By BOB JOHNSONbob@iolaregister.com

“I always tried to do my best,” said Ralph Johnson Jr., who has spent the last 50 years repairing dented and damaged cars in Iola.

Twin Motors is closing its body shop, “just as soon as we get it all cleaned out,” Johnson, 68, said Thursday afternoon.

He has been fixture at the cor-ner of Miller and State streets since Dale Wichman moved his Ford dealership there from 207 S. Jefferson Ave. in the mid-1960s.

“I remember when there wasn’t a building here,” Johnson said of Twin Motors. “I helped move out here.”

After Wichman, Gary Lass-man purchased the dealership and then Tim Henry took over.

“I worked for all three,” John-son said.

It was with Chig Weiland that he got his start.

Like most boys in the 1950s, Johnson was fascinated by cars. Weiland needed help at his sal-vage yard northeast of Iola and also someone to go along to car auctions. He found an eager em-ployee in Johnson, who often drove cars home from auctions and then spruced them up for Weiland to sell.

Johnson moved into newer cars when he caught on with Ken Hey-wood, who had a Pontiac and Ca-dillac dealership at 204 North St.

“I started out changing oil and polishing cars,” he said, and got a heads-up on body work when Heywood brought in a specialist from Kansas City to give employ-

ees a week-long tutorial.Along about the time Johnson

was starting to fit in comfortably, the economy got the better of Heywood and he closed the deal-ership.

“Someone,” Johnson doesn’t know who, “told Dale (Wichman) about me and he called and asked if I’d like a job.”

Then married, he jumped at the opportunity, but found him-self back under the grease rack, the starting point for most new employees in dealerships in those days. He soon moved into mechanic work and not too much later found his niche, doing body work.

“Larry Utley was the shop

foreman and I learned a lot from him,” Johnson said.

To show how much times have changed, Johnson noted that soon after he hooked up with Wichman, a new Ford Mustang could be had for $3,600.

“Now they cost $36,000,” he said.

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McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON — Republican

John Boehner narrowly won re-election Thursday as the speaker of the House of Representatives as the 113th Congress convened in an atmosphere of unusual uncer-tainty and turmoil.

Outwardly, the day had a festive air as children were allowed to sit in House members’ seats and the usually somber halls of the Capi-tol complex teemed with revelers. Thursday also had an uplifting note, as Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., who suffered a major stroke last year, climbed the 45 outdoor steps into the Senate chamber with the help of Vice President Joe Biden and two Senate colleagues.

There were celebrations of the diversity of the new Con-gress. The Senate welcomed its first openly gay member. Senate Republicans welcomed the first African-American Republican in three decades. The House Demo-

By BOB JOHNSONbob@iolaregister.com

Wade Bowie, Allen County at-torney, will handle cases in Mu-nicipal Court until a new city prosecutor is hired — which may be him.

City Administrator Carl Slaugh said Bowie agreed this week to in-terim duty in Municipal Court, and that his was the only applica-tion received so far for the posi-tion.

Information about the position was sent to attorneys throughout southeast Kansas on Dec. 27. The city will accept applications until Jan. 18. Compensation for a pros-ecutor will be determined when a contract is negotiated.

Bowie initially made himself available for prosecutorial duty only when the city council sought applicants for a city attorney af-ter dismissing Chuck Apt on Sept. 24, with the provision that Apt would continue prosecution until December.

Two Iola law offices — Johnson Law Office and Immel, Works and Heim — applied for counsel work, along with an attorney from Law-rence, Slaugh said. The Iola attor-neys declined to be considered for prosecution because of conflicts they anticipated with clients.

The conflict arises, both point-

Prosecutor will be hired this month

Twin Motors mainstay retiring

Ralph Johnson Jr. has done body work for nearly 50 years at Iola’s Ford dealerships.Register/Bob Johnson

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The Talleys, a trio of gospel singers, will perform tonight at 6 o’clock at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Tickets are $18 at the door for orchestra and $15 for balcony. Stu-dents may see the performance for $6 apiece with seating in the balcony.

Debra and Roger Talley and their daughter, Lauren Talley-Alvey, share the stage singing and witnessing the gospel.

As a trio and in their separate careers, the Talleys have gar-nered awards and nominations in the realm of Southern gos-pel, including Singing News Fan Awards, Southern Gospel Music Association awards and Female and Male Vocalists of the Year.

Their most recent release is “Love Won,” a compilation of songs that include “Make Way for the Master,” “Broken World,” and “Talk to the Lord About it.”

Roger, Debra and Lauren Talley

Gospel trio at Bowlus tonight

Donna Houser told Iola Ro-tarians Thursday that the goal of Iola’s Community Involve-ment Task Force “is to make Iola more beautiful,” more pros-perous and an all-round better place to live.

Houser, who is president of the civic improvement group, talked about the projects it has tackled. She was assisted by Kara Godfrey, secretary-trea-surer, who presented a slide show she had created depicting some of those projects.

Among them are repairing and painting buildings around the square; improving the small parks at the north and south edges of town, painting the

An Allen County deputy was attacked by a German short-haired pointer Thursday while serving papers two miles east of Humboldt.

Jerry Daniels, who will be-come undersheriff at mid-month, said he was walking up to Britt Klotz’s home when the dog approached him.

“He didn’t growl,” but seemed threatening enough that Daniels turned and started back to his vehicle.

That’s when the dog clamped on to Daniels’ upper left leg, penetrating the skin in several places with its teeth.

Unable to free himself, Daniels reached behind himself with his .45 caliber handgun and shot the dog, which then ran off. The bul-let hit the dog in the shoulder and, according to a Chanute vet-erinarian, is expected to recover. Daniels was treated by Dr. Frank Porter, an Iola physician.

Klotz apologized for the at-tack.

On new Congress’ first day, clouds amid the sunshine

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Maria-Victoria Duffy tries to get down from the arms of her father, Rep. Sean Duffy, during the fam-ily’s photograph with Speaker of the House John Boehner at the swearing-in ceremony on Thurs-day in Washington, D.C.

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License tags on Kansas vehi-cles contain more information to determine the owner than just the numbers.

Don Goff, Savonburg, found that out after he received a re-quest from an Iowa police de-partment for payment of a speeding ticket generated by a traffic camera.

The ticket was for alleged speeding that occurred two months ago near Des Moines, a time when Goff wasn’t in Iowa.

He asked Sheriff Tom Wil-liams about the ticket and what to do. Williams took up his case.

“With the help of Jerry (Dan-iels, soon to be undersheriff) and local troopers we found out that the numbers on the license tag of the vehicle that was speeding were for a commercial truck,” Williams said. “Goff ’s license

tag, with the same numbers, are for an antique vehicle.”

Daniels, a former KHP trooper, explained that several classes of Kansas tags have the same num-bers and that it was incumbent on an officer to make certain the class of a tag when checking owner identity.

After explaining to the Iowa officers what had occurred, they issued an apology.

Williams said his recommen-dation to anyone receiving a similar request for payment of a ticket was first to contact the issuing department or “call the sheriff ’s office (365-1400) and let us help out.”

“Don’t pay a ticket that you don’t think you deserve,” he said. “There are a lot of scams out there, and sometimes shoddy police work.”

More to a license tag than its number

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Fence damagedRichard Zahn told Iola

police officers Friday a fence he owned was dam-aged in the 400 block of North First Street.

The damage was report-edly caused by a vehicle. An investigation contin-ues.

Dog attack reportedA dog owned by Kellie

Jones in the 300 block of South Ohio Street was bit-ten by another dog, Iola police officers were told Friday. The owner of the loose dog, Delores Silcox, was cited for vicious ani-mal and loose dog viola-tions.

Tires cutRobert Peterson re-

ported Friday morning that seven tires on two of his vehicles were slashed while parked in the 400 block of North First Street. An investigation continues.

Lumber stolenDavid Hamilton, 32,

Iola, told Iola police of-ficers a pile of lumber valued at $200 had been stolen from next to a fence in the 400 block of North First Street Saturday.

The lumber was stolen sometime after Dec. 27, Hamilton said.

Parked vehicle hitErica D. Richey, 28,

was pulling into a park-ing stall at Iola Walmart Friday afternoon when she struck a parked sport utility vehicle owned by Craig J. Smith.

Gas meter hitMary E. Schomaker, 60,

was backing into an alley Saturday morning when she struck a gas meter in the 700 block of North Walnut Street.

Vehicles collideVehicles driven by Jer-

emy Spears and Drake Dieker collided on 2000 Street east of Iola Thurs-day morning.

Allen County officers said Dieker was leaving a private drive when his vehicle struck Spears’, which was southbound on 2000. The Spears vehicle then struck a utility pole and cable box.

Vehicles crashA truck driven by Wes-

ley Wilson, Savonburg, ran off U.S. 54 at LaHarpe Wednesday afternoon and hit a fence post.

A vehicle driven by Gary Lewis, Humboldt, ran off 1800 Street south-east of Humboldt Wednes-day evening.

Police reportsDISTRICT COURT

Judge Daniel CreitzCivil cases filed:Linda C. Freeman vs. Mi-

chael E. Freeman, divorce. Susan M. Ornelas vs. An-thony D. Ornelas, protec-tion from abuse. Kansas De-partment of Children and Families, et al vs. Stephen M. Neeley, other domestic relations.

MAGISTRATE COURTJudge Thomas Saxton

Convicted of speeding or other violations with fines assessed:

Jamie A. Adair, Iola, 80/65, $173. Austin L. Myrick, Iola, disobeying stop/yield sign, no seat belt, $183. Kathryn A. Stotler, Mo-ran, 77/65, $155. Holly S. Bal-lin, Chanute, no seat belt, no child safety seat, $168. Carl J. Peterson, improperly tak-ing in wildlife, no fish and game license, $473.

Entered diversion agreements with fines as-sessed:

Jauan L. Wilson, Kansas City, Kan., 86/65, $262. Mat-thew T. Wasinger, Overland Park, 79/65, $192. Amy D. Krenzin, Wellsville, 78/65, $186. Thurman H. Garrett, Kansas City, Kan., 85/65, $228. Julie A. Stewart, Cha-nute, 51/35, $204.

Criminal cases filed:Amanda R. Pollock, Iola,

possessing marijuana with prior conviction, possess-ing drug paraphernalia. Steven L. Reynolds, possess-ing methamphetamine, pos-sessing drug paraphernalia, driving while suspended (second offense). Pamela L. Bilyeu, Iola, domestic bat-tery.

Chelsie Tomlinson, Iola, possessing marijuana with prior conviction, possessing methamphetamine, possess-ing drug paraphernalia, ob-structing apprehension of criminal suspect. Jimmy D. Pergeson, violating protec-tion order.

Tony A. Ping, Iola, do-mestic battery (third charge in five years), disorderly conduct. Ricardo Guerrero,

Iola, domestic battery. Brit-tany M. Belosic, Garnett, driving while intoxicated, minor consuming alcohol.

Kristi J. Arbuckle, Colo-ny, distributing or possess-ing with intent to distribute hydrocodone, distributing or possessing with intent to distribute methadone, felony possession of drug paraphernalia (two counts), unlawful possession of al-prazolam, unlawful posses-sion of diazapam, possess-ing drug paraphernalia.

Robert L. Stufflebeam Jr., Iola, violating protection or-der.

Civil contract cases filed:

Sigg Financial Services LLC vs. Joshua A. Fowler. Capital One Bank vs. Lanet-ta Wilson.

Small claims filed:LaHarpe Telephone Com-

pany vs. Marc J. Waggoner. Raymond E. Cooper vs. Ben-jamin J. Vanderford, et al.

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT

Judge Thomas SaxtonConvicted of speeding

or other violations with fines assessed:

Duncan Brooks III, Iola, driving without a valid li-cense, $180. Dylan Bryan, Iola, possessing or attempt-ing to possess tobacco as a minor, $85. William Chil-cote, Iola, no liability insur-ance, $410. April L. DeSo-cio, Iola, improper parking, $180. Andrew McMurray, Iola, possessing or attempt-ing to possess tobacco as a minor, $85. Darla Ulrich, Iola, failure to yield, $180. Mecca Wacker, Iola 40/30, $140. Shawn Wood, Iola, 40/30, $140.

