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post office boxes,” Riebel said.

She urged any registered voter When the door closes on Hum- who had not received a ballot to boldt’s half-cent sales tax refer- contact her office.

ATLANTA (AP) — Former endum at high noon Tuesday, Al“We’ll get them a ballot if they Atlanta schools Superintendent len County ClerkJOHNSON Sherrie Riebel should have one,” Riebel said.

By BOB Beverly Hall knew about cheatthinks bob@iolaregister.com at least 75 percent of eliReturning ballots to the clerk’s ing allegations on standardized gible voters will have marked bal- office by noon Tuesday is an ironCalls to the 911 dispatch center tests but either ignored them or lots. average one almost every 10 min- clad outcome of the mail election. tried to hide them, according to a Through Thursday afternoon “There will be no ifs, ands or utes. state investigation.

674And of 1,148 have beena rewhileballots that may sound lit- buts,” Riebel stressed. “If a ballot An 800-page report released turned the clerk’s office.

Of isn’t in the office by noon Tuestle slow,toplayed out over 24 hours Tuesday to The Associated Press those, setday aside because a day 75 andwere every of the year, day, it won’t be counted.”

Register/Richard Luken by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office they were undeliverable, That Pat includes ballots the total comes to 55,000. leaving Mules and Pete pullreturned an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was through an open records request 599“That’s to count. mail, the lion’s sharean 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday. what we received last by joined bywhich Greg Gleue in cutting shows several educators reportBallots were Murphy, mailed Aug. 22, have been. year,” Angie dispatch ed cheating in their schools. But with legal told aside thatCounty they “It doesn’t matter when one centerthe director, Allen the report says Hall, who won weren’t allowed toTuesday be forwarded. commissioners morn- was postmarked,” Riebel added. the national Superintendent of “The 75 returned were to people Humboldt voters decided a ing. the Year award in 2009, and other who hadcall moved theyfigures regis- fluoride issue and bonds to supThe totalsince — she administrators ignored those reBy RICHARD LUKEN attached.

The bar was triggered tered or, in some may emerhave half or more arecases, for true ports and sometimes retaliated richard@iolaregister.com See VOTE | Page A5 through a gear box engaged as its replaced gencies —home wasn’taddresses the point ofwith her against the whistleblowers.

LE ROY — Unlike the mecha- wheels roll. appearance, but the magnitude of nized behemoths of today, Ray The yearlong investigation With no mechanical engine to the number captivated commis- Whiteley’s mowing outfit was shows educators at nearly four speak of, the only noise emanatsioners. dozen Atlanta elementary and considerably quieter. ing from his unit was from the Murphy was before commismiddle schools cheated on stanHis “engine” — a pair of teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar sioners to request a 20 percent 1,200-pound mules — needed only dardized testsRegister/Richard by helping Luken sturotating back and forth. increase in the department’s bud- an occasional break from the stidents or changing the answers Joining Whiteley was neighbor Denny Lasley, maintenance worker and groundskeeper for Marmaton Valley USD 256, mows the get for 2012, up $126,000 over this fling summer heat as Whiteley once exams were handed in. and friend Greg Gleue,field withWednesday his high school football afternoon. Through the efforts of volunteers and a sizable year’s $490,000.

The investigators also found a traversed his way around an 18- own mowing outfit, another sickdonation of dirt, the field’s playing surface was replaced over the winter and spring months.

The increase seemed pretty acre prairie hay meadow. “culture of fear, intimidation and le bar mower pulled by a pair of hefty. Murphy reasoned health retaliation” in the school district “It’s a little warm, so we’ve Percheron draft horses. insurance will cost an additional been taking it easy,” Whiteley over the cheating allegations, “We’re having some fun with $50,000 and another $6,000 was said. “It’s our little hobby.” which led to educators lying it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind expected for Kansas Public Emabout the cheating or destroying The mules were pulling White- of a wimp about it. He needs a See COUNTY | Page A5 Ray Whiteley ley’s antique sickle bar mower, See CHEATING | Page A5 See MOWING | Page A5

By RICHARD LUKEN teamwork and commitment has most fields that are elevated a small wagon with cutting bar richard@iolaregister.com been equally received. This time in the center to provide better MORAN — Marmaton Valley it involves a group of local vol- drainage.

High football coach Kent Houk unteers working to provide a So while the field usually was stresses teamwork and commit- suitable playing field for the foot- lush with thick, green Bermuda ment from his players, and the ball team. grass, its lack of a crown meant results have been impressive.

Of specific issue was the pre- standing water during heavy Fresh off a playoff appear- vious field’s drainage. rains. That in turn led to slick ance in 2011, the Wildcats have “It’s the only field I’ve ever and muddy, and potentially unhigh hopes for another success- seen without a crown,” said USD safe, conditions in wet weather.

By BOB JOHNSON ful season this year.

256 Superintendent of Schools “The field had taken a beating Another project involving Davidbob@iolaregister.com Hardage, referring to See VOLUNTEER | Page A5 An anticipated field of a thousand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown business district early Saturday as Charley Melvin did in 1905, can be thankful that Melvin chose to do his dastardly deed in the midBy TONY PUGH bers, according to the USDA. percentage of households very low “... It’s one thing to say that wages are flat. dle of thewith night.

McClatchy Newspapers This “food insecurity” affected a record food security jumped to the 5.7event percent last But it’s something else to say that people Had being commemoWASHINGTON — Record numbers of 14.9 percent of U.S. households and more year, matching the rated recordoccurred levels in 2008 and aren’t in mid-day, par-getting enough to eat.”

U.S. households struggled at times to feed than 50 million people, about one in six U.S. 2009 at the height ofticipants the economic collapse, The would battle oppressivefindings in the annual USDA survey, their families last year, according to a re- residents. the USDA reported.heat and humidity, with“Household Foodup,” Security theTuesday United Weinerinsaid both picked port Wednesday from the U.S. Department Moreover, more than one in three “food The effect on children was significant.

States in 2011,” show that hunger is one afternoon.

As in the past, “we exforecast at the upper end of the of Agriculture on the state of hunger in insecure” households — 6.8 million — had Nearly 9 million discomfort children lived food- daytime of the most persistent and widespread afpect a lot of people to sign up Friscaleinduring America. last year, and 845,000 tereffects of night.” the Great Recession, which “very low food security,” meaning that one insecure households Friday and Saturday . As is, they day A lack of resources forced others to cut or more family members cut back on eat- were in householdswill with very low foodin se-somewhat claimed 8.7 million Cost is U.S. $12 jobs. for the walk. Runrun and walk back on meals and disrupt their usual eat- ing last year because of a lack of either Register/Susan curity. percent have ners’ fees of arehouseholds $14 for youth to adage more inviting temperatures While pre- 85 Lynn ing patterns, it says. money or other access to food, according “These numbers show the impact of the equate access to food, the report says, soup 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for dicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m.

These men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s favorite A record 17.9 million U.S. households to the report. That’s an increase of 400,000 recession has notSaturday gone away,” said Jim kitchens and food banks across the nation members of teams. . race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and — 700,000 more than in 2010 — didn’t have households over 2010.

Weill, president of Food and Achave seen dramatic in requests Runners increases in the third annual The Research race — many walkers will Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. enough food at all times last year to sustain After falling to 5.4 percent in 2010, the tion Center, a nonprofit group. aim for best times of be outanti-hunger for a stroll — will cap activ- event will See HUNGER | Page A5 active, healthy lives for all family memities that start late Friday after- 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for noon and will go on throughout females, set last year.

Sticks of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” the evening. Included will be the will be awarded the first three much-awaited “drag race,” feaplaces for males and females in

By SUSAN LYNN year a woman’s garter was trans- The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, turing some of the area’s finest each of five ages groups, 15 and men and women dressed in drag. susan@iolaregister.com ferred from one participant’s leg where participants will have a under, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 and 61 Chris Weiner at Thrive Allen If you’ve got enough of it, Fri- to another. wide selection from which to and over.

County, co-sponsor with Allen day By night is the night to let your “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m.

ANITA KUMAR and All participants will break hair down.

David Toland, executive director Registration to participate County Crimestoppers for “The LESLEY CLARK One sure testNewspapers is to participate of Thrive Allen County and one in the drag race is $5. That also Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run from in front of the post office.

McClatchy inCHARLOTTE, the “Drag Race” as— a runup N.C. Barackto of the organizers for Friday’s gains participants entrance to a for your Life,” said total of partic- Runners will follow a course that the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events.

9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive ipants was approaching 450, with will take them on West to WashObama shared center stage at RunDemocratic For Your LifeNational race.

If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can about 200 signed on for the 5-kilo- ington, then Jackson, Jefferson the ConBy ALLISON TINN Men and women alike are enwear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the meter run. The walk will follow a and East to Cottonwood. They vention Wednesday night with allison@iolaregister.com See TEMPS | B6 couraged to dress a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on 3-kilometer course.

Bill Clinton, an inenormously Teachers have arguably “Registration, including probder manner and then “compete” and other accoutrements will be popular predecessor who delivSee EGO | Page B6 some theonline, busiest has schedules ably a of fifth really in teams of four in a relay. Last available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s ered a powerful endorsement of around, and when the going the president’s record, telling gets tough, little things may an overflow crowd that he had fall through the cracks. no doubt Obama could turn the It is Brianna Curry’s job to troubled economy around if givalleviate some of the weight on en a second term. their schedules.

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By JOE SNEVE — Since 1871 — Curry is the new instrucdelegates and supporters who joe@iolaregister.com Brianna Curry At the bandstand Jim Garner, director tional coach for kindergarten jammed into Time When Brian Pekarek was hired Thursday, July Warner 7, 2011 Cable 8 p.m. through second grade in USD Arena responded with sustained as superintendent of the Iola PROGRAM 257 schools. Curry took over for taught first grade for about five applause and standing ovations. school district in February, he Star Spangled Banner ..................................................arr. J.P. Sousa Angie Linn, now curriculum years.

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The Iola Register

Obituaries

Youth league plans Sept. 11 ceremony

Helen Smith

Helen Marie Smith, 87, Moran, died Monday Sept. 3, 2012, at Allen County Hospital. She was born July 8, 1925, in Bourbon County, the daughter of William Elmer and Zaida Marie (Worden) Ross. She married James Willis Smith May 29, 1948, in Syracuse. He survives of the home.

In addition to her husband Jim, Helen is survived by her children, P.J. Smith of Kansas City, Kan., Jimmy Ross Smith of Iola and Alan L. Smith of Wichita; three brothers, Lawrence Ray Ross, Paul Dean Ross and Maurice Helen Smith Gale Ross; two sisters, Marjorie Joan Logsdon and Verl Annette Ross; four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and one greatgreat-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Lois Irene Kershner, and Doris Elma Ross; and three brothers, William George Ross, James Albert Ross and Russell Lee Ross.

Pastor Leslie Jackson and Lloyd Houk will conduct funeral services for Helen at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Iola. Burial will follow at the Fairview Cemetery near Mildred, under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church or charity of choice and left in the care of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral home, 15 W. Wall St., P.O. Box 309, Fort Scott, KS 66701.

Online condolences may be emailed to expressions@ konantz-cheney.com.

Donald Tice

Donald Tice, 83, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, Sept.

5, 2012.

He was born July 15, 1929, in Moran. He lived in Iola most of his life, where he worked for the City of Iola for many years. Upon retiring, he settled in Topeka, where he had lived the past 17 years.

He is survived by his son, Bob Tice and wife Rebekah, Dawsonville, Ga.; his daughter, Brenda Kinney, Topeka; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a brother, Dick Tice, Ottawa. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Tice, and his sister, Virginia Larson.

Memorials may be sent to Midland Hospice Care of Topeka.

Anderson memorial

Memorials in honor of Iolan Fred E. Anderson, whose death and funeral information was included previously, may be sent to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Memorial gifts may be left with the 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.

