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Vol. 115, No. 1 75 Cents Iola, KS

This race is not a competition

Register/Steven SchwartzFrom left, Murray McGee and Tim Fairchild of Chanute and Iola’s David Toland stand near the starting line of Saturday’s Portland Alley Marathon between the two cities.

See, Hear IolaBy ALLISON TINN

allison@iolaregister.comIola community members

braved the cold Friday morning to attend the “See, Hear Iola!” pro-gram at the Riverside Park Com-munity Building.

City Administrator Carl Slaugh announced the dog park, Happy Tails, is almost complete with the exception of signs. It will open in the spring with a grand opening sponsored by Sonic Equipment.

Realtor John Brocker had good news to report. There have been more closings in Iola versus last year. September 2011 did not have any closings in Iola and this year there were two.

Becky Nilges promoted the 8 Wonders of Iola. Nominations are still being accepted and can be submitted to the Iola Public Li-brary, city office and the chamber office.

“We have treasures and won-ders in our area that we look at every day and take them for granted,” Nilges said.

The public will vote on the nominations at the Iola Family Reading Festival, Nov. 17.

Marci Penner, author of the 8 Wonders of Kansas, will be in Iola on Nov. 16 to present at the Bow-lus for free at 7 p.m. in the recital hall.

Elyssa Jackson, the new direc-tor of the Allen County Histori-cal Society, was the keynote speaker.

“I am sure you are all asking, what is a girl from California doing in Iola,” Jackson said. “Well, I have to ask, have you seen what they charge for gas in California?”

Jackson, 24, has a special place in her heart for Allen County be-cause her grandmother, Alberta Rock, is a resident of Allen Coun-ty.

Jackson spoke about her plans for the historical society.

“I want to make sure we know how to take care of what we have,” Jackson said.

“It is yours, we just hold it and take care of it for you.”

She is also making strides to “bring in the Millennium people,” by promoting social networking sites.

“We have to remember we are a mission- and purpose-driven institution and our purpose is to serve the community,” she said. “Tell me how to tell our story. Come in or call me and tell me your story.”

By ALLISON TINNallison@iolaregister.com

Monday evening, as part of the Allen County Meltdown’s Male Domination Monday, firefighters will be giving civilians a chance to see what it takes to fight fires.

When someone applies to be a firefighter, the first thing they go through is a physical agility test.

“We want to make sure appli-cants are physically fit,” Iola Fire Department Lieutenant Ryan Sell said. “If they can’t pass it then they know where they stand and can work on it.”

The test is a linear course with nine stations. The test must be completed wearing bunker gear — boots, trousers, jacket, helmet and a self contained breathing ap-paratus (SCBA).

“Depending on the size of the bunker gear, it is an additional 50 pounds,” Sell said.

The course must then be com-pleted in less than 17 minutes, if taking the test as an applicant, but Monday’s test can be complet-ed in any amount of time.

“People should set a goal for themselves,” Sell said.

Before the test begins, partici-pants will have their vitals taken and again immediately after the test is completed to see how tax-ing the test is on the body. A third set of vitals will be taken 10 min-utes post-test to see how well they recover.

Sounds hard, but Sell assures it can be done.

“Everyone can complete it,” he said. “It’s just a matter of wheth-er they can complete it within the 17 minutes.”

Tough as a firefighter?Monday’s the test

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FOOTBALL Iola Mustangs end

season with a victory See B1

Elyssa Jackson

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Bringing hope amid tragedy

The marathon is set for next Saturday and Fairchild said he expects to see 100-125 runners on race day. The race is planned to start at 8:30 a.m.

The route follows through downtown Chanute before head-ing north on Petrolia Road and west on Bridge Street to Hum-boldt. From Humboldt, runners will follow 1400th Street, then head east on Montana Road and weave their way to the square in Iola. Along the way, runners will pass the Ashland Grove Port-land cement plant, Monarch Ce-

ment Co. plant and the former Lehigh Portland Cement Plant.

Shuttles will begin transport-ing runners to the starting line in downtown Chanute at 6:45 a.m. from the south side of the square in Iola, across from El Charro restaurant. Once at the starting line, the first shuttles will leave just after the start of the race at 8:40 a.m. From that point, the shuttles will run ev-ery 15 minutes to drop off run-ners at relay points to meet their

by STEVEN SCHWARTZsteven@iolaregister.com

Chanute and Iola do many things well. Both enjoy strong community support, rich his-torical backgrounds and special events. One shortcoming? Doing things together.

The goal of next Saturday’s Portland Alley Marathon looks to change that fact. The marathon is a Thrive Allen County event, co-sponsored with the Chanute Regional Development Authority or CDRA.

Up until now, any word with the prefix “co” has been few and far between for the two communi-ties.

“Growing up in Iola, I have al-ways been aware of the aspect of competition with Chanute,” said David Toland, executive director of Thrive.

He has been organizing the marathon with Tim Fairchild, a member of the CDRA, for the past several months. Fairchild said competition can be healthy in certain aspects of the community, but in many ways it can hinder economic development and rela-tionships.

“Rivalry between the commu-nities generally runs from about 6 to 9 p.m. on Fridays nights,” Fair-child said, “and that’s the only place it should be.”

The healthy sports rivalry be-

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Marathon nuts and bolts

By BOB JOHNSONbob@iolaregister.com

“No wonder I’m so tired,” Donna Culver chuckled.

She raised 10 children, com-pleted a community degree a few courses at a time over eight years, seldom was out of work and is first to volunteer with the need arises.

Wednes-day she will cel-ebrate her 80th birth-day.

She will be honored at a party from 2 to 4 this afternoon at the community building in Riv-erside Park. It was to

have been a surprise, but it’s hard to keep something like that under wraps with 10 children, 19 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

“I’ve had a good life,” Cul-ver said, with “pretty good

health. I had diph-theria when I

was 12 and co-lon cancer at

45,” but she has had no lasting ef-fects. She lives alone and keeps on the go, including still work-

ing with the Red Cross.

In the pub-lic eye, Culver is the face of

the Red

Cross. She has been involved with its humanitarian efforts since the early 1990s.

“Dorothy Sherwood (a friend and another of Iola’s premier volunteer activists) went to Cali-fornia in the early 1990s to help with an earthquake,” Culver re-called. “I thought if she can do it, so can I.”

Culver’s first assignment of consequence was in 1995 to St. Thomas, an island in the Carib-bean that had been hit by Hurri-cane Marilyn.

She had to steel herself a bit before leaving Iola: “I wasn’t used to flying.”

On St. Thomas, Culver spent three weeks interviewing vic-tims and writing vouchers so they could get clothing and shoes.

“We had no (running) water and no electricity,” she said, and communications was limited with cell phones then being a novelty of little use outside of

Above right, Donna Culver stands outside where she was sta-tioned during a Red Cross deployment in September 1995 to St. Thomas to help with recovery from Hurricane Marilyn.

Above left, Culver poses with two National Guard soldiers who were on guard duty on St. Thomas.

Photos submitted by Donna Culver

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Stormin’ SandyEric Peterson, Tequesta Fla., casts his line and shoots some video of the crashing waves caused by Hurricane Sandy on the fishing jetty at the Jupiter Inlet on Friday afternoon.

Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post/MCT

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Three former Democratic presidential candidates paid personal respects Friday to former Sen. George McGovern, whose 1972 campaign for president galvanized the party’s liberal wing and ushered in a new genera-tion of political activism.

Walter Mondale, John Kerry and Gary Hart — who like McGovern all spent time in the Senate before unsuccessful runs for the White House — led a crowd of hundreds of mourners at McGovern’s funeral. McGovern died Sunday after a brief stay in hospice care. He was 90.

In a sign of McGov-ern’s stature in sparse-ly populated South Da-kota, the service aired live on television in the state’s largest city. It served as a final fare-well to South Dakota’s native son. A private burial for McGovern in Washington will be scheduled later.

Larry Fuller, retired newspaper publisher from Sioux Falls who became friends with McGovern, said it was a fitting tribute for the man who served the state in Washington for two decades. Mc-Govern left office in 1981 after a losing a campaign for a fourth Senate term.

“I think it’s a won-derful opportunity for

this state to recognize ev-erything he did for South Dakota, something that didn’t happen after his last election,” Fuller said. “I can’t think of any South Dakotans who had as posi-tive an impact on history as George McGovern.”

Even though he came up short in three tries for president, McGovern is revered on the left as someone who inspired a coterie of young Demo-crats who would go on to great things. Among his flock of campaign work-ers were future senators, a secretary of state in Hill-ary Clinton and a presi-dent in Bill Clinton.

A2Saturday, October 27, 2012 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

Sunny and coldToday, sunny. Widespread

frost in the morning. Highs 50 to 55. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

Tonight, partly cloudy. Lows 25 to 30. East winds around 5 mph.

Sunday, sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds up to 5 mph.

Sunday night and Monday, partly cloudy. Lows 30 to 35. Highs 55 to 60.

Monday night through Wednesday night, partly cloudy. Lows near 40. Highs near 60.

Thursday, sunny. Highs 60 to 65.

Sunrise 7:43 a.m. Sunset 6:28 p.m.

TemperatureHigh Thurday 53Low Thursday night 36High a year ago 56Low a year ago 43

Precipitation48 hours ending 7 a.m. .05This month to date 3.71Total year to date 26.04Def. since Jan. 1 7.42

Thomas RinehartThomas was born Nov. 18, 1917, at Hum-

boldt, the son of Edward H. and Mamie B. (Nickell) Rinehart. He grew up in Hum-boldt and helped on the family farm along with working as an auto mechanic. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WWII.

On Nov. 19, 1942, Thom-as married Queen Ei-leen Powers. They made their home in Humboldt, where he worked for Monarch Cement Co. for 30 years, retiring in 1982.

He was a member of Disabled American Vet-erans.

Survivors are his wife of almost 70 years, Eileen Rinehart of the home; one son, Johnny Lee Rinehart, Humboldt; three daughters, Sandra Sue Hamilton, Gridley, Peggy Jean Murrell, Neodesha, and Patricia Ann Millar of Chanute; 11 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren and great-great grandchil-dren.

He was preceded in death by two broth-ers, Albert Lee and Lawrence Edward Rinehart, and a sister, Lilly Fern Rinehart.

Cremation has taken place.A memorial and visitation will be from

6 to 7 tonight at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola.

Inurnment will be at Mt. Hope Cem-etery, Humboldt, at a later date.

Memorials are of donor’s choice and may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel.

Online condolences may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

Robert HarwoodRobert (Bob) Alan Har-

wood, D.V.M. went to our heavenly Father’s King-dom on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, from the KU Medi-cal Center in Kansas City, Kan.

He was born March 16, 1947 in Iola, to Elmer and Marjorie Casper Harwood.

Bob attended Humboldt schools, graduat-ing as valedictorian in 1965. He then went to Kansas State University, where he was a member of Delta Chi fraternity and gradu-ated in 1971 with a Doctor of Veterinary Med-icine degree.

During summers in college he worked at H.K. Porter, the Chanute Refinery, and a ma-rina on Grand Lake, Okla. Upon graduation he was commissioned as a captain in the U.S. Air Force, doing officer training at Shepherd Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, and then was stationed at Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Okla. Prior to going and following his service he was employed at the Animal Medi-cal Center.

In 1982 he opened his own veterinary prac-tice, Harwood Animal Hospital in Chanute. Some of Dr. Harwood’s greatest adventures were the 10 years he volunteered as a trail veterinarian on the Iditarod Dog Sled Race in Alaska, the Kuskokwim 300 in Alaska, and the Grand Portage Passage in Minnesota and Canada.

He enjoyed drag racing, flying, motorcy-cling, and boating on Grand Lake, Okla. He was always ready for new adventures, which included both water and snow skiing, scuba diving, parasailing in the Alps, traveling in all 50 states and many foreign countries, plus do-ing woodworking, fishing, playing bridge, and attending Kansas State football games, espe-cially the bowl games.

He was a member of Chanute First United Methodist Church, Kiwanis Club (serving as treasurer for many years), AVMA, KVMA, AOPA, the Home Savings Bank Board, chair-man of the Neosho Memorial Regional Medi-cal Center Board of Trustees, and president of the Hospital Foundation Board. He volun-teered his time to the high school site council, Boy Scouts, 4-H, and being a Sunday school teacher, plus served on numerous church committees. He was honored as a Friend of 4-H, Kansas Kiwanis Family of Builders run-nerup in both 1993 and 1994, and the Chanute Partner in Progress Award for 2010.

On June 5, 1971, he married Susan Schro-eder in Independence. She survives, as well as a son, Dr. Mark Harwood, Broken Arrow, Okla.; a daughter, Ellen Gabel, a son-in-law, Maj. Greg Gabel, grandson, Trent Gabel, Wi-esbaden, Germany; brothers Dan (Darlene) Harwood, Owasso, Okla., and Joe Harwood, Ketchum, Okla.; his parents-in-law, Philip and Elvi Schroeder, brothers-in-law, Robert (Diana) Schroeder, and Thomas (Deborah) Schroeder, all of Independence; two nieces, seven nephews, three aunts, and many cous-ins. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be Sunday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Penwell Gabel Gibson Chapel. Fu-neral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, with in-terment immediately following at Memorial Park, Chanute.

Memorials have been established for the NMRMC Foundation or First United Meth-odist Church Bridges to the Future cam-paign. To leave a special message for the family go to www.PenwellGabelChanute.com”

Obituaries

Rinehart

Harwood

‘Christy’ BreuerMichelle Kay “Christy”

Breuer, 51, Washington, Mo., formerly of Le Roy, passed away Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, in Washington.

Mrs. Breuer was born April 24, 1961, in Iola, the daughter of Calvin C. and Virginia N. (Gregersen) Christy.

She graduated from Le Roy High School in 1979. She studied at East Central Col-lege, Union, Mo.

Michelle worked for several years as a le-gal administrative assistant, most recently at Husch Blackwell LLP in St. Louis, Mo.

She was a member of First Christian Church, Washington. She was scuba diving certified and thoroughly enjoyed traveling and diving in tropical climates. She also enjoyed working in her flower gardens.

Mrs. Breuer was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Harry Hansen and Violet Alta (Gillespie) Gregersen; her paternal grandparents, Daniel Phillip and Emma Faye (Lingenfelter) Christy; and a grandson, Phillip Gary Lee Schuttenberg-McVay.

She is survived by a daughter, Heidi LaBeaume and husband, Brian; and two sons, Johnathan Breuer and Lee Breuer; four grandchildren, Adonis, Adina and Addison LaBeaume and Triston Breuer, all of Washington; her parents, Calvin and Virginia Christy, Le Roy; two broth-ers, Richard Christy and wife Karen, Osage City, and Randall Christy and wife Tina, Blanchard, Okla.; four sisters, Christine Evans and husband Darryl, Pensacola, Fla., Beverly Bertram and husband Peter, Chadron, Neb., Deanna Twiford and husband John, Cheyenne, Wyo., and Cathy Fleming and husband Dale, Fort Morgan, Colo; 18 nieces and nephews and 38 great-nieces and neph-ews; and many friends.

A funeral service was Oct. 20 at First Christian Church, Washington, Mo., with Pastor Dave Armstrong officiating.