Convicted of no seat belt and fined $10:

Shandie Ladd, Moran. Bryce Schippers, Overland Park. Rhonda Stogsdill, Iola. Franklin Stoldt, Iola.

Diversion agreements with fines assessed:

Dustin A. Fuller, Beloit, interfering with law en-forcement, disorderly con-duct, $180.

Court reports

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER

AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP)

— U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hir-ing held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff.

The solid job growth wasn’t enough to reduce the unemployment rate, which remained 7.8 percent last month, the Labor Depart-ment said Friday. The rate for November was revised up from an initially report-ed 7.7 percent.

The government said hir-ing was stronger in Novem-ber than it first estimated. November’s job increases were revised up 15,000 to 161,000. October’s increase was nearly unchanged at 137,000.

The job gains for Decem-ber almost exactly matched the average monthly pace for the past two years. Hir-ing has been steady but modest as the economy has grown slowly since the re-cession ended more than three years ago.

For 2012, employers add-ed 1.84 million jobs, an aver-age of 153,000 jobs a month, roughly matching the job totals for 2011.

Robust hiring in manu-facturing and construction fueled the December job growth. Construction firms added 30,000, the most in 15 months. That increase like-ly reflected hiring needed to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy and also gains in home building that have

contributed to a housing re-covery.

Manufacturers added 25,000 jobs, the most in nine months.

Other higher-paying in-dustries also added jobs. Professional and business services, which include po-sitions in information tech-nology, management and architecture, gained 19,000. Financial services added 9,000 and health care 55,000.

All the job gains last month came from private employers. Governments shed 13,000 jobs, mostly in local school systems.

The stable hiring pace shows that employers didn’t panic during the high-stakes talks between Congress and the White House over tax increases and spending cuts that weren’t resolved until New Year’s.

That’s an encouraging sign for the coming months, because an even bigger fed-eral budget showdown is looming. The government must increase its $16.4 tril-lion borrowing limit by around late February or risk defaulting on its debt. Republicans will likely de-mand deep spending cuts as the price of raising the debt limit.

A broader category that

includes not only the un-employed but also part-time workers who want full-time jobs and people who have given up looking for work was unchanged in Decem-ber at 22.7 million.

Despite the still-modest job growth, the economy is showing signs of improve-ment. Layoffs are declin-ing. And the number of people who sought unem-ployment aid in the past month is near a four-year low. Banks are lending a bit more freely.

THE JOBS REPORT showed that hourly pay is staying slightly ahead of in-flation. Hourly wages rose 7 cents to $23.73 last month, a 2.1 percent increase com-pared with a year earlier. In-flation rose 1.8 percent over the same period.

The once-depressed housing market is recover-ing. A measure of U.S. ser-vice firms’ business activ-ity expanded in December by the most in nearly a year. And Americans spent more in November. Consumer spending drives nearly 70 percent of economic growth.

Manufacturing is getting a boost from the best auto sales in five years. Car sales jumped 13 percent in 2012 to 14.5 million. And Ameri-cans spent more at the tail end of the holiday shop-ping season, boosting over-all sales that had slumped earlier in the crucial two-month period.

“There is little doubt that the seeds of faster growth are being planted,” James Marple, an economist at TD Bank, said in a note to clients.

1.84 million new jobs for 2012 Obituaries

There is little doubt that the seeds of faster growth are being planted.

— James Marple, economist “

Ruby FinkRuby Oleta Fink, 93, Fort

Scott, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Guest Home Es-tates. She was born March 11, 1919, in Uniontown, the daughter of Edwin Hart-man and Belle Kirker Hart-man.

Ruby graduated from U n i o n -town High S c h o o l . She mar-ried A. G. Fink on Dec. 25, 1941, at Union-town Unit-ed Method-ist Church. A. G. and Ruby maintained their family farm south of Moran until his death on Jan. 13, 1987.

Ruby was a member of First United Methodist Church and a past member of the Order of Eastern Star and the White Shrine of Jerusalem. Ruby was a member of Open Circle Club of Moran and she had also served with the Mercy Hospital Auxiliary where she had delivered newspa-pers to patients for many years.

Survivors include two daughters, Irene Kenne-dy and Marie Barker and husband, Raymond, all of Fort Scott; four grand-children, Linda Lawrence and husband, Terry, Fort Scott, Cheryl Combs and husband, Mike, of Repub-lic, Mo., Mike Barker and wife, Rachelle, of Spokane, Mo. and Mitch Barker and wife, Kim, of Fort Scott; nine great-grandchildren, Josh Lawrence, Clint Law-rence, Cody Combs, Brook Guss and husband, Devon,

Kamryn Combs, A. J. Watts and wife, Lindsey, Kaitlin Barker, Adam Barker and Hope Barker; and one great-great-grandson, Chandler Lawrence. In addition to her husband, she was pre-ceded in death by her son-in-law, Duane Kennedy; three brothers, Ray, Earl and Irvin Hartman and four sisters, Edith Christy, Nellie Lockridge, Dorothy Bruner and Ruth Russell, who was her twin.

The Rev. Jared Witt and Rev. Ken Van will conduct funeral services at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Unit-ed Methodist Church. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Mo-ran Cemetery in Moran. Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist Church or the Mercy Hos-pital Auxiliary and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701.

Words of remembrance may be submitted to the on-line guestbook at cheney-witt.com.

Wilma JasperWilma May (Burton)

Jasper, 88, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 at Deseret Health and Reha-bilitation at Yates Center.

Wilma was born Dec. 15, 1924 in Allen County, the daughter of Bert W. Burton and Goldie F. (Creason). She grew up in Iola attending Allen County schools. Wil-ma enjoyed dancing and on Oct. 10, 1955, she married Enous W. Jasper, whom she had met at a dance in LaHa-rpe. The couple was wed in Iola and shortly after were

blessed with their only child, a daughter, Elaine.

Wilma was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Enous on May 2, 1996; brothers, Nick Bur-ton in 1932 and Chauncey Burton in 2007; a son-in-law, Steve Weston who passed Feb. 4, 2005. She is survived by her daughter Elaine (Jasper) Weston of Yates Center; two grand-children, Stephanie and Levi Weston, both of Yates Center; sisters, Juanita Lundine, Humboldt, and Eva Wagner and husband Johnny, LaHarpe; brother, Jim Burton and wife Fern of El Dorado; sister-in-law Irene Burton, Olathe, as well as many other rela-tives and friends.

Services are at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Campbell Fu-neral Home, Yates Center. Visitation is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday also at Camp-bell Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to The Woodson County 4-H Council Scholarship Fund or Deseret Health and Re-habilitation at Yates Center Activity Fund and sent in care of Campbell Funeral Home P.O. Box 188 Yates Center, KS 66783.

Melanie WaddellMelanie R. Waddell, 53,

Blue Mound, a former em-ployee of Moran Manor, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 at Golden Heights, Garnett.

She was born Oct. 11, 1959, in Bradford, Pa., the daughter of George and Sandra (Heffner) Hawkes.

Memorial services will be later. Online condolenc-es may be left at www.feuer-bornfuneral.com.

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Boehner set that somber tone. “Public service was never meant to be an easy living. Extraordinary chal-lenges demand extraordi-nary leadership,” the Ohio Republican told the House.

“So if you have come here to see your name in lights or to pass off politi-cal victory as accomplish-ment, you have come to the

wrong place. The door is be-hind you.”

Even the election of the speaker, usually a routine matter, had moments of ten-sion. Twelve Republicans didn’t vote for Boehner, and his 220-vote total matched the lowest for a speaker in 14 years, when there were fewer Republicans.

The dissenters were conservatives who’ve com-plained that Boehner is too willing to deal with Demo-crats. They’re still upset over the fiscal cliff deal, saying it didn’t contain enough spending cuts; 151 Republicans voted against the plan, and it passed only because of a huge Demo-cratic vote.

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tougher, as four Republi-cans were tossed off key committees, and he at-tempted earlier this week to get a majority for a massive spending-cut package. But the suspicions lingered, and Democrats signaled Thursday that they’re go-ing to dig in.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of Califor-nia was somewhat more partisan in her acceptance speech to the House. Her calls for more diversity and immigration restructur-ing drew standing ovations from Democrats, while most Republicans stayed in their seats, not applauding.

“The strength of our de-mocracy will be advanced by bold action for compre-

hensive immigration re-form,” she said.

In the Senate, Republi-cans took the less concilia-tory tone. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who helped craft the fiscal

cliff deal, called it “imper-fect,” though he said it had settled Washington’s long debate about raising rev-enue.

“The president got his revenue; now it’s time to turn squarely to the real problem, which is spend-ing,” he said. “In a couple of months, the president will ask us to raise the na-tion’s debt limit. We cannot agree to increase that bor-rowing limit without agree-ing to reforms that lower the avalanche of spending that’s creating this debt in the first place. It’s not fair to the American people.”

The Democratic leader urged calm. “The recent ef-fort to avert the fiscal cliff was an example of both the divisions and the collabora-tions that will mark a mo-ment in history — and it was a moment in history,” said Senate Majority Lead-er Harry Reid of Nevada.

The new Congress began with slightly more Demo-crats than its predecessor. The party now controls 55 Senate seats, up two from the last Congress. In the House, Republicans have a 233 to 200 majority, down eight seats.

The makeup is slightly different. For the first time, the House Democratic cau-cus doesn’t have a majority of white men. Eighteen per-cent of House members and 20 percent of senators are women. Nineteen percent of House members and 6 percent of senators are mi-norities.

Senators who won elec-tion or re-election were called in alphabetical small groups and sworn into of-fice by Biden, who’s the president of the Senate. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina made history as the first African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction and the first African-American Republican senator since

Ed Brooke of Massachu-setts left in 1979.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat who defeated popular former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson for the Senate seat vacated by Democrat Herb Kohl, became the first openly gay senator.

Reid put off any first-day bickering by the new Senate class when he post-poned action on revamping debate rules. The proposal, by Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has drawn fire from Republi-cans as well as a few Demo-crats.

Among other things, the measure would require sen-ators to speak on the floor

to sustain extended debate, and would cut the time af-ter debate limits have been imposed from the current 30 hours to two hours.

The House adopted a measure that will, among other things, allow it to keep up its legal bid to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and to require At-torney General Eric Holder to comply with subpoenas related to the Fast and Furi-ous gun-walking operation.

The Obama administra-tion said two years ago that it would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, but a House Republi-can group is doing so.

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The president got his revenue; now it’s time to turn squarely to the real problem, which is spend-ing.

— Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

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Dear editor,This is a comparison letter to

“the letter to the editor” that ap-peared in the Dec. 24 Iola Regis-ter.

Don’t get me wrong, I like ani-mals, but I do not love animals more than people and that seems to be more and more the norm in this country. Many more stories are written about the abuse of animals than about the abuse of children. Let’s be fair and show the abusive marks or burns on a child’s body like we do the abused cows in California or the monkey that was beaten, or all the cats and dogs we read about daily and how they are mistreat-ed. Hundreds of children in this country are abused every day and many perpetrators get a slap on the wrist until they either maim or kill a child.

Makayla, Sarah, Dylan, Ciera and Cory are siblings waiting to find their forever family. Here are some reasons you should think about adopting.

Kansas currently has 850 chil-dren available for adoption with several sibling groups such as this one praying that their new family is out there somewhere looking to make a home for them.

Did you know that they get lonely and anxious? How do they find a family that will take five children? They have had many challenges in their lives and just want someone to love them un-conditionally and keep them to-gether.

There are many, many dif-ferences between animals and humans, including one of these children could become president or an astronaut, a school teacher or a scientist who finally finds the cure for all cancers. You will

not find any animal capable of doing any of these things. Yes, we are very different from ani-mals!

I challenge all of the residents of Allen County to look deep into your hearts and contemplate the adoption of a child or a sibling group.

To find the aforementioned children the website is www.adoptkskids.org

There are many joys and heartaches to raising any child and more than likely these avail-able children will be a challenge, but who is going to raise them if we don’t step up? You have the opportunity to make a difference in this world. Foster homes are a stop-gap measure, not a solution.

We have three biological chil-dren and five adopted children. To look into the eyes of a grand-child on Christmas Day makes every moment we spent raising our children worthwhile. It is magical what a grandchild can do to your heart and it makes absolutely no difference whether they belong to a biological or an adopted child.

