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Iola Municipal Band— Since 1871 —

At the bandstand Jim Garner, directorThursday, July 7, 2011 8 p.m.

PROGRAMStar Spangled Banner ..................................................arr. J.P. SousaAmericans We — march .......................................... Henry FillmoreRock, Rhythm and Blues — medley ......................arr. Jack BullockArmy of the Nile — march ...................................Kenneth J. AlfordBegin of the Beguine ...................................................... Cole PorterInvercargill — march ...................................................Alex LithgowHymn to the Fallen.................................... John Williams/SweeneyMen of Ohio — march ............................................. Henry FillmoreA Sixties Time Capsule — medley .............................. arr. JenningsThe Washington Post — march ...................................John P. Sousa

Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.

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

By SUSAN LYNNsusan@iolaregister.com

If you’ve got enough of it, Fri-day night is the night to let your hair down.

One sure test is to participate in the “Drag Race” as a runup to the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber Run For Your Life race.

Men and women alike are en-couraged to dress in a cross-gen-der manner and then “compete” in teams of four in a relay. Last

year a woman’s garter was trans-ferred from one participant’s leg to another.

“It’s better than a baton,” said David Toland, executive director of Thrive Allen County and one of the organizers for Friday’s events.

If you don’t have a thing to wear — no worries.

Dresses, hats, purses, jewelry and other accoutrements will be available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s

The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, where participants will have a wide selection from which to choose. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Registration to participate in the drag race is $5. That also gains participants entrance to a 9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Thrive office or Friday night on

By RICHARD LUKENrichard@iolaregister.com

LE ROY — Unlike the mecha-nized behemoths of today, Ray Whiteley’s mowing outfit was considerably quieter.

His “engine” — a pair of 1,200-pound mules — needed only an occasional break from the sti-fling summer heat as Whiteley traversed his way around an 18-acre prairie hay meadow.

“It’s a little warm, so we’ve been taking it easy,” Whiteley said. “It’s our little hobby.”

The mules were pulling White-ley’s antique sickle bar mower, a small wagon with cutting bar

attached. The bar was triggered through a gear box engaged as its wheels roll.

With no mechanical engine to speak of, the only noise emanat-ing from his unit was from the teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar rotating back and forth.

Joining Whiteley was neighbor and friend Greg Gleue, with his own mowing outfit, another sick-le bar mower pulled by a pair of Percheron draft horses.

“We’re having some fun with it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind of a wimp about it. He needs a

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear

Ray Whiteley

Register/Susan LynnThese men are ready to leave their inhibitions at home as they participate in Friday night’s favorite race, the drag race. From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, Nic Lohman, David Toland and Fred Heismeyer. The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square.

By BOB JOHNSONbob@iolaregister.com

Calls to the 911 dispatch center average one almost every 10 min-utes.

And while that may sound a lit-tle slow, played out over 24 hours a day and every day of the year, the total comes to 55,000.

“That’s what we received last year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch center director, told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morn-ing.

The call total — she figures half or more are for true emer-gencies — wasn’t the point of her appearance, but the magnitude of the number captivated commis-sioners.

Murphy was before commis-sioners to request a 20 percent increase in the department’s bud-get for 2012, up $126,000 over this year’s $490,000.

The increase seemed pretty hefty. Murphy reasoned health insurance will cost an additional $50,000 and another $6,000 was expected for Kansas Public Em-

Put that ego on the shelf, boys

See EGO | Page B6

By JOE SNEVEjoe@iolaregister.com

When Brian Pekarek was hired as superintendent of the Iola school district in February, he saw an opportunity to “reinvigo-rate” USD 257.

With a focus on academic achievement and public transpar-ency, Pekarek hopes he can fur-ther success for the district and the more than 1,300 students rely-ing on it.

Pekarek walks his talk. A na-

By BOB JOHNSONbob@iolaregister.com

An anticipated field of a thou-sand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown busi-ness district early Saturday as Charley Melvin did in 1905, can be thankful that Melvin chose to do his dastardly deed in the mid-dle of the night.

Had the event being commemo-rated occurred in mid-day, par-ticipants would battle oppressive heat and humidity, with both forecast at the upper end of the discomfort scale during daytime Friday and Saturday. As is, they will run and walk in somewhat more inviting temperatures pre-dicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m. Saturday.

The race — many walkers will be out for a stroll — will cap activ-ities that start late Friday after-noon and will go on throughout the evening. Included will be the much-awaited “drag race,” fea-turing some of the area’s finest men and women dressed in drag.

Chris Weiner at Thrive Allen County, co-sponsor with Allen County Crimestoppers for “The Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run for your Life,” said total of partic-ipants was approaching 450, with about 200 signed on for the 5-kilo-meter run. The walk will follow a 3-kilometer course.

“Registration, including prob-ably a fifth online, has really

picked up,” Weiner said Tuesday afternoon. As in the past, “we ex-pect a lot of people to sign up Fri-day night.”

Cost is $12 for the walk. Run-ners’ fees are $14 for youth to age 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for members of teams.

Runners in the third annual event will aim for best times of 15.40.06 for males and 20.44.78 for females, set last year.

Sticks of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” will be awarded the first three places for males and females in each of five ages groups, 15 and under, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 and 61 and over.

All participants will break from in front of the post office. Runners will follow a course that will take them on West to Wash-ington, then Jackson, Jefferson and East to Cottonwood. They

Temps for runlook inviting

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

An 800-page report released Tuesday to The Associated Press by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office through an open records request shows several educators report-ed cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009, and other administrators ignored those re-ports and sometimes retaliated against the whistleblowers.

The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on stan-dardized tests by helping stu-dents or changing the answers once exams were handed in.

The investigators also found a “culture of fear, intimidation and retaliation” in the school district over the cheating allegations, which led to educators lying about the cheating or destroying

Pekarek finds home at USD 257

Brian Pekarek, center, visits with Barb Geffert and Marcy Boring at the USD 257 board office.

Cheating scandal detailed

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Flu sweeps through Allen County schools By SUSAN LYNN

susan@iolaregister.comLocal physicians and health

care workers are seeing a higher number of influenza A and B cas-es than most years.

“I’m seeing the most that I’ve seen in my 30 years of practicing medicine,” said Dr. Brian Wolfe of The Family Physicians.

Influenza A and B, strains of the flu, are being recorded in high-er-than-normal numbers, he said.

On Wednesday, Jefferson El-ementary recorded 19 absences of 289 students.

“But on Tuesday, we had 40 stu-dents out,” said Principal Brad Crusinbery.

Lincoln Elementary recorded 22 absences due to illness out of its 243 students on Wednesday, said Brenda Leonard, administrative assistant.

Districtwide, 105 students were reported ill out of 1,300 students on Wednesday, said Jacki Chase, school nurse.

“We’re seeing some confirmed

influenza cases,” said Chase. Stu-dents who have temperatures of 100 degrees or above are to stay home for 24 hours after the fever has subsided.

IT’S NOT too late to get a flu shot, Chase said.

It takes about two weeks for its

effects to take hold, she said. Peak immunity comes about six weeks after inoculation.

For those who received flu shots but still come down with the flu, its symptoms will be less severe, Chase said.

Flu vaccine is still available at the Multi-County Health Depart-ment, said Ruby Gulick, clerk.

“We just received another ship-ment of doses,” she said. It’s the second time the department has reordered from its initial allot-ment, she said.

Altogether, the department has ordered 800 doses, said Dee Dee Martin, interim chief nursing of-ficer, which is higher than normal.

“Demand has been high,” she said, and said the vaccine can be given up “clear up through March and April.”

Call the department at 365-2191 for more information.

The Iola Police Department, along with Kansas Bureau of In-vestigation agents, made key ar-rests last week in the fight against methamphetamine production and sales.

On Jan. 19, police officers and KBI agents executed a search war-rant at 424 N. Cottonwood St. to ex-ecute a search warrant.

After the search, Christopher Lee Trautloff, 29, and Sierra Renee Trautloff, 27, both of Iola, were ar-rested and taken to the Allen Coun-ty Jail. They remain in custody.

Officers are requesting charges, including manufacturing meth-amphetamine, possession of meth, unlawful use of a communication facility to facilitate a felony drug transaction, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to man-ufacture methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia used to ingest illegal narcotics be filed through the Allen County at-torney’s office.

Information gathered from the Trautloff residence led to the ar-rest of another suspected drug trafficker, Tha-deus Hutton.

On Jan. 22, of-ficers arrested Hutton in the 600 block of North C o t t o n w o o d Street for suspi-cion of conspir-acy to manufacture methamphet-amine, distributing or marketing

precursors for illegal use, pos-session of hal-lucinogens, pos-session of drug paraphernalia, using a commu-nication facility in the commis-sion of a felony and no posses-sion of a drug tax stamp.

He also is being held in the Al-len County Jail.

Iola Police Chief Jared Warner declined to offer additional details regarding the arrests, in order not to hinder any ongoing investiga-tion.

“The Iola Police Department is dedicated to working on drug investigations and keeping drugs off the street,” Warner said. “Over the past year we have made progress on several drug investigations.”

Warner said it was important to recognize the po-lice department’s hard work.

With new technology, he said the investigation process is be-coming more complicated and in depth.

