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Calls to the 911 dispatch center average one almost every 10 minutes. And while that may sound a little slow, played out over 24 hours a day and every day of the year, the total comes to 55,000. Mules Pat and Pete pull an antique sickle bar mower piloted by Ray “That’s what we received last joined by Greg Gleue in cutting an 18-acre prairie hay fieldJohnson Tuesday. Register/Bob year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch Morgan Louk, at left, was crowned 102nd annual Kincaid Free Fair queen Saturday. Taylen Blevins, 3, center director, told Allen County from left, Truett Blevins, 2, and Maddy McVey, 6, found a Toby’s Carnival boat ride to their liking. They commissioners Tuesday mornare children of Mike and Alyssa Blevins and Denton and Katy McVey. Below, Cindy Hollister, visiting ing. from Chandler, Ariz., immediately got into the swing of things as a judge for the pie-baking contest. The call total — she figures By RICHARD LUKEN attached. The bar was triggered half or more are for true emerrichard@iolaregister.com through a gear box engaged as its gencies — wasn’t the point of her LE ROY — Unlike the mecha- wheels roll. appearance, but the magnitude of nized behemoths of today, Ray With no mechanical engine to the number captivated commis- Whiteley’s mowing outfit was speak of, the only noise emanatsioners. considerably quieter. ing from his unit was from the Murphy was before commisHis “engine” — a pair of teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar sioners to request a 20 percent 1,200-pound mules — needed only rotating back and forth. increase in the department’s bud- an occasional break from the stiJoining Whiteley was neighbor get forBy 2012, upJOHNSON $126,000 over this Shandra BOB Sedlak, heat second fling summer as runnerWhiteley and friend Greg Gleue, with his year’s $490,000. bob@iolaregister.com up, and Carollyn Bradshaw. traversed his way around an 18- own mowing outfit, another sickThe increase seemed pretty acre KINCAID — About 2,500 folks, Theprairie fair started on Thursday, hay meadow. le bar mower pulled by a pair of hefty. and Murphy reasoneda madehealth but “It’s young old, embraced Saturday was warm, when most aca little so we’ve Percheron draft horses. insurance will fall costday an Saturday additional tivities to-order balmy occurred, judgbeen taking it including easy,” Whiteley “We’re having some fun with $50,000 and $6,000Kinwas ing that made theanother 102nd annual of the pie-baking said. “It’s30th ourannual little hobby .” it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind expected for Kansas Public Em- contest. caid Free Fair picture-perfect. Jane Ward’s blackberry The mules were pulling White- Lenexa of a wimp about HeCorky needs a to join the it. fun. | Page A5 Among See the COUNTY most excited was delight was thesickle winner, butmower, not Lynes’ strawberry-rhubard ley’s antique bar wasA5 See MOWING | Page Morgan Louk, crowned the fair’s until afterwagon judgeswith David Briggs a small cutting bar third. queen minutes before an hour- and Bonnie Rook, four-year vetHollister being on the panel long parade that included bands, eran tasters, and newcomer Cin- was happenstance. floats, politicians touting them- dy Hollister decided a run-off She and husband Dana came selves a month before Election with Erin Zook’s gooseberry pie from Chandler, Ariz., to see what Day and two dozen antique farm was necessary. the fair was all about after a distractors restored to mint con“A tough decision,” said cussion with Linda and Henry dition. Louk’s attendants were Briggs, who grew up in the area See KINCAID | Page A4 Madison Covey, first runner-up, and comes back each year from

Iola has $150,000 burning a hole in the city’s proverbial pockets. With four months left to spend the funds, a handful of city officials took it upon themselves to find folks who can use the money. A pair of teams went door to door Thursday, canvassing a nine-square-block neighborhood in southeast Iola to find homeowners to apply for the funds, in the form of Community Development Block Grants. City Administrator Carl Slaugh, City Councilman David Register/Richard Luken

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Documentary reflects Buster’s ups and downs

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Toland and code enforcement office employees visited 76 homes along First through Fourth streets, between Madison and Spruce, and all stops in between. The goal is to find five more homes eligible to receive up to $22,000 apiece for basic home improvements siding, ATLANTA— roof (AP) work, — Former windows, electrical wiring, etc. Atlanta schools Superintendent The funding comesabout in thecheatform Beverly Hall knew of grant and does not need to inga allegations on standardized be repaid, although therethem are intests but either ignored or come tried guidelines. to hide them, according to a A family of four, for example, state investigation. cannot earn morereport than $42,250 in An 800-page released TuesdaySee to The Associated Press HOUSING | Page A2 by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office through an open records request shows several educators reported cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009, and other administrators ignored those reports and sometimes retaliated against the whistleblowers. The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on standardized tests by helping students or changing the answers once exams were handed in. The investigators also found a “culture of fear, intimidation and retaliation” in the school district over the cheating allegations, which led to educators lying about the cheating or destroying See CHEATING | Page A5

