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Iola Municipal Band— Since 1871 —

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

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

Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.

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

By SUSAN [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-

By BOB [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Temps for runlook inviting

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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

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Vol. 115, No.29 75 Cents Iola, KS

AUDACIOUS DIGS

Audacious Boutique owner and operator, Kelly Sigg, left, opened her doors at her new location, Wednesday. Stephanie Morrison, right, was one of Siggs first customers.

Register/Allison Tinn

Audacious Boutique opens at new locationBy ALLISON TINN

[email protected] came early this

year for Kelly Sigg. Wednesday she opened the doors to the new location of her store, Audacious Boutique.

The boutique didn’t relocate too far away — on the corner of Madison and Jefferson — but what Sigg got was a lot more space.

For the past week wrapping paper has lined the front win-dows so passersby couldn’t get an early peek into the store. When Sigg was finally able to

take down the wrapping paper, she said she felt like an excited kids on Christmas morning.

“It was just beautiful being on the outside looking in,” Sigg said.

The store, in the building owned by David Toland, sits on the square and was the old Iola State Bank.

“I feel like we really have taken a wonderful historic land-mark and turned it into a big city worthy chic boutique. The best part and my number one priority is being able to provide merchandise that is trendy, the

most current fashion and fresh merchandise weekly,” Sigg said.

The two vaults remain in the store, one acting a “conversation piece,” Sigg said and the other as a back storage area.

The famous sandwich board, that once functioned as a direc-tion piece for the shop, now sits at the top of the stairs and holds a sentimental value to Sigg and her employees.

“It has been with us since the beginning and so we refreshed it and kept it with us,” Sigg said.

Iola student stands up to bullying

By SUSAN [email protected]

Cortney Sczuka has been both a victim and perpetrator of bully-ing at Iola High School.

She knows the pain of being tormented by mean words and ac-tions, as well as the guilt of hurt-ing others.

Although she feels she has been able to distance herself from the hurtful acts, the prevalence of bullying in Iola schools has her concerned.

Wednesday morning she found herself writing a letter to no one in particular about her concerns, including “some day you may push someone too far and they kill themselves ... You can’t take your words back, you can’t get rid of the hurt, the scars.”

Sczuka took her letter to the high school guidance counselor, Mandy Stiffler, and assistant prin-cipal, Joe Sample. Both encour-aged Sczuka to get her concerns out to a bigger audience.

Today Sczuka hopes to gather supporters at a meeting to orga-nize an effective way to combat kids beating up on other kids — both verbally and physically.

FOR THOSE who think Sczuka is being overly dramatic, take note of her remarks:

• During Tuesday night’s girls basketball game, students were taking pictures of the lopsided score and sending derogatory text messages, humiliating the female athletes;

• In the school hallways before and after school, during lunch at the cafeteria, and even during class, students taunt fellow stu-dents, teasing them about their appearance or how they talk, or any other perceived weakness. “Teachers seem helpless in com-batting the bullying,” Sczuka said.

• A student who recently suf-

fered a miscarriage is now be-ing called a “baby-killer,” and “whore” by her classmates;

• According to an informal poll, Sczuka said more than one-third of IHS students miss school on a regular basis from fear of being bullied. “They’re too scared to come to school,” she said.

• Students do harm to them-selves to relieve the pain of being bullied. They burn themselves with cigarettes and cut them-selves with razors and knives. “I see it all the time,” she said. Some-how, self-inflicting pain gives the students an “emotional escape,” from being bullied;

• More than 80 percent of IHS students, again according to the poll, admit to bullying, have wit-nessed others being bullied, or have been victims of bullying;

• Of those 80 percent, almost all hide the fact from their parents or teachers.

SCZUKA RECALLS as a fresh-man having drinks poured on her

Cortney Sczuka

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There’s no better way to get in the Christmas spirit than to take in Sunday’s Christmas Vespers at 3 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church.

Traditional, spiritual and con-temporary tunes will be sung by a 30-plus-member choir under the direction of Terry Meadows, mu-sical director at Wesley as well as Humboldt schools.

Robyn Pekarek will provide ac-companiment on the piano.

Special numbers include Robyn and Brian Pekarek playing a duet, she on the piano and he the har-monica.

Casiee Wolfe will sing a solo, “Christmas Gift.”

The bell choir of Wesley, the Wesley Bells, will also perform two numbers.

This is the 56th year Vespers will be performed by area sing-ers, although last year there was no performance because of lack of a director.

No admission is charged for the hour-long performance.

Vespers choir practice Wednesday night at the Wesley United Methodist Church. Vespers will be presenting their annual Christmas performance on Sunday at 3 p.m.

Vespers concert returns to Iola

Register/Steven Schwartz

Does Iola need a new school campus? If yes, should it be all schools or just an elementary school?

Send your answer to [email protected], on-line at iolaregister.com or on our Facebook page.

This week’s poll question

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER

AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The

number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid fell sharply last week as a temporary spike caused by Superstorm Sandy has faded. Weekly applications have fallen back to a level consis-tent with modest hiring.

The Labor Department said Thursday that applications

dropped 25,000 last week to a sea-sonally adjusted 370,000.

Unemployment aid applica-tions spiked a month ago after Sandy shuttered businesses in the Northeast. Applications jumped to 451,000 in the week ended Nov. 10. People can claim unemployment benefits if their workplaces are forced to close and they aren’t paid.

US unemployment aid applications drop to 370K

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By HOPE YENAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — New census data released Thursday af-firm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases.

The number of illegal immi-grants in the U.S. dropped to an estimated 11.1 million last year from a peak of 12 million in 2007, part of an overall waning of His-panic immigration. For the first time since 1910, Hispanic immi-gration last year was topped by immigrants from Asia.

Demographers say illegal His-panic immigration — 80 percent of all illegal immigration comes from Mexico and Latin Ameri-ca — isn’t likely to approach its mid-2000 peak again, due in part to a weakened U.S. economy and stronger enforcement but also a graying of the Mexican popula-tion.

The finding suggests an uphill battle for the Republicans, who passed legislation in the House last week that would extend citi-zenship to a limited pool of for-eign students with advanced de-grees but who are sharply divided on whether to pursue broader im-migration measures.

In all, the biggest surge of im-migration in modern U.S. history ultimately may be recorded as oc-curring in the mid-1990s to early 2000s, yielding illegal residents who now have been settled in the U.S. for 10 years or more. They in-clude migrants who arrived here as teens and are increasingly at risk of “aging out” of congressio-nal proposals such as the DREAM Act that offer a pathway to citi-zenship for younger adults.

“The priority now is to push a vigorous debate about the undoc-umented people already here,” said Jose Antonio Vargas, 31, a journalist from the Philippines. “We want to become citizens and not face the threat of deportation or be treated as second class,” said Vargas, whose campaign, Define American, along with the young immigrant group United We Dream, have been pushing for citizenship for the entire il-legal population in the U.S. The groups point to a strong Latino and Asian-American turnout for President Barack Obama in last month’s election as evidence of public support for a broad over-haul of U.S. immigration laws.

Earlier this year, Obama ex-tended to many younger immi-grants temporary reprieves from deportation. But Vargas, who has lived in the U.S. since 1993 and appeared this year on the cover of Time magazine with other im-migrants who lacked legal status, has become too old to qualify.

Illegal immigration drops after decade-long rise

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The priority now is to push a vigorous de-bate about the undocu-mented people already here. We want to be-come citizens and not face the threat of de-portation or be treated as second class.

— Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist from the Philippines

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ObituariesPeter Klimes

Peter Matthew Klimes died at his home in Apple Valley, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. He was 60.

He was born at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Burbank, Calif., Sept. 13, 1952, the son of Eileen and Robert Klimes. He received his first guitar when he was 12, along with six months of guitar lessons, then taught himself to play both acoustic and elec-tric guitar, banjo, pedal steel, 12-string, and sitar. He never had to be reminded to practice. If given a box with some strings across the top, God and Peter would have made music together.

By the time he was 16, he was writing and professionally performing, playing and singing, his own and others’ tunes.

Because he was a conscientious and de-pendable person, he was asked, frequent-ly, “Where’re you from? You’re not from around here.” He would answer, “Born in Burbank, but I have a Kansas heart. Got it from my mom.” Peter performed through-out the San Fernando Valley, Simi Valley, High Dessert, West L.A., Hollywood, To-panga Canyon, Dallas, and other places on both coasts. If you are curious to learn more about Peter, Google Peter Klimes, California, for his resume of bands, CDs, film, and voice-overs.

Peter knew he was truly blessed. Often, he would say, “It’s all good, mom.” Know-ing that God is in control, he would add, “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him, ‘I’ve got a plan.’” Peter knew that Jesus was his Lord and Savior, and his witness helped change the lives of many.

Peter is survived by his mother Eileen Robertson and stepfather Ellery Robert-son, Humboldt; a sister Milada Klimes, Humboldt; a stepsister, Elisha (Robertson) Johnson, and her spouse and children; a half-brother, Steve Klimes; a stepbrother, Fred Astaire III, and his spouse and chil-dren; his aunt, Dodie (Wulf) Copley, and her spouse and children; his uncle, Wal-ter Wulf, Jr., and his spouse and children; three great-uncles, Ron, Bob and Richard Wulf, and their spouses and children; two great aunts, Sylvia (Wulf) Borghardt and Barbara (Wulf) Brown, and their spouses and children; his Deffner cousins of Cali-fornia; and his many close friends.

Peter was preceded in death by his grandma and grandpa Klimes; grand-

ma and grandpa Wulf; his father Robert Klimes; a younger brother, Joseph John; and an aunt, Betty Rose Wulf.

Cremation has taken place. A future private service will be held in Humboldt.

Memorial gifts may be made online to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.

Joshua GillaspieJoshua Michael Gillaspie, 30, of Tecum-

seh, passed away on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012.Josh was born on Sept.

1, 1982, in Topeka, the son of Dennis and Mary Jo (Hiestand) Gillaspie. Josh attended school at Shawnee Heights, gradu-ating with the class of 2001. He was currently attending the Washburn Technical School for com-puter repair.

