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Vol. 115, No. 87 75 Cents Iola, KS

A NITE OF LAUGHTER

ACC play draws from experiencesBy ALLISON TINN

allison@iolaregister.com“Nic at Nite” should come

with the warning, “will cause laughter.” The play is a compilation of five one-acts and opens tonight running through Saturday at Allen Community College.

Unexpected one-liners, a bi-zarre clown dream sequence, and the evil manipulations played in the game called ro-mance, keep the audience on its toes.

Iolan Nicholas Olson, for-mer ACC theater student, wrote the five one-acts. He said he drew from life experi-ences when writing the play; other times it was his imagi-nation running wild.

The play begins with “A Successful Robbery,” which as luck would have it is not at all a success. Two rob-bers, Josh, played by Michael Lowder and Hez, played by Craig Hendricks, find them-selves duped by a not-so-help-ful bank teller.

Lowder is not afraid to throw himself around the stage and is the quintes-sential goofy thief. The only thing the men are able to steal are free peppermints.

The real fun comes at the end when an unexpected turn makes the situation even more outrageous.

The next act is “A Grimm Intervention,” a clever take on what it’s like being a fairy-tale heroine. Let’s just say it’s not too different from ordi-nary life.

Three women, Blanche, played by Kaycee Baise, Elly, played by Sarah Price, and Rory, played by Elvira Avdeyeva, hold an interven-tion for Scarlett, played by Alanna Hayes, who is dating Ray Wolf, better known as “the big bad wolf,” played by Nick Thomsen.

Ray Wolf is a thief and a borderline abusive boyfriend. Scarlett is in denial of her boyfriend’s true colors, but her fairytale friends know.

As they are having the in-tervention, Ray Wolf comes in with a duffel bag carrying what the women expect to be stolen goods. Through trick-ery the women get into the bag and find it is Scarlett’s grandmother’s belongings.

Joining smarts and forces the women take the big bad wolf down and the police take him away.

Following that act is “A Chat with Ralph,” taken from Olson, and his wife Paige’s experience with their house cat.

Ralph the cat is played by Archie Huskey. Anyone fa-miliar with cats will quickly pick up on the quirks of own-ing a feline.

When Ralph’s owner Sar-ah, played by Emmaline Du-

Register/Allison TinnArchie Huskey, left, plays Ralph the cat trying to find out who his owner, Sarah, played by Emmaline Durand, is talking to. Ralph is a representation of a cat belonging to Nicholas Olson, the playwright.

Out in the cold after power cut

By JOHN MILBURNAssociated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback assured Kansas residents Wednesday that core government servic-es would remain fully funded, even if automatic federal spending cuts take effect that could force spring furloughs for some 6,650 civilian em-ployees at the state’s military bases.

Brownback said agen-cies are assessing how much money may be at stake in $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts that could be authorized to occur Fri-day barring a deal. The cuts would not go into effect until March 27, when the current continuing resolution on fed-eral spending expires.

“State agencies have begun examining the potential im-pact sequestration at the fed-eral level will have on Kansas if it goes into effect,” the gov-ernor said.

The White House issued a fact sheet on each state, es-timating the cuts in federal spending in Kansas at more than $130 million, includ-

ing grant payments for job training, public health, law enforcement, environmental protection and child care.

The biggest and most im-mediate impact would be on military operations in Kan-sas and the potential for fur-loughs of some 6,650 civilian employees starting in April. Military spending accounts for about 1 percent of the gross state product, or $7.5 billion annually, said John Armbrust, executive director of the Governor’s Military Council.

The Army has said civil-ian employees would be told to take one day off a week for 22 weeks to absorb the bud-get cuts. Formal notifications are not expected for several weeks.

Salaries of military em-ployees, both direct and indirect, total $5.5 billion, which includes soldiers and contractors, Armbrust said. Civilian employee furloughs would reduce that by $40 mil-lion through the remainder of the current federal fiscal year, including an estimated $14 million at Fort Riley, the largest Army post in Kansas.

“It’s tough on the individ-ual but it rolls through the community,” he said.

Additional cuts in military operations also could mean curtailing some training and travel, Armbrust said, but how the cuts would be implemented hasn’t been an-nounced.

Brig. Gen. Donald Mac-

Kansas braces for federal cuts

‘Nic at Nite’opens

tonight and runs through

Saturday.The curtain

rises at 7:30 p.m. in the

ACC Theatre.

By BOB JOHNSONbob@iolaregister.com

About 30 families living at Crossroads Motel began look-ing for a new home Wednes-day when they were notified power would be shut off at the motel at noon today.

City Clerk Roxanne Hut-ton said notices were made at each room.

“Some of the people were packing and said they were going to move in with friends or families,” she said, al-though some may have diffi-culty finding a place to stay.

Hutton said payment was tardy for the utility billing for December.

The city’s policy is to give residents 30 days to pay after their due date, with 5 percent penalty added.

“Then we give them anoth-er 12 days before shutting off electricity,” she said.

Following that schedule, the power would have been severed on Tuesday, but it was put off because of the winter storm that hit Iola that morn-ing, and “then we gave them another day because so many families were involved,” Hut-ton said.