Temps for run look inviting

Iola City Administrator Carl Slaugh, from left, Code Enforcement Officer Shonda Jefferis and Iola City Councilman David Toland went door to door Friday across a nine-block neighborhood to find residents to apply for Community Development Block Grant funds to rehabilitate their homes. 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 By ALLISON TINN Charley Melvin did in 1905, can allison@iolaregister.com be thankful that Melvin chose to Buster Keaton 20th Celebra- do his dastardly deed in the midBy STEVE SCHWARTZ tion visitors got a special treat dle of the night. steven@iolaregister.com Saturday — a small family re- Had the event being commemoVeteran actor James Karen union. rated occurred in mid-day, parand Academy Award-winning Three Keaton family mem- ticipants would battle oppressive filmmaker Kevin Brownlow prebers and an avid Buster Keaton heat and humidity, with both picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday sented a documentary Saturadmirer gathered on stage of forecast at the upper end of the afternoon. As in the past, “we exday chronicling the rise and fall the Bowlus Fine Arts Center discomfort scale during daytime pect a lot of people to sign up Friof Buster Keaton’s career with to reminisce and give visitors Friday and Saturday. As is, they day night.” MGM Studios. Cost is $12 for the walk. Runa rare look into Buster Keaton, will run and walk in somewhat The documentary “So Funny ners’ fees are $14 for youth to age the family man. more inviting temperatures preRegister/Susan Lynn it Hurt” was released in 2004 as Talmadge Cox, Bust- dicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m. 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for men ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate inMelissa Friday night’s favorite aThese special for are Turner Classic Movmembers of teams. er’s granddaughter, Harry Ke- Saturday. race, the drag race. From left to ies. The film revealed the story of right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and Runners in the third annual aton Jr., Buster’s nephew and The race — many walkers will Fred Heismeyer. race begins Keaton’s troubledThe history with at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. best timesTinn of Barbara Talmadge, Buster’s be out for a stroll — will cap activ- event will aim for Register/Allison MGM, and the turmoil it caused 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for daughter-in-law and Melissa’s ities Melissa Talmadge Cox shows pictures of her grandfather, that start late Friday afterin his life. Due to the changing females, set last year. mother, traded memories with noon andKeaton, will go at onSaturday’s throughoutpresentation. Buster face of film, Karen explained KeSticks of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” admirer David Macleod as mod- the evening. Included will be the aton had trouble working with will awarded the materialisfirst three erator. much-awaited race,”father, feabarabe said “He wasn’t boys, James,“drag Melissa’s the new, stricter formulas used to places for males and females in Melissa started the presentasome of After the area’s finest and Robert. the divorce tic and he loved being around By SUSAN LYNN year a woman’s garter was trans- The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, turing make movies. He said the stress each of five ages groups, 15 and tion with showing old family men and women dressed in drag. Natalie changed the boy’s last people who he could relax with. ferred from one participant’s leg where participants will have a causedsusan@iolaregister.com by these changes contrib16-30,he31-45, andshe 61 photos of the from Keaton/Talmadge Chris Weiner at Thrive Allen under, names to Talmadge. That’s why loved 46-60 Eleanor; If you’ve got enough of it,with Fri- to another. wide selection which to uted to Keaton’s problems and over. family . County, co-sponsor with Allen Buster, in later years married would take care of everything.” day night is the night to let your “It’s better than a baton,” said choose. Doors open at 10 p.m. alcohol and infidelity. However, All break She explained the Tal- County Crimestoppers for “The Eleanor Norris. The group had All participants three familywill members hair down. David Toland, executive director Registration to where participate the film also showed Keaton’s rise from in front Buster’s of the post office. madge family name camealso from. Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run remembered love for nothing but pleasant memories One sure test is to participate of Thrive Allen County and one in the drag race is $5. That from his personal problems and Runners will followAccording a course that Buster marriedentrance Natalieto Talfor your Life,” said total of particof Eleanor. playing bridge. to in the “Drag Race” as a runup to gains participants a of the organizers for Friday’s his marriage with Eleanor Nor- Left is Kevin Brownlow and on West| Page to Washin 1921. at They had two ipants was approaching 450, with “Buster loved his family,” Bar- will take them the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber events. 9:30madge p.m. pre-party the Thrive See FAMILY A4 See DOCUMENTARY | Page A4 James Karen. Run For Your Life race. If you don’t have a thing to office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can about 200 signed on for the 5-kilo- ington, then Jackson, Jefferson Men and women alike are en- wear — no worries. be purchased in advance at the meter run. The walk will follow a and East to Cottonwood. They See TEMPS | B6 couraged to dress in a cross-genDresses, hats, purses, jewelry Thrive office or Friday night on 3-kilometer course. “Registration, including probder manner and then “compete” and other accoutrements will be See EGO | Page B6 ably a fifth online, has really in teams of four in a relay. Last available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s

Family shares insights on Keaton’s life

Put that ego on the shelf, boys

Panel focus on preserving Buster legacy By ALLISON TINN allison@iolaregister.com

Pekarek finds home at USD 257

Each year the Buster Keaton Celebration is held in multiple locations throughout the United By JOE SNEVE — Since 1871 — States, but to keep the Keaton legjoe@iolaregister.com At the bandstand Jim Garner, director acy going an effort must be made When Brian Pekarek was hired Thursday, 8 p.m. to preserve it. July 7, 2011 as superintendent of the Iola PROGRAM Kevin Brownlow and David school district in February, he Star Spangled Banner..................................................arr. J.P. Sousa Shepard, historians and film saw an opportunity to “reinvigoAmericans We — march .......................................... Henry Fillmore preservationists, along with modrate” USD 257. Rock, Rhythm and Blues — medley ...................... arr. Jack Bullock erator Hooman Mehran discussed With a focus on academic Army of the Nile — march...................................Kenneth J. Alford the steps they have taken and will achievement and public transparBegin of the Beguine ...................................................... Cole Porter take to keep his films alive. ency, Pekarek hopes he can furInvercargill — march ................................................... Alex Lithgow Mehran mentioned Raymond ther success for the district and Hymn to the Fallen.................................... John Williams/Sweeney Rohauer, a man whose name was the more than 1,300 students relyMen of Ohio — march ............................................. Henry Fillmore clearly a sore subject for the men. ing on it. A Sixties Time Capsule — medley .............................. arr. Jennings Rohauer was an American film Register/Allison Pekarek walks his talk. Tinn A naThe Washington Post — march ...................................John P. Sousa SeeRained PRESERVATION | Page A4 Saturday’s panel from left are, Hooman Mehran, Kevin Brownlow out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening. See PEKAREK | Page A5

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and David Shepard. They are sharing the steps they have taken and continue to take to preserve the Buster Keaton silent film legacy.

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is starting a new term that is shaping up to be as important as the last one, with the prospect of major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights. Three months after the court upheld President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, the same lineup of justices returns to the bench this morning. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s liberals in sustaining the health care law, drawBrian Pekarek, center, visits with ing liberals’ plaudits and conserthe USD 257 board office. vatives’ anger. This term’s big cases seem

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likely to have Roberts in his more accustomed role of voting with his fellow conservatives and leave Justice Anthony Kennedy with his typically decisive vote in cases that otherwise split the court’s liberals and conservatives. But Roberts will be watched closely for additional signs that he is becoming less ideologically predictable. A fight over the University of Texas’ affirmative action program is the first blockbuster case on the court’s calendar, with argument scheduled for Oct. 10. Texas uses Geffert multiple factors, Barb and Marcy including Boring at community service, work experience, extracurricular activities, See COURT | Page A2

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Deadline: Notify the Register about calendar announcements by 7 a.m. Mondays in order to have your event listed in that week’s schedule. The calendar is published every Monday.

Today

Moran Public Library Board of Directors meeting, 5 p.m., at the library. Iola Community Theater board meeting, 7:30 p.m., Warehouse Theater, 203 S. Jefferson, open to public. Moran City Council meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall.

Tuesday

Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse commissioners’ room. Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College Student Center meeting room. Allen County Historical Society board of directors, 7 p.m., ACHS Museum, 20 S. Washington Ave. Knights of Columbus, 7 p.m., Knights of Columbus Room in the St. John’s Parish Center.

Thursday

Painting exhibit from art students on display all day at Allen Community College. 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. Iola Public Library board meeting, 6 p.m., Flewharty-Powell Annex. Sons of the American Legion meeting, 7:30 p.m., American Legion Post No. 15.

Friday

Allen County Hospital Auxiliary meeting, 1:30 p.m., hospital conference room. Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center, 204 N. Jefferson.

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DeeDee Martin of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department gives Linda Bass a dose of flu vaccine Friday as part of a drive-through flu shot clinic at the Iola Fire Department.

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Unity Club meeting, 1:30 p.m., B & B Cafe. Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., New Community Building at Riverside Park. USD 257 school board meeting, 6:30 p.m., Iola High School lecture hall. Marmaton Valley USD 256 school board meeting, 7 p.m., district office in Moran. Humboldt City Council, 7 p.m., Humboldt City Hall. USD 479 school board meeting, 7 p.m., Crest board office in Colony. Allen County Chapter American Cancer Society, 7 p.m., conference room at Allen County Hospital. USD 258 school board meeting, 7:30 p.m., school board office in Humboldt.