Burial was in St. Peters Cemetery, Wash-ington.

Memorials may be made for build-ing homes for wounded military troops through homesforourtroops.org.

The family was served by Oltmann Fu-neral Home, Washington.

Zelma Heckman Zelma R. Heckman, 72, Piqua, passed

away Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, at her home.

She was born Dec. 27, 1939, in Harrisville, Pa., the daughter of Harry and Lillian (McFarland) Croy. She married George Reese in 1956 and they made their home in the Sharon, Penn., area until moving to Yates Center. They were married for 22 years and had four children before they divorced.

She married Earl G. Heckman on Aug. 2, 1980 at Yates Center and they made their home south of Piqua until moving into town in 2001. He preceded her in death July 27, 2005.

Zelma worked at Wolf Creek, Berg, Midland and retired from Haldex. She also worked for Richard Habiger and did home health.

She was a member of Community Baptist Church, Iola, and had bowled in the women’s bowling league. She en-joyed doing yardwork and tending her plants and flowers.

Survivors include her children, George Reese, Jr., Pennsylvania, Debo-rah Rife and husband, Donald, West-phalia, Mark Reese, Piqua, and Clara Louise Reese, Yates Center; two broth-ers, Harry Croy, Harrisville, Pa., and Merle Croy, Virginia Beach, Va.

Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Mon-day at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel, Iola. Burial will be in St. Martin’s Cem-etery, Piqua.

Memorials to the American Cancer Society may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

Christy Breuer

Monday, Community Blood Center will conduct a blood drive at Marmaton Val-ley High School from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

To make appointments visit www.es-avealifenow.org and use sponsor code marmatonvallhs or contact Elaine Stew-art, (620) 237-4251.

Blood drive Monday

Tractor damagedJack Franklin told

Allen County officers Wednesday a tractor belonging to him and parked north of Iola had sustained about $1,100 damage during the past three weeks.

Motorcycle foundabandoned in ditch

Officers recovered a motorcycle that had been reported stolen from a road-side ditch near the intersection of 4300 Street and West Vir-ginia Road Wednesday.

Car hits deerA car driven by Betty

Schild struck a deer on 1200 Street south of Humboldt Thursday evening.

DISTRICT COURTJudge Daniel Creitz

Civil cases filed:PNC Mortgage, a Di-

vision of PNC Bank, vs. Mark Lynn, et al, real estate. InTrust Bank vs. Gary W. Kline, et al, con-tract. Allen County Hos-pital vs. Dawn M. Sigfus-son, contract. Summer N. Salzwedel vs. Jacob S. Pot-ter, protection from abuse. Summer N. Salzwedel, et al vs. Jacob S. Potter, other domestic relations. State of Kansas vs. Brandi K. Dixon, other domestic re-lations. Sondra Malloy vs. Roger L. Dewees, protec-tion from abuse.

MAGISTRATE COURTJudge Thomas SaxtonConvicted of speeding

or other violations with fines assessed:

Kathy L. Alcorn-Gra-vatt, Iola, 65/55, $143. Jen-nifer S. Green, Overland Park, 84/65, $197. Orion G. Leigh, Iola, 46/35, $149. Kady M. Gooding, Garnett, 51/35, $179. Jason D. Owen, Salon, Iowa, 75/65, $143. Gloria Bravo, Tulsa, 82/65, $185. Irina V. Yungus, Rich-land, Wash., 83/65, $191. Christopher J. Bishop, Yates Center, 55/35, $203. Jonathan L. Smith, Al-varado, Texas, 75/65, $143.

Taylor J. Evans, Iola, failure to yield, $173. En-rique Santana-Zapatero, Eureka, driving without a valid license, $218. Gar-rett M. Ratley, Iola, expired registration, $218. Marilyn Q. Manning, Kansas City, Kan. 79/65, $155. Joseph M. Lascon, Desoto, 82/65, $210. Brandon S. Winn, Chanute, 75/65, $143. Paula J. Scott, Mildred, 83/65, $179.

Sandra R. Henke, Leav-enworth, 86/65, $212. Dan-ny R. Parrett, Chanute, 46/35, $149. Patricia Teeter, Lenexa, 75/65, $143. Megan Reichmuch, Olathe, 80/65, $173. Kerri A. Middleton, Iola, theft, $205. Cory J. Al-len, Fredonia, 75/65, driv-ing without a valid license, $263. Patrick J. Mastin, Tulsa, no liability insur-ance, $398. Christopher A. Fields, Olathe, 82/65, $185. Paula J. Scott, Mildred, no liability insurance, $300.

Convicted of no seat

belt and fined $10:Richard L. Barnum

II, Savonburg. Jonathan A. Herb, Iola. Stacy M. Andres, Iola. Dylan C. Blanchard, Humboldt. Jeffrey L. Curtis, Buffalo. Cory J. Eisenbart, Yates Center. Nina C. Froggatte, Yates Center.

Other dispositions:Dalton L. Weatherbie,

LaHarpe, interfering with law enforcement, found not guilty.

Diversion agreements with fines assessed:

Brian L. Schneider, Der-by, 76/65, $174. Wade D. Mo-lencamp, Williamsburg, driving while intoxicated, $935. Jacob R. Baughn, Chanute, driving while intoxicated, $1,560. Doug-las H. Onnen, Humboldt, driving while intoxicated, $1,098.

Failing to appear:Travis C. Brown, Bro-

ken Arrow, Okla., driving while suspended. Zachary T. Russell, Overland Park, 79/65. Latisha D. Cheney, Humboldt, 71/55, no seat belt.

Juvenile dispositions:Roger E. Maynard Jr.,

LaHarpe, battery of a law enforcement officer, disor-derly conduct, fined $266, ordered to pay restitution. Cody A. Smith, Iola, theft, entered diversion agree-ment, fined $331, ordered to write letter of apology. Johnathan N. Whitcomb, Moran, criminal trespass-ing, entered diversion agreement, fined $281, or-dered to complete 40 hours community service and write 1,000-word essay on the dangers of trespass-ing.

Criminal cases filed:Christopher E. Headley,

Humboldt, driving while intoxicated, possessing al-cohol as a minor, racing on highway. Nicholas L. Frit-ch, Humboldt, battery on a law enforcement officer, interfering with law en-forcement, domestic bat-tery, attempted battery on a law enforcement officer.

Brandon L. Hutton, Iola, burglary of a vehicle, theft, criminal damage to property (two counts). Ter-ry J. Purvis, Iola, domes-tic battery, battery. Amber M. Boeken, Iola, domestic

battery, battery. Lisa N. De-weese, disorderly conduct.

Civil contract cases filed:

Ronald G. Seeber vs. Jodi L. Wille. Allen Coun-ty Hospital vs. Thomas E. Taylor Jr. Allen County Hospital Emergency Phy-sicians vs. Dawn M. Sigfus-son. Allen County Hospital Emergency Physicians vs. Thomas E. Taylor Jr. Allen County Hospital vs. Linda J. Blumer, et al.

Small claims filed:Wallace’s Investment

Rental Properties vs. Brit-tany Mitchell.

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT

Judge Thomas SaxtonConvicted of speeding

or other violations with fines assessed:

Brenda M. Bresee, Pi-qua, failure to yield, $180. Matthew G. Dickerson, Conway Springs, 47/35, $152. Brandi K. Dixon, Gas, driving while suspended, $180. Tayor J. Evans, Iola, 44/30, $164. Jeffrey L. Geiler, Iola, no liability in-surance, $410. Steve Gold-berg, Uniontown, 45/35, $140.

Dakota L. Hufferd, Iola, 37/30, $140. Jeanette A. Ingle, Chanute, im-proper license tag, $180. Kari S. King, Yates Cen-ter, inattentive driving, $180. Deborah G. Lampe, Colony, 65/55, $140. Marc R. Lansdown, St. Joseph, Mo., no seat belt, $10. Wy-att D. Logan, Gas, driving while suspended, 41/30, $266, sentenced to five days in jail, suspended for six months probation.

Tegan C. Michael, To-peka, failure to yield, $180. Jeremiah A. Miller, Iola, theft, $300, sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended for six months probation, ordered to pay $37.17 res-titution. John E. Rogler, Andover, violating traffic control signal, $180.

Court report

Police reports

Heckman

McGovern mourned

By The Associated Press“It definitely feels a whole lot better

than having our backs against the wall.” — Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, after San Francisco blanked Detroit 2-0 to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series.

Quotation of the day

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KICKS COUNTRY IN IOLA Trading Post — 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.

4th Degree Knights of Columbus

A NNUAL T URKEY D INNER

Sunday, Oct. 28 Serving 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Adults $ 7 Children 6 to 12 $ 4 5 & under FREE and

St. John’s Altar Society Q UILT , C RAFT & B AKE S ALE

St. John’s Parish Hall

315 South St. — Iola

Help Us Celebrate! Donna Culver’s Donna Culver’s

80 years 80 years of

Life, Love, and Sharing Sat., Oct. 27, 2012 Sat., Oct. 27, 2012

2-4 p.m. Community Building Riverside Park Iola, KS

Political Ad Paid for by Grant for State Representative, Lynn Grant, Treasurer

Kansas 2 nd District State Representative Bob Grant

Bob Grant is endorsed by: Economic Lifelines (Transportation)

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Your Choice: To be represented by someone supported by farmers, laborers, teachers, school staff, middle class, working Kansans: Those who look to the future for economic and educational opportunities for all Kansas citizens. OR someone who is not. OR

Happy 33rd Birthday Mrs. Chris Ingle!

You r Fami l y i s wa t ch ing you !

November is about to make its appearance, which will set off a flurry of fun things to do.

At 5:30 p.m. Thursday Iola Reads will sponsor its Hobo Dinner at the North Community Building. Din-ner will be hobo soup, and a free-will donation of a can of vegetables, fruit, etc. is asked for attendance. The canned goods will be given to the Food Pantry. Any oth-er donations will be divided by the Allen County Histo-rial Society and the Iola Reads Committee.

The soup will be served out of hobo drums (mean-ing big barrels). There will be homemade biscuits, cornbread and apple slices for dessert. There may be music during the dinner.

Donna Houser will give the program on the History of Hobos, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Table decorations will be from the 1930s and have a theme from then, which is the time frame from the book “Moon Over Mani-fest.”

This project is funded by the Whitehead Trust and the Iola Reads-257 school district. Call the Iola Public Library at 365-3262 for fur-ther information.

The Iola Chamber and the Iola Public Library are co-sponsoring a ginger-bread house class on Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m. at the Flewhar-ty-Powell Annex.

Please bring decorating supplies. All other supplies will be provided. It is a free class but we need registra-tions so that we know how many supplies to buy.

Then enter your creation

in the Gingerbread Walk & Judging. The gingerbread creations will be on display in businesses around the square from Dec. 7 through Dec. 23.

Call 365-5252 or email chamber@iolachamber.org by Friday to register for the gingerbread house class.

Veterans Day will be cel-ebrated with great speakers and a parade on Nov. 10.

The national anthem will be sung by Iolan Becky French. The invoca-tion with be given by Pas-tor Dave McGullion. The speaker will be Lt. Col. Eric Blankenship. The parade lineup will be on South Washington Street, with a start time of noon.

One last note, many of you have asked what is go-ing on in the parking lot east of the Chamber Of-fice. The power plant guys were nice enough to bring the Santa house in so we could finish sprucing it up. So if you see people hang-ing off ladders and wash-ing windows, etc., it will be Chamber Ambassadors, board members and anyone who would like to help get everything shiny and ready for Santa’s welcome back to town.

The Chamber wishes each and everyone a safe and happy Halloween.

SheliaLampe

ChamberMusings

November: month of fun activities Author Jonathan Swift

said, “Vision is the art of seeing the invisible oppor-tunities around us.”

This quotation relates well to the importance of our school district’s vi-sion and goals. Not only is it vitally important for our district to have both vision statements and specific goals, but it also is important that we develop these goals by a collective effort with as many stake-holders as possible.

When our goals are created, it is important that we then communi-cate them to get feedback, and that we monitor the implementation of these goals. Although USD 257 is always in the business of recreating and remod-eling our goals based on the changing needs of our students and community,

we must remember that our vision statements stand firm because they are based on changeless principles about what is best practice for everyone in the long run.

During the 2012-2013 school year, the USD 257 Board of Education up-dated our four vision statements to these spe-cific and focused areas:

A. Use district resourc-es efficiently and effec-tively.

B. Support a culture based on tolerance, under-standing, teamwork and

diversity.C. Focus on student

achievement through a rigorous and relevant cur-riculum and dynamic in-structional practices.

D. Recruit, retain, re-train, and support a high-ly effective and qualified staff.

FROM THESE vision statements, USD 257 brain-stormed, researched, and developed a “rough draft” of the USD 257 strategic long-term goals for the next one, five and 10 years.

During the summer and fall semesters, we discussed these concepts, narrowed our focus, and organized strategic plan-ning committees in Octo-ber and November.

From this process, we developed a rough draft that encompasses these

four long-term goals for USD 257 for the next 10 years:

1. Begin major facilities upgrades for USD 257.

2. Increase our USD 257 employee salaries.

3. Continue to give stu-dents the best programs to impact the learning en-vironment.

4. Continue to encour-age the development of our staff.

As we move from Octo-ber to November, we will continue to develop and confirm the specific ac-tion plans regarding ac-complishing our 1/5/10-year goals because of the benefit to our students, staff, and community.

In addition, we will re-member that “vision is the art of seeing the invis-ible opportunities around us.”

Goals critical to tracking USD 257 successBrianPekarek

USD 257Supt. ofSchools

Why it matters: issues at stake in electionEDITOR’S NOTE — A

look at a few of the issues at stake in the election and their impact on Ameri-cans, in alphabetical order, in brief:

AbortionAbortion and birth con-

trol are divisive issues in politics, and they’ve flared up at times in this cam-paign despite the candi-dates’ reluctance to dwell on them.

President Barack Obama supports abortion rights. And his health care law requires contraceptives to be available for free for women in workplace health plans.

Republican Mitt Rom-ney opposes abortion rights, though he previ-ously supported them. He says the Supreme Court ruling establishing abor-tion rights should be re-versed, allowing states to ban abortion. He’s also criticized mandatory cov-erage for contraception as a threat to religious lib-erty.

Romney’s ability as president to enact fed-eral abortion restrictions would be limited unless Republicans gained firm control of Congress. But the next president could have great influence over abortion policy if vacan-cies arise on the Supreme Court. If two seats held by liberal justices were filled by Romney-nominated con-servatives, prospects for a reversal of Roe v. Wade would increase.

AfghanistanU.S. troops are still in

Afghanistan, 11 years after they invaded. Why? The answer boils down to one word: al-Qaida. The goal is to damage the terrorist group enough to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks.

After nearly tripling the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2009-10, Obama is pulling them out, aiming to end all U.S. combat there by December 2014. He says Afghans are now “perfectly capable” of defending themselves.

Romney now endorses ending combat in 2014, say-ing flatly “we’re going to be finished” then.

Neither says, though, what happens if it turns out that by 2014, Afghan forces are losing ground and need U.S. forces to avoid a Taliban takeover.

Only small numbers of al-Qaida fighters are still in Afghanistan. But the concern is that if U.S. and allied forces leave prema-turely, the Taliban would regain power — and al-Qaida would not be far be-hind.

