Iola Register 12-26-12

BASKETBALLMiami Heat win

rematch over OKCSee B1

Locally owned since 1867 www.iolaregister.comWednesday, December 26, 2012

40/25Details, A2

The Iola RegIsteRBASEBALLIola AA Indians split

with BaldwinSee B1

Locally owned since 1867 www.iolaregister.comWednesday, July 6, 2011

88/72Details, A5

Vol. 113, No. 209 75 Cents Iola, KS

Iola Municipal Band— Since 1871 —

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

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

Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.

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

By SUSAN [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By RICHARD [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mowing effort recalls yesteryear

Ray Whiteley

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

By BOB [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Put that ego on the shelf, boys

See EGO | Page B6

By JOE [email protected]

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

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

Pekarek walks his talk. A na-


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Temps for runlook inviting

See TEMPS | B6

Countyhearsbudgetrequests

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

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

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

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

Pekarek finds home at USD 257

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

Cheating scandal detailed

See CHEATING | Page A5See MOWING | Page A5See COUNTY | Page A5

See PEKAREK | Page A5

Vol. 115, No.42 75 Cents Iola, KS

Undecided - 3%Yes - 14%

No - 83%

Poll results: should there be stricter gun control laws?

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The influential Kansas Chamber of Commerce and some conserva-tive Republican legislators said they would consider canceling a scheduled decrease in the state sales tax, but only if lawmak-ers agree to another cut in the state’s income tax.

A first round of income tax cuts enacted in May and set to take effect Jan. 1 have left the state with a projected $295 mil-lion budget shortfall for the fiscal year that begins in July. The expected shortfall has led to speculation that Gov. Sam Brownback will propose keep-ing the state’s sales tax at 6.3 per-cent, and the conservative Re-publican governor hasn’t ruled out the idea.

The sales tax is set to drop to 5.7 percent in July because of a promise made in 2010 by legis-lators and Brownback’s prede-cessor, Democratic Gov. Mark Parkinson, when they increased the rate from 5.3 percent to 6.3 percent to avoid cutting aid to public schools, social services programs and other state spend-ing. Legislators in both parties want to keep the promise.

But conservative Republicans also want the Legislature to phase out individual and corpo-rate income taxes, which they say will stimulate the economy. The Chamber of Commerce, which helped conservative Republicans win control of both the House and Senate in the November election, is waiting to see what Brownback proposes, but top of-ficials said they might accept a sales tax freeze in return for low-ering income taxes further.

That creates a dilemma for

lawmakers who might normally consider a sales tax freeze the equivalent of a tax hike, but who also want to eliminate in-come taxes as quickly as pos-sible. Legislators are expected to debate such a tax shift after they convene their 2013 session on Jan. 14.

“I’m open on the tax situ-ation,” said Sen.-elect Steve Fitzgerald, a conservative Leav-enworth Republican who’s been appointed to the budget-writing Ways and Means Committee. “Economic growth is THE issue, and taxes are part of it.”

Keeping the sales tax at 6.3 percent would raise at least $250 million a year in additional rev-enue. However, any such propos-al, whether it’s tied to income tax cuts or not, would face strong opposition from Democrats.

They say income tax cuts mainly help the wealthy and re-lying more on the sales tax will hurt lower-income families by boosting the cost of groceries, clothing and other basic con-sumer goods.

“We’re going to put a bigger burden on working families,” said Rep.-elect Tom Sawyer of Wichita, who’ll serve as the ranking Democrat on the House

Kansas conservatives reconsider sales tax

See TAX | Page A6

JohnHannaAn AP news analysis

Volunteers offer time, serviceBy STEVEN [email protected]

The Allen County Rural Volun-teer Fire Department lies west of Iola, tucked away in “the barn,” a small garage located next to the RV park and across the highway from the Iola Cemetery.

Darrell Baughn, the depart-ment’s chief, has been a volunteer firefighter for 31 years and his son, Travis, is also a volunteer firefighter.

They have an experience that is unmatched with the department, and a passion as well.

“We get burnt just as bad as any other firefighter, our lives are on the line,” Darrell said. “We bleed just like the next guy.”

The department consists of 14 men, all of whom volunteer a substantial amount of their time protecting the rural areas that are not covered by the Iola Fire Department.

The small garage is packed full of years of ingenuity, resourceful-ness and hard work. Travis said they have four trucks that are specifically designed to fight dif-ferent types of fires. Two trucks are equipped as “brush units” — 4-wheel drive vehicles mounted with equipment to fight grass and brush fires. Travis said they are the most common sort of fire the

department faces.The next truck is what the

volunteers have dubbed as “the pumper.” Bearing a similar re-semblance to a traditional fire truck, it is equipped with stan-dard fire-fighting hoses for struc-ture and vehicle fires.

Lastly, resting outside of the garage under a shelter is “the tanker.” This old military truck has 6-wheel drive and is designed to take on just about any fire the department encounters.

“It’s a multi-purpose truck,” Travis said. “It’s one of the better trucks in the county.”

The truck was acquired from Bourbon County, after the volun-teer department received a large grant and didn’t have the time to overhaul it. When the Allen Coun-ty volunteers got the truck, it was still in full military outfit — not exactly ideal for fire fighting.

Volunteer Dan Ryder said they had to take on the responsibility of repainting the truck and mak-ing it ready for the department. Now, “the tanker” is equipped with a drop tank (a large water reservoir meant to hold 1,000

See FIRE | Page A6

We get burnt just as bad as any other fire-

fighter, our lives are on the line. We bleed just like the next guy.

— Darrell Baugh,Volunteer Fire Chief

“

“

From left, Darrell Baugh, Travis Baughn, Byron McDonald, Dan Ryder and Brad Yoder stand in front of “the pumper,” one of the four trucks used in the volunteer department.

Register/Steven Schwartz


Downtown Iola was all ajingle Monday after-noon for the annual Jingle Bell Jog.

Participants tied bells to their shoes as they ran or walked through north Iola. Many ran in groups of friends or family members.

Opal Beshore, dressed warmly to ward off the chill, came to enjoy from the sidelines, and also to cheer on her favorite runner.

Colby Works, a freshman at Iola High, didn’t dis-appoint. Young Works broke through a strand of garland about a minute after Tanner Wilson, an-other high schooler, was first to finish.

As a tot, Works attended Beshore’s day-care cen-ter.

Works and Wilson, a junior at the Garnett high school, were among about 75 runners who took off west on Jackson Avenue and then north on Wash-ington.

The run covered five kilometers — about 3.1 miles — and took the first two finishers about 18 minutes to negotiate. Because of its fun-run na-ture, no official finishes or times were kept.

Walkers, another 35 to 40 participants, went three kilometers, or a little less than 2 miles. Don Burns was first in from the 3K, but he added some jogging to his walk so he could finish in time to help, as a Thrive Allen County volunteer, with post-event activities.

Thrive sponsored the 15th Jingle Bell Jog. Hot chocolate, bottled water and gingerbread cookies awaited finishers.

MANY participants came costumed.Mari Hill and some of her friends showed up

again this year dressed colorfully as elves. Leon-ard Delaughter, LaHarpe, came as Frosty the Showman, dressed head to foot in white and car-rying a broom.

Several embraced reindeer themes, with floppy horns and big round noses. Elves were common.

Many alumns home for the holidays participat-ed in the fun run.

Stephen Gilpin, a 1995 IHS graduate, came from

Jingle Bell Jog crisp, but fun

By GEORGE M. WALSH and MARY ESCHAssociated Press

WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) — The ex-con turned sniper who killed two firefighters wanted to make sure his goodbye note was legible, typing out his desire to “do what I like doing best, killing people” before setting the house where he lived with his sister ablaze, police said.

Police Chief Gerald Pickering said Tuesday that the 62-year-old loner, William Spengler, brought plenty of ammunition with him for three weapons including a

military-style assault rifle as he set out on a quest to burn down his neighborhood just before sun-rise on Christmas Eve.

And when firefighters arrived to stop him, he unleashed a tor-rent of bullets, shattering the windshield of the fire truck that volunteer firefighter and police Lt. Michael Chiapperini, 43, drove to the scene. Fellow firefighter To-masz Kaczowka, 19, who worked as a 911 dispatcher, was killed as well.

Two other firefighters were struck by bullets, one in the pel-vis and the other in the chest and knee. They remained hospital-

Firefighters killed in New York shooting

Check out Thursday’s paper for next week’s poll question.

See SHOOTING | Page A2 See JINGLE | Page A6

Above, more than 100 runners and walkers answered the starting gun for the 15th annual Jingle Bell Jog here Monday afternoon. Below, Mari Hill, dressed as an elf, ties a bell to her shoe at the start of the race.

Register/Bob Johnson

A2Wednesday, December 26, 2012 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

Special Show Prices$8 ADULTS • $1 CHILDREN

JAN. 9TH-13TH

Kansas Coliseum Pavillions • www.wichitarvshow.com

2 FREE ADMISSIONSWITH THIS AD!

Annual24Th

Wednesday, January 9 4pm-9pmThursday, January 10 4pm-9pmFriday, January 11 12-9pm

Saturday, January 12 10am-9pmSunday, January 13 12-6pm Department of Commerce

• Free Estimates• Free On-Site Consultation

• Fully Insured• 5-yr Workmanship Warranty

• Pre-engineered for code laws• Licensed ICC General Contractor

• 3-Ply Laminated Posts(60 year warranty)

• Steel Roof and Sides(40 yr. warranty)

• 16 colors available• 8’ o/c Post Spacing4’ o/c Truss Spacing

• 90 MPH Wind Load 30lb Truss Load

• Site Preparation available

Experience the QSI Advantage

Call for FREE information and estimates

Material Only Kits Now Available!www.qualitystructures.com • (800) 374-6988

��

AWARDWINNING!

Gale BeckGale Dean Beck, 89, Iola,

died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at Windsor Place.

He was born Nov. 19, 1923, near Adams, on what was to become the family farm, to Rus-sel Dewey Beck and Caroline Blumanhourst Beck. He was the oldest of seven children and an active 4-H member. After graduating from Adams High School in 1941 he worked in the area until he was inducted into the Army on July 23, 1944. He completed his training at Camp Hood, Texas. He sailed for Glasgow, Scotland on the Queen Mary, where he joined the 35th Divi-sion, and entered the Euro-pean Theater in WWII. He was one of 36 men to be an Honor Guard for President Truman in August 1945. He was honorably discharged on June 23, 1946, from the Army.

In August 1946 he en-rolled at Kansas State Agri-cultural College. He gradu-ated in January 1951 with a degree in agricultural ad-ministration and was hired by USDA/ASCS(FSA) in Allen County. He retired in January 1985 after 34 years.

In 1954 he joined the Kan-sas Army National Guard and retired in November 1983 and achieved the rank of sergeant major.

Gale married Joan Beal on Aug. 30, 1956, in Iola. They made their home in Colony before moving to Iola.

He was involved in nu-merous organizations and accepted leadership roles

in many of them. Some of these included NARFE, NASCOE/KASCOE, SAR, Lions, SEK Genealogy So-ciety; Presbyterian Church as member, Elder, Clerk of the Session and choir; 35th Infantry Division; 137th In-fantry Regiment; Meals on Wheels; Iola Library home bound book delivery; and VFW.

He is survived by his wife, Joan; his children, Terri Kretzmeier and hus-band Jay of Iola, Vicki Fry and husband William of Burlington, and David Beck of Iola; grandchildren Eliz-abeth Kretzmeier, Michelle Kretzmeier, Rebecca Smith, Jeri Edwards, Brenda John-son, Daryl Beck and Jenna Anderson; great-grandchil-dren Alexander Smith, Jac-quelyn Smith, Eric Hock-ett, Caleb Hockett, Joshua Hockett and Janie Myrick; two sisters Nora Ellen Al-lender, Norwich, and Olive Ann McCormick, King-man; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two infant sisters, Reba Faye Beck and Norma Mae Beck, brother Eldon Leroy Beck, and sis-ter Bonnie June Robertson Fite.

Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola.

Services are at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Presbyte-rian Church in Iola. The Revs. Kathryn Bell and Dale Powell will officiate.

Burial is in Highland Cemetery, Iola.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church or NARFE/Alz-heimer’s Research.

Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

Obituaries

Beck

James CreasonJames Lee Creason, 87, of

Iola passed away Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, at his home.

He was born on the family farm Aug. 16, 1925, the third son of William C. and Glessie M. (Turner) C r e a s o n . He attended North Maple Grove Grade School and Iola High School.

He was in the Navy from 1943 to 1946. He married Glenda June Wynn Oct. 27, 1946. They resided in Iola until moving to California in 1952. He worked at the Alameda Naval Air Station as an electrician. Later he worked for Otis Elevator in San Francisco, Calif. In 1963, they moved to Kansas City, Kan., to be closer to family. He was able to trans-fer from San Francisco to Dover Elevator in Kansas City.

In 1969 they purchased a peach orchard in Kansas City, which they ran for 20 years. He worked for Gov-ernment Services Admin-istration as an elevator me-chanic and inspector until he retired in 1987. In 1992 they moved to Tightwad, Mo., where they spent a lot of time fishing. They even-tually returned to their

hometown of Iola in 1995.He spent a lot of time at

the senior center playing his favorite card game of pitch. He and his brother Clifford cut a lot of wood for their fireplaces.

His wife survives, as do two sons, Jim and his wife, Melissa, of Iola, and a granddaughter, Ashley Wood, of Overland Park, and Bill and his wife, Jen-nifer, and their son, Max, of Overland Park; two step-children, Michael Williams, Olathe, and Whitney Wil-liams of Denver, Colo. Also surviving are a sister, Bev-erly Hefner, of Mt. Grove, Mo., and a brother, Bob, and his wife, Jill, of Paola; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Three sisters, Erma Sal-ing, Wilma Gregg and Reba Wilkins, and two broth-ers, Clifford and Raymond Creason, preceded him in death.

Visitation is from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday at Waugh-Yo-kum & Friskel Chapel in Iola.

Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Iola.

Burial is in Highland Cemetery, Iola.

Memorials may be left to Allen County Hospice or Iola Senior Meal Center.

Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

Creason

Welcome snowA snowboarder is framed this week by snow-covered windows on top of Panora-ma Lookout at Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California

Wally Skaliz/Los Angeles Times/MCT

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation’s midsection and unleashed damaging torna-does around the Deep South began punching its way to-ward the Northeast today, slowing holiday travel.

Post-Christmas travelers braced for flight delays and a raft of weather warnings for drivers, a day after rare winter twisters damaged buildings in Louisiana and Alabama.

Snow and ice covered roads in southern Illinois and southern Indiana early today. Officials urged resi-dents to stay home if they can. State police reported nu-merous slide-off accidents in the Evansville, Ind., area and white-out conditions on Interstate 64 in Indiana with wind gusts around 30 mph.

The storm system headed from the Gulf Coast to New England has been blamed for three deaths and several injuries, though no one was killed outright in the torna-

does. The storms also left more than 100,000 without power for a time across the South, darkening Christmas celebrations.

Severe thunderstorms were forecast for the Caroli-nas while a line of blizzard and winter storm warnings stretched from Arkansas up the Ohio River to New York and on to Maine.

Thirty-four tornadoes were reported in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama during the out-break Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.

Mobile was the biggest city hit by numerous twist-ers. Along with brutal, straight-line winds, the storms knocked down count-less trees, blew the roofs off homes and left many Christ-mas celebrations in the dark. Torrential rains drenched the region and several places saw flash flooding.

More than 325 flights around the U.S. were can-celed as of this morning, according to the flight track-

er FlightAware.com. The cancellations were mostly spread around airports that had been or soon would be in the path of the storm.