Coming events Friday

Jefferson Elementary School Carnival, 5-8 p.m., Recreation Community Building at Riverside Park.

Saturday

Biblesta celebration, Humboldt.

Oct. 11-13

Allen Community College theater and art departments present “Dames At Sea,” 7:30 p.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

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awards and race, to help fill the last 20 to 25 percent of the spots in its freshman classes. The outcome could further limit or even end the use of racial preferences in college admissions. The court also is expected to confront gay marriage in some form. Several cases seek to guarantee federal benefits for legally married same-sex couples. A provision of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act deprives same-sex couples of a range of federal benefits available to heterosexual couples. Several federal courts have agreed that the provision of the law is unconstitutional, a situation that practically ensures that the high court will step in. A separate appeal asks the justices to sustain California’s Proposition 8, the amendment to the state constitution that outlawed

gay marriage in the nation’s largest state. Federal courts in California have struck down the amendment. The justices may not even consider whether to hear the gay marriage issue until November. Another hot topic with appeals pending before the high court, and more soon to follow, is the future of a cornerstone law of the civil rights movement. In 2006, Congress overwhelmingly approved, and President George W. Bush signed, legislation extending for 25 more years a critical piece of the Voting Rights Act. It requires states and local governments with a history of racial and ethnic discrimination, mainly in the South, to get advance approval either from the Justice Department or the federal court in Washington before making any changes that affect elections.

annual salary. The grant funding is available from the Kansas Department of Commerce. There is a sense of urgency, noted Shonda Jefferis, Iola’s code enforcement officer. If the money is not spent, it counts against the city in future efforts to receive Department of Commerce grants. The city’s deadline to spend the money, or at least have it allocated for home repair, is Jan. 31. Even rental properties may be eligible, Jefferis

said, although property owners in that case may be required to contribute up to 25 percent of a project’s cost. If home improvement funds aren’t spent, Jefferis said as many as three vacant homes could be demolished using CDBG funds. “But we’ll worry about that later,” she said. The city has fielded several calls in recent days as officials have ramped up efforts to publicize the grant opportunities. “Unfortunately, many of those have come from people outside the target area,” Jefferis said.

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(First Published in The Iola Register, Oct. 1, 2012) NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. The Annual Meeting of the Allen County Historical Society, Inc., will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at the North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye, Iola, Kansas. The evening will begin with a full dinner catered by Marmaton Valley High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter members at 6 p.m. A short business meeting will follow in which three members of the Board of Directors will be elected.

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Opinion

Betting on Buster

ORGANIZERS said this year’s celebration had taken on a note of sentimentality. Although he never knew it, Buster has become our adopted son. His big, doe-like eyes pull at a mother’s heartstrings. We want Iola to be the kind of home he never had as a child. Twenty years of recognizing the silent film star brings with it its own heritage. We’ve stuck it out through lean years to become a credible festival. Keaton aficionados acknowledge Iola’s celebration is worth the effort

to attend. Many first-timers said they would try to attend next year’s event. From an immediate, coldhearted position, this means hard currency in Iola’s pockets. We’ve very few attractions that bring people from all over the country to our doorstep. On the flip side, it does the heart good to think Buster Keaton fans want us. They like our town, they fawn over the Bowlus Center, they like our Midwestern values. AREA organizers have believed in Buster not only as a viable attraction, but also one that does Iola proud. We should all get on board with this commendable effort either by attending a performance, free by the way, or by joining the Celebration’s “$25 Club” to help ensure its future. — Susan Lynn

Working for the greater good Kansas and Missouri should cooperate to recruit KC industries Just off Wornall Road in south Kansas City, Mo., a painting of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback greets commuters. From his truck-mounted billboard, Brownback’s caricature shouts a cheery “thanks!” to Missouri’s people as he drives his own, cartoon truck (labeled “jobs”) from a decaying Missouri into a glittering land of Oz: Kansas. Get the message? It also references an anonymously authored website: savemissourijobs.com, which warns Missourians of dire economic losses. There is only one hope: tax cuts, answering the recent Kansas cuts that Brownback championed. Scholar Paul Peterson called this the race to the bottom. He wrote that state and local governments are under constant pressure to cut taxes and services, in order to compete. People and capital are mobile, so “job creators” (in today’s phrase) are always just a move away from leaving the state, depleting its tax base and costing those precious jobs. The Kansas City area exemplifies this. AMC Theaters is moving hundreds of employees from downtown Kansas City, Mo. to a new headquarters in nearby, well-to-do Leawood, Kan. The incentive package for this deal cost Kansas taxpayers $40 million! Not to be outdone, Kansas City used similar tactics to lure the Applebee’s headquarters from the suburbs to an under-occupied office building on the Missouri side. None of this means any real growth for the KC metropolitan area, or for either state: jobs are moved, not created. Commuting employees are unlikely to move their families just because their jobs shift-

Michael Smith Insight Kansas ed a few miles. For example, the new Applebee’s headquarters on State Line Road is literally across the street from Kansas... and nowhere near the “blighted areas” that such tax breaks were originally intended to help. This one-up politics leaves the rest of Kansas and Missouri behind. Coffers are depleted, leaving the states to choose between raising someone else’s taxes, or underfunding the essential services and cultural amenities that are just as important, if not more so, when it comes to luring new businesses and their employees. Wichita and most of rural Kansas have no handy state border to “leverage” site-specific tax breaks. Thus the deals go to certain KC-area employers that master the art of the shakedown, while the bill goes to everyone else. In response, Missouri state Rep. John Rizzo (D-Kansas City) offered a bill to end site-specific tax breaks to Kansas businesses that relocate. Had it passed, the bill would have been triggered by the passage of a similar bill in the Kansas Legislature. Brownback and this state’s legislative leaders have shown no interest in this truce. Still, Rizzo might be onto something. Leaders in the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois made an agreement to promote jobs throughout the metro area. If officials in one state hear of a business planning to move, they call their counterparts across the Mississippi and develop a plan together. San Antonio and Austin have a long-standing rivalry

AMC Theatres is now moving hundreds of employees from downtown Kansas City, Mo. to a new headquarters in nearby, well-to-do Leawood, Kan. The incentive package for this deal cost Kansas taxpayers $40 million! for medical and high-tech jobs, but both cities now have a requirement that any site-specific tax breaks have to fit into a larger economic plan, benefitting the whole community. Finally, Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Mo. recently cooperated to make KCK the first city in the world getting super-fast Google Fiber Internet service. KCMO gets it next. What about the area’s newer, wealthier suburbs: so often the winners in “race to the bottom” politics? This time, they have to wait their turn. LEADERS in the two Kansas cities have a better handle on things than their counterparts in Topeka and Jefferson City. Areawide cooperation means jobs, revenue, technology, and a huge “wow factor” for the community. Alas, this is the exception, while the race to the bottom is the rule. Unless the Google deal can become a template for future growth, certain KC-area employers will continue getting benefits just by threatening to move. This process creates no jobs, but it does stick Kansas and Missouri taxpayers with the bill.