Auto bailoutThere’s little doubt

the government bailout of General Motors and Chrysler kept the auto-makers afloat and saved huge numbers of jobs. But there’s also little chance the government will get all its money back.

Taxpayers are out about $1 billion on the Chrysler rescue. GM stock is selling for less than half the price needed for the government to recover all of its nearly $50 billion investment in that company.

Obama carried forward a bailout begun by his pre-decessor. Romney opposed it. He said the companies should have gone through a private restructuring, with certain government guarantees after they reor-ganized.

Three years later, both

companies are profitable. Chrysler has added almost 12,000 workers; GM, about 2,000. It’s been estimated that 1 million jobs have been saved at automakers, parts companies and relat-ed businesses.

Campaign financeThis presidential elec-

tion is on track to cost nearly $2 billion. It’s a staggering tab, and those who kick in big money to cover it stand to gain out-sized influence over poli-cy decisions by whoever wins. Your voice may not be heard as loudly as a re-sult.

Recent court decisions have stripped away restric-tions on how elections are financed, allowing the very rich to afford more speech than the rest. In turn, super PACs have flourished, thanks as well to limitless contributions from the wealthy — includ-ing contributors who have business before the gov-ernment.

Disclosure rules offer a glimpse into who’s behind the money. But the infor-mation is often too vague to be useful. And nonprof-its that run so-called issue ads don’t have to reveal do-nors.

Obama criticized the Su-preme Court for removing campaign finance restric-tions. Romney supported the ruling. Both are using the lax rules with gusto.

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Opinion

A silent issue in the presi-dential campaign is the income stagnation that has afflicted the middle class and the poor and made the gulf between the rich and the poor even wider.

New York Times writer Da-vid Leonhardt thinks the topic is being ducked by President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney because neither one has a prescription for a cure that would win votes.

Leonhardt, a student of the U.S. and world economies, says, “Many of the bedrock assump-tions of American culture — about work, progress, fairness and optimism — are being shaken as successive genera-tions worry about the prospect of declining living standards. No question, perhaps, is more central to the country’s global standing than whether the economy will perform better on that score in the future than it has in the recent past. . . .

“The causes of economic stagnation are varied and lack the political simplicity of calls to bring down the deficit or avert another Wall Street melt-down. They cannot be rem-edied through legislation . . . The biggest causes, according to interviews with economists over the last several months, are not the issues that domi-nate the political debate.

“At the top of the list are the digital revolution, which has allowed machines to replace many forms of human labor, and the modern wave of glo-balization, which has allowed millions of low-wage workers around the world to begin com-peting with Americans. Not much further down the list is education, probably the coun-try’s most diffuse, localized area of government policy. As skill levels have become even more important for prosperity, the United States has lost its once-large global lead in edu-cational attainment.

“Some of the disconnect between the economy’s prob-lems and the solutions offered by Washington stem from the nature of the current political debate. The campaign has been more focused on Bain Capital and an ‘apology tour’ than on the challenges created by glo-balization and automation.

“But economists also point to the scale of the problem . . . No country has figured out how to respond to the challenges.”

Leonhardt goes ahead to re-port that U.S. family income today is 8 percent below the 2000 level, when it peaked. Pre-viously, the inflation adjusted family income rose almost 30 percent each 11 years since World War II. This past 11 years it dropped.

“There is a vast difference, both economically and politi-cally, between incomes that are rising modestly and not at all,” he observed.

“The recent stagnation has also led, economists say, to

confusion and even scapegoat-ing about the real sources of the problem. The causes that can seem obvious, and that of-ten shape the political debate, are not necessarily the cor-rect ones. Impartial studies show that immigration has had a minimum effect, as has the minimum wage, which has risen faster than inflation since 2000, even as overall pay at the bottom of the income distribution has not. And the size of the federal government also looks like a dog that is not barking: Washington collected taxes equal to 15.4 percent of gross domestic product last year, down from 20.6 percent in 2000.

“A second group of much-cited forces have played a role in middle-class stagnation and inequality, just not as big a role as automation, globalization or education. Health care costs have grown sharply over the last decade, leaving employers with less cash to use on sala-ries. Tax rates have fallen more for the affluent than for anyone else, directly increasing the take-home pay of top earners.

“ . . . One of the more strik-ing recent developments in economics has been econo-mists’ growing acceptance of the idea that globalization has held down pay for a large swath of workers. . . . job growth and wage growth have been weaker in sectors exposed to global competition — especially from China — than in sectors that are more insulated.

“Automation creates similar patterns. Workers whose labor can be replaced by computers have paid a particularly steep price. The American manufac-turing sector produces much more than it did in 1979, de-spite employing almost 40 per-cent fewer workers. . . Workers with less advanced skills have also suffered disproportionate-ly. The pay gap between college graduates and everyone else is near a record . . . and their unemployment rate is just 4.1 percent.”

THE REMEDIES, then, are to put a much stronger em-phasis on education so that more workers can benefit from globalization and trade rather than suffer from it and to increase the growth of the economy by investing more in the scientific and technologi-cal research that creates new industries. Money could also be found for higher wages by reducing U.S. health care costs to rich world levels.

But these are initiatives with little political appeal. The first two require more govern-ment investment and the third would face fierce opposition from what has become the na-tion’s largest political/eco-nomic complex. Don’t expect to hear much about them be-tween now and Nov. 6.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

Stagnant wages:a major issuebeing ignored

In an interview with Congress-woman Lynn Jenkins at the first of the week, I took her at her word.

“I want Americans to have the same health care benefits I do as a member of Congress,” she said.

Jenkins voted against the Af-fordable Health Care Act earlier this year and in favor of a plan written by Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Ron Wyden.

Truth is, the AHCA, or Obam-acare, is the closer of the two to matching the benefits Jenkins en-joys as a member of Congress, in that both plans:

• Accept patients with pre-existing conditions;

• Eliminate waiting periods for their insurance to be-gin;

• Eliminate the “doughnut hole” created by Medicare Prescription Plan D, which covers prescriptions up to $2,700, only to let patients fend for themselves until the costs of their prescrip-tions reach $6,154, and

• Have no spending cap as to what a plan will cover.

The last point is especially critical to the argument. Under the Ryan-Wyden plan, the govern-ment would give stipends — what some call vouchers — to cover health care costs. The goal is to limit spending on health care.

Obamacare takes the opposite track. If we all have health insur-

ance, there will be less need to use high-cost emergency rooms for run-of-the-mill care such as treat-ing infections, strained muscles, etc., and citizens will be more pro-active about their health care by getting annual checkups because they are covered by the AHCA act.

AS TAXPAYERS, we pay 72 per-cent of the insurance premiums for members of Congress and their children. On average, ac-cording to the Congressional Re-search Service, taxpayers pay an average $10,000 per legislator.

It’s a generous perk they voted for themselves. Keep in mind, Jenkins is paid $175,000 a year.

Members of Congress get their insurance through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Pro-gram in which several nation-wide insurance companies par-ticipate. That’s also very similar to the idea of state exchanges pro-posed in the health care act.

Under the FEHBP, more than 8 million federal employees partici-pate, creating an enormous pool that helps keep their premiums low.

As a small business, the Regis-

ter participates in a pool of other small businesses in the hope that it helps keep our premiums rea-sonable. The fewer claims a pool has, the lower the premiums.

Farmers and others who are self-employed have always been at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to buying health insurance because as individuals they are extremely small risk pools. They pay way too much for terrible cov-erage.

Under the Affordable Health Care Act, those self-employed will be placed in a pool of at least 99 others to create a buying group for health insurance — a huge benefit for family farmers.

Obamacare also levels the play-ing field by telling members of Congress, beginning in 2014, that once they retire, their generous benefits will end and they’ll have to play by the rules the rest of us Janes and Joes abide by.

Up until now, members of Con-gress have been able to enjoy the generous coverage throughout their retirements.

Now I wouldn’t have the temer-ity to suggest members of Con-gress want to overturn the Health Care Act because of self-interest.

And, believe it or not, I have no bone to pick with Congress-woman Jenkins. But if she really wants us to be able to enjoy her level of health insurance benefits, then the Affordable Health Care Act is more closely aligned to that goal.

SusanLynnRegistereditor

If only we all could have Lynn’s coverage

Superintendent Brian Pekarek and others associated with USD 257 have made a point this month to let teachers and staff know how much they are appreciated.

Most teachers go far behind what is required. They care, and it shows.

Christy Thompson and Nancy Skahan, first-grade teachers at Lincoln Elementary, are good ex-amples of teachers who view their jobs more as missions to direct kids on the path to lifelong success.

For years they have met daily to coordinate reading programs in their rooms. It’s team teaching at the highest level, said Larry Hart, Lincoln principal.

Thompson and Skahan also share students to make sure that all have as many advantages as possible.

Each day begins with 90 minutes set aside for reading. The teach-ers not only coordinate with each other, but also bring in paraprofes-sionals and check regularly with what is occurring in the Title I reading program.

They also support the Acceler-ated Reader Program, which puts emphasis on the discipline, and communicate regularly with par-ents.

“They send out information daily to parents,” Hart said. “They also work with Tammy Prather, our librarian, who in her own right has an important role. She constantly encourages students to read.”

With a solid start, the impor-tance of reading flows through all

grades.“We’re known as the reading

school,” Hart crowed.Lori Maxwell, McKinley prin-

cipal, likes innovative approaches her teachers take to engage stu-dents.

Bayley Linn, in her first year in first grade, does “a lot of cool things,” Maxwell said.

Linn uses the Kagan method of team-building to make her stu-dents more comfortable in the classroom and encourage them to interact with their peers.

She gets the kids’ attention with the little ditty, “Hocus-pocus ev-

erybody focus,” which they love to repeat. When Linn asks questions, such as, “What is two plus two?,” she has her students place their hands over their mouths and then release the answer all at once.

Terri Carlin takes advantage of every opportunity to get her third-grade students ready for state as-sessments.

“She blends all teachable mo-ments into preparation for the tests,” Maxwell noted, such as when they line up for whatever reason Carlin will ask who is third or fifth or eighth in line, a simple but effective approach to teaching mathematics.

THESE FOUR teachers aren’t unique.

The things they do to encourage and intrigue their students are just examples of what all in the district do to make their students’ educa-tional journey as smooth and ful-filling as possible.

Local teachers put kids No. 1At

Week’s EndBob Johnson

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Sunday morning Rev. Steve Traw’s sermon was “And the Rest of the Story” from Daniel 10:1-21. Special

music was provided by Bet-ty Cunningham who sang “Sheltered in the Arms of God,” accompanied by Myrna Wildschuetz on the piano. After Sunday school the congregation enjoyed a lovely church dinner.

On Sunday Rev. Traw will continue teaching from Daniel at the 9:30 a.m. ser-vice, David Loomis will lead Sunday school at 10 a.m. Bible study Tuesday is at 3 p.m. from the book of James.

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modern, populated areas.Over the next several

years, Culver got used to flying. She went on 26 na-tional assignments, with 16 of them taking her away from home for two weeks or more.

As her experiences mounted, Culver moved from interviews to family services supervision.

When the 2007 flood cov-ered much of south Iola, Culver was the officer in charge of the Iola Red Cross service center for two weeks.

She missed helping with recovery from another di-saster that year. She was in Dallas with daughter Julie when the tornado hit Greensburg.

She no longer accepts lengthy deployments away from Iola.

“My mind wishes to go, but my body won’t let me,” Culver said.

CULVER WAS born in rural Woodson County and attended a one-room school near Kalida.

Noting how times have changed, Culver told about riding a horse to school, a mile from her home, and other times when at age 6 she and her brother, a grade ahead, would hike through timber and cross a creek to get to school.

“Think about that,” she said. “You wouldn’t think about having a six-year-old walk a mile through timber to school today. And when the creek was up, my broth-

er would walk across on a log and I’d crawl.”

Those were different times in other ways.

Her father would gather family around in the eve-ning and “tell us stories. We had a radio and sometimes would listen to the Lone Ranger,” but mostly enter-tainment consisted of con-versations and it often went beyond family.

“Everyone had a story to tell and I loved to listen to the old people talk,” Cul-ver said, which prompted her to write down recollec-tions of her life in a mem-ory book, for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Culver graduated from Yates Center High in 1950. She moved to Wichita, at-tended business school and worked for an investment company before marrying

J.E. Culver in 1952. They re-turned to Yates Center.

“He worked for the tele-phone company and I set-tled in being a housewife” — and having babies. “We had four children in Yates Center, three in Pittsburg and three in Iola, after mov-ing here in 1960,” Culver said.

By 1966 she was work-ing in the kitchen at Allen County Hospital and get-ting her first dose of vol-unteerism, as a member of the Southeast Kansas Community Action Pro-gram board. When a Head Start program started, she helped out as an aide.

An 11-year stint at Ar-buckle Motors ensued. She kept books, sold parts and then cars after becoming the first licensed female car salesperson in Iola. At the same time, Culver decided

she needed more education.“I was the first non-tra-

ditional student at Allen County, and took classes over eight years to get my degree.”

Culver was hired by the college, as a secretary and then to head the single homemaker program. Her husband died the year be-fore she retired from ACC in 1993.

Culver also found time to develop a love for bowling, starting in league competi-tion in 1970. She bowls in two leagues today.

IN ADDITION to the Red Cross, Culver is involved with Allen County Crime Stoppers; has been an American Legion Auxilia-ry member for 20 years and is its president; skipped last year, but has helped with Relay for Life all other

years; was a mentor at Jef-ferson Elementary School for years; volunteers at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center; and delivers meals.

“I also work on election boards, quilt and deliver communion to home-bound members of St. John’s Catholic Church,” she said.

Every now and then, Cul-ver tries “to hang up my hat with a lot of things, but then I say, ‘I can do that,’ and just keep going.”

Thinking back to her

youth when she listened to her father and others per-petuate family history, Cul-ver fears that is becoming a lost art.

“Who’s going to tell the stories now,” she said. “Kids today are all about TV and electronic games. They don’t know anything about the past.”

But, her family has the advantage of Culver’s book of memories — and there’s more to come. She still has things to do and stories to tell.

-tween the two communi-ties has not become any-thing close to an issue in the planning of the event, said Toland. In fact, he said it has been refreshing to joke about rivalries with his neighbors from Cha-nute.

Fairchild said a collabo-ration can be helpful for many aspects of the com-munity. He said working together on a recreational event is “good practice”

for people to get used to working together. From that point, he said people can take their experiences working with Iola to make real changes in the commu-nity.

“It’s good to have prac-tice working together,” Fairchild said. “It really sets the stage for economic development.”

Toland supported Fair-child’s opinion, saying that the proximity of Chanute and Iola is too good of an

opportunity to pass up. He said people are generally “stronger together” and what is good for one city can be good for another.

While successes are something the communi-ties share, they share in economic struggles as well.

“Chanute and Iola have similar demographics,” To-land said. “We have strug-gling economies and chal-lenging health issues.”

THE HEALTH issues are a main reason for cre-ating events like Portland Alley, and Fairchild hopes to see some changes in people’s habits. He said af-ter he started the “Journey through the Jungle” sprint triathlon in Chanute, he has already seen the effects of healthy living.