Ann DonaldsonMoran, Kan.

Dear editor,Over this holiday season the

Salvation Army raised $3,378.04 with the support of several lo-cal youth. The Iola Kiwanis Club has taken on this community service project for several years now and, in the past few years,

has solicited support from our community. The dollars collected for the Salvation Army by ring-ing the bell at our local Walmart all stay within our Allen County community.

Thanks to the following Iola High School and 4-H organiza-tions and their sponsors: StuCo-Dianne Kauth, National Honor Society-Amanda Thompson, and the IHS FCA-Bill Peeper; 4-H clubs and their respective spon-sors were Iola City Slickers-Mi-chelle Toney, Humboldt Logan Pals-Michelle Umholtz, and Mo-ran Prairie Rose-Laura Johnson.

Thanks to Hanna Hoffman, ACC student Richard Freimill-er, and Andy Amick and fam-ily for calling and volunteering their time to help with the bell-ringing. Thanks also to the Iola Kiwanis Club members who sup-ported this effort with their time.

Not long ago, we would cele-brate when our work for the Sal-vation Army brought in $1,000. By more than tripling that total this year, we are reminded of the exemplary spirit of giving in our community. It is only with this kind of support that we are able to proudly present our gift to the Salvation Army. Thanks to all who took the time to put money in the red kettle this holi-day season. We received a great response from so many in our Al-len County community.

Sincerely,Lonnie Larson,

Iola Kiwanis Club

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The good news is that Malala is home.

The bad news, of course, is that the 15-year-old Pakistani was shot in the head by members of the Taliban because she was encour-aging her sisters to get an educa-tion.

She faces still more surgeries to repair the disfigurement to her face from the point-blank shot.

THE GOOD news is that the Pakistani government supports the inoculation against polio for its children.

The bad news is that in recent months eight nurses have been murdered for administering the vaccine to kids. The United Na-tions has since canceled the polio inoculation campaign.

Again, right-wing religionists are the culprits. This time they are saying the vaccine will make their children sterile and is a plot by the U.S. government to reduce the Muslim population.

The accusation is not without base. Seems the Central Intel-ligence Agency in its efforts to track down Osama bin Laden used a fake vaccination campaign to try to gather information about bin Laden’s whereabouts.

In hindsight, it was a tactic whose repercussions are most un-fortunate, but can not be wholly responsible for Pakistan’s failure to protect its people against the deadly disease that can be so eas-ily eradicated.

THE GOOD news is that the five men accused of raping and murdering a female medical stu-dent in India are now standing trial for their crimes.

The bad news. Well, pretty evi-dent. The 23-year-old student was gang raped and savagely beaten on a moving bus and then thrown out the bus door. She died of her injuries.

Worse, Indian authorities typi-cally turn a blind eye to the ram-pant violence against women. Of 700 arrests for rape last year in New Delhi, a city of 23 million, only one was prosecuted.

These three instances show once again that women the world over are still regarded as the lesser sex. Some, such as Malala and the nurses, risk their lives to make a difference. The Indi-an woman was obviously at the wrong place at the wrong time because in many countries, the United States included, it’s not as safe to be a woman alone out in public as it is a man.

Perhaps it’s a law of nature that the smaller of a species is the perennial victim.

For the most part, women’s voices do not carry the weight of men. In the United States, women still do not receive equal pay. As a society, we have to say things more often, sometimes louder, to be heard. Our sentiments are more easily dismissed.

THE GOOD news is that wom-en come with an innate grace that girds them through prejudices to reach new heights. Today’s U.S. Senate has a record number of 20 women. A far cry from equal rep-resentation, but a growing voice nonetheless.

The bad news is that women in leadership roles are the exception — still today.

We’ve come a long way, maybeSusanLynnRegistereditor

Most Americans will wind up paying more taxes to the fed-eral government in 2013 than they did last year because the payroll tax to support Social Security and Medicare returns to 6.2 percent from 4.2 percent of wages. The Tax Policy Cen-ter, a nonpartisan Washington research group, estimates that 77 percent of American house-holds will face higher federal taxes as a result.

The Center calculates that households earning between $40,000 and $50,000 a year will face a tax increase of $579 in 2013 and those earning be-tween $50,000 and $75,000 will pay $822 more.

What these numbers show is that the payroll tax takes more from low- and middle-income families than the income tax. The median household income in the U.S. is around $54,000. (The median income in Kan-sas in 2009 was about $38,000, the last year for which figures were immediately available.)

The fact is that most low-to-middle-income families pay no income tax. Their primary con-tribution to the federal budget is the payroll tax. Members of Congress who rail against the income tax and fight for lower rates don’t have a majority of their constituents in mind. It is the well-to-do who pay income taxes — and should, according to the precept that taxes should be progressive, that those with the most should pay the most.

Our senators and represen-tatives should take more care to see that the people who put them in office understand the nation’s tax structure and in-come basics.

ALLOWING THE payroll tax to increase by half will amount to a tax increase to everyone who earns a salary. It also will bring in a significant amount of money, reducing the need to borrow. It was a good decision for that reason.

The decision also demon-

strates that raising taxes on all working Americans will be necessary to balance the fed-eral budget and begin to reduce the national debt. While the rich and the very rich will pay more, they won’t pay nearly enough to put the nation in the black. The country can get back to sound financing only by broad tax increases that touch all Americans, along with large reductions in spending.

Those common-sense deci-sions can only be implemented if Democrats and Republicans work together to accomplish them. Both parties, after all, agree the nation should spend no more each year than it raises from taxes; both should be able to agree upon the best path to reach that destination, through debate and compro-mise.

This focus on the payroll tax should also remind members of Congress and the rest of us that 99 percent of the U.S. population have incomes un-der the $400,000 level where the fiscal cliff bill kicks in with a rate increase.

We are a rich nation; we are not a nation made up of rich people.

All but a very few of us live — and live happily — on mod-est incomes. The progressive income tax makes moral sense. It is good public policy to re-quire the rich to pay more to support the nation that gives them the opportunity to be-come wealthy. It is wise public policy to use taxes to prevent, or at least forestall, develop-ment of an economic royalty, which would subvert our de-mocracy.

But it is equally apparent that our tax structure must be very broad and inclusive to raise enough money to pay for the services we demand of our government and to retire the debt we have accumulated.

That’s where we are as 2013 gets under way.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

A few facts aboutgetting, spending

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Most mornings of late I’ve started my pickup truck 10 or 15 minutes ahead of work.

By the time I’ve wolfed down a bowl of Grape Nuts, checked the weather and watched a few min-utes of national news, the wind-shield is clear of frost and the small cab is warm as toast.

When I was younger the cold didn’t bother me too much.

I remember many mornings hunkering in a blind made of hay bales, when the temperature was in single digits, waiting an op-portunity for a nice buck. I was dressed warmly, with several lay-ers of clothing, but it still was cold.

“Your blood is thinner,” a friend said the other day, when I complained about the cold. May-be so. I do take an aspirin each morning.

Friday morning the tempera-ture was a few notches above where it had been earlier in the week, but I still warmed up the truck ahead of time. During the short drive to the Register office, it occurred to me how fortunate we have it today because of cen-tral heat and air systems that con-trol the temperature at the flick

of a switch.When I was young we had a

wood-burning stove in the middle of the main room of our house in Humboldt.

My bedroom was nearby but still on cold winter nights I pulled up a heavy red-striped wool blan-ket.

And when I arose in the morn-ing, I darted to the next room and got close to the stove, warming each article of clothing before I pulled it on.

My grandparents, who grew up in the hills of southern Missouri in the early 1900s, lived in roughly hewn clapboard houses and must have dreaded wintertime.

We gush about the technologi-cal marvels of today, and the sim-plest advantage, staying warm in the winter and cool in the sum-mer, is among the most delightful.

Simple delights of lifeAt

Week’s EndBob Johnson

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Community of Christ East 54 Hwy., Iola

Sunday School.......9:30 a.m. Sun. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Prayer as announced

Gary Murphey, pastor (620) 365-2683

Covenant of Faith Christian Center

407 N. Chestnut, Iola

Sunday Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Wednesday Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m.

Rev. Philip Honeycutt (620) 365-7405

First Baptist Church

801 N. Cottonwood, Iola Sunday School........9:15-10:15 a.m.

Sunday Worship.........10:30-11:30 p.m. on 1370 KIOL 11-11:30

Sunday Evening Bible Study Youth/Adult............................6 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting...................... 6:30 p.m. Dr. Michael Quinn, pastor

(620) 365-2779

Carlyle Presbyterian Church

Sunday Worship............9:30 a.m. Sunday School immediately after

service

Steve Traw, pastor

St. Timothy ’ s Episcopal Church

202 S. Walnut, Iola

Holy Eucharist & Sermon at 9 a.m. followed by coffee and fellowship

Rev. Jan Chubb (620) 365-7306

Moran United Methodist Church First and Cedar Streets

Moran Sunday School...........8:45 a.m. Sunday Worship .........9:30 a.m.

EVERYONE WELCOME Rev. Young-Gil Bahng

(620) 237-4442

Independent & Fundamental Lincoln & Second Streets, Iola Sunday School (all ages)........9:45 a.m. Morning Worship...............10:50 a.m. Evening Worship..................6:00 p.m. Wed. Prayer & Worship.......7:00 p.m.

(Nursery provided, all services) Roger R. Collins, pastor

(620) 365-2833

Grace Lutheran Church

117 E, Miller Rd., Iola Sunday School.................9:00 a.m.

Adult Bible Class................9:00 a.m. Worship Service.............10:30 a.m.

Rev. Bruce Kristalyn (620) 365-6468

St. John ’ s Catholic Church

314 S. Jefferson, Iola Saturday evening................5:30 p.m. Sunday Worship....................10 a.m.

(at St. Joseph’s, Yates Center)8 a.m. Wednesday P.S.R. Classes...6:30 p.m.

(September through May) Confessions Saturday

4:30-5:00 p.m . Father John P. Miller

(620) 365-3454

Fellowship Regional Church

214 W. Madison, Iola Saturday:

CRUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Sunday:

Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.

Jeff Cokely, pastor Jared Ellis & Luke Bycroft

(620) 365-8001

First Presbyterian Church - Iola 302 E. Madison, Iola

Sunday Worship ........9:30 a.m. Sunday School...........10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Kids Club........3 p.m.

Rev. Kathryn Bell Interim Pastor (620) 365-3481

First Christian Church

1608 Oregon Rd., Iola “ Lead-Feed-Tend ” -

(John 21:15 - 17) Sunday School............9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship.........10:30 a.m. Bible Study.................6:00 p.m. Wed. Prayer...............6:30 p.m. Dave McGullion, pastor

Travis Riley, youth pastor fcciola@aceks.com

(620) 365-3436

First Assembly of God 1020 E. Carpenter, Iola

Sunday School, All Ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. Sunday Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Sunday Afternoon Teens FIRST...2:30 p.m. Sunday Praise & Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. Wednesday Kids FIRST.............6:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. (620) 365-2492 iolafirstag.org Paul Miller, pastor

Trinity United Methodist Church

Broadway & Kentucky, Iola Sunday Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m. Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m.

All Are Welcome! Leslie Jackson, pastor

(620) 365-5235

St. Peter ’ s Lutheran Church

910 Amos St., Humboldt

Sunday Worship 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. David E. Meier, pastor

(620) 473-2343

Ward Chapel A.M.E.

Lincoln and Buckeye Streets Iola

Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m.

Joseph Bywaters, pastor

Wesley United Methodist Church

Madison & Buckeye Sun.Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m. Sun. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 a.m. Middle School UMYF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. High School UMYF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m.

Rev. Trudy Kenyon Anderson

(620) 365-2285

For God so loved the world that He gave His only son, & whoever calls upon His nam e shall not

perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Calvary United Methodist Church

Jackson & Walnut St. Iola

“ The Cross Shines Brightly at Calvary ”

Sunday Worship.............9:15 a.m. Sunday School..............10:30 a.m. Rev. Gene McIntosh, pastor

Office: 365-3883 Parsonage: 365-3893

Friends Home Lutheran Church

Savonburg Sunday School at 10 a.m. Sunday Worship at 11 a.m

PMA Sidney Hose (620) 754-3314

Trinity Lutheran Church

430 N. Grant, Garnett

Saturday Women Bible Study.......... 9a.m. Sunday School..............9 a.m.