Small towns know value of investment By JOHN SCHLAGECK Kansas Farm Bureau

While Kansas is blessed with many resources, without question its people are the most valuable. While traveling from Colby to Leavenworth a couple weeks ago, the importance of people came into sharp focus once again. One stop on this journey was in the small town of Gove in northwestern Kansas. About 75 hardy souls reside in this farm and ranch community. Main Street is a whopping three blocks long. Only a handful of businesses remain on both sides of the street including a community cafe, a small grocery, a yarn and antique shop, a museum and of course the county courthouse. Rarely are there more than two or three vehicles parked on the street. The folks who inhabit this community and the surrounding farms and ranches wear many hats and those active few log countless hours nurturing and tending to their home community. “It’s home to each and every one of us,” says Rayna Kopriva. She’s lived a few miles southwest of Gove most of her 34 years. “Nearly all of our citizens contribute,” she says. “We want to make our little town the best we can.” Kopriva is one on the younger citizens. Many of the older residents consider her “the young kid” of the community. “I’m everyone’s daughter, ’cause I’m still around,” she says. “Every year the youngsters of the community graduate. We celebrate this milestone in their lives and they leave to find jobs elsewhere. They visit, but they don’t return home to live.” While Kopriva spends plenty of her time helping husband Daryl with the farm and livestock, she’s also worked at nearly every business in town including the cafe and grocery store. Kopriva has served on nearly every board as well. She’s also served 12 years as the town’s librarian. This stucco building sits on the south side of Main Street. Once the grade

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I’m everyone’s daughter, ’cause I’m still around. Every year the youngsters of the community graduate. We celebrate this milestone in their lives and they leave to find jobs elsewhere. They visit, but they don’t return home to live. — Rayna Kopriva, 34, Gove

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Attracting 500 out-of-towners to Iola for the weekend is no small feat. But that’s exactly what the Buster Keaton Celebration did. Area hotels were full. Restaurants were brimming. City sidewalks were busy. And of course, as host, the Bowlus Fine Arts Center was a hotspot of activity.

school, this building was converted to the community’s library and houses nearly 8,000 books. For Kopriva the library is much more than a summer reading program or a place to check out books. “It’s really one of two main gathering places,” she says. “People come here to visit just like they do when they eat at the cafe on the north side of town.” Gove isn’t the only one of its kind in Kansas. All across Kansas, the song remains the same. People have left small communities to make their living and raise their families elsewhere. This has left fewer and fewer people behind to make the community viable. It’s a progression that’s been going on in our state for generations. Still, rural communities thrive and prosper when farmers, ranchers and small community businesses work together for the common good. The people, or human resources of a community, are individuals who make up the town and their skills create the ability to lead others, manage what is there and produce goods and services. It’s the people who make a community what it is, and the people who keep it alive. John Schlageck is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas. Born and raised on a diversified farm in northwestern Kansas, his writing reflects a lifetime of experience, knowledge and passion.

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Barbara, he was a stickler for playing by the rules. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By the time one person put down the first card he could tell you what was in everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand, he was that good,â&#x20AC;? Barbara said. Harry, whose father was Busterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother, lived the first eight years of his life with Buster and remembers his uncle teaching him to play bridge and chess. Buster was a restless soul and â&#x20AC;&#x153;couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop creating, even when he was sick he had to be doing something,â&#x20AC;? Barbara said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember he was always working with his hands,â&#x20AC;? Harry added. The panel had more memories than time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the panelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first visit (to the celebration in Iola), bring them back,â&#x20AC;? Mcleod said.

Moody, long-time participants, at a powered parachute fly-in at Hutchinson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided we had to see for ourselves,â&#x20AC;? said Hollister, which led to a call to Moody and an invitation for the Arizonans to drive to Kincaid and spend the weekend. When pies started to arrive Saturday morning â&#x20AC;&#x201D; entries were down a smidgen this year with 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the contest was a judge short. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Linda called at 9:30 and asked if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to be a judge,â&#x20AC;? Hollister recounted. She was at the judgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; table 30 minutes later. Patty Ramsey also helped with the contest and figured its age at 30. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before that we had a chili contest,â&#x20AC;? Ramsey said. TOBYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CARNIVAL, a part of the fair for 50 or more years and a big draw for scores of kids who came early and darted back to games and rides

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after the parade, is a staple that makes the fair as inviting as it is, organizers said. So is the Kincaid Lions Club hamburger stand, which puts all its members to work throughout Saturday. This year 700 pounds of hamburger was used. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cooked up 650 pounds last year,â&#x20AC;? said Bob Ward, one of several Lions who manned a large grill where 40 burgers were cooked at a time. Waiting their turns to pay $2.50 for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lion Burgerâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more for a double or triple or if cheese were added â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were people in four lines of 12 to 15. That put a healthy sum in club coffers, which will provide Christmas gifts for kids, glasses for children of poor families and support for Hope Unlimited in Iola. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also support a program that trains service dogs for the blind,â&#x20AC;? Ward said. Other concession stands were situated along Com-

This float in the Kincaid Free Fair parade, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Morning Memories,â&#x20AC;? was entered by United Methodist Church, Moran. mercial Street, Kincaidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main drag, with all sanctioned by the fair committee and limited to those with local and benevolent connections.

Ann Donaldsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pear cobbler, topped with a glob of ice cream, was a favorite at a stand operated by those who refitted the old Kincaid High School as a

community center. The parade is the single biggest draw. Many arrived an hour or two early to stake out a favorite place to watch.

Brownlow said. Brownlow was fortunate enough to have a sit-down interview with Keaton before his death for a documentary he worked on in the 1960s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I decided Keaton deserved a decent documentary,â&#x20AC;? Brownlow said. Brownlow went to Keatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home expecting to see the stone faced man

he had always read about. He expected Keaton to be soft spoken and turned the volume on the recorder as high as it would go. When Keaton came out he spoke so loud that it blew out the volume and â&#x20AC;&#x153;the only film that couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be used in my documentary was mine,â&#x20AC;? Brownlow said. Shepard never met Keaton, but he has been

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collector and distributor. According to Brownlow, Rohauer might have been a key player in preserving silent films, but the movies he would distribute were â&#x20AC;&#x153;duped.â&#x20AC;? Both Brownlow and Shepard had to restore countless feet of silent film footage because of the poor quality of film they received

after its time with Rohauer. According to Brownlow, he and Shepard were heavily quoted in an article written in the Sunday Times by John Baxter about Rohauer tampering with Keatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s films. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the article, Rohauer would never talk to me again because he thought I wrote the article under the name of John Baxter,â&#x20AC;?