In reference to producing a 5K fun run in Iola and a sprint-triathlon in Cha-nute, Toland said the mara-thon has been a “massive logistical undertaking.” The two organizers have been working on registra-tion, route selection, traf-fic safety, aid stations, and the list goes on. He said if people don’t work together void of any ego or rivalry issues, these aspects of the marathon would not be completed. Toland summed up his work with Fairchild by saying people often have misconceptions about rela-tionships between the com-munities.

“We really don’t want to put ‘fuel on the fire,’” To-land said. “The fact of the matter is, will actually like each other.”

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teammates. Runners are responsible to decide where they would like to be dropped off, according to how many people are on their team and the dis-tance they plan to run.

There are seven aid sta-tions planned along the race, approximately every three miles. Aid stations during the race will pro-vide water, first aid, Ga-torade, Band-Aids, fruit and Gui gel energy shots. Medical stations provided by Ashley Clinic and The Family Physicians will be located in Humboldt and Iola and Port-a-pottys will be available at the start

and finish.At the race’s endpoint, a

DJ and local cheerleaders will be cheering the run-ners on, and hot drinks will be available. Thrive is requesting that Iolans come at 11:30 a.m. to cheer on runners as they finish the race. Toland said he wants to make as much of a “festival atmosphere” as possible.

Late registration for the race is currently open. The fee for an individual runner is now $75, or $210 for a team of up to eight runners. For more infor-mation, contact Thrive Allen County at (620)-365-8128.

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THE TEST will be at Riverside Park at 6 p.m. Participants should wear clothing suitable for physi-cal exertion.

Anyone is welcome to participate or spectate, no matter the gender.

“We are calling all our

men. Don’t make it be all women out there, because they will do it,” Thrive Al-len County program direc-tor Damaris Kunkler said.

Participants must be 18 or over.

For more information contact Thrive at (620) 365-8128.

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Courtesy photoThis elementary school in Chapman was a shambles after a tornado struck the town about 20 miles southwest of Junction City on June 11, 2008. Iolan Donna Culver spent time in Chapman working with the Red Cross.

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Community of Christ East 54 Hwy Iola

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship:

10:45 a.m. Wednesday Evening Prayer

as announced Gary Murphey, pastor Phone: (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, 365-2779

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

Dr. Michael Quinn Pastor

Carlyle Presbyterian

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

after service Pastor Steve Traw

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

(620) 237-4442 Sunday School 8:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. EVERYONE WELCOME

Rev. Young-Gil Bahng

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

church 365-2833

Grace Lutheran Church

117 E, Miller Rd. • Iola (620) 365-6468

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

Rev. Bruce Kristalyn

St. John ’ s Catholic Church

(620) 365-3454 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

Fellowship Regional Church

Saturday: CRUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Sunday: Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.

Pastors, Jeff Cokely Jared Ellis & Luke Bycroft

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 (620) 365-3436

“ 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.

Pastor Dave McGullion Youth Pastor Travis Riley

fcciola@aceks.com

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 Sunday Praise & Prayer . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. Wednesday Kids FIRST . . . . . . . . . 6:30 Wednesday Bible Class . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m.

(620) 365-2492 iolafirstag.org Pastor Paul Miller

Trinity United Methodist Church

Broadway & Kentucky Iola (620) 365-5235

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. All Are Welcome!

Pastor Leslie Jackson

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. Pastor David E. Meier (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.

Pastor: Joseph Bywaters

Wesley United Methodist Church

Madison & Buckeye 365-2285

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

Rev. Trudy Kenyon Anderson

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

The Family Of God Good friends and family are important in our lives, so we all try to maintain a good relationship with those whose friendship and love we value. However, friends and family can move away due to changing jobs, retiring or a number of other reasons. When it’s a friend who moves away, we may often lose contact with them; but when a family member moves, we most often stay in touch. For some reason, the bond between family members is usually stronger than between friends. If you have children or parents who move away, you may be miles apart, but they are always in your heart. That’s why it is so nice to be a member of God’s family and to know that no matter where we go or what happens, we have a friend in our Lord. Because we are His children, we know that our Heavenly Father always cares about us and that He is aware of our needs and desires. The Holy Spirit that God has given us declares that we are His children.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: K.J.V. Romans 8:16

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

KJV Indepedent

Friends Home Lutheran Church

Savonburg

Sunday Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m

PMA Sidney Hose 620-754-3314

Trinity Lutheran Church

430 N. Grant Garnett, KS

Saturday: Women Bible Study 9a.m. Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. Sunday Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m.

Pastor: Ervin A. Daughtery Jr. 785-448-6930

LaHarpe Baptist Mission

901 S. Main LaHarpe

(620) 228-1829 Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m.

Pastor Duwayne Bearden

Poplar Grove Baptist Church

305 Mulberry Humboldt

(620) 473-3063 church 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

Harvest Baptist Church

401 S. Walnut Iola (620) 365-3688 (620) 228-2522

Adult Small Group (no child- care provided) 9:15 a.m. & Fellowship Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Pastor: Tony Godfrey

Humboldt United Methodist Church

806 N. 9th Humboldt

(620) 473-3242 Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. MS/HS Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 p.m.

– Nursery provided – Pastor Marge Cox

First Baptist Church

7th & Osage Humboldt

(620) 473-2481 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

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, KS (620) 852-3077

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

Pastor Sharon K. Voorhees

By CHRISTOPHERRUGABER

AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) —

The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster 2 percent an-nual rate from July through September, buoyed by more spending by consumers and the federal government.

Growth accelerated from the 1.3 percent rate in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday. Even with the increase, growth remains too weak to rapidly boost hiring.

The report is the last snapshot of the economy before Americans choose a president in 11 days.

Republican nominee Mitt Romney has criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy and has noted that the pace

of growth has slowed from last year. The 1.74 percent annual growth rate for the first nine months of 2012 re-mains slightly behind last year’s 1.8 percent growth.

Still, the pickup in growth could lend weight to Obama’s message that the economy is improving.

“Growth came in a little higher than we had feared, largely because of the big jump in federal spending,” said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics. “But the econ-omy is still not growing rapidly enough to create sufficient jobs to reduce the unemployment rate.”

The economy grew faster last quarter in part because consumer spending rose at a 2 percent annual rate, up from a 1.5 percent rate in the second quarter. Spend-

ing on homebuilding and renovations increased at an annual rate of more than 14

percent.And federal spending

surged, mainly because of the sharpest increase in defense spending in more than three years.

Growth was held back by the first drop in exports in more than three years and flat business investment in equipment and software.

The economy was also slowed by the effects of the severe drought that struck last summer in the Midwest. The drought cut agriculture stockpiles and reduced the annual growth rate by nearly a half-point. Once crop supplies return to normal, they will help boost economic growth, analysts noted.

The government’s report covers gross domestic prod-uct. GDP measures the na-tion’s total output of goods

and services — from restau-rant meals and haircuts to airplanes, appliances and highways.

It was the government’s first of three estimates of growth for the July-Septem-ber quarter. And it sketched a picture that’s been famil-iar all year: The economy is growing at a tepid rate, slowed by high unemploy-ment and corporate anxiety over an unresolved budget crisis and a slowing global economy.

It is unclear what ef-fect, if any, Friday’s report might have on the presi-dential race. Some analysts said they doubted it would sway many undecided vot-ers in battleground states.

University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers tweeted that it was ridicu-lous to “judge a presidency on one mildly positive yet-to-be-revised backward-looking quarterly data-point.”

The factors support-ing the economy’s growth are shifting. Exports and business investment drove much of the growth after the Great Recession offi-cially ended in June 2009. But those sectors are weak-ening. Consumer spend-

ing, meantime, has picked up. And housing is adding to growth after a six-year slump.

Consumer spending drives nearly 70 percent of economic activity.

Businesses have grown more cautious since spring, in part because customer demand has remained mod-est and exports have de-clined as the global econo-my has slowed.

Many companies worry that their overseas sales could dampen further if re-cession spreads throughout Europe and growth slows further in China, India and other developing countries. Businesses also fear the tax increases and government spending cuts that will kick in next year if Congress doesn’t reach a budget deal.

Since the recovery be-gan more than three years ago, the U.S. economy has grown at the slowest rate of any recovery in the post-World War II period. And economists think growth will remain sluggish at least through the first half of 2013.

Some analysts believe the economy will start to pick up in the second half of next year.

US economic growth up to a still-modest 2% rateGrowth came

in a little higher than we feared, largely because of the jump in federal spending. But the economy is still not growing rapidly enough to create sufficient jobs to reduce the unemployment rate.

— Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The pre-Halloween hybrid weather monster that fed-eral forecasters call “Fran-kenstorm” is looking more ominous by the hour for the East Coast, and utilities and local governments are getting ready.

Meteorologists expect a natural horror show of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow to the west beginning early Sunday, peaking with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday and lin-gering past Halloween on Wednesday.

With a rare mix of three

big merging weather sys-tems over a densely popu-lated region, experts pre-dict at least $1 billion in damage.

The stage is set as Hur-ricane Sandy, having blown through Haiti and Cuba, con-tinues to barrel north. A win-try storm is chugging across the country from the west. And frigid air is streaming south from Canada.

And if they meet Tues-day morning around New York or New Jersey, as fore-casters predict, they could create a big, wet mess that settles over the nation's most heavily populated cor-ridor and reaches as far west as Ohio.

Utilities are lining up out-of-state work crews and canceling employees’ days off to deal with expected power outages. From coun-ty disaster chiefs to the fed-eral government, emergen-cy officials are warning the public to be prepared. And President Barack Obama was briefed aboard Air Force One.

“It’s looking like a very serious storm that could be historic,” said Jeff Mas-ters, meteorology director of the forecasting service

Weather Underground. “Mother Nature is not say-ing, ‘Trick or treat.’ It’s just going to give tricks.”

National Oceanic and At-mospheric Administration forecaster Jim Cisco, who coined the nickname Fran-kenstorm, said: “We don’t have many modern prec-edents for what the models are suggesting.”

Government forecasters said there is a 90 percent chance — up from 60 per-cent two days earlier — that the East will get pounded.

Coastal areas from Flor-ida to Maine will feel some effects, but the storm is ex-pected to vent the worst of its fury on New Jersey and the New York City area, which could see around 5 inches of rain and gale-force winds close to 40 mph. Eastern Ohio, south-western Pennsylvania and western Virginia could get snow.

And the storm will take its time leaving. The weath-er may not start clearing in the mid-Atlantic until the day after Halloween and Friday in the upper North-east, Cisco said.

“It’s almost a weeklong, five-day, six-day event,” he said from a NOAA forecast center in College Park, Md. “It’s going to be a wide-spread, serious storm.”

It is likely to hit during a full moon, when tides are near their highest, increas-ing the risk of coastal flood-ing.

East Coast braces for monster storm

It’s looking like a very serious storm that could be historic. Moth-er Nature is not saying, ‘Trick of treat.’ It’s just go-ing to give tricks.

— Jeff Masters,meteorology director of the forecasting serviceWeather Underground

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Friends and relatives are invited to join the chil-dren of Billy and Barbara Clay of Iola in celebrating the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the North Community Building in Iola.

Billy R. Clay and Bar-bara E. Hobert were unit-ed in marriage on Oct. 27, 1962 at LaHarpe Christian Church. Rev. Marvin Platt officiated the union and a reception was held at the annex.

This union has been blessed with four children; Kent and his wife Monica, Lee’s Summit, Mo., Au-dra Rose and her husband George, with grandchil-dren Kendra and Zack, La-Harpe, Aaron and grand-son Henry, Parkville, Mo., Matt and his wife Missy, and granddaughter Hailey, Kansas City, Mo.

The couple has cele-brated their special occa-

sion by taking an Alaskan cruise.

Please help them cel-ebrate this special day. No gifts necessary. Cards would be greatly appreci-ated. If you are unable to attend, cards may be sent to 663 N. Oak St.

James and Donna Rourk

James R. and Donna Rourk will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniver-sary, Saturday, Nov. 3 with an open house from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Riverside Park Community Building.

James and Donna were married Nov. 2, 1952 at the Christian Church in LaHar-pe.

Donna’s uncle, the Rev. Hal Noble, officiated the wedding.

The matron of honor was Mary Lou Strunk, Donna’s sister. Bridesmaids were Delores and Carol Moore, friends of Donna. The flow-er girl was Nancy Noble, Donna’s sister. Ushers were Ted Noble, Donna’s brother and Dillon Strurk.

Best man was Edward Ziegler, James’ friend.

The Rourks have made their home in Iola for 60 years, except for two years while James was in the mil-itary.

Their children are, James and Kris Rourk, Kev-in Rourk, Iola and Rebecca Rourk, Orlando, Fla.

Their grandchildren are Kaylee and David Rourk, Humboldt, Heather Rourk, Metuchen, N.J., Jake Rourk and Chad Rourk, Pittsburg.

Their great-grandchildren are Kady and Kinley Hart, Kaylee and David Hart’s children.

James and Donna’s chil-dren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will host the celebration.

James and Donna re-quest no gifts, but cards are welcomed.

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Mustangs cap 2012 with romp over Bulldogs

By RICHARD LUKENrichard@iolaregister.com

GARNETT — It was only fitting that Iola High’s season finale was decided by half-time adjustments on the football field.

After the Mustang defense struggled against the run throughout the first half Thurs-day at Anderson County, Iola closed those running lanes after the break.

In so doing, the Mustangs put an exclamation mark on their in-augural season as part of the Pio-neer League.

Iola scored 25 consecutive points, starting just seconds be-fore halftime, in a 39-21 win over host Anderson County High.

Iola ended with an overall 6-3 record and a perfect 5-0 mark in Pioneer League play.

The tide started to turn late in the first half on a cold, blustery night, after Anderson County scored a touchdown with 30 sec-onds left on the clock.

Iola promptly marched 63 yards in five plays, the last 39 coming when senior quarterback Ma-son Coons found receiver Adam Kauth behind a Bulldog defensive back. Kauth raced into the end zone with 2 seconds left in the half, giving Iola a 20-13 lead.

The Mustang defense took it from there, forcing seven An-derson County fumbles after in-termission, most coming from mishandled center-quarterback exchanges due to the pressure ex-erted by defensive linemen.

Seniors Stephen McDonald and Eli Grover were a major part of the commotion, consistently powering through the center and guards to disrupt the Bulldog of-fense.

“It was a good job by our front,” Mustang head coach Doug Kerr said. “They recognized what was going on and adapted well to their surroundings in the second half.”

Anderson County had nine fumbles in all, losing four.

A fumble recovery at the Iola 27 set up a 10-play, 77-yard drive, capped by a 26-yard touchdown run by junior tailback John Whit-worth with 4:42 left in the third quarter.

The Bulldogs moved quickly into Iola territory on the next drive, but Iola’s defense stiffened on four straight plays, forcing an incomplete pass on fourth down from the Mustang 20.

Whitworth opened the ensuing Iola drive with runs of 22 and 16 yards. Seven plays later, Grover

plowed into the end zone from a yard out to push the lead to 34-13.

Two more bad snaps from the Bulldogs midway through the fourth quarter led to a safety in which Anderson County quarter-back Jack Rickabaugh intention-ally kicked the ball through the end zone to prevent a Mustang touchdown.

