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A LESSON IN RESILIENCE

Partially bare shelves are evidence of a massive sale Don Dielbolt recently held at Diebolt Lumber to raise some fast cash. The five-day sale results were enough to keep the doors open.

Register/Susan Lynn

Big sale keeps Diebolt in businessBy SUSAN LYNN

susan@iolaregister.comLAHARPE — Don Diebolt had

to act fast.In less than a week he had to

raise $1 million to satisfy loan requirements, or risk losing his business.

From Dec. 6 through this past Monday he held a sale at his lumberyard east of LaHarpe. By Tuesday, he averted default. Of the money the sale raised, $500,000 went to reduce a $2 mil-

lion loan and the other $500,00 will be used as operating capital.

From 7 a.m. to midnight for five days straight he and his crew conducted the massive sale, which started at 20 percent off and increased to 40 percent off on the last day of the sale.

“That’s how you raise cash — fast,” he said. “I traded inven-tory for dollars.”

Monday’s sale garnered 1,056 transactions. “We didn’t exactly make money that day, but we

raised cash, which was our goal,” he said Wednesday afternoon.

Each day as the prices were slashed, sales grew. Thursday’s transaction tally was 200, Friday, 300, Saturday, 518, Sunday, 670 and then Monday’s bonanza.

The bulk of the money raised came during the first two days when lumber, insulation and drywall were sold. “That was all gone by the end of the third day,” he said.

28 dead in Conn.school shooting

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A man opened fire Friday inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as young-sters cowered in their class-rooms and trembled helplessly to the sound of gunfire reverber-ating through the building.

The killer, armed with two handguns, committed suicide and another person was found dead at a second scene, bringing the toll to 28, authorities said.

The attack, coming less than two weeks before Christmas, was the nation’s second-dead-liest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech mas-sacre that left 33 people dead in 2007.

Panicked parents raced to Sandy Hook Elementary School, about 60 miles northeast of New York City, looking for their chil-dren. Students were told to close their eyes by police as they were led from the building.

Schoolchildren — some cry-ing, others looking frightened — were escorted through a park-ing lot in a line, hands on each other’s shoulders.

“Our hearts are broken to-day,” a tearful President Barack Obama, struggling to maintain composure, said at the White House. He called for “mean-ingful action” to prevent such shootings.

Youngsters and their par-ents described teachers locking doors and ordering the children to huddle in the corner or hide

in closets when shots echoed through the building. Authori-ties said the shootings took place in two rooms, but they gave no details on exactly how they un-folded.

A law enforcement offi-cial identified the gunman as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, the son of a teacher. A second law en-forcement official said his moth-er, Nancy Lanza, was presumed dead.

Adam Lanza’s older brother, 24-year-old Ryan, of Hoboken, N.J., was being questioned, the first official said. Earlier, a law enforcement official mistakenly identified Ryan as the shooter.

Both officials spoke on the condition of anonymity be-cause they were not authorized to speak on the record about the unfolding investigation.

Mayor: Iola in housing crisisBy BOB JOHNSON

bob@iolaregister.comMayor Bill Shirley won’t decide

until early January whether to seek re-election. Even so, he has definite thoughts about the direc-tion Iola should take in 2013 and beyond.

At the top of the list are more housing and infrastructure im-provements.

Housing is heavy on his mind. He pointed out Iola’s population has slipped below 6,000, in part because of houses lost to the flood of 2007.

“We need housing to attract some of those who are driving here every day to work at Gates and Russell Stover,” the mayor

Efforts to increase its housing stock should be a goal for Iola in 2013 and beyond, said Mayor Bill Shirley, standing in front of the Cedarbrook-area residential development.

Register/Bob Johnson

McGuffin elected as ACC board member

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By STEVEN SCHWARTZsteven@iolaregister.com

Ken McGuffin, Iola, was ap-pointed to the Allen Community College board of trustees Thurs-day night to fill Jim Talkington’s position, who has resigned to be-come a county commissioner.

The decision came after presen-tations were made by candidates Mike McKinnis and McGuffin. The vote was 3-2 in favor of McGuffin.

“What the college provides to the community, I can not say enough,” McGuffin said. “This is a tremen-dous opportunity.”

McGuffin graduated from ACC with his associates degree in 1963, then known as Iola Junior College, where he met his wife, Kit. He then began his teaching career at Hum-boldt High, before moving to Iola Middle School for eight years. He served as McKinley Elementary principal and Jefferson Elementa-ry principal before retiring in 1999. McGuffin received his bachelor’s degree in education from Pittsburg State University. He has two mas-ter’s degrees from the University

of Kansas — one in geography and the other in administration.

McGuffin said he appreciates the opportunity that a community college can provide to young stu-dents to jumpstart their education and career. He said two of his three sons, Kyle and Kevin, went to com-munity colleges, and were greatly affected by their experience — his other son, Kurt, went to Kansas State University.

The close decision of the ap-pointment to the board was no surprise. McKinnis, formerly an employee with ACC, presented his case to the board — making it a dif-ficult decision for the voting mem-bers.

McKinnis is currently an eco-nomics professor at PSU, but said leaving his position at ACC was “like tearing my skin off.”

McKinnis suggested his busi-ness and accounting background would be helpful to the board, though he admitted that he doesn’t “have a political bone in his body.”

Talkington’s position is open through 2015, and McGuffin will

maintain it until it requires re-elec-tion. The positions of board mem-bers Harvey Rogers, Neal Barclay and Jenny Spillman are up for re-election in early 2013 as well.

IN OTHER NEWS, council members accepted Anna Catter-son’s letter of resignation from the college — effective immediately.

ACC President John Master said Catterson, a computer science

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Facility plan approved

By STEVEN SCHWARTZsteven@iolaregister.com

Representatives from Bartlett & West presented their proposed facilities master plan to Allen Community College board mem-bers Thursday night.

Members accepted the pro-posed plan, agreeing to pay the engineering firm based out of To-peka $105,000 in four installments over the next six to seven months.

Wendy Van Duyne and Tim Dieker represented the firm, and outlined the plan for the board, from start to finish.

“We are looking forward to working with Allen County and

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Jaxson Wiltse, on saxophone, and Hannah St. Clair on clarinet, play at Thursday night’s Iola Middle School winter program.

Parents carry their children as they leave Sandy Hook Elemen-tary School in Newtown, Conn., Friday.

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Not so silent night Register/Allison Tinn

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Bill LeeWilliam R. “Bill” Lee, 71,

Iola, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City.

Bill was born Nov. 29, 1941, in Tulsa, Okla., the son of William and Mil-dred (Moon) Lee. He grew up in Oklahoma City. Af-ter graduating from Okla-homa State University he moved to Michigan, where he worked for General Mo-tors Chevrolet Division.

On May 22, 1965, Bill married Karen Sydenham. They made their home in Michigan and Ohio before moving to Iola in 1976. He worked for Berg Manufac-turing until 1980, when he partnered in the own-ership and development of Tramec. Bill retired in 2011.

He served as a drill sergeant in the Army Re-serves. He was a member of Iola Masonic Lodge and Mirza Temple, Iola Elks

L o d g e , and Allen C o u n t y C o u n -try Club, w h e r e he was an avid golfer.

He is survived

by his wife, Karen L. Lee; two sons, Brian and wife Jenelle, Joplin, and Barry, Chicago; a daughter, Tracy Lee, Lawrence, and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Carol.

Cremation has taken place and inurnment will be at a later date. Memori-als to the Polycystic Kid-ney Disease Foundation may be left at Waugh-Yo-kum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola. Online con-dolences for the family may be left at www.iolafu-neral.com.

Driver arrestedBucky N. Rayburn, Iola, was arrested by Allen County

officers on U.S. 169 shortly after 4 a.m. Friday for failure to register a vehicle and failure to have proof of liability insurance. He was taken to the Allen County Jail and later released on bond.

Obituaries

Bill Lee

The Iola Public Library will close for the Christmas holiday Dec. 24 at noon and will reopen Dec. 26 at 9:30 a.m.

The following week it will close for the New Year holi-day at noon on Dec. 31 and will reopen Jan. 2 at 9:30 a.m.

Sunny skiesToday, mostly sunny.

Highs in the mid 50s. South-west winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

Tonight, partly cloudy. Colder. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.

Sunday, mostly sunny. Highs near 50. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning.

Sunrise 7:30 a.m. Sunset 5:03 p.m.

TemperatureHigh Thursday 57Low Thursday night 39High a year ago 44Low a year ago 33

Precipitation24 hours ending 7 a.m Friday 0This month to date .01Total year to date 27.29Def. since Jan. 1 9.73

Library to close for holidays

Mabel Ellis Mabel Irene Ellis of

Denton, Texas, passed away peacefully on Dec. 13, 2012, at age 99. She was born Sept. 24, 1913, in Car-lyle. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1931 and attended both Wichita and Pittsburg business colleges.

She taught one year at Cherry Grove Country School.

Mabel married Paul Herbert Ellis in 1938 and they moved to Iola, where Paul was manager of Ellis Motor Company.

In 1964, Paul and Mabel moved to Denton, Texas, where they opened Den-ton Dodge. They operated the dealership until their retirement in 1988.

Mabel was an accom-plished pianist, playing for her high school glee club and later for her church, St. John’s Catho-lic Church, Iola. She was a member of Immacu-late Conception Catholic Church, Denton.

Survivors include two sons and their wives, Her-bert Ellis (Ruth), Sanger, Texas, and Steve Ellis (Mary Kay), Spring, Texas; grandchildren, Janie Ellis Bill, Sanger, Mike Ellis, Phoenix, Ariz., Stephanie Moore, Spring, and Allison Miller, Danville, Calif..; step-grandchildren, Heath

A l l e n , J e n n i -fer Al-len, and J u s t i n M c G u f -fin; and e i g h t g r e a t -g r a n d -c h i l -

dren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul.

Visitation and a rosary will be at DeBerry Fu-neral Directors, Denton, on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. with rosary at 6 p.m. Dea-con Emelio “Popo” Gonza-lez will officiate.

Funeral services will be at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Den-ton on Monday at 11 a.m. with Father Tim Thomp-son officiating. Rosary will be at Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Chapel, Iola, on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Buri-al will be on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Humboldt under the direc-tion of Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Immaculate Concep-tion Catholic School or to the Monsignor Charles King Emergency Out-reach Center, both at 2255 N. Bonnie Brae, Denton, Texas 76201.

Mabel Ellis

Grayce Spencer was given an award of recognition during the Marmaton Valley Elementary Christmas program Wednesday evening. From left are Aly Ard, Kendall Scharff, Jenni Armstrong, Spencer and Mykala Ard. Spencer began her teaching career in Eureka in 1952, before teaching for 22 years with Marmaton Val-ley public schools. She retired in 1992.