The motel wasn’t alone in having utilities shut off for failure to pay a bill.

“We shut off 22 residences Wednesday, but most of them then paid bills and had power restored,” Hutton said.

IMMEDIATE help for the displaced families literally out in the cold apparently rests with local churches, in-dividually and the Iola Min-isterial Association through the Community Pantry.

“We have about $2,500 to help with rent and things like that,” said the Rev. Phil Hon-eycutt, who oversees distribu-tion at the pantry, but allowed that all resources couldn’t be committed because others will have needs in the future. “We also have about $700 from the Salvation Army, part of which we may be able to use.”

Honeycutt said IMA might be able to provide a night or

two lodging in another local motel or pay for bus fare to Joplin, where there is a home-less shelter. He said motel lodging would cost about $50 a night, about the same for a bus ticket to Joplin.

“We’ll do what we can to help,” Honeycutt said.

Hope Unlimited has lim-ited bed space in its shelter, but whomever it might help would have to have had some history of domestic or sexual abuse, said Director Dorothy Sparks.

“We got a call from a church about 5 o’clock Wednesday about the motel closing and we’re going to meet with (rep-resentatives of) some church-es today to see what we might be able to do,” Sparks added. “We could provide blankets, some things like that, but that wouldn’t help too much.”

A VISIT and telephone call to the motel by Register re-porters early today got no re-sponse from its owner, Kiran Gandhi.

Gandhi, who moved to the United States from India with his family in 1980, has owned the motel since 2001.

We got a call from a church about 5 o’clock Wednes-day about the motel closing and we’re going to meet with ( representat ives of) some churches today to see what we might be able to do. We could pro-vide blankets, some things like that, but that wouldn’t help too much.

— Dorothy Sparks, Hope Unlimited director

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A notice hangs posted on the door of a room at the Cross-roads Motel early Thursday morning. About 30 families were

affected.

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We’re going to slow some things down at the installation and ensure that everything we do supports our readiness and commitment to our soldiers and families first and foremost.

— Donald MacWillie, senior commander of Fort Riley

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Senior Spotlight Marmaton Valley High School

Class of 2013

Destiny is the daughter of Debbie and Jamie Jones.

She is cheer captain for her cheerleading squad, and plays volleyball, softball and basketball. She is also in FCCLA, FBLA and runs track.

In her spare time she enjoys being with her family and friends and tries to spend as much time as possible with her niece Madison Ivy Hamlin.

During the summer she works at Dairy Queen.

After graduation she plans to attend the Paul Mitchell cosmetology school in Wichita.

Destiny said her high school highlight has been “meeting the love of my life. He is my best friend. Forever till the end.”

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Kelsey is the daughter of Kelly and Byron Nickels.

She attends church and is involved in Family Career and Community Leaders of America and Future Business Leaders of America.

She enjoys riding four-wheelers, hanging out with friends and going to mud runs and races.

After graduation Kelsey plans to go to Allen Community College to take certified medication aid classes then go to Neosho County for emergency medical technician classes.

Kelsey said her high school highlights have been receiving state awards, being a FBLA state qualifier, being in FCCLA and FBLA and being put in a gym locker her freshman year.

Jared is the son of Ken and Stacey Kale. He plays football and is in FFA. He enjoys hunting and fishing. He does electrical work with his dad as a part-

time job. His high school highlights have been making

second round of playoffs his junior year.

Jared Kale

Kelsey McClintock

Destiny Jones

(First published in The Iola Register, February, 28, 2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT

OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASIn the Matter of the Estate ofHELEN P. HILL, Deceased

10 PR 55NOTICE OF HEARING ON

PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT

(Chapter 59)THE STATE OF KANSAS TO

ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified a

petition has been filed in this Court by Ricky L. Hill and Jackie L. Hill, co-administrators of the Estate of Helen P. Hill, deceased, praying for final settlement of the estate, approval of their acts, proceedings and accounts as co-administrators, allowance for their administrator’s fees and ex-penses and the Court determine the heirs of the said decedent and assign to them the real estate and personal property remaining in said estate.

You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 20th day of March 2013, at 8:30 A.M., in said District Court in Iola, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

RICKY L. HILL, Co-Adminis-trator and Co-Petitioner JACKIE L. HILL, Co-Administrator

and Co-PetitionerROBERT E. JOHNSON IIJOHNSON LAW OFFICE PAP.O. Box 866Iola, KS 66749(2) 28 (3) 7,14

(First published in The IolaRegister, February 21, 2013)IN THE DISTRICT COURT

OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSASCIVIL DEPARTMENT

LNV Corporation Plaintiff,vs.Douglas Murry; Sabrina K.

Murry; John Doe (Tenant/Occu-pant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occu-pant),

Defendants. Case No. 13CV10

Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

NOTICE OF SUIT

THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknown heirs, executors, ad-ministrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any de-ceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corpora-tions; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the un-known guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be con-cerned.

