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WRESTLING Allen County wrestlers open season See B1 Locally owned since 1867 www.iolaregister.com Thursday, December 27, 2012 30/15 Details, A6 The IOLA REGISTER Vol. 115, No.43 75 Cents Iola, KS By PHIL CAUTHON KHI News Service HAYS — Morgan Murray is too young to have any idea who Doo- gie Howser is, but the 16-year-old from Shawnee is cut from a cloth similar to the prodigy doctor in the ’90s TV show. Even while finishing high school and getting a jump on college, Murray finds time to be flown across the country sev- eral times a year to help teach doctors twice her age how to perform challenging tracheal intubations, a procedure to get oxygen to patients with blocked airways. “It’s a very high-stress, very time-oriented procedure,” said Murray. “I am helping teach the doctors how to intubate us- ing high-fidelity simulators. I act as their nurse, getting them anything they need. Then I help debrief and tell them what they can do better.” Murray came into the teach- ing opportunity while sitting in on classes, which were taught by her mother. Two years ago, the instructor in the nurse role was out sick, and Murray seized the opportunity to fill in. Now Murray is seizing anoth- er opportunity to get a jump on her career at the Kansas Acade- my of Mathematics and Science. The two-year program is a sort of fast-track boarding school at Fort Hays State University. Each year, up to 40 high school juniors from across the state move into a campus dorm and complete their last two years of high school coursework while also taking college math and science courses. Murray said that the acad- emy — often called KAMS by students — provides an envi- ronment where staff and other students drive each other to set goals high. “I’ve been wanting to pursue medicine since I was in third grade,” Murray said. “KAMS has See ACADEMY | Page A5 Academy aims to challenge Top photo, Kyler Thompson rolls off layers of protein-rich alfalfa from a large bale to supplement prairie hay fed to cows in the Thompson herd. Ice chips fly as Thompson opens a hole so cows can drink from an iced-over pond. Bob Johnson/Register By BOB JOHNSON [email protected] Kyler Thompson rolled a 1,000-pound bale of alfalfa across a pasture north of LaHarpe Wednesday. With each turn a lay- er of protein-rich forage came off, prompting about 25 cows to come quickly to indulge. Cows find alfalfa tasty, but, be- ing an expensive commodity, it is given in limited amounts as a supplement to prairie hay, basic wintertime forage for cattle. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture price tracking, al- falfa is fetching upward of $250 a bale, prairie hay about half that much. When he finished the alfalfa’s distribution, Thompson cropped through four inches of ice cover- ing a nearby pond to open a place for the cows to drink. The process of feeding and wa- tering is repeated several times each morning in pastures hold- ing the Thompson herd of about 100 cows. “There are a lot of low ponds this winter,” said Kent Thomp- son, Kyle’s dad. Adding to the problem are ponds that have wide muddy mar- gins, and are so low water isn’t found beneath ice near an edge. Cows don’t like to wade through mud and they don’t like to walk on ice. Nor do farmers want cattle tromping over ice trying to find water. “I’ve lost calves that broke through the ice,” said Dale Dan- iels, who farms southeast of Humboldt and also keeps cattle in several pastures. “If one breaks through and gets its head down in the water there’s a good chance it’ll drown,” he said. “They try to fight out of it and just get in more trouble.” Daniels placed plastic tanks in three pastures where layers of rock near the surface prevent dig- ging ponds deep enough to hold water in dry times. “I filled them Saturday and this morning (Wednesday) I cut about See DROUGHT | Page A2 Drought torments area agriculture Nyasha Maforo from Winfield (right) and Soo Bum Kim from South Korea were part of the second class to attend the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science, where students finish their last two years of high school while taking college courses at Fort Hays State University, such as chemistry from professor Dr. Steven Donnelly. Fort Hays University Alumni Association BY JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Law- makers are engaged in a play- ground game of “who goes first,” daring each political par- ty to let the year end without resolving a Jan. 1 confluence of higher taxes and deep spending cuts that could rattle a recover- ing, but-still-fragile economy. President Barack Obama re- turns from Hawaii today to this increasingly familiar deadline showdown in the nation’s capi- tal, with even a stopgap solu- tion now in doubt. Adding to the mix of devel- opments pushing toward a “fis- cal cliff,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner informed Congress on Wednesday that the government was on track to hit its borrowing limit on Monday and that he would take “extraordinary measures as authorized by law” to postpone a government default. Still, he added, uncertainty over the outcome of negotia- tions over taxes and spending made it difficult to determine how much time those measures would buy. In recent days, Obama’s aides have been consulting with Sen- ate Democratic Leader Harry Reid’s office, but Republicans have not been part of the dis- cussions, suggesting much still needs to be done if a deal, even a small one, were to be struck and passed through Congress by Monday. At stake are current tax rates that expire on Dec. 31 and re- vert to the higher rates in place No deal in sight for fiscal cliff See CLIFF | Page A2 By JOE MOZINGO and WES LOWERY Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Mall park- ing lots were packed with after- Christmas shoppers. But nowhere were the lines longer than at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and the Van Nuys Masonic Temple, where thousands of peo- ple came to exchange their guns for supermarket gift cards. Cars queued up for blocks at the drive-through events, with the city giving Ralphs cards worth up to $100 for handguns, shotguns and rifles, and up to $200 for as- sault weapons. There was a bit of haggling involved, but the guns were all taken. “What do you got?” an officer in Van Nuys asked a man in his late 20s as he pulled up in a green Mazda. “Just one handgun, I’ve had it since high school,” the man re- plied. “Will you take $50 for this?” “Sure.” Many came bearing more than one gun. They pulled 22 pistols from the trunk of one white Hon- da, a haul that earned the driver $1,000. Two men in a pickup truck with two children in the back seat handed over a rifle, a pistol and a MAC-12, altered with a silencer. Organizers and some partici- pants credited collective outrage and anguish over the gun ram- page in Newtown, Conn., for the turnout. But motivations were of- ten a bit more complicated. “That young guy shot up all the kids and they blamed the mama because the mama had the weap- ons in the house,” Valerie But- ler said, in explaining why she was waiting in line two hours in South Los Angeles to get rid of an old handgun. Yet Butler, 50, said she was not getting rid of both of her guns. “Just one,” she said, and laughed. “There’s a bunch of nuts out here, and they’re coming in when you’re sleeping. You got to protect yourself.” Cities across the nation, grasp- ing for ways to react to a series of mass shootings this year, have organized gun buybacks to get weapons off the street. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pushed the city’s annual event from Mother’s Day to Wednesday in reaction to the killing Dec. 14 of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elemen- tary School in Newtown. By the afternoon, the event had already surpassed the 1,673 guns collected last year, and officials were scram- bling to get more gift cards, which were donated by Ralphs. Many of the drivers said they were turning in their guns be- cause they rarely used them and were eager to snag grocery cards. “If I could get $100 of free gro- ceries, it’s worth it,” said Charles Edwards, 60, waiting in line next to his old .22 revolver after driv- ing to Los Angeles from Fontana. “I wouldn’t do it for $40. That’s why people are here. They feel bad about all that’s happening, but times are tough.” He still has a shotgun at home. “That’s all I need,” he said. Edwards said authorities need- ed to better organize the buyback so the lines weren’t so long. He watched numerous people sit in line for a spell, then just drive away, he said. “I thought I could just drop this thing off. They need to have this move faster.” Most of the weapons recovered were “mom and pop guns,” police said — hunting rifles, shotguns — but they got a few dozen assault weapons as well. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gazes at a trash can full of assault weapons while the city’s police chief, Charlie Beck, right, holds an assault weapon, one of several turned in, during a news conference. Hundreds of gun owners waited for hours to exchange their weapons for gift cards on Wednesday at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Area. The mayor’s office as well as police depart- ment officials see the program as part of a strategy that has attrib- uted to a reduction in gun-related crimes in recent years. Nearly 8,000 guns have been surrendered since the program was initiated in 2009. Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT Owners exchange guns for cash See EXCHANGE | Page A5

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  • WRESTLINGAllen County

    wrestlers open season

    See B1

    Locally owned since 1867 www.iolaregister.comThursday, December 27, 2012

    30/15Details, A6

    The Iola RegIsteR BASEBALLIola AA Indians split with BaldwinSee B1Locally 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 youve 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 womans garter was trans-ferred from one participants leg to another.