Sunday Worship...............10 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study.............7 p.m.

Ervin A. Daughtery Jr., pastor (785) 448-6930

LaHarpe Baptist Mission

901 S. Main, LaHarpe Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m.

Duwayne Bearden, pastor (620) 228-1829

Poplar Grove Baptist Church 305 Mulberry, Humboldt

Come Let Us Worship The Lord Sunday School.....................9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship.................10:45 a.m. Thursday Service......................6 p.m.

Rev. James Manual (620) 473-3063

Harvest Baptist Church

401 S. Walnut, Iola Adult Small Group......9:15 a.m.

(no child-care provided) Fellowship Sunday Worship..10:30 a.m.

Tony Godfrey, pastor (620) 365-3688 (620) 228-2522

Humboldt United Methodist Church

806 N. 9th, Humboldt Sunday School..............9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship.............11:00 a.m. MS/HS Youth.....................5:00 p.m.

Nursery provided Marge Cox, pastor

(620) 473-3242

First Baptist Church 7th & Osage, Humboldt

Sunday School......................9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship.................10:50 a.m.

Sunday Evening Kids Bible Club...........5:30 p.m. Evening Service.....................7 p.m. Wed. Night Bible Study..........7 p.m. Rev. Jerry Neeley, pastor

(620) 473-2481

Salem United Methodist Church “ The Little White Church in the Country ”

3 miles west, 2 miles south of Iola Sunday School ......10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship....11:00 a.m.

Rev. Gene McIntosh Pastor (620) 365-3883

Northcott Church 12425 SW Barton Rd.

Colony Sunday School.....................9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship.................10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening.......................6 p.m.

Sharon K. Voorhees, pastor (620) 852-3077

Community Baptist Church 124 N. Fourth, Iola Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Sun. Morning Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Sun. Evening Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. Wed. Prayer Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

Marion Sponseller, pastor Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home (620) 365-6811 (620) 365- 3150

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ed out, because as private at-torneys they often represent people in unrelated cases who end up with a criminal charge in Municipal Court.

The Lawrence attorney had no previous experience as a city attorney or prosecu-tor, Slaugh added.

Robert Johnson was ap-pointed city attorney on Nov. 13.

Bowie was in the midst of an Open Meetings Act inves-tigation of the city council, which made members reluc-tant to appoint him prosecu-tor when they selected John-son for counsel services.

“Their rationale was to avoid a conflict,” Slaugh said.

“I think things can be worked out, though” he said, stopping short of naming Bowie his favorite for the prosecutor’s job.

APT SERVED as city at-torney and prosecutor for 18 years, taking up the baton from his father, Charles Apt. Together they held the posi-tions for well over 50 years.

By provisions of his con-tract, Apt was paid $3,000 a month — $36,000 a year — with any time on task over 22 hours in a month earning

him an additional $100 an hour. His contractual rate for the 22 hours was a touch over $136 an hour.

Johnson is being paid $135 an hour, but will not attend each meeting, as Apt did.

A condition of employ-ment he and other appli-cants mentioned before his appointment was that they saw little reason for an at-torney to be at a meeting un-less needed for a specific dis-cussion. Council members agreed.

Slaugh said he was un-certain how annual costs would shake out, although he allowed expenses for two attorneys, one for council matters and one to attend to Municipal Court proceed-ings, might increase overall legal fees.

“Unless we magically reduce litigation and legal problems” for the city, he added.

Slaugh put together a spread sheet of hours Apt worked from February through his dismissal in Sep-tember and found that he av-eraged about 32 per month, or 10 above his monthly con-tract of 22. Of the total, 9.8 hours were for meetings, 6.9 for trial work as prosecutor and 15.5 for litigation.

While the body shop is clos-ing at Twin Motors, Johnson said he didn’t intend to leave the work force altogether.

“I don’t have any hobbies, other than working on cars, and I’m in good health and I feel good,” he said. “I’ll find something to do,” although it may not be putting a spit shine on a car’s newly re-

paired fender.“Used to be you could

work with the metal in a car, straighten out a dent and make it look like new,” he said. “Then, they went to fi-berglass and plastic,” which has resulted in parts often being replaced rather than repaired and the subsequent decline in the kind of work at which Johnson excelled.

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Works Progress Admin-istration’s buildings in Riverside Park, decorating the windows on the second floor of the Allen County Historical Museum on the west side of the square and helping clear the right of way for the Prairie Spirit Trail between Iola and

Humboldt. Houser said the group de-

pends on donations, grants and huge amounts of do-nated labor.

“We are eagerly seeking more members, more work-ers, more money,” she said.

She was introduced by Judy Brigham, program chairman.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Congress has passed a $9.7 billion bill to help pay flood insurance claims to homeowners, rent-ers and businesses damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

The bill cleared the Sen-ate following passage earlier Friday by the House. It re-plenishes the National Flood Insurance Program that was due to run out of money next week with some 115,000 Sandy-related claims as well as 5,000 from other floods un-resolved.

The 354-67 vote came days after Northeast Republicans erupted over House Speaker John Boehner’s decision to delay a vote earlier in the week; all of the no votes were cast by Republicans.

The Senate was expected to pass the bill later in the day.

“It’s the right step,” said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuy-sen, R-N.J., a member of the House Appropriations Com-mittee.

The bill gives more bor-rowing authority to the Na-tional Flood Insurance Pro-gram to pay about 115,000 pending Sandy-related claims as well as about 5,000 claims unrelated to Sandy.

Northeast lawmakers say the money is urgently need-ed for victims of one of the worst storms ever to strike the region. The Federal Emergency Management Agency had warned that the National Flood Insurance Program would run out of money next week if Con-gress didn’t provide addi-tional borrowing authority to pay out claims. Congress

created the FEMA-run pro-gram in 1968 because few private insurers cover flood damage.

The flood insurance mea-sure is the first phase of a proposed Sandy aid package. Boehner agreed to Friday’s vote after the controversy over delaying House action on a broader Sandy aid pack-age. Under Boehner’s new schedule, the House will vote Jan. 15 on an additional $51 billion in recovery money.

Senate action on that

measure is expected the fol-lowing week; financially strapped local governments are awaiting the money.

Northeast lawmakers say the money is urgently need-ed for storm victims await-ing claim checks from the late October storm, which was one of the worst ever to strike the Northeast, rav-aging the coast from North Carolina to Maine, with the most severe flooding occur-ring in Atlantic City, N.J., New York City and Long Is-

land and along the Connecti-cut coastline.

“People are waiting to be paid,” said Rep. Frank LoBi-ondo, R-N.J., whose district includes Atlantic City and many other coastal commu-nities hard hit by the storm. “They’re sleeping in rented rooms on cots somewhere, and they’re not happy. They want to get their lives back on track, and it’s cold out-side. They see no prospect of relief.”

As with past natural disas-ters, the Sandy aid proposals do not provide for offsetting spending cuts. Some tea par-ty House Republicans and other fiscal conservatives favor cutting other federal programs to pay for some or all disaster costs.

The Club For Growth, a conservative group, on Fri-day urged lawmakers to oppose the bill, saying that Congress should only ap-prove Sandy aid in install-ments to make sure the mon-ey is wisely spent and that any new Sandy aid should be offset with spending cuts elsewhere.

“Congress should not al-low the federal government to be involved in the flood insurance industry in the first place, let alone expand the national flood insurance program’s authority,” the group said in a statement.

Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., a fiscal conservative who voted against the flood bill, said he was among those with concerns about the

budget deficit. “We have to talk seriously about offsets,” Huelskamp said. “We can’t take $60 billion off budget, that’s my problem with it.”

The current debate over Sandy aid comes barely a year after Congress and the White House set up a new system to budget help for victims of hurricanes, tor-nadoes and floods before they occur. The new disas-ter funding scheme permits aid money to be added to the budget in line with amounts budgeted in recent years. The idea was to avoid bat-tling and uncertainty over disaster funding.

Damage from Sandy, how-ever, was so extensive that it’s swamping the $12 billion disaster aid budget cap for the current year.

Boehner, of Ohio, had promised a House vote on Friday after his decision to delay an action on a broader Sandy relief package pro-voked outrage from North-east Republicans, includ-ing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who said he’d lost trust in GOP leaders in Con-gress after being promised a vote earlier this week.

New York Republican lawmakers who met with Boehner after the uproar said he explained that after the contentious vote Tues-day to avoid major tax in-creases and spending cuts called the “fiscal cliff,” he didn’t think it was right to schedule the vote before the previous Congress ended.

Congress approves $9.7 billion in Sandy reliefPeople are waiting to be paid. They’re

sleeping in rented rooms on cots some-where, and they’re not happy. They can’t get their lives back on track, and it’s cold out-side. They see no prospect of relief.

— Rep. Frank Lobiondo

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EngagementJ. Ryan Lord and Emily T. Foster

J. Ryan Lord and Emily T. Foster are engaged to be married on May 30 at Ham-mock Beach, Key West, Fla.

Emily is the daughter of Nancy and the deceased Robert Foster.

Ryan is the son of John and Marsha Lord, Iola.

Emily is a dental assis-tant for Phye Family Den-tistry in Olatha. Ryan is a biomedical research scien-tist in Kansas City.

Molly Kathleen Carroll, 18, and granddaughter of Iolans Glenn and Jeanne Percy, was crowned at the Cotillion Ball, held at the Folly Theatre/Marriott in Kansas City on Dec. 1.

Her brother, Richard Jo-seph Carroll, a December 2012 graduate of Pittsburg State University with a de-gree in graphic design, es-corted her.

The ball recognizes out-standing young men and women of the Kansas City area in their senior year of high school for service to their communities and their schools.

Molly is a senior at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, Lenexa, where she has been all-American cheerleader and UDA all-American dancer, captain of the varsity dance team and in many school clubs and an honor student.

She belongs to the school choirs, where she is fea-tured vocal soloist, and is

an award-winning pianist and competitive dancer. She recently performed the national anthem at the STA championship football game and was chosen to sing “Ave Maria” as a solo at St. Thomas’ Christmas Mass.

Molly will attend Okla-homa University next fall where she will also par-ticipate on its Pom Dance Team. Her older sister, Meggie, is also an OU stu-dent and member of the team.

Granddaughter makesIola’s Percys proud

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Reine Loflin graduated from Pittsburg State Uni-versity on Dec. 14 with a bachelor of science degree in education, majoring in mathematics.

Her cumulative grade point average was 3.87, earning her university scholastics honors of Cum Laude. She was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha So-rority, and the honor soci-ety of Phi Kappa Phi.

Reine is the daughter of Carmen Shafer and Rich-ard Loflin and granddaugh-

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“I was never so excited to see my children and, certainly, to see my children get off the bus. There was a shared joy.”

— Nick Phelps, a father of two students at Sandy Hook Elementary School, after they returned home from their first day back at class

since the mass shooting.

“The American dream is in peril so long as its namesake is weighed down by this anchor of debt. Break its hold and we will begin to set our economy free. Jobs will come home. Confidence will come back.”

— House Speaker John Boehner, re-elected to his post despite a mini-revolt in Republican ranks.

“Here we have a piece of Mars that I can hold in my hands. That’s really exciting.”

— Carl Agee, director of the Institute of Meteoritics, on a 2-billion-year-old meteorite discovered in the Sahara desert.

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Lexi Peterson, Le Roy, and Mary Hauser, Hum-boldt, were initiated into Phi Kappa Phi honor society at Kansas State University.

Peterson and Hauser are among about 30,000 students, faculty, profes-sional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.

Membership is by in-vitation and requires nomination and approv-

al by a chapter.Only the top 10 per-

cent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, hav-ing at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership.

Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selec-tive all-discipline honor society. The Society has chapters on more than 300 college and univer-sity campuses.

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FORT SCOTT — Iola High’s wrestlers are feeling the pain — literally — from their competition Thurs-day evening at a triangular meet with Pittsburg and Fort Scott.

The Mustangs dropped six of eight contested matches against Pittsburg, then lost seven of eight against Fort Scott.

Even worse, Iola may be without the services of two of its seniors for the fore-seeable future. Standouts Stephen McDonald and Zeph Larney both were in-jured.