Travelers in the nation’s midsection battled treach-erous driving conditions from freezing rain and bliz-zard conditions from the same fast-moving storms. In Arkansas, officials said the state was fortunate the snowstorm hit on Christ-mas Day when many trav-elers were already at their destinations.

Texas, meanwhile, dealt with high winds and slick-ened highways.

On Tuesday, winds toppled a tree onto a pickup truck in the Houston area, killing the driver, and a 53-year-old north Louisiana man was killed when a tree fell on his house. Icy roads already were blamed for a 21-vehicle pileup in Oklahoma, and the Highway Patrol there says a 28-year-old woman was killed in a crash on a snowy highway near Fairview.

Storm system heads east

Quotes forthe day

The Associated Press“He was equipped to go

to war, kill innocent peo-ple.” — Webster, N.Y., Police Chief Gerald Pickering speaking about an ex-convict who killed two firefighters with a military-style .223-caliber semiautomatic Bushmaster rifle with flash sup-pression, the same make and caliber weapon used in the el-ementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn.

___“Today is the day we

begin everything all over again ... We know Christ-mas in a way we never ever thought we would know it. We need a little Christmas and we’ve been given it.” — Rev. Rob-ert Weiss speaking at a service in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman killed 27 people before shooting himself.

___“A lot of the Christmas

spirit was left behind way back in Black Friday weekend. We had one reason after another for consumers to say, ‘I’m go-ing to stick to my list and not go beyond it.’” — Mar-shal Cohen, chief research ana-lyst at the market research firm NPD Inc.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Dec. 26, 1972, the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, Mo., at age 88.

In 1941, during World War II, Winston Churchill became the first British prime min-ister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Con-gress.

In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, the embattled U.S. 101st Airborne Di-vision in Bastogne, Bel-gium, was relieved by units of the 4th Armored Division.

In 1980, Iranian televi-sion footage was broad-cast in the United States, showing a dozen of the American hostages send-ing messages to their families.

In 2004, some 230,000 people, mostly in south-ern Asia, were killed by a tsunami triggered by the world’s most pow-erful earthquake in 40 years beneath the Indian Ocean.

In 2006, former Presi-dent Gerald R. Ford died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 93.

Thought for Today: “The people can never

understand why the Pres-ident does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.” — President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972).

Today in history

ized in stable condition and were expected to survive.

On Tuesday, investiga-tors found a body in the Spengler home, presum-ably that of the sister a neighbor said Spengler hated: 67-year-old Cheryl Spengler. Spengler’s pen-chant for death had sur-faced before. He served 17 years in prison for man-slaughter in the 1980 hammer slaying of his grandmother.

But his intent was unmistakable when he left his flaming home carrying a pump-action shotgun, a .38-caliber revolver and a .223-cali-ber semiautomatic Bushmaster rifle with flash suppression, the same make and caliber weapon used in the el-ementary school massa-cre in Newtown, Conn., that killed 26.

“He was equipped to go to war, kill innocent peo-ple,” the chief said of a fel-on who wasn’t allowed to possess weapons because of his criminal past. It was not clear how he got them.

The assault rifle was believed to be the weapon that struck down the fire-fighters. He then killed himself as seven houses

burned on a sliver of land along Lake Ontario. His body was not found on a nearby beach until hours afterward.

Spengler’s motive was left unclear, Pickering said, even as authorities began analyzing a two- to three-page typewritten rambling note Spengler left behind.

H ShootingContinued from A1

Partly cloudyTonight, mostly cloudy.

Lows near 15. Thursday, mostly sunny.

Highs 35 to 40. Thursday night, mostly

cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Friday, partly sunny. Highs near 30. Lows near 15.

Sunrise 7:36 a.m. Sunset 5:09 p.m.

TemperatureHigh yesterday 23Low last night 10High a year ago 48Low a year ago 26

Precipitation24 hours ending 7 a.m. 0This month to date .45Total year to date 27.73Deficient since Jan. 1 9.76

Contact the Iola Register staff at [email protected]

HumboldtWednesday, December 26, 2012The Iola Registerwww.iolaregister.com A3

Fresh ChickenThighs or Drumsticks

lb99¢

Cocktail LinksHillshire Farms Litl Smokies

$249

Kaskey’sCream Soups

2/$100

Ocean Spray - Cranberry

$199

JuiceCocktails

Home Churned

Butter QuartersSalted or Unsalted

$199

4 lb bag

Mixed Fruit

$299

Mrs. Smith Pies

$299

US #1 IdahoRusset Potatoes

$199

2 Liter PepsiProducts

99¢

2/$5

These values available thru December 31, 2012. While supplies last.

Parsons, KS - 324 E. Main 24638 M-S 8-8; Sun 10-6 (Cash, Checks, Credit/Debit Cards, Food Stamps & WIC) / 620.423.3044

Chanute, KS - 1406 W. Main St. 24708 M-S 8-8; Sun 9-6 / 620.431.4663

Shockingly LOW prices!

FRESH MEATCUT DAILY!!

Doritos

JumboSweet Potatoes

lb29¢

Matlaw’s

Shrimp Ring

$399

By TERRY BROYLESHumboldt Correspondent

HUMBOLDT — Fire-men were hardly fin-ished with one fire alarm Friday evening, when a second alarm came through. Neither call involved fire or de-struction.

Before 9 p.m. they were called out to 8th and Pine streets, where a vehicle had reportedly hit a gas meter allowing gas to es-cape.

The second alert came from Moon’s Hometown

Market, where the alarm system was detecting a gas leak.

“That was kind of hard to find since the building is all electric,” fire chief Kent Barfoot said. “We think it could have been a problem with their phone line causing the alarm to go off.”

The City of Humboldt utility personnel used a gas sniffing apparatus in the building and did not detect gas, Barfoot said.

Firemen were on the scene almost an hour.

Volunteers of the South-wind Rail Trail Commit-tee met Dec. 17 to discuss progress on the trail and outline remaining tasks needing completion.

Phase 1, focusing main-ly on clearing the trail of brush and debris from Iola to Humboldt, is nearly complete, which will allow for raking and grading. Bill King, director of Allen County Public Works, will assist in creating a plan for the trail’s construction by the first of the year. He will discuss with trail vol-unteers bridge railings, the stone arch and land owners’ field crossings in the plan.

Pat Haire, local crafts-man, will fabricate posts for the Elm Creek Bridge

using iron brackets de-signed by Joe Works and posts from Barfoot Lum-ber, which will be attached to the bridge.

Monarch Cement of-fered delivery of large quarried rocks, between 3 and 4 feet, to be placed at trail intersections elimi-

nating the need for bol-lards. B & W Custom Trail-er Hitches will place the rocks when delivered.

Volunteers meet most Saturday mornings to work on different aspects of the trail, which, when completed, will be a 78.7- acre park for Allen County.

By TERRY BROYLESHumboldt Correspondent

HUMBOLDT—Activity around the former Wonder Bread store at 919 N. 8th is non-existent and the build-ing is empty.

Shelves, records, trucks and miscellaneous items were removed shortly after the store closed its doors to the public Nov. 17.

John Schultz, Chanute, owner of the 9,000-square- foot building, said he will put it on the market in 2013.

“I’m expecting to get the keys at the first of the year,” he said. “Then, I’ll of-fer it for sale or for lease.”

Wonder Bread, a division of Interstate Brands Corp., had occupied the build-ing since it was built in the late 1950s or early ’60s. Melvin Baker, Humboldt, remembers he and Larry

Brock helped construct the facility. T.O. Frevele was the contractor.

Schultz wasn’t definite on how many years he has owned the location.

“I’ve probably owned it 15, 18 years, maybe 20,” he said.

Wonder Bread has leased the property from him dur-ing that time and he said Interstate Brands was paid up until the end of the year.

Schultz, now semi-re-tired, owns other proper-ties, mainly in the Chanute area. Before selling the business, he was owner of Schultz Real Estate in Cha-nute.

The building likely will be offered “as is” or “as desired” Schultz said. For specific information about the building, he may be reached at 620-431-5928.

Above, Kalie Hole, left, fifth grade, took first place in the local spelling bee competi-tion and will advance to the Allen County Spelling Bee in February. Hailey Hammer, fifth grade, was second, Blake Walker, fourth grade, third. Samuel Neeley, right, is alternate.

Submitted photos

Below, the winners of the Humboldt Middle School Spelling Bee that took place Dec. 12 were, from left, Sierra Brinkerhoff, first place, Allison Turner, second place, Anna Whitcomb, third place, and Sydney Houk, fourth place (alternate).

To bee or not to bee

Rail trail work on track

Wonder Bread store willbe available after Jan. 1

Fire department responds to alarms

Temperature of 26 degrees and a brisk breeze didn’t keep fifth-grade students from spreading Christmas cheer around Humboldt’s square on Thursday. Terry Meadows, music director, said the carolers sang to residents of Arrowood Lane, USD 258 Board of Education office, City Hall and Stacy Cakes before returning to classes.

Braving the coldRegister/Terry Broyles

— NOTICE — Our carriers’ (under contract) deadline for home delivery of

The Iola Register is 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for Iola carriers.

DEADLINE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN CARRIERS IS 6:30 P.M. WEEKDAYS AND 9:30 SATURDAY.

If you have not received your paper by deadline, please call your carrier first. If unable to reach your carrier, call the

Register office at 365-2111. Rural Carriers 6:30 p.m. weekdays – 10:30 Saturdays

Terry Butts hosted 21 members of GALS FCE at her store, Terry’s Flow-ers, on Dec. 17.

Roxane Orr gave a re-port on gifts purchased for Adopt-a-Kid names and Glenna Wulf told about a FCE Council fun-draising challenge.

Members voted to make

a $200 end-of-year dona-tion to the Community Pantry milk fund. Lesson leaders, hostesses and Secret Gal names were drawn for 2013.

Incoming president Terry Butts previewed plans for a “year of grati-tude” meeting structure in 2013.

GALS meet at Terry’s Flowers


Opinion

The Iola RegIsTeR Published Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings except New Year’s day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, by The Iola Register Inc., 302 S. Washington, P.O. Box 767, Iola, Kansas 66749. (620) 365-2111. Periodicals postage paid at Iola, Kansas. Member Associated Press. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to use for publica-tion all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches. Subscription rates by carrier in Iola: One year, $107.46; six months, $58.25; three months, $33.65; one month, $11.67. By motor: One year, $129.17; six months, $73.81; three months, $41.66; one month, $17.26. By mail in Kansas: One year, $131.35; six months, $74.90; three months, $44.02; one month, $17.91. By mail out of state: One year, $141.35; six months, $76.02; three months, $44.97; one month, $17.91. Internet: One year, $100; six months, $55; one month, $10 All prices include 8.55% sales taxes. Postal regulations require subscriptions to be paid in advance. USPS 268-460 Postmaster; Send address changes to The Iola Register, P.O. Box 767, Iola, KS 66749.

First off, let’s get assault weapons off the table.

Hunters and those who shoot guns for sport, don’t want them around anymore than those of us who don’t care for the activities.

Rapid-fire guns loaded down with magazines of ammuni-tion have one purpose — to kill a lot of people quickly.

There’s nothing sporting about spraying a field or sky full of bullets.

It took Adam Lanza 10 min-utes to gun down 20 school children and six teachers in the Newtown, Conn. massacre, using a .223-caliber semiauto-matic rifle.

That kind of weapon — high-capacity, rapid-fire — made it relatively simple. It’s estimated Lanza fired one shot every three seconds, taking ad-vantage of numerous 30-round magazines.

Had he been forced to reload more often, to pause even for a few seconds, maybe fewer peo-ple would have died.

Wayne LaPierre, president of the National Rifle Associa-tion, said the answer to Con-necticut, is to place armed guards in every school.

“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” he said.

Fear, in other words, is to be the tone in the school yard.

No, no, gun enthusiasts say. Guns protect.

No, they intimidate. Which is why people like to wear them strapped around their hips. Or why “packing heat,” makes some feel more powerful.

“I could hurt you if I want-ed,” they think.

Which is not a civilized way to think.

THE HORSE is out of the gate as far as serious gun con-trol is considered. There’s al-most one gun for every Ameri-can today.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t control what kind of am-munition and kinds of gun can be sold from now on.

Take assault weapons and the kind of ammunition they use off the market and sooner or later their use will be cur-tailed.

Also, background checks on every purchase should be mandatory. Gun shows are no-torious for selling weapons to those not qualified for their use.

AS A SPORT, hunting is on the downswing. Of all people who own guns, only about 35 percent are hunters.

So the majority of NRA card-holders are not hunters, or even sportsmen, despite the fact that the NRA calls itself the “largest pro-hunting orga-nization in the world.”

In truth, the NRA isn’t speaking for hunters and sportsmen when it fights back-ground checks for gun-pur-chases; when it promotes the sale of assault weapons; when it fights limits of gun sales, and when it says we need more, not fewer, guns on our streets.

Most hunters and sports-men have great respect for their sport and know better than anyone the danger weap-ons can wield.

They should speak up in the debate of gun control.

— Susan Lynn

Kansas hunters should shape debateon gun control

Dear editor,Every time some maniac cuts

down a group of innocent people with firearms, the hue and cry is immediately raised to restrict or eliminate all access to weapons, as though this would prevent such future occurrences.

A firearm of any description is merely a tool — a tool designed for the purpose of killing. The fact that it us used to indiscrimi-nately kill innocent people is not the fault of the tool; it is merely performing a function.

The fault lies with the user of the tool, the person who, for whatever reason, decided to in-

discriminately murder masses of innocents.

In the Mideast, mass murder by bomb is virtually a daily occur-rence. These events, however, have a political or religious intent.

If there is a purpose behind murdering dozens of school chil-dren or theater patrons by gunfire, it has yet to be shown. It can only be concluded that such tragedies are the product of sick minds, and that any attempt to reduce or elim-inate the phenomenon of mass murder should start there.

Schools are particularly vul-nerable to attacks of this sort, especially in small communities

where “nothing has ever hap-pened,” doors are left unlocked all day and the nearest law enforce-ment officer is downtown at the courthouse.

I lived in Kansas City, Mo., many years ago, and even then many schools had armed guards and metal detectors.

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee said, quite succinctly, recently that, “We have systematically removed God from our schools. Should we be so surprised that our schools have become a place of carnage?”

Kim Romig,Iola, Kan.

Letter to the editor

If Gov. Sam Brownback is sin-cere in saying he wants to protect education as the state experienc-es a “hard dip” in revenues, that commitment shouldn’t come to a halt at 12th grade. So it’s wor-risome that his budget office has mentioned an 8 percent cut for higher education in its planning for a fiscal 2014 budget.

Brownback told the Kansas Board of Regents in November that he doubted lawmakers would increase base operating funds for higher education, though there might be dollars for specific proj-ects.

Fred Logan, vice chairman of the regents, told The Eagle editorial board recently that he’s “guardedly optimistic” about Brownback’s budget, praising the governor’s recent initiatives fo-cused on technical education and engineering and his leadership on the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas State University.

Brownback also aided the Uni-versity of Kansas’ successful ef-fort to achieve its National Can-cer Institute designation and has other good ideas for higher ed,

recently calling on the regents system to encourage more start-ups and become the intellectual center for policymaking against human trafficking.

So an 8 percent cut in state funding for higher education, or about $50 million, would signal an unexpected change in priorities. It also would differ sharply from the regents’ requested 6.2 percent increase, which would include 1 percent raises for 18,000 employ-ees, $2.8 million to improve the Wichita campus of the KU School of Medicine, and $1 million of the $75 million needed for a new health education building at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.