“We have the right personnel dedicated to the investigation. It is both time-consuming and te-dious,” Warner said.

IPD, KBI make key meth arrests

C h r i s t o p h e r Lee

Thaddeus Hutton

Sierra Renee Trautloff

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By ALLISON TINNallison@iolaregister.com

It’s never too late to bring a hid-den talent to fruition. Take Kim-berly Young. She began painting when she was in her 40s and a little more than a decade later she has found success with her art.

Young will be at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center at 1:30 p.m. Sun-day for an artist’s reception. Her art will be showcased from Sun-day to March 10. The show, de-signed specifically for the Bowlus, is titled, “An Artist’s Journey — Perceiving the Way.”

“It’s a journey for me and I am still on a journey and am still per-ceiving my way though it,” Young said.

Young began her journey into the art world in the late 1980s when she enrolled in a ceramics class.

“After filling our house full of sculptures and paintings, my husband (Dave) saw something I didn’t and suggested I take draw-ing classes,” she said.

“If you let yourself go and re-

lax, your talents will come out.”She started with acrylics but

found she preferred oil. “Oil is a lot more maneuver-

able. You can get colors and looks that you can’t with acrylics. I tried pastels but they don’t work as well as oil,” Young said.

Young mostly paints still life,

representational art, landscape, portraits and animals.

She started with pictures of flowers but has since gone into western art.

Young said she was inspired by “things outside and especially things that are western.”

She and her husband are both

outdoor and southwestern enthu-siasts, she said.

Young said she doesn’t have just one painting process, but tries to paint from life. She also takes photographs and then paints from her studio, which is in her house with a north window.

HER CAREER hasn’t been without challenges.

“I don’t know of an artist who at some point hasn’t scrapped their canvas and started over because it didn’t feel right,” she said.

A photo of a Kimberly Young still life painting. Similar paintings can be seen at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center beginning Jan. 27 to March 10.

Kansan artist finds second life through painting

Kimberly Young

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Register/Allison Tinn

The right way to start your dayThe rising run reflects off high clouds, painting the sky in an orange hue over Allen Community College Thursday morning.

By STEVEN SCHWARTZsteven@iolaregister.com

Iola Planning Commission members met Wednesday night to discuss the annexation of Coun-try Estates, as well as approval of a new home on Tennessee Street.

The general consensus was that more information was need-ed before any decision could be made on whether to annex the Country Estates subdivision, at the northwest edge of Iola, into the city limits.

City Administrator Carl Slaugh said the city must weigh the costs and benefits of making such a move, from the perspective of the city, its citizens and the residents

of Country Estates. “There are probably more than

a few things in question, we would look at every city service,” Slaugh said. “We want to grow as a city.”

Commission member Jerod Kelley noted residents in the pro-posed annexation area already re-ceive most services from the city, and would be reluctant to pay tax-es on something they are receiv-ing for free.

“I would be interested to see if we could get our money back through tax revenue,” Kelley said.

Slaugh said subdivisions are of-

Annexation main topic of commission meeting

CorrectionsSandy Zornes’ name was inadvertently omitted from a list Wednes-

day of Ward 4 candidates seeking a seat on the Iola City Council. In addition, a complete list of candidates in Allen County mistak-

enly reported Humboldt candidates as ones in Gas.The Register regrets the error.

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O pen H ouse & R eception Celebrating Cathy Norris’ 31 years Celebrating Cathy Norris’ 31 years

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January 31, 2013 3-6 p.m. January 31, 2013 3-6 p.m. 711 Bridge, Humboldt 711 Bridge, Humboldt

W e express our sincere thanks beginning w ith the EM T crew s of H um boldt and Iola, ER D r. M ontoya and staff of N M RM C , and W augh-Yokum & Friskel Funeral H om e. These

individuls w ere absolutely at the top of professionalism in their respective fields.

Thanks to everyone w ho phoned, visted, sent condolences, food, flow ers, and m em orial gifts. You’re all great fam ily, friends, and neighbors. W e really apperciate the kindness you have

show n us. Thank you to the ladies of St. Joseph C hurch for

the w onderful visitation and dinner. W e appreciate the hard w ork you volunteered for on our behalf. M any thanks to Father Bernie for everything, especially for being such a special

part of our fam ily. The Fam ily of M arie Sinclair

Public notice (First Published in The Iola Register January 24, 2013)

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Mostly cloudyTonight, mostly cloudy.

A slight chance of light freezing drizzle in the eve-ning. Lows near 20. South-east winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Friday, sunny, warmer. Highs near 50. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Friday night, mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. North winds up to 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s.

Sunrise 7:32 a.m. Sunset 5:32 p.m.

TemperatureHigh yesterday 55Low last night 18High a year ago 62Low a year ago 32

Precipitation24 hours ending 7 a.m. 0This month to date .46Total year to date .46Def. since Jan. 1 .64

Ruth YowellRuth Yowell, 90, Hum-

boldt, passed away Jan. 21, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola.

Ruth was born east of Chanute on Feb. 5, 1922, the daughter of Oscar and Lillie Mar (Inman) La-Salle. She married Eldon Yowell on Dec. 7, 1941, in Caney. He preceded her in death in July of 1994.

In addition to being a mother and wife, she farmed with her husband for 25 years, managed Best Western Motels in Ottawa and Ark City for several years. She also worked at Johnson’s General Store in Humboldt for 13 years. She was an incredible seamstress who enjoyed making and giving away bears. One of her great-est talents was making the best macaroni and cheese for her family.

Ruth is survived by her four children, Wayne and Bonnie Yowell, Wichita, Lyle Yowell, Olathe, Dale and Randee Yowell, Hum-boldt, and Pat Yowell of St. Louis, Mo.; six grand-children, Jackie and Da-rin McIntyre, Wichita, William and Lisa Yowell, Wichita, Sean and Ann Yowell, Olathe, Aaron Yowell, Belton, Mo., Mikel and Sheri Yowell, Hum-boldt, and Jeremy Yowell, Olathe; nine great-grand-children, three great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Ann and Cecil Barnhart, Erie, and Jennie Roseberry, Over-land Park; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by parents, husband and one sister, Florence Clemens.

A Graveside Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Mt. Hope in Humboldt.

Memorials in her name may be made to Home Health and Hospice in Iola and may be left with the funeral home.

Penwell-Gabel Hum-boldt Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Austin Levi Reser Austin Levi Reser, Yates

Center, passed away Sun-day, Jan. 20, 2013, after an automobile accident. He was 16.

Austin was born May 8, 1996, in Chanute, the son of Roy Akin and Valicia (Adkins). Austin grew up in Iola until the age of four; he was then adopted by his great-grandpar-ents, Clifford and Delores Reser. After the adoption Austin began attend-ing Yates Center Schools and was a junior in High School before his life abruptly ended Sunday evening.

Austin worked as a Gro-cery Attendant for G&W Foods in Yates Center and has been employed with the company for nearly one year. He was also a member of the First Christian Church, Dis-ciples of Christ where he served as a deacon for the church.

Austin is survived by his birth father, Roy Akin and his wife Sue, Iola; birth mother Valicia (Adkins) and significant other, Wayne Daugherty, Panama City, Fla.; par-ents, Clifford and Delo-res Reser, Yates Center; brother, Dylan Reser; sisters, Kaitlyn Makayla and Hannah Reser, Yates Center, Emma Daugherty, Panama City, Fla.; grand-mother Vicky Adkins, Yates Center; grandfa-ther, the late Edward Ad-kins; and a host of Aunts and Uncles as well as many other relatives and friends.

Services for Austin were today at 10 a.m. at the First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in Yates Center. Austin’s register book is open for signing at Campbell Funeral home in Yates Center. The fam-ily suggests memorials be sent to Campbell Funeral Home, P.O. Box 188, Yates Center, 66783, for use of Austin’s outstanding ex-penses.

Obituary

Marmaton Valley FCCLA is hosting a baked potato bar Friday beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Proceeds will go to helping the Marmaton Valley FC-CLA Relay for Life team.

The baked potato bar will have sour cream, cheese, chili, bacon, veggies and butter with a choice of dessert. Tea, coffee or water will be served.

Prices are $5 for adults and $3 for those 10 and young-er.

FCCLA hosting baked potato bar

Thefts reported:Several businesses’ piping stolen

On Jan. 18, several busi-nesses in the 100 block of West Madison Avenue and the 100 block of South Washington Avenue re-ported that their air condi-tioners had been damaged and copper piping had been stolen. The estimated amount of damage caused and property stolen was valued at approximately $6,000.Bicycle stolen and returned

Darrel Cole reported that his bicycle was stolen on Jan. 19 from the alley south of the Greenery res-taurant in the 1300 block of North State Street. On Jan. 22, he reported that his bicycle had been re-turned.Vehicle tag stolen

Valerie Wagner, Iola re-ported that a tag had been stolen off of her 2001 Ford F-150 while it was parked in a driveway in the 400 block of South Elm Street. Gas stolen

Employees at Pump N’ Petes on North State Street reported on Jan. 22 that $35 worth of gasoline had been stolen. The suspect is an unknown black male driving a dark blue Dodge Intrepid with a Texas tag.Moneygram stolen

Annette Norris report-ed to officers that a $50 Moneygram had been sto-len from her room at the Crossroads Motel. A sus-pect has been identified.Car stereo taken

Eddie Turner reported that his vehicle was bro-ken into on Jan. 19 in the 600 block of North 1st Street and his car stereo was taken.Items stolen in Rus-sell Stover parking lot

On Jan. 20, Danny Wal-ton reported that several DVDs and a stereo were taken from his vehicle while it was parked at the Russell Stover candy fac-tory.