Courtesy photo

A lifetime of education

DISTRICT COURTJudge Daniel Creitz

Civil cases filed:John W. Hughes vs. Merle

L. Beeman, et al., automo-bile tort. Sharaa L. Hock-ett vs. Justin L. Anderson, protection from abuse. State of Kansas vs. Tythan S. Hamilton, non-divorce visitation, custody. State of Kansas vs. Grace L. Jones, non-divorce visitation, cus-tody. Michael S. Dewey vs. Misty D. Dewey, divorce.

MAGISTRATE COURTJudge Thomas Saxton

Convicted of speeding or other violations with fines assessed:

Darren W. Stewart, Tulsa, 80/65, $173. Andrea N. Starr, Garnett, 85/65, $203. Milada R. Kilmes, Humboldt, 77/65, $155. Stephanie R. Jones, Independence, 75/65, $143. Colton L. Jones, Moran, miscellaneous hunting vio-lations, no hunter orange, $233. Zachary D. Hutton, Iola, 76/65, $149. Carolgene Billen, Owasso, 75/65, $143. Theresa L. Waack, Jop-lin, Mo., 75/65, $143. Jack A. Hale, Humboldt, disor-derly conduct, $310. Gavin M. Wilson, Iola, purchase and consumption of liquor by a minor, alcohol educa-tion course, seven days jail suspended for six months probation, $420. Luis N. Gomez, Humboldt, inter-ference with a law enforce-ment officer, $640. Rodney L. Beaman, Humboldt, hunting without consent from a property owner, $460. Samantha A. Dobogai, Kansas City, 77/65, $180. Heidi J. Kralicek, Mulberry, 77/65, $236. Frank F. Stoldt, Iola, 45/35, $143. Richard A. Clift, Wellington, 63/35, $275. Venessa Weohr-Said, Iola, 48/35, $161. Austin P.

Bond, Tulsa, 78/65, $161. Fahim A. Khan, Algonquin, Ill., violation of child pas-senger safety restraining systems, $158.Convicted of no seat belt and fined $10:

Terry L. Hurteau, Pleas-anton.Diversion agreements with fines assessed:

Darren Sellman, Iola, transporting an open con-tainer, $388. Bradford A. Beck, Fort Scott, 48/35, $186. Michael C. Liem, Lenexa, 79/65, $192.Failing to appear:

Darren D. Embry, Kansas City, 81/65. Franklin W. Acy III, Wright City, Mo., fail-ure to yield at a stop sign. Daniel K. Williams, Tulsa, 79/65. Eugene Hitchcock, Ava, Mo., failure to wear a seatbelt. Juvenile dispositions:

Darian C. Rubow, pur-chase and consumption of liquor by a minor, 20 hours community service, 500-word essay on “The Effects of Alcohol on the Body,” $281. Stevon J. Edwards, possession of hallucino-genic drugs, 40 hours com-munity service, 500-word essay on “The Effect of Marijuana on the Body,” alcohol/drug evaluation, $381. Paiton M. True, pur-chase and consumption of liquor by a minor, 20 hours community service, 500-word essay on “The Effects of Alcohol on the Body,” $281.Criminal cases filed:

Justin R. Westerman, Iola, criminal restraint, do-mestic battery, disorderly conduct. Wendolyn R. Wy-coff, Chanute, criminal deprivation of property. Dylan J. Reser, Gas City, aggravated endangerment

of a child. Christopher E. Campbell, Moran, disor-derly conduct. Lisa Hed-man, LaHarpe, distribution of hallucinogenic drugs, three counts, possession of paraphernalia, two counts, no drug tax stamp, posses-sion of illegal drugs. An-drew L. Garner, LaHarpe, distribution of hallucino-genic drugs, two counts, possession of hallucino-genic drugs, violation of controlled substance laws, possession of parapherna-lia, two counts, no drug tax stamp.Civil contract cases filed:

Equable Ascent Finan-cial, LLC vs. Martin J. Canfield, debt collection. Capital One Bank vs. Kasha K. Lower, debt collection. Capital One Bank vs. Drew T. Roush, debt collection.Small claims filed:

John A. Travers vs. Dar-ryl E. Hultz. Raymond E.

Cooper vs. Bob Dinger. IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT

Judge Thomas SaxtonConviction of speeding or other violations with fines assessed:

Morgan Bennett, Iola, no seat belt, $10. Sharlyn Bradfield, LaHarpe, 40/30, $140. Dennis Christian, Al-toona, no vehicle liability insurance, illegal vehicle tag, $530. Zach Danford, Iola, inattentive driving, $180. Anthony Hipple Jr., Stoddard, N.H., transport-ing open container, $180. Sydney Koon, Bronson, inattentive driving, $180. Jennifer Ladd, Iola, acts of animal cruelty, 30 days jail suspended for six months probation, $180. Ricky Mi-chael, Iola, no seat belt, $10. Marcus Morrison, Iola, no vehicle liability insurance, $410. Timothy Riley, Tope-ka, 45/35, $140. Sue Tucker, Iola, 35/30, $140.

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instructor, has taken a po-sition with Neosho County Community College for the spring semester. The position will entail design-ing online classes and pro-grams for NCCC.

— Steve Troxel, vice pres-ident for finance and opera-tions, made a proposal for ACC to move from Kan-ed to KanREN, the Kansas Research and Education Network, for its video and internet services.

Troxel said after cuts from the state legislature, Kan-ed will be nullified and ACC will lose its connec-tion.

Board members ap-proved the motion to accept KanREN for the services.

Troxel said he has been in contact with Peak Up-time, a company that is completing the technology road map for ACC.

“This came at a bad time, because we are completing the technology road map,” Troxel said.

He said Peak Uptime is currently researching better bids for video and Internet services, and will report findings to the board for next month’s meeting.

— Board members ac-cepted amendments to the

enrollment and class drop/add policies.

Cynthia Jacobson, vice president for student af-fairs, said the policies have not been revised since 1997 and many things “did not match up” with ACC’s cur-rent policies. She said ACC did not have online regis-tration or courses when the original policies were writ-ten.

Jacobson said important revisions include when a student may withdraw from an online course and on-campus course. Accord-ing to the new policy, stu-dents may add or drop a full-semester course with-in 14 calendar days, or six calendar days for 8-week courses.

Jacobson said students may withdraw from full-semester courses with a “w” instead of “incom-plete” within 70 class-days, or 35 class-days for 8-week courses.

— Board members ap-proved tuition changes for the 2013-14 semester.

Masterson said there will be a $4 per credit-hour raise in tuition for the semester, which amounts to approxi-mately $250,000 raised total in tuition. There will be no increase in fees for the stu-dents.

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Community of Christ East 54 Hwy., Iola

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

Wednesday Evening Prayer as announced

Gary Murphey, pastor (620) 365-2683

Covenant of Faith Christian Center

407 N. Chestnut, Iola

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

Rev. Philip Honeycutt (620) 365-7405

First Baptist Church

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

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

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

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

(620) 365-2779

Carlyle Presbyterian Church

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

service

Steve Traw, pastor

St. Timothy ’ s Episcopal Church

202 S. Walnut, Iola

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

Rev. Jan Chubb (620) 365-7306

Moran United Methodist Church First and Cedar Streets

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

EVERYONE WELCOME Rev. Young-Gil Bahng

(620) 237-4442

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

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

(620) 365-2833

Grace Lutheran Church

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

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

Rev. Bruce Kristalyn (620) 365-6468

St. John ’ s Catholic Church

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

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

(September through May) Confessions Saturday

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

(620) 365-3454

Fellowship Regional Church

214 W. Madison, Iola Saturday:

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

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

Jeff Cokely, pastor Jared Ellis & Luke Bycroft

(620) 365-8001

First Presbyterian Church - Iola 302 E. Madison, Iola

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

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

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

First Christian Church

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

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

Travis Riley, youth pastor fcciola@aceks.com

(620) 365-3436

First Assembly of God 1020 E. Carpenter, Iola

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

Trinity United Methodist Church

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

All Are Welcome! Leslie Jackson, pastor

(620) 365-5235

St. Peter ’ s Lutheran Church

910 Amos St., Humboldt

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

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

(620) 473-2343

Ward Chapel A.M.E.

Lincoln and Buckeye Streets Iola

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

Joseph Bywaters, pastor

Wesley United Methodist Church

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

Rev. Trudy Kenyon Anderson

(620) 365-2285

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

perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Calvary United Methodist Church

Jackson & Walnut St. Iola

“ The Cross Shines Brightly at Calvary ”

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

Office: 365-3883 Parsonage: 365-3893

Friends Home Lutheran Church

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

PMA Sidney Hose (620) 754-3314

Trinity Lutheran Church

430 N. Grant, Garnett

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

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

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Northcott Church 12425 SW Barton Rd.

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Another big-ticket item was the sale of building plan packages, account-ing for $225,000. The other $700,000-plus in sales came from shingles, lumber, sinks, tiles, power tools, hand tools, vanities, fau-cets, fixtures and the many other items the massive store carries.

Prices are now back to normal, though many of the shelves are somewhat bare.

Diebolt plans to restock, but not near to the levels of previous years.

“I’ll put back $200,000 in inventory,” he said.

Once burned, twice shy.

HOW DID it get so bad?Diebolt can pinpoint the

start of the slide.November 2009, sales were

down, and stayed down. “I didn’t get my inven-

tory down fast enough,” to weather the recession, he said. “I didn’t know how long it was going to last. I should have had a five-day sale like this two years ago.”

By 2010 and 2011 he had lost everything he’d built up from his banner year, the bulk of 2009.

“Then, I had $3 million in inventory and 45 employees. That spring we had a lot of storms,” he remembered. “Every house in Bronson needed a new roof. Business was up 42 percent over the previous year.”

Diebolt purchased the business from other family members in 1999, when the value of the business was $1 million. At its top, Diebolt put the price of the busi-ness at $6 million, including inventory, land and equip-ment and the sister busi-nesses of Lifetime Surfaces and Kitchens and More, operated by Don’s daughter, Michelle Diebolt-Smith.

But the recession held a firm grip on Diebolt’s busi-ness when construction came to a standstill. It got to where he and his wife,

Susan, cashed in their per-sonal savings plans to help finance the business.

Don began to fall behind on payments to the bank. “I couldn’t make the inter-est, much less the principal on the loans,” he said. The interest alone averaged $96,000 a year.

When he fell behind on payments, his 5.95 interest rate was jacked up to 7 per-cent.

He tried to secure a loan through another bank to help pay his debt, but that fell through, he said.

“When you lose money for two years, nobody wants to loan you money, despite the fact that this year things have started to pick up,” he said.

For the first half of the year, sales were up 10 per-cent over the previous year. By fall, Diebolt has seen a 20 percent increase in sales.

“I’m like a farmer who goes two years without rain, and now that it’s start-ing to rain, it’s too late. The turnaround just took too long in coming.”

Diebolt has seen an uptick in new housing construction, including stand-alone garages and post-frame buildings.

“We’re building by far more now compared to last year,” he said of his busi-ness.

Perhaps that is why Diebolt, 63, isn’t ready to throw in the towel.

“Oh no, we’re going to be fine,” he said. “I’ve had heat before.”

BUT PERHAPS not quite this intense.