Iola Public Library offers cooking class “Cooking with Kathy: Shortcut Cooking� will be presented at the Iola Public Library at 1 p.m. Monday.

Extension Agent Kathy McEwan will be the presenter. The class is perfect for those who are short on time, but still want to put a home-cooked meal on the table.

Participants will learn to use shortcuts such as a purchased rotisserie chicken

and frozen filled pastas to speed up meal preparation.

They will also learn to plan to have shortcut ingredients for later use, and to store them safely.

A recipe booklet will be provided.

The class has a limit of 10 participants, and a charge of $3 per person. Those interested should contact the library at (620) 365-8128 to register.

Misc.

A former Register reporter starts firm

PARSONS — Larry Goldsmith and Cynthia Morrison have formed Goldsmith, Morrison and Associates, LLC, a full-service marketing and media firm in Parsons.

Goldsmith, an Altamont native, began his 35-year ca-

reer with stints at The Iola Register and The Pittsburg Sun. Most recently he was director of marketing for Labette Health in Parsons.

Morrison is a former advertising account executive at The Parsons Sun and director of marketing and resource development at Good Samaritan Parsons.

Markets At the Parsons Livestock Market sale Wednesday, 354 cattle were sold.

Choice cows 65-83; canners & cutters 40-65; shelly cows, 40 & back; choice bulls 90-99; lower grades 83-90.

Steers: Up to 400# up to 190;

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400# to 500# 140-173; 500# to 600# 135-158; 600# to 700# 125156; 700# to 800# 125-147.25.

Heifers: Up to 400# up to 160; 400# to 500# 125-150; 500# to 600# 125-146; 600# to 700# 125-142; 700# to 800# 120-135.

By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com

Josh Oberley has little trouble recalling the Allen County Youth Tackle Football League’s opening night.

The league, which kicks off its 11th season on Tuesday, was launched on Sept.

11, 2001 — the same day as the fateful terror attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. “I can remember our discussions on whether we even should have played that day,� Oberley, one of the league’s founders, said.

Organizers went ahead with games that night, in

a decidedly surreal atmosphere.

Oberley hopes the atmosphere is a bit less somber Tuesday, but no less reflective.

Oberley has a number of activities planned as a reminder of the events of that day and as a tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces. “We really want this to be a community event and not just a football game,�

Oberley said.

The first game is a contest between Iola’s thirdand fourth-graders against a squad from Mound City beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Riverside Park’s

football stadium. It will feature a halftime performance by Cruzline Percussion, a drumline based in Topeka.

At the conclusion of the game, sometime around 7 p.m., members of the National Guard’s 891st Engineer Battalion will unveil a giant American flag, assisted by Iola High School football players.

Several former players from that 2001 season will be honored as well. “We have a few former players in the military we’d like to recognize as honorary captains,� Oberley said.

The 7:15 p.m. contest between Iola’s fifth- and sixth-graders and a team from Garnett will feature a second Cruzline performance at halftime.

Cheering on the players will be 36 youth cheerleaders. Dudley’s Done Right Barbecue will be on hand to sell concessions.

This year’s league features squads from Iola, Humboldt, Yates Center and Mound City in the third- and fourthgrade division and Iola, Humboldt, Yates Center, Uniontown, Garnett and Mound City for fifth- and sixth-graders.

Community digs out after spring twister

By RYAN HAGGERTY Chicago Tribune

HARRISBURG, Ill. — Stacy Cottom sat on her new front porch last week, holding her pet Maltese and gazing out at Brady Street, the small cul-de-sac that bore the brunt of the tornado that tore through this small town before dawn on Feb. 29.

Six of Cottom’s neighbors died. She and her husband were blown out of their home and tossed across the street, landing in a muddy field littered with broken glass, splintered lumber and crushed appliances. All 10 duplexes on the street were destroyed, many ripped right off their foundations.

But now, six months later, the Brady Street that Cottom sees from her porch looks much as it did before the storm. All 10 duplexes have been rebuilt with the same one-story floor plans and light tan siding. Some new residents have moved in, but half the units will be occupied by people who lived there when the storm hit, despite the horror they experienced. “I’m not afraid of another tornado,� Cottom, 38, said last week, watching a semitrailer deliver a load of dirt to fill in a yard

Misc.

Sgt. David McCord, a member of the Kansas Army National Guard’s 891st Engineer Battalion who recently served a yearlong stint in Afghanistan, will be the guest speaker at a breakfast for military retirees, veterans and their spouses at 8 a.m. Sept. 8 at B & B Cafe in Iola.

The Southeast Kansas Genealogy Society will met at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Iola Public Library.

The Morrison reunion and covered dish luncheon will be at noon on Monday at the North Community Building in Iola.

Iola High School class of 1967 will have its 45th reunion Saturday. Class members will be meeting at Pizza Hut from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Women’s Ministry Fellowship will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at First Assembly of God, 1020 E. Carpenter.

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Roy Blaine Mauney Jr. works to rebuild a concrete house of his mother, Rebecca Mauney, in Harrisburg, Ill., months after the fatal Feb. 29 tornado. Roy Blaine Mauney, Sr., 74, died of his injuries May 31, becoming the eighth person killed by the tornado. across the street. “If it’s your time to go, it’s your time to go. Honestly, I’m not afraid of that.�

The tornado, categorized as an EF4, the second-most powerful, cut through this town of about 9,000 people in the heart of Illinois’ coal mining country with 170 mph winds, leveling trees, reducing a strip mall to a pile of twisted beams, and knocking out walls and windows at the town’s hospital. Eight people died, scores were injured and more than 250 homes were destroyed.

Although the damage was spread over nearly eight miles, no area suffered as much concentrated death and destruction as Brady Street, which has become a symbol of Harrisburg’s determination to rebuild and move on, Mayor Eric Gregg said. “To be into this thing six months, and to see this is just phenomenal,� he said, watching as workers scuttled back and forth last week, grading dirt around the new duplexes. “It’s a very wonderful act of defiance, if you ask me.�

For some, however, the sight of the new homes on Brady Street is too much to take.

Lyndi Bowman, 21, hasn’t been back in about five months since she and her family finished collecting all the personal effects belonging to her grandmother that they

could find.

Bowman’s grandmother, Lynda Hull, had moved into her duplex at 77 Brady St. last summer, after her husband died. She became such close friends with her neighbors Randy and Donna Mae Rann that she joked they had adopted her, Bowman said. “She kept saying, ‘This is where the Lord intended me to be,’ “ Bowman said.

Hull, 74, and the Ranns were killed by the tornado.

While Bowman said she is glad the duplexes have been rebuilt and residents have been able to return, she can no longer bring herself to look at the homes, even from a distance. “Even just going to WalMart or heading out of town where I can see Brady Street, it makes me feel physically ill,� Bowman said, clutching her grandmother’s heart-shaped gold necklace she found in the mud in the days after the tornado. “Even though I’m happy it’s back, it’s still like seeing a ghost.�

Jeff Street, whose Brady Street duplex was destroyed by the tornado, decided to buy a home about a mile away instead of moving into the new duplex built on the same

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site as his old one. Street emerged from his home’s wreckage unscathed after the tornado, but his wife, daughter and two young grandsons were buried under the rubble for more than an hour.

They have healed from their injuries, but Street said he’s afraid his grandsons, ages 4 and 5, would have refused to visit him if he moved back to Brady Street. And, he conceded, he’s not sure he could handle moving back to the place where his family endured so much trauma. “It looked just like it did when we lived in it, and it kind of gave me a chill,� said Street, 46, a guard at a nearby prison for teens. “I still dream about it sometimes.�

Danny Morse understands why some of his former tenants might not want to return to the new homes he’s built on Brady Street. He fought back tears in the hours after the tornado hit, helping dig through what was left of the duplexes he built between 2004 and last summer. Since then, he and his crews have worked at least eight hours a day to clear the site and build the new homes. “I enjoyed it the first time around,� Morse, 60, said, his white sneakers caked in dust, and sweat beading on his forehead. “This last time around, I did not enjoy one day of it.�

Despite his grief at losing friends, Morse said he realized in the days after the tornado that the best thing he could do to help his surviving tenants and other people who lost their homes was to rebuild as quickly as possible. “Reality sets in, and you’ve got to pick up the pieces,� he said. “There were a lot of pieces to pick up.�

The family of Jackie Hutton thanks everyone who has given support in so many ways through the years of her illness, and through the time of our loss. The cards, flowers, food, memorial contributions and words of kindness are all truly appreciated.

We wish a special Thank You to the family of The Family Physicians, Pastor Matt Bycroft and the RiverTree Christian Church family as well as Pastor David McGullion and the First Christian Church family.

Nothing will ever be the same for us but the support we have received has helped immensely in our time of loss.

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Colony

Calendar

Tuesday-recycle trailer leaves.

Wednesday-Rural Water District No. 5 board meeting, 7 p.m.

Sept. 16.-Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers covered dish luncheon, Iola North Community Building, dancing follows

School calendar

Monday-junior varsity football at Crest, 6 p.m.; board of education meeting, 7 p.m.

Tuesday-high school volleyball at Yates Center, 5 p.m.

Sept. 13-cross country at Big Hill, 4 p.m.; high school volleyball at Pleasanton, 5 p.m.; middle school volleyball, 5 p.m., football, 6:30 p.m. at Crest.

Sept. 14-high school football at Crest, 7 p.m.

Meals

Monday-turkey burger, potato salad, sliced tomato, bun, pineapple; Wednesday-pasta bake, Caribbean blend veggies, Texas toast, pear crisp; Friday-beef stroganoff, spinach salad, baby carrots, bread, fruited yogurt. Phone 852-3479 for reservations.

Church items

Scripture read at Sunday’s Christian Church service was Philippians 2:1-30. Pastor Mark McCoy presented the sermon series “Finding Peace in Surprising Places” using the sermon “Following the King Who Became a Slave.”

Sept. 30-church potluck dinner and meeting following church services, City Hall community room; continue to bring Best Choice labels, education coupons, and old ink cartridges to be sent to Cookson Hills by the Children’s Church.

Scripture at Sunday’s United Methodist Church was Psalm 41:1-13, II Corinthians 9:6-15 and Mark 7:18, 14-15, 21-23. The United Methodist Women’s challenge for September is Mountain of Food (restocking the pantry). Members held a bake sale on Colony Day, which went well. They appreciate all those who were supportive.

City council

At their Aug. 29 meet-

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ing, City Council members agreed to pursue a Phase II Sanitary Sewer Community Block Development Grant to correct deficiencies in the sewer system detected from a TV scan.

Governmental Assistance Services was appointed to write the grant application for the city.

Two building permits were approved in the block of First Street between Oak and Maple streets.

The contract with MidAmerica Nutrition Site to have its meals in the community room was approved for another year. The library received a letter asking to consider becoming a village post office. Council members determined that would not be good use of the library or City Hall and turned down the offer.

Sheriff Jeff Hupp briefed council members on the National Drug Take Back Program. Members agreed to allow the city marshal to work on this program between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sept. 29.

He will accept medications to be disposed of according to federal standards. This is to help reduce the amount of unused medicines in medicine chests and to protect our streams and water system from being contaminated by flushing of medicines.

Please participate in this program rather than dispose of medicines in the trash and sewer system to help protect our environment.

Fire department

The Colony Fire Department recently received a $2,500 grant from Phillips 66.

Chuck Gettler, an employee of Phillips 66 Pipeline Company, applied for the grant. Success of the grant was based on Gettler’s hours of community service throughout the year, which allowed him to

Members of the Crest Middle School band perform at Saturday’s Colony Day parade. apply for grants for recipients of his choice. The company encourages its employees to become involved in their communities.

Colony firemen will decide soon how best to apply the funds. Firemen have been undergoing SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) training. This is provided by the Anderson County Fire Department.

They have purchased an AED (automated external defibrillator) with funds given in memory of the late Bill Michael. It will be installed at the Crest school building.