Police reports

Who do you think will win the Superbowl?— San Francisco 49ers— Baltimore Ravens— I don’t care I watch it for the commercials and

halftime show

Feel free to add your own favorite network and share your thoughts with us.

Send your answers to steven@iolaregister.com, post them on Facebook, call the Register at 365-2111, or give your opinion at iolaregister.com. Re-sults of the poll will be posted in Wednesday’s Reg-ister.

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By MATTHEW SCHOFIELD

McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON — The

U.S. military will soon an-nounce the end of a 19-year ban on women in combat, according to a senior de-fense official, a sweeping change that appears to recognize the reality that female troops have experi-enced since the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the timing, said that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “are expected to announce the lifting of the direct combat exclusion rule for women in the military.”

The official added that the announcement, which could come today, “will ini-tiate a process whereby the services will develop plans to implement this decision, which was made by the secretary of defense upon the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”

Like the elimination of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy prohibiting gay men and women from serving openly, the decision repre-sents another far-reaching reversal of military policy and is emblematic of the changing mores and culture in the American armed ser-vices.

About 200,000 women are among the 1.4 million active-duty personnel currently serving in the military.

The policy change also comes as Panetta is about to step down as secretary after several decades in govern-ment, and his White House-

chosen replacement, former Republican Sen. Chuck Ha-gel, is about to face Senate confirmation hearings.

The decision follows a lawsuit filed in November challenging the legitimacy of the ban. The suit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four female service mem-bers. All four had served tours in Iraq or Afghani-stan, and two had received Purple Hearts for injuries sustained on duty.

Reversing the ban, said ACLU senior staff attorney Ariela Migdal in an email, means “qualified women will have the same chance

to distinguish themselves in combat as their brothers-in-arms, which they actually already have been doing with valor and distinction.”

The lawsuit was challeng-ing a ruling banning women from “being well forward

on the battlefield,” a defini-tion that didn’t always make sense in Iraq and Afghani-stan, where fighting took place outside of a tradition-al frontline.

In reality, the policy has been a ban almost in name only. But the danger that female troops faced only came to the attention of many Americans early dur-ing the Iraq war when Jes-sica Lynch, a private first class and Army truck driv-er, was captured and held hostage.

Almost 2 percent of the nearly 4,000 military deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq were women, according to Military Times.

“We’ve seen how the realities of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have blurred the lines of combat and service members’ roles and exposure to danger,” said Joyce Wessel Raezor, executive director of Na-tional Military Family As-sociation, a nonprofit group that aids military families. “Significant numbers of women have been injured or killed in these conflicts over the last 11-plus years. I would guess their families would tell you those women were ‘in combat.’”

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was quick to voice support of the new policy in a state-ment: “It reflects the reality of 21st-century military op-erations.”

Military to lift ban on women in combat

We’ve seen how the realities of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have blurred the lines of combat and service members’ roles and exposure to danger. Significant num-bers of women have been injured or killed in these conflicts over the last 11-plus years. I would guess their families would tell you those women were ‘in combat.’

— Joyce Wessel Raezor, executive director of National Military Family Association

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CalendarTuesday - Kansas Birth-

day; Wednesday - City Council meeting and public hearing, City Hall commu-nity room, 7 p.m.School Calendar

Monday - High school Scholars Bowl at Fort Scott; Parent Teachers Organiza-tion meets at elementary li-brary, 7 p.m.; Tuesday - high school basketball at South-ern Coffey County, 4 p.m.; Wednesday - Toddler group, 1-2 p.m.; Thursday - Region-al Scholar’s Bowl at Nor-wich; Feb. 1 - high school basketball, homecoming vs. ChetopaSenior Meals

Monday - beef stew, broc-coli and raisin salad, crack-ers, pineapple; Wednesday - baked chicken leg, baby bakers, winter blend veg-gies, wheat roll, pineapple pudding; Friday - ham, baked potato, tossed salad, rye bread, cheesecake with blueberriesChristian Church

Scripture at Sunday’s ser-vice was Matthew 5:4. Pas-tor Mark McCoy presented the sermon. Feb. 3 - church potluck dinner and meeting at the City Hall community room following services. We will be celebrating Kyndal Mathes’ 1st birthday; Feb. 10-sweetheart supper 5 p.m. at the city hall community room, men meet at 2 p.m. to shop, supper served 5 p.m.; Feb. 13 - Working Wonders Christian Women’s Council 7 p.m.WWCWC

The group met Jan. 9 with refreshments served by Shirley McGhee. Gen-na Gallaher opened with prayer. Roll Call was “One thing nobody knows about me.”

Elected new officers are Dannelle McGhee, presi-dent; Genna Gallaher, vice-

president; Melissa Hobbs, secretary and Cindy Mc-Ghee, treasurer. May 6 was set for the spring banquet and Feb. 10 for the sweet-heart supper.

UMCScripture at Sunday’s

church service was Psalm 36:5-10, Matthew 6:1-4 and John 2:1-11. Pastor Leslie Jackson presented the ser-mon.

The Sunday school class made a hummingbird cake. They invited everyone for cake and coffee after church. Game night is Sat-urday in the basement of church, 6 p.m.Public Hearing

The City of Colony will hold a public hearing Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. at the City Hall community room. The hear-ing is for the purpose of considering a loan applica-tion to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Agri-culture Rural Development for financial assistance to make improvements to the city’s sanitary sewer system. To be discussed is the Phase Two Sanitary Sewer System Rehabilita-tion Project in an area gen-erally bounded within the city limits of Colony. The estimated total project cost is approximately $l,003,000 with a USDA Rural Devel-opment loan request of $303,000. Other project pro-posals introduced at the hearing will be considered. Oral and written comments will be recorded and be-come a part of the City of

Colony’s Citizen Participa-tion Plan.

Reasonable accommoda-tions will be made suitable to persons with disabilities. Requests for these persons should be submitted to City Clerk at 620-852-3530 by 1 p.m. Jan. 29.Crest BOE

At the Jan. 14 meeting of the Crest Board of Edu-cation the resignation of Susan Jones as third grade teacher was accepted, Su-perintendent Jerry Turner was authorized to contract diesel fuel not to exceed 4,000 gallons and gas fuel not to exceed 1,000 gallons and school security proce-dures were discussed.

Executive sessions were held for the purpose of discussing the superinten-dent’s evaluation, board/teacher negotiations and personnel. No action was taken.

Reports were of the high school quiz bowl’s success-ful season, 63 out of 104 ele-mentary students made the honor roll, Parents Teacher Organization recovered the library chairs and pro-vided t-shirts for those el-ementary students making the standard of excellence on state assessments and a banner was displayed in the gym.Library

The board meeting was Jan. 15 at the City Hall community room. Director evaluations were complet-ed. Library board president Sue Michael and Director LaNell Knoll met and dis-cussed the written evalua-tion.CCDC

Colony’s new store, Colony Community Diner and Convenience, is open. Call ahead at 620-852-3007 and they will fix deli sand-wiches daily at a moment’s

notice. They are open week-days 6 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sundays 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Home-cooked foods are offered daily 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. You will see new faces working and also new flooring and tile. On Sundays back-to-grand-ma dinners are offered. Re-cently Sunday’s meal was fried chicken.Lions

Members met Jan. 16 with the United Methodist Women serving the meal. President A.J. Silvey con-ducted the meeting with 12 members in attendance. Several thank you notes and contributions were re-ceived and read from com-munity residents in appre-ciation for the Christmas poinsettias distributed by members. A contest to name the building of the local aluminum can drop-off bin the Lions will have in town will be made. Contestants are Crest students, grades kindergarten through 6th grade, and their prize will be a pizza meal for the win-ning class. The next regular Lions meeting is Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. Around Town

Ethel Beckmon was hon-ored Sunday for her 89th birthday at Colony Com-munity Diner. Attending were her four children, Rose Samson, Mary Scovill and husband Bob, Billy Beckmon and wife Cindy, and Randal Beckmon and wife Marsha. Grandchil-dern and great grandchil-dren attending were Na-than and Krissi Beckmon, Rylee, Haylee and Aylee; Quinnton and Trar Nicho-las, Daylan and Alyhia; Bill and Misty Hobbs, Al-lyson, Annika, and friend; Cassie Goodman and Jax-son; Colt Richmond, Milis-sa Davidson and Brianna Scovill.

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Police reportsArrests reported:Man arrested after chase

On Jan. 19, officers ap-proached an unrespon-sive driver in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the 700 block South Washington Avenue. When approached, the driver, Christopher E. Baker, fled the scene and led the officers on a chase. Baker stopped the vehicle in the 1000 block of South Washington Avenue and was arrested without inci-dent on charges of fleeing and attempting to elude law enforcement officers, driv-ing under the influence and leaving the scene of an ac-cident.

