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County hears Elsmore budget Day brings requests in big crowd

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com CallsBy toALLISON the 911 dispatch TINN center average allison@iolaregister.com one almost every 10 min-

Saturday, the people of Elsmore utes. showed they that might besound little, abut And while may litthey can host a fine tle slow, played out party over .24 hours and ofold, a People day andyoung every day the from year, near and comes far, came for the annual the total to 55,000.

Elsmore Day celebration.

“That’s what we received last Main Angie Street was the venue to year,” Murphy, dispatch shop city-wide garage sale, centerthe director, told Allen County watch the parade,Tuesday pet somemornanicommissioners mals ing. and share a homemade community The lunch. call total — she figures At or 11 more o’clock, from all half areclubs for true emerover the— county up for gencies wasn’tlined the point of the her Elsmore Daybut parade in front of appearance, the magnitude of the building. commisthecommunity number captivated Sheryl Wallis entertained the sioners. crowd by cracking jokes, commistalking Murphy was before to passersby and introducing the sioners to request a 20 percent floats. increase in the department’s budWallis had up the$126,000 help of her get for 2012, overlittle this dog Molly Jo who “thought she year’s $490,000. should along,” she said.

The come increase seemed pretty hefty. Murphy reasoned health insurance cost an additional AMONG will THE city-wide sales $50,000 andsale another $6,000 was a bake provided by was the expectedRuritan for Kansas Elsmore club. Public EmSee45th COUNTY | Page A5 “It is our year as a club and our 43rd year participating in Elsmore Day,” club secretary Clara Cunningham said.

They were selling a variety of baked goods for a steal price. Cupcakes, carrot cake, corn bread and Rice Crispy Treats went for as little as 25 cents and no more than $4.

All the proceeds went back into the club for “community needs and scholarships,” chairman of concession stand Kay Lewis said.

The club gives scholarships to high school and college students and last year gave out $1,200, Lewis said.

Some of the community needs

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Cheating scandal detailed

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall knew about cheating allegations on standardized tests but either ignored them or tried to hide them, according to a state investigation.

An 800-page report released Tuesday to The Associated Press Register/Richard Luken by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was through an open records request joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay field Tuesday. shows several educators reported cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009, and other administrators ignored those reBy RICHARD LUKEN attached. The bar was triggered ports and sometimes retaliated richard@iolaregister.com through a gear box engaged as its against the whistleblowers.

LE ROY — Unlike the mecha- wheels roll.

The yearlong investigation nized behemoths of today, Ray With no mechanical engine to shows educators at nearly four Whiteley’s mowing outfit was speak of, the only noise emanatdozen Atlanta elementary and considerably quieter. ing from his unit was from the Register/Allison Tinn middle schools cheated on stanHis “engine” — a pair of teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar Left, Krystin Shaw holding her rooster, CatDog. Right Sheryl Wallis and her dog Molly Jo sit in the bed of a truck with an umbrella introdardized tests by helping stu1,200-pound mules — needed only rotating back and forth. ducing the floats in the parade. dents or changing the answers an occasional break from the stiJoining Whiteley was neighbor once exams were handed in. fling summer heat as Whiteley and friend Greg Gleue, with his The investigators also found a traversed his way around an 18- own mowing outfit, another sick“culture of fear, intimidation and acre prairie hay meadow. le bar mower pulled by a pair of retaliation” in the school district “It’s a little warm, so we’ve Percheron draft horses. over the cheating allegations, been taking it easy,” Whiteley “We’re having some fun with which led to educators lying said. “It’s our little hobby.” it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind about the cheating or destroying The mules were pulling White- of a wimp about it. He needs a Ray Whiteley ley’s antique sickle bar mower, See CHEATING | Page A5 See MOWING | Page A5 a small wagon with cutting bar

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear

Temps for run look inviting

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

An anticipated field of a thousand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown business district early Saturday as Register/Allison Tinn Charley Melvin did in 1905, can Left, the Mirza Oriental Band from Pittsburg strolls down Main Street during the Elsmore Day parade.

Right, the Hardly Able firetruck be thankful that Melvin chose to passes by carrying Mirza Shrine club members for the parade. do his dastardly deed in the midSee ELSMORE | Page A4 dle of the night.

Had the event being commemorated occurred in mid-day, participants would battle oppressive heat and humidity, with both picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday forecast at the upper end of the afternoon. As in the past, “we exdiscomfort scale during daytime pect a lot of people to sign up FriFriday and Saturday. As is, they day night.”

Cost is $12 for the walk. RunBy BOB JOHNSON will run and walk in somewhat bob@iolaregister.com more inviting temperatures pre- ners’ fees are $14 for youth to age Register/Susan Lynn In a cluttered shop behind his dicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m. 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for These men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s favorite home on North Kentucky Street members of teams.

Saturday. race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and the Rev. Steve Traw, 65, whiles Runners in the third annual The race — many walkers will Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. away making birdhouses and be out for a stroll — will cap activ- event will aim for best times of other crafty things. ities that start late Friday after- 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for It’s an avocation punctuated noon and will go on throughout females, set last year. by fate.

Sticks of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” the evening. Included will be the Traw has difficulty getting will be awarded the first three much-awaited “drag race,” feaBy ANDREW TAYLOR around, although he is confident places 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 Associated Press that soon he will be able to trade 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 WASHINGTON (AP) — When a walker for a cane.

Onceofa strapunder, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 and 61 Chris Weiner at Thrive Allen If you’ve got enough it, Fri- to another. wide selection from which to lawmakers return to Washington ping fellow,isTraw has undergone and over.

County, co-sponsor with Allen day night the night to let your “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m. today, they face big issues, includthree back surgeries, one for participants will break hair down.

David Toland, executive director Registration to participate County Crimestoppers for “The ingAll taxes, spending cuts and the cancer, and at theismoment is refrom in front of the post office.

One sure test to participate of Thrive Allen County and one in the drag race is $5. That also Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run prospect of a debilitating “fiscal stricted to a shuffle.

Runners will follow a course that in the “Drag Race” as a runup to of the organizers for Friday’s gains participants entrance to a for your Life,” said total of partic- cliff ” in January. Yet Congress is SixCharlie months ago his wife, Sue, will take them on West to Washthe Melvin Mad Bomber events.

9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive ipants was approaching 450, with expected to do what it often does died. ington, then Jackson, Jefferson about 200 signed on for the 5-kiloRun For Your Life race.

If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can best: punt problems to the future.

Despite thewomen adversity hisare faith East to Cottonwood. They Men and alike en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the meter run. The walk will follow a and With Election Day less than two remains See TEMPS | B6 3-kilometer course. couragedstrong. to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on months away, their focus seems to “God has been good“compete” to me,” “Registration, including prob- be on the bare minimum — preder manner and then and other accoutrements will be See EGO | Page B6 Traw said.of four in a relay. Last available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s ably a fifth online, has really venting a government shutdown in teams when the budget year ends Sept.