    Its better than a baton, said David Toland, executive director of Thrive Allen County and one of the organizers for Fridays events.

    If you dont have a thing to wear no worries.

    Dresses, hats, purses, jewelry and other accoutrements will be available at Elizabeth Donnellys

    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 Whiteleys 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.

    Its a little warm, so weve been taking it easy, Whiteley said. Its our little hobby.

    The mules were pulling White-leys 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.

    Were having some fun with it, Whiteley joked. Gregs 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 nights 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.

    Thats 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 wasnt 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 departments bud-get for 2012, up $126,000 over this years $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-

    By BOB [email protected]

    An anticipated field of a thou-sand runners and walkers, who will flee Iolas 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 areas 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 Deals 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.43 75 Cents Iola, KS

    By PHIL CAUTHONKHI News Service

    HAYS Morgan Murray is too young to have any idea who Doo-gie Howser is, but the 16-year-old from Shawnee is cut from a cloth similar to the prodigy doctor in the 90s TV show.

    Even while finishing high school and getting a jump on college, Murray finds time to be flown across the country sev-eral times a year to help teach doctors twice her age how to perform challenging tracheal intubations, a procedure to get oxygen to patients with blocked airways.

    Its a very high-stress, very time-oriented procedure, said Murray. I am helping teach the doctors how to intubate us-ing high-fidelity simulators. I act as their nurse, getting them anything they need. Then I help debrief and tell them what they can do better.

    Murray came into the teach-

    ing opportunity while sitting in on classes, which were taught by her mother. Two years ago, the instructor in the nurse role was out sick, and Murray seized the opportunity to fill in.

    Now Murray is seizing anoth-er opportunity to get a jump on her career at the Kansas Acade-my of Mathematics and Science.

    The two-year program is a sort of fast-track boarding school at Fort Hays State University. Each year, up to 40 high school juniors from across the state move into a campus dorm and complete their last two years of high school coursework while also taking college math and science courses.

    Murray said that the acad-emy often called KAMS by students provides an envi-ronment where staff and other students drive each other to set goals high.

    Ive been wanting to pursue medicine since I was in third grade, Murray said. KAMS has

    See ACADEMY | Page A5

    Academy aims to challenge

    Top photo, Kyler Thompson rolls off layers of protein-rich alfalfa from a large bale to supplement prairie hay fed to cows in the Thompson herd. Ice chips fly as Thompson opens a hole so cows can drink from an iced-over pond.

    Bob Johnson/Register

    By BOB [email protected]

    Kyler Thompson rolled a 1,000-pound bale of alfalfa across a pasture north of LaHarpe Wednesday. With each turn a lay-er of protein-rich forage came off, prompting about 25 cows to come quickly to indulge.

    Cows find alfalfa tasty, but, be-ing an expensive commodity, it is given in limited amounts as a supplement to prairie hay, basic wintertime forage for cattle.

    According to U.S. Department of Agriculture price tracking, al-falfa is fetching upward of $250 a bale, prairie hay about half that much.

    When he finished the alfalfas distribution, Thompson cropped through four inches of ice cover-ing a nearby pond to open a place for the cows to drink.

    The process of feeding and wa-tering is repeated several times each morning in pastures hold-ing the Thompson herd of about 100 cows.

    There are a lot of low ponds

    this winter, said Kent Thomp-son, Kyles dad.

    Adding to the problem are ponds that have wide muddy mar-gins, and are so low water isnt found beneath ice near an edge. Cows dont like to wade through mud and they dont like to walk on ice.

    Nor do farmers want cattle tromping over ice trying to find water.

    Ive lost calves that broke through the ice, said Dale Dan-iels, who farms southeast of Humboldt and also keeps cattle in several pastures.

    If one breaks through and gets its head down in the water theres a good chance itll drown, he said. They try to fight out of it and just get in more trouble.

    Daniels placed plastic tanks in three pastures where layers of rock near the surface prevent dig-ging ponds deep enough to hold water in dry times.

    I filled them Saturday and this morning (Wednesday) I cut about

    See DROUGHT | Page A2

    Drought torments area agriculture

    Nyasha Maforo from Winfield (right) and Soo Bum Kim from South Korea were part of the second class to attend the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science, where students finish their last two years of high school while taking college courses at Fort Hays State University, such as chemistry from professor Dr. Steven Donnelly.

    Fort Hays University Alumni Association

    BY JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press

    WASHINGTON (AP) Law-makers are engaged in a play-ground game of who goes first, daring each political par-ty to let the year end without resolving a Jan. 1 confluence of higher taxes and deep spending cuts that could rattle a recover-ing, but-still-fragile economy.

    President Barack Obama re-turns from Hawaii today to this increasingly familiar deadline showdown in the nations capi-tal, with even a stopgap solu-tion now in doubt.

    Adding to the mix of devel-opments pushing toward a fis-cal cliff, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner informed Congress on Wednesday that the government was on track to hit its borrowing limit on Monday and that he would take extraordinary measures as authorized by law to postpone a government default.

    Still, he added, uncertainty over the outcome of negotia-tions over taxes and spending made it difficult to determine how much time those measures would buy.

    In recent days, Obamas aides have been consulting with Sen-ate Democratic Leader Harry Reids office, but Republicans have not been part of the dis-cussions, suggesting much still needs to be done if a deal, even a small one, were to be struck and passed through Congress by Monday.

    At stake are current tax rates that expire on Dec. 31 and re-vert to the higher rates in place

    No deal in sight for fiscal cliff

    See CLIFF | Page A2

    By JOE MOZINGO and WES LOWERY

    Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES Mall park-

    ing lots were packed with after-Christmas shoppers. But nowhere were the lines longer than at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and the Van Nuys Masonic Temple, where thousands of peo-ple came to exchange their guns for supermarket gift cards.

    Cars queued up for blocks at the drive-through events, with the city giving Ralphs cards worth up to $100 for handguns, shotguns and rifles, and up to $200 for as-sault weapons. There was a bit of haggling involved, but the guns were all taken.

    What do you got? an officer in Van Nuys asked a man in his late 20s as he pulled up in a green Mazda.

    Just one handgun, Ive had it since high school, the man re-plied.

    Will you take $50 for this?Sure.Many came bearing more than

    one gun. They pulled 22 pistols from the trunk of one white Hon-da, a haul that earned the driver $1,000.

    Two men in a pickup truck with two children in the back seat handed over a rifle, a pistol and a MAC-12, altered with a silencer.