The problem is that the income-tax cuts are projected to open a $295 million hole in the state bud-get for fiscal 2014 and cause more problems after that. A lot of state spending will need to be trimmed in the next few budget years and, to their credit, administrators across the regents system have demonstrated they know how to increase private funding and cur-tail spending.

But the public doesn’t want

more higher-ed cuts: In the 2012 Kansas Speaks survey, conducted by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State Univer-sity, 47.2 percent of respondents favored keeping state funding for colleges and universities at current levels, while 37.4 percent wanted to see it increased.

The 8 percent cut is part of a budget-reduction scenario, which is part of the standard budget process for a governor. The re-gents have appealed, and it may not end up in the budget proposal the governor presents to the 2013 Legislature next month. If it does, though, lawmakers should think better of it.

It would be shortsighted to cut state support for higher educa-tion when Kansas’ recovering economy will need all the highly trained, career-ready, critically thinking college graduates it can get.

And as Logan told the Gover-nor’s Council of Economic Advi-sors this fall, “There is no better pro-growth strategy for Kansas than having a strong system of higher education.”

— The Wichita Eagle

Cuts to higher ed short-sighted

Bone-dry southwest Kansas en-joyed a nice rain on Dec. 14.

It was the first measurable pre-cipitation in many days, and bad-ly needed in a region and state all too familiar with drought.

In early December, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported all of Kansas in some degree of drought, with about 36 percent in the “exceptional drought” catego-ry and another 42 percent in the second-worst “extreme drought” category.

And southwest Kansas gener-ally finds itself on the short end of that stick.

Discussions on how to deal with ongoing drought are common, naturally, and usually center on farming. Agriculture does indeed sap the most water from the Ogal-lala Aquifer as area farmers do their best to grow crops.

But scrutiny of water use has to extend beyond farm fields. Wa-ter pulled from the aquifer also goes to homes, businesses and in-dustries, and for such recreation-

al opportunities as parks and golf courses.

The trick is in finding the prop-er balance between water conser-vation and economic growth. It’s a complex problem that should be tackled from many angles.

With water being pulled from the ground faster than it can be re-plenished, everyone has a vested interest in the issue.

So, it was encouraging to hear that representatives of the Groundwater Foundation, a Ne-braska-based nonprofit group, were in town recently to engage representatives of local govern-ment, businesses and other orga-nizations in a conversation on the possibility of a community plan to encourage better water conserva-tion methods.

A similar program launched

locally several years ago failed to gain traction. Still, it’s worth a try again, as a way to engage lo-cal citizens in doing more to help alleviate the drain on a precious resource.

Western Kansas has no future without a dependable supply of water.

While agricultural water use will remain a chief area of con-cern, strategies to encourage con-servation by everyone — not just farmers — are essential if this re-gion is to stay viable.

Stepped-up education and awareness in a way being pro-posed by the Groundwater Foun-dation could foster more buy-in and lead to new strategies. The community should be eager to pursue such a possibility.

— The Garden City Telegram

Water conservation critical to Kansas

The trick is in finding the proper balance between wa-ter conservation and economic growth.

FarmWednesday, December 26, 2012The Iola Registerwww.iolaregister.com A5

East Kansas Chemical “S ERVING O UR F RIENDS I N F ARMING F OR O VER 30 Y EARS ”

��

��

��

��

Are you tired of battling weeds like these?

��

��

��

��

��

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

Parsons Livestock Market, Inc.

Jct. of 400 & 59 Hwy. Toll Free — 1-800-344-2401

Serving SE Kansas Since 1933

Trailers Available

Free Cattle Appraisals

70,000 sq. ft. of Covered Pens

Feed & Water Pens Available For Monday & Tuesday Arrivals

Sale Every Wed. at Noon

Bowl Games

Saturday, Saturday, Dec. 29 Dec. 29

Catch all the Bowl Games Bowl Games

on our 4 Big Screen TVs!

at

112 S. Washington, Iola • (620) 365-8311

Drink Special Drink Special Drink Special from 2-5 p.m. $ 1 50 Domestic $ 1 50 Domestic

Little Boy Beers Little Boy Beers

Be There!

The November meeting for Prairie Dell 4-H club met on Nov. 5 at the 4-H building in Riverside Park, led by president Allyson Hobbs.

Twenty-three members, one leader and two guests were present. Khrystal Smith led the club in sing-ing “If You’re Happy and

You Know It.”Two light bulbs were re-

placed this month to help the club’s conservation committee.

Prairie Dell’s window display for 4-H week was in the window at McGinty-Whitworth and showed the club members’ projects

like photography, knitting, wood-working and the club banner.

The Prairie Dell float placed second in the Farm- City Days parade.

For the program, Kah-lan Roloff gave a talk and showed her counted cross stitch project that she has

started. Alexis Hobbs talk-ed about and showed the Princess Zelda Halloween costume she made for her sister Annika.

To end the meeting, the club played Blue-Black Bo-logna.

— Alexis Hobbs, Junior Reporter

New Year’s resolutions—they’re easy to make but easier to break. Why is it so hard to make the healthy changes that we know can help us feel better and live longer? And why is it so hard to make them last?

Some of the most com-mon New Year’s resolu-tions are losing weight, getting more physical activ-ity, eating more nutritious foods, quitting cigarettes, reducing stress and sleep-ing better. But no matter which healthy resolution you choose, research sug-gests that some common strategies can improve your chance of making the change a habit and a part of your daily lifestyle.

Any resolution to change needs to include small goals that are definable and ac-companied by a solid plan on how to get to that goal. For instance, a resolution to lose 30 pounds may seem overwhelming. Instead, try setting smaller goals of los-ing 5 pounds a month for 6 months. Think baby steps rather than giant leaps.

Next, develop an action plan. You might decide to walk a half hour each day to burn calories or to stop buying vending machine

snacks. Those are specific behaviors that could help you meet your larger goal of losing 30 pounds.

To make a long-lasting change in your life, prepare yourself for the challeng-es you might face. Is the change important to you, or is it influenced by others, like your doctor, spouse or a friend? Research suggests that if it’s something you really want for yourself, you’re more likely to stick to it.

Think of exactly how the change will improve your life. For instance, when you stop smoking, your risk lowers for cancer, heart disease, stroke and early death. Small improvements in physical activity, weight or nutrition may help re-duce your risk for disease and lengthen your life. In one study, overweight or obese people who lost just 7 percent of their body weight slashed their risk

for diabetes by nearly 60 percent. Keeping facts like this in mind can help you maintain focus over the long haul.

Set up a supportive en-vironment. Remove items that might trip up your efforts. If you’re quit-ting smoking, throw away ashtrays and lighters. To improve nutrition, put un-healthy but tempting foods on a hard-to-reach shelf, or get rid of them. Have plenty of healthy foods available for meals and snacks. And be sure you have appropri-ate, comfortable clothing for exercise, whether at home, the gym or outdoors.

Social support is also key. Research shows that people’s health behaviors tend to mirror those of their friends, family and spouses. Enlist friends and family to help you eat bet-ter, go on walks, or remind you to stay on track. Be-ing connected to a support group improves chances of success. People learn from each other and reinforce each other in working to-ward their goals.

While making a change is one thing, sticking to it is something else. People who can maintain efforts to

change their behavior, and do it for six to eight weeks, are more likely to be able to support that effort longer term.

The Walk Kansas pro-gram is designed on that concept. Walk Kansas is an eight-week Extension pro-gram to help people develop the healthy habit of regular physical activity — a habit they can continue for a life-time. It encourages social support in the teams of six people who are accountable to each other and who re-port to their captain weekly.

Walk Kansas starts March 17. Details of the program and registration information will be avail-able in a few weeks in lo-cal Southwind Extension District offices. Or, contact Ann in the Fort Scott office at 620-223-3720 or [email protected].

Change is always pos-sible. You’re never too out-of-shape, too overweight or too old to make healthy changes. You don’t need a new year to make those healthy changes. But the new year is an opportunity to think about improve-ments you’d like to make and then take steps to achieve them.

Kansas State Univer-sity, Southwind Extension District and the Wildcat Extension District invite you to attend the Winter Ranch Management Semi-nar Jan. 8 in the Neosho County Courthouse meet-ing room. Registration is at 4 p.m. and the program starts at 4:30 p.m.

Topics to be covered in-clude:

• Protection and Res-toration of Forage and Range Resources

• R.A. Brown Ranch: Management Innovations for a Changing Beef Indus-try – Donnell Brown, R.A. Brown Ranch, Throck-morton, Texas

• Fetal Programming: Implications for Beef Cattle Production – Rick Funston, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Tips and Tools to Reach Your Management Goals

• Introduction to the Kansas Heifer Improve-ment Initiative

To attend, please con-tact the Southwind Exten-sion District, Fort Scott Office at 620-223-3720 or [email protected] by Jan. 2. Registration fee will be $25 with additional attend-ees from the same family, farm or operation at $15. Dinner will be provided.

More information, in-cluding registration, is also available online at www.asi.ksu.edu/rms or www.southwind.ksu.edu.

A WEED Resistance luncheon is Jan. 22 at the Yeager Building on the Bourbon County Fair-grounds. The program is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

and includes lunch pro-vided by AgVenture.

Topics to be covered are: • Weed Resistance: how

we got here, what to do now, and where to go from here – Dallas Peterson, K-State Weed Specialist

• Southeast Kansas Agronomy Update – Doug Shoup, Area Agronomy Specialist

Registration is request-ed by Jan. 18 by calling the Southwind Extension Dis-trict – Fort Scott office at 620-223-3720.

The Southwind Exten-sion District and Citizen’s Bank, NA invite produc-ers to attend an Ag Profit-ability Conference on Feb. 12 in the Allen County Courthouse basement. The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with registration and conclude at 2:30 pm.

Speakers and presenta-tions secured are:

• Profitability Drivers and Global Position Im-pacts on the U.S. Beef In-dustry’s Future - Glynn Tonsor

• Crop Profitability Out-look for 2013 - Troy Dum-ler

• What’s Next - Gordon Dowell

• Bringing the Next Gen-eration to the Farm: Do we have what we need to do what we want? - Kevin Herbel

• Land Prices During Periods of Rapid Change - Bryan Schurle

Registration and $5 fee is due to the Southwind Extension District Fort Scott Office by Feb. 5. Ad-ditional information and registration form can be found at www.southwind.ksu.edu, agmanager.info/events, or by calling the Fort Scott Office at 620-223-3720.

The Kansas Depart-ment of Agriculture and the Southwind Extension District are partnering to offer a Foreign Animal Disease and High Path Avian Influenza workshop at the Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College Campus in late February. Date and time is to be de-termined.

This will be an interac-tive event with discussions on disease surveillance, prevention, investigation and outbreak manage-ment.

All parties are invited and encouraged to attend — producers, law enforce-ment, health officials, vet-erinarians, emergency personnel, educators and other interested citizens.

AnneLudlumExtensionAgent forFamily andConsumer Sciences

Baby steps help keep resolutions Animal and cropseminars offered

DeltaGeorge

ExtensionAgent forAgriculture

1 Ton Recycled Newspapers

= 17 30’ Trees

Call 365-2111

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

THE IOLA

REGISTER www.iolaregister.com

4-H club news


SUVs 2013 Edge SEL , A uto V6, Sync, P rogram C ar, O nly 21K . . $ 26 , 875 $ 26 , 875 2012 Ford Edge L im ited, A uto V6, Sync, L eather, L oaded, O nly 23K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 26 , 488 $ 26 , 488 2012 Buick Enclave, A uto V6, A W D , B luetooth, L eather, L uxury, O nly 33K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 31 , 988 $ 31 , 988 2011 Ford Escape L im ited, A uto 4 C yl., FW D , Sync, L eather, C ertified P re-O wned, 66K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16 , 875 $ 16 , 875 2010 Ford Escape XL T, A uto V6, Front W heel D rive, Sync, O nly 52K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 15 , 988 $ 15 , 988 2009 K ia Soren to EX, A uto V6, FW D , 60K M iles . . . . . . . . . . $ 12 , 375 $ 12 , 375 2009 Ford Flex SEL , A uto V6, FW D , L eather, Very N ice, O nly 32K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20 , 375 $ 20 , 375 2008 Ford Escape XL S, A uto 4 C yl., FW D , 78K M i. . . . . . $ 12 , 988 $ 12 , 988 2007 Ford Escape XL T, A uto V6, FW D , 57K M iles . . . . . $ 11 , 875 $ 11 , 875 2005 Ford Expedition XL S, A uto V8, 4x4, 7 P assenger Seating, N ice, 96K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9 , 995 $ 9 , 995 2003 Ford Explorer Sport, A uto V6, 130K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6 , 875 $ 6 , 875 2004 Jeep G rand Cherokee L aredo, A uto V8, 4x4, 110K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7 , 495 $ 7 , 495

Cars 2012 Ford Fusion SEL , A uto V6, L eather, Sync, Very Sharp, 28K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17 , 450 or $ 299 m o. w.a.c. $ 17 , 450 or $ 299 m o. 2012 Chevrolet Im pala L TZ, A uto V6, L eather, Sunroof, 24K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17 , 877 $ 17 , 877 2012 Ford Taurus L im ited, A uto V6, Sync, L eather, B ackup C am era, L oaded, 27K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22 , 998 $ 22 , 998 2012 H yandai Son ata G L S, A uto 4 C yl., C lean Vehicle, 34K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16 , 988 or $ 289 m o. w.a.c. $ 16 , 988 or $ 289 m o. 2011 K ia O ptim a L X, A uto 4 C yl., G reat G as M ileage, 32K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17 , 488 or $ 299 m o. w.a.c. $ 17 , 488 or $ 299 m o. 2011 M ercury M ilan Prem ier, A uto V6, Sync, L eather, L oaded, C ertified P re-O wned, 32K M i. . . . . . . $ 16 , 988 or $ 289 m o. w.a.c. $ 16 , 988 or $ 289 m o. 2010 Ford Focus SEL , A uto 4 C yl., Sync, L eather, M oonroof, 32K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14 , 995 or $ 249 m o. w.a.c. $ 14 , 995 or $ 249 m o. 2010 D odge Ch arger SX, A uto V6, G ood G as M ileage, 40K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17 , 495 or $ 299 m o. w.a.c. $ 17 , 495 or $ 299 m o. 2010 Ford Focus SEL , A uto 4 C yl., Sync, L eather, M oonroof, C ertified P re-O wned, 33K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14 , 995 $ 14 , 995 2009 Chevrolet Im pala L TZ, A uto V6, L eather, Spoiler, L ow M iles, 30K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14 , 995 or $ 259 m o. w.a.c. $ 14 , 995 or $ 259 m o. 2008 M ercury Sable Prem ier, A uto V6, L eather, Sunroof, A W D , 65K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 13 , 995 $ 13 , 995 2008 Ford M ustan g, A uto V6, 2 D r., C lean C ar, 113K . . . . . . . $ 9 , 995 $ 9 , 995 2007 Chevrolet Im pala L TZ, A uto V6, L eather, Sharp, 80K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10 , 988 or $ 229 m o. w.a.c. $ 10 , 988 or $ 229 m o. 2008 Chevrolet M alibu, A uto, Very C lean, G ood G as M ileage, 97K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8 , 995 or $ 225 m o. w.a.c. $ 8 , 995 or $ 225 m o. 2007 Ford Focus SE, A uto 4 C yl., L ocal Trade-In, G reat G as M ileage, 69K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9 , 495 or $ 199 m o. w.a.c. $ 9 , 495 or $ 199 m o. 2007 Toyota Solara, A uto 4 C yl., C lean C ar, O nly 79K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12 , 450 or $ 252 m o. w.a.c. $ 12 , 450 or $ 252 m o. 2006 Ford 500 L im ited, A uto V6, L eather, G reat M ileage, 64K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9 , 995 or $ 215 m o. w.a.c. $ 9 , 995 or $ 215 m o. 2012 H yandai Son ata G L S, A uto 4 C yl., C lean Vehicle, 34K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16 , 988 or $ 289 m o. w.a.c. $ 16 , 988 or $ 289 m o. 2002 L incoln Town Car, A uto V8, L eather, L ocal Trade, Top-O f- The-L ine L uxury, 152K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5 , 750 $ 5 , 750 2001 M ercury G rand M arquis L S, A uto V8, L eather, 1-O wner, L ocal Trade-In, Very C lean, 98K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5 , 995 $ 5 , 995