Officers arrest driver knocking on doors

Ricky Mitchell was ar-rested on Jan. 20 while re-portedly driving in the 200 block of North Third Street and knocking on doors in the area. He was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended license and failing to provide proof of insurance.

Woman arrested for theft

Mary Rehmert, Gas, was arrested on Jan. 21 for theft in Walmart.

Man arrested on war-rant

Steven Sinclair, Iola was arrested on Jan. 21 in the 2200 block of North State Street for an outstanding warrant.

Man arrested during disturbance

Officers responded to a disturbance in the 500 block of Kansas Drive, where Da-ryl Beaman was arrested for disorderly conduct on Jan. 17.

Arrest made on drug charges

Micah Reynolds, Iola, was arrested on Jan. 18 in the 2100 block of North State Street for possession of drug paraphernalia and minor in possession of al-cohol.

Woman arrested for battery

Vanessa Moore, Iola, was arrested on Jan. 19 for do-mestic battery and obstruc-tion of the legal process on South Jefferson Avenue.

Drivers arrested On Jan. 22, Jay Tread-

way, Iola, was arrested for driving with a suspended license after being stopped in the 900 block of North Sycamore Street for driving without a seatbelt. He was also charged with driving with an expired registration and no liability insurance.

In the 1000 block of North Jefferson Avenue, officers arrested Jason Sinclair for driving with a suspended license and no insurance.

Adrain Westerman was arrested on Jan. 22 for driving with a suspended license in the 2200 block of North State Street.

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With the Kansas Legislature sworn into session, the tradi-tional 90-day frenzy is under way. Actually, frenzy tends to describe merely the last week or two of the term.

But the Capitol Building is a different structure in 2013 — and it has nothing to do with renova-tions. It is all about the composi-tion of the two deliberative bod-ies known as the Senate and the House of Representatives. The supermajority of conservatives in both houses realize that with-out opposition, they’ll likely be able to get a lot passed and signed into law.

As such, the frenzy has begun.The Senate Judiciary Com-

mittee held two days of hearings last week concerning Gov. Sam Brownback’s desire to change the state Constitution and the appointing of judges. Currently, a judicial nominating panel uses a merit selection process to pro-duce three finalists for the gover-nor to choose from. The Kansas Bar Association appoints five of the members and the governor appoints four.

Brownback and a number of legislators believe the system to be undemocratic. They would prefer the governor simply ap-point judges, subject to confirma-tion by the Senate. Changing the Constitution to accommodate the move would require two-thirds approval by both houses and then a simple majority in a statewide vote.

Arguments were heard for and against changing the merit selec-tion process. A number of law professors testified that voters are shut out of the appointment

process. A number of lawyers, in-cluding the KBA, believe the cur-rent procedures keep politics out of the process. And a recent poll conducted by the Justice at Stake group indicated 61 percent of Kansas voters oppose rewriting the Constitution to accommodate the governor’s wishes.

As it turns out, an action taken by the KBA last month likely ren-dered the hearings moot. By reso-lution, the board of governors for the Kansas Bar Association voted to continue supporting the merit selection process but also change the composition of the judicial nominating panel. Rather than appoint five members, the KBA would have four. The group ad-vocated giving the governor five — and an additional six to legisla-tive leaders.

The result will be political ap-pointees having more than two-thirds majority of the panel, far outweighing potential concerns of attorneys. A merit panel might

well be in place, but politics will have the power to hold sway.

WHAT WAS THE KBA think-ing? The group undermined its own principled position.

If the Legislature seeks to ac-cept KBA’s offer, Kansans will vote on a constitutional amendment anyway. After all, the composi-tion of the nominating committee is outlined in the document.

We anticipated fully the rubber-stamping of Gov. Brownback’s agenda by the Legislature. That a special interest group, particu-larly one empowered by the state constitution, would roll over as well — before the fight even be-gan — does not bode well for the future. Kansas voters could reject KBA’s self-emasculation attempt and force it to take responsibility.

Look for legislators to craft the constitutional amendment ques-tion in a manner that the fallback position won’t allow such a thing.

— Hays Daily News

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President Barack Obama had a so-so first term, The Economist noted in its cur-rent edition. He had, after all, taken over with “the economy contracting at 5 percent a year, jobs being shed at the rate of 800,000 a month and America mired in two failing wars.” He therefore deserves credit for “putting a critically ill patient on the road to recovery.”

Now, beginning his second term — “an honor granted only to 16 men before him” — he must build a positive legacy, the magazine’s editor said, and proceeded to describe the daunting challenges he faces in that quest:

“The most fundamental is that America must put its fis-cal house in order. Admiral Mike Mullen, then the chair-man of the joint chiefs of staff, was not exaggerating when he said in 2010 that America’s debt was the greatest strate-gic threat the country faces. Since then, $3 trillion has been added, pushing the dolorous pile above $16 trillion ... with ever more baby boomers re-tiring, the deficit is set to rise relentlessly. ... Having ignored the recommendations of the deficit committee he himself established, Mr. Obama has never given any sign ... of be-ing at all serious about cutting ‘entitlements,’ the pensions and government health care schemes for the poor and elder-ly that will overwhelm the bud-get as the population rises and medical costs continue their uncontrolled rise.

“Far from reforming entitle-ments, Mr. Obama added an expensive new one in his first term, subsidized health insur-ance for lower paid workers. And the president has just avoided coming up with any cuts on the deal made to stop America heading over the fis-cal cliff, despite bullying the Republicans in Congress to ac-cept tax rises on the rich.

“An America that cannot deal with its financial prob-lems other than through re-peated crises followed by shabby postponements will eventually go broke. And its ca-pacity to offer leadership to the world is gravely diminished. Why should leaders in Beijing, Brasilia, Bogota or even Ber-lin see anything to emulate in Washington? If Mr. Obama corrects this, he will be seen as a transformative figure. If not, future generations will look back on the ‘Bush-Obama years’ as a time when two pres-idents stoked up a very foresee-able disaster.

“ ... Mr. Obama also has a lot of unfinished business abroad.

Despite all the grand talk of resets and new understand-ings, Iran is still a threshold nuclear power. Russia is hos-tile. Europe neglected and the Middle East as tense as ever. The wars in Iraq and Afghani-stan have been wound down leaving neither victory nor stability in their wake. That in-box is too much for any man, but two areas where the presi-dent should make a real and personal push in his second term stand out. One is China. By January, 2017 its economy may be bigger than America’s. No bilateral relationship in the world is now more important. In his first term, Mr. Obama avoided any big disasters. Now the odds are raised.

“ON THE NEGATIVE side, a jumpy, nationalistic China could become the equivalent of Prussia a century ago: the prospect of a conflict between China and America’s ally, Ja-pan, over the Senkaku islands is real. But he also has the chance to turn a suspicious relationship into something much more useful. Imagine, for instance, what a ‘G2’ cli-mate change agreement would do for the environment.

“XiJinping has now been China’s leader for two months, yet Mr. Obama has not seized the chance to see him. Mr. Xi will be around for the rest of Mr. Obama’s time and for six years after he is gone, so fre-quent summits and many more bilateral meetings are essen-tial.

“ ... The final area where Mr. Obama ... could make an enor-mous difference is the Arab world (where he must make certain that the two-state solu-tion to the Israeli-Palestinian mess survives and progress-es). As for the broader Arab spring, he may not be able to control it, but he can help di-rect it... Countries like Egypt and Tunisia may be ruled by Islamists, but they are now de-mocracies and desperate for financial help. If Mr. Obama leaves behind a region of mini Turkeys, that would be a no-table achievement. He cannot afford to appear as indifferent, or fearful of failure, towards so dangerous a region in his sec-ond term as he did in his first.

“History’s verdict is al-ways hard to predict. But if Mr. Obama fails to grapple with these three things — the budget, China and the Middle East — he will surely be seen harshly. Each requires bravery and resolution, and Mr. Obama needs to start working on them now. We should all wish him well.”

The party’s over,the work begins

By DUANE GOOSSENKansas Health Institute

The recently released gover-nor’s budget for fiscal year 2014 relies heavily on raising new rev-enue in order to balance. With-out revenue raised by extending the 6.3 percent sales tax rate and eliminating the mortgage interest income tax deduction, the budget will go into the red.

It’s not hard to imagine the Leg-islature passing the governor’s spending proposals because the governor recommends keeping most spending remarkably close to current levels. The budget uses highway fund dollars and gaming monies to pay for some expenses currently covered by the State General Fund, which makes SGF spending appear to go down, but overall the budget does not con-tain dramatic spending cuts or increases.

However, the governor’s reve-nue proposals have a much tough-er path to get through the Legis-lature. What if the Legislature chooses not to pass the two most controversial revenue proposals? Without the sales tax increase, the governor’s budget would have $262 million less revenue in FY 2014 and $297 million less in FY

2015. Leaving the mortgage inter-est income tax deduction in place means $163 million less revenue in FY 2014 and $132 million less in FY 2015.

The governor’s budget uses these proposed revenue increases to support spending rather than further reducing the income tax rate. Subtracting just these two revenue increases brings the end-ing balance in FY 2014 almost to zero and puts the ending balance

in FY 2015 at $400 million below zero. The chart above summariz-es that scenario.