    Organizers and some partici-pants credited collective outrage and anguish over the gun ram-page in Newtown, Conn., for the turnout. But motivations were of-ten a bit more complicated.

    That young guy shot up all the kids and they blamed the mama because the mama had the weap-ons in the house, Valerie But-ler said, in explaining why she was waiting in line two hours in South Los Angeles to get rid of an old handgun.

    Yet Butler, 50, said she was not getting rid of both of her guns.

    Just one, she said, and laughed. Theres a bunch of nuts out here, and theyre coming in when youre sleeping. You got to

    protect yourself.Cities across the nation, grasp-

    ing for ways to react to a series of mass shootings this year, have organized gun buybacks to get weapons off the street.

    Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pushed the citys annual event from Mothers Day to Wednesday in reaction to the killing Dec. 14 of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elemen-tary School in Newtown. By the afternoon, the event had already surpassed the 1,673 guns collected last year, and officials were scram-bling to get more gift cards, which were donated by Ralphs.

    Many of the drivers said they were turning in their guns be-cause they rarely used them and were eager to snag grocery cards.

    If I could get $100 of free gro-ceries, its worth it, said Charles

    Edwards, 60, waiting in line next to his old .22 revolver after driv-ing to Los Angeles from Fontana. I wouldnt do it for $40. Thats why people are here. They feel bad about all thats happening, but times are tough.

    He still has a shotgun at home. Thats all I need, he said.

    Edwards said authorities need-ed to better organize the buyback so the lines werent so long. He watched numerous people sit in line for a spell, then just drive away, he said. I thought I could just drop this thing off. They need to have this move faster.

    Most of the weapons recovered were mom and pop guns, police said hunting rifles, shotguns but they got a few dozen assault weapons as well.

    Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gazes at a trash can full of assault weapons while the citys police chief, Charlie Beck, right, holds an assault weapon, one of several turned in, during a news conference. Hundreds of gun owners waited for hours to exchange their weapons for gift cards on Wednesday at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Area. The mayors office as well as police depart-ment officials see the program as part of a strategy that has attrib-uted to a reduction in gun-related crimes in recent years. Nearly 8,000 guns have been surrendered since the program was initiated in 2009.

    Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT

    Owners exchange guns for cash

    See EXCHANGE | Page A5

  • A2Thursday, December 27, 2012 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

    Sat., Jan. 12

    1. Put the newspapers you have saved in paper grocery sacks. Plastic cannot be accepted. KEEP NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES SEPARATE. Please DOUBLE SACK magazines and catalogs. ( NO phone books, NO hardback books & NO computer paper will be accepted.)

    2. Choose the organization you wish to help from the list below. Write the name of that organization on the grocery sacks in bold letters or attach a label on the sacks identifying the organization.

    3. Telephone the organization and tell them to pick up your scrap paper by 8 a.m. Sat., Jan. 12 at the curbside in front of your residence. Your papers must be at your curb by 8 a.m. for pickup. Be certain to give your address to the person you talk to.

    Collection Point 911 Emergency Preparedness Parking Lot, 410 N. State Participating Organizations

    ACCC Phi Theta Kappa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365-5116 Ext. 244

    Humboldt United Methodist Church . 473-3769 / 473-3544

    Girl Scouts - Iola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365-6445 / 228-3296

    Challenger All Star Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852-3314

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    First Christian Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365-3436

    Hope Chapel, Moran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939-4828

    Moran Baptist Youth Group . . . . . . . 939-4868

    Tri-Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431-7401

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    10:30-11:30 Bronson Ruritan T ri-Valley Developmental Svcs.

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    Elizabeth LustElizabeth Ann Betty Lust, 87, Iola, died Sunday,

    Dec. 23, 2012, at Iola Nursing Center.She was born March 29, 1925, in Chicago, the daugh-

    ter of J. Byron and Nellie (Davis) Boyd. She graduated from high school in Indianapolis, Ind., and worked as a hotel bookkeeper. On Nov. 28, 1986, Betty married John Lust. They made their home in Humboldt and Indian-apolis and enjoyed traveling. They made their home in Iola as their health failed.

    Cremation has taken place. Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola, assisted the family. Online con-dolences may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

    Obituary

    Trailer removedAllen County officers

    had a pipe trailer, aban-doned and partially block-ing a road, removed from 1100 Street at the south edge of the county Satur-day morning. The owner may inquire at the sher-iff s office in Iola.Iolan arrested

    Tony A. Ping, Iola, was arrested Monday evening by Allen County officers for felony domestic bat-tery, disorderly conduct and interference with a law enforcement officer after Allen County officers responded to a harass-ment case in the first block of North State Street.

    INDEPENDENCE In-dependence will continue to add fluoride to drinking water, but city staff was ordered to research pros and cons of the additive.

    According to the Inde-pendence Reporter, Dr.

    Scott Null, a chiropractor, told city commissioners adding fluoride provided no medical benefit to the human body. However, dental authorities say flu-oridation is important in prevention of tooth decay.

    Independence keeps fluoride

    three inches of ice in each, he said.

    Ponds elsewhere on Dan-iels farms hold water, but he fears that if a long cold spell occurred, they might freeze dry. Also, he has con-cerns about having to cut into mud to open water for drinking.

    Cows dont like to drink muddy water, he said.

    Kent Thompson said he and his son cleaned out sev-eral ponds a year ago, when drought also was a prob-lem. That work paid off this summer and into fall when warm weather and wind speeded evaporation of pond water.

    He and all who tend cat-tle would love to see a rain substantial enough to fill ponds, but they know the likelihood is remote.

    They wouldnt turn down a snow, which would be a godsend for wheat and fes-cue, as well as add some moisture in ponds and sloughs that weave through most pastures.

    WHEAT looks pretty good around here, said Dave Bedenbender, who farms north of Neosho Falls, an observation also held by Marvin Lynch, at Piqua Farmers Coopera-tive, and Daniels.

    It was dry last fall and we had the best wheat ever, Bedenbender said.

    Daniels added snow would be helpful.

    Its kind of like liquid nitrogen, he said. After it melts the wheat always looks greener.

    He thinks there is suf-ficient moisture for wheat to have developed good root systems, but would prefer

    his to be a tad further along, an outcome moisture would help along.

    We got in some late and it isnt up as much as wed like, he said.

    Daniels also has the nag-ging concern of what might occur if the mercury drops into single digits and lin-gers. That could cause the ground to heave and hurt young wheat.

    But, wheats tough, he allowed. It can take a lot of cold and dry weather and still do well.

    The Thompsons are cattlemen, but did dip into farming in August.

    We planted wheat and rye in the dust, betting that rain would come and the crops would grow enough to produce fall feed for their cows, Thompson said.

    Thats exactly what hap-pened.

    We got a good rain in September, which brought up the wheat and rye, and it was the only thing green anywhere, he said.

    The rain Septembers total was 4.76 inches was also enough to revive fes-cue.

    It had been dormant for 70 to 75 days, Thomp-son said of the cool-season grass.

    Unseasonably warm weather in late fall also helped keep pasture grass in the feeding cycle for cat-tle.

    MOST AREA farmers have hay on hand, though in many cases not as much as they would prefer.

    I have enough, unless it gets awfully cold and stays cold, said Daniels, noting that some area farmers al-ready were feeling a pinch.