In August, Colony firefighters answered seven medical calls and 12 fire calls.

Even with recent rains, we are still in a severe drought.

Residents are urged to be cautious with fire. Watch discarded cigarettes, barbecue grills, etc. The burn ban remains in effect.

Crest

Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) officers elected for 2012-2013 school year are: LeAnn Church, president; Kathy LaCross, vicepresident; Chrissy Powell, secretary; and Nicki Beckmon, treasurer. The year begins with a $4,468.69 balance.

T-shirts for preschoolers and new students will be purchased. Aundi Miller and Church will be in charge.

Box tops again will be collected and prizes given to each class. Collections are first and third Fridays and rewards on second and

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2. Choose the organization you wish to help from the list below. Write the name of that organization on the grocery sacks in bold letters or attach a label on the sacks identifying the organization.

3. Telephone the organization and tell them to pick up your scrap paper by 8 a.m. Sat., Sept. 8 at the curbside in front of your residence. Your papers must be at your curb by 8 a.m. for pickup. Be certain to give your address to the person you talk to.

Collection Point — 911 Emergency Preparedness Parking Lot, 410 N. State Participating Organizations

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fourth Fridays. Coupons on or near the box tops that are marked “Box Tops for Education” are very helpful, however all box tops are appreciated. It is helpful if bonus coupons are kept separate and in piles of 50 box tops. Some General Mills cereal boxes, Kleenex boxes, etc. have include double or more bonus coupons. Anyone is welcome to turn them into the elementary school. Kindergarten students assist in counting.

Box top committee members are Aundi Miller, Amanda Soliz, LaCross, Kendra Weatherman and Church. Collection bins are needed.

Trash bags will be sold Sept. 14-28. Trash bag committee is Powell, Beckmon, Angie Luedke and Church.

Red Ribbon week is Oct. 24-31.

Notes from Richard Burkdoll include the birthday sign was broken and it will cost roughly $200-$350 to buy a new one or it may be repaired.

IN CASE OF RAIN DO NOT PUT SACKS OUTSIDE. Save papers at home until a new collection date is announced.

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Bonnie Rook underwent rotator cuff repair recently and is recuperating at her home. Her daughter-in-law, Paula Decker, has been assisting her.

Labor Day weekend guests of Phyllis Luedke were her son, Craig, Hot Springs, Ark., and Phyllis’ daughter and family, Julie and Dirk Nichols, Bryce and Kimberlyn, Beloit.

They also visited their dad, Stanley Luedke.

Harold and Sharon Denchfield of Washington state attended Colony Day and part of the alumni gathering at the Crest auditorium. The Denchfields are former residents and continue to own farmland northwest of Colony.

Colony Day was well attended following a benefi-

cial rain the night before of 1.5 inches.

The 105th alumni event also was well attended. Reports on both events will be made soon.

Is there anyone who would like to be placed on the October birthday and/ or wedding celebration list?

If so, please send to colonynews@ckt.net, phone 620-852-3379, leave in leavea-note box in carport at 702 Pine St. or write 702 Pine St., Colony, KS 66015.

The Colony class of 1957 met Sept. 2 to celebrate its 55th anniversary with allday covered dish meals and visiting at the home of Bill and Shirley Ulrich.

Attending were Eddie Myers and Lucreta, Sapulpa, Okla., Calvin and Carol Wells, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Ronnie Runner and Ila, Colony, Dr. Howard William “Howdy Bill” Osborn and Barbara, Lake Ozark, Mo., Gary Roush, Wichita, and Bill Ulrich’s sister and husband, Mary and Don LaCrone, Iola.

The wives’ dresses draw raves CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama got rave reviews for the custom-made Tracy Reese pink and copper dress she wore while giving a tribute to her husband at the Democratic National Convention.

The sleeveless dress showed off Mrs. Obama’s famously toned arms and the length modestly skirted her knees. She paired the dress with pink pumps from J. Crew and her fingernails were painted a trendy blue-gray.

Reese described the dress as a “silk jacquard in an abstract baroque wallpaper pattern” with a bodice in hot pink woven with rust and copper. It’s not the first time Mrs. Obama chose a design by Reese, an African-American designer who is showing a new collection Sunday during New York Fashion Week.

Reese said the first lady “looked incredible and spoke beautifully; I am so honored that she chose to wear one of my designs for such a memorable occasion.”

Commentators also praised her look. “You may

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Michelle Obama not be a fan of her politics,” Kate Hogan wrote on People’s website, “but it’s likely that if you watched the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, you were a fan of Michelle Obama’s elegant ensemble.”

Last week Ann Romney, wife of the Republican

presidential nominee Mitt Romney, wore a bold red Oscar de la Renta outfit when she gave her speech in tribute to her husband.

The silk taffeta dress from De La Renta’s pre-fall 2012 collection was decided on with the help of Romney’s senior adviser.

The Daily Beast’s Robin Givhan called Romney’s look, “judiciously feminine” and “pitch perfect.”

But critics thought the dress’ $2,000-plus price tag contradicted Romney’s message of moderation.

Food agencies fear crisis ROME (AP) — The three U.N. food agencies urged governments Tuesday to take quick action to curb rising prices of corn, wheat and soybeans and avoid a repeat of the 2007-2008 food crises.

The sharp rise in food prices in recent months threatens to make life even more difficult for tens of millions of people, particularly in poor countries, the heads of the U.N. World Food Program, Food and Agriculture Organization and International Fund for Agriculture Development warned.

A prolonged drought in the U.S. — the No. 1 exporter of corn, wheat and soybeans — has helped drive up commodity prices. The FAO’s next global food price index is due today; its last report found global prices had risen 6 percent in July after three months of de-

cline, in part because of the U.S. drought and worsened crop prospects for Russia’s wheat harvest.

The three agencies urged countries to avoid panic buying and refrain from imposing export restrictions when production falls, saying that while it may temporarily help consumers at home it makes life difficult for others. In the past, Russia has imposed export bans to offset low domestic wheat production.

They also said countries should adjust biofuel production requirements when food supplies become scarce. Livestock farmers in the U.S. have demanded the government relax biofuel production quotas because corn is becoming so expensive. Forty percent of the U.S. corn crop goes to ethanol production.

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Opinion

Getting fit at 50 pays off at 75, so move!

A study published last week in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that fitness in middle age gives people a much better chance of staying healthier longer.

This is much better news for those now in their 40s and 50s than it may first appear.

Americans are living longer today, Gretchen Reynolds wrote in Wednesday’s New York Times, but the incidence of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer is also increasing in the nation’s elderly.

Researchers are calling the result a “lengthening of morbidity.”

“That means we are spending more years living with chronic disease and ill health — not the outcome that most of us would hope for from a prolonged life span,” she observed.

But the new study shows that middle-aged folks who had never exercised much before, can give themselves a good shot at a healthy old age by becoming fit in their 40s and 50s.

The study looked at the health histories of 18,670 middle-aged men and women who had had medical examinations at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas beginning in 1970. Their average age then was 49. They all had taken treadmill tests to determine their aerobic fitness.

They were rated in one of five categories depending on their treadmill results. The majority fell into the least-fit group, as do most Americans.

“Then, in a first-of-its-kind data comparison, the researchers checked the same individuals’ Medicare claim records from 1999 through 2009, by which time most of the participants were in their 70s and 80s. What they found was those adults who had been the least fit at the time of their middleage checkup also were the most likely to have developed any of eight serious or chronic conditions early in the aging process. These include heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and colon or lung cancer.

“The adults who’d been the

most fit in their 40s and 50s often developed many of the same conditions, but notably their maladies appeared significantly later in life than for the less fit. Typically, the most aerobically fit people lived with chronic illnesses in the final five years of their lives, instead of the final 10, 15 or even 20 years.

WHAT A GREAT trade-off.

Get in decent shape say at 50, and collect your reward at 75, or 80, or 85.

Death comes to everyone eventually. But, as the old joke puts it, I’d like to live to 100 and then be shot by a jealous husband. The Dallas study brings that frivolous wish a tad closer to reality.

Life expectancy today is about 78. That’s up from 74 in 1980. The number of 90-yearolds grows steadily. Living to 100 no longer makes a person a curiosity.

But living long is not the same as living well.

With a little advance planning, a great many more of the world’s middle-aged men and women can give themselves 10 years or more of good health at the end of their lives, when health becomes of such great importance to the elderly and their families.

As the Dallas study showed clearly, cardiovascular fitness can be achieved by virtually all men and women in their 40s and 50s. Twenty minutes of brisk walking on most days will do it.

Jogging and sensible weight lifting will boost a person into the top ranks of the fit within a year of regular exercise for perhaps an hour a session, three to four days a week.

The physicians who conducted the Dallas study concluded that living healthier, longer, was the primary payoff for getting up from the couch at midlife. Maybe. But fitness makes life more productive and enjoyable for everyone at whatever age. The payoff is immediate as well as long-term. Try it. It makes living more fun.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

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National debt is $16 trillion.

U.S. debt per person is $50,900.

Debt per household is $131,860.

U.S. population is 314 million.

Marathoners don’t forget their times Paul Ryan, GOP vice presidential nominee, exaggerates finish by more than an hour

By LANE FILLER Newsday

If someone were to poke me out of a sound sleep and whisper, “What was your time in that marathon you ran,” I would immediately respond, “My gun time was 4:48 but my chip time was 4:44, because I started from the back, so runners faster than me (octogenarians, grandmothers, a guy carrying an enormous American flag) wouldn’t run over me as I shambled along. It was an 11-minute per mile pace. I ran the first half in 2:23 and the second half in 2:21. I could have done a lot better, if I wasn’t a chubby guy with the raw athletic ability of an overripe eggplant.”

I would be able to give this answer instantaneously even if awakened from a slumber so deep drool had created a small lap pool on the pillow and my snores were registering as earthquakes on a seismic monitor 45 miles away.

I ran Kiawah on my 39th birthday, in 2009. Crossing that finish line probably wasn’t the top athletic achievement of my life (I was a pretty fair competitive swimmer in my youth), but it was the top discipline achievement of my life. It officially marked the end of a two-decade period of sedentary sloth, and it took two years of training, the last six months of it extremely intensive, to make

Paul Ryan happen.

I do not believe that Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan could misstate the time he clocked in the 1990 Grandma’s Marathon, in Duluth, Minn., without it being intentional. Particularly after I looked at what he actually said.

Ryan told a radio host last week he ran that marathon, the only one he’s ever run, in “under three (hours), high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something.”

He actually completed it in just over four hours.

For you non-runners out there, he was describing an athletic feat that would be, while not world class, pretty elite. We’re talking more than 26 miles at a sub-seven minute per mile pace. Few casual runners can run more than one or two miles at that clip.

Based on the fact that he stated the time in three separate ways in the comment, I don’t believe he misspoke. And again, I don’t

think it’s possible for a guy who has run just one marathon to forget his time, or misstate it by an hour, in three different ways, by accident.

This may not be a huge personal failing, but it is quite odd.

Ryan’s “exaggeration” is not the equivalent of a golfer saying he shot an 89 when he actually needed 94 strokes to complete the round. This is the equivalent of a golfer saying he shot a 69 when he needed 94 strokes to complete the round.

The technical term for such a statement is “a whopper.”

What’s sad is that running a marathon in four hours, which Ryan undeniably did, is a significant accomplishment, and one worth trumpeting. It takes a ton of perseverance, discipline and drive, traits that would serve a vice president well.

It’s an above-average time, and a great one for a novice. Had we run our singular marathons together, he’d have been showered, dressed and drinking a Coolatta by the time I crossed the line.

Somehow Ryan managed to turn what should be a badge of honor into an (admittedly) small mark of shame. Me, I’ll keep taking pride in my 4:44, no matter how many 77-year-old power walkers beat me.

It’s not very fast, I know. But it is true.