He leaves behind his loving family, including his parents, Dennis and Mary Jo Gillaspie of Tecumseh; one brother, Robert Gillaspie of Lawrence; two sis-ters, Jaclyn Gillaspie of Topeka; Lesley Gillaspie of Austin, Texas; grandmother Rosemary Gillaspie of Colony, Kansas; four nieces and one nephew; aunts, un-cles, and numerous cousins and friends.

A private family service will held at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the S.P.C.A. and sent in care of the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, PO BOX 408, Garnett, Kansas 66032. You may send your condo-lences to the family at www.feuerbornfu-neral.com.

Jake GalemoreJake Galemore, 16, of Chanute passed

away Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 near his resi-dence.

Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Burial will follow in St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery.

Rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. on Sun-day at the church.

The family will receive friends on Sun-day after the rosary from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. at the St. Patrick School Gym.

Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Gillaspie

Alfred Link will be hosting a veteran’s breakfast at B&B Country Cafe on Saturday morn-ing, starting at 7:45 a.m. Retired veterans and their spouses are invited to attend. Attendees are responsible for their own break-fast.

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Sanctuary co-founder Ed Stewart feeds an African elephant at the California sanctu-ary, which began in 1984 with a jaguar, a menagerie of lions, bears, wolves, and a 3-year-old African elephant called No. 71. They rescued the malnourished elephant from its wealthy owner in Florida.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — H&R Block’s fiscal sec-ond-quarter loss narrowed, helped by cost-cutting ef-forts. Revenue climbed mostly because of a strong tax season in Australia.

The nation’s largest tax preparation company typi-cally turns in a loss in the August-to-October period because it takes in most of its revenue during the U.S. tax season.

The company is optimis-tic and gearing up for its busy season.

“The U.S. tax season is right around the corner and we believe we’re on pace to deliver significant earnings and margin expansion in fiscal 2013,” President and CEO Bill Cobb said in a statement today.

For the three months ended Oct. 31, H&R Block Inc. lost $105.2 million, or 39 cents per share. A year earlier it lost $141.7 million, or 47 cents per share, for the quarter.

Its loss from continuing operations was 37 cents

per share. Analysts sur-veyed by FactSet expected a bigger loss of 41 cents per share.

Selling, general and ad-ministrative expenses de-clined and the quarter was free of any impairment charges. The prior-year pe-riod included a $4.3 million impairment charge.

Revenue rose 6 percent to $137.3 million from $129.2 million. This topped Wall Street’s forecast of $129.6 million.

Tax services revenue in-creased 7 percent primarily

due to the strong Australian tax season. Corporate rev-enue fell because of lower interest income from H&R Block Bank’s shrinking mortgage loan portfolio.

H&R Block disclosed in October that it hired Goldman Sachs to help it explore options for its banking arm, H&R Block Bank. Those options, Block said, could result in the company no lon-ger being regulated as a savings and loan holding company by the Federal Reserve.

The Federal Reserve an-nounced some proposed rules in June that would impose higher capital re-quirements on savings and loan holding compa-nies. H&R Block contends that if the proposed rules are enacted it would have to hold on to significant additional capital.

H&R Block, based in Kansas City, Mo., pre-pared 25.6 million tax re-turns worldwide in fiscal 2012.

H&R Block shows strong quarter

The U.S. tax sea-son is right around the corner and we believe we’re on pace to deliver sig-nificant earnings and margin expan-sion in fiscal 2013

—Bill Cobb, CEO

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Veteran’s breakfast set for Saturday

Livestock market

By TIM TALLEYAssociated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s law-suit challenging the fed-eral health care overhaul amounts only to a “dif-ference of opinion” and should be dismissed, law-yers for the federal govern-ment say.

Pruitt is challenging the health care law’s imple-mentation. Lawyers for the federal government filed papers Monday urg-ing U.S. District Judge Ron-ald White to throw out the case. They said that Pruitt has asked the court to re-solve “abstract questions of political power, of sover-eignty, of government” in-volving the Affordable Care Act rather than litigate per-sonal or property rights or sovereign rights that are actually threatened,

“Oklahoma’s reading of the Affordable Care Act presents only a ‘difference of opinion’ between the state and the federal govern-ment, not a case or contro-versy,” the motions filed in

U.S. District Court in Musk-ogee states. “Under these principles, Oklahoma lacks standing to litigate any of the counts in its amended complaint.”

The government’s motion says that while the state’s lawsuit is creative at times, it offers nothing more than conjecture and speculation while challenging the new health care law. The motion says the state does not have

legal standing to sue the federal government on be-half of its citizens “because the federal government is presumed to represent the state’s citizens.”

Pruitt, a Republican former state senator and frequent critic of federal government policies un-der Democratic President Barack Obama, filed the lawsuit in January 2011 shortly after he took office.

Feds look to dismiss Okla. lawsuit

At the Parsons Live-stock Market sale Wednesday, 1,605 cattle were sold.

Choice cows 8-90; canners & cutters 67-78; shelly cows 62 and back; bred cows 750-1575; choice bulls 87-96; breeding bulls 1350-1500; lower grades 75-87.

Steers: Up to 400# up to 202; 400# to 500# 155-195; 500# to 600# 140-170; 600# to 700# 130-152; 700# to 800# 125-145.

Heifers: Up to 400# up to 187; 400# to 500# 135-167; 500# to 600# 125-150; 600# to 700# 120-138; 700# to 800# 120-137.

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When Kris Kobach was cam-paigning for Kansas secretary of state two years ago, his top prior-ity was combatting voter fraud. Despite the lack of statistical evidence to support his position, Kansans voted for him in over-whelming fashion. Armed with the lopsided victory, Kobach went about “fixing” the problem.

The problem, as has been well-reported, was that 75 cases of voter fraud had been reported between 1998 and 2008. Zero con-victions were obtained, but Ko-bach believed that was because the cases were not pursued vig-orously enough. He also believed the 75 were just the tip of the ice-berg.

The state’s top elections offi-cial likened the Sunflower State to Georgia, as both have signifi-cant meatpacking operations and as such both have sizable populations of aliens. And, since Georgia had “identified 2,148 in-dividuals who had attempted to register to vote and who were likely aliens,” Kansas likely had the same problem.

Kobach has been fixated on illegal immigrants most of his career. In a letter written to this newspaper in 2010, Kobach noted: “Every time an alien casts a vote in an election, he cancels out the legitimate vote of a U.S. citizen. How many cases is enough to demand action? I’d say that even one alien voting is too many.”

As more than a couple of area readers affirmed via their own letters, Kobach was on the right path. State lawmakers felt the same way, and approved the sec-retary of state’s stringent voter ID law. This year’s elections were the first for Kansans to show of-ficial picture identification at the polls before being allowed to vote.

WITH RESULTS from the gen-eral election certified this past week, it strikes us as a good time to assess the effects — for better or worse.

Zero reports of voter fraud were documented, although Ko-bach said it might be a few more weeks before problems such as

individuals voting in two states would surface. The zero num-ber does not surprise us, as the 75 cases reported during that 10-year period amounts to 0.0009 percent of some 8 million votes cast.

There were 838 voters forced to cast provisional ballots in the Nov. 6 election because they did not have proper photo ID. Of those, Kobach said 306 returned later with their IDs and their bal-lots were counted. So that means 532 registered Kansas voters were ignored, a number Kobach is just fine with.

“I think the photo ID require-ments are going very smoothly, in fact smother than I expected,” Kobach said.

For an official supposedly con-cerned with not disenfranchis-ing even one citizen of Kansas, we’re stunned Kobach doesn’t mind that 532 Kansas citizens didn’t have their votes counted.

Not that they would have made a difference this year. Most con-tests statewide were lopsided af-fairs.

That shouldn’t be the point. Because of Kobach’s irrational approach to his constitutional duties, 532 Kansans were denied their most fundamental right as citizens in order to prevent zero aliens from casting an illegal bal-lot.

Secretary Kobach’s paranoia is not resulting in more legiti-mate elections. Instead, he’s making a mockery of the office. Voter fraud is not taking place at the polls, it’s taking place in To-peka.

— The Hays Daily News


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Kansas senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran voted against an international treaty mod-eled on the Americans With Disabilities Act Tuesday. They were two of the five votes need-ed to ratify the treaty which Kansan Bob Dole came, with great difficulty, to support. Dole came to the Senate in a wheelchair pushed by his wife, Elizabeth. The two left the well of the Senate before the final vote was taken.

Sen. Moran’s vote was par-ticularly difficult to under-stand. Earlier in the year he had joined Sen. John McCain of Arizona in a press release supporting ratification. Tues-day he voted no. It was appar-ent that Republican leadership had cracked the whip.

The 38 Republicans who vot-ed against ratification — which requires a two-thirds majority — said they feared ratification would violate U.S. sovereignty and give United Nations bu-reaucrats the power to take dis-abled U.S. children away from their parents if they were not being treated as the treaty re-quired. Supporters of the con-vention said that this fear was completely unfounded.

Common sense would tell you that the Republican argument is preposterous. It is beyond imagination that the most pow-erful nation on earth would be unable to prevent a U.N. nanny from snatching a crippled child away from her Iola parents. The Republican argument, made most vehemently by ex-senator, ex-presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, is yet another exam-ple of Republican extremism that turns off voters in both parties.

The Americans With Dis-abilities Act has done a great deal to make life easier for America’s disabled citizens since it became law in 1990. It also made the United States a world leader in defending the rights of the disabled. Its pas-

sage was one of the crowning achievements of President H. W. Bush. The U.N. treaty that Republicans rejected Tuesday is an effort to take America’s compassionate approach as a model for the world.

Sen. Dole, as every Kansan should know, used his power and prestige as majority leader and his own triumph over his war wounds to push the bill through the Senate, where it enjoyed broad, bipartisan sup-port.

The treaty has been ratified by 125 countries. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved it last July in a bi-partisan vote, 13-6. At the same time, the committee passed a resolution stating that the U.S. would surrender none of its sovereign authority by joining those 125 nations. The commit-tee said U.S. ratification would not give the U.N. any power to “alter or overrule United States law” and added that any recommendations that the U.N. might make under the conven-tion would not be binding on state or federal governments or in any state or federal gov-ernment.