    Ive had several calls about buying hay, including some from farmers around here.

    Thompson said his mead-ows produced about 50 per-cent of normal rate, but he took advantage when the USDA released CRP grass in two stages, in late August and early September.

    It doesnt have as much nutrient value as prai-rie hay cut on schedule, Thompson said, but its better than nothing.

    That grass is more for filler, said Bedenbender, but it is a component thats necessary in the life cycle of cattle. Especially when temperatures turn frigid.

    If it warms up a little, theyll nibble on pasture grass, but when it gets cold they wont leave the feeder, regardless whats there for them to eat, he said. Big cows will eat a third to 50 percent more when its cold, to keep up their body heat.

    Bedenbender, too, said he had hay on hand, but has a bit of an ill feeling going into what usually is the dead of winter.

    We fed an awfully lot of hay in August when the pastures dried up, he said.

    If there is a silver lining to be found with the ongo-ing drought, it is that feed-ing cattle isnt nearly as much of a chore in dry con-ditions and cattle are more efficient in cleaning up hay put out for them.

    When hay gets wet and muddy, they wont eat it, said Daniels.

    THIS IS the second straight year that the last six months have been un-usually dry.

    Since July 1 rainfall in Iola has totaled 12.77 inch-es, with 4.76 of that com-ing in September and 3.55 inches during three days in mid-October.

    Average annual rainfall in Iola is 37.74 inches.

    Drier weather gave farm-ers ample opportunities to get fall crops harvested, a process that was quickened by yields being less than av-erage, though a little better than they had anticipated during hot, dry spells in July and August. They also were able to complete fall field work expeditiously.

    Lynch figures about two-thirds of cornfields have re-ceived anhydrous ammonia liquid nitrogen fertilizer in preparation for spring planting. The rest, includ-ing some scheduled for dry fertilizer, will be done in the weeks ahead.

    Even though corn was hurt by the drought this year, Bedenbender said it still is his, and most farm-ers, cash crop of choice. In a year of normal yields, more than 100 bushels per acre can be expected, and when the weather revolts, farmers have the advantage of insurance.

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    Driver arrested Morgan Owens, 26, Iola,

    was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol after allegedly failing to stop at a stop sign at the intersec-tion of Nebraska Road and 2800 Street, southeast of LaHarpe. Owens four-year-old child was in the vehicle, officers said.

    Parked car hitA police car driven by

    David Ingle struck a parked vehicle in a lot near City Hall Sunday morning.

    Truck hits deerA truck driven by Dan-

    ner Naff, rural Humboldt, struck a deer on an Allen County road six miles west of Savonburg Tuesday eve-ning.

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    during the administration of President Bill Clinton. All in all, that means $536 billion in tax increases that would touch nearly all Americans. Moreover, the military and other fed-eral departments would have to cut $110 billion in spending.

    But while economists have warned about the economic impact of tax hikes and spending cuts of that magnitude, both sides appear to be proceed-ing as if they have more than just four days left. In-deed, Congress could still act in January in time to retroactively counter the effect on most taxpayers and government agencies, but chances for a large deficit reduction package would likely be put off.

    House Republican lead-ers on Wednesday said they remain ready to ne-gotiate, but urged the Sen-ate to consider or amend a House-passed bill that extends all existing tax rates.

    In a statement, the lead-ers said the House would consider whatever the Senate passed. But the Senate first must act, they said.

    Aides said any decision to bring House members back to Washington would be driven by what the Sen-ate does.

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    Heres how to know if youre happy

    You feel well-rested. People treat you with respect. You smile a lot and laugh in be-tween smiles. You learned or did something interesting and had feelings of enjoyment yes-terday.

    Making a list of the 10 hap-piest countries, Gallup asked 1,000 people in each of 148 countries if these character-istics applied to them. They released their findings last week. Seven of the happi-est countries were in Latin America. In Panama and Par-aguay nations with high poverty rates and low public health statistics 85 percent of those polled said yes to all five questions, putting them at the top of the list. Follow-ing close behind were El Sal-vador, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Thailand, Guatemala, the Philippines, Ecuador and Costa Rica.

    What Gallup demonstrated again was that happiness is a state of mind and can be part of a national culture.

    Armenia which ranked close to the bottom is an example. A sociologist there said, Armenians like being mournful, and, he said, feel ashamed of being successful.

    The United States came in

    33rd on the happiness list, which brings up the question, How do we get happier?

    Gallup provided the answer: for goodness sake, count your blessings.

    Many of the people in those top 10 nations are miserable and dont know it. Guatemala, to take one of them, has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Thieves there steal everything thats loose. The poverty rate is high, housing is awful, education is worse and people there die earlier than they should because the health care system is primi-tive. Similar criticisms can be made of most of the nations of Latin America.

    Without bad-mouthing the rest of them, the lesson Amer-icans should take away from Gallups massive survey is that each of us is in charge of our happiness quota.

    If we have been spared ca-lamities, we can determine to be happy and succeed. Look at those qualifications in the second paragraph again. All are within reach of most of us.

    Start by smiling a lot. Then work up to learning interest-ing things and doing enjoyable activities. You wont get a bet-ter present than the one you can give yourself.

    Emerson Lynn, jr.

    Make yourselfhappy; it reallyis within reach

    Christmas has come and gone, but did you miss some-one on your list? If so, theres time to make amends.

    Here at the Register, the Bowlus Fine Arts Center tops every list.

    Maybe you went to one of the wonderful performances of the Nutcracker ballet Fri-day or Saturday nights held on the Bowlus magnificent stage.

    Perhaps you will attend the next performance by a Chris-tian singers troupe. No? Then you saw some Allen County 4-Hers demonstrate what they have learned or achieved at a 4-H Day held on the Bow-lus stage.

    The Bowlus Center is Iolas crown jewel. But crown jewels need cleaning, polishing and

    tender care. Over the years, The Friends of the Bowlus have given more than $700,000 to the Bowlus to keep it up to date and in tip-top shape so that it can continue to be one of the highest rated arts cen-ters in Kansas. All of the cen-ters needs are never met.

    Put the Friends on your year-end list. Write a check to-day before you forget.

    If youve already done your duty to the Friends, do like-wise for your local community with a gift to the Allen County Community Foundation. Call the Thrive Allen County office 365-8128 for more details. And dont forget Hope Unlim-ited and the Food Pantry.

    Dont give til it hurts; give until it feels good.

    Emerson Lynn, jr.

    Year-end giving

    Do you ever get embarrassed by others actions? Whether it is your kids, spouse, friends, etc? I am embarrassed by our two Kan-sas senators, Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts. In December, the U.S. Senate had the opportunity to join over 120 nations in ratifying a treaty affirming the rights of people with disabilities.

    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities aimed to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoy-ment of all human rights and fun-damental freedoms by all persons with disabilities. It was original-ly negotiated by President George Bush and signed by President Obama. It had the support of for-mer Kansas Senator Bob Dole, Ar-izona Senator John McCain, Utah Senator Orin Hatch and Richard Thornburgh, who was President George H. W. Bushs point man on the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 (ADA).

    All it needed was two-thirds approval from the Senate, but was defeated by five votes. Both Senator Moran and Roberts vot-ed against the treaty. All 36 votes against the treaty were from Re-publican Senators.

    This should have been a slam dunk vote because the treaty was based upon the Americans with

    Disabilities Act of 1990. The rea-sons for the no vote are alarming to the point of ridiculous.