Lane Filler is a member of the Newsday editorial board. His email address is lane.filler@newsday.com.

Views of other Kansas editors The Hays Daily News (Election mix-up)

The Aug. 7 Kansas primary was notable for a couple of reasons.

Most people are aware of the first, so we needn’t spend much time rehashing the bashing moderate Republicans received at the hands of their conservative counterparts. Kansans will feel the effect of those results for years to come.

The second newsworthy item from the election kind of flew under the radar. Or at least for those of us outside Shawnee County.

It turns out at one particular polling place, the Light of the World Christian Center in Topeka, election workers apparently were in the dark. Incorrect ballots were given to a number of voters,

creating doubt about who actually won the GOP contest for the 52nd District in the Kansas House of Representatives. The tally at the end of the day had Shanti Gandhi leading Dick Jones by 41 votes.

Since the polling place also had ballots for the 56th District and not everybody received the right one, election officials were unsure whether Gandhi had won.

Shawnee County Election Commissioner Elizabeth Ensley Deiter wasn’t exactly sure what to do but knew a winner needed to be declared. So she called for a special election, limited to the 432 people who voted at Light of the World on Primary Day. This week, 243 of those voters came back to recast ballots. Final results still had Gandhi in the lead, either by

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46 votes if one included the special election or 45 votes if not.

Since the outcome didn’t change, no legal challenges are planned. Shawnee County Counselor Rich Eckert said he’s hoping the State Board of Canvassers could tell him if the special election was the proper route to take.

We want to know why no directives came from the secretary of state’s office. Surely the person responsible for all statewide elections, Secretary Kris Kobach, could have given guidance before Shawnee County went to the expense of a second election.

His work apparently was done for this election cycle. In addition to working on campaigns for some of the conservative Republicans in targeted races, Kobach already had ensured campaign workers were trained to combat nonexistent voter fraud. He pushed through the nation’s toughest voter-ID law in order to “protect the integrity of our elections.”

Of course, the integrity he was talking about was related to 75 cases of suspected voter fraud reported since 1998. Zero convictions, but Kobach believed even one suspicious vote was indicative of rampant fraud.

His lack of comment, or even interest, in hundreds of incorrect ballots being distributed during

a single election should indicate where his priorities lie. Either that or he’s simply been too busy working with the Mitt Romney campaign and the National Republican Party on immigration issues.

We only can hope Secretary Kobach at some point will pay closer attention to the actual job he was elected to perform.

The Hutchinson News (Defending all)

The state needs to find additional resources to support criminal public defense In a judicial system that assumes a citizen is innocent until proven otherwise, Kansas is woefully underfinanced.

The need for public defenders is dire, but because the average state-appointed attorney in Kansas makes about $46,000 annually, filling those positions is difficult.

The topic came to light this week as two Kansans were being appointed to the state’s Board of Indigent Defense. During their confirmation hearing, Paul Eugene Beck and Kevin Mark Smith were asked if they would be willing to press the governor for more money to allow the public defenders’ office to continue functioning.

Each said he would.

However, it isn’t as simple as

merely asking and receiving. In these economically challenging times, every dollar is closely scrutinized and those who inquire often are turned away empty-handed while more pressing issues take precedence.

Gov. Sam Brownback doesn’t likely have more money earmarked for public defense. But Owens said this issue was not one the state should take lightly.

He added that the state should be concerned that a lack of adequate legal support could lead to lawsuits against the state. That could end up costing Kansans more in the long run.

Kansas public defenders earn less than those in private practice. Smith said some Kansas residents consider indigent criminal defendants not as citizens who are innocent until proven guilty, but as “social undesirables.”

“We need to get over that,” Smith told the Topeka Capital Journal. “We need to educate the public and educate the Legislature.”

Our freedoms as Americans are built on a strong judicial system.

Everyone is entitled to a fair trial, no matter his or her lot in life. In that sense, freedom isn’t free.

It requires proper resources — and a sense of humanity for everyone who enters into the court system.

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Enter Bob Sager, who offered up a substantial amount of dirt from his farm.

Local patrons Buddy Mann, Steve Becker and Sager assisted Denny Lasley, district maintenance worker and grounds keeper, in hauling the dirt.

More than 130 loads were brought in, Lasley said.

Becker then tilled up the freshly deposited soil for local contractors Virgil

Tucker and Bill McAdam, who helped seed the field with more Bermuda grass.

Assisting with the effort was local resident Rusty Cole, who provided much of the brainpower. “He was the one who advised us on what to do and when to do it,� Hardage said. “He let us know how much to plant, when to fertilize.�

From there, Houk and Lasley oversaw watering, ensuring the grass would take root and survive one of the hottest, driest summers on record. “We kept watering it until the city put in its water restrictions a couple of weeks ago,� Hardage said.

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own children — even Kashyn — already use technology and love it, she said. “When we were kids we didn’t have the technology they have,� Curry said. “It is a great wealth of information.�

Curry’s office is in Iola High School, but her time is spent hopping around the elementary schools. “I like that I get to move around and that I am not tied down to one classroom,� she said. “I am up for the challenges. I just don’t know what they are yet.�

CURRY SPENT most of her childhood in Iola, where she met her husband, Brett, a fellow Iola native.

for assistance.

The survey was conducted on a representative sample of the U.S. population. It found that most households _ regardless of race, gender, age and family size _ generally spent less on food last year than they did in 2010, said Alisha ColemanJensen, a USDA sociologist and the lead author of the report.

But food insecurity rates were highest among households with children, those headed by single parents and those with black and Latino families.

The survey data comes as congressional Republicans, led by GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, push for massive cuts in food stamp-program funding to curb enrollment growth and to help balance the federal budget. The Democratic-controlled Senate also voted in June to cut food stamp funding, but by a smaller amount. “With so many of our neighbors, friends and fam-

She attended Kansas Statue University, where she got her bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree in leadership. “After K-State we moved to Gardner and then moved back home to be with our family,� Curry said. “We have been here now seven years.�

WHEN CURRY was younger she spent a lot of her time playing sports, a trait she passed on to her children.

Her daughter Jenna is involved with traveling softball during the summer, but all her kids do — or will — play sports.

The family also has recently taken up bike riding, which they do almost every night, Curry said.

ily worrying about where their next meal may be coming from, now is not the time to use federal nutrition programs as a trading chip to balance the budget,� said Matt Knott, the interim president of Feeding America, the nation’s largest antihunger organization.

Indeed, food stamp enrollment has almost doubled, from a monthly prerecession average of 26.3 million people in 2007 to 46.4 million people so far this year.

That growth coincides with an even larger increase in jobless Americans, from 7.6 million when the recession first hit in December 2007 to 15.4 million

by October 2009. Nearly 12.8 million Americans were still unemployed as of this July.

The Congressional Budget Office expects food stamp enrollment to fall back to pre-recession levels as the economy improves.

Republicans in the House of Representatives have voted to convert food stamps to a block grant in 2015 that would cap funding.

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Among the volunteers who helped replace the Marmaton Valley High School football field playing surface were, from left, Denny Lasley, Buddy Mann, Steve Becker and Bob Sager.

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The Bermuda has held up well through the first two games of the season. “It really looks pretty good,� Lasley said Wednesday as he mowed in preparation for Friday’s muchanticipated home contest against Crest High.

The key to the project, Hardage stressed, was that the district’s costs were minimal, thanks to the efforts put in by district patrons. “We couldn’t have done this on our own, and we certainly couldn’t have afforded the dirt,� he said. “One of the things I’ve learned about Moran is people always are willing to help.�

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port improvements to the town’s swimming pool by mail votes, and in each case participation was high, in the 75 percent or better range. Those opposed to fluoridation of Humboldt’s drinking water had their way in that mail election and proponents of swimming pool improvements held sway.

While ballots must in her office by noon Tuesday, Riebel said their count wouldn’t start until after closing time, 5 p.m.

Determination of the issue should take no more than an hour, she added. “We’ll open the envelopes, stack the ballots in ‘yes’ and ‘no’ piles and then count them.�

IF VOTERS approve the sales tax increase, it will provide foundation funding for improvements to 300 blocks of residential streets.

A half-cent sales tax is

expected to generate between $80,000 and $90,000 a year, which alone wouldn’t be enough to fund the project. Supplemental funding will be from annual fuel tax distributions that come Humboldt’s way from the Kansas Department of Transportation. “We get about $50,000 a year in fuel tax proceeds and plan to use about $30,000 for the special street project,� Tucker said. “The remaining $20,000 will be used each year for regular street maintenance.�

To kick-start the 300-block project, Humboldt likely would seek a low-interest loan from KDOT so work could start immediately. The amount of such a loan hasn’t been discussed in detail.

If the half-cent tax, which would add 50 cents to a $100 purchase, is approved, it would put Humboldt’s local sales tax at 1.75 percent and increase its overall tax to 9.3 percent.

The project would consume about $1.7 million and take 10 to 15 years to complete, with sales tax proceeds flowing to coffers for 15 years.

Streets would be ground down, bases reshaped and then resurfaced with asphalt. Thickness of bases and asphalt applications will vary, depending on what is needed, City Administrator Larry Tucker has said at several public airings of the project.

Allen County commissioners have agreed to permit Bill King, director of Public Works, to dispatch his crew and a road reclaimer — a device that quickly grinds pavement to small chunks — to facilitate the work. King appeared at a public hearing on the project to confirm the county’s willingness to participate, and also provide rock to rebuild bases.

In addition to street surface improvements, come curbs, gutters and culverts

will be replaced or improved.

AT A RECENT public meeting to discuss the project and its funding, Mayor Nobby Davis said he heard much about streets and the need to improve them when he campaigned for election. “The No. 1 concern .... was what could we do with the streets,� said Davis, who is in the second year of his initial two-year term.

After his election, one of Davis’ first decisions was to appoint a Street Committee, which developed the street plan.

David Julich, a Street Committee member and councilman, said the decision to opt for asphalt over chip-and-seal, which has been done throughout town for years, was an easy one. “Asphalt will last 20 years, while chip-and-seal has to be done every five years or so,� he said.

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crats, and his speech was hotly anticipated by delegates yearning for a full-throated defense of Obama’s economic policies after months of attacks by Republicans on the No. 1 issue in the presidential race.

Before he arrived on stage, the delegates and guests began clapping and dancing along with a video that played Clinton’s campaign theme song, Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop.�

During the speech, the former president had the delegates leaping to their feet as he delivered a detailed, point-by-point rebuttal to every Republican criticism of Obama, from the 2009 stimulus package to a recent change to welfare regulations.

The speech was vintage Clinton. He frequently veered from his prepared remarks — and went way long — and had the crowd in stitches. “We love you, Bill!� they screamed.

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Clinton’s speech from the arena after arriving in Charlotte on Wednesday afternoon. He appeared from behind the stage after Clinton’s 47-minute speech to deafening cheers. The two men hugged as the Tom Petty song “I Won’t Back Down� played.

Clinton not only blamed Republicans for causing the problems in the economy in the first place, but for preventing Obama from allowing the economy to fully recover. For example, he said, House Republicans have failed to pass the president’s jobs plan that would have created more than a million new jobs.

He argued that it’s unreasonable to expect a total recovery in one term, but that Obama has created jobs and cut taxes through the stimulus, the auto industry bailout and an agreement with management, labor and environmental groups to double car mileage over the next few years.

Clinton’s endorsement was meant to signal a “good

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Former President Bill Clinton

economy seal of approvalâ&#x20AC;? for Obama, a promise that Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policies will bring back the peace and prosperity of the 1990s, when a booming economy created millions of jobs, stocks soared, and a flood of tax revenues helped balance the federal budget for the first time in a generation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of Americans are still angry and frustrated with the economy. Though employment is growing, banks are beginning to lend and even housing prices are picking up a bit, too many people do not feel it yet,â&#x20AC;? Clinton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had experienced the same thing in 1994 and early 1995. Our policies were working and the economy was growing but most people didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel it yet.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me now, no president â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not me or any of my predecessors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no one could have fully repaired all the damage in just four years,â&#x20AC;?