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Traw’s interest when he was Democrats controlling the Sengrowing up on a farm near ate and their House GOP rivals Americus. also will also try to set up votes The family had a carpenter intended to score political points

By JOE SNEVE — Since 1871 — Register/Bob Johnson come to work, a short fellow, who joe@iolaregister.com or paint the other side with an At the bandstand Jim Garner, director took advantage of Traw’s height The Rev. Steve Traw spends many hours a week building birdhouses and other wood creations.

When Brian Pekarek was hired unflattering brush two months Thursday, July 7, 2011 8 p.m. to position new boards in a ceilas superintendent of the Iola PROGRAM before the election. Their efforts ing project. district in understand February, hetilities had waned in Vietnam, Star Spangled Banner..................................................arr.

J.P. Sousa atschool are sure to be overshadowed by plant for Iowa Beef. home and I didn’t “I learned from him,” Traw sawwe ancould opportunity to “reinvigoAmericans We — march ..........................................

Henry the presidential campaign. get by just on my Traw logged about 1,300 hours as “I built forms for Fillmore concrete how said, including how to cut pieces rate” USD 257. “What I made a navigator in C-130s, including Rock, Rhythm and Blues — medley ......................

Jackincluded Bullock salary,” Topping the agenda of substanpads,” he said,arr. which he said. so precise they could be installed With wasn’t a focus on academic Army of the Nile — march...................................Kenneth J. Alford teaching tive business is a six-month temsetting bolts for air compressors. as much as I some time in AC-130 gunships. “with a tap.” achievement public transparBegin of the Beguine ......................................................

Cole Porter porary spending bill to finance Many of his early experiences “They were surprised that the made working and summers at the Traw pursued math and sciency, Pekarek hopes he can fur-navigating low-level flights were Invercargill — march ...................................................

Alex Lithgow the government’s day-to-day opbolts were exactly right. It was Iowa Beef plant. ence at Emporia State Univerther success the the district andflown from Forbes Air Base in Hymn to the Fallen....................................

John for Williams/Sweeney erations. The annual appropriaAlthough “I for loved classjust a matter measuring from sity and earned a teaching dethe more 1,300 students rely-Topeka.

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A na-grounds,” Traw chuckled. “I nevThe Washington Post — march ...................................John P. Sousa campaign season. The stopgap After graduation, he and wife provide for family joined part-time on converting an old Brian Pekarek, center,(crew)” visits with Barb Geffert andgive Marcy Boring at Rained out concerts will be rescheduled Friday evening. measure would the next Coner told any of the others Sue, alsofor a teacher, were hired by the Air Force and qualified for See PEKAREK | Page A5 the USD 257 board office. gress time to fashion a full-year that he was intimately familiar the district in Seneca. officer candidate school.

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Chicago teachers strike

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By DON BABWIN and TAMMY WEBBER

CHICAGO (AP) — City officials vowed to keep hundreds of thousands of students safe when striking teachers hit the picket lines today and school district and teachers union leaders resumed negotiations on a contract that appeared close to being resolved over the weekend before the union announced both sides were too far apart to prevent the district’s first strike in 25 years.

The walkout in the nation’s third-largest school district posed a tricky test for Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his city, as parents and school officials begin the task of trying to ensure nearly 400,000 students are kept safe.

School officials said they will open more than 140 schools between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. so children can eat lunch and breakfast in a district where many students receive free meals. The district asked community organizations to provide additional programs for students, and a number of churches, libraries and other groups plan to offer day camps and other activities. But it’s not clear how many families will send their children to the added programs.

Police Chief Garry McCarthy said he was deploying police officers to those sites to ensure kids’ safety but also to “deal with any

Today

Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., New Community Building at Riverside Park.

USD 257 school board meeting, 6:30 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

Marmaton Valley USD 256 school board meeting, 7 p.m., district office in Moran.

Humboldt City Council, 7 p.m., Humboldt City Hall.

USD 479 school board meeting, 7 p.m., board office in Colony.

Allen County Chapter American Cancer Society, 7 p.m., conference room at Allen County Hospital.

USD 258 school board, 7:30 p.m., board office in Humboldt.

Tuesday

Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse commissioners’ room.

Book fair and gift sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Allen County Hospital basement, sponsored by Allen County Hospital Auxiliary.

Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College Student Center meeting room.

Grief Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Allen County Home Health and Hospice, 501 N. State, call 365-2120.

Allen County Hospital trustees meeting, 7 p.m., Mary Ellen Stadler meeting room at Allen County Hospital, open to public.

American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 15, 7:30 p.m. Post Home.

Wednesday

Iola Area Ministerial Association, noon, Windsor Place.

Dirt Diggers Garden Club, 2 p.m., Townhouse Apartments.

ANW Special Education Cooperative board meeting, 6:30 p.m., 710 Bridge St., Humboldt.

LaHarpe City Council meeting, 7 p.m., LaHarpe City Hall.

Jones Hardy Post No. 385 American Legion and Auxiliary, 7 p.m., Post Home, Moran.

Iola BPOE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

Thursday

Rotary Club, noon, The Greenery.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly No. KS 880, Iola, 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson.

Farmers Market, 5:30 p.m., southwest corner of Iola square.

Allen Community College Board of Trustees meeting, 6 p.m., Student Center trustees’ meeting room at the college.

Friday

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

Saturday

Harmony Society picnic, 5:30 p.m., Dixie and Norman Bunch hosts.

Cancer Support Group, 10-11 a.m., Parish Hall at St. John’s Catholic Church.

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Chicago Teachers Union members gather outside the Merchandise Mart Sunday in Chicago. Chicago’s teachers union went on strike today for the first time in 25 years after talks with public schools officials ended Sunday without resolution. protests that teachers may, in fact, have� while protecting their rights. He also was taking officers off desk duties and redeploying them to the streets to deal with potential protests — and thousands of students who could be on the streets.

Emanuel said he will work to end the strike quickly. “We will make sure our kids are safe, we will see our way through these issues and our kids will be back in the classroom where they belong,� Emanuel said Sunday night, not long after the union announced it was going on strike. “I would like all the parties to do right by our children. ... Our kids belong in the classroom. The negotiators belong at the negotiating table and fin-

ish their job.�

The two sides were not far apart on compensation but were on other issues, including health benefits — teachers want to keep what they have now — and a new teacher evaluation system based partly on students’ standardized test scores, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said. “This is a difficult decision and one we hoped we could have avoided,� she said. “We must do things differently in this city if we are to provide our students with the education they so rightfully deserve.� “This is not a strike I wanted,�

Emanuel said. “It was a strike of choice ... it’s unnecessary, it’s avoidable and it’s wrong.�

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Monday, September 10, 2012

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In growing US costs will rise.

Who will pay?

About a million jobs in America’s cities, counties and schools could be created within months if Congress would pass legislation President Obama has proposed.