    Those who opposed the treaty felt that it gave the United Na-tions too much power, it would allow government inference in home schooling and that it might allow new abortion rights. All the treaty did was establish a UN advisory committee to oversee disability concerns based upon the tenants of the ADA. Richard Thornburgh said that the treaty would cede no authority to the UN over the U.S. or any of its citi-zens. None. Zero.

    It was quite amusing watching the Republican senators discuss the issue on the Senate Floor. One senator claimed it gave the UN too much power, while another claimed the treaty would not ac-complish anything because the UN committee could only make recommendations. Its funny that they would make these claims be-cause the U.S. Senate has ratified similar treaties, most notably the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimi-nation, and American sovereign-ty is still alive and well.

    It was sad to see Bob Dole wheeled onto the Senate floor and have to watch the proceedings. He was one of the champions of

    the ADA in the late 1980s and has been a supporter of disability rights since he was injured dur-ing World War II. He was prob-ably thinking that he was glad the ADA passed when it did; the cur-rent U.S. Senate would probably not have passed the bill.

    I decided to look and see what other treaties dealing with hu-man rights that the U.S. has failed to ratify and there were two that stuck out, including the UN Con-vention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Wom-en.

    We are one of six countries that have failed to ratify it; the others include Iran, Palau, So-malia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Tonga. Thats embarrassing. The Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified by every country except two: Somalia and the U.S. Thats even more embar-rassing.

    At one time we were the leaders in spreading democracy and free-dom throughout the world, now we take a back seat with Iran, Sudan, and Somalia. The U.S. had the opportunity to retake the lead in advocating worldwide for disability rights, a lead we once held with the ADA, and now we are made to look the fool. Shame, shame, shame.

    Vote against disability act humiliating

    Tim

    Cunningham

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    It was sad to see former Sen. Bob Dole wheeled onto the Senate floor and have to watch the proceedings. He was one of the champions of the ADA in the late 1980s and has been a supporter of disability rights since he was injured during World War II.

    Underage drinking it some-times seems like the stuff of many peoples good old days lore but it isnt harmless fun or a joking matter. Its a serious problem that in the worst of cir-cumstances can lead to deaths and lives changed in an instant.

    Over the past five years, 196 people have been killed and 3,405 people have been injured in alco-hol-related crashes involving teen drivers in Kansas, according to Kansas Department of Transpor-tation figures cited in a recent re-port by the Kansas Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free com-mittee, coordinated by Kansas Family Partnership.

    Thats why we have to remain tough when it comes to enforcing laws to prevent minors from ob-taining and consuming alcohol. While its true that young people intent on drinking often will find ways to get their hands on alco-hol one way or another, we must make it as difficult as possible. Too many bad decisions are made under the influence.

    The case currently in the news is sad for all involved, with one young woman having lost her life, a young man now a paraple-gic and another young man se-verely injured. Hunter Hillmer,

    19, was convicted last week of reckless second-degree murder in the death of 15-year-old Madison Maddie Naill, who was a pas-senger in his car March 19 when it crashed into a utility pole and a tree on S.E. 45th Street. Hillmer is now paraplegic, and another pas-senger, Blake Hanvy, 20, was se-verely injured. Hillmer also was convicted of aggravated battery (great bodily harm) in the injury of Hanvy, driving while under the influence of alcohol, possession or consumption of alcohol by a minor, and reckless driving.

    Hillmer testified during his trial that he had purchased a bot-tle of whisky at Murphys liquor store, 400 S.W. 29th, the weekend before March 19. A surveillance video from the store March 19 showed Hillmer and another man buying alcohol without showing identification. Two clerks from Murphys liquor store have been charged with one count each of furnishing alcohol to a minor, which is a class B misdemeanor with a minimum $200 fine.

    While ultimate responsibility for the choice to drink and drive that night rests solely with Hill-mer, state law is clear that sales to minors are illegal. In recent weeks, Safe Streets, the state Al-

    coholic Beverage Control division and the Topeka Police Depart-ment have conducted a number of controlled buys at local busi-nesses, citing establishments and those conducting the transactions where alcohol is furnished to mi-nors. These operations arent simply to catch people breaking the law but to remind those that may have become lax about the consequences. Retailers must take seriously the law banning sales to minors and the responsi-bility to hire and train employees in this regard, as well.

    When it comes to carding, the state has made it easy to identify minors without even having to do any math. Kansas drivers licens-es for those younger than 21 are oriented vertically, rather than horizontally.

    Parents and older friends also must realize the prohibitions on social hosting. Kansas social hosting law, adopted in 2004, im-poses penalties on hosts who per-mit underage drinking on their property. The minimum fine is $1,000.

    Working together, we all can do our part to reduce access and promote responsible decision-making.

    The Topeka Capital-Journal

    Toll of underage drinking is great

    60 Years AgoWeek of Dec. 23, 1952

    T.A. Edgerton, Iola abstrac-tor, has successfully and succes-sively followed two professions. He started as a school teacher, became an abstractor and now is selling his business to Frank Thompson, owner of the Iola Abstract Co. Edgerton taught school or was a school admin-istrator for 47 years. In 1924 at the age of 53, he retired from school work and went into the abstract business to give my growing family a better break.

    He bought an abstract business in Iola from B.C. Lamb, who had owned it about two years. The firm was originally opened here in the early 1870s by the late T. S. Stover. Edgerton made the busi-ness flourish and now is ready for his second retirement.

    Week of Dec. 23, 1962The Rev. Gayle F. Hoard,

    vicar of St. Timothys Episco-pal Church here, was ordained in the Sacred Order of Priests Saturday by the Rev. Edward C. Turner, bishop of Kansas, in Grace Cathedral in Topeka.

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    grade, Murray said. KAMS has pushed me to do even more than I thought I could. Ive done more in this semester than I thought was even pos-sible.Plugging the brain drain

    Murray is one of 68 stu-dents currently enrolled in the academy. Another 53 students have graduated from KAMS since the first class in 2009.

    The Kansas Legislature founded KAMS in 2006, in part to give students like Murray a learning opportu-nity in Kansas that would challenge the states most talented students, said di-rector Ron Keller.

    The academy was formed to keep the students here in the state to keep intellectual capital from leaving Kansas, to keep from losing our best and brightest kids, Keller said.

    Former State Rep. Kenny Wilk was one of the legis-lators who pushed for the academy. He said it also was intended to help contribute to the long-term success of the Kansas Bioscience Au-thority, which was created the year before and which he also had a hand in. Wilk now works for the Univer-sity of Kansas Hospital and is a member of the Kansas Board of Regents.

    We are going to invest tens of millions of dollars into growing this new sec-tor of the Kansas economy in biosciences. If you be-lieve thats going to work, youre going to need a work-force to support it. We felt we needed a way to incent more bright young people to stay here, Wilk said.

    The program was mod-eled after similar efforts in 15 other states, including Missouri, Texas and Illi-nois.

    Tuition, books and fees for the program cost about $7,000 a year per student, said Keller. That is paid for by the per-pupil state education aid currently about $3,700, which other-wise would go to the stu-dents high school and an additional state appropria-tion of about $3,300 for up to 40 Kansas students.

    The students family is responsible for room and board, which is also about $7,000 per year.

    Students graduate with at least 68 hours of college credit in math and scienc-es, and some students grad-uate with even more, Keller said.