Clinton said â&#x20AC;&#x153;But he has laid the foundations ... and if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll renew the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contract you will feel it. You will feel it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are we where we want to be today? No. Is the president satisfied? Of course

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not,â&#x20AC;? Clinton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But are we better off than we were when he took office?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes!â&#x20AC;? the audience screamed.

It came from a man who arrived slowly, even grudgingly, at Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side after first watching his wife lose a hard-fought battle for the 2008 Democratic nomination, then had to watch Obama coast to a solid majority that had twice eluded Clinton.

But the two have grown closer, and Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warm embrace Wednesday signaled not only his support, but his belief that he and his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future are tied up in Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. And as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton is now one of the most popular members of the Obama administration and is not involved in politics. On Wednesday, as the convention convened, she landed in East Timor on a six-nation tour of Asia.

Delegates continue to be enamored with the former president, and it was easy to see why his speech had been expected to be one of the highlights of the three-day convention. They laughed at his jokes, leaped to their feet and cheered almost as if he was running for president.

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By JOCELYN SHEETS jocelyn@iolaregister.com

Pioneer League bragging rights are up for grabs Friday night.

Iola High’s Mustangs step into the new league on the road against Osawatomie High’s Trojans. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at OHS Lynn Dickey Stadium.

“Osawatomie is a bigger and more physical team than Cherryvale and they are a power running team,” said Doug Kerr, Iola High head coach.

“Our goal is to create penetration by our defense and get to them in the backfield before they get started running downhill.”

The Mustangs and Trojans last met in 2008 and 2009. Osawatomie won both non-league contests in big fashion.

But both teams have new coaches — Kerr for Iola is in his first season and Rod Madden is in his second stint as head coach for the Trojans. Madden coached Osawatomie from 1990 to 2006 as head coach. He was an assistant coach for the Trojans last year.

“We’re playing several new kids in a different offense and we’ve had growing pains,” said Madden. “The kids have worked hard and given a great effort.”

Iola beat Cherryvale 22-0 in the

Pregame Outlook rain last week. Also in the rain, Osawatomie fell behind Neodesha 21-0 by halftime, rallied in the second half before losing 39-26. Cherryvale and Neodesha are both out of the Tri-Valley League.

“We know we have to be better this week. Our defense played pretty well but we’ve made some adjustments to put our strength against their strength this week,” Kerr said.

“We’ve switched a couple of linebackers around and believe this will give us an opportunity to match up better.”

Kerr pointed to Osawatomie’s senior quarterback Austin Chisam as “their best athlete.”

He said Chisam creates offense behind some big bodies up front.

Deven Ayers is a junior running back for the Trojans, who rushed for 151 of his 193 yards in the second half last week. Matt Lofling is the Trojan’s senior fullback.

“We’ve moved Stephen McDonald to an outside rush linebacker

Probable Starters

Iola High Mustangs Offense QB — Mason Coons, 6-2, 190, Sr. WB — Adam Kauth, 6-0, 140, Jr. HB — John Whitworth, 5-10, 175, Jr. FB — Eric Heffern, 5-11, 170, Sr. TE — Bryce Misenhelter, 6-2, 180, Jr. T — Alex Bauer, 6-0, 200, So. G — Quinton Morrison, 5-10. 190, Jr. C — Aaron Barclay, 6-0, 265, Sr. G — Derrick Weir, 5-10, 210, Jr. T — Eli Grover, 6-0, 250, Sr. WR — Cole Morrison, 5-8, 145, Sr. PK — Isaias Macias, 5-8, 165, Jr. Defense E — Bryce Misenhelter, 6-2, 180, Jr. NG — Eric Maxwell, 6-1, 180, Jr. E — Alex Bauer, 6-0, 200, So. LB — Tyler McIntosh, 6-1, 145, Jr. LB — Eric Heffern, 5-11, 170, Sr. LB — Kaden Macha, 6-0, 180, So. LB — John Whitworth, 5-10, 175, Jr. LB — Stephen McDonald, 6-2, 205, Sr. DB — Adam Kauth, 6-0, 140, Jr. DB — Jacob Rhoads, 5-7, 145, Jr. DB — Cole Morrison, 5-8, 145, Sr. P — Zeph Larney, 5-10, 155, Sr.

Osawatomie High Trojans Offense QB — Austin Chisam, 5-11, 157, Sr. RB — Deven Ayers, 5-6, 143, Jr. FB — Matt Lofling, 5-10, 190, Sr. WR — Jake Allen, 5-10, 155, Sr. WR — Grant Maimer, 5-8, 138, Sr. T — Zack Owens, 5-11, 232, Sr. G — Tanner Foulk, 5-9, 245, Jr. C — Ben Dorsett, 6-0, 185, Jr. G — Peyton Fields, 6-3, 168, Fr. T — Richard Alonzo, 6-1, 288, Sr. TE — Morgan Roth, 6-1, 221, Sr. PK — Sheldon Booe, 5-11, 180, So. Defense DL — Richard Alonzo, 6-1, 288, Sr. DL — Zack Owens, 5-11, 232, Sr. DL — Chase Lee, 5-9, 226, Jr. DL — Peyton Fields, 6-3, 168, Fr. DL — Teddy Gahr, 6-1, 310, Sr. LB — Matt Lofling, 5-10, 190, Sr. LB — Tanner Foulk, 5-9, 245, Jr. LB — Jake Allen, 5-10, 155, Sr. CB — Grant Maimer, 5-8, 138, Sr. S — Austin Chisam, 5-11, 157, Sr. CB — William Arth, 5-8, 133, Jr. P — Sheldon Booe, 5-11, 221, Sr.

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Iola High senior quarterback Mason Coons (11) along with junior running backs Adam Kauth (6) and Jacob Rhoads (3) execute a play during last Friday night’s win over Cherryvale. The Mustangs go on the road this Friday to Osawatomie in Pioneer League play. spot and moved Kaden Macha and John Whitworth into the middle linebacker spots,” Kerr said.

The Trojans’ offense goes through Chisam. Madden said Chisam is a multi-threat quarterback who runs well and throws the football well.

“We were more of a run team last week because of circumstances but we want that balance with a passing game also,” Madden said. “Austin throws well but we have some inexperience in our wide receivers and we’re working on it.”

The circumstances last week mainly came from the wet weather. Neither Iola nor Osawatomie had the balanced offensive attacks they wanted because the rain hampered the passing game.

Offensively for the Mustangs, Kerr said this week was spent working on timing and protection in the passing game. He said senior quarterback Mason Coons was directing the passing game well in practices.

“We want to get Mason untracked in a game and get our vertical stretch game going. That way opponents can’t key on our running backs,” Kerr said.

Pack the house for Fillies Iola High’s Fillies play at home Saturday. It is the 22nd annual Iola High Invitational volleyball tournament. Iola fans need to pack the house with blue and gold for the Fillies.

Saturday is one of only three home dates on the 2012 volleyball schedule for the Fillies’ varsity.

The Fillies will play three matches in pool play starting at 8:30 a.m.

A strong fan base could help them get through pool play and into the semifinals. The Fillies haven’t been in the semifinal bracket of their own tournament for awhile. Fans can provide a little extra boost to the Fillies’ energy on the court and maybe you can get them over the hump.

The Fillies are 1-5 overall and have had a week to work on their game. With very few players with varsity experience back this season, the Fillies are trying to find the right combination of players for the court. New head coach Emily Sigg sees progress and eventually, the hard work will pay off in match wins.

Players are working hard and deserve support from students and other fans at home. Don’t allow visiting teams’ fan base be louder than Iola’s on Saturday.

ALLEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE’s cross country teams are ranked No. 2 in NJCAA Division I. The first week of NJCAA Division I Hill N Dale cross country rankings came out this week.

The Red Devil squads have competed twice this season, winning at home then placing high at the Wichita State meet last weekend.

In the rankings, Allen’s men and women are No. 2 in their respective divisions. Iowa Central Community College is first in both polls.

SPEAKING OF CROSS COUNTRY, the Iola High Doc Stiles Invitational is Sept. 18. The annual meet has been moved from Iola’s Riverside Park to the campus of Allen Community College.

IHS head coach Marvin Smith announced this week there will be an “all-comers” run before the high school races on that Tuesday. The run starts at 3:45 p.m.

“We wanted to give the schools with middle

The Pressbox Jocelyn Sheets school runners a chance to compete at our meet this year. But the race is also for anyone who wants to come out and run,” Smith said. “They can run a mile or two miles. There is no entry fee and no medals given for the race.”

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS will be on the Iola High Mustangs in Osawatomie this week. The Mustangs have their first road game of the season and it’s the first Pioneer League contest for the Mustangs.

Not since 2009 have Iola and Osawatomie played each other on the football field. The Trojans then swept the two-game series (2008 and 2009) with the Mustangs.

But that was then and this is now. The 2012 Mustang seniors were freshmen the last time the schools played. Both programs have new coaches and there’s a little more on the line this time.

Iola and Osawatomie are going after a league victory Friday night. Iola joined Osawatomie in the Pioneer League this year.

The Mustangs are 1-0 and the Trojans are 0-1 — they lost 39-26 to Neodesha last Friday night. Mustang head coach Doug Kerr expects the Trojans to come out ready to claim a victory at home after losing opener there.

“We worked hard this week on getting the kids focused again after the win. We’re excited to open the season with a victory but we had to come back down and focus on Osawatomie this week,” Kerr said.

With the 22-0 win over Cherryvale last Friday, the Mustangs won a season opener for the first time in a long time. The last time a Mustang football team shut out an opponent was in 2009, a 45-0 win over Central Heights.

Madden said almost the same thing about the Trojans.

“We have to execute our offense better without shooting ourselves in the foot. We had turnovers and penalties last week that hurt us.

We didn’t pass the ball much because of the weather and we want to get the full balance of our offense into play during a game,” Madden said.

Madden pointed defensively at the Trojans being assignment sound. He said Iola’s spinner series out of the single-wing offense presents a lot of misdirection.

“Our kids have to play assignment football defensively against Iola because if we don’t they’ll break some big running plays on us,” Madden said.

Iola has one change in its offensive lineup. Junior Quinton Morrison is stepping in as a starter at guard. Sophomore Trey Colborn missed a couple days of practice because of illness but was back as of Wednesday.

Also on the line is Pioneer League victory No. 1 for both teams. The Mustangs are new to the league and want to establish a foothold in the Pioneer landscape.

“Every team wants to win their league,” said Madden. “This game really means something to both teams. Having Iola in the league brings an added dimension to it. We’re excited about Friday night.”

“Our kids won a season opener and it’s been a long time since an Iola team had done that. We had a shutout and that’s been a few years since that has happened here,” Kerr said.

“We’re on our first road trip in a new environment. We have to focus on the task of playing this game. We want to get that first Pioneer League win in our first league game but we have to work hard for it.”

Kerr said he’s like to see the Mustang offense set the tone of Friday night’s game and score points early. Neither Iola nor Osawatomie scored offensively in the first half of last week’s games.

The difference was Iola still held a 2-0 lead at halftime. Osawatomie trailed 21-0.

“We’d like to open things up and get a good lead to take Osawatomie out of its game plan,” Kerr said.

Le Roy’s Bill Freeman to receive sports hall’s Pride of Kansas Award

By JOCELYN SHEETS jocelyn@iolaregister.com

LE ROY — There wasn’t a big secret to his success as a coach, according Bill Freeman.

“I always had good players.

They had talent and I was able to get them to work for me,” Freeman told the Register in a telephone interview Wednesday from his Le Roy home.

Work for him they did.

Freeman guided football teams to eight state titles at three different schools in three different classifications. His 36-year career record of 242-81-3 included head coaching stints at Baxter Springs, Parker Rural, Nickerson, Le Roy, Osawatomie and Lawrence high schools.