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Allen County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mort-gage on the following described real estate:

Lots One (1), Two (2), and Three (3), Block Two (2), Palm-ers Second Addition to La-Harpe, Allen County, Kansas,

commonly known as 1202 South Washington, La Harpe, KS 66751 (the “Property”)

and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are required to plead to the Petition on or before the 3rd day of April, 2013, in the District Court of Allen County,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and de-cree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt Col-

lection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information con-cerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Friday, partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 25 mph in the after-noon.

Friday night, mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

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Public notices

Harley NormanHarley Gene Nor-

man, 77, Iola, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Allen County Hospital.

He was born Jan. 12, 1936, in Moran, the son of Charley and Lovicia (Green) Norman. He grew up in Moran and graduated from Moran High School in 1955.

On Sept. 1, 1956, Har-ley Gene married Faun A. Runer and they made their home in Augusta. He worked as a machin-ist and plumber at Cess-na Aircraft in Wichita for over 30 years. He also served in the Kan-sas Army National Guard for 10 years. Mrs. Norman preceded him in death Feb. 12, 1995.

On May 11, 1996, he married Twyla Flynn and they made their home in Gas.

He was a member of First Assembly of God in Iola, Moran Ameri-can Legion, 40 et 8 in Iola and the Interna-tional Machinists As-sociation. He loved his family, enjoyed fishing and was a big KU Jay-hawk fan.

Survivors are his wife, Twyla Norman; four children, Robert “Bob” Norman and wife, Rhonda, Everett, Wash., Teresa “Tricia” Chorn, Carthage, Mo., Darren Northcutt and wife, Andrea, Iola and Monica Smart and hus-band, Larry, Frankfort; two sisters, Virginia Gudde, Parsons, and

Darlene P r i c e and hus-b a n d , J e r r y , Lawton, Okla.; 12 g r a n d -children, Michael Pfender, Denver, Tif-fany Huffman, Tennes-see, Kristen Tennison, Joplin, Mo., Dustin Norman, Kansas City, Russell Chorn, Car-thage, Justin Chorn, Neosho, Mo., Shanae Smart, Manhattan, Mykaela Smart, Frank-fort, Christopher, Jo-hanna, Brenna and Kolton Northcutt, Iola, and eight great-grand-children.

He was preceded in death by five brothers, Lester, Ivan, Clarence, Edwin and Roy Norman and six siblings who died in infancy includ-ing his twin brother, Charley Dean.

Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Sat-urday at First Assem-bly of God in Iola. The service will follow at 10 o’clock in the church.

Burial will be at Mo-ran Cemetery.

Memorial choice is First Assembly of God Youth Association and may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Me-morial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements.

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

Obituary

Harley Norman

rand, rubs his belly at first he likes it, it feels good, but then he un-expectedly scratches at Sarah’s hand because he has had enough.

He wants to know whom Sarah is talking to on the phone and make sure it’s not another cat.

Ironically Ralph doesn’t want Sarah hanging out with other cats because “cats are dangerous.”

It’s a hard life for a cat; they eat, sleep and re-peat. Cat owners at some point have wondered what their cats would say if they could talk, Ralph is the representa-tion of that dialogue.

“Predictable” wraps up the first half of the

show and as can be imagined by the title, the show is nothing close to predictable.

Two friends sit in their school cafeteria when they meet a new student who happens to be a psychic. Dave, played by Matthew Wynn, and Tyler, played by Brandon Collins, can’t get a word out be-fore the overly confident psychic, Michael, played by Gage Dickerson, in-terjects with what they were going to say.

In the meantime Ty-ler has a larger issue. He likes a girl, Tiffany, played by Sydney Ow-ens, and can’t muster the courage to ask her out.

Michael’s new found interest in Tiffany gives

Tyler the push he needed to ask her to homecom-ing. Not before witness-ing Dave’s clown dream sequence.

After a brief inter-mission the final act “So This One Time,” is performed, which Olson drew from his own ex-perience while in Law-rence working at a trop-ical-themed gas station.

Paradise is the name of the gas station but they are far from it when rude customers visit and a clown robs them.

Not all is lost though. Geoff, gas station at-tendant played by Hen-dricks, bumps into a girl, Megan, played by Cameron. The two hit it off and they become a match made in nerdy

heaven. Their love connec-

tion is later interrupted when Megan’s evil room-mate, Vanessa, tries to steal Geoff away. To divert her, Geoff calls in reinforcements, his roommates.

His two videogame-playing roommates jump to the opportunity to see a “hot” girl.

We have all been in the situation where we either liked someone but didn’t have the courage to say so, had a cat scratch us because it felt like it or dated the “bad boy” and needed a little help from our friends to see it. “Nic at Nite” is a fun and light-hearted performance that the audience will surely relate to.

H PlayContinued from A1

lie, senior commander of Fort Riley, said the post and the 1st Infantry Division were adjust-ing to the “new fiscal environment” that will result in adjustments in training, workforce and future contracts.

“We’re going to slow some things down at the installation and ensure that everything we do supports our readiness and commitment to our soldiers and families first and foremost,” Mac-Willie said.

He said Fort Riley

continued to meet with community leaders to discuss how the funding cuts will impact the re-gion and its economy.

The reductions are separate from pro-grammed military re-ductions that will shrink the Army from its pres-ent 570,000 soldiers to 490,000 soldiers over the next 10 years, part of more than $487 billion in defense cuts.