    It is an extremely rigor-ous curriculum. Our kids are taking college chemis-try I and II, lab and lecture, physics for engineers I and II, college biology, calculus I and II, he said. Some kids go on to take calc III, differential equations, lin-ear equations. Theyre way ahead and beyond where any other kids might be.

    In addition to the 40 Kan-sas students, up to eight national or international students are eligible for the program but do not receive state aid those students pay $27,000 each year. Cur-rently, six students from South Korea and China are in the program, and a sev-enth from China has gradu-ated.Retaining recruits

    Academy students have access to the universitys facilities and organizations

    like other Fort Hays stu-dents.

    Brad Leupold, a high school junior from Hi-awatha, said he joined the Pre-Med Club, where one of the activities is Dinner With Doctors.

    Different doctors from the community talk about their field and medical school, Leupold said. I liked talking to one of the cardiologists it was very

    interesting. So maybe Ill possibly go that route.

    From talking with doc-tors, hes become aware of the shortage of family physicians in small towns across the state.

    The local physicians definitely try to steer you in that direction. They need doctors in small towns, Leupold said. I understand that need, but at the same time I under-stand why people want to specialize. Right now Im not really for sure on an ex-act field.

    Regardless, he said he sees himself staying some-where in Kansas.

    I like Kansas and Ill probably stay here. I like the mix between the city and the not-so-crazy, more quiet side and Kansas gives you that, Leupold said.

    Nearly half of KAMS students have expressed interest in a career in medi-cine, Keller said, but its too early to know how many of the first class will go on to medical school. It will be many more years, officials said, before its clear how effective the program is at keeping bright students in Kansas.

    We encourage them to stay here, Keller said. The ones Ive talked to who are looking at going out of state for school, the majority of them are still looking at com-ing back to Kansas for their career and to establish their life.Supporting success

    When Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan was in the state Senate and wrote the bill to establish KAMS in 2006, he had in mind kids who were skilled in math and science but did not have an outlet at school that matched their potential, he said.

    There are really some bright kids that, when they get into their high school years, they really are not challenged by their classes. We kept hearing that these kids would lose interest in science and math, Jordan said.

    Yet in the job market, de-mand continues to grow in the state and nation for peo-ple with math and science skills, he said.

    If youre going to build the workforce for the future and as interested as weve been in trying to get the bio-sciences, innovation and entrepreneurship going in Kansas this is an essential part of our future success in building the Kansas econo-my, Jordan said.

    H AcademyContinued from A1

    The academy was formed to keep the students here in the state to keep intellectual capital from leav-ing Kansas.

    Ron Keller

    They checked to make sure the guns were empty, and double-checked by pulling the triggers in clearing barrels metal rubbish containers filled with sand. Then they put them into trash contain-ers like bundles of sticks after a windstorm.

    I had a question, one after another: Do we real-ly need this? Does this re-ally make us safer? Vil-laraigosa said at a news conference at the Sports Arena. I say, Look, the police department is here because they believe in this program.

    He said the buyback program had taken in 8,000 guns since it began in 2009 and was just one part of a comprehensive police strategy that has reduced violent crime in recent years. L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck said it was a critical component.

    Sandra Lefall, 38, came to the site with Newtown

    heavy in her heart. She had been thinking about coming since she first heard the awful news. Im bringing in a 9-mil-limeter handgun because I want to get it out of the house because I have teen-age children. I would hate for them to do what that guy in Connecticut did.

    By 2 p.m. in Van Nuys, the police began telling people they were out of gift cards.

    Im not giving this away for free, said Sam Ferrell of Reseda as he took a drag of his ciga-rette in his truck.

    Ferrell said he was hop-ing to sell his stepsons handgun. There are too many kids being killed by these things, he said.

    He said he didnt plan to turn in any of his own guns, but that he was glad his stepson didnt have his.

    I need my gun, but not everyone who has one needs one, he said.

    H ExchangeContinued from A1

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Owners of an old-school soda shop in St. Paul, Minn., are being warned to kick the habit and stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes.

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    Shop owner Tobi Lyn-den says the white candy sticks with the red tips were her best-selling candy item but she pulled them to avoid running afoul of the ordinance.

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    By PAUL NEWBERRYAP National Writer

    Now that hes away from the pool, Michael Phelps can reflect really reflect on what he ac-complished.

    Pretty amazing stuff.Its kind of nuts to think

    about everything Ive gone through, Phelps said. Ive fi-nally had time to myself, to sit back and say, ... that really hap-pened? Its kind of shocking at times.

    Not that his career needed a capper, but Phelps added one more honor to his staggering list of accomplishments The As-sociated Press male athlete of the year.

    Phelps edged out LeBron James to win the award for the second time, not only a fitting payoff for another brilliant Olympics (four gold medals and two silvers in swimming at the London Games) but recognition for one of the greatest careers in any sport.

    Phelps finished with 40 votes in balloting by U.S. editors and broadcasters, while James was next with 37. Track star Usain Bolt, who won three gold medals in London, was third with 23.

    Carl Lewis is the only other Olympic-related star to be named AP male athlete of the year more than once, taking the award for his track and field exploits in 1983 and 84. The only men hon-ored more than twice are golf s Tiger Woods and cyclist Lance

    Armstrong (four times each), and basketballs Michael Jordan (three times).

    Obviously, its a big ac-complishment, Phelps said. Theres so many amazing male

    athletes all over the world and all over our country. To be able to win this is something that just sort of tops off my career.

    OLYMPIANS TAPPED AS SIGNATURE ATHLETES OF 2012

    Gabby Douglas

    Michael Phelps

    By NANCY ARMOURAP National Writer

    When Gabby Douglas allowed herself to dream of being the Olympic champion, she imagined having a nice little dinner with family and friends to celebrate. Maybe shed make an appearance here and there.

    I didnt think it was going to be crazy, Douglas said, laughing. I love it. But I realized my perspec-tive was going to have to change.

    Just a bit.The teenager has become a

    worldwide star since winning the Olympic all-around title in Lon-don, the first African-American gymnast to claim gymnastics biggest prize. And now she has earned another honor. Doug-las was selected The Associ-ated Press female athlete of the year, edging out swimmer Missy Franklin in a vote by U.S. editors and news directors that was an-nounced Friday.

    I didnt realize how much of an impact I made, said Douglas,

    who turns 17 on Monday. My mom and everyone said, You re-ally wont know the full impact until youre 30 or 40 years old. But its starting to sink in.

    In a year filled with standout performances by female athletes, those of the pint-sized gymnast shined brightest. Douglas re-ceived 48 of 157 votes, seven more than Franklin, who won four gold medals and a bronze in Lon-don. Serena Williams, who won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open two years after her career was nearly derailed by a series of health problems, was third (24).

    Britney Griner, who led Baylor to a 40-0 record and the NCAA ti-tle, and skier Lindsey Vonn each got 18 votes. Sprinter Allyson Felix, who won three gold med-als in London, and Carli Lloyd, who scored both U.S. goals in the Americans 2-1 victory over Ja-pan in the gold-medal game, also received votes.

    Phelps goesout on top

    Douglas golden in London

    See DOUGLAS | Page B2

    See PHELPS | Page B2

    COFFEYVILLE A competi-tion Saturday was a great start-ing point for several of our first-year wrestlers, Allen County Wrestling Club head coach John Taylor said.