Trucks 2012 Ford F-150 Platin um , A uto 5.0L V8, 4x4, L eather, Sunroof, N avigation, Very N ice Truck, O nly 13K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 41 , 688 $ 41 , 688 2011 Ford F-150 XL T Ext. Cab, A uto V6 E coboost, 4x4, Very C lean, L ocal Trade-In, O nly 28K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 26 , 875 $ 26 , 875 2011 Ford F-150 L ariat Crew Cab, A uto V6 E coboost, 4x4, L ocal Trade-In, C ertified P re-O wned, 14K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 34 , 895 $ 34 , 895 2010 Ford F-150 XL T Crew Cab, A uto V8, Sync, C lean 14K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22 , 988 $ 22 , 988 2010 Ford F-150 L ariat Crew Cab, A uto V8, L eather, L oaded, 4x4, 46K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 28 , 988 $ 28 , 988 2009 Ford F-350 Chassis Cab, B & W H ay B ed, P ower E quipm ent, A uto V10, 82K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20 , 988 $ 20 , 988 2009 Ford F-150 Crew Cab, A uto V8, 4x4, C lean, C ertified P re- O wned, 52K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 24 , 375 $ 24 , 375 2009 Ford F-150 FX4 Crew , A uto V8, 4x4, 109K . . . . . . $ 19 , 995 $ 19 , 995 2008 Ford F-250 Reg. Cab, 4x4, A uto V8, 78K M i. . . . . . $ 15 , 988 $ 15 , 988 2008 Ford F-350 Chassis Cab, A uto V8, C annonball H ay B ed, O nly 58K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27 , 488 $ 27 , 488 2008 G M C Sierra, A uto V8, L ift K it, 20” W heels w/M idaey Thom pson Tires, 4x2, O nly 52K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 21 , 988 $ 21 , 988 2008 Ford F-150 Crew Cab, A uto V8, L ocal Trade-In, 95K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19 , 988 $ 19 , 988 2008 Ford F-350 SD Crew Cab L ariat, A uto, D iesel, 4x4, L eather, 134K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 21 , 988 $ 21 , 988 2007 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab, A uto V8, N ice Truck, 77K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17 , 988 $ 17 , 988 2007 D odge D akota, 4 D oor, A uto V6, C lean 110K M i. . . . . $ 9 , 995 $ 9 , 995 2007 Ford F-250 SD Crew Cab, A uto, D iesel, L eather, Very C lean, L ocal Trade-In, 102K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22 , 875 $ 22 , 875 2007 Ford F-250 SD Crew, A uto, D iesel, L eather, R anch H and G rill G aurd, 111K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 21 , 988 $ 21 , 988 2006 Ford F-350 SD Crew Cab, A uto, D iesel, L eather, D ually, 89K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22 , 590 $ 22 , 590 2003 Ford F-350 SD Crew Cab, A uto, D iesel, L eather, 113K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14 , 750 $ 14 , 750 2003 Chevrolet Silverado Extended Cab, A uto V8, N ice C lean Truck, L ocal Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5 , 995 $ 5 , 995 2003 Ford F-150 Crew Cab, A uto V8, Sharp Truck, G rill G uard, 132K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10 , 988 $ 10 , 988 2001 Chevrolet Silverado Reg. Cab, A uto V8, C lean Truck, L ow M ileage, 74K M iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7 , 988 $ 7 , 988

Locally Owned. Locally Operated. Parts. Sales. Service. Body Shop.

2501 N. State, Iola • 800-407-TWIN 620-365-3632 Visit us online at www.twinmotorsfordks.com

In observance of The New Year,

Our normal Sat. Weekender will be

published early and delivered on Fri., Dec. 28.

We will close at 1 p.m.

We will close at 1 p.m. on Mon.,

Dec. 31 and remain closed until 8 a.m.

Wed., Jan. 2 The Register will not

be published on Tue., Jan. 1.

Have a Happy New Year! T HE I OLA T HE I OLA

R EGISTER R EGISTER

S LICED T O Y OUR O RDER !

C HOOSE F ROM C HOOSE F ROM

& & 1 8 D ELI

M EATS

Bolling’s Meat Market

Bolling’s Bolling’s Meat Market Meat Market 201 S. State, Iola • (620) 380-MEAT (6328) 201 S. State, Iola • (620) 380-MEAT (6328) Mon. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

See Us For Your See Us For Your

HOLIDAY HOLIDAY PARTY TRAYS PARTY TRAYS

1 2 D ELI C HEESES

365-7447 365-7447 1 E. Madison - Iola 1 E. Madison - Iola Kelly Spears, owner/operator Kelly Spears, owner/operator

Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

D IAM O ND D AISY D IAM ND D AISY

50% Off 50% Off 50% Off Christmas Christmas

Items Items

25% Off 25% Off 25% Off Storewide Storewide

(Except fresh flowers (Except fresh flowers & green plants) & green plants)

Wed., Dec. 26 Wed., Dec. 26 Thur., Dec. 27 Thur., Dec. 27 Fri., Dec. 28 Fri., Dec. 28 Sat., Dec. 29 Sat., Dec. 29

Big Big Days Days

gallons of water during a fire, it packs down to about the size of a refrigerator laid out on its side), hoses, and any other equipment need for fire fighting.

Darrell said the depart-ment has always had to rely on themselves for re-pairs and adjustments for the vehicles. Travis said the department receives about $18,000 a year in county funding.

“Back in the day, we re-ally had to be MacGyver repairing the vehicles,” Darrell said.

But, the department is a far cry from what it used to be.

The rural fire depart-ment began in the 1960s from the suggestion of Io-lan Ray Pershall, Darrell said, because Pershall’s

house was not protected by city forces.

The force was started with one old truck.

“If one guy showed up to fight a fire, they were doing good,” Darrell said. “We have really grown in just the last seven years, as op-posed to the good ‘ol boys with a truck.”

In fact, several of the volunteers are certified nationally as firefighters, including volunteer Byron McDonald. McDonald said his dream has and always will be to work for the New York City Fire Department, though he admits that he is “not there yet.”

Travis said that Dan Ryder has a deep back-ground as a professional firefighter, and brings a lot of helpful knowledge to the department as well. Sev-eral of the volunteers took

firefighter certification courses through the State Firefighter Association in 2007.

Monthly, the volunteers participate in classes that include powerpoints and presentations about fire fighting techniques and protocols.

“We don’t fish or hunt, we have to have something to do,” Darrell joked.

Ryder said the volun-teers even lend help to neighboring counties from time to time, including Neosho and Bourbon coun-ties.

“Assistance can always be counted on,” Ryder said. “We are all on the same team.”

Unlike a paid firefight-er, Darrell said the men have no other option but to take on careers of their own. McDonald works for

Olathe Fire Equipment, Travis works for Gates Manufacturing, Darrell is an electric lineman for the city of Iola and Brad Yoder, another volunteer, is the Recreation Director for the City of Iola.

“Not a single dime from the county goes into our pockets,” Travis said.

But, the Allen County Rural Volunteer Fire De-partment is a tight-knit group of men who are ded-icated to keeping people safe from fires, at the sacri-fice of their time and even their safety.

Their technology, gear and training has only im-proved over the past 50 years, and McDonald said they are always looking to better themselves.

“We are not the hicks of yesterday, we are all broth-ers in fire fighting.”

H FireContinued from A1

Hiawatha, on a visit to his parents, Jim and Karen Gilpin.

The cold, which had many waiting in vehicles until a minute or two before the event started, didn’t have great effect on Gilpin, 35.

“I ran in a cancer benefit at Hiawatha in October and it was about as cold as this,” he said.

While he enjoys recre-ational running, Gilpin doesn’t get in as much as

he’d like. He stays busy as a commercial artist.

Damaris Kunkler and John Robertson, full-time Thrive employees, aided Toland in setting up and executing the Jingle Bell Jog. Members of Iola High’s leadership class and several other volunteers also helped out.

Participant numbers climbed well in excess of 100 by the time the starter’s gun sounded.

Taxation Committee. “I think it’ll look bad if we go back on that promise.”

The income tax cuts due to take effect Jan. 1 drop the top individual income tax rate to 4.9 percent from 6.45 percent and exempt the owners of 191,000 busi-nesses from income taxes. They are expected to cost the state an estimated $4.5 billion over the next six years.

Brownback initially proposed offsetting that loss by holding the sales tax rate at 6.3 percent and eliminating popular in-come tax deductions for charitable contributions and interest paid on home mortgages. But lawmak-ers rejected those ideas.

“It was either this or nothing, so it’s fine — I said, ‘All right, let’s go for-ward,” Brownback told The Associated Press dur-ing an interview last week. “If you’re growing, you’ve got a lot more options and a much more sustainable budget picture than if you say, ‘We’re going to keep our taxes where they are or raise them’ and further hurt your growth.”

Brownback said he still supports those ideas as a means to pay for the income tax cuts, and his budget director, Steve Anderson, suggested to conservative lawmakers earlier this month that a sales tax proposal is com-

ing. However, Brownback wouldn’t confirm that

he’ll push the idea.The Kansas Chamber

opposed the sales tax in-crease when it was enacted in 2010 because it was used to support state spend-ing and not offset other tax cuts. Kent Eckles, the group’s vice president of government affairs, said the chamber opposes ef-forts to retain the current sales rate or boost other taxes to bolster the budget.

But he also said the cham-ber wants to eliminate state income taxes completely. If Brownback proposes ex-changing a sales tax freeze for more income taxes, “we may be open to that,’ he said.

Senate tax committee Chairman Les Donovan, a conservative Wichita Re-publican, said he wasn’t sure whether the GOP’s “su-per-conservatives” would go for such a plan.

But he added, “Would I trade an increase in the sales tax, personally, for a decrease in income taxes? Yeah.”

H TaxContinued from A1

H JingleContinued from A1

It was either this or nothing, so it’s fine — I said, ‘All right, let’s go for-ward.

—Sam Brownback

“

“

Wednesday, December 26, 2012The Iola Registerwww.iolaregister.com B1

Sports Complete college football bowl schedule

Details B2

K-State joins top25 in men’s hoops

Details B2

Heat pick up where they left offBy TIM REYNOLDS

AP Basketball WriterMIAMI (AP) — Kevin Durant

and Russell Westbrook combined to score 54 points, more than any set of teammates had managed in a game against Miami all sea-son.

Oklahoma City needed them to score at least six more.

That didn’t happen, and an NBA Finals rematch went just as last year’s title series did — to the Heat.

LeBron James had 29 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, Dwyane Wade scored 21, and the Heat survived a frantic finish to beat the Thunder 103-97 on Tues-day night, a game where Durant and Westbrook both missed po-tential tying 3-pointers in the fi-nal seconds.

“A great game to play,” Thun-der coach Scott Brooks said, “and a great game to coach.”

For the Heat, it was just a little greater.

Mario Chalmers scored a sea-son-high 20 for the Heat, who were 19 for 19 from the foul line, the second-best effort in fran-chise history behind only a 30-for-30 game in Boston on March 24, 1993. Chris Bosh added 16 points for Miami, which has beaten the Thunder five straight times dating to last June’s title series.

“Felt a little bit like a different month,” Heat coach Erik Spoel-stra said. “Regardless of what your script is coming into the game, when you play this team, it’s not going to go according to script. They’re too good.”

It’s the first losing streak of the season for the Thunder, who had been 4-0 after losses. Serge Ibaka and Kevin Martin each scored 15 for Oklahoma City.

The game had a little of every-thing — a fast start by the reign-ing champions, a one-handed dunk by James on an offensive rebound that will be added to his copious highlight reel, a scrum after a hard foul that led to dou-ble-technicals on Wade and Ibaka early in the fourth, an easy rally by the Thunder from an early double-digit deficit, and even workout partners in Durant and James barking back and forth in the final minutes.

Such was the intensity that James slumped over the scorer’s table with 1:08 left, exhausted.

“I’m tired as hell right now,” James said — and that was more than an hour after the game end-ed.

With good reason. On an emo-tional day, there was a wild fin-ish.

Wade lost the ball on an ill-ad-vised, behind-the-back dribble, and the turnover set up Durant

By BETH HARRISAP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pieces of the puzzle that have been the Lakers’ confounding sea-son so far are starting to fall into place.

Kobe Bryant engineered a sec-ond-half comeback, the defense stepped up, and Los Angeles beat the New York Knicks 100-94 on Tuesday, extending its winning streak to five games.

“We’re .500,” a smiling Dwight Howard said. “We did it on Christ-mas, too. I knew this day would come.”

Bryant scored 34 points in his NBA-record 15th Christmas Day game and Metta World Peace added 20 points and seven re-bounds while defending Carmelo Anthony, whose 34 points led the Knicks. Anthony said he hyperex-tended his left knee, but expects to play on Wednesday in Phoenix.

Bryant, the league’s leading scorer, has topped 30 or more points in nine straight games.

“If you’re going to play on Christmas, it’s always better to win. Makes it all worthwhile,” said Bryant, who would soon hop a flight to Denver, getting there ahead of the Nuggets, who played the Clippers in the other half of the holiday doubleheader at Sta-ples Center.

The Lakers improved to 14-14 — 9-9 under new coach Mike D’Antoni — and upped their holi-day record to 21-18, including 13-9 at home. They returned to .500 for the first time since they were 8-8 on Nov. 30.

“It’s so early in the season to have turned a corner,” Bryant said. “We have everybody in the lineup and we’re starting to see how we want to play.”

The Knicks controlled most of the game behind Anthony and J.R. Smith, who had 24 points. But they struggled offensively in the fourth, when Anthony was limited to seven points and Smith had five as the Lakers’ de-fense clamped down. World Peace fouled out with 1:58 to play and the Lakers ahead by four.

World Peace credited his de-fense on Anthony to “old-school basketball.”

“I’m back in shape and it’s a little tough to guard me,” he said.

By MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chuck Pagano stepped to the po-dium Monday, hugged his team owner, thanked his family for its support and wiped a tear from his eye.

He might, finally, turn out the lights in his office, too.

Nearly three months to the day after being diagnosed with leu-kemia, the Colts’ first-year coach returned to a team eager to re-unite with a boss healthy enough to go back to work.

“I told you my best day of my life was July 1, 1989,” Pagano said, referring to his wedding date. “Today was No. 2. Getting to pull up, drive in, get out of my car, the key fob still worked. I was beginning to question whether it would or not. When I asked for Bruce to take over, I asked for him to kick some you-know-what and to do great. Damn Bruce, you had to go and win nine games? Tough act to follow. Tough act to follow. Best in the history of the NFL. That’s what I have to come back to.”

The comment turned tears into the laughter everyone ex-pected on such a festive occasion.

For Pagano and the Colts, Monday morning was as pre-cious as anyone could have imag-ined when Pagano took an in-definite leave to face the biggest opponent of his life, cancer.

In his absence, all the Colts did was win nine of 12 games, make a historic turnaround and clinch

a playoff spot all before Sunday’s regular-season finale against Houston, which they pegged as the day they hoped to have Paga-no back. If all goes well at prac-tice this week, Pagano will be on the sideline for the first time since a Week 3 loss to Jackson-ville.