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marriage with Eleanor Norris â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his second wife. Karen said Keaton found peace in his later years, a direct result of the relationship with his wife. Karen said he was privileged to have known Keaton personally in his later years, and had become close friends with him. He and Keaton were close enough that Keaton was the godfather of Karenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an honor to have him in our lives,â&#x20AC;? Karen

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documentary, said he was impressed by actors like Keaton, because they were â&#x20AC;&#x153;average Joesâ&#x20AC;? but also creative geniuses. Brownlow has had extensive experience restoring silent films throughout his career, and he said films like Buster Keatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Charlie Chaplinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s were in dire need of restoration. Brownlow said Keatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s films now look just as good as they did 70 years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kept seeing Chaplin films that looked like bacteria under a microscope,â&#x20AC;?

Bacon still plentiful, but more costly ST. LOUIS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bacon lovers can relax. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find all they want on supermarket shelves in the coming months, though their pocketbooks may take a hit. The economics of the current drought are likely to nose up prices for bacon and other pork products next year, by as much as 10 percent. But U.S. agricultural economists are dismissing reports of a global bacon shortage that lent sizzle to headlines and Twitter feeds last week.

Simply put, the talk of scarcity is hogwash. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Use of the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;shortageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; caused visions of (1970s-style) gasoline lines in a lot of peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heads, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case,â&#x20AC;? said Steve Meyer, president of Iowa-based Paragon Economics and a consultant to the National Pork Producers Council and National Pork Board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the definition of shortage is that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find it on the shelves, then no, the concern is not valid.

If the concern is higher cost for it, then yes.â&#x20AC;? Fears about a scarcity of bacon swept across social and mainstream media last week after a trade group in Europe said a bacon shortage was â&#x20AC;&#x153;unavoidable,â&#x20AC;? citing a sharp decline in the continentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pig herd and drought-inflated feed costs. The report caused much consternation over a product that used to be merely a breakfast staple, but nowadays flavors everything from brownies to vodka.

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US collapse lets Ryder Cup slip away MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Erasing some of their worst Ryder Cup memories, the Europeans wore the image of Seve Ballesteros on their sleeves and played their hearts out Sunday at Medinah to match the greatest comeback in history and head home with that precious gold trophy. Europe got its payback for Brookline, when the Americans roared back from the same 10-6 deficit. This rally was even more remarkable, carried out before a raucous American crowd that began their chants of “USA!” some three hours before the first match got under way. Jose Maria Olazabal squeezed his eyes and fought back tears when Kaymer holed a 6-foot par putt to beat Steve Stricker and give Europe the point it needed to keep the cup. This was the first Ryder Cup since Ballesteros, the soul of European golf in this event, died last May of a brain tumor. Olazabal wanted his team to wear navy blue, Seve’s favorite color, and added a clever touch — his iconic silhouette on the sleeves of their shirts. “This one is for all of Europe,” Olazabal said. “Seve will always be present with this team. He was a big factor for this event for the European side, and last night when we were having that meeting, I think the boys understood that believing was the most important thing. And I think they did.” Tiger Woods missed a 3½-foot par putt on the 18th hole, and then conceded a par to Francesco Molinari of about that length to halve their match. That extra half-point made it a clear-cut win for Europe, 14½-13½. Woods and Stricker, the anchors in the lineup, didn’t win a single match at Medinah. Ian Poulter was the first to embrace Olazabal, which was only fitting. It was Poulter who gave Europe hope Saturday evening when he made five straight birdies to turn a loss into a win and swing mo-

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Today High School Football Central Heights at Iola JV, 4:30 p.m. Jr. High Football IMS 7th, 8th at Burlington, 4 p.m. Girls’ Golf Yates Center at Anderson County, Garnett Tuesday High School Volleyball Iola, Osawatomie at Wellsville, 4:30 p.m. Humboldt at Caney Valley Altoona-Midway, St. Paul at Marmaton Valley Burlington, Cherryvale at Yates Center Pleasanton, Uniontown at Crest Waverly, Burlingame at Southern Coffey County Jr. College Soccer Allen at Coffeyville, women 5 p.m., men 7 p.m. Cross Country Yates Center, Humboldt, Crest at Eureka Youth Tackle Football 3rd-4th Grade League Yates Center at Iola, 6 p.m. Humboldt at Mound City 5th-6th Grade League Mound City at Iola, 7:15 p.m. Uniontown at Humboldt Yates Center at Garnett Wednesday Jr. College Volleyball Fort Scott at Allen, 6:30 p.m. Thursday High School Volleyball Labette County, Coffeyville at Iola, 4:30 p.m. Yates Center at Altoona-Midway Cross Country Iola at Independence, 4 p.m. Marmaton Valley at JayhawkLinn, Mound City Jr. College Soccer Allen men vs. San Jacinto, Dallas, Texas Allen women vs. Tyler, Dallas, Texas

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Europe’s Rory McIlroy celebrates his win as United States’ Keegan Bradley walks off the 17th green during Sunday’s final round of the Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. Mcllroy led the European team in a stunning comeback to beat the U.S. mentum in Europe’s favor. Poulter was up to his fist-pumping, eyebulging tricks again on the final day, winning the last two holes in his match against U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson. And he had plenty of help. Europe’s top five players in the lineup all won, including Rory McIlroy, who was lucky to be playing. McIlroy thought his match was at 12:25 p.m. — it was listed in Eastern time, not Central — and needed a police escort to get to the course with 10 minutes to spare. Then, he came up with key birdies to hand Keegan Bradley his first loss of the week.

The biggest match might have belonged to Justin Rose. He was on the verge of losing to Phil Mickelson when Rose holed a 12-foot par putt to halve the 16th, made a 35foot birdie putt from the back of the 17th green to win the hole, and then closed out Mickelson with a 12-foot birdie on the last hole. Six of the 12 matches went to the 18th hole on Sunday. The Americans won only one of them. The Americans also rallied from a four-point deficit to win in 1999 at Brookline. This was different, though. The Americans won big in those early matches. At Medinah, so many of them could

have gone either way. It was so close, so tense, that either side could have won the Ryder Cup down to the very end. Stricker made an 8-foot par putt on the 18th, and Kaymer faced a par putt from 6 feet to win the match. If he missed, the Americans would get a half-point, and Woods was leading 1-up over Molinari and in the middle of the 18th fairway. Kaymer, a former No. 1 and major champion who has struggled all year, poured it in the middle and the celebration was on. He could barely speak at this point, not so much from pure

emotion but having to scream over the crowd behind him. Players were hugging and crying, and the small European contingent that had been drowned out all week was serenading themselves with what has become the theme song of the Ryder Cup. “Ole, ole, ole, ole,” they sang merrily, even as the teams prepared for the closing ceremony. Europe now has won seven of the last nine Ryder Cups, and even more remarkable about this comeback is that they did it on the road. Davis Love III became the first U.S. captain to sit every player at least once before Sunday, wanting them to be fresh for the decisive day. Instead, the Americans faltered at the end — especially Jim Furyk and Stricker, two of his captain’s picks. “The plan worked the first two days,” he said. “It just didn’t work today.” The only U.S. points came from Dustin Johnson, who went 3-0 in this Ryder Cup, Zach Johnson and unheralded Jason Dufner. “We’re all kind of stunned,” Love said. “We know what it feels like now from the ‘99 Ryder Cup. It’s a little bit shocking. We were playing so well, we figured it didn’t matter how we sent them out there. We got a couple of matches flipped there in the middle that cost us.” Love thought all along the Ryder Cup would be decided in the ninth match by Dufner. It was most appropriate that Europe won the cup thanks to Kaymer. Kaymer gave German golf some redemption from Kiawah Island in 1991, when countryman Bernhard Langer missed a par putt from about the same length that allowed the Americans to win. “It’s a feeling I never had before,” Kaymer said. “On Friday, I sat down with Bernhard and talked a little bit about the Ryder Cup because my attitude was not the right one. But now I know how important the Ryder Cup is.”