Time had run out, the bank said, and offered him a deal which included he sign the deed of the com-pany over to them.

“So if I stumbled once, the business would be theirs,” he said. “I wasn’t about to do that.”

The alternative was to raise a large sum in short order, or legal proceedings against him would begin.

“When the sheriff came to serve me notice, I was surprised,” he said in his typically understated man-ner.

The terms gave him six days to raise the cash.

Post-haste, Diebolt went into action.

“I went to the Register to work out a rough draft for a full-page ad announcing the sale. An hour later, it was good to go,” Diebolt said. The ads ran in five news-papers, including Chanute, Parsons, Ottawa and Fort Scott.

“We reached a 100-mile radius,” he said. “The ads worked. I don’t mind giving the Register credit for get-ting the word out.”

Diebolt said he holds no hard feelings against the bank. “We’re good,” he said.

He expects to maintain his work force of 35 employ-ees and its $1 million pay-roll.

“We’re back to business,” he said. “In fact, by Monday we’ll have received 20 truck-loads of lumber, oriented strand board, shingles, drywall and insulation. What was sold out, is now restocked.”

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said. “Gates has employees from 12 counties and Russell Stover from 14, which means they’re coming from a lot farther than Neosho, Bour-bon, Woodson and Anderson counties.”

Shirley cites fuel costs and time away from home as catalysts that would encour-age out-of-town workers to take advantage of affordable housing.

Tom Carlson, former mayor of Springfield, Mo., and now a developer, built 29 units, mostly duplexes, west of Cedarbrook Golf Course

and wants to expand that number by 27, depending on pending tax credit approval by the state.

“All 29 he built are full,” Shirley said.

The new homes would be constructed among those al-ready in place.

Carlson rents the homes for 15 years in an arrange-ment that gives the renter opportunity to purchase at the end of that time, with credit for money invested through rent.

Also, Iola Housing, a non-profit group of local inves-tors, has built two homes and intends to build a two-apartment complex at the corner of Garfield and Buck-eye streets.

“We can provide streets and utilities and the next step is to encourage devel-opers to build,” offered City Administrator Carl Slaugh, expressing hope that as the economy recovers builders will become more aggres-sive.

Iola’s sewer system, some portions a century old, needs attention, the mayor said, and maintenance of streets is an annual respon-sibility.

Industrial development also is on Shirley’s mind.

“We had someone look at the Haldex building Wednes-day,” he said. And it’s im-portant for “the city, county and Iola Industries to work together when industrial op-portunities come up.”

Finally, Shirley said he’d like for the city to take a more active role in encour-

aging Iolans to spruce up their properties to make the city inviting to visitors and potential new residents.

SHIRLEY has been in-volved in Iola’s governance for 12 years as a city commis-sioner or mayor and is the only member of the govern-ing body who has been ex-posed to both the three-mem-ber commission and today’s nine-member body.

Shirley thinks he has pro-vided stability and a bridge in governance.

“I don’t want to play games,” and will decide soon whether to run again for mayor, Shirley said. “I care about Iola and the people who live here, but because of my age — I’m 75 — it bothers me a little to be making deci-sions for young families that they should be making.

“I’d like to see our young-er people get more involved.”

Shirley and the council members have until noon Jan. 22 to file for re-election.

Starting with the 2013 election, council members will start a rotation that will have four elected each two years to four-year terms.

To begin the rotation in the spring election, the coun-cil member elected in each of Iola’s four wards with the most votes will serve four years, the second-place can-didate will serve two years. In 2015, two-year positions will be filled for four years and the rotation will be in place.

A mayor will be elected ev-ery two years.

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Rolling out the dough for By SUSAN LYNN

susan@iolaregister.comJennifer Taylor’s grandmoth-

er Dee-Dee is a baker.Maybe not by profession, but

by love.“She’s always making cook-

ies, just about every day,” Jen-nifer said.

Jennifer’s favorite childhood memories include receiving packages of her grandmother’s individually wrapped cookies.

“When I was away at camp, I’d receive her care packages of cookies.”

When she was a student at Brigham Young University in Provo, her grandparents visited from Salt Lake City delivering canteens of homemade soup.

Jennifer said she lived off those weekly installments of chili, potato cheese soup, and sloppy joes.

The gifts served two pur-poses, she said. “I was fed and loved.”

That love of cooking was passed down to Jennifer’s moth-er, Iolan Debbie Greenwall, and on to Jennifer. As a mother, Jen-nifer said she takes her role as cook seriously.

“Sure we love sweets, having a cookie is not bad. But my goal is balance,” she said. Lunch and dinner include a fruit, vegeta-ble, protein, carbohydrate and milk.

Jennifer and husband, Ben, have four children, Abigail, 14, Olivia, 12, Ella, 10, and Jesse, 7.

All have their favorite reci-pes.

“Ben loves coconut cream pie; I like banana cream pie,” she said.

Daughter Olivia’s recent ex-periment with a banana-toffee pie, “was fantastic,” Jennifer said.

And son Jesse’s specialty is

making reindeer cookies.The overall favorite cookie is

Grandma Dee-Dee’s chocolate chip cookies.

A Christmas tradition from Ben’s family is rice pudding, in which an almond is placed.

“Whoever gets the slice with the almond gets to distribute the Christmas presents,” Jen-nifer said.

Jennifer has a large notebook labeled “Christmas planner,” in which she keeps track of reci-pes from previous years, includ-

ing sweets she has made as gifts to others.

“I don’t want to repeat from last year’s,” she said.

She relegates cooking to when the children are in school and relies heavily on casseroles and meals prepared in a crock pot to accommodate the busy schedules of her children.

She frequently consults the Internet for recipes. Her favor-ite online site is melskitchen-cafe.com. Jennifer also writes a blog where she posts her favor-

ite recipes. Visit it at bluejeans-momma.blogspot.com.

Birthdays and special occa-sions warrant eating out. Other-wise, Jennifer prepares the bulk of the family’s meals geared off of a month’s worth of menus.

A monthly trip to Costco, a discount grocer in Kansas City, provides the family with the bulk of its non-perishable food purchases, Jennifer said. The family’s five hens provide a steady supply of eggs.

“We get about 300 eggs a year from them,” she said. “On a good day, we’ll get four to six eggs.”

As a general rule the family doesn’t drink soft drinks. The exception is a call for root beer floats.

“We love those, so we always have root beer on hand,” she said.

The other weak spot is cookie dough.

“I always make double batch-es because we eat almost as much dough in the making as we do the finished products. I also store cookie dough in the freezer,” she said.

With the upcoming holidays in store, Jennifer and the kids have been busy baking cookies. “It’s a family affair.”

As for the main courses, the family doesn’t go overboard.

“For Christmas Eve, we gen-erally have soups. Christmas morning I’ll have made cinna-mon rolls, which will be served with fresh fruit.

“My mom takes over for the rest of the day. We’ll go to my parents’ for brunch. And that evening, we’ll just snack. I’ve never felt Christmas is a day to be in the kitchen.”

Jennifer Taylor

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Andes Mint CookiesMelt in pan:¾ cup butter1½ cup brown sugar2 tablespoons waterAdd 2 cups chocolate chips, stirring until smooth.Remove from heat, cool 10 minutes. Pour into mixing bowl and beat in 2 eggs. Add 2½ cups flour, 1¼ teaspoon baking soda and ½ teaspoon salt.Mix well.Chill 45 minutes.Roll into balls, flatten slightly.Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.When cookies come out of oven, place Andes Mint on top, allow to melt and then swirl like icing.Yum!

By Jennifer Taylor

Jennifer Taylor’s son Jesse made these reindeer-themed cookies.

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susan@iolaregister.comWhen Donna Houser

feels she’s at death’s door, her grandson hopes she leaves her freezer stocked full of her homemade noo-dles, pies and cinnamon rolls.

“I take that as the high-est of compliments,” Hous-er, 75, said. “Though I can’t predict when that time will come, bless his heart.”

Donna has a few tricks up her sleeve as to what makes her pie crusts so light.

“It’s all in the sifting,” she said. She sifts the flour 10 separate times to get it “as light and fluffy as the Wondra flour of my youth.”

The repetitions turn 2 cups of flour into 3½ cups. She also uses the same technique for her biscuits and some cookies.

She typically makes sev-eral pie crusts at a time and keeps them in the freezer at the ready. “I do every-thing in bulk,” she said.

Baking didn’t come nat-urally to Donna.

“When Ray and I were first married, I couldn’t bake a pie for love or mon-ey,” she said.

She distinctly remem-bers her first pie — a cher-ry pie — she made when

she was 10 years old. “I’d forgotten to de-seed

the cherries,” she said. “Daddy was such a good sport. He’d take a bite, spit out the seed, and give me a big smile. He was so sweet.”

Today, Donna is a fan of gadgets that make any pie look like a masterpiece, including pie crust protec-tors, lattice cutters and a contraption that makes a waffle weave pattern out of the crust.

Houser’s recipes are kept in a massive notebook.

“The best recipes are from friends,” she said. Each recipe is typed and gives credit to whom it is from.

Donna has a head start on Christmas, with trays of fudge, cookies, cakes, pies and various sweets al-ready made.

A holiday tradition is to make cinnamon rolls for friends and family.

“Their eyes light up,” she said of the typical re-ception.

For Christmas Day she’ll have breakfast quiches and casseroles made in ad-vance as well.

Donna regards cook-ing as “fun and relaxing. And any more, a lost art. Some look at cooking from scratch as such a treat. For us, it’s what we do every day.”

There was a time she made homemade bread. “That was when I weighed 100 pounds and Ray, 150. Trouble is, we’d eat the whole loaf in no time. We can’t keep that habit these days.”

Donna maintains a

healthy weight by a regu-lar regime of exercise and “not eating all these reci-pes I’m sharing with you,” she said with a laugh. “These are for special oc-casions.”

“I never get a pie,” Ray chimed in, with not a little

whine to the pitch.She’s also changed how

she cooks.“I stopped frying foods

20 years ago. We also have an ample garden and pear and apple trees, which keep us supplied with fresh vegetables and fruit.”

Donna Houser

Mexican Breakfast Quiche

Cook sausage in skillet at low temperature. Be sure it’s crumbled in small pieces as it’s being browned. Add onions and saute with the meat. Drain grease. Stir in salt, pepper and chilies. Remove from skillet.

In a large bowl, beat eggs until blended. Stir in milk, meat mixture and cheese.

Bake in a 350-degree oven until a knife inserted in the cen-ter comes out clean, around 30 minutes. Caution: Remember, there’s a lot of cheese in this, so it may not look done. I taste mine.

Let set for about 10-15 minutes so that it’s easy to serve. You can spoon this up, or cut into squares.

1 pound ground Italian sau-sage½ pound hot sausage2 teaspoons salt½ teaspoons pepper⅓ cup green chilies, chopped. 10 eggs

1 can sliced ripe olives (drained)2 cups milk1 cup whole can Fiesta corn (not drained)3 cups shredded pepper jack cheese or jalapeno cheese

10 servings. Use two 10-by-15 inch greased baking pans

By Donna Houser

Perfect pies crusts: The secret is in the sifting

Holiday dinner gets ‘veganized’By ALLISON TINN

allison@iolaregister.comTurkey, stuffing, dressing and pies

are some of the staples for Christ-mas dinner.