Pagano endured three rounds of chemotherapy to put his can-cer in remission.

That Pagano’s return came less than 24 hours after Indy (10-5) locked up the No. 5 seed in the AFC and the day before Christ-mas seemed fitting, too.

“I know Chuck is ready for this challenge. In speaking to his doc-tor multiple times, I know that the time is right for him to grab the reins, get the head coaching cap on and begin the journey,” owner Jim Irsay said. “It’s been a miraculous story. It really is a book. It’s a fairytale. It’s a Holly-wood script. It’s all those things but it’s real.”

The reality is that he’s return-ing to a vastly different team than the one he turned over to Arians, his long-time friend and first assistant coaching hire.

Back then, the Colts were 1-2 and most of the so-called ex-perts had written them off as one of the league’s worst teams. Now, they’re ready to show the football world that they can be just as successful under Pagano as they were under Arians, who tied the NFL record for wins after a midseason coaching change.

By KELLIS ROBINETTThe Wichita Eagle

MANHATTAN, Kan. (MCT) — Kansas State and Oregon both wear Nike’s signature swoosh, but that’s where the comparisons between their football uni-forms end.

They are on opposite ends of the fashion spectrum.

Under Bill Snyder, the Wildcats have worn the same uniforms — silver pants, silver helmet featur-ing purple and white stripes, and solid white or purple jerseys — without any major modifications since he redesigned them in 1989. He wanted a look that resembled

Pedro Portal/El Nuevo Herald/MCTMiami’s LeBron James, left, faces off against Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant (35) in the second quarter as the Heat beat the Thunder 103-97 at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami Tuesday.

By SHANDEL RICHARDSONSun Sentinel

MIAMI (MCT) — Miami Heat guard Mario Chalmers admits he has struggled most of the season.

But it should come as no sur-prise he would break free from his slump against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Chalmers was one of the biggest keys in the Heat’s 103-97 victory Tuesday at AmericanAirlines Arena.

He scored a season-high 20 points on 8 of 14 shooting, mak-ing four three-pointers.

“No one ever doubts Mario Chalmers in big games,” Heat

coach Erik Spoelstra said. “You always want him in your foxhole when the pressure is at its highest. We needed him and he got us off to a great start. He was aggressive and the ball was finding him. We are clearly a better team when he is play-ing at his best. When he is ag-gressive, engaged and focused, we are a different team.”

Chalmers, who played colle-giately at Kansas, played Thun-der All-Star Russell Westbrook to almost a standstill. West-brook finished with 21 points. It was the second time Chalmers has come up big against Okla-

homa City. He scored a playoff, career-high 25 points in Game 3 of last year’s NBA Finals.

“I just wanted to do my best to help my team,” Chalmers said. “I got going early and I stuck with it.”

Chalmers’ most important stretch came when the Heat created enough separation to hold off the Thunder. He scored five straight points, hitting a 3-pointer to put Miami ahead 86-79 with 8:59 left in the game.

“I felt pretty good,” Chalm-ers said. “Versus the Thunder you’re not going to get too many open looks. So I just took them.”

Opposite ends of the fashionspectrum

Lakers’comeback downs Knicks

Chalmers shines again over OKC

See LAKERS | Page B2See HEAT | Page B2

Ailing coach marks emotional return to Colts

Same Riche/MCTIndianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano speaks at a press conference Monday at the Colts practice facility. Pagano is returning to the sidelines after missing nearly three months of work to battle leukemia.

See FASHION | Page B2

B2Wednesday, December 26, 2012 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

By The Associated PressAll Times CST

TodayLittle Caesars Pizza Bowl

At DetroitCentral Michigan (6-6) vs. West-

ern Kentucky (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

ThursdayMilitary Bowl

At WashingtonBowling Green (8-4) vs. San

Jose State (10-2), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.

Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Holiday BowlAt San Diego

Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4), 8:45 p.m. (ESPN)

FridayIndependence BowlAt Shreveport, La.

Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Russell Athletic BowlAt Orlando, Fla.

Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Meineke Car Care BowlAt Houston

Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

SaturdayArmed Forces BowlAt Fort Worth, Texas

Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6), 10:45 a.m. (ESPN)

Fight Hunger BowlAt San Francisco

Arizona State (7-5) vs. Navy (8-4), 3 p.m. (ESPN2)

Pinstripe BowlAt New York

Syracuse (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5), 2:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo BowlAt San Antonio

Texas (8-4) vs. Oregon State (9-3), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Buffalo Wild Wings BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.

Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN)

MondayMusic City Bowl

At Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State

(7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Sun BowlAt El Paso, Texas

Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. Southern Cal (7-5), 1 p.m. (CBS)

Liberty BowlAt Memphis, Tenn.

Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Chick-fil-A BowlAt Atlanta

LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

TuesdayHeart of Dallas Bowl

At DallasPurdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State

(7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPNU)

Gator BowlAt Jacksonville, Fla.

Mississippi State (8-4) vs. North-western (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN2)

Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.

Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), noon (ABC)

Outback BowlAt Tampa, Fla.

South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michi-gan (8-4), noon (ESPN)

Rose BowlAt Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Orange BowlAt Miami

Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN)

Wednesday, Jan. 2Sugar Bowl

At New OrleansFlorida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-

2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 3Fiesta Bowl

At Glendale, Ariz.Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon

(11-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 4Cotton Bowl

At Arlington, TexasTexas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma

(10-2), 7 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Jan. 5BBVA Compass BowlAt Birmingham, Ala.

Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), noon (ESPN)

Sunday, Jan. 6GoDaddy.com Bowl

At Mobile, Ala.Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas

State (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 7BCS National Championship

At MiamiNotre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama

(12-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Bowl schedule By The Associated PressThe top 25 teams in The

Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parenthe-ses, records through Dec. 23, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv1. Duke (63) 11-0 1,623 12. Michigan (2) 12-0 1,551 23. Arizona 11-0 1,463 44. Louisville 11-1 1,422 55. Indiana 11-1 1,383 66. Kansas 10-1 1,309 97. Missouri 10-1 1,157 128. Cincinnati 12-0 1,144 119. Syracuse 10-1 1,140 310. Ohio St. 9-2 965 711. Minnesota 12-1 878 1312. Illinois 12-1 875 1013. Gonzaga 11-1 824 1414. Florida 8-2 772 815. Georgetown 10-1 674 1516. Creighton 11-1 589 1717. San Diego St. 11-1 557 1818. Butler 9-2 512 1919. Michigan St. 11-2 416 2020. UNLV 11-1 382 2121. Notre Dame 12-1 337 2222. Oklahoma St. 10-1 318 2423. NC State 9-2 264 2524. Pittsburgh 12-1 189 —25. Kansas St. 9-2 152 —Others receiving votes: New Mexico 66, Kentucky 37, Temple 36, Wyo-ming 28, North Carolina 16, VCU 16, Wichita St. 11, Maryland 7, Or-egon 6, UConn 6.

By The Associated PressThe top 25 teams in the

The Associated Press’ wom-en’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in pa-rentheses, records through Dec. 23, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:Record Pts Prv1. Stanford (24) 11-0 982 12. UConn (14) 10-0 964 23. Baylor (2) 9-1 931 34. Duke 10-0 883 45. Notre Dame 9-1 824 56. Georgia 12-0 790 67. Kentucky 9-1 774 78. California 9-1 687 89. Maryland 8-2 671 910. Penn St. 10-2 621 1111. Purdue 11-1 537 1312. Louisville 11-2 522 1413. Tennessee 7-3 517 1014. Oklahoma St. 8-0 466 1515. Dayton 12-0 454 1616. North Carolina 11-1 349 1717. UCLA 7-2 307 1218. Oklahoma 9-2 286 1819. South Carolina 11-1 254 2120. Texas 8-2 195 2021. Florida St. 10-1 183 2322. Kansas 9-2 162 1923. Colorado 10-0 156 2524. Texas A&M 8-4 118 2225. Arkansas 10-1 107 —Others receiving votes:Nebraska 52, Iowa St. 39, Miami 32, Ohio St. 25, West Virginia 23, Vanderbilt 20, Duquesne 19, Michi-gan St. 14, Michigan 11, Syracuse 10, Villanova 6, Iowa 4, Toledo 2, UTEP 2, Utah 1.

Men’s Top 25

Women’s Top 25

By The Associated PressDuke and Michigan re-

main the top two teams in The Associated Press’ col-lege basketball poll while Syracuse drops from third to ninth after its first loss.

The Blue Devils received all but two of the first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel. Michigan got the oth-ers.

Arizona, Louisville and Indiana all moved up one place to third through fifth. Kansas, which won at Ohio

State, moved from ninth to sixth. Missouri, which beat Illinois, jumped from 12th to seventh. Cincinnati ad-vanced from 11th to eighth. Syracuse, which lost to Temple, and Ohio State complete the top 10.

Pittsburgh and Kansas State are newcomers to the poll at 24th and 25th. They replace New Mexico and North Carolina, which dropped out from 16th and 23rd after losses to South Dakota State and Texas.

KSU joins men’s poll

the Dallas Cowboys, and still does.

“We thought we got it right the first time,” Sny-der said. “We saw no rea-son to change them.”

The Ducks take a differ-ent approach. They change their uniforms — loud, flashy and trendsetting — every week. Sometimes they wear neon yellow numbers. Sometimes their shoulders feature designs such as wings or spikes. They occasionally wear yellow and green. Other times they wear all black, white or throw in some gray. They have more than 500 combinations to choose from, and pride themselves on never wearing the same thing twice.

Oregon hasn’t unveiled the full uniform it will wear against K-State at the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3, but bowl representatives have released photos that indicate the numbers will change colors as you look at them from different an-gles. When the full outfit is released it is sure to be a popular topic among fans on social media.

It always is. Ever since Nike founder and Oregon grad Phil Knight began supplying the athletic de-partment with state-of-the-art apparel, it’s what the Ducks have been best

known for. Coincidentally or not, they started win-ning at the same time they began wearing glitzy uni-forms. They gave a recruit-ing boost, and Oregon is now a regular Pac-12 cham-pionship contender on its way to a fourth straight BCS bowl.

Oregon’s rise coincided with its fashion so well that other programs have copied it.

Oklahoma State now changes its uniforms so often that some have called the Cowboys “the Oregon of the Big 12.” Baylor and Maryland mix up their uniforms all the time. Most schools that wear Nike, such as Michigan, Boise State and Missouri, have at least one alternate — or “Pro Combat” — uni-form they wear for special games. Adidas-wearing schools such as Nebraska, Wisconsin and Notre Dame do, also. Even teams wear-ing Under Armour are get-ting in on the act.

K-State receiver Chris Harper, who transferred from Oregon, has been on both ends of the spectrum. He has worn flashy uni-forms and K-State’s classic look. He sees advantages to both but doesn’t under-stand why so many schools are copying the Ducks.

“That’s kind of lame to me,” Harper said. “Or-

egon started that thing. Let them have their thing. Let them be who they are. Every school (is) trying to jump on the bandwagon with different jerseys, too. The thing is nobody can do what Oregon is doing because they have Phil Knight. You don’t have Phil Knight.

“Just be who you are. That’s one thing I like about being out here. We know who we are. You don’t see us jumping out with any ‘Pro Combats’ or new gloves or stuff all the time. We do what we do. We play in games. It’s not about the jerseys, it’s about who plays on the field.”

There is certainly some-thing to be said for a con-sistent look. Not all new uniforms are good. Mary-land and Michigan both re-ceived negative reactions for wearing obnoxiously loud jerseys. That’s some-thing Texas, Oklahoma and Penn State don’t have to worry about. They are well known for wearing the same uniforms every time they take the field. Their helmets and jerseys are iconic.

Still, some K-State play-ers would prefer some-thing new.

“I do like the old-school look that coach Snyder brings, but it is

becoming a new game,” sophomore center B.J. Finney said. “Some guys would like to see some new uniforms.”

Nike has shown it is will-ing to provide the Wildcats with new looks. Both the men’s and women’s bas-ketball teams have modi-fied their uniforms in past years. The men’s team cur-rently has four color com-binations to choose from, and their jerseys are made of light, state-of-the-art fabric.

Nike could create a new look for the football team with ease, but new football uniforms seem like a pipe-dream as long as Snyder is in charge.

“He doesn’t change his shoes,” Harper said of his coach. “I doubt he is going to change our uniforms.”

The Wildcats occasion-ally wore an alternate uni-form that featured purple pants under Ron Prince, but the look didn’t go over well. K-State returned to its classic look full time when Snyder came out of retirement.

Oregon has changed its uniforms countless times since. K-State never con-sidered doing the same.

“We know that is never going to happen here,” Finney said. “I’m not too disappointed about it. I like the look that we have.”

for a two-handed dunk that got the Thunder within 96-95 with 44.1 seconds re-maining.

Needing a stop on the next trip, the Thunder in-stead forgot to play defense. Kendrick Perkins and Ibaka both were confused on the ensuing Miami pos-session, and Bosh was left alone to take a pass from James and throw down a dunk that restored Miami’s three-point edge.

“We went over and helped,” Durant said. “We just needed to help on the backside. There was mis-communication but we still had a chance to go into overtime.”

Two chances, actually.Oklahoma City got with-

in one when Durant made a jumper over James, but no closer. Ray Allen’s two free throws with 15.6 sec-onds left made it 100-97, and Miami’s last three points came from the line. Durant missed a 3-point-er that James contested, Westbrook wound up with a second chance that Wade defended, and the Thunder guard smacked a nearby table arguing that he was

fouled.“Part of the game,” West-

brook said.The Heat came out flying,

opening a quick 13-2 lead af-ter making six of their first seven shots. About all that didn’t go right for the Heat early on was James com-mitting a foul, the first time he was called for a personal since Dec. 8.

But even with Durant out, Oklahoma City scored the last eight points of the quarter, six coming from the line. The Thunder shot 17 of the game’s first 18 free throws and finished with a 38-19 edge in tries from the stripe.

The Heat were held to two points in the first 5:05 of the third, and the Thunder grabbed the lead for the first time. Durant connected on a baseline jumper while falling out of bounds and getting fouled by James. The resulting free throw gave Oklahoma City a 58-56 edge.

With that, the back-and-forth began, and Miami found a way.

“Both teams really played up to the billing,” Wade said. “An excellent basketball game.”

H FashionContinued from B1

H HeatContinued from B1

Steve Nash said: “This is what he’s been doing all year. He gets his hands on a lot of balls, pounds on the other team’s best guy. You can’t win without that type of effort.”

Smith’s 3-pointer pulled New York to 96-94. After Pau Gasol made one of two free throws, Smith missed another 3 that would have tied the game at 97 with 32 seconds left.

“We missed a lot of easy shots, a lot of little chippers around the basket, shots that we normally make,” Anthony said. “There were some plays that we thought should have went our way down the stretch, but for the most part, we fought. I’ll take this effort any night. If we continue to play with this effort, we’ll win a lot of games.”

With Bryant double-teamed, Nash passed to Gasol, who dunked with 12 seconds to go, punctu-ating a win that sent Lak-ers fans, frustrated by the team’s struggles and coaching change, home

happy. The Lakers avenged a 116-107 loss in New York on Dec. 13.

A smiling Howard called Gasol’s driving slam “a submarine dunk because he was very low to the ground.”

Gasol responded, “I don’t dunk as often as I used to so it felt good. I took it right down the lane

and finished strong.”Nash had 16 points, 11

assists and six rebounds in his second game in nearly two months. He missed 24 straight games while recov-ering from a small fracture in his lower left leg. How-ard had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Gasol had 13 points and eight rebounds.