THE LEGISLATURE will vote on the spending side of the budget separately from the tax increases. If at the end of the session the Legislature has passed something similar to the governor’s spend-ing budget but not the revenue in-creases, some very hard choices still will have to be made.

What if new revenue is not approved?Governor’s budget without tax increases

State General Fund (in millions)

Beginning balance

Proposed revenueMinus sales tax increaseMinus income tax increase

Total available

Expenditures

Ending balance

Fiscal Year 2014 Fiscal Year 2015

$534

$6,005-$262-$163

$5,580

$6,114

$6,083

$31

$31

$6,153-$297-$132

$5,724

$5,755

$6,150

-$395

Kansas Bar Association undermines purpose

A look back in time

30 Years AgoWeek of Jan. 20-27, 1983

The Rev. Tom Spencer, for-merly of Iola, has accepted the position of youth minister of the Clairemont First Assembly of God Church in San Diego. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roe Spencer of Iola.

*****Iolans eager to save the San-

ta Fe depot were gathered at the depot yesterday collecting signatures on a petition urging the railway to offer the building for sale so that it could be used for a museum, restaurant or for another purpose. More than 150 signatures had been collect-ed. The company gave several reasons why it should be razed, including stipulations in the deed which requires the land to return to the estates of the S.S. Northrup and R. W. Acers fami-lies if it ceases being used for

railroad purposes. The compa-ny said it would be difficult to ever obtain a clear title to the property because of those re-strictions, which would make it legally difficult to sell. The depot was built not long after the turn of the century and has been closed for several years.

*****Berg-Midland has hired 56

people in the last 60 days. Giv-en the depressed state of the economy, this is big news in Iola. Even bigger news is that demand for its products has pressed the company into over-time for its 328 employees. Dur-ing the first week of January, most of its employees worked 56 hours; the second week, some worked 56 and the rest 48. Ron Seufert, division manager, said he thought the overtime would continue well into Feb-ruary.

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Senior Spotlight Iola High School

Class of 2013

Andreya is the daughter of Heather Mullins and Gilbert Myrick.

She enjoys fishing, camping, swimming and being with her friends.

She used to work at Walmart for almost a year and a half.

She plans to go to Allen Community College and then attend a four-year college to get a degree in psychology.

Andreya said her high school highlights have been seeing her friends and becoming a senior.

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Joseph is the son of Gene Myrick. His hobbies are bull riding and wrestling. He works part-time at his grandfather’s farm. He plans to attend college for bull riding in Fort

Scott. Joseph said his high school highlight will be

when he graduates.

Chase is the son of Roy and Sue Akin and David Roettgen.

He is involved in wrestling. His hobbies are to check Facebook, play games and

watch television. He has a part-time job as a newspaper carrier for the

Iola Register. He plans to go to Allen Community College or a

college for mechanics. Chase said his high school highlight has been getting

close to going to state for wrestling.

Chase Roettgen

Joseph Myrick

Andreya Myrick

ten times built outside of city limits in order to avoid constructing the houses with a city’s building codes in mind. Therefore, many of the houses are not up to code, and would need re-pairs along with the streets and sidewalks.

Before the discussion was tabled, some commissioners expressed their reluctance to pursue the matter.

Slaugh said the process can sometimes be an un-

pleasant one.“I have yet to find any

property owners who like this process,” Slaugh said.

HOMEOWNERS at 209 South Tennessee Street are requesting permission from the commission to move in a modular home to replace the two trailers that currently occupy the premises.

A motion was made and passed by the commission to allow a home to be moved in, with the stipulation that the trailers must be moved off of

the property and the lot must be cleaned of any trash and debris.

Commission member Fred Apt said he fears that the trailers, which are in a state of disrepair, would re-main on the property once the modular home had been moved in.

The homeowners must meet before the zoning board before being approved, and the motion passed was a rec-ommendation for the board’s decision.

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The “bruises of her art work” don’t deter Young. She says she is always finding inspiration, even from everyday life.

Young has found suc-cess with her art and says she has private collections throughout the Midwest, California and from the east and west coasts.

Her art has also given her the opportunity to travel thought the United States and even paint in Italy, through the Tuscan region.

Some of the artists she admires the most are Elizabeth Robbins, Dan Gerhartz and John Singer Sargent.

Young said she doesn’t have one favorite artist, rather she gets something from all of them.

YOUNG is originally

from Springfield, Mo., but has lived most of her adult life in Kansas, when she got married.

She lives in Leaven-worth with her husband, cat and two horses.

Young works in real es-tate, and works on her art when time permits, but eventually plans to make painting her full-time ca-reer.

For more information visit Young’s website at www.kimberlyyoungart.com.

H ArtistContinued from A1

If you let your-self go and re-lax, your talents will come out.

— Kimberly Young

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The health department does not have a physician on staff to treat illnesses. “We just work in preventa-tive care,” Gulick said.

FOR THOSE suffering from flu-like symptoms both Chase and Wolfe en-couraged them to see a doc-tor.

“If you have influenza A or B, then the medication Tamiflu can help,” Wolfe said. For those living in in-fected households but have yet to contract the bug, Tamiflu can help ward off infection, Wolfe said.

“It’s important to come within 72 hours of being ex-posed or of contracting In-fluenza A or B,” Wolfe said. “After that point you just let nature take its course.”

Influenza A and B fall within the broader scope of flu, and can be treated with medication, Wolfe said.

Chase said there’s a “lot going around, some of which is influenza A and B, but some of which are respiratory viruses as well as upset stomachs and diar-rhea.

H FluContinued from A1

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Sports

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Allen Community College’s women moved three games over .500 for the first time this season Wednesday with a 42-33 win over Kansas City, Kan., Community College.

The men, however, saw their losing streak reach nine games with another heart-breaking loss, falling to KCK 61-59.

Full details will be in Sat-urday’s Register.

The Allen women stand at 11-8 overall and 4-3 in Jayhawk Conference East-ern Division play. The Red Devil men are at 4-15 over-all and 0-7 in conference.

The schools will host Cowley on Saturday.

Red Devilwomenwin again

Register/Richard LukenAllen’s Taylor Seward, (24, above), and Cam-eron Blue (23, at left), are shown in games last week. Their teams split road games at Kansas City, Kan., Wednesday.

ALLEN SQUADS SPLIT

All AcesThe Allen County Aces, a traveling 16-and-under volleyball team featuring players from Iola, Humboldt, Burlington and Chanute, took home second place Jan. 13 at the Oz Slamfest in Osawato-mie. The players are, from left, Addie Haar, Kyra Moore and Torrie Lewis, Iola, Kenyan Hastings, Chanute, Alex Burris, Burlington, Breanna Kline, Humboldt, and Emma Piazza and Emery Driskel, Iola. The team’s coaches are Kris and Lori Moore.

By KARY BOOHERThe Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — So much for assuming this was sup-posed to be a rebuilding year for Wichita State.

Cleanthony Early had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Carl Hall added 15 points and the 20th-ranked Shockers rallied for a 62-52 victo-ry over Missouri State on Wednes-day night.

The Bears, behind freshman Gavin Thurman, used a 19-1 run to take a 33-25 lead with 16:13 re-maining in the game.

The Shockers came away emp-ty on their first five possessions of the second half then Early and Hall got more active in the offense, scoring all but two of the points in a 16-2 run that gave Wichita State a 41-35 lead with 10:53 to go.

“We weren’t going very strong-ly (in the first half). It didn’t re-mind me of the guys I had seen on Saturday,” said Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall, referring to the Shockers win over Creigh-ton. “But in the second half, they changed that.”

The Shockers won despite their fourth-lowest scoring output of the season.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Brittany Chambers scored 26 points, and Kansas State rode its 3-point shooting to a 76-70 over-time upset of No. 12 Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.

Chambers made six of Kansas State’s 16 3-pointers. Haley Texa-da added 14 points and Mariah White had 11 for the Wildcats (12-7, 3-4 Big 12), who made just seven shots from inside the arc and shot 35 percent overall.

Toni Young scored 22 points and Brittney Martin chipped in 15 for the Cowgirls (14-3, 3-3), who forced overtime on Tiffany Bias’ jumper with 8 seconds left in reg-ulation. But OSU never led in the extra session and saw its three-game winning streak snapped.

Oklahoma shot a respectable 46 percent from the floor, but the Cowgirls, who entered the game averaging a Big 12-leading 6.8 more turnovers per game than their opponents, committed an uncharacteristic 18 turnovers to the Wildcats’ nine.

KSU womentopple OSUin overtime

WichitaSt. ralliesto victory

NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o admitted to Katie Couric he answered ques-tions about his “dead,” online girlfriend even after he received a call Dec. 6 from a woman posing as the fake person.

Te’o also maintained he played no part in the hoax.

Pressed by Couric to admit that he was in on the deception, the All-American said he was con-vinced the woman he knew as Lennay Kekua died in September. Te’o claims he never met Kekua in person but developed a serious relationship with her through phone calls and electronic mes-sages.