But that is not a good reason to ship billions of dollars to state and local governments from Washington. Teachers shouldn’t be hired to boost the economy. They must be needed in classrooms before they are put on the payroll. Ditto for firemen and law enforcement officers.

There is no disputing that the worst recession since the Great Depression has hit states and local governments hard.

Tax revenues have fallen. Budgets have been slashed. Public sector jobs have evaporated. It is also obvious that those job losses make up a substantial chunk of the 8.1 percent of the nation’s workforce, which is unemployed. Federal grants to the states could restore those jobs and lift the nation’s economy.

That may be, say congressional Republicans, but the money would have to be borrowed because we aren’t about to raise taxes — especially just now, when the primary effect would be to give the president a political boost. And that brings us back to the matter of need and responsibility. Are those teachers, firemen and policemen and other public workers really needed? If they are, who should pay their salaries?

These questions aren’t being addressed frankly and honestly on the campaign trail.

Voters should demand straight talk about them.

LET US FIRST agree that in a growing nation like the United States, government’s payroll will increase or government services will decline.

It is not reasonable to expect public schools to do a better job of teaching a growing number of students with fewer teachers who are paid lower wages.

Bigger cities also require more first responders — or public safety will decline.

If these basics can be agreed upon, then the question becomes who pays.

Over U.S. history, responsibility for paying the bill for government — for the things Americans do for each other through public agencies — has shifted from local government to the state and national government. Cities, counties, school districts and states still raise and spend a great deal of

money every year, to be sure.

But Uncle Sam has also picked up a significant share of local government budgets.

The explanation for the shift has been that most of us agree that government should be an equalizer. Every kid should get a good education, every citizen should be protected from crime and given help when afflicted by disaster, have health care, clothing and a roof over his head and given a fair shot at a good life, etc., etc., etc.

Because wealth is not apportioned equally among states or within states it was natural that the nation’s lawmakers and administrators agreed to apportion government services according to need and to get the resources to pay for those services from those areas which were most prosperous.

THIS PHILOSOPHY is under direct assault by the Republican Party in this election. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are pledged to reduce the amount of money the federal government gives to states, cities, counties and schools and are calling upon states and local units, such as schools, community colleges and universities, to pay more or agree to cut their budgets. If adopted, this approach will devastate the nation’s poorest states, poorest cities and school districts — and the poorest citizens.

Kansans in general and Iolans in particular can understand how the Romney/Ryan creed will hammer areas like ours. Before the state took over the financing of the public schools about 20 years ago, the Iola school district was forced to pay a property tax levy about three times that of wealthy Johnson County and still had far less to spend to educate an Iola student than did its big city counterparts. When the state took over and the public schools were supported with statewide taxes, USD 257 property owners saw their school taxes drop like a stone.

Shifting more of the education, Medicare and Medicaid budgets to states and individual citizens — as Romney and Ryan are pledged to do — will hurt poor states and poor individuals the most. And refusing to raise taxes on those most able to bear the increase will keep the deficit growing while government services shrink.

This isn’t political rhetoric.

It is plain, 2+2=4 arithmetic.

Do the homework, then decide.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

Could be last hurrah for radical Republicans The political conventions of the last two weeks have dramatized that there is an immense difference between our two national parties in their attitudes toward, and expectations of, government. For Republicans, it is “government, my enemy,” and for Democrats it is “government, my friend.”

It wasn’t always that way, and it may not be that way in the future.

But that’s the way it is for now. For those who filled the convention hall in Charlotte, and for the many Americans who elected Barack Obama president four years ago, government is their protector and helps them do things together they cannot do alone.

The delegates at the Democratic convention sprang from the minorities and workers for whom government has provided opportunity and, consecutively, a New Deal, a Fair Deal, and a Great Society. They do not intend to go back to where they were as recently as the time of my youth. They have crawled out from under the oppression of poverty, and achieved great things. If humanly possible, they will not retreat to second-class citizenship inherent in a plutocracy.

That tall, articulate, and handsome woman who addressed the convention and the nation on the first night of the Democratic convention is one of the greatest political symbols and personalities ever to appear on this side of the ocean.

Michelle Obama spoke loudly and clearly for women and minorities, and for economic and human justice for all Americans.

Those who programmed the Republican convention also realized American winners and losers will no longer be decided by skin color or ethnic background, or by denying opportunity to many Americans. To counteract what they expected in the following week, they featured impressive Republican women governors and a host of others who “have

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made it” in our land of opportunity since their grandparents came here and began at the back of the line.

But they claimed, echoing the voice of Ronald Reagan, they and their families succeeded because government got out of the way, not because of handouts and favors.

For now, both parties realize our multicultural nation is not about to return to laws and conditions that existed before the presidencies of Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. That is good. But, if this was a masquerade seeking success in one more election, this is bad.

The table is carefully set for a Republican victory in November. It can be their victory of the millennium, or, a last hurrah for haters of government that helps everyone.

Since the 1930s and 1960s, major segments of the Republican party have worked to repeal those decades. This can be the year. But, it also appears it may be now or never.

This year, they have unlimited, secret money available because of their Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United. They have voter suppression laws working on their behalf in critical states.

In fact, Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, may be the most important star in the Republican heavens, even more important than Grover Norquist who pushes no-tax pledges on weak-kneed Republican legislators.

Republicans also have going for them huge federal budget deficits and increased debt of their careful, deliberate making. In a series of bizarre policies, they turned Clinton

Republicans have going for them huge federal budget deficits and increased debt of their careful, deliberate making. In a series of bizarre policies, they have turned Clinton budget surpluses into huge deficits. budget surpluses into huge budget deficits. They paid for two wars on credit cards, and simultaneously cut taxes for the rich. The wars cost $3 trillion, the tax cuts $1.3 trillion, and our country teetered on another Great Republican Depression when Barack Obama became president in 2009.

Someone said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” and the Republicans do not intend to. By cutting federal government income to the lowest percentage of the gross domestic product in 60 years, Republicans have starved the beast, to the extent they can petition voters to further cut the spending that put those delegates in their seats in Charlotte.

Mitt Romney says this time policies of the George W. Bush administration will work. This is irrational.

But, the Golden Grail of nullifying FDR’s and LBJ’s administrations is tantalizingly within Republican grasp. And, they realize if they spend enough for propaganda and keep enough voters away from the polls, they may get their hands on the people-programs they have attacked for decades.

Otherwise, it may be politically katy-bar-the-door for reactionary Republicans for a long time to come.

Time is right for a third party to emerge in Kansas Political parties are like sports teams. Most tend to stay with one from cradle to grave. You’d no sooner see a Royals fan in Cardinal red than Rockies purple.

People leave political parties with that same rarity. So it was noteworthy that Wichita’s Jean Schodorf, one of the moderate Republicans unseated by Governor Sam Brownback’s allies, announced Aug. 30 she was leaving the GOP. Schodorf ’s departure from the GOP makes a strong statement about the current state of party politics in Kansas.