What the convention would do was encourage other na-tions to come up to U.S. stan-dards — the international gold standard for treatment of those with disabilities.

THE U.S. SENATE will be given another opportunity to join the rest of the world in cel-ebrating the compassion and practicality of the Americans With Disabilities Act by rati-fying the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Dis-abilities. When that day comes, Kansans should let Roberts and Moran know that Kansan Bob Dole is right, that they should join his cause and help erase the black mark their vote placed on our state’s reputa-tion this Tuesday.

— Emerson Lynn, jr.

Moran, Robertsshamed Bob Doleon disabilities vote

Kansans think big. Big dreams, big ideas and big solutions. But when it comes to strengthen-ing our economy and providing opportunities for future gen-erations, we should think small. Small towns and rural areas of Kansas are a critical part of who we are. In many parts of Kansas, small businesses are the back-bone of our communities.

Our dental practices in Great Bend, Hays and Pittsburg are perfect examples. Our small busi-nesses employ 34 people and pro-vide dental care to thousands of Kansans.

And still our businesses can’t keep up with the growing need. Across the state, hundreds of thousands of Kansans lack access to oral health care because a gap in the dental work force leaves 99 of our 105 counties without enough dental providers.

There is a solution, but govern-ment regulations are standing in the way.

Legislation proposed by the Kansas Dental Project would per-mit new dental providers called registered dental practitioners (RDPs) to work in our state. RDPs would allow us to see more pa-tients and create critically need-ed jobs. Lawmakers can help by passing the RDP legislation, al-lowing us to hire more Kansans,

expand our practices and provide care to more patients.

With RDPs as part of the dental care team, dental hygienists could obtain advanced education and training to provide routine and preventive care like cleanings, fillings and some extractions. They would pass a comprehen-sive clinical exam and be hired and supervised by dentists, who could then have more time to put their education to work on more complicated procedures. This system has already worked in the medical field between physicians and nurse practitioners and phy-sician assistants. It’s also already succeeding in the dental field in other states.

With RDPs, we could grow our small businesses and see thou-sands more patients each year. In fact, we estimate that hiring just one RDP would allow each of us to serve more patients by sched-uling 2,000 to 3,000 more appoint-ments a year. That’s a win-win for all Kansans.

Strengthening our dental work force strengthens our communi-ties. Communities with strong health care systems, good pub-lic schools and easily accessible services attract other small busi-nesses, good employees and new employers.

Small businesses like ours are the economic engine of Kansas and we should encourage their growth, especially when they can provide much needed services to residents of the small towns and communities that have helped make Kansas what it is today.

Mid-level dental providers are already working in other states. How can we attract and keep dental providers in Kansas if we don’t allow them the freedom to run their businesses as they see fit? How will we compete with other states when our potential for growth is stifled? If this legis-lation isn’t passed, we can’t.

Dr. David Hart, Great BendDr. Melinda Miner, Hays

Dr. Daniel Minnis, Pittsburg

Rural dentists need midlevels

We estimate that hiring just one registered dental prac-titioner would allow each of us to serve more patients by scheduling 2,000 to 3,000 more appointments a year. That’s a win-win for all Kansans.

Dear editor,Today I buried a “wild” cat I’d

never been able to touch since it started coming here around three years ago.

I had to watch it die little by lit-tle each day — a painful death — because someone had abandoned it with a flea collar attached when it was not full-grown. There were two of them, yellow and white — the other disappeared some time ago.

A few weeks ago it looked as if the collar had been removed. Perhaps it was caught in a trap of some kind. But it was too late.

Of course I’d fed and watered it.

It had shelter. I found it this after-noon, dead, in a little “cat house” in my carport. I buried it wrapped in some pretty silk fabric I had.

At least his painful life is over and he is at peace now. I’ll never forget that painful look in his eyes. I’m thankful he died here and did not go off somewhere to die.

If you’re going to abandon an animal, at least have the decency to take off the collar.

Still, it’s a shameful thing to abandon an animal. Abandoned pets always suffer.

Sharon McCauley,Moran, Kan.

The real fraud is in Topeka Letter to the editor

Quote of the DayVitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940

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and being verbally at-tacked by gangs of girls.

“I tried to fight back by throwing the words back at them,” she said. “I tried to act tough, like a smart ass, and that I didn’t care.”

It got to the point she wanted to drop out of school, where the thought of being called “trash” one more time would send her over the edge.

“I felt so alone. That no-body cared,” she said.

“I’m here to tell them I care, and so do a lot of oth-ers,” Sczuka said. Her let-ter has already garnered strong support from sev-eral of her friends who say they are willing to stand by her side in her efforts to organize a support group against bullying.

Sometimes simply walk-ing away from bullies helps stop the action. Af-ter all, they need an audi-ence. But that still doesn’t rid kids of feeling they are

outcasts.Just about everyone

seems to be prey, Sczuka said.

“I was amazed to learn that even those I consid-er to be popular — you know, those who have nice clothes, nice cars, and are athletes — suffer from be-ing bullied.

“The worst is when you’re with friends, or who you thought were your friends, and they start bul-lying someone. It’s hard to walk away from your peers,” she said.

Sczuka knows she’s opening herself up for pos-sibly another round of rid-icule by her willingness to confront bullies. But something tells her this time, she’s on the right side of the argument.

“I’m willing to stand up for this. It’s hard to find help. I’m here to say I’m there for them. I’m will-ing to listen. And together, maybe we can make a dif-ference.”

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“It holds a sentimental value for all of us.”

For tag-a-long non-shop-pers there is a sitting area near the front windows where they can sit and sip on coffee, which Sigg offers at her new beverage sta-tion.

Sigg has added a few new lines of clothes and two new lines of jewelry, which are cleverly displayed through-out the store.

“For those who like ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and ‘The Hunger Games’ there are earrings inspired by those,” Sigg said.

Designer inspired hand-bags have been added along with house slippers, socks, more fleece tights and ear wraps and socks. Boots — and later shoes — are on display

In the old location there was one dressing room and now there are two, with col-orful flower curtains and 3-foot-by-5-foot mirrors.

One aspect of the store that many people might take for granted but Sigg never did is the luxury of storage space.

Previously the store would be crowded on ship-ment day but now Sigg can place the boxes in the back until she decides to put out new things.

Sigg was able to add a gift-wrapping station be-hind the counter.

“We are excited to have a little area designated for gift wrapping and our sales staff loves to be your per-sonal shopper and package your gifts for that someone special,” Sigg said.

When walking into the new location the familiar feel and look to the bou-tique remains, but the black ceilings highlighting the crown molding, with green and blue walls, paired with the colorful window dis-plays, makes it difficult to walk out of the store feel-ing gloomy.

IN AMIDST of the holi-day season Audacious Bou-tique will offer gifts for all ages and tastes.

Scarves and jewelry make for good stocking stuffers. For a fun gift, Sigg is offering Wizard of Oz Dorothy socks

Cambray shirts and side cross bracelets are the hot Christmas items this year. Sigg has brought back the initial bracelets for $8 and necklaces for $14.

“We have items starting at $4 that would make an inexpensive gift for teach-ers, friends or as stocking stuffers,” Sigg said.

Gift certificates are avail-able for shoppers with ques-tions about what to buy for that special someone.

Sigg says she always makes a point to constantly run sales, but the best time to get shopping done will be at the second annual down-town block party on Dec. 14 from 4 to 8 p.m.

There is a holiday rack where people can purchase clothes that are a little more glitzy and festive for Christmas parties, plays or church.

For more information contact Audacious Bou-tique at (620) 380-6366.

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We are excited to have a little area desig-nated for gift wrapping and our sales staff loves to be your personal shopper and pack-age your gifts for that someone special.

— Kelly Sigg, Audacious Boutique owner and operator

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“This conversation is a question about how we as a nation define who is an American,” Vargas said, noting that if politicians don’t embrace immigration overhaul now, a rapidly growing bloc of minority voters may soon do it for them. “If you want us to pay a fine to become a citi-zen, OK. If you want us to pay back taxes, absolutely. If you want us to speak English, I speak English. But we can’t tread water on this issue anymore.”

Jeffrey Passel, a senior demographer at the Pew Research Center and a for-mer Census Bureau official, said U.S. immigration poli-cies will have a significant impact in shaping a future U.S. labor force, which is projected to shrink by 2030. Aging white baby boom-ers, many in specialized or management roles, are be-ginning to retire. Mexican immigration, which has helped fill needs in farm-ing, home health care and other low-wage U.S. jobs, has leveled off.

“Immigration is one way to boost the number of workers in the population,” he said, but the next wave of needed immigrants is likely to come from some-where other than Mexico. “We are not going to see a return to the levels of Mexican unauthorized im-migration of a decade ago.”

The numbers are largely based on the Census Bu-reau’s Current Population Survey through March 2011. Because the Census Bureau does not ask peo-ple about their immigra-tion status, Passel derived estimates on illegal im-migrants largely by sub-tracting the estimated le-

gal immigrant population from the total foreign-born population. The numbers are also supplemented with material from Wil-liam H. Frey of the Brook-ings Institution and Mark Mather of the Population Reference Bureau, who re-viewed data released today from the Census’ American Community Survey.

The data showed that 11.1 million, or 28 percent, of the foreign-born popu-lation in the U.S. consists of illegal immigrants, vir-tually unchanged since 2009 and roughly equal to the level of 2005. An addi-tional 12.2 million foreign-born people, 31 percent, are legal permanent resi-dents with green cards. And 15.1 million, or 37 per-cent, are naturalized U.S. citizens.

Fewer Mexican workers are entering the U.S., while many of those immigrants already here are opting to return to their homeland, resulting in zero net migra-tion from Mexico.

In 2007, legal and illegal immigrants made up equal-ly large shares of the for-eign-born population, at 31 percent, due to ballooning numbers of new unauthor-ized migrants seeking U.S. construction and related jobs during the mid-2000s housing boom. Naturalized U.S. citizens then repre-

sented 35 percent.Broken down by geogra-

phy and race, roughly half of all states last year posted declines or no change in their numbers of foreign-born Hispanics, including big immigrant states such as California and New York as well as economically hard hit areas in Arizona, Georgia and North Caro-lina, which previously had seen gains.