On Friday night, Freeman will be presented with the State of Kansas Sports Hall of Fame’s Pride of Kansas Award. Freeman is recognized as one of the most successful high school football coaches in Kansas history.

Freeman will receive the highest honor given to a coach or athlete by the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame other than induction in the Hall of Fame. The Pride of Kansas Award will be presented to Freeman prior to the Southern Coffey County High football game in Le Roy.

The award presentation is at 6:45 p.m. The SCCH Titans play Lebo with kickoff at 7 o’clock.

“Each time I moved to a different school there were good players with talent. I liked the kids but I was pretty tough on them.

They responded and we were successful together,” Freeman said.

Freeman won six state football championships on the field — five were coaching Lawrence High from 1974 to 1990 as the Lions complied a 13438 record under his guidance.

The Lions won Class 6A titles in 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987 and 1989. He also guided the Lions track team to back-to-back Class 6A state titles in 1989 and 1990.

Freeman, who is a Burlington native, spent nine years coaching at Osawatomie High School and won a state football championship in 1973. Before the Kansas State High School Activities Association came up with a playoff system, the Trojans won a “mythical” state football champions in 1966 under Freeman.

Freeman also guided Le Roy High School to a “mythical” state football title in 1963.

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Red Devils claim close victory on home court

By JOCELYN SHEETS jocelyn@iolaregister.com

East is east and west is west. And for anyone who might have noticed the team that was on the east side of the volleyball court in a five-set thriller won sets here Wednesday night.

Really, the side of the court doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really matter but just an interesting fact to toss out after Allen Community Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Red Devils pulled out a big home victory against Independence Community Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pirates. The teams â&#x20AC;&#x153;held serveâ&#x20AC;? so to speak in four sets as the team opening the set with the serve won it.

It all came down to the fifth set played to just 15 points, and like the others, must be won by two points.

Allen was on the west side of the court and led 7-6 before Independence gained the serve.

Independence led 8-7 when the teams switched sides. The Pirates got another point then sophomore Haley Mertens delivered a kill to keep the Red Devils to within one.

Down 12-10, Allen tied it up again then trailed.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how it went right to the end. Independence was

up 17-16 and had the serve but freshman Sidney Keith pounded down a kill for ACC. Mertens took over the serve for Allen and kept it. Tying it up on the first serve, the Red Devils needed just one point to win. Sierra Morgison put an â&#x20AC;&#x153;aggressive tipâ&#x20AC;? down the line that proved too tough to return for the Pirates and Allen celebrated.

The Red Devils won 25-23, 15-25, 25-14, 23-25, 19-17. The victory evened Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jayhawk Conference record to 1-1.

Allen takes a 2-4 mark into this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Highland Community College tournament in Highland. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This match can be summed up as simple as earned point followed by an error is a wash,â&#x20AC;? said Jessica Peters, ACC head coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had struggles at the service line (12 service errors) and in several other areas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But the girls found a way to win tonight. They fought hard when we were down in the fifth set. Sierra made an aggressive tip down the line and Independence shanked the pass out of bounds for the final point.â&#x20AC;?

Sophomore setter Jacqui Ortiz finished with 14 service points. She had two

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Hitting the volleyball past the Independence Community College blocker at the net is Allen Community Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sierra Morgison (3). Morgison later provided the final point for a Red Devil win in a five-set match over the visiting Pirates, 25-23, 15-25, 25-14, 23-25, 19-17. critical five-point runs in sets one and three. Ortiz also had 31 set assists and 20 digs.

Mertens delivered 24 kills at the net, served up 14 points, with two fivepoint runs in the third and

fourth sets for ACC. Morgison pounded down 20 kills and served for four points.

Mertens made 22 digs and Morgison had 15 digs.

Tayler Shook, freshman libero, came up with 45 digs and served for seven points.

Shook and Mertens each had two service aces.

Freshman setter Adriee Munoz had 24 assists and 15 digs plus served for five points. Keith, a freshman, had 11 kills, one solo block and three assisted blocks.

Cowboys beat Giants in NFL opener Baseball

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jason Witten was supposed to stay home.

Kevin Ogletree was supposed to be a bit player.

And the replacement officials were supposed to be a fiasco.

Instead, Witten provided the inspiration by playing weeks after lacerating his spleen, third wideout Ogletree made the big plays, and the officials had a mostly quiet night in the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season opener.

The Cowboys waited all year for another shot at the New York Giants, and

Sports calendar Today Cross Country Iola, Marmaton Valley, Crest at Fort Scott, 4 p.m.

Humboldt, Yates Center at Girard Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tennis Iola at Independence, 3 p.m.

High School Volleyball Iola JV/9th at Garnett, 5 p.m.

Jr. High Football Independence at IMS 8th, 7th, 5 p.m.

Jr. College Soccer NEO at Allen, women 2 p.m., men 4 p.m.

Friday High School Football Iola at Osawatomie, 7 p.m.

Crest at Marmaton Valley Jayhawk-Linn at Humboldt Lebo at Southern Coffey County Yates Center at West Elk Jr. College Volleyball Allen at Highland tourney Saturday High School Volleyball Iola High Invitational, 8:30 a.m.

Iola 9th at Prairie View Inv., 8 a.m.

Jr. College Volleyball Allen at Highland tourney Jr. College Soccer Cowley at Allen, women 2 p.m., men 4 p.m.

Sunday Jr. College Golf Allen at Jayhawk Conference No. 1, Hesston Monday High School Football Osawatomie at Iola JV, 4:30 p.m.

High School Volleyball Iola JV at Burlington, 5:30 p.m.

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when they got it Wednesday night, they were relentless in a 24-17 victory that really wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that close. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We executed on offense and defense when we needed to,â&#x20AC;? Tony Romo said after throwing for three touchdowns and 307 yards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We put them in a hole. Our job was to keep the pedal down, to not let up because you know what kind of team they have over there.â&#x20AC;?

Not a good enough team this night as the Giants lost for the first time since Game 15 of last season. Part of their six-game winning streak that earned them a fourth Super Bowl title last winter was a win over Dallas on New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day to take the NFC East. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we played up to our potential at all,â&#x20AC;? defensive end Osi Umenyiora said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously they were prepared and they fought, and all the credit in the world goes to that team.

They played a very good game today.â&#x20AC;?

And the field officials did their part. It was feared they would be a big factor with the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lockout of the regulars. But there were no controversies, no blatant mistakes or rampant confusion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No problems, just as we said there wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be,â&#x20AC;? league executive Ray Anderson said at halftime.

Nothing changed in the second half.

Many Cowboys credited Wittenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence with lifting their spirits and their performance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about yourself, you go out and play for the guys,â&#x20AC;?

DeMarcus Ware said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was emotional. We were all behind him when he said he would play.â&#x20AC;?

Witten, who had two catches for 10 yards, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it was such a big deal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think and hope every

other player on our team would do the same thing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At this point in your career, you want that mentality to leave it all out there.â&#x20AC;?

DeMarco Murray rushed for 129 yards and the defense sacked Eli Manning three times.

For Ogletree, the night was a special homecoming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt really good when I woke up this morning, I had great meetings, got to go see my brother,â&#x20AC;? said Ogletree, who grew up in the New York borough of Queens. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Really good vibes today.â&#x20AC;?

When the Cowboys were threatened late â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a spot in which they often have folded against the Giants â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Romo hit Ogletree for 15 yards on third down to clinch it. That gave Ogletree 114 yards on eight catches; he had 25 receptions for 294 yards and no scores entering the game.

Roddick, Federer out of US Open NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; On an emotion-filled afternoon that morphed into a shocker of an evening, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer both bid farewell to Flushing Meadows; Roddick for good.

Roddick lost 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 to No. 7 seed Juan Martin del Potro to bring the curtain down on his career Wednesday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an ending that came, fittingly, on the court where he won his only Grand Slam title, back in 2003.

Federer fell 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to No. 6 Tomas Berdych, who improved to

4-3 in his last seven matches against the 17-time Grand Slam champion, ending Federerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s string of U.S. Open semifinal appearances at eight, much the way he halted Federerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s streak of 23 straight trips to major semifinals back in 2010 at Wimbledon.

In other matches, No. 4 seed Serena Williams overpowered No. 12 Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-3 to set up a semifinal against 10th-seeded Sara Errani, who beat her Italian doubles partner, Roberta Vinci, 6-2, 6-4.

The other womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semi-

final will pit top-seeded Victoria Azarenka against No. 3 Maria Sharapova, who returned to her rain-suspended match with a 4-0 deficit but defeated 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Advancing to the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarterfinals were defending champion Novak Djokovic and his Serbian Davis Cup partner, eighthseeded Janko Tipsarevic, along with No. 3 Andy Murray, who was down a set and 5-1 in the second before he rallied for a 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-0 over No. 12 Marin Cilic.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I graduated I really enjoyed sports and decided coaching and teaching was what I wanted to do. I enjoyed the students and the athletes wherever we were,â&#x20AC;? Freeman said.

Freeman graduated from Burlington High School in 1949. He was a four-year letterman at offensive guard for Emporia State University, 1949-1953. He was inducted into the ESU Hall of Fame in 1996. Freeman still is a member of the ESU Foundation board of directors.

Also in 1996, Freeman was elected to the National Football Foundation Col-

lege Hall of Fame by the Jayhawk Chapter in Lawrence. He was inducted into the KSHSAA Hall of Fame as well.

Freeman coached several players who went on to play in the National Football League, including Lynn Dickey, Derrick Jensen, Jeff Wright, Bucky Scribner and Keith DeLong.

Dickey and Jensen played at Osawatomie High and the others played at Lawrence.

Freeman and his wife, Joan, live in Le Roy. They owned the First National Bank of Le Roy for 32 years.

They sold the bank in 2010.

Freeman, 81, stepped down as mayor of Le Roy in April after serving in that capacity for 21 years. Freeman is a survivor of quadruple heart bypass surgery and prostate cancer. Despite being diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease, Freeman still is active in the community.

The Kansas Sports Hall of Fameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pride of Kansas Award is given to Kansas coaches and athletes who achieved a lifetime of greatness on the field of competition while maintaining the highest level of integrity in positively influencing the lives of youth in the state.

Major League Baseball At A Glance All Times EDT The Associated Press American League East Division

W L Pct GB New York 77 59 .566 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Baltimore 76 60 .559 1 Tampa Bay 75 62 .547 2½ Boston 63 75 .457 15 Toronto 61 75 .449 16 Central Division

W L Pct GB Chicago 74 62 .544 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Detroit 73 63 .537 1 Kansas City 61 75 .449 13 Cleveland 58 79 .423 16½ Minnesota 56 81 .409 18½ West Division

W L Pct GB Texas 81 55 .596 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Oakland 76 60 .559 5 Los Angeles 74 63 .540 7½ Seattle 67 71 .486 15 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2 L.A. Angels 7, Oakland 1 Detroit 7, Cleveland 1 Toronto 6, Baltimore 4 N.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 4 Texas 7, Kansas City 6 Seattle 2, Boston 1 Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4) at Baltimore (Hammel 8-6), 7:05 p.m.

Texas (Feldman 6-11) at Kansas City (Hochevar 7-13), 8:10 p.m.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

National League East Division

W L Pct GB Washington 84 52 .618 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Atlanta 77 60 .562 7½

She served for six points.

Sophomore Autumn Douglas had one solo block and two assisted blocks.

Sophomore Randi Billings and freshman Cheyanne Miller each had one solo block.