Animosity within the GOP built up for more than a decade until war broke out in 2012. Factionalism is common in majority parties like the Kansas GOP. However, those factions tend to fight in the legislature but settle their differences before they spill over into contested primaries. When the fights fail legislative containment and go to elections, they can spell doom for the majority party.

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The choice Schodorf makes will likely have a lasting impact on Kansas politics, if for no other reason than she may start a chain reaction that could shift the partisan balance in the state.

The obvious strategy would be for Schodorf to join the Democratic Party. While a distant second in voter registrations, Democrats are competitive in Kansas at the right time and in the right district. Schodorf ’s Democratic realignment would send a clear signal that unless one is in strong lockstep with Governor Brownback, the Republican Party is no welcome place. The Democrats until recently had a strong cam-

paign apparatus that could be rebuilt with the right leadership.

Democrats would not supplant the Republicans as the state’s majority party, but could return to their competitiveness during the Sebelius era. However, the last time moderate Republicans were enticed to switch to the Democrats, only a few made the move.

Paul Morrison and Mark Parkinson did not inspire a flood of Republicans to leave the party, but they were not shown the door in the emphatic way Schodorf and her kind were.

Schodorf and the bevy of other ousted Republicans like Tim Owens, Roger Reitz and Dick Kelsey could simply run as independents. Unaffiliated voters in Kansas are smaller in number than nationwide, but the number is growing and popular dissatisfaction with the two main parties could inspire a Ross Perot-style anti-party revolt. However, even Ross Perot eventually decided he

needed a party, which leads to the third option.

Assuming conservatives and moderates make roughly equal numbers of the state GOP, rather than moving in with Democrats Schodorf may decide it’s time to build a new house and form a new party entirely. Third parties like the Populists have a history in Kansas, sweeping the GOP out in the late 1800s. Former Governor Bill Graves and Senate President Steve Morris were able to quickly build a campaign apparatus outside the existing GOP structure during the primary and fund it well, though the Democratic-allied sources of that money make it unlikely they could access that money again from a new party. Moderate Republicans do vote distinctly differently than their Democratic counterparts, so they might be an awkward fit there. But a third party, able to control its own agenda and platform, raise its own money, and offer a consistent alternative

vision might be a viable option.

The history of third parties does not suggest we should have much confidence, however. Whether it is Perot’s Reform Party, or going back to the Know-Nothings and Anti-Masonic parties, third parties tend to have a quick rise and quicker fall. The Libertarians and Socialists notwithstanding, most startup political parties do not last more than an election or two.

But most startup parties lack the existing numbers and structure that Schodorf ’s group has.

And most of those other parties were national, where voters are more divided between the main parties.

Here in Kansas, there is a sizable chunk of the population that just might respond to a new political entity. The divorce from Brownback’s conservatives just might give Schodorf and her allies the opportunity to blaze a new trail and compete with a brand new party.

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HIS YEAR in Thailand was a turning point.

“I felt closer than ever to Sue and young Mike (their first child) and I also felt the call of God” to the ministry, Traw said.

When he told Sue he wanted to enroll in seminary, she was prepared.

“In junior high she told the Lord she wanted to marry a minister.”

Four years of seminary in Dallas — Traw likes to kid about crowding it into five years — preceded his first pulpit experience at Post, Texas, a position he had for five years.

Then came 22 years at Iola’s First Christian Church through 2009. Health problems cropped up about 10 years ago with upper back cancer and then unrelated lower back problems, which affected his legs.

“All through the years both of us worked,” he said. “I don’t know how Sue did all she did, working all day teaching (at Jefferson Elementary) and also keeping the house and the kids going.”

Two daughters, Judy and Rebecca joined Mike, to make the Traw family a fivesome.

“I miss her so much,” Traw said of his wife. “She was taken back to the Lord, and I’m thankful for all we had. I’ll be seeing her again before too long.”

H Elsmore Traw lives alone in a small house where he admits to being domestically challenged because of mobility issues.

“I think some of my friends at McDonald’s (where he has coffee each morning) are a little embarrassed for me having to struggle in with a walker, but I’m not,” Traw said.

“I’m getting better.”

OUTSIDE a house in Topeka, where grandson Jake lives, are three trees, one with a fork destined to hold a treehouse.

“Judy said ‘Dad can do it,’” and Traw took on the challenge, even though he was on crutches. It’s something he would have done for any of his 13 grandchildren.

“I live for my grandkids,” he said.

When done, and after more than a little pushing and shoving and straining to get the components in place 10 feet off the ground, an 8-foot-by-8-foot treehouse sits in the fork.

“When it was done, Jake said, ‘Papa, that’s the best treehouse I’ve ever seen,’ and that just about melted me,” Traw said. “It was the best I’d ever built — the only one I’ve ever built.”

He was 60 at the time, and recalled it as a labor of love, for Jake and himself.

“I had always wanted a treehouse when I was young,” Traw said.

“I have a lot of fun,” he said of the hobby. “I don’t mean to make money. I like to make things and give

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include a house burning down, a community member going to doctors, giving to the Allen County D.A.R.E program, dog and cat vaccination clinic, ice cream socials and donations to school functions, Cunningham said.

The club members’ attitude is similar to that of the town of Elsmore — little but mighty.

“We help in any way we can,” Lewis said. Cunningham added, “no wonder we are so tired.”

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The Rev. Steve Traw made this colorful orioles feeder that hangs on his front porch. them to friends and to help others raise money for their projects.”

Bill Mentzer, a coffee chum, mentioned a small island in a pond on son Craig Mentzer’s farm that would be ideal for a wood duck nesting house. A few days later, Mentzer was pleasantly surprised when Traw carried a nesting box into McDonald’s.

When the Iola High School band and Allen County Animal Rescue Facility had fundraisers, Traw made birdhouses to help out. At Farm-City Days his birdhouses will be for sale at a community garden booth.

Traw inscribes his name on all of his projects as well as the Bible verse from John 3:16 — “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son,

that whosever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Many friends, even casual acquaintances, bring boards for Traw to recycle into projects. Old wood yardsticks, for example, with advertising are cut and used for roofing.

“I’ve always had the ability to look at plans and know how to build things,” Traw allowed.

“My Lord was a carpenter,” Traw notes.

Nowadays Traw fills the pulpit at Carlyle’s Presbyterian Church and leads Bible study.

His role as a pastor hasn’t been so different from what he first thought was his mission in the classroom.

“I love to teach,” he said, with his textbook the past 30 years being a Bible.

bers could be packing up and leaving the Capitol by Friday evening to return to their districts to campaign.

At most, they’ll return the following week. The Senate is also likely to have a shortened September schedule.

What may be most noteworthy then about the abbreviated pre-election session is not what Congress is doing but the stack of must-do work that lawmakers are leaving unfinished until a postelection lameduck session.

Topping the list is the expiration of the full menu of President George W. Bush-era tax cuts on Dec. 31. The resulting tax increases, when combined with more than $100 billion in automatic acrossthe-board spending cuts set to take effect at the same time, have become known as the fiscal cliff.