Most, if not all, of those dishes contain animal products. For some-one who is vegan and eschews both meat and dairy products, the holi-days might pose a problem — not for Iolan Tracy Keagle.

Tracy has been a vegan for eight years and she has been having Christmas dinner like everyone else, except she makes a few adjustments.

Though the rest of her family are meat-eaters, with the exception of her daughter Emerald who was a vegan chef in New York, Tracy said her family relishes her vegan reci-pes.

Still, they insist on a turkey Christmas Day.

To satisfy both preferences, Tracy said she’ll give turkey duty to some-one else.

Cooking the big bird is beyond her level of comfort, she said.

Her grandchildren love Tracy’s cooking and never complain when they eat their grandma’s food.

All her food that contains animal products, even eggs, milk and butter,

she will replace with either tofu or veganized cheese or egg replacers.

“I don’t miss it,” Tracy said. “I don’t care to have the taste. I don’t get that mentality.”

Tracy said vegan baking is not difficult at all. For pumpkin pie or cheesecake she replaces dairy prod-ucts with tofu.

“The thing that takes the longest is the first time you bake vegan,”

Tracy said.One of Tracy’s family traditions

has been her mom’s famous dip. For several years she would make two, one regular and one veganized; now she only makes the veganized recipe.

Tracy’s favorite holiday foods are her sugar cookies and cheesecake, for which she substitutes cream cheese with Tofutti cream cheese.

Tracy Keagle

Mom’s Veganized Dip

2 tubs of Tofutti sour cream2 tubs of Tofutti cream cheese 1 container black olives chopped 1 yellow onion finely chopped 6 stalks of celery finely chopped

By Tracy Keagle

Mix everything together. Refrigerate for a few hours before serving.

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Line an 8-inch square baking dish with parchment paper, let-ting ends extend up sides of pan; grease and set aside.

In large bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. Add dates, pineapple and cherries; toss to coat. In a small bowl, whisk the egg, brown sugar and vanilla until blended; stir into fruit mixture. Stir in pecans. Press firmly into prepared baking dish.

Bake at 325 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick in-serted in center comes out clean and top is golden. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Using parchment paper, transfer to a wire rack. Re-move paper; cool fruitcake completely.

Using a serrated knife, cut into 1-inch squares. Store in an airtight container.

½ cup all-purpose flour½ teaspoon baking powder¼ teaspoon salt1¼ cups chopped dates¾ cup chopped candied pine-apple

¾ cup chopped red candied cherries1 egg¼ cup packed lt. brown sugar½ teaspoon vanilla extract2 cups pecan halves

Makes 5 dozen

By Donna Houser

Potatoes need to be prepared before you start because this soup comes together quickly.

Scrub potatoes with a brush; pat dry. Prick potatoes and bake at 425 degrees for 40-60 minutes. Let cool. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise; gently scoop out each potato. Discard potato skin.

In a large saucepan, cook 3 tablespoons green onion in but-ter until tender; stir in flour, dill, salt, and pepper. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for one minute more. Add the potato pulp and ½ cup of the shredded cheese; stir until the cheese melts.

Garnish each serving with the remaining shredded cheese, 3 tablespoons of green onion and bacon. Makes 6 servings.

(You can skip the cheese or bacon, but DON’T skip the onion. It really adds.)

3 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions⅓ cup margarine or butter½ cup all-purpose flour2 tablespoons sniffed fresh dill or ¼ teaspoon dried dill weed¼ teaspoon salt¾ teaspoon pepper

4 cups milk¼ cup shredded cheddar cheese3 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion2 large baking potatoes4 slices bacon, crisply cooked, drained and crumbled

By Donna Houser

Pie Crust

Before beginning, sift normal flour 10 separate

times.Stir flour and salt together in large mixer bowl. Add

shortening, mix at low speed for 1 minute, continuous-

ly scraping sides of bowl. Beat at medium speed until

mixture is almost sticking to the beaters. Add water,

and mix until the mixture sticks to the beaters.

Roll out crust on floured soft cloth. Flip the crust over

several times while you’re rolling it, and each time put

a little more flour down. Then fold crust in half, lightly

spread a little bit of flour on that. This way you can

easily pick up the crust and center it over the pan with-

out breaking it. If any cracks or breaks occur, gently

push the dough with your fingers until you’ve sealed

any leaks.Bake at 475 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

1 crust pie1 cup flour, minus 2 tablespoons

½ teaspoon salt

⅓ cup shortening, plus 1 tablespoon

2 tablespoons water

By Donna Houser

Sweet Potato Casserole4-6 sweet potatoes cooked and mashed2 tablespoons vegan but-ter (Earth Balance)¼ cup soy milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ cup sugar¼ cup maple syrup¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon fresh

grated ginger ¾ teaspoon cinnamonTopping: ¼ cup vegan butter½ cup packed brown sugar

⅓ cup unbleached flour¾ cup chopped pecans 2 tablespoons maple syrup

By Tracy Keagle

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a casserole dish with canola oil. Mix all ingredients into the mashed sweet potatoes and put in dish.

Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle on the casserole. Bake for 45 minutes.

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Van Duyne said the firm, which has worked with com-munity colleges in the past, including Neosho Commu-nity College, spent two days on the ACC campus to “get a handle” on changes that need to be made to classrooms, fa-cilities and dormitories. The proposed plan will accommo-date a technology road map being developed by Denver-based IT solutions company Peak Uptime.

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The planning will take place in four installments — the facilities analysis/study, site and facilities spatial planning, phased improve-ment plan and facilities mas-ter plan final development.

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Van Duyne said the firm will conduct on-campus meetings with staff and fac-ulty to receive feedback on the planning process.

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The shock is still raw, al-though not as jarring as it probably should be.

A gunman slaughters inno-cent children and adults. No, this is not Pakistan with the evil Taliban or Syria where its dictator/president al-Assad seems to hold no regard for hu-man life.

No, this was here on U.S. soil — in a grade school of all places.

The kids recalled hearing the shots as loud “booms,” “bangs,” and “pops” as the as-sailant took down his victims. Some as young as 6.

Hundreds of rounds of am-munition were unloaded in-side the walls of the little coun-try school in Newton, Conn. As of Friday afternoon, 28 were dead.

GUN ADVOCATES will maintain the prevalence of guns had nothing to do with the crime. It’s people, not guns, who kill.

Sorry, but without being armed, even a madman can not match the level of car-nage done by someone who has rounds of ammunition strapped across his body.

For every 100 people, 88 own guns in the United States. The U.S. ranks top in the world for gun ownership.

This year alone, more than 36,000 deaths have been attrib-utable to deaths by guns, ho-micide and suicide. Every day, nearly 100 Americans die from gunshots.

The recent shooting deaths of Jovan Belcher, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, and his girlfriend are a good example of how a domestic squabble turned deadly.

Countries with stricter gun control laws have fewer deaths from gun-related violence.

In the past 40 years, there’s been 61 mass murders in the United States, five have hap-pened in the last five years.

See if these atrocities ring a bell:

• April 16, 2007. Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va. — 32 killed; shooter com-

mits suicide.• Oct. 16, 1991. Ruby’s Caf-

eteria, Killeen, Texas. George Hennard shoots 23 patrons dead, before he turns the gun on himself.

• Aug. 20, 1986. Disgruntled postal employee Pat Sherrill came to work the morning af-ter receiving a reprimand. He shot his supervisor and 13 co-workers before committing suicide.

• April 20, 1999. Littleton, Colo. Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 fellow students and teachers before killing themselves.

• Nov. 5, 2009. Fort Hood, Tex-as. Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan fired into a group of sol-diers preparing to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan; 13 dead.

• July 20, 2012. Aurora, Colo. movie theater. Grad student James Holmes shoots 12 dead at a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

IN MOST of these cases, the guns were legally acquired.

In an August poll by CNN/ORC, a majority of Americans favored a ban on semi-automat-ic guns, on high-capacity clips, on denying guns to felons and the mentally ill.

Members of Congress are tone-deaf to these sentiments because of the large gifts they receive from lobbyists con-nected to the National Rifle As-sociation.

For this year alone, mem-bers of Congress have received $719,596 in gifts from the NRA. In Kansas, Congressmen Kevin Yoder accepted $4,000 from the NRA followed by Tim Huels-kamp, $2,150, Lynn Jenkins, $2,000, Mike Pompeo, $2,000, and Sen. Jerry Moran, $3,000.

Yes, their votes against fur-ther gun restrictions have been bought.

Until we as a country de-mand of our legislators better safeguards against the use of rapid fire guns and rifles in-tended for war zones — that’s exactly what this country will remain.

— Susan Lynn

As a former Marine Corps com-bat engineer, I appreciate Army general George S. Patton, Jr. Just before his troops stormed Nor-mandy beaches to help liberate Europe, he gave them a rousing speech. The general reminded them that they had all “admired the champion marble player, the fastest runner . . . and the All-American football players.” Gen-eral Patton’s inspirational point? “Americans love a winner.”

What Patton said about Ameri-cans in 1944 is still true about Kansans in 2012. We love winners. Winners are produced by compe-tition. And rugged competition has produced all of our state’s appellate jurists — Court of Ap-peals judges and Supreme Court justices — since 1958.

I know this, because I started competing to become one in 1995. I completed my lengthy applica-tion, attached samples of my le-gal writings, and listed judges and fellow lawyers familiar with my work. I also submitted to an investigation and an interview by the nine Kansans on the state nominating commission. My 29 competitors did the same. After this thorough screening process, the commission selected three people from whom the governor would choose Kansas’ next Court of Appeals judge. My qualifica-tions were not good enough; I was not selected by the commission.

Another opportunity arose a few months later. This time I com-

peted against 27 other applicants, and my result was the same as be-fore.

Because I was determined to earn a position as an appellate ju-rist, I tried to improve my compet-itiveness. To hone my writing and analytical skills, I researched and wrote several legal articles for publication — and volunteered to author appellate briefs for other lawyers. To sharpen my under-standing of the law’s application to the real world, I sought more cases to try to Kansas juries. To achieve a broader perspective of the law, I expanded my law prac-tice to include additional legal fields.

In my third competition, in 2000 I was selected from 22 appli-cants as one of the three people submitted to the governor. But he chose one of my two remaining competitors. So I worked harder to improve my legal abilities and understanding of the law before the next vacancy.

In 2002, I competed against 17 other applicants wanting to be-come a justice on the Supreme Court. My name was again one of three sent to the governor. And this time I was chosen — by the same governor who had chosen someone else two years earlier. In my view, I was finally successful because I had steadily improved my qualifications during the pre-vious seven years.