Red Devils handle Cottey College By JOCELYN SHEETS jocelyn@iolaregister.com

Smarting from a tough home conference loss on Wednesday, Allen Community College’s Red Devils came onto their home court Friday night with a chip on their shoulders. Unfortunately for Cottey College’s Comets, they had next on the volleyball court with the Red Devils. Allen downed Cottey 25-10, 2513, 29-27. “Friday night lights were in the Allen gym and we knew we had something to prove,” Jessica Peters, ACC head coach. “We had the start we wanted.” Peters said Hayley Mertens provided the muscle at the net with seven kills out of 11 attacks in the first set. Tayler Shook served three points and Jacqui Ortiz had a five-point run on the service line to push the Red Devils toward the set victory. “Serve received, blocks at the net were solid and we stayed aggressive on the service line,” Peters said. “Then we started the second set with serve receive and attack errors so we’re playing with Cottey early instead of fixing a mistake and getting on a run.” Peters said the Red Devils turned the tide in the second set on a five-point service run with

Shook on the serve. Not far behind that came a Mertens serving seven consecutive points. The third set turned into a point-for-point affair. Peters said Cottey minimized its errors, showed up with a block and the Comets were smarter about ball placement. “Knowing we needed to earn set and match point, the girls didn’t let up. We finished with a kill by Hayley,” Peters said. Mertens ended up with 14 kills and a block assist at the net. She also had 16 digs and one service ace. Danielle Goodman put down 11 kills and had six digs while Sidney Keith had nine kills and six digs. Adriee Munoz was credited with 16 set assists and Ortiz had 15 assists. Each had a service ace. Ortiz came up with 11 digs and Munoz had eight digs. Sarah Charbonneau led the team with 18 digs and Shook had seven digs. Randi Billings delivered five kills and one solo block plus a block assist. She had five digs and Autumn Douglas had four digs. Douglas had one solo block and three kills. Ortiz and Cheyanne Miller had one kill each and Miller had two digs. The Red Devils improved to 1011 overall. Fort Scott Community College comes to Iola Wednesday in Jayhawk Conference/NJCAA

Allen Community College’s Adriee Munoz (5) puts the volleyball up for an attack by a teammate during a recent home match. The Red Devils beat Cottey College at home Friday. Division II district play. Allen is 1-3 in conference and 1-4 in district while Fort Scott is 1-2 and 2-2

plus have a 15-6 overall mark. The match starts at 6:30 p.m. in the ACC gym.

ACC basketball teams begin practice today By JOCELYN SHEETS jocelyn@iolaregister.com

Basketball season. That’s right. This afternoon and evening Allen Community College’s basketball teams open practices for the 2012-2013 season. The season begins Nov. 1. Allen’s head coaches Mark James and Andy Shaw told the Register their players are ready to get things started. The Red Devil women and

men have been working hard since the start of school with conditioning and weight lifting. “We’re excited to go to full practices. Our players have come in and worked as hard as they did last year for us,” said James, second-year ACC women’s head coach. “Having everybody back but one player from last year really is making our jobs as coaches easier.

“Our sophomores know what we expect of them in conditioning, in practices and in games. They have taken the freshmen and been strong leaders.” First-year men’s head coach Andy Shaw has the opposite situation with just two sophomores back from last year. “But we’ve liked what we’ve seen from our 13 new kids. All of our guys have bought into our

system and responded really well to our conditioning and weight lifting sessions,” Shaw said. The Red Devil women’s first official practice is at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Allen’s men follow with their first practice at 6. First scrimmages for the Allen teams come quickly. The women have one on Sunday and the men scrimmage on Oct. 13. See BASKETBALL | B4

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ABOUT 200 barges have traveled the Missouri River to Kansas City this year, less than a tenth of what once used the channel. By contrast, about 40,000 barges go by St. Louis most years on the Mississippi River, according to The Kansas City Star. “They have taken down our (lake levels) 3 foot, maybe 6 foot, for what we deem a limited benefit,” said Tracy Streeter, director of the Kansas Water Office. “You would be hardpressed to even find navigation advocates that could look you straight in the eye and say, ‘Yeah, that’s a good use of water.’” This year, the Tuttle Creek reservoir is six to seven feet below normal, and boat slips and docks are 15 feet below their normal spots. Milford State

Park shut down a number of boat ramps, and a new houseboat dock has been bent from sitting on rocks. “A lot of guys don’t have any place to get their boat on the lake to go fishing,” said Tony Reitz, Milford park manager. The Army Corps of Engineers said it had no choice but to lower the three lakes in July because the federal agency is required by Congress to keep the Missouri River high enough for the barges to navigate, and the drought had caused levels to drop too far. The corps says the congressional mandate requires the corps to release enough water for commercial barge traffic from April 1 to Dec. 1 — regardless of how many barges are on the river. “We don’t have the option to decide not to do it one year or other years because of drought,” said Jody Farhat, the Corps’ chief water manager for the Missouri River. John and Kathy O’Malley, however, feel like their business has been sacrificed to save another. They shut down the Wildcat Marina on Tuttle Creek Lake near Manhattan last week because so much water had been drained. “I’ve seen Tuttle Creek go up and down,” Kathy O’Malley said, “but I’ve never seen anything like this. We’re worried. We’re really worried.”

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released of billions of gallons of water from eastern Kansas reservoirs this summer to support dwindling barge traffic on the drought-stricken Missouri River, which has raised the ire of some who say fuller reservoirs are vital to their businesses. State officials have also questioned the benefit of releasing water from Perry, Tuttle Creek and Milford reservoirs, where tourism brings in hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

COFFEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) — Coffeyville police are investigating two shootings over the weekend that left two people dead and two injured. T hir ty-two-year-old James Logan of Coffeyville and 31-year-old Latrell Boyd of Pine Bluff, Ark., died in shootings late Friday at an apartment complex. A 20-year-old Coffeyville man was treated and released for injuries from that shooting. Early Saturday, a second shooting left 39-year-old Anthony Wilson with nonlife-threatening wounds. No arrests have been made. Police are looking for at least two people who are believed to be involved in the shootings.