“They just were a little

bit more aggressive,” An-thony said. “Kobe got it go-ing and Steve Nash hit some big shots down the stretch. When you have a guy like Nash doing that, it’s kind of tough. Those guys know how to play. They’ve been waiting for Steve Nash to get back, so it’s just a mat-ter of then sticking it out until he did.”

H LakersContinued from B1

Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/MCT Los Angeles Lakers standout Kobe Bryant drives past New York’s J.R. Smith for a basket at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as the Lakers beat the Knicks 100-94 Tuesday.

By BETH HARRISAP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamal Crawford led a dominant performance by the Los Angeles reserves with 22 points and the Clip-pers defeated the Denver Nuggets 112-100 on Tues-day night, extending their franchise-record winning streak to 14 games.

Matt Barnes added 20 points — one off his season high — as the bench outscored the Clip-pers starters 64-48 in claiming

the NBA’s best record at 22-6, one win better than Oklahoma City which lost to Miami ear-lier Tuesday.

Kosta Koufos and Jordan Hamilton scored 16 points each for Denver in the fina-le of a Christmas Day dou-bleheader at Staples Center. The Lakers beat the Knicks 100-94 in the first game.

Ty Lawson added 15 points for the Nuggets, who fell to 7-13 on the road, where 22 of their first 32 games are being played.

Clippers stay hot

State News

World News


CLIP AND SAVE These are the Iola Register carriers. If you do not receive

your newspaper, CALL YOUR CARRIER . If you cannot reach your carrier call The Register,

365-2111 before 5:30 p.m. weekdays. Our carriers’ (under contract) deadline for home

delivery of The Iola Register is 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for Iola carriers.

Route 1 — RJ Holding, 1012 N. Cottonwood, 620-228-7836 — (S. State St., 400 W. Madison Ave., 500-600 West St., Bruner St., Campbell St., Scott St., Park St., Acres St., High St., Davis St., S. Walnut St., S. Chestnut St., and some of W. Neosho St.).

Route 3 — Sue Keller, 703 S. Washington Ave., 620-365-3828 — (S. Washington Ave., part of Acres St., W. Broadway St., W. Neosho St., and W. Spruce St.).

Route 4 — Logan Roettgen, 209 S. Tennessee, 620-228-0451 — (S. Jefferson Ave., S. Sycamore St., South St. 300 block on, 100-200 E. Irwin, E. Calhoun, 206 1/2 E. Broadway Apartments)

Route 5 — Joe Myrick, 521 S. Sycamore, 620-380-6094 — (S. Buckeye St., S. Cottonwood St., 300-400 E. Irwin St., 200-400 E. Broadway).

Route 6 — Joe Myrick, 521 S. Sycamore, 620-380-6094 — (S. Colburn St., S. Oak St., S. Elm St., S. 1st St., 400-700 E. Spruce St., 500-800 E. Broadway St.).

Route 7 — Abygail Roettgen, 209 S. Tennessee, 620-228-0422 — (S. 3rd St., S. 4th St., 900 E. Broadway St., 1019 E. Madison- S. Kentucky St., S. Ohio St., S. Tennessee St., S. Vermont St.).

Route 8 — Andrew Garber, 416 N. Chestnut, 620-228-1874 — (N. State St., N. Chestnut St., W. Madison 200 block on).

Route 9 — Andrew Garber, 416 N. Chestnut, 620-228-1874 — (10-1100 N. Walnut St., 200 W. Jackson Ave., 200 W. Douglas St., 113-201 W. Lincoln St.).

Route 10 — Dravin Luttrell, 725 N. Elm, 620-363-2140 — (N. Walnut St. 1200 block on, W. Garfield St., Guest Home Estates, Northwestern St., Northwestern Cir., Prairie Dr., Timber Dr.).

Route 11 — Christjan Ruby, 702 E. Madison, 620-363-1761 — (N. Washington Ave., North St. to Buchanan St., 2 E. Buchanan St., 10-20 W. Buchanan, and Monroe St.).

Route 12 — Zackorie Craney, 702 E. Madison Ave, 620-363- 1761 — (200-600 N. Jefferson Ave., 200-523 N. Sycamore St., 100-500 N. Buckeye St., 100-300 E. Monroe St., 400 block E. Douglas St., 200-506 N. Cottonwood St., 202 E. Jackson Ave., 410-519 N. Oak St.).

Route 13 — Morgan Bennett, 843 N. Washington, 620-228-0210 — (600-1400 N. Jefferson Ave., 4-102 E. Buchanan, 4, 116 W. Edwards).

Route 14 — Jessica Tidd, 1418 Virginia Rd., 620-380-1259 — (217 North St., Townhouse East and 217 N. Washington Ave., Townhouse West)

Route 15 — Mary Hoggatt, 724 Wilson Ln., 620-228-0766 — (E. Garfield St., Garfield Rd N., Windsor Place, White Blvd., E. Alamosa Cir., W. Alamosa Blvd., 1200-1400 N. Cottonwood St., Mustang Cir.)

Route 16 — Christjan Ruby, 702 E. Madison, 620-363-1761 — (600-1300 N. Buckeye, 700-1110 N. Cottonwood St., 321 E. Buchanan St., 600-1300 N. Sycamore St., E. Jim St., 120 E. Garfield St.).

Route 17 — Mary Hoggatt, 724 Wilson Ln., 620-228-0766 — (500-700 E. Lincoln St., N. Oak St., N. Elm 300 block on, 400- 710 N. Colburn St.).

Route 18 — Chase Roettgen, 209 S. Tennessee, 620-228-2136 — (N. 1st St., N. 2nd St., 800 block of E. Jackson Ave., part of E. Lincoln St., 818 E. Carpenter).

Route 19 — Mercedes Jones, 324 S. Ohio, 620-228-0371 — (N. 3rd St., N. 4th St., Tara Gardens, 900-1110 E. Carpenter St., 902-1101 E. Douglas St., 1105 E. Lincoln).

Route 20 — Jennifer Tidd, 1418 Virginia Rd., 620-380-1259 — (The Square, 100-300 South St., 100-220 S. Jefferson Ave., 1- 102 N. Washington Ave., 9-19 N. Jefferson Ave., 110 East St., 1-108 E. Madison Ave., 1-115 E. Jackson Ave., 2-224 S. Washington Ave., 9-120 W. Madison Ave.).

Route 21 — Trevor Gray, 616 South St., 620-228-7742 — (217 E. Madison Ave. to 1000 block, 700 block East St. on, S. 2nd St.).

Route 22 — Chase Roettgen, 209 S. Tennessee, 620-228-2136 — (Low numbers on N. Buckeye, 200-700 E. Jackson Ave., 8- 19 N. Sycamore St., East St. thru 700 block, 200 N. Elm St., 200 N. Colburn St., 400-500 E. Monroe St., 100 N. Cottonwood St.).

Route 23 — Mary Hoggatt, 724 Wilson Ln., 620-228-0766 — (Meadowbrook Rd. East and West)

Route 24 — Andy Jo Kerr, 422 Kansas Dr., 620-228-0427 — (N. Kentucky 700 block on, E. Buchanan St., Redbud Ln., Kenwood Cir., Sterling Heights Addition).

Route 25 — Andrew Garber, 416 N. Chestnut St., 620-228-1874 — (N. Kentucky thru 600 block, N. Ohio St., N. Tennessee St., 1200-1300 block E. Carpenter St., 1100-1300 E. Lincoln St., 1100-1321 E. Douglas St., 1200-1300 E. Breckenridge).

Route 26 — Trevor Gray, 616 South St., 620-228-7742 — (N. Vermont St., Kansas Dr., 1500 E. Carpenter St. on, Eisenhower Dr., Wilson Ln.).

Route 27 — Dravin Luttrell, 725 N. Elm, 620-363-2140 — (Dodge Dr., Holiday Ln., Kansas Ave., Holiday Cir. North and South).

Route 28 — Joe Myrick, 521 S. Sycamore St, 620-380-6094 — (1800-2600 N. Cottonwood St., E. and W. Miller Rd., Funston St., Pryor St., Canary Ln, Cardinal Dr.).

DEADLINE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN CARRIERS IS 6:30 P.M. WEEKDAYS AND 9:30 A.M. SATURDAY.

If you have not received your paper by deadline, please CALL YOUR CARRIER FIRST . If unable to

reach your carrier, call the Register office at 365-2111.

RURAL MOTOR ROUTES Route 29 — Marilyn Andres, 402 W. Hickory, Iola, 620-228-1674

— (Burris Addition, Country Club Addition, Bennet St. Addition). Route 32 — Roger Madison, PO Box 234, Gas, 620-365-7605 —

(North side of Gas). Route 38 — Roger Madison, PO Box 234, Gas, 620-365-7605 —

(South side of Gas). Route 33 — Gina Veer Kamp, 414 5th St., 620-852-3479 —

(Colony). Route 34 — Laura Stevens, 408 E. 2nd, Moran, 620-237-4796

— (Moran). Route 39 — Orval Murry, 601 S. McKinley, LaHarpe, 620-228-

0337 — (LaHarpe) HUMBOLDT ROUTES

Route 41 — Tim Thuma, 418 1 ⁄ 2 Bridge St. #2, Humboldt, 620- 212-3790 — (Northwest Section - 300-800 Bridge St., 500 Osage St., 200-800 Central St., 300 Neosho St., 200-800 Charles St., 600-1200 Franklin St., 300-1100 N. 2nd St., 200- 500 N. 4th St., 400 N. 5th St., 100-500 N. 6th St., 300-1100 N. 7th St., 100-800 N. 8th St., 400-1200 N. 9th St.).

Route 42 — Brandi Gonzalez, 1318 New York St., Humboldt, 620-473-0127 — (Northeast Section - 900-1300 Bridge St., 1200 Osage St., 900-1700 Central St., 1200-1700 Neosho St., 1000-1600 Charles St., 1200 Elm St., 600-1600 Signor St., 100 Amos St.,1000 Kansas St., 400 N. 9th St., 300-1000 N. 10th St., 100-900 N. 11th St., 200-600 N. 12th St., 500 N. 13th St., 400 N. 14th St., 300 N. 16th St.).

Route 43 — Chris Gonzalez, 1318 New York St., Humboldt, 620-473-0127 — (Southeast Section - 900 Leavenworth St., 400 Pine St., 900-1200 Sycamore St., 1300 Pecan St., 1000 Mulberry St., 900-1200 Cherokee St., 900-1300 New York St., 900 Bridge St., 200-1100 S. 9th St., 500-1200 S. 10th St., 500- 800 S. 11th St., 300 S. 12th St., 200 S. 13th St.).

Route 44 — Tim Thuma, 418 1 ⁄ 2 Bridge St. #2, Humboldt, 620- 212-3790 — (Southwest Section - 600 Ohio St., 300-1100 Pine St., 100-700 Sycamore St., 400-900 Pecan St., 200-800 Mulberry St., 1-900 Cherokee St., 100-800 New York St., 1-500 Bridge St., 500-700 S. 3rd St., 200-600 S. 4th St., 400 S. 5th St., 300-1400 S. 8th St., 200-1100 S. 9th St., 500-1200 S. 10th St.).

REGISTER - (Saturday Deadline 10:30 a.m.) Route 100 — Iola Register driver, 620-365-2111 — Everything

east of Highway 169 Route 102 — Iola Register driver, 620-365-2111 — Everything

west of Highway 169

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (AP) — One of three north-eastern Kansas communi-ties being sued by the Liber-tarian Party over local bans on open carry of firearms is vowing to fight to keep its prohibition in place.

The government of the Johnson County commu-nity of Prairie Village said in a statement Monday it would “vigorously defend home rule authority and this challenge by a pro-gun organization to the city’s ability to enact gun control measures within its bor-ders,” The Kansas City Star reported.

Officials of nearby Lea-wood and the Unified Gov-ernment of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., have not yet respond-ed publicly to the lawsuits filed last week by the Liber-tarian Party of Kansas. The party is seeking injunc-tions to bar enforcement of the local bans.

Prairie Village city ad-ministrator Quinn Ben-nion said attorneys for the three governments have been in discussions for sev-eral weeks about defending their bans. He said the cit-ies expected to be sued after receiving a letter from the

Libertarian Party of Kan-sas stating that it would file lawsuits if they did not agree to lift their bans.

The lawsuit against Prai-rie Village alleges the city’s codes conflict with state law and the Kansas Constitu-tion. Libertarian Party offi-cials noted a section of the Kansas Constitution which provides that a “person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, for lawful hunting and rec-reational use, and for any other lawful purpose.”

In a statement on Friday, party officials said they

would continue to fight against bans of the open carry of firearms in Kansas cities “until all law-abiding citizens in Kansas have freedom from persecution to exercise their Second Amendment rights to bear arms by open carry.”

The Johnson County com-munity of Lenexa is the only other city in Kansas that bans open carry, accord-ing to Libertarian Party of-ficials. But the city wasn’t sued because, according to party officials, Lenexa of-ficials recently said they would discuss the matter with the Libertarian Party.

Town defends ban on open carry

By JIM MCLEANKHI News Service

TOPEKA — The Brownback admin-istration has not ruled out implement-ing the Medicaid expansion called for in the federal health reform law.

But a spokesman Thursday told members of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Health Policy Over-sight that prior to making a decision administration officials want to devel-op their own estimate of how many Kansans are likely to sign up for the health care program and how much the expansion would cost the state.

“We’re continuing to study the is-sue,” said Mark Dugan, chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer. “We would like to come to you with our own num-bers.”

Currently, there are several compet-ing estimates of how the expansion would affect Medicaid enrollment and the cost of the program. The lat-est, released earlier this month by the Kansas Health Institute, indicated that approximately 240,000 additional low-income, disabled and elderly Kan-sans would enroll in a program that currently serves about 380,000. Ac-cording to the KHI analysis, expand-ing Medicaid would cost the state an additional $519 million between its implementation in 2014 and 2020.

The KHI projections are higher than those in a 2010 report prepared for the now defunct Kansas Health Policy Authority and also higher than those in a state-by-state analysis done in 2010 by the Kaiser Family Founda-tion. However, they are considerably less than those estimated in 2011 by

the Kansas Policy Institute, a conser-vative think-tank based in Wichita, which has opposed the Affordable Care Act.

The KHI News Service is an editori-ally independent program of KHI.

Currently, Kansas’ Medicaid eligi-bility criteria for adults are among the most restrictive in the nation. Only those with children are eligible and only then if they earn less than 32 percent of the Federal Poverty Level — $5,900 a year for a family of four.

The ACA expansion would have a bigger impact in Kansas than many states. It would raise the eligibility threshold for all Kansans to 133 per-cent of FPL — $30,660 for a family of four.

Two of the four legislators who braved inclement weather to attend Thursday’s meeting of the 12-member committee made it clear that they fa-vored the expansion.

Rep. Don Hill, a moderate Republi-can from Emporia, said that virtually all legislators regardless of party and ideology agree that the current health care system is broken and in need of reform to lower costs and reduce the number of people who are either un-insured or under-insured.

He said while the ACA is far from perfect, “it has some redeeming ele-ments.” One of those, he said, is the Medicaid expansion because of its po-

tential to extend coverage to many of the state’s 365,000 uninsured.

CITING THE federal government’s promise to shoulder the cost of serv-ing all those made eligible by the ex-pansion for the first three years, Sen. David Haley, a Kansas City Democrat, asked, “Why can’t we cover more Kan-sans and why shouldn’t we?”

“I think we’re going to take a good look at it,” Dugan answered.

But, Dugan said, a factor that must be considered is whether or not the cash-strapped federal government can be counted on to keep its fund-ing promise. After paying all of the costs of the expansion for three years, the federal government would gradu-ally reduce its commitment until it reached 90 percent, where it would be maintained.