Isaias Macias capped the scor-ing with a 27-yard field goal with 3:31 on the clock.

“These guys’ ability to be coached on half-time adjustments was tremendous this year,” Kerr said. “We’ve played great third-quarter defense all year, and I knew if we could play good de-fense tonight, then offensively we could put this game away.”

BOTH OFFENSES registered big plays aplenty early in the con-test.

Iola’s Levi Ashmore got the proceedings started at the 8:19 mark of the first quarter with a 19-yard touchdown run.

After fumbles ended both of Anderson County’s first two drives, the Mustangs upped the lead to 14-0 on a 1-yard Whitworth touchdown run late in the first quarter.

The Bulldogs lost another fum-ble on a bone-crunching quarter-back sack by McDonald, but the

Second-half defense keys39-21 victory

Register/Richard LukenIola High defenders made life miserable at times for Anderson County High quarterback Jack Rickabaugh (2) Thursday evening. Above, the Mustangs’ Stephen McDonald crushes the 180-pound quarterback for a sack and fumble. At left, Adam Kauth (back-ground) delivers a shot while Eric Maxwell (54) pressures Ricka-baugh from the front.

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Mason Coons (11) draws a crowd of Anderson County High defenders Thursday in the Mustangs’ 39-21 victory.

Register/Steven SchwartzHumboldt High’s Hayden Boring (4) eludes the tackle of Burlington High’s Alexis Carrasco Thursday in the Cubs’ 61-14 victory. The win clinched the Class 3A, District 6 title for Humboldt.

By STEVEN SCHWARTZsteven@iolaregister.com

BURLINGTON — It was a “rinse and repeat” process for the Humboldt High’s Cubs, whose passing game was an un-stoppable Thursday night.

The Cubs could count on their passing game from play to play in a 61-14 win over the Bur-lington Wildcats.

With the win, Humboldt gar-nered the Class 3A, District 6

title. Winning district puts the Cubs at home against Central Heights High School in the first round of the state playoffs Tues-day.

Attacking from the air has been the Cubs’ bread and butter all season — a product of Na-than Whitcomb’s powerful arm and the discipline of his receiv-ers.

Whitcomb passed for 416 yards and seven touchdowns.

Overall, Humboldt garnered 599 yards of total offense, almost all of which came from the air.

“What a group effort. It started up front with the offen-sive line giving us some time to throw the football,” head coach K.B. Criss said.

“Our skill folks took it from there.”

Throughout the game, the

ST. PAUL — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats captured a dis-trict championship and cinched a perfect regular season Thursday night, thanks to the persistent blocking of their offensive line and the relentless speed of their ground game.

With a 52-6 win over the St. Paul High Indians, the Wildcats are champions of Kansas 8-man I, District 2.

“We came out strong early in the game, and hammered it down their throats,” coach Kent Houk said of his aggressive offense. “Our line blocked well and our defense stepped up as well.”

The Wildcats came out swing-ing in the first quarter with an early score by senior tailback Cole Becker.

If they had one weakness in Friday night’s trouncing, it was the four fumbles lost — one of which ultimately resulted in St. Paul’s only score of the night in the first quarter.

From that point, it was all Mar-maton Valley.

Becker did his job well, scoring

Wildcatsunbeatenheaded intoplayoffs

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By KATHLEEN GIERAssociated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The senior quarterback has taken a seat and the freshman is under center, p e r h a p s the clear-est indi-c a t i o n yet that Kansas is s t a r t i n g to focus on the fu-ture.

C o a c h Charlie Weis sat Dayne Crist late against Okla-homa State two weeks ago and put Michael Cum-mings into the game, and he performed well enough to warrant the start last week at Oklahoma.

While it turned out to be a forgettable debut as a starter for the Jayhawks, Weis is sticking with his young quarterback for to-day’s game against Texas.

“I think at this point, when you are 1-6 and things haven’t gone real well, you owe it to your team to see what you’ve got,” Weis said.

So who is this unher-alded kid getting the nod over the once-highly tout-ed Crist?

Cummings is a multi-sport athlete from Killeen, Texas, who was recruited by former coach Turner Gill after getting little Di-vision I attention because of his size. The 5-foot-10 athlete received other of-fers, but those schools wanted him to play an-other position, and Cum-mings’ dream was always to play quarterback in the Big 12.

Kansas seemed like a good place to give it a try.

“I kept my faith, kept my nose to the grindstone and kept working,” said Cummings, whose recruit-ment fell off when he hurt his ACL his senior season in high school.

Cummings remem-bered the conversation he had when Weis took over the Jayhawks. The two of them sat down in his office and Weis told him that he wasn’t plan-ning to make the raw quarterback change po-sitions, despite his size, and despite the fact that Crist was a former five-star recruit and another one — Jake Heaps — was also transferring into the program.

“As long as I got a chance to compete, that’s all you can ask for,” Cum-mings said.

That’s precisely the de-meanor that teammates have come to expect of him.

Running back Tony Pierson said Cummings has a quiet strength and confidence that seems to rub off on the Jayhawks

(1-6, 0-4 Big 12).“Mike is a cool guy. He’s

honest, he’s laid back,” Pierson said. “He’s a real nice guy to be around all the time.”

Against Oklahoma State, Cummings replaced Crist late in the third quarter and led two scor-ing drives to give Kansas a chance to win the game. The rally fell short, but his performance sparked a battle for the starting spot, and he ultimately got the nod against the Soon-ers.

He’s only completed 50 percent of his passes for 198 yards with a touch-down and two intercep-tions, but he’s also gaining experience in the most dif-ficult situations imagin-able for a team struggling to find wins, and with his first start coming at Nor-man, Okla.

“Mike’s got a good set of quarterbacking skills, but the one thing he was lacking was experi-ence,” said Ron Powlus, a former Notre Dame quarterback who works with the Jayhawks’ sig-nal-callers. “The more reps he gets, the better he gets.”

Cummings has known since Tuesday that he would be starting against Texas, but true to his na-ture, he said that does not affect his routine.

“I am just going to pre-pare all week like I know how, take the coaching from the coaches all week and just go into the game confident and ready,” Cummings said.

With five games left in the season, Cummings understands that this is his opportunity to make a case for next year’s start-ing spot.

“I can build a foun-dation with the players and coaching staff,” he said, “so they can trust me when I am on the field to lead them to vic-tory.”

By DAVE SKRETTAAP Sports Writer

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The star quarterback used to be a wide receiver, and the top wide receiver used to be a quarterback.

There are junior college players from the most out-of-the-way places imagin-able, and Division I trans-fers getting a fresh start. Small-town high school stars from the Heartland, and a motley collection of talent overlooked by most of college football’s mar-quee programs.

This is No. 4 Kansas State, arguably the most di-verse team in the country.

One of the best, too.Listening to quarterback

Collin Klein describe the hodge-podge that makes up the only unbeaten team in the Big 12, it’s as if the Heisman Trophy candidate is likening sagely coach Bill Snyder to the Statue of Liberty — “Give me your tired, your poor, your hud-dled masses,” as the Emma Lazarus poem goes, only this time it’s the overlooked and the underappreciated.

“We do come from pretty diverse parts of the coun-try, diverse backgrounds, different roads that have brought us here,” Klein said. “I mean, it goes back to his formula of taking who-ever is here and bringing us in and molding us together and creating a true team to where it doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, anything like that. What matters is now.”

Right now, the Wildcats are the hottest team in the country.

They’ve already won at Oklahoma and West Virgin-ia. They’re 7-0 overall, 4-0 in the conference, and for once a favorite going into today’s game against No. 15 Texas Tech.

Poring over the roster, though, this isn’t the kind of team that should be stacking up against top-ranked Alabama, high-fly-ing Oregon or even high-profile Notre Dame.

The vast majority of these guys weren’t five-star prospects coming out of high school. Heck, most of them didn’t even ar-rive at Kansas State out of high school, instead going through a junior college for reasons ranging from aca-demics to lack of interest the first time around.

Eight of the 11 starters on defense went that route, including All-American candidate Nigel Malone, the team’s top cornerback. Defensive tackle John Sua went to California’s Allan Hancock College, hard-ly a pipeline to national

prominence, and defensive ends Meshak Williams and Adam Davis formed quite the pass-rushing tan-dem during their days at Hutchinson Community College.

Then there are the guys who WERE high-profile re-cruits but opted to go else-where, such as linebacker Arthur Brown, a semifinal-ist for the Butkus Award.

He had his choice of schools coming out of Wichita and opted for the sunshine and warm weath-er of Miami. When things didn’t go how he foresaw, Brown headed back to the often-overcast, usually blustery and far more frigid life of the Flint Hills.

“We have guys from all over, guys from different backgrounds, and it defi-nitely adds character to our team,” he said. “That’s one of the most enjoyable parts of the process.”

The offensive side of the ball is a similar collection of castoffs, misfits and guys who were never expected to compete for a national championship — at least, by people on the outside.

Certainly not by Snyder,

though. He welcomed them with open arms.

Klein has emerged as one of the nation’s most valu-able players — he had seven touchdowns in the 55-14 rout of West Virginia — af-ter being largely overlooked coming out of high school in Loveland, Colo. His only other interest came from the likes of Colorado State and Utah.

Just how highly sought were his quarterback skills? Even the coaches at Kansas State turned him into a wide receiver when he first got on campus.

Chris Harper went pre-cisely the opposite direc-tion.

He was a coveted quarter-back recruit coming out of high school, and ultimately chose the swagger of Or-egon over the old-school ap-proach of the Wildcats. He switched to wide receiver early in his career, and ul-timately decided to trans-fer to Kansas State for his sophomore season.

Now, he’s an NFL pros-pect and the team’s leading receiver.

“We have guys from all over,” fellow wide receiver Curry Sexton said. “That’s something our coach-ing staff has been able to

do, bring in players from around the country that fit our program, what we do here, and I think that’s been important to our suc-cess.”

Wide receiver Tyler Lock-ett went to high school in Tulsa, Okla., but barely got a sniff from the Sooners. Running back John Hubert is from Waco, Texas, but the Longhorns didn’t bite.

Tight end Travis Tanna-hill wasn’t even among the top 10 players in Kansas coming out of high school, much less the country. Of-fensive linemen B.J. Finney is from tiny Andale, popu-lation 928. Fullback Braden Wilson is from Smith Cen-ter, a booming metropolis by comparison.

The one thread that ties them together? Their val-ues, Snyder said — and their talent.

“The recruiting environ-ment has turned upside down in regards to the tim-ing. You look around right now and everybody has 25 commitments and the sea-son’s not half over,” Snyder said. “You have to get to know them to see if they fit in.”

If they do, well, it doesn’t matter where they come from.

KU turns tofreshman asslump continues

Unsung stars put spotlight on Wildcats

Michael Cummings

Bo Rader/Wichita Eagle/MCT Kansas State teammates congratulate Collin Klein (7) after one of his four rush-ing touchdowns against West Virginia at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, W. Va., Saturday.

No. 15 Texas Techat

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KansasToday, 11:05 a.m. (FSN)

Big 12 Overall Kansas State 4-0 7-0Texas Tech 3-1 6-1Oklahoma 3-1 5-1TCU 2-1 5-1Oklahoma State 2-1 4-2Texas 2-2 5-2West Virginia 2-2 5-2

Iowa State 1-3 4-3Baylor 0-3 3-3Kansas 0-4 1-6

Last week’s resultsOklahoma State 31, Iowa State 10Texas Tech 56, TCU 53 (OT)Kansas State 55, West Virginia 14

Oklahoma 52, Kansas 7Texas 56, Baylor 50Today’s GamesTexas at Kansas, 11 a.m.TCU at Oklahoma State, 2:30 p.m.Texas Tech at Kansas St., 2:30 p.m.Baylor at Iowa State, 6 p.m.Notre Dame at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

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Register/Steven SchwarzCrest High’s Dylan Sedlak (42) tackles a Tyrone Christian High ball carrier Thursday in the Lancers’ 52-6 win. The victory came during Senior Night activities for Crest, which opens postseason play Tuesday against South Barber High in Kiowa.

COLONY — Crest High’s Lancers bid adieu to four se-niors in fine fashion Thurs-day evening, although if head coach Brent Smith has his druthers, it won’t be the last time Kyle Hammond, Jesse Boone, Dylan Sedlak and Jordan Morton play in front of the home crowd.

Thursday’s 52-6 thrash-ing of visiting Tyro Chris-tian sends the Lancers into the Kansas Eight-Man, Di-vision II playoffs on a high note.

Crest, 6-3, kicks off the postseason at 6 p.m. Tues-day 200 miles away against South Barber High in Ki-owa. Officials from both schools agreed to push the start time up an hour in or-der to accommodate Crest’s traveling party.

A victory there would pit Crest against either Chase High or Hanover High on Nov. 3. If Crest plays Chase, the Lancers will be at home. If it’s against Hanover, Crest will have another 200-mile road trip for the second-round contest.

Because of the short time off before the playoffs begin, Smith was hoping to insert his reserve play-ers early and often against Tyro Christian.

Mission accomplished.

The Lancers led 30-0 by the early portion of the second quarter, then closed the game with a 22-point spurt.

Brock Ellis intercepted an Eagle pass and returned it for a touchdown midway through the third quarter, ending the game via Kan-sas’ eight-man mercy rule.

Sedlak’s 9-yard touch-down run opened the pro-ceedings before Hammond scored on runs of 45 and 75 yards. Ellis joined the fun with 10:11 left in the first half.

Tyro’s Zack Bush and Dylan McQuery accounted for the Eagles’ only score of the night, a 45-yard touch-down pass late in the half before Hammond scored on his third touchdown run of the night, covering 65 yards.

Sedlak’s 1-yard touch-down run with 7 seconds left in the half put the mar-gin at 44-6.

HAMMOND again was

a monster on both sides of the ball. He rushed 12 times for a whopping 237 yards and completed 2 of 3 passes for 10, both going to Ellis. Sedlak rushed for 27 yards and Ellis for 20.

The Lancers rushed as a

team for 323 yards.Hammond also led the

Lancer defense with 12 tackles.

Clayton Miller followed with nine tackles, three for losses.

Jordan Morton and El-lis had two interceptions apiece. Ellis also recovered a fumble and registered a quarterback sack.

Crest hosted Tyro Chris-tian as a replacement for Altoona-Midway, which was unable to field a team for the 2012 campaign.

Tyro Christian            0-6-0-x—6Crest   22-22-8-x—52

Crest — Sedlak 9 yd run (PAT failed)

Crest — Hammond 45 yd run (Hammond run)

Crest — Hammond 75 yd run (Hammond run)

Crest — Ellis 20 yd run (Ellis pass from Hammond)

Tyro — McQuery 45 yd pass from Bush (PAT failed)

Crest — Hammond 65 yd run (PAT failed)

Crest — Sedlak 1 yd run (Ham-mond run)

Crest — Ellis interception return (Hammond run)

             Tyro CrestFirst downs NA  4Rushing yds 29-84    26-323Passing yds   90    10Total Offense  174   333Passing 3-NA-4 2-8-0   Fumbles lost 1 NAPunts   NA 0Penalties 3-15 7-50

Crest hits playoff on high note

Mustangs could not con-vert on a fourth-down pass from the Bulldog 8.