Foreign-born Asians were a bigger source of population gain than His-panic immigrants in Cali-fornia, New York, Virginia, Illinois and New Jersey. Newly moving into sub-urban communities, the Asian population spread out more across the south-eastern U.S. and Texas, in-creasing their share in 93 percent of the nation’s met-ropolitan areas.

As a whole, foreign-born residents are slowly gray-ing, with 44 percent now age 45 or older. They are more likely than in 2007 to be enrolled in college or graduate school (39 per-cent, up from 32 percent) and to be single (17 percent married, down from 22 per-cent).

Births to immigrant mothers also are on the decline, driving the overall U.S. birth rate last year to the lowest in records dating back to 1920.

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Some analysts were en-couraged by how quickly applications have returned to pre-storm levels. Pierre Ellis, an economist at De-cision Economics, said the rapid drop suggests com-panies are quickly re-hir-ing workers displaced by the storm. Rebuilding and repair efforts could also be creating jobs, he said.

The report is “a positive development for the labor market, which appears to be recovering from the temporary effects of San-dy more rapidly than origi-nally anticipated,” Joseph LaVorgna, an economist at Deutsche Bank, said in a note to clients.

The early impact of San-dy can still be seen in the four-week average. It rose to 408,000 last week.

Before the storm hit on Oct. 29, applications had fluctuated this year be-tween 360,000 and 390,000. They topped 400,000 for most of last year. That has coincided with only mod-est declines in the unem-ployment rate.

The storm is also likely to depress November’s job figures, which the govern-ment will report Friday. And fears over looming tax increases and spend-ing cuts, known as the “fis-cal cliff,” may have also dragged on job gains last month.

Economists expect em-ployers added 110,000 jobs in November, according to FactSet. And they think the unemployment rate will remain 7.9 percent.

Some analysts expect much lower job gains, roughly 25,000 to 50,000, be-

cause of Sandy and anxi-ety over the fiscal cliff.

Still, most analysts say the underlying economy remains healthy and is creating jobs at a modest but steady pace.

Without the depressive effects of Superstorm Sandy and the cliff, many think employers would have added up to 200,000 jobs last month — even stronger than the solid 171,000 jobs added in Oc-tober. And it would be bet-ter than the 174,000 jobs a month averaged in the July-September quarter.

The number of people continuing to receive un-employment aid also fell. Total recipients dropped almost 225,000 to just un-der 5 million in the week ended Nov. 17, the latest data available.

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This conversation is a question about how we as a nation define who is an American. If you want us to pay a fine to become a citi-zen, OK. If you want us to pay back taxes, absolutely. If you want us to speak English, I speak English. But we can’t tread water on this issue anymore.

— Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist from the Philippines

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“By PATRICK J. MCDONNELL

Los Angeles TimesBEIRUT _ Secretary of

State Hillary Rodham Clin-ton indicated Wednesday that Washington is as con-cerned about Syria’s chemi-cal weapons falling into the hands of Syrian rebels as it is about the possibility that Syrian President Bashar Assad may decide to deploy them.

“Our concerns are that an increasingly desperate Assad regime might turn to chemical weapons, or might lose control of them to one of the many groups that are now oper-ating within Syria,” Clin-ton told reporters at the end of two days of NATO ministerial meetings in Brussels. “We have sent an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line and those responsible would be held to account.”

Rebels have been mak-ing substantial territo-rial gains in Syria and have overrun a number of Syrian military bases, capturing supplies of con-ventional weapons. U.S. of-ficials have indicated that Syria’s chemical weapons stocks remain secure, but officials and experts have voiced concern that insurgents could seize facilities where chemical agents are stored.

Western and Israeli officials are believed to be closely monitoring known Syrian chemi-cal weapons depots. An unanswered question is whether signs of a rebel approach on a chemical facility would trigger an international response

to prevent toxic weaponry from falling into the hands of insurgent militias.

The fragmented Syrian rebel force includes many Islamist units and several brigades said to be linked to al-Qaida. The presence of such militants is one reason why the Obama administra-tion has thus far declined to provide weapons to the reb-els fighting to oust Assad, whom Obama has called on to step down.

Assad took steps to keep

chemical weapons out of the hands of militants, the news agency Reuters re-ported Wednesday, citing an interview with Israel’s vice prime minister, Moshe Yaalon.

“Clear messages were relayed to Assad on a num-ber of opportunities, and in response Assad in fact gath-ered up the weaponry and separated the material,” Re-uters quoted Yaalon as tell-ing the Israeli news website Walla.

Syria’s chemical weapons being monitored

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press

CAIRO (AP) — The Egyp-tian army deployed tanks and gave both supporters and opponents of Moham-med Morsi a deadline to leave the area outside the presidential palace to-day following fierce street battles that left five people dead and more than 600 in-jured in the worst outbreak of violence between the two sides since the Islamist leader’s election.

The intensity of the overnight violence, with Morsi’s Islamist backers and largely secular pro-testers lobbing firebombs and rocks at each other, signaled a possible turning point in the 2-week-old cri-

sis over the president’s as-sumption of near-absolute powers and the hurried adoption of a draft consti-tution.

Opposition activists defi-antly called for another pro-test outside the palace later today, raising the specter of more bloodshed as neither side showed willingness to back down.

But the army’s Republi-can Guard, an elite unit as-signed to protect the presi-dent and his palaces, gave protesters on both sides until 3 p.m. (1300 GMT, 8 a.m. EDT) to clear the vicin-ity, according to an official statement. The statement also announced a ban on protests outside any of the nation’s presidential pal-

aces.Morsi was in the palace

today conducting business as usual, according to a presidential official who spoke on condition of ano-nymity because he was not authorized to address the media.

Egypt has seen sporadic clashes throughout nearly two years of political tur-moil after the ouster of autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak. But Wednes-day’s street battles were the worst between Morsi’s sup-porters and followers and came after an implicit call by the Muslim Brotherhood for its members to go to the palace and evict anti-Morsi protesters who had camped out there.

Egypt’s army moves to restore order


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By OWEN MCNALLYThe Hartford CourantDave Brubeck, the legend-

ary jazz pianist and com-poser whose experimental and complex yet accessible and commercially success-ful mix of jazz and classical elements skyrocketed him and his quartet to fame in the 1950s, died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospi-tal in Norwalk, Conn.

He was 91, one day short of his 92nd birthday.

Brubeck was still in the habit of playing piano ev-ery day in the music room in his Wilton, Conn., home, where the jazz superstar composed acclaimed works and rehearsed with and en-tertained his celebrated col-laborators. It was where he

and his wife and onetime college sweetheart, Iola, a gifted lyricist and sometime collaborator, raised their five sons and one daughter.

Although most famously celebrated for his piano playing in his historic Dave Brubeck Quartet, the lifelong urge to compose inspired him to write such classic jazz standards as “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “The Duke” to genre-crossing works. Among these are oratorios and cantatas, ballet suites, chamber ensembles, pieces for solo and duo piano, vio-lin solos, orchestral works, a musical devoted to Louis Armstrong, a mini-opera inspired by John Stein-beck’s “Cannery Row” and

much more, including what might well be the first 12-tone scale rumba.

Even his improvised pi-ano solos exude a kind of long-range sense of perma-nence, an overall architec-tural feel for structure and form.

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91

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SportsBy RICHARD LUKEN

[email protected] — What a dif-

ference a day makes. Iola High’s Mustangs were able

to erase the bitter taste of defeat Wednesday from one day earlier by converting a number of key defensive stops and hitting their free throws in the game’s final minute.

A thrilling 43-39 win over Louisburg High, coming in the second round of the Burling-ton Preseason Tournament, should provide Iola’s players all the proof they need of just how much difference intensity can make, their head coach said.

“If we go that hard every time out, we will be in every game we play, regardless of how we’re do-ing on offense,” Mustang coach Bill Peeper said.

To wit:Just after Iola’s Tyler Powel-

son broke a 39-39 deadlock by converting the second of two free throws with 44.6 seconds left, teammate Levi Ashmore snuck in and stole a Louisburg pass to give possession back to the Mus-tangs.

Ashmore was fouled and drilled both free throws for a 42-39 lead with 18 seconds left.

Louisburg’s ensuing posses-sion was snuffed when the Mus-tangs’ Trent Latta stepped in front of a driving John Stam-baugh to draw the charging foul with seven seconds left. Mason Coons hit 1 of 2 free throws from there to seal the win for Iola.

The Mustangs (1-2 overall)

were able to secure the win despite going without a field goal the final 4:53 of the fourth quarter by draining 8 of 12 free

throws down the stretch.“We had a lot of guys step up

for us tonight,” Peeper said.The victory comes 24 hours af-

ter a sluggish start led to a 76-61 loss to host Burlington to open

Mustangs emerge late to down Louisburg

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Adam Kauth, left, gets tripped up by Louisburg defender Garrett Lesher Wednesday in the second round of the Burlington Invitational Tournament. The Mustangs defeated Louisburg 43-39 to grab their first win of the year.

Three local high schools — Humboldt, Marmaton Valley and Crest — advanced to the second round of the Kansas playoffs dur-ing the 2012 football season.

Key contributors for each of the three schools received word they’ve been selected to all-state football teams, as announced by the Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital Journal.

Five Humboldt players, head-lined by senior Tanner McNutt, were recognized by both newspa-pers.

McNutt earned first-team hon-ors as a wide receiver by both newspapers.

He was joined by senior quar-terback Nathan Whitcomb, who earned honorable mention as a quarterback; Noah Thornbrugh, honorable mention as a defensive end; Jacob Carpenter, honorable mention as a linebacker; and se-nior Hayden Boring, honorable mention as a kicker.

The Cubs finished the season 8-3 in Class 3A.

MARMATON Valley’s Cole Becker and Nathan Smart earned first-team honors.

Becker was named a first team

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Hannah Endicott (21) goes up for a shot Wednesday against Louisburg in the Burlington Preseason Tournament.