Some potential im-pacts on state govern-ment include cuts in ed-ucation programs, such as the federal share of

special education servic-es and Title I programs for low-income students.

Dale Dennis, deputy commissioner of educa-tion, said the two cuts would total about $10.8 million, but wouldn’t be felt until after July 1.

“The remainder of this school year it will have very little effect,” Dennis said. “We hope they get things sorted out in Congress.”

He said the cuts would be felt in all 286 school districts but would be more severe in districts with high concentra-

tions of poverty. Dis-tricts would be able to set aside some funds from the current fiscal year to offset those cuts, Dennis said.

The loss of funds would mean the reduc-tion in the number of teachers, paraprofes-sionals, summer school days and extended learn-ing time for certain students if a federal solution isn’t reached, Dennis said.

“We try to stay a bit behind the curve in case something like this hap-pens,” Dennis said.

H CutsContinued from A1

Register/Bob JohnsonAfternoon pauseA flock of snow geese, with a few Canadas mixed in, rested on a snow-covered field northwest of Iola Wednesday afternoon. Huge flights of geese have been a fixture in area skies in recent weeks.

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The Iola Register Thursday, February 28, 2013

~ Journalism that makes a difference

In recent years, marijua-na use has become more ac-cepted, to the detriment of our young.

Today, its palliative na-ture for those who suffer cancer or AIDS trumps its dangers.

Perhaps because of its medical use, marijuana is increasingly being seen as a safe drug. Some see it as a “natural” drug. It’s called weed after all.

Colorado and Washing-ton voters last fall passed amendments legalizing the cultivation and consump-tion of mari-juana in lim-ited amounts. Users must be 21 and older and its consumption must be done in private quarters.

E i g h t e e n states plus the District of Columbia al-low medical dispensaries to handle the drug.

Trouble is, marijuana kills brain cells, increas-ingly so in the young.

Studies show heavy use among adolescents can do permanent brain damage. Researchers at Duke University recently published the results of a massive 25-year study on marijuana, which showed that teens who regularly smoke marijuana suf-fered declines of up to eight points in IQ. Even as adults who have long-ceased the habit, that lost IQ is never regained.

One in 15 teenagers reg-ularly smoke marijuana. More than one-third of high school seniors have tried it this year. Worse still, more than half of high school seniors view regular

marijuana use as harmless. They view getting stoned as a safe way to chill out.

PARENTS and teens need to understand the dangers of marijuana. Still-growing teenagers who regularly smoke the weed are at risk of long-term brain dam-age and declines in cogni-tive functioning. No, it’s not safe to drive a car when stoned. Reaction times are slowed.

Federal law bans the use and sale of marijuana. The Drug Enforcement

Administra-tion regards marijuana as a drug that has a high potential for abuse and can not be safely m o n i t o r e d . Federal law does not rec-ognize “medi-

cal” marijuana, despite its known benefits for those who suffer chronic pain. That said, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved drugs that in-clude isolated components of the marijuana plant.

The inherent discrep-ancy between state and fed-eral laws will likely go un-challenged because federal officials regard it as a waste of resources to pursue all except the most egregious violations. Small-fry users can smoke in peace. But those who produce and mar-ket the illegal substance should be aware they risk violating a federal law.

For those battling health issues at life’s end, what’s a few brain cells.

But for those who have their lives ahead of them, potential is a dreadful thing to waste.

— Susan Lynn

Marijuana ~it’s called dope for a reason

Heavy use of mari-juana among ado-lescents can cause permanent brain damage.

WASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as sec-retary of defense ended as it began — with a smear.

“Senator Hagel has ac-cused Israel of quote ‘play-ing games’ and committing, quote, ‘sickening slaughter,’” Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before Tuesday’s confir-mation vote, which had been delayed 12 days by a Republi-can filibuster.

Minutes later, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, ranking Repub-lican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, repeated the allegation that Hagel had claimed “Israel committed ‘sickening slaughter.’”

There was something sick-ening about this, but it wasn’t Hagel’s quote. As Armed Ser-vices Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., pointed out, what the nominee had in fact said, during a Senate speech on the 2006 Lebanon war, was this: “The sickening slaughter on both sides must end.”

It was one of many mo-ments from the past few weeks that Joe McCarthy would have admired.

Even before Hagel was for-mally nominated, conservative media had published allega-tions that the former Repub-lican senator from Nebraska was anti-Semitic. The innuen-do reached a whole new level when freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, suggested at a Senate hearing that Hagel may have received speaking fees from “extreme or radical groups,” adding: “It is at a minimum rel-evant to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from Saudi Arabia, came directly from North Korea.”

Next, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., gave credence to a hoax, pub-lished credulously in the con-

servative press, that Hagel had received funds from a fic-titious group called Friends of Hamas. Asked about this by radio host Hugh Hewitt, Paul replied: “You know, I saw that information today, also, and that is more and more con-cerning.”

The challenges to Hagel’s patriotism continued Tues-day when Inhofe, leading the Republican side in the Sen-ate floor debate, inferred that the nominee, who earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam, was Iran’s man. “Isn’t it in-teresting,” he asked, “that Iran supports Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be secretary of defense? ... That is a frighten-ing thing.”