McDonald, who was undefeated headed into Thursday, hurt his shoul-der early in the second pe-riod against Pittsburg’s Gershom Avalos.

The 220-pound McDonald was leading 5-2 at the time of the injury, then found himself wincing in pain and favoring his shoulder to the point that an injury time-out was called with about 30 seconds left in the period.

McDonald fought through the pain, but could not overcome Avalos, who pinned McDonald with 7.8 seconds left in the period.

“It’s a tough, tough situa-tion,” Mustang coach Brad Carson said. “Stephen’s a

kid who has done every-thing right, and is one of our leaders. We want to get him back quickly.”

McDonald’s mother, Stephanie, told the Regis-ter Friday her son received good news in that there was no structural damage to his shoulder, and he could miss

a week or longer.Carson did not know

the extent of Larney’s knee injury. Larney, wres-tling at 152 pounds, won his first match of the eve-ning pinning Matt Tallie of Pittsburg with 4.7 sec-onds left in the second pe-riod.

The match was not with-out its dramatics. Larney was trailing 6-3 when he earned the pin.

“It was a good match for Zeph,” Carson said.

A frenetic back-and-forth match against Fort

Local wrestlers have tough night

MORAN — Crest High boys rang up a 20-point victory here last night, de-feating Marmaton Valley’s Wildcats 57-37.

“A win’s a win,” said Crest Coach Travis Herm-reck, but allowed that he would have preferred to see his Lancers play with a lit-tle more zeal in the second half.

“We got the lead and then were kind of content with it in the second half,” he said. “I’d like to see us play a lit-tle better throughout.

“But, you have to give Marmaton Valley a lot of credit. They played hard.”

The victory was Crest’s fifth in six outings. The Lancers next play Altoona-Midway at home (Colony) Friday night.

Kyle Hammond, the Lancers’ do-everything 6-2 senior, gave an indication of things to come when he launched a shot from be-yond the arc early in the

By RICHARD LUKENrichard@iolaregister.com

The offense came and went in bits and spurts Fri-day evening for Iola High’s boys, but their defense was at peak intensity from start to finish.

Nowhere was the Mus-tang defense as vital than during visiting Osawato-mie’s final possession of the game and Iola up by a tenuous two points.

The Mustangs forced a tie-up with about eight sec-onds left, after both Adam Kauth and Levi Ashmore had their hands on the ball before the Trojans could put up a shot.

Osawatomie retained possession, but Iola’s Trent Latta stepped in front of a Trojan guard to swipe away the ball again before a shot could be attempted. Latta raced to the other end of the court, effective-ly sealing Iola’s 43-41 win.

The victory gives Iola a 1-0 record in Pioneer League play. Iola (3-4 over-all) travels to Central Heights Tuesday.

“This game could have been a lot easier,” Mustang coach Bill Peeper said.

“We have this tendency to struggle with success. We can find some crazy ways

to shoot ourselves in the foot. But our defensive ef-fort was outstanding all

night long.”Ashmore and Latta were

particularly bothersome for Osawatomie’s offense, harassing ball handlers throughout the second half.

Meanwhile, senior for-ward Mason Coons made life tough for Trojan junior forward Cole Rayl, who scored nine points in the first quarter, but only nine the rest of the game.

Rayl, at 6-5, was playing in his first game of the sea-son after coming back from an eye injury. He drained three early 3-pointers as the Trojans took a 15-10 lead after one quarter.

Countering Rayl on the offensive end was Iola junior Tyler Powelson, who scored all 10 of Iola’s points in the first period, most of which came on rebounds and putbacks. Powelson also had eight of the Mustangs’ 16 first-half rebounds.

“Tyler was huge for us early on,” Peeper said. “He

By RICHARD LUKENrichard@iolaregister.com

For two glorious min-utes, Iola High’s girls were ringing in 2013 like gang-busters.

The Fillies were hitting from inside and outside, zipping out to a quick 7-0 lead over the visiting Osawatomie High Tro-jans.

Alas, Osawatomie gath-ered its senses — thanks

in no small part to senior standout Tayler Soucie — and quickly gained con-trol.

The Trojans scored 13 straight points to take the lead. Then after Iola closed the gap to two points late in the half, Osawatomie took control with another eight-point run to lead 21-11.

Register/Richard LukenIola High School wrestler Bryce Misenhelter, right) pulls down Fort Scott’s Marques Floyd in a 182-pound match Thursday. Misenhelter won the match, Iola’s only vic-tory on the mat against the host Tigers.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andy Reid pulled up to Arrowhead Stadium in a black SUV on Friday, stepped out of it wearing a dark suit and red tie, and walked briskly toward the doors of the Kansas City Chiefs’ home.

His new home, as it turned out.

Just a few hours later, Reid officially became the coach of the Chiefs.

The longtime Eagles coach signed a five-year deal, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The peo-ple spoke on condition of

Chiefs tap Reidas coach

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Mustangs hold off Osawatomie

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Tyler Powelson drives to the basket in front of Osawatomie defenders Morgan Soucie, from left, and Jake Allen Friday in Iola’s 43-41 win.

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Kyra Moore scores a basket Friday. in the Fillies’ 50-30 loss to Osawatomie.

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Kansas Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers, 1-4 p.m. Jan. 20, North Community Building, all ages welcome, call Ro-salie Rowe, 365-5709.

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Scott’s Chase Howser fol-lowed. Howser led 13-8 after one quarter before Larney opened the second period with four straight points on a takedown and near fall.

But Howser was able to regain the upper hand late in the second period and earned the pin with 47 sec-onds left.

Larney apparently in-jured his knee during the late sequence and was un-able to put any weight on his leg as he left the mat.

“I’m not sure how seri-ous it is,” Carson said.

THE REST OF the eve-ning was a clear demon-stration of Pittsburg’s and Fort Scott’s sheer strength, Carson said.

“They were just a lot stronger than we were,” Carson said. “It also hurt that those schools had a full lineup and we had a lot of open weights.”

Pittsburg downed Iola 61-18, while Fort Scott defeat-ed the Mustangs 70-4.

Not counting the open matches, Pittsburg downed Iola 31-12, while Fort Scott won 34-4.

There were some silver linings for the Mustangs, including Bryce Misenhel-ter’s hard-fought win over Fort Scott’s Marques Floyd at 182 pounds, and Trey Colborn’s pin of Pitts-burg’s Zach Stewart at 285 pounds.

Misenhelter had take-downs and near falls in each of the three periods — good for 12 points — while preventing Floyd from get-ting the upper hand at any point in a 12-0 win.

“That’s the best I’ve ever

seen Bryce wrestle,” Car-son said. “Both kids were going all-out.”

Misenhelter also was awarded a forfeit victory against Pittsburg because the Purple Dragons did not enter a wrestler at 182 pounds.

Colborn, meanwhile, was able to take down Stewart and earn the pin 58 seconds into the match for the win. He was unable to carry on the momentum against Fort Scott’s Brendon Black-burn, who scored points on a takedown and a near fall in the first period and a takedown in the third in a

7-1 win.

IN OTHER ACTION for Iola:

— At 126 pounds, Tristan Sigfusson fell 10-0 to Logan Fields of Pittsburg and by pin with 1:16 left in the third period against J.T. Heckman of Fort Scott.

— At 145 pounds, Cody Conner dropped a hard-fought 8-4 loss to Logan Field of Pittsburg and 17-1 major fall to Jacob Duro-sette of Fort Scott.

— At 160 pounds, Travis Rieske was pinned by Jason Wools of Pittsburg midway through the first period and

by pin 43 seconds into the second period against John Hughes of Fort Scott.

— At 170 pounds, Andrew Garber was pinned by Pitts-burg’s Will Mengarelli 58 seconds into the first period and by a 12-3 decision to Fort Scott’s Cody Bunn.

— At 195 pounds, Chase Roettgen was pinned by Ivan Vehran of Pittsburg 55 seconds into the third peri-od and by a 17-7 decision to John Metcalf of Fort Scott.

— In a junior varsity match, Jordan Long won by pinning his Pittsburg oppo-nent with 13 seconds left in the second period.

Register/Richard LukenIola High School’s Tristan Sigfusson grimaces as he attempts to escape the grasp of Fort Scott’s J.T. Heckman in a 126-pound wrestling match Thursday.

By RICHARD LUKENrichard@iolaregister.com

Iola Middle School’s boys kicked off their 2013 basketball season in fine fashion Thursday.

The eighth-grade A team steamrolled its way to an early 38-10 lead over visit-ing Royster Middle School in a 43-22 win.

The seventh-grade A team, meanwhile, led 24-15 after three quarters and withstood a furious Rocket rally to win 32-29.

The squads have little time to bask in the glow of their victories. They travel to Wellsville today for a

tournament before hosting Independence on Monday afternoon. The seventh-graders tip off this morn-ing at 9 o’clock; the eighth-graders at 10:45.

The one-two punch of Braden Plumlee and Chase Regehr paced the Ponies in the eighth-grade contest.

Plumlee had 15 points and five rebounds. Regehr had 14 points and eight boards.

“We did a good job of set-ting the pace and being ag-gressive,” Iola coach Marty Taylor said. “It was a good way to start the season, but we have a long way to go to

where we want to be.”Joey Zimmerman fol-

lowed with five points, fol-lowed by Zane Beasley with three points, and Ethan Scheibmeir, Rhett Allen and Gage Cleaver with two points each. Scheibmeir and Ben Cooper each had six rebounds.

EVAN SIGG AND Matt Komma led the seventh-grade A team, with each recording a double-double.

Sigg had 11 points and 11 rebounds; Komma 10 points and 12 boards.

“A very good start for these kids,” Taylor said. “We didn’t handle the press very well late, but overall it was a good effort. Evan, Matt and Ethan (Holloway) did a good job of control-ling the inside.”

Cale Barnhart added four points and three boards. Holloway had three points and six re-bounds. Isaac Vink and Nick Vaughn each scored two points.

THE EIGHTH-GRADE B team won 29-8. Allen and Zimmerman scored eight points each, followed by Beasley with five and Cleaver and Mason Ingle with four apiece.

Chanute’s seventh-grade B team won 19-12. Dalton Ryherd scored six for the Ponies. William Winner, Vaughn and Komma scored two each.

Register/Richard LukenAt left, Iola Middle School’s Matt Komma (52), puts up a shot in a seventh-grade A team win over Royster Mid-dle School. At right, Iola’s Caden Knavel, left, eludes Royster’s Jake Fiscus in a seventh-grade B team contest.

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anonymity because they weren’t authorized to dis-cuss the terms of the con-tract.

The Chiefs have sched-uled an introductory press conference for Monday.

Reid’s agreement was finalized shortly after the Chiefs announced they had parted ways with general manager Scott Pioli after four tumultuous seasons in Kansas City.

It’s expected that Reid will pursue longtime Pack-ers personnel man John Dorsey or former Browns GM Tom Heckert — or perhaps both of them — to work with him in the front office.

Reid inherits a team that went 2-14, matching the worst record in franchise history. But he’ll also have the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, and with five players voted to the Pro Bowl this season, Kansas City has building blocks in place to make a quick turnaround.

“Overall the job is still at-tractive,” Chiefs chairman

Clark Hunt told the AP ear-lier this week. “The fran-chise remains very well re-spected.”

Hunt promised to be thor-ough and efficient in find-ing a replacement for Ro-meo Crennel, who was fired Monday after his first full season. The Chiefs inter-viewed Atlanta assistants Dirk Koetter and Keith Armstrong on Tuesday be-fore flying to Philadel-phia to meet with Reid.

Nine hours of nego-tiations on Wednesday went well enough that Reid called off inter-views in Arizona and San Diego, and the two sides continued work-ing out details on Thurs-day.

When news broke that Pioli was out, Re-id’s agreement quickly followed.

Reid arrived in Kan-sas City aboard a char-tered jet Friday after-noon and drove with Hunt and other Chiefs officials to Arrowhead Stadium. He later vis-ited the team’s training

complex while the final de-tails on his contract were being worked out.

The fresh start afforded by the Chiefs should be welcomed by Reid, who en-dured a difficult season on the field and an even more trying time away from it. Reid’s oldest son, Garrett, died during training camp after a long battle with drug

addiction, and then the Ea-gles — expected to contend for a division champion-ship — struggled to a 4-12 finish.