Wildcats conquer FilliesBy RICHARD LUKEN

[email protected] — Iola High’s

Fillies are showing marked im-provement with their poise and intensity in the young 2012-13 bas-ketball season.

The Fillies were within two points of Louisburg High af-ter one quarter, 7-5, and were a missed field goal away from tying the score early in the second pe-riod.

But the Wildcats seized mo-mentum, outscoring Iola 22-7 in the second quarter to lead 29-12 at halftime.

The resulting 52-22 loss drops Iola to 0-2 in the Burlington Pre-season Tournament. Iola (0-3 overall) wraps up tournament play against Anderson County at 4:30 p.m. Friday in the Burlington Middle School gymnasium.

“These are baby steps, but we’re getting better,” Fillies coach Becky Carlson said. “The girls did a better job of getting into the of-fense, but we have to learn to ad-just when the other team picks up

their intensity.”Much like their loss to Burl-

ington the day before, the Fillies were hampered with turnovers against Louisburg.

“We just need to do the little things,” Carlson said. “I did like how we attacked early on.”

After Louisburg raced to an early 6-0 lead, Hannah Endicott drained a short jumper, followed about a minute later by an inside basket by Addie Haar. Jo Lohm-an’s free throw for the Fillies with 2 seconds left in the first quarter put the score at 7-5.

The Fillies almost pulled even early in the second quarter, but a shot from outside rimmed out.

Louisburg responded with a 17-2 run that effectively erased any suspense into the game’s out-come.

But Iola had its moments.Kyra Moore drained a 3-pointer

with about a minute left in the half, followed by a pair of Lohm-an free throws with 17 seconds on

By STEVEN [email protected]

ACC men battled through in-juries Wednesday night against Pratt Community College in a tough 72-61 loss.

Both Bryce Schippers and De-Andrae Barnatte were out of the contest with ankle injuries from Monday’s game against South-western. Despite the absences, the Red Devils held close until the end.

The contest started off in fa-vor of the Beavers. They came out with a 10-0 start before ACC started to work back the deficit. Both teams fought hard in the first half, though the Beavers held on to a close lead until the buzzer, 29-24.

Alex Keiswetter hit down low for two to start the second half, edging Pratt’s lead to only three points. It was back and forth from the point forward.

Ricky Roberts and Diallo Wesley had some key fast break points, keeping ACC neck and neck with Pratt, which main-tained a lead between three and five points most of the evening.

Forward Andrew Rountree went down with 11:27 left in the half after a hard blocking foul on a drive. He hit the court clutching his side in pain. He remained in the game for a few more minutes before being tak-en out due to pain.

“I’m not sure what happened with Andrew,” Coach Andy Shaw said after the game, “I saw that he had hurt his ribs, but that’s all I really know.”

With one more injury added to the list, ACC began to lose its foothold on the game. Pratt’s Aaron Abram came out big in the second half, with eight quick points to give it a 49-38 lead with 8:30 left in the contest.

With some additional three-pointers from Pratt’s Sean Mi-chaelson and Ralph Abraham, the Beavers was up by as many as 17 points. The fouling began by ACC with two minutes to spare in the half. They cut the Beaver’s lead to 11 before the buzzer sounded.

“It was a really tough game

Injuries mount for Red Devils

Photo by Mike MyerAllen Community College’s Cameron Blue puts up a field goal attempt Wednesday at home against Pratt.

Photo by Mike MyerAllen Community College’s DaNara Day drives in for a field goal Wednesday against Pratt Commu-nity College.

ACC women struggleBy STEVEN SCHWARTZ

[email protected] Community College women’s basketball

held close with Pratt Community College, but the Beavers’ late second half push was too much for the Red Devils.

ACC women lost Wednesday night’s contest 66-58 after a hard-fought game with several lead changes. The game opened and it was all Beavers. They started with an 11-0 run, before Brittney Redmond hit ACC’s first points of the game with a long 2-pointer.

The Red Devils bounced back midway through the first half with the help of Redmond, who had eight of the teams 11 points with 10 minutes remaining. She hit two more threes, along with DaNara Day, to set up an 18-16 lead for the Red Devils.

The game held close to the half. Kayle Morton hit two 3-pointers, one at the buzzer, to give ACC a 35-32 lead. The second half proved to be much less forgiving.

After a 4-0 boost for the Red Devils to start the second half, it seemed as if ACC would hold on for the duration. Both teams slowed their of-fenses, and the scoring slowed on a defensive struggle.

Despite some key shots from Redmond, Day and Davis, Pratt held on and came back for a 55-50 lead with four minutes left. From there, the

Gridironstandouts earn state honors

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energy of the Beavers and the bonus led to ACC’s downfall.

Pratt’s Maddie Pendry hit four for four from the foul line, along with an-other two from Tatiana Grant. When the fouling began, ACC couldn’t stop some key Pratt scores. The contest ended with a final fast-break layup from Pratt at the buzzer.

Despite a strong show-ing from Redmond on the evening — she dropped 20 points and shot 100 percent in the first half — the Red Devils were cold from field goal range. The team shot 19 for 74 from inside (26 percent), and 11 for 35 from 3-point range (31 percent). It went 9 for 18 from the foul line (50 percent).

Head Coach Mark James said his team seemed to take a step in the wrong direction in Wednesday’s matchup.

“We didn’t do anything well tonight, it was some bad basketball,” James said. “If we play like this, we won’t beat anyone for the rest of the year.”

Day followed Redmond’s lead in points from the field, with 15 total. She was followed by Miracle Davis with seven and Kayla Mor-ton with six.

Defensively, Davis led in rebounds with 10, followed by Jamie Peel with five. Eb-onie Jones had three steals.

The Red Devils will face off against Hesston College at 2 p.m. Saturday at home.

Pratt (32-34—66)ACC (35-23—58)

Pratt (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Devlin 1-0-1-2, Grant 3-4-3-10, Pendry 4/2-8-4-18, Smith 5-2-1-12, Strobel 0-0-3-0, Broadwater 2-3-3-7, Mehl 2-0-3-4, Parks 0-2-0-2, Stein 4-3-3-11. TOTALS 19/2-22-21-66.

ACC (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Jones 0/1-0-3-3, Davis 3-1-5-7, Morton 0/2-0-1-6, Day 2/2-5-1-15, Red-mond 1/6-0-3-20, Peel 0-2-1-2, Taiclet 0-0-1-0, Ware 0-0-2-0, Blackwell 2-0-5-4, Hall 0-0-3-0, Molisee 0-1-0-0. TOTALS: 8/11-9-25-58.

tonight, our guys fought hard,” Shaw said. “We re-ally missed Bryce and De-Andrae’s shooting game on the court.”

As a team, ACC shot 24 of 63 from the field (38 per-cent), 4 of 17 from 3-point range (23.5 percent), and struggled from the foul line with nine of 20 (45 percent).

Roberts led the team with 13 points, followed by guard Cameron Blue with 11 points. Blue also pulled down 12 rebounds, Keiswet-ter had 11.

The Red Devils will go against Hesston College at 4 p.m. on Saturday at home. Shaw said he hopes to see his players healed by the time the next game comes around.Pratt (29-43—72)ACC (24-37—61)

Pratt (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Abram 6-0-1-12, Flynn 3/1-4-2-13, Rogers 3/1-0-0-9, Michaelson 0/1-0-3-3, Taylor 1-0-3-2, Abraham 3/1-1-3-10, Roberts 6-4-1-16, Stivrins 2-3-3-7, Hellman 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 24/4-12-18-72.

ACC (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Roun-tree 4-0-4-8, Wesley 2/2-0-1-10, Roberts 4-5-2-13, Fountain 1-1-3-3, Uno 2/1-0-2-7, Keiswetter 2-1-3-5, Blue 3/1-2-3-11, Larson 2-0-2-4. TOTALS: 20/4-9-20-61.

tournament play for Iola.“This was a big win for

us, a good effort all the way around,” Peeper said. “We didn’t shoot that well, but we did other things to keep us in the game. Effort is one thing you should nev-er have to question about a team. Tonight there was no question about ours.”

With Iola, Louisburg and Burlington all at 1-1 in pod play, tournament organizers used point dif-ferential to determine seedings for Friday’s fi-nal round. Iola will play Chanute in the fifth place game at about 6:15 p.m. at Burlington Middle School. Despite Wednesday’s loss, Louisburg advances to the championship game to face Baldwin Friday. Burl-ington will take on Ander-son County in the third place game.

POWELSON AND Latta stepped up early for Iola, combining to score 10 of the team’s first 11 points as the Mustangs jumped to an 11-5 lead late in the first quarter.

Louisburg responded with a 10-0 run in the final 80 seconds of the period, the last five coming in a dizzying 12 seconds stretch before the buzzer, to take a 15-11 lead.

Latta was the catalyst in a 12-1 Mustang run to start the second quarter, scoring eight points in 4½ minutes. Iola led 27-23 at halftime.

Defensive play was the theme after halftime. Iola mustered only three field goals in the third and fourth quarters.

Conversely, Louisburg was hitting from the field — somewhat — but the Wildcats frequently were limited to single shots on

offense due the rugged in-side play of Powelson and Coons, who combined for 21 rebounds.

Despite its struggles from the field, Iola had a decided upper hand from the free throw line. The Mustangs hit 18 of 25 free throws for the game, 72 percent, while Louisburg was only 3 of 9.

“Louisburg is a big, physical team,” Peeper said. “For us to get those rebounds was huge.”

Louisburg outscored Iola 10-5 in the third quar-ter to take a 33-32 lead into the fourth quarter, set-ting up the thrilling final stretch.

Latta and Powelson led the scoring charge for Iola with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Powelson grabbed 10 rebounds. Coons had seven points, 11 rebounds and four assists. Ashmore scored seven points, including a critical 3-pointer after Louisburg had pushed out to a 37-32 lead midway through the fourth quarter. Ashmore had four steals, Latta two.

E.R. Steffy paced Louis-burg with 13 points.

Louisburg (15-8-10-6—39)Iola (11-16-5-11—43)Louisburg (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP):

Storey 1/1-1-3-6, Steffy 2/3-0-4-13, Lesher 1-0-3-2, Wertz 1-1-5-3, Stambaugh 3-0-4-6, Garza 1-0-0-2, Sander 3-0-3-6, Ribordy 0-1-1-1. TOTALS: 12/4-3-23-39.