The really frightening thing is that Inhofe takes rogue-state propaganda at face value.

Inhofe, who as a veteran legislator should know better, used his time on the Senate floor to defend Cruz’s slander. “I’d walk through fire for the ability of our members on the committee to get all the infor-mation that they are entitled to, and he has not received that,” Inhofe said. He said that he had urged Cruz to speak on the Senate floor Tuesday but that Cruz told him, “I’ve been stonewalled. What else can I say?”

How about, “I’m sorry?”Republican senators con-

gratulated themselves Tues-day for the unprecedented level of opposition they pre-sented; it was the first-ever fil-ibuster of a nominee to head the Pentagon. “Over the last half-century, no secretary of defense has been confirmed and taken office with more than three senators voting against him,” said Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind.

“He will take office with the weakest support of any de-

fense secretary in modern his-tory, which will make him less effective on his job,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.

These gentlemen seemed not to grasp that the extraor-dinary variable here was not Hagel’s candidacy but their unprecedented level of opposi-tion, directed at a former col-league who had become a sup-porter of President Obama. Their behavior may not be as crass as House Speaker John Boehner’s demand Tuesday that the Senate “gets off their ass” and negotiate spending cuts, but it is more consequen-tial because it affects Ameri-can standing overseas.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., had said on Fox News Sunday

that the opposition to Hagel “sends a signal to our allies as well as our foes that he does not have broad support in the U.S. Congress, which limits his ability to carry out his job.” Perhaps, but the 41 sena-tors who sent that signal on Tuesday were Coburn and his fellow Republicans.

Sen. Tom Carper, a Dela-ware Democrat, appealed for perspective. “Presidents, re-gardless of what party they’re from, I think need, for the most part, to have the team they want to put in place,” he said. “They have been elected to lead. Let’s give them a chance to lead. If they screw up, then we hold them accountable.” That, he said, is how “this body used to operate.”

Inhofe had a different view. Filibusters of presidents’ Cab-inet nominees happen “all the time,” he argued. As for the in-sinuations, he said, “Nobody is impugning the integrity of former Senator Hagel.”

No, they merely suggested that he is on the payroll of ter-rorists and in the pockets of America’s enemies.

A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy

Dana Milbank

WashingtonPostWriters Group

Republican senators congratulated themselves Tuesday for the unprecedented level of opposi-tion they presented: it was the first-ever filibuster of a nominee to head the Pentagon.

40 Years AgoFebruary, 1973

Iola will undertake the larg-est water and sewer improve-ment program in its history this year. The program, total-ing $1,466,000, will be accom-plished in large part through federal grants made by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Environ-mental Protection Agency and

the Ozark Regional Commis-sion. Grants will pay $1,011,000 of the cost. Construction of additional sanitary sewer mains and interceptors, an-other sewage lagoon, and con-struction of new water mains to northern areas of the city are planned.

*****Central Publishing Com-

pany, a fast-growing Iola print-

ing firm, will construct a new building east of Iola on U.S. 54. Mrs. Harvey Collins, manager, says the company employs 10 persons full time, six part time and has seven salesmen. Col-lins expects to hire up to seven more by the time the company moves into new quarters. The company prints directories for counties in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

U.S. debt clockAs of Feb. 28, 2013, the U.S. debt is

$16,624,921,834,662.The estimated population of the U.S. is 314,505,956.

So each citizen’s share of the debt is $52,860.www.brillig.com

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Night special for injured player (left) — B4

ROAD ENDS FOR IOLA HIGH SQUADSBy RICHARD LUKEN

richard@iolaregister.comALTAMONT — For much

of the first half Wednesday, Iola High’s defense was click-ing on all cylinders.

Despite not being able to get much going on offense, the Fillies were able to harass Labette County’s guards and post players through much of the first and seconds quarters. Labette County’s only offense to speak of in the first period was a pair of late Michaela O’Brien putbacks.

The Fillies found their groove midway through the second period. Addie Haar hit a layup, and Kyra Moore’s 3-pointer with 2:59 left in the half pulled Iola to within five points of the lead, 13-8.

The tide turned in a hurry.The Grizzlies ended the

half with four straight points, then outscored Iola 23-0 in the third quarter. They coasted to the finish from there in a 44-15 win to end Iola’s season in the

3rd quarter dooms Fillies Mustang comeback bid fall short

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Addie Haar, left, puts up a field goal attempt over Labette County defender Ebony Rakestraw Wednesday.

Register/Richard LukenIola High’s Levi Ashmore, right, is fouled by Labette Coun-ty High’s Zack Stewart Wednesday.

By RICHARD LUKENrichard@iolaregister.com

ALTAMONT — Labette County High’s lethal transi-tion game, spurred by light-ning-quick guards and tow-ering post players, put Iola High’s boys in a deep hole Wednesday — twice.

But the Mustangs didn’t go quietly.

Tyler McIntosh’s driving la-yup with less than 30 seconds remaining was the Mustangs’ final salvo in a furious come-back attempt, slicing what had been a 17-point deficit to three, 57-54.