“Katie, put yourself in my situ-ation. I, my whole world told me that she died on Sept. 12. Every-body knew that. This girl, who I committed myself to, died on Sept. 12,” Te’o said in an inter-view to air today on Couric’s syn-dicated talk show. A segment of the interview with Te’o and his parents was broadcast Wednes-day on “Good Morning America.”

“Now I get a phone call on Dec. 6, saying that she’s alive and then I’m going be put on national TV two days later. And to ask me about the same question. You know, what would you do?” Te’o said.

The Heisman Trophy finalists made at least three references to his girlfriend in media interviews after Dec. 6, including during ES-PN’s Heisman presentation show on Dec. 8.

Te’o’s father defended his son when Couric pointed out that many people don’t believe the

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By MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The latest black eye for college sports belongs to the NCAA.

In an embarrassing blow to its watchdog image, the NCAA said Wednesday its enforcement staff had botched the high-profile in-vestigation of the University of Miami by improperly con-ducting at least two depositions while working with an attorney for disgraced booster Nevin Sha-piro. Miami has been under in-vestigation since the convicted Ponzi scheme mastermind said he had provided improper ben-efits to Hurricanes recruits.

President Mark Emmert said he was disappointed and angry with the misstep, acknowledg-ing he had not seen anything like this since taking the NCAA job 2½ years ago. He said some “people” involved in this case were no longer working for the NCAA, though he declined to say who they were or whether they had been fired.

He said none of the evidence

collected improperly would be used against Miami and that the long-awaited notice of allega-tions would be delayed until after an external review is completed in approximately two weeks.

It was an ugly stumble for the NCAA, coming less than a week after its annual conven-tion resulted in another round of reforms intended to firm up recruiting rules and other guidelines. And it comes as the organization faces more than a half-dozen lawsuits that could reshape how it does business, including one challenging the $60 million in penalties levied against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

“Of course it hurts, any nick to a public perception that’s

not favorable to begin with is a problem,” said Jo Potuto, for-mer chairwoman of the NCAA infractions committee and a con-stitutional law professor at Ne-braska. “The public perception has never been really favorable to the process or the infractions committee and so this is another hit.”

Emmert tried to reassure schools that the principle of playing by the rules extends into NCAA headquarters in India-napolis.

“We can’t just say it, we’ve got to do it,” Emmert said. “While I have great confidence in the vast majority of cases, when you have something as candidly dra-

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We want to hold ourselves to the same standards we hold others to.

— Mark Emmert, NCAA president

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Don’t forgetAllen Community College’s baseball team is hosting a baseball school at

the Iola campus Saturday and Sunday.The school will feature instruction from ACC coaches, players and former

players and will cover the basics of hitting, pitching and catching.For more information, visit allencc.edu.

B2Thursday, January 24, 2013 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

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. Bible Study......Tuesday 3 p.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 James Stigall, pastor

(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 name 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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He Who Began He Who Began A Good Work In You A Good Work In You

Parents usually like their children to stick to whatever endeavor they begin, so as not to encourage them to take the easy way out. They realize that anything worthwhile usually requires a commitment and hard work. No one likes to be known as a quitter or someone who never finishes what they start. However, we have all been in the position where we may have decided to quit something. Knowing when to quit is sometimes a sign of good judgement.Whatever our reason for quitting, it is nice to know that God does not give up on us, and the Bible tells us that He who began a good work in us will finish it.There may be times when we may feel that God has forsaken us; but, Romans 8:28 tells us that in all things God works for good with those who love Him, those who He has called according to His purpose. We should be encouraged to know that God never gives up on us.

And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:6

Irish star, suspecting he used the situation for per-sonal gain.

“People can speculate about what they think he is. I’ve known him 21 years of his life. And he’s not a liar. He’s a kid,” Brian Te’o said with tears in his eyes.

On Tuesday, the woman whose photo was used as the “face” of the Twitter account of Te’o’s supposed girlfriend says the man al-legedly behind the hoax confessed and apologized to her.

Diane O’Meara told NBC’s “Today” show that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo used pictures of her without her knowledge in creating a fake woman called Lennay Kekua.

Te’o told ESPN last week that Tuiasosopo had con-tacted him to apologize for the hoax soon after Dead-psin.com broke the news with a long report. Te’o told ESPN that not until Tuia-sosopo confessed did he finally, fully realize Kekua did not exist.

Tuiasosopo has not com-mented on the scheme.

The top FBI agent in northern Indiana said au-thorities don’t believe a crime was committed, so there is no investigation.

“I don’t think there was any financial harm to Mr. Te’o,” said Robert Ramsey, FBI supervisory special agent for northern Indi-ana. “There was no federal violation regarding the Internet hoax perpetrated against Mr. Te’o.”

If there had been a crime, it would fall under federal jurisdiction, he said.

High School BasketballFriday at Fort Scott, 4:30

p.m.Tuesday at Wellsville, 4:30

p.m.High School Wrestling

Saturday at Fredonia Invi-tational, 9 a.m.

Saturday JV at Fort Scott Invitational.

Middle School Basketball

Saturday, IMS Jamboree, 9 a.m.

Monday, 7th, 8th boys at Independence, 3:30 p.m.

Iola

SportsCalendar

High School BasketballFriday vs. ERIE (HC)Tuesday at Eureka

Humboldt

High School BasketballFriday vs. PLEASANTONTuesday at Altoona-Midway

Marmaton Valley

High School BasketballFriday vs. UNIONTOWNTuesday at Southern Cof-

fey County

Crest

BasketballFriday vs. CHERRYVALETuesday at Erie

Yates Center

High School BasketballMidseason Tournaments

Lyon County Leagueat Emporia

Today SCC boys vs. Lebo, 5:30 p.m.

Today, SCC girls vs. Madi-son, 7 p.m.

Saturday, SCC girls, boys TBA

Southern Coffey Co.

BasketballSaturday vs. COWLEY,

women 2 p.m., men 4 p.m.Wednesday vs. JOHN-

SON COUNTY, women 6 p.m., men 8 p.m.

Allen

BasketballSaturday vs. OKLAHOMA,

3 p.m.TV: ESPN

Monday at West Virginia, 8 p.m.

TV: ESPN

Kansas

BasketballSaturday at Iowa State,

12:30 p.m.TV: Big 12 Network

Wednesday vs. TEXAS, 7 p.m.

TV: ESPN2

KansasState

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“There’s going to be some physical play and there’s going to be some holds and some grabs and some body-slamming in the Valley,” Marshall added. “They’ve got to know that. That’s what I told Cleanthony — I said, ‘You’re the new guy. This is the way we play, so you’ve got to adjust.’”

The Shockers (18-2, 7-1 Missouri Valley Confer-ence), who were playing just days after upsetting then-No. 12 Creighton, re-mained in first place in the conference.

Thurman had 21 points to lead Missouri State (5-15, 3-5), which lost its fourth straight before a crowd of 6,448.

It was the third straight win for the Shockers, who were supposed to be in a re-building year after winning the conference regular-sea-son title a year ago.

The Shockers won again without two injured start-ers, Ron Baker (foot) and Evan Wessel (hand).

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matic as this, you can’t just offer words, you have to demonstrate that you’re getting this right. The rea-son I wanted to get this out is to make sure that this is right. We want to hold ourselves to the same stan-dards we hold others to.”

What happens next is anybody’s guess.

The external review, which will be conducted by former Justice Department official Kenneth L. Wain-stein, a Washington attor-

ney perhaps best known in sports for representing Gilbert Arenas after he brought guns to the Wiz-ards locker room and con-fronted a teammate.

Wainstein will focus on Miami’s case, but he will have the authority to inves-tigate the NCAA’s actions in additional cases, too.

The potential list could include the suit brought by former Southern Cali-fornia assistant football coach Todd McNair, who claims the NCAA was “ma-licious” in its investigation into his role in the benefits scandal surrounding Heis-man Trophy winner Reggie Bush. Los Angeles Supe-rior Court Judge Frederick Shaller has already said he was convinced the actions of NCAA investigators were “over the top.”

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MELBOURNE, Aus-tralia (AP) — Victoria Azarenka had to endure some anxious moments before and after her win over American teenager Sloane Stephens.

Li Na wasn’t flustered at all while beating No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapo-va.

The result is that Li will play for the Australian Open title against Azaren-ka, who ended Stephens’ unexpected run to the semifinals that included a quarterfinal upset of 15-time Grand Slam champi-on Serena Williams.

While Li’s 6-2, 6-2 win over Sharapova, who set a tournament record in dropping only nine games in five matches en route to the semis, never appeared

in doubt TODAY, Azaren-ka added some intrigue in the second semifinal on Rod Laver Arena.

Azarenka finished off a 6-1, 6-4 over Stephens after a medical timeout for rib and knee injuries. The No. 1-ranked player had wast-ed five match points in the game immediately before leaving the court for med-ical attention, then re-turned to break Stephens’ serve to end the match.

“Well, I almost did the choke of the year,” Aza-renka told an on-court interviewer. “At 5-3, hav-ing so many chances I couldn’t close it out.”

Australian Open offi-cials said the tournament doctor reported that Aza-renka had left knee and rib injuries.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — With a steady din coming from the sea of or-ange behind the visitors’ bas-ket, No. 1-ranked Duke had a tough time making a shot.