Economists warn that unless Congress acts, the onetwo austerity punch would send the fragile economy back into recession.

The automatic cuts are

punishment for the inability of last year’s deficit reduction “supercommittee” to strike a bargain to cut 10-year deficits by at least $1.2 trillion as promised by last summer’s debt and budget pact. The Bush tax cuts were originally set to expire at the end of 2010 but were renewed two years ago. President Barack Obama promises to raise the top tax rate on upper bracket earners back to the Clinton-era level of 39.6 percent, up from 35 percent now.

Other pressing issues for the lame-duck session include averting an almost 30 percent cut in physicians’ Medicare fees, the food and farm bill, passing the annual Pentagon policy bill, a Russia free trade bill and legislation to reform the Postal Service, which is now losing $25 million a day. Congressional inaction now would mean the Postal Service will default on a $5.5 billion payment into its pension fund that due at the end of the month.

THE MARMATON Valley FFA club offered a petting zoo free to the public.

Dun, a quarter horse, was one of the animals there. He is 20 years old and Saturday was his first petting zoo.

“My brother usually rides him now because he is getting older,” said Trent Johnson, FFA member and Dun’s owner.

Johnson feeds Dun a bale of hay and a gallon of oats a day.

Also at the petting zoo was a rooster named CatDog, after the late 90s Nickelodeon cartoon show.

CatDog stayed calm in the arms of his owner Krystin Shaw as she visited with people.

“Chickens are the closest relatives to dinosaurs,” FFA member Megan Weiwes would say as people stopped by to pet the animals.

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set up a booth at the celebration where people could register early for the fourth annual Allen County Meltdown.

At the booth participants would be weighed in and given a folder full of essential Meltdown information, such as a list of rules, a calendar and a list of incentives.

“It is a live calendar so it can always change,” program director Damaris Kunkler said. “We are encouraging anyone who has anything going on to call the Thrive office.”

Kathy Ward and Helen LaRue were among the people stopping by and signing up for the eight-week, county-wide program.

“When I was listening to (the Thrive members) talking about the Meltdown I decided to join,” Ward said.

“Kathy and I are going to try and get our Bible study group to join the program,” LaRue added.

Registration begins today and participants can register at the Thrive Allen County office at 2 E. Jackson St., Marmaton Valley High School and Terri’s Flower Shop in Humboldt.

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plan. There would be no more sure way of driving Congress’ approval ratings even lower than for lawmakers to stumble into a government shutdown right before the Nov. 6 vote.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., hope to present the measure this week, with a House vote as early as Thursday. The measure also will ensure a steady flow of money into disaster aid accounts.

More challenging is what to do with one of the most significant pieces of leftover business, a five-year farm bill. It would overhaul crop safety net programs while funding the food stamp program that now provides assistance to more than 46 million people.

The current farm act expires at the end of September. House Republican leaders are wary of bringing the bill to the floor. It now appears that Congress will at most opt for a temporary extension of the old bill, including drought aid for livestock producers whose assistance programs expired last year.

But it’s not certain lawmakers will do even that.

Without a formal extension, food stamp and other nutrition programs would continue to function beyond Sept. 30. Most farmers would not be affected because the current farm bill covers 2012 crops regardless of when they are harvested.

The food and farm legislation has bedeviled House leaders because many GOP conservatives want deeper cuts to food stamps than Democrats, whose votes are needed to pass the measure, are willing to go for.

In all likelihood, political votes are on tap. New York Sen. Charles Schumer, a key Democratic Party strategist, wants a procedural vote on the House Republican budget plan written by

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP vice presidential nominee.

“Let ’em embrace it again,” Schumer said while making the rounds at the Democratic convention last Thursday.

In the House, Republicans promise a vote Friday on a bill called the “No More S o l y n dras Act,” w h i c h Sen. Schumer w o u l d phase out Energy Department loan guarantees for solar and wind energy companies. It’s unlikely to even get a vote in the Senate.

Solyndra Inc. went bankrupt last year after receiving a loan guarantee from the Obama administration, even as some White House aides raised red flags. The California company’s failure left taxpayers on the hook for $500 million.

But after a full five-day workweek, House mem-

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Finding a way to get out of pool play and into bracket play at their own tournament was huge for Iola High’s Fillies. An Iola team hadn’t been in the top four teams in three years.

“We had a such a rough start to the season at the tournament at Prairie View then back to Prairie View last week. With just one win, we were a little unsure of ourselves. It was a big deal for our girls to reach the bracket play Saturday,” said Emily Sigg, Fillies’ head coach.

Seeing Prairie View High’s Buffalos for the third time already this season, the Fillies opened Saturday’s pool play with a decisive 25-18, 25-20 win. Then came Labette County.

Iola pushed out to a first set win against the Grizzlies. But in the second set, the Fillies fell behind 24-15.

Emma Piazza went back to serve for Iola. Labette County just needed to sideout to send the match to a third set.

Piazza and the Fillies didn’t allow that to happen. Piazza served 10 straight points to tie the set up.

Net play by Katie Thompson provided several points in the run.

The Fillies had to hold defensively and Emery Driskel, who had six kills in the match, delivered one. Driskel served up a point.

Labette County had the serve at 26-26 but Kyra Moore came up with a defensive kill for Iola.

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Emma Piazza (9) served up 19 points, including 10 consecutive, to help Iola High’s Fillies defeat Labette County in pool play Saturday at the IHS Invitational.

Sports calendar Today High School Football Osawatomie at Iola JV, 4:30 p.m.

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

Girls’ Golf Yates Center at Chanute

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Emotions were high Saturday for Iola High’s Fillies as they made it out of pool play and into the semifinals of the Iola High Invitational volleyball tournament. Senior Breanna Stout (2) and sophomore Addie Haar (1) celebrate a kill against Pittsburg in the third-place match.

Iola lost to Pittsburg in three sets and placed fourth.

Thompson went to the service line for Iola.

Her only ace of the match came on the final serve. It gave Iola a 2523, 28-26 win and secured a spot in the semifinal bracket.

“This match showed me how much fight these girls have and how determined they can be when they wanted to,” Sigg said.

Iola battled Pittsburg for the top spot in the pool. The Fillies came from behind to win the first set then the Purple Dragons rallied to win the match 23-25, 25-14, 25-18.

The Fillies took on Burlington High’s Wildcats in the semifinals.

The Wildcats rolled to a 25-9, 25-21 win. In the first set, Burlington led 10-9 and Blake Peterson served out the set, 15 straight points.

“That was a hard loss to a great team. We started to fall flat and reverted back to old mistakes that we made in previous losses,” Sigg said.

Burlington went on to win its second straight IHS Invitational title. The Wildcats beat Anderson County High’s Lady Bulldogs 27-25, 25-16 in the championship match. The two teams were in the same pool and Burlington won that match 25-13, 19-25, 25-14.