The missed opportunity shifted momentum to An-derson County’s favor for a spell.

The Bulldogs marched 92 yards in 11 plays, capped by a 4-yard touchdown run by Cale Hedges.

Another Iola fumble led to the Bulldogs’ second score. Weston Gilbreth, who rushed for 183 yards on the night, plowed in from a yard out with 30 seconds left in the half.

That was it for the Bull-dogs until the game’s wan-ing seconds, when Gil-breth scored on a 71-yard touchdown run against Io-la’s junior varsity defend-ers with 1:31 left.

By then, Kerr had al-lowed the Mustang start-ers to walk off the field to a rousing ovation from the hearty Iola fans who stuck around through the frigid night.

“We challenged the kids at halftime,” Kerr said.

“Our defensive front did a good job once they recognized what was go-ing on. Eli stepped up big for us, playing double duty when Bryce (Misen-helter) went out with an injury.”

WHITWORTH rushed for 128 yards on 12 carries, while Jacob Rhoads had 12 rushes for 87 yards. Kauth and Ashmore added 25 and 21 yards, respectively, on the ground.

Coons connected on 8 of 15 passes for 109 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. Kauth covered 57 yards on two receptions. Ashmore had 15 yards on three catches. Quinton Morrison, Jacob Harrison and Rhoads had 14, 13 and 10 yards receiv-ing, respectively.

Rhoads also led the Iola defense with 11 tackles — seven solo — and a fumble recovery. Four of Tyler McIntosh’s seven stops were solo. Kaden Macha

had 10 stops, six solo. Mc-Donald had seven tackles and a sack. Whitworth,

Bryce Misenhelter and Eric Maxwell also recov-ered fumbles.

six touchdowns in three quarters. He racked up 310 yards rushing on 23 carries, averaging almost 13.5 yards per carry. The game ended in the third quarter due to the Kansas eight-man mer-cy rule.

Becker ended the first quarter with a 15-yard touchdown run. The second quarter was all Becker as well, he had three touch-down runs — covering 37 yards (twice) and a 5-yard

jaunt.The Wildcats drove the

nails into the Indians’ pro-verbial coffin early in the second half. Becker ran once again for a 5-yard touchdown. Senior quarter-back Ryan Smith finished the game with a 5-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

The offense wouldn’t have had the yards with-out Marmaton Valley’s ef-fective defense — another well-oiled machine, Houk said.

“For a team that normal-ly averages over 200 yards on offense, we held them to just 97,” Houk said. “That’s pretty impressive.”

The Indians ran for 59 yards on 25 carries, averag-ing just 2.4 yards per carry.

Senior Daylen Houk led the Wildcats in tackles with nine and had an intercep-tion, followed by Becker with eight stops. Senior Jared Kale contributed to the defensive onslaught with two sacks and a fum-ble recovery. Senior Jimmy

Frye had an interception as well.

Houk said he was im-pressed with the way his team played this season, as well finishing at the top of their district.

But he knows the road gets tougher, and Marma-ton Valley has until Tues-day evening to prepare for Udall to open postseason play.

Kickoff is at 7 p.m. at the Marmaton Valley field.

“We’ve got to keep doing what we’ve been doing all

year,” Houk said. “If you can’t do the fundamentals right, you can’t do any-thing.”

Houk knows what to ex-pect from Udall next week, recalling last season’s play-off thriller in which Udall failed on a two-point con-version in the game’s final seconds of Marmaton Val-ley’s 46-45 win.

Marmaton Valley 16-24-12-x—52St. Paul 6-0-0-x—6

MV — Becker 3 yd run (Houk run)

SP — O’Brien 4 yd run (PAT

failed)MV — Becker 15 yd run (Houk

run)MV — Becker 37 yd run (Becker

run)MV — Becker 5 yd run (Smith

run)MV — Becker 37 yd run (Becker

run)MV — Becker 5 yd run (PAT

failed)MV — Smith 5 yd run MV SPFirst downs 12 5Rushing-yds 33-351 25-59Passing-yds 0 38Total offense 351 97Passes 0-2-0 5-13-1Fumbles 4 2Punting 0 5-38Penalties 2-20 5-50

H WildcatsContinued from B1

Iola 14-6-7-12—39Anderson Co. 0-13-0-8—21

Iola — Ashmore 19 yd run (kick failed)

Iola — Whitworth 1 yd run (Whitworth run)

AC — Hedges 1 yd run (kick good)

AC — Gilbreth 1 yd (kick failed)Iola — Kauth 39 yd pass from

Coons (kick failed)Iola —  Whitworth 26 yd run

(Macias kick)Iola — Grover 1 yd run (Macias

kick)Iola — Safety (ball kicked out

of AC end zone)Iola — Macias 27 yd field goalAC — Gilbreth 71 yd run

(Hedges run)

Iola ACFirst Downs 16 16Rushes yds 53-330 46-265Passing yds 109 67Total offense 439 332Passing 8-15-1 4-9-0Fumbles-lost 2-2 11-4Punts/yds 1-30 0-0Penalties 4-30 1-5

Individual Statistics:Rushing: Iola — Whitworth

12-128, Coons 5-12, Rhoads 12-87, Kauth 4-25, McIntosh 5-17, Ashmore 3-21, McDonald 2-15, Aiello 1-0, Badders 3-(-1), Walden 3-14, Grover 2-9, Heffern 1-3; AC — Gilbreth 20-183, Hilliard 7-32, Hedges 12-70, Rickabaugh 6-(-23), Read 1-0.

Passing: Iola — Coons 8-15-109; AC — Rickabaugh 4-9-67, Gilbreth 0-1-0.

Receiving: Iola — Harrison 1-13, Rhoads 1-10, Ashmore 3-15, Kauth 2-57, Morrison 1-14; AC — Gilbreth 1-23, Hilliard 1-29, Alley 1-9, Ratliff 1-6.

Defense: Iola — Rhoads, 11 tackles; Kauth, 3 tackles, 1 fum-ble recovery; McIntosh, 7 tack-les; Macha, 10 tackles; Heffern, 4 tackles; Whitworth, 2 tackles, 1 fumble recovery; McDonald, 7 tackles, 1 sack; Grover, 1 tackle; Misenhelter, 5 tackles, 1 fumble recovery; Maxwell, 5 tackles, 1 fumble recovery; Ashmore, 2 tackles; Larney, 1 tackle; Bad-ders, 1 tackle; Weir, 1 tackle.

Iola 39, Anderson County 21

H MustangsContinued from B1

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s John Whitworth leaps past would-be Anderson County High tacklers. Whitworth rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns in the Mustangs’ 39-21 season-ending victory.

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1 p.m. 1 p.m. 409 W. Mary, 409 W. Mary,

Yates Center, KS Yates Center, KS Seller: Cleo Seller: Cleo

Rayborn Estate Rayborn Estate For Sale Bill & Pictures, see For Sale Bill & Pictures, see www.allencountyauction.com www.allencountyauction.com

Allen County Allen County Auction Service Auction Service Phone - (620) 365-3178

Public Auction Bob & Helen Black

Sat., Nov. 3 • 10 a.m. 23469 2000 th Rd.,

Chanute ZTR Mowers

Wood Household Furniture Lots of Shop/Garage Items For complete auction listing visit www.auctionzip.com

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REAL ESTATE & PERSONAL REAL ESTATE & PERSONAL PROPERTY AUCTION PROPERTY AUCTION

1515 East St., Iola 1515 East St., Iola Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 • 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 • 11 a.m.

Selling 5 commercial lots on East Street (Hwy. 54) with a 2500 sq. ft. bldg. constructed in 1978 in good repair, presently operating clothes cleaning plant. The building could be used for a variety of different

businesses. For a complete description, terms and pictures, please see our website. We will offer real estate separately and then offer it with

the cleaning plant equipment. This is a good operating business. Should the cleaning plant equipment not sell with the real estate,

it may be offered separately. COME PREPARED TO BUY. See website for a complete list of cleaning equipment.

Also selling: ANTIQUE CAR: 1930 Model A Ford Coach in ANTIQUE CAR: excellent condition; ZERO TURN MOWER: practically new ZERO TURN MOWER:

Country Clipper zero turn 42” mower w/snow blade and chains, 9 actual hours; VAN: 1996 Econoline van; TRAILER: 8x10 factory VAN: TRAILER: built tandem axle flatbed trailer, like new w/title; GENERATOR: GENERATOR:

7.5 hp portable Homelite generator; MISC: 1977 Hondamatic cycle MISC: 13K actual miles; 1 lot of black metal pipe and fittings.

Owner selling because of health. Here is a great opportunity to purchase an ongoing business at auction.

Complete sale bill and pictures at kansasauctions.net/kurtz Allen County Cleaners - Glen Norman, Seller

TERMS: Cash or good check. Not responsible for accidents or loss. Announcements made sale day take precedence over printed advertising.

Darwin W. Kurtz, broker & auctioneer

(785) 448-4152 Exclusive agents for seller only

Petersen A uction Service

A uctioneers - D avid Peterson & B ruce M yres

1109 W . Fourth, C hanute 620-431-0849

C ell - 620-433-0682

A uctioneer’s N ote - See w ebsite for full sale bill and pictures of the sale item s at

d p etersenauction.com This is a very nice sale w ith lots of great antiques and

very nice furniture, pictures and guns.

Term s: Cash or approved check. N ot responsible for accidents.

Lunch & Soft D rinks Lunch & Soft D rinks w ill be available w ill be available

A ll property sold “A S IS”, “W H ERE IS” A ll sales final and statem ents

m ade day of sale take precendence over advertised m aterial.

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PUBLIC AUCTION Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012 • 5 p.m.

608 East Lincoln, Iola 3 pc blonde bedroom set; chrome dinette table and chairs; floral couch/hide-a-bed; recliner; upright freezer, newer good; 4 burner apartment size range (gas); 110 air conditioner; ceiling fan; shopping cart; metal rack; suitcases; coolers; floor fan; window fan; glasses; coffee mugs; flower pots; books; pictures; lawn chairs; shop vac; fishing rods; lots and lots of fishing tackle; golf clubs (2 sets); Coleman lantern; snow shovel; extension cord; hoses; lumber; hand tools Actioneers note: Small sale, very clean items owner has sold home and is moving.

Owner: Thora M. Shinn Terms: Cash or approved check. Not responsible for accidents or theft. Thompson Realty & Auction Service

15 N. State St., Iola, KS 66749 Office: 620-365-3197, Mobile: 620-496-7200 Contact the Iola Register staff at

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108.4 ACRES (80 TILLABLE), 80 ACRES (50 TILLABLE) West of Iola off 54 Highway. Call 620-380-6342 after 6:00 p.m. and weekends.

For Sale by Owner: LaHarpe, newly remodeled, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, central heat, 4 lots, $15,000, call 620-365-0972 for appointment.

DREAM HOME FOR SALE. 402 S. Elm, Iola, Grand 3-story

1897 home on 3 lots. 4,894 sq. ft. $190,000. call 620-365-

9395 for Susan Lynn or Dr. Brian Wolfe susanlynnks@yahoo.com. More info and pictures at

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Register/Bob JohnsonBrian Pekarek, superintendent of schools, delivered cakes to all USD 257 schools Friday morning to show appreciation for teachers and others involved daily in the education of local children. Greeting him at McKinley Elementary were, from left, Courtney Orth, secretary, Lori Maxwell, principal, and Deb Greenwall, librarian. Pekarek noted Walmart, which has been a partner of the district in many projects, provided the cakes at a reduced price.

LET THEM EAT CAKEBy JAN BILES

The Topeka Capital-Journal

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Sixteen-year-olds Ryan Woodman and Tristen Howard said they first heard about Man School from houseparents at The Villages Inc., where they and other youths live in structured, emotionally supportive group homes.

Woodman and Howard thought the 10- to 12-week program could help them learn how to be more re-sponsible and set them on a course for a better fu-ture.

“My dad told me one thing — take care of your family. Man School taught me how to do it,” said Woodman, who wants to join the military.

Howard, who plans to study architecture and carpentry after he gradu-ates from high school, said the program also taught him about the importance of thinking of others before self and keeping promises.

“If a man gives his word, then that’s what he’s going to do,” he said.

The idea for Man School originated about three years ago when Keith Ta-tum, chair of the Man School program and co-founder of Community Advocates for Social En-richment Inc., and Robert Soria, executive director and co-founder of CASE Inc., were talking about the need for at-risk young men to have a vision and purpose in life.

CASE Inc., a Topeka-

based nonprofit organiza-tion, provides mentoring, tutoring and community empowerment to youths and their families, par-ticularly those of African-American or Latino ori-gin.

Tatum and Soria envi-sioned a program to teach youths ages 14 to 17 how to be productive community members through skill-building, leadership devel-opment, youth empower-ment and volunteerism.

The curriculum would revolve around a series of topic-specific modules, ranging from personal goal-setting to profession-al development to manage-ment of personal finances. The youths also would participate in extracur-ricular activities, such as sports or volunteering.

Man School was offered as a pilot program in June 2011 at Highland Park High School. Nine Topeka youths participated in the session.

Tatum said after some tweaking to the curricu-lum to “make the program more receptive to different audiences,” Man School was offered last spring at the Boys and Girls Club of Topeka and this summer at Highland Park High School. Both programs

graduated 15 youths.“Now, we’re preparing

to do a Man School pro-gram with The Villages starting Nov. 2,” Tatum said, adding that another Man School course will be offered concurrently at the Boys and Girls Club of Topeka. “We’re still recruiting for the Nov. 2 program. We hope to get 20 (participants).”

Thomas Jackson, a Man School instructor, said the program helps the partici-pants establish goals for the future and strategies to reach those goals.

“How can I be before I become?” Jackson said. “If you take the right steps to get there, there will be fewer obstacles.”

Tatum said guest speak-ers from its community partners also share their insight and experience with the students. For ex-ample, Ryan Taber, of the United Way of Greater Topeka, spoke about vol-unteering and giving back to the community; a Hous-ing and Credit Counseling Inc. representative talked about finances; and David Carter, of the National Park Service/Brown v. Board National Historic Site, discussed racial is-sues and cultural aware-ness.

Teens learn at Man School

EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — The Butler County Sher-iff’s Office says two men were killed in separate traf-fic accidents in the county within hours of each other.

The first accident oc-curred Thursday night south of Augusta on High-way 77. A passerby found a man dead outside a vehicle. Butler County Sheriff Kel-ly Herzet identified the vic-tim as 38-year-old Charles White of Douglass.

Two girls, 2 and 3, suffered minor injuries and were tak-

en to a Wichita hospital.The second accident was

discovered early Friday. A passerby found a wrecked car on Kansas 254 east of Benton.

Herzet says the driver, Austin Taylor, 18, of Valley Center, was thrown from the vehicle and was dead at the scene.

How can I be before I become? If you take the right steps to get there, there will be fewer ob-stacles.”

— Thomas JacksonMan School instructor

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Separate accidents kill two

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A Salina man is jailed after being accused of starting a fire that forced more than a dozen people to evacuate their apartments.

Salina police say the 38-year-old man set the fire in a bed and trash can

while visiting an acquain-tance Wednesday night. He allegedly used a blow torch found in the apartment to start the fire.

