

better bet. It’s considerably harder to break into, unless you have a -- wait for it -- remote trunk release in the passenger compartment! Then, if a thief doesn’t find what he wants in the glove box, he can pop the trunk and have a look in there. TOM: And that’s where he’ll see your dangling lock box. In general, you’re right that by increasing the difficulty of a theft, you make the theft less likely -because thieves are often in what? A hurry! RAY: But the danger of chaining a lock box so visibly is that you’re basically putting a big neon sign on it that says: “Hey! There’s Something Really Valuable In Here!!!” TOM: And then you take the risk that the thief not only will leave with the box (which he can open

later, at his leisure, with a diamond-bladed radial arm saw), but that he’ll damage your car in his determination to remove it quickly, and leave you with (a) a broken trunk hinge and (b) no wallet with which to buy a new one. RAY: So if I were really worried about theft, I’d put my valuables in the trunk, as you do. But I’d just hide them somewhere out of sight. There may be room in the spare-tire compartment, in a toolbox or in a corner behind some lessvaluable trunk junk. What you want is for the thief to look quickly, conclude that there’s nothing valuable there and leave. TOM: Or you can clip your phone to your own spare tire and wear it into the sauna, Sol. It’s up to you.

Anemia comes in many varieties Dear Dr. Donohue: Will you write about anemia? I am anemic. I started having terrible pains in my arms and legs. I read that anemia starts drawing from your muscles. I’ve been on iron and am feeling better. — P.R. Answer: The definition of anemia is too few red blood cells, the cells that cart oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body. It’s not one illness; a large variety of anemias exists. Failure of the bone marrow to produce red blood cells, many chronic illnesses (rheumatoid arthritis), an immune attack on the red blood cells, chronic kidney disease, a lack of vitamin B-12 and some inherited diseases, like sickle cell anemia, all can cause anemia. So can iron deficiency, and apparently that’s the kind you have. Quite often, iron deficiency develops from blood loss, and the loss may not be visible. A constant dripping of the blood into the digestive tract, for example, eventually leads to a depletion of red blood cells and their iron. Red blood cells are the chief storage place for iron. Some anemias have distinctive features, but all share some common symptoms. Shortness of breath on activity is one of those common features. The diminished number of red blood cells cannot deliver enough oxygen to the body. Listlessness, a fast heartbeat and pallor of the fingernail bed are seen in anemias. Iron replacement is the treatment for iron-deficiency anemia. An attempt should be made to unearth sites of unrecognized blood loss. I don’t know what you

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Dr. Paul Donohue To Your Good Health mean when you say “anemia starts drawing from your muscles.” Dear Dr. Donohue: I recently read of the experimental placement of fecal matter from a healthy person into the colon of a person suffering from colitis after that person’s healthy bacteria had been killed off by antibiotics and replaced by bad bacteria. Aside from the “ick” factor, what do you think of this treatment? — D.B. Answer: The colitis you refer to is antibiotic-associated colitis, caused by the Clostridium difficile bacterium. As you say, sometimes antibiotics have collateral damage. They might kill the good bacteria in our colons. That gives the clostridium bacteria a chance to become the colon’s supreme rulers. These bacteria produce toxins (poisons) that lead to diarrhea. Stopping the antibiotics often restores equilibrium to the colon, but not always. When it doesn’t, then antibi-

otics such as metronidazole and vancomycin are brought into play. A new antibiotic fidaxomicin can be turned to if success eludes the other two drugs. In a small number of people, the diarrhea responds to no drugs. That’s when transplantation of normal colon bacteria from a healthy donor is tried. The bacterial are introduced into the pa-

tient’s colon by enema or by a tube that enters the digestive tract through the nose. It works, many times. I think it’s a wonderful treatment when all other treatments fail. Incidentally, a variation of this technique is to raise colon bacteria in the lab and put them in a sterile solution for transplantation into a patient’s colon. That eliminates the “ick” factor.

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Nashville to host Grammy event NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — This year’s Grammy Awards nominations will come with a Southern accent. The Recording Academy is moving its annual live nominations concert special to Music City. The show will air Dec. 5 live on CBS from Bridgestone Arena. This is the fifth time The Recording Academy has held “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live,� but the first outside Los Angeles. “There’s probably no city more renowned as a music center in America and probably the world than Nashville, Tenn.,� said Neil Portnow, president/CEO of The Recording Academy. “We have had a great experience with the city of Nashville as an organization.� Portnow said he likes his staff to examine how the Grammys are presented from time to time. That’s what led to The Recording Academy’s nominations out of a hotel ballroom and onto the concert stage, and taking a year in Nashville seemed like a logical next step. “It made sense to me that we also review the location and the venues and just the whole flavor of it,� he said. The Recording Academy will reveal nominees in several categories for the 55th annual Grammy Awards, to be held Feb. 10 in Los Angeles, during the hourlong special that will feature a handful of performances by former Grammy winners and nominees. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean called the event “a perfect fit� in a Tuesday news release, and Portnow acknowledged Nashville’s

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Coal train derails ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — Police say the two women killed in a Maryland train derailment were 19-year-old college students. The women were on the tracks when a CSX train hauling coal derailed and fell from a bridge outside of Baltimore. The train also crushed cars in a parking lot below the bridge. Howard County po-

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