The Fillies faced Pittsburg again in the third-place match.

Pittsburg lost to Anderson County 25-23, 25-20 in the semifinals.

After a slow start with the Dragons, the Fillies were down a set plus faced a 20-16 deficit in the second set. Thompson was on the service line and got the Fillies back in the match.

Thompson had three ace serves while Driskel and Breanna Stout each had a kill. Iola gained the lead and was up 24-22 when Moore served the final point.

The Fillies fell behind in the third set and couldn’t catch up. Pittsburg won 25-19, 22-25, 25-18.

For the tournament, Piazza served up 52 points and had three ace serves. She also had 26 set assists, three kills and one block.

Thompson had 47 service points and five aces. She delivered 10 kills at the net and three blocks.

Hannah Endicott served 38 points and had four ace serves.

Emma Sigg had four digs.

“I was happy with how the girls played all weekend,” Sigg said.

“They showed a lot of heart and that they are capable of being a great team.”

Sigg said the tournament play at home was a big boost to the Fillies. They will have all week to continue to improve on areas before heading south to Pittsburg for this Saturday’s Pittsburg High Invitational.

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Iola High’s Katie Thompson (13) puts up a block against Labette County in Saturday’s IHS Invitational.

Williams wins US Open title Freshmen NEW YORK (AP) — Given all of the setbacks Serena Williams shrugged aside over the years — on tennis courts and, more daunt-

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Tuesday High School Volleyball Marmaton Valley, St. Paul at Southern Coffey County Humboldt at Cherryvale Crest, Burlington at Yates Center Jr. High Volleyball IMS 7th, 8th at Chanute, 3:30 p.m.

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Girls’ Golf Yates Center at Eureka

Moore had 33 points served and one ace. She also was credited with 30 set assists.

Driskel led the Fillies’ net attack with 28 kills on the day and eight solo blocks. She served 42 points and had nine ace serves.

Addie Haar had 11 kills and four solo blocks plus served 21 points and had three ace serves.

Stout delivered 10 kills and one solo block.

Keli Lee had seven digs and

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Serena Williams defeats Victoria Azarenka in Sunday’s women’s finals of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, NY.

When the going gets toughest, Williams tends to shine.

Finally tested, and even trailing, at Flushing Meadows, Williams suddenly found her composure and her strokes, winning the last four games for a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 victory over top-ranked Victoria Azarenka on Sunday night, collecting a fourth U.S. Open championship and 15th Grand Slam title overall.

“I never give up. I never, never quit,” Williams said after the first three-set U.S. Open women’s final since 1995. “I have come back so many times in so many matches.”

Take a look at what Williams has done lately. Back on May 29, she lost to a woman ranked 111th at the French Open, the American’s only first-round exit in 49 career Grand Slam tournaments.

Certainly in her case.

Since then, Williams is 26-1, including titles at Wimbledon, the London Olympics and the U.S. Open.

Earlier Sunday, Novak Djokovic beat fourth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in a match suspended a day earlier.

In today’s final, Djokovic will face Olympic champion Andy Murray, who beat Tomas Berdych 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (7) on Saturday.

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LACYGNE — Iola High’s freshman volleyball team placed fifth at the Prairie View High Freshman Invitational Saturday.

The Fillies lost to JayhawkLinn 25-14, 25-14 and to Paola 2512, 25-10. They came back to defeat Prairie View 25-12, 25-20 to finish pool play.

Taking on the third-place team from the other pool, Iola defeated Anderson County 25-10, 25-14. The Fillies ended up 2-2 for the day.

Paola won the tournament going 5-0.

Taylor Sell and Emily McKarnin were the top servers for the Fillies during the tournament. Mikaela Platt led the net attack with the most kills. Taylor Heslop led the team in set assists.

The Fillies host the Iola High Freshman Invitational this Saturday.

McIlroy wins CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — Rory McIlroy beat the strongest leaderboard in golf this year Sunday in the BMW Championship and joined some elite company.

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State board pulls home schooling talks TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — It doesn’t look like Kansas officials will be taking a look at home schooling requirements anytime soon, despite an agreement in August by the State Board of Education to have that discussion this month.

Board of Education Chairman David Dennis, a Wichita Republican, told members at the board’s meeting last month that he would like to discuss whether the board should propose legislation to increase state reporting requirements for home-schoolers.

But on Friday, the chairman of the House-Senate Legislative Educational Planning Committee said there is no need to have the debate. “I don’t see us pursuing that next year,� said state Rep. Steve Huebert, a Valley Center Republican.

Huebert told the Lawrence Journal-World several members of the state board have said they heard of students being kept home to baby-sit younger siblings though parents claimed the children were being home-schooled.

Current state law is adequate to investigate such allegations, Huebert said, without having to consider changing laws that deal

with home schooling.

Board member Sue Storm, a Kansas City Democrat, attended the legislative Educational Planning Committee meeting Friday and said board members were being “hammered� by proponents of home schooling.

In Kansas, home schooling isn’t specifically authorized, though the state recognizes what are called “non-accredited private schools.� Those schools are not required to employ state-certified teachers, but their courses must be taught by competent instructors and classes must be held for about the same number of days as public schools.

For someone to have a non-accredited private school, the only requirement is to register the name and address of the school and custodian of school records with the state education board.

Nobody wants to limit home schooling, said state Sen. Jean Schodorf, a Wichita Republican. She suggested there could be a more open dialogue between state education officials and people who homeschool their children. “I want all kids in Kansas to get a quality education,� she said.

Search for King Richard III’s grave extended

By HENRY CHU Los Angeles Times

LONDON — Archaeologists searching for the tomb of Richard III are being given an extra week to excavate in light of promising findings of their dig beneath a parking lot in central England.

The medieval king made famous as a villain in Shakespeare’s play was buried in the city of Leicester after his death in battle against his successor, Henry VII, at Bosworth Field in 1485. Franciscan brothers interred Richard without ceremony in a friary whose location has been lost over the centuries.

But based on a recent analysis of old maps, experts began looking for the site beneath a small municipal parking lot in downtown Leicester two weeks ago. The dig was scheduled to end Sunday, but lead archaeologist Richard Buckley said city officials had granted a week’s extension. “Things are going extremely well, and we are now confident that we have located the east end of the church, so identifying the quire is becoming a real possibility,� said Buckley,

referring to an area near the church’s likely altar.

He and other scholars speculate that Richard would have been entombed near the altar in homage to his exalted status.

Finding his bones would lay to rest a mystery surrounding what became of the remains of the last English king to die in battle.

The usurpation of Richard III ushered in the Tudor dynasty and eventually led to Shakespeare’s indelible — some say wildly inaccurate — portrayal of Richard as a ruthless fiend who ordered his innocent young nephews killed in the Tower of London so that he could take the throne.

Two years ago, scholars announced that they had identified the site of Bosworth Field, where Richard lost his crown and his life on Aug. 22, 1485. After the battle, the slain king’s broken body was paraded through Leicester, then buried by the Franciscans.