But now new ways of choosing Kansas appellate jurists are being proposed to replace our 50-year-old competitive system of merit

selection.When comparing systems, sev-

eral fundamental features of our present system must be consid-ered. First is the democratic fea-ture. Our system grants the equal opportunity — to be chosen an appellate jurist — to each Kan-sas lawyer and trial judge with at least 10 years’ experience. Near-ly 11,000 individual notices are mailed for every vacancy. And to have a chance of achieving such an important position, the person only needs to apply.

Second, and more important to all Kansans, is the quality feature. As demonstrated by my experience, equal opportunity to all means that more than one person will apply. And that obvi-ously means competition — one where politics and its money for-tunately play no role. But without such a competition that compares side-by-side the qualification of numerous applicants, no new sys-tem can truly claim it produces the best appellate jurists for Kan-sas.

Even General Patton’s “cham-pion marble player” had to com-pete against all comers on a level field to earn the title. As a fourth-generation Kansan, I say we should require no less for our state’s appellate jurists. That is why I support our merit selection system.

*****Lawton R. Nuss is a Salina na-

tive. He has served on the Kansas Supreme Court since 2002 and as chief justice since 2010.

Gen. Patton and the chief justice

LawtonNuss

ChiefJustice

Equal opportunity to all means that more than one person will apply. And that obviously means competi-tion — one where politics and its money fortunately play no role.

How a playgroundbecomes a war zone

When I was a in grade school, I wore glasses from second grade on and was overweight.

I got along well with most other kids, but there were times when things were said, even done, that hurt a young guy eager to have friends. As it is with all kids, I was hurt when mean words came my way.

In today’s lexicon, I was bullied a few times and I hate to admit there were times later on when I was on the other end, doling out criticism.

I suspect we were thought of as “kids just being kids” when some-one made a remark about a class-mate — when I was referred to as “four eyes” (wearing glasses) or being “a fatty.”

Those observations stung, but usually didn’t have lasting effect, and evaporated when we got a lit-tle older and I was lucky enough to be in the “in-crowd,” which

really didn’t amount to much at Humboldt High. My graduating class contained a whopping 49 students.

The one time that sticks in my mind of being guilty of bullying came in junior high. One of the girls told me she was going to try out for cheerleader. I asked her why, she being a little plain look-ing, and added, “You’re not going to get it” — a comment I regret to this day.

Obviously hurt, she burst into tears.

I haven’t seen her lately, but

when I do I still remember how insensitive I was.

WE’VE HAD stories in the Reg-ister lately about bullying in Iola schools.

I’m not sure what steps should be taken to curtail the hateful oc-currences, although bringing it out in the open as is happening certainly should help.

Anger management and sensi-tivity training are good ideas, but it seems to me that efforts from early on — at home and in school — to create mindsets that lead youngsters to steer clear of say-ing and doing hateful and hurtful things would be as helpful as any-thing.

In a perfect world, bullying wouldn’t exist, and it is incum-bent on each and everyone to guide ourselves and those we have influence with in that direc-tion.

Steer clear of hurting othersAt

Week’s EndBob Johnson

A look back in time

20 Years Ago December 1992

GAS — More than $500 was sto-len from Gas City Hall over the weekend.

*****Iola City commissioners raised

natural gas rates about 36 cent a thousand cubic feet Tuesday. The additional revenue was needed because sales have been lower than expected.

*****Allen County commissioners

expect to spend up to $51,500 in 1993 to detain juvenile offenders in a regional center at Girard. The 1993 budget includes a mill levy to cover juvenile detention costs.

*****LAHARPE — LaHarpe Tele-

phone Co. will upgrade its switch-ing equipment by installing a dig-ital system early next year.

*****Steve Troxel of Iola was hired

Thursday night as chief finance and operations office for Allen County Community College.

*****A test burn of debris at the old

IMP Boats site prompted a deci-sion to bury the rest of the de-bris. The burn created clouds of heavy black smoke. Allen County Boosters, Inc., owns the property and requested the test.

*****Total rainfall for the year in

Iola passed the 60-inch mark this morning. Only in 1973 and 1951 have 60 or more inches precipita-tion been recorded in Iola. Since records have been kept, 1973 is

tops with 63.56 inches.*****

Allen County will seek federal grant money to help convert the LaHarpe Masonic Lodge into a senior center.

*****Twenty-five more Santas are

needed to complete this year’s Adopt-A-Child program at Em-prise Bank. There are 350 needy children registered.

*****HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt

City Council bought a workers compensation insurance policy for library employees and paid for inclusion of library board members on the city’s “lineback-er” liability policy.

*****Lowell Brecheisen of Carlyle

received the 1992 Pioneer Award for his contributions to fur har-vesting. The award is given by the Kansas Fur Harvesters Asso-ciation.

*****Iola entertainer Sean Michael,

who lives in Nashville, soon will sign a contract with Collins Court Music as a staff writer and artist. Michael is pursuing a ca-reer in country music.

*****“Strahle’s Bailiwick,” a single

panel cartoon that takes a light-hearted look at family life, will end its 16-year run in the Reg-ister on Dec. 31, author/artist Jim Strahle has announced. He said he decided to quit drawing the panel when the Chanute Tri-bune decided to discontinue us-ing it.

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Elizabeth Toland and Edward Bartlett Smith Elizabeth Toland Smith

and Edward Bartlett Smith, Roanoke, Va., were married at 4 p.m. May 27, 2012 at First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence.

The Rev. Dr. Janet DeVries and Rev. John Leedy offici-ated the wedding.

Elizabeth is the daughter of Clyde and Nancy Toland, Iola. Edward is the son of Ricky and Suzann Smith, Macon, Ga.

The matron of honor was Beth Toland, Iola. The best man was Ricky Smith, Ma-con, Ga.

Elizabeth is the associate pastor for youth and young adults at Second Presbyte-rian Church in Roanoke, Va.

Edward is pastor of Green Ridge Presbyterian Church in Roanoke, Va.

Elizabeth and Edward went to Argentina on their honeymoon.

Some of Mr. Kerr’s FFA students helped pass out toys at First Baptist Church to families who signed up for the Adopt-A-Child program. From left are John Hutton, Drake Dieker, Brock Peters, Cole Morrison, Tori Snavely, Emily Ware and Colton Heffern. There were 206 children from 94 families who received toys through the pro-gram. Each received five packages to open. Last week 12 people helped wrap all the presents.

Register/Allison TinnSanta’s helpers

The Gingerbread Walk is in full swing. We had 14 en-tries this year, and each and everyone is unique. Please take time to stop, look and vote for your favorite.

Kamryn Cox at Classy At-tic, Chloe Hoag at Classy At-tic, Allen County Hospital Radiology Department at Town & Country, Barbara An-derson at Kwik-Kom, Debbie Jones at Jones Jewelry, Sarah Logan at Flynn’s Appliance, Jefferson Elementary at Tri-Valley Developmental Ser-vices, Jack Eyster at Thrive Allen County, Square B 4-H at Decorator Supply, Eli and Makayla Dunn, Chole, Emma and Grace Dorst at Decorator Supply, Debbie Lake at Deco-rator Supply, Moyer Family, Gaby, Adrianne and Cole at Iola Office Supply, Jack Ad-ams at Allen County Histori-cal Society and Eli Adams at Allen County Historical Soci-ety.

While you are in the stores check out all the great buys you will find for the holidays.

The winners will be an-nounced at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Santa House. This will be the last night for the kid-dos to get to visit with Santa, ride the free trolley or the Kiwanis train. TFI will host with hot chocolate and cook-

ies. We have Santa Claus in so

many forms in Iola right now. Like those who volunteer at the Chamber Santa House every week to bring joy to the kids. Or the many volunteers that took their time to donate toys and food to those that cannot do it themselves this year. The many civic orga-nizations, the churches, the shelters, Iola City Police De-partment, Iola Fire Depart-ment, the Allen County Hos-pital, SEK Mental Health, the local businesses and so many more that I know that I am not remembering.

One more example of the Spirit of Christmas: The Iola Area Ministerial Alliance will sponsor a Christmas Day turkey dinner at First Naza-rene Church, 1235 N. Walnut from 11:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. All those who have no place to go or are simply in need of Christian fellowship are in-vited. There is no charge.

SheliaLampe

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Sports

High School BasketballTuesday vs. CHANUTE, 6 p.m.

High School WrestlingToday at Cherryvale Invitation-al, 9 a.m.

Iola

BasketballTuesday at Marmaton Valley

Humboldt

BasketballTuesday vs. HUMBOLDT

Marmaton Valley

BasketballTuesday at FlinthillsThursday vs. NEODESHA

Yates Center

BasketballTuesday vs. MARAIS DES CYGNES VALLEY

Southern Coffey Co.

SportsCalendar

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FootballTostitos Fiesta Bowl

Jan. 3 vs. Oregon, 7:30 p.m. TV: ESPN

KansasState

Mustang wrestlers take two out of threeBy RICHARD LUKEN

richard@iolaregister.comERIE — Thursday’s

wrestling competition for Iola High produced a mixed bag.

“I can’t be disappointed for going 2-1, but I’m disap-pointed we didn’t do bet-ter,” Mustang coach Brad Carson said.

Iola defeated Jayhawk-Linn 41-15 and host Erie 52-12 in the quadrangular meet, while losing 40-30 to Cherryvale.

Carson praised individ-ual performances on the night, but he saw room for improvement in other ar-eas.

“We need to be physi-cally stronger,” he said. “We tend to get pinned too easily if we find ourselves on bottom. We’re getting better, but we’re not there yet.”

Bryce Misenhelter, wres-tling at 182 pounds, helped lead the charge for the Mus-tangs with three wins on the night. He pinned Wyatt Sandness of Jayhawk-Linn in 42 seconds in his open-ing match, pinned Kaden Housel of Cherryvale in the second match in 4:27 and defeated Trent Harvey 4-1 on points in his finale.

He was the only Iolan to wrestle — and win — three

times, although Tristan Sigfusson, Kaleb Mock and Stephen McDonald also carried perfect marks on the night.

McDonald, wrestling at 220 pounds, won by major decision, 16-0, over Adam Higginbotham of Jay-hawk-Linn. He won by pin-ning Cherryvale’s Curtis Hooges in 25 seconds of the first round. McDonald won his third match by forfeit against Erie.

Sigfusson, at 126 pounds, pinned Matt Morse of Jay-hawk-Linn at 3:19 and D.J. Cook of Cherryvale just seconds before the first round was to expire. Sig-fusson also won his Erie match by forfeit because the Red Devils did not have a 126-pound wrestler.

Mock also wrestled only once, winning his 132-pound match of Domi-nic Pontious of Erie by pin in 55 seconds of the open-ing round. He won in for-feits over Cherryvale and Erie.

At 145 pounds, Cody Con-ner lost his opening match after he was pinned by Zack Wills of Jayhawk-Linn at the 1:45 mark of the first round. The loss featured a bit of bad luck. Conner was leading 6-1 and looked to be ready to pin Wills, but

he rolled too far in his ma-neuver and wound up at a disadvantage.