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Dealing with family after affair, marriage Dear Carolyn: Long story short: Lost my partner to pulmonary embolism soon after a married friend lost his adult daughter to sudden death. We bonded through grief, engaged in an affair (on and off) across five years during which he initiated divorce proceedings twice. The third time he followed through, and we are now married (nine years after the deaths). His family disapproves, and they have been rude during family gatherings. My husband says give them time. I would prefer to opt out of

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his family gatherings and have no interest in hosting his family at our home either. Thoughts? — Mistress Becomes Wife Answer: What exactly did you expect? Forgiveness is something to hope for, especially given the way grief can compro-

Public notice (First published in The Iola Register September 17, 2012) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS GNB MORTGAGE COMPANY INC. Plaintiff, vs. JERRY JONES Defendants. Case No. 12CV57 Div. No. K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF SUIT The State of Kansas to: JERRY JONES, A/K/A JERRY R. JONES, JR.; JASON RUSH, A/K/A JASON GUY RUSH; JOHN DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); MARY DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN) and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such of the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown spouses of the defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such defendants as are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown guardians and trustees of such of the defendants as are minors or are in anywise under legal disability; and all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, by GNB Mortgage Company Inc. for judgment in the sum of $72,161.78, plus interest, costs and other relief; judgment that plaintiff’s lien is a first lien on the said real property and sale of said property to satisfy the indebtedness, said property described as follows, to wit: LOT TWENTY-FIVE (25), GARFIELD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA, IN ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS Commonly known as 806 N. Garfield, Iola, Kansas 66749 and you are hereby required to plead to said petition in said Court at Iola, Kansas on or before the 1st day of November 2012. Should you fail therein judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Thomas Williams, Sheriff Allen County, Kansas SHAPIRO & MOCK, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 6310 Lamar – Suite 235 Overland Park, KS 66202 (913) 831-3000 Fax No. (913) 831-3320 Our File No. 12-004985/dkb (9) 17, 24, (10) 1

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(First published in The Iola Register September 17, 2012) IN THE THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LELAND I. GUMFORY Deceased. Case No. 2012 PR 12 PURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAPTER 59 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT The State of Kansas to All Persons Concerned: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed on September 10, 2012, in this Court by Maxalene Gumfory and Rose Ann Johnson, the duly appointed, qualified and acting Co-Executors of the estate of Leland I. Gumfory, deceased, requesting that the Co-Petitioners’ acts be approved; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested for attorneys’ fees and attorneys are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs, if any, be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the estate closed; upon the filing of receipts the Co-Petitioners be finally discharged as the Co-Executors of the estate of Leland I. Gumfory, deceased, and the Co-Petitioners be released from further liability. You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before October 9, 2012, at 8:30 o’clock a.m., on such day, in such Court, in the City of Iola, in Allen County, at which time and place such cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition. Maxalene Gumfory and Rose Ann Johnson Co-Petitioners Tim J. Larson, 11494 Tim J. Larson, JD, PA 7570 W. 21st Street, Bldg. 1026, Ste. C Wichita, KS 67205 (316) 729-0100 Attorneys for Co-Petitioners (9) 17, 24, (10) 1

mise judgment, though you don’t seem to be asking for it. Or expressing anything that resembles remorse, for that matter. Maybe you don’t think you need to — it was your now-husband who took the vows he broke, after all — but he did break them with your witting and willing assistance. So consider what this family has had to process. The adult daughter was their loved one, too — and while they were grieving her loss, one bereaved parent was cheating on the other. Surely you can imagine the anger they felt toward your now-husband when all of this came to light? For kicking his then-wife while she was down? For forcing them to deal with this, of all things — and then, of all times? Now imagine how they felt when they risked losing another loved one — your husband — by unleashing on him their anger and dismay and (presumably) protectiveness of his ex-wife. Maybe they said their piece anyway, but their antipathy to you suggests they used a tempting loophole: directing most of their anger where it involved less emotional risk. At you. When a loved one does something bad, it’s easier to rationalize the bad thing away than it is to shun the person. When

a stranger does something bad, it’s easier to shun the person than it is to rationalize the bad thing away. If all this sounds about right, then you know what you are to them: scapegoat; awkward presence; painful reminder x 2. You’re also their rock and hard place, since embracing you will likely feel like abetting the infidelity, even this long after the fact. In embracing your husband, at least they have an ethical fig leaf in Family. Is this fair? Not entirely. But it’s real, and it’s what you’re up against. With that in mind, your preference to avoid his family can be called reasonable, as long as you’re honest and clear on what you hope to accomplish: “Declare my penance over,” for example, “even if it puts Husband in a difficult spot.” Yet you can’t deny the cowardice of this choice. You can instead set a loftier goal: not to make any more divisive choices. That means donning your finest hair shirt, showing up and, most important, forgiving his family for their unwillingness to forgive you. If you haven’t tried this in earnest, then don’t kid yourself — the family sees your lack of effort. Make that effort now, before you retreat into that hard refusal to give them any more time.

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Indians cruise past Royals CLEVELAND (AP) — Royals outfielder Jeff Francoeur didn’t have to offer any detailed analysis for Sunday’s 15-3 loss to the Indians. “The intensity stunk,” he said. “Today was brutal.” No one will disagree with Francoeur’s assessment. Cleveland scored 10 times in the fifth inning to blow the game open and send Kansas City to its seventh loss in eight games. “It got away in a hurry,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “A 10-run fifth is not good for your business.” Among the Royals’ recent losses was a 15-4 pasting by the Indians at home a week earlier. Luke Hochevar (8-16) was tagged for nine runs in 4 2/3 innings in his final start of the season. “Obviously, it’s not good,” Hochevar said. “It’s not how I want to end the year.” Hochevar dropped to 1-7 in 11 starts since beating the Indians on July 31. The right-hander gave up nine hits and three walks to close a wildly inconsistent season. In 21 outings, he had a 2.88 ERA. In 11 other starts, he lasted only a total of 48 innings and had a 13.88

ERA. “When I take the mound I want to help the team win,” he said. “That’s the bottom line. That’s why we’re here. I didn’t feel I helped the team win like I should.” Alex Gordon hit a tworun homer, his 13th, in the sixth for Kansas City. Tony Abreu’s RBI single made it 11-3 in the seventh. The loss also added to the Royals’ injury problems, which seems to grow by the day. Third baseman Mike Moustakas left in the sixth with left groin tightness, although Yost said he would have been able to stay in the game had the score been closer. First baseman Eric Hosmer and shortstop Alcides Escobar missed the three-game series with shoulder injuries. Hosmer has a slight tear in his right rotator cuff and will be reexamined Monday when the Royals open a threegame homestand with Detroit. The Royals and Indians will have some say on how the AL Central race ends. Kansas City plays the Tigers, who lead Chicago by three games. Cleveland hosts the fading White Sox for three games, also starting Monday.