Reid was fired on Mon-day, the same day the Chiefs parted with Crennel.

Long considered one of the NFL’s bright offensive minds, Reid had a record of 130-93-1 in 14 seasons

in Philadelphia. He took a team that was 3-13 the year before his arrival and, in only two years, finished 11-5 and second in the NFC East. That began a stretch of five straight years in which Reid won at least 11 games, including one trip to the Super Bowl.

During his tenure, the Eagles made nine playoff

appearances while Kansas City made three, and won 10 playoff games — Kansas City hasn’t won any since 1993. Meanwhile, the Chiefs went through five head coaches and are now on their third in three years.

One of Hunt’s priorities was in finding a coach who would bring stability to the franchise.

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LE ROY — Waverly found the Southern Coffey Coun-ty High hardwoods much its liking Friday night.

The Waverly girls slapped their hosts 48-16 and the WHS boys pinned a 63-40 loss on the Titans.

Waverly decided the girls game quickly, darting to a 28-6 half-time lead.

Matinee Hegwald had six of SCC’s 16 points, while Breanna Isch netted three.

Aaron True was a beacon for SCC’s boys. He tossed in 16 points, including four three-pointers. Josiah Wit-teman added 12.

(Waverly girls 10-18-16-4-48)(SCC girls 4-2-5-5-16)Waverly girls (FG-FT-F-PT):

Henry 4-3-4-11; Kratzberg 1-0-0-2;l Fuggit 1-0-0-2; A. Romig 8-3-3-19; M. Romig 1-0-4-2; Chapman 5-0-0-10; Lee 0-0-2-0; Marshall 1-0-1-2. Totals: 21-6-15-48.

SCC girls (FG-FT-F-PT): Newkirk 1-0-1-2; Ma. Hegwald 2-2-2-6; My. Hegwald 0-1-0-1; Webb 1-1-1-3; Brite 0-0-2-0; Isch 2-0-1-4; Hall 0-0-1-0. Totals: 6-4-8-16.

(Waverly boys 25-14-15-9-63)(SCC boys 11-9-9-11-40)Waverly boys (FG/3-FT-F-PT):

Sipe 3/0-0-3-8; Schmidt 0/0-0-3-0; Tysoon 1/2-7-2-15; Foster 1/0-2-1-4; Kratzberg 0/0-3-1-3; Bailey 2/0-0-0-4; Myers 0/0-3-0-3; Stroman 5/0-1-1-11; Fleming 3/0-1-2-7; Side-bottom 3/0-0-3-6; Gerard 1/0-0-0-2. Totals: 20/2-17-16-63.

SCC boys (FG/3-FT-F-PT): True 2/4-0-1-16; Newkirk 0/0-2-2-2; Houston 1/0-0-0-2; Patterson 1/0-0-2-2; Nelson 1/0-0-5-2; Witteman 1/0-0-5-12; Harred 2/0-0-4-4. To-tals: 13/4-2-19-40.

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really kept us in the game.” The scoring was a bit

more spread out from there.

Ashmore drained a 3-pointer, Latta secured a steal and layup to tie the score at 15-15 and Adam

Kauth’s free throw midway through the second quar-ter gave Iola the lead for the first time.

Coons followed a Trojan basket with a 3-pointer to trigger an 8-2 run to finish the half. Kauth’s bucket with 1:43 left in the period put Iola’s lead at 21-19. Ash-more concluded the run with a trey at the 36-second mark.

Iola’s defense keyed another run in the wan-

ing minutes of the third quarter. Kaden Macha, Coons, Ashmore and Ty-ler McIntosh all scored as part of a 7-2 run to end the period, giving Iola a 38-30 cushion.

The lead grew to 40-31 on Powelson’s bucket with five minutes left in regula-tion.

Iola’s offense went cold from there. The Mustang managed only three more points, but Iola’s defense

stepped up when it mat-tered.

Powelson’s 12 points, 10 boards and two blocks led Iola, while Ashmore had eight points, four rebounds and three steals. Kauth scored eight points. Latta had three steals and Coons was good for five assists and four rebounds.

Rayle scored 18 for Osawatomie. Morgan Sou-cie followed with 10.

Iola’s junior varsity came away with a 48-44 win.

Macha scored 16 points for Iola’s JV, followed by Kohl Endicott with nine and Fryendz Wallace with eight.

Shane Walden had five points, Bryan Mueller four, Travis Hermstein three, Jesse Zimmerman two and Adam Peterson one.

The Trojans won the C team contest 45-35. Brett Tay-ler led Iola with 10 points.

Osawatomie (15-4-11-11—41)Iola (10-14-14-5—43)Osawatomie (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP):

Chisam 0/1-0-3-3, Allen 0-0-2-0, England 1-0-0-2, Soucie 5-0-4-10, Rayl 4/3-1-2-18, Booe 2-0-2-4, Russell 1-0-0-2, Gaines 1-0-1-2. TOTALS: 14/3-1-14-41.

Iola (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Lat-ta 3-0-1-6, Ashmore 1/2-0-4-8, Coons 1/1-1-2-6, McIntosh 1-0-1-2, Clubine 0-0-1-0, Kauth 2-4-2-8, Powelson 5-2-0-12. TOTALS: 13/3-8-11-43.

H IolaContinued from B1

The Trojans never looked back in a 50-30 win.

The loss keeps Iola win-less during the 2012-13 sea-son, but again leaves coach Becky Carlson encouraged about her team’s progress.

“We’re definitely step-ping forward,” Carlson said. “We were more ag-gressive to the ball to-night.”

Still, Iola had no answer for the 6-foot Soucie, who played her first game of the season Friday. The Kansas University volleyball sign-ee had declined to play bas-ketball until reconsidering over the Christmas break.

“I thought we did a good job of stopping her from getting

the ball,” Carlson said. “But we couldn’t stop her from getting rebounds and second-chance baskets. That’s what killed us tonight.”

The Fillies were hot early. Jo Lohman drained a 3-pointer, followed 30 sec-onds later by a steal and la-yup by Emma Piazza. Em-ery Driskel scored inside moments later to give Iola a 7-0 lead less than 90 sec-onds into the game.

The lead was at 7-3 when Soucie scored six straight points for the Trojans to give Osawatomie the lead for good at 9-7.

Iola’s Hannah Endicott and Driskel scored on con-secutive baskets midway through the second quar-

ter to cut the Trojan lead to 13-11.

Soucie followed with two more buckets to help push the lead back to 19-11 at in-termission.

Iola’s offense began to click after halftime.

Hannah Endicott scored twice, Reagan Ford drained a 3-pointer for the Fillies and Lohman’s bucket with 1:26 left in the period closed Iola’s scoring.

The Trojans led 44-20 before Kyra Moore and Libby Shay got into the act for Iola, each scoring four points in a two-minute span.

Endicott’s bucket with two minutes left gave her a team-high eight points for

the Fillies to go with three rebounds. Lohman had five points, while Shay and Moore had four each. Pi-azza and Driskel each had two steals.

Soucie wound up with 20 points for the Trojans, the only player on either team to score in double figures.

THE TROJAN junior varsity squad emerged with a 35-29 win.

Shelby Reno and Driskel scored six points each to lead Iola. Cassie Delich and Mikaela Platt had four points apiece. Piazza had three points, while Paige Miller scored two, as did Moore. Emma Sigg and Lohman each had a point.

Iola’s C team won 21-17. Ashlie Shields scored six points. Taylor Sell had five and Platt had four. Tae-lyn Sutterby, Taylor Hes-lop and Delich scored two each.

Iola (0-7) returns to ac-tion Tuesday on the road at Central Heights.

Osawatomie (11-8-17-14—50)Iola (7-4-9-10—30)Osawatomie (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP):

Wright 2-0-1-4, Klein 2-0-2-4, Guil-foyle 2/1-0-2-7, Soucie 9-2-2-20, Fenoughty 1-5-1-7, Kilbourn 1-0-4-2, McReynolds 2-2-1-6. TOTALS: 19/1-9-13-50.

Iola (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Moore 2-0-1-4, Piazza 1-0-1-2, Lohman 1/1-0-1-5, Shay 1-2-3-4, Ford 0/1-0-1-3, Endicott 4-0-3-8,m Platt 0-0-2-0, Driskel 1-0-3-2, Sigg 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 11/2-2-15-30.

H FilliesContinued from B1

By BOB JOHNSONbob@iolaregister.comMORAN — Kailey Boyd

quickly scored four points midway through the fourth period here Friday night to ice the Marmaton Val-ley girls’ victory over Crest High, 41-27.

Boyd’s mini-outburst came on a runner in the lane that swished with 4:20 remaining in the game. She added a pair of free throws 10 seconds later, when she was fouled putting up a shot after swiping the ball as the point of Marmaton Valley’s effective full-court press.

That upped the Wildcats’ lead to 31-22.

“I thought we were a lit-tle sluggish coming out of the (holiday) break,” Coach Kent Houk said afterward, but he would have had diffi-culty getting Crest faithful to concur with his observa-tion.

Game-long, it was the Wildcats’ full-court pres-sure and tenacious defense in the halfcourt that turned the contest their way. The Lancers turned the ball over often, including sev-eral anxiety-induced un-forced errors.

“Yeah, they had quite a few turnovers,” Houk al-lowed. “We had some, too, but not as many as we have had.”

The victory improved Marmaton Valley’s record to 4-3, with its next outing at St. Paul Tuesday eve-ning.

While Boyd was offensive late — eight of her 10 points came in the fourth period — Mackenzie Tynon’s scor-ing kept the Wildcats in the lead earlier.

Tynon made six-of-six at the stripe in the first period and added five points in the second period for 11 of her game-high 13 points.

Often, though, the game plodded along at the offense ends.

Crest took the early lead when Madison Covey hit a short jumper 75 seconds into the contest. Tynon then sank her six first-pe-riod free throws before Ka-cie Shadden hit Marmaton Valley’s first field goal with just over two minutes re-maining in the first frame.

Crest’s Kurston Gillil-and, a 5-foot-11 senior, tied the game at 10 at the 6:18 mark of the second period, before a Boyd two-pointer and three more free throws from Tynon put the home-standing Wildcats back in charge.

Gilliland led Crest with 10 points, with six coming in the third period. Covey added eight.

(Crest High 8-6-6-7-27)(Marmaton Valley 10-7-8-16-41)

Crest (FG-FT-F-PT): Cov-ey 4-0-4-8; Rodriguez 1-0-0-2;

Strickler 0-3-3-3; Gilliland 4-2-3-10; LaCross 2-0-0-4; Seabolt 0-0-5-0; Kellar 0-0-5-0. Totals: 11-5-20-27.

Marmaton Valley (FG-FT-F-PT): Ensminger 1-1-3-3; Mann 0-0-0-0; Cavender 1-0-0-2; Boyd 3-4-3-10; Shadden 1-5-3-7; Meiwes 2-0-1-4; Louk 0-0-0-0; Olson 1-0-1-2; Tynon 2-9-3-13; Hamlin 0-0-0-0. Totals: 11-19-14-41.

game and it hit nothing but dry goods for a 3-0 Crest lead. By the time the contest was over, Ham-mond had 34 points on 11 two-pointers, three threes and three free throws.

The shot that didn’t count was Hammond’s most spectacular. As the second period ex-pired, he swished a shot from the corner of the half-court, but officials disallowed it.

Brock Ellis, a 6-4 junior, added 10 points on five field goals.

Crest led 12-8 at the end of the first period and then kicked in the afterburner in the eight minutes, outscoring the Wildcats 16-3 for a 28-11 half-time bulge.

Marmaton Valley played their guests nearly even in the second half, trailing by three, 29-26.

“We played good for most of the game but had a drought in the second

quarter where we fell asleep and they couldn’t miss,” Wildcat head coach Tim Stinnett said. “We never could rebound from that. Hammond got hot there for a while and we made it even easier for him by not boxing out.

Cole Becker, a quick-handed 5-9 senior, led the Cats with 18 points, nine rebounds and four steals. Chance Stevenson had two

assists. Nathan Smart add-ed four boards.