Iola (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Latta 3-6-4-12, Ashmore 0/1-4-3-7, Coons 1-3-3-5, McIntosh 0-2-3-2, Clubine 1-0-1-2, Macha 1-0-0-2, Kauth 1-0-1-2, Powelson 4-3-2-11. TOTALS: 11/1-18-17-43.

the clock.Lohman scored four

points for Iola early in the third quarter to close the gap to 32-16. Haar scored again before the close of the quarter.

Lohman came off the bench to pace Iola with six points and four rebounds. Moore and Haar added five points each. Moore also had two assists.

Louisburg’s Brook Vaughan was the primary catalyst for the Wildcats with a game-high 24 points, the only player from either team in double figures.

Iola shot a cool 21 percent (6 of 28) from the floor, com-pared to Louisburg’s 44 per-cent (19 of 43). The Fillies drained 9 of 11 free throws,

while Louisburg connected on 11 of 15 charities.

Louisburg (7-22-10-15—54)Iola (5-7-6-4—22)Louisburg (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP):

Vaughan 4/4-4-0-24, Dvorak 3-1-1-7, Aiken 1-0-1-2, Moore 0-0-1-0, Lowry 1/1-2-1-7, Whiting 0-0-1-0, Geiman 1-0-2-2, Sigg 1-0-5-2, O’Keefe 0-1-1-1, Hopkins 2-3-4-7. TOTALS: 14/5-11-17-54.

Iola (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Moore 0/1-2-3-5, Piazza 0-2-0-2, Lohman 2-3-0-7, Ford 0-0-1-0, Endicott 1-2-5-4, Haar 2-0-2-4, Driskel 0-0-2-0, Sigg 0-0-3-0. TOTALS: 5/1-9-16-22. linebacker by the Capital Journal, while Smart was named first team offensive lineman by the Wichita Eagle.

Becker also earned honorable mention by the Wichita Eagle as a running back and linebacker. Smart earned honor-able mention by the Capital Journal.

Jared Kale joined the duo by earning honorable mention by both newspapers for his work on the offensive line.The Capital Journal also gave Daylen Houk honorable mention as a back.The Wildcats went 10-1 in Eight Man, Division I.

CREST STANDOUT Kyle Hammond earned multiple honors. He was named to the first team by the Capital Journal as an “at large” offensive player, fitting for Hammond, who starred both as running back and quarterback at various points of the year. He earned honorable mention by the Eagle as a running back and linebacker.

Jordan Morton earned honorable mention as a quarterback and defensive back by he Eagle. Dylan Sedlak also earned honorable mention as a running back and linebacker by the Eagle.

Jesse Boone earned honorable mention by the Capital Journal as a lineman. Brock Ellis earned honorable mention as an end.

The Lancers went 7-4 in Eight Man, Division II.

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Addie Haar (22) drives past Louisburg de-fender Brook Vaughan Wednesday in the Fillies’ 54-22 loss.

H FilliesContinued from B1

H MustangsContinued from B1

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Levi Ashmore, putting up a first-half field goal attempt in front of Louisburg’s Will Garza, had a steal and two free throws to help seal a 43-39 win for the Mustangs Wednesday.

H WomenContinued from B1

Photo by Mike MyerAllen Community College’s Kendra Taiclet goes up for a shot attempt Wednesday against Pratt Community College.

H ACCContinued from B1

Photo by Mike MyerAllen Community Col-lege’s Ben Uno skies for a layup Wednesday against Pratt Communi-ty College. Uno scored seven points in the Red Devils’ 72-61 loss.

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Iola JV at Fort Scott Invita-tional

Humboldt TournamentCrest vs. Humboldt girls, 7

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Olpe, 7 p.m.Marmaton Valley boys vs.

Olpe, 8:30 p.m.YC Wildcat Winter ClassicAltoona-Midway girls vs.

Yates Center, 6:15 p.m.Altoona-Midway boys vs.

Yates Center, 8 p.m.

FridayHigh School BasketballPreseason TournamentsBurlington Invitational

Burlington Middle SchoolIola girls vs. Anderson Coun-

ty, 4:30 p.m.Iola boys vs. Chanute, 6:15

p.m.Humboldt Tournament

Crest vs. Uniontown, girls 4 p.m., boys 5:30

Humboldt vs. Erie, girls 7 p.m., boys 8:30

Marmaton Valley Invitational

Marmaton Valley vs. Howard, girls 7 p.m., boys 8:30

YC Wildcat Winter ClassicNorris Gymnasium

Girls 3rd place game, 4:45 p.m.

Girls 1st place game, 6:15 p.m.

Boys 1st place game, 8 p.m.East Gymnasium

Girls 5th place game, 4:45 p.m.

Boys 5th place game, 6:15 p.m.

Boys 3rd place game, 8 p.m.

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Monday - middle school basketball at Westpha-lia, 5 p.m.; Crest school board meeting, board office, 7 p.m.; Tuesday - high school basketball at Pleasanton, 4 p.m.; Wednesday - Parents as Teachers (PAT) group connection and toddler group, 6-7 p.m.; Dec. 13 - middle school basketball at NE Arma, 5:30 p.m.; 14 - Crest music program, K-12, 7 p.m.Meals

Monday - meatballs, creamy noodles, Brus-sels sprouts, wheat bread, applesauce; Wednesday - turkey roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, Califor-nia blend, roll, blueberry crisp; Friday - chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, pickled beets, pineapple and mango. Phone 620-852-3479 for reservations.Churches

Sunday’s Scripture at the Christian Church was Luke 1:39-56. “Find-ing Friends Who Care” was the sermon delivered by Pastor Mark McCoy. It was part of the “Bigger, Better, More” fellowship series. Dec. 9-23 - children practicing program dur-ing Children’s Church

Sunday - Ladies “Down-Home” Christmas Tea at Community Church 7-8:30; Dec. 16 - Bring gifts to send to Cookson Hills, must be sent that week. Suggested gifts are body wash, other toiletries, candy, snacks, gum, fast food gift cards (McDon-ald’s, Taco Bell, Sonic, Subway) or hot chocolate packets; 23 - Children’s Church will present “Just a Little Christmas” dur-ing worship time.

Opening prayer was given by Nan Symes at the November meeting of the Working Wonders Christian Women’s Coun-cil. Genna Gallagher served refreshments. The

roll call was “My Favor-ite Holiday Tradition.” Symes gave the devotions. Plans for the Harvest Feast and the fruit bas-kets for Christmas were made. It was agreed to send a donation to EKan. The meeting closed with prayer. The Harvest Feast was well attended. WW-CWC members delivered 30 meals.

The United Methodist Church Scripture Sun-day was Proverbs 3: 9-10, Luke 1: 68-79. Pastor Les-lie Jackson presented the sermon. Dec. 16 - Christ-mas pageant jointly with Community Church at Community Church, 6:30 p.m.; Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve program, 6 p.m.

The Community Church will hold its church ladies’ Christ-mas tea 7-8 p.m. Sunday. Music will be presented by the Rose family from Fredonia. They will play Christmas music on harp and dulcimer. Speaker for the evening is Carolynn Krohn, Iola, director of the Iola Pregnancy Re-source Center. All women are welcome.

Kids’ rehearsals Dec. Sunday and Dec. 16, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Dec. 23 - youth will host a Christ-mas dinner and program for senior citizens in the community, City Hall community room, 6 p.m.

Christmas Celebra-tion Dec. 1 was a “picture perfect” evening for the Colony Christmas open-ing season of the “Perfect Picture” eighth annual Christmas business light-ing and parade. DeDe Mc-Mullen led children in singing Christmas songs. Arlene Gilliland an-nounced the “Love Lights a Tree” cancer honorees and Billy Beckmon, em-cee of the evening, an-nounced the “Commu-nity Remembrance Tree”

honorees followed by Cindy Beckmon assisting the children in decorat-ing the bank’s yard tree with dove ornaments and Christmas bulbs.

Dove ornaments placed for Love Lights a Tree were in honor of Kathy Thompson, Marsha Stor-rer and Michelle Gillil-and Nuttle and in memory of Miranda Dutton, Bill Beckmon, Nancy Gamp-per, Verna Henderson, Julie Tidd, Anna O’Mara, Ines Walker, Mary Jane Holloway, Maxine Rook, Gerald Olin Welsh, Bettie Caudell, Dorothy Gilman, Lucille McClanahan and Carolyn McGuffin. Drs. Frank Porter and Eric Wolfe of Family Physi-cians, Colony, made a donation. Proceeds went to the American Cancer Society.

Bulbs placed on the “Community Remem-brance Tree” who are for-ever remembered in our hearts that helped make our town what it is today were: Bettie Caudell, Ter-ry Caudell, Bob Culler, Joe Church, Maxine Coo-per, Bill Michael, Dale Baker, Gus Hermreck, Mitch Hermreck, Clara Culler, Bob Barnett, Alta Allen, John Rook, Pat Bain, Ina Strickler, Gary Hermreck, Marge Hamm, Florence Fursman, Roy Gilliland, LaRee Thexton, Ina Strickler, Danielle Rae Comstock, Ivan and Avo Cox, Charles and Es-tella Luedke, Robert and Ruth Luedke, Ina Nick-els, Coletta Sprague, Bill Beckmon and Roy Gillil-and. Proceeds went to the Colony fire fighters.

At the countdown the business area was aglow with lights. Participating in the parade were: Re-tired Master Sgt. Richard Crabtree presenting the United States flag with his granddaughter Syd-ney Stephens; Colony City Marshall Bill Goodell and Mayor Neal Wallace; An-derson County Sheriff ’s Deputy Steve Duckworth; Colony Fire and Rescue; Anderson County EMS, Chris Nungesser and Kim Martin; Jane Ward and Frosty the Snowman; Cub

Scout Pack 3126, Garnett; Kristen Boone, owner of Golden Photography, Iola; Crest fifth-grade band, Janell Allee, instructor; Colony Christian Church, Pastor Mark McCoy; Colony United Method-ist Church, Pastor Leslie Jackson; Colony Com-munity Diner and Conve-nience (CCDC); Kincaid-Selma United Methodist Church Pastor Bill Nel-son; Crest Middle School/High School Band, Janelle Allee, instructor; Gar-nett State Savings Bank, Colony Branch; Ellington Kids; Rick Horn and the Halfway House; Prairie Belle’s Catering, Danelle and Christy McGhee own-ers; and lastly Colony Li-ons Club brought Santa, he visited with kids at the bank.