Their friary was abandoned after Henry VIII disbanded England’s monasteries. A marker stood at the spot of Richard’s grave for some time before it too vanished.

Obama’s speech draws 35 million viewers

By MEG JAMES Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — An estimated 35.7 million people watched President Barack Obama accept his party’s nomination Thursday night in, according to Nielsen.

The audience for the prime-time coverage of the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., eclipsed the 30.3

million who tuned in the previous week to see Mitt Romney speak at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Four years ago, an estimated 38.3 million viewers watched Obama accept his party’s nomination for president, according to Nielsen.

Thursday night’s audience was down 7 percent decline from 2008. (The following week, in Sep-

tember 2008, nearly as many people — 37 million — watched coverage of the Republican National Convention to see vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin speak.)

The audiences for this year’s conventions have been slightly older, which could be a troubling sign for Obama, who once again is looking to galvanize younger voters to turn out at the polls.

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Asthma doesn’t prohibit sports Dear Dr. Donohue: Our teenager has asthma. It’s causing him great unhappiness. He wants to play school sports, and he is talented at them. We’re hesitant to allow him. It’s been a tough battle to get his asthma controlled, and now that it is, we don’t want to upset that.

Are we being overly cautious? — H.A. Answer: Asthma is an obstruction to the flow of air into and out of the lungs. The obstruction is reversible. A sudden narrowing of the breathing tubes (bronchi), along with inflammation of the tubes’ lining and the production of thick mucus, causes the obstruction. The mucus adds to the blockade of air flow.

An asthma attack is most unpleasant. It feels like someone is choking you.

Two or fewer daytime attacks in a week and two or fewer nighttime attacks for a month indicate good control. If the attacks can be completely abolished, all the better. A third criterion of control is no interference with a person’s activity, and that includes

Dr. Paul Donohue To Your Good Health athletic activity.

Achieving control demands identification of any potential triggers to an attack. Dust, molds, furry animals, pollens, cigarette smoke and air pollution are recognized triggers.

Exercise frequently is a trigger. However, some preventive steps usually can make sports safe to asthmatics. Your son should warm up before participating in a practice or game. He ought not to take part in outdoor sports if the weather is extremely cold. If athletics do induce an attack, then the boy can take any of a number of medicines before practice that prevent airway obstruction.

His doctor must have a hand in this. The number of preventive medicines is

large. There’s bound to be one that gets him through even the most rigorous physical activity.

Dear Dr. Donohue: My son graduated from college two years ago. He finally has landed a job. Before employment, he had to take a physical exam, and his blood pressure was somewhat high. The doctor wondered if the elevation was due to white coat hypertension. What is that?

The doctor also wondered if he has secondary hypertension. What is that? — H.N. Answer: Seeing a doctor is a nerve-wracking experience for some people. These people have a rise in blood pressure for the same reason pressure would rise if they were being pushed off the top floor of a skyscraper.

That’s white coat hypertension — a rise in blood pressure upon seeing the doctor’s white coat. It’s not a permanent condition. Normal blood pressure readings at home identify this kind of hypertension.

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sion indicates that some other body process is raising the pressure. A narrowing of a small portion of the aorta is an example of secondary hypertension. Tumors of the adrenal gland are another example. This kind of high blood pressure is eliminated by addressing its cause.

Dear Dr. Donohue : What makes brown sugar?

Is it better for you than the ordinary white sugar?

— H.S. Answer: Brown sugar is white sugar to which molasses has been added.

There’s not a whole lot of difference between the two. It’s not healthier than white sugar, nor unhealthier than white sugar.

Dear Dr. Donohue: I read that chimpanzees are incredibly strong because of their fruit diet. Is this so? — W.H. Answer: This isn’t the first time this question has popped up. I don’t know if chimpanzees are incredibly strong. If they are, I don’t believe the strength comes from their diet.

Boyfriend takes dream job in other town Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend and I have been dating for four years, two long distance. For the past year, we’d had an agreement that he would move to my city when his temporary contract with his dream company was up.

Contract ran out, he got an OK job offer in my town, was offered a job by dream company, and he took the dream job.

I don’t know what to do: Stay with him because we love each other, knowing it means another year of distance and then I have to move? Or realize that he’s made a choice about what matters to him, and walk away?

We’re 24-25, so still getting started in our careers, and knew this was a possibility. — Time to Walk Away?

Answer: Take a break and see how you feel.

Or, stay together and see how you feel.

I’m being wishy-washy because I can’t decide for you, and can only suggest you try on both ideas and see how you sleep at night.

There’s also this: If I were your boyfriend, I probably would have taken the better job.

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at his age, and especially given this job market, the better job is the better bet.

Meanwhile, the chances you and he go the distance after meeting at 20 are soso at best, while his career has an excellent chance of being at his side 30 years from now. He probably can’t say that to you without blowing up the relationship, but I can.

You can be pragmatic, too. For example, if you want the kind of devotion that moves someone to relocate for you despite dimmer job prospects, then this isn’t your guy.

Or: If you see this as a life partnership, then you can regard the one-year delay in reuniting as a mi-

hassle of moving against the value of his “dream” job to your partnership.

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Royals pull out win over the White Sox

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Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez (88) pushes away from Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson (56) on a first-down run in the second quarter Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Falcons defeated the Chiefs, 40-24.

Falcons blast Chiefs in opener KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs were without their best pass rusher, their top coverage cornerback, a stalwart on the defensive line and a reliable safety who hardly ever misses a game.

Tough way to face the potent Atlanta Falcons in the season opener.

The rag-tag Kansas City defense couldn’t slow down Matt Ryan and Co. on Sunday, and the Chiefs offense couldn’t keep up. The result was a 40-24 defeat that was only close for a half.

“It’s only one game in a long season,” said Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel, who threw for 258 yards and contributed two touchdowns, but also committed three turnovers that led to points.

“We obviously have to make a lot of corrections and get better as a football team. We’ve got to play collectively,” Cassel said.

“We’ve got a lot of resilient guys in there. We’re going to get back to work and get this thing fixed.”

The team doctors may be more valuable than the coach-

ing staff in that respect.

Starting safety Kendrick Lewis (right shoulder), cornerback Brandon Flowers (right heel) and defensive tackle Anthony Toribio (right ankle) were inactive due to injuries, while Pro Bowl pass rusher Tamba Hali was suspended for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy.

Little wonder Ryan threw for 299 yards and accounted for four touchdowns, or that Julio Jones caught six passes for 108 yards and two scores.

Tony Gonzalez even added a touchdown catch in his return to Kansas City, just to rub a little dirt in the Chiefs’ wounds.

“Simple and plain: They made plays, and we didn’t,” Chiefs cornerback Stanford Routt said.

Jamaal Charles had 87 yards rushing, and Tony Moeaki had three catches for 37 yards, both providing a bright spot for Kansas City. The pair of them, along with safety Eric Berry, played their first

regular-season games since tearing their left ACLs last season.