(Crest boys 12-16-11-18-57)(MVHS boys 8-3-10-16-37)Crest boys (FG/3-FT-F-PT):

Boone 3/0-1-4-7; Stephens 0/1-0-2-3; Morton 0/1-10-1-3; Hammond 11/3-3-1-34; Ellis 5/0-0-4-10. To-tals: 19-5-4-12-57.

MVHS boys (FG/3-FT-F-PT): Smith 0/0-0-1-0; Genn 1/0-2-0-4; Stevenson 1/1-0-3-5; Becker 5/2-2-4-18; Gonzales 1/0-0-0-2; Wag-ner 1/0-1-0-3; Smart 2/0-1-3-5. Totals: 11/3-6-11-37.

Wildcat girls down Crest

Register/Bob JohnsonAshtynn Louk, left, pressures Crest High’s Madison Covey in a contest at Moran Friday night.

H LancersContinued from B1

Register/Bob JohnsonJordan Morton (15) sets a screen for teammate Kyle Ham-mond (21), guarded by Marmaton Valley’s Cole Becker (25), in action Friday night at Moran.

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By MARY CLARE JALONICK

Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP)

— The Food and Drug Ad-ministration on Friday proposed the most sweep-ing food safety rules in decades, requiring farm-ers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe and leafy greens.

The long-overdue regu-lations are aimed at re-ducing the estimated 3,000 deaths a year from food-borne illness. Just since last summer, outbreaks of listeria in cheese and sal-monella in peanut butter, mangoes and cantaloupe have been linked to more than 400 illnesses and as many as seven deaths, ac-cording to the Centers for Disease Control. The ac-tual number of those sick-ened is likely much higher.

The FDA’s proposed rules would require farm-ers to take new precau-tions against contamina-tion, to include making sure workers’ hands are washed, irrigation water is clean, and that animals stay out of fields. Food manufacturers will have to submit food safety plans to the government to show they are keeping their op-erations clean.

Many responsible food companies and farmers are already following the steps that the FDA would now require them to take. But officials say the re-quirements could have saved lives and prevented illnesses in several of the large-scale outbreaks that have hit the country in re-cent years.

In a 2011 outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that claimed 33 lives, for ex-ample, FDA inspectors found pools of dirty water on the floor and old, dirty processing equipment at Jensen Farms in Colora-do where the cantaloupes were grown. In a peanut butter outbreak this year linked to 42 salmonella ill-nesses, inspectors found samples of salmonella throughout Sunland Inc.’s peanut processing plant in New Mexico and multiple obvious safety problems, such as birds flying over

uncovered trailers of pea-nuts and employees not washing their hands.

Under the new rules, companies would have to lay out plans for prevent-ing those sorts of prob-lems, monitor their own progress on those safety efforts and explain to the FDA how they would cor-rect them.

“The rules go very di-rectly to preventing the types of outbreaks we have seen,” said Michael Taylor, FDA’s deputy com-missioner for foods.

The FDA estimates the new rules could prevent almost 2 million illnesses annually, but it could be several years before the rules are actually prevent-ing outbreaks. Taylor said it could take the agency another year to craft the rules after a four-month comment period, and farms would have at least two years to comply — meaning the farm rules are at least three years away from taking effect. Smaller farms would have even longer to comply.

The new rules, which come exactly two years to the day President Barack Obama’s signed food safe-ty legislation passed by Congress, were already delayed. The 2011 law re-quired the agency to pro-pose a first installment of the rules a year ago, but the Obama administration held them until after the election. Food safety advo-cates sued the administra-tion to win their release.

The produce rule would mark the first time the FDA has had real author-ity to regulate food on farms. In an effort to stave off protests from farmers, the farm rules are tailored to apply only to certain fruits and vegetables that pose the greatest risk,

like berries, melons, leafy greens and other foods that are usually eaten raw. A farm that produces green beans that will be canned and cooked, for example, would not be regulated.

Such flexibility, along with the growing realiza-tion that outbreaks are bad for business, has brought the produce industry and much of the rest of the food industry on board as Congress and FDA has worked to make food safer.

In a statement Friday, Pamela Bailey, president of the Grocery Manufac-turers Association, which represents the country’s biggest food companies, said the food safety law “can serve as a role model for what can be achieved when the private and pub-lic sectors work together to achieve a common goal.”

The farm and manufac-turing rules are only one part of the food safety law. The bill also authorized more surprise inspections by the FDA and gave the agency additional powers to shut down food facili-ties. In addition, the law required stricter stan-dards on imported foods. The agency said it will soon propose other over-due rules to ensure that importers verify overseas food is safe and to improve food safety audits over-seas.

Food safety advocates frustrated over the last year as the rules stalled praised the proposed ac-tion.

“The new law should transform the FDA from an agency that tracks down outbreaks after the fact, to an agency focused on pre-venting food contamina-tion in the first place,” said Caroline Smith DeWaal of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

FDA proposes new food safety rulesThe new law should transform the FDA

from an agency that tracks down out-breaks after the fact, to an agency focused on preventing food contamination in the first place.

— Caroline Smith DeWall, Center for Science in the Public Interest

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposal to allow the sale of liquor in convenience stores and grocery stores will come before the state Legislature this year, even though lawmakers have re-jected a similar proposal in the past.

Uncork Kansas, a coali-tion of convenience stores, grocery stores, and cham-bers of commerce, said it planned to have a bill intro-duced “as early in the legis-lative session as possible,” said Jody Hanson, a spokes-woman for the group.

Kansans can buy liquor only in retail liquor stores, except for 3.2 beer and wine coolers. Supporters of the changes say the state law is antiquated and restricts the free market, while liquor store owners contend they might be forced out of busi-ness if the law changes, The Wichita Eagle reported.

Kent Eckles, vice presi-dent of the Kansas Cham-ber of Commerce, said the existing law allows the state to choose which businesses can sell liquor.

“It is protecting an illegal monopoly,” he said.

Hanson predicted that more grocery and conve-nience stores would be built if the laws are changed,

bringing more jobs to the state.

But Spencer Duncan, executive director of Keep Kansans in Business said the legislation would hurt existing stores, particularly in rural areas.

“We know that passing it opens no new businesses in the state of Kansas. Howev-er, we know passing it clos-es businesses in the state of Kansas,” he said.

Duncan said he was dis-appointed that the Kansas Chamber of Commerce supports the new proposed legislation because it con-tradicts the chamber’s goal

of expanding the tax base. Money would go to states where corporations like Wal-Mart and QuikTrip are headquartered, he said.

“Dollars to liquor stores stay in the local communi-ties. A dollar must stay in an economy for that econo-my to prosper,” he said. “It makes no sense to let that dollar leave.”

Hanson said more than 27,000 people have signed a petition in support of chang-ing the liquor laws, and 2,500 have sent messages of sup-port to legislators through Uncork Kansas’ website.

This year’s debate might be different in a Legislature with several new lawmak-ers who were elected after redistricting last year.

Eckles said he expects another difficult battle in the legislature. “There’s a lot of free-market people in the Legislature, but it takes several years for big ideas like this to pass,” he said.

Duncan said he doesn’t know what to expect.

“When you have so many new legislators, it’s a dou-ble-sided coin,” Duncan said. “Who the heck knows what they’re going to do? It’s a little scary. On the oth-er side, we have a chance to educate new people.”

Group will seek to broaden liquor sales

Dollars to li-quor stores stay in the local com-munities. A dol-lar must stay in an economy for that economy to prosper. It makes no sense to let that dollar leave.

— Kent Eckles, vice president of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce

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(First published in The IolaRegister, December 22, 2012)IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASEmprise Bank, Plaintiff vs. Deborah Sue Huffman and

Robert Wayne Huffman, City of Humboldt, Kansas, State of Kan-sas Department of Housing and Urban Development, Board of County Commissioners, Neosho County, Kansas,

DefendentsCase No. 10-CV-60

NOTICE OF SALEBy the virtue of an Order of Sale

dated November 13, 2012, directed and delivered to me as Sheriff of Al-len County, Kansas, and issued out of the District Court of said county, I will at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on Janu-ary 16, 2013, at the south door of the courthouse in Iola, Kansas, sell at public auction to the highest bid-der for cash in hand, all of the de-fendants’, Deborah Sue Huffman and Robert W. Huffman aka Robert Wayne Huffman’s, right, title and interest in the following described real estate situated in Allen County, Kansas, to wit:

The South One (1) foot of Lot

One (1) and all of Lots Seven (7) to twelve (12), both inclusive, all in Block Eleven (11) of Alger’s Addi-tion to the City of Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas.

Said property will be sold to sat-isfy judgment rendered against the defendants, Deborah Sue Huffman and Robert W. Huffman aka Rob-ert Wayne Huffman, in the amount of $89,121.65, together with a per diem rate of interest, court costs, and further costs of executing this order.

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Dear Dr. Roach: I am 70 years old, male, about eight pounds underweight, walk 3 miles almost every day, have high blood pressure and am at high risk of de-veloping diabetes, since my mother and brother had diabetes. I take losar-tan/HCTZ (I used to take quinapril/HCTZ), which, according to the literature, causes elevated blood glu-cose. I have elevated glu-cose and A1c levels on my blood tests, and I think it’s caused by the medications. It seems to me that these medications will push me to full-blown diabetes. Am I missing something? — J.M.

Answer: First of all, you are doing a great job in re-ducing your risk of diabe-tes by walking daily and

not being overweight. How-ever, some people still will get diabetes, even if they do everything right.

Losartan/HCTZ is a com-bination of two medications: losartan, an angiotensin-receptor blocker, and hy-drochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a diuretic that works by forcing the kidney to ex-crete excess salt and water. Losartan is a good choice for people with diabetes or prediabetes because it pro-tects both the kidneys and

the heart, though perhaps not as well as the quinapril you used to take. As far as I know, quinapril may reduce the risk of diabetes, and losartan doesn’t seem to in-crease or decrease the risk. The HCTZ, however, does increase the risk of new-on-set diabetes by about 30 per-cent. Given that your blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c — which looks at blood sug-ar over several months — are abnormal, it may make sense to change the HCTZ part of your regimen to a different class, such as a cal-cium channel blocker.

On the other hand, if your blood sugar and A1c are near normal, and your blood pressure is well-con-trolled, I don’t think I would be too anxious to change it,

since HCTZ is probably the most effective medicine we have for reducing the risk of stroke in people over 65 with high blood pressure.

The only other thing I would mention is to be care-ful to control your dietary sugar intake, if you aren’t already.

High blood pressure can contribute to stroke risk. The booklet on stroke ex-plains this condition that is deservedly feared by all. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach — No. 902, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for deliv-ery.

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Are blood pressure meds increasing blood sugar?

Dear Tom and Ray: If I bike up a steep hill, I have to slow down, since main-taining speed would ex-haust me. Applying this to driving, I drive my VW Golf up steep hills in the truck lane quite slowly to save on gas. My wife used to disagree, but due to my persistence, even she does this, to a degree, when she is driving. I’ve noticed that no other cars do this. Am I nuts? — Russell

Ray: No, you’re not nuts, Russell. You’re just annoy-ing.

Tom: I mean, you’re tech-nically correct. If you drive up a hill at 45 mph rather than 65 mph, you’ll use less

gasoline. Ray: You not only elimi-

nate some wind resistance, but under certain circum-stances you also may allow the transmission to shift into a higher gear, which saves you fuel.

Tom: But you’re also tick-ing off your wife, as well as the truck driver whose Pe-terbilt grille is inches from your rearview mirror be-cause he’s eager to get his trailer full of melting Es-kimo Pies to Waukegan by nightfall.

Ray: You want to be care-ful and be aware of what’s happening around you so you’re not making yourself a hazard on the roadway.

Because speed DIFFER-ENTIAL on highways does cause accidents.

Tom: If you’re not caus-ing truckers to honk and tailgate and pass you with their middle fingers extend-ed, then it’s more a question

of your own priorities, Rus-sell. Is your fuel economy more valuable to you than your time? Are you willing to accept the annoyance of others you inconvenience, including your wife, to get slightly better mileage? Or do you consider “slowing down and smelling the ros-es” to be just another ben-efit of your approach?

Ray: Actually, it’s not the roses you’ll smell in the truck lane. It’s diesel ex-haust. Good luck, Russell.

The annoyance factor of fuel efficiency

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James Finch, who began the 2012 season with Kurt Busch as his full-time driver, will split time between at least two drivers in his No. 51 Chevy.