The Blue Devils went more than 8 minutes with-out a field goal in the first half Wednesday night, and a sellout became a blowout for No. 25 Miami, which delighted a boisterous crowd with a 90-63 victory.

The defeat was the third-worst ever for a No. 1 team, and Duke’s worst in nearly five years.

Durand Scott scored a season-high 25 points for the Hurricanes, and Ken-ny Kadji added a season-high 22. Shane Larkin had 18 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and Durham, N.C. native Julian Gamble had 10 rebounds and four

blocked shots.Miami (14-3, 5-0 Atlan-

tic Coast Conference) beat a No. 1 team for the first time, taking control with a stunning 25-1 run midway through the opening half. The Blue Devils missed 13 consecutive shots despite numerous good looks, while four Hurricanes hit 3-pointers during the run that transformed a 14-13 deficit into a 38-15 lead.

Duke (16-2, 3-2) fell to 0-2 when playing on an op-ponent’s court. The Blue Devils’ other loss came at North Carolina State, a defeat cost them the No. 1 ranking.

They regained the top spot this week but seemed rattled by the capacity crowd, only the 10th in 10 years at Miami’s on-cam-pus arena.

Aussie finale set Miami routs Duke

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The state’s judicial nomi-nating commission was bi-ased against conservative candidates for the Kansas Court of Appeals and final-ly nominated one in an ef-fort to appease legislators trying to change the selec-tion process, a commission member said Tuesday.

In a rare move, two com-mission members publicly criticized the nominating process during a meeting Tuesday of the House Ju-diciary Committee. Felita Kahrs, of Topeka, told leg-islators that she believes the panel was biased and Bob Hayworth, of Stilwell, said claims that the nomi-nating process isn’t politi-cal are disingenuous.

Both were appointed by conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and are among four non-law-yers serving on the nine-member commission. Two Democrats on the commit-tee later said they are skep-tical of claims of problems in the process.

Kahrs, a manager for an educational services com-pany, said the selection process is political and unfair. She cited the com-mission’s discussions of applicants for two recent vacancies on the Court of Appeals.

Hayworth, the chief operating officer for an insurance brokerage and consulting firm, was less specific but said in his written testimony that the commission’s delibera-tions late last year “quick-ly morphed into areas that were suspect to me.”

The House committee is reviewing multiple pro-posals but plans Wednes-day to debate measures to have the governor appoint and the state Senate con-firm appellate court mem-bers. Brownback has said he’d support the idea — or

changing to electing Court of Appeals judges and Su-preme Court justices.

The commission screens applications for the Court of Appeals and the Kansas Supreme Court, picking three finalists for each va-cancy. The governor then makes the appointment, with no role for the Legis-lature. Kahrs said during the most recent delibera-tions, “our discussions be-came extremely heated and sometimes even hos-tile” over conservative ap-plicants.

“I witnessed disdain for these candidates by some of the commission members,” Kahrs told the House committee. “Listen-ing to these things, I was really quite shocked at what I was hearing.”

The commission’s four non-lawyer members are appointed by the gover-nor, while the five lawyer-members are chosen by fel-low lawyers, including the commission’s leader.

Critics contend the makeup biases the selec-tion process toward well-connected, centrist or left-of-center attorneys favored by the Kansas Bar Association. But sup-porters argue the process minimizes political con-siderations and focuses on candidates’ legal skills and professional demean-or, ensuring strong appel-late court members.

Commission Chairwom-an Anne Burke, an Over-land Park attorney, did not immediately return a tele-

phone message left at her office but submitted writ-ten testimony to the House committee praising the current process as rigor-ous and fair. Last week, she told a Senate committee that the process “searches out the most qualified.”

Rep. Jim Ward, a Wichita Democrat and an attorney, noted that some legislators have pushed to change the judicial selection process for seven or eight years and said participants have consistently testified that it ignored political consid-erations.

As for Kahrs’ criticism, Ward said, “Until today, I’ve never heard any of that kind of comment.”

Rep. Annie Kuether, a

Topeka Democrat, noted Kahrs and Hayworth are Brownback appointees — and that Brownback favors change.

“I’m rather skeptical,” she said.

Brownback’s chief coun-sel, Caleb Stegall, applied for both vacancies on the Court of Appeals, as did Tony Powell, a former con-servative Kansas House member who served eight years as a Sedgwick Coun-ty District Court judge.

Stegall wasn’t nominat-ed for either vacancy. Pow-ell was a finalist for one vacancy, and Brownback appointed him to the ap-

peals court.Kahrs said that during

the commission’s discus-sion of the second vacancy, there was a “shift” toward an unnamed conservative candidate.

“I honestly felt like I was in the Twilight Zone because of this change,” Kahrs said. “One of our commission members said to all of the commission-ers — reminded us — that this whole process is in danger of reform and that to not send a conservative name to the governor this second time would be very unwise.”

Kahrs also said one can-didate for the vacancies was “immediately dis-missed” by a strong ma-

jority of the commission “because of his affiliation with the governor.”

Most proposals before the House committee would amend the Kansas Constitution, because it spells out how the Su-preme Court’s seven jus-tices are to be selected. A constitutional change must be adopted by two-thirds majorities in both legislative chambers and approved by a simple ma-jority of voters in a state-wide election.

Kansas’ current process resulted from a constitu-tional change adopted by voters in 1958.

Commission members knock judicial processJohnHannaAn AP news analysis

I honestly felt like I was in the Twilight Zone because of this change. One of our com-mission members said to all of the commis-sioners — reminded us — that this whole process is in danger of reform and that to not send a conservative name to the gover-nor this second time would be very unwise.

— Felita Kahrs, Topeka

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By MIKE SHIELDSKHI News Service

TOPEKA — The state health department earlier this month stopped ana-lyzing HIV tests for many of the state’s medium and small counties and also stopped providing rapid or oral test kits, which is creat-ing a new burden for cash-strapped health depart-ments and creating some uncertainty whether they can continue testing for the disease in some rural loca-tions around Kansas.

Compounding the prob-lem, some local department heads said, was the short notice they received that the services previously provided free to them by the state were being termi-nated.

Notification letters from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment went out in late November, they said, giving them only about five weeks, including the holidays, to make alter-nate arrangements in time for Jan. 1, when the new policy kicked in.

“It’s another nail,” said Julia Hulsey, director of the Reno County Health De-partment in Hutchinson.

Kansas routinely ranks low nationally in its sup-port for public health agen-cies.

New cost for patientsHulsey said her depart-

ment was able to contract with a laboratory in Wich-ita that agreed to provide the testing supplies for free (though it will charge for the lab work) and so her agency plans to con-tinue the tests but will start charging patients for them probably by Feb. 1, once she has a clear picture of her agency’s new, added costs.

“I don’t have that whole cost figured out yet,” Hulsey said, “but, of course, it will be more than KDHE because they didn’t charge for it.”

She said her goal would be to price the tests as low as possible to not discourage people from getting them. She said the department historically has performed about 220 tests a year.

Dan Partridge, director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Depart-ment, said Lawrence Me-morial Hospital agreed to help with the testing after KDHE withdrew the ser-vices, so it will only cost his agency about $9,000 a year to continue the testing in-stead of about $18,000. But he said the new obligation signals another state re-treat from support for local health departments.

Urged to continueState officials, in their

November letter, urged the local departments to try to continue the services on their own.

KDHE “would like to en-courage your agency to con-tinue to provide HIV testing to clients requesting an HIV test, especially those report-ing high-risk behaviors,” the letter stated. “However, any test conducted at your agency beginning Janu-ary 1, 2013, and continuing thereafter will need to be paid for by either your agen-cy or by the client through insurance, public assistance programs, or out-of-pocket.”

But a spokesperson for the state’s local health de-partments said it would be

difficult or impossible for some smaller departments to pay for the tests on their own.

“I suspect there will be some health departments in some areas that won’t be able to find a workaround like Douglas County,” said Michelle Ponce, executive director of the Kansas As-sociation of Local Health Departments. “I couldn’t give you a firm number, but in some of those rural areas they may not have an-other option for testing.”

The state’s letter also in-cluded some cost-compari-son information to help the local departments shop for testing materials, lab work and other necessities of the program.

Hulsey in Reno County said she ended up consider-ing four or five outside lab-oratories between the time she got the letter and Jan. 1 when the state assistance stopped.

“We got very short no-tice on this,” she said. “And then having to go negotiate for ourselves...you never know if you’re getting the best price.”

Federal cutbacksState officials said they

had to reduce the services because of cutbacks in a federal testing program ad-ministered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that has been reconfigured to focus on ar-eas where the incidence of HIV/AIDS is greatest.

In the past, according to state officials, 40 local health departments received the free services. That number has been trimmed to 10, ac-cording to Ralph Wilmoth, director of the HIV/AIDS program at KDHE. The 10 county health departments that will continue to get the aid include Johnson, Sedg-wick, Wyandotte and Shaw-nee, the state’s most heavily populated, and also Craw-ford, Pratt, Riley, Saline, Thomas and Trego counties.

The state also will pro-vide the testing services to various organizations oth-er than health departments in about a dozen counties. For example, in Douglas County the services will be continued for the Doug-las County Aids Project, a non-profit group. In Reno County, the services will continue for the state pris-on in Hutchinson.