They were a big reason why the Chiefs matched Atlanta most of the first half, trailing just 20-17 at the break. But a missed field goal by Ryan Succop early in the third quarter proved the turning point, and Atlanta scored 20 unanswered points to put the game away.

“We came out very quickly and strongly on offense,” Falcons coach Mike Smith said. “I think it took us awhile to get going on defense, but we made some good adjustments on the defensive side of the ball at halftime.”

There was no controversy surrounding the replacement officials. Both times that referee Mike Shepherd went under the hood for a video review, the original call stood.

Ryan set the tone with the Falcons’ opening series, marching 80 yards behind pinpoint passing before an 8-yard pass to Jones made it 7-0 midway through the

first quarter.

The teams swapped field goals before the Chiefs answered with their own touchdown drive.

Cassel was 4 for 4 on the series, including a 21-yard pass to Dwayne Bowe and a 22-yard touchdown toss to tight end Kevin Boss, who was signed in the offseason to make precisely the kind of finger-tip grabs down the seam that got him into the end zone Sunday.

The teams kept trading haymakers the rest of the half.

NFL Scores Wednesday’s Game Dallas 24, N.Y. Giants 17 Sunday’s Games Chicago 41, Indianapolis 21 Minnesota 26, Jacksonville 23, OT Houston 30, Miami 10 New England 34, Tennessee 13 Washington 40, New Orleans 32 Atlanta 40, Kansas City 24 N.Y. Jets 48, Buffalo 28 Detroit 27, St. Louis 23 Philadelphia 17, Cleveland 16 Arizona 20, Seattle 16 San Francisco 30, Green Bay 22 Tampa Bay 16, Carolina 10 Denver 31, Pittsburgh 19 Tonight’s Games Cincinnati at Baltimore, 6 p.m.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Jeremy Guthrie has dominated the Chicago White Sox since coming back to the American League.

He got a little help from his defense to continue that trend on Sunday.

Guthrie tossed eight shutout innings and Mike Moustakas stroked a goahead single in the 10th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 win over the White Sox. The Royals plated both their runs with two outs in the 10th off Brett Myers (2-3), the seventh of eight White Sox pitchers in the game.

The rally started after Alcides Escobar was thrown out, leaving the bases empty and two outs. Myers walked Billy Butler, who was replaced by pinch runner Jarrod Dyson. Salvador Perez, Moustakas and Jeff Francoeur then hit consecutive singles, the last two driving in runs.

Guthrie held Chicago to six hits over eight shutout innings, striking out four, but left with a no-decision.

He’s thrown 23 2/3 innings against the White Sox this season without allowing an earned run.

“Guthrie was phenomenal. I mean really phenomenal,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “We didn’t get him any runs. He wanted to go back out in the ninth. I didn’t think about it.

“After pitching eight innings like he did, I wasn’t gonna put him in a position to lose the game. I just couldn’t do it. If he went out and gave up a run, I wouldn’t sleep for two days.”

Kelvin Herrera (3-2) got the win after preserving a scoreless tie in the ninth by getting Alex Rios to hit into a double play with the bases loaded.

The Kansas City outfield also came up with some huge plays.

Red Devils go 2-2

By JOCELYN SHEETS jocelyn@iolaregister.com

HIGHLAND — Allen Community College’s head volleyball coach Jessica Peters is never happy with a loss — except when she sees progress.

“Even though we lost two matches over the weekend our greatest deficit was 2519 so our matches overall were close throughout the tournament,” Peters said.

The Red Devils went 2-2 at the Highland Community College tournament Friday and Saturday. They notched wins over Rend Lake (Ill.) 25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-12 and beat Cloud County 25-14, 25-23, 25-13.

Longview beat ACC 2025, 25-19, 26-24, 25-23. South-

western (Iowa) beat Allen 22-25, 27-25, 25-22, 20-25, 1614.

Hayley Mertens pounded down 72 kills for the tournament and had 64 digs to lead the Red Devils. Sierra Morgison had 37 kills.

Randi Billings put up five solo blocks and 10 assisted blocks. She also had 24 kills. Sidney Keith had 32 kills, three solo blocks and seven assisted blocks.

Jacqui Ortiz was credited with 91 set assists and 67 digs. She also had five service aces. Adriee Munoz had 76 set assists and four aces.

Taylor Shook had 75 digs and four ace serves. Sarah Charbonneau served up nine aces.

Bowyer captures NASCAR win at Richmond RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — With his season essentially on the line, Jeff Gordon used a vintage drive to rally his way into NASCAR’s championship chase.

The 41-year-old Gordon battled an ill-handling car early Saturday night, then took off at the end to finish second to race winner Clint Bowyer at Richmond International Raceway. His finish

wrested the final berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship away from Kyle Busch.

Busch finished 16th, fading after poor pit strategy and a slow final stop to miss the Chase for the second time in his career.

Denny Hamlin, who went into his home track as winner of the last two races, led a race-high 202 laps but faded

to 18th. He still goes into next week’s Chase opener as the top seed based on his seriesbest four “regular season” victories.

Hamlin goes into Chicago up three points over five-time champion Jimmie Johnson, defending champion Tony Stewart and Brad Keselowski, who are all tied for second.

The fifth slot in the Chase

went to Greg Biffle, then Bowyer.

The seventh spot went to Dale Earnhardt Jr., then Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, and Martin Truex Jr., who along with Bowyer gave Michael Waltrip Racing two berths in the first Chase appearance for the organization.

The wild-card slots went to Kasey Kahne and Gordon.

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Clint Bowyer, driver of the No.15 5-hour Energy Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday in Richmond, Va.

H McIlroy Continued from B1 McIlroy made back-toback birdies around the turn to emerge from a fourway tie and seize control at Crooked Stick. He closed with a 5-under 67, making his only bogey on the final hole when it no longer mattered, for a two-shot victory over Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood.

Everyone knew Boy Wonder was a special player when he won the U.S. Open last summer with a record score. The last month has established him as the dominant player in golf, with three wins in four tournaments loaded with the best players — the PGA Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events.

McIlroy became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2009 to win in consecutive weeks on the PGA Tour, and with his sixth career win, joined Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win at least six times

at age 23.

Westwood caught McIlroy with a birdie on the par3 13th. But the weak area of his game showed up at the wrong time — a poor chip on the 14th for bogey, another pedestrian chip on the par-5 15th that led to par. He wound up with a 69.

Mickelson, tied for the lead going into the final round, was one shot behind when his approach flew the green on No. 12 and he had to scramble for bogey.

Mickelson made back-toback birdies to get within two shots of the lead, but he badly missed a 3-foot par putt on the 17th to fall three shots behind. He closed with a 70.

Woods was never seriously in the mix. Five shots behind with seven holes to play, he made three late birdies and shot 68 to tie for fourth with Robert Garrigus (69).

McIlroy finished with a 20-under 268.

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