The apartment resident, Paul J. Smith, suffered mi-nor injuries while trying to extinguish the fire.

Salina man arrested

State News

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JOHN HANNAAP Political Writer

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Mitt Romney is expected to roll up an easy victory in Republican-leaning Kan-sas, while Democrats con-template how much worse President Barack Obama’s showing will be than it was four years ago.

The state has been large-ly ignored in the presiden-tial race ahead of the Nov. 6 election, with both major parties assuming from the outset that its six electoral votes will go to Romney, the GOP nominee and a former Massachusetts governor. Obama energized many fel-low Democrats four years ago and captured nearly 42 percent of the vote, the best result for a Democratic can-didate in 20 years.

Since Obama’s election, conservative Kansas Re-publicans have made big strides by playing off the president and the federal health care overhaul that he championed. The rise of the tea party movement has also helped push the state’s politics hard to the right.

Obama also appears to have lost the support of some Kansans who em-

Romney expected to win Kansans’ votes

Tuesday’s playoff pairingsClass 4A

Jefferson West (5-4) at KC Piper (7-2)Baldwin (6-3) at Spring Hill (5-4)Chanute (5-4) at Paola (5-4)Columbus (4-5) at Girard (8-1)Atchison (6-3) at Tonganoxie (4-5)DeSoto (4-5) at Eudora (8-1)Louisburg (5-4) at Fort Scott (9-0)Frontenac (5-4) at Coffeyville (7-2)Hesston (5-4) at Holton (9-0)Winfield (4-5) at Wichita Collegiate (8-1)Hugoton (4-5) at Andale (8-1)Clay Center (6-3) at McPherson (8-1)Hayden (4-5) at Maize South (8-1)Rose Hill (4-5) at Mulvane (8-1)Buhler (6-3) at Ulysses (6-3)Abilene (2-7) at Concordia (7-2)

Class 3ACentral Heights (4-5) at Humboldt (7-2)Nemaha Valley (6-3) at Hiawatha (7-2)St. Marys (4-5) at Silver Lake (9-0)Burlington (4-5) at Wellsville (5-4)Galena (6-3) at Caney Valley (8-1)Sabetha (4-5) at Riley County (5-4)Pleasant Ridge (4-5) at Rossville (8-1)Neodesha (6-3) at Colgan (6-3)Wichita Independent (6-3) at Conway

Springs (8-1)Marion (4-5) at Garden Plain (9-0)Norton (7-2) at Sacred Heart (8-1)Cimarron (7-2) at Scott City (9-0)Chaparral (4-5) at Sedgwick (8-1)Haven (5-4) at Hillsboro (9-0)Ellsworth (5-4) at Beloit (9-0)Hoisington (5-4) at Holcomb (8-1)

Eight-Man IUdall (7-2) at Marmaton Valley (9-0)Marais des Cygnes Valley (6-3) at South Haven (9-0)Pike Valley (4-5) at Madison (8-1)Peabody (6-3) at Rock Hills (8-1)Kiowa County (6-3) at Solomon (7-1)Hoxie (7-2) at Hodgeman County (7-2)Pretty Praire (7-2) at St. John (8-1)Minneola (8-1) at Ness City (9-0)

Eight-Man IICrest (6-3) at South Barber (7-2)Goessel (6-3) at Baileyville B&B (9-0)Caldwell (5-4) at Waverly (9-0)Hanover (7-2) at Chase (7-2)Weskan (8-1) at Thunder Ridge (8-1)Rolla (7-2) at Otis-Bison (8-1)Beloit-St. John’s (8-1) at Sharon Springs (8-0)Victoria (6-3) at Fowler (8-1)

By The Associated PressArea scores

Iola 39, Anderson County 21Humboldt 61, Burlington 14Marmaton Valley 52, St. Paul 6Crest 52, Tyro Community Christian 6Waverly 69, Southern Coffey County 20Uniontown 36, Yates Center 22Fort Scott 24, Chanute 18

Statewide scoresAbilene 27, Smoky Valley 15Andale 42, Cheney 6Argonia 64, Burrton 6Arkansas City 30, Wichita West 14Atchison 42, KC Sumner 18Axtell 78, KC East Christian 14Baileyville-B&B 48, Blue Valley 0Beloit 64, Minneapolis 13Buhler 48, Nickerson 20BV North 42, BV Northwest 20Caldwell 52, Norwich 0Caney Valley 72, Erie 24Cedar Vale/Dexter 36, Udall 30Central Heights 38, Osage City 13Chaparral 60, Belle Plaine 20Chase 62, White City 8Cheylin 40, Triplains-Brewster 36Clifton-Clyde 2, Independence 0Coffeyville 41, Baxter Springs 12Columbus 32, Labette County 0Concordia 50, Clay Center 6Conway Springs 48, Douglass 24Deerfield 64, Satanta 18DeSoto 42, St. James Academy 28Ell-Saline 47, Bennington 0Eudora 20, Baldwin 0Eureka 40, Fredonia 16Fairfield 64, Macksville 18Flinthills 58, Hartford 34Galena 42, Riverton 12Garden Plain 60, Kingman 18Girard 7, Frontenac 6Goessel 42, Hope 28

Hanover 58, Frankfort 12Haven 35, Hutchinson Trinity 10Hesston 47, El Dorado 34Hiawatha 21, Sabetha 12Hillsboro 35, Halstead 8Hodgeman County 48, South Gray 0Hoisington 45, Hays-TMP-Marian 0Holcomb 34, Cimarron 14Holton 55, Royal Valley 6Hoxie 54, Rawlins County 8Independence 57, Parsons 28Ingalls 50, Bucklin 0Inman 49, Ellinwood 8Jefferson North 34, Valley Falls 14Jefferson West 13, Perry-Lecompton 6KC Piper 41, KC Bishop Ward 6KC Turner 44, KC Harmon 0KC Washington 45, KC Schlagle 0Kinsley 60, Pratt Skyline 42Lakin 65, Southwestern Hts. 0Lincoln 80, Canton-Galva 30Little River 38, Central Plains 34Madison 54, Centre 8Maize South 48, Circle 19Marais des Cygnes Valley 46, Pleasanton 0Marion 41, Moundridge 6McPherson 42, Chapman 24Minneola 64, Spearville 18Mission Valley 32, Council Grove 25Mulvane 39, Clearwater 0Nemaha Valley 33, Marysville 0Neodesha 39, Cherryvale 8Ness City 47, Hill City 0Northern Valley 50, Golden Plains 36Norton 20, Phillipsburg 7Oberlin-Decatur 29, Wichita County 0Oswego 58, Northeast-Arma 14Otis-Bison 76, Sylvan-Lucas 26Ottawa 20, Santa Fe Trail 8Paola 14, Louisburg 7Peabody-Burns 62, Lebo 48Pike Valley 60, Linn 14Pittsburg Colgan 40, South East 24

Pleasant Ridge 28, Atchison County 20Prairie View 40, Osawatomie 35Pratt 51, Larned 14Riley County 41, Rock Creek 0Riverside 37, Horton 6Rock Hills 56, Osborne 6Rolla 40, Moscow 30Rose Hill 42, Wichita Trinity 0Rossville 49, St. Mary’s 36Salina Sacred Heart 39, Lyons 6Scott City 55, Russell 0Sedan 49, Burlingame 0Sedgwick 51, Remington 14Silver Lake 53, Maur Hill-Mount Academy 0Solomon 20, Pretty Prairie 18South Barber 46, Cunningham 0South Central 60, Wichita Home School 16South Haven 52, Central Burden 14Southeast Saline 28, Ellsworth 7Southern Cloud 26, Tescott 6Spring Hill 35, Bonner Springs 21St. John 38, Kiowa County 32St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 52, Natoma 6St. John’s Military 31, Hutchinson Central Christian 6Stafford 50, Attica 0Stockton 56, Logan 26Thunder Ridge 64, Palco 0Tonganoxie 18, Basehor-Linwood 11Topeka Hayden 48, Wamego 28Trego 38, Quinter 20Ulysses 26, Hugoton 0Valley Heights 46, Oskaloosa 8Veritas Christian 52, Flint Hills Christian 6Victoria 56, Wilson 8Wakefield 46, Lakeside 14Wallace County 56, Wheatland-Grinnell 6Wellsville 42, West Franklin 7Weskan 52, Greeley County 6Wichita Collegiate 69, Augusta 7Wichita Independent 55, Bluestem 7Wichita Northwest 38, Wichita South 22Winfield 21, Wellington 7

Prep playoff schedule

Thursday’s high school football scores

WAVERLY — An impres-sive opening drive gave Southern Coffey County High the early momentum against undefeated Waverly High Thursday.

A 5-yard touchdown run by Turner Anderson gave the Titans a 6-0 lead.

But Waverly flexed some offensive muscle of its own, scoring 49 consecutive points.

Southern Coffey County scored a pair of touch-downs late in the contest, but it was too little, too late in a 69-20 loss.

The loss caps a 1-8 season for the Le Roy team.

“They have a dangerous up-tempo offense that’s hard to slow down and we made some mistakes that really fed into it,” Titan head coach Korey Lankton said. “Our defense strug-gled to make plays to make up for it in the first quarter. I thought we settled down more in the second quarter and made some improve-ments. We would make some good plays but our pass defense just couldn’t come up with a play.”

Waverly’s Tre’ Tyson scored three times in the first half, courtesy of two touchdown receptions and by recovering a blocked punt in the end zone. The Bulldogs led 30-6 after one quarter and 43-6 at half-time.

Another Waverly score opened the second half be-fore Walker Harred scored on a 35-yard touchdown run for the Titans. Chism Newkirk connected with Tyler Houston on a 13-yard touchdown pass with 6:38 left in the game to cap the Southern Coffey County scoring.

Anderson rushed nine times for 80 yards, while Harred had 55 yards on 10 carries. The Titans rushed for 206 yards as a team.

Newkirk completed 8 of 12 passes for 67 yards. Josiah Witteman had four

receptions for 34 yards. Houston also had 34 yards receiving, courtesy of two receptions.

Anderson led the Titan defense with nine tackles. Witteman had seven stops and a fumble recovery. Charlie Patterson had eight tackles. Harred registered seven tackles. Michael Hill had five tackles and a fum-ble recovery. Newkirk had six tackles.

“I’m proud of these boys,” Lankton said. “We made a lot of progress, and when kids work that hard but don’t get the re-sults they want on the scoreboard, it takes a lot of character to keep com-ing back to get better. They did, though, and I’m really excited about the future of this team. We have to im-prove on fundamentals, dis-cipline, and strength mov-ing forward.

“The seniors played hard during the year,” he con-tinued. “We really missed Luke Kraft (out with an in-jury) tonight, but I appreci-ate the positive character that Charlie (Patterson), Turner (Anderson), Luke and Colton (Toy) gave us this year.Southern Coffey Co.  6-0-8-6—20Waverly            30-13-12-14—69

SCC — Anderson 5 yd run (run failed)

Waverly — Sipe 30 yd run (Bai-ley run)

Waverly — Andrews 10 yd pass from Sipe (run failed)

Waverly — Tyson 30 yd pass from Sipe (Hagen pass from Sipe)

Waverly — Tyson recovered block punt for touchdown (Tyson pass from Sipe)

Waverly — Sipe 23 yd run (kick failed)

Waverly — Tyson 25 yd pass from Sipe (kick good)

Waverly — Foster 21 yd run (kick failed)

SCC — Harred 35 yd run (Witte-man pass from Newkirk)

Waverly — Andrews 29 yd pass from foster (kick failed)

SCC — Houston 13 yd pass from Newkirk (pass failed)

Waverly — Foster 35 yd run (pass good)

Waverly — 6 yd run (game end-ed)

Titans dropseason finale

Wildcats had difficulty covering the Cubs’ receivers.

Whitcomb consistently connect-ed with Tanner McNutt, Hayden Boring and Hunter Murrow.

Humboldt scored the first six touchdowns of the game, with two scoring receptions each from McNutt and Murrow, one from Noah Thornbrugh and one from Blake Crawford.

Whitcomb ran from 17 yards out for a touchdown midway through the second quarter. Whit-comb was particularly effective connecting with his receivers along the sidelines.

The theme continued in the second half.

As the Cubs filtered in some of their junior varsity players, the scoring slowed with a single touchdown in each of the two re-maining quarters. The officials

made the decision to run the clock in the fourth quarter.

Murrow led the Cubs in recep-tions with eight for 139 yards. McNutt garnered 145 yards on six receptions and Thornbrugh brought in four catches for 91 yards.

The Cubs held the Wildcats’ of-fense to only one touchdown in each half. The defense allowed 189 yards of total offense from the Burlington squad.

“I am very proud of our entire team for setting out and accom-plishing their goal of being dis-trict champions and having the opportunity to host a first-round playoff game,” Criss said.

While Humboldt has made the playoffs in six of the past 11 sea-sons, this is the Cubs’ first district championship since 1995.

Criss said every team is “0-0 right now” and the Cubs can-

not take their recent success for granted. They will not be satisfied with a district championship, and will work to prepare for the Vi-kings, Criss said.

“We have to be ready to go out and play four quarters of com-plete football — offense, defense and special teams,” he said.

Humboldt finished the regular season with a 7-2 overall record and a perfect district mark at 3-0.Humboldt 20-28-7-6—61Burlington 0-7-7-0—14

Humboldt — Thornbrugh 28 yd pass from Whitcomb (PAT blocked)

Humboldt — McNutt 25 yd pass from Whitcomb (Boring kick)

Humboldt — Murrow 24 yd pass from Whitcomb (Boring kick)

Humboldt — McNutt 21 yd pass from Whitcomb (Boring kick)

Humboldt — Whitcomb 17 yd run (Bor-ing kick)

Humboldt — Crawford 11 yd pass from Boring (Boring kick)

Burlington — Patrick 66 yd run (Whit-worth kick)

Humboldt — Murrow 14 yd pass from Whitcomb (Boring kick)

Burlington — Ratzlaff 45 yd pass from Whitworth (kick good)

Humboldt — Murrow 18 yd pass from Whitcomb (Boring kick)

Humboldt — Meins 84 yd pass from Sie-mens (kick failed)

Humboldt BurlingtonFirst Downs 30 6Rushing 22-99 31-160Passing yds 500 29Total Offense 599 189Passing 22-34-1 4-12-0Fumbles 0-0 2-2Punts 1/32 3/43Penalties 11-86 4-50

H HumboldtContinued from B1

By RONALD BLUMAP Sports Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Giants’ extended family lingered on the field long after the final out, posing for pictures and savoring the win. Cars honked in the streets out-side AT&T Park and fans celebrated in the bars.

San Francisco is half-way to the World Series title, not all the way there. Yet, after two days of ben-eficial bounces and pivotal plays that went their way, the Giants and their sup-porters seem to think the team’s second champion-ship in three years is only a couple of days away.

“When things are going well,” Marco Scutaro said, “things are bouncing your way.”

Madison Bumgarner pitched two-hit ball over

seven innings, the Giants threw out a runner at the plate and then took advan-

tage of a bunt that stayed fair to push across the go-ahead run in a 2-0 win

over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night that gave them a World Series edge.

“It’s a lot less stress-ful for sure,” Bumgarner said, “but I don’t think we can stop pushing or we’re going to find ourselves in the same spot we’ve been in in the last two series.”