But Labette County had too many weapons.

The Grizzlies’ Lee Reliford went 4-for-4 from the line to secure a 61-54 Labette County win.

The loss ends Iola’s season at 7-13 and on a nine-game los-ing skid.

Even with the negative outcome, Mustang coach Bill Peeper said Iola ended the sea-son with reason to be proud.

“That’s what we told the guys before the game,” Peeper said. “Regardless of whether our season ends tonight, to-morrow or next week, make sure you’re proud of the way you go out. And we got a great effort tonight.”

Labette County’s decisive 23-3 run — started with a Tucker Thompson 3-pointer to end the first half — spanned about six minutes of game time. Chase Dodsworth’s trey with about 3 minutes left in

Register/Richard LukenAllen Community College’s indoor track team members who have qualified for the up-coming NJCAA national meet in Lubbock, Texas, Friday and Saturday are, front from left, Terika Henry, Debra Kime, Danae McGee and Gabby Ruiz; second from left, Tucker Mor-gan, Evan Adams, Rickcardo Bailey and Bruce Barclay; third from left, Rodrick Simmons, Kelvin Gant, Dakota Parker and Garrett Colglazier; and fourth from left, Josh Whittaker, Tegan Michael and Chris Donald.

HUMBOLDT — A slow start did in Humboldt High’s girls Wednesday.

The Lady Cubs trailed Jay-hawk-Linn 42-14 after three quarters before mounting a

furious comeback attempt.Humboldt outscored the

Jayhawks 20-11 in the final period, but could get no clos-er than the final 53-34 defeat. The loss, coming in the first

round of the Class 3A sub-state playoffs, ends the Lady Cubs’ season with a 4-17 re-cord.

Register/Steven SchwartzCrest High’s Kurston Gilliland (22) shoots a jumper, while Altoona-Midway’s Jordyn Graham (32) gets a hand in her face. Crest won the game 60-15, advancing them to the sec-ond round of the class 1A, division II substate tournament.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Allen Community College’s indoor track team will go up against the best of the best starting Friday at the NJCAA Indoor Nationals at Texas Tech Uni-versity.

Allen has several athletes who have qualified for na-tionals.

Gabby Ruiz will run the 3000 meters, the 5000 meters and will team with Terika Henry, Debra Kime and Danae McGee to run the women’s dis-

tance medley and the 4x800-meter relays. McGee also will run the 3000 meters and the 1000-meter run. Henry, mean-while also is a qualifier in the 200- and 400-meter dashes.

On the men’s side, Tucker Morgan, Kelvin Gant, Evan Adams and Tegan Michael will team to run the dis-tance medley relay. Dakota Parker will run the 5000- and 3000-meter races on Friday and the 1-mile run on Satur-day. Ryan Pulsifer also is in

the 5000 meters. Michael is a qualifier in the mile.

Bruce Barclay is in the 55-meter hurdles, while Chris Donald and Rickcardo Bailey both are entered in the 600- and 800-meter races. Michael and Adams are qualifiers in the 800-meter run, while Mor-gan, Josh Whittaker and Gar-rett Colglazier also will run the 1000 meters. Morgan, Ad-ams, Whittaker and Michael are teammates in the 4x800-meter relay.

Allen squad headed to nationals

Jayhawks eliminate Lady Cubs

See LADY CUBS | Page B4

By STEVEN SCHWARTZsteven@iolaregister.com

The Lady Lancers started out the substate tournament in high fashion Wednesday night against the Altoona-Midway Jets with a 60-15 win.

The contest, held in the Al-len Community College gym-nasium, was one-sided from the start. The Jets struggled to hit from the field, the Lancers did not.

“Tonight was probably one of our best shooting percent-ages yet,” head coach Ben Vaughn said.

Kurston Gilliland hit first for the Lancers. Madison Covey took the reigns from there. She had five field goals in the quarter, three of which came back-to-back. The Lanc-ers went on a 15-0 run with another shot from Brooklynn LaCross.

The Jets broke the streak with a jumper from Ashley Caylor with 1:50 remaining in the quarter. The buzzer sound-ed with the score held at 21-2.

Brytton Strickler started

Crest High girls roll

See MUSTANGS | Page B4

See FILLIES | Page B4

See CREST | Page B4

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Transfer/Career Advisor (Full-time – TRIO Grant Transfer/Career Advisor Funded) Neosho County Community College seeks a person to provide individual and group advising about college transfer options, requirements and course equivalencies, career exploration, and major selection for Student Support Services program. Bachelor’s degree (Masters preferred) in psychology, counseling, human resources development or related field pre - ferred; experience working with disadvantaged popu - lations, college admissions, school counseling, and academic advising. $28,500 to $34,200 with excellent benefits including health insurance and KPERS. Please send a letter of application, resume, unofficial transcripts, employment application, and five ref - erences with phone numbers to Transfer/Career Advi - sor Search, Neosho County Community College, 800 West 14 th Street, Chanute, KS 66720. This position will remain open until filled. Review of applications will begin March 1, 2013. Visit www.neosho.edu for application and position announcement.