Philadelphia 66 71 .482 18½ New York 65 72 .474 19½ Miami 60 77 .438 24½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Cincinnati 83 55 .601 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; St. Louis 74 63 .540 8½ Pittsburgh 72 64 .529 10 Milwaukee 67 69 .493 15 Chicago 51 85 .375 31 Houston 42 95 .307 40½ West Division

W L Pct GB San Francisco 77 60 .562 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Los Angeles 73 65 .529 4½ Arizona 68 70 .493 9½ San Diego 64 74 .464 13½ Colorado 56 79 .415 20 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Philadelphia 6, Cincinnati 2 N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 2 Washington 9, Chicago Cubs 1 Pittsburgh 6, Houston 3 Atlanta 1, Colorado 0 Milwaukee 8, Miami 5 San Diego 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 Arizona 6, San Francisco 2 Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Colorado (Chacin 2-4) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 13-5), 12:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Estrada 2-5) at Miami (Jo.Johnson 7-11), 12:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Germano 2-5) at Washington (Zimmermann 9-8), 7:05 p.m.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 4-11) at Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 15-5), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (Francis 5-4) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 4-7), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Ja.Turner 0-2) at Washington (Strasburg 15-6), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Maholm 11-9) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 10-8), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 10-9) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 10-9), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 14-8) at St. Louis (Lohse 14-2), 8:15 p.m.

Arizona (Skaggs 1-1) at San Diego (Cashner 3-3), 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 1-1) at San Francisco (Lincecum 8-14), 10:15 p.m.

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Job vacancy Panel OKs raises for public employees â&#x20AC;&#x153; numbers rise ally adjusted 6.3 percent in July, the most recent figure available. It was 6.1 percent from April to June, while the rate was 6.7 percent in April and May 2011 and 6.8 percent in June 2011.

The most vacancies were in the education and health services, followed by leisure and hospitality. Food preparation and serving workers were the two most vacant jobs in the state at the time of the survey.

Jennifer Garrett, supervisor of the survey for the Department of Labor, said the survey is a good resource for determining the educational and training needs of workers and the needs of employers.

The survey found that 71.4 percent of the job vacancies had no educational requirement or only required a high school diploma. Those needing a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or advanced degree were 13.7 percent.

The average wage for the vacancies was $11.73 an hour, ranging from $9.29 for those with no education requirements to $29.85 an hour for advanced degrees.

ployees. This is the fourth year of a five-year program and the first since legislators suspended funding the increases last year over budget concerns.

The pay increases range from 5 percent to 12.5 percent and will go to 4,296 state employees, which is about a quarter of the state payroll. The committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendations now go to the State Finance Council for approval. The increase amounts were negotiated between the Department of Administration and state employee unions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot to say except thank you for the money,â&#x20AC;? Mike Marvin, of the Kansas Organization of State Employees, told the

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charged with one count of failing to report suspected child abuse to the state.

Their trial was scheduled to start Sept. 24 in a case that carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Instead, a set of stipulated facts negotiated by both sides will be presented this afternoon to Judge

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries said Wednesday it has revised its proposed new route through Nebraska to avoid environmentally sensitive areas.

The latest proposed Keystone XL pipeline route is TransCanadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second attempt to satisfy state environmental regulators. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality said in July that the initial revised route crossed land that could erode easily and passed near unconfined aquifers that supply drinking water to residents and livestock.

The new TransCanada proposal tweaks that April plan, making the route veer east shortly after entering the state to avoid more of the sensitive areas in Keya Paha County, east again around the town of Clarks and west around the town of Western to avoid drinking water well fields. â&#x20AC;&#x153;TransCanada shares the goal of protecting key water and natural resources with Nebraskans,â&#x20AC;? TransCanada CEO Russ Girling

Accused bishopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial begins KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Missouri judge will try the criminal case against the highestranking Catholic official in the U.S. to be charged with shielding an abusive priest, three weeks before it was to go before a jury.

Bishop Robert Finn and the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph are

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said. The proposal also upgrades planned safety measures, adding more remote control shut-off valves and inspections, the company said.

Nebraska regulators said they would review the new proposal and hold a public hearing on it before submitting a recommendation to the governor, possibly by the end of the year. The governor will decide whether to approve the new route for the pipeline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An initial scan of the report indicates that it responds to some of the comments raised by the NDEQ and the public, but a full evaluation will now begin,â&#x20AC;? said Mike Linder, director of the state agency.

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Teamsters representative Matt Hall told the committee.

He said the pay increases would make the jobs more attractive and help retain and recruit staff, while alleviating the number of overtime hours being worked.

The Topeka juvenile complex was the subject of a critical audit released in July that found the facility had a 32 percent turnover rate among staff, the highest among Kansas correctional facilities in the past five years and a factor in a number of security problems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try not to have too many of those situations where people work 16 hours (straight),â&#x20AC;? Roberts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it always works better if you have sufficient staff.â&#x20AC;?

Sen. Vicki Schmidt, a Topeka Republican and chairwoman of the committee, said other reforms were needed to improve conditions at Topeka juvenile center, but pay raises to retain trained staff is â&#x20AC;&#x153;certainly a piece of the puzzle.â&#x20AC;?

tional Wildlife Federation said the Keystone XL pipeline puts too much natural habitat at risk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best approach is to ditch Keystone XL entirely and embrace clean energy solutions that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spill or explode,â&#x20AC;? Mendelson said.

The pipeline is designed to carry oil from Canada across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

TransCanada also has proposed connecting it to the Bakken oil field in Montana and North Dakota.

President Barack Obama rejected TransCanadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original application for a federal permit to build the pipeline in January by after congressional Republicans imposed a deadline for approval that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow enough time to address questions about the route through Nebraska.

Since then, TransCanada has split the project into two pieces. The company began construction last month on the southern section of the pipeline between Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast.

Doctor, wife, appeal drug fraud convictions WICHITA, Kan. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Kansas doctor and his wife appealing their convictions in a moneymaking conspiracy linked to 68 overdose deaths ripped the government for reversing its position and claiming that the couple had conflict-free trial attorneys.

Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda, were convicted in 2010 of conspiracy, unlawfully prescribing drugs, health care fraud and money laundering. The doctor was sentenced to 30 years, his wife to 33 years.

In filings with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, new attorneys for the Haysville couple said Tuesday that the prosecuting attorney, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanya Treadway, had taken dramatically different positions in the two courts.

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Bold Nebraskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jane Kleeb said the latest new route doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go far enough to address her groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerns about potential erosion of the Sandhills and groundwater contamination, so she believes state and federal officials should block the pipeline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The route still crosses the aquifer and it still crosses sandy soil, so all of the same concerns remain,â&#x20AC;?

Kleeb said.

TransCanada spokesman Grady Semmens said only 36 miles of the 275 miles of pipeline in Nebraska would cross sandy soils, and the new route entirely avoids the area Nebraska defined as the Sandhills.

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Marvin said after the meeting that the union would keep working to get pay raises for other employees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a step forward for basically 3,500 workers that KOSE represents,â&#x20AC;? Marvin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That means thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably another 5,500 that do not get a step forward.â&#x20AC;?

About 1,000 corrections officers are KOSE members.

The committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendation allocates about $1.65 million to the Lansing prison, $1.04 million to El Dorado, $1.19 for Hutchinson and more than $400,000 to the five other smaller facilities and the Department of Corrections itself.

Juvenile Justice Authority employees would see increases, as well, with $455,155 split among 161 employees at the Kansas Juvenile Corrections Complex in Topeka and $205,775 for 60 employees at the Larned facility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will go a long way toward helping the longterm employees of JJA that

New cross-country pipeline route proposed â&#x20AC;&#x153; TransCanada shares the goal of protecting

Sewer inspection finds sink, television PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pittsburg officials think they know why someone threw a kitchen sink into a sewer line. Now, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to know who did it.

KOAM-TV reported the sink, a TV and a microwave oven were discovered in a Pittsburg sewer this week during a routine inspection.

Pittsburg utilities director John said says the TV and microwave have been

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Job vacancies increased in Kansas during the second quarter of 2012 compared to a year earlier, according to a report Wednesday from the state Department of Labor.

The report found an estimated 36,000 vacancies from April to June, a 17.3 percent increase over the second quarter of 2011.

During the quarter, Kansas averaged 88,739 unemployed workers.

That meant about 2.5 workers for every job vacancy, which was an improvement from 2011, when there were 3.2 unemployed workers for every job opening.

By comparison, there were 1.3 unemployed persons for every job vacancy for the second quarter of 2008.

Labor Secretary Karin Brownlee said the survey shows positive movement for unemployed workers who are looking for work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fortunately, more jobs are available now than a year ago to meet the needs of the unemployed,â&#x20AC;?

Brownlee said.

The Kansas unemployment rate was a season-

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A committee overseeing state employee pay is recommending about $11.4 million in raises for underpaid state workers, with corrections officers at Kansas prisons among the groups benefiting most.

The Joint Committee on Employee Pay Plan Oversight on Tuesday recommended 7.5 percent raises for more than a thousand corrections officers. The funds were appropriated during the 2012 legislative session.

Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts told the committee the increases would bring officers who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had a pay raise since 2009 closer to the market rate.

Roberts said that out of seven states surveyed by his agency, only Oklahoma paid its corrections officer less than Kansas.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported the pay raises are part of a state program to raise the pay of certain state employees closer to similar private sector em-

because of â&#x20AC;&#x153;conflicted interestsâ&#x20AC;? arising from their representation of Siobhan Reynolds. Reynolds was the president of the Pain Relief Network, who allegedly used the case to promote her agenda against government prosecution of physicians who prescribe painkillers.

But in federal appeals court, Treadway claimed that by the time of trial, the lawyers were not actively representing both clients and the conflict had no â&#x20AC;&#x153;adverse effectâ&#x20AC;? on the case. She argued the Schneiders had received an â&#x20AC;&#x153;exceedingly fair trial, vigorously defended by separate counsel the defendants trusted and who believed in their respective clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innocence.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;More fundamentally, inconsistencies like those cataloged here reflect a deeper pathology, a certain disrespect for the courts, a contempt for the adversary, and an indifference to the norms and conventions that define appellate practice.â&#x20AC;?

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The City of Iola is accepting applications for a HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER. This position will be responsible for personnel issues, medical and health care, and risk management. Pay range between $16.98 and $22.98. Applications and job descriptions are available at the City Clerk’s office, 2 W. Jackson, or on the city’s website at http://www.cityofiola.com/. Application review begins September 21st. EOE/ADA. DIETARY AIDE. Windsor Place is taking applications. Apply at 600 E. Garfield, Iola, ask for Andrea Rogers, Dietary Manager. EOE

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NIGHT COOKS, Sonic Drive-In of Iola, is looking for a few dependable people! Good wages for good workers. Must be able to pass drug & background screening. Apply in person ONLY! No phone calls please. EOE. CMAs/CNAs. Tara Gardens and Arrowood Lane residential care communities are currently seeking CMAs/CNAs. Please apply in person at Arrowood Lane, 615 E. Franklin, Humboldt.

LEGAL SECRETARY/RECEPTIONIST POSITION. Applicant must be experienced, well organized, and have great PC skills (MS Word, Outlook and Excel). Salary commensurate with experience, including 401(k). All resumes will be kept confidential. Please send resume to: Kim, PO Box 866, Iola, KS 66749.

Exp. Flatbed Drivers: Regional opportunities now open with plenty of freight & great pay! 800-277-0212 or primeinc.com.

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Employment Wanted PRIVATE DUTY NURSE looking for clients, any shifts, 785-6339561 or 620-365-8761.

Opening for full-time Administrative Assistant to work in our Crop Insurance Department at our Humboldt Office.

Submit resume to loren@psi-insurance.com or take to any PSI office location, Iola - Humboldt - Moran.

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Apartments for Rent 2-BEDROOM, ground level, no pets, 620-365-7824 or 620-3659146.

DOWNTOWN MORAN, great 1-bedroom, no pets, $350 deposit & references required, move in now, no rent until October 1st, 620-237-4331 Monday-Friday 8-5 or 620-939-4800.

Real Estate for Rent 409 S. COLBORN, 3-BEDROOM, 1-bath, fully remodeled, $795 monthly, 620-496-6787.