“He (Gov. Brownback) doesn’t have a high degree of confidence in the federal government maintaining that 90 percent commitment over the long term,” Dugan said.

Dugan said the federal government missed an opportunity to negotiate a compromise with Republican gover-nors skeptical of the expansion when it rejected the idea of allowing states to increase eligibility to only 100 per-cent of FPL.

“That was an opportunity for mid-dle ground that was lost,” he said.

Brownback officials will do the Medicaid mathWe would like to come to you with our own numbers.

— Mark Dugan, chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer

“ “By MAGGIE MICHAEL

Associated PressFAYOUM, Egypt (AP) —

When election-time rolls around, this impoverished province of farmlands south of Cairo has proven one of the most die-hard bastions of support for Is-lamists in Egypt, produc-ing lopsided victories for the Muslim Brotherhood and its ultraconservative allies.

Last weekend’s referen-dum that approved Egypt’s Islamist-backed constitu-tion was no exception. According to final results released Tuesday, nearly 90 percent of voters in Fay-oum backed the charter, the second highest margin among the country’s 27 provinces, mirroring the levels Islamists received here in other votes since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak nearly two years ago.

But even here, dissident voices creep in. Poverty-stricken farmers, disgrun-tled youth and even some of the most conservative Islamists show frustration with the Brotherhood less than six months since Is-lamist President Moham-med Morsi came to power.

The opposition is hoping to build on such discontent

as it aims for a stronger showing in upcoming par-liamentary elections.

The Brotherhood “burned their bridges quickly,” said Ramadan Khairallah, a teacher in the village of Mandara who voted for Morsi in the sum-mer but voted “no” in the referendum.

He said the Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails and which is his core political backer, used to distribute cooking gas among Fayoum residents, but that isn’t enough anymore to ensure people’s support. Among some resentment has grown over what they see as the Brotherhood’s bul-lying way in power or the lack of change since Morsi was inaugurated in June as Egypt’s first freely elected president.

“They want to monopo-lize power and take every-thing for themselves. But people don’t accept them like before,” he said.

THE REFERENDUM results show the strength of the Brotherhood and other Islamists — and their limits. The constitution passed by some 64 percent nationwide. But turnout was a meager 33 percent. Islamists were unable to

expand their base, rallying fewer voters than in last summer’s presidential vote. In Fayoum, a province with 1.6 million voters, around 485,000 people voted “yes” on the constitution, down from the 590,000 who voted for Morsi.

If Islamists could only bring out their base, the op-position proved even less able to rouse the discontent-ed — or those confused or apathetic about the charter — to a “no” vote, showing how far it has to go to con-nect with the public ahead of parliament elections expected within several months. Since Mubarak’s ouster, liberal and secular politicians have made little headway in building grass-roots support or organiza-tions anywhere close to the Brotherhood’s election ma-chine.

In the Fayoum village of Senarow, farmer Mohsen Moufreh echoed often-heard reasons why so many back the Brotherhood.

“I trust them,” he said on voting day. “They are good people, they believe in God’s justice ... Their char-ity distributes meat during holidays and if my kid gets sick, they are the ones who help.”

The 42-year-old, who has five children and makes the equivalent of about $4 a day, said he didn’t read the constitution but voted for it because he trusts the Brotherhood when they say it is the way to stability and a better life.

Still, voices of discontent were heard. Some are bit-ter over an enduring eco-nomic crisis that hits farm-ers hard. Others became more critical watching the debates in Cairo that came to their villages though the numerous liberal-minded TV talk shows. Some reli-gious conservatives said they have grown to see the Brotherhood as act-ing more out of hunger for power than “for the sake of God.”

Discontent with Brotherhood mounts in EgyptThey want to monopolize power and take

everything for themselves. ... People don’t accept them like before.

— Ramadan Khairallah, a teacher in Egypt

“

“

Merchandise for Sale

HARMONY HEALTH NATURE’S SUNSHINE DIST.

309 W. Lincoln IOLA 620-365-0051

M-W-F Noon-5:30, Sat. Noon-2 www.mynsp.com/harmonyhealth

HOLIDAY SPECIALS December/January

Member/Senior Discounts 20% Discount New Customers Every purchase earns a chance

for free gift on Fridays.

Pets and Supplies

CREATIVE CLIPSBOARDING & GROOMING

Clean, Affordable.Shots required. 620-363-8272

Wanted to Buy

(2) USED CAMPERS, 15’ long, single axle, 785-489-2487.

Help Wanted

Apartments for Rent IOLA, 318 NORTH ST., 1 BED-ROOM, cable/water included, no pets, 620-496-6787.

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, 2 bath, appliances included, with parking garage, $550 monthly, 620-228-8200.

Real Estate for Rent

QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HOMES available for rent now, http://www.growiola.com/

IOLA, 818 GARFIELD RD. N., 3- BEDROOM, CH/CA, appliances, large backyard, single attached ga-rage w/auto opener, $795 monthly, 620-496-6161 or 620-496-2222.

New Duplex, 2-Bedroom, CA/H, garage, appliances. Ready Now! Taking applications. 620-228-2231.

IOLA, 605 N. OHIO, 3 BEDROOM, very nice, CH/CA, appliances, at-tached single garage, fenced back-yard, $650 monthly, 620-496-6161 or 620-496-2222.

3 BEDROOM, 1 bath, nice neigh-borhood, $575 monthly, 620-228-8022.

COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR RENT, 401 S. STATE, 620-228-8200.

Real Estate for Sale

Allen County Realty Inc. 620-365-3178

John Brocker ........... 620-365-6892Carolynn Krohn ....... 620-365-9379Jim Hinson .............. 620-365-5609Jack Franklin ........... 620-365-5764Brian Coltrane.......... 620-496-5424Dewey Stotler............620-363-2491

www.allencountyrealty.com

Services Offered AK CONSTRUCTION LLC

All your carpentry needsInside & Out

620-228-3262www.akconstructionllc.com

IOLA MINI-STORAGE323 N. Jefferson

Call 620-365-3178 or 365-6163

STORAGE & RV OF IOLA WEST HIGHWAY 54,

620-365-2200. Regular/Boat/RV storage,

LP gas, fenced, supervised, www.iolarvparkandstorage.com/

SUPERIOR BUILDERS. New Buildings, Remodeling, Con-crete, Painting and All Your Car-penter Needs, including replace-ment windows and vinyl siding.

620-365-6684

Help Wanted

Anderson County Hospital, Saint Luke’s Health System has the fol-lowing positions open: PATIENT ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE III (billing position) in Fiscal Services Department, full time. HOUSE-KEEPER in Hospitality Services, part-time as needed. NUTRITION-AL SERVICES AIDE and COOK in Nutrition Services, part-time as needed. MEDICAL TECHNOLO-GIST in Laboratory Department, part-time as needed. Apply online at www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org/jobs See online posting for more in-formation on each opening. We hire only non-tobacco users. EOE.

CASE MANAGER, ADULT SER-VICES, Iola office. Become a treatment team member supporting individuals in the community and assisting them in the rehabilitation process to meet their goals. Em-pathetic, well organized, self-reliant with good interpersonal skills. Ba-sic computer skills. Prefer BA/BS, will consider AA with relevant work experience combined. Full-time. EOE/AA. Send resume to: Robert F. Chase, Director, Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, PO Box 807, Iola, KS 66749, 620-365-8641.

Local bank has opening for LOAN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIS-TANT. Duties include posting loan payments, assisting loan of-ficers, preparing monthly admin-istrative reports. Must be willing to learn all aspects of job. Computer, Excel, Microsoft Word and people skills helpful. Compensation will be commensurate with experience. Mail resume to: PO Box 447, Iola, KS 66749.

Child Care

Day care now has openings, Jef-ferson District, Cindy Troxel 620-365-2204. Farm Miscellaneous

Straw $3 bale or $4 delivered. Da-vid Tidd 620-380-1259.

Merchandise for Sale

SEWING MACHINE SERVICE Over 40 years experience! House calls! Guaranteed!

620-473-2408

ClassifiedsPLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD ONLINE! JUST GO TO www.iolaregister.com

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES • (620) 365-2111All ads are 10 word minimum, must run consecutive days.

DEADLINE: 2 p.m. day before publication;GARAGE SALE SPECIAL: Paper and Web only, no Shopper:

3 Days $1 per word

Paper, Web and Shopper6 Days . . . . . . . . . . .$1.85/WORD12 Days . . . . . . . . . .$2.35/WORD18 Days . . . . . . . . . .$3.25/WORD26 Days . . . . . . . . . .$4.00/WORD

ADDITIONSBlind Box .................................$5Centering .................................$2Photo ........................................$5

vB4 Wednesday, December 26, 2012 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

PSI, Inc. PSI, Inc. Personal Service Insurance Personal Service Insurance

Loren Korte 12 licensed insurance agents to

better serve you HUMBOLDT HUMBOLDT

473-3831 MORAN MORAN 237-4631

IOLA IOLA 365-6908 Life • Health • Home • Auto • Crop

Commercial • Farm

Real Estate for Sale

NICE CLEAN RANCH, great neighborhood, fenced yard, $119,900, Lora 620-212-0355/913-795-4555.

DREAM HOME FOR SALE. 402 S. Elm, Iola, Grand 3-story 1897 home on 3 lots. 4,894 sq. ft. $190,000. call 620-365-9395 for Susan Lynn or Dr. Brian Wolfe [email protected]. More info and pictures at iolaregister.com/classifieds

ECKAN (a community action agency) ECKAN (a community action agency) is seeking to hire an ANDERSON COUNTY is seeking to hire an ANDERSON COUNTY

HUMAN SERVICE COORDINATOR. HUMAN SERVICE COORDINATOR. This position will operate out of Garnett to provide case management and other support services to low-income families throughout Anderson County. Must be able to create and maintain effective community partnerships. Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services field preferred. $ 32,000/year-plus excellent benefits. Open until filled. For a complete job description go to www.eckan.org. A printable application can also be downloaded from the site for interested applicants. 785-242-7450, ext. 7100. EOE M/F/D/V.

MIKE’S GUNS 620-363-0094 Thur.-Sat. 9-2

Good idea to call!

CLASSIFIEDS WORK!

Price reduced

Slug_0-7

Title:

1st insert:Version:

Pubs:

Color/B&W:Pickup ref:

Live:Trim:

Bleed:Gutter:

Scale:

Art Director

Copywriter

Project Mgr

Print Prod

Studio Mgr

Buddy Check

Creative Dir

Acct Mgmt

Proofreader

Legal

Client

Product Info

1-28-2011 2:07 PMUpdated:Printed at:

PUBLICIS & HAL RINEYSAN FR ANCISCO

ApprovalsEPro:Production notes:

Job: 6768CON1009-024649

- .5pt. black keyline on trim prints- Black prints 100K

ACTUAL ART- All type, waves, and logo

FPO ART- Photographic art

cgibson

Released

024649-CON1009-USC_LN11.inddDocument03

01-28

2011 Lifeline Kansas

By Date

Mike Whelan

Joe Bultman

Catherine Moore

Michael Blair

Inks, Images & Fonts : Black

BURST_2_Upper_D_BW_LR.psd (Gray; 769 ppi, -770 ppi; 19.5%, -19.5%), USC_B&W.eps (27.6%), 206141AA05zg100.eps (Gray; 323 ppi; 46.4%)

SanukOT (Regular, Bold), Trade Gothic (Bold, Medium), Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk (Medium Condensed, Light Condensed), Frutiger (57 Condensed)

Inks, Images & Fonts Cont'd :

BW

None9.5” x 5”NoneNone1” = 1” @ 100%

100%1/26/11LN11see ad rotation

CTA verifi cationToll-free#/Acct Mgmt

URL/Acct Mgmt

Email/Acct Mgmt

By Date

Toll-free#/Proofreader

URL/Proofreader

Email/Proofreader

By Date

With our Lifeline Calling Plans, U.S. Cellular® offers discounted wireless service to participants of certain government assistance programs. To get more information or to apply, visit us at uscellular.com/lifeline or give us a call at 1-800-447-1339.

For just $31.74, you get: • 700 Anytime Minutes • Unlimited Incoming Calls and Text Messaging • Free activation ($30 value)

Things we want you to know: The Lifeline Calling Plan/Lifeline discounts are available only to residents in states where U.S. Cellular is an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC). To purchase this Lifeline Calling Plan or to receive Lifeline discounts, you must participate in one of the eligible programs and reside within U.S. Cellular’s ETC coverage area based on the ZIP code of your home address. Lifeline subsidies may only be applied once per household on either your landline or your wireless service. Eligibility to receive Lifeline discounts will be verified annually. In areas in which U.S. Cellular receives support from the Federal Universal Service Fund, all reasonable requests for service must be met. Unresolved questions concerning services availability can be directed to the Kansas Corporation Commission Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at 1-800-662-0027. Lifeline Calling Plans support all of the federal universal services provided for in 47CFR Sec. 54.101. Additional terms and conditions apply. See store or uscellular.com for details. ©2011 U.S. Cellular.

USC-PRD-11-xxxBURST_2_Upper_D_BW

Wireless service is important to you.Helping you get it is important to us.

39661 Version:01 01-28-11 jv

By DAVID LIGHTMANMcClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON — When

President Barack Obama and Congress return to Washington later this week, the countdown to the fiscal cliff will be mea-sured in days — yet no one really knows how, when or even whether an agreement might reached.

Sorting out the scenarios is like trying to assemble a 100-piece puzzle on dead-line. About the only decent bet is the one offered by Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Con-necticut independent:

“We’re going to spend New Year’s Eve here, I be-lieve,” he told CNN on Sun-day.

There are four general ways the drama is likely to unfold: no deal at all, the long-elusive big deal, con-sideration of legislation that one chamber already passed or a small time-buy-ing accord that would re-quire further negotiations.

If no alternative is ad-opted, Bush-era income tax cuts will expire at the end of the year. On Jan. 2, $109 billion in automatic spend-ing cuts would take effect, and half of them would in-volve defense.

Those are just the big items, however.

Extended unemployment benefits for an estimated 2.1 million Americans begin expiring at the end of this month. Also ending would be the 2 percentage-point Social Security payroll-tax cut and the alternative min-imum tax “patch.”

Also looming is the annu-al battle over the “doc fix,” or Medicare payments to doctors. If no action is tak-en, those payments might be cut by about 27 percent.

IT’S DIFFICULT to gauge sentiment for agreements. Though Obama pleaded with congressional leaders

Friday to work something out and they plan to try, Re-publicans in the House of Representatives remained defiant.

But if the negotiating chaos of recent years has taught anything, it’s not to pay too much attention to the public sniping. Obama, Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and their staffs are expect-ed to talk privately.

Here are the likely poten-tial scenarios:

• No deal. Few on Capitol Hill will say it publicly, but there’s a lot of talk about how each side can benefit politically if the stalemate continues past Jan. 1. And if the markets don’t react once the cliff is reached, there might be even less in-centive to get a quick deal.

There also might be a new incentive to act. Since higher tax rates would go into effect, getting a tax deal might become easier. Lawmakers could argue that they’re now cutting taxes for lower- and mid-dle-income people while keeping them intact for the wealthy.

• Big deal.Obama and Boehner

weren’t that far apart when they traded offers last week, and for all the sniping there are messages of hope im-bedded in the remarks from both sides.

Boehner had offered $1 trillion in new revenue and the same amount in spend-ing cuts. Obama offered $1.2 trillion in revenue and about the same in cuts. Re-publicans contest the presi-dent’s spending-reduction figure, however, saying that once interest savings are subtracted, the cuts are less than $1 trillion.