Prior to the event the Crest After Prom Com-mittee held a soup/chili supper at the City Hall community room from 4-6 p.m. It was well attended.

Many thanks go to Tim Dietrich, city superinten-dent, who did a lot of work in preparing the business area for the event. Each year GSSB bank hosts the celebration. A very spe-cial “thank you” goes to them for this wonderful event.

Many homes were deco-rated with lights for the opening of the season. Among them were Deck-er Spillmans, Steve Mi-chaels, Vivian Barnett, Harold Thextons, Roger Youngs, Gilbert Greens, Olive Kresge, Evelyn Wedeman, Bob Scovills, and Bob Vermillions.PTO

President LeAnn Church opened the Nov. 26 meeting. Secretary Chris-sy Powell read a thank you letter from Brenna Hammond for purchas-ing books for the library. Treasurer’s report was a balance of $5,635.69. Box top rewards will be pre-sented Dec. 14. Box tops have amounted to $564.30 for the school.

The Christmas Store will be open from 12:30 to around 2:30 p.m. Dec. 17, 18 and 19.

A time for the pre-kin-

dergarten shop will be worked out with Abigail Hermreck.

Churches will be get-ting a sign-up schedule to those who can help work the store. If you have gifts or boxes please bring them to the school so they can add them to the gifts.

Principal Richard Burkdoll wondered if members could have an assembly the kids could attend during the day.

An eight-foot brown bench was ordered and will be delivered some-time this week.

Osage City Shirt will do the Standard of Excel-lence shirts. Tisha Hug will get Aundi Miller a list to assist with pur-chase of presidential physical fitness awards.

The library chairs need more repair than mem-bers can do and will be taken to Heigele’s Repair Shop in Iola to see if he can repair them at a rea-sonable price. Janelle Alee would like at least 18 poinsettias for the music program. It was voted to purchase 25 plants for her

and others.In new business, the

school carnival was set for Feb. 23 with the Fam-ily, Career and Commu-nity Leaders of America. Kayla Taylor will attend next meeting to give de-tails. The Book Fair was set for Feb. 11-13.

Aundi Miller is looking into ideas for school as-sembly. The next meeting is Jan. 28. Around Town

The children of Mary Clemans, sons Dwight, twins Marvin and Arvin and daughter Bonnie Sjogren and spouses are hosting an open house to celebrate their mother’s 90th birthday. The family will host a private birth-day dinner on Saturday, Dec. 15. An open house will be held that after-noon at the Colony City Hall community room 1-4 p.m. Family and friends are invited to attend. No gifts, please. Cards would be greatly appreciated. If you are unable to attend, cards may be sent to 329 G.A.R. Ave., Colony, KS 66015.

Garnett State Savings Bank, Colony Branch Christmas tree was decorated with dove ornaments and bulbs Saturday at the annual Christmas Season Celebration. The doves were in honor of and memory of cancer patients and the bulbs in honor of Colony people who helped make the town what it is today.

A Christmas memorial

Mrs.Morris Luedke

852-3379

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old man ac-cused of killing two peo-ple at a Wichita Dollar General store could face the death penalty, after being charged with capi-tal murder.

Marquis Marshall was charged Wednesday in the killing of 22-year-old Zachary Hunt, a store employee, and 79-year-old Henry Harvey, who was at the store to buy candy for his grandchil-dren. Police say both men were shot several

times last Friday.Police have not dis-

cussed a possible motive for the shootings.

Marshall’s bond was increased to $5 million from $1 million.

The Wichita Eagle re-ports an attorney from the Death Penalty De-fense Unit declined to comment after the hear-ing.

The case qualifies as a possible death penalty case because more than one person died in the at-tack last Friday.

Wichita shooter could face death penalty

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ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR NEED-ED to teach Dreamweaver and Flash classes at Allen Community College for the 2013 semester on the Iola Campus. Classes are of-fered on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays from 11a.m. to 1p.m. Mas-ter’s degree with at least 18 gradu-ate hours in Computer Science or a related discipline preferred. Review of applications will begin immediate-ly. Come be a part of our great team! Send letter of interest, resume, un-official college transcripts and three professional references to: Person-nel Office, Allen Community Col-lege, 1801 N. Cottonwood, Iola, KS 66749. Fax to 620-365-7406, email: [email protected]. Equal Op-portunity Employer.

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Windsor Place is taking applica-tions for a PART-TIME DIETARY AIDE. Apply at 600 E. Garfield, Iola. Ask for Andrea Rogers, Dietary Manager. EOE

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Think Inside The Box Think Inside The Box Since 1923, our products have played a unique role in making some of life’s special moments even sweeter. Our Iola, KS facility has the following position available:

PRODUCTION PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR

In this fast-paced envi - ronment, the successful candidate will have a pro - gressive track record of managing people in a food processing or related facility. Strong lead - ership skills & the ability to communicate with all levels in a hands-on envi - ronment are required. HS Diploma & 3 yrs. super - visory exp. is required. Russell Stover offers a competitive salary & benefits pkg. including medical, dental, vision, 401K. Please send your resume with salary his - tory to:

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Attn: Human Attn: Human Resources Resources

1995 Marshmallow Ln. 1995 Marshmallow Ln. Iola, KS 66749 Iola, KS 66749

Individuals expressing interest in this position must meet the minimum position qualifications, as defined by the Company, in order to be considered an applicant for employ - ment opportunity. EOE

PUBLIC AUCTION Wed., Dec. 12, 2012 • 9:30 a.m.

209 N. Fry, Yates Center, KS Real Estate Auction • 11 a.m.

Huge commercial building (286’ x 80’) warehouse/manufacturing building with attached 30 x 50 office building. Also a 101’ x 20’ open sided storage building. All located on 4.5 acres on the north side of Yates Center, KS. 06 Dodge 3500 Cummins turbo-diesel dually 4-door- 216,700 miles- heavy duty oilfield utility bed; ‘05 Chevy 2500 4x4- 243,000 miles; ‘98 Chevy 3500 dually 454 5-speed B&W FB-solid truck; ‘91 F350 diesel 4x4 Tulsa-style wenchbed w/Ramsey wench; 19?? Chevy 3500 gas dually- welding bedcattleguard; 88 Chevy Cummins diesel truck- Leland bed- Ramsey winch- 268,000 miles; 85 F350 XL diesel Tulsa- style wenchbed w/ Ramsey wench; ‘83 KW CO truck -235,000 miles; ‘85 Frtlnr. w/ 3306 Cat diesel water truck w/3” pump; ‘99 Int. 4700 DT466E Int motor 5 speed w/ Tulsa 23L wench and bed, sharp truck; ‘97 Volvo w/’08 Semco pulling unit good rubber -135,000 miles- 30000# single line pull, Lift height 52’, will pull doubles -3000ft sand line- double drum; 1979 Int. Paystar 5000 truck w/Chicago pneumatic 700 airdrill rig deep hole kit- 70000# pull back - 3306 Cat deck engine, top head drive, rod carousel. Heavy Equipment: Weber 5000lb rough terrain forklift; Hyster 40LP forklift-needs repair; JCB 930 diesel 6000lb forklift; Case 580 backhoe/loader w/ side boom runs-needs hydraulic work; Case 580 Super L backhoe/loader w/cab, 6200 hrs; Ditchwitch RT40 backhoe/trencher-891 hrs- good working condition; Cat D6M XL high-track lgp dozer 6-way blade w/ ripper and winch- 8063 hrs- freshly, rebuilt engine- records available-70%+ undercarriage; D4 Cat dozer -ropes canopy -lgp high track- runs & operatesgood- 50% undercarriage, 5027 hrs- 6-way blade; Cat 287B Skidsteer- rubber track-w/cab and air; Very Good 11000 lb fork lift,11,000 hrs, propane; MACK semi watertruck w- 3” pump; 35 tonLowboy doser trailer; Vermeer Trencher for parts; Trailers and Truck Beds: ‘92 S&H 8x26’ enclosed cargo trailer high, sidedextended roof; JJN GN 20’ FB trailer w/fold down ramps; 2000 Titan GN FB 8’x20’ trailer w/4’ dovetail fold-up ramps- tandem duels- 10,000lb axles; 30’ pipe trailer- bumper hitch; Yard pipe trailers; Leland truck bed w/Tulsa wench & 5th wheel plate; 8’ Teague utility truck bed. Many more items too numerous to mention.

Owner: BC Steel Terms: Cash or approved check. Not responsible for

accidents or theft. For real estate information prior to sale date contact: Thompson Realty, 15 N. State St. ~ Iola, KS 66749.

Auctioneer: Kent Thompson, Broker - Charly Cummings, Sales Associate

Office: 620-365-3197, Mobile: 620-496-7200 E-Mail: [email protected]

CC Auctions Auctioneers: Charly Cummings - 620-496-7108

BC Steel Real Estate Auction•Tuesday, Dec. 11, 12 - 10 a.m.•Burden, KS Ready To Make A Move! 110 E. 3rd, LaHarpe — $ 109,900, Brand New 3 BD, 2 BA house on Brand New corner lots. 2 car attached garage. Bar in kitchen. High efficiency home. This home comes with a 9 year tax abatement and a com - munications package!! School dis - trict is Iola but you have option of Moran schools also!! 3 Commercial Building Lots - South State Street — $ 18,000, Great Building Site. 918 Central, Humboldt — PRICE PRICE REDUCED $ 84,500, Beautiful 4 REDUCED BD, 2 BA home on 3 corner lots. Beautiful hardwood floors & wood - work. Home has been remodeled. New sheetrock. Amazing Kitchens & More kitchen. You must come in and see to appreciate this home. 520 S. 5th, Humboldt — $ 24,500, 3 BD, 1 BA home. Great rental property or first home. 921 Central, Humboldt — $ 36,500, 3 BD, 2 BA on nice cor - ner lot. 1 car detached garage. House has been renovated. Large living room with wood beams. Beautiful hardwood in living room. Close to Elementary School. Below Country Appraisal!! 228 S. Cedar, Moran — PRICE REDUCED - $ 36,900, Nice two BD, 1 BA home. 2-car attached garage, partial basement. Great rental or starter home.