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The Red Devil men went 14-17 overall last year and 8-10 in Jayhawk Eastern Division play. Shaw was the assistant coach, now he’s head coach and Ben Rovenstine is his assistant. “We’re both 25-year-olds with a lot of energy. Ben came in and did a really good job recruiting for us. We have Seth Walden and Drelan Tripplett back. We have a good group of freshmen and transfer players,” Shaw said. Shaw said he is in a learning process being such a young head coach. He said he has reached out to former coaches and his father, who is an assistant coach at a NCAA Division II college. The Red Devil women bring back nine players off their 11-20 team of last year. They were 6-12 in Jayhawk

East play. “We have 15 players out this season and our players are on a mission. Last year, we were picked to finish last in the conference and that didn’t set well with our girls,” James said. “It has fueled the work ethic of these players and we’ve been pleased with what we’ve seen in conditioning.” James and Aubrey Jones are back as a coaching staff for the second year in a row. That is a big plus for the ACC women’s basketball program as it has had coaches come and go quickly. Nov. 1 is the target date for both Allen teams. The men are at Hutchinson Community College that night to open the season. The women play at Oklahoma Wesleyan in Bartlesville, Okla., that afternoon.

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Kansas City Chiefs running back Shaun Draughn (20) fumbles the ball while being hit by San Diego Chargers cornerback Quentin Jammer (23) in the fourth quarter Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Chargers defeated the Chiefs, 37-20.

Turnovers doom the Chiefs KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There’s been a sign outside the locker room in the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice facility the past couple weeks offering a three-word dictum: “Eliminate Bad Football.” Romeo Crennel couldn’t find better words to describe the Chiefs’ performance Sunday. “It was bad football,” he conceded, minutes after watching Kansas City commit six turnovers and get blown out again at home, this time 37-20 by the San Diego Chargers. “You could see it was bad football,” Crennel continued, “but we have a game to be played next week, and we have to stay together and not point fingers.” There aren’t enough fingers to go around. Matt Cassel threw for 251 yards and two touchdowns, but he was intercepted three times in the first half, when San Diego built a 27-6 lead. Jamaal Charles lost two fumbles to overshadow his touchdowns rushing and

receiving. Shaun Draughn had a fumble, Eric Winston struggled all day at right tackle and Eric Berry couldn’t keep up with Chargers tight end Antonio Gates. Just about the only bright spot for Kansas City (1-3) was wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, who had seven catches for 108 yards and a touchdown that came far too late to matter. “We’ve got to solve it and we’ve got to solve it quick,” said Cassel, who was booed lustily all afternoon. “We talk about it, but we obviously have to go out there and do a better job.” The regular officials were back on the field Sunday, and both teams kept referee Bill Leavy’s crew busy. They combined for 15 penalties for 150 yards. Philip Rivers threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns for the AFC Westleading Chargers (3-1), who bounced back nicely from a 27-3 loss to the Atlanta Falcons last weekend and improved to 8-2 in their past 10 games against Kansas City.

Jackie Battle had a pair of scores against his former team, and Eddie Royal also caught a touchdown pass, helping the Chargers forget all about their debacle last season in Kansas City. The teams were tied in the closing seconds when Rivers fumbled a snap, preventing San Diego from attempting the winning field goal. The game went to overtime and Kansas City prevailed. It’s a lesson the Chiefs are still trying to learn. “When you look at that, it’s almost surprising that we’ve gotten one (win),” Winston said. “It’s obviously unacceptable and it’s on everybody.” The problems started right away: Berry was flagged twice for pass interference on the first possession, and Rivers capped a 76-yard drive with an easy pass to Royal for the touchdown. Then the cacophony of errors truly began for Kansas City. Cassel’s third pass of the game was intercepted

by Eric Weddle, giving San Diego the ball at the Chiefs 28. Four plays later, Nick Novak’s 25-yard field goal made it 10-0. On the Chiefs’ next possession, Charles was stripped of the ball by Takeo Spikes on the first play after a false start. San Diego took over at the Chiefs 5, and Battle pounded forward twice to give the Chargers a 17-0 lead — all before Kansas City had run five offensive plays. “Putting the ball on the ground, I know I can’t do that,” Charles said. NFL Games Thursday’s Game Baltimore 23, Cleveland 16 Sunday’s Games Houston 38, Tennessee 14 San Diego 37, Kansas City 20 St. Louis 19, Seattle 13 New England 52, Buffalo 28 Minnesota 20, Detroit 13 Atlanta 30, Carolina 28 San Francisco 34, N.Y. Jets 0 Arizona 24, Miami 21, OT Denver 37, Oakland 6 Cincinnati 27, Jacksonville 10 Green Bay 28, New Orleans 27 Washington 24, Tampa Bay 22 Philadelphia 19, N.Y. Giants 17 Open: Indianapolis, Pittsburgh Tonight’s Game Chicago at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Keselowski emerges late to win at Dover DOVER, Del. (AP) — Brad Keselowski had fuel to spare for a couple of victory burnouts. Those few splashes of gas left down the stretch were just enough for a checkered flag — and a sign Keselowski is a championship favorite. With other contenders battling fuel woes and limping toward pit road, Keselowski had enough gas in the No. 2 Dodge to win Sunday at Dover International Speedway for his second victory in three weeks. Keselowksi’s stout start to the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship allowed him to swipe the points lead from Jimmie Johnson. Keselowski holds a fivepoint lead over Johnson as the Chase shifts to Talladega Superspeedway. Keselowski, who won the Chase opener at Chicagoland, has deftly avoided the famed Big Ones that strike the Alabama track to win twice there in seven career starts. He held off a late push from runner-up Jeff Gordon to match Denny Hamlin for the season victory lead with five. “I can’t state loudly enough how much longer this battle is,” Keselowski said.

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Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota, race during Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. Keselowski won the race. Keselowski, Johnson and Hamlin have staked their claim through the first three of 10 Chase races as the drivers to beat. Johnson and Hamlin each led a chunk of laps on the mile concrete oval, but failed to stretch their fuel to the end. Johnson was ordered to back off the gas and salvaged a fourth-place finish. Hamlin pitted with 10 laps left, opening the door for Keselowski, and denying him his first win at the Monster Mile. Hamlin

faded to eighth after starting from the pole. There was a caution at the end of a cycle of greenflag pit stops only 69 laps into the race that quickly dropped drivers a lap back. Amazingly, most of the field couldn’t ever get that lap back, and only six drivers finished on the lead lap. Non-Chase drivers Mark Martin finished third and Carl Edwards was fifth. Kyle Busch led a racehigh 302 laps until his own battles with the pump cost

him what would have been a nice victory in a season where he failed to make the Chase. He finished seventh. There were some rough finishes for the rest of the Chase field. Martin Truex Jr. was sixth, Clint Bowyer was ninth, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 11th, Kevin Harvick 13th, Kasey Kahne 15th, Greg Biffle 16th, Tony Stewart 20th, and Matt Kenseth was knocked out of the race and was 35th. There are seven races left in the Chase.

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