• Pending legislation. There are vehicles avail-able to lawmakers that would enable them to move quickly. The House passed a measure in August to con-tinue all the Bush income-tax rates for a year. The Senate adopted a measure in July to maintain those rates for all but individu-als who earn more than $200,000 a year and fami-lies that make more than $250,000, the same limits Obama backed.

Those bills, which also contain an AMT patch, might be taken up again. Such legislation is likely to draw strong support.

• Small deal. There are more “fiscal crises” on the horizon: A new debt-limit ceiling is likely to be need-ed in mid-February and current fiscal-year spend-ing runs out March 27.

Congress and the presi-dent might extend the tax rates or avoid some spend-ing cuts and couple that with one of the other up-coming crises in the hope that a big deal could be worked out later. Such a smaller deal also would be easier to get through Con-gress before Jan. 1.

There’s a precedent. A year ago, conservative Re-publicans staged a revolt against a plan to extend the Social Security payroll-tax cut and some other expir-ing benefits. Certain jobless benefits were about to run out and Medicare payments were to balloon.

Two days before Christ-mas, the House and Senate agreed to a two-month ex-tension.

Various routes could avoid cliff

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken pris-oner at the Battle of the Bulge.

His hard life and war-time trauma provided the basis for a prolific 50-year career as a consummate Oscar-nominated charac-ter actor, playing every-one from a Nazi colonel to the pope to Dustin Hoff-man’s would-be suitor in “Tootsie.”

Durning, who died Mon-day at age 89 in New York, got his start as an usher at a burlesque theater in Buf-falo, N.Y. When one of the comedians showed up too drunk to go on, Durning took his place. He would recall years later that he was hooked as soon as he heard the audience laugh-ing.

Durning dies


HAGAR THE HORRIBLE by Chris Browne

ZITS by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

HI AND LOIS by Chance Browne

BABY BLUES by Kirkman & Scott

BEETLE BAILEY by Mort Walker

FUNKY WINKERBEAN by Tom Batiuk

BLONDIE by Young and Drake

DAILY CRYPTOQUOTES - Here’s how to work it:

Sudoku is like a crossword puzzle, but uses numbers instead of words. The puzzle is a box of 81 squares, subdivided into 3x3 cubes of 9 squares each. Some squares are filled in with numbers. The rest should be filled in by the puzzler.Fill in the blank squares allowing the numbers 1-9 to appear only once in every row, once in ev-ery column and once in every 3x3 box. One-star puzzles are for begin-ners, and the difficulty gradually increases through the week to a very chal-lenging five-star puzzle.

On something you’ve heard plenty about, but probably not this well-said:

I’m 44 days out of a three-year affair with an old flame (who I always thought was the love of my life), somehow juxtaposed with a fantastic husband and amazing kids and a good home life.

Here’s the thing: Life will never be perfect. There will always be a void. And when you have two kids, and someone you’ve now spent 10-plus years with, there is a total appeal of having someone who doesn’t have to deal with your day-to-day [bull], or you with theirs, who can just see the version of you edited exactly how you see fit, who therefore thinks you’re perfect (when every other section of your life is far, far from it). And yes, the sex is always better.

But. Ask yourself, when you get ready to send the next e-mail, or make the next call, or set the next clandestine meeting: “Is

my family worth it?” — and not just the big over-arching question. Picture living in a separate apart-ment — away from your kids. Picture him telling your in-laws what you’ve done. Picture having to tell your parents. Picture hav-ing to divvy up the next Christmas between morn-ing and evening. And when your kids are old enough to really get it, picture the judgment of you they’ll always have. You’ll be the one who did this.

Hard to picture all of that until you’ve been caught, I get it. But you will get caught. Or he will (and then you have the spiteful wife to deal with). — 44 days out

* * *

On having to care for a child when your children are grown, and resenting it:

I think it’s tiresome for people to think that at some point, “Well, I did my work, I don’t have to worry about anyone else anymore.”

We seem to think we can compartmentalize our lives: Right out of college I can go drink and play if I want, then when I want to settle down, well, by gum, there should be someone to marry RIGHT AWAY and then I should be able to have kids on my sched-ule, then my career should work this way, then I’ll be done with kids, etc.

Life is complicated. Peo-ple come with stuff. Deal with it. We can’t get what we want when we want it.

I get that as people get older, they see things cer-tain ways; I see people over and again thinking they will actually make their end-of-life decisions (they probably won’t). And I know it freaks them

out — I’ve seen it. But you don’t have control, and you never really did. — Tired

* * * On saving people from themselves:

Many of us seem to want to save our friends and family from ever making any mistakes. We somehow want to buffer their lives so they feel no hardship.

It’s an understandable impulse, but not a wise one. The hardships we experience in life help us to become better, stron-ger people, capable of greater empathy and per-haps even more gratitude for what we have. That doesn’t mean we should watch our friends lie down in front of moving trains, but it does mean we should stop trying to buffer any bruises. — Anonymous

Write to Carolyn Hax, Style, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071, or [email protected]. Subscribe at www.face-book.com/carolynhax.

Tell MeAbout It

CarolynHax

Reader gives insight on affairs

(First published in The IolaRegister, December 19,

2012)IN THE DISTRICT COURT

OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS

U.S. Bank National Associa-tion as Trustee Successor in In-terest to Bank of America, Na-tional Association as Trustee as successor by merger to LaSal-le Bank NA as Trustee for Wash-ington Mutual Asset-Backed Certificates WMABS Series 2007-HE2 Trust

Plaintiff, Case No. 12CV51

Div. No. vs. K.S.A. 60Mortgage Foreclosure Lant Blazek, Mary Doe, Unknown

Spouse Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALEUnder and by virtue of an Or-

der of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of ALLEN County, Kansas, to me the under-signed Sheriff of ALLEN Coun-ty, Kansas, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the main lobby of the ALLEN County Courthouse at Iola, Kan-sas, at 10:00 a.m. on January 9, 2013, the following real estate:

LOT SIX (6), BLOCK TWO (2), OF KANSAS PROPER-TY IMPROVEMENT COM-PANY’S SUBDIVISION OF LOT “U” AND THE SOUTH HALF (S_) OF LOT “V” OF BOUGHTON’S SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUAR-TER (SE_) OF THE SECTION TWENTY-SIX (26), TOWN-SHIP TWENTY-FOUR (24) SOUTH, RANGE EIGHTEEN (18) EAST, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS.

More Correctly Described as:

LOT SIX (6), BLOCK TWO (2), OF KANSAS PROP-

ERTY IMPROVEMENT COM-PANY’S SUBDIVISION OF LOT “U” AND THE SOUTH HALF (S/2) OF LOT “V” OF BOUGHTON’S SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUAR-TER (SE/4) OF THE SECTION TWENTY-SIX (26), TOWN-SHIP TWENTY-FOUR (24) SOUTH, RANGE EIGHTEEN (18) EAST, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS.

more specifically described as 404 N. Elm, Iola, KS 66749

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraise-ment and subject to the redemp-tion period as provided by law, and further subject to the ap-proval of the Court.

Sheriff of ALLEN County, Kansas

PREPARED AND SUBMIT-TED BY:

SINGER TARPLEY & JONES, P.A.

Sheldon R. Singer #10915 [email protected]

Linda S. Tarpley #22357 [email protected]

Kenneth C. Jones #10907 [email protected]

Jonah W. Lock # 23330 [email protected]

10484 MartyOverland Park, KS 66212Phone:(913) 648-6333Fax: (913) 642-8742ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF (12) 19,26 (1) 2

Public notice — NOTICE — Our carriers’ (under contract) deadline for home delivery of

The Iola Register is 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for Iola carriers.

DEADLINE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN CARRIERS IS 6:30 P.M. WEEKDAYS AND 9:30 SATURDAY.

If you have not received your paper by deadline, please call your carrier first. If unable to reach your carrier, call the

Register office at 365-2111. Rural Carriers 6:30 p.m. weekdays – 10:30 Saturdays

B6Wednesday, December 26, 2012 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

IS BACK! BildCrete ®

ENVIRO-MELT ™

All Natural De-Icer Environmentally friendly, low-

corrosive, gives instant traction, less breakdown residue.

Replaces traditional rock salt on roadways,

walkways & parking lots.

BildCrete ®

ALL PURPOSE TUBE SAND

SKU# 281395 60 Lb. SKU# 80420 25 Lb. Bag

WINTER CAR WEIGHT . Sterilized dry sand for

traction. In spring, use in sand boxes, play areas and

as a soil conditioner.

Your Winterizing Headquarters

Also Available: 4 H eat T apes 4 K erosene

4 P ipe W rap I nsulation 4 L amp O il 4 S tock T ank D e-icers 4 H eated D og B owls

4 S mall P ropane B ottles

lifeSMART Infrared Quartz

Heater In Stock!

2661 Nebraska Rd., LaHarpe, KS 5 mi. east of Iola to L a H arpe

and H ighway 54 jct., 1 mi. south and 1/4 mi. east.

1-888-444-4346 OPEN: Mon.-Sat. 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Online at www.dieboltlumber.com

$ 4 59

Pennington 40-Lb. Hardwood Pellets Don’t wait for cold weather, short supply & higher prices! Reg. $4.99 (427648)

EA

$ 229 Mr. Heater 30,000 BTU Heater Heats up to 1000 sq. ft. Factory installed blower fan and thermostat. Battery operated elec. ignition.23.5” w x 24” h x 8” d. Reg. $247.99 Natural Gas (22070) (VF30KRADNG) LP Gas (22071) (VF30KRADLP)

EA

$ 99 99

4,600 BTU Keystone Electric Stove Double swing door opening. Sturdy steel construction, thermostat heat control, flame operates with or without heat. Perfect accent piece in any room. (5360557) (ES5130)

EA

See Our Portable Generator Selection!

Be Prepared For Power Outages!

2661 Nebraska Rd., LaHarpe

Shop Online at www.dieboltlumber.com

1-888-444-4346

COMPLETE FINISHED PACKAGE With 5 ” Concrete Slab on Level Ground

60 ’ x100 ’ x12 ’

(1) 16’x10’ Overhead Door & (1) 3’ 9 Lt. Door $ 66 , 900 80 ’ x160 ’ x14 ’

(1) 16’x12’ Overhead Door & (2) 3’ 9 Lt. Doors $ 137 , 700 96 ’ x220 ’ x18 ’

(1) 24’x14’ Overhead Door & (2) 3’ 9 Lt. Doors $ 223 , 400

Commercial Buildings

COMPLETE FINISHED PACKAGE

With 4 ” Concrete Slab on Level

Ground & Your Choice of

Overhead or Full Height

Sliding Door

24 ’ x24 ’ x8 ’ (1) 16’x7’ Door & (1) 3’ Entry Door $ 8 , 800 24 ’ x32 ’ x10 ’ (1) 16’x8’ Door & (1) 3’ Entry Door $ 11 , 500 30 ’ x40 ’ x10 ’ (1) 16’x8’ Door & (1) 3’ Entry Door $ 16 , 400 40 ’ x40 ’ x12 ’ (1) 18’x10’ Door & (1) 3’ Entry Door $ 22 , 300 40 ’ x64 ’ x14 ’ (1) 18’x12’ Door & (1) 3’ Entry Door $ 33 , 400

Multipurpose Barns

COMPLETE FINISHED PACKAGE

With Dirt Floor (No Concrete)

Open-Sided Buildings

30 ’ x50 ’ x12 ’

$ 11 , 500

COMPLETE FINISHED

PACKAGE with 4 ” Concrete Slab on

Level Ground

(3) 9’x8’ Doors (1) 3’ Entry Door

(3) Windows 12” Overhang

20 ’ x40 ’ x10 ’ $ 14 , 900 24 ’ x40 ’ x10 ’ $ 15 , 950 30 ’ x40 ’ x10 ’ $ 18 , 900

Garages

Special Thrifty Package COMPLETE FINISHED

PACKAGE With 4 ” Concrete Slab

on Level Ground (1) 16’x8’ Overhead Door

(1) 3/0x6/8 Steel Walk Door 10 Year Metal

30 ’ x40 ’ x10 ’ $ 14 , 900

POST FRAME BUILDINGS - 40 Yr. Metal COMPLETE! Price Includes Material & Labor - Location Could Affect Pricing

ATTENTION FARMERS! New Farm Tax Laws Allow 50% Purchase

Price To Be Expensed In 2012. Ask about Lease to Own through for as low as

$ 167 mo. with approved credit

Sturdy Wood Frame

Construction

Optional

• Building Customized To Your Needs

• Free Estimates & Consultation

• Local Qualified Contractors

• Top Quality – No Shortcuts

• Lifetime Warranty On Posts

The Diebolt Advantage • 40-Year Warranty On

Metal • 22 Colors Available • 29 Gauge & 26

Gauge Available • Delden Steel Garage

Doors • Silverline Windows

&

Bolling’s Bolling’s Meat Market Meat Market

201 S. State, Iola • (620) 380-MEAT (6328) Open Mon. through Sat. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sunday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

THE BOLLINGS: MITCH, SHARON & CARA

60-D ay A ged U SD A

Prim e Tenderloin Filet M ignon

Back By Popu lar Demand ! Back By Popu lar Demand ! L im i ted Time Of fe r L im i ted T ime Of fe r

Mou th Wa te r i ng Mou t h Wa te r i ng De l i c i o us ! De l i c i o us !

A s k a b o u t i t ! A s k a b o u t i t !

‘Crossing guard’ cat aids studentsBy MICHELLE DUPLERTri-City (Wash.) Herald RICHLAND, Wash.

(MCT)— Twice a day, ev-ery weekday, a large black cat named Sable trots from the garage where he lives to a nearby street corner in West Richland.

He plops down in a patch of grass and watches as children cross the street to and from Enterprise Mid-dle School, earning him the nickname “the crossing-guard cat.”

Sable’s daily habit also has earned the domestic shorthair a bit of Internet fame. In recent days, his story has appeared on Ya-hoo, Huffington Post, ABC’s news blogs and in the New York Daily News.

“It has been amusing how it’s just taken off,” said Lance Morrison, patriarch of Sable’s adopted human family.

Sable has lived with the family for several years — they couldn’t quite remem-ber how many — ever since leaping over the 6-foot-high fence at their former west Pasco home into their back yard.

They gave him some food and he never left.

The family moved to a house in West Richland about a year ago, and that’s when Sable took over cross-ing-guard duties, she said.

Their house is right across the street from En-terprise, and something about the throngs of chil-dren passing by each day caught Sable’s attention.

Tamara Morrison told

the Tri-City Herald that the family has lived near a school in the past, and had a school bus stop right in front of their former home but that Sable never paid much attention to the chil-dren’s comings and goings.

“He never went out to greet kids,” she said.

But Sable has found his calling at that particular crosswalk since moving to West Richland.

Each morning and after-noon — in rain, snow or sunshine — the 15-year-old cat goes out to watch the

school’s students wearing a neon orange safety vest Tamara bought for him at a pet store, she said.

Sable typically arrives at the corner about five min-utes before the children — and he stays in on the week-end when children won’t be in school.

“The cat’s got this built-in clock. He just knows,” said Monti Franckowiak, the school’s safety patrol adviser.

For his diligence, Franck-owiak and the school’s prin-cipal awarded Sable with

an “Honorary Safety Patrol Member” certificate.

Brooklyn Morrison, 11, a student at the school, said many of the teachers have Sable’s picture as the back-ground wallpaper on their computers, and his picture was shown on a big screen at a recent school assembly.

“He just brightens up the kids’ days,” Tamara said.

Paul T. Erickson/Tri-City Herald/MCTSable seems to know the time that students get out of school at Enterprise Elemen-tary School in West Richand, Wash., and walks over to watch them walk by.

Contact the Iola Register staff at [email protected]

Documents

Iola Register 12-26-12