“I’m not worried about Conner,” Carson said. “He’s a good wrestler. There is a risk when you’re trying to cradle your oppo-nent and he found himself in a bad position.”

Conner bounced back by pinning Derek Huschka of Cherryale in 46 seconds and Matt Brungardt of Erie in 40 seconds.

Zeph Larney, at 152 pounds, went 2-1 on the

Register/Richard LukenIola High wrestlers Tristan Sigfusson, above, and Zeph Lar-ney, right, combined to go 5-1 in their respec-tive matches Thurs-day in a quadrangular competition in Erie. Sigfusson went 3-0 at 126 pounds, while Larney was 2-1 at 152 pounds as Iola defeated Erie and Jayhawk-Linn, while losing to Cher-ryvale.

NEODESHA — Humboldt High’s Cubs took head coach Da-vid Taylor’s comments to heart Friday.

“The first three minutes of the third quarter are always crucial,” Taylor said, especially in a tight game.

On Friday, the Cubs broke open a six-point halftime lead over host Neodesha early in the third pe-riod.

The 19-10 run put Humboldt on top 53-38 after three quarters. The Cubs closed with a 15-5 run to win 68-43.

The victory keeps Humboldt’s record spotless at 6-0.

One of the main catalysts for the Cubs was 6-6 senior forward Noah Thornbrugh, who poured in 31 points with 10 rebounds.

“Noah had a nice game offen-sively,” Taylor said.

Unlike Humboldt’s lopsided win against rival Yates Center three nights earlier, Taylor could

Cubs pull away from ’Streaks

YATES CENTER — A cold start did in Yates Center High’s boys Friday.

The Wildcats were held to sev-en points in the first half — one in the second quarter — as visit-ing Eureka High took the early lead and rolled to a 59-38 victory.

Eureka led 16-6 after one quarter and 28-7 by halftime.

Cameron Brown led the Wild-cats with 18 points, followed by Caleb DeNoon with 10.

DeAllen Nelson’s 13 points paced Eureka. Wes Moots scored 10.

Yates Center was sent to the free throw line 21 times, but hit only 7 (33 percent). Eureka shot 5 of 9 from the line.

The Wildcats (2-3) return to action Tuesday at Flinthills.Eureka (16-12-18-13—59)Yates Center (6-1-13-18—38)

Eureka (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Pitko 2-4-3-8, Whittaker 0-0-1-0, Larcom 1-0-0-2, Hayes 4-0-1-8, Nelson 6-1-3-13, Lyon 2/1-0-3-7, Parmes 2-0-3-4, Basham 1-0-2-2, Moots 5-0-1-10, Ebberts 0-0-1-0, Knox 1-0-0-2, Stack 0/1-0-2-3. TOTALS: 24/2-5-20-59.

Yates Center (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Chism 1-0-0-2, Cooper 0-1-2-1, DeNoon 2/1-3-2-10, Schemper 2-0-2-4, Brown 8-2-2-18,

McNett 0-1-0-1, Dice 0-0-1-0, Rossillon 1-0-0-2, Arnold 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 14/1-7-10-38.

See IHS | Page B2

By RICHARD LUKENrichard@iolaregister.comAllen Community College’s

basketball teams may soon be-come more f a m i l i a r with But-ler Com-m u n i t y College.

Member schools in the Kan-sas Jayhawk Community Col-lege Conference are expected to decide within the next week whether Butler should move from the conference’s western division into the eastern divi-sion for basketball.

Realignment would help al-leviate an imbalance in the conference makeup, necessi-tated by the move more than two years ago by some Eastern Division Schools to play at the Division II level, explained Bryce Roderick, KJCCC com-missioner.

The difference between Di-vision I and Division II centers on the amount of financial aid student-athletes can receive from their respective colleges.

Divison I schools may offer scholarships covering tuition, books, fees and room and board. Division II schools offer financial aid only for tuition, book rental and student fees.

While all Jayhawk Confer-ence schools are in the same boat in that they do not pay for room and board, many of the schools have decided to re-main at the Division I level.

In the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division, Allen, Cof-feyville, Cowley County, Inde-pendence, Labette and Neo-sho County are in Division I. Fort Scott, Highland, Johnson County and Kansas City Kan-sas are in Division II. Other nearby Division II schools are in Iowa, Missouri and Okla-homa.

“Most of the realignment talk revolves around schedul-ing for postseason,” Roderick said.

Butler CCmay be on the move

See BUTLER | Page B2

Register file photoYates Center High’s Caleb DeNoon puts up a field goal attempt in a game earlier this season. DeNoon scored 10 points for the Wildcats Friday in a 59-38 loss to Eureka.

Eureka gets early jumpin win over Wildcats

Photo by Mike MyerHumboldt High’s Hunter Murrow goes up for a shot in a game earlier this week. Murrow scored seven points Friday as Humboldt defeated Neodesha 68-43.

See CUBS | Page B2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Steve Breaston isn’t sure why he hasn’t been getting on the field for the Chiefs.

He’s asked why but hasn’t re-ally gotten a straight answer, or at least not an answer that he’s comfortable sharing. The veteran wide receiver hasn’t been active for the last several games, during which the Chiefs’ pass offense has been mostly abysmal.

Breaston may finally get back on the field Sunday under the dir-est of circumstances.

The Chiefs will be without leading wide receiver Dwayne Bowe for their game at Oakland, depriving them of their biggest downfield threat and only reliable option. Bowe hurt his ribs last Sunday against Cleveland, and coach Romeo Crennel hinted he may be out the rest of the year.

That’s going to put more re-sponsibility on Breaston, Jon Baldwin and the rest of a wide

Chiefs findglaring hole atreceiver slot

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SundayKansas Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers, 1-4 p.m.,

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Spring Soccer League registration, register Jan. 18-Feb. 22, games begin March 9.

night falling to Rico Hugo of Cherryvale, 8-0, and win-ning over Kyle Dean of Erie 4-0. He also won a match by forfeit.

Travis Rieske had a rough start, losing by pin to Tommy Avery of Jayhawk-Linn in 3 minutes and to Cameron English of Cher-ryvale one second before the first period ended. He bounced back to defeat Bruce Wolken of Erie 10-2.

Andrew Garber lost a heartbreaker in his open-ing match, 4-3, to Tad Her-rmann of Jayhawk-Linn at 170 pounds. He escaped Herrmann’s hold in the last 30 seconds of the match for a point and nearly had the upper hand with a po-tential takedown, and two

more points, but received no points from the referee as time expired.

Garber was pinned by Dusty Cook of Cherryvale midway through the first period in his second match.

He rebounded nicely, Carson said, by defeating Josh Forbes of Erie 10-2.

“That was a nice win because he had lost to the Forbes kid at our tourna-ment Saturday,” Carson said. “I told him it was a chance to get some revenge, and he did it. He’s a good kid and getting better.”

Trey Colborn went 2-1, but both of his wins were by forfeit in the 285-pound division. He, too, lost a heart-breaker to Erie’s Jor-dan Turner.

Colborn led 5-2 after one

period and 7-5 early in the third period before Turner got a quick reversal and takedown to grab the points lead before pinning Col-born in the final minute of the third period.

Skyler Rush went 1-1 at 113 pounds, losing to An-drew Wright of Central Heights by pin at 1:20. He re-bounded to win Jared Hartz-ell of Erie in 45 seconds.

IOLA’S JUNIOR varsity wrestlers went 2-2 on the evening.

Chase Roettgen, at 220 pounds, edged Kolton Car-bon of Jayhawk-Linn 4-3,

while Andrew Branstetter lost his JV match at 152 pounds to Clay Holloway of Cherryvale. He was pinned in the final 10 seconds of the first period.

Jordan Long went 1-1 on the evening. He lost to Cam-eron English of Cherryvale 11-6 after leading 4-2 after the first period. He defeated Bruce Wolken of Erie in 52 seconds.

Thursday’s competition wraps up the pre-Christmas schedule for the varsity wrestlers. The JV squad is in Cherryvale today for a tournament. The first matches begin at 9 a.m.

H IHSContinued from B1

ARMA — Crest Middle School’s boys dropped a doubleheader Thursday to Northeast-Arma Mid-dle School.

The A team fell 37-22. Scorers for Crest were Carter Messenger, seven points, Caleb Stephens, four, Nate Berry, Aus-

tin Hendrix and Gage Adams, three each, and Blake Ashmore, two.

The B team dropped a 45-13 decision. Lancer scorers were Ashmore, five points, Chad Classen, four, Tavyn Springston, three, and Hayden Herm-reck, one.

CMS teams drop two

Contact the Iola Register staff at news@iolaregister.com

By losing the four schools to Division II, only six Eastern Division teams are in Division I, compared to nine Western Division teams.

Moving Butler to the Eastern Division would give the Eastern Division

seven schools and the West-ern Division eight.

Butler’s proximity to the other Eastern Division schools made it the most appealing of the Western Division schools, Roderick said.

In an email to Allen Community College trust-

ees, Fort Scott Community College President Clayton Tatro said Butler admin-istrators have expressed a willingness to make the move.

The move would essen-tially divide the conference into three divisions for postseason play.

While the schools would continue to play each other, the difference would be Al-len would play Butler twice during the regular season.

The move would not af-fect the football programs because the conference is not divided into divisions for that sport.

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tell early on the Cubs were missing a beat AT both ends of the floor.

“I don’t think we were tired physically, but it seemed like we were tired mentally,” Taylor said. “But I’m really happy with how we came out and played in the second half.”

Thornbrugh had plenty of help. Tanner McNutt scored 22 points and had four steals on defense. Hunter Murrow scored seven points and Nathan

Whitcomb dished out eight assists.

“We did a good job defen-sively on the Baird kid, al-though we left the Johnson kid open too much,” Taylor said.

Justice Baird was lim-ited to eight points for the Bluestreaks. Kyle Johnson drained four 3-pointers en route to a team-high 18 points for Neodesha.

“I was pretty hard on the guys tonight,” Taylor said. “We don’t want to lose focus. I talked to the

kids about the opportuni-ties that are in front of us. When we get out and move the ball on offense, we can be pretty tough to stop.”

Both teams struggled from the free throw line. Humboldt drained 11 of 23 charities; Neodesha 9 of 18.

Humboldt won the ju-nior varsity contest, 60-29, behind Kason Siemens’ 15 points. The Cub C team also emerged victorious, 47-15. Corey Whitcomb scored 15 to lead Humboldt.

“It was a good night all

around for us,” Taylor said.Humboldt closes its pre-

Christmas schedule on the road Tuesday at Marmaton Valley.

Humboldt (14-20-19-15—68)Neodesha (14-14-10-5—43)Humboldt (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP):

Vanatta 0-0-3-0, McNutt 7/2-2-3-22, Murrow 2-3-1-7, Whitcomb 0-1-2-1, Crawford 2-1-5-5, Johnson 1-0-3-2, Thornbrugh 12/1-4-1-31. TOTALS: 24/3-11-18-68.