To see contact Gari Korte (620) 228-4567

411 N. Cottonwood — $ 42,000 . 2 BD, 1 BA central H/A, detached garage, fenced in backyard. All appliances go with sale. 518 E. Jackson — $ 91,500 . 4 BD, 2 BA, 2 car oversized attached garage. Very spacious home. Priced to sell! 420 E. Jackson — $ 69,500 . Very attractive 3 BD home. Lots of character & space. Basement, 2 car detached garage. Central heat. Excellent home for retired couple or small family. 516 N. Jefferson — $ 17,500 . 3 BD, 1 BA, Cent H/A, roof recently replaced - metal. Just appraised for a quick sale. A good investment prop - erty or great for a college student. To see contact Lisa Sigg

(620) 228-3698

Check out our website for addi - tional information & pictures at www.sekmls.com.

Personal Service Realty

Iola 365-6908

Moran 237-4631

Loren Korte, Broker

Humboldt - 473-3831

By BRIAN BENNETTTribune Washington

BureauWASHINGTON — A dec-

adelong, $7 billion federal program to help local po-lice and fire departments prepare for a terrorist attack has allowed com-munities to buy millions of dollars worth of equip-ment that goes unused or is unrelated to terrorism, according to a new report.

Since 2003, a Department of Homeland Security grant program called the Urban Areas Security Ini-tiative has ballooned from 12 major metropolitan ar-eas to 31 jurisdictions. The study found that some cit-ies and towns had created implausible attack scenar-ios to win federal grants, and had scrambled at the end of each fiscal year to buy extra, unnecessary gadgets to spend excess cash.

Columbus, Ohio, for ex-ample, used $98,000 to buy an underwater robot for local rivers. Peoria, Ariz., spent $90,000 to install cameras and car bomb bar-riers at the spring training field for the San Diego Pa-dres and Seattle Mariners.

Police in Oxnard, Calif., spent $75,000 to outfit a cultural center with sur-veillance equipment and alarms. Officials in Clo-vis, Calif., used the police department’s $200,000 ar-mored personnel carrier to patrol an annual Easter egg hunt.

In San Diego in Septem-ber, police officers and res-cue workers were allowed to use Homeland Security grant money to cover the cost of a five-day counter-terrorism conference held at Paradise Point Resort & Spa. The $1,000 conference fee included admission to a “zombie apocalypse” dem-onstration, in which first responders zapped 40 ac-tors dressed as the undead.

The yearlong study, sponsored by Sen. Tom Co-burn, R-Okla., examined federal documents and fi-nancial statements from 15 communities and found that federal funds were of-ten subsidizing local-level police and fire department budgets.

“We cannot make every community around the country invulnerable to ter-rorist attacks by writing large checks from Washing-ton, D.C.,” said Coburn, who is seeking to cut the Home-land Security budget, which totaled $46 billion this year. Coburn is widely expected to be the top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee in the next Con-gress.

He said the department’s inability to monitor how grant money is spent has led to waste, inefficiency and a false sense of security. He said Congress should recon-sider the department’s ap-proach to reducing the risk of terrorism.

“I’m not sure we are get-ting much risk reduction sending people to a zombie apocalypse demonstration,” he said.

The study cited abuses in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Bakersfield, Oxnard, Riverside, Sacramento and San Diego, Calif.; Denver; Indianapolis; Baton Rouge, La.; Minneapolis; Colum-bus, Cincinnati and Tole-do, Ohio; and Tulsa, Okla.

Homeland Security grants abused

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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.

(First published in The Iola Register, December 6, 2012)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS

In the Matter of the Estate ofJohn Robert WorksDeceased

No. 2012 PR 46 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE

STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are notified that on Novem-ber 28, 2012, a Petition For Pro-bate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary and Determination of Valid Waiver of Rights by Surviving Spouse was filed in this Court by Frederick J. Works, Successor Ex-ecutor named in the Last Will and Testament of John Robert Works,

deceased.All creditors of the Decedent are

notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was giv-en as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Frederick J. Works, PetitionerIMMEL, WORKS & HEIM, P.A.Four East JacksonIola, Kansas 66749(620) 365-2222Attorneys for Petitioner(12) 6,13,20

Public notice (First Published in The Iola Register December 6, 2012)

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Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: I have to trot to the bathroom many times during the day and many more times at night. Is this due to my prostate gland? I’m 74 and wasn’t bothered by bathroom visits a year ago. Does this mean surgery for me? How do I know if this is prostate cancer? — R.R.

Answer: Odds are you have benign prostatic hyperplasia, the official name for a large pros-tate gland. In their 40s, a quarter of males have a gland that’s larger than normal. In their 70s, 80 percent of men have an enlarged gland. Not all these men have symptoms like repeated trips to the bathroom, a hard time starting the urinary stream and a decrease in the force of the stream. The prostate gland lies directly be-low the urinary bladder, and the bladder’s drain-age tube, the urethra, runs through the gland. A large gland presses on the bladder and obstructs

the urethra. That’s why many men with a large gland have to run to the bathroom so often — they cannot completely empty their bladder.

You don’t have to jump to surgery right off the bat. Medicines often solve the problem. One class of medicines stops the forceful bladder con-tractions that signal an urgent need to void. Uroxatral, Flomax and Rapaflo are examples of this drug family. Their effect is seen within a week. Another family of drugs shrinks the gland. Avodart and Proscar are two such medicines. Their effect isn’t seen for up to six months. Com-bining both classes of drug is another method of treatment.

If medicine therapy

fails, a variety of surgi-cal procedures can rem-edy the problem.

You don’t know if an enlarged gland has can-cer cells in it. The PSA blood test, flawed as it is, provides some evidence for cancer. Biopsy of the gland is the ultimate can-cer test. A urologist will solve this problem for you.

The booklet on pros-tate enlargement and prostate cancer deals with these common male problems in detail. Read-ers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue — No. 1001, Box 536475, Or-lando, FL 32853-6475. En-close a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the re-cipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: Since my blood sugar has been go-ing up, I have become a label reader. Recently I was stunned to read how much sugar is in milk. Is that natural, or is it added to milk? Should I continue to drink milk? — P.D.

Answer: Milk contains milk sugar, lactose, a natural ingredient, not an added one. An 8-ounce glass of milk has approx-imately 12 grams of lac-tose, 48 calories — not a

huge calorie load.You can continue to

drink milk. It’s a rich source of calcium for your bones, with 300 mg in 8 ounces. It also has a healthy supply of many vitamins, including vita-mins B-1, B-2, A, C and D. Eight ounces of milk has 150 calories. The same amount of skim milk has 86.

Dear Drs. Donohoue and Roach: My boyfriend says he has a bleeding ul-cer.

When it hurts him, he says he needs to eat something. He won’t go see a doctor. He tells me he already did, and there’s nothing they can do for him. Is there some-thing a doctor can do, or will my friend just have to bleed to death? — S.H.

Answer: Your boy-friend saw the wrong doctor. Medicines can cure an ulcer, bleeding or not, almost 100 percent of the time. If medicines don’t get the job done, surgery will put an end to an ulcer.

If your friend’s ulcer is bleeding, that’s an emergency and calls for immediate action.

How has your friend arrived at the diagnosis of a bleeding ulcer? If he truly does have one, he can’t dilly-dally about it. It has to be treated.

Dr. Paul Donohue

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Try medicines before surgery for enlarged prostate

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MANHATTAN — Dar-rell and Kathleen Monfort, Iola, were honored as Kan-sas Farm Bureau Farm Family of the Year for Farm Bureau’s third geographic district. The Monfort family received their award Tues-day during Kansas Farm Bu-reau’s 94th annual meeting in Manhattan.

One family in each of the Kansas Farm Bureau’s 10 geo-graphic districts is selected each year for the Farm Fam-ily of the Year award. The award recognizes families for their service and leadership in agriculture, Farm Bureau and their communities.

A press release from Farm Bureau noted the Monfort family owns 298 acres along with 160 acres that are man-aged for hunting and wildlife. The family also owns Red Barn Veterinary.

The Monforts have been active in many different ar-eas of agriculture.

Starting out as a veterinar-ian, Darrell Monfort gave up his practice in North Da-kota to farm with his father Roy C. Monfort. After Roy’s death, the family purchased 298 acres of farm ground and rented 320 acres for hay pro-duction. The Monforts also raised 60 head of Limousin cattle and had a 60-sow far-row-to-finish hog operation. During this time, Darrell was practicing veterinarian med-icine. The business grew and the Monforts sold their cattle and sows and purchased 45 Merino sheep.

The Monforts have four children, Roy, 33, Anne-Louise, 30, Andrew., 27, and Erin, 25.

SERVING IN Farm Bu-reau is just another area of agriculture the Monforts have been actively involved in. Darrell once served as

president, secretary/trea-surer, and a member-at-large for the Allen County Farm Bureau. He currently leads the Allen County Policy Com-mittee. Darrell is also on the Farm Bureau Beef Advisory Board. Kathy has served as the communication chair for Allen County Farm Bureau providing graphic design and photography support.

Darrell and Kathy Monfort have not only been leaders for their farming community, but have also been great lead-

ers for their kids. They have served as Allen County Fair Association members and of-ficers, as community leaders in the Square B 4-H club, and have supported their kids’ activities such as forensics, drama, scholars bowl teams and sports teams. The Mon-fort family believes that pro-viding education about agri-culture to urban-suburban populations will insure the understanding and trust in the people who provide their food.

Monforts, farm family of the year

Darrell and Kathleen Monfort were honored as one of 10 Kansas Farm Bureau 2012 Farm Families of the Year at the KFB annual meeting Tuesday in Manhattan.

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