Regan Smith will pilot the car in the Daytona 500, but Smith’s Nationwide Series schedule will prevent him from devoting himself full-time to Phoenix Racing in Sprint Cup.

A.J. Allmendinger will also drive the car in selected races, and Finch has hinted that he may enter a car in every race unless additional sponsorship materializes.

Yeah, he’ll be there — Tony Stew-art will compete again in the Chili Bowl, the famed midget-car race at the Tulsa (Okla.) Expo Center to run Jan. 8-12.

Among other entrants with past or current NASCAR connec-tions are J.J. Yeley, Bobby East, Cole Whitt, Dakoda Armstrong, Tracy Hines, Justin Allgaier, Billy Pauch, Kevin Swindell, Bryan Clauson, Tim McCreadie, Brad Sweet, A.J. Fike, Kyle Larson, Ty-ler Walker, Brad Noffsinger and P.J. Jones.

Sad news — David “Salt” Wal-ther, seriously burned in a 1973 crash during the Indianapolis 500, died on Dec. 27 at age 65. Walther competed four times in NASCAR, finishing 12th in the 1976 Daytona 500.

Hitched — Cup driver Landon Cassill married Katie Linsted on Dec. 28. The couple is presently vacationing in Mexico.

On the schedule — Reed So-renson was recently engaged to Mooresville, N.C., kindergarten teacher Laura Frame. The couple will set a wedding date in 2013.

In the works — Also engaged is 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, who successfully popped the question to Ashton Clapp

on Dec. 23. Bayne made the an-nouncement on Twitter.

No date has been announced.Chip off different block — Zach

Jarrett, son of 1999 Winston Cup champion Dale Jarrett, will play baseball at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte next year. The younger Jarrett played third base at Hickory (N.C.) High School, where he batted .355 last year.

If you have a question or comment, write: NASCAR This Week, c/o The Gaston Gazette, P.O. Box 1538, Gastonia, NC 28053 or send an e-mail to mdutton@gastongazette.com. You can also send your NASCAR questions to Monte on Facebook at Facebook.com/monte-dutton and at Twitter.com/MonteDutton. Please specify you are submitting them for the NASCAR This Week page.

Smith, Allmendinger sharing James Finch’s car

HOPE FOR 2013

� One year ago, who could have predicted that the new season’s first indelible moment would involve a race car crash-ing into a jet dryer?� While less spectacular,

almost no one could have predicted that the Sprint Cup champion would drive a Dodge, and that after winning an unlikely championship, Dodge would leave NASCAR.� If A.J. Allmendinger, who

will probably compete in a few Cup races for James Finch in 2013, can rebuild his career after the stigma of failing a drug test, it will be a major surprise of the coming season. Or maybe the one after.� Nine races went into

overtime last year. Two were shortened by rain. The longest race was at Martinsville, where Ryan Newman won a race that took 515 laps to decide.� Somehow, Kyle Busch man-

aged to accumulate 20 top-10 finishes and not make the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Oh, yes, Busch also had 13 top-five finishes, the same number as champion Brad Keselowski.� Fifteen different drivers

won races, three fewer than the previous year.� Jimmie Johnson finished

third in the Chase, but he led more than 1,000 more laps (1,744) than Keselowski (733).� Appropriately, the champion,

Keselowski, did have the best average finish (10.1). Greg Biffle (10.2) was second and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (10.4) was third.� The first race at newly

remodeled Kansas Speedway (and second of the season there) featured more caution flags (14) than any other race.� The only caution flag that

waved at Auto Club Speedway in 2012 was the one for rain that ended up shortening the race. Tony Stewart won that 129-lap (out of a scheduled 400) race on March 25, 2012.

Junior’s The Popular One According to a survey released by Lionel

NASCAR Collectables, Dale Earnhardt Jr. sold more die-cast model cars than any other driver in 2012. In fact, Earnhardt’s standard No. 88 Mountain Dew Chevy was No. 1, and the special “The Dark Knight Rises” Michigan-winning miniature was second in sales. Danica Patrick’s No. 10 Sprint Cup Chevy was third, followed by another Earnhardt die-cast, the “standard” Dark Knight car. Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 DuPont Chevy was fifth, followed by Kasey Kahne’s Farmers Insurance Chevy replica and Gordon’s AARP/Drive to End Hunger Chevy.

John Clark/NASCAR This WeekWith NASCAR taking a break, Landon Cassill, at left, recently got hitched while Reed Sorenson and Trevor Bayne engaged.

2013 CUP SCHEDULEFeb. 16 Daytona Shootout FoxFeb. 17 500 qualifying FoxFeb. 21 Daytona Duel SpeedFeb. 24 Daytona 500 FoxMarch 3 Phoenix FoxMarch 10 Las Vegas FoxMarch 17 Bristol FoxMarch 24 Fontana FoxApril 7 Martinsville FoxApril 13 Texas FoxApril 21 Kansas FoxApril 27 Richmond FoxMay 5 Talladega FoxMay 11 Darlington FoxMay 18 Charlotte All-Star SpeedMay 26 Charlotte FoxJune 2 Dover FoxJune 9 Pocono TNTJune 16 Michigan TNTJune 23 Sonoma TNTJune 29 Kentucky TNTJuly 6 Daytona TNTJuly 14 New Hampshire TNTJuly 28 Indianapolis ESPNAug. 4 Pocono ESPNAug. 11 Watkins Glen ESPNAug. 18 Michigan ESPNAug. 24 Bristol ABCSept. 1 Atlanta ESPNSept. 7 Richmond ABCSept. 15 Chicagoland ESPNSept. 22 New Hampshire ESPNSept. 29 Dover ESPNOct. 6 Kansas ESPNOct. 12 Charlotte ABCOct. 20 Talladega ESPNOct. 27 Martinsville ESPNNov. 3 Texas ESPNNov. 10 Phoenix ESPNNov. 17 Homestead ESPN

What We Can Reasonably Expect2013 season could redeem many drivers

Sir Isaac Newton’s law — “To each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” — doesn’t fully ap-ply at this NASCAR juncture because a new season is about to start. New cars, rules changes and the like are undoubtedly going to produce actions and reac-tions of t Thoughs Their own.

Still, there were some developments in 2012 that might lead to predictable extensions in 2013.

For instance, Kyle Busch had his best Chase ever, or at least he had his best performance in the final 10 races ever. The trouble was that it did him no good. He didn’t qualify for the Chase. He wasn’t eligible for the championship. Yet Busch had as many top-five finishes (13) as the champion, Brad Keselowski.

Kyle Busch’s obvious extension is to make the Chase. Then he might finally win it.

If you’re looking for a dark-horse candidate for the 2013 championship, look no further than Kasey Kahne, whose first year at Hendrick Motorsports was one of steady improvement. After the first 10 races, Kahne was 19th in points.

After 20, he was 13th. He wound up fourth.For Clint Bowyer, who finished second, and Jim-

mie Johnson, who was third, the extension is obvious. It’s winning the championship. For Kahne, it won’t be cited so regularly, but it’s a distinct possibility.

History wasn’t Carl Edwards’ friend last year. It is now. Edwards has had three seasons — 2005, 2008, 2011 — in which he came reasonably close to win-ning the championship. He struggled the next sea-son in all three instances. If his past is really pertinent and not just a series of coincidences, Edwards will be back in the Chase this year and make a title run in 2014.

Danica Patrick is like a minor-league baseball player constantly being promoted to the next level too quickly. It’s taken the ex-IndyCar driver a long time to get conversant in the intricacies of driving stock cars. She is by no means ready for Sprint Cup, but there she will be, nonetheless. Her reach still ex-ceeds her grasp. Gradual improvement is one thing in the Nationwide Series. Her star will begin to dim if she does not pick up the pace in Cup, and that will not be easy.

� Who’s hot: Sure, there’s pressure on Brad Keselowski to repeat, but where else would he want to be? … Lest you’ve forgotten, the most recent race winner is Jeff Gordon, who won the Homestead fi nale.

� Who’s not: The real pressure is on Jimmie Johnson, who’s gone a whopping two years without winning another championship. … Not to mention Clint Bowyer, of whom much will be expected after a runner-up year.

By Monte DuttonNASCAR This Week

Double Duty at DarlingtonThe first year in which Darlington Raceway

hosted two major NASCAR races was 1952. Something now called “the 109 Miles of Darlington” (in the NASCAR media guide) was won by Dick Rathmann, driving a Hudson Hornet owned by Walt Chapman. The South Carolina track then reverted to a single race, the Southern 500, until 1960, when Joe Weatherly won the first Rebel 300.

By Monte DuttonNASCAR This Week

VERSUS

How can NASCAR’s most prominent Green Bay Packers fan drive for the Hall of Fame coach of the Washington Red-skins? What if they meet in the playoffs? Can these two put their differences aside and cut to the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup?

NASCAR This Week’s Monte Dut-ton gives his take: “It could be worse, of course. Kenseth could be a fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Oh, I’m just kidding around. Everything will be fine.”

MATT KENSETH VS. JOE GIBBS

John Clark/NASCAR This WeekLook for Kyle Busch to exceed his 2012 season. The Gibbs driver was not in the Chase, but finished well during NASCAR’s postseason. He had as many top-five finishes (13) as Cup champion Brad Keselowski. The good odds will be on Busch, Kasey Kahne, Clint Bowyer and even Jimmie Johnson.

Smith

Jeff Gordon

Clint Bowyer

Stewart

Kenseth Gibbs

NASCAR Trivia1. What was the date of Dale Earnhardt’s tragic death?2. Who won last year’s Daytona 500?3. Where did Dale Earnhardt Jr. win his past two races?4. Who won last year’s Shootout at Daytona?5. Who won last year’s Sprint All-Star Race?6. When did NASCAR first hold a major race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway?7. Before Brad Keselowski, who was the last Cup champion to drive a Dodge?8. Who has won the past two Nationwide Series titles?9. In what year did Jimmie Johnson win his first Cup race?10. In what year did Dale Earnhardt Jr. win a career-best six Cup races?11. Who was the last champion who drove a Pontiac?12. Who won the last championship before the Chase?

1. Feb. 18, 20012. Matt Kenseth3. Michigan International Speedway4. Kyle Busch5. Jimmie Johnson6. 19947. Richard Petty (1975)8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.9. 200210. 200411. Tony Stewart (2002)12. Matt Kenseth (2003)

Every year has its signature moments in terms of victories, money, prestige and, most important of all, championships. But what were the most vivid memories of the 2012 NASCAR season? The season started out with a bang … literally.

■ When the Daytona 500 was finally completed, it had already been delayed by rain for more than a day and a half. The race was then red-flagged because of a crash under caution, not between two cars even, but between Juan Pablo Montoya’s Chevy and a jet dryer. Miraculously, no one was seriously injured.

■ Halfway through the season, NASCAR suspended driver A.J. Allmendinger for failing a drug test.

After the initial testing was confirmed, Allmendinger lost his ride at Penske Racing and entered a NASCAR-prescribed reinstatement program. He was reinstated and competed in four races late in the year.

■ Kurt Busch endured another year of self-inflicted wounds. He was placed on probation in May for a post-race incident that began with Busch speeding through Ryan Newman’s pit box. Busch was suspended for a race in June for berating and threatening a reporter. By season’s end, Busch had moved from Phoenix Racing to Furniture Row Racing.

■ Danica Patrick finished 10th in the Nationwide Series points race but was higher than only three other drivers

— Mike Wallace, Jason Bowles and Jeremy Clements — who competed in every race. Phasing into a full-time Sprint Cup ride in 2013, Patrick competed in 10 races at NASCAR’s highest level, turning in her best finish, 17th, in her last try, at Phoenix in November.

■ Brad Keselowski’s surprising championship was, of course, significant. But who will forget his celebration after locking down the championship at Homestead? Keselowski proved his allegiance to sponsor Miller Lite by having, uh, several before appearing on ESPN SportsCenter and completing the post-race media conference. He was a very happy, exuberant and goofy young man.

MOMENTS THAT WE’LL REMEMBER FROM 2012

John Clark/NASCAR This WeekNASCAR’s 2012 season had many moments — some good, some bad. A failed drug test knocked A.J. Allmendinger out of his Penske ride, but he managed to race again during the season.

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