Neodesha (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Baird 2-4-4-8, Hannah 1-0-3-2, Garcia 2-0-3-4, C. Kitch 2-3-2-7, A. Kitch 2-0-2-4, Johnson 2/4-2-0-18. TOTALS: 11/4-9-17-43.

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receiver corps that hasn’t exactly shouldered much of the burden this season.

“Those guys have to step up,” Crennel said. “We’re going to work during the week and we’re going to see who gives us the best chance in the game, and then those guys will be ac-tive.”

Deciding who will be ac-tive has suddenly become a hot topic in Kansas City.

Breaston, who caught 61 passes for the Chiefs last season, has been inac-tive for four of the last five games — and he says he doesn’t know why. He only has seven catches for 74

yards in the games he has played, the ball going in-stead to a variety of other receiving targets.

“I don’t understand it,” Breaston said. “It’s dif-ficult. I’m just going to keep working. As difficult as my situation is, I know my teammates are going through a difficult situa-tion with this season. It’s not just about me right now. We’re going through things as a team.”

Breaston started 43 of the 85 games he’s played in his career, and has 255 catches for more than 3,300 yards with the Arizona Cardinals and the past season-plus in Kansas City. Instead of put-

ting him on the active list each Sunday, Crennel has used untested players such as Jamar Newsome and Josh Bellamy, who also con-tribute on special teams.

That’s where this week’s awkwardness began.

Crennel was asked Wednesday what it would take for Breaston to be ac-tive, and responded: “He needs to show that he has a great understanding of the game plan and he can ex-ecute the game plan. If he can do that, then he can be in uniform.”

Yet Crennel took um-brage at the suggestion that Breaston must have been inactive because he didn’t

understand the game plan.The often-amiable coach

lashed out Thursday at re-porters who asked him to clarify what he said the previous day, saying: “You know what, these guys have been together and hanging together all year and I know that, hey, there’s nothing good to write about, but don’t assume that a guy doesn’t know the game plan, that a guy’s not smart or anything like that.

“I make the decision about who’s active and who’s not active,” Crennel said, “and he has not been active because it’s my de-cision and that’s what I go with. Not on the player.”

H ChiefsContinued from B1

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By JOHN HANNAAP Political WriterTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) —

Top Republicans in the Kansas Senate are consid-ering a proposal to con-centrate the power over committee assignments in the chamber’s presi-dent, and the idea has bi-partisan support.

Incoming Majority Leader Terry Bruce of Hutchinson said Thurs-day that some fellow Re-publicans view the Sen-ate’s current method of handling committee as-signments as “somewhat clunky.” The chamber’s rules dictate that a nine-member, all-GOP panel makes the assignments.

The practice, in place in some form since the late 1950s, is a legacy of past Republican infighting and voters sometimes electing Democratic lieutenant governors to preside over a Republican-controlled Senate. In contrast, the House gives its speaker control over committee assignments.

Republicans kept large majorities in both cham-bers in this year’s elec-tions, but Bruce’s fellow conservative Republicans ousted the Senate’s mod-erate GOP leaders, and he said he expects the chamber to set up a spe-cial group to thoroughly review its rules. Bruce and Senate President Su-san Wagle, a conservative Wichita Republican, take over when lawmakers convene their 2013 session Jan. 14.

The Senate will have 12 new members who previ-

ously served in the House, and Bruce said the group generally sees the House’s custom as superior.

“There are some things that are awfully hard to govern by committee,” Bruce said. “Sometimes, the buck needs to stop with just one person.”

Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a To-peka Democrat, favors abolishing the all-GOP appointing group, the Or-ganization, Calendar and Rules Committee. Hens-ley’s support is tied to another proposal Repub-licans are considering, to create a standing commit-tee to arbitrate rules dis-putes, mimicking another long-standing practice in the House.

In the House, when rules questions occur dur-ing debate, its rules com-mittee immediately hud-dles, and the chairman issues a decision, though it can be overturned by the chamber. In the Sen-ate, the member presiding over debate makes the rul-ing.

“I like the way the House operates because you have a bipartisan rules committee,” said Hensley, who served in the House before his election to the Senate in 1992. “Right now, the sys-tem we’ve got, it depends on who is in the chair.”

Bruce noted that Or-ganization, Calendar and Rules Committee often follows recom-mendations on assign-ments from the Senate president, who leads the group.

Kansas Senate could boost new president’s role

By JOHN HANNAAssociated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas doesn’t do enough to secure computer sys-tems used by its state government, making con-fidential information vul-nerable to hackers, a legis-lative audit said Thursday.

Auditors said their re-view of practices, comput-er systems and employee training at nine state agen-cies showed significant se-curity weaknesses. Their report, presented to leg-islators, said none of the agencies had done a com-prehensive assessment of computer security risks, and auditors were able to crack a significant number of employee passwords at six of them.

The audit said the agen-cies were reviewed because of the amount of confiden-tial information in their electronic files, including Social Security numbers, data from tax returns and data identifying individu-als. The report also said the state provides only lim-ited oversight of agencies’ security controls.

“Some agencies are re-sponsible for protecting millions of confidential re-cords, which makes them a potentially enticing tar-get for hackers,” the audit said.

The public report did not identify specific problems at individual agencies. The 10-member legislative committee that oversees the Legislative Division of Post Audit’s work had a closed session to review confidential reports on each agency, however.

The agencies reviewed included the departments

of Com-m e r c e , C o r r e c -tions, Ed-u c a t i o n , Labor and Revenue. The list also in-c l u d e d the state treasurer’s office, Juvenile Justice Authority, Board of Indigents’ Defense Ser-vices and Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tour-ism.

“Most agencies’ IT secu-rity controls we reviewed were not strong enough to help ensure that confi-dential information was adequately protected,” the auditors said in their pub-lic report.

In a response to the au-dit, John Byers, the execu-tive branch’s chief com-puter security official, said decentralization of state computer systems has con-tributed to security prob-lems and his office is work-ing to address such issues. Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration now has one office overseeing man-agement of all executive branch computer systems.

Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said in his formal response that his agency has addressed some of the issues raised in the report and “has a solid plan to ad-dress all within 6 months.”

Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, a Shawnee Republican and chairwoman of the audit committee, said Brown-back’s administration is working to address the is-sues raised in the report. Committee member Terry Bruce, a Hutchinson Re-publican and the incom-

ing Senate majority leader, said the report changed some officials’ attitudes to-ward security issues.

“There were some who, they just never took it se-riously,” Bruce said, de-clining to be more specific after the closed meeting. “They’re now correcting that.”

Audit committee mem-ber and Rep. John Grange, an El Dorado Republican, acknowledged that agen-cies probably can and should improve computer security. But he questioned whether the audit overstat-ed the danger, saying the state has yet to see major security problems.

“What does the finding mean?” he said during a break in the committee’s closed meeting. “Does it have any impact on opera-tions?”

The audit said seven of the agencies that were reviewed didn’t force em-ployees to change pass-words frequently enough, without recycling pass-words. Eight of the nine used weak encryption to store passwords, and four didn’t have settings to lock computer users out after failed attempts to log in.

Brownback

Most agencies’ IT security controls we reviewed were not strong enough to help ensure that confidential infor-mation was ad-equately protected

—2012 Legislative audit report

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Audit: state computer security inadequate

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(First published in The IolaRegister, December 8, 2012)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

CASE NO. 2012-PR-45Geraldine C. Lacy, DECEASED

NOTICE OF HEARINGTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL

PERSONS CONCERNED:You are hereby notified that on No-

vember, 28, 2012, a Petition was filed in this Court by L.C. Lacy praying that descent be determined of the follow-ing real estate situated in Allen County, Kansas:

Lot 9, 10, 11, 12, Block 115, City of Iola, and Lot 2, Block 115, Original Townsite, City of Iola, and Lot Number Three (3), Block Number One Hun-dred Fifteen (115), City of Iola,

and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by dece-dent at the time of death; and that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be as-signed to the persons entitled thereto.

You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before

January 2, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

L.C. LacyPetitioner

William N. LacyAttorney for Petitioner111 S. StateP.O. Box 202Yates Center, KS 66783(620)625-2145

(12) 8,15,22

Public notice

Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: I have arthritis in both knees and have taken Celebrex for years for it. I am unsure how long I should keep taking it. What is your opinion of Celebrex? Also, could stem cells ever be used for joints? — L.H.

Answer: Celebrex is in a class of medicines called COX-2 inhibitors. It is usu-ally used for arthritis, and was specifically intended to reduce the likelihood of gas-trointestinal complications, especially bleeding from the stomach. It probably has less risk of bleeding and ulcer than other arthritis medi-cines, but serious bleeding can still occur.

There remains some con-troversy about whether Ce-lebrex increases the risk of heart disease the way an-other COX-2 inhibitor, Vioxx (since removed from the mar-ket), was found to in studies. Preliminary evidence sug-gests it is not more danger-

ous to the heart than other drugs, but a study is ongoing to determine this with great-er certainty.

Celebrex is very useful for many people, and if you have been taking it for years with good results and no side ef-fects that you notice, I would recommend you continue to take it.

Stem cells may indeed be useful for arthritis in the near future. Since one of the major problems in arthritis is loss of the cartilage in the joint, it makes sense to use new cells to regenerate it. But more research is needed.

Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: Could you please tell

me about myelofibrosis? My brother, who just turned 45, was diagnosed with it about four months ago. He has al-ways been healthy, except for being a chronic smoker. He experienced fatigue and was found to have severe anemia, needing four units of blood. He now gets Procrit. Can you tell me more about this? Is it hereditary? I just need to know what my family is facing so we can help him as best we can. — W.S.

Answer: Myelofibrosis is a disease of the bone mar-row. “Myelo” refers to bone marrow, and “fibrosis” is the process of replacement by scar tissue. Hence, in myelo-

fibrosis, the bone marrow is gradually replaced with scar tissue.

It’s usually seen in people over age 50, but 45 isn’t too unusual an age.

Hindered by scar tissue, the bone marrow is unable to make enough red blood cells, causing anemia. Anemia can be treated with blood trans-fusion, but also with medi-cations like Procrit, which induces the bone marrow to make more blood cells.

Similarly, the bone mar-row can fail to make enough white blood cells, putting the patient at risk for infection, and platelets, which can lead to excess bleeding. Although it can be cured with a bone marrow transplant, this is a risky procedure, and only an experienced hematologist can advise whether to consider this, as many people do well for a long time with medica-tion and blood transfusion. There is not a strong family tendency in this disease.

Celebrex remains controversial for someDr. Paul Donohue

To YourGoodHealth

Dr. Keith Roach

To YourGoodHealth

Dear Tom and Ray: I am a member of the military living in Minot, N.D. None of the mechanics in Minot, in-cluding the dealership, seem to know what is making my 2003 Toyota Tundra 4x4 truck make a loud vibrat-ing noise. It isn’t the align-ment or tires, and it doesn’t appear to be the bearings. The vibrations only begin around 22 mph, and then get increasingly louder/stron-ger up to about 45 mph, when they go away. The vibrations are there whether I am ac-celerating, coasting (even in neutral) or braking. To make things crazier, the vi-brations go away ENTIRELY when I switch the truck into four-wheel drive. Some days (rarely) the vibrations don’t show up at all. Is it harmon-ics, poor engineering, a prob-lem with the differential or

drive shaft? The vibrations appear to be located under the front driver’s side of the car — right underneath the driver’s seat, near the wheel. Any ideas? Thanks. — Kyle

Tom: Well, if you’re confi-dent that the tires are well-bal-anced, the next thing I’d have someone check is the drive shaft. Maybe you hit some-thing and bent it, or maybe there’s a worn-out universal joint in there.