IOLA, 412 N. VERMONT, 2-bedroom, very nice, CH/CA, with appliances, large backyard, single attached garage, auto opener, $695 monthly, call 620-496-6161 or 620496-2222.

305 S. FOURTH, 3-BEDROOM, all new inside, $500 monthly, $500 deposit, 620-365-9424, visit http://www.growiola.com/ LAHARPE, 903 S. WASHINGTON, 2-BEDROOM, 620-496-2345 or 620-496-8825.

MORAN, 341 N. PINE, $375 monthly plus deposit, 620-3659424.

Quality & Affordable homes available for rent, http://www. growiola.com/

Real Estate for Sale Allen County Realty Inc. 620-365-3178 John Brocker ........... 620-365-6892 Carolynn Krohn ....... 620-365-9379 Jim Hinson .............. 620-365-5609 Jack Franklin ........... 620-365-5764 Brian Coltrane.......... 620-496-5424 Dewey Stotler............620-363-2491 www.allencountyrealty.com

LICENSED DAY CARE now has openings, Cindy Troxel 620-365-2204.

Poultry & Livestock BOTTLE CALVES, calving 150 head of dairy cows to beef bulls Sept.-Nov., 620-344-0790.

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CREATIVE CLIPS BOARDING & GROOMING Clean, Affordable.

Shots required. 620-363-8272

Accepting applications NCCC NURSING PROGRAM through November 30th, 620-431-2820 ext.

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ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from Home. *Medical, *Business, *Criminal Justice, *Hospitality. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified.

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MANURE SPREADER, ground driven, ready to use, 620-237-4560 evenings, Moran.

Merchandise for Sale SEWING MACHINE SERVICE Over 40 years experience!

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620-473-2408 MIKE’S GUNS 620-363-0094 Thur.-Sat. 9-2 Good idea to call!

Edibles COOKING APPLES FOR SALE 21 W. Scott St, Iola 620-365-3931

Help Wanted

Talent Search Academic Advisor – Neosho County Community College seeks an academic advisor for the SEK Talent Search program. Bachelor’s degree in education or related field required. Knowledge of post-secondary admissions and assessment/placement processes, teaching/coaching/mentoring experience, and attention to detail and accuracy required. Applicant must be free of racial/ethnic bias.

To apply send letter of application, resume, unofficial transcripts, 5 references with contact information, and online employment application to Talent Search Academic Advisor Search, NCCC, 800 West 14th Street, Chanute, KS 66720.

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DREAM HOME FOR SALE. 402 S. Elm, Iola, Grand 3-story 1897 home on 3 lots. 4,894 sq. ft. $190,000. call 620-3659395 for Susan Lynn or Dr. Brian Wolfe susanlynnks@yahoo. com. More info and pictures at iolaregister.com/classifieds IOLA, 201 S. 3RD, nice 2-bedroom home, corner lot, good wiring, good roof & siding, 620-3652408.

IOLA, 9 KENWOOD CIRCLE, 3-BEDROOM, 2-bath, attached garage, CH/CA, 1744sq.ft. living area, deck, great neighborhood, on cul-de-sac, $118,000, 620-2281788.

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Two injured in plant mishap PARIS (AP) — A steam blast at France’s oldest nuclear plant Wednesday left two workers with slight finger burns and revived calls to reduce this country’s heavy reliance on nuclear power.

Nuclear safety authorities said there was no threat of radioactive leaks and that the incident at the Fessenheim plant near the German border was minor.

It touched a nerve, however, because anti-nuclear activists have long urged the closure of the plant, which was built in the 1970s and is in a seismic zone. Those calls have mounted since the earthquake and tsunami disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant last year.

Utility giant Electricite de France, which operates the plant, denied initial reports of a fire. EDF said in a statement that the incident occurred during maintenance when oxygenated water escaped and prompted a burst of steam. It said all nine people in the facility at the time were examined.

Plant director Thierry Rosso said two employees suffered slight burns on their index fingers from the blast of vapor. He said it triggered automatic calls to the emergency services, but insisted “there is no environmental impact.” He said the water involved was not contaminated.

“The next stage is to look at what happened” to cause the blast, he said in a conference call with reporters.

France relies on nuclear energy more than any other nation, getting about much of its electricity from atomic reactors scattered around the country. French President Francois Hollande pledged during his election campaign to close Fessenheim, which operates two 900-watt pressurized water reactors, by 2017.

Workers were preparing a chemical solution for treating waste water in a building that is separate from its two reactors when the incident occurred, said Thierry Charles, deputy director of the Institute for Radioactive Protection and Nuclear Security. He said there was an unexpected chemical reaction that resulted in the steam blast.

“It has nothing to do with radioactivity,” he said, noting that oxygenated water is widely used for industrial purposes. He said at this stage he sees “no risks” resulting from the incident.

The regional government in the neighboring German region of Baden-Wuerttemberg, which has been led by the anti-nuclear Greens since last year, has called for France to shut down Fessenheim quickly.

Noel Mamere, a parliament member from the environmental party and a vocal critic of nuclear energy, told BFM television that the latest incident is a reminder that “we must leave nuclear energy progressively” and turn to other, less risky sources of energy.

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‘Marry me or else’ falls flat

Dear Carolyn: What are your thoughts on giving a guy an ultimatum? Do you think after a certain period of time with somebody, the idea of living together or marriage should be brought up and, if not, some sort of ultimatum given? — Ultimatums?

Answer: My thoughts on ultimatums are overwhelmingly negative. Why would you want to marry someone you have to threaten to go along with it? And why would you want to pressure someone you love into anything (stuff that falls into the tough-medicine category excepted)?

If you want to marry someone, then that must mean you want to spend the rest of your life with him, right? If you’ve come to that conclusion, then do some more thinking on the topic before you say anything to anyone.

First, are you really at the point in your relationship where that makes sense?

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Have you seen each other through different things, have you taken note of the way you and he solve problems, are you good for each other, have you outlasted the head-rush of initial attraction? Are you gunning to marry this person because he’s the one you happen to be with when society tells you it’s Marriage Time?

Think, think, think and question everything in your reasoning that resembles an unchallenged assumption. It can’t hurt, and it can save you from feeling deeply stuck seven years from now.

If you’re sure this is the

person you want, then, next step: Would you be okay with your relationship staying as is “the rest of your life”?

Presumably no. So, what about your status quo do you want to change — do you want to share a home, have kids, make things right in the eyes of God, get your naggy Aunt Mae off your back, secure the legal protections offered by marriage ...

Once you’ve accounted for the who and the what, consider the various ways to get what you have. Presumably marriage is one of them, but are there others?

Are any of those acceptable to you?

After you’ve thoroughly explored all of these ideas, and lined up what you want, believe is best for you and hope is best for him, then you talk to him. You lay out the way you’d like things to be — barring the unforeseen, of course, as always — and see whether he

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shares your vision.

The conversation could end there. If you’re in agreement on your path as a couple, though, then you say that you see marriage as an important step in this process for X or Y reason(s).

Should his plans diverge from yours at any point, at least consider what he wants and the reasons he gives. If you can embrace his way, then do — and if you can’t, then explain that to him when you break up.

Translation: 100 percent truth, no ultimatums. It’s no fun to start the conversation, but there’s no “no fun” like a marriage entered under pressure.

This answer doesn’t account for styles; those who have a dramatic proposal scene in mind would have a hard time with the spellit-out conversation. As long as proposer and proposee both buy into the fairy-tale staging and also are able to talk freely after, then, mazel tov.

The implications of rapid increase in PSA Dear Dr. Donohue: Of interest to all men are PSA numbers. I am 90, and my number went from 4.6 to 5.1 in three months. My doctor insists I see a urologist. I have no symptoms of prostate trouble, and this really has me upset.

I am at a breaking point. — H.L. Answer: PSA, prostate specific antigen, is a blood test for the detection of prostate cancer. Experts argue about what value to choose to indicate a positive test result — that is, at what level the test truly indicates cancer. Many set four as that number. However, lower numbers are more meaningful at younger ages and higher numbers at older ages.

In fact, many would stop testing for PSA in a man who’s 90 years old.

Let me give you some more numbers and information that will only add to your grief.

If the PSA test increases by 0.75 in one year, that’s a significant increase that would trigger some doctors to ask for more testing. If the original PSA was 4, then an increase of 0.35 in one year would do the same.

All of this testing is contested at the present moment.

You are 90. Many feel that this

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Answer: It’s time to again consult an ENT — ear, nose and throat doctor. Such a doctor has a scope that allows inspection of the sinuses for detection of chronic infection. It also allows the doctor to sample tissue for culture so the infecting germ can be

Dr. Paul Donohue To Your Good Health age is too old to demand that a man submit to more testing, like a biopsy. Others feel that if a man of 90 is in good health, that man should be offered further investigation.

If I were in your shoes, I wouldn’t hesitate to hear what a urologist had to say. I might, however, decline to seek more testing and the prospects of an operation. In truth, since I am not that age, I’m not positive how I would react.

Dear Dr. Donohue: I have a lot of problems with sinus infections. I had sinus surgery about 10 years ago. At that time, my ENT doctor said I had pockets of infection in the sinus cavities. He performed surgery to clean the pockets.

For a few years I had fewer infections, but they are a problem again. The only antibiotic that clears the infection is Avelox. The most recent infection does not seem to be responding to Avelox. Can you offer any advice? — Anon.

identified and tested for antibiotic susceptibility. That way, the doctor will know what to prescribe. And if the lab is alerted, it can test for the germ’s susceptibility to Avelox.

That’s the best advice I can come up with.

DAILY CRYPTOQUOTES - Here’s how to work it:

Sudoku is like a crossword puzzle, but uses numbers instead of words.

The puzzle is a box of 81 squares, subdivided into 3x3 cubes of 9 squares each. Some squares are filled in with numbers. The rest should be filled in by the puzzler.

Fill in the blank squares allowing the numbers 1-9 to appear only once in every row, once in every column and once in every 3x3 box.

One-star puzzles are for beginners, and the difficulty gradually increases through the week to a very challenging fivestar puzzle.

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Turkey: 25 killed in blast

Tonight, thunderstorms likely.

Lows 70 to 75. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

Friday, occasional thunderstorms in the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Breezy. Not as warm.

Highs 75 to 80.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An explosion and blaze triggered by an accidentally dropped hand grenade killed 25 soldiers during a stock check at a Turkish ammunition depot, the government said today.

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Four other soldiers were injured in the blast, which lit up the night sky late Wednesday with flames, and shattered windows in homes in the nearby town of Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey, terrifying residents.

Forestry and Water Minister Veysel Eroglu ruled out terrorism and sabotage, saying the blast occurred in a section where hand grenades were kept. The soldiersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; remains were discovered after a subsequent blaze was extinguished. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One hand grenade was dropped during stock-taking and sorting, causing a large explosion,â&#x20AC;? Eroglu said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was no external intervention. There certainly was no sabotage or anything like that.â&#x20AC;?

Eroglu said hand grenades were found strewn across the area and authorities were detonating them with controlled explosions.

Turkeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NTV television showed security officers walking along a road and in fields, looking for unexploded ammunition.

Some civilians were evacuated from the nearby town overnight. Authorities warned people to stay away from the area.

In 1997, an explosion at Turkeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest weapons factory in Kirikkale in central Turkey killed two people and sparked a fire that raged for days.

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I was sweeping leaves off my sidewalk after the rain and uncovered this little rattlesnake. It was only about a foot long, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like snakes. I did quickly get my camera so I could prove that I really did see it on my sidewalk. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last long after my daughter got the hoe for me. I hope there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t more nearby.

My neighbor did see a dead one about a block away that had been run over. After looking on Wikipedia I found it is a Western Massasauga rattlesnake, usually 18 to 30 inches long. They are venomous. It did have a small button on the end of its tail.

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