And that would be on the brink of elimination.

San Francisco lost its first two games against Cincinnati, then became the first baseball team to overcome an 0-2 deficit in a best-of-five series by win-ning three straight on the road. Then the Giants fell into 1-3 hole against St. Louis before rallying to reach the World Series.

“It’s great to get off to a good start,” Giants man-ager Bruce Bochy said. “We don’t, believe me, take anything for granted.”

Giants gain upper hand with 2-0 win

Nhat V. Meyer/San Jose Mercury News/MCT San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner throws against the Detroit Tigers in the fifth inning in Game 2 of the 2012 World Series Thurs-day. Play resumes tonight at 7 o’clock in Detroit.

By DAVE SKRETTAAP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two teams floun-dering near the bottom of the standings, meeting in late October, shouldn’t be enough to stoke the pas-sions of fan bases weary of losing.

Unless it’s the Chiefs and Raiders.

There are few fiercer rivalries than this AFC West matchup of teams with proud traditions that have fallen on the hardest of times. This will be their 107th meeting, and so rare-ly has so little been on the line when they’ve met this early in a season.

The Raiders are 2-4 after rallying for an overtime win over the Jaguars last Sunday, while the Chiefs got a much needed week off following a miserable 1-5 start.

“Any game, you’re al-ways desperate to get a win,” Raiders defensive tackle Richard Seymour

said, “and you can throw the records out in this game, when you look at the Raiders and Chiefs. It’s always hard-fought foot-ball and I don’t expect any-thing less this Sunday.”

Hard-fought might be a relative description this time, though.

The Raiders have won five straight at Arrowhead Stadium, but they haven’t won on the road since the last time they visited Kan-sas City last December. That includes a 35-13 rout at Miami and a 37-6 spank-ing by the Broncos earlier this season.

Kansas City is 3-10 over its last 13 games at Ar-rowhead, once regarded as the loudest and most intimidating venue in the NFL. That includes blow-out losses to Atlanta and San Diego and a 9-6 defeat to Baltimore that only Bronko Nagurski could have loved.

Things have been so bad that Chiefs fans hired an

airplane to tow a banner at their last home game ask-ing for the general manag-er to be fired and the quar-terback to be benched.

Well, they got at least half of what they wanted.

Scott Pioli is still call-ing the shots in Kansas City, but Matt Cassel has become one of the NFL’s most highly paid backups. Brady Quinn started in his place two weeks ago at Tampa Bay when Cassel wasn’t cleared to play fol-lowing a concussion, and over the off week, coach Romeo Crennel made the decision to stick with the former first-round draft pick under center.

“Look, they’re a divi-sion opponent. It’s a big game for us. Our focus is purely on the task at hand, and the objectives we’re trying to accomplish,” said Quinn, no stranger to intense AFC West ri-valries after spending last season in Denver.

“We need every single

person rooting for us and cheering for us, come good or bad.”

There’s been no short-age of bad this season, though Cassel’s a big part of that.

He was completing 58 percent of his passes for 230 yards of game, most of that when games were out of hand. His nine intercep-tions and five fumbles lost made him more turnover prone than just about any other NFL team through their first five games.

Quinn was 22 of 38 for 180 yards with two inter-ceptions — both on tipped passes — at Tampa Bay.

“We haven’t seen him in a while, so what we saw last game in Tampa, I thought he managed the game well,” Crennel said. “He showed some poise in the course of the game, and as I mentioned, he was rusty. I think that he will get better with more reps and also more play-ing time.”

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Chevrolet drivers comprise half the 12-man Chase for the Sprint Cup field, though one, Dale Earnhardt Jr., has been inactive for two races while recovering from a concussion.

Counting Regan Smith, Earn-hardt’s substitute (Earnhardt doesn’t get points for races in which he can’t compete), all of the top Chevy driv-ers finished in the top 11 at Kansas Speedway.

But the best Chevy finish was a surprise. Paul Menard, whose only Cup victory to date occurred at In-dianapolis in 2011, finished third. Understandably, he liked the new Kansas surface better than most.

“I was pleasantly surprised with it,” he said. “Any time you repave a track, you expect the worst: single groove, hard to pass. We’ve been breaking a lot of track records with all the repaves this year. Would I rather have the old surface? I would. But, with the surface falling apart, they had to do something.”

It came around — Lots of drivers crashed at Kansas, including even the winner, Matt Kenseth. It ended up being not so bad.

“(The car was) pretty good until I

got into the wall,” Kenseth said. “We had to come and fix it. It actually turned out to be some good fortune. It didn’t slow the car down and (at the end) I had more fuel than anybody. They had to wait to fill their tanks up, and we got our tank full faster, plus we had a really good pit stop, were able to pass all those guys. It put me out front and gave us a chance.”

Unexpected action — It’s not un-usual for a new track surface to pro-duce record speeds. Nor is it unusual for a new surface to make passing difficult. What was unusual at Kansas was the extraordinary incidence of crashes.

“It was crazy,” Jimmie Johnson said. “It’s weird that all the cautions came back. Now we see this type of driving at all the race tracks, but we don’t get cautions out of it, and today we got a lot of cautions out of it.

“Restarts were pretty wild. You had to run so hard that, when something happened and you lost grip, the car just stood up on the tires, and you couldn’t control it and the guys were sliding everywhere.”

Simmering — Kyle Busch said Ryan Newman wrecked him and vowed to

get even before season’s end. New-man would admit to no blame.

“I’m no real sure (what happened) other than the fact that he (Busch) got loose and I ended up hitting him in the middle of (turns) three and four and spinning him around,” he said. “Then we got clobbered by the No. 22 (Sam Hornish Jr.).

“A chain of events, but he (Busch) just got loose in front of me, and it’s so fast here, it’s hard to check up when he is getting sideways.”

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Menard comes up with a Kansas surpriseBy Monte DuttonNASCAR This Week

A WILD DAY FOR MANY

� New pavement resulted in the most perilous Kansas Speedway race ever, complete with a record 14 caution flags. That number is the most of any race this year to date and the most ever at the 1.5-mile track.� Tony Stewart came back

to finish seventh after an extraordinary save in which he miraculously kept his Chevy out of contact with the inside wall after spinning out. As Stewart once said, “It might not be possible, but you’ve got to try.”� Dale Earnhardt Jr. is likely

to be competing at Martinsville, but he must undergo evaluation before being officially deemed fit to compete. His status was still unknown at press time.� The rash of caution fl ags was

instrumental in Jimmie Johnson recovering from his own crash to fi nish ninth. Rapid-fi re caution fl ags gave Chad Knaus and crew time to patch up the No. 48 Chevy. He never lost a lap and claimed ninth-place.� Chase leader Brad Kes-

elowski managed to keep his edge with a comeback of his own. Keselowski is still seven points ahead of Johnson after an eighth-place finish.� Time will probably take

care of the problems drivers experienced on Kansas’ brand-new surface. It’s probably going to take at least a year, though, for the track to age a bit and for drivers to become accustomed to it.

By Monte DuttonNASCAR This Week

Three weeks ago, Talladega Superspeedway’s Sprint Cup race greatly rearranged the standings in NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup.

It could’ve happened again but, miraculously, it didn’t.A new track surface, featuring variable banking,

turned the Hollywood Casino 400 into a Damnation Al-ley of sorts. The race featured a record 14 caution flags, most for wrecks. Some drivers slammed the various walls of the 1.5-mile track because of tire failures. Others just spun suddenly out of control.

Brad Keselowski, the Cup points leader, struggled for most of the day. Attrition helped him come back to finish eighth. When Jimmie Johnson crashed his Chevy, which was dominating the race at the time, some pro-nounced his title chances over. They ate their words. Taking advantage of subsequent caution flags, the five-time champion’s crew managed to miraculously repair the car and keep their driver on the lead lap.

Keselowski finished eighth. Johnson was ninth. The effect on the Chase was nil. Keselowski began the race leading Johnson by seven points, and that was his mar-gin at the end.

“I don’t even know how to explain it,” Keselowski said with a bit of a sigh. “I’m ready to go home and have a couple beers.

“It was just a long day. Everybody has been asking all season long, ‘Where have all the cautions been?’ The answer is that they flew to Kansas, because there was caution after caution, and it seemed like every wreck seemed to happen in front of me … We dodged a bullet. Whew! Just a tough day.”

The wild afternoon in Kansas City, Kan., did bring a couple of drivers back in the picture. Denny Hamlin is now 20 points back. Clint Bowyer (-25) and Kasey Kahne (-30) picked up some ground.

The same can’t be said for the race winner. By win-ning two of the past three races, Matt Kenseth has picked up only 17 points on Keselowski and is still 55 behind. For a long time, it looked as if Aric Almirola, driving one of Richard Petty’s Fords, might actually win, but he crashed along with many others.

“We blew another right-front (tire),” Almirola said. “It was a big hit and I lost my breath there for a minute, so I had to collect my thoughts.

“I am disappointed. I have never in my entire life had a race car that good. It was so fast and so easy to drive.”

All times EasternSprint Cup SeriesTums Fast Relief 500, 1 p.m., Sunday

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Truck SeriesKroger 200, 1:30 p.m., Saturday

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2012 POINTS STANDINGSSprint Cup Series Pts.1. Brad Keselowski 2,2502. Jimmie Johnson - 73. Denny Hamlin - 204. Clint Bowyer - 255. Kasey Kahne - 306. Martin Truex Jr. - 437. Tony Stewart - 478. Jeff Gordon - 519. Matt Kenseth - 5510. Kevin Harvick - 5911. Greg Biffle - 6212. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 122

Nationwide Series1. Elliott Sadler 1,1362. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - 63. Austin Dillon - 264. Sam Hornish Jr. - 985. Michael Annett - 1506. Justin Allgaier - 1627. Cole Whitt - 2238. Mike Bliss - 3169. Brian Scott - 37810. Danica Patrick - 394

Camping World Truck Series1. Ty Dillon 6792. James Buescher - 13. Timothy Peters - 264. Parker Kligerman - 345. Joey Coulter - 506. Matt Crafton - 567. Justin Lofton - 868. Nelson Piquet Jr. - 959. Johnny Sauter - 13710. Miguel Paludo - 140

John Clark/NASCAR This WeekA wild day at repaved Kansas Speedway helped a few Chase drivers like Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne. It also was frustrating for some like Greg Biffle and current points leader Brad Keselowski, above, who kept his lead while finishing eighth.

Race: Tums Fast Relief 500Where: Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (.526 mi.), 500 laps/263 miles.When: Sunday, Oct. 28.Last year’s winner: Tony Stewart, Chevy.Qualifying record: Tony Stewart, Chevy, 98.083 mph, Oct. 21, 2005.Race record: Jeff Gordon, Chevy, 82.223 mph, Sept. 22, 1996.Last race: A cool head came in handy at Kansas Speedway, and no one in NASCAR is cooler than Matt Kenseth, who overcame a crash to win for the third time this season and second time in the past three races. Martin Truex Jr.’s Toyota finished second to Kenseth’s Ford.

Race: O’Reilly Auto Parts ChallengeWhere: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth (1.5 mi.), 200 laps/300 miles.When: Saturday, Nov. 3.Last year’s winner: Trevor Bayne, FordQualifying record: Jeff Green, Chevy, 193.493 mph, April 5, 2002.Race record: Kyle Busch, Toyota, 151.707 mph, April 5, 2008.Last race: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., once two laps down, won at Kansas Speedway when Kyle Busch’s Toyota ran out of fuel on the final lap, largely because overtime extended the race by six laps. Ford driver Stenhouse shaved Elliott Sadler’s points edge to six.

Race: Kroger 200Where: Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (.526 mi.), 200 laps/105.2 miles.When: Saturday, Oct. 27.Last year’s winner: Denny Hamlin, Toyota.Qualifying record: Matt Crafton, Chevy, 96.352 mph, Oct. 29, 2011.Race record: Jon Wood, Ford, 72.069 mph, Oct. 8, 2003.Last race: Parker Kligerman claimed his first career victory, winning the Fred’s 250 at Tal-ladega after enduring five runner-up finishes in the past two seasons. Another Toyota driver, Johnny Sauter, finished second, ahead of the Chevys of James Buescher and Ty Dillon.

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Wild-Card MagicKansas fun for some, frustrating for Brad Keselowski

Martinsville All About HistoryThe Tums Fast Relief 500 will mark the 128th

race in NASCAR’s premier series for Martinsville Speedway. The first was Red Byron’s victory on Sept. 25, 1949. Ryan Newman won the most recent on April 1 of this year. Richard Petty competed 67 times at Martinsville, winning a record 15 times. Son Kyle Petty never won at the .526-mile track in 54 tries.

VERSUS

Patrick took exception to Cassill’s tactics and apparently decided to spin his car out during Kansas’ Hollywood Casino 400. The chief problem was that Patrick wrecked herself. Crew chief Greg Zipadelli told Patrick via radio that she ought to know better.

NASCAR This Week’s Monte Dutton gives his take: “Patrick is planning to run Sprint Cup full-time next year. She still has a lot to learn.”

DANICA PATRICK VS. LANDON CASSILL

Ford FrustrationsNo Ford driver has won

at Martinsville Speedway since 2002, meaning that 19 races have passed since the last Blue Oval tri-umph. Chevy drivers have won the past three races at the .526-mile oval … and 12 of the aforemen-tioned 19. Toyotas won six

times, and the only Dodge victory at Martinsville since 1975 went to Rusty Wallace in 2004. Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart drove Chevys to victory lane in 2011, and Ryan Newman added the race run earlier this season.

� Who’s hot: Matt Kenseth won for the third time overall and second time in three weeks but still has quite the uphill struggle. ... Jimmie Johnson’s crew did a remarkable job of repairing his Chevy and enabling him to remain in title contention.� Who’s not: Greg Biffl e crashed at Kansas and lost fi ve positions (sixth to 11th) in the Cup standings. ... Aric Almirola looked like an upset winner until he also crashed and had to settle for 29th.

Greed Not Good For FansThis Week welcomes letters to the editor, but

please be aware that we have room for only a few each week. We’ll do our best to select the best, but individual replies are impossible due to the bulk of mail received. Please do not send stamped and self-addressed envelopes with your letters, which should be addressed to: NASCAR This Week, The Gaston Gazette, P.O. Box 1538, Gastonia, N.C. 28053. Send emails to mdutton@gastongazette.com, ATTN: NTW question

Dear NASCAR This Week, Reading about the new eight-year deal with FOX to cover NASCAR shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. If they can’t fill the seats, sell them to the TV network. With sky-high fuel prices combined with ever-increasing lodging costs, the evidence is clear. Shrinking crowds at the recent NASCAR events reflect what I’ve been saying for the past couple of years. As past season-ticket holders for both Atlanta and Bristol, my wife and I and our small party could just no longer afford the absolute sky-high motel rates, especially at Bristol. It’s not NASCAR’s fault; it’s the greed around each track. That greed has killed the goose that laid the golden eggs for those folks.

A stay-at-home viewer/fan,David Qualkenbush

Huntingburg, Ind.

We sympathize. NASCAR isn’t the only major sport where hard-core, longtime fans are being forced to watch on TV because they can’t afford the high costs.

Patrick Cassill

Newman

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