Wilmoth said the CDC made the program changes in anticipation of the full-scale implementation of the Affordable Care Act, which begins Jan. 1, 2014. Millions of Americans are expected to become newly eligible for Medicaid then and HIV test-ing is among the health ser-vices covered by Medicaid.

Health departments fret cutback in HIV testing

I suspect there will be some health depart-ments in some areas that won’t be able to find a workaround like Douglas County.

— Michelle Ponce, executive director of the

Kansas Association of Local Health Departments

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Feds extend 5 Kansas River sand dredging permits

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended five sand dredging permits for the Kansas River for one year.

The corps says in a news release that three other dredging permits will end in May between Eudora and the Bowersock Dam in Lawrence because the riverbed has dropped more than 2 feet.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the current dredging permits autho-rized five companies to dredge 2.2 million tons annually. The permits ex-pired at the end of last year, but the companies sought reauthorization and wanted to dredge 3.2 million tons of sand.

An environmental con-sulting firm hired by the companies is expected to report on the environmen-tal impact by early March.

The conservation group Friends of the Kaw wants the corps to stop all dredg-ing on the river.

Topeka will pay $45,000 penalty for zoo complaint

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The city of Topeka will pay a $45,000 penalty to settle a federal complaint over rules violations at the city’s zoo.

The city council voted Tuesday to settle the com-plaint filed by the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture in December 2011. The USDA alleged 51 rules violations

at the zoo dating from 2006.Shelly Starr, of the city

attorney’s office, said the civil penalties were based on violations resulting in nine animal deaths.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports zoo direc-tor Brendan Wiley says he’s happy the matter is re-solved so the zoo can move into a new era.

Wiley became director after the USDA criticized it for the numerous animal deaths, its professional ac-creditation was tabled and most of its management left or were fired. The zoo has regained full accredi-tation.

Electrical problem caused fatal fire in Dodge City

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Dodge City fire officials say a blaze that killed a woman and child two days after Christmas was caused by an electrical malfunction.

Fire Capt. Ken Spencer said the fire Dec. 27 fire began in an area where a space heater was plugged into an extension cord run-ning behind a couch. The Dodge City Daily Globe reports the home did not have any fire alarms.

Fifty-one-year-old Luz Maria Conejo and 2-year-old Pablo Antonio Coca-Conejo died of smoke in-halation in the fire. Four people were able to escape the blaze.

Kansas Aviation Muse-um to open learning center

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Aviation

Museum in Wichita is planning to open an inter-active learning center that features flight simulators, a weather station and edu-cational stations.

The new center is expect-ed to open March 16. It is sponsored by Boeing with support from the Lattner Family Foundation and the city of Wichita.

Features will include a mock control tower with a radio connection to a Cess-na 210 simulator. Visitors can use a computer-aided system to design an air foil and test it in a virtual wind tunnel. They can also build the foil and test it in a real wind tunnel.

Over the next year, the museum plans to start a new club for children, a merit badge program, home school programs and other activities.

Kansas State, Eisenhower center sign agreement

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State Uni-versity and the Eisenhow-er Presidential Library and Museum have signed a partnership to strengthen research opportunities be-tween the two institutions.

The agreement was signed Tuesday by U.S. Ar-chivist David Ferriero and Kansas State President Kirk Schulz. Elements in-clude student internships, academic conferences, public lectures, exhibits and curriculum develop-ment.

Schulz said the partner-ship with the Eisenhower center, located in Abilene,

fits the university’s goal of becoming a top 50 research university by 2025. Kansas State and the Eisenhower center have had similar partnerships for military history and 20th century studies since 2001.

Karl Weissenbach, di-rector of the Eisenhower Library and Museum, says the partnership will increase the center’s vis-ibility with the university community.

Eisenhower’s brother Milton, 1924 Kansas State graduate, was the univer-sity’s president from 1943 to 1950.

Kansas leaders discuss military’s future in state

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Governor’s Military Council is preparing to make the case for main-taining the presence of the armed forces in Kansas ahead of likely cuts in de-fense spending.

At a meeting Wednesday, the council focused on the potential loss of spend-ing and personnel at Fort Riley, Fort Leavenworth and McConnell Air Force Base. The Department of Defense projects cutting 114,000 personnel nation-wide by 2021.

The council is also watch-ing the competition among states to house the new KC-46 air refueling tanker. The Air Force announced ear-lier this month that McCo-nnell and Topeka’s Forbes Field were finalists. Deci-sions on where to base the tankers are expected later this year.

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Dear Carolyn: For the past two years, I have been seeing a man I care about very much. We’ve had a tu-multuous, on/off relation-ship due to some mistakes I made early on that he couldn’t or wouldn’t forgive.

Now he says he is ready to give the relationship an-other shot, with this caveat: I cannot EVER spend time with my best friend. He has met her only once but never liked her due to a bad first impression and because I told him she participated in

some illegal activities.While I don’t agree with

some of her choices, she has been a wonderful friend for my entire life and has cleaned up her act for the most part. I feel he is asking too much and has no right to demand this of me.

Is this an “OK” thing to ask of your partner? Or should I consider this a red flag of a controlling per-son? — Trouble in Tennes-see

Answer: These are your words, so say them: “You have no right to demand this of me.” Controlling

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Dump him and his ultimatumspeople exploit those who hesitate to stand up to them. (Homework assign-ment: “The Gift of Fear” by Gavin de Becker.)

Maybe this “best friend” is your drug dealer, to use one extreme example, and he’s right to set such a strict precondition — or, on the other extreme, your friend just did basic, stupid, youthful stuff. Either way, it serves both you and your boyfriend better for you to be clear about where you stand.

He has a right to dump you for refusing him, of course.

But I suspect he won’t. Those two “on/off ” years, his reluctance to “forgive” your “mistakes” and this best-friend ban suggest he’s getting exactly what he wants here: a sense of con-trol by giving and withhold-ing affection to reward or

punish you as he sees fit.Since the drug-dealer

scenario sounds like a stretch, I think you have to break up with him, decisively. It’s not that you’re above improve-ment — who is — or that your friend’s mistakes weren’t serious. It’s that he thinks it’s his place to fix you. How is that not controlling?

Dear Carolyn: What is the right way to apolo-

gize to a significant other? I favor apologies that offer an explanation and leave room for discussion: “I’m sorry I got mad at you for not taking the trash out, but I don’t like having to remind you each time.” He says he wants apologies to come with no strings attached. What’s the best way? — I’m Sorry, but...

Answer: The only “right” way to apologize to anyone is sincerely.

“Sorry, but... ” exposes insincerity. Sig-O has you there.

You have a point, too, though, if he’s using your poor behavior to get away with his.

Apologizing sans aster-isk for anything you genu-inely regret will cure both of these responsibility dodges — “I’m sorry I lost my temper,” period, close-quote. So will swearing off appeasement apologies and admitting when you’re not sorry: “Actually, I’m not sorry I got angry, because I’m outraged at being the default housekeeper.”

Always separate any unfinished business from your apology — even if you make it the next thing you say: “I’m sorry I wigged out. Obviously this trash thing is pushing my but-tons. I’d like your help in coming up with a solution.”

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READING, Pa. (AP) — Everyone knows soda can be bad for your teeth. Some-times, it can apparently threaten the morning com-mute, too.

Police say two tractor-trailers collided on U.S. Route 422 outside Reading, Pa., around 12:40 a.m. Tues-day. The Reading Eagle re-ports one of the trucks was carrying 2-liter bottles of soda.

Hundreds of gallons of sugary drink spilled onto the highway and froze in the frigid early morning temperatures. Those slick conditions from the crash ended up shutting down the roadway in Exeter Town-ship for more than five hours.

Traffic was detoured un-til the road reopened short-ly after 6 a.m.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Adele will perform the James Bond theme “Sky-fall” at the Oscars, her first U.S. performance since last year’s Grammy Awards.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday that Adele will sing the Oscar-nomi-nated song at the 85th annu-al Academy Awards on Feb. 24. She and producer Paul Epworth are nominated for best original song for “Sky-fall.”

The announcement isn’t much of a surprise consid-ering Adele’s award show ubiquity. She recently won a Golden Globe for the Bond theme.

Adele hasn’t previously sung “Skyfall” live for an audience.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chimpanzees who have spent their lives in U.S. re-search labs being prodded, poked and tested may be headed for retirement in a leafy sanctuary where they can climb trees, socialize at will, play with toys and even listen to music.

More than 300 chim-panzees should be retired

from government-funded research and sent to live in a sprawling refuge outfit-ted with play areas under a recommendation approved Tuesday by a top national panel of scientists.

The proposal from a Na-tional Institutes of Health committee is the latest step in a gradual shift away from using chimps as test

subjects, because of tech-nological advances and be-cause of ethical concerns about their close relation to humans. It would affect all but 50 of more than 350 chimpanzees in labs around the country. The remaining group kept for future feder-ally funded research would have to be housed in spa-cious conditions laid down

in the detail by the commit-tee.

The NIH Council of Councils Working Group proposal, which will go to the agency’s director after a 60-day period for public comment, also calls for ma-jor cuts in grants to study chimps in laboratories and no return to breeding them for research.

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