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Sheri Middleton led Humboldt with 10 points, 10 rebounds, two steals and four blocks. Delaney Um-holtz added seven points, while La-kota Wilson had six points, five rebounds and two steals. Whit-ney Strack chipped in with three points and three steals. Me-gan Hudlin delivered two points and three steals.

Jayhawk-Linn ad-vances to take on Fredonia, which de-feated Wellsville, 53-39. Top-seeded Burlington, which pummeled West Franklin 84-17, will take on the winner of tonight’s Central Heights-Richmond matchup.

Humboldt’s boys will tip off tonight, also against Jay-hawk-Linn. The win-ner will face Burl-ington Friday.

Humboldt will serve as the host site for the rest of the substate tourna-ment games. Semifi-nals are Friday, and final games are Sat-urday.

Register/Steven SchwartzSheri Middleton struggles to get a jumper off against Jayhawk-Linn’s Sydney Spender (10) and Bailey Wilson (25). The Lady Cubs lost the contest 53-34, eliminating them from the class 3A substate tournament.

the offensive perfor-mance for the second quarter, with two 2s from the field. The Lancers were in the bonus mid-way through the second quarter.

The Jets began to have a bit of luck before the half ended. Jordyn Gra-ham hit a free throw, and two field goals off of fast breaks. The score was edged to 30-9 before the break.

“We were a lot better on defense, we forced a lot of turnovers,” Vaughn said.

Gilliland took her fa-miliar role as the lead scorer for the second half. Gilliland, along

with Emmalee Seabolt, LaCross and Strickler, mounted a 14-0 run on the Jets midway in the third. The 49-12 score was representative of a strong third quarter ef-fort from the Lancers.

The running clock made short work for the remainder of the game. Strickler hit a foul shot, followed by three field goals for Gilliland.

Gilliland led in scor-ing for the Lancers with 22 points, followed by a strong 15-point per-formance from Covey. Strickler had nine, La-Cross contributed eight points.

“I was really happy with the way we played

tonight,” Vaughn said, “Especially with not be-ing able to practice the past couple days because of the snow storms.”

The Lancers will play tonight against South-ern Coffey County at the ACC gym, in the second round of Class 1A, Divi-sion II substate play.Altoona-Midway (2-7-3-3—15)Crest (21-9-19-11—60)

Altoona-Midway (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Caylor 1-0-1-2, Garcia 0-1-0-1, Burris 0-0-4-0, La-Crone 0-0-5-0, Culter 1-1-1-3, Lane 0-0-2-0, Graham 3-1-0-7, Coble 1-0-3-2. TOTALS: 6-3-16-15.

Crest (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Strickler 3-3-3-9, Gilliland 11-0-1-22, LaCross 3-2-3-8, Seabolt 1-2-2-4, Kellar 1-0-3-2, Covey 6/1-0-3-15. TOTALS: 25/1-7-15-60.

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opening round of the Class 4A substate play-offs.

Aside from their early defense, Iola had other bright spots.

Hannah Endicott drilled a pair of 3-point-ers early in the fourth frame for the Fillies, part of her team-high nine points. And on mul-tiple occasions, Iola play-ers attempted to force turnovers or tie-ups by diving after loose balls and deflecting passes.

Despite the loss — Iola ends the season with a 1-19 record — Fillies coach Becky Carlson said the team can hold its head high.

“This team played with a lot of class all year long,” Carlson said., “This was a fun team to coach.”

The game turned on Labette County’s defen-sive pressure, Carlson said.

“The first half was good, but they did a couple of things later on that frustrated us,” Carl-son said. “And we lost our composure a little bit.”

Neither team did much in the early going.

Endicott’s 3-pointer

three minutes into the game gave Iola a 3-2 lead. The score was tied at 3-3 before O’Brien’s flurry to end the quarter put Labette County up 8-3. Sadie Atkins drained a 3-pointer to put the lead at 11-3 before Addie Haar drove in for a layup for the Fillies. O’Brien hit a pair of free throws, which were countered by Moore’s trey to cut the gap to 13-8.

O’Brien connected in-side, then Erica Gartner hit a pair of free throws to give Labette County a 17-8 halftime lead.

Then came the fate-ful third quarter, which put the Grizzlies up 40-8, triggering a running clock in the fourth pe-riod.

The Fillies were ham-pered from the start. Starting point guard Emma Piazza missed the contest with an ankle injury. Emma Sigg was inserted into the start-ing lineup, and fresh-man Ashlie Shields was bumped up onto the var-sity squad.

“I thought Ashlie did a nice job for us,” Carl-son said. “The girls nev-er gave up and fought hard.”

Haar and Moore add-

ed three points each for Iola. Jo Lohman had six rebounds, while Emery Driskel and Lexie Long pulled in two steals apiece.

O’Brien scored 20 and Atkins nine to pace La-bette County.

The game was the last in a Fillies uniform for seniors Reagan Ford and Emily Ware. Iola also lost the services of se-nior Libby Shay in Janu-ary with a knee injury.

“I’m so proud of our seniors, and their atti-tude and leadership, and the role they played,” Carlson said.