    The wrestling club, consist-ing of more than 40 area youths, traveled to the sixth annual An-derson-Brown Memorial Tourna-ment in Coffeyville.

    Several Allen Countians brought home top-five finishes, led by Eli Adams and Seth San-ford, who took first place in their respective divisions.

    We are very excited for this season to get under way, Taylor said. We were very competitive, and I only see us getting better by the end of the season in March.

    Wrestling club kicks off season

    Photos courtesy of Jana TaylorAllen County Wrestling Club member Kole Rogers works to put his opponent from Independence into a cradle position on the wrestling mat Saturday. Rogers took home third place in his division at the wrestling clubs season-opening competition in Coffeyvllle.

    Kyle Hammond, a four-year standout on the football field for Crest High, brought home anoth-er honor Wednesday.

    Hammond was among the high-schoolers selected to play in the 2013 Kansas Shrine Bowl.

    The Shrine Bowl features the top graduating seniors in a char-ity game for the benefit of the Shriners Hospitals For Children.

    Hammond rushed for 2,020 yards and 38 touchdowns in lead-ing Crest to a 7-4 record, an av-erage of more than 183 yards a game. He also completed nearly 62 percent of his passes for 1,119 yards and 12 more touchdowns.

    Hammond never scored fewer than two touchdowns in any game this season, and he had single

    Newcomershit mats in Coffeyville

    Among the Allen County Wrestling Club members competing at their season-opening tournament Saturday in Coffeyville were, from upper left, Jeremy Ridge, Logan Brown and Hunter Mittelmeier.

    By BARRY WILNERAP Pro Football Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson want to cap their sensational comebacks with Super Bowl ap-pearances. For now, they can be proud of Pro Bowl spots.

    So can Redskins quarterback

    Robert Griffin III, one of two rookies chosen Wednesday for the Jan. 27 NFL all-star game.

    Manning missed all of the 2011 season with neck and back problems that required several operations. He then signed with Denver as a free agent and has led the Broncos on a 10-game

    winning streak to take the AFC West.

    I know theres great players out there in the NFL, but theres some great players on this team this year that deserve to go, said Manning, whose 12th Pro Bowl

    Kyle Hammond

    Hammond picked for Shrine Bowl

    Manning, Peterson earn Pro Bowl berths

    See PRO BOWL | Page B2

    See WRESTLERS | Page B2

    See HAMMOND | Page B2

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    is a record for quarter-backs. He ranks fourth in league passing this year, has thrown 34 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

    Four other Broncos made the AFC roster: DE Elvis Dumervil, linebacker Von Miller, CB Champ Bai-ley and tackle Ryan Clady. Baileys 12th appearance is a record for defensive backs.

    Minnesotas Peterson tore up his left knee on Christmas Eve last year, underwent major surgery, then was back for the sea-son opener. Hes gone from uncertain to unstoppable, running away with the rushing title with a career-high 1,898 yards and lifting the Vikings toward an NFC wild card.

    Griffin is one of three rookie QBs who had superb debut seasons, along with Andrew Luck of Indianapo-lis and Russell Wilson of

    Seattle. Luck and Wilson werent voted to the Pro Bowl by players, coaches and fans, although their teams are in the playoffs; Griffin can get to the post-season if Washington beats Dallas on Sunday.

    San Francisco had the most players selected, nine, including six from its sec-ond-ranked defense. Hous-ton was next with eight, six on offense.

    Kansas City, despite its 2-13 record that is tied with Jacksonville for worst in the league, had five Pro Bowlers, including RB Ja-maal Charles, who like Pe-terson is coming back from a torn ACL.

    One other rookie, Min-nesota kicker Blair Walsh, was chosen. Walsh has nine field goals of at least 50 yards, an NFL mark.

    The AFC kicker is at the other end of the spectrum: Clevelands Phil Dawson

    earned his first selection in his 14th NFL season.

    Another record setter will be heading to Honolu-lu: Detroit WR Calvin John-son.

    Johnson broke Jerry Rices single-season yards receiving record and has 1,892 yards with a game left.

    Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez set the record for Pro Bowls at his position by being chosen for the 13th time.

    The leagues top two sackmasters, DEs Aldon Smith of San Francisco and J.J. Watt of Houston, were first-time selections. Watt has 20 1-2 sacks, one ahead of Smith; the NFL record is 22 1-2.

    Other newcomers, along with Griffin, Walsh and Dawson, were AFC players tackle Duane Brown and guard Wade Smith of Hous-ton; safety LaRon Landry of the Jets; kick returner

    Jacoby Jones of Baltimore; and punter Dustin Colquitt of Kansas City.

    For the NFC, first-timers were Giants WR Victor Cruz; Atlanta WR Julio Jones; Seattle tackle Rus-sell Okung and center Max Unger; San Francisco guard Mike Iupati, linebacker NaVorro Bowman and safe-ty Donte Whitner; Chicago cornerback Tim Jennings and defensive tackle Henry Melton; Washington tackle Trent Williams and special teamer Lorenzo Alexander; Minnesota fullback Jerome Felton; Tampa Bay DT Ger-ald McCoy; and New Or-leans punter Thomas Mor-stead.

    Eight teams had no Pro Bowl players: Carolina, Philadelphia and St. Louis in the NFC, Tennessee, Buffalo, Jacksonville, San Diego and Oakland in the AFC.

    Phelps retired at age 27 as soon as he finished his final race in London, hav-ing won more gold medals (18) and overall medals (22) than any other Olym-pian.

    No one else is even close.Thats what I wanted

    to do, Phelps said. Now that its over, its some-thing I can look back on and say, That was a pretty amazing ride.

    The current ride isnt so bad either.

    Set for life financially, he has turned his fierce competitive drive to golf, working on his links game with renowned coach Hank Haney as part of a television series on the Golf Channel. In fact, af-ter being informed of win-ning the AP award, Phelps called in from the famed El Dorado Golf & Beach Club in Los Cabos, Mexi-co, where he was heading out with Haney to play a few more holes before nightfall.

    I cant really com-plain, Phelps quipped over the phone.

    While swimming is un-likely to ever match the appeal of football or base-ball, it has carved out a nice little niche for itself amid all the other athlet-ic options in the United States largely due to Phelps amazing accom-plishments and aw-shucks appeal.

    Just the fact that he won over James shows just how much pull Phelps still has. James had an amaz-ing year by any measure: The league MVP won his first NBA title with the Miami Heat, picking up finals MVP honors along the way, and then starred on the gold medal-winning U.S. basketball team in London.

    Phelps already had won the AP award in 2008 after his eight gold medals in

    Beijing, which broke Mark Spitzs record. Phelps got it again with a performance that didnt quite match up to the Great Haul of Chi-na, but was amazing in its own right.

    Phelps got off to a rocky start in London, finishing fourth in the 400-meter individual medley, blown out of the water by his friend and rival, Ryan Lochte. It was only the second time that Phelps had not at least finished in the top three of an Olym-pic race, the first coming way back in 2000 when he was fifth in his only event of the Sydney Games as a 15-year-old.

    To everyone looking in, Lochte seemed poised to become the new Phelps while the real Phelps ap-peared all washed up.

    But he wasnt going out like that.

    Phelps rebounded to become the biggest star at the pool, edging Lochte in the 200 IM, contributing to a pair of relay victories, and winning his final indi-vidual race, the 100 butter-fly. There were two silvers, as well, leaving Phelps with a staggering resume that will be awfully diffi-cult for anyone to eclipse.