Ray: When they tell you the drive shaft is fine (be-cause it’s rare for a drive shaft problem to “not show up at all” some days), then you’ll want to grab your wal-let and hold on to it tightly and dearly.

Tom: Because then the problem is more likely in the transmission or trans-fer case. The fact that it goes away when you engage four-

wheel drive suggests that something is worn out near the output shaft of the trans-mission.

Ray: But be aware that it may be difficult to diagnose with a high degree of cer-tainty, and that whatever they propose to fix probably will be very expensive. So I’d be reluctant to authorize a big repair unless you have

a lot of confidence that your mechanic has absolutely identified the source of the problem.

Check drive shaft for strange vibrations

B8Saturday, December 15, 2012 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

The National Motorsports Press Association looked outside — as in outside the cockpit — in making the organization’s latest Hall of Fame selections.

The three inductees are NASCAR executive Jim Hunter, Pocono Race-way founder Dr. Joseph Mattioli and broadcaster Ken Squier. The NMPA is headquartered at Darlington Raceway and has existed for more than 40 years.

Hunter and Mattioli will be inducted posthumously.

Hunter began his career as a sportswriter and advanced to work for NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation in a number of roles. Dr. Mattioli and wife Rose brought NAS-CAR and many other forms of racing to the mountains of eastern Pennsyl-vania. Squier anchored broadcasts on Motor Racing Network and CBS over four decades.

Scott resurfaces — Brian Scott, who finished ninth in the Nationwide Se-ries standings (one position ahead of Danica Patrick, by the way), will move to Richard Childress Racing after losing his ride at Joe Gibbs Racing.

Boise, Idaho, native Scott succeeds

Elliott Sadler, who is moving to JGR. The No. 2 Chevy will be sponsored by Shore Lodge, which is owned by Scott’s family.

Nonstarter — Tony Stewart an-nounced that he will not take up Roger Penske on his offer of a ride in next year’s Indianapolis 500, which, of course, would require that Stewart compete in both the 500 and Char-lotte’s Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. Stewart competed in both races in 1999 and 2001.

“As much as I would like to do it, we don’t have the time to do it proper,” Stewart said.

Reference telecasts — Television announcers mentioned Jimmie Johnson’s name 7,744 times during the 2012 season. Next were Denny Hamlin (5,219) and Keselowski (5,059). Dale Earnhardt Jr. was seventh in mentions at 3,422, according to Joyce Julius & Associates.

OK, it’s done — NASCAR officials pre-sented teams with what is supposedly the final rules specifications for next year’s G6 models. That is, of course, as long as the tests being conducted this week at Charlotte Motor Speedway live up to the expectations of officials, who should probably “never say never.”

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

NMPA selects three for its hall of fame class

LOOKING TO NEXT SEASON

� Sprint Cup teams entered this week’s tests at Charlotte Motor Speedway with much to learn about the so-called G6 car designs. They are anxious for NASCAR to stop experimenting and give them a reliable design.� The good news is that

the Daytona Shootout format has been restored to what is approximately its old format: a showcase of pole winners from the previous year. The bad news is that the reigning champion, Brad Keselowski, and runner-up, Clint Bowyer, aren’t eligible.� Not since 2004, when 2003

champion Matt Kenseth was ineligible, has the Shootout been run without the previous year’s champion.� Everyone wants to win

the Daytona 500, but none more so than Tony Stewart, an adept plate racer who has won three championships but never prevailed in NASCAR’s most famous race.� Stewart has won 17 races

at Daytona in various series, including four victories in the track’s Independence weekend 400-miler.� Chief current humbling

effect on Keselowski? The Michigan native still pulls for the Detroit Lions.� It will be interesting to

see how Clint Bowyer reacts to the expectations and scrutiny that come with being Chase runner-up and, in a sense, heir apparent for the following year.� John Steinbeck’s “The

Winter of Our Discontent” actu-ally has nothing to do with Kyle Busch during the offseason.� The 11th-hour tweaking of

NASCAR’s new Sprint Cup cars leads one to wonder: Are they gradually being made more alike? Is the manufacturer iden-tity being slightly undermined in the name of equal competition?� Drivers who had rough

years and blamed it on luck can take heart. It really does all even out in the long run.

VERSUS

It’s always a little awkward for one driver to compete against the driver who replaced him. In this case, Kenseth has moved to Joe Gibbs Racing, where Logano used to be, and Logano is now champion Brad Keselowski’s teammate at Penske Racing, which brings with it an element of pressure, as well.

NASCAR This Week’s Monte Dutton gives his take: “Both Logano and Kenseth come across as mild-mannered, but in their race cars, they really aren’t. For the most part, that is a good thing.”

That Took Some Talent ...On April 12, 1970, a fan threw a glass bottle

over the fence at Talladega Superspeedway, and the bottle hit the windshield of Cale Yarborough’s Mercury, shattering it. Although Yarborough wasn’t injured — and continued to race — glass bottles have been banned at NASCAR races ever since. (Source: “The Official NASCAR Trivia Book”)

John Clark/NASCAR This WeekTony Stewart passed on Roger Penske’s offer to ride in the Indianapolis 500. Stewart did ‘The Double’ (racing at Indy and Charlotte on the same day) twice — 1999 and 2001.

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

As a group, they’re not notable for their book learning, but NASCAR figures learn to turn a phrase, as collected

during another grueling Sprint Cup season:

“I feel as if our sport is extremely safe until something goes wrong.” — Jeff Gordon.

“To switch teams like I did was a huge risk and a chance for me to show my talents.” — Clint Bowyer.

“I don’t pay attention to what everyone else is doing. I think it screws me up more times than it helps me.” — Kyle Busch.

“I ran out of brakes and talent with two to go.” — Denny

Hamlin, at New Hampshire.“Last year if Tony Stewart hadn’t won the Chase, I think

he would’ve won the championship anyway.” — Bowyer, suggesting an impossibility.

“I couldn’t see. I was just riding along, and everybody crashed. The whole field.” — Dale Earnhardt Jr., at Talladega.

“All it takes (to win the Chase) is more points than them other 11 guys.” — Matt Kenseth.

“Live by the sword, die by the sword.” — Jimmie Johnson, referring to Brad Keselowski running out of fuel.

“There’s a good chance of anything.” — Ryan Newman, title prognosticator.

“I want to be considered the best driver to ever sit in a stock car.” — Johnson.

“The reason the wreck happened on the front straight (at the end) was there was oil all over it. Ray Charles could see that.” — Hamlin, at Phoenix.

THEY SAID IT DURING THE SEASON

John Clark/NASCAR This WeekYeah, Jimmie Johnson didn’t win his sixth Cup title this year, but he’s fast at work in adding to his legacy. Will the Hendrick driver fulfill his desire to become ‘the best driver to ever sit in a stock car?’ Maybe he’s getting tips from Richard Petty somehow.

A New BallgameThe new season figures to be newer than usual

Photos by John Clark/NASCAR This WeekYeah, Brad Keselowski, front left, won the Cup after Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson held court the past few years. The trend toward different drivers winning with different teams and cars is taking NASCAR by storm. This trend could open things up for your favorite driver to take over and run wild.

For five years, Jimmie Johnson ruled the Sprint Cup Series. He didn’t go away in 2011-12, but he didn’t win any championships, either.

Tony Stewart won his third championship — and first in six years — in 2011, and his razor-sharp duel with Carl Edwards provided the 10-race Chase with its all-time classic, but Stewart was a throwback, and as many were quick to point out, over seven seasons, the sport had only two champions, Johnson (2006-’07-’08-’09-’10) and Stewart (2005, ’11).

In a span of three years, NASCAR has produced an unprecedented achievement — Johnson’s fifth straight title — a memorable championship by one of the sport’s more popular stars (Stewart), and the emer-gence of a new and unexpected superstar.

Next, all must adjust to changes because a new car — Generation 6, or G6 — will debut, providing fans with three makes — Chevy, Ford and Toyota — that are

more distinct than the largely generic models used for most of six seasons.

Another change, of course, is the departure of Dodge, which bowed out in spite of winning a championship in its final year.

Brad Keselowski and Penske Racing will switch to Ford next season. Perhaps, given that all the cars are chang-ing, it’s a good time. Keselowski has a new teammate in Joey Logano, who won twice in four full seasons with Joe Gibbs’ Toyota powerhouse.

The champion is undaunted.“I feel like this team … can do anything we set our

mind to if we work together like we have over the last few years. I really do,” Keselowski said, “and I just feel so fortunate to be where I’m at right now in life and with racing, to have guys like this around me because you’re a product of who you surround yourself by, and I’m surrounded by the best.”

Perhaps another championship is within Kesel-owski’s grasp, but the competition most definitely isn’t going away.

� Who’s hot: Brian Scott lands a ride at Richard Childress Racing, in what ended up being basically a driver swap with Elliott Sadler, now with his former employer, Joe Gibbs Racing.� Who’s not: Two rough years comprise a serious slump for Jamie McMurray, and things haven’t been so great lately for his teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya. The offseason changes of a year ago failed to yield results.

Scott

McMurray

By Monte DuttonNASCAR This Week

Outsider Now An Insider Chris Myers was an outsider when brought in

by Fox to hosts its NASCAR coverage more than a decade ago. Now, with Michael Levin, he has written NASCAR Nation: How Racing’s Values Mir-ror America’s (Fenn/M&S, $24.99 U.S., $27.99 Canada). “It’s no small wonder,” Myers writes, “that America is the birthplace of NASCAR.”

Trivia1. What is the maximum number of points a driver can get for winning a race?2. What track was added to the Sprint Cup schedule in 2011?3. Who won the only Cup (then Grand National) race ever run at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla.?4. Who was NASCAR’s first Rookie of the Year?5. What race shop was on property now occupied by Charlotte Douglas International Airport?6. What track touts itself as “the World’s Fastest Half Mile”?7. Where did the great Jimmy Clark make his only NASCAR start?8. Who collected the last of the Hudson Hornet’s 79 NASCAR victories?9. When did the Daytona 500 become the first race of the Cup schedule?10. Who was fined $100 for beating his car with a jack handle?11. In what year were Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s bricks covered with asphalt?12. Who was the first female owner to win at NASCAR’s top level?

1. 482. Kentucky Speedway3. Herb Thomas4. Shorty Rollins5. Holman-Moody6. Bristol Motor Speedway7. Rockingham, N.C.8. Herb Thomas9. 198210. Joe Frasson11. 196112. Mamie Reynolds

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