The Grizzlies advance to face Towanda-Circle, which defeated El Do-rado 55-47 in overtime Tuesday. In the other semifinals, Chanute will face host Independence. Both semifinal games are Friday.

Iola (3-5-0-7—15)Labette Co. (8-9-23-4—44)Iola (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP):

Long 0-0-3-0, Moore 0/1-0-1-3, Lohman 0-0-1-0, Ford 0-0-1-0, Endicott 0/3-0-4-9, Haar 1-1-4-3, Platt 0-0-2-0, Driskel 0-0-2-0, Ware 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 1/4-1-20-15.

Labette Co. (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Gartner 0-2-2-2, Steven-son 0-1-3-1, Atkins 3/1-0-1-9, Kimbrough 1-0-2-2, O’Brien 6-8-2-20, Clemans 1-0-2-2, Sorell 1-0-1-2, Rakestraw 1-4-2-6. TO-TALS: 13/1-15-15-44.

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the third quarter, gave the Grizzlies’ a 45-27 lead.

But like they did in the first half, Iola pulled up its proverbial boot straps and went to work.

Adam Kauth twice sliced past Labette Coun-ty defenders for buckets to trigger a 13-2 Mustang run. Trent Latta opened the fourth quarter with a basket, followed by a pair of 3-pointers by Mason Coons less than 30 seconds apart. Coons’ second shot from down-town trimmed the Griz-zly advantage to 47-40.

Reliford and Zack Stewart scored in a 5-0 Grizzlies’ run to push their lead back to 12 before Tyler Powelson scored twice for the Mustangs. Latta stepped to the forefront again, with a layup, followed in quick succession by a pair of 3-pointers, the last with 53 seconds left to trim the lead to 56-52.

Thompson went 1-for-2 from the line for La-bette County before Mc-Intosh’s layup with 24 seconds left on the clock ended the Mustangs’ 12-3 run, before Reliford’s free throws sealed the victory.

Labette County fol-lowed a similar pattern in the first half. After both teams went score-

less for the first 2:15 of the game, Reliford scored six points and Dontae Johnson scored four in a 10-0 Grizzly run.

Levi Ashmore, also in his high school finale, came off the bench for four quick points for the Mustangs. Kauth and Latta alternated baskets before Ashmore banked in a jumper from the free-throw line. Powel-son’s basket with 3:29 left in the half gave Iola its first lead. Kauth scored again with 2:17 remaining before Powel-son ended the half with a pair of baskets, the second of which put Iola on top 25-22. Thompson’s trey for Labette County knotted the score at 25-25 at halftime.

“This was the type of game we’ve been wait-ing for,” Peeper said. “We kept fighting and scratching and clawing. They were bigger than us at nearly every position, but we did a nice job with our defensive rebound-ing. Even though we lost, this was a game we can be proud of.”

Latta led the way for Iola with 14 points with four rebounds and two steals. Powelson added 13 points and six re-bounds, while Kauth had 10 points and five rebounds. Coons had eight points, eight re-

bounds and four assists. Ashmore dished out six assists.

Four Grizzlies scored in double figures: Thompson with 17, Reli-ford with 15, Johnson with 12 and Stewart with 10.

Playing their last game in a Mustang uniform were seniors Coons, Ashmore, Eli Grover, Tyler Clubine and Cole Morrison.

“These were great character guys for our team,” Peeper said. “Whether they played a little or a lot, these were guys who are helping us turn things around. We’ll have a strong group of kids coming back. We’re still looking for that break-through, so we can take that next step.”

Labette County ad-vances to play host In-dependence in substate semifinal action. Top seed Field Kindley will face El Dorado in the other semifinal contest.Iola (8-17-7-22—54)Labette Co. (16-9-22-14—61)

Iola (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Latta 4/2-0-5-14, Ashmore 2-2-1-6, Coons 1/2-0-2-8, McIntosh 1-1-4-3, Macha 0-0-2-0, Kauth 5-0-1-10, Powelson 6-1-3-13. TOTALS: 19/4-4-17-54.

Labette Co. (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Johnson 5-2-2-12, Bu-chanan 0-0-1-0, Dowty 1-0-0-2, Reliford 5-5-2-15, Dodsworth 1/1-0-2-5, Thompson 5/1-4-2-17, Stewart 5-0-2-10. TOTALS: 22/2-11-11-61.

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CHANUTE — Darian Rubow’s last game ever for Chanute High was a memorable one.

The Blue Comet senior tore liga-ments in her knee last week in the waning seconds of her regular sea-son finale.

The pain was so severe, she was carried off the court, and later took part in Senior Night activities in a wheelchair.

Still to undergo surgery, Rubow suited up for Chanute’s Class 4A substate tournament opener against Parsons Wednesday.

She was inserted into the game in the waning moments and the Blue Comets well ahead. She was able to score four points, and left to a stand-ing ovation from the crowd, hugs from her coach and teammates, and a few tears from friends and family. Chanute wound up winning, 68-44.

This time, she walked off the court.

A specialmoment

Photo by Mike MyerChanute High’s Darian Rubow is hugged by her coach, Dustin Fox, as she walks off the court Wednes-day after scoring four points, de-spite injuring her knee last week.