    His 18 golds are twice as many as anyone else in Olympic history. His 22 medals are four clear of Larisa Latynina, a Soviet-era gymnast, and seven more than the next athlete on the list. Heck, if Phelps was a nation, hed be 58th in the medal standings, just one behind India (pop-ulation: 1.2 billion).

    When Im flying all over the place, I write a lot in my journal, Phelps said. I kind of relive all the memories, all the mo-ments I had throughout my career. Thats pretty special. Ive never done that before. Its amazing when you see it all on pa-per.

    H Pro Bowl: Five KC players selectedContinued from B1

    One of the few years the womens (Athlete of the Year) choices are more compelling than the mens, said Julie Jag, sports editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

    Douglas is the fourth gymnast to win one of the APs annual awards, which began in 1931, and first since Mary Lou Retton in 1984. She also finished 15th in voting for the AP sports story of the year.

    Douglas wasnt even in the conversation for the Olympic title at the be-ginning of the year. That all changed in March when she upstaged reign-ing world champion and teammate Jordyn Wieber at the American Cup in New York, showing off a new vault, an ungrad-ed uneven bars routine and a dazzling personal-ity that would be a hit on Broadway and Madison Avenue.

    She finished a close sec-ond to Wieber at the U.S. championships, then beat her two weeks later at the Olympic trials. With each competition, her confi-dence grew. So did that smile.

    By the time the Ameri-cans got to London, Doug-las had emerged as the most consistent gymnast on what was arguably the best team the U.S. has ever had.

    She posted the teams highest score on all but one event in qualifying. She was the only gym-nast to compete in all four events during team finals, when the Americans beat the Russians in a rout

    for their second Olympic title, and first since 1996. Two nights later, Douglas claimed the grandest prize of all, joining Retton, Car-ly Patterson and Nastia Li-ukin as what Bela Karolyi likes to call the Queen of Gymnastics.

    But while plenty of oth-er athletes won gold med-als in London, none capti-vated the public quite like Gabby.

    Fans ask for hugs in addition to photographs and autographs, and peo-ple have left restaurants and cars upon spotting her. She made Barbara Walters list of 10 Most Fascinating People, and Forbes recently named her one of its 30 Under 30. She has deals with Nike, Kellogg Co. and AT&T, and agent Sher-yl Shade said Douglas has drawn interest from companies that dont tra-ditionally partner with Olympians or athletes.

    She touched so many people of all generations, all diversities, Shade said. Its her smile, its her youth, its her excite-ment for life. ... She tran-scends sport.

    H DouglasContinued from B1

    H PhelpsContinued from B1

    She touched so many people of all generations, all diver-sities. Its her smile, its her youth, its her excitement for life. ... She transcends sport.

    Sheryl Gregg, agent for Gabby Douglas

    rushes covering at least 35 yards in each of the 11 games in which he played.

    He also proved adept at receiver, averaging more than 22 yards for each of his seven receptions, three

    of which were good for touchdowns.

    On defense, Hammond racked up 118 tackles, more than 10 a game.

    He also served as Crests punter, averaging more

    than 32 yards a kick, down-ing 10 of his 17 punts inside the opponents 20-yard line. As kickoff returner, he av-eraged 28 yards per return.

    Hammond is the son of Chad and Brenna Ham-

    mond of Colony. He earned all-league honors at several positions all four years of high school, while earning all-state honors his final three years at Crest.

    H HammondContinued from B1

    Taylor noted more than half of the 40 wrestlers are in their first year of com-petitive wrestling.

    Those finishing in the top five of their divisions

    were:Ryan West, fourth place;

    Landon Boldra, third; Jaar-on Griffin, second; Kyler Mittlemeier, fourth; Ad-ams, first; T.J. Taylor, third; Payton Houk, fifth; Tren-

    ton Jones, second; Jeremy Ridge, third; Kyle Rogers, third; Logan Brown, fourth; Hunter Mittlemeier, third; Sanford, first; and Alejan-dro Vargas, second.

    The wrestlers return to

    the mats Saturday in Cha-nute for the SEK Jr. Comets Tournament.

    Taylors assistant coach-es are Greg Shields, Jeremy Boldra, Adam Sanford and Brett Erikson.

    H WrestlersContinued from B1

    Among the Allen County Wrestling Club members competing Saturday in Coffeyville were, above, Landon Boldra, at left, Eli Adams, and below, Payton Houk.

    Photos byJana Taylor

    At left, Jaaron Griffin of the Allen County Wrestling Club goes up against an opponent from Chanute Satur-day at a tournament in Coffeyville. At lower right, Ryan West gets his hand raised after winning his first ever match. At lower left, T.J. Taylor secures his hands in an attempt to cradle an opponent from Chanute.

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    Anderson County Hospital, Saint Lukes 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 officers, 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.

    Sealed Bids

    Auto and Trucks

    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

    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 Thursday, December 27, 2012 The Iola Register www.iolaregister.com

    P AYLESS C ONCRETE P RODUCTS, INC . 802 N. I ndustrial R d ., I ola (620) 365-5588

    1008 N. Industrial Road H Iola 1008 N. Industrial Road H Iola

    General Repair General Repair and Supply, Inc. and Supply, Inc.

    MACHINE SHOP H REPAIR CUSTOM MANUFACTURING

    Complete Stock of Steel, Bolts, Bearings & Related Items

    (620) 365-5954 (620) 365-5954

    DALES SHEET METAL, INC. HEATING COOLING

    365-3534 or 1-800-794-2662 211 N. Jefferson, Iola Visa, Mastercard

    Sales Service Installation Free Estimates

    Custom Sheet Metal Duct Cleaning Seamless Guttering

    N ELSON E XCAVATING

    N ELSON N ELSON E XCAVATING E XCAVATING

    N ELSON E XCAVATING

    N ELSON N ELSON E XCAVATING E XCAVATING Taking Care Of All Your

    Dirt Work Needs

    Operators: RJ Helms 365-9569 365-9569

    Mark Wade 496-8754 496-8754

    For Sale: For Sale: Top Soil - Fill Dirt Top Soil - Fill Dirt

    2501 N. State, Iola 365-3632 Service Department

    Now Open Sat. 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

    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

    Contact Lisa Sigg at (620) 228-3698

    or Gari Korte at (620) 228-4567 Check out our website for listings www.southeastkansasmls.com www.southeastkansasmls.com

    Personal Service Realty

    Loren Korte, Broker Iola - Moran - Humboldt

    (620) 365-6908

    Buying or Selling?

    THOLENS THOLENS HEATING & HEATING & COOLING INC. COOLING INC.

    824 N. CHESTNUT IOLA

    (620) 365-6445 (620) 365-6445 3 Sales 3 Installation

    3 Service On All Makes & Models Including Manufactured Homes 3 Sales & Service Of Commercial Refrigeration & Ice Machines

    See our ad on the back inside cover of

    Apartments for Rent

    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

    HARMONY HEALTH NATURES 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.

    Help Wanted

    Merchandise for Sale

    Pets and Supplies

    CREATIVE CLIPSBOARDING & GROOMING

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

    Wanted to Buy (2) USED CAMPERS, 15long, single axle, 785-489-2487.

    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 IOLA, 605 N. OHIO, 3 BEDROOM, very nice, CH/CA